Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1947 — Page 10

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stamp sales showed that liquor revenue dropped 49 per cent and wine revenue 85 per cent. But beer revenue increased 14 per cent. Mr. Wisenberg said this was a definite indication “they can't afford high priced liquor so they are buying lower priced beer.” ’ As further proof, Mr. Wisenberg said tax stamps for fifths of liquor declined considerably but that there was a slight flurry in the demand for stamps used on half-pint bottles, . Ross Freeman, state budget director, said many future projects, educational and benevolent organ-

. “It's too early to worry,” he said. “There's an evident increase in the sale of beer and perhaps that will make up for the liquor slump.”

already was feeling the effects of recession. first three months of this general fund received 20 per cent less in A. B. C. funds than in the same period last year. 1046, Mr. Wisenberg turned over to the general fund Last month the contribu-

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Trickle of Foam Foils per cent. Daily sales indicated April| CHICAGO, April 28 (UU. P)— When he felt something trickle |down his neck from the “gun” two | Passengers were using to rob him, |

A breakdown of last month's tax Cab Driver Larry Atkinson began | swinging his blackjack.

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Convention to Get Price Cut Resolution

WASHINGTON, April 28 (U. PJ). —Abolition of all remaining con- |} sumer credit controls was proposed today by the board of directors of

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convention here. A resolution on

for convention action.

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MASS PRODUCTION—By

istration’s views. President Truman said in his price speech last that removing the restricons would only add to the infla-| tionary spiral.

a em maces | Kaiser-Frazer

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expansion have lost their

Slow- | the black.”

Production has reached’ 400 cars a day. Top production was 435, reached last Tuesday. i The company’s production goal,! however, is (1500 cars a day. Work Nine Hours

It already has taken steps to reach this goal. Starting today, three shifts at the plant will work nine hours, each shift overlapping the next. } The auto firm has taken over the Detroit plant of the Continental Motors Corp. in an effort to solve its most serious bottleneck. Engine production at the plant increased 30 or 40 per cent in the first month under K-F operation, officials say. Hit hard by the steel shortage, K-F experimented with aluminum for bodies. Meanwhile, however, the firm bought substantial interest in the: Portsmouth Steel Corp. in an effort to get more steel for bodies. 900,000 Orders Backlegged | Te“ It also leased a blast furnace to|

was able to obtain steel which might otherwise have been unavailable to the new firm.

By stepping up production with methods such as these, the company hopes to catch up with its backlog of 900,000 orders from its 3800° dealers and distributors. It is sparking its efforts with a “kitty,” into which goes $5 for each new car. This fund is divided between all eligible employees at the end of the year. Last year each’ employee got about $40. i Builds Own Housing K-FP also is building its own| housing development, Westwillow, The would-be bandits fled. They for employees. Pirst of the new !ranch-type homes, for sale to em-

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Labor—

G. O.P. Labor Law Backers Target of A. F. of L. Threat

No Limit of Retreat Indicated Despite Prospect of Alienating Union Support

By FRED W. PERKINS Seripps-Howard Staff Writer | WASHINGTON, April 28.—Republican leaders, resuming their drive | today in the senate for union-opposed labor laws, show no hint of a | retreat because of threats that the result may cost them labor support

in next year’s presidential eleciton. i

treasurer of the A. F. of L., who warned that the union may be forced | to abandon its policy of not workIng with or against any political] The Republicans say they are party. ; not concerned about the opposition The A. F. of L's custom is t0|to their labor program from C. I. O. designate its political friends and|jeaders because the group always foes on the basis of their voting has been in the Democratic camp. records and without regard to| The AP. of L., however, has been Whether they are Republicans or|gplit, with many of its 7,000,000 Democrats. members voting Republican. Warning Bolstered The Republican leaders are proWilliam L. Hutcheson, first vice|ceeding on the theory that the president of the A. F. of L. and|gereral public in favor of unionhead of the big carpenters’ union control laws outnumbers the organof more than 600,000 members, also ized labor vote, and also that, the Is reported to have warned the rank-and-file working man will find Republicans that “we may have to work with some people we don’t| Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O., want to work with” That woulda probable presidential candidate apparently mean the Democrats. |and chairman of the senate labor “Big Bill” has been the head ol{committee, declares that the measthe labor division of the Repub- ures he sponsors dre intended to lican national committee in pres- protect the public and also to reidential drives, but in 1944 thel|lease the rank-and-file employee Dewey campaign was conducted |from domination by union bosses. wtihout him. The Republicans did| The senator, receiving Jarge not organize any formal labor di-|C. I. O. delegation from his State, vision that year, listened for more than an hour Opposite political riumber in the|to their complaints, and closed the A. F. of L. hierarchy is Daniel J. session abruptly after a delegate from Akron, who said he was a Republican committeeman, had declared “the followers of Abraham

