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f r The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY in Mecklenburg County For a Weekly, Its Readers Represent the LARGEGST BUYING POWER in Charlotte Official Organ Central Labor Union; endorsed by State Federation of Labor Truthful, Honest, Impartial Che Charlotte labor Journal _AND DIXIE FARM NEWS_if . .' Endeau Patronize ond Adver tisers. They make YOUR paper posible by their co operation. Endeavoring to Serve the Masses VOL. V.—NO. 9. Tew Onmmar m Thu CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1935 mm Orai •m n« $2.00 Pei Year HIGHER EMPLOYMENT. STANDARDS AS TO WAGE AND HOUR PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY GOV’T : iv WASHINGTON, I). C.—The use of government buying power and credit as a means of compelling the co-operation of American industrial magnates in maintaining higher employment standards was advocated by Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics of the l). S. Department of Laboi% in an address here before the National Labor Conference, held under the auspices of the Tani ment Economic and Social Institute convened to consider the eco nomic and social problems now confronting the nation. The United States Government today is the largest single consumer.of industrial products,” Mr. Lubin said, “Through its purchases for main taining the Federal establishments, through its contracts for materials, used in construction projects, through its orders for the products to be used in its works program, it can play an effective part in maintaining decent wage standards, in keeping hours of employment at reasonable levels and in pre venting child labor. “By compelling compliance with certain specified labor conditions it can serve notices on those who sell materials and services to Federal agencies that those who seek to do business with the United States Government will not be permitted to protfit from the exploitation of labor.” Mr. Lubin also recommended that all firms holding contracts to furnish goods to the government should be compelled to agree to make certain min imum employment standards a condition of purchase when they buy mate rials or equipment to be used in the production of commodities to be deliv ered to Federal agencies. In addition he urged that all projects undertaken by States and municipalities and all materials used on such projects, when financed in whole or in part with Federal funds, should be made subject to these standards. By using this vast purchasing and credit power, Mr. Lubin believed the Federal Government could be a vital factor in maintaining decent maximum wages and maximum hours and abolishing child labor despite the decision of the United States Supreme Court holding such provisions unconstitutional in fair practice codes established under the National Industrial Recovery Act. St. Paul’s Mill Is Still Closed; 200 Persons Out Fayetteville, July 1.—-The St. Pauls Cotton Mills, Inc., at St. Pauls in Robeson county has been closed since Wednesday night because of a strike, it was learned here this morning. Ap proximately 200 persons are being kept from work. The mill was not running full time, The strike started when the mill reduced wages from 30 cents an hour to 15 cents an hour, and abolished charges for house rent, lights and water. There has been on bloodshed, the management stated over long distance telephone and there has as yet been no effort to resume work. The situation is described as tense. Intensive Label Drive By Typo Union No. 338 Editor The Charlotte Labor Journal: Since the strike at the Queen City Printing Company was called on May 6th, the members of the three crafts involved have carried on an intensive Union Label drive. In addition to or ganized labor as a whole, they ha^e secured the signatures of several thousand Charlotte citizens who are in sympathy with the labor move ment. These thousands of Charlotte citizens have signed a pledge to the effect that when shopping they will give preference to those business firms who are fair to Union Labor and who display the Union Label on their printing and advertising.: They have also secured a promise from scores of Charlotte merchants that they will in the future use the label on all their printing. This is onlyi a beginning, and within the next few weeks every merchant and every mem ber of organized labor will be called on in order to bring this campaign to a successful conclusion. At the conclusion of this campaign, they will begin publication of i | a monthly bulletin, listing all business firms ■ who have expressed a desire to co-operate with them. This bulle tin will be placed in the hands of all persons who have signed the pledge.: Something new in trade unionism is the fact that there