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Che Charlotte labor Journal VOL. XIII—No. 33 Sndorttd fry tk» N. C. Stats Federation of Labor ^ YOUR ADVItTIMMKNT IN ?HI JOURNAL IR A 1NVC0THINT AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Official Organ of Central Labor Union, Standing for tko A. F. L. CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944 JOURNAL AMIRTIMRI DllIRVI CONfrlDtRATION **M RIAOCRI \ 'tr6 13 YEARS 1>. % CONSTRUCTIVE ^ SERVICE TO NORTH CAROLINA READERS $2.00 Per Year \, Tko ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY in Mecklenborf County TO***4' -A. F. OF L. SLOC^% H1944 IT VTSSST For » W—k>y !t» R—rfem Represent the LARGEST BUYING POW >? \5^ PRES. GREEN ASKS EXPLANATION OF CHARGES THAT LABOR TROUBLES HAVE HURT OUR VICTORY MARCH WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—General George C. Marshall was linked publicly Monday with the New Year’s eve statement that U. S. labor troubles have hurt the Allies; President Roosevelt w;as described as thinking “along the same lines;” and AFL President William Green challenged Marshall “or any one else” to prove such a thesis, says an Associated Press dispatch. It 'was Green who named Marshall in connection with the originally anonymous warning that rail and steel strike threats may .have delayed victory by providing grist for the Axis propa ganda mill. Green said that the Army chief of staff was reported to have made the statements, says an Associated Press dispatch. "WE CHALLENGE GENERAL MARSHALL OR ANYONE ELSE TO PROVE THAT THE RECORD OF AMERICA’S SOLDIERS OF PRODUCTION PROVIDES AN EF FECTIVE PROPAGANDA WEAPON FOR THE ENEMY” SAID GREEN IN XT STATEMENT. The- White House did not identify Marshall as-the source of the remarks. Stephen Early, presidential secretary, contented himself with saying that the source was a "little bit more mili tary” than the President. Green’s vigorous challenge, which also contained a sharp blast at gov eminent officials for their, •- handling of the labor situation, climaxed a day of swirling developments arising from the publication of the statement. REVERBERATIONS WERE HEARD IN CONGRESS, SEVERAL MEMBERS CRITICISING THE ANONYMOUS STATEMENT IN TERMS RANGING FROM "UNFOR TUNATE” TO “INSULTING. THERE WERE DEMAND^ FOR IN VESTIGATIONS. BUT THE SENATE TRUMAN COMMITTEE. WHICH INQUIRES INTO A NUMBER OF THINGS RELATING TO THE WAR FFFORT, SAID THE MATTER MAS SIMPLY NONE OF ITS BUSINESS. At Pittsburgh, President Philip Murray declared in a telegram to War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson, with a copy to General Mar shall, that more than 90 million tons of steel were poured at the enemy last year. He added: . “There must be little ‘psychological comfort’ for the enemy in this amaz ing record., When our bombers fly over Europe they drop steel encased bombs, and not psychology. “In making reference to psychology I am referring particularly to the tem Used by the unnamed high Washing ton official’ in his recent irresponsible attack on this organization. . Most of the labor unions pointed reaction to the statement was anony mous, also, until Green and IL J. Thomas, president of the CIO United Automobile Workers, made public AUiomuuiic statements almost simultaneously.. “Somebody in Washington is willing IU t'HUOll^Vl lUC UUi VJ V* KMV r- I people in the hope of strait-jacketing! labor,” acidly commented Thomas. Grefn called his remarks “a mes sage of sanity" to the public, in which he said: “The statements that recent wage disputes may delay victory come as a surprise and a shock to labor. It, is now reported in the press that such statements were actually made at a secret press conference by Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff. “Because of Gen. Marshall s con sistently fine record, we are loath to believe he is responsible for the tr ratidhal, uninformed, and inflamma tory charges published in the press LABOR’S RECORD HAS HAD THE EFFECT, ON THE CON TRARY OF SILENCING “HIT LER’S PROPAGANDA HAS SHORTENED THE WAR, SAID GREEN. , ... . “Our enemies know the war will be decided only by force of arms; Amer ican workers are producing those *rtns and wpli continue to"do so until final victory is won." . » Green pointed out thpt most of the railroad unions are afpliatcd with the AFL and said that responsibility “rests entirely upon bungling, fumb ing, and incompetent handling by f°“THERE 0NEVERanW ASCTH E PAINTEST WZM'l'Sr s\ \CTUAL WALKOUT ON THENA riON’S RAILROADS . • • ,Sv , V STRIKE DATE WAS MERELY^A ScewitPSw, TO expedite JETEBIilNA'nON OF A DISPUTE iVHICH HAD DRAGGED 15 ^CALLED ONFRESIDENT 5S?rVMFTOrEB»ES,NMFASHiLt NC1DENT AND TO REPRIMAND WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE **OR IT.” Similar demands for inquiries came rom some rail union chiefs, and nembers of Congress. Senator LaFollette, Progressive of Wisconsin, said the authors o* the Utement should-be revealed and com piled to back It up or “recant. ppn CROSS SETS WAR FUND GOAL Hiring MARCH AT $200,000,000.00 to finance its war operations WASHINGTON, D. C.