THE LABORER YEAR No. 14 PANAMA, OCTOBER 24, 1945 a copy Mass Unemployment In 1946 Seen By Snyder In Report To Congress How About EMPLOYER PRAISES UNION AND WORKERS IN FAREWELL Strikes?
a jobs Our was PACIFIC REPORT that on Us MINNEAPOLIS. In fare future you will always recall well letter to his employes, with pride the splendid task By ROBERT WATT Charles Horn, President of postwar American economy.
you have performed.
WASHINGTON, SubsI hope the Twin Cities Member of the National War On the favorable side it pictantial Ordnance unemployment which that our paths will often cross Labor Board.
Plant of the Federal Cartridge may rise to eight million bytured 140, 000, 000, 000 of cash, and that when you remember Corp, paid high tribute to their the plant you will also renext spring and stay at that bank deposits and government American faces a troubled war services and to the CO member the boss, the managelevel all during 1946 was fore bonds in the hands of indiviindustrial situation. Strikes operation of the American Fe ment, who have always encast by Reconversion Director or three times the are on the increase. Treats ceration of Labor, which re deadeavored to be Snyder in a new report to highest prewar figure.
equitable of new stoppages are popping presented them. The plant was and fair in all things.
Congress and the President.
up all over the map.
It also listed the huge backWhat closed down when the war The test of reconversion is would not feet satisfied log of demand restrained by can be done about them? endued. In his letter, Mr with this farewell with unless and the rapidity war, a great accumulated need First, let us remember that Horn said: expressed to the leaders of the which the nation peacetime for housing, automobiles, washstrikes are not an economic This will be my farewell American Federation of Labor economy can absorb released disease, but merely the mani letter to many of you.
ing machines, refrigerators and Peace war workers and enreturning my appreciation of their veterans, Mr. Snyder emphaall durable consumers goods, fest symptoms of a disease. is at hand. The day for ter couragement and help.
and pointed out that business There is no cure all for strikes sized.
at minating war production asociation has been a very itself had funds for needed They can be stopped by pasthe Twin Cities Cities Ord pleasant one. The leaders and He urged tax revision. insing a law. That was tried by nance Plant has come.
new plants and deferred outthe members have always shown a excess cluding repeal of lays on maintenance.
Congress when it adopted the August, 1941, saw the com willingness to help solve the profits tax on corporation, to War Labor Disputes Act. The mencement of this great plant. problems which business have arisen stimulate expansion The report said that much effect of this lay has been to In April, 1942, the first car from time to time. Since the and make funds available for depended on how fast the po miake the situation worse. tridges were accepted and higher wages, lower prices and tential demand could be transday we commenced operation Congress enacted legislation to since that day over four bil not He also one minute time has increased dividends.
lated into production, sales and correct what was troubling us lion cartridges of high quality asked repeal of the percent been lost in operation because jobs because our economy could without taking the time to have been accepted by the of labor difficulties. This is a normal tax on individual in hot carry on out of accumulatfind out what was causing the United States Government. record of which the managecomes( which would free miled savings alone. These sav trouble.
great feat. In fair weather ment feels proud, and it is a lions of low paid workers from ings, it stated, were largely in and foul the faithful employes record which paying income taxes. doctor doesn attempt to must be very Asim the hands of middle and highhave done a magnificent job. gratifying to the unions and ilar tax program was recom er income groups, and the cure a patient illnes by treatNow comes the end, and to their leaders. am confident inended to Congress by Secre steady employment needed by ing the symptoms. He attacks tary of the Treasury Vinson.
the basic causes.
each and every one of you the succes of this operation business and agriculture to atThat what extend the hand of fellowship, can be attriguted to the coMr. Snyder called for upward tain full employment had to we must do with strikes.
kid you good bye and revision of wish operation which the managethe Fair Labor All strikes have the same come from current salaries and you godspeed. hope in the Standards Act, declaring that basic causes injustice, misunment has always received.
wages.
the good effects of the present It added that there derstanding and lack of labor40 cent minimum wage have much reason for optimism but management cooperation.
been nullified by rising prices. none for complacency and that While the immediate causes While stressing the prospect optimism based on ignorance of current strikes vary with oi increasing unemployment or failure to foresee the dit each particular case, the main trouble is peace ficulties ahead might wive way has By George RICHARDSON with the report did not paint an Gen. MacArthur staff entirely gloomy picture of the to unfounded panic.
brought serious pay cuts to arrangements for the ocSpecial Correspondent for most American workers. With cupation. Naturally, Gen. Macwage rates frozen during the AFLWNS Arthur was very busy. But war, workers had to depend he found time to see at upon overtime to meet higher was in Guam the day Jahis headquarters and to tell Now that the pan surrendered. It may sur US something of the problems he overtime is gone, pay envelopes prise you to hear that the would be confronted with was have shrunk considerably. In victory celebration there as Commander of the Allied WASHINGTON, The objectives.
