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"VOL. XV. NO. M A \i Dedicated To The Interests of Charlotte Central Labor Union and Affiliated Crafts—Endorsed By North of Labor and Approved By The American Federation of Labor. FARM NEWS) Price Sc Per Copy Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year MARCH 28. 1946 Drop Wage Free Labor, ControT^Quickly, Green Demands ASSAILS FEDERAL MISTAKES . IN LABOR AND ECONOMIC *■' Csrbondale, Pa.—In a hard* liittlnf address which made fed* •eral officials in Washington sit . op and take notice, AFL Presi-. dent William Green blasted the government’s unfair wage-price stabilisation policy, condemned the administration’s intervention in labor disputes and offered an entirely new program to take the nation off its prolonged /“emergency” status within one '/year. Speaking to a large audience gathered in a local armory for the Carbondale Central Labor Union’s annual dinner, Mr. Green declared: “I propose, first, that the pres ent crazy-quilt stabilization pro gram be scrapped and that the President invite representatives of labor, industry and agriculture to confer with him on the drafting of an entirely new one which will be fair and just to the entire nation. “Secondly, I recommend that this new policy be adopted for the duration of not more than one year, with the unequivocal commit ment that at the expiration of that time all government controls on wages and prices be dropped. “Finally, I urge with all the em phasis at my command that the government eliminate itself from the sphere of labor-management strengthened Conciliation Service to both parties and allow labor and industry to work out their prob lems through the proper methods of collective bargaining and vol untary arbitration. “In my opinion, even our great country cannot indefinitely sustain the strain of living from one emer gency to the next without relief. We must set ourselves a reason able deadline to get back to a nor mal basis and meet that deadline. The American Federation of Labor will do its utmost to help achieve that goal in the interests of pre serving the American way of lile for the American people.” Mr. Green said he was convinced that “President Truman approach ed the nation’s postwar problems in the right spirit and with every determination to restore a normal economy as promptly as the nec essary changes could be safely ef fected.’ ’ > “He told me so,” Mr. Green re ported. “I believed in him and still helieve in his sincerity. But the tragic truth is that he received ana listened to the wrong advice.” Mr. Green asserted that Presi dent Trutftan would have been wise to accept and follow the rec ommendations of the Labor-Man agement Conference of collective bargaining and the submiasiom^f (Please Turn to Page 4) Labor Advisory Group Appointed ; To Stimulate Union Education VISITS CHARLOTTE I PRESIDENT G A. FINK STY. 10 MB VETOUUB IDLE THROUGH STRIKES Albany. N. T. — Governor Dewey signed the Pillion-Bar ney HU MthnriHnc unemploy strike. It *m stated that «c taal payments under the new law would begin the week starting March 4. On that date, veterans who have lost pay for seven weeks through strikes may make ap plication for benefits of $30 a week, to begin then. The dura tion of benefits is limited to the sum to which he would be en titled under federal readjust ment allowances. The fact that these federal al lowances are cut off where a \ eteran is out of work because of a strike led to the introduc tion of the Pillion-Bumey bill upon the recommendation of Os wald D. Heck, Speaker of the Assembly. TEACHERS' CHARTERS ARE ISSUED RAPIDLY Tampa, Fla. (SLPA) — Delay in arrival of a charter from the ^ American Federation of Teachers this week caused a delay in plans for affiliation of a local of teach ers with the Central Trades and Labor Assembly. From the American Federation of Teachers in Chicago, informa tion came that headquarters is swamped with applications for charters throughout the country and that all petitions would be ex pedited during the next few weeks. .Washington, D. C.—Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach appointed a Labor Education Advisory Com* mittee of live representatives each1 from the AFL and CIO, to help in charting a long-term course for industrial peace. “The long-range importance of this action cannot be overempha sised,” Mr. Schwellenbach said. “An intelligent program of labor education, directed both toward the training of capable upion lead ership and a membership well in formed in the rights and responsi bilities of unionism, can do a great deal to forestall labor dis putes and promote better labor manageiyent relations. “The Department of Labor be lieves that the primary responsi bility for this job rests with the unions themselves, with such as sistance as they may request from universities and other non-govern mental educational organizations." I The secretary said that the de-! pertinent, through its Division of Labor Standards, had been work ing experimentally to develop standards and approaches to the problem of labor education. The division developed techni Mr. Srtiwellenbach said “have definitely contributed