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OUR SUPREME COURT
T|) the Charlotte Labor Journal:
;The decision of the Supreme Court
011 the NRA and Guffey bill and a
f«.w others again establishes or re
confirms my belief that there is
something wrong with our govern
ment when all of the people of the
Uinited States through their repre
sentatives in Congress hatfe their
decision set aside by four or five old
mtn sitting in the Supreme Court.
iSuch a condition does not obtain
ini any other country in the world
except in the United States. Our
lajvs were supposed to be based on
th{> fundamental laws of England,
bu't they never had a Supreme Court
in| England. The highest court in
Eagland is the House of Commons,
to (which an individual, under proper
legal circumstances, can appeal from
thj decision of any court. The peo
pll of England many years ago took
thl right of veto away from the
HJuse of Lords, because the (House
of (Lords were not elected; they were
created by the King on special occa
sions and many others inherited
their titles. The humanitarian work
of 'three years bv our legislative rep
resentatives in Washington, guided
and encouraged by the President of
the. United States, has been set aside
by;four or five old men who live in
the} ages past. I just wonder how
lon£r this condition will continue to
obtain in our country. The more
the* Supreme Court reverses the deci- j
siosis of the people by its adverse de-:
cisijons against human legislation,1
the, quicker the people will change
the; situation.
Ijn 1776, our forefathers had to
struggle for their rights; they cared;
enoiugh for freedom to fight for it.
I hjive thrilled at the courage of Pat
rick Henry, who cried “Give me lib
erty or give me death!” and gloried
in the devotion of George Washing
ton, who led our forces to freedom.
Today the struggle for freedom in the
workshop is no less hard, though the
battle can be won by peaceful meth
ods. It took courage to fight for
freedom in 1776. It takes no less
courage to win our rights as work
ers today. Don’t be the kind of fel
low who will enjoy the good things
others have made possible for you
without giving anything in return.
Be a man! Be a union man, or
union woman. Every worker with red
blood in his veins ought to have a
union card in his, pocket. Think this
over, brother, you know right from
wrong. Are you an active member,
or do you just belong?
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Musicians 1a
Elects Officers
For Coming Year
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Musicians Protective Association
the following officers were elected:
President, Bo Norris; vice-presi
dent, J. W. Thomas; treasurer, Sam
my Small, sergeant at arms. Jack
Pascal; secretary and business man
ager, Wm. S. Greene; executive com
mittee: V. W. Campbell, Bill Davis,
Ed Neal, Pete Martin, Thorpe West
erfield.
After the election of officers, the
whole local in a body went to a ban
quet at Gino’s Spaghetti parlor. The
meeting had the largest attendance in
history. According to a letter from
the National Secretary of the Am
erican Federation of Musicians, Lo
cal 342, the Charlotte Musicians Pro
tective Union, have shown the largest
gain in membership of any local in
the United States.
The Consumers’
Production Label
Will Help Leaders
Women shoppers this fall concern
ed with the question of how to avoid
buying sweatshop garments will find
help in a publication released today
by the Women’s Bureau of the United
States Department of Labor. The
new bulletin was prepared by Miss
Bertha M. Nienburg, Assitant Di
rector of the Bureau, at the request
of representatives of eight women’s
organizations and the National - Gar
ment Label Council.
The bulletin stresses the value of
the new consumers’ protection label
now being attached to the lining of
women’s hats, coats, suits, and wraps
of all sorts, as a guarantee that the
apparel was made under sanitary
conditions and fair labor standards.
“Today for the first time in the
history of the women’s apparel indus
try, the woman purchaser is able to
serve |her family’s interest intelli
gently while she serves the combined
interest of the workers in this indus
try and thus the country as a whole,”
the report states. “For today over
four-fifths of the employers and em
ployes in two branches of the apparel
industry—the coat and suit and the
millinery—have banded together and
are inviting the woman purchaser to
support them in a united effort to
solve their intricate and esesntially
common problems.
