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CENTRAL LABOR BODY STARTS YEAR OFF WITH GOOD ATTENDANCE; MUCH INTEREST IN CONVENTION After a vacation of two weeks for the holidays, Charlotte Central La* bor Union started 1941 off Wednesday night of this week with a vim, and while the attendance was below par, there was no lack of interest in mat* ters that pertained to the interest of the locals in this territory. The discussions were of a private nature and many important angles were dis cussed. Organization work along tex tile lines was of an encouraging na ture. The matter of securing a per manent home for Central body and affiliated locals was brought up pby Brother Conder, and discussed at some affiliated locals was brought up by the afiliated bodies and reported on at a later date. The convention committee met after the regular meeting, and plans were made to go forward with the work for entertaining, the State A. F. of L. convention in August Between 500 and 750 delegates and visitors will be present from out of Charlotte for this gathering. Reports of locals were good, and, all in all, 1941 promises to be a ban ner year. Delegate H unsinger, a member of the Park and Recreation Commission, made d report on the activities and needs of that arm of our local gov ernment, which was elaborated on by Brother J. A. Moore, a former mem her of that board. President Scoggins presided, Wil liam Greene filling his post as secre-: tary. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United Textile Workers of America, A. F. of L. affiliate, reported two big victories in Southern textile mills in polls held to choose collective bargaining repre sentatives. At Inman, South Carolina, the tex tile workers won exclusive bargaining rights by a vote of 681 to 73. At Asheville, North Carolina, the U. T. W. triumphed by a vote of 1696 to 480 in an election among the em ployes of the Enlca Rayon Corpora tion. PROBABLY Tacher: “Johnny, what dod Paul Revere say at the end of his famous rideT" Johnny: "Whoa” INT. LADIES GOVERNMENT WORKERS (A.F.L) ASKS BETTER MANAGEMENT, FACTORIES BE RUN ON BETTER BASIS NEW YORK.—The city’s 86,000 unionized dressmakers are seeking a contract with their employers calling for “efficient management” of fac tones and have offered to supervise a school to teach the ways of business betterment. Five employer associations to which the plan was offered by the Interna tiona) Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (AFL) last week expressed general agreement as they took it under con sideration. The New York Times acceptance of the proposal would make the indus try the first “in which inefficiency on. the part of management would be a contract violation.” With an annual business of (360,000,000, the industry is New York's largest As outlined, by Julius Hochman manager of the union’s joint dreBs board, the plan centers on the prin ciple that dress factory workers nave the right to demand a management precluding a potential loss of wages. The union leader told the employ ers that earnings of workers paid on a piece-rate basis were kept low by faulty plant organization, inadequate equipment and other factors of "mis management.” “It is a vicious circle,” he said. , “Where you find inefficiency you you find poor earnings, high overhead, late deliveries and bad workmanship, and where you find these you also find that business begins to decline.’* | Garment workers, he said, would I be glad to help combat this condition by supervising the establishment of a school of management where ex* perts in various specialized fields could instruct employers on how to . “streamline” their business. I “This should give no offense to the production man or contractor in the industry,” Hochman added, “since we have found from experience that the more able the man, the more ready he is to learn new methods and absorbed information from any reliable source.” | Analysis of operations at one shop which used “sound” organization tech niques showed; he said, that produc tion per worker was 40 per cent above the general level and that overhead costs were cut 26 to 30 per cent, to the benefit of both employer and em Hochman said the union would de mand inclusion in the new contract of a clause giving workers the right to file charges with the impartial I chairman of the dress industry against employers they considered inefficient. ree. AFL RUBBER WOKERS WIN BIG MAJORITY VOTE OVER CIO MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The American Federation of Labor Federal Rubber Workers Local Union here won a de cisive victory in the election among workers of the Firestone Rubber Com pany’s tire manufacturing plant to choose representatives for collective bargaining. Good Breakfast * Means A Good Start And too think of the 8. * W variety of fine breakfast foods. Including our delicious coffin. V SS ‘'WV CAfLTLRIA THE JOURNAL has by far the largest city escalation of any weekly published in Char lotte. Your ad in The Journal will bring results from the workers. mmmmmmmammmmmmwm QUALITY H«Y CLEANING C«IM for *«d IVHurcd F. C. Campbell (Member Teunetere aM Chnitffenm lineal) *i> Louise Are. Phone 1-1113 Pender Stores Answer Your Problems of QUALITY AND ECONOMY I WHEN YOU NEED MONEY 8m Da CITIZENS SAVINGS AND LOAN CO. . 