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9 : . i ' ■ . '■ The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY In Mecklenborg County., - For a Weekly Its Readers Represent the LARGEST BUYING POWER k Q*tk*H iffr CtelOtte Jl8t)0t? J|0UW18l Truthful, Honest, Impartial Endorsed Fed*r,‘ AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Endeavoring to Serve the Misses VOL VII—NO. 47 VOW* ADVktriMHINT IN TMB JOURNAL IB A OOOR CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939 •«•«»" A,,"T,,~ |2.00 Per Year PRESIDENT WM. GREEN, A. F. OF L. APPEALS TO LABOR TO SUPPORT ALL BONA FIDE LABOR PUBLICATIONS To the Officers of National and In ternational Unions, State Federations of Labor and City Central Labor Unions. Dear Sirs and Brothers: The Houston Convention of the American Federation of Labor rec ommended and the Executive Council directed that I communicate with all affiliated national and international unions, state federations of labor and city central labor unions calling upon all officers and members to aid and assist the labor press in whatever manner possible, and especially to support lAith financially and morally, all bona fide labor publications which support the policies of the American Federation of Labor. • In line with this action I am send ing you this communication. In do ing so, I wish to again emphasize the importance of a well-established bona fide labor press. This is especially necessary during these days when the need for acquainting and informing; the membership of the American Fed eration of Labor regarding its prin ciples, policies and administrative work is urgent and imperative. So many false statements are being cir culated by the enemies of our great movement and especially by those who seek to destroy it through di vision and discord, as to cause and create confusion m the minds of many members of the American Federation of Labor. The bona fide labor press, spon sored and approved by the American Federation of Labor, is rendering a genuine educational and information service. I deeply appreciate the fine way in which a large number of labor publications have demonstrated their loyalty and devotion to the principles and policies of the American Fed eration of Labor. They deserve great credit and are to be commended for the excellent service they render. I appeal to all officers and members of the American Federation of Labor to give a full measure of support in every possible way to the bona fide labor publications which, as the con vention stated, “support the policies of the American Federation of La bor.” Extend them a helping hand when ever opportunity presents its self. Give them courage, assistance and aid in every possible way. I am sure this was the intent and purpose of the officers and delegates in attendance at the Houston Con vention, as expressed in the declara tion which was unanimously adopted and which I am bringing to your at tention. Wm. GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor. Labor Unions Asked Endorsement Of The “Starnes Bill” ATLANTA, Ga„ April 24.—Labor officials in Georgia and throughout the South are busily engaged now in sending telegrams to their congress men and senators, urging enactment of House Bill No. 4576, known as the “Starnes Bill,” providing a new lease op life for the PWA. This activity in behalf of the Starnes Bill was heightened last week by an address delivered to the convention of the Georgia State Federation of Labor, held in August, by Ray C. Kirkpat rick, assistant on labor relations to the administrator of Public Works. Mr.. Kirkpatrick’s address empha sized the fact that PWA activity will reach its peak in August, and then begin going down, as projects are completed, until all PWA sponsored building activity ceases. The Starnes Bill, in which labor is so vitally in terested, provides for continuation of the PWA program, with ample appro priations to assure continued activity in the building line. There is but little building being done by private enterprise, and the PWA building program is furnishing practically all work being done by the building tradesmen. It is essential, therefore, that the Starnes Bill becomes law be fore adjournment of congress, hence the intense activity among labor of ficials in urging members of congress to support the Starnes Bill. Central Labor Unions, Building Trades Councils, local unions and in dividual members of union labor are pr^ed to send immediate requests to I their congressmen and senators to support House Bill No. 4576, known as the Starnes Bill. GEORGIA FEDERATION OF LABOR HOLDS CONVENTION AT AUGUSTA; ONE OF THE LARGEST ON RECORD AUGUSTA, Ga„ April 24.