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— VOL. XIV<—No. 25 « M TM JOttRHU CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944 J9WMAI AtVIKTIftM OltttVI OOMOIOKMAT mmtmmi BUY MORE WAR BONOS 12.00 Par Tow ▼M« ItCAOl « WIN THE WAR IN Fiw Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves--—■ The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY hi MteUwdmry Comty *ND ► -■---—-- MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN ITS ENTIRETY ’44” — ■THE A. F. OF L SLOGAN FOR 1944 KeudcrH Represent the LARGEST BUYING POWER in CharMto LABOR UNIONS TO HELP PUBLICIZE PRICES; THREE OBJECTIVES OF JOINT PROGRAM GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC WASHINGTON—Labor an ions arc cooperating in a campaign undertaken by leading national grocer associations and consumer organisations to improve compliance with ceiling prices, OP A re- j Grown ana consumers are co operating to improve the posting of coOiag prices to. stimulate use of price lists by consumers, and to en courage grocers and their customers to talk more frankly and freely about ceiling price*, QPA said. housewives, \ according to OP A, have foiled to-discuss prices with their grocers either because of insufficient .knowledge of Jhair rights and responsibilities or because of fear of embarrassment or potty reprisals. Under the joint grocer wives art being urged to insist upon swing i insnUy the ceiling priew posted prom In stores to report hneorrect or repeated overcharges to the price panels or local War Price and Rationing Boards, and to-volunteer as price panel assistants. Objectives of the joint program are: 1. To focus public attention on the fact that a critical period in the tight to control the cost of living lies just ahead. 3. To improve the display of ceil ing price lists, in grocery stores , to the place that all customers can read them easily. 3. To emphasise that both the consumer and the grocer have urgent reasons for working together to win a tight against inflation and post war economic chaos, and for looking upon It as an Individual and com munity responsibility. AM. FEDERATION OF TEACHERS DOES NOT FAVOR COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING FOR YOUTH WASHINGTON. D. CL—The of national deft to world. The ■o Director of tho Council on Education, on Education at tho Aaonkaa Fedora ik, took action atronf |r ease, bat opposing any hasty . military training for youth which is headed by Dr. Floyd governmental out In a . a_ WBlICfw rimed that the to President Roosevelt that, while the Commission strongly furors nay bo necessary to the national defense. following tho war will , after tho arged that a ■d nary, roteran agriculture, tho question of a of out of the conflict. The Gem the : at large bo appointed to inquire ipulsory service act for youth and r FREE LABOR WILL WIN WORK-FIGHT-SAVE A NON-PARTISAN MESSAGE Congratulations to the millions of American workers, re sponsible for the record-breaking increase in registration in the industrial centers of the nation! You have now done half your duty as patriotic American citizens. The other half of the Job still remains to be completed. That is to go to the polls on Nov. 7 and cast your vote. The American Federation bf Labor is fully confident that the workers of the nation will pot leave their duty as citizens half-done. It relies and counts upon its seven million members to get out on Election Day and roll up the largest labor vote in the history of America. ’—■*-— " Only in that way can the friends of labor be elected and the enemies of labor defeated. Only in that way can the inter ests of the nation’s workers be protected in the arititeal post war days ahead. Only in that way can our American democ racy be fortified and preserved. Your vote is the power beh;nd America. Don’t let your country down! POST-WAR HOUSING NEEDS PLACED AT 12,600,000 NON-FARM HOMES APARTMENT UNITS ARE NECESSARY WASHINGTON—Construction of 12,600,000 non-farm houses and apartment units will be required in the first ten years after the war to meet the needs ef American families and to make substantial strides in replacing substandard structures with good homes, NHA estimates. The estimate, according to Nil A Administrator John B. Blandford, Jr., is “an earnest effort to judge the size of the nation’s housing needs not an announcement of a program.” Blandford said replacement of all substandard structures would remise 16,1004)00 units in all, but NHA figures were baaed on the assumption that replacement would be spread over a 20-year period. , » The suggested goal of 1,260,000 units a year during the first post war decade is 300,000 units above any year in the past, Blandford said. FLY A BOMB TO BERLIN- PUT It PERCENT OF PAY IN WAR HONDA. Lest We Forget nruniam it. —i- »-j-j—t i—! UW? AMMj UIWJPA>b^AAwm% AAAAwAMw3Md_ ■II mr pat iitif bisiaess by the New Deal were the apple sellers* They retaraeh la werk awi baflt a stroacer. letter America. Phila. Record—Oct. 26.1°V The nation's biggest residential yea' (1925) produced about 930,000 new units. An annual average of 700,0<K was recorded from 1920 to 1929. NHA’s estimate takes into ac count the following needs: (1) nor mal increase in families and migra tion from farms—4,100,000; (2) mar