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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07
LOUISE IN
 FROM SOUTH

Tine Princess Louise arrived Sat urday afternoon with the following passengers from Seattle: Al Ander- %on, Pete Arsanto, Edward P Brown, Mrs. Adeline E. Brown, Miss Laura Buchanan, Mrs. Pearl Burford, Jharles M. Campbell, Henry E. Clark, Mrs. Faith E. Clark, Miss Margaret Cook, Mrs. Belle Cook, E. Norma Crooks, o. Raymond Crooks, Master Raymond M. Crooks, Mrs. Allie E. Dickson, Patricia R. Doherty.
 Mrs. Kenney Edwards, Miss Mari lyn Edwards, Boyd Field, Mrs. Irene A. Garvin, Miss Sandra K. Garvin, Infant Margaret I. Garvin, Miss Katherine Gratiot, Richard E. Graves, Mrs. Georgie I, Cures, J. Russell Hart, Miss Ethel Hasseltine.
 Robert Hoopes, Mrs. Rae Hoopes, Mrs Betty Jauregui, Walter E. Johns. Infant Gloria Johns. Harris M. Johnson, Miss Janet King, Miss Idc M Larson
 Miss Birdie J. Lincoln, Donald L. Mack. Miss Panic Morley, Edgar w Norris, Clarence E. Page, John Pozar, Louis w. Roehm, Mrs. Dora Rusch, Mrs. Madeline Sturm, Master Leslie Sturm, Infant Kathleen Sturm and U. B. Webb.
 Frcm Prince Rupert; Miss Frances Bedore.
 From Ketchikan: Mrs. Ellis Cur tis, Mrs. Rae Carlson, Ernest Francis, Louise Miller, Spencer Mougin and Mrs. L. B. Fullies.
 From Wrangell: John Cropley, H.
 M. Olsen. George Valle, Mrs Grace Wellons and infant
 Leaving Saturday for Skagway were. Hazell Holmes, Rachel Scott, Lillian Johnson, Mrs.s G. c. Sip prell, R. R. Blackwood, Miss A. Tar laff, D. Gaskalos, Mrs. K. I. Alex ander, Mrs. Dobberpuhl, A. H. Dob berpuhl, Bob Wahl, the Rev. Edgar Gallant and Miss Laura Lee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07
PAN AMERICAN
 ON MANY TRIPS

Pan American Airways flew the following passengers from Seattle Saturday: Edwina Dabney, Stanley Dabney, Sylvia Dabney, John Sor- ensen, Sarah Mcdonald. Sue Trim ble, Sally Rosemeyer and Catherine Ross.
 From Juneau to Seattle: Mrs. Ha- gel Limeburner, Mrs. Patricia Burn cit, Marie Eubank, pr. Desmond F. Kidd, Clifford Robards, Dave Daw- son and Arnold Arvold.
 To Fairbanks: Mrs. Margaret Smith.
 To Whitehorses Octave Beaudrey.
 From Whitehorse to Juneau. Mrs. Claire Chandler, Mrs. Charlotte Ramsey, Mrs. John L. Lee, Mrs. Thelma Lee and John L. Lee, Jr. From Fairbanks to Juneau: Father Paul O'Connor
 Sunday, from Juneau to Seattle were: Mary McCann, Charles Raed- inger, Mrss. Barbara Smith, Lucille SayleS, It. Ellis Mortrude and Var ner Hargraves.
 From Seattle to Juneau. Harold O'Niel, John Crosley, Josephine de Ganahl, G. A. Lash, Thelma Os- borne, William Rose, Alice Summers, Elvin Eib, Virgil Mockler, Anne Aus tin. Carol Ann Austin and Jean Aus tin.
 Juneau to Fairbanks: Ted Thor endal, Thomas Robertson, James Brock and It. Howard Isberg.
 Fairbanks to Juneau: Kenneth Macleod.
 Today, the following passengers flew to Seattle Margaret Smith, Louis Dubos, Peter Innes and James Monscrip.
 To Fairbanks: Jack Gucher, Leon ard King, Frank Holbrook, George Collette and Raymond Silver.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

