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Philadelphia m CUNTON. «, C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954 Strikes Come High Always v • Strikes come high as the American people know from past experience. The Taft-Hartley law was enacted to reduce strikes, to give both labor and manage ment an opportunity to settle their differ ences, and yet there has been an agitation, led by former President Truman, to wipe this beneficial and fair legislation from the statute books. In spite of the opposition the law has been beneficial in many ways as the record shows and has helped reduce the losses in pay caused by strikes. In 1046 there were 116,000,000 man- days lost through strikes. In 1953, six years after passage of the Taft-Hartley law, man-days lost through strikes had been reduced to 24,000,000. How often have you read about a strike over hourly wage rates in a single plant or within an industry and wondered how it ultimately affected the workers’ pocketbook? How often have you stop ped to consider whether the gains achiev ed were able to offset the pay during the strike period? Here is an interesting analysis of how long it takes the worker to make up pay lost during a strike: If an employee in a manufacturing firm with take-home pay of $60 strikes one week and if he gains an increase of two cents an hour, it will take him one year and twenty-four weeks to make up the pay he lost. If the same worke^strikes four weeks, and if he gains six cents an hour, it will take him one year and forty-nine weeks to make up pay he lost. If the same worker strikes ten weeks, and if he gains ten cents an hour, it will still take him two years and forty-eight weeks to make up pay he lost. Ten-week strikes are not uncommon. A strike at a forging plant in Cleveland, O., started last October—seven months ago— and still continues. Those workers will never make up their lost pay in a life-time. The striking workers are the ones who lose. The union organizers and officials who order the workers out on strikes draw their same pay all of the time. They are the ones who fill their pockets to over flowing. It is reported from Washington that the John Lewis czar has owned one bank and now owns a second one. The Gloom Spreaders Wrong Since the exit of President Truman and others there has been heard a continued calamity howl with the prediction that the country was headed for a disastrous de pression. Just the opposite has been true, while there has been a mild recession; and one was needed—there has been no de pression and none is anticipated by Ameri can business. Business continues to show signs of a spring pickup with retail sales figures providing most encouragement. The gloom and doom promoters were given another licking on the chin in a speech made a few days ago by W. Dud ley Jewell, executive vice-president of the Bridgeport, Conn.. Chamber of Commerce, in which he said that “we can look for ward to an excellent year — probably about 5 per cent below 1953 levels—but still near a record.” Mr. Jewell went on to give some of the reasons which lead him to think that we have another good year ahead of us.- Here are some of them: According to the February, 1954, issue of Fortune, corporate expenditures for new plants averaged almost 22 billions a year since 1945—2 1-2 times the 1928-29 average—and are expected to top 26 bil lion this year. The February report of the National City Bank of New York reports that in the fourth quarter of 1953 consumers bought goods and services at the annual rate of $230.5 billion, approximately the same as in the previous two record breaking quar ters. For January’, reports indicate little slackening. Department store sales have matched those of a year ago despite severe weather and seasonal .white sales showed a pronounced gain. . In 1949 we had almost 4,000.000 un employed. Today we have something over 3,000,000. In 1949 there was a smaller total work force, making the percentage of unemployment higher than it is now. Yet in that year there was no talk of de pression. “There are two powerful forces that can have a powerful impact on our economy and our people, M said Mr. Jewell, “the force of change and the force of needs.” — Mr. Jewell then pointed out some of the changes as being that our population is'increasing at an astounding rate, that we have more new families, our people are living longer, we have more jobs and we’re earning more money, our farms have become mechanized, we have more high school graduates and we’re making great technological progress. These were the changes he listed. Concerning the needs, he said that our school facilities must be largely expanded in the next few years; we need more and better highways; we must rebuild the great majority of our dwellings; 67 per cent of our homes are over 20 years old and 50 per cent over 30 years old; we must rebuild many of our cities; we must modernize much of industry. Mr. Jewell thinks that the force of change and the force of need together can result in substantial, long-time up-grad ing of everybody’s standard of living. Those who have made an effort for po litical reasons to talk the country’ into a business collapse have failed and have a lot to answer for to the people of this na tion. Their effort was one of the most dis graceful chapters in American