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Friday, November 8, 1946
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THE MARCH OF LABOR
The Stabilization ( risis
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By Our Austin Correspondent.
eviction, famine, inflation and de
Ta
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Antoa Bozon.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
in the columns
will
of The Labor Messenger
ac
ways
publishers.
law
the views
Cain
wan
lions ?
Since it’s easier to convince 181
tion. This group-sharing of experi-
service. We can
our
have been
tem
eighth century A. D.
can
and maternity care.
As a representative of the Amel
full bouquet of flowers of freedom SOME TAIL
Full American freedom can come
long tail in a vacant lot. Passersby ROBOT
ac-
man
at 4 a. m.
of a joint committee, composed of
and what method would be most
5:17).
7. Corporations are simply "elos-
the war are now out after your few
Accused—I was hungry.
Among the citations which com. ed shop” unions of investors—the
Down On The Farm
of one shall many be made righte- flage for the amendment. Its real
ctive is to destroy the Four
from
The Lesson- Sermon also includes Freedom* for working men. The
the are:
following passage from
! Christian Science textbook. “Sci-
At
ation of Labor because the organi- ( turned adrift for months at a time.
to
One of the main planks in labor’s to organise and bargain collectively 1
hours of women to eight a day and Labor Relations Act.
first is to work to get the war over. for
It will demand that Con-
us.
Attorney General Sells has ruled,
PAINTING OH REPAIRS
in answer to a question by Labor two million American farm work
JAMES BUTE COMPANY
MeKinney and Caroline
this fall to make definite plan* for
I
lar institutes in thirty-seven states.
Joint Committee First Step
ment; the Almighty has written it
in the conscience of men. No one
own businesses on modem, hu-
, principles and compete and
them are employed in business of-
fices, in factories and in Govern-
ment services. They don't want to
eratives are the answer. As 4 mil-
lion others have done we must start
First of all, we want to secure the campaign being launched at
better homes and better living con- this convention for the enactment
ditions in America. The housing of a national health insurance law.
wanted to be driven out to a mon-
‘ astery during the recent poultry
legal" interest on his investment?
There is a way, the only way.
At Main and Franklin, First
National is conveniently lo-
that man is created materially, and
turn our gaze to the spiritual rec-
appears that the war isn’t over yet. As a practical matter, the National
So. before we start trying to cut Farm Labor Union does not seek
the work week to 44, we’ve got to to unionize the occasional single
speeches, panel discussions or forum
sessions, or a combination of these.
The topics in other words, are not
chosen for the participants by an
educator, but by the participants—
tak
tn
rel:
• Christian
Science
Services
gri
an i
upon building a lastingypeace.
Labor Institutes Vary
trials of the German war criminals
are a disgrace. He says they were
tried under an ex post facto law—
that we declared the law after the
Like cigarettes and candy bars,
rail tickets are now being sold by
machine.
ask
T
get the war over!
Nation’s mode! employer.
These are all serious problems
and this convention is a sober and
serious gathering. But the women
SOME APPETITE
Judge—Why did you
$50,000?
America
Talking things over together has
always helped to straighten out
ideas. It is an old American custom
hired hand on the small, family-
type farm. Our organisation efforts
are directed toward the big agri-
HE KNEW
Officer—Don’t you know what
the crack .of dawn is?
Shopper’s Special Busts
Bring You To the Boor of
place
is so
wrong and his Maker branded him
land sent him forth to wander, ac-
1. Freedom from Fear (Secu-
rity).
3. Freedom of Speech (Collective
Bargaining).
3. Freedom from Want (Collec-
tive Security).
4. Freedom to live the American
ONI
A
lyin
and
Every brave man is a man of
word.—Corneille.
rado are setting up their institute may handle their many problems
rare intelligently. a
Gcor
by e
meUEMPLOYED
IN AMERICA Nw NUMBER
MORE THAN 3,000,000-
OF WHoM ONE-THIRD ARE
VETERANS.
