VOL. XX; NO. 31
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CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950
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Labor GetsNPA Planning
Role; Green Brands Red
‘Peace’ False Propaganda
The American Federation of Labor and other labor organ
izations are slated to receive a role in the National Produc
tion Authority under Secretary of Commerce Charles Saw
^CMr Sawyer made the announcement following a confer
ence November 10 with AFL President William Green,
AFL Director of OrreaMnf Harry O'Reilly, Preeident
Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers and his
Washington research director, Donald Montgomery._
Meanwhile Mr. Green isauea a
statement on the Sheffield, Eng
land, “peace" conference called
by Communists, in which he
warned against abandoning the
national defense program.
Mr. Green’s warning against
the “false" Red peace and any
letdown by‘American workers in
defense jobs came in a cable
gram to Secretary-General J. H.
Oldenbroek of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Un
ions in Brussels, Belgium, Mr.
Green said:
“Please alert all affiliated free
trade union centers to the fraud
ulent nature of the Peace Parti
sans’ Second World Congress,
meeting at Sheffield. This is a
Communist falsa front.
“Its peace propaganda is real
ly camouflaged for aggression,
because Communists hope to lull
free nations into abandoning their
•defense program while they arm
for war. Free workers erery
* where should be advised to be
V hrpesrtttcnl peep**
(Communists transferred their
meeting from Sheffield to War
aaw, Poland, after the British
government refused to admit
many of the Communist delegates
late tiie country.)
Secretary Sawyer’s plans for
bringing labor into top consulta
tive status in the National Pro
duction Authority are in addition
*to the equal status already given
labor in the policy advisory com
mittee of the National Security
Resources board.
Secretary Sawyer said labor
will be represented in both ad
visory and operating capactiy in
the NPA. It is expected the la
bor machinery will be similar to
"the production advisory commit
tee already selected from indus
try.
Mr. Sawyer said labor should
Iwve an opportunity to express
its views on all production cut
back orders before they we is
sued. Mr. Green and other labor
Idle Wilmington
Shipyard May Open
BY SCOTT SUMMERS
December 12 at 11 a. m. in
Washington, U. S. senators and
representatives from North Caro
lina will gather in the House
Ways and Jfeans Committee
room.
There they will meet with Gov
ernor • Scott, members of the
State Ports Authority, and Wil
mington representatives to co-or
dinate efforts in influencing the
Maritime Administration to lease
a portion of the idle Wilmington
shipyard to Jack Buncher of
Pittsburgh.
Buncher has agreed to lease
the 19,000 on Navy dry dock set
aside for' Wilmington, if he can
get part of the shipyard. The
drydock is stored in Panama
awaiting a decision.
ireeieaity. the drydock wae se
cured for Wilmington by toe
Senator Frank Graham. His suc
cessor. WOlls Smith, who won ia
a bitter primary fight, will be
asked to help make it possible to
get the drydock to North Caro
lina.
Opposition to the idea is ex
pected from shipyards and dry
docks operating along the Atlan
tic coast, and influence—or pres
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spokesmen told Mr. Sawyer and
NPA Administrator William
Henry Harrison that labor is af
fected directly by curtailment or
ders and its views should be
heard.
Originally two posts had been
planned for labor—an Office of
Labor Production and an office of
Manpower Requirements. Mr.
Sawyer indicated he will decide
shortly whether to All both these
jobs, combine them, or provide
more elaborate labor advisory
machinery.
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local chapter of the National Foundation. When polio is around, these precautions are recom
mended: Keep children with their own friends and away from people they have not been with
right along. Don't become exhausted through work or hard play. Don’t stay in cold water toe
long or sit around in wet clothes. Avoid becoming chilled. Always wash hands before eating.
WRITERS WHO NOW
TALK OF MANDATE
WERE QUIET IN IMS
There’s a lot of tslk about
mandates these days.
According to the newspaper
columnists aad radio commenta
tors, the MM elections handed
C»egress a Mg mandate. They
mean that the Fair Deal mast be
killed. That European aid should
be slashed. That the Far East
ern policy must be changed.
