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Slw Charlotte labor Journal ”*”* I El>dF!diriti^*o?U,bS!at* AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Official Organ of Central Labor Union; Standing _ for the A. F.L. '* )X VOL, XIV.—No. 40 tm jovwu «• * ■*u» CHARLOTTE, N. CL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1945 mmu***a.nM|2 Per Tmi i ' 1 1 " —i 1 — .— -- --- WfmWImWm- ® S'-Wr ft;* •• • < - .. "Wff • > ; . , ' --gr • ‘ . Labsr Leaf** Dept* Leber Library Back Up The Boys — With Bonds The ONLY REALLY INDEPENDENT WEEKLY la Mecklenburg Ceaaty '* For • Weekly Its Readere Represml the LARGEST BUYING POWER in Charlotte ^^^^^^^^Mpananamniapan MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN ITS ENTIRETY.....-.. - ———•——————————— THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL ADVOCATES LOYALTY TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LAfcOKT^ PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY, AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL WORKERS ALONG EVERY LINE. IFTU COUNCIL REFUSES TO ADMIT SOVIET UNIONS AND CIO AS MEMBERS OF BODY I V l Awnnw Th|h«H.—Led by Robert J. Watt of the American Federa tfinef Labor, the general council of the International Federation of Trade Unions ref Med to favor a change in the IFTU’a constitution to permit the of the Congress of Industrial Organisations and the Soviet trade Mr. Watt severely arraigned the at titude of American Communists in pieVetiwg the White House and order ing strikes in munitions industries until Germany invaded Russia. “If the British workers and the other free trade unions of the world prefer new-found friends to old and proven allies,” he said, “we sincerely regret it But let’s have no hypocrisy about it Leteio one pretend that we isolated ourselves by refusing to at tend the 1945 trade union Munich.” Mr. Watt explained that the atti tude of the AFL on the entrance of Russian unions in the IFTU had not changed since the IFTU meeting in Oslo in 19S8. At that time, he said, kfa organisatlim maintained that th« Russian unions were not “free-trade union#” but part of the Government apparatus. The AFL, he said, has "great ad sence of strikes in Russia approved that trade unions did not exist there “as we know them." Concluding with a warning against any steps that would lead to interna tional labor disunity, Mr. Watt pro posed that the IFTU convene a world trade union conference at the earliest possible time. Besides the United States delega tion, those who opposed any change in the IFTU rules to allow more than one national trade union center to af filiate with tile IFTU were members from Canada, South Africa, Sweden and Csechoslovakia. 1AMERICAN HEP065 _fey .nniMinmunraw -— I ■ f' I S3 _ although he realized that an enemy submarine was close at hand and his U. S. destroyer would leave him in the event of attack, Fireman, First Class, David Jack Stephenson, U. S. C. G. R., of Clendenin, Va^ went over the side to rescue three men in a small raft.* He swam to the raft and fastened lines around the survivor** Stephenson eras cited for his heroic performance. The ropes, rail and destroyer were paid for out of War Bond funds. V. S. Treasury Department /_ _-- -1 THE MARCH OF LABOR /WE* THE lYrcOMftlGU WAS OflSANIZlMSlN THE fiOfc, ONE OF -WE 8k3 fRiN-rw© ennoYERs staved that the journeyman PRINTER IS am AN *IN"?UI0SWr MAW...AMD A <30CK> KtloW...* 104O PCCPERS MOT 1b BE UX6 TO 4 TRADE UNION, AMD the employers group Sz/Ot/CD BA/COUMGB H(S &S/SptVCS. ■ r"""'1"1 ► u.$ i*OPK*NCO*U *KX>% t J Ml I MOW STANDARDS OF LMN6 IN OlMgR COUNTRIES COMPARE wrtw the u&A. fssrgffas.su of commerce Hoovers committee a* WASTE IN INCVSmV SHOWED WASTE U* cUR major industries as high as 64** « OF THIS MORE THAN 5c#c HAS THE FAULT OF MANAGEMENT, ANPUSS THAN 25^ THAT OF LABOR.« LOOK FOR INK UMlOU LABEL. UUOCA THE. SufcATBAMP OF THE HAT YtoU BUY - Tb BB SUAE Of THE BEST U*lU£. ' THE A. F. OF L. PRESENTS AT 1:15 P. M„ E.W.T. OVER N.B.C. Feb. 18.—Sunday—Representative Ramspeck—Topic: “White Collar Workers.” Panel members: James B. Bums, A. F. of L.; Emerson P. Sehmidt, U. S. Chamber of Commerce; Paul Sifton, National Farmers Union. i Si 115 NBC Radio Stations Carry A. F.L Program WASHINGTON, D. C.