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>»a Weekfr.ltp Reader* JUarwwU^iht LARGEST BUYING POWER fa Charlotte Patronize our Adver tisers. They Make TOUR paper poesible by their co-operation. Pedira and dixie farm news Endeavoring to Serve the Masses to«« AMnnininf m 1M Jwnuv M * CHARLOTTE. N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1989 AOVKRT1SKR* DIURVI CONSIDERATION OP tni RiAona $2.00 Per Year Truthful, VOL. vm—No. 18 CENTRAL LABOR UNION TAKES IN NEW LOCALS; ORGANIZATION WORK GAINING GROUND AT RAPID RATE The Central Labor Union held its regular Wedneaday night meeting. It was the beat attended meeting in many months. Two more locals join ed the Cetnral body this meeting— Local 74, National Association of P. O. and R. R. Mail Laborers, and the National Association of Special De livery Messengers. Also in attend ance were the officers of the new Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union, who told of their thanks for the assistance rendered them in or ganising. Many other new locals have charters ordered, or are in process of formation. The various reports 'f local-’ were in the main favorable. The str:ke of the Teamsters at the Creat Southern is still in progress. Th:- delegates present were told about i lie walk-out of the employer and his louder f.i.n a meeting of the Team sters, at which were conciliators from the State and National Labor departments, as well as the NLRB representatives themselves. We were told about the carefulness the Team sters were using to peacefully picket per the city rulings. All they want is the employer to obey the law of the land. The organisation committee was raised to five, and various spe , cial committees were appointed. Sec ' retary Butler, of the Confectionery i Workers, asked to have a representa tive sent to their next meeting to ex plain the CCLU’s position in the La bor Movement, and the assistance it can render. They are now negotiat ing contracts, and expect to have one signed in the very near future. Brother Clary, International repre sentative at the Electricians, and Brother Turner, of the International Hod Carriers, both made instructive short talks that were right to the point, with no lengthy, windy words. Much of an instructive nature was discussed relative to strike benefits, unemployment compensation, and the many other tilings local delegates take back to their respective unions. Labor Editors Called To Meet In Cincinnati On October Second SPRINGFIELD, IH.—R. E. Wood mansee, secretary-treasurer of the In ternational Labor PreM of America, issued the following call for the con vention of that group: “The 29th annual Convention of the International Labor Pleas of America will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, begin ning Monday evening, October 2. “The headquarters will be at the Netherland Plasa Hotel and the con vention will be held in one of the ban quet rooms. A large number of labor editors will he delegates of the A. F. of L. Convention which maps in Cincinnati JBfS-S 2 it tend both conventions. Sessions of the Labor Press will bo held when the A. F. of L. Convention is not in ses sion. - ' WAR NOTES (BY A VETERAN)' FRENCH FRONT: The advance of the French into the Saar is going on. Many vets remember TRIER, Germany. It is just a few miles away from the actual French front line. I remember it as a pretty German city, with its German architecture, stolid looking citisens, cobbled streets, and bustling railroad depot with the fun ny sig'ns like “Eisenbahn.” This town was so dissimilar to the French towns that we had just left. Those had been leveled to the ground, and whole towns were nothing but signs in mud puddles. It looks like TRIER is going to become that way, if the French meet with any kind of resis tance in their advance, which there is no doubt in my mind, they will. POLISH FRONT: Russia did what I said they would do last week, only with one variation. Instead of having Poland’s permission, she just waded in. Nothing may come of a border line between Germany and Russia in Poland. They fought each other in Spain. BRITISH FRONT: The blockade is disrupting German industry, espe cially in its foreign trade. This will mean much unemployment in Ger many. An Expeditionary force has been landed in France. I do not think the war is oVer, I think it has just begun. OTHER FRONTS: Italy and its Mussolini are confronted with a prob lem that is simple as far as they are concerned. They will settle it from their own viewpoint. THE AMERICAN FRONT: Can ada is at war. We have a northern frontier that has no forts because ther has never been any thought that there would ever be trouble between us. The largest problem before us is the Neutrality Issue, the subject of a special session of Congress called for the 21st of this month. That is our front at present. Telegraphers Reject Plan For CIO Merger Tried Destroy Union CHICAGO, III.