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VOL. X—NO. 9
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THUR8DAY, JULY 11, 1940
AMERICAN LEADERS EXTOL GREEN
AS GREAT “LABOR STATESMAN”
AT N. Y. TESTIMONIAL DINNER
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Leaders in
public life, religion and labor joined
in a mighty chorus of praise and tri
bute to William Green, “America’s
labor statesman,” at a brilliant tes
timonial dinner to the President of
the American Federation of Labor in
the Commodore Hotel.
The dinner was held for the bene
fit of the Leon Blum Colony in Pal
estine. a place where Jewish workers
fleeing from Hitler’s terrorism may
find opportunity to live and work
iu peace in the Jewish National
Homeland.
Responding to the encomiums
heaped upon him (see box below),
Mr. Green pledged to the labor move
ment in Palestine the support and
assistance of the five million mem
bers of the American Federation of
Labor.
Highlights of his address were:
1. Sweeping denunciation of Naz
ism, Communism and Fascism as
“different labels for the same brand
of totalitarianism.”
2. Enthusiastic pledge of support
to President Roosevelt in the national
.defense program.
3. Stirring demand for outlawing
the Communist Party and the Nazi
Bund in this country.
In explaining the A. T. of L.s pol
icy on national defense, Mr. Green
*U“The five million loyal members of
the American Federation of Labor are
ready to make sacrifices and to as
sume any obligations that the citi
zens of this country may be called
upon to bear for the sake of defend
ing and preserving America.
“We do not believe that the leaders
of our country are trying to drive us
into the European War. We are firm
ly convinced that the sincere and
patriotic objective of the national de
fense program is to protect our coun
try from having war forced upon us.
We feel that ail possible aid, short of
our entry into war, should be ex
tended to the Allies, not only because
of our emotional sympathy with their
cause, but in the true interests of our
own national defense. If the Allies
can still defeat their totalitarian ag
gressors, the threat to our safety,
automatically ends. It they can pro
long their resistance, weaken thei
power of the dictators and keep the
■war in Europe, it will give us time
to strengthen our defenses and keep
the war away from our shores.”
Pleading for American unity for
the sake of preserving America, Mr.
Green concluded:
“We can accomplish this purpose
and realize this objective if we our
selves are inspired by the sufferings
of our fellow men and firmly resolve
to protect and preserve, with our lives
if necessary, the priceless blessings
of liberty, freedom and democracy in
America’.”
New York Local Of
Electrical Workers
Re-elect VanArsdale
NEW YORK. — Harry Van Ars
•dale, Jr., who resigned as business
manager of Local 3 of the Interna*
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers some time ago to give its
members an opportunity to express
their opinion of his management of
the union’s affairs, was re-elected
last week by a margin of five to one.
Eleven thousand of the union’s 17,
000 members turned out to cast their
votes in the most impressive election
in the history of the union. Local 3
is the largest building trades local
in the country and has a membership
larger than 34 International Unions
in the American Federation of Labor.
OSCAR B. WHITE
Charlotte. N. C.. July 9th. 1940
Just a word from a friend and
Brother of the late Oscar B. White
who lost his life in an accident at the
Charlotte Roadway Shops last Satur
day. having known Brother White
for one-fourth of a century I feel that
1 can speak with authority on his life
and character.
He had as big a heart as ever beat,
twixt here and the mercy seat. He
was truly a diamond in the rough, a
loving father and husband, and a
kind-hearted neighbor, friend, and
brother. He was absolutely fearless,
and honest in his dealings with his
fellow men. Charlotte will miss him.
He lived by the Golden Rule Creed.
Peace to his spirit and ashes is our
sincere prayer.
E. L. BARKLEY.
Recording Secretary, Hornets’
Local No. 263, Int. A. S. of Mach.
DEWEASE-LAZENBY
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Theodore Dewease
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Meda Ruth_
to
Mr. Ernest Marion Lazenby
on Sunday, the twenty-first of July
at five o’clock in the evening
North Charlotte Baptist Church
Charlotte, North Carolina
: THE JOURNAL has by far
the largest city circulation of
any weekly published in Char
lotte. Your ad in The Journal
will bring results from the
workers.