— More than 115 radio stations from coast to coast are now carrying the AFL’s "America United” radio program regu larly each week, the National Broadcasting Co. reported to the Federation. “Our records do not show any sustaining program, other than the Army Hour, which has ever had a comparable ac ceptance,” Dwight B. Herrick, manager at NBC’a public serv ice department, said. Because of prior commit ments for commercial broad casts, some of the stations on the NBC chain find it impos sible to carry America United when it is originally brosui cast. Many of these stations, however, have arranged to put on the program at a later hour or the following day. Those who would like to hear these weekly programs, therefore, are urged to consult the radio listings in their daily papers for tne exact time “America United” goes on the air in their home communities. THE CHEMICAL WORKERS JOIN LABEL TRADES —V— I. M. Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of the Union Label Trades Depart-’ ment, this week announced that the International Chemical Workers Un ion had become affiliated with that Department of the American Fed eration of Labor. Both H. A. Brad ley, president of the Chemical Work ers Union, and R. E. Tomlinson, its secretary-treasurer, are able and pro gressive leaders and deserve great credit <for building such a strong un ion in an industry never before union ised. Tbe International Chemical Workers Union in convention recent ly decided to use the Union Label to advance the sale of union-made chem ical products. -V OFF BEAM ..1. One of the boys in the band tried to write a drinking song, but couldn’t get past the first two bars. OFF THE BEAM From Baer Field Beacon. Fart Wayne, lad. Ah, those were the days, when you could kiss a girl and taste nothing but girl. —V— College education for women is futile. If they’re pretty, it’s unneces sary; if they’re homely, it’s inade quate. . —V— A rooster strutting around the barnyard early one Easter Sunday morning came across a nest of brightly colored eggs. He cocked his head and thought a while—then made a beeline across the barnyard and knocked h... out of the peacock. —V— A farm lad from Decatur took a de fense job in Ft. Wayne but after a few months, returned home flat broke in spite of the big pay. For an alibi, he said: “Most of my money I spent on women and whiskey. The rest I just wasted.” —V— Drunk (lying on sidewalk): "I'll climb this wall if it takes all night.” -AT— Cpl. Banks: "I had a beard like your’s orfce, but when I realised how it made me look, I cut it off.” Pfc. Fitzgerald: “I had a face like yours once. When I realised I couldn’t cut it off, I grew a beard.” —V— We know a fella who offered his girl a Scotch and sofa. She reclined. < —V— She was a* girl with a film person ality. A negative face, but what a de velopment 1 PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS The leading rule for every man of every calling is diligence. ■ .'4 /. , . . t . CONVENTIONS HAVE A SLIM CHANCE FOR GOVT. APPROVAL —V— WASHINGTON.—Labor organisa tions planning conventions again are warned by Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Director of ODT, and Chairman of the War Committee on Conventions, that the chances of approval of any non-local meeting Involving more than 50 persons are “extremely slim.” Of all the applications form ally submitted to the committee 222 have already been turned down, with approval given only to two—a Red Cross meeting and a War Fund meet ing. In view of this, all organizations “should give serious consideration to the advisability of voluntary cancel ing or postponing all meetings dur ing the critical months ahead,” the ODT Director said “However neces sary or essential to the work of an organization a conference or a con vention might normally be, it Is diffi cult to think of any assemblage that could not be put off and its activities i handled by temporary machinery or* groups of less than 50 persons, in J view of the supreme wartime neces- j sity of conserving transportation, hotel space, manpower and scarce es sential materials.” No permission is needed, Col. John son said, to hold meetings of fewer than 50, but the limitation of 60 ap plies to the total number in atten dance, regardless of how many actual ly make use of inter-city transporta tion or hotel accommodations. Gath erings of larger size, if of a purely local character, using no hotel facili ties and making use of only city or suburban transit facilities also need not apply for permission. Col. Johnson expressed his appre ciation for the cooperation of scores at organizations which have volun tarily cancelled conventions without burdening the committee with appli cations. The committee is now re ceiving about 650 communications weekly regarding conventions. -V No man can be satisfied with him self until he becomes all that a man can be. SMMMSMMMMMMMMMMMAM PRES. WM. GREEN OPPOSED TO PROPOSAL THAT WOULD FORCE GERMAN LABOR TO HELP REBUILD EUROPE * MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 11.