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The union times., 1946-02-09
Stamford Giues
 PegLer The Boot!

WESTBROOK PECLER'S col umn has been booted out of the Stamford Advocate because his lies came too close to home.
 Long suspicious of Pegler's truthfulness, the Advocate made up its mind quick when the col umnist did one of his typical smear jobs on the 1-day general strike called in Stamford to back striking members of the Intl. Assn. of Machinists (unaf- filiated) employed by the Yale X Towne Locke Co.
 Pegler's column just didn't jibe with the facts known by the Advocate and all the townspeO- ple-that the general strike was a genuine demonstration of sympathy with the long-exploit- ed Yale & TOwne workers and had the support of the whole town, including the mayor.
The union times., 1946-02-09
Here's Why We Can't Get Butter And The Answer
Butter Fat Going Into Pro- duction Of Cream And
 Ice Cream

Sec. of Agriculture Clinton P. An derson's solution for the critical but ter shortage is to increase prices He per pound to give producers more incentive"
 That's just the kind of proposal the big milk companies would lap up eagerly, but an explanation of what's behind the current critical shortage of butter leads to an answer that's much easier on con- sumers' pOcketbooks.
 The truth is that milk companies rake in much greater profits by sell ing their butter fat for the production of cream and ice cream rather than butter. The companies can sell butter fat to cream and ice cream producers for as much as $1 pound because there IS no price ceiling on those two items. Butter, on the other hand, sells at ceiling price of 57c a pound, which explains why butter producers have tough time competing with cream and ice cream producers in buying butter fat. And it also ex-
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The union times., 1946-02-09
Teachers Urged To Join Union By Minn. Mayor
Former College Instructor Says Better Conditions
 Must Prevail

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-IPA) -''Labor has been the bulwark of the public schools and teachers ''must better the conditions under which they work in many parts of the country, if teaching is to de- mand the respect the profession deserves and if education is to be effective" asserted Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of this city. The mayor addressed his remarks to American Federation of Teachers Locals 59 and 238. Humphrey himself belongs to Minnesota Fed eration of College Teachers, AFT Local 444.
 Tt is amazing to me in this day and age,' Humphrey said, ito hear any teachers say that they must not affiliate with labor or any special
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The union times., 1946-02-09
Jim Crow Laws
 Face Court Test

WASHINGTON = (FP) = The constitutionality of the "jimcrow laws of B southern states will meet a major test before the U. s. Supreme Court soon. On an appeal by Irene Morgan, who was fined $10 for refus- ing to leave front seat on a bus running from Norfolk, Va, to Ba1ti- more, Md, the court said it would review the Virginia law.
 Under the Virginia statute Negro passengers are required to use the rear seats of busses travelling through the state. Miss Morgan was arrested at Saluda, Va. After appealing a circuit court decision she took her case to the Virginia Supreme Court of appeals, which found the segrega- ton regulation reasonable"
The union times., 1946-02-09
Strike Benefits Awarded After Veterans March
Penn. Governor Acts After 600 Ex-GI's,, Members
 Of Unions, Protest

HARRISBURG, Pa (FP) = The fight to get unemployment com pensation for striking veterans was won here after a delegation of 600 ex-GIs, most of them members of organized labor, marched on the state capitol.
 A ruling granting the benefits was issued by Gov Edward H. Martin (R) two days after the vets mass demonstration although previously leaders of the delegation had been told a special session of the legisla- ture would be necessary to meet their demand.
 The marchers, many wearing uniforms and battle decorations. came here by bus from Pittsburgh, Erie, Farrell and Philadelphia, centers of strike activity. Led by a band and color-bearers in army and navy uniforms, they paraded
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The union times., 1946-02-09
Blueberry Pie Was NOT Among CTS War Aims
Service Paper Debunks Admanis Fiction Of
 Dreamy-Eyed Soldier

TOKYO-(FP) - That dreamy eyed serviceman portrayed in countless ads as determined to win the war so he could get home fast and eat one of Mom's blueberry pies is strictly a phony, according to a staff writer on the Pacific Stars X Stripes edition published here.
 We saw good evidence the other night that plenty of CTS know the score, take a vital interest in impor- tant affairs and are prepared to get up and talk about such things-at the right time and in the right place" Sgt. A. Gerber reported.
 No Inducements
 It was at forum on labors pro gram for substantial wage increases sponsored by the American Veterans Committee. What impressed us, :" Gerber said, "was the fact that over
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The union times., 1946-02-09