Al
unioi
now
ity i
Hari
ed h
his 1
Also
stre
is de
has
prec
sper
a ur
po ratio ns want to destroy unions so
they can get back to the 25-cent-an-
hour, 60-hour week days.
By JOHN D. CONNORS, Director
Workers Education Bureau of
ion
She
legislative program for the 50th which is guaranteed to industrial | it and a hard job. But we are con-
Legislature is to reduce the work wage earners under the National fident of winning with the help and
। ing power. So it is obvious why the
Eastern monopolies and the big cor- i
program
fifteen million new homes in our
ment unions to plead for action to to fear,
end jurisdictional strikes in the
MUTUAL FORGIVENESS
The late Governor Hoge Tyler of
Virginia was extremely generous
in the matter of granting par-
dons—particularly around Christ-
mas time.
He related that once he pardoned
a Negro from Richmond, who had
been convicted of some slight of-
fense, and whom he considered had
been sufficiently punished.
by convention action, will endorse
our efforts to make Uncle Sam the our
er the good news.
“Oh, mammie," he cried, “Bob’s
prise the Lesson- Sermon is the fol- right to engage in business is as
lowing from the Bible. “For as by | sacred under the “American Way”,
one man’s disobedience many were j as any other right.
can Federation of Labor as a whole.
------- j than 7,000,000, let’s look over the
A hunter popped a pheasant on a arguments the Nebraskans are us-
hill; ing in the little paper which they
It made a great to-do and then was are mailing to every home in that
still. state:
1. Big business men, doctors,
lawyers, engineers, and merchants
all have their organizations, so why
-.M4one ,
7 receta
savinas anD 10aw
asseerartom
me CAPITOL
pression.
Today this Nation is challenged
They were just a pair of care-
free lads flying a kite with a fine
pass a law prohibiting working men
and women from having theirs T
2. Doctors and lawyers have a
fight against the greed, the ava-
rice, and destruction being carried
jectives of the labor movement. We
expect this convention to pave the
way for higher wage standards for
delegates this week got a more
glamorous thrill from the proceed-
ings than usual. A delegation of there is no
movie stars came here from Holly-, to the Shylocks and
wood as members of our entertain- fascism and socialism—good
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
IN HOUSTON
Member Federo Deposit Insuronce
Corporotion
in 1940 and 1941, and of course
through the war years all discus- a continuing statewide program of
sions were concerned with the all- workers' education as recommended
By CHARLES J. MeGOWAN
President of the International
Boilermakers
dating from the earliest days, when
men gathered about the cracker
barrel in the general store to talk
group This committee determines
which current labor problems it
ence and Health with Key to the
x hola oumeIve rospomneibte tor
or opinions of eorrespondentm-
d
among themselves and listen to
their leaders and those of education,
government, and management dis-
cunning their common problems.
The thought of the Workers Edu-
cated in the heart of Houston.
Shopper’s Special buses,
running on Main between
Gray and Quitman. bring you
. right to our door; eliminate
i parking problems.
Our block-long lobby has 40
windows for your conven-
ience. Your banking business
: is handled quickly, efficiently,
and with the friendly atten-
tion to your needs which has
distinguished First National
service since 1866.
Before it become* necessary tn make repairs tme
MASURY PURE PAINTS
Houston Labor Messenger
and
HOUSTON LABOR JOURNAL
%0% C TE Nafions
-SAVINGS are IN THEHAWDS
of PeoPLE WiTH INCOM*EsoF
MoRE THAN $ 5000 — only
9% OP THE SoPLATON.
Gs.
brine brought to the
Federation of Labor are the things I am confident that the mothers of <
which interest most women. 'America will welcome and support improvements in
By BERNIECE HEFFNER
Secretary-Treasurer of the Ameri-
can Federation of Government
Employes
dun got out an ‛s mos* heah now!"
“Bless de Lord,” the old woman
exclaimed, “but bow’d he git out?
