The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DALLAS CRAFTSMAN
THE DALLAS CRAFTSMAN
Facing the Facts
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Issued Every Friday
B. L. McILWAINE. Advertising Mgr.
With PHILIP PEARL
MBS. W. M. REILY, Publisher
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WALLACE REILLY, Editor
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DALLAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1944
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GRAHAM DISCUSSES RIGHTS OF LABOR
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PRECINCT NO. 1, DALLAS COUNTY
Democratic Primaries, July 22, 1944
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Subject to Democratic Primary
to open the door to inflation.
fears of inflation.
rates are realistically
A World War Veteran
Capable
Experienced
TOM FIELD
Serving on Red Cross and Many Government Agencies
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NELSON URGES UNDERSTANDING OF “CUTBACKS”
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Published by the RVILLY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Office: Ground Floor of Labor Temple, 1727 Young Street
Highest Salaries Paid Labor
in Lower Brackets in History
of the District.
Mail Address, Post
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INCUMBENT SAYS THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE ...
HE BLAMES YOU FOR WHAT HE HAS FAILED TO DO
Family: Wife and daughter.
Public Funds Drawn: $4,800.00 salary as District
Judge.
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and returning Government to the people and
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2,700,000 Married
Men in Uniform
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FRANK WILSON
Age: 43. Young, courageous and vigorous.
Residence: 6908 Lakeshore Drive, Dallas, Texas.
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Member F.D.I.C.
I have at all times been fair to labor an
ture will continue to do so.
SINK WITH SUMNERS"
Hatton Sumners whimpers under the lash of his own record ... he has a record in Congress; ask him 1
to discuss it!... He cries CIO, Communism ... He voted for laws which gave rise to both in this nation.
Hatton Sumners introduced in the House of Representatives the Communistic Court Bill No. 2140,
which would place the power of Federal Courts in the hands of ANOTHER BUREAU
IN WASHINGTON ... Hatton Sumners sponsored the legislation which led to "packing” the Supreme
Court... Congress has passed no bill to stop strikes.
Hatton Sumners has voted against practically every bill which has been of aid to the soldier of
World War I, against the old people. He voted no on continuation of the low rate interest Farm
Bill. Voted against dairy farmer subsidy.
He makes speeches in Dallas against bureaus, yet he has supported practically all bills which
have turned this nation into a bureaucracy ... ASK HATTON SUMNERS TO DISCUSS HIS REC-
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“There is no room for ‘cutback jitters’ nor for the kind of
wishful thinking which assumes that the war is already won
simply because we have taken the first successful step on the
long road to Tokyo and Berlin,” WPB Chairman Donald M.
Nelson asserted in his May report on munitions output.
He warned that both labor and industry must “discipline
themselves” against over-optimism and misunderstanding of the
significance of changes in the munitions program. Pointing to
the tremendous schedule of war production yet to be met, he
said: I
“For the immediate future, all we can reasonably expect
are some relatively small increases and decreases in specialized
segments of the munitions program, as battle experience proves
that we need more of some weapons, less of others. But those so-
called ‘cutbacks’ and program adjustments must be clearly un-
derstood in proper perspective. They are desirable develop-
ments, for two reasons: they will free manpower and facilities
for more urgent war work, and they will gradually—but only
very gradually—permit the nation to produce more of the es-
sential civilian goods for which there is a widespread need. So
far as can reasonably be expected, the -production adjustments
will not alter the fact—-not widely enough understood—that
the total size of the munitions program is due to increase some
13 per cent, during the next six months.
“The relatively few war workers who are freed by program
adjustments will, in the great majority of cases, be shifted at
once to other war jobs in plants which are lagging or in war
production programs which are expanding. Industry and labor
have the grave responsibility to protect our chances for an ear-
lier victory by not underestimating the magnitude of the huge
war production task which faces us in the months ahead.”
VOTE FOR
JOHN ROWLAND
(County Commissioner, District No. 3, for Second Term)
(Paid Pol. Ad)
The Dalian Craftsman represents the tree trade union movement, voicing
the aspirations and achievments of the American Federation of Labor It
does not represent the Bolshevik, L W. W. Anarchistic, Radical, or any other
movement injurious to the peace and stability of American institutlons. It is
for America, first and last, and for the honest, moral, upright, courageous
and true trade unions all the time.
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ernment from the people, destroying local self-
government, states rights and concentrating
power in bureaucratic Washington.
