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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
LABOR DISSENTs

The wage increase for Little
Steel was granted on an S-to-4
vote, with the labor members dis
senting. Union security in the
form Of maintenance of member.
ship combined with a checkoff OF
union dues was provided-also by
a split vote, but with the four
employer representatives dissent
ing.
BY unanimous vote the board
ordered the companies to guar
antee workers a minimum daily
wage rate instead of spreading
the guarantee over a full pay roll
period.
The board explained that !,
arrived at the Accents a-day (5i2
cents an hour increase by apply.
ing its new principles this way,
THE steel workers secured
Il n wage increase Of lis per
cent early in 1941, giving them
an average wage Of 81 an hour.
But living costs have risen Is
per cent, so they have suffered
a loss Of 80 per cent In pur-
chasing power.
CAUGHT BY CHANGE
C-Because the dispute was
- certified 10 the board long
before President Roosevelt's
disqualification message, the
workers were caught by
change of rules In the middle Of
the game" and therefore were
entitled to more consideration
because of board delay In de-
Gliding the dispute.
C-The cost OF living has in
- creased more In steel towns
than In the country as n whole.
Because Of points 2 and 3 an
additional raise of 2.3 cents an
hour was added 10 make the 81,
cents to ENSURE n total rate
practical for pay roll purposes"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
WLB Rules Labor Is Entitled
To 15% Over January, 1941, Pay
Reaction Of Labor and Industry TO Decision
Likely TO Determine Action on Sterilization
BY FRED BAILEY


WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE
War Labor Boards new wage
sterilization policy-e in 6
workers las a general rule" to Is
per cent more wages than they
had on Jan. l, 1941-was expected
today 10 form at least the basis
of any new anti-inflation program
President Roosevelt may be plan
ming to send to Congress.
The reaction of labor and indus
try TO the boards policy. il was
believed, may determine whether
Mr.. Roosevelt will suggest further
controls" over wages and sala-
ries.
The boards policy was set forth
last night in its decision in the
Little Steel case The board or
dered for $4,000 steelworkers a
wage increase of "A cents a day.
maintenance of union member
ship and a minimum daily wage
scale.
TO END TRAGIC RACE
The sterilization policy. the
board said was designed 10 main
tain workers purchasing power at
January. 1871. "peacetime" levels.
Chairman William H. Davis said
II would lead TO a terminal for
the tragic race between wages
and prices" Implicit in the de-
ClSion was an assumption that the
cost OF living would not rise any
further.
Congressional leaders reported
Tuesday that Mr.. Roosevelt had
asked them TO forego a scheduled
six weeks recess TO be on hand 10
Heceive a plan for wage and salary
\ control" if he decided such steps
were necessary.
Davis said he could not commit
the President 10 the wage formula
set up by his board. but from
other sources il was learned that
II was issued with the full knowl-
edge and approval of Mr.. Roose-
volt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
TOTALS s65.OOo,O 900

II extended to the entire indus
try it was estimated that IL would
add about S65,000,000 a year 10
the steel industry's pay roll.
Davis explained the new wage
policy AT a press conference.
as a general rule" he said,
"the policy adopted In Little
steel means that all wage earn
ers are entitled to az least a Is
per cent wage increase in the
period between Jan. 1, 19i1 and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17

