Editorial
THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL
And dixie farm news
Published at Charlotte, North Carolina
8. A. Stall*, Editor and Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor
Entered a* aecond-claa* mail matter September 11, 1931, at the
Yost Office at Charlotte, N. C„ uadar the Act of Congress of
March 3. 1879. _
Oldest Bona Fid* AFX, Newspaper in North Carolina, consistently
nerving the American Federation of Labor and ite members since it
was founded. May 12, 1931. Approved by the American Federation
of Labor in 1931.
Endorsed by Charlotte Typographical Union, Number 338, An At
Bliate of Charlotte Central Labor Union and the North Carolina Fed
eration of Labor. __
News Services: American Federation of Labor, U. 8. and North
Carolina Departments of Labor, and Southern Labor Press Associa
tion. _
The Labor Journal will not be responsible for the opinions of cor
respondents, but any erroneous reflection upon the character, stand
ing or reputation of any person firm or corporation which m»y ap
in til# columns of The Libor Journal will be rorrpeteo when
called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondenee snd Open
Forum opinions solicited, but The Journal reserves the right to reject
objectionable reading matter and advertising at all times.^
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WEEKLY BIBLE THOUGHT
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
which are spiritual, restore such a one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou
also be tempted.”—Galatians.
50,000 TELEPHONES IN CHARLOTTE (100,000 POPU
LATION) WITH 7,700 ON WAITING LIST
On Thursday, June 23, 1949, Charlotte saw the Bell Tel
ephone Company install its fiftieth thousand phone, with
7,700 applicants pleading for service, which shows a tele
phone in operation for a little over every two citizens in
our city, and the average would run less than that could
the service desired be immediately given.| This remark
able average is not due to any heavy pressure work by the
telephone company, but . to the almost absolute necessity
in this day and time to have a speedy and continuous com
munication service in both business and homelife. A
phone is almost as much of a necessity as are other pubj
lie utilites—water, lights, transportation, etc.
The Journal has never carried a dollar’s worth of tele
pTTone advertising in its nearly 20 years of existence, and
in saying that Charlotte has a good service, both local and
long distance, we are not paying any debt of patronage,
nor are we advocating any price increase for telephone
service, but merely giving credit where credit is due.
WONDERFUL, QUIET JUNE
Enveloped by a mood impassioned with the quietude
of a slumbering woods and becalmed by the drowsi
ness of the warmth of June, Samuel T. Coleridge was
moved to write—
“A noise like a hidden brook.
In the leafy month of June
That to the sleeping woods at night
Kingeth a quiet tune.* *
Coleridge’s thoughts of peaceful June are immersed
in a 20th Century sea of cataclysmic speed and care
lessness that would have challenged the imagination
of any 18th Century pen.
Yes, the woods may still sing of a brook in June—
but today we speak of man-made brooks that flow
through woods; concrete brooks—flowing not of water,
but of millions of unnatural devices called automobiles.
For this is the time that travel soothes the searching
heart.
The softness of a nation’s green pastures will be
pierced; trees, rich with life, will quiver with fear
and the highway will hum to the tune of roaring ve
hicles on vacation-bound jaunts.
This is the beginning of the glorious vacation period
when families will pack limb and belongings to seek
a few fleeting moments away from Life’s more tedious
tasks.
It will be a wonderful June and a quiet June. It
will be a wonderful June for those who drive with
care, and an unusually quiet for those *2420 unfor
tunate beings who will die in unnecessary accidents.
MATTHEW WOLL, President,
Union Labor Life Insurance Co.
•The cleath toll for June, 1948.
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INJURY ACCIDINT.THE
AT A CONSTANT YOU CAN DRIVE CHANCE Of SOMEONE
SPEED OF 400 MILES IN BEIN6 KILLED ARE
8hrs.54min. tin 16
7hrs.18min. 1 in 12
6 hrs. 10 min. 1 in 6
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
45 m.p.h.
55 m.p.h.
65 ntp.h.
THE MARCH Off LABOR
! TjW BRITISH BABY'S CHANGES
OF LIFE HAV'E ALMOST DOUBLED
■ UNDER LABORCULE. UNDER
.ABOR'S NATIONAL HEALTH PMW,
1 THERE WERE ONLY 34 DEATHS
. PER JOOO INFANTS DURING 1946,
! THE LOWEST E\/ER RSCDRI3EDTHC
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