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"Peace and Plenty," Instead of Peace and Poverty, WPB
Vice Chairman Told Bricklayers Convention.
Dallas, Tex.—Demanding a post
war policy of "Peace and Plenty," in
stead of peace and poverty, WPB Vice
Chairman Joseph D. Keenan told the
national convention of the Bricklayers,
Masons and Plasterers International
Union that the construction indus
try holds the key to quick industrial
revival when the fighting ends.
"We have wrought a production mi
racle in this war," Mr. Keenan said.
"We can and must repeat our per
formance by winning the economic
war against unemployment and pov
erty."
To achieve a constructive program
in the post-war period necessary to
assure full employment and to rem
edy the housing shortage, plans must
be drawn now and the Government
must cooperate with industry and
labor, Mr. Keenan insisted. He add
ed:
"In the field of public construction
there are several steps that must be
undertaken before construction can
actually get under way. Drawings
must be made, specifications must be
Cleveland.—Every CIO Chemical
workers union in Canada has come
over in a body to the newly chartered
AFL International Chemical Workers
Union, it was announced at the organ
ization's first international convention
here. The CIO unions were welcomed
and their delegates attended the con
vention.
"These unions were in no way raid
ed by the American Federation of
Labor," President H. A. Bradley of
the ICWU announced. "They came to
us of their own volition because they
felt they would be better served by
our union."
Autumn in Japcm
Push Construction Action Now To
Promote Recovery, Keenan Urges
Canadian CIO Chemical Locals
Flock to New AFL Union in a Body
presented, land purchased, materials
obtained, equipment arranged for,
and authority obtained. Thus far, it
has been estimated that less than
15% of the amount of public con
struction needed in the first peace
year for full employment has act
ually been planned, that is, has been
engineered and is ready to go, while
public construction planning is pro
ceeding at about the rate of 1%% a
month. If planning doesn't speed up
beyond this rate, construction will
never be able to get under way soon
enough to help in the reabsorption
process at the time of crucial need.
"We must start immediately, if we
are to do our share by moving on
into a post-war period of increased
production activity. In the construc
tion industry, as in all industries, in
the coming post-war period, proper
direction of the reconversion process
toward full production and full em
ployment should make it possible to
create an era in which we will have
decreased prices and increased wages
and at the same time retain normal
profits."
AFL International Chemical Workers Union, Welcomes
.... Canadian CIO Chemical Workers at It's Convention ....
The convention, which opened with
the presentation of an AFL charter by
William Green, adopted a constitution
and elected Mr. Bradley as President
and R. E. Tomlinson as Secretary
PHONES 48-78
Treasurer.
The union formerly functioned as a
national council of local unions or
ganized by the American Federation
of Labor. Granting of an interna
tional charter was approved by the
AFL Executive Council last August
WAR JOB RULE EASED
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Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Until
the recent Supreme Military Tribu
nal's decision, Brazil had laid down
the rule that any workman employed
in an essential war industry, who left
his job without proper authorization,
would be considered a deserter. Now,
however, the tribunal decided that
leaving a war job will not be consid
ered desertion but will fall within the
definition of sabotage.
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
POSTAL UNIONS ASK
CONGRESS VOTE ON
MODEST PAY INCREASE
VOL. XLIV. No. 28. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1944 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Washington, ,D. C.—"Exceedingly
modest" requests for permanent in
creases in the wages of the nation's
postal employes were presented be
fore the Senate Post Office Commit
tee by leading labor representatives.
William C. Hushing, chairman of
the AFL Legislative Committer
opened the argument for passage of
the Mead bill, which provides for a
$400 annual boost in pay scales in
stead of the temporary $300 increase
voted last year.
William C. Doherty, President of
the National Association of Letter
Carriers, told the Senators that more
than nineteen years had elapsed since
Congress had granted the last per
manent pay increase for letter car
riers. He charged that the letter car
riers are not receiving fair treatment
from the government and demanded
that their needs be given as much con
sideration as workers in private em
ployment.
The 20 percent withholding tax on
wage incomes has more than wiped
out the $300 raise given the letter car
riers last year, Mr. Doherty said.
Three Senators immediately voiced
their endorsement of the legislation.
They were Senators Wagner, Tun
nell and Langer. The latter declared
the increase should be $1,000 a year
instead of merely $400. Senator Mead,
author of the bill, indicated that he
would move for prompt action
soon as Congress resumes sessions
after the election.
William I. Horner, representing the
50,000 members of the National Fed
eration of Post Office Clerks, also de
livered telling arguments in favor of
the bill. He pointed out that the postal
service is "one of the most essential
branches of the government" and that
its personnel "is comprised of loyal,
faithful, efficient employes who arc
merely seeking simple justice."
Other AFL organizations which
urged passage of the Mead bill at the
hearing included the Railway Mail
Association, the Rural Letter Car
riers and the Special Delivery Mes
sengers.
GERMANS FAIL IN
EFFORT TO BREAK
DUTCH STRIKE
London (ILNS).—Only 16 strike
breakers have been found in the still
occupied parts of Holland despite the
Nazis' utmost efforts to break
general strike of Dutch factory work
ers, the Brussels radio said.
The railway strike, called Sept.
by the Netherlands government
London, has been completely success
ful, covering the entire region in Ger
man hands, the Nazi radio station
Hilversum admitted.
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NEW ZEALAND LABOR
LEADERS PRAISE
AMERICAN G. I.s
America war work in the Pacific
is "terrific," according to a man who's
seen plenty of it—Frank C. Allerby
of New Zealand, secretary of the New
Zealand Road Transport Workers' In
dustrial Association.
Mr. Allerby, who visited CIO unions
in several cities, under auspices of the
National CIO War Relief Committee,
which cooperates with the National
War Fund before he left for home, be
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appreciate the tremendous scope of
their country's war production.
"Since I arrived here," he said, "I've
had dozens of Americans tell me that
the trouble with this country is that
most of the people III it don't know
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