Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01

that could boast pleasant pros
pectus from the Weather Bureau.
The District forecaster reported a.
second cold wave" moving in from
Canada which would chill the Great
Lakes region and reach Washington
Monday night. Today was to be fair
with top temperature of 80. It
will be cooler Sunday night and
Monday-70 degrees and under.
We're not even mentioning pre-
cipitation," said the weatherman.
Maybe there will be brief shower"
Sailing back toward Washington
after vacation cruise to Bermuda,
President Truman praised labor's
gains of the last year and spoke
optimistically of its destiny.
Remarking that "the largest part
of reconversion has been accom-
plished," the President said. I'VE
still have a big job to do, and a
long way to go, to assure the do
mestic prosperity and international
understanding necessary to prevent
depreSsions and wars"
He credited working men and
women with bringing production to
new peactime highs since last Labor
Day.
Discussing in broadcast the
strikes that beset industry in the
II months after VI day, Secretary
of Labor Schwellenbach last night
said the Government had a difficult
decision to make as the war ended
whether to continue determining
terms of labor contracts or return to
the American system of collective
bargaining.
Secretary Of War Patterson saw
fit to comment on the close mutual
friendship and understanding" that
developed between the Army and
labor during the war years.
The War Department is de-
termined to maintain and strength
en- that friendship, for the greater
good of the Army and for the bene-
fit of the entire Nation" the Sec
rotary said.
Lewis is Critical.
Critical of labor's status was John
L. Lewis United Mine Workers
Journal which editorially said the
Nation was lin a state of produc-
ton turmoil exceeding that of any
period during the trying days we
were actually at war"
The publication said Labor Day
in 1916 finds American labor pay
ing the cost of its lack of unity
which the UNIV president so
urgently pleaded for in February,
1912, as being fundamentally neces-
sary to American workers at the
wars end"
To-day the cross currents within
the labor movement. with the Com
mics boring from within wherever
they can, with the politicians play
ing one union against the other
while the bosses conduct publicity
campaigns blaming labor for every
material shortage and the lack of
foresight of management in evaluat-
ing supply sources and the confusion
that was certain to follow in the
aftermath of the war, plus continued
of Washington burrocratic
(slc) mlSdirection, all combined
have resulted in a state of produc-
ton turmoil exceeding that of any
period during the trying days we
were actually at war;" the journal
said.
Warning Issued.
Warning that the forces of reac-
ton are working to break the unity
OF the people and to reduce their
standard of living" the Washington
Union Council (CIO) !
outlined a four-point program in
Guiding suffrage for District resi-
dents, wage increases for Govern
ment workers, abolition Of segrega-
ton in the Washington Office of the
United States Employment Service
and opposition to District sales
tax
In another Labor Day communi- |
cation. the National Catholic We'll
fare Conferences Social Action De-
partment called on unions to correct
any "racketeering, Communism, and
other undemocratic practices" It
said these are mot typical of the
American labor movement I"
and it ought not to be exaggerated |
in the public mind"
Churches Urge Unity.
The Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America called on labor |
and management to give precedence
to the common good so the unity of
work and purpose we knew at war"
may replace the current struggle
for profit and power"
1t urged both groups to Exercise
more mutual consideration and
more self -discipline and to recognize
the sanctity of contracts once
executed"
Gen. Spaatz Speaks.
Paying tribute to labor's part
in World War II victory, Gen. Carl
SpaatZ, Army Air Forces comman-
der. said: The true measure of our
debt is the greatest of the victory
Won"
Scoring what he called "the Rus
sian brand of Fascism, George
Meany, AFL secretary-treasurer,
said:
Labor has more reason than any
other group in our population to be
vlgllant in defense of democracy.
since free organizations of workers
cannot exist under any other form
of government"