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Editorial' THE CAROLINA LABOR JOURNAL STATE-WIDE MONTHLY PUBLICATION H. A. Stalls .. Editor and Publisher R. G. Thom .boro Field Representative Endorse.’ i -.e Typographical Union, Number 338. An Af filiate of Clt. tral Labor Uni<m and the North Carolina Fed oration of I . < . ______________ The”Taroil' . -r Journal (September, 1049) is a necessary State-wide expc.i _.o.. of The Charlotte Labor Journal, establishe< May 12, 1931. _ The .Labor Journal will not be responsible for the opinion!* of cor respondents, but any erroneous reflection upon the character, stand ing or reputation of any person. Arm or corporation which may ap pear in the columns of The Labor Journal will be corrected when called to the attention of the publisher. Correspondence and Open Forum opinions solicited, but The Journal reserves the right to reject objectionable reading matter and ^advertising at all times__ 2 AFL SUPPORTS 1951 MARCH OF DIMES . Through the years of war crisis and uncertain peace, the American Federation of Labor has been called upon to support many heroic cause*, many humanitarian appeals. It has borne its share of the burden—And more. In January, the membership of the AFL once again will be asked to support the March of Dimes—the nation's main armor in the war against polio. That our whole-hearte 1 support will freely be given is assured. What we must bear in mind today, is the fact that the needs coated by three years of record-breaking polio epidemics haVe forced unprecedented financial demands upon the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis. _ As President Green has pointed out, the March of Dimes must raise $50,000,000 in 1951 to meet the staggaring costs of patient-care and to continue its scientific warfare against the disease itself— a campaign being waged by the most competent scientists in the most modern laboratories of the nation. In the last three years, polio has stricken more than 100,000 children and adults in the United States. Four, out of five of these Americans needed and received help from the March of Dimes. This is why the National Foun dation’s case-lead is now the heaviest in history and why its financial need is the greatest. Adding enormously to this ur£cllcy, js the order in which the )a*t ^demies have struck heavy loll of i§50—second highest lit his tory—followed immediately upon the record polio disaster of 1949, while the outbreak of 1948 stands in third place. The National Foundation had no time to “rearm” between nation-wide epidemics., In pledging support to the 1951 March of Dimes, Presi dent Green has informed the National Foundation that “our members and their families stricken with polio are the chief beneficiaries of your program.” Once more, the American Federation of Labor support* the March of Dimes. _ ---4a., --; ‘‘PERFECT PROTECTION** -that EXTRA something in your life insurance policy! , —-your OCCIDENTAL representative will gladly tell you about it. . . . that “extra something ” that will make your family secure in years to come. -life insurance is a "top-notch” investment today . . . for your future -. . .as a guard against dangerous inflation. -If there is no OCCIDENTAL representative near you write for particulars to: OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 1 f THERE'S NOTHING FINER THAN TO LIVE IN ■NORTH CAROLINA & For instance— You can hunt quail through January 31—also rabbit, wild tur* kay and ruHod grouso -raccoon and opossum through February IS. Midwinter sheet at Pinehurst' February 3-4. Fox hunting (in jeeps) at Nags Head February 14-17. February 2 is Ground Hog Day - and all "trigger happy" North Carolinians should know that one ol North Carolina’s favorite characters in history, Daniel Boone, /4WU born February 11,173S. [February 26-March 2-Pinehurst Seniors Goll Championships. Yes, there is plenty of work and play for all, in North Car olina next month—it's early — planting time for a host of garden vegetables, to say nothing Ot cotton, oorn, oats, onions, lurmpt, potsioa* Thssa us Just • tsw ot ths happeningi that go oa to asks North Carotins a grand placa to iiYS-aad, tor rsfrsshing ralaxation any Uss, moat oi na osn anjoy a iamparata glass of bast sold undsr our ABC systsm of of Isgal control that is working so wall. North Carolina Division UNITS? STATSS MSWIR3 FOUNDATION, INC. - - ■ CAPITAL REPORTER MODERN GULLIVER i 'mm* 1iflsi%Ttf3e Jj RALEIGH, N. Ct, Jan. 10—Last General Assembly session Sena tor Julian Allsbrook of Halifax joined with Representatives John Umstead of Orange, Roger Kiser1 of Scotland and Roy Taylor of Buncombe to head the fight for school forces in the joint appro priations committee. This quartet kicked up a lot of ' fuss, and were to a great ex tent responsible for teacher pay raises and the legislature voting | $25,000,000 of Stale money for local school building. ' Economy leaders saw to it that this foursome—back for the 1961 session—was put on the joint | finance committee, apparently figuring that the quartet could sing all it likes but won’t be able to do much about boosting appro priations. The Bbys are getting their heads together, though, and show signs of making the finance committee interesting to watch. There’s a possihilty that they’ll try to raise revenue, jfthen say “here’s the money, bays, now let’s raise the teachers’ *pay.” That would be a new switch, to say the least. Conservative - liberal forces seem to be about evenly split in the Senate,* with liberals—believe it or not—maybe having a slight edge. On the House side, the con servatives seem to be in the sad dle by a half-dozen or so votes. The latter could give the Repub licians the final sayso, if they can swing their 10 votes as a bloc, j and lift them out of th; legisla tive observer class. A bill has been drawn up de signed to put former Judge Lu ther Hamilton of Morehead City back on the retired list and to re store the back pay held up re cently. Af you may recall. J.idge Hamilton retired because of “to tal disability” one day before he would have had his Superior Court judgeship taken away. He subsquently held special terms of court, which the Supreme Court ruled he did not have the right to do. The Supreme