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CREWMEN CLEAR TRAIN WRECKAGE—AIbany, N. Y.—Wrecking cranes begin the task of removing the wreckage of the
New York Central Pacemaker, after it slammed into a rock slide Saturday night. The engine, a diesel, lies in four feet of
water in the left foreground. More than 35 persons were injured in the accident. The engineer and fireman were injured
seriously.
OUR GREAT INDUSTRIAL MIGRATION
v Farmer-Worker Emerges
In South's New Order
BT JOSEPH A. FOX
Behind the story of America’s
Industrial migration is a new
sort of hero the farmer
worker.
He seems to break many of
the established rules of economic
Fourth of e Series
behavior. But he is the man
who has made the Dixie boom
possible.
As Northern industry, paced
by textiles, moves into the
Southeast, where trade unionism
is anathema, it finds an abun
dant—and complacent * labor
force, ready and eager to earn
the weekly pay check that
means insurance against lean
crops.
Everybody Is Pleased
Man and wife, sister and
brother, even a grandparent or
so on occasion, are joining in
this trek from plow and milk
shed to spindle and workbench
Everybody is pleased.
Employers are happy, because
they know they are assured of a
continuous and ample supply of
tabor that won’t be causing
trouble with union-backed de
mands.
And the workers are satisfied.
They are used to long hours, and
they find it both convenient and
rewarding to head for the factory
after their chores around the
farm are done.
Thanks to the transportation
miracle of fast cars and good
roads, which has revolutionized
their lives, it make; little differ
ence to them whether the mills
are 3 miles away—or 30.
Solves Their Big Problem
No matter what outsiders may
think of the. textile wages in the
South, the arrangement suits
these farm families. They know
the drought last year would have
caused far more hardship than
it did in Dixie, had it not been
for the fact that thousands of
small farmers had the mill pay
check to fall back on.
Children don’t complicate the
problem of working in the mills.
They simply come into town to
school in the morning as the
parents go to work and then wait
around the plant entrance in the
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afternoon until someone picks
them up.
Sometimes a young iouple with
a baby or so will work different
shifts in a textile mill. That way
one can tend the home fires
while the other is on the job.
Out of this growing alliance
between farm and machine a
brand-new economic pattern is
emerging.
Most noticeable is the change
in community living.
All but gone is the feudalistic
mill town with its shoddy hous
ing and the “company store”
that traded the scrip the workers
received instead of hard cash.
Now your farmer-worker is a
landowner as well as homeown
er. And even the non-farmer
who chooses to live near his
work more often than not owns
his own home.
The demise of" the company
town actually began back in the
old NRA days. One of those
credited with sparking the re*
form was “Mr. South Carolina”
himself, James F. Byrnes, then
a member of the Senate. But the
trend has been greatly speeded
in recent years.
It is interesting to note, too,
that some far-sighted textile
operataf§4*» New England, years
ago, souipt to develop a home
owfiersfiip program of their own.
They surmised, correctly, that a
man who had his own place and
could raise a garden would be
much more contented than a
tenement dweller.
The Idea, unfortunately, was
not carried through.
One Southern mill official
whose employes bought-out their
“town,” says the change in
ownership has worked wonders.
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The miU owner who was a
landlord had all the troubles—
and unpopularity—that so often
attach to that particular en
deavor. Rents had to be cheap
and upkeep was high, this offi
cial recalls. And the places didn't
look like much, consequently.
Now the houses are kept clean
and painted. Further, home
ownership has developed a com
munity spirit that was sadly
lacking before.
That is the crux of the de
velopment. The Southern worker,
new style, seems to have a maxi
mum sense of security and peace
of mind.
Decentralize Operations
This social renaissance also
has been productive of another
important development: Many
big manufacturers have been de
centralizing their operations as
they move into the South. In ■
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so doing, they are following a
trail blazed by Henry Ford,
whose theory was not looked
upon as workable until recent
years.
Always on the l&okout for new
“pools” of labor, these concerns
scatter their production units
through several States instead of
centering activities in one local
ity. The program has spread
the benefits of profitable opera
tions, and the operators find it
more efficient, too. •
But the key to it all Is the
farmer-worker. And the speed
with which he is proving able to
: adapt himself to his new role
has a great deal to do with
Dixie's success in pulling indus
try from the North.
Southern industrialists have
encountered little trouble in get
ting employes to learn their jobs
I by doing them—so long as a few
Goflsy Is Appointed [
G.O. P. Press Chief;
Was Tail Supporter.
BY GOULD LINCOLN
The appointment of L. Rich
ard Guylay, a former Taft
supporter, as director of public;
relations for the Republican Na
tional Committee Is in line with
National Chairman Leonard W.
Hall’s plans to bring all elements!
of the party into a harmonious!
drive for Republican victory in
1956.
Another evidence of these i
plans is a move now on foot to
bring leaders of the Citizens for 1
Eisenhower' group formally into
the Republicah organization. |
Nor is the move to stop there.
Rank and file members of these
key men are on hand to get the
neophytes started.
This would seem to support
the contention of a New England
producer of print goods, who told
this reporter that he could train
first-class textile printers—an
occupation requiring high skill
in a year, as against the seven
year apprenticeship demanded
by the unions, which also limit
the number of apprentices who
may be hired.
Leaders Defend Policies
Southern lfeaders, who are ag
gressively pursuing new in
dustries, take sharp- exception to i
the criticism that they are trad- j
ing solely on anti-labor policies!
and cheap Wages in this new re-;
construction-fera. . ’ V ‘ ” i
They know, of course, that the j
labor set-up is their ace in the
hole, for power, raw materials
and transportation costs offer
slight advantages over the rest
of the country.
But they strongly defend the
policies on jyhich the North
frowns.
The Dixie wage level, they in
sist. is equalized by low living
costs. The Southerners simply
view anti-unionism as their way
of life. ''
“We’re not raiding the poor
old North for business,” scoffs a
widely-known Southern banker
industrialist. “We’ve got some
thing to offer down here, and
the North is coming to us.”
That just about sums it up.
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L. RICHARD GUYLAY
pro-Eisenhower groups will be
sought for regular party mem
bership.
In other words, an effort is
being made to broaden the base
of the G.O.P.—in two directions.
Mr. Guylay’s appointment was
announced yesterday by Chair
man Hall. The new director of
publicity is a former newspaper
man who hgs been engaged in
public relations in New York for
the last 10 years. He is 42 years
old.
Worked as Consultant
“Mr. Guylay brings to this job
a broad background of public re
lations experience and also a
wide acquaintance among the
political leaders of this country,”
Chairman Hall said.
“During the two years since
President Eisenhower was
elected, the Republican National
Committee has frequently called
upon Mr. Guylay as a consult
ant, and he worked for us on a
full-time basis during the final
month of the 1954 congressional
campaign.”
Between 1946 and 1954. Mr.
Guylay engaged in public rela
tions activities for 10 candidates
for the Senate and House, in-
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eluding the late Senator Taft
of Ohio when the Senator won
re-election in. 1950 by a plurality
of 431.000 votes. He later served
as Senator Taft's publicity di
rector during his 1952 campaign
for the presidential nomination
Mr Guylay formerly worked
for the New York Herald
Tribune and the Gannett news
papers.
Taft Foundation Trustee
He is a trustee of the Robert
A. Taft Memorial Foundation
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