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W Ml WITTER -___Editor end Publisher
CLAUDE L. ALBEA.-.. Associate Edito.
WAGS EARNERS: Men and Women spend your wafto in the
The Labor Journal will not be responsible for opinions
We believe in American business and American Workers.
We believe that a just share of the profits which the workers
help produce, should be given the worker, for without this
benefit, lasting prosperity cannot be assured.
The Labor Journal is true to the American Ideals of
Government and believe that the people of America under
their own Democracy are capable of solving their own prob
lems in their own way, without aid of philosophies that run
counter to our demonstrated form of government. We be
lieve in the Constitution of the United States and in the
Stars and Stripes, its official emblem.
We are opposed of Nasism, Communism, Fascism, and
all other “lams* that seek to destroy and undermine our
Democratic form of government.
Were it not for the labor prasa the labor sore
meat would not be what it is today, and any sun who
tries to injure a labor paper is a traitor to the cause.
—Pres. Gompers.
city where you live,
always remember
ing that "The Dol
lar That Goes the
Farthest is the Dol
lar That Stays at
Home.”
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941
BIBLE THOUGHT
“And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to re
turn from following after thee: for where thou goest, I will
go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God.”—Ruth 1:16.
SECONDARY AIRPORT ON ITS WAY
At a meeting of a large group of citizens at the Chamber
of Commerce Monday night plans were outlined for a secondary
airport for Charlotte for civilian and commercial use. Plans were
discussed for raising $60,000 to match the Government expendi
ture of nearly $300,000. The bond issue for this amount if OK’d
by tht Legislature will go before the voters for approval. This
project is a necessity and will doubtless be approved.
You ujr not be your brother’s keeper but do not forget the day when
your brother kept you.
“You can’t take it with you”—nor can some people get much of it here:
speaking of money, of course.
Good old fair weather friends—think you want something, and, like
the Ground Hog if he sees his shadow—crawl back in their hole.
It seems our Army Air Base here is destined to double, yea, even treble
its present sise, which will give the Queen City one of the largest and best
in the South. .
Charlotte’s Uptown Auditorium seems to be on its way. With the
firm of Kirkpatrick, Kuester & Co., behind it we are tempted to believe it is
,“Just Around the Corner.”
Carolina textile plants are running full speed, some of them three
shifts, with orders running months ahead. With camps, airportes, govern
ment contracts, etc., the Carolinas are surely blessed.
Mayor Douglas, we will venture to say is one of the “goingest”
Mayors in the South. Here today—off on some mission tomorrow. In
other words, with him it is “off again, on again; gone again Hooligan!”
Labor Representatives Turner, McGrath, Houston and Keyser did a
good job in handling the trouble at the Government Air Base here. By
means of across the table conferences differences appear to have been ad
justed, with everybody satisfied, if not happy.
Central Labor Union is kind of “het up” about our Firemen, and the action
of last week by that body has caused much talk. Our Police and Firemen
are entitled to the best conditions, for they are'the two arms of our city
government who take their lives in their hands in performance of their
duties, and the personnel of both bodies is on a high plane.
The Republicans are kind o’ shunting Wilkie’s approval of Roosevelt’s
aid to Britain. They are mumbling discontent, along with a few disgruntled
Democrats, but seemingly to no avail. And then along comes Jake Newell
to upset the G. O. P. in N. C. by agreeing with the Roosevelt Lease and
Lend policy, to get the Elephant followers in Tar Heelia all agog. Some
are outspoken, others are non-committal.
A smile is said to be the. cheapest thing one has—it cheers many an
aching heart; lightens the load of a weary traveler; makes a man think
sometimes he is something, or somebody, leads him on to a better life—
but, if some people were to try and smile their face would crack, and then
there are some who give you the sarcastic or hypocritical smile.
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Let those who do not like oar American policies; oar fora of Government,
Dr oar Constitution leave oar ■karoo. The food old United States was
founded and its Constitution written before the Anarchists, the Ftfr. or the
Filth Columnists even hit oar akarea.
