FAITHFUL
Because they have an independence based on the knowledge
that through tneir organization they are able to sell their serv
ices at decent wages, members ol Organized Labor are good citi
zens and are community builders, in the first place they have
learned hi their struggle to better their conditions and raise their
wages the value of co-operation. One of the primary principles of
unionism is co-operation, 'those who do not know how to co
operate for the general welfare ol the whole, are not members of
Organized Labor.
Community building and community advancement aft also
base don co-operation, and the (ability ol the individuals involved
to work together for the good of the whole.
Because they have learned this fundamental lesson and have
reaped some of th benfits from it, members of Organized Labor
lead the list of home owners. They have pride in their homes and
in thei rcommunities, and are always ready to step out in front
to take an active part in the things that will make their com
munities a better place in which to uve.
Good citizens are not bred by low wages and deplorable work
ing conditions. Good citizens and good community builders are
not to be found in the ranks or the disorganized. All of the funda
mental principles of Organized Labor are m keeping with good
citizens and good fellowship. *
Loyal Trade Unionists are a distinct asset to any town or city
because they are builders, and they have already learned to co
operate for the general welfare.
Wherever Trade Unionists are given a definite part in civic
affairs, you will lmd a town or city that is an attractive place
in which to live.—Exchange.
IT HELPS
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Eastern Visitor: “Has the advent
of the radio helped ranch life?”
Pinto Pete: “i’ll say it has. Why,
we learn a new cowboy song every
night, and, say, we’ve found out that
the dialect us fellers have used fer
years is all wrong.”
YES. WHAT?
“I hear the’re starting a new cam
paign against malaria.”
“Good Heavens! What have the!
Malarians done now?” j
ASK THE COP, HE KNOWS
The policeman’s son was lerning
music.
“How many beats are there to the
bar in this piece of music, dad?”
“Fancy asking a policeman a ques
tion, like that,” said the boy’s mother.
“If you aked your dady how many
bars there were to the beat, he might
have been able to tell you.”
Communism sets class against class
and Nazism and Fascism set race
against race. All these isms are con
trary to old-time Americanism.
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
“The American Federation of Labor has proven the
nation’s most powerful stabilizing influence, and has con
tributed more than any other organization of men to the
advancement of America’s men, women and children.”—L
M. Ornborn, chief executive officer A. F. of L. Union Label
Trades Department.
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AVERAGE WAGE IN THE UNITED STATES BELOW $900
Workers covered by the national old age insurance system,
which extends to practically the entire industrial population,
earned average wages of only $890 in 1937, the first half of which
was comparatively prosperous the Social Security Board revealed
last month. Inclusion of wages not covered by the Social Security
Act would probably bring the year’s average for these workers
to about $975, according to a statement made by John J. Corson,
Director of the Board’s Bureau of Old-Age Insurance. During
that year, wages totalling $26,825,366 were credited to 30,157,694
individual accounts.
Broken down by region, the study revealed that the East
North Central States had the highest average wage, $1,020, fol
lowed by $1,013 in the Middle Atlantic States, $902 in New Eng
land, $893 in the Pacific States, $778 in the West North Central
State, $754 in the Mountain States, $676 and $671, respectively,
in the West South Central and South Atlantic States and $603 in
the East South Central States. Workers in Michigan, with an
average wage of $1,102, had the highest average, those in New
York ranked second with $1,042, and those in Illinois third with
$1,029.
18 THERE A LOAFER
IN YOUR HEN tyOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—M. Sulli
van trading as More Egg Company,1
Philadelphia, Pa., will cease advertis-1
ing that use of his product “More Egg
Tonic” will enable one to “keep hens
laying all winter” or double egg pro
duction ,or that it “mates layers out
of loafers,” according to a stipula
tion entered into with the F.T.C. to
discontinue misleading representa
tions.
Yankee students gulped goldfish
surrounding small countries.
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EAST DURHAM.—Both tobacco
workers’. unions pay sick benefits to
their members. The machinists union
has signed a closed shop agreement
with the Wrights Machine Shop re
ducing their hours from 60 to 40 %
week with the pay to remain the same.
Among the colored tobacco workers
employment is decreasing. The Dur
ham Central Labor Union is sponsor
ing the annual Merchants and Manu
facturers .Parade of Progress. We
will receive something like 20 per cent
of the gross receipts which should
give us from $800 to $1,000.—W. M.
Barbee, in American Federationist for
May.
THERE IT STARTED
Joe: “So you and those neighbors
are not on speaking terms any more?”
Bill: “No. All diplomatic relations
have been suspended.”
Joe: “How did that come about?”
Bill: “He sent me a box of axle
grease and told me to use some on
my lawnmower when 1 started at 6
o’clock in the morning.”
Joe: “What then?”
Bill: “Then I sent it back and told
him to use some of it on his daugh
ter’s'voice when she sings at 11 o’clock
at night.”
ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES
IN BAKING INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Speaking
recently on the organizing activities
of the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers’ International Union of
America, Mr. A. A. Myrup, Inter
national Secretary-Treasurer, said,
“our 01 ganization attempts to secure
decent working conditions; it wants
to provide for the workers in the bak
ing and confectionery industry, male
and female, the means needed to lead
the life of a human being.’’
SENSITIVE
A tramp was sleeping behind the
bunker of a golf course when the club
secretary, prowling around, kicked
him none too gently and ordered him
to clear out.
“And who are you?” demanded the
tramp.
“I’m secretary of the club,” said the
official.
“Well,” replied the tramp, “that’s
no way to get new members.”
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