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P21*® chartotte late JouFtial I_ Endorsed by the N. C. State AND DIXIE FARM NEWS ^W4™*4 <>r*** of Control Labor Union; Standing ___Fodornjnon of Labor _ ' _ for the A. r. L. VOL. XV. No | 7 oonam'mnm^jmaaaommm.mnmm . CHARLOTTE, N.C, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1945_~ » 12.00 P«T TOW Labor Lb ago* Dapt. Labor Utawry THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL ADVOCATES LOYALTY TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR; PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY, AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL WORKERS ALONG EVERY LINE. . American “Reds” A Menace To Peace If Russia Fails to Repudiate Browder and His Followers, Relatione Between U. S. and Soviets May Deteriorate (From Labor) Every sensible American wishes the United States to preserve friendly relations with Russia. Of course, here and there we find someone who say, “War with the Soviets is inevitable,” but those who take that view represent a small minority. A ■ ■ whol«. our ueoDle are asrreed force, rather than the ballot, in brinjr that the two most powerful countries in the world should pull together to make this a warless world, where hu man beings can work and plan with out stopping periodically to butcher each other. Each country has ample territory. Between them, they control, the choicest portions of the earth. They need not worry about the riches of colonial exploitation. Riches almost beyond human computation are right at home. * * * It's an ideal situation, except for one thing. The existence in this country of the Communist party, which, if we can accept its crytic dec larations at face value, is plotting to overthrow by force our democratic institutions. Some of these “Reds” are Amen cans; some are foreign-born. All fol low what is called “the party line”. That “line" seems to change almost as rapidly as the seasons. „ Last year these American “Reds” were shouting their support of Pres ident Roosevelt and bitterly denounc ing anyone who dared to take issue with him on international questions. Then they were “collaborating with Capitalism.” Now the “line” has changed. A Frenchman, Jacques Duclos, writes an article for a French newspaper, de nouncing the attitude of American Communists. Instantly the chiefs of the party are called together in New York and it is agreed that “collabora tion with capitalism” must cease and that the party’s "revolutionary” pol icy must be reaffirmed. If this change means anything, it means that American Communists are definitely committed to the use of ing about social and political changes in this country. Of. course, such tactics cannot be tolerated by the American or any oth er government. If a similar move were launched in Russia, the leaders would be quietly stood up against a well and “liqui dated." * * • We are not suggesting anything like that for Earl Browder and his associates. Standing by themselves, they really don’t amount to much. They are great talkers, but wretched fighters. Nevertheless, they are capable of doing great damage to relations be tween this country and the Soviets, for it will be difficult to convince Americans that these ‘crackpots" are not receiving their instructions and tehir money from Russia. As a consequence, every time they “sound off,” a good'many Americans will exclaim: “There’s Russia threat ening the destruction of American democracy.” * • • In the circumstances, what should be done? It is now easy to answer that question. Russia must repudiate this band of trou would be the simf Moscow could do would have a more favorable effect on American public sentiment. If something like that is not done and Browder and his motley crew con tinue to run at large, there is grave danger that the relations between the United States and Russia will steadily deteriorate. That would be a bad thing for both countries and for the world. LEGIONNAIRES OF LABOR THANK WALT WINCHELL The following appeared in Walter Winchell’s syndicated column last week “Add Love-Letters: The National Conference of Union Labor Legion naires (Chicago), which represents 127 trade union posts (of the Ameri can Legion), sent us a resolution “Commending Walter Winchell for his articles and exposes of Gerald L. K. Smith ... and similar persons and groups.” . . . The resolution also re veals that the Legionnaires will urge the Americanism committee of the American Legion to do a similar-'ex pose . . . Mucho thankxxxxx.” -L_V Frequent Dilemma Wifie (indignantly)—I want an ex planation and 1 want the truth! Hubby—Which do you want first? SHORT 'O HELP Mr. W. M. Witter, editor and pub lisher of the Charlotte Labor Journal for these past fifteen years, has final ly agreed to take a much needed va cation. He has spent the last couple of weeks in the mountains and from all reports intends to return shortly feeling and looking like a new man. We miss his capable direction and homey philosophy and look forward to his early return. And just to show you that even a Labor Paper can have labor problems, Edwin Witter, who has so capably taken over his Dad's duties, is, at the present writing, con fined to the Charlotte Memorial Hos pital suffering with a return of that tropical fever he picked up while serving with the Armed Forces in New Guinea. We’re hoping too, that by the time our next issue goes to press that Edwin will be out of “sick bay." -—V— “If we stamp, and scream and hate, then even when Hitler does not win, Hitlerism will have won.”