Employment Up
One Million Over
Months April-May
WASHINGTON, D. C. — An in
crease of approximately 240,000 in
employment in non-agrieultural in
dustries between April and May
brought the level of employment in
these industries approximately 1,
000,000 above the corresponding period
of last year. Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins reported Thursday.
“The most important development
was the continued rapid expansion in
the war-materials industries, par
ticularly airplane and engine manu
factures including aero-engines, pri
vate shipyards, machine tool factor
ies, steel mills and certain other in
dustries affected directly or indi
rectly by war orders, such as woolen
mills, explosive manufacturers, and
metal working plants,” she said. “In
the war-materials industries there
has been a great expansion.
Typo. Union 338,
Held Monthly Meet
Sunday Afternoon
Charlotte Typographical Union, No.
338, held its July meeting Sunday
afternoon, and despite vacationing
and a desire to “leave town” for the
week-end the hall was filled, extra
chairs being necessary to care for
the members. While the meeting was
one of purely a business nature, a
new contract being one of the main
dishes on the menu. I. T. U. Organizer
Springfield was present and made an
interesting talk on matters vitally
affecting the organization, locally,
as well as nationally^ President H.
A. Stalls presided, ’ yielding the
chair to Vice-President Nixon for a
[report of the scale committee, which
was of some length. Three new mem
bers were voted on favorably and one
obligated.
Claude L. Albea attended his firs?
meeting after an absence of over a
year and was warmly greeted, when
called upon for a few remarks.
HE MISSED IT
He had never played the game be
fore and was shown how to grip his
golf club, how to stand and how to
swing. He whanged the ball toward
a distant hole, a true shot. The ball
rolled in the cup. A hole in one!
His opponent was surprised and re
marked sarcastically: “You’re learn
ing.”
j The shot for the second hole was,
! to the utter amazement of the oppo
nent, also made in one stroke.
“Say,” the opponent shouted. “I
thought you said you’d never played
golf before!”
“I haven’t, but this is an easy game
to learn,” he replied, as he made ready
for the next shot.
He teed off over a slight rise in the
terrain and the ball sailed away.
When the two reached the hole the
ball was within about two feet of the
cup.
“Well I’ll be damned if I didn’t
miss it!” the novice said digustedly,
as he threw down his club. But his
opponent had fainted, j
If you borrow some money now, it
will be a short summer if the loan is
due in the fall.
Great minds discuss ideas; average
minds discuss events; small minds dis
cuss people.
From 1930 to 1937, Palestine indus
trialism doubled its output, tripled
its employes, quadrupled the value of
its annual output, quintupled the
value of its investment and increased
the machine and labor power ten
fold.
The point of contact between the
track and wheels of the modern rail
road locomotive or car, is no more
than the width of a chalk line.
Utilizing petroleum, natural gas,
coal, limestone and air, the United
States in 1940 seems to be approach
ing independence from foreign
sources. The change-over to making
tires, innertubes, etc., can be done
quickly.
Finger marks may be removed
from furniture by rubbing with a
soft rag and sweet oil.
Vegetable stains may be removed
from the hands by rubbing with a
piece of raw potato.
The daffodil symbolizes chivalry.
A SEASHORE POEM
Mountain poetry has been carried
by The Journal, now this conies to
our desk from the Ocean Drive
Estates, Conway, S. C.
BE QUIET!
“Dad, we learnt at school today that
the animals have a new fur coat
every winter.”
“Be quiet. Your mother is in the
next room.”
QUITE SO
“I hesitate to invite people to my
home because my English is so poor.
What would you suggest?”
“Don’t be silly! Nowadays people
don’t care about the quality of your
English. It’s your Scotch they judge
you by.”
Potter Shows How to Detect Fifth Cohnoist
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HE IS A FIFTH COLUMNIST!!
