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VOL. XX; NO. 21 CHARLOTTE. N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1950 Subscription Price, $2.00 Per Year Th« 1950 poster for use in connection with the drive to employ more »°*ke&ha* been^lea*5d by Vk* Adm- Row T. Mcintire (MC), USN, Ret., Chairman of Tlie President’s Committee on National nnploy the Physically Handicapped Week. Prominently displayed on Post Office trucks and in store windows across the country, "the poster emphasizes “ABILITY” as being all-important in considering workprti fnr anv trivAn {aK r n nr:^_a. a * workers for any ™n job." "New YorS artist E.‘ T/witt^k drew for “NEPH” Week—October 1-7. W this year’s poster FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK Beginning Monday and lasting for one week the Nation's busi ness firms will observe National Employ the Physically Handicap ped Week. There are an esti mated one million unemployed physically handicapped persons, veterans and non-veteran, who. can be added to t|)fir national work-force, according to statis tics compiled by the President’s committee, working In conjunc tion with the U. S. Department of Labor. In August 1945, the 79th .Con gress authorised National Em ploy the Physically Handicapped Week and designated the first week in October for its animal observance. Since then, the idea of NEPH Week has developed into a year-round program. To day many private organizations' and thousands of public-spirited organizations and thousands of public-spirited-_individuals are co-operating with ‘ local, State, and Federal government agencies in organized and continuous ef fort for the reabilihtation, and employment of the physically handicapped. Much has been ac complished. Much remains to be done. Looming ahead for 1950 51 are: Objective* 1. More organizations partici VOTE lor the friends of LABOR 'November 7 Mona Freeman, Paramount’* pie. tare etar, waa selected as “Union Label Queen” of Southern Cali fornia. The announcement was made by Raymond F. Leheney, Secy.-Treaa.,' AFL Union Label Trades Dept* while attending the inaugural ceremonies for Union Label Week arranged by the Bak ery and Confectionery Workers of Los Angeles. pat in g in year-round pro grams. 2. Better public understanding of the problem and the facts. 3. Increased employment of handicapped workers. 4. Improved methods of match ing the worker and the job. 5. Encouragement of retention and advancement of the hand icapped. 6. Better understanding by the handicapped of services avail able. (Continued On Page 3) Charlotte Banker Heads Danes Drive Frank Phillips of Charlotte has accepted the state chairmanship of North Carolina’! 1951 March of Dimes campaign, it was an nounced from State headquar ters in Chapel Hill last week. His appointment was made by Basil O’Connor of New York, president of the National Foun dation. Mr. Phillips succeeds Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, retiring chairman of the annual fund-rais ing drive. Mrs. Phillips Russell will con tinue as director of organisation with State headquarters at Cha pel Hill. / In accepting the appointment Chairman Phillips said: “ Since 1934, the year of the first President’s Birthday ball, the people of North Carolina have generously supported the fight against infantile paralysis, cak, tributing a net total of 14,626,839. Of this amount, $2,202,790 was forwarded to the national head quarters. However, since the outbreak of the 1944 polio epi demic in our State, the national headquarters of the foundation has advanced to our county chap ters the sum of $3,394,237. In other words, in spite of the splen did fund-raising drives • in the State, we still have received $1, 191,447 more from the national headquarters than they have re ceived from North Carolina. “North Carolina has not yet been able to contribute one dime to the foundation’s great pro gram of research into the causes and prevention of infantile pa ralysis. And it is to this re search jfrograih we all must Upk for the final prevention of polio myelitis.” Mr. Phillips is vice president of the Commercial National Bank of Charlotte. TAFT AND THE DRAFT Everybody knows Sen. Robert A. Taft (R, Ohio) voted against the draft on August 7, 1941— only four months before Pearl Harbor. ’ But how many people know that in June. 1948 *— just two years before the Korean war— Taft voted to reduce the period of draft service from two years to 18 months? Fortunately, the j Senate voted against Taft and for a strong selective service, 66 22—or by 3 to 