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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Area Men Get Point
Discharges

Three area men have been dis
charged from the army under the
point system, the separation center
at Camp Atterbury, Ind, announced.
They are Tech. Sgt. Nathan G..
Weren, Mt. Cory; Corp. Donald E.
Flemion, Findlay, and Pfc. Wilfred
H. Keeling, Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31

William Fridley,l who is patient
at Lima Memorial hospital is report
ed in a serious condition.
Mrs. Henry Warren visited the
Lee Stevenson family at Warren
last week and attended graduation
exercises, Miss June Stevenson being
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
PUTNAM COUNTY
Gilboa Merchant Gets
Hitler's StOgies

j. o. Hindall, Gilboa merchant
has received a box of Hitler's "fa-
vorite brand of cigars" which were
found in one of his retreats by ele-
ments of the U. S. Army.
The smokes" were mailed to Mr.
Hindall by Pvt. Robert Nemire, who
before entering military service was
employed by the Hindall and Stein.
man Hardware store in Gilboa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

various tables, police said they were
told
Collier said the gunner were not
masked and that he recognized them
as having been visitors at the club
week earlier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Gets V. f. w. Post

Marvin Feltz, Delphos, was elected
commander of the End Ohio district,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and r.
K. Bowman, Dunkirk, was named
district quartermaster at a meeting
in Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Go Back To Slow Time

Delphos residents turned their
clocks back an hour to state-or slow
time, Sunday. Delphos is located
partly in Allen and partly in Van
Vert county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
HANCOCK COUNTY
Findlay College
Reduces Debt

The Rev. Eliza Beery, Toledo, field
representative of Findlay College,
told trustees of the college that in
three years the schools Indebtedness
had been reduced $4,000, of which
$4,000 was received in the last
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Re-elect DOnnell Ohio
Oil Head

o. d. Donnell, president and gen
eral manager, and other officers of
the Ohio Oil Co were reelected at
the 57th annual meeting of stock
holders at Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31

with a machine driven by Joseph
Shively and occupied also by his
brother, Bernard Shively, Is. The
Shively car went into a 10-foot ditch
and rolled over, according to Sheriff
Arnold Potts, who investigated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Pack Of Fags Cost
$1,000 In China

There are no cigaret lines in
China, but it is because fags are too
scarce and cost about $1,000 pack.
That is the report of the Rev.
Theodore F. Romig who arrived in
Lima following his evacuation from
a mission in China. He is a brother
of the Rev. Arthur Romig, Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Reclassify Lima Labor
Rating

War Manpower Commission reclas-
sified Lima from A Group / to A
Group 2 area, effective Immediately,
State Director John L. Craig an
nounced.
The reclassifcation was based on
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31

easing of a labor shortage in the
Lima area and will permit Lima
employers to bid on new war con-
tracts or renew their present ones,
Mr.. Craig said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Findlay College
May Queen

Miss Aliene Hess, Sexton, Pa,
was crowned May Queen of Findlay
College at the annual ceremonies at
the close of school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Wife's Hope Ends In
Death Telegram

Mrs. Alice Ludwig stayed home
from work, expecting a call from her
husband, Sergt. Ralph D. Ludwig,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Report War Bonds
Stolen

A. d. Marvin, Findlay, reported to
police the theft of $500 worth of
war bonds from his home at Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31

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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19

Molk je vcasi ~najstrozja kri'
tika. - Charles Buxton.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19

