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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
CLAIM KAISER
HIRING POLICY,
AGAINST RACE
n egrOes Are Seeking
Employment Building
Liberty Ships

NEW 1Ohhs- ANNFJ-henIy
Kaiser, the precedent-breaking west
coast shipbuilder who stops on
rushing time in its path a; the drop
Of a weel, Is Inprepared 10 do any
thing about the Vancouver local
of the boilermakers union which
prevents him from hiring skilled
and unskilled Negroes in the pro-
duction Of Liberty" ships for the
nations war program.
The man who has delivered the
goods speedily by making red
tape cutting 8 major sideline. the
man who sends his own production
men into the plants Of allied con
tractors in order that materials
might be speeded to his shipyards,
ialters when it comes to employ,
ing men 10 prosecute the work If
the men be Negroes
The chunky. bald-headed ship
ping magnate was the gracious one,
oeamihg and joking. when report
ers. photographers and newsreel
men prodded him with questions
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
Big N. Y. Store
Employs Race

NEW YORK, CANP) Mays.
largest retail organization o! rs
kind in the wor.o. announced this
week that it had begun hiring Ne
groes as s1i7s and clerical workers,
The new policy at the famous Sc
partment store is believed to be
the first time q downtown store
mas hired Negroes in other than
nenisl capacities.
The new employment order
which has been described as Ma
US contribution to the effort to
make democracy work at home
was announced after a series OF
conferences between officials Of the
store and leaders OF the United Re-
tail. Wholesale and Department
Store Employees union.
We are hiring people on a basis
NJ merit and qualification, regard
.css OF race. creed or color" said
4 representative Of the store "Sev-
cral colored persons are at work
SOW and many others are applying
sally. Well use them in any de.
2artment where vacancies occur, il
they demonstrate that they're cap
aote of doing the job"
Negroes are now employed in the
stock room and supply departments
with many on the main floor as
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

Corp. Walter Bates Jr.. son ot
Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Walter
Bates was home last week on
furlough. In attending the Citi-
zen's Committee luncheon held
at the WV CA. as the guest
OF Mrs. Willie Rembrent, Cor
poral Bates was asked to address
the assembly. He spoke on
Democracy and Double Vic
tory" A party was given Friday
evening in his honor by his aunt,
Miss Eugenia McDuffee at her
home. Saturday evening, special
gift party was given in the cor
poral's honor by Mr.. and Mrs.
General McDuffee. Corp. Bates
received many beautiful and use
full gifts. He returned Sunday to
duty in Rice, Calf.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
FOR MOTHERS
OF TODAY

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comforting plaster on the skin. rs
also good for minor burns and chalco
skin irritation the year around. Try
Penetro. Compare it. Convince your
self. Grandma was right lom
druggist guarantees money back IL
not satisfied. 25c, double supply 35c
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

LIEUT.. EDW. X. NICHOLS
Exempliiying proficiency in his
training at the Air Corps Admin
istration school, Second Lieuten-
ant Edward K. Nichols claims to
have been voted the best speaker
in his class. He was appointed to
the Officers Candidate school
from the Tuskegee Army flying
school where he was assigned
after his induction in the army
on February 27. Before receiving
his appointment, he served as
sergeant clerk in his organization.
1t. Nichols is a fotmer student Of
Fisk university, Nashville. Tenn.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
SOLOMONS:
Smashing u. S. VictC. .

