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th» ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEfcgiv h> Mgckhcburt Comity. For i froddx. Ita Readers Represent tlx LARGEST BUYING POWER la Official Organ Contra! Ui tbe A. F. of L. far Che Charlotte labor Journal Patronlaa oar AlWh kaTOUB doers. P«por opera L ■ poowibla 1 don. • Truthful, Honest, Impartial Endorsed by tbe N. C. State doa of Labor AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Endeavoring to Serve the Mi VOL. VIII—NO. 24 •°w" " ‘ CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938 HAL AWHTItKM DIIIMI OMaMUTIMI ST $2.00 Par Yam “SMALL MINORITY” IN INTIMIDATION EFFORT TO DISCREDIT WAGE-HOUR LAWS, SAYS ADMR. ANDREWS WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The wage and hour administration, accus ing a “small minority” of employer* of shutting down their plants in an effort to discredit the new wage-hour law and intimidate ita administrators, served notice yesterday that the statute would be enforced uniformly and compellingly. Administrator Elmer F. Andrews pointed out in a formal statement to the press that the law provided heavy penalties for violations, and he said his office had no choice but to carry out the will of Congress. , Declaring the willingness of the vast majority of employers to co-op erate re-enforced his determination to enforce ths statute uniformly, An drews denounced those few who, he said, were claiming preposterous ex emptions or shutting down their plants to avoid compliance. The new law, providing in general for a minimum wag* of 26 cents an hour and a maximum work weak of 44 hour* in interstate commerce went into effect Monday. Some shutdowns which employers have attributed to the statute have actually resulted from the completion of seasonal operations, the adminis trator said, and in some instances plants have been run at capacity for weka to build up inventories “prepa latory to a shutdown which would be blamed on the fair labor standards act” "These suspensions of operations seem to have been timed in an effort to bring the law into disrepute,” An drews continued, "evidently with the hope if intimidating the wage and hour division in its administration of the law's provisions. He added that the small and scat tered “minority” was trying to blame the wage-hour act for “their own an ti-social conduct.” Charlotte Central Labor Union Gets Carnival License The County Commissioners Mon day granted a free license for the Ideal Exposition, a carnival to show here the week of next March 27 un der the sponsorship of the Central Labor Union over the protest of C. W. Cracraft, manager of the Strait Shows, which was last week granted a free license to show the week of April 9 under sponsorship of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. J. A. Moore, 216 N. Fox '_;, ap peared for Central Labor Union, and made the request. He denied Cra craft’s contention teh two carnivals would suffer financially by showing here within such a short time. Com missioners Arthur Wearn, Robert Dunn and Edgar Prive voted for Cen tral Labor Union’s free license. Chair man Harkey was recorded as not voting.” Commissioner Arnie Cash ion was not present at today's session of the county board.—News, Wednes day. A. F. OF L. IN TEXAS ENDORSES ROOSEVELT BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 20.— The Texas State Federation of La bor today indorsed President Roose velt for a third term “if no other leader is found to carry forward his program to that same high degree that has been exemplified in his ad ministration." Central Labor Union With only one dark spot in the del egate reports as to working conditions, everyone seems to be fully employed, and the prospect, under the new wage-and-hour law looks good for la bor in general, although the crafts are not affected a great deal by this piece of legislation. The attendance was good and four new delegates were obligated, two from the Post Office Clerks and two from the new ly-organixed Broom Workers’ Union. (And brooms of a high quality bear ing the union label, and made in Char lotte, can now be secured from most of the best stores in Charlotte. See that the union label is on your broom.) Chairman Jack Moore of carnival committee, made a good report on their activities. The committee was given a vote of thanks for- their ac tive work in this connection. The matter was brought up by Brother Campbell, of the Poet Office Cleiks, of forming a “Central” Body for our Women’s Auxiliaries, joint meetings to be held to discuss mat ters pertaining to the workers, the union label, etc., and to plan mass so cial activities that will bring the workers and their families into s closer bond. This matter will be thoroughly gone into by a capable committee. There were no long talks, but, from beginning to end, the meeting was one of interest. President Kiser occu pied the chair. