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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Clerks Picket
Plants After
Stores Close
Clio Men RetaIiete
for AFl Teamsters
Shutting Groceries
Time, stan Correspondent

PONTIAC, July 31.-A dispute
between ALL and Go grocery
clerks, which already had closed
200 Pontiac grocery stores and
caused a Today food blockade, to-
day brought shutdown of one biz
war plant and disrupted work in
another.
An estimated 10000 UAW-CIO
members refused 20 cross Go Re-
tail Clerks picket lines at the
plant gates. Pickets displayed
banners saying:
mo beans. no work." and
Help us lift the food blockade"
PLANT SHUTS DOWN
The Pontiac Motor Company
employing 1000 men on the morn
ing shift. was completely shut
down. Approximately 1900 men
Of the Yellow Truck and Coach
Company were persuaded to re-
turn home by the Go pickets.
Both plants are engaged 100 per
cent in war work.
The Snarl stems from dispute
which followed a recent contract
signed between Pontiac's indepen-
dent grocery stores and the Go
clerks union. Picket lines were
established around the stores by
the AFL clerks. Acting in sym
pathy. the ALL teamsters refused
10 make grocery deliveries.
200 STORES CLOSED
As a result 200 grocery stores
last night voted to close for lack
of supplies and Pontiac is suffering
an acute food shortage Chain
stores are open, but their stocks
today were being rapidly depleted.
today were being rapidly depleted
and Go pickets marched al their
doors.
The contract between the indie
pendent stores and the Go clerks
wss agreed upon by both the store
owners and their employees in sep
arate meetings.
Tucker p. Smith, state director
Of the Go clerks union, said he
had warned the WPB that unless
the food blockade were lifted with
in "a hours, war workers would
be unable to report for duty for
want of food
"It il fundamental" he said.
that working men want food
and II is up TO the WPB and the
governor TO see that they get
food which Is as vital to war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

HAUL OWN SUPPLIES
The out-county stores, particu-
larly those around lakes and other
resort centers, said they were
managing TO keep small stocks on
hand by hauling their own gro
ceries in cars and pickup trucks.
but that the added expense of
such replenishment of supplies
was eating into their small profits
and by Monday. unless the situa-
ton is relieved, most of them ex-
pected TO be closed.
Meat deliveries were cut off
along with those of canned goods
and bread and pastries in Pontiac,
but the packing companies ship
ping in meat supplies to Pontiac
were permitting what few stores
remained open to get their meats
by calling for them at the packers
warehouses.
The city's $4,000 population
faced a weekend of meals with
out frills.
With chain stores being pick
eted by Go retail clerks in re-
taliation for the AFL clerks pick
citing the independent stores, the
grocery blockade of Pontiac had
ropes around IL wherever one
turned" Tucker p. Smith, state
director of the Go retail clerks,
ohsRrved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

WASHINGTON, July 81 CUP).
The military commission trial OF
eight alleged Nazi saboteurs re-
sumed today just two hours before
the Supreme Court was expected
to announce its decision on the
plea of seven of the saboteurs for
a trial in civil courts.
1t was believed that today's
commission session would be de-
voted to closing arguments by both
sides, with Atty. Gen. Francis
Biddle seeking a death penalty for
at least seven of the Nazis who
landed in this country from
U-boats last month.
There was some doubt whether
he would ask the maximum pen
atty for George John Dasch, the
eighth defendant, who is reported
to have turned government wit
ness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Young al 10,
Ford Talks Of
Far Future
Looks 20 Years Ahead
TO Soil Solving All
Problems of Man