Americans had scarcely received
the news of the brilliant naval VIC
tory in the Solomons which drove
the Japs back reeling with % ships
sunk and 10000 sailors and soldiers
drowned, when additional reports
were forthcoming on the sinking OF
five enemy warships. The second
action was the concluding part of
great three-day engagement which
routed the Jap feet from the Quad
alcanal area.
Shrewd and resourceful Vice Ad-
miral William F. Halsey, command
er of the American forces, emerged
from the battle as one Of the out
standing heroes of the war, for 1T
was his audacity and pluck in the
face of superior Japanese forces
that won a smashing three-day VIC
tory.
Jap ship losses in the slugging
encounter included one battleship,
three heavy cruisers, two light cruis-
ers, five destroyers and eight troop
laden transports sunk; four cargo
transports destroyed on the beach
near Guadalcanal, and one battle
ship and six destroyers damaged.
Enemy losses in the second engage
ment were one battleship, three
large cruisers and one destroyer
sunk.
Naval officials said there was
"good reason to believe" that the
sinkings reported in second engage
ment were in addition to those pre-
viously recorded.
American losses were two light
cruisers and six destroyers sunk.
The major part of the sea action
was fought directly off Guadalcanal
island, which the Japs approached
with three strong fleet task forces
intent on effecting a landing that
would dislodge the heroic American
defenders. One of the decisive ele-
ments in the battle was the daring
of American surface units in steam
ing directly between the lines of the
Jap columns, firing broadsides in
both directions. In this phase Rear
Adm. Daniel ]. Callaghan, former
naval aide of President Roosevelt,
was killed in action.
While the navy rejoiced in its tri-
umph, it accorded full credit to Gen.
eral MacArthur's aircraft which had
originally spotted the Jap concen-
trations and made repeated bomb
ing attacks on the enemy shipping.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
NORTH AFRICA:
3-PrOnged Pincer

What was left of the tottering Axis
empire in North Africa had drawn
closer around Tripoli, as Allied
forces menaced it from the east, the
west and south, while the Mediterra-
mean on the north had fast become
a lake dominated by United Nations
air and sea power.
From the east. Gen. Montgom-
ery's Eighth British army had swept
through Libya In pursuit of Mar
shall RommePs battered Afrika
Korps. From the west American
and British forces had poured into
Tunisia, aided by units Of Gen. Gil
raud's French North African army.
From the South 1t was reported
that 10000 Of the fighting French
army, mechanical with American
equipment, had struck northward
from Lake Chad in French West
Africa.
Goal of the Anglo-British armies
from the west had been strategic
Bizerte in Tunisia sea-coast Spring
board" to southern Italy. British
paratroops flown in American planes
had captured airhelds deep in Tu-
nisia, reports disclosed. The Mo-
rocco raid described these para
troop operations as the largest ever
carried out by air-borne troops.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
SEA SAGA:
Boise Story Told

Triumphant survivor Of battle
in which she helped sink six Jap
warships off Guadalcanal in early
October, the heroic light cruiser
Boise was undergoing repairs at an
eastern American shipyard, after
being battered by gunfire, swept by
flames and losing lot of her crew in
action.
That the Boise would be refitted in
time to steam off to war again was
emphasized by her commander,
Capt. E. J. ('Mike") Moran, and
navy officials. The Boise was lead
ship of an American naval task
force that engaged a Jap cruiser
transport force bearing troops for
the Southeastern Solomons and bore
the brunt of the fighting in which
the enemy lost two heavy cruisers,
one light cruiser and three destroy
ers.
Given up for lost in the battle. the
undaunted Boise later joined its
companion ships after receiving
shell hits in vulnerable places. In
the engagement, the Boise fired
more than 1000 rounds Of six-inch
shells in q minutes.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
FRANCE:
LdpaL Mask Off

Pierre Laval could now write his
own ticket. Observers believed that
ticket would be filled out with or
ders for greater French collabora-
ton with the Axis. For when dod-
dering Marshal Petain invested La
val with dictatorial power giving
him the right ION his simple sig
nature alone to make laws" the i'm
mediate fate of continental France
was in pro-Berlin hands.
Petain's decree simply gave Off.
cial sanction to what had been an
unofficial fact for months. Every.
body in and out of Europe knew La.
val had been the real boss Of the
viehy regime and Petain the figure
head. Now Laval could emerge in
his true role.
Across the Mediterranean in AL
geria, Admiral Jean Darlan contin.
ued as the titular head Of French
North Africa. But no longer had he
Vichy's blessing and no longer was
he heir-presumptive to Petain's post.
Achieving the doubtful distinction of
International Turncoat No. /, Dar-
Ian had dexterously cast his lot with
the Allies, following the successful
American invasion. Previously he
had been notoriously pro-Axis. His
elevation to second in command to
Petain had been a reward for his
Axis leanings after the 1910 French
Collapse.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
NEW GUINEA:
Jan Dunkirk?

