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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
May 4, 194e


Honorable William M. Colmer,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Bill:
Yesterday the President called
me down to witness the signing of
the Bill raising the priority of
veterans of World War II to first
place on the amount of SURPRISES
set aside by the War Assets Ad-
ministrator for veterans, and Sec
ond to the Federal Government on
that amount set aside to give Fed
eral agencies an opportunity to
exercise their priority.
I want to take occasion to thank
you personally for the fine work
you did in helping me and my
Committee to work out the me-
chanics of the veterans bill to
close up any possible loophole that
might enable the War Assets Ad-
ministration to give the veterans
the run around.
I recall that you as Chairman of
the Postwar Economic Policy Com
mittee and I, as Chairman of the
Committee On Expenditures in the
Departments. have
worked shoulder to shoulder.
The information you brought to
my Committee as a result of your
inspection tour last year has caus-
ed the War Department to bring
back thousands of trucks and
other equipment wanted by veter-
ans that would not have been
brought back otherwise.
AS sponsor of the bill which fl
became the law, I want to
thank you for your valuable as
sistance in helping to enact this
for the benefit of our
veterans.
Sincerely yours,
Carter Manasco.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

turally considerable red-tape and
delay have developed, particularly
in the loan program. Mr.. Colmer
has urged those in charge of ad-
ministering these programs to see
that our veterans are given the
benefits to which they are so just
ly entitled with the least possible
amount of governmental red-tape.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

Every Dollar For Defense"
Speaker Sam Rayburn of the
House has said. Congress has CIV
en- the President every law and ev-
cry dollar he has asked for de-
Tense purposes
The Representative of the Sixth
District of Mississippi voted for
every dime of this program.
Urged Speed and More Speed
But Congressman Colmer recog-
nized that dollars alone do not win
a war. Dollars count only when
translated into combat material on
the field of battle. Colmer was not
content to rest with simply voting
the necessary funds. Both on the
floor of the House and through
personal appeals to defense work
ers ne actively promoted arms
production, urging speed and more
speed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
VETERANS
PREFERENCE"

After the President signed the
bill raising priority of veterans of
World War II to first place in OBJ
tanning surpluses. Honorable Car
ter Manasco, of Alabama, Chair
man of the Committee on Expend-
itures in the Executive Depart
ments, took occasion to write Bill
Colmer the following letter, thank
ing him for his fine work on the
bill:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

Vote for Congressman Bill COImer
on July End.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDlCTS NATION
Wide TEXTILE RING OF CONSPIRACY

BOSTON tE'p1 - An Indictment
handed down by a federal grand jury
here Dec. II cracked wide open a ma
tionwidc textile black marSct iire.
which cheated New Workers on, u an
estimated three million dollars and
forced them 10 pay so ior dresses that
wcr, worth onlN $40
he indictment. Winch tam, alter iour
m,lih> OF investigation bs opN an'i
NPH agents named r de'crG' mt. m
,iadinr the Alliel Ieyient And Chemical
Corp. and 70 o-conspirators. : 81
them in \ew York city anil .i>iuil
The defendants were charged With or
>piracN to violate the emergency lrl.e
control act. OPA maximum price rceu-
~lation> and WIPE regulations.
The grand inr. received evidence
ir~n Ncw YORK manufactures and DIS
~trlhutors and government ins ~sstigaiorS
showing that somr l.sOO.rn Narls OF
Hm>heI cotton piece goods bad hten
switched nom legitimate trade channels
IL the blaek market Al eNorhaiani prices
he poad> we're obtained by the m
dr,ied corporation Tor ostcnsihle use II
shoe and allied industries but we're later
sold 10 dress, blouse. embroidery and
handkerchief manufacturers and job
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
RAILROAD. WORKERS
RANK 18th AS
WAGE FARMERS

