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CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL VOL. XXI; NO. It ■* . AND 4)1 XIE FARM NEWS CHARLOTTE N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1W1 Subscription Price *2.00 Per Year WANTS EFFECTIVE CONTROLS — AFL President William Green told the House Banking Committee NCMtljr the Defense Pro duction Act should be strengthened so as to give “truly effective" centrals over feoff prices. Green also reminded the committee wage stabilisatieu will have to he ended if'price controls die. He called for dollar-aad-cent price ceilings, stronger rant control and for policing the quality, M wall as the cast, of goods. Califona Legislature Divides Districts UBOcaocraDcaiiy lo Hurt norders Here is A lessoa fjr everyone who lives in a State that toast be redistricted: Tbs California Legislature dis trusts democracy and fears the people. It demonstrated its prej udice when it jammed through a Congressional reapportionment bill after a single meeting of the committee handling the matter. The measure was approved by Republican Gov. Earl Warren on May 11. When a state reapportions, it rearranges its Congressional dis tricts. These changes are made after each census. The last cen sus was in 1950. Because of its increase in population since 1940 California will have 30 Congress men beginning next year—seven more than it has now. California’s population is 10.5 million. So each 30 districts should have about 350,000 per sons. Populations of all districts should be roughly the same. But the California Legislature, con trolled by Republicans, is inter ested only in electing reactionary Republicans. So the Legislature rearranged the districts to kill off 4 of the 10 pro-labor Democratic Con gressmen now serving. The four are Frank Havenner, Clint Mc Kinnon, Clyde Doyle and Chet Holifleld. The Republicans fixed things not only to elect reactionaries to replace these liberals. They also have made the seven new Cali fornia districts “sure things” far the GOP. > Los Angeles County is a goad example of how the cards wet* stacked against the people. Popu lations of 7 of the county's IS districts average 415,000. Popu lations of the other five average 240,000. Wherever reactionaries tho *ht working people might ?1* -in who would look after tho.. -ts..casts, the district was made as large as possible. The “blue stocking” district were as small as possible. State Legislator Waters told a U. S. House Judiciary subcommit tee headed by William Byrne (D., N. Y.J, which is investigating the measure, the districts Were shaped deliberately to lump together per sons of like conditions—economic, cultural and social. Dr. Peter Odegard, president of the American Political Science Association, said that is “the So viet system of representation . . . I am surprised to find It written into law in California by the Re publican party.” President Jack Goldberger of the San Francisco Labor Council said, "We resent being placed in large class groups where a work ingman’s vote is worth half that of a conservative suburbanite.” • When you see a Union Shop Card you know the firm whieh displays it pays Union wages and observes Union working condi tions. Non-Union firms do not display the Shop Card. Look for itl RALEIGH—The resignation of John'Gold as Prisons’ Director is a body blow to the rehabilitation of North Carolina’s prison sys tem. It need not be a death blow— or a return to the corrupt prac tices of the past—if his successor is given a free hand to continue the work so ably launched by the former Winston - Salem police chief Gold has quit the tough prisons job to return to Winston-Salem .. ■ I u city manager. He wax brought to Raleigh and the prisons job handed him with a pledge of “no politics” plus full support of the administration. That pledge has been kept. But re-organisation of the fhr flung prison system, cleaning up of its personnel, launching of an educational and rehabilitation program, and allocation of more than a million dollars fat prison building has taken a lot of 3t (Cootinned oa Page *) Truman Hits Lobby, Tells Housing Needs President Truman declares the real estate lobby is one of "the most powerful, far-flung and re lentless lobbies this country has ever known.” "I hope the public meeting you have called Will arouse the citi zens of the largest city in the country and the entire nation to a realization of the danger which r threatens us if the real estate lobby succeeds in killing public housing,” Truman wired New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri June 2. "To satisfy their greed, they (the real estate lobby) would re store the old law of tooth ana claw, and the defense workers would be their helpless victims.” In May the real estate lobby got the House to cut the public housing program for the year ba ginning July 1 from 76,000 to 6.000 units. The AFL believes 135.000 units should be built next year. The Senate Appro priations Committee, has recom mended 60,0000 units be con stricted. The Senate still has to act on the public housing no CONGRESS NEEDS TO TAKE ITS OWN ADVICE From January 8 through May 31 the Senate was in session for 431 hours and 26 minutes, the House for 291' hours and 30 min utes—a total of 722 hours pnd 56 minutes. In those fire months .only 43 public bills were enacted into law. "That’s an average of 16 hours and 48 minutes for each bill. As our Congressmen keep tell ing us, what this country needs is more production. Speaker of House Sam Rayburn (D., Texas) has served in Con gress since 1913. J. L. RHODES, Southern AFL Director Cards Are Against Small Businessmen Like workers, small business men are jetting the short end of the defense program stick. "Since the outbreak of war in Korea evidence has been piling up daily that the economic cards are stacked against small manu facturers,M Sen. John Sparkman CD„ Ala.) said i» the Senate, recently. * “Our mail is heavy with pleas of small business men for an even. break in the mobilisation pro gram. We have a continuous stream of small businessmen who come to Washington to see us. “They want no handout; they merely want fair treatment. Aft er 11 months I know that many of my colleagues share my feel ing that the defense agencies have failed in their efforts to aid small business. “To literally thousands of small manufacturers it is as though the calender had been turned back 10 years. They have not forgot ten how, after Pearl Harbor, the managers of our war mobilisation activities turned their back and said in effect, ‘We don’t need you.’" Her* is a table dove toped by Dr. &khard Morphy of tW Uni versify of Illinois to determine how gaud a union meeting is: ?? WAS IT A GOOD UNION, MEETING ?? (Chock Too or No.) ...'Too No 1. Did the meeting begin promptly?..