—Frank B. Powers, president of the Commercial Teleg raphers Union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, em phatically rejected a merger with the C. I. O. American Communications Association proposed by Mervyn Rath bone of New York, president of the A. C. A. The proposal was made on the opening day of the convention of the Commercial Telegraphers Union "This C. I. 0. outfit spent two years and $1004100 trying to destroy our union,” Mr. Powers declared, adding: “Now that they have , failed, they ask us to cmite-with them. Such tac tics are a sample of the communistic methods employed by the group spon sored by John ti Lewis.” Mr. Powers said that the communi cation from Mr. Rath bone would not even be officially received by the con vention. If/feMed that fbeTT. I. O. union had won most of its members by closed shop agreements obtained by •sit-down strikes, a method which, he declared, the Commercial Teleg raphers Union has spurned, the convention representeSIWopeoaT Crockett’s Wrestling Program Monday Is Benefit Vet F. Wars Co-operating with Sports Promoter Jim Crockett, the Veterans of For eign Wars will present a crack wres tling program at the Charlotte Ar mory next Monday night, September 25, entire proceeds to apply to a fund being raised for purchase of two or more respirators, or Iron Lungs. The Iron Lungs, described by the World’s leading medical authorities as much an important boon for the sav ing of human life that it has now be come indispensable, will be for the use without fee of any man, woman 6 rchild who may require its services within a radius of 50 miles or more of Charlotte. The wrestling card to be offered is an unusually strong one, the gladi ators being selected from a list of 30 of the best-known wrestlers south of New York. Ray Villmer, St. Louis youngster, and darling of wrestling followers throughout this section, tangles with Little Beaver, rugged Cherokee In dian bully who is always getting into jams with spectators, referees and commissions because of his battering, smashing tactics. Sheriff Tom Hanly, a 290-pound, piano-legged former Boston cop and one hard-boiled hombre, tackles com paratively slender by wiry Pete Man agoff, a crafty-Russian bone-bender from Chicago, in the sim-final. The wrestling will start with • set-to between smiling, boyish Ray Eckert, of Kansas City, a clever youngster with a big following, and Lou Newman, skilled Canadian grmp pier. Charlotte THEATRE FrL StL MDCE cmr OLIVIA D«HAVILLAND • Af..' SHERIDAN MMCMM • • mmi mu • John uni. m, Tu«tn. ran . wmmwmmm Monday • Tuesday MICKEY ROONEY ‘The Hardy’s Ride High” Wednesday Only “SOCIETY LAWYER" Walter Fipia Virginia Bruce JOHN L. LEWIS CANNOT BE A “SUNBEAM” OF THE SOUTH; HE IS AN “EGOTISTICAL, FUNNY, FOOLISH OLD MAN,” SAYS JAMES F. BARRETT By JAMBS F. BABBITT John L. Lewis it an egotistical, fnnny, foolish, evil old man. The newspaper boys have referred to m* “shaggy brews," aad “bell dog fdee" untUbe apparently baa become im bued with idea that he is a strutting dictator, a dynamic Devil before whom all ordinary creatures of tbfc country should bow dbwb>-wnd pay assessments. Last Friday the United Press car ried the latest “blast” from this bom bastic bulldoser. This was in dhe dorm of free advice to the employers of the South. The UP dispatch quoted the lambasting Lewis as saying the sal vation of the 8outh could be found in an alliance between the employers of the South and his abortion, the C. I. 0.1 First, Lewis lashed out at the ecoonmic conditions of the South, reiterating the description given by others in saying the South is Na tional Economic Problem No. 1. Then he offered as a cure-all for all of the South’s troubles the John L. Lewis brainstorm—the C. I. 0.1 He talked of the “sweat shops in the South," and said that an alliance between the South and the C. I. O. would cure all of these conditions and situations. Is that so? John says he is pow erfully strong in Pennsylvania, yet there are more sweat shops in the State of Pennsylvania than in all of the 13 Southern states combined. There evist in the state of Pennsyl vania C. I. O. agreements with em ployers calling for wages of $6 to $8 a week, and these agreements were ne gotiated by John’s own henchmen. Of