Right now Henry Ford is one
of the busiest men in the world.
His contribution to war production
is far more extensive than any
thing he attempted in peace time,
when he concentrated on building
automobiles.
Yesterday, however, on the &C.
casion Of his seventy-ninth birth
day he Switched time from a
normal work day TO indulge in a
leisurely breakfast at Clinton Inn
in Greenfield Village with a few
intimate associates and news
papernen.
Mr.. Ford denied with mock in
dignation that it was in any man
ner a special birthday breakfast,
but ii was patent he treasured a
yellow rose Zone Of a huge bunch
Of 70 that had been given him a
few minutes earlier by $50 chill
dren. who had greeted him at
morning service in the Greenfield
Village Chapel.
CARRIES ROSE IN HAND
The rose was a bud. He carried
it in his hand and whitfield il oc-
casionally on the short walk from
the chapel 10 the old tavern. And
he carefully placed it in a little
vase on the ancient sideboard be-
hind him when he sat down for
breakfast.
Seventy-nine is pretty respect
able age. Most men who live that
long are-frankly--waiting for
death. They are concerned with
their ailments and they keep in
sisting the world has gone TO the
dogs and how can we hope for
anything from this crazy young
generation.
At 70. Henry Ford looks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
The Weather
HorRLY TKMPERATURE,

The sun will set at s:52 p m. today.
and rise tomorrow at 6:25 a m.
The moon will rise AZ II: al p m. today.
and Will set tomorrow at Has a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Nazi Spies Lose in High Court
Roosevelt
War Power
Is Upheld

WASHINGTON, July 81 QNS)
The United States Supreme
Court, in a history making YER
dict, today upheld Presi de n I
Roosevelt's wartime powers by
denying writs of habeas corpus to
seven Nazi saboteurs on trial for
their lives before a military COM
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
announced the decision and stated
that full opinion of the court will
be drafted and filed later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
.CityFar Down
Australian
Coast Raided
Jap FIiers Range
1000 Miles After Bio
Raid on Darwin
BY BRYDON G. TAVES
United Press star Correspondent

N"NCu ANtho otaH 1oIItsPouotut
GEN RAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia, July
31.-Japanese planes bombed four
areas in the Australian zone
yesterday and during the night,
apparently in preparation for a
new offensive move.
Seven fighter planes and two
heavy bombing planes were shot
down out of a feet of u bombers
and % Zero fighters which at
tackled Darwin. the great Allied
north coast base. Only one Allied
plane was lost.
BOMB COAST TOWN
Nine enemy heavy bombers at
tackled Port Hedland. on the west
Australian coast 1000 miles from
Darwin, in their longest incursion
toward the peopled southern area
OF Australia.
On the northeast sector, the
enemy bombed Port Moresby, the
New Guinea Allied base, and Horn
Island, just off the northeastern
tip of Australia.
Allied heavy bombing planes at
tackled a japanese sport,
escorted by destroyers, about 100
miles off northeastern New Guinea
and scored five direct hits on it,
starting fires which were visible
80 miles away.
MACHINE GUN ESCORT
The Allied planes then swept
low over the destroyer escort and
machine-gunned ii, silen in &
enemy anti-aircraft fire.
Allied planes on reconnaissance
shot down one Japanese fighter
plane and probably destroyed an
other 10 bring the total toll of
enemy planes in one day to IL.
Three Allied planes were lost in
the northeastern zone operations.
to make the total of Allied losses
four planes.
The Port Hedland attack came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
STOCKS DEPLETED

Occasional one-man stores in
Pontiac we're open but their stocks
we're sadly depleted and most Of
the small stores we're on the verge
of closing because they were prac-
tically sold out, proprietors stated.
Don Breen, Pontiac grocer and
president of the Retail GroceE'
Association, said ne had closed
his store for two reasons.
First, I haven't much left
to sell, and second, do not
want 90 jeopardlze my custom
ers--or my plate glass windows
by asking patrons to walk
through picket lines. Women and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Pontiac Burns Up Tires
In Quest Of Food Supply
BY RAY HARRINGTON
Times stan Correspondsnt

PONTIAC. July 31-Mrs. Pom
tiac and children couldn't run to
the corner grocery for supplies to-
the question of week
end groceries for the family be-
came serious.
With tire conservation being
preached on one hand under the
Pontiac plan, for which Pontiac
was the nations guinea pig. the
grocery procurement situation de-
a widespread driving jaunt
TO get the larder filed
Ferndale. Royal Oak and Bir-
stores had not closed to-
day and the bulk of Pontiac trade
was centering in those places.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
HAUL OWN SUPPLIES

children just don't like that kind
of stuff"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
General Ouch
Here Tomorrow