MY Nrgk tFpl Nthouet ,uil
called Tie au>toerats al Labor. raul
rual Wrker~ arc not It the top. ont
it'd lita. ln tic list 81 AVERAGE lnnlal
erntne. ut workers. Railroad Note /.
montAN Publication u labor Research
i->agiatau reported N lis l4l, lgla,
t>,ue
Despite ,hs popular %misconscpi -
fhai tho failNaA labor act has improved
III, vel l.eine II railroad workers, the
s ~l}urcau of Labor Statistics IN II,
lO,t.. lq45. report revealed that iron
i9,D t. 1914 railroad employees weekly
earnings rose much less than the earn
nps III factory worker, and miners
Their increase. including overtime pay,
Ats los, than ~ per cent, against 4 rise
~ Is per cent ior factory employees and
more than III per cent ior b.tamiaoua
9aal miners.
Rail wofkcrs on Class | roads aver
aged onls Sl5b9 Z week III 1914, while
manufacturing cmploycs averaged S+o0S
and l%ltuminuus miners more than SSl
i week. tlis survey showed IN hourly
earnings, rail employees averaged only
- cents but factory workers averaged
more thau Il and soft coal MINERS more
than 81 Is.
Hours ii work arc longer ior rail-
road workers, too. the BIS reported.
Ihcy averaged about ~ 4 week N
lqll. compare4.to - in manufacturing.
i5lin %hftuniouS coal mining AMI az
IN auttiy~itc mining.
po,{1ny d quick wage relief ior
railroad worker, IS dimnell BY the
complicated machinery oi the railway
labor ayt Demands oi the IS railroad
unions Tor a .W-ocnt hourly increase
We're stalled in negotiations and have
neW been transmitted 10 the National
Mediation Board. II the board fails
q settle the i l,pute. a iact-finding panel
appointed ny the President sill take
tNcr and maxi recommendations not
hiudine on either side.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
LOCAL 0PA BOARD
CHANGED TO PRICE
CONTROL BOARD

The local OPA board is a ration
board no longer. Beginning Dec. % it
is a price control board. This was an
nounced BY OPA District Director
l.. N. s. Wa>S. The change in the name
81 the local boards from war price and
rationing boards" to price control
boards Wa>s pointed our that sugar
Was the only commodity still under ra-
tioning, and that all necessary activity
connected with sugar rationing had
been shifted to the OP.A district office
At Helena.
This change Nill enable they local
board, to Do a more effective job Of
price control during the coming dan
pcrous months.
The district director pointed out that
these persons who wish to apply for a
ncw or replacement book four-which
contains sugar stanps-or service per-
sonncl who are applying ior %rations,
now must mail their application direct
10 the district Office at Helena. Appli-
cation blanks are available at all local
price control boards. he SAID, but he
emphasized that the blanks we're not
Tor any ncW issuance 10 the general
public, but we're simply for replacement
ii lost or destroyed ration books, for
new books ior returning sersicemen, and
ior Through rations. This new pro-
ccdurc, he repeated, would not affect
persons who already have ration book
four. unless their book should be lost
3r destroyed.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
NATIONWIDE STRIKE
LOOMS IN
MEAT INDUSTRY

CHICAGO r. dfPl = The national
strategy committee u United Packing
house Workers tolOl, meeting here IN
emergency session. has mapped plans
Tor a strike OF le5,OO members which
would virtually paralsze the meat in
dustry.
Union President Lewis ]. Clark said
tic packing companies and the union
workers Werc deadlockcd over demands
ior i . per cent wage increase. Clark
iid a date would not be set Tor the
strike S. hong a, negotiations continue.
llir strike. i allied. would affect the
iig teur packers NNltt. AFmour, Cud-
als and Nilsson a. we'll as workers IN
tic Chicago and Kansas City stock
Yards ard employees "a independent pro-
du,er> Fest nilcr % date has been
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
TRUMAN NLLSSTATE
CONTROL OF
I,~. 'rFICES

