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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1934
THE HIGH COST OF RELIEF FOR
CHARLES G. DAWES
When people complain of the high
cost of relief—and it is high—ask
them about the high cost of relieving
Charles G. Dawes.
The federal government put up
$90,000,000 to relieve Mr. Dawes and
his bank in Chicago.
The federal government, from
May 23, 1933, to October 31, 1934,
put up $85,238,448 for general relief
purposes in the whole state of Illi
nois.
The circumstances of the Dawes
loan are peculiar. Mr. Dawes was the
first chairman of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. He explained
that he could not hold this position
•permanently but that he would give
the RFC a start, and then go back to
his bank. The country, in inspired
statements, was asked to congratulate
itself on having such a public servant.
Mr. Dawes stayed until he got the
RFC started, on the road which he
wanted it to go. Then he resigned,
and went back to his bank. Then, in
fact almost immediately, he returned
to the RFC, and secured a loan of
$90,000,000 for his own embarrassed
bank. He walked oat as a private
citizen, and came back as the biggest
single borrower from the institution
which he had "started."
Actually, while Dawes got a loan of
$90,000,000, with great magnanim
ity ond forbearance,he only drew $80,
000,000 of it in cash. Also, while it
was called a loan, $60,000,000 of it
hasn't been paid and RFC, under
present management, is suing in the
federal courts for an installment.
Relief, for Dawes, $80,000,000 ad
vanced $90,000,000 pledged.
Relief for all the rest of Illinois,
for 16 months, $85,238,448.
Speaking about high costs—!
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LETS BE "UNION LABEL
CONSCIOUS!"
The one emblem that most truly
represents the fruit of ceaseless toil
and all effort for the betterment of
mankind, from Alpha to Omega, from
the days of serfdom to the present
advanced state of wage earners, as
represented by the American Federa
tion of Labor, is the union labeL
The union label, shop card or but
ton, of each respective craft, affords
the only positive assurance that the
goods purchased were (1) made by
capable workers fairly compensated
for their work, (2) not made by child
labor and (3) not produced by 'sweat
shop" methods.
When you demand onion-made
goods and union services, you (1)
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help yourself, (2) help your fellow
man. and (3) help the advancement
of civilization to higher standards and
accomplishment.
These simple truths must be plain
to all who toil their origin a part
of the struggle of all wage earners
and their worth apparent. Absolutely
nothing has happened to detract from
the meaning or the value of the union
label.
Let us, therefore, become more
"union label" conscious" let us sup
port, individually and collectively,
with whatever buying power we may
possess, union-made goods and union
services let's support "our own."
Won't YOU become now and re
main a consistent supporter of this
great emblem of progress? Won't
YOU urge upon your family and upon
your friends, the advisability of al
ways demanding the union label
Won't YOU help make America
"union label conscious," for your own
sake, for humanity's sake
The union label trades department
of the American Federation of La
bor, with the earnest co-operation of
local organizations throughout the
country, is conducting a well defined
and greatly needed campaign in be
half of union-made goods and union
services. Won't YOU join in the spirit
of the occasion and aid in practical re
sults by helping to make all people
"union label conscious"?
Whatever the need in a commodity,
there is a UNION-MADE product
whatever the need for service, there's
a UNION service.
Remember, there is NO substitute
for the union label!
BUSINESS BEWILDERED
The following article is by Dr.
Harry Elmer Barnes, and which ap
peared in the Scripps-Howard Syn
dicate.
While as a general theory business
people may understand that greater
consuming power is needed to start the
wheels of industry running again,
they have no idea what part they play
in bringing about that wider consum
ing power. They can each think only
of their plant, their industry, their
factory and their store. Each one
of them knows that their purpose in
running the factory, the store, and
the plant is to make a profit. Each
one of them knows that the way to
make profits is to obtain labor as
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LEGAUZED BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
The decision by the National Labor Relations Board in the Houde Engi
neering Corporation case that, when the majority of the employes of a plant
vote for a certain agency to represent them in collective bargaining negotia
tions with employers, that agency should act for all of the employes, brought
a chorus of protests from most of the industrial autocrats ilk- the Unite#
States.
