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careful thought to the facts of his
tory, the record now being made, and
an appraisal of the economic situation
that must prevail within the Central
Powers"
In a statement of policy on inter
national labor relations, the conven-
tion declared the exclusion of Rus
slams and others from the Anglo
American Trade Union Committee
should not be construed in any degree
as non-support of the workers of all
the United Nations.
Conference Proposal Rejected
The conventions action was on a
report of the Committee on Interna-
tional Labor Relations, presented by
Chairman Matthew Woll. The report
rejected resolution calling for con-
ference of labor representatives of
the United Nations and for stronger
ties among the American, British and
Soviet labor movements.
Woll said that without depreciating
the services Of the Soviet people it
should be remembered that the Chi
nese were in the war before the Rus
slams, although their bravery was not
SO greatly dramatized. He said the
federation's sympathies went out to
the workers of both these nations.
Woll said international labor CO.
operation generally should come
through the International Federation
of Trade Unions and that the I.FT.U.
has not yet admitted Russia.
s'The federation did not hesitate a
moment in supporting military aid to
Soviet Russia when Hitler unleashed
his legions against that country in
June, 1941," the committee report
noted.
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have been made to assure against
misuse of control of employment"
Speakers Criticize
NLRB Decision
Condemnation of the National La
Dor Relations Board followed sharp
criticism of the board by William
Green, A. F. of L. president; John P.
Frey, president of the Metal Trades
Department, and C. J. MacGowan of
the International Brotherhood of
Boiler Makers.
The board was assailed for deciding
to investigate CIO complaints that
Kaiser had made union shop agree
ments with A. F. of l.. unions when
he had engaged only handful of
employees. Afterward, according to
the complaints, Kaiser hired tens of
thousands of men, none of whom had
ever had an opportunity to volun-
tarily choose a union affiliation.
In unanimous action, the conven-
tion said:
"Unless the board permanently and
conclusively abandons the unjustifed
exercise" of it's absolute power to de-
termine what form and structure trade
union organization should take, as evil
denced "by it's decision in the Utah
Copper Company case and by other
decisions noted in the report of the
executive council, and unless-more
mportantly--the constructive amend
ments of the A. F. of L., which place
reasonable limits on the extent of
that power, then we shall be con-
fronted with a dangerous challenge
to the principle of autonomy and vol
untarism."
Arnold's "Gyrations"
Held Disquieting
In asking investigation of Thurman
Arnold's antitrust activities against
organized labor, the convention acted
on report of the resolutions commit
tee. The report supplemented the ex-
ecutive councils report on the same
subject.
The full report reviewed labor's
charges against Arnold, including the
assertion that he had conducted an
anti-labor campaign and summed up
as follows:
eft iS all foo annarent that the py-
rations of Mr.. Thurman Arnold con-
stitute one of the most unique and
most disquieting phenomena in the
history of the American government" I"
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National Labor Relations Board Decision in Investigation
of Alleged COlusive Union Shop Agreements is De-
nounced-Opposed to Employment Controls

