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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

the author said that one Of the
wars worst effects will be upon the
men who are lighting it. He thinks
they are calloused and morally
adrift, will come home apathetic,
cynical and disillusioned, and will
probably develop into an irrespon-
sible political power.
The passage annoyed me because
I don't feel particularly callous or
adrift, and after having been home
for year I'm no more apsthetic.
cynical or disillusioned than I ever
was-maybe little bit less. The
passage has likewise annoyed
every veteran or service man Of
this war to whom I've shown il.
and I can't think they are all ex-
ceptions that prove the rule.
MAY BECOME
POLITICAL POWER
One Of these dire predictions
however, may come true. The vet
Grams Of this war may very wei
develop into q political power O.
the drst order. Whether IL viii
be an irresponsible" political
power depends primarily on what
kind OF America we build after
the war. II it's a jobless America.
an America torn by racial, reli-
gious and economic strife, or an
America which once again turns
its back on the world and heads
toward strich.isolationism and its
inevitable elimination in the Third
World War. the veterans will cer-
tsinly form an irresponsible polit.
ical power: and many veterans viii
certainly become -apathetic, Gym
zeal and disillusioned."
For those who regard Americas
soldiers sailors and airmen rs
village simpletons who have no
idea what the war is all about and
are fighting simply TO kiss the
world coed bye and get back to
mas home cooking. this letter
should be an eye-opener. He goes
on:
The war has done strange
things to hshting men. and I think
the fellows on my ship are a fairly
good cross-section. My men have
pretty good notion of how Hitler
came about and are damn certain
that they don't want il to happen
again. They have learned racial
tolerance when q shortage OF white
sailors mixed my crew half white
half Negro. They know the SIM
pie truth that they will have no
Jobs II we don't have a national
income way above the pre-war
level. They know their kids will
90 through the he'll and the bore
dom they have experienced il we
don't learn 10 work with Russia,
China, Britain, and the other ma
tons in an international organ
ization."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

inadequacy, this inferiority com.
pick that makes q southern intel
lectual see red-see that banner
being unfurled sadly-when a
northerner disagrees with him.
am talking. Mr.. Jones, about some
Of the best minds you have, minds
that everyone must take into &C.
count when thinking about the
South. I know these intellectusls
and like them. They are charm.
ing company. and I can discuss as
tronomy or arctic geography or the
Thirty Years War with them as
TRANQUILITY as with anyone else.
They have better manners than
most northerners, they are the best
story tellers in the world, they en-
Joy life more than we Yankee un-
fortunates do-they are individ-
uals. individualists. people who
value individuality and insist on
maintaining il But the individuality
OF too r.any OF them evaporates AZ
the first note Of criticism and not
only Of criticism but even OF in
curry, OF an inquiry whatever tina,
-eminds them they are southerners
Too many Of them instantly be-
come a section conscious. caste
conscious. passion-dominated mob
throwing reason 10 the winds and
reaching for gun 10 defend their
personal honor
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

those OF our country, we must
work for what we want
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-31
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks
BY MARY LU CON

waiting for the various states to
act would deprive hundreds Of
thousands OF the voting privilege.
The emissaries Of labor now want
to know what the mayor and his
cohorts In City Hall have to say
In reply to the message from the
soldiers themselves.
In travelling around Cumberland.
and contracting outstanding citizens
of the city. this reporter finds that
the mayor and council members
are alone in their stand that the
states should act. The governor Of
this great state does not agree with
the states rights efforts to make
soldier voting a really.
In recent survey, the governors
of many states were emphatic that
the question of soldier voting was
an issue for the Federal Govern
ment TO decide and that the Fed
esal Government should enact and
make available the voting privilege
to all persons of the armed serv-
ices. That means plainly that any
one who shoulders the response
bility Of defending this nation
against its enemies on the battle
field has a right to defend it from
enemies within. at the polls.
through the medium OF the ballot.
A letter from Governor Herbert
O'Conor Of Maryland states that
he Is in agreement with plan
whereby the Federal Government
would be given the use of all cleo
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-31