He ain’t dun busted out, is he?”
“Naw, mammie. De Gov’nor jist
sint down an’ axed his pardin and
told him to go home.”
over affairs of the village and na-
Talking Things
< )ver Together
» of meat, two parched pieces of
ad and three soggy potato chips
nd pay 30 cents!
steal that time, it certainly is doomed now.
Those who profited billions during
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THE LABOR MESSENGER—ORGANIZED LABORS ONLY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER IN HOLSTON
were not very successful.
Maybe you’d better bring him
in,” suggested the girl.
of righteousness shall reign in life ! most conservative and American of
would be most helpful to discuss by one, Jesus Christ” (Romans l al unions.
ence is used by labor in business
knew it
atures nor
to discuss realistically and objec-
timely the problems which concern
labor. This pioneer labor institute
is a joint project of Rutgers Uni-
versity and the New Jersey State
Federation of Labor. The pattern
of the depression, the institute con-
sidered the unemployment problem.
In 1934 therecoyeryprogramtheld ord of creation, to that whieh
tion was becoming focused more shouid be engraved .on.tthe u nder.
and more upon the international, standing and heart with the point
scene. Labor’s contribution to the of ‘ diamond’ and the pen of an
derense program came to the fore ange (PAKe * _
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women can still be worked more stored to first-class citisenship. en-
than 54 hours a week or 9 hours a titled to all the rights, security and '
day in emergency war work. That opportunity accorded to free labor
law was suspended for the duration in our democracy.
I. . ... . ,g,Legislative observers who have V
body until Senator Taft came been talking to legislators, both old
along , and new. agree that there is a very
Shall we hang a man for the good chance that some sort of anti-
murder of one—and not hang those labor legislation will be passed by
who were responsible, through con- the s0th Legislature, unless a tre-
centration camps, slave labor and mendous amount of work is done
executions, for the murder of mil- between now and then.
be discriminated against just be-
cause they are women. I expect this j
convention, therefore, to go on rec-1
ord unequivocally for the principle .
of “equal pay for equal work." The
WEDEN wiLL usE
•ANDS HEREDFORE
ser ASDDE FOR DEFENSE
ERSOCIAL REFORMS -
among WHICH WILL be
PAID VACATIONS
. Housewives
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4. It isn’t really the "closed
4 1 shop.” It’s the American shop, and
Fairfax M7I
brother but
and women in the Government ---------
service. Our union has introduced only through economic action,
several resolutions on this subject. tion starting from the bottom, from
and I am confident that the Ameri-|the common man. Consumer Co-op-
strongly supporting resolutions en-
dorsing the Wagner-Ellender-Taft ns a i opxacilollve ua aav ----
Bill, which contemplates a sound . ican Federation of Government Em- l— --F---- ,
for the construction of I ployes, I am directly interested in but it can never be accomplshe
promoting the welfare of both men through political action.
REGULAR SAVING
PAYS YOU WELL . . .
... peace of mind and
vecurity. Save at Houstos
First Federal, where savings
ore insured op to $5,000.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Executive Board: B. F MeClellan, E. W.
Cantwell, George A Wilson, W W Strong,
O. M. Aaron, Lucille MeAlpine, G.R
Hatten, Sr.,F. J LaVallee. A- S McBride.
appropriate — whether formal
representatives from the educa- i
tional institution and the labor
had told Cain he should not kill his
the workers of our Nation. And we
look to it to adopt policies which
will lead to lower prices for the
Nation’s consumers.
Today women’s place is no longer
exclusively in the home. Millions of
— , _ Private—Sure, what my wife
Well, inflation has a free hand, shortage because she had heard used to give me when I came home
Italian Doges and Shylocks—and commissions and manufacturing
eventually Italy went Fascist, No profits. Business principles have
yr , “The harmony and immortality of;
topisss,selectedubythencommmitee man are intact. we should look
in 1931, when we were in the throes ।
away from the opposite supposition
... . ie‛s as American an institution ax I
“Adam and Fallen Man it th. ice cream. I began in America. in
subject of the Lesson-Sermon which Boston, in 1664.
