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The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-07-01

Mrs Naomi Huddleston very pleased to see MRS.
Roberta Palmer Mr. John "HotS" Palmer and Mr. Charlie
Elliott who stopped in her home for few hours enoute to
Rose Hill Mississippi to teach summer school, They were
all of Mrs uddeston during their school days
at Acorn COLLEGE,
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-07-01
BUY A BOND EVERY PAY DAY--THE WAR IS NOT OVER

Mrs Earl White and four children of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Overton spending pleasant vacation in Chicago
Illinois.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
Unions Spokesman Assails Proposal
For Trade Treaty Extension, and
Hits Further Cuts in Tariff Rates
Recommends Other Countries Follow Our Lead and
Establish Higher Wages and Shorter Work Hours

war period. Under the program, the
administration seeks authority to
further cut tariff rates as much as SO
percent.
'sIt is to the interest of other coun-
tries, as far as their trade with us is
concerned, that this country maintain
a strong purchasing power" Woll
said. 'sIt is our industries that are
the heavy buyers of foreign products
and our workers offer the principal
market for the products of our indus
tries. Depress workers wage income
and the foreign exporters to this
country destroy their own market"
Holds Treaties Illegal
The witness urged that limitation
be imposed providing that competi-
tive imports Of workers in foreign
countries be denied entry in American
markets at total landed costs, tariff
duties paid, which are less than AM
erican costs of production and whole
sale ceiling price Of products of AM
eriean workers when such competitive
products of American workers are
commercially available.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18

Washington, D. C.-Labor hailed
the official proclamation Of victory in
Europe with sober joy and solemnly
dedicated itself to "work, work and
more work." as President Truman urg-
ed, until Japan also is forced to sur
render Internationally.
AFL President William Green, in
radio address on We Day, declared:
ain behalf of the seven million men,
bers of the American Federation of
Labor, l pledge that we will continue
steadfastly on the job of war pro-
duction and will continue to invest our
savings in War Bonds in order to
speed the day when people in our
country and throughout the world can
breathe again in peace and to hasten
the hour when our boys in uniform can
come home safely"
All over the nation workers cele-
brated the unconditional surrender Of
the Nazis by producing as usual, with
only brief pauses in the factories for
listening to the Presidents procla-
nation and for prayer.
They seemed to realize the fact en-
phasized by Mr.. Green that "the bat
tie is only half-won, the job of victory
only half-completed." And they show
ed an invincible determination to "stick
it out" for the duration, as President
Truman had exhorted them to do.
The significance of the victory over
the Nazis was pointed out by Mr..
Green in radio talk over the Colum-
bia Broadbasting System from San
Francisco, where he was attending the
United Nations security conference.
He said:
"Victory in Europe is triumph for
all mankind.
at means the unconditional surren-
der not only of the Nazi armies but of
the hateful Nazi doctrines espoused
by Hitler.
''It must be celebrated not only as a
victory in this particular war, but over
the very institution of war itself.
"For these reasons labor halls the
announcement Of We Day with deep
rejoicing.
"Hitler threatened the dignity OF
human labor. He sought to make all
workers slaves. Therefore, the defeat
of the Nazis to which the free work.
ers Of America contributed so import
antly by record-breaking production
of war equipment, must be regarded
as the final, crushing blow to the ad.
vocates of slave labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18

Woll said that in the Judgment of
the protective conference, the trade
treaties are contrary to the U. S. Con-
stitution.
''They are contrary to, and, virtual
/ ly set aside and nullify the protec-
tion of jobs and standards Of living
which American workers receive
through the Asiatic Exclusion Law,
Restrictive immigration Law and the
Fair Labor Standards Act" he as
serted.
Sees Further Cuts Dangerous
Hitting at the proposal to further
slash tariff rates under the trade
treaty program, Woll said:
GAS soon as they become insuffi-
cient to cover the difference in costs
of production between the domestic
and foreign made articles or COM
modities they begin to affect adverse
| ly the employment opportunities of
Americas workers. The gravity of
the threat, therefore, depends on the
margin Of advantage offered to the
foreign producers and the extent of
his competitive potentials. 1t is for
this reason that yet further reduc-
tion in our tariff rates, reduction in
the rates already lowered, is dam
gerous venture"
In closing, Woll told the committee:
owe feel that the tariff is the SIM
plest method of protecting the job
opportunities of our workers, and,
therefore, the high level of employ
ment that is conceded to be indispen-
sable if we are to meet our tax bur-
den and our public debt.
"We are particularly opposed to
the further extension of this legisla-
ton, and, especially the authorization
of further reduction in tariff rates.
Urges Prosperous U. S.
"We find nothing in the American
standard of living to apologize for to
the rest of the world On the con-
trary, we recommend, that other coun-
tries follow our lead in establishing
higher wages and shorter hours for
their workers. We also point out that
it is to the interest of foreign coun-
tries and not to their detriment that
the prosperity of the United States be
sustained rather than torn down.
"a prosperous United States, with
tariff rates which will equalize the
difference in costs of production af-
fords a better market for foreign
goods than a depressed United States
with tariff rates which permit the en-.
try of competitive goods at less thar
our costs of production"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
Machinists Ask WLB
To Establish Policy For
Hig her Wages To
Compensate Hours Cut