The complete program for the
three-day visit to Detroit Of Gen.
BroniSlaw Ouch OF the Polish
army in Canada was announced
today by John Tyrka. president
of the Polish Central Citizens
- Committee.
General Ouch will arrive here
tomorrow from Windsor and will
be greeted at the tunnel by
representatives Of Polish organi-
cations and taken to the Book
Cadillac Hotel. At 8 p. m. he will
address mass meeting at East
Side Dom Polski.
At 10 a. m. Sunday he will at
tend mass at ST. Hedwig's Church.
He will then have luncheon in
the rectory and at 3 p. m. will
attend a reception in his honor
TO be given by the Polish Army
Veterans Post No. 78. At 8 p m.
he will speak at meeting in
West Side Dom Polski.
On Monday General Ouch will
call on Mayor Jeffries at IL a. m.
and address the students at North
eastern High School at 1870 p. m.
He then will leave for Flint and
a tour of the state, returning here
March Z for visit TO Hamtramck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Speed Cash
FOrCOunty
Defense

To rush the Sl442ss appropria-
ton it has approved for the sher-
IFS department, the ways and
means committee of the County
Board Of Supervisors today asked
for a special session of the board
TO give final approval Of the APP
preparation.
The money, which was requested
10y Sheriff Andrew c. Baird, will
be used 10 add 80 men TO the
county road patrol, thus doubling
il. for the protection of new de-
Tense areas in the county.
Baird also will add the follow
ing employees TO his staff; four
radiomen. IL jailers and two court
service department men. Deputies
also will be permitted TO increase
their car allowances from $50 TO
500 a month while another SIS
900 will be spent for new radio
equipment, guns, first aid kits, etc.
Mayor Edward j. JeffrieS Jr.,
sitting as a member of the COM
mittee attempted 10 block some
of the increases, advocating the
purchase Of county cars instead of
the increase in the allowance, but
was unsuccessful.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Seven COnstdbIes
Dropped by Council

Common Council today vacated
the office of seven constableS who
failed TO file the necessary bonds
with the city clerk and agreed not
to appoint any one 10 fill the
vacancies, as constables have no
duties 10 perform.
Those removed were Robert l..
Ward, Ward g. Stephen J. Sobo-
cinski, Ward 13: Herbert n. Heath,
Edward H. Wagner and Peter J.
Kelly Ward Is, and Joseph A..
Clancy and Charles N. Young
blood. Ward q.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Lucille Manners
To Top Concert
For Navy Men

Lucille Manners. National Broad
casting Company singing star and
guest artist of the Columbia Opera
Company. will be the featured
performer at the gentertainmeni
Monday night for the officers and
enlisted men OF the United States
Naval Aviation Base al Crosse lie
The program. arranged through
the cooperation Of Lieut.. Com
r c. Young. L. S. n. commanding
officer and Lieut. l.. : Nelson
L. s. y. r.. operations officer, Will
include a dozen outstanding per
formers from the Detroit area.
Ii will be held in the large air
plane hangar, and at the conclu-
sion Miss Manners will present a
set of ColorS 10 the men Of the
ROYAL Air Force and fleet air arm
OF the royal navy who are training
at the base. The colors. a British
Union Jack and a Royal Air Force
ensign. have been donated by the
United Service Organization.
On the program with Miss Man
ners viii be Connie Barleau OF the
London Chop House. the ballet of
the Etienne School Of Dancing
Bob Hall, that eXtemporaneouS
Chap" fencing experts from the
Sale de Tuscan; Del Delbridge,
detroit orchestra leader. with Paul
DAVIS and Julie Amman. Betty
Robin, acrobatic dancer, and
others. and the WPA orchestra of
lie Roy Smith.
Mrs. r. c. Young, wife Of the
commanding officer. and Mrs. c.
r p. Cullum. wife of the Royal
Air Force liason officer, will be
hosteSses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Workers Give Vote
To AFL Tedmsters