Harold ONeill, of Seattle, at torney for the Canned Salmon Industry. arrived in Juneau this weekend. He is guest at the Bar anof Hotel. It is expected that he will return to Seattle Wednesday.
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' LOTS on Bolnas Beach, Calif., outside San Francisco, for trade
 for Alaska property. Inquire Room B., above First Nat. Bank.
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FOR SALE

TOR SALE-Grocery store, estab-
 lished trade, thriving retail gro- ; cery business, complete meat X market equipment. Good lease.
 Gross income around $20O,000 per
 year. Write Gradelle Leigh Realty hCo., Box 46S, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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35 AUTOMATIC RIFLE, with :, plenty of ammunition; one cleo
 1. ric outpoard motor. Inquire
 room 3, above First. Nat. Bank.
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OE LUXE seven tube, six-volt car radio, complete; two Jenett Ro- tary Converters, 32 volts to 1l0- ,AC; one sixty-watt Webster Chi cago Amplifier and microphone. Call Douglas 963, evenings; TIA days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

ENTERTAINMENT HOME, total
 income $40 a month. Excellent
 view, well furnished. Total price, r Sl1,SOO; $6,000 cash, balance FILA. Call Blue 37O, Bob Henning, for
 Appointment.
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BABY PLAY PEN Used only
 three times Phone Blue 632.
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1886 CHEv. .COACH-See Bowling Davlin.
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B-Ft. waterproof plywood skiff, also
 cedar skMf;. 27o So. Franklin. ePhone 799.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH WILL 0BSERvE END
 OF WAR IN EUROPE

The Rev. w. Robert Webb an- nounced this morning that the special Episcopal service of Holy Communion with the intention of thanksgiving for the conclusion of the war in Europe will be held at Il a. m. cn Tuesday, May 8. The change in time is so that persons in Douglas can conveniently attend.
 Another service will be- held on Thursday, May 10, at 10 a, m. be- ing the Feast of the Ascension. Both of these services will be held in the Church of the Hold Trinity, Fourth and Gold Streets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

HOUSE KEEPING ROOM FOR
 RENT = Elderly man preferred.
 Call Ellingen Apts., after 6 p. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

10-Volt, 10-Amp. Robins and Myers generator, $l6.00; one pair blno- culars, $25. Phone Red BPS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

DON'T SUFFER with Rheuma- tism, Arthritis, Eczema, Stomach Trouble. The Mineral Baths at Warm Springs Bay will give you instant relief Clean, furnished cabins, groceries, liquors. O'Neill & Fenton, Baranof, Alaska. --adv. 5-1-6-30
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FOR SALE-Ten shares of common
 stock Columbia Lbr. Co. of AL
 aska. Write c. J. Smith, F.. O.. T Box 2066, Juneau.
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S,R SALE-4-Room house & lot,
 strictly modern. Full basement, , fully furnished $2.500 ca h.; i, $3,O00, terms. Phone 035-5 rings.
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WANT ADS

