Owned and Published By and For Labor Lansing Labor News Official Weekly Newspaper of CIO Labor in Lansing MAIL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. For A Better America 60,000,000 Jobs Vol. 1 No. 27 LANSING, MICHIGAN — SEPTEMBER 20, 1945 $1.50 PER YEAR — PER COPY, 5c WASHINGTON SCENE By TRAVIS K. HEDRICK For Federated Press and Lansing Labor News American armed might, production know-how and man­ power helped the democracies win a terrible war that trounced-international fascism. But instead of American prestige soaring ever higher, it is now at its lowest ebb. One of the reasons, this writer believes, is that the same top-level attitudes toward postwar problems here prevail in our handling of these issues in Europe and in Asia. Because of the fears of Big Business, we are seeing the knifing of both the Full Employment Bill and the Kilgore emergency unemployment compensation measure in U. S. Senate committees. The interests opposing these measures, despite Pres. Harry S. Truman’s message vocally support­ ing them, are precisely the same that have influenced our State department and top military command to discourage upsurge of peoples’ movements abroad. PHILIPPINES FRUSTRATED In the Philippines, for instance, Gen. Douglas MacArthur is protecting the investors and big landowners against the peasan’t demand for real democracy. MacArthur himself is reported to have some heavy financial interests in the islands. Hence he is backing Manuel Roxas, a tool of the Japanese-dominated puppet government of the Philippines, as candidate for the presidency in the insular elections this fall. Over in Korea, the indignation of the people when we ordered the Japanese overlords to continue in office after liberation knew no bounds. ISSUE IN ITALY From Italy, undenied reports tell of the people’s discon­ tent with the joint Anglo-American rule. Our Allied Mili­ tary Government flunkies are feted in the homes of rich fascists, suddenly turned into leading democratic person­ ages . . . while hatred for Americans grows among the workers. HUNGER IN GREECE In Greece, where British armed force backed up by our ever-willing State department forced out a popular peo­ ple’s movement in order to save the monarchy and the wealthy Greeks, starvation is spreading. Workers go hun­ gry, yet the New York Times reported Sept. 11 that the wealthy were dining on squab, lobsters, pork and wine. TOKYO CODDLED When we occupied Tokyo we very carefully refrained from hoisting the Stars and Stripes over the Japanese Diet—or the Imperial Palace. Instead we lifted our flag over our own property there—the U. S. embassy. Imagine the sighs of relief uttered by those comfort­ able Japanese who know how to live in that social level our military men so enjoy. Here is a proper sort of vic­ tor—willing to cooperate with the best people of Japan —the ruling classes. Back home we find those who applaud these sins against real democracy abroad are cheering the tory senators and congressmen moving in to gut hope here for full employ- See WASHINGTON—Page 2 Election For Timekeepers Is Ordered Timekeepers at Oldsmobile will vote soon at an election in or near the main time of­ fice on whether they want to be represented by the UAW- CIO. An NLRB announce- ment ordering an election held within the next few weeks was received Monday. Their patience nearly ex­ hausted by a wait of six months after signing appli­ cations for union member­ ship last spring and request­ ing an election, they hope that the NLRB announce­ ment will mean the union can go to work soon on negotiat­ ing wage increases for them the same as for others in the plant. Union representation, they feel, will give them op­ portunity to take up other problems in a proper and ef­ fective manner as they arise, too. WOMEN INCLUDED The NLRB statement made it plain women timekeepers would be included in the union and would share any benefits obtained, though the corporation had tried to ex­ clude them by calling them “comptometer operators”. Date for the election will be announced as soon as it is agreed upon by union and company officials. It must, however, be held before the third week in October. Hearst Paper Workers Ask A Strike Vote LOS ANGELES (FP) — Moving for a showdown with Hearst on postwar wage poli­ cies, the Los Angeles News­ paper Guild (CIO) filed for a Smith-Connally act strike vote at the big Herald-Ex­ press, evening sheet that is one of the most profitable links in the Hearst chain. During the long wage­ freeze war period, Herald-Ex­ press workers held still while rising prices bit off 25% or more of their pay. Manage­ ment stalling, the Los Angel­ es guild charges, prevented them from getting even the pay raises they were entitled to under the Little Steel for­ mula. unions publish own paper