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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Alien-O Owned Wealth

Real estate owned by aliens will
be one important portion of the
properties placed in the charge Of
the alien property custodian. 1t
has been estimated that the total
of alien-owned wealth so far
lsequestered l., probably in excess
of seven billion dollars in value.
Real estate has been estimated 10
make up somewhere between FIVE
and six billion dollars of this total.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Vital Convention

United States Senator Ebert d.
Thomas of Utah will give the prin-
cipal address at the opening SEES
sion of the architects gathering.
Civilian defense, emergency reg
ulations and federal legislation are
the principal convention subjects
on the agenda of the building own
ers and managers.
1.-THE Detroit meeting may
prove to be the most important
held I'm the history of the ASSOC
ciation," declared Leo j. Sheri-
dan, president of the. National
Association of Building Owners
and Managers.
''In addition to discussion re-
Iating to the basic considerations
Of the MISUNDERSTANDING, Oper-
ating and financial control-the
program will give adequate at
tentlon to governmental orders
and regulations, to war emer-
gency measures affecting the In
dustry, to wage-hour problems
as influenced by the Supreme
Court decision, to civilian de-
Tense, to government use Of Of
flee space and to all of the other
considerations that are rapidly
making of building management
a new profession"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Title Association
Maps Convention

Final program arrangements for
the thirty-siXth annual convention
of the American Title Association.
to he held June % 10 July | at
Colorado Springs, Colo. have been
completed. James r. Sheridan of
DETROIT, executive secretary of the
aFSociation. announced Saturday
The association is composed of
1000 trust. title and abstract com
panies OF the United States and
attorneys specializing in real prop
erty law.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Suggests Stores
For Dwellings

The conversion OF vacant stores
into temporary housing units is a
that owners of such
property may we'll investigate,
Herbert l.. Nelson, executive vice
president Of the National ASsocia-
ton of Real Estate Boards, said
Saturday.
"War restrictions on the manu-
facture and sale Of certain kinds
of civilian goods has cut down
on the need for retail space for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

varying degrees. of course, TO the
plumbing fixtures, the gas stove
and the lighting fixtures.
In view of the outlook for tires
and gasoline. consider in that i'm
portant matter OF transportation,
what would be adequate not only
for the wage Garner but also for
his wife and his family. If pos
sible. choose an apartment so To-
Gated that the wage Garner can
change jobs without having also
TO change apartments.
You may get the most for your
dollar in the rather old districts.
Rooms are likely 10 be larger.
buildings solidly built and closets
on better scale than in the newer
areas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
.BoIdt Purchases
Pontiac Land

Purchase Of 80 acres of land
inside the Pontiac city limits was
announced Saturday by Clarence
J. Boldt. realtor with offices in the
Theater Building. Boldt
is subdividinG his newly acquired
land into five-acre farms.
The land is rolling and is crossed
by stream. while u acres of the
tract is wooded, Boldt said. The
development. 10 be known as
Pontiac City Farms. is only one
and one-half miles distant from
the Pontiac plant Of General
Motors. Prices will range from
5000 10 $500 an acre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

these goods" Nelson said 1.-THE
store space they are giving up
ordinarily Is already equipped
with all the necessary facilities
that would he required for
housing, including plumbing,
electricity, sewerage and the
like.
Warehouses. meeting halls
and even small office buildings
might he similarly converted,
temporarily, into war housing"
In an address here last week
Willis III. Hall, manager OF the
industrial department Of the De-
troit Board Of Commerce, pre-
dicted Detroit may have 5,00C
more additional vacant stores by
next January first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

on the Importance OF kahn's &C
eomplishments in wartime con
struction.
Kahn, who has designed
more than so defense prof.
cts, including the huge
~ Wright Aeronautical plant
In Cincinnati, the Willow
Run bomber plant, the
Chrysler Tank Arsenal and
air bases in Hawaii. Alaska
and Puerto Rico. has been a
Detroiter since 1881.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Authorizations Issued for
New Factories