will be no threat to withold patronage from any firm who does not see the advisability of using the label. The chief point stress ed is the fact that the union man or woman is disposed to give friendly consideration to the concern which shows its friendliness to them. They are simply trying to educate the buy ers of printing that the underpaid! non-union printer is of little value! as a customer, and even though he j may charge a few cents less for his ! inferior work, that THE WORTH! OF A PIECE OF PRINTING IS MEASURED BY WHAT IT EARNS,! AND NOT BY WHAT IT COSTS. I X. Y. Z. The Union Label is the insignia of the great army of American Labor. ' Labor Recognized In Youth Training Plan of President Washington, D. C.—The National Youth Administration announced that organized labor would have an important part in working out plahs for training and apprenticeship pf about 150,000 young people whom it is estimated will come under that sec tion of the program planned by the administration. The Federal Committee on Appren tice Training has already worked opt in a number of States definite rules governing the period, pay and school ing of apprenticeships. One of the functions of the labor representatives will be the establish ment of regulations to prevent em ployers from using Government-traift ed youth to lower employment stand ards for adult workers. The Youth Adiministration is fi nanced by a $49,000,000 fund allocated from the $4,800,000,000 work relief appropriation. The President named Josephine Roche of Colorado, Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury, Ps chairman of the executive committee of the Administration, and Aubrey J. Williams, assistant FERA admih istrator, as executive director. Subscribe for The Journal -1- } Zane Gray’s “Home On The Range” Fri.-Sat. A thundering turf classic Set against a romantic background of the Old West is the colorful pattern into which is woven a stratling drama and a pulsating romance Friday and Sat urday at the Charlotte Theatre. The film is Zane Grey’s “Home on the Range,” produced by the Paramount studios. Interpreting the chief characters are Jackie Coogan, ho returns to the screen in grown-up roles, Evelyn Brent, Randolph Scott, leading West ern actor of pictures, Fuzzy Knight, eccentric comedian and Ann Sheridan, the Texas beauty. “Home on the Range,” is a simple, vibrant story. Two men and a woman ply a crooked trade in Alaska, that of selling “salted” gold mines to the gullible. When the far north getsjpo “hot” they move to newer and greener pastures in the United States. In the background of the main plot is the stirring horse-race story, which is climaxed when Jackie Coogan, playing brother to Randolph Scott, rides their horse, Midnight to a thun dering victory. Jackie Coogan, now grown to a sijx foot man, is the dramatic surprise jof “Home on the Range.” Athletic, sup ple, handsome and bronzed, Coogan proves his ability to stay with the best of them in both acting and action shots. , Evelyn Brent and Randolph Scdtt prove an engaging and romantic lead ing couple, while the supporting roles are ably handled by Dean Jaeger, Ad dison Richards, Fuzzy Knight arid Ann Sheridan. . ---- ■ ■ ... < , NIGHT BASEBALL WILMINGTON AT CHARLOTTE July 4,5,6,7 NIGHT GAMES AT 8:30 Bleachers, 40c (AD Tax Paid) Grand Stand 65c i 1 l ( i ■Y HARR1 BOATE CHATTING “I? a man die, shall he. live again ?” That question was asked of Chris) while yet on earth, and the answer was that he shall. Now we are confronted with what may or may not be an up-to-date verification of the truth of th») answer. On May IS), last, at Wool, England, there died a man who bore tbt mystical name of “Lawrence of Arabia.” It j was repjorted he had received mortal injuries in a motorcycle accident, and he was generally supposed tc have been given a burial in accordance with hib wish, quietly, as he had lived lately, and with secrecy. Now we have another story! which says he js no) dead, but is living in Ethiopia, training troops for the Ethiopian ruler, ir preparation for the expected conflict Of that country wjith Italy. Whether qi not this latest story be true, it does make good and iqteresing reading, alst bringing up a few other cases of quite recent date and equal mystery, f In 1928, Alfred Lowenstein, the Belgian banker, flying over the Ejnglisl channel, wras reported to have stepped from the plane and been drowned. H< has never since been officially seen. Later his accounts were found j to be in bad shape. In 1932 Ivar Krueger* the Swedish match king, was reporter to have committed suicide. His death was not made public for eight hours and the greatest secrecy surrounded! his supposed funeral and burial! Hi: accounts, also, later were found in bad shape! and several suicides and per