The Charlotte Labor Journal
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
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CLAUDE L. ALBEA...Associate Editor
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CHARLOTTE. N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?
Strikes—here, there, everywhere—with agreements, confer
ences, parleys, etc., the C. I. O. at the A. F. L„ throat, and vice
versa; with friends turning to enemies, and a state of general con
fusion as to where various organizations stand, a labor fight is on
such as has never been seen before. It is our hope, and belief that,
eventually, it will all work out well for everyone concerned and the
Labor Movement in general. Many believe that Lewis is working
for dictatorship of the labor movement and is entirely too mili
tant. while others assert Green is too conservative, and even go so
far as to intimate that he is lined up with the “interests,” which
no real labor man really believes. But the day of reckoning is
coming and while organized labor will have a larger membership,
wounds will have been inflicted which will not easily heal, and that
will leave scars for future reference.
, WATER WORKS BONDS CARRIES
And the Water Works Bond Election carried. That is another
forward step for Charlotte, the voters showing sound judgment as
to the future. If the people had looked into the future 30 years
ago. aye, 20 years ago, and provided land today unobtainable on
account of high valuation, which could then have been purchased
at a nominal figure, we would have had decent parks in our city,
without going suburban. If they had visioned our growth the
streets would have been much wider, in some instances, not re
quiring condemnation of costly property to widen streets of ne
cessity, leaving many streets too narrow for present-day traffic.
Taxes are bad, growing worse, to be true, but the “play must go
on.” and where we will finally land the Good Lord only knows,
but we are on our way. But that’s a ditch we have not got to yet,
so let’s not cross it. Future generations will be given plenty to
worry about.
LOW WAGES UNCOVERED BY STRIKES
One of the usually unnoticed but nevertheless important re
sults flowing from strikes is the revelation regarding low wages
paid by many employers in unorganized industries.
A conspicuous example of these low wages came to light re
cently in connection with a strike of the employes of an underwear
manufacturing company in St. Louis, Mo. An investigation made
after the women employes walked out in protest against the wage
rates disclosed that the average earnings were between $5 and $6
per week for 50-hours’ work. It was also shown that many girls
earned even less than this distressingly low wage.
This instance of low wages could be multiplied hundreds of
times if a nation-wide survey were made. And yet some column
ists and many employers seem .Jo be losing much sleep because of
the prevailing labor unrest and the constant increase in strikes.
DANENBURG REPORTS
GREAT GAIN IN HOSIERY
WORKERS / liG ANIZAtION
C. W. Danenburg, who is repre
senting the Hosiery Workers organiz
ing campaign in this section reports
that he is making gains in member
ship in this area, and desires all hos
iery workers to phone 2-0150 for in
formation concerning membership.
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WHAT
IS
TAKING
PLACE
BY
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UNITED STATES*SENATOR
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The President’s program with ref
erence to the Supreme Court of the
United States cotninues to over
shadow all other national issues. His
apepal to the country in the form of
one of his radio “fireside chats” is be
ing widely discussed. Hearings on
his proposal are drawing large
crowds to the rooms of the Senate
Committee on Judiciary. Proponents
and opponents of the measure are
drawing their lines for battle. In
other words, another important chap
ter in American history is being writ
ten, whatever that chapter may final
ly record.
In this connection it is interesting
to read the oath of members of the
Supreme Court. It follows:
“I do solemnly swear that I will
administer justice without respect to
persons, and do equal right to the
poor and the rich, and that I will
faithfully discharge all the duties in
cumbent on me as Judge, according
to the best of my abilities and under
standing, agreeably to the Constitu
tion and laws of the United States.”
Whatever may be the viewpoint of
any individual with regard toNthe
present Supreme Court issue, consid
erable stress must be laid on the last
sentence of the above oath reading
“agreeably to the Constitution and
laws of the United States.” From
this it would seem that the laws of
the United States—and the laws are
the acts passed by Congress and
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State of North Carolina,
County of Mecklenburg.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
William A. Taylor, Jr., Plaintiff,
vs.
