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GREETINGS TO IAOOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations SINGLETON’S “GOOD EATS” Located on High Point Road out front Winston-Salem “Meet Your Friends Here Labor’s Patronage Invited and Always Appreciated Send in "Your Subscription Today. We Need Your Support. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor'Management Relations J. E. HAMPTON SCREENS — WEATHERSTRIPS Telephone 8671 Walker Road Winston-Salem, N. C. The Labor Journal is a Choice Advertising Medium GREETINGS TO FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION • And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations WOODFINISHING PRODUCTS CO. 572 Waughtown Telephone 2-3760 Winston-Salem* N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations • WACHOVIA BILLIARDS 221 North Main Winston-Salem, N. C. LABOR’S PATRONAGE ALWAYS INVITED AND APPRECIATED GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention FOGLE FURNITURE COMPANY :: MANUFACTURERS :: Winston-Salem, N. C. Send in Your Subscription Today. We Need Your Support. Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION C. R. WILLIAMS & SON Distributors PHILCO PRODUCTS—DUO THERM OIL HEATERS Complete Line of Home Appliances 211 South Liberty Winston-Salem, N. C. Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION M & J FINANCE COMPANY AUTO LOANS AND FINANCING Kenneth L. Keever, Branch Manager 300 Sooth Main Street Telephone 3-1951 Winston-Salem, N. C. ■MMimuiaiii: LABOR—U. S. A. liMfini'UlimriMlimtliimm mini mi I Washington. D. C.—The fourth I edition of the American Federa tionist of the Air, broadcast on the “I^bor, USA” program over the American Broadcasting Com pany network, included the fol lowing outstanding feature arti cles to supplement the news: A CONGRESSMAN LOOKS AT CONGRESS By Rep. Andrew J. Biemiller of Wisconsin As a member of Congress, I cannot take pride in its record on domestic issues during the session now drawing to a close. When the war ended, our Nation had. a wonderful opportunity to strengthen its peace time structure and to chart a course which would promote the prosperity and securi ty of all the American people. President Truman rose to the occasion and presented a far reaching program to Congress to carry out these objectives. But Congress struck out in the clutch. Let me say that I do not believe any Government can cure all the ills of mankind by passing a law, or a set of laws. But we did have the opportunity during this session to mitigate some of the evils which beset our economy by simple and direct ac tion. No suck action wa'S taken by CongrtM. ror instance, many oi tne lead ers of our country and organized labor felt it was important to pre vent future depressions resulting from mass unemployment. A sound and workable Full Employ ment Bill was drafted, but Con gress killed it and then dressed up its ghost in the same clothes. Four million American families still have to struggle along on sub standard wages of 40 cents an hour, because the House Rules Committee buried amendments to raise the minimum wage to 65 cents. Millions of returning veterans and war workers can’t find a de cent home, but obstructionists on the House Banking and Currency Committee pigeon-holed the Wag ner-Ellender-Taft Bill which would have stimulated the construction of 15 million new homes in the next ten years. I could go on with this indict ment at length, citing Congres sional failures on price control and health insurance legislation, among many others. But my purpose is not merely to condemn. The big question is what can be done about this siuation. The remedy lies with you, the people of the United States. You hold the answer in your vote next November. If you want a better life for yourself, if you would like t® see a stronger America in the future, you should vote to defeat the reactionaries from bdth parties Who joined to obstruct the Presi dent’s program. To those who are disappointed by the record of this Congress, I say “do not become discouraged.” This is just a temporary setback. No one.can ^top the clock of prog ress. If we keep on fighting with the courage of our convictions for greater human welfare in our land, we are bound to win in the end. THE MOUNTAIN BRINGS FORTH A MOUSE By Nelson Cruikshank. Social In surance Director for the AFL The House Ways and Means Committee decided this week to freeze social security again—for the fourth time in a decade. Behind this action lies an inter esting story—a story which should arouse the indignation of the American people. A year and a half ago, when Congress last voted to clamp the lid down on social security, the American Federation of Labor protested so vigorously that the House Ways and Means Commit tee agreed to undertake a thor ough study of the entire Social Security Structure. The House of Representatives voted a $50,000 appropriation for the study and the committee proceeded to hire a stalT of experts to conduct it. These experts issued their re port last January—742 pages of fine print and charts. It is a care ful and competent piece of work and lends invaluable support to the position long taken by the Ameri can Federation of Labor, that the Social Security system badly needs extensive overhauling. Abundant evidence was present ed in the report to prove our con ! tentions that: ? _ First, the Social Security tax must be increased from its pres ent rate of one per cent to place the program on a sound financial —or to use an insurance term — actuarial basis. Second, present benefits are in adequate and even lower than re lief payments to the aged in most States. Third, coverage of Old Age and Survivor* insurance should be ex tended to the other half of Ameri can workers not now protected—• such as agricultural workers, dom estic employes and those who work for non-profit and charitable insti tutions. Fourth, State unemployment compensation laws now in effect are woefully deficient. Following the submission of this report, the House Ways and Means Committee held a long series of public hearings at which witnesses from all walks of life gave an im pressive account of the need for improved Social Security laws. After all this the $50,000 in vestigation and four months hear ings—the Committee now has ap proved a bill which could have been thrown together in a couple of hours and which ignores the findings of its own experts and outside witnesses. The new bill proposes to freeze the tax rate at one per cent again; to bring maritime workers under State unemployment laws — but without the safeguards requested by these workers; to provide some interim protection to the families ! of veterans who die during the ' next three years, and to raise by $5 per case the monthly amount' of grant from the Federal Gov ernment to mdteh State funds for needy aged, the blind and depend ent children. Some of these things are good, I 7 AFL UNIONS TO FORM MARITIME COUNCIL _____ Washington, D. C.—Leaders of seven international unions affiliat ed with the American Federation of Labor have accepted invitations to attend a meeting in Chicago to set up a Maritime Council within the AFL. The meeting will be held while the AFL Executive Council, which authorized such a maritime depart ment at its lust meeting, is in ses sion in Chicago. The executive group will open its session August i 12. The organizations which have ac cepted bid to the conference are the Seafarers. Longshoremen, Mas. ters. Mates and Pilots, Brother-1 hood of Railway Clerks, Union of j Operating Engineers. Brotherohod of Firemen and Oilers, and the! Commercial Telegraphers Union of North America. STORE WORKERS CHANTED SAN FRANCISCO PAY RISE San Francisco—Vote of the De- ; partment Store Employes’ Union; (AFL), by a margin of 5 to 1, to | accept a general $4.40 across-tho- j board raise was announced here.! Basic wage under the new agree- ■ ment, retroactive to May 1. 1946,; will remain in effect until May 1,‘ 194.7, and will be $.'12.50 a week. | Settlement of the dispute was; effected on joint recommendations of the San Francisco Employers’ Council and the special committee of the San Francisco Labor Coutv Send in your news items. Local Unions and Auxiliaries. We need your co-operation. hut so very far from good enough. Truly, "the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse.” GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Ketter Labor-Management a Relations KEEP IN STEP with * MAJOR COLA THAT TEASING—PLEASING FLAVOR MAJOR COLA COMPANY Winston-Salem,* N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better I.abor-Mana}jement Relations KESTER MACHINERY CO. 300 East Third St. Winston-Salem. X. C. Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better I^abor-Management Relations LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING Dial 2-3074 Winston-Salem. N. 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