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rtie ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY in Merkftitbnrg County for a Weekly, Its Readers Represent the LARGEST BUYING POWER in Cltartotw She Charlotte labor Journal 1 rvtkful, honest, Impartial AND DIXIE FARM NEWS 1 Endeavoring to Serve the Masses i ' ■ . _i. | ' . i. . :' ' ‘ . - ~ ' . • ycj y j ^'0 ]9 «« * t«« CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, .1936 jou«««*l a——w— w $2.00 Per Ye* Patronize our Adver tisers. They make YOUR paper possible by their co operation. Official Organ Central Labor Union; standing for the A. F. of L. VAST THRONG GREETS ROOSEVELT ON QUEEN CITY VISIT-RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN SPECTATORS’ ARDOR President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, riding through the rain on most of his journey from Asheville, arrived in Charoltte last Thursday, way behind schedule time, but the vast throngs lining Trade street from the Southern station to the Stadium, held fast to their cantage points to see the President and his escort pass rapidly by in a downpour of rain. And as he entered the speaker’s stand, the sun came out and a rainbow appeared in the east. And none of the assembled throng probably 30,000, let the rain cause them to give up their seats at the Stadium and the president took advantage of the elements to prelude his talk with a Rooseveltian smile, saying, “ My friends, I notice a rainbow in the sky.” And this caught the fancy of the throng, who applauded tumultously. ur. L,utner L,itue, pastor oi tne First Baptist church, offered the in vocation, which was timely, appropri ate and beautiful. The prayer of gratitude follows: “Thou God of the universe, and Father of us all: First, we thank Thee for what Thou art. The Psalm of praise, which is now sinking in our hearts, grows sweeter when we remember that Thou hast brought us to this happy occasion. Thou hast brought songs of joy to our hearts by the fellowship and smiles of these many precious guests — men and women gathered here from these many states. “We are grateful to Thee for our country, its government and its insti tutions. We hallow Thy name for the great and good men and women who have led us triumphantly thus far. We are grateful to Thee for our citizens in all the walks of life. We are so happy for the certain and ever grightening skies. Thank God for the daybreak, and the fleeing shadows. “Especially are we grateful for our human friend and great Presi dent, whose gracious presence with us today charms and blesses us with hope and courage. We thank Thee for his good heart, his broad sympa thy for suffering huinanity, and his tireless toil in our behalf. May Thy unfailing wisdom still be with him. Keep his body, mind, and soul safe— sheltered in Thy love. For the en tire nation we pray, and may the blessings of our God be upon all the people here and evehrywhere. “This prayer we make in our Saviour’s name. Amen.’' Then Chairman Haywood Robbins introduced Mayor Douglas, of Char lotte, who in turn introduced Govern or Ehringhaus, who introduced the President, who started off with— “Green Pastures—what a memory those words call forth. In all our schooling, in every part of the land, no matter to what church we happen to belong,, the twenty-third Psalm is in all probability better known to men, women and children than any other poem in the English language. “And in this great lyric, what do we best remember? Two lines: “ ‘He maketh me to lie dowTn in green pastures; “ ‘He leadest me beside the still wa ters.’ “It does not greatly matter wheth er that symbol of an ideal of human physical and spiritual happiness was written in its original three thousand or five thousand or ten thousand years ago. It might have been writ ten as well in the twentieth century of the Christian era. “Have you ever stopped to think that happiness is most often de scribed in terms of the simple ways of nature rather than in the complex ways of man’s fabrications? Perhaps it is because peace is necessary to ultimate happiness. Perhaps, there fore, when we seek a symbol of hap piness, we do not go to the rush of crowded city streets or to the hum of machinery to find the simile.” Mighty shouts rang out from ten thousand throats when Mr. Roose velt made the claim: “Most think ing people believe that the national recovery act, during its short term of life, accomplished as much for the restoration of prosperity through the estaDiisnmeni oi me imnimum the shortening: of hours and the elimination of child labor, as any law put on the statute books of the Fed eral government in the past cen tury.” L The President paused and smiled when he mentioned the short life of the NRA, and Judge John J. Par ker, who was seated on the speak er’s-etand and who narrowly missed a seat on the United States Supreme Court bench during the Hoover ad ministration, also smiled broadly. The address was one of some length and impressed each and every one of his hearers. But as most everybody heard it in this territory it is unnec esasry for us to publish it in full. Colonel Starling