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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

DAYTON, O.-Funersl services
were neld for the Rev Thomas J
Smith. a. the Zion Baptist church
this week for is former pastor
who died Tuesday at the home Of
a son, Clarence Smith. lnterment
was in Woodland cemetery.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

Hayes has been advancing fast
since turning professional. In his
last bout at Olympia he scored an
Impressive win over Lou Woods,
Detroit middleweight, in the ten
,rounder
&Londes has arranged strong
supporting card for the show.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

WASHINGTON CANP)-Spur-
geon Burke. formerly connected
with Tuskegee institute. has been
named manager OF the new dormi-
tories for men and women,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
Skate Party
DreuCroUd
Last friday

Over a thousand spectators were
entertained Friday night al Forest
club roller rink by the Detroit
Eisht-wheelers clubs second an
nual tollies co!ored with the teen
age experts who take good skating
seriously,
It was amusing TO watch the
waltz, two-s;ep, fancy rolling, now
cities. solos. boos.e-woogie, i.iter-
blgs.ng and even tap dancing per-
formed by the members Of the To-
cal club, who dancea as II they
were professionals. In fact the
program had every known dance
but the new sensation sanding"
and it is promised to be on the
next show
Two Of the top-notch skaters OF
The club were missing Ruth Burtch,
leading girls skater; and James
Hamilton, at The top Of the boys
division did not demonstrate,
To The Navy
Billy Tibbs. who has gotten into
the habit Of stopping the Detroit
skating shows, put on his last show
for the duration. Tibts, son OF
Past Commander Arthur Tibbs, Sr,
Of Tom Phillips American Legion
post. is scheduled TO enter the navy
November 7 as second class mu-
s.cIan He plays a baritone horn
T.obs and his twisting baton tina.
goes spinning IN time with his
smooth easy ska,ins, took enough
bows and applause to break a jeep's
back. HIS brother, Arthur Tlbbs,
Jr., is in the San Francisco Marine
hospital Arthur was shot while
in action with the United States
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

Fancy Trimming
Headlinng the fancy skating
group was l7-year-o,d Robert Jor-
dan. Il is known fact that Bobby
Of Jordan rivals any in the coun-
try for his ability on controlling
his skates in tricky spins, and pretty
turns to the organ music. Curtis
Arnold, Tony Alfred, James Tap
pan and Louis Ware also we're good.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
WHAT FIRE CAN DO

WHAT FIRE can do was spectacularly demon
w strated in New York Harbor when the gigan-
tic liner Normandie burned and rolled over on her
side in 40 feet of water. This super-ship, which
represented an investment of some $60,O0O, 900,
was being converted for use by the United States
Navy. Whether she is a total loss is not yet
known. At best, many months and a tremendous
expenditure of money, labor and materials will be
required to refloat and repair her. And the vast
damage done in few brief hours.
There is a lesson in this for all America. Few
communities possess military assets of great
value. But all communities owe it to the country
to fight fire to standst as a direct aid to the
war effort. Throughout the country, even the
smallest factories and machine shops are being
given arms orders Of one kind or another. A plant
may make, as an example, only a certain type Of
screw for gun-but if that plant is destroyed by
fire the assembling of the finished weapon may be
delayed for weeks or months. War production de-
mands the cooperation of all, from the smallest to
the largest Each plant is part of gigantic chain.
If one link, no matter how seemingly minor, is
broken, waste Of precious time is the inevitable
result. a. u a,
In times such as these we cannot leave the
control of fire to "the other feloW"-we can't even
leave it to the organized fre-fghting groups. We
must all help. We can help by doing everything in
our power to make our own property safe from
fire. And can help by joining in civil defense
organizations which putting fire prevention
high their list Of objectvcs Fire is the ever
present ally Of this nations enemies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
CIT Is TIME FOR PLAIN SPEAKING"

