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Public Works Urged as Supplement
To Private Enterprise to Give
Employment to All After War
New York City, (ILNS).—Private
enterprise and the stimulant of the
profit motive must be main reliance of
the nation for creating and maintain
ing full employment after the war,
says a study on post-war reconstruc
tion made public here by the Twen
tieth Century Fund.
But private enterprise and the
profit motive should be supplemented
with a program of public works and
government expenditures to provide
needed facilities and services for
taking up the slack in employment,
the report further holds.
Prepared by Stuart Chase, noted
economist and writer, the report
warns against any ill-advised attempt
to overturn the present economic
system in seeking to achieve the goal
of jobs for all.
Use Private Business, He Says
"We have an enormous private
business machine already function
ing," Chase says. "It would be the
height of folly to tear it up by the
roots. Even in the war, while most
producers no longer have to think
much about pushing their sales, and
many important decisions have left
their hands, their organizations are
still in being and ra«st of them will
be so after the war.
"We should use them. Employ the
profit motive as widely as possible
Encourage business men to do all
they can, and to take responsibility
wherever they can. The critical point
is to have in the Federal Government
a conning tower control charged with
the duty of plugging any gaps in the
front of full employment.
"If private business men do
not want to undertake mass hous
ing except with government fi-
Room In Projects for All Manpower—Chase Holds—
"When Technology Again Gives Surplus Manpower"
Public Works, Private Business, His Solution.
MASSACHUSETTS
AFL LEADER
IN NAVY
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Ken
neth I. Taylor, secretary-treasurer
and legislative agent of the Massachu
setts State Federation of Labor, has
been commissioned a Lieutenant in
the United States Naval Reserve. He
is now on active duty, assigned to the
Incentive Division of the office of the
Under Secretary of the Navy, in
Washington.
Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward,
U. S. N., (retired) is Chief of the In
centive Division which is charged
with the operation of incentive plans
of the Navy Department for the
stimulation of production of war ma
terial for the Navy and with co-opera
tion with the War Production Drive
Headquarters of the War Production
Board, and the appropriate offices of
the War Department, Maritime Com
mission, and other government agen
cies engaged in similar tasks.
Green Praises Appointment
Lieutenant Taylor is well known in
labor and industrial circles. He was
especially prominent in labor-man
agement relations activities in New
England, particularly in Massachu
setts, where he was the spokesman
for the American Federation of La
bor. In 1937, he was elected secre
tary-treasurer of the Massachusetts
State Federation of Labor, succeed
ing Robert J. Watt, now an interna
tional representative of the American
Federation of Labor. He was one of
the first commissioners in charge of
the administration of the Massachu
setts State Labor Relations Law.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, com
menting on the commissioning of an
AFL leader in the Navy, said:
"I am delighted to hear the Ken
neth I. Taylor, former secretary of
the Massachusetts State Federation
of Labor has been commissioned a
lieutenant (senior grade) in the
nancing, then arrange the finan
cing. If doctors are unable to
take care of all sick people on the
orthodox fee basis, then make it
possible to help doctors take care
of all sick people. If private
business cannot absorb all the un
employed and it probably can
not keep the great public
works programs going side by
side with private business."
Urging a new and wider concept of
public works, Chase suggests that
they include "not only physical things
that are built, but also services ren
dered in the public interest and ad
ministered by the government."
Public Works Challenge Urged
"We can put the unemployed on the
dole, or at raking leaves, which would
mean that we had won the war and
lost the peace," Chase declares. "Or
we can challenge our citizens with the
greatest, most splendid, most uplift
ing series of public works which any
civilization ever dreamed of."
As examples of public works he has
in mind, Chase mentions the rebuild
ing and decentralization of cities, the
taming of mighty watersheds like
that of the Tennessee, improving the
nation's forests on a perpetual yield
basis, restoration of grasslands, and
the construction of civic centers, li
braries, universities and other public
buildings.
Room For AU "Manpower"
"Room can be found in such proj
ects for all the manpower we have
available," Chase holds. "When tech
nology again gives a surplus of man
power—as it surely will—then hours
of daily labor can come down, vaca
tion periods grow longer."
United States Navy and that he is
attached to the Incentive Division,
am confident that his services will ad
vance and enhance the efforts of the
Incentive Division to enlist full co
operation of all workers and employ
ers who are engaged in producing war
materials and equipment ior the
Navy."
