ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN
WAR BONDS SOLD AT ONE LABOR
RALLY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
LOS ANGELES.—A giant Sixth War Loan Drive rally
at the Biltmore Coconut Grove, December 12, sponsored by
the Cooks’, Waiters’, Musicians’ and Variety Artists’ Unions
(A. F. of L.) and called by the daily press “the outstanding
promotional event of the Sixth War Loan Drive,” boomed
labor to a new high in community importance. The ^function
was attended by movie stars, business leaders, eivic~officials
and socialites. Outstanding event was the auctioning of
Hedda Hopper’s hat to Gary Cooper for one hundred thous
and dollars in War Bonds.
The unions sponsoring the gala event were Cooks’ Union
No. 468, Artists’ Union No. 17, Musicians’ Union No. 47 and
Variety Artists’ Union No, 2; all AFL affiliates. Over nine
hundred lucky guests attended. A huge crowd who had
Eledged the thousand dollar War Bond admission fee, had to
e turned away. National news agencies and film maga
zines, as well as all local press, covered the affair. The Blue
Network carried the broadcast.
UMW GETS NEW
BID TO REJOIN
FEDERATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. i— The
United Mine Workers Union an
nounced receipt of a letter from
AFL President. Wm. Green trans
mitting the AFL convention ap
peal for renewed conferences seek
ing reaffiliation of the union.
UMW representatives told news
papermen that the letter would re
ceive “all consideration.”
The convention urged the min
ers to renew their application for
affiliation in the hope that juris
dictional questions which forced
rejection of the first UMW offer
may be ironed out:.
LITTLE CHANGE ^N
COST OF LIVINC
WASHINGTON. —Average price:
of living essentials showed littl<
change between mid-October and mid
November, Secretary of Labor Fran
ces erlcins reports. “The family bil
went up about one tenth of one pei
cent,” she said, “and there were
scattered increases in prices of cloth
ing and house furnishings as the de
mand for many lower-prieed articles
continued to exceed available sup
plies.”
PRODUCE
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THE LABOR PRESS
Year in and year out, the labor preaa presents the
ease for unionism in plain, convincing terms. To the labor
press must go much of the credit for public education on
labor matters in the last 60 years, and for the changed
public sentiment now reflected in legislative and popular
recognition of labor’s right to organize and strive for bet
ter conditions.
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FRANK BARR ILL
AT THE VETERANS
HOSPITAL, COL.
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A letter received by The Journal
last week from Mrs. R. F. Barr, Co
lumbia, S. C., tells of the illness of
her husband Frank Barr, well known
in Charlotte, having for many years
been prominent in labor circles, serv
ing as president of Central Labor
Union for a long period, and also
president of the Plumber and Steam
fitters local here. He served in every
capacity for the cause of labor where
ever and whenever needed, and was
known in Charlotte as a member of
the “Old Guard,” although not an old
man. Prior to war activities he
moved to Columbia, S. C., where he
worked on government jobs' until the
war broke out, when he went to
Charleston and other places on war
construction work. Brother Barr is
a patient at the Veterans’ Hospital,
Columbia, S. C., and Mrs. Barr, who
las many friends in Charlotte has
ocated near the hospital. Her ad
frna la Route No. 4, Box 152, Colum
bia, S. C.
The Journal hopes for him a speedy
ecovery. His ailments were diag
nosed as goitre trouble, smothering
•nd nervous spells, high blood pres
sure and overwork.
The many friends of Frank wish
for him a speedy recovery, and hop
e's to see him and his good wife re
turn to Charlotte to live at some time
’n the near future.
LABOR LAW IS
CURBED BY COL
SUPREME COURT
—¥—
DENVER. — The State Supreme
Court ruled in a decision hailed as a
vict y for labor that two sections of
the ^called “labor peace act” of
IS* . requiring incorporation of labor
unions, are invalid.
It also declared inoperative sections
owl mg a strike unlawful unless
aotn ■ ized by a majority vote by se
er* ballot of the union involved, and
Making such a vote a legal contin
gency in strike issues.
The rest of the law, the court said,
eoulii not be tested under the State
Declaratory Judgment Act on which
thi' case was based because that law
did not intend “that a court should
ent r into speculative inquiry” as to
constitutionality.
Shorn of the incorporation and
•trike-vote provisions, the other anti
labor sections of the law will be
tested in the courts when the author
ities seek to enforce them.
The Supreme Court's opinion was
on appeal by the AFL from a Denve
District Court decision which like
wise had held that the requirement
for incorporation were invalid.
The lower court erred, however, ii
attempting to uphold the consutu
tionality of the rest of the law undei
the Declaratory Judgment Act, thi
higher court said.
How's your health? I* It standing
up to the strain of war-time living?
One of your best services to yourself
and to your nation In these crucial
days Is to do all that you can to
maintain health.
Colds, headaches, that tired feeling,
are warnings that something Is wrong.
What are you going to do about them?