WHILE THE foes Of organized labor continued
W to search for avenues by which all war-produc-
ton faults could be laid at the door of the unions,
the American Federation of Labor had something
pertinent to say on the subject
Both Government agencies and selfish employ
ers were blamed for permitting critical delays in
defense output.
The Federation declared that labor stands
ready to cooperate to the limit to achieve all-out
production, but that some Federal officials and
profit seeking bosses are thwartng this goal.
ut is time for plain speaking" the ALL assert
ed. "Complacency has place in America if we
mean to win this There is not q moment to
lose, yet we find many cases where deliveries are
far behind schedule because employers refuse to
sub-contract war work.
"The War Production Board apparently has
not taken steps to end glaing delays. Hitler can
not be stopped by dilatory tactics Labor calls on
the Government to correct these abuses at once
and put all available plant capacity to work.
The competitive bid system also was blamed by
the AFL for serious lags. 1t has resulted, the Fed
GRAFTON said, in some companies getting many con
tracts while others are forced into dlencSs, their
skilled force laid off and their productive ability
lost in time Of need
TO remedy this, the Government should rely
on negotiated contracts, with adequate safeguards
to prevent eXorbtant profits, the Federation de-
carcd. 1t urged the War Production Board to
''move quickly" to this basis of contracting.
Greater steam should also be put behind the
drive to convert non-cSSental civilian industries
to war work, the AFT. demanded. 1t cited the fact
that though ndustliaiStS and the Government
have Jagged in this respect, unions have pushed
with all their might for conversion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
WAR JOBS GET PRIORITY
AT EMPLOYMENT OFFICES

Washington, ID. c. GLNS).-Work
crS registering at local public employ
ment Offices in areas having an under
supply of labor are being referred to
war production jobs before requests
are filled for workers in civilian pro-
duction, Federal Security Adminstra-
tor Paul Y. McNutt announces
"Grantng preference in labor re-
ferralS to employers engaged in war
production is as necessary to winning
the war as the system of materials and
equipment prioritieS," the Adminstra-
tor stated. in areas where lack of
skilled workers is most acute, pref
erenceS may have to be granted even
as between holders of priority ratings,
and, if so, will follow the priority rat.
ings assigned them by the War Pro-
duction Board
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
BACKS BAN ON PICKETING
ACCOMPANIED BY VIOLENCE

San Francisco ILNS).-The Cali
iornia State Supreme Court, by an
i-to-3 decision, has upheld an iniunc-
tion against all picllcting in labor dis
putcS where violence has been recur-
rent.
\ minority opinion declared the
courts action would tend to prohibit
all pickcting in California.
The decision was handed down in an
action of the Elm Oil Co., Long Beach,
against the Oil Workers International
Union, ClO. The Supreme Court up
held part of Los Angeles Superior
Court injunction, including an order
against all piCketing by the oil work
crS against the company.
''Whcre past picketing has become
so irrcvocabIy blended with acts of
violence, physical intimidation, or
other unlawful conduct as To give rise
to IL iuStitiablc belief that future
is likely to result in Il CON
tinuanCc of the Illegal act" the ma
jority held. IAN injunction restraining
a labor organization from any and all
lies within the equitable
power of the court and does not CON
Stitute an infringement of the right of
free speech"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
DEAR DIARY

WE AMERICANS can win this war. We can win
W it by making weapons fast enough to turn the
tide against the Axis. And we are making them,
faster and faster every day, for more and more
plants are being changed to war work.
In many communities all the factories in the
town have pooled their machines to manufacture
weapons. They're small plants-too small to
handle war contract alone But they can handle
parts of contracts, and if they all work together
they can do the job. Today they are working to-
gether on an increasing scale. The whole COM
munity is raying around and everybody is CO.
operating to lick our enemies.
To lick them quickly we must keep on cooper
ating. Production of weapons isn't just job that
happens inside single factory. In many ways it
depends on all of us-on the men who work in the
plant and on the understanding they and the rest
of have of the enormous production difficulties
that industry is overcoming. Realizing that, one
company called the people of the town together
and told them the diary of it's war plant. 1t told
them how the plant was being changed from peace
to war work, how employees were being trained
for new jobs. 1t even conducted tours through
tain parts of the plant SO that the people Of the
town could see for themselves how fast the work
was going.
For the work is going fast, not only in that
plant but in factories all over the country. In
many cases censorship prevents us from learning
Just how rapidly plants are turning out weapons.
But this much do know: they are picking up
speed. They're busy writing their own war produc-
tion diaries, busy making the weapons that will
win this
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
PLENTY FOR ALI.

