Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 25, 1950
Caption:
UAW OFFICERS INSTALLED: New officers of the CIO-United Auto Workers Local 38 were formally installed in ceremonies at the UAW hall on W. Huron St. last night. Here Kenneth Sisson (far left), former president of the local, administers the oath of office. The officers are, left to right front row, Arthur Wood, financial secretary; Wilbur Keep, sergeant-at-arms; Fred Deighton, trustee; Floyd Bailey, vice president; and Royal Southworth, president; back row, Harley Tuthill, recording secretary; Fred Carstens, trustee; Robert Schulz, guide; and George Turk, trustee. The local has members in several Ann Arbor plants.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 19, 1947
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American Broach Employees On Strike: Employees of the American Broach and Machine Co., striking for higher wages, a liberalized vacation schedule and a union shop, loiter near the plant entrance on W. Washington St. this morning as production comes to a halt. One hundred and seventy members of Amalgamated Local 38 of the UAW-CIO are involved.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 19, 1947
Caption:
Swearing that they are not now, and never have been, members of the Communist Party are members of the executive board of UAW-CIO Local 38. Those taking the oath last night at Labor Hall were left to right, Emmett M. Gibb, union chairman at Hoover Ball & Bearing Co.; Elmer Moon, local vice-president, who works at American Broach & Machine Co.; Harley Tuthill, recording secretary, of Cook plant of the Associated Spring Corp; Kenneth Sisson, local president and chairman, American Broach; George Turk, trustee, a Hoover employee; Louis Sherwood, trustee and chairman at Precision Pars; Miles Alber, guide, an employee at American Broach; Tom Applegate, sergeant-at-arms, a Hoover worker; Karl Brust, chairman at Wolverine Products; and Walter Sell, trustee, also an employee at Wolverine Products. Administering the oath (right) is Arthur Wood, financial secretary of the local, and a Cook plant employee. Wood has previously taken the oath, and so is eligible to administer it to others. Affidavits as to non-Communist membership will be filed in Washington.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 8, 1945
Caption:
PICKET LINE AT HOOVER BALL & BEARING CO.: Members of local No. 38, Hoover unit, UAW (CIO) walked out at Hoover Ball & Bearing Company this morning in a dispute on wages, hours and other working conditions. Pictured is one of the eight three-hour shifts organized to picket the plant.