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•SKEEN IN FINAL PLEa'”* TO HOUSE ASKS DEFEAT OF ANTI-LABOR BILL < * r (Please Tarn to Page 4) 2. Allow suits by and against jshor organizations. ' tX Force unions to reg ster and fir financial statements. 4. Create a 14-member BaHBte Housc ‘'committee on labor-man .-•gemor.t labor relations” to study basic problems. The committee eliminated a provision to estab lish a council of paid comm'.ttes advisers. Meanwhile, Senator Taft’s plan to throw all anti-labor legislation into a general bill was sharply at tacked by spokesmen of both gtartics. 'Senator Aiken, Republican, of Vermont, declared he believed Taft’s plan to keep all labor leg islation in a single all-or-nothing ■rill was an attempt “to put Pres alent Truman on the spot.” “I haven’t seen such high handed political bossism since I’ve ftaen in Congress,” he added. New and Reconditioned PIANOS For the beet value ia NEW er reconditioned pianos, select years from ear stock of nearly ■ 100 instruments. Setinway, Mathushek, Winter, Howard, and many Others. Prices to suit everyone. ANDREWS MUSIC CO. “Oar Slat Tear" DeVONDE DeVONDE Call MISS 121 W. Mb St. fiend In jwr renewal In The Labor journal today! Smokey Says: MV* M( I ^ 1 K _ > MORE *Ooo» J r==i NO MORf "« il wo mow »o««u L'TW^ ‘ii/ 4 There may be no heaven on earth, hot “Smokey” thinks absence of wild fire in the woods would be near to it. Your community, toe, can be far more attractive and prosperous if you do your part to prevent wild fine. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, bitterly assailed tlje current, move to wreck trade un [ ionism and deprive workers of the gains for which they fought for generations, declared: “This bill constitutes a grand assault on our industrial democ racy. It is aif attack further to undermine the forces which could help to raise the purchasing pow er of the people at the very time when business itself is becoming alarmed by the inordinate profits it is reaping. “If the leadership in Congress wants to assist the Communist 'Party in the promotion of wide spread class warfare, industrial | chaos, and economic depression in this country, they could not devise a better method of doing jso than recommending the enact ment of such legislation. “All who aro interested in the basic human rights of the ordi nary citisen should diligently and vigorously resist such legisla APL URGES SENATE TO RESTORE FUNDS TO DEPT. OF LABOR (Continued from Page 1) believe the cut of 43 per cent be low the Bureau of Labor Statis tics budget estimate is unwise and wasteful.” Among other points, Mr. Green contended that: Wage • and - hour inspections would penfiit “only 6 per cent PLAN FOR BETTER FARM LIVING The best use of land, labor, and equipment to meet rapidly changing conditions is agriculture . t . The improvement of soils through con servation, patient building, proper fertilization, and liming . . . These and many other phases of farming are the subject of study and experiment ot Clemson College, as a part of the South Carolina cam paign for "More Income—Better Farm Living." See your county agent or write the College* for information on your particular farm prob lem. For information on electrified fatming get in touch with a Duke Power Company Farm Service Specialist through your nearest Duke Power Company office. * Address Extension Division Clemson College Clemson, South Carotins COMPANY Uncle Sam'Says H Have yea ■ topped to think that yse are a Minute Man, 1M7 model, when yon invest la United States Savings Bonds? The first shots in defense of yoar security were fired on April 19, 1779, on Concord bridge in Massa chusetts. Today you stand guard over your security not with bullets but with your Savings Bonds which In the years to come will make your home the fortress it should be against -financial distress. Equally Important to yon Is the fact that your growing slack of Savings Bonds la available for attainment of personal or family goals suck as a new homo or educa tion for your children. Every dollar yon Invest la Savings Bonds Is by the United States Govern Savings Bonds are safe, sure, for every SI Invested Ifi years bonce. U. S. Trwury Dtfmrtmtnl LABOR COMPULSION RUM IS RllECIEO by leaders OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT London. — Proposals in both Houses of Parliament for compul sory direction of labor, as the only solution to Britain’s econom is difficulties, have been rejected by the British Government. Ness Edwards, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of La bor, told the House of Commons the policy of the Labor Govern ment remains one of “democratic planning." “We are on the right road to finding a solution between totali tarian methods and the method of unrestricted private enter prise,” he said. This conviction was disputed by a large number of speakers in the Commons as well as in the House of Lords,' which began a two-day debate on the economic crisis. The Government was sharply criticised by both Labor and Opposition speakers on the ground that it had failed to pro vide the bold leadership urgently needed at present. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 « '4 4 « 4 4 * 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 << 4 In both Houses there was agree* ment that manpower, shortage was the crux of the economic problem. Emphasising the cry ing need for more workers in mining and agriculture especially. Opposition speakers attacked the Government for its failure to pro duce, a clear, coherent policy de signed to redistribute Britain’s available manpower to meet the crucial need of fuel and food. Acknowledging that Britain had an inadequate labor force to meet the country’s requirements and that what labor there was had been “wrongly deployed,” Mr. Edwards, giving Hie main Gov ernment speech in the Commons, did not conceal the gravity of the situation. Compared with 1939, Britain, he said, is short some 600,000 workers in certain basic and vital services. “What we have in overseas investments,” he added, “has been estimated as roughly equiva lent to the productivity of 300, 000 men per annum.” Declaring that Britain’s “great problem is to man the under manned industries," Mr. Edwards said that “unless we do this we are sunk." He rejected control of labor, however} which a number of La boritea had advocated and some Conservatives had said would prove necessary. He also reject ed a proposal for a national wage policy and in particular for high er wages to attract workenf into undermanned industries. Saying that such a policy would be “both impractical and fraught with danger," he said that the Government stood by the present system of negotiation of wages between the two sides of indus try. ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ 4 4 cover***" under the House re duction. The slash in funds for the Fed eral Conciliation Service would prevent attempts to settle labor management disputes “before strikes and lockouts occur.* The National Labor Relations Board map have 16.500 to 17,000 labor disputes to handle in the IX months bsginaing July 1, in stead of the 104* «Mse esti mated by the beard itself. ◄ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i ❖ ► ► l f ► ► ► ► ► ► t ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Next Monday —When Ton Vote For Mayor ASK YOURSELF—What Is Us Record? What has be daaefor Charlotte? b he QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB? As your Mayor for four years, I submit my record of sound business accomplishments for your benefit and Charlotte's growth. Major Accomplishments Were: • Created Planning Board. • Established Retirement System for City Employees. • Purchased sites for two new Fire Stations. • Secured return of Morris Field facilities from U. S. Government. (Cost to Federal Government $6,000,000.00—Cost to Charlotte $1.) • Secured Naval Reserve Armory (West Sixth Street Site). • Adopted Major Street Plan for Charlotte. • Adopted Zoning for Charlotte. • Established Veterans* Information Center. i Purchased site for Veterans* Recreation Club House (Morehead St.). • Sponsored Bond Election for: SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS.$2,324,354.00 WATER WORKS EXTENSIONS.. 1,800,000.00 STREET IMPROVEMENTS .. 200,00(0.00 HEALTH AND FIRE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS . 200,000.00 The following did not carry due to vote against registration: CIVIC CENTER . $750,000.00 NEW LIBRARY . 300,000.00 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS . 200,000.00 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.200,000.00 ) Adopted extension of City limits election to be held April 28. Appointed City-wide committee to promote and improve aviation for Charlotte. Opened new cemetery (Evergreen). Increased number of parking meters from 294 to 502. Approved City School Tax Election to increase pay to school teachers. Created Traffic Bureau in Police Department. Organised Pet Department. Established rat-proofing of buildings system for the promotion of better health conditions in the elimination of typhua fever, increased number of Negro policemen from 5 to 19. NTT TAX Mil 1943, S1.4C - OTT TAX RATE THAT, SI .54 Anticipated new income should hold tax rate the same Your vote will be appreciated to continue this program. H. H. BAXTER (Paid Political Adv.)< t
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