The Charlotte Labor Journal
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
BaterW u Mnnl-tlut natter September II, |*S1, at tba Paat Offica at Charlotte. N. C
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302 South College Street—Charlotte, 2, N. C.
PHONE 3-3094
The Labor Journal is true to the American ideals of WAGE EARNERS:
Men and women spend your wages in the city where you lire, always remem
bering that “The Dollar That Goes the Farthest is the Dollar That Stays *t
Home.”
The Labor Journal will not be respon
sible for opinions of correspondents. If -*gSSKS5e^_
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do.
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.
OUR POLICY ---
Work - Fight - Save
To create a better under
standing between Labor,
Industry and the Public.
OUR AIM
Work - Fight - Soy®
To influence Public Opinion
in favor of the Organized
Labor Movement.
W. M. Witter_Editor and Publisher
Claude L. Albea_Associate Editor
BIBLE THOUGHT
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself;
it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps, x x x
O Lord, correct me, bat with judgment; not in thine anger,
lest thou bring me to nothing.—Jeremiah 1(1:23-24.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943
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THINK ABOUT THIS ONE
Just in case you feel you are abused by gasoline rationing,
or feel that it doesn’t matter if you waste a few gallons now and
then, please think over what President Roosevelt said in his latest
address: . . _ •
“It is interesting for us to realize that every Flying Fortress
that bombed harbor installations at Naples from Us base in North
Africa required 1,110 gallons of gasoline for eatn single mission,
and that this is the equal of about 375 “A” ration tickets—
enough gas to drive your car five times across this continent.
You will better understand your part in the war—and what gaso
line rationing means—if you multiply this by the gasoline needs
of thousands of planes and hundreds of thousands of jeeps, trucks
and tanks now serving overseas.”
That’s the story. You might have all the gas you want if it
wasn’t for the fact that our flyers need it over on the other side
where they are using it to help win this war.
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NOT ’’ANTI-STRIKE” ACT
Remember when the daily press was shouting loudly for the
vicious, anti-labor Smith-Connolly Bill? The newspapers were
then calling it the “Anti-Strike Bill.” They carefully refrained
from telling their readers the truth about it; they shouted with
glee when a vengeful congress passed it over the President’s
veto. Let’s look at it now. In several parts of the country the
NLRB, acting strictly within the provisions of the Smith-Connally
measure, is getting ready to conduct strike votes. One such vote
already has been taken.
The President said the bill would encourage strikes, and that’s
exactly what it is doing. Labor’s pledge not to strike was, and
is, a far better safeguard against industrial shutdowns than any
half-baked, fascist law hatched by labor-hating congressmen.
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ATLANTIC CHARTER TWO YEARS OLD;
WORKERS HAVE AND WILL MAKE
SACRIFICES UNTIL VICTORY IS WON
During the two years since it was drafted on August 14,1941,
the Atlantic Charter has served to unite the 32 freedom-loving
nations of the world whose fighting force is today turning the tide
of battle against the Axis, the OWI reports.
On our battlefields, soldiers of
these 32 nations are fighting side by
side by side against a commont_
side against a common enemy. At
home, workers of 32 nationalities, pro
duce together food and ammunition
for our fighting forces, with their
eyes on a single goal—a world in
-which the principles of the Atlantic
Charter will rule.
To labor throughout the world the
Charter makes two pledges. It prom
ises “the fullest collaboration between
all nations in the economic field with
the object of securing, for all, im
proved labor standards, economic ad
vancement and social security.”
And it assures a peace in which “all
men in all the lands may live out
their lives m ireedom rrom rear and
want.”
Because they believe in this better
order of things to come, as promised
bv their leaders, the workers of the
JSlied nations have sacrificed and will
continue to sacrifice until victory is
won. They have given up their time
honored right to strike, they are ac
cepting lower wages, they are work
ing long hours, they are contribut
ing generously to the cause of war
time relief—and the Axis nations are
now only just beginning to feel the
results of their all-out effort. Every
bomb over Berlin and Munda, every
shell hurled at Orel, is testimony to
the wrath and the determination of
free workers of free nations.
THE WREATH I SOFTLY LAY
By NICHOLAS J. RICHARDS
Paltry the wreath I softly lay,
To rest unseen at Labor’s shrine ,
A feeble shaft, in Hope’s bright ray,
It may with breaking of the Day,
In everlasting light and simple service shine!
In thoughtful mood and humbled grace,
I read each messaged footprint there;
As if by the motive I could trace
The steady progress of its race,
That upward climbed, delayed and bruised—a
human stair!
Yet softly as the silent dew,
That falls to slake the famished flour,
Thy counsels wise at rendezvous,
From loyal sons in retinue,
Renews my fainting soul in danger’s dismal hour!