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Labor Journal is the only Labor paper published in this section, and it circulates in Charlotte and Mecklenburg county. For eight years it has fought the battles ef the A. F. of L. and labor in general. No other labor paper pub lished in North Carolina has any circulation to speak of in this section. It is endorsed by Charlotte Central Labor Union and by the greter number of union locals in Charoltte, many of them subscribing in groups. This statement is made in order to counteract false claims as to circulation in this vi cinity by unscrupulous solicitors. DANGER NEVER STOPPED HIM YET! Mima to a tfcrtt-paclod advaatvn with totamoHanal iptol FRI. SAT. caautmiaaTU with JOHN HOVARD—HEATHER ANGEL—H. & VARNER Wildcats Vets To Attend Armistice Day Service Here Veterans of the Wildcat, 81st Divi sion, attending North Carolina Re union to be held here November 11 13, 1938, have been invited to par ticipate with local veteran organisa tions in special services to be held on independence Square commemorating Armistice Day. A special “Over There’’ Wildcat Rally is being arranged for the en tertainment of reuion visitors for the afternoon of Armistice Day. A. H. (Sandy) Graham of Hills boro, Commander of the North Caro lina Wildcat Veterans' Association, will preside over the opening session of the Reunion and ranking officers of the 81st Division are expected to be present. lire Charlotte Exposition and Food Show will be host to ail registered Vvudcat Veterans at a special mati nee performance arranged especially lor tnem for Saturday afternoon of the Reunion. The Reunion will close with a me morial service to be held on Sunday. Wildcat Veterans from all parts of North Carolina are signifying their intentions of attending this re union. CLEAN FLATTERS Cannibal Prince: “Am I late for d.nner?" Cannibal King: “Yes, everyone’s eaten.” PERKINS SEES LABOR ACCORD(?) WITHIN SIX MONTHS; SAYS SHE “HAS VERY DEFINITE SKINS” WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Secre tary of Labor Perkins sai dyesterday n the A. P. of L. and the C. I. O. that she had high hopes the two organiza tions soon would settle their three year-old fight. Carefully avoiding a definite pre diction that the factions would re unite, she told newsmen she had “something concrete” on which to base a hope that the factional strife would end in perhaps six months. “I have had very definite signs,” she said, “that the desire for peace among the rank and file is reflected: in a growing desire for peace among their leaders. “I think there is no question that the administration ardently desires peace in the labor movement, partly because it is honestly convinced that progress of labor will be served by peace and partly because of the del icate economic condition in which the country is at the present time.” She made these statements shortly after talking by telephone with Dan iel Tobin, president of the American Federation of Labor’s Teamster’s un ion, and less than 24 hours after she called to her office David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (C.H.O.). Tobin, the secretary said, is “stronger in his desire for peace than he was before he started.” Tobin led a campaign for a reunion with the C. I. O. at the federation’s recent con vention at Houston, Texas. She said Dubincky felt that “no fundamental obstacle’ ’to peace exist ed and that it would come rather soon. Asked to be more specific she said that presumably Dubinsky meant within six months. “Are you as optimistic as Mr. Dub insky?” Miss Perkins was asked. “Well, that is a state of mind,” she replied. “But I can say I have great hopes. Ves, I am optimistic.” eNither John L. Lewis, C. I. 0. chairman, nor William Green, feder ation president, was available for comment on the Secretary’s state ment. Miss Perkins suggested last Sat urday the creation of a commission to mediate labor’s craft-industrial un ion struggle. Since then, she said to day, “a very ardent debate has been going on” unofficially among labor leaders. But she said she had no defi nite word from either side as to the nature of their disclussions. ! “But both sides are not as adament as they were,” she said. “I don’t be lieve any doors to peace are closed.” A. F. L. ESTABLISHES AGENCIES TO MAKE WAGE-HOUR LAW EFFECTIVE; EDUCATIONAL-ENFORCEMET GROUP WASHINGTON, D. C.—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, announced that the A. F. of L. has established a nation-wide network of ducational and enforce ment agencies for the purpose of making effective the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, popularly called the Wage-Hour Law. Simultaneously with the going into operation of the new law on October 24, local Wage-Hour Committees, organized in 520 cities by central bodies of the American Federation of I>abor, were already functioning, Mr. Green announced. Similar commit fetees are being formed in about 300 additional communities by local Subsidiaries of the A. F. of L. In a circular letter sent to the Wage-Hour Committees and to all organizations affiliated with the A. F. of L., Mr. Green asked organized labor to assume responsibility for policing enforcement of the labor standards established by the new law. Affidavit forms for reporting violations of the Act were sent to each organization. Company Union At Greensboro To Be Dissolved WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The i National Labor Relations board to day ordered Revolution Cotton Mills Company, Greensboro, N. C., to dis-| establish Revolution Flannel Workers’! union as an employe representative,! on finding that the organization _ is company dominated, and to end all in- ( terference with self-organization of its employes. Ga. Stemmers Laid Off Jobs; To Use Machines | DOUGLAS, Ga., Oct 26.