DON’T TRUST MINIM
THE LEAGUE KM HUMAN RIGHTS ERHDOM AND DCMOCRACV
WRJJAM GREEN. Honorary Proaidant MATTHEW WOU. fnrtilanl
DAVID DUMNSKV Vlca Praaidant HON JEREMIAH T MAHONEY. Traoaurar
EDWARD * McGRADV. Sacrotory
MOW TO IDENTIFY A "FIFTH COLUMNIST" I* shown In tho poster
sbove, distributed on s nation-wide scale to 1,000 city and stats bodies
representing A. F of L. unions by the League for Human Rights, Free
dom and Democracy. "Organized labor, with all other freedom-loving
Americans," says Matthew Woll, president of the League, "must root
out the propagandists who disrupt our national unity by inciting group
hatreds. This is a Hitler technique: divide before you conquer and rule,"
TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT GREEN
Polio wing are some of the tributes paid to President William Green
at the testimonial dinner given by . the sponsors of the Leon Blum
Colors ita PtfiaMaoe; ' '
VICE-PRESIDENT GARNER—Few men in pultC life have done more
to merit the degree of respect and affection in which President
Green is held today.
SECRETARY OF STATE HULL—For years he has been engaged in
the effort to improve the lot and the welfare of the American
workers.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WALLACE—You have earned the
gratitude not only of trade-unionists, but of other wage-earners
who enjoy advantages traceable to your efforts.
POSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY—I have found him always high
minded in purpose, sincere in viewpoint, honest and fair in his ap
proach to the many vital problems with which he must deal.
GOVERNO RLEHMAN—Every righteous cause has enlisted his sym
pathy and assistance. The oppressed and downtrodden have found
in William Green a great champion. May I, in behalf of those men
and women you have helped, offer you sincere thanks and our deep
affection and regard.
SENATOR WAGNER—Through your efforts the lives of millions of
people in America and elsewhere have been made richer.
SENATOR MEAD—America counts heavily on Mr. Green and the
patriotic organization he represents.
MAYOR LA GUARDIA—We are all honored in having with us to
night our friend and brother, William Green. We offer him our
sincere tribute.
RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE—May I offer you my hand and heart in*
gratitude for what you have done for Palestine and the Jewish
people.
DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN—We wish to express here our high regard
for America’s Labor Leader No. I, William Green. He is truly a
statesman of American democracy.
LOUIS SEGAL—We are grateful to William Green, not only for his
services to our people, but also fqr his courageous struggle in
America for the cause of labor and for h|s championship of our
democratic way of life.
MATTHEW WOLL—We, of the American Federation of Labor, proud
ly and gladly are joining in this remarkable testimonial dinner to
one who has at all times championed the rightful claims of all op
pressed and persecuted peoples.
DAVID DUBINSKY—Just as we are fortunate in having at the head '
of our Government Franklin D. Roosevelt, we are equally fortunate
in having at the head of the American Federation of Labor, Wil
liam Green.
MAX ZARIT9KY—We do him honor to day not merely for the leader
ship he has given labor, but for ti e battle he has waged und is
waging in behalf of the harried and oppressed eve-ywhere.
ABRAHAM CAHAN——I love William as a leader. 1 love aim as
a man.
The Fespermans
In Frisco At
Int. Exposition
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Fesperman of
Birmingham, Ala., who visited their
son, L. D. Fesperman, a few weeks
ago, drop The Journal a line from
the Golden Gate Exposition, San
Francisco, to tell of what a wonder
ful time they are having. Tne expo
sition booklet brings to us a desire
to roam, and see things, and when
this writer “gets as old" as “Fes”
probably he will be able to do so.
But there is one thing The Journal
editor can not figure out is why peo
ple at the sea, the mountains, or jour
neying hither and yon, want to tanta
lize their friends who are slaving and
“sweating” with pictures of waves,
mountain peaks, etc. It just sums up
to “cruelty to animals” and the Hu
mane Society should take a hand.
MRS. KUMPIE AT THE BEACH
Mrs. Lily Kumpie of the Typo Aux
iliary, drops the “Madame” a card
from Myrtle Beach. “Enjoying a few
days down here,” and the card shows
ocean waves and a silvery moon. Each
day some vacationing friend, from the
mountains to the sea, are thinking
of us, and making us envious.
States Sustaining
Public Housing
Acts Number 25
The states whose highest courts
have sustained their local public
housing acts which permit participa
tion in the USHA program are:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Col
orado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, In
diana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis
souri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jer
sey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
Only ten states now lack state laws
enabling co-operation with the USHA.
