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The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY In Mecklenburg County \ For a Wtddy Its Rtaderg tbo LARGEST BUYING POWER li Official Organ Caatral Labor Union; standing for the A. F. of L. Ite Charlotte labor Journal Patronize oar titers. They Make TOUS paper possible by co-operation. Truthful, Honest, Impartial Endorsed by the N. C. State Federa tion of Labor AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Endeavoring to Serve the Masm VOL. X—NO. 11 YOU Ik ASVIlTItIMKNT IN TH« JOtfftNAk IS A INVKSTMBMT CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940 $240 Psr Y«r ASHURST DEMANDS BRIDGES’ DEPORTATION; URGES SENATE ACT ON BILL PASSED BY HOUSE I , WASHINGTON, D. C. —Senator Ashurst (Democrat), of Arizona, pleaded with the Senate to give speedy approval to a bill ordering the depor tatoin of Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader. Terming Bridges an “evil and un happy man,” Senator Ashurst remind ed his colleagues that the House had passed the Bridges deportation bill several weeks ago and it now was pending before the Senate Immigra tion Committee. “All too long the American people have been tortured by this evil man,” the Arizona Senator said. “The enemy hammering on the gates from within is even more dan gerous than the enemy hammering on the gates from without.” Ashurst said he had received “many letters” urging that the Senate Judic iary Committee speed action on the! deportation bill. “We must remember the recent melancholy and bloody history of Nor way, the Netherlands, Belgium and especially France where the enemy operated from within,” Senator Ash urst said. Senator Reynolds (Democrat), of North Carolina, joined in the plea for Senate approval of the Bridges depor tation measure, saying that Bridges was opposed to “the American system of government.” “Too long we have, coddled these Communist, Nazi, Fascist and criminal aliens who are enemies of this Govern ment,” Reynolds boomed. Senator Schwellenbach (Democrat), of Washington, interrupted to say that Senate recesses for the political con ventions had made it impossible for an Immigration subcommittee to act on the Bridges’ bill. FOUR-STAR ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY THE UNION LABEL TRADES DEPT. OF THE A. F. OF L The three judges chosen to pick the winners of the Four-Star Essay con test, conducted by the Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, this week award ed the prizes for the three best essays in each of the four contests. The judges were: William Green, Presi dent of the American Federation of Labor; Edward Keating, editor and manager of Labor, the official Wash ington weekly newspaper of the Stan dard Railroad Labor organizations, and O. R. Strackbein, member of the Public Contracts Board, United States Department of Labor. In the contest for the best essays on the subject, “Why I Buy Union Label Goods,” Miss Lillian A. Benco, 7402 Halle Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, won first prize of $250; Mrs. Eugene W. Lewis, 226 E. Charlemont Street, Kino-snort Tenn., won second prize; and**!?! Alfred A. Hirsch, 3986 47th Swi-e-tv Long Ielar.c* <Vy New won third prize and they r{**r”*d awards of valuable Union Label ar ln the contest for the best essays on the subject, “Why I Use Union Services,” Mrs. Isabel Dunn, 2535 E. 27th Street, Oakland, Calif., won first prize of $250; Mr Crawford S. Sledge, P. O. Box 184, 2001 Avenue I, Galveston, Texas, won second pnze; and Mrs. Bernice Sandusky, 2438 W. 68th Street, Chicago, 111., won third prize and they received awards of valuable Union Label articles. In the contest for the best essays on the subject, “Why I Am A Labor Un ionist,” Mr. Fred Langhenry Carver, 1610 North Normandie Ave., Holly wood, Calif.; a member of Stenog raphers, Bookkeepers, Typists and Assistants, Local No. ‘20798 of Los Angeles, won first prize of $250; Mr. John N. McCarthy, 2233 87th Ave., Oakland, Calif., a member of the In ternational Union of Operating Engi neers, Local No. 507, won second prize and Mr. John W. Johnson, 1540 Shehy Street, Youngstown, Ohio, a member of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, Local No. 443, won third prize and they received awards of valuable Union Label articles. ir, the contest for the best essays on the subject, “Why I Joined a Wom en’s Auxiliary,” Mrs. Marion E. Grimmer, 338 Tremaine Ave., Ken more, New York, a member of Aux iliary No. 200 of Typographical Un ion No. 9, won first prize of $260; Mrs. Elma M. Barker, Box 249, El wood, Kas., a member of the Woman’s Union Label Auxiliary No. 614 of St. Joseph. Mo., won second prize; and Mrs. Mary F. Rouse, 418 Fairmont Ave., Jersey City, N. J., a member of the Women’s Auxiliary to the New York Typographical Union, won third prize and they received awards of valuable Union Label articles. The judges stated that 80 per cent of the essays were unusually good and the contestants showed a funda mental knowledge of the American Labor movement and the Union Label cause. In each contest the judges elim inated all the essays except forty or fifty and these were so excellent that they had great difficulty in choosing the winner in each contest. Many con testants were disqualified because they did not accurately follow the rules. I. M. Ornbum, secretary-treasurer of the Union Label Trades depart ment said, “I