FALL that serves labor seFves the nation. All that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America yet hates labor, he is a
 liar. If any man tells you he
 trusts America yet fears labor, he is a fool There is no Am erica without labor. ."-Abraham Lincoln.
The union times., 1946-02-09

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The union times., 1946-02-09
Big Increase Won
 By Dallas Drivers

DALLAS, Tex. - (FP) - Dalla. drivers received their greatest pay boost since affiliating with Local 745 Intl. Bro. of Teamsters, when Y freight lines signed the standard city pickup and delivery agreement.
 The new contract grants a 10c hourly increase for drivers for one year from May 1, 1945. The seconc year the scale automatically increases 2c an hour The agreement is retro active. to May 1, 1o45.
The union times., 1946-02-09
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

BUSINESS AGENTS who want extra copies of the poem on Page 4 should send in their requests at once!
 OUR THANKS and congratula- tions to Representatives Ceelan, Woodhouse, KOpplemann, and By ter for voting against considera- ton of the infamous Case bill which the House of Representa- tives, by vote of 255-114 agreed to do. Reps. Luce and Talbot vot- ed for consideration, as might be expected.
 These four representatives also voted against the bill which would return the U. s. Employment Serv- ice to the states by June 30, 1946. Again, as might be expected, Reps. Talbot and Luce voted for the bill.
 Organized labor had better be- gin to plan now to make sure that Ceelan, Woodhouse, Kopplemann, and Ryter are returned to Con- gress this fall, and that Talbot and Luce are returned to private life. To wait until late summer or fall will be fatal.
 U. s. SENATORS McMahon and Hart of Connecticut both have signed the petition to limit debate on the F.E.P.C. Bill, on which poll %ov ssS%oAoe,~nax,s9 0~o GIsl,,a3o-s We extend our sincere thanks. By the way, we wonder how Sen. Me MahOn feels about being described as ''paunchy" in an article in the N. Y. Herald Tribune? We can sympathize ...
 THIS is what the Petaluma (Cal.) Argus-Courier reported line for line:
 MILWAUKEE Mrs. Margaret Rous- seau, 21, related in circuit court some of the reason she wanted divorce from William, 25. One was that he painted a divorce.
 wedding picture. She was granted mustache and spectacles on her.
 INDUSTRY has a strike benefit fund of $2O billion, thanks to a tax rebate law passed by Congress. This is the same Congress that tackled an amendment onto the CI bill of rights withholding a measly $2O week from veterans out on strike for living wage. MORE than 1000 laundry workers in the worlds largest sim gle unit plant will receive wage in- creases and considerably bettered working conditions as the result of a contract signed in Los Angeles between the Peerless Laundry and Intle. Bro. of Teamsters and Laun- dry Workers Intl. Union. Com pletiOn of negotiations between management and the unions rep- resented many months of intensive organization work by Laundry Drivers Local 928 and Laundry Workers Local 252 comparatively. The plant employs more than 300 inside workers and 200 driver salesmen and office employees.
 AN unexpected surprise came to AFL Pres. William Green as the result of the reaffiIiation of the United Mine Workers by action of the executive council. When UNIV Pres. John L. Lewis arrived in Mi ami for welcome home'' ban quet with top AFL chiefs, he took
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The union times., 1946-02-09
REAL BACK PAY 23 PC. RAISE.

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)- The Joint Culinary Workers Council (AFL) has singed new Swear con- tract with the Golden Gate Restau- rant Assn, representing most of the large restaurants in San Francisco, which gives a 239o raise in minimum pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Sea Floors Restless

It is not so long ago that a seismic
disturbance, originating under Of near
the Aleutian Islands, created a great
tidal wave which caused high water as
far south as Santa Barbara, California.
Later an island disappeared off Japan.
Now we hear of an earthquake severe
enough to knock out seismographs in
ST.. Louis and New Orleans, which did
most damage in Puerto Rico, and Santo
Domingo, and sent another great tidal
wave landward which may have caused
heavy casualties, with no count possible
at this time because of a communica-
tons breakdown.
This disturbance is said by seismolo-
gists to have originated in the Atlantic's
area of greatest depth, some fifty miles
off the Dominican Republic.
These two earthquakes, one IN the
floor of the Pacific, the other under
the Atlantic, are disturbing only to the
extent that they indicate subterranean
shiftings which because of their depth
cannot be examined or appraised. There
appears to be no reason to be apprehen-
sive of another Atlantis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Another Train Needed