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the city of the applicant. Forms are
filled out by the wife and counter-
signed by the physician. Then they
are sent to the health agency of the
staet in which the applicant is resid-
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PAID VACATIONS FOR WORKERS. District workers were given
every holiday granted other county employees—this being the first
time in the history of Dallas County that the laboring men were
shown this consideration. John Rowland will be looking after the
interests of the working man as long as he is your County Commis-
sioner.
About one year ago Ed Cobb built an addi-
tion to his home in Irving on Oakdale Road and
Dave Cooper of the Carpenters Union will testify
that all carpenter work was done by non-union
labor.
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Washington. — The latest Census
Bureau survey, taken in February,
shows that at that time 2,700,000
women had husbands in the armed
forces.
The migration of war workers as a
result of the nation's industrial mo-
bilization has "caused practically no
change" to married couples, the Cen-
sus Bureau reports, indicating that
wives follow their worker husbands.
The war has produced a “remark-
able increase" in the number of mar-
ried persons, the survey shows, due
to “the psychological effects of war
conditions and to a new sense of eco-
nomic security resulting from full
employment and high wartime wages.”
Approximately 63 per cent of all
women 14 and over are now married
as compared with 60 per cent in 1940.
Most noticeable change created by
the war has been the virtual disap-
pearance of the civilian bachelors.
From 1940 to 1944 the number of sin-
gle civilian men 14 and over fell from
7,100,000 to 1,700,000.
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In answer to the question. “What are the rights of organ-
ized labor during wartime?” Dr. Frank P. Graham, public mem-
ber of WLB, presented the viewpoint of government on a radio
forum, “Washington Meeting.”
Dr. Graham said, “In peacetime, as a part of the lawful
right of collective bargaining, organized labor has the Tight to
strike to enforce its demands, has the right to strike for the
closed shop, the union shop, increased wages, the settlement of
grievances, and improvements of working conditions. Organized
labor has, for the duration of the war, voluntarily promised to
uphold the no-strike pledge made after Pearl Harbor. In peace-
time, organized labor can bargain for and receive any wage In-
creases to which a responsible employer agrees. In wartime,
under the Act of Congress of October 2, 1942, wages are limited
by the stabilization policies.
“The laws of the right to strike, and the imposition of wage
controls might undermine the authority, discipline, values, and
even the existence of organized labor without some equitable
provision for the wartime rights of organized labor. These
rights are: to have all unsettled labor disputes settled by the de-
cisions of a tripartite War Labor Board; to have the policies
and the decisions of the War Labor Board accepted by all par-
ties; ti have the right not to join or freely to join a union of
their own choosing; to receive, under the national stabilizaaion
policies, from the War Labor Board, on the merits, the equities
provided in the maintenance of a freely or voluntarily estab-
lished membership in the union; equitable wage adjustments,
adequata procedures for the settlement of grievances under the
contract, and, if unsettled by the parties, final arbitration at the
eend of the grievance proceduree; and equal pay for equal work
without regard to sex, color, creed, or national origin.”
It has come to my attention that a last minute un-
signed circular is being distributed, stating that I have
been unfair to labor, advocating low wages and low sal-
aries to County employees. This statement is wholly un-
true; It is true that in the depression a cut of 10 per cent
was made for one year by the Commissioners Court. This
was temporary and only in keeping with an extraordinary
condition throughout the business world. I at that time
voluntarily cut my salary the same 10 per cent.
Having addressed an open letter to
Tom Dewey, we intend to do likewise
now by Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Dear Franklin:—We don’t want to
be precipitate with our congratula-
tions, but since the Democratic Na-
tional Convention in Chclago hasn’t
any other serious candidate, we take
it for granted that you will accept a
fourth-term nomination.
Regardless of what your enemies
may say, we truly believe that you are
undertaking a fourth-term campaign
not in an ambitious or vainglorious
spirit but because of a deep sense of
duty to your country.
For twelve years you have served
your country well in times of crisis
and travail, with scarcely a breathing
spell from the terriffic strain of the
world’s toughest Job. You have done
your duty as you have seen it, not
taking orders from anyone and never
losing confidence in the future of our
democracy.
These are things no one can ever
take away from you, regardless of the
outcome of the election and regard-
less of the smears which will doubt-
less be directed against you during
the political campaign.
