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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 47
DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1943
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Kaiser Demands
Immediate Action
On Post-War Jobs
The Wartime
Economic Situation
Handicapped Men
Getting More Jobs
Hostile Policy of
WLB Members
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Special Ration
Boards Needed
Closed Shop OK’d
By Florida Court
Policy on Holiday
Work Schedules
$4 Bonus Granted
Flight Inspectors
Six Reasons for
Endorsing Taylor
For First V.-Pres.
Pay Equalization in
West Coast Yards
Approved by WLB
it must gear these plans not only to
the most immediate of our civilian re-
“We must not only provide for c
planned and orderly demobilization of
reference to the essential portion of
its activities.
Again, whenever the essential activ-
ities of an establishment are not sep-
arate and distinct from those unclassi-
fied or non-deferrable, as for instance
when the same workers are engaged
in both activities, the entire establish-
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Gompers’ Life Story
In New Reprint
“Seventy Years of Life and Labor,”
an autobiography by Samuel Gompers,
is now available in a one volume
edition—published by E. P. Dutton &
Company, New York City.
This book gives a detailed account
of each stage in the difficult growth
of the organization, of labor—the
heroic struggles and sacrifices which
step by step established labor as a
Rail Unions Asks
Public Support of
Wage Plan
to carry, by far, the heaviest burden.
"But unlike the last time, we can-
not permit the old each-man-for-him-
self and each-business-for-itself meth-
contrary to
law or good morals,
free to hire only
The board’s final action was taken
on two proposals—one, an agreement
submitted by American Federation of
Labor affiliates and the managements
of 50 yards with which the AFL has
contracts, and the other, a proposal
from a CIO union and six companies
with which it has contracts.
About 7 per cent of the more than
400,000 employes will receive increases
under the equalization program.
Through equalization of certain
rates, the yards now wilr be able to in-
terchange employes from one job to
another and thus will speed up pro-
duction and effect economies which
the parties estimate will save the gov-
ernment from 150,000,000 to $75,000,-
000 a year. Interchangeability of em-
ployes between jobs must be placed
into effect by the yards to gain the
benefits of the increases, the board
ruled.
The board approved, with one mod-
ification, the agreement submitted by
the AFL and employers. The modifi-
cation provided that the basic hiring
living and which clearly will aid in
the war.*
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92 cents after 30 days and to 95 cents
after 60 days. The parties had pro-
posed a flat 95 cent hiring-in rate for
productive labor.
In the CIO case, the board extended
to the CIO yards the same increases
granted in the AFL yards.
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Representatiorrof
Labor Urged on
Community Funds
woman, not lawfully incarcerated or
otherwise incapacitated, has the right
to work and earn, a livelihood. But it
does not follow that all have the right
to require any particular person, firm
or corporation to give them employ-
ment as a matter of right of contract
between the employer and the em-
ploye. The right of contract has been
lawfully exercised in the present case.
“The courts have uniformly declin-
ed to hold the union closed shop
clause against public policy, where no
controlling statute exists; but have
sanctioned such contracts when free-
ly entered into without malicious de-
sign on others.
“Therefore, the parties may nego-
Wshington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
The National War Labor Board ap-
proved proposals of management and
labor for elimination of interplant in-
equities in 56 West Coast shipyards
employing more than 400,000 workers.
The WLB on July 30 had denied a
general wage increase requested by
the unions but advised the parties that
it would consider adjustments to re-
move injustices between rates in the
existing schedules.
that our soldiers will not be selling
apples on street corners again,” he
seAd.
Envisioning the future of produc-
tion, he declared:
“There is nothing quite so wonder-
ful as the opportunity we have to be
a great and prosperous nation and
make other nations prosperous along
with us.”
In addition to increased production,
Mr. Kaiser said it is highly important
that living conditions for workers be
of the best, stressing the need for
proper health facilities, housing and
highways in industrial areas.
He told the club how efficiency had
been increased at his plants by estab-
lishment of hospitals and community
facilities, but declared they were yet
insufficient.
“Manpower can be increased from
5 to 10 per cent by better care of em-
ployes,” Mr. Kaiser said.
