The Charlotte Labor Journal
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
Enured u seond-class matter. S^ptemer 11, 1911, at the Post Office at Charlotte, N. G
•nder the Act of March S. 1879.
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W. M. WITTER__Editor and Publisher
CLAUDE L. ALBEA_i....Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1936
Americanism is an unfailing love of country, loyalty to
its institutions and ideals, eagerness to defend it against all
enemies, undivided allegiance to the flag, and a desire to se
cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity.
STATE FEDERATION MEET GREAT AFFAIR
The State Federation of Labor Convention at Winston-Salem
this year is reported by the Charlotte delegates as a great affair,
bringing out many points of interest in the movement and point
ing the way to unification and solidification into a compact
unit for the good of all workers. The State Federation has been
well and wisely guided in the past, although there may have been
and are, some dissenters, along technical lines, as a whole the
body stands together when it comes to the welfare of Labor as
a body. Its past officers have been tried, and found true, and
the newly elected and re-elected heads of the movement in North
Carolina are going to work faithfully and well to upbuild the
Labor movement. Let’s cast petty jealousies and ambitions to
the forewinds and buckle down to a year of real endeavor, ad
versary and foe laying down the olive branch. A house divided
against itself can not stand and Big Business would welcome dis
ruption in our ranks.
The Journal greets the incoming officers, and promises them
whole-hearted support, which it has given for nearly six weary
years of toil and endeavor, trying to hew straight to the line,
taking its backsets and backslips as they come, and if we have
nursed any sore toes they have been kept out of the paper and
within our secret closet. Charlotte Labor has had its ups and
downs, but it is multiplying, all union men are working in the
crafts, new organizations are coming into being, the dawn of
a new day is upon us, so let’s not mar the march forward, but,
instead of gumming up the works, let’s make the pathway one
of unity and harmony.
LIST’S HAVE HARMONY AND UNITY
Charlotte Labor is wondering how the idea got scattered
around that the majority of the Unions in Charlotte were for In
dustrial Organization. The building trades are against it; the
Tvpa boys voted two to one against it, and in the other organi
zations. not a one of which is listed among the “insurgents has a
charier in Charoltte, with the exception of a textile local. Of
coui/so there are A. F. of L. bodies here that have a membership
of \Wied views, just as we have quite a number of Republicans
and Socialists in our number. Labor, as a whole, is made up of
different political, religious, as well as Labor affiliations, and The
Journal believes it is too early to decide as to what the outcome
will be. But, whatever it is, at the present time, when there
should be unity and harmony, there appears to be blowing an ill
wind that will do nobody good, and a disruption is brewing in
Labor ranks that is going to give the Industrialists and Com
munists just what they have been looking for—a house divided
against itself. The Journal, as a Labor paper, has tried to, and
has. given both sides of the controversy, a fair and square deal,
even though the editor has not yet been convinced that Industrial
Organization will bring the desired results, as we saw that tried
out unsuccessfully by the old Knights of Labor under Z. V.
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Powderly. He also remembers when the I. T. U. controlled all
the printing crafts, but found it not feasible to so continue, with
the result of their formation into separate units. This writer
does not gainsay the fact that in mass production, such as steel,
coal, autos, etc., the industrial organization plan may not be feas
ible. but the trades man of many years, who has spent years to
perfect his line, does not relish the idea of losing his identity, which
is as sure to come as dav follows night. And has it ever appear
ed to the workers that this MAY be a fight for supremacy and
dictatorship in the Labor movement. But, lets bide our time,
give each other credit for the right of his own views, and hope
for an amicable solution of a distressing question. If it is best for
Labor, (Industrial Unionism) this humble worker m the ranks
for 48 years will take up the cudgel and carry on, as he always
has, his fight for the masses. ....
Following according to an A. F. of L. statement include or
ganizations involved in the suspension order:
United Mine Workers of America. Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America, International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union,
United Textile Workers of America, Oil Field, Gas Well and Re
finery Workers of America, International Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, Federation of Flat Glass Workers of America,
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, Inter
national Union, United Automobile Workers of America, United
Rubber Workers of America.
The Executive Council reserved for special action two unions
whose officers are affiliated with the Committee for Industrial
Organization—the International Typographical Union and the
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International union.
The Council found that Charles P. Howard, president of the
Typographical Union, held personal membership m the Committee
for Industrial Organization, but that his union had not taken any
action with respect to that group. In regard to the Hatters Un
ion, it was found that the millinery division, led ^y Max Zantsky,
was involved, but not the hatters’ division, led by Michael F.
President Green "Was instructed to communicate with these
two unions for a clarification of their position regarding the con
nection of Mr. Howard and Mr. Zaritsky with the C. I. O.
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(The following poem is very appropriate for all Labor papers at
this time.)
WRECKERS
I watched them tearing a, building down,
■A Rang of men in a busy town,
" ith a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam and the side wall fell.
I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled.
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?”
He gave a laugh and said, “No indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two.
\\ hat builders have taken a year to do.
I thought to myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am 1 a builder who works with care.
Measuring life by the rule and square?
Am_I shaping my deeds to a well-made plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town.
Content with the labor of tearing down?
H. S. SHARP.
JUST A COINCIDENCES)
By strange coincidence readers of the daily press on Tues
day morning, did not find any mention of William Green or any
of the trades union leaders of the Green group as participants, or
high lights in the Labor Non-Partisan League meeting. John
Lewis, of the Mine Workers, nad Sidney Hillman of the Clothing
Workers were prominent in the meeting, along with George L.
Berry, of the Printing Pressmen’s Union, who is an adminis
tration labor official. Of course this was merely a coincidence,
but one noticed by the press and in the radio and news broadcast.
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