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m, ;T" CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL VOL. XX; NO. 52 — —— CHARLOTTE. N. C„ THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1952 Subscription Price 52.00 Yog CAPITAL REPORTER _ RALEIGH—Over Wake Forest way the Royal Cotton Mill is having a little labor trouble. State Democratic Party Chair man Everette Jordan is the mill’s president, and U. S. Senator Willis Smith is a major stock holder. This strike doesn’t seem to be tied in with the general textils upheaval throughout North Car* olina and the South, other than the fact that the union is the same national union—T. W. U. A. This trouble started some months before the Southwide outbreak. The Royal Cotton Mill workers had an election and voted for the union to represent them. Later the National Labor Relations Board ordered the management to negotiate with the union. Up to nowjhere has been little nego tiating aft# «9'%neeting of minds. This strike hit the headlines over the weekend with an out break of shooting. Strikers blame it on non-strikers. Non-strikers blame it on strikers. You would think that Senator Smith—who made much of his love for the working man in his successful campaign last Spring —would be anxious to see the af fair settled. It is obvious that a good mediator might help. So, why wouldn’t it be a good idea for Party Chairman-Mil! President Jordan — who piously proclaimed his neutrality in the senatorial election — to ask that that well-known labor-manage ment mediator, Dr. Frank Gra ham, be sent to Wake Forest to see if he can’t help them work out a solution? For some time now there has been a limit of $1,500 that tha State may pay for an automobile without authorization from the Governor and the Council of State. But last week’s neatest trick was the way Col. Landon C. Ros ser talked the Council of State into upping the limit to $1,650 each for up to 200 cars. It seems that the colonel felt that Fords, Plymouths or Chev rolets weren’t good enough for Highway Patrol brass and non commissioned officers. He wanted them to have Pontiacs. Seems he thought this would be an added incentive for the patrolmen to try to work up to the better jobs, because then they’d have a big ger car to ride in. In presenting his request to th« Council of State he left the impression — whether intentional or not—that no car could be boufht now under the $1,500 lim it. He also failed to mention that about the only way a highway patrolmen moves up the ladder is for a superior officer either to die or quit his job. Anyway, the Council of State thought cars couldn’t be bought for $1,500 or less and upped the amount to $1,650 for up to 200 cars for the Highway Patrol. But, lo and behold, when the Highway Patrol sent its request for 160 cars over to the Divi sion of Purchase and Contract, it asked for “110 Fords at $1,348.51 each (the same price they cost last December) and 50 Pontiacs at $1,660 each. Purchase and Contract Di rector Charley Williams says that ' Fords probably are up $48 each now, but that he still can buy all of the cars wanted in the three lowest priced category for less than $1,500 each. Incidentally, for some unknown reason neither the Governor nor Council of State thought to check with Williams as to the east of automobiles before okaying Bos ser’s requested boost to $1650. But, Rosser’s slick maneuver may have been in vain. The pur chase order has been ordered withheld pending a further Coun cil of State session. And, by the time you read this, the Council may have set its top limit on ear buying back at $1,500 per car even fur the Highway Patrol brass. Rosser, incidentally, Colonel man to many of the Governor’* supporters. They are beginning to think he’s a political" cat of nine lives. He’s been at bat three times, struck out every time, and still held his job as motor vehicles commissioner. First, he supported Charley Johnson instead of Scott. That was enough to cause many heads to roll—but not Rosser’s. Second, was the firing of Tony Tolar as patrol commander, or rather the “getting” of Tony by the patrol. It was no secret that members of the patrol had sworn they’d get Tony’s scalp. It is known too that final action that brought about Tony’s resig nation — the speeding charge at Fayetteville—came about through patrol action. A highway patrol man at Fayetteville was radioed that Tolar was on his way to Fayetteville, and the patrolman was instructed to have Fayette ville police lay for Tony to catch him in any violation possible no matter how minor. You know the rest, Tony was caught and resigned. It was almost impos sible for all of the gunning for Tolar to have gone on without Rosser knowing about it and— ! through inaction—to tacitly aid the maneuver. That was the second time that Rosser kept his job when he was eligible for “retirement” by the ' Governor. Last week’s car price maneu vering was the third time Rosser has been at bat. But he’s still commissioner. And in addition, following the Tolar resignation, it is under stood that the governor gave the Highway Patrol one year to get | right with the Lord or else. The or else threatened was a whole sale shakeup from top to bottom, if the boys didn’t get their house in order and start doing their job instead of messing around in in ter-and-outer-Patrol politics. The year’s up. Governor. What’s the score now? Hackney brothers Body Build ! ing outfit, of Wilson—nicked for more than _$8,000 last year when they failed to live up to a state school bus delivery contract — again has a contract to build school buses. This time it’s for 380 buses at | $1,380 each — some $200 each ! higher than last year—but the new contract is all in Hackney’s favor. Last year the buses were to have been delivered by September 1—they weren’t for a couple of months after that. But there was a clause that, if the buses were not delivered, the State could have another firm do them and charge Hackney Brothers for the freight and other expense incident to moving the chasssi to the new body-builder. One hun dred of the buses were taken from Hackney and given to an other outfit, costing the Wilson firm some $ 80-odd for each bus. This year the Wilson company carefully omitted that clause from the contract, but promised to have all buses to the State by early September, “if possible.’’ Then they added: “If the con tract is not finished by January I, we reserve the right to cancel.” In other words, Hackney Broth ers promised to build the buses if it had the, time, but the State is without a means of enforcing the contract. That contract — and a similar one with the Thomas Car Works of High Point for 600 buses at fl,386 each—was okayed by the Advisory Budget Commission, which is the board of awards for bids. That Board is composed of Harry Caldwell of Greensboro | (who was absent), Alonso Ed j wards, John Larkins,, Jr, J. Hampton Price, Eugene Boat, and Larry • Moore, Wilson attorney, who tried to get Hackney’s more than 18,000 restored to him, pleading inability to deliver last year's school buses because of war conditions. Incidentally, a bill was p*e (Csntiaasd On Page t) GASTONIA AERIAL VIEW OF GASTONIA, N. C. - 1951 (Harley Ferguson, Photographer, Gastonia, N. C.) TOBIN IMPLEMENTS PROGRAM ON WOMEN DEFENSE WORKERS WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secre tary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin, in a seriea of actions recently, eiii|>h—MwM the growing import ance of women in the Nation's over-all defense effort. Pointing oat that women form the largest single reserve from which the country can draw ad ditional workers when the need arises and that women tradition ally have played significant roles in U. S. economic and social prv* ress, the Secretary (1) welcomed former Congresswoman Mary T. Norton to his department as spe cial womanpower consultant on the effective use of women in the defense period; (2) named Mrs. Norton as vice chairman of his newly created Women’s Advisory Committee on Defense Manpow er; (3) announced the names of 18 women leaders as members of the committee. The oath of office taken March 20 by Mrs. Norton, former “dean*’ of Congresswomen, was adminis tered in Secretary Tobin’s office by Judge E. Barret Prettyman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Co lumbia. The ceremony was wit nessed by Members of Congress, Federal officials, and others. Mrs. Norton’s office in the De partment of Labor will be in the Women’s Bureau, where she will work closely with Miss Frieds S. Miller, Bureau Director, in planning the defense aspects of the utilization of women. Secretary Tobin, in welcoming Mrs. Norton to his official family, said that her deep understanding of human and labor problems sin gularly fitted her for her new role in the defense effort. Mrs. Norton was a Member of the U. S. House of Representatives for 26 years, heading the House Labor Com mittee for 10 years prior to the 80th Congress. She retired from the Congress January 2, 1981, at the completion of her 13th term from the 13th District of New Jersey. Hie 18 Women’s Advisory Committee members named by Tobin were selected from State departments of labor, key wom en’s organisations, labor and management. **A dollar a year man is a fellow who has a dollar left after paying his taxes.” — Radio Commentator Ed Fitzgerald. Ton receive the dividends at once when you invest in Union LABOR DEPARTMENT BEGINS FOUNDRY MANPOWER SURVEY WASHINGTON, D. C. — A special survey of the iron and steel foundry industry to deter ! mine what steps #11! be necessary to meet defense manpower needs of the industry is being under taken by the U. S. Labor De partment’s Bureau of Employ ment Security, is was announced. Bureau Director Robert C. Goodwin reported to Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin that ar rangements have been completed in co-operation with the three foundry associations representing grey iron, malleable iron ana steel branches of the industry for the gathering of detailed infor ! mation on the industry’s manpow I er requirements. The survey was scheduled to begin April 1. Goodwin said the three indus try associations are requesting their members individually to co operate with representatives of State employment security agen cies by providing manpower in formation needed to complete the Nation-wide survey. The State employment securi ty representatives will assemble facts concerning current empoly ment in individual foundry plants. “The significance of the foun dry survey lies in the fact that the products of the industry are vital to defense production.” Goodwin said. "Based on the re sults of the survey, plans will be made to provide any assistance the industry will need in keeping plants manned in accordance with their manpower requiremets." Goodwin pointed out that dur ing World War II serious man power shortages at times devel oped in these branches of the in dustry. TUNISIAN UNION VOTES TO JOIN ICFTU The fourth national congress of the General Union of Tunisian Workers, the country's largest trade union center, formally with drew March It from the Com munist World federation of Trade Unions and voted to apply for affiliation with the International Confederation of Free Trade Un ions. In its recommendation last Julv to disaffiliate from the WFTU, the union's executive council charged that as a member of the Communist federation the union did not have "liberty to think end to act" Faults grow thick where love l wears thin. 4 SUBSTANTIAL FACTS ABOUT COMMUNISM . ..