CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944
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UNION MAN IS
NOMINATED FOR
MAYOR ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Patrick J. Burke
kdiw representative of Milk
Wagon Driven and Inside Dairy
Workers Local MS, woo an over*
whelming victory over Ms opponent,
Joseph M. Darst, real estate dealer,
by a 44,590 to 28,275 vote, in the
Democratic primary last week. Barke
is the first labor official ever to he
nominated for mayor, although the
late Henry Kiel, three-time mayor of
St Louis, was a union bricklayer
and contractor before being elected
to head the city government. Kiel,
who was recognised at his death as
one of the greatest builders and civic
lasdan St. Louis ever had. at first
had been viciously fought by the daily
press in hie contests for mayor.
B0BREYN0LDS’
NATIONALISTS TO
BE INVESTIGATED
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. «. — A
public inquiry into the activities of
Senator Robert Reynolds and his
American Nationalists Committee to
determine if they are for the best in
terests of the country will bo held
here on Aug. • by the veterans of
Foreign Wars, Controller Harold J.
Boyd, former V.F.W. official, stated
yesterday.
“The purpose of the hearing," Mr.
Boyd said, "will be to attempt to de
termine if the activities of the Amer
ican atkmalists Committee are in the
best interests of total victory and a
peaceful and progressive post-war
world for this nation.
A. F. OF L. STATE CONVENTION PROGRAM
KING COTTON HOTEL, GREENSBORO, N. C.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14-15-16
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 14,1944,9:30
Convention Called to. Order___R. D. Apple, Sr.
President Greensboro Central Labor Union
Invocation -Rev. Sam L. Sox
Pastor First Lutheran Church
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America, by all Delegates present
THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
**I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which ft stands.
, One Nation, indivisible. with liberty and justice to
alL"
National Anthem _Miss Helen Barger
At the Piano — Mrs. B. A. Swicegood
Address of Welcome..W. H. Sullivan
Mayor City of Greensboro
Address of Welcome __Judge Wm. M. York
President of Chamber of Commerce
Addresa of Welcome_John C. Story
Sheriff of Guilford County
Response-James F. Barrett
Former President North Carolina State
Federation of Labor
Presentation of Gavel to C. A. Fink, President of the
North Carolina State Federation of Labor, and the
President’s annual address
Convention duly opened for the consideration and trans
action of business
Appointment of Committee on Credentials and Committee
on Rules or Order
12.-00—Address
12:30—Adjournment for lunch
MONDAY AFTERNOON, 2:00 O’CLOCK
Report of Credentials Committee
Obligation and seating of Delegates
' ■■ MU n n
3:00— Address-Hob. J. Melville Broughton
Governor State of North Carolina
Report of Rales Committee
Introduction of Visitors
Address
Appointment of Committees
Announcements
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 9:30
Invocation___A. Brown
Chaplain North Carolina State Federation of Labor
Reports of Committees
Introduction of International Union Representatives
11 rim—Address
12:30—Adjournment for lunch
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 2:00 O’CLOCK
Reporta of Committees
Address
Nomination of Officers
TUESDAY EVENING, 9:30 TO 12:30
DANCE
King Cotton Hotel Ball Room
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 9:30
Invocation____ \ ^ Brown
Chaplain North Carolina State Federation of Labor
**Fort ef Resolutions Committee and other Committees
Unfinished business
12:3h—Adjournment for lunch.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16,
2:00 O’CLOCK
Final Committee reports
Election of Officers and selection of Convention City
installation of Officers
Adjournment Sine Die
GOV. BROUGHTON
TAKES CRACK
AT THE CXC
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RALEIGH, Aug. 8. — Govern*
Broughton said last night that “tl
anti-Southern front” of "powerfl
Northern Negro groups” and tl
CIO’s Political Action Commits
caused defeat of Southern candidate
for the Democratic Vice-Presidentii
nomination at the Chicago conventioi
The Governor said these grout
seemed to have resolved that th
people of the South “should forevt
be but the hewers of wood and drav
ers of water within the Democrat
Party."
He said that the PAC’s anti-Soutl
era front at the convention was “ui
fair and undemocratic” and that it
aim was to gain control of the Demc
era tic Party. The Negro groups, h
said, were not representative of th
Negro race.
“I have no feud with the Politics
Action Committee, and I believe pro
foundly in the cause of labor and deep
ly respect its rights,” he continued
“But I’d deny to Die PAC or to an;
other labor group or other groups
white or colored, the right to dictat
the affairs of the Democratic Part]
or of the American people.
Broughton was an active cam
paigner for the Vice-Presidentia
nomination, and received 43 votes 01
the first ballot.
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CHINA HA8 2,000,000
UNION MEMBERS NOM
There are now 5,820 labor organ!'
zations in China with a total mem'
berahip of more than 2,000,000, thi
Chinese News Service reports. Chins
has ten different kinds of labor or
ganizations.
GASTONIA ORGANIZATION WORK
ALREADY SHOWING GOOD RESULTS;
GASTONIA YARN CORPORATION HELP
VOTES TO GO INTO THE A. F. OF L.
