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Mpmmmi BUY MORE WAR BONOS Che Charlotte labor Journal bp tho N. C. State AND DIXIE FARM NEWS #■ Offieiml Orpnm of Cental Labor Union; Stondta# for tite A. F. L. Back 'em Bp/ ftlPSUflNG WAR BONDS VOL. XIV*—NO. 15. •— CHARLOTTE, N. G, fHURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1944 92.00 P«r u%rarT M WIN THE: WAR IN Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves-“ 99 -A. F. OF L. SLOGAN FOR 194-1 The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY la Mecklenburg County For Weekly the LARGEST BUYING POWER in Charlotte OUR WORKERS ARE NOT SLACKING SAY MEN IN POSITION TO KNOW “VICTORY HOPE OF COMMON MAN,” SO SAYS ELMER DAVIS —V— By ELMER DAVIS, Director, Office of War Information There are nations in this world where the term “common people is used with contempt and condescen sion. Those nations today, forced to look Ul the people for national strength? are finding instead a weak ness for which they themselves are "KT^tad States was founded upon the principle of respect and op portunity for the common people, we have constantly sought to improve the lot of our common people, ft is from the common people that the United States gains its strength. The cour age and the devotion, the versatility f«ni the ingenuity of tpe common poo JE taKfcl ind fa the fac tories. has made possible miracles which are proving short cuts to vie to%e fighting is not over yet. The production iob is not completed, even though we know today that we shall ^Instead of relaxing, we must rally all of our strength for a final, crush ing blow. The nation is asking of its people that final effort so that we can end this war and return to our nor mal life of working and planning, so that the common people of tomorrow will be better off than the common people of today. WAR EFFORT SUCCESS IS CREDITED TO THE WORKERS —V— By REAR ADM. G. F. HUSSEY. JR-. U. S. N. Chief of Bureau of Ordnance Since the inception of this war, American labor has been charged with the responsibility of applying its full productive powers to furnish the ma terial necessary for victory. The suc cesses of our armed forces to date re flect the degree to which labor has discharged this obligation. We know that American labor un derstands the tremendous task yet to be accomplished and will let nothing interfere with its great contribution to the defeat of our enemies. LABOR BUILDS GREATEST FLEET E WORLD —V— By REAR ADM. E. L. COCHRANE, U. 8. N. Chief of Bureau of Ships The men and women of American industry have built and equipped the largest and most powerful Navy the world has ever known. Aa our fleet prepares the way for attacks- on Ber lin and Tokyo, American shipbuilders and industrial workers must be justly proud of their participation in the vic tories that carry our armed forces to the enemy’s door. Until the final victory is won, every employed American must continue to maintain the superiority of our arms over those of the enemy. churceTwants SAME RIGHTS AS THE SALOON GETS —V— EAST PEORIA, 111., Aug. Cl. — Leaders of St. Peter’s Lutheran church congregation of East Peoria appealed today to Representative Dirkaen, Republican, of Illinois, to help them overcome the WPB’s re fusal of a permit for them to build a new church. The congregation has been with out a church building for three years. In this letter to Representative Dirk sen, members asserted the WPB had given the green light to distillers to make whisky and had granted re modeling permits to Peoria saloons and night clubs but apparently there was no labor to “build a sanctuary of God." TYPO.AUXILIARY IS TO MEET WITH MRS. CARRIKER —V— A meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary, Charlotte Typographi cal Union. No. 338, will be held Monday night. August 28, at the home of Mrs. H. F. Carriker, No. 2549 East Seventh Street. As business of importance is to be transacted It is desired that there be a full attendance. -V The history of socialism may be found written in the epitaphs of the socialist colonies that had short lives and then died. MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOGS BIG AID IN THE “SCRAP” DRIVE —V— CHICAGO—-In ease Sewell Avery wonders why his Montgomery Ward business has gone down more than nine per cent during the first five months of this year, while his rival Sears Roebuck, has gone up 11.7 per cent in the same time, here’s a cine from the heart of the mail-order belt. From Kingfisher, Oklahoma, a Far mers Union Local has sent this letter to the union-hater president of Mont gomery Ward: Dear Sir: We, the Farmers’ union have approximately 260 members in this county. We are gathering up all the Montgomery Ward catalogues v» can get hold of and putting them M the Bcrap drive. Have already picked up 175 catalogues and will see that your next issue of the catalogue la altogether devoted to this worthy cause. Our country needs the paper. Please send more catalogues down here.” "This patriotic plan,” aays an of ficial of an AFL Department Store Employes