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, KLsarieps ~ HowARD] VOLUME 56—NUMBER 151
It isn’t Labor Day at the Leavers’ home at 1007 E. Georgia st. It's Christmas. The story of the Leavers—invalid ‘Louis Leaver, his wife and two small chiigron-—was told in Saturday's Times. Louis Leaver fell 2 feet in a construction accident
lyzed left leg and no right leg.
a home fpr cripples. ages.
Leaver desperately.
: | WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Labor Looks Info Future
By SHERLEY UHL
HAT’S next for organized labor? Where does it go from here? Indianapolis and Indiana union spokesmen were knuckling down to % these questions with all their might on this first peacetime Labor day since 1941. They remember the plight of workingmen after World War L Keeping labor’s.wartime gains, rather - mg than pressing immediately for higher * goals, is their ‘general aim. Job security for everyone rates a higher place on their list of problems than does * the higher wages issue,
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2 ” " BUT THIS doesn’t mean they are for- , getting that with overtime curtailed, the _._A4ake home! pay is shrinking. Ra : In fact, union speakers advocate the need for elevating wages in order to hold up purchasing power and support full production. 4) No sort of “ism” should replace private enterprise, was the unanimous agreement of the spokesmen, On veteran re-employment, one of the touchiest questions, the labor representa- , tives support return of servicemen to their old jobs.
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» » 2 ~ . LABORS recent victory in Great Britain brought. conflicting reactions from the voices of American labor. Carl Mullen, state president of the American Federation of Labor, says it's a mistake, to predict the future course of ¢ American politics on the basis of the Brit-. ish labor landslide. “Our - living conditions have, vase
Charles Ww. Kern, state labor ‘commissioner . . » - “a {rend foward healthier labor relations.”
The 30-hour week is also predicted by Mr. Layton.
” ” 2 STHE ONE sure antidote against communism* and. fascism or any “ism” is to give every man an opportunity to have and hold a job commensurate with his ability and ambition,” So. said W. G. Truax, secretary-treasur-er of the Indi olis District’ Council of “Carpenters, ad “to American workers who have labored four years under red tape and-directives from Washington, government control has little appeal.” James Robb, regional director of the United States Steel Workers, C. 1. O. stressed this point: “We're anxious to convince management that we're not interested in directing, supervising or influencing production schedules,”
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outmoded here.” On the other hand, Walter Frisbie, state C. I. O. secretary, thinks America will follow Britain's example if private enterprise fails to supply enough ‘jobs
within a reasonable time. 1 8 8 8
“WE INTEND to co-operate in a genvine effort to make democracy work,” he declared. “Actually the C, I. 0. is the truest supporter of real free enterprise. © “We'd: like to see a real, honest-to-goodness competitive system, Mr. Frisbie said. Besides the immediate task of converting to peace production labor also faces problems in the more distant future when the “saturation point” will be reached on + civilian goods. This was the opinion of Arnold Atwood, regional secretary of the United Auto Workers, C. 1. O. “And the saturation point will come much faster than we think,” he warned. “For instance, with the newest technological developments, they'll be shelling out
automobiles like so many peanuts.” s ” y
AS A consequence he urges a guaranteed annual wage plan and a “full employ- ** ment plah.” “That doesn’t mean a second WPA,” he declared. . Labor diplomacy is going to, be needed —in the reconversion era, William Layton, local business agent of the International Association of Machinists (A. F. of L) believes. “Unions,” he says, “should ‘bend over backwards’ to avoid labor-management tie-
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, ups in the crucial period.”
a ” td “LABOR grew and prospered. within the framework of democratic government,” says Michael C. Granat, president of lotal 193, Teamsters union, A. F. of L. “The teamsters want to preserve that framework, bulwarked by a firmer and stronger social structure,” he said. “The public will get sick and tired of both labor and management if we don’t get together and talk things over peacefully,” was the frank statement of Ralph Cline, representative of the local Textile Workers Union, C. I. O,, who favors compulsory arbitration in peacetime labor-man-agement disputes.
