Editorial CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL & DIXIE FARM NEWS Published Weekly at Charlotte, N, C. Address All Communications to .Post Office Box 1061 Telephones S-S094 and 4-8602 Office of Publication: 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S2.00 per year, payable in advance or 5c per copy. * ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. H. A. Stalls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate _Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1981, at the Post Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 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 upop the character, standing or reputation of any person, firm 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 •pinions solicited. u \ A MAJOR FACTOR IN INDUSTRIAL PEACE ;v Health and welfare fund clauses in. collective bargaQnmfr contracts were approved by Labor Secretary Schwellenbach in his annual report to Congress as “an effective and flex ible means of providing greater social security through collective bargaining. ’’ In his report to Congress Mr. Schwellenbach summarized the year’s developments in labor legislation and empha sized that stabilization of the economy would help more than any other thing to promote industrial peace. ■ He stated that under stabilized conditions, “collective bargaining can best play its creative role in advancing the standard of life of the workers and in protecting their status as human beings. Lack of stability, however, may provide the basis for a renewal of the industrial strife that characterized much of the first post-war year.” i It was in connection with his discussion of stabilized industrial, conditions that he spoke approvingly of the in creasing use of health and welfare funds in union contracts. While he fiplt that the general economic outlook for the immediate future is favorable if price stability is quickly achieved, Mr. Schwellenbach felt that “the decisive test for the post-war economy will come when the deferred de mand Of the V.'ar year* for capital goods and equipment has been met.” He added that “our economic health must depend mainly, of course, upon the foresight and adaptability of labor, management and farmers in working together through their organizations an<| their Government for general, sustained orosDeritv.” The Secretary urged that “stability must be assured at a high level of output, and the products of industry must be equitably distributed among those who co-operate in their production. We need a clearer understanding of the fact that farm income and the welfare of farmers are in workers. y “There is general agreement that steps to improve ef ficiency and increase the flow of goods in short supply is vital alike td the success of the new price controls and to the advancement of wages and living standasds.” Turning to the question of labor disputes, the Secre tary “warned against the dangers of punitive legislation enacted in haste and without comprehensive study, and Einted out that industrial strife is actually a symptom of sic economic maladjustments." '***’. “Insecurity is a primary cause of industrial unrest," he declared. “In a period of reconversion, with rising prices, scarcity of commodities and the consequent threat to work er's living standards, peaceful adjustments are much more diffcult to attain. Hence the problem of labor-management disputes could not be solved by legislation limited to the establishment of techniques for the expeditious settlement of such disputes." COST OF LIVING SHOWS DECLINE The* high cost of living came closer to the reach of the average worker as the increasing supplies of foods and other important commodities, in addition to a rising con sumer resistance, eased the situation in general commercial channels toward the end of the week of January 12. The jiown trefid^in food prices was marked by lower quo tations for wheat, cotton, oats, cattle, butter, eggs and poultry. The decline had been under way for at least a month. ... Isolated declines for industrial products also developed, including silver, hides and wools. In New Hampshire the Public Service Company an nounced a reduction in electric rates despite rising coats. The same State announced a drop in retail and wholesale cream prices. -x, . Some New York City chain food stores reduced butter 1 cent a pound. The wholesale market dropped 2 to 2 1-4 cents a pound, piling up losses for the last three weeks to around 20 cents and for this week alone to 8 to 9 cents. I The Chicago wholesale market also declined. In the Chicago grain futures market, wheat dropped 5-8 to 1 1-2 cents. Oats lost 1-2 to 1 cent. Talk of consumer resistance to present prices for some textiles helped drop cotton futures at New York $4 a bale at one time. .. Raw cotton for spot delivery dipped $1.25 a bale at New Orleans. \ Textile merchants in New York reported hesitant de mand for heavy goods for commercial purposes. The official New York price of silver dropped 1 3-4 cents an ounce for the third setback of the week. Hide futures at New York declined an outside of nine tenths of a cent a pound and cocoa futures nearly as much - Cattle at Chicago were 25 cents a hundredweight