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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
Reconversion Now Moving Rapidly
Krug Says in Optimistic Report
Declares Production Rate Will be 1877 Percent of Normal
and Unemployment 1873 Percent by Next June

work for a greatly enlarged labor
force.
Manufacturers, he pointed out, were
meeting no greater difficulties than
were to be expected during the transi-
tion period and they already are sur
mounting such difficulties with typi-
cal American ingenuity"
Mr.. Krug gave these production fig
ures as of July this year, followed in
each case by estimated : production
next June:
Bicycles, $4,000 and 272,0OO; domes-
tic mechanical refrigerators, none and
474,0O0; sewing machines, none and
$4,000; vacuum cleaners, $4,000 and
272, 200; electric fans, $4,000 and 1885,
600; watches, $4,000 and 2,272,000;
Photographic equipment dollar vol
ume), $1,O66,O0O and $5,833, 900; wood
furniture, $4,000 and 100000; farm
machinery, $54,193,OOO and $94,444,-
600.
Mr.. Krug said the AZ industries COW
cred in the report were those with
major reconversion problems.
''The industries reporting are GO
ing ahead with ambitious production
and expansion plans," Mr.. Krug COM
mented.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14

the old Silesian capital of Breslau
alone accounting for nearly half a
million out of a total of 100000.
1t is near impossible to describe the
ordeals of these migrant masses,
stumbling wearily along the dusty
roads of the eastern plain. Only one
third of those who have crossed the
border into what remains to all in
tents and purposes Germany, are re-
ported to have found means of a
scant existence. Uncounted millions
depend upon public support and the
wayside help Of the compassionate.
1t has rightly been said that he who
has great power should use it lightly.
The rulers of the Russian satellite
states in eastern Europe apparently
believe that the greater their power
the harsher should be the use of it.
Their actions go SO far as to endan-
ger, if not nullify, the feeble begin
nings of policy of reconstruction and
international cooperation, on which
alone universal peace can be based.
The great powers have served a
'work or starve" alternative on the
German people. But if the Germans
are supposed to both work and starve,
the results are bound to be disastrous
to the future of Europe and the foun-
dation of newly-won world peace.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14

and which industry can produce. That
is the only sure way private industry
can save itself and the free enterprise
system.
"After winning a terrible war to
safeguard the American way of life
from external enemies, we do not be-
lieve the American people are in any
mood to lose it by default to such in
ternal enemies as hunger, unemploy-
ment and insecurity, which always
provide fertile soil for revolution"
After praising labor's contribu-
tions to victory, Mr.. Green extended
a welcoming hand to returning serv-
icemen. The AFL will do everything
in its power, he said, "to help them
obtain good jobs and make a new
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14

Washington, D. C.-Reconversion is
proceeding much more rapirly than ex-
pected, WPB Chairman J. A. Krug an
nounced.
On the basis of survey of AZ ma
jor industries, he estimated that manu-
featuring production will be IL per-
cent higher in dollar volume by the
end Of this year than in the. prewar
period between 1889 and 1941.
He also made the optimistic predic-
tion that employment by December
will be "a percent Of peacetime nor
NAL
BY next June, Mr.. Krug declared at
press conference, the production
rate will be 1877 percent Of normal and
employment 1873 percent. Of course, in
the so-called normal" years before
Americas entry in the war, there were
still several million unemployed.
"Reconversion is going along better
than we had expected" Mr.. Krug said
81 have considerable confidence that
these figures are accurate forecasts. .
Mr.. Krug admitted that the next
three or four months will be a time
of economic concern" as millions
leave war jobs and the armed serv-
ices, and now the job is to provide
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
SAY, LISTEN!

For the rest Of this year, the AFL
presents each Saturday evening at
6:45 P. NJ, EWT, over the nationwide
network of the American Broadcastine
Company a radio news-magazine
featuring the latest news at home anc
abroad and special reports by expert
commentators on important labor
problems. This program is listed ir
the radio columns of your newspape,
as. Labor u .S.A." Our own subtitle
for the programs is "The American
Federationist Of the Air" Don't miss
these bright, newsy broadcasts! Lis.
ten every Saturday night!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
Green Sees Better Times
If America Acts Swiftly

start in life" He concluded
"The American Federation of La
Dor has emerged from the vicissitudes
of war stronger in organization and
in spirit than ever before in history.
We do not intend to relinquish a
single one of the gains we have won
for the nations workers. On the con-
trary, we are determined to press
ever forward, to complete the task of
organizing the unorganized and to
weld the forces of American labor
into single, united whole"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
Calls For SO Percent Rise In Living Standards AS
New Era Goal

