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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-01-07

kC04t6G. DMk An OAnS4E 11lAS UDAl-
day presents 3 welcome chance
to leave home for . while The
annual skipping Of an issue Of
the paper enables me to get
away, and enjoy the escape.
We took aboard my wife's niece,
Allen Claywell, in Richmond,
and, as we did a year ago, went
TO Williamsburg. Again we de-
clare it TO be a fine place to
spend Christmas. Through the
good Offices Of John d. Green,
vice president Of Williamsburg
Restoration, Incorporated, we
obtained quarters at the Lodge.
This was q variation from our
delightful stay In cottage last
year. We enjoyed the Lodges
spacious lounge with logs burn
ing in the giant fireplace; the
coffee shop that stays open all
day and on till bedtime; the
variety Of people sitting around
and passing to and fro; and the
general atmosphere Of liveliness
and informality.
We dropped in on the Donald
Foersters the day after Christ
mas. Their handsome blond g.
year-old son, Barry, is the most
widely travelled person for his
age that | have ever known. He
was born IN Charleston and has
lived in Iowa City, Chicago,
Chapel Hill, Washington, and
Birmingham (England) Il looks
as if he is now settled for a
while, since his father is pro-
fessor in William and Mary Col
lege and the family owns its
home Ton Indian Springs road
: M 51Y3iI 2zfTf5 fs.J TIf1IIS "
often heard that English par
ents are more attentive 70 the
manners Of their children than
are American parents, and |
speculated Ito myself) upon
whether Donald's good behavior
had any connection with his
mothers being an Engllshwom-
an. He was ecstatic over drum
that Santa Claus had brought
him, but | noticed that when he
showed it to US he didn't beat
il until he was asked to. There
is certainly an un-American
touch about this; it is one form
Of un-Americanism that is not
TO be deplored.
Leaving Williamsburg, we
drove nine miles to jamestown
and stayed in the car while we
took 15-minute ferry-ride
across the James river. About
an hour later we arrived at
Smithfeld. All we knew about
this Virginia low-country town
was what millions Of other peo-
pie know-that it has given its
name to the famous Smithfield
ham. Presently we had forgotten
this in our admiration Of its
beautiful old houses. The ham
came back TO mind, however,
when we dropped into a drug
store for luncheon. DO you have
Smithfield ham sandwiches? 2" /
asked the smiling young woman
behind the counter. "Yes, in
deed" she said, and proceeded
to make them for US. Smith
field was already high in our
esteem, from our tour of the
streets, and the quality of these
sandwiches made it still higher.
The flavor of Smithfeld hams
comes from the pigs feeding
upon peanuts. The counties of
southeastern Virginia and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-01-07

Our next stop was at New
Bern, the only one Of the better
known eastern North Carolina
towns that | had never visited
CContinGed on megt paOs)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-01-07

Polio.
Junius w. Davis, the drug
gist, whose son used to be a
lodger in our home and is now
a resident physician in a hospi-
tai in Philadelphia, saw US
through the hotel window as he
was on the way home from his
drugstore, and came in for a
little chat. Next morning we
called on Mrs. Davis. Their
house, a few steps from the
Green, used to be O'Malley's
tavern in Revolutionary days.
OF course it has gone through
a thorough restoration. From
the spacious sunny living room
we could see the waters Of the
Bay sparkling in the Sunlight.
In the yard there are two -four
ishing pecan trees, and when we
left we brought away, as a gift,
a box of big fat nuts.
We called on my cousin, Mrs.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Rejection Of Brannan
Farm Plan Means
.Hiqher Food Costs
by NATHAN ROBERTSON

WASHINGTON CLPA) = If Congress turns down the
farm program the House already has voted 10
do and American housewives catch to what this costs
them in higher food prices Congressional conservatives are
likely be slaughtered in next years Congressional cleo
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
No Recession Coming
Wright Tells Teachers

SYRACUSE, N Y-Amerca is not headed for serious
depression Assistant Secretary Labor Ralph Wright
delegates attending the annual of the New York
State Federation Labor
solid foundation of social economic legislation laid
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
GM Profits Over
Lost Yeur Period

