G. G. RAY COMPANY
ROOFING AND SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS
2508 Lucena S». Telephone 4-3018
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
LABOR DAY GREETINGS
F. E. ROBINSON COMPANY, INC.
Electrical Engineers and Contractors
RESIDENTIAL — COMMERCIAL — INDUSTRIAL
529 West Eleventh St. Charlotte 6, N. C.
ROSS AND WITMER, INC.
, “CARRIER”
DELCO (General Motors Product)
The Leaders in
AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING
1641 W. Morehead TeL 5-3374
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SOUTHERN ASBESTOS COMPANY
1000 W. 11th St. Telephone 3-3112
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO.
Little Pittsburgh
STEEL
Phone 5-7761
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
LABOR DAY GREETINGS
Y0UN6 MANUFACTURING COMPANY
NORWOOD, N. C.
Union Label Is
Powerful Weapon
RAY F. LEHENEY, Secretary
Treasurer, AFL Union Label
Trades Department
Unions were originally organ
ized for just one thing—to bet
ter the wages, working condition!
and living conditions of the men
and women who toil. Whenever
these unions reach . an impass?
where the usual procedures of
collective bargaining seem inad
equate, then, as a last resort,
the members are asked to demon
strate their economic power by
going on strike. The strike, and
the right to strike, have neen
recognized for years as probably
the most powerful instruments
in the hands of organized work
ers.
But there is an additional way
to show our economic power
which, if all members of unions
and their families stick together,
would also attain great results
for all workers. It would pos
sibly eliminate some strikes but
there are no substitutes for them
This other way is to take 4he
Union Label Pledge—“I promise
to patronize firms which display
the union label, shop card or un
ion button.”
And then keep the pledge. If
all union members decide they
will get their shaves and hair
cuts only at union barber shops,
it will not be long until every
barber shop in the city, county
and state in which you live !s a
union shop.
If all union members buy only
union-label hats, clothes and
shoes, it will be only a matter of
time until the only hats, clothes
and shoes available will be un.on
made. The same is true of all
the necessities of life and luxuries
also. Why? Because members
of labor unions form such a
mighty economic group that,
without their patronage, non-un
ion goods and services could not
exist. So it is up to you!
Particularly it is up to you to
help celebrate Union Label Week.
Sept. 2-8, 1951.
September 2 is Labor Sunday,
when churches all over the North
American Continent will feature
messages about labor; then Sep
tember 3, is Labor Day, a day which
has, from its first inception, been
characterized by parades, speeches,
picnics and other celebrations by
the workers.
After those two days have
started off Union Label Week
with a bang, it is up to every
member of organized labor tc
keep up the pace for the rest of
the week, by insisting that every
dime from your union pay en
velope shall be spent for union
label goods and services.
All over the United States and
Canada plans are now being ma<fe
to celebrate Union Label Wyek.
Governors of states and mayors
of municipalities have been re
quested to issue proclamations
declaring it a week of union ac
tivities.
These programs arp being
drawn up by the Union Label
Leagues, Union Label Week Com
mittees, State Federations of La
bor, Central Labor Unions, with
the indispensable assistance and
co-operation of the Women's
Auxiliaries.
If no such program is now
being planned for your community,
it is not too late to start now
and organize Labor Day parades,
special labor church services, pu
blic rallies, radio and television
programs, picnics, and other out
ings, and the by-word of Union
Label Week must be—BUY UN
ION.
—
Compliments of
CIVIL’S PUZt
PHARMACY
A Rexall Store
1432 Central Avenue
Telephone 3-4171
Charlotte, N. C.
GREETINGS
Pobst Blue Ribbon
Beer
Distributed By *
Carolina Distribut
ing Co.
505 So. Cedor
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Sounds Roll Call
For Business Youth
NEW YORK .-American youth
now has the free test opportunity
for recognition and advancement in
business management in the history
of the nation. During the “middle
term” of the national defense pro
gram — from the present through
1963 — it is the young men from
the farms and cities who will make
America invincible in industry and
arms.