Lockouts Don't Settle Grievances —Federated Pictures an hour after it reached the stands, this’ AFL and CIO published daily was sold out to news hungry St. Louisans. Publishers didn’t count on such competition when they closed their plants to an AFL paper carriers strike and locked out workers from four newspaper unions without pay. United as Newspaper Inter-Union Counciliation Committee, the four unions won their demand for full pay during the lockout period. Publication of their paper ended when publishers agreed to negotiate the carriers. ATTENTION, G. M. WORKERS’ Your local union is in the process of formulating demands to present to local management in connection with the national demands of all G. M. Workers. These local demands will be presented to local management in an effort to work them out across the conference tables. If this cannot be done your local union will use strike action to settle these demands. As you know, the G. M. department of the Intl. UAW-CIO has presented General Motors with demands for all G. M. workers. One of the most important be­ ing a 30 percent wage increase which must be obtained if the workers are to have the proper purchasing pow­ er in the post-war world. You can rest assured that all demands, both local and national, are reasonable and proper and well with­ in the ability of the corporation to grant. These will be explained in this paper in a series of articles which will contain the facts of labor's case against General Motors. You are warned to guard against the misrepre­ sentations and slander that will be forthcoming in the reactionary newspapers and over the radio, who will assist General Motors in every effort to confuse and divide the workers. So beware of most press and radio reports. False propaganda is even now being dis­ seminated by them. Authentic information about any point is available by sibply calling your local union hall. Signed, John Osborne, Chairman Olds Bargaining Committee Alvin Shooltz, Chairman G. M. Forge Bargaining Committee William Inghram, Chairman Fisher Bargaining Committee HIS NEW BOOK OUT 60 Million Jobs Can Be Had, Says Wallace WASHINGTON (FP) How are we to work out the Roosevelt program of 60 mil­ lion jobs? What are the an­ swers to critics who doubt we can reach the goal of full em­ ployment and a $200 billion national production? Answers to these and hun­ dreds of more questions are set out in clear man to man English in Henry A. Wal­ lace’s new book “Sixty Mil­ lion Jobs.” Published by Si­ mon & Schuster, it hit the bookstores and news stands Sept. 6 in a handy $1 edition and also in a standard book form at $2. Wallace, the friend of America’s common man, has been out of the limelight for several months since he took over as Secretary of Com­ merce for President Truman. But he has not been idle, as even a quick glance at this thoroughly documented and illustrated 83 page book re­ veals. IDLENESS COSTLY In the book, Wallace proves that the U. S. cannot afford unemployment, that jobless­ ness in the 12 year period 1930-41 ran 52 million, or the equivalent to 624 million workers concentrated at their jobs in one year. He blames this on the “planlessness of the 20’s” and figures it cost us 88 mil­ lion man-years of produc­ tion, allowing for normal or frictional unemployment. Wallace estimates this meant a loss of about $350 billion . . . enough to pay for 70 mil- Better Living Should Be Easy, Reed Believes Higher standards of living for workers shouldn’t be too difficult to achieve, states Dean Reed, Lansing PAC di­ rector. He says that a nation with natural resources and physi­ cal equipment sufficient to enable its workers to main­ tain its population in com­ parative comfort while a hundred billion dollars worth of their products was being diverted annually to war is certainly able to afford lei­ sure and plenty for all in times of peace. If leaders of industry and government cannot or will not establish full employ­ ment and raise living stand­ ards, he believes it is time some changes are made, now that the war is finished. Workers and returning veterans will not endure another period of unem­ ployment, boondoggling, apple-selling and starva­ tion,” he said. lion homes at $5,000 each — “more than 3 times as many as would be necessary to eliminate all the slums in the U. S., both urban and rural.” Throughout the volume, Wallace calls for greater pro­ See WALLACE—Page 4 PRESIDENT TRUMAN SAID: We recognize the importance and dignity of labor, and we recognize the right of every American citizen to a wage which will permit him and his dependents to main­ tain a decent standard of living. Organizing Dance Band For the CIO The Lansing CIO may soon have its own popular dance band. Two members of Olds Lo­ cal 652 already have lined up seven musicians