GASTONIA.—Employees of fixe textile plants op
muted by Gastonia Comber Yarn Corporation voted in a
National Labor Relations Board employee election held
here last week to name Local No. 12 of the United Tex
tile Workers of America an affiliate of American Fed
eration of Labor, as their collective bargaining agent.
The anion won the election by a vote of 479 to 287.
Out of approximately 981 employees eligible to vote, a
total of 766 did vote, with 32 votes being challenged and
12 baOeta voided, UTW official said.
The five GCY plants whose employees balloted in
the NLRB-conducted election are Gastonia Processing
Co., Gastonia Thread Co. and the Clara, Dunn and Arm
strong Mills.
C. E. Earnhardt, international vice-president of
UTW, said here today that UfW will demand increased
wages, fall seniority, paid vacations, control over work
loads, arbitration of disputes, free insurance, hospitaliza
tion, paid holidays and other benefits for the GCY em
ployees.
It was understood that conferences between union
officials and the GCY management relative to negotia
tion of employee contracts will begin in the near future.
The election was held in South School auditorium,
located near the GCY plants.
With respect to the Clara, Dunn and Armstrong
plants, Vice-President Earnhardt said the election and
union victory was the culmination of more than two
years of UTW organizing activity.
DON’T CARE
Native: “Down this way we always
take whiskey for snake-bites.”
Tourist: ’’But whiskey won’t cure
you once you’ve been bitten.”
Native: “Nope, but if you take it
beforehand, you don’t give a dang!”
COMMITTEES ARE
NAMED BY
PRESIDENT OF
TYPO UNION
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The following named committees
were appointed Sunday afternoon at
the August meeting of Charlotte
Typographical Union, No. 338, to
serve during the current year:
Executive committee — C. J. Pridg
en, chairman, C. L. Albea, H. M.
Sykes, W. M. Bostick, H. L. Beatty;
auditing committee—C. R. Austin, J.
H. Honeycutt, O. N. Burgess; stand
ing committee—C. L. Albea, Ray C.
Nixon, Conley Cook, Howard L. Beat
ty; chaplain—-C. R. Austin; member
ship committee—W. M. Bostick, chair
man, C. J. Pridgen, C. L. Albea, H. M.
Sykes and H. L. Beatty; laws com
mittee—H. T. Carriker, chairman,
Harry Smith, Charles McCready;
label committee — Henry A. Stalls,
chairman, Charles McCready, H. H.
La wing; health and sanitation —
Conley Cook, chairman, Charles Mc
Cready, A. B. Furr, A. MM. Jones
and R. F. White; publicity cofnmittee
—H. A. Stalls, C. R. Austin, W. W.
Herman; apprentice committee — H.
M. Sykes, chairman, W. M. Bostick,
L. M. Furr: sick, and visiting—W. A.
Vita, Charles McCready and Leon
Owen.
James B. Felmet, member of the
Observer mechanical force, will at
tend the forthcoming annual meeting
of the International Typographical
Union in Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug.
19-26, as a delegate representing the
local union.
C. J. Pridgen is president of the
Charlotte union, C. L. Albea is vice
president, W. M. Bostick, secretary
treasurer, and Howard L. Beatty, re
:ording secretary.
Charlotte Typographical Union has
i total enrollment of 115 members.
GEN. HERSHEY
SAYS MORE MEN
ARE NEEDED
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SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 8.—Maj.
jen. Lewis B. Hershey declares that
“weVe got the Atmy practically
built,” but adds, “We can't let up—
we have to have more men to relieve
the boys who are overseas. Some of
our boys have been there two and
three years, and it's time we brought
them back,” said the national direc
tor of Selective Service, as he met
briefly with local boards.
PRIOR TO DEATH GENERAL McNAIR
PRAISED WORKERS FOR PART THEY
HAD IN MAKING INVASION POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON.—One of the last public utterances
by Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair before his death on the Nor
mandy beachhead was a statement praising the part labor played
m making the invasion possible. Speaking in the.War Depart
ment film “Brief For Invasion” which has just been released for
showing to war production workers, the former Commanding Gen
eral of the Army Ground Forces said “the guts, toughness and
will to victory of the American soldier, accompanied by the equip
ment of the American worker, are more than staggering. They
are unbeatable.”
“We are going to use a great horde i
of men who are going to use a great
continent-full of esuipment provided
for them by the workers back home,
the footsoldiers of industry," Gen
eral McNair declared.
“Sea and air operations will ‘ac
company our attack—but eventually
it will be the doughboy who will
spring from the landing craft, cut his
way through the wire, fight hand-to
hand with the Nasis in their barri
caded cities, and wipe them out.
“And the American worker will be
there on D-Day also—he will be the
backbone of the attack. He will have
made the tools and the equipment
which the sea will use, the air will
use, and—in the heart of the struggle
—the infantryman will use."
In another statement issued on
June 16 in connection with the ob
servation of Infantry Day, General
McNair said: '
“The part of Labor and Industry
in this right is clear—weapons, am
munition, signal equipment, transpor
tation and many other vital items of
equipment and supplies.
“Our Infantry has never lacked
them, and owes much to the home
front. May this fine support never
falter through the hard fighting yet
to come.”
The death of General McNair was
announced July 27, just 13 days after
the War Department announced that
he had relinquished his post as head
of the Army Ground Forces for an
important overseas assignment
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