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VOL. XVI; No. 44
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH' IS, 1947
Subscription $2.00 Per Yenr
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1947 Campaigning
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CtosedShop
Banned By
Legislature
Five Senators Speak Against
Passage of Anti - Closed
Shop Law, While No One
Spoke For Its Passage,
Strange As It May Seen.
In a North Carolina Cap
itol building packed
aed with sp
the North Carettna Senate
joined the Home in pass
ing by .T°tce rote an anti
bor had fire stalwart
porters who expressed
then selves in debate
against the drastic meas
ure which had its origin in
the House two weeks prev
iously and which was la
beled House Bill No. 229.
Not one of the Senators
spoke in behalf of the
measure whoa it came to
the floor for action.
The bill had been intro
duced in the House by three
ex - servicemen, Representa
tives Hathaway of Gates
county, Scott of Beaufort,
and Martin of Martin, who
claimed that they were do
(CMtiMMtf Ob Parc 4)
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR
HERBERT H. BAXTER
Present Mayor of Charlotte, seeks re-election on the basis of his
post record as both a city councilman and as Mayor during the war
days. He has led a Ight for veterans’ housing ever since the boys
hare been coming back beam and the Morris Field units are the
result of much of his work.
Present member of Charlotte City Cornell, who hah
y» candidacy for re-election on the servicemen’s ticket. Mr. White
ie a member of Charlotte Typographical Union and is general sapor*
intendrat of The Charlotte Observer. He has taken an active part
in the city’s affairs since being named 4e the eooaeil several yean
JOHN P.
Charlotte City
age. He
11 had three
feagbt„in
War and in World War
flghtiag for Ua
MANLEY R. DUNAWAY
Charlotte RmI but* ua, who
Kwnl vttki iff* iimwhI Mi
candidacy far the paaiUaa of
Mayor of Charlotte —hjict ta
Um primary af April 28.
DAVID BEHNCKB ELECTED
Chicaffo, III. — At the ninth
•nnual convention of the Air Lina
Pilot* Association (AFL) here
David L, Behncke was rejected
for his ninth consecutive term as
'president of the union. Jerry
Wood of New York was elected
vice president, succeeding Orvis |
Nelson of Burbank, Calif. War*
ren Jdalvick of this city was re*
elected treasurer and Ray R. An
drews was elected secretary, Suc
ceeding Larry Harris of Wichita,
Kans. Sixteen regional vice
presidents also were elected. The
convention was attended by 10
delegates, representing 7,000 mem
bers.
JOHN 8. WARD
Mr. Ward served several terns as a menbmj of the City Council,
and is widely known throughout Charlotte. He is a member of the
staff of Radio Station WSOC, and is a voters^ campaigner |a local
political circles.
Charlotte Labor Flays
Action Oi Legislature
Charlotte Central Labor Un
ion in seseioa this week passed
a strong resolution condemning
the action of the North Caro
lina General Assembly for pass
ing the anti-closed shop bill
Thursday, March IS. The res
station follows:
Whereas, North Carolina has
been blessed for many years with
Labor-Management relations that
have been above the average, and
Whereas, it is the belief of
North Carolina Labor that there
has Leon no need for the enact
ment of legislation by the North
Carolina General Assembly to
correct any so-called labor-man
agement inequalities in this. State,
and
Whereas. North Carolina La
bor and its friends did at the
current session of ’ the Legisla
ure endeavor to present its views
along these lines to both the com
mittee of the House and to the
committee of the Senate in earn
est and san^ appeals against the
enactment of any anti-union leg
islation in North Carolina, and
Whereas, the appeals o^ Labor
and its friends fell upon deaf.
ears, resulting in the hasty en
actment of an anti-closed shop
bill for North Carolina which., is
practically a copy of the Virginia
anti-closed shop law, and not of
North Carolina origin, and
Whereas, both the members of
the House and the Senate failed
to put themselves on record in
their vote on the bill by either
roll call or standing vote, but
chose instead to storm through
a voice vote in both houses which j
was recorded for passage of the
amti-closed shop measure in each
instance, and
r
Whereas, this action on the part
of both Houses should not be
passed up by Labor without se
vere criticism;
Therefore, be it resolved, That
Charlotte Central Labor Union
deeply deplores the actions of
both Houses of the North Caro
lina General Assembly for the
passage of an anti-closed shop
bill for North Carolina and con-,
demns the measure as being a re
flection upon the considered judg
ment of the people of this State
and a1 dark spot in the traditional
History of our great State which
has always endeavored to send
representatives to the Legisla- (
ture who were free of bias and
who would work for the better
interests of all of its citizens in
stead of special or selfish inter
ests, and
Be It Further Resolved, That
Charlotte Centra! Labor Union |
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Tlifee Announce For
Mayor Of Charlotte
SERVICEMEN PRESENT SLATE OF SEVEN IN BID
FOR SUPPORT OF VOTERS—INDEPENDENTS AN
NOUNCE, with more Expected to follow.
Post-war1 politics have gotten off to a good start during
the past couple of weeks in Charlotte. Three candidates
thus far have, announced for the No. 1 position, Mayor of
Charlotte, a slate of seven servicemen have announced as
candidates for councilmen and three independent candidates
have thrown their hat* into the councilmanic arena, with
several more prospective council candidates* to announce
shortly. The primary this year will more than likely be
one of the liveliest campaigns witnessed here since long
before war days.
The three candidates who have
announced their deaire for the
mayor’s chair at tlm head of the
eounclf table 4>avK*Wen in cam
paigns before, and each ie well
known to the voters at the Queen
City. Herbert Baxter, incumbent,
has served two terms as Mayor.
Before taking the Mayor’s seat
he was a member of the city
council for a number of years.
Mr. Baxter has expressed a de
sire to again serve ss Msyor of
Charlotte for another term.
John S. Ward, a. former city
councilman, and who has partici
pated in many city campaigns,
tlso seeks the Mayer’s position
ind has not aligned himself with
iny political faction. Mr. Ward
is’ a seasoned campaigner. He
chalked up a nice record for him
self while a member of the coun
cil several terms a number of
years ago. He is a member of
the staff of Radio Station WSOC
with which station he has been
identified for a long time and is
also well known locally.
Manley R. Dunaway, local real
estate man, announced for Mayor
^several weeks ago. Mr. Duna
way has been a resident of Char
lotte for many years, coming here
from Alabama, where he attended
the University of Alabama as a
young man. He was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination to
Congress from the Tenth Con
gresional district in the last elec*
tion, but was defeated by Ham
ilton C. Jones, Charlotte attorney,
who is now representing the
Tenth district in Washington in
the position formerly held by the
late Joe Ervin. Mr. Dunaway is
well-known.
Word is being passed around
that, another candidate will an
nounce for the mayor’s race with
in. the next few days, making the
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CLAUDE L. ALBEA
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