The shipbuilder was particularly
complimentary about his women em-
ployes, recognizing that many of them
carry the double burden of working
and keeping house.
,
Tallahassee, Fla. (AFLWNS).—The
Florida Supreme Court upheld the
legality of the closed shop and quash-
ed a three-year campaign by State At-
torney General Tom Watson to out-
law closed shop clauses in union con-
tracts.
The sweeping decision by the
state's highest court reversed a lower
court ruling which was given wide
publicity throughout the country be-
cause of its anti-labor nature.
(Note: The State Supreme Court
decision, however, received no men-
tion in the press outside of Florida.)
The test case involved a contract
between the Tampa Shipbuilding Com-
pany and the metal trades and build-
ing trades unions of the American
New York—“In the last war the
soldier came home to find there were
no jobs; this time the jobs must be
there,” Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of
the WMC and Federal Security Ad-
ministrator, told a luncheon of the
New York Advertising Post of the
American. Legion.
“It may well be,” McNutt said,
“that this war wll create some 14,-
000,000 veterans. This is a very large
number, roughly three and a half
times the number who were in uni-
form during 1917 and 1918. And our
problem will be, to that extent, just
so much the more difficult. Certain-
ly. to attempt any wholesale demob-
ilization, such as occurred after the
last war, is to invite chaos.”
Facts tempering the problem, Mc-
Nutt pointed out, will be that a con-
siderable number of men will have
to remain as a force of occupation in
Germany and perhaps in Japan. Some
of the liberated countries may want
assistance in maintaining order until
their own economy is put on a sound
working basis. “Even so,” McNutt
continued. “we shall have millions of
men clamoring to come home. Some
will have jobs waiting for them. The
great majority, as in the last war, will
have to take their chances with the
job market as they find it. Some sort
of planned and orderly demobilization
must be worked out to cushion the
shocks.
“McNutt told of suggestions that
have been made to meet the situa-
tion. One is an adequate furlough
with full pay and dependency allow-
ance. Another calls for adequate
separation pay to be granted on dis-
charge. The use of both in combina-
tion also has been suggested. The re- ,
suits in any of these cases would be
much the same McNutt pointed out de-
pending on how well they were geared
to the real needs of the returning sol-
dier. But, “whatever the formula, the
soldier should, in addition, be entitled ;
The man who has not anything to
boast of but his illustrious ancestors
is like a potato—the only good be-
longing to him is underground.—Sir
Thomas Overbury.
There Must Be Post- Green Flays
War Jobs—McNutt
ities, should be designated as an es-
sential establishment Further, when-
ever an establishment is engaged part-
ly in listed activities and partly in
activities not classified and non-defer-
rable, the establishment should be
od to prevail. Government must co-
our men in uniform," he continued,
"we must provide for a planned and
orderly conversion of our gigantic
war inlustries to a peace-time foot-
Carpenters’ Union
Head Has Six
Sons in Service
Danville, Ill. (AFLWNS). —George
W. Davis, secretary of Carpenters'
and Joiners Local No. 269, is proud of
his contribution to the nation's war
effort, and he has reason to be. He
has six sons in the armed forces, four
in the Navy and two in the Army.
Richard, 32, recently entered the
naval service. Joseph has been in
the Navy fpr over a year and is serv-
ing somewhere in the South Paclife.
Earl and James also are in the Navy
while Lloyd and Robert are in the
Army.
were worried about the future. Since
their first statement was issued in
justification of their approval of the
Buffalo (AFLWNS). I — Robert J.
Watt, AFL member of the National
War Labor Board, asked for labor
representation on community fund dic-
tatorships and said that there was real
danger that social agencies would be
“restrained from progressive social
action by the highly conservative
character of the usual board of direc-
tors.” He addressed the Conference
of Catholic Charities.
Proposing closer co-operation be-
tween labor groups and social agen-
cies, Mr. Watt suggested that active
participation by labor men in the
work of welfare agencies “would be
good for all parties concerned.”
greater than ever before and is in-
creasing. ' Total income payments of
145 billion dollars, tin 1941, 95 bil-
lions and in MM2, 117 billions).
