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The Charlotte Labor Journal AND DIXIES FARM NEWS -**'■■* aa Km. Matter te»M>kn 11. IM1. at the Paat Offtoa at Cfcartette. J*. C •■W Act mi Mtrcb ft. lift. M2 South College Street—Charlotte, 2. N. C. PHONE 3-M94 The Labor Journal Is tree to the American ideals of WAGE EARNERS; spend your wages in the city where ysn Bee, always reateai i Dollar That fln+m tha Farthest ia the Dollar That RUtB at be fine that Tbe Labor Joaraal will aot be respoa* ■dble for opinions of eorreepoadeata. If yea do not got rom paper drop a pootal < to the Editor and be will see that yoo do. w« MIMT* n Aaencan bwmh ana awinu v.*. • hut share of the profits which the workers help produce should be gtron the worker, for without this benefit, lasting prosperity cannot he assured. OUR POLICY — Work - Fight - Soy* To create a better ander r tending between Labor, Industry and the Public. OUR AIM Work - Fight • Soyo To influence Public Opinion in favor of tbe Organised Labor Movement. W. M. Witter____Editor and PnbUtkor Claude L. Albea___Aaoodato Editor WEEKLY BIBLE QUOTATION “Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and compre hended the dust of the earth fan a measure, and weighhed 1 tains in scales, and the hills in a balance?" the Prophet. the CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944 SOUND THINKING ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY A midwestern judge, the other day, solved a case of juvenile delinquency to his own satisfaction by persuading a mother to leave her war job and stay at home to keep an eye on her six tea-year old daughter. Towns all over the United States, lately, are solving their juvenile delinquency problems to their own satisfaction by imposing curfews for teen-age children. Put the lid on the manifestations of the problem, these people seem to think, and you have solved your problem. The psychologists have a name for this solution. It is “escapism.” The animal world has a ready-made symbol for it —the ostrich. We ought to know better, by this time, than to attempt to eradicate an evil by merely shaking the fist of au hority—whether it is the authority of the home, or the authority of he government. It is encouraging in this connection to note that the Labor League for Human Rights, official relief arm of the AJF.of L*, is now setting up a series of local standing committees to work with local social agencies, as well as to integrate other patriotic and relief activities of AFL members. If the trade unions and the social agencies can really get together in a constructive way to work out solutions instead of expedients, and to offer aid instead of ultimatums to our restless and uncertain younger generation, it will be worth more in immediate and in long-term results than a hundred cast-iron curfews. IT IS A TIME FOR OUR COUNCIL TO BE CAUTIOUS They are condeming some of the members of our city coun cil for not breaking their necks in putting the O. K. on the far flung POST WAR PLANNERS PROGRAM, and those doing the condemning may be wrong. It is well to look forward, to plan, to build, to become greater, but would it not be well to meditate, to pause, take stock, and think back of World War No. 1. Why all this haste to spend millions of dollars before our boys return —to use up any surplus the city, county or state may have, and | not give them a look-in on whether they want it or not—or1 whether the surplus will still be there. Would an increased tax burden upon an already heavy laden general public be forth coming, and could these plans be carried out on accumulated finances (or finances to be secured) be proyided for to take care of them without a vote of the taxpayers. The Journal stands for Charlotte, for its advancement, for things we need, but we can not see why any group should set itself up to map plans that MUST be put into effect by either the Powers That Be, or our citizenship, without a vote of the people. It looks like Council will become merely a Rubber Stamp if all the ideas passed on by this Planning Committee, are put into effect. It is all fine, backed by a fine set of our citizenship, but does it embody ALL of our citizenship? " Let’s go slow, let’s win this war—take stock—see where we are at—then go forward. If the plans are feasible, it will take men, it will take brains—-of course, we have plenty left at home, but not all the bra’ns so let’s make haste slowly with our new Auditorium, and other movements that involve the outlay of the taxpayers money, if it is to be done out of public funds, where the taxpayer is involved. <^*^^^^*M*Mi‘^^nrnrvYYYYVYyirinr»vu¥¥V»v¥V¥V¥V¥Tnnnnrinrinnnnf WRITE YOUR SONS AND BROTHERS WRITE TO MEMBERS OF TOUR UNION IN THE ARMED FORCES. GIVE THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT ORGANIZED LABOR’S ALL-OUT SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT TO COUNTERACT THE FIENDISH UES THAT ARE BEING SPREAD AMONG THE TROOPS. DOROTHY THOMPSON IN THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Dorothy Thompson’s article addressed to Mr. Pegler was a masterpiece. Those who missed it will find it in The Charlotte News of May 6th. It is certainly worth reading. Miss Thompson talks about a gentleman, and how he should talk about a lady. Hie South always knew about that until Mr. Pegler started to write columns for the southern newspapers. Miss Thompson berates Mr. Pegler’s vile talk against Mrs. Roosevelt as unbecom ing a Christian gentleman. Here is a chapter: “Do you know, Mr. Pegler, that there is an American prison camp for German soldiers, young Nazis call a couple of dogs around the place, “F. D.” and “Eleanor”? How do you like that, Mr. Westbrook Peg ler? But what makes them think they can get away with that, Mr. Pegler? Do you think what you have written might have helped?” There are folks who do not like Eleanor Roosevelt. There la no argument with them. That is one of the rights we possess here in this great nation; but to badger, insult and throw bar room curses against a lady, an American lady, is vicious, stupid, cheap and certainly somewhat lowers the standard of those folks who roll in that stuff. To again quote Miss Dorothy Thompson: “You go home and say your prayers, Mr. Pegler and start the reform you are advocating on your