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-The
international Association of Machin-
lists, acting through it's executive coun-
Gil, has asked the National War Labor
Board to take immediate action to es-
tablish policy permitting "the ap-
proval of adequate take-home pay
when there are substantial cutbacks
resulting in the weekly schedule of
hours being reduced, thereby reduc-
ing the take-home pay of the work
ers."
A petition submitted to the board
by Eric Peterson, lam general sec
retary-treasurer, says that as con-
sequence of victory in Europe, cut
backs and the cancellation of con-
tracts for war materials are being
rapidly applied, the net result being
that large pool Of unemployed is
being created and many employers
have announced a weekly schedule of
40 hours.
Pay Policy Held Obsolete
With the advent of reduction in
hours, the wage policies of the board
have become obsolete and necessitate
action that will maintain purchasing
power and standards of living, the pc
tition says. 1t is added that any fail
ure or delay on the part of the board
to act to maintain present take-home
earnings "would only end in chaotic
conditions and unrest that would in
crease the difficult problem of post
war adjustment"
The petition goes on to say:
Labor conceded that sacrifices
were necessity in connection with
the Sterilization Program if the war
was to be won. Labor did it's part.
Labor did it's part despite the malic-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18

ious attacks of it's enemies and labor
proved it's stature.
"The National War Labor Board has
been called upon to handle many diff
ficult and intricate problems and
while labor has not always agreed
with the findings of the board and
has protested strongly, labor does not
say that the board has, in a manner
consistent with it's own Interpretation,
administered the stabilization program
with labor acquiescing even though it
meant many adverse decisions against
labor.
Action Necessary Now
"Now the time has come when the
workers who are confronted with loss
of income expect, and rightfully so,
that the board will, in a manner con-
sistent with it's stature, act to insure
continuation of their earnings at
the present levels.
therefore, the International Asso-
citation of Machinists stresses that it is
imperative that immediate action be
taken to prevent chaos pending the
adoption of policy to govern the
period Immediately following We Day
and until the resumption of unrestrict-
ed collective bargaining.
"The International Association of
Machinists respectfully petitions the
National War Labor Board to take i'm
mediate action to establish policy
permitting the approval of adequate
upward adjustments of wage rates
to compensate for reductions in take
home earnings coused by (D, reduc-
tions in daily or weekly hours, or (2),
reductions in work volume caused by
shorter runs, broken schedules, ETC.,
in the case of incentive workers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
Labor Halls United Nations Victory in Europe;
AFL Demands peace With Justice" at Parley

tunity in our times to mobilize the will
of the people and to obtain definite
results. Labor, inspired and encour-
aged by victory in Europe, will press
more insistently than ever before for
the creation of an international organ
ization that can effectively Danish wars
for all time and establish a just and
lasting peace"
The AFL Executive Council, meet
ing in the nations capital, hailed the
victory as glorious triumph for AM
erica's armed forces and for the "great
masses of American workers whose
untiring efforts supplied the United
Nations with superiority in weapons
and equipment" The council added:
Labor will not pause or relax un-
til the entire job is completed and final
worldwide victory is won."
AFL Vice President George M. Har-
rison, in radio talk, urged that Amer
lea now redouble it's efforts to speed
the process of reconversion to peace
time production.
Declaring that 1--WE can defeat Japan
with only half the amount of war ma
terials we produced to win the war in
Europe" Mr.. Harrison warned against
letting production facilities lie idle and
permitting unemployment to develop
"The same spirit that helped US win
the war in Europe must be carried for
ward into the transition period toward
peace" he said. "Then nothing can
stop us from establishing sound and
enduring prosperity in our country
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
Green Pledges Unremting Work, More Bond Purchases
Until Japan Is Defeated and Victory Complete

eve believe in this country that
human beings have fundamental, in
alienable rights. These rights have
been enumerated and Incorporated in
to our Constitution, the basis law of
the land. The whole American way
of life is based upon the free enjoy
ment of these rights. In challenging
human rights, the Nazis threatened our
way of life. The victory which we now
proclaim will safeguard and reinforce
our American way of life and give the
peoples of other nations, hitherto op-
pressed, the opportunity to enjoy the
same rights Of freedom, justice and
democracy.
"Our victory is not-and must not
be-a selfish one. 1t will inspire new
hope in the suffering survivors Of Nazi
terrorism in Europe-hope Of free
dom and hope Of peace.
"The millions who lost their lives
resisting Hitler's mad ambition for
world power, including our own boys
who were killed on the battlefronts
and on the production lines, will have
died in vain unless we make supreme
effort now to prevent future wars and
build enduring peace.
"The great desire of people every
where is for real peace and real secur-
ity. without which there can be no
true progress. This is the best oppor-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
AFL Unions and Contractors
Adopt Program for Settling
All Disputes Without
Recourse To Government

