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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Consumers TO
Get 48 Rofion
Points
Rationing To Begin
About March /

WASHINGTON-When peint-ra-
tioning begins, about March 1, ev-
eryone will have 48 points with
which to buy canned fruits, vege-
tables and soups, OPA said re-
Gently.
All blue stamps marked A, B and
C in the new war ration book to be
distributed some time in February
will be used during the first period.
Red stamps in the new book will
be used later for meat rationing.
Three stamps are good for eight
points each, three good for five
points each, three for two points
and three for one point each. Every
person in the household, including
children, will have his AZ points for
buying processed foods.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Strikes Drop 1920
In War Areas,
NLRB Reports
By Federated Press

NEW YORK-The number Of
persons involved in strike cases
under the jurisdiction of the Sec
ond region of the NLRB-an i'm
portant war area-dropped in l942
to 1870 of the 1941 total, according
to the regional offices annual re-
port.
This area includes parts of New
York, Connecticut and New Jersey,
all centers of large-scale war indus
tries. In mid-January, 1949, it was
estimated that $3.50 of the NLRB
cases were directly connected with
munitions, aircraft or similar pro-
duction.
The sharp decline in strikes was
attributed by the report to the
strict observance by labor of its
no-strike pledge and to growing
acceptance of the principles of col
lective bargaining among employ
ers.
Less Than One Per Cent Affected
Of all cases settled in 1912, only
Sc, or go, involved strikes, the re-
port shows. The number of work
ers affected by the strikes was less
than 10 of the total.
For the first time since 1888, the
cases requesting elections outnum-
bered cases in which unions claimed
that employers resorted to unfair
labor practices. The report outlines
the NLRB's 1943 prospectus as fol-
lows:
at is the job of the board to pre-
serve for our soldiers of production
t h cir ri is of organization
through vigorous enforcement of
the act. Men and women on the
fighting lines expect that these
rights will be maintained for them,
to use when they return to the pro-
duction lines. Collective bargaining
is one of the democratic methods
and activities for which the war
is being fought, and the fact that
it is now accepted as part of the
American plan of government
strengthens the conviction that our
system is one worth fighting or
working for"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
SPicer
Faces NLRB
Charges
Company Asks Men
Not To Belong
To Union

Charges of the UAW-CIO that
the Spicer Co. had engaged in un-
fair labor practices were brought
to light, Saturday, Jan. %, when
the Cleveland office of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board an
nounced issuance of a complaint
against the company for attempt
ing to persuade certain employees
in newly-created departments to
withdraw from the UAW-CI0.
The charges grew out of the re-
fusal of the Spicer Co. to bargain
with the union on behalf of these
new employees on the grounds that
they (the employes) could do a
better job if they were unencum-
bered by union membership.
Company contentious g ain t
having these people belong to the
union was that when they went
into the shop to improve produc-
ton methods it might cause resent
ment and resistance from the union
committee and stewards.
Local IL, UAW-CIO became ex-
elusive bargaining agent for Spicer
employees in 1887 with certain ex-
ceptions after holding a consent
election under the direction of the
Toledo Industrial Peace Board.
Principal cause Of the contro-
versy is failure of the Spicer Co.
to bargain with the union on behalf
of departments created since 1941.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Gerald Smith
Seeks TO Revive
America First
Seek To Elect
Lindbergh President
BY Federated Press

CHICAGO-A campaign to re-
vive the America First movement
as a political party to promote iso-
lationism during and after the war
was started here Jan. 16 by Gerald
L. K. Smith, whose anti-labor acti-
vities have been denounced by un-
ions as fascist.
Smith, who was an unsuccessful
candidate for the Republican sena-
torial nomination in Michigan last
year, started his campaign with a
two-hour speech to 500 former
America First members at rally
here.
The former lieutenant of the late
Huey Long, Louisiana dictator, said
his new party might seek to nomin-
ate Charles A.. Lindbergh, former
America First leader, as its presi-
Dental nominee in 1914.
Machinery for the new party will
be set up in the midwest immedi-
ately, Smith told his audience, add
ing that he eventually hoped to or
ganize a committee of 1000, with
members in all states, which would
direct the. party.
Smith has been concentrating his
activities in Michigan, publishing
a magazine called the Sword and
Cross since Rev. Charles E. Cough
Inns Social Justice was barred from
the mails by the government.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Grass viii CrOW
In Park AUenue