own tyepwriter. Pull the mote out of thine eye, brother. That’s the scriptural injunction.” -V PASS THE AMMUNITION One man out of every five in the armed forces is a union member. Bui judging from the average discussion in any army camp, these two million trade unionists succed in hiding the fact very welL This is the contention of Lieutenant Frederick Braden, writing a recent issue of a liberal magazine. “Sporadic and isolated support” of labor is all Lt. Borden ever gets from his trade union brothers in arms. The soldier who holds a union card cannot be distinguished by his opinions from the soldier who has had no contact with organized labor. In many cases he is as easily misled, as hazily informed, as distant and prejudiced as the rest of the ten million men in the services. And, .a huge part of the blame for this state of affairs, the lieutenant charges, must be laid at the door of organized labor—not fra what lit has (tone, but fra what it has failed to do. Reluctantly, we must agree. Organized labor has been doing only a part-time job for army morale. Through the Labor League fra Human Rights, members of the AFL have contributed millions upon millions of dollars to the USO, to the Red Cross, and to other organizations which minister to the needs of our boys. La bor canteens have met with extraordinary success in Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit and other cities. But morale is not exclusively a matter of physical comfort, entertainment and recreation. Morale is sequaOy a matter of sustaining the soldier's confidence in the home front, his dignity as an individual, and his hopes fra normal security in. the postwar world. Do our trade unionists in the armed forces know the facts which would make them proud to avow their union affiliations, and which would enable them to present labor's point of view in an argument? Has organized labor sufficiently emphasized the importance of its function as protector of wage and working stand ards and of the right of collective bargaining? Have we ex plained to our members in the armed forces, and to the millions who are not trade unionists, that just as they are fighting for political democracy on the battlefrants of the world, we are fight tog the parallel fight fra industrial democracy at home? There has been much discussion of the anti-labor attitude prevalent to the services, and much comfort drawn from the fact that the more than two million trade unionists to uniform are pre sumably doing their share to eliminate anti-labor prejudice. But they cannot do their share unless they are kept informed of all developments to the world of labor. They cannot defend trade unionism unless they are continually aware of its latest prob lems, needs, purposes and long-range plans. And it is up to us to pass them their ammunition. SAY SOMETHING GOOD Pick out the folks you like the least and watch ’em for awhile. They never waste a kindly word, they never waste a smile. They criticise their fellow man at every chance they get. They never found a human just to suit their fancy yet. From them I guess you’d learn some things if they were pointed out. Some things that every one of us should know a lot about. When someone “knocks” a brother, pass around the loving Say something good about him if you have to make it up. —Strickland Gillilan. SOUND, HEALTHFUL SLEEP UNDER WOOL BLANKETS, RENEWED TO SOFT, FLUFFY FRESHNESS! CLEAN WOOL BLANKETS ARE WARMER— . THEY WEAR LONGER AND LOOK BETTER * r v OUR SPECIAL LAUNDERING PROCESS WILL PLEASE YOU! CHARLOTTE LAUNDRY, INC. 116 East 2nd St. Dial 3-5191 SEEDS AND PLANTS DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES STOCK AND POULTRY REMEDIES CHARLOTTE DRUG CO. 200 EAST TRADE ST. Martin’s Department Store RELIABLE MERCHANDISE ALWAYS AT LOW PRICES ' -.—" 1 —» •> - Shop at TfljcurfjutA and Sojos YOUR SPRINGTIME NEEDS AT CCiRNr.lt TRADE AND COLLEGE I Patronize Journal Advertisers. It °ays to Trade With Doggett Lumber Co. | <11 E. Park Arm. Phone 817* ZORIC Dry Oeaning DOMESTIC LAUNDRY Phone S17S kpo* this Si mm • I w. *>tki§Battfo V LAW REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO INCLUDE NAME AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NO. OF EVERY EMPLOYEE IN RETURNS Employers who do not hare a social security account number for each employee who worked for them daring January, February and March should take steps immediately to obtain such numbers, in order that this information may ba included in their payroll tax returns for the first quarter^ 1M4. The law requires every employer to include in his quarterly tajr report the name, account number, and waxes paid to each employee. » A record of the wages received by each covered worker is .kept for him by the Social Security Board. This wage record will be used later as a means of determining the amount of benefits payable to him when he la old, or to his family in case he should die. The worker’s name and tha number that la assigned to him, by the Board, are printed at the top of his ledger sheet and stamped on all records that are kept, on file for him. It is the same number that appears on his social security card. There has been no increase in social security taxes. The tax rate of asm cent on the dollar remains unchanged. Each pay day the employer takes out one per cent of the worker’s wages, adds to that his own one per cent payroll tax, and at the end of the quarter sends it to the Collector of Internal Revenue. The social security tax returns are audited by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Then the wage data goes to the Social Security Board where, the Accountant Division credits each item of wages to the proper account. MMSSSSSSM PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS 109 SOUTH TRY0N-I28 NORTH TRYON TRADEMARK REG.US.IKLOn: I "fiffIff REDDY KILOWATT Your Eloctric Strvant *- Over 1,000 of my fellow employes at Duke Power Company are away at war—the others are ot war, too, here at home maintaining the power supply to Piedmont-Carolinas industries and the oids to more efficient living that make your home work easier. No task is too small and none too back-breaking. DUKE POWER COMPANY { A TL4NTIC COMPANY—BrmmtH— i. Atm.,., Ct.rUiu, N~/oik. Qrlm*J.
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