The principle of majority rule has been accepted in our political govern
ment from its inception. Nevertheless, extending the rule to the field of
industrial relations was at once interpreted by anti-labor "yellow-dog" con
tract executives and managers of industry as destroying the very founda
mentals of their Fascist "liberty."
It is, therefore, interesting to note that this principle is, in effect, recog
nized in the province of Quebec, Canada, in a recent act of parliamgjp*
designed to make collective trade agreements enforceable as statute law.
The act declares that when any organization of employes or employers
has become party to a trade agreement, the minister of labor may be peti
tioned to request the lieutenant governor in council to issue an order certi
fying that the agreement is effective as law. Hearings for and against the
proposal are -held by the minister of labor, who makes his recommendation
to the lieutenant governor.
If the minister of labor makes an affirmative recommendation as
order in council is published which makes the rate of wages and
hours specified in the agreement legally binding for all persons in
the industry, employers and employes, including those who were
not parties to the agreement.
This collective agreement, legalized by. the decree of the lieutenant gov
ernor in council, supersedes all individual contracts in the affected areas,
unless such contracts provide better wages and hours for the employes. But
even this exemption is not binding if the legal agreement outlaws individual
contracts.
The state does not take over the enforcement of the collective agreements
That is left to the parties directly concerned, who are required to form a
joint committee to assure the supervision and enforcement of the pact.
The minister of labor is authorized to add to the joint committee not more
than two delegates recommended by employes or employers who are not
parties to the agreement.
The theory underlying the act is that a trade agreement represents the
views of the majority of employers and employes in the industry.
In carrying out this act a recent order in council gave juridical extension
to the agreement between the organized building trades of Montreal and
the Montreal Builders' Exchange, Inc. Under the order the wages and hours
in the entire building industry in Montreal became uniformly those fixed by
the agreement.
The significant thing is that this law is not criticized by Canadian
employers' organizations as destroying their fundamental rights in
the determination of industrial relations. Nor is it denounced as
establishing a dictatorship of organized labor.
It might not be a bad plan for the anti-labor reactionaries who dominate
the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Association
of Manufacturers, and the subversive barons who control the steel and auto
mobile industries, to take a trip to the province of Quebec and see how the
legalized majority rule in collective bargaining works out in action.
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cheaply as possible, work them as long
as possible to keep overhead costs, and
to sell the finished product for as high
a price as the market will stand.
Theoretically they will probably
agree that there is only one way to
increase consuming power raise
wages, shorten hours to permit more
workers to have consuming power, and
to sell the product as cheaply as pos
sible to widen its market. But when
it comes down to the practical end
of business, everything is lost sight
of except the personal desire for
profit.
These business people and indus
trialists cannot look for long results.
Ten per cent profit today, if only
temporary, looks better than 2 per
cent profit that may come in on a
more permanent basis. There is where
business and industry just naturally
gravitate against President Roose
velt's program. It is not because they
are wicked, but bceause the profit
motive makes people blind.
Bewilderment is just one form of
blindness. And business is bewildered.
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POVERTY, NOT IMPROVIDENCE
Speaking in favor of old age pen
sions to the Birmingham Chamber of
Commerce the other day, P. W. Litch
field, president of the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Co., laid the need of such
pensions to the frailties of human
nature.
"There axe an abundance of well
established insurance companies,
said Mr. Litchfield, "which will assist
almost anyone in providing against
the wants of declining years. As a
matter of theory, every individual
should accumulate a fund for his old
old age. But theory runs into fact
there is a large percentage of the pub
lic which is given to procrastination
when it comes to setting up reserves
to meet the inevitable.
Someone should tell Mr. Xiitchfield
that it makes little difference whether
the public is improvident or not. A de
cided majority of the public has no
chance to provide for its declining
years. Wages of enormous bodies of
workers are too low to leave any mar
gin against the future and there
are still ten millions of persons who
would like to be workers wiu fe»v«
no wages at all.