l WAN !. FOR SALE FOR SALE-Grocery store, estab- lished trade, thriving retail gro- ; cery business, complete meat market equipment. Good lease. Gross income around $20O,000 per year. Write Gradelle Leigh Realty hCo., Box 46S, Fairbanks, Alaska LOTS on Bolnas Beach, Calif., outside San Francisco, for trade for Alaska property. Inquire Room B., above First Nat. Bank. 35 AUTOMATIC RIFLE, with :, plenty of ammunition; one cleo ric outboard motor Inquire room 3, above First Nat Bank BOAT "SISU"-7-Ton net; years old powerful Chrysler Grown engine; fully equipped combina- ton halibut & troller; 13 skates
 new gear. Jack Bear, Pelican City
 | DE LUXE seven-tube, six-voit car radio, complete; two Jenett Ro- s3 .tary Converters, 32 volts to ll0- ,AC; one sixty-watt Webster Chi
 cago Amplifier and microphone.
 Call Douglas 963, evenings; TIA days.
 FOR SALE-Ten shares of common
 stock Columbia Lbr. Co. of AL
 aska. Write c. J. Smith, P. O.. T Box 2066, Juneau.
 FOR SALE-Bush &. Lane upright < piano. See it at the Church of |s Christ, 10th & E Streets.
 FOR SALE Full-size bed, spring , and 3 mattresses; wall mirror
 ping pong set, balls; Sears war
 model pressure cooker. Phone
 Blue $50, corner 10th and E StS. BROOM FURNISHED HOUSE, oil stoves also 5 Broom cabins. In-
 quire 843 West Ninth Street. ENTERTAINMENT HOME, total income $40 month. Excellent
 view, well furnished. Total price, r sl1,S0O; $6,ooO cash, balance FILA. Call Blue 370, Bob Henning, for
 Appointment.
 B-Ft. waterproof plywood skiff, also
 cedar sknf;. 270 So. Franklin. ePhone 799.
 THREE ACRES patented ground, { with partly furnished house, .s2500 cash, or $30o0 on time. Ed
 Kirchofer, 7l4 Mi, Glacier Hiway. ! 10-volt, 1O-Amp Robins and Myers
 generator, $16.00; one pair bino-
 culars, $25. Phone Red BPS. BABY PLAY PEN = Used only
 three times Phone Blue 632. 1886 CHEv. ..COACH-see Bowling Davlin.
 SALE-4-Room house & lot, strictly modern, Full basement, 2 fully furnished. $2,500 cash; $3,OO0, terms. Phone 035-5 rings. 1885 FORD DUMP TRUCK, OPA .price, good condition. Green 483. 2 ACRES patented land, house,
 chicken house, strawberry patches,
 good water. 71a miles on Glacier
 Highway. Call Blue AIS.
 FURNISHED 3-bedroom, modern home; 21a acres patented land. at
 Aux Bay. Full concrete basement, [ oil furnace and range, 32-volt Delco. $5,D00. John Natterstad,
 P. o. Box 2313. Juneau.
 FOR SALE-J. A. Hellenthal resi- dence 426 Harris St. Phone 128 for appointment.
 sORNSALE-Troller "Diana"-33 it. Yong. s1s #. beam, fully equipped.
 Chrysler Grown marine engine,
 first class condition. See Harbor
 Master.
 MISCELLANEOUS
 HARBOR MACHINE SHOP
 West 1lth & F St.
 "A Hour Service
 SMALL MACHINE WORK 7 DIR. SIDNEY E. STEvES
 ChirOp0dist
 Will be in his office this evening, 5 to g. Sunday afternoon, l to 5. No. 2, Triangle Bldg, Phone 648. ar NF,S RENT1ET-Tt1pe0 Anf1er.
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Empire wanr ads get quick results.
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THREE ACRES patented ground, i, with artly- furnished house, .s250o cash, or 5000 on time. Ed
 Kirchofer, 7la Mi. Glacier Hiway.
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BOAT "SISU'-7-T net; 4 years old; powerful Chrysler Crown engine; fully equipped combina- ton halibut & troller; 13 skates new gear. Jack Bear, Pelican City.
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FOR SALE-Full-size bed, spring and mattresses; wall mirror,
 ping pong set, 2 balls; Sears war model pressure cooker. Phone Blue $50, corner 10th and E Sts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

1885 FORD DUMP TRUCK, OPA
 .price, good condition. Green 483.
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BROOM FURNISHED HOUSE, oil stoves; also 5 Broom cabins. h. quire 843 West Ninth Street.
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2 ACRES patented land, house, chicken house, strawberry patches, good water. 7la miles on Glacier Highway. Call Blue AIS.
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WANTED

