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CHILD LABOR RETURNING? Seven months have elapsed since the NR A went out via the Supreme Court’s nailing blow. The NRA contained as a basic principle strict and stern prohibition against the empoljment of children in industry. It was hailed with elation on that account. The Children’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor reports that within the last seven months, the period during which the NRA has been ineffective, the number of children of 14 and 15 receiving employment certificates in these months was 55 per cent greater than the number during the whole of 1931, when NRA was in effect. Of the new child workers 29 per cent went into manufacturing, mechan ical and mercantile industries, compared with only 5 per cent in 1934—in dustries where adult unemployment is most glaring. This is a Federal government agency’s figures and we must accept them as authentic. And so accepting them, it is impossible to escape a few vital conclu sions. And the first is that private enterprise must not return in any such fashion to the unholy business of picking up children under age and putting them back in industry. And another is that unless private enterprise is willing to work out this reform on the basis of its own option, public sentiment will be so aroused that it will find a way to get rid of this vicious evil BY LAW. And another is that if the State Legislature fail or refuse to act to the end of abolishing child la boor within their own domains, this same pub lic sentiment will demand that an amendment be put in the Federal Consti tution by which the employment of child labor will be a Federal crime and so dealt with. This newspaper opposes Federal regulation of child labor. It believes the States can handle this evil with their own present powers and authorities, but it believes, also, that THEY SHOULD HANDLE IT EFFECTIVELY AND PROMPTLY.—-Charlotte Observerr Editorial, April 9. Four S.C. Mills Are Strike Bound; One Mill Starts Up COLUMBIA, S. fc., April 14.—The number of strike-bound mills in South Carolina increase dfrom two to four yesterday, and preparations for pos sible early opening of one of the plants met with opposition of some strikers. A number of operatives of the big Molohon mill at Newberry picketed the plant, Mayor J. W. Ehrhardt said, when persons were sent to make repairs with an apparent view to re opening soon. It has been closed for the last eight weeks. Meanwhile, two additional strikes at Gaffney left only two of the town’s five textile plants open. Employes of the Limestone and Gaffney manufacturing companies picketed the plants after voting riot to return to their jobs. Union officials said the Gaffney strike was called in protest to what they termed use of the stretchout in the spinning room, while the Lime stone differences resulted from the union’s objections to an overseer and other grievances. The Alma mill at Gaffney has been closed two months by a strike. OPERATIONS RESUMED AT ELIZABETH CITY ELIZABETH CITY, April 13.— Operations were resumed at the Eliz abeth City Hosiery mill today follow ing settlement of the labor dispute which had kept it idle for several weeks. • Union employes returned on the basis of a 45-hour work week and the same piece rate scale prevailing prior to the strike which was called when the management announced an increased work week of 50 hours and no increase in pay. When you buy foreign-made goods, you are cutting your own pay. Don’t chisel on you’.self. F. G. CAMPBELL Dry Cleaner (Member Teamsters and Chauffeurs Local) 719 Louise Ave. Phone 2-1033 Pender Stores Answer Your Problems of ECONOMY JLNS QUALITY Best By Test Try SUN if LOWER Self-Ridas mad ELIZABETH v Plain Flow Far Tow Next Order Rain* of Pompoii When the fury of the volcanic con flagration which destroyed Pompeii 79 A. D. was past the site of the city was a sea of ashes, the npper parts of buildings not destroyed sticking ont and serving as a guide-post to those who returned to dig among the ruins. By the Third century a number of buildings had been erected to the north of the city. This second Pompeii was, however, abandoned in the Eleventh century on account of the frequent earthquakes, eruptions of Vesuvius and incursions of Saracens. Famous Greek Monastery The i famous Greek Orthodox monas tery of Valamo, on one of a group of islands in the northern part of Lake Ladoga, Finland, is aaid to have been founded A. D. 992, and was at its height of fame toward the end of the last cen tury, when pilgrims visited It In enor mous numbers. The most noteworthy sight Is the magnificently equipped Chuch of the Transfiguration, which consists of two churches placed one over the other. There are several smaller sanctuaries and hermitages. Subscribe for The Journal “Outsiders” Theme of Article In Raleigh News and Observer To the Editor: “I do not know what Mr. McDonald has said about machine politics, and I do not care. Every party has to be well organized to win. I may not be much of a politician but some thing of a psychologist, and have this to say to Mr. Hoey: The time is past in North Carolina when the people can be controlled by prejudice, either against the Negro or