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Southern AFL Labor Editors Form Press Association Meeting Held In Miami Sunday, January 30th SECOND MEETING WILL BE IN ATLANTA MARCH 26 AND 27 FOR PURPOSE OF ELECTING PERM A. NENT OFFICERS AND ADOPTING BY-LAWS. One of the most important meetings in recent Southern Labor circles was that of editors- and publishers of the Southern Labor Press which was called by Southern Or ganization Director J. L. Rhodes, and held in Miami Sun <h<f, January 30. The meeting was called by Mr. Rhodes for the purpose of reforming a permanent organization of the Southern Labor Paper publications. Attending the aeasion from North Carolina were E. R. Williamson of the Durham Labor Journal and H. A. Stalls of the Charlotte I_abor Journal. The meeting was called to .order in the Hotel El Commo dore shortly after 10:00 o’clock Sunday morning and Stanton Dann of the Mobile Labor Journal was named temporary president; and L. B. Stanford of the South ern Teamster of Atlanta, Ga., was named temporary secretary. The Charlotte Labor Journal is reproducing a full account of the meeting which appears in thia week’s issue of the Miami Citisen, Magic City Labor Newspaper, ably edited by Brother F. J. Reed, whom the writer worked with in -Atlanta *6 years ago, and whoik publisher is Bro. Chas. F. Towle. Both are members of the Inter national Typographical Union who have been in Miami for many years. The Citizen article follows: By F. J. REED "Sunday’s meeting of southern labor press representatives open ed more auspiciously than even its best friends dared hope for, considering the many obstacles confronting labor and the labor press at this or at most ‘any old time,’ as well as the fact that most of the vitally interested at tendants were from beyond the borders of the State of Flowers. “To a certain extent it is pos sible that ‘distance lends enchant ment,’ or the fact that Florida has a drawing power that even residents of border states find hard to resist (Miami Chamber of Com merce please note). At any rate a a J. L. RHODES Southern AFL Director of Organisation »ho railed Southern Labor Pub lishers together for the Miami meeting. Brother Rhodes addressed he gathering. there was a good attehdance to greet Bro. J. L. Rhodes, southern director of organization for the American Federation of Labor, who had sent out the first calls for the gathering and was work ing hand in hand with Secretary Lewis M. Herrmann of the In ternational Labor Press of Amer ica, Matthew Woll, president of the Union Label Trades Depart ment of the AFL, and others who arrived in Miami too late to at tend the session, but who are (Continued! on Pago t) Dixie Labor Editors Meet In Miami Left to rig£t: Chas. E. Silva, Florida State Advocate, Tampa. Fla.; E. R. Williamson. Durham, N. C, Labor Journal; S. L. Goodman. South Carolina Labor News, Columbia. 8. C.; F. J. Reed, Editor Miami Citizen. Miami. Fla.; L. B. Stanford, Southern Teamster, Atlanta, Ga., Acting Secre tary-Treasurer, Southern Labor Press Association; Stanton Da nit, Labor Journal, Mobile, Ala., acting president. Southern Labor Press Association; J. L. Rhodes, southern director, American Federation of Labor.- Atlanta. Ga.; Chao. F. Towle, Pubitober Miami Citireu. Miami, Fla.: T. K Cuthbect, Chat tanooga Labor World. Chattanooga. Tena.; H. A. Stalls, Charlotte Labor Journal, Charlotte, N. C.; John H. Swann. Georgia Federationist, Savannah, Ga. Miami Citizen Photo (AFL) Western District Postal Employes To Meet In Charlotte February 19th ; LABOR ARBITRATION CASKS REPORTED UP 21 IN YEAR New York,—An increase of 21 ■ per cent in the number of labor disputes settled through resort to the American Arbitration Associ | ation was reported for 1948 by the association. The number of disputes in creased in 1948, compared with 1947, the organisation said in its twenty-second annual report, j which said that the arbitration record in such circumstances was evidence of “substantial recogni tion" of the value of AAA pro cedures by' both management and labor. The Golden Rule of Trade Un ionism is to buy Union Label goods from others as you would have them pay Union wages unto yon! AFL Wins Local Plant Election In an election recently con ducted by the National Labor Re lations Board in the plant of the New England Waste Company, Charlotte firm, the balloting re sulted in a 91 to 23 victory for the American Federation of La bor. The petition for the elec tion had been pending for almost a year. It was filed by AFL Rep resentative AI Kemp in behalf of the plant’s employes. Mr. KempT who has been sta tioned in Charlotte for the past two years, organised this plant, and he has been doing good work in the formation of a number of local unions in this territory. He has set up a number of Federal Labor Unions also. HEADQUARTERS WILL BE IN SELWYN HOTEL : Bulletins are being sent al' North Carolina locals of the Na tional Federation of Postal Em ployes announcing a Western District Conference meeting to be held in Charlotte on Saturday, February 19. Headquarters for the affair will be in the Selwyn hotel, Charlotte, recently remod eled hotel at the corner of West Trade and Church streets. Char lotte Local 376 is sponsoring the Charlotte meeting. Registrations will begin at 1:00 o’clock on the aKernoon of the 19th, followed by an Open Forum in the afternoon at which time a representative of the U. S. Post Office department will be present and conduct this part of the pro gram. He will be assisted by a national officer of the Postal or ganisations. The bulletin which has been for warded to North Carolina locals is as follows: “All Postal Employees are cordially invited to attend a Dis trict meeting at Charlotte, N. C., February 19. 