Noting that the Atlantic Coast Line
has restored passenger train service
between Fayetteville and Wilmington,
the Greensboro Record wonders when
the Atlantic and Yadkin will make a
similar restoration between Mt. Airy
and Sanford. The Records interest
focuses on the fact that this service
would be via Greensboro.
The Record notes that the Whining
ton-Fayetteville line was originally a
part of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val
ley railroad, which was partially financ-
ed by federal funds, and chartered as
and forming an east-west trunk line
from the mountains to the sea-" After
a few years of operation the C. F. and
7. V. was divided between the Southern
and the A. C. L., the former getting the
line between Mt. Airy and Sanford, the
latter between Sanford and Wilmington.
1t has been nine years, the Record
says, since the "Black Diamond Ex-
press was Withdrawn from passenger
and mail service, leaving only freight
service in operation. Repeated appeals
for restoration Of passenger service
have been of no avail.
IF the A. C.. L. can make a 90 of
passenger business on the east end of
the old C. F. and Y. w." asks the
Record, why can't the A. and Y. do
likewise on the west end" This service,
adds the newspaper, would be of great
convenience and value to many COM
munities that we're left high and dry,
so to speak, when the A. and Y. pas
senger service was a%nnulled."
The Star is glad to add it's voice to
that of the Record for this additional
service on the score that what helps any
section of the state helps it all, and
specifically, Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Sure We Are Grateful

Of course this nation is grateful to
the men who gave their services in COM
bat, and especially to those who were
wounded. But every so often something
finds a place in the news which makes
one wonder if the nation knows how to
implement it's gratitude fittingly.
Such an item comes from Sampson,
New York, which says that the families
of forty-three wounded Navy veterans
are to be turned out Of the low-rent
barrack apartments at the Sampson
Naval Center by Saturday to make room
for personnel connected with an emer
gency college scheduled to open there
in the fall.
Wives of the wounded ex-Navy men
have made fruitless tours of realty Of
fees in nearby Geneva and other towns
in the vicinity. They have circulated
petitions asking that they be allowed
to remain in their present quarters at
least until the college term opens, but
have been no more successful in this
than in their search for other domiciles.
1t appears now that they with their
children and wounded husbands will be
d-ispossessed, their little possessions
piled in the street, and no place to go
for succor.
Yes, we are grateful for the success
full fight of our armed forces, and par
ticularly to the boys who were wounded,
that we might remain free and make the
welkin ring with st%ar-spangled oratory.
But 1t would be hard to convince these
forty-three veterans and their wives of
the 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Religion

By L T. ELLIS
THE JORDAN RIVER

THE JORDAN RIVER
An event IN the realm of Biblical
scholarship has taken place in the
recent publication by the Westmin-
ster Press Of DR.. Nelson Glueck's
new book, THE River Jordan"
DR.. Glueck. a Cincinnati rabbi
and professor, is director OF the
American School of Oriental Re-
search, in Jerusalem. BY brilliant
and tireless field work, and his
torical study. he has made him
self archaeology's outstanding au-
thority upon Trans-Jordan and the
Jordan River. The books pic
lures, mostly from the air, have
never been matched.
l thought I knew something about
the Jordan River, from it's source
at Caesarca-Philippi to its burial
in the Dead Sea. In the light of
this extraordinary book, l count
myself an ignoramus. Where l had
thought that the most famous river
in the world flowed from sea to
sea in a reasonably straight line,
DR.. Glueck's photographs show it
to resemble a snake with a stom-
ach-ache, so tortuous is Its course.
DR., Glueck has pioneered in a
fascinating field. He introduces the
reader to "Tells'' that we're thriv-
ing cities farther back in the BIC.
era than we n in the AID. era.
He makes Billie names come alive.
Without argument, he causes the
old Bible names to live as his
torical realities. Fortunate is the
reader who can visit the Jordan
with this brilliant author as guide.
We thank Thee, o Lord u the
endless years, for the reminders
Thou has left Of Thy sovereignty
over history. Ar
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Chance For Inventors

