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SECRETARY OF LABOR (Continued from Page 1) which result in price increases ‘‘cannot, be defended in this par ticular period of our national economy.” He denounced the policy of corporations in setting aside re serves for a ‘‘rainy day” when such policy results in forcing workers to dip into their declin ing savings. He said: “I think the wage earner is as much entitled to get a nestegg for the future as is a corpora icn.” Mr. Schwellenbach called for the support of organized labor in attempts to build up a strong Labor Department to serve the workers of the nation. He de cried the cut in appropriations made for the department by the 80th Congress and declared that the cuts in funds have reduced the services which the department is capable of rendering to or ganized labor. i AFL CONVENTION CALENDAK (Following is a list of conven tions scheduled for this year by National ar.d International Un ions and State Federations of La bor under the banner of the American Federation of Labor. I This list is not complete. Addi tion will be announced later.) Oct. 20—Commercial Telegraph ( ers Union—Los Angeles. I Nov. 17—International Auto j mobile Workers—Milwaukee. Bee. 6—International Bill Post | ers—Chicago. , ^ ’Date not definitely set. i ^88 CAKTtRIAS MONEY FIRST SECOND & THIRD AUTO LOANS $ 50.00 Up ANY MAKE - ANY, MODEL Royal Auto Finance Company 618 S. Tryon St. Phone 3-0164 Some of The Things We Lend Money on Din _ Witfkfi JlWflfy Men's Clothing Tools Bars Suit Cases Munirs) Instruments Kodaks Typewriters Silverware Shot Goss Bines Pistols Tranks Adding Machine All Bunineee Strictly Confidential. When in Need of Money We Never Fall Yon. Bee ns ter bargain in diamonds, watches, Jewelry, clothing, ate. RELIABLE LOAN CO. Ml BAST TRADE STREET LET REDDY CARRY THE BALL In your office, home or foctory . . . give Reddy the boll. His teom motes ot the Duke Power Company will see that he mokes O touchdown DUK£> POWER COMPANY /vuJLwU AFL’s Largest Convention Will Act In Labor Crisis; Workers Predicted To Win LARGEST AFL MEMBERSHIP IN HISTORY WILL BACK CONVENTION MOVES TO REPEAL NEW LABOR LAW AND DEFEAT REACTIONARIES - * \ San Francisco.—Backed up by ils largest membership in history,. the 66th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor came to grips with the worst legal crisis ever faced by organized labor in America. As President William Green rapped the gavel, calling the 600 delegates to order and formally opening the conven tion sessions, the attention of the Federation’s new high total of 7,577,716 members was focused on San Francisco, awaiting the important decisions to be made on dealing with the Taft-Hartley Act. That the American Federation of Labor intends to fight this obnoxious and repressive law with all its power and to carry on the fight relentlessly until the law is repealed, was made' evident by the expressed attitude of the dele gates from 105 national and international unions, as well as State Federtions of Labor, City Central bodies and di rectly affiliated local unions. United confidence that the forces of democracy and prog ress will prevail over the reactionary tide which put over the Taft-Hartley Bill emanated from every section of the convention floor in the Civic Auditorium. - The delegates were expected to consider a 4-day attack on thy predominant problem of the Taft Hartley Act: 1— To challenge specific provi sions of th# law in the courts and to seek a decision by the National Labor Relations Board overruling NLRB Chief Denham’s ruling requiring non-Communist affidavits from all AFL Executive Council members. 2— To negotiate new contracts with employers which will obviate application of some of the string est provisions of the Taft-Hart ley Act. 3— To conduct a vigorous edu cational campaign, including the use of newspaper advertising and sponsored radio programs, to rally public opinion against the Taft Hartley Act. 4— To intensify the AFL's po litical activities in the 1948 cam paign so as to defeat those who voted for the law and to elect a new Congress which will have a mandate to repeal the Taft-Hart ley Act. Aside from the crippling effects of this anti-labor legislation, the attention of the delegates was centered on two other major sub jects. First, union leaders were de manding action to lower the cost of living. Higher prices, they charged, had wiped out wage gains and threaten the entire na tional economy. Second, the delegates appeared deeply concerned by the recent developments in international af fairs, especially the aggressive at titude of Soviet Russia. To main* tain world peace, they felt, an immediate showdown with Russia is, necessary. Convention committee* prepared to hold hearings on large number* of resolutions and Executive Coun cil recommendation* dealing with national and State legislation. Heading the list of legislation which the convention is expected to demand of Congress are these bills: 1— Amendment of the Fair La bor Standards Act to boost the minimum wage from the present intolerably low level of 40 cents an hour to at least 75 cents. 2— Enactment of the Wagner Ellender-Taft Bill, which would make possible the construction of 15 million new homes in America during the next ten years. 3— Passage of the Wagner-Mur ray-Dingell Bill, to increase So cial Security benefits in line with advancing living costs, to wden the coverage of such benefits and to establish a nation-wide system of insurance against the costs of medical care. A number of distinguished speaker* have been invited by President Green to address the early sessions of the convention while the committees are hold ing hearings and preparing their reports to the convention. On affair* of special interest to labor, the convention will hear from Secretary of Labor Schwel Vnbach and Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of Minneapolis, a well known liberal. Senator Wayne Morse, of Oregon, and Lee F. Johnson, Vice President of the National Public Housing Confer ence. will talk on legislative mat ters. Problems relating to veterans will be discussed by the new Com mander of the American Legion, Jane* F. O’Neill; General Mark W. Clark, World War II hero and now commanding general of the U. S. Sixth Army, and J. R. Klaw •ns, Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. International affairs will corns into the spotlight when the con vention hears from Kurt Schu macher, colorful head of the So cial Democratic Party in Germany, wh'o has made a special trip to this country as the AFL’s guest; Irving Bfown, the AFL’s Euro pean representative; Joseph Keen an, Secretary of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor who has been serving on General Clay’s stafT in the American occupied zone of Germany; James S. Killen, former Vice President of the AFL’s Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work ers, who now heads up General MacArthur's labor division in Ja pan, and E. J. Phelan, Director of the International Labor Or ganization. ADVERTISING AND RADIO (Continued From Page 1) tion of Labor, which rendered such splendid service during the cam paign against the Taft-Hartley Act, have volunteered to co-oper ate fully oii a long-term basis. AJIMY FOOD COSTS UP 49% The Army announced that the cost of feeding a soldier went up 48 per cent between October, 1946, and July, 1947. The daily field ration now costs about 98 cents. After yon have read The Journal paso it on to yoor neighbor. ■ ■ a THANK YOU Nine out of ten who call Time Service say “thank you!" after they hear the adver • tising and time announcements. Even time honored calenders, rulers, and blotters don’t bring the grateful response that Time Serv ice’s 10,000 free time announcements bring! 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