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Chf Charloltf ahor Sn&orood bg tko N. C. Stmt* Federation of Labor AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Official Organ of Control Labor Union; Standing for the A. F. L. 13 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO NORTH CAROLINA READERS \ VOL. XIII—No. 40 Ml THE - * •— CHARLOTTE, N. CL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 ADViariMM OcStUVC COMlftlRATION OP ▼M» RlAOIM $2.00 Per T«i * WIN THE WAR IN IW ONLY MBALLT INDEPENDENT WEEKLY la Mecklenburg County ® CnuLOTTI ANI* METHODIST BISHOP DEPLORES ANTI-LABOR ATTITUDE AS BEING ' PLACED BEFORE SOLDIER BOYS AS SOWING SEEDS OF CLASS WAR DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 23^-The possibility that men in the ted services mav return from the war inflamed against labor was described as “tragic” by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam ofBoston, in a forum conducted at Southern Methodist University Tuesday. ti,. Bishop's defense of organized labor was in answer to a ques tion asked following one of the lectures he was delivering here on the Fondren Foundation on the subject: “Labor in Tomorrow s World 99 Asked what he thought of •trike, in wartime. Bishop Oxnam replied. “Labor should have kept ita pledge to the letter. There should have been no strikes during the war. My sons are in the service. It is most unfor tunate. however, that the soldiers and sailors have not been able to get a full ^"“LABOR* INB*OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE HAS KEPT ITS PLEDGE^ STRIKES ILAVE REDUCED PRODUCTION LESS THAN£ nF The miners did have a ease. The mine-owners refused to wake sdinstment. The responsibility rests both upon the owners and the miners. There ousht never to have been a strike, but to put the whole blame upon KSTlEiU action and none on the mine-ownership for its refusal to act “ "tt'iB PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TO DEVELOP AN ANJT I AROR ATTITUDE IN THE MINDS OP OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. OUR VERY FUTURE LIES IN THE ABILITY OF MANAGEMENT AND LABOR TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF THE DEMWERHAVE TRaSSmWR TOuSPfOR WAR. THEY HAVE BE COME EXPERT IN THE USE OF WEAPONS. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF THFY WERE TO RETURN INFLAMED AGAINST LABOR AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF TH EFACT THAT LABOR HAS GIVEN ESf patriotically to full production in its PLEDGE TO SS^si^OP CLASS WAR LIE IN MISINFORMING OUR ARMED FORCES, AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOWING THEM DO THE NATION A TERRIBLE DIS-SERVICE.** TUNE IN ON MAYTOWN KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE THE DRAMATIC STORY OF LABOR AND THE RED CROSS LABOR FOR VICTORY SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH, AT 1:15 PAL, EASTERN WAR TIME OVER NBC STATIONS By special arrangement with THE LABOR LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS , Directed by Anton Leader *MUK \COT* CFFICCHT *NC& tel Mttt TO SWHsi* * LOCAL LABOR GROUPS INDORSE GIFT OF ONE DAYS’ PAY IN LOCAL CAMPAIGN FORKED CROSS FUNDS On last Sunday afternoon a meeting of labor groups in Char lotte was held in Hanna Hall at the Y. M. C. A. building and in dorsed a movement on foot for each worker to donate on day’s pay as his or her part in the raising of Charlotte's quota of $212,000 in the campaign beginning February 28th. Confidence was expressed by those participating in the meeting that the “One Dav Pav Plan” will receive sunnort of the workers. The point was brought out that 1944 has one extra day on the calen dar, and that the gift of that day’s pay would be “highly minted. Capt. C. W. Kirkpatrick of Amarillo, Texas, member of the Klst Bomber squadron of the 46t6h Bombardment group at Morris Field spoke of the assistance which he had observed rendered by the Red Cross in active war zones. J. A. Moore, A. F. of L. labor lead er, presided. Talks were made by labor representatives as follows: R. R. Lawrence of Charlotte, C. I. O.; E. L. Sandefur of Winston-Salem, C. I. O.; A. E. Brown, of Durham, representing the American Federation' of Labor; T. V. Griswold of