AIu6TlCdu luV6uClVC genius "
been one of the wonders of the world.
From Franklin's steel key on a hlte
string in a thunder storm, which LED TO
the Harvesting of electricity, or Fulton's
steamboat, down to the atomic oomo
in the creation of which American sclen-
lists had a leading part, the United
| States has given the world more con-
veniences, more means of acquiring
wealth, and, alas, the most destructive
weapon of war, than all other nations
combined.
There's the cotton gin, the telegraph,
the telephone, the adding machine, the
linotype, the v~ulcanizing of rubber, the
steam railroad, the air brake-the list
goes on indefinitely, ever to the swivel
chair and the swivel collar button.
Yet, with all this, no inventor has
discovered a way to utilize a cotton gin
except during the ginning season, which
averages about three months of the
year. Throughout the other nine months
the gin is closed, a dead weight for the
owner who must pay someone to keep
the machinery CREASED against rust and
the plant repaired aginst decay. With
billions of dollars of American capital
invested in gins, nobody has found how
to obtain revenue from them after each
seasons crop is ginned.
Nor has any financier learned how
to make a profit on idle money.
The same condition obtains in tobacco
redrying plants - another seasonal
necessity involving heavy capital in
vestment, but idle save for the few
months they are in use. Then there are
the sugar refining plants, from the little
syrup mill on the plantation to the great
factories that produce the finer grades,
from graduated to confectioner's sugar.
Their period of usefulness is short, yet
the plants must be cared for in idle
months at heavy expense. Here too bill
lions of dollars are invested in buildings
and machinery, but the properties carr
no penny for owners or stock holders
except during the brief refining period.
AS the bulk of the cotton gins, the
tobacco redrying plants and sugar re-
fineries Except in the beet sugar belt
in the West) are located in the South
it is time southern inventors put their
genius to work on ways and means of
keeping the money invested in them
at work for twelve months of the year
instead of the approximate three months
during which they are active.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
BY JOHN SKIES

The city of Whiteville, along
with eve other Southeastern NORTH
Carolina towns in the Border Belt
is getting much of what we artisans
call "the play" in the newspapers
which circulate in the territory
particularly, I say with becoming
modesty, The Morning Star.
And this, of course, is as is
should be. I understand back ir
the days of the Gold Rush along
the Yukon the various New York
newspapers gave right much line.
age to that event. And, from what
I read about this years tobacco
prices, which are lettering close tc
$1.00 per pound mark at the top
most, there seems to be a parallel
between the days of the Forty.
Miners and these current days wher
the farmers are, to understate the
facts. picking up quite a piece Of
change with what is known as
their Golden Weed. Let me inter.
polate here for a moment and say
that I am we'll aware of the fact
that this years tobacco crop is
probably the costliest in history.
but at the same time the prices
I read about seem to be right
compensatory.
I didn't mean, however, to delve
into the tobacco situation here. The
news end of The Star appears to
be doing right well about that.
What I wanted to bring up is the
fact that this city Of Whiteville,
which I mentioned to begin with
herein, is showing further evidences
of becoming one of North Caro-
lina's outstanding cities, and I
do not mean towns.
Some time back herein I sug-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E.. MCKINNEY
Americas card Authority

Fred Hirsch of Nev York gave
me today's ha1d. In addition to
winning the Culbertson pair event
or the Pacific coast, Hirsch was
tied for second place in the ALL
Western team-of-four champion
ship.
He is a newcomer in tourna-
ment bridge, and when he gave
me this hand, he said. If you
want to learn how to play cards,
play with experts because they
bid every hand up to the hilt. I
made an innocent overcall of one
spade over my .rtner's heart bid,
only to have him jump to four"
But Fred's plugging md a slip
on the part of an opponent gave
them the contract.
He trumped the opening club
lead in dummy, went over to his
king of. hearts, led a low spade
and finessed the queen. West won
with the king and made the mis-
take of coming back with the Jack
o. clubs. Hirsch covered with the
queen. East played the ace and
dummy trumped with the eight OF
spades. The ace and queen OF
hearts were then cashed, Hirsch
discarding two diamonds.
A diamond as led to the ace,
the ten Of Clubs cashed and a
diamond discarded from dummy.
The six Of clubs was trumped with
dummy's ace of spades, and the
nine of hearts led. Now there was
no way to defeat the contract.
If Hirsch had attempted TO ruff
out the clubs, the contract could
easily have been defeated. West
too might have defeated the hand
by leading the king of diamonds
when he was in with the king of
spades. rather than LEADING the
jack Of clubs. However, though
we strive for perfection in bridge,
we are human and subject to
error. Give your opponents a
chance to make a mistake and
they often will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
And Now WhiteuiHe Moves Forward
By Building A Me m orial Stadium