Camden, N. J.-Foreseeing better
days ahead for America, AFL Presi-
dent William Green proclaimed la
boris determination to achieve a so
percent increase in the nations liv-
ing standards through a specific five
point program.
In challenging Labor Day address,
broadcast to every part of the land
from memorial services here at the
grave of Peter j. Mcclure, father of
Labor Day, Mr.. Green urged these
steps to new high level of national
prosperity:
Rush reconversion so that a
plentiful supply of jobs can be created
in expanded private industry.
2-Increase wage rates to fortify
labor's purchasing power, because
"there is no better market for Am
erican industry than the full pay en-
velope of American workers."
Seek national labor industry
accord at the conference to be called
soon by President Truman.
Reduce the work week to spread
employment as soon as conditions set
tie down.
ENACT the AFL's "must" legis-
lative program which has been en-
dorsed by President Truman.
Mr.. Green castigated the prophets
of gloom" who see nothing but "dis-
couragement and failure ahead"
"The American Federation of La
Dor does not share these pessimistic
views" he declared. "We do not be-
lieve in crying 'Fire!' in crowded
theater. We do not intend to STAN
pede the nation into panic. When
danger threatens it is not the time to
quit. 1t is the time to rally and work
and fight for what we want and be-
lieve in. Just as we won the war, we
will win the peace. Let that be our
challenge to the future!"
| Mr.. Green insisted that the AFL's
legislative. program will protect the
free enterprise system from it's own
shortcomings. He denounced reaction
ary members of Congress who pro.
fess to be concerned about the free
enterprise system but "don't wish tc
lift finger to save it,"
At the same time, he called upon
American businessmen to measure uI
to their own responsibility by being
truly enterprising, "by looking for.
ward, instead of backward"
"a return to the good old days,
he emphasized, twill not satisfy the
American people. We want better
days and we are going to get them
america has the resources, the
know-how and the productive capacity
to raise living standards progressive
ly higher. Production problems have
been solved. What we must do next
is to master the problem Of distribu
| tion. Labor points the way. By sus
tanning full employment at high wages
private industry can put enough pur.
chasing power into the hands of the
American people to buy the necessities
and comforts Of life which they neee
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
Free Pamphlets Offered
BY Jewish Labor Group

New York City.-The Jewish Labor
Committee, in the course of expand
ing its activities has just published
an article by AFL President William
Green in pamphlet form on the SUBJ
ject of racial and religious tolerance.
Free copies of this pamphlet can be
obtained by writing to Labor Reports,
Room 4O6, IT'S East Broadway, New
York 2, N. Y.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
NEWS AND VIEWS
By ALEXANDER S. LIPSETT
Gan ILNS Feature)

Winston Churchill's recent COM
ments in the House of Commons and
his melancholy observation that 1--WE
British have had very early and in
creasingly to recognize the limita-
tionS of our own power and influ-
ence" highlight the growth of a new
cancer in the East of Europe. Meth
er the pious statements of world lead
ers nor the frightful weapons in the
hands of the victors of today must
blind us to the harsh realities of to-
morrow.
1t is one thing to conduct war and
another to make peace. To believe
that the fate of millions of Germans
in eastern Europe is no concern of
ours and that "in any case they have
it coming to them," is simply to fool
ourselves. It is to crush the seeds of
a sound and lasting peace.
The Potsdam program was predl-
Gated upon the premises of a rebirth
of the German people in the image of
Anglo-Saxon democracy. Aside from
the seemingly unsolvable paradox that
German Imperialism and aggression
be rooted out by Allied Military Gov
ernment and that foreign occupation
rule secure the benefits of self-govern-
ment to the German people, the policy
of the Big Three held out some en-
couragement, however slight, to the
Germans to rebuild the foundations Of
their shattered country. Apparently
the executors Of victory in the East
like the bourbons of the West, have
forgotten nothing and learned moth
ing.
When one of the architects of the
Potsdam structure questions the con-
ditions under which the expulsion and
exodus of millions of people are car
ried out, the answer is obvious. Al
this writing the greatest mass migra.
tion in the history Of mankind is tax.
ing place with economic, political anc
psychological results that cannot be
imagined. Nor is this mass tragedy
limited to the. territories of New Po.
land alone.
Swept westward by political tida
wave, nearly IL million men, womer
and children wind their way into the
remnants of the German Reich. They
are broken and hopeless. They lool
forward to nothing but hopelessness
Entire districts and cities have beer
purged with ruthless haste which
augurs ill for the belief of the sue
cessor states in the permanence o.
their gains.
Two million Germans are said tt
have been driven out of prewar Po
land, 3 million from East Prussia ant
Pomerania; over 2.5 million from
Czechoslavakia; and 5 million from
southeastern Europe and Silesia, will
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-09-14
Millville's New Garage