course, they got the check-off includ ed in these agreements, and John checks them off, too, taking assess ments from even these measley wages. There are bad conditions in the South, just as there are in every state North of the Mason and Dixon- line, and in every country in the world. The 8outh is, and has been for some time, making more rapid progress in organisation of the workers and in pro curing good working agreements with the employers and getting more in creases in wages than can be said of eny other section of the United States. The American Federation of Labor an<f its affiliated organisations alone are responsible for these splendid ad vancements. And the program is con tinuing with more rapid and satisfy ing results. In the few spots in the South where the John L. Lewis C. I. O. gained foot hold, the John L. Lewis method of manhandling has been noted. Wher ever a C. I. 0. local union has been established with any degree of ma jority membership, there has also been established alongside of it a chapter of the Communist Party. The C. I. O. cannot stand alone, you see, and MUST have the support of the Communist Party to hold up the C. I. O. local. If the employers of the South .should accept Johns’ flamboyant proposition, does he expect to bring his 200 thugs from Detroit down into the South and place them at the mill gates te collect ‘dues and assessments,” and if one fails to pay, knock him to the ground with an iron incased rubber hose, like these thugs do in Detroit? x x x HAGGERTY PRAISES A. F. OF L WORK IN THE SOUTH, LAYING STRESS ON STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. IS.—“If there ever was a time in the proud history of the Labor Movement in which those belonging to it should re-, joiee in'Gist fact and should with re newed conviction and courage re-dedi cate themselves to it, now is that time,” said Mr. John B. Haggerty, president of the International Union of Bookbinders, to a group of trades unionists in Atlanta today. Mr. Hag gerty is also president of the Allied Printing Trades Council, and came to Atlanta for a conference with officials of the Coca-Cola company in which negotiations are under way for use of the Allied Printing Label on all printed matter used by the Coca-Cola company. Tne disitnguished labor official de livered the Labor Day address at Tampa and was enthusiastic over the progress made by the American Fed eration of Labor affiliates in- Florida and throughout the South. In the conference with labor representatives gathered-in tlm Atlanta offices of the A. F. of L., Mr. Haggerty pointed to conditions existing in Europe, where war is raging and civilisation is threatened, where freedom in many nations has been destroyed and dic tatorships established, and called at tentkm to the conditions in England where splendid democratic traditions and functions of government have been suspended in the horrors of the awful war. Mr. Haggerty highly prated the work and leadership of the A. F. of L. in the South, declaring that the of ficers of the State Federations of La bor in the Southern states have rm> dered services to the Labor movement not excelled by any other groups in the nation’s history. “These State Feed ration officials, the officers and members of Central Labor Unions, and the loyal worker of the local un ions have placed our movement in the South right out in the front, “he said. The visiting official was deeply im pressed with the numerous labor pa pers so ably edited and so unswerving in their loyalty to the A. F. of L. “Our labor papers, Mr. Haggerty said,” constitute our shock troops, our first line of attack and defense, and with out thnem our movement could never have made the splendid progress it has bade.” President Haggerty left late Mon day for Washington, declaring in his parting words that his trip into the South had been an inspiration and a revelation to him. LABOR NOTES OF INTEREST . THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH KNOXVILLE WORKERS CALLED BACK TO JOBS KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1&— With bulletins posted recalling fifty members of urirn Shop Craft Un ions to work sit Coster and John 8ev ier terminals of the Southern Rail way, leaders of the various organisa tions this week anticipated the return of every idle worker in the next few months. Shop craft committees hare and over the system, it was reported, have been directed to list every idle member subject to caH, including fin ished apprentieee who have had no em ployment up to date. In this eonnoo* tion it was said that railroad officials will go beyond district lines in com pleting their shop forces, if this be comes necessary, thirsby insuring Dm return to empleanaailf of all who for merly were employed. MISSISSIPPI FEDERATION CONVENTION BIG SUCCE88 VICKSBURG, Mias, Sept. IS.