Former Printers' Union Head
While a resident of Springfield,
Mass., Taylor was president of the
Typographical Union of that city for
several years, and in 1934 was ap
pointed a member of the Board of
Public Welfare by the city of Spring
field.
In a broad sense, Lieut. Taylor's
work in the Incentive Division of the
Navy Department may be classified
as industrial relations. The general
objective of the Division is to con
tribute to the acceleration of war
material production for the Navy by
improving industrial morale, assisting
in the establishment of closer co-op
eration between management and
labor, and creating unity between em
ployees in industrial plants and our
armed forces.
Lieutenant Taylor is now on leave
of absence as secretary-treasurer of
the Massachusetts state federation for
the duration and an acting secretary
treasurer has been selected. He is
Thomas E. Wilkinson, of Brocton
Mass. Wilkinson is president of the
Brockton Central Labor Union and
for the past year has been labor repre
sentative of the New England office
of the War Production Board.
David Webb & Sons
FUNERAL HOME
Industrial Accidents
Hit New Peak In Ohio
Columbus, Ohio. An analysis of
the industrial accidents record of Ohio
for the first six months of 1942, by
degree of injury, shows that the trend
of accident frequency and severity is
still upwards, Thomas P. Kearns, su
perintendent of the Division of Safety
and Hygiene of the Industrial Com
mission of Ohio, reported. For the
half year, Mr. Kearns said, a total of
148,521 accidents were listed with the
division, 519 of which were fatal.
PHONES 48-78 ROSS AT "D"
(WNU Service)
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VOL. XLII. No. 32. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMI5ER 6, 1942. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Closer
co-operation between the Navy and
civilian workers in Navy yards and
shore establishments to speed produc
tion was strongly emphasized at a
two-day conference here, attended by
high Navy officials and representa
tives of many thousands of organized
workers.
Public Co-operation Necessity Scrap Drive Sets Example
"What Democracies Can Do—When Put to Test"
Labor-Management Praised for Fine Spirit.
A feature of the meeting was a big
dinner held at the Willard Hotel and
attended by hundreds of Navy officials
and labor representatives. Repre
sentatives of the labor press were
guests and were singled but for spe
cial mention by Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox, chief speaker. Other
speakers included John P. Frey, presi
dent of the Metal Trades Department,
American Federation of Labor and
Philip Murray, president of the Con
gress of Industrial Organizations.
Nelson Asks Speed
Speaking on the first day of the
conference, Donald M. Nelson, chair
man of the War Production Board,
appealed to the workers to "help do
more with less in a shorter space of
time."
Asserting that the WPB could not
accomplish its task without the volun
tary co-operation of the public, Nel
son cited the scrap collection drive as
an example of how that co-operation
could work.
The labor-management committee
system, established in many industrial
plants, also was held up by Nelson as
"an example of what democracies can
do when they are determined to do it."
Workers' Spirit Praised
Price Administrator Leon Hender
son also stressed the necessity of
public co-operation, commenting that
"no amount of planning and program
ing in Washington can take the place
of what must be done by civilians on
many fronts."
The conference heard Arthur S
Flemming, member of the Civil Serv
ice Commission, praise the spirit of
the Government's civilian workers
Flemming urged his hearers, how
ever, to see to it that the small per
centage who were not contributing
their maximum effort "changed their
point of view or ceased to the con
nected with the Government as em
ployes."
Knox Explains Labor Policy
Rear Admiral J. S. McCain, chief of
the Bureau of Aeronautics, empha
sized the necessity for speed. "The
question before us all is/' he said,
'shall we be willing slaves to our
selves or broken and beaten slaves to
the Japs?"
In his speech at the dinner, Secre
tary Knox addressed himself particu
larly to the labor press, whose repre
sentatives he called "those unsung
American Family Album
Co-operation to Speed Production
of Big Get-together
Navy-Labor Conference
workhorses of American journalism."
He referred to the frequent criticism
of the Navy by the labor press and
assured its representatives, in effect,
that the gathering was strictly on the
level and was "neither a company
clambake, nor a whoopee junket."
"This," he continued, "is the begin
ning of the implementation of the la
bor policy—conceived and written in
August by Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Ralph A. Bard, and signed with
wholehearted enthusiasm by myself,
Admiral King, and other civilian and
naval chiefs of the United States
Navy.
