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ff LV„ "X I'* K 1 fssr-jsrv- ^'.-•STC^S-: V--.' %?,* ^. )-s:,r, i....,..v.~~ya~~ .. ,v- -VI 1 :.,, THE PRESS OFFICIAL OMAN OF ORGANIZED LABOB THE NONPAREIL PRINTING CO PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS Subscription Price $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance We do not bold ourselves responsible for any views or opinions expressed in the articles or communications of correspondents. Communications solicited from secretaries of all societies and organizations, and sbould be addressed to The Butler County Press, S26 Market Street, Hamilton, Ohio. The publishers reserve the right to reject any advertisements at any time. Advertising rate* made known on application. Whatever is intended for insertion most be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers changing their address will please notify this office, giving old and new address to insure regular delivery of paper, Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton, Ohio, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Issued Weekly at S2I Market Street Telephone ISM Hamilton, Ohio Endorsed by the Trades and Labor Council of Hamilton, Ohio Endorsed by the Middletown Trades and Labor Council of Middletown, O. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1945 U. S. LABOR TO LOSE IF EUROPE STARVES In the forefront of Congressional business these days is the question of support for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The bill to appropriate the $550,000,000 au thorized earlier this year has been brutally batted around for the past few weeks. No gentler treatment is likely to await the new bill now com ing up for the 1946 U. S. appropria tion for UNRRA for $1,350,000,000. It is essential that these sums be ap propriated. For without them, UNRRA cannot go on. And without UNRRA, American labor stands to lose. In im portance, UNRRA along with the United Nations Organization ranks in the field of foreign affairs with the issues of labor standards and recon version here at home. Here and abroad, the problems require immediate solu tion, though the efforts will be long range for the world, and for labor in particular. Europe must recover from 5 years of war, China from 8 years, on top of enemy oppression. The ravages of those years will take decades to re pair. More, they will require the as sistance and cooperation of the world, particularly of those nations fortunate enough not to, have suffered invasion. Observer after observer returning from Europe and the Far East report the same desperate situation. The com ing winter and the months immediate ly afterward loom as the grimmest the people in countries there have ever known. If that grimness is unrelieved —if women and children continue to want and waste and perish if men weary from battle continue to feel the frustration of not having the bare material needs to build the economic props for peace—there is no telling what the issue will be. LABOR WORKS flSHfS-Gives- A WD Boys u.s ytfd 60fi0St is. A NEW SPEED ACCORD Wf OO&ANlZiMg A PLANT AMP SI6MM6A CONTRACT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN S£T BY TUt Sim V^&ftKEftS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE,C.I.O., iMTHE EA&VDN6* ALLEAJTDVVN PLANTS OF TUB HARRY COOWpgft CO.. employees WDmR FIRST ONION HEETiHe AT 5 PM., MEM BERSHIP CARDS Vtf A£6KStf£DAM Contract DRAWN uP8ilPA. '^MPANYOfFlCtAia AfilD 'NlCW OlffkBS&tTATiVES M£TAT£fM.. AT9 P.M. COMtAMY StMeO. wTIT^^rri nx» S"i±i2 2&*»£ This column last week discussed American Federation of Labor criti cism of the Allied occupation policy in Germany. There was not space to touch on another serious problem pointed out by the AFL—the matter of German industrial production. German industries are vital to all of Western Europe ,the AFL empha sized. What is being done to get them into operation, so France and other nations can benefit? Here is what the federation says, in its monthly eco nomic survey: "America, Britain and France are responsible for the economic rehabili tation of Western Europe. Without this there could be no democracy there and no lasting peace. Germany has been Europe's economic hub. What happens to Germany's key industries determines the economic fate of the continent, west of Russia. Without the flow of industrial products from Ger many, in exchange for raw materials and farm products from other coun tries, Europe's economic life will break down." Yet today this flow rf goods is dam med«up, with German industry held down to about 10 percent of normal production, the federation declares. "No decision," it says, "has yet been made as to which German industries have 'war potential' so all plants are closed except those which supply min imum essentials for living and for the occupying forces. The loss of this pro. duction affects the whole of Europe But there is this indisputable fact —if the American people do not reach out to aid, American workers will be directly and adversely affected. They will be affected because the reasons this war was fought by Americans and all our allies will lose validity. For our needy allies, only one reason will car ry over from the war—survival, but not necessarily according to demo cratic principles. To survive, a desperate people may evolve new and more terrible