Building permits were granted
last week for two factory buildings
at 1850 Algonquin avenue. costing
$503, 900, Joseph p. Wolff. commits
sioner of buildings and safety engi-
neering. reported Saturday.
Last weeks total permit value
was S1,266127, Wolff said. COM
pared TO S2.272.172 in authorize
tions for the same week a year
ago.
Wolff said 131 of the permits
were for single or two-family
dwellings which will cost an esti-
mated S605, 700. For the same Pc
Rod in 194l. there were 293 such
permits issued with a total value
OF 81 ,504, 400.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

tects as one OF
the features of
he institutes
seventy : fourth
a n n u a con-
vention h ere,
beginning Tues
day morning.
Preceding the
presentation 49,
the first award
OF its kind ever
made by the 3D.
year-old A. l. A.
another IA
nous Detroiter,
Lieut.. Gen. Will
liam s. Knud-
sen. will speak
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Detroit Host
To Two National
Conventions
Architects, Building
Managers to Meet
Here This Week

Detroit will be host to two ma
tional conventions this week.
The three-day seventy-fourth
annual meeting of the American
Institute of Architects will open
Tuesday at Hotel Statler. while
the National Association of Build
ing Owners and Managers will be-
gin its four-day convention Mon
day at Hotel Book Cadillac.
Problems of nation at war will
dominate the discussions at both
conventions.
Richmond Fl. Shreve of New
York. president of the American
Institute OF Architects, announced
Saturday that delegates from the
institutes ~ chapters and II az
filiated state societies will be on
hand for the Detroit convention
first A. /. A. conclave here since
1896.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

w NbhNht w AAVh
A-Stairs creak if the risers.
treads and strings arc not fitted
tightly enough 10 prevent move
ment Of the individual parts under
weight OF persons using the stairs.
In well-constructed stairs the tops
of each riser are set into groves
cut in the underside of each tread
and the rear edge of each tread is
set into a groove cut in the bot
tom face OF each riser. The ends
OF the treads and riSerS are also
set into grooves cut in the sup
porting side strings.
o. have heard builders use
the term bearing wall" What
does this meano
A-Bearing walls are used 10
support the ends of floor joists and
roof rafters. Nonbearing walls or
partitions act merely as screens or
separations between rooms or may
be exterior walls which do not sup
port floor or roof loads.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Realtors Map Annual
Outing at Orchard Lake

A. Ewald. Lawrence Diebel, Ed.
ward T. Ives Jr.. E. L.. Ecclestone
William r. Luedders, Ralph E
Townton. Hansel d. Wilson. viii
St. John Jr., John w. Knecht
Richard Jeffrey. John c. Staudt
Frank J. Hewlett and Charles z
North.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Leather Trim

Eleanor Ross describes the use
of leather in interior decoration in
one of her interesting and inforna-
tive articles appearing on page
four OF this section. Don't miss IL,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

cause "he had no aptitude for the
work" will be given a medal next
Wednesday evening for his signifi-
cant contributions TO the war eff
fort.
The award will be conferred by
The American Institute of Arohi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. Is one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Architects
Hail Kahn
To Get Medal
Wed. Night

LBERT KAHN, Detroit's
famous architect. w h o
was fired from his first
job as an office boy In
an architectural firm be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Sites have been selected
for II projects to provide
homes for workers en-
ployed in the Willow Run
bomber plant under the war
housing program of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Scrap Hitler

And how does Kahn feel abou
the millions Of dollars worth o
war plants he has designed?
These new plants are 10
serve just one purpose" he de-
clareS. namely 10 produce in
the shortest possible time. and
at a reasonable cost, the mate
rial needed 20 put Hitler and his
gang where they belong. And,
let me tell you, our manufac-
turers are certainly doing their
part in n manner which leaves
no doubt In any ones mind as
20 their intent"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

Continued on Page Four
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
d. and A.

