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Never go into the roadway from be tween parked cars. 7. Where there is no sidewalk, and it is necessary to walk in roadway, walk on left side, facing traffic - Traffic Engineering and Safety Dept AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION JEWISH COMMITTEE BUSTS COMMUNISTS Charging that Communists arc major enemies of civil liberties today. The American Jewish Committee, in a pamphlet just re leased, documents this assertion with numerous examples of Red duplicity.' Thff pamphlet cautions, however, against the danger of infringing on traditional civil liberties in our seal to thwart Communists and other enemies of democracy. In the twenty-six page bro chure entitled “The Communists: Friends or Foes of Civil Liber ties?” and written by Irwin Ross, the Committee’s point of view is summed up in these words: “The Communists are about as devoted to the Bill of Rights as Hitler was to the brotherhood of Man. They must be expose^ and fought at every turn. The true believer in civil rights combats the Com munists with one hand while he shores up the Bill of Rights with the other. Both tasks are equally crucial if American democracy is to be preserved.” Mr. Ross, well-known magazine writer and author of the book “Strategy for Liberals,” points to numerous instances of Com munist hypocrisy on civil liber ties issues. Thus, in 1941, when the Smith Act was used to con vict their Trotskyite enemies, the Communists gleefully Applauded. However, when eleven Red lead ers were convicted under the same Smith Act in 1948, the Commu nists changed their tune. Then Letter-Press Printing Letter press printing in -the graphic arta means the direct application of inked type and engravings or other type material to paper. It is the simplest of all graphic methods of reproduction and at the same time the most lasting. It was the method employed by the medieval craftsmen who first ap plied type to paper and it has persisted throughout the centuries over all innova tions. until todays when the best of crafts manship is sought in a job, there is no al ternative to letter press printing, along with high grade paper and typographic good taste. We suggest that if you have some print ing in view that you want well done, you consult us. Simply telephone 5-1776 or else call at the office, 118 East Sixth St., Charlotte, N. C. H. A. Stalls Printing Co* PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL P. a Box 1061 CHARLOTTE, N. C. suddenly discovered that the Smith Act was a grave menace to American freedom. As aa example of Communist deceit in pretending to defend minority groups while actually capitalizing on their grievances, the famous Scottsboro case is cited. The Communist party rushed into the limelight, thrust aside the reputable National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, stormed up and down the land denouncing lynch law', and reaped rich rewards in terms of propaganda and money. Thus, the author concludes, "The Communists succeeded in losing the case for the defendants and winning a campaign for them selves.” The paradox of American Com munists demanding for themselves the free exercise of individual lib erty in the USA, while endorsing its extinction in Russia, is under scored: “While they insist on freedom of speech for themselves in the United States, they justify its denial in the Soviet Union. While they denounce a so-called capitalist ‘press monoply’ in the United States, they are unper turbed by an actual Communist press monoply in th Soviet Union. While they protest the slightest; infringement of academic freedom in the United States, they are wholly unmoved by a thought control apparatus in Soviet uni versities that rivals the repres sion of Nazi Germany.” Analyzing numerous switches in the “party line,” the Communist position on World W'ar II is re called. At first, American Com munists denounced the war as an ‘imperialist” adventure started by England and France. However, when Hitler attacked Russia in lune, 1941, their position changed over night. Mr. Ross explains these maneuvers. “In all their many public shifts,” he says, “the Communists persistently followed one underlying principle; the In terest of the Soviet Union takes precedence over all other con cerns. In their devotion to the Soviet Union the Communists ^ave never been inconsistent. All else 13 appearance and ‘tactics.'" The dilemma of how to cope with domestic communism while safeguarding civil liberties is Posed in the words of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson: The plea of the admitted Communist leader* for liberties and rights hero which they deny to all person* wherever they have seized power, is so hypocritical that it can fairly and dispassion ately he judged only with effort. The right of every American to equfl treatment before the law la wrapped up in the same consti tutional bundle with those of the Communists. If, in anger or dis gust with these defendants, we throw out the bundle, we also cast aside the protection for the liberties of more worthy citisens who may be in opposition to the government of some future day.” In the spirit of this dictum, the author set forth several pro posals for dealing with this prob lem. Among these are: public ex posure of Communists and their front groups; exclusion of Com munists from private, pro-demo cratic organisations as has been done by the Americans for Dem ocratic Action, American Civil Liberties Union, American Vet erans Committee and similar {Troops; and an intensify educa tional campaign in unions and elsewhere to alert members to the real aims and methods of communism. ' Vigorous action is advocated to bar Communists from sensitive defense jobs, providing such ac tion is “selective and scrupulous in its regard for basic liberties." The McCarran Act, however, is decried as ineffective in curbing Communist activity and menacing to civil liberties. LET’S STMT SOMETHING—! UNION LABEL WEEK ...!! By RAY F. LEHENEY, Secretary-Treasurer AFL Union Label Trades Department If one person tells something to ten persons and, in turn, those ten each tell the same thing to ten other persons — and so 6n down the line—by the time that the sixth series of individuals is reached, then a million people will have heard the original story. [ Mathematicians cal] this ‘arith- j metrical progression'—it is just • plain common sense for union | workers to orally broadcast in i this person-to-person manner and spread the gospel by word of mouth. It’s legal There is no money involved. It is the work ing man’s TV. We call this word-of-mouth broadcasting, Tell a-Person—you see. It beats ev erything in advertising. When one asks a friend or neighbor to do a personal favor for him it is far more effective than a squawking commercial over radio and television which costs the sponsors over a billion dollars annually. Let’s not be self-consciousl Let's be Union-Label-conscious and spread the message about going Union and buying Label. It is the best guarantee for un ion wages and our very jobs. It is important to others also. If each union-minded man or wom an will sell this union-buying idea to ten other consumers, ten mil lion members of AF*L unions and auxiliaries can reach a million people every ten days. That would be the greatest publicity drive that ever took place for any product or service. It would pay off in good dividends to every in dividual who plays a part in thl* unique Tell-a-Person broadcast. It will help to maintain our unex celled labor standards, stabilise American prosperity and bring greater security to your land and mine. Let’s not talk to ourselves about it. Let’s -do something about it! Let’s go out and “broadcast” over the fence to our neighbors or call our friends on the telephone and ask them to demand the Union Label, Shop Card or Union But ton every time they patronize any business firm! That is a practi cal way to get definite results. Let’s all try out this system for tho seven days during Union Label Week — September 2nd through 8th. Let’s start some thing. Let’s go! The guy, who wrote “He prof its most who serves best” was re ferring to Union services. p • \v'urliTzer lanos m START „ sJL? Mr THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK Charlotte, N C. KEY FOR “WAS IT A GOOD UNION MEETING** After yea add up the "yea” and "no” responses et the ques tionnaire on Page 2 of the Labor Journal, here is how Dr. Murphy would interpret your score: Rating of Meeting: compare the "yes” column: Score 20-18—Excellent meeting. 17-15—Good meeting. Id—Pair to poor meeting. 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