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TYPO. UNION INSTALS OFFICERS
SCALE TAKEN UP AND DISCUSSED;
MEETING ONE OF MUCH INTEREST
On Sunday afternoon Charlotte
Typographical Union held its regular
f monthly meeting which was well at
tended, and marked with much inter
! est. The scale committee made its re
port, which was discussed briefly and
quickly acted upon, leaving it where
it was a month ago, with negotiations
to be further gone into.
Delegates Ray Nixon and “Bob
White reported on the Va.-Carolina
Typo. Conference which they attend
ed as delegates at Winston-Salem.
Progress is being made in this branch
of the organization and harmony was
said to be the keynote of the confer
ence.
Richmond was given the endorse
ment of No. 338 for the I. T. U. con
vention in 1941, Charlotte promising
‘support in every way to bring the
meeting to the capital of the Old Do
minion.
| Much interest centers in the I. T,
U. convention at New Orleans in Au
gust and Charlotte will have a good
representative in the person of C. J.
Pridgen, of the News chapeL
The following officers were install
ed: President, H. A. Stalls; vice
president, Ray Nixon; secretary
treasurer, H. M. Sykes; recording sec
retary, H. L. Beatty; sergeant-at
arms, J. C. Metcalf; auditing com
mittee, H. F. Carriker, Byron Luna,
and J. T. Prim; delegate to I. T. P.
convention, C. J. Pridgen; delegates
to allied printing trades council, W.
M. Bostic, Ray C. Nixon, W. P. San
derson, H. A. Stalls, and H. M. Sykes.
After a brief talk by President
Stalls to the newly-elected officers,
urging full co-operation and unity of
the membership in renewed activity
for the coming year, the meeting ad
i journed.
Claude Albea Home
After Year’s Absence
. In Vet Hospital
As stated in The Journal last week,
Claude Albea returned home as sched
uled, after spending over a year in
the Veterans’ hospital at Columbia,
s. c. His many friends are giving
him a cordial greeting, but Claude is
not discussing politics, locally at
least, until h« gets his “bearings.” He
attended his first meeting of the pres
ent council, to which he was elected
May 2, of last year, on Wednesday.
He is in fine fettle and good spirits,
and his friends are glad to have him
back with us.
Claude expects to return to his post
with the New* on Monday.
Nebel Strikers Told
To “Stay Calm” By
S. P. Brewer, Former
C. L Or Organizer
Seth B. Brewer, former administra
tor of the T. W. U. A. (CIO) in the
Carolina*, speaking at a mass meeting
of Nebel Knitting Company strikers at
the county courthouse yesterday,
warned against “industrial dictator
ships.
“A new order in democracy in in
dustry must come to the South, in or
der that our workers may share the
better things of life,” Mr. Brewer de
clared. “Employers must learn that
arbitrary discharges, wage cuts, and
decisions are dangerous in free Amer
ican industries. .....
“The Nebel strike is the first sit
uation in my experience in the labor
movement in which * strike-breakers
were allowed to carry shotguns, rifles,
and other deadly weagons to and from
work,” he said.
Mr. Brewer then referred to recent
occurrences at the Nebel mills when po
lice officers disarmd a number of
workers.
Robert Ford opened the meeting.
He introduced C. W. Dannenburg rep
resentative of the American Federa
tion of Hosiery Workers (CIO), who
presided.
Besides Mr. Brewer, other speakers
wre Henry I. Adams, North Carolina
director of the American Federation
of Hosiery Workers, and Fred Held.
—Observer, Monday.
Charlotte Has Second
Lowest Tax Rate
In North Carolina
WAYNESVILLE, June 2.—The
National Consumers Tax Commission
announced yesterday that Asheville
had the highest adjusted property tax
rate in 1939 and Winston-Salem the
lowest among reporting North Caro
lina cities with 30,000-and-over popu
lation.
The tax analysis was contained in a
report of the 84 commission’s study
groups in the state by Mrs. William T.
Hannah, of Waynesville, state direc
tor. The following tables for six of
the largest North Carolina cities was
announced: Asheville, $$20.30, Wil
mington, $$18.70, Greensboro, $16.50;
Durham, $$16.28, Charlotte, $15.90,
and Winston-Solem, $14.70.
