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CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940
Every Day Is FLAG DAY I
A. F. OF L. WILL NEVER SURRENDER
PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL
“The American Federation of Labor will never surrender
the principle of democratic control or yield to minority force
and domination. It will ever cling to Democratic ideals and
will most jealously guard and protect the principles of De
mocracy and Democratic procedure. It will never accept a
dictator or submit to autocratic control. It is upon that
sound and solid American basis it has taken its stand and
there it will ever remain.”—WILLIAM GREEN, President
American Federation of Labor.
Americanism is an unfailing bra of country, loyalty to
ita Institutions and ideals, eagerness to defend it against aD
enemies, undivided allegiance to the flag, and a desire to so
cure the blessings of librty to ourselves and posterity.
POETRY—RIGHT OR WRONG?
A Labor Paper, some of our readers seen to 0»i»fc)
should not deal in poetry, but stick to hard tacks and brass
nails. After over half a century in the Labor movement the
editor is going to disagree and give reasons for so doing. The
Labor Paper goes into the homes, where education is ram
pant, many members of these families walking in other
spheres of life, yet Labor at heart, having been raised and
educated under the banner of the A. F. of L. The housewife
when the duties of the day are over has time to read the
, peaper, and she has a little of the sentimental in her make
up; the children clip the poems which appeal to them and
paste them in their scrapbooks, and the hard-hearted “son
ofagun” that “brings home the bacon” also has a leaning
for variety; poetry awakens a spirit of love, fellowship,
brotherhood, sympathy, hope—be it old or new—and one
must admit that the poems, songs and hymns of other days
are the sweetest; bringing back memories of the past; of
learning at the mother’s knee; days of when a “young man’s
fancy lightly turned to things of love.” So each week The
Labor Journal will, if possible, carry a little of the senti
with the realistic—for instance this one is from Mrs.
Charles English, Frackville, Pa., which we take from an
exchange:
“RELIEF’
The line was long and the day was hot.
They waited for food, a weary lot;
A tired man brushed the sweat away
As he patiently waited his turn that day.
His clothing was worn, threadbare and thin;
Worn was the soul it shelter’d within.
He was willing to work his finger-tips through—
If only there was some work to do!
A real man, inside, feels cold and dead
When forced to beg his portion of bread.
But that day a scoffer stood on the side,
Fill’d with his own importance and pride;
And scorn’d with loud-spoken jest and jeer
The man who patiently waited here.
He may have dined on steak so rare—
While the man had lunch’d on corn-meal fare.
He may smoke cigars of foreign make
While the man. skipp’d a meal for his children’s sake.
He may scorn the man with words that burn’d
Because of the money he never had earn’d
He feels himself good, and great, and slick—
He measures himself with his own yardstick;
He tells how the government should be run—
He’d shiver and shake at the sight of a gun.
While the man in line would cheerfully take
A gun and fight for his country’s sake.
The scoffer in his own quite foolish way
Made the man’s cup more bitter that day;
But we measure a man by what we find
In his heart, and not how his pockets are lined.
’Til some one finds a way to cure it all
Relief is better than nothing at all.
And a greater relief wet feel and keep
If the scoffer’d go way and fall—asleep.
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UTW WINS ELECTION
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HENRIETTA, N. C., Aug. 10.—In
an election held here last week by the
textile workers in selecting a bargain
ing agency, the United Textile Work
ers of America, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, won
by a vote of 171 to 152. Gordon L.
Chastain, president of the Southern
Cotton Textile Federation, assisted
the workers in the campaign and
election, and will now aid the local
committee in negotiating an agree
I ment with employers.
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WHO'S.WHO
II) UNIONS
1 GEORGE L. BERRY
GEORGE L. BERRY
George L. Berry,'President of th<
International Printing Pressmen’i
and Assistants’ Union of Nortt
America, is one of the most colorful
and successful figures in the Amer
ican Labor movement. He was
elected to the position of President
of his International Union in 1901
and a biographical sketch of George
Berry must include a h:»tory of the
International Union.
Mr. Berry is the founder of
Pressmen’s Home, which is the In
ternational office of the Union. In
connection with the pressmen’s
home is a sanitarium, home for the
aged and technical trade school.
The establishment of this home is
09 of the outstanding achieve
ments of Mr. Berry’s career. •
Having been a Major in the first
World war and also a member of
the Senate of the United States,
George Berry has distinguished
himself both in military and pubUe
life as well as in the American
Labor movement. He has held m
rious position on Government
commissions, including member of
the Advisory Board aj*d Divisional
Administrator of the National Re
covery Act, member of the first Na
tional Labor Board, the Gotten
Testile Industry Board, the Bitumi
nous Coal Commission and the Al
lotment Board. He also served Ms
Government as Coordinator for In
dustrial Cooperation. He is one of
the founders of the American Le
gion and is a former, National Vice
Commander of this veterans’ or
ganization.
His address is: Major Getfrgu I*
Berry, President, International
Printing Pressmen’s and Assist
ants’ Union of North America,
Pressmen’s Home, Tennessee.
PRINTING PRESSMEN'S UWKHC
LABEL
The Union Label of the Interna
tional Printing Pressmen and As
sistants’ Union of North America
was adopted October 8, 1889. This
Union Label is issued only in cities
where there are no printing trades
Unions affiliated with the Interna
tional Typographical Union, the In
ternational Brotherhood of Book
binders, International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers’ Union, and the
International Photo-Engravers'
Union.
The International Allied Printing
Trades Association, composed of
the five printing trades Unions, has
a joint Union Label which is issued
to Local allied printing trades coun
cils in cities where there are two or
more local Unions chartered by any
of the five international printing
trades Unions.
For further information regard
ing Union Labels, Shop Cards and
Service Buttons, write Mr. I. M.
Ornbum, Secretary-Treasurer,
Union Label Trades Department,
American Federation of Labor
Building, Washington, D. C.
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