But your Administration has made
serious mistakes which we call atten-
tion to now in a helpful rather than a
critical spirit, because they must be
corrected if you hope for re-election.
Open and Frank Policy
First, we ask that you be more open
with the American people on matters
of foreign policy. A suspicion pre-
vails that you have not been firm
enough with some of our Allies in
this war who are giving the Four
Freedoms mere lip service. Appease-
ment is just as fatal a policy now as
It was before the war. It won’t work
with Stalin any more than it did with
Hitler.
As to the conduct of the war on the
fighting fronts, even you Republican
opponents have found nothing to kick
about. As Comamnder-ln-Chief of
the armed forces, you have done a fine
job.
But the direction of the war effort
on the home front has been upset
with increasing difficulties and the
problems now developing call for
stronger leadership than you have
shown in the past two years.
First, there is the immediate prob-
lem of a runaway cost of living while
wage rates are frozen. The combined
Labor War Board, made up of AFL
and CIO leaders, has repeatedly warn-
ed you that this economic squeeze up-
on the miliions of loyal workers in
this country is insupportable. You
have stalled and delayed and blocked
any remedial action.
This is a serious charge but the
facts support it. Price controls have
been relaxed all along the line, but the
Little Steel wage formula has remain-
ed rigid. You promised to Investigate
the ridiculous understated cost of liv-
ing index of the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, but the investigation has been
allowed to bog down.
We can understand your reluctance
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Adopted by Congress with the active
support of the AFL, an appropriation
of $42,800,000 is ready to help 500,000
service men’s wives and babies in the
next year, Katherine F. Lenroot, chief
Of the children’s bureau, Department
of Labor revealed.
The money is for emergency mater-
nity and infant care and is ready for
the wives of men in the four lowest
pay grades of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard. More than
40,000 cases are being authorized
monthly from this fund, which is al-
lotted to state health agencies by the
children's bureau, which administers
the program.
Every state is covered. Wives of
411 servicemen are eligible to the free
benefits. No inquiry as to financial
status is made. The government-fi-
nanced program is available now to
provide medical, nursing and hospital
care for the serivce man's wife during
pregnancy, childbirth and for 6
months after childbirth. It also cov-
ers care for the infant for the first
year.
Application blanks for this govern-
ment care may be obtained from a
physician, the local Red Cross, or
from the local health department in
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THE INCUMBENT
Age: 69 or 70—time of retirement.
Residence: Washington, Atlanta, Dallas or else-
where?
Family none—bachelor.
Public Funds Drawn: Approximately $300,000.00
for 32 years in Congress and 4 years as District
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adjusted to meet mounting living costs
American workers will be starved out
and will not be able to give the serv-
ice which the nation needs. This is
too great a danger.
Where to Get Off
The people you have put into office
to direct war mobilization and eco-
nomic stabilization seem to be guided
by editorials in reactionary news-
papers and have no regard for labor’s
pressing needs. We think they should
be told where to get off.
We also think, Franklin, that it's
about time you did something about
reorganizing the Department of La-
bor. It’s going to pot right now. It
needs virile direction. We believe you
should put a real representative of la-
bor in charge and let him work out a
plan for bringing in all bureaus deal-
ing with labor into the department
and working out a clear and uniform
national labor policy.
While we’re on the subject of labor,
Mr. President, some of your boys
seem to think the New Deal’s policy
is to give the CIO every possible boost
and the AFL every possible kick in the
pants. These pinkos are the boys who
have been secretly saying that you
have deserted the New Deal. They
are planning to take it over, with
Henry Wallace as their leader. Get
rid of them, before it's too late.
On the other side, you’ve got anoth-
ed bad bunch on your hands, the
Southern bourbons. They think
they’ve got you on the run, ever since
the Barkley resignation incident. We
urge you not to yield to them. For
the most part they represent a form
of native Fascism, which encourages
un-American prejudices and stays in
power because of the un-American
poll-tax. Don't yield to them.
Franklin, when you first came into
office you gave the country a shot in
the arm of Confidence which was bad-
ly needed. It's going to be needed
again in the next four years when the
war ends and we try to clear up the
wreckage in order to make a new
start. If you’ve got it in you to in-
spire the American people anew, do it
now. Otherwise, they may look for
new leadership in November.
You are going to enter the ring for
a fourth time in a title match. You
are the champ. But in order to stay
the champ for another four years,
you’ve got to have what it takes. From
our neutral corner, we wish you the
best of luck.
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