|f||f AMERICA ||p AGAIN LABOR If M |||1 VICTORIOUS y| ||| HAS DONE f |j||;| AGAIN ,, THE JOB K*dory*d by Mo N. c. Suit AND DIXIE FARM NEWS OlfiM Oryt• of Confer Xrtor Putin.- 5M»«W fVd«r«lio» of lotoo _==_ ___'l>r ““j* »• **• , , , VOL. XV. No. 17 CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 —— - W.00 Por T«t 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. GASTONIA CENTRAL LABOR UNION TAKES A SHOT AT GOY. CHERRY FOR OPPOSING WEEKLY JOBLESS PAY GASTONIA.—The Gastonia Central Labor union, last week adopting a resolution censuring Governor Cherry of North Caro ls foe his reported opposition to a bill in Congress which would with Federal financial assistance set up unemployment benefits of $25 weekly for 26 weeks, declared that this attitude of the Gov ernor has "shamed all of Gastonia before the rest of the nation.”. It was resolved that the proper committee in Congress be mailed a copy of the resolution and be informed that any delegate from North Carolina appearing before it "does not represent the thousands upon thousands of workers in North Carolina nor does he represent the attitude of the majority of the people of the Gov ernor’s home town but only a small minority of the management minded people who hope to keep the workers half-starved and sub jugated for their own profit.” The Central Labor union declared that the Governor attempt ed to give labor representatives in the Legislature the impression that he was for the increase. IOIACLE! N. Y. TIMES’ LAUDS LABOR NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Something in the nature of a journalistic miracle occurred here this week. The New York “Times” actually printed an edi torial favorable to organized workers. Those who have read the “Times” for years can not recall that any edi torial like this one has ever appeared before. True, it was full of qualifying phrases, bat, nonetheless, it proclaimed a “tribute to the part organized labor has played in winning the war.” “Just as the fighting war could not have been won without the military G. I., so the industrial war could not have been won without the industrial G I ” the paper added. “The G. fill the factory stuck to his job. He worked exhaustingly long hours His pay was good, but often he suffered for lack of proper housing; he traveled long distances to work; he put money in war bonds; he con tributed to war relief drives; he took some risk; he faced some hardship. “Today (Labor Day) the nation can afford to salute the G. I. of Industry— the war worker who has contributed so magnificently to victory.” SCHWELLENBACH ACCLAIMS WAR RECORD OF WORKERS Lunds Amazing Production; Refutes Propaganda About Strikes; Cites Sacrifices and Hardships Suffered by Millions One of the most remarkable erf many .Labor Day statement* Issued by public officials in the pest wne* came from Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach. It ettrected wick’ attention and was carried in news papers all over the country. The former Federal judge and one time United States Senator from Washington state not only paid glow ing tribute to labor’s part in the war effort, but demolished many faUe hoods spread during the war vm, workers had let down the fighting men. Victory in the war was made pos sible as much by the toil of workers on the production Unes at home as by the bravery of soldiers overseas, Schwellenbach declared. “For every one of our gallant fight ing men in Africa, Europe, the Pa cific and at our .“?*** throughout the world,” he said, there had to be a company of production soldiers, staying on the job, working long hours under difficult and fre quently hazardous conditions, often enduring poor living standards in, crowded production centers, going without many necessities and paying more for what they got. “It is to the credit of American workers that they endured all these things, and in so doing, achieved a miracle of production that bept tb supply lines to all our military fronts and those of our Allies crowded with the materials that made victory a certainty.” Figures on Strikes. Schwellenbach lashed out at the ex aggeration of wartime strikes. A lew did occur, but “not one toui the sanc tion of top labor leadership, he pointed out. “And the fact is that time lost through strikes averaged only one tenth of 1 per cent of total time worked,” the Labor Secretary ex plained. “Throughout 1944, for example, such time lost was no more than u the entire national working foree bad struck for 214 hours. White this is not a perfect record, it does show that the vast majority ■■■■■■■■■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■»ii ■■■ ■■■■■ " ■mmmmmmm, m ernment’s supply of shortening and cooking oils, previously released by the department, is now being dis tributed through regular trade chan nels in the 12 states, Hill said. The refiners were required to pack it in proper sizes tor home consumption. TOO SLOW. A dapper little man applied for a separation on the ground of cruelty. Asked