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1 t t AND DIXIE FARM NEWS you XXI: NO. 1* CHARLOTTE. N. C-. AUGUST 23. 1951 Subscription Price $2.00 Per Tent ANNUAL DI6EST OF SUITE AHD FEDERAL LABOR LEGISLATION {Enacted January 1, 1950 To ■* November 1, 1950) Darin* their 1960 sessions, each SUto of Territorial legislature in 19 States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands passed at least one labor law, according to the An nual Digest of State and Federal Labor Legislation, issued recently by the Labor Department's Bu reau of Labor Standard! as its Bulletin No. 143. The most numerous changes were those made in workmen's compensation and unemployment insurance law's. Six States broad ened coverage and four others increased benefits under their ba sic workmen’s compensation pro grams. In the unemployment In surance field, four States increased benefit payments, four changed their experience-rating provision* and three amended their disquali fication sections. Other major changes empha sized prohibition of discrimination in employment, improvement in some child-labor laws, and addi tions to industrial health and saf ety laws. Six States passed laws affecting industrial relations, and three States and one Territory revised legislation governing their administrative machinery. Important amendments to the Federal Social Security Act lib eralized benefits and brought under the old age and survivors insur ance program several large groups not previously covered. For the first time this program was extended to self-employed in dividuals, regularly employed farm laborers, certain domestic workers, American citizens em ployed by American employers outside the United States, and other groups. Congress also ap proved certain changes in the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Housing Act of 193?. A limited number of free cop ies of this bulletin may be ob tained from the Bureau of La bor Standards, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington 25, D. C. Sales copies at 20 cents each are available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Print ing Office, Washington 25, D. C. A discount of 25 per cent is al lowed on orders of 100 or morel Remittance should accompany the order for sales copies and should be sent directly to the Superin tendent of Documents. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS TOP JUNE OF LAST YEAR RALEIGH. — The Department of Motor Vehicle* reported today that 2,638 accidents occurred in North Carolina during June re sulting in the death of 80 persons and injuries to 1,166. The death toll for June is 18 higher than for the same month last year. Collisions accounted for the largest number of dead and in jured the Department reported. There were 27 killed and another 642 injured in motor vehicle col lisions. Sixteen pedestrians were killed when struck by vehicles, 12 of them occuring in rural areas. Pedestrian fatalities jumped 60 per cent over June, 1950. In rural areas, there were 1,556 accidents reported with 72 per sons killed and 869 injured. Ac cidents in urban zones claimed 8 lives and 297 injured. The Department said Johnston County lead the State with five fatalities in June. Next, with four each, were Catawba and Northampton counties. Counties reporting three fatalities were, Bertie, Buncombe, Cleveland, Columbus, Guilford and Ruther ford. No fatalities were reported from 50 counties. Two Million Southern Workers’ Pay Raised SALARIED AND WAGE EARNERS IN 1,600 SOUTHERN ESTABLISHMENTS AFFECTED Two million salaried and wage earners in over 1,600 establishments in the South received general wage increases during the first seven months of 1961, it has been an nounced by Brunswick A. Bagdon, Southern Regional Di rector for the U. S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of La bor Statistics. These were general wage increases only, affecting all or a majority of employes in the establish ments and do not include increases affecting small groups of less than 20 workers or individual merit increases, in large and medium-sized organizations. The number of wage increases may have been much greater but for the “wage freeze” of January 25. The number of wage changes dropped sharply and continuously each month from the high point of January to the low point for the seven month period in June. MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES MAIN BUYERS OF NEW HOUSING — WASHINGTON, D. C. — Pur chasers of new houses in metro politan areas in the latter half of 1949 were predominately mid dle-income families ($3,000 to $5,000) and average price of a new home was $11,000, the U. S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in Its July Monthly Labor Review. Groups with middle and high income ($5,000 