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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Miscellany
by Mike Bracy
ABSENTEEISM

A report by the National Re-
sources Planning Board points out
that all is not we'll with the health
Of the people.
The first medical examination of
draftees indicated that more than
40 per cent were classified as un-
fit for general military service.
Three years before, report of the
technical committee on medical care
showed that on an average day,
100000 persons were disabled by
illness, which over the period of
one year amounted to 100000
man days with resulting econom-
ic loss Of ten billion dollars.
Recommendation by the board
were health measures to eliminate
all diseases, disabilities and pre-
mature deaths which are prevent
able.
A thorough study Of this report
by any fair investigating commit
tee would do much to help clear up
the issue Of absenteeism.
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AFL. CIO Unite
80. 900 War Workers

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (FP)-A
joint AFL-CIO win-the-war com
mittee representing $4,000 war
workers in this area has been
formed, and as its first task will
seek to remove the causes of ab-
senteeism.
Meetings are to be held by the
committee with management rep
hesentatives on absenteeism. 1t is
the committees opinion that alb
senteeism is neither the. fault of
the unions nor of the management
but that the two working together
can cure it.
Joint political action also was
taken by the committee at its first
meeting when it condemned the
Hobbs socalleG anti-racketeering
bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Educc+ionoI
Committee
Chosen ByLocoI
To Aid
Organizational Program

Appointment of an educational
committee to formulate and carry
out the educational program of
Local IL was announced early this
week by Edward Duck, educational
director of the Local.
Participants in the collective
bargaining class and discussion
group will comprise the personnel
OF the educational department,
which will also aid in the organi-
zational work of the Local.
To Undertake Organizing Work
One of the first tasks assigned
the educational department is that
of organizing a local plant. House
calls will be assigned the members
of the educational department
which will give them experience
and the opportunity to develop
their knowledge of Unionism. Re-
suits of the campaign will be an
nounced at later date.
Following are members of the
educational department: WHY'S
Overland Richard Schliebner,
Clayton Rusch, John Hough, Les
ter Nichols, Harold Tull, Arnold
Shenofsky, Elizabeth Bichols, Ben
Baum, Chester Sieminski, James
Feeney and Paul Seren.
Spicer-Paul Nay and. Minfield
Vernier; Surface Combustion,
Richard Bowers, Ralph Thompson,
Robert Baer, Stanley Boyer, Eldon
Duncan and Harold r. Wall.
Many Shops Represented
S. M. Jones Joseph Kelly,
Charles Marchant and George Ul-
rich; Chapion Spark Plug-Karl
Dahlmann; Wilver Marks ational
Supply; Toledo Industrial Rubber,
Felix Lubomski, Homer Gladney,
Rose Kish, Ray LaMunyon and
Myrtle Foxe; American Can
Theodore Modrowski and Elmer
Seegert; Toledo Scale-Harold Bill
heimer and Roy Howland; Swartz-
baugh - Chester Glazer, Carl
Jahns, Don Kuhnle, Margaret H.
Vegh, Elmore Tressler and Roy
Edmonds.
Classes are held each Tuesday at
1880 a. m. and 500 D. m. in
Parlor c, of Local IL headquarters,
425 Winthrop st. Any member is
welcome to attend and bring a
friend or two regardless whether
they are members of the Local or
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
CIO War
Chest Host
TO Officers
To Explain
Toledo Plan

Monroe Sweetland and George
Delaplane from the national and
regional offices of the CIO Com
mittee for American and Allied
War Relief will be in Toledo
April 8 to attend dinner meet
ing of CIO shop stewards, com
mitteemen and their guests.
Invitations announcing the meet
ing, to be held at the Y. VI. c. A.,
were mailed this week TO more
than 200 sewards and committee
men, by Richard Lazette, chairman
of the local CIO Committee for
American and Allied Wor Relief
Director.
Mr.. Sweetland is national di-
rector and Mr.. Delaplane is the
recently appointed regional direc-
tor Of CIO War Relief activities.
To Explain War Chest
The April s meeting will be the
second in a series of such gather
ings planned to keep CIO members
informed of war relief work, espe-
cially as related to War Chest
activities.
Those who attended the first
meeing, Mr.. Lazette said, can look
forward to meeting that will be
equally entertaining and instruc-
tive.
Principal speaker will be Mr..
Sweetland, who recently sent a
letter here praising the efforts of
local CIO members in connection
with the War Chest. Local union
officials and Chest representatives
will also participate in the program
at the Y. NJ. c. A, Mr.. Lazette
announced.
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Management Gives
Absen+eeism Cure
RCA Absenteeisn
Nears Vanishing
Point