... .ni.willberead.in all Churches of s Elimination of the American
The firstastep insettinguPAint Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. No- sh op would eliminate collective bar-
bor institute is the establishment vember 10. gaining. which is guarantee! by1
The Golden Text is: “If by one Federal law
WaEag20nEBANATHAMP,
IF (T HAS THIS UNION LABEL IT
is ONION-MADE -DC BEST
HAT AT THE PRICE !
treason. No line can be drawn be- between large-scale farm operations i Congress to grant to all farm
--------------- tween these two. If a man tells you and a huge Industrial plant—except workers the social security benefits
out war effort. Now 1d the days by the State Federation convention, that he loves his country, yet hates that hired workers on the big farms of old-age insurance and unem-
of reconstruction the emphasis is A recent development in some Labor, he is a liar. If any man tells are still being treated as second- ployment compensation, the mini-
parts of the country is the evolu- you he trusts his country, yet he class citizens. They are barred by , mum and maximum hour pro-
tion of the labor institute into one fears Labor, he is a fool. There is law from all Social Security bene tactions of the Fair Labor Stand
, . ,0 । jointly sponsored by labor and man- no country without Labor, and to fits, barred from the protection ofards Act and the economic rights
Although most of the institutes agement in the interests of better leece one is to rob the other." - - -“5 ... --
have followed the general pattern industrial relations. _______
44 a week, from the present 9 and At this convention, the American
"Woh.1 can" do that." said the to avoid this age old scourFe,.that
to be. surprise for isrsvs
cultural enterprises which run fac- him.
set up in 1931 has been followed in
New Jersey every succeeding year :
and has served as a model for simi-
for newly married couples to make efforts to obtain improvements in
i good start in family life. There- the social security laws to provide
fore, we women delegates are h- **-----“a- d—edent ehildren
By inserting coins and pushing a
button, a ticket can be secured to
•any one of 16 suburban stations
from a robot installed in Philadel-
phia this week by the Pennsylvania.
The machine even makes change
and is said to be slug proof.
OFFICERS OF HOUSTON LABOR AND burger, slice of piekle, slice of
TRABEs COUNCIL onion, mustard J, bun—all for
"kEhicatten a nickle? Now you get « slice Vt
George A. WIlaoe w ilted lettuce, a .liver of apologetie
tomato, a smear of mayonnaise, a
The things that interest me most illness in the family is her great
at this’ convention of the American j worry and her special concern. So
shortage is making it impossible We count on them also to back our
s tandaenducattonsoxrtthr.™ -- (Romans 5:19).
mittee are in themselves a valuable [
educational experience.
A survey of the themes of the
annual institutes at Rutgers will, _ .. . w _ . wa
show how timely have been the Scripture., by Mary Baker Eddy
country within the next ten years.
But people can’t buy or rent
homes and raise families unless
they have good jobs with adequate
pay. An* it is only through the col-
lective action of their trade unions
that the great mass of workers can
improve their wages and working
conditions. So you can see why the
women delegates have a natural in-
terest in furthering these basic ob-
of the national emergency, and it Now let me make one point clear.
corrected upon
attention of the
Any erroneous refleetior
upon the character, standing
or reputation of any perzon
firm or corporation whiet
gazed coldly at the woman, obvi-
■ ously their mother, who descended
on them with shrill cries of:
Commissioner Maureen Moore, that ers and their families can be re-
are better tMe to get a perspet live ----- z. voctors ana awyera uave . .
on their problems and those of oth- That later proved to measure six closed shop enforced by the laws of K
ers to see how they all fit into the feet tall. the state. You have to join their «
pattern of economic life. Here they And, lest you think I’m handing you union before you can practice law
do not determine policy or pass; a myth, or medicine. So why penalize men
resolutions but talk thins over its name was Smith, who work with their hands by mak
ing it illegal for them to have their
A cautious man espied a gleam of unions?
brown; 3 What have labor unions done?
