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Unions Have No More Influence in Russia Than Under Hitler
Workers Can't Protest Since Government Dictates Both to Labor and Management
Bates Seated As National
Rep. Brown Denounces
Eugene Lyons, for six years the United Press correspondent in Soviet Russia, is an authority on its history and system. of a series of articles Mr. Lyons hag written exclusively for the ScrippsHoward newspapers is published today. .
Trend to Socialism
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — The
The fourth
By EUGENE LYONS The only way an American can understand the so-called trade!tic now going on between believers unions in Soviet Russia is to think of them as company unions in the' of two opposing political phileso-
worst sense of that phrase, The same government which enterprise appoints the officials of munist party group which dictates the labor end. When managers and trade union officials negotiate wage rates, it is in effect the gov_ernment engaged
In practice the farce has largely been abandohed; the central authorities fix the rates and other conditions. The unions have Eugene Lyons no more influence in Russia than they did under Hitler or Mussolini. Their main job is to discipline the workers for greater production and to punish them for slackness. As a worker you would have no more voice in the conduct of your union and the fixing of work conditions than you have in making
production policies—which is to say,’
none at all,
Fraternization Ended Before the war union function-
laries were normally chosen from
e Communists in the plant, mine pr other enterprise, Thus there was still a certain mount of friendship and sympathy tween the trade union bureaurat and workers. - To discourage such “fraternizaon,” union officials on the plant vel are now drawn from other tories and even other districts. Since the government is the only mployer, striking or talk of strike 5 treated as insurrection. There have been isolated iIngtances of attempted strikes—the ingleaders, if identified, have sually been executed. The worthlessness of the unions may be judged from the fact that labor laws and work methods nowhere tolerated by real trade unions are in force under the Soviets. For instance, all - payment for labor is on a strictly piece-work basis. Speed-up devices, pace-setting by the quickest workers and other super-efficiency measures which no self-respecting American labor union would permit are applied throughout Soviet economy. Prison for Tardiness Lateness of 20 minutes or more without adequate excuse is punishable by prison or banishment to a concentration camp. Children as young as 13 are in many parts of the country allowed to do adult work. Women work as coal miners, ditch-diggers, street cleaners. Workers are forced to pay for spoiled goods and tools and in some factories are searched when they leave the plant. Until 1929 the Soviet trade unions did maintain a margin of independence. . They could appeal to higher au-
thorities against the management
and had some voice in factory adSince then every= thing has changed. ‘i Today Soviet unions are simply government bureaus entrusted with enforcing onerous labor laws and administering some of the social security setups. Trade union officials have been shot for propagating “Western ideas of trade unionism.”
No Defense Trud, the official organ of the national trade union organization, summed up the reality when it quoted a high official to this effect: “Workers must not defend themselves against the government. That is Left opportunistic perversion, the
1946 general elections were merely a preliminary skirmish in the bat-
. | phies, Rep. Clarence J, Browm (R. appoints the directors of economic O.), told the Republican national its trade union, The same Com-| committee today. at the management end dictates at| He denounced what he called a | democratic trend toward state socialism. The committee is holding a oneday victory session hére to adopt a financial program looking toward the 1948 presidential campaign, Governor Ralph Gates took his seat on the committee for the first time as a representative of Indiana. Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind.), said that capturing congress this year was merely a first objective of the Republicans. Saye Vote Indorsed G. O, P. “I am confident we will go on and capture the ultimate objective, the presidency, in 1948,” Mr, Halleck said. He told the committee he realized that much of the vote given the Republicans last November was a protest vote. But in a large measure it also was a vote indorsing the record of the Republican members in congress, he said. : Mr. Halleck said President TruTwo Indiana university music| man “has said he wants to co-oper-school faculty members and a stu-|ate with congress and we want to dent of the school will present &/|co-operate with him, but if he sends {concert at 11 a. m. tomorrow in the| up some kind of radical program it D. A. R. hall, 84 N. Pennsyl- is inconceivable that we will covania st, operate.” Sponsored by the Indianapolis| The Republicans will move rapidPiano Teachers’ association, the|ly Mr, Halleck said, to “give the affair will feature Dr. Thurber H.|nation a sane and sound governMadison and Mrs. Margaret B.|ment” | White of the I. U. faculty and wil-| “We've inherited something of a {lam 8. White, husband of MIS. mess in this country,” he told the White and a junior student in the | committee. “We've got to do some-
school. : : 'thing about it and we're going to do A luncheon in the Lincoln hotel | jt »
| will follow the concert by Mrs. | Cites/Democratic Help | White, pianist; Dr. Madison, vio- pormer Benato John Townsend of Delawdre, chairman of the sena-
{ linist, and Mr. White, baritone. { a torial campaign committee, told the Prize Steer Sold |committee that what the Republican | ) |governors, senators and congressmen At $10.50 per Pound |do' during the next two DF will | CHICAGO, Dec. 5 (U. P.) —Royal determine the outcome of the 1848 Jupiter, Oklahoma A. & M.'s grand | presidential elections. champion steer of the International | Mr. Brown said Republicans had Livestock exposition, was auctioned |the help of many thousands of patoday at’'a show record price of triotic Democrats in the November $1050 a pound to Russell A. Fire- elections, | stone. “Unless we make our program The tire company executive an- work out in congress the November nounced that the great red-coated | victory will be a hollow one, inanimal will not be cut into steaks. deed. The forces we defeated are
IN CONCERT — Mrs.. Mar-
garet B. White . . . will accompany - her baritone - husband, William.
