Labor Irritated With Washington's Policies on Wages, Bargaining
Labor Irritated With Washington's Policies on Wages, Bargaining Vinson's AcHons Precipitated Rail Strike Impasse WASHINGTON, D. C—Two nhings this week —on* big the other little—clearly painted tbe...
...Demo-sfearding to present esti-akts outnumber Republican* 7 to 3 in the armed services...
...Governor Dewey is a national figure and tha makes his farm politics, nationally important...
...The meeting went tete a protracted session...
...They are anxious to permit—and promote-— specific industry-wide agreements to expedite entry into full peacetime, production and employment The scheme will be comparable to the wartime powers to suspend the anti-monopoly statutes granted to the W.P.B...
...t-Wtite House intimates say their boss was the •at one to catch the hct public reaction of in...
...This is the ring: H. f Babcock, former head of GLF is chairman of Governor Dewey's Emergency Focd Commission...
...GLF pleas to farmers to hoard seem to have been heeded, far reports tell of hoarding in GLF warehouses and on many nearby farms...
...Loss of residence sss.Hni'attoTa will disfranchise many of them...
...The forces that are pulling for a reguaected economy -under business control—are stronger than the men in the Department ,a>aaJgkL...
...In many other cases it haa been •jgted voluntarily in order to use available more efficiently...
...whea Alexander I. casae te Paris to 1914...
...oa Ms eVrst psoas Jsaal te ¦tab* ever Earepe *• Christine principle!., Napsteea's es-auatetee...
...Responsibility for the situation sects sqjwrsly with War Mobilisation Director Jama* F. Bfiuss and his yes-man Economic Stabilisation Director Vinson who arbitrarily vacated a Railway hfcsdi-ation Panel award of an eight-con U aa lnaai increase for railway workers...
...It seems likely however, and unfortunately, that Berge is whistling in the dark...
...Hera Arm the Foefs Grain shipped to the Northeast by boat this year will total 180 million bushels compared to 118 million bushels in IMS...
...The printers Anally gat tired at ft and called a masting...
...In effect it meant a great stimulus to pooling,' allocation of materials and other devices for rigging the market and creating ?nonopoly prices...
...This situation is reveaied by Spade a progressive farm newsletter that charges that the Dewey-Farm Bloc crowd has encouraged hoarding and actually produced a shortage in outlying parts of the Northeast, while they themselves have shouted feed shortage...
...Chairman Donald Nelson, but it probably will differ in a number of ways...
...spagr-haaaV1 i by the New York Emergency Food Commission set up by presidentially-ambitieus Governor Dewey, that told farmers last spring prioes were too low, contradicted War Food Administration statements, and confused farmers, with the result that New York fell short of nearly every important crop production goal this year...
...There is nothing undercover about this drive...
...It presages the enormous strength in the north...
...In the eaae of the Washington msssaaatsi tbe publishers had bean tinsf tiSt setotssi the slick ren-a round far months hi ¦ iiiliaalaa' negotiations...
...lastead af gateg te the TaJWrtos Us ssateaty, for safety's sake, eaaaeat to ledge during the confereace at Tails...
...Public reaction, which has been ¦he War Profiteers get away with Has suddenly gotten hot about the in-pSne to our fighting men by the tt ryes ps and Democrats who fear the prest ly progressive leanings of our soldiers, and marines...
...Nelson...
...i of the, rest will need aa aggressive^ «am-psirn to get them to register in order U be ask to vote...
...These facts, too, help explain the Roosevelt eaastai to carry on aggtessive fight against the hay tide...
...AMG replied by putting a ban on political meetings...
...Negotiations have been resumed...
...fcftai the manufacturers went into Federal igriet Court here, asking an injunction to OPA from carrying out the Brownlee P*»l»~ The judge threw the case out of court...
...Atter the 1942 elections, it was estimated IK*- Democrats outnumbered Republicans 20 ajjjaB-to 1» mHIiuxi...
