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Scholarship "Winners CMfiffi Mhfcxl A. Maaaar flaft> aad lanaai Vaa Karkkara (rifht), meadtaraaf tka Ckka«o Flat Jaaftara Uaian affiliated wttk tka AFL llalfilaff Baraka Eaiakraa. aUad aczt.ta tfcair affaprinf, Frederick M. Maaaar, 48. aad Shirky Am Earkkara, 18, wiaaara of tka aaiaa’a UMOwwtialtj Sckalarakia Awarda far atadjr at Nartk* aaaakra Umiraaaltr. la tka faster k AFL Vka-Praaldaat Wiiliaw L. MrtkkMga. aramkataf'th* PaUdkaf Bar tka Bafiajn. _:_"_ i Women’s League Quits With “Carry-On” Cry WASHINGTON.-—"The National Women’s Trade Union League dissolved on June 15 after 47 years of pioneer crusading far protection of women and children in indus try. Miss Elisabeth Christman, secretary-treasurer for 27 years, said she believed the league had accomplished its mission. “Women ur now mutely or ganized and have the protection of union standard*,” she .said. “The unions themselves now do the work Which me once did. J think we ran be proud of our record and of the sacrifices made by many of our fonmeers in this movement.” The National Women’s Trade Union League was organized in 1903 at Faaeul Hall, Boston, during an AFL convention. The late Samuel Gompers gave it his strong endorsement at a lime when working women and the labor movement had 1ear zynjpa thetic supporters. The sweat shops, the strife, the ignoble attitude «f employers toward their workers ia 1903 seem far away now. But the rec ord of improvement in wracking conditions for warns* and chil dren, the understanding of their problems, and the growth of the labor movement was made bright by the service* of the Women’s Trade Union League. In some far year ahead, tend ers , of that record Will Bed the torCnlight of the Women’s Trade Union League still lighting the way in go. Let the record speakl For 47 years the leagwt wan a leoe ration of trade unions with women members, with a supple mentary membership of persons who indorsed its principles and accepted its platform. National and International Unions and State Federations of Labor were linked i to the . league by affilia tion. In the several industrial cen ters where the league maintained local branches there was a sim ilar relationship. The fundamen tal principle upon which the Women’s Trade Union League based its work. is the organiza tion of women wage earners into trade unions. Throughout the years it has keen their spokes man, the interpreter of their problems—and these have grown in complexity With mass produc tion and modern speed, repetitive processes and mechanized assem bling. Above aD others to whom tribute is made and gratitude must be expressed is Margaret Dreir Robins, for 38 years the president or honorary presiden' of the league She w*s the guid ing spirit from the early days of the league until the end of her life in t9SS. Her apirit and un derstanding. her exhilarating leadership,' .opened the door to a Some of The Things We Lend Money on iMb Rifle* Pi stale Trunks AMngNsHriM Bays Ml C4*M MwirtH iMlniam* Kodak* Typewriter* AH BvincM Strictly ConidentiaL Wlien hi Need of Money We Never Fall Yon. Mm u far Oertaia la OlaaiaaOa. watchaa, Jewelry. daOiar. etr. RELIABLE LOAN GO. Ml BAST TRADE STREET Keep Cool! faf like a ^ million/ in donkey SHORTS They’re famous for rtyle, for xanfort, for warm weather wear .. Jockey Shorts are perfect for the active man. Come in ... get your supply of Jockey Short* ami ;i like a million! He member, y’re made only by Cooper*. 1.00 Gat Jackay Contoured , Shirt* to Match 75c Men’s Store ... Street Floor - it In Our 55th Year of Service to Charlotte and the Carolina* Washington. — Secretary nf Labor Maurice J. Tobin (left) gets laat-aiinate information on pro gram far President Truman's Con ference on Industrial Safety from William’ L. Connolly director of tho labor department’s bureaa of labor standards. Jnst before conference eon renod on Juno 5. rider and more useful life for countless women workers. As the program of the league developed over the years there sas practically no facet of the worker’s life that it did not in fluence. The primary task of or ganizing women into trade un ions was carried out successfully in many parts of the country. Women in the garment industry and other needle trades, in the textile industry, in many other trades and industries. were hel;>ed by the league to organ ize and become part of the la bor movement. During the -months of the bit ter strike in the clothing Indus try in Chicago in 1910 the league organised and supported the com missary for the striking work ers. The president of the league was one of three signers of the famous Hart, Schaffner and Marx agreement which resulted from this strike and which set up col lective bargaining machinery in the industry. Elimination of home work and the sweat shop was part of the league’s successful achievements. The league