Was it a deer, or Jones, a friend They have brought better wages,
-------- from town? better and safer working condi-
cation Bureau in initiating the Rut And while he pondered at the.riv- tions and a better standard of liv
gers Labor Institute sixteen zea: er‛s brim ing not only to their member*, but
ago was to bring together the woEd Jone* potted him. also to all the people who work, in
of labor and the world of learning —Anonymous. eluding farmers who benefit when
working people have more purchas-
s change these laws so that the
reason I And then there’s the woman who
otgutsensethevarbdactntdrestssot Educatiomal Forums
the workers in different sections of At on ven
the country. Some of the institutes. A modification of the labor insti:
particularly those of shorter dura- tute is the educational forum held
tion, concentrate on specific and in conjunction with an annual
local problems. Some find that sev- State Federation convention. An
eral sectional or group meetings additional session is held before the
held at the same time, with reports convention open* or one or more
made to general sessions, better fill convention session* are devoted to
their needs. At the Third Annual educational matters or objective dis-
Montan* Labor Institute held this cussions of current labor problems
summer, in addition to two general The Bureau’s sixteen year* of
sessions on each of the three day*, experience with its labor institute
delegates divided themselves into program have proved the value of
six group* meeting concurrently this form of workers’ education.
Another variation is the use of where labor representatives talk
the institute as a type of workshop things over together under trained
to plan a specific project. For in- leader*. These institutes have
stance, in Colorado the State Fed- taught the workers not what to
eration and the University of Colo- think but how to think, so that they
have been storing-up for these
many moths since the end of the
war—millions of dollars worth of
zation which I represent is the new-1 The National Farm Labor Union needed goods .How uwill,y In debt
a exis toratianugak.; “ f !
Way of Life. I suppose some people may.won- • laborers and their families. BY or Old American Custom! Easy credit i
The Nebraskans are quoting der why farm workers should be ganization and collective bargain- high interest-"Your Credit
what some mighty great Americans organised and what they have to ing, we hope to gain for them year- GOd With the Monopolist." “Get:
have said about unions, but the gain from association with the round employment on farms and in Good Credit Rating," the first
most pointed of all the quotations trade unionmovement.._____ Step toward the poor housel .
is that one from Abraham Lincoln: Well, agriculture has grown up, help of the American Federation of t Everybody in Debt is the'
••All that serves Labor serves the From a practical point of view Labor, of which we are now a part, of the financiers today, i
Nation. All that harms Labor is there is not much difference today | we will endeavor to prevail upon They might just as well say, “Put I
the yoke of oppression on our fath-.
ers, our mothers, our brothers and
our neighbors. Put them in slavery
and they will produce more for our
pirate's coffers.” “Put a debt on
the shoulders of an ambitious man I
------ . , ——-----— . . . 2 and he will produce more.” Could
the Wage-Hour Law and deprived of the National Labor Relation* Words be more traitorous to
of the legal guarantee of the right Act. democratic America? And yet this I
Our union baa a big job ahead of was the all-consuming cry of our
business leaders in 1929; and here
support of all fair-minded Amer- “ sems “Ke stat twiddling our
54. But it look, like the thing to do Federation of Labor is going to bat making real democracy a living thumbzandaletnth y finan irnaso
fact in American agriculture, depression againt shall we walk
the streets and join the relief line.
NICE DOGGY again? Shall we Fail in'’ and hold
A Wealthy woman asked an as- out our tin for thepolitician’ado.
sistant in the wool department of a nation again? Shall we lose those
tog .hop for instructions on how houses and autos, those ?
to.mawbdisthedotasked the are almots P.H fort Shall we be
salesgiri The woman’, illustration, sold down the river just beruse
- • someone wants to make more than
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“Get that thing down- Haul it
down this minute!”