War has mad a great difference
to the American/vurse. in April of
this year, the Honthly income per
capita was $85.03—pushed up by war
expenditures from the 847.92 of July
1940. If the average American had
been called upon to pay April's war
expenses on the spot, he would have
paid 853.52 of his new 385.03 income
as compared with the dollar and a
half he would have paid in July 1940.
C. Available supplies of consumers’
goods and services are limited and are
decreasing. During fiscal year 1943
consumers’ goods and services will be
available to the extent of approxi-.
mately 85 billion dollars (in terms of
1943 prices).
These facts reveal that we have
more money to spend than there are
things to buy and that this has caused
prices to rise. In fact the great ex-
cess of money to spend constitutes a
continuing threat, to push prices up
and up.
operation of 153 locals of the
International Typograp h i c a l
Union in a sincere effort to
bring the I. T. U. back into the
American Federation of Labor.
These unions, located all over
the country, have succeeded in
having the question of referen-
dum of reaffiliation with the
American Federation of Labor
submitted to a referendum vote
of the entire membership,
Tuesday, November 30th, and
they have every reason to be-
lieve the membership will vote
favorably. Dallas printers of
No. 173, will have an opportun-
ity to cast their votes on this
proposition in their chapels or
the secretary’s office. The I.
T. U. belongs back in the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor. The
1. T. U. help found the A. F. of
L., and the present labor move-
ment and should occupy their
rightful place as one of its
leaders. The very basic prin-
ciple of unionism is involved.
“One for all, and all for one.”
There may be a difference of
opinion in the administration
Retorting to this declaration, Mr.
Green said:
“I am confident that they (the in-
dustry members) do not represent the
rentiment of employers generally, for
if they ask for compulsory legislation
against labor, labor could ask for
forceful and compulsory legislation
against industry. I resent this state-
ment made by the employer members
of the WLB and I protest against it."
Meanwhile, as the general wage-
price problem grew more critical, the
executive board of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union in
Naw York adopted a resolution de-
manding that the “Little Steel” .for-
mula be scrapped and that a “more
flexible wage pglicy" be adopted to
meet the urgent needs of the Amer-
ican people."
designated as essential
chooses. Likewise, labor is free to
work with only union men if it
chooses. The fact that a few laborers
may be denied work in the particular
plant or shop, unless they join the
union, will not of itself vitiate such
contract”
to the protection of unemployment in-
surance. That insurance should be a
charge against the Federal Govern-
ment and should be issued irrespective
on any State benefits to which the man
is entitled. Such tsurance should
protect the soldier for at least a year
from the time of his discharge, pro-
viding him with a backlog to tide him
over any period of unemployment.
"These are our obligations,” McNutt
said, "but the great obligation—and
the only real security—is a job—a
real, well-paying, productive Ameri-
can job.
Washington.—Full work schedules,
except on the Christmas week-end,
should be observed in all war plants,
WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson an-
nounced as the policy to be followed
in the observance of holidays.
Even on the Christmas week-end, it
i is requested that in mills where con-
tinuous operation is essential—blast
furnaces, open hearth furnaces produc-
ing carbon steel—work go on during
the Christmas, week-end. Plate mills,
because of the critical need for steel
plates, also should operate.
The policy was approved, Nelson
said, at a meeting of the Production
Executive Committee, composed of of-
ficials of the procurement agencies
and the WPB.
“The need for fully sustained war
production is more urgent now than
ever before,” Nelson said. "The hard-
er we work now the sooner will our
boys come home. The best way we
can observe our holidays is to devote
them to the big job at hand.”
To The Craftsman:
First: As a member of the I. T. U.
for 22 of my 43 years, permit me to
endorse heartily, the nomination of
Larry R. Taylor of Dallas as its can-
didate for First Vice President.
..Second: In endorsing Taylor for
this high post in the I. T. U. Execu-
tive Council, I do so with the true
knowledge that my endorsement is
given to a man who stands simply for
‘Representation by the membership
for the membership as a whole.”
Third: To propound the qualities
of Larry Taylor as an executive of
our esteemed organization would be
a superfluous bit of work, so excuse
my laziness as I simply say: "He is
fully capable and fully sincere.”