haps a few murders have been the pftermath of this reported death./'Alsc some persons in high position in France had trouble explaining certain cir cumstances involving the Krueger affair. Roth Mr. Lowenstein and Mr Krueger are believed by many people to be yet living and in hiding, j Time may clear the/ mystery surrounding them, also this latest story concerning Mr. Lawrence. In ancient Bible timed we read of the fact that Enoch Walked with God and was not. Later Christ came, performed his duties, then in the presence of few people was gathered up and taken to heaven, and still an other disappearance from earth is that of Elijah, who was taken up in chariot of fire. Not one of these people has e|er been sjeen again on earth so far asrihe present generation is aware. Some other mysteries of later date are the disappearance of the Russian czar and his family; P. H. Fawcett, a British scientist, lost in the wilds oi Brazil, and many times reported still living; some people doubt the death oi John Dillinger, also that of Wilkes Booth, who killed Abraham Lincoln. | Then we have the story of Paul Redfem, lost with his plane a few years ago in an attempt to fly to Brazil, and just recently again reported to be living cap tive with Brazilian Indians. How much of all this id true may never be known.1 While the Key brothers, Fred and Al, in Mississippi, are up in ajn air plane in an effort to See how long they can keep off the earth without! actu ally going to heaven, up in Milwaukee, Wis., another record has been broken In a contest to become the champion beer drinker a bartjender of French-Insh descent drank a half gallon of beer in 34 seconds, defeating his German com petitor. That is a real record for the Irish. We believe he just poured it down. j From Cerro Gordo, N. C., comes a report, vouched for by the mayor, that a truck farmer there has a pig covered with feathers'instead of the usual coating of bristles. The report also states that the pig crows for the mid night hour, also for the break of day. If this; story carried a Milwaukee date line it would be harder to believe than it is. In a report from Chicago stating that in 1934 the de cidents reached the all-time record of 36,000, and that uj the number of accidents from the same cause this yea? almost half-way to last year’s mark. It looks like the behind, as we still have several holidays to check up on week-end 49 lives were lost, according to a report fron covering 20 states east of the Rockies. Charlotte had] Saturday evening. Drive carefully. Astronomers now come forward with the statement they wrong in measuring the distances of stars from the earth, distance is about one-half as far as formerly believed*] Well, they ar!e not yet so close it will bother our range of vision, and we are happy to be still able to look at them, for they are worth looking at. What bothers us is how that .comet lost its tail. The one recently reported as a new comet. ~ ' it is not yet old enough to grow a tail. The sales tax is now in full force iri North Carolina, does not carry a tax is milk. Live on milk, if you can.] aths from traffic ac to the present time has reached 15,000, pld mark may he left yet. During the past Washington, D. C., | one such death last have been 'They say the Perhaps The only thing that DENIES RIFT BETWEEN THE TEXTILE WORKERS, TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION AS RESULT S C. FEDERATION MEET The following is an Associated Press story relative to a re ported rift in the ranks of Organized Labor in South Carolina: SPARTANBURG, S. C., June 26.—H. C. Godfrey, president of the South Carolina Federation of Textile Workers, tonight is sued a statement denying that a rift exists between the Textile union and the Typographical union as a result of the convention of the South Carolina Federation of Labor in Greenville Monday and Tuesday and also asserted that there is' no dissension within the membership of the State Federation. At the same time J. W. Nates, newly-elected president of the Federation, issued a state ment declaring he has received asurances of co-operation from all active and important local unions and from the American Federa tion of Labor. Concerning his own union membership. Nates said he has been a member of Brotherhood of Railway Carmen for 18 years and is not a “former” member of the Textile union .... Godfrey asserted his friendship with members of the Typograph ical union Whs shown by the fact that he seconded the nomination of Dowell E. Patterson^ of Charleston, Southern representative of the International Typographical Union, who was elected to repre sent the State Federation of Labor at the fall convention of the American F ederation of Labor. There is no fight or dissension between loyal members within the ranks of the State Federation.” Godfrey said. “The differences in the recent convention were purely between individuals and in no sense should it be construed that there is a fight between the different crafts within the or ganization.” An Organizing Campaign Is To Start in Asheville Atlanta, Ga., July 1.