Toronto (ILNS) Actions of two
governmental agencies and of Thur
man Arnold, Assistant Attorney-Gen
eral, were vigorously condemned by
the sixty-second annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor,
as the convention swung into it's sec
ond week.
Hitting at the War Manpower Com
mission, the convention unanimously
declared it's opposition to employment
control by government decree until
adequate safeguards for workers have
been established.
Decision of the National Labor Re-
lations Act to investigate alleged col
lusive union shop agreements between
the A. F. of L. and Henry j. Kaiser
in West Coast shipyards was assailed
as something very close to treason
Renewing previous criticism of Ar
mold, the convention recommended
that Attorney General Biddle investi-
gate whether Arnold has exploited
the prestige of his public office for his
own material and financial gain"
Convention Urges
Safeguards for Labor
A resolutions committee report, by
unanimous vote made a convention
declaration, charged that the War
Manpower Commissions action in
freezing" Western metal miners and
lumber workers to their jobs was
"hastys and added:
"We urge that it be not re-
peated for any special problem
until general safeguards have
been developed and agreed to-"
The convention further said:
Workers who are asked to give up
rights inseparable from personal free
dom must be assured in return of ade-
quate representation of their own
choosing and a degree of social Sc
curity that will make up for loss of
the right to make personal decisions.
Other Safeguards
Are Recommended
"Costs of travel to carry out en-
ployment orders and of moving fam
lilies to new homes should be borne
either by the employer, the govern
ment, or by both jointly.
Equities in social insurance should
be maintained intact. When the
United States Employment Service
becomes the sole agency through
which workers may be hired, or whose
approval is necessary to dismiss work
ers, then the union must maintain
close relationships of cooperation in
order that the right to union member
ship may not be impaired.
"We urge that our representatives
on the Management Labor Policy
Committee (of the Manpower Com
mission) refuse to recommend en-
ployment control until the need is OBJ
vious and until adequate provisions
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Toronto (ILNS). - Emphasizing
complete cooperation of all elements
in the population to insure victory,
Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward, chief
of the Incentive Division of the Navy
Department, told the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in sixty-second an
nual convention here:
81 am not stressing the need of CO.
operation because | think your organ
ization is not doing it's part. On the
contrary, | feel that you and your
members are doing great job.
"But," he added, "I do feel that
your efforts, and those of other ci-
william agencies, must be utilized and
synchronized to a greater degree in
preparation for the greater offensive
operations to come"
Warns of Hardships
Admiral Woodward warned of hard
ships and sacrifices to come, saying
in part:
"I am sure that you realize the
hardships and sacrifices that will at
tend this war. There will be casual
ties at the front, and there will be
tears and broken hearts at home. On
the home front, you will be called upon
to make sacrifices, and to deprive
yourselves of commodities and luxu-
ries which you enjoy in normal times.
"Some may grumble for time. But
eventually all of us will be happy to
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British Rail Workers
Reject Company Offer

London (ILNS). - The National
Union of Railwaymen has rejected the
offer of the British railway companies
to increase the wages of railwaymen
by shillings week, and 3 shillings
for women. A special delegate con-
ference in London insisted on the
unions original demand for an in
crease of 10 shillings per week, for
men and women alike.
The wage conflict between the Brit
ish Railwaymen's Union, an affiliate
of the international Transport Work
ers' Federation, and the railroad COM
panies will be carried to the Railway
Staff National Tribunal, whose de-
cision is binding.
Vote for the tuberculosis Levy at
fbo aIaofiny, Nouaprh har ord
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AFL Condemns Hasty Job Freezing;
Safeguards for Workers Demanded
By Convention; Ask Arnold Inquiry

of Boston, Mass, and Rockland Nov
city Bag Company, and Service Hand
bag Company, both of Nyac, N. Y.
The agreements provided wage in
creases, minimum weekly wages, and
a number of other union conditions.
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Ladies' Handbag Union
Signs Up Three Firms

New York, N. Y.-Samuel Reinlib,
president of the International Ladies'
Handbag, Luggage, Belt and Novelty
Workers. Union, reported that his or
ganization had concluded negotiations
for closed union shop contracts with
the Wilson Manufacturing Company,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-15
MISCELLANY:

Chicago: Uncle Sans wartime
call for more food will be answered
by 1909, 000-acre increase in the
area planted to IA major farm crops
this spring, according to a state
ment of the Middle West Soil I'M
provement committee. ''To make
this additional acreage yield bigger
crops" said the statement, farm
ers will have to rely on soil manage
ment, including intelligent rotation,
application of the correct analysis
of fertilizer for particular crops and
soils and the growing of fertility
building legumes.
London: Seventy Czechs, taken to
Germany for forced labor, were re-
ported shot after strike in the
plant where they were working.
Vichy: The execution of IS French
hostages in reprisal for the assassi-
nation of two Nazi soldiers was an
nounced together with the sabotage
of two more German troop trains in
the occupied zone.
Salt Lake City: Seventeen persons
were killed when a United Air Lines
Mainliner plowed into a mountain
peak while circling for a midnight
landing during a wind and sleet
storm.
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.OUICKIEs' OUT?

