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Sndcreed by the Federation VOL. XIV—No. 5 lottr labor Journal 7a a>v* DIXIE -FARM NEWS Official (h gait of Central Labor Union. Standing P for the A. F. L CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 IVIM DUtmri eO*MI»H*TION OO TMC UCAOIM 13 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO NORTH CAROLINA Readers $2.00 Per Y«o» WAR IN WIN Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves For a Weekly Its Readers Represent the LARGES The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY In Mecklenburg County AM LOGAN FOR 1944 *NG POVt SR in Charlotte FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE IS ON; “BACK THE ATTACK—BUY MORE THAN BEFORE” CAMPAIGN SLOGAN * WASHINGTON, June 12. — The $16,000,000,000 Fifth war loan drive got under way today with the slogan “Back the Attack—Buy More Than Before.” First objective is to raise $6,000,000,000 from indi vidual bond buyer* Opening day ceremonies centered in Texarkana, on the Texas-Arkansas border, where Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Governors of five states, and a group of movie, stage, and radio performers will join in a bond selling drive. State quotas for the drive, in millions of dollars, are: Alabama, 102; Arizona, 32; Arkansas, 66; California, —northern 463, southern, 612; Colorado, 84; Connecti cut, 42; Delaware, 64; District of Columbia, 107; Florida, 137; Georgia, 144; Idaho, 28. Illinois, 1,107; Indiana, 281; Iowa, 202; Kansas, 124; Kentucky, 118; Louisiana, 126; Maine, 64; Maryland, 228; Massachusetts, 828; Michigan, 626; Minnesota, 246; Miss issippi, 66: Missouri, 316; Montana, 41; Nebraska, 106; Nevada, 16; New Hampshire, 39; New Jersey, 635; New Mexico, 21. New York, 4,801; North Carolina, 148; North Da kota, 39; Ohio, 797; Oklahoma, 108; Oregon, 125; Penn sylvania, 1,082; Rhode Island, 90; South Carolina, 58; South Dakota, 37; Tennessee, 136; Texas, 464; Utah, 46; Vermont, 30; Virginia, 157; Washington, 228; West Virginia, 81; Wisconsin, 298; and Wyoming, 17. BUY THAT INVASION BOND TODAY! To every Charlotte man or woman with a boy in uni form make no mistake. Perhaps the biggest thing you can do for your boy now, in his most dangerous hour, is to buy extra War Bonds yourself and to persuade others to buy them. The 5th War Loan wUl be watched eagerly by our men, and its success will be real tangible evidence that the home front is solidly behind them. We can’t let them down.! AIN’T THE WAY WE HEERD IT _ Cbarka ^ Wilson, president of‘the General Motor Co in hi._ tribnte to the half million gwrwMtA harst-ss as - -<• — . 3*rs u. a >*■> —k. BSTfiS1. SStt j-s jSWfctg « 2rss,xs<rssLs^S;"^j: tho St. Lonia Chamber of Commerce?-St. Loni. Labor Tribune * ~ 'mananm -■ ------ -nnnaonaaoooanaonaooamowowoSonm Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves ***************************noooooonaoomoomnoooonnab THE MARCH OF LABOR tN *41 444004000MAN oayc wwfiocrupoooH AGCJOCMTS-ANOlfB'MMl KXtyiCTORY) F BUY «Z8 jgLjwLi XrmiURLY i8oo«m WOULD BHPtOY AM ADULT MOftKSA ONLY ooNomoNDur StND Mtt CHILD INK MILL TOO. «ssss»*irsSd EMPLOYERS MAY GIVE WAR BONDS AS PRIZES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR BOND SALES ATLANTA, Ga.—Award of War Bonds as prizes to employees for the sale of such bonds during the fifth War Loan Drive has the approval of the National War Labor Board, Chairman M. T. Van Hecke of the fourth regional WLB has pointed out. “The National War Labor Board and the Commissioner of Internal Here* nne hare announced that employers, pursuant to plan, may award prises in War Bonds to employees, without further approral, for the sale by such employees (outside their regularly assigned duties) of War Bonds to in dividuals during the Fifth War Loan Drive, provided the employer files either with the regional War Labor Board or the Salary Stabilization Unit (Treasury), or both, as the ease may be, a statement setting forth the amounts and basis of the awards under the plan,” Mr. Van Hecke said. “Such awards must not be excessive in number, nor may the maximum exceed $250 in fave value. The awards may vary on the basis of the amount or number of bonds sold. “Officers and other officials of employers, or employees whose principal activity is concerned with the aale of War Bonds may not participate in such awards,” he said. FREE MATERNITY CARE FOR 10,709 SERVICEMEN’S FAMILIES IN NORTH CAROLINA GRANTED ATLANTA, Ga.—Applications from 1,216 more servicemen’s wives in North Carolina for free medical treatment and hospital ization for themselves and their babies under the Government’s Emergency Maternity and Infant Care Program (EMIC) were ap proved in April by the State Health Department, according to a compilation by the Children’s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. April's figure brings North Carolina’s total of such cases to 10,709 since the program was adopted by this state April 8, 1943. Under the program, the wives of men in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh pay grades of the armed forces, regardless of whether or not they are legal residents of North Carobna, are entitled to the benefits provided for thorn by Coa^ress in March. 