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Friday, Nov. 8, 1940
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Fights Mussolini
GENERAL
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
By KUTII WYETH SPEAKS
I) AD the top of n box and allp-
* cover it; then add 11 separate
cushion three inchea thick. The
result will be n amurt ottoman
that either may match or contrast
with the cover of your fuvorite
chair.
The little feet made of
druwer pulls keep the ottoman
from looking like u box. A corded
scam where the skirt of the slip
cover Joins the top, and an invert­
ed pleat at each corner of the skirt
also give a professional touch. I
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Washington. D. C.
LABOR AND MR. LEWIS
The attacks on John Lewis from
some elements of labor, because he
indorsed Mr. Willkie in the cam­
paign now closed, have no sweet
taste.
Mr. Roosevelt's claquers maln-
tained that he is the only friend of
labor. John Lewis said not and so.
to them, that makes him an "enemy
of labor."
A worker who could swallow that
must have been so far gone in emo­
tion that he could be persuaded that
black is white. The New Deal has
depended upon Mr. Lewis more than
on any other single laborite—until
now.
Then Fiorello LaGuardia ranked
him with the forces of evil.
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Maybe as politics, that is under­
standable, but the back stabbing by
leading lights of the workers can't
be excused—especially in the C.I.O.
Never before John Lewis was
there any full and effective labor or­
ganization and collective bargaining
in our greatest industries—steel,
A new British cruiser is here shown being launched at an undis­
automobiles, rubber, oil. electrical,
closed port in England, to increase the hilling power of the Hritish navy.
lumber and shipping. Never, ex­
"As months go by the British navy is becoming increasingly powerful."
cept for John Lewis, would they
So states the British caption which accompanied this picture—which Is
ever have come.
truly remarkable considering the "strafing” of the embattled Isle.
Other labor leaders so opposed it
that John could only do it by seces­
sion and the creation of the C.I.O.
He believed in protection and or­
ganization for all of labor, the lowli­
LABOR TRUCES
est as well as the aristocracy of
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Defense Commissioner f
Sidney
;atx>r. They didn't He parted com-
Hillman's crack labor advisory pany The result was an addition
board is making use of an old ad- ¡o
ranks of organized labor of
age, "an ounce of prevention is 4,000,000 workers and a tremendous
worth a pound of cure" to over- improvement in wages and working
come one of the most serious ob- conditions for all workers,
stacles to preparedness—work stop-
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page.
I Exactly that was what I was try-
Quietly, the board has adopted ing to do in NRA. There is not a
the rule of getting employers and single advance in the condition of
workers together on a mutual agree­ organized labor that didn't have its
ment for the settlement of disputes birth in the nest of the Blue Eagle—
before activity is begun on a de­ the acceptance by industry of the
fense project.
rights of labor to organize and bar­
This new system ensures labor gain collectively free from the in­
the protection of its rights, and at fluence of child labor—the creation
the same time safeguards the em­ of a Labor Relations board for the
ployer from loss through strikes or settlement of disputes.
jurisdictional squabbles between ri­
Mr. Roosevelt says that the men
val unions.
who opposed that oppose him now.
Illustrative of the plan is the Well. John Lewis and this writer op­
agreement arranged between the pose him now, and we helped do Ilia I
contractors building the new six- when to do it was such pioneering
ways shipyard at Orange, Texas, and battle against both reactionary
for the Consolidated Steel corpora­ employers and reactionary labor
This soundphoto shows a general view where a northbound Atlantic
tion of Los Angeles, and the unions. leaders that sometimes I felt I Coastline passenger train was wrecked when it hit an open switch near
It was negotiated by Charles Mac- hadn't a friend on earth.
Lake Alfred, Fla. The engineer and two firemen were killed.
