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THE DALLAS CRAFTSTAT-
THE DALLAS CRAFTSMAN
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Comnig Events
The most powerful factor in America is the American home.
The American family which owns its own home knows what it
means to say: This is my own, my native land.
In this way a people who live by a common heritage join
hands in preserving it for their children. In that same home
children feel best the meaning of all we call America. Thus na-
tional unity is born and preserved—first, inside one’s family,
then reaching out neighbor to neighbor, and finally encompas-
sing the entire community and nation.
Give your children the deepest roots of all—a home they
know is theirs—in a country of which they will forever feel
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Member F.D.I.C.
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In these times two purposes rise above all others. One is
to.d e • nd our Nation. The other is to preserve those basic in-
stitutions which make possible the American way of life.
Nowhere are these two purposes more deeply enshrined than
in the American home. ”” *
Labor leaders pointed out that
Byrnes embarked on the campaign of
decrees and directives after Congress
some weeks ago placed on a statutory
basis the Office of War Mobilization
and Reconversion which he heads.
T aking advantage of thaet law,
Byrnes is now reaching out for more
power over the home front, it was de-
clared.
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Railway Labor Act enacted in that
year.
At about that time, the late Wil-
liam H. Johnston retired as president
of the IAM because of ill health and
Wharton was selected by the Execu-
tive Council to fill the vacancy. He
was elected president the following
year and was re-elected in each sub-
sequent referendum until he retired.
Also, from 1930 until his retirement
he served as a vice president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Wharton is survived by his widow
and by two children from a former
marriage—Arthur O„ Jr., and Mrs.
Margaret Ellen Morrison, both of Chi-
cago.
A popular government cannot endure unless the people ob-
serve and respect its laws. The problem of law enforcement
has come to be of paramount importance. This is one of the
most critical periods in our history. The continuance of free
government is involved in the manner in which we meet this
crisis.
The present condition of disrespect for law will not disap-
pear until back of the courts and the officers is a strong awak-
ened public sentiment. When the people realize that their very
institutions of government are at stake and demand that laws
be obeyed and offenders punished, the rest is comparatively
easy. In this work a heavy responsibility falls upon the press.
The press should take an unswerving position for the enforce-
ment of laws as long as they remain on the statute books. If
we have enacted unwise laws, let us set about the work of cor-
rection in an orderly way. But let us recognize that obedience
to law is the basic condition without which popular government
cannot endure.-
A,10-room house 18 now awaiting its turn on the post-war
assembly line. It is a development of the petroleum interests.
. ; Thefurnace 18 10 inches in diameter and 15 inches long and
weighs 20 pounds. Much smaller stoves, capable of heating one
room will be available.
Christian Science
Lecture on Science
Of Unfolding Being
Claiming that man’s being, when in
accord with the Law of God, is both
healthful and happy, Herschel P.
Nunn, C. S. B. of Portland, Ore., will
deliver a free lecture in Fair Park
Auditorium, Monday night, January
15th, at 8 p. m.
Mr. Nunn is a member of the Board
of Lectureship of the Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
As another wartime New Year dawns, it is fitting that we
examine our hearts and minds, that we restate our purposes,
and that we renew our pledge to Our Country, to our employers,
to the public.
This year of 1945 may be our time of greatest struggle and
sacrifice. It may call upon us for more than we now think we
can perform.
We know now that there will be no speedy victory in Eu-
rope. We know now that our enemies are strong, vigorous,
vicious, well disciplined and well armed.
We know, too, that we must go forward. We have taken
1926, when it
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, . . When a family owns its home, it owns
not only the shelter for its hearth but holds in its own name
some of the soil of America. The family which owns or is ac-
quiring its home commands a stake in America, a living posses-
sion that it is ready to defend against enemies within or with-
out. Home owners take pride in the knowledge that they are
Rood citizens, that they are anchors of their nation’s security
that they are contributing to the nation’s welfare.-
of Boston, Mass., and the lecture la
given under' the auspices of the local
Churches of Christ, Scientist.
The subject of Mr. Nunn’s lecture
is Christian Science: The Science of
Unfolding Being. Everyone is Invited
to attend.
articles. The United States lumbers only about 50 species of
forest trees but has nearly 1,000 others that have been of little
use industrially, mostly because the wood is too soft. These
fast-growing trees can be used as substitutes for others that re-
quire a century of growth before they are ready for logging.