-A War Fjgdjf Davis announced th^ W**«k. ^ required by the national organisation Of this nb, $140,000,000 will oe req j which approximately to finance it* naUonal service* to America** men 85 per cent will be «P<‘"t d ^t'5 ^ The remainder of the national goal, £ represent* meet constantly increasing demands from ine a J The Amer services. The magnitude ofJob »s greatest^ ^ ^ ^ ican people have «wrh>W lam confident they will contribute most gen 5JEb*£'2Stl £<SSB»lu~ •• “* Ir** (<»'“•" < JANUARY 14-31 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL is the only weekly published in the Piedmont section of North Carolina representing the A. F. of L. It is endorsed by the North Caro lina Federation of Labor, Charlotte Central Labor Union and various locals. , THE JOURNAL HAS A RECORD OF 13 YEARS CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION AND SERV ICE IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. THE AXE IS THE PATH A MEDITATION FOR THE NEW YEAR ^ , (With due appreciation to Victor Olander for the idea) By RUTH TAYLOR ‘The axe is the path into the forest.” When the first intrepid voyagers braved the unknown seas to seek a refuge on our shores, they found here virgin wilderness. There were no paths but those created by the wild beasts and still wilder savages. With their axes they hewed out homes, built,their villages and erected their stockades. With their axes they hewed a pathway into the forest, felled trees for bridges across turbulent waters, penetrating deeper and deeper into the woods until they crossed .he mountains and reached the plains. With their axes they split the’timber for the wagons that freighted them to other forests. These they conquered in like manner until at last they came to where the waters of the blue Pacific lapped the western shore. ‘‘The axe is the path into the forest.’1 The free man must ever forge ahead into the unknown. The axe is the symbol of his own strength, of his ability to utilize his own talents to carve out his own path into a new world. The path he hews, others will follow, to go on where he leaves off. His is the responsibility to make his part of the path run true and smooth, that those who follow after may speed to their own task. * ‘The axe is the path into the forest.” We are in the forest of war. Only as we wield our own axe, lustily and wisely, will we find the path out. Only as we work as did those earlier pioneers, from dawn until sunset will we carve our pathway to the mountain peaks from which we can see the plains of peace beyond. Only as we lop off the non-essential branches, cut down the poison growth of hates, suspicions and prejudice,, level the trees that hide our vision of a free world, can we be worthy followers of those who made this country of ours. As they who preceded us wielding their axes, built a nation of the free, so can we, wielding our axes, build a Free World. The power is in us. We need but the will to act. “The axe, now as always, is the path into the forest.” HAM JONES FORMALLY ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR CNGRESS BY FILING STATE ELECTION BOARD RALEIGH, Dec. 29.—Hamilton C. Jones, Charlotte attorney, officially opened his campaign for the Tenth district congressional post today by paying his flooding fee to Secretary Raymond Maxwell of the State Board of Elections. HAMILTON C. JONES rj Mr. Jones was if he first State or Federal candidate to pay his filing fee for the 1944 campaign. He is seeking the post now held by former (governor Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte, also of Charlotte. Morrison and another former governor, Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, have announced they would run for the Senate post now held bv Robert R. Reynolds. Mr. Jones was president of the North Carolina Bar Association in 1941, an<j »* a former state senator from Mecklenburg county, having also served as City Recorder, and as Juve nile Court Judge. For fourteen year* he was chairman of the Mecklenburg democratic executive committee, be sides filling other posts of honor in both state and county with dignity. Upon a return trip last week through various counties of .the^ Tcntn district, Mr. Jones remarked that “everything” looked mighty good, amt 1 was delighted with the response. I visited every section in each of the counties in the district and I was much impressed with the offers of support I received, particularly from the for mer supporters of Major Bulwinkle. They told me that they always sup ported him but now that the was no longer in this district, they would be happy to give me their support.” Mr. Jones states that he had not yet formulated plans for setting up a district campaign organization. He does not plati to do that, he added, until later in the winter. The Democratic primary is "Satur day, May 27. FREE LABOR WILL WIN ,-S v . ■ '. V A NEW RECORD PEAK IS HIT BY CORPORATIONS OF $23,000,000,000 PROFITS—8 MILLION AFTER TAXES WASHINGTON, Dec.