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (FP)
War production workers.
living in shacks and trailers,
listen to this sad story
If the government limits in
comes to $25,O00 a year, it
will endanger billions of dol
lars invested in luxury apart
ments by destroying the mar
ket for these diversified dOmi-
Giles. So says the Real Estate
Board of New York.
Income taxes are already
having their effect, the board
says. People are moving out
of high-priced apartments.
1t is rumored that one chO-
rus girl and her Pekingese
moved to nine rooms from 20,
after the source of her income
found she was not tax free.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29

the discussion of how to ar
range for the A. F. of L. to
hold and election for the A.
F. of L. and still prove to the
world that the A. F. of L. can
go all-out against the other
half of the ticket which will
be marked 'No Union.
Earl Cation of the AFL wanted
to have all city employees call at
the safety building for their checks
Feb. 5, which is pay day for all
city employees.
Etchen Dissents
Councilman Howard Etchen de-
tecting joker in the plan to have
the workers call at the city hall for
their money when it has been the
practice to pay them off at their
usual place of employment, accus-
ing Mr.. Cation of having a selfish
reason for wanting this arrange
ment, since the balloting on which
gets the city employees bargaining
rights, the AFL or "No Union"
will be, by a strange coincidence,
held the same day. CIO city
last week got court in
junction to keep their name of the
ticket.
When the argument was all over
and Councilman Ad Thacher had
put in his two cents worth, and
Councilman Ollie Czelusta had
joined with the dissenters, it was
voted that the employees would be
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
WiI|ys Honored With Army-Navy' E
Employees Hear
Award Made by
P. A. System
Gosser's Talk Meets
Enthusiastic Welcome

Wlys-Overland yesterday joined the evergrowng num-
Der of Toledo industries which have gained official
cognition when the ArmyNavy E presented to the
plant in impressive ceremonies
No appropriate place could have been chosen for
the presentation than in dept 270 the end of the eep ne
the little car which has made the Overland known all
the world
Local IL Band Supplies Music
Local IL band decked out in fashy uniforms and under
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Squod Leaders
TO Keep Up
Production
By Federated Press

CLEVELAND-Named by the
labor-management committee of the
Natl. Smelling plant here, rs mem
bers of the Init. Union of Mine
Mill & Smelter Workers (CIO)
have been designated squad lead
ers, each in charge of production
unit of 10 men, to further spring
board output of war materials.
The men were chosen because of
outstanding contributions to pro-
duction in the past.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Growing JAW Group
Points For Feb. 5
Election at Loco
Workers Tired of Empty Promises,
Show Swing to CIO

LIMA Jan 28-Concentrating its efforts on the last
two prior to the Feb NLRB election the UAWCIO
making marked nroads into former AT of membership
at the Lima Locomotive Works.
Employees of the company who formerly were afraid to
pome out into the open are showing their coors after
being assured that any intimidation coercion directed to-
wards them will be taken of by the NLRB AS result
more and more UAW pins are showing up in the plant
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
SteeL,UOrkers
Elect Woman
By Federated Press

ATL AN T A, Ga. - Mrs.
Betty Hill Karr, new local
president of the United Steel
workers (CI0), used to earn
her living grooming blues in
night clubs-but now she is
classed as an expert welder
and toolmaker.
Other data shows that she
is Al, a grandmother, and the
first woman president of a
steelworkers' local.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29

Under the stimulus of a
rapidly approaching election,
and greater interest on the
part Of Locomotive Works
employees into their status and
rights under the AT of L con-
tract, membership in the
UAW-CIO has been growing
by leaps and bounds.
Principal reasons advanced by
"a CIO members for the re-
Fable increase in CIO mem
Defship at the Locomotive Works
is the fact that few of the men,
bers of the plant have ever seen
their contract, and that the men
have no satisfactory way of sett-
ling their grievances.
AT of L boasting not proven
Another source of dissatisfac-
tion with the present locomotive
plant union contract is that the
employees of the plant realize they
are not getting paid in comparison
with other plants engaged in sim
liar work, and that even women
workers in UAWrCIO plants make
more money than most men in
their factory.
Men employed at the Lima Loco
motive Works are talking. They
are saying that they believe the
UAW-CIO can get things done,
and they are pointing out other
Lima plants under the CIO which
have made great progress, not on
ly in getting their men wage adj
justments and better working con-
ditions; but in getting them job
security which they never had be-
fore the CIO came into the Lima
picture.
AF of L boasting about beating
the CIO in elections has not been
proven. Figures released by the
CIO regional office in Toledo prove
that exactly the opposite is the
case. In every election in the region
where the CfO has been asked to
organize AT of l. shops and cleo
tions have been held, it has been
the CIO which won in every in
stance.
Loco employe summed it up
One member of the Lima Loco
motive Works summed up the stu
alton when he said, 1--WE are going
Continued on Page 2, Column
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
War Relief Fund
PIunned

