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RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-01-16

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RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-01-16
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RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-01-16
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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
CelaneSe Profits

Here's something for Celanese workers to
cheer about:
Celanese Corporation of America announced
on June that new high record of earnings
for any month in its history had been estab-
lished during April. After all charges and
taxes. except excess profit taxes. had been
deducted the profits came to $l.200,000.
On the other side of the ledger. the
workers got raises too-in rents, in food
prices, in cost of furniture, stoves, re-
frigerators, automobiles, and clothing.
The $l.200000 Celanese Corp profit in
April was more than half the consolidated net
profit Of $2.l03.l65 shown for the entire
second quarter of :o40 And the 81 100000
will be split up among stockholders under the
second dividend of fifty cents declared since
March 3D.
Don't the Celanese workers get dividend9
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
Old Age Pension
Union Officers
Outline Plan

"In the State Of Washington
every person will get a minimum
pension Of $40 a month. as well
as free medical attention. after he
has reached the age of 65-and
he doesn't have to be a pauper to
get It." declared State Senator N.
p. Atkinson and State Representa-
tive William J. Pennock in the
June i4th issue Of U. 8. Week.
In an article entitled Design
for Living at 65" these legislators,
executive officers OF the Washing.
ton Old Age Pension Union, tell
the story Of how the people Of
Washington put over q plan which
raised the minimum pension from
$22 to $40. provides free medical
and dental care and increased the
number OF pensioners from 10000
10 10000.
The same issue Of U. S. Week
carries a debate between Mayor
LaGuardia OF New York and CLIO
President Philip Murray on the
rights OF workers as government
employees. a column by Richard O..
Boyer on housing and Including
the Kitchen Stove" regular fea.
ture by Donald Ogden Stewart.
humorist and outstanding Holly
wood writer.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
Class legislation

The actions OF both the Senate and the
House in the past few days furnish a cynical
commentary on the betrayal of their demo-
cratic trust by many legislators who have acted
as representatives of selfish anti-labor interests
instead of representing the common people
whose votes sent them to Congress.
On the same day that the House. by vote
of IA to So. defeated the Casey amendment
to provide an adequate appropriation for
WPA. the Senate passed the Connally amend
ment to the consumption law to provide for
governmental strikebreaking.
Just before. the House had passed the Case
and Pace amendments to the army appropria-
ton bill to destroy the right to strike by giving
decisions of the National Defense Mediation
Board the force of compulsory arbitration.
The anti-labor forces are on the ram.
page in Congress, it seems, passing one
piece of class legislation after another on
behalf of pro6teering employers, while
they refuse TO grant to countless unem-
ployed Americans the meager security of
WPA jobs.
The American people have suffered many
assaults in the past from the agents of selfish
corporate interests who suborn supposed pub
lie representatives into supporting their schemes
for wage-cutting. union-busting and destruc-
ton of the workers democratic rights.
But the American people have never here
tofore taken these assaults lying down. Let us
hope that the peoples faith in democracy is
still sufficiently sturdy, that they will rise
in their anger against the present disgraceful
splurge of class legislation, and let their rep
resentatives in Congress know their sentiments
in no uncertain terms.
None of the present anti-labor measures has
yet been passed by both Houses OF Congress.
So there s still time to bring the members of
Congress to their senses and to remind them
that they were elected to represent the whole
people and to defend democracy. not to betray
it by legislating in the interests of prohteers
who seek to make killing in this national
emergency.
THE Clio NEWS.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19

James Blackwell has left the editorship OF
the VOICE OF LABOR, but not labor itself.
Although he has moved from Cumberland
and the Western Maryland Clio labor move
ment which he helped build to its present
strength. he will undoubtedly aid his FIRST love-
the labor movement. no matter what else he
is doing.
His kind of unselhsh labor leadership is
always welcome in the labor movement over
the country. His kind of labor leadership will
always be needed. Jim Blackwell knows that
and won't stay out OF the movement very long
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
Clio Fights Back

