War Demands Prompt
T-H Repeal and Excess
Tax On All Profiteers
GREEN TELLS NEW YORK AFL THAT END OF TAFT
HARTLEY WOULD REVITALIZE WORKERS
FOR BIG JOB AHEAD
NEW YORK.—AFL President William Green told the
New York Federation of Labor's annual convention that
‘•prompt repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act should stand as
Tell Mobilization Plans
W Mkington.—Cbwnuii Sturt M. Symington of the National
Security Resources Board (left) and A FI Preaident William Green
tell reporters that organised labor baa bun accorded (nil equal voice
with industry, agriculture and government in mobilising the nation
to win the Korean war and defense plana against communist aggres
*«on,
the number one item on our national defense program.”
He said in part:
“That infamous law is a pow
erful propaganda tool in the
hands of the Qommunists. They
point to it, in their propaganda
messages to workers in other
lands, as proof of American in
sincerity in professing to accord
equality of treatment to all citi
zens. •
“Its repeal would revitalize
the workers of this country, in
spire them as no- other action
could, to pitch in and do the tre
mendous job that lies ahead of
them. I can say with full con
fidence that half the production
battle would be won in advance
with action by Congress now to
repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and
replace it with a fair and just
law under which labor and man
agement could carry on their
heavy defense duties without
fear of oppression or one-sided
treatment by the government.
“But I am not so optimistic
as to believe that the reactionary
groups in big business and in
Congress who inflicted the Taft
Hartley Act upon us will have
the vision or the statesmanship
to realise the error of their ways
and to relinquish their punitive
drive against labor without a
struggle.
“It is therefore incumbent up
on our trade union movement to
carry on the fight for repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act with un
diminished vigor until our cause
is won. We know that in strug
gling to keep American labor
strong: and free, we are uphold
ing the cause not only of Ameri
can workers, but of American de
mocracy itself. That knowledge
has sustained us through many
disappointments and it will con
tinue to inspire us until our goal
is won.
“In the past few days, the:
combined impetus of the national'
defense emergency and the dam
aging effects of the Taft-Hartley
Act have brought about the most
encouraging progress toward la
bor unity in America since the
split occurred in 1935.
“As a result of the negotia
tions that have already taken
place, I can assure you that there
is a firm determination on the
part .of the representatives of
both the American Federation of
Labor and the CIO to find a ba
sis of accommodation and to
reach an accord which will bring
about a single, united, all-pow
erful labor movement in Ameri-!
ca.
“It may take considerable time
to achieve that objective but al
ready agreement has been reached
upon these major points:
“1. The American Federation
of Labor and CIO will work to
gether in complete harmony to
further the war effort in Korea
and to speed the overall defense
program.
“2. The American Federation
of Labor and the CIO will col
laborate closely in international
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Belgians Greeted
. <rf Labor Philip M. I
Grooa chat with Jfoaaf Kaa
Workara, aid Nathalie Da
of Lahar of
fotad at a laachina bjr
raaparotiM ihahitolriHa
Win Study Trips
To Oxford Univ.
Bronx ville, N. Y.—Three union
members have earned Transat
lantic Foundation scholarships
for a years study beginning next
October at Ruskin College, Ox>
ford, England.
Dr. Harold Taylor, president
Sarah Lawrence College and
chairman of the U. S. Commit
,tee oi| Ruskin College Labor
Scholarships, announced the win
ners as: v
Carla Ruth Myerson, Washing
ton, D. C., student, AFL Ameri
can Federation of Teachers Lo
cal 189; James Emmett Wolfe.
Louisville, Ky., instructor De
partment of Research and Ed
ucation. Kentucky Federation of
Labor, Office Employes Interna
tional Union 61 and National
Federation of Post Office Clerks
Local 4; John A. Cochrane, St.
Paul, Minn., operating engineer,
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association Local 33 and Broth
erhood of .Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen Local 928.
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HERZOG REAPPOINTED
Washington. — President Tru
man nominated ChairmanPktfi
M Herzog for another 6-year
term as head of the National
Labor Relations Board. Mr.
Herzog’s term expires in Aug
ust.
Keenan Plots Task
Washington.—Director JsNpk Ima of Labor's Longer for
Politics) Bdacation points to his homo stats of llUooio os om of the
important contests where liberal rotors mast win if repeal of tko Taft*
Hartley low is to be achieved. Tko map skews SS states wkoro liberal
victorias weald mean a progressive Pair Deal nsngrssa.
