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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Bad Bills
Adopted

Annapolis, April 8-Disregard of
the needs of Maryland's war work.
ers, for whom the CLIO had pre-
pared a legislative program, char
acterized the session of the Mary
land Legislature which ended last
week, said Sidney r. Katz, legis-
lative representative of the State
and District Industrial Union Coun-
Gil.
At the same time several laws
were passed which Katz describ-
ed as definitely dangerous.
Among these were the so-called
merit rating law cutting down
payments to the unemployment
compensation fund; the Little
Hobbs" bill against interfering
with the transport Of perishable
foods, and the so-called work-or.
fight bills which were passed for
o dozen counties.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Local 26 II otes

Organization of the guards Is
going along smoothly since they
discovered that nothing in their
undertaking to the company or the
government prevents their joining
union, reports Vice-President
John E. Sharp. Local 26 expects
to ask the company soon to open
negotiations on the conditions Of
their work.
Since the campaign of organiza-
ton began. the company gave them
"a wage raise of 5 cents per hour
to 80 cents per hour. The company
also talks vaguely about another
) cents per hour. The guards
see the connection between organ
ization and wage raise. Watchmen,
who got no raise but still receive
70 cents per hour, see it too.
Bro. ]. L. Wilbert, a Waterman
who was fired on a trumped-up
charge after he had agitated active
ly for union, is seeking reinstate-
ment through the National Labor
Relations Board. Representative
of the management and the union
met on his case with Mrs. Jewel G..
Briggs, examiner for the Board, but
the company failed to reinstate
him and the case will be carried to
hearing.
Frank Carter is the latest of the
active union members to join the
Army.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12

will sit in dispute cases. with a
public member as chairman, to
gather evidence and make recon-
mendations to the Regional Board,
The panels, it is announced, will
sit in dispute cases, with a public
member as chairman, to gather evil
dence evidence and make recon-
mendations to the Regional Board,
which under the new regulations
has large autonomy in handling
disputes.
Thomas and Sharp were sum-
moned to Philadelphia April II to
have their new duties explained
to them.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Jet Workers
Adopt
Program,

Cumberland, April u AT
their last regular meeting, the
Jet Workers Union of the CLIO
adopted the following program
l. IOc per hour increase In
wages now; step rate increases
to prevailing rates.
2. Men leaving to join armed
forces to be furloughed without
loss of seniority rights.
8. Seniority to apply generally
In promotions and layOffs.
A. Recognition of union griev-
ance committee.
5. A signed agreement embody-
Ing the above points.
9. A 1000 union shop with
equal rights and privileges for
all.
Z. Militant Industrial uni0nism
according to the principles Of
the CLIO.
8. Everything to win the war;
establishment Of joint machinery
to discuss improvements I'm plant.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
NJ o TIcE

All members are urgently
requested to cooperate with
Vice-President John f. Sharp,
in collecting data on men who
have entered the service. An
honor roll board Is to be in
stalled in the local headquar-
tiers with the names and pic
lures of all. Their addresses
are also needed so that they
shall continue to receive the
Western Maryland Edition of
the CLIO NEWS. The execu-
tive board placed Bro. Sharp
in charge of assembling the
material.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12

AS the furore against labor on
account of absenteeism begins to
die down nationally, Kelly workers
are pointing with pride to their
work attendance records. Even the
company admits that absenteeism
is mo problem" Is only one-half
higher than it was in peacetime,
and is hardly any higher for wom-
en- than for men.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Protest
Draft
Deferment.

Cumberland, April IA campaign
against the present system Of draft
deferments has been launched by
the two Allegany County posts Of
the American Legion and the two
local posts Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars. A committee of Local
1874, headed by William E. Meagh-
er, is cooperating.
Sam A. Graham of Typograph-
ical Union, Local 244, chairman Of
the Committee on Draft Defer.
ments of American Legion Fort
Cumberland Post No. IS, says that
no good reason can be offered for a
general policy of blanket defer
ments. The national Legion and
also the national VIEW favor grant,
ing deferments only for a limited
time, so that employers shall be
forced to find somebody for re-
placement.
David w. Sloan, attorney, chair
man Of the corresponding commit
tee of Henry Hart Post No. 1411 Of
the VF'W, believes there should be
full publicity on all deferments,
with opportunity for fellow work.
men to present evidence on the in
dispensability of any particular in
dividual. At present, says Sloan,
the only testimony taken is that Of
the employer and the man himself,
and both are interested parties.
UNREST IN PLANT
Considerable unrest is reported
from the Celanese plant because Of
certain deferments which have
been granted there, and It is
thought probable that the whole
subject will soon be brought up for
an airing.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Can't Be Done> Says John l. Lewis