The Transfers Union (AFL)
today was declared the winner in
representation election con-
Quoted by the state labor media
ton board among the employees
of Henry Vroom and Son, Inc, of
$40 Hecla avenue.
William Rocks, mediator said
that the transfers received l24
votes TO 81 for the Food Handlers
Union. an independent group.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Convention
In Boston,
Storing Nov. 9

Washington, Sept. 8. - CLOS
fifth annual convention will open
In Boston, Mass. on November 9.
the Executive Board voted this
week.
At the same time the Board
authorized President Murray and
the Executive officers to name
another location in case military
or transportation authorities turn
thumbs down on the Bean City.
1t will be the CLOS first con-
vention in New England. Pre-
vious ones have been held in
Pittsburgh, San Francisco. At
lantic City and Detroit.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07

2. Carry out political action in
support of Congressman and Sena-
tors who back the win-the-war
measures Of the President, and re-
move appeasers and defeatists from
public life at forthcoming elections.
3. Reassert CLIO demands for a
sound victory tax boil based on
ability TO pay.
4. Bring working unity OF all
United Nations labor movements,
including those of Latin-America,
closer to reality.
S. Mobilize all war production re-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Farmers
Rap Wage


Jamestown. N. D.. Sept. Stalking
position close to that of organized
labor. the Natl. Farmers Union
Executive Board last week asked
President Roosevelt to seek full en-
forcement of all seven points of the
intimidation program which he set
before Congress months ago.
The Farmers Union group asked
the Chief Executive to give at least
equal weight and emphasis TO limit
ing 10 6 per cent industrial profits.
which now stand at 400 per cent of
pre-war levels; to a ceiling of
$4,000 net on personal incomes; and
to rationing across the board. there
by inSuring maximum effectiveness
in distribution of available civilian
goods.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Early DeodIine

This issue of The CLIO NEWS
is going to press two days early
in order that it may be delivered
to readers before the Labor Day
weekend. Accordingly. some of
our usual features are not in
cluded, and it will be impossible
to give full coverage to the meet
ing of the CLIO Executive Board.
Full details will be contained in
the next issue.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
Rubber Union
Iowa
Ordnance Poll

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 3-The CLIO
United Rubber Workers scored
major victory this week when it
won collective bargaining rights
at Ankeny Ordnance Works here.
Because the number of persons
employed at the arms plant is
military secret, the Natl. Labor
Relations Board announced the
results in terms Of percentages,
rather than through the usual pro-
cedure of actual votes cast. The
results:
CLIO 5O.I%
AFL 4i.5%
Neither 5.49o
Dist. Rep. Floyd Robinson and
Field Rep. George Burden who
headed the hard-hitting URWA
campaign. hailed the victory as a
demonstration that workers in the
midwest definitely prefer clean
American unionism as represented
by the URWA-CIO." Robinson and
Burden declared that negotiations
would be opened just as rapidly as
possible on an agreement providing
wage increases. job security. paid
vacations, special protection for
girls. and other improvements.
Robinson and Burden expressed
gratitude for the cooperation given
to them by the Des Moines Indus
trial Union Council and Ben Henry,
regional director of the CLIO.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07

United Transport Service En-
ployes, CLIO: and Pres. Michael
Quill of the Transport Workers
Union.
One unusual feature of the coun-
try's tribute to labor will be the
launching of six Liberty Ships
bearing the names of union leaders.
Pres. John Green of the Industrial
Union of Marine & Shipbuilding
Workers will make the principal
speech at the launching of the SIS.
John Mitchell at Baltimore. with
Miss Mercedes Daugherty, niece of
CLIO Pres. Murray, swinging the
bottle of champagne that will send
the ship down the ways and into
the service OF the United Nations.
Mitchell was a one-time president
Of the United Mine Workers.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07

gram, and to sweep aside all enc
mics Of this national war policy
of our COmmander-in-C Chief,
Franklin ID. Roosevelt"
ELECTIONS
In line with this program, the
Board in its resolution on forth
coming elections pledged to fight
those candidates who oppose the
victory drive. identifying them with
the same forces that opposed the
New Deal, fought labor and gener-
ally took reactionary line in Con-
gress.
The same win-the- war aim was
expressed in the resolution on
international labor unity and in
President Murray's review Of
talks with Sir Walter Citrine Of
the British Trades Union Com
gress.
Citrine, Murray revealed. had
taken the position that the British
labor movement could not "offi-
cially" even talk with the CLIO,
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
WAR LABOR BOARD