However, bad as is the swift pattern Of
ominous developments here for labor. there
was one beacon light in fighting statement
from Clio President Philip Murray who issued
a call to action for all Clio unions to resist
the march toward an American labor front
on the Hitler model.
Warning that the future existence of organ
lied labor is at stake. Murray exposed the
Administration sponsored moves in Congress
as aimed at destruction of labor unions. He
singled out the compulsory arbitration rider
TO the War Department appropriation bill and
the Connally plant seizure bill for special con-
domination.
The fortnight Murray statement came as
The one heartening development and gave
courage to labors ranks everywhere and to
those men in Congress who still retain some
Of the principles of American democracy.
What makes the situation especially
grave is the unquestioned fact that none
r. of these sweeping assaults on labor could
have succeeded without Administration
sanction. In the House, for instance, lib
erals had beat back several vicious anti
labor amendments and were about to
defeat series of Howard Smith d., Va.)
straight jscketing proposals, when Major
ity Leader John Mccormack d., Mass.)
astounded the House by taking the floor
to support a compulsory arbitration
amendment.
But for McCormacks' last-minute interview
lion there was every prospect that not only
the Starnes-Smith amendments but also the
Case amendment would have been defeated.
Instead the House adopted the Case amend
ment which outlaws strikes and establishes
compulsory arbitration by the National Defense
Mediation Board 1t does this by setting up
a government blacklist against all workers
who take part in strikes or aid on the picket
line in defense plants. All that the Board has
to do to make these penalties effective is to
declare that a strike would impede defense
production and it may do that before making
any findings as to the justice of the workers
grievances.
The companion proposal to this was en-
acted in the Senate when it adopted the Con-
nally amendment to the Selective Service Act
which. in the words of President Murray. is
! intended solely to inject the Government into
levery industrial dispute. with the threat that
If the workers engage in a strike the plant will
be seized by the Government. the strike
broken and the rights of the workers destroyed.
hlIowing which the plant would be returned
- the management"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19

Labor Relations Act. II these amendments
should finally prevail and become law coll
leetive bargaining would become as thin as
soup boiled from the ribs of pigeon that had
starved to death. II is automatic there can
be no genuine collective bargaining where the
right to strike is destroyed
One other Infamous act of the week must
be recorded to I'LL in the picture of Congress
sional axng of labor. The appropriation for
WPA was slashed s. per cent. which means
the dropping of 100000 unemployed from its
rolls. This was on Administration recon-
mendation and over the protests of many
Democratic House members.
Here again an Administration figure
was trotted out to jam through the be-
trayal of the unemployed. Sidney Hill
man, Associate Director of OPM, was
quoted by House reactionaries as saying
the jobless numbered only 4,500, 900 and
that further sharp drop is in prospect.
This is in the face of all official and UNI
official estimates indicating at least
100000 are unemployed. The WPA
itself told Congress there were 100000
unemployed, but careful Clio figures
show 5000, 900 without jobs.
These Congressional actions. plus the work
or-hght and Army strike breaking orders of
the Administration. all add up the most severe
crisis in the history OF the modern American
labor movement Unless the events of this
terrible week can be reversed it is clear that
American democracy will soon become just
another museum piece to be set on shelf
aside the former democracies of the Old
World
-LABORS NON-PARTlSAN LEAGUE
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
DoWn-Twist Briefs

This columns vacation is over,
so here we are back again with
n.twisting news.
Our chairman. John Neal. and
down twisting extends congratu-
lations to Naomi Sheetz on her
election as chairwoman of twist
ing and as a member of the Nego-
tiating Committee. You have our
support and wishes for the best Of
luck, Naomi.
We just found out that our re-
cording secretary. John Falkin. Jr..
is away down South in the Peach
state doing his part for the good
old U.s.A. He'd better watch
those Georgia peaches.
&C" Shift in Block 5 has a new
committeeman. Budries. and we
understand he has been doing
some fine work for Local 1874.
New workers who have just
come into down twist have proven
themselves regular fellows. They
didn't lose any time in joining
the union.
II won't be long before the un-
ion begins negotiations with the
company for a new contract. That
means we've got to attend depart
mental meetings to draw up our
demands for the new contract.
Our next meeting will be held
Monday. June %. so lets all turn
out.
DUSTY JOE.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
COULD YOU?