and are hold­ ing rehearsals each week at their local’s hall at 1118 S. Washington, with the next one scheduled for next Wed­ nesday evening, Sept. 26. The organizers are Joe Knight, ex-marine, who di­ rects the band and plays vio­ lin, and Ralph Morofsky, drummer. Both are zone 12 committeemen in the factory. They said the orchestra would be available for union entertainment or outside hire. More members will be added to the group, they said, and invited interested musicians to try out for the band. Any­ one interested may phone his name to the Local 652 hall, (phone 45319) and they will get in touch with the party. Over 600 Pay Tribute To Swanson More than 600 attended the testimonial banquet given Carl Swanson at Zehender’s Hotel, Frankenmuth, Sept. 12 with over half a hundred from Lansing, it was reported. Swanson, UAW-CIO direc­ tor of Region 1-C, who resign­ ed his position effective Oct. 20 (erroneously stated Oct. 1 in Labor News last week), was lauded by many promi­ nent speakers, among whom were R. J. Thomas, president of the UAW-CIO; Richard Frankensteen, vice-president; and George Addes, secretary­ treasurer. Judge Elliott of Flint had many kind remarks and numerous other CIO men from about the state were heard in praise of Swanson’s assistance toward clean gov­ ernment and his loyalty and service for labor. As a token of esteem the group gave him a Winchester 303 rifle and a purse for a hunting outfit of his own choosing. Swanson predicted he would probably be in there fighting again soon. He sounded a note of warning about the months ahead, say­ ing labor would need “cool Recommends a Committee To Continue W M C Work A committee composed of the heads of community gov­ ernment is proposed by Clyde Perkins to continue some of the work done by the War Manpower Commission in this area during the war. Perkins, president of the Lansing CIO Council, told the Labor News that the problem of labor-management cooper- -------------------------------------- Nation in fighting our foreign enemies was met successful­ ly by the WMC during the war, but that we now face en­ emies of democracy that are much closer and that labor­ management cooperation must be continued to the fullest extent possible in this new fight. FISHER, OLDS UNION MEETINGS CALLED MONDAY Special meetings of the membership are called by Olds Local 652 and Fisher Local 602 for next Monday afternoon and night to dis­ cuss demands and strike ac­ tion and an assessment vote. Every member of each local should attend these vitally important meetings. FISHER LOCAL MEETS 1111 W. St. Joseph, 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24. OLDS LOCAL MEETS 1118 S. Washington Monday 7:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m., and 2 a.m. Mexicans Are Left Stranded WASHINGTON (LPA) — The plight of 60,000 Mexican nationals who came to this country to work on the hard- pressed railroads as track and roundhouse men may be the subject of a Congressional in­ vestigation in the next few months. Labor organizations and groups concerned about fost­ ering good relations with our neighbors south of the Rio Grande are fearful lest the sudden abandonment of these men and their return to the Mexican border may result in bitterness against the U. S. that will reflect itself in Mex­ ico for decades to come. MOVIES TO BE PICKETED SOON HOLLYWOOD (FP) — Mass picket lines will appear soon in front of movie houses from coast to coast as the lat­ est bid for public support by Hollywood strikers, whose dispute with the major studi­ os is now six months old. heads and positive leader­ ship.” Since the WMC will un­ doubtedly be discontinued, some other agency should be found to carry on this work, said Perkins. He emphasized that we’ll have a hard fight with the home-front enemies of dem­ ocracy if we don’t eliminate the threats of unemployment, insufficient compensation, under-production for con­ sumption, and increased reg­ ulation of industry, labor, business and agriculture. “I don’t believe that the home front enemies at present have the strength to take the reins, but I be­ lieve we must maintain our own strength against them by combining our forces through continuing some kind of labor-management relations in addition to col­ lective bargaining. The one definite evil that will con­ tribute to the movement for a more highly centralized government controlled by a few is misunderstandings created by the fears, dis­ trusts and suspicions in some labor - management groups where no third agency is between them,” he said. Based upon the experience of the WMC during the war, such a group would have a good chance for success in solving many problems of the future, he believes. TIMEKEEPERS WIN A BONUS WASHINGTON (FP) — The NLRB donned white whiskers to play Santa Claus in