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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-22

eral governments to help the smaller and
poorer counties with their building pro-
blems
A continued drive has been made for the
past several years to obtain federal aid
for schools, but SO far this movement has
not met with too much success and with
conservative congress in power that be-
lieves most of the states are in better
financial condition to aid schools than the
national government is, there is no like
lihood that such a movement will be sue
ceSsful within the next two or more years.
On the other hand, this and many other
states could afford to help with building
costs and we hope enough sentiment will
be developed in North Carolina within the
next two years to require the general as
sembly at that time to provide such relief.
Meanwhile where there is a severe over
crowded condition and where improve
ment is imperative, the counties should
and must do something Immediately. They
cannot afford to wait two years.
The first step should be a thorough study
of the county's urgent school building
needs, classification in the order of great
est Importance, determination of cost
and then the adoption of financial policy.
In some instances, the counties are able
to borrow enough money to meet the i'm
mediate needs, but in the overwhelming
majority of other counties it will be neces-
sary to obtain funds by bond issues.
We are gratified that keen consider
alton is being given our building prob
lens in this county and we urge prompt
action.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-22
Dale
Carnegie
Won't Kick A Dead Dog

In 1929 there was an event IN
Chicago which attracted the most
brilliant educators in the coun-
try. People came for thousands
of miles for the occasion. Not a
football game; not a political
poWWoW. No, the occasion was
the inauguration Of a young man
Of thirty as president of the
fourth richest university in this
country: the University of Chi
cago; a university with an en-
dowment of seventy million dol
lars.
The young man who was to be
inaugurated as president had
worked his way through Yale as
a waiter. But now the great sat
at his feet: Robert Maynard
HutchinS.
was not there, but I got a
glimpse of it from the late DR..
jefferson Davis Sandefer, former
ly president of Hardin-Simmons
University, Abilene, Texas. DR..
Sandefer sat on the platform next
to the father of the new presi-
dent. Turning to him he said, Il
notice that one of the newspapers
made bitter attack on your son
today"
This was stating it mildly, for
young Dr. Hutchins had not only
been attacked by the newspapers
and by the educational bigwigs,
but had been bitterly denounced.
DR.. Hutchins' father sat for a
moment, thinking, then said
quietly: Eyes, that's true. But
remember, no one ever kicks
dead dog"
Remember that the next time
someone attacks you.
The moment you raise your
head even slightly above the wa
ter level of mediocrity, you will
discover a lot of jealous, envious,
critics on the banks of the river
ready to throw mud balls at you.
Some of the mud balls will have
rocks inside. This has been true
throughout the ages; and it will
be true until human nature
y
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-22
Your Tri-County
Health Dept.
BY Robert r. King, Jr.
District Health Officer


me MOI III IA o!1lld o'dIe Nle"7
lcaI society nelo us 92fo anlIQdl
meeting a. = slllI'' D S, w, ."
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The Medical Society of the
State is COMPOSED Of all the
County Medical Societies IN the
state and is really y powerful
nroanization in dcciding and con-
rr0u.,o I'M. character o. gu.uaco.
practice in tAe state. The annual
ncrtjrg is rot lust q vacation for
the Dhvsicians to attend alt IS a
business meeting al which poll
cf,s Of medical practice ana the
IMPORTANT problems concerned
with the CARING for the sick in
\ G are discussed and action
taken uDon them. On Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock the House
of DELEGATES of the Medical So
cietv opened its business meet
ING The House Of DELEGATES is
made I'M of official representa-
tjves Of each county, society who
are the governing BODY of the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-22
Towns Urgent Needs