jampters union. He has headed

Lincoln should have enough states-

The most definite threat so far came from George Meany, sécretary-

the eventual product to his benefit. |

assembly ' lines ' like these, the

Kaiser-Frazer Corp. hopes to produce 1500 cars a day in its con- | For verted Willow Run bomber plant, The lines now are running off |surance of stabilized and continuing | production, with uncertainty removed as to threats of deadlock over {earlier demands for 23 to 26 cents-

Corp. Plans

1500-Car Output Daily

After 18 Months in the Red, Auto Firm Is at Last Ready to Start Making Mohey

By RICHARD BERRY Times Staff Writer WILLOW RUN, Mich; April 28.—The Kaiser-Frazer Corp. here, after 13 months of deficit operation, is ready to make money. Officials of the automobile-making firm, which began conversion of the huge Willow Run bomber plant in November, 1945, said today that operations have reached the point where they can start operating

ployees through federal housing administration and veterans’ loans, were occupied this month. The Willow Run plant has more than 2% million square feet of floor space in the main manufacturing building, plus another million, in balconies. It also has inside railway shipping docks with capacity for 76 freight cars. Assembly lines in the plant are more than three miles long. They are fed by more than 18 miles of conveyors. The plant currently employees 7200. Distributor for Kaiser-PFrazer in Indianapolis is Stewart Sales Corp., 3209 E. Washington st. The firm also distributes: Roto-Tiller, the implement which prepares ground for planting in one operation.

Roto-Tiller is made by Kaiser- nomist

Frazer.

Actress Nancy Guild Weds Leading Man

CARMEL, Cal, April 28 (U. P.) —Actress Nancy Guild and her leading man, Charles Russell, 29, ‘were honeymooning here today after their Saturday marriage -in

St. Peter's Church, Beverly Hills.

The couple met at 20th Century-

Fox studios where she was signed

to a long term contract after her picture appeared in a magazine.

Local Produce

PRICES FOR PLANT DELIVERY Poultry: ringers, 3 lbs. and over, 33¢c; Leghorn Loney 28c; cocks and stags, 10c; hens, 4% Ibs. and over, 30c. under 4% and Leghorns, 20c; soft meated chickens, 25¢; No. 2 poultry, 4c less than No. 1. Butterfat: No. 1, 58¢;: No. 2, 56¢c Eggs: Current receipts, 54 lbs. to case, 7c; grade A large, 43¢c; medium, 38c no grade, 33c.

Truck Wheat Indianapolis flour mills and grain elevators are paying $2.65 per bushel for

No. 1, truck wheat; new No. 2 yellow | business and industry to plan some |

, and No. 2 white ;oats testi FL corn, $1.63 per bushel; oats testing 24 33tow soybeans, 14 per cent moisture,

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White House ‘Hope to Avoid Slump Rises

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

visers are is still far from completed. tend.

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an-hour increases.

Dr. Nourse Says Price Mtined steady with Filday's general

WASHINGTON, April 28.—President Truman's top economic adwarning that recent broad-scale wage rises should not be § as a peg for higher prices.

They say that despite some pricecutting, the wage-price readjustment

They believe peaceful wage settlements in the steel and auto indus- { 'tries and downward price pressures have slightly diminished the force of recent economic storm warnings. But f iwhat has. happened should be assessed as simply the first step in a * continuing movement, they con-|g They are pleased with the spread)! of the Newburyport price-rfeduction qs... idea—10 per cent across the board-—| 700- 900 pounds .......... yet are skeptical whether publicity may not be outrunning actual ace Lee. | complishment.

In the 15-cent-an-hour wage increase pattern now accepted by many large manufacturers, they see substantial benefits to both labor |Good—

For the workers, purchasing power is increased and morale is improved. there is as-

Cattle Trade Active Here, |Hog Prices Remain Steady

| "A steady trade cleared an in-

creased supply of cattle at the In- Choise dianapolis Stockyards today. | 800-1050 “pounss 1111 Ih iegises | Vealers gained 50 cents to $! in "8 BE puns oc jraogmae

an active market. Fat lambs were Hog prices

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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947