kinds of dictatorship. Such a people will re ject the principles upon which their allies operate, since they will have lost faith. Such are the dangers UNRRA seeks to avert. Besides, UNRRA is the one organization set up to do the job of world relief and re habilitation. The records of achieve ment in the last 6 months eloquently attests to its effectiveness. Practically speaking, the economies of Europe must be set in motion. Doing so means business for America, and hence fuller employment for Ameri cans. Doing so means also conquering the threat of disease and avoiding the kind of straight relief needs the world will have to fulfill for.years, if rehabil itation is not speeded. It behooves every worker, every la bor union member and every labor or ganization to take a clear stand in support of UNRRA. Congressmen and Senators must be told that their voters want them to support U. S. appropria tions for UNRRA. The money will be put to that most constructive of uses —getting our allies going on a peace time basis. And working peace for THE MARCH OF LABOR IN THE EHCiCUCAL LPttaSt, *QUADRAG&SJMO ANNO' ISSUED IN MAY, 193/: THE FIRST PLACE IMS WAGE PAID To THE WORK ttiGMAM MUST BE SUF FICIENT FOft THE SUP POftTOF HIMSELF AfiO His FAMILY... LABOR, IN DEEP,... IS WOT A ME RE CHATTEL THE HUMAN V&NlTY Of THE *bRK iNfSMAAJ MUST U ZBCOG N|Z£P IN if, Anocoise* QUENTUY If CANNOT 8i BOUGHT AND SOLO LIKE ANY piece of MfcflOMNDlSE.. 7 IHis 15 The hat union LA3SL. lUSKSTiONtT/ n W *. V EVENTS "It also affects our chances of re-, building democracy in Germany. The winter is close at hand. Widespread unemployment, hunger and cold in any country breed political upheaval and Fascism. This is exactly what brought Hitler to power in 1932." Then the AFL touches on German needs and failure to meet them, un der the present policy, or perhaps it should be really called lack of policy "Today 75 percent of the German people are unemployed," the federa tion says. "In Berlin, 70 percent of all occupied houses in the American sec tor are without window glass and ade quate roofing, and conditions are so crowded that there are on the aver age 2M persons per room. "Yet production of lumber and other repair materials is not permitted by the American authorities. German coal mines are producing to supply the liberated countries this winter, but Germans will have no coal to heat their homes. Their food rations are far below a bare subsistence minimum. "Under such conditions will it be surprising if Germans look back with longing to the days of Hitler when they had full employment and ade quate food rations And if they turn again to Nazi leaders?" Summing up, the AFL asserts: "A policy that will permit all non-war industrials to start production and workers get back to their jobs is of the utmost urgency." them means an opportunity for work ers the world over to live more fully and freely. WHAT NEXT? A factory, made of stainless steel inside and out, will be tried experi mentally by Kraft Cheese. If pleased with the result, the confpany is ex pected to construct other buildings of the same material. WISDOM The cause of freedom is the cause of God.—Samuel Bowles. WATCH YOUR SPEECH By Ruth Taylor I was listening to a speech one night —a dull, dry-as-dust speech—and my mind was wandering, when suddenly I heard the speaker say: "For the old adage of 'No taxation without repre sentation' one might well substitute the new slogan of 'No criticism with out study'." If we could do that we could revolu tionize human relations. If we stopped to study a situation, how seldom would we criticize it? Instead we would un derstand it. Prejudice always menaces the person holding it. None of us would willingly steal. But he who condemns another unjust ly or who bears false witness against his brother is a thief. Shakespeare said: "He who seals my purse steals trash but he that robs me of my good name, robs me of that which not en richeth him, but makes me poor in deed." How do we do that By generalizing against a man, by attributing to a group the mistakes of an individual, by broad characterizations, by not tak ing the trouble to learn all the facts. Go over the people whom you think you dislike. Why don't you like them How many do you dislike with good qause How many because you are not considering them as individuals but are lumping them as a group. Do you speak carelessly of people? Do you assume more knowledge than you really possess? Plutarch said: "He I who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself." You wouldn't touch one of your neighbor's possessions? But what are you doing to his good name? A labor man for whom I have great admiration—and whom you all know —said one day, in speaking of another man who had done him harm, "If I were small enough to dislike a man for personal reasons—" That is true greatness. He saw things in their prop er light. He would not be hurting the man by disliking him, but he would be injuring himself. If we have nothing goo| to say about our brother—then iji God's name -i—let us be still! Going West Samuel "Butch" Lolan and Paul Blackley departed from Hamilton af ter saying good-bye to friends Monday morning and headed west for Cali fornia. By now they should be across the Mason-Dixon line. They intend to take slow time and make plenty stop-overs. Friends of course wish