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Reading Habits Cost
Alien His Citizenship
SAN JOSE, CALIF.—Grgo Bo
gunoVlc, 4£, was denied Ameri
can citizenship here because he
is a steady subscriber to a Sla
vonic Communist newspaper.
He told the court he subscribed
to the newspaper because he was
interested in a serial story and
wanted to see how the yarn end
ed.
Naturalization Examiner A. S.
Hunter remarked that judging
from the number of years he had
taken the Communist newspaper,
the story must be like "Gone
With the Wind.”
“I’ve had my share of sunshine,
An’ I’ve seen thef lowers smile;
Have had the rheumatiz,
But only fur a little while.
An’ when I come to quit the scene,
Of hope and likewise doubt,
I’ll hardly leave enough
For lawyer folks to fight about.
—Phillander Johnson.
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Pres. Am. Fed. State,
Arnold S. Zander
County, Municipal
Employes Talks Here
A fair sized audience greeted Ar
nold S. Zander, president of the Amer
ican Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employes, at the county
courthouse Tuesday night, the meet
ing being sponsored by the local units
of his organization. George J. Ken
dall acted as master of ceremonies,
he being active in the formation of
these unions in North Carolina. Mr.
Zander was preceded by Counliman
Claude L. Albea, who has just re
turned to the city from the Vets hos
pital in Columbia; Jack Moore, pres
ident of Central Labor Union; Stough
Campbell, vice-president of the State
Federation and others, who made
short talks.
President Zander cited the growth
of his organization; told of laws that
through its efforts, aided by the A.
F. of L., had been passed in many
states giving the employes civil service
and improvements in the laws already
in effect to the advantage of the
workers. He also cited the fact that
in his trip through the south he had
found much encouragement for the
group of workers he represents, and
expressing the belief that the N. C.
laws would be improved to great de
gree at the next meeting of the State
Legislature. While not a floweiy
speaker, Mr. Zander had sound logic
for the foundation of his talk and
statistics and figures at his finger
tips. After the meeting at the court
house Mr. Zander made a talk over
WSOC.
Rep. Dies Hits
Out Again At
Fifth Column
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Repre
resentative Dies, Democrat of Texas,
proposed last night that Congress
outlaw the Communist party and the
German-American bund and fix heavy
penalties for Membership in those
groups “or any organisations con
trolled by them.”
Dies, chairman of the House com
mittee investigating un-American ac
tivities, said legislation to do this
would be introduced next week, based
on the committee’s conclusion that the
Communists were controlled from
Moscow and the Bund from Berlin.
The legislation, the Texan said,
would “outlaw the Communists and
Nazis just as they have been outlawed
in France and would take away from
them the legal standing which gives
them a certain amount of protection
as political groups.”
“It would not,” he added, “prevent
any person from advocating the ideal
ogy of Communism or Naziism but
would prevent them from being me
bers of these organizations which are
known to be_ foreign-controlled.”
STRIKE BAN CALLED FOR
BY BARDEN OF N. C„ WHO
WOULD OUTLAW STRIKES
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Sparked
by a speech in the House of Repre
sentatives yesterday by Representa
tive Graham Barden of the Third
North Carolina district, a call for leg
islation outlawing strikes at plants
producing defense equipment was
issued today by various House and
Senate members.
Marshall Retires As City Manager;
Janies W. Armstrong Assumes Duties;
No Changes In Personnel Made
A “harmony” conference attended
by heads of all departments in the
City Government last Friday signified
the changing of city managers as J.
B. Marshall relinquished the post he
had held for five years. James W.
Armstrong, former city revenue collec
tor, took over the position offi
cially. '
Mr. Marshall said that he would
rest for a few days before entering
his new business connections.
Mr. Armstrong took the oath of of
fice Thursday. He was appointed as
Mr. Marshall’s secretary two weeks
ago by the City Council.
The meeting of department heads
was for,the purpose of carrying out
the co-operative work among them,
Mr. Marshall said. He thanked them
for their co-operation during his five
years as city manager, and Mr. Arm
strong asked them for their help and
co-operation in his new work.