Court in ferred further that holding those courts, Hamilton had automati cally “unretired" himself and was no longer entitled to the! more than $500 a month pension. Attorney General Harry McMul lan later ruled that Hamilton’s pay check! should be withheld. This bill, which may be Intro duced this week, would say in effect that once a judge is re-1 tired he legally stays retired. Al-1 though it does not mention Ham-1 ilton, it would put him back on j the retired list legally and re- j store the pay he has lost since McMullan's ruling. Two yearjj ago, the House had passed an appropriations bill that, among other things, called for a $2,200-13,100 pay scale for teach ers. The purse-pinching senate refused to go am ng, and re referred the bill to „ the Senate appropriations committee. ' Twenty-three members of that committee sat down to whittle on the bill. School forces could count 11 sure vote*. Economy minded forces could count 11 sure votes. The 23rd man was Sen ator Paul Jones of Pitt, a den- f tist, who was vitally interested in a $1,000,000 appropriations for a dental school at the University ?f North Carolina, The school forces* thought Dr. Jones would vote for them. But when the tally was made, it wa* 12-11 in favor of knocking off the pay raise for the school teachers and putting it on the now-famous contingency basis. But the million dollars for the ,'ental school — which had been threatened with the economy knife -was left in the Appropriations bill. Ironically, that dental school has not been built and is on the list of permanent improvements that Economy - Leader Grady Rankin of Gastonia has intimated will be studied with surgery in mind. Dr. Jones also has a bill of much importance to him in the hopper. It would appropriate $70,000 to buy land for Eastern Carolina Teachers' College in his home town of Greenville. It seemed headed for a quick okay by the Senate appropriations committee, then suddenly was stopped and held up for later action. | Could it be that economy forces will save the $70,000 E. S. T. C.1 bill over Dentist Jones’ head for later bargaining purposes? If you’ve ever beea in Raleigh, you know that the restaurants are rushed from noon until about 1:30 or 2 p. m. State employees sometimes have a struggle get* ting fed within their allotted lunch hour. , When the plans for the new State Highway Building 'were drawn (op, they included electric and water outlets in the base* ment so that that space might sorredav be used as a restaurant. The N. C. Restaurant Associa tion objected, seeing signs of the State going into the restaurant business, but nothing came of k. In recent weeks, however, the restauranteurs have been up in arms, with the law firm of Simms and Simms—former Wake Senar tor Bob Simms, Jr., and fath#— leading the charge. They claim that if a restau rant is put in the Highway Build ing bgsement it would put the State into competition with pri vate interprise. They see it as a “foot-in-the-door” proposition, with other future state office buildings doing the same thing. d. - SUNSHINE UUNDRY LAINDERERS *RY CLEANERS—RUG CLEANERS f* L Now Located at 6th and Greenfield Streets In WILMINGTON, N. C. They are afraid the State will start operating: these restaurants. In the other hand, Dec Jordan says the outlets were put there for, future possibilities. If the lunch-hour rush^geta worse, he thinks it might he good business for the State to lease the space to a private operator so that em r’oyees would have a handy place to eat. Staggering lunch hours would mean, a two-hour loss of employees’ time, he says. “It’s a straight business propo sition, as far as I’m concerned,” Jordan says. “If it’s good busi ness for a mill to have a restau rant for its employees, then it’s good business for the state to ar range for a restaurant where its employees can eat. Furthermore, the restaurant would be leased to private operators so that state would not be in competition with the restaurant folks," I I ! Doc Jordan claims he is the last man to want to see the State enter competition with private business. As a textile mill owner, a member of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, and n member of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce, his claim should hold water. Recently the Attorneys Simms sent Jordan a letter, promising legal action to stop allocation of Highway Building space as a restaurant if the building plans weren’t changed. Since the contracts have been let, Jordan says he doesn’t see how the building can be changed. Meantime, the restaurant folks are in this position: They feel they might not be able to stop the highway building arrange ment for a possible future res taurant through legal action. They are not sure they could stop the actual operation of a restau rant in the building by court ac tion. They would like to have the legislature bar such proced ure on the part of the highway commission if they can't stop It in the courts. But court action without the highway commission attempting to set up a restaurant would be silly. Any legislation might have the far-reaching effect of barring the State from operating road ma chinery, having prisoners work on the' roads, and abolish all prison industries, such as making motor license plates. An act that would bar the restaurant could even, go so far, as to prohibit the operation of state farms. -1 OFF THE BEAM • Account Closed It was his first experience as a shop assistant. “Have you an account here, ma’am?” he asked, after booking a customer’s order. “No!” yas the reply, “but I would like to see the manager." The assistant walked cross to where the manager stood. “A lady of no account to see you, sir,” he said. Too, Too Funny “Now, I want everyone to write me a short description of the funnist thing they ever saw," the teacher said to her class. j\fter five minutes she saw that one of her pupils had put down his pencil and had apparently completed hir composition. “Surely, you haven’t finished already?” she asked. * “Oh, jres, I have miss,” was the answer. “The funniest thing I ever saw was too funny for words." Buy Union and fight the ag gressors who would destroy American labor standards. 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