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EDITORIAL THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL • (and Dixie Far* Newt) Collaborated with The Carolina Journal of Labor July 11, 1946. Published Weekly at Charlotte. N. C. Jr Address All Communications to Post Office Box 1001 ) Telephones 3-3094 and 4-5602 Office of Publication; 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 12.00 per year, payable ip advance or 5c per copy. / ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. H. A. Stalls. Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1931, at the Poet Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Onion and Approved by The American Federation of Labor and the North Carolina Federation of Labor The Labor Journal will not be responsible for opinions of corre spondents, but any erroneous reflecting upon the character, standing 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 opinions solicited. _ GREEN GIVES 4-POINT PLAN In an editorial written for the American Federation ist, which is partially reproduced below, AFL President William Green lays down a four-point program to help guide unions through the perilious days ahead. “This period of world revolution places on our free trade unions a special responsibility to protect their owm rights as well as to safeguard democratic institutions for the whole country and this hemisphere. Observe these safeguards: “(1) Keep your unions free from Communist control.! Communists use unions to promote the party. " (2) Carry on collective bargaining and other union ac- j tivities in good faith to assure workers continuously rising standards of living and management dependable work con tracts. < “(3) Seek to broaden the field for co-operation between unions and management for the mutual advantage of those the industry serves. “(4) Be on guard against co-operation with Communist Front organizations and party followers that further party line objectives. “No trade unionist can be neutral in this world crisis in which democracy and human freedom are at stake through out the world. The roots of democracy are in the principles of the Christian religion. “Every time a crisis in labor affairs ties up a large por tion of our economy there is an immediate demand for legis lation to stop strikes by drastic regulations and penalties. Such demand ignores the fact that strikes are the culmina tion of a series of effurfcrto adjust views on matters of joint concern. “Collective bargaining is the basic procedure of democ racy. Applied to work problems, it provides that represen tatives of workers and management shall agree upon terms and conditions of work and set up the agencies to put the contract into effect. It rests upon recognition of mutual in terests in production and in the distribution of returns on joint work. “As the union becomes increasingly effective, there is an approach to equality in bargaining. “The first step which the Federal Government should take in a program to prevent strikes is a well-equipped Depart ment of Labor headed by an experienced person who knows labor problems. Then, an effective conciliation service, sup plemented by a technical staff and by research information on wage rates, productivity, labor costs, and a wide range of other information made readily available for all workers by a labor conciliation service. “Make available for labor's study and use comparative data on union agreements, management techniques, health and welfare funds. “Finally, emphasize the constructive gains of collective bargaining. “Such a program would help the public to assume its re sponsibility for standards in order to enjoy uninterrupted production. “Strikes in the past have been labor's main dependence in lifting standards of living permanently to new high levels. The only safe way to establish them is to increase the ef fectiveness of collective bargaining. The right to strike distinguishes the free worker from the slave. The right to strike involves the foundation of our free democracy. But as workers value this right, they must use it with wisdom and responsibility. Equally essential is it that employers learn the value of responsible collective bargaining in good faith and not try to trick the union into indiscretions.** GIVE HIM INC BUM'S RUSH • RUTH TAYLOR SAYS: DANE-GELD Kipling once wrote a poem about the Danish pirates who, nearly a thousand years ago, preyed on the coast of England and collected Dane-geld to stay away; and he showed how fallacious was the idea that “paying Dane-geld ever got rid of the Dane." The nations of the world learn ed again at Munich that “peace in our time” only meant that our time was measured. What’s the difference in dicta tors? Whether it be Mussolini strutting on his balcony. Hitler screaming in a rage—or Stalin making his puppets walk out when ever he can’t have his own way— or other lesser dictators, ready to do exactly the same things when ever the chips are not all on their side of the table? A dictator is a dictator and it never pays to appease him. But— the one thing we always can do is —not to do business with him. It doeent’ make any difference wheth er for the moment he is on our side of the fence or the other. His methods are wrong. And we cer tainly learned as children that the only way to make a bully change his tune is not to play with him. Brutal talk? Yes, but these be brutal times. The peace we nopea for after the war i» not here. The peace we wanted we are not achiev ing. Our time seems again to be but seconds. Why? Because we have appeased. We went about what we thought was our business | instead of taking care of the moss I important business of all. We all agreed, compromised