—The Georgia Federation of Labor held the largest, most enthusiastic, most har monious and most constructive an nual convention here last week ever held in its forty-one years of activity. Such was the pronouncement by many ladies who expressed pleasure and pride in the great meeting which made history for the state of Georgia. In addition to giving splendid thought to its own peculiar problems, the Geor gia State Federation of Labor paved the way and pioneered a plan which, it is hoped and believed, will re-open Georgia’s public schools, return the state’s deaf children to their insti tution, enable the state to properly care for its blind, sick and insane people. Because of the failure of the Gen eral Assembly to adopt a revenue measure, many schools had closed, hundreds of deaf children had been sent ta their homes from the state institution for the deaf, and minis trations to the needs of Georgia’s needy and helpless people had been curtailed. The convention adopted a resolution which, it is believed by leaders of the state, will result in enabling the state to resume its nor mal activities. £ ~ JEROME JONES TAKEN ILL Labor throughout the South will be greatly concerned over the illness of Jerome Jones, Editor of the At lanta Journal of Labor, veteran labor leader of Atlanta, who became ill at the State Federation of Labor con vention in Augusta last week. The Atlanta Federation of Trades had taken Mr. Jones to the convention as the guest of the Atlanta movement. He was on the program as one of the principal speakers, but became ill and the convention was thus deprived of the pleasure of hearing him. The convention adopted the fol lowing resolution in the closing hour of the convention: “Whereas, Our good friend and out standing leader, Jerome Jones, came to Augusta upon the invitation of this convention to address the dele gates here assembled, and, “Whereas; illness developing since his arrival makes it impossible for him to appear before the convention. “Therefore; Be it resolved: That we expresse our sincere regrets be cause of the inability of Brother Jones to appear before us, and at the same time give expression to our sincere gratitude to him for coming to Au gusta, and wish for him a speedy re covery, and many more years of his most useful life.” Mr. Jones was able to return to his home in Atlanta Sunday. WHO FAVOR LABOR VOTE FOR THOSE The Union Men on the Mu nicipal Primary Ticket are known to every Union Man. Let them come first in your checking—then vote for the men who are known to be the friends of labor, and by that we mean all labor, the class that organized labor has ever endeavored to lift 1 to a higher scale of living. Do not be duped by “Slates,” “Com bination ballots,” etc. Everybody Plastered Drunk: “Believe it or not, street ear, ”m waiting for an offisher. I mean, believe it or offisher not, I’m street earring for a wait. . . that ish . . . shay, what am I doing anyhow. Officer: “Believe it or not, you’re patrolling for the wait wagon. I mean, you’re wagoning for the wait patrol . . . get the idea, pal?” Drunk: “Shure. You’re intok shicated.” Subacribo fog Tko Journal TO OUR BABIES From the dawn of the world to the dawn of today Man’s hope in a baby has lain. For the smile on his face Is the goal of the race— Through darkness and infinite pain. We hail you—the babes of our city, today, And pledge you our faith to the end Whatever your need With thought and with deed. Your uttermost realm to defend, day of today Ouch! “Darling,” she said, “will you love me when I grow old and ugly?” “Dearest,” he replied tenderly, “you may grow older, but you will never grow uglier.” ,■ No Kidding Mary Mistress: “Mary, when you wait on my guests tonight, please don’t wear any jewelry.” Maid: “I haven’t anything valu able, ma’am, but thanks for the warn ing.” A MOTHER’S PRAYER O, Lord, Thou has put into my keeping the life of this, my Child lie is weak—help me to make him strong! He has no knowledge—help me to teach him wisdom! I would keep him always in the sun, that his limbs may be straight and his feet sure in the rough paths of the world; I would nourish his body with the food gifts of the milch cow and with the green things of the Earth, that he may be rosy and firm fleshed, and filled with the joy of keen health; I would fail not to guard him from the terrors of disease, from crowded places, and from the Judas kisses of unthinking friends; I would walk with him in the pleasant valleys of Bookland, and lead him up to the infinite hills where abideth Thy Word; I would give great pictures for his eyes, great music fair his ears, great gentleness for his heart; lie shall know nobleness wherever he finds it, and that it dwelieth as often among the shadows as in the high places; I would teach his hands the blessedness of work, when that work is honorable and well done; and that its reward is in the doing and not in the praise of other men; I would teach him to be faithful in the tasks of every day, lest Death should catch him sleeping at his post; I would take him to the middle of the seas, where is the Father of all Waters, and under the stars, I would show him how small and how puny is the thing called Man, but how splendid beyond Time and Change is the unconquerable, adventurous spirit of Man! O, Lord, I would do all these things and many more for this little Son that Thou hast given