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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Demand OPA
Move Fast On
Price Control

Boston, Nov. THE Office OF
Price Administration has fallen
down on the job of keeping prices
on a level keel. and its rationing
program is only piecemeal, Presl-
dent Murray declared in his con-
vention report.
Murray cited the work of the
OPA Labor Policy Committee. made
up of CLIO. ALL and Brotherhood
representatives, which was estab-
lished after many major OPA poll
cies had already been set and which
consequently has "been under con-
siderable difficulty In attempting to
have OPA policy reflect the attl-
tude and viewpoint of labor.
MANY controversies and con-
flicts in viewpoints have arisen
that on occasion have threatened
continued functi0ning of the COM
mittee."
Presidents of three CLIO unions
were appointed to the committee
to represent the CLIO. President
Murray reported to the convention.
They are Emil REEVE. Textile Work.
ers Union; Joseph Curran. National
Maritime Union; and Sherman S.
Dalrymple. United Rubber Work.
ers. Alternates are Robert Oliver
for Rieve. Hoyt S. Haddock for Cur
ran. and Herbert Dawson for Dali
rymple.
The committee has been critical
Of a number of OPA policies, de-
clares the report. 1t found that
OPA has attempted to influence
wage policy: that price control has
not effectively prevented unwar-
ranted increases In consumer goods
comprising the major portion of the
wage earner's living costs. and that
the rationing system docs not util-
ize the possibilities of overall ra-
tioning as an effective method Of
initiation control"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

ent painless method that sends
huge war orders to areas Of man.
power shortage. of housing short
age. transport shortage and the
like.
I'VE have reached the stage
where we must recognize that the
nation must be organized as a
gigantic production and military
unit" the report concludes. Our
manpower problems today and in
the future result only from failure
to organize the entire productive
unit.
Neither c0mpulslon nor volun-
tarism without organization and
planning will solve any Of these
problems. IL we have manpoweR
chaos today. q Job-freeze merely
freezes chaos"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

"It II extremely unfortunate
that the nature of these bills and
discussion which has been f0s-
tered by the groups supporting
them have been permitted to
them have been permitted to
divert our attention from the
real issues posed by our man.
power situation" Murray writes.
CENTRAL UNIT
Calling for an end to this con-
fusion that delays about mobiliza-
ton of all our resources and thus
holds up war production for the
offensive and victory. Murray urges
unified approach to the problem
together with all other related war
issues.
1.-THE CLIO proposes" he writes,
"that we meet our production
problem along with all of our
war production snages, our mate
rial shortages. by immediate de-
clsive action to bring our war
time organization under q single
unified command.
NEED UNIFIED CONTROL
ave propose that labor, man.
agement and the government
join I'm bringing the functions OF
procurement, Of industrial and
manpOwer mobilization and or
ganization under q single joint
control"
Such a unified control would see
that contracts are allocated with
the manpower situation as a basic
rather than the pres
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

dealing with the question.
This failure is at the root OF the
difficulties our war Industries are
having In getting sufficient man.
power to the proper places at the
proper time, the report points out.
1t Is also reflected In the rash OF
plans now jumping into print for
compulsory manpower legislation.
and in the recent food of contra
dictory statements from a dozen
different agencies on the manpower
crisis.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Freedom IS
Paramount
---Murray

Boston, Nov. 1.-THE fate OF our
nation and all its beloved freedoms
are paramount TO everything"
President Philip Murray proclaimed
in the introduction to his report to
the 5th annual convention of the
CLIO, meeting in this historic city
this week.
with this in mind our path Is
clear" the introduction says. THE
Clio is forging record INSTR
passed in this war effort. This has
been possible because of the unity
that comes with organizations; and
the stronger we build the CLIO the
more we can contribute.
"This is the spirit In which I sim
cerely hope this convention moves.
Because the CLIO has grown in eco
nomic and political Importance our
responsibilities to our membership
and to the citizenry are greater.
AID UNITED NATIONS
1--WE must ever keep In mind
that the CLIO Is an integral part
of this nation and that we must
lend our suppOrt-all our support
to the United Nations. Because
OF freedoms there are unions and
because of unions these freedoms
will be preserved"
In the conclusion to the report,
Murray expresses his thanks TO all
the members employed on the staff
of the CLIO, both national and To-
cally. and declares:
1.-THE ever-increasing strength OF
the international affiliates. reflect
ing as it does the basic objective of
the CLIO to organize the morgan
ICED is a particular source of pleas
ure to the president of this organ
ization. The leaders of these vari-
Gus affiliates have my sincere grati-
tude. I sincerely hope that the COM
ing year will find their organiza-
tions growing stronger each day."
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Vast War Contributions
Of Go Told By Murray
Report Urges
Second Front,
AH-Out Effort