1. Yet Taft has the nerve to say he has always supported a strong Army, Navy aqd Air Force. - -——... SOCIALISM? Note to the voters of Harry Byrd’s Virginia: Your state received more than $183 million in aid from the Federal Government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949. Is that socialism? Red Feather Quiz QUESTION: (Third in a aeries of vocations answered by local labor lenders which is a feature designed to enlighten the MeeeWen burg Community concerning the Community Cheet and its Red Feather Services.) QUESTION: Is there a local service which prevents and treats menial and emotional illness^ ANSWER: A. L. Gunter, president of International Brother* hood of Truckdrivers Local Now 71, stated, "Yea. Services of the Mental Hygiene Clinic are aimed to prevent the development of mental and emotional ill* ness through education and early treatment, while those already iU are treated by modern methods or helped to get institutional care when it is necessary. The care of mental patients is a costly burden to the community, and the intense suffering, both for parents and families, can never bo evaluated In terms of money. This Red Feather Service appeals for public support through your Community Chest.” -rj Boost Union Label Bread . " Nou Freeman. Paramount aUr, and Dan Conway, rice president. Bakers’ International Inkm. Raymond F. Leheney, secretary-treasurer, AFL lJnion Label Trades Department, pre sents Mona Freeman, Paramount star, with the first Union Label bread to be sold in Southern California. Proudly looking on is Dan Conway, vice president of the Bak ery and Confectionery Workers* Interna tional Union, who inaugurated the Union Label Campaign during Union Label Week. Tobin Calls On U. S. Labor To Guard Against Spiraling Prices Huston, Tex.—Inflation is the greatest danger facing American labor at home today, Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin told the 69th convention of the Aaer< ican Federation of Labor. H« urged self-restraint against at [Upward general wage movement to avoid fhe possibility of “dras tic over-all price and wage eon 1 trols." Tobin told the delegates that the Government intends to “lceej the lid bn the cost of living” but that it is not yet clear “how fai we will have to go in pulling in our belts.” “If wage increases which are negeotiated in the period ahead can lie confined to those which urns necessary to correct ror tne rise in the cost of living and if | further increases are avoided, w< I have some chance to minimize ! controls" the Secretary said. Tobin warned the delegates: “The problems which you will have to face, as the leaders of American labor during this pe riod, are not easy. The degree of self-restraint which the Presi dent has asked you to exercise is not going to be popular; it is (Continued On Page 4) G. EL LE1GHTY ! G. E. Leighty, President of the AFL Order of Railroad Teleg raphers and Chairman of the i Railway Labor Executives* As sociation, Is in charge of rail labor bills before Congress and cooperating generally mi the J labor union legislative front. _ Election Year 'Statesmanship' W. Tfc “OM»W* In the September 30 election, Charlotte and Mecklen burg voters are asked to approve the investment of $5, 325,000 in city and county school improvements. The money will be borrowed by the county government through the issuance of long-term bonds and repaid in annual installments. Division of the bond fund on a basis approved by the . city and county school boards will provide $3,550,000 for school improvements within the city system, and $1,775,000 in the rural districts. Neither board maintains tha these amounts are sufficient t< finance a program covering all lo cal school needs. However, the proposed invest ment represents the maximum amount which may be borrow e< • at this time under debt limit re strictions as interpreted by th« county attorneys. Hence the program as out lined is an emergency program to meet critical school needt which must be relieved now. With its $3,500,000 share of the bond fund, the Charlotte school commission hopes to build eight new elementary schools, two ju nior high schools, one senior* high school, and to enlarge two exist ing units. In the hortheast section, ele mentary schools will be built foi white pupils in the Merry Oaks neighborood and in the Charlott* Country club area, and a juntos high school erected in Chantilly The Billingsville -school for Ne 1 gro pupils will be enlarged. In the northwest section funds will be invested in a new elemen tary school for