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Sept. 15—Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porter*—Chicago, 111.
8ept. 1# — United Slate, Tile,
Comp. Roofers; DXW wrks.—Den
ver, Colo.
Sept. 16—Bakery A Con. Work
er*’ Inti. Union of Am.—Chicago,
m.
Sept. 16—Inti. Union of Wood,
Wire and Metal Lather*—Chicago,
111.
Sept. 16—Illinois State Feder
ation of Labor—Rockford, Dl.
Sept. 16—Minnesota State Fed
eration of Labor—Mankato, Minn.
Sept. 17—Distillery, Rectifying
and Wine Wrks, Inti, — Montreal,
Can.
Sept. 20—American Wire Weav
ers Protective Ass’n, New York,
N. Y.
Sept. 21—New Hampshire State
Federation of Labor—Portsmooth,
N. H.
Sept. 26—W’est Virginia State
Federation of Labor—Huntington,
W. Va.
Sept. 30—Metal Trades Depart
ment—Chicago, 111.
Oct. 2.—Natl, Org. of Masters,
Electrical Workers—San Francis
co, Cal
Sept. 5 — Inti. Association of
Siderograpbers—Philadelphia, l*a.
Sept. 9—Inti. Bricklayers, Ma
sons and Plasterers—Albany, N. Y.
Sept. 9—United Cement, Lime
and Gypsum Workers Union—Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Sept. 9 — Inti. Association of
Fire Fighters—Toledo, Ohio.
Sept. 9 — Operative Plasterers’
Inti, of U. S. and Canada—Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Sept 9—Kentucky State Federa
tion of Labor—Owensboro, Ky.
Sept. 9—Nebraska Federation of
Mates and Pilots— San Francisco,
San Francisco, Cal.
Oct. 2—Building and Construc
tion Trades Dept.—Chicago, III.
Oct.„4—Union Label Trades De
partment— Chicago, 111.
Oct. 5—Nat. Assn. Master Mech.
and Foremen of N. Y. — Silver
City, N. M.
Cal.
Nov.—New Mexico State Fed
eration of Labor — Silver City,
N M.
Nov. 5.—New Mexico State Fed
eration of Labor—Washington, D.
C.
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Washington, D. C —The eleventh
edition of the American Federa
tions of the Air, broadcast on the
“Labor, USA” program over the
American Broadcasting Company
network, included the following
outstanding feature articles to sup
plement the news:
THE MARITIME PICTURE
By Nelson Crnikshank, Social In
surance Director of the AFL.
Out of the temporary turmoil
surrounding the ship strike situa
tion, two major developments of
basic and permanent importance to
the entire nation emerged this
week.
First, President Truman empha
sised at his press conference Thurs
day that he sees no need for asking
Congress to adopt new Icgilation
to curb strikes or to fix tighter
controls on wages. Organized labor
welcomes this decision.
Secondly, the Government af
firmed the fundamental principle
that wage increases—at least in
pert—can be absorbed by industry
without any need for paccing on
the increased costs to consumers in
the form of higher prices or higher
rates.
This is the gist of the plan an
nounced by Stabilization Director
Steelman for settlement of the ship
strike. To make it clear, perhaps
I should briefly summarize the is
sue involved in the strike.
Last July, the Seafarers Inter
nationa] Union negotiated new con
tracts with the ship owners calling
for wage increases, shorter hours
and other gains for the seamen
The contract later were submitted
to the Wage Stabilisation Board
for approval. The Board approved
the contracts with the exception of
$5 a month for seamen on the
West Coast and f 10 a month on the
East Coast.
The Board said the contracts
were inflationary because they ex
ceeded wave awards granted to CIO
untons in the maritime field earlier
by that very $5 and $10 a month.
The AFL union insisted on the full
amount of its contracts. It was
perfectly justified in so doing. The
Wage Stabilization Board then con
sidered its earlier decisions and re
affirmed its previous disapproval
but it pointed out that there was
nothing to stop the ship owners
from paying he exra amounts if
they were willing to absorb the
cost and not demand higher freight
or passenger rates.