II your expenses we're doubled
tomorrow could you meet them
without running heavily into debt?
II you had to have more money
on which to live TO support
those dependent upon you-could
you do It?
You could II you had the vitality
afforded by our Chiropractic
Health Service. II has doubled
other mems salaries. 1t can do
the same for you. COME IN TO-
DAY. SEE DIR. JOHN A. CR1ST
DIR. BERTHA JOHNSON. There
are TWO OFFICES for your con.
venience at Is N. Centre st. Hours
/ to and Z to 8 p. NJ. Phone 1875
and ll6 Virginia Ave. Hours 10
A. NJ. to 2 p. NJ. Phone 2772.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
VOID POLL TAX

WASHINGToN.--A petition de-
claring the Tennessee poll tar
illegal and unconstitutional wa
presented TO the U. S. Supreme
Court June 3 by Champion Harris.
Birmingham. Ala. attorney. and
Lee PreSsman, CLIO general coun.
sci, on behalf Of Henry Pirtle. pc.
titioner. The court was asked to
set aside a lower court ruling up
holding the tax.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19

Fifty years of painfully developed Federal
labor policy was placed on the chopPing block
here in a series of actions that marked the
week of June 9 as the blacklist in American
labor history.
Responsibility for the wholesale sacrifice OF
fundamental principles of Government labor
policy must be pinned squarely on the Roose-
welt Administration which overnight abandon
ed not only what earlier Administrations had
accomplished, but its own repeated pledges
and often-stated aims.
In virtual tidal wave of reaction the
Administration sponsored legislation that
advances far along the totalitarian path
of forced labor. 1t embraced compulsory
arbitration, perverted the consumption act
into a strike-breakng weapon, deserted
the unemployed, accepted blanket con-
demnation of strikes, and, finally, ordered
Federal troops with drawn bayonets on
strike-breaking duty.
And the week ended in matchmaking free
for-all with Administration sources outdoing
the Dies Committee in slandering elected labor
representatives.
To add fitting touch of grim humor to
the ugly picture. all these incredible things
were done amidst assurances that it was for
.labors good" Lip service still being
paid in Washington to collective bargaining
in the midst of the ruins of everything that
has made collective bargaining a reality in
this country.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
VOTE ON BOOST

DETROIT. - Chrysler locals OF
the United Automobile Workers
tCIo) started voting June 3 on a
new agreement providing $4,000
900 in raises for 10000 employees
Of the Chrysler Corp. The in
creases are in the form OF an &c
hourly raise and a s45 bonus in
place Of vacations. The raise will
make Chrysler scales the highest
In the automobile industry.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
REM-RAND. CLIO

ToWANDA. N. Y. (FPl--A 3.to-
! victory in an NLRB election at
the local plant Of Remington.
Rand, Inc. was scored by the
United Electrical. Radio q Ma.
chine Workers tcIo). The UER>
NV defeated a company union
by 420 to 1856.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE ROADS PROJECT

