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Editorial charlotteTaborIournal a dixie farm news Published Weekly at Charlotte. N. C._ H. A. Stalls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter. Associate Editor Bntered as secono-class mail matter September1 11, 1981. at the Post Office at Charlotte. N. C., under the-Act of Congrce* of March 3. 1871 SUBSCRIPTION KATES: *2.00 per 'ear. payable in advance or 5c per copy. ADVERTISING RATES for commercial advertising reasonable. Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by The American Federation of Labor and the North Carolina Federation of Labor Address All Communications to Post Office Boa 1061 Telephone* 3-3094 and 4-5502 of Publication: 118 East §i*th Street, Charlotte, N. C. CONGRESSIONAL ‘WATCHDOG* COMMITTEE CHOSEN Appointments to the Joint Congressional Committee established to keep under constant survey the.workings of the Taft-Hart ley labor law are completed. It is no surprise to the labor movement that the panel as constituted is well sprinkled with “labor-hating” legisla tors. « 'The committee elected Senator Josehp H. Ball of Minne sota chairman of tlje joint group and Representative Fred A. Hartley of New Jersey vice chairman. The House group, in addition to Hartley, is composed of Representatives G. W. Landis of Indiana, Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan, Edward 0. McCowen of Ohio, John Lesinski of Michigan, Graham A. Barden of North Carolina, and Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsylvania. Members of the Senate include, besides Ball, Senators Robert A. Taft of Ohio, James E. Murray of Montana, Claude Pepped of Florida, Irving Ives of New York, Allen J, Ellender of Louisiana, and Alexander H. Smith of New Jersey. Senator Ball announced the committee will work out a program for the study of operations under the Taft-Hart ley law. He added that hearings might be held by the com mittee late this year prior to the next session of Congress. It is likely that the new committee will Consider various proposals to amend the law which havjp been made recently in Congress. Senator Pepper, on behalf of a group of 15 Senators, introduced a bill to' repeal the Taft-Hartley law, "lock, stock, and barrell.” * In the House a companion measure was introduced by Representative John Lesinski of Michigan. V Senators Aiken of Vermont and Hatch of New Mexico, both of whom voted to override President Truman's veto of the labor measure, attacked the provision of the law banning "expenditures” by unions for political purposes. They introduced an amendment to remove the ban calling it an unconstitutional “invasion of the rights of free speech and a free press.” I AFL OFFICIALS ARRESTED! Authorities in Asheville recently arrested six officers of the! AFL Building Trades Council and two contractors for alleged violation of a state law regulating the activities of labor unions. The statute, enacted by the state legislature at its 1947 session, bans the closed shop and check-off of union dues. The charge against the labor officials and contractors is that they entered into a closed shop agreement in violation of the law. Bonds of $5,000 each were required pending their appearance in the Asheville City court where they were tried and fined. They took appeals to Buncombe Su perior Court. Local attorneys for the AFL officiate, assisted by the office of Joseph A. Padway, AFL Chief Counsel, announced they would carry the case to the state supreme court, if necessary, in an attempt to win a favorable decision. This case will be watched Mth great interest, as it is the first opportunity North Carolina Labor has had to test out the new anti-closed shop law in this State. One of the most vigorous battles ever conducted by North Carolina Labor was waged against House Bill No. 229 during the last ses sion of the Legislature, but despite this the bill became law. The North Carolina Federation of Labor has announced a program to work for repeal of the law and further plans will be promulgated at the August 11-12-13 convention of the Federation in Wilmington this year. NLRB Calls Upon Rational Offices To Clean Up Backlot (Continued from Pace 1) in? unit within twelve month* of a valid election. \ Employes who are on strike against certiflcati jn and ecenomic strikers trhose places are filled, and so not entitled to reinstate ments, shall not be eligible to vote. HEALTH INSURANCE TOPIC FOR AFL RADIO PROGRAM Waihington, D. C—The ques tion, "Should Congress Adopt Na tional Health Insurance?" will be discussed on the July 12th pro gram of the new AFL series of weekly; radio broadcasts oyer the nation-wide netwosk of the Amer ican Broadcasting Company. Participants in the discussion will be Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, Dr. Chaining Frothing ham, Director of the Massachu setts General Hospital and Chair man of the Committee on the Nation's Health, and Nelson Cruikshank, the AFL’s Social In surance Director. The program originates in Washington and is broadcast at 6:45 p. m. Eastern Daylight Time. Local paper* should be consulted for the exact time at the broad cast in yewr community. Says Moderate Wage Increases, Lower Prices Will Pretest Slump (Continued From Pag* 1) will have serious implications for the maintenance of “full’’ produc tion and employment. Warns Against Props Now Sustaining Present Boom (Continued From Page 1) the fact that we are living in a 225 billion dollar economy; that our free system has become to day, and tomorrow must continue to be, the richest and most pow erful productive