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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Woteh Councils

MOSCOW VIA London Russian
union officials are watching with
intereS, the spread OF labor-man-
agemcnt government works councils
In British and American industry.
Along with the regular union COM
mittces-w wage committee. social
committee. labor protection COM
mittee and the like-cvery local
here has a special Standing Commit
tee OF Production. which meets re-
gularly. alone or with management.
Its ONLY Job is 10 increase produc-
ton Il conducts classes. arranges
lectures BY skilled workers. and or
ganlzeS competition between shifts
and departmentS-thc socialist
competition" which has received
much publicity.
The one feature OF the production
set-up peculiar TO the Soyie,S is the
periodic Production Conference
These conferences are attended not
merely BY a committee elected 20
ycprescn, the workers. but BY al!
Tho workers in the shop
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
First Mine Joint
Council Set Up

WESTVILLE III ZIP VIVA,
is believed 10 be the arSt labor
management production council II
the American coal mines has been
officially established a. The Bansen-
vile mine here. Local 55O9 UUitcd
Mine Workers ,ClO' and The [ s
Coal and Coke Co are represented
Methods OF putting The m.ae o,i
a 5-day week basis were ;he ags'
iaSues to be discussed The mine
which had been working only ;hecc
days week. wen; OF 4-day basis
recently.
Transportation IS one Of the chiei
problems IN the Illinois coal aclda
Bulletin boards and production
charts will tell the story OF Tie
campaign 10 increase production
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Your Dollar
BY CONSUMERS UNION

the Supt. Of Documents, Washing
ton, ID. &. Even better Is the Red
Cross Complete First Aid Manual
al 60cl.
This entire kit. including the case.
can be assembled for Sl-Sl.50. The
closest comparable kit Is Bauer &
Blacks Autokit No. 20. at Si90.
This does not have triangular
bandagcs but does have other use
full items In addition 10 those named
above.
A more complete home kit would
cost A-si.50 10 assemble. See the
Red Cross Manual or your local
Red Cross. for a list Of ingredients.
Floshli9ht Batteries
Don't rush to the store for a new
hashlieht. cautions c. Us weekly
Bread & Butter bulletin. Look
around tho house FIRST for the old
one you put away when the battery
failed or tho bulb burned out. with
a little fixing. that lashlisht may
be as good as new
Don't oycrbuy on batteries either
advises Bread & Butter II may bc
a GOOD idea to have one spare set
But batteries lose power when thcy
stand around. so stocking up would
be q waste OF money and materials
For the same reason. buy only dated
batteries. and look for a date about
orc year ahead
Tho following brands arc good
buys. according TO preliminary test
results OF dated batteries: Wards
Supreme QUALITY - for Is at Ward
storcSi. Sears PowcrmaSicr Armor-
Clad 6lOc at Sears stores. Wards
Leak-Proof l0cI. Ray-O-vac Leak
Proof tloc,. Burgess Uni-ccl No.
fi0cl.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Union Official
Opposes Smith

WASHINGTON tFP' Rep. How.
ard Smith DIVA one Of labor,
principal enemies in the house. vii
not bc back III tho next congress
wi,hou; r struggle.
Emmett c. Dawson. general Secre.
tary-treasurcr OF tine Init. Assn oi
MachinisiS ,AFL' and former mayor
OF Alexandria. Va. the largest city
in Smiths district. announced Mal
his intention to oppose Smith II
the Democratic primary
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07

The above this newspaper by Secretary
genhau in Washington. We publish
Quota Campaign and earnestly that
their share the financing effort
UNIV FOR RELIEF port the Ameri
NEW Il Relief according
Mine Workers called
all It's officers 10 sup April
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Labor
OVERSEAS
Hemisphere Alliance

