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CAROLINA JOURNAL OF LABOR Published Weekly and Collaborated with The Charlotte Labor Journal and Dixie Farm News July II, 1946. Main Office of Publication: 118 Ea*t Sixth St., Charlotte, N. C. H. A. Stalla .......„...... Editor and Publiahcr Subscription Rates: 5c per copy or $2.00 per year, payable in advance. Advertising Rates made known upon application. The Carolina Journal of Labor will not be responsible for opinions of correspondents, but any erroneus reflectin upon the charactcer, standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of this newspaper will be corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum Opinions solicited. * —; ~~ TO AID SOTJ|HER\ MEMBERSHIP DRIVE "With this issue the editor of The Charlotte Labor Journal announces the creation of a new labor organ for North Caro lina American Federation of Labor Unions, The Carolina Journal of Iiabor. The new publication will be collaborated with the Charlotte Labor Journal and issued weekly from the' Labor Journal plant in Charlotte. This setup will con tinue until the newsprint shortage improves in the months to come. For some time the management has been urged to enlarge its services, so as to include news coverage from all parts of the State, but due to war restrictions, etc., that has been impossible up to this date. And only now can we begin the new paper by collaborating it with our older publication, which has been serving North Caroolina Labor for over six teen years. The Charlotte Labor Journal was launched soon after the Wall Street crash, hack in 1931, and the trying times of those days are somewhat with us today as we launch The Carolina Journal of Labor, although in different forms and re strictions. When the Southern Membership Campaign of the Ameri can Federation of Labor wan given the green light at the Asheville meeting, The Journal editor felt as if he MUST con "tribute at least a small share toward helping make the drive •auccessful, and our new paper is part of our contribution to the cause. The editor dedicates The Carolina Journal of Labor to the (services of all American Federation of Labor Unions in Caro lina, and will welcome from time to time constructive criti cism from its readers and advertisers as to ways and means' to improve the services it offers. The Journal of Labor will thrive to present Labor’s problems to the employers of the State in a sincere and friendly manner at all times without Tear or favor. It intends to keep its activities confined to working for that which is good and just for Labor, and also for Employer, based upon the laws and regulations of the American Federation of Labor and all unions affiliated there with. We are staunch believers in meditation, conciliation and arbitration; therefore our patience will be limited in cases where parties refuse to negotiate their differences on this basis. We believe that the peace of the world rests upon this rock, and if it is good for the world governing bodies, it also must be good procedure for us to follow locally. • There are times when obdurate employers refuse to bar 'gain with their employes and also there are times when strikes could be averted by employes if more mature judg ment was used. The fact remains that pinety-nine and nine tenths per cent of these disputes could be avoided before they reach the breaking point if both parties would really •.■sit down and throw their cards on the table and bargain with each other as real Americans should do. As a medium to create a better understanding between Employers and Employes The Journal of Labor hopes to render a much needed service by presenting Labor’s views in its columns from time to time. Not only that, if at any tjme the editor can be of personal service to local unions in negotiations or otherwise, please do not hesitate to call upon him. ’Die Journal of Labor personnel is here to assist you. That is a part of the service we offer. If you have news items of interest please give us a ring «r else jot them down and mail them in. The Journal of Ia bor^is especially interested in meetings of local unions and desires to chronicle these activities along with its national news coverage. This newspaper greets you with the optimistic tidings for great things that are to be accomplished bv bringing thousands of new members into the AFL fold in the imme diate weeks and months ahead. Every local union man in the ( arolinas MUST put his shoulder to the wheel and assist the campaign onward to be a huge success. BILL TO MAKE CLOSED SHOPS ILLEGAL IS VETOED Now Orleans.