highly commend ed everybody who had a hand in Thursday’s huge rally—dubbed the Green Pastures rally—and recognized as that by the President who had be gun his address with a reference to the Twenty-third Psalm and its lines: “He maketh me lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters.” “It was wonderfully well man aged,” said the colonel. “Everything went off without a hitch. I want to compliment everybody who helped with it. All of us have had a great time, and we are deeply grateful.” One of the first persons to greet the President when he reached Meck lenburg was Frank R. McNinch, chair man of the Federal Power commis sion, who came down from Washing ton Wednesday night. “Hello, Frank,” said the President, as Mr. McNinch went up to his car out at the Ca tawba bridge and shook hands.'* Mr. McNinch was. to present the President a copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence as a gift of the local chapters of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, More persons were at the rally in the seats of the mighty and at the banquet the night before that are yelling themselves hoarse for him and what he stands for and yet working diametrically against him, as record ed votes will show and their actions regarding his NRA program. And there were also present men of high estate who have been loyal in and out of season. That it was a semi-social affair was to be expected and society came in for the lion’s share of the meeting of the ladies, with luminaries over shadowing all else. But the workers will vote for Roosevelt. They will send him back into the White House, and he will continue his program of trying to alleviate the pressure of long hours and low wages imposed by those who are both for and against him. You wil lhave to hand it to Hay wood Robbins, for he did a good job of the “Green Pastures” Roosevelt rally, accomplishing a feat which, in conception and fulfillment has sel dom been equalled in the South. The Journal was dubious at the begin ning and became more dubious as the plans were enlarged upon. For one so young, and probably, if the truth were told, inexperienced, he expanded as the idea gained momentum and proved himself capable of taking care of the situation, visioning larger things, which culminated in giving Charlotte one of the greatest days in its his tory. .... McDonald-Hoey Meet At Green Pas tures Banquet Wed. Rivals in recent bitter campaign far nomination as Governor of the Democratic party, Clyde R. Hoey, nominee-elect, and his opponent, Dr. Ralph McDonald, of Winston-Salem, met as political allies at the Green Pasture rally luncheon at the Hotel • Charlotte yesterday. Dr.'McDonald was already seated when Mr. Hoey, Mrs. Hoey, and Miss Isabel Hoey entered the dining room. He arose, walked rapidly to meet Mr. Hoey, greeter him cordially, and was introduced to members of the fam ih* of the nominee-elect. “Naturally, I plan to support the straight ticket,” Dr. McDonald de clared, when asked after the lunch eon if he would campaign for Mr. Hoey between now and the time of the November election.—News. A DIRTY QUESTION' “Is my face dirty or is it my imagination?” “Your face is clean; I can’t" tell about your imagination.” Western Carolinas Textile Council Standing for C.I.U. PAW CREEK, N. C.—The Western Carolinas Textile Council, meeting at Paw Creek, went on record asserting its opposition to the suspension of the C. I. O. unions and demanding that the A. F. of L. executive council im mediately and unconditionally rescind its suspension order. The delegates pledged their sup port to the aims and purposes of the C. I. 0., which “has launched a legiti mate and long-needede organization Campaign among the workers in the basic mass-production industries to free them of economic slavery.” FATHER COUGHLIN AND GERALD K. SMITH “The skillful manipulation of emotion and rerigious fervor” to de magogic ends was vividly illustrated at the Townsend convention where Catholic priest and Protestant min ister joined forces to further a move ment which at any moment may be come, especially under such leader ship, a bulwark of fascism. , —Social Questions Bulletin, Meth odist Federation for Social Service. OOMMKK on ▼miir Tories CHATTING ■Y HARRY BOATS In recent yaers crime of various kinds has been occupying an ever increasing space in the news columns of newspapers and magazines. It is an impossibility to glance through a daily paper and not discover where some person or persons have forgotten that there is such a thing as a law to protect the average citizen, but are suddenly brought face to face with the fact when peace officers meet up with them and invite them to enjoy the hospitality of the public in such places as the taxpayers have provided for them when such need arises. The custom appears to be to read such items and pass on to the next subject and not spend much time on analyzing crime, its cause, or anything concerning the life or occupation of those who commit the misdeeds. The Literary Digest has compiled some facts regarding crime which may be interesting to readers, and they are here given