While presidents members the CO. railroad
imitation:
o o
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12

Sharp, vic e.
president Of Lo-
cal Is, URWA,
have been desig-
n a t e d la b o r
members of the
tripartite panels
being set up in
this area by the
Third Regional
w ar L a b o r
Board.
The panels, II
announced
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Sign Textile Poet

Lynchburg, Va, Apr. 10 An
agreement covering all production
and maintenance workers have
been signed between the CLIO Tex
tile Workers Union and the Cen
solidated Textile Co.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
PRICES STILL RISING


PRICES STILL RISING
"Since that program was
launched, however, prices have
continued to rise; stock prices
have also risen and the stock
market Is enjoying what may
fairly be called bull market,
indicating that spectators ex-
pect higher profits (lncOnsist-
ent with the anti-infiation pro-
gram) or higher prices, or both.
Price Administrator Prentiss
Brown has set as his apparent
goal an orderly rise" in prices
as II price rises were not In
themselves profoundly disorder
~, and disorganizing to the
whole economy.
$50 rapid have been the rises
I'm prices that the so-called Lit
tie Steel formula for increasing
wages in accordance with the
rise that took place In the cost
OF living after January, 1871, Is
out of date, and A. F. Of L., CLIO,
and independent unions are de-
manding its revision. Prices ut
retail are about % percent above
January, 1941 Irrational average),
and are still rising.
HOW TO PREVENT INITIATION
an order for the sterilization
program to be salvaged, 1t is neces-
sary that prompt and drastic action
be taken to curb the profiteers and
anti-administration snipers who
would interfere with the war effort
IL by so doing they could discredit
Mr.. Roosevelt. All the popular
forces, which fortunately are more
interested in winning the war than
in anything else. must unite to put
the reactionaries and irresponsible
elements in Congress on the spot
and prevent their running away
with the show.
The attack needs to be developed
on several fronts at once:
81. Agricultural program:
1t is quite impossible to stabilize
the cost of living II the prices of
agricultural products are not
stabilized. Frankly inflationary
measures for changing the defini-
ton of parity must be defeated.
Agriculture must cease producing
goods that can only be put in stor-
age for use after the war. and
convert with government assist
ance to war basis, producing
needed crops within the price limi-
tations already laid down in the
anti-inflation program. For this
purpose governmental subsidies ac-
cording to the plan Of the National
Farmers Union are far preferable
to price rises, and intelligent shift
ing of farm labor under govern
mental direction Is indispensable.
Farm labor must not be frozen in
the interests Of big plantation
owners.
"2. Tax program:
The tendency to saddle more
and more taxes on the wOrst-paid
elements In the population must
be reversed. Wealth must be
consripted; large incomes and
inheritances must be taxed 100
percent Of all over certain
figure; war profits must be taxed
100 percent; lOophOles must be
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
plugged Immediately and COM
pletely.
MORE RATIONING NEEDED
$50 Drsan rouk.nr.
"3. Price control:

0s - AhtO 1OhAAOAs
An overall system Of rationing of
all commodities must be adopted
as the only democratic way of dis
tributing goods in wartime. Price
ceilings must be imposed on the
goods not now having them, and
these must be accompanied by
complete system of grading and
labelling, without which enforce
ment is impossible. With this
background. labor and consumer
participation must be introduced
on a big scale.
Rent Control must be adopted for
areas such as Cumberland.
81. Wage and salary stabiii-
cation:
The limitation Of all family in
comes to $4,000 per year for the
duration must be introduced.
Wages must be allowed to rise as
much as the cost of living. We
favor sterilization Of wages, but not
freezing. The War Labor Board Is
faced with an impossible task as
long as price sterilization Is not q
reality. However the Board should
be continued and should revise Its
policy. Salaries under $4,000
should be stabilized.
FOR BOND PURCHASES
"5. War bond purchases: We
take this occasion to reaffirm
iabOr's endorsement of the 9TH
er points in the anti-infatiOn
program, especially the pur-
chase of bonds to win the war.
ITO accomplish the above ends,
we propose the following imme-
diate steps:
"a. That we communicate
with the State and natiOnalAFL,
CLIO, and Railroad Brotherhood
organizations, and with the Ma
tional Farmers Union urging
that they perfect a working
legislative alliance on the above
basis, and further that they call
a national peoples legislative
conference to publicize their
program and influence Congress
and faint-hearted administra-
tors who may be disposed to
yield to the pressure of private
interests.
'B. That we lay plans for the
holding of a Western Maryland
Regional Conference on Ec0nom-
ic Sterilization, where the issues
will be explained and discussed
and continuing machinery set
up for the popularization and
enforcement of price control and
rationing.
&C. That we repeat our de-
mand for the immediate estab-
lishment of rent control In Cum
berland."
Chairman Jones OF the Boiler
makers (AFL) Is also chair
man of the Arrangements Com
mittee for the May 2 conference.
Horace B. Davis. Field Representa-
tive of the Western Maryland CLIO
Industrial Union Conference, is
Secretary of the Committee and
w. H. Frazier of Typographical
Union No. 244 Is co-secretary. The
Chairman of the Western Maryland
Labor Unity Conference is Charles
E. Stutzman of the Transfers.
BY a coincidence Cor was 1t
coincidence?) the OPA announced
Immediately after the release OF
this statement that It's inspectors
would comb the state for violations
of meat and other price ceilings.
However. Labor Is not easily sat
isfied. At its April 7 meeting, the
General Committee of Local 1874
adopted a resolution to demand
grading and labelling of canned
goods as necessary means to real
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Thomos,
Sharp on
WLB Panel

Cumberland, April John C
Thomas, Business Manager O.
Local 1874, TMUA, and John E
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-04-12
Continued from Page ~

at the end of April, 1912. by Presl-
dent Roosevelt in his so-called Z.
point anti-inflation program.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

As the swelling tide
Of Americon offensive
power hit Rendovo Is
lond. From five biq
londing croft nosed al
most up to the beach,
American { orc e S
streom ashore TO the
islond from which or
tillery pounded Mundo
Point, eight miles
owoy, to soften up the
Jop DIR bose for its
capture by United
Stotes Marine and
Army units.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Marine Corps gunners ontioircroft gun covering
The ondne Of American forces Rendovo from ondnq croft
lined oImost roll to roll They helped stop beated and
week attempts by Jop onoroft back the ondnq
which doomed the Jcp base at Mundo Point now potential
base for the pushing Yonks A. P Photos
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Woshineton's foremost
builders have consistently
selected Peerless Furniture
Company to decorate oI-
mcst every molor apart
ment built in Woshinqton
in the lost ten years. There
must be Q good reason why
they prefer Peerless,
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Probers Assai| Navy
For Showing Elk Hills
Report 10 Company
House Group Demands
Copy; Peterson Ready
To Get in Full Swing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Members of a House committee
investigating the abrogated Stand
ard Oil Of California-Navy Depart
ment contract for joint development
of the Elk Hills petroleum reserve
expressed astonishment last night
that copy of the Justice Depart
ment report on the contract, with
held from the committee, had been
furnished the oil company.
Chairman Peterson of the Public
Lands Committee said he would de-
mand that Justice Department off,
cials present the committee with
copy at its next session tomorrow
and that he would remove all re-
strictions on questioning Of the
officials.
There is no reason now," he de-
clared, why the committee investi-
CATION should not get into full swing.
Restrictions which I have hitherto
allowed to be placed on questioning
in order to allow the Navy Depart
ment and the President to consider
the Justice Departments report, will
be removed at our next session. The
committee now feels it should pro-
ceed with the investigation without
further hindrance."
Biddle's Consent Reported.
Mr.. Peterson said he had learned
from R. Keith Kane, Navy Depart
ment attorney, that the report had
been given Standard.
Mr.. Kane explained, Mr.. Peter
son said, that he had been given
permission of the Attorney General
to send a copy Of the report to
the company.
Representative Outland, Democrat,
of California, committee member.
said he felt the company should
not have been allowed to see the
report before a group represent
ing the public interest, such as the
Lands Committee, had been given
a copy.
Il think the procedure was bit
irregular and would bear further
questioning" Mr.. Outland said.
Meanwhile, Chairman Hatch Of
the Senate Public Lands Committee
said jurisdictional problems arising
from the interest of four congress
sional committees in the Elk Hills
investigation might be solved by ap-
pointment of joint Senate House
committee.
Peterson and Walsh Agreeable.
That. Senator Hatch declared,
would include members of the House
and Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tees and the House and Senate
Public Lands Committees.
Mr. Peterson and Chairman
Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee said the plan had their
approval. However, Mr.. Peterson
said his committee would continue
a separate investigation because of
bill it is considering which would
add additional land to the Elk Hills
reservation.
The contract was Cancelled by
Secretary of Navy Knox after AS
sistant Attorney General Norman
M. Littell described it as illegal
and invalid" He said it gave
Standard Oil an interest in Gov
ernment property (oil beneath the
landD.
Evening star., 1943-06-24

