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EDITORIAL the charlotte labor journal (and Dixie Farm News) Office of Publication: 118 East Sixth Street. Charlotte, N. C. Telephones 3*3094 and 4-5502 Address All Communication* to Poet Office Box 1001 B. A. Sulls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor ——.. ■ ■ .—..v- ----- Published Weekly at Charlotte, N. C. Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by The American Federation of Labor and the North Carolina Federation of Labor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year, payable in advance or $e per copy. ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1931, at the Post Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1878 The Labor Journal will not be responsible for opinions of corre spondent*. but any erroneous reflecting upon the character, sUnding or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be gladly corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum •pinions solicited. NORTH CAROLINA UNION ISTS TREK TO ASHEVILLE North Carolina unions are sending the largest delega tions ever to attend any La bor gathering in Tarheelia to the Asheville meeting Satur day and Sunday, to take part in the deliberations in which plans will be formulated pre liminary to opening the great est organizing campaign the South has ever experienced. This meeting will afford Southern Unionists the op portunity to present their problems before a national gathering, the A.FX. officials and officials of national and international unions who are to participate in the two-day session. Just such an event has been longed for by all Southerners. As stated in an editorial last week, The Charlotte La bor Journal predictes that the meeting will be nothing other than a huge success. A.F.L. unions are being spurred on in their efforts to organize the unorganized workers of Dixieland before “foreign” elements'take root and grow in this fertile field of organi zation. Not only because of this fact, but also because of the fact that more and more industries are moving South where they have been told that labor is cheap. Southern worker^ are just as efficient and industrious as are any in the world and they love good working conditions and fair pay for their work as does any other section of the coun try. Truly, the Labor world in the South is awakening to its possibilities. This great gath ering in the Carolina moun tain metropolis is both father and mother, giving birth to a New Child of American La bor which ere long will lift its husky voice in a cry that will be heard throughout America.; To all the delegates attend ing, and to the officials of the national and international unions, and to the officers of the American Federation of Labor, The Journal extends its IdsssingB. HOLLYWOOD MUSICIAN8 WIN NICE WAGE INCREASE New York City.—An increase of 44 per cent in the number of mu sicians regularly employed in Hollywood studios and a S3 per cent raise in their annual wages are provided in a contract approv ed by the eight motion picture pro ducers and the American Federa tion of Musicians (AFL), headed by James C. Petrillo. The percentage increase in an nual wages was believed to be the highest negotiated by a ma jor industry and a union since V-J Day, both groups explaining that it wu related directly to goverffHetlt ?*tlhUtes that the co»t of living had risen one-third since January 1, 1941, the date the regtolgrty employed musicians last received a pay increase. Under the contract, which runs until Labor Day, 1948, the eight pioducers agree to engage on a yearly basis a total of 339 mu sicians in the eight studios, com pared with their present quota of 235. The annual wage was fixed at 16,914, against the present fig ure of 95,200. Vote for ' HAMILTON C. JONES For Congress from the Tenth Congressional District In the Primary to be held on May 25th He is a former President of the North Carolina Bar Asso ciation, the Mecklenburg Bar Association, State Senator, and Chairman of the Democratic Party in Mecklenburg County*, former Recorder and Juvenile Court Judge, and civic and church leader. He is and has been “fair to the Working Man”; he will make an able, efficient and conscientious rep resentative of the people. (Paid Political Advertisement) WITH THE VETERANS Washington, D. C. — Veterans emerging from the armed services are being given an increasingly “good break” at jobs in manufac turing industries, the Labor De | partment revealed. The number of veterans employ ed in such industries between De | cember 15 and January 15 climbed by nearly a fourth to a total of j 1,870,000. surveys by the depart ment showed. The new gain raises ! the proportion of ex-service men i:i this field to ll 1-2 per cent of the total number of factory em ployes. The priority given veterans is demonstrated, the report declared, in the fact that they constituted 40 per cent of all workers hired in manufacuring during January. Al so, they have greater job security. The lay-off rate among veterans is 20 per cent below that of non veterans, the department stated. Trade unions are credited with major responsibility in the good showing, although the report did not say so. Unions have been ac tive in seeing that veterans are restored to their old jobs and in placement of many who did not not have jobs before they entered military service. Coal Regotiitisis Are Rttaaed; Aitkracite Skitkowi Looms Washington, D. C.