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It is expected that the ;8enate will send the bill to the While House for the President’s signadure before the proposed •muuner recess in mid-July. 'Social Security: The Finance 'Committee of the United States Senate recommended that legisla tion be enacted which would give social security credit for World War II service. The credit, at a flat rate of $160 a month, would be retroaedve to the start of the war and would extend for three yearn after the effective date of the legislation. Aa the law now standa, the vet eran in penaliaed for the time he apent in the aervice, during which time no payments were made to Social Security. Aa a result, there ia a break in his ratings, or, where credits were small, they have been lost entirely. Revision of Service Insurance: A measure revising servicemen's life insurance has been passed by the House and sent to the Senate with the following provisions: 1— Permission for lump-sum payments to beneficiaries. 2— Insured can designate anyone as beneficiary. 3— Payments at the rate of $5 monthly for each $1,000 of insur ance after six months of perma nent disability, without impairing the face value of the policy. I July's sultry days move your electric fan, or fans, right to the center of the summer stoge . . . »o o little tryout is in order. If your fon is stubborn obout storting the first time you i*_e it, disconnect it and spin the blodes by hand a few times. Lost summer's i °'l "K>y hove congealed or hordened during ; the months of storage. | U the motor is noisy, oil with a good grade of light, non-gummy oil. I Ke*p oil parts w.iped free of dust. (Be sure connecting cord ond plug ore in good~ condition. I Be sure a fon in use is always placed out ol the way of passing feet, reoching hands, ond fluttering garments. IT WILL BI GOOD NEWS when appliances ore available ogoin. In the meantime, you can plan to have your wiring brought up to date. The Duke Power Compony wiring engineers invite you to consult them. DUKE, POWER COMPANY id , , . WM.jGREEN VIEWS HAT POSTER AT PA. FEDERATION, MEETING THE MARK f MERIT ifHii kai M cup s i vV-'jT Resident William Green (left) and Ben Cohen Millinery Workers, look at a Union Label display meeting of the Pennsylvania State Federation of held in Philadelphia this, month, f- ~ of the at the Labor, Answers to Page 1 Quiz 1. 44. 2. Cold and clammy. 3. Come out of the water. 4. Never go in swimming when you are alone. 5. Observe all traffic rules. 6. Stuff Something around the door to keep out smoke and call for help from the win dow. 7. Follow the manufacturer’s directions. 9. Put ice cold packs on it. 9. During daytime. 19. Where you will be. a neigh bor and your doctor. A. F. of L.’a Labor League Joins In Recommendations To Aid War Victims New York—The displaced peo ple* of the world will remain one of the war's most tragic groups unless the United Nations act quickly. This, in brief, sums up the re port of a committee on displaced persons making a survey for the American Council of Voluntary, Agencies for Foreign Service. The A. F. of L.’s Labor League for Human Rights is active in the work of the foreign service coun cil. The report of the Committee de fine* a displaced person or refugee as one who has been displaced irorn his country by reason of war, revolutions, their aftermath, or the political situations that give rise to war, or who has been per r ecu ted by the enemy because of race, religion or giving aid to the United Nations. Overall Agency Recommended The Committee recommends that the United Nations be re sponsible for establishing an in tergovernmental agency which will operate under a mandate broad enough to assist all dis placed persons. A strong stand ?s taken against forced repatria tion, holding that no one Should be compel)*d to return to his for mer homeland with the exception of Quislings and traitors. The Committee also recommends that the new agency have these powers: 1— To maintain, resettle and transport displaced persons. 2— To set up a world-wide trac ing service for purposes of loca tion and reunion of families. 3— to negotiate with govern ments for settlement and resettle ment of non-repatriable displaced persons. 4—To negotiate with govern ments for the legal protection of such persons. 