NEW YORK-(FP) "A war re-
lief fund expected to total $780,
900, for distribution among war re-
lief organizations in the U. S. and
abroad and among domestic COM
munity aid agencies, has been de-
cided upon by the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
(AFL).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Lima Election Holds Regional Interest
NLRB Orders
Election
Surface Combustion Co.
Vote To Be Held
Within 80 Days

In a directive Of Jan, % the
NLRB ordered an election to be
held at the Surface Combustion Co.
to determine the proper bargaining
agent. The election will be held
within 30 days from the date Of the
notification.
Orders to hold the election are
the elimination Of a hearing sew
eral weeks ago when the NLRB
heard testimony showing that Sur
face Combustion Co. employees were
dissatisfied with the AFL, which
has held the Surface Combustion
contract, and that large number
of them had joined or signified
their intention of joining the UAW-
CIO.
Looks Like UAW-CIO
President Melvin Schultz, speak
ing about the coming election, said,
at looks like we are in at the Sur
face Combustion Co. Confidential
reports which have come to me in
dicate that the employees are climb
ing on the bandwagon and that by
the time election gets here we will
score another big victory the same
as we have in so many other Toledo
plants" :"
Edward Duck, Local 12 organizer
in charge of the organization work
at the Surface Combustion Co.,
said, "We are glad to get the NLRB
election directive and have the as
surance of the fellows out there
that they are for Local r."
There are approximately 324 eli
gible to vote in the coming election.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
MINERS HALT STRIKE

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (FP)-
In response to an order from Pres
ident Roosevelt directing $1,000
anthracite coal miners of eastern
Pennsylvania to halt their strike,
a majority of the miners returned
to work.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Ro+s, Elections And
Garbage Hold City
Fathers Attention
Where To Pay City Workers
Salaries Is Moot Question

While corporars guard looked in apathetic dis
interest City Council at its last Monday night meeting dis
cussed three ponderous wartime questonsrats elections
and garbage.
Of greatest interest the four five spectators
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29

the direction OF Carmen Bro
derrick supplied the music, in
Guiding a new song written by
Leon Iodine employed in the
WHY'S Overland administra-
ton building, entitled, "The
Sun Never Sets On the Fight
ing Jeep'.
Col. H. NJ. Reedall
Presents Pennant
Ward Canaday, chairman of the
Willys-Overland board spoke brief
ly on the nature Of the award and
was then followed by Col. H. NJ.
Reedall, chief Of the Cleveland Or
dinance District, who reviewed the
history of the "E" award which
first was given by the Navy to its
men for excellence in gunnery and
engineering. He complimented the
employees and management of the
company for the fine work which
was being done and expressed the
desire that the work would continue
until the enemy was finally de-
| feated.
Mr.. Joseph Frazier, president of
Willys-Overland, accepted the ''E"
pennant from the army with a
short talk Of appreciation and
promise to continue to exert all
efforts in war production.
After receiving the flag, Mr..
Frazier turned it over to a color
guard from the Naval Armory who
ran the pennent to the top of a
flag pole, while the Local II band
played Anchors Away"
Employees Get Pins
Presentation of the "E" pins
which will be worn by all WHY'S
employees, was made by 1t. Cmdr.
Neasham who formerly was in
charge of Navy ordinance at the
WHY'S plant and is now located in
the east.
Commander Neasham, who was
very popular with the employees at
WHY'S during his assignment
there, received a hearty welcome
and this was particularly true when
he pinned the ''E" pin on the lapel
of UAW-CIO Director Richard Cos
ser's coat.
GOsser Accepts for Employees
Regional Director Richard Cos
ser of the UAW-CIO and until
last August chairman of the
WHY'S Overland Unit, gave the
speech of acceptance for the en-
ployes. He said that he was certain
every empIoye OF the company was
proud of the honor bestowed upon
them. Mr.. Gosser also spoke of the
grave responsibilities of the work
ers and said, Eve proved that we
are not takers but producers"
Mr.. Gosser promised that the
men who are doing the fighting
will be given the materials to pros
ecute the war to its fullest extent
''in order that victory may be ours"
"Our country needs all of US" said
Continued on Page 2, Column
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29
Rickenbaeker Escapes JaPs.
Is Captured BY NAM
Murray Says,
"He Knows Not
What He Does

