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' Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 201 E»st Sixth St. W»«m« 3-6624 CHARLOTTE. N. C. PNEUMAFIL CORPORATION *. i ■ ■ ■ 2516 WilhiiiMii BM. (j CHARLOTTE, N. C. I PURITY MARKET AND GROCERY MEATS, GROCERIES. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 202 East Trode St. Tel. 3-9787 CHARLOTTE, N. C. FROM THE OLD MILL STREAM Most or id* industry in out Piedmont Carolina* wu "down toy tb* Old Miii Stream" when this century began. Th* rains cam*, and sometime* the little riverside plant went out with the flood Then adventuresome engi ncers began to turn power wasting at falls and shoals into electricity They transmitted it to sites located a tale dis tance from the rivers These sites rapidly grew into towns Factory loss by flood ended Such rivef sites as could be reached and profitably de veloped were “used up” Too. ii was found that, in time of brought, streams proved in , adequate to power needs In the awakened Piedmont u 4' ' By 1920. facilities (or steam generation were begun and have con tinued steadily until today they provide most of-the power deliver ed by tne Duke System One plant flow unatr construction, the third in our present expansion program, will produce asere than one sixth as much power as was used last year in all lie territory •erred by the Duke Power Company. DURE POWER COMPANY ^4*vut£, *tAi Jjudmtmt Cmto/tmu. Green Sees Growth In Samuel Gompers’ Ideals (Continued From Page 1) Mr. Green Mid in part: "Though not a large man, Sam uel Gompers had a magnetic per sonality and a commanding pres ence that forged him to the front as a leader. With a rich and pow erful voice and a rare ability to plumb the mind and feelings of his listeners, his was a high crusad ing spirit that voiced the struggle of his fellow workers, urging them to join unions and to agitate; edu cate and organize and enlist others in the battle for human freedom. There was a radiance in his gift for living and enjoying homely de rails and this gift drew men to him in the sincere comradeship. "In the economic relations— where men and women determine their work lives—he conceived of the development of economic order by mutual contracts guided by basic principles of human welfare and scientific law. He sought to estab lish economic government in which all concerned in production should have t representation and voice. He declared, ‘We want more, we de mand more, and when we get that more, we shall insist upon again more and more and even more un til we get the full fruition of our labor.’ “‘Shorter hours and more pay/ he said, ‘are the most revolution ary forces in the lives of workers,’ "As Samuel Gompers journeyed across the country to what he knew was his last labor convention in El Paso, he wrote a personal and final message to labor. In it he embodied his creed. 1 felt it a great honor that he sent for me and asked me to read it for him a« he explained that his eyes no long er served him. That message ended: ‘“A* I review the events of my 60 years of contact with the labor movement and as I survey the problems of today and study the opportunities of the future, I want to say to you nien and women of the American labor movement, do not reject the cornerstone upon which labor’s structure has been builded—but base your all upon voluntary principles and illumine your every problem by consecrat ed devotion to that highest of all purposes—human well-being in the fullest, widest, deepest sense.’ “The organization which Gomp ers built has withstood the grilling tests of business prosperity and depression Because of its services it has gained and held members to work on for ever higher stand ards. The organization he built stands today unchanged in basic principles. As new problems have developed we haVe applied the old guiding precept and have added a bit here and there to procedures. There har been growth without change of purpose or goals. Our foundation rooted in understanding of human dignity with inalienable j right to freedom, will remain un changed. ' “We pledge our founder loyalty to the principles he upheld. We know that the freedom we enjoy was gained by the sacrifices of men wlfo understood and accepted re sponsibility. If we are to continue Ip enjoy this freedom We must ■Iso share responsibility for exer cising rights and maintaining free dom.” Mr. Well said in part: “The life and labors of Gompers effectually and impressively dram atize and symbolize the growth and greatness of the American democ racy and of its people. Here was an immigrant boy who came to the American shores and rose to the greatest achievements in our land and who haa merited the over whelming applause of its people. “Gompers was not only the archi tect who made the blueprints for the creation of the American Fed eration of Labor; he was also the builder who carried out the de tails of those plans, and the care 's taker who zealously guarded the main principles upon which the organisation was built. MGompers realized that the labor movement of no single country could remain free and stay pros perous long if the working people of other lands were not free and were subjectad to low standards of life and labor. That is why he pio neered in the organizations of the International Labor Organization and laid special stress on raising j the standards and improving the , conditions of the toiling folks in the underdeveloped countries. “The labor internationalism of Gompers takes on special living significance today in view of the recent developments in the organ ization of over 50 million free ' trade unionists under the banner of the International Confederation 'of Free Trade Unions. It is in this | spirit and aspirations of Gompers that the activities of this new world confederation of free trade unions Iwill have to be activated if this new world labor body is to fulfill its intended mission “The soul of Samuel Gompers has continued to live on in its po >tent influence on our national life and customs. It lives today in the daily lives of millions of Ameri cans. “May I, therefore, venture to propose that we give rise to a new conception of our evaluation of the ■ services rendered by Samuel Gomp ers expressed in the setting aside of January 27th of each succeeding year as Samuel Gompers' Birthday and that this day be solemmaed as a holiday to be observed through out the nation so that his rightful place among the great of America may no longer remain void and so that to labor of America be ac corded. too, the honor of having contributed to the building up of a truly great democracy such as the world has never known be fore.” tkhSiga New and Reconditioned PIANOS For the boat value is NEW or | reconditioned pianos, select j yours from our stock of nearly I 100 instruments, Setinway, Mathushek, Winter, Howard, I and many others. Prices to suit everyone. ANDREWS MUSIC CO. “Our 55th Year" “Steinway Headquarters” 231 North Tryea Street GREETINGS CENTRAL : LUMBER CO. 300 So. Brevard St. Dial 3-5145 CHARLOTTE, N. C. p • N » *. I 0 XvuruTzer ianos » ail * $525 00 tm hrtarkiw 8a. California LLPI Soft Spring Meet San Francisco.—The California State Federation of Labor has called a state convention of Cali fornia’s Labor’s League for Politi cal Education immediately after March 29, closing date of the pri mary Tiling period. Each local, council and labor league affiliate vill be entitled to one delegate. The federation selected the week of October 9, 1950, for the annual contention to be held in Santa Barbara. Clarks Poet Speeds Shopping; Praised San Francisco. — A strikeless wage negotiation which enabled Christmas shopping to proceed un interruptedly was negotiated by the AFL Retail Clerks Local 1100 for 6.500 members in large down town department stores. The agreement provides $2.50 weekly increase for nonselling em ployes; establishment of a $15 min imum guaranteed commission on top of regular wages each month, and a greater measure of union se curity. 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