stojijo. Vazen precinct nase paz-
ME pa morajo biti poleg starega
zeleza tudi zlahtne kovine, pred
vsem baker in medenina. V Slo-
veniji razpolagamo z moderno
industrijo bakra in medenine V
Slovenski District, XII je zopet
edna " Jugoslaviji in Xxi bi z
zadostno kolicino surovin lahko
izdelala mnozino "a obnovo ne
ogibno potrebnih predmetov.
Vodovodi, ventili, kmetijski
stroll, motorji, skropilnice in
drugo Sc brez medeninastih in
bakrenih delov sploh ne more
10 izdelati. TIL pride v postev tu-
di nabiranje praznih nabojev,
puSk in drugega orodja. &c bo-
mo V stanju preskrbeti tel in
dustriji potrebne surovine, DO
laFko dala letno cez SO vagonov
"a obnovo dragocenega materia-
Ia. Poleg tega pa 6aka ma suro-
VINE tudi toVarna medeninastih
in kakrenif predmetov V Ma
riboru.
SloVenija razpolaga poleg te-
ga S precej bogato papirno indu-
%stri5o. Na$a tovarna V Vevcah
je Y Jugoslaviji ma prvem me-
stu, izdeluje papir vseh vrst in
zmore njena mesecna zmoglji-
vost 100 vagonov, Tovarna V
Domzalah lahko izdela 70 va
gonov finej5ega papirja messed
no. Cer5arske tovarne precej-
Snjo koliGino lepenke, Piatniko-
va tovarna V Radecah pr Zida-
enm mostu pa je zaradi svojih
kvaIitetnih izdelkov svetovno
znana. Posebne vaznosti "a OBJ
rovo je izdelava stresne lepen-
ke.
Obcutne so tudi potrebe sta
rib cunj, "a katerih n~abiranje
rorajo skrbeti zopet naSe mno-
zice, Same ia industrial bi po-
trebovala mesecno cez 20 vago-
nov, Ma vaznosti "a obnovo pa
ne zaostaja tovarna Natron, XII
izdeluje kot edna V Jugoslaviji
vrece "a cement. S papirjem
mora naSa industrial zalagati V
veliki meri tudi ostalo Jugosla-
WHO. Predvsem S stresno lepen-
ko, XII 10 edino slovenska indu-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
OBNAVLJANJE SLOVENSKE NDUSTRIJE
ZDRUZENO z VELiKIMN TEZAVAM

nam jih ie unicevalna vojna V
naSi dezeli V dovolj veliki meri
z~apuScala. IzkoriScevanje teh
odpadkov je pa lie mono S sode-
lovanjem vsega ljudstva. Edino
tako DO uspelo pobrati vse, kar
ie uporabnega in kar DO nase-
mu gospodarstvu lahko sluzilo
kot surovina.
Potrebe nasega gospodarstva
ma surovinah SO neiZmerne. Sa-
mo zelezna industrial ma jesse
micah, XII nam je ostala ohranje-
ma in Xxi je pc svojem obsegu in
kakovosti najvaznejsa V Jugo-
slaviji, hi lahko predelala mese-
emo 10000 ton ter zaposlila cez
$500 delavceV. Danes obratuje
samo s po1ovico svoje kapacite-
te. Surovine "a to industrijo 50
nam v predvojni dobi dobavlja-
Ii inozemski karteli, in sicer je
uvoz znasal priblizno 100000
ton letno. Sedaj teh dobav nj in
ie treba izkOristiti vse stare re
lezo. S tenn starim zelezom, do
dajaioc cetrtino novega, mas bo-
do naSe martinove peel lahko
preskrbele s Sc dosti kvalitetnim
jeklom. Razpolagamo pa Sc I
ieklarnami in livarnami V StO-
rah, Xxi lahko izdeluje 1900 ton
meseGno in S sicer mani moder-
no V G~uStajnu, XII bi mesecno la
hko dobaVliala 900 ton.
Brez dvoma je zelezna pano-
ga naSe ~industrije osnovna in
najvaznejsa. Preskrbeti DO mo-
rala ne samo Slovenijo, temvec
v veliki meri tudi ostalo Jugo-
Slavic. Najvec nash sill mora
mo uporabiti predvsem "a dvig
zelezne panoge in je nabiranje
starega zeleza dolznost vsega ma
sega ljudstva.
Poleg teh velikih srediSc zelez-
ne industrije je treba preskrbeti
S starim zelezom tudi naSe mani
Sc livarne, XII nam pr polnem o.
bratovanju lahko dobavljajo let
no 1000 ton in XII danes deloma
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19

