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I BUTTER SHORTAGE
1 MAYGROWWORSE
< By ARTHUR BYBTROM
MADISON, Wise., Feb. 1 — UFI —
I^Cbe prospect for an adequate sup
-ply of butter in coming months is
‘ daily becoming dimmer, on the
basis of trends in this greatest of
- milk producing states.
' ^Ee concensus of Wisconsin
' dairymen .state agricultural offi
cials and others is that the Ameri
* can housewife will have plenty of
' milk, cream and cheese but will
have to continue to scramble for
^ her butter supply.
Sonne dairymen contend the but
ter situation may well become
worse instead of better. A trend
has become more pronounced daily
' in Wisconsin toward diversion of
much of the milk that formerly
went into butter into sweet cream,
cheese, condensed, evaporated and
powdered milk.
^ The reason, according to Hubert
M. Steinhauer, president of the
e' Wisconsin Cremeries Associa
1 tion, is that dairymen must do it
„ to stay in business. Most of Wis
” consin’s 430 cremeries are mem
bers of the association.
"Wisconsin dairy plant opera
tors have to pay farmers $2.65 for
„ a hundred pounds of milk,” he
gaid. "They can’t pay that much
^ to farmers, pay their costs of op
' Oration and sell butter at the ceil
" ing set by the OPA without losing
money in the process. As a result
* they are divering more and more
of their milk into cream, cheese
and other by-products, because
they can get a much larger return
from those products.”
Steinhauer* views on ceiling
prices are in contrast, however,
with those expressed by the Wis
consin Farm Bureau Federation
which went on record against in
creases fa butter price ceilings, de
claring that such increases would
not ease the shortage.
Harvey Travers, head of the
dairy division of the Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, said
that eastern markets have been
paying up to 82 cents for a pound
of butterfat for cream since the
government dropped ceiling prices'
v and other restrictions on sweet
cream. In comparison, he said,
OPA ceilings on butter limit the
, yield to the cremery to 56 cents
per pound of butterfat. There are
about 3.5 pounds of butterfat to 100
pounds of milk.
Whether any appreciable amount
of butter has moved into black
market channels is debatable.
However, a representative of a na
tional diary company who travels
widely in Minnesota, Iowa and
Wisconsin, the nation’s three lead
f ing butter producing states, declar
ed that he knew of some butter
be ng held In storage for an anti
S cipated price rise. He added that
jji it was only a small percentage of
,"!: the nation’s total. Steinhauer said
j.:! that Wisconsin warehouses had
■j; little or no butter in storage,
jjj A Madison warehouse that
lij normally stores half a million
pounds of butter had only a con
signment for the Army and a case
of 50 pounds on hand when this
writer visited it.
The United States Department of
Agriculture reported that for the
;'r week ending Thursday, Jan. 17, the
'<)' northern m dwest area which pro
;ii: duces 52 per cent of the nation’s
butter supply, produced 36 per cent
;:ti. less butter than it did the same
week a year ago.
Minnesota ranks as the top but
ter state, producing about 17 per
j|, cent of the nation’s total, followed
by Iowa with 14.2 per cent and
Wisconsin with 10 per cent, accord
!!i Ing to department statistics. »
Milk production in Wisconsin
jj was in excess of 15,500,000,000
pounds in 1945 to reach an all time
high.
Milton H. Button, director of the
Wisconsin Department of Agricul
ture, who is in close touch with
the situation here and in other
*tates, believes that the demand
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John Lewis Towers Over
U. S. Labor Scene Today
O'
MIAMI, Fla., Feo. 2.—®—The
massive figure of.John L. Lewis
towered over the American labor
scene this week.
At a psychological moment
when the CIO was locked in a
nationwide struggle with big in
dustry, Lewis rolled grandly into
Miami in his limousine and joined
up with tiie AFL as 13th vice pres
ident.
Most labor reporters believed
that the strong man of the United
Mine Workers was rolling toward
the eventual leadership of the
AFL—though the old-line bosses of
AFL unions certainly didn’t con
cede any such thing.
And it was freely speculated in
Miami that Lewis was on his way
toward taking over the reins of
the whole labor movement—
though CIO chiefs would surely
deny this.
Lewis sat alongside AFL Presi
dent William Green and, while
note-taking newsmen raced to
keep up with his flowing phrases,
delivered one of the most signifi
cant labor statements heard in
years.
He declared that the miners’ re
turn to the AFL has a “great
portent for the future” and that it
“indicates a definite turning point
in the history of labor.”
What did he mean by that?
One tiling he meant was that he
believes that a trend toward uni
fication of the labor movement is
under way at last. The man who
split the labor movement ten
years ago —when he formed the
ClO-^-now asserted that labor has
an "obligation to the country to
place its internal house in order.”
It was clear, too, that Lewis
meant that the fundamental dif
ferences which tore organized la
bor apart have finally been re
solved.
The big issue in 1936 was: craft
unions versus industrial unions.
The old, established American
Federation of Labor was com
posed largely of unions of carpen
ters, teamsters, barbers, mu
sicians and other "crafts.’ Lewis
thought the situation called for or
ganizing whole industries. For ex
ample, people working in steel
plants, from janitors to skilled
machine operators, would be en
rolled in the same union.
How has the situation changed?
In the last ten years, both the
AFL and CIO have organized huge
numbers of workers. Labor union
membership has boomed to the
neighborhood of 14 million work
ers. Craft unions are still the basis
of the AFL, but they have tended
to take in more territory, and in
dustrial unionism is no longer
frowned upon in the AFL as it
once was. Industrial unionism is
here to stay. The mine workers
union itself is an industrial union
and incidentally it always has
been.