Mr. Steelman's decision took that
final clause and made it the basis
of the settlement of the dispute.
The shipowners agreed to absorb
the cost and the strike was called
off.
This settlement will work no se
rious hardship to the ship operat
ors. It has become the fashion in
recent months to take it for grant
ed that every wage increase inev
itably must result in an equal or
comparable price increase. That is
economically false. High volume
operation and high volume produc
tion reduce costs and make it poe
Bioie ior management to pay higher
wages without any necessity for
higher prices. As more ships are
released by the Government to pri
vate operation, management will be
able to Teap greater profits despite
the additional wage costs it is
called upon to assume.
I^abor regards this decision as a
healthy development since higher
prices quickly wipe out wage gains
and leave the worker scarcely bet
ter off than he was before. If
every wage increase is to be fol
lowed by a price boost, inflation
will never be halted.
THE FOOD OUTLOOK
By Nathan Koenig. Executive As
sistant to the Secretary of
Agriculture
FVoni the information we have
now, it looks like the world’s sup
ply of food will be slightly larger
in the coming year than it was in
the year just past. But world food
supplies will still be less than they
were before the war. •
I have just come hack from Eu
rope. where I had a chance to study
the food situation and to ree what
the farmers in several countries
over there are doing to restore
their own food production. And I
can report to you that European
farmers are doing a good job—the
very best job that farmers can do
Respite shortages of draft power,:
hand tools, machinery, fertiliser,;
and good seed. Even with all these
handicaps, European farmers are
producing more cereal crops this
year than last.
But food production in Europe
has nob yet come up to prewar
levels. In fact the world food sit
uation is still such that the coun
brieswhere food has been the short
est during the emergency will have
to continue to practice wartime
economy t0 make their domestic
food supplies go farther—and some
of them most continue to depend
heavily on importing food from
other countries.
Here in the United States we’ve
been blessed with the greatest har
vest in all our history. For the rest
of this year, you and I can count
on at least as much food as we had
in the same period last year.
In spite of the trouble you may
have had buying meat up to now,
the meat supply per person for
folks in the United States will
probably average out to be larger
this year than last. It may run
something like 145 to 160 pounds
a person—compared with 138
pounds last year. The free mar
kets and high prices that prevailed
for several weeks before price con
trols went back into effect last
Tuesday, naturally resulted in a lot
of animals going to market sooner
than they ordinarily would. It was
to bf expected that livestock re
ceipts at the principal markets this
week would slump to a very low
level—and they did. They are still
low. But I think you can expect
them to begin to pick up in the
next couple of weeks or so and
then continue at a reasonable level.
The present price ceilings on
livestock recommended by the Sec
retary of Agriculture were decided
on after very careful study to car
ry out the purpose of the Price Con
tol law and the expression of poli
cy which the Congress adopted.
The policy was to fix prices at a
level that would expand production
whore supplies were short until
those supplies should equal demand.
In this particular instance the
problem was to arrive at a price
for livestock good enough to be an
incentive to farmers to hold up
production and yet be far below
the runaway prices consumers paid
in July and August—the period
during which price controls were
lspsed. The current meat prices
are higher than the June 30 ceil
ings by an average of about three
and three-quarter cents a pound.
Agricultural authorities feel this is
about the price needed to encourage
fcrmers under present conditions
to keep on producing the meat we
need. ,
In spite of what has been said
about a famine in meat during the
past few days, there are some good
sides to the picture.
For one thing, pork production
this fall and winter should be
helped by the good pig crop this
spring. These hogs will be coming
to market this fall and winter.
Also cattle have been going into
feeder lots in substantial number in
the past few weeks—to be fed for
marketing next year.
We have more grain now so we
can feed meat animals to heavier
weights before marketing — and
still have enough grain left over
for food needs abroad.
COMMUNISTS IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT
By William C. Doherty, Vice Presi
dent of the AFL and President of
the National Association of Letter
Carriers.
Widely publicised news devel
ments of the past week have
brought to the forefront the prob
lem of Communist infiltration into
the American labor movement. It
IS a problem. There is no point in
dodging it. It must be faced and
overcome.