by the judge if he could prove his case, he replied meekly: “One night I dreamed I won $100, 000, and the following morning my wife nearly killed me for not putting it in the bank before I woke up.” FEW PARAGRAPHS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS “This is not the time for short-sighted management to seize upon the chance to reduce wages and try to injure labor unions. Equally it is not the time for labor leaders to shirk their responsibility and permit widespread in dustrial strife.” “The high prosperity which we seek in the postwar years will not be meaningful for all our people if any large proportion of our industrial wage earners receive wages as low as the minimum (40 cents an hour) now sanctioned by the fair labor standards act.” “We need have no fear (in the reconversion period (if we exercise the same energy, foresight and wisdom as we did in carrying on the war and winning the victory.” “ vast backlog of orders may soon make possible the greatest peacetime industrial activity that we have ever seen.” SOUTHERN A. F. OF L LABOR PRESS ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED To make possible a more efficient and co-ordinated program for the promotion of the American Federation of Labor news mat ters in the southeast, there was recently organized, what will be known as the Southern Labor Press Association. This was the result of several conferences held over a period of years between the publishers of labor papers. The action taken by the editors and publishers of Labor Papers in the South is in conformity with the action taken by the American Federation of Labor at the New Orleans Convention and in strict accord with the International Labor Press Associa tion regulations. One of the main purposes of the Southern Labor Press Asso ciation will be to eliminate the “fly-by-night” so-called labor publications which prey upon the public, rob advertisers and dis grace and discredit the Organized Labor Movement. The South east has been a fertile field for these “chiselers" during thepast and especially the days since wartime activities started. These “special” publications are for the most part only a means for some one or a small group to line their own pockets, taking advantage of the advertising that the merchants and advertisers, who use the local legitimate and established Labor Papas, use to reach the membership of Unions. JBm widseexchange of articles having direct bearing on Labor’s position as this relates to current matters of importance will be both educational and interesting to the subscribers of the Labor Press. National Labor Conference Dates Are Announced —V— WASHINGTON.—The national la bor-management conference, designed to formulate a peacetime industrial policy for handling labor disputes, will be held in Washington October 29 or November 5. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and Commerce Secre tary Wallace made the announcement last week after a conference with la bor and industrial leaders and Re conversion Director John W. Snyder. -V BESTSELLER! J. Chapman Bradley, secretary of the American Bible Society, resents a statement made by Gertrude Stein, erratic author of strange literature, that “you don’t see any Bibles around like you did after the last war.” Mr. Bradley says 8,000,000 copies of the Scriptures were distributed among men in the services, and every copy was requested by some fighting man. Mrs. Pyle Wins Out Thanks to Mrs. Ernie Pyle, the me morial to Ernie in his old home town, Dana, Ind., has been “revised back 4o its original form”—a modest memo rial library. Mrs. Pyle intervened when “high pressure promoters” sought Ip put over a scheme which called for mil lions of dollars. “Ernie would be shocked by such a suggestion,” said Mrs. Pyle, and she said it so emphatically that the pro moters agreed to drop the proposal, refund donations and hand back any -fees they may have earned. * -V THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. A Tennessee hillbilly discovered a mirror which had been left behind by, a tourist. “Well, if it ain’t my old pappy. I never knowed he had , his picture took." He sneaked the mirror home and went up to the attic to hide it. .But his wife spied him, and that night while he slept she slipped up to the attic and found the mirror. “Hummmm,” she exclaimed, look ing into the glass, “so that’s the old hag he’s been running around with.” mmtmmmmmmmmrnmm ... i i n PoWEU., MASO WWA« TW* TEA TKC MIU CENTER SAlSWOACED 706 WUK*tM 75 HOURS A MK ton Bl HM BOAND, IN THE BARRACKS-LWI wotmm nouscs tme miu OWNERS SCT IN’ A RlSlO •PATERNALISM.' EVERT MOVE, EVERV ACT OF THE GlNUMMM CONTROLLED. HEART FINES WWW LEVIBO FOR INFRAC TIONS OF -TOC RULES UNTIL . MO WAGES «ANB LEFT. - WHEN THE SUMS HUMUED. THE MEL OWNERS SSIT “SLAV ERS' TO CANADA TO IMPORT french cahouc* with _ FANCY PROMISES WHICH WANE NEVER KEPT. SETTING RACE AGAINST RACE. AEUSION AGAINST RELIGION. 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