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-The
American Federation of Labor Build
ing and Construction Trades Depart
ment and the Associated General Con-
tractors of America, in joint meeting,
have adopted program for harmoni-
Gus relations in the building industry
and settlement of all disputes without
recourse to governmental action.
The program, made public by both
groups, follows:
l. Maintain and improve the present
working relations in the industry.
2. Prepare record of the points of
agreement existing on a national ba-
sis.
3. Set up a joint committee to handle
within the industry the various prob
lens arising which cannot be dealt
with locally.
4. Retain within the industry con-
troll over it's own problems rather than
having to resort to federal or state
legislation or administrative action.
The first point is based on the con-
sideration that the war record of the
unions and employers was the best in
the history of the building industry.
1t is seen as virtually an affirmation
Of closed union shop conditions in
building and construction.
The purpose of the second point is
to collect agreements and decisions
which have been made on national
basis and to codify and distribute
them for guidance in settling local dis
putes.
Under point 8, eventually board of
appeals will be set up to which local
disputes can be taken for settlement.
This point and point are based on
the primary motive Of avoiding invoca-
tion of Legislative or other government
tai action in mediation or arbitration
proceedings.
| Harry A. Dick, Portland, Ore, pres
ident of the Associated General Con-
tractors explained in an accompanying
statement that management and la
Dor in the construction industry be-
lieve that with their intimate know
Hedge of the industry they are better
qualified than anyone else to talk out
the problems which will arise in the
postwar period between labor and
management in construction"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Mat-
thew Woll, speaking as president OF the
American Wage Farmers Protective
Conference, composed Of group of
AFL unions, vigorously opposed ex-
tension of the trade treaty program,
in hearings before the House Ways
and Means Committee.
In detailed and documented state
ment, Woll assailed the program as
contrary to the Constitution, failure
in the years since it was inaugurated
and a menace to American employ
ment. and labor standards in the post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18
Logic

Logic
Mother: Don't drink out of your
saucer, Tommy Use your cup.
Tommy: l can't. The spoon sticks
in my eye.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-18

FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS
Evening star., 1945-01-14

villages freed from enemy. Spearheads
of drive move to point 100 miles from
Manila. New details indicate Japs badly
fooled, expecting invasion to come in
Southern Luzon. B-29s blast Jap base
at Singapore. Navy announces destroy
ers Hull, Monaghan and Spence founder
IN typhoon Patton's Sd Army, attack
irg pocket southeast of Bastogne, wipes
out half of enemy in II hours BY
passing La Roche, British stab 10 miles
into sagging German line on north
side Of collapsing bulge.
Friday: Halseys Sd Fleet traps Jap
convoy moving out of Saigon in French
1ndo- China in effort to reinforce Luzon.
Planes blast enemy. Formosa bombed
by carrier planes. Krueger's 9Th Army
seizes 10 miles of Manila-San Fabian
railroad and cuts across four main
highways to Manila, turning flank of
japanese line at Agno River, if such
line exists. Russia opens winter Of
fensive from bridgehead across Vistula
River, moving in direction of Krakow.
and coal rich Silesia. Nazis, falling
back in Belgium prepare to hold at
Ourthe River, but flanking stabs by
American 1st and Sd Armies threaten
to make position untenable Dardanelles
opened to Allied ships by Turks, facili-
tating supplying of Balkan front. Clear
ing weather brings increased action in
Italy, with American patrols penetrating
deeply into German lines. Budapest
largely in Russian hands.
Saturday: American 1st Army drives
within Az miles of Houffalize, heart of
German bulge in Belgium; Sd Army ad-
vancing within five miles from south.
Na1 losses estimated at 100000. Stain
reports Russian offensive moving on
40-mile front in Poland. Krueger's 9Th
Army progresses steadily toward Manila
without meeting much resistance; only
IL miles from Agno River, where Japs
may try to stand. Halsey's fleet con-
= tinues attack on four convoys out of
Saigon. Largest Jap warship in con-
voys reported to be light cruiser, which
was sunk. More than 100 enemy ships
damaged or sunk and 98 planes de-
stroyed IN Formosa and in neighboring
waters early in week, feet headquarters
reveal. Nimitz confirms sinking Of As
OO0-ton Musashi. one of Japs' largest
battleships, in Leyte battle in october.
Yamato, sistership, badly damaged at
same time. japanese air bases in Phil
ippines, Moluccas. Celebes and other
enemy-held points bombed consistently
to keep down aircraft interference with
American plans. Toxic reports that
Manila will be defended and predicts
trouble for Kruger when line moves
nearer capital. Domei claims second
convoy OF SO transports and $50 land
ing barges intercepted, with 40 per cent
OF craft destroyed. No verification comes
frcan fieet headquarters.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Allies Gain as War Tempo Picks Ub
By Hot0ard p. Bailey

