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VOL. XV, NO. 50 Published Weekly CHARLOTTE. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1946 Price .ic Per Copy Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year To Tht Interests of Charlotte Central Labor Union and Affiliated Crafts—Endorsed By North Carolina Federation of Labor and Approved By The American Federation of Labor. A F L Rail Unions Dissatisfied With 16 - cent Increase Over One Million Affected Ask For ore Eauitable Pav Chicago. — More than a million AFL railroad workers were award ed a wage increase of 16 cents an hour by a special arbitration board. The award is final and binding but falls far short of union de mands, and leaders of the AFL Railway Employes Department de clared that moves would be initi ated under the Railway Labor Act to start a new wage case. Notice for the further increase “will be served promptly, and this movement will be pressed to an early conclusion,” declared Presi dent Bert M. Jewell of the Rail way Employees’ Department. “The award is wholly unsatisfac tory,” he said. “The organizations are determined to get a square deal. No one will be permitted to hide behind any so-called stabili zation policy as an excuse to fur ther mistreat these workers.” The three “operating” unions likewise are planning further steps. Representatives of the three or ganizations are to meet soon to decide their course. Even to obtain a 16-cent award from the boards proved to be a tortuous and difficult task. In the “nonoperating” case, thr “neutral” members — two judges appointed by the National Media tion Board—in order to get a vote on the 16 cents. That was the highest figure the “neutrals” would approve. Carrier members held out for less. “Neutrals” responsible for the low “nonoperating” award are Jus tice Ernest M. Tipton of the Mis souri Supreme Court and Justice Herbert B. Rudolph,'South Dakota Supreme Court. Labor members of the ’’nonope rating” board—President Knight of the Carmen and President Milli man of the Waymen—explained in a vigorous accompanying state ment statement of protest that this was the only course they could pursue which would “perpetrate the least injustice upon the em ployes." Both Knight and Milliman were bitter in their condemnation of the “nonoperating” case award. Charg ing the “neutral" members with subversion of judicial process, they declared in part: “What the board has done, in short, is baselessly to distort the stabilization policy of the govern ment into a barrier against giving any consideration to the gross in equities between railroad wages and wages in other industries. ‘“The neutral arbitrators indi cated, early in the board’s deliber ations, their disposition to accept the limitations asserted by the car riers and thus to exclude from con sideration all evidence of inequities between railroad wage rates and wages in other industries. “Obviously the establishment of currently equitable wage rates for the railroad employes requires not only the correction of inequities as of last September commensurate with postwar increases in other in dustries.” . SAILMAKER8 GET CHARTER Philadelphia. — The Sailmakers and Canvas Local 1, with a history dating back 113 years, has been chartered by the Upholsterers’ In ternational Union (AFL). It was organized originally as the Society of Journeymen Sailmakers of the Port of New York in 1833 and has a long tradition of achievement. When you have read The Journal pass it on to your neighbor. COMPROMISE SOUGHT OH PAY INCREASES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES Washington, D. C.—Conference committees representing the Sen ate and House are trying to work out an acceptable compromise of the conflicting provisions of the legislation adopted by both Houses providing pay increases for more than a million classified Federal employes. The Senate bill provided for a graduated 15 per cent salary boost but contained several provisions considered obnoxious by the AFL Council of Government Employes unions. Likewise the House bill, which calls for a flat $400 annual pay hike, is objectionable because it requires the the government to meet the added costs by firing large numbers of workers from its payroll. Prospects of passage of better legislation in the House were ruined by CIO mass picketing of £20]lfVM|, Thf jUmtaaAaatMtma ati. -•*- • T • ^ gered many Representatives and caused them te change their votes and defeat the 18 1-2 per cent in crease recommnded by the House Civil Service committee. Meanwhile, the House passed by a 380 to 1 vote the Burch bill pro viding a $400 yearly increase to postal employes. This legislation was supported by the National Letter Carriers' association, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and other AFL unions rep resenting the overwhelming ma jority of postal employes. The Senate is due to act on this bill soon. _. ♦ OBicial U. 8. Army Phot#, PUm* HEART WINNES STICKS TO POST. WAC Sg$. Sophia Saysen. Bowyertown, Pa., shrugged off painful wounds when a bus bomb showered broken glass on her and went back to her desk In an Arm? Quartermaster Depot In Southern England. Thousands of other WACS Showed heroism und^r lire *nd Victory Bond buyers will show appreciation for their part In wlr.nl'.a the war. £/. Treasury Department Common Labor Wage Rate Set At 75 Cents Minimum • .. tmiwmt* £■!•» Fla. — Announce ment has been made by the Wage Adjustment Board of the U. S. Department of Labor that the min imum wage rate of 75 cents an hour for common building labor in this area has been authorized, elective first pay day period after March 7. This rate applies to all non - Federal building. Mortar mixers minimum wage rate was sent at 85 cents while the rate for plasterers tenders and bricklayers tenders is set at 80 cents an hour. The same announcement stated that comman labor rate in the Daytona Beach area, and the Knoxville, Tenqf(»rea is also set These authorizations are highly pleasing to the workers and to the officials of the Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers International Union, who have worked so diligently in the success ful efforts to obtain these advance ments for common labor. Creator love hath no mas than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.—(Chris tian.) I U. S. SUPREME COURT SIDESTEPS DECISION ON FLORIDA LABOR LAW Washington, D. C.