If you can keep your job when all about you Are losing theirs, and knowing it's through

you;

If you don't feel ashamed when all men doubt you

And know they have good reason for it, too; If you can fawn, and not be tired by fawning,

If you can lie, and gain your ends by lies;
If you can take no notice of men's scorning,
But still protest your goodness to the skies,
If you can grovel humbly to your master
And always make preferment your chief
aim;

If you can laugh when your mates meet disaster

And still continue crawling just the same, If you can gloat about your dirty winnings And look upon all decency as dross,

And grandly eulogize the "smart" beginnings

That raise a common workman to a boss; If you can force your heart, and nerve, and sinew,

To do the job against which they rebel,

And so hold on and kill the good that's in you,

And make yourself unfitted e'en for hell; If you can talk with clowns about your virtue,

And gain a smile by mouthing "common crowd,"

And never let your manhood's conscience hurt you,

But rather, on the contrary, feel proud; If you can twist the truths you've oft heard spoken,

And thus delude the thoughtless to their fall,

Or watch your workmates' lives and children broken

Upon the wheel that grinds exceeding small;

If you can fill your foreman's ear each minute

With stories of the wrongs your mates have done

You'll always have a job-and all that's in it, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE A FIRST-CLASS SCAB, MY SON.

W

Brief of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, for rehearing and modification of the decision rendered by the Board of Jurisdictional Awards.

Subject: Setting of vitrolite and other opaque glass.

To the National Board of Jurisdictional Awards in the Building Industry-Gentlemen:

In support of the request of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, for a rehearing and modification of the Board's award affecting the glaziers-a branch of our trade-and of its claim for jurisdiction over the setting of vitrolite and other opaque glass, the Brotherhood desires to submit the following argument and statement of facts:

First, we wish to state that the agreement so often mentioned between the Marble Setters and the Brotherhood of Painters, and the agreement between the Ceramic, Mosaic and Encaustic Tile Layers' and Helpers' International Union and the Brotherhood, made in St. Louis on December 5th, 1910, were not made with the Bricklayers' and Plasterers' International Union as such, but were made with these trades individually and prior to their absorption by the Bricklayers it was never intended that these trades should be allowed to set glass, except where plastic material was used and where such materials consisted of lime and sand, cement, plaster of paris or such materials commonly used by their respective trades. It was not considered that a putty and varnish composition or wood or metal strips were ever used by these trades in the setting of tile or marble but that these materia were used in the every day routine work of the glazier and, therefore, part of the glazier's trade.

Prior to the inception of vitrolite glass, many restaurants and some business houses had the walls and ceilings of their establishments covered with mirrors and art glass decorations, and whoeved heard of the

bricklayer, marble setter or tile setter questioning the glazier's right to this? Yet, if the Board of Award's decision is to stand, namely, vitrolite and other opaque glass, there is no reason why the bricklayer could not claim this work because art glass, made up in designs and mirrors are not transparent and, therefore, opaque in their nature.

We believe you will agree, it is universally recognized that glazing is a branch of the painting industry. The American Federation of Labor and the Building Trades Department have officially ruled that the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America has jurisdiction over the setting of all glass (the kind of glass and the method of setting was never questioned), whether set in putty, putty combination or held in position with mouldings or other devices of metal, wood, marble or other material and its exclusive jurisdiction over this work cannot reasonably be questioned by any fair-minded disinterested party.

It must be admitted that the designation of the material known as vitrolite as glass is correct. The substance of which it is composed, the process of its manufacture and the product itself establishes the fact that vitrolite is glass and not an imitation of, or a substitute for marble or tile or other building material. It stands on its own merits as being superior to marble for the purposes for which it is used in that its hard and glassy surface resists discoloration and absorption of foreign matter. These are the characteristics that establish beyond dispute the fact that vitrolite is glass. It must be cut and installed in the same manner as any other glass which makes it necessary that it should be installed by glaziers or members of our organization, men who are experts in the use of the wheel cutter or diamond and who thoroughly understand the necessity of and how to make allowances for the contraction and expansion of the material and the putty combination with which it is sometimes held in position. From the time of the introduction of vitrolite the installation of same was contracted for by the glass manufacturer or its branch houses in the various cities and installed by glaziers, members of the Brotherhood, and before the glass is sent on the job it is cut to size and the edges ground and polished by bevelers and polishers, who are also members of the Brotherhood.

The claim of the Bricklayers', Masons', and Plasterers' International Union in behalf of the marble and tile setters is based upon the assumption that vitrolite is not glass but an artificial stone. The unsoundness of this assumption is shown by the fact that neither cement, lime, plaster of paris or other mortars are used to hold it in posi

tion. The composition putty used for this purpose is composed of white lead and varnish or whitening and varnish. This, however, is used very little, as in most instances vitrolite is held in position with wood or metal mouldings or rosettes and in every instance where trimming is necessary in order to procure the proper fit a glazier's cutter, either the diamond or wheel, must be used, and under no consideration could the tile or marble setter's chisel and hammer be used without breaking it.

The sweeping nature of the decision of the Board would indicate that its members had not been fully informed of the character of the material and the nature of its installation and the fact that it is so sweeping, covering "all opaque glass," it is being taken advantage of by the National Officers of the Bricklayers', Masons' and Plasterers' International Union. You will note by the letter recently sent to Cleveland, copy attached hereto, their contention, in fact their denial that the object of meeting with them in conference was for the purpose of modifying the Board's Award in order that harmony might prevail on the job.

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If this decision is permitted to stand as now written, it means that anywhere from 25 to 40 per cent of the work of the glazier and glass worker must be turned over to the bricklayers, masons and plasterers. is our contention that if the bricklayer is justified in claiming glass because it is put on ceilings and walls, why has he not the right to claim sheet metal when put on walls and ceilings, because metal is used occasionally as a substitute for plaster, tile or marble, just as glass is used. Many times ceilings are not plastered when metal is substituted; why not grant the plasterer the right to put up the sheet metal? It would be just as logical.

In every instance where vitrolite is used on ceilings and side walls, it is set in felt and held in position with screw rosettes or wood or metal moulding. When vitrolite is used for a dado or wainscoting the wall is first sized with oil size, then the composition is used consisting of white lead and varnish or putty and varnish, and when later pointed, oxide of zinc ground in oil is used for pointing. The vitrolite itself being glass and the combination putty and varnish all being materials used exclusively by the painting and glazing trades. This certainly gives our organization its prior right to the work, and that the bricklayer or his allied trades have no right, nor is there any justification for their claims.

Vitrolite, when used as table tops, is laid in the combination of white lead or whitening and varnish or with screws set into the table frame. This same condition applies when it is used on counters and when used on counter fronts, in cases, ice boxes around columns, and the like, are set in moulding either of wood or metal and un

The reports received indicate that in certain sections of the country the work is being done by the glazier and in others by the marble setter, while in other localities men who are not affiliated with either trade but trained in the handling of the work by the manufacturer or agent are also doing some work. That some adjustment should be made by the Board must be apparent and we respectfully ask that the Board of Awards give careful consideration to the work in question so that a modification of the award may be made and that our membership may work under it without being accused of violating its provisions.

On the request and instructions of the Board of Awards and for the information of the Board we wish to say that a meeting was held at the offices of the Bricklayers in Indianapolis, Ind., in September, 1922. We could come to no definite conclusion there and it was agreed, at least so far as our committee understood it, that the question of coming to some understanding should be left to a committee representing both or ganizations from the two contending parties in Chicago and that whatever conclusion and agreement they came to would be satis factory to both International organizations and would be approved by them. Committees were appointed by the Glaziers and Marble Setters and an agreement was made