Hers are some health hints that will
help you keep lit for the Job. Do
these things every day
Get Your Weep
dot plenty of sleep Days and nights
have been turned topsy turvy, but
whatever your bed-time, make sure
of your full quota of sleep In a well
* ventilated, properly darkened room
Get Your Oxygen
Have some exercise that takes you
outdoors every day. A brisk walk,
even for a short dtartanos, or some
deep breaths at aa open window, will
put oxygen Into your lungs, whsn you
are tired and listless Remember that
your body lives on oxygen as wall as
food aad water.
Bat tha Right reed
See that you sat a varied diet. In
cluding enough of the protective foods
— fresh fruits sad' vegetables, milk,
eggs, masts and whole grain cereals.
Don’t neglect breakfast or lunch.
Hake thane meals adequate.
Keep the tody dean
Keep the body dean. Your work
may bring you dose to grease and dirt.
This makes It especially Important to
clean up when not on the Job.
Health, as well US that feeling of
morals^ that goes with good grooming.
Always wash hands before eating.
Give your teeth proper care. The
dentist now has leas time for you
and. If you are so a war Job. you
have less time tor those important
dental check-ups.
Clive special attention to elimina
tion. A simple home remedy Is to
drink the juice of a lemon In a glass
of water, hot or cold, each morning
on rising. Taken every day, this
"lemon water” Is adequate In provid
ing all the regulation most people
need. Harsh laxatives besoms un
Lemons are a food, net a medicine,
but their health-building qualities
make It as Important to keep a
supply of them •always* on the kitchen
shelves, as It Is to keep the common
remedies la your medicine cabinet.
Lemons aid digestion and build
body resistance to colds and other
Infections, as well as counteract
fatigue. This fruit Is one of the
richest sources of vitamin C, which
Is not stored la the body and must
be taken dally.
Prevent That Celd
Prevent that cold. Here again, an
ounce or so of lemon Juice is truly
the ounce of prevention that's worth
a pound of cure.
If you are drinking a dally glass of
lemon juice and water, chances are
much leas that youH be on the
absentee list when that oold or flu
epidemic goes 'round.
But If that cold does catch up with
yen, yon may be able to check It
oalckly by reinforcing your dally glass
of lemon and water with addttto
glasses taken every t to S hour;
you like, add H teaspoon baking
to each glass, drinking the mlxtur
foaming quiets.. Continue this sin.
remedy until cold Is better.
8tmple, are they not — these health
hints? Follow them and help keep
your health and morale at its
peak the year around.
Friend of the
Family Budget
Long before the war, "conservation” was a strong
isfling point for Electric Service. Time—energy—food
were among economies of the electrical household, not
to mention the convenience and comfort of cfotn* th«**gs
the care-free electrical way.
These savings have been doubtly itanortant as aids
to the family budget in War Time and as a help to
more efficient living during a period that has imposed
new duties mid opportunities for service on the American
home-maker.
Remember to be as careful as you can with your
appliances:
, «
Keep them clean; avoid loose screws or
nuts; oil where indicated, and treat your cords
and plugs with an eye for long trouble-free
service.
CUKE POWER CO.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE RIGHTS OF KAN
“God grant that not only the love of liberty, bat a thor
ough knowledge of the righto of man may pervade all the
nations of the earth so that a philosopher may set his foot
anywhere and say. This is my country*.**
—Benjamin Franklin.
SlroURFREEDOMS..
1. Freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the
WOrlt Freedom of every person to worship God in his own
way—-everywhere in the world.
3. Freedom from want -economic understanding which
will secure for every nation a healthy peacetime econoay
for Its people everywhere in the world.
4. Freedom from fear—World-wide decisions to take
t«y»h steps as may be necessary to prevent any nation from
committing an act of aggression against another—anywhere
In the world.
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UNION DENIED REVIEW _
OF MERIT WAGE RA18B8
WASHINGTON—A union request
that its contract with the Consolidat
ed Vultee Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth,
Texas, include a provision that the
union and the company jointly review
contemplated merit wage increases
has been denied by WLB, In place of
the joint wage review requested, the
board directed the company and the
LAM (AfL), representing 16,000 em
ployes, to negotiate objective stand
ards to be followed by the company in
considering merit increases within
rate ranes. The company is to apply
the negotiated standards and make
initial determinations as to the merit
increases.
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CIVILIAN GA8 SUPPLY
REACHES TIGHT STAGE
WASHINGTON.—The armed forces
need petroleum products so badly that
even though U. S. transportation fa
cilities move more than 3,000,000
barrels of crude oil and petroleum
products a day—highest point in U.
S. history—transportation for civil
ian products has reached one of the
tightest stages since war's beginning,
Petroleum Administrator Harold L.
[ekes reports. “The oil industry and
the transportation companies are do
ing a phenomenal job, said Ickes.
Fear is one of man's worst enemies.
The man in business solely for the
purpose of making money has missed
the mark.
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Traffic Signals Are Life Savers
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"Fools are attempting the impossi
ble and avoiding the possible.—Im
perial Magazine.