NEW YORK, March "a
Absenteeism can be wiped out
by decent working conditions
and stable labor relations, ac-
cording to an unprecedented
joint statement by the labor-man-
agement victory committee at RCA
Communications Inc, detailing its
own excellent attendance record.
Absenteeism at the company, a
subsidiary of the Radio Corp. Of
America, is down to 0.6ac as COM
pared with what the experts call
an irreducible 29e.
A survey of absenteeism was
conducted among RCAC's 1000
employees in II cities in the Allan
tic seaboard district by a joint
committee, consisting Of six re-
presentatives Of the company and
six representatives of the Ameri.
can Communications Assn. (CIo).
Cure for Absenteeism
The reasons for the outstanding
work record of all RCAC employees
were summed up as follows:
Reasonable working hours; q
basic 5-day week; liberal vacations
with pay; liberal paid legal holi-
day provisions and time-and-a-half
for overtime; equitable wage rates;
liberal sick benefits; group insur-
ance; stabilized labor relations af.
fecting a majority of employees
through a collective bargaining
agreement.
"This study is a scientific an
swer," AGA Pres. Joseph Selly
commented, "to the hysterical, in
temperate and unfounded charges
now being made that many hours
are being lost in vital war in.
dustries solely because workers are
absent from their jobs for no ap-
parent reason"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Theatre Party Promises To Be Successful
PoIi+icoI Group TO
Present SpecioI
Features at Capitol

Several added feature acts, including two of Toedos
outstanding dancers and group of weknoWn Negro sing
er will be part of the show to be presented at the Capitol
Theatre March 81 under the auspce sof the Political Acv
tiles Committee of Local II, UAWCIO.
Committee members in charge of the show arrangements
promise the theatre offerings will be better than usual
with good comedy provided by the popular Charles Robin
son. who is always good for lot of laughs and comey
chorus which really sing and dance
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26

She Spurned Hitler
AS a special feature, Manager
Bill Collins of the Capital is pre-
senting Magda 10y young lady
of talent who had the distinguished
honor of refusing to stage her per-
formance before Hitler. Other reg
ular items of entertainment, in
cluding novelty acts will be on tap.
Melvin Schultz, Local II presi-
dent, expressed the hope that the
show would be we'll patronized.
In q statement to the Political
Activities Show Committee, Mr..
Schultz said, 81 hope that every
one interested in the political or
ganization and the fine work it is
doing will support our efforts in
behalf of the members of the Lo-
cal by purchasing ticket for the
theatre party. The funds will go to
support the work of the group
which are more important now
than ever before.
To Benefit From Show
Committee members indicate
4 at the ticket sale has been lively
hope that enough tickets will
I'D to fill the three perform
in which the political activ-
es group will participate. Per-
formances will be at 200 p. M,
1880 and $50 p. m. Tickets may
be purchased from any member of
the committee or shop stewards.
Committee in charge of arrange
ments are George O'Henry, chair
man, VIM. Joy, Pete Griffin, Her.
man Hoppe, Lewis Mattox, Earl
Ordway and Florence Wolf.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
ENOUGH FOODsTUFFS

United States and Canadian
wheat reserves are now nearing
the 1,5O0,000,0 ,00O-bushel mark. This
represents enough wheat to pro-
vide half loaf of bread for every
man, woman and child from Gil
braltar to Leningrad, Norway to
Greece, even if all other cereal
supplies should utterly fail.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
KEEPER OF THE FLAME

This film now playing at Loew's
Valentine Theater is well worth
seeing. After looking it over. we
wonder why the Coughlins, Smiths,
Rickenbackers and similar patri-
OTIS did not protest the filming of
this good picture.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26

PITTSBURGH - The National
War Labor Board was accused by
CIO President Philip Murray of
violating the governments wage
policy in recent decisions.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Riekenbocker Proposes
War Mothers Club
TO Fight Labor
Succeed in Uniting
CIO and AFL