ton machinery in Maryland 10 en-
able Maryland's sons and daugh-
ters to participate in the national
election.
AS so we'll pointed out by a lead
ing news commentators, all men,
bers OF the armed forces, are menu
bers Of the United States Army, the
United States Navy. etc. They re-
ceive their pay. rations. etc. from
the United States Government. AS
such they shall be called on TO
vote as citizens of the United
States. They are not members of a
State-of-Maryland Army, or a State
of-Virginia Navy. and they are not
financed directly by any one state,
so why should these members OF
the armed services depend upon
some separate state to make II pos
sible for them to have voice In
matters affecting the very nation
which they are endangering their
lives to preserve?
Sounds foolish, doesn't it? Yet,
the mayor Of Cumberland Thomas
Conlon. would permit the slow and
do-nothing attitude by the great
majority of states TO prevail at a
time when these defenders OF the
nation ask only that their rights
be defended here at home in their
absence.
Representatives of labor will
defend their rights, and labor
representatives call upon veteran
organizations to take q stand on
this issue. This Is no time to
maintain a clam-like silence. The
American Legion owes It to Its
membership to come out openly
and declare where they stand on
the question of soldier voting.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-31

This may be the question that
will determine whether the vet
Grams of this war affiliate with
the present Legion or organize
their own group.
Several letters on the question OF
soldier voting have been sent 10
Cumberland Post, American Legion
and yet to date, no one connected
with the post has had the temerity
TO come out and champion the
cause Of these several million pros
pective members of the future. Are
the Legion members afraid to on
pose the views of Thomas ConIon?
Remember, these veterans of World
war II will ask this very question
In the very near future. Will the
membership of the Cumberland
Legion accept responsibility for the
failure Of the states. or OF the gov
eminent through Congress, to pro-
vide them with a voice in the dc.
stinies of the nation?
Now that the STARS AND
STRIPES paper has made the no.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-31
Soldier Vote Bill
Finds ConIon Alone

One Of the livest issues Of the
day from o national standpoint
seems to have placed the mayor
and his cabinet behind the wood
pile.
Happenings Of the past week
prove that the emissaries Of the
working men Of this section, q
committee Of unionists who ap-
peared before the city fathers to
ask support Of the federal soldier
vote bill pending In Congress, were
by far more qualified to speak for
the servicemen than the mayor, a
self-styled leader of ex-servicemen.
Shortly after the mayor stated
bluntly 10 the representatives Of
labor. that the soldiers and sailors
in the armed services did not want
the vote, and would not avail them
selves OF the opportunity were it
offered to them, an Associated
Press dispatch put the kibosn on
these picayune utterances by quot
ing statements appearing In the
Stars and Stripes, the overseas
newspaper of armed forces, which
said plainly that the soldiers do
want the vote and will hold ac-
countable all persons attempting to
block such legislation. The press
story stated that passage of the
federal soldier vote bill was the
real solution and pointed out that
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-31

sitlOn Of the men overseas . mat
ter Of record, let some live wire
member Of the Cumberland
Legion, In meeting, rebuke the
activities Of Mayor Conlon, and
have the Legion subscribe TO the
program Of the overseas veterans.
This would call for immediate
passage of the federal Soldier
Vote Bill, and would ask Mary
land representatives In Congress
TO support such legislation. Sure
~ the position Of seven million
prospective members, through
their chosen spokesman, The
Stars and Stripes. should be given
In the least, the courtesy Of .
hearing. What say, Legionnalresf
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
WLB ADMITS MOST
EMPLOYERS PROFITS
LARGER THAN USUAL