114 E. 4tk 8L WWW PATRON] JOURNAL ADVERTISERS ■ l *l*ll** » * >!>■»»*« ..MW » I I £*m FOREMOST MILK St'*. dtaalihfuL FOREMOST DAIRIES, INC iw mi—nn Royal Family w Know Groat Misfortune It you took into the history at m royal family, you may find a fleet deal of adventure and aadnoaa, tat you will have to aearch a long time to match the atory at the bouae at Stuart. Eight centuries ago, a young noble was sent to Scotland by the English king. The Normans had held power in England for nearly 100 years and had obtained some control over the Scots. The young noble was named Wal* ter, and he was given a great deal of land in Scotland. The king also gave him the office of steward at Scotland. Walter's son held the same office, and so did his grandson and great grandson. That is the reason for the family name of the house of Steward, or Stewart. The French spelling was Stuart, and that is how it is most often spelled in history books. As time went on, the Stuarts came to feel more Scottish than English. They fought in battles for the free itnm of Scotland. In the year 1315 one of the Stuarts married a princess, Marjorie, the daughter of Robert Bruce. A son of this marriage at length came to the Scottish throne. From that time onward there was .a line of Stuart kings in Scotland. It is a tale of strange tragedy. Later came Mary Queen of Scots, who was three times a widow and was held prisoner for 30 years. Then came a quick change of for* tune. The son of Mary Quean at Scots was given the English throne, ruling both England and So^Mand. Teach Children to Cross Streets, Parents Advised Selection by parents of the fa£st and safest route to tire store and to school for small children will help greatly in reducing chances for child traffic accidents. Eventually the child must use the street unguarded. Isn’t it a parent's duty to teach the child how to use streets safely Just as much as it is a duty to teach him how to dresST Since children are prone to imitate grownups, a parent’s own actions in traffic will have a great deal to do with the actions of the children. Whenever possible the most hax ardous crossings should be avoided. Walk with the child oyer the rout# to he followed—and explain why thot route is best; why others are den gerous. One very effective way of teaching small children the safe way to use the streets and avoid traffic accidents is used by many parents. They take a walk with the youngster and play a game at the street cross ings by letting the child observe traf fic Conditions, conducting the parent across the street. Sometimes it will be impossible tP choose a route with all crossings pro tected. In such cases, parents should explain the. importance of looking in all directions, and of al ways looking to the left Just before stepping off the curb, and i~*H"g to the right at the center of the street before completing the other half of the crossing. Explain where the child should be especially watchful and why. . „ Device for Deflecting Glare An attorney of Sumter, S. C., has recently obtained a patent on a de vice for automobiles that reflects car lights over the head of the driv er and at the same time gives him clear visibility on meeting a bright ly lighted automobile traveling in the opposite direction. Harmon D. Moise, who lays claim to this in vention, explains the device as being a thin, transparent device, attach able to an automobile windshield, which is glued to the inside of the windshield, with the thin edge down ward, deflecting the light rays up ward over the driver’s head. The first prisms were made of glass, but recently he has been experimenting with a plastic substance which is as clear as glass and less fragile, and which will probably last longer. Treaty of Versailles It is commonly asserted that the Treaty of Versailles terminated hoe* tile relations between all the war* ring powers engaged in the 1914-18 World war. Tlie truth is that this treaty concluded the war only for Germany and the Allies when it was signed on June 28, 1919. Peace be tween Austria and the Allies wpa signed September 10, 1919; between Bulgaria and the Allies on November 27, 1919; between Hungary and the Allies on June.4, 1920; between Tur a and . the Allies on August 10, ; and between the United States and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria and Hungary) on August 25, 1921—nearly three years after the armistice was signed. ■east Bleat ef Wistaria Wistaria seedlings some times take sis or seven years in make up their minds and produce racemes al flayers. To insure immediate flow ering, plant grafted stock or layered cuttings from proven plants. Other reasons for lack of blooms, is too rich a soil, lack of sunshine or too much water. If growth is toe rampant, 'Withhold feeding and prune the long runners to withhc three or four buds from the old wood stock. Repeated pruning now will farce the formation of flower