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& ?Ehe Charlotte labor Journal ^TBWOS KC. Stau AND DIXIE FARM NEWS <W*«« Organ of^^Lnbor^Union; Standing VOM« AOVUTIMMINT IN TUB JOUMMAL IB A IMVKBTHBHT 13 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO NORTH CAROLINA READERS VOL. XIII—No. 25 CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943 JOURNAL ADVBBTIBBRS DlSBHVB CONBIOSBATION OB TH» BCADBHB $2.00 Per Year == Labor Is “Producing For Attack” ■= Tha ntn.T RRil.T.T INDEPENDENT WEEKLY in Meeklenbursr County™*™ and couhlsd a. «A«um« ani-Fot a Weekly Its Readers Represent the LARGEST BUYING POWER in Charlotte » w lt^*^~**™*~^™* ^ _ ami 1II1IIM COUNTY n ITS ENTUUfTt = ■ 1 -i- ———m MOSCOW TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE CALL FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF HITLER’S HORDES WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — Actions of the Moscow Tripartite conference in brief: FOUR POWER DECLARATION 1. The united action pledged to win unconditional sur render of their enemies, will continue in organizing for peace and security. 2. Those at war with common enemies will act together on surrender and disarmament of that enemy. 3. They will take necessary measures to provide against violation of terms imposed on the enemy. 4. They recognize the necessity of establishing “a gen eral international organization, based on the principles of sovereign equality of all peace-loving states and open to membership by all such states” for maintaining peace. 5. They will consult on the maintenance of peace and security pending inauguration of a general system. 6. After the war, they will not use their military forces in other states except after joint consultation. 7. They will confer with each other and other United Nations on regulation of postwar armaments. AUSTRIAN TRIPARTITE DECLARATION Austria will be liberated but the extent of her aid to Hitlerite Germany and her efforts for her own freedom will be taken into account. ITALIAN DECLARATION All vestiges of Fascism will he erased from Italy; free dom of speech, worship, political belief, press and public meeting shall be restored. ATROCITIES German war criminals will be sent back to the scenes of their atrocities to be punished by their victims. JOINT COMMUNIQUE Created basis for the closest military co-operation on decisions taken and already being prepared. A European advisory commission will be set up in Lon don to study questions arising as the war develops and make joint recommendations to the three governments. An advisory council on Italy is to be established with representatives of the French, Yugoslavs and Greeks joining the three big powers. [The above is an Associated Press cutline of the Tri partite Conference held at Moscow.] This Week, This World -by Ted Friend— — POOR PATHETIC General Francisco Franco, the two-by-four imitator of Messrs. Hitler and Mussolini, is having his troubles! Having destroyed democracy so that traditional Spanish feudal ism might rise again, the paunchy Caudillo who sacrificed the lives of some two million of his fellow countrymen as stooges for a junta of aristocratic padrones, is now finding his little world shrinking in all directions. Deserted by the Portugese on the west, pressed by the Nazis to the east, and nervously eyeing the stif fening attitude of the British and Americans, Franco and his gang of military hoodlums are rightly feai ful of the handwriting on the wall, which for them spells inevitable doom. Plainly, Franco’s power is slipping from his grasp. Friendless abroad, despised at home, hungry and desti tute, Franco Spain is at the mercy of any of the great powers which may choose to subdue it. First indications that Spam is ap proaching disintegration is the open dissatisfaction expressed by the va rious factions which once made up Franco’s united front against de mocracy. Condemned by monarchists, fascists and republicans alike. Franco has fallen back upon the hated *a lange for support and in doing so has alienated all other elements in the state. Today, fearsome of the fu ture, Franco is toying with the neces sity of bringing back the monarchy to save his face and neck. . There is little doubt but that opain will soon see great changes in her or ganic makeup, not least of which wu be the elimination of Franco and hn gang of political racketeers from the Spanish scene. * * * THE FAILURE of the Japanese to risk an all-out win or die battle with the United States Navy seems less from a lack of valor than it does from respect for American naval fighting equipment. The Americans have actually attempted to draw the Japanese into a slugging match on the high seas for over a year. Important reason for American cocksui eness, and Jap discretion, js a little device perfected by American naval genius, which makes it possible for long range guns to score bulls eye on targets which are out of sight and beyond the horizon! The mechanism, which is installed on all American long range guns, makes it impossible for the enemy to challenge American battleships with any chance of success. The device, thus far the best “secret” weapon of the war, is an even more potent contribution to the success of United Nations’ arms tnan tne ivoroen DomDsignt, wnicn is saying a good deal. * » * THE FEAR IN WHICH the Ger mans hold the Russians