WASHINGTON-(FP)-ln an acid
rcbukc TO a Congress that has refused
to go along with the most modest type
OF progressive legislation President
Harry $. Truman Dec. D vetoed lcgis-
lation that would have returned the
t s. Employment Service to the con
troll OF the states.
Truman's action. his most important
veto to date, was made in rejecting
the s. billion dollar war Appropriation
cutback bill. 1t contained a rider send
the political machines OF 81 states arid
territorial governments would operate
an agency upon which the nation has
depended ior orderly and fair rc-eriplo,
mcnt policies.
The veto message was sharply worded.
which occasiuncd more surprise Al the
capital than the action itself. The
President said the USES rider would
imm|casurably rctard our rc-cmpluy-
mcnt program" and he called the rider
an objectionable practice that T., on
trary to good government.
l5v lacking the rider to the economy
directed cutbaek measure, Congress
hoped Truman would Let il 60 thr,aish
rather than lose the savings It con-
tanned. In reply, Truman said that he
would move by executive actiun' 10
preserve the savings carried III the bill
in The rNaet terms which the Congress
itself has approved
Truman called the return d Uses 10
the states within lG9 days oi passage
ni the bill most disadvantagcous, and
asked Congress to enact separate legis-
latiun to rc,torc the agencies II the
states. but said this should not be done
before June. l9t1.
In hitting dlrecllN at Congress, Tru-
man said while | object to the specific
measure which this bill proposes 10
carry out with respect to our employ
mcnt service. ! object even more to the
,ogislati,c myNAaa care'lTed 'ar Is
enactment. To attach a legislative rider
to nv appropriation bill restricts the
| Presidents exercise Of his junction, and
is contrary 10 good government.
"Ihe Constitution has placed on the
President the duty. al considering bulls
Tor approval or disapproyal. 1t has al
ways been possible for the Congress to
hamper the Presidents exercise 81 this
duty hy combining 50 many subjects
into 4 single bill that he canno dis
approve an objectionable item without
holding up necessary legislation. Partly
in order 10 prevent this practice. il ha,
long been considered a fundamental
principle that legislation on Il major
issue oi policy ought not be combined
with an appropriation measure. The
present bill violates that principle. | am
obliged To withhold my approval 10
sonc very excellent legislation because
OF the Objectionable practice which has
been followed by attaching this rider,
which | cannot possibly approve
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
JAMES LEARY,
INTERNATIONAL
SECRETARY, HERE

James Ieary. Secretary Of the Inter
national Union OF Mine, Mill and
SmeltGr Workers, is spending his vaca-
ton in Butte Mr.. Ieary formerly lived
here and was at ore time secretary of
the Butte Miners Union. He also was =
delegate 10 the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council. His residence for the
past number OF years has been At
Denver. Colo. which is the headquarters
Of the union.
Mr.. Leary expressed his delight q
being back with his many friends in
Butte, if only for 4 short period. Hie
many friends here are also glad 10 -
him.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
STRIKING BUS
DRIVERS WIN
.5c-MILE INCREASE

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-FP)-After
a scycn-wccl strike that crippled bus
transportation on the Southwest Grey
hound Lines, - AI'i. bus drivers and
IS baggage agents. ticket sellers, pcrtcrs,
etc, werc back at work here Dee. %
with wacc increases. More thar 2,nt
.c-lcrs had been o. strike over tho
), stem in cieli' safes.
Drivers rc-eif,d an increase .! live
cents a mil =, representing = coinpr'
mise between the 81 cents demanded by
Amalcamatcd Association OF Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach En-
rloycs and 40 cents offered By the com-
pany. Terminal employees received a
l.2H per cent increase. The strike ended
just in time TO relieve Christmas trans
portation jams to nearby cities.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03

minimum levels not injurious to health
and wcll-bcing.' For iQl5, with steadily
rising living costs, the amount needed
IS higher.
The OPA has Complete data on the
economic conditions Of the steel indus
try" that led it 70 deny a price increase.
though this information ha. not been
nude public.
The Commerce dendr'iiont has simi
la figures on tie whole picilrr q, IN
di TRY, again rnrelcl-cl hit lroNn t.
,hos huge profits and reserves. Si7li-
lars. the .4fiice ~ Mar Mobilization
and Reconstruction ha, iisumcs showing
TIA, Industry can afford 4 wage increase
Of "a per cent and still maintain profits
dpvllc rrc-war wears. TIL report re-
vca,ed in The Go New. Of OCT ~
was unslccessfully suppressed by Tic
director Of OWAtR-
The Securities and Exchange com
mission has established ira; industry
will have a net working capital Of 50
billion dollars by 1910. 1910 profits
will equal or exceed prc-war figures
and l945 profits after taxes are three
times l95o-30.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03

bers for * cents 10 10 cents a yard
above ceiling.
L ). Attorney Edmund ]. Brandon
called the indictments a vigorous blow
against black market operations in tex
tiles. : widespread had these opera
tons become. he said, that discharged
veterans and other civilians we're un-
ahl, to get clothing. sheets. bed clothes,
towels and other household necessities.
The defendants face more than 100
counts. with the maximum penalty for
each count being two years IN Jail and
$4,000 fine.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03

II labor doesn't agree to a fact-iind-
ing and cooling off law, Congress will
do something much worse to unions. ad-
ministration leaders say.
Remember when We were told it We
didn't give Czechoslovakia TO Hitler
he'd really do something terrible?
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
Gu PLACES 46
VETS INJ0BS

