Cbe Charlotte labor Jssm.mmmm 1-AND DIXIE fAKM NiWS o/^. <*.«■ «/^ 5wMfc*__ ^OL. xV-r—No. 2 CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945 ^f"lltir'"- ~ 12.00 P«r T«* Back Up The Boys — With BO__ MAM.T rnnuOTKn^, w _ r_i„ r-~» «* F«r * W«*ly lu iU^t lb. LARGEST BUYING POWEE » CWgg? I [ 111 nil" ■ . ; JiJ'JSUJ. ..— A. F. OF L. ENTERS PACT WITH - CONTRACTORS TO SETTLE DISPUTE WITHOUT GOVT agreement BY BUILDING TRADES UNIONS SEEKS TO agreemein keep out federal agencies WASHINGTON. D. C.—The Associated General Contractors f Ami^a and the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor have agreed upon a program °f management relations which provides machinery for 'SSy S of all kind, of diaputo. _Muiniinu t/» government intervention. ..... The program as made public by the two groups follows: “1—Maintain and improve the pres et working relations in the industry. “2—Prepare a record of the points ®f agreement existing on a national buis. «3_Set up a joint committee to handle within the industry the various problems arising which cannot be dealt with locally. . . „_ •‘4—Retain within the industry con trol over its own problems rather than having to resort to Federal or State legislation or administrative ad tion,” ' > Interpreting these items, authorita tive sources said that the first point was based on the consideration that the war record of the parties m main taining an amicable relationship was the best in the history of the mdus sffirmation af^clmled shop conditions won by Art. unions in me uuuums industry. , v . . . . The purpose of the second point is to collect agreements and decisions which have been made on a national basis and to codify and distribute them for guidance in the settlement of local disputes. Point three, it was explained, means that eventually a board of appeals will be set up to which local disputes will be taken for settlement. A basic mo tive in the whole agreement is to avoid invication of assistance of gov ernment mediation or arbitration ma chinery. _ . , _ Harry A. Dick of Portland, Oreg president of the Associated General Contractors, said in an accompanying statement that “management and la bor in the construction industry be lieve that with their intimate knowl edge of the industry they are better rlified than anyone else to talk out problems which will arise in the postwar period between labor and management in construction." TREASURIES OF MG BUSINESS BULGING — MOST FAVORABLE POSITION IN ITS HISTORY * * _ _„.- , _ WASHINGTON.—How does V-E Day find business? In the most fav orable ■infilf'— in histery. That statement Is made on antbority of two conservative pablicatioos: *»-- street Journal” and the “New York Times. - The “Journal” reports that the treasuries of “most of the country s bi| corporations bulge with cash and securities, mostly short-term governments. x xrirjzsjzs'sisLZ ra.. mw -J -3 xrztJi MftgrAa&r&jassgt WM i£Sr-KJ?iiS*&.t last yoar 887 companies in 82 manufacturing fields had profits after toes of $2,78,171,178, and laments that this was osdy 4%—about $188.888,088 more than in 1843, another war year. Free Labor Will Out-Produce Nazi Slaves “Fight - Work - Save” "FIGHT - WORK - SAVE" OUT OF EVERY PAY ENVELOPE BUY WAR BONDS I 4 THE A. F. OF L. STANDS WITH AND FOR THE FLAG OPA PRICES INVITE HUGE PROFITS IN OUR CIVILIAN GOODS, SHISHKIN WARNS WASHINGTON, D. C-—Prices set by OPA for consumer goods soon to be brought back Into production open the way for huge profits during the reconversion period, Boris Shishkin, AFL *WSeOPArformula, Slrishktn pointed out, is completely one sided because it makes allowances to manufacturers for cost-in creasing factors but completely disregards cost-reducing advant ages resulting from war experience. Chief of these, in Shishkin’s opin ion,, is the increase of labor produc tivity. He said: “In the munitions industry, for ex ample, productivity increased 72 per cent—that is, 100 workters are turning out as many guns or shells in a given times as 172 workers did back in 1942. This increase is due to technical im provements that have taken place during the war years. “No one expects this high increase in productivity to be carried over into peacetime production, but certainly a part of it will be held. Yet no pro vision is made for it in the formula.” ‘ The AFL economist also criticised the OPA for “thinking in terms of 1942 modoctkm.” Such thinking, he laid, is “dangerous, because prewar production won’t be nearly enough if we are to have full production and full employment. Such thinking does not take into account the tremendous backlog of consumer goods demand now awaiting satisfaction.” At the same time, Shishkin found fault with the reconversion employ ment figures given out last week by Fred M. Vinson, War Mobilisation and Reconversion Director, saying they were too low. “Mr. Vinson underestimated the unemployment that can be expected and which the government should plan to meet,” he said. “I don’t think it is rood public policy to underestimate the unemployment that now seems in evitable.” -— jnmmmn^muammHuumamRR RETURNING VETERANS ARE DISGUSTED AT LOW PAY OBTAINABLE FOR JOBS NEW YORK.