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. #2 8 a “FREE enterprise has lots of ‘bugs’ in it, but we don’t want to exchange it for any ‘ism’,” N. A. Gibsen, acting state director of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers and Firemen, asserted. Charles W. Kern, state labor commissioner, summed up: a “The fact that prominent labor leaders and employer groups are able to meet and agree on certain fundamentals indicates a trend toward healthier labor relations, “It offers the possibility of settling our problems without undue friction.”
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He was face to face with a terrifying picture, home would be broken up soon. His children would be sent to orphan
“There must be something I can do,” thought Mr. He and his® wife prayed.
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better working conditions and job | . | security thereafter. | SEEK PRISONERS C.1.0. President Philip Murray .
Urge” Pay Increases and
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MONDAY, SrrTrMnrR 3, 1945 )
Then a neighbor heard of their plight and asked The , Times to help. Saturday afternoon his story was published. The first knock on the Leavers’ door came at 3 p. m. Saturday. : Since then, more than 50 persons, laden with cash, gifts, groceries and more precious than ever—offers of jobs that an invalid is able to do—have thronged through
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the house. charity, nearly $150 in cash was handed him. : “People came in and told me that the only thing they got out of life was helping others and that I couldn't rightfully deprive them,” said Mr. Leaver. The first visitors were Mrs. Bernice Goebes, who plans to start a couple of restaurants in a few days, and : (Continued on Page 3—Column 4) :
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80 months ago. -It left him with a shattered spine, para-.
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LABOR CHIEFS | LAUNCH DRIVE “FOR JOB GAINS
MARTHUR 10 CREATE BOARD ~TOMDIN RULE
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y-J Day Proves Quiet in Nation
Coast to coast, Sunday was v-J day, but Indianapolis and the. nation which hilariously. hailed the end of war mor# than two weeks ago did little celebrating ~ on the official. Victory day. Plans for Labor day generally overshadowed the victory observance officially proclaimed by President Fruman. Churches devoted their serv-
ices. to peace themes, (Text of surrender document,
At Dallas, Tex. officials asked about V-J plans said { Truman's V.J day address,
they had “plumb forgotten it | i Sitfeuie ows, {ae was V-J day.” | 4
RESCUE TEAMS | ci shckiri
Operations Will Follow Formal Surrender.
Shorter Hours to Spur | Consumer Buying.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3’ (U. P.)— Labor leaders opened a peacetime drive for economic gains and pe -perity today. , Joining government leaders in| lauding labor's war record, they asserted that the workingman must have complete protection during
United Press Staff Correspondent
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ENLISTED MEN'S DISCHARGE SCOR REDUCED FROM 85 TO 80 POINTS
1, 500, 000 Allied T roops To Occupy Japan
Men 35 or Over With Minimum of
Two Years’ ont on Ap
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The war debates dis-
closed last night that it has
‘Swift Series of Amphibious for enlisted men from 85 to 80 points and said that enlisted men 35 or over with a minimum of two years’ service would be released upon application. It also announced the army has ordered a recomputation of the points of all its personnel, under which a miniand mum of four to eight points will be added to the score of all ‘men and wonien who have served since May 12, 1945. All points earned since the defeat of Germany for servres erseas duty, combat awards and parenthood will be .MacARTHUR' S| added to the servicemen’s original scores.
HEADQUARTERS, Yokohama, Sept. 3.—The U. S. 8th army, spearheaded by 13,000 veteran cavalry troops, occu ‘pied Yokohama and pr epared for a triumphant march into the | | ruins of Tokyo today. Plans were completed for a switt series of amphibious operations to put more than 1,500,000 allied men
in control. of '¢ Japan: “Geli.” Douglas
the critical reconversion period and]
said there are “disastrous trends” in reconversion planning, and he called on political and industrial leaders to help labor reverse them “*pefore it is too late.” He said that consumer purchasing power is “being cruelly slashed by layoffs, loss of overtime, downgrading. and reduced ‘take-home ~while the fifamous ineubus-of
Search Difficult Because Japs Lack Recgrds.
