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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
JUST PART OF THE
DAYS WORK

If a soldier did this he would
be called to the White House and
presented a medal of honor, or if
he died it would go to his relatives.
1t was part of the days work"
for the railroaders involved.
The Oklahoma City Times
tells the story. AS the Twin Me
teor" on the Frisco was pulling
into BristoW, Okla, on March is,
a tank truck, which had just taken
on a load of gasoline drove onto
the track at a street crossing.
There wasn't time to stop the
train. The crash set off a terrific
explosion that shot flaming gas
in all directions. From n end to
the other the locomotive was COW
cred with fire.
At the throttle was l.. E. Wham,
a "double-header," that is, a men,
Der of the Engineers and also Of the
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. His first thought was for
his passengers. He saved them, the
Times stated, by pulling the
train through the inferno.
Within a short time Wham and
the fireman, Guy Dennis, also a
member of the Engineers and Fire
men, died of horrible burns. The
men on the truck were killed in
stantly.
Near Washington more recently
a similar but less dramatic acct
dent occurred on the Pennsylvania.
These crossing crashes, which are
on the increase, according to the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
Cheers for Mr.. Buqus

1t has been a longe time since a management spokesman gave the
Chicago Association of Commerce as sensible and mature an address
On labor problems as the Monday speech of John S. Bugas, vice -presi-
dent of the Ford Motor Co.
Not in a single phrase did Nh. Bugas echo stale old laments about
the Wickedness and unreasonableness of labor unions. He didn't hand
out the familiar patter about Il believe in collective bargaining but"
Instead, he discusses the need of treating labor relations as intelligent
~, constructively and consistently as management habtualy treats any
other business problem.
He suggested that businessmen ought to want unions strong and
secure rather than constantly obsessed with fear of company hostility
lie blunty called for abandonment both of union batting and manage
ment batting as Wornout techniques. He called N management and
unions alike to help develop new attitudes to reach new goals and
emphasized the fact that labor relations, fundamentally, re simply
human relations sin a modern form. The speech, in short, fitted the fifth
decade Of the goth century-The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
MILLIONS EARN LESS
THAN A LIVING WAGE

Though incomes in 1914 reached
the highest level in history" hone
theless millions of workers didn't
even earn a subsistence wage, the
Department of Labor revealed
recently.
A survey by the department
showed that over 5000, 900 city
families and single persons had
total earnings during that year of
less than $1,000. Another 1000, 900
drew only from $1,000 to $1,000
and, in many instances, it took sew
eral members of a family to earn
that much.
These figures, the study made it
clear, applied only to cities. Mil
lions of others in rural areas and
on the farms had similar meager
earnings.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

The government is getting so big
that, sometimes, its right hand
Knows not what its left hand is
doing.
Apparently not knowing that
The Federal Trade Commission has
oeen investigating correspondence
schools for many years, and has a
fat file separating the "black
sheep" from the white ones, the
Veterans Administration has
signed contracts with Is mail
schools - without even consulting
he F. T. c.
Under the &C, 1. Bill of Rights"
Uncle Sam will pay the price,
often running up into hundreds of
dollars, charged by these schools
Tor correspondence courses thew
sell to veterans.
This first list contains some of
the best schools, and also some of
those w h C h have caused the
+. L. G. much trouble in the past.
oy their false and misleading''
,lalms about their courses and the
Jobs waiting for their "graduates.'
Before the V. A. signs contracts
with any more correspondence
schools, it certainly should consult
the F. t. c. and ascertain some
pertinent and interesting facts
! Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
Investment Bankers Get "Ruke-Off"

The daily press writes a great deal about the CLOSED shop" wher
it applies to labor union, but it is significantly silent when lawyers
doctors oc bankers attempt to set up CLOSED shops" of their own.
In the present instance, we discover the investment bankers de-
handing a CLOSED shop at the expense of Uncle Sam, and apparently
Secretary Of the Treasury Vnson has made the serious mistake of cap
ituatng.
Here is the way it works: Federal Land Banks III supposed to be
privately owned, but they are government controlled. The government
stands back of their securities. That's why they can borrow money al
a very low interest rate.
Now these banks propose to refund hundreds of millions of dollars
of their bonds at 22 per cent. The entire issue could be sold almost
over night practically without cost to the Treasury. Everyone who
knows anything about finances knows that, but the investment bankers
would lose their rakeoff.
So they send their walking delegates" to the Treasury and insist
that Mr.. VnSOn forget this Revolutionary proposal" and up to date he
has decided in their faVor-Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
CANCER