—The annual convention of the Mississippi State Federation of Labor, held hero last week, was pronounced by all in attendance as being the most harmo nious and constructive convention ever held in this state. L. H. (Lib) Jonee, retiring as president after having served a long time, pledging hie beet cooperation to the new president, Joe Cameron, of Meridian. George L. Googe represented Presi dent win. Green and the Executive Council at the convention, and in an impassioned plea aroused the dele gaies to a high pitch of enthusiasm for a continued and increased organ isation campaign throughout the ELECTRICAL WOKKER8 HOLD MEETING IN CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 18. —Delegates from all electrical unions in Tennessee met in Chattanooga last Saturday for an all-day session con cerning problems of their trade. The meeting was in Local 176’s new hall on McCaUie avenue. Mr. Bill Keese addressed the union ists regarding insurance companies’ Interest in assisting them in drawing up safe electrical codes with a view of reducing fire losses. Mr. 8. R. Finley, manager of the Electric Power board, explained the policies and aims of public power. COLUMBUS JAIL JOB GOES TO UNION IRON WORKERS COLUMBUS, Ga., Sent. 18.—An agreement was signed here last Sat urday between the Roanoke Iron and Bridge Works Company and the In ternational Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, calling for union shop con ditions on the construction of the big new jail just started here. C. F. Strickland represented the Iron Worfkers in the negotiations, while Mr. W. A. Oakey, president of the Roanoke Company, appeared person ally to represent the company. CHARTER INSTALLED FOR V LABORERS’ LOCAL UNION Charter for the newly-organised lo cal union of Hod Carreirs, Common and Construction Laborers was in stalled here last Saturday night. John S. Turner. International representa tive, and the organising committee of the Central Labor Union, and H. L. GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING CO. STRIKE IS STILL ON —TEAMSTERS REPORT RANKS ARE STANDING FIRM The Teamsters and Chauffeurs local of Charlotte, which is mi strike at the Great Southern Trucking: Co’s Charlotte branch are holding firm, awaiting a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board, which is supposed to be held this week, and at which time A. L. Rawlinson, president of the company, will have to appear before the board. There has been no disorder on the part of the strikers and the 24-hour picketing is still being carried out. The Teamsters and Chauffeurs, we are told, have no doubt as to the ruling of the board regarding the /stand they have taken in the matter. H. L. McCrorie, organizer for the teamsters and chauffeurs, and a local man, is handling the Teamsters end of the affair, and reports the men standing firm, without a break and the morale is good. President May Send New Plea To Labor Settle Difficulties WASHINGTON ,Sept. 19.—Pres ident Roosevelt may send a new ap peal to organized labor next month to end its long controversy and present a united front on domestic problems arising from the war in Europe. It is expected that the appeal will be contained in a message he will dis patch to the A. F. L. convention open ing in Cincinnati October 2." The President declined to disclose at his press conference today what his message would contain, but Daniel J. Tobin, head of the A. F. L. Team sters Union, indicated that it would be a fresh call for unity between the A. F. L. and C. I, 0. After Tobin and Secretary of La bor Perkins han conferred with Mr. Roosevelt, the labor leader told news papermen he supposed the President’s message would “ask that labor get to gether now that war is on in Europe.” Tobin went on to say that the Pres ident was anxious that there be no strikes at this time and evinced in terest when told what “unrest” now existed in labor ranks. Lupe, Chicago Judge, Fines C.I.O. Unions For Court Contempt ^■i CHICAGO, 111.