YOKOHAMA, Sept, 3 (U, P).~ Joint army-navy rescue. teams yes Yerday began evacuation of 11.574
ing the important fact that |?
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nese camps in SI rel ane Hok~ kaido islands, Col. August E. Schanze, Leavenworth, Kan, head of the 8th army's G-1 division; an- “| nounced. ! Schanze- sald Gen, Douglas Mac-
the Little Steel formula smothers bargaining and holds wage rates far below skyhigh living costs.”
disclosed, plans to create a fourman advisory board comprising rep- | resentatives of the United States, “thé United Kingdom, Russia and
Sees Planning Lack China to aid him in ruling Japan
TRUMAN THANKS
Douglas ‘MacArthur, was »”
FIGHTING UNITS
Promises Early Return After,
‘lob Well Done.’ ROBEWE- 3. MANNING [United Press Sia ft Corresparident WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U, P).— President Truman last night thanked thie . nation's 12,000,000 fighting men and women for a job well done,
Service May Get
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“Congress meanwhile has been
guarantees: and other protections for business in reconversion, but has not lifted a finger to ald the worst victims of reconvérsion,: the | laid-off war workers.” He urged. enactment of the full employment and jobless pay bills, broader social security benefits, a guaranteed annual wage, immediate wage adjustments, a minimum wage
committee.
eager and quick to provide profit
of 65 cents an hour, and a per-|
Arthur had instructed the Japanese |" to stand by with transportation facilities so that prisoners may be brought quickly from inland camps)
{and navy vessels in the ports. “We know the Japanese are attempting to carry out the orders, » Schanze said. Col. Schanze said the removal of prisoners had been slow because | American authorities had scant in-
small, and the small ones are big.!
to U. 8S. hospital ships and army
until the day it can be returned under its own government to /the world family -of peaceful nations. The American member will | Fleet ‘Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. 1t was the v, 8. 1st cavalry di-
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6 HOOSIERS ABOARD
~~ SURRENDER SHIP
formation on Japanese camps, Some | manent fair employment practices|that formerly were big are now |
Shorter hours, higher pay and|Qthers have been abandoned en“a larger share for labor of the tirely. fruits of our wonderfully efficient] Depend on Red Cross industry” were demanded by| wp, Japanese government Kept| George plenny, sepretaty-isagure’ | no central filing system of prisoners, | rr merican Federation Ol| yper py name or nationality. |u. 8. 8. Missouri Saturday night Thetefore, to find any particular when the Japanese envoys signed Congress to Reconvene | prisoner we must go through the|the unconditional surrender docu“The application of new produc- | i Swiss Red Cross in Berne,” Schanze ments. : tion methods developed during the|sald, | The Missouri, flagship of Adm, war will greatly increase the pro- In addition to collecting prisoner | William F. Halsey, is ductivity of the individual wage- | information, the allied authorities President Truman's home state, earner,” he said. “A short work | are hampered by transportation dif-| The Indiana men, serving on the week therefore becomes impera~ | ficulties which slowed evacuatiorr. historic ship in Tokyo bay are Lt. tive.” “ft, can almost be said for a cer~ Cmdr. J, D, Hughes, 812 West dr., Congress reconvenes Wednesday tainty that right now there are for- |W. PF. Lantz, a marine, 5914 Julian to take up the problems of recon- mer prisoners walking toward Yoko-| ave; Coxswain Henry H. Carroll, R. version, and manpower will get top hama or Tokyo,” Schanze said. 5: Chiet Electrician's Mate James
Officers and Enlisted Men In Indiana Group.
