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The Charlotte Labor Journal AND DIXIE FARM NEWS M2 South College Street tS»e—d Slow) PHONE MN4 •m*m the Ac* at Match l> 1«7». W. M. WITTER_Editor ui Pabltohm CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940 THE L T. U. AND THE A, F. OF L. The Journal has previously published and com mented upon the edict of the A. F. of L. executive coun cil as regards the suspension of the I. T. U. from its fold, but has said nothing during the “much-talk” and publicity as regards the Typos locally. It is deeply re gretted by some members that things have come to pass as they have, while to others it is exactly to their liking, and there are some who do not care a great deal either way. To those who have fought in the movement locally for advancement of the cause of organized labor along lines of peace, good will and harmony, it has been a severe blow. When those who really founded the labor move ment in Charlotte, nearly half a century ago, think of what is coming to pass in our ranks at the present it brings deep regret and sadness. It places men bound together as brothers at the forks in the road, and while there is no ill will one toward the other, until time has worked out a solution, a parting has taken place, at least for the time being and the Typographical Union is placed in the ranks of other independent international organi zations. The Journal, as stated on previous occasions be fore, is an adherent of the A. F. of U and as long as it does not conflict in any way with his 1. T. U. obligations will continue to espouse its doctrine. BEHIND THE AMERICAN YOUTH CONGRESS Actions speak louder than words. For the past three year* the American youth Congress, which has been vocal on virtually every controversial subject, consistently and obstinately ha< blocked every effort to condemn Communism and its subversivi activities. Its sympathies for Moscow are so pronounced thai even the deserved rebuke administered to it by .President Roose velt made no dent in its hide-bound fealty to Marxism and Moscow The attitude of these youngsters, supposed to represent th< moral and intellectual fabric of this nation, the leaders of tomor row, is an ominous warning of what the future will bring. It ii true that in this cock-eyed world our youngsters of today are facec with serious problems, particularly that of employment. But every generation of American youth had to face similar trials and tribulations. They were not petted and pampered. They did nb1 think that the government owed them a living and they had a right to dmand special privileges simply because they were young. W< of an older generation fought for everything we have. Perhaps we have made a mess of things, but we cannot see where th youth of today, in spite of its advantages of education and better living have anything on the past generation for genuine spirit, courage and independence. If they had, they would not whine about serv ing their country, and demand special considerations for them selves. That certainly is not the American Way. Sneering and scoffing at our government and at ingrained customs and tradi tions is not going to better conditions. A generation ago youth was seen, but not heard because our elders correctly reasoned that opinion without weight and authority was simply presump tion. Today however a cock-eye theory that majority rule is democratic, makes a Gallup poll, rather than the concensus of qualified and authoritative reason, a standard of action. If and until the Americans in this Youth Congress evince a little spirit and independence, and until the snarling contemptuous libertarians dominating these sheep show us a medicum of commonsense and intelligence, we are not greatly concerned what these nincompoops think. What most of them need is a sound paddling which theii spineless and irresponsible elders have delayed over the course of years. No one can convince us that the American Youth Congress speaks for American Youth for the simple reason that the Con gress on the record by no stretching of the imagination can be termed “American.” REACTIONARY EMPLOYERS FIGHT DECENT WAGES AND HOURS The continuing: campaign of certain groups of employers to weaken and even repeal the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is strong evidence of a determination to impose indecently low living standards and indecently long hours on millions of workers now protected by the law. From the point of view of economic justice reasoning citizens are wholly unable to understand the attitude of these subversive business men. The provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act are clearly not unreasonable. In the field of wages employers are prohibited from paying less than 30 cents an hour to working men and women in the in dustries covered by the law. In the field of hours employers are prohibited from employing workers longer than 42 hours per week. This means $12.60 in wages for a 42-hour week. Surely this small