The Charlotte Labor Journal
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
Ecterad u Kfitnd-cItM matter Saptembar 11, 1931, at tha Paat Office at Charlotte, N. C,
aalar tha Act of March S. 18T9.
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W. M. Witter__Editor and Publisher
Claude L. At.re a_Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1943
WEEKLY BIBLE QUOTATION
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the
fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the
, fold, and there shall be no herds in the stalls: yet I will rejoice i
in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”—Habbakuk.
“ALL WORK AND NO PLAY ...”
President Roosevelt has pointed out that “human beings can
not sustain continued and prolonged work for very long without
obtaining a proper balance between work on the one hand and
vacation and recreation on the other.”
Workers in many overcrowded war communities have had
little or no opportunity for fun and recreation off the job. Facili
ties in many towns are too few, night workers have found that
at the end of their shift there is no place open where they can
relax for a few hours before turning in—movie houses, dance
halls and other recreational spots are closed.
In an effort to correct this situation^the Office of Civilian
Defense has asked all State and local Defense Councils to estab
lish Recreation Committees to deal with the problem of provid
ing adequate facilities for workers in all communities. Stressing
the need for bringing about a single, united community-wide rec
reation plan, the Office of Civilian Defense, in a manual just issued
for Defense Council Recreation Committees, states:
“The membership of a Recreation Committee should be widely
representative of all groups in the community. It should include
representation from management and labor, liberals and conserva
tives, men and women, young and old, rich and poor, wrhites and
Negroes, natives and foreign born. The purpose of a community
wide organization will be defeated if the committee is merely, a rep
resentation of a small self-appointed minority group, planning for
the rest of the community.’’
The objective of the Recreation Committee as outlined by the
OCD is “an over-all plan of adequate recreation and leisure-time
activities for service men and women in the community, for men
and women workers in war industries, and for children and other
civilians.
Observer Headline:—“Chinese Bomb Japs in ITU.” The I. T. U. hasn't
got any Japs in it, even if it does have a few that act like Chinamen—
though not of the Confucius type.
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CONNIE’S CROSSES
Constance was ten, her sister, eight; children of a large London
working family. In 1940, wise British Government arranged trans
portation of many young children of toiling poorer families to kind
people in Canada. The neat little home was missed but the street
badly bombed. Connie and Effie were excited at a journey; they never
had been out of vast London. Bags in hand, they joined the swarm
of sturdy littlesters on railway platform, were kissed and cried over
and off for seaport. Gaily they stared out at the sweet, green country
side and such talk and laughter. Nurses led them in singing.
A big steamer and sailors taking them aboard, checking in name
tags. Such fun to see the harbor, the ships and off they steamed—
escorted by swift destroyers under Britain’s brave banner—the symbol
beside our flag. of freedom, liberty and protection of life in a warring
world. Into dim winter mist the convoy vanished on the wide, rolling
ocean. Little stomachs were seasick and nurses so busy. Connie’s
last little letter to parents was printed in “Life.” “I’m busy caring for
sister but lots cried at the dock. Love and kisses XXX, your daugh
ter, Connie. Goodby, Mummy and Daddy.” Ten crosses for kisses—
you’ve all seen such; the universal language of loving childhood.
Night; cold and sleet and storm raging on high waves. The ship
came within ranee of larking Nazi submarine. Men too cowardly to
fight knee to knee, hand to hand, launched deadly torpedo in secret
safety and sank away, exulting in slaughter of innocence. Few. so few,
children saved in the boats and Connie nad Effie died and went to One
who said, “Suffer little children to come .unto me.”
For each precious little X mark she made, a million ptout armed,
skilled workers beat in rivets, turn lathes, roll hot metals. For each
such symbol, millions of working mothers and sisters ply the needle
and run machinery. Millions of strong young men march, fly and voy
age with Connie’s Cross in their brave hearts.
Bear aloft, bear in your hearts the newest symbol in this war,
CONNIE’S CROSS set in opposition to the foulest emblem ever seen
on this old earth, the accursed Swastika of Hitler! It’s stained with
the blood of those dear little children, of millions of men, women and
children gone to death.
The Swastika of Hitler is not a match for the Cross of Connie,
because it stands for all childhood, all parenthood, all the mighty power
of labor! Joan o{ Arc bore the Cross of Lorraine on her banner and
and conquered to free France long ago; that Cross is now borne by
the Free French armies. All labor will bear aloft the Connie Labor
Cross, to conquer and free all mankind!
FORWARD FOR LABOR’S CROSS OF CONNIE!
Ordnance Plant
Election Gives
AFL Big Majority
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—The work
ers employed in the Ordnance Plant
at Burlington, Iowa, rolled up big
majorities for the American Federa
tion of Labor in an election to choose
a collective bargaining representa
tive, J. J. Brown, organizer, reported
to AFL President William Green.
In the various units the AFL won
by the following vote: Production
workers, 3,979 to 368; guards, 468 to
56; electricians, 61 to 2; plumbers,
55 to 6.
Unionist Wins
Bravery Medal
In Heroic Action
On Guadalcanal
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Duncan J.
Gillis, a member of the working-fight
ing Seabees and former member of
Iron Workers’ Local 25, Detroit, Mich.,
of International Association of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron Work
ers (AFL), has been cited for bravery
while serving on Guadalcanal and has
been awarded the Silver Star medal
of the Navy.
Gillis, a shipfitter, was among the
first Seabees to land at Guadalcanal
last summer and remained there five
months. He was cited for his action
during heavy Navy gunfire when he
risked his life to extricate and carry
to safety seven men who had been
trapped under debris after explosion
of a shell. Gillis left the safety of
his own shelter to ai dhis comrades.
While engaged in freeing the trap
ped men, the citation said, another
shell exploded nearby further covering
the men and Gillis. “The prompt and
courageous action of Gillis resulted in
the saving of the lives of the men in
the caved-in foxhole,” it continued.
On another occasion the union man
saved comrades when a gasoline
loaded barge was hit by an enemy
bomb. Gillis was thrown from the
barge but assisted in rescuing his
shipmates, the citation concluded.
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