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Eight chapters describe in detail: workers’ employment characteristics; the economic ba sis for their living standards; what their wages will buy in terms of an hour’s work; their standards of living; working con ditions and labor legislation; the history, development and in fluence of the labor movement; and the historical basis for per sonal and political freedom. The volume takes its title from the theme of a 5-page introduc tion which refers to Walt Whit man’s conception of America “as an inheritor and protector of world liberty” bound by a repon sibility both “fearsome and sa cred.” By example and by other means as well, it states we must make good on our obligation with respect to “this gift of freedom American democracy held only in trust.” Our ability to do so, the intro duction states is tested by (1) whether workers prosper as the economy as a whole prospers; (2) the flexibility of the system in permitting “freedom of move ment, choice, conscience and op portunity;” and (3) the progres sive improvement of the status and influence of the worker. The facts are measurable, the intro duction continues, because “one of the benefits of a free society is the right of free inquiry, and Americans have made extensive use of that right.” It warns that it is “not an economic and social system alone which guarantees prosperity and security,” but rather that any system which “provides freedom to the individual, and allows him to participate to the fullest ex tent to the solution of problems which beset it, stand the greatest chance of maximum utilisation of its human and natural re sources.” Pointing candidly ato “flaws” in the operation of the American system, it contends that “our mistakes impede but do not halt our progress or change our di rection.” We possess the com bination of circumstances neces sary to “virile democratic leader ship” and reconstruction; free LABOR DAY GREETINGS BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation WILSON ELM CITY FAYETTEVILLE GOLDSBORO KINSTON NEW BERN FAISON FREMONT PLYMOUTH SELMA TRENTON WALLACE WARSAW WILLIAMSTON NORTH CAROLINA labor, free unions, social con science, sacred regard for indi vidual dignity, and economic ca pacity. Even more than our ma terial treasure “we want to share those free institutions of free men which are imbedded in the very marrow of any democratic social structure. That indeed is the gift of freedom.” Copies are available for 55 cents from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. -- Factory Workers' Average Earnings Hold Steady Washington. — Weekly earnings for the 11,700,000 production workers in the nation’s factories averaged $53.60 in mid - July. 1949, continuing at the preceding month’s level, according to prelim inary estimates made vailable by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The factory work-week, at 38.8 hours, maintained the slight up turn reported for June, but aver aged about 1 hour below July, 1948, the bureau said. Despite a significant advance in the work-week for the automobile group, average weekly hours for the durable goods division as a whole declined slightly from 39.3 to 39 hours over the month. Shorter work-weeks were report ed by the iron and steel, electrical machinery, and the lumber prod ucts groups, reflecting in part hol iday and vacation shutdowns in ad dition to the continuance of re duced business purchasing. Responding to record levels of output, weekly earnings for auto mobile parts and assembling estab lishments advanced to an all-time high in mid-'July. Returning to the average for the first quarter of this year, the work week for the nondurable goods in dustries increased slightly for the third consecutive month. Following the low level of week ly earnings for April, the average for the soft goods division has moved upward to about the De- ' cember, 1948, peak. Moderately . lengthened work-weeks were again reported by the textile, apparel and leather groups. The advance from 41.7 to 42.2 hours for the food group reflects the further continuance of summer seasonal expansion in most food processing industries. HUTCHESON URGES LABOR TO UP POLITICAL DRIVE Bend, Ore., Aug. 9.—Speaking to a joint convention of three district councils of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Presi dent William Hutcheson urged stronger political action on the part of labor for 1950. Hutcheson told the carpenters that it was especially necessary to get the wives and relatives of union members registered so that a full labor vote could wipe out the present antilabor majority in the Senate and House. GREETINGS GARDNER DRUG COMPANY Owned by the Link Bros. Rcxoll Drugs RilDSVILLE, N. C. 1 GREETINGS Columbia Manufac turing Co. COTTON FABRICS RAMSEUR, N. C HOME HEATERS with "MIDGET” PILOT That Burns Ovr 40 HOURS on One Gallon of Oill A—"Multi-Heat” Burner Vital parts made of corrosion-re sistant stainless steel for long life; no moving parts; whisper-quiet. B—"MIDGET” Pilot Burns over 40 HOURS on one gallon of oil; a real fuel-saver! 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