or more) account ed for about 80 per cent of the new units rented. Average month ly rental was $93, or more than a fifth of average monthly income. The period was one of increased housing activity due to an ex panded demand for “economy” i houses, the Bureau says. _________ ■ . SPEED LAW VIOLATORS HAILEO DEFORE COURTS " 1 .. RALEIGH. — Speed law viola tors took up a lot of time in North Carolina traffic courts dur ing July the Department of Mo tor Vehicles reported today.. A total of 1,668 persons were ar rested and convicted for speeding last month and another 1,148 were convicted of reckless driv ing. Driving without a license placed third on the Department’s monthly report of traffic viola tions; 1,276 were arrested for having no operator’s license. Total number of North Carolina drivers found guilty of moving violations on the highways and streets of the state came to 5, 737. Every increase in prices is a cut in wages except when Union people buy Union-made goods and use Union services. More tnan »u per cent or tne total actions involved cash wage increases only; over 15 per cent included both wage and fringe benefits; and about two per cent provided for additional fringe benefits only. Agreement exten sions with no changes in wages cr supplementary benefits were made in less than one percent of the settlements. The greatest number of wage changes was in the range of 5 cents to 10 cents an hour; this group accounted for about 50 per cent of the total. Increases of more than 10 cents and up to 35 cents an hour were granted in 39 per cent of the settlements while increases of less than 5 cents ac counted for about 9 per cent of (he total. Additional fringe benefits were granted in slightly less than 20 per cent of the settlements. Fringe benefits granted to work ers included paid vacations and holidays, shift differentials, job evaluation, liberalized insurance and pension plans, clothing al lowances, seniority plans, paid lunch and rest periods, severance pay, reporting and call-in pay, and improved working conditions. 56,411 DRIVERS PERMITS ISSUED DURIN6 JULY RALEIGH — The Department of Motor Vehicles issued 56,411 driver’s permits during July. Of that number 33,105 were opera tor's licenses, 3,486 were dupli cate operator’s licenses, 19,071 were chauffeur’s and 6 duplicate chaufeur's licenses. Net revenue collected from the issuance of licenses was $107, 380.45 of. which $73,285.10 came from original operator’s licenses; $1,46T 50 from duplicate licenses, both operator’s and chauffeur’s; and $32,629.85 from original chauffeur’s licenses. I^bor members of the Construction Industry Stabilization Commission set up recently by the Wage Stabilisation Board are shown at the sweanng-ui ceremony June 8 in the offlce of Secretary of Labor Maurice aim ®n‘..4? *? rj*^: D*8**! Tracy, international president, APL Brotherhood of Electrteal Workers; O. William Blaier, board member of APL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; Rich* •rd J. Gray, president. APL Building and Construction Trades Depart ment; and John W Carrey, assistant to the general president, APL International Hod Carriers. Budding and Common Laborers' Union. r ONION ONION LABELS Slop CMOS It INION BOTTOMS UNION LABEL WEEK 2-S', /PS/ Employment Security News Vfc. Col. Graham Back In Army Lt. Col. Simon (Pete) Graham, manager of the Lexington office since February 1, 1948, has re ported for active duty with the Eighth Division, U. S. Army, at Fort Jackson, S- C. He bought a home at 2611 Mills Drive, Co lumbia, S. C., and will move his wife and two children, Jon, 11, and Joseph Alexander, 9, into their* new residence soon. Fish Lexington Manager John H. Fish, an old-timer with the agency, has been appointed manager of the Lexington office to succeed Simon P. Graham, in accordance with his high standing on the register following the ex amination given for managers. He has already assumed his new du ties. Craven Has Heat Attack Lee J. Craven, manager of the Raleigh local office, suffered an attack from heat exhaustion last Friday afternoon and was taken to Rex Hospital, where he is re ported as doing nicely. He had been out to lunch and was hot when he returned. He was able to leave the hospital Monday and is recuperating at his home. Perry On Extended Leave A. Roland Perry, claims deputy in the Wilmington area, whose health has been bad for some months, has been advised by hia doctor to take a prolonged rest to recover. He has been granted extended .leave for that purpose. Claims deputies in surrounding areas will handle his area while he is out. Interviewer's Husband Die* Nathaniel McNair Smith, 49, Raeford, husband of Mrs. Rena Woodhouse Smith, interviewer, in the Fayetteville office, died last Friday. Funeral services were