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Worker's Role in Politics Analyzed Labor’s Interests Fused With Average Citizen’s By BAUKHAGE Nrici Analyit and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. — "There never will be a Labor party in the U. S." In the aftermath of the election, I couldn’t help cogitating these words, spoken to me several years ago by an official who helped write some of the most important New Deal labor legis lation a decade ago. The reasons given were that workers In Amer ica were Individ uals first and members of la bor unions after WOIU-MIUJ »»v« V primarily citi- Baukhage zens with group interests common * other citizens. They didn’t look ai themselves as a political unit In analyzing the new congress, some people have made the mistake of pointing to the defeat of candi dates conspicuously endorsed by the CIO-PAC and the victory of those marked for purge. Then, because the PAC is an institution which has behind it one of the two big interna tional union organizations, these people imply that because of the de feat of the PAC, labor itself was defeated. As a matter of fact, la bor was not beaten by any oppos ing group. It was not a question of labor, politically organized, meet ing organized political opposition. It was a case of a lot of men who hap pen to belong to unions plus a lot of others who don’t going to the polls and utterly disregarding the wishes of a group which had tried to attach itself to the labor union and thus proving (as my friend said) that American labor is an Ameri can citizen first and a lot of other things next and when he sits in his union meeting he is a member of that local and not a member of a political party. 1 haven't the slightest doubt that many an American citizen, who otherwise might not have voted, did so because of the en ergetic efforts of persons in spired by the CIO-PAC booklets and contacts, the chief aim of which was to get voters to the polls. I am equally certain that of these voters who exercised their franchise chiefly because of CIO-PAC nudging, many vot ed quite the opposite to what the CIO-PAC wished. COP Win Sterna From Many Cautet But this election was something more than a revolt against the frank effort of CIO to reward those who had espoused specific measures or to punish those who didn't. When Guffy, Mead and Murdock were mowed down in the senate, men who certainly spoke the speech as labor considered it should be spoken, when 20 congressmen, marked for the purge at the PAC meeting in At X X lantic City last spring, were all re elected with one exception (and that was Representative Slaughter, beat en by the President'! own special efforts in the primaries); when things like that happen, you know that plenty of perfectly good union members in perfectly good standing were voting against the preach ments of the PAC. Perhaps if it had not been for two other circum stances PAC’s views might not have been so vehemently opposed up and down the line. Both have to do with good old American customs which spring from frontier days when emergency situations had to be met with emergency measures for the sake of simple self-preservation. One of those customs which has precedent implied all through the constitution is that too much power isn't good for anybody, and in a republic you don’t elect people for life, or put one party in power in definitely. That is one thing that accounted for most of the votes against the "ins” regardless of the candidates' persuasions. Another factor which added to the landslide quality of the vote is the old law of action and re action. Americans have a habit of going to extremes. They have cer tain tastes inherited from pioneers that make them ‘like their music loud, their horses fast, their stakes high, their goals worth winning. They are not as fast to start either a Aght or a frolic as some nations, but when they do get "het up”—oh, myl Failure to recognize that fact has cauaed what was the greatest military nation of its time to be licked twice In a generation. It was this characteristic, 1 feel sure, which cauaed Amer icana of ail aorta to awing much farther toward the conservative aide than they normally would have done. Their patience had been exhausted by the efforts of a screaming minority to Implant Communism on our soH and thua attempt to bring to this country the very thing from which America was supposed to be the escape, tyranny of the minor ity. Of late it has become the style to sneer at the majority. The "vulgar herd” and the "mob” were the con temptuous epithets of kings. The modem majority-scorner is more careful of his language. He phrases it so that it will appeal to the "peas ant and worker” or to the readers of persuasive and expensive page ad vertisements in metropolitan papers. The language differs when It comes from the extreme right and the ex treme left, but its purpose is the same: minority rule. Totalitarian ism as produced by a Hitler or a Stalin ia not too different from that more subtly suggested by the power ful pressure group in a capitalistic country. The 80th congress has a tougher job than the 79th. We hope it will be able to handle it. It was not elected to smash labor. It was elect ed to carry out a mandate (among others) to help keep labor from smashing itself. ^ ^ n n Marianne Forgives Fritz i was uie auy aner unnsimas in Frankfurt, Germany, 1945, when all through the ether there was static enough to make a trans-Atlantic broadcast impossible. I had an ex clusive story, so I sent it as a dis patch to David Wills, my substitute. In Washington. The story (1 said In my dispatch) would probably be denied, and 1 ad mitted it seemed incredible, for it revealed a plan of the French gov ernment to help re-populate France by admitting German war prisoners to citizenship. It seemed impossi ble, that, with the ancient Franco German hatred so recently fanned to new fury, Marianne would take her Parties Split On Hot Issues It may be that after the next elec tion we can get down to the old