What else did Lewis mean when
he spoke of a "turning point?”
He obviously meant he considers
the AFL the organization that can
best unify the labor movement He
strongly implied that he expects
CIO unions to break away and
gradually return to the AFL fold,
giving labor one powerful voice.
Lewis broke away from the CIO
four years ago.
At the Miami press conference
this week, a reporter asked, "Do
you anticipate leading a move
ment to—”
uuerrupiea, "i wouldn’t
spell that out today. I’ll leave
something to your imagination ”
The reporter had started to ask
if Lewis planned a movement to
win over the CIO unions.
Although Lewis thus blocked dis
cussion of his plans, a few minutes
earlier he had declared that the
AFL now will be “beyond cavil
and beyond peradventure the most
representative and the dominant
labor organization in the coun
Ha added significantly, <i thinh
people will recognize that fact in
creasingly.”
Note the word "increasingly.”
He also said the merger of 'the
AFL and the mine workers “will
for milk and it* by-products will
continue close to the 1945 level
“And as long as the demand'con
tinues and farmers get the prices
they get now,” he added, “they
will continue to provide plenty of
milk. When the demand drops off
and surplus began to accumulate
they will start culling their herds."
f
be an object lesson that will be
approved by workers throughout
the country.”
In this connection it is interest
ing to note that some AFL leaders
—not particularly friendly with
Lewis — recently expressed pri
vately the opinion that Lewis still
has a considerable personal fol
lowing among members of some
CIO unions.
Most of the big strikes of *946
have been called by CIO unions.
AFL President Green has pointed
ly few AFL unions are on strike.
But—can we reason from this that
Lewis’ return to the AFL means
he will soft-pedal the use of the
strike weapon in seeking higher
wages for coal miners?
Well, hardly. There is no evi
dence that Lewis is becoming less
aggressive.
It might even be that because
of his influence the AFL will be
come more aggressive. 1
ABC Officials Will
Attend Wine Meeting
GREENSBORO, Feb. 2.—(JPy—Of
ficials of the North Carolina ABC
board in Raleigh will join members
of the Carolina association for wine
control in discussions at the annual
meeting of the association in Char
lotte Monday, John W. Caffey, di
rector, announced today.
Carl Williamson, chairman of the
State board, Secretary Roy Davis
and Auditor carl Wester, of Ra
leigh, and State Senator S. C.
Brawley of Durham, member of the
board, have accepted invitations to
attend the meeting, Caffey said.
FATHER OF QUADS
TO GAIN FREEDOM !
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2.—(#)—Au
burn-haired E leajior Jenemann ’
Thompson today paved the way
for her husband to marry the Eng
lish who bore him quadruplets while .
he was stationed in England in ;
1944.
She filed suit in common pleas
court for divorce against ex-Sgt.
William H. Thompson on the sim
ple grounds of “indignities.” 1
Her attorney, Charles Dean, said
fie 27-year-old beauty shop operator
was “hurt and humiliated” when
Thompson announced he was the
father of the babies born to unwed
Norah Carpenter of Heanor in
Derbyshire.
A Catholic, Mrs. Thompson had
originally refused the divorce on
religious grounds. The church de
crees that only the death of either
party can break the marriage vows.
As late as last June Mrs. Thomp
son reitereated her stand on the
divorce. Although declaring she
“hadn’t one spark of love left”, for
the re ^-headed sergeant she mar
ried in 1941, she added:
“When I heard of the affair I
said I certainly wouldn’t give him
a divorce. Well, I haven’t changed
my mind.”
Mrs. Thompson could not be
reached today for comment, but her
attorney said:
“This appears to be the only
way out. He can be free to do what
he wants but Mrs. Thompson is the
innocent, tragic victim of sensation
al circumstances over which she
had no control.”
The four babies, two girls and
two boys, were born February 2,
'44. One of the boys died 24 hours
ifter birth.
Thompson acknowledged parent
iood in a public statement and
laid he had asked his wife to di
vorce him.
The ex-serviceman repeatedly
roiced his love for Miss Carpenter
md his desire to marry her and
jring her and the children to
America. He last saw the babies a
rear ago before he sailed for the
Jnited States.
The Army’s B-9’s (Dreamboat)
!eat of spanning the continent in
i 1- hours sets the goal of trans
;ontinental flying at four hours,
ilmost as fast as the sun makes
he trip.
Drive Against Illigal
Hunting Plannekln N. C.
— V
RALEIGH, Feb. 2—Strict
orders* to clamp down oj illegal
hunters and enforce Noth' Caro
lina’s hunting laws rigidly were
issued today to all game wardens
by C. D. Kirkpatrick, chief tf the
law enforcement of the State
Game and Inland lisheries.
Mr. Kirkpatrick said that ’’no
excuses will ,be accepted from out
of-season hunters.” The shooting
season ended’.Thurscay on all wild
life\ except predatory animals.
The average freiglt train had 53
cars in 1944, only 39 in 1924._
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2—(U.PJ
—Today was Groundhog Day,
but there was no groundhog
here to come peeping for the
sun.
You see, “Uncle Henry,’’ who
had been officially designated
to perform the groundhog
chores at Audubon Park zoo,
wasn’t available.
He drowned last November
during a heavy rain.
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By Crowds In Hmat0
HAVANA, Feb. 2.- (/P) __Tho
ands of Havanans cheered Wm!!*'
Churchill today during a ^
motorcade trip through the •* 7
narrow streets. Churchill
repeatedly to the throngs an!?Ved
casionally stood up in the ™ °c'
give his famous “V” sign 3‘ 10
The former British primp
ister was entertained at a
luncheon by President Va Vate
Grau San Martin. Ram<»d
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