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The Charlotte Labor Journal VOL. XXI; NO. 39~ Labor Institute Formed Subscription Price $2.00 Per Yew SOUTHERN STATE FEDERA TIONS OF LABOR ORGANIZE SOUTHERN LABOR INSTITUTE This Committee was selected at Memphis, Tenneseee on February 10th, when the State Federations of Labor met in session for con sideration of ways and means of establishing better educational fa cilities for the workers of the Soutn. From left to right, seated in toe front row: E. H. Williams, Presirent, Louisiana Feoerationof Labor; Enwarr H. Weyler, Cec retary-Treasurer, Kentucky Fen eration of Labor; John D. Con nors, Director, Workers Educa tion Bureau of the AFL; J. L. Rhodes, Southern Director of Or ganization, AFL; W. L. Hines, President, Mississippi Federation of Labor; Stanton E. Smith, Pres ident, Tennessee Federation of Labor; Dean Baugh, Secretary Terasurer, Oklahoma Federation of Labor. Second row, left to right: E. J, Bourg, Secretory-Treasurer, Lou isiana Federation of Labor; J. B; Pate, President, Georgia Federa tion of Labor; C. W. Mowery, President, Arkansas Federation of Labor; Charles M. Houk, Sec retary-Treasurer, Tennessee Fed eration of Labor; S. V. Zinn, Sec retary-Treasurer, Arkansas Fed eration of Labor; Albert C. Kaiser, President, Kentucky Fed eration of Labor; W. E. Allen, Secretary-Treasurer, Florida Fed reation of Labor. Third row, standing, left to right: Henry W. Chandler, Sec retary-Treasurer, Georbia Feder ation of Labor,; Fred Hatchell, Secretary-Treasurer, South Caro lina Federation of Labor; T. G. Bcekham, Secretory - Treasurer, Mississippi Federation of Labor, Frank G. Roche, President, Ffor Ida Federation of Labor; J. Cline House, President, Oklahoma Fed eration of Labor. Those not present who attended the sessions were Earl R. Britton, please Turn to P»f» * LEST WE FORGET By • Union Member The time was late afternoon In the fall of 1934. The place: The U. S. Nitrate Plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in which two of the furnces had been converted to the manufacture of phosphates. The occasion: a personal inspec tion by President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. A welcoming delegation had gone to Russellville, where . the presidential party was to arrive by train. Instructions had been given not to approach the official cars too closely, and to make no sudden movement which might be misconstrued by the Secret Service men. The tapping of the furnaces had been delayed for more than an hour, so that the vividness of molten slag pouring out could add a needed touch of color. When word was telephoned that the motorcade was approaching, the tapping crews began work fe verishly. In a few moments a bright orange glow blended with the dusk, painting faces and steel beams in bold relief, and creating denser shadows in the background. I had just gone off duty, and took a position in the cooling shed not far from the middle en trance. I thought at best to get a close look at the president in passing, but miraculously the big open touring car stopped directly in front of me, not over fifteen feet away. Mrs. Roosevelt smiled recognition as she saw the group of workers. You could sence her sincere interest. Franklin Delo no Roosevelt flashed one of those big, robust smiles that heartened America. As if by pre-arrange ment, the noises subsided. Then the President spoke. In resonant tnoes and with the marvelously eloquent diction of which he alone was capable. He said,‘“There... is . . . activity . . . here . . . now.” Just five words But' we stood transfixed, because those five words summed up the story for the Muscle Shoals section The story of false hopes aroused from time to time, only to be smashed. Of whole blocks of vacaht stores. Of wiedspread bankruptcy, and hunger. “One-third of a nation ill-fed, ill clothed, ill housed” . . . “All we have to fear is fear it self.” And now, the TVA, intent upon its task of developing an impoverished area. New hope, new direction, new purpose for millions. . . . As the car moved away, the spell broke. My vision was blur-, red, but of those tears I was un ashamed. Students To See Schubert Festival A |3,000 errant, which will en able many high school students to attend this year's Schubert Festival, was announced to Vir ginia High Schools today by Dr. Lester S. Bucher, State Super visor of Music. Funds for this grant will be available on a matching basis to outstanding high school students from Virginia and adjacent states. Together these monies will defray all expenses of the students at tending the Festival. This fund, Dr. Bucher said, has been given anonymously to the Evening Concert Groups, spon sors of the annual Composers Festivals. The Concert Group organization has appointed as Chairman of the Matching Fund. Mrs. Andrew M. Bruce of Charles City, Virginia, who is also presi dent of the Virginia Federation of Musis Clubs. Any community whl£h has a High School is eligible to par ticipate in the grant and more than 100 communities can still be accomodated. The Concert Group funds will be distributed on a matching basis to thdke communi ties in which some service organ isation or individual is willing to make either one-half or* all the csot of the Festival trip available to their local High School. The average cost of sending a Virginia student to the Festival with all expenses paid is $25.00. The csot of the Festival's events and food and lodging for three j days is $18.00. For students whose homes are more than 180 miles distant from Charlottesville, a $7.00 contribution is made toward transportation expenses. For stu dents who live closer to Charlotte ville, full transportation costs will be paid. No restrictions are attached to the availability of this jnetching money; and the method of select ing deserving students may be decided by the local community of its high school. Like last summer's Mozart Fes tival, the Schubert Festival will be a week-end of elaborate musi cal celebrations including inter nationally known chamber music organizations, orchestra conduc tors, soloists, and exhibitions of the composer's relics and other Schubertiana which are now be ing prepared in iVenna for ship ment to Virginia. $3 MORE A WEEK New York City.—Twelve thou sad workers employed in more than a thousand Manhattan of fice buildings, members of the AFL .Building Service Employes, won a $3 weekly pay raise, retro active to January 1. Union of ficials said they expect some 200 independent building operators to sign a similar contract for an additional 3,600 service workers.
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