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The union times., 1948-05-01
Truth On Unions Causes Hoffman To Bite His Nails

WASHINGTON-FP) Young soldiers should not be given an edu. cation, Rep. Clare Hoffman (R, Mich.) stoutly maintained last week, if it means that they are going to get the slightest suggestion that unions are Okay.
 That was the viewpoint advanced by the angry man from Michigan and other members of his House execu- tive expenditures committee as they probed the army education program. Under assault was Army Talk No. 22O, a discussion outline folder of a type familiar to millions of ex-GPs. The folder was devoted to a discus sion of labor unions.
 The booklet included all angles of the question, including the usual pro- paganda against labor But what Hoff- man and his friends disliked was the fact that some statements were in- cluded which suggested that unions, too, have right to exist.
 Underlined in heavy pencil in the committee copy observed by Federated Press are these statements, which Hoffman wants no more of from the US. army:
 l. ''There isn't much that an individual worker by himself can do when his employer does not furnish satisfactory working con- ditions, hands him a pay cut which he thinks unwarranted or puts him on a less desirable job without ap- parent or just cause."
 2. ''The extent of work stop- pages in industry has been greatly exaggerated
 3. 'UniOns exist to raise work CTS income and standards of living. Employers seek to hold down pro. ductiOn costs and to increase pro- fits. As result the growth of in- dustry and unionism has been marked by frequent disagreements between labor and management
 4. ''But while strikes are costly to all concerned and disIiked by everyone including workers they have not seriously impeded our in- dustrial progress. In some measure they have helped it, because they have resulted in the most consider ate treatment of labor and better understanding between labor and management
 5. Our democracy protects workers and their freedom as indi- VIduals by guaranteeing their right to seek common objectives through labor unions.''
The union times., 1948-05-01
Congressman
 Amends Bible :!

Not satisfied with junking the wage7 hour act, Rep. Wint Smith (R, Kan. ! seems to want to amend the Holy Bible as we'll
 Smith appeared in Washington on a radio debate on the wage-hour act last week. He said q think the most iniquitous thing of this whole wage hour act is trying to compel 40 hours a week. In other words Congress is simply trying to legis1ate against the fourth commandment in the Bible, which says thou shalt labor six days a week."
 According to the King James yer sion of the Bible the fourth command ment begins Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" By most rules of arithmetic, there are IA hours in the week besides the Sabbath day. Aside for Smith, no biblical scholar has used the Bible as authority for trying to make men work 144-hour week.
The union times., 1948-05-01
LETTER TO LOCALS

LETTER TO LOCALS
 The following letter has been sent to all locals:
 Dear Sir and Brother:
 ssBecause of the progress being made by organized labor in New Haven, and because we have a good story to tell our locals and the pulp lie, the Central Labor Council will hold banquet at the Hotel Carde on Saturday, May 22nd, at ZOO PM. We expect that this banquet not only will be outstanding, but will resume the tradition which we were forced to give up when the war started.
 We have planned the banquet so that all can have good time, a good meal, and hear some brief but impor- tant talks. Judge Tom Fitz tzSimmons, President of the Musicians Union will be our toastnaster, which means we'll have a lively residing officer Mayor Celentano will bring the greetings of the city government. Our chief speaker will be Chester Bow1es, former OF. A. head, who will discuss housing, the cost of living, and other problems which are basic to the labor movement. Joseph M. Rourke will bring the greetings of the State Federation of Labor; and Nathan Sherman will re- port on the many activities of the Gen. tral Labor Council. Naturally we will keep the speaking program brief. The banquet will be followed by dancing, which means we want the members to bring their ladies.
 elf this affair is to make an inn pression on the general public, we need an attendance of not less than 400. This means that in each local, the officers and executive board should attend, and as many as pos- sibIe in addition. The banquet is for the benefit of all A.F.L. unions, and will not succeed unless we have your full support. Tickets are $3.5O per person. Help the labor move ment, your local union. and your- self by making it possible for the Council to have the best affair in its history.
 ''Fraternally,
 'sVincent J. McCovern,
 s"President."
The union times., 1948-05-01
Housing Bill Needs Help To GetByHouse
Read This And
 Start Thinking. About Yourself!.