BOSTON, Nov. Victory in
our country's war for national
existence requires total mobili-
cation of all our resources and a
land offensive against Nazi Ger
many, President Philip Murray
asserted in the opening section
Of his report to the fifth CLIO
convention meeting here this
week.
ave are engaged in total war
which requires the total mobiliza-
tlou of all our people and all our
resources" he declared. "In order
TO win this war we must bring
every ounce of strength we possess
into immediate offensive action
against the aggressors. There can
be no other course; either we crush
our enemies quickly or we are
crushed as a nation and reduced to
slavery as a people"
URGES PLANNING
Labor must take leadership In
tho struggle to put the nations
full strength into the war, to see
that all war problems are dealt
with In a planned, rational man
ner, and to see that the peoples
earnest desire for the supreme
offensive-the second 'front.'" L.
carried out.
1--WE must hasten the day Of VIC
tory II civilization Is to be saved
from complete determination" Muir
ray said. Labor must assume lead
srship to accomplish this end.
"The immediate task before US
n to translate the war effort Of
the people into immediate and
striking offensive action. This
calls for swift and complete con-
version Of the nation to total mo-
billzation."
The need for planning on a ma
tional scale is stressed throughout
the opening section of the report.
In this. Murray cited the consis-
tent demand Of the CLIO for an over
Continued on Page 81
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Coke Council
Given Charter
By Clio Board

BOSTON = A sharp protest
aginst bureaucratic delays in
the War Labor Board and
against collusive contracts be-
tween the AFL and the Kaiser
shipyards on the West Coast
came out Of the pre-convention
meeting Of the CLIO Executive
Board held here today.
The board also took action to
grant a charter In the CIO to the
United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Workers. formed of unions that
broke away from the domination OF
John L. Lewis empire bounded by
District so Of the United Mine
Workers of America.
PRECEDED CONVENTION
The meeting of the board begin
ming Thursday was in advance OF
the opening of the fifth constitu-
tlonal convention of the CLIO at
the Hotel Statler on Monday,
Nov. 9.
"The executive board by unanl-
nous vote decided to protest the
collusive agreements that have
been made between the Metal
Trades department Of the ALL and
certain shipyards on the West
Coast. particularly the Kaiser
yards" Pres. Murray said.
HIT COLLISION
This collision. Murray revealed,
has gone to the extent that the
ALL Metal Trades Unions are now
trying to prevent elections in West
Coast yards that would decide
which union the workers there
wanted to represent them. The
executive boards action was for
warded to the National Labor Re-
lations Board in a formal resolu-
tlon passed by unanimous vote.
Earlier in the meeting the board
heard speeches from Jack Tanner,
president Of the Amalgamated En-
cheering Union and Bryn Roberts.
head Of the National Union of Pub
lie Employees, both Of Britain. Both
visitors who came to the CLIO meet
Ing as unofficial fraternal delegates,
stressed the need for United Ma
lions trade union unity as a vital
step toward winning the war.
At a dinner rendered to them by
the executive board, Tanner and
CONTINUED on Page ~
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Manpower Crisis Seen
Result Of Failure To Plan

o
OF
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
THE SUICIDE SET

The President recently made it known that Olive
den Set in Washington ready to sel OUT the country
for the sake of their selfish interests France
sold out by the Vichy group; and he warned the
country of their nefarious scheme for negotiated peace
with Hitler But the country is menaced by another
class Of unorganized to be but they constitute
dangerous threat to the counrys safety through the
operation of their suicidal color prejudice which bars
every tenth man in America from participation in the
counrys defense 1t is difficult to reconcile their dis
crminatve action with ordinary understanding of the
nature of the struggle in which the nation finds itself
The manufacturers of material and the official
heads of the Army Navy and Military Aviation ought to
be intelligent enough to know that defeat
German and Japanese aggression shall need every
of available man-power the country muster
Rejecting account of color seems criminal stupid
ty in the face of the growing danger 1t plays two
into the hands of the Axis powers 1t only gives
them ammunition for their propaganda to brand American
democracy spurious and hypocritical but it also slows
up production at time when superior production has an
open chance to shorten the and bring it to vctor
Gus end. Will the folly only when bombs make
rubbe of cities and forced to recognize our
common humanity hudde in the recesses built for
civilian refuge?
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
MASSACRE DAY