against those born outside of the State who are trying as best they know to make some sort of a contribution to the State’s progress. : I’ve lived here 30 years and know more about the State of North Caro lina than, shall I say, the natives do, and yet, Democrat that I am, and al ways have been, let me dip into poli tics and I am a Republican and an outsider [because I did not first see the light; of day here. I feel that the Simmons campaign under my leadership suffered on ac count of this appeal to prejudice. Now I’m thoroughly fed up on it. They used to say of me: “She’s not our kind o’ folks, yob know.” Well, I’m not the only one by any measn. Many who have made ver; great contributions to the State were not borni here, and I think it is bad politics, bad psychology, and just plain bad manners to keep this up. It’s a wonder many come and so many stay. Who witp America’s odlest blood in their veins wants to be labelled an outsider ? CHARLOTTE S. PERKINSON. Raleigh. The West Indies The wjest Indies are a loose chain of tropical islands expanding In a great Curve frtjiro Florida south and east to South America. They are otherwise known :«s the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles and include among the larger isljpnds. Cuba. Haiti, Porto Rico, Jamaica pud many others. They were palled West Indies by the Spaniards who thought them to He off the coast of India.^ Third of Lift Passed Asleep The person who lives to be seventy years old passes 23 years asleep. That Is the estimate of a scientific commit tee set at Nice, France, to inquire how persons occupy their lives. Apart from sleep, the committee's report says, the average person talks for 13 years, eats for six years, passes 23 years in pleasure ami washes for 18 months. GOLDEN JUBILEE VALUES YOU'LL MARVEL AT WHEN YOU COMPARE! 1 ' . - i SEARS APRIL RUG AND FURNITURE SALE One Glimpse Proves Its Worth! 3-Pc. Bedroom Suites SOLD ON SEARS EASY TERM! $3jiG6 Worth 545.00 "ew /*•“*"• beautiful carvings, the smart It's massively sized and k.*"* l"* * i"P ]***' G*nuin® walnut veneers. *«d1wIT ,u £.< n q“1“y J«®‘“'®» •» dust-proof partition, .o ilW^oTltoVe. D° *** ,t! P“‘“ «*«<*. nnity and chest. Similar Innerspring Mattresses $15.00 Value! 9<|66 Restful sleep c*n bow be yours •t * tremendous serins! Bur early! FEATHER I PILLOWS JOC I COIL • /M SPRINGS $7.50 Values! AMERICAN SHOE SHOP 104 East Fourth Street ALL WORK DONE BY UNION SCALE LABOR Guaranteed Satisfaction For Service Dial 9122 C. L. DETTER, Prop. J COLDEX Now—35c Quickest Relief Known for Colds •uid Fla. Better Than Whiskey for Coughs and Colds Candidates Without Request Of Labor Have No Claim In Its Vote i - I To Editor Labor Journal: When a self-appointed individual without the erquest of Labor decides to run for political office and then after making said decision demands that Organized Labor support him, well he is talking a little bit out of line with the rights of Labor. Just because a man carries a union card) and does nothing else and decides to be a candidate does not compel you I to support him. If a man desires to I be a candidate and is anxious to ob tain the approval of the Organized Labor Movement i in his district it seems to me the first thing he should do is consult with the leaders of La bor in his district and ask them if they will support him. It is not al ways true that men who carry union cards are the best kind of men in legislative offices. As a rule they remain loyal to their obligation, but self-constituted candidates that de- j mand that Labor support them be-! cause they offer themselves, for sel-' fish reasons not for the purposes of j ' Labor—the Labor Movement owes them nothing. I hold that getting a1 job for yourself or your friends is not what you have been elected to office for by your local union. If you want to remain loyal to your local union and to your mem-1 bership you will endeavor to have en-J acted legislation to be helpful to the: great masses of Labor. Labor men! that sell themselves out because they want a job for their brother-in-law j and they use their labor official in fluence to that extent, are not com plying in any sense with the objects and purposes and principles of the Labor Movement. Yes, we would like to see afmajor ity of the men holding public office as coming from the ranks of Labor, because we have found those that have gone to Washington and Ra leigh were trained union men and officials of Labor, in nearly all in stances have been true to their ob ligaitons and training. But ever so often we find a baby from the rank and file who just joined the union a few months before and never attended any meetings, never had RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BILL PASSES HOUSE FINANCED BY A $410,000,000.00 BUDGET • . WASHINGTON, D. C.