All this mandate stuff takes us
back to 1948. There mas no
mandate then, you will remember.
Sure, President Truman had won,
but, after all, his majority wasn’t
so much.
Certainly, many liberals were
elected to both the Senate and the
House in 1948. But, you must re
member, a lot of them won by
close margins.
So, said the experts in 1948,
there really was no mandate for
Truman to do anything. But this
year, when the elections were ev
ery bit as close, the mandate sud
denly was clear as a frosty morn
ing to all the columinsts and the
commentators.
Evidently, there’s a mandate
only when the people who agree
with the columnists and the com
mentators are elected._
HOW MANY VOTED IN YOUR STATE?
In all but three states fewer people voted this year than
in 1948.
More voters went to the polls in Arizona and Arkansas
in 1960 than in 1948. About the same number voted in
Connecticut in both years.
Here is a list showing the percentage of men and women
of voting age who went td the polls in 1948 and i* 1960.
Per Cent of Persons of Voting Age Who Went to the Potts
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado ...
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho .
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa ..
Kansas .
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine ...
Maryland
Massachuset
i Michigan ..
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri ..
Montana ..
Nebraska
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1949
... 14
... 47
... 22
... 90
71
... 64
... 71
- 39
... 22
... 68
... 68
... 65
... 60
... 61
... 51
... 28
... 47
... 44
... 67
... 53
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Nevada .. 89 87
New Hampshire .— 83 52
New Jersey *. 80 47
New Mexico . 63 6i
New York .„-- 83 62
North Carolina 39 S3
North Dakota 67 38
Ohio . ... ..... 57 56
Oklahoma ..— 50 43
Oregon _-.."... 47 43
Pennsylvania ... 53 49
Rhode Island .LL. 85 59
South Carolina . .... 14 2
South Dakota --,85 80
Tennessee .... 30 13
Texas .—. 27 8
Utah 4. . 75 71
Vermont . 52 37
Virginia - 24 8
Washington ».—-65 42
West Virginia ..’_ .88 56
Wisconsin _ 59 62
Wyoming .. 80 57
United States -. 62 43
Workers Education Bureau Made
The Workers Education Bureau moves to Washington on December 1 and becomes
the AFL Department of Education, an integral part of the functional structure of the
American Federation of Labor. ^
Director John D. Connors issued this statement on the change -
“This change has been under consideration for some time, but only now has it been
possible to find suitable office space. AFL headquarters is overcrowded, as you who
have visited it know, and therefore the federation has leased space for the bureau in
the nearby Victor Building. 724 9th St. N. W., Washington 1, D. C., Suite 801.
AFL
Moves To
I he workers Education Bu
reau waa formally dissolved as
an independent educational organ
ization at the Houston meeting of
our executive committee, and ti
tle to its library, copyrights, of
fice and film equipment, files and
all other assets has been trans-'
ferred to the American Federa-!
tion of Labor.
“In becoming integrated into
the federation a* one of its de
partments and thus terminating
its almost 30 years as an inde
pendent organisation, the bureau
is only fulfilling its destiny. Even
in the first year of its existence,
1021, a memorandum, drawn up
by President Gem per*, Matthew
Woll, Hugh Frayne „and Chester
Wright, with Spencer Miller, Jr,
secretary of the bureau, was
adopted as a basis of co-opera
tion between the federation and
the fledgling organization. Since |
then the relations between these
two organisations have grown j
more and more co-operative and
functional.
“The pun>ose of the Workers
Education Bureau, as originally
conceived, was to serve »a* a
clearinghouse of information and
a guidance center in the develop
ment of workers’ education in the
United States. In its early days,
most of its financial support came
from individuals both within and
without the labor morement and
from foundations. But as or
ganised labor’s interest in the ed
ucation of its members increased,
more and more funds for the bu
reau’s program have come from
labor, until during the past dec
ade the American Fads ration of
Labor and its affiliates have be
com* the bureau’s sole financial
support.