The observance of Boston Massacre Day this year
under circumstances which suggest change from
the usual character of the days exercises. On past
casions the ceremonies have been recals tngy dra-
matte of the yrannical conditions which led to the sacr
flee of Attacks and his four compatrios King street.
named State street, in Boston, and appropriate
tributes to those martyrs who died that independence
might be realized in America After nearly two hundred
years of living and thriving free from foreign ntermed-
ding engaged in a brought to our shores
by Germany and Japan for the proclaimed purpose of
depriyng of the independence and freedom which
the rootbed of democracy and of substituting in
their stead the subjugation of the people to the State
with abysma debasement the swift and certain fate of
Americans of color.
1t seems, then, that next Thursdays occasion might
well take form patriotic appeal in behalf of the
tional effort. Emphasis then would be on the need
of making clear what the present armed conflict
and the sacrifices which will be asked of all of order
to out of it victorious The people must be told
the blunt truth now, though it is harsh and bitter
so that under fore warning they may steel themselves
with resolve to endure everything required of them,
soldier and civilian alike in the defense of Americas
freedom during the crucial days ahead.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
Dies In Liberia

Continued from Page One)
the Liberians that altho Faux
ner was later duly elected as
President of the Republic of
Africa at the last election and
recognized by the American
government, political enmity
kept him from his rightful in
auguration. His brother, DR..
Faulkner, deceased, formerly
practised and ran a drug store
on Shawmut Ave, Boston, on
one of the corners taken over
by the Lenox st. project, (the
first colored drug store in South
End. Four Faulkner brothers
gave their endeavors to the
black Republic.
Two sisters survive: Mesdames
Sarah Mosley a n d Harriet
Jones of Brooklyn, New York,
both formerly English High
School Girls.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
THE CoLoRED PRESS

National Newspaper Week, March H. sponsored by
Delta Phi Delta Journalists Society," will the
115h anniversary of the founding of the Coored Press
wings Over Jordan tomorrow morning will pre-
sent Editor p L. Prattis of the Pittsburgh Courier and
next Saturday the Columbia Broadcasting System will
present Claude A. Barnett director of the Associated
Colored Press which 112 publications in
American. Be sure to tune them in your radio
This, the fourth Delta presentation of National News
paper Week, will have its theme 1.-THE Coored Press
and Americas War Effort" The subject of unprece-
dented interest leaders not only in Washington but in
Toxic, Berlin and Rome
The Colored Press is the only accurate mirror re-
hecting coored opinion All the world is looking into
mirror What the Colored Press has say widely
quoted every capital of the world and what the
Coored Press will say during National Newspaper Week
will greatly affect the propaganda powers of the conflict
ing nations Never before has the Coored Press held
such powerful place in world affairs
What grand tribute to lis years of sacrifice by
colored men and women who abored not in vain to give
powerful voice to Americas largest and most loyal minor
ity group!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28