...In northern tier counties, in GLF territory, there was an average of 222 pounds of mixed feed per cow on hand on farms...
...The latest public report shows that 135 wartime certificates ef immunity hare been issued by Mr...
...It was demonstrated that the increase of eight cents an hour would not increase railway freight rates or passenger rates and would jsst he reflected in any increases in the cost of living...
...It is known that the Department of Justice opposes most of these moves...
...The little item waa the one-day stoppage on Washington newspapers by the printer*' union...
...Labor Irritated With Washington's Policies on Wages, Bargaining Vinson's AcHons Precipitated Rail Strike Impasse WASHINGTON, D. C—Two nhings this week —on* big the other little—clearly painted tbe ntomted irritation of labor with Aotejaie-tratwn policies...
...after Pearl Harbcr, Mr...
...H took pi s<ratted i ij riisllj lini Sgl pleadings to get them finally ta tonform aa* obey the law...
...When the feed glut at Buffalo could not be concealed...
...gj*» order servos to protect those profits being diminished in the...
...lost a month ago—on Nov...
...Among their mors rssstil performances in this ins art was defiance of the War Manpower Commission's order instituting the 48-hour week in the Washington de-fenae area...
...AMG Puts Curb on Political Activity in Italy Despite Protests ly ?U**AY f VfftfTT As the Italian political situation became more explosive this week, precipitated by a clash between AMG and the leading Itahan political parties, it was evident that the Allied authorities would seek to curb political activity by giving greater powers and control to the Badoglio government...
...nation and to decide to ape the changing tide to ease in swinging...
...Popular sentiment, it is ob vitas, is for the abdication of tbe king...
...The it OPO surrender of consumer interests is t» ft* big drag and chemical companies in the vasmin manufacturing line...
...Potensa and Ban, although Naples remains yet under direct-Allied military government...
...Many of these are ef a far-reaching nature, affecting entire industries...
...The vitamin-boys, who ri Washington, yessed Brownlee...
...Capital Comment fDR Message May Open Fire on Tories ty JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON, D. C—The grapevine report kki it that President Roosevelt is readying the jag Berthas to take the fight to the reactionary Bfcvjority on Capitol Hill...
...That the proposed program would be a cartelization of industry is obvious from the views ascribed by the "Wall Street Journal" correspondent to these "Administration officials...
...Is extremely hasnrdoua so far aa the Northeast is concerned and is not in the public interest-" Another Cornell trustee is Frank Gannett, Rochester publisher and arch foe of Roosevelt...
...the wfly aad cynical Talleyrand, seat a sseseeager to inform his •! i seat agateat sis Ufa...
...Nevertheless, it prob-sbb/i» true to" say that Aa realise' how much tnpsevelt depends an the ¦sfcher vote for a fourth tana...
...Charges for most J*"** services were frosen' generally at the leveL In authorising an increase *. customers' rates where overtime service is Jjrtded, OPA has recognised the problem that overtime costs have imposed upon many yP «sys OPA, ignoring the fact that quantity rjytgot going into overtime production in BP* »eys industry well in mounting profits...
...Supplies now on hand are greater than that, and added to normal movement are ample for six months...
...The fateful deciaior in the railway eaae waa ir the President's hands aa thia jna^ndtMlu What he wOl Mf cease operating ere* if tag Br3B, "-/C''^r^ through with weir strike call for n|>r| There is little doubt that in event of 1 ttijpt, the President will order the raib?o|rf|y|jsrf Wjgr and run by the Government, prmfU^Sf 4kt Office of Defense Tranaportation...
...He also Is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University...
...rmncT» bease...
...This proved to be one of the moat flagrant of recent examples of unwarranted interference with the processes of collective bargaining and inflamed the tempers of nearly one-and-a-half million railway workers...
...By November, 1944, ssstas, about 12 million sun wilt be under arms, al cf them having the lajsl right to vote...