They are: Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Min
nesota, Nevada, New Hampshire,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming.
POLL SCHEDULED AT
TENNESSEE COPPER CO.
The National Labor Relations
Board today announced that a col
lective bargaining election would be
held among all employees of Ten
nessee Copper Company, in the
Ducktown basin, near Copperhill,
Tenn., to determine whether they de
sire to be represented by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, by Interna
tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smel
ter Workers, (CIO), or by neither.
NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY TOLD
CLASHES BETWEEN STRIKERS AND
POLICE SHOULD BE ELIMINATED
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Violent
clashes between police and strikers
should be eliminated altogether, Pres
ident William Green of the American
Federation of Labor told the graduat
ing class of the National Police
Academy conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Mr. Green was invited to deliver
the graduation address by J. Edgar
Hoover, famous head of the F.B.I..
who gave high praise to the A. F. of
L. president for his long services to
labor and for his patriotic devotion
to the cause of Americanism.
Recalling tlfct in the past rela
tions between organized labor and
local police forces have been in some
instances marked with bitterness and
tragedy, Mr. Green called for a new
understanding.
“Today, when the laws and the
courts of our land have fully guar
anteed the right of peaceful picket
ing,” he said, “when the abuse of the
writ of injunction in labor disputes
has been prohibited by Federal stat
ute; today when industrial strife is
being reduced to a minimum and
collective bargaining around the con
ference table is becoming the mle in
industrial - labor relations; today,
when the police forces of our cities
are winning their fight for independ
ence from political machines — today,
we can be friends and we want to be
friends.”
Mr. Green called on the represen
tative police officials in attendance to
stamp out racketeering in labor “just
as fearlessly as you would stamp out
racketeering in business or in any
other walk of life.”
He pledged the co-operation of city
central labor councils and State Fed
erations of Labor to the police in this
endeavor and promised that he would
personally do everything in his pow
er to further the cause of justice.
Turning to world problems, Mr.
Green said he held these truths to
be self evident:
“1. That the various brands of to
talitarianism which have engulfed
Continental Europe — whether their
label by Nazi, Communist or Fascist
—are hostile to America and to every
thing which Americans held dear.
■They are contradictory to our form
of government.
“2. That these enemies of America
have conquered free, democratic na
tions and instituted a reign of terror
over almost an entire continent not
alone by force of arms but by a care
fully planned campaign of organized
treachery.
“3. That here in America the to
talitarian nations of Europe have es
tablished thriving branches and are
encouraging their followers to weak
en the morale of the United States
in every way they can.
“4. That such traitorous activities
must be stopped by every legal means
in the interests of national safety and
national defense.
“To^yyyi this end, I advocate that
the Communist Party and the Nazi
Bund in this country be outlawed by
Congress.!’,
Mr. Green pointed out that the A.
F. of L. had cheerfully assented to
the president’s request for the trans
fer of the Bureau of Immigration and
Naturalization fom the Labor De
partment to the Department of Jus
tice and had backed all other na
tional defense measures. He added:
“We consider it shameful that a
labor group, not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, bit
terly opposed these measures and lent
itself to underhanded attacks on
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
In a tribute to the F. B. I., Mr.
Green concluded :
“This agency of our government
inspired new respect for law enforce
ment among our people by promptly
and thoroughly stamping out kidnapers
of children. I predict that with your
aid the F. B. I. will win an even more
glorious place for itself in history by
promptly and thoroughly stamping
out the representatives of subversive
forces who would kidnap our liber
ties."
Anniversary Of
S & W Cafeteria;
Twentieth Year
With special decorations, organ
music, lovely costumed girls and
special tours of its all-electrical kit
chens, the S&W Cafeteria began on
Monday a week of celebration of its
twentieth anniversary.
Thomas A. Price, manager of the
Charlotte cafeteria, said that hun
dreds of guests are being conducted
on tours of the kitchen by young ladies
who are serving as guides.
Throughout the week, Clarence
Etters will furnish music on the
Hammond organ. A huge cake decor
ation has been placed in the center
of the main floor. Special favors are
being given to customers, Mr. Price
said.
“We are very proud of our cafe
terias,” Mr. Price said. “Business
has improved each year and is still in
creasing.”