WANTED - Experienced clerk at Irving's Market.
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BROOM Furnished Apt. Electric range, oil heater. Inquire 513-A Willoughby.
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FOR SALE-Bush &, Lane upright piano. See it at the Church of Christ, 10th & E Streets.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-2-Room Apt. Oil heat and bath. Bachelor only. Phone 428, Crescent Apartments.
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STEAM HEATED ROOMS. Call
 after 3 p. m. 3l5 Gold Street.
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WINTER RATES, Seaview Apts Oil and wood stoves. lights. laun- dry. Phone 236.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-07

DELIVERY MAN WANTED--Call at 20th Century Meat Market.
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WANTED-Used furniture. 306 Will loughby. Phone 788.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-14

Webb & Mars
Weinmann-Matthews Co.
Western Auto
Wiedman Auto Co.
Willoughby Bros.
Ypsi Lunch T.
Ypsilanti Art Shop Ia
Ypsilanti Farm Bureau
Ypsilanti Public Schools
YpsiIanti Savings Bank (
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-14

2nd, to save time and work there wifi be fewer War
Loans this year. Only instead of g. That means we
must tackle bigger loan both times.
So don't give that quota chance to buffalo you.
Start licking it right Sock away extra slice of
your pay into War Bonds this week and every week till
your quotas licked.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-14

National Bank
Nepodal & Arnet
The Paristyle'
Sally Sheer Shop
Shaefer's Huron St. Store
Shaefer Hardware Co
Silkworth Oil Co.
Sleep Shop
Storage Furniture
United Cigar Store
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-14

S. S. Kresge Co.
Landy Furniture Co.
Mack & Mack
Mackraft Shops
Martin Dawson Co.
Moffett's Shoe Store
j. E. Moore Co.
Moyer-Fletcher
Pete's Cafe
Richardson Pharmacy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
SOlOns Say People OF
Alaska Need Help

Washington, d. G. (ILNS).-The
territorial legislature of Alaska is con-
trolled by absentee owners Of the fish
ing and mining industries, even
though representatives are elected by
the people themselves. SO reports a
committee of the House of Represent
atives, which visited Alaska and in
vestigated conditions, with view to
statehood for the territory.
"People are not capable of govern
ing themselves" reports the commit
tee, "when they allow the fishing in
dustry to take 60 million dollars
year from the territory and return
only l million" 1t concluded that
Alaskans are not sufficiently informed
about the principles of economies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
u. S. Job Offices
Ready For Rush

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
1,725 permanent offices of the u. S.
Employment Service are ready for
the rush which is expected to develop
from the big-scale release of workers
from war jobs, the War Manpower
Commission says.
A statement said preparations for
these conditions were begun last
spring when instructions were issued
to the field offices to begin training
personnel for the reconversion job.
Local directors have authority to
skeletonize the registrations where
necessary to expedite the service, and
overtime work has been authorized.
USES employees hay be transferred
readily from one office to another as
the work load shifts.
"We are making every effort" the
VINO said, "to see that applicants are
taken smoothly and without delay,
and state and regional offices have
been instructed to survey the work
loads in the various local offices con-
tinuously, taking every step neces-
sary to assure flexibility so that the
large volume of applicants and
claims can be handled on stream
lined basis"
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vey indicating that private industry
would be able to provide Sd million
jobs by September, 1916. This was
not commitment, but merely an es-
innate.
Reconversion Director Snyder out
lined the governments policy on
peace time production and full en-
ployment as follows:
''The goal of our economy now that
peace has come is in sense the same
as it was in war; production.
"Only peacetime production, vast
ly expanded over anything this or any
other nation has ever seen, will make
possible the attainment of the four
major economic objectives which face
us in the months ahead. These OBJ
jectives conceive to be:
"(D Jobs for all those willing and
able to work.
"(2) A steadily rising standard of
living.
"(3) Sterilization of our economy
to avoid disastrous initiation or de-
flation.
go Increased opportunities for
farmers and business men.
SIN fact, the urgent need to in
crease peacetime production is the
keystone of all the governments eco
nomic policy and planning. Every
step taken by the Office of War Mo-
bilization and Reconversion, and every
policy and action of the agencies
which this office coordinates, is orient
ed to this central goal"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
Unemployment Leaps to Three Million
As War Contracts Are Cancelled
Governments Policy On Peacetime Production and Full
Employment Outlined