...They could either have Whve set at f. ur-and-a-half times the cost of eajjuction, or they could have them set at We Jfe*' present prices...
...which Vinson set aside in vacating the award...
...To deny the vote to the awn who are giving their lives to defend democracy has just about blown the top...
...Facts on the real feed situation began coming out when the late run of" ore boats," filled with wheat, couldn't unload in Buffalo because elevator space was all in use...
...Dewey-Fa rm Bloc Created Feed Shortage as Anti-FDR Weapon WASHINGTON D.?.—The so-called "feed shortage" in the North****, which has been played by the Governor Dewey-Cornell-GLF crowd (GLF is a autre farm supply company opranized by tbe Grange,- Dairymen's League Mai Farm Bureau V actually is a stunfci ?oncsaled by the very erewrJ which is <»argjng, that dairy herds'wfft be ruf SIt»T*f arid babies * get rickets becaua* of WmSfSjpm bungling...
...But that isn't all...
...The pernicious practice of protecting war Itefiteering by passing on all business costs to 4* public is entrenched further this week in *Jjew OPA order which permits service ea-JteWunenta (such as repair shops, tailors, yets, laundries, etc...
...As far as is known, Morgenthau is sot involved in the Dewey-CorneH-GLF-Gannett coalition which has used the alleged feed shortage as a weapon in opposing food subsidies, not wanted among other reasons bseaaas they are less profitable to the larger dairy aad mfiling interests, including GLF, than higher prices would be...
...ar*tion representing the 15 leading drug ^aaaakat manufacturers in the field lodged *jf|"»Wl protest with Bowles...
...They charged ^* unless their appeal was upheld, the drug •JM eaemical corporations would prompt a Con-tassieoal lynching of OPA...
...The Associated Press reports that "violence has already, hfoken out in widely separated portions of Ms AM ill Italy Recently General Antonio Basso, who is emerging as the "strong man" on the monarchist side asked the Allied military authorities to turn over control to the Italian military organisations in order to "keep order...
...The Baruch committee is dealing especially with problems in the petroleum, • chemical and aircraft manufacturing industries...
...Pa., timbers in a GLF warehouse broke tbe other day under the weight of feed...
...All industries promptly wast aa the 4»-hour week here . . . cxeept tiM Washing-ton dailies...
...Nona at the printers left As a result, as printers is I was up to get out the dailies...
...The President's Christ-net message may sound the opening gun...
...Washington newspaper pnbUshert probably hold all indoor and outdoor rssards for yanft and fancy chiselling...
...slightest degree...
...At the same time a number of prosecutions for cartel deals were halted as "obstructing the war effort...
...The general' plea will be that in the chaotic post-war years combinations are necessary...
...Observers of the Italian scene point out that political events in Italy are yet to reach any full boiling point...
...With the margin aa dose aaaaatija Bspublicans, can win the presidency tooserelt will need all the soldier MMvaxi get and all those of war worker* hist ears stored fcr a slim chance to squeeze taasagh ft 1*44...
...Polities is one thing shstissUag tbe war is something else...
...It was this type of sharp practice whtah tits Waahington publishers used in stnQteg the printers union . . . until the men fat tired at it...
...These are borne out by a recent rapid survey of 100 farms in Pennsylvania...
...When leading Italian figures such as Croce and Sfersa protested, charing that the AMG "had beecnie the tools of the neo-fascists," the AMG coldly ignored the protest and forced a retraction of the charges of aiding "neo-fascists...
...Combined with the fact that the I ill issjss ggl legally arrived at under terms of the Railway Labor Act and the fact, that the Price Itshtfl ration Act gave the Director of aVgaosate 4av biliaation power to iatarfare in wags ianisasai only when they threatened to be reflected to increased living coats, the situation nnauiii l|i indicate that Vinson, acting under orders of gyraea> hsAgnna far— afield to permit tine railroad companies to resp ilhSlflt of war profits while keeping the workers dose to the grindstone of rising living easts...