The scOurge of cancer took
ITO, 600 lives last year, says Presi-
dent Truman, He designated April
as cancer control month" and
urged doctors, newspapers, the ra-
dio, movies and other agencies to
inform the public that "a large
percentage of deaths from cancar
can be prevented if the disease is
discovered and treated in the early
stages"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

The American peoples battle
against initiation has been called
the Battle Of the Bulge.
But after what the House has
done to destroy price control, it's
more reminiscent of the story of
Algy:
"Algy met a bear. The bear was
bulgy. The bulge was Algy,"
Who's Algy? We hate to be per
sonal, but we do mean you-and
you-and everyone else who has
to buy what he needs.
AS to the bear, we'll, it could Just
as we'll be a tiger. If you think
it'd be fun to ride on the tiger of
initiation, remember what hap
pened to the young lady who took
a tiger-ride:
They returned from that ride,
with the lady inside, and a smile
on the face of the tiger"
The propaganda against C e
control suggests another name -
the Battle of the Bilge.
The bilge has been chiefly sup
piled by the Natl. Assn. of Manu-
fa%cturers, at a cost Of 1895, $50
which they expect us consumers to
repay them, plus several thousand
percent interest, in higher prices.
The Zine" of the NAM runs
something like this:
so you can't buy a shirt, or a
car, or a radio? Know why? It's
because of price control; because
We-uns can't make enough profit
out of selling to you-uns.
The remedy? Abolish OPA and
take the lid off prices.
What will happen then? Well,
OF course, prices and living costs
will go up. But don't worry. suck
ers. We-all will then make such
big profits out of you-all that we'll
want more and more-and eventu-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
LOOKING AHEAD
By Leon De CuUx

ally there will be so many goods
on the market that prices will
come down.
so, in the long run, everything
will be hunky-dory."
What's wrong with this NAM
line?
Chiefly the hook at the end of
it, for any poor fish who swallow
it.
In the first place, we don't live
in the long run, we've got to live
in the short run.
And it's going to be a mighty
short run for our money, if price
control is destroyed.
If prices go up as they did after
the first world wal (Without price
cOntrOl), We'll have to pay S1.34
for five pounds of sugar, now sell
ing for 35c; a pound of bacon will
jump from Ale to SIC, a dozen
eggs from soc to 92c, and a gallon
Of gas from zoe to SAC.
Without price control, a family
now living on $4,000 a year will
probably have to pay $3.50 more
for food, $3.50 more for clothes.
$3.50 more for rent, and $500 more
for other goods and services, to
maintain the same standard of
living.
So, in the short run-if the NAM
and the House have their way
increased living costs will cancel
all wage increases and turn them
into cuts in real wages.
Like Alice in Wonderland, we'll
have to u as fast as we can
after higher Wages-just to stay in
the same place. And the value of
our savings will be cut in half.
s. il i
In the second place, even if we
manage to survive the short run,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
Congressmen Work When They Feel Like

Absenteeism during the war was loudly decried as a crime against
America, especially if it happened to be a member of a union who
stayed away from his job. The loudest clanor against absentee workers
came from the halls of Congress where such action was condemned
without mercy.
Today it is a pleasure to report that the shoe is N the other foot
A survey by Press Research, Inc. showed that between January IA
and March q absenteeism in the Senate hit Al percent, and in the
House 40 percent.
some of the most important legislation ever to be brought before Con
EreS was considered. A vote check reveals that the Senate got its
largest gathering, sc percent, to beat down a move to end a fnibuster
against the Fair Employment Practices Bill. The antilabor Case Bill
drew 95 percent ofthe House.
Perhaps it is a little unreasonable to expect all our elected repre-
sentatives in Congress to keep informed and vote inteligenty on all
issues, but at the very least the people have a right to expect they will
stay on the job-The United Mine Workers Journal.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
BY GAETH