Washington, D. C.-With billions Of
dollars worth Of war contracts can
celed by the government overnight,
postwar unemployment leaped within
ten days from million to over three
million, according to estimates made
by labor officials in the nations prin-
cipal industrial centers.
In almost every city, offices of the
United States Employment Service
were flooded with workers who had
received pink slips without notice and
were desperately anxious to obtain
new jobs.
At the same time, long lines formed
outside the offices of State Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission Off
ces, as the new army of unemployed
attempted to get some measure of
relief from their financial straits.
The pittances offered by most states
now are expected to be supplemented
by federal funds when Congress acts
on President Truman's recommended
tions to provide maximum compensa-
tion of $25 a week for six months in
any one year.
New jobs are expected to open up
in fairly large quantities in the serv-
ice trades and other lines of peace
time business long starved by man.
power shortage, but wages and work
ing conditions offered by such indus
tries are far below the standards pre-
vailing in war industry.
Meanwhile the Committee for Eco
nomic Development made public sur
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
Sterilization Board Urged
To Maintain Construction

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-When
construction falls below figure ap-
proximately II percent of our national
income, depression threatens, Charles
NJ. Upham, engineer director of the
American Road Builders Association,
told conference on postwar planning
here. He recommended that a stabiliz-
ing board representing all construc-
tion agencies be set up which by con-
trolling public investment will MAIN
tain this figure as minimum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31

wage freeze. Nevertheless, the Pres
ident emphasized in his Executive Or
der that the line must be held against
initiation and higher prices.
Also encouraging was a ruling
made by the War Labor Board that
it would forbid cuts in wage rates
during reconversion.
AS proof that he determined to
take sweeping action to establish full
employment and to prevent hardships
during reconversion, President Tru-
man told Senators Wagner and Muir
ray that he will urge immediate con
gressional action on legislation to in
crease unemployment compensation
allowances to maximum of $25 a
week for twenty-six weeks in one
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31

construction. Through the American
Federation of Labor, they are exerting
a powerful influence over the nations
affairs and guiding it's policies along
progressive lines.
The American Federation of Labor
calls upon the nation to establish max
imum peacetime production, which will
provide full employment and create
steady higher standards of living.
To provide ready market for in
creased production, the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor will bend all it's eff
forts to obtain from management wage
rates high enough to create an abund-
ant pool of domestic purchasing pow
er.
In order to share equitably the bene-
fits of scientific invention and new
methods of production, the American
Federation of Labor will renew it's
drive for the shorter work week, thus
spreading the available jobs and giving
all workers the opportunity for healthy
recreation and education which mod
ern civilization offers.
On this Labor Day let US dedicate
ourselves to the great goals of peace.
Let us never forget the supreme sacri-
fices made by the brave American boys
who lost their lives on the battlefields
of Africa, Europe and the Pacific and
the unsung soldiers of production who
were killed at their factory machines.
Our debt to them can never be repaid
But we can and must resolve that
the dread holocaust of war shall new
er desolate mankind again, that our
hard-won freedoms shall never be sur
rendered and that the sacrifices of our
war heroes shall be redeemed by the
establishment of way of life which
will bring happiness and security to
humanity in the future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
Voluntary Pay Boosts Okd and WLB Gets Authority
To Break Freeze

