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Federation of Labor
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CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH
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9, 1944
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Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves
-A. F. OF L. SLOGAN FOR 1944
BARUCH REPORT DENIES LABOR A
voice—green calls for union,
INDUSTRY AND FARMERS GROUP IN
formulating the basic policies
iwtrOITV_A. F. L. president William Green assailed the
Baruch postwar report in an address here because of its failure
Sfnrovide for labor, industry and fanner representation in the
of basic policies. Speaking at a luncheon of the eco
SEfcSibtf nSStTilr. Gr«Vclkd for the wUblteh^nt by
ronpress of a reconstruction commission on which all elements
the population would be represented, to lay down the guiding
fArfh. nation’s post-war program. He said:
“ThU Reconstruction Commission
would not, of coprffe, attempt to ad
minister the post-war program. That
task can well be entrusted to the
hands of a single, competent Admin
istrator. as the Baruch report sug
gests. But the Commission would be
charged with the responsibility of
formulating the general policies to be
followed by the Administrator. In
that way we could achieve Advance
agreement and secure prior commit
ment to fundamental Po»cl«*
“I have heard only two objections
to this plan. The first is an evasion.
It suggests that industry and labor
can safeguard their interests through
advisory committees ,«***dy
under the War Production
Board and which operate in a consul
tative capacity. My impression, how
ever, is that industry and labor have
k«/I enough of such consultation which
usually comes after the fact and which
constitutes merely an empty gesture
toward real and democratic represen
tation. ...
“Secondly, some of our moresubtle
bureaucrats are heard to objectto
policy-making by •pressure gtoups.
That phrase, ‘pressure "
part of the new terminology
government official, whom Ideas «
America are bounded ** the
era, the businessmen and the fwanr*
of America who, together make up
the vast majority of the ^American
SoplT o^anired labor, industry and
Srfcuitiire “king for reprreenta
tion"laTth*"formulaSon of post-war
policies because they represent the
Krii- people. They demand
voire todscfio^not to promote their
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particular seuisn lnieresus, uu«.
safeguard the American way of life
for which millions of American boys
ars now fighting.” ,
To assure success of the nation s
post-war program, Mr. Green recom
mended prompt liquidation of Gov
ernment controls over labor and in
dustry and the inauguration of a
large scale production drive.
One project which he specifically
urged was the launching of a huge
housing program to supply the needs
of the American people and to pro
vide employment. „ . ,
In addition, Mr. Green said America
must “meet the transition period cour
ageously by providing a more ade
quate form of Social Security for the
W°Heeasked that the National Employ
ment Service be reorganised to serve
displaced war workers and demobil
ized soldiers who will be in urgent
need of jobs. He added:
“I urge that preparations be made
now to move boldly and swiftly when
the call comes for overnight conver
sion from wartime to peacetime pro
duction.
“American private industry faces
-he opportunity of a eentury in the
lost-war period—the opportunity to
iroduce for peace on a scale even
rreater than it has shown it can do
or war; the opportunity to establish
in economy of plenty in America,
nstead of scarcity; the opportunity
o supply jobs and provide increasing
y better living conditions and edu
ational advantages for the American
>eople; the opportunity f‘>l‘,pe°1"**0
iave and invest—m snort the oppor
unity to justify the advantages of
>ur free enterprise system.
BROUGHTON IS
AGAINST TOO
MUCH POST WAR
“PRATTLING”
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CORAL GABLES, Fla—Governor
J. M. Broughton of North Carolina
tokl the Century Club here last night
that in this war democracy in Amer
ica, “and indeed in the world.” has
survived its greatest challenge and
has not lost any of its characteristics
“He* predicted that the “victorious
end of this war will find Democracy
throughout the earth and more vital
than ever before.” ... ,
Declaring the hope of America and
of democracy lies in progress and not
in reaction, Broughton said the forces
of evil have failed and “they have not
only the desperate chance that the
‘peace now’ propaganda in America
will have them, wher^America First
failed.” and added:
“Although victory is in sight, too
much complacency could rob us of the
greatest victory of all time. Too much
postwar prattling can cost precious
Fives and delay dangerously the final
outcome.”