Fourth: It shall be my endeavor
for every hour of my spare time from
now until May 17, 1944, to think of
ways and means to secure votes for
Larry Taylor and the strong Progres-
sive Ticket he represents, to promul-
gate to the membership, to the gov-
ernments, and to the peoples of the
Nation, an executive council of strong
men; men of vision and fortitude; men
of tenacity of purpose and sincerity
to their electorate; men of demo-
cratic perpetuation.
Fifth: Endorsing this ticket is my
simple denunciation of men who have
failed. Failed everybody. Let me as-
sure you I know, because I have vis-
ited the site of these failures (New Or-
leans, Birmingham, Louisville, Knox-
ville, Jackson, Miss., Seattle, Miss-
oula, Reno, Bakersfield, Santa Ana,
Marshall, Chicago, Kingsport, Tenn.,
Baltimore and Colorado Springs), and
others too numerous to mention.
Sixth: This is my way of saying
that three top men were given a big
job to do at I. T. U. beadquarters in
Indianapolis and that they have failed
"flatly” to fulfill their obligations.
Consider this endorsement for what
it really is: The fullest form of sin-
cerity that can come from one of the
“common herd,’ 'the membership.
MARLIN K. BANNER,
Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso and
Oklahoma City, Okla., and Little
Rock, Ark., were granted pay in-
creases in Texas, Louisiana, Okla-
homa and Arkansas Tuesday by the
War Labor Board trucking commis-
sion in Washington, the Associated
Press reported.
The pay for Texas and Louisiana
was set at 3c a mile and 80c an hour
for time spent in duties other than
driving.
Bob Rogers, representative of the
Dallas Truck Drivers and Helpers lo-
cal, said such was an increase of l-4c
a mile and from 7% an hour. The
increase, which is retroactive to May
15, affects about 150 Dallas drivers.
In Oklahoma and Arkansas the pay
was set at 3 l-4c a mile and 85c an
hour.
The men were also given paid va-
cations.
force in national affairs. Throughout
only with the entire book runs the absorbing
" "" and personal story of America’s great
labor leader, revealing on every page
the remarkable courage, intellect and
pany vs. the Garment Workers’
Union.' Two of our close friends
were there, i. e., Miss Emily
Jordan and Fritz Cadena, both
organizers for the United Gar-
ment Workers and the A. F. of
L., respectively. We are happy
to report that the panel report
will reflect the Garment Work-
ers were given every item cer-
tified to the panel for consid-
eration. This included a 10c
hour increase in wages, paid
vacations and termination of
contract.
How to Detrmine
Essentiality
Washington.—Methods of determin-
ing the essentiality of a manufactur-
ing establishment are contained in a
memorandum issued to all Regional
Manpower Directors by the War Man-
power Commission.
The memorandum, superseding all
previous orders on the subject, assets
that any establishment engaged en-
tirely in an activity included in the
List and Index of Essential Activ-
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Placements of handicapped persons
by the United States Employment
Service for the first nine months of
1943 increased 129.5 per cent over the
same period for 1942, the War Man-
power Commission announced.
The total number of handicapped
persons who have found employment
this year through the United States
Employment Service is 139,862 as
compared with 60,932 for the same
period in 1942.
John T. Whitaker, 66, sheet metal
contractor and resident here for the
last fifty-four years, died suddenly at
his residence, 4821 Victor Monday.
■ port at West Point, Ga., the eon of
the Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Whitaker,
pioneer settlers of Oak Cliff, for many
years he was engaged in the sheet
metal business. He was well known
among members of Local Union No.
25, of the Sheet Metal Werkers’ Un-
ion.
Survivors include a son, J. H. Whit-
aker; a daughter, Mrs. Harry Brod-
nax, both of Dallas; three grandchil-
drien and great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wed-
nesday at 10 a. m. at the Ed C. Smith
&Bro. Funeral Chapel. Burial was in
Oak Cliff Cemetery.
Federation of Labor. It was argued
for the unions by Joseph A. Padway,
counsel fpr the American Federation
of Labor.1 The decision represented a
legal victory for organized labor
which is nation-wide in scope because
other states have made similar at-
tempts to bar the closed shop.