After this brief mention of the
towns progress I figured it woulc
be another six months or so before
it would become necessary for rae
to look into the goings-on there.
But yesterday I talked on the
telephone with Lee Braxton. 1 call.
ed him on an entirely different mat.
ter than the development OF White
vile. Finishing this conversation
just casually asked if anything
were going on there out of the
ordinary.
Nothing much" he said, Tex.
cept that we are building a perma.
nent stadium and football and base.
ball field as a memorial to oul
soldiers, sailors, Marines, anc
Coast Guardsmen."
Just something small like that
Upon pressing him, I learned
that, out on the Whiteville-C Chad,
bourn highway the town is going
to put up a steel grandstand ano
bleachers with a seating capacity
of 1000 - to begin with - for ar
athletic plant that will cover some
six acres of ground. 1t will be, Mr.
Braxton said, a permanent me.
mortal to the boys who served the
town and section in World War II.
And, just to show you that every
body in Whiteville pitches in or
these forward-moving and looking
projects, the Whiteville Rotary
club has taken on. as a club pro.
ject, the job of putting in lights
at the field so that games of any
kind may be played there at night,
All of which goes to show me
that, while Whiteville is moving
ahead in a business way - it al.
ready has one of the largest tobac-
CO markets in the Border Belt and
this is growing every day its citi-
zens are not overlooking the neces-
sity of providing places to play
so that, Of course, Jack will moi
become a dull boy.
In my Whiteville encomium, II
like to point out that the town ha.
moved forward with almost mush
room-like growth without the i'm
petus of wartime industries or mill.
tary emplacements. So far as
know, there hasn't been any kline
OF outside aid to Whiteville'
growth.
The town simply must have {
progressive citizenship that pushe.
forward without waiting on some
body to help them.
And to you cynics who nigh
have the notion a guy never sit.
down and knocks out sometime
nice about any place or anybod,
except for a price, I'd like to point
out that nobody in Whiteville has
ever bought me so much as =
coke.
This could be, of course, a subtle
hint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
LETTER BOX
PLEA FOR DRAINAGE

To the Editor:
Though not accustomed to write
for publicity. I would shirk my
duty as a Wilmingtonian who likes
his town, not to point out to you a
defect of Wilmington's administra,
ton which should be corrected al
once.
In recent years you have shown
a marked activity for the oet'el'
ment of Wilmington. Thus am
encouraged to address these lines
to you.
The point in question is the plac'
ing of sewerage. You state In one
of your recent issues that on ac'
count of shortage of money only
the most vital sewerage problems
of greater Wilmington could ma
immediate attention. Then why
is there activity in this line in M
parts of Sunset Park while the man
artery of transportation in this pa.
seemingly finds no consldeEa"0D
at all?
1 refer to the present Carolina
Beach road from Greenfield Pa[A
running north (south) to the new
city limit. Walking in this stree.
Of road even after a mooefas
shower is hazardous, after a heay!
shower almost impossible. uA-ss'
one wears hip boots - and ms ~
ing one of WilmEgton's mS
Travelled roads!
Seeing car after ca dTl'Lns
through a foot of more OF "d4E
as unconcerned as if this had 10 ~
So makes me feel like seeing p!rA
pockets rifling peoples pocAs,.
and no policeman paying
slightest attention to it. .
AS far as my judgment gees
know Wilmington for 50 years ln.
stretch of street should surely nav
first consideration, when we ~
tend to have safety, and conlioa.
reach the most people, with Nv
limited amount of money on Aan"
Paul Gaertne-
Wilmington, N. C. E1D
August 8, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

gested, with appropriate adjectival
phrases, that Whiteville was show
ing more signs of postwar progress
than any town 1 know about in
North Carolina. The town was build
ing a new radio station, new golf
course, new redrying plants, and
any number of new businesses.
Being so impressed, I induced the
photographer, Pete knight, to ac-
company me up there - along
with Steadman Wick, the %circula-
tor, - to get a picture story of
what was going on in the Columbus
capital. The pictures were duly
published in The Star.