Editorial
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SXULTUM FACIT FORTUNA QUEM VULT PERDERE
... Translated from the .Latin: “When Fortune wishes to
ruin a man she makes him a fool.” This proverb could
apply to any individual, or it could apply to any number
of individuals, or it could apply to a nation, or going even
farther it could apply. to Nations. Perhaps it applied to
Germany, Japan, Italy, and to their satellites. Most Amer
icans are able to fit the shoe to Dictators Hitler and Mus
solini, Tojo, and others. But have most Americans taken
time out to analyze some of the conditions prevalent in
America today? Quite a large bite, to-be-sure, but it ap
pears that the time is fast approaching when we Ameri
cans must take the time out to study the results of some
of our’actions since the closing of the war period.
Perhaps there are many things in our way of life that
could be untangled for the betterment of our countrymen
mb a whole if we wqre to begin an immediate analysis of
our conditions. But let us take one or two of the current
problems and look st them for a moment. Runaway prices
on the necessities of life, for instance, seems to be quite
a problem with us, but the fact is we have high prices
and sooner or late* we will be compelled to do something
about them in one way or another. What caused high
prices? Was it greed for gold, or shortages, or just a
desire to raise the 'economic level for doing business in
America? Not so long ago songs were being sung tq the
tune of “Do Away With Price Controls and AJ1 Will Be
Well Before Lbng.” So price controls were destroyed. The
President had no other alternative. The lobbyists in
Washington had the heat on Congress to the extent that
they were going to do away with price controls, come what
may. Immediately prices soared to new highs. Greed
grabbed everything both in and out of its grasp. Even
old fat back (God bless it) got up in society overnight when
it demanded a 75c per pound fare for lugging it away from
the fly counter in the butcher shop, flour soared to new
highs, meal and lard kept pace, and on up and down the
list of the necessary commodities the record shows that
nothing remained anywhere near the same as before.
Clothes, which had been withheld from the market for
months and months, came hack at new highs, minus much
of their former quality at that.
By now Mr. and Mrs. America had real dislocated eco
nomic problems on their hands. They thought and thought.
They wrestled with this new trend in American economx
from week to week. They finally came to the conclusion
that perhaps something was wrong with the amount of
take home pay they had been receiving and that maybe
the “risen” prices would be all right if they could get a
little more in the weekly pay envelope. A huge cry went
up from all over the land. They had joined the higher
ups (the greedy speculators and profiteers, the “hang
overs” from the war days, if you please) in one mad
scramble to meet the greatly increased cost of living. They
demanded higher wages. But this was brought about to
help them to survive, to live as they had been accustomed
to living, to enjoying the best standards of living of any
nation on earth, barring none.
For their actions Mr. and Mrs. American Worker are
experiencing the wrath of a greedy hell turned loose on
them. They are being chastised beyond any sense of
human reasoning; they are being exploited far beyond the
imagination of any pre-war day; they are having the con
trols socked to their ankles by Legislatures in many of the
States, via anti-union legislation; and they are about to
have some concoction cooked up for them in the National
Congress that will set them back fdPvlOO years in their
forward march from days of sweat shops, in the form of
pernicious restrictive legislation that will break up their
organizations through which they have worked to improve
their living conditions in our America throughout the past
century.
The unfairness of restrictive legislation io curb the work
ers of the land in their demands for sufficient wages to
meet the high costs of living, while no curbs on high prices
are given any attention by the legislative bodies of Con
gress and the States today stands out as a carbuncle to1
retard the progress that America should have begun ex
periencing soon after the cessation of hostilities abroad.
• Let us not under the pretext of providing every man
with a job become fools and enact laws that will throw our
American workers to the mercy of the greedy barons who
care naught for the lives of their servants, but for the
material things that satisfy their own selfish desires.
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Members Of Organized Labor In
CHARLOTTE
Have YOU
If not, your are urged to do
do at once. It will coat you
nothing to Register. Every Cit-»
isen of North Carolina is allowed
to vote, provided they have first
Registered.
We have reprinted an Election
Calendar which has been com
piled by the Elections Depart
ment showing the Ward Number,
the Precinct Numbei* and the lo
cation of the Voting Precinct
where the Registrar will be, be
tween Sunrise and Sunset on Sat
urday, April 5th, Saturday, April
12th, and Saturday, April 19th,
to Register you and others.