Slovenija je edna industrial
lizirana dezela V federativnl Jul
goslaviii. Steer imajo tovarne
tudi drugod, nekatere Timed
Nth SO velike, toda Slovenija je
v sploSnem industrializirana in
obrtniSka dezela.
Vsled tcga Sc ostali kraji "a
nasaio nanio "a industrialne IL
deIke, V zameno "a surovine in
zivila.
O povojnem polozaju indu-
strife ma Slovenskem je imela
dokai informativen tlanek Mia
dina, XII izhaja V Liubljani. Cd
kar ie bill 6lanek napisan kon-
Gem augusta, Sc je tam re mno-
go popraviIo, kajti YES narod
della. Ops stanja slovenske in
dustrije Sc glasi:
V tel vojni je bila Jugoslavi-
ia ena najbolj prizadetih draw.
Ru$enje, bombardiranje, seziga-
ME Sc nj ustavilo pr vojnem
pohodu 2aprila 1941, nadaljevalo
Sc je poleg ubijanja nash Judi
V vsem casu osvobodilne vojne.
Danes Sc torej nahajamo pred
poru$enimi mostovi, cestami in
progami, pred razdeianimi to-
varnami, pozganimi vasmi.
Nekatere naSe tovarne - de-
Iona poSkodovane - obratuje-
me samo S poloviGno zmoglii-
vostjo, mnoge so pa sploh obso-
jene ma mirovanje, kajti po-
manjkanje surovin, prometnih
sredstev, ne dovoljuje delo. Slo-
venski narod, XII je svojo zrelost
in solidarnost dokaZal V Stirilet-
mem boju, stoji pred nalogo OBJ
move vsega poruSenega.
NajnujnejSe vprasanje obno-
We je zaenkrat nabava surovin.
Ne moreno pa V danaSnjem po-
lozaju racunati ma izdatno po-
moo IL inozemstva. Predvsem
bono morali skrajno izkoriscati
surovine, Xxi jih nam lahko nudi
naSa dezela. Med tie spadajo tu-
di vsi Sc uporabljivi odpadki, XII
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
PROLETARE
striia lahko izdeluie.

strija lahko izdeluje.
z nabiranjem starega papir-
ia ne doprinesemo samo k sted-
Mi Ia izdelavo potrebnih kemi-
kalij, temvec prihranimo 81 tudi
velike kolicine lesa, XII ga bono
lahko uporabljali ma drugem
mestu. tlFtsi
Velik doprinos k obnovi je
tudi nabiranje starega stekla, XII
ga bono lahko pretapljah V ma
sih steklarnah v Rogaski Sla-
TIM in v Hrastniku. Tu izdelu-
jemo zaenkrat samo votlo ste
klo, kozarce, steklenice it'd, "a
izdelavo okenskega steklaNbo pa
Sele pc Stirih tednih dograjen
oddelek tovarni stekla v Hra-
stniku. Toda kapaciteta le-tega
DO V zacetku majhna ter las DO
zslagala industrial stekla V Pan
aeVu, kjer znaSa dnevna proiz-
Vodnja 10 vagonov okenskega
sGekla.
Ia popravo his in celih vasi
potrebuje samo Slovenija do Ii
me nujno cez 800 vagonov oxen
skega stekla. V predvojni dobi
pa je bio votlo steklo V Slove-
niji tudi predmet "a izvoz.
Stare razbito steklo DO upo-
rabljeno V celoti "a pretapanje
V novo. Stem ne prihranimo sa-
mo 0GnOVne surovine, temveG
tudi kemikaliie, katerih nabav-
jianjoj danes skoraj onemogo-
ceno.
Tudi pri nabiranju kosti SO BIZ
lie pozvane naSe mnozice. Sluzi-
lie bodo predvsem "a izdelavo
raznih kemikalij, kot edna SUI
rovina "a izdelavo mia, kleja in
umetnih gnojil.
Marsal Tito je naglasll: Slo-
venska industrial DO morala po-
magati juznim delom J~ugoslavi-
je. Da bono lahko izpolnili to
veliko nalogo, Xxi je postavljena
pred yes slovenski narod, je We
lika dolznost vseh mas, da sode-
lujemo z vsemi silami pri zbi-
ranju surovin "a cimprejsnjo
obnovo' cele Jugoslavije.
Molk je vcasi najstrozja kri-
tika - Charles Buxton
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19