buds. if thtM prfgm^M fail, nut fall prune foe roots by spading daws 12 inches deep at a distance of II inches from foe main trunk. CORDELIA PARK SKATING AREA FILLS A NEED The sktaing area built at Cordelia park through the assistance of the Charlotte Labofr Union is being used by hundreds of boys and girls, it was announced yesterday by Marvin Ray, superintendent of the park and recrea tion commission. The concrete skating area was con structed in an effort to keep the chil dren out of the street. In other sec tions of Charlotte several skating chil dren have been injured by automo biles. • Mr. Ray said he thought the skating are a was highly successful and indi cated that other such areas are de sired. ' The Central Labor Union several months ago raised funds to build the skating place. Several were planned, but finances prevented the construc tion of but one.—Observer. (Our hats are doffed to Brother Moore, Conder, Bradburn and others for their work in making the Cor delia Park area a “dream come true.” —Ed) ] Mexican Indians unnk Paint I The universal beverage of the Mexican Indiana is pulque, a fer mented product of the maguey, or century plant, which is generally produced under the most appalling* ly unhygienic conditions, Nathaniel Weyl, author of Woodstock, N. Y, says in a symposium on Latin American culture published by the Columbia University Press. "The almost ubiquitous lack of sanitary drinking water has stimu lated the pulque habit," according to Mr. Weyl, who reports that Otomi peasants with whom he talked ad* mitted that they consumed as much as seven quarts daily. "The Mexi can Indian baby is given the same lethal diet as his parents. In some regions, infants are weaned with a. cloth dipped in corn whiskey. The Mexican Indian’s diet, it is pointed out, is based on maize and brown beans. Chili is introduced to stimulate the digestive juices, but it has a caustic effect or the stomach and intestines. Irish Fought for Freedom The Irish threw their fortunes, their spirited energies, and them selves into the flaming cause of freedom. The spirit of ’76 was an Irish spirit . . . Kneeling at the feet of independence. Thirteen of the fifty-six signers qf the deathless Declaration of Inde pendence were Irish or descendants of Irish I The Irish were in the pub lishing realm before our government was wrought. Hugh Gains founded the Mercury in New York in 1776, John Dunlap published the first daily newspaper in Philadelphia, and John Daly Burke founded the first daily in Boston. In 17*4 Matthew Carey, friend of Franklin, established the Pennsylvania Herald. Horace Gree ley established and edited the Nev York Tribune. vuawvvwwMViMVVWWwawa SAFETY — COMFORT — ECONOMY Mecklenburg Hotel RADIO AND ELECTRIC FAN IN EVERY ROOM LAST CALL!...ON OUR CLEARANCE OF Men’s and Boys’ Wear MEN’S TOPCOATS Men's Topcoats, originally $10.95 to $12 50—reduced to_$ 9.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $15 00 to $16 50—reduced to_$13.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $1975— reduced to._■_$16.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $2475—reduced to_$19.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $29.50—reduced to_$24.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $35 00— reduced to_$29.85 Men's Topcoats, originally $39.50—reduced to_$32.85 MEN’S suras Men's Suits, originally $15.00 to $16.50—reduced to_$13.85 Men's Suits, originally $19.75—reduced to-*- $16.85 Men's Suits, originally $24.75—reduced to_#_$19.85 Men's Suits, originally $29.50—reduced to_$24.85 Men's Suits, originally $35.00—reduced to_$29.85 Men's Suits, originally $39.50—reduced to_—$32.85 MEN’S LEATHER JACKETS And Sport Coats Originally Priced $19.75—reduced to-$16.85 Originally Priced $16.45—reduced to_$13.85 Originally Priced $14.95—reduced to_ $12.85 Originally Priced $12.45—reduced to_-- $10.85 Originally Priced $ 9.95—reduced to____$ 8.85 Originally Priced $ 7.95—reduced to_$ 6.85 See table extra special Leather Jackets-„-$ 5.00 Mackinaws_____—-$ 6.85 MEN'S STORE AND BOYS' DEPT. V BELK BROS. CHARLOTTE, N. C. LASTING VALUE The successful resistance of the American Federation of Labor to the introduction of Communist purpose? and Methods in the labor movement was an outstanding patri otic accomplishment. Its lasting value will be recognized more and more as time passes.—John P. Frey. Army Engages in Nationwide ^Blitzkrieg’ Games •nnnnnnrm Orwtwt army, the (KIM im mi _ aircraft nationwide peacetime maneuvers In history are mobilizing 310,000 members «rf the reguiai tal Guard and the reserve In the East, South, Middle West and West. Uncle Sam’s ightin« trained in the latest technique of blitzkrieg warfare. Above are shown typical scenes in the L bring play mechanised “panzer” brigades, airplanes, motorised divisions, tanks, anti' ' ~ infantry and other arms of service. For Coaotipatkm Vigor and Pop! CHEW PEP-O-LAX *hm Barter AraOrta Drnmum* C B. ASPIRIN PATRONIZE THOSE WHO ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. m East Sixth Strw* Phom S-SS24
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