September ordering Sulli­ van Dry Dock and Repair Corp, to pay its timekeepers a Xmas bonus due last Dec­ ember. Local 13, IUMSWA (CIO) also came in for a bonus. It was recognized as the sole bargaining agent for all em­ ployees of Sullivan Dry Dock, including timekeepers. PICKET LINE GREW LARGER Police Clubbing Doesn't Settle Grievances Mounted police stand guard over this enlarged AFL-CIO picket line in Cleveland—Union labor’s answer to a vicious police charge into striking AFL pickets which injured 14. The pickets were members of District 54, Intl. Assn, of Machinists (AFL), striking the Parker Appliance Co. over a seniority dispute. BUY WAR BONDS went off the air for 15 min­ utes and ABC was silent for a half hour until company ex­ ecutives took over the con­ trols and filled the airwaves with makeshift programs. Transmission was continu­ ing sporadically Sept. 13 as NABET Pres. P. T. Powley warned that the strike would not end until a contract is signed. While the union announced its willingness to resume talks, ABC Pres. Mark Woods said he would not negotiate with the union until the en­ gineers return to work. Also involved in the dis­ pute was the networks’ eva­ sion of an NLRB order as­ signing jurisdiction over plat- ter-turners to the engineers union on the claim that it would antagonize the Ameri­ can Federation of Musicians (AFL). LANSING LABOR NEWS, INC. MAIL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. OFFICE: 109 E. South St. — Phone 2-9621 Entered as second-class matter April 13, 1945, at the post office at Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. A non-profit newspaper dedicated to the interests of the commun­ ity and to the interests of labor here and everywhere. Published every Thursday at the Lansing CIO Council headquarters by the fol­ lowing incorporated body, representing local voting to participate. • BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT—Ernest Miller (Reo 650). VICE-PRES.—Maurice McNaughton Fisher (602). SEC.-TREAS.—Kenneth McCreedy (CIO Council). TRUSTEES— George Jakeway (Fisher 602), William Treanor (Olds 652). MEMBERS—Robert Richardson (Olds 652), Earl Watson, Roy Newton (Nash 13), Charles O’Brien (Reo 650), Maurice Mac Naughton (Fisher 602), V. E. Vandenburg (CIO Coun­ cil), Peter Fagan, Adrian Jensen (Olofsson 728), Arthur Chappell, Woodrow Brennen (Dairy 93), James W. Roberts, Dean Reed (SCMWA 276); Louis Newmark (SCMWA 406); Earl McClure, Melvina Stevens (Hill Diesel 646). ASSOCIATE MEMBERS—Mrs. Robert Atkinson (Olds Aux.), Mrs. Harold Wilson (Olds Aux.), Mrs. William McCurdy (Fisher Aux.), Mrs. J. B. Eno (Fisher Aux.), Mrs. Evelyn Moss, Mrs. Etta Kenyon (Local 93 Aux.). EDITOR — V. E. VANDENBURG SUBSCRIPTIONS — Included in the dues of participating locals. In­ dividual subscription, $1.50 per year by mail. CONTRIBUTIONS—Should be typed double-spaced on one side of paper and signed with author’s name, phone and address. Name will not be used if requested. Notes on news not written up but containing complete names and all the facts are acceptable too. Mail all contributions to Lansing Labor News, P. O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. McArthur Still Anti-Democracy Shortly after American forces took back the Philippines, the Lansing Labor News called attention to the apparent preference of General MacArthur for dealing Japanese collaborationists instead of Philippine patriots in the re­ storing of the government of the island. And now in Japan further evidence shows that the Gen­ eral continues to favor forces opposed to democracy. This is so apparent that a New York newspaper, P. M., said in a recent editorial : “He has done nothing to clean out the old ruling gang who made the political decisions that the Gen. Staff carried out, nor the industrial gang who furnished the sinews of war because they lusted after the fat profits and power that would flow from the Greater Asia Co­ prosperity Sphere. . . He has done nothing to wipe out the system of police repression by which the Japanese fascists terrified what democratic opposition there was. In fact, he has allowed the Tokyo police to add to their strength the Kempei-Tai-—the Japanese military ges- tapo, notorious for murder and torture. “He has done nothing to break the grip of the big in- dustrial monopolists. In fact, the latest thing he has told them is that they ‘have nothing to worry about. No wonder they praise his generous attitude. They may have nothing to worry about, but those in Japan and those outside who want a peaceful Asia have plenty to worry about. WASHINGTON SCENE (Continued from Page 1) ment and help over the transition period ... at a sorry little $25 a week for 26 weeks. These are the people who say we must “control la­ bor" with the Ball-Burton-Hatch bill; that we