Sherman Scruggs announces that
he has opened a new garage in Mill
vile, Ohio, recently, where ne will do
general overhauling and painting.
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

baiing attacks against OPA and UNRRA
occurred has all the earmarks Of a con-
spiracy American workers have learned
to their sorrow i'm the past that such
consp.racies are seldom directed at radi-
Gals alone but at the very foundations
of the American labor movement.
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14
DONNELLY WORKERS
OUT ON STRIKE

CHICAGO.-FP) More than 1000
members Of the International Printing
Pressmen's g. Assistants Union CAFL)
walked out on strike here against the
bitterly anti-mion R. r. Donnelley &
Sons Lakeside Press.
Nineteen basic issues are involved,
International Representative Louis A.
Lopez Of the union said Union mem-
bers voted to withdraw their services"
when the company refused to arbirate
all 10 issues although the union pro-
posed an arbitration board composed Of
Henry Luce, publisher Of Time, Life and
Fortune magazine, Gen. Robert E. Wood,
head Of Sears Roebuck g. Co., and Ed
ward F.. McGrady. IPPAU member and
former assistant secretary Of labor
Sears and Luce magazines are two Of
Donnelley's biggest customers.
Union members working in shops
handling jobs farmed out by Donneley's
here and in other cities Immediately in
voked a Struck work" contract clause
and no Donnelley work is being handled
in those shops. The strike Is almost
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14
ON THE CAPITALS
CUFF

Continued From Page One)
and fathers of American soldiers who
are fighting and dying on Oknawa may
feel differently about it.
It might also be asked what is it about
the State departments policy in the
Far East that Grew doesn't want writ
ten in Golfers OF Amerasia. If the
State department has been pursuing a
progressive policy, it shouldn't have any
secrets from the American pcople.
It will be interesting too watch the
reaction Of the American newspapers
that were so quick TO defend freedom Of
the press in the case Of the Chicago
Tribune, which actually printed Ameri-
can military secrets.
This Is obviously a freedom Of press
issue but 10 organized labor it may be
even more. For example, should a labor
union official obtain access to certain
government information Indicating con-
version connivery that would cost jobs
and cut wages, he might have TO keep
his mouth shut for fear Of being arrest
ed for espionage. And American labor
should bear in mind that Joe Grew is
one OF the gents who torpedoed labor
representation In the new world peace
machinery at San Francisco.
That the FBI and Grew chose 10 make
these arrests on the same day the red
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14
HUMBLE OTLPLANT
BY TRUMAN

WASHINGTON. - lF'P) - President
Truman directed Petroleum Administra-
tor for War Harold Ickes June 6 to
operate the Humble Oil 6- Refining Cos
plants and facilities at mgleside, Texas.
because Of a threatened interruption
of production Que to the company's re-
fusal to obey a National War Labor
Board order
Humble on is a subsidiary Of Standard
Oil Of New Jersey.
The plant at Ingleside, near Corpus
Christi, Texas, employs about 800 work
ers solidly organized by the Oil Work
ers International Union CCIO).
On May %, l943 the dispute between
the Union and Humble Oil was certified
to the WLB by Secretary Of Labor Fran
ces Perkins after the management re-
fused to agree to maintenance of union
membership and instituted suit in the
federal court at Dallas against the WLB
Secretary Ickes and others.
The Dallas district granted the motion
and isued an order prohibiting the gov
eminent from seizlng the properties, but
was overruled by the circuit court Dec
2l, 1914. which said the district court
lacked jurisdiction to enjoin the non
resident defendants.
A WLB report on the company's posi-
ton said, The company's refusal to
have its relations with its employees gov
erned by the terms and conditions of
the boards directive order is viewed as
a threat to continued production at the
company's plant"
After the Humble management went
to court 10 fight the WLB order, the
Ingleside workers took a strike vote
under the Smith-Connally act and voted
1877 TO ll9 in favor Of a work stoppage,
but agreed to abide by the decision Of
the court.
NOW. the WLB said. "that the COM
pany has been unsuccessful in court, the
unions officials report that they are
unable any longer to prevail upon the
members Of the union not to engage in
a work stoppage"
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

