Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-07-25
UNIONS HELP YOUR CHILDREN, TOO.
Dixie Organization Issues Pamphlet Detailing What
Organized Labor Is Doing to Advance the South

One of the best pamphlets to have crossed this editors desk o n the
ideals and detectives of trade unionism has just come from an organi-
cation outside of the union movement-the Southern Conference for
A few prominent Dixie mionists ae officers of the Conference,
but in the main it is composed of progressive educators, ministers
editors and others, dedicated to the advancement of the South.
They believe that one of the most effective means of achieving
such advancement is a strong labor movement, and the pamphlet just
published is devoted to telling why.
It bears the arresting title of For Your Children, Too"-and, with
the help of lavish illustrations of young tots, pounds home the point
that unions, in fighting to bring about higher standards, are benefting
children most of all, helping to build a fuller, better, happier life
for them.
Keynote of the message is that: Labor unions are people, millions
Of people, working together to improve living conditions for them
selves and their children-and for you and your children, too
At the outset the pamphlet punctures propaganda spread labor
hating organizations, such IS Dixie's own mscaHed christian Amer
lean Association that unionists at home have let down their brothers
overseas by constant strikes.
only one-tenth of per cent of man-hons in the United States
has been sacrificed during this war because of trikes" the pamphlet
are doing their utmost to keep them supplied with the materials for
Besides, 100000 of or fighting men are themselves loyal union
members. Il They know organized labor is behind them"
The pamphlet takes a blast, too, at those why try to pit farmers
against workers.
All workers, whether they come from the farm or not, appreciate
the problems of the former" the document points out. They know
that. when they can't buy food, the farmer suffers; and that when the
farmers suffers they can't buy the products they make.
A graphic account is also carried of how the labor unions work
for the South"-n seeking to bring more industries to Dixie; in trying
% raise wages 81 IS to boost the standards of all. in opposing freight
rate determinations against the South; in struggling for better schools,
tor decent housing adequate hospitals and health centers.
Also. unions are pictured as in the forefront of the battle to reduce
exploitation of young children in Southern factories.
American labor unions have always helped lead the fight against
children who have been exploited, who ar still exploited, r. their
children. There are tens of thousands of Southern children who have
too little school and no play. So * St Labor unions r. champions of the
cause If equal educational opportunities for all children.
THE detectives of u leading labor unions and their elected
leaders ar the detectives of nearly all good Americans" the pamphlet
concludes.
"Tomorrows world-the world of our children - will depend in
:arge measure on o"r protection of the rights of labor organizations in
pursuit of our common goals"
If you are a worker, join the union. Unions work for you and
your children, too"
LABOR congratulates the Southern Conference of Human Welfare
for a job well done. It's pamphlet should be read far and wide above
and below the Mason-Dxie lne-LABOR, Washington, I. C.