Gowen. able vice president of the
I had at least two. One was John
A. F. of L. boilermakers and a Lewis.
The other was William
member of the labor advisory board. ! Green. It is sad to me to see these
Before a spade was put to ground, ■ two men split today. In those days
MacGowen secured from Harry I never asked either for a sacrifice
Morton, contractor representative, of his position for the common aim
an agreement guaranteeing payment that was not made. I never asked
of prevailing wages, time-and-a-half either for help that was not given.
for overtime, double time for Sun­ Neither ever gave me a promise
day and holiday work, and no lock­ that wasn't kept.
outs. In exchange. Motion secured
I can't say that those early efforts
from labor a no-strike guarantee for labor had equal help from people
and arbitration of jurisdictional dif­ who support Mr. Roosevelt now. His
ferences.
secretary of labor sniped at it con-
| stantly. Mr. Wallace’s organization
1 poisoned the farmers against it—
U. 8. BLANKETS
Cable dispatches have made no said agriculture should get theirs be­
reference to It, but one factor cred­ fore labor, and that higher wages
ited by military authorities with under NRA raised the price of over­
helping to maintain the morale of alls and cotton gloves. Mr. Roose­
bomb-battered Londoners has been velt himself countenanced a disloyal­
several hundred thousand American ty in the organization itself which
blankets. They have been a life- led to its downfall.
saver for the harried men, women
But here, as elsewhere throughout
and children crowded into dank, his whole line, John Lewis fought
subterranean shelters.
night and day with all he had to give
Some time ago the British Red for the common man in the ranks of
Cross cabled a frantic appeal for labor—fought to victories that ad­
blankets for use in air-raid shelters. vanced that cause more in a few
The American Red Cross decided to years than in all the years of the
buy the durable and warm blankets labor movement since its beginning.
used by the U. S. army, which av­ He never led labor astray in his life.
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erage around $6 apiece in mass
EMPLOYMENT
CENSUS
wholesale lots, but immediately ran
The United States employment
into serious tangles.
One was the fact that the govern­ service of the social security board
ment was heavily in the market for is taking a sort of census of skilled
blankets for the army and navy. | workers to provide information on
and if the Red Cross also entered the availability of laborers for
the market, prices would certainly fense industries.
The board announced that
skyrocket. So the Red Cross turned
enumeration
and location of
to the defense commission’s busi­
U. 8. Ambassador to England Joseph Kennedy, left, is shown as J>e
ness aces, who immediately called workers is being carried on through
a conference of leading merchandis­ 13 especially established regional of­ bids good-bye to Premier Winston Churchill at No. 10 Downing street,
ers from Macy’s, Sears Roebuck, fices—in Washington. Boston, New London, before he left for the United States by clipper plane. Following
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Filene’s, Montgomery Ward and York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chi­ his return the ambassador conferred nearly four hours with the President.
cago, Birmingham, Minneapolis. Mrs. Kennedy accompanied him to the White House.
others.
By long distance telephone these Kansas City. Austin, Texas; San
experts immediately made a flash Francisco, Seattle and Denver.
For the last few months the bu­
survey of U. S. mills, which re­
reau
has been obtaining from the
vealed the discouraging fact that the
mills didn’t have 200,000 army-spec­ state employment services compre­
ification blankets on hand, even at hensive and detailed labor market
$6 per blanket. But there were am­ reports, showing the number and
ple "seconds’* available, blankets type of workers who are registered
rejected by government inspectors. with state employment services as
These could be bought at around $2 available for employment in defense
industries.
each.
Other information, being obtained^
And that was done. The British
got blankets without delay and at by direct canvass of about 20,000
a saving of $800,000. Simultaneous­ employers \n defense industries,
ly American mills cleared their covers each employer's current la­
shelves and the domestic market bor needs and his requirements for
the next 60 days.
was undisturbed.
This material indicate* the type
and number of workers needed and
CAPITAL CHAFF
To keep step with the new civilian the period of time for which they
army, the war department has add­ are expected to be employed. In
ed a civilian adviser to its press addition, the United States employ­
section. He is Harold Jacobs, vet­ ment service expects to have ad­
eran newsman, borrowed from the vance information on potential la­
bor shortages in any area or occu­
wage-hour division.