No changes in personnel are con
templated, it was said. Rumors that
aevasal officials would be replaced
were believed wholly unfounded.
Mr. Armstrong, it was understood,
will continue to do the work of the
revenue collector until next Wednes
day, along with his new position. The
City Council is expected to name a
new collector at its meeting on that
day. Most likely choice appeared to
be Ernest S. DeLaney, real estate
dealer. Other possibilities for the job
are Marvin Westmoreland, former city
accountant, and John Durham, former
councilman.—News, Friday.
MECKLENBURG VOTERS HEADED
FOR THE SECOND PRIMARY
CANDIDATES ON THE ALERT
Mecklenburg is headed for five po
litical races on June 22, date of the
second primary, with Broughton hav
ing a clear field, because of the "last
minute withdrawal” of Wilkins P.
Horton, the runner-up candidate.
For chairman of the board of coun
ty commissioners County Commis
sioner Harvey Morris and Sid Y. Mc
Aden are locking horns, while Arthur
Weam is going to contest with Mrs.
Jessie Caldwell Smith, who led him
for county treasurer.
Two of Mecklenburg’s candidates
for the House of Representatives—
Representative J. B. Vogler and for
mer Representative Ed T. Tonissen—
were nominated in the first primary,
leaving the third place between Run
ner-Up H. I. McDougle and Repre
sentative Marvin L. Ritch to be de
cided in the second.
County Commissioner Arnie D.
Cashion was the only one to be nomi
nated for one of the four places, leav
ing three places to be filled. Cald
well McDonald, with 7,693 votes;
County Commissioner Edgar J. Price,
with 7,009; and former County Chair
man Baxter J. Hunter, with 6,896,
were the next three high men but
failed of majorities. Fred A. Hamil
ton, with 6,803 votes, has announced
himself in the race. Mason Wallace,
with 5,896 votes, who stood next, is
still considering the race and would
make anonuncement within the time
limit, which ends Thursday. J. Wil
son Alexander, with 6,865 votes, was
next and last. His friends in the city
said that he surely would make the
race.
Odds and Ends,
Local, Labor, Etc.
Charlotte Typographical Union Is
King into its 44th year, the charter
ving run continuously since May
20, 1897.
Postmaster Younts announces a new
postal record for May for $95,326.21,
an increase over last May of last year
of $6,513.14. _
Saturday added one more to our
murder record in Charlotte, giving us
a good lead on the nation, as a whole.
Vernon Blount’s wife (negro) used a
rifle effectively.
The Charlotte Public Library is ex*
pec ted to open its doors on July
first. Thus will our dtixens again
be given an opportunity to catch up
on thier reading and research.
Roosevelt’s private secretary, Miss
Margaret Lettand has written Col.
Kirkpatrick of the president’s appre
ciation of the Colonel’s approval of
his Fireside Chat on May 28th, and
thanks the Colonel for his prayers.
Pone Pius XII pleads, addressing
Cardinals on occasion of his name day
begged the warring nations for a “hu
mane war.” There’s no such animal.
To use the words of Sherman, “War
is halL”
A development in the Nebel strike
(CIO) the last week was when an
official of the National Labor Rela
tions Board will come to Charlotte to
make arrangements for an election to
determine the official bargaining
agent for the strikers.
“The one-time vociferous Mecklen
burg County Public Weal, dormant
these many months, stirred briefly
last week, then lapsed back into si
lence for a few more weeks.*’ x x x
Part of news story. For results the
Weal may as well remain dormant.
Friday night of this week the Fire
men will sponsor a dance at the new
Firemen’s recreation building on East
Seventh street, at the city limits. The
affair will be script. Tickets can be
obtained from any of the fire depart
ments and the receipts will be used to
buy equipment for the new building.
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i Governor Lehman vetoed a bill
i which would have permitted West
chester county to collect tolls from
the heavy traffic passenger over its
roads moving to and from New York
City.