“Over the years, as the educa
tional needs of labor have
changed and emphasis has shifted,
so has the program of the bu
reau. It pledged to continue to
gear its program to serve those
needs, and its staff looks forward
with eagerness' to this opportun
ity to co-operate more closely
with the other departments of
the federation and to be of in
creasingly greater service to the
APL and its affiliated unions. -
“As we take this forward step
and join the headquarters staff
in Washington, we want to ex
press our sincere appreciation for
the support are have received
from all our affiliated organisa
tions and for their fine co-opera
(Cantina id On Pag* 4)
Building permits for $13,622,289 worth of construction
were issueed by 73 North Carolina cities and towns during
October, the State Department of Labor reported this
week.
The October figure was down slightly from the $13,656,
540 in permits reported during September, Labor Depart
ment statistician C. H. Pritchard pointed out.
The number of housing permits
issued during the month was
down slightly from the total of
824 reported in September. Per
mits for 783 new houses and
apartments accounted for $5,296,
881 of the October building total.
They included 627 one-family
dwellings, 23 duplexes and five
apartment buildings. Average es
timated construction cost of the
627 single-family houses author
ized in October was $7,610.
The month's nonresidential
building permits amounted to $6,
895,025. They included 62 stores,
16 workshops and factory build
ings, 11 office buildings, seven
commercial garages, 80 private
garages, 11 service stations, six
•hurches, lour institutional DUild
mgs, one public utility building,
nine school buildings (average es
timated cost, .1405,000), and four
amusement places.
Six of the cities accounted for
$9,022,658—or nearly two-thiroo—
of the October permit valuations.
These were Charlotte $2,107,622,
Raleigh $1,835,685, Durham $1,
803.613, Winston-Salem $1,299,313,
Salisbury $1,120,100, and Greens
boro $856,325.
I Permits for additions, altera
tions and repairs amounted to
$1,430,383.
The October permits bring the
State's reported total of author
ised building construction for the
first 10 months of this year to
approximately $147,000,000.
AFL Offers Health Insurance Facts
The AFL says national health insurace will enable you
to “see your doctor earlier, stay healthier and stop worry
ing about medical bills.”
The new AFL publication ex
plains how national health in
surance would work for yout
1, When you or a member of
your family need medical care,
you would call or |o to the doc
tor of your own choice. t,
If your doctor found you need-'
od hospital care or the service of
n specialist, you would be entit
led to such care (hospital cart
for 96 days).
You also would be entitled to
laboratory and X-ray services,
costly medicines, home nursing,
and, within limits, dental care,
eyeglasses and appliances,
2. You and your family would
get these benefits if you are em
ployed, a farmer or in business
for yourself. You would make
small regular payments out of
your income into a government
insurance fund, just like social
security. The payments would be
matched by equal payments from
your employer.
You would be eligible for these
benefits also if you were retired
| under social security or govern
j ment retirement plan, or if you
| were receiving public aid and
i year contribution was paid by •
local or state agency.
S. The health insurance fund
would be tfstribeted to lo$al
communities by tbs states, la’
year locality a beard made up of
representative citisens and dee
tors (tbs doctor members to be
selected by the doctors them
(jMWSfuirQaM handle the 'toads
and determine the method of pay
4. Your doctor, specialist and
hospital would be paid out of the
fund bandied by the local com
mittee, instead of your , paying
them directly.
That's the only difference from
i the present method. Your medi
cal Mils will be paid on an in
j surance basis rather than indi
vidually on a catastrophe baste.
You could see your doctor ear
lier, stay healthier, stop worry
j ing about medical bills.
SEND THIS COUPON TODAY!
HEALTH
A. F. of L.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me the facts about National Health In
surance.
Name
(please print)
Street
City and State
All Americans are urged to send this coupon or just their
name and address on a postal card to receive a brief state
ment of how National Health Insurance works to enable you
to ‘“see your doctor earlier, stay healthier, stop worrying
about medical bills.”
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