...js • • 94 Al^N^fcl to?are Wir> Preifs Mac 0PA is still in full retreat before the drive of tWsr Profiteers Lobby on Capitol Hill...
...It is plainly seen in a lead storv on Monday, December 20, in the "Wall Street Journal," which claims that the "Administration is preparing to ask Congress to relax tbe anti-trust statutes for at least the first two post-war years...
...The Allied move to eontrorthasituatkn came in an announcement from the Allied Advisory Council for Italy recommending to General Eisenhower that control of most of Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia be turned over to the Badoglio government...
...The final form of this new anti-trust exemption, tbe Wall Street organ reports, will be determined by Bernard Baruch, who heads post-War planning...
...Tbe recommendation was voted at a meeting of the Council in Algiers and approved by Robert Murphy for the United States, Rene Masstgli-for the French Committee, Roger Making for Great Britain and Andrei Jj, Vjshinsky for the Soviet Union...
...In the October issue cf Farm Economic* published St Cornell Dean Myers said: "In tanas of expansion on long-term credit it is best for the individual to assume that the war will end shortly and not regret hasty expansion that will require years of incessant tcil and self-denial to liquidate " He also was appointed chairman of the New York War Bond Committee by fellow Corneal.an Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau...
...The big item waa the rota an the railway strike...
...and chairman of the Board of which is Gannett...
...And in Coudersport...
...The Prince's visit brought protests from democratic groups who pointed out too that Italian divisions have been ordered to wear the symbol of the House of Savoy...
...Spade points out the following: It is tha same crowd...
...It is believed by some here that Congressional iin killing the Soldiers Vote Bill proved Lstrsw...
...Vinson's action in the railway eaae contrasts sharply with his ever-ready agreement to Increase price ceilings under pressure of the war profiteers lobby...
...Babcock said: "Definitely, as I see it, expansion of dairies, poultry flocks...
...Feed shipped into the 9 North Atlantic States has almost doubled the last three years, but livestock and livestock products base increased only about 15 per cant in- that time...
...James C. Hagerty, secretary to Governor Dewey, asserted corn instead of wheat is needed...
...Recently they organised tin "Blue Party" with Crown Prince Humbert as their nominal leader...
...once the publisher of American Agriculturist, now a bitter anti-administration organ, one owner of which is Babock...
...The war Labor Board came to the rssoas af the publishers by declaring the aaaajiahj a strike and ordering the man back ta work las union obeyed the order...
...The maneuvering of his group to heat Witlkie to the GOP presidential ~»—*-r*frrn sad take on FDB is their own affair...
...to raise prices to cover wage rates- ^» ?*Ws action was made necessary," OPA said, Jf'ust of the decided trend in the repair ¦Jteesi toward a lengthening of the work week •g the payment of overtimes wages beyond the ¦f* *0 hours...
...With some' clandestine support from some Allied officials, the monarchist elements have renewed their activities to gain popular support...
...ii My Opinion* y^K eaght to east aa aMy those days te the parted ef tha restore-ttem after Napoteaa'a falL For usataaee...
...The lion's share of grain shipsassTt through Buffalo has been absorbed by GLF for its own patrons...
...Another big election factor aJU be the five to 10 million families who have saved to take new war jcbs...
...Two years ago feed mixers in New York bad only a 21-day supply, according to a GLF survey...
...The boats still are unloaded, will be frozen in until spring...
...Monopoly Groups Seek to Smash Anti-Trust Laws After the War"* I y DANIEL If a Monopoly elements are preparing a campaign to suspend the anti-trust laws and permit "cartelization" of industries to create stabilized markets...
...27—this column NHed along the tip: "Watch what OPA Administrator Cheater Bowles does about ceiling prices ai vitamins for a revelation of how far OPA is *8Jing to go to appease the War Profiteers...
...The new territory turned over the Badoglio government extends to the northern provinces of Salerno...
...Then they around to see Bowles...