Wood treated with this process will be substituted for iron,
aluminum and other metals. It is impervious'to heat or mois-
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A new chemical treatment which makes almost all soft-
woods nearly as hard as steel, will produce a thousand kinds of
hardwood that never existed in nature.
For example, in a few hours, soft white pine can be changed
into wood as hard as ebony. Transformed wood can be made
to resemble mahogany, rosewood or cherry or any color of the
rainbow.
Geo. Clifton Edwards
ATTORNEY AT LAW
603-A MAIN ST.
First Block East of Court House
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NOTARY
PUBLIC
Town Meeting—E. G. Nourse, speak-
ing on "Self-Government in Business”
(Open to the public without charge.)
Tuesday, January 16, 8:30 p. m.
Concert, presenting George G.
Boughton of S. M. U.. in violin recital.
(Open ot the public without charge.)
Friday and Saturdy, January 10 and
20, 8:15 p. m.: Motion Picture, "Mon-
sieur Beaucaire,' celebrated silent film
with Rudolph Valentino (Small ad-
mission charge.)
preted as another step in the
paign to prevail upon the President to
deny labor's pleas for revision or the
Little Steel formula.
At a press conference, Byrnes took
sharp issue with labor leaders by
sorting, despite overwhelming i
to the contrary. that wage rate
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 9.—All em-
ployees in business and industry are
"covered” by the Social Security Act,
under Title II of which benefits are
paid to workers ae age 65, and to their
families in case they should die. The
amounts payable in either case are
determined entirely by the wages on
record with the Social Security Board
at the time of death, or when the ap-
plication is received by the Board.
All wage reports sent to the Gov-
ernment by the employer lists the em-
ployees’ names, social security num-
bers, and amounts of wages paid dur-
ing the quarter. The Board, in turn,
posts the amount of wages reported
by the employer to the individual led-
ger sheets maintained for each em-
ployee.
When the name and account num-
ber of the employee do not agree
exactly with the name and number
United Opposition
Formed Against
Forced Manpower
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Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Labor, industry and agriculture are
making a firm and united stand
against compulsory methods urged by
War Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes to dragoon manpower for in-
creased war production needs.
Spokesmen for these groups served
notice on Byrnes that the voluntary
methods which have resulted in "mir-
acles of production” must be followed
if new war material requirements are
to be met promptly and efficiently.
Any other course will result in chaos
and confusion, they warned.
Their visit to the "Assistant Presi-
dent’s" office at the White House
came after Byrnes had issued a new
compulsory manpower decree.
This time, he sought to coerce work-
ers indirectly, through their employ-
ers by directing that employers who
fail to comply fully with regulations
of the War Manpower Commission
may be crippled in operations by hav-
ing their priorities on materials with-
drawn. as well as heat, light, power
and other facilities.
While aimed ostensibly at manage-
ment, labor representatives said the
decree was designed to freeze workers
more tightly to their jobs and put ad-
ditional compulsion back of manpower
regulations.
In a report to Congress and the
President. Byrnes went even further.
He recommended legislation giving
the National War Labor Board and
the War Manpower Commission stat-
utory power to crack down on labor
and industry.
He made these stiff reeommenda-
tions even while admitting that war
production is now ample for the needs
of the armed forces. He argued,
however, that Federal regulations
must be tightened to assure continu-
ing supplies.
In the main, Byrnes’ report indi-
cated a disposition to "get tough,”
possibly on the theory that the Amer-
ican people are still too complacent
about the war situation..
Friday and Saturday, January 12
and 13, 8:15 p. m. Motion Picture,
"The Baker’s Wife,” hilarious French
film. ((Small admission charge.)
Monday, January 15, 8:00 p. m.
irtages
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name is received.
Never make changes on your social
security card. If the name is incor-
rect, send it to the nearest office of
the Social Security Board with an ex-
planation of the change to be made.
The card will be corrected, and at the
same time, the master record in Bal-
timore will be corrected, too.
By making certain that your em- •
ployer has the correct name and so-
cial security number on his records,
you will be assuring the accuracy of
your own record, and the same time
endless correspondence between the
personnel office, and the Social Secur-
ity Board in an effort to correct wage
items which were reported with an
incorrect name or number.
