The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1943 Page: 7 of 12
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The Hockley County Herald
Lieutenant-Governor John Lee
Smith Issues Timely Statement
YiiU tenant Governor John Lee
issued the following state-
recently:
> opponents of the Man ford La-
2. Has the strike by A. F of L.
carpenters on the McKinney (Army)
hospital likewise been forgotten?
This strike occurred the first part
Regulatory Bill are making | of November, 1942. When these strik-
Of the compact agreed to by
between Governor Stevenson
Certain representatives of or-
f labor. J commend the Gov-
ers walked off the Job and refused
to work on a hospital for the wound-
ed soldiers of this war, It does not
seem to me that the “gentlemen's
eraor for his efforts to bring about agreement” has been “scrupulously
Industrial peace and to prevent
•tortlfiCB. I know that on his part It
was an honest and sincere effort. I
itly hope that the pledge given
In writing by those parties
Presuming to act for organized labor
will be more effective than the one
given to President Roosevelt by Wil-
jttpm Green and Phillip Murry when
Smith-Vinson anti-strike bill
was before Congress last winter.
At that time both Green and Murry
solemnly pledged the Nation that
there would be no more strikes. Not-
withstanding - the solemnity of this
(Tenant, more than 200 strikes in-
' more than 150,000 men have
In other words, the cov-
enant has- been violated more than
200 times. Is this solemn pledge on
the part of these labor leaders an-
other effort to avoid legal restraint
at the time the Manford Bill is be-
fore the Legislature? I am convinced
that It. Those opposing the Man-
ford Bill are loud in their asser-
tion that Texas unions have not
engaged in strikes or slow-downs
and that these unions are being
penalized for what is happening in
other states. They say that for more
than one year they have scrupu-
observed a so-called gentle-
a’s agreement with the Governor
engage in labor controversy
nor resort to strikes.
I assert that this “genelemen’s
agreement” has already been vio-
lated by labor and that certain
Texas unions have been as guilty
those out of the state in their
efforts Jo hamper the war effort.
In making this statement, I call
attention to the following facts:
1. Has the strike at Love Field,
kept.” I am convinced that no baser
act of ingratitude can be found in
all history than this refusal to work
at the construction of shelter for
the wounded soldiers of this war
who had suffered in battle for these
very strikers!
3. Has the plumbers' strike at
Duncan Field, San Antonio, been
forgotten also? This strike involved
the construction of a hospital for
wounded soldiers of this war It oc-
curred in January, 1943.
4. Has the vicious practice of “ab-
senteeism” been overlooked in con-
Thvredty, March 25, 1MI
The thing that gets me is this
talk about raising more potatoes*
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Army Rejects
Mickey Rooney
Lt. Col. Agard H. Bailey, com-
manding officer of the Los Angeles
Induction station, announced Mon-
day night that film actor Mickey
Rooney has been rejected for Army
service.
Colonel Bailey said Rooney, the
Selective service” is the order of wor*c*5 No- 1 b°x office attraction,
the day for American farms In j *3een referred the induction
1943 and that, of course, includes center by his draft b^rd, and had
poultry j been given a thorough examination.
The national goal for 1943 as com- 1 Cause of the rejection was not
pored to 1942 is 400 million dozen ™«ie public by the Army officer but
Poultry Drafted
By Uncle Sam
For Duration
Poultry in Texas has gone to war!
I Rwenant, more than 200 strikes in- nection with the keeping of the term
more than 150,000 men have of the original “gentlemen’s agree-
jWcurred. In other words, the cov- ment” or of the written pact exe-
cuted with formality on March 2,
1943? “Absenteeism” is the clever
device used in lieu of the strike to
slow down production. I charge that
by this device both agreements
have been continuously violated and
are being so violated at this very
time.
Absenteeism at the Houston Ship
Building corporation, Irish Bend
Yards, up to March 5, 1943, was on
such a vast scale .that the com-
pany’s absentee list amounted to
2,000 men per day. The vice pres-
ident of the company stated about
one week ago that almost 900,000
man work days had been lost by his
plant, through absenteeism, during
the last 18 months. This amounts to
a strike of 2,000 men for 15 months!
He also said that due to this con-
tinuous practice of absenteeism,
eight ships had been lost in his
yards. In other words, if these men
had worked, his yards would have
turned out 54 ships instead of 46.