Mr. Litchfield has progressed be
yond some of his clan, else he would
not favor old age pensions on anjr
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account. But the real argument for
these pensions is not the "improvi
dence" of the workers but their low
pay—and the frequency and duration
of the periods
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WHAT NEXT?
Development of a new process
which creates a cotton-like texture
out of wood pulp has been announced
at Rome. Italian experts are reported
to believe the discovery will not only
make Italy virtually independent of
United States cotton, but will reduce
the price of cotton goods or cotton
like goods to one-third of their pres
ent figures.
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WISDOM
Every step taken in the operation
of government should be under the
observation of an intelligent and
watchful pfeople.i—Benjamin Harri
son.
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about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly.
It is almost possible to see the
glycerine tears in the eyes of the dear
old United States Chamber of Com
merce as it walks up to the White
House doors, hat in hand, to offer its
co-operation. And, likewise, the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers.
How kind and gentle these dear old
folks seem to be all at once.
Ah yes, what big eyes you have,
grandma! You old scalawag.
Now to get right down to brass
tacks, either the United States Cham
bor of Commerce has no intention of
co-operating with the New Deal, or
else it has reason to believe the New
Deal has lost its punch and isn't any
lor»?ei dangerous to vested interests.
You can read the stars and take your
choice.
There are j)lenty who suspect the
New Deal has lost its punch, but there
also is plenty of evidence that it has
not.
Those who are close enough to the
president to walk in and talk things
over as members of the family say
that the president's speech to the so
cial workers didn't mean what the
papers say it meant and that he hasn't
restricted the social legislation pro
gram at all.
Well, it won't take long to find out
what's what and for those who doubt
there is the lesson to utility magnates
given by the president on his trip to
the Tennessee valley.
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doubting, there need be no debate and
no doubt about the United States
Chamber of Commerce. It probably
has decided that it had better do some
thing that LOOKS like co-operating,
but it hasn't changed its beliefs, nor
i? it likely to do so right away. It's
pretty surely the same old crowd.
Meanwhile, Christmas comes on
rapidly and there are going to be plen
ty of fat stocking among the Wall
streeters. That won't help the ten
millions of unemployed, but what does
Wall street care about that?
The dividend business has been get
eing much better and there have been
a number of records broken. Thi3
makes Wall streeters happy and helps
to indicate that there probably is a
grin behind the Chamber of Commerce
gesture toward the White House.
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There are those who suspect that
perhaps the chamber's gesture is in
fulfillment of the ancient maxim
which says, "If you can't beat 'em,
jine 'em." The theory is that if you
jine 'em and get on the inside you
can still work some damage, which is
another way of saying sabotage.
No doubt there will be a guard up
against that.
Meanwhile, big business is making
no enviable record for itself. It has
made no progress toward ending un
employment and it has no decent sug
gestion to offer. It plods along as it
alwaj's did, taking the profits when
they come, making silly excuses when
they don't come, doing nothing to in
dicate that it knows any economics
or has any broad national policy.
Christmas keeps coming along and
there will be plenty of fat stockings
among those who get dividends.
But it will not be a good idea to
forget about those ten million who are
unemployed and for whom there are
no jobs.
Plans that may produce jobs at
some vae:ue and distant time will
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hardly serve to change their present
frame (rf mind or meet their preseilt
needs.
They aren't on a yachting cruisltv
where time of arrival maker, no dif
ference. And they aren't Chamber
of Commerce which can dally witb
public issues and lead public officials
up blind alleys. They are up against
the reai thing, now, today, this hot%
Ickes Plans to Strengthen
Federal Bureau of Mines
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-**
Strengthening of the U. S. Bureau of
Mines with the aid of increased appro
priations from the next congress it
contemplated by Secretary Ickes.
The bureau, he said, did not
"prosper" when it was in the depart*
ment of commerce at the time former
President Hoover was secretary of
commerce.
Ickes said he did not know how
much money would be sought for the
bureau next year, but added:
"W
e're going to make it a scien
tific organization instead of a polit
ical one."
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