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PAGE SIX -1 fe S. ■t i* ■v 'J 7 "■f '4 1 Washington, D. C.—Charges that the Argentine Government, under President Juan D. Peron, has established a dictatorship over the Argentine Confederation of Labor were contained in a blistering re port released here by a special American labor mission which vis ited that country for a study of labor conditions there. J’jv Li L'«. v' The mission, representing the American Federation of Labor and the Railway Labor Executives’ As sociation, found the Peron admin istration dominating the labor movement through use of armed force, political favoritism, bribery and imprisonment or expulsion of such labor leaders as dared to ad here to the true principles of free dom and democracy. The group found any protestation of free unionism to be no more than a farce. One of the gravest portions of the report revealed that Luis F. Gay, general secretary* of the Ar gentine General Federation of Labor, who sought to assist the Reptirf ReveWls Shocking Evils In Child Labor Exploitation of children Criminal proceedings started by the bureau led to convictions of many of the employers, “with sub stantial fines levied in most in stances.” In one case, an employer was fined $26,000, the highest so far. However, fio bosses were •jailed. I S The situation is equally bad in large scale agriculture, the report showed. Conditions in many places, the bureau said, are as vicious as in the 1920’#, when exploitation of children was widespread, particu larly among the “Okie*” about whom John Steinbeck wrote his vivid book, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Allen Adds Another To His Corporation Jobs George E. Allen, one-time “court jester” at the White House, has added another to the 28 corporate enterpriser! with which he was con nected while in government serv ice. The Lumberman’s Mutual Cas ualty Company announces that Al len swill shortly join its New York office, in an undisclosed capacity. Allen resigned last January as director of the Reconstruction Fi nance Corf Miration. CEMETERY WORKERS RAISED Chicago, III.—A new union tract between the Cemetery sociation of greater Chicago the AFL Cemetery Workers Green Attendants, covering employees of 24 Chicago cemeteries, has b*en signed. •W2i. con As- and and 750 area The renewed contract provides wage increases of 15 per cent, re troactive to January 1 a 44-hour guaranteed work week, 52 weeks a year vacations, group life in surance, and pay for five holidays a year at straight time if not worked gnd at double pay if worked. K CANADIAN DOLLAR FALLS Washington, D. C.—The Canad ian dollar ia worth only 36 cents 2- jn this country, but is purchasing much greater at home than that of the U. 8. dollar in this country. These figure* are revealed by the Canadian Wartime Prices Trade Board. The contrast is especially marked in food prices, which are j, Htill under ceiling* in Canada. Milk sell* for 12 to 16 cents a quart in Canadian cities. CULINARY WORKERS RAISED San Diego, Calif.—Pay increases of 50 cents to $2 a day in an 18 month contract have been obtained here by 1,000 culinary workers in major hotels and restaurants. These employees are members of Ixtcals 402 and 500 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Inter national Alliance ^7- & AX’ ,.£«-y 4.4?^ by greedy employers is far worse now than before the war, the United States Children’s Bureau revealed in a report issued by its chief, Miss Katharine Lenroot. The report is the bureau’s final accounting as a unit of the De partment of Labor, from which it has been shifted to the Social Se curity Administration. Total employment of boys and girls between ages of 14 and 17 was estimated by the bureau at 2,500,000, a million below the war time peak but still two and a half times the pre-war level. More alarming than that figure, however, is the extent to which minors are being employ»*d under conditions that violate the child labor provisions of the Wage Hour Act. These provisions forbid hiring of youngsters in hazardous or unhealthful occupations and contain various other restrictions. Violations Skyrocket Plant inspections conducted in 1946, the bureau said, disclosed a shocking “441 per cent increase” over 1941 in the number of youths illegally employed. The number of plants guilty of such violations mounted by 323 per cent. Peron Is Ruling Labor By Fist, U. S. Union Mission Reports American delegation in its study, was ousted by Peron and disap peared, together with other top labor leaders who tried to cooper ate with the American representa tives. Washington, D. C. Charges that American delegation in its study, will make every effort to ootam So emphatic was the reaction of the American group in its con demnation of the Peron labor dic tatorship that it agreed unani mously to officially eliminate the Argentine Confederation from its list of free labor organizations. The mission, which visited Ar gentina at the invitation of the Peron Government and the Argen tine Confederation, reported that President Peron, host to the group, attempted