DETROIT (LPA) - The auto
industry has a lot of explaining
to do when it tells United Auto
Workers (CIO) it can't afford to
meet contract demands this year
Figures released by General
Motors Corp. last week reveal
that GIN has new peacetime
employment peak, produced a
record number of cars in the last
three months for the highest
sales in its history, and had net
profits for the three months SO
per cent over those of the same
period in 1948.
In 81 days, the auto company
made $166,915,000 after all the
taxes and other deductions
bringing this years clear take
so far up to $303, ,678,643
The Studebaker Corp, too
upped its income more than &c
per cent over the same quarter
last year, reflecting record high
sales.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Murray Halls
Gov. BowIes

Congratulations on achieve
ments of the Connecticut legis-
lature were forwarded to Gov.
Chester Bowles last week by
CIO Pres. Murray.
Bowles, Fair Dealer and one
time OPA administrator, was
elected last year with strong
labor support.
"Your record of achievements
during the last session of the
Connecticut Legislature demon
strates that our confidence in
your leadership in the State was
fully justified" Murray wrote.
Murray cited measures deal
ing with housing, safeguards
against evictions, ending of seq
regation in the National Guard,
Improvement in state mental
hospitals, and beginnings of the
reorganization of the govern
mental machinery.
'It is to be regretted that the
reactionary Republican majority
in the Connecticut House of Relel
resentatives obstructed enact
ment of the legislation which
you recommended to improve
the unemployment and work.
mems compensation laws" the
CIO president told Bowles,
81 know that your vigorous
leadership in the last several
months will insure you the con-
tinued support not only of the
membership of the CIO in the
state, but also of all similarly
enlightened citizens who believe
as we do in sound, progressive
state government"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Union 'Oufwi+s' Steel
Companies. Say Times

NEW YORK (LPA) The
Sunday financial section of the
New York Times is hardly the
place to find tributes to labor's
case for wage boosts. But last
week, page one of the financial
supplement carried report by
Charles w. Egan, conceding that
"the industry had been out
smarted' by Philip Murray and
his steel workers." because the
union wage demands were timed
to hit the papers at the same
time that quarterly reports OF
the steel companies showed soar
ing profits. Steel industry
spokesmen, Egan wrote, are
"conceding that the first six
months of this year provide
ammunition for the un 10 n
spokesmen.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Action Needed On
Unemployment

Unemployment is a basic
to the present ways of
running business" in America
and a challenge that must be
met successfully" the CIO Eco
nomic Outlook warned in its
current issue, made public today
"We cannot afford to let things
drift into a real depression stu
ation," the publication, issued by
the CIO Department of Educa-
tion and Research, declared.
Nor will American workers be
satisfied with merely an end to
the downward trend. Our popu-
lation and ability to produce are
constantly rising. So must out
put and levels of living"
The Outlook urged a compre-
hensive program by government
to combat unemployment and
stimulate full-production poll
cies by industry, and it called
for an immediate and far-reach-
ing overhaul of the country's un-
employment compensation sys-
tem-which it said is quickly
needed to protect the American
people from suffering"
Americas influence in the
world is at stake in the current
economic problem, the Outlook
said, for eff democracy cannot
provide jobs and food, people
throughout the world will in de-
spair turn to false leaders, either
fascist or communist D..
"Only reaction and commu-
nism gain through unemploy-
ment. We want neither in the
United States. But they will
flourish if we do not prove that
d e emocrac can successfully
maintain full employment and
lead to ever higher standards OF
living"
The outlook charged that
"certain corporation officials
welcome the return of fear OF
! layoffs as a necessary aid to fac
tory discipline" and that "somt
reactionary employers have beer
waiting for unemployment as
their chance to smash unions"
Some diehard employers, with
the help of the Taft-Hartley Act
might be able to use period o.
unemployment to destroy some
unions, the Outlook said, "bu
they can't break the desire o.
American workers for decen
homes, food and fair chance
for their kids. Workers will still
seek the American dream"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Summer School,
Plans Are
Com pIeted