Particularly is this true of labor
unions representing employes of
the United States Government. The
danger inherent in any union or
gaization dominated by communists ]
becomes doubled when that organ- j
ization speaks and acts for Gov- j
ernment employes. Nor does it
make sense for our Government to
hire and keep on its payrolls per- ‘
sons who believe in destroying our
form of government.
I am proud of the fact that the'
National Association of Letter Car
riers, at its convention in Detroit a
few days ago, met this issue
squarely and voiced its convictions
boldly. Our convention adopted a
resolution which said:
“The National Association of
Letter Carriers renews its pledge
of loyalty to the United States
Government and recommends to the
Post Office Department dismissal
from the service of any known
member of the Communist Party
or anyone who is in sympathy with
any subversive movement detri
mental to our form of government.’*
Your Taxes
And Mine—
This is the tenth of s series of
12 articles on tax problems affect
ing every person in the Nation,
written for the AFL Weekly News
Service by Arthur A. Elder, tax
consultant for the AFL’s Tax Com.
mittee and a vice president of the
American Federation of Teachers.
HOW HIGH SHOULD OUR
TAXES BE?
How much taxes should we pay?
Experts disagree on the sixe of
the federal budget in the post-war
period. Their estimates range from
16 billion to 28 billion dollars a
year. Interest on the federal debt
alone will be almost as much as
the federal budget of pre-war
years.
How hard will the taxes pinch
us? Surprisingly, even thougn
they will be higher, they need not
be nearly as much of a burden as
they were before the wart
The real question is, “How high
will taxes be in relation to the total
national income?” It’s easy to see
that when federal taxes were half i
wnat they are today, they were
harder to bear because the national
income was only one-third its pres
ent sixe.
The way to manage our tax bill,
without an excess of pain, then, is
to keep the national income high.
Taxes should be high enough to pay
for the necessary services of the
government, without depressing
the purchasing power of the people.
Here are some suggestions on
tax policy that will help meet these
standards:
Remove federal wartime excise
taxes (taxes on consumer goods).
Raise income tax exemption or
reduce rates drastically in lower in
come brackets.
Drop liquor and tobacco taxes as
major providers of revenue.
Substantial increase in revenue
from estate and gift taxes.
It is believed by most tax eco
nomists that excise taxes and in
come taxes on the lower incomes
cut down the consumption of essen
tial goods, doing harm to the econ
omy and to the people.
| A good tax program is one that
encourages consumption.
CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS
GET INCREASED U. S. FUNDS
(Continued from Page I)
homes for children needing day
c&re, assist with orphans and the
wards of juvenile court, aid unmar
ried mothers and children born out
of wedlock, give assistance to chil
dren with behavior problems and
tn those who are mentally handi
capped.
The Children's Bureau has found
that outside the metropolitan areas
the country over there are fewer
welfare workers available to help
with such problems and it is
in these areas that the funds will
be available to increase services.
No one can mistake where the
Letter Carriers stand on the Com
munist issue after reading that res.
olution. And in order to make cer
tain that the position of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor is clea'riy
understood, our convention in
structed^ me to submit a similar
resolution to the convention of the
AFL which meets October 7 in
Chicago. I am confident that the
American Federation of Labor will
adopt the resolution unanimously.
Such action will prove especially |
significant in view of the curious
reluctance of certain unions not af
filiated with the American Federa
tion of Labor to utter a single word
in condemnation of Communism. 1
have one in mind which held a con
vention this w'eek in the middle
west. Its officers in their official
report lavished praise on Soviet j
Russia and condemned the leaders
of our Government who shape the '
foreign policy of the United States.
This convention overwhelmingly
defeated a mild resolution denounc
ing Communism and Fascism with
equal force. And the officers, who
were charitably described in the
newspapers as left-wing, were re
elected by huge majorities.
This is a shocking demonstration
of the extent to which Communists
have succeeded in securing a grip
on one branch of the labor move
ment in our country. Unless this
trend is halted in its tracks, tur
moil and internal strife will plague
our country at a time when stabil
ity and unity are essential for the
future peace and prosperity of our
own nation and the entire world.
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