Increase In living costs.
The order does not freeze
wages and the board will con-
tinue to pass on demands for
elimination OF inequalities and
the raising of sub standard wages
10 assure all workers n fair liv-
ing standard"
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
George w. Taylor, public repre-
and vice chairman of the
board. wrote the mojority opinion
on wages and set forth five guild
ing principles" to be used by thu
board In deciding future wage
They were:
For the period from Jan. 1,
l. 1871, TO May, 1912. which
followed a long period Of rela-
tive stability, the cost Of living
increased by about IS per cent.
If any group of workers aver
aged less than a IS per cent in
crease in hourly wage rates
during or Immediately preceding
or following this period. their
established peacetime standards
have been broken. If any group
of workers averaged a Is per
cent wage increase or more,
their established peace i'm c
stapdards have been preserved.
amy claim for wage adjust
- ments for the groups whose
peacetime standards have been
preserved can only be consid-
cred in terms OF the inequalities
or OF hte substandard con-
ditions specifically referred TO in
the Presidents message OF April
81, 1912.
STERILIZATION FACTOR
C-Thosc groups whose peace
- time standards have been
broken are entitled TO have
these standards re-established
as sterilization factor.
1.-The board. as directed by
+ the President in his April
n message, will continue to
give due consideration 10 in
equalities and the elimination OF
substandards of living"
APPROPRIATELY 20 wage dis
~ putes. still pending before
the board. were certified prior
10 the sterilization date of
April 81. The question arises
in these cases whether wage
rates being paid on April u.
1912, can or cannot be consid-
cred as existing rates" within
the meaning OF the Presidents
message, or whether they then
had the tentative character of
disputed rates. Due regard must
be given 10 any factors of equity
which would be arbitrarily swept
away by change OF rules in
the middle of the game"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
AUTO WORKERS ASK 81

1t appeared doubtful. in view Of
the new wage policy, that 100000
automobile industry workers would
be granted the Sl-a-day increase
they arc demanding before the
board. II was pointed out that in
e., 1S-month base period since
January. 1911: these workers have
received increases. some OF them
as high as % per cent. However,
some increases 10 eliminate in
oqualities are expected.
Labor board officials estimated
that the Little Steel wage boost
would add approximately SO, 000,-
ZOO a year to the pay roll of the
bmpanies. with the workers get
Ting approximately $S,000,000 in
back pay. The increase is retroac-
tive to February when the dis
putes were certified TO the board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
MAY BECOME POLICY

There was speculation in in
formed quarters that if manage
mept and labor generally accept
the labor boards formula as a
reasonable adjustment 10 the ris-
ing cost Of living the President
might endorse il formally as the
administrations policy henceforth.
However. II there is opposition,
Mr. Roosevelt then might 60
ahead with more drastic measures
IN stop the inflationary trend Of
rising wages. Such a step, il was
believed. prob ably would be
coupled with a reiteration Of his
earlier suggestion, which Congress
Ignored, 10 limit salaries 10
$25 600 a year
The only reaction from labor
was the vigorous dissent of the
four labor members Of the WLB
10 the wage section of the decision
in the Little Steel case. The union
had demanded A S1-a-day increase
and the dissenters said:
THE conclusion II unacceptable
that the majority carried on Its
deliberations with a fixed In
tention not 10 grant more than
a token adjustment"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
MURRAY TO CONFER

the dissenters said. obviously
and incontestably, now means
= at the expense Of the workers"
J Go President Philip Murray
NVho also is president of the union
involved. the United Steel Workers
of America. conferS with his policy
committee today in Pittsburgh tc
decide whether 10 accept the
boards decision.
II was assumed that Murray
and the President discussed the
decision and the possibility Of the
union rejecting II. Labor circles
specialized that the President
offered 10 withhold request for
legislative action on wages in re-
turn for compliance with the de-
ciSion by Murray's union.
Labor officials generally be.
lieved that the union and the
Little Steel companies - Bethle.
hem. Republic. Inland and Youngs.
town-would accept the board
decision because of the importance
of keeping steel production al
maximum levels. They believed a
strike highly improbable.
They also expected that Bis
Steel employers of an additional
10000 workers would grant a
similar wage increase under the
industry-wide policy of maintain
ing uniform wage scales.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Automatic Vending Stands
Will Increase Milk Sales

Elimination Of some milk routes
and delivery Of larger quantities Of
milk at stations offer about the only
possibilities for decreasing the cost
OF milk to consumers.
z. r. Eudaly, dairyman for the A.
and M. college extension service,
points out that the cost and scarcity
OF labor. high cost Of feed, and trans
portation difficulties mean the dairy
farmer must get relatively high
prices for milk if he is to stay in
business. Much of the same prob
lens confront distributors. Some
plants are having difficulty in OBJ
tanning parts for keeping machinery
in repair.
One contribution the dairy indus
try might make to better diets Of
the nation is selling bottled SKINNED
milk. 1t is Q valuable food and in
some seasons goes to waste in Texas
plants, Eudaly says. The difficulty is
that 1t costs the distributor as much
to bottle and deliver SKINNED milk
as whole milk, for which he can get
a much higher price.
Milk consumption per capita could
be increased considerably, Eudaly
believes, by the introduction Of
vending machines or nickel-in-the-
slot milk. Some war industries re-
port favorably on the use of these
machines, but priorities on materi-
ais have curtailed their production.
After the war. the dairy industries
expect a boom in this type of milk
distribution. The Texas state nu-
triton committee recently ex-
pressed interest in promoting nickel
in-the-slot milk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Work After Hours
To Erect Cottage
Folks Call 1t the House That
Friendship Built.