Columbus, Ohio, August 12--
Plans have been completed for
the fisth annual Ohio c. l. o.
Council Summer School, Secre-
tary-Treasurer Jacob Clayman
announced today.
For the second year, the Sum-
mer School will be held at Tar
Hollow Group Camp, near Chilli
cothe. Tar Hollow is the only
state-owned group camp in Ohio.
The school will begin Sunday,
September II and run through
Saturday, September II.
Primarily designed for the
intensive training of CLIO. mem
bers for useful service to their
Unions and Councils, this years
school will place emphasis on
political action.
A variety of courses will be
offered, all under competent
leadership, Clayman said. He
added that last years success
forum series will be continued
Tuition is kept in minimum
with the total costs for tuition
room and board being $50 d
week. Registration is limited tc
125 and Clayman urged thai
reservations be made early.
The list of classes and instruc
tors follows:
How to Get Results Through
Political Action"-Henry Zon
Director of Public Relations, Ma
tional CIO-PAC.
Psychology for Workers -
A. A. Liverright, Director, Unior
Leadership Training Project
University of Chicago.
How to Carry Out Collective
Bargaining" - Hal Wilensky
Union Leadership Training Pro
ject, University of Chicago.
How to Administer Loca
Union Successfully. w. Abel
Director, District 27, Unite
Steelworkers of America.
How to Do Expert Mimeo
graph Work''-Leland Bearc
International
Vice-President, Federation c
Glass, Ceramic and Silica San
Continued on Page Three
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

of trade union rights, calling on
the Int'l Labor Office to set up
2 fact-finding commission to
hear complaints from unions,
look into conditions in individual
countries. and offer its services
as conciliator to unions ano
governments.
The Russians had wanted the
Council Ito bypass the ILO and
set upits own commission with
representatives from the Com
munist-dominated World Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions and
Latin-American Labor Conted-
Grafton.
Secondly, United States dele
gates proposed a UN commission
to investigate forced labor thru
out the world.
Earlier Russian denials thai
slave labor existed within the
Soviet Union were squasheo
when Britain introduced indis'
putable evidence to the contrary
British delegate Corley Smltf
accused the Soviets of hsrborini
at least 100000 slave workers
in mass production. "
Russian d elegate Amasasr
Arutiunian defended the Sovle
law on work camps as "hu
name" The forced labor centers
he said are for "re-educatioI
purposes.
The American resolution urg
ing an investigation was intro
duced by Assistant Secretary o
State Willard Thorp. 1t woulc
set up an 11-man commission u
hold hearings in any country.
Thorp said that the U. 5. /
willing to accept process o
impartial inquiry wherever th'
chips may fall" He acknow
Iedged that some bad cases ma!
be turned up in Britain and tn
United States as well as any
where else.
The British, however, Opposes
such commission on tn
ground that unless a sufficien
number of countries would agre
to let the group inside thei
boundaries, il would be useless
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Made
No ''DeUL''
On Pensions

The united Steelworkers made
no secret deal' with the in.
dustry last year that it would
forego asking for pensions in
return for last years 13c wage
increase.
USA-CIO Pres. Mrray made
the made denial-an angry, en-
phatic denial-of charges banied
about by Vice-Pres. John Ste
phens at New York press con-
ference. Stephens claimed that
there was an understanding"
about the pension demand.
''In answer to Mr.. Stephens
no such agreement exists" Muir
ray retorted in statement
issued at USA-CIO headquart-
ers in Pittsburgh. "The only
agreements we have are contain
ed in our contracts. We have no
secret understanding with Mr..
Stephens in this or any other
matter"
The Stephens statement is
part of the industry's claim that
pensions should not be negotiated
during current bargaining ses-
sions. The union presented
elaborate legal and economic
arguments to the u. S. Fact
Finding Board on the bargain
ability" of pensions at this time.
Murray, in his statement. took
slap at Stephens issuance of
press statement ION a matter
pending before Pres. Truman's
fact-finding board We feel
that the issuance of an 'ex parte'
statement when the issue in dis
pute is before the board is grossr
Ily improper"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

