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CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND CAROLINA JOURNAL OF LABOR Publish*! Weekly st Charlotte, N. C. Address All Communications to Poet Office Box 1091 Telephones 3-8094 and 4-M02 Office of Publication: 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year, payable in advance or ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. H. A. Stalls. Editor and Publisher W. 11. Witter, Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September tl, 1981, at the Poet Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Octrees of March 8. 1879 Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union 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 m the columns of The Labor Journal will be gladly corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opinions solicited.t __ PRESIDENT ASKS NATION TO OBSERVE ‘EMPLOY* TH E-HANDICAPPED* WEEK President Truman has issued a proclamation designating the week of October 6 to 12 as “National Employ-the-Handi capped” week to place capable disabled persons in jobs. The action stemmed in part from official Government re ports showing that four out of every five disabled veterans | applying for jobs at public employment offices in the first j half of this year have mot been placed, despite the fact that a careful survey has shown that disabled workers in general have proven themselves more efficient than able-bodied fel low workers. . .Government agencies, headed by the Veterans Administra tiom and the I^abor Department, have joined in spearheading a drive to convince employers that i' is good business to em ploy a disabled worker if he can produce more than a plant's other workers. They have directed their argument toward a dollar-and-cents issue and efficiency, rather than an appeal to patriotism. Reporting on a careful study by the Bureau of I^abor Sta tistics of the Labor Department, the VA declared: “Disabled veterans experience one-third fewer serious accidents than able-bodied workers exposed to identical work hazards. The study placed the accident frequency rate for impaired workers at 8.3 injuries per 1,000,000 man hours worked, compared with 11.8 for unimpaired workers. “Time lost because of disabling injuries was the same for impaired and unimpaired employes, 0.1 day per 100 scheduled work days. / “During the six months covered by the survey, none of the injuries sustained by disabled workers resulted in additional permanent impairments. Furthermore, no instances were re ported of handicapped workers causing injuries to fellow employes. “The survey, conducted between January 1 ^nd July 1, 1946, studied the performances of 4,000 physically handi capped and 6,400 able-bodied employes in 47 manufacturing plants. The study matched handicapped and nonhandicapped workers as to sex. age, experience on the job, and kind of work performed. The plants, located in seven highly indus trialized states, were classified with machinery, aircraft and aircraft parts, electrical machinery, steel works, and other industries, such as food products, photographic equipment and glassware.” The survey arrived at three further conclusions: The production efficiency record of impaired workers was slightly superior to that of unimpaired workers. Absentee rates for impaired and unimpaired workers were , identical. 3.8 days off per 100 scheduled work days. Non disabling injury rates were slightly higher for unim paired workers. 8. C. FEDERATION SETS UP NEW OFFICES The South Carolina Federation of Labor is to be com mended for its farsightedness ip setting up three new offices in South Carolina to aid AFL officials in the current organ ization campaign in that -State. One of these offices has been established in Spartanburg, another in Columbia and the third in Charleston. The South-wide campaign has brought out the need in every southern state for branch offices and sufficient organ izing personnel to man them. This has been one of Southern Latior’s weakest spots. For years we have neglected to supply these important functions and today plans must be devised by our State Federations of Labor and Central Labor Unions to provide the necessary machinery to keep in pace with the times. North Carolina Labor, The Journal believes, will not let South Carolina get ahead of it, and the writer predicts that before long TarheelU will have offices all over the State, together with sufficient personnel to handle the work in them. Triis should be a MUST on the agenda of Central Labor Unions throughout North Carolina in order that we may derive full benefits during the South-wide membership campaign. SEAMEN RETURNING TO WORK Soothing news came over the wires and radio this week announcing that the AFL Seamen's Union membership were returning to work following a brief shutdown while the White House was unraveling one of its toughest problems, that of having to reverse a decision of one of its bureaus, which had recent,y ***** »««nen working on ships belonging to the government (and leased out) could not have the benefit n»J^!L,n^re<TS ne*r¥otiated bv their union and privately sh,PP>n£ hnes. Just another instance where red tape cauwd the country another embarrassing situation while Central Labor Union Notes The regular weekly meeting of Charlotte Central Labor Union waa held this week with Vice President J. A. Scoggins presiding in the absence of President Ster ling L. Ricks, who has been at tending the convention of the elec trical workers in San Francisco. Secretary Efird was at his post. The meeting opened with invo cation and the pledge of allegiance to the flag, after which the slate of business was gone through with in rapid order. Vice President John Lovett of the North Carolina Federation of Labor was present and made a talk relative to the State Federation plans in the current organisation drive. Co-ordinator Earl R. Britton, in charge of Carolines organisation work, was also present and made an interesting talk regarding the work that is going forward in the two Carolines. Mr. Britton is also president of the South Carolina Federation of Labor and an nounced that the S. C. AFL unit is setting up three new offices in his state, for the purpose of work ing during the AFL campaign. A news story regarding these offices appears elsewhere in this issue of The Journal. After yea have read The Journal pass it ea to year neighbor. RUTH TAYLOR SAYS: UNIONISTS ALLI “We each carry a card in the union of the United States,” I Mtce heard a speaker at a State Federation of Labor meeting say. What does that mean? What does membership in a union demand? Labor men can answer because they know that being a good union member is not an easy task. It isn’t just a question of paying dues snd giving lip service to leaders. Such members