The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-22
FAIR EMPLOYMENT
BY j. II. Jones


that concerns the whole American
nation and that question Is fair en-
ployment. There is endless difference
of opinion in Washington ove1 this
issue. The President has requested
law creating permanent Fair
Employment Practices Commission.
Everybody agrees on clearing the
way for fair employment" but there
is wide-open split about passing the
job over to Government agency
which may ball up the whole ques-
ton worse than OPA has done.
The Fair Employment Practices
Commission is on temporary trial"
and 1t will expire on July l unless
Congress appropriates another bun
die of money to continue it.
There are other features of this
problem that are more important
than TIE duties of the Commission.
If the employers and the labor unions
could agree upon fair and square pro-
grams, giving deserved preference to
former employees who have been in
the armed service, and at the same
time tightening up the rules so that
shop foremen would be the represen-
atives of the employers and not UNI
der the control of labor leaders
we'll, that would be long step for
ward.
Why not get back to some of the
old philosophers? For instance,
Thomas Jefferson believed: "A man
who qualities himself for his calling
never fails of employment in it."
And some time ago, Daniel Webster
observed: Constant employment
and well-paid labor produce, i'll a
country like ours, general prosperity,
content and cheerfulness
How about trying some of this old
stuff?
Loose Guessing
The United States is on such low
ing relations with the European
countries that have been freed that
our politicians are telling us how to
get all of our money back through
foreign trade. But they fail to ex-
plain kow France and all these other
countries are going to be able to buy
billions of dollars worth of machin-
cry from the United States.
Our Government is determined to
finance World Bank and take care
of all the wants and cure the suffer-
ings of our brave partners overseas
Besides putting up money Congress
is inclined to accept every feature of
the trade-treaty schemes fathered by
Cordell Hull. A casual study of the
Hull plan shows that it is mostly a
transfer of authority, which simply
means that Congress will turn over
the entire job to the State Depart
ment
When you figure it all out, tie tar
if question is the loosest guessing
game on the International horizon.
So we'll have to wait few more
years to find out more about the
trouble in foreign trade.
OSAHS up luuc
The anti poll-tax bill had been de-
bated in the House of Representa-
tives and passed. The two previous
anti poll-tax bills were defeated in
the Senate by the so-called Dixie fill
buster, and the chances are that the
same fate is scheduled for the pend
ing legislation. Everybody knows
tEat the only object of several Sou
thern States in imposing a small poll
tax is just another way of stopping
Negroes from participating in their
elections. Nevertheless, under the
American system of government, the
States have authority over the poll
tax question. In former times the poll
tax was a requirement in Northern,
as well as Southern States. Gradual
ly, it was dropped as a non-essential
requirement.
AS a matter of fact. it seemed ridi-
culous that the Congress would waste
so much time discussing this State
issue, and trying to impose its views
upon the South when there aer SO
many emergencies that should take
precedence over matter that is built
up largely on sentiment, plus advan-
tages for political bosses.
-O--
The War Production Board an
nounced that 100000 new synthe-
tic rubber passenger-car tires have
been made available for replacement
use during the first half of 1915, in
GLIDING an additional 100000 releas-
ed to OPA for June distribution.
Farmers have been given an AA-2