Wharton, Formerly
With Machinists,
Passes at Age 71
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Arthur O. Wharton, former president
of the International Association of
Machinists and in his day one of the
ablest leaders of organized labor in
America, has passed away at the age
of 71,
He died Dec. 21, in Tuscon, Ariz.,
where he had made his home for the
past five years and where he has
fought a losing battle to regain his
health.
Wharton headed the IAM from 1926
to 1939. during boom and depression
years, never sparing himself in the
fight to build his organization. Late
in 1938 he took a year’s leave, going
to Arizona in an effort to rebuild his
shattered health. He then resigned
as president of the union and as vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
Well over a half century ago "Art”
Wharton started as an apprentice
machinist in the Santa Fe shops at
Raton, N. M. After rising to journey-
man he became one of the Machinist
Union’s most active leaders on that'
road. In all the subsequent years he
never eased up for a day until ill
health compelled him to drop the
reins.
In 1912, Wharton rose to the presi-
dency of the AFL Railway Employes’
Department and built it Into a fight-
ing force.
In 1920, Congress put through the
Esch-Cummins bill, returning the
railroads to their private owners and
as parts of that bill, a United States
Railroad Labor Board was set up.
Wharton was appointed by President
Wilson as one of the labor members.
Reappointed by President Harding,
Wharton served on the board until
even those make him high-cost-conscious 1
suffers the loss of powerof the dollar, the effect of inflation
nBusiness, big and small, takes advantage of inflation to raise
pricesto.the consumer. A retailer might have his stock room
and his sieves loaded with goods which he bought before infla-
tion raised prices, yet he will sell these goods at inflation prices
He will not say I bought these before the raise in price and that’s
to your advantage now. Never does any business man pass on
tphis customerthe.adya ntage gained by having a big stock before
price raise. No that s not business and a business man is in
business to make money, naturally so. While the worker is paid
the same dollar in times of inflation or with a deflated dollar
heissalled a radical in demanding a pay in dollars, according
to their purchasing power of pre-inflation periods. 8
. . es, inflation and deflation are about the same when deaj_
ingin dollars. In inflation our dollars buy less, in deflation our
dollars buy more. Inflation,to a great extent, is self-imposed.
As in the case of many other 1.u-
ucts, wiring standards were lowered
during the war because of shor —
in materials and manpower.
struction codes were temporarily re-
laxed to permit such sub-standard
instatiations. -
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MOUND CITY PAINTS AND VARNISHES
MECHANICS TOOLS — HARDWARE
GARDEN SUPPLIES
WESTON HARDWARE CO.
H. P. HORSLEY, Pres.
“Over 50 Years in DallaV'
Inflation is just the opposite of deflation. We inflate a
balloon so that it rises, we deflate it gradually so it descends.
All we near these times is inflation, it is a most misunderstood
term. When we use the term inflation, regarding money, it
means that the dollar has lost its purchasing power. The dol-
ar is the United States standard of money, but sometimes it
buys much more than at other times. It is the cost of things
that inf ates our dollar, or could we say that the dollar is de-
flated because it has lost its value to a certain extent. I would
say yes. We could say an inflated wage, if those wages would
buy more, we could say a deflated wage when wages buy less.
It is not so much how much wages you receive, as what those
wages will buy.
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creases have outstripped rising liv-
Ing costs. . His statement was
In inflationary times wages might seem high, but they are
not, beetuse of the high prices the wage earner must pay for
things. We have learned to accept the rise and fall of commodi-
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to make very little difference to us, we buy it anyhow. Thwe
withouhaaujobaor short.of.money can only huy necessities, but
He is the one who
her, the wages cannot be posted. And,
until the discrepancy between the two
records can be reconciled, the wages
cannot be credited to anyone.
Therefore, it is of the utmost im-
portance that the employer have the
employee’s name and account number
exactly as it appears on the social se-
curity account card als it was issued
by the Social Security Board. Mar-
ried women occasionally correct the
name on the card themselves, without
notifying the Board. The employer
accepts the card and wages are re-
ported in the married name. The
Board, naturally, has no way of know-
ing about the change of name, and
therefore, cannot give her credit for
the only path open to a free people. There is no way back.
Whatever liberty may cost, in the end it will be worth every
drop of blood and every tear.