"Democratic Representation"
"The workers gathered here to
night are a democratic representation
of the hundreds of thousands of
Americans who are building and re
pairing the tools of war in our shore
establishments. Many of them were
designated directly by union officers
as representatives of the American
Federation of Labor or CIO unions in
the yards and shops. The others were
elected by their fellow workers in
democratic fashion, without pres
sures from the 'front office.' This
whole gathering, with the exception
of a few master mechanics and navy
officers from the yards, falls under
that description.
"Assistant Secretary Bard ex
pressed the Navy's labor relations
policy early in August, and since that
time there has been no better de
scription or justification written about
this meeting or the policy of joint
and harmonious effort of which it is
an implementing part.
No Buncombe, Bard Said
'There is no propaganda idea
about this program and no buncombe
of any nature,' Assistant Secretary
Bard said in his announcement. 'The
Navy family must be welded together
as never before in order to meet this
terrific war menace, the extent of
which our people must realize and
prepare to meet with all the strength
courage and sacrifice we possess if we
are to win out.'
"I continue to quote from Mr
Bard's announcement of Aug. 6:
'This program does not mean
higher wages, shorter hours of work
or less discipline it means closer co
operation, more understanding of each
other's problems, more friendliness in
our relationships, and undoubtedly
greater sacrifice on the part of all of
us. This is a sincere attempt to bring
together in a harmonious unit all men
and women of the Navy family for
the sole surpose of winning this war
and achieving victory for our country
and our common cause.'
"There, in a nutshell, is the reason
for this gathering."
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JAMES BRANNON DIES
James Brannon, age 70, 211 Park
Avenue, died at 6 o'clock Saturday
morning after a brief illness.
He was a member of widely known
family, prominently identified with
earlier Hamilton history. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Brannon
were pioneers in this community.
Mr. Brannon was born in Hamilton
December 8, 1872, and attended St
Mary's parochial school and Hamil
ton High school.
He was a molder, active in union
circles. For many years he was sec
retary of the Iron Molders' Union, No
68, and a delegate from that organi
zation to the Co-operative Trades and
Labor Council.
Fraternally Mr. Brannon belonged
to Butler Aerie, No. 407, Fraternal
Order of Eagles. He served as presi
dent of the aerie at one time and was
active on the building committee for
the new home.
He was a devout Catholic and mem
ber of St. Mary's Catholic church
Politically he was a staunch Demo
crat.
Mr. Brannon leaves one brother
Joseph Brannon, Cleveland, and one
sister, Miss Anna Brannon, Hamilton
Funeral services were held Wednes
day morning at 8:30 o'clock in the
Colligan funeral home, 425 Walnut
Street, and at 9 o'clock in St. Mary
church with a requiem high mass
Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery
Free Bibles At Dr. Sinclair
Lecture
Large Bibles will be distributed
free to those attending a lecture given
by Dr. J. C. Sinclair, noted world
traveler, in Trades Council Hall Sat
urday night, November 7, at
7:30 P. M.
Dr. Sinclair, an authority on
Biblical History, will speak on "Signs
of the Times and Trends of Present
Day Civilization." This work
sponsored by a national foundation
interested in the wider distribution of
the Bible. The lectures, for which
there is no admission charge, are non
political and non-sectarian.
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Drops in Europe Even
Poorer Than 1941
Washington D. C. (ILNS).—This
year's harvest of bread grains in
Continental Europe probably will be
considerably below average and be
low the subnormal crop of 1941, ac
cording to information received and
estimates made in the Office of For
eign Agricultural Relations, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Considered on a regional basis, the
1942 production of wheat shows a re
duction from last year's below-aver
age crop in the Balkans, Central Eu
rope, and Denmark, little change or
small increases in Italy, Spain, and
France, and generally improved pro
duction in Portugal, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Sweden, and northeast
ern Europe. The rye harvest in Cen
tral Europe is estimated to be
slightly smaller than last year, but
larger in northern and eastern Eu
rope. Harvest of barley, oats, and
mixed grains generally have been
larger, especially in north central Eu
rope, where these spring grains were
used for reseeding, after an unusual
winter-kill of winter grains.
In the Danube Basin, the corn
acreage was increased and larger
crops are indicated for most areas. In
Italy, a favorable season for most
crops has been reported. Potato
planting was increased in most coun
tries, and especially in the important
potato producing areas of Germany.
Growing and harvesting conditions
for potatoes to date have been report
ed as quite favorable.
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