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PLAN FOR DEFENSE FAVORED BY
CHARLOTTE CENTRAL LABOR UNION:
RESOLUTION PASSED BY BODY
Charlotte Central Labor Union last
•reek adopted the following resolution
for war preparedness as a defense
measure:
“Resolved, That the delegates to
the Charlotte Central Labor Union de
sire to go on record as favoring im
mediate re-armament as outlined in
the bill proposed by the President and
his Army and^avy aides, and passed
by Congress. Labor realizing that
this war is a war by countries with
out a genuine labor movement attack
ing those countries who allow a free
labor movement to exist, and
“Whereas, we do not believe we
have anvthing to gain by taking any
side in this raging conflict in Europe,
and it is our sincere belief that this
nation should stay out of European
affairs; yet, the time has now come
for real rearmament against a well
recognized foe. Labor comprised the
ranks of the last war and labor must
insist that if another war comes, they
must have mechanized protection, as
they will also form the ranks in the
next war. Therefore, be it
“Resolved, That Labor recognises
that times change, and that I-Aw is
first and foremost in the United States
of America and will defend its Con
stitution with all its power and blood,
and that now is the time to use our
heads to prepare, and that by Hning
so we may save much of our blood. Be
it further
“Resolved, That Charlotte Central
Labor Union and its affiliated >«
will be found ready to co-operate at
once, as they always have. This is a
matter of life and death and must be
treated accordingly."
CHARLOTTE’S RED CROSS DRIVE
RECEIVES MORAL AND FINANCIAL
SUPPORT CENTRAL LABOR UNION
President J. A. Moore ^presided over
one of the best meetings of Central
Labor Union last night that has been
held in some time, and while much of
the business was of a private nature
it was interesting' from beginning to
end. A letter was read from Presi
dent William Qreen urging all A. P.
of L. Central bodies and locals to join
whole-heartedly in financial and moral
support of this great organization. A
donation of $25 was ordered for this
worthy cause by unanimous vote, and
locals were asked to make donations
to the cause. N
Another feature was the report of
H. L. Conder, treasurer of the skat
ing area fund, as to readiness to go
forward as soon as sites are selected,
a special committee, with Brother
Conder as chairman being appointed
to make selection at once and -pro
ceed with the work.
A new local of state highway
workers from Monroe sent delegates
and credentials to affiliate with Cen
tral body the delegates being obli
gated and seated. - '**■
gated and seated.
H. L. McElice made a brief report
on Housing Project activities he being
labor’s member on this board.
“Stough” Campbell, chairman of the
organizing committee made the usual
encouraging report from that branch
of Central body’s activities.
Reports of locals were excellent all
the way down the line. Brother
Conder, of the Carpenters and Join
ers, reported that six new members
were taken in at the last meeting,
and that they were getting their new
hall at 309^ E. Trade street, in fine
condition, and that meeting dates could
be arranged for 21 locals a week, and
asked all organizations to co-operate
with them in making this hall labor
headquarters. Applications for meet
ing dates are now being received.
_ One the delegates from the Fire
fighters local reported business as bad
the past week. He clarified his
statement by saying when there wera
many fires business was “bad,” but
when there were few, or none, busi
ness was “good.”
“Jimmy” Bradbum, of the P. O.
Clerks, acted as secretary in the ab
sence of Sec. Wm. S. Greene, who is
attending the Musicians’ convention at
Indianapolis, Ind.
H. P. Perry, of Alabama, an old
time member of the Machinists Union,
made a short talk. Brother Perry ex
pects to locate in Charlotte and will
be an asset to the labor movement
here.
Strike Rooms Of
Nebel Strikers
Raided By Police
City police Monday raided the head
quarters of Nebel mill itriken (CIO)
on West Worthington avenue and
said they found, among other things,
light bulbs filled with sulphuric acid.
Yates Webb, who said he was in
charge of the establishment, was
placed under a $500 bond for his ap
pearance in recorder’s court to an
swer charges of “possessing deadly
weapons for illegal purposes.
Police said they found a shotgun,
sling shots, bulbs, filled with paint
and with sudphuric acid.
Sunday the night watchman at the
mill said a black car drove up to the
mill and shots were fired into tho
transformers. The night watchman
said he fired five times at the ear.
The damaged transformers prevented
the mill from operating until new
transformers could be installed.—Ob
server, Tuesday.
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