is based chiefly upon the crimes which the German military machine perpetrated in its most carefree past. Knowing the damage they have done to Rus sia’s industrial, civic and cultural cen ters, and faced by the certainty of ultimate retribution, the Germans are now spending sleepless nights wor rying what may be in store for them. That there will be retribution, and harsh punishment for German van dalism, is plain from an article in “War and the Working Class,” a Mos cow periodical which reflects official Soviet opinion. “It must be recognized,” says the publication, “that the aggressor state can and must bear political responsi ARMISTICE DAY 1943 By RUTH TAYLOR Those of us who remember Armistice Day 1918 recall not merely the wild excitement with which the news was greeted, but even more the deep sense of relief and the keen rapture at the thought of peace. We felt that not only this war but all wars were over. But as the years have come and gone, we have celebrated Armistice Day more and more solemnly, in the belated realization that that “Armis tice” truly meant “the temporary cessation of hostilities.". We wanted peace and we sought it by compromise and equivocation. We overlooked the fact that there is—there can be—no truce in the fight between right and wrong. Ours was the task of bearing high the torch of liberty, of seeing that the light of freedom dispelled the darkness of oppression. We did not fulfill our appointed mission. And as a result—every hour of every day all over this world, on land, sea and in the air, the finest and best of our youth are passing through the valley of the shadow of death. Over them may there always be a canopy of God’s heavenly fighters. When they are sent into danger, it is not asked of them from what class or from what national or racial stock they come, or by what religious creed they live. The phrase “Selective Service” does not mean selection by these discriminative canons. Instead, it means that they are chosen for their physical fitness and their mental ability to endure hardship, strain, stress and privation, to obey and carry out orders, to follow and to lead— in short, that they have the resiliency and high courage of youth. So our boys go into the valley of the shadow. Some will come out not unchanged, for who that faces death bravely, fears death? Many will never return. Differing though they may in class, color or creed, the mangled, tangled remains of many of them will lie in common graves, in land honored by the fact that there they died that other men might be free. This time we must keep faith with those who have gone before. Toler ance, justice, equality, freedom, democracy—are not just words. They were ideals for which men—our men—died. They are ideals by which we must live if the faith is to be kept. That armistice is over and this time there must be no stopping before the final victory is won. We must finish the job and keep it finished. W> must fight on to the bitter end—until the forces are so completely conquered that they cannot rise to fight again. aWWHSSSSASSSSSSMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS* American Bombs Paved The Way For Invasion —V— WASHINGTON.—Fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-eight tons of gombs made by American workers were dropped on enemy installations in daylight raids in preparation for the support of the invasion of Italy during the six weeks ended Septem ber 29, the War Department reports. In those raids, American planes de stroyed 544 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 119 and damaged 172, with a loss of 187 U. S. planes. Expenditures Of War Drop Four Per Cent —V— WASHINGTON.—War expenditures of the U. S. Governent were 4% less in September than in August, re ports WPB. The September total of $7,212,000,000 is a decrease of $317, 000,000 from the August total. September average daily rate of ex penditure was $277,400,000, a decrease of $12,200,000 per day from August daily average and an increase of $27, 600,000 per day compared to July. In Australia Workers Are Third Women —V— Nearly one in even? three workers in Australia in munitions, shipbuild ing and aircraft works, are women, says the Australian News & Informa tion Service. The Australian war ef fort is depending more and more on womanpower now that the use of man power has reached such a saturation point, it reports. Carriers Face Hardest Six Months Of War —V— WASHINGTON.—The next six months probably will prove the most critical of the war for transportation, representatives of major shipping and carrier organizations have been warn ed by ODT. Action to step up the utilization of existing rail equipment by at least 10% is being urged, in a drive to get even more work out of the country’s transportation facilities, “to 'jeep up the splendid record made thus far. -V Consumers Are Uurged To Stock Up On Potatoes —V— WASHINGTON.