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p*™ Che Charlotte 1 *mmm Endorsed by_ the N.C. State AND DIXIE FARM NEWS OffkM Orga** Centra? I&bwVnion; Standing ^^^^_aiMMaaMaMWWMBaaaBaaiIMIV||a||Ma||aa|||aMaB VOL. XIVw—NO. 32 Y~" A‘y"T,"“*"YY,;j;.VTou’H*L '• * •°o° CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 C-ib—^ “-,D”AT'°" ~$2.00 Per Vaar . ■■■■■■— ‘ ■■ ' i i ,i ..M. ■. itm ■■ i. ■„ mi. i i .— —— BacR Up The B >ys — With Bonds Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves.—.. « THE A. F. OF L. SLOGAN FOR 1944 ^ ^r—wi." - I I .-rrm umi —— mmwm—m ———— in n r—ir i—1-————————————^— The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY in Mecklenburg County ^^t^entihett ° For * Weekfr Iu> Reedere Represent the LARGEST BUYING POW ER in Charlotte « —mm* A. F. OF L. UNIONS RUSH WORKERS TO “CRITICAL” WAR PLANTS TO MEET “SHORTAGES” FOR THE ARMY WASHINGTON, D. C. — More than a dozen AFL national unions rallied their forces to make good the Federation's pledge to the War Department to supply emergency manpower to pro duce increased quantities of critically needed war materials. Acting under President William Green’s order, Lewis G. Hines dropped his normal legislative duties to di rect a concerted drive to get the re quired number of skilled workers to the jobs where they are urgently needed. The “must” list submitted by the War Department to the AFL called for 10,000 workers to be rushed at once to some thirty-eight war plants making bombs, heavy artillery, radar, heavy trailers, assault wire, heavy shells, aircraft, propellers, rockets, rocket launchers, batteries and other essential war items. Immediately, Mr. Hines got in touch with the following unions and impressed upon them the necessity of finding and supplying both skilled and unskilled workers to go to work in the pknts indicated by the Army: Marchinists, Chemical Workers, Au tomobile Workers, Ironworkers, Holders, Foundry Workers, Electrical Workers, Furniture Workers, Metal Polishers, Carpenters and Fab. icated Metal Workers. When no other means of supplying the manpower is available, the unions have agreed to ask employers in less essential industries to “lend” some of their workers for 90-day periods for transfer to the critical plants, the workers being assured that they will get their old jobs back with their seniority protected on their return. “We expect to be able to provide the required manpower within a short time,” Mr. Hines declared after a preliminary survey of the situation. As an example of the response of AFL officials to the War Depart ment’s emergency call, Mr. Hines called attention to a special com munication sent by President Harvey W. Brown, of the International As sociation of Machinists to all local lodges of the union instructing them to have as many members as possible register for the new jobs with the United States Employment Service. The letter concluded: “The question before us is not whether we will win the war, but it has a great deal to do with the length of the war, as it is known that fail ure to meet the schedule called for by General Eisenhower will mean need less loss of lives and human suffer ing. “OUR DUTY IS CLEAR IN THIS CRISIS AND WE MUST NOT VAIL. EACH OF US MUST DO EVERY THING POSSIBLE TO ASSIST IN FINDING ADDITIONAL WORK ERS WITHOUT DELAY!" All in all, AFL officials were some what surprised by the modest nature of the War Department’s require ments, considering the tempestuous nature of the complaints about pro duction shortages. SEVERANCE PAY FOR ALL WAR WORKERS IS ASKED BY A. F. OF L. AS A POST-WAR CUSHION WASHINGTON, D. C.—The principle of severance pay to cushion temporary post-war employment adjustments should be extended to aU workers, the American Federation of Labor urged. The severance-pay allowance was embodied in the National War Labor Board’s recent decision in the steel wage case. me ail views were given in a concurring opinion by George Meany, secretary-treasurer, and the Matthew Woll, vice-president. They welcomed the WLB’s dismis sal-pay order for steel workers, but contended the entire steel decision did not “represent the full measure of justice due these workers” because notn mg was aone to grant a request ed general wage increase. “The board has appioved the prin ciple of dismissal pay and committed itself to order such payments should the parties fail to bargain on the is sue successfully within 60 days,” they said. '. “By this action all other workers nb tfce angd sartrTmto them, Jfear not: tor beljolb?J ofrng^ pou goob tibings ot great jop^ / tofjich Shall be to all people. <-£/ Jfor unto pou is born this bap in the titp of Babib a &abiour, tohich is Christ the Horb. r Snb this Shall be a Sign unto pou; |Je Shall finb the babe torappeb in Stoabbling clothes, Iping in a manger. 3nb subbenlp there toas toith the angel a multi tube of the heabenlp host praising <©ob, anb saping, #lorp to &ob in the highest. anb on earth peace,l fioob toill totoarb men. tmtim American Hepoas - - L dUUAN OU-ENDOPFF yocn ' , ; * ' THE BIRTH OF CHRIST "And she brought forth her first-born son, ond wrapped him in swaddling clothes, ond laid him in a manger; because there was no room for him in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they weer sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for, behold I briljg you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to oil pibple. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall bg a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'" —S». Luke 2:7-14. “FIGHT - WORK - SAVE” USED-CAB CEILINGS ARE TO BE ENFORCED WASHINGTON — OPA will con duct a nation-wide campaign during December to enforce price ceilings on used passenger cars, Administra tor Chester Bowles has announced. If any violations are revealed through ! r* ' interviews with a large number o1 representative purchasers, who have filed certificates of transfer witl their local War Price and Rationing Boards, OPA will help the buyer £e a refund and will take prompt actioi to stop the seller from further vio lation. ' THE PRINTING TRADES UNIONS SMASH NUMBER ONE ENEMY IN ELECTIONS . The R. R. Donnelley printing concern got another in a long series of setbacks when, in the last week of November, some 1,600 of 2,100 eligible employees voted in NLRB elections. Four out of five participating unions have already been declared winners. The largest voting unit was in the pressrooms, where the employees chose the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union as their bargaining representative. Ro togravure employees voted for the International Photo Engravers Union by a majority of better than three to one. Other winners wer the Amal gamated Lithographers of America in the offset department, and the In ternational Association of Machinists in the maintenance department. In the mailing rooms the outcome is still in doubt, pending decision on some 40-odd challenged ballots. Of those accepted by both sides 83 were for the union and 106 against. Officials of the Printing Trades Unions expressed themselves as de lighted with the fine showing made by the union employees. The Don nelley company used almost every known scheme to intimidate the vot ers, leading them to believe that unionism would lower their wages and would further impoverish them with “high” dues. “Vote No—Save Your Dough," was the heading on a I last-minute circular signed by the | concern. Numerous other false j stories were printed, too late to be refuted. The Donnelley management turned loose its foremen and superintend 1 ents to influence the employees. Free automobile transportation to the poll ing place was furnished, a foreman ^personally escorted employees to the cars. Pressroom Foreman Jack Fo ley stood in front of the plant in a Coast Guard Reserve uniform urging the employees “to give the service men a break” by voting against the union, until he was ordered by a Coast Guard Commandant to take off the uniform. Donnelley has been nonunion since 1907 when the plant completed a ae ries of lockouts. In the intervening years it has fought unionism with such weapons as injunctions, yellow dog contracts, espionage, intimida tion and discrimination. Donnelley print Time, Life, Reader’s Digest and Pathfinder, catalogs for Montgomery Ward and other mail-order houses, and scores of telephone directories. It is the largest nonunion printing plant in the world, with the possible exception of Axis-dominated Europe. The Donnelley unionization effort is coordinated by the Organization Committee of Chicago Printing Trades Unions, whose executive sec retary is N. M. Di Pietro and whose offices are at 608 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, 5, Illinois. Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves will be able to insulate themselves partially against the shocks of re conversion. The American Federa tion of Labor members concur in this action of the board, and in the ab sence of comprehensive Congression al action will renew their effort to make applicable to all workers any decision Dy the WLB on this issue." Mr. Meany and Mr. Woll said that, otherwise, the WLB extended to steel workers “merely the benefits of its established policies on certain fringe issues" relating to vacations, holi days and maintenance of membership, while maintaining an “obstinate, ill advised position” against a general wage increase. “Despite exhaustive studies of the cost of living and an abundance of corroborating testimony from the workers themselves,’' they added, the majority of the WLB refuses to con sider the prims facie case against the Little Steel formula and to make specific recommendations to the Pres ident. j “This entire case was designed to convince the WLB that the 16 per cent maladjustment allowance (Little Steel formula) to offset the rise in the cost of living was unjust and in equitable. The refusal of the WLB to act on this issue again demon strates clearly that the board has succeeded in freezing wages by delay and inaction.’’ THE MARCH OF LABOR * I TrtC FIRST STATE BoKlAU OF U60R WAS OJEATEP BY MASSAOA&EffiS H>) 1873. „ UfVpER THE LEADERSHIP Of THE KNI6H15 Of LASoR OVER 200,000 WORKERS / HAP WOH THE &-HOURC*r ( BV THE 60s. I , Wk* © KSriweYiw^sisT
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