PAGE ELEVEN
BabsonDiscusses Labor
Hava Wt a Patriotic Congrast?
Babson Park. Mast.. March 13. In a llfetlma of activ con
cern In helping solve the problems of Management and Labor
I have always been on the aide of thoe who have been working
to raise the workers' standards of living. I have always believed
in collective bargaining. I recently told some employer friends
that they better get ready for a day when the closed shop may
be installed In our major industries and when Labor may be
represented on the boards of directors of such corporations
This is the present trend.
Slavery Looms If
Allies Defeated
Democratic capitalism must
be dynamic. It cannot stand still
11 it is to succeed against the
Inroads of other systems that
are abroad in the world today.
Furthermore, I realize that the
hard-won advantages which the
0 workers in this country have
achieved over the years must
not be thrown away. I say this
much as a good friend of all
concerned and as a former as
sistant to the secretary of labor
during World War 1.
The grim fact confronts us.
however, that we as a people
are today fighting for our very
lives. The continued existence
of all the values we hold dear
Is at stake in the global war
which now encompasses us. If
the United Nations are defeat
ed, the status of the American
working man and woman will
be degraded to that of slave
labor. This is what some con
'" gressmen seem to forget when
they insist that, in this grave
emergency, we must continue to
grant labor the forty-hour week.
They even appeal to a willing-
ness to extend general wage in
Q creases and otherwise permit
labor to entrench itself even
more strongly than before.
Short-Slghted Solons
Causa Most Worry
' I believe that such labor lead
ers as Philip Murray, president
of the CIO, and William Green,
president of the AFolL, axe hon
est and sincere men. There are
racketeers in the labor move
ment Just as there are racke
teers in business and in the pro
fessions. I'm not worried about
those fellows. It's the short
sighted attitude of a majority of
congressmen that l m concernea
about. This short-sightedness be
comes almost criminal when
congress permits labor leaders
even go so far as to call strikes
In war Industries in order to
enforce labor's demands. Con
gress should at least immediate
ly adapt the Canadian wage sys
tem. I sincerely hope congress
will again hear from home as
they recently did when voting
A themselves pensions.
The only argument I have
. heard advanced in favor of con
tinuing labor's special privileges
at this time is that other selfish
groups are doing the same thing!
We hear a lot about war profits
and "the selfish insistence of
the farmers" in demanding still
higher prices for their crops. 1
am opposed to excessive war
profits. I am also reasonaDiy
certain that Secretary Morgen-
thau and the present pro-labor
congress will syphon these pro
fits out of corporation treasur
ies by the 1942 tax measure.
Paid Farm Leaders
Fought by F.D.R.
This administration Is not
friendly to the stockholders of
America and no one knows tins
better than our labor leaders
who have waxed fat since Mr.
O Roosevelt was first elected. As
to the paid farm leaders, their
short-sighted selfishness is being
stoutly fought by the president.
In fact, he will, I believe, veto
the farm parity bill If it passes
In its present form. He is gettirg
tired and disgusted with all paid
lobbyists whoever they repre
sent. Our most dangerous foe today
la not Hitler. It is not Japan. It
, is our own refusal to give up
our selfish privileges for the
duration of the war. From the
evidence at hand, I regret to say
that labor seems to be one of
the worst offenders. The Rus
sian people and the Chinese
people are winning their battles
because they are sacrificing
everything to the common pur
pose - of defeating the enemy
When we cease to think and act
Oas labor union leaders, or as
farm union leaders, or as cor
poration officials and begin to
act as our embattled forefathers
did at Bunker Hill and Valley
Forge, we shall begin to win
this war. Then and only then
and not one day sooner.
Labor Main Causa
Of Inflation Era
Even apart from primary pa
triotic reasons, labor must real
ize that, by insisting on the re
tention of its favored peacetime
hours and WaffM atatna 14 la
bringing down unnn all nf ua
the full fury of inflation. Leon
nenaerson is absolutely right in
hiS Stand a0ninat waA In.
creases, higher farm prices, and
other attempts to hasten the in
flationary sniral. Th tntln
of the forty-hour week is only
an ODiique insistence on further
wage advantages. It marks the
point at which overtime pay
starts. I know workers are per
fectly willing, anvtime. in war
or peace, to work 48 or even 54
nours a week, it Is solely a ques
tion of wages that is Involved.
The decreased outaut nf
sumers' goods means that for
the duration wa all mut
the reality of a readjusted stan-
oara or living. If the workers,
bV inKlKt in An Hlrawt anaa In.
creases and the forty-hour week,
pusn wage schedules skywards,
they will merely be trying to
lift themselves by their econom
ic bootstraps. Their wage dollar
will buy less and less of more
and more articles. No system of
iixea prices can prevent uni
versal bootlegging.
Wag IncraasM In
Stamps Advocated
When wage increases are ab
solutely necessary, they should
be paid in the form of defense
stamps and bonds. There are
two good reasons for this: (1) It
would help sop up the surplus
purchasing power that would
otherwise go to speed up infla
tion. (2) It would provide a
grateful cushion for the work
ers later on against dislocations
of the early post-war unemploy
ment period when such bonds,
converted - Into cash, would
come in very handy. In fact, I
believe more of present wages
should be paid in defense
stamps.