history. Their efforts to coddle left-wingers, fel low travelers and perhaps even commun ists themselves by their continued heck ling of the administration's efforts to smoke them out is another thing that should meet with the disapproval of th’e people. The business outlook is improving all along the line. The gospel of optimism, work and initiative should combat those politicians who apparently’ have been 110 ecrurses order to get an hoping we are headed for a tail-spin. ^? grte ' ^ Character and Brains I forecast that the above chang es mean young graduates will need good character more than ever be fore. Better training by homes, churches and colleges will be ab- A small boy can carry almost as many !solutely essential in this new lec- foolish things in his pockets as a woman' t J‘ onlc push “ ,butl * )n Wlse . . , .. the young people who now take can carry’m her handbag. ppcrRoon NASHVXU TfNNfSSCI THE. WORLD S MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL CUIDE Be ye doers of the word, end not heeren only, de ceiving your own selves. (James 1:22.) Read James 1:19-27. ' . James thus recognized a human weakness—our keenness only to hear the Word of God. We do not act upon it. It is, therefore, no wpnder that the whole epistle leads up to this great teaching of our text. Thank God that the faith we profess and follow does not give priority to hearers wh* are hearers but nothing more. Christanity is not passive. It is active and dynamic. A Christian cannot just listen. Neither can absence of evil from our lives ’alone maks us true followers of Christ. Not being one of the thieves who stripped the man of his clothes, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead would entitle us to the Lord’s praise. We must be good Sa maritans. Passive listening should not be confused with purposeful silence. Silence is positive and can be most active at times. Christ held His peace before false -witnesses in the courts of Caiaphas and Piflate. Yet, while maintaining silence, He never spoke louder and with greater effect. PRAYER Our heavenly Father, grant us the strength that we may be doers of Thy Word: that our faith in Thee may find expression this day an everything we say and do. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. THOUGHT I OR THE DAY To live the word of God is Christianity. Isaac A. Char an. Educator (India) not received much attention out. side is the recent emergence to power of what is officially called the National Democratic Front. Some opposition newspapers call it the politftmro. It is composed of 10 members—two each from the three major parties and the two labor unions. The major parties besides the Communists are the government group, the party of revolutionary action, and the party of the Gua temalan revolution. The latter is slightly to the right of the gov ernment party. The opposition press—still per mitted to operate without censor ship but under increasing pres sures—calls both of these parties everything from pink to Commu nist-in-disguise. Anbenz is not a Communist, but his declarations in recent times appear to hew closer and closer to the Moscow line—particularly with reference to the United States which he charges is sup porting plots to overthrow his government and re-impose ‘Yan kee imperialism.” Squabbles among the Central American nations themselves have become more heated* over the growing issue of communism. Nicaragua, under the 20-year rule of strong m«».i President Anastacio Some zb’s right-wing government abruptly broke off- re lotions with Guatemala this month with charges (hat the Gua temalan embassy in Managua wu used as a Red ptapatftnda center. 12 Piece REFRIGERATOR Set Four containers 4* x 4", two containers 4" x 8" size. Ideal for food storage and left-overs. They n#st for jtasy storing. iflios Bine Nile Central America Suffers From Red Jitters Guatemala, (May 29—Commu nism, with a toehold in Guate mala, is touching off new tensions and jitters throughout the rest of Central America. The lush tropical republics on the approaches to the Panama Canal are being inundated by ru mors of wars, new labor upheav als, charges and counter-charges to add to their age-old tradition of distrust for each other. Fears of communism’s boiled over last week when Guatemala brought in a big shipnient of arms from behind the Iron Curtain, and Washington countered swiftly with airlifts of arms to neighbor ing Honuras and Nicaragua. It is no disgrace to fall, the disgrace is in not getting up and starting over again. No matter how mad a man may get at his wife, he admires her judgment in mar rying him. • * * * Carelessness is usually in the back ground of our failures, or just plain lazi ness if you don’t like the first word. * * * * A mother asks, “What shall we do with the children”? Meanwhile the children are deciding what they will do with their parents. * * * * * Once upon a time children obeyed or ders. Now they lay them on the table for further debate.. Discusses , June Graduates By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., June 3 — Labor leaders have forced employers to resort to unprecedented research. This research is teaching employers that they can get on without routine workers. This should be a warning to those now graduating from high school or college. • Push-Button Age The development of