—A Soviet proposal that German labor be forced to rebuild damaged cities in war-torn Europe was assailed yesterday by President William Green of the AFL as being “economically unsound and indefensible.” Green declared that the Ruasian plan, voiced at the World Trade Union congress in London which the AFL refused to attend, would make slave labor of Germans, and was “indefensible from a social point of view and contrary to the principles which the United Nations are seeking to establish when the war ends.” “Hitler and those responsible for the war must be punished, but the Eple throughout the world, includ labor everywhere, must be made free and must be guaranteed the right to enjoy the blessings and benefits of freedom, liberty and democracy,” said the AFL president. Green wondered “what attitude the representatives of the CIO who are attending the London conference will assume toward the proposal.” He also attacked the CIO for at tempting, he said, to split the world labor movement “as they divided la-1 bor in the nited States.” Green said the AFL's refusal to take part in the conference had been vindicated by developments already apparent The congress opened last Tuesday. “All the reasons which the AFL originally assigned when it declined to respond to the invitation extended to participate have been proven to be sound and unassailable. We are more firmly convinced than ever that are are serving the interests of labor best by refusing to participate in the so called World Trade Union confer ence,” Green asserted. The dO rroup, headed by Presi dent B. J. Thomas of the United Au to Workers and President Sidney Hill man of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, is demanding a foie in in ternational labor movements. The AFL now is the only Ameri can organisation in the International Federation of Trades Unions. The CIO wants either to gain entry for it self and the Soviet groups (which the AFL maintains aren’t “free” trade unions) into the IFTU, or form a new world group. “Evidently differences which have already arisen between the bona Ode representatives of the British Trades Union congress and the Soviet work ers and their allies are creating di vision within the ranks of those in attendance at the conference,” said Green. “In the event certain representa tives of the CIO and their comrades succeed in their plans to establish a new international labor organisation, Sir Walter Citrine and his associates representing the British Trades Union congress will be forced to decide whether they will remain affiliated with the International Federation of Trades unions, or become a part of the newly formed international Fed eration at Trades unions, or become a part of the newly formed interna tional movement developed and cre ated by their friends of the CIO and their Russian comrades.” Keep Faith With Our Fighters Buy War Bonds For KE=?S THERE ARE BOOBY TRAPS ON THE NOME FRONT, TOO The only difference is, the ones here have price tags on them. People who are jtaying a lot of things they don’t need with all the extra money they’re making right now, might just as well label them “Souvenirs of the Great War Boom.” And in later years when goods are plen tiful, and prices come down to normal... when an uncertain future stares theih in the face...when others are getting four dol Ian for every three they’ve loaned to Uncle Sam—it’ll be these people who’ll have booby trap scan, and not much else. If you want the beat security and the best investment in the world today, just sock your money into War Bonds. Don’t settle for a bunch of mighty attractive sou venirs. And once you’ve got those Bonds, hang onto them, keep your dollan fighting —and get your full interest back when the time comes. KEEP FAITH WITH OUR FIGHTERS BUY WAR BONDS FOR KEEPS
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