am greatly pleased with the publicity received through the Four-Star Essay Contest. The re sponse of Labor Unions and unionized manufacturers was gratifying. While thousands of people wrote essays, general interest in the Union Label cause was greatly stimulated through the advertising campaign for the con test.” Mr. Ornburn also stated that the NOTICE OP ADMUngnUTlON Having qualified as administrator of th» Estate of Cary C. Link, deceased, late of Meck lenburg County. North Carolina this is to notify all persona having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at the Bryant Building. Charlotte. North Carolina on or before the 5th day of July. 1941. or this Notice will be pleaded in the bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This the 6th day of July. 1940. D. W. HOLBROOKS. Administrator of Bstate of Cary C. Link. July U-U-St-Aas. L four grand prize essays, togetner with pictures of the winning contest ants, will appear in the August issue of the new American Federationist and later they will be printed in pamphlet form for general distribu tion. They can be obtained by writing to the Union Label Trades Depart ment, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. “Shrinkage” Rules by Dr. Charles Stelzle When I was a machinist apprentice my chum was an apprentice in the pattern shop. Sometimes I ate my lunch with him, and, as I sat on his work-bench and listened to the “se crets” of his trade, I learned some very interesting facts. One thing that strongly impressed mb was his set of “shrinkage” rules. I discov ered for the first time, that the wood en pattern * made larger than tha casting was intended to be, because of the shrinkage in the cooling metal. For cast iron the pattern maker’s rule was an eighth of an inch longer than the standard foot; for brass, three sixteenths; and for steel, one quarter of an inch, although these in creased measurements, per foot were equally divided between each fraction of every inch. The effect was that the three rules looked exactly like a standard rule, until they were placed alongside a standard rule. But so our ideals suffer in the work of embodi ment. Beethoven said that his beautiful Symphony is but an empty echo of the heavenly music he heard in ids dream. It lost its divinest charm when he transferred it to manuscript. The dreamer has an important place in the world’s work, for every machine and every great enterprise was dreamed out before it was worked out. Sometimes the “dreamer” and the “worker” personified in the same man. But it often happens that the worker becomes contemptuous of the dreamer who has spent years of nights thinking through the vision that came to him on the first of these nights when his idea or his ideal flashed across his mind. me intensely practical man — uuu “hardheaded” fellow — needs to leam that before he can get on the job, he must wait until the dreamers have told their dreams. For without these visions there would be no jobs for anyone. That pattern maker’s rule taught me that if my life was to square it self with the plans laid out for me by the Creator so that it would har monize and fit in with other worthy lives and plans, my ideals as to what I would be and do, 'must be higher and better than the average, for these ideals would suffer grievously when transmuted into practical, every-day living. If my ideals were no higher than the life of the average man about me, as I saw it, I would be less than an ordinary man, for his ideals were doubtless higher than the life he was living. It is probably impossible for most of us to measure up to the best that has come to us fh our vision, but if we were even one-half as good as we might be, we would be twice as good as we are. This means that we are functioning only about twenty-five per cent of our capacity, because the fire of our zeal has slowed down — like a cooling casting — and this is too much “shrinkage.” Charlotte Police Ball Set For Friday Night Plans are being completed for the police ball at the Armory-Auditorium Friday night at which Freddy John son and his University of North Caro una orchestra will play, it was an nounced last night. Several vocalists and novelty num bers will be presented by the orches tra. Tickets are now on sale at Hice & Williamson and the National Hat shop, and already a large number have been sold, it was revealed. An Indiana farmer in his own right, Wendell Wiilllde was on ramiliar ground in the photo above. The GOP Presidential nomi ner is pictured climbing out of the pen after recent inspection of cattle at the Typographical Union’s home for retired printers at Colorado Springs. .,.gpL* ..****.. WILL BE J PRESIDEN SAYS GREEN NON-PARTISAN POLICY FOLLOWED BY AFL IN TIAL CAMPAIGN, TELLS MAINTENANCE OF WAY CONVENTION LEWIS STANDS IN WAY OF LABOR PEACE, QUEBEC, Canada.