STATE ROADS PROJECT
SEALED PROPOSALS for the i'm.
provement Of one section OF State High.
way as follows:
WASHINGTON CouNTY-coNTRAcT
w.is6.62S: This project eontemplates
the grading. draining and suriaeins oil
the East approach to Hssers,own max.
ing connection between the existing sur.
facing on the Haserstown. Frederick Re-
location at the Antietam Creek with tbs
streets Of Hsgerstown. a distance ol
Io47 miles. Concrete Suriae!ng; Qua
Highway Construetionl.
The employment agency for furnishing
labor on the above contract is Maryland
State Employment Service. 10 W. Frank
lin St. Hagerstown. Md.
The minimum hourly wage to be paid
by the contractor on the above project
shall be for Skilled Labor" 1910: In.
termediate Grade. $685.; and for I'm
skilled Labor" 1910.
The attention OF bidders 10 directed te
the Special Provisions covering sub,
to the use OF materials.
will be received by the State Roads Com.
mission at its Offices. Federal Reserve
Bank Building, Calvert and Lexington
SITS. Baltimore, Maryland. until } p. NJ
on the 18th day OF June. 1871. at which
time and place they will be publicly
opened and read. QUALIFICATION or
BIDDERS REQUIRED.
Bids must be made upon the blank
proposal form which. with specifications
and plans will be furnished by the Com.
mission upon application and cash pay.
men, OF 100. for each separate project
as hereafter no charges viii be permitted
No bids will be received unless accom-.
panied by n certified check or bid bond
payable to the State Roads Commission
Of Maryland. as required by Sec. 8
Chapter 76i. Acts Of 1859. OF the amour,
as set forth In the proposal form.
The successful bidder will be required
to give bond. and comply with the Acts
OF the General Assembly OF Maryland. re.
speeting contracts. NO REFUND WILL
/ BE MADE FOR RETURN OF SPEctFi.
CATIONS AND PLANS.
The Commission reserves the right &c
reject any and all bids.
By ORDER Of the State Roads Com.
mission this 3rd day of June. 1871.
EZRA B. WHITMAN. Chairman
L. H. sTEUART. Secretary.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
Guild to Convene

The eighth annual convention
of the American Newspaper Guild
will open in Detroit, June %. The
International Executive Board of
the Guild will meet two days be-
fore the convention opens.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-06-19
neIe Sam, The Slriksbrsaksr

Thus. these two amendments would make
Gle Sam Strike-breaker No. |. 1t is superAu-
10 add that they also wreck the National
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Betty Fields Role

Paramount ended its search fol
a suitable role for Betty Field by
casting the young actress in the
feminine lead of Mr.. and Mrs
Cugat," screen version of Isabel
Scott Rorick's best-selling novel
about the marital adventures Of
young banker and his wife.
Mrs. Cugat," chic and well-to-do
will mark the first "dress-up" part
for Miss Field, whose previous
screen roles have been either OF
the wrong -side-of -the-tracks" va
riety, as in "Of Mice and Men,
Victory" and her current The
Shepherd of the Hills" or of the
schoolgirl type, as in What a Life
Since Betty is also the actress most
often mentioned for the role o1
Maria in Ernest Hemingway's Fol
Whom the Bell Tolls" "Mr. anc
Mrs. Cugat" may well be her only
"joyride" of the season.
Evening star., 1941-08-06

pinch on a couple of weeks earlier,
it was declared.
****
Many and devious were the meth
ods advanced by various crafts
men in an effort to combat the
glamour crisis and maintain by arti-
fetal means that sleek sheen so es-
Sential to the famous Hollywood
limb.
One man was working on spray
ing solution. Another advocated. a
cotton substitute. Still another ex-
pert said bare legs made up with a
special powder base would prove not
only effective but simple to put on.
Meanwhile, Hollywood's leading
hose caterer, Willy de Mond, was
fit to be tied. For the past several
years, Willy has been supplying the
specialized stocking needs of 80 per
cent of the screen stars. Silk stock
ings, lace stockings, opera-length
hose, invisible hose, all these, in
cluding a $4,000 pair of lace castings
worn by Alice Faye in 'In Old Chi
cago"-have been catered by Willy
Today, he saw the very founda-
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Where and When
lCurrent Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Earle Sergeant York inspiring
biogra ply of a heroic soldier: 10:45
am, 1:25, 4, $40 and 9:25 pm.
Stage shows: /, $40, 6:15 and pm.
Palace-"Blossoms In the Dust"
the happy return of Greer Mrs.
Chips" Carson: u, 2:20, 4:45, ITO
and 935 pm.
Keith's-"Tom, Dick and Harry:
Has am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
r9:45 pm.
Capitol-"Ringside Maisie," in
which she meets, of course, prize
fighters: II am, las, 4:30, 7:l5 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: /, 3;45, $50
and 9:15 pm.
Little-"Good-by Mr.. Chips" and
1t is, with this farewell" showing;
II am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:3O and
9:35 pm.
C. o. D." with Bette Davis as she:
1870 am, 1:30, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
Columbia-'Moon Over Miami"
Betty Cradle, technicolor, music:
1l:40 am, lao, $40, $40, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Roadside-"The Bat" the old Bat,
remember: $50.
Cross Roads-"The Male Animal"
that funny thing by j. Thurber and
E. Nugent: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-06
After Eight Years

