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CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL & DIXIE FARM NEWS _Published Weekly 1 Charlotte, N. C. M. A. Stalls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1931, at the Post Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by The American Federation of Labor and the North Carolina Federation of Labor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year, payable in advance or Be per copy._ Address All Communications to Post Office Box 1061 Telephones 3-3094 and 4-6602 Office of Publication: 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, N. C. The Labor Journal will not be responsible for opinions of corre spondents, but any erroneous reflecting upon the character, standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be gladly corrected when called So the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opinions solicited. GREEN HITS MOVE TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AFL President William Green attacked a “joker” bill before Congress which, under the guise of maintaining the status quo with regard to social security benefits would actually deprive 500,000 to 750,000 American workers of social security protection. In a letter to Chairman Eugene D. Millikin of the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Green requested the opportunity to present testimony against this legislation which has al ready passed the House and is now being considered by the Senate Finance Committee. The bill referred to (H. J. Res. 296) was introduced by Representative Bertrand W. Gearhart of California. No opportunity was offered labor to present arguments against the bill when it was before the House Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Green said that those who would be adversely af fected by this measure include life insurance agents, taxi cab drivers, owner-operators ef trucks and busses, news boys and newspaper vendors, industrial home workers E'ing on a contract basis and some mechanics in the ig and construction trades who operate on a semi ct basis. lispute arose between the social Security Aamimstra md the Treasury Department more than 10 years ago whether these workers were included in the coverage act, Mr. Green explained. In 1947 the Supreme , in 3 cases, upheld the Social Security Administra con tent ion that such workers are covered under the Consequently the Treasury inserted a notice in the il Register that new regulations covering the con |tions of these borderline employes and their employers to be issued. le Gearhart bill, Mr. Green charged, attempts to re the Supreme Court decisions by redefining the term "iHipioye as interpreted under tne .social security Act. Tnis redefinition, he said, would effectively deny Social Se curity protection to workers in the twilight zone of employ ment. 44At a time when our country should be taking action to Increase and extend the coverage of the social security laws” Mr. Green declared, ‘‘enactment of the Gearhart bill would prove a cruel step backward.” THE ItatACH Of LABOB } (Government agencies (federal, SCOT, AND lOCAt) BOUGHT $35 BILLION , VNDRTH OF AMERICAN PRODUCTION IN 1946. *553R5*«ssSSSS WAN^L OP °',0Lj tvij* guide to the bestvAuie im HAm ANO GAPS iSTHE UNION k L.\?PL.LOOKR3Rrr-iN3iSrON«T! iM. 5n spiteo* highest AOClDENTANDOBAJW RATES OOlSlOE OF H\NiHS, FARM WORKERS ARE tfOTOCNEREDBY WfcfiKMHSlS COMFENSA TON LAWS *< AOST STATES. EXCERPTS FROM COURT RULING (Continued from Page 1) vision prohibiting expendtiures by labor organizations in connecton with elections does not purport to affect only cases in which a mi nority of the membership, how ever small or gieatf is opposed to the expenditure. It covers all such expenditures in connection with federal elections. We cannot presume that sub stantial differences of opinion or desire exist in labor organizations with reference to matters concern ing labor’s welfare. Such organ- j izations do not follow political party lines as such, and to say that doubtless there are in the membership large numbers of voters of differing political party affiliation is not to say that nil these may not be unitedly irf fa vor of, or opposed to. candidates who respectively favor or oppose the type of legislation which la boring men and women in gen eral believe to be in their best interest. The prohibition in this statute against expenditures by labor or ganizations in effect would pre vent such organizational from do ing any act in connection with an electon, since they are com posite entities and not individuals, and by their very nature can make no move which does not in volve some expenditure. Defendants contend that the legislation is vulnerable also as an arbitrary discrimination against labor organizations in violations of the Fifth Amendment, and be cause it does not affix an ascer tainable standard of guilt, as re quired by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. I do not deem it essential to decide these ques tions, since I have concluded that the challenged provision of the statute is invalid because of abridgment of rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. There is nothing in the Taft Hartley law that prevents union workers from spending their un ion-earned money with firms that display the Union Label, Shop Card and Button. Some members complain about union leaders when its the fol lowers who are often to blame for failure to obtain results! De VONDE Synthetic dealers, Dyers Hatters, furriers Seven Points Why We Are One of the South’s Leading Synthetic Cleaners 1. Restores original freshness and sparkle. 2. Removes carefully all dirt, dust and grease. 3. 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