INDIANAPOLIS-Eddie Ricken-
backer came to Indiana to propose
organization of a national war
mothers club whose chief purpose
would be to push anti-labor legis-
lation. The first result of Ricken-
hackers speech here-his most
vicious yet-was to bring about a
united front of CIO and AFL in
this city.
Incensed by double cross from
Indianapolis industrialists VIII o,
knowing that production morale
here is high, had promised that
the airlines magnate would not
attack labor, the AFL and CIO
formed committees to organize a
united labor for victory front at
once.
Rick Causes Time Loss
Col. Arthur Harrington, who
heads the big Marmon-Ierrington
war plant here land is a lifelong
friend of Rickenbacker) accepted
responsibility of convincing the air.
lines Magnate that Indiana labor
did not deserve a spanking. But
Rickenbacker, with venom in his
voice and the Natl. Assn. of Man
ufacturers in the audience, could
not restrain himself.
Decrying absenteeism, Rick
caused the loss of more than 700
manhours of production when he
spoke for % minutes before 1000
workers in the Allison Division,
General Motors, only source for
the famous Allison engine.
Hero Booed Out
There were boos and Rick was
spirited out the side door of the
plant cafeteria and did not return
as scheduled to address the next
shift.
Governor Henry F. Shricker did
his best Tin flat sort of way) to
take the wind out of Rickenback-
er's sails by praising labor's record
in the introduction. Rick responded
with a previously released speech
that took the varnish off of a
statewide production movement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
wAsHINGToN-In an orgy of

W ASHINU IO-N-IH an UfSy OF
double talk the house appropria-
tions committee warned of possible
disastrous effects unless ade.
quate labor is obtained to help pro-
duce food, and deduced the Depart
ment of Agriculture's request for
$65, 5,O75,0 900 to recruit 3,5OO,000 new
workers as Excessive"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26

LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. -
Henry j. Kaiser as chairman of
the board of directors of the
Brewster Aeronautical Corp. is a
welcome change to United Auto
Workers (CIO) locals which have
contracts with Brewster here and
in townsville, Pa.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
w YORK-President John l.

Wis of United Mine Workers
(unaffiliated) warned northern
Appalachian coal operators in
wage negotiations that unless a
satisfactory contract was signed,
100000 miners in this area would
not go to work April 2.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
ENOUGH AIRPLANES

Now approaching rate of 1000
planes week, the aviation indus
try when converted to peacetime
production can turn out transports,
private planes, autos and even
houses in unprecedented numbers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Heroes In
Denim

DenEm
American workers, eagerly
awaiting crushing offensive
against the Axis, are turning out
war material faster than ever
Highlights and sidelights of theil
performances are presented here
weekly by Federated Press in q
roundup of news from the WIPE
labor press service.
Although February is the short
est month of the year, more guns
planes and ships were produced
during its % days than in any
other month since Pearl Harbor
according to the army and navy
During February, Under Secre.
tary of War Robert P. Patterson
reported, the U. s. turned out ST.,
$4,000 high explosive shells, 49,.
600 bombs of all sizes, 5000 can.
non for airplanes, 1000 anti-air-
craft guns and a total of $1,244,-
100000 cartridges, a rate of more
than 500 cartridges a second.
"We hope" Patterson said, "that
this information comes to the at
tention of Hitler, who less than a
year ago told us it could not be
done"
A similar report was made by
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, who said that completed
combat surface ships alone last
month totalled 100000 tons, repre-
senting 130 new ships and 20 con-
verted cargo ships. Aircraft con-
struction set nevy record with
1,400 new planes accepted.
More than TOO landing ships
were built, arguring well for a
second front.
R m m ber the Guadalcanal
smear of union seamen that turned
out to be fake? Well, here's a
true story of union men at Guadal-
canal that the newspapers didn't
print.
1t was brought back by Sgt.
James w. Hurlbut, marine corps
combat correspondent, who tells
how AFL men, now serving as
mechanics with the marine aviation
branch, downed their tools to
fight the Japanese.
Frequently / saw those me-
chanics drop their wrenches and
grab their rifles and go to work
killing Japanese" Hurlbut reports.
when they finished that task,
they went back to working on
motors and planes."'
Eddie Rickenbacker never heard
of Domenick Carotenuto and even
if he did, he wouldn't believe he
could exist.
Domenick is a member of the
United Auto Workers (CIO) work
ing in the Brewster aircraft plant
at Newark, N. j. He started out
for work one morning when it was
10 degrees below zero. He had to
wait 31a hours for busses but
rather than be absent from work
he stuck it out.
When he finally arrived at the
plant, six miles from his home, he
collapsed from exposure and FROST
bite. Scores of other workers were
treated for frostbite that morn
ing, but all of them went ahead
and did days work.
Women are taking leadership in
production. Typical of them is
Marie Mcpherson of the United
Electrical Radio & Machine Work.
srs (CIO) in Mt. Carmel, ILL.,, and
Bonnie Lee of the Init. Bro. of
Electrical Workers (AFL) in In
iianapolis.
Mrs. Mcpherson was nominated !
~ her plant superintendent to
read the labor-management COM
nittee there. Mrs. Lee won a GER
ificate from the navy for a sug-
,estion saving 5000 manhours on
ach phone unit produced at her
liant.
The United Rubber Workers
CIO) cause and Cure" campaign
n absenteeism has been singled
ut for praise by Rear Admiral C.
|. Woodward, chief of the navy's
ldustrial encentive division.
WASHINCTON Ri0 dar.r4mart
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Hollywood
Lot
By Ted Taylor
GIRLS ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS

GIRLS ENIEb lain SOLDlEKS
Acting was only minor part of
the job done by those four mem
bers of the Screen Actors Guild
who landed back in Hollywood the
other day after 4-month tour of
American army camps in the Brit
ish Isles and North Africa.
They did two or more shows a
day. They kept on the go-never
more than two days in a place.
They wore tin hats. They found out
what it is like to be bombed. And
on air hops between camps, they
saw planes shot down around them.
When the girls would roll in a
jeep into a North African army
post, soldiers turned and stared
with open mouths. Gee! Ameri-
can girls!" they said, or "Gosh!
That can't be Carole Landis"
SURPRISE THE BOYS
So entertainment on a makeshift
platform was only part of the job
for Carole Lands, Kay Francis,
Mitzi Mayfair and Martha Raye.
The important thing was that they
were American girls dropping in
casually on American boys who the
moment before had thought them
selves half way across the earth
from home.
While in Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, England these Hollywood
girls got up early in the unheated
boarding houses or homes. After
a cup of tea they were taken to
camp. There they circulated all
morning among the men, just
talking to individuals or small
groups.
About two in the afternoon the
girls would put on their first show.
Meals were eaten with the men,
standing in the mud beside the
mess truck. They got along with
out maid service, manicurists or
hairdressers. They washed their
own things at night and dried
them over a candle. 1t was the
farthest from Hollywood that
Carole and Kay and Mitzi and
Martha had ever been. And the
closest to America.
SWEATERS AID GLAMOR
Personal appearance was the
toughest problem for the girls.
They knew they must look glamor-
Gus. Miss Lands reports they re-
lied considerably on their sweat
ers.
Carole, incidentally, is going
back as soon as she works in Four
Girls in a Jeep and a second pic
ture for Goth Century-Fox. She
met and married Capt. Thomas L.
Wallace of the American Air Force
in London.
Turning to the Hollywood front:
GOOD NEIGHBORS: Laurel and
Hardy plot a goodwill gesture to
Spanish-speaking America. They
will film the adventures of Don
Quixote and Sancho Panza at the
Azteca studios in Mexico City.
SHELVED: Word passed around
is that the plan to film Eddie
Rickenbacker's life is being
shelved. (See, folks, your vote is
good in Hollywood.)
BONUS: Louis B. Mayer got
5 800 raise last year, bringing his
salary to Sl57,5OO. If you think
that's good, on top of it Loews
Inc. (MGM) handed him bonus of
S792,265. Now you see why the
MGM lion roars.
RECRUIT: Waitress in the Uni
versal studio commissary quit to
join the WAACs, who will send
her overseas as an interpreter.
Name is Deanna Dionne-the quin-
tuplets call her Aunty.
PRICE: MGM is paying $780,
700 for 80 Seconds Over Toxic. It's
/ story-bomb-by-bomb accoust by
,ne of Jimmy Doolittle's pilots.
The original 80 seconds cost plen-
", too, and worth every War
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26

A rise in price of 81 ton for
standard newsprint paper was ap-
proved jointly by the OPA and the
Canadian Wartime Prices and
Trade Board.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
How About
These $4,000
Absences?
Lack of War Contracts
Causes Unemployment
BY Federated Press

