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THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND DIXIE FARM NEWS Published at Charlotte, North Carolina _ H. A. SUlls, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter. Associate Editor Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1931, at the Tost Office at Charlotte, N. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.__-_ Oldest Bona Fide AFL Newspaper in North Carolina, consistently serving the American Federation of Labor and its members snce it was founded, May 12, 1931. Approved by the American Federation of Labor in 1931. __ Endorsed by Charlotte Typographical Union, Number 338, An Af filiate of Charlotte Central Labor Union and the North Carolina Fed eration of Labor. . ________ News Services: American Federation of Labor, U. S. and North Carolina Departments of Labor, and Southern Labor Press Associa tion. ___ member Southern labor press association _ The Labor Journal will not be responsible for the opinions of cor respondents, but sny erroneous reflection upon the character, stand ing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may ap pear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be corrected when railed to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opin.ons solicited, but The Journal reserves the right to reject objectionable reading matter and advertising at all times. In order to correct any misunderstanding that may have existed in the past or that may exist now relative to The Labor Journal’s relationship to the North Carolina Federations* the publisher wishes to state that the Federstionist is the official organ of the North Carolina Federation of Labor and that The Journal is not now and has never been the Federation’s official organ. Anyone, whether on our staff or otherwise, who claims The Journal is * the official organ is stating an untruth. However, The Labor Journal has solicited both advertising and subscriptions state-wide in cities and hamlets where no Labor paper exists since it first began doing business in 1931 and sees no just reason why it should not continue to do so. It is our aim to serve as many of our brother members as is hugpanly^ pos sible, and let no one fool you by telling you that The Journal is an illegitimate publication, so far as Labor is concerned. Our past record, for more than 18 years, disproves this “fifth column’ propa ganda.. This newspaper has during the years endeavored to promote a better understanding between Capital and Labor. Its efforts have borne much fruit. Our only regret is that we have not beert able tu carry on in a bigger and better way. This, the publisher pledges you, he will strive to do henceforth. __ Address All Communications to CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL P O Box 1061 Charlotte, North Carolina THE PASSING OF SENATOR BROUGHTON In the passing of Senator J. Melville Broughton, North Carolina has lost an able, honorable and valuable citron one who had been connected with North Carolina’s march forward for the past quarter of a century. He served the State in many capacities, from the governorship down to minor roles, and was just entering upon the roll of United States Senator, a position which The Journal believes he would have filled with honor, distinction and credit to our State and Nation, being well equipped for the duties involv ing upon him. Senator Broughton had an open mind as to the labor question, which we believe would have repaid his friends in the movement for the confidence placed in him when he was given its endorsement, which had much to do with his election. It is with sorrow that we record the passing of such men, for in the game of politics today, ability, genius and stability are often relegated to the rear in the payment of political debts. “DELOUSING TIME” AT HAND President Truman gave them their correct name: Trait ors. Congress must decide what to do about them and pro vide the law for doing it.” So says the New York Mirror. Continuing that newspaper further editorializes: « “Communists William Foster and Eugene Dennis have spoken treason against the United States. For themselves, for the Communist party, for all Communists, they vow first allegiance to Soviet Russia and openly state that they would oppose their own country in the event of war with the Soviet. Dennis is on trial charged with conspiring to overthrow our government. Foster, indicted with him, got a sever ance, claming heart disease. A diseased heart he has, in deed. They fancied-up their statement with propaganda. They said they would oppose an “aggressive” war against the Soviet. But, by Communist definition, it is impossble for Soviet Russia to commit aggression. By the same defini tion, it is impossible for any power to resist Soviet Russia, for any reason, even to repelling an invasion, without itself being an aggressor. So, what Dennis and Foster mean is that they would be on the side of Soviet Russia in ANY war with the United States. They would aid the Red Army tomorrow if it launched an airborne invasion over New York and other principal ciues. Thai is actual treason. It is what could be called treason before the fact. But it is not LEGAL treason, and these Communists, therefore, have given us a striking illustration of the basic weakness of our means of dealing with their crime. TYeason is defined in Article III, Section 3, of the U. S. Constitution as follows: “1—Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adherence to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No per son shall be convicted of treason unless on the testi mony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. “2—The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason . . . ” So our Communists, having only announced their inten tion of committing treason, are within the letter of the law. Obviously the law must be strengthened. We have had enough warning. We have had enough proof that Communism is the sworn enemy of