The practice of granting army and
navy "quickie commissions" to un-
qualified civilians was condemned
by Rep. Charles I. Faddis of Penn
sylvania, chairman Of a house SUBJ
committee on army matters.
At the request of Faddis, who de-
clared that congress must stop such
action, the house military commit
tee had written into the army pay
bill an amendment requiring that
future commissions be granted only
to graduates of officers training
schools, National Guard and ROTC
officers, or those who completed mil
itary courses at approved schools.
He stated that 'Too many of these
commissions are being issued. 1t
may be true that in certain cases a
man from civilian life is needed for
a commissioned post, but there is
no reason to commission a thousand
Of them"
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MADAGASCAR:
A Coup

n OOUp
When British troops landed on the
French island of Madagascar to
forestall an expected coup by the
Japanese the United States state de-
partment was not long in announc-
ing that this country was in SYM
pathy with the move.
British sources explained that the
move was made after the Laval
French government in Vichy had
played host to visiting Japanese Of
ficials en- route to Berlin. And thus,
continued this story, the Vichy gov
eminent was very unlikely to put
up any opposition to a movement by
the Japs to seize the important is
land which is considered vital base
for guarding the sea lanes in the
Indian ocean off the east coast of
Africa.
Retaliatory action by the French
was to be considered as an act Of
aggression against the entire group
of the United Nations, according to
the u. S. state department and this
country, with Britain pledged to re-
turn the strategic island to France
after the war.
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COMEONE called Dick Bartell,
- now with the New York Giants,
"a ball players ball player" The
irrepressible Bartell is something
more than that. He is "everybody's
ball player"
Born 35 years ago in Chicago, now
In his 18th big league season, Bar
tell is still travelling at his top speed,
as full of flame and smoke as he
was ten years ago. If all ball play
ers hustled up to the Bartell stand
ard the game would pick up much
faster pace.
They've moved him around from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to New
York to Chicago to Detroit and back
to New York again in this 16-sea-
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FOUR DESTROYERS:

A new worlds record was estab-
ished at Kearney, N. j., when four
destroyers slid down the ways in a
mass launching which Gov. Charles
Edison of New Jersey described as
"the equivalent of splendid naval
victory"
The destroyers were the U. S. S.
Fletcher, the U. S. S. Radford, the
u. S. S. Quick and the U. S. S. Mer-
vine. The exceedingly brief time in
which they were constructed plus
their condition 600 per cent COM
plete) were the factors responsible
for the worlds record.
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WAR LABOR SUPPLY:
Reaches High Peak

Chairman Paul v. McNutt Of the
War Manpower commission has es-
timated that the number of men en-
ployed in war work by the end
Of 1912 may reach II SOC, 900, COM
pared with 100000 at the begin
ming of l941.
McNutt said that although labor,
like materials, must be re-directed
for war production purposes, no
draft or RECOMMENDATION Of workers
is contemplated. -
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CORRECIDOR:
CHAPTER Ends

Even as the first British Comman-
dos were landing on one important
island ESee Column Tsoo-Madagascar:
A Coup, American troops were en-
gagged in their last stand for the
Philippine island fortress, Corregi-
dor, in Manila bay.
For almost a month since the
fighting had ended on Bataan,
American forces commanded by
Lieut.. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
had been holding this fortified rock
against terrific air and artillery
pounding by the Japs, thoroughly en-
trenched on Luzon, across the bay.
The Jap's final assault ended after
about two days of constant hammer
ing from big guns and aerial bombs.
When the first Jap landings on the
island itself were reported, military
experts in Washington could see that
the end was near.
It was from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's headquarters in Melbourne,
Australia, that the blunt announce
ment finally came: General VAIN
wright has surrendered Corregidor
and other fortified islands in Ma
Mia harbor." The other island
strongholds in addition to Corregi-
dor are Fort Mills, Fort Hughes,
Fort Drum and Fort Frank.
Then from Washington, the war
department reported that it had
". received a message from
Corregidor that resistance Of our
troops has been overcome. Fight
ing has ceased and terms are being
arranged covering the capitulation
of the island forts in Manila bay"
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RUSSIAN FRONT:
A Pledge

