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AND DIXIE FARM NEWS CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE It, lt52 Hardman Says Don’t Altar Policy For the security of our own nation and the world, the United States cannot afford to elect any— one who would change U. S. for* eign policy. European and other governments would begin to be lieve that U. S. foreign policy is subject to change with every na tional election. The times are too critical to lose our allies. That was what Averell Harri man, director of the Mutual Se curity Administration, told the annual convention of the Labor Press Associated at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C. Party Can’t Retreat Harriman, in answer to a ques tion as to why he, a millionaire, was a candidate for President, said that ”1 was brung up right. My father taught me early that anyone who has property has all the more responsibility. He must use it for the good of others.” Harriman said that the Demo cratic Party cannot retreat, and that he is for the New Deal and Fair Deal, without exception. Maurice Tobin, Secretary of La bor, said that the labor press was necessary to keep the people In formed of issues affecting work- j ing men and women. * This was true because the press too often 1 failed to give the whole picture. I He instanced the Boston police strike in the days before Calvin Coolidge became President. ”The whole story on thn> has not even yet been told,” he said. “I advise some labor press man who wants a good article to get the official records of the case. Learn of the conditions affecting those Boston policemen.” Ruben Levin, acting editor of Ljbor, was re-elected president; Henry C. Fleischer, editor of the CIO News, vice president, and Harry W. Flannery, editor of the AFL News-Reporter, secretary treasurer. Board members ejected include the officers and Leon Stein, editor of Justice, IIAJWU; Gordon Cole, editor of The Machinist; Lewis Hermann, editor of the New Jer sey Labor Herald; Robert Ger hart, editor of the New Era Read ing Pa.; Frank Powers, editor of the Commercial Telegraphers Un ion Journal; Byrl A. Whitney, ed itor of the Trainman News. Be UNION and buy LABEL to maintain American labor stand ards at home. AFL Convention Calendar (Following is a list of conventions scheduled for the remainder of this year by National and International Unions and State Federations of Labor under the banner of the American Federation of Labor.) Date, 1952 Organization Place June 23 Glass Bottle Blowers’ Assn., etc. ... Cincinnati, Ohio June 23 Amal. Meat Cutters A Butchers, etc. San Francisco, Cal. June 23 Natl. Bro. of Operative Potters .._.Chicago, III. June 23 Texas State Federation of Labor...Amarrillo, Texas June 26 South Carolina State Fed. of Labor..Columbia, S. C. July* Radio A Television Directors Guild.... New York City July 14 Inti. Brotherhood of Bookbinders .... St. Louis, Mo. July 14 New York State Federation of Labor—... Rochester, N. Y. July 14 Washington State Fed. of Labor.... .Tacoma. Wash. Aug. 4 Inti. Alliance of Theatrical, etc... Minneapolis, Minn. Aug. 11 Massachusetts State Fed. of Labor___Boston, Mass. Aug. 11 North Carolina State Fed. of Labor .....Durham, N. C. Aug. 11 Inti. Assn, of Fire Fighters.......... Seattle, Wash. Aug. 11 United Garment Workers of America - Minneapolis, Minn. Aug. 11 Ohio State Federation of Labor.. Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. 12 Women’s Inti. Union Label League.Youngstown, Ohio 1 Aug. 16 International Typographical Union....Cincinnati, Ohio Aug.* Nevada State Federation of Labor. Las Vegas, Nev. Aug. 18 Wiseonson State Fed. of Labor...Wausau, Wis. Aug. 18 Utah State Federation of Labor.Salt Lake City, U. Aug. 18 Trades and Labor Cong, of Canada .Winnipeg, Can. Aug. 18 American Federation of Teachers ........ 4 Syracuse, N. Y. Aug. 18 The Natl. Assn, Special Del., etc. .. St, Louis, Mo. Aug. 18 Bro. of Railroad Signalmen of Amer.Los Angeles, Calif. Aug. 18 Inti. Photo Engravers Union of N. A. Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 18 Natl. Fed. of Post Office Clerks .... St Paul, Minn. Aug. 19 Montana State Federation of Labor .Missoula, Mont. Aug. 25 California State Federation of Labor Santa Barbara, Cal. Aug. 25 Amer. Fed. of Government Employes San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 31 North Dakota State Fed. of Labor..Grand Forks, N. D. Sept. 1 Natl. Association Letter Carriers New York. N. Y. Sept. 2 Inti. Assn. Heat and Frost, etc..Los Angeles, Calif. Sept. 8 Sept. 8 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Oct. 27 Nov. * Nov. 10 Nov. * Metal Trades Department New York, N. Y. Inti. Stereotypers and Elec., etc. Atlantic City, N. J. International Union Chemical Workers_.... Chicago, lit. Indiana State Federation of Labor . Evansville. Ind. Building and Construction Trades ..... .__ New York City Union Label Trades Department...New York City American Wire Weavers Pro. Assn. .. New York City Inti. Alliance of Bill Posters, etc. J. Minneapolis, Minn. Cigarmakers’s Inti. Union of America. New York City Iatl. Association of Machiinsts _Kansas City, Mo. Railway Patrolmen’s Int. Union...