machine ever de vised b>s the minds and hands o? man. Our task is to create for the functioning of this great pro ductive force an environment tn which it can operate smoothly at cspacity. Thus fsr we have avoided the economic misfortunes which followed World Wag I and then culminated in a disastrous depression in 1929. Today we are wiser, more experienced, in finitely more blessed with mate rial riches, more united as a peo ple, stronger M a nation. If, calmly and realistically, we assets our strong points and our weak nesses and boldly take necessary steps in time, we can place the high production and the high em ployment that we have today on • firm foundation of enduring prosperity and peace.” wi urr «uv, mm M sconce nozin M TMftd track* at <" T* MMTQF Tl« mu. wmcn TMf* aecoviaeo mo RUfttMO to TMf MOT.. •guy too* T twit m MOMOBM ym TOT I WHAT A TMOV! H MUM AflOUHQ TO at OAT ■MflHl OIATM lATjB, THAT MOttMHf, M TK WQM OWC«J Iwi mckio \0 fOMi of 6 MOW4BOUT • tw mam . MID DUMA S> r«miT m Muwrm tCARLAtOUf OMNA. m mmwmto 10 i<«5 If* FROM MX IMTMR. ht» m m WANT! U» TO UMT HIM THWI-1 J Mar AND JOI DON'T KNOW ft-NUT WpflNITON: f 1947 CODVEIITIOH CULL TO ALL AFFILIATED UNIONS, GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that, in pursuance of the Con stitution of the American Federation of Labor, the Sixty sixth Convention of the American Federation of Labor will be held in the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Calif., beginning at 10:00 o'clock Monday morning, October 6. 1947, and will continue in session from day to day until the business of the Convention shall have been completed. For almost two years, since the dose of World \Var II. the workers of our own country as well as of those through out the world, have waited patiently for the conclusion of world 0eace negotiations. They crave world peace and security. Unfortunately the conferences of the Big Four representatives which have been held since V-J Day have failed to conclude an agreement providing for world peace. How lopg shall the disagreement between representatives of the Big Four continue? That is the question the work ers are asking now. We insist and demand that bickering shall cease, that selfishness shall be eliminated, that a basis of accommodation shall be found and a world peace agreement concluded without further delay. During the past year a concentrated drive for the enact ment of anti-labor legislation in a number of states as well as in the Congress of the United States, was launched by the united enemies of our organized labor movement. As a result highly objectionable anti-labor legislation was en acted in more than a dozen states and by the Congress of the United States. We were able to behold, as the pic ture unfplded, that the scattered enemies of Labor became united, centering their efforts to sertire the enactment of anti-labor legislation. Muclf of this legislation enacted in the different states is of the same pattern. Most of it was directed against union shop agreements and the exercise of the right on the part of employers and employes to en gage in free collective bargaining and to enter into wage agreements mutually acceptable. We can not and will not become reconciled to the acceptance of this vicious anti labor legislation. We are still seriously affected by the economic and in dustrial changes which followed the close of World War II. Rising prices continue, and black market conditions prevail to some extent at least. We are constantly faced with a housing shortage and a demand for higher rents. These, together with other economic, social and indus trials problems must and will be considered by the dele gates in attendance at the convention. In characteristic and traditional fashion, the delegates present will grapple and deal with all these problems and will express them selves r^arding them in a constructive, brave and courag eous way. WILLIAM GREEN, President. GEORGE MEANY, Secretary-Treasurer. THE MARCH Or LABOR ^2£jf^oF-n« -x wSeuSHMErf-ns EXAMINED W NEW 1 1bOK«TKmWH& TiOOWD VOiATiNlfi FEDERAL LA0O® LAWS. A. "N» SpiNCf V-J tw MORE THAN 5,000,000 AMERICANS HA/E EARNED WAGE BCOSTS OF More -ran one billion Dollars annually. H<PRms* iract unions have a . MEMBERSHIP op oyer__ BEST HAT * A CWOO-MAOC **T— .( v*uxx.*Mrmts iabcl n yw* u&cr ♦ttr/k DISABLED CIVILIANS AIDED BY FED. SECURITY AGENCY Washington, D. C. — Disabled civilians are placed,in paying jobs at the rate of about 40,000 a year according to a report issued* by the Federal Security Agency. The average cost of their re habilitation for productive work under a program authorized by Congress is $300 each. Earnings of disabled folk who were rehabilitated in 1946 in creased almost 400 per cent. From a total of about $11,606,000 when they applied for aid, their annual earnings jumped to $66,-1 oo.OOO after treatment. J vpo* tkiisif* stHtBait/a It Pays To Trade Witk DOGGETT LUMBER CO. Ill B. Park Are SI 79 'Tfiu 'Ztcioc “Tfaui JJfcMC-Ults) _ __a’si: fitiffi rptomliMi tiM body for vital non mt to mm ta quantity. Odorleee. pun and natural. Caw of It qu.. tlJt. delivered to your homo. Alao In I fallon demijohn for un In bottle coolers TELEPHONE 2-1021 i to P. O. Bon . m. c. MIDAS WATKK Bottled Only at the Sprtnd [STAR a Aco CUi*Ui THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK Charlotte, N. C. k. - < - i PARKERGARDNER CO. Mm* 1889 118 W. Tr*4* PkoM 8287 FOREMOST PASTEURIZED MlLK Farm Frwh Milk—Foremost lee Cream Foremost Farms, Inc. PHONES 7116 — 7117 ALLEN OVERALL CO. 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