Fidelity Van & Storage, Inc.
Marina — Storage — Packing — Shipping
200 Wes* 29th St. KoTBax 5260
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
117 S. College St. Charlotte, N. C. Tel. 6-3588
CHARLES D. POTTER, Southern Manager
E. J. F EELEY COMPANY
Manufacturers and Importers
DYESTUFFS AND CHEMICALS
P. O. BOX 1641
121 East Boulevard Phone 3-8865
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
LEE A. FOLGER, INC.
tUICK DEALER
Also Good Used Cars
900 South Tryon St. Tel. 3-2146
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
KELLEY IRON WORKS
DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT
801-813 West First St. Phone 4-9759
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
INTERSTATE GRANITE COMPANY
Hutchinson Avenue
Phone 3-2253
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
KIRK COUSART & ASSOCIATES
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Manufacturers Representatives
HEATING AND POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT
304-305 Builders Bldg. Phone 5-7737
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
CAROLINA CONCRETE PIPE CO.
INCORPORATED
PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE
Charlotte, N. C. — Columbia, S. C.
Lilesville. N. C.
Charlotte Address: Derita Rood — Dial 8874
120 North Tryon St. Phont 3-4141
‘The Friendly Store in a Friendly City”
AFL Urges Congress To Vote Changes
Asked By Truman To Strengthen
Price Control Legislation
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)
If Congress fails to act favorably on three specific rec
ommendations made by President Truman for strengthen
ing price controls it “will be held responsible by the Ameri
can people for allowing the cost of living to get out of
hand,” William Green, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor declared.
. Green urged Congress to ap
prove promptly the President s
recommendations and said ap
proval gave Congress “a final
chance to redeem itself.” He con
tinued:
“According to official estimates,
the Defense Production Act as it
now stands will force price in
creases which will take an extra
16 billion dollars out of the pock
ets of the workers and farmers
in the year ahead.
"The recommendations con
tained in the President’s message
will substantially reduce this un
justified profiteering in a time
of national emergency.
"Adoption of the three amend
ments urged by the President will
not injure business. High profits
will still be obtainable and pro
vide sufficient incentive for in
creased production, but outrage
ous plunder of the nation’s con
sumers would be largely elimi
nated.
“Even if amended in line with
the President’s program, the De
fense Production Act would still
remain a weak instrument. Con
j gress should bear in mind that
I the suggested changes represent
a minimum standard of protection
against inflation for all the peo
ple of our country.”
Truman’s recommendations were
| made in a special message to Con»
press In which/ he asked repeal
of three major amendments in the
price control law. Senators Fer
I guson of Michigan, Nixon of Cal
I ifornia and Welker of Iadho, all
Republicans. immediately intro
duced legislation to carry out the
President's program.
Sees Changes Imperative
The President warned that
changes in the law were neces
sary to prevent “irreparable dam- j
age” to the nation’s economy and j
charged that the act increased the
profits of business at the expense
of the consumer. He urged the
following action :
1. Repeal of the Defense Pro
duction Act amendment sponsored
by Sen. Homer E. Cape hart, Re-;
publican of Indiana, which per
mits individual sellers to pass on
to consumers all costs increases,
including overhead, since the out*
break of war in Korea.
2. Repeal of the amendment
sponsored by Rep. A. S. Herlong,
Jr., Democrat of Florida, which
requires price ceilings for whole
salers and retailers to reflect the
same percentage of profit on each
item that they received before the
Korean war.
S. Renewed authority for im
position of livestock slaughtering
quotas, which were banned by
Congress. Such quotas, he said,
art essential to prevent growth of
the black market in meat.
AMARILLO ATOMIC TRADES
AND LABOR COUNCIL
CREATED
Amarillo, Tex.— A new Atomic
Trades and Labor Council has
been created at Amarillo for the
purpose of bargaining for the
many trades and the contractors
with the Atomic Energy installa
tions at Amarillo.
An application for charter for
the Atomic Trades and Labor
Council was made on August 20th
from the Metal Trades Depart
ment of the American Federation
of Labor. x
An active organizing campaign
among the employes of this plant
has been launched, and an elec
tion conducted by the National
Labor Relations Board has been
requested.
Election day this year in sev
eral states and cities wilt be
November 6.
Loyalty to fair employers is
best expressed by purchasing
their union-made products.
“Tell-a-Person” is the trsiii
unionist’s TV. Just tell ’eta t»
buy Union Label goods—yea seefr
KELT DYEING UNO FINISHING CO.
DIAL 5*3537
531 Bruns Avenue
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charlotte, n. c.
Enjoy LANCE
MACK TRUCK & BUS FACTORY
228 Daltw At*. T«Upfcow 5-2571
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
sos General Matthew B. Ridgway'
T am a member of the United States
Army.
It has been my privilege to share
service with your sons in battle in
Korea.
You can be very proud of these men.
Men from every walk of life and from
every corner of America.
I have seen them fight with
indomitable courage.
1 have known their strength of soul
and spirit.
They deserve the best.
If you support and serve them Us they,
in battle, protect, preserve and
defend you, they will have the best.
The best in arms, in clothing, in food,
in equipment, the best of everything
that will make their task easier by
a little, for no one can make it easy
in truth.
You can make your support count by
purchase of United States Defense
Bonds.”
•k it it it
Let's show General Ridgwav—and
America’s defenders every where— that
we’re behind them. That we’ve
learned the lesson: peace is for
the strong.
Buy an extra bond today—as your
share in the First Defense Bond
Drive. Then go cm buying regularly
through the Payroll Savings Plan
where you work or the Bond-A-Moot)’
Plan where you bank. *
There it no safer investment in the world today—
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Don’t forget that bond* are
now a better buy than ever.
Because now tvery Series E
Bond you own automatically
goes on earning interest every
year for 20 years from date of
purchase instead of 10 as be*
fore! This means that the
bond you bought for $18.75
can return you not just $25—
but as much as $33.33! A
$37.50 bond pays $66.66. And
so on. Bankers recommend
Defense Bonds as one of the
safest forms of investment.
Start buying bonds now!
THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL
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