into my keeping— But who am I, that have failed so miserably with my own ways, to have this grace of Motherhood! Lord, open mine eyes with Thy Finger of Light, lest in the dark night of my blindness I lead his trusting feet astray! —ALICE ROGERS HAGER. Central Body Gets Delegates From Another Big Local Outstanding development in the meeting of the Charlotte Central La bor Union Wednesday night was the swearing in of delegates for the first time from Crescent Lodge No. 2074 of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes. This is another step in the right direction. Every large local that affiliates step3 up the good that can be done for the whole A. F. of L. movement in Char lotte. A conservatively run Central Body, which has done as much as possible for the workingman, without harming in the least good business, has added many hundreds of men ttr the labor movement. With the farm ers, the A. F. of L. can be considered the ordinary American citizen, inter ested in his little home or plot of ground, in the preservation of the Constitution of the United States, and the rights thereunto granted its cit izens. In less than 60 days, the C. C. L. U. has added hundreds of affiliat ed members, because of its well known conservative policies. It seems to be their policy to ask for nothing that is injurious to anyone, but only for that which in the long run, aids the eco E. M. Morgan Heads Fed. Labor Union; M. B. Sinclair, Sec. - At the regular meeting of Federal Labor Union No. 18425, held on Thursday, April 20th, the following officers were elected to serve for the incoming year: Ernest M. Morgan, president; B. T. Baker, vice-presi dent; W. B. Sinclair, secretary-treas urer; Lester Foster, trustee; J. T. Hartsell, Trustees. The meeting was well attended and several items of business were trans acted. It was decided to hold the reg ular monthly meeting the third Thursday of each month. Each mem ber present was requested to act as a committee of one in securing new memberships. * For the regular monthly-meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 18th, it is planned to have a noutstanding speaker to talk on some phase of labor legislation. IF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS IN ARREARS SEND IN A CHECK nomic betterment of all. Congratula tions to the Railway Clerks and to the Charlotte Central Labor Union. . -,,,,,, VOTE FOR Claude L. Albea Candidate For Re-Election CITY COUNCIL He Pledges a Continued Service to Charlotte Citizens A great invention recently an nounced ia an instrument by which the heat of stars billions of miles away can be measured. It can detect such tiny changes as one ten-tril lionth of an amphere of current. Subocribo for Tbo Journal ' .... By the aid of the new telescope being installed on Palomar Mountain, man will be able to see stars thou sands of light years beyond astronom omical vision of today. Patronize Journal Advertisers DOUGLAS DEFEATS VOGLER 2 TO 1; ALL REGULAR LINE-UP IN SECOND RACE—ALBEA MAKES FINE RUN Mayor Douglas, nominated in Mon day’s municipal primary over Repre sentative J. B. Vogler, had the dis tinction of breaking a record of the 78-year-old corporate history of Char lotte. By his two-to-one vote over Mr. Vogler, the “Friendly City” mayor re ceived nomination for a third term and thus became the first of the city’s 24 mayors to attain that honor since the city was incorporated in 1861. He goes into the second election unop posed. I Mr. Vogler, in commenting on the results of the primary today, declared, “The campaign is over, the people have voted and God bless ’em. I ex tend my congratulations to Mayor Douglas. “It was just a friendly fight among the Democrats and no hard feelings have resulted.” | The vote was indicative of the sol idarity of the Administration forces, who apparently dropped Councilman T. V. Griswold. The fifth ward coun cilman wound up at the tail end of the leaders, holding down fourteenth place in the relative standings with a vote of 2,507. [Since this article was written Councilman Griswold has withdrawn his candidacy for re-election.] John C. Fletcher, running for one of the three places on the City School Board, showed his heels to all his con testants, polling a vote of 5,116. Mr. Douglas, according to The News tabulation of the election returns, re ceived 7,027 votes as against Mr. Vog ler’s 3,590, which missed an exact 2 to 1 ratio by a hair. All ten of the incumbent council men, who were seeking re-election, were high men in their wards and thus with Dr. C. S. Britt and C. P. Pressly, and John Ward, the leaders of the “outside” candidates, will go into the election next Tuesday. In the primary two candidate^ for the Council were nominathed * each of the City’s eleven wards and a sa re sult there was a contest in only five wards. In Ward 4 only Councilman W. Roy Hudson was announced and in Wards 2, 3, 8, 9, and 11 there were only two candidates.—Charlotte News, Tuesday. FOR MAYOR Ben E. Douglas_ 7,027 J. B. Vogler__— 3,690 FOR CITY COUNCIL WARD 1 W. N. Hovis___ 5,490 J. H. Huntley- 4,519 H. W. Noles.. 