MEXICO CITY by AirmailJ-
After comforting with william Green
and Philip Murray IN Washington
Lombardo Tolcdano. president OF
the Federation Of Latin American
Workers. believes that hemisphere
labor cooperation is not only pos
sible but imminent, he told his ilrsi
press conference here since his re-
turn from his recent visit to the
U. S.
\ went TO the U. S. 10 carry out
the resolution OF the November
Congress OF the CTAL." Toledano
said. which as you remember called
for expressing to the labor unions
OF the u S the desire OF the Latin
American labor movement for con-
tinental unity against Nazlm and
faSclSm.
Il spoke at length with the lead
erS of the AL and CLIO. and VIC
agreed Oh program OF action ioi
the labor movement OF the contin.
err details OF which will BE- an.
nCunccd IN the next icW weeks. II
this way. the defense OF the hemi.
sphere will become tho task not onl,
OF the various governments. hut alsC
OF the principal popular groups
In order 10 struggle against III,
common enemy. the proposed ALI.
ancc OF labor organizations vii
haze TO take up yaiious questions
the problem 81 war production. tn,
problem OF inter- American cconomi,
relations. and tho problem Of tn,
struggle which must bc carried OF
in each country against tic Fiji
Column.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Rubber Union
Wins At Firest0ne

MEMPHIS. Tenn. The CLOS
southern organizing campaign took
big step forward here when the
United Rubber Workers. clio. won
an NLRB election at the Fircstone
Tire q Rubber Co. plant here.
II was considered significant that
the CLIO victory came after the
men worked year under an AL
contract
Experience has shown US that
only through the clio can we get
the kind OF pay and conditions We
Southern workers need declared a
tire builder.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07

TO call girl a flat tire SAYS
Hector Hangover columnisi Of The
San Diego Labor Leader was a
crowning lnsul, al one time
But now Il is considered a COM
pliment TO be called any kind OF
a tire"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Labor In Pojomo Industry

Working conditions iu the pa
lama industry parallel closely those
reported last month In this column
for thc shirt industry Workers
under union contract get Suhsian-
tially higher wages paid vacations
and protection against arbitrary
discharge from their job.
The following paiamaS tested by
c. U. are union made. under con-
tract with the Amalgamatcd Cloth
ing Worker CcIO' Blvd Gentry,
Jayson. Macy'S. Manhattan. Sears
Cat No. 2O2O. wilson. Horton ard
Van HcuScn are union made Under
contract with tho United Garment
Workers tAFLi.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
WHY NOT HERE?

BALTIMORE OPP - Nursery
schools for the children OF hum
dreds OF women who are working on
war planes al the Glenn L. Martin
aviation plant here have been estah-
lished In auto trailers.
Trained nurses and physicians
care for the children while their
mothers keep en- rolling"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Poionos

You can get a good pair OF pa
jamas for about $50. Consumers
Union discovered IN tests Of A.
brands But II you don't shop care
fully. YOU can pay as much as $3.50
for a poor one Most OF the gar
ments c. U. tested were well cut
and we'll made. but big difference
showed up In tho quality Of the
material. The pajamas were tested
Tor strength. resistance TO rubbing
thread count and weight OF the
material. Complete test results arc
given in the April issue OF c. U
Reports.
Broadcloih is usually stronger
than pcrcalc. {. u finds Solid
colorS will be a better choice than
stripes this year because some dye;
will be apt TO run and fade
Among the Best Buys were: MI
Trent $3.50. Wilson FaultlcSs No.
belt ,s2.2j,. BvD 49,. Sears Cat
No. 2O20 1sl4O plus postage
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
Worlds Biggest Union

LONDON-Thc possibility that
Britain may shortly have tho void )
biggest union. comprising over one
million workers IN key war factories
aud ShipyardS. has arisen following
a conference IN York OF delegates
from the Amalgamatcd Engineering
Union Confederation .. Shipbuld-
ing and Engineering Unions. and
the National Union OF FOuncfy
Worker Plans were made AZ tic
conference 10 unite these three
group which The 4 +. L.
compri>lngly mainly skilled workers
in the war industries. alone has
$4,000 members.
a; present BritainS biggest union
is the Transport and General Work
ers Union with nearly 100000
members. The TGWu IS a conicd-
Grafton OF different groups inelud
ing longshorcmcn public employee.
and all transport workers cxcep,
railwaymcn.
Delegates to the York conference
made It clear than The principal
rca*c" for amalgamation Was 10
make easier cooperation between
the workers. management and gov
eminent to solve problems OF war
production
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
DIES ~ AGAIN