Q-What causes stairs TO
creak and how can this he pre-
vented in new construction
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
REGISTRATION BILL
DRAWS OPPOSITION

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - Wig
orous opposition to the Vinson bill for
government registration of trade
unions and of trade and business as
sociations was registered by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations in state
ments submitted to the House Judi
ciary Committee.
The bill was denounced as "type
of petty sniping" patterned after Fas-
cist practices, which would breed dis
unity in wartime.
Submitting statement by William
Green, A. F. of L. president, Paul
Scharrenburg, A. F. of L. legislative
representative, declared the proposed
legislation originated with commit
tee which had showed Clearly its
anti-union policies" Quoting from
Green's statement, he said the bill
would destroy the voluntary character
of labor unions and would not remove
"any instance of labor racketeering
that may exist"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
SUPPORT FOR BILL
TO ABOLISH POLL
TAX IS ORGANIZED

Washington, d. C. (ILNS). = Sup
port for bill to abolish the poll tax
(S-1280) introduced in the Senate by
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida is
being organized by the American Civil
Liberties Union, labor and other in
terested agencies. Hearings on the
bill were scheduled to start before
subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, headed by Senator O'Ma-
honey, Wyoming, March IL.
The Civil Liberties Union has long
opposed the poll tax as limitation
of the franchise of millions of work
ers and farmers in the eight Southern
states where it is in effect. The pres
ent Senate bill, if passed, would abol-
ish the poll tax in electing federal Of
ficers only, but the practical difficulty
of distinguishing elections would make
it operative for all officers.
All opponents of the poll tax are
urged to write their Senators express
ing approval of Senator Peppers bill.
Abolition of the poll tax is favored
by the American Federation of Labor,
which has denounced the tax in con-
vention declarations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
AFL Unions Win Polls
For Bargaining Agent

Washington, d. C.-John J. Murphy,
New England regional director of the
American Federation of Labor, Boston,
Mass, informed Frank P. Fenton, A.
F. of L. director of organization, that
polls of the employees of the Snow
Shipyards, Rockland, Maine, and the
Northern Industrial Chemical Com
pany, South Boston, Mass, to choose
collective bargaining representatives
resulted in large majorities for A. F.
of L. unions. The shipyards plant vote
was 252 for the A. F. of L. and 88 for
no union. The chemical company plant
vote wos 144 for the Federal Labor
Union No. 22632 and 40 for no union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20

backing them in the gigantic task of
building the planes, tanks, guns and
ships required by our victory program.
They can't do the job and do it right
if they are constantly harrassed by
selfish attacks from the rear.
Those who are trying to take ad-
vantage of the war to rob American
workers of their hard-won rights seem
to lack any real understanding of the
basic principles of American democ-
racy.
They should realize that the right
to strike is just as fundamental as the
right to own and manage private prop
erty, the right of free speech or of a
free press. Each of these rights is
guaranteed by our Constitution. The
very moment one of them is nullified,
the others are exposed to equal jeop-
ardy.
Labor voluntarily gave up the right
to strike for the duration of the war
just as the newspapers submitted to
censorship, but labor will no more sub
nit to compulsory abolition of the
right to strike than the newspapers
would agree to abolition of the prin-
ciple of the free press. One of the
great freedoms which labor is fighting
to protect in this war is the right to
strike. Take these freedoms away,
and what are we fighting for? Our
freedom is our flag. American labor
will not let anyone, friend or foe,
trample upon it.
Let me sound another note of warn
ing to those who blindly attack labor.
| Despite the rising cost of living, de-
spite the heavier responsibilities placed
on workers whose sons and brothers
and loved ones have joined the colors
and regardless of existing economic
injustices, there has been wide hue
and cry for freezing wages. Those who
have campaigned most vociferously for
such action are the very ones who are
most concerned for protecting profits.
| Yet it should be obvious to any under
standing person that if the govern
ment ever decides that the war re-
quires the freezing of wages, it will
be compelled in all fairness to limit
or wipe out profits from war contracts
at the same time.
In my judgment there is no reason
or necessity for any such dire develop
ments in America if we all concentrate
on the main job of winning this war
in the shortest possible time. There is
no sense in wasting our energies by
squabbling over internal differences in
this hour of world crisis.
The oppressed and underprivileged,
the world over, have looked to Amer
lea in the past as the land of promise.
Today promises are not enough. Today
America must become the land of per-
formance. We must accomplish mira
cles of production not only to save the
last remaining citadels of democracy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
President Green's Address Before Labor Dinner of the
Greater New York Fund Broadcast to Nation-Says
Labor is Exerting All It's Strength to Win War.