If the Russian soldier can fulfill
his pledge to Josef Stain, 1912 will
see the final defeat Of Adolf Hitler's
military might. For from Moscow
came the report that Russian SOL
diers all along the 2,000-rnile Ger
man front had taken an oath to
make this the final year Of the war.
Meanwhile other Russian dis
patches told Of a strong drive by
Marshal Timoshenko's Red army Of
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RESOURCES:

Strong opposition to the war de-
partment's plan to lower the draft
age to is or 10 was seen in congress
as Louis B. Hershey, national selec-
tive service director, instructed
state draft directors to include men
Of the 20 to 81 and SO to A groups
in the June calls.
At present the army and navy both
are accepting voluntary enlistments
of Is and 19-year-old youths. Lower
ing the minimum draft age would
make approximately $500, 900 young
men eligible for CONSUMPTION.
An alternate plan was suggested
by Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida.
This would call for the pre-draft
military training for those less than
20 years old. Success of either pro-
posal depends largely upon the war
departments ability to convince the
house and senate military commit
tees that they have exhausted mill
tary man power resources in the 20
As age brackets.
However, Paul v. McNutt, chair
man of the War Manpower commits
sion, stated that no draft or regi-
mentation of workers is contemplate
n
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AUSTRALIA:
n Jan Headache

For over a month the United Ma
tons had been letting the world
know, with Japan included, that
their strength in Australia was as
Stunning increased proportions.
American troops in large numbers
have been poured on to this CONT
inent to aid in its defense and to
participate in the expected offensive
action to recapture the East Indies
and the Philippines.
Evidence of this increased
strength has been indicated by the
news dispatches Of hard-fought air
battles off the coasts Of this irnpor-
ltant outpost. In one weekend, Al
lied headquarters reported a toll OF
20 Jap planes destroyed and four
Jap ships blasted by planes in scat
tered battles to the north and north
east.s In one thrilling 35-minute
lfightia four-motored Jap flying boat
was severely damaged. ~
This activity added impetus to the
reasoning projected by military
strategists to the effect that Japan
was concentrating naval forces pre-
lparatory to flank attack on U. S.
communications in the South Pacific.
Japan must cut these vital lines
liz she would stall the threatened
offensive against her. With the u. S.
occupation Of the French island Of
New Caledonia these communication
lines of the United Nations have
been further secured.
: Alarmed by this news, Japan's
opening moves were seen coming
from the Marshall islands either
through the Gilbert and Ellice is
lands or through the Solomon islands
and the New Hebrides. Added to
these developments was the earlier
report that strong Jap naval forces
which had gathered in the Bay Of
Bengal as q threat to India had
suddenly disappeared. Only the Japs
knew where they were headed, but
the United Nations expected next to
see them along the sea lanes be-
tween San Francisco and Sydney.
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JUCOSLAvIA:
Harvesting Hitler

Out of Istanbul, Turkey, came a
report that the Nazis were being
forced to send additional large num-
bers of troops into Jugoslavia to
quen the general attack by Gen.
Draja Mikhailovitch's Serbian army.
Guerrilla warfare and sabotage
have been sweeping the area in in
creasing degrees since the passing
Of winter and sending of Nazi forces
here on the eve of Germany's spring
offensive was good news to the Rus
slams.
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son pilgrimage, but they haven't re-
moved any of the old pep that packs
his 148-pound system.
The veteran Giant still spells ag-
gressive with capital A.
It's all quite simple when you talk
to BartelL
IL happen to love baseball" he
says, "and like to hustle. Once in
q while I find the old legs are not
what they used to be, but short
rest always takes care Of that. It's
the legs that get you, not the batting
eye. Last year in my 18th season I
still batted 1903 in 104 games, a few
points above my all-time average. I
hope to beat 800 again this season
with any luck.
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NAZI wARSHIPS:
Three CrippIes