ried service men’s households to be established or reestablished —1,400, 000; (3) removals of married couples living with other families—700,000; plus a margin of vacancies, and a ten-year replacement requirement of 6,300,000. Va million star spangled BABES HERE-200,000 ARE ON THE WAY —V A quarter of a million star-spangled babies are already in Uncle Sam’s tow and another 200,000 are on tbeii way. These are the sons and daught ers of his fighting men. They are be ing eared for under the emergency maternity and infant-care prorrsm. figures were announced by Kath arine F. Lei The were announced . Lenroot, Chief of the Child ren’s Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor, which allots the money to State health departments that administer the program. • The coat of the birth of these babies is being paid out of moneys appro priated by Congress for the purpose, and Uncle Sam continues to stand by in case the youngsters themselves need medical or hospital care during their first year of life. These bills, too, are paid from the EMCI appro priation. and sometimes, when seri ous illnesses occur or operations are needed, the costs run high. These newcomers represent all races and all nationalities, everywhere in the country. Some women have had their second baby under the EMIC program, which is now in its nine teenth month of operation. Further information about the EMIC program or local can be obtained from State health departments. PRODUCE FOR VICTORY THE JOURNAL has by far the largest city circulation of any weekly published in Char lotte. Your ad in The Journal will bring results from the workers. TO WIN THE WAR SOONER LET US ALL WORK HARDER THERE ARE NO UNIONS OR ANY OTHER FREE INSTITUTIONS UNDER NAZI OR JAP RULE. UNEMPLOYMENT HITS NEW LOW; “THERE NEVER HAVE BEEN FEWER PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK” THAN IN SEPT. SAYS SEC. LABOR PERKINS WASHINGTON—In spite of a general decline in nonagricul tural employment in the past year, and some decrease in agricul tural employment, “there have never been fewer people looking for work than in September,** Secretary of Labor Frances Per kins stated in reporting the total nonagricultoral employment in 'September. Nonagricultoral establishments had 38,559,000 employes in September, 181,000 less than in August, the secretary said. She pointed out that about 2,000,000 men have gone into the armed services since September, 1943, without a corresponding increase in the total labor force. “Thtts unemployment as well as employment Is lower thah It was a year ago,** she said. Nonagrieuttural establishments have lost about 1419,000, she reported, adding that increases in pro ductivity have made it possible to maintain munitions production at* needed levels with a smaller work force. - - - PRES. TOBIN TO SPEAK FRIDAY P.M. OVER NBC ii. —V-n President Tobin of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will speak on a Nation-wide hook-up, Na tional Broadcasting Com pany, Friday night, Novem ber 3rd, from 9 to 9:30 P. M., Eastern War Time. We would appreciate your giving mention of this m your news columns as it will be of tremendous in terest to Labor—D. N. C.' WLB APPRO1 TIME OFF WP PAY SO WORKERS MAY VOTE NOV. 7 —V— WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Na tional War Labor Board has riven its official approval to the extension of time off with pay to workers to that they can have fall opportunity to vote on Election Day. The board’s resolution follows: “Employers who grant their em ployes time off on election day to vote, without deduction from pay, will not be considered to have grant ed wage or salary increase; in vio lation of the wage stabilisation pro gram.” HOW TO VOTE (By JOHN H. CURTIN) ,, Before I tell yoo the BEST way to rote, which of com ie~MY way.l worn yoo against political iruiawntt. They teach only one thin*! Too tali aeose; anyone who disagrees with yoo talks nonsense! Do not try to remove by force all crooks and halfwits In office ami. There are too many of them. By the time yoo coold finish year eleonop HONEST m*n! W#"M * ck"*4, yea from voting—even for an U i?*.h*I* *keoT«’ed till* •* y—r country, too. becaase yoo bofld and tWr- - profits, and aso a “little STEAL fs might even perceive that oae Is as P«t peeve may bo an attempted ■ola^te^thwart wage candidates who Too they were oaco working men. They are photographed riding op front with the engineer or shaking hands with some obvioosly embarrassed shop employee. They are stiff “working” men! It is troe that William Graham Sarnner, then professor of political and tl science at Yale, said in 191t: “The forgotten man works and votes: generally be prays; bat bio chief booiness in Dfe is to pay.” Bat it ia ahm troe that the “forgotten man” remembers the breadlines, the salesmen, and something that was always “jest around the i For “the laborer IS worthy of his hire ” especially when he labors for his feHowmen So, if yoo jodge all candidates for ^iblie office by their ability and willingness the labor for their fellowmen, yoo will knew “hew to vote. „ ®wey. I see where “yeang man" Dewey ia trying to got “Old Man Roosevelt a Job. Do yoo sappose the yoang man has availability slip? 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