The majority opinion of the court
pointed out that no complaint had
been filed against the contract by the
company, by the unions or by the
Navy Department for which the com-
pany does all its work. The only ob-
jection was on the part of Attorney
General Watson, “presumably on the
hypothesis that an appreciable por-
tion of the citizenry of the state is
affected by the provisions for the em-
ployment of union labor exclusively—
a situation not supported by the rec-
ord because the complaints of fewer
than a score of workmen were re-
counted.!’
Taking up the charge that closed
shop contracts are against public pol-
icy, the court found this to be untrue
because in at least three laws—the
Norris-La Guardia Act, the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act and the National La-
bor Relations Act—Congress "has af-
firmed the right of laborers tq com-
bine and act in the interest of the
group.”
As to the allegation that the closed-
shop contract interfered with the war
effert, the court said:
"We find no proof in the record that
compliance with the contract has re-
sulted in a retardation of the war ef-
fort. For this alone, the decree (of
the lower court) would have to be set
aside. For it was upon this ground,
and this ground only, that the trial
court struck down the closed shop
clause of the contract."
Finally, the court declared:
“We admit that every man and
In Another Column of This
week’s issue of The Craftsman!
will be found an advertisement
about ties. Union-made ties, if
you please. They are made by
Mrs. Ethel Burch, secretary of
the Trades and Labor Assem-
bly of Fort Worth. Mrs. Burch
will be in Dallas Friday night,
December 3, at the Central La-
bor Council. If you desire one
of these beautiful ties, be sure
and contact her.
I • • •
Christmas Is Just Around the
corner. Thanksgiving has been
here and gone. Remember when
buying a present for your dear
one or some friend in service,
be sure and demand the union
label. Dallas is becoming bet-
ter organized than at any time
in its history. The union peo-
ple are here and they, by far,
spend the largest payrolls in
Dallas, Make the merchant
cognizant of union labor by de-
manding the union label on
what you buy.
• • •
It Was Our Pleasure This Past
week to serve as a panel mem-
ber of a War Labor Board case 1
in Wichita Falls involving the
Greatwestern Garment Com-
L in one way or another this great preventing wage adjustments
discrepancy between potential spend- — -- -- "
ing and the supply of goods available
felt that they had sought to cover up
their own discomfiture over the out-
come of the coal case by blasting all
of labor.
Mr. Green also rapped the four in-
dustry members of the WLB who in
their opinion in the coal case directly
urged Congress “to amend existing
laws, in order to require responsibil-
ity of unions and to provide addi-
tional protection for workers, em-
ployers and the public against those
The Dallas County Legislative
Committee has sent out the fol-
lowing notice to the delegates
affiliated therewith: “Because
of the holiday Thursday, the
officers of the Dallas County
United Legislative Committee
have decided that it would be
wise to call the meeting of the
committee for Friday, Novem-
ber 26, 8:00 p. m. You are
urged to make every effort to
attend. Meeting place, 1918
Live Oak. Latane Lambert,
secretary.” This is labor’s of-
ficial political organization and
is made up of members from
the American Federation of
Labor, the C. I. O., Allied
Printing Trades Council and
the Railway Brotherhoods.
• • •
Newark Typographical Union
No. 173 has enlisted the co-
want to stay on the job,” he said.
“They are determined to do all they
can to help America win the war. In
seeking to exert this maximum service
they need help.
“Through the machinery of the
Railway Labor Act they have obtained
adjustments in wages which will per-
mit them to meet higher living costs
and enable them to stay on the job of
railroading instead of seeking other
jobs in industries with higher wage
rates. •
"All we ask is to have this award
upheld. While it helps the railroad
workers, it will not hurt any one else.
It would not result in increase of rail-
road rates. It’will, therefore, have no
inflationary effect.”
In reply to Mr. Vinson's arguments
for the . sliding scale increases, Mr.
Richberg said:
“First, the emergency board, which
spent months on this case, and the
managers and employers fho compose
the railroad industry, all agree that
the eight cents flat increase is the
most practical and desirable wage ad-
justment.
"Why should their judgment be set
aside by a single public official who
has had no practical experience in
railroading and who has given only
superficial study to this problem?