Labor it making a fundamen
tal mistake if it insists that
peacetime prequlsites are per
manently endangered- if they
are temporarily waived as part
of the total war effort I believe
that some sort of legislation
suspending the work-week limi
tations contained in seventeen
federal laws should be enacted.
Such a repeal can by the
legislative act itself be con
fined to the duration of the war.
After the war is over the former
provisions would automatically
become effective again. Such
action would carry out the ex
pressed wishes of the president
in his last address to the nation
when he asked that continuous
and maximum war production
be maintained. I frankly think
that the house of representatives
blundered when it rejected this
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PEACE REICNED IN AUSTRALI A T H E N Continued Japanese raiding slabs at Anstralla have brought about all-out
weparations for war, when It comes. This Is a view of Brisbane, a city of 124,S0t and capital of tha state of Queensland.
SENIOR HIGH IN
CONCERT MAR. 20
The entire senior high school
music department, under direc
tion of Miss Helene Leach and
Mr. Wilson Wait, will present
a pageant-concert on March 20.
Some of the numbers to be In
cluded in the program are: a
concert version of the own
fauf by the entire chorus:
A Dire for Two Veterans."
a modern and timelv mmno.l.
tion that Is scored with drums
and trumpet accompaniment, to
do presented by the boys'
chorus: and tha romantic "I jrlv
of Shallot," which will be sung
by tha girl' chorus, with pan
tomime stage pictures.
The band will play a grouo
of contest numbers and marches.
among which Is "Pax and La
bor." With the stirring "Pomp
and Circumstance March," by
Elgar, the chorus and band will
conclude the program. Accord
ing to Miss Leach, the depart
ment feels that this pageant
concert will be the finest
achievement of the year.
There will be a nominal ad
mission charge and tickets mry
be obtained at Prultt s melody
shop, at the senior high school
office, or from any member of
the music department.
Clotlnr tlma tor Clajwltted Ada a
a. m. Too lata to Claaall; 13 40
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proposal tome days ago. I hope
the senate will revive it
Rmambr Franc
And Parl Harbor
Let us not forget that one of
the things which paved the way
for the defeat of France was the
insistence. Just before World
Warr II by the pro-labor Blum
government that French work
ers should retain their so-called
"social gains." This was the
crazy attitude of the French
government and of the French
workers even in the face of the
gathering storm. Those same
French workmen are today la
boring 70 and 80 hours a week
at a mere pittance of a wage,
turning out Hitler's war produc
tion. Were those workers able
to speak to the millions of mem
bers of the CIO and of the
AFofL, what would be their
messaei today? I know what
they would say. They would say
"For what does it profit a
worker to keep his forty-hour
week for a little while, if he
loses thereby everything he
holds dear, including liberty
itself?"
High School News
by
STUDENT REPORTERS
By Tholma Kaplon
Featured on Medford high's
regular Friday radio program
this afternoon was John BagUen
and his oration on "American
ism, the Protector of Liberty."
Ned Liebman, newscaster, pre
sented his regular weekly round
up of school activities. Jim
Tucker acted as general an
nouncer. Highlight of last
week's program was an inter
view with Jiro Shimodo by Ned
Liebman of the recent Southern
Oregon Hi-Y conference.
Southern Oregon's first Hl-Y
rally, last Friday and Saturday
with Medford high acting as
host was considered a success
by all attending. Guest speak
ers for the conference included:
Dr. Walter Redford, president of
S.O.C.E., who discussed "The U.
S. Citizen on the March"; the .
Rev. Victor Phillips, Methodist
minuter from Klamath Falls,
who spoke on "What Every
Citizen Needs ; and Everett '
Harding, northwest association I
area executive, who discussed ,
"Hi-Y in Today's World."
Club presidents of schools :
represented Included Warren S
Holbrook, Medford; Dick Fin
nell, Ashland; Gene Allison,
Grants Pass; and Bill Kennedy,
Klamath Falls. The presidents
from Marshfield and Roseburg I
were unable to attend.
Last Saturday night, follow
ing the Medford-O.S.C.E-. rooks
basketball game, the Order of
M held a dance in the girls'
gym to raise funds for the or
ganization's pictures in the 1942
Crater. The gym was decorated
in a patriotic manner, displaying
red, white, and blue emblems.
Order of M members In charge
of the affair were: Marc Jarmln,
Warren Holbrook, and Curt
Hopkins. t
An interesting review of
school activities for the past
three months was presented at
a regular A.S.B. business meet
ing this morning, after which
district regents of the D.A.R.
presented $7.50 to Opal Barn
hart, second place winner in the
D.A.R. state-wide print dress
contest, and $2 to Masa Kayama,
who received first honorable
mention. Miss Helene Leach,
vocal Instructor of the high
school, led the students in sev
eral selections before A. S. B.
President Don Shanahan ad
journed the meeting.
COLLIER'S COSTLIER
New York, March 13. W)
The Crowell-Collier Publishing
company said today that Col
lier's, Weekly magazine, would
advance its single copy price
from 5 to 10 cents and the year
ly subscription rate from $2 to
$3 effective with the May 8th
issue.
CABD OF THANKS
t wish to thank thou who wars
so kind and sympathetic and also
for tha beautiful floral offering,
during my recent bereavement. Mrs.
Will Jackaon.
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