Charlotte, representing the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen; T. L. Conder of Char lotte, representing the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (A. F. L.); and W. M. Bostick, representing the Charlotte Typographical Union. ' Un ionized labor also was represented at the meeting. Short speeches were made by Carl G. McCraw, general chairman of the Red Cross campaign; ...Hips Alice M. Cooper, executive secretary of Meck lenburg chapter of the Red Cross. H. H. Everett, vice chairman of the cam paign, was presented. Dr. W. M. Boyce, pastor of First Associate Re formed Presbyterian church, led the devotional service. wmmmmimisssmwimwssssm THEY FORGET TO TELL YOU: HERO BILLY MILLER IS A UNION MAN Private Billy Miller, a blond young man from Peoria, is a hero. What he did is known to ail America. Billy is the 21-year-old soldier who, on his first combat mission in Italy, found himself a captive of a German patroL After many hours of wandering la No Man’s Land, Billy talked his captors—a lieutenant and eighteen men—into believing they were surrounded. Then he marched the lot of them hack to the Allied lines as his prisoners. You read all about Billy’s feat in the newspapers when the story broke last month. The papers told the story right nicely; so did the radio. Unfortunately they failed to include on« pertinent fact—the fact that Billy Miller is a union man, an A. F. of L. man. Private Miller is a member of Local 145, Bakery and Confectionary Workers International Union, and at the time of his induction, one year ago this month, was working at his trade in a union bakery in Peoria. Billy was Ma good union man” who attended meetings regularly, John Yeck, business agent of Local 145, testifies. Private Miller’s parents tell us there is one thing about their 'son’s achievement which does puzzle them a mite. “Billy was never much of a talker,” they say. TAXES-SO WHAT? By RUTH TAYLOR A good many people are today paying taxes for the first time—and often those taxes spell the difference between comfort and just living. All the little luxuries that make life so pleasant have had to go by the board. Bat when I hear complaints about taxes, I think of what I heard a Norwegian trade unionist say at the Seattle Convention: “We, who would not, or cop Id not create security against fear and famine among the under privileged, have seen rich and poor alike reduced to a destitution far worse than that of our most wretch ed slums of yesterday. “We, who squabbled in our own household over ancient preju dices of race or religion and over petty difference of politics or trade, have learned that sectional boundaries cannot isolate a people to the furious force of Nasi assault and persecution. “We, who saw the class struggle bund capitalist and labor to the fury of the gathering storm know now that both loot in their foHy more than either had ever hoped to gain.” This we too have learned in the past two years. We have come U realise that paying taxes for this war is our one hope of not paying tribute We, who shut our eyes to the sore spots of the world found thoee plague centers too close for comfort to our own homes. We, who said it was none of our business have learned that cruelty, persecution and hatred are like a forest fire, spreading past its own boundaries and seeking what it may devour. e We. who generalised in our conversation, setting group against group, do not realise that this was how the whole thing started. The despotc of today were those who felt themselves the “have amts” of yesterday. A frank discussion of common objectives, a voluntary cooperation now ts fai better than arbitrary regimentation later on. I like to think what one labor leader, who is an American by choice, told me. He said, “I am a poor man today—but I am a very rich man. I paid my taxes but oh, so thankfully. Unless you have lived where I have lived, yea do not know how rich a thing it la te he an American and able to helf America with what she has given yon.” TAXES—SO WHAT? $RU DAN ..., Shipfixin9 Man! 0N6RATULA7I0NS. )N JOINING THE fRt'S, JONES. THEY NEED MEN \ WELL, Y0U1RE IN / THE NAVY NOW! YOUU BE PROUD Of THE SRI'S l IM SURE THEY'LL BE PROUD OF YOU' I'Ll