to twist the survey in to a harmless junket, but when the delegation insisted upon carrying out its functions, the hospitality soured and turned into harassment and even threats of violence. Through its International Rela tions Committee, headed by AFL Vice President Matthew Woll, the AFL expressed its conviction that there could be no collaboration with the Argentine group at this time because it had “degenerated into a political arm of the govern ment,” and thereby forfeited status as a free instrument of workers. Garment The present anti-labor agitation, Zimmerman said, is encouraging employers to “get tough.” result, his union r»*cently nearly had its first strike years.” ,’1 ,4* 'w N I 4'1 its the ap- The A FL, at the same time, pealed to free labor movements throughout the world to offer every encouragement to such Argentine unions as are resisting dictatorial efforts by the Peron regime to sub ject them to government control. To further this effort the AFL Are Law Breakers Goad Advisors? The House Lalxir Committee has stacked the cards against unions in two ways, Congressman Arthur G. Klein (Dem., N. Y.) told a group of union representatives at New York. First, seven of each 10 of the witnesses at the labor legislation hearings have been spokesmen for management, so organized labor had little chance to answer the at tacks made upon it. Second, the “great majority” of the management spokesmen rep resented employers who have been found guilty of “unfair labor prac tices,” by the National Labo/ Re lations Board and the courts. In other words, the committee has been asking law violators to help write laws against their vic tims. meeting, an was pointed Zimmerman, A. F. of L. At the same union other significant fact out by Charles S. vice president of the I ntemational Ladies’ Workers. As a “very in 15 PULP WORKERS GAIN Georgetown, S. C.—The Inter national Brotherhood of Pulp, Sul phite and Paper Mill Workers (AFL) have signed an important contract in the Woodland’s Depart ment of the Southern Kraft Corp, here. The contract covers 2,»00 newly-organized workers in out side pulpwood operations. Wage increases, paid holidays and vaca tions were secured. FRIENDSHIP—This (AFL) (Federated Pictures). jfc. i ii-j- wide international circulation of its report. Five thousand copies of a Spanish translation will be distributed throughout Argentina and other Latin American coun tries, including copies to President Peron and leaders of the Argen tine Confederation. ‘7 Due to its potential diplomatic implications, the AFL mission re frained from any contact with the American Government in drafting its report. However, it was be lieved likely the conclusions reach ed would lead to an AFL request that Argentina be barred from at tendance at the annual conference of the International Labor Organi zation in Geneva in June. Through the three turbulent weeks the mission spent in Argen tina, the hospitality grew thinner and thinner. When the group left Argentina February 9, the report revealed, only a “minor clerk or two were on hand” to bid fare well. This was in sharp contrast to the u'arm reception extended by the President when they first rived. ar- the the Grave concern regarding fate of Gay was expressed by committee. They were told he had lost his positions as president of the Postal Savings Bank vice president of a telephone company and member of the board of di rectors of the Central Bank. The American delegation commented: “Every sort of rumor reached us, including one that he had been arrested, held for a period incom municado sort of found it could be an organization of more than a half million workers, just because he allegedly disagreed trade union plans of the of the country.” and then confined in a protective custody. We difficult to believe such the fate of a leader of with the President members The A FL committee included Arnold S. Zander, Sera fino Romauhli, Lee W. Minton, Nigual Garriga, and William Mun ger for the Railway Labor Execu tives’ Association, Felix H. Knight, J. L. Elliott, William J. Trost and George H. Pedersen. T. A. Lenehan Ill Paid Homage By Colleagues Cleveland, Ohio.—A marked tri bute was paid to Thomas A. Lene han, secretary of the Cleveland Federation of Labor, at a recent meeting of the Federation, which granted him a two-month leave of absence for convalescence from his recent illness. Friends of Mr. Lenehan who had been associated with the veteran labor leader in this area for many years, expressed sincere hope in his early return to his office, ters and telegrams from leaders with whom he had closely associated over a period of years at AFL national conventions and in neighboring conclaves have expressed their hopes of an early recovery by tele grams and letters. Let- labor been long William Finegan, president of the Cleveland Federation of Labor, was named acting secretary to serve during Mr. Lenehan’s ab sence. A man who wouldn’t walk across the street to see his best customer will get out of bed at 2 a. m. to answer the telephone. !!W stark portrayal of a wounded ART FOR ... American soldier was drawn by Jacques Falcou, French artist who was a leader of the French underground during the war. Now in the U. S. on a friendship mission, Falcou hopes to solidify French and American workers, by exhibiting his art dustrial center*. (Federated Pictures). relations between in the nation’s in- 1 A St j. 