par ty lines again, but it can't be done yet There is still a pretty bad scrambling of Democrats and Re publicans on many issues which will split parties as It has before. It will be a relief if we do get back lj honest labels again The British are still haring their troubles on this score The Conservatives, who are the "outs,” have discussed changing their name. They have done It before. They have been known aa the '•Tory," the ‘‘Unionist’’ and the ‘‘National*’ as well as the ‘‘Conservative." Sir Hart’ey Shawcross, brilliant British prosecutor, tannted them about this recently and even went as far as calling them “neo-Nazis.” This sounded strange from those dignified lips which hurled one v>i the most restrained and yet most dev astating charges against the Nuern berg war criminals that 1 have ever leard in a courtroom. iiduiwuiuu wuriujr io ner oosom. The story was broadcast and that was the end. until, some 10 months later, it was confirmed in a matter of-fact statement of the French min ister of population, then touring America. A copy of the original dispatch which I exhumed from the flies re flects my feeling in its incredibility as I stood amidst the ruins of a German city with the memories of a twice-devastated France clear in my mind. The idea now apparently is accepted without comment. How well the plan will succeed. 1 do not know. But to me it is s comforting thought that it has been proposed because it shows so clearly how war hates are artificial things, and bear no part in the re lationships between Individuals. WISDOM OF AGE, CHARM OF YOUTH . . . This study of the blend ing of youth and age in friendship shows silver-haired Tom Davis, legal counsel for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, intoning a bed time prayer for a young friend, Frank Adler Jr., aged two, at Miami. For his words of wisdom, Davis is rewarded by the winsome charm of his young friend. NEWS REVIEW Decontrol Boosts Prices; Polar Jaunt Scheduled Price rises all along the line ac-< companied decontrol of the nation’s economy, with producers hiking items for full coverage of higher wages and material costs and prom ising lower prices when output reached volume proportions. Biggest manufacturer in the industry, International Harves ter boosted prices of farm Im plements and tractors 9 per cent to offset wage Increases amounting to 60 per cent since 1941 and higher material costa. Declaring its Intention of keep ing prices at a minimum, the company stated that it based Its increases on present costs and did not anticipate future higher operating expenses. Zenith Radio corporation an nounced an Increase of from 2 to 20 per cent on radios and radio • phonograph combina tions. Leading shoe manufacturers expected a 10 per cent rise In all standard lines as a result of the increase In the cost of hides from 15H cents a pound to 30 cents. Previously. General Motors and Crosley had boosted the price of passenger cars by (100 and indus try spokesmen predicted increases In some steel items, building mate rials, clothing, batteries and lum ber. Long held within rigid ceilings de spite mounting janitorial and main tenance expenses, landlords peti tioned for a 15 per cent boost In NEW TRACTOR . . . Unable to buy sufficient farm tractors In the United States to supply the de mand, Progreso Industrial de Mex ico had this tractor designed and built for sale south of the border. It will run on gasoline, kerosene or cleaning solvent. V - ■■■ - ■ " rentals. An estimated 16 million housing units have been under rent al control in addition to hotels, room ing houses and tourist camps. HIGH JUMP: Important Operation Amid rumors that other nations were preparing expeditions to search for reported uranium depos its around the south pole, the U. S. announced that Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd would lead a navy contin gent to Antarctica in December on a scientific study. While Byrd’s force will make ex haustive geological surveys in the polar wasteland to uncover any uranium, the famed explorer de clared that his band also would undertake intensive studies of geo graphical, meteorological and elec tro-magnetic conditions. Weather developing in Antarctica affects all parts of the world. Four thousand men, 12 ships and at least a score of aircraft will com pose Byrd's operation High Jump, as the expedition will be known. No part of the task force will be kept in the region during the Antarctic win ter but Byrd will establish a small base capable of supporting a small party for 18 months in the event of national need. PANAMA CANAL: Study Alteration Working under a special con gressional grant, top meteorologists and hydrodynamic, dredge and ex cavation engineers are busily en gaged in studying the alteration of the existing Panama canal or con struction of a new waterway to ac commodate heavier modern traf fic and decrease vulnerability to atomic warfare. Erected at the turn of the cen tury, the canal’s narrow channel and locks are too small for the latest warships and merchant ves sels. Water storage capacity of Gatun lake reservoir will be in sufficient to handle prospective traf fic by 1960 or a diversion of traf fic from Suez canal in event that vital artery is closed by war. To meet modern needs en gineers are considering increasing size of reservoirs, lengthening locks from 1,000 to 1,500 feet and widen ing them from 110 to 200 feet. Against these plans, some techni cians argue that it would be better to build a new canal with fewer curves and wider turns. However, it would be necessary to clear the bordering Jungle, install sanitary facilities, and erect dock and ad ministrative installations. The U. S. also would have to dicker with Pan. ama for land rights. PRODUCTION AT PEAK More Work Urged To Fill Needs WASHINGTON. - To meet its^ mushrooming industrial needs, the nation will have to work harder or return to longer working hours, the government warned. Although the nation's economy Is running at top i eacetime speed, de mand for most