—The American Federation of Labor win follow its traditional non-partisan political policy in the coming Presidential campaign, President William Green told the con^en tion of the Brotherhood of Railway Maintenance of WayEmployes. Mr Green said the Federation would vote for its friends and against its enemies,” a policy which has made the organiza tion politically powerful. The A. F. of L. chief came here from Chicago, where he attended sessions of the Democratic National C°nVThe federation favors all aid to Britain “short of war,’’ and is behind the United States preparedness drive, he said,.adding that the organization was calling on the for the unemployed under “present work standards, with lowering of standards until all the unemployed are absorbed. Referring to the international situation, Mr. Green said. “The Dark Ages fade before today's savagery. It is the black est of black spots upon the policies of these totalitarian govern ments and we who believe in democracy protest. “We wonder why all these forces of destruction have been turned loose on mankind, for we have been taught for the last 2,500 years that life is sacred.” _ l 4 . ... ^ „ If any dictator attacks the North American Continent, be it Canada or the United States, “we declare it part of our philosophy that we will stand together to fight,” he continued. “We have established the democracy here. We are living in peace. In fact, nobody can find the line which divides Canada and the United States and we are determined to preserve liberty and fraternity on this continent even if it means the giving of our lives.” i Mr. Green said the A. F. of L. wanted to see the democracies of the world give to Great Britain aid “any where, any time, » the effort that that country now is making to preserve Turning to the labor picture in the United States, MnGreen declared that John L. Lewis of the Congress of industrial Organi zations was “standing in the way of an agreement between the two labor organizations. . , , . The formation of the C. I. O., “rebel in character and rival in purpose,” he said, once cost the federation 1,000,000 members, but now the A. F. of L. has 4,500,000 members, the greatest num ber in its history. . The rank and file of “the rebel movement” were crying and begging for settlement” of differences, he said. Machinists Push Aviation Drive Will Organize Defense Plants, Says President Brown. WASHINGTON, D. C.—A cam paign to broaden organization of the aircraft industry was announced this week by the International Association of Machinists. The union already has exclusive bargaining agreements at some of the nation’s biggest plane plants, in cluding Boeing in Seattle; Consoli date Aircraft, San Diego, Calif.; Lock heed, Burbank, Calif., Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kan., and many others. “Our union is the only organization recognized by the A. F. of L as hav ing jurisdiction over aircraft me chanics and we have more members working in the industry than all other independent unions combined,” Presi dent Harvey W. Brown declared. “To keep pace with the tremendous stimulus which the aircraft industry has been given by foreign orders and our national defense program, we are extending and intensifying our or ganizing work in that Held.” But Good Salad Mrs. Newrich: “Since I’ve been to New York I simply can’t stand the sight of an avacado—” Mrs. Dumkopf: “That’s the trouble with New York—too many foreign ers!” , About AD Customer: “Do you have anything for gray hairs?” Conscientious Druggist: "Nothing sir, bnt the greatest respect” TRADE UNIONISTS ARE WARNED AGAINST NATIONAL SPORTSMAN, HUNTING AND FISHING MAGAZINES CHICAGO, III—The Organization committee of the Chicago Printing Trades Unions has notified all state federations of labor and city central labor bodies that the two sports’ mag azines known as National Sportsman and Hunting ft Fishing have been Elaced on the “We Don’t Patronize ,ist” by that organization. The announcement states that Na tional Sportsman, Inc., publishers of National Sportsman and Hunting ft Fishing magazines, has refused to re move its two publications from the notoriously non-union printing firm of R. R. Donnelley ft Sons company. The fight against these two maga zines is a part of the nation-wide anti-Donnelley campaign which has been endorsed by all state federations of labor, hundreds of city central la bor bodies and local unions and by the American Federation of Labor itself. Trade-unionists interested in sports are requested to support the follow ing sports’ magazines all of which are printed under union conditions: Field ft Stream, 515 Madison Avenue, New York; Sports Afield, Mt. Morris, 111.; Outdoorsman, 386 S. Fourth St., Columbus, Ohio; and Outdoor Life, 363 Fourth Ave., New York. Trade-unionists everywhere will re call the union-busting activities of T. E. Donnelley (head of R. R. Don nelley ft Sons company) when he was chairman of the self-appointed “Cit izens Committee to Enforce the Lan dis Award,” a combination of the most reactionary industrialists of Chi cago, which set out to destroy legiti mate unionism in the building indus try of the Midwest and, with the aid of the lowest denizens of the under world, came perilously close to doing so not so many years ago. The anti-union Donnelley concern is a menace to the entire labor move ment T. E. Donnelley never hesitates to lend his support to any movement that has for its purpose the destruc tion of trade-unionism. The anti-Donnelley concern also prints two news magazines known as Time and Life. In competition with the unfair Time magazine are the following union-printed weeklies: Newsweek, United States News, The New Republic, and The Nation. In competition with the non-union Life magazine are the following union printed publications: Look (bi-week ly), Pic (bi-weekly), and Click (monthly). Typo Union Wins Nat Relations Bd. Decision, CharFst’n The National Labor Reflations Board today announced an order based upon