1 '4 -*r 4 ’T"' 4 -. *. S t‘ V' m’, s 1 *. Thur. Jay, FebruarsrlG, 1950 for the additional facilities propos ed in this bill.” How phony Kreutz’s figures really are was pointed out by one Congressman. Kreutz had compared housing “progress” in Europe from 1939 to 1947, when that continent was racked by World War II, with the US during those same years. He also gave figures purporting to “show” that plenty of loans are now being made by local savings and loan associations for moder ate-priced homes, to middle-income families. However, questioning turned up the fact that a “substan tial” number of these loans were 100% guaranteed by Veterans’ Administration, rather than being made at the risk of the investor. Further questioning brought out hat what he called the average Loaned was a “mid-point” in the in dividual amounts loaned, not in fact an average of all loans, and therefore likely to be deceptive. On one point, the Congressmen were satisfied. Kreutz said he wanted to make it clear the pav ings and loan associations didn’t consider cooperatives “socialistic”. On the contrary, he pointed out that many of the institutions he represented were co-ops. Commit tee members chuckled at the care fully crossed-out sentence in his testimony which had originally said of the co-op program that “we should be most hesitant about adopting any of the European so cialistic housing schemes.” When read, it was: “we do not need to look to Europe for new ideas on housing.” President Lawrence A. Epter of the Mortgage Bankers Assn, of New York, Inc., said his group “strongly opposes” the co-op hous ing law. Both he and the savings and loan association man concen trated their real fire on the pro posal that the loans to co-ops carry a three per cent interest rate, in contrast with the four or five per cent charged for private-profit mortgages. There is no sign that members of the House committee who have attended the hearings How to get to EASY ST. 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Brent Spence (D, Ky.), Frank Buchanan (D, Pa.), Charles Deane (D, NC), and Chase Woodhouse (D, Conn.)—executive manager Oscar R* Kreutz of the Nat’l Savings and Loan League in sisted “we arc well ahead of the rest of the world and have no need Nationwide Phone Strike Postponed Until February 24 Washington (LPA) The day before the February 8 strike dead line, Communications Workers of America postponed for 16 days its nationwide walkout against the Bell Telephone system. The move followed a request by Federal Mediation and Conciliation Direct- or Cyrus S. Ching for more time to resolve the issue. Ching, in the meantime, was tied up in the coal dispute. “We ngree that the dispute can be ‘peaceably resolved’ through col lective bargaining,” said CWA President Joseph Bierne in announ cing the union executive board’s decision. Claiming that Bell had been trying to settle the dispute in the newspapers rather than at the conference table, Bierne expressed hope that “Mr. Ching, through his personal intervention and his grave concern for the interests of the public, may be successful in get ting the Bell System to do some real collective bargaining.” “The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Steel Fact Finding Board, even the Nat’l As sociation of Manufacturers, all agree that telephone wages are low, in terms'-of real wages fewer than'they wire in 1939,” Bierne declared. “Only the telephone com pany management, intent on keep ing wages at intolerable levels, in sists that they are- good.” New deadline for the phone strike is Feb. 24. Unions Protest Ship Transfer Washington (LPA)—More than 30 pickets representing the Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass’n and three other maritime unions march ed in front of the Maritime Com mission here to protest the trans fer of six American tankers to Panamanian registry. The five man commission voted four to one to allow the Nat’l Bulk Carriers Corp, to make the transfer, with Commissioner Raymond McKeough the sole dissenter. Transfer, effec ted to save taxes, means the loss of 300 jobs for American seamen, an MEBA spokesman said. The jobs will go to low-wage foreign crews. are impressed by their case. Rep. Claude Rains (D, Ala.) said plaintively to Kreutz that “you people” have traditionally opposed every forward step taken by the Congress in encouraging home building, and then in later years you come in and tell us that we did exactly the right thing. 