for your consideration. Fewer farmers commit crime than men of any other occupation; ap parently tending the corn under the blazing sun or milking cows by morn ing and evening candle light leaves little time fro wrongdoing. Recently penologists scanned a report showing that banking, truck driving, printing, and serving as barber or hair dresser are hazardous occupations. Their con tribution to prisons is all out of proportion to their numbers in the geneal population. Most dangerous of all is to have no occupation. A year ago the United States Public Health Service assigned Dr. Barkey S. Sanders, psychologist, the task of learning why some men find their way into prison, while others remain free. He went to the huge Northeastern Penitentiary for Federal prisoners at Lewisburg, Pa., where hundreds of gray-faced men with numbers were counting the dragging days until their release. Through the corridors went the keen-eyed doctor. In the prison office he thumbed the records of 1,000 men in the order of admittance. In the cells he measured and studied the prisoners, learning all he could about their histories, ages, occupations, and mental quirks. The enigma of crime is still far from solved, but the doctor has made a. report of his progress so far in Public Health Reports: Between the ages of about 28 and 34 there sems to be some influence at work that causes men to icommit crime. Most prisoners fall in that age group.Qun mcn commit robbery, postoffice, theft, and sex offenses, and violate the immigration laws. Older men plot forgery, impersonate others, and violate the bankruptcy, bank, postal and narcotic laws. Occupation has a strange effect on tendency to crime. Bankers are relatively few in the population. By the law of averages there should have been only two in the thousand prisoners Dr. Sanders studied. Actually, there were 21. ]. . , Other occupations that contributed prisoners disproportionately were wholesalers, domestic servants, brokers, waiters, bakers, mechanics, tailors, and postmasters. ..... , . On the other side of the ledger were machinists, store clerks, composi tors, engineers, industrial laborers, carpenters, and insurance salesmen, who sent fewer of their numbers to prison than the average in the general popu lation. Least crime-minded of all were farmers. By averages there should have been 50 in the thousand men Dr. Sanders studied. There were none. And here is something else the public may not he well informed about. When police raided the home of Clifford Giroux of Williamston, Mass now appealing a $250 fine for illegally selling, keeping and maintaining a liquor nuisance, they found a diploma from the “College of Bootlegging, conferring on him the degree of “first-class bootlegger. . . , , , , , Then there is the murder of the young college girl in the hotel at Asheville, N. C., which at this writing has not been solved, and apparently no clue oa which to hang hope that it will be solved in the near future Yes, crime is certainly a popular diversion with many people in this day and time, and scientific study appears to be making little progress with its efforts to find out why so many persons prefer a life of crime to one of honest endeavor. It should be possible to live without selfishly creating trouble for one’s self and his fellow man. State Federation of Labor Sees Need Of Council for In dustrial Progress _ The following communication comes from E. L. Sandefur secretary of the State Federation of Labor and is self-explanatory: RESOLUTION Whereas, The Council for Industrial Progress has been organized and is functioning under the Coordinator for Industrial Co-operation, Major George L. Berry, apopinted by Presi dent Roosevelt under Executive Or der, and, Whereas, The Council has progress ed to a point beyond any such pre vious attempts to bring management, labor and consumer together for; the common good and the public welfare, and, Whereas, The Council now repre sents more than half a million indi vidual establishments doing an an nual volume of business in excess of 80 billions of dollars, and represents all those who labor and those who consume the products of industry, and, Whereas, The reports of the De partments of Commerce and La bor, indicate that recovery is ad vancing for capital at a greater rate than for labor and that the minimum standards of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment establish ed under the NRA are being broken at an farming rate and, Whereas, Such reports compel the consideration of both industry and labor and a combined effort by both to adjust our economic system on a more mutual basis; Resolved, That this 1936 convention of the North Carolina Federation of Labor recognizes the desirability and the necessity for a continuance of the Council for Industrial Progress and for the office of Coordinator for In dustrial Co-operation as a means whereby management, labor and the consumer may meet, discuss and mu-1 Journal Editor Handed “Hard Nut To Crack” 1 _ The following is from our friend, L. D. Dosh, of the Carolina Linotyp ing Company, and we are just won dering what