1t has been aptly said that no town or
city can be any larger than its water sys-
TEN.
Here in West jefferson we realize the
validity of this statement We have al
ready outgrown our present water facili-
ties and cannot hope to attract new resi-
dents, new industries and other enter
prises unless we can assure them Of an
adequate supply of pure water.
Our second greatest need seems to be
an expansion of the sewerage system. 1t
is imperative that this program progress
hand in hand with town growth and in
creased water supply.
Obviously third need is the improv-
ment pavement and expansion Of the
streets. Actually we have no good first
class streets at all and this is the first thing
that a visitor observes
In addition TO these three specific eX-
pansion needs, the town should seek to
render more and better service to its
people, including garbage collection and
street cleaning, parking in the business
sections and IRE pTOIectlOn
During its thirty odd years Of existence,
our town has made rather remarkable pro-
gress and has become a trading center
for large and rich section.
Year after wear this trade territory has
been expanding and commercial growth
here has been continuous. Today our op-
portunities for further commercial, indus
trial and tourist expansion are unlimited
if we as citizens of the town will unite be-
hind a progressive program as outlined
above
It is fine for our various civic organl-
cations to be interested in different pro-
iects for public good, but we know OF
nothing that is more important to every
citizen of West jefferson than the growth
and development of the town itself
This is a huge job that should not be
left to town officials alone. Every person
should be vitality concerned and should
endeavor to find out and do all that he
or she can. Expansion costs money and
each of us should and must be willing to
pay our part. This is the only way that
we can build a larger and better town IN
which to live.
Our town officials realize all of these
problems and are doing their best to do
something about them now. They need as
sistance and cooperation.
We need to develop a greater spirit OF
civic pride and the only way to do it is for
everyone to take a more active interest
in seeing that needed Improvements are
made.
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ALDERMEN CUT
FIGURES 40 PER CENT
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town had to be made and L. B.
Tyson was employed. The new
survey was finished in April.
The committee found some
property within the town limits
that apparently had never been
on the books and made many
equalization adjustments with the
view of bringing all values in
line as accurately and fairly as
possible, members of the board
said.
The main purpose of the re-
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PRICE REDUCTION
WEEK TO CONTINUE
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sale. There are still many ar
ticles offered at special savings
for the remainder of the week
and all those who have not taken
advantage of the price reductions
will still have an opportunity to
through Saturday.
The union times., 1947-05-24
Did You Get A 4OOq6 Wage
 Increase Yet?
Net Profits Reports Make Labor's Demands Seem
 Very Small Indeed

New York OPAJ-The profits that organized labor has charged to industry and big business were verified once again last week in a survey made by the Wall Street Journal.
 The profits of 149 companies in Is industrial groups for the first three months of 1947 averaged 282@o. Nine teen iron and steel companies showed a profit increase of more than 37O%. Railway equipment makers jumped their profits to 3579o, and building material and equipment suppliers took third place with profits up 2559o, the Wall Street Journal reported.
 Other net profit reports, not re- corded by the Journal, showed earn- ings ranging nearly to 4OO9o. Intl Paper Co.,, one of the giants of the industry, showed an all-aime high profit of SIG, ,16O,54 for the first quarter compared with $4,241 ,5l2 for the same period last year.
 Continental Oil Co.,, which had net profit of $2,606,354 for the first three months of 1946, scared to $6,559,706 for the same period this year. The huge Celanese Corp. of America made $6 190,564 for the first three months compared with $3,434, ,164 for the 1946 first quarter Burlington Mills Corp. cleared $12,613,476 for six months ending March go against $5,049,983 a year ago.
The union times., 1947-05-24
Smart "FootWork" Gets Results!

Mass picketing, under new Texas anti-labor law, consists in having not more than two pickets at any gate of a plant and having these two pickets at least 50 feet apart. Already Texas businessmen have discovered joker in the law and are bowling in rage at the, manner in which their brainchild has turned into a Frankenstein.
 After quick study of the law, union iSts selected struck store that had sidewalk frontage of less than SO feet. Then carefully observing the new statute they placed one picket in front of the entranceway of the struck store and second picket SO feet away. Both carried signs saying, "This Company Is Unfair to Unorganized labor-Do Not Patronize."
 But the second picket was, by virtue of the law, in front of store that was not struck Within AS hours the man. agement of the second store went screaming to the legislature to have the new law amended or revoked.
The union times., 1947-05-24
This Foreman Heard Too Much

The language, reports the magazine Business Week, might have been con- sidered unladylike in some circles, but its meaning was clear enough to the foreman. "You know what you can do with this job." the woman emp1oye had told him. The way she put it left him with no doubt as to what she had in mind.
 It was her parting shot in an argu- ment before she stomped out of the de- partnnt and, as far as the foreman was concerned, out of the employ of the Continental Can Co.
 But he was mistaken. The woman later claimed she had not resigned. Her union took up her case under the grievance machinery of the contract and the dispute found its way to ar bitration.
 The company lost. The arbitrator decided that "any statement short of T am quitting" could not have shown decision to quit her job."
The union times., 1947-05-24
Whitney Sees No Guarantee Truman Will Act
Railroad Trainmen Head Urges Unions To Redouble
 Pressure On President