-.— ■ . Communism is a conspiracy to conquer and rule the world by any means. Its center is the USSR. The Communist Party is a highly disciplined, rigorously secret* and fanatical body, with a hard core of “professional revolutionaries” whose carefully selected itombors owe absolute obedience to thcii superiors and function like a military organization. Industrial workers are, to Communists, the most important seg ment of society and the most vital held for activity. Control of the Communist Party in every country is held by Soviet representatives, shifts in policy are executed through an hierarchal system. s The fraction, the chief conspiratorial tool, must be organised in every union where there are at least three Communists. Collective bargaining of trade unions in the United States gets only lip service from Communists. They see trade unions only as vehicles for capturing and maintaining political power which later will be transformed into disciplinary state agencies. Sanctity of contract, in the American tradition, must be destroyed, say Communists, to bring about economic chaos. Striksa. which American labor view as a last resort-painful but sometimes necessary—are, to Communists, merely skirmishes lead ing by well-timed steps, to “armed insurrection against the state.” The Communist “line” or policy has zigzagged to fit Kremlin plans for world conquest. Seven major lines have been: First anions—immediate revolution—1918-20. Bore from within—agitation instead of armed revolt—1921-28. Unity of labor—start internal revolts to save Russia—1929-34. Popular front—infiltration of mass organizations—1935-39. Nazi-Soviet Past—sabotage of defense program—1939-41. United Stateo-Soviet Allies—all-out aid to Russia—1941-1950. Destroy America—world conquest resumed—1945-1950. “Pasco”—false peace program to weaken world opposition to So viet aggression—1950. see -v-v mm'anm - mMorcmiMO MAY MOT 8E TSlEP&A JUt» mi m choose mb aw job M« Mr MSENr HM&f FROM NOW mmsrm mmrpmr mum two* u&x m m TRAVEL mtNOr OWN JtWEJJY W/WONG A CHURCH BELL “fMf 8£R8W5WDUfW06NE2 /S fOfUCOI FVtEDOH SP£ECH-r8BDO*Of*S&mX MESS MADE HOLDING STATE MUIS TO HOP REDUCE INJURY WORKERS Encouraging progress in tha development of State program* to reduce deaths and injuries in industry was indicated in a panel , discussion which high-lighted the 960 sessions of the President's Conference on Industrial Safety. To date 17 Governors* Confer ences on Industrial Safety have been held and several others are planned for the future. At the National Conference held June 5-7 in the Department al Auditorium, Washington, D. C., State Directors of Governors' Conferences from West Virginia, Illinois, Montana, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey and California participated in a panel discussion which was devoted to ways and ’means of developing action in the States for industrial accident re duction. The Conference also heard re ports from the seven technical committees: Accident Records, Analysis and Use; Education; Engineering; Laws and Regula tions; Labor-Management Co-ope ration for Safety; Programs and Services; and Research. The current manpower and pro duction demands upon the Nation make it imperative that every thoughtful member of our society contribute to this program to re- " duce accidents in American indus try. Application of the program outlined by the Conference will go far toward saving manpower so vitally needed for defense pro duction. The Bureau of Labor Stand ards has on hand a limited num ber of copies of the reports of these Committees and a docu ment titled “Progress Meeting” which summarises the accomplish ments of the 960 sessions. As lpng as the supply lasts free copies *wft! Hbe sent to Individuals and organizations directly engaged in accident prevention. Those inter ested in obtaining copies may fill out the reverse side of this notice and return. Sales copies of the seven se ports are available from the Sup erintendent of Documents, Gov ernment Printing Office, Wash ington 5, D. C., at the prices quoted below. A discount of f per cent is allowed on orders of 100 or more. Remittance should accompany the order for sales copies and should be sent directly to the Superintendent of Docu ments. Reports of the Committee on Accident Records, Analysis and Use—18c each. Reports of the Committee on Education—25c each. Reports of the Committee on Engineering—26c each. Reports of the Committee on Laws and Regulations—25c each. Reports of the Committee on Labor - Management Co-operation for Safety—10c each. Reports of the Committee on Programs and Services—15c each. Reports of the Committee on Research—20c each. NEPH COMMITTEE SETS DATE FOR MEETW& WASHINGTON, D. C. — The spring meeting of the President’s Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week will be held during Hay in the Departmental Auditorium, it was announced by Vice Admiral Rosa T. Mclntire, USN <MC), Retd., Committee Chairman. Theme of the meeting will be “Mobilisation for Defense" and will emphasize the potential con tribution physically handicapped workers can make to the mobilisa tion effort. Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin will open the meeting for Committee members and welcome the invited visitors from Gover nors’ Committee of all States and Territories. 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