Evening star., 1942-09-04
President Devotes
Full Week End 10
Labor Day Message
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President Roosevelt, canceling
all his weekend engagements,
turned his full attention today to
preparation of his Labor Day
message to Congress and "fireside
chat" to the Nation which will dis
close the Governments new plans
to check imitation.
Winding up the Nations first war
time observance of Labor Day in "a
years, the Presidents speech Mon
day night may present a general
review of the war and its impact
on American economy in an effort
to make clear the necessity for
drastic moves to keep the cost of
living under control.
The exact nature of the controls
cannot be predicted with any GER
tainty, since the President is under
stood to be withholding final de-
cision on detailed methods until the
last moment. There Is no doubt
however, that his objective is to sta
bilize wages and prices, including
those of farm products. Most au-
thorities believe he will delegate
powers to an overall economic CO.
ordinator for carrying out the
program.
Few Holiday Layoffs.
The war effort will have a marked
effect on observance of iabor's ira
ditional holiday itself. For the most
apart, workmen throughout the coun-
try will stick by their production
jobs, according to an Associated
Press survey It will be no holiday
for most Government workers here.
There will be some parades, but
most cities will supplant the all
labor theme by more military
motif and in virtually every case
war production workers not nor
mally off duty will continue their
labors in the mills and factories.
The idea that free labor will
vim was underscored by the Navy
in announcing that $50 warships,
many of them small vessels, would
be launched or their keels would be
laid in shipyards of 27 States on
Labor Day.
The leaders OF the two American
labor groups, Philip Murray of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, and William Green of the
American Federation of Labor, both
are scheduled to speak. Mr.. Green
will address an Omaha Labor Day
rally while Mr.. Murray will speak
at New Kensington, Pa. Federal
Security Administrator Paul v, Nc
Mutt also will speak at Omaha.
Nationwide tire rationing prob
ably will serve as brake on the
customary American pastime of
making Labor Day motorist's s
nightmare and in the gas-rationed
East the effect doubtless will be
even more severe.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New
York sought to alleviate this situa-
ton somewhat by appealing to the
city's 100000 persons to stay at
iloIiic anu eiiJUy IIlelI OIt-OVeTlOOReQ
recreational opportunities.
Rail and bus lines expect 1912
travel to reach it's peak on Labor
Day with homebound vacationers.
schoolbound youths and week enders
vying with troops on furloughs for
transportation.
The National Safety Council pre-
dicted a traffic toll of 400 killed and
1000 disabled permanently between
6 pm. Friday and midnight Mon
day, compared with 600 killed and
1,500 disabled last Labor Day week
end
At Nashville, Tenn, the Navy will
launch a subchaser in the Cumber-
land Rivera product of the Nash
Vile Bridge Co., and at Baltimore
two Liberty ships named for Labor
Leaders John Mitchell and John w.
Brown will be launched by Bethle-
hem-Fairfield shipyards. Other
launchings will be held at Philadel-
phia and Chester, Pa.
In Buffalo all warplants will oper-
ate as usual.