white pupils to relieve Parks-Hutchison; and in a senior high school for Negroei in the Double Oaks neighborhood Improvements in Southeast Charlotte will include a new ele mentary school, white, in Sedge held; and enlargements of th< In the southwest, elega-nlao schools for white children art scheduled in the Camp Greens area, in Hoskins, and in the vi cinity of Revolution park. Twc Negro schools, one an elementary unit and the other a junior high school will be built in the York road area. County school officials intend to use their f1,775,000 bond share in supplying the most pressing needs for new school buildings, and for the remodeling and en largement of existing buildings, throughout the rural system. Improvement of white schools is planned in the districts at Clear Creek, Bain, Matthews, Newell, Oakhurst, Hickory Grove, Sharon, Woodlawn, Pineville, East High School, Berryhill, Mor ris Field*. Steele Creek, Thomas boro, Hoskins, Paw Creek, Ken dall, Oakdale, West High School, Cornelius, Derita, Kevin, Hun tersville, Long Creek, Davidson, and North High School. Negro school improvements will be sponsored in Henderson Grove, Matthews, North Char lotte, Clear Creek, Pineville, BiK Pineville, Plato Price, MeClintock. Paw Creek, Hoskins, Woodland, Caldwel.l Lytle's Road, Smith viile, Rockwell, Huntersville, Lon* Creek, and Davidson. Here are some of the questions which may be raised concerning; the proposed bond issue: How serious is the need for these improvements? It is critical An enrollment increase of 3,630 pupils in Char lotte schools during the last five years, and an anticipated increase of 4,')04 to 5,000 during the nest five years, have combined to cre ate a desperate situation and a frightening prospect. Are the schools already over crowded? Yes. Existing classroom ca pacity in the city schools is 16, 000 pupils Yet. about 20,000 pu pils are enrolled. How is this overload accom modated? ■ .% By the use of library space, au ditoriums, s en storage rooms for classr / through double sessions in some iasteaies: and through other makeshift arrange How about the county schools? la the rural areas tbs overload i problem is less sente, or will M lees sente when the current build* inf profrsm is completed. Row* ever, many of the prefent build* infs sre antiquated or in bed re* pair, entirely unsuited to s mod* ern instructional prof ram, and lack facilities which are essential to the proper education of to* day’s children. How much would it cost to supply all the needed expansions?' Estimates vary. On the basis of a detailed survey of the city school system, school planning specialists of the Engelhardt firm found present and developing needs for a $14,885,000 program. City school authorities figure that a bare minimum of $9,000,000 must be invested in school ex pansions by 1955 to accommodate present and future enrollment. The county school studies are still short of the conclusion stage, but it is anticipated that several million dollars will be 1 needed. j Will the bond issue now pro posed relieve the present over | load in city schools ? 1 Not entirely. On the basis of ; $1,000 a pupil for new space ac commodations, city school officials would need at least $4,000,000 to cover the accumulated need. They will get only $3 550,000 of tho proposed bonds. But the result* is* program wilt ease the crisis j until another bond issue can bo ■i^P rfttmflh ~ n iggyfyi J - *r - HmfrjPO » *Why not Mk a vote now on the full amount required? County governing heads rule tkat $5,925,060 la the maximum amount which raw bo borrowed for school purposes under the present debt limitation , l>oea thia mean «*at the coun ty ta in bad financial chape? Not at all. The debt limita tion ia based on a percentage of total property worth as Mated for tax purposes in 1656. It is com mon knowledge that the taxable evolution of local properties la I less than one-third of their aetaal | value. This holds the debt ceil ; ing to a low, unrealistic level. It jia anticipated, however, that thia situation will be eliihinated at the conclusion of a county-wide, sci- * entitle reappraisal of properties now in progtrss. The new values will he reflected on the tax books after January 1, 1952. Why not issue city government bonds for the school- building pro gram? * lTnder existing North Carolina lawn, the financing of all school improvements in urban and rural areas is solely a responsibility of (Contiuood On Page 2) 1k wM VOTE ■ ■ 9* mm ® issip . November 7 ] smm
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