remuneration does not enable the workers anywhere to purchase an unreasonably high living standard for themselves and their families. And yet, a considerable group of employers are vigorously fighting these wages and hours and seek the statu tory right to pay their employes less than 30 cents an hour and work them longer than 42 hours per week. The American Federation of Labor is determined that the protection given low income workers by the Fair Labor Standards Act shall not be diminished, that all attempts to weaken or destroy the act shall be fought on every front and that chiseling employers who violate the act shall be dealt with vigorously in strict com pliance with the penalties prescribed by the statute. WHEN YOU NEED MONEY See U> CITIZENS SAVINGS AND LOAN CO. 114 E. 4th St. LOANS To Bo Repaid Weekly, Scari-Monthly or Monthly SAVINGS Xwmmm Clnbs, Weekly Seringa or Certificate of Deposit INDUSTRIAL LOAN A INVESTMENT BANK 1U 8. Cfcarck St Central Labor Union To Have Open Meet At Court House, 13th The regular meeting of the Char lotte Central Labor Union was held as usual on Wednesday evening, in the K. of P. hall in the Piedmont building. A very large attendance was at hand, with two of the large unions once again having delegates on hand after Tong term negotiations for contracts which had finally been signed. ' Various encouraging re ports from the locals re the Skating Areas fund were received during the reports of locals. Two new affiliate locals are in prospect for the Central body in the various fields covered by some four locals, all of whom are affiliated with the Central body. The meeting of March 13th of the Central body will be an open meeting held at the Court House at 8 P. M., the main purpose of this meeting to show the picture of the Federal Housing authority, which is of great interest to anyone who is sincere in his or her belief that slums can be eliminated in the United States, or at least conditions remedied. Any one who cares to can take this opportunity to see the picture. Fi nancial arrangements were made to send the three duly elected delegates to the A. F. of L. Southern confer ence of Labor in Atlanta. The regu lar routine business of the meeting was covered as usual. The first attempts to build a rock etship were made in China more than 500 years ago. Subscribe (or the Journal information As To Labor Calls I FOR CENTRAL LABOR UNION, call Wa. 8. Greene, Secretary, 229 S. Try on Street Phone 1 3-1459. 1 FOR BUILDING TRADES HALL, call 9140; 113!/* S. College Street CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL, call 3-3094; 302 S. College Street . CENTRAL LABOR UNION meeta in Pythian Hall, Piedmont Build ing, 218 S. Try on Street every Wednesday night at 7:30. H. A. Stalls, president. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL meets every Friday night at 113/2 S. College Street at 7:30 P. M. H. L. Kiser, Bwsineas Agent FOR TEAMSTERS AND CHAUF FEURS LOCAL NO. 71, call 3-5001; office, Bnllders Bldg., Room 120; H. L. McCrorie, Busi ness Agent home phone, 3-0388. It Pays to Trade With Doggett Lumber Co. Ill E. Park Ave. Phone 8179 ZORIC Dry Cleaning DOMMTIC LAUNDRY Phono BITS VARIETY OF FOODS — you'll Had not two ur throo, bat Bony to choooo from. i CAKTWU ANDREWS MUSIC CO. -gymTHING MUSICAL” M V. Tryoa Ik F. C. ROBERTS 114)4 a Tryta St, Pta. MSU R.C WHOS WHO IN UNIONS JOHN B HAGGERTY JOHN B. HAGGERTY John B. Haggerty has been President of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders for fifteen years. He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Allied Printing Trades Association, having held this office for the past twelve years. He has been a member of the St Louis Local of the Brotherhood of Bookbinders for over thirty years, during which time be has served his International in many official capacities, including International Representative, Executive Council Member, and Vice President In 1926 be was elected President of the International Brotherhood of Bookbirders, which position he now holds. Mr. Haggerty has been one of the most active leaders in the printing trades movement for many years and is widely known in Labor circles. In 1929, Mr. Haggerty was elected to represent the American Federation of Labor at the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, at St John, N. B. In 1937, he was elected by the A. F. of L. as Fraternal Delegate to the British Trades Union Congress at Norwich, England. Hit address is: Mr. John B. Haggerty, President Interna tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders, 307 A. F. of L. Building, Wash ington, D. & ALLIED PRINTING TRADES UNION LABEL In localities where an' Allied , Printing Trades Council has been formed, none but this Label should appear upon printed matter. The organizations represented bp this Label are: The International Typo graphical Union, the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, the International Photo Engravers’ Union, the Interna tional Stereotypers and Electro typers’ Union