EMPLBYMENT STTIMIMW
6000, SOYS BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS
Washington, D. C.—Five out of |
every 100 employes engaged in
non-agricultural pursuits are di
rectly or indirectly producing
goods and services for export, ac
cording to a rej>ort released by
Ewan Clague, Commissioner of
Labor Statistics.
This compared to a ratio of 3
out of 100 workers whose jobs in
1939 were the result of export
trade.
"Exports are not drawing heav
ily upon our total manpower re
sources, but they nevertheless are
extremely important to employ
ment in ' some fields," Clague
pointed, out.
“The greatest, impact, both be*
fore the war and recently, has
been upon the metals industries.
Currently, about 13 per cent of
the workers in these fields, or ap
proximately 800,000, are engaged
in producing for foreign consura|>
tion, as against 10 per cent, or
300,000, in 1939.
“In the textile and apparel
fields, about 7 per cent of the la
bor, or about 200,000 workers
are devoted to export goods/ as
against 3 per cent, or less than
Krt'.OOO in 1939. In most other
fields, notably chemicals, coal, and
petroleum, the relative importance,
of foreign trade was note changed
significantly.
“These estimates, of course, do
not imply that, if exports fell,
employment in each industry
would drop correspondingly, since
for many commodities sufficient
demand exists in this country to
absorb a large part, if not all,
of the difference.”
Turning to the total job picture.
Clague, described the present sit
uation as generally strong. “Un
employment has already begun to
recede from the early summer
high of 2.6 million, according to
preliminary indications,” he said.
“Normally the number of job
less may be expected to decline
noticeably in August and the
downward trend' should continue
until the late fall. The volume
of unemployment compensation
claims dropped in ' late July in
both New England and New York,
areas where a relatively heavy
concentration of unemployment
has been reported for the past
few months.”
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round. I like to think of all Amer
tcaa fathers in the role of Minute
Men. standing guard over the secur
ity of their families. Certainly they
could do no better than to assure the
happiness of themselves and their
homes than hy buying United States
Savings Bonds regularly.
Two automatic bond buying plans
are available now. If dad beta
payroll, the Payroll Savings Plan
will assure him days of ease when
he gets ready to retire. If dad Is a
professional man or self-employed,
he can use his checking account to
buy a bond a month.
U. S. Trtmnry Dtforlmtnl
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ILGWU PLANS $1,800,MO
EMERGENCY FUND; FAVORS
UN PROBE OF WORLD
SLAVE LABOR
Forest Park, Pa.— Phe gcneial
executive board of the Interna
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union announced plans to raise a
fund of $1,800,000 during the rext
three years to be used in part
to meet any organizational emer
gencies resulting from the Taft
Hartley law.
David Dubinsky, ILGWU
president, said the fund, which is
to be raised through $1.50 annual
assessments on union membeis,
is necessary to “prevent any ne
cessity of placing a drain on the j
reserve funds of the union.”
Officials said that the money
would be in addition to the $500,
000 fund authorized to fight the
Taft-Hartley law. The latter, to
be raised by voluntary contribu
tion, would finance in part the un
ion's new political department
which will direct the ILGWU’s
efforts to have the labor measutc
repealed.
Part of the proceeds from the
new tax will be used to finance
the unifin’s network of frequency
modulation radio stations and pity
increased administrative costs, ac
cording to the boaro.
At it* closing session here, the
board also announced that it had
drafted a resolution which it will
present to the American Federa
tion of Labor at its convention in
San Francisco urging the parent
organization to ask the United
Nations for a thorough investiga
tion of "slave labor” in foreign
countries.
Members of the beard declared
that the expanding system of
“slave labor” was a dangerous
threat to the working standaids,
hard-won gains and human rights
of the free workers of all nations.
The resolution demands that the
AFL ask the Economic and Social
Council of the LIN to commisscn
the Internatonal Labor Office to
carry cut the following progiam:
“Make a thorough investigation
of the extent of forced laboi in
| all member nations of the UN.
“Recommend positive action for
eliminating this tragic and inhu
man evil.”
Another resolution crafted by
the board for presentation to_ the
AFL convention asks the latter to
urge Congress to enact the Strat
ton bill which would permit 400,
000 displaced persons to enter
America over a period of four
years.
Mr. Dubinsky said that the
board also had decided to investi
gate'conditions in the cotton gar
ment industry where 100,000 work
ers have asked for better stan
dards. The board “will study the
problem; involved and take prac
tical steps necessary to alleviate
the conditions,-" he added.