"The second answer is that nowhere
in the stabilization act, and nowhere
in any law has any authority been
conferred upon Judge Vinson to fix
railway wages.
•‘The only authority granted to any-
one by the stabiligation act is author-
ity to prevent wage increases which
may affect the cost of living and bin- j
der prosecution of the war.
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mem snouia De designated as eesen- source book for knowing first hand
tia1 in .approximately,75 per cent of the early history of the American
ita activities are essential. Federation of Labor.
perseverance of a man whose first
and last interest was America.
This new* edition makes available to
more readers—trade unionists, stu-
dents and others—an invaluable
avain reaffiliated__as it is thev 1 operate with business to develdp a na-
Agn.re Al ea—as It 18 theyition-wide planned operation that will
belong to nothing—and do not; cover the transition from war to peace,
have the help or assistance they 5
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Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Spokesmen for 1,100,000 non-operating
railway workers asked the American
public to support pending Congres-
clonal action to make effective a pay
increase of 8 cents an hour for them.
Adoption of the Truman-Crosser
joint resolution, the pay rise, would
permit continued noninterrupted oper-
ation of the railroads and further the
war effort, George M. Harrison, pres-
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, said in an AFL Aabor For
Victory” broadcast over NBC.
On the same program Donald Rich-
berg, counsel for the fifteen non-oper-
ating railroad unions, challenged as
unfounded in law the power of Fred
M. Vinson, Stabilization Director, to
veto the 8-cent rise as recommended
by President Roosevelt’s emergency
board.
Contending that the flat increase
was in conformity with the stabiliza-
tion program, Mr. Harrison declared
that the sliding scale of increases. 4 to
10 cents an hour, approved by Mr.
Vinson, was “theoretical" and “wholly
impractical of application.”
"The nation’s railroad employes
Washington. D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Henry J. Kaiser, West Coast ship and
aircraft builder, warned that unless
"something is done now” on post-war
production plans and provisions for
living conditions of labor, he will only
be able to retain "a maximum of 5
per cent” of the employes now at his
plants.
Addressing the Women’s National
Precs Club, Mr. Kaiser asserted that
current problems are "virtually
solved," and that attention should be
having an opportunity to be
heard by voice and vote. We
think the printers should be
quirements, it must also gear them to
the means which will effect the
smoothest readjustments to civilian
activity of the men now in our armed
forces or in war industry."
To do this, McNutt, continued, will'
require patience and perhaps a meas-
ure of sacrifice on the part of our
business concerns. "They will have
to find their places in the overall
scheme of things which contributes
most to the end-result.
"In short.” McNutt went on, "it will
be a problem of peace production and
peace manpower second only to these
to which we attach the word 'war.'
I make this point not because it rep-
resents anything new, but to impress
the fact that some such approach to
our post-war problems is absolutely
essential if we are to weather the
storm. Free enterprise, teamed with
Government, can and will, I believe,
carry us through.”
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Seattle.—Phillip G. Johnson, presi-
dent of the Boeing Aircraft Co., told
the West Coast Aircraft Production
Council that labor turnover and dis-
content among war workers in crowd-
ed war centers could not be correct-
ed unless special set-ups were estab-
lished to take care of their rationing
needs.
Johnson said that proper organiza-
tion of share-the-ride plans was nec-
essary and he insisted that in-plant
feeding facilities were absolutely es-
sential. Branch banking facilities and
shopping services at the factories
were also urged.
If all the necessary steps were
taken by employers it might be pos-
sible to recruit women workers to a
point where they would constitute 78
per cent of the total force, he said.
Washington.—A bonus of 34 an hour
for a small groupo of "flight-test in-
spectors” at the Evansville, Ind. modi-
fication center of the Republic Avia-
tion Corp. was unanimously approved
by the WLB.
The Board approved the bonus for
these men, who accompany test pilots
on flights, to compensate them for the
hazards involved in this assignment.
The 34 bonus will bring to approxi-
mately 8410 a month their average
' monthly earnings.
In the constant consideraton of the
mass of complicated detail which at-
tends wartime price control. It is
sometimes easy to lose sight of fun-
damentals.