products still is un satisfied, an agriculture department report maintained. Harder work or longer hours, the report added, ap pear as the only means of boosting industrial production. Shortages Persist. "Production of many basic ma teria s is now near capacity, de mobilization is virtually completed and unemployment is now at a level j get erally considered to be close to a practical minimum." it said. ► "Further substantial Increases In Industrial production will have to be attained to a larger extent by long er hours of work and by more out put per worker.” The report said the September in dex of industrial production stood at 177 per cent of the prewar base 1935-39 and five per cent higher than September, 1945. "Despite large increases in the production of almost all types of consumer and producer goods, acute shortages persisted in various key lines,” it added. Incomes Still Soar. Individual income payments, meanwhile, are soaring to new highs. In August, allowing for sea sonal adjustments, the national in come hit a new record level of $169, 500,000,000. This was three per cent above the wartime peak hit in Feb ruary, 1945. Part of the increase was attribut ed to the fact that some workers already are working longer hours. Average work week in ell manufac turing industries in August was 40.3 hours. Coupled with an average wage of $1.11 an hour, this brought the typ ical manufacturing paycheck to $44.61 a week, six per cent lower than the wartime peak of $47.50 in January, 1945. but nine per cent higher than the $40.87 in Septem ber, 1945. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE Margaret o’brien has the Technicolor Blues. She’s doing a color pic ture for M-G-M, “The Unfin ished Dance,” and as a result —(1) she can’t play tag or hopscotch between scenes with the other children; her face gets so flushed that it shows up beet-red when she returns to work; (2) she can’t roller-skate; falls down so often that her bruised knees MARGARET O’BRIEN show up like sunsets. As a result she's become an expert at jacks, so good that few little girls will play with her, and has taken to swimming, with characteristic zeal. In fact, she's become so good at it that she wants to do a picture with Esther Williams. She likes col or pictures, but says they’re exas perating to make! -* Jack Leonard makes his film de but in “The Guilt of Janet Ames,” at Columbia, starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas. A juke box favorite, he was a featured singer with Tommy Dorsey from 1936 to 1940. He spent five years in the army, appeared at one of New York’s smart night clubs; then Co lumbia signed him up and is launching him on a new career. -* Want to rent a movie? An article in the December Woman's Home Companion tells you how to go about it—provided you do it on a non profit basis. Clubs, schools and churches should find the article most useful. -* Following that command perform ance before England’s king and queen, Ray Milland and bis wife plan to do some traveling — Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Nice and Rome are on their list. They’re due back in Hollywood in December, when he’s going to try to talk Paramount into giving him an actor-director contract. Looking ahead to the days when he doesn’t want to act any more? -* It happened at Mahan Hall, at Annapolis. Some 1,500 middies, lis tening to a warm-up speech by Milo Boulton before "We, the Peo ple” was to be broadcast from there, let out a howl when part of Phil Baker’s “Take It or Leave It” came through, and they heard Baker say, “And now you have 30 seconds to answer tonight’s jack pot question, ‘WJjat is the name of the Secretary of the Navy?’ ” -* Nancy Lauck, daughter of Chet Lauck, who’s “Lum" of “Lum and Abner,” celebrated her 13th birth day not long ago, and was given a St. Bernard puppy, her favorite present. She didn’t hestitate about naming him — called him Kilroy. • -* The audience got a surprise when Paulette Goddard showed up at the Coast CBS studio for "Bachelor Mother,” a "Hollywood Players” broadcast. Late shooting on the C. B. DeMille set left her so little time that she arrived wearing the tattered dress of a bond slave, her role in “The IJnconquered.” She had to sacrifice those terrifically i long fingernails for the part. And on one occasion, when she was wearing a gold bracelet spelling her name, and couldn’t get it off, a workman had to take a saw to it; in 1763 slaves didn’t wear gold bracelets! -* Producer Walter Bunker puts on a special treat for studio audiences at Fanny Brice’s "Baby Snooks Show." He doesn’t close the cur tains, but allows the audience to watch the last 15 minutes of the music and sound rehearsal. -Jfc Louise Barclay, who’s the actress on "Right to Happiness,” spent her time crawling around on all fours during her first stock engagement. The company did fables, and Louise played alternately a fox, a lion and a wolf. -& ODDS AND ENDS-When Ed “Archie” Gardner, of the “Duffy’s Tav ern” broadcasts, is not busy at the mike he usually sits with his wife in the front row. . . j George Montgomery and Dinah Shore have been building their own home at Encino, Calif.—in the process George dropped a log on one foot and broke a toe. , . . Arline Francis has been on many a radio show —“What's My Name’’ was one of her best; but she’s doing what she likes most on her new NBC series, “Affairs of Ann Scotland,” creating a new char acter. . . . After hearing all those gun shots on “Adventures of a Tin Man” ElsDeth Eric's learning to shoot. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Pretty i^fouAeA (f^righ ten \iit JdouAe ^jdroch ^JdaA ^dicle C^foAing _ I t t I VJEED a new blouse or two to ^ brighten your suit? Here are three lovely styles to make from the same pattern. Youthful round neckline or flattering V are pro vided, and you can have long or short sleeves. Choose snowy white crepe or soft pastels. • • • Pattern No. 8878 comes in sizes 12, 14, 18, 18, 20; 40 and 42. 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