The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-08-06
Deep South Faces
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These forces, operating under union credentials and
thin pretense of representing Labor, skrmish
ing date but with enough force and boodshed to show
that the has changed since the
in the northern industrial states in the md-thrties
Terroristc tactics in the Louisville and Nashville and
Southern Telephone strikes practically the
those of the Clio revolution under John Lewis and the
err, Victor.
Walter Reuther genteel in his dealings with
Ford and General Motors He has been cleaned up and
represented political genius with promising
future.
REUTER-, A FACTOR
Justice William o. Douglas of the Supreme Court,
made speech annual convention of the Clio few
years and, just all comprehensive political
ulaton includes Douglas among the presidential possible
ties for 1860, as Reuther's candidate.
However, Reuther himself mt be reckoned with
because the presidency would be grand triumph for
who closed a letter from Russia America union
back in 1884 carry the fight for
Soviet America"
The authenticity of this commitment, signed "Vic and
WAL" has been challenged
Walter Reuther claims it is distorted, but without
specifications
He said further however, that it "a burst of
adolescent enthusiasm" which would to be ad-
mission that the text published in the record by the
Dies committee, is authentic.
The Southern tier is going industrial" Cali
ton of the old cotton belt
A large planter in the black fields the Msss
sippi Memphis said the dwindng
and not likely to increase for many reasons
NEWSPAPERS HELP
Southwestern growers can weed and harvest cotton
by machine at rate ruinously low for cotton belt pro-
ducers
Arkansas is trying to adopt a mixed economy with
curing and ssng absorbing home labor hith
ero dependent farming and for meager rewards at
that Thus far there is little industry and the
are low.
In 38 of her rs Counties there fewer than 500
industrial" jobs per county. There only $4,000 such
Jobs the whole state, and the in 1854 was
only $54.
Newspapers urgently insist that the state needs
Industry to encourage natives to stay home.
In this respect Arkansas probably the most laggsrd
of the Southern states but great economic revolution has
been going the South for largely devoted
to business in the first place
NOT ALL,FUGITIVES'
II will continue until the North and East have lost
their old advantage the 6edhand population of the
denim country.
That does not mean that ali the Southern operators
will be "fugves from the hArassments of union agents.
pcets and lawyers and the harsh laws of the North and
East
There is a great net growth of Industry for the
whole country and much of it is found in the South.
Inevitably the unions shove their frontiers ahead
factories of many kinds rise in virgin territory
Inevitably when unions into country there
resistance from the governing element and for that
matter from workers. too who unaccustomed to
and personal nssness of picket activity especial
ly at the homes of nonjoiners and nonstrikers
But the unions will win and already in the South
Alabama has governor partial to unions any gov
Michigan had.
Orval Faubus Of Arkansas attended Commonwealth
College, Communist school He is radical Democrat
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