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Supreme Court Findings Keep Labor Hamstrung ' LATEST INJUNCTION RULE NEEDS ANSWER FROM LABOR' AT POLLS Washington. — Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson and four of his associate Supreme Court justices voted to keep labor hamstrung in an injunction straitjacket in their latest rulings. They administered another les son, in the view of Joseph Keen an. director of Labor'll I^eogtra for Political Education, why un ion men and women must jro to the toils every election day to put in office men friendly to the point of view of labdr and the mar.' of people. The Supreme Court majority taught their bitter lesson over tjie objections of Jt|FtUe$ Hugo Black, William O. Hottglas and Stanley Heed who. in an ban dal . • -t, r;.id they belie "d that unions wore entitled to a formal court review and opinion on th* legality at injunctions isjuejji in national emergencies under th* Taft-Hartley law'. But this minority was over ruled end 1 <bor is left with jw alte-native but to elect a Con atres ! which v :,1 ' i nhibit the use of injunctions in labor dispute', so explicitly that nothing is left 1to the discretion of courts--not even to the United States Su preme Court. The two court decisions in volved the United Mine Workers of America and three railroad union*, Switchmen’a Union of| North Americn of the AFL, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers and Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Eiginemen. In the miner’s case, the court upheld $1,420,000 fines against the union and its president, John T„ Lewis, for refusing to obey a lower court order to call off a strike for pensions in March, 1948. i The majority refused even to hear the union'/ case on the constitu tionality if the Taft-Hartby na tional emergency injunctions. The court decision did not imply that if the miners had obeyed the lower court order, then they might have been heard on the < ufi.-ititutionai merits. Eight jus tice* e*ehid!»g Hark again, joined J in closin'* t$M5 door, on that pes y i\i the tail mad ■ is ■. , There the three unions obeyed the lower court orjlcr and did not trim m May, 1948. So the United States Supiinto Court,-ero'-^j ployjtd its oldest “dydgs” by say in ; the te&ue had ^become moot and there was" no need or time' to consider the merits of the lights of the workers. •... | “Union security depends on po litical action, not on the Supremo Court!” Mr. Keenan said. He sa d his views were first expressed when tho court upheld the lights , of states to regulate or prohibit the closed and union shops, lie said the two latest injunction de Have PLENTY of Hot Water electrically when you need it with a modem electric heater. It’s simple — fits anywhere without flue oi chimney. It’s clean — no soot, ashes, or odor. It’s attention-free. Just install it and forget it. It’s ECONOMICAL. Heavy insulation seals heat in. See It — Buy it — ENJOY It! Easy Terms DUKE POWER COMPANY JOudmont/ THE LAYMAN’S BEATITUDES 1. friT-rr* U Am nun wboM calendar contains prayer meeting nights. 1 Blessed Is the man who does not remain away from church be cause it drissles. ■ 3. Blessed is the man who can stay over an hour in church sore* ice. 4. Blessed is the man who loves the Lord’s work with his pocket ss well as his heart. 5. Blessed is the man whose watch keeps church time as well as business time. 6. Blessed is the man who leaves the back pew for late comers. 7. Blessed is the man who does not have a summer “lay-off” from his religion. 8. Blessed is the man wh.ose eyesight will stand as much read ing of the Bible as of the Sunday newspapers. Three things, 0 Lord, of Thee we pray— To know Thee more clearly, To love Thee more dearly, To follow Thee more nearly. “Let us practice Christianity in the’ little opportunities of ev ery dai." AFL PITS WHAMMY < \ CONGRESSMEN jJ&cading, Pa. The Confefem-e of Kastcirn .Pennsylvania Central Labor LnVik marked’ IL-prescn tfiti'.cs FmMln H. 'L’tfitenwalter[ and Ivor I). Fentgn for defeat in 1950 congressional elections: The Allentown CLU said it will "c oncentrate on the 19150 election j in effort to replace Lichten waiter, • who has voted wrong on every issue in the 81st Congress.” The Poitsville CLU said it will try “to defeat Fenton, whose record in the 81st Congress in anti la bor.” The Easton CLU said it will back the “re-election of Reprcsen-1 tative Francis E. Walter,- a Fair H...I utulomt “ Representative George M. Rhodes, elected to Congress for the first time in 1948, is president of the eastern Pennsylvania conference of central unions and will be backed for reelection. cisions bolstered that veiw. “The Supreme Court," Mr. Keenan said, “has taught us a lesson we shall not forget. ; The trade union movement will *be strong only when we have elected at all levels of government pub lic officials who are friendly to the needs of the majority of our people.” Encouragement for political ac tion was given by AFL General Counsel Albert Woll at the 68th AFL convention, “While fighting to the tooth in the legal field and before ad ministrative agencies and boards, we must continue to employ our strength in the legislative and political fielda," he said. “Your position as leaders of or ganised labor does not in any de gree or to any extent forbid yon under federal law from giving your personal and undiminished