—Officials' of the Douglas Tobacco Company yes terday said they had discontinued jobs for about 1,000 persons employ ed as hand stemmers, effective last Thursday. They said about six weeks’ work hand stemmers would be finished on stemming machines, which would be used for this work in the future be sause of the wage-hour law. Here tofore the plant ha semployed from 1,000 to 1,100 persons for four or five months annually. INTERNATIONAL LABOR GROUP ASSAILS MUNICH '“PEACE” BRUSSELS, Oct. 20.—The* inter national labor executive group, rep resenting 18 countries, today made public a resodution assailing the Munich peace accord and urging a “re grouping of the forces of liberty and justice in Europe as recommended by President Roosevelt” HIGH POINT, N. C., Oct 24.—“Be fore you offer criticism of the WPA worker who is slow and using his shovel, please remember that with each shovelful of dirt he is, in many instances, burying his pride that much deeper,” was the thought-pro voking statement made by L. H. Jones, international representative of the Hod Carriers, Common and Construc tion Laborers’ Union here Sunday. Mr. Jones was recently sent into the Carolina by his International, and was here attending the wage confer ence called by the North Carolina State Building Trades Council. He is a brick mason by trade, and is president of the Mississippi State Fed eration of Labor. Mr. Jones’ address was most appealing to the large au dience, interesting because it brought out some of the tragedies of the past years wherein skilled mechanics and heretofore independent working men have been forced through necessity, to work on WPA jobs. A Survey Shows Affects Of Wage Hour Law In N. C. RALEIGH, N. C.—A survey show ed Thursday that the Wage-Hour Act brought higher pay and fewer hours to thousands of North Carolina workers, but at least temporary un employment to many others in the to bacco stemming and lumber indus tries. Stemming and re-drying plants suspended operations rather than pay the minimum wage of 26 cents an hour. Some figures placed the total number of unemployed as high as 30,000. An atotrney said the tobacco stem ming and re-drying industry would contend to the wage-hour officials that stemming and re-drying is a part of the preparation of an agri cultural product for market and is exempt from the law’s provisions. Forest H. Shuford, state labor com missioner, said the greatest change in wages and hours will result in the lumbering trade if that industry is ruled to be in interstate commerce. He added that no statistics were available yet as to the number of per sons that would be affected one way or the other in this state. Labor Notes TUSCALOOST, Ala., Oct. 26.— Agreement was signed here last week between the Nestles Milk Products Company and the local union of the American Federation of Labor, bringing to a successful conclusion a series of conferences and negotia tions over a period of five months. The general manager of the big con cern came to this city from the New York offices of the Nestles Co., and met with the Commissioner of Con ciliation V. C. Finch and S. E. Roper, of the American Federation of La bor. RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 26.—Thos. M. Clarey, International representa tive of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, has been assigned to the Carolinas by his international, and is doing excellent work for his or ganization. In addition to organiz ing new locals throughout his terri tory, Mr. Clarey has added a large number of members to the already es tablished locals. His best work seems to be in negotiating agreements for his membership, resulting in almost every instance in improved conditions and increased wages. After a war they give iron crosses to a handful of living heroes and wooden crosses to the mam of dead ones. MARTIN MAY HAVE “ACE UP SLEEVE”; IN CONFERENCE WITH FORD MEN; WHAT WELL CJ.O. MEET BRING OUT? DETROIT, Mich.—Labor circles are speculating on what the future may hold for Homer Martin, the mil* itant president of the United Auto mobile Workers. Linked closely with this was an other question: What was behind Matrin’s call on the top executive of the Ford Motor Company a fortnight ago? Factionalism still exists in the big Committee for Industrial Organiza tion Union, despite CIO intercention to squelch it, some sources said, and there was a feeling that November may be a crucial month for the former leader. The observers pointed to the meet ing of the UAW International ex ecutive board opening in Washington Nov. 1 and the first convention of the CIO, in iPttsburgh Nov. 15, suggest ing that one of these may bring a crisis for Martin. Martin’s control of the executive board faded when it accepted the CIO’s terras for reinstating high UAW officials Martin had had re moved. Close followers of the situation said they expect Martin to rely