GAINESVILLE, OHIO.-On the
edge of this little Ohio city is a
small, neat cottage, valued higher
than the Empire State building and
Radio City, combined.
Technically, it's worth about $500.
Actually you couldn't buy it with a
kings ransom.
For to gainesville folks-and own
er Franklin Waite-this is the House
That Friendship Built.
Waite was big, likable, popular
guard at a construction company
here. For months, he saved and
scraped to buy materials with which
to build a new cottage. He was
going to construct it himself in his
spare time.
Just as he was about to start. the
army drafted him, and the Waite
family resigned itself toedisappoint-
ment
Fellow wOrkmen at the construc-
ton plant learned of Waites trou-
bles and the whispering and plan
ming began.
For week about a dozen painters
and So carpenters didn't stop work
at quitting time; they grabbed their
tools and brushes and went to the
leafy grove on the Edge of town
where Waite had planned to build
his cottage.
For. week the grove rang with
the sound of hammers and saws,
with the rough, comradely talk of
men whose sentiment is expressed
in deeds, not words.
To work after dusk, they strung
a makeshift light line from near
by residence. Both the painters
and the carpenters unions contrib
uted beer and sandwiches to make
up for the meals the men missed
at home.
After the cottage was built, the
painters coated il with white paint.
When Franklin Waite finally saw it,
he almost broke down and cried.
I've never known anybody like
these guys" he muttered.
So Franklin Waite is now in the
army, knowing that back in Paines-
vile, his wife and daughter are
sheltered in comfortable, white
house-in the House Thu Friend
ship Built.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Skeptical Students

Students at Northwestern univer-
sity are skeptical of wartime mar
riages, survey conducted by the
Summer Northwestern, student
newspaper, indicated.
Most Of the students questioned
said that only If marriages had been
planned before the war should they
be fulfilled during wartime.
Afraid shelter marriages won't
work. Young kids getting married
for a week or two of emotional re-
sponses are wrong" one student
said.
A coed said: ANY long-range
view now is warped and marriage
today is merely living together"
The students indicated concern
over the prevalence of whirlwind
marriages. Many of them said that
now more than ever serious plan
ming for the future is necessary, and
pointed out that it isn't fair for a
soldier to marry girl when he
doesn't know how-or if-he will re-
turn. AS one student put it, There
are too many shattered lives and
broken families as a result of the
last war. We should attempt to
avoid these tragedies"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Lady Codiva's Strip Act
Annoys British Women

LONDON.-"Lady Godiva, 1912"
the Croydon strip-tease girl who
doffs her clothes to teach people a
lesson in saving fuel, has run afoul
OF the ladies of Croydon.
Miss Heila Brett, the strip-tease
girl, has been stripping behind a
silhouette screen in the Kennard
store and giving people a lesson in
saving fuel; She did it by stepping
into BATH, putting only five inches
OF water in. carefully turning off the
tap at the proper time and generally
being economical.
The act had the support of the
town of Croydon. and needless to
say, people fiocked into Kennard's
by the hundreds But today repre-
sentatives of women's religious
movement said they would stage a
demonstration to stop it.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Wartime Morale Studied
By Child Welfare Group