lower. Some grades of poultry again declined at New York, putting losses for the last month at from 15 to 20 cents a pound; Eggs also slipped. separably linked incomes of city KEY TO BETTER RELATIONS v ' I The re^l solution to labor relations problems in the United States today restfc in the hands of employers and other groups who are waging warfare upon the organized workers of America. This was the declaration of Lewis G. Hines, National Legislative Representative of the American Federation of Labor, speaking on the American Forum of the Air pro gram. i “Will new labor legislation help our economy? The answer to this depends on what kind of legislation,” he said. “Legislation improving our social security standards, as sponsored by the American Federation of Labor, would THE MARCH Of LABOR iPE0ERAt«<>^«MM6NTI BOW MILITARY and civilian. HAVE FALLEN Off 13 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR SINCE V-J OAY. A — COMPARED wrw THE 1930 DOLLAR m PURCHAS ING POWER- THE I94€ DOLLAR IS ACTUALLY / / wor™°nly 65^/ r nwcnens IN S»©APt>R** «***»». H06P»TAL WERE RECENTLY SADOLCD wrtM sons «atmc«quRiom» Anei»a^Ht» - 6HCK?r-TE«M PBl90*eBSreCjMTMt LOCAL PRISON. WHEN CHNeSC.AMD INOlANViMtD attendants *TRucicPC3ftmGMiR«AK3es THE HOePlTAL CALLED teRW&KtBWAMttSl when NOT ENOUGH *XONTE£*S WERE PDRlHCCNUHft,40 »0«r-T5«« PR>VN grs mckc brought fromthc mm.. OffiOMUOC itA QUipi ID VALUE! HAT-BErfWBWS LABEL-AHDCer . 1f€6eSXM1ttHs/ most certainly help our economy. If, however, we are re ferring to the avalance of punitive anti-union labor bills that have been introduced since the opening of the Eight ieth Congress, aimed at the destruction of the organized labor movement in America, the answer is emphatically ‘no.’ “A more general acceptance of the trade union movement by forces which have been opposing it would go a long way to achieve our much desired goal, industrial peace. “The American Federation of Labor will assume th^ of fensive against those who would ruin our economy. We challenge the sponsors of all anti-union labor legislation, whether they be members of Congress or the National Association of Manufacturers and their allied groups, to ihow cause why they should not stand indicted before the bar of public opinion £.r their attempt to wreck labor management relations and destroy the trade union move ment in America. Remember, regimentation of labor will lead to regimentation of industry and the elimination of the profit system. Fascism or Communism would be sure to follow. I have confidence that the overwhelming ma jority of the American people will join in opposing the en actment of crippling anti-union legislation now before Con gress." TEXT OF GREEN’S LETTER ON PORT At PAY POLICY Washington, D. C.—Following ig the text of a letter from A FL President William Green to all affiliated unions, out* lining the Federation's policy on the portal-to-portal pay issue. It was accompanied by a detailed memorandum con* taining the latest and most accurate information on work ers' rights with regard to portal-to-portal pay: In recent weeks, wide publicity has been given to court actions filed by certain labor unions in an attempt to re cover back pay for their -members for travel iime and other time spent on employer's property, such as clang ing clothes and preparing for work, claiming this to be time worked within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Very few of these suits have been brought by unions affiliated with the American Federation ef Labor.. It is (he long-established policy of the American Federation of Labor to rely upon collective bargaining through direct ne gotiations between unions and employers to settle differ ences between them regarding wages, hours and working conditions of the workers concerned. Whpt constitutes time worked for the purpose oi' figuring straight time and overtihfe compensation can best he determined by labor and management ever the bargaining table. Any hnion or any employer operating under a contract mutually agreed upon, is under obUgation first to present to the other party of the agreement any question that may arise regarding the term* of that agreement. Appeal to authority before all the voluntary means of resolving differences have been exhausted, Invites invasion of the right of labor and management to contract about their affairs. Such untimely and unwttranted resort to administrative or judicial intervention is inconsistent with the mutual rights and responsibilities established by em ployers and unions through private contract in a free so ciety. All national and international unions affiliated with the Metal Trades Department of the AFL ami a number of other AFL affiliates have officially declared it to be their policy to make the definition of tttae worked, within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act or otherwise, sub ject to collective bargaining negotiation in preference to litigation. National and international unions affiliated with the AFL are free to make their own polcy determination in this _. . „ However, it is Important for all affiliated full factual information about the this problem. 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