them good luck on their many flutes of travel to the west coast. rtoA THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS LABOR-MANAGEMENT PEACE (Continued xrom pag ,ne) ference of labor and management, with the government not participating in a voting capacity, the President, never theless offered several broad sugges tions. The key to harmonious relations be tween unions and management, he de clared, must be genuine collective bar gaining. He said: "I do not mean giving mere lip ser vice to that abstract principle. I mean the willingness on both sides, yes, the determination, to approach the bar gaining table with an open mind, with an appreciation of what is on the other side of the table—and with a firm re solve to reach an agreement fairly." If bargaining produces no results, the President said there must be a willingness on both sides to use im partial machinery to reach decisions based on facts and in that way to prevent strikes and lockouts. He also emphasized the desirability of peaceful negotiation of contracts which should be faithfully carried out. As a final point, the President urg ed that some substitute be found for jurisdictional strikes. Turning to the industry delegates, the Pi»esident warned: "Management too often has looked upon labor relations as a stepchild of its business, to be disregarded until the controversy has reached a point where real collective bargaining be comes very difficult—if not almost impossible. It happens all too fre quently that in the actual process of collective bargaining delaying tactics are practiced with the result that there is no real bargaining. There can be no justification for such tactics at the present time or in the future." The President left immediately af ter his address which closed the morn ing session. In the afternoon, the con ference resumed with brief addresses by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and Secretary of Commerce Wallace. Then Justice Walter P. Stacy, chair man of the conference, called upon President Green to lead off for the delegates. Mr. Green emphasized at once that the conference should confine its delib erations to the seven points in the agenda seeking methods by which in dustrial strife can be reduced to a minimum. He warned against trying to inject current wage disputes or controversial legislation into the pro ceedings. If that is done, he declared, it "would make failure of the confer ence a foregone conclusion." This marked a sharp difference of policy with the CIO whose President, Philip Murray, made it clear that his organization plans to drag in its diffi culties with employers in current wage negotiations. Mr. Green insisted that such mat ters must be settled by collective bar gaining on an industrial or plant basis and not be injected into the national conference. He implied that if the CIO succeeded in its effort to force con sideration of pending wage disputes, employer delegates might counter with a move for consideration of anti-labor legislation. The entire conference might break down under such circum stances, the AFL leader indicated. In his address, Mr. Green said: "Acceptance of collective bargaining as the most democratic and the most efficient tool in industrial relations must be genuine and wholehearted. Perfunctory acceptance of collective bargaining is worse than no accept ance. The goal of collective bargain ing is an agreement. The embodiment of that agreement is a contract. When management and workers enter into a contract they assume obligations which are mutually binding upon them. An operating collective bargaining agreement is backed by the under standing, accord and acceptance of every person covered by its terms and by their sacred honor. It means that the management has an inviolate ob ligation to carry out the contract and ,to adhere to both the letter and the spirit of said contract. It means that not only the representatives of work ers but every worker who is a party to the contract has a personal responsi bility in abiding by its terms. "Labor's basic right to organize and bargain collectively and the full ac ceptance of that right by the employ ers stands side by side with the right of employers to manage their enter prise and direct its operation without interference. That right should be re spected and wholeheartedly accepted by all labor. It is for us to provide means whereby this right can be clear ly defined and accorded universal ac ceptance throughout industry. "On our acceptance of these basic firinciples depends our ability to stamp .'Continued on page fotyr) Cigarette License _____ HAMILTON John J. Stephenson, R. R. 4 Symmes Rd. Bertha Isaacs, 1750 Grand Blvd. MIDDLETOWN Vemone Adams, 2013 Cresent Blvd. A y gtfl^agi R«d Stamps' Text of the executive council's state ment follows: "Adoption of postwar housing legis lation advocated by the American Federation of Labor is a matter of ut most national urgency and can no long er be deferred. "The executive council appeals to Congress to consider immediately and enact promptly a comprehensive na tional housing policy together with a set of unified long-range programs essential to carry out such a policy. "Homeless American families will soon be a reality in thousands of com munities while dangerous overcrowd ing will become widespread unless Congress recognizes the