WASHINGTON-FP FP)-n an opinion
August q overruling an industry dissent
against a wage case decision. the Ma
tional War Labor Board said considera-
ton of an employers financial position
in determining wages would defeat
wage stabilization"
while some employers would gain
because they are not doing well,
more of them would suffer because their
present arger-than-normal profits would
warrant increases in wage rates beyond
those which we have been allowing" the
WLB said in an opinion written by Pub
lie Member Edwin E. Witte. All public
and labor members concurred in the
opinion, While the INDUSTRY group dis
sented
AT issue in the case was retroactive
payment of a SC hourly wage increase for
$50 members of the United Rubber
Workers (CIO) at the Acme Rubber Co.,
Trenton, N. j. The payment was ordered
made retroactive to November L, 1912,
expiration date of the prior contract
The company agreed to the increase
but asked for reconsideration on the re-
troactive feature because of its financial
position.
In explaining its decision not to con-
slider the financial ability of the en-
ployer in wage cases, the opinion said
contrary rule would have to work both
ways, with more employers suffering be-
cause their larger profits would warrant
| greater increases than are allowable
under wage stabilization
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
Germans Seek More
ManpoWer in Holland

With Allied armies advancing in west
ern Europe, the Germans are making
great effort to deport men from the
Netherlands to help solve the manpower
problem in Germany according to Radio
orange in London.
The Dutch radio quoted warning
from an underground paper in Holland
which said; THE Netherlands people
will have to be doubly on guard against
the enemy on the home front The
enemy is trying more and more to break
our national power and arrest and de-
port our men, German directives order
all municipal bureaus to comb industry
for men for labor service"
The Netherlands news agency. ANETA,
quotes an underground paper as saying:
''The Germans in their need for addi-
tional labor to produce weapons for use
against the Allied onslaught have de
creed that all women between the ages
of 26 and 36 in Holland will be liable
for compulsory labor in Holland or Ger
many"
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
RALPH KENCK PAYS
BUTTE ga VISIT

Ralph Kenck, director of vocational
education in Montana, was a Butte Wis
itor this week He conferred with
Charles Davis, vocational co-ordinator
and Lowell johnson, superintendent Of
schools Mr.. Kenck told of the work
that his department is doing in the vari-
Gus cities in the state. For instance, in
Butte funds have been obtained from
the state of Montana and the federal
government to carry on the part-time
cooperative work in charge Of Mr.. Da-
Wis. FUNDS also are provided to carry
on the work in auto mechanics and
training in welding at the Cleveland
school
During the past three years hundreds
of Young men and women have been
trained in occupations for both the
armed services and defense industries.
This week a tnree-day training session
is being held at Helena for the co-ordi-
nators in part-time work MIR. Davis is
attending the session.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
AFL LOCAL PROTESTS
PENDING LAYOFF

OAKLAND, Calf ~ (FP) - Protests
were made Aug. % to the Army Navy
and Maritime commission by Ship
wrights Local 1149 CAFL) over a shut
down scheduled to begin in three weeks
at Pacific Bridge company because no
new government war contracts have been
received to supplement present contracts.
About 1.5OO workers would be laid off
because of the shutdown, Local President
Pat Fogarty said A company official
insisted he had no information on an
impending shutdown but remarked:
well, we can't afford to keep 1000 men
idle. There is no repair work at the
present time" The union was just "riled
up because some of the men will be laid
off" he said.
The local passed a resolution to inform
the three government agencies of its
protest against the shutdown and our
desire to see these yards properly uti-
lized to the end that the war may be
speedily concluded"
1t pointed out that the government
spent considerable money in the con-
struction of the yards and that the
Army, Navy and Maritime commission
have publicly proclaimed their intention
to maintain the shipbuilding program
throughout the year" The unon is con-
eerned because the available services Of
manpower and equipment are not being
used and the company has not indicated
they will be- Fogarty said
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
SMALL BUSINESSMEN
JOIN LABOR DEMAND
FOR KILCORE BILL

