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THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND DIXIE FARM NEWS •t OmMa K. C LABOR JOURNAL PHONE—3-3094 302 South Cottugi Struot-—Chftltotta 2, H. C ' _ T1m Labor ioaraal k trat to Um Akericaa Weak of WAGE EAENEBE; ^Uat "The* Dollar *Tha7*£0*** Lh^ Farti**!* k'tie*DKoUai^Thal *8tayo at \[ OUR POLICY . v Vf^rk - Fight - Sovi To create a better aader otaadinf between Labor, Industry and the PabBe. OUR AIM Work - Fight • Soy* To influence Public Opinion in furor of tbe Orfanised Labor Morenieni. W. M. Wrrrxx--Editor md PubUskor Clauds L. Albca_—;_Amoeiato Editor M)MM^M«MIMNMMM(MMMWMMMWM«MMMMMMMMM BIBLE THOUGHT Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sit teth in the seat of the scornful, ni But his delight to in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.—Psalms 1-2. r CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1945 NEWS AGENCIES SHOULD ONLY GIVE NEWS Hie U. S. Supreme Court within the past few weeks has hand ed down several decisions in which organized labor was interested hi more or leas degree, and while labor has not won victories complete, the decisions have been favorable as one can readily see by the adverse remarks given out by the press dispatches pre ceding the court decisions proper. -The Freedom of the Press to a priceless heritage of the American people, but when great news agencies, supposed to be non-partisan, use that freedom to taint the facts in an introductory before the real meat of the article to reached, it has a bad savor editorially, and under names of special correspondents, the core to different. Of course the Democratic mess has its views, Republican press, likewise, as also has the Labor, Capitalistic, Religious Press, etc. Hie large news distribut ing agencies are not supposed to express opinions, but to give bare facts as they find them. The reader to capable of forming his own opinion or can look, if he to so led, to see what his particular medium has to say. To the Journal the whole thing looks like some one taking a piece of cheap promotional politics and using it to make a silk dress out of it. But the public is not easily fooled, and the opinion we have heard expressed on many sides to net of a sweet savor! -V “CANT EAT ADVICE” Hie following very timely and caustic editorial appeared in V»e Charlotte Observer, June 21, under the heading “Can't Eat Advice”: Bureaucrats are now busily telling people bow to can without sugar, fry without grease and boil without bacon. Soon they may be advising them how to ear without food. In time, come January, they will be telling them how to keep warm without coal, walk without shoes and live without work. The bureaucrats are resourceful persons, able to provide everything ex cept what is needed. It’s a good thing rhey have nothing to do with the atmosphere or they would be giving instruction on how to breathe without air. —:-v- » DONT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN • As we rock along in the Ship of State, It makes us ponder our ultimate fate, The sea of Life is stormy and rough, ^d we feel our efforts are not enough; Then a ray of sunshine breaks thru the clouds, Our pent up emotions calmed and heads are bowed, A prayer in our heart, our confidence renewed, We find our fears now fully subdued. The moral in this, my very good Friend, Do not worry about “what might have been,” For as long as we work and think and pray, Our Lord will surely show us the way. —(Anonymous) It Pays To Trade With DOGGETT LUMBER CO. 211 E. Park Are. Phone 8179 REX RECREATION AND BOWLING ALLEY Wb«r« Union M«n Man Year Round Air Conditioned Itt-iOT 8. TRYON 8T _ ** * ''’‘M * «i>ii»ir - -in njLiLii. WILL JIGSAW PIECES MOVE INTO PLACE? In his Report on Needs and Methods o# Reconversion, J. A. Krug, Chair man of the War Production Board, rightly characterised our economy aB “a jigsaw pattern of interlocking buy ers and sellers, producers aftd con sumers.” From the jigsaw pattern of our economy, he concluded that the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle will move into place best with a minimum of rules, regulations and production con trols. We take no issue with this conclu sion but feel that Mr. Krug’s report treats too lightly the economic dislo cations which are bound to occur dur ing the period of transition from a war to a peace economy, including overoptimism about employment pros pects in the period before final vic tory over Japan and afterwards. He emphasizes the encouraging facts that many people will find em ployment in the work of reconversion itself and that there exists a large pent-up demand for consumption goods. But he disregards the unfav orable aspects of the situation. From the point of view of re-em ploying dismissed war workers it is not only the speed of physical recon version of war plants which counts but also the speed with which shifts may be made from one occupation to another. He also neglects the conse quences of reduced purchasing power on account of unemployment and the decline in earnings of the employed. But a substantial decline in purchas ing power will result in an attitude of wait and see. Consumers will not satisfy i>ent-up demand and enter prises will be reluctant to invest Because he regards unemployment in the transition period as an insig nificant problem, he has a distrustful attitude toward public workers to al lay unemployment and is silent on other measures which are required to maintain purchasing power. If our economy is a jigsaw puzzle, its development is unpredictable. Be cause it is unpredictable, the govern ment is obliged to plan in advance in order to compensate for adverse de velopments so that the pieces can move into place more easily. MONT.-WARD NOT DOING SO BADLY UNDER CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT PHILADELPHIA. — Montgomery Ward ft Co., Inc., Chicago, reported a $21,286,838.80 net profit transferred to earned surplus for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1945, the company’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange commission disclosed last week. This figure represents profits from the company’s operation during a year in which it was under government seizure most of the time. The net profit was added to an earned surplus balance of $100,0774197. The $121,363,436 total was reduced to $109,5184264 after the deduction of dividends on preferred and common stock. During 1943, the company reported a net profit of $20,677,098. Sewell L. Avery, chairman of the Montgomery Ward board, was paid $100,850. C. D. Ryan, president, re ceived $95,800 and R. S. 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