And someone says there is no labor
Dallas, been forgotten? In this! trouble in Texas!
strike 300 A. F. of L. carpenters, | Hitler’s submarines are not the
drawing $90 per week, walked oft only ones that are destroying Am-| tative. A resolution v.as adopted on
the job of constructing the Air-j erican ships. Think of the loss of | March 8, 1943, by the Houston branch
Transport Command for the Army. [ these ships, at our own port of Hous- j cf the National Maritime Union re-
This strike was called September ■ ton. I wonder what the gallant lads fusing to approve or sanction the
ton in the battle off the coast of
Java would think of this? I knew
they would resent with terrible
wrath the staining of a great city’s
name, which they have made glo-
rious along with its original proud
soldier father. Is this wholesale "ab-
senteeism” keeping the solemn pact
made with our Governor?
In this connection, let me solemn-
ly ask if a union can be trusted to
live up to an agreement which binds
it not to strike, when that union
permits 2,000 of its men to be ab-
sent each day, arid thus impaa pro-
duction as much as if 2,000 men had
actually been on strike?
5 Moreover, have we forgotten,
the outrageous practice of “job-
selling” which has been going on
in a dozen or more construction
plants in Texas during the past
year, a practice in which thousands
of unfortunate laborers have been
compelled to buy “work permit
cards” from the unions at f^om $50
to $100 each before being allowed to
work? Was this reprehensible prac-
tice overlooked in the agreement?
6. I further charge that an or-
ganized effort Is m \v_pn foot in the
CIO to repudiate the agreement be-
tween the Governor and Rocky L.
Davis, the CIO legislative represen-
farm manpower shortage. But even
this is not sufficient. The prices for
cotton and cottonseed should be ma-
terially higher. The Senators pro-
pose to sponsor legislation to se-
cure higher prices for the 1943 crops
of cotton and cottonseed. With high-
er prices for farm products, more
farm labor, and increased acreage
allotments, Southern farmers will lie
in position to make a much greater
contribution toward supplying our
country's critical need for vegeta-
ble oils, fats, food and fibre.
Higher Loan Rates
This Year Than In ’42
Producers of grain sorghums and
barley in Texas will receive higher
loan rates this year than they did
during 1942.
Under the loan program announc-
ed this week by Commodity Credit
Corporation through the USDA, loan
lates on grain sorghums will be
from 25 to 32 cents higher while
barley will be from 15 to 20 cents
higher.
Loans on*1 barley and grain sor-
ghums stored on farms will be se-
cured by chattel mortgage and if
stored in approved warehouses the
security will be warehouse receipts.
LOans will .mature on demand, but
not later than April 30, 1944 for
eggs or about 8 per cent more than
called for In 1942.
In Texas, however, Uncle Sam
wants farmers to produce 11 per
cent more eggs this year than last
ancj also to substantially Increase
meats.
Production Goal
And this means nearly 27,000,000
dozen more eggs than Texas hens
laid in 1942.
George P. McCarthy, poultryman
for Texas A. and M. college extension
service, says to reach this goal and
at the same time furnish more poul-
try for the pots and ovens, flocks
will have to be enlarged by start-
ing more chicks and their egg lay-
ing activity stepped up.
McCarthy suggests a second group
of chicks, one to come off not later
than early this month and another
as soon as the first group can be
removed from the brooder house.
And, say the experts, If you are
buying chicks remember hens can
be no better than chicks or, In oth-
er words, only health chicks make
the more productive hens.
"You simply can’t produce too
much poultry this year,” says Sec-
retary Wickard.
Almost Weatherproof
To which the American Poultry
Journal adds:
"Poultry Is almost a weather-
proof crop. Man-power Is not so
serious in poultry as in dairy and
some other crops, except In a few
places near war plants. From now
on, food might well be rated No. 1
In the war and essential farm en-
terprises given the standing of a
war plant or a frontline soldier.”
The egg feed price ration will be
exceptionally favorable this year and
egg prices probably will be slightly
more favorable than last year rela-
tive to prices of hogs and butterfats,
according to a recent report by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
the film star's mother, Mrs. Nell
Pankey, said he had been bothered
with heart flutter and high blood
pressure.
There are more' than 4<f0 prove*
gas fields fn Texas.
Get
A lexander’s
a Free Sample Today,
Real Estate
Farm and City
Loans
Office Phone 170 — Re*. Phone 139
Hockley County Abstract Bldg.
A. LUCK
L. C. HILL
JEWELER
*
LOCATED 9*1 WEST HOUSTON STREET
WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWEIJfY REFAIRING
No Merchandise
OPEN 8:30 A. M. CLOSE 6:30 P. M.