DO MY BEST. SOME OF (AY \ PALS ARE INTER ESTED NOW. i THEYlL BE jB IN TO SEE YOU L BE SEE X ■J: LATER... WE'LL MISS YOU. DAN. JT we’re awfully proud of you: TUBE BACK WHEN WE MAKE fl A SAFE WORLD FOR FOLKS LIKE • Ship Re fair limit need thousands of patriotic, skilled craftsmen to jut our fighting shift. Men are accepted only in non-re stridew manpower areas. Good mechanics may qualify m petty officers. The Nary Recruiting Station has complete information. Call, .write or telephone. HOUSE MILITARY AFFAIRS COM. UNCOVERS ANOTHER “RACKET” INDULGED IN BY CONTRACTORS One of the nastiest rackets uncovered daring the war emergency was brought to li|fht this week by the House Military Affairs Committee. It. has evidence showing that a number of contractors are making huge profita at the expense of taxpayers and workers by “farming out” their skilled employees. One company was disclosed to have made a net profit of $590,000 by farming out 132 workmen for nine months to another company. The second company paid the bill for the workers without complaint—because it has a cost-plus-fixed-fee war contract which permits it to pass on all labor costs to the government. Kates paid for the “farmed out” labor, the committee revealed, ranged from $30 to $50 a day. “The “racket,” as it was explained by Congressman John J. Sparkman (Dem* Ala.), a member of the committee, was operated in this fashion: EMPLOYERS POCKET THE DIFFERENCE The 132 men were “rented” by Company “A” to Company “B” at $3 an hoar, time and a half for overtime and double time for Sunday. Company “A” paid the men their regular wages and pocketed the difference. Com pany “B” also paid $140,000 for living and traveling expenses, a large per centage going to Company “A.” Company “A” also did work for Company “B” in its own plant and charged' a specal fee for the skilled workmen, thus vastly increasing its profits on the deal. This scheme was employed by a number of other companies which Sparkman declared would be publicly exposed when the committee has nailed down all the shocking details. “The practice to unconscionable and the government contracting agencies should take steps at once to correct the situation.” Sparkman declared.— From , Labor. Washington, D. C. YOUNG LADIES OF HIGH SCHOOL, PRESENT AT PRICE PANEL MEETING-CASES DISPOSED OF PRICE PANEL MEETING February 17, 1944 All members present except the chairman, who was absent on account of illness. By invitation, there were six young ladies from the Senior Class of the City High School present. These young ladies have volunteered for service as Panel Assistants and were present to familiarize themselves with th Regulations and the operation of the Panel. Cases disposed of as follows: , Edzar Pott* Grocery, overcharge on five items of meat to miscellaneous i customers. The overcharge was competed at $29.28. This amount will he I donated to tlio Bad Cross. C. M. Harrelson, Parity Market, appeared to answer a complaint of overcharge on one item on shortening. There being seme doabt shoot the overcharge, the case was dismissed. P. L. Abernathy, City Chevrolet Company, appeared in connection with an alleged overcharge for body work. As a labor charge was involved, the case was postponed pending farther checking of the work sheets. G. Castanas, Charlotte Waffle Shop, appeared to explain apparent, ex cess price for an order of spaghetti. The Panel decided there was no aetaal violation thougfc there was an irregularity in the filing of prices for the test period. John Pappas, Terminal Grill, appeared to explain an alleged overcharge for items of food. Satisfactory explanation was made and the case dismissed. WAR PRICE AND RATIONING J. A. SCOGGINS, BOARD Chairman. N. C. Labor Is 100% Loyal WORK - FIGHT - SAVE fHE MARCH OF LABOR * ) ^H£ INtERNATIONAL ASSN. <3F MACHINISTS (A.F.L.) WAIVES INI TlATlON FEES FOR. returning veterans WHO JOIN TH* J-A-H. ■ There are ovjr 4000 LA0OR-MANAGEMENT J committees * American «WER PlAMtS, COVERING 6,000,000 WORKERS. A**A6f MOHW AHFMML KfafiMT £W ftltHflOm union me At l sou hup kmrseif, SOUft UNION, AND THE CAUSE Of 1A8OR. ey INSISTING ON THIS LABEL IN YOUR. NEW MAT . 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