IN A JOINT announcement, Secretary of AgIicul
ture Wickard and Price Administrator IIender
son recently said that food stocks in this country
are abundant, and that there is no need or justii
cation for boarding or abnormal buying.
Consumers should remember that. Scare buy
ing is one of the surest ways to produce price in
ilation. Temporary shortages are created as de
mand runs far ahead of supply.
The retail industry has been and is doing
magnificent job in the consumers interest. Tens
Of thousands Of stores, operated by both chair
systems and independent merchants, are pursuing
an aggressive, purposclul price control program
of their own and are saving the public untold mil
lions Of dollars by preventing price increases that
would otherwise take place.
One of the most important clements in this
program is wise buying. Stores are keeping in
vcntories at reasonable levels, instead of rushing
in and building up stocks to an abnormal extent
They are buying at the most favorable season
when prices are advantageous. They are doing
in their power to maintain orderly
markets.
What the stores do a big scale, all con
sumers should do on small scale. War will cause
us all to forego many luxury, but there will be
plenty of necessities to go around An intelligent
calm public is essential to workable price contro
Of any kind
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
Soaring INDICTMENTS

FACTS REVEALED in the report Of the Senate
Civil Liberties subcommittee defiance of
labor legislation and war on uniOnSm by certain
California employers constitute one Of the most
bliStcring indictments of employers ever made.
"Prvate conspiratorial assaults on the right Of
organization and collective bargaining" are de-
scribed in all their ugliness and their menace to
the national welfare clearly shown.
lndustrazed agriculture does not escape the
indictment, which says that in such agriculture,
employment relations have been left in the 'un-
fcttercd control of employers groups and associa-
tons with results almost beyond belief"
'Unemploymcnt undercmploymcnt dsorGan-
ized and haphazard migrancy, lack of adequate
wages annual income, bad housing, insufficient
education, little medical care, the great burden of
relief the denial of civil liberties, riots. strife cor
ruption, all part and parcel of this autocratc
system of labor relations which has for decades
dominated California'S agricultural industry" the
report points out.
No wonder the report favorS no halfway
measures but recommends that "such employers
association conspilaceS should be fatty outlawed -
This action is long overdue. The sooner it is
taken, the better tor humanity and civilization.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
FACTORY PAY Up IN DECEMBER

Washington, ID. c. GLNS).-Averag
hourly earnings Of factory workers adj
Vanccd O.S per cent from mid -NOvem-
ber To mid-Deccmbcr, to reach Il level
of VS.7 cents, Secretary Of Labor
Frances Perkins reported. This rise
resulted partly from increased over
time and partly from wage-rate i'll
creases,' she said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
COMMENT ON, WORLD
EVENTS