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Bertram Gearhart (R, Calff.) when he was a member of the 80th Congress. “The life insurance companies are doing a commendable job” and there is no need for the federal social security system to provide for a lump sum benefit to survi vors as is now proposed, the Ill inois of spokesman maintain ed. “Extending the coverage of the law* to totally and permanently dis abled persons meets with strong opposition from Illinois business men,” Sturdevant reported. He said provision for “those who are so unfortunate as to become per manently and totally disabled rests first with their families and sec ondly with the communities and states within which they reside.” Phone Union Seeks Gov’t Probe Of Bell Advertising Washington (LPA)—Communi cations Workers of America, who have delayed a nationwide strike against the Bell Telephone System to Feb. 24, have asked the Federal Communications Commission and 48 state regulatory bodies to look into the “anti-union advertising” being placed in daily newspapers throughout the country by the Bell System. CWA wants the regulatory agen cies to decide whether the advertis ing is a “properly allowable oper ating expense to be paid for by the phone using public.” “Telephone companies across the country have obtained annual rate increases since the end of the war totalling $348,600,060,” CWA Pres ident Joseph Beirne wrote to the 49 boards. “It is high time state and federal rate^making bodies called a halt to the Bell System’s campaign to jack up rates, wftile at the same time they spend much of the money they get from the public in higher rates on a' high pressure advertising campaign. In California, in an NLRB elec- ‘W vss- ^ysr1- C” .'A'4 CHRYSLER STRIKERS GIVE: BLOOD—With no picketing duty'in the Chrysler strike of United Auto Work. ”8, worker^ use th ir leisure to donate blood. Above, group from Lc 390. Hix' land Paik plant, set up blood bank for Red Cross. Shown, Nurse Eleanor Buck giving Ted Rokecke type test before he ma :es his blood donation. Illinois Chamber Opposes Liberal Social Security Appearing before the Senate Finance committee, Richard D. Sturdevant supported extension of coverage of old age insurance, but conditioned it upon cutting and eventually stopping altogether, federal payments for old age as sistance. The of has another condi tion, too. And it is the tipoff to their whole “iffy” attitude on so cial security. They want to make sure that any improvements in coverage or benefits under the old age and survivors’ program won’t be a precedent for improving cov erage* and benefits under the state jobless insurance programs. To the provision in the House approved bill which would increase the amount of salary on which taxes would be collected from $3060 to $3600, Sturdevant said “perhaps the most forceful argument against increasing the taxable base to $3600 is the effect such action would have on the state unemploy ment compensation laws,” which would be to “force an unneeded in crease in unemployment compensa tion tax»*s.” This runs directly con trary to the facts presented by union spokesmen, who support an even higher tax cut-off point, and who have found in state after state that the unemployment com pensation funds are barely enough to cover brief and localized unem ployment crises such as have been experienced during the past year. es his blood donation. THE POTTERS HERALD, EAST LIVERPOOL, OTHO Jersey Doctors? Offer The Same Old Medicine the or 111- Washington (LPA)—One of most powerful state business ganizations in the country, the inois State Chamber of Commerce, has led off the stone-age employer groups which still oppose any real ly adequate federal system of so cial security. Newark. N. J. (LPA) With great fanfare, the Medical Society of New Jersey has launched a ‘plan’’ for a “cooperative health insurance program” designed to de feat President Truman’s national health insurance program. Analy sis indicates it is the same old medicine—health insurance ad min istered by doctors and insurance companies, rather than consumers. Under the New Jersey plan, gov ernment would be asked to contri bute to financing health insurance through existing Blue Cross, Blue Shield, or other programs, inclu ding those of private insurance companies, but control would re main where it is today—in private hands, chiefly controlled by doc tors. One way the government would help subsidize such plans would be through income tax deductions— which of course would not reach down to many of the families need ing such help most—the families below the income tax level. In one respect the New Jersey plan represents an advance over the current stand of the American Medical Association. It includes provision for increasing the num ber of doctors and other profess ional personnel through govern ment subsidies to expand medical schools. The AMA has been oppos ing a bill o^ this kind in Congress, a ii I has questioned the need lor more doctors. Anti-Bloc Wins First Victory i Washington (LPA)—The Celler monopoly investigation has yielded its first “legislative” dividends— an agreement with the Justice De partment to report to Congress promptly on every consent decree settlement of anti-trust cases. This was a major triumph for Rep. Kenneth Keating (R, NY), who found his bill to that effect “passed” in record breaking time. Assistant Attorney General Berg son was called to testify on Keat ing’s bill. He objected violently, but before the day was out he was agreeing to do, without legislation, just what Keating