L'S RETURN
HAILED BY AF OF L
AS HOPEFUL SIGH
Miami, Fla., Jan. 26 U.R
With John L. Lewis and his
United Mine Workers back in
the fold, the American Federa
tion of Labor today forecast a
period of growth, unparalleled
in labor's history since forma
tion of the CIO.
Members 01 the AFL execu
tive council, although worried
by the thought of jurisdictional
wars that are bound to come if
Lewis keeps control of UMW's
district 50 oelieved that the AFL
might soon catch even more in
dependent or CIO organizations.
Brewery and soft drink work
ers, suspended by the AFL in
1937, we.-e believed on their
way back to the fold. They have
asked for a conference with the
council next week. Lewis, now
on his wa- to Miami, will be
here to take his newly-won seat
on the council by that time.
Hopeful council members
thought that some CIO unions
might follow their old chief.
Lewis, back into the federation
and thus begin bridging the
split in labor which Lewis him
self caused a decade ago when
he walked out of the AFL. He
formed the CIO, made it a pow
erful, fighting opponent of the
federation, then left the new
organization to wage his own
battles as .in independent.
Once Refused Gun,
Marine Breaks All
Rifle Fire Records
San Diego. Cal. (U.R) A
marine recruit from Texas, Pvt.
Louis Kirk Relyea, 23, whose
parents once refused to permit
him to own a rifle, recently
shattered ill recruit records for
firing the 30-caliber rifle.
Firing at Camp C. B. Mat
thews, Cal., rifle range, Relyea
compiled a score of 333 out of
a possible 340 to surpass all
previous marks for recruits on
both coasts. The all-time marine
standard, however, still stands
at 337 out of 340.
Despite his parents' aversion
to firearms, Relyea managed to
get plenty of practice during his
school days by joining first -his
high school team and later two
college rifle teams North
Texas Agricultural College and
Southern Methodist. In these
instances the teams furnished
him with a rifle.
"After ;hat my folks relented
a little bit and let me buy an
old 410 shotgun," the marine re
lated. "But after I got it fixed
I found there was no ammuni
tion available, so that gun is
still at ho ne on the wall in my
room. It makes a nice decora
tion." Before entering the service.
Pvt. Relyea was an engineer
with the General Electric Co. in
Dallas, Tex. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Percy F. Relyea, live
at 429 Bowser St., in Dallas.
steps to Implement promises
made at the council's opening
Jan. 10 when Chiang announced
a four-point program of political
equality, release of political
prisoners, freedom of speech and
abrogation of secret police activity.
Sunday. Jan. 27. 1948 MZ2F0RD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEU
OFFERED IN CITY
Hinkle Parcel Delivery has
volunteered to call at any place
in the city to pick up old clothes
for the Victory Clothing Drive,
according- to C. Lyall Fidler
publicity chairman. The -delivery
service will respond to
any call within the city limits
and deliver the clothes to the
USO, drive headquarters. Last
day of the drive is Jan. 30 and
those who have not done so are
urged ' to turn In their old
clothes before that time.
The Jackson county drive Is
still slightly below the quota and
a "last minute" rush is needed
to put it over the top, Fidler
said.
Carey Thomson, drive chair
man, has expressed thanks for
cooperation given the drive by
the city and county school sys
tems, P . - T . A . organizations,
church groups, granges and the
general public and urges their
support in the last few days of
the campaign. "
OREGON DIRECTOR
Salem. Jan. 2R (II P) Choir.
man James Chambers of the j
state civil service commission i
announces that Lieutpnnnt Wil. :
liam Colman of Washington,
D. C. has been named Oregon
director of civil servcie.
Bonded
Insured
NEW MODERN
EQUIPMENT
UNIFORMED DRIVERS
PKQNE
AIRLINE
PARCEL DELIVERY CO.
PROMPT
COURTEOUS
-SERVICE
8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Sundays and
Holiday! Excepted
IRKED BY SEARCH
Chungking, Jan. 26 (U.R)
Work of the political consulta
11 called to unite
China appeared endangered to-i
J I Jn.nnpg(if lnaCtllP 1111-
UHy
nouncement that it would boy
cott the meeting because of a
police search of the home of
one of its delegates.
Democratic League Leader Lo
Lung-Chl said the nine league
delegates would abstain from
further council meetings until
General issimo Chiang Kai-Shek
ddiu nrnmioiG thill thp nPTROnal
" ' j
safety ol FCC delegates would
be assured. Lo also demanded a
report from Chiang on concrete
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WE PLAN FOR THE
ECONOCRAGY - PEACE
By J. C. Barnes
NEW YEAR
1 I 1
JIJLj
JOBS
ECONOCRACY THE INSTITUTION, IN A STATE IN
WHICH PRODUCTION OF WEALTH IS CARRIED ON
UNDER A SYSTEM OF FREE ENTERPRISE, OF THE GOV
ERNMENTAL MACHINERY NECESSARY AND THE ENACT
MENT OF THE LEGISLATION REQUIRED TO INSURE THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND STABILIZATION OF FAMILY UNIT
PURCHASING POWER AT A LEVEL HIGH ENOUGH TO,
AT ALL TIMES, INDUCE AND BALANCE CAPACITY PRO
DUCTION OF MATERIAL MEANS TO SATISFY HUMAN
DESIRES, WITHOUT SACRIFICING MAINTENANCE OF
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
Two years ago I published the pamphlet, ECONOCRACY
PEACE TIME JOBS. Now again, at the beginning of this New
Year I ask all thoughtful minded citizens of Jackson County to
read this pamphlet and help in its distribution.