WASHINGTON NJ (FP)- Major improvements in the old age and sur v1vorS insurance setup under the So- cial Security Act were recommended this week by the social security ad- visory council appointed by the Senate finance committee.
 The recommended changes are ad- dressed to two major weaknesses of the system as it is today: limited cov- craze and inadequate benefits. Serving on the council which drew it up are AFL Social Insurance Director Nel- son H. Cruikshank and CEO Vice Pres. Emil Rieve.
 Some of the major changes the report calls for are:
 l. Bringing self-employed work CTS, including farmers, under the act with tax l12 times that paid by employees. Regular coverage of farm employees and those working in nOn-profit institutions who are now excluded.
 2. Launching government study ''to determine the most prac- ticable and equitable method of making the railroad retirement sys- tenn supplementary to the basic Old-age and survivors insurance program" Protection would be at least equal to that under the Rail- road Retirement Act.
 3. Easing eligibility by giving full, permanent insurance to all workers covered for 40 quarters G. month periods), or who have been covered half of the querters be- tween Jan. l, l949 and the retire. ment age. (The report showed that "ll years after the start of the pro- gram, only abour 2O%o of the aged 65 and over is either insured or receiving bene- fits.'')
 4. Boosting benefits by raising the base for calculating them. This includes several changes which would increase the benefit range to scale running from $2O to S236.25. Present benefits range from $lO to $85 a month.
 ,. Dropping the retirement age for women workers from 65 to 60 years.
 The increased benefits and broader coVerage called for in the report would be paid for by increasing both em- ployer and worker social security taxes to 1Iz% of payroll, from the present l&o. Organized labor has long advo- cated this move, but penny-pinchers have prevented its taking effect.
 The program in general parallels social security improvements urged on the House ways and means committee by the labor movement.
The union times., 1948-05-01
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Many union leaders are concern ed that members do not attend meetings. But what about corpora. tions? A survey of 8l corporations with 312 million stockholders re. suited in l6 reporting that only from one to 10 stockholders attend annual meetings, IF reporting 10 to 20, 22 reporting 20 to 50, and II reporting 50 to 100.
 Negotiations note to the Intl. Typographical Union (AFL) and the American Newspaper Guild (CIO): Newspaper advertising re. venue in l947 topped $35O mil lion, the highest in history and far above the l946 take of $27l mil lion.
 Richard Slocum, chairman of the Bureau of Advertising of the Amer. ican Newspaper Publishers Assn., relayed this pleasant item to the ANPA annual convention at the WaIdorf-Astoria
 LAMENT OF A HICH-PRICED
 PORK CHOP
 Pm spending my days in the
 freezer,
 My nights are all wasted there, too. Oh, l wouldn't have all this leisure, If people could afford me to chew. But prices keep climbing higher Each morning and noon in the
 week,
 While the profiteers all conspire To turn me into an antique.
 The NLRB has just tossed the unions crumb from the same ta- ble where the employers obtain in- functions and strike-breaking or- ders. In the General Shoe Corp. and Boot X Shoe Workers (AFL) case the board, by a 3 to 2 vote, found that the president of the corpora ton illegally influenced the results of an election. He called the em- plOyes 25 at time into his private office on the day before the cleo ton, and there delivered to them a vicious anti-union speech. The un- ion lost the election.
 The NLRB only set the results of the election aside, with the promise that in due course the union will be given another try.
 But the board claimed that what the president said was legal under the law if it is not said under the exact circumstances described in the case. All that he will have to do is to vary the technique a little and everything will be okay.
 IN connection with psychology of raising children, the subject of spanking came up, said the Salt Lake City (Utah) Telegram, and one young mother said:
 ''Well, I don't think you should ever spank a child unless you have definite end in view!"
 The announcement brought out the fact that in 8,4OO plants and
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The union times., 1948-05-01
Hutchins, Fosdick
 Opposed ToU.M.T.