11, 1942, and lasted several days, j who went down on the cruiser Hous- ag: eement and calling on all other f barley, and not later than Jurie 30,
FOR EVERY EMERGENCY CALL
PLAINS FUNERAL HOME
k- Levelland, Texas
Phone 360
ALVIN R. ALLISON
Attorney at Law
First National Bank Building
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
PHONE 100
PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS
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Lubbock General Sanitarium Clinic
FORMERLY LUBBOCK SANITARIUM-CLINIC
GENERAL SURGERY
INTERNAL MEDICINE
J. T. Krueger, M.D., F.A.C.S.
W. H. Gordon, M. D •
J. H. Stile*, M.D.. F.A.CB.
R. H. McCarty, M.D. (Cardl-
i Ortho)
ology)
H. E. Mast, M. D. (Urology) •
general medicine
EYE. EAR. NOS* & THROAT
J. P. Lattlmore, M. D.
J. T. Hutchins^ .i, M. D
G. S. Smith, M. D.*
Ben B Hutchinson. M D.»
J. D. Donaldson. M. D.*
K. M. Blake, M. D. (Allergy)
X-RAY AM) LABORATORY
INFANTS AND CHILDREN
Id. C. Overton. M. D
A. G. Barsh, M. D.
James D. Wilson, M. D.*
Arthur Jenkins. M. D.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Wayne Reeser, M. D.*
OBSTETRICS
O. R. Hand, M D.
* In U. S. Armed Forces.
Clifford E. Hunt, Superintendent
J. H. Felton, Business Manager
School of Nursing fully recognized for credit by University of Texas
ai filiated unions to do likewise. The
resolution further charged that.Gov-
ernor Stevenson was anti-labor.
All the hue and cry by the labor
lobbyist at this time about the so-
called peace pact is simply smoke
1944, for grain sorghums
.Loan rates for'farm stored barley
are as follows: No. 1 barley, 75
cents per bushel; No, 2, 73 cents per
[bushel; -No. 3, 70 cents; -No. 4, 67
[ cents, and, No. 5, 60 cents. Farm-
screen to soften the demand for a st°rec* grain sorghum rates have
union regulatory bill. The Manford ^en scheduled at. No. 2 or better.
Bill is not an anti-strike bill, but
a measure that seeks to enforce
reasonable and proper regulation
upon the unions. There is nothing in
it that is hurtful to any union seek-
ing to aid the laboring man. It
does restrain labor racketeers from C‘°P- farmers must plant at least 90
practices that are hurtful to the I P" CMlt of thelr warcrop goals. P.
85 cents per 56-pound bushel;
3, 80 cents and No. 4, 70 cents.
Discounts at 2 cents per bushel
will apply on both barley and grain
sorghums grading mixed.
: To be eligible for loans on either
C. Colgin, commodity loan specialist
for the AAA in Teax-s, said. He add-
ed that loan rates for warehouse
stored grain would be 7 cents less
than the farm-stored loan fate.
public, to the unions, and the la-
borer. It is legislation designed to
aid the war effort, protect the pub-
lic interest, protect the honest la-
boring man from racketeers, and
defend him in his right to work. ,
Have heard this so many times
If this bill is passed, it will go a j we are to believe it: An Am-
long way to eliminate labor racket- ; arillo restaurant has the following
eering in Texas, and will protect printed on the top of its me(Gus:
the common laborer from the vi- [ „Bp kind to our hPip We can get
clous practice of job selling. It is , pIenty of cu.stomers.’’
designed to aid the honest laborer, J ^_
both within apdovithout the union
The Governor’s peace-pact, if sin-
cerely observed in the future, even
though it has not been so observed
in the past, will be a fine example
for the whole country, but it will
not solve the serious problem cre-
ated by irres;x>ns'ble labor leaders
who victimize the honest worker and
at the same time hinder and ham-
per war production. Some regula-
tory measure is necessary to re-
Bedding Law
Offers Protection
A law passed, by the State Legis
lature several years ago Is checking
the spread of disease through sec-
ond-hand bedding. Persons who are
buying second-hand mattresses or
the like should take advantage of
this protection, says Mrs. Bernice
SPRING
Is In The Air!
Let us clean your clothes now—so they
will be ready for your spring wear.
CITY CLEANERS
14 Years In Levelland ;
MO MEUTERU8
BRING TOUR HANGERS
strain those labor groups who would [ Claytor, specialist in home improve-
Tule or ruin—who would direct or j ment for the A. and M. College Ex-
destroy. We have found it neces- ! tension Service,
sary to regulate organized capital, j She explains that the purchaser
thedast two tragic years have made | should demand to.see a steriliza-
it clear that we must regulate or-, t ion tag which must be attached to
ganized labor. [ all such articles offered for sale.