CLEVELAND (FP)-There is no guarantee that Pres. Truman will veto the Taft Hartley antilabOr bill, Pres. A. F. Whitney of the Bro. of Railroad Trainmen warned this week, urging uniOnists to bring all possible pressure to bear on the chief executive.
 The rail union leader, who a year ago publicly broke with Truman for smashing the nation wide railroad strike, said: What the President will do we cannot predict. When Congress presents him with a labor bill it will be presenting him with the oppor- tunity of putting the Democratic party again on the side of the nations workers where 1t was so long under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt"
 DEMOCRACY AT STAKE
 But, he cautioned, the President has disappointed us time and again. Only last year he failed railroad workers to stand in the corner of the Assn. of American Railroads to break the strike of the Engineers and Trainmen for decent and hon. Orable demands.
 ''We hope he measures up this time. It isn't only labor's future that is at stake. Democracy itself stailds in jeopardy"
 Whitney also warned against ex- pecting House and Senate con- ferees to work out an acceptable vel sion of the Hartley and Taft bills. ''They are both so punitively restrictive" he said, ''that it is only wishful thinking to believe that anything but harsh bill can emerge"
 LABOR'S COURAGE
 The unions are confronted with the fascism of the Taft-Hartley bill, Whitney said, because labor has had the courage to stand up and fight "the crass greed and injustices of the lords of creation-big, ruthless and preda- tory business. No voice has spoken out more boldly than labor's against the policies of government and busi- ness that have brought America its acute and scandalous housing shortage or its dangerous inflationary spree or its relentless path toward a third world war"
 If labOr's voice is silenced, there will be no group left ''tO speak for human rights,'' Whitney said. His appeal for an all-Out fight against the bill appeared in the Trainman News, weekly newspaper of the BRIT.
The union times., 1947-05-24
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

A statisticalIy-minded Treasury clerk has figured that if you had $1 billion in dollar bills and placed one atop another, it would create a pile 60 miles high.
 At $l an hour, a worker could earn the pile in 5OO,OOO years on 5-day, 4O-hour week.
 News item: ''The Republican controlled Senate today passed Over- whelmingIy the harshest anti-labOr bill in American history.
 From the Republican Party plat form, 1944 = ''The Republican Party is the historical champion of free labor. The continued perver- sion of the Wagner Act by the New Deal menaces the purposes of the law and threatens to destroy col lective bargaining completely and permanently. We pledge an end to political trickery in the administra- ton of labor laws. -"
 Maybe the COW jumped over the moon, but present pork chop prices indicate that the pig jumped over the COW.
 Cost of Iiving's gone so high all a man can save for a rainy day is his debts.
 THE Ripley (N. Y.) Reuie,U re- gently advised ''World War HI vet erans' to file claims for terminal leave pay.
 Taft, he is senator;
 Taft, he gives us grief;
 Taft, he passed labor bill
 To put us on relief.
 Here's another typical example of how the daily press serves anti labor interests in America by at- tempting to hide facts. Recently Scripps-Howard columnist Law renee Fertig, billed as ''writer on economic affairs,'' said: ''Wages are still climbing, while profits show signs of being vigorously squeezed.'
 Strangely enough, on that same day Pres. Truman, addressing an AP luncheon in New York, de- clared:
 ssProfits in the aggregate are breaking all records. In l946 corporate profits after taxes were 33% higher than in l945. In the
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The union times., 1947-05-24
Railroad Lodge Meets Tuesday

New Haven Lodge No. 6161 of the Railroad Brotherhood will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, June 3, at 135 Goffe Street, at 8:3O o'clock.
 Bro. Roosevelt Langley, observer to the national convention of the R. R. Brotherhood, will make his report.
 Lodge No. 6161 wishes at this time to thank the New Haven Central La Dor Council, and THE UNION TIMES for the part played in creating national public sentiment in favor of the abo- lition of auxiliary lodges in the Broth erhood, which became a reality at their convention in Cincinnati, May 12-17.
The union times., 1947-05-24
State Labor
 Asks Trum an To Veto Bill
New Haven Central Labor Council Takes Lead On
 "Slave" Laws

