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The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY to Meckl—borg Co—ty For a Weekly. I to Readers Represent the LARGEST BUYING POWER fai Charlotte Official Organ Central Labor Union; standing for tbTK. F. of L. Che Charlotte labor Journal Truthful, Honest, Importiat AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Endeavoring to Serve the Masses Vd. VI.—No. 32 TOVI AWTWWWT M iNvuTHiar - * — CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936 JOVttttAL AOVBRTII $2.06 Per Year ,r Only 6 More Shopping7 Days Before Xmas INDUSTRIAL STABILIZATION QUESTION AWAITS ACTION BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; BERRY GROUP TO HOLD MEETING WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—’With two sturdy organizations in tensifying their efforts this week, a bulging portfolio of recom mendations for industrial stabilization awaited the return of President Roosevelt. One of the groups—the only one specifically created by the Chief Executive to propose ideas for speeding industrial recovery and forestalling future depressions—has called for a meeting at New York this week of its executive committee. It is the Busi ness Advisory council, appointed three years ago to advise the rovernment of business views. George L. Berry said that the leg islative drafting committee of the In dustrial Progress council, which he heads—and which last week conven ed here—would meet within a week. Suggestions for industrial and la bor stabilization already have come from several groups. The National Manufacturers Asso ciation proposes that industry be al lowed to set its own balance wheels in motion; the Industrial _ Progress Council suggests, in an initial pro posal, legislation somewhat like the former National Industrial Recovery Act. and the American Federation of Labor advances the O’Mahoney indus trial licensing bill and the Black Connery 30-hour week bill. The United Mine Workers will seek the enactment of a new coal control bill, while the United Textile Work ers will ask for legislation to control wages and hours in their industry. The Business Advisory Council was told recently by Mr. Roosevelt that three problems confronted it: Further absorption of workers by private in dustry; improved living: conditions for low income groups through low cost housing and slum clearance; im proved wages and working conditions in industry. The President sent the council these problems the same day he said he had “learned with great interest” of Ber ry’s then proposed meeting to con sider industrial legislation. The advisory council’s executive committee will meet this week in New York to consider committee work already done on the President’s request and to make proposals for further committee study. The com pleted studies are to be considered at full council’s January meeting in Washington. The Manufacturers’ Association— after pledging itself to eliminate “un desirable practices and abuses in in dustry” and asserting that wages would increase and working hours be cut “under the American system of free enterprise”—declared “the true function of proper government . . . . is to protect the individual in the ex ercise of his rights." Charlotte Musicians’ Local Gives Banquet; Sec. Greene Presides A Christmas banquet was held at the Chamber of Commerce last night by Charlotte local No. 342 of the American Federation of Musicians with about 30 members present. The social security act was dis cussed in a short business session. Th£ secretary, W. S. Greene, presided in the absence of the president, Bo Norris. The Musicians Protective union re cently joined the Central Labor un ion, and it is entitled to five dele gates. The members voted last night for William S. Greene, the business agent, to be chairman of the delega tion, and gave him the power to ap point the other delegates.—Observer, Tuesday. (Brought out of the records and readopted December 9, 1936) NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS AND BUSINESS MEN A resolution adopted last year as to The Labor Journal and solicitation of funds in the name of Central Labor Un ion was brought out of the minutes and republished as in formation. The resolution reads as follows: “Resolved, That we publish in The Charlotte Labor Journal, that we do not condone any solicita tion of advertising except for The Charlotte Labor Journal, purporting to represent labor, unless over the signature of the secretary of the Charlotte Cen tral Labor Union. TjlRILUNG^ Richard Arietta HAROLD BELL WRIGHT'S THE MINE WITH1 THE 1H0H DOOR f riUUAI AAU SATURDAY Phila. Record Quits Publishers’ Asso.— Newspaper Guild Is Condemned By It Philadelphia.