—Labor scored a major victory when a bill ^ to make closed shop contracts illegal in Louisiana was vetoed by Gov. James H. Davis. As the action came only a few days before the State Leg islature. by constitutional limitation, was scheduled to end its session, it was regarded as highly unlikely that the meas sure could be passed over the veto. In his veto message, the Governor took the view that the ( icveVmd Bill, as the measure was known, would interfere with the right of collective bargaining for Louisiana em ployers and workers, and that it would contravene such Fed eral enactments as the Ubor Relations Act. the Rail wav Labor Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He referred to the other proposed regulatory measures on the Legisla ture's calendar as "more reasonable and more susceptible of practical enforcement." and it may be that this implied endorsement on the Governor’s part will help one or both of them to final passage before Thursday night. The Governor pointed out that there has been no wide spread labor difficulty in Louisiana during the reconversion period, and promised to convoke a special session of the Leg islature to deal with such a situation, if it should arise. This measure, needing a simple majority, passed both Houses, although by less than two-thirds of either one of them. A vote of two-thirds would be needed to over-ride the 'Governor’s veto. Mr. Davis waited until nearly midnight of July 8, when the bill would have become law without his ■signature, before sending his veto measure to the House. -BON1 > TOO STABLE *s®F SAVIHCS Alll IITEItST J tewttuo 1 ■ VMR - «m jg r:«»m jfjjj tlSSJO $1004JO $2,163 45 WZW--' 635 325.00 I 3007.54 7.50 39110 ^329.0*?? 931 47.71 V|P "5,416.97 "55T 550.00 ^ 3JOUS* g 1217.20 1ST MOO f orio . 0060.42 1175 I75JI • 5J2434 10,820.74 ■ .«. *4 Court Upholds Right Of Foremen To Join Unions Washington, D. C.—Attempts of Jones A Laughlin Steel Corp., in Western Pennsylvania to block un ionization of foremen failed when U. S. District Court Justice Jen* nings Bailey dismissed a suit chal* lenging the right of the Govern ment to make a contract with the United Mine Workers (AFL). The Government, operator of the soft coal mines, and the UMW, moved for dismissal of the action which sought an injunction to re strain the Government from sign ing an agreement with the union covering 136 mine supervisory workers. Jones A Laughlin had contended contract negotiations between the coal mines administration and the UMW foramen’s union violated the Constitution and the Selective Ser vice Act nnder which the mines were seised. Harry Rand, Justice Department attorney representing the Coal Mines Administration and members of the National Labor Relations Board, challenged that view and told the court that “the public in terest clearly outweighs the pre dictions of irreparable injury made by” Jones A Laughlin. Justice Bailey told the steel com pany’s counsel, John Bane, Pitts burgh, Pa.: “As to any physical injury to the mines, the property itself, I think your clients are fully pro tected by the right to go into the TENNESSEE STATE COUNCIL | TRUCK DRIVERS ENDORSE CARMACK FOR U. 8. SENATE -- ! Nashville, Term.—The Tennessee State Council of Truck Drivers Unions, powerful affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, has endorsed for candidacy of Edward Ward (Ned) Carmack for the post of United States Senator opposing K. D. McKellar. T. O. Denham, legislative representative for the council, reported that he had been authorised to release the following statement in the support of Car mack’s candidacy: , “The Tennessee State Council of Truck Drivers Unions hereby en dorses the candidacy of Edward Ward Carmack for United States Senator from Tennessee. “We stand with him in his op position to/the poll tax, in his pledge to help small business, and we expressly approve his inten tion to insure to the farmers of the country the fair treatment they deserve. “We agree with him that the TV A has done magnificent work in spite of the vindictive fight even now being waged by Senator Mc Kellar to subject it to his domina tion and choke it to death with a surfeit of his political hangers on. "We challenge the recent state ment of ^Senator McKellar thsCt Court of Claims. As to other dam ages which you claim, frankly I do not think it is your function to