NEW YORK-(FP) business
as well as labor, has a stake in the
Kilgore- -Celler reconversion planning bill
Stanley J. Cummings, New York director
of the American Business Congress, told
reporters August %.
The congress, which represent 1000
small businessmen, is asking all men,
bers of the House and Senate to defeat
the states rights George bill and adopt
the Kilgore-Celler bill.
Cooler and wiser linking by saner
businessmen" Cummings said, "has
brought the realization that planned
thinking of the type of the Kilgore-Cel-
Ter bill is not only a necessity for post
war economic prosperity but will also
be far less expensive to the taxpayer
than do-nothing policy"
Cummings lashed out at the George
bill, calling it the product "of those who
have learned nothing from the past Is
years" The George bill, he said, "does
not face the fact that in 1914 we are
producing practically as much in vol
ume and more in dollars, than in 194C
in civilian goods.
And on top of that we are producing
supplies for our own and Allied armed
forces to the tune of over $50 600 600 900
Businessmen have a new type of think
ing to do in the face of these facts, fol
we must insure full production. full util-
ization of the enlarged capacity of om
economy, or we are caught in a spira
which means disaster"
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

STATEMENT
BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT


American workers can observe this
Labor day in the proud knowledge that
in the battle for production their free
labor is triumphing over slave labor. It
was their determination to safeguard lib
erty and to preserve their American
heritage for coming generations that
made possible the greatest production
achievement in the worlds history.
Our soldiers, sailors and marines are
carrying on an amazing offensive all
over the world They are doing it with
the finest weapons in the world-weap-
ons which have been made possible only
by the unwavering loyalty and unflag-
ging resolution of the workers and man
ayers of our industries.
The position of our battle lines in
Italy, in France and in the Pacific zone
today is greatly dependent on the pro
duction miracle which labor and man
agement and farmers have accomplished
We now have the enemy on the run.
Yet we must face the prospect that the
hardest fighting and the biggest job Of
supply are still ahead of us. Our needs
for the products of our industries, mines
and farms-weapons, raw materials,
transportation and food-are as urgent
as ever
Our immediate job is victory To at
tain it quickly will require the fullest
utilization Of our manpower and woman
power in the production of the necessary
weapons of war. American labor can be
depended on, know. to continue to de-
vote itself primarily to that task
Once the forces Of tyranny have been
overcome, we shall be faced with difficult
problems Of transition from war to peace
There will be matters Of international
arrangements as we'll as questions of in
ternal economic policy What we do in
both spheres will affect cur success in
attaining a durable world peace-a
peace which will contribute to the prog
ress of mankind, and will give to all
who work and produce, an opportunity
constantly to better their own lives
In the solution of these problems we
will need the cooperation of free Amer
lcan workers, free American employers
and free American famers. am conf
dent that we shall have it in days Of
peace as we have had it in days OF
war
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
Slave Workers Forced
to Repair Bomb
Damage in Germany

Separate units OF Dutchmen Poles,
Frenchnen, Belgians and Czechoslovaks
are still being forced to repair damages
caused by Allied air attacks on Ger
many, according to a German paper.
Workers frem occupied countries are
sorted into various groups, according to
their trades, and then assigned to work
IN recent months they have been busy
in Westphalia, Hamburg, Lubbock and
other cities in the Rhine district.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
LABOR LEADERS Get
FIRST-HAND
INFORMATION