is Significant that our air.
plane building program calls
for a relatively small proper
ton of pursuit planes, which
are primarily instruments Of
defense, andfo r a high pro-
portion of long-range bombers
and dive bombers, which are
entirely instruments of offense.
Where will the United Ma
tionS strike? No man can an
Swer thatno W. Much will de-
pend on what further successes
the Axis achieves. Now that
Singapore is gone, tremendous
numbers of Jap troops, fully
equipped, can be used for the
assault on the Dutch East IN
dies, India, and even Australia.
Every position Japan has taken
or will take must be won back.
There must eventually be air
attacks on Japanese industrial
areas. Africa-where the Ger
man forceSu nder Rommel have
retaken much lost ground
must be placed firmly under
Allied control. Finally, most
military authorities are GER
tain. distasteful as the thought
is, that the war cannot be end
ed without an Allied invasion
of Hitler's Europe. He must be
beaten, in short, on his home
grounds.
This is a project which stag
gers the Imagination. BY COM
pariSon with this war, World
War I was only a skirmish. It's
demands on our resources and
our population are already in
finitely greater-and will De-
come greater still. 1t is not on
ly possible but probable that it
will last five years or more. To
recapture lost positions, espec-
tally when over-water opera
lions are involved, is almost in
variably a slow. costly and tor
tuouS job.
At this moment, the princi-
pal American British task will
be to muster sufficient naval
strength to deal with the strong
German surface fleet which
took the incredible risk of at
tempting to escape from Brest
virtually within sight Of the
Dover Coast-and succeeded. If
that feet is loosed in the At
lantic, as it no doubt will be
after repairs are made at
Helgoland base, it will be the
worst threat which has yet
appeared to Britain's long At
lantic lifeline. It's destruction
or immobilization is vital.
1t may be another year De-
fore the United Nations are in
position to wage offensive
war on a big scale. But no one
can now logically doubt that we
must wage that kind of war
if we are to win. The Axis has
effectively demolished all past
concepts of the potency of &C.
fensive warfare.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
UNITED NATIONS MUST
WAGE OFFENSIVE WAR
May Invade Europe

The great lesson of World
War II is this: victory belongs
to the aggressor-to the nation
which carries the battle to the
enemy. Hitler and his Axis
mates have consistently fol-
lowed that principle. They
have not hesitated to take the
greatest risks if the possible
gain was worth the gamble.
Theirs is the most daring plan
of warfare in the history of
armed conflict.
The grave losses which the
United Nations have taken
may be laid, in part. to the
once-commonly held belief that
it would be possible to fight a
defensive war and still via.
France pinned her faith on the
Maginot Line which her mill
tary leaders said was impreg-
nable-and today she is a beat
en-, starving, slave nation. Eng
land at first thought she
could bring Hitler to his knees
through the use of that classic
weapon, the block ade-and
today Hitler is moster of all
Europe, and exploiter of all its
resources. At tire beginning,
Russia too placed her hopes on
defensive positions, such as the
socalled "talin Line" and saw
them destroyed by the invader,
almost as if they were made of
paper. Not until the fine Rus
sian troops took tire offensive
was the legend of Na1 invinci-
bility shattered. The last ex-
amples-of the fallacy of de
fensive warfare is found in the
fall of Singapore, the greatest
naval base ever built in the
world. The English believed
the Maylayan jungleS would
make land attack on this bas-
ton impossible. The Japs
proved otherwise.
Here in our own country,
most of us have been defense
minded" instead of war mind
ed" The great natural barrier
provided by ouro ceans has
been our solace. We took pride
in our latent power, and
thought that no nation, least
of all Japan, would dare at
tack us. And SO, at last, de-
cadeS of defensive, wiShful
thinking-decades of inaction,
decades of avoiding unpleasant
truths-have resulted in the
grim series of debacles to
which we and our Allies have
been subjected.
We are changing our views
fast now, In military circles
and to a lesser extent in the
public mind, the fact that de-
fensive war is losing war IS
being fully accepted and real
lied. The blueprints are be-
ing made for taking the battle
to the foe once our potentially
limitless power in men and
weapons can beor ganized. 1t
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
John Haynes Holmes
Speaks on Sunday

Jonah, The Whale, and
Ninevah: An Old Story for
New Times" will be the subject
of the address by DR.. John
Haynes Holmes, minister of the
Community Church, New York,
at oJrdan Hall, Sunday, March
1, at 1890 a m. DR.. Holmes,
world traveller, author, editor
of Unity, Americas most color
full preacher, will answer ques-
tons at the close of the SER
vice.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
Churches
GLOUCESTER
PRESBYTERIAN
1921 fremont st.