—The United j States Supreme Court dodged an immediate decision on the validity of the Florida State constitutional amendment banning the closed shop by remanding the case to the Federal district court. The majority decision held that the district court should not have passed on the issue until it was first tried in the state courts. The Dis trict court had upheld the amend ment. Dissenting from the majority opinion, Supreme Court Justice' Murphy argued that the highest court should consider the validity of the amendment immediately be cause of the urgent need of a de cision which would clarify future labor-management relations in the state. In another case, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Anti Kickback Law does not apply to I fees collected by unions from work ers who later let their membership lapse. An attempt to prosecute officers of Local 39 of the International Hod Carriers and Building Labor ers Union and the Eastern Massa chusetts Laborers District Council under the kickback law was there fore stymied. The Supreme Court held there was no intent by Congress to apply the provisions of the law to labor unions. The law was passed to pro hibit the practice by chiseling em ployers of forcing workers to kick back part of their pay. In a third labor case, the court refused to give a definition of what would be sufficient evidence of a union’s authority to represent a member in grievance cases before the Railroad Adjustment Board. No all-inclusive rule can be formu lated for all such situations, the court held. AFL Urges Congress To Finish Military Forces Draft May 15 OKAY OF BRITISH LOAN IS STEP TO PEACE CALLED FOR Washington, «D. C. — Prompt approval of legislation authoriz ing the loan to Great Britain wa.« strongly urged by AFL President William Green in a letter to Sen ate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley of Kentucky, acting chair man of the Senate Banking and Currency committee. American labor, Mr. Green de clared, favors the loan “because it believes that America should not fail to perform this plain duty and discharge a clear responsibility tc insure the maintenance of world peace.” _ ; Mr. Green said in part: “The true significance of th* British Loan agreement to th« American worker, American busi nessman and the American1' farmei is not in the direct effect of the American dollars provided to ar allied nation in time of the mosi critical need. To meet that neet is important. But the real sig | the alternatives we must realistical I ly face. If We choose not to ah Britain now, the whole structure monetary, economic and political of healthy international co-opera tion will inevitably begin tc crumble. “This other road is a road to an other war. The choice is between international co-operation and in ternational conflict. It is the choice between the unity in reconstruction and the disunity in the fight of in dividual nations for economic self preservation. It is the choice be tween a long-term balance in in ternational trade and precipitous (Continued on Page 3) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ORGANIZATION CHART [ aBBi nwran—n I-IW"*'* I ""*** I r—{ n E r* *m*imJTw«? ! zs: , •__j ijnsassstJ f a hr fa. l antiiMi aa»*MK *"} *".-"T~ I I i Lm «*•*»•*• I •MW'oWt‘1 I •Hr«4*MR «n tS H^s5EL 1 I ^r« 1 LSreJ 1 **awy" ^JQ_ jEIj 1 ^ J - ' J * -J l < ■ ‘-l iL J I •■■aiitiitK'l l.agBar»""W, I ±3 c J ! [Prnmmml I f*** ««• •» »*• i«m*>« I I •♦* iwiirt'iW n |4»*i •—tg ] lair&l csSd [JEMS ES{M] - f-r-~~l B=S*I nag^rrnEwl | *£2S Sfi^~H*sar| \ I •sfel CZ3 Washington, D. ('. Strong op position to legislative proposals for extension of the Draft act beyond May 15 was voiced before the Senate Military Affairs committee by the American Federation of Labor. AFL National Legislative Rep resentative Lewis G. Hines called \ on the committee for a plan to pro vide “a proper, well-balanced, sci ! entific army'' trained in the most ! modern system of warfare. “To continue the draft,” he told the committee, “is to continue the obsolete methods that have pre vailed heretofore, and for that rea son the American Federation of latbor believes that the draft | should end May 15 and under no ! conditions should it be extended moee than three months beyond that date.” Mr. Hines demanded that future aimies be organized on a “qualita tive rather than quantitative ba sis” and registered strong protest against drafting hundreds of thou isands of young men “who cannot ! conceivably fit into the picture” of scientific warfare under present training standards. “I cannot stress too strongly ■ the heed for a general overhaul ing of the obsolete methods now in use by the military," he said. “The caste system, always obnoxious, which has grown tremendously more so during the past several years, must go and the need must be developed for creating a desire on the part of the average young American to join the army because it will offer many opportunities in education and other advantages. “We believe that if we are to have war we should fight such a war efficiently and scientifically rather than through the wasteful methods that have accompanied our efforts in the past. This na tion can and should prepare for any eventuality but it should be done only with the full accord of all those who have to pay the price—not at the dictates of one particular group. We believe that if you discontinue the draft on May 15 that it will spur the efforts of the military to arrange a pro gram that will attract more people to the service," FLORIDA UNIONS OPPOSE BAN ON CLOSED SHOPS Miami—A resolution setting up a 5-man committee to campaign against a proposed state amend ment forbidding closed shop agree ments was adopted by the Florida Federation of Labor convention here. Plans also were mapped at the convention to protect unions from a ruling by State Attorney Generali Watson to county tax assessors that union-owned property is sub ject to taxation. Legal steps, in cluding applications for injunctions to prevent taxation of the prop erty, also are expected. The convention also called on the legislature to increase unemploy ment benefits to a maximum of $25 a week and to extend the time for 20 weeks. The session endorsed an increase in the state teachers’ salary appropriation. BRITISH ANTI-STRIKE ACT REPEALED BY BIG MAJORITY London, England.—The House of Commons repealed the Trade Un ion Disputes Act of 1827, which banned strikes and direct union participation in politics. Cheers rang through the chamber when ;he vote, 348 to 182, whs an nounced.
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