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Our History
A Union is Born
The Turbulent Years
The Conspiracy Trials
The Beginning of the
Morrin Era
The Depression and a New
Deal For Labor
World War II
Ironworkers Grow in the
1950's Part Two Part Three
John H. Lyons Jr.
Elected President
The Tradition Continues
Pathways to the 21st
Century Under The Leadership of General President Jake West
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Part Five THE KOREAN WAR
General President Lyons asked members to examine the idea of joining the volunteer Seabees Reserve due to the fact that they would need 70,000 skilled construction workers. President Truman would ask for repeal of the Capehart/Herlong Amendment which passed on all higher costs to the consumer and guaranteed management pre-Korean Profits.
NEW HEADQUARTERS
In March, 1951, International Headquarters moved from the Syndicate Trust Building to the Continental Building, 3615 Olive Street, St. Louis Missouri, which provided more offices and necessary space to carry out the business of the International Association. General President John H. Lyons stated in a Labor Day article appearing in The Ironworker magazine that:
On August 24, 1951, President Emeritus Paul J. "Paddy" Morrin died at his home in St. Louis Missouri after being ill for more than a year. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis. The General Executive Council in Executive session adopted a resolution of condolence.
A few months later, Joseph E. McClory, a member of Local No. 17, who served as General President from 1914 to 1918 died in Cleveland on December 9, 1951. He was 74 years of age. In the February, 1952 issue of The Ironworker magazine, General Secretary James R. Downes advised the membership that the International Association was formulating an Apprenticeship Program. He said:
Later in 1952, at the Twenty-Ninth Convention, the delegates amended Article XXI of the International Constitution by adopting Apprenticeship Standards for Ironworkers, making it mandatory that each outside affiliated local union establish an Apprenticeship Program that complies with the the Standards. Just before the International Convention in August, President Truman agreed that the government would give apprentices exemption from military service since college students already had it. On February 6, 1952 the Iron Workers International and the Sheet Metal Workers International reached a jurisdictional agreement. The purpose of the agreement was to improve relations between the two trades, to establish procedures for the settlement of jurisdictional disputes directly between the two trades and to mutually assist each union to secure work coming within its recognize jurisdiction. On July 3, 1952, General President Lyons advised all affiliated local that the date of the International Convention would be changed from September 15, 1952 to October 27, 1952 due to the fact that the American Federation of Labor had scheduled their convention during the September dates. The General Executive council passed a resolution to that effect.
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Korean War began in July of 1950 and three months later China became
involved. General Secretary James R. Downes sent Circular Letter No.
497 to all affiliated local unions. A portion of the letter reads as
follows:
