NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

152 THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
In cases where signed application cards are not introduced into
evidence but are produced at the hearing for examination, the submission
in evidence of record books or of a list of members of the
union compiled from these a cards has been held sufficient proof
of a majority.43 Where no objection has been rttised by any of the
parties, the Board has accepted as satisfactory evidence either the
union record book or a list of union members. 44 However, where an
objection is interposed, as in Matter of Sweet Candy Company, 45 the
Board will not accept a list of members copied from the official
ledger of the union as adequate proof of a majority, because in the
absence of signatures there may be some doubt as to the authenticity,
of names submitted on the membership list.
In many cases questions have been raised as to whether or not
cards designating a bargaining representative, union membership
cards, or union applications have sufficiently indicated the desire of
the signers to have the organization in question act as their bargaining.
representative. In Matter of Armour and Company," the company
objected to the introduction of signed authorization cards oil
the ground that they did not name Local No. 566, the petitioning
union but merely designated United Packing House Workers Industrial
Union and the Committee for Industrial Organization as bargaining
representatives for those signing the cards. The Board held :
Since Local No. 566 is a local of the United Packing House Workers International
Union, an affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Organization, we
find the contention of the Company to be without merit.
A similar objection was raised in Matter of Farmco Package Corporation,47
in which some membership application cards did not have
the name of the union stamped on them, but only the words "stamp
name of union here," and then in larger type below this the words
of America, 7 N. L. R. B. 304 (joint membership application) ; Matter of Woodville Lime
Products Company and American Federation of Labor, 7 N. L. R. B. 396 (affidavits) ; Matter
of Diamond Crystal Salt Division, General Foods Corporation and Salt Workers Union
No. 19567, 7 N. L. R. B. 563 (statement that signers were members in good standing)
Matter of Paramount Pictures, Inc. and Newspaper Guild of New York, 7 N. L. R. B. 1106
(membership application cards and signed petition).
Matter of Vicksburg Garment Company and United Garment Workers of America,
5 N. L. It. B. 301; Matter of Somerset Shoe Company and United Shoe Workers ol
America, 5 N. L. It. B. 486; Matter of Stackpole Carbon Company and United Electrical
& Radio Workers of America, Local No. 502, 6 N. L. It. B. 171; Matter of The Heller
Brothers Company of Newcomerstown and International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths.
Drop Forgers, and Helpers, 7 N. L. R. B. 646; Matter of James McWilliams Blue Line.
Inc. and Inland Boatmen's Union of the Atlantic and Gulf, 7 N. L. R. B. 923.
"Matter of Central Truck Lines, Inc. and Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen
and Helpers of America, 3 N. L. R. B. 317; Matter of Campbell Machine Company,
David C. Campbell and George E. Campbell, co-partners, trading as Campbell Machine
Company and International Association of Machinists, Local No. 389; Shipwrights, Boatbuilders
& Caulkers .; and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 569,
3 N. L. R. B. 793; Matter of National Sewing Machine Company and International Association
of Machinists, International Molders Union, and Metal Polishers International
Union, 5 N. L. R. B. 372; Matter of Ostler Candy Company, a Corporation and Candy
Workers' Local No. 373, 5 N. L. R. B. 554. But see Matter of J. G. McDonald Chocolate
Company, a corporation and Candy Workers' Local No. 373, 5 N. L. R. B. 547, in which
there was introduced at the hearing a list certified by a notary public as having been
copied from the official ledger of the union and purporting to be a list of the company's
employees who were members of the union. At the hearing, no check was made of the
pay-roll list deemed to be suitable against the list of union members. In such a check made
by the Board, it was found that some of the persons on the union membership list were
not employed on the date in question or were not included in the appropriate unit, and
that, in addition, there were differences in spelling and initials of names. Upon deducting
these names from the union membership list, the Board found that there was no majority.
45 Matter of Sweet Candy Company, a corporation and Candy Workers' Local No. 373,
5 N. L. R. B. 541.
46 Matter of Armour and Company and United Meat Packing Workers, Local No. 117,
6 N. L. R. B. 613.
47 Matter of Farmco Package Corporation and United Veneer Box and Barrel Workers
Union, C. I. O., 6 N. L. R. B. 601.