“Go on,” somebody shouted, “let
them have their fun.”
The mother stabbed a hand to-
on by that eighth century ghostin wardhthebluetk; she wailed. -If,
choice is either Fight or Fear-j™? "I*™-
• ’ other rolution. Leave it H VSH
we shall have
big issue the 65th annual
it ion of the American Feder-
f Labor, now at its half-way
By H. L MITCHELL tories in the fields. These large
President of the National Farm plantations which operate in com-
Labor Union petition with the small farmer, oft-
en wring their low production coats
This is the first time I have out of the sweat and blood of hired
served as a delegate to the annual band*, worked for long hour* at
convention of the American Feder- low wages in peak seasons and then
* "002.2 FEDEa
FOR VETERANS
F. H A
AND REGULAR
MONTHLY REDUCTION
LOANS
♦ Aftar 90 days our loans ce=
be paid before maturity.
ie the tide of unrest that is devel-
oping in the ranks of la>o agu-ni
price control in its present form.
Before June 30 we had a fairly
decent and effective price control
law. But the last Congress refused
to extend the law in its original
rpttonmpcturst ! Our’govetnment under threats of । friars there!
tunity to see them off the screen monoply’s big business ha* forsak-1 __ ... 1
. Eot ” rhormeamanner "
you had been ably to build up a
Ismail savings account during war-1 SURVIVORS’ BENEFITS
The widows and approximately
90,000 children of husbands and
--------- . 1. fathers who died as a result of , n ,
dollar* They are scraping the. bote World War II service are receiving Houston 8 Friendliest Bank
tom of the barrel. Their lust 1S monthly compensation benefits.!
: unsatisfied. Veterans Administration reported. :
It would not be so bad if they Compensation for each widow is
would be pleased with just getting set at $60 monthly and 118 for one 1
your savings but that is only the child, plus $15.60 for any addi-
beginning. After they have taken tional children.
1 your savings they will flood the 1___________________________________
market with all those goods they -----
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Ciff L Bauman
10511 Munn St Hou-ton 15
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mark, is the great national problem form. It adopted an entirely new 1
of the moment— what to do about law which in operation has proved The capitalistic economy is the |
economic controls. incapable of holding the line. In- best in the world, but as long as its !
Our seven million members are stead it is forcing prices of many principles and conduct is based on |
deeply disturbed by the confused necessities of life to go higher all the methods of Shylock and the
post-war situation that still per the time. It has become a profit Doges of the eighth century we can j
sists more than a year after V-J guarantee law, in place of a price live in fear of starvation, sickness,]
Day. Their representatives who are control law.
- g serling as delegates to this con- As a result, working men and
,I Rightnow,, i.Nebras working vention are just about convinced women and all eitizens in low-in-__, ------------- ,
* 5 on.. I contitutional amend- that drastic action ia necessary to come group* have suffered and are by of the sorriest nations of the
againsttacont tution he aonda -nd wartime shortages and boost continuing to suffer. They can't buy the world, a nation of dictatorship,
ment from that ttit. peacetime production. The over- the things they want and need at intrigue, purge, -isms, and starry-
shoptromsindtspend lots of whelming feeling here is that the any price and are frequently forced eyed promises with feet of day.