Washington, ID. Reconversion,
almost left at the post when peace
suddenly opened the starting gates,
began to make up ground rapidly un-
der the whip of President Truman as
the American Federation of Labor con-
tinued to press for further speed
Immediate postwar economic de-
velopments were:
l. President Truman issued an ex-
ecutive order putting into effect a new
wage policy along the lines urged by
the AFL and empowered the War Pro-
duction Board to speed peacetime pro-
duction.
2. Reconversion Director Snyder
made public master plan" for re-
conversion under which wartime pro-
duction controls were lifted in most
instances and materials made avail
able for manufacture of civilian goods.
3. The President placed at the top
of his list of "must" legislation to be
acted upon by the returning Congress
the Kilgore bill, to increase unem-
ployment compensation, the Wagner
Postwar Housing bill, measures to
boost minimum wage levels immed-
lately to not less than 65 cents an
hour, the full employment bill, and
wider social security legislation.
4. The President announced he
would summon a labor Encouragement
national conference shortly after
Labor Day to end War Labor Board
controls and set up substitute pro-
cedure to eliminate industrial dis
putes during reconversion.
5. An AFL committee composed of
President Green, Secretary Treasurer
Meany and Vice President Bugniazet,
conferred with President Truman at
the White House on the urgent need
for drastic action to prevent unem-
ployment from becoming too heavy
and prolonged.
6. Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach revealed plans for reorganizing
the Labor Department which empha-
size strengthening of the Cancellation
Service and setting up new mediation
machinery.
The new wage policy set forth by
President Truman fully confirmed the
exclusive disclosures made by this pub
lication almost month ago.
1t permits labor and management
to put into effect without government
approval voluntary wage increases ar
rived at through collective bargaining
whenever it is certified that such in
creases will not be used as the basis
for an advance in prices.
1t also permits the War Labor
Board to exercise discretionary au-
thority to grant wage increases above
the limits Of the Little Steel For
mula" in hardship cases, even though
price increases are involved, provided
approval is obtained from the Office
of Economic Sterilization and from
the Office Of War Mobilization and
Reconversion.
WLB officials freely interpreted the
Presidents directive as ending the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-31
LABOR DAY, 1915
By William Green
President of the American Federation
of Labor

freSluenC Oh the American feQefaUlOH
of Labor
This is the first peacetime Labor
Day in four years. 1t is day for pro-
found celebration and thanksgiving.
For we have won double victory-a
military victory over powerful enemies
and spiritual triumph over despo-
tism and dictatorship.
Now it is our supreme purpose to
attain the fruits of victory for which
we have paid so dearly.
First must come lasting world peace.
Already the United Nations have
shown the way by the adoption of
the San Francisco Charter, which is
an eloquent testimonial to human
rights and human aspirations. 1t is up
to us and to all other peace-loving ma
tions to make that charter work and
to Danish war for all time.
Then we must put our economic
house in order. On an international
basis, that means prosperity for the
people of all countries. Here at home,
it means higher standard of living
and security against depressions and
want.
To win the peace and the fruits of
peace will not be an easy task. The
difficult problems ahead of us de-
mand intelligent planning and bold
action. Already millions of Americans
are caught in the economic trap of
unemployment. Reconversion in some
industries is proceeding with painful
slowness. But we must not become
discouraged. For if we proceed with
united determination to win the peace,
economic hardships will be of short
duration and the great promise Of
the future can be achieved.
One of the nations great assets
during the war was it's strong labor
movement. The trade unions affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor made tremendous contributions
to victory. This fact is best illustrated
by their cooperation with the govern
ment to speed production of the atomic
bomb. BY use Of this devastating
weapon we were able to conquer Japan
without bloody invasion. And the
War Department has officially testi-
fled to the vital role played by Amer
lean Federation of Labor unions in
producing these bombs in record time.
The seven million members Of the
American Federation of Labor have
come out of the war fortified in
strength and spirit. They are now bet
ter prepared than ever before to car
ry on the huge tasks of postwar re-