'I ________ THE POTTERS HERALD, EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO SMILES OVER COURT RULING—Reading a newspape’r headline telling of the Supreme Court decision against President John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers (AFL), Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach grins broadly. Looking just as pleased, of course, is anti-labor Senator Allen J. Ellender (D., La.). FIGHT FOR HEALTH GIVE SCIENCE BACK TO THE PEOPLE The promotion of good health depends on two things. There must be scientific research to provide the know-how and there must be a sensible plan by which the bene fits of new discoveries can be brought within the reach of all the people. One without the other is useless. They are the two sides of the coin of medical care. The present Congress has before it a proposal of very great im portance to the research side of the medical care problem. During the war science was concerted to war work. Medical research paid less attention to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, and more attention to methods of dealing with blast injuries, shock and malaria. With the end of the war most of science, like most of industry, was faced with the problem of reconversion. When scientists began to take stock of the situation they dis covered that they had been taken over lock, stock and barrel by the armed forces. This had to be—in time of war. But a nation at peace and seeking to remain at peace cannot afford to leave its scientific resources in the hands of the mili tary. It is more important now to know how to live than how to kill. Congress an attempt deal with this situa closing days of the In the last was made to tion. In the session the Kilgore-Magnuson bill, supported by a great majority of American scientists, was passed by the Senate, only to die in a House committee. This bill, S. 1850, establishes a civilian agency, the National stimulate scientific merit. Science Foundation, to all phases of American research and develop- Three features of the bill are important because over .them arose the main differences between pro gressives and conservatives. First, a single full time administrator for the agency was provided in perfer ence to a part time board of dol lar a year men. Second, the origin al draft gave federal support to studies of social problems, which would include the adequate distri bution of medical care. Third, the bill provided for the free public use of new information resulting from federally sponsored research, thus denying patent rights to powerful industrial monopolies. To all of these progressive features there was a strong conservative opposition, spearheaded as usual by the National Association of Manufacturers. The fight is beginning again in the present Congress hut under even less favorable circumstances. Representative Emanuel Celler has already introduced into the House a bill almost identical with S. of the last session. His bill, !M2, which is deserving of gressive aid labor support, been referred to the House inter state commerce committee. Meanwhile the Republican lead ership has not been napping. Al ways thinking of NAM interests, Broadway at Sixth St. M»atWlt»ltWIll BM»| tt BiI■i■M BBi i i M»B9» a: ^*7 .site & *'3 it is busily working on its own version of national science legis lation which will permit private patents on federally supported re search, bar the study of social problems from the benefits of the bill and, by setting up a large, un wieldy part time admistrative board, permit big industry to sit high in National Science Founda tion councils. Washington gossip has it that Senator Robert A. Taft has as signed the task of writing a safe bill to Senator H. Alexander Smith and that Smith will shortly introduce the product of his labors into the Senate. It is interesting that in this manner the War and Navy Depart ments have been far more intelli gent than many of our congress men. From the experience of the recent war they know that even from the point of view of national defense a strong civilian National Science Foundation makes sense. Secretary of War Patterson has said that the army would welcome a national science foundation and would “willingly transfer to it fundamental research projects a'sf the War Department now sup ports.” Armed services and citizens alike agree. The opposition homes only from those who place cor poration health above public hfealth. Leon Williams, 55, Dies Head Of Jewelry Union New York City.—Leon Williams, international president of the Jewelry Workers’ Union, AFL, died of a cerebral hemorrhage his home here. He was born years ago in Zambrov, Poland. in 55 its A leader of his union from formation, Mr. Williams rendered valuable services to his fellow workers during the recent war period. According to a statement issued at union headquarters, he was an active member of the Lib eral party, and had fought against Communism within and without the union. 