Six Hoosiers were aboard the
~ some 10,000 of his count
consideration, | The task ‘forces will comprise W. Comfort Jr. 1343 N. Tuxedo st; There were Indications, mean<| army and navy officers and will|S8eaman 1-¢ Willlam M. Stuart, 3423 (while, that the senate finance com- | move from port to port with hospital | E. 10th st, and Shipfitter 4-c Moriris F. Hall Jr,, Danville, Ind.
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named for
He promised that most of them would be returned to civilian life} “as soon as the ships and ‘planes | can get you here.” “1t will take months fo accomplish,” he said. “For some of you, military. service must continue for a | time, ” because armies of occupation | must remain behind to “wipe out {Japanese militarism just as we are | cleaning out the militarism of Germany.” Mr, Truman spoke trom the white bo on the first domestically | broadcast edition ¢ of the armed
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'HALSEY _ WANTED TO KICK" THEM IN FACE
ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 3 (U. P.) —Adm, William FP, Halsey, whose contempt for the Japanese seems boundless, said today after the surrender ceremony that he would “like to have kicked each Japanese delegate in-thre—face” Bystanders told Halsey the Japanese delegation stole uneasy glances in his direction during the ceremony, They may.have recalled some of the names—printable and unprintable—that the 3d fleet commander called them as the war progreased,
{mittee may revise the Jobless pay) ships and army transports,
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{bill, which would provide a nas] se {tional maximum of $25 a week for| 126 weeks. It may substitute a pro-| | vision under which the government |instead would lengthen the dura-| tion of present state payments, ———————————t
BATAAN ‘BUTCHER | SIGNS SURRENDER
Wainwright Watches Grimly At 11-Minute Ceremony,
BAGUIO, the Philippines, Sept. 3 (U.P) —Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yama~ shita, the “butcher of Bataan” and| erstwhile “tiger of Malaya,” surrendered the last Japanese forces in the Philippines today in a simple 11-minute ceremony witnessd by two of his bitterest foes. ; | The 59-year-old bullet-headed Yamashita, who probably will face trial as a war criminal, affixed his signature to the eight-paragraph surrender document in a room of the high commissioner's building in this summer capital of the Philippines. Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright | and Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, Brit« ain’s last-ditch defender of Binga-|: pore, watched grimly. At the ‘end of the ceremony, Yamashita was escorted from the room v by Ma Pls to be taken - to Mantla's
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Gen. MacArthur Signs Momentous Document
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reduced the discharge score
“This program,” it said, “is in conformity with announced war department policy that the critical score would be
lowered progressively and as frequently as necessary to keep the {flow of discharges at the highest possible level.” ; The department said that the
of available transportation, no said that both- tactical and trans« port planes would used to bring back men eligible for discharge. It had no estimate of the number of men and women affected by the changes, but it will run into the hundreds of thousands, ! Reduce WACs' Score The army said “there will be no vacant space on any homewardbound ship or plane and as -soon as the pool of eligible high-point men starts running low the critical score will again be reduced so that there will be no slackening of the demobilization movement.” The department,: which also disclosed that the critical score for WACs had been reduced from 44 to 41 points, said that there are now only three highly technical skills which are considered so essential that enlisted men in those classifications must remain in the service regardless of their scores. ' These are orthopedic mechanic, transmitter attendant and electroencephalographic specialist. There
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ANOTHER HALSEY TIDBIT ABOARD U. 8. 8. MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY, Sept. 3 (U, P).— Adm. Willlam PF. Halsey sent the following message to Vice Adm. Theodore 8, Wilkinson whose 3d amphibious force landed the 8th army at Yokvaama: “I will provide a well-armed rowboat for fire support, if necessary.”
END MAIL CENSORSHIP
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U. Po). ~The army and navy last night ordered censorship of mail and telediscontinued among all members of the armed forces in the Pacific and Asiatic . theaters and on fhe European continent,
Meet Dottie Dripple In New Times Comic Strip
A new comic strip character, Dottie Dripple, starts in The, Times today. You'll like the hectic home life of Dottie, her husband, their little Jaughter and, of — course, the family d Dottie and her doings will furnish a chuckle every day.
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