nation's need and acts to meet them. "Over 1,400,000 married veterans are already in immediate need of homes. More than 1,500,000 return ing veterans are expected to establish new homes within the next year but will find no place to set up new house holds. America's housing need was extremely acute before the war. Dur ing the war years 27,000,000 persons took part in the vast shifts of popula tion set off by war conditions. As the result o fthis migration, the already critical need in many communities has been greatly intensified. This pressing and continually growing need cannot be met overnight. Only long range planning designed to achieve clearly and courageously stated hous ing objectives for the entire nation will suffer to assure better homes and better living conditions for all Amer icans in cities and on the farms. "The American Federation of La bor has always advocated the adop tion of a comprehensive housing bill which will enable each community, through its own local initiative and with the fullest exercise of local re sponsibility, to reach the postwar housing objectives as rapidly as the great wealth and resources of post war America will make possible. The most essential principle on which the entire program must rest is the nec essity to bring new and better hous ing within the financial reach of all incomes. America's postwar housing market is a universal housing market which can only be fully reached through a comprehensive housing pro gram. Our failure to assure provision of new homes to low-income families as well as continued neglect of the housing needs of families of moderate income can only spell disaster and unemployment. Postwar housing is the only legis lation now pending before Congress which would provide a tangible source of mass employment opportunities and lay a broad and firm basis for postwar redevelopment and recon struction of the entire nation." Volunteer workers served a total of 108,427,310 hours at USO clubs since their inception in 1941, according to the National War Fund which supports the activities of USO. Subscribe for The Press. WS89S i»Bjrif(iiiiaM*,wwwi wiKiniiifirnnffTti'tTiiu i 'fl'i'-r •*,i RATION STAMPS GOOD AUG. I SEPT. OCT. I NOV. IDEC. MEATS m4 FATS RETAILERS MY 4 POINTS A POUND FOR U9E0 THRU NOV. 30 SUGAR STAMPS THRU DEC. 31 38-fi33f SHOE STAMPS Fast Action Urged On Housing Bill Cincinnati.—Pointing out that the only tangible proposal for the crea tion of millions of new jobs now be fore Congress is the Wagner Postwar Housing bill, the AFL Executive Council demanded its prompt enact ment. The bill sets up a comprehensive national housing policy and is intend ed to encoui'age a construction drive which will result in the building of 1,500,000 new homes each year during the next 10 years. •Mm urtiirtitfunfii •rninr iiiiinrttl^-' JAN. FEB. MJSEHOi.O THRU DEC. 31 'AfS ^-Gra*n Stsmp Z N 1 18 THRU FEB. 28 stomps bscom* good Dae. I BOOK NO. 3 GOOD INDEFINITELY THIS CHART FOR FUTURE REFERENCE ML They Gave Their Todays By Ruth Taylor "They gave their todays that our tomorrows might be saved." All over the world, on land and seas and in the air, the best of our youth have been fighting and dying for America. These were not just armed men, professionals, whose life was in the fight. These were our boys, the lad down the street, the youths from the campus, from the farm, from the factory. They gave their promising futures, their plans, their hopes, their dreams, their lives that our tomorrows might be saved. That life might go on for those at home. On Armistice Day, the first since peace was declared, we do honor to those who have fought. We pause a moment in reverent memory of those who have gone beyond. But this is not enough. In their names, we must—we, who did not die, we who stayed safe at home and we who were fortunate enough to come home—live gloriously for Amer ica and for the ideals for which they fought- In their names—culled from all nationalities, all colors, all creeds— we must so build for the future that here in America there is fair play for all, equal opportunities for work and education protection, not coddling of the weak respect, not censure, for the strong a sincere desire to let each man grow to the extent of his own ability. In their names, we must make sure that the tomorrows of the children of today are free from the threat of war. We must be willing to seek, for all the peoples of all the earth, irrespective of class, creed or color—justice, not vengeance fair play, not special privi lege friendliness, not mistrust aware ness of our brothers' needs, not a sel fish pressing of our own advantage alone. Theirs was the sacrifice. Our is the duty to see to it that the sacrifice of these unmeasured futures shall not have been in vain—that America lives up to its highest ideals, that the demo cratic way of life continues to give op portunity and freedom to all, that our tomorrows be so lived that they are worthy of the sacrifice. "They gave their todays that our tomorrows might be saved." For Neat Repairing, Altering, try GEO. KAPPEL 162 N. "B" St. WHEN 'MORNING AFTER*CUOUD5APPEAlO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME A WHINING. LET ALKA-5ELTZER LIFT THE TDG„ YOU'LL FIND THE SUN STILL SHINIW6 Jmorning aftfr AHEARTYlittleatoo Edgar K. 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