a stipulation requiring Southern Printing and Publishing company, Charleston, S. C., to cease discourag ing membership in ^International Typographical Union No. 43 said In ternational Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America, or in any manner interfering with the right of its employees to join labor unions of their own choosing. The company also agreed and the Board ordered it to post notices in forming its employees that it will not engage in the unfair labor practices and to pay William Frederick $350 for the loss of pay Jie suffered be cause of his discrimi^Cory discharge. The company also consented to the entry of a consent decree by the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Appeals, enforcing the order of the Board. Typo Auxiliary Celebrates 11th Anniversary The Woman’s Auxiliary No. 107 t« the Charlotte Typographical Union entertained in the private dining room of the S. & W. Cafeteria with a charming luncheon in celebration of the auxiliary’s eleventh birthday A color note of pink and white with the birthday cage holding eleven pinli candles, cut flowers graced the table The new president, Mrs. W„ P Stroupe, was presented with a beau tiful basket of gladioli. Covers were laid for Mrs. €. B, Capps, retiring president, and Mrs J. E. Kumpe, retiring secretary and treasurer, also Mrs. Robert P. White, Mrs. H. P. Carriker, Mrs. Roy Cash well, Mrs. L. A. Hearn, Mrs. Annie Granger, Mrs. Eddie Franks, Mrs. Buford Green, Mrs. Hugh M. Sykes, Mrs. W. P. Stroupe, Mrs. W. M. Wit ter, Mrs. Carleton Davis and Mrs, W. M. Bostic. The next business meeting of the auxiliary will be held at the home Mrs- H.F. Carriker, 2549 E. 7th St. Mrs. W. P. Stroupe will be co hostess. Ouch! Boss: "That’s a very old-fashioned coat you are wearing.” Worker: “Yes, sir; I bought it thi last time you raised my salary.” HELLO, HOOSEGOW! “Where in hell are we,” asked th drunk, leaning over the steerim wheel "We’re cornin’ into a town and yoi better slow down,” answered his pal “Oh yeah, how c*n ya tell?” “ ’Cause we’re hittin’ more people, came the reply. WHITS WHO IN UNIONS * r * LEO J. BUCKLEY LEO J. BUCKLEY Leo J. Buckley, President of the International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union ofNorth America, started his Labor career in 1929, when he was elected a member of the Executive Board of New York Stereotypers’ Union No. 1. A year later he was elected second Vice President and held that office for six successive terms. For ten years he represented his Local Union as a delegate to the Interna* tional Conventions. He served as Chairman of the Laws Committee for six consecutive years. In 1939, at the age of 39, Mr. Buckley was elected President of the International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers* Union. He was the youngest man aver elected to thle t<0leo- OC The I. S. A E. U. is one of the most highly organised Labor Unions, having 97 per cent of thoee eligible in its nous. Each mem ber of the L S. A E. U. receives a funeral benefit of 3300 and hi In sured under a group policy, in the amount of 3&00, with the Union Labor Life Insurance 1 Mr. Buckley is also Vice dent of the International Printing Trades Association. Although he is one at the youngest officers at an International Union, it is predicted that he will carve an enviable niche in the American Labor His address is: Mr. Leo J. ley, President, International Ster eotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union of North America, 2812 Bronx, N, Y. STEREOTYPERS’ AND ■ TROTYPERS’ LABEL The Union Label of the : tional Stereotypera’ end Electro typers’ Union of North America was adopted about 1910. In locali ties where an Allied Printing Trades Council has been formed, none but this Label should appear upon printed matter. The organi zations represented by tills Label are: The International Typograph ical Union, the International Print ing Pressmen and Assistants* Union, the International Photo Engravers’ Union, the International Stereotypers’ and: Electrotypers’ Union and the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, a The Allied Printing Trades Label is representative of the work of all the members of these various or ganizations. Aside from this, the Typographical Union, Printing Pressmen, and Assistants' Union, Photo-Engravers' Union, the Inter national Brotherhood of Book binders and the International Star eotypers’ and Electrotypers' Union have separate and distinct Labels which appear upon printed •—tfrr* produced in communities where there is no Allied Printing Traits Council in existence. For further information regard ing Union Labels, Shop Cards and Service Buttons write Mr. L M, Ornburn, Secretary-Treasurer, Union Label Trades Department American Federation of Labor Building, Washington, D, C, , Short Jabs It’s a wise father who knows as much as his own daughter. Love is a sweet dream, and mar riage is the alarm, dock. Now for a new simile — as out of date as a last year’s atlas. Don’t put your trust in money, but put your money in trust. All European countries are side. It must be something they hate. Here is one about a bow-legged cowgirl who had an awful tlm* keep ing her calves together. Love is valued highest during the days of courting and the days in court. - Rouge is what makes a girt lock terrible when she doesn’t use any.
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