The Boards resolution emphati-
cally declared against naming of
ANY car or supreme dictator to
regulate the economic affairs of the
nation" pointing out that the War
Labor Board. where labor, employ
ers and government are all repre-
sented, should be continued with
full powers to carry on its work.
Labor does not seek any selfish
ends, the Board said. Its interest
is in carrying out program aimed
at winning the war as quickly as
possible. This program is summed
up in the seven-point message,
which must be carried out in all
sections.
Labor is completely and whole
heartedly behind every single phase
Of the program" the resolution
said. mo one point can be sacri-
feed for. any other. All demand
immediate enactment.
ut Is labOr's task to mobilize
all the people behind the pro-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
British Workers
Moy Visit u. S.

London, Sept. S-(ALN)-After a
months tour of British ordnance
plants. Brigadier General G.. M.
Barnes, assistant chief of ordnance
of the U. S. Army. said yesterday
that he fully approved the proposal.
first reported in June by Allied
Labor News. to send delegation
Of rank-and-file British factory
workers across the Atlantic to study
U. S. production methods and ex-
change ideas with American work.
ers.
III think it Is an excellent idea
to have British w0rkmen see
American factories and show what
skilled tasks they can perform"
General Barnes said.
American workers and engineers.
1t is recognized. have developed
mass production techniques which
would be of value to British indus
try. Similarly. with almost three
years of wartime experience. British
workers have acquired much knowl-
edge which would be of value to
Americans. The use of women in
industry. General Barnes pointed
out, is widespread in Britain.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
ECONOMIC FRONT

The biggest portion OF the
Boards two day emergency session.
called by President Murray to re-
view the whole war economic stu
alton. was spent on hammering out
the anti-inflation, anti-wage freez-
ing platform.
Here the main emphasis was put
on the demand for complete en-
forcement of all the planks in the
Roosevelt seven-point program. in
Guiding overall price fixing and
rationing. taxes for victory based
on ability to pay. a limit incomes
at $4,000 a year, sterilization Of
wages and preservation of collec-
tive bargaining.
Wage sterilization, the Board
pointed out, "dOes not and must
not mean the freezing of wages.
Sterilization Of wages, consistent
with the Presidents national eco
nOmic program, involves neces-
sary adjustments to meet the
rising cost Of living, to protect
sub-standard wage-earners and to
eliminate other outstanding in
equaiities.
Further. the procedure OF col
lective bargaining between organ
ICED labor and industry must be
preserved and protected. To this
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
C|O Board Urges Quick Action
On All FDRs 7-Point Proqran
'AssoH Suggestions
For Gar Over Wages

WASHINGTON, Sept 5-Reaffrming broad economic and
political program aimed gearing the nation for victory 1912
the CLIO Executive Board this week took action to-:
l. Support the Presidents sevenpoin antiinflaon pro-
and resist all attempts to freeze wages up
of wage GEAR" threat to national unity and morale
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
HIT SOLID FREEZING

ave further urge you 10 stand by
your announced intention not to
freeze solid either farm prices or
wages, but to stabilize both with
recognition that the real incomes
and purchasing power of working
farmers and wage earnerS must be
sustained at minimum living levels,
and when necessary, adjusted so as
to sustain productive strength . :"
Calling for action on all seven
points in the program. the Farmers
Union message concluded:
THE offensive against initiation
Is not divisible. Let's move on the
whole front now. We are ready"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-09-07
eWor'Theme
Of u. S. Labor Day
Speeches. Porodes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-The shadow of manknd's for
greater democracy will hang Labor Day celebrations
throughout the nation
the past for relaxation and Labor Day 1912 will
find millions of workers busy in their shops turning out the
weapons the Axis those who get from