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HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN IS OFFERED IH ARKANSAS Little Rock, Ark.—The Arkan sas Medical Soci^y and the Ark ansas Hospital Association have r announced that a joint plan for pre-payment of hospital a$d med ical care has been offered, cov ering four types of insurance to be -provided by commercial insur ance companies and approved by the State Insurance Department. A comprehensive hospital con tract plan, the same contract plus surgical and obstetrical benefits, a limited hospital contract only, and the limited hospital contract plus surgical and obstetrical bene fits will be offered. The plans represent nearly a year of joint work of committees of the two groups and have been approved by the House of Delegates of The Medical Society and by the Hospital Association’s Board of Governors. Approved companies will be in vited to submit proposals, includ ing scales of rates on all four types of contracts. The success ful company will be named by a 16-member committee represent ing both sponsoring groups and the public and this company will be authorized to use the name of the Medical Society and the Hos pital Association in promotional advertising. SOME WOMEN’S PAY ENTIRELY TOO LOW l . “ New York City.—The State La bor Department disclosed in a re port that between half and three quarters of the women working! in the confectionery, beauty serv ice and cleaning and dyeing in dustries in New York State still earn less than enough to main tain themselves. The survey shows that real wages have risen for the 40,000 workers in the three industries, but not enough to give most of them a “mini mum adequate standard of liv ing.” An “adequate minimum” here is considered to be about |39 a week today. The Department of Labor’s Federal Wage and Hour inspec tors cover the nation’s industry out of 13 regonal offices, with branch offices in more than 100 cities. _ Sr m It Fiji To Ttst, With DOGGETT LUMBER CO. 211 E. Park Ava. Phaaa »17» START NOW THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK Ch-trlofte, N. C. Warlitzer Spinette Pianos —Convenient Terms— PARKER-GARDNER CO. Dh« un US W. Trad# »«• *W DeVONDE Synthetic Cleaners, Dyers Hatters. Farriers Seven Potato Why We Are One ef the Soothe Loedinf Synthetic Clennere 1. Restore* original freshness end sparkle. 2. Remove* carefully all dirt, dust and grass*. S. Harmless to* the gloat deli cate of fabrics. 4. Odorless, thorough cleaning. 5. Garments stay clean longer. 6. Press retained longer. T. Reduces wardrobe upkeep. DeVONDE Call 3-5125 121 W. 6th St. the march or labor i ®NE OUT OF 5 AMEClQM FAMILIES HAO INCOMES t*- LE90 THAN 31000 DUGlrtG 1945. ^ I 0NE HUNDRED YEARS AGO 16 OUT OF EVERY 20AMUaOMS O/NED THE MEANS BY WHICH THEY MADE THElR LIVING. TDCWY, 17 OUT OF Every 2d DO NOT. THROUGH ILU4E6S. Hice-s where yooxt pmd th* union $ LABEL IN A UNION- MAT* HAT J IT »S * SEWN ON THE HAT. UNDER THE SWEAT8AUQ.> STATE AGENCIES SAVE U. S. MILLIONS IN VET TRAINING Washington, D. C.—Maj. Gen, Graves B. Erskine, Administra tor of the Retraining and Reem ployment Administration, has de clared that the work of State and local agencies in reintegrat ing veterans and displaced war workers has saved the Federal Government and local communi ties millions of dollars and rec ommends that JFederal agencies continue active co-operation with all State and county veterans’ service offices and community ad visory centers. In a year-end report to the Advisory Council of RRA, the Labor Department official de clared that the need for State and local services and for Fed eral co-operation with them will .continue for at least another year and a half. Authorization for the RRA will expire on June 30 and no further legislation for exten sion of the agency beyond that date has been introduced in Con gress, and a request for a small deficiency appropriation for this fiscal year has not been granted. 350,000 JOBLESS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco, Calif.—A report from the California Departments of Industrial Relations and Em ployment shows that for Decem ber, 1946, unemployment increased from 35,000 to an estimated 350, 000. This increase in unemploy ment is due primarily to season al layoffs in agriculture, food processing and lumbering. Vet erans made up a large portion of the unemployed and some 80, 000 World War II veterans filed claims during the week ending December 19, an increase of 10, 000. TEACHERS’ UNION GROWS Louisville, Ky.—The American Federation of Teachers (AFL) here has grown in less than a month from 86 members to 403 In addition, 17 members of the local have transferred to the new ly chartered local at the Univer sity of Louisville. PRINTERS WIN RAISE Rochester, N.Y.—Printers’ scales were raised from $63 to $79 for night work and from $58 to $74 a week for day work under terms of a new agreement reached on daily papers here. PAY COMPROMISE AMENDMENT MIGHT CRIPPLE FISA Washington, D. C.