4*k A 1850 HR. pro has RAY BIRCH SERVICE STATION radway at Sixth St. 1 “Established June, 1913” JPh ‘’Tu. $***• %', ‘1 A t.' ’Sv/ Sees Newsprint« Shortage Lasting Two More Years Chicago (ILNS). Matthew J. Burns, president of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Paper Mak ers, predicted that the newsprint shortage would not be relieved for two years, in a press conference in Chicago’s Stevens Hotel, where the union held its 18th convention. Burns attributed the newsprint shortage to the inability of mills to get new machinery and other production facilities, in addition to shortages of wood and pulp. Some Canadian mills have cut produc tion, while receding forests have removed the source of supply farther from the paper mills. Great Progress Cited 'I' The veteran union chief indi cated that some newsprint would be coming from Europe, as soon as machinery there was rehabilitated. John P. Burke, president of the Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers, which represent 110,000 less skilled work ers in almost all paper mills where Burns’ union has contracts, de clared that both unions had made great gains in the last ten years, with membership multiplied five times, and wage increases of 100 percent, 7 Other benefits negotiat»*d for the paper mill workers in the last de cade include holiday pay, vaca tions, sickness, health and acci dent insurance, and retirement programs. The mill workers’ president, who had headed the union for 30 years, told the convention that not one paper mill executive had appeared before congressional committees to urge the outlawing of the closed shop. Ki^wledge of the in dustry plus a reputation for fair ness, integrity and observance of union contracts were basic reasons behind the actions of paper mill executives. Baltimore Tunnel Men Apply For Pay Increase Baltimore, Md.—Frank C. Ellis, chairman of the Building Trades Council of the Baltimore Federa tion of Labor, surprised the Board of Estimates when he submitted wage rates he said should be paid tunnel workers here. The scale would be for employees on the water tunnel that will connect Lake Montebello with the North branch of the Patopsco River. When questioned by the City Soli citor as to his authority for making the rates, Mr. Ellis replied that they had the endorsement of con tractors. -rs ri- Under the rate schedule, fore men would be paid $2.40 an hour laborers above ground, $1.25 an hour laborers underground, $1.45 an hour chuck tenders, nippers, form setters’ helpers, vibrator and jackhammer men, $1.60 an hour and experienced hard rock miners, timbermen and form setters, $1.75 an hour. FERGE" KIND SAYS Now Is the Time to Buy Coal PHONES: Office 934 Homo 693 KIND COAL CO. Railroad & Bollock Stroots FOR A CHANGE, SERVE BETSY ROSS SLICED VIENNA fyjps a jo* Enriched with Vitamin and Iron Expert Lubrication firing your car to our lubrication specialists. They possess the “know how” necessary to put your car in first-class shape from a lubrication standpoint. The best lubrication service in town costs you no more than the. ordinary kind. 4 i 4 ’•I*.** U ALL \i1 Phbtfe 190 199ft ItftWf p*. 5U- 7 ■. t- All Anti-Union Laws Will Face Challenge In Courts Chical (ILNS). —In his first major convention address since his appearance before congressional committees in opposition to union curbing bills, AFL President Wil liam Green told the 350 delegates to the 18th convention of the In ternational Brotherhood of Paper Makers that labor is fighting “for our rights as American citizens.” “The enemies of labor drive labor to the left,” declared the labor chieftain. “Adversity drives workers together.’’ The delegates cheered Green as he shouted: “It is fundamental with the AFL that we don’t countenance communism or totali tarianism. We are devoted to the free enterprise system. We don’t believe United nation free‘ .. •.«. The in regimentation. States today is the only where labor unions are ,v V. ,5*4. ..X Green declared that labor would challenge in all courts the validity of anti-union legislation enacted by state legislatures and Congress. In his opinion, a constitutional amendment would be required to compel a union man to work with a non-union man. Asks Price :Cuts z He further said that courts CERAMI ‘t: TWO WHO MET AND KISSED w WARNER FT” ■W fes ,K-' 1 Thursday, March 2 AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET AGAIN.. 4 PICTURES y I have long upheld the secondary 4 boycott, giving men and Wornty^ the right to unite to refrain fr 4 buying goods made by non-uni* labor. The AFL leader urged a reduc tion in prices and the stabilisation of wages so that “American* can maintain an American standard »f living.” fe «AFL UNION WINS ^High Point, N. C.—The Ameri can Federation of Labor was vic torious recently in an election held for employees of the Planters Oil and Fertilizer Cp. You Can See the Cream u. 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