*.New York City Tobacco Workers Int. Union ...._Rochester, N. Y. New Hamhspire State Fed. of Labor _Keene, N. H. Natl. Assn. Postal Supervisors...Pittsburgh, Pa. Wyoming State Fed. of Labor ..Casper, Wyo. West Virginia State Fed. of Labor ..Wheeling, W. Va. Air Line Dispatchers Assn.. ....Chicago, IlL Minnesota State Fed. of Labor ..... Minneapolis, Minn. Mississippi State Fed. of Labor . Meridian, Miss. Kentucky State Fed. of Labor ... Owensboro, Ky. New Mexico State Fed. of Labor Roswell, N. Mex. Oklahoma State Fed. of Labor. Bartlesville, Okla. Inti. Union of Lathers. Wood, etc. Houston, Tex. Illinois State Federation of Labor ___ Peoria, III. Inti. Bro. of Teamsters, Chauf., etc. ... Los Angles, Calif. Connecticut State Fed. of Labor.Undecided Commercial Telegraphers Union ___Vancouver, B. C. United Cement, Lime and Gypsum, etc. Long Beach, Calif. Air Line Pilots Association .... Chicago, III. Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers_. Minnepolis, Minn. Inti. Assn. Bridge and Structural, etc. St. Louis, Mo. Natl. Assn. Master Mechanics, etc. Washington, D. C. American Fed. of Grain. Millers Buffalo, N. Y. Florida State Federation of Labor .Orlando, Fla. * Da.te not definitely set. BOARD EASES HOME CREDITS Down payment terms for pur chasers of new homes were eased by the Federal Reserve Board as follows: Houses coating $7,000 or lasa— from 10 per cent required prev- j iously to 5 per cent. Houses costing $25^000 or more —from 60 to 40 per cent. Houses costing from $7,0#0 to $25,000—scaling upward from 10 to 40 per cent. For servicemen able to get, mortgages guaranteed by the Veterans Administration, no down payments will be required on houses costing 7,000 or less. Down payment for homes costing $25, 000 or more and financed with a VA mortage will be 35 per cent compared with a previous ceiling of 45 per cent. The payment will scale upward to 35 per cent on $T,000-$25.000 houses. Maximum period for paying off mortgages on houses costing less than $12,000 remains 25 years. Maximum for higher-priced prop erties is 20 years. Veterans may have a longer period to pay off their mortgages If the VA thinks a shorter period would cause hardship. Your Dollars to Work __ k for... • BIGGSR PAY • FAIR TAXIS • FAIR FRICKS • SOCIAL SSCURITY • BITTKR SCHOOLS • SITTIR HEALTH • TAFT-HARTLEY REPEAL • STRONGER U. S. A. Help Elect a i < 1 LABOR'S LEAGUE for POLITICAL EDUCATION Eisenhower Labor Views Against Taft-Hartley Act Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ex pressed basic dissatisfaction with the Taft-Hartley Act in his first address of the political campaign and in a subsequent press con ference at Abilene, Kan. “We’ve got to work on it like dogs,” the retired general bluntly declared on the subject of finding a solution for labor-management relations. Questioned directly about the Taft-Hartley Act, Eisenhower said at his press conference: “We cannot make legislation that can compel people to work. That's regimentation. W'e have got to find a way, a means of respecting the advances that la bor has made—union labor has made — and they’ve been very great. “Now I believe in their ad vance. W’e should not give up these social gains. But I do be lieve that when we just pile law upon law, complication upon com plication, in an effort to solve this thing, we are not doing too well. All Must Prosper “How can labor prosper unless the farmers and the investors and all the rest prosper? How can they prosper unless labor prospers? It’s impossible. We’ve got to find some way of bringing these people together, with no one feeling that he’s being led unfairly, or you might say un justly, into a hearing—that they meet there as equals. And we’ve got to work on it like dogs.” Sen. Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, co-snthor of the Taft-Hartley Act { and Eisenhower’s main rival for the Republican Presidential nomi nation, immediately interpreted! the general’s statements as mean- j bag he favored Taft-Hartley re-! peal. But at tbe Abilene press con- ; ference, Eisenhower .stated . be j agreed in the main with the Re- 1 publican Party’s I960 “Statement of Principles,” which supported | the Taft-Hartley Act and praised it Reactionary Statement That *1960 statmeat was consid ered so reactionary at the time that it was repudiated by such eading present-day supporters of Eisenhower as his campaign man ager, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Margaret Chase Smith, of Maine, also criticised it. Labor foud little to cheer about Eisenhower’s political debut so far aa his statements on some other issues were concerned. He avoided any outright statement on health insurance, but opposed federal aid to medical education. He said he believed the states should deal with discrimination against minorities rather than have a Federal Fair Employment Practices Law. Eisenhower’s references to la bor matters in his maiden politi cal speech follow: ’’This is a danger that is far easier bo intensify than to reduce by depending exclusively upon legislation. Unless all of us are prepared to apply responsible citizenship to our problems, the alternative is to resort to masses of punitive laws. “Such a prove*- will be costty, futile, and stupid, and if long pursued can end only in regimen tation of all workers and bureau cratic control of all means of production. “The settlement of disputes and grievances requires—together, of course, with simple and clear legal processes — a climate of good will, an appreciation of good citizenship, and responsible con cern for all the people—end— most important—public confidence in the