Union “deserves to be ini tiated by other mail-order patrons around the country.” ASBESTOS CLOTH WORKERS ARE NEEDED BADLY —V— WASHINGTON. — About 1,006 more workers must be recruited to meet increased war requirements far asbestos cloth and roving used for insulation in ships, tanks, planes, shells, and other war equipment, WMC reporta. Wormen can fin about half of the jobs. The asbestos plants where more workers are needed are located in Downey, Calif.; Cicero, 111.; Hunting ton, Ind.; Charlotte, N. C.; Charles ton, S. C.; Manville, N. J.; Palmyra, N. Y.; Ambler, Pa., and Manheim, Pa. -V JAPS GUESSED THIS ONE WRONG The Japs apparently figured that the rainy season from mid-May until late August would retard the Allied advance in Burma. The Japs made a “gross miscalculation,” the Chung king radio said, inasmuch as the Al lied capture of Myitkyina by Allied forces occurred at the height of the monsoon season, when the Nipponese, assuming the Allies couldn’t “take” the monsoons may have diverted the “main part” of their forces to the eastern sector of China. -V The world has been preaching hate and discontent and discord, and now it ia reaping a harvest of blood. MMMMMMMMWMMMMMMMMMMMMMA WAVES AT PLAY OrrtCIAL a. a. MAW PMOTOAMAn V WAVES have time for fun, too, and enjoy a variety of sports at Naval stations. Here are three typi cal scenes of "WAVES at Play.” Above, two yeomen — Ellen and Nancy Grivana, sisters, of Minne apolis—strive for the elusive “300” on the alleys at the Naval Train fate Center at San Diego, Calif. At the right, Justine Sue Johnson, a pharmacist’s mate, trim was a mem ber of the National Esaex Archers team and who now is the No. 1 Diana at die San Diego Center, is shown practicing on the excellent archery range there. Below, the sliding runner appears safe as Yeo man Mary Helen Watson of Dallas, Texas, eagerly a waits the ball dur soft-bau game at the Naval Station at Corpus ChriatL “The ing a soft Air St Story of You fat Navy Blue,” avail able at Navy_ Recruiting Stations and jOSnrSr Naval Officer Pro curement, is chockful of informa tion about the WAVES for 20 and 36. JOHN LEWIS’ LOCAL DID NOT NAME HIM AS A“DELEGATE” —V— SPRINGFIELD, 111—Pres. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers lost the indorsement of his own Locml 764 when it backed his opponent, Ray Edmund son, who recently resigned as president of District 12 to go back on the job as a coal miner and to campaign against the miners’ presi dent. The Springfield local refused to name Lewis as one of its three dele gates to the Cincinnati convention in September, but named Edmundson instead. A TWO-MONTH EXPENDITURE 13TH AIR FORCE —V— WASHINGTON—During one two month period, according to the War Department, the U. S! 13th Air Force B-z5 Mitchell medium bomber squad ron in the South Pacific expended the following Army Ordnance ammuni tion: 2,000,000 pounds of bombs and explosives, 300,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition, and 1,000 cannon shells. -V CITIZENS SHOULD “LAY IN FUEL OIL” IS WARNING —V— WASHINGTON. — Householders, apartment and business building own ers and all others needing fuel oil for coming fall and winter months should lay in a supply now “while deliveries can still be made,” ODT Director J. Monroe Johnson warns. “The shortage of tank cars, scarcity of tank trucks and almost total lack of heavy-duty tires have combined to create a national crisis in petroleum transportation,” Colonel Johnson said. “Meanwhile military demands for aviation gasoline and other petroleum products are mounting.” WORKERS ARE PREPARING FOR THE KNOCKOUT BLOW,—'DAVIS —V— By WILLIAM H. DAVIS Chairman. National War Labor Board On the eve of victory, the Ameri can worker faces a tremendous in dividual responsibility to see that there is no slackening in the na tion's productive efforts. Military authorities have called for great increases in heavy production, in trucks, ammunition, the giant B-29 bombers, and certain types of ship ping. It is imperative that we meet these needs. Labor and management in America already have performed prodigious tasks in this war. They have met the production test in the American way—by rolling up their sleeves and turning out a job that amazed both our allies and our enemies. No man could be a pessimist in the face of America’s production record. But the most dangerous thing that could happen to our war effort at this critical time would be for the na tion—or any part of it—to become too optimistic. . . , This is the last moment to slow down in your efforts. It is the mo ment for the knockout blow. . So I call upon every worker, and every other American, to bend his or her efforts to meet and exceed mili tary needs, With victory within our grasp, we must not relax. RADFORD. VA., IS NOW A “POWDER TOWN” —V— RADFORD, Va.