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Washington, D. C.—AFL President
William Green expressed strong op
position to the government's new
Wage-price policy announced by Presi
dent Truman.
He charged it would cause a dan
gerous bulge in the line against in
flation and militate against free col
lective bargaining by restoring wage
fixing by the government.
Obviously, the main purpose of the
new policy was to break the bottle
neck to speedy reconversion caused
by CIO strikes in mass production of
industries.
After many weeks of pulling and
hauling and sending up trial balloons,
the President's advisers came up with
a scheme which, on the one hand,
guarantees profits to industry at the
prosperous 1936-1936 rate and, on the
Other, pushes labor back to the war
time status of requiring approval by
the National Wage Stabilization
Board before a wage increase can go
into effect.
The pattern for reconversion wage
rate increases set up under the new
policy will apparently be the 18 cents
an hour boost granted the steel work
ers, unless a different standard al
ready has been established for a par
ticular industry.
Although it was formulated for the
avowed objective of heading off in
flation, the new Wage-price policy
may have the effect of hastening in
jflation. Even OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles, kicked upstirs to the
empty—in more ways than one—post
of economic stabilization director,
warned of an inflation "explosion."
Mr. Green, who had warned Presi
dent Truman in advance not to re
impose wage controls, declared:
"The government's new wage-price
Jjpolicy k unsatisfactory to the Ameri
Lean Federation of Labor and unac
ceptable.
"It constitutes a backward step—
return to wartime economic condi
ions. re-establishes wage fixing by
government and strikes a body-blow
collective bargaining.
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What Is It?
Inflation Danger Been In Backward Step To Wage-Fixing
By The Government
AFL Hits Wage-Price Policy
As Body-Blow To Workers
"We realize that the government
faced a serious difficulty in seeking to
promote full production while wage
and price disputes disrupted reconver
sion.
"But the new policy is no solution.
It will only serve to increase con
fusion and multiply the nation's
troubles. We fear it will also create
widespread social, industrial and eco
nomic discontent and upheavals."
The change in wage-price policy
represents an inglorious retreat by
President Truman from his previous
position. After V-J Day the Presi
dent issued an executive order intend
ed to encourage the granting of wage
rate increases out of profits and re
quiring industry to wait 6 months
before requesting higher price ceilings
to meet increased labor costs. The
executive order requires OPA to
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grant immediate price relief to assure
a profit return measuring up to the
1936-1939 rate when a firm hikes
wages*.
Labor leaders were fearful of two
dangerous trends developing from the
new policy:
1—That increased prices would
boost the cost of living and wipe out
any gains achieved by wage revisions.
2—That restoration of government
wage-fixing would delay and even pre
vent resumption of normal relation
ships between labor and management
and cause the substitution of political
pressure for free collective bargain
ing. V
Left-wingers hoped that Director
of War Mobilization and Reconver
sion Snyder would be dropped in the
bureaucratic reshuffle that accom
panied the announcement of the new
policy. However, Mr. Snyder came out
on top and Mr. Bowles was trans
ferred from his OPA post to the Office
of Economic Stabilization. Paul Por
ter, chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission, was switch
ed the OPA directorship.
Meanwhile, President Truman re
newed his plea to Congress for ex
tension until June, 1947, of authority
to carry on price and rent controls—
an objective supported by the AFL*
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XLV. No. 47 HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1946
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Police and Firemen
Combine On Demand
Members of the Hamilton Fire and
Police Departments combined efforts
to obtain 30 per cent salary increases
at a meeting Mondav afternoon of
committees representing the two
groups.
Herschel M. Haines. Chairman of
the Police Wage Increase Committee,
was named Chairman of the combin
ed group. Harvard Clark, fireman,
was selected Vice Chairman Willard
Gillespie, fireman, Recording Secre
tary, and Gordon Korb, police ser
geant, Assistant Recording Secretary.
Monkeys Prepare
For Banquet
A committee was selected at the
last meeting of the Monkey Mutual
Aid Society, to make all necessary
preparations for the forty-fifth old
time-banquet for Saturday, March
16th, at the Liberty Home, south
Seventh and Walnut streets.
Members who have always attend
ed these annual Monkey banquets
know exactly what the big feed means
and also the good sessions after it.
The banquet this year will start at
6:00 o'clock sharp. Reservations must
be in by Monday, March 11th. Reser
vation cards should be returned to
Henry B. Riley, secretary, 700 Chase
avenue.
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HAMILTON
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Alford Couch, R. R. No. 7, Service
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Russell Keith, 24 Main, Cigar Store.
Geo. Sunderhaus, Fares' Lakes, R.
R, No. 4, Restaurant.
Albert Thos Balzar, 826 High,
Autos,
Chas. T. Martin, "B" & Rhea, Ser
vice Station.
Robt. O. Beekntan, Okeana, Grocery
& Meats.
Mary Lee Osborne, 505 N. 6th,
Furniture.
Alta Asheri 1813 See., Grocery &
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Frank Vessley, 516 High, Dairy Bar
Universal C. I. T., First Natl Bank
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Sheldon Campbell & Dan Sorrell,
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Service.
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Jane Lukey & IsabeHe Batchman,
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M. D. Clark & Ray B. Ware, 34 S
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G. E. Stone, 815 S. Main, Plumbing.
Chas. Thompson, 700 Charles, Autos,
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