Cooperating with the Committee
on National Morale in the present
emergency, the Institute Of Child
Welfare at the University of Cali
fornia, under the leadership of Dr.
Harold E. Jones, is. directing its
activities to working out family
morale problems affecting the war
effort.
AT the request of the co-ordinator
of information, E. H. Erikson, lee
turer in psychology and research
associate at the institute, received
a three-month leave of absence to
work under the committee on ma
tional morale on confidential as
signment covering Washington and
various New England localities,
from which he has recently re-
turned
Serving as leader in organizing
various local study groups dealing
with problems of civilian morale,
DR.. hewitt Sanford, research asso-
ciate in the institute and assistant
professor of psychology. has con-
Quoted seminars and presided at
numerous community meetings.
The attitude of high school stu
dents toward the present emergency
Is the subject of a study being con-
Quoted at present by the institute,
with the final report on trends in
youth morale expected to appear
next month.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Speedy Race Horse Leaps
From Van to Beat Plugs

MONTROSE, CALF. - Black
Rain, speedy race horse, was not
content to win the feature event at
the Colorado state fair.
On the way back to Montrose the
horse had to OUTRAGE two .'old
plugs" on u S. Highway So
The horse was being driven back
to his Western Slope ranch in an
automobile trailer after the fair
when he spotted two old horses run
ming alongside the highway and
drawing away from the car and
trailer.
Black Rain leaped over the top Of
the horse trailer breaking the rope,
struck the back of the car and tore
out after the two other horses. He,
passed them before his owner
caught him after a mile chase.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Hours Occupation Cost
Would Keep 500 Families

WASHINGTON.-A statement just
isSxed by the Fighting French dele
Cd IN in Washington pointed out
THAI the German occupation was
costing Vichy 300, 100000 francs a
day. Five. hundred French families
of three members could be support
ed for a whole year, they said, ION
the cost of each hour of the occupa-
ton.
With the daily occupation cost, it
was asserted, France could pay
years salary to 10000 unskilled
workers; build $500 modern work
mems homes; build 80 miles of rail-
way line or buy $50 locomotives.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04

for doing the jobs will 60 toward Vic
tory when paid to her
Now make list, Betsy. Win
dows washed, 60 cents. Apples
picked from under the tree, Is
cents. Emptied trash cans, 4 cents.
Sold string beans from the garden,
Is cents. Sold strips of spoiled film
to children for sungaZing, at one cent
yard, 20 cents. Total, Sl24. Yours
helpfully, hope, and then III sign
II at the bottom"
Betsy was putting like a grampus
from her labors The tall, painstak-
ing letters tottered bravely across
the sheet of paper. Gravely Mrs.
Carson took the pen to sign.
Mother. would it be the proper
etiquette if signed it too?"
Perfectly proper, l think" Mrs.
Carson said without a smile, and
handed the pen back to Betsy.
Letter from an actual commu-
nication in the files of the Treasury
DEPARTMENT.
Every member of the family
should invest in Americas future.
Make certain at least 10 percent of
the family'S total income is pledged
to victory no later than New Years
Day. u. S. Treasury Dcboytmru,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Lord Russell's Definition

Lord Russell when he was lord
chief justice of England, came to
this country in 1896 and in a speech
before the American Bar associa.
ton gave the following definition of
civilization: Thought for the Door
and suffering, chivalrous regard and
respect for woman, the frank recoe-
milton of human brotherhood, ire
spective of race or color or nation
or religion; the narrowing of the do
main Of mere force as governing
factor in the world, the love of or.
dered freedom, adherence of what
is mean and cruel and vile, cease.
less devotion to the claims of Jus.
tice. Civilization in that, its true
its highest sense, must make for
peace"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Found ONLY In Brazil

Rock crystal, the transparent va
riety of crystal quartz, is so abun-
dant that tons are thrown away ev-
cry year as worthless by quarters
of other minerals, according to Hen
~ W. Nichols, chief curator of ge-
ology at Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, Ill. Yet one vari-
ETY., of such great industrial impor-
lance that it is classed as a stra-
tegic mineral, can be found in COM
mercial quantity only in Brazil. It
Is used to control the length of radio
waves, and of radio frequency oscil-
iations, wherever their accurate
control is required.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04