1943. Included are medical, nursing and hospital care throughout pregnancy; at childbirth and for six weeks thereafter and care for illness of the infant until it is one year old. Application blanks, simple in form, may be obtained from state, county and city health departments, public clinics, moot hospitals, private physicians who are cooperating in the program and Red Cross Chapters onswsssnsnssnssnssssssssssssssnssnwsswssssoosssssnsn EDWIN A. WITTER HOSPITALIZED JS NEW GUINEA, SAYS A LETTER Word received by Mrs. Elizabeth Kimbirl Witter, this week, inform her that her husband Corp. Edwin A. Witter, who has been in New Guinea with the Air Corps as radio technician the past year is hospitalized, and has been the past two months, suffering with stomach trouble. This news, received Monday is the first EDWIN A. WITTER received from him for sometime. His wife immediately upon his enlistment took a position with the Government, commisary here and has served continuously during his two years of service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Witter and was connected with The Labor Journal prior to enlisting in Charlotte. He is a mem ber of the Musicians’ local and a delegate to Charlotte Central Labor Union from that organization. As to how serious his con dition was not made known. A. F.L FIGHTS THE SHIELDING OF INS. FIRMS —V— WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Am eriqpn Federation of Labor opposed enactment of a bill to exempt insur ance companies from Federal anti trust laws because it also would re move such firms from coverage of the national labor relations and wage hour laws. Herbert S. Thatcher, as sociate general counsel of the AFL, and Lewis G. Hines, AFL legislative representative, attacked the bill be fore a Senate Judiciary subcommit tee. UNIONS HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 15 TO FILE FINANCIAL RETURNS; SIMPLIFIED FORM PREPARED Local unions here will have until August 15 to file their finan cial returns for this year, covering 1943, with the local Collector of Internal Revenue under the new income tax act, they were advised in a circular letter received last week by international unions, state and city central bodies, and federal locals, from President William Green and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany of the American Federation of Labor. . The letter states that following a discussion of the returns in the AFL executive council meeting in Philadelphia, with AFL General Counsel Joseph A. Padway and con ferences between Padway and Intern al Revenue officials, a simplified form is being prepared by the Bureau and will be issued within the next few weeks. It will be known as Form 990. The form will be mailed to local unions by the local collector, and if a local has not received one by July 15, the local should call the collector and have one mailed. NEXT YEAR MAY 15 The letter also points out that while the deadline this year is August 16, in future years it will be necessary to file the return by May 15. Union officials should have little difficulty filling out the form, the letter states, adding that if there is any question, the union can take it up with the district collector, or may write General Counsel Padway at the AFL headquarters, 736 Bowen build ing, Washington, 5, D. C. Locals should keep a duplicate of the return after filing it, the AFL officers advise. In addition to the new Form 990, locals are required to file a “claim lor exemption from ieoerai income tax." This has been a requirement for many years, but many unions never filed it, the letter states, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue did not enforce it strictly. But now that financial returns must be filed, the bu reau has advised the AFL that strict compliance will be required. However, international unions are allowed to file for all their locals on one list and obtain a blanket exemp* • tion, and the AFL officers are urging all internationals to do so at once on behalf of their locals. LOCALS MUST HANDLE 990 In the case of the financial returns on Form 990, the possibility of hav ing the internationals take care of this was considered also, but the AFL came to the conclusion that this would be “complex and confusing” for the internationals, as the locals would have to furnish the informa tion. Therefore, the letter concludes: “The officials and executive coun cil of the American Federation of Labor, after a thorough and exhaus tive discussion of this subject with Judge Padway, are of the unanimous opinion that the most advisable course to pursue with respect to filing fi tancial returns on Foim 990 is foe each local to file its owft separate re turn.” MMMW 1 BUY THAT INVASION BOND TODAY! Can we take it? The men running this war have told us again and again that Victory is likely to come slowly, at bitter cost, and attended by heartbreaks all the way. We must take bad news with good—we must never let up— we must keep doing our job and buying more and more Bonds 'til the day when the last enemy lays down his gun. Let’s do just that! $148,000,000.00 5TH WAR BOND GOAL FOR N. C. —V— WINSTON-SALEM, Jim IS— The fifth war lean campaign opened in North Carolina yester fills State's quota is $148,000, 000 compared with a fl20.000.000 quota in the fourth campaign, conducted in January and Febru ary. State War Finance Chairman Clarence T. Leinbach said the drive would close July 8 for “marketable” types of bonds — purchased by large buyers—but would last through July SI for I series E. F, and G bonds and of i U. S. Treasury savings notes— bought by individuals. 1 HUTCHISON TO TAUTOVER THE RADIO JUNE 17 DETROIT. — William L. Hutcheson, general presi dent of the United Brother hood of Carpenters and Join ers of America, will make a brief radio address over the “Victory, F. O. B.” program June 17 at 3 p.m., EWT. He is expected to discuss labor’s^ and management’s achieve ments in the war production program. -V- , When our philosophy of life wears thin, faith steps in and encourages us. BELIEVES IN WAR BONDS Roy Buiett, employe of the Steven* Aims Company and • member *t Federal Union 19648, on AFL affiliate, I* shown receiving shotgun which was awarded him tor purchasing the highest amount of War Bonds in the company. Fat Haaaett, president of Federal Union, is second from left. (
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