NEW YORK-There are in this
city 258,0OO skilled workers who
have been absentees from war pro-
duction for months, through no
fault Of their own.
Reactionaries who support the
Johnson socalled work or fight bill
to meet absenteeism by compulsion
remain silent on the failure of the
War Production Board to give war
contracts to New York City so
these men could go to work.
Lack of war orders was blamed
by City Commerce Commissioner
George A. Sloan for the mass un-
employment.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
WAsHINGTON-Big department

stores are carrying on a secret
campaign to destroy the efficiency
of the OPA program, the Feder-
ated Press has learned exclusively.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26

The United Rubber Workers
(CIO) cause and Cure" campaign
on absenteeism has been singled
out for praise by Rear Admiral C.
II. Woodward, chief of the navy's
industrial encentive division.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-26
Plant Under 40 Hours

Ten thousand men could be put
to work in shipyards here imme.
diately if only the city could gel
more repair contracts and many
thousands more could get work il
other yards that need only a lit.
tie help to get started.
"New York plants generally,
Sloan reported, "are still operating
less than one full shift of 40 hours
and we still have the problem OF
unemployment as distinguished
from labor shortages in most in
dustrial areas.
Because New York City is pri-
marily a manufacturing commu-
nifty of $4,000 small businesses
producing civilian products the
problem of converting to war
work is Of proportionate size. The
problem, however, can be solved"
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LILLIAN CHAPTER o. E. S.
ENTERTAINS

A Friendship party was held
Tuesday evening, Nov. is. at the
Masonic Temple, when Lillian
Chapter, o. {. S. entertained the
teachers of the local grade and
nigh schools Masons and their
wives ana husbands of members
were also invited. The time was
spent informally playing card
games and Chinese checkers fol-
lowing refreshments in the dining
room. served at tables decorated in
the Thanksgiving motif. Lighted
candles and bowls of fruit for CEN
terpleces were used, and attractive
nutcups supplied by the worthy
matron. Mrs. Della Martin. were at
each place
The committee in charge were
Mrs. J. R. Buhmiller, Mrs. George
McGlenn, and Mr.. and Mrs. L. w.
Fetterly
c. H. Lowe of Deer Lodge. from
the State Examiners office, was in
town Tuesday and Wednesday
checking up the books of town and
school officials.
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EUREKA NUGGETS

Mrs. Otis Gaslan of Kalispell was
a supper guest at the Peter Ander-
son home Friday
Attorney T. w. Greer of White
fish was in Eureka on business
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Terpstra have
as their guest the present week
Henry Hartman of Scobey.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Dashiell spent
a couple of days in the Fortine
country, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Curtis.
Continued on Page y
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

The Past Presidents Farley met
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Skel-
ly Wednesday evening. The MEM
bers worked on scrap books they
are planning on sending to a Sol
diers' hospital.
The Legion and Auxiliary held
their regular meeting at the Legion
hall Friday night, when plans were
completed for the Thanksgiving
dance. A pot luck supper was en-
ioyed after the meeting was adj
journed.
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BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES

A very interesting no-hostess
meeting of the Baptist Ladies Mis-
sionary Society was held at the
church Nov. 10. Plans were discus
sed for the annual food sale and
bazaar which will be held at the
Leonard building on the afternoon
of Dec. A. Pie and coffee will also
be served. There will be a service
at the Baptist church on Dec. S,
Sacrifice Sunday. at II O'clock.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-11-25

shortage. Ray Westover represent
ed the Yak district, Horace Hut
son the Rexfbrd district, and Oscar
Forth the Fortine district.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Baker on Nov. % at the
Clark Hospital Mr.. Baker is a
highway patrolman and of Kalis-
pell. Mrs. Baker is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Rhodes of Eu-
reka.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs. William Snyder
celebrated their 54th wedding day
anniversary last Thursday, Nov. Is,
They were married in 1889 at Teka-
nah, Neb. Relatives and neighbors
spent the day celebrating with
them. Here's wishing them many
more anniversaries.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-11-25

MuIt1pIled though your eco
nomical Conoco Nth is SO light
that your battery, too, has
every chance to outlive the
Winter, and the War. On
PLATE today at Your Mileage
Merchants Conoco station.
Continental Oil Company
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LIBRARY HOURS CHANGED

From now on the library will be
open on the following days and
hours.
Monday, to p. m. and I to 9
p. M, Wednesday, IL to | and 3
to 5 p. m; Saturday, 2 to S and z
to %. m.