to the speed ier settlement of plant grievances." “Above all,” he said, “we have been trying to work out a pattern through which the federal govern ment may assist unions, state in stitutions, and other workers-edu cation groups with this work with out in any way encroaching on the traditional American attitude of keeping federal participation in education to a minimum commen surate with the welfare and needs of the people. The committee includes the fol ic wTing AFL members: AFL — Florence C. Thorne, di rector of research; Frank P. Fen ton, director of organization; Nel son H. Cruikshank, director of so cial insurance activities; Marion Hedges, research and education, Brotherhood of Electrical W orkers, and James Brownlow, secretary treasurer, metal trades depart ment. AFL Demands Drastic I Wage-Price Changes Washington, D. C. — Demand* for drastic reviaion of the govern ment’s new wage-price stabilisa tion policy were voiced by labor, management and farm representa tives on the AFL’s “America Uni ted” radio program ever NBC. Dissatisfaction with the preaent policy was cogently expressed by Robert J. Watt, of the AFL; Em erson P. Schmidt, of the United States Chamber of Commerce and Raymond Ogg, of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Watt complained that the existing wage policy gives favori tism to strikers and militates against millions of workers who j have heeded the President’s exhor tations to bargain collectivtiy in an orderly way with employers without interrupting production. He urged the adoption of * single standard, applying mUIu to all authors and a single pnea standard applying equally to all producers. This suggestion was promptly endorsed by Mr. Ogg and Mr. Schmidt. Mr. Watt tangled with Mr. Schmidt when the latter referred MMP increases as inflationary. Her insisted that when profits are widely distributed to workers in the form of wage increases, the result is less inflationary than when the profits are retained in the hamls of a few shareholders. Another tussle developed when Mr. Ogg, complaining about food subsidies, asserted that sueh pre mium payments put the farmers on the dole. Mr. Watt pointed out that farm income has never been so high as it is now. Three more exciting programs are scheduled by the AFL over “America United” before the pro gram to relinquished to other spon NO! **§ TED FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT J. A. SCM&GINS of Charlott c. who thin wrrk wan nominated to be First Vie* Ffesident of the Nor th Carolina Federation of Labor by President C.*A. Fink to fill the unexpired term of H. L. Kiser. Senate Turns To Mediation After Junking Case Bill H. L. KISER of Charlotte, who resinned this week as First Vice 1 President of the North Carolina Federation of Labor to enter busi ness for himself. Brother Kiser is a member of the Plnmbers and Steamfitters Local of Charlotte. He has served for II years on the ! State Executive Board of the Fed ! eratlon. ON “PROGRESSIVE CH ARLOTTE” COMMITTEE CLAUDE L. ALBEA, »»iii«i 4 by Mayor Baxter to urn on lo | col "ProfTCH” rflttoo ernmym o4 of am ** wumbtn. Washington, D. C.—Senator El lender of Louisiana revealed that the Senate Education and Labor Strike Control Bill far « new meas ure centering around an “indepen dent Federal Mediation Board.” “The only thing left of the Case bill is its number and its title,’' he told reporters. Senator Ellender is one of seven committee members appointed to study the bill sponsored by Repre sentative Case, Republican, of South Dakota, and draft a com prehensive plan for dealing with labor disputes. Senator Murray, chairman of the Labor Committee and head of the drafting group announced that he' would have a statement later on the new bill. Senator Ellender reported that it involved a 3-step plan for pre venting industrial strife: First, encouragenynt of “real collective bargaining” with provi sions in contracts for settlement of all grievances. Second, conciliation and media tion by the new board which would be independent of the gov ernment but housed in the Labor Department. The Case bill would have set up a government board for this purpose. Third, a plan for “voluntary arbitration” if the first two steps fail. President Truman's suggestions for “fact-finding boards” and “cool ing-off periods” before strikes were discarded. AFL UNION WINS IN KNOXVILLE TEST Knoxville, Tenn. (8LPA)— Lo cal Union No. 280, United Gar ment Workers of America, AFL, won a sweeping victory here over Sidney Hillman’s Amalgamated Clothing Workers. The vote stood AFL 148; CIO 29; ne union 18. John L. Essary, president of the Tennessee State Federation of La bor and AFL organiser, and other State Federation and'AFL repre [ sen tat ires assisted Lm^ 286 in its victorious fight agafljlhillman’s CIO union. * MOULDERS LOCAL HAS BOTH MWTHDAY —-fy Nashville, Tenn. (gPLA) — j Holders Local Union No. 55, cele brated its 80th anniversary here last week with an appropriate pro gram depicting the eftuggles, the advancements, the loyalty of its members throughout these four score years. T. B. Reed, is presi dent of this local uatoa. Two Charlotteeans Named To Executive Board N.C. Federation STATE SECRETARY HERE i SECRETARY FISHE^ of the North Carolina Fcdcrtion of Labor, who arcompanied President Fink ; to Charlotte thin week, in a tireless worker for the Labor movement in i Tarheelia. novemc sponsors dinner BOOSTING BI6 NAVY; PHILADELPHIA.