and the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. The Allied Printing Trades Label is representative of the work of all the members of these various or ganisations. Aside from this, the Typographical Union, Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, Photo - Engravers’ Union, Stereo typers and Electrotypers’ Union, and the Brotherhood of Bookbind ers have separate and distinct Labels which appear upon pnBted matter produced in communities where there is no Allied Printing Trades Council in existence, BOOK BIN DER8* UNION LABEL The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders adopted the Label, shown above, in 1892. The Label, either black or gold, is used both as a stamp on outside of books and also as a paper label to be used on the inside of back cover of books bound under Union conditions. This Label is used on blank books which contain no printing what ever, such as records, caw books, ledgers, desk pads, etc. It is also used in rebinding of magazines and other books of like character. It •is a guarantee that the work has been done by members of the Inter national Brotherhood of Book binders. For further information regard ing Union Labels, Shop Cards and Service Buttons write Mr. I. M. Ornburn, Secretary - Treasurer, Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor Building, Washington, D. C. Patronize Journal Advertisers Men Who Control America? BVcHARtS^STELgLB-** “ Usually, when we discuaa the ques tion of who will control America, we concentrate upon some economic, so cial or political system. But after all, a more important consideration is the kind of people who will con trol the job—and they must be living people. This is self-evident. Ana so, let’s see who, or what class, has the best chance to dominate. The average duration of human life in the United States has been ex tended 15 years since 1912; that is, about 30 per cent. This gain has been accomplished despite the World War, an influenza epidemic and a world depression. The expectation of life is now 62 years, according to a com prehensive study recently made by Ur. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, which involved approximately 17,000,000 insured persons, practi cally all of whom were wage earners and their families. However, this ex tension of life does not mean that everybody ia living longer than they did before. It means, mainly, that more people are living to a “ripe old age.' Another fact to be remembered is the rapidly declining birth rate. Mathematically, this increases the ? veiS&Sv those who are alive. J" U*0® the birth rate was 30 per 1,000 of the population; in 1915 it was 26; today it is 15 per thousand. Actually, the present generation is not reproducing itself. An inevitable result of this change in our popula tion is the certainty that America Hanes Knitting Co. Signs An A.F. of L Contract, Winston WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Fel 19.—An agreement was signed her last week between the P. H. Ham Knitting Company and the local unio of United Textile Workers of Amei 1 A. F. of L. affiliate. Signin of the contract ended approximate! three months of negotiation be twee the company and the United Textil Workers of America, an affiliate c the American Federation of Labo will become a nation of “elder*.” An other result of this situation will be that immigration, once a factor of great importance, will play a minor role in our future population prob lem. Indeed, we may again wel come immigrants. There are today about 1,500,000 more men than women in the United States; but the average death rate of men is much higher than that of women. In the age group between 45 to 54 the excess death rate of men over women is well over 50 per cent. „ If this death rate continues the na tion will become thoroughly feminized and eventually women will dominate the country. Already, through in heritance and otherwise, they are powerful factors in the financial world. Estimates regarding the per cent distribution of the total population according to age in 1980, based upon trends from 1850 to 1930, show a great decrease in the percentage of youth of the nation, and an increase in the percentage of the aged, as fol lows: Under 65 and 6 5-19 20-41 46-64 over 1850 15.1 37.4 35.1 9.8 2.6 1930 9.3 29.5 38.5 17.5 5.4 1980 6.4 19.6 33.7 25.9 14.4 AH of which means that those over 40 will some day hold the balance of power in all elections—if they will not actually control them. They will have much to say as to those who will govern the country and want its laws shall be—and most of them will be women. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawvwww' which was chosen bargaining agent for employees at an election which followed a strike in the fall. The strike, which brought out workers in departments of the mill on October 31, was called in protest against alleged instruction of the “stretch out.” The world’s largest carpet is in a London theater. 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