lectrorucs furnishes the basis of modem automatic machinery. A simple illustratiori is the “electric eye,” which opens doors at the correct time without «ny help from you. Another illustration is the record-changer and turnover on our phonographs, including the automatic stopping of the machine. The most complicated are the new "missiles” which chase and catch an airplane without any human di rection. This same electronic principle is being ap plied to operation of a factory by a dozen em ployees, in contrast to the 400 formerly required. As their chief duty will be to “press push-but tons,” this can be done by women as well as by men. Labor does not realize the great changes ahead. Employers will always need human help; but not for many present-day jobs. They will want the intelligence and judgment of high school and college graduates. Serious Blow to Russia. China and India Russia has been depending on her massed armies to overrun Europe the first day of her at tack. As the Free Nations of Europe learn to use atomic weapons, wars will also go’on a “push button” basis. The great masses of Russians. Chinese and Moslems will be a nuisance to clutter up a battlefield. Premier Nehru recognizes this It explains his great desire to remain neutral. Electronics and the atom win cause tremendous changes in both warfare and educaton. It surely is wonderful to live here in the Unit ed States, which is leading in these new develop- menta I envy our young people who are to grad uate this month. They will have so many more opportunities than we oldsters had. I wish the schools and colleges would wake up to these that ace ahead. Better pension off the who. can teach only the orthodox bid- fashioned courses, bptaad of forcing young peple evening courses which will ensile them to move forward to better jobs when the dull ones are cast aside. I forecast that the Lin otype machine which-sets the type for this column will be abandoned for a new automatic photo pro cess. ’ The typical salesgirl of today could become obsolete. She could be replaced 70 per cent by “self- service” counters, 20 per cent by push-button vending machines, to which I have previously referred, and 10 per cent by highly-paid, intelligent salesmen and clerks who secure new customers. Such qualifications must be had by the June graduates who are to get good jobs. The field of advertis ing and selling is yet in its in fancy, with marvelous possibili ties for those who properly train therefor. I Forecast That This Change Means (1) Manual and routine labor will gradually become, obsolete. (2) ^0 keep employed those un-f. able to do anything else, their hours of work will constantly be decreased with the same take- home pay. This will boost the “Build-It-Yourself’ industries! (3) The pay increases will go to the serious and intelligent em ployees. There will be no limit to the salaries of those who have the needed character, brains, loy alty, and initiative. (4) The great U. S. problem will not be to raise crops, or to build homes, or to manufacture mer chandise, but to get people to buy. Hence, instead of subsidizing farmers, we will subsidize mer chants anti salesmen. (5) I am advising young men to become expert machinists, in stead of lawyers; trained outside salesmen, instead of inside pencil- pushers; and after graduation this June, to attend night school in preparation for the NEW AGE. These events capped months of seething unrest throughout this rich banana and sugar cane area over the Communist issue. The Kremlin target primarily is, of course, the United States. The Reds are finding a fertile field for Reds of distrust among the work ers employed by the United Fruit Co. and other U.S.-owned con cerns which have a prominent part in this area’s economy. The area’s measure of confi dence in the United States has been shaken in recent months by Red propaganda. The current Communist aim does not appear to be to attempt the violent overthrow of govern ments to set up openly Red satel lite regimes, but to infiltrate, ex pand and seize as many positions of power and influence as posskde. Under the left-wing govern ment of President Jacooo Arbenz Guzman, the Reds have had their greatest success in realizing this aim in Guatemala. An avowed Communist party member cbnirois the 1 big 89,000- member Guatemalan General La bor Confederation. A fellow trav eler who has trekked to Moscow and Kremlin-sponsored “peace” rallied in central Europe heads the only other labor force—the Na tional Confederation of Farm Worker*. 1 Reds hold seats in Parliament and weigh heavily in the govern ment’s radio and information services, as well as the social se curity system. \ A development here which has RE-ELECT call u* and wall ataka a tborou^i Impaction ot your proparty If tbay'ra prasant, wa'll taka cara of tkaa NOW and in tha FUTUBE. SURETY-BONDED Efird’s Extermi nating Co. DIAL 8S41 Spartanburg, 8. C J. ROY JONES Commissioner of Agriculture J. ROY JONES says: Agriculture, Industry, and Labor—walking together will insure a happy, healthy atate.” Agriculture Jones promoted farmer or ganizations for “better living through better farming." Industry Mill Executive says: Jones is steady, not excitable and can be depended upon. Labor* Jones was Chairman Uni form Labor Law Committee. 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