Evans Fur Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 14, 1950

88 N.L.R.B. 1095 (N.L.R.B. 1950)

-In the Matter of EVANS FuR COMPANY AND EVANS APPAREL COMPANY,
EMPLOYERS and CHICAGO JOINT BOARD, RETAIL, WHOLESALE & DE-
MENT STORE UNION-CIO, PETITIONER
Case No. 13-RC-W.-Decided March 14, 1950
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before Morris Slavney,
hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are
free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel [Members Reynolds, Murdock, and
Styles] .
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
The Employers are separate Illinois corporations, having the same
corporate officers and the same stockholders. Both Employers have
their offices and sole places of business in the same building in Chicago,
Illinois. During the year 1949, the Evans Fur Company, which is en-
gaged in retail sale of fur coats, fur scarves, and other fur apparel,
-purchased materials valued in excess of $500,000, of which amount more
than 80 percent was purchased from points outside the State of Illi-
nois; and during the same period, this Employer sold fur coats and
scarves valued in excess of $750,000, of which all but a nominal amount
was sold within the State.
During the year 1949, the Evans Apparel Company, which is engaged
in the retail sale of fur-trimmed coats, untrimmed coats, and women's
suits, purchased various apparel valued in excess of $300,000, of which
amount more than 80 percent was purchased from points outside the
State of Illinois; and during the same period this Employer sold goods
valued in excess of $400,000, of which all but a nominal amount was
sold within the State.
While we do not find that the operations of the Employer, either
jointly or severally, are wholly unrelated to commerce, we are of the
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opinion that, as that relationship is remote and as these operations are-
essentially local in character, to assert jurisdiction in this case would
not effectuate the policies of the Act. The petition, therefore, will bee-
dismissed.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Evans Fur Company and of
Evans Apparel Company, Chicago, Illinois, filed herein be, and it
hereby is, dismissed.
1 Morris C. Lebowitz, Helen K. Lebowitz, and Charlotte Wittman d/b/a Josephs, 88
NLRB 11 ; Squire's Inc., 88 NLRB 8; Tom Thumb Stores , Inc., 87 NLRB 1062; Jacobs
Pharmacy Co., Inc., 87 NLRB 309; Haleston Drug Stores, Inc., 82 NLRB 1264; and
Wawina Co -op Society, 79 NLRB 1243.