The past week has been one of tre-
mendous significance in the war with
the Axis receiving serious setbacks in
three theaters in the Pacific, where
American landings were made on Luzon
in force and where II Jap ships from
warships to coastal vessels were sunk
or damaged in futile efforts to REIN
force the Luzon garrison, on the western
front where the Nazis are pulling back
out of the Belgian bulge to escape en-
trapment and on the eastern front where
Marshal Stain reported the Reds have
opened their long-awaited winter offen-
sive in Southern Poland The high spots
were, briefly:
Sunday: Tokyo reports heavy shelling
and bombing of Luzon bases and fore
casts landing attempt. United States
1st Army drives miles into Belgian
bulge flank, seizing one of last two main
lines of escape for Nazis. Nazis launch
counterattack northwest of Budapest as
Reds increase hold on Hungarian capital.
Munich blasted by 1000 Raj bombers.
Monday: Convoy of $50 United States
ships steams toward Luzon, Japs report,
adding that 10 warships and scores of
planes shell and bomb Lingayen Bay
positions. Japs send fresh troops to
China, fearing American attempt to land
on Chinese coast. American 1st and Sd
Armies, moving ahead in worst blizzard
OF year, narrow escape corridor from
Belgian bulge to 10 miles Nazis make
slight gains around Strasbourg but 7th
Army is in no immediate danger. Nazis
capture Esztergom, on Danube, 20 miles
from trapped garrisons in Budapest.
Tuesday: Heavy American force, we'll
supplied with tanks and big guns, moves
ashore in Lingayen Bay, Luzon, Japa-
nese point of invasion on main Philip
pine Island. Not one man killed in land
ing operations. Gen. Macarthur goes
ashore with second wave. American
B-2ss and carrier planes blast Japs from
Tokyo to Manila. smashing airfields on
Formosa in process. Yanks move 2 miles
ahead through 4-foot snowdrifts to
reach La Roche, in Ardennes section of
Belgium. Russians reach Kamarom, so
miles from Austrian border as Nazis toss
fresh troops into effort to relieve Buda-
pest
Wednesday: Further details of Luzon
landing indicate that 800 ships were in
invasion convoy. Americans move
across fiat land toward Manila. 16o
miles away Meet little resistance
Saipan-based bombers drop incendiaries
on Tokyo. Hodges 1st Army wins
greatest tank battle of Belgian bulge
after 80 hours Of heavy fighting. Signs
OF German withdrawal become more
evident. Escape corridor reduced to
less than 8 miles. Nazi counterdrive
against Budapest broken.
Thursday: Lngayen heachhead ex.
panded to "A miles. with 40 towns and
Evening star., 1945-01-14

after the war In which the United
States, for the reasons just given, will
have immense advantages over all trade
competitors.
Again, we resent the fact that a
large number of Americans base their
views of the Indian problem upon very
incomplete and some times one-sided
statements which present no real pic
ture of the difficulties and dangers
which delay self-government there.
We have made many mistakes and
realize them, but the one mistake that
neither we nor the United States can
afford to make Is to allow any diff
ferences between us to be of such
character as to effect the future hap
piness of the people of both countries.
Let us speak plainly and try to under
stand fully. If we remain united in
effort and in outlook, we can remake
the world.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Critics. Air Il. S. British Vie,us


In the current iuaDe OF comment
and criticism on British United
States relations, the Associated Press
asked t,Do tDell-knopn critics to dis
cnss the thoughts prevailing on each
side OF the ocean.
Sir John WardlatD-Milne, member
OF the British Parliament since 1922
and outspoken critic of America, ,pas
asked Dl,at this country should do to
1Oin better understanding in Britain
Senator Burton X. Wheeler, Demo-
crat, OF Montana, equally outspoken
on this side OF the Atlantic, was
asked to go into the question OF tuhat
Britain should do to ,Uin United
States support.
Here are their stories.