on the rank and file of the union for support if the board should act against him. Martin will head a delegation to the CIO convention representing a union which claim 400,000 members, making it one of the etrongeet groups at that assembly. Rumors that the UAW board might possibly start impeachment proceedings against Martin bare been offset by others that tbs CIO is opposed to his removal. The reasons advanced for the ClOt I purported attitude are that the CIO feared Martin’s departure would split the UAW and his personal with the managements of the con cerns which have UAW contracts. Their executives are said to like and respect Martin, a factor strengthening his position with the union. The Ford Company is the only ma jor automobile producer which has no UAW contract. Martin's call an Henry and Edsel Ford and their per sonnel director, Harry H. Bennett, started a number of rumors. One of these, The Detroit News said, was that “Ford might be con sidering a sudden change of policy which might lead him to use llatrin against John L. Lewis, CIO head, and reach some sort of an understanding with the UAW.” The News quoted unidentified union authorities ts say ing “such an agreement, if reached, would probably dwarf all other UAW contracts and restore Martin’s pres tige.” City Council and Commissioners To Oppose U. S. Tax The city council and school com missioners shortly are expected to go on record as opposing the proposed Federal tax on the salaries of state and municipal employes, it was learn ed Monday. The United States supreme court recently ruled in the case of Helvering vs. Genart that the Federal govern ment can tax outstanding bond issues of a municipality as well as salaries. According to local interpretation of the ruling employes are faced with the danger of being required to pay a Federal income tav on their salaries earned since 1926. The Federal government, it was stated, also claims power to impose the Federal corporate income tax on the revenues of state and municipal agencies such as water supplies, toll bridges, power and lights. While no official action has yet been taken the matter is expected to be brougth to the attention of the city council perhaps next week. Since school teachers are paid by the State, I protesting resolutions may be adopted at a district meeting of teachers this week. It was understood local officials will protest to congressmen against the proposed tax on salaries and bonds.— Observer, Tuesday. Assure Vote Freedom For WPA Workers WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Harry! L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, in- j structed state directors today to post copies of an official order telling Vi PA workers that they may vote as they please at all times. “No one will lose his WPA job be cause of his vote in any election or his failure to contribute to any cam paign fund,” the order proclaimed. A temperature of 100 degrees be low zero, a lower temperature than any naturally occurring on earth, was recently attained by the duPont company. It will be used as one im portant factor in the making of syn thetic rubber. Subscribe for The Journal Women’s Union Label League Friday Night The Women’s Union Label League will meet at The Journal office Friday night, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. All members are re* quested to be present, as the fall and winter campaign will be disc used and plans made for the future activities, according to the president, Bliss Veraettc Threatt. Home Service Stores Prepare For Food Show Final plans for the Charlotte Ex position and Food Show, to be held at the Armory-Auditorium beginning November 9, were discussed by mem bers of the Home Service organisa tion at a meeting at the Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Company Tues day night. James B. Vogler, secretary of the group, said announcement of all pi*— for the show will be made within a few days. He reported a good at tendance at the meeting. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct 26.—Agree ment between the Hy-Quality Foot wear Company, of Atlanta and the local union of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union was renewed here last week, covering the next aix months period. The *Ti»H"g ipn ment becomes effective upon tl>»t date. Ail protective measures for the workers contained in the old agreement were retained, and some additional advancements procured in the new agreement “SHEERED” Sunbeam: “Well, I hear you stayed in the haunted house last night What happened?" Moonbeam: “About 12 o’clock a ghost came through the wall juat like there was no wall there.” Sunbeam: “What did you do?" Moonbeam: “Boyl I went through the other side the way!” Patronize Journal Advertisers MERCHANTS—Advertise in your local Labor Paper, it circulates among the workers in your territory and is the only Labor Paper in North Carolina that does, and also is the only Labor Paper carrying the endorsement of Charlotte * Central Labor Union and the majority of the locals, a list being published else where. Journal readers spend over six million dollars annually. Get your share.
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