The present cafeteria at 116 W.
Trade street is the second site used
by the company in Charlotte, where
Frank 0. Sherrill started his chain of
eating establishments. The first cafe
teria was next door to the present
location.
SAW Cafeterias are now in oper
ation in several southern cities, among
them Washington, Richmond and
Asheville.
PATMAN AMT
CHAIN STORE BILL
KILLED BY COM.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Put
man anti-chain store tax bill la dead.
Rejecting the bill and all amend
ments, and then; adjourning without
date, a House Ways and Means sub
committee has killed any hope for
the measure. The Patman bill had
been known as Hi R. 1.
Action was taken in executive ses
sion of the sub-committee after hear
ings that lasted more than seven
weeks. Scores of witnesses from all
parts of the nation had testified
against the bill.
Eight spokesmen for international
unions affiliated with A. P. of L. testi
fied against H. R. 1 on the ground
it sought to use taxing power of gov
ernment to destroy or limit jobs of
their members, to disrupt an industry
in which labor is making progress in
organization, and would inevitably
result in higher living costs that re
duced the real value of the wage
The Charlotte Central Labor Unton
held its regular meeting Wednesday
night in the K. of p. hall, with Pres
ident Scoggins in the chair. The in
vocation was given by Chaplain Mor
gan, and the minutes of the previous
Much discussion took place about
contracts in the various Ideal juris
dictions, and of course this being of
a private nature, can not bs publi
cized. Two new committees wars
formed, one for the sick, rmtMating
of H. L. Kiser, H. P. Walker, ami
Wm. Witter. Brother Witter himself
was ^already in St. Peter's^ hospttsl
committee. The other committee to
bring the 1941 State A. F. of L. con
vention to Charlotte are J. A. Moore,
T. L. Conder,~W. S. Campbell, H. L.
Kiser and Wm. S. Greene. A sign for
the state convention inviting the
convention to visit Charlotte next
year was authorized. All delegatee
should inspect the new Carpenters’
hall, to see if they want the Central
body to meet there, and report back
next week. Brother Barkley, secretary
of the Machinists’ Union, and a card
man for 38 consecutive years in good
standing, made a very fine talk, and
praised the Central body for their
constructive efforts in behalf of labor
in Charlotte.
Machinists’ Aux.
Sets A Splendid
Label Example
The Union Label Department of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Inter
national Association of Machinists
has established one of the peak rec
ords for union label activity during
the past year. The activities of this
International Department to a La
dies’ Auxiliary is an outstanding ex
ample for women members of Tabor
unionists’ families throughout Amer
ica. Mrs. Anna Preusser of St. Louis
Mo., is chairman of the I. A. If. Un
ion Label Department for the United
States. She reports that over one
hundred thousand union label-con
scious consumers purchased only
union label goods ana patronised on
ly union services during the past two
months. Local Auxiliary No. 71 in
Cincinnati and Local Auxiliary No.
84 in St, Louis had the highest av
erages. Bread and cigarettes drew the
highest number of union label pur
chases. However, union-made prod
ucts of every variety were bought
by these loyal labor union-minded
women.
meeting were read and
WM. S. GREENE.
Notes From Calvine
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams, ac
companied Miss Iona Cupp spent the
week-end around Asheville.
Roy Foster has been suffering the
past week with an infected foot, but
is better at this writing.
Mrs. Lizzie Helms has joined the
Salvation Army.
Mrs. Virgil Lee spent last weak
at Rockingham visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lineberger, and
John, Jr., spent the week-end with
Mr. Lineberger’s father at Rocking
ham.
Miss Sarah Gurley had the ««<«
fortune of spraining her arm while
on a fishing party last week. Whether
it was from pulling in a big or
not, your correspondent has not
learned.
Mrs. T. C. Mullis, Miss Emma Mul
lis' and Mr. and Mrs. Mason Helms
spent the past week at Myrtle Beach.
MERCER BLANKENSHIP
MOVES LAW OFFICE,
Mercer Blankenship, attorney
law, has moved his office from
Law building to 229 Piedmont
ing, in the 200 block, Sot ‘
street. “Mercer” has many
the labor movement in ~