WASHINGTON 'FPi Show
Ing gain of nearly So in the
number OF opponents IN the house
to tho Dies committee the house
voted 300 TO 81 20 give the commit
tccSii00OO.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-07
First Aid Kits

Consumers Union examined 20
first aid kits. and found none meet
ing Rcd Cross specifications. There
arc some fairly good kits on the
market. hut OH the whole YOU can
get better outfit and save money
by buying YOUR own ease and filling
1t In accordance with Red Cross
recommendations. The minimum
kit. for auto or hiking use. should
contain the following: 1-inch ad-
hesiye comprises. such aS Band
Aids; sterile gauzc squares. about
g.; sterile gauze square. about |
ward: triangular muslin bandages.
IS" on tho straight sides: fannie
acid jelly for small burns; q;
iodine; frst-aid instruction book.
"a good booklet. Until tho Doctor
Comes. can he ordered for Zoe from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
Postal Clerks Plight

THE alarming rise in labor and commodity costs which
is giving the administration series of headaches it
neither preends to conceal minimize is also emphasiz
ing the plight of civil service groups whose efforts to
ameiorate their situation are being given scant
congressional attention.
The struggle of the National Federation of Post
Office Clerks is good example
Pay schedules for this devoted, proverbialy depend
able and loyal service have remained static since 1925
There is no chance for increasing their pay unless
by congressional action and this action is provided by
H. r. 6468.
DUT the bill, after delays of many months, is still en-
- tangled in committee routine
To postpone passage of this bill is manifest in
justice to valuable and admirably disciplined body of
public servants.
They petition the Congress in fact, not to reward
Them but to permit them to survive
Living costs have gone up, and so have wages
In most cases. there is rough compensation; in
some there is advantage to labor.
But while postal clerks must meet rising prices their
wages have gone up for IL years With the average
top pay of 25 cents hour they must buy food which
has gone up 1881 per cent textiles which have climbed
2444 per and 35 other basic commodities which
have risen 1884 per cent
SIMULTANEOUSLY, industrial wages have jumped;
- in STEEL 179 per cent machinery II per cent food
products 90 metal products 25 and in all industry the
hike in pay has averaged 10 per cent.
Obviously there is dire necessity Of adjusting mat
for the 200 postal clerks and their families The
character of their work makes it of the essential
jobs the nation, furthermore, where experience
and LOYALTY have always outweighed material factors
The prolonged and difficult Of H. R. 6468
through the Congress must be FASTENED and smoothed
by expression of public support for the postal clerks
not only justice to Them but in justice also to the
public itself, which they well serve.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
B|ackou+s Bring Tribula+ions
To Friends Of MIR. Runyon
BY DAMON RUNYON

4 FRIEND OF mine was telling
"A me of a gruesome expert
ence he had during the blackout
here the other evening.
1t seems he went to the home
of a young Beverly Hills lady
for dinner on blackout night. A
Sumptuous repast was served.
There was wine with every
/ course. My friend is a two-ulcer
man and alcoholic beverages
have a pronounced effect on him.
Presently he was slightly
potted. and to his be-wined
orbs the young lady took on an
aspect OF bewitching loneliness.
though in truth and in fact most
authorities declare her no more
beautiful than a boot owl. Be
that as it may, my friend told
her he loved her and proposed
marriage TO her. The lady de-
clined. She said no.
My friend took his hat and
prepared to depart. his dignity
and his vanity both considerably
affronted, though in the interim
between his acquisition of his
hat and his movement toward
the door his clouded vision
cleared sufficiently for him TO
see her more distinctly and to
realize that he had just been
the beneficiary of a stroke Of
good fortune.
LIS hand was on the doorknob
H when the blackout came.
the lights in the streets were
extinguished He could not drive
his car in the darkness. so he
removed his hat again and sat
down and tried to develop a
little light conversation on gen.
eral topics with the young lady.
Suddenly she said:
81 have reconsidered your Of
fer of marriage. On second
thought I accept. Let us now
discuss the time and place for
the welding of the sacred bonds.
And, by the way, I am bitterly
opposed to long engagements"
My friend, being high class
gentleman, feels that he is
obliged by every tenet of the
code OF honor to go through
with the ceremony that will
make him one with the young
lady. even though he does not
believe that his love for her is
Of the consuming nature that
makes for happy marriage.
He would not hurt the young
lady's feelings for the world and
besides he remembers that she
once sued another guy for
breach of promise and got judg-
ment. But he is now unalterably
opposed to blackouts. In fact.
he is hoping TO arrange his af-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
General Lear Is Right