—The C. I. O. Chi cago Newspaper Guild was fined $500 by Judge John J. Lupe on a charge of contempt of court. Judge Lupe held that members of the Guild had violated an injunction issued February 7 by Judge Grover C. Niemeyer, whose order forbade the Guild to harass ad vertisers or subscribers of the two Hearst Chicago newspapers which are now combined as The Herald-Ameri can, against which a C. I. O. strike has been in progress. State A. F. L. Pres. C. A. Fink Charlotte Visitor On Saturday C. A. FINK President State Federation of Labor C .A. Fink, of Spencer, president of the North Sarolina State Federation of Labor was a Charlotte visitor Sat urday, making one of his periodical visits to the Friendly City. Mr. Fink was at the hall of the Building Trades Council when “we” ran into him. He was here on a two-fold mission to greet the boys “when and where” he could find them and seeking some union made, labelled wearing apparel. He found them, shoes, hat, etc. Bro ther Fink is a firm believer in Union made goods, in every line, and if he can not find them one place, he will continue to search until he gets what he wants. And that is another ex ample, set by our state head, that should be followed by every card holder. * As always the Charlotte boys are always glad to heave our president with us and he apparently is always in happy mood while in our midst. Kiser, president of the North Caro lina Building Trades Council, assist ed the workers in the installation cer emonies. The local immediately affil iated with the Charlotte Central La bor Union. Am. Fed. of Teachers Defeat Martin For C. I. 0. Affiliation The recent convention of the Ameri can Federation of Teachers, held in Buffalo, N. Y., voted unanimously not to concur in a resolution advocating withdrawal from the American Fed eration of Labor and affiliation with the C. I. O. The resolution committee recommended non-concurrence and the convention, without a dissenting vote, upheld the committee. The convention also adopted unani mously a resolution commending the American Federation of Labor for its efforts to bring about peace in the labor movement. Typo Ladies Serve Picnic Lunch For Typo Boys Sunday One of the periodical basket pic nics given by the Ladies’ Typograph ical Auxiliary was held Sunday aft ernoon at Bryant Park, with one of the largest gatherings in recent months. There were baskets and boxes, galore, well filled with vari ours food to tempt faltering appe tites and satisfy those'who seemingly never get enough. The menu was of some length, and while it did not go from “soup to nuts,” there was chicken, chicken and some more chicken, cheese, meats, pies, cakes, pickles, crackers, slaw, , lemonade, iced tea, deviled eggs, and “undev iled” eggs, etc., etc. The ladies of this auxiliary certain ly put on the dog when they see fit, and while the men stood by discussing shop, or playing with the kids, they did the work, so usual. Here’s hoping there'will be another one of these af fairs soon, as it was certainly an en joyable occasion; 6:30 finding us all on the way home in a happy frame of mind. < Endy Bros. Shows, Auspices of C. L. U. September 25th-30th The Endy Bros., a well-known car nival company, will be in Charlotte the week of Sept. 25-30, showing at the usual carnival "rounds. This or ganization has a clean record in the towns and cities it has shown, and is of a high type, being clean, wholesome and entetraining. The acts, the mid way, the rides, etc., are all entertain ing and a large turn-out is expected during its stay in Charlotte. Go out, take your family and your friends. All of Charlotte (most) will be there one of the six days. Home-LF.D. Groups Of Food Stores Will Hold Show Together An agreement whereby the Inde pendent Food Dealers Association and the Home Service Stores would unite in sponsoring one exposition and food show here, instead of two as in the past, was reached last night at a meeting of committees from the two organizations. The exposition will be held Novem ber 8 through 18 at the Armory-Au ditorium on N. Cecil Street, and it is predicted that the combined efforts of the two sponsors will result in the largest show of its kind in the history of Charlotte. Plans and preparations are going forward to make this year’s show, which is the fourteenth annual af fair, the most outstanding yet as an educational and entertaining attrac tion. The official name of the exposition will continue to be $}>e Charlotte Ex position & Food Show. The commit tee appointed to conduct the show in cludes C. M. Kiser, N. J. Covington, F. L. Marshall, with lames B. Vogler acting as secretary and show man ager. Representing the Independent Food Dealers at the meeting last night were B. T. Baker, M. B. Sinclair, J. L. Todd and J. R. Rice. Representing the Home Service Stores were Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kiser, Mr. Covington, and Mr. Vogler. Patronize Journal Advarttotta