Britain Plans Mail Vote
For Troops After War
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 24.-The govern
ment today announced plans for a
postwar general election-the first
since 1935-ln which persons serving
in the armed forces will be enabled
to vote by mail or proxy, a practice
not now permitted.
Herbert Morrison, Minister Of
Home Security, told the House of
Commons that the government in
tended to introduce legislation
which would enable any person who
has reached II to vote.
At present hundreds of thousands
OF adults In Britain are not eligible
to vote because the register of voters
has not been revised since the be-
ginning of the war and no provision
has been made for voting by those
in the armed forces who are absent
from home.
Wartime elections have been held
Evening star., 1943-06-24

itself more intelligently to the war
effort. the news of the serious sit
uation in those strategic islands was
held up for five weeks" he declared,
There was, he said, far too much
unnecessary and improper mystery"
about Maj. Gen. Jimmie Doolittle's
raid on Toxic.
Silence in the initial phases
could be easily understood because
of the necessity of getting the
American flyers out of China, but
the continued delay of the Gov
ernment to divulge all the facts
threw discredit and doubt on
courageous leader who was forced
to make misstatements of fact be-
cause of the exigencies of wartime
crisis" he said.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Arlington Army Flyer
Killed in Latin America

Second 1t. Preston King. 26-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
only to fill vacancies In Parliament
caused by deaths or designations.
Rome Reports Shake-up
OF Fascist Secretaries
Nv the Associated pres.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 24.-The Rome
radio announced last night that
Premier Mussolini had appointed
new Fascist secretaries to several
points in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia,
ing shake-up presumably designed
to bolster morale in areas being
battered by Allied aerial blows.
The Italian broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press, listed IT CEN
ters as receiving the new secretaries.
Places in Italy named were b.
logna, Aosta, Mantova, Reggie,
Emilia, Parma, Grosseto, Terni,
Udine and Ravenna. The others
were Caltanisetta. Catania, Syracuse
and 1'rapani in Sicily; Lubjana in
former Yugoslavia. and Cagliari and
Sessari in Sardinia.
Evening star., 1943-06-24