—The AFL Metal Trade* Council in upon at the Broadway Hotel to mo bilize labor behind the pro irram—“A Nary Second to None." AFL Preaident William fireen ban accepted the invitation of the Philadelphia naval shipyard employes to address the Rather* inR, to which hiRh-rankinR Navy department officials have been invited. Joseph Heath, presi dent of the Metal Trades Coun cil .will preside as toastmaster. The American Federation of Labor has consistently and with undivided alleRiance supported the construction and mainte nance of a United States Navy second to none in the world. 18-CENT PAY BOOST Washington, D. C. — By a ma jority vote, the Shipbuilding Stab ilisation Conference favored an in crease of 18 cent* an hour for 500, 000 shipbuilders, retroactive to De cember 4. Application of the increase was left to the National Wage Stabi lization Board under a resolution adopted by labor and government members of the conference, with industry dissenting. Since the government is virtu ally financing the shipbuilding program, it was said that a way would be found to pay the wag# increase, the industry requiring a directive to make it reimbursable. President Fink and Secretary Fisher Visit Charlotte This Week and Attend Central Labor Union Meeting. NAME TWO CHARLOTTE MEN VU E PUESIDENfTS Nominations Will Go Before Executive Board Meeting April 7 For Confirmation. Fink Addresses Meeting. Charlotte Central Labor Union had as its guests at the regular weekly meeting Thursday night of this week President C. A. Fink and Secretary-Treasurer Fisher of the North Carolina Federation of Labor. They came to Charlotte for the purpose of selecting a first vice-president and also another vice-president for the State body, the first vice presidential selection to' take the place of First Vice-President H. L. Kiser, who recently re signed, due to business reasons. J. A. Scoggins, of Charlotte, who has been a vice-president for sev eral yean, was elevated to the first vice-presidency by President Fink’s nomination, and Mr. Fink then naked Charlotte Central Labor Uryoa to nominate a man for the post held by Mr. Scoggins. Presi dent' 3. X TdbrfcW of Charlotte Central Labor Union was nomi nated to fill the position of Mr. Scoggins. These two nominations, along with another from Wilming ton, will be placed before the ex ecutive board of the State Federa tion Executive Council meeting scheduled to be held in Durham Sunday, April 7. Mr. Fink in his address ex pdessed his regrets at losing Mr. Kiser as a member of the State Executive board and also ex pressed his deep appreciation for the invaluable services Mr. Kiser had rendered to the entire labor movement of North Carolina dur ing the 11 years he has served as a vice-president. Mr. Scoggins, who has also been a vice-president from Charlotte for several years, his rendered valuable service to the State body, and his elevation to a higher place on the executive bot.rd will enable him to serve in many more ways than heretofore. John P. White, member of Charlotte Typographical Union and also city councilman, appeared before the meeting last night and explained many points in connec 1 tion with the several proposed | bond issues to be voted upon soon, [saying in connection therewith that the city is greatly in need of increased funds to expand its water and sewerage facilities, its (Please Turn to Page 4) Jobless Pay Won By Union In Precedent-Making Pact Philadelphia—Through peaceful negotiation, undisturbed by strike threats, a local union here affiliai- i ed with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers (AFL) has won an Important victory in the fight for security of employment. The program entered into by the Planters, Stitchers and Embroid erers Union and employers pro vides: For every 140 hours of unem ployment, the employe is to be paid a week’s wage. This wage is to be computed on the basis of 70 per cent of straight time hourly earnings multiplied by the number of hours per week. The 140 hours of unemployment do not have vie i be consecutive. The maxiihum un employment pay is 4 weeks’ wages during one year. Thil victory may seem small, but its implications loom large. It is the initial bite into the problem which constitutes the garment in* dustry’s greatest handicap — the uncertainty of employment caused by highly seasonal production. About 600 workers in the trad* are covered by the agreement, but negotiations are in progress to ex tend the guarantee to the rest of the 12,000 ILGWU workers in this city. Once the idea has been worked out successfully here, it is ex pected to be included eventually in contracts covering the union's 316,000 members throughout the nation. “The philosophy of the plan serves a dual purpose” said Her bert Syme, union counsel. “The primary hope is that the employ er will be .encouraged to provide (Please Tan to fete 4). L
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