—Direct nego tiations between representatives of the United Mine Workers Union and the soft coal operators were resumed here after a 19-day lapse at the request of Secretary of La bor Schwellenbach. Former Assistant Secretary ol Labor Edward F. McGrady was ap pointed a special Federal mediator in an attempt to work out early settlement of the nation-wide shut-down. Although no “concrete progress" as reported after the' first confer ence, it was said that the partici pants showed an encouragingly co operative attitude. John L. Lewis, UMW president, is insisting that the coal operators enter into a satisfactory agreement on safeguarding the health and safety of the coal miners before discussing other controversial points such as wage increases and hours of work. Earlier, at Hazelton, Pa., Mr. Lewis warned that a shhutdown of the nation’s anthracite mines will take place at the expiration of the existing contract May 31, unless a new agreement is reached. About 400 delegates to the Penn sylvania Tri-District Scale Conven tion heard Mr. Lewis blame the stubbornness of the United States Steel Corp., for the shutdown of the soft coal mines. Flourishing a copy of the cor poration’s 1945 financial report, Mr. Lewis emphasised that it had charged off $123,000,000 last year for wear and tear on plant facili ties. “This mammoth corporation," ■aid Mr. Lewis, “is holding the line against an agreement covering the safety and human welfare of the miners. “We’re going to see if U. S. Steel has any more right to write off millions in depreciation for wear and exhaustion of plant facilities than the miners have to write off expenditures for the exhaustion of human facilities.” The union leader aaid the hard coal miners’ demands would be about the same as in the bitumi nous field, but he did not outline any specific program. It is expect ed that he will insist on health and safety provisions as well as wage increases. He said the union is willing to meet the operators “half way” in the negotiations, but be did not predict any easy acquiescence from the industry. Contract improve ments in the past, he recalled, were won “only when they were tortured cot of operators after long mont&n of negotiations.” Meanwhile, industry throughout the nation began to feel the pinch of the coal shortage and pressure increased for prompt settlement of the mine disputes. This was con sidered an important and hopeful sign because it eras believed that only pressure tron other industries would compel the stubborn coal op erators to talk business with the ■Men on reasonable terms. i. ■: », ■' HUTCHESON IS RE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CARPENTER8 Lakeland, Fla.William L. Hutch, eson, president of the AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and joiners since 1915, was re-elected to that poet at the annual conven tion here, first in six years. He was nominated without opposition, together with other officers and members of the executive board. His son, Maurice A. Hutcheson, first vice president since 1938, was among the unopposed nominees. Others were Frank Duffy, general secretary; John R. Stevenson, sec ond vice president, and Spurgeon P. Meadows, treasurer. Reports to the delegates showed a membership record high of 722, 000 and a treasury bailee of more than $9,000,000. 'SAVING WAGE IS URGED BY MINNESOTA LEADER Chicago—The resent-day goal of labor is not only a living wage but a “saving wage” President Robert A. Olson of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor told the na tional convention of AFL State,j County and Municipal Employes. President Olson pointed out that | “such a wage should be high enough to cover all necessities, a few luxuries, an annual vacation at a resort and something for a “rainy day."« j W. M. (Bill) MATTHEWS ! Is A Candidate for Nomination To The Board of County Commissioners in the approaching Democratic Primary, May 25, 1946 Mr. Matthews was bora in Mecklenburg County and has re sided here all of his life. He is a successful business man, being engaged in the automobile sales and used*car enterprise. His father, the late W. R. Mat thews, was for ten years a rep resentative in the legislature from this County, and was one; of our most respected citizens. Mr. Matthews is interested in County Government Wnd, if elect ed, will devote his best thought and effort to its affairs. ' (Paid Political Advertisement) For Clerk of Superior Court Vote For T. IRVEN GALLOWAY and » Retain Twelve Year Limit Rule on Thia Job Now Fifty Year* Old, and Invoked in 1934 by Present Clerk. Subject Democratic Primary, May 25. 1»4« j (Paid Political Advertisement! Re-Elect ED. T. TONISSEN For House of Representatives (Paid Political Ad»«tiac»M«t) Vote For BASIL WHITENER For SOLICITOR 14th Judldol District (Paid Political Advertisement) Mecklenburg should hare her OWN SOLICITOR Vote F®r BEN S. WHITING For Solicitor 14th Judicial District (Paid Political Advertisement) Vote For J. BUFORD ROBERTSON For COUNTY COMMISSIONER Mecklenburg County Your Vote and Support Will Be Appreciated (Paid Political Advertisement) For STATE SENATOR Re-elwt JOE L. 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