Steadily the jaws of the Austral-
ian-American trap had closed on
the strategic Jap-held port Of Buna
in New Guinea.
Significant of the Importance Of
the New Guinea drive to dislodge
the Japs was the presence in the
field of Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
While his land forces converged on
the enemy positions, Macarthur S
bombers had famed out for wide
spread aerial activities. On their
calling list besides Buna were ene-
my installations at Lac and Sala-
maus.
The critical plight Of the Jap gar
rison at Buna was emphasized by
the arrival Of eight enemy warships
in the vicinity. In grim game of
hide-and-seek that ensued between
American Flying Fortresses and the
Jap vessels, one enemy cruiser and
a destroyer were sunk and another
destroyer damaged before the fio-
tilla fed. Observers were of the
opinion that the Jap warships might
have been preparing to evacuate the
Jap defenders of Buna.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
RUSSIAN FRONT:
Reds Sho,U MettLe

The Nazi threat to the Caucasus
mountain passes and the Grozny oil
fields was lifted when the Russians
staged fierce counter attack in the
Ordzhonikidze area which resulted
in the humiliation Of 5000 German
troops and the capture of 140 Ger
man tanks, 10 field guns, 1850 army
trucks and 100000 rounds of am
munition.
The furious nature Of the Red as
sault and the fact that the Russ
forces were fully equipped with
planes, tanks and other mechanical
equipment indicated that this en-
gagement might be the signal for
far-fiung counter-offensive all along
the Soviet front.
AT the other end of the Caucasus
front German attempts to break
through the Soviet lines near Tuapse
were repeatedly beaten back. Mean
while reports said winter was clos
ing down rapidly over the entire
Russian front.
AS it had for weeks past, the Nazi
front at Stalingrad remained at
stalemate, with German attacks
beaten off by the stout-hearted Rus
sian defenders. The industrial city's
factory area was the principal tar
get of the Nazis' effort to gain
firm foothold in this strategic Volga
metropolis.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
Scale Co. Election
Continued From Page 1

more members than the number OF
pledge cards indicated.
In the NLRB hearing, it was
brought out that the MESA
claimed to represent 107 employees,
the UAW-CIo 400, and the COM
pany union number which could not
be determined by the NLRB since
they were given no bona fide
evidence of the actual number in
the company organization. The re-
suits of the election will determine
if the polishing and plating de-
partments are to be included IN the
unit which wins the election.
President Murphy announced
that the international UAW-Clo
kad assigned James Crowley,
Robert Burkhart and Orville Bee
mer to the Organizing Committee
of Local IL, to support Cyrus
Martin, Local II organizer.
The organizing staff Of Local II
have accomplished some outstand-
ing victories in recent elections, in
cluding the Airway Electric, Peters
Stamping, Commercial Metals
American Brake Shoe, Toledo In
dustrial Rubber, and the latest
landslide which resulted in a to
] victory for Local IL at the
Swartzbaugh Manufacturing Go.
President Murphy expressed his
complete confidence in the outcome
of the Toledo Scale Co. election
He said. "The election can't come
too soon to suit me - We are
healthy at the Toledo Scale, and
the workers out there really know
what the score is"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
Weekly Ne'Os
Analysis
ROOSEYLLI:
Vars Turning Point