Telegrams and letters from all parts of Connecticut poured in this week on President Harry 5. Tru- man and the states Congressional delegation, urging defeat of the Taft-HartIey slave labor bill. A number of locals also sent letters of thanks to U. s. Senator Brien McMahon, in appreciation of his vote against the Taft Bill when it was before the Senate.
 Typical of the letters sent to Pre- sident Truman was one from Vincent I. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, which follows:
 MIG GOVERN LETTER Dear MT. President:
 "The Conference Bill on the Taft Hartley Acts will not be before you for official action for some time. We know that you always want to hear from the country on important issues, and wish to give you our views.
 tsTO us in Connecticut, it seems impossible that our Congress wants to emasculate the organizations which represent the working peO- pie. How can we have democracy if Iabor's legitimate rights are re- stricted? Most of the strikes we have had in recent years have been over the, issue of wages, working conditions, or union recognition. The Taft-Hartley Bill would cripple us in trying to achieve these objec- tives.
 ''We are convinced, that the real purpose of the Taft-Hartley Bill is to make genuine collective bargaining impossible. In my opinion, if these bills should become law, we would have more labor management strife than ever before.
 FANTASTIC"
 Finally, it is almost fantastic that at time when prices and profits are at the highest peak in our history, and labor's earnings are being reduced by. the increased cost of living, Con- gress should turn around and try to shackle labor
 ''It just doesn't make sense, MT. President. We respectfully request that you veto the Conference Bill, and throw it back in the teeth of those who would wreck our coun- try. If New Haven is typical, and think it is, the country will be be- hind you.''
 KTTNZE TTRCEC
 U. 5. Senator Raymond E. Bald win received the following telegram
 ''Urgently request you reject conference report on Hartley-Taft Bill, and vote to uphold President Truman if he vetoes bill. We look
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The union times., 1947-05-24
WagnerWonders, Why Punishment
 ForU.S.Workers?
Says Hartley-Taft Bill Is "Unfair From Beginning
 To End'

Washington (LPA)--Sen. Robert Wagner (D., N.Y), author of the 11-year-old Natl Labor Relations Act which was wrecked last week by the Senate, blasted the Hartley pro- gram as "anti-democratic, reaction ary and unfair from beginning to end"
 The 7O-year-Old campaigner for labor rights, whose legislation has long been known as uniOnism's ''Magna Carta," was the only pro- labor Democrat to vote against a last-minute substitute bill offered by II other pro-Iabor Senators in an effort to head off the union wrecking Taft bill. Wagner con- tended that even the substitute bill, well-intentiOned as it was, made too many inrOads on the MIRA.
 "This bill is a trouble-making bill" !" Wagner told the Senate. Tt would provoke and instigate unnecessary conflicts, both in the courts and in the collective bargaining process. It would do this at the, very time when we most need smoothness and stabil- ity.
 'sREACTIONARY''
 This is a reactionary bi11," Wag- ner's indictment continued. Tt seeks to strip workers of hard-earned rights which are at the core of industrial freedom. With a few spectacular in stances as pretext, the bill brands all of labor as culprit. It diminishes the rights of all unions and all labor lead CTS.
 ''This bill is an unfair bill. It singles out workers and their un- ions for harsh and punitive treat ment, at the very time when the wrongs which need to be corrected are elsewhere in our economy. It is, based upon the idea that unions have acquired too much mOnopO- istic power. But the truth is that
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The union times., 1947-05-24
Union Gets Bird
 And The Trimmings

FOND DU LAC, Wise. = (FP = A turkey plus $10 for all the trim mings is part of written agreement granting 109o wage increases to en- ployes of the Fred Ruepin Leather Co., here.
 For the past few years the company has been giving each worker turkey at Christmas time. During negotia- tions union members stated their ap- preciation but said they never had enough money to prepare side dishes for a meal worthy of the fowl The company came through with the $10, incorporating both items i'll the agree ment.
The union times., 1947-05-24
LaborWarned About Optimism On Veto
NH. Painters Win; Back At Work

After being out for almost seven weeks in order to win their demands, the members of Painters Union No. 186,. New Haven, returned to work last Thursday with contract which provided for a rate of $1.80 per hour. The additional 71a cents the painters asked, went to arbitration, the hear ing being held last Friday before the State Board of Arbitration and Me diation.
 Local 186 has emerged from this situation stronger than ever" Business Agent Saul Kreas told Ihe Union Times. "We have proved that organ ized labor cannot be pushed around, and that policy of getting tough with labor won't succeed"
The union times., 1947-05-24
.SLRB Certifies Local As Agent
 At Hotel Taft
No. 4O4 Active On All Fronts Officers Elected
 Banquet For Feinmark

Local 4O4, New Haven Hotel and Restaurant Employees, hitting on all cylinders, this week announced that the union had been certified as the bargaining agent for its members at the Hotel Taft; elected officers; and announced plans for a testimonial dinner to Harold V. Feinmark, who was its trustee for seven years.
 The Local was certified as the bar gaining agent at the Hotel Taft by the State Labor Relations Board without an election. The announce
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The union times., 1947-05-24
Railway Clerks 

Cincimati-(FP)-Fu11 and equal membership rights were extended to Negroes by delegates to the Bro. of Railway Clerks (AFL) convention here last week in 1000 to s vote.
 The action followed 2-hour debate in which union officials pointed out that the railway clerks was one of the few remaining AFL unions that still had discriminatory provisions in its constitution.
 In an attempt to mollify southern delegates, Pres. George Harrison said 1: We are not trying to set up social equality, we are trying to establish economic equality"