tralian labor movement has sent the
following message to the working men
and women of America
IF there ever was a workers war,
this is it. Everything the workers of
the world have stood for, everything
they hoped for, is at stake. If the Axis
wins we go back to serfdom or to out
right slavery.
Every worker is fighting not only
for his rights to industrial happiness
but for his very life, and the lives of
his family and friends. SO, we in Aus
tralia determined long ago that every
effort should be made to preserve in
dustrial peace and continuity of pro-
ductiOn."
'Such a message carries particular
weight at Il time when the Australian
Continent-eXtending over Il territory
of more than 100000 square miles
and with a population Of less than
,0OO,OOO-StandS as the last barrier
between the onruShng tide of Japanese
aggression and the desperately fighting
democratic powers the International
Transport Workers Federation com
mentS.
X X X
That Australia was capable of con-
verting herself into Il well prepared
democratic defense line is in no small
part due to the prominent position of
organized labor in the commonwealth.
E,mployer-labOr relations have for long
been shining model to the rest of the
world. They have been governed for
nearly four decades by a compulsory
arbitration and cOncliatiOn system adj
ministered by a federal arbitration
court composed of eight employer and
eight labor representatives.
This system, bostered by a power
full, responsible and united trade union
movement, has helped to overcome the
multitude of labor problems that came
with the war and that present so many
difficulties in other parts of the demo
cratic world.
The Commonwealth Cancellation and
Arbitration Act became law in 1904,
Just three years after the various self
governing states had been federated
into the Commonwealth of Australia.
The act has been amended more than
Il dozen times since then in the light of
experience and to meet varying con
dilionS, both internal and worldwide.
But its keyStOne-that arbitration
should be Il substitute for direct action
and should be founded on the princi-
tice-has remained unchanged.
x X X
The Transport Workers Federation
explains that the Australian system
works thus:
When IN employer and his workers
there is neither lockout by the en-
ployer nor Il strike by the workers.
Either side can take the case before
| the arbitration court where, first, con
ciliation is sought. Failing that, IL fair
and acceptable arbitration is awarded
! by the judges, after hearing both sides
and investigating their contentious.
This does not mean that the Aus
tralian industrial disputes machinery
| is perfect The Australian workers
! have not sacrificed their right TO
| strike But the average loss of work
ing time through industrial disputes
has been 50 small since the outbreak of
the war as to be almost negligible
| In the forefront of Australia :
2,2JO,OOO workers stand the powerful
transport unions. They have shoul-
dpred the frightfu load of war and
are doing their utmost to stem the tide
of reverses that are sweeping the Pa
ciiic.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtched Out
The Truth
MUST PAY HIGHER TAXES
. SACRIFICES WILL BE HEAVY
. RESPONSIBILITY
LESS WRANGLING


So-we shall have to pay more
taxes, do more work, buy fewer I'M
necessary things, do without some
necessary things-and watch more and
more thousands of men march away to
war.
We shall have to bear the bad news
freight of human lives. We shall see
men and women moved here and there
on our domestic industrial checker
board, so that the wheels of production
may turn with ever increasing speed.
All of this will change our lives
more than we can yet fully realize.
While we pay higher taxes we shall
pay more for many things that we buy.
AS the President has said more than
once, this war is going to cost us
heavily. And, as Secretary Morgen-
thau said when he offered the new tax
proposals, it is better to pay heavily
and win than not to win.
x X x
Better any cost to win, than to lose
at any cost. Because if we lose we lose
more than money-we lose freedom,
which money can never buy.
But the point to all of this at this
moment is that, we know the cost will
he heavy; we know the sacrifices will
be heavy and agonizing; and knowing
these things we must throw into the
war everything we have, so that we
may be sure to win.
We shall have to yield some of our
customary privileges. We cannot stand
on our high horses and say that we
will not do this or that
What we must do is to win this war
so that in the peace to come we can go
forward in freedom to greater benefits
and advantages. That is the course be-
fore us that is the obligation upon us.
Not one of us can now claim to be Il
free agent. Every one of us is obli-
gated to all of us, for a really united
effort.
That, it seems to me, gives us all
something very serious to think about.
We have, each of us, as Americans,
il responsibility to all of us-tO this
nation of ours.
We can't go around with chips on
our shoulders, boasting that we will do
this or that, or will not do this or
that.
In peace time we could wrangle
among ourselves all we liked and, as
long as we didn't break laws, we had
Il right to do it.
But today something much more
controlling than law binds us to re-
Straint of our QuarreIs and to eXten-
sion of every last ounce of effort to
win the war.
It's that obligation to all of us.
II is the strongest obligation that
can he put upon men.
Upon how we'll we realize it and
keep to it depends the future of the
race.
1t is fact that too many Ameri-
cans do not yet realize how serious is
this war.
1t is Il fact that too many think life
can go on normally.
We are in the most deadly serious
time our nation has known.
In all the long story of the world
there have been few more crucial
hours.
We are engaged in the most deS-
perate kind of war for the highest pos
Sible stakes.
We have got to be united; we have
got TO work; we have got to sacrifice;
we have cot to fight; we have got to
forget everything that is of lesser inn
portance than Victory-and YOU try to
figure out what it is that could be of
lesser mportance.-CMW.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
PRODUCTIVITY STIMULATED

Washington, ID. {. - Under the
stimulus of war needs, chronological
economies in manufacture, says the
|. ). Labor Department. Continued
improvements are To be expected in
war production teclniques, and as Il
result, less labor will be required than
estimated to produce 4
given output, It is added.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
MORE PAY FOR SEAMEN

BuenoS Aires lLNS). The Sea-
mems union of the Argentine Republic,
the Union Obrera Martina, has OBJ
tanned a uniform pay increase of 10
per cent for seamen, following lengthy
negotiations with the ship owners. The
of Nov !. 1911.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
w H A 7 N EX T?