held Sundav at the Raeford Pres byterian Church and interment was in Raeford Cemetery. In ad dition to his wife, he is survived by two stepsons, his stepmother, three sisters, one brother and two aunts. Mr. Smith had practiced law ip Raeford for sever#! years, and was prosecuting attorney for Hoke County. He was a mason ana a snriner. Review Interstate Claims The four evaluation and train* in* specialists in the Office of Evaluation and Training are en gaged in special reviews of the interstate claims in 27 local of fices in the State. The specialists are Kathryn Queen, Wm. P. tfichie, W. E. Cooper and T. D. Adams. Editorial On Handling Claims The Herald, Roanoke Rapids, earned special stories with pic tures of the activity in connec tion with the registration and \ claims taking of more than 2,000 workers laid off in textile mills in that area recently and followed up with an editorial, beaded “An Efficient System.”' It c.*neft in tention to the task of handling, so many claims in about four | days and the dispatch with which, it was done through advance plan ning by the local office with the co-operation of the mill offices. D. A. McLauchlin, Elizabeth City, and Lloyd Proctor and Richard H. Speight, Rocky Mount, assisted the local staff Monday and Tuesday, and Mrs. Grace | Rouse and Charity Holland, both j of Kinston, helped on Wednesday and Thursday. W. Alan Knight, manager and his entire staff: Mrs. Lillian P. Grimes, Edith Merritt, Mrs. Janie L. Holloman and James G. Baugham, were stretching themselves on the un usually large task. On International Committees Five members of the ESC have been named to membership on as many international committees of the IAPES by the new admin istration. H. D. Boyles, Hickory manager, is on the Committee on Other Nations Affiliation, which will work largely through the In ternational Labor Office; Frank B. White, field representative, Le noir, is on the Convention Site Committee, which recommends | sites for international conven tions; C. P. Rogers, assistant chief claims deputy, is on the Legislative Committee. As al ready noted, Margarette Carpen ter is on the Research Committee and Mrs. Fay D. Harmon was reappointed to the Membership Committee. Calm Down, Rubber, Calm Down Little Martha Ann Lauton, 3 1-2 years, of Madison, spent a de lightful last week with her uncle, R. Fuller Martin, UC Division di j rector, and Mrs. Martin in their Boylan Apartments apartment. Fact is, she didn't want to go home. On an occasion she was a bit worked up, however, and was talking away. “Calm down, Mar tha Ann, calm down,” her austere uncle advised, patting her on the shoulder. Inter Fuller got to talking a bit too, so Martha Ann patted his shoulder and shot back at him; “Calm down, Bubber, calm down.” OPS has declared: "Ws cannot stabilise the prices of other things if meat prices continue to rise and force living costs op. Meat prices most be stabilised." LAUNCH NEW FIGHT TO KILL BAD PROVISIONS OF CONTROLS LAW WASHINGTON.—The cost cf living became a one-way elevator, “Going Up!” under the new Defense Production Act passed by Congress and “reluctantly” signed by Presi dent Truman. The United Labor Policy Committee bitterly denounced . the "no-limit-to prices” act and told the President organized labor would support a veto. The President announced he would have vetoed the act except for the fact that it ex tends vital powers to control production, channel materials and operate the defense program, which otherwise would have expired. MAN-HOUR OUTPUT UP IN 24 TO 26 INDUSTRIES WASHINGTON, D. C.,—In 24 oat of a group of 26 manufactur ing and non-manufacturing indus tries output per man-hour rose between 1949 and 1950, the De partment of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in re leasing figures showing “Changes in Output per Man-Hour for Se ! l lected Industries, 1939-50 and, 1949-50.” For 16 of these indus-' tries output per man-hour was the highest on record. The large volume of investment in plant and equipment since World War II and the high levels of production during 1960 undoubtedly contri buted heavily to the increases in man-hour output. In 9 of the industries, increases were 10 per cent or more over the year before. The beehive coke industry made the greatest gain in man-hour output, amounting to 22 per cent. This rise, which accompanied an expansion ot coking activity, represented a re covery from the relatively low 1040 output per man-hour level. The 19-per cent gain made by the ray on and other synthetic fibers in dustry, on the other hand, was a continuation of a trend ef in creasing production per man-hour which ha-? characterised the in dustry throughout its history, Other large gains were made in the full-fashioned hosiery, and paper and pulp