We have been complacent, overconfident about the war in
Europe. We know that now. Though the news of the Pacific
War continues good, let us not grow too confident over it. If
this one defeat in France arouses our people, if it shakes our
I complacency, it may save us from a worse disaster.
Thousands of American soldiers have been killed, wounded
। or captured by the Germans in the last few days. Immense
stores of munitions and food and motorized equipment have
been lost to the enemy, or expended in the battle. In trucks,
tires and gasoline alone, our losses have been heavy. *
| It does not require a prophet to tell us that this means
many thousands more of our sons and brothers must be called
to the colors. More guns and more ammunition, more ships and
more planes, must be provided. More of our food must go to
the Army—less to our own tables, perhaps. We shall have
fewer new .trucks, fewer tires, less gasoline. The war comes
first; it will not wait.
We, here at home, must toil, as never before. We will dig
down deep now for sacrifice money to support our government.
We will give of our blood to the blood bank in an ever increas-
ing stream.
Union Teamsters have a direct responsibility for the great
fleet of motor trucks that carries the untold weight of war ma-
terials to Army and Navy centers and to our Ports of Embarka-
tion. More than ever, it is now our job to make those trucks
lst, to conserve precious rubber and gasoline through strict
adherence to the reasonable speed regulations of the ODT.
This is our pledge. We will keep the wheels of the motor-
trucking industry rolling. Under no circumstances will we
sanction or permit a strike in our crafts during this war. We
will continue to strive, to the best of our ability, to render hon-
est, safe and reliable transportation service. We will maintain
our close co-operation with forward-looking employers to the
end that mutual confidence and understanding may prevail.
We will buy more War Bonds; we will support the Red
Cross and the Community Chest. We will do our full part in
all enterprises for the common welfare of Our Country, our
state, our cities and communities. We will welcome returning
Veterans of this war into our ranks without the payment of
initiation fees and find them good jobs in our various lines of
work. We will endeavor sincerely to subordinate selfish in-
terest to Our Country’s welfare. This is our pledge.
We understand full well that some of our members will
endure sacrifices because of this public pledge. A few selfish
employers will take advantage of it to force from us unreason-
able concessions they would not otherwise ask. We therefore
serve this notice: our memories are long; we shall not forget!
When this war is over we will take such steps as wethen deem
proper to right whatever wrongs our people have accepted in
compliance with this, our pledge, in this time of national need
We would be less than fair if we did pot state that we know
the great majority of our employers are fair-minded and pa-
triotic, They will work side by side with us in the common
cause.
To our members: We are proud of your strength and vour
courage. There’s a tremendous job to be done. We know that
you will do your full share—and more! There can be no Happy
New Year untilthis war is won. Let’s go!
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ALLAMERICAN BUS
Strike Losses
Sharply Reduced
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).
Strike losses In November amounted
to only one-tenth of one per cent of
the available working time, the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics reported.
Man-days of labor lost due to strikes
during the month represented less
than one-fourth of the amount lost in
the same month in 1943, according to
the Bureau's unoffirlal record*
In all, there were 375 small strikes
in November, a reduction of 65 from
the previous month. The number of
workers Involved totaled 200,000, as
compared to 220,000 in October.
None of the strikes was authorized
by the American Federation of Labor
or its affiliated national and interna-
tional unions.
Union to Oppose
Inferior Materials
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
A campaign to block continuation in
the post-war period of inferior elec-
tric wiring substitutes developed dur-
ing the war has been launched by the
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, President Ed J.
Brown revealed.
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At a meeting of the Manpower Com-
mission's policy committee—compos-
mIM, ed equally of representatives of labor.
The chemical bath can be used to mold sawdust, shavins | industry and the big farm orgamniza-
cotton, paper, leather, farm wastes and bamboo into hard woody orderwas
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tendde. such procedure would' harm
not help war production.
Output of munitions and supplies
has been built up to record levels by
voluntary means, and there’s no need
10 resort to force now, they argued.
Afi that’s necessary, they said, is
to tell workers and employers the full
facts about critical needs on the pro-
duction front, and they’ll do the rest.
Byrnes ignored the committee’s
recommendation, however, and
’bulled” through with the compulsory
order. It followed byra forenight his
previous "work or fight” mandate di-
Dracketst workear in the wages until notice of the changed
occupations.
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