Record for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday TO noon todavl
Highest. ~, a. 3 30 p m. Year ago 81.
Lowest. 13, at 4:@S am. Year ago, 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Hlshest a5. on June l3
Lowest, 6, on February Is.
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Hlghest. s5 per cent, at $40 am.
Lowest, 80 per cent, at 2:30 pm.
Tide Tables
Evening star., 1943-06-24
1900 Ford Foremen
Quit as Protest in
-Four Rouge Plants
Union Members Spurn
il Strike After Company
Il Refuses to Rehire Men
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 24.-Four units of
the Ford Motor Co.'S River Rouge
fplant operated today without the
services of $500 toremen who, their
sunion chief said, had quit their jobs
because of company refusal to rehire
certain strikers of last week end.
8 I'VE would not permit them to
strike again so they are simply turn
ing their cards in to their super
,visors and leaving the plant"
Robert H. Keys, president of the
Foreman's Association of America,
said when the men left yesterday.
) The incident brought to the fore
again clash between the inde-
pendent union and the company over
Interpretation of an agreement re-
dating to a technical question over
foremen's pay. Mr.. Keys said the
company had delayed a settlement.
A strike Saturday followed the
discharge or suspension OF 60 fore
men for the posting of a I'VE don't
want to strike" notice on plant bull
letin boards. After intercession by
the regional War Labor Board, the
men returned to work Monday.
No foreman willing to return to
his Job and represent management
AS he should has Leen discharged"
said Ray R. Rausch, company
director.
Mr.. Rausch said that foremen al
ways had the privilege of talking
over working conditions and other
matters with the management.
In fact he said, the foremen
represent management When the
time comes. as it apparently has,
that these foremen no longer rep
resent management. then they
are of no further value as foremen."
Military police on duty in Detroit S
race riots were ordered to the Rouge
plant. Brig. Gen. William E
Guthner, in command of the riot
troops, said the soldiers were sent
to Rouge simply for security"
There was no untoward incident.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Axis Forces in Balkans
Put at IS Divisions
By the Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey, June % de-
layed) From an informed Balkan
source today came reports that Axis
forces in the Aegean Isles and Crete.
Greece and Yugoslavia now number
Is divisions-37 Italian divisions, 18
German and 20 Bulgarian.
The same source also said Gen.
Hans Spiedel of the German Army
has arrived in Greece to take COM
mand of three German divisions
recently sent from the Russian front
to serve as reinforcements against
possible Allied attacks.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
owl Receives Support
From Clio President
And Newspaper Guild
Both Urge Restoration
Of Funds for Domestic
Branch as Vital Agency
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The American Newspaper Guild
and Philip Murray, president of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tionS, with which the newspaper
workers union is affiliated, have
come to the support of the Office of
War Information, while Representa-
tive Taber. Republican, of New York
calls the agency utterly laWless'
House action in cutting off funds
for the Office of War Information
threatens to end the life of vital
war agency that enjoys the conf
dence of American workers" Mr.
Murray telegraphed Chairman Nc
Kellar of the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee which will consider
the bill from which the House Topped
all of Owls S5,500000 fund for
domestic operations.
Asserting that the five million
members" of the CIO are very
much concerned with the need for
accurate information on the progress
of our war and welcome the
work of the Owl in this and in off
setting the decisive effects of Axis
propaganda Mr. Murray urged
restoration of the full domestic fund.
Also Wired Cannon.
He sent similar telegram to
Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee.
Guild President Milton Murray
wrote Senator McKellar a request
for restoration of the owl domestic
operating fund to the $4,000 900 ,000
war agencies bill.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Taber declared in
the House that Owl is IAN utterly
law]ess, irresponsible outfit which is
doing us no good abroad or at home. ="
The House left S28.972.000 in the
bill to finance Owls foreign propa-
ganda activities, but Mr.. Taber told
his colleagues the agency had made
100000 expenditure in this field
which was not authorized by law.
He said he was informed that
Owl had spent this amount on a
contract with Short Wave Research
Inc. This organization, he said, was
formed by group of people, most
of whom are on the preferred list"
of the Dies Committee. Asserting
that the contract was for personnel
and personal services. he added that
the OWT is authorized to make con-
tracts only for supplies and ma
terialS.
Calls News Imperative.
In his letter to Senator McKellar
Milton Murray said the Newspaper
Guild believes the Owl is an essen
tial war agency doing a vital war
job
I'VE believe that the American
people are entitled to get as much
information AS it is possible for
them to get he continued. I'VE
believe that now more than ever
in this critical summer of 1943-a
strong Office of War Information is
imperative to help the reporters get
out the facts to the American people
to help get the news of develop
ments at home and abroad to all
Americans We believe that the
Owl has been of great service to
the Nation in helping to obtain in
formation about the war. in helping
to eliminate confusion, and in help
ing reporters get the facts"
In another communica ton. the
Executive Committee of the Wash
ington Newspaper Guild supported
Mr.. Murray's stand. The committee
said small Washington news bu-
reaus and correspondents would
find it extremely difficult to get all
war news without such a central
source" "