-—It was an nounced at the Southern Headquar ters of the American Federation <>i Labor here today that an intensive organizing campaig would be started immediately in all section of the South. The. campaign will be opened in Asheville, N. C. on July 15> with a mass meeting in the county court house. This will be followed by six other mass meetings in important North Carolina cities the same week. George L. Googe, southern personal representative of President William Green will i be the principal speaker at these mass meetings and his sub ject will be “Rights of the Workers Under the Wagner Labor Disputes Law.” R. R. Lawrence, president of the N. C. State Federation of Labor, is making arrangements for the s’vr: big mass meetings, which will be held at different points on July 15-16-17 18-19-20-21. Subscribe for The Journal 177® tJ i HEY CAN'T 5AV_^S TH15 15 NOT ONSTlTUTIONAL1 if I ! If Union workers will prevail upon he buying public to purchase only Jnion Label products, they will have he best assurance of prevailing rages. The Union Label assures the pur haser that he is nutting his money nto the best investment on earth— frade Unionism. TO ADVERTISERS SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LABOR PAPER. It serves the territory thoroughly of those who buy your wares and make a local labor paper possible for the workers. THEY READ IT, ENDORSE IT, AND PATRONIZE ITS ADVER TISERS. . . ' ' \ Enatcing of “Tax Rich” Bill Will Take 2 Months Washington, D. C.—Speaker Byrns predicted, that the enactment of Pres ident Roosevelt’s program for Fed eral inheritance, higher gift taxes, higher graduated corporation income taxes, and increased individual in come taxes on incomes over $1,000, 000, will keep Congress in session for another two months. Under the President’s recommenda tions it i$ estimated the income of the Government will be increased by about $340,000,000 the first year and by lar ger amounts thereafter. The legislation must originate in the House of Representatives. It was announced that the Ways and Means Committee hearings would occupy at least two: weeks and would not begin until the second week in July. After the tax biM has pressed .the treu-'-e, 't will be taken up by the Finance Com mittee of the Senate, which will also hold extensive hearings. Increasing taxes on the rich, who are abundantly able to pay the bill, is regarded by Congress as a very ser ious matter. Every dollar spent for Union Label goods and services means better wages, shorter hours and decent work ing conditions for every worker. Western Textile Council Holds Meeting—Other Textile Notes One of the biggest meeting of West ern Textilfe Council was held at Gas tonia last Saturday that has occur red in recent months, evidences of a revival of; the old-time spirit was evident, Lawrence and Lisk, Thomas and Thrift, all well known in the La bor movement made spirited and in teresting talks. Two big mass meetings were held at Rockingham last Sunday afternoon, Organizer; Lisk addressed both meet ings. Interest is running high at this place, there being close to 1,500 mem bers in the two locals there. Organizer Lisk informs us that while this is his vacation period, there is no rest for the weary, as the har vest is ripe urito the reaping. There will be textile mass meetings in Concord tonight, Kannapolis Fri day night, East Belmont 7:30 Satur day night , North Belmont the same night at 8:30. If higher wages means greater purchasing power, then higher Union wages means greater organized pur chasing power, and that spells Pros perity for | everybody. Look for the Union Label 1 Charlotte Textile Plants Taking A “Vacation!” Several thousand textile mill opera tives at Charlotte will begin a 1-week vacation period tomorrow when the the manufacturers start a program of i extra curtailment. All plants of the Chadwick-Hoskins chain and those of the Johnston and Highland Park companies will be idle throughout the week, according to re ports obtained from the managements. C. W. Johnston, head of the John ston and Highland Park group of fac tories, said he understood that most of the mills in the south will give their employees a full week’s vacation this week. t Announcements regarding operating schedules of these plants after this week were not available yesterday. —Sunday’s Observer. Don’t let the dust storms blind your 'eyes to the Union Label, Shop Card and Buttons.
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