\ table shelter is the latest i'm
"biack0ut items" table so
sturdy that il affords protection
against falling walls. plaster, glass,
etc, during air raids" says Forbes
Magazine. Added features are:
Racks for food containers, first
aid kit, an alarm to summon help
if you're imprisoned.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
SHE'S KNITTED in FOUR WARS

Van NUyS, IaIiI. MIS-. IOrncIiN
Pike, who is an ST-ycar-old grand
mother, is II Knitting veteran of four
L. :. wars She began on socks in the
Civil War when only .. Now she is
knitting sweaters 1T the rate Of one Il
week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
w is D o M

We ought not to look back un-
less it is TO derive useful lessons
from past errors. and for the pur-
pose of prOtiting by dear bought
eXperience.-GeOrge Washington.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-12
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
. BRASS HAT STUPIDITY
. so DAYS DELINQUENT
. $4,000 TON SHORTAGE
UNIONS COOPERATE 1000

ONlONS COOPEkAlE lOOIo
Brass hat stupidity
Plus ''business-aS-usuaT executives
Plus nasty little politics thinking
only of next election
Just about have these United States
tied up by the thumbs
While we watch Il mess of de
generate NaZis and Japs-
Butcher real white men, whose
super-heroism does not quite balance
The hordes now in possession of
bigger fleets of ships and planes.
x X X
We've had enough
Yelling about Labor unions holding
up production for defense
November II, 1911, Chief Whiteside,
Iron and Steel Branch of O. =. NJ
Told steel executives they were 30
days delinquent in steel deliveries
Same executives had told President
Roosevelt, months before
They had abundant capacity to fur
niSh all steel called for
Same steel executives who have
plants shut down
Which union steel workers have
shown could be put to good use.
X X x
June, 1910, Congress made ap-
preparations
For building 1000 airplanes for U. S.
Army
August o, 1910, only 33 of these
planes had been contracted for
Because corporations had not yet
been given ASSURANCE
That their profits would be fat
enough
That was at least one months delay
in making war planes
Which MacArthur'S men need now
in Bataan Peninsula
More than all delays due to labor
disputes put together.
x X X
Ships don't sail until they are
launched
October, 1911, Maritime Commission
reported II idle ship ways
Because of 10000 ton shortage of
ship steel
Which was not being delivered on
schedule
Resulting in deficit equal to 80
cargo ships
Which should be carrying Icasc-lend
material to Britain
Material which is now piled UP on
docks and in warehouses
But America makes more steel than
any other country!
X X X
With much emotion
Congress passed lcasc-leud and mill
laIN draft laws
Then put their ears to the ground,
heard loud noises
Coming from America First and
Dcutsche Bund fox holes
Insisting that American boys must
fight in America
Then came within one vote of ham
Stringin@ Amcrica'S armies
Crying Justify, 1t can never happen
here
Until on the morning of December I,
lDl1-
They began to climb wildly over
each other
Hunting for the American Band
Wagon.
American union men at Wake and
Guam
Fought alongside their buddics III
the Marines
Labor union treasures pour billions
into War Bonds
out of insurance funds, Wncmpl"y-
mcnt funds, strike reserves
Not because they are trying "a
dodge taxes, either
a. +. OF l.. men have held their lines
steady in labor Disputes
Unions cooperate 100 per cent with
war building plans
Union leaders even help to keep Con
grcSS from going crazy
With their hullabaloo about decent
wages causing high prices.
X K
Did Iiitlcr'S gangs contract with
American labor unions
70 stop manufacture here of beryl-
Iium, tungsten carbide
70 prevent Americans from making
synthetic rubber
While NaziS were building UP their
stock piles of rubber?
No-Iiitlcr made those deals
tiveS.