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power to use the volume of goods we expect to produce in 1947.” If wage Increases were to be used as an excuse for unnecessary price increases, Dr. Nourse said, then the result would be harmful. Text Still to Come | Some governmens economists wbelieve the 15-cent hourly wage increase settlement reflect a general idea in industry that this amount could be granted without boosting prices. But they say the test will come in weeks ahead when it is demonstrated whether the downward pricing trend can be continued, and reductions made despite these in- | creases. ; | The President's economic council, it is understocd, will undertake a series of re-calculations in relating the new wage ratés to costs and profits. And the council will remain alert for changes which would jeopardize a continuing downward price trend. Crops Cause Some Worry

described the situation |“tight” as the nation nears the end {of a crop year with food demands {from abroad increasing rather than { declining. i The new crop season has had a little start and this is causing some worry here. The answer may not come until June, when the winter crop begins to come in, and a good estimate may be made on the corn crop. President Truman has been under considerable pressure from Democratic politicians to take some kind of action, beyond his several recent statements, to dramatize the need for price reductions. Their contention is that living costs are the most important public issue of the moment and that

.| the administration should let work-

| ers know that Washington is doing | everything possible to force prices downward. Bowles Plan Turned Down But the President has declined | to accede to these urgings, and said | “na” last week to a proposal -by Chester Bowles, former OPA administrator, to call a council of

action. »His economic advisers said today they believed the President's course is the right one, and that for him

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sidering the passage of the Taft Bill. democracy in America.

position of company unionism.

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become law, and this is its purpose.

which must face alone the giants of industry.

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called a Communist? of all the people.

word of the Hartley anti-labor measure.

American labor in the war and post-war years.

The anti-labor laws threaten not only labor.

the witch-hunt against the Communists.

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to restrict the activities of the unions. the unions. ;

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Communist Party Calls. for Fight on Slave Bill

A group of arrogant and willful men, responsive only to the interests of the rich and economically powerful, is using its dominant position in Congress to try to break the trade union movement.

The reactionaries in control of the Republican and Democratie Parties have already passed the Hartley Bill in the House, and are conBoth of these bills aim to weaken

Labor organization would be effectively smashed or reduced to the

Big Business would once again be able to exercise unchecked the ruthless domination over the lives of the working men and women which

All unions would be severely crippled if the Hartley Bill should

It makes impossible any. kind of union contract except an open shop contract; it breaks up labor organizations into small groups, each of

It puts an end to the two laws that have given the workingman any measure of rights at all . . . the Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Law

Perhaps, worst of all, it bars any militant or progressive worker from union leadership by depriving of bargaining rights any inion which has an officer who may “reasonably” be suspected of being a Communist. What militant workingman, what worker who has the spirit to insist upon an improvement of wages and working conditions, has not been

Passage of this bill . . . it has already been approved by the House Labor Committee and is now up for debate in the House to shreds any remaining pretense that the Congress governs on behalf

. . . will rip

It will reveal the fact that Congress is dominated by the political agents of the monopolies, of the National Association of Manufacturers and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, whose representatives dictated every

These monopolies have wrung unheard-of profits out of the sweat of They have jacked up prices, taken advantage of labor's desire to speed production during the war to line their own bank accounts, and have speeded it up still furthet since the war's end. They insist on more loot, more power. If they should succeed in shackling labor, the nation will have takefi a large step into fascism, where the liberties of every American will be wiped out. Economically, the wrecking of the labor unions and the destruction of workers’ living standards would cut the purchasing power of the people. This would bring us to a deeper and more rapid economic crash, the effects of which the trusts will compel the mass of common people to bear. The farmer, the small businessman, the professional will be the victim of such an economic crisis equally with the worker. The Hartley Bill helps every citizen to understand what is behind Just as the fascist-minded tories of the House Un-American Committee want to outlaw the Communist Party, so they and their colleagues want to outlaw the genuine

They want to restrict the rights of the Communists, and they propose

Because the aim of the Hartley Bill is to destroy the unions, it insists It knows that by provoking this war against the Communists and the so-called “fellow-travelers,” it may

1. Disrupt the unions from the inside by provoking internal feuds. 2. Take from the union some of their most experienced, militant

The battle to defeat the trusts is the continuation, under modern conditions, of the struggle led by Thomas Jefferson against the arrogant

* All labor . . . AFL, CIO, railroad and all other independent unions . . . cast aside its differences and unite ranks to defeat the Hartley and

* Farmers, professionals, small businessmen and others, to protect their own interests, must throw their full weight against the fascist

* All pressure must be directed at your own congressman and your. two senators to get them to oppose all anti-labor legislation,” and ‘at President Truman to get him to veto any measures that may be passed. -

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