WASHINGTON = (FP) = Pres. Truman has not made case for either universal military training or the draft, Chancellor Robert Hutchins of the University of Chicago and Dr. Harry E. Fosdick, leading Protestant clergy man, said here last week.
 Joining Hutchins and Fosdick in opposing UNIT and the draft were Father Allan P. Farrell, S.J., and Dr. Alfonzo F. Meyers, educator. The group said "Mr. Truman's talk of freedom in the world does not seem helpful when he recommends a 1imita- ton of freedom in the US. in the form of enforced military training" Con- scription would give tremendous power to the military men in government '' they said.
The union times., 1948-05-01
1,7OO Workers Desert CIO For AFL Union

New York-The American Fedora ton of Labor scored resounding vic tory over the CIO here, according to an announcement by William Collins, AFL regional director for this area.
 Over 1,700 wire and metal workers voted to switch their afiliation to the AF'L in preference to the CLOS Play thing, Jewelry, and Novelty Workers Union The new AFL union has been chartered as Federal Local No. 24368.
 William McKaney, organizer for the local, said the switch in afi1iation was voted because the union members were dissatisfied with the manner in which the CIO parent organization had handled problems
The union times., 1948-05-01

through the Senate with mini mum of debate after clearing the crucial hurdle of an unsuccessful move to knock out the contro- versial public housing section.
 DUBIOUS FUTURE
 Approved after a week of debate and many months of delay and re- vision in committee, the bill faces a dubious future in the House. where companion measure has been languishing in the Banki1g and Currency Committee. The com mittee buried similar bill in the 79th Congress after the Senate had approved it.
 There were indications that the Banking Committee might undertake hearings on housing proposals soon, and some House leaders have express ed assurance that some measure would be passed. It was generally conceded, however, that the Senate version faced modification III the lower chamber.
 SIGN PETITION
 Representatives J. K. Javits of New York and Helen Gahagan Douglas of California have been circulating in the House petition to remove the housing bill from the jurisdiction of the Bank ing Committee and bring 1t to the floor. It was reported that the petition had more than half of the 218 signatures necessary.
 Before the final vote, the Senate adopted an amendment offered by Senators Milton R. Young, Repubi- can of North Dakota, and Richard B. Russell, Democrat of Georgia, provid- ing $268, ,500,000 for farm housing.
 Another amendment provided that the federal government would pay one half the cost of dwellings, up to $10,O00 for severely paralyzed veterans. This special aid to former service men con fined to WheelchairS was sponsored by Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy of Wisconsin.
 The lOng-range measure lays down as an objective the cOnstruc- ton of l,5OO,OOO new dwellings annually for the next ten years and No IAAC uSC OA ACuCEd1 EGs sources ''tO provide the aids neces- sary to achieve eventually decent home and suitable living environ ment for all American families
 Most of the provisions of the bill are designed to assist and encOur- age private industry in the attain ment of the goal of l5,OOO,OOO dwellings, but one section provides for the construction, over the next five years, of 5OO,OOO lOw-rent pub lie housing units.
 Supporters of the measure have estimated its direct cost at $150,000,000 a year. There are also provisions for loans up to $1 ,500,000,000 and insurance of $2,500,000,000 worth of loans.
 Other major provisions of the housing measure are as follows: A system of grants by the federal government to local communities for the assembly and clearance of land in slums and blighted urban areas and the redevelOpment of the cleared sites for lOw-cost homes.
 A program of yield insurance to Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1948-05-01
Durr To Leave
 EGG Commission

WASHINGTON-(FP)-Another. outstanding liberal is about to leave the government. The White House an nounced that Federal Communications Commissioner Cliord J. Durr will not be reappointed for a new term July 1. Durr was an early New Dealer. He lett private law practise to go to work tor the Reconstruction Finance Corp. m l933: He has been Federal Com munications Commissioner since 1941.
 In his seven years on the EGG, Durr became known as the leading opponent Of monopoly in radio. He was a leader Tn the fight to keep broadcasting free of partisan politics. A week ago he made strong statement against witch hunting in the government service. He has indicated he will finish his EGG term but has no plans beyond June 3O
 IJniOnism Means neruocrocv
The union times., 1948-05-01
Act Now!