made him think that we knew what it is all about over in Spain. It is a Communist, Socialist, Bolshevick mix-up, which it would take a commentator to unravel, and the main object seems to be destruc tion all the way down the line. Eu rope is a seething mass of discon tents, with the radicals in the saddle, and America is huddling ten billion dollars in gold in a vault in the Ken tucky hills (why, we don’t know,) when it needs to be in circulation among the builders, manufacturers and workers, but guess that you, be ing a financier, can give us a reason. But, to the letter: “From a Dumb-Bell— “Dear Bill: I’m dumb, as you will see by the following (and perplexed). In all great controversies we all like to take sides. Anent the Spanish war. I see one day where the Loyal ists have a great victory, the next day the Rebels have a great victory. Naturally, I want to see some one win, and eventually some one will win, but while it is going on I want to “pull” for somebody, and I am so dumb I don’t know who is right and who is wrong. Which side must I “hope wins”? tually agree upon policies in the pub lic interest, and be it Resolved, That each delegate to this convention pledges himself to as sits in his locality by making known to his neighbors, friends and employ ers, the purposes, policies and results of the Council for Industrial Prog ress, and Resolved, That copies of this resolu tion be sent to President Roosevelt, Coordinator, George L. Berry, Presi dent Wm. Green and to the press. E. L. SANDEFUR. TO ADVERTISERSj 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. OFFICIAL NEWS OF LABOR NON PARTISAN LEAGUE SAYS SUPPORT IS GROWING AT RAPID RATE Labor’s Non-Partisan League continues its sweep of progress in the building of sentiment for the re-election of President Roosevelt. Support is growing rapidly in all sections of the country, with organizations falling into line everywhere.,. Labor realizes that its whole future depends upon the re-election of the president The Landon record of hostility to labor has been further illumin ated by the evasiveness and the contradictions of the Landon campaign speeches. In no two Landon utterances has the GOP candidate taken the same position. The wnoie situation is typified by the GifcP invasion of Maine, where the Liberty League poured a fortune into the state in advance of the Lan don speeches, greasing the ways in good old Mark Hanna fashion. This episode brought out all over again the Liberty League-GOP alliance and showed the hollowness of the Liberty League pretense that it is not in the campaign to try to elect Landon. Labor’s Non-Partisan League is driving home the facts all along the line, building at the same time toward to future and a permanent fight for progressive principles. Membership is growing at a tremendous rate. With the re-election of the President achieved, labor, through the League, will proceed to exert its power for preservation of freedom and the de velopment of the program identified with Roosevelt and labor. Labor’s Non-Partisan League radio fceries has brought much favorable comment. This program goes on at 9 o’clock EST. each Wednesday night, over a group of five station, including WOL, Washington; WEVD, New York; WIP, Philadelphia; WKQV, Pittsburgh; WCFL, Chicago. The series began with a ringing speech by United States Senator Robert F. Wagner. Cities not within reach of this net work can join easily, if they will write to President Berry at League headquarters in Washington. The program runs for 15 minutes each Wednesday night and will continue through the campaign. Reports of highly successful and enthusiastic Labor Day gatherings throughout the United States are be ing reported to League headquarters in Washington. Western Pennsylvania witnessed the largest crowd that ever assembled in a political rally. Governor Earle, Senator Joseph Guffey and Mine Worker District President Pat Fagan were among the speakers. League President George L. Berry addressed a huge throng of Labor Day i celebrators at Baltimore, Maryland. Practically every state in the un ion witnessesd some form of celebra tion with members or officials of La bor’s Non-Partisan League partici pating or co-operating. The first state-wide convention of Labor’s Non-Partisan League mem ‘bers of Michigan takes place Sep tember 27th in Lansing according to word from State Chairman Frank X. Martel. Gubernatorial candidate Frank Murphy and Senator James Couzens are expected to attend and address the gathering. Big things are ex pected to result from this state-wide rally according to Mr. Martel. west Virginia League members holding a mass meeting in the city Auditorium at Huntington on October 2nd. Plans are being made to broad cast proceedings and speeches from fradio stations in Parkersburg, Wheel ing, Fairmont, Charleston and Blue field from 8:30 to 9:00 Eastern Stand ard Time on the night of the Second. This broadcast will cover the listen ing audience of the entire state. Ernest B. Pugh, League Chairman for West Virginia will preside at the rally. Illinois Labor’s Non-Partisan Lea gue oficials are planning an intensive drive throughout the state following An important conference in Chicago on September 12th. Delegates to the meeting were told of organization progress in Pennsylvania, New York State and elsewhere. Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Typ ists and Office Assistants Union No. 14491 of Denver, Col., have adopt ed a unanimous resolution endorsing Labor’s Non-Partisan League and Asking that the League’s activities be extendede to include organizations of farmers, small business men and others. As an indication of how all branch es of labor are falling into line al most unanimously behind President Roosevelt, the following letter from H. Carl Bluemke of Local No. 58, International Federation of Technical Engineers’ Architects and Drafts men’s Unions is significant. It reads in part as follows: “On May 11, 1936 you wrote this local requesting permission to use our name to support and advance the candidacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the coming election. On June 26 we responded by withhold ing.” “It is with the greatest personal pleasure that I now wish to' inform you that the body has reconsidered the matter and now grants the per mission requested with the hope that it will be of service to you at this late date.” Local No. 58 is in Baltimore, Mary land. Two more Carpenters and Joiners Union locals have gone on record fav oring the re-election of President Roosevelt. Carpenters Local No. 393 of Cam den, New Jersey, adopted a resolution stating its intention of supporting the friends of labor. Wichita, Kansas, Carpenters Local No. 201, has also just adopted a reso lution stating that its members are practically unanimous in their sup port of President Roosevelt. The Wichita local has a membership of about 2d0. Labor Appreciative of Interest of Church In Its Many Problems! The following is a portion of an address delivered in the Belle Fonte Methodist Church, Wilmington, Del, by John C. Saylor, secretary of the Wilmington Central Labor Union on Sunday preceding Labor :Day: Students of capital and labor re lations are duly appreciative of the interest of the Church in the prob lems of both labor and industry. When capital is unemployed, work-i ers are laid off and become jobless.; “HAIL COUGHLIN r A revealing picture of the Cough lin convention is contained in the following report by Jonathan Mit chell in the liberal New Republic of August 26; Through the three days at Cleve land, Coughlin was called simply “Father” “Father says . . . . Father thinks .... Father, told us . . .” The nominating speech for Coughlin as president of the N. U. S. J.’s corpor ation formed at Cleveland, was made by Miss Helen Elizabeth Martin of. the Bronx, N. Y., a middle-aged wo-' man with a red ribbon in her hair.' Amid frantic applause, sbe announced that “for those of us who haven’t a material father - whose father is in the Great Beyond - he can be our father and we won’t need to feel lonesome.” Apparently in the grip of almost unbearable emotion, a Mary land delegate proposed: “Resolved, that we give thanks to the mother of the Reverend Charles E. Coughlin for bearing him.” Innumerable speakers identified Coughlin with Christ. Thus we see hysterical men and women making jFacist history in our own country. When labor is unemployed, capital suffers because unemployed workers, out of work through no fault of their own, cannot exercise their normal purchasing power and all of us, la bor, industry and the public witness hard times—or depression. The Church, composed of people of all walks of life, must be interested, because in depressed times it suffers, too, from lessened support of its fi nancial budget. The workers want jobs at decent wage rates, they want a workday which will perrrfit them to spend time with their fapiilies and enjoy those reactions which are now considered a real part of the average man’s existence. That the Church is interested in the progress of labor we witness al most daily. Ministers of every doc trine of religion, counsel with the members of their churches every day of the week. The minister who is a live to his responsibilities as the leader of his church knows that his duty is not only to preach carefully prepared sermons once or twice on Sundays, talks for the weekly prayer meetings, unite the young man and young woman in marriage and offi ate at funeral services, but also to offer his aid and counsel to his peo ple in helping them make material progress in this workaday world. WAGE EARNERS GAIN THIRD OF 58 PER CENT WAGE LOSS DURING DEPRESSION Wage-earners lost 58 per cent of their 1929 income during the depres sion, business men 42 per cent aad property owners 38 per cent, accord ing to the United States Department of Commerce. While wage -earners are credited with having regained one-third of the depression years’ loss they and their families are still fur ther below the, 1929 standard of liv ing than either business men or prop erty owners. Wage-earners’ income is shown as 59 per cent of 1929, busi hess men’s, 70, and property owners’, 66.
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