Ann Medvesek smo videli ma
nasem odru V Chicago sedaj pr
vikrat. Upam, da Sc dostikrat
nastopi. .Tudi Dorothy Sodnik
smo videli prvic, drugi pa SO V
SLOW. dramatiki start znanci.
Igra je bila dobro v~prizorje-
ma, "a kar gre p~riznanje vsem.
Xxi SO imeli vloge V Mi in kappa
da reziserju. Navzoci SO imeli
dovolj priloznosti, da so Sc ma
smejali. Skoda, ker MISC bill vsi
sedezi zasedeni. Sal vstopnic je
bio dovolj razprodanih, a lju-
die V zimskem vremenu ne gre
do radi ven.
Pc igri Sc je razvila prijetna
domaca in plesna zabava, XII je
trajala do poznega vecera. = x.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
MACE ZLEMBERGER
POSILJA POZDRAVE

Piney Fork, o. = Starost Sc
mi mic ne dopade, ker V Mi "a
emo cloveka tlaciti vse sorte mad
loge, Dobro je, da pijem Sc la
hko in pa pc $3l starostne pen
ziie prejemam. Ia hrano in dru-
go mi to zadostuje, premoga pa
sem 81 V poletju navozil. Bella
zena s koso pa je Sc dalec Cd
meme. Voscilnih kart ne bonn
nogel pisati, cato pa voScim We
sele bOzicne praznike in srecno
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
SLOVENSKO DRAMATIKO
v Chicago Sc MOcocE
OBDRzAH

Chicago, Ill. - Ne gre vec
tako kot nekoc, ko smo lahko do
bill V posamezno dramsko pred
stavo ako je bio treba tudi do
trideset igralcev. Ampak z do
bro voljo 81 lahko slovenski
dramski oder Sc ohranimo. To
Sc je pokazalo lansko limo pri
vprizoritvi drame 3Norec" in pa
g. decembra t. l.; ko SO nam po-
stregli z veseloigro v treh de-
ianjih "Hisa gospoda Harring-
tona". Reziser obeh tn omenje-
Nib iger je bill Milan Medvesek,
XII je nedvomno moral izvrsiti
veliko potov, predno je dobil
igralce in je bio "a vprizoritev
vse potrebno pripravljeno.
Vloge V igri dine 8, decembra
50 imeli Chas. PogoreIec, XII je
predstavljal Viljema Harring-
tona, ga. HarrlngtonoVa je blla
Minka Alesh, hci Grace Har-
r~ingtonovo je igrala Frances
Wider, Roksi Harringtonovo
Ann Medve$ek, Bill Caldwell ie
bill Anton Andres, vlogo Tonyja
Andersona je igral Milan Med
veSek in Mary Baxterjevo pa
Dorothy Sodnik. Masker je bill
Flip Godina in suflerka Angela
Zaitz.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
novo leto vsem kar ma tenn me-
stu. Mace Zlemberger.
Odkrivdnio se.doj drugoena
kof nekoc.

