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Greetings To Labor 6REETM6S TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations DAVIDSON MACHINE COMPANY 823 South Main St. Telephone 5256 High Point, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations QUALITY BAKERY Makers of QUALITY BREADS — CAKES — PASTRIES 317 North Main Street High Point, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations BURTNER FURNITURE CO. QUALITY HOME FURNISHINGS 312 South Eim : : Greensboro, N. C. 900 East Green St. : High Point, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations BRITT ELECTRIC CO. 1404 North Main Street Telephone 2830 High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor EXPERT CLEANING OF ALL APPAREL Telephone 2980 1014 East Green High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor DUTCH LAUNDRY, INC. 829-833 South Main Telephone 3319 High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor Greetings To Labor 228*232 North Wrenn Telephone 3325 High Point, N. C Government Payrolls Fall 13 Billions Since War’s End, Wallace Reports Washington, D. C.—Federal Gov ernment payroll!, both military and civilian, have fallen off by 13 billion dollars a year since V-J day, Secretary of Commerce Wallace re- 1 vealed in a formal report. The individual Jobholder earned just about the same average week ly wage during the .second quarter of 1946 as he did dtnriqg the same period a year ago, he added, since the reduction in hours aad in over time premium pay and Shifts to lower-paying jobs have bee* almost offset by increased wage rates. There were 5,000,000 fewer peo ple with jobs in the second quarter of 1946 than in the same period last year, Mr. Wallace said. This does not mean, however, that there are 5,000,000 unemployed since many former war workers as well as veterans have withdrawn from the labor force and are not seeking jobs. Duing the second quarter of 1946 | wages and salaries were at an an nual rate of $102,000,000,000 com pared with $115,000,000,000 for the second quarter of 1945. Since V-J Day 9,000,001 members of the armed forces have been edmobil ized, reducing military pay rolls ♦ll.eM.e?**??. Federal civilian employment has been cut by more than 500,000, reducing the pay roll $2,000,000,000. From August to October, 1945, wages and salaries paid by manu facturing industries declined more than 25 per cent. Since October these pay rolls have risen slowly, but during the second quarter of 1946 they were still one-fifth lower than they were during the same period a year ago. All of the reduction in manufac turing employment and payrolls, was in the durable goods indus- > tries, Mr. Wallace said. During the second quarter of 1946 wages and \ salaries in these industries were1 one-third lower than during thej second quarter of 1945. An fku alkav Kamel utvmlnvvwanl in the nondurable goods manufac-; turing industries, which declined! for three months following V-J Day, again turned upward and is now above the V-J Day level. In ,tke second quarter of 1946 pay j rolls of nondurable goods manufac-1 turing industries were at an an- i nual rate $2,000,000,000 higher■ than they were during the same j period a year ago. In nonmanufacturing industries employment increased 2,000,000 from the second quarter of 1945 to the second quarter of this year, and wages and salaries increased by 15 per cent, from $44,000,000, 000 to $51,000,000,000. Gross average hourly wages in private industry increased 7 per cent from April, 1946, to April 1946, Mr. Wallace said. The sharp est increases came in nonmanufac turing industries as a whole, amounting to about 13 per cent. afoDD D!imersl945and mfw m m RANKS OF WOMEN AT WORK IN JUNE RISE HAVE MILUON ! OVER MAY FIGURE Washington, D. C.—The number of women employed in June in creased nearly half a million over the figure for May, it was reported by the Women’s Bureau of the Labor Department. Mrange as it may wcm, too, there also was an increase in the number of unemployed women. This paradox was explained by the bureau, which pointed out that summer normally sees an increase in seasonal workers and that there are more workers in the market when schools are not in session. The bureau reported there are 63,750,000 women in this country 14 years of age or over; 16,710,000 employed, an increase of 460.000 over May; 660,000 are unem ployed, an increase of 140,000 over May. It set the number in the armed forces at 60,000, a deadline of 10,000 since May, and listed nonworking women at 36,420,000 a drop of 660,000. Meanwhile the bureau ,on re quest of representatives from min imum wage states, is working toward a new cost-of-living bud get for working women for min imum wage purposes. The first meeting in June of a Joint State Federal Committee reviewed use of cost-of-living budgets, difficul ties of States in devising defen sible budgets, varieties of theories used in constructing budgets, and proposed new techniques as de veloped by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Problems on individual budgeting, such as clothing, food. well m methods for pricing theI new type budget. The commit* ■ tee includes representatives from California, Utah, Minnesota, Ohio, Connecticut, and three non-Federal consultants. No report on the committee's work will be available for several months. SECURITY TAX IS FROZEN BY HOUSE VOICE VOTE Wellington, D. C. — By voice vote, the House approval legisla tion to freeze through 1947 the So cial Security old-age and surviv ors’ insurance tav at its present rate of one per cent each for em ployes and employers. This ac tion wad taken, despite vigorous \ AFL opposition ,to prevent the tax from rising automatically to 2 1-2 , per cent next January. MILLION VETS EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING PLANT8 Washington, D. C.—The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in ApriJ, industry groups which aver age more than $47 a week for pro duction workers employed approx imately half of the 2,000,000 vet erans holding jobs in manufactur ing plants. These veterans com prise a ratio of about one out of every six factory employes. This proportion was better than one oqt of every five employes in the automobile, petroleum prod ucts, chemical and iron and steel groups. They represented almost as high a proportion in paper and allied products, machinery (ex cept electrical), and in the rubber products group. HOUSE VOTES TO RETURN USES TO STATES NOV. 15 Washington, D. C. — A Senate proposal to Teturn the United States Employment Service to the States November 15 was approved by the House on a voice vote. The GREETINGS TO DOOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations WEST END MACHINE WORKS D. M. Burgess, Owner 928 West Broad Telephone 2192 High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor EMERYWOOD FOOD MARKET Dan Walker, Prop. 1222 North Main St. Telephone 2107 High Point, N. C. Labor’s Business Invited and Always Appreciated Room demurred in other Senate chance* hi the measure, however, and their difference* probably will have to be ironed out in confer ence. The legilsation is contained in the 91.115.015,670 labor and Federal security appropriation bill. STORES ON FIVE DAYS Washington, D. C. — Several store* in this city and in Baltimore have been observing a five-day, 40-hour week for some time. Re cently certain department stores in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Co lumbus and six other large cities instituted a year-round five-day, 40-hour week Yor employes. In none of these stores were weekly salaries reduced on account of the shorter working schedules. New York City department stores adopt ed this policy as early as 1941. After you have read The Journal pass It on to your neighbor. Greetings To Labor GIBSON ICE CREAM CO. 781 North Main — Store at 104 North Main High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor R. K. STEWART & SON GENERAL CONTRACTORS High Point, N. C. Greetings To Labor FROM M EMPLOYER FRIERD HIGH POINT, N. C. Greetings To Labor For a Successful Convention For The Promotion of Better Labor-Management SHERROD SHIRT COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF • RELIABLE SHIRTS • PAJAMAS OF DISTINCTION HIGH POINT, N. C.
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