The highlights of President William
Green's address before the Annual La
Dor Dinner of the Greater New York
Fund, broadcast throughout the ma
tion, follow:
Ever since the war started, we have
heard great deal of talk about ma
tional unity but we have seen very
little of it in action. Frequently those
who have talked loudest for national
unity have been themselves guilty of
conducting sniping campaigns which
are destructive of unity. In recent
months, labor has been the chief vic
tim of such unmerited attacks.
say to you tonight that this must
halt! America is at war. This war
can be won-and it can be lost The
surest way to lose this war is for
Americans to fight each other rather
than our common enemy. The only
way for us to win this war is for all
of us-industry, labor and the govern
ment-to fight on the same side.
We are not doing this in America
yet. Organized labor is exerting al
it's strength and resources to help the
nations war effort, but it finds itself
constantly threatened with being
lynched for it's pains. Let me give you
a few examples.
Labor voluntarily agreed at the out
break of war to renounce the exercise
of it's right to strike and to settle al
disputes by peaceful means. This
pledge has been carried out so vel
that the War Labor Board officially
announced the other day that strikes
in war industries have been reduced
to the vanishing point. Yet each time
some isolated, local shutdown occur:
for few hours, cry is renewed by
the enemies of labor to abolish the
right to strike by law. That is the
surest way to destroy the morale o.
the 80 and 9/10 per cent of America
loyal workers who are sticking faith
fully to the job under any and al
conditions.
Labor voluntarily has agreed t.
work harder and to work longer hours
AS result, many industries alread.
are on a Neutrality-suspicious. day
seven-day week basis, and more ar
being added every day. Yet what hap
pens? We find those who hate labo
trying in Congress to abolish all tn,
wage and hour standards established
in the last half-century, just so tina
some employers may be relieved of th
necessity of paying overtime. | sa.
to you that is the surest way of de
stroying the faith Of American work
ers in a square deal from their gov
ernment.
We must keep that faith alive nov
at any cost. In this war victory de
pends upon the soldiers of production
just as much as upon our armed forces
American workers, who are our sol
diers of production, must feel that th'
whole country is supporting them AM
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
AFL URGES POLICY IN
PROPER ALLEGATION
OF MEN in INDUSTRY

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-A "cen-
tralized policy" to assure proper allo-
cation of manpower between the
armed services and industry is urged
in the March issue of the American
Federationist, American Federation Of
Labor official magazine.
"With the additional induction of
more than 100000 men under way, y
saws an article in the Federationist,
''it is important that the democratic
principles of the Selective Service Act
be so applied as to make wise divi-
sion of manpower between the armed
forces and industry"
The article, entitled "Manpower for
War;" continues:
''To date the administration of the
Selective Service Act has been decen-
tralized. Conflicting decisions have
been made by the individual local draft
boards. By their very nature local
boards are neither sufficiently in
formed nor equipped to assume final
responsibility for policy decisions on
deferments for industrial needs.
Problem is National
'The problem is not local but ma
tional, and policies with which it is
met should also be national. There
should be single centralized policy
governing all inductions into the
armed forces and all deferments nee
essary to meet industrial labor re.
quirements."
The huge task of manpower admin.
istration is four-fold, says the article
listing the points as follows:
Proper ALLEGATION of manpowel
between the armed services and in
dustry.
Efficient channeling of labor sup
ply to war industry in way which
would reduce to minimum the jol
dislocation and unemployment arising
from conversion.
3-"Provision of emergency com
pensation to those unemployed because
of war dislocation, payment Of trans
portation expenses and other measures
necessary to assure workers securit.
in the transfer to war jobs"
Unified Administration Asked
4-"Adjustment and training o
manpower to the best use in war in
dustries."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
AFL Head Halls Nelson Suggestion
For Setting Up Labor Management
Committees in All War Plants
President Green Letter War Production Board Head
ding for War C0ntracts-Ends Serious Bottleneck.