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND - Six
American labor leaders, gathering first
hand information on supply problems in
the European theater of war, were told
by Lieut. Gen. John c. H. Lee COM
nlanding general, Services of Supply,
that American workers have done a
splendid job of supplying troops with
the equipment they need, but that criti-
cal shortages remain on some items,
notably heavy trucks and tires.
The group had dinner with General
Lee after a tour of London, during which
they inspected damage done by robot
bombs. During their first night in Lon
don they went through an alert with
one robot bomb falling a few hundred
yards from their hotel
The general emphasized the enormous
consumption of material in current op-
erations and the necessity for an unin-
terrupted flow of requirements. The
labor leaders assured General Lee that
they had come for the sole purpose Of
finding out what our soldiers needed
and of seeing that they got it.
During visit to supply headquarters
in western England, the group was told
that United States motorized equipment
was ''the envy of all nations" A general
singled out the jeep and the 21a-ton
truck for special praise.
Il don't know how we would have
fought this war without the quarter-ton
jeep and the ~ ton truck, he said.
Proper maintenance of vehicles by
their drivers and crews is stressed in
the European theater to keep down the
replacement rate and elaborate shops
have been set up to salvage everything
possible the groups learned, but the de
structiveness of war creates a constant
supply problem.
Later the labor leaders conversed in
formally with a group of GIs at a recre-
alton hut. They asked the soldiers
whether there were any questions they
could answer for them.
Almost in chorus, the men said there
was one question uppermOst in their
minds: when do we go homer"
we hope it's soon," David ]. McDon-
aid, secretary treasurer of the United
steelworkers of America, CIO, replied.
Wen do our darndest to make it soon" 3"
II have two boys in the service
added Albert L. Wegener, assistant to
the president, international Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers. AFL. I'D sure
like to see them come home"
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
Postwar Wonder Gadget

Electrical engineers designing gadgets
for the postwar world are working out
an automatic washing machine that will
not only heat water, wash, rinee and
damp-dr clothes but will shut itself off
when the clothes are dry, according to
the Wall Street Journal Brand new
housing projects already have washing
machines that perform most of these
miracles. It's so easy that Mrs. Jones
can make Mr.. Jones do the washing on
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE
AWARDED
IN JOURNALISM

Two 500 scholarships are waiting for
journalism students at Montana state
university this coming school year who
demonstrate that they've got what it
takes" The two donors of the scholar
ships-the Montana State Press Associa-
ton and OsS. Warden of the Great
Falls Tribune-agreed at the Montana
Press Association convention recently
to renew the grants which were estab-
lshed in l943.
The Press Association scholarship will
go to a senior journalism major, to be-
come effective at the beginning of the
senior year. The Warden scholarship
will be given at the close of the freshman
year to the freshman journalism major
who has demonstrated the greatest i'm
provement during the year
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
Manpower Rationed

Due to the critical shortage Of male
workers in essential activities, men seek
ing Jobs are referred first to employers
whose priority ratings show they are
making a high contribution OF war pro-
duction. Employers in less essential in
dustries may hire women. To a greater
extent than ever before women are en-
gagged in nearly all types of industry
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

Besides Mcdonald and Wegener, 9TH
ers in the party we're r. j. Thomas,
president of the United Automobile
workers CIO; Frank Fenton director
of organization, AFL; Sherman H. Dali
rymple. president United Rubber Work
ers, CIO; and Erick Peterson, vice presi-
dent international Association Of Ma
chinists AFL.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
REGIONAL WLB OKAYS
MAINTENANCE CLAUSE
FOR 10000 WORKERS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(FP)-The re-
gional War Labor Board has approved
maintenance of membership and dues
checkoff provisions in a new contract
covering $4,000 workers in the Pratt &
Whitney airplane engine plant here. The
International Association of Machinists
(AFL) signed the contract.
The two provisions were the only ones
on which management and union off
cials could not agree. The issue was
referred to WLB for settlement.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
Need Referral Card

All male workers are required to pre-
sent a referral card issued by the United
States Employment Service in applying
for a new job. Exceptions are where
special arrangements have been ap-
proved, veterans from present war, state
or local government employment, and
employment in agriculture
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

lily washing, read the funny papers, and
carry the clean clothes back to the Mrs.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

his day off-all he has to do is put a
dime in the machine. dump in the fam
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

Stay on your job until victory is com
plete.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

painting Retreat showing ootaden Na fleeing
setting with
cop molderng flame the work of William Avstreh New
Executive Producer
organized labor
and to the Hitler Gang The
Outlook official publication the
international Workers National Film Department the
Mnus President Guild and other trade
the artist Aystreh and MS
portray o the
contribution TO the
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
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