Last February when the three
Nazi warships, the battleships
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, and the
cruiser Prinz Eugen, made their
startling escape from the Nazi-held
port of Brest through the English
channel, a naval offensive in north
ern waters to cut the United Ma
tons Arctic supply line to Russia
was foreseen.
Now the British admiralty has ex-
planned why such action has been
lacking. An announcement from this
source indicates that the three ships
will be out of action for some time.
They were severely damaged, say
the British, by torpedo and bomb
ing attacks in their channel fight,
and by British mines and subma-
rine action later.
Thus instead of six powerful war
ships to smash at British and U. S.
fleets, the Nazis have only three
capable of immediate action.
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Candhii's Defense

Mohandas K. Gandhi once more
proved his power over India's
masses when the All-1ndia Congress
party's working committee decided
to urge policy of ''non-violent non
cooperation" if their country is in
vaded by Japan.
The Congress thus returned to the
ideas of Gandhi in spite of the more
belligerent attitude of Jawaharlal
Nehru and other party leaders who
have stated that India must fight.
Peace-loving Gandhi has advanced
his policy of non-violence to the
point Of opposing the scorched earth
policy.
The British government again, took
the blame for midas stand. The
Congress party's resolution declared
that such a policy was necessary.
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NoTEwhen opinions hes: columns
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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Whatever morbid fate may attack
Bob Pastor in his next start, prob
ably against Joe Louis, you can still
hand him two records.
z No. He deserves some brand
of woodland chaplet for leading all
ex-collegians in the heavyweight
group. No other campus-educated
dome has yet matched Pastors
place among the major leather
chuckers. Ex-collegians have found
few happy hunting grounds in the
ring.
No. PA near record from the
prophets corner. Pastor informed
your correspondent last summer
that he would win at least ten
straight fights and thereby get his
third crack at Joe Louisa some
what strange ambition.
The rubbery heavyweight has
more than kept his promise. A
combination of gameness, smart
ness, speed and experience has lifted
the ex-Violet more than once from
near oblivion.
We are not quite sure, however,
how smart a fellow is who spends
most of his career trying to spend
his evenings in the same pit with
Joe Louis.
A Big Sho,u
Paul v. McNutt, federal security
administrator, has suggested set
of American Olympic games, with
the as states in a hot scramble for
supremacy. nH
This would be a homegrown,
homemade show of unusual interest,
loaded with arguments and intersec-
tional debates. It would have to be
something more than q state-for-
state contest, where the job Of ham
ding California in track and field
might be more than any other single
state could handle. California, with
Dean Cromwell and others handling
unlimited talent, would have a de-
cided margin. But this isn't the
only angle that might be worked out.
First there could be a state by
state ranking. Also, there could be
an intersectional battle bringing
East against West, or North against
South. Or there could be other SUBJ
divisions-East, Midwest, Far West,
and South.
The main McNutt idea has un-
limited possibilities. It could be
worked into matter of state pride
and sectional pride, on par with
any college football rivalry. And it
would be big lift for nationwide
interest in harder, keener training.
Here is an idea that should be
worked out under proper direction
without too much waste Of time.
The Roosie Crop
Unless the draft scythe operates
shortly the rookie crop % 1912 will
be high above the harvest Of last
year. Oscar Judd, Yank Terry and
Johnny Pesky Of the Red Sox; Nam
ny Fernandez Of the Braves; Will
lard Marshall of the Giants; Stan
MusiaI of the Cards; Hal White Of
the Tigers; Bert Haas Of the Reds;
Vern Stephens Of the Browns these
are only few who have at least
shown they belong in big league
~.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Corregidor and Other Philippine Forts
Fall After Constant Pounding by Japs;
Eastern Supply Routes Safeguarded
By Allied Occupation of Madagascar
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WASHINGTON SPRING

WASHINGTON.-I came back to
Washington by plane one afternoon
in order to attend the party given
by the Washington Newspaper guild
for the purpose of raising money to
send delegates to the National News
paper guild convention, and for the
benefit of army and navy relief.
Washington is at its most beautiful
at this time. All the Towering
shrubs are out and the spring flow
ers are everywhere. One cannot
help but be impressed by the beauty
of this capital of great country.
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the Ukraine, which cut deep into
the Nazi position in the Donets in
dustrial basin. This wedge would
offer an effective obstacle to the
German offensive aimed at the oil
of the Caucasus.