1949. Headquarters will be at the Selwyn Hotel, first block of West Trade Street from Square. “Registration will start at 1:00 P. M. with guys and gals there to greet you, pin a tag on you and give you any information that you desire. W’e aim to make you welcome—you aim to enjoy it. . “The Open Forum in the after noon will be conducted by a Rep resentative of the Post Office De partment and assisted by a Na tional Officer of one of the Postal Organisations. You can get the information that you have been looking for from them. That lit (Continued on Pago 4) HOG PRICES IN SHARI* DROP TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 46 CHICAGO— Consumers’ hopes for lower meat prices were raised here when a flood of hogs pouring into livestock markets dropped the price to the lowest level since 1946. Receipts on a recent day were the heaviest since June, 1944. The top price for best grade hogs was $21 a hundred pounds, lowest since Oct. 14, 1946, when the OPA ceiling on hogs stood at $16.25. Arrivals totaled 27,000 head. Last year’s peak day was April 19, when 21,000 head arrived, The Chicago A North Western i railway reported it alone unload ed 120 railroad cars of livestock i here. Prices dropped $1 to $1.50 i hundred pounds. I _ _ State Organizer Visits Charlotte Representative Brown of th North Carolina Federation of La bor has been a visitor in Char lotte for the past several dayi and last week addressed the reg ular bi-monthly meeting of Char lotte Central Labor Union Brother Brown was assigned tc Charlotte to familiarise himsell with some of the work that A FI Organise^ A1 Kemp has had ii process for some time. Mr. Kemj has temporarily been assigned t< Arkansas from this State but ex poets to return here following completion of his work beyond th< Mississippi. Friends of Representative Browi welcome him here. AFL Unions Located In Carpenters’ Hall CHARLOTTE LOCAL OF BROTHERHOOD. OF CARPEN TERS PURCHASE WEST TRADE STREET PROP ERTY AND BEGIN EXTENSIVE OVERHAULING OF BUIUMNG. — PREPARING OFFICES AND MEETING HALLS SUFFICIENT TO CARE FOR ALL LOCAL AFFILIATES. The Charlotte branch of the American Federation of La bor, the Charlotte Central Labor Union, and its affiliated unions are now. domiciled in their new quarters at 920 West Trade street, after having been located at 317*4 North Tryon Street for the past three years. REPRESENTATIVE CARLYLE of Lumherton, N. C, newly chos en member of tbo House Pool Office and Civil Service commit tee, who was a guest at a meet ing held by the postal employees of New Hanover County, N. C. in December. i iic iTcni iiaue siiccv property was recently pur chased by the Charlotte local of the Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of Amer ica and workmen are now busy tearing out petitions, walls, etc., in plans that call for accommodating all of the American Federation of La bor activities in this city and section. The building is be ing renovated inside and out. Large meeting halls for the unions are being made and sufficient office space to take care ot the local AFL affili ated unions’ executive offices have been or will be arranged shortly. The new union quarters has been needed for a long time. In fact, the rapid growth of the Charlotte labor movement during the war period and since has made it necessary that larger quarters be ob tained. For quite a while the Central Labor Union has contemplated purchasing a lot and building suitable ac commodations to care for its (Continued on Page 2) Only Four Days Left Of March Of Dimes Drive Only four more days remain of the March of Dimes cam paign which last Saturday was extended for another week iKjcause only about $32,000 of the $100,000 campaign goal i had been reached. As of Wednesday evening of this week I a little more than half of the quota had been raised. J Mecklenburg citizens will have to work fast during the remaining days of the drive in order to put the quota over the top. This is something in which every man, woman and child should become interested in order that Mecklenburg will bejchallced up as having done its full share in fund raisingto be used ir caring for those who have already been stricken and those who may become victims of the dreaded polio. m Let your contribution go forward this very minute. If you desire you may win a valuable gift, one that will stay with you for a lifetime, by filling in the jingle below and mailing it, together with your contribution to campaign headquarters. Just address it to March of Dimes, 127 East Fourth Street, Charlotte,.N. C. COMPLETE THE JN6LE MO HBP FIGHT POLIO Complete this jingle, enclose your contribution and 1 mail to March of Dimes Headquarters, 127 East Fourth Street, Charlotte, N. C. My contribution is in dollars this time Instead of the usual dime; To light polio harder than ever Because... i SUBMITTED BY Address