JHalleck Confident GO
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| Instead, it will be used on tour at still here. If those who believe in a {livestock shows and agricultural different type of government come {colleges throughout the nation. back into power, then the days of Royal Jupiter weighed 1370 pounds the republic be numbered.” lat the time he won the top show {award Tuesday. It was understood {that in the excitement of the exhi- | bition since that time, he had shed |a few pounds.
Notre Dame Plans.
Burial of Col. Riordan SOUTH BEND, Ind. Dec. 5 (U. P.).—The body of Col. Robert B. Riordan, Notre Dame university | registrar from 1929-1941, will be returned here for burial although fu- ! neral arrangements were incomplete today. Col. Riordan, 51, died at Ft. Dix, N. J., Tuesday of a tropical disease contracted while he served with the army in the Pacific.
Council Cuts $2700 Off County Budget
-. . roa The Marion county council today 51st Annual Congress of Americany . . e¢ono0 off ‘the original $9600 reIndustry. at the Waldort-Astoria| ,,o; of the county election board hotel, called Upon the President to for additional expenses incurred in {announce publicly that “he intends | the Nov. 5 balloting {to see that the government does not | The council approved an addi-
|again surrender to John L. Lewis. tional appropriation of $6900 for the election board and granted $8400 extra funds for other county governmenta] units.
Special Congress Urged by Sen. Byrd
| NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (U, P.).— Senator Harry. F, Byrd (D. Va), | asserting that the current coal strike in reality is an insurrection against the government, urged President Truman today to call a special session of the congress to deal with labor. | Byrd, speaking before the Nation-
jal Association of ;, Manufacturers’ |
Landlord Sentenced To 90 Days in Jail
C. Conrad Hammond, Indianapolis (landlord, today faced a 90-day jail |sentence and a $300 fine after being |convicted on charges of OPA rent Chr 2 or aa ne | Christmas bazaar wi e he y [violations yesterday in federal court.| women's council of the North Tacoms Hammond was the first OPA rent Christian church tomorrow from noon une , : itil 6 p. m, and Saturday from 8 a. m. to | violator to receive a Jail sentence in 6 p. m, The bazaar committee announces federal court. He was charged with stuffed animals, dolls, children's wear,
Organizations
clothespth bag® and other novelties to be
annihilation of individual authority | violating rent ceilings, collecting
for sale. Baked goods will be available at
‘equivalent social benefits in Amer-
| pitals 4nd day nurseries are neither
and interference in the administra- | ,....t< in advance and failure to pro- 8 a. m. Saturday. Women in charge of the tive department.” i " t a DAZaar are Mrs, Albert L. Russell, Mrs rr h {vide adequate service, Sentence Was: russell Hadley and Mrs. Kenneth F, Rose. Aside from low wages and t €istayed until April 1. appalling living conditions the! ath heaviest cross borne by the Russian
workers is his constant sense of
Members of Women of Moose will hold {their annual Christmas bazaar from 6 ip. m, 12 p. m. tomorrow and Satur- | day at Moose temple, 135 N. Delaware st
Big Inch Line Ready
insecurity. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 Wy P.)~— Alvin P, Hovey corps No, 196 will nomiy A consulting engineer for the In- nate officers at 2 p. m. tomorrow at 512 Should he in any way offend the g eng Es ew I
one employer, the government, he taf tertor Sepurihent said today Napyre N aa finished. Along with his job he loses| al gas probably will start po | ——— his living space, his ration card, his|into the Big Inch pipelines by t0- | 4i"Rord a Christmas Lo PR right, to social security bénefits. And night but that it will not reachisi sv, m, Wedneldss. Foro Laas in Russia there are no private or consumers for five days or more. ‘worthy patron, will preside. hs public charity institutions. i Worker Has No Recourse Without warning he may be as-, signed to labor in some distant place. His work-quota may swddenly be raised, meaning a cut in wages, and he has no recourse. A single mistake, like arriving late for work, may wreck his whole life. For any of a thousand real or imaginary offenses he may be dragged out of bed and hustled off to a concentration camp. Because the government needs his labor at starvation wages, he is fairly sure of a job. But he has no rights or influence in improving the conditions of his work, and lives under labor laws that turn him virtually into a-serf of the state. His trade union cannot intercede in his behalf. On the contrary, it is always on the employers'—that is, the government ’s-—side., Sick benefits, old-age pensions and other social security payments are on a beggarly ‘scale, far below
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53 Musical Groups To Aid In Circle Yule Programs