The atomic bomb in two terrifying seconds of time demons
trated in such a spectacular manner its power for destruction
that all thoughtful individuals and nations, whether peacefully
inclined or not are joining hands for one purpose TO OUTLAW
WAR AND TO CONTROL THIS DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.
In our economy there has developed a threat less spectacular,
but no less certain, if uncontrolled, to destroy our way of life
UNEMPLOYMENT, with every new installation of labor-saving
machinery, and with every improvement in methods of product
tion and distribution, becomes more of a threat. This threat hangs
directly over the heads of each one of our 50 or 60 million wage
earners, and indirectly over the head of our farm family units
.and every ether citizen of our country. For SO years I have
watched this threat become more menacing, more capable of ful
fillment, more certain, if not checked by counter measures, to
destroy our American system of free enterprise and our way of
life.
Large scale unemployment in the United States would lead
to the establishment of a totalitarian state in which a well organ
ized minority forming an inner circle control would finally take
over the government, establish state-ownership of capital equip
ment and manage each separate industry through government
bureaus from offices located in Washington.
The unemployed problem would be solved, but in this
planned economy the individual would lose many of the liberties
he now enjoys.
There is a way to do away with unemployment, no matter to
what extent robots are designed and installed to displace workers
and still retain our free economic system. A balanced, compen
satory economy can be set up so that employment of workers will
be stabilized at a level high enough to at all times insure capacity
production of national wealth.
The machinery it is necessary to set up is outlined in the
pamphlet ECONOCRACY PEACE TIME JOBS.
FIVE PROPOSALS
1. A NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COURT (N.E.S. Court)
and a NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION (N.E.S. Bank).
This court to consist of nine members chosen in the same manner at the
member of our Supreme Court are chosen, with the same tenure of office and
salaries. The members of the court to be the directors of the N.E.S. BANK.
2. SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL LABOR COMMITTEE, appointed by
Congress to receive reports from the N.E.S. Court and make recommenda
tion to Congress.
3. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE FOR:
a $1.00 per hour minimum bate wage for common labor to be a constant
unchanging value to reckon other values from,
b A labor congress to organize courts to fix and rectify wage rates,
c A public works commission to blue print and have ready for contract
public works.
4. LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ONE FAMILY FARM UNITS.
a Stabilisation of the price of farm products at parity with $1.00 per hour
wage base.
b Embargo on the importation of farm products we can produce,
c Tax on quantity production by any tingle farm holding,
d Tax exemption.
5. $100.00 PER MONTH OLD-AGE PENSION AND SOLDIERS' ADJUSTED
COMPENSATION.
At this time I will not take up the discussion cf the last four
proposals.
I will try to show that the adoption by Congress of the first
proposal the organization of a N.E.S. Court and N.E.S. Bank, a
fourth branch of government, would tend to bring about a bal
anced, compensatory economy insuring continuous capacity pro
duction of national wealth.
FORMATION OF THE N.E.S. COURT AND BANK
As already set forth, the members of the Court and Bank
would be chosen in the same manner as the members of the
Supreme Court are chosen with the same terms of office and the
same salaries. The court would in reality be a fourth branch of
our government; it would have the same standing and prestige
that our Supreme Court is now accorded.
DUTIES OF THE N.E.S. COURT
The N.E.S. Court would report to the Congressional Labor
Committee (see Proposal 2) the 15th of each month and to Con
gress directly at the end of each quarter, the relationship that ex
isted for the period covered in the report between family unit pur
chasing power and capacity production of consumer goods and
services with ail employable workers working full time, and would
recommend Congressional action to restore any unbalance that
appeared to be developing.
HOW IT WOULD OPERATE
Example I.
CONTRACTION OF SPENDING POWER
IMPLEMENTED
Let us suppose the N.E.S. Court's charts indicated for say a
three months period an unbalance, showing that there was devel
oping an excess of family units spending power as compared with
the amount of goods and services available to meet the demand
or possible to produce with all workers working full time, a stress
toward higher prices that is an inflationary trend, would be indi
cated. In this example the N.E.S. Court would advise Congress to
impose a tax on wage income and so reduce family unit purchasing
power, advising Congress as to the amount of taxes to impose in
order to re-establish the balance. The amount withheld by taxes
from each workers' pay check would be credited to his individual
account to be returned to him when the balance tipped the other
way.