No lusty song my spirit sings, _ * *
Nor rousing word from unknown pen;
Yet from the realm of wronged, there springs,
A fervent zeal that soon outwings
To soar above the vales of doubt and fears of few!
If empty hands alone I bring,
Void of rich gifts the false might give,
May they be clean, like mountain spring,
Cleansed in the depths—an offering—
To smooth the furrowed brow, with aid most positive!
As step by step, thy terraced base
I mount, to catch thy whispers low,
Infuse the love of commonplace
And selfish aims wholly erase,
To catch ceaseless urgings of thy soul’s outflow!
Poor, poor indeed the wreath I lay,
A gift worthless at Labor’s feet,
May her strange wand its worth assay,
For combat in her long affray,
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Honor Roll of
THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL
Employees of this paper in the services of their country.
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EDWIN A. WITTER
U. S. Air Forces
JESSE J. KINLEY
U. S. Nssp
JAMES (RED) KINLEY
U. S. Army
ROBERT KINLEY
U. S. Marias Corps
ROBERT E. BROWN
U. 8. Marino Corps
UNCLE SAM BIDS CONSTRUCTION MEN
JOIN THE BUILDIN', F16HTIN SEABEES
Uncle Sam’s calling all construction men — men whose experience
ranges from apprentice to journeyman—for good-paying jobs where
they’ll' continue their trades and, besides, indulge in a bit of fighting
on occasion-_
Uncle Sam, in this instance, is personified by any Navy recruiting
officer in a non-restricted manpower area. He can explain to them the
great opportunity to serve their country in the Seabees and to qualify
as petty officers, with pay from $78 to $126 a month, free uniforms,
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base pay for overseas service, dependency
allowances and other extras.
Draft-age men may be voluntarily in
ducted, while youths 17 and men 38-50 may
enlist at Navy Recruiting Stations. The
same provisions are applicable in the Army
Engineers.
Seabees are the fighting builders of the
Navy. TheyHiave two famous mottoes: “Can
Do”—meaning they can build and repair
anything, anywhere, anytime; and "We
Fight for What We Build —meaning they ve got the military equip
ment and tactical savvy to take care of themselves in case of attach
List of Skills Needed
Men skilled in these civilan jobs — thousands of men — are neetU
in the Seabees right now: »
Armorer (Gunsmith, gun repair
man)
Baker (Baker’s apprentice, pastry
maker)
Boatswain (Police officer, small
boat operator)
Blacksmith (Forger)
Bulldozer (Tractor operator, “cat
operator)
Carpenter (Shipwright, pattern
maker, cabinet maker)
Concrete WorkeT (Bricklayer,
stone mason, plasterer, cement
finisher)
Cook (Ship’s, domestic, restau
rant; cook’s helper, chef, butcher)
Crane Operator (Dragline, clam
shell, piledriver operator)
Diver (Submarine worker, pearl
fisherman)
Draftsman (Electrical, mechanical,
structural steel)
Driller (Jackhammer operator,
stone driller, drifter drill opera
tor)
Electrician (Journeyman, electri
cian’s helper, telephone repair
man, lineman, power plant oper
ator)
Engine Operator (Dredge lever
man, crane operator, shovel op
erator)
Gas, Diesel Repairman (Engine
mechanic, garage repairman,
power plant engineer, marine
engineer)
Instrumentman (Transitman, level
man, plane-table man, junior
engineer)
Launchman (Ship pilot, navigator,
•small boat operator, fisherman)
Longshoreman (Gangwayman,
gear issue man, hatch boss, head
hatch checker, leading slinger,
leading trucker and tierer, man
ila rope splicer, winchman, wire
splicer)
Mechanic (Engine mechanic, gar
age repairman, power plant engi
neer, marine engineer, quarry
mechanic)
Oiler (Crane, engine)
Piledriverman (Rigger foreman,
hoist operator)
Pipefitter and Plumber (Steamfit
ter)
Pipelayer
Powderman (Blaster, blaster help
er, dynamiter, powder carrier,
powder monkey, powderman
helper)
Rigger (Cathead man, winchman,
rigging slinger) *
Road Machine Operator
Sheet Metal Worker (Metalsmith,
tinsmith, cornice and gutterman,
coppersmith)
Shovel Operator (Gas, Diesel)
Steel Worker (Steel framer, iron
worker)
Steward (Restaurant proprietor,
caterer, food purchaser, inven
tory clerk)
Surveyor! (Junior civil engineer)
Sailmaker (Canvas worker, awn
ing and tent repairman)
Telephone Switchboard Man
(Electrical repair man, trouble
shooter)
Water Tender (Boiler operator,
power plant worker, fireman)
Welder
Wharf Builder (Trestle builder,
cofferdam carpenter, pile capper)'
Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves
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