established the first training school for women labor leaders in 1913. The first sum mer school for women workers at Bryn Mawr College followed the resolution adopted by the league at its convention in 1915. As early as 1905 the league initiated a movement for a fed eral investigation of the condi tions of women and child wage earners, which led eventually to the estabTlSlmeht of the Worn n’s Bureau and the Children's Bureau in the deferal govern meat It inaugurated health instruc tion and medical care for women workers in Chicago in 1912, and in 1908 it was instrumental in setting up ata Immigrants' Pro tective League and in developing an American program for immi grants, who were a neglected group in that great city. The first international gather ing of working women in history, in 1919, was inaugurated and supported .by the National Wom en’s Trade Union Leagae, and in 1922 the league was the first na tions! woman’s organisation to go on record for international co-operation to abolish war. Miss Christman said in n »■«! reports “The -complete history of the league’s work for women and for the labor movement will be found in the advanced opportunities for women, in the improved working conditions in industry and in the greater understanding that exists today of the problems of all workers. “We have ploughed the hard fields and planted them with the seeds of accomplishment. Some of the crops have been harvest ed, others are yet to come to fruition. We ask our friends and supporters to carry on in the nnay new ways that are now open to them until the entire harvest is in, end wotfnen work-1 ers everywhere have full oppor tunity to play their part in the economic and social life of the %pOK p tkS§i9m __ StUa&attia f CAKES CANDY A GOOD PLACE TO REST AND REFRESH We want you for our customer MAYFAIR HOTEL NEWSSTAND . Charlotte, N. C. Soft Drinks — Ice Cream ICFTU To Help Asia r n ■ himm...—mi111!■ i _"fW***; ' *• Ol4«kroek (c«nt«r)t Mcritary* 1 °"f**»r,tk,n »t Free Trad* Union*. lean, ever shoulder of Bier Jensen, Denmark, to discuss with Mina M a riba a Kara, India, f&sns of the ICFTU to aid free trad* aainniam in H‘» and athar democratic ceuntri** ef Southeastern Asia. Gordon Vr**"?**; I*"**1’ W“- eeeretery-treaanrer AFL Stat*. County and Municipal Worker*, was appointed member of ICFTU eommtaaion to riait India and other countries of the area to bolster anti ILGWU FIF.M HITS BROADWAY (Continue*! t rom Page I) Me or the labor movement?” He lephes: “How many suits or dresses does the family of a textile work er buy on $ 16 a week ? Through the union you raise wages, im prove conditions. People live like people instead of like an I apple. Does on apple buy what !I make in the shop? No. This stuff about the American stan dard of living—know how to get it? Build the trade union move ment.” The film shows how collective bargaining is conducted in the industry, the summer vacation resort owned by the ILG for its members in the Pennsylvania1 Pocono Mountains, the health cen ters. And all through the film are woven the episodes which show how a few thousand men and women fought determinedly 1 to brhtg unionism to a cut-throat industry. “The motion picture of your union, says President Green in the film to the ILG leader, “por traying the struggle* and accom plishments of the ladies garment worker* also typifies the stru*. gles and accomplishments of the American labor movement. “Samuel Gompers was the architect and builder of the trade union movement in ,this country. He came to America as an immi- j grant boy rrom the East Side of London and bound up his life and destiny with the millions of underprivileged. Many of the scenes shown in this picture | would have been familiar to Gompers. "I know he would have been BOGGETT til E. 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Shell Products Washin g a ad Lubrication Poliahinr. Waxing Tire* aad Auto Acceaaorio Cara railed for and delirere 750 W. Trade Phoae INI OIL BURNERS— S. H. DUNCAN & CO. • Distributor for Amos Oil Fired Burner Automatic Oil Fired Ideal for Dairies, Food Lockers* vWIH%ilrS* Meat Processing Plants o SIS West First Street Dial S4144 Charlotte, N. C. o ' RESTAURANT— AIR CONDITIONED BISTANY’S RESTAURANT Stoeka. Chapa. Chkkea. Saa Paada, Batf or Pork Stop para .... Cark Serrtoe Opea 1iH AM. la 12. PJL • A.M. to 12 P.M. Bandar 24PP N. Tryaa Street Acraaa from Alan* Plan Taariat C»tot-v ROOFING— GEO. E. NORMAN R00FII6 CO. Carey Roofing Industrial, Residential Commercial Earriac Ifca CaraUaaa Since 1911 Estimates Furnished Dial 3-7538 CM Elliott 81 SAW SHARPEUMG— CHARLOTTE SAW CO. Hand Saws Sharpened By Expert Filing 420 Wcat Palmer Street Phase 4-3410 Charlotte, N. C. SERVICE STATION— HELMS TEXACO SERVICE Opaa 7 A.M. Clone 10 PJt Seren Daya a Week FI reatone Tire* and Tubee Texaco Producta . 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