Last Sunday Rev. Benz. An
derson, minister-in-ch charge, for
merly assisting at Tyelfth Bap-
fist church, preached morning
and evening. His II o'clock
subject vas Making Light of
Life" Matt. 1913. The 7 p IN
service subject was "Thy King
dom Come" Matt. 25:31-41. IN
the absence of Mr.. Anderson at
the mid-week service and
Council meeting, Mr.. Arm
strong and Mr.. Bighams led the
services. - Mr., Anderson is
confined to his home for a fey
days-Mrs. Fanny Mclean is
convalescent at Rest Heaven.
Mrs. Fanny Moss is recovering
from a cold. Remember them
in your petition.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
FOURTH METHODIST
Req. S. NJ. Riley, IT., Pastor

1890 a m Holy Communion.
Sermon by the pastor. 1890
p m Church School. A. May
ers, supt. 5 p m Preparatory
Membership Glass conducted by
Rev. Stokes. 6 p m Methodist
Youth Council, Norman Wood,
president. 1880 p m evening
vesperS, Rev. Riley speaking.
Sunday, March 8, supper by
Youth Council Young people of
the Wakefield Congregational
church guests.-Sunday, March
IS, Bishop G. Bromley Oman.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
Recent Deaths

Funeral services for Joseph
Evans, 191 w. Springfield ST.,
Thursday, February 10, from
Johnson'S Funeral Home. tn
torment at Fairview Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Carrie Benjamin, 22O essen St..
North Revere, Tuesday, Febru-
airy "a from Eastern Ave. Bap-
fist church, Maiden. ]. B. john
son. Undertaken. Interment at
Woodlawn Cemetery.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28

372nd On
Parade

New York-On the evening of
Feb. IL splendid program was
given at the Harlem Y. M. C. A.
1t was Lincoln Day Program
on which distinguished men of
our race took part. 1t was
broadcast over Station WOR., N.
Y. c. Among those appearing
were; DR.. Peyton Anderson,
chairman Of the Board of Direc-
tors, Harlem Y. M. c. A., and
Rex. Ingram, de Lawd' of
Green Pastures The Deep
River Boys gave some fine num-
bers. The GRIND Infantry was
ably represented by our brilliant
Commanding Officer, 1t. Colonel
E. o. Gourdin of Cambridge,
Mass.
Many people from other
States have written to us in
quiring about the fate of the
French Liner Normandie, re-
named the Lafayette. In order
to answer their inquiries intel
ligently we took a trip down to
the Hudson River where we saw
the huge ship lying on its right
side, a pitiful hulk, where it
capSized few days ago. We
made a few inquiries and some
answers were ridiculous, others
evasive, and still others were
quite accurate. The news has
been going the rounds here in
N. Y. c. thru the press, thru
Radio Commentators, and by
the Army Grapevine Route, and
as nearly as we could separate
the wheat from the chaff, we
found the following: First, Of
about two thousand workers on
the great ship sixty per cent
were said to be Frenchmen,
FascistS and other enemy aliens.
and due to the hypocritical and
prejudicial policy of the Navy
no colored were working in any
important positions or at stra-
tegic points from which a fire
might have been set. Secondly.
mattresses are said to have
been soaked in gasoline, and,
thirdly, fire extinguiShers are
said to have been filled with
gasoline instead of water. The
civilian police officers guarding
the dock get real mad when one
speaks of the possible Congress
Sional Investigation of the whole
affair. They tell us that it was
an accident but the more Sensi-
BILE people believe it was sabot-
age. Many people here are con-
stantly running OF at the mouth
with monkey-wrench-th throwing
statements in vain ezorts to ex-
plain the affair to suit their own
guilty conscience, but on listen
ing to them one is impressed
that they may be trying to hide
something.
The members of the GRIND In
fantry share the grief of other
Americans because of the re-
verses and SetbackS for our
Armies in recent weeks. The
fall of Singapore has brought to
our minds in a most vivid man
ner that if we are to win this
war, which We will, we cannot
sit supinely by with the snug
ness and complacency which so
often have characterized us, and
expect speeches to win for us.
This trial of fire, blood and tears
must spur us to march forward
regardless of race, creed or color,
throwing our prejudiceS and dis
examinations overheard a n d
fight this war to a victorious
enc.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-28
IN MEMORLAM

In loving memory of our dear
mother
MRS. LULA M. GRICE
Who departed life March 8, 1941
Sleep on; dear mother, sleep on
And take your rest
We loved thee we'll
But Jesus loved thee best,
Gone but not forgotten.
Eta Dukes, TheOdOsia Good
man, Josephine Gould, Sarah
Taylor, Walton Grice, children;
grandchildren and great grand
children.