—Selected. I r “FIGHT - WORK - SAVE” OUT OF EVERY PAY ENVELOPE BUY WAR BONDS THE A. F. OF L STANDS WITH AND FOR THE FUG •mmhhhmhumhmmmmhmwmimmmmmmmmmmammmmm AMERICA INCORPORATED By Ruth Taylor What is America? On this Fourth^of July, 1946, are we sure we know just what America is? We are America. America is all of us—incorporated, for our govern ment is a people’s government, made for Jhe people and answerable to the Pe°PIt was Carlyle who said: “History is the essence of innumerable biog raphies.” America is the sum total of the lives and ideals of millions of seek after freedom—not of freedom for themselves alone, but of freedom for all men. They realized the truth that no man is free unless all men are free. That all men are created equal is not just a high sonnding phrase. It is the keynote in the Bill of Rights that has made American the greatest nation on earth. The best prophet of the future is the past. What we will do and where we will go is determined by our past and by the ideals that shaped both past and present. Our national expansion has not been the result of blood conquest or plundering. We bought Alaska from Russia, Louisiana from France. The constant goal of the American people has been the attainment of a society marked by the individual liberty granted to all men, regardless of race, creed or economic status. Dean Acheson, our Assistant Secretary of State, said over the radio recently: “We are individualists. For that reason we love freedom—freedom to be ourselves. We don’t think brutality is a sign of greatness. We want a world that is free from bullies going around and beating people up and tal^jng things away from them, or making them do what they don’t want to Today all of us have a stake in our foreign policies. Tolerance and fair ness, sound judgment and understanding are just as essential in us as they are in our diplomats and statesmen, because they are but the reflection of ourselves. They represent us, the people. ... As Americans—we hold as our basic thesis that the good of the majority is the good of all, that all men are entitled to equal treatment and to equal responsibility. As Americans, we value duty above privilege, truth above petty phrases; wisdom above cleverness; tolerance above prejudice. Democracy is conduct, and its only stable foundation is character. What America is, is determined by what its citizens—you and I and the man next door—are. We are America. RED KINLEY WRITES AGAIN The Editor was in receipt of this letter written June 19 from Paris, France by a boy who was employed by the Journal before entering the service of his coun try. Hello, Mr. Witter: How’s things going around the Printing Office? Pine, I hope. Suit would love to be there. It would be a nice trip to Charlotte, just to get to walk in the office and talk to you and Mrs. Witter. Boy, I sure miss her a lot and would give anything to see her, for she has been a friend to all the service boys in way of helping them Did Robert drop around to see her when he was home? Jessie is still in the Pacific. Junior is in the Third Army. As for myself, I am in the Hospital getting along fine. Just a .few days ago the Army sent me from Regensburg Germany to Paris by Plane, and it was swell flying over Germany after walking, running and some hard fighting going through Germany. I was with the First Army up until I was put in the Hospital, May 10th, and now I guess they will send me to the South Pacific when I get well again. I volunteered from the Eighth Air Force to the First Army, because I didn’t think I was doing my share along with eleven others. There aren’t but two of us left now. A buddy of mine from Brooklyn, N. Y. I guess we are pretty lucky to be here alive, but we made it, thank God. Well, Mr. Witter, tell all my old friends around the News and Carolina Linotype Co. hello for me. For this time I must close, with love and luck, Your Pal, Red the Rifle Man. -V Johnny—Dad. that problem you helped me with last night was all wrong. AFL ELECTION VICTORIES The following ere some of the more important victories won by the Amer ican Federation of Labor in NLRB elections to determine bargaining F^’he following is based on official NLRB reports: AFL Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers won the election at the Nivi son-Weiskopf Co., Reading, O. The margin was 4 to 1. * ♦ * By a 6 to 1 margin, the AFL Meat Cutters and Butchers won the election at the J. H. Heinz Co., Medina, N, Y., 480 out of 560 voting for this union. • * * AFL Machinists received all votes cast at the Adel Precision Products Corp., Burbank, Cal. • • * AFL Electrical Workers received 825 out of 983 votes to win bargaining rights at the Cornell-Dubilier Elec tric Corp., Worcester, Mass. * * • AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers received 99 out of 102 votes to win the election at the Rockport Redwood Co., Rock port, Cal. , * * • AFL Carpenters and Joiners re ceived 125 out of 129 votes to win an overwhelming victonr at Hie Little Rock Furniture Co., Little Rock, Ark. • • * AFL Bookbinders received all votes at the Darby Printing Co., Atlanta, Ga. * * * AFL Patternmakers received all votes at the National Automatic Tool Co., Richmond, Ind. _ „ At the same plant, the AFL Ma chinists received 247 out of a possible 354 valid votes to win easily. * ---v Johnny—Oh, that’s all right. None of the other fathers got it right either. -y- "•% : » • <■ V . 