—Corpration profits for 1943, after taxes, will reach an estimated $8,000,000,000, an all time high, the Department of Commerce says. Profits before taxes are expected to range between $22,000,000,000 and $23,000,000,000, likewise a new peak, the department added, * ‘‘Taken together,” it said in a statement,‘‘these fig ures indicate that while performing miracles of war pro duction the corporations are pouring back into the United States Treasury in the form of taxes roughly two-thirds of their unprecedented earnings.” Profits after the taxes for the first nine months, of) tne year aggregated $5,900,000,000, a rise of 11 per certt over the same period of 1942, while aggregate corporate profits before taxes for the nine months period were $16, 600,000,000, 20 per rent above the corresponding 1942 total. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION ASKS THAT PREFERENTIAL STATUS BE GRANTED WOODCUTTERS SO PAPER SHORTAGE MAY NOT BECOME MORE SERIOUS By C. R. AUSTIN Due to inclement weather the attendance‘of members upon the January meeting of Charlotte Typographical Union No. 338 Sunday afternoon was the smallest in many years. Recording, secretary Howard L. Beatty was absent on account of being con fined to his Home with fkf and Henry A. Stalls substituted for him. Secretary Burgess was at the seat of customs, and Presi dent Pridgen presided over the session. In addition to routine business numerous letters and cards of thanks were read from members in the armed services acknowledging receipt of Christmas presents and remembrances sent then! during October and Novem br of last year. Also letters of appreciation were received from widows of deceased members for Christmas checks sent them ... a custom of long standing by this union. Upon a unanimous vote of the union a committee composed of Welsh I Bostick, John P. White and Henry A. Stalls, was appointed to draw np a set of suitable resolutions to be presented to President Roosevelt requesting that preferential status be granted wood cutters as a means of relieving the present acute white papef shortage which is hampering the publication of newspapers and magazines and which in a measure is threatening the free dom of the press . . . a principle that is dear to the heart of all freedom loving Americans. The members also voted to ask for the re-opening of the present contract with the daily newspapers of Charlotte with a view to revising the scale of prices. This action was taken because of the manifest increase in the cost of living. '* Announcement was made of the results of the referendum vote taken on November 30 . . . that the International Typographical Union had voted by a small majority against reaffiliation with the American Federation of Labor. ^ MRS. ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO A.F.OFL. ~ EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TWEETING WASHINGTON, D. C«—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has ac cepted an invitation to visit the quarterly meeting of the AFL Executive Council which opens in Miami on Jan. 17. Mrs. Roosevelt will show members of the council movies of her recent trip to the South Pacific and will tell them of the con ditions she found at the war fronts. The Executive Council is expected to consider at the meeting preliminary reports of the AFL Postwar Committee on matters which require immediate action by the government, by industry and by labor. The council will also act on the outstanding issues of the war program, including unsatisfactory wage conditions, the failure to keep prices in line, the need for continuation of subsidies, new aspects of the war production program and other important matters. AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF * • _M _____ "Ilf gallantly gate hu tile in the dt’lciix ul ln» country, tmfc hi* citation for the Silver Str. During fighting on Tulagt, Marine Private (ieorge Alfred Johnson, of C.oate-tille, l*a., with- litter disre gard for hi* personal safety, rushed K the mouth of a rave that sheltered Jap snipers and blasted them out with hand grenade* until he was killed. He’d want us to buy B'ar Bondi lo fulfill that mission! War Rnnda The Ideal Osristmgs flift. * U. $. Ti rrJ
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