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Editorial CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL A DIXIE FARM NEWS Published Weekly at Charlotte, N. C.__ ‘ Address A11 Communication* to Post Office Box 1061 Telephones 3-3094 end 4*5802 Office of Publication: 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C.__ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 12.00 per year, payable in advance or 5c per copy. ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. H. A. Stolls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1981, at the Post c* Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879 Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by 1 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, (inn or corporation which may appear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be gladly corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opinions solicited. _ JOBLESS INSURANCE PAY PALLS DURING 1946 Jobless insurance payments throughout the country de clined more than 60 per cent in 1946, it was indicated by an analysis of figures compiled by the Social Security Ad ministration. The peak Of idleness caused by the shift from war to a peace economy was reached in January, 1946, when 1,624, 300 workers drew $133,246,000 in unemployment insurance. In September, last month for which certified figures were available in the regional offices of the agency, the number of unemployed had fallen to 839,000 and insurance payments amounted to $63,215,000. November payments, on the hasis of incomplete returns^ were expected to be about $66,500, Officials noted that the number of workers now unem ployed represented felwer than two per cent of the 42,500, 000 covered by unemployment insurance throughout the country. ■ ■ - 4 -. ... \ Payment of readjustment allowances to jobless veterans also is going down, according to official reports. Member ship-in the “52-20 Club” reached its peak in July, when 1,724,0(10 veterans received $152,673,000 ip readjustment benefits! In September there were 1,476,000 veterans draw ing $124,082,000. A review of unemployment insurance payments by all States from January, 1937, through September, 1946, showed that $3,541,065,000 in benefits had been distributed to job less workers. On September 30 the Unemployment insur ance trust fund contained a reserve of $6,792,000,000, or nearly twice the amount paid out in 10 years. While conceding that the trust fund never had had to sustain .the impact of a major depression, officials said there was little doubt that the fund was sufficiently large to weather almost any foreseeable economic upheaval. The size of the fund has brought two conflicting types ‘ pressure. One is from employers who contend that tax luctions should be made either on a blanket basis or > filtHt-fating plans upd^r which tax rates are lent* % emp“yei,’“ •ucc*** in holding down unem The other -types of pressure is from labor groups, which argue that surplus should be used to finance larger benefits or to e*|wi||2p»-period cf time over which benefits may be paid. The hvfkage weekly unemployment insur ance benefit is $18.27. ARBITRATION OUTLOOK BRIGHT Prospects for arbitration are brighter throughout Amer ica and the world at large than at any time, if judgment is to be based upon progress made in the last year, R. E. Swart, president of the American Arbitration Association, declared here. . Men and women everywhere, he said, are seeking specific formulae for securing a just and enduring peace. “In labor and industry, in trade and commerce, in politics and statecraft, they are rediscovering their oldest device for the attainment of justice in the settlement of disputes impartial and voluntary arbitration,” he declared. “In numbers, labor-management disputes rank first. A new trend was marked in the closing months with numer ous agreements between employers and unions to submit the disputed terms of a proposed contract to arbitration. These instances of arbitration preventing strikes, of course, do not make the headlines but they far outnumber the fctnaes that do. Labor and management are both very much awake to the likelihood of legislation imposing com pulsory arbitration if the failure to use voluntary pro marks the New Year in too many cases compar Sbte ““ S,‘ip,,in* “ra‘e “nd other ”ot _/7n domestic trade and commerce the resumption of full scale private trade has given great impetus to the use of !rJTClal ?rb‘traj.ion which, of course, has enjoyed wide spret. 1 popularity for many decades." LABOR—US. A. The twenty-sixth end final edi tion ofi the American Federation ist of the Air, broadcast on the “Labor, USA” program over the American Broadcasting Company network, included the following outstanding feature articles to support the news: ■IGBUGHTS OF 194« By Bebert J. Watt. AFL International Representative Very few Americans are going to entertain wistful recollections of the year 1946. It was not, hy any stretch of the Imagination, a good y^; or a great year in our Nation's history. Looking back now, we can see an almost con tinuous procession of mistakes— mistakes by the Government, hy industry and by labor—mistakes that could have been and should have been avoided. Of course, historians will pro. .tide alibis for 1M6. They will s«y that the year juat closed was a year of “readjustment,” which is always • slow and painful process, even when the chance should Be a happy one—as from war to |»ace. But that necessary period of re adjustment could have been made a lot easier for the American peo ple and for the American economy had it not been for the>Govers ment’s complete failure to protect the value of the American dollar. Today the prewar dollars la generally worth about half of what it used to be. In many cases, a dollar will buy not more than SO cents would in 1939. The