y EN-. BEN LEAR, commanding officer of the Second
II Army did not mince words in his Army Day speech
before Detroit Economic Club when he cracked down
the under 40 who instead Of going into the army
Stacking away at swvel-chair jobs in washington
General Lear laid it on the line this wise:
There too many of these men who are capable
Of real soldering who seeking administrative jobs
in the army the air forces and the navy. There are
too many le-bodied highly capable In their thir-
ties being given administrative jobs in all governmental
departments. That is work that be done just as
well by older in their fortes, ffties and sixties
Washington is crowded to the suburbs with "com-
missions bureaus and what-not filled with these table
bodied" under 40 who have glamour jobs
Many of them merely political appointees.
Others have nothing in the world to do but write
New Deal pep propaganda that fills the waste-baskets
of newspaper offices.
Administrative jobs should all be held by matured
men.
No man under 40 should be excused from soldier
ing because he is good lecerk, political wordwzard
or "art councillor"
General Lear is right.
CLEAN OUT THE DESK. JOB FIGHTERS" IN
WASHINGTON.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
New Bacteria
Makes Food
Out Of Wood
BY G. B. LAL

COCKTAILS" of health Civ
~ ing germs" and manga
nese are among newly discov-
cred chemical methods for
raising the standard OF human
nutrition. the American Chemi-
cal Society revealed today.
DR.. Gustav j. Martin, head of
the department of biochemistry
at the Warner Institute for
Therapeutic Research here, has
reported to the famous society
that his animal experiments
have prepared the way for CIV
ing human beings good bac-
terra" to swallow.
THE good bacteria" mans
l. friendly germs. are lodged in
the intestines. and there work for
man by producing vitamins of B
complex series, now known to be
most essential for human health.
The new idea will prove of
great value to parachute troops
or any soldiers caught in a bat
tie area where balanced diet
would be hard TO obtain.
HUMAN beings can make a
II meal Of leaves. wood or grass,
and still remain pretty healthy.
because the good germs planted
inside their bodies would change
such inedible foodstuffs into real
nourishment.
According to DR.. Martin. him.
self formerly of the Kiel Univer-
sity, the Germans have already
developed a similar method of
establishing beneficial bacteria
into the lower digestive tract.
international News Service Science Editor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
The Automobile Situation

DETROIT automobile dealers complain that the cur
- rent campaign to discourage use of motor cars
presumably in the interest of national defense has been
carried to undesirable extreme
II looks from here as though they were right
There is much evidence that the public has been
thoroughly indoctrnated with the idea 1t is impos-
sble to get car that not persons entitled to
purchase 1912 model automobiles attempting to buy
them.
IN VERIFICATION of this is the following statement
l by Paul Graves managing secretary OF the Detroit
Automobile Dealers Association
The rationing experience for March was very I'M
satisfactory Only 1853 per of the Wayne County
quota used up Nationally only 81 per cent OF the
quota was exhausted Until the government liberal
lies the rationng program, dealers will remain under
terrible handicap.
Failure to is working great hardship
on Detroit dealers. Overhead storage and mante-
nance mounts daily. Eligible buyers help by buying
cars now without waiting. Doctors, nurses defense
workers and others in the favored classes, who need
cars should apply for purchase certificates Immediately
1t is not only with respect to curtaiment of new
car purchasing that what planned as moderation,
appears to have been carried to unreasonable bounds
THE whole abrupt decline in utilization of automobiles
is having ruinous affect the business Of thou
sands of dealers in accessories gasoline, oil and
other types of business that depend motor traffic.
If their ruin were essential to victory they doubt
less would sacrifice their businesses without complaint
But evidence is accommodating that the destruction
of the automobile business not only unnecessary to
the utter limits it is being pushed, but may have bad
effect the effort.
Washington should explore this possibility thoroughly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21

