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m* - * ■ - » , 5 v .„ i .* i ** n -> ifeft Ss*$s| ... *4fflB£s»^vWWSiS •' L. XXII; NO. 12 CHARLOTTE, N. C-, THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1952 Labor Should Know ■ These Congressmen A total of 176 Representatives supported each of the 3 amend ments to the Defense Production Act which were opposed most strongly by organised labor and other consumer groups. Fifty-three Democrats and 133 Republicans backed the Talle (R., Iowa) amendment to end price controls; the Lucas (D., Tex.) amendment to reorganise the Wage Stabilisation Board, with a majority of public members and to give it only advisory powers; and the Smith (D., Va.) atnend V meat to request the President to force striking steelworkers back into the mills through use of the Taft-Hartley Act. ; jff : Here are the names of the members of the House who voted for all three provisions (Demo crats in black" type, Republicans in light): ALABAMA—Andrews, Boykin, Great. ARIZONA—Patten. ARKANSAS — Gathings, Nor relL Allen An^' PWWip*. pou deUCO'l>OH^^. CONNECTICUT ■ m****?ZS£ **wv„r. ^Uo-***- Arento. 8« ttElNO^^’urch, *SS *£**■£* °SS i>8£ Vek*. Vurse"- HllnecV,H»r ^DIANA-Ada.r ^ •••'.. < ^ * Hoevettt y*T0VtfA — Cunning*8™’ Martin. Ta Kea*. ^Coinpte. * . Hop*. *** ^ANSA8-U»le- *» 8 w"“" ““S5-- °* p‘" CHICAGO. — With only a faw rebel yells recorded in the nega tiye, * the Democratic National Convention overwhelmingly adopt ed a strong and progressive plat form almost completely in line with the recommendations of the American Federation of Labor. However, the convention failed to exact from the Dixiecrats a pledge that they would work to carry out the Democratic Party's platform. It attempted to com pel the Dixiecrats to give a “loy alty” pledge to the national ticket afe a condition to being seated as delegates—but then retreated far enough to make the condition in effective. Another move was made to con demn the Senate filibusters which have blocked liberal legislation, b*t it wound up with a couple of sentences “urging” improve ment of Congressional “proced ures” so that “majority rule” can nvdkvsfl '0 W'':.. Advocate T-H Repeal ■ Once again the platform "strong ly, advocated repeal of the Taft Hartley -Act. It condemned the act as "inadequate, unfair, and unworkable.” This law, the plat? from charged, has tipped "the scales in favor of management against labor,” has interfered arbitrarily with collective bar gaining, has revived the anti-labor4 injunction, has forbidden tradi tional hiring practices "desired by both management and labor in many ; industries,” has forced "workers to act as strikebreakers against their fellow unionists” and has ^interfered with labor's basic right of self-organiastion. ■ Aside '4 from demanding repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, the plat form called for "a new legisla tive approach toward the entire labor-management problem.” The Democrats said the Taft-Hartley Act provides "am inadequate and unfair means of meeting with na tional emergency situations” and advocated * "legislation that will enable the President to deal fairly and effectively with cases where a breakdown in collective bargaining seriously threatens the national safety or welfare." The Democratic platform, as adopted, did not specifically men tion pn enforceable Fair Employ ment Practices Act, but it did put the party on record for federal, state, and local action to elimi nate discrimination in employment and for other civil rights guaran tees. Together with the “major ity rule" provision, this statement was praised by leading civil rights advocates in the party as being “stronger" than the 1948 platform, though less specific. Met Demands Of AFL On most other issues the plat form met the demands submitted to the convention by AFL lead ers. It advocated a strong foreign policy of resistance against Soviet aggression, coupled with a power ful defense program and full co operation with other free nations. It came out for an over-all housing program and for con tinued rent controls not only in defense areas but wherever , the housing shortage is acute. It supported economic controls while the danger of inflation per sists, bat their elimination as soon as conditions make sack ac tion safe. Improvement of social security standards was endorsed, but on health insurance the platform merely marked time, on the pro test that the President's com mittee to investigate the nation's health needs* had not yet re ported its findings. Other sections of the platform included approval of federal aid to education, a present farm tm _ j ...I, j. anu price Social Security Boost Effective In October About 10,426 people in the Charlotte area will receive higher social security payments as a re sult of the social security amend ments which President Truman signed into law last Friday. The first increased checks will be for the month of September, delivered early in October. Lone T. Proctor, Manager of * the Charlotte social security of fice, emphasized that no one needs to apply for the increased pay ments. “The Social Security Ad ministration is already changing the amounts,** he pointed out. “We expect to get them changed in time to have them in the mail October 3, the regular delivery date, but if in a few cases we don't meet that schedule, we’ll send the regular check and malm . up the difference in a later check.** Mr. Proctor pointed out that although nearly every family re ceiving payments would receive an increase, the additional amount would not always be divided among all the members of the family receiving monthly checks. In some cases the entire increase will go to the retired worker. Under terms of the law, most families will get an increase of about $6.00; some will get less, some will get more. The amend ed law provides a new formula for determining the amount of the payments in these cases. Un der it, a retired worker's monthly benefit would be 15 per cent of the first $100 of his average monthly earnings plus 15 per cent of the remainder up to $800. Beginning September 1, the new law increased to $75 a month instead of $50 the amount of money a beneficiary may earn and still receive the monthly ben efits. Self-employed people en titled to old-age and survivors insurance benefits may receive the payments for each month of the year if their net earnings ^during.-M the entire year are not over $900.,^! The amended law contains a ||j (Continued On Page 1)
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