Dokler je svet zivel Sc neka-
ko v miru, SO v raznih deze1ah
odkrivali rude. Sedaj odkrivaio
grobove. Dne 27. nov. je bio IL
VarSave preko Londona poro-
cano, da SO ma Poljskem v pair
mirskih gozdovih blizu glavne-
ga mesta odkrili nov ogromen
grob, V katerega SO morali Po-
ljaki in zidje zmetati ma ukaz
Nemcev stirideset tisoc svojih
ljudi, katere SO jim naciji V ma
sab pobili. Poleg tega je V on
dotnih globinah bio re pref
odkritih % masnih grobov. zr-
TIVE V Nth SO il nacijske morilne
orgije V letih 1939-40.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19

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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-19
PosiIike %potrebssin no
PoIisko prosfe curine

Poljski konzul V Chicago je
sporocil ameriSkim Poljakom in
sploSni j%avnosti. da Sc ma Poll
sko lahko posilja posameznikom
zivez in pa blago, oziroma obo-
je, presto carine.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

NETERAN Of South Pacific ac-
tion is Saki. eoeker-maseot dear
70 hearts Of men on an LST. Crew
member shown is Kenneth Smith.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

THIS SMART dog not only left
the Japs after Yanks hit this Pa
cifie island. but stood guard over
his new American master who
slept exhausfedly on the beach.
--0ffie'si csss c-srS sasse..
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

STILL bearing bandaees
from an encounter with
snipers. Caesar. valiant
dog. stands steady as Pfc.
Kleeman attaches note.
--OffieiA Marine cevps Phess
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
OVERTONES
H ATOMIC
(BY AL ~HENINGBURG)

The time has come when western civilization must
make up it's mind as to whether our best energies
are to be spent in attempts to destroy each other,
whether we shall give more attention to trying to
live together peaceably. Of course, there is no
such thing as the mind" Of western civilization:
Each nation has its own peculiar point Of view, and
within each nation there are many conflicting pro
posals on every idea of Importance. But the com
mon thread running through the entire fabric is
that of exploitation: the readiness of the strong to
enforce their will upon the weak. That thread
shows itself in every form of intercourse in our
world today. individuals, nations, and even So
called councils of nations move toward each attempt
ed settlement of a difficulty with the notion of self
ish gain predominating.
So thoroughly has this kind Of, thinking become a
part Of our lives that we know little less. What is
worse, we are unaware of just what is happening,
or of how we are affected. Under these conditions,
the man who is exploited comes to accept his fate
as a matter of course, and ceases all rebilliOus ac-
ton. Accustomed all their lives to being victimiz-
ed. they adapt themselves and their way of life to
this pattern, and thus make it possible for their tor
mentors to say with half-truth: eve understand
the Negro. We have no trouble with him.
1t seems childish at this stage of the game of ev-
p~loitation and deception for our statesmen to try to
arrive a at paper agreement which will shove back
the menace represented nthe atomic bomb. Now
we say that this nation will keep the secret until
the rest of the world shows a readiness to use it for
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
Today at the cessation Of declared hostilities in