ICFtl Counters
Reds Phony Plea
Brussels, Belgium.—The Inter
national Confederation of Free
Trade Unions has called on af
filiates representing 50,000,000 of
the world’s workers to counter
| the communist# “Stockholm peace
campaign, the only aim of which
is to create confusion about the
true imperialistic character of
the Soviet Unions policy.”
“We cannot let the communists
go on parading as the champions
of peace and collecting signatures
for the so-called Stockholm cam
paign from hundreds of thous
ands of wel^gneaning but unin
formed people, while at the same
tints conducting a full-fledged,
flafrant, undeniable war of ag
gafcssion in Korea,” the ISFTU
has advised affiliated trade unien
centers. l
The ICFTtt-tjie anti-commun
wmm tra«* 'organization In
cluding both AFL and CIO —
ask that these facts about the
Korean war be publicised:
“Whatever the immediate out
come of the fighting the follow
in? facts are clear and indispat*
able:
"T. TSi SfS'tin* was startad
by forces of North Korea — a
Soviet satellite state.
“2. The Security Council ‘has
charged North Korea as the ag
■pressor and called on member
States to render all possible aid
— including military aid — to
iSouth Korea.
“3. Moscow’s claim that the
heeurity Council decision taken
In its absence has no legal va
lidity has been rejected by every
competent international lega£ ex
pert. M
“4. The accusation that Jouth
Korea started the fighting Is a
falsehood.
“6 The World Federation of
Trade Unions campaigct.4o entire
the support of trade unionists,
and particularly transport work
ers, for the war against South
Korea far further evidence of Mos
cow’s desire to use the trade un
ion movement for the political
Three-Day Session May
See Officers Changed
Many Believe Fink On Way Out
Williamson of Durham To Run
The 1950 convention of the North Carolina Federation
of Labor will convene Monday, August 14, at 9 o’clock,
in Winston-Salem, N. C., and large delegations represen
tative of American Federation of Labor Unions in North
Carolina have signified their intentions of being in attend
ance. , “N si
Delegations from Manteo to Mount Mitchell and from
North to South will converge on the Camel City for this
all important annual meeting of the AFL at which time
matters that pertain to organization work, politics, both
in and out of the Labor movement, and other affairs will
come up for discussion and disposition.
aims of Soviet imperialism.
“ A * soon m the facta
clear the ICFTU protested
against this latest communist ag
gression.
“We do not hold any special
brief for the social or economic
policy of the South Korean gov
emment. Our del oration at pres
ent visiting Asia intended to in
clude Korea in its itinerary, and
would undoubtedly have produced
practical propoala for the eco
nomic and social development of
the country in the interest of the
people, as it is doing elsewhere.
“Korea had a heavy legacy
of Japanese misrule to
come. Nevertheless, they
making a start with important
reforms. Chief «f thane — fer
remember South K<
agricultural — waa the distribu
tion of all laad holdings over
fJ» eerce to tlaants. This law
went into force on June I last—
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.CAPITAL REPORTER
RALEIGH, Aug. 10—Thewy
were tome red faces in Raleigh
last week when the assistant
Budget Director Dave Coltrane
laid his end-of-the-year operations’
report on Governor Scott’s desk.
It showed that a predicted
(5,000,000 deficit had turned into
a balanced budget, with $13,000,
000 left in the kitty to start the
new year.
Technically, however, Coltrane
says there only was a surplus of
approximately $050,000 for the
year, since the state had started
the 12-months period some *13,
000,000 in the black.
With a $142,000,000 budget for
the current 12 months, and an
estimated income of $129,000,000
by the General Assembly. Col
trane figured the state should
end the 1951 fiscal year with a
balanced budget.
But there’s a joker in the deck.
The 1949 legislature put a rider
in the appropriations bill to the
effect that “should there be a
surplus” teacher raises should be
boosted up to $2,200 to $3,100
minimum.
The law says the increase is
to be paid as of June 30 of each
fiscal year “after the surplus has
been determined”—and that’s the
catch. •
Coltrane says the $13,000,000 is
not surplus, but balance on hand.
Teachers claim it is surplus and
they should get a raise.
The $04 question is: “Who de
termines when a surplus exists
and how does he decide it”
The General Assembly makes
appropriations on a two-year ba
sis, and any answer will have to
be based on “intent” of the As
sembly—whether it meant the
teachers to have a raise if the
two-year budget was balancsd or
if it meant the teachers should
have a raise at the sad of the
first year if there was a balance
on hand.