Mary (Temple) Taylor, Defendant
The defendant above named will
take notice an action entitled above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, to secure a divorce absolute
from the defendant upon statutory
grounds, and the defendant further
takes notice that she is required to
appear before the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Mecklenburg County
on the 3rd day of May, 1937 in the
Office of the Court House, in said
County at Charlotte, North Carolina,
to answer or demur to the complaint
in said action or plaintiff will reply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in the said complaint.
This the 24th day of February,
1937.
JAMES A. RUSSELL, Ass’t
Clerk of the Superior Court.
March 11-1S-*. April 1-ST.
;i dried by the President—have equal
standing with the Constitution. The
President contends that they have not
>een given such standing by the erai
lent Supreme Court Juhtices, and
here is the basis of the current and
widely-discussed issue.
Let me quote what others have
said.
The illustrious Abraham Lincoln,
declared in his first inaugural:
“The candid citizen must confess
that if the policy of the government,
upon vital questions affecting the
whole people, is to be irrevocably
fixed, by decisions of the Supreme
Court, the instant they are made in
ordinary litigations between parties
in personal actions the people will
have ceased to be their own rulers,
having to that extent practically re
signed their Government into the
hands of that eminent tribunal.”
The great Justice Holmes, who
ever held aloft the light of justice
for all, said:
“It must be remembered that leg
islators are the ultimate guardians of
the liberties and welfare of the peo
ple in quite as great a degree as the
courts.”
Again Justice Holmes said:
“The first requirement of a sound
body of law is that it should corre
spond with the actual feelings and
demands of the community.
“The courts were intended to en
dure for all ages to come and conse
quently to be adapted to the various
crisis in human affairs.”
These quotations from great stu
dents of our government deserve
study and thought as our people stand
at the crossroads of national affairs.
These statements were not made in
the heat of debate. They were made
by men who enjoyed national confi
dnce, and by men whose deeds merit
that their words be remembered. I
cite them now because they are very
,timely.
Is the President correct in his con
tention that the Supreme Court has
not given due respect to the legisla
tive will of the people? Are the op
ponents of his program correct in
their contention that the Supreme
Court has always been right? An
swers to these questions will be found
when the people on farm and in fac
tory understand clearly the issues in
volved and thunder out their views.
They, and they alone, must answer.
Their rights must come first. And
the effort to put these rights first
precipitated the present momentous
issue.
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TEXTILE GROUPS
INCREASE WAGES
IN CAROLINAS
Two of the largest textile groups
in this area—the Gossett mills in the
Carolinas and Virginia, and the
Springs mills, in South Carolina—an
nounced yesterday that their 11,000
employes would receive on March 29
their second wage increase within
five months.
Capt. Elliott White Springs an
nounced at Lancaster, S. C., that a
general wage increase would be given
his approximately 7,000 employes, but
said rates for the various classifica
tions of workers still were being
worked out, making an announce
ment of the percentage of increase or
the "money involved impossible at this
time.
Last November Springs’ employes,
in plants at Lancaster, Fort Mill,
Chester and Kershaw, S. C., received
an increase which Springs said today
had amounted to approximately 10
per cent.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG
Mary (Bingham) Fontie,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Guy F. Fontie,
Defendant.
The defendant above named will
take notice an action entitled above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, to secure a divorce absolute
from the defendant upon statutory
grounds, and the defendant further
takes notice that he is required to ap
pear before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Mecklenburg County on the
10th day of May, 1937, inthe Office
of the Court House, in said County at
Charlotte, North Carolina, to answer
or demurrer to the complain in said
action or plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the
said complaint.
This the 17th day of March, 1937.
JAS. A RUSSELL, Asst.
Clerk of the Superior Court.
Publication, March 18, 25. April 1, 8.
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