fight over ECA funds and the
North Atlantic Pact.
On the House side, an intri-
a tie parliamentary maneuver
will be required to bring the
measure to the floor. Then, the
proposal on which the Congress
men must 60 on record Will
raise the wage floor to 75c, ex-
tend the protection of the wage
hour law to merchant seamen,
and extend the 40-hour week
proposal to some workers on bus
and air lines.
The Senate bill also provides
that the Wage Hour Administra-
tor can sue for damages on be-
half of workers who are under
paid, and would strengthen the
Fair Labor Standards Acts re-
strictions on child labor. The
Senate measure would cover
workers in the "area of produc-
ton" of agricultural products.
Several southern Democrats
have been pushing in the House
for a provision tying the mini
mum wage figure to the con-
sumers' price index. with the
minimum wage rising when liv-
ing costs rise, going down when
living costs sink. This plan, OPP
posed vigorously by the unions
as simply accelerating the harm
initiation or deflation does to the
consumer, is believed virtually
dead.
Congressional Quarterly, which
checks pressures on Congress in
detail, comments that so many
groups came to Congress seeking
exemption from (wage-hour)
coverage because of particular
difficulties in their industrie:
that one Representative wa'
prompted to say that it appeared
that everyone is in the wrong
business. These seekers fol
special exemption from the pro
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
75e Wage Fight Reaches
Both Senate And House

WASHINGTON QPA)-Despte the desperate efforts Of
paid lobbyists for industries paying little 40c hour
to workers. bill is finally ready for vote
in both Senate.
The been delayed by the long drawnout
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
Compensati Board
Makes New Ruling

COLUMBUS, Ohio, August IL
A person who refuses an offer
of work for which he is reason
ably fitted because that job
pays considerably less than a
similar Job previously held may
not be eligible for unemploy-
ment benefits, the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board of Re
view ruled yesterday.
The Boards unanimous ruling
came in the case of an Akron
woman who had refused to ac-
cept a job as a bookkeeper al
S215 a month after having been
laid off as a general bookkeeper
for two concerns which had paid
her a total monthly salary OF
$500.
The Board pointed out that
under the law, a benefit claim
ant "must accept any offer oi
work for which she is reasonably
fitted if the remuneration fol
such work is not substantially
less than the prevailing rate fol
similar work in the commun
ity."
Testimony revealed that the
local prevailing rate for the type
of work offered in this case wa:
$185. The fact that the woman
had previously been paid more
and had held more responsible
job, the Board said, had no bear
ing on her benefit rights.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

er. Anything the government
paid to producers would be
more than covered by the saw
ings to consumers and the extra
expense of $244, 100000 would
be saved. Under this plan more
potatoes would be eaten by peo-
pie who could buy them as the
price dropped instead of being
destroyed by the government -
or sold for non-food uses at a
loss.
Today we face the same situa-
tion--to a lesser extent - in a
number of food commodities IS
The government is buying not
only potatoes, but such valuabl
foods as eggs, butter and other
manufactured d a Try products.
Soon it may have to buy hogs
to assure farmers a fair price.
All of these are perishable COM
modities and ifthe government
buys them they may be wasted
or shipped instead of providing
food for hungry people in this
country.
Take eggs as an example
During the first 81 months OF
this years the government paid
almoXSt $50, 100000 for 46,000,-
600 pou nd of dried eggs in
order to assure the farmer of a
market for his eggs at a fair
price. The consumer not only
has to make that up-in taxes
- but he also had to pay an
average of almost 65 cents a
dozen for eggs. In other words
he is paying twice.
Under the Brannan program
the government would let the
price of eggs fall to the Level
at which people could afford to
buy and eat them all. Millions
of dozens of eggs would be con-
sumed by hungry people instead
of being wasted. Savings to con-
Sumers would more than reim-
burse them for the taxes needed
TO subsidize the farmer.
Republicans in Congress are
charging the Brannan program
would cost up to four billion
dollars this year alone on only
two crops. Agricultural experts
deny this-but one thing is sure
If any such cost was involved
the savings to consumers would
be even greater, because the
only cost would be the cost oi
making up to the farmer some
of what the consumer was saw
ing.
Next time you hear a Repub.
lican or a Southern Democrat
talking about how much the
Brannan program would cost re-
member that the figure he is
using is only part of the higher
costs he is proposing to levy
against you for food. And re,
member too, he is proposing tc
get those higher prices by de-
stroying some of your supply o.
food.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