— ... •. 2. Did the meeting adjourn in reasonable time? ... 3. Were all report* of officers, committee*, etc. ready and presented in good order?.... .—. 4. Waa an agenda followed? • —... . 5. Were the Constitution, By-Laws, and rules of order followed?....—4-- ..—— 6. Were proposals for action put in specific motions? ’ .-.-...-.—- -.-— 7. Did the discussion reflect the various opinions and interests of the members?... ... 8. Was there ENOUGH discussion to show what the membership really thought?..—. .... 9. Was the discussion good tempered? ..--- .... 10. Could everybody hear what was said? .... 11. Were the members interested in the proceedings ? --,-—..—....—*. 12. Was necessary business transacted?...% .... 13. Were irrelevant matters excluded?.... .... 14. When work had to be done outside the meeting, were committees or persons assigned to job?. 15. Was the meeting held together (no little groups here and there in the hall having their own meetings? ...-.. 10. Did the presiding officer guard against “railroading”? ..*.-........^. 17. Did the officers conduct the meeting urith meaning and dignity? -.. 18. Was there an atmosphere of freedom—of give and take? 19. Was your faith in your union strengthened by what went on at the meeting? .. 20. Was I glad I came to meeting?. Totals .. . Look an last page to aaa what Present National Act Expires On July 31st Do you want Congress to con trol the price of food, clothing, housing and the other necessary things you buy? If you do, write your Senators and Representa tives and tell them so. Do you want Congress to pass a tax bill that makes the rich pay their fair share of taxes? Then write your Senators and Repre sentatives and tell them that Price Control and Tax Pro grams are in bad shape. Special privilege—led by the U. S. Cham ber of Commerce and the Nation al Association of Manufacturers (NAM) — is running things on Capitol Hill. If people like you and your Fel low Workers and Neighbors don t let Congressmen know bow you feel about inflation, the entire Price Control and Rut Programs will collapse. You don’t have to write a long letter. Just a post card will do. Nor do you have to go into de tail*. Simply tell your Senators and Representatives you want a Price Control Law that will do you some good. Explain how the high cost qf living is hurting you. Be sure to tell the Members of Congress to plug up the loop holes for the rich in the tax laws. Make it clear Working People are paying too much taxes already while the rich get richer. There’s not much time left. The Price and Rent Control Laws will die July 31. A new T\x Bill should have been passed two or three months ago. So write those letters now. If people like you let Congress know how they feel about inflation and taxes, Congress will pass some good laws. Here's where to send your lei ters to Senators and Representa tives; Letters to Senators should go to; Senate Office Building, Wash ington, D. C. Letters to Representatives should go to; House Office Build ing, Washingtoh, D. C. If you don’t know the names of the two Senators from your | State or the Representative from your district, call up the editor of your local newspaper. He can tell you. r The following telegram frees J. L. Rhodes, Southed A. F. L. director of organization, calling upon all members of A. P. L Unions throughout the South S» contact their Senators and Rep resentatives immediately, request ing that they vote for a controls and defense production act which will serve the internets of ail the people, reeds: Labor Journal 119 East Sixth Street P. 0. Box 1061 Charlotte, N. C. Atlanta, Gsl, July 12,1951 (Special To The Charlotte Labor Journal) Convey to the readers of your papers the urgency of con tacting their Southern Senators and Congressmen, many of whom have chosen to vote with the isolationists Republicans who areout to destroy the price fixing legislation, at once in ■ connection with the re-enactment of the National Produc tion Act which expires July 31. An unfriendly Congress threatens to permit inflation and run-away prices; an unfriendly Congress threatens to pert mit the profiteers to take over. Urge them to wire their Con gressmen and Senators to support strong price fixing leg islation to protect the housewives and. consumers at home against unbelievably high prices for everydayneeds. J. L RHODES, Southern Director of Organization, __American Federation of labor Unions Have Given $9,000 More To Heart Fund, Tobin Reports Pour more of the Nation’* ma lar International Unions contrib uted $9,000 to the 1951 Heart Fund of the American Heart As sociation, Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin, Chairman of the Association’s National Labor Committee, announced. ,The Secretary was presented in his office on June 4th with a 11,000 gift for the Heart effort by Anthony Valente, President of the United Textile Workers of America, A. F. of L. Checks were also received from Harry C. Bates, President of the Bricklay ers, Masons and Plasterers Inter national Union of America, A. r\ »f L., for $1,000, and from Wil liam L. Hutcheson, President of the United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of America, A. V. of W for $8,000. In reporting on these latest gift* to the Heart Fund, To Dio •aid: “The public - spritedness of American Labor and it* concern for the general welfare have been once again demonstrated by the generous response of these Un ions to.the appeal ot the Ameri can Heart Association. Their gifts are evidence of the contin uous support being furnished by Organized Labor to the fight against heart disease, which in 1949 claimed the lives of 727, Americans, or 51 per cent of all* deaths.” Tobin pointed out that the 1951 Heart Fund drive through which the work of the American Heart Association is financed makes it possible to carry on a program of heart research, public education, rehabilitation of the cardiac in in dustry, and other community services such as work reclassifica tion clinics. FOOD PRICE RISE EATS UP DOLLARS That dollar you spent for gro ceries in January, I960, will buy only 86 cents worth of food to day. And a weekly paycheck of $70 in January, 1950, is worth only $63 today. Those two sentences explain in the simplest possible way what inflation has done to your pocket book. 'I The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the coat of liv ing increased 10.5 per cent from January, 1960, to April 15, 1961, the last date for which figures are available. In that same pe riod the cost of food went up 14.4 per cent When are prices going to show a little respect for the law of gravity? What goes up must come down.
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