must force the workers to accept a formula from a stacked deck that would prohibit strikes and yet not provide any plan for obliging employers to meet adequate wage standards. These are the people who are yelling bloody murder that every effort to do something for the work­ ing class—for the vast majority of America's millions —is a threat to their precious “free enterprise system." These are the people who would set the returning GI's mind against the men and women who worked long hours on assembly lines in factory and plant to pro­ duce the goods that made victory possible. GOTTA WHATNOT? ' WASHINGTON (LPA) — Price controls have been lift­ ed, OPA says, and now it’s okay to ask what the market will bear for that antique gimcrack that you resurrect­ ed and toiled over—if any­ body wants to buy it. “Hand decorated furniture rebuilt from substantially different articles of used furniture,” is what OPA calls the stuff. Some people are less gentle. They say white elephant. The Korean, the Filipino, the Italian ... all of those we are wronging abroad by our support of their oppressors . . . are organized to protect the basic rights of all demo­ cratic peoples against our unfortunate foreign policy. Their struggle is against far greater odds than we face here on the domestic front. They will have to begin from scratch. We here have our unions and can demand a hear­ ing from our Congress. — BUY WAR BONDS — IT IS HIGH TIME THAT MORE OF US DID SO. Italians Are Barred From Optical Firm ROCHESTER, N. Y. (FP) —The United Electrical Ra­ dio & Machine Workers (CIO) demanded an investigation by the mayor of discrimination by the Bausch & Lomb Opti­ cal Co. against workers of Italian descent. “It has long been the gen­ eral practice of such large firms in Rochester to discrim­ inate against Italian-Ameri­ can workers,” the union char­ ged. “Only since the war when the serious shortage of manpower was evident, and since the establishment of the FEPC, were large numbers of Italian-Americans employ­ ed.” A survey made by UE mem­ bers in a section of the Bausch & Lomb plant reveal­ ed that 22% of the total pro­ duction workers were of Ital­ ian descent. Twenty-eight percent of all workers survey­ ed were laid off, 43% of the total layoffs were Italian- Americans and 51% of all Italians employed in the sec­ tion surveyed were laid off. Pointing out that these workers have won their right­ ful place in industry, the un­ ion requested that such “rank discriminatory practices pre­ viously established not be Til- lowed to return, now that vic­ tory is won.” Strike Halts Broadcasting Over Networks NEW YORK (FP)— A sur­ prise strike by members of the Natl. Assn. of Broadcast Engineers & Technicians (un­ affiliated) Sept. 12 snarled up radio programs from coast to coast over two of the major networks, the American and Natl. Broadcasting compa­ nies. The men who work the complicated radio control boards walked off their jobs at 6 p.m. after negotiations with management for a union contract broke down. NBC NOTHING TO IT Bilbo Gets Short Reply FORT WORTH, Tex. (FP) —Sen. Theodore Bilbo, white supremacy advocate from poll-tax Mississippi, received the shortest answer on record when he asked Pres. O. A. Knight whether “you permit Negroes or persons of Afri­ can descent to join your Oil Workers Intl. Union.” The CIO official’s answer was simply: “Yes.” STOP DEPRESSION LABOR URGES NEW HAVEN, Conn. (FP) —A united labor protest meeting here Sept. 12 de­ manded that Congress accept its “responbility for enacting into law measures which will help prevent another mass de­ pression.” Industry Plots to Sell Radio Radio Sets Pretty High BUY WAR BONDS WASHINGTON (LPA Ex­ clusive) — A high-powered drive on the part of the radio industry to get outrageously high selling prices for new ra­ dio receivers has been uncov­ ered here. The Radio Maufac- turers Ass’n, trade pressure agency, went to the extent of coaching their member manu­ facturers on exactly how to force OPA to grant higher prices—and incidentally high­ er profits—on the new sets. It has been known previ­ ously that the radio parts manufacturers were “on strike” until they got higher prices. This is confirmed by a Production Bulletin mailed last week from Washington to the members of the Ass’n. “The radio industry shut­ down, both production and employment, is continuing be­ cause of OPA pricing policy on civilian radio,” the bulle­ tin starts. Commenting on the wire, the RMA bulletin reported that “Replies of the compo­ nent manufacturers almost uniformly stated that they could not and would not pro­ duce under the OPA program ,and urged immedate relief ac­ tion by OPA. Statements gen­ erally were made that virtu­ ally all of the OPA 'increases’ in its decisions on prices ab­ solutely precluded civilian pro­ duction and employment.” Council, who presided at the rally, William Miller, chair­ man of the Philadelphia CIO’s veterans committee, and the Rev. Marshall Shepherd, who made a Strong plea for FEPC. Support our advertisers. Around The Shops By George Nader During the past few weeks labor has worked out a pro­ gram for action. In the past four years we have had to take it easy. We took it easy— we saw some of our gains olst _ we saw collective bargain­ ing turn to collective beg­ ging. We saw dissention in our locals, lack of interest among our membership—yet there was not much we could do. Government agencies were glow on the trigger. Some people have found fault with the leadership— because it was an easy cause to follow—in reality, we were weak in the rank and file. We did not support policies set up by our leadership due to be­ ing disguested. I am blaming no one now, although I have felt the time to fight the hardest is when the odds are the greatest. Also, we were behind the eight ball—this country was in war, we were in no position to act. We had to go through the slow pro­ cedure set-up. That is now water over the dam. We can —we must act now, if we are to survive. We have a policy outlined. We have a program, which if concluded successfully, will insure a wage increase to meet the rise in the cost of living. We must stand on the state­ ment that workers are not concerned with how much they get per hour—but with how much that dollar will buy? The value of the buy­ ing dollar determines how much one must receive to live an American standard of liv­ ing. They talk about returning soldiers being concerned about work stoppages. Those I have talked to are concerned with full employment—with winn­ ing the war at home—the war against destroying Amer- ican workers’ gains, against making millions while work ers starve, against politics instead of honest representa­ tion of all the people. They wonder—has it all been in vain? Did we win the war for all the people? You and I must help to make the an­ swer. We must preserve, pro­ tect America now. An Unemployment Bill to protect workers who through no fault of their own are out of work, must be passed. It will not create idleness as en­ emies of labor and capitalists claim. It will insure a sound reconversion program. Write those who are sup­ posed to represent you. Write now. Let us again—be the UAW we were—let’s be active. As we contributed to make Amer­ ica ready for war, as we con­ tributed to win the war—let us contribute to make the peace, make sure that Ameri­ ca, with all groups having equal opportunities, shall con­ tinue to lead the world. Let us not forget. No one attacks if you are prepared. Let us be prepared—let us act not as a single unit, but as millions strong. It can—it will be done— American workers have prov­ en, they will prove again. We can’t be licked when we’re right—and we are right. Full Employment Day Is Named By the Mayor PHILADELPHIA (FP) — Gathered to demonstrate for full employment in the larg­ est rally of its kind held in Philadelphia for many years, more than 5,000 CIO workers in Convention Hall Sept. 12 cheered pledges from their senators and congressmen to fight for jobs for all. The day was set aside by Mayor Ber­ nard Samuel as citywide full employment day. Rep. Michael J. Bradley, spokesman for Philadelphia congressmen, drew cheers when he said: “Labor’s wage demands are conservative. La­ bor is entitled to a decent standard of living for what it has done for the war. I hope leaders of business are here too at this rally because they need the purchasing power that is possible only with full employment. We Philadelphia Democratic con­ gressmen pledge our support to the full employment bill and FEPC.” Myers told the audience that the important task for the nation now is to win the peace by insuring full employ­ ment and warned against en­ emies who are trying to sub- vert the efforts of labor and its friends. “The measure of America’s greatness,” he said, “will be the manner in which the na­ tion discharges its obligations to provide jobs and security for war veterans for millions who labored on the home front to supply the tools of vic­ tory.” The most severe attack on the Republican governor was made by Guffey, who ridicul­ ed Martin’s $18,000-a-year salary and contrasted the governor’s ruthless attitude toward unemployment com­ pensation with his mansion and limousine. Other speakers included CIO Sec.-Treas. James B. Car­ ey, Pres. Harry Black of the Philadelphia Industrial Union Is President Trumen Starting Appeasement? 60 Million Jobs—Where They Can Come From it a success. The proceeds go to the disabled Vets at Percy Jones hospital. Lucky win­ ners were Tony Martin, 301% S. Anthony, and Robert Bent­ ley, 213 E. Walnut, Albion. 