The Charlotte Labor Journal AND DIXIE FARM NEWS ■■terte m MnMw matter. SwUnr 11. 1M1. at Um Pm Office at C urtteh. N. C ctoar the Act cf March (. 1«TI. toned «wr» Tbamday from tha office of The Charlotte Labor Joaraal aad DUa m Kova. K1 Sooth Collate Street (Upetaira). Charlotte. N. & It ir enderetood that The Charlotte Labor Joomal dooa not iadolao the liollaiml of all •ammoaieationa that appear la thia paper aad la at liberty to take tooe when it aaaa fit. PHONE 3-3094 W. M WITTER__Editor aad Publisher CLAUDE L. A LB BA___ ft-trill. Editor CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938 WORK IS WORSHIP The following excerpt is from an address delivered by Andrew Furuseth, late president of the International Seamen’s Union of America, to the students of the University of California on Labor Day, 1927: “Work is to worship—to labor is to pray, because that is to exercise the highest, the divine faculties implanted in us as the sons of God. It matter not if the labor be the writing of a thesis or the digging of ditch, it is the use of the same divine faculty to labor -—to create—and upon its prpoper and free use depends the life of individuals, nations and races. “Those that have been untrue have shared the fate of the tree without fruit. They have passed away because they encum bered the earth. “Those that have been untrue have shared the fate of the tree without fruit. They have passed away because they en cumbered the earth. "Those that have been true have lived, and according to his toryand to religious belief they are to live. . “ket us **7 to profit by this lesson and so live that labor shall be free that it shall come into its own.” ■ 1111 ■ 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. 4 MADISON, Maine.—Over 1,000 members of the A. F. of L. paper workers’ unions have benefitted by recent wage increases by the Great Northern Paper Company, the larg est producer of newsprint paper in the United States. The wages of laborers were boosted three cents an hour and skilled work ers two cents an hour, at the com pany s plants in Madison, East Milli nocket and Millinocket, Maine. Convenient-to-Pay Loan Service Citizens Savings and Loan Company 114 E. 4th St Dial 3-1181 Labor Activity In Entire South I On the Increase CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 1.— Albert W. Gossett, of Atlanta, Inter national Representative of the Amer ican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes, was here last week for the purpose of installing the charter of the local union organised here by the employes of the city and county. COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 1.—With new local unions being formed and needing quarters for carrying on their work, and with increased affil iation of locals with the Central La bor union, the Central has found it necessary to enlarge its quarters, which was done by taking over the entire second and third floors of the building known as the Labor Temple Building. TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2.—Reports for the month of January from the Flor ida State Federation of Labor offi cials indicate an intense activity in Southern Florida. Charles E. Silva, Secretary of the Central Labor Un ion of Tampa, and first vice-presi dent of Florida State Federation of Labor, makes report on the activi ties of organizers in that section dur ing the month of January. MERIDIAN, Miss., Jan. 31.—The Meridian Central Labor Union start ed the New Year off with great ac tivity during the month of January, with noted additions of affiliation. J. W. Cameron, secretary of the Central Body, is waging an active campaign among the locals not affiliated with the Central, and it is predicted that all locals soon will be represented in the Central Body. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 1.—Sec retary John L. Essary, of Local 1164 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Coach Employes, which organi zation obtained a Union agreement last week with the Tennessee Public Service Company, reports that many new members have been added to the local union’s rolls since the agree ment was signed. “Everybody is happy,” Secretary Essary Says. MEMPHIS, Tenn—The Labor Temple here, of which aU organized Central Labor Union Regular weekly meeting Wednes day night was not as well attended as usual, many delegates being at work and of course the “Golden Gloves’’ got a fair share, but at that it was a good meting. A new or ganization, the Hod Carriers, was reported as having sent for a char ter | Central body went on record as favoring a Municipal swimming pool, location to be decided by the Parks commission. Organization committee reported work being done among the insurance agents, of which there are more than 400 in Charlotte. One of the features was a talk by C. E. Haury, Int. representative of the Operating Engineers, who will in stall a local in Charlotte. Miss Frances Horne, of the State A. F. of L. office here, was a visitor and made a few brief remarks. President Kiser presided, and the meeting adjourned at 9 o’clock, labor is justly proud, is being repaint ed and decorated, in fact, refurnish ed, and, of course, by union work men. In this case, though, it is a voluntarv job for the Cause. Mem bers of the building trades unions issued a firm challenge to all other locals to do their share, and prompt ly pitched in. Outside painting, in terior decorating, re-paneling, and manv other renovations were indud I ed in the plans to "do over” labor’s popular headquarters in Memphis. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 31.— John S. Turner, Organizer for the International Hod Carriers’ Build ing and Common Laborers’ Union of America, made an interesting re | port of his work in the Tennessee | Valley at a meeting of trades union ists here last week. Mr. Turner came into this section Labor Day, last September, and since that time has organized eleven Local Unions, and materially increased the mem bership of established locals. Or ganizer Turner, had been working in the state of Florida up to Labor Day, when he was transferred to this section because of the activity at that time, of the C. I. O. on TV A pro jects. Hundreds of former mem bers of the C. I. O. unions have come into the A. F. of L. locals organized by Mr. Turnei CERTIFIED AND COKE "ALWAYS SATISFACTORY' SOUTHEASTERN ICE & COAL CO. DIAL 2-1104 300 S. GRAHAM ST THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL Section, and they PATRONIZE Its ADVERTISERS we reach a buyin9 ***££" Four MilUon Dollars Annual Y Our Circulation is Crowing and THE JOURNAL IS READ, because it is both Fair and Informative, guarding the In terests of the workers in every instance, but endeavoring to be fair to capital. ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL AND GET RESULTS A. F. of L Council Hears Jurisdiction Disputes At Miami MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 1—The A. F. of L. executive council continued with its hearing of jurisdictional disputes yesterday while Charles P. Howard, president of the A. F. of L.’s Inter national Typographical union and secretary of the C. I. O., sniped at William Green’s written answer to charges of fostering dual unionism made by John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers. Howard issued a typewritten statement criticizing the A. F. of L. president’s decision not to appear personally at the U. M. W. conven tion in Washington on the ground the council sessions here prevented it. The council’s hearing today was on ar. appeal by the Building Service Employes’ union from an order awarding the Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ union jurisdiction over certain unskilled hotel employes. Keller Says Textile Wage Scale Needed Now More Than Ever WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—A House subcommittee moved yesterday to re vive the national textile bill which would regulate hours and wages of about 1,250,000 workers in the in dustry. Chairman Kerrel, Democrat of Illinois, a House labor subcommittee which has been considering the mea sure since last year, declared, “We need the bill more than ever now that textile mills are cutting wages.” He said his subcommittee would report the measure to the labor com mittee within a few days. The textile bill, providing for a 40-hour week and minimum wages of $15 a week, was sidetracked last year by the wage-hour bill. But Keller said he believed it was “possible to have both bills.” “I believe we should enact legis lation for the textile industry and then the steel, automobile, and coal industries” Keller said “before we consider wage-hour legislation. “From that experience we could frame a better wage-hour bill after the regulations for the other indus tries had been tried.” The textile bill provides for a three man administrative board to enforce its provisions, which include elimin ation of unfair trade practices as well as wage-hbur standards. Charlotte Ketail Clerks Meet Again Sunday Afternoon At 3:00 P. M. Sunday afternoon the Retail Clerks will have another open meeting at 113% South College street, over Dulin Hardware Co. At the last meeting nearly 100 were present, and much interest was ex hibited. Refreshments were served, and interesting talks were made by local men. Be on hand if you are a retail clerk, Sunday at 3 P. M. 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