Today at the cessation Of declared hostilities in
America. Their reward after the Armistice, was
wholesale TERRORISM, l~ynchings, burnings, intimid-
alton, discrimination and Jim Grow at every hand.
World War III, much of the same situation exists.
The Negroes condition hasn't improved any too
much discernibly. In fact, it has deteriorated to-
an alarming extent.
Where in World War | he had not the mass intel
lgence he has today, the pressure is of a different
sort. He is being overwhelmed by the new fantas-
les of white supremacy that are built up in his mind
by wide publicity given to the Atom Bomb, to Jet
Propulsion, to everything that points out the power
of he white man.
He reads. in every daily paper and magazine, evil
dence that the white man is absolutely the greatest
being on earth and great care is stressed in relating
to him the plight of the japanese who had the tenn
Gritty to challenge the white mans right to rule.
The propaganda is insidious.
Confronted with the actualities Of his own plight
in which he is at the bottom rung Of the ladder and
doomed to stay there under existing conditions, the
Negro can only stand by and take it.
Right now evidences of the age-old white mans
attitude toward the Negro are cropping up on every
side despite the claims of the liberals in the labor
movement, despite the claims of the star-gazers
who see a black Shangri-la in the midst of the living
hell and try to convince all Of us that it isn't that
bad. White students, egged on by reactionary
parents who, themselves are stepped in century-old
beliefs of white supremacy, are striking against
cOlored classmates attending the same schools with
them.
Negroes, themselves, contribute much to these
conditions by failure to control their own young
sters, allowing them to drift off early into lives Of
crime or Incidence. All these factors point up to
bad examples of Negro leadership which offers moth
ing for the masses to sink their teeth in and moth
ing of a concrete nature.
They are long on promises. short on results, and
as a result, we sink further into the mire Of mental
and economic stagnatiOn.
Right now little can be done to halt the wholesale
terrorism we face in the aftermath Of the war be-
yond a determination on the part Of US all not to
take these things laying down. The militancy Of
our demands must be translated into the actuality
of the steps we take. Unil then, surcease from mis-
cry seems affair off.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
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old age, comfortable modern homes in which to
raise our families, opportunity and justice and free
dom to enjoy first class citizenship which is the
right of every American, a land of hope and prom
Use in which the new atomic age can be a boon to all.
This is no Utopia. It can be ours If we will work
for ii. We can have beautiful churches and money
to pay the preachers and carry on the Gospels
work. W ecan have beautiful Fairgrounds, fine
schools with well-trained teachers where our child
rem may learn to live well developed lives and to
use their creative abilities.
Irepat, these things can be attained. True, there
have been and will continue to be obstacles. No
fight is won without conquest of a foe. The
strength of those who would keep our people from
equal job opportunities, to chain us to low-paying,
mental, unskilled positions, is tremendous. But our
strength is tremendous, too, if we but use it wisely
and in concert with those groups who are proven
friends of our people.
Let the Negro Church join with the CLIO in this
drive. Let us tell our friends, our relatives, our
community to rally all behind this great cause :
the cause which will prevent national depression
and national suicide and pave the way to increased
economic and social gains for Our people.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
Industrial Labor Relations.

(by George E. DeMar, Industrial Secy, \. Y. Urban
League for CNS)
Unemployment will reach eight million next year
is the prediction. In order to ease the strain, both
public and private housing projects have been plan
ned. In fact, the larger engineering firms are not
accepting anymore contracts for 1916. The work
which will have to be done will require the skillS OF
carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers, plumbers, cleo
tricians, iron and steel workers and many others. 1t
is only reasonable that employment agencies, engln-
eering companies and the trade unions functiOning
in this field be contacted to ascertain whether or
not they will adhere to a program OF fair employ
ment practices. In the event they do not many Of
the people who are the "last hired and the first fir
ed" will suffer undue hardShips.
In states that have anti-discrimination laws, the
persons who are likely to suffer certainly have a re-
spOnsibility. They must be vocal. They must
complain. New Workers have been lax in this re-
gard. The State Commission against discrimina-
ton began operations last July i. To date only 162
complaints have been filed or an average Of 40 com
plants a month. Workers should know when they
have been Disseminated against and should hurry
to 124 East 18th st. and put the firm or union under
investigation. The Commission should not be
blamed for ineffectiveness, when the people affected
seem to lack an interest in pointing a finger at the
persons who would undermine our democracy.
In states that do not have fair employment prac-
tees legislation, there is the responsibility TO aglt-
ate for such laws. This may be done through any
community organization and please do not over
look the medium Of the church. | recognize that
state laws should be buttressed by federal leg1sla-
ton and that each Congressman should be written
weekly with reference to his position on such leg1s-
lation. In a democracy we have the right to vote
out of office the people who do not do as we think.
From the strength shown by the left wing groups in
the recent election, Congressman and others in Of
flee had better look to the job Of giving the people
what they want.
Whether it is building construction, or any other
work to be done full employment has been pledged,
fair employment has been promised and it. is about
time that the Congress awoke to the demands Of the
people who elected them.