2,140 WARD 2 J. S. Robinson- 5 Hill Scoggin - 1,074 WARD 3 C. E. Harris_ 1,634 John Ward_ 3,010 WARD 4 W. Roy Hudson_6,146 WARD 6 P. L. Bunker_ 646 P. H. Freebian_1,173b T. V. Griswold_ _ 2,507 S. C. McCall—. 1,796 Graham Wagner _____ 668 WARD 6 Claude L. Albea_... 4,257 G. E. Golding_ 262 J. S. Nance_-_ 8,996 B. W. Roberts_ 708 V. M. Stine_ 2,725 Jerry B. Wood___ 1,759 — i Ward 7 H. H. Baxter___ 4,359 J. H. Bennett, Jr___ 1,039 J. Ed Clanteh_ 2,576 T. B. Henderson___... 670 Sandy Jordan_ 1,294 WARD 8 C. P. Pressly_ 3,334 L. R. Sides.'__—_ 8,826 < —— WARD 9 C. D. Brady__— Fred Pharr_~ S. D. Wilhelm— WARD 16 C. S. Britt__ 3,528 John L. Wilkinson—_—— 4,460 ■* ________ / i WARD 11 G. L. Lingle- 1,228 A. Parks Little-— 4,436 NOMINATIONS BY WARDS The nominations by wards are as follows: WARD ONE: W. N. Horia, 5,010; J. H. Huntley, 4,519. WARD TWO: Joe S. Robinson, I. 545; Hill Scoggin, 1,074 WARD THREE: John Ward, 3, 010; Clyde E. Harris, 1,634. _ WARD POUR: W. Roy Hudr-oq, 5,146. WARD FIVE: T. V. Griswold, 2, 507; Sam C. McCall, 1,796. WARD SIX: Claude L. Albea, 4,257; J. S. Nance, 3,996. WARD SEVEN: H. H. Baxter, 4,359; J. Ed Clanton, 2,576. WARD EIGHT: L. R. Sides, 8, 827; Charles R. Pressly, 3,344. WARD NINE: Fred Pharr, 1,664; C. D. Brady, 582. WARD TEN: John L. Wilkinson, 4,46; Dr. C. S. Britt, 3,528. WARD ELEVEN: A. Parks Lit tie, 4,438; G. L. Lingle, 1,228. _I_ “MEN AND WOMEN OF THE A. F. OF L. HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AND PROCLAIM IT TO THE WORLD” AUGUSTA, Ga„ April 24.—“Do not be so modest about your organiza tion and its great achievements. Tell the story to the world, and tell it over and over again, for it is a story rich in its record of achivements! Tell it thirty times, if necessary, and let the world know of the great good accomplished by the American Fed eration of Labor.” Such was the advice of Dr. Spencer Miller, of the Workers’ Educational Bureau, New York City, in a most impressive and instructive address to the convention of the Georgia State Federation of Labor here last Fri day. Declaring that the public has not been properly informed of the important part played by the Ameri can Federation of Labor in the na tion’s progress. Dr. Miller said it may be because we think the public already knows about it, or it may be that we ourselves do not know the extent to which labor has contributed to the growth and development of the United States. “The Bill of Rights, the four car dinal principles of our freedom and democracy—the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right of free assembly, and the right to worship God according to the dictates of the individual’s own conscience— these were placed in our Constitu tion by men of labor. Not only that, but the bill itself was drawn and adopted in Carpenters’ Hall, Phila delphia, its authors meeting there be cause public officials of the city and state would not let the meeting be held in a public building.” Dr. Miller said. It was labor, Dr. Miller said, that gave to this country its social secur ity provisions—the old age benefit the unemployment benefits, retift PSSMSSSSSMSMWWSSSSSMV __ ment pay, and all forms of social security which remove the nightmare of fear from the lives of the citizens of the nation. From labor came the free public school system, the Federal and State laws protecting and pro viding every safeguard thrown about the masses of people. It is labor that has preserved our democracy, and It is labor that must perpetuate this Republic, if we are to remain a free and independent people, he said. The speaker called attention to conditions existing in many countries of the Old World, where freedom is no more, where dictators rule, and where war clouds hang low and threatening. Even this country is not free from the menace, Dr. Miller said, and for that reason it is highly important that labor inform the people of the nation of the great services rendered to this nation by the American Fed eration of Labor in past years, and of the importance of the labor move ment in the present and the future. “You men and women of the Ameri can Federation of Labor have some thing of which to be proud, and you ought to proclam it proudly to the world,” he said. “Your efforts have added to the well being and happiness of millions of people, and the people ought to know about it. A professor in my university told us that we should tell a truth over and over again, tell it thirty times, if necessary, until the people who heard us would know the truth. I am urging you to tell the story of your great labor move ment over and over again, tell it thirty times, if you please, until the public is fully informed of your great record of achievements ana your matchless contributions to the progress of the nation and the happiness of all our people.” -r :-'— yandh. - (OaaihaM, FUNERAL HOME Ambulance Service 900 South Tryon CHARLOTTE, N. G Phone 0190
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