50% INCREASES IN WAGES ALLOWED WASHINGTON (FP) — Wage raises up to 40% or 50 % will be permitted in new regulations to be issued soon by Economic Stabilization Di. rector William H. Davis ex­ cept when such increases af. feet the price of the product. Davis said the government’s postwar economic policy aim. ed at raising the present stan. dard of living by 50% in the next five years without af­ fecting the price level. Full employment can be achieved—without overproduction or boondoggling. Here is a distribution of workers by occupation groups from 47 million jobs in 1940 to 60 million in 1950 based on the needs of a prosperous peacetime economy. (From SIXTY MILLION JOBS by Henry Wallace via Federated Pictures) for all would be well advised to consult Wallace’s “Sixty Million Jobs.” It carries a message of hope and promise and what’s more — shows a goal that can be achieved if America’s common folk unite and organize to do the job. This Strike Carried on By Bosses WICHITA, Kans. (FP) — The strike of Kansas employ­ er against paying decent wages is continuing, abetted by officials in the U. S. Em­ ployment Service who plan to limit payment of unemploy­ ment compensation to five weeks. Although about 25,000 workers have been laid off in the big aircraft plants and other war industry here, less than a fourth have found new jobs. Directly responsible for this is the low wage scale, which in many instances would give workers just about half of what they were earn­ ing during the war. THANKS The Committee of the cigar­ ette raffle held by Aux. 76, wish to thank the brothers of the local and friends outside for their support in making WASHINGTON (FP) Having publicly blessed the principle of $25 a week for 26 weeks as the proper sort of emergency unemplo y m e n t compensation for American war workers and veterans, Pres. Harry S. Truman pri­ vately sent a memo to Senate leaders that he won’t insist on the higher benefit figure. Apparently the President decided not to fight the bloc of polltax Democrats and Re- publicans at this time. Whether he later puts up a scrap on other issues is some­ thing only time and politics can tell. Truman’s memo was seen by a number of his former cronies in the Senate and re­ vealed by Sen. Arthur Van­ denberg (R. Mich.) It was quoted as saying that certain portions of the unemploy­ ment compensation measure were necessary while other portions are just good . . . would be nice to have. Because the federal pay­ ment of money to the states to permit a top benefit of $25 a week was not included in the memo as necessary or “must” classification, the conservatives took the lead and we wound up with a Si­ mon pure “states fights” un­ employment compensation bill. The deal is the same that forced liberals and labor to accept the compromise FEPC appropriation — just half of Cooperation of All Nash Locals Asked in Strikes Refusal of Nash-Kelvinat- or managements to settle grievances of long standing resulted in the following res­ olution by representatives of various Nash locals in a joint body meeting at Kenosha, Wis., last Saturday: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Representatives of Local 13, 72, 75 and 206, UAW- CIO, comprising the Nash-Kelvi- nator Joint Council have met in special session on September 15, 1945, at Kenosha, Wis., to con­ sider the grave and growing prob­ lems of the workers in the auto­ mobile, aircraft and refrigeration industry; and WHEREAS: Local 13, UAW-CIO at Lansing, Michigan, has been confronted with the refusal of Management to settle grievances cases of long standing; and WHEREAS: Local 72, UAW- CIO, Kenosha, Wisconsin, has reached an impasse in bargaining on an adjustment for their main­ tenance workers because of the Corporation’s refusal to do any serious negotiating on this prob­ lem; and WHEREAS: Local 75 at Milwau­ kee, Wisconsin, and Local 206, Grand Rapids, Michigan, are con­ fronted with these same problems that require solution; and WHEREAS: Strained labor re­ lationship between workers and Management exists on a national basis concerning postwar rates of pay and other issues of vital con­ cern to every worker; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV­ ED: That this session of the Nash- Kelvinator Joint Council, hereby recommend to the membership of the various local unions affiliated with the Council, that the Joint Councils position of long standing be reaffirmed; namely, that the various local unions comprising the Joint Council go on record to render full moral and economic support to any Or all local unions thereof that may find it necessary to invoke strike action in support of'their grievances with the Nash- kelyinator Corporation. what it needed. At that time as now, Majority Leader Al- ben W. Barkley (D. Ky.) said “it is the best we can