wanted. The Celler Committee abandon ed its hearings, and closed the case. Chairman Celler (D, NY) remark ed Bergson’s agreement would have “the effect of law,” because once the policy was established future attorneys-general would find it difficult to change. This is a major gain for the anti monopoly forces on Capitol Hill, who have been highly critical of some of the consent decree settle ments worked out in years gone by with the big monopolists. Under the agreement all consent decree settlements will be promptly re ported to Congress so that the pub lic and Congress can judge wheth er or not they have resulted in “selling out” the public. Bergson strongly defended the procedure- of settling anti-trust cases by consent decrees—which amount to court-approved agree ments between the Justice Depart ment and the defendant. He said they facilitated trial of anti-trust cases and that without them a much bigger staff would be re quired to enforce the anti-trust laws even to the degree they are now enforced. Bergson contended that consent judgments were settlements “in the public interest” and not compro mises, as many critics have con tended. He said the Justice Depart ment would not agree to them un less it was satisfied they were good settlements from the public stand point. The Keating bill, Bergson felt, would require such detailed reports that it would hampre anti-tryst enforcement. But’he readily agreed to submit to the Committee regul arly all the material that goes to the courts in anti-trust settlements. tion at the non-Bell Associated Telephone Co. of Southern Cali fornia, employes voted 1916 CWA, 694 for IBEW, and 209 “no union”. Boss Favors Only Minimum Aid In Social Security Washington (LPA) What one Srnn*or called the ‘first hieh brass employer” to tell the Sen.He Fin ance Committee his views on social security extension was heard Jan. 31, when Tr a n *r Marion B. Fol som of Eastman Kodak Co. appear ed before the group. Expressing the views of most employers, Folsom urgently ap pealed for quick action to raise old age and sun Ivors*, insurance bene fits, but attacked other provisions of the House-approved HR 6000. He proposed that industry and government together aim at pro viding “a combined annuity from government and private plans” of about 50 per cent of pay for lower income workers, around *45 per cent for middle income workers, and “lower percentages for the higher salary groups.” The House bill would provide for about that level, he said, and “would go a long way toward meeting the pension pro blem of companies located in some sections of the country and in small cities and towns where livjng costs are lower.” However, he conceded that unions will still have to bargain for pensions, since “in large industrial centers, supplementary benefits for the higher paid factory worker will be necessary.” Folsom said the government annuities should cover only “minimum protection to pre vent dependency.” Even the Bri tish Labor government’s program goes only that far, he observed, leaving the rest to employers. When Sen. Milliken (R, Colo.) said raising benefits might just lead to a new series of strikes for higher pensions, Folsom indicated he thought unions would turn to other demands because companies would n’t agree to more costly pension plans now. Most older employer pension plans are non-contributory, ques tioning brought out, though social security experts say that only to 2 million workers were covered by such plan until about a year ago. Since then, and in current ne gotiations, some 8 to 10 million workers are involved. Most of these newer contracts would relieve the employer of par£ of the burden, if federal insurance benefits w’ere raised, which explains the employ er spokesman’s emphasis on speed in passing HR 6000. Here are Folsom’s proposals on old age and survivors’ insurance: 1—Extend coverage to all those gainfully employed who are not now covered. 2—Make it possible for workers now reaching the retirement age to get benefits even though they’re not now eligible because of changes in the law. 3—Keep the base for taxes to be paid, and benefits calculated, at $3CC0 instead of $3600. Organized Union spokesmen will be heard Feb. 14 through 17, when AFL and CIO will each have two days to present their views. Green, Murray Ask Truman Aid For Israel Washington (LPA) President William Green of the A FL and President Philip Murray of the CIO called upon President Tru man at the White House Feb. 10 to urge the cause of Israel. They ask ed Truman to urge that aims ship ments to Israel’s enemies be stop ped, or failing, that Israel also be permitted to purchase arms to re sist aggression. They also pleaded for American financial support. The President took the matter under advisement, Green and Mur ray reported later. Both the AFL and CIO have sent committees to visit Israel, and both groups support the Israeli labor movement. for for V’/ k A A Union Cites F"ct" fiu :“2 I I Jerry P‘"“ I ill Rid -field, N. J. (LPA)—The 1116,CC6,COO