bring up that question, and I do not think you are the interested parties.” Opening arguments on the case, UMW Counsel William E. Leahy challenged the court’s right t o grant a preliminary injunction and asked dismissal of the suit on the grounds that neither the union nor the government had invaded or threatened to invade any of the company's rights. If such rights are endangered, Leahy argued, the company has full “remedy under the National Labor Relations Act” by appealing to the U. S. Court of Appeals. The only NLRB ruling on the mine foremen issue has been in the J. A L. mines. It held that the 135 superviosry workers involved were eligible for membership in the United Clerical, Technical, and Su pervisory Workers’ Union. WORKERS NEEOEO FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM % V CARPENTERS PAINTERS * wotto (tarn MMMtTMCwr or u*o* mm m or iaoo* iwonc* PLUMBERS BRlCKUrtRS ELECTRICIANS PLASTERERS SEMi-SKIUEO UNSKILLED LABORERS LABORERS be is almost consumed with an in senate desire to fill every federal Job in Tennessee with men w^ose sole qualification, so far aa the senator knows, or cares is political support of this angry and embit tered old man. McKdlar ‘Packs Agencies* “It is a fact that practically every federal agency in Tennessee except the TVA is packed and jammed with men whose appoint ments were secured by him as a reward for their political activity in his behalf. **We stand with Carmack also in his opposition to tho Gerber-Crump gang in Memphis, for we know that this motley crew has nothing but contempt for the rights of the citisens of the state. “Many of us know Edward Ward Carmack. We believe that he will be fair to labor, and we urge that our members support him to the best of their ability. “Tennessee State Council Truck Drivers Unions. “By T. O. Denham, Legislative Representative.” 006 TAUS f (Submitted by FRANCES RANKIff, lit w. m.jth st.. New York. N. T.) PuFFY. oar alert, wir^halred terrier, lores to so marketing. Regularly on Mondays and Thurs days hs runs on ahead ot ms In eiclted Joy. carrying my folded shopping bag between his teeth. Artiring at the grocer’s, hs lay* the bag on a chair near the door, giving a few short barks of greet ing to the man behind the counter. And he Insists on being allowed to carry something home. This has become such a ritual that the grocer always gives “Puffy’s Pack age” an extra wrapping no that it will not corns undone. Lost Monday I planned to go on to town after doing the marketing. So I told Puffy that this time he couldn’t come along. Puffy slunk away in disgust. For ths next halt hour I was busy with last minute chores — locking windows, setting set water and Putty’s favorite crunchy dog food, writing n note tor the newspaper hoy. At last everything was done, and I looked around for my purse. 1 knew I had left it on the hall (able, but It wasn't there. I search ed frantically upstairs and down for the missing handbag. First I was Just annoyed, then I was frightened. Could a thief here • noticed la and helped hiatself? Puffy, though, waa alwaya on hand to aignal the arrival of friend or foe. But where wee Puffy? I hadn’t aeen or heard bln for the taat half hour. I called and called. No anawer. Then I opened the door to look for him outside. There waa Puffy apreading hliqpelf on the top porch atop. Ho didn’t Jump up as uaual. He lay still, eyeing me with a half sullen, half wistful look. Going up to him, I spied a bit of brown leather stick ing out from under his hind lag. My handbag! Puffy had got swan in the only way he knew, by hiding my purse which, his instinct told him, no woman can go without. see Kellie will pay 110.00 for every original true dog story accepted for publication. Send them to Grand Central Poet Office, Box 4M, New York City. Unac cepted muncnpu will not bo returnod. Do not aond In atorlaa that hnvn boon published alee whom • r 1*756 1UB WEAVERS' / GUILD OF ELAM DC AS STRUCK AGAINST -(HE EMPLOYERS* CuTfiMd OF MfcGES AND WON. ©raSANIZED lABoR iW TfcC US. RCACWBO HB GREATEST STREaJGTH iN <Mi*I945WH£N l4,5 ao^CO W6CE EMPlOdED uMoee acu&mvE barga* iws contracts. first private corporation in the us. -to HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH A F L. and eio o> its board of directors is WE pYNiAttON DWELLINGS, INC, WANUTACTURrJG THE PRE-FABRICATED D*MA*iON HOUSE.. UK IOH 148? L NOTCMVf "ftUS YOU that Kts HAT Vbc BL'Y' is UKiOk MADE - IT ASS'-R£3 vftC! 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