get.” And the White House just ac­ cepted that opinion of the Kentucky Senator as law. One word for the current Truman policy is appease’ ment. Perhaps a nicer one is conciliation. But it is highly doubtful if either will help the program outlined in Tru­ man's recent message to Con’ gress is enacted. The Repub’ licans have lined up with the conservative Southern Demo­ crats and there is no way to transform the Democrat party into a liberal machine without changing a lot of seats in both houses of Con’ gress. It is also doubtful if the south can do the job without some real help from the na­ tional administration . . . the kind of active, vocal and po­ litical aid Franklin D. Roose­ velt gave to liberal southern­ ers. OPPOSES PAC WASHINGTON (FP) — A national campaign to organize and train workers to support the employer view and oppose labor’s political action pro­ gram has been launched by the Natl. Small Business Men’s Assn., of Akron, O. Auxiliary 202 Planning Party Regular monthly meeting of the Fisher Auxiliary was held on Tuesday, September 11th, at the Fisher hall. The Auxiliary wishes to in­ form M. P. Baker that he is the winner of a blue wool blanket. Will he please call 59956. There will be a special meeting September 25 at 8 p. m. at the hall. We are plan­ ning a party and urge all members to attend this meet­ ing. We wish to thank everyone who purchased chances on our different raffles. Mr. Ste­ phen Mazel won the white wool blanket. We still have chances to sell on the other articles but hope to be able to announce the winners soon. Watch for the announce­ ment of our coming party! WALLACE (Continued from Page 1) duction at lower prices, more efficiency and higher wages. He says quite bluntly, “No wage is too high if the work­ er earns it.” NATIONAL PLANNING Wallace has the answer for the group that argues “that full employment and free en­ terprise cannot flower to­ gether.” He says the premise of such an argument is un­ tenable; that the argument itself is fallacious. He argues for planning and proves that many cities, great and small, are planning now and “not waiting for either Wall Street or Pennsylvania Avenue.” In broad outline, he calls for nationing planning — a national full employ­ ment budget submitted by the President to Congress each year... and asks for ex­ pansion of this responsibility to city and state govern­ ments. Radar Guarded Allied Leaders THE BUDGET Sections cover housing, new frontiers here and abroad, and Wallace charts the national buget for a gross national product of $200 bil­ lion. Financially, it shows $110 billion in wages and salaries, $27 billion income of propri­ etors, $18 billion for corpor­ ate profits after taxes, $15 billion for rents, royalties, interest and dividends, $20 billion in corporate and busi­ ness taxes and $10 billion in depreciation and reserves. Late in the book, Wallace shows the low cost of full em­ ployment. He suggests that with full employment “we could cut tax collection al­ most in half and still pro­ vide more federal aid for health, housing, education and social security than be­ fore the war. PRIVATE INITIATIVE “What many people do not yet realize,” Wallace writes, “is that with a world needing to be rebuilt, with job oppor­ tunities beckoning from every undeveloped corner of the U. S. and from every research laboratory, the great bulk of the 60 million jobs would be provided by private initia­ tive.” Union members, workers and families wanting to know more about our prospects for the future and how to work for a program of abundance (United Nations Photo) THE INVISIBLE ELECTRIC RAYS of that amazing scientific war secret— radar—can now be disclosed to have played a vital part in protecting the great conferences of Allied leaders. This picture shows British Air Force Engineers atop the Great (or Cheops) Pyramid in Egypt with their radar equipment ready to detect any possible enemy air attack during the Cairo Conference, November 1943, between President Roosevelt, Premier Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The Khepren Pyramid is beyond. In the same way, the world’s first chain of radar stations around the coasts of Britain was already in opera­ tion protecting that country a full year before the outbreak of the European war. They enabled the gallant few R.A.F. pilots to win the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 and were the first operational demonstration of a whole range of new applications with infinite beneficial peacetime uses, LOW WAGES BAR REEMPLOYMENT KANSAS CITY, Mo. (FP) —Low wages are proving a bar to reemployment of laid- off war workers in this recon­ version sore spot. Only about 10% of those registering as unemployed are being placed in new jobs, according to lo­ cal U. S. Employment Sendee officials.