—Any amend- 1 ment to the Fair Labor Standards Act which would allow workers to J waive claims for back wages— , once the portal-to-portal quest on ■ has been settled — would make ' that Act largely meaningless. That statement was made to a House Jud ciary Subcommittee by L. Metcalfe Walling, Admin istrator of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, U. S. Department of Labor, who pointed out that nearly half of the 20 million workers covered ■by the Federal Wage and Hour Law are unorganized. I I ! foe W’age-Hour Administrator promise settlements of past lia bilities growing out of the portal to-portal question. However, he said, an amendment which would permit such, compromises for the future would “be disastrous to en forcement of this basic humani tarian statute.” Mr. Walling repeated his sug gestsion, made before a Senate Subcommittee recently, that the Administrator be given the poorer to issue authoritative interpreta tions for the guidance and protec tion of employers and that he be granted the power to sue on be half of employees for the le gally due back wages, and that a three year statute of limitations be enacted. If the proposed rule-making power will protect employers from unforseen liabilities, he said, “there is no need whatever for a provision permitting employees to waive or compromise their claims for back wagess except for the retroactive problem in the portal to-portal situation.” ROCHESTER STEREOTYPERS ARE GRANTED WAGE JUMP Rochester, N. Y.—Local 49 of the Stereotypers and Electro typers Union and members of the Rochester Mailers Union, Local ( 66, of the International Typo graphical Union, came to terms with the management of the Gan nett newspapers, according to Charles M. Lyons, international representative of the mailers. The stereotypers settled for a scale of $74 days and $79 nights, similar to the printers and retro active pay, according to Warren Lynch, head of the local. The mailers’ new scale is $69 for day work and $63 for nights. No back pay is involved. HOLD ON TO yOUR SOCIAL SECURITYCARD gsSS'*"*" too MAY NEED IT AT ONCE IA/UCA1 vm I START work on anew job <*| VYrltn I UUfitfWR social secuRnybeneftts. for More Inf or mat Jon Consult Your Union Social Security Committec, OR tke Nearest Social Secxiriaj Office. RESTAURANTS. Gas STATIONS ATTRACT VET BUSINESSMEN Washington, D. C.—No. 1 and No. 2 choices of veterans who want, to go into business for themselves are restaurants and illling stations, according to a special study conducted by the Retraining and Reemployment Vdministration of the U. S. De partment of Labor. Next on the ist which have attracted veterans n large numbers during the past ear are garage and repair shops, dectricai appliance and radio shops, and grocery stores. The study of business-minded veterans’ desires was initiated by RRA through its national cross section panel of Community Ad visory and Information Centers located throughout the country. Thirty centers, keeping a syste matic monthly^ check of trends and activities in the field of vet erans affairs, submitted informa tion on veterans who had visited the centers with problems related to establishments of businesses.* The study also revealed that successful local business men are the principals source of advice and assistance. In nearly all of the communities studied, the locai businessmen organised themselves into panels to discuss with vet erans personally ^ and at length the pfcri ferns involved in estab lishing a retail bus'nesss. LABOR PRODUCTIVITY1 RISES IN GAS-ELECTRIC FIELDS New York ..City—The National; Rureau of Economic Research states that labor productivity jn the electric and gas utilities in dustry has increased more than twice as rapidly in the last 401 years as any other major sector j of the economy. According to Dr. Jacob M. Gould, author of | “Output and Productivity la Electric and Gas Utilities, 1 1842,” labor efficiency in the ities “has risen at the able rate, of 4 per cent a LIVING COSTS CLIMBT Washington, D. C.—A releasor from the Bureau of tabor Sta tistics of the Labor Departmoafc. issue January 30, stated that a* August, 1939, the cost-of-Iivus^ was 66 per cent cheaper for tfc» average family in the Units# States thah on December tffc. __ Men s Sanforized Pajamas SANFORIZED COTTON PAJAMAS: Most any man would be pleased with a pair of these pa jamas that come in either the pencil or blazer ■tripe. Come in sizes of A, B, C, D, or E. Also slims. Colors of blue, tan or green. 4.95 OUTING PAJAMAS: Warm and comfortable outing pajamas in sizes of A, B, C, and D. Made of a good ouality material in assorted stripes and colors. Remember, there is still more winter weather ahead. 350 495 MEN’S STORE-STREET FLOOR BELK B R OS. % 4 A LIVING ROOM Consisting Of 10 Pieces For *171“ Includes the spring-filled sofa, the match ing lounge chair, the occasional chair, the cocktail table, the floor lamp, the 2 table lamps, the S end tables, and the cocktail smoker. Quality pieces all for real value! I $3.00 WEEK STERCHI S EXCHANGE STORE 129 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET
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