...The oil companies, for example, want joint planning on the production of hjgh oil Site gasoline...
...Per one day Waahiagtati wee de~ pendent on out-of-town newspapers tar the news...
...He has thrown *Jta« Br:wnlee formula, and OPA, be has tie-*NW, WILL NOT set ceiling prices for Naoifed vitamins...
...A few months ago tbe Cornell tin sloes invested 8400,000 of Cornell's endowment fund to enabie fellow trustee Gannett to acquire the Bingham-ton Press, making it 21st in his newspaper chain, to keep it from falling into the hands of the liberal New York Evening Post Dean W. I. Myers of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell, former Governor cf Farm Credit Administration, and foe of the Administration, is chairman of the Nine North-erstem States Food Committee organised by Governor Dewey recently...
...Jht Chester Bowles has saved the day for the att aad chemical companies...
...In the American Agriculturist ef February 28, 1942...
...Tke President has wanted to do this all along, they say, bat has been held off by pressure of weriung oat the military combination with jfcuis and Britain . . . and by his legendary film of timing that made the President feel that the'right time to open the domestic cam-pHgti agshwt the reactionaries would be after St 1944 session of Congress opened...
...Although AMG has forbidden political activity in "forward areas"—those sections near fighting fronts—Crown Prince Humbert was permitted to visit Italian troops at the front...
...Although the latest Algiers declaration asks foj^saanmptior...
...The 48-hour week has been made mandatory **«y areas by rulings ef the War Manpower ^•¦•¦uasibn...
...Once that is achieved, the plea will than be that their continuance is necessary to stabilise the economy...
...of political activity in the areas turned over, the AMG is intent on ending polical ajtavuy in liberated areas as a result of the clashes between the anti-monarchists and the military...
...In June 1942, a "joker" was added to the' small war plants corporation act which permits the chairman of the War Production Board, without the approval of the attorney-general to grant certificates of exemptions from the anti-trust laws to business combinations considered necessary to the war effort...
...In the southern tier, outside GLF territory, there was only 38 pounds per cow on hand...
...It is only when Milan, Genoa, Turin and other northern industrial cities are liberated can one gauge the sentiment of Italy as a whole...
...The award1 Was granted under terms of the Railway Mediation Act...
...Tbe inside story, as revealed here, was that OPA Deputy Administrator James F. Brownlee, in Charge of prices, gave the vitamin manufac-¦taters their choice...
...The strength of the left-wing parties in southern Italy, traditionally apathetic to politics, is amazing...
...Tbe Washington, donate pat °n • heavy prnpsgjanaa campaign to gat the puWk to hsBaos tenant J Is fart that ttssg had to advertise three days running far thair lost ration books (at high 'r rill I ilu) It fore they could apply to that* rattan boaran far replacements The phony campaign las psovad a profitable bonanaa to the Washington papers...
...Recently Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney Gen seal, speaking on "The Sherman Act in the Past-War World" stated that "we can not longer condone private agreements to regiment indnKries...
...His seajeety aetsptod with emotion, aad the seakhmg aear af Barest, ehieh taraai eat aa mystorteaaly well far te the rote ef s gratefal gsjaaagl gaeat...
...At present through their stranglehold on the Office of the Petroleum Administrator, whose nominal head is Harold traps hot whose real chief is Ralph K. Da vies of California Standard Oil, the major oil companies have been able to squeeze out independent operators and tighten their grip after the war...
...Last week a rally in Naples attended by 5.0QO persons eheered every demand for the ouster of Victor Emanuel...
...Another era tuple was the mesassr one of cashing in on esses at pereoaa whs> ksac their ration books...
...White gsasa intimates promise the return of the legating Roosevelt'' of the early New Deal 'gtoa, and that tbe coalition of Republicans and .pujiiastt Democrats which has been running Cangr*«s will be catching hell from now on...
...That's tbe situation...
Vol. 26 • December 1943 • No. 52