SHEFFIELD. Ala-GPD-Jobs ior
10 veterans have been found since VI
Day +, the Al'L. veterans committee
~ the .Tri-Citics Central Labor Union
Sheffield, Florence and Tuscombla.
MAJ.
OF this number. Is are apprentices
training g become jpurneyman car
pcnttrs. in addition to working on ac-
'ual Jobs. Al apprentices are taking
classroom training ,wo nights each
week.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
ior the full term d he agreement until

ior the full term d he agreement until
Oct. 10, 1910
The issie u a general wage ine rDa,r.
however, nnder The agreement culd le
rcopencd ior collective bargaining al
any time lfior Ia The termination date
provided here would Occur a change
IN the natoull Napv policy.
lin the event the subject Is renpencd
and in the course oi collective BARGAIN
ing The parties cannot agree clearly
the union would have a perfect ROB t.
strike 80 tNi> ISSUE.
~To dens The union lhis rieht is to
make mean eelcss the right III the innn
10 reopen the matter q a general wage
increase II the right to reopen means
merely the right to discuss tn, union
request with the corporation aud L,
hope ior a mutual agreement. this right
is devoid al meaning"
Montana labor news., 1946-01-03
WEST COAST TYPOS
WIN WAGE BOOST

SAN FRAN SEQ Jl5i9 losl3l.
international typographical rnipn
.t.Al'l.l. has " in c>,c-s' q 4 80 per
cent waee mcrer>y iof it, mymhcrs here,
President Claude u Haicr announced
The contract terms. omhod, ine weekly
base incrcaS,> iof i mumu1m oi Sli.5l
Tor day work u. a Sl7 81 iof nieht
workers, will also Nple - newspapers
i'll San lose, san Mai,o. san Rafael aud
lctaluma. WITH CAhland publishers cN-
qectod Ia 60 rf,- viii similar in
,%r,aSc>. the umou said
The wage boosts brought base scales
10 so ior day workers and SIS ior
night Worbers Tor a = .-lioum week,
compared 0tii ~Sn..5o and SO under The
old s%calcs Negotiations by the upo-
graphical. pre>sncn', and bepkhudsrs'
anions on separate contracts the first
Joint negotiations conducted By lhc
union, in the commercial told resulted
in a 2SS per cent increase, il fringe IN
crcases are included. inr job printing.
workers.
In a day when most congressman arc
proposing laws 10 tell labor What il
CAN'T do. il, nice 10 know about Rep
rcscntarMc lIpkum tRD. -. @.
Hes introduced a measure telling Ia
Dor il CNN hold ba,kc, pitnic>, give
indoor speeches N I.abor day and pay
death h%,nciits, providing il doesn't col
lcct dues ior the purpose.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03
Miss Mcneil,
Mr.. Jacks Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. McNeill, Of
Jefferson, announce the mar.
riage of their daughter, Laura
Ann, to Mr.. Kenneth H. Jacks
which took place November 20 al
Black Shears, Ga.
Mrs. Jacks was married in the
Wave uniform. She had served
the past eighteen months in the
Waves from which she was re-
Gently discharged. She was edu-
Gated at West Jefferson High
School and Cullowee College.
Mr.. Jacks is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. A. Jacks, of Veedersburg,
Indiana. For the past four years
he has served in the U. S. Navy,
thirty-two months of which were
spent overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacks plan to
make their home in Indianapolis,
Ind, after January l, where Mr..
Jacks is employed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03
Ii Students Co
Back To College

School days are here agair
and those students from the va
rious colleges who have been
spending the holidays with their
parents, have returned or will re-
turn to school this week.
Polly Austin returned to Bow
man-Grey hospital last Tuesday.
Wanda Lee Weaver left for Wake
Forest, Monday.
Evelyn Dare Vannoy, Myrtle
Dean and Elizabeth GRAPHICAL,
Roberta Austin, Daphne Eller,
Beryle Maye and Elizabeth Roe
left yesterday for WCUNC. Max
inc Alexander leaves Friday for
Peace College, Raleigh.
Doris Mcmillan left Tuesday
for Queens College. Effie Lowe
Gambill leaves for the University
of S. c., on Saturday. w. B.
Austin, Jr., will return to Oak
Ridge Military Institute on Sun
day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03
"a Patients In
Ashe Hospital