.r Mo." in the .tate-wide cam- tendency of the Federal Govern- to pay twice as much for inferior That nation accuses us of complete
: Irvine to convince 1 250 000 ment to maintain tight controls substitutes. They insist a new way failure in the wiping out of human
Senator Taft of Ohio declare* the P n / ■ . that'the over the Nation’s economic life is1 must be found. In his keynote ad- misery and suffering, strikes, lock-
1 Nebrask to Xnd tieTr ronstitu- not doing anyone any goodneith- dress to this convention, President Outs, lack of medical attention, and ;
ProPos un-American Perhaps, if e i labor, nor business, nor the pub- William Green declared that the failure to give place to human val-
tonans wiimokat what Nebras- lie as a whole. time has come to end all pnT con. ves >n the market-place. We stand,
—--------------- . having to do to convince I predict that when this conven- i trols with the exception of rent completely accused, with no answer
t and not before. Murder ha* al- people of the soundness tion get* down to voting next week! ceilings and a few other items to the world’s quizzical stare. Our
— been against the law. Thatlottheclosed'hop they will see the it will register a vigorous demand which are obviously going to re- leaders can hold up for world inz
leed not be passed by legis- imnortance of convincing 181 sens- for the immediate elimination of I main ill desperately short supply, spection only one very small. wilted I
engrossed on parch tor and representatives between wage controls. American workers The delegates cheered this state- flower as proof of our existence as I
now and January 21. everywhere are in rebellion against ment enthusiastically. If they con- a nation; that flower called politi- :
Because unless those 181 Texans a Government policy which rigidly tinue in the same frame of mind cal freedom. What a record! Where
I are convinced by January 21, then restricts wage income while the when the issue comes to a vote in are the flowers of economic free-
the members of the Texas State cost of living keeps shooting up- the coming week, organised labor dom, of national health, literacy,:
Federation of Labor are going to ward. Industry also appears ready will go on record for the first time heedom of slums, from poverty.
. have to get out and convince nearly to repudiate the present wage pol- against price control. from unemployment, from mob rule,.
cursed, through the world. Nobody 7,000.000 Texan* one at a time, or icy, as the resignation of the two ------------------ from religious intolerance, from I
has ever objected to that as « the closed shop will be out. industry members of the National The joys of meeting pay the auperstition, child - labor, lockouts,
wrongful punishment—that ia, no Levislative observers who have , age Stabilisation Board indicates, pangs of absence; else who could strikes, sub-normal food needs,
Senator Taft came L— .ni— t. l.cil.taru hoth old Much more surprising, however, bear it?—Rowe. youth delinquency, freedom from
------- political and financial exploitation, the Consumer Cooperatives and
rra IVI •A 1 yes, where is the sunflower of free- fight the Shylocks with their own
1 he women s Angle dom from fear? kind of tools—filling stations, gro-
" We stand accused, accused by the j cery stores, trucking lines, credit
union* affiliated with the American sorriest nation, because our finan- and loan associations, insurance
Federation of Labor are deter- dal giants, or geniuses, have failed companies, housing associations,
mined to put this principle into to progress with our mental prog-1 refineries, canneries, bakeries, dai-
practice, ress in religion, science, and human j ries, clothing factories, or whatever
Every mother is the family nurse, relations. Business is still following is needed for ’ ” .
■ the methods of the eighth century, control retail prices, middlemen *
„ . , ----- . . a. The pardoned prisoner’s young
our financial *ys-,not changed since the middle-ages; brother learned of his release be-
made since the how can we expect anything else fore the ex-convict could reach
------------ ", than slums, poverty, unemployment, home and rushed to tell their moth-
We can grow up financially. We depression and inflation? Only the
___ eliminate all these fears and Co-op method of honesty and fair-
wants and stumbling blocks. We play can do away with the ever-
can get government out of busi- recurring differences between La-
better carefor dependent children ' ness and we can throw the chai- i bor and Management. Labor and
I lenge back into the lap of the die- Capital, Labor and Government.
tators. We can show the world a ---—-----------
made sinners, so by the obedience 1 8. The “right to work is a camou-
man’* offense death reigned by one; 1 6. The amendment would do
much more they which receive greatest injury to the A FL unions,
abundance of grace and of the gift which are well known to be the
meetings and convention*, and most
of all in it* educational work.
Of this the labor institute is an \
outstanding example. Here the It seems, when later on his game
workers meet for several day* or | he spied
over a week-end, usually in the It was his guide,
quiet of a college campus. Away
from the bench and workshop they And one dispatched a rabbit for his
haul
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