Some few days ago an article, so it is
said, appeared in the local daily papers
which opposed the Columbia Valley Au-
thority Apparently it is not enough that
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company
oppose the Missouri Valley Authority,
which would be a boon to the state Of
Montana, but now they are stretching out
into other pastures. This attitude brings
to mind the recent election Of congress
men for the Second Judicial District
wherein the reactionary D'Ewart was,
apparently, from all signs, supported by
the big financial interests because of his
antagonism to the Missouri Valley Au-
thority. Graybill was really liberal and
the election again demonstrated the abso-
lutte control Of Montana by the corpora
tions 4
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

Last week we mentioned about the
steam shovel operations at the High Ore
dump and Silver Bow creek From re-
liable sources it appears that about 175
train cars are taken out daily by these
operations. 1t has often been reported
that much Of the high grade ore in the
mines is being blocked off until later
times for some reason or other. If this is
so why freeze men in the hell holes on the
preteXt Of patriotism.
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14
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well I'm glad to see we're finally
getting tough with Russia" said MI.
Dtlworth
you're right, Pop" said Little Luther,
That's just what we need now-an-
other war" n
Mr.. Dnworth stared at his son. who
said anything about a war2' he de-
manded
you did, Pop you said we have to
get tough with the Russians
Well, mean we've got to put Russia
in her place and show her who's rum
ming things, but of course that doesn't
mean 1 want another war"
"Oh, 1 see" said Luther. "You just
want to stick out your foot and trip her,
but if she falls flat on her face, then
it's not your responsibility"
ITO tell you the truth, SON" said AIr
Dilworth, lowering his voice, lit seems to
me that Sooner Or later wen have to
fight Russia"
"Why?" asked Little Luther
"why?" clustered Mr.. Dilworth. Be
cause she's a menace, that's why"
who says SOP"
Some of our very best people say So
Mr.. Dilworth insisted Glare Luce and
Col Mccormick and Sen. Wheeler, and
of course they can't come right out in
the open, but there are some Outstand-
in men in our own delegation out at
san Francisco who think that way"
That's not a very complete list, Pop
Little Luther said you're leaving out
Hitler, N1ussolini & Co.. who also thought
that way"
why bring them up?" Mr. Dilworth
complained. 'We're finished with them
and we've got more important problems
now"
Such as tryin to explain why we went
to the trouble of licking the Nazis when
all along we agreed with them that we
should have been fighting Russia in
stead, huh, Pop9"
Il don't like the harsh way you put
things, Luther" said Mr. Dilworth ner-
vously "You should learn the language
of diplomacy"
"No, thanks, Pop" said Little Luther.
I'D rather be understood"
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

At the general election, to be held ON
July 5th all British citizens over 2l years
Of age-except peers, criminals and luna
tics-will be able to vote. British voters
do not have to apply to be registered.
Election officials call and collect names
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

100 per cent effective. Union proposals
turned down by Donnelleys include the
union shop. basic union wage scale
seniority rights. joint union-management
control Of apprenticeship and manning
of the presses, and a joint grievance
committee
Although the union recently won am
NLRB election, the company refused to
bargain until ordered to do so by the
National War Labor Board Subsequent
negotiations were 90 mockery" Lopez
declared.
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

There has been some complaint recent
lyabout the difficulty of members Of some
Of the unions to get shoes owing to the
lack Of stamps AT times this situation
has caused considerable embarrassment
to employers and also caused the loss Of
jobs by men and women who desire TO 90
to work but were restrained because of
lack of shoes
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

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Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

The show "Here's Your Infantry"
shown at Naranche stadium Tuesday eve
ming for the benefit of the 9TH War Loan
was a splendid success. The stands were
packed to capacity and the program dem
onstrated realistically the trials under
which the soldiers are undergoing and the
terrible effects Of modern warfare. The
financial costs of war and the consump-
tion Of material as was explained by the
speaker is beyond imagination. Although
Butte people haven't prospered much by
the war they should be thankful that they
haven't suffered its rayages and so should
all Of America We should contribute
money to help
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

A certain actor whose jobs had been
few and far between was asleep in his
apartment the other night when he was
awakened by a burglar Sticking his
gun in the actors face. the prowler
warned Don't move, or you're a dead
man I'm hunting for your money"
Let me get up and turn on the light, Do
sighed the actor and I'll hunt with
voun
Montana labor news., 1945-06-14

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THE MONTANA LABOR NEWS

Of all persons entitled to vote. Great care
has been taken that all service men and
women will also be able to vote, and ar
rangements have been made for mail vot-
ing by almost all service men, even in far
away theaters like Burma. 1t is estimat-
ed that about 80 per cent of the service
men viii be able to vote. In order to al
low time for these votes to be received,
the counting Of votes will not commence
until July 25th, and the election results
viii not be declared until July Goth.