COnnecticut's six Congress- men are either lukewarm or Op- posed to the Taft-Ellender-Wag- ner Bill which passed the Senate last week. Although they have signed the petition which would take the Bill from the Banking Committee, none has yet said he would vote for the measure.
 Your Local Union should im- mediately write your Congress man urging him to do every thing possible to have the House pass the Bill. Be sure to tell him that you especially favor the public housing part of the Bill.
 Locals would also be well ad- vised to write Senators Brien McMahOn and Raymond E. Baldwin, thanking them for helping the Bill get through the Senate without crippling amend ments.
 We must remember to thank our legislators when they vote in the best interests of all of the peOple.-EditOr.
The union times., 1948-05-01
AFL Tankernen Get 1Oc Boost

NEW YORK = (FP) = One half hour before midnight deadline, oil tanker opera.er and representatives of Local 333, Int1. Longshoremen's Assn. (AFL) came to terms here and averted threatened strike.
 The contract granted a 10c hourly wage boost, an additional food allow ance and a group insurance plan. The companies also agreed to put an addi- t1onal oiler on all se1f-propelled yes sells having capacity of 360 horse power or more.
 Agreement was reached under the auspices of the city's labor division with Mayor O'Dwyer
The union times., 1948-05-01
Food Prices In Elm City See-Saw

Retail food prices in New Haven as measured by the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics of the U. s. Department of Labor declined IA percent between mid-February and mid-March. it was announced today by Wendell D. Mac donald, Regional Director. This de cline was the result of price decreases for all major food groups. Retail food prices in New Haven were, however, GA percent higher than in March 1947, and 106.0 percent higher than before the war.
The union times., 1948-05-01
Whitney Honored

CLEVELAND-FP)-Pres. A. F. Whitney of the Bro. of Railroad Irainmen was named general chair man ot his unions Political Education League at dinner party here cele- bratlng his 18th birthday. Active in the BRIT 52 years, Whitney was hon. pred by nearly 1000 labor, civic and industrial leaders including Asst. Sec. ot Labor John Gibson, Mayor Thomas A. Burke and Pres. Alvan1ey Johnston ot the Bro. of Locomotive Engineers.
The union times., 1948-05-01
Senate Action May Be Killed Unless All Act
Bill Still In Committee; How Will State Repre-
 sentatives Vote?

WashingtOn-By a voice vote, the Senate passed and sent to the House the AFL- supported lOng-range housing bill, which is dedicated tO inc stimulation of vast program Of housing construction in the next decade.
 The measure, the first major housing proposal to be approved by either chamber of the Repub- llcan-dominated Congress, sailed
The union times., 1948-05-01
Hail, Miss ]!

WASHINGTON-FP)-TheL La Dor Dept. announced that Sec. of Labor Lewis B. Schwe1lenbach has wired congratulations to Mississippi Gov. Fielding L. Wright upon enact ment of Mississippi workmen's com pensation law. It is the 18th state to take the step since New York passed compensation act in 1910
The union times., 1948-05-01
President Ernst En Route To Europe

CINCINNATI-FP)-Pres.H Hugo Ernst of the Hotel x Restaurant Elm ployes Intl. Union (AFL) is enroute to Europe. He will tour the continent and has arranged to speak in Paris, Amsterdam and London.
The union times., 1948-05-01
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The union times., 1948-05-01
Large Attendance Seen At Banquet
Unions Now Making Reservations Have A Good Story To Tell Our Locals And The Public''
 Council Letter Asserts

All AFL in the Greater New Haven making their reservations for the annual banquet of the Central Labor Council and large attendance to be certain
The union times., 1948-05-01

through the Senate with a mini mum of debate after clearing the crucial hurdle of an unsuccessful move to knock out the contro- Verslal public housing section
The union times., 1948-05-01

Write members of Sem ate & House L abor Comms., urging early and favorable action.
The union times., 1948-05-01

Unionism Means Democracy.
The union times., 1948-05-01

Referred to Senate Labor Comm. Hearings open this week.
 Referred to Senate Labor Comm. Hearings open this week.
 Passed by the House. Senate action due soon.
The union times., 1948-05-01