fairness and impartiality of appointed agents and agencies. “Hore benefit for America is to be found in an ounce of real leadership and honest speech than in a ton of law that fails to re flect the considered will of the vast majority.” GROCERIES WORTH 91.M IN ’39 NOW COST 9241 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that housewives in the first two weeks of May had to pay 92.31 in grocery stores for the sane amount of food that cost only 91-00 in 1939. And the food which took 91*00 from their pocket books just before the Ko rean war began now coats 91-37. Meantime, retail food prices were expected to shoot even high er because the Office of Price Stabilisation a etherised increases of up to 2 cefats an item on 14 kinds of food. LOOK FOR THE LABEL When shopping always look for the onion label. It telle yon that yon a resetting a good pcadntt carefully auda by anion non and Miller Charges Byrd Outvotes Mr. Republican Bristol, VtL — Francis Pickens Mil Ur, Charlottesville attorney running against Sen. Harry Byrd for the Democratic nomination to the Senate, accused Byrd of “ded icating (his) life to destroying the national Democratic Party.** Miller told the Bristol Young Democratic Club that Byrd voted with the Republicans 97 per cent of the time during the present Congress while “Mr. Republican" himself. Sen. Robert Taft (Ohio), sided with the GOP only 71 per cent of time, “We de net have a Democrat representing us in the V. 8. Sen ate," Miller said. “We have a' Republican. Senator Byrd . . . has sold us down the Ohio river,” 1952 NO TIME TO SWING MEAT AXES SAYS TRUMAN “You may have heard some nonsense in recent days to the effect that we could save money on our national defense by building up a gigantic Air Force. Anyone who has that idea forgets that modern air power is a very expensive proposition.” President Truman, in a speech at Springfield, Mo., to his World War I outfit, the 35th Division, did not mention Sen ator Taft by name, but gave obvious direct answer to re cent statements made by the Republican Presidential can uiuaie. For example, said the Presi dent, a Jet fighter costa $600,000, or nine times the price of an average lighter plane of World War II. a giant B-36 costs $5 million compared to the $800,000 for the B-29, biggest of World War II planes. “A big, powerful Air Force is an absolute necessity, and we are going to have one,” said Mr. Thu man, “but don’t let anybody tell you it won’t cost a lot of money." In disputing Taft charges, the President said that in 1950 a goal of 95 wings was set for the sum mer of 1952, and this will be achieved within two months. The air build-up will go on to 143 wings in two or three years. An air-wing is the basic operat ing group of the Air Force. It numbers Up to. 75 planes and eon tains their supporting elements. The. President also reported progress in developing ground and naval arms. He said one of the new tanks was coming off the productinn line at the rate of 300 a month. . All present arms objectives at home and abroad will be met, de clared Mr. Truman, unless the country, falls prey to apathy and short-sighted economy. “This Is not the year to play around with meat axes in the field of rational security,'* he said. TOUGH REDS Because the Communists are un scrupulous about tactics or lives, and because the United Nations has been anxious to avoid inci dents, Red UN prisoners have made themselves terrorizing units within compounds. They hamp ered efforts to determine whether prisoners wanted to go back to their homes. They silenced op position by beating to death at least 115 prisoners who chal lenged their authority or politi cal views. Another 12S were killed in Communist-started riots. Under the new JKoje Island commandant, Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner. trouble-making Reds are being isolated, compounds holding up to 6,000 prisoners are being broken down to 600. As the break-up went on, 24 Red cap tives were killed, 85 wounded. BOLIVIA RECOGNIZED Within a few days of demands by ORIT, the Inter-American re gional organisation of workers, the U. S. gave formal diplomatic recognition to the Bolivian gov ernment which seised control April 11. ARIT asked recogni tion, not because of approval of the regime of Victor Pas Estens soro, but to facilitate protection of the rights of free labor. The U. S. delayed recognition because the new government policy on its valuable tin resources was not clear. NEW SOVIET ENVOY Alexander Panyushkin, who has been Soviet Ambassador to the ' U. S. since 1948, was replaced by Georfi N. Zarubin. In the old days, this would have meant a chance of policy. Today it may mean nothin* so far as U. S USSR relations aye concerned. Zarejfi has been ambaaaador to CMm and Great Brltailtr He was Soviet deputy in tke Austrtn treaty farce, and assistant to Andrei Gromyko at the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francis co last full. 1 BILLION AND HALF CUT The Mutual Security Program authorisation, passed by the Sen ate 59 to 11, was sent to the White House. It authorised |6, 447,730,760, a cut of 1,452,279,000. More than any other emblem ; the Union Label insures security I for America. More than any other emblem the Union Label insures security j for America. - 4 On Guard , _ VERY LEAST YOU AND I CAN DO TO HELP DEFEND AMERICA.'
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