American victories in the Solo,
mons and in North Africa might well
be hailed as an apparent turning
point in the war, President Roose-
welt declared. But, he warned the
American people, there is time only
for working and fighting, none for
exaltation.
The President coupled his analy-
sis of recent military events with
q rebuke to critics Of the govern
ment's war and international poll
cies, who speak "either out of ig-
nbrarce or out of political bias"
Declaring that he had made a
constant effort to keep politics out
okthe fighting of the war, Mr.. Roose-
WIT Headed guilty, however, to hav-
adg permitted pressure to disclose
the sinking Of an American aircraft
carrls- 10 days before the Novem-
Der elections. He said he had real
lied thar If the news of the sink
ing had been given out two or three
weeks later, a. would be publicly
charged tslat tisis news had been
suppressed By me until after the
election" The result was that Wig
orous profess had cone from COM
manding admirals. il tie Southwest
Pacific and at PeafI ,lprbor that
military informatioh was Icing Civ
en- to the Japs, because tfle- prob
ably had no sure khpwledge d the
sinking.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
Thomas Demands
Aid To Russia
BY JOHN DUN
Federated Press

A demand that the U. S. keel
it's promise of ample arms ship
ments to the Soviet Union was
voiced by President William Green,
of the AFL, and President r. ].
Thomas of the United Auto Work
ers, CIO, before $4,000 persons at
a mass rally of the American
Soviet Friendship Congress in New
York City on Nov. 8.
In proposing an international
labor conference, Thomas asserted,
"The millions of workers of the
United Nations, through their or
ganizations, can be mighty force
for total war and for the building
of just peace. We feel there
should be convoked, as soon as pos
sible, a conference of the spokes-
men of these movements, an all in
elusive international congress of
labor which will give leadership
and sticking power to our war
effort"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
|NL.k6 Newly
Streanllinel

WASHINGTON--Nov. 25, (FP)
New streamlined procedures which
will save roughly so per cent OF
the boards time, has been put into
effect by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
If the board agrees with trial
examiners report, it will issue and
attach the report, with any excep-
tions it makes, rather than rewrit-
ing the whole report.
The NLRB is hearing more cases
than previously - LILA unfair
practice cases and 1850 represen-
tation cases having been filed in
the last three months. Unions are
organizing, particularly in the
south, it was explained.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
GAS RATION:
CurtaiIed In East

Demands for petroleum pfddu1ts
by the American Expeditionary
forces in North Africa far in excess
Of original estimates resulted ina
curtailment of Is per cent in the gas
oline of motorists in the Eastern
states. The OPA order did not af-
feet the Middle West, where ration
ing had been scheduled for Decem-
Der !.
Motorists travelling in the East
from other states, however, would
have to comply with the new rations
which gave three gallons Of gaso-
line for "a" coupons, instead of
four.
Officials said the East Coast cur
tailment would result in saving
about 10000 barrels of gasoline a
day.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
CIO Aids
War Chest
Units Pledge
Their Support

Richard Lazette, CIO War Chest
di3ector reports that Toledo Locals
and Units are making a greater
contribution this year than ever
before to the common fund, which
is previous years was under the
Toledo GonmHnity Chest.
while The results are not COM
pIetes. said Brother Lazette, "the
Information now have indicates
that all plants are going to come
through with close tos1OO per cent
participationD. Hs 9ointed out that
there are few cI0 groups yet to
be heard from but sxpEessed his
belief that all would doaate to the
War Chest.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
Employment
Surveys TO Be
Studied