support to Labor’s Labor’s Leaguo for Political Education. The Taft-Hartfay Act restricts only "You are not under this tow, or any federal tow, to any way deprived, by reason of your of ficial capacity in a labor organi sation, of your right individually aa aa American citizen to engage in every political activity enjoyed by your follow Americans.” tanos i DavItA*< f^Awa* Pa rarKw-utronsr uOi V, Trad* t NOW AND THEN “God has done emit things for m, whereof wo are glad." Aa e«m«d Ha has been no respecter of persons. The spirit of lore I and fellowship is heavenly, indeed a foretaste of a certain glad day. As we look ahead we have • deep concern that all this ad vancement be conserved and that we all grow in grace and knowl edge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are told that when Robert : Moffett was a boy leaving home I as he and his old-fashioned moth er trudged along a Scotch high way, she stopped. She could go I no further. “Robert, promise me something?" “What?” asked the boy. Again she repeated the question, “I'll do anything you! wish, Mother," said the boy I looking into \ier face. Then put-) tin' his head close to hers she said, “Robert, you are going into: a wicked world. Begin every day1 with God. Close every day with God.” Next to co,ning into a definite heart relationship with Christ i3 the fresh touch of God upon our! individual lives in the very begin- j ning u| cavh day. Ihis is im-1 perativp. We are commanded by i o '.: “Keep yourselves in the love Oi God” (Jude 21). Private devotions, public testimony, at tendance at worship, personal soul winning^ immediate adjustments to God , when the Spirit checks, avoiding a critical and embittered apir.t toward an} one, “doing with our might what our hands find to do’’ and doing it to His glory, are some of the ways of keeping our selves in the love of God. “Let the peace of Cod rule in your hearts to the which also ye are called in one body and be ye thankful. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." God''and I in blessed collaboration—keep ing me in the love and peace of God. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciplea—if ye have love one to another.” —Claude B. Ries. THE IDEAL PASTOR There was a noble preacher, with a lot of common sense, Who landed on his circuit with a dollar and ninety cents; He did not use tobacco, nor attend the picture show, But used his time and talent to make his church work go. His face is cleanly shaven, his clothes brushed with care, His shoes neatly poished, and he. always combs his hair; He represents the Master to the flock he oversees. And often in his study he is found upon his knees. He yets a nice donation from the people of his c ha rye, Sometimes increase in salary, al though it isn’t large. He lives within his income, and always has cash to pay. And he doesn’t owe a dollar when at last he goes away. He’s much in love with missions, and God’s d sandal plan, ^ his members soon decide that he’a a hi^a^m man* Be doesn’t scold his people, hat gives than Goapal feed. And soon endears him—If to them — every pastor should. Hs has a plan for study, and many books he reads He visits friends and members of nil beliefs and creeds. He doesn’t discuss differencs, but acts — if they’re one, And talks of salvation through Christ, God’s only Son. . He is clean in conversation, his face aglow with joy, He talks with all the children, the little girl and boy; He is known in all the country for his ministries of love, And God is now preparing him a splendid home above. SETS VP LOAN PLAN Washington.—The Rural Elec trificstion Administration an nounced that it is sotting up ma chinery for handling loans “to per sons now providing or who may hereafter provide telephone serv ice in rural areas and to co-opera tive, non-profit, limited dividend or mutual associations.” The loans ware authorised under the rural telephone act -paseed by the 81st Congress with AFL sup port. GET 84 WEEKLY RAISE San Francisco.—The Stereotyp ere and Electrotypers Union of tho AFL won a 84 a week wage increase after a five-day strike against seven firms. KENTUCKY FEDERATION ELECTS A. C. KAI8EK LOUISVILLE.—The 48th con vention of the Kentucky State Federation of Labor elected A. C. Kaiser, Louisville business agent for the Hod Carrion BaUding and Common Laborers Union, as pres ident for a full term. He bad been acting president since the death earlier this year of Harry F. Petty. Edward H. Weyler, United Bro therhood of Carpenters, was re elected secretary-treasurer. Terms of the officers were reduced from four to two years. PRESENTS LLPA CHECK St. Paul. — President William Schoenberg of the Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers, presented a check for $3,100 Labor’s League for Political Action during the GSth annual convention as the balance VACATION'S KND If you don’t want your vacation to and like thia, remember this: Speed kill*! One out of every three fatal motor vehicle accident* involve* ex* cesiive (peed. Ihke it easy and live/ •• Careful—the life you save may be your owe! Letter-Press Letter press printing in the graphic arts means the direct application of inked type and engravings or other* typo material to paper. . , It is the simplest of all graphic methods of reproduction and at the same time the most lasting. 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