.---0 ______ | The law eovers re-sale not only of
mattresses and pillows, but also of
feather . beds, studio couches, or
other similar articles. Only after the
bed din : has been germicidally treat-
ed by an approved method, can the
tag be attached.
In one recent month, 5,863 second
hand mattresses and other articles
of beclding' were sterilized in Texas
under the law, according to reports
of the State Health Department.
The job is done In 59 privately own-
ed sterilization vaults which are
regularly Inspected and approved by
health officials.
Mrs. Claytor says then such sec-
ond-hand bedding should be given
the best possible care If it Is to prove
a sound investment. A springs cov-
er, mattress cover, and a mattress
pad are equipment which will pro-
long the life of a mattress. Sunning
and beating once a week also are
recommended. A brief leaflet on the
care of mattresses and bedding has
been prepared by Mrs. Claytor and
Is available from county home dem-
onstration agents.
Senators Urge
More Cotton
Last week Senators W Lee O’-
Daniel and James O. Eastland urg-
ed Secretary Wickard and officials
of the Department of Agriculture
to greatly increase for 1943 the cot-
ton acreage allotment, and at the
same time Increase the price of cot-
ton and cotton seed because of the
critical need of the products of cot-
ton and cottonseed.
There is a critical shortage of
vegetable fats, oils, and protein
feeds. These essential fats, oils and
protein feeds are products of cot-
ton. Cotton Is two-thirds food and
one-third fibre. The entire livestock
and dairy industry Is largely de-
depenedt for its eixstence upon the
products of cottonseed. Cottonseed
meal Is the finest protein feed In
America. Cottonseed hulls are used
In the manufacture of synthetic rub-
ber. Cottonseed linters are the vital
source of high-grade cellulose, the
most powerful explosive.
Cottonseed oil is one of the most
widely used food products. Authori-
ties say that next to steel, cotton
Is the most important and essential
war commodity. The cotton surplus
is not too large. At the end of the
war a ragged and hungry world will
need much more cotton than we
now have. /
We hope the Congress will do
something to alleviate the acute
LEVELLAND LION8 CLUB
Regrular Meeting
Thursday Noon
Visiting Lions ,Welcome
State Feeding More
Sheep And Lambs
Sheep and lambs on feed in Texas
as of the first of this year totalled
242.000 head as compared with only
60.000 for the same time back in
1935.
With the exception of one or two
years the number of sheep and
lambs on feed for market in Texas
has increased annually.
But for the nation as a whole,
according to a recent report by the
Department of Agriculture, the
r.umber is 2 per cent smaller than
the record of January 1 of last year,
but larger than the number on
January 1 of any other year.
The movement of feeder lambs
and yearlings from Texas into the
Com Belt states during the last
six months of last year was larger
than in 1941, but much smaller than
in 1940.
In the sister state of sunshine—
New Mexico—feeding operations are
moderately down. At the beginning
of this year New Mexico had an
estimated 143.OOQ head of sheep and
lambs on feed as compared with
145.000 head at the same time in
1942.
BUY WAR BONDS
EGGS are
AMMUNITION
Vital food like eggs are as important as
ammunition in helping win the war. This
year do everything you can to get more
eggs from your flock.
FEED PURINA
y
Major H, Rodgers
FEEDS AND SEEDS
PURINA SOW AND PIG CHOW
PURINA HOG CHOW
JhjL fonAiuMAA, filsudqsL
FOR TOTAL DEFENSE!
• I will buy carefully.
• I will take good care of the thing*
I have.
• I will waste nothing.
* * * *
The National Nutrition Program In gatharing
momentum on all fronta spreading a newer knowl-
edge of nutrition throughout the land. No home can
operate successfully with broken or wore appliance
aids, and the need for keeping these servants in good
working condition is becoming more important aa
each day passes.
I'll take good
ear* of tka
tiling* I hav*!
YOUR £IadbuaaL (DealtUi,
is prepared to help you co-operate with th* Consumer'* pledge by repairing thoM
worn or broken appliance aids and placing them back on active duty. KEEP 'BM
WORKING ... an electrical seryant on th* shelf because of Ihe need of some
minor adjustment is a handcuffed worker. See yodt Electrical Dealer today!
Sout hwe stern
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Weimhold, Ruth. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1943, newspaper, March 25, 1943; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158397/m1/7/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.