The board named the following
delegates to the AFL convention:
Julius Hockman, Harry Wander,
i Benjamin Kaplan and John Cel
lo, all of New York; Jenny Mat
yas of San Francisco, Charles
Kriendler of Baltimore, and Jack
Halperin of .Boston. Mr. Dubin
jky will complete the delegation.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
PROCLAIMED BY TRUMAN
Washington, D. C. — President
Truman called for the observance
of “Fire Prevention Week” be
ginning October 5, asserting that
loss by fire has ’’almost doubted”
luring the past decade.
The President's proclamation
said that fire cost the United
States more than $560,000,000 in
1946.
If unabated, he said “fire
threatens an even more calami
tous losg of life and waste of ma
terial wealth.”
He said preventable fires an
nually claimed the lives of thou
sands.
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A Wise Polio Precaution:
Keep Foods Well Covered!
Cover food to keep Hies away,
especially during the polio
danger months in summer, is
another wise precaution to fol
low in combatting spread of the
disease, the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis can
lions through its local chapter.
The “blue-bottle” fly, partic
ularly, is suspected as a possible
factor in transmitting the virus
as a result of evidence dis
closed by investigations •
nanced by March of Dimes
KEEP OFF
THAT FOOD,
— vegetables should be washed before wm,UH
covered properly, and garbage oe rubbish placed to
lids so that lies eaaoot get to it
LABOR ON SIDE OF VETERAN
SAYS GREER; PLEDGES AFL
FIGHT OR SOCIAL MEASURES
Washington, IX C. — William
(ween, president of the American
hV;deration of Labor, declared that
organised labor is on the side of
the veteran and pledged that it
“will not shirk any opportunity
to be of service to the veterans
in the years ahead.”
This was the keynote of a
Ijibor Day message to veterans
delivered by Mr. Green on a
Veterans Administration radio
program broadcast over the na
tion-wide network of the Mutual
Bloadcasting Company.
“Already, the American Feder
ation of Labor has given concrete
proof of the sincerity of this de
sire,M Mr. Green asserted. “When
the war was on, our members
broke all production records to
supply the armed forces with th|
finest equipment and the best
fighting equipment. When the
war ended and the veterans re
turned home, our unions gladly
did everything in their power to
help them get good jobs in pri
vate industry.”
Mr. Green said the millions of
veterans now holding union mem
bership have discovered that theif
unions are fighting |o protect their
interests and to see to it that
they get paid vacations, promo
tions, and other benefits besides
geed working conditions and fair
|wy
• loaay, in UK, Duuaing irmaes
[alone there are more than 85,000
l veterans serving as apprentices,
learning skilled trades which will
assure them of good, steady jobs
in the years to come.”
Mr. Green recited recent official
figures reporting that 750,000
veterans are unemployed.
"That is a shockingly high
figure,” he said, "especially at a
time when the nation as a whole
1 it enjoying comparatively high
■ giployment. But we cannot sit
back and talk smugly of full era
p’tyment when so many veterans
on' an' additional two million ci
vilian workers are without jobs
in industry.
“For this reason, the American
Ft titration of Labor will reddouble
its efforts to bring about an ef
fective full employment program
which wytll n\e^p what it says to
I < very worker, whether veteran or
| not. In the long run. the welfare
. r <1 security of veterans will run
parallel to those of all other cit
izens. We certainly cannot afford
the risk of inviting mass unem
ployment and other depressions,
cor can we afford the loss of pro
ductive labor of so many of our
citizens when there is so much tp
le done to improve the American
way of life.
"The acute housing shortage
-tands first on the list of immed
iate amd pressing problems de
manding effective national solu
tion.
“The American Federation of
l abor will again urge Congress
to enact the Wagner-Ellender
Taft bill to bring about the con
struction of 16 million new homes
in the next 10 years.
“I want the veterans to know
that the AFL has supported every
legislative measure in Congress
to advance their legitimate rights
LABOR PARTNERSHIP IN
INDUSTRY URGER BY PROT
ESTANT religious Leader
Tulsa, Okla.—The Rev. Cameron
P. Hall of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America,
declared that “labor is too im
portant to the best in American
life to be treated as anything
less than a partner.”