—In anticipation of unusually large potato crops this fall, consumers are urged by the War Food Administration to stock winter stores; of this typically American nutritious food. Housewives are advised to buy a peck at a time untli a quantity is ac cumulated, to prevent wastage of the fall crop. Because of shortage _ of storage facilities for civilian supplies, the WFA urges storage at home, in cool, dark places like cellar, hall or basement closet, or back porch. -V SHE DOES GET AROUND! A story teller for the children’s hour recently came to the familiar climax of “Robinson Cruso” with, “And there, on that island where no white man had ever before set foot, Crusoe was amazed to see two footprints. Whose do you think they were?” Without a moment’s hesitation a tiny lad re plied, “I know. Mrs. Roosevelt’s.” -V — FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS — .1 iji i.i u u u u irir»~n~i~i~i~i— —— ------ bility, e.g., through restitution of war I damage. But since a state cannot be brought before the criminal > court there at once arises the question of the criminal responsibility of parties representing the state and acting on its behalf. Accordingly, responsibility for criminal actions committeed in the name of the state, rests on the actual perpetrators of these acts, the indi viduals actually invested with the au thority of government, its representa tives and agents." AH of which, divested oi its legal terminology, is bad news for Hitler, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Streicher and their fellow terrorists, when the Rus sians get hold of them. -V WORKS BOTH WAYS Campaign Manager: “Do you think the candidate puts enough fire in his speeches ? ** Voter: “My opinion is that he doesn’t put enough of his speeches in the fire.” A. F. of L. MEMBERS GIVE DOUBLE-THIS IS THE CAUSE GENERAL 1. War Prisoners’ Aid 2. United China Relief 3. U. S. 0. 4. Greek War Relief 5. Russian War Relief 6. French Relief Fund 7. Belgian Relief Fund 8. Norwegian Relief Fund 9. Polish War Relief 10. Queen Wilhelmina Fund 11. British War Relief 12. United Seamen’s Service 13. Czechoslovak Relief Fund 14. United Yugoslav Relief Fund 15. Refugee Relief Trustees 16. U. S. Comm, for Care of European Children 17. Friends of Luxembourg!! LOCAL 1. Charlotte Day Nursery (White) 2. Charlotte Day Nursery (Colored) 3. Children’s Service Bureau 4. Enlisted Men’s Club 5. Family Service Ass’n 6. Girl Scout Council 7. Mecklenburg County Ass’n for Blind 8. Student Aid Program (White) 9. Mental Hygiene Clinic 10. Student Aid Program (Colored) Both Administered by Family Service Ass’n 11. Salvation Army Includes: Red Shield Clubs, Men’s Transient Lodge, Wo men’s Home, Social and Religious Work. 12. Traveler’s Aid Society 13. Y.M.C.A. (Central) 14. Y.M.C.A. (Colored) 16. Y.W.C.A. (Central) lfi. Y.W.C.A. (Colored} WAR AND COMMUNITY CHEST Minimum Goal $373,226.99 Of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County fflE COAL STRIKE IS ENDED; MINERS START BACK TO WORK; GET $1.50 A DAY INCREASE WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—A back-to-work movement in the na tion’s coal fields started last night a few hours after the United Mine Workers and Secretary Ickes agreed on a wage contract terminating the three-day general strike and giving soft coal miners a $1.50 a day boost in earnings. Miner* fenerally hailed the agreement and voiced a determination to get |>ack on the job as quickly a* possible. Word of the settlement spread slowly In some areas, however, and full operations in the mines possibly will not be restored before the end of the week. Typical of the miners' reaction was that of Jacob Dennis of Uniontown: "I’m going back in the morning. The others will follow.” s^nmumMuma sue»*a«>aaa<wu>aaaaaaasa«i STRIKE LOSS IS INFINITESIMAL WASHINGTON, D. C.—Only two-hundredths of 1 per cent of the number of man-days worked have been lost from labor causes, “all of which were of minor nature” on jobs with'Which the War Department has contact, according to James P. Mitchell, Labor Relations Director of the War Department. Summing up his experiences with labor’s “no strike pledge, Mitchell stated that such losses “were so small as to be negligible.” . , .... . “A better record than that in any human activity of such magnitude can hardly be imagined,” he continued. “It is well for the public to know this, because it presents a pic ture drastically at variance with that held by the average newspaper reader.” SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD THANKS LABOR JOURNAL FOR THE PUBLICITY GIVEN FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance IN REPLYING. ADDRESS: SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD FIELD OFFICE 120 EAST THIRD STREET CHARLOTTE. N. C. Mr. W. M. Witter Editor Charlotte Labor Journal Charlotte, North Carolina Dear Mr. Witter: I should like to take this means of expressing my appre ciation in disseminating information concerning the Social Security Act to the people of Charlotte and vicinity. You have been most generous in the use of space in The Charlotte Labor Journal, and I am sure that your readers will appreciate the information carried, as do we of the local office of the Social Security Board. Sincerely yours, LONE T. PROCTOR Manager. > [The Journal thanks Mr. Proctor for the appreciative letter, and feels that the workers, especially Union men and women, are the ones who are to be greatly benefited in the long run by Social Security.—Ed.] . THE MARCH OF LABOR „ ti&EW ENGLAND SLAVE TRADERS PURCHASED SLAVES ON 1HE AFRICAN GOLD COAST IN 1750 BY THIS SCALE : MEN-IOO GALLONS OP Rum V^OMEN- 85 GALLONS CHILDREN-65 - Qt •WAtOMOMV'Mr.1 MCMBCftftflF IN 1N» us. MOM 300.000 lb 50.000 IN US* THAN r»Vt YKAM
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