Dies Committeeman Joe Starnes1 pation through reports on the kind
of Alabama has come to the defense of jobs which state agencies have
of Rep. John Coffee of Washington, I had difficulty in filling locally.
Air Marshal Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, new chief of
who is being accused by his Repub-| The national labor Clearance ma­
Britain's fighting air force, takes over. Sir Charles succeeded Air Mar­
lican opponent of opposing the Dies chinery is designed to minimize un­
shal Sir Cyril Newall as chief of the British air staff, stepping up from
investigation. Starnes sent Coffee planned and unnecessary movement
his post of chief of the R. A. F. bomber command. He is shown (center)
a letter commending his support of, of workers from one area to another
going over plans with members of his staff at an R. A. F. station.
following
rumors
of
jobs.
th« ABtiuniUe«
WASHINGTON.—Little known fact
regarding Britain's attempt to aid
Greece was that this time, the Brit­
ish were not caught entirely nap­
ping.
S. veral weeks before the
Italian advance, they had smuggled
one division of Australian troops into
Greece, and they are now reported
to be holding the passes in the rug­
ged mountains of Macedonia.
However, the total Australian
force is not much more than 20,000
men. a mere drop in the bucket
compared with Italy's 200,000 troops
now advancing from Albania.
Biggest help the British can give
the Greeks, of course, is at sea.
There have been no major engage­
ments between the British and Ital­
ian fleets chiefly because the Ital­
ians have kept pretty well out of
sight. But now. with the necessity
of sending a constant stream of sup­
plies to a large army, the Italians
are sure to run into some major
engagements with the British.
Unquestionably, if the Greeks
should fall, it would be Jugoslavia's
turn next With the support of the
Jugoslav army, the Greeks would
have a real chance, for the Serbs
are among the best fighters in Eu­
rope. However, the Balkans seem
to be following the same policy ot
the Dutch and Belgians; that is,
letting Hitler pick them off one by
one.
Kennedy Says Farewell to Churchill
New Chief of R. A.F. Takes Over
Transforming a Box
Into Smart Ottoman
King George of Greece looking
over his troops. Greek naval, air
and land forces combined under the
king's leadership to resist the in­
vading Italian army.
Embassy Aid Arrives
suggest tucking the slip cover
firmly in place as shown in the
sketch.
If down or feathers arc used to
fill the sepurate cushion, muke an
inner cushion of ticking with a
top and u bottom piece the aizc of
the box top; and a straight three-
inch piece around the sides. If
kupok is used for filling, thia inner
cushion may be made of muslin.
The cover of the separate cushion
has corded scums to mutch the
box slip cover.
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INDIGESTION
may alect lhe Ibart
Herman Merten, former transla­
tor of the U. 8. embassy in Berlin,
shown on arrival in New York. Un­
like moat returning observers, he
praised Nazi government reforme.
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Knowledge
That jewel knowledge is great
riches, which is not plundered by
kinsmen, nor carried off by
thieves, nor decreased by giving.
—Bhavabhuti.
ACHING-SORE
STIFF MUSCLES
■ For PROMPT relief—rub on Mu»-
■ tarolr! M.uuui;n with thin wonderful
g| "coirNTKH-IKlilTANT” actually bring»
■ frrwh wurm blood to a-hing miuoUa
■ to help break up painful local con-
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■ platter! Made in 3 atrengtha.
Most Blind
There’s none so blind as they
that won’t see.—Swift.
Black
Leaf4Ö
JU»T
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OR SPREAD ON
ROOSTS
Runny Mood
It is good to lengthen to the last
a sunny mood.
Heinrich Starmcr, special German
envoy who arranged the Tokyo end
of the Axis deal, shaking hands
with Japanese Foreign Minister Yo-
suke Matsuoka after the deal.
Bomb Inventor
T0 «A
COLDS
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LIQUID
TABLSTS
SALVI
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cough oaoes
As You Walk
Religion lies more in walk than
in talk.
Antonio Pannutte of Warren, Ohio,
inventor of a new bomb that can be
guided to the target by radio from
the plane that drops It. It has wings
and a rudder.