—The advantages of electric energy for the rural inhabitants of the United States were assured when the House of Represnta Uves, passed the Norris-Rayburn bill authorizing a ten-year program for the "“ri' Electrification Administration during the year ending June 30, 1937, bill has already passed the Senate in a slightly different form. It carries the approval of President Roosevelt, Secretary of Agriculture, Wallace, Sec retary of the Interior kites, and Morris L. Cooke, head of the Rural Electri fication Administration. The $410,000,000 fund will be in charge of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which is given authority to lend not to exceed $50,000,000 to the RuTaJ.H^t^fIc*t,on Administration during the year ending June 30, 1037, and $10,000,000 annually for the next nine years. °f f*!e fupd *>11 be used for loans to associations and persons to build transmismn tines and buy generators and the other half will be lent to individuals to install wiring and electrical fixtures in homes and farm buildings. Provision is made for the amortization of loans for the construction and operation of generating plants over a period not to exceed twenty-five years. Loans for home and farm improvements will be amortized in five years. An interest charge of not more than three per cent is authorized. It is estimated that the measure will take electricity to at least 1,000, 27J'™ h?me.8.- Jhere said to be 6,800,000 farms in the United States. 0,000,000 of which are not receiving central station service. the approval of Labor, but he flashes his union card in everybody’s eyes before election and if elected he soon forgets. You don’t have to vote for a man for public office just because he decided to run, or just because he carries a card. Usually he is look ing for himself. If he is running against someone who is no good, then you choose the lesser of the two evils. If he wants your union’s sup port and he is a member he should ask you before he offers himself as a candidate. Remember, there is no restrictions on any member in organ ized Labor as to how he or she votes. No political or party lines, except that Communists are barred from membership. You should not vote for a Communist as they are destruc tionists. Respectfully yours, H. L. M. Charlotte, N. C. I. ( 1 The Union Label is the greatest ASSURANCE of quality and the best INSURANCE for Trade-Unionism. Six hundred and twenty-five dolars was paid at auction for a single ticket to a Jenny Lind concert in Boston, 1850. Printers Granted Wage Increase At Seattle, Wash. SEATTLE, WASH.—A wage in crease of 7.3 cents per hour, or 51 cents per day, was received by the members of Seattle Typographical Union No. 202 employed in the news paper composing rooms here as the result of the award of the Board of Arbitration issued March 27, 1936. The new rates will be $1.18 per hour for day work and $1.25 per hour for night work. The awar<k is for a pe riod of 18 months ending September 27, 1937. The union members on the Board of Arbitration were P. J. Brady and R. M. McCullough. The publishers were represented by H. W. Parish and F. W. Webster. The public pays the bill. Why not buy Union-made, American products which will increase jnr payrolls, in stead of buying non-Union, foreign made goods which will increase our relief rolls? Bargains!! Sterchi's Exchange Store c’J” NEW PERFECTION OIL STOVE (With High Shelves) $1075 M While They New Chimneys! New Wicks Good Condition $1.00 Week STERCHIS EXCHANGE STORE 110 North College Street Charlotte, N. C. MINIMUM WAGE APPROVED FOR BAY STATE STORES Boston, Mass.—Representatives of Massachusetts stores pave their un nanimous approval to the propsed new minimum wage scale for retail stores fhroughout the State at a hearing: of ’he State Minimum Wage Board. The new rates, which the State Board estimates will affect more than 25, “'00 women workers, range from ’14.50 per week for experienced em ployes in Boston to $12 per week for ‘nexperienced employes under 18 yrs. f age in smaller towns and cities, "he scale applies to all women em doyes and boys under 21. 00 PHILADELPHIA SHOE WORKERS WIN UNION SHOP Philadelphia, Pa.—An outstanding •ictory for union labor was register d here when the Standard & Cleo 'atra Shoe Company, employing 600 leople signed an agreement with the loot and Shoe Workers’ Union fol owing a four days’ strike. The agreement provides that all mployes must be members of the 'nion, establishes a 40-hour week with <xtra compensation for overtime, and 'rants wage increases averaging ’rom 15 to 25 per cent for all the vorkers in the plant. ENOUGH AND A PLENTY The editor stood at the pearly gates, His face was worn and old; j He meekly asked of the man of fate Admission to the fold. ‘What have you done?” St Peter asks, “To seek admission here?” ‘Oh, I ran a little printing plant On earth for many a year.” The gate swung open sharply As Peter touched the bell. ‘Come in,” he said “and take a harp; You’ve had enough of-er-trouble.” —Anon. ACT APPLYING TO PRISON INDUSTRIES IS UPHELD The United States Supreme Court an March 2 upheld the Federal Hawes Cooper Act which permits a State to prohibit the sale within its borders of prison-made goods originating in ather States. This Act became ef fective in January, 1934. There are iow 24 States with laws prohibiting be sale of prison-made goods in com >etition with the products of free la >or in the open market. The recent decision should stimulate further ex tension of this legislation. The Union Label is the insignia of the great army of American Labor. The Union Label is the O. 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