The following are patients in
the Ashe Memorial hospital this
week:
Mrs. r. S. Duvall and son,
Oval; Mrs. Kate Sharpe and son,
Rugby, Va; Clara Gale Rupard,
Lansing, treatment; Mrs. Mindie
Walls, Whitetop, treatment; Mr..
Earl Bledsoe, Fleetwood, opera
tive; Mrs. Stanley Young and
daughter, Grassy Creek; Mrs.
Carl Jones and son, Clifton; Mas
ter Howard coldiron, Grayson,
treatment; Mrs. Clyde Wilcox
and daughter, Todd; Mr.. J. M.
Taylor, treatment.
Roney Hartsog, Idlewild, treat
ment; Mr.. Arthur Stidham, Lam
sing, treatment; Mr.. Wayne Ham,
Lansing, treatment; Mrs. George
Pennington and son, Hemlock;
Mrs. D. F. Porter and daughter,
Grassy Creek; Mr.. @. A. Davis,
Smethport, treatment; Mrs. Mac
billiard, Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03
Miss Darnen And
Cpl. Miller Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Darnell, of
Laurel Springs, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Mag
dalene, to Corporal Walter A.
Miller, December 81, at the JEFF
ferson Methodist parsonage, with
the Rev. Joseph M. Taylor, Jr.,
officiating.
For her nuptials, the bride wore
a Breton-blue gabardine suit with
black accessories.
The bride is a graduate OF
Glade Valley High School and OF
Montreal College. AT present,
she holds a teaching position at
Peak Creek school.
The groom, son of Mrs. Mollle
Miller, attended Jefferson High
School, and before entering serv-
ice, was connected with electrical
engineering work in Raymon-
Vile, New York. He served In
the European Theater of Opera
tiOnS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03
III. ID. Schedule
Is Announced

Monday, Jan. Z, jefferson Al
club will meet at the school a
1000 a. m.
Monday, Jan. Z, Green Valley
H. D. club will meet at the schoo
lunch room at 2:30 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8, Healing
Springs All club will meet at the
school at $3.50 a. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8, Riverview H
D. club will meet at the home OF
Mrs. John Knox at 200 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, Fleetwood
All club will meet at the school
at 1915 a. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, Elkland All
club will meet at the school at
100 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, Warrens-
vile H. D. club will meet at the
home of Mrs. w. o. Ashley at
200 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 10, Rock Greek
All club will meet at the school
at 1000 a. m.
Thursday, Jan. 10, Nathan's
Creek H. D. club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Will Miller at 200
Friday, Jan. II, Grassy Creek
All club will meet at the school
at 1000 a. m.
Friday, Jan. II, Grassy Creek
H. D. club will meet. The meet
ing place will be announced later.
The demonstration on Table
Manners" will be given at the
All club meetings. The demon
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-01-03

Mrs. B. E. Reeves spent the
holidays with her daughter, Mrs
Samuel P. Wilson and Mr.. Will.
son, at Cascade, Va.
MIR. and Mrs. John Wilkins and
son, spent the holidays in Greens
boro and Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Sturgill and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Little had
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Cline, at Boone, Sunday.
Miss Maxine Alexander, stu
dent at Peace College, Raleigh
has been spending sometime with
her parents at Crumpler.
Mrs. R. c. Vaught had as her
guests during Christmas, her sis
ter, Miss Margaret Allen and DR..
Earl Arnold, of Washington, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs c. r. Goswick and
sons, Carl, Jr., Thomas Emmett
and John Edmond, of Cliff Top
w. Va, visited Mrs. Goswick's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Nc
Neill, of Jefferson, during the
Christmas holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. McNeill, Jr.,
of Charlotte, spent the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. McNeill, at Jefferson.
MIR. and Mrs. Kenneth Jacks
are spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
McNeill, at Jefferson.
Mrs. J. D. Sturdivant and sons,
Jimmy and Emmett Reed, spent
Christmas with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. McNeill.
Mr.. Willard H. McNeill is home
with his parents for while, af-
ter spending several months in
Detroit, Mich.
Charlie Stancill. who has been
connected with the Athletic De-
partment of Denver University,
Denver, Colorado, is now visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Eller, OF
Lansing.
Miss Doris Whitesides return
ed Tuesday, after spending the
holidays in Canton with her par
ents.
Miss Dorothy Fennell returned
Wednesday, after spending the
holidays in Loris, S. c.:
Mrs. Boyd Richardson spent
the past week visiting her mo-
Their and sister in Florida.
Mrs. Walter Hamilton is indis-
posed at her home this week.
Mrs. J. K. Hunter is indisposed
at her home here. e., @..,-
Miss Jean Mcmillan is spend
ing sometime with her sister,
Mrs. J. K. Hunter.
Mr.. Jennings RAIDER, who has
been i'll, is able to be out again.