our religion, our morality, our freedom, our whole way of life. Shall we wait until these despicable traitors have had an I opportunity to put their treason into action before protect ing ourselves against them? Unfortunately, many of them were born into American citizenship and cannot be deported to their “motherland.' Having renounced the responsibility of citizenship (while as serting all of citizenship’s privileges) they have, however, disqualified themselves for its protection. They are not Amereans. They should be stripped of the American citizenship which they disgrace and befoul. The Communist party should be outlawed as treasonous and subversive. Anyone who thinks the Communist party has political vested rights must be blind or soft in the head. Anyone who argues that outlawing them “would only drive them underground” is being specious. That’s like saying we shouldn’t have laws against mur der because they would drive murderers underground. It's time to stop playing cricket with these thugs and start delousing our Nation of them. LABOR CONCILIATION A LABOR DEPARTMENT JOB Government service is full of the representatives of Big Business, yet the AFL does not question their ability to serve the public impartially. For instance, E. C. A. Chief, Paul Hoffman, head of Studebaker Corporation . . . Dean Acheson, corporation lawyer . . . Averill Harriman, Union Pacific Railroad executive .. . James Forrestal, Wall Street lawyer, only to mention a few. Florida’s Senator Claude Pepper hit the nail on the head when he asked a pro-Taft Hartley witness two weeks ago “Which would you prefer: Having the Conciliation Service back in the Labor Depart ment with an industry man at the head or keep it independ ent with a labor man at its head?” Naturally the witness was lost for an answer since he wanted the Service inde pendent and directed by a big business executive. There is only one test for public service, place the agency in that department most familiar with the work, irrespec tive of whether that department is headed by a business man or a trade unionist. Legislative Program The American Federation of Labor will concentrate its efforts in the current session of Congress on obtaining re peal of the obnoxious Taft-Hartley Act, but this should not obscure the fact that there are many other major planks in the Federation’s legislative program which vitally affect the interests of American workers and for which we will fight unceasingly. Therefore the Executive Council finds it advisable to make public at this time a summary of the outstanding measures included in the AFL’s legislative objectives: j. TAFT-HARTLEY ACT —We favor outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act with simultaneous reenactment of the National Labor Relations Act. We aMFurge Congress to repeal the Hobbs Act and the Lea Act. 2. HOUSING—We seek enactment of a comprehensive housing program. This includes rent control. 3. FOREIGN POLICY—We endorse the President’s firm policy toward Russia as the only practical way to attain eventual world peace. We want Congress to appropriate sufficient funds to permit the ECA to carry on its work to a successful conclusion. 4. INFLATION CONTROL—We prefer voluntary meth ods to resumption of price controls, which should be em ployed only as a last resort. If taxes should be increased, the burden should be placed upon those best able to pay. Taxes in low-income groups, who were given the least mea sure of relief in the last tax law, should not be raised. 5. SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM—The Executive Coun cil favors broad improvements in the social security sys tem, a national health program, disability insurance, a na tionalized unemployment compensation system, increase of the minimum wage to $1 an hour with broader coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act, an effective billion-dollar program of Federal aid to education and continuation of the school lunch program. Also we call upon Congress to adopt the President’s Civil Rights program. 6. NATIONAL DEFENSE — The Executive Council pledges full support of a truly adequate national defense program for all branches of the armed services. We feel also that Congress should give attetnion to the need for an expanded merchant ship construction program and the safeguarding of a strong American merchant marine by subsidies. This ship construction program should be fairly distributed in the varous areas of the country. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES—As part of our natonal de fense program and as an essential step toward an expand ing American economy, a constructive program for the de velopment and protection of our natural resources should be adopted by Congress. This includes power develop ment, soil conservation and reclamation, irrigation and flood control. We favor creation of river valley authorities, smilar to the outstandingly successful TVA, to do this job. We also call upon Congress to encourage development of research for the harnessing of atomic energy to industrial productive uses. 8. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE LEGISLATION — Thh AFL will support legislation to raise the standards and improve the conditions of government employes. 9. LABOR DEPARTMENT—We favor transfer to this department of the functions and agencies which properly belong to it, to the end that the Department of Labor may once more become an effective instrument for the protec tion of the wage earners of the Nation. 10. There are any number of additional measures and proposals in which the Federation takes an active interest for or against. For instance, we will urge liberalization of the Displaced Persons Act, support the establishment of a National Science Foundation, etc. Therefore, the omission of any particular measure from this summary of major legislative objectives, should not and does not imply any lack of interest on our part. 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