the case of a mechanic receivrelatively quiet, partly because Occupation Forces in Japan.
labor management peace conthere was very little to celWhether Later we had lunch with him the ing one dollar an hour, his conference ference proposed by President take home pay has droupped ebrate with and partly because and at that time he spoke Truman will be held in the would decide to limit its work from 52 a week to 40 a week of the heat.
about labor.
to formulating machinery for nation capacital Oct. 29 or settlement of industrial dispute cue to the loss of eight hours The Important thing in the Gen. MacArthur made it Nov. 5, it was announced by overtime at was not a matter that Secretime and a half. life of every at that moSecretary of Labor Schwellenclear that the whole operation taries Schwellenbach and WalOut of that 40, about is ment was: of the war was on a bach.
team lace felt they could discuss deducted for taxes, leaving him basis. How long will it take before He regarded the proHis statement followed C32.
pending a report by the subThis worker may have can get back to my home duction efforts of labor as a preliminary meeting of repre committee.
been able to get along on 32 and friends?
vital part of the victory team.
a week before the war, but it sentatives of the outstanding If labor handn done its work labor and industry organizaTheir attention was called to takes 45 at present day prices For the first time, our boys effectively and produced vas tion at which President WilPresident Truman statement to buy the things he could get in uniform started going in quantities of fighting equipliam Green represented the in his message to Congress, in for 032 then. That means he for higher mathematics with ment, our armed forces would AFL.
which he said that he would has to reduce his standard of enthusiasm. Up to that point, not have been able to defeat shortly conene a conference of living and deprive himself and while the fighting was still the enemy so soon that was The conferees named a sub representatives of organized his wife and children of the going on the men weren so the very definite impression he committee to draw up plans labor and industry for the things they want and need. keen on getting out of uniform. gave us.
for representation at the purpose of working out by At this stage trouble begins. But the instant the war ended, We said good bye to Gen.
forthcoming parleys and the agreement means to minimize It is essential to the best inthey began adding up their MacArthur just before he left agenda to be taken up. The labor disputes.
terests of the nation that wage points.
for Okinawa. Not being able AFL man on the subcommitrates be lifted immediately to Secretary Schwellenbach was tee is Robert Watt.
to go along, arranged to leave asked to explain what interim make up for peacetime losses.
Next to getting home, the for home immediately. Manila It is likewise imperative that big question in their minds In order to prevent multiple machinery might be available is not an attractive place at better government was: controversies from wrecking to handle industrial disputes machinery which to stay these days. The the conference, the AFL has pending the possible establishbe devised to deal with indus What the chances of gett word ruin doesn adequately proposed that its agenda be ment of a new set up in place trial disputes. We look to the ing a good job when we re describe what has happened limited to the main issue how of the present War Labor labor management conference turn?
to that city. By contrast, the Board as a result of the forthset for Nov. to recommend to set up procedures for the reconstruction at Guam is peaceful settlement of labor The next morning talked coming conference.
such machinery.
miracle, while Hawaii is a Meanwhile, the disputes now that the wartime American to Admiral Nimitz. He invited paradise. To give you an idea the He replied that under Federation of Labor appeals to no strike me and the other labor press pledge has expired of how speed abolishes disPresident recent and the National War Labor Executive all the nation workers to correspondents, who were maktance, we made the return trip Board is about to go out of Order it was his duty to certify conduct themselves with pa ing a tour of Pacific outposts from Manila in an Army transcscistence.
cases to the War Labor Board tience and restraint during the at the invitation of the War port plane in 55 hours.
and that the board would be coming weeks and months until and Navy Depadtments, to atBoth Secretary Schwellen terminated as soon as it dis new policies are developed. tend his staff conference at My general impression of the bach and Secretary of Com posed on the cases in an or Extreme action may prejudice which windup of war trip is that America is in the merce Wallace made it clear derly way after the conclusion labor cause and it will cer operations was discussed.
Pacific to stay that we must that they had no intention of of the conference. He added tainly delay the reconversion Three days later we flew to keep and develop a chain of steering or dominating the that the Conciliation Service program which workers must Manila, getting threre just in Pacific bases in order to proconference but would seek to would also be strengthened in depend on for lasting peacetime to see the arrival of the tect our own country against be helpful in guiding it to its the meantime.
time jobs.
Japanese emissaries for talks any future aggression.
LABOR MANAGEMENT PARLEY.
SET FOR OCT. 29 OR NOV. living costs.
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