I This is a brief summary of those
fundamentals:
In the 49th month of this war the
coat of living index was 25.7 per cent
above the level of September 1939
Food prices had risen 47 per cent;
clothing price* 32.1 per cent, house
furnishing* 25.5 per cent; and rent 3 5
per cent.
The increase ih the cost of living
that occurs in wartime is du to the
fact that people have more money to
spend and less goods and services to
buy. They have more money because
the government is spending huge sum*
for war purposds and more people
are working longer, hours. Every
dollar the government spends is paid
to someone. There are less goods and
services to buy because large quanti-
ties are used in producing war mste-
rials; there are shortages of man-
power, machinery and shipping, any
many domestic transportation prob-
lems. -
Some important facts for the fiscal
year 1943 (July 1-June 30).
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Civilian workers of naval shore estab-
lishments "are building and maintain-
ing a Navy destined for victory be-
cause free men and women have put
their hearts into our equipment, ships
and planes,” according to Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox.
Secretary Knox stressed the impor-
tance of civilian personnel to the
Navy’s war effort and praised them
for their production record. "The
Navy afloat and ashore is proud of
its civilian employes,” he said.
A , ’ n. paid now to continuing large-scale
Contractor, Dies prowecthnv.nto toeaposowarrzear.
are-justly entitled to if they
were a part of the A, F. of L.
It is our intention, on Novem-
ber 30th, to cast our vote for re-
affiliation. We hope every
other member of the Dallas lo-
cal, will do likewise.
Of the laws of the A. F. of L. by i nr-to make sure the maximum
some printers, but the only way nuh
this can be corrected is by being
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
AFL President William Green sharp-
ly castignated public and industry
members of the National War Labor
Board for issuing statements prejudi-
cial to labor’* interests which "have
increased growing lack of confidence”
in the Board.
"Statements such as these.” Mr.
Green said, "make it increasingly dif-
ficult for labor to participate in the
work of the National War Labor
Board.”
In a letter to WLB Chairman Wil-
liam H. Davis, Mr. Green particularly
expresse1 resentment over the follow-
ing declaration by Davis and Public
.Members Graham and Taylor:
“The weeks which lie ahead will
be a crucial period for organized la-
bor. ” Legislative sanctions more
thorough going than now exist may
be required unless organized labor
Itself demonstrate* from now on its
determination to accept the bitter
with the sweet and to comply with the
orderly processes of government
which have been set up to cope with
war-time conditions.”
Mr. Green promptly retaliated that
the American Federation of Labor and
Its affiliates have "co-operated fully"
with the WLB, that they have "ac~
cepted more bitter than sweet,” that
they have kept their no-strike pledge ■
and that there was not the slightest
justification for ill-considered state- ’
ments which can only incite labor’s
enemies to seek-more repressive legis- i
lation.
On receipt of Mr. Green’s letter, <
the public members who signed the
original statement hastened to inform 1
the press that they were not complain-
ing about labor’s past record but 1
a. War production has reached
huge proportions and is increasing
Expenditures of 106 billion dollars.
Use of 67 per cent of our total pro-
ductive effort for war purposes by De-
cember of 1943 and only 33 per cent
to the meeting of consumers' needs.
Production in 1941: War, 10.5 per
cent; consumers, 89.5 per cent.
Production in 1942: War, 33 per
cent; consumers, 67 per cent.
Production in 1943 (Dec.): War, 67
per cent; consumers, 33 per cent.
Production in 1918 (Oct): War, 25
per cent; consumer, 75 per cent.
b. The total of all incomes is
must be reconciled. There are only
two ways.
Prices can rise until the cost of the
goods available equals the amount of
money available. That is what has
always happened elsewhere under
such conditions. That is inflation.
That is one possibility and it is not
pleasant.
The alternative is to control the
volume of spending by taxing heavily,
keeping profits at a low, reasonable
level, fixing ceilings on prices and
rents, putting limits upon wage in-
creases, preventing farm prices from
rising,~limiting consumer credit, pur-
suing an energetic program of war
savings and debt repayment, and ra-
tioning all essential goods that be-
tome scarce.
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