This list also gives the name
and home address of the Reg
istrar. If you find it impossible
to get to the Polling Precinct
home and Register.
The Democratic' Primary elec
tion will be held at Charlotte,
N. C., on Tuesday, April 28th,
to select a Mayor and your City
Councilmen.
These men will control your
City Government for the next two
years. We* should all Register,
if you are not already Registered,
and go to the Polls on April 28th
and VOTE for your friends who
will at least give the working
people some ‘consideration.
Your Central Labor Union does
not have the right and would not
try to force you to vote for any
person or persona who are aspir
ing for Public Office, but we will
advise you as to the records and
intentions of those who are run
ning for office.
Wo feel that all working people,
their wives, children and friends,
should exercise their rights as
Citisens and vote at this and all
other elections, which will guar
antee that men or women are
elected to all Public Offices who
are beyond reproach and who will
consider the working people, as
well as others, when making de
cisions affecting our Federal,
State, County and City welfare.
Pass this information on to
your family and friends in your
neighborhood. Insist that they
Register and Vote.
L We want a tremendous Vote
'on the Primary.Election on April
28th and again on the Regular
Election on May 6th, 1947.
Basic requirements for register
ing:
One year's residence in the
State.
Four month's residence in the
precinct.
No poll requirement.
CHARLOTTE CENTRAL
LABOR UNION.
A. F. L.
CITY PRIMARY AND EXTEN
SION OF CITY LIMITS
Vote in City and in extended
limits beyond City.
April 5 — First Registration
Day. Registrars on duty at Poll
IF YOU HdVERT RE6ISTERE
in* place* from 9 A. M. to * un
set, «:47 P. M.
April 12—Second Registration
Day, 9 A. M. to 6:53 P. M.
April 19 — Last Registration
Day, 9 A. M. to 6:59 P. M.
April 26—Challenge Day. Reg
istrars on doty at Polling places
from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. No
registering permitted, bnt in
formation available.
April 28 — Primary (Monday)
Polls open at 6:30 A. M.. Close
6:30 P. M.
May 6 — Election (Tuesday)
Polls open at 6:30 A. M. Gose
6:30 P. M.
No Absentee Voting
Below is given a list' of Reg
istrars who will be on duty at
the places indicated on the dates
given above. The telephone num
ber of the polling places is given
so you may call and find out if
you are properly registered. If
you have moved and are not sure
of -your voting r eplace call the
Registrar in the Precin<ft in which
you now live for correct infor
mation in regard to transfer.
PLACES OF REGISTRATION
AND VOTING
Ward 1—Bex 1—428 N. Col
lege St. Registrar, Mrs. J. B.
Spillman, 116 E. 8th St. Phone
3-8174. .
Ward 1—Box 2-122 N. Myers
St. Registrar, Mr*. Olivia Ty
son, 122 N. My era St. Phona
3-0584.
Ward 1—Box 84-First Ward
School, 401 E. 9th St. Registrar,
Mrs. C. C. Richards, 420 E. lltn
St. Phone 7079.
Ward 2 —Box 1 —City Hall.
Registrar, B. H. Bayne, 707 8.
Tryon St. Phone 3-61S1.
Ward 2—Box 2—Court House.
Registrar, Mrs. Ann* Edwards,
120 S. Myers St. Phones 3-7121
or 3-7547.
Ward 3—Box 1/—Stonewall
Hotel, 635 W. Trade St. Regis
trar, Mrs. F. Dorsett, Stonewall
Hotel. Phone 6181.
Ward 3—Box 2—Zeb Vance
School, 825 Westbrook Drive.
Registrar, Mrs. L. F. Brown, 811
W. Third St. Phone 2-1511.
Ward 4—Box 1—126 W. 7th
St. Registrar, Mrs. N. L. Nabors,
126 W. 7th St. Phone 2-1284.
Ward 4 — Box 2 — Betbune
School, 601 N. Graham St. Reg
istrar, J. C. Booker, 211 N. Syca
more St. Phone 8-4976.