disintegration of the dol lar—better known as inflation— is the fundamental cause of most of our domestic, economic troubles today—and we have plenty of them, „ Certainly, steady dollar would —IfuSoTSSl :£== OUT OP p*vs ns** OC.OCFEKS VISITS LJ&SSft* _ OF IMA8IUTY TO THE BILLS. ■ONE OON8GESSMAN MHO*. KXtttffcOQeorxnoN wausiao RYAS*WORtON8MAN*DlEO M AUGUST,1946. MC MAS REP. MM. J. <3ALLAQMSR(0.,M»M.) . WHO, W1944. OEFEATEDATWO A, TERM WuSUCAN CANO** fl OAT* EVEN THOUGH *9 ■ T CAMPAIGNfunooonssgd. <E***NU8 KfiCSNTLY ATTEMPTED WOMEN AND f 75,000 JUVENILE Cr\ DM. IT WU MI6HT 8tCAUXD A~ hA80R>MAScENERVSS. EVERY TRAIN .STRKTCAR AMO PtAMT OrERAlEP W WAYS BLARED RDRWAinH WHtSTLfS,0EUS ANO Sirens^tan APfbiwiED 1 or noo me earned by l DOOM A • UTTli Jnn' £> have promoted higher production, it would have avoided nation-wide disputes between management and labor over wages, and it would have prevented real suffering on the part of millions of Americana who must depend on small, fiixed incomes. Let us,concede that at the be ginning ofl 1946 inflation already had made considerable progress. That’s perfectly true. The dol lar 4as sliding, but the grade, was fairly level. With a little foresight, the Government could have succeeded in halting the skid and steadying our economy. But it failed. The tragic thing ie that the de cision that brought about failure was almost deliberate. Shortly after the beginning W this year, the Government was confronted with the problem of liquidating wartime controls. If it had acted boldly, and announced that all controls over prices and wages would be dropped at a fixed date, our economy could have prepared for the shock and cushioned it. But the Government decided not to let go. Faced with the refusal of the steel industry to bargain] on wages so long as prices re-] stained tightly controlled, the Government deliberately created a "bulge” in the national defense against inflation. The White House announced that prices would be permitted to rise in pro portion to wage increases. The “bulge” was a political, rather than an economic decision. It was unnecessary. It could have been avoided. Hundreds of Amer ican Federation of Labor unions already had negotiated wage in creases for their members with out forcing price increases. They had proved id could be don,e. But the Government ignored these facts in its haste to ap peefce the extremists on both sides. A new formula for wage increases was established along with a new formula for price in creases. And the purchasing power of the dollar started tob hoganning down hill. \ As time passed, the American •people became fed up with the wljole mess. They registered their dissatisfaction in the No vember elections'. Belatedly, the Government got around to wiping I out price and wage controls. But ; a great deal of damage already has been donie. Ae we look back upon the mis takes of 1946, we cant’ help feel ing that conditions must improve in 1947. At least, we have got rid of moat Government controls. Under a free economy in 1947* v GREEN APPOINTS GROUP FOR VISIT TO ARGENTINA AFL President William Green announced the appointment of a special delegation ..which ..will leave early in January on a trip to Argenafca on the invitation of the Argentine Government and the Argentine Confederation of Labor. The AFL delegates in clude: ' Arnold S. Zander,' President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes, Madison, j Wis. Lee W. Minton, President of the Glass Bottle Blowers’ Asso ciation of the U- S. and Canada, Philadelphia, Pa. Israel H. Goldberg, Vice Presi dent of the United ffatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Interna tional* Union, New York City. Miguel Carriga, Vice President of the Hotel and Restaurant Em ployes International Alliance, New York City. Serafino Romualdi, of the In ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, New York City. Mr. Romualdi, Latin-American representatives of the AFL, will serve as secretary and interpreter for the group. Mr. Green said the delegates will inquire into labor, economic I and political conditions in Ar gentine and report ther findings to hm on thei- return.' “CROSS SECTION” PROGRAM 8TARTS ON AIR JANUARY 4 York City—Announcement was made, here by the Columbia Broadcasting System that, to pro vide a comprehensive weekly re port on the Nation’s main think ing problems, it will inaugurate a 39-week Saturday afternoon series entitled “Cross Section — USA” beginning January 4. The program will be heard on Columbia stations throughout the country from 3 to 3:30 p. m,. (EST) each Saturday. Edward R. Murrow, CBS'Vice President and Director..of Public Affairs, said the program would be prepared in collaboration with nine organizations of national im portance which will reflect the views of labor, management and agriculture. The AFL ts^includ ed , in these organisations. 6.004 JOIN UMW NO. 50 New York City.—With an esti mated membership of 6,000, the I Local 21193 of the American Fed eration of Municipal Transit Workers 4AFL), voted to join District 50 of the United Mine Workers (AFL).' i Ifi the Quality leadership that makti Lisdtrf I tt Unde Sam Says One of the One el ton* to to begte s aew yew tot of rrootott—o. Some « Others we make with the bresktef them to the Yea're to Yes’rs wiser American to resetettoe to eecerttjr of jrowwK ul fe to pat seme ef revatorly tote U. 8. pay N to M Teem. V. S. Trtarury DtfrrHitui 31. sle^o^l if^ i vpOK tkif5i§m It Pays To Trade With DOGGETT LUMBER CO. I Zll E. Park An. 5 8179 r START THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK L Charlotte, N. C. | US w. Trade PkMtt 82*7 ( DcVONDE Synthetic Cleaners, Dyers Hatters, farriers 8«a Polite Why Wo Are One of the South's Loading _ _ Synthetic Clcnncra 1. Rea tores original freshness and sparkle. 2. 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