Write Sen. Taft, Sen. Ball & other Labor Comm. members to sup port.
 Write Sen. Taft. Ball and other Labor Comm. members to back Thomas Mccormack Bill. Wire Senators to restore cuts.
The union times., 1948-05-01

Address all Representatives at House Office Building, Washington 2 D. C. Address al Senators Senate Office Building Washington 25 D. C.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-03-11
$4,000 Prize Money
Will Be Awarded Al
Livestock Show
4-H Club, FLA Boys
And Girls Show
Plans Are Complete

Over $4,000 in prizes will be
awarded at the Holmes County Live
stock Show to be held in Lexington
Friday, March 18th.
Stock to be entered in the show by
Holmes county All Club and FLA
boys and girls will be brought to
the Lexington Sale barn on or be-
fore Friday morning at nine o'clock
Judging will take place at LOO.
Every citizen of Holmes county
is given a cordial and urgent invita-
ton to attend this event and to en-
courage the young club boys and
girls in their efforts to develop and
raise fine stock.
At least nine beef calves and seven
hogs will be exhibited by various
members of the All Clubs of the
county. Some of these animals are
in the outstanding class and are ex-
pected to 60 to the district livestock
show to be held in Greenwood next
week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-03-11
Durant Boys, Tthu|a
Girls Win Tourney

Durant boys and Tchula girls were
declared champions in the Holmes
County Basketball tournament held
in Tchula Friday and Saturday.
The Tchula girls beat Lexington
girls 66-44 to win the champion
ship and Durant boys beat Tchula
boys 1929 in spirited game to win
the final game.
Four preliminary games were
played Friday.
The opening game was between
the Crueer and West boys in which
West won 1919. The Cruger girls
won out over the West girls by a
score of 20-10. Lexington beat Cox
burg, 24-10, in the boys game. The
Lexington girls won over the West
girls, 1897, this being the last game
played Friday.
On Saturday three preliminary
games were played besides the finals.
The Tchula boys defeated Lexington.
36-29. The Coxburg girls suffered
defeat to the Lexington girls. 1910.
Durant beat West 1920, in the boys
game which ended the preliminaries.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-03-11
Miss Mary Hughes
Rites Al Sails

Miss Mary Hughes, 81, member of
a prominent Sails family. passed
away at the home of her sister, Mrs
l.. d. Kuykendall, Saturday morn
ing at ten o'clock.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at the residence at Loo
O'Clock with the Rev. Ted Clark, pas
tor of the Sails Baptist Church, Of
ficiating She was a devoted member
of the Baptist Church. Interment was
in Pleasant Ridge cemetery with
Southern of Kosciusko in charge of
arrangements.
Miss Hughes was born and reared
near Sails and had lived all her life
there. She was the daughter of Mrs.
Florence Hughes and the late c. F.
Hughes.
Survivors are her mother, her sis
ter. Mrs. KuykendalL and three bro
theirs, D. E. Hughes. Clayton Hughes,
Smith Hughes, all of Sails. A num-
Der of nieces and nephews also sur
vive.
Pallbearers were three cousins, D.
?. Watson. S. S. Owen and Coleman
Gunter; three nephews, Wesley, Cur
It's and Claude Kuykendall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-03-11
Miss Georgia Harrison
Rites Held Al Emory i.

Miss George Harrison, SO, passed
away at her home near Lexington
Sunday afternoon at AIS o'clock
after an illness of some time
Miss Harrison made her home with
her sister, Mrs. L. A. Bailey She was
a native citizen of Holmes county,
daughter of the late Charlie and
Mary Frances Downer Harrison. She
had lived all her life in this county.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Emory church
with the Rev. c. T. Floyd, pastor of
the Lexington Methodist Church,
and the Rev. w. M. Langley, of
Acona, in charge. The Rev. Mr.. Lang
ley is also pastor of the Emory Me-
thodist Church of which the deceas-
ed was a member.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
Bailey and Miss Charlie Harrison,
both of Lexington, and large num-
Der OF nieces and nephews in Holmes
county.
Pallbearers were the following me-
phews: Grady Bailey, Otis Farmer.
Dennis Mcbride, R. H. Self, John
Hathcock, and Ernest Harrison.
Southern Funeral Home was in
charge OF arrangements.