PRODUCE
FOR VICTORY
Lt. Col. Ernest R. Lee and Cap*. Reagan Houi
romp with Spot on the Italian front. Lieutenant
accompanied Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on hi
Gen. Mark W. dark, commanding general of the
(Signal Corps photo from OWL)
RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN
WELL ON ITS WAY—IF YOU HAVE
NOT CONTRIBUTED, DO IT NOW
Up to Wednesday morning only $111,939.84 had
been raised toward the $212,000 goal, but the workers
are confident and great effort is being made to see that
Charlotte goes over the top in its allotted time. There
are many yet who can and should give to this great cause
who have not done so. It is the duty of every citizen to
see that he does his part, by at least making a contribu
tion. “YOUR RED CROSS IS AT HIS SIDE.” Our boys
need the ministrations of this noble organization. IF
, YOU HAVE NOT MADE YOUR CONTRIBUTION
DO IT NOW.
DISCLAIM STORY OF $50,000,000
FUND TO DEFEAT ROOSEVELT
AS FOURTH-TERM PRESIDENT
LONDON, March 3.—A statement by Elmer Davis, director
of the Office of War Information, identifying the British United
Press as the news agency which sent to England a story that op
ponents of President Roosevelt were raising $50,000,000 to defeat
him if he ran for a fourth term elicited a reply from the British
United Press today.
Frank Fisher, managing editor of]
the agency, said:
“The story of a campaign fond be
ing raised to beat Roosevelt was
cabled to London as a routine part'
of the news report for British clients |
and the BUP has no knowledge of how
or why it later appeared in a folder
distributed by the Ministry of In
formation to newly arrived American
troops.”
(The British United Press is a sub
sidiary of the United Press Associa
tion in the United States.)
The story, which was published in
British newspapers late in January,
later appeared in a four-page news
paper distributed by the British Min
istry of Information to newly arrived
American troops at British ports of
debarkation.
As reproduced in
[newspaper it said:
tne Ministry's
“Roosevelt’s opponent* arc ready to
spend (12,500,000 pounds)
to beat bins if—aa they
makes a foarth term bid for President
at the November elections.”
This version was credited to no
source of agency but the story as it
appeared in the London Daily Ex
press of Jan. 30 was credited to “the
British United Press from Washing
ton.”
(Davis identified the agency in a
letter to Senator Byrd, Democrat, Vir
ginia, who had characterised the story
aa "obvious propaganda.” Previously
the OWI had said that its inclusion in
the Ministry of Information paper
was done by a local editor without the
knowledge of the Ministry and that
its reproduction was a “mistake" in
judgment on the part of the editor.)
HAVE WE KEPT FAITH?
By RUTH TAYLOR
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In tills war, u in all ideological ocnflicts, each participant has talked
much of its past. Each nation has boasted of its cnltnre and at the high level
of its civilization. Each group has bragged of the accomplishments of its
forbears. Bat no one seems to have remembered that the culture of each,
the civilization of each, is no greater than that displayed by the genration
coming up.
If we of the present generation do not reteach the lessons of the past, so
that the next generation may profit by them; if we do not add to the culture
we have received so that the coming genration can in turn build on it, then
of what avail is the past?
No nation, no group is entitled to be Judged on the brave deeds of its
ancestors. It must be Judged on the actions of the present and the promise
of the future.
Of what good was the storied art of Italy, when a people weakened by
dependence on the past, let in the Fascist ideology, that destroyer of the
democratic ideal that had been the glory of Rome, and of which Virgil
had sung?
Of what good was the world-loved music of Germany, when a people,
too pride-bound to face the facts, drowned out that music with the screams
of tortured thousands?
Of what good was the boasted sun-god lineage at the Japanese when
their cohesive strength was used*to lay waste peaceful lands and enslave
millions of their fellow Asiatics?
Of what good is the thrift and courage and steadfastness of the pioneers
who founded America, to those who carp and cavil at every restriction, at
every inroad upon their accustomed manner of living?
Of what good are the high sounding phrases of the Constitution to those
who here iu our free United States deny equality of opportunity to all Amer
icans, who condemn groups en masse, who spread the lies and prejudices which
the Founding Fathers thought had been left behind In the old World from
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It isn't what we were. It is what we are, and what the next generation
will he that really matters. And what they will he starts with us sad the
example and precept we give them.
HAVE WE KEPT FAITH WITH THE PAST? WILL WE KEEP
FAITH WITH THE FUTURE? THAT IS THE CHALLENGE! WE ARE
THE LINK IN THE CHAIN UPON WHICH THE STRAIN NOW RESTS.
WILL WE HOLD. AS DID THOSE BEFORE US? IT IS THE PRESENT
THAT COUNTS.