Ridgefield Park plant of Continental Paper Co. will close, and all stocks and supplies will be sold, Company President William J. Alford announced Feb. 6. He blamed a seven-month strike by Local 299, United Paperworkers. Union officers branded the ann ouncement as “the latest of his (Alford’s) attempts to break the union and the strike, and to black jack the community into accepting labor peace only at his dictated price.” They said the union is will ing to start negotiations on any reasonable basis. Full crews and seniority provisions are the two main issues. The contract expired June 1, 1949, and was being extended by mutual agreement during negotia tions. On July 2, the company fired an employe with 23 years’ senior ity and refused to discuss the grie vance because they said there was no contract. The union struck on July 5. Now Alford declares he is closing the mill because he can reach no agreement with the union, although federal mediators could not get the company to bargain. Newspaper stories on the plant’s shutdown refer to a profit-sharing plan, implying the 500 employes were well off before they got ideas about striking. This plan was insti tuted by Alan Rucker, at'that time head of the reactionary’ Tool Own ers Union. PresidenV of the Tool Owners now is Fred Hartley of Taft-Hartley fame. The Rucker plan, based on bonuses tied to the price level of paperboard, went into effect in August 1947. It stopped paying off in the winter of 1948. The family owning Con tinental also owns the Thames Paper Mills in. Britain, which Vin cent Tewson, head of the British Trades Union Congn-ss, has des cribed as a long hold-out against unionism. Malay Unionists Fight Reds Singapore, (LPA) Leaders of the Malayan trade union movement have asked all w'orkers to give full support to the Malayan Peoples Anti-Bandit month. Object of the campaign is to enlist more popular help against the Communists. The Red victory in China has given new’ strength to the Malayan Commun ists who already have resisted Bri tish and Indian Gurkha troops more than a year. Win* base even higher 11 -I 1 t. .. labor asks for a than $3600. 4—Recalculate mula so that the related in amount to past earnings, to avoid resentment of higher-paid workers who’d get less for their payroll tax than would lower-paid workers. 5—That recipients of annuities be allowed to earn up to $50 a month without losing benefits earnings over $50 would be deduct ed from benefits. No such earnings test after age 70. 6—Contrary to recommendations of organized labor, postponement of the effective date of the tax in crease to 2 per cent from Jan. 1, 1951, to Jan. 1, 1955. 7—To discourage using old age assistance payments instead of in surance benefits, no increase in the formula for fsleral grants in to the states for old age help. the benefit for benefits are more aid The Eastman Kodak official posed any system of insurance for workers permanently disabled. Echoing the insurance companies’ arguments, Folsom said such pro grams aren’t “actuarially sound” and lead to malingering. Sen. Francis Myers (D, Pa.) point'd out that younger disabled workers, the ones who need such benefits be cause their families are still de pendent on them, can often be re habilitated. Myers supports a pro gram of permanent and temporary disability insurance, like that de manded by the unions aifiJuy Pres ident Truman. y “THE SMUGGLER1 ”, op- HALF-CA5TE' Co-Starring SYD"EY ■JW" I iillT “THE DUV: MAN" JuHil llUUlfJ “THE GOVERNMENT MAC LLhEL Mnhiiimuiit S'. “TME BIG Sr’OT" Screen Play by FRANK FENTON Based On An Original Story by MANCHESTER BODDY Dnctod by ARD 1. If Produced by EDWIN H. KNOPI A METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURE Comment On World Events Thia column agrees with the American Association for the Unit ed Nations that Senator Brien Mc Mahon’s proposed “crusade for peace” is a possible b_.i* for breaking of the east-west stalemate on control of weapons of mass des truction and of conventional arm aments. In its yearly statement of policy issued by the AAL’N board of dir ectors, their 12-point program was highlighted by a recommendation that the U. S. government “make an immediate fresh effort, through the United Nations, to secure an agreement for the control of these weapons and conventional arma ments.” The A A UN, whose statement of policy has been forwarded to Wash ington officials, will undertake through its chapters, college affil iates and cooperating national or ganization.-, to urge support for this kind of initiative toward world wide peace guarantees. Comment on JWorld Events believes that the case for the proposed action is set forth convincingly by the AAUN, which is an educational organiza tion devoted exclusively to building of support behind the United Na tion.-. The as-ociation indicated its welcome of Senator McMahon’s proposals as a ba-ds upon which the United States might take the load toward a moral crusade for peace. 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