The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
THE GUARDIAN
NEW YORK SECTION

turerS Of the Chamber of Com
merce, said the new setup was
designed to match the exper-
fence of representatives of or
ganized labor who devote all
their working hours to the in
tereStS of their constituents"
Labor members -poohed
the idea that workers are n
a favored position on the
board, The record OF denial OF
wage increases proves the oppo-
site, they said. However, they
welcomed the backing being
given by the two organizations
to the industry members, be-
cause for the first time that
places the N, A, M. and the C.
OF C. in a position of response
bility, out in the open, for the
acts of the employer represent
ativeS on the w. L. B.
MAKING ENDS MEET
A married worker with two
children must earn nearly so
per cent more than before the
war to maintain his pre-war
standard of living, in the face
Of higher prices, higher taxes
and war bond purchases!
That startling admission was
contained in a study written
for the Department Of Labor's
Monthly Labor Review" by Ar
mold Tolles of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
AS a matter of fact, the 50
per cent is an understatement,
since 1t is based on the Bur
eau's claim that living costs
have risen only 23.4 per cent,
Organized labor asserts the
true figure is 1875 per cent, and
that would make it necessary
for the typical married work.
man to have 10 per cent more
earnings to preserve his pre-
war standards and at the same
time buy bonds and meet
sharply increased taxes.
Tolles declared that most
factory workers" have reached
the so per cent figure by toiling
longer hours, but, at the same
time, he conceded that "the
burdens of the war have beer
borne by nearly all factory en-
ployes in the form of either a
reduced scale Of living or hard
err work without material i'm
provement in current living.
BUGABOO RIDDLED
Labor turnover" has been a
major DOGGY raised by anti
labor propagandiSts to justify
their clanor for a "draft la
Dor" law or other Stacking
legislation, but that bugaboc
was riddled this week by Man
power Chief Paul v. McNutt.
McNutt revealed that in most
of the 26 industries which pro-
duce practically all war NUM-
tons turnover is less this year
than last, despite heavy layoffs
due to production cutbacks. He
gave credit for the decline &c
devotion of workers on the job
and to the cooperation Of
labor management committees
which administer the commits
Sion's employment sterilization
program on a voluntary basis.
NAILS NEWSPAPER LIES
One of the best jobs Of coun-
tering anti-labor propaganda
among soldiers has been done
by the Mid Pacifican." Army
newspaper in Hawaii, from
which LABOR has quoted in
the past.
In its latest issue, the Mid
Pacifican's'' front page col
umniSt, John Lord, takes the
labor baiters to the cleaners n
smashing style.
TT is now possible to prove,
he said, that most of the big
daily newspapers have been
lying to fighting men overseas
for many months.
"Front-page stories, feature
articles, cartoons and editor
ialS have given us to under
stand that our brothers, faith
ers, sisters. mothers and friends
back in the States have been
sabotaging the battle Of pro-
duction" with widespread
strikes.
I'VE thought It was so and
raised plenty Of hell about it.
But 1t isn't so"
HERE'S THE PROOF
AS proof, Lord cited reports
of the Department Of Labor,
Office of War Information and
other agencies which showed,
on the one hand, losses from
strikes have been less than