industries. Out put per man-hour in the full fashioned hosiery industry ad vanced 12 per cent between 1049 and 1950 and 63 per cent from 1039 to 1950. The paper and pulp industry experienced an 11 per cent gain during 1950. Most of the trends indicated strongly support the predictions made by industry, labor, and Gov ernment experts during tj>e past several years. The industries in cluded in the report cover a va riety of industrial activities, and consequently, many factors have contributed to the generally fa vorable performance during 1950. Although the record 1950 levels of production per man-hour can not be explained by any one fac tor, the contribution of high post war levels of output and the large investments in plant and equip ment are of prime importance. For instance, 1950 rayon produc tion was 253 per cent greater than in 1939 and 26 per cent above 1949. Beehive coke pro duction was 290 per cent higher than a decade earlier and 66 per cent above 1949. Railroad traf fic (freight and passenger) was 72 per cent above 1939 levels and 9 per cent above 1949; and thiij industry's man-hour output in 1950 was 50 per cent above 1939 and 14 per cent above 1949. The Department of Commerce, dealing with the large Investment in plant and equipment, shows that in the 5 postwar years. 1946 through 1950, total domestic non agricultural business investment amounted to $84 billion — more than two and a half times the $31 billion spent in the 5 years 194! through 1946. The best seller is a Union Label product. The beat buyers’ guide is your local labor newspaper. Boy Union and fight the ag* gressors who would destroy American labor Seldom in history has a Presi dent so forcefully condemned a law he felt constrained to sign. “It is a law,” Mr. Truman charged, “that will push prices up. It is a law that will increase the costs of business and the cost of air defense program to the taxpayer. It is a law that threat ens the stability of our economy in the future. Moreover, it pre vents us from giving any price re lief to the millions of consumers already penalised by the price rises in the fall of 1950.” As the United Labor Policy Committee recommended, the President promised to keep up the fight for better controls leg islation. He supported a move in Congress to restore authority for slaughtering quotas to pre vent black markets in meat. He also urged action to repeal the Capehart amendment, which pro vides cost-plus-profit guarantees to business. The President said this amendment would crash through existing price ceilings “like a bulldose*” Although the President re frained from public criticism of the reactionary Republican-Dix iecrat coalition which forced pas tha United Labor Policy Commtttee was not so reticent. It denounced the coalition for a “disgraceful sur render to thoee who stand to profit from inflation” and for “cal lous betrayal of the consumers of the nation." The committee charged that in the months to come the law may prove as harm ful to the nation’s defense ef fort as “the dropping of an enemy atomic bomb upon our territory." The committee pledged “untiring efforts” to expose the record of. members of Congress who suc cumbed to special interest pres sure and to seek their defeat in the 1982 elections. Immediate effects of the new law were far-reaching, but gave only a hint of the disastrous price-boosting which appears to be inevitable in the months to come. Landlords throughout the na tion flocekd into rent control of fices throughout the nation seek ing the 20 per cent increases ever the June 30, 1947, level au thorized under the new law. The Office of Price Stabilization was forced to issue orders In creasing prices of thousands of _ items from canned fruits to metal castings. The OPS also cancelled j two previously announced roll ; backs in meat prices forbidden | under the new law. Those roll : backs would have reduced retail meat prices 10 cents a pound. In stead, the OPS announced in creases in pork ceilings and an official of the National Associa tion of Meat Processors and Wholesalers predicted retail beef prices would soon go up 5 to 10%. Government economists foresaw boosts in bread prices from one to 3 cents a loaf; milk, at least one cent a quart and dry grocer ies, more than 5 per cent. These were considered conservative esti mates of immediate effects. In I general, food prices are expected to rise about 10 per cent. Manufactured goods, in some ! lines, may not increase in nrice immediately because of surplus supplies with which merchants are overloaded. But the prospect over the next six months is for sharp increases, especially in automobiles. When the defense procram begins to take a deeper bite into production and force re
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