and acquiesc ed in order to concentrate on our own affairs and forgot that in or der to have the road smooth the line must be true. We paid Dane geld—and not only overseas. Can we still correct our errors? We can—but only if as individuals we turn back to the straight line— and we must not do it at the ex pense of any one, of any group, or of any nation. We must make up our mind what we want—and make every one knew that we do know what we want. This is as true today as it was in the days of which Kipling wrote. We must do as he advised, and stand firm, armed and ready, that we may be able to say: “We never pay anyone Dane-geld No matter how trifling the cost, For the end of that game is op pression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost!” The Social Security legislation, which was undoubtedly one of the most important contributions of President Roosevelt’s ad mini at ra ! tion, is now due, after ten years of operation, for reconsideration and extension. Since that legislation was pass ed in 1935, great strides have been made in other countries in the ex tension and application of the prin ciples of Social Security. The news from England is that a modified form of the so-called “Beveridge Plan” has passed the House of Commons and will become law aft er the formalities of approval by the House of Lords and other of ficers. ^ The Beveridge Plan is common ly known as “cradle to the grave" insurance, by which is understood that all citizens of England con | tribute to the fund and are eligible to share in the benefits when they are old, unemployed, sick, crippled, or unable to earn a living. The Act >* very far reaching anad it is pre dicted that it will make tremen dous changes in the way of life in the United Kingdom. To some extent it can be thought of as a program of abolishing poverty, al though real poverty will not dis appear except under a practical program of high levels of full production and full employment. Undoubtedly the intense compe tition between individuals and groups for a greater share of a limited amount of goods and money will be considered eased by a pro gram which assures to everyone the necessities of life and some protection against unforeseeable adversities. This in turn ought to t bring about a decline in class prej udices and class and group dis criminations which have so hin dered the development cf modern civilisation. It ia interesting to note that in New Zealand where they have an established Social Security Plan of the type of tiie Beveridge Plan, that public officers, such as Pe ter Fraser, the Prime Minister and Walter Nash, former ambassador to the United States and President of the International Labor Con ference in 1944, are willing to an nounce that thev believe they have “aboliahed involuntary poverty in New Zealand." Peter Fraser, the Prime Minister, a moat vigorous and intelligent man who comes from a long trade union back ground. is enthusiastic as well as picturesque in his comment. Be says in a recent speech, "We can claim to have abolished involun tary poverty in New Zealand. We are also the first country to have augmented the undertaking, given j by all countries at San Francisco,: to follow a policy of full employ ment. We passed a full employ ment act within the past six months." “Of course," adds Mr. Fraser, “it a man want* to drink hi* money away or waste it in other way* he can still be poor. We can’t, as a government, abolish that but we can claim to have pre vented poverty which is due to cause* outside the individual’s con trol.” New Zealand has been under a Labor Party Government for ten years. Six of these years were spent in waging war in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Im ports and exports are state con trolled or state owned in that country but the main productive property is in private ownership. The Reserve Bank and the largest stock bank,, the civil airways and the railways are Government own ed and operated. Hydro-electric power stations were originally de veloped by the Government and have always been state owned in New Zealand. All farms and ranch es, however, are privately owned, at are the factories and shops and stores. But farm produce is*all bought by the State at a guaran teed price. The State then sells it, either overseas under its export control or markets it internally as needed. This is a peculiar blend of public and private enterprise which seems to satisfy the majority of New Zealanders. According t© Mr. Fraser, class prejudices -between the rich and the poor, the manual workers and the professional workers, don't exist in New Zealand. Women have long had the vot« and participate in public life. The New Zealanders are proud of their lack of class prejudices and they assess it to their systematic policy of prevent ing policy. There are some observers, how ever, who while congratulating the New Zealanders upon having over, come this type of prejudice, point out that there remains a consider able amount of racial prejudice which shows itself in their immi gration and settlement policy. Per haps the further development of a ptcgTam of preventing poverty will eventually help them to over come this also. M. W. MITCHELL. 72. DIES; EX-HEAD STONECUTTERS Indiana pc hs, Ind. — Michael W. Mitchell, former international pres ident cf the Journeymen Stonecut ter*’ Association of North Amer ica, died at his home in this city. Mr. Mitchell was 72 years old. He retired in 1832, after serving as president of his organisation for over 25 years, and was well known in labor circles throughout ♦his country and Canada. , AFL OPENS ROME. GA. OFFICE Rome, Ga.—George L. 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