BELGRADE (ONA) - One of
the most fascinating shows in Bel
grade is a war profits trial. There
is drama, there is life in the per
Torrance.
l saw my first such trial in the
former offices of the State Lottery
where tables and benches had
beer arranged on a podium and
the hall filled with chairs. The
hall began to fill with people about
five o'clock in the afternoon. Il
didn't take me long to recognize
that the culpritS were in the front
roW-SeVeral businessmen with
brlefcases who had evidently come
to prove that they had not made
more IN profits from April 6, 1941
to May 9, 1945 than the $4,000
dlnars allowed by the new Parti-
san-inspired law.
Only n case was really
brought to a verdict that night be-
u in the other two causes for
trial the State VS.. Kostic and
wife, and the State versus Kostic.
lllc and Dimitrovic - the records
were not complete and proceed
lngS were postponed for two
weeks. But Theodosjeo Andric had
been before this Commission be-
lore and acquitted, The State had
found additional evidence and q
new hearing had been ordered.
Andric was accused of living in
luxury while other young men Of
MS age went Ito the woods" To
flght with the p rtisans. He re-
malned as a clerk in a wholesale
IRON merchants concern until 1943
ana then branched out for him
self. In two short years he had
peen able to buy a house and LOT
IN fashionable Dedinje. Although
passenger cars YER not available
TO civilians, he had also been able
to buy a car.
Andric testified for himself and
made a very plausible case He
mad, he said, inherited funds from
his family and had invested them
NO, he had not dealt on the black
market nor made any stable prof
It's just developed a little bust
ness as the records showed.
The president of the seven-man
commission asked if anyone in the
audience had any information f.
contribute of importance in the
case OF Andric. One fellow spoke
up. He said he had known Andric
Tor ten years. The defendant hao
always been greedy for money anc
mad yearned for a soft life" NJ
one spoke in behalf of Andric. be-
cause, apparently, his appearance
was good evidence that he had moi
suffered while war had been RAG
ing throughout the country.
Although within the courtroom
itself, l heard no binding evidence
which would have convicted the
man, it only took the court ter
minutes to decide that he should
be fined 5OO,O 900 dinars.
After the decision had been an
nounced, | spoke with the presi
dent of the commission, a lawye,
named Moshe Alkalaj. l said tina
IN the United States the evidenc,
presented in the court would no
have convicted Andric. He replie,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

the long run won't be any more
rosy.
A hectic inflationary boom
has always been followed by a de
flationary bust"
So, after higher prices have
stolen our wages and savings, we
won't have much left-if we have
a job at ALTO benefit from the
lower prices of deflation, depres-
sion and unemployment.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08
PENlClLLiN SUPPLY
HIT BY BEER CUT

CINCINNATI- Curtailment of
brewery production may reduce
the supply of penicillin, produced
as a by-product of beer, DR.. Robert
Lyon, director of the Children's
Cardiac Clinic at the Children's
Hospital here, told a meeting of
the Public Health Federation.
More and cheaper supplies of the
drug r sorely needed for pre-
ventative treatment of rheumatic
heart disease in children, DR.. Lyons
said.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

I. c. c. reports have become the
greatest dread of the men in the
cab.-LabOr.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

In the second place, even if we
manage to survive the short run,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-05-08

a ]HE US. SUPREME COURT IN ,s4oAE
INVALID AN ALABAMA ANTl-PlCKETlN0
LAW AND a SIMILAR ORDINANCE OF CAL
IFORNiA'S SHASTA COUNTY. THE DECI-
SiONS WERE BASED ON THE GROUND THAT
The PROHIBITION OF PEACEFUL PlCkE TING
VIOLATED THE JAM AMENDMENT To THE
CONSTITUTION.
The union times., 1946-07-13

tional Health Service Bill, were laid before Parliament this spring and will be in operation by 1948 at the latest.
 Free Health
 The National Health Service Bill will provide free medical, dental, specialist and hospital services for everyone without qualification or limitation, the cost to be met partly by the state and partly out of con- tributions made under the National Insurance Plan.
 The National Insurance Plan provides an offset for every imagin- able type of misfortune or expense which may befall a person.
 Based on proposals by Sir Will liam Beveridge, it provides security against unemployment, sickness, industrial injury, maternity, widow hood, orphanhood, old age and death. Almost every adult in Bri- tain will contribute directly to the scheme by making a weekly conn., pulsory payment, which, in the case of man working for an em- ployer, will amount to 92 cents.
The union times., 1946-07-13
''DRINK A TOAST"