fairs so he will not have. TO leave
his own room after nightfall,
until the war is over.
HOWEVER. do not consider
IL this fellows blackout mis-
hap any worse than that OF an
other friend who was driving his
wife to their home in Santa
Monica from the Biltmore Hotel
in downtown Los Angeles and
who was caught by the black
out a long distance removed
from their domicile just as they
concluded a quarrel by not
speaking to each other.
Under the blackout rules he
had to pull up at a curb and
wait there until the all-clear
was reported. It was a long
blackout and the long wait was
in deep silence because naturally
he was not going to speak to
her first and, of course. she was
not going to speak to him first,
either. You know how those
things are. To make things
worse. their car was q coupe.
The blackout lasted about two
hours and my friend tells me he
suffered keenly.
The best place to be In Los
Angeles blackout is home in
bed. The worst place is in a
restaurant surrounded by bores
from whom you have been hop
ing TO escape the minute you
can think up plausible excuse.
A blackout does not abate
conversation. On the other hand,
II tends to increase il because
there is nothing else to do.
Personally. I think there
should be a rule that the period
of outer gloom must be devoted
to meditation by one and all
meditation on the good fortune
that no bombs are falling and
on the fact that whatever the
inconvenience Of the darkness, It
is so far not a millionth part Of
the trials of peoples elsewhere
in this world.
Copyright, 1e47, by King Features
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21

Let any man show the world
that he feels
Afraid of its bark and I will
fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face II, Z
will leave him alone:
But Z will fawn at his feet
if he filings it bone.
--LXtton
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
What We Need NOZU
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

The government caught up to couple OF efervescent
hoodums last week. We do without the subtle propa-
gandists who undermining four feet the yard
What need is patriotism that Niagara Falls
unstarch and determination that will make
tains do minuet.
Ten years ago missed chance put shoulders
to the wheel and must put 'em to the buzz
And while sweating and strainng don't want
any helping out with apple week.
We have to adda eodici to free speech keeping agta
tors in clink and sailors parrots at
Distributes Intsrnsoofl News
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21

Let us have faith that right
makes might; and in that faith
let us to the end dare to do
our duty as we understand it.
Lincoln
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21
Letters TO
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
I'M replying to Mrs. c. r.
L Walkers letter on April 10,
booing Pvt. Thomas Heating for
going AWOL.
I'll admit he is right in saying
that Heating deliberate ly
Haunted regulations in going
AWOL. But remember that all
mems minds are not as strong
as others.
Private Heating is paying for
his visit home, and / still think
that some arrangement ought TO
be made for wives or mothers
10 keep up the soldiers morale,
and not criticize the fellow who
is giving up all for the ones left
at home.
Private Keating's mother,
MARY SWEENEY,
1852 Temple avenue.
TO THE EDITOR:
TH1E President asked for a
Il name for the war.
As this is a holy crusade
against slavery and barbarism, 1
would call the armies of the
Allied Nations the Crusaders.
And the armies of the Axis,
the Gangsters or the Barbarians.
The Axis attacked peaceful,
unsuspecting and unprepared ma
tons, with the intention of car
rying out the pact to conquer
the world and put the people in
chains.
SO we cannot call this a war.
This is just a gigantic criminal
holdup by international gang
sters.
SAM GOLDsTEIN.
1881 Hardwood avenue.