James J. Nance, one of the coun
try’s top business leaders, told an
audience of management officials
that industry’s first objective is to
accept full responsibility for pro
ducing defense materials. At the
same time, stabilisation and expan
sion of the working force, and prog
ress toward an advancing standard
of living are also prime targets for
management, the president of Hot
point said. v
New management talent can be'
discovered in every business organ
isation among the young men who
have started their careers since the
war. This is one phase of planning
for the “middle term” in the na-|
tion’s dual economy, which Nance
termed “a greater challenge to
American business than all out
peace or all out war.".
LANDLORDS WHO GOUGE
SOLDIERS OWE THANKS TO
ANTIHOUSING CONGRESSMEN
The nation was shocked July 19
by a Senate report describing the
terrible housing conditions around
Army camps.
So were the very same Con
gressmen who have been sitcing
on a defense housing bill f<* more
than four months.
Last March 14, the House re
fused, 219-170, even to discuss a
defense housing bill. On April
9, the Senate passed a housing
measure which would help the
real estate lobby. But it would
do little to help people like fam
ilies of servicemen and defense
construction workers who need
aid so badly.
On May <4 the House voted 131
113 to cut the public housing
program to only 6,000 units a
year. At least 136,000 units
GREETINGS
COLON FOOD CENTER
2902 Selwya Avenue
Telephone 3-7029
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
should be built each year. On
June 20 the Senate decided to let
the Government build 60,000 units
annually. Congress still has not
completed action on this.
The report issued by the Sen
ate Preparedness subcommittee of
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee did a good job of showing
how bad the housing situation is
around three camps — Camp
Breckinridge. Ky.. Camp Rucker.
Ala., and Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo.
“When cellars and houses made
of tattles and beer cans are rent
ed as ‘homes’ there is something
wrong1," says the report. “It
would seem everything has been
converted to houses — garages,
coal sheds, chicken coops, barns,
tool sheds, granaries and smoke
houses. Such hovels are merely
gestures of contempt toward those
who are desperate enoufch to take
anything which is offered.
“Structures with no water
available, heating facilities so
bad that bottled drinks will freeze
in the same room with a large
stove, no sanitary toilet facilities,
primitive food storage, no sinks,
cardboard windowpanes and paper
walls cannot in 1951 be regarded
as ‘housing.’ ”
It’s too bad the committee
wasn’t so straight-forward in put
ting the blame for these terrible
housing conditions right where it
belongs—squarely on the shoul
ders of Congress.
GREETINGS
Drop In
Record Shop
Any Record in the Haute
for 85 Cents
407 East Trade
Tel. 4-7182
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
—
GREETINGS
Dilworth Retail Pharmacy
1601 South Boulevard
Telephone 3-8421
"We Deliver"
Charlotte, N. C.
Labor Day Greetings
Denton Furniture
Com pony
Quality Furniture
EASY PAYMENT PLANS A
SPECIALTY
We Strive To Satisfy
111 South College St.
Phone 2-3925
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
W. K. Dickson & Co.
Consulting Engineers
Water Supply, Industrial
Development
Sewage Treatment
404% Sooth Try on Street
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GREETINGS
E. S. DeLaney
REAL ESTATE
117 E. Third St.
Phone 4-7724
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GREETINGS
Diamond Soda Grill
Your Patronage
Appreciated
1901 Commonwealth Ave.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GREETINGS
Derita Cleaners
Telephone 4-3831
DERITA, N. C.
SHAW MANUFACTURING CO.
Manufacturers of Upholstered Furniture
107 E. Kingston Ave.
Dial SnSSZK
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SCHWARTZ & SON, INC.
SCRAP IRON AND METALS
NEW PIPE AND STRUCTURAL STEEL
West Third o( Southern Railway
Telephone 2-4205
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SAXON’S, INC
723 West Trade
Tel. 4-5561
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
SCHOENITH, INC.
Manufacturers of
FINE CANDIES. COOKIES AND CHEWING GUM
\ '
2136 South Boulevard
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
LABOR DAY GREETINGS
SOUTHERN WAREHOUSE AND
DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION
934 North Poplar
Ph. 5 2531
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
C. D. SPANGLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
HOME BUILDERS . . . DEVELOPERS
REALTORS
1028 SOUTH BOULEVARD
Telephone 5-3736
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY
1867—1950
84 Years of Service
CHARLOTTE, N. C