If you have bats in your attic
and swallows under your caves. Won
need have no fear of their infesting
the place with bedbugs, ACCORDING
to the Bureau of Biological SURVEY
Insects similar to bedbugs do some.
times attack both bats and swallows
but they do not attack man. Swal.
lows are good friends to farmers as
they. are tireless in their hunt for
insects, many of which are iniuri.
Gus to crops. Bats, too, are insect
hunters and Oh the whole are an
interesting and harmless addition r.
night farm life.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Shoes More Comfortable

From now on women's shoes will
be more comfortable, with lower
heels and room to wiggle your toes
around. There will be more OK
fords and fewer styles. Goatskin
and kid may become the scarcest
OF feathers. Keep shoes in good
repair. Shine daily and wear half
soles proudly as a badge of patri-
otto cooperation.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Peas Paw With Kafr

Experiments on a plot of land
were made with half planted with
cowpeas and the remainder to corn
for home use. The next year the
entire plot was planted to pink clus-
Ter kafir. 1t was easy to tell to the
row where the peas had been the
previous year. The kafir looked like
an early and late planting, the heads
much larger and maturing earlier on
the pea patch.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
He Wishes He'd Donated
Dads Belt With Boots

GREAT FALLS, MONT.-The boy,
IL, was pleading earnestly for a
certificate enabling him to buy a
pair of hip-length rubber boots. The
rationing clerk was obdurate. ITS
impossible" he said. What do you
need them fot?"
Il turned in a pair during the
scrap drive"
And now you're sorry and want
them back"
mo, it isn't that. The boots I
turned in were my dads fishing
boots, and he's just found it out"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Marine Dogs Walk Post
With Sentries in Hawaii

WASHINGTON. - The marine
corps Is training dogs to 60 with
sentries as they walk post in Hawaii,
the navy department stated recently.
framing the dogs are Corp. Will
lard Layton Of Bayard, w. Va, and
Frlvates Jerry Ogle Of Bend. Ore, ,
and Marvin W. McBane of Mime
apolis.
Corporal Layton attended the
Dogs for Defense" course set I'D
by the army.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Quicksilver Is Being
Mined in Nevada Desert

RENO.-A large California gold
mining company has gone far into
the Nevada desert to produce the
quicksilver needed for shells and
bombs. Known as the Silver Cloud,
but with exact location undisclosed,
the mine is a huge body Of low
grade ore being mined by power
shovel methods. 4
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
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2eAx

The little girl tugged gently at her
mothers sleeve
Now, Mother?" she asked. Now
can't We write my letter."
why, of course, Betsy" Mrs. Car
son grinned. "Are you going to write
IL or am IT.
Well" Betsy said. Maybe you'd
better kind OF gay it to me. Only I'd
"All right, then, Miss Carson, take
letter" her mother said, walking
slowly up and down the room.
Ready? Dear Mr.. Morgenthau:
The way / save money for War
Stamp buying is to steer all the
small household jobs toward my
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Bolt of Lightning
Scores Holes in One

LOGANSPORT, IND. Light
ming played" the city golf course
and played havoc, too, by boring
a few. more holes around the No
green.
Night Waterman Bruce Llewel-
len said the bolt spun him from
a chair $50 feet distant, literally
skinned an old walnut tree and fol.
lowed q root into the ground.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Grounds for Divorce

According to q leading divorce
lawyer glazing wall paints shock
The eyes and create domestic irrita-
ton from which big and little ali
monies grow. He advises light blue
OF green tints as soothing for break
last rooms, dull orange or blue
SHADES for bedrooms.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
How Long Are Seeds Viable?

INABILITY of seeds will remain rea-
sonably good over the following
average maximum periods for the
different varieties: Alfalfa, three
years; barley, three; corn, two; clio
yer, three; Kentucky blue grass,
tAee; red-top, three; timothy, four;
wheat, two; pumpkin, four; water
melon, SIN; and beans, three.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04
Three Production Drive IDEAS

The labor-management commit
tee conducting the War Production
drive in the Kearney & Treacker
plant at Milwaukee, Wis, report a
number of unusual features. Com
pany nurses give balanced diet sug-
gestions to those who ask them;
and the air is checked monthly and
indicated corrections in the ventila-
ton systems are made.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-12-04

daughter. who is
eight years old.
She is so keen
about buying War
Sta mps that I
X ow all the
money / might
n a We aid to
someone else