Anna @. Nilsson, making her re-
turn to films after recovering from
the illness which cut short her
starring career, has been signed by
Warner Bros. for an important role
in They Died With Their Boots
On" co-starring Enrol Flynn and
Olivia de Havilland.
1t was eight years ago, when she
was First National star, that Miss
Nilsson was forced to retire. The
last picture she made for the War
ner subsidiary was The World
Changes"
Evening star., 1941-08-06
tion of his business crumbling

UlUIl UI IllS UQollCoo Vi uiliDlliiss
"Our phones have been tied up "a
hours a day." said Willy. ut seems
every star in town wants to put In
supply of hosiery big enough tc
last couple of years. We're COM
pletely sold out and I don't know
what We'll do. Maybe we'll arrive al
a half-lisle or cotton substitute tC
stretch out our stock. This was the
suggestion of Irene Dunno, and
think it's feasible one"
Willy said his best customer,
Marlene Dietrich, telephoned q huge
order-for so dozen pairs-only q
few hours before announcement of
the Governments silk ban. That's
the last sizable order Willy will be
able to fill for any of the screen
personalities, he says.
X
The man who hopes to trick the
eye with a spray solution Is Wally
Westmore, makeup expert for Para
mount. He's been toiling over a
trick gadget through which a rub
berry solution, much like that used by
special effects men in creating arti-
fetal cobwebs, can be sprayed on the
limbs of the girls-simulating the
appearance of silk hose.
1T sounds pretty complicated, and
gummy," said Westmore, land 1t
certainly is. I have had the idea
in mind for several years, and now
that the emergency is here I'm really
working hard on it. OF course, I'm
not sure it will work out, but I'll
know definitely in few days"
Max Factor, jr., sponsors the plan
for powdering up milady's limbs. He
thinks it's the only logical substitute,
not only for street wear, but for the
eye of the camera-both black-and-
white and color film.
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1941-08-06

their elaborate stock Of artltlceS IN
a desperate attempt to keep the
lovely ladies looking silky-regard-
less of mechanical or synthetic
device.
It looked like a tough order, but
Hollywood has managed many
miracle and studio heads were hope
full.
Wardrobe guardians of nearly
every major lot admitted that only
a 3O-day supply of silk stockings
rested on their shelves. In two
studios the current filming of big
musical productions. with large cho-
ruses and heavy demands on silk
hose and negligee, will bring the
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Impending Silk Famine
Sort Of Panics H'WOOd
Future of Glamour Viewed Dourly
But Makeup Wizards Busy
Selves With Solution
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
I'm the Vacation Absence Of ShieIah Graham


Woe is Hollywood the gntering 1t than months
supply of silk!
the beauties
the
ceod appeal market of the special effect ransackn
Evening star., 1941-08-06

Sorry! No Mail, Phone or c. o. D. Orders
Evening star., 1941-09-16
'FLENTS
/ANTI-NOISE
EAR STOPPLES

On the market since 1927
Do not accept substitutes.
Large box, months supply 81
ut leading drug and dept. stores or
FLENTs PRODUCTS CO., INC,
l05 PARK AVE, DEPT. D.. N. Y.