of practical understanding of the value
of the experience of those who con-
troll the machines and handle materials
in carrying out work orders.
81 offer you the cooperation of
the five millions of wage-earners
organized in the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, who are eager
to do their utmost to give the
armed troops the munitions and
the tools of war"
Emphasizing the necessity of put
ting small plants to work on war jobs,
Green told Nelson:
81 should welcome an opportunity
to talk over this suggestion with you
as well as your order to allocate and
negotiate contracts. Unless we
make full use of small plants for SIM
pier production as well as the large
ones for the more complicated work,
we shall not be able to get adequate
supplies whenever our troops may
need them.
War Production Paramount
'The American Federation of Labor
feels that wherever civilian produc-
tion can be dispensed with it should
be cut off at once (regardless of in
ventories), SO that war production
may have first claim on production
facilities.
"May / assure you of our whole
hearted support and our approval of
your courageous decision on these two
policies which should constitute a
foundation for sustained production to
win the war;
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Don-
aid NJ Nelson's suggestion for joint
labor-management committees in all
plants working on war contracts has
been heartily endorsed by William
Green, on behalf of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
In letter to Nelson, head of the
War Production Board, President
Green also hailed the decision of the
board to suspend the system of COM
petitive bidding for war contracts in
favor of negotiated or allocated con-
tracts.
This order, the A. F. of L. president
declared, will end serious bottleneck
which caused production delays and
brought unemployment TO hundreds of
thousands of workers.
Green's letter to Nelson said
Gas / listened to your address over
the radio the other night, | was CRATE
full that you emphasized how deadly
serious is the problem of war produc-
ton. Your suggestion that joint COM
mittees in plants provide the machin-
cry for exchange of ideas and sugges-
tions to promote production, is in
line with our long established practice
of union management CO operation
through committees set up for that
purpose.
A. F. of l.. Cooperation Offered
Local committees under the lead
ership of their union representatives
would give you whole-hearted cooper
alton that can be had in no other way
Your suggestion obviously grows out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20

''To accomplish this entire task
quickly and well," says the Fedora
zionist, 1--WE must have, above all, q
unified, efficient and representative
manpower administration.
There are now some twenty agen-
cies, scattered in several departments
of the federal government, which at
tempt to deal with the problem inde-
pendently, without coordination and
often at cross-purposes.
"Manpower administration calls for
single integrated policy and single
integrated administrative framework. y
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
Labor On Job, How About YOU
Green Asks Industry and Govt
In Appeal For War Teamwork

in other parts of the globe, but to save
ourselves. Labor is on the job. We
ask industry and the government to
put aside all other considerations for
the duration of the emergency and get
right down to work with us without
further delay.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20
Louisiana Labor Convention
Will Discuss War Program

New Orleans (ILNS) More than
1000 delegates and members of the
Louisiana State Federation of Labor
are expected to attend the federation's
annual meeting in New Orleans, April
6, z, 8, 9. Labor's part in the war pro-
gram will be the theme Of the four
day session. Entertainment features
will be curtailed because of the war
the federation's executive committee
decided.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-03-20

Leon Henderson of O.. P. M. has said,
"there is no longer such a thing as
junk" "a pile of newspapers is
a potential cardboard carton to carry
weapons and ammunition to their des-
tination Every waste paper transac-
tion between a housewife and her
waste dealer means thatemuch more
fighting equipment arriving at the
proper place at the proper time" (Pa-
per Trade JournaD