consumers between the Brannan
farm program and the others
under consideration in Congress
is the price of food and the
waste Of pesishable food. That
is an issue on which President
Truman could ring the bell" at
every whistle stop" City folks
could be expected to show their
resentment at the polls.
Many people do not under
stand that there is no dispute
in Congress today over support
ing farm prices to assure the
farmer of fair share of national
income. That is the farmers
minimum wage" law. The big
question is how to do it--and
that "how" involves a tremend-
Gus stake for consumers of food.
The present method, which
the House has voted to continue,
provides that where there is
more of given crop consumers
are willing to buy at what the
figures show is fair price for
farmers, the government should
buy the surplus in order to keep
the price from falling.
Last year for instance, there
was a tremendous overSupply of
potatoes. If the government had
not intervened, the retail price
probably would have dropped
from about SIS cents a pound to
about 3,5 cents. But at that price
the farm er would have lost
money, SO the government step
ped in and bought 1873, 900, 600
bushels to keep the price to the
farmer up to about S167 cents
bushel. That cost the govern
ment about 1924, 900, 900 because
the potatoes were of no value
and it cost the government addi-
tional money to dispose of them
What was the result? The con.
sumner paid two cents extra for
every pound of potatoes he
bought, and in addition will
have to pay taxes to cover the
governments buying, Mean
while, millions of bushels oi
good nutritious potatoes were
wasted. Somewhat similar re-
suits would come under Senator
Aiken's plan, which Congress
also is considering.
I'm Ter Secretary Brannan'S S
program there would first be an
effort to get the farmers to pro-
duce less potatoes and more of
the things we need, such as meat
products, thus tending to lower
meat prices. But if there still re-
mained surplus of potatoes the
government would not attempt
to hold up theprice. The price
would be allowed to fall to its
natural level, and consumers
would benefit, The government
would make up the difference
in direct payments to the farm
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

in President Roosevelt's New
Deal and President Truman's S
Fair Deal programs serves to
help pre- vent a depression,
Wright added.
"That is not to say that Presi-
dent Truman and Secretary of
Labor Tobin are not concerned
over the spotty unemployment
picture, Wright declared. "But
they are doing something about
it.
"The President, in his eco
nomic report to the Congress,
asked that a basic 11-point pro-
gram be adopted in the present
session to alleviate the spotty un-
employment picture in certain
industrial areas. A coordinating
committee has been established
by the President in which the
Department of Labor is partici-
pating"
Wright emphasized that in
this period of readjustment, we
must 60 ahead with socially i'm
portant enterprises, such as
housing. He pointed out that the
Presidents program i n C u d e
specific recommendations 10 r
dealing directly with the prob
lem of unemployment"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

Congressman who voted
against the Brannan program
try desperately, OF
course, to conceal from the vot-
ers the fact that, instead of let
ting prices go down, they voted
to make city folk continue pay
ing such prices as 20 cents for a
quart of milk, SIS cents for doz-
en- eggs, and 10 cents a pound
for hams.
But it shouldn't be too difficult
for the Administration to get the
story across to the voters be
cause the essential difference fol-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12
UN Okays Faet-Finders To
Protect Trade Union Rights;
us Seeks Slave Labor Probe

GENEVA (PA)-Russian delegates to United Nations ECO
oc and Social Council pretty uncomfortable last week
t labor poicies Union attacked on two
fronts. -, a. .,.~.--, - ,,,,os4io.tior
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-08-12

posed 75c minimum wage are
expected to try hard to get
friends in Senate and House to
propose limits on the presers
coverage of Elsa.
Marion progress., 1949-06-23
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE
AIIESI:
B. B. Byrd,
Clerk.

The undersigned, having qualified
as admisitratrix of the state of Cate
Hemphill Greenlee, deceased late of
Mcdowell County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of the said
deceased to present them to the un-
dersigned on or before the oath day
of June, 1850, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This the 18th day Of June, 1949.
MISS RUTH GREENLEE.
Administrative of the
Estate of Cate Hemphill Green
lee, decd.
Marion progress., 1949-06-23
THE ANSWERS

l. Edward Jenner, English ply
sician, in 1896, proved that vacci-
ration would protect against small
pox.
2. Twenty-one guns.
8. II 1917.
4. 1883 miles.
5. At Charleston, S. c., August
81, 1886.
6. In 1841.
7. The purchase of Alaska from
Russia in 1867, for $7,20O,OO0.
8. At least 35, according to the
Constitution.
8. At Rouen, France, in l43l.
10. When Congress recesses, 1t
sets date for reconvening; upon
it does not meet again
until the regular session unless call
ed by the President.