“By purchasing labeled garments
women lend support' to this move
ment to insure to consumers, better
values and fair prices; to manufac
turers, stabilized production prices
and fair trade practices; and to
workers, good labor conditions, in
cluding short hours of work, more
steady employment, and wages ad
justed through collective bargaining.”
“Fury,” A Stirring
Drama At The
Charlotte Theatre
A new co-starring romantic team—
a European director who has deliv
ered some of the most widely dis
cussed pictures ever shown here or
abroad—and a dynamic screen story.
These are the ingredients that have
audiences everywhere awaiting the
new . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture,
“Fury,” opening Friday at the Char
lotte Theatre!
The new team brings together Syl
via Sidney and Spencer Tracy—the
sensitive brunet beauty who recently
scored iii “The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine” and the punchy, genial, typical
American “guy” who has the critics
still cheering over his performances
in “Whipsaw” with Myrna Loy, and
‘R'iffraff” with Jean Harlow.
The director is Fritz Lang, who
makes his American debut with this
CHARGES RACE DISCRIMINATION
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 13.—The Buffalo Star, negro weekly,
has charged Governor Landon, republican candidate for president,
has a record of discrimination against the negro, according to
a statement by the American League Against War and Fascism.
The indictment includes such charges as: notorious prejudice
against negroes, the discharge of all Negroes who received more
than $1Q0 a month in the Kansas state departments within a
month after he became the state’s chief executive; the payment
of a lower wage scale for Ngroes in som types of work for the
state WPA administration; nver speaking to a negro audience
during his term of office, and the failure to accept the counsel of
a single trained negro about the problems of the Negro race.
.
Charlotte Central Labor Union last
night (Wednesday), while not so
largely attended, was one of much in
terest. Player was offered by Miss
Vernett Threatt. After the reading
of the minutes, reports of locals were
heard, which showed everybody work
ing. The Women’s Label League re
ported thi^they would meet with
Mrs. J. H. Fullerton, 801 E. 17th
street, next Thursday night at 7:30.
A call for| the A. F. of L. convention
at Tampa, Fla., beginning Monday,
Nov. 16, at 10 A. M. was read. One
of the delegates brought up the stop
light on West Morehead street, by
the Carolina Transfer, pointing out
that it wajs not necessary for traffic
and blocked the heavy through travel
at that point and a resolution was
passed that the matter be looked into.
The matter of the location of the
Municipal J Swimming Pool was also
discussed, [but the location having
been decided on, that matter was
dropped. The idea of the discussion
was objection to the Bryant Park
site. The board of trustees was in
structed t<) fix names upon the bul
letin board of unfair concerns to la
bor, the rjames of the Queen City
Printing Company and Crazy Water
Crystals Having been left off.
Mr. Flojyd J. Stanton, a hosiery
workers organizer, was introduced by
President V. H. Fullerton, and made
a brief t^lk, reciting conditions in
the. industry and organizing efforts
put forth.i Mr. Stanton will be lo
cated herej in the interest of his or
ganization; for a few weeks. * He has
a pleasing: personality, and Labor in
Charlotte [feels that He will accom
plish much here for his organization.
The meejting adjourned about 9:30.
picture after creating such hits
abroad as "M” and “Metropolis.”
Lang is internationally famed for his
realistic directorial touches and his
genius in achieving unusual photo
graphic values.
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Central Labor
Union
British Labor
Is In Favor Of
Arming Against
Dictatorship
The overthrow of democratic gov
ernment in Russia, Germany and
Italy and the “threatening attitude
of dictatorships” were the persuasive
factors, influencing the annual con
ference of the British labor party, in
Edinburgh, Scotland, to adopt by a
large majority a declaration in fa
vor of re-arming by Great Britain.
There were 633 delegates present,
representing various trade union or
ganizations and political groups,
which constitute the Labor party. The
card vote was 1,738,000 for arming
to 657,000 against.
Following the vote, Major Clem
ent R. Atlee, leader of the parlia
mentary opposition, declared that the
resolution did not commit the 154
Labor members of the House of
Commons to support the Baldwin
government’s armament program
either in whole or in part.
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