Employment surveys conducted
every 60 days by the 1900 U. S
employment offices scattered
throughout the country, will bt
carefully studied when they are
next compiled by the government
because of the expressed desire Of
some governmental authorities tc
freeze labor.
Locally, the U. S. employment
office under Edward j. Bodett'
reports that skilled labor, profes'
sional and technical of both sexes
is extremely difficult to secure
Moreover, the efforts of the EN-
ployment office to get men tt
change from non-essential to es'
sential work is dependent upon the
willingness of those asked to make
a change to cooperate.
Information contained in the
work questionnaires sent draft reg
istrants, is the basis for asking men
not drafted into the Army to accept
ESSENTIAL war work for other work
deemed less important. However
since the matter is one for the per-
son asked to accept or reject, the
transfer of jobs is not always ac'
complished.
Male help, according to Mr.. Bo'
dette, is drying up" but he would
not say that the condition was criti
cal because in a very short timt
the 60-day survey of employment
will have been completed and his
statement might not then be ac
curate.
Accoring to Mr.. Bodette, loca
schools now have SIT people IL
training for skilled jobs and ar
supplying hundreds of skilled ma
chine workers to Toledo war in
dustries. These students who ar
machine minded" readily fit int
the shops where they are employed
Local 12's employment office re
port confirms the U. S. employment
office opinion relative to the EN-
ployment situation in Toledo, tha
there is a great demand for skille'
people, but that the overall EN-
ployment picture SC far as unskille'
help is concerned, is brighter.
Walter Murphy, president O.
Local II, commenting upon th'
employment conditions, expressed
doubt if freezing labor would aiC
in increasing the number of skilled
people needed by the war indus
tries. at seems to me that if men
are hard to get for skilled jobs
that a general freezing o. men 10
their Jobs would accomplish moth
ing constructive"
At it's national convention re-
Gently ended in Boston, the Clo
went on reeor against any freez'
- "a So 10y
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
.Aufo-Life
Purfy

Auto-Lite Unit sponsored one of
its most successful Halloween
dances and parties at the CIO hall,
Saturday, Oct. 81.
Bettef-than- average costumes,
worn by bette -than-average-look-
ing young ladies bl,ightened the
occasion, while some really droll
tramps and spooks danced around
with make-believe Daisy Mag's and
Tillie the Toilers. W
Dancing, refreshments and
music furnished by Harold Bles
and his 1900" orchestra gave tlie
more than 1000 who attended the
party a full evenings entertain
ment.
John Begg, chairman of the Auto
Lite Unit entertainment committee,
presented many prizes to those who
wore outstanding costumes. The
door prize, a $25 war bond, was
won by A. Paprocki.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
Murray Calls for
Defeat of FiIihusier

WASHINGTON-(FP) Nov. 25
Philip Murray, CIo president,
last week sent a strong letter of
protest to senator's conducting a
filibuster against the Pepper-Geyer
anti-poll tax bill.
In his letter to the senators
fighting against the bill, Murray
said, "The nation today stands
enraged at the tactics of the
small bloc in the Senate which is
seeking to frustrate majority rule
in this nation"
Senator Richard Russell ID,
Ga.) Nov. IT, working to kill the
: zntinpoll tax bill, debated for hours
about - s.,ssz D mad A. ne
.sSseold OF the previops way. IL was
eonceded that the eorrection, hs
wen vs. 10 other corrections Ne
stated he WISHED to make were
irnportanl commas and serni-colons
which hkd been omitted.
!. One e the other Senate time
1who does a clever job of
- kill the anti-poll tax leg
~, Senator Harry F. Byrd
II ~. Senator Byrd has been
lying interviews accusing
taa government of m anpower
waste
sad Murray in his letter, "a
failure to defeat their tactics (sen-
ators conducting the filibuster),
will constitute a failure to support
the heroic forward movement of
our armed forces in Africa and
other parts of the world today"
Both the AFL and Railway
Brotherhoods are supporting the
Pepper-Geyer bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
DUPONT Enters
The Fold

Latest acquisition to Local 12's
growing list of affiliates are the
employees Of the Gresseli Chemical
Department of Ell. DUPONT deNem-
ours & Co., who recently joined the
UAW-CIO following several meet
ings called by Harold Dean, Local
IL organizer. -
With the new DUPONT Unit near
ly 100 per cent organized, the COM
pany has been notified of the
unions desire to negotiate a work
ing agreement covering wages,
hours, seniority, grievance proceed
ure and other clauses contained in
the Local IL contract.
The dupont Co. is engaged in
war production manufacturing
chemicals for the government.