The expression "to drink toast" is connected with an old English cus- tom of putting piece of toast in the wine-cup before drinking, from a mo- tion that it improved the flavor, ac- cording to the Encyclopaedia Bri- tannica
The union times., 1946-07-13
AFL Wood Workers
 Plan CO-Operative

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. LPA)- Plans for cooperative woodwork plant, to be organized by the AFL Cabinet & Mi1lmen's Union Local 1865, are being discussed here. Gov ernment aid in organizing the enter prise may be forthcoming, in view of the critical shortage of millwork needed to build homes Union leaders have conferred with the Midland Co., operative Wholesale here, and have obtained the endorsement of business representatives of the Minneapolis building trades unions.
The union times., 1946-07-13

CHICAGO-(FP)-Gross inequi- ties between wages of railroad work CTS and those in other industries were charged at the opening of fact-fnding hearings on wage demands of the Bro. of Railroad Trainmen and the Bro. of Locomotive Engineers.
The union times., 1946-07-13

All British parents, no matter what their income or circumstances, are eligible to receive the Family Allowance of dollar a week for each child, except the eldest, if they have two or more children under 16 years of age. Out of an estimated 2,5OO,OOO possible claim ants, 100000 have already sent in claims and only two per cent have been rejected.
 The cost of living is lower in Bri- tain, so that dollar will buy more than it will in America
 One dollar a week won't make much difference to a well-tO-dO mother, but to low-income families it will mean many more pairs of shoes, better food and perhaps even some books and toys which the children had to do without be- fore.
 The Family Allowance is one oi three measures that will provide greater security for the 47,00O,00C people of Britain. The other two, the National Insurance Bill and the Ma
The union times., 1946-07-13
Conn. Veterans
  Reconversions
Unemployment Benefits Be ing Dropped As Soon As
 Jobs Are Found

Connecticut's veterans aren't using the Servicemen'S Readjustment Act as a gravy train, but rather are using 1t as an aid to reconvert to their pre- war civilian status.
 Figures of the state Labor Depart ment reveal that 85,000 of the states 185,000 dischargees applied for unem- ployment benefits but that oO,OOO have dropped from the rolls immediately upon finding jobs.
 A further analysis reveals that of the remainder, 66@o have been col lecting benefits for ten weeks or less with 12 per cent of them being initial applicants at the time of the survey. Only one fourth of one per cent, 206 to be exact, had exhausted their benefits.
The union times., 1946-07-13
they were 9.4% higher than in April last year.

WASHINGTON - Housing Ex- pediter Wilson Wyatt told the House banking committee that the long-range Wagner E1lender Taft bill would place hundreds of thousands of new housing units within the means of those needing them, and that without it the Veterans Emergency Housing Act could not completely succeed. He warned against building program without making it possible for vet erans to pay for the new homes.
 NEW YORK-The National Asso- citation of Manufacturers addressed letter to friends of the patent sys- tenn" urging resistance to patent re- strictions in the McMahon atomic energy bill now before the House military affairs committee. The NAM urges private acquisition and produc- tion for profit of fashionable materials, instead of government ownership and control through a 5-man civilian board
The union times., 1946-07-13
Covering - The -
 American Scene
Federated Press)