—The Record resign ed its membership in the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association last week in protest against what it called the "unfair attitude’ ’of that organisation toward the American Newspaper Guild. The board of directors of the pub lishers’ association in resolutions adopted Thursday, urged its mem bers not to bargain with representa tives of the Guild, which is a union representing reporters, photograph ers, and other editorial employes. J. David Stern, publisher of the Record, in the letter of resignation, declared: “We are resigning because your as sociation, founded to benefit and strengthen the daily newspapers of this country, has in the last few years co conducted itself as to lower American newspapers in popular es teem, to endanger the freedom of the press, and has even gone so far as to urge its members to breach the law. “Naturally, we regret to sever our connection with the leading trade as sociation of the daily newspaper bus iness .. . but I do not see how a law abiding newspaper can consistently! retain membership in your associa-j tion. . . . “Ever since the NRA code, the A. N. P. A. ahs been using the pretext of protecting the freedom of the press to gain special privilege in purely business obligations. “That is why I say you are endan gering the feredotn of the press, one of the most important esesntials of, our democracy.’’ BAKERS’ UNION LADIES’ AUXILIARY IS FORMED WASHINGTON, D. C^-The value to organised labor of support render ed by ladies’ auxiliaries to local un ions is reflected in a number of such auxiliaries in the nation’s capital, in cluding the Auxiliary to the Typo graphical Union and others. Just now a vigorous campaign is being un dertaken by the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Bakers’ Union No. 118, covering Washington and vicinity, to enlist all wives and other women members of the families of those affiliated with this union and allied locals, such as Bakery Salesmen No. 33, the Ice Workers and Bakery Helpers. KEY TO PROSPERITY HELD BY LABOR. STRIKES COULD END PROSPERITY UPSWING, SAYS ROGER BABSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The signals are all set for 1937 as a year of prosperity. The tide of business recovery is running strong. The nation has taken a long journey from the depression bot tom. Public optimism and holiday buying reflect the change. Yet some major disaster such as serious labor troubles could suddenly halt this current upswing. Is there a possibility of such a ca tastrophe in 1937? For 25 yean I have preached that the law of action and reaction applies in human relations just as it does in physics and economics. Labor’s bargain ing power contracts and expands Just as the volume of business rises and falls. This is not the first “labor boom” in on rhistory. Around the turn of the century the railroad brotherhoods made the nation seriously labor < conscious.. Again Just after the World war, union membership skyrocketed to an all-time peak of 5,600,000. In neither of these previous labor cycles, I however, did workers hold the balance, of power as.they do today. What are thereasons for labor’s strategic position now. First, the reaction from depression suffering has embarked the nation on a decided course of liberalism. One of the main pillars, of the New Deal philosophy lightly has been to improve the worker’s status. The Walsh-Healey Contract act, the Wagner Labor act, the Guffey Coal act, and the social security act are all pro-workers laws passed since 1933. Most important of all to labor is the now dead NRA. This statute legally recognised the bargaining rights of labor and it outlawed interference by employers. During Blue Eagle days uniion membership jumped 50 per cent Carpenter’s Union Backs 30-Hr. Week At Its Convention LAKELAND, Fla., Dec. 18.—The United Carpenters and Joiners Broth erhood voted'Friday complete support of the 80-hour week. Delegates to the convention here amended the constitution to advocate Federal legislation for a five-day, six hour day working week. The convention recessed until Mon day, when it will consider a plea of sawmill and timber workers from the Pacific northwest for voting rights. Spokesmen for the workers indicat ed they might rebel and join the John L. Lewis committee for industrial or ganization unless they are given a voice in the brotherhood’s affairs. The Los Angeles delegation last its fight to have executive board mem bers elected from districts instead of by the entire union membership. Withdrawals of L. S. Braton, of Kansas City from a contest for a place on the executive board left the incumbent, R. E. Roberts, of Dallas, Texas, unopposed—as are all other officers. Have Your Meals At The 5. and W. While Doing Your Christmas Shopping SPECIAL PLATE Dinner and Sapper, 25c. ^ ss CAFETERIAS Lowell Weave Plant To Operate Again In Near Future GASTONIA, Dec. 14.—National Weaving company of Lowell, one of the largest rayon and synthetic goods plants in this section, will resume op* erations on t full basis, employing 600 people, within the near future, it was announced here today. Resumption of operations at the plant will insure a steady income for , for a large number of Lowell families and will end a period of inactivity during which the mill has been idle under a trusteeship. Resumption of activities is made possible through in vestment of approximately a quar ter of a million dollars new capital by 1 I. Rogosin and associates of New Yo'-k city, it was announced here. r-1 —i Monday-Tuesday IT'S AA&ve fun 'THANI BRIGHT LIGHTS Christmas Shop With Labor Journal Advertisers
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