are a drag on any union. The vows a union member takes are serious ones. To live up to them requires conscientious ef fort and constant application. Knowledge is the secret of suc cessful membership but it must be more than superficial cognizance of problems immediately confronting a local union. Too many men stop with a knowledge of the handicaps —thereby seeing only one side of the picture. They must go on from there and learn the history of their organization, how it has overcome the handicaps of the past, how it has grown strong, and w-hat its aims are for the future. They must realize the importance of their vote in their unions and learn how to choose, and then sup port wholeheartedly, competent, tout nrthy leadership, or, and this it just as important, present the views of the “loyal opposition.” Union members must become artic ulate. They must be able to be a competent accurate voice for their fellow workers, presenting facts clearly, logically and dispassionate ly, not only in their union but in the community. They must look upon the world as a whole, realizing the interde pendence of group upon group, na tion upon nation. Too many union members act as though they still thought the world was flat. They must(take their part in solving the larger problems that confront all honest, good-seeking men and wom en today. They must join in as citi zens, not thinking or caring wheth er their companion in the service of this great union of free men be Protestant, Jew or Catholic, black or white,’ employer or worker. The power of a union comprised of such men is unlimited. Through co-operative organization they shall obtain power, but that power must not be used for themselves alone, I but for the good of all. They must I establish themselves as a strong force for right and justice t0 all ; men. In that way and that way alone lies a peaceful and prosper ous future, for democracy, for the union of states which is the United States and for the union of nations I which is the United Nations. WORKING IT OUT By FRANCES PERKINS I take (treat satisfaction in in troducing this week as a guest in this column, Mr. Wilson W. Wyatt, Administrate of the National Housing Agency, whose work in this field has been of great im portance to the wage earners. LABOR’S STAKE IN VETERANS HOUSING By W’ilson W. Wyatt, National Housing Expediter and Adminis trator, National Housing Agency Labor has a double stake in the Veterans Emergency Housing Pro gram. First, it has a vital stake in the houses that are being built, for many former servicemen are now civilian workers looking for reason ably-priced housing. Second, labor has a stake in the hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs and in the solid, prosperous economy that a huge housing program can provide. The Veterans Emergency Hous ing Program is the biggest home building program ever undertaken by this or any other nation. It aims for the starting of 2,700,000 noderately-prieed homes and apart ments for veterans by the end of 1947—1,200,000 m 1946 and 1,500, )00 in 1947. The program calls for the expanded production of build ing materials and mass produced homes through the use of premium payments, guaranteed markets, pri orities and allocations, and wage and price adjustments. It requires channeling the bulk of materials into good low-priced housing; post ponement of all deferrable non essential construction through 1946 >o that more materials will be available to housing; recruitment >f over 1,000,000 additional work in by mid-siimmer 1947; and com munity participation in all phases >f the program. In spite of starting with an in lustry which the war had left al most flat on its back, we have achieved the starting of almost >00,000 homes thus far—41 per cent >f our 1946 goal. The production >f building materials is on a sharp ipswing, and in the near future aome construction should move forward even faster. But the stimulated flow of mate dais will soon pose a new problem —labor shortages. Shortages are already appearing in the skilled traces and crafts in some areas. By the end of June,on-site employ ment in new residential construe I tion stood at 560,000. This figure | must be increased to almost 1,000, ! 000 by November, and to about I 1,100,000 by August 1947. In addi j tion almost a million workers will be needed for essential non-housing construction at peak in 1947. Aware of coming shortages, la bor and management are stimulat ing apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs with encourag ing results thus far. Communities are also taking steps to assure maximum use of available labor to aid , the housing program. Some San Francisco building trades are giving residential construction pri ority in referring their workers. In several communities, labor unions have pledged their workers not to strike. The housing program is receiv ing excellent co-operation from la bor. By agreement with the Build ing and Construction Trades De partment of the American Federa tion of Labor, a Construction Labor Advisory Committee has been ap pointed which will advise on labor policies and procedures relating to construction and c o n s t r uction standards. The Congress of Indus trial Organizations has also desig nated a Labor Advisory Commit tee which will be called upon to ad vise the National Housing Agency on important programs and labor matters affecting their interests. Both organisations are intensely interested in low-cost housing, have vigorously supported the Wagner-EUender-Taft bill, and are interested in measures and actions which would speed up the comple tion time of large quantities of housing. No full employment program can succeed without a healthy, stable home building industry. The Vet erans Housing Program is only a step in that direction. If, in the next few years, labor, management and communities co-operate to build at or near the same rate we can wipe out our housing shortage once and for all. Such a program would mean millions of jobs, pros perity for our whole economy, and an abundance of decent homes at decent prices—the kind of homes American workers want and need. V ss«w* CAttTCRIAS . ****°rw » . mubw . wtnoom . mtatvut '.""rTiirm WIRING : LIGHTING FIXTURES REPAIRS APPLIANCES G E. and Birdseye Lamps ★ Fireplace Equipment F“* * Phone 3-3749 EGOMWY ELECTRIC COMPANY If* Wat Sixtt Street • Cherlotle, N. C *""""""""""*""*""***-**************»IN»*(KK»*««(l(KI Unde Sam Says c my hat to labor. Labor Day, ’ for t*lif a grand Job for o«r time of war bat for Ito ia continuing to taoeot part of Ito earalags la V. 8. Savings MlUtoaa of my aieces and of V. 8. Barings Boo do to aa easy, r IT retire, profltable way to care for their fatare. gartago Beads are as Americaa as Labor Day Itself. 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