DENVER-The Vanadium Corp. and Union Carbon & Carbide Corp. were indicted for violation of the Sherman antitrust act by federal grand jury here, along with four subsidiaries and five executives. They were charged with stifling competition in the vanadium indus try, vital in the production of sources of atomic energy.
 WASHINGTON-The Senate war investigating committee under Chair man James Mead (D., ND opened with probe into army contracts with l9 small operators, and revealed that four men holding office in each of the 19 concerns cut themselves in for over $l.3 million in salaries over a 42-month period Mead promised to go into the situation fully and expose all the facts for a full report.
 HOLLYWOOD Al effective 2 day strike against all major studios ended with the Conference of Studio Unions (AFL) winning 25@o wage increase and a cumulative 36-hour week for hour-day employees The new 2-year contract provides reopen ing of wages next January if U. s. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows more than a 5@o increase in living costs since July 1.
 WASHINGTON - A Commerce Department report shows corpora ton profits after taxes in the first quarter of 1946 were close to those of the best war years. Dividends were 5.2% higher than the same period in l946, and in April, 1946,
The union times., 1946-07-13
Leaders Seek To
 Shake Bill Loose

WASHINGTON - Admins tration leaders were seeking ways this week to jar loose the con troversial federal public housing bill from the House Banking Committee.
 Chairman Spence O., Ky.) told reporter he would name a sub- committee to consider the bill if necessary to fOrestaH Republican delaying tactics which broke up nearly every hearing session last week.
 Chairman Sabath O., Il1) of the Rules Committee, denouncing Repub- lican strategy, said "every effort will be made to wind up hearings soon and send the bill to the floor for vote
 The measure. intended to spur construction of l5,OOO,OOO dwell- ing in the next decade, passed the Senate April 5.
 Known as the Wagner-Ellender- Taft bill, 1t would centralize all gov ernment housing activities in one agency; call for broadened Federal in surance on home mortgages; provide Federal loans to rebuild "blighted' areas and long term loans for farm homes
 Sabath signalled the start of the pressure to be applied by issuing a statement sharply criticizing the delay thus far.
 Country Should Know s"We know of the savage fight" he said, against any adequate relief of the housing shortage through public action which has been made by the powerful and widely ramihed hous- ing 1obby-we remember all too clear ly the battle against the Veterans Housing bill
 ssThe same forces are endeavor- ing to defeat the Wagner-Ellender- Taft bill by any means which may come to their hands.
 Meanwhile, rents are soaring, with OPA dead or dying We have brought our servicemen out of the fox holes, but we offer them nothing but hell holes for homes"
The union times., 1946-07-13
Plan To Ihqvart COP Stall On Houses F0r>AU Measu1
2,OOO,OOO Look Forevard To Aug. 6
 When England's SS Program Starts

Nearly 100000 mothers in England looking forward to August 6h the first day for the family allowance which Connecticut labor leaders have cited progressive step rtN 1eoSat
The union times., 1946-07-13

Listen to the AFL broadcast on Station WABC every Saturday at 3:45 PM.
The union times., 1946-07-13

to highlight the program. The concert will start at SIS.
 Harry Befman will conduct the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in group of musical favorites incIud- ing "Bolero'' and Invitation to the Dance" The Pop Concert is sponsored by the New Haven Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Miners Preparing
 Political Action

CHARLESTON, w. Va. (LPA) Political action by the United Mine Workers-AFL in this state is being prepared now for the fall elections, UNIV general counsel T. C. Town send announced this week. A list of candidates from both parties will be made available to UNIV members, and they and their families are ex- pected to swing about 100000 votes behind the UNIV selections.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Third Pop Concert In Yale Bowl July 16

The opera will come into its own at the third summer Pop Concert in the Yale Bowl on Tuesday evening, July 16, when a quartet of famous American singers will present arias to a Connecticut audience.
 The 'Footlight Favorites," three of whose members are from the Metropolitan Opera Company, will offer selections from the Barber of Seville" Carmen" and "Rigoletto"
The union times., 1946-07-13
LARGE BALANCE REPORTED

NEW YORK CITY-The Associ- ated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFL), has cash bal ance of $1,068,253, according to the unions annual financial report This compares with deficit II years ago when the present officers were elected
The union times., 1946-07-13
Building Trades Of State Plan Honor
 To George Joslyn
(Continued from Page One)

Steamftters; George Lockwood, Stamford Building Trades; Saul Kreas, New Haven Painters; George Sabo, Waterbury Electricians; Der nard Gilbride, New Haven Electri clans; and Joseph Grimes, Bridge port Sheet Metal Workers.
Evening star., 1946-07-07

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