LIBERTY SHIP
NAMED FOR
LT.U. MEMBER
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PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A new Lib
erty Ship, named after the late Cor
nelius Ford, former Public Printer 'of
the United States, was launched here
at the Walsh-Kaiser Shipyard.
Mr. Ford, a life-long member of the
International Typographical Union,
served as President of the New Jersey
State Federation of Labor for eleven
years and also as an organizer for
the AFL. Elected to the New Jersey
Legislature in 1910, he secured the
enactment of a workmen’s compensa
tion act. He was appointed Public
Printer in 1913 by President Wilson
and served in that capacity during the
First World War. One of his sons
and four grandsons are now serving
in the Navy.
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Gov’t Asks Unions
For Their Assistance
In Pushing.Waste
Paper Salvage Drive
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WASHINGTON. D. C.—Joseph D.
Keenan, vice chairman of the War
Production Board, appealed to mem
bers of the American Federation of
Labor to assist the Government in
the waste paper salvage drive. His
statement follows:
"One of the most acute problems
facing the government today is the
manufacturing of sufficient quantities
I of paper ana paperboard to meet the
demands of the military and critical
civilian requirements.
"Labor unions and their members
are urged to participate in the waste
paper salvage drive to their fullest
extent to assist in aiding the critical
shortage that is facing the country to
day in order that there will be avail
WILMINGTON GOT $370,871,000
IN WAR CONTRACTS THROUGH
DEC. 1943—HIGHEST IN STATE
WILMINGTON, March 6.—The Federal government
has spent a total of $370,871,000 in New Hanover county
on the war program, by far the highest figure for any
North Carolina count, it was learned here today from the
new “Summary of War Supply and Facility Contracts,”
released by the War Production board.
The total represent expenditures here through De- ,
cember, 1943.
In supplv contracts alone, New Hanover has received
$313,679,000 at the hands of the government. This amount
has been divided between the shipbuilding program $309,
697,000 and miscellaneous contracts, $3,982,000. New
Hanover “facility projects” through November, 1943,
handled a total of $57,192,000 in Federal funds, $20,301,
000 of the total classified as '‘industrial” and $36,891,000
as “nonindustrial.” Hospitals, airports, and like projects
are termed “facility projects.
REPRESENTVE D0UGHT0N WILL WIN
GRATITUDE OF MILLIONS OF INCOME
TAX PAYERS IF BILL GETS THROUGH
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Some 30,000,000 of the nation’s
50,000,000 individual income taxpayers received aword of consola
tion from Congress that the current epidemic of digit fever may be
the last they will suffer.
Ways and Means, Chairman Dough
ton, Democrat of North Carolina, dis
closed that the tax-formulating body
is working on a plan under which per
jsons with incomes up to 15,000 wont
have to file returns after this year.
Emerging from a committee ses
sion, the chairman said the body had
given “special consideration” to a pro
gram whereby the withholding levy
against wages and salaries—after
necessary adjustments of exemptions,
deductions and rates—would become
the actual tax for the lower income
levels, requiring no formal return at
the year end.
Irt Doughton’s words, the committee
studied “the possibility of arranging
the withholding tax so as to eliminate
the requirement of taxpayers with in
come up to |6,000 of having to file a
regular income tax return, but al
lowing them the option of filing a sim
ple statement or slip as to tneir in
come, or the regular return.”
in tnis simpi tication eiion, uie
committee ia seeking:
1. To retain, so far as possible, the
present tax burden against all levels
of income, dropping few if any of the
50,000,000 victory and income taxpay
ers from the tax rolls.,
2. Integrating the present victory,
normal, and surtaxes into one simple
nrttr ' ■
This latter provision is expected by
the congressional tax experts to pro
vide substantial relief for the 20,000,
000 persons in higher income brackets,
who probably will continue to file
annual returns.
Nothing in the himplifkation pro
gram would affect the returns on 1943
income due before March 15.
Doughton said the congressional
tax staff and Treasury tax experts
were working “in perfect harmony.”
This contrasted with his statement
during the tax veto battle last week
that “irresponsible theorists” in the
Treasury were to blame for the diffi
culty.—Francis M. Le May in Char
lotte Observer.
Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves
BUY WAR BONDS
THE MARCH OF LABOR
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Of THE COUNTRY EXCLAIMED
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AND VICE FOR THE WORKERS AND
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ping of war material and foods to
our armed forces overseas.
"Labor unions are urged to appoint
committees to actively participate in 1
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this campaign through the regular
organised salvage committees in their
locality so that every scrap of waste
paper may be turned into use hi
helping to defeat the Axis."