5—To co-operate with govern mental and intergovernmental and voluntary agencies. The reports urges that the new agtnc.v be set up in relationship to the United Nations, which would provide essential financing (or the work of such an agency. Reviewing the work of Amer ican voluntary agencies, the Com mittee noted that these agencies, because of the inadequacy of gov ernmental and intergovernmental programs, have been forced to pro vide basic maintenance for dis placed persons, rather than per j form their proper function of spec ial service to rehabilitate displaced persons. i E REDEMPTIONS ARE 2# PER CENT LESS IN JUNE Greensboro, N. C.—Redemptions | of E Bonds in the nation in June were 20 per cent less than in j March, the peak month for cash ins in 1946, Allison James, State Director of the U. S. Savings Bonds Division for North Carolina was advised today by the Tress-1 ury Department. This sharp drop in redemptions followed the opening of the June July promotion campaign for Sav-1 ings Bonds, Mr. James comment ed. It continued a national trend j downward which began in April. E Bond cash-ins in June were $111.- | 000.000 less than in March, he was j informed by the Treasury. “We believe that this decline in redemptions is a significant result of v the Savings Bond promotion campaign that opened D-Day, June 6," Mr. James declared. "The pub licity and advertising now appear ing not only helps sell Bonds hut reminds people of a fact they al- j ready know: that U. S. Savings Bonds are such a valuable and safe irtTstment that their owners cash them only in a real financial em-! ergeney. Buying and holding these bonds has become a part of the American life.” Nationally, the sales of all Sav ! irgs Bonds. Series E. F. and G.! reported to the Treasury in June | totalled J571.226,000 while rederap • tions totalled $491,102,000, Mr. ' James was informed. GREEN BLAMES CONGRESS , FOR LABOR'S UNREST (Continued From Page 1) his “intelligent and helpful" state ment and other members of the group, Republicans and Democrats, joined in expressions of apprecia tion for the clear-cut contribution to the inquiry. Regret was expressed by the members that spokesmen for the NAM and U. S. Chamber failed to accept invitations to testify. They asked how Congress can be expect ed to judge the merits of com plaints against labor and proposals for anti-labor legislation if they are not submitted to the inquiry and tested by the replies of labor. Rep. Landis <R.) of Indiana de scribed as ridiculous the proposal to force unions to incorporate, pointing out that corporations are not forced to incorporate. Other members of the subcommittee em phasized that incorporation would not increase union responsibility— that any union can be sued in the courts now, just as can any busi ness partnership. EXCERPTS OF WM. GREEN'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE (Continued From Page 1) ment of labor laws. The legisla tive remedy lies in the equity of laws enacted to safeguard the eco nomic welfare of workers, farm ers, and businessmen alike. It is my hope that, before it is too late, measures essential to meet the human needs of postwar transition can still be enacted. I am confident that if this public duty is carried out, labor and man agement will co-operate to the limit in discharging a full measure of their private responsibility in the public interest of the people of the United States. Strikes cannot be outlawed. The strike cannot be made illegal with out subjecting workers to invol untary servitude. Experience in foreign countries and especially the wartime experience in England, shows that the laws prohibiting strikes fail in their purpose and cnly promote lawlessness. I say flatly that compulsion will not work, unless this country is prepared to march down the road to totalitarian government. The right to strike, the right to quit work in concer as a protest against unfair working conditions is a vi tal part of our American liberties. Restriction of this right is impos sible of enforcement. The only so ciety which can enforce restrictions on the right to strike is totalita rianism. You have heard the ques tion in connection with the recent coal strike, “Can government mine coal with bayonets?" Well, nations can mine coal with bayonets by forcing coal miners to stay at work upon penalty of death. Hitler's Germany did it by a rigid strait jacket on all wages, hours and working conditions and by not per mitting workers to leave their jobs. Restrictions on the right to strike will start this country along the same path. Even if these re strictions are relatively mild, they can only succeed by leading in turn to more stringent restrictions. They do not solve the problems of reduced pay, insecurity, and fear which underline manifestations of worker discontent in this country. 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