The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-08-27
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE JOBS

$1,000 a $4,000 $4,000
BY J. z. JONES
Especial 90 The citizenl
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Aug. 27.-Senator Vanden-
berg of Michigan has "rung
the bell" oftener during the
past few months than any
other member of the Senate
even though he is Repub.
lican in a strongly fortified
Democratic nest.
Vandenberg was former
editor and publisher of the
Grand Rapids Herald. That
Is probably the reason he
has had a clearer view OF
the affairs of the nation than
the 81 lawyers who have al
most a two-thirds majority OF
membership in the Senate.
There are also 241 lawyers
in the House, which is a
clear majority. Well, what
Of IL? Here is the answer:
The lawyers in Congress
have been trying to straight
en- out the questions of en-
ployment by making laws,
and laws, nearly every time
there has been an important
labor strike. Whenever their
laws failed to work, Pres.
Roosevelt, graduate of a law
school, called upon his Off
cial family to help organize
boards, commissions and
agencies-and more of them.
In the end the process made
mefters worse. Z ~ o.
Under the administration OF
President Truman we have a new
Secretary of Labor, Lewis B.
Schwellenbach, who promises to
do q Job" in Strengthening out
relaticzs between private indus
try and private individuals who
used to be-and should again be
partners.
Il Could Be
Let's pass for a moment to
what is called the Full Employ
ment Bill, before Congress. Its
purpose is 10 achieve full employ
ment for workers in war indus
tries. and returning veterans. The
bill is intended to stimulate en-
plOyment in private business. 1t
puts limitations on the success OF
it's plan. and lays down what il
calls the third fundamental prin-
ciple that whenever it is impos-
sibie for private business to
achieve maximum employment
that the Government shall dip in
with Federal investments and
expenditures" necessary to insure
maximum employment. That puts
Uncle Sam right back again where
he Etubbed his toe. thousand
times. Senator Vandenberg has
pat his, editorial finger on the
very spot and indicated where
several Federal paragraphs need
90 be blue7penciled. ~ 9.o ~
The Michigan senator has pro-
posed a conference of top spokesl
men for labor and management
10 arrange industrial peace; and
he asks leaders of each branch Of
the nations economy to follow
the example set at San Francisco
when fifty nations frankly fac
ed" their problems in a triumph
Of the council table. He says it
d possible ito apply this formula
al home in respect to vital indus
trial relationships.
The Secretary of Labor prompt
~ replied to Senator Vandenberg
that he has been thinking more
and more during these last few
weeks about the desirability of
calling a conference of industry
and labor. William Green,
: president of the American Fed
grafton of Labor, promptly de-
clared that he would submit the
plan 10 his executive council. !.
Closed Factories Enrich No One
The outstanding Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
released a statement of its presi-
dent, Eric johnson, who said:
Senator Vandenberg is right
we cannot bring about industrial
cooperation merely by legislation.
The voluntary conference meth
cd between management and Ia
Dor is the best American tradi-
ton it.. Prosperity after the war
depends upon healthy labor
management. Closed factories en-
rich no one Good industrial
relations are good business fol
all concerned and pay dividends
TO management, labor and to the
publci."
Everybody should have job:
and the chances are that they
will get them if the pattern out.
lined above is developed and adj
hered to by management, labor
and the United States Govern.
ment.
Employment matters have beer
political footballs in this country
long enough. The politicians hac
better recognize the fact that the
season is over for Government