That little “affair*’ down Postaffice Way is canning mack specalatioa
among oar. dtizeaship. There aaaaa to be an “aaiacky If* ia the Una*op,
and the outcome is being awaited with interest. It does seem that with a
new actinic postmaster on the Job it woald be very well to let the whole
affair cool off—bat—Uncle Sam is relentless when be starts oat to get
things “straight** in his household.
Nero fiddled while Rome burnt. It looks like Congress is fiddling on
the Lease and Lend Bill. A certain h—eh of recalcitrants are barking the
Roosevelt policy all the way through. At critical periods in America’s his
tory. we have always had the Whin and Tories—and even oar Benedict
Arnold’s—They are with us today. Some “overnight’’ heroes, with warfare
facing them, are pacifists of the rankest type, with a background of heroism
nil. With England whipped we will be singing along with “God Bless
America’—GOD SAVE AMERICA.
WHO’S WHO
IN UNIONS
) WD MAHON
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W. D. MAHON
W. D. Mahon, International Pres
ident of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employes of
America, was elected President of
this organization in 1893. He has
the unusual record of having been
unanimously returned to that office
at every convention since that time.
On two occasions he has been
elected to the membership of the
Executive Council of the American
Federation of Labor. At the pres
ent time he is the Tenth Vice Presi
dent of the American Federation
of Labor,
President Mahon has been an ae
tive andtfdevoted worker in the |
American' Labor movement, How
ever, he has found time ta enter
into many civic activities. In 1909
he became a member of the famous
“Committee of 60” in Detroit, ap
pointed by the Mayor to settle tiuF
troublesome Street Railway ques
tion. Later he became a member
of the first Municipal Ownership '
Commission and in 1914 he was
sent to Europe by the American
Federation of Labor to investigate
conditions of employment en mu
nicipally owned street car systems.
Two years later he returned to
Europe as the fraternal delegate
from the American Federation pf
Labor to the British Trades pm}
Labor Congress. He was appointed
to the Labor Board by the late
President Wilson and also served
on the first Industrial Commission.
Later, the same President ap
pointed him as a member of the
Federal Electrical Railway Com
mission.
Mr. Mahon is one of the deans of
the American Labor movement.
He is respected pot only by the
members of his own organisation,
but by the members of organised
Labor throughout America. His
advice and counsel are sought
whenever workers have an impor
tant problem to solve. His Union
was one of the first organisations
to adopt the Union Button. '
• His address is: Mr. W. D. Ma
hon, International President, Amal
gamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employes of America, 260 East
Vernor Highway, Detroit, Michi
gan.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION
OF STREET, ELECTRIC RAIL
WAY AND MOrOR COACH
EMPLOYES’ SEAL
The Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employes of America was
one of the first organisations to
use the Union Button. For years
local divisions have issued buttons
in different colors, one to be used
each succeeding month to sho.v
that a member is in good standing.
The Button has been changed
from time to time as the type of
transportation vehicles changed; so
today, instead of showing a horse
car, the Button has a modem typo
bus and a streamlined street car.
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.
“The German people were once ad
mired for their manifold achievements
in scholarship, art, science, etc. New
they are hated, feared and despised
because of the ruin and sla very they
have brought to others. —Dr. Frank
Arnold.
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686 JOBS FOUND
LAST WEEK BY
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE HERE
The Charlotte offices of the North
Carolina State Employment Service
set a spectacular record last week,
finding employment for a total of 686
persons.
This mark exceeded by 207 the all
time record of 470 placements, which
was set during the week ending Sat
urday, Feb. 8.
Cardwell Meador, temporary man
ager of the local office, explained
that most of these placements were
m the construction industry, both pri
vate and defense projects.
The main office on S. Tryon street
found jobs for 869 men and women,
vriiile the divisional office on S. Mc
Dowell Street placed 327 in employ
-\—News.
?.n * Dorothy Dix questionnaire to
college girls recently, seven replies
out of 1,700 sent out, indicated that
the seven wanted to marry and have
a home of their own.
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