Mr. Hall, Executive Secretary
of the Federal Council’s Depart
ment of the Church and Econom
ic Life, spoke at a special Labor
Sunday vesper service here, spon
sored by the Tulsa Council of
Churches, with the co-operation
of Tulsa labor organisations. He
said:
“Labor has the right to seek
the role of partner in industry,
and with this, it has the respon
1 sibility to live up to the obliga
tions of a partner. The possi
! biiities for parternership are
found first in the Christ-inspired
spirit.of good will, and aecond, in
the present number of construc
tively-minded leaders in both la
bor and management.” ... -
Mr. Hall listed six broad social
objectives sought by labor which
are in accord with basic Christian
goals and principles. They are:
Freedom from mass unemploy
ment, provision of adequate med
!e»l care for all, wages sufficient
far an adequate standard of liv
! ing, freedom from racial discrim
ination, adequate housing, and an
understanding of the status and
needs of organixed labor.
The church spokesman had
! some pertinent remarks to make
about these objectives. Speaking
i of the employment situation. Mr.
; Hall quoted from the 1947 Labor
' Sunday message of the Federal
Council of Churches:
“We Christians cannot face
with silence or inaction the pros
pect of recurrent business depres
sions in which unemployment rots
the souls of men.”
Turning to the question of ad
equate pay for American workers,
Mr. Hall condemned the effects of
substandard wages.' He said:
“If a price is low because of
j substandard wages, the saving to
; us as consumers is at the cost of
the workers’, and their families,’
impoverishment.”
The housing crisis fating the
I nation evoked the most caustic
i comment from the churchman who
j deplored conditions prevailing to
day.
“Whereas, we allowed nothing to
keep us from building barracks
for our soldiers to live in wherever
war training took them,” he de
clared, “we are now letting al
most anything keep us from pro
viding necessary homes for our
families in peacetime.”
and will continue to do so in the
future.
“In addition, we are fighting
I for broader social security, for
I health insurance and for a higher
minimum wage, measures neces
sary to protect our national econ
omy and safety.
“We also favor a broad na
tional defense program including
intelligent safeguards against
subversive forces. Above all, we
in the AFL stand stalwartly be-1
hind the efforts of our Govern
ment to attain and maintain
world peace and to remove the
dread of future war from our own
and later generations.”
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AFL1947
Convention
Calendar
(following is a list of conven
tions scheduled for this year by
National and International Un
ions and State Federations of La
bor under the banner of the
American Federation of I.abor.
This list is no^ complete. Addi
tion will be announced later.)
Sept. 12 — Int. Union Wood.
Wire and Metal Lathers — Los
Angles.
Sept. 15—Ohio State Federation
of Labor—Cincinnati.
Sept. 15—Int. Bro. Pulp, Sul
phite and Paper Mill Wks.—Mil
waukee.
Sept. 16—M'nnesota State Fed
eraton of Labor—Hibbing.
Sept. J6—Brotherhood Railroad
Trainmen—Minmi Beach, Fla.
Sept. 20—New Hampshire State
Federation of Labor—Concord.
Sept. 20—American Wire Weav
ers Protective Assn*—New York
City.
Sept—Mssissippi State Federa
tion of Labor—Jackson.
I Sept. 22—Illinois State Feder
ation of Labor—Peoria.
Sept. 11—Oklahoma State Fed
eration of Labor—McAlester.
Sept. 11—Arizona State Fed
eration of Labor—Tucson.
Sept. 25—‘West Virginia State
Federation of Labor—Charleston.
Sept 29 — Metal Trades De
partment—San Francisco.
Oct. 1—Building and Construc
tion Trades Dept.—San Francisco.
Oct. 2—New Mexico State Fed
eration of Labor—Carlsbad.
Oct. 3 — Union Label Trades
Department—San Francisco.
•Oct.— Railway Mail Associa
tion—Jacksonville. Fla.
Oct. 6—International Asbestos
Workers—Undecided.
Oct. 20—Commercial Telegraph
! ers Union—Los Angeles.
I Nov. 17—International Auto
mobile Workers—Milwaukee.
Bee. 6—International Bill Post
ers—Chicago.
•Date not definitely set.
TRUMAN SETS NATIONAL
EMPLOY HANDICAPPED
j WEEK
j Washington, D. C.—By procla
mation the President designated
October 6-11 as "National Em
ploy the Physically Handicapped
, Week.”
I Mr. Truman called upon Fed
i eral, state, and Ideal public of
ficials and leaders of labor, in
dustry, and civic groups to exert
every effort in a sustained drive
aimed at employment and full use
of the capacities of physically
handicapped workers.
The American Federation of
Labor has long supported this
worthy cause through its affili
ated labor unions.
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