1 LABOR UNIONS MAY NOT BE SUED UNDER ANTI-TRUST LAW-SUPREME COURT RENDERS THIS DECISION i - WASHINGTON,—The Supreme court decided last week that a labor union may not be sued under the anti-trust laws. Justice Black delivered the court’s 5-4 opinion. Justice Roberts wrote a dissent joined by Chief Justice Stone and Justices Frankfurter and Jackson. The latter also wrote a dissent joined by Stone and Frankfurter. Hunter’* Motor Freight and Food product* transport, Philadelphia, com plained to the court that after a union official was killed during a truckers’ strike, the organization “actuated by resentment and hatred and out of mo tives of revenge, conspired to destroy” the firm’s business. Edward A. Hunt, a partner in the firm, was tried in the killing and was acquitted. The concern said the union. Brotherhood of Transportation Work ers, Local 147 (AFL)). afterward refused to negotiate with Hunt and will not admit Hnnt employes to the union. It added that only in exceptional eases is it possible for a non-union trucker to handle goods at a Philadelphia ware house. " The concern sued the union for treble damages and asked an injunction. The U. S. District court dismissed the complaint and was upheld by the third* Federal circuit court. Hunt then appealed to the Supreme court. SO SAID THE POOR PACKER WASHINGTON, D. C.—One an swer to why you can’t buy meat was supplied by Rep. Harness R., Ind.). Harness inserted in the house rec ord documentary evidence that OPA ceilings make it more profitable for honest packers to pull out of the meat business than to stay in it. An affidavit from a Kokomo, Ind., packer, submitted by the congress man, showed that the packer had to pay an out-of-pocket loss of $2.70 for the “privilege” of buying, processing, and selling a heifer under OPA ceil ings. Even the federal subsidy of $12.48 didn’t pull him out of the red. Buy For $96, SeU for $93 The concern. , Standard Packing company, paid out f deror the 640 pound heifer, which was actually be low the OPA ceiling. After process ing it and selling every scrap, from tongne to tail, including bones, hide, and tallow, the total return was only $93.30. Net loss, not counting cost of labor, overhead, or any return on in vestment: $2.70. TRANSACTION FIGURED Here is the packer’s own account of the transaction: Cost of one roan heifer—649 lbs. at 15c.$96.99 RETURNS Sale of dressed beef—354 lbs. at 29c. $79.89 1 tongue—\Yt lbs. at 24c-- ‘36 1 liver—7 lbs. at 25c_.._ 1.75 1 heart—2yt lbs. at 15c_ .38 1 ox tail- .98 Headmeat—6 lbs. at 9c_ .54 Subsidy—649 lbs at $1.95.,... 12.48 1 hide—49 lbs. at ltV4e. 6.09 Rones—d5 lbs. *t 1 ytc--- .23 Tallow—15 lbs. at 4 ftc.68 TOTAL RETURN _.,._..$93.30 NET LOSS ..._$ 2.79 The affidavit, dated March 30, was certified by Mayor Charles V. Orr of Kokomo and A. H. Schwarts, Kokomo A. F. L WILL NOT SET WITH C. L 0. TO SIGN CHARTER FOR INDUS. PEACE NEW YORK.—The American Fed eration of Labor will not sit with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to sign the labor-management post war charter of industrial peace—for mulated by Eric Johnson, president of the United States Chamber of Com merce. CIO officials will howl that the AFL is trying to crawl out. But AFL of ficials say it’s policy is, and always has been to refuse to directly co operate with CIO on anything except that which concerns prosecution of the ■mat yii j — • **• And that, say corporate executives, is the opening gun of the postwar war between CIO and AFL, and which will delay industrial reconversion many months.—Louis M. Schneider in Trade Winds, Charlotte Observer. -V THE LITTLE BLACK SHEEP By Paul Laurence Dunbar Po’ lil’ brack sheep dat strayed away, Done los’ in de win’ and’ de rain— An’ de Shepherd He -say, "O hirelin,' Go fin* my sheep again.” An* de hirelin’ say, “O, Shepherd, Dat sheep am brack an’ bad.” But de Shepherd He smile, like dat lil’ brack sheep Wuz de onliest lamb He had. An’ de Shepherd go out in de darkness Where de night wuz col’ an’ bleak, An’ dat lit’ brack sheep, He fin’ it, An’ lay it agains’ His cheek. An’ de hirelin’ frown; “O, Shepherd, Don’t bring dat sheep to me!” But de Shepherd He smile, an’ He hoi* it close'. w^seswvvvwMvvvvvvvwvvvw business man. Harness said he is turning the data over to the special house committee investigating food shortages. flumCH OF ™ f>i5 IN A PEAK YEAR-1928 TWE AVERAGE AUTOWORKER EARNED $ 1716 ♦ FREEDOM MEANS 1WE SUPREMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS EVERYWHERE.. OUR SUPPORT GOES TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE TO GAIN THOSE RIGHTS OR KEEP THEM. * FRANKLIN DROOSFVELT . . __ 1 __ Chops in THE US. HAVE 2^ MILLION MEMBER. < FAMILIES. * * 0 j • -bw iuai bowp yffi A ) -THIS VA'/tAY / ! m*> o S 4f 4 ( * ■ • . 1'' •• X . «'■ ■ . v ‘ •'■ '! • '
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