Example II.
EXPANSION OF FAMILY UNIT PURCHASING
POVER IMPLEMENTED
. Now let us suppose that the N.E.S. Court's charts indicate an
unbalance, say for three months in the other direction. Unsold
consumer goods have begun to pile up on the shelves of the stores
and in the warehouses of the manufacturers. Manufacturers
have begun to lay off workers to curtail production. The state of
mind of the workers who have jobs in regard to spending their
wages is affected, they begin to spend less. Unemployment is
now on the increase. The N:E:S. Court's charts show the exact
extent of this unbalance. Now the N.E.S. Court reports to Con
gress the extent of this unbalance and recommends that family
unit purchasing power be immediately increased.
1. The taxes on wago Income are lifted.
2. Money withheld from waget in the first example Is returned In monthly
Installments to the workers from whom it was withhold.
3. Congress notillos the PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
(See proposal 3-c) to immediately lot contracts tor t'ne construction of gov
ernment works already blueprinted.
HOW WOULD THE MONEY BE RAISED TO PAY
THE BILL?
Congress would approve the issuance and sale of employ
ment stabilization bonds bearing one-tenth of one per cent in
terest, in the amount necessary to restore the balance. These em
ployment stabilization bonds would be sold to the N.E.S. Bank,
the directors of which are members of the N.E.S. Court. The
bonds would be deposited with the treasurer of the United States
and the comptroller of currency would be authorized to have en
graved and turned over to the N.E.S. Bank legal tender bank
notes to the amount of the par value of the bonds deposited. This
money would be used by the N.E.S. Bank to pay for the govern
ment bonds sold to the bank. (This is the orthodox way of in
creasing currency in the currency stream patterned after the
national bank act, approved by Congress June 4, 1854).
In this way family unit purchasing power would again be
built up to furnish a market for enough consumer goods and serv
ices to induce capacity production of national income without the
government assuming a heavy interest burden. (The employment
stabilization bonds only bearing one-tenth of one per cent in
terest). WHEN WOULD THE BONDS BE REDEEMED?
When it was again necessary to impose a tax on wage income
to curtail family unit purchasing power, that is when again weekly
spending by the family units overbalanced production of goods
and services, a tax would again be levied on wage income and as
the currency was withdrawn from the currency stream, it would
be used to cancel N.E.S. Bonds.
DOUBLE CHECK ON CURRENCY EXPANSION
Before employment stabilization bands could be issued and
sold to the N.E.S. Bank the N.E.S. Court would have to recom
mend their issuance and Congress would have to vote the bonds.
This would provide a double check on the issuance of N.E.S.
Bonds.
WOULD CONGRESS FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDA
TIONS OF THE COURT?
A N.E.S. Court organized in the manner herein provided for
would soon establish a standing and prestige with the voters in
each Congressional district so th?t it would not be likely that a
Congressman would vote against a recommendation of the Court
unless he could show good cause for his opposition. The burden
of proof for his action would rest on him.
WOULD CONGRESS FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE COURT TO IMPOSE A TAX ON WAGE
INCOME TO CURTAIL SPENDING?
Again, the standing and prestige of the court would tsnd to
make the tax acceptable to the wage earner from whom a part of
his wages would be withheld, but credited to his account.
The establishment of the N.E.S. Court and Bank is only one
of the five measures that is necessary to be adopted to effect a
balanced compensatory economy.
It is necessary to establish a $1.09 per hour base wage for
common ahox to remain constant and the relative value of other
classes of labor must be established and brought to rest, not
through collective bargaining, but through collective determina
tion. Our one-family farm units must be protected and retained
as a part of our economic life.
In conclusion I want to state that Econocracy is a science
based on the theory that whenever weekly family unit purchasing
power spent for goods and services is less than enough to induce
capacity production of national wealth resulting in unemployment,
the State can profit by the circumstance through the issuance of
additional currency to be used to pay for Public Vorks to increaso
pending this currency to be recovered from the currency stream
through a tax on wage income when spending exceeds capacity
production of national wealth. Wag! rates and rates of profit are
the weighty factors in determining the selling price of a good or
service. The value of a dollar and rates of wages and the price of
goods and services should continuously tend to become stabilized
and brought to rest.
Econocracy provides for taxing unspent profits. On the other
hand, it exempts from taxation profits spent that increases em
ployment of workers regardless of whether the money spent is for
goods and services for personal use or spent in the development
of capital equipment.
We must not wait until 10 or 12 million workers are unem
ployed before we give proper consideration ic making the neces
sary adjustments to prevent wholesale unemployment.
I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to
those who have helped with their criticisms to formulate the pro
posals set forth in the pamphlet "Econocracy Peace Time Jobs"
and to those who since its publication have helped to distribute
and interpret it
Copies of this pamphlet can be had by calling at my real
estate office at 31 South Front Street, or dropping a postal card
addressed to J. C BARNES, 20 North Peach Street, Medford.