Ward 4—Box 3—612 W. 9th
St Registrar, Mrs. L. S. Boyd,
812 W. 9th St Phone 6857.
Ward 5—Box 1—Villa Heights
School, 2000 N. Allen 8t Reg
istrar, Mrs. R. W. Strickland,
1905 Pegram St Phone 2-4719.
Ward 5—Box 2—N. Charlotte
Motor, 511 E. 86th St Registrar,
B. F. Yandell, 904 E. 36th St
Phone 3-1075.
Ward 6 — Bos 1 — Charlotte
Tech. High, 1400 Louise Avenue.
Registrar, Mrs. W. G. Bell, 1114
E. 17th St Phone 2-2881.
Ward 6 — Box 2 — Piedmont
Junior High, 1241 E. 10th St
D 00 SO ROW MO VOTE II
Registrar, Mrs. E. E. Pelle, 819
Central Ave. Phone 3-5228.
Ward 6 — Box. 3 — Midwood
School, Central Axe. Registrar,
Mrs. P. B. Moss, 2001 Winter St.
Phone 6428.
Ward 6 — Box 4 — 537 Lamar
Ave. Registrar, Mrs. Howard
Wolfe, 537 Lamar Ave. Phone
8419.
Ward 6—Box 6—2539 West
moreland Ave. Registrar, Mrs.
W. T. Hodge, 2539 Westmoreland
Ave. Phone 2-1952.
Ward 7 — Box 1 — Elizabeth
School, 1601 Park Drive. Reg
istrar, Mrs. M. S. Ward, 1208 E.
5th St. Phone 2-1468.
Ward 7—Box 2—2108 Vail Ave.
Registrar, Mrs. L. L. Clontz, 2108
Vail Ave. Phone 3-1024.
Ward 7 — Box 3 — Eastover
School, 500 Cherokee Road. Reg
istrar, Mrs. W. J. Smith, Jr., 229
Chase St. Phone 2-3662.
Ward 7—Box 4—Myers Park
School, 2132 Radcliffe . Avenue.
Registrar, Mrs. M. R. Kimbrell,
2517 Sherwood Avenue. Phone
2-5719.
Ward 8 — Box 1 — Dilworth
School, 405 E. Park Ave. Reg
istrar, Mrs. E. O. Gammon, 1330
Carlton Ave. Phone 3-5491.
Ward 8—Box 2—512 E/ King
ston Ave. Registrar, Mrs. T. P.
Moore, Jr., 612 E. Kingston Ave.
Phone 4-2394.
Ward 8—Box 3—1612 Kenil
worth Ave. Registrar, 1M. C.
W. Alexander, 1612 Kenilworth
Ave. Phone 3-3281. v-*-~
Ward 8—Box 4—1927 Dilworth
Road, West. Registrar, Mrs. Ins
P. Bullock, 1927 Dilworth Road,
West. Phone 2-2891.
Ward 9—Box 1—1101 Winni
fred Place. Registrar, J. W. La
tane, 1101 Winn if red Place. Phone
4-2416.
Ward 9 — Box 2 — Wflmore
School, 428 W. Boulevard. Reg
istrar, Mrs. J. A. Daly, 1722 8.
Tryon St. Phone 2-2280.
Ward 10—Box 1—Sevnrsville
School, 1701 Sister Ave. Reg
istrar, Mrs. R. B. Graham, 1607
Sumter Ave. Phone 8-6207.
Ward 10 — Box 2 — Glen wood
School, Clay Ave. Registrar, Mrs.
W. P. Wilson, 3025 Rush Ave.
Phone 3-4730.
Ward 10 — Box 3 — Wesley
Heights School, 128 S. Summit
Ave. Registrar, Mrs. R. O. For
ten, 633 Grandin Road. Phone
2-2515.
Ward 11 — Box 1 — Hutchison
School, Hutchison Ave. Registrar,
Mrs. T. W. Smith, 509 Plymouth
Ave. Phone 3-2015.
Ward 11—Box 2—Assembly
Room or Library Fairview Homes,
1026 Oaklawn Ave. Registrar,
Nf. Edwards, 2309 Davis Street.
Phone 3-2625.*
•No telephone at voting place
—Registrar’s home or business
phone.
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THE PRIMARY 01 APRS. 28
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