The annual series of Christmas|represent Teen-age chorus, Indiprograms, to be held from Dec. 16/ana university nurses’ choral club, to Dec. 25 on steps of the Indiana |p, 4a napoli Matinee Musicale Soldiers and ‘Sailors’ monument, will include’ 53 musical groups. |choral group, Marian college, SpeedGrade school groups to be heard |way Christian churchmen's chorus, are Decatur township primary choiv,| Brookside Tween - Teeners and School 26, Ben Davis, Trinity chil-| Methodist nurses’ choral club. dren's chorus, School 16 and St.| Also represented will be the blind Catherine of Siena 6th grade boys’|school chorus, senior Girl Scout ‘choir. 0 ~—fchorus, Camp Fire choral group, St: High schools to be represented Cecelia choir of St. Joan of Arc are Shortridge choir, Decatur Cen-|church, Speedway Christian church tral choir, St. Agnes glee " club;|cloister choir, The Columbians men's Manual girls’ glee club, girls’ con- chorus, and Unitéd Christian youth. cert club, Madrigal singers, boys'| Other groups will represerit Speedoctette and choir, all of Technical; {way Christian church children’s Warrerf Central chorus and brass| choir and boys’ chorus, Ogden girls’ ensenible, | choir, Speedway women's choral Others include Manual choir and|club, Christmas Prayer in Plastique brass ensemble, Southport chorus, Movement, Sahara Grotto glee club, Technical boys' concert, Crispus At~| Plainfield boys’ ¢lub, Wilson boys’ tucks a capella choir, Speedway |choir and the Salvation Army songchorus, Lawrence Central, Howe sters, Metropolitan missionary boys’ choir and Cathedral boys’ chorus, teen-canteen chorus .and choir. . Russian pageantry by the BrookAdditional choral groups also will |side park dancing school,
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ASSISTANT T—Lester
K. Boughton (above) is new assistant superintendent of Floral Park cemetery. A West side resident for 25 years, he will be in charge of the planning, .development and maintenance of new sections and service at the cemetery,
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|Bi-Partisan Group
Spends $3620
Backed Election of Judge Hoffmann
A total of $3820 was spent in be-
half of the campaign to elect Joseph O. Hoffmann, Democrat, as
: {juvenile court judge, according to
expense statements filed with County Clerk A. Jack Tilson yestesday. The expenses were listed by the bi-partisan juvenile court committee which sponsored the candidacy of Mr. Hoffmann, The committee listed contributions totaling $3938. Mr. Hoffmann defeated Judge Mark W. Rhoads by a majority of 1886 votes. Contributors to the fund included Mrs. Eli Lilly, $500; Alex Taggart, $400; Mrs. A. L. Taggart, $250; Mrs, Meredith Nicholson Jr., $150, and $100 each by Thomas A. Sheerin, "Nell Ray Herrington, Fred G. Appel, Marguerite L. Noyes, Row-
land Allen, and Charles Lynn.
Elected College Fraternity Head
Harry M. Chase Jr, 524 Middle
elected president of Pi Kappa Delta fraternity at Centre college, Danville, Ky. Mr. Chase at- * tended Tech high | school and served five years in the Canadian army and the U, 8. army air force, | He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, H. Harry Chase M. Chase of the Woodruff place address.
Brazil Boy Loses Arm
BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 5 (U, P.).— Wayne Mitchell, 17, a high school senior, lost his right arm at the elbow yesterday when it was caught in a corn picking machine. He was working in his father's corn field
before school.
drive, Woodruff place has been
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New Blood Donor Plan Started
Red Cross Cites Increasing Needs
Increasing need for whole blood transfusions by patients at Veterans’ hospital today resulted in a new Red Cross program to provide donors for such transfusions at the hospital. John Weis, Disabled American Veterans national service officer, became the first donor at the hospital last night, Under the pro-] gram, Red Cross will furnish donors each week from members of the Gallon club. Dr. E. H. Hare, Veterans’ hospital physician, sald that while plasma is available, whole blood is necessary in many types of cases, Technical operations of the program will be performed by the I. U. Medical School, local Red Cross Chairman James F. Carroll said.
LOCAL BRIEFS — Members of the Navy Mothers club No. 576. will hold their monthy meeting at 7:45 p. m. tomorrow at the ¥. M. C. A. Commander Cohse. will preside. po
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A Gay Nineties program will be presented by the Antrim class of the Southeastern Union church a$: 8 p. m. tomorrow in the Albers Walsman school No. 3 auditorium, The program will be comprised of minstrel and two short plays and
the proceeds will go to The Times Clothe-A-Child fund.
2 Killed by Bomb JERUSALEM, Dec. 5 (U. P.).—A British ‘army officer and a soldier were killed today when a bomb exploded outside an office building at Sarafand, the largest military camp in Palestine. An official announcement said four other officers were injured, as well as an unspecified number of enlisted men and civilian employees,
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