—This little Vir ginia town has been blown up. Mil lions of dollars has been spent by Hercules Powder Co., to manufacture explosive for the government and thousands of workmen have been em ployed, until the town is about ten times its prewar sue. A. F. OF L. UNIONS AT STATESVILLE WINS BARGAINING RIGHTS —V— WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—The Na tional Labor Relations board yester day certified the International Mould ers and Foundry Workers union (AFL) as collective bargaining agency for the employes of the Tur ner Manufacturing company of States ville, N. C. In a recent election 26 votes were cast for the union and eight against. ^_ A THIRD OF FEDERAL EMPLOYES ENGAGED IN SHIPBUILDING WASHINGTON.—Of the 5,066,700 Federal employes in April, the U. S. Department of Labor reports that 1, 199,700 were employed in private shipyards, 331,200 in Navy yards, and 139,000 were on construction. FLASH:—A TELEGRAM RECEIVED LATE WED NESDAY AFTERNOON ANNOUNCED THAT CHAR LOTTE WON OUT AS THE I. T. U. CONVENTION CITY FOR 1945—AND, ARE THE BOYS HAPPY? L T. U. CONVENTION IS INVITED , TO HOLD THEIR 1945 MEETING IN “QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH” The International Typographical Union, now holding its convention at Grand Rapids, Mich., has been invited t hold its 1945 meeting at Charlotte. The invitation was extended by Typographical Union No. S38, Charlotte Cen tral Labor Union, the Chamber of Commerce, the City of Charlotte through Mayor Herbert H. Baxter, the Char lotte Labor Journal, and others. . — _ This is a stupendous undertaking for L°c»l No. 538, but the boys feel equal to the task, with the aid of the Typographical locals throughout the state. The Typographical Union, one of the oldest in Amer ica, suit a co-founder of the A. F. of L*» has a membership of around 100,000 of highly skilled craftsmen. There are usually around 400 delegates from the U. S. and Can ada, along with approximately 2,000 visitors from all over the YjJ^<jj^,utio|| WM extended by C. J. Pridgen, presi dent of the Charlotte Typographical Union, and Howard L. Beatty, president of the Carolines Typographiral con ference which embodies Virginia, North and South Caro lina and the District of Columbia. .. . The Journal believes the holding of this meeting in Charlotte will do much to help forward the organization campaign which is now on and will be continued through out 1945, when it is hoped “this man’s war” will be over. PRINTERS IN GOVT PRINTING OFFICE ARE FIGHTING FOR PAY INCREASE, WANT 10 PER CENT, FIRST SINCE 1926 WASHINGTON, D. C^-Printing trade* uni*™ ta the Govern ment Printing Office appear assured ef a wags increase of at least 10 per cent—the first since 1920. . ... The public printer offered 10 per cent and the pressmen. book binders, photoengravers, eleetricions, and Machinists have Printers, however, are holding out farthe fall II per cent per missible under the War Labor Board’s Little Steel formula. Committees representing the trades have been negotiating with the public printer for several years, and until last week were able to get nowhere. Even an appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, which governs the GPO, brought no results. _ . Two weeks ago. however, the public printer offered the Pr‘"y ers a 5 per cent increase, which Typographical Union 101 rejected, and later Woodruff Randolph, new president of the International Typographical Union, at the request of local officers, came here, and conferred with Public Printer Giegengack Following his conference Giegengack offered the binders and pressmen 10 per cent, and at special meetings this was accepted, and the printers were then offered the “■“I*****??- ITIT __ tn tll|_ The public printer, who is a member of the 1TL, up to this time has insisted that wages in the GPO are high enough »d tlut the tradesmen are entitkd to nVincremw.^ C^umbi.^Typogr.phic.I Union at a meeting two weeks ago ------_ . $10,000 in a publicity campaign to expose the controversy. sod whiie no money has been spent it appears that the action has brought results. __ “BRAVERY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH —V— “Bravery alone is not enough to win battles,” declared General A. A. Vandergrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps in urging youths of pre-military age to return to high school this fall. “To have bravery without knowledge is to be only half prepared. If you have been employed m the factory or on the farm this summer . . . you should plan to go back to high school this fall. We in the Marine Corps feel you can best serve your nation and your fellow men at school, now, building the sound mind in the sound body.” THE MARCH OF LABOR TARING THE FIRST HMf-aSTlMY AFTER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BEGAN IH EN6LAHD AND AMERICA, EMPLOYERS ADOPTED FOR THEIR Workers the work day of AGRICULTURE AND HANDICRAFT PtoDcCTtOH-SUNUP IbSiWOOMA/i M2 UNEMrtOVMItfTATIHE P6PTH OF Wf PtPRBSSIOM W ♦933 T^TAUIP ALMOST 14 MllllOtf, ABOUT 40* OF AMCRlOA) HA6e WORKERS. Wood* fcottVaT W//61H£ F/«ST fKfSlOfMT ^PLAiAtJACfi^PAKX tH &CORI&A FfACtfUL StWWOfAm^ WHEAJ HP 6*&U6HT/fcS SORE ON -THEM/NP OPERATORS /M 'lHE. MINE UfcRKERS SpOKE OF 1902.
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