The loosely-worded legislative
act evades the issue, giving the
State Board of Education and the
attorney general leeway to strad
dle the fence—as they are doing.
In all likelihood, the matter
will not be decided without a
court test or by further legisla
tive action. -
Ironically, the boys who cried
l4wolf, wotf" about a year-end
deficit are yelling the loudest
about “let’s give it to the teach
ers ” Many of them are the
same ones who fought the hard
est in the 1949 Assembly against
giving any raise to the teachers.
Now, however, they want to cut
a $6,000,000 slics for the teach
ers whether the State goes in
the red or not An example is
Senator Frank Gibbs of Warren,
who was a leader in "fighting
teacher pay raises until he saw
he was licked. He then proposed
a similar amendment to the one
now causing all the fuss—but it
was defeated. After the raise
was okayed, John Umstead of
Orange, sent up the contingent
1950-61 fiscal year raise amend
ment which was adopted .
Meanwhile, North Carolina’s
dairyman farmer governor — an
old hand at seasonal surpluses—
wasn’t getting excited, knowing
that surpluses and' shortages bal
ance out.
He’s pledged to giving teach
ers a raise now “if a surplus ex
ists.”
Much to the surprise of many
people, the Governor’s suggestion
that the State take over opera
tion and maintenance of city
streets has won the acelsim of
many rural folks. Lots ol the
"branch-baad” boys have written
the Governor saying thoy favor
MAY WE HELP YOU
WITH YOUR PAVING
PROBLEMS, MISS ?
the proposal. And the idea has
gained support of lots of city
leaders, too. Oil lobbyists in
North Carolina already are scowl
ing over the prospect of an add
ed gasoline tax and are packing
their carpet bags with green
backs preparatory to a trip to
Raleigh.
It is interesting to note that
slightly less than one-ftfth of the
secondary roads to be construct
ed under the $200,000,000 pro
gram already have been built. And
this despite the fact that in the
past three months North Carolina
built more roads than at any
like period in the history of the
State. There’s still a fair-sited
amount to go around getting
folks out of the mud—some $170,
000,000, to be exact.
After the J. B. Moors fiasco,
the administration realised that
it had to have quite a man as
prisons director. Ho had toi
command the respect of prison !
department employes, admini- i
stration backers and opponents.
Like Caesar's wife, he had to be
above reproach.
So they went all out in their
hunt. And in Public Chief John
Gold of Winston-Salem they think
they found their man.
Acting Director H. H. Honey
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several movement* ere under- „
way. The Labor Journal has
been informed, to change Feder
ation officers before the conven
tion adjourns on Wednesday. (See
editorial in this issue of The
Labof Journal). Many u onists
I in Tarheelia hav» for f
time bees **
present leadership and u. air
pears this year the pre-conven
tion talk has gained sufficient
momentum to cause things to
bust loeee in a big way when
nomination time rolls around
about Wednesday of next week.
Charlotte may offer candidates
for the top pestttena on the ex
ecutive board; Charlotte may even
offer a candidate for the presi
dency. Ashevjlie nas been men
mmJ. a
Mfh offices; Durham giving
notice that the Durham deten
tions will support E. R. “Sparky”
Williamson, editor of The Dur
ham Labor Journal, for the place
of president.
This unusual advance political
activity la a good omen that
North Carolina Labor is waking
from a long sleep—a sleep into
which it has been lulled for
many years by the peculiar ca
pers of a bunch who has en
deavored to control everything
from a free Labor press to the
way a member of an affiliated
union “parts his hair” before
being allowed an opportunity to
be heard because of some griev
ance that has arisen. So say
some of the present leadership's
critics.
BEAT COMMUNISTS
Paris, France — Miners and
steel workers of the Ruhr valley
have helped hand the communists
a heavy election beating.
Complete returns from June IS
elections in tbe West German
state of North Rhine-Weatphala
which includes the Ruhr, give
the communists only 12 seats in
the state parliament, compared
to 28 seats held previously.
NAMED DIRECTOR
W'ashington. — Federal Security
Administrator Oscar R. Ewing
appointed Clark Tibbitts as di
rector of the National Confer
ence on Aging here on August
13, 14, and 15. Mr. Tibbitts, na
tionally known authority oh prob
lems of the aging, is currently
assistant chief of the division of
public health methods of the pub
lic Health Service.
Working Toward Unity
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of Um APL-CIO
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