—The propaganda about high wartime wages, which many members of the armed forces swallowed whole, b now turning into ashes In the mouths of veterans seeking civilian jobs after being discharged from the Army and Navy. A large number of these veterans ia this area are unemployed because they are unwilling to accept-jobs offered to them through the U. S. Employ ment Service at pay which is sometimes less than they reekved in the service. . Frank Newcomer, veterans’ representative of the U. S. Employment Service, said there was a pressing demand for discharged men in industries throughout the state, but that many of the men were dissatisfied with the jobs offered and had refused to take them. “Veterans coming back today," Mr. Newcomer declared, “have a fan tastic idea of what lobe are paying. Then, also, they want to have better jobs than the ones they held before entering the servkes. And finally, they don’t want to go away from home for Jobs." ; The net result, he said, was a large number of veterans shopping around for jobs and meanwhik deriving benefits such as unemployment payments. On the salary issue* it was held that veterans were hearing greatly ex aggerated storks regarding present pay by industry. Another factor, cited by many men, was that becaaae of their technical jobs in the Army, they had earned more in the service than they could get in private Industry. Thk situation, Mr. Newcomer said, required a certain readjustment period. v osMwwuwouummwwuuwuuuvwwwnnenaennsneMnnnNnneeneNMai HIGHLIGHTS ON V-E DAY ON UNITED STATES HOME FRONT, GIVEN IN CONDENSED FORM WASHINGTON.—Here in a nutshell are the highlights of the government’s home front policy after V-E day, as laid down by Federal officials during the past week: WAGES—Moat controls stiU stay; relaxation in some com munities. MIDNIGHT CURFEW—Cancelled. BAN ON RACING—Cancelled. BAN ON CONVENTIONS—Remains m effect. 48 HOUR WEEK—Will remain in most war industries; no wage !**«•—«*> to offset earning losses where hours are cut from 48 UFOOD RATIONING—Will continue. __ f HOUSEHOLD GOODS—Limited manufacture will be per mitted of washing machines, refrigerators and other electric ap pliances. They will start appearing on the market in 3 to 6 m°" WPB CONTROLS—Many controls are lifted from industry so as to permit reconversion to civilian production where materials and manpower are available. # . . , . GASOLINE—Some increase in rations soon for A-card driv ers, and perhaps for B*s also. , . . TAXES—High income taxes will go on without change. UNEMPLOYMENT—Estimates of jobless for coming year range all the way from 2^00,000 to 5,000,000. No adequate plans by government to provide jobs for the jobless. CLOTHING—Supply wiU still be tight. BUILDING—Moderate increase will occur. .* N. C. Labor Is 100% Loyal Restaurant And Hotel Locals Will Buy Bonds WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22.—Hotel and Restaurant local union* of the District of r^in|«ki« im cooperation with the District War Finance Committee and the Hotel As sociation, are organising a 7th War Loan, bond sales drive opening Jane 14th and continuing for It days, dur ing which time all working members will participate. Each worker will buy the first bond to open their own sales campaign and will then concentrate on selling War Bonds to their patrons, for the period of the drive. Ed ward Fiore, General Presi dent of the Hotel and Restau rant Employssa International Alliance, has fully endorsed the plan and Is working to put it on a national basis. Cooperation of local unions throughout the country will be given to State War Fi nance Committees wishing to adopt the promotion. C. of C.-AJF.L. Ratify Labor Management Work Charter WASHINGTON, D. C. — Executive boards of the American Federation of La bor and the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce have Just ratified the labor-management chart er of principles which thcii presidents signed March 28. The executive board of Um Congress of Industrial Or ganisations, the third partici pant, approved the charter ii April. Will you tell these men "I can't afford to buy my share ? _— BtALS >efore But other man too. They’** Bnen with twi*t*d’ «iPPle oworo..«mAKini yo(W fRBONAi MATURITY IP TOM AVttAW WAR ROMO VAIM OP MCOM quota * TTH WAR LOAN PMWOWTM ■» (CAM VAUlf) »ONP« ROUOHT nw tl"" iiwjr w mM ,7» Mill 1WJR *» HMR Ml » MR.MR 7M» m MR44R VJR * WWR » .. Labor Meets Off For 1945 Says lie ODT WASHINGTON (L P A): Union conventions are out for IMS and all other conven tions, too, the Offico of De fense Transportation declar ed this week. Conventions of any kind, involving more than 50 people that need trans portation to the convention site, are out of the question for the next 12 to 15 months, according to ODT. The next 12-15 months, ODT declared, will mean the tightest trans Ktation situation the nation ever known. One of the chief reasons for the expected transporta tion crisis, it was said, will be the “re-deployment” of U. 8. troops from the European xone to the Pacific Supplies, planes, ammunition, artillery for the final battle against Japan will take up every available bit of train space. Several unions, however, are planning conventions that will not require more than 55 delegates. -V, NOW INSIDE JAPAN’S INNER DEFENSE LINE ' “We are now inside the in ner defenses of the Japanese homeland. This (Iwo Jima) advance, we can be sure, will drive Japanese fanaticism to a still higher pitch. We shall I have other lands to make, and we shall be met again by fanatical resistance from the most diabolical fortifications the enemy can prepare.”— General Vandegrift, Com mandant of the Marine Corps. -V .Marine sergeant Just re turned from Iwo Jima: “Jap resistance is becoming mare intense—not less. The Jap homeland is counting on a long war. We’ll have to do the same if we expect to win it.” r '