DETROIT, Jan. 26-Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker's disruptive antl :
labor speech in Detroit Jan. 22'
which was broadcast and rebroad-
cast throughout the nation and
Canada, stirred up a storm of bit
ter comment not only in labor cir
cles but even from Mayor Jeffries.
Most savage was Pres. Frank x.
Martel of the Detroit & Wayne
County Federation of Il or
(AFL), who knew Rickenbacker
way back when the flying ace of
the last war had settled down here
as an auto manufacturer.
"Capt. Rickenbacker seems to
have escaped the Japs only to be
captured - or rather recaptured-
by the Natl. Assn. of Manufacture
ers," said Martel. "No other men,
ber of his mission has used their
accidental prominence to capitalize
in an unworthy drive on labor
which is doing its utmost in this
war.
"But then, Rickenbacker as an
auto manufacturer was just as anti
union as the rest of them, as bad
as General Motors and Chalmers
and the others. He blacklisted men
who dared to join union. He used
labor spies. And now he is in con-
genial company again, blasting or
ganized labor in the interest of the
NAM"
Mayor Praises ClO
Mayor Jeffries (up for re-elec-
ton in the September primaries)
did not hit at Rickenbacker by
name but said:
"The CIO has done splendid
Job in Detroit during the war. The
last Is months have shown how
workers can and will do man-sized
job for their country"
Continued on Page 2, Column 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-29

Local II band, decked out in fashy uniforms and und
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07

have power launches TO take you
to most likely SPOTS. Bait is avail
able at the dock.
If you are going by boat,
give Keller a ring at Chatham
1117R Ia give him your boat
number and he'll meet you in his
speedboat.
There's really not much to tell
you about how TO get the big ones.
If possible, use clubs TO fish near
the bottom. Your hook won't be
down there long before you'll be
battling with one Of those Zero
cious four-pounders.
In our party was Fred Mehrer
Of Detroit, Ray Hawkins of Chi
cago and Skipper Frank Morris,
who deserves a medal for plotting
the Betty Pam through waves
much higher than the boat
SO good was the fishing that
our party ran out of minnoWs in q
couple hours. Hawkins, who occa-
bets the horses, played
what he termed a "three-horse
parlay." He used a worm 10 get
a little two-inch fish, then bet it
all back on a five-pound black
bass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
BY DON GILLIES

II it's high class bass fishing
you are looking for, take a tip
from us and slip over 10 Mitchell's
Bay. Ont, 30 miles across Lake
ST. ctatr or 55 mites by highway
from Windsor.
Without exaggerating. those big
bronZed beauties are fairly raven
Gus for an anglers minnow and
you don't have TO be expert 10 get
your limit Of six per day.
There are two ways 10 get
there BY automobile, take high
way No. 2 from Windsor 10 a road
about seven miles past Tilbury
Turn left north and it's about
IS miles into Mitchell's Bay.
greatest bass fishing grounds in
which this writer ever had the
pleasure TO fish.
If you have a boat and decide
70 take the water route, don't try
10 go into Mitchell's Bay at night.
unless you are acquainted with
the marshy lane that winds into
this tiny village.
Another thing. il you go by
cabin cruiser try and select
calm day 10 make the crossing,
or some of your party may feel
the effects of an angry Lake
st. Clair.
When you arrive at Mitchelrs
Bay. one of the first men you'll
meet is Bill Keller, game and
fisheries overseer. He's just about
the most accommodating game
warden you ever met. First he'll
sell you a three-day license for
81, a seasons license for $3.50 or
family license for So.
He'll introduce you TO one Of a
half dozen official guides who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
)sbeII Great, Too

ISbell is bowling out with one
of the brightest records in pro
football. His high percentage OF
completed passes can't be eX-
planned entirely by the fact that
Hutson was around TO grab most
of them.
There's a lot more 10 it than
that. Isbell is one of the finest
passers in football history.
He has brought 10 the art Of
tossing a pigskin the high per-
lection of a science. He found
early in his career that he had
10 vary his passes according 10
the individual receiver.
Some OF the boys are weak on
high passes. so you have 10 aim
for their shoulders or their waist.
Others are uncertain on losses
in that range, so you must keep
them high.
You've got 10 be ab le 10
spot your receivers, mask your
throws. hit a moving target at
20 10 50 yards and time your
throws with split second ac-
curacy.
There is a LOT 10 the knack OF
passing. and lsbell knows II all.
He ought 10 be a great asset 10
the Boilermakers. where he will
be given the responsibility OF
developing the youthful aerial
artists on the Purdue squad
II they've got any native
talent, Isbell can be depended
upon 10 bring II out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
Mack,S
Battery
Mate Dies

Charles Leo (PaO White, So.
battery mate Of Connie Mack in
the 1905 with Pittsburgh, Wash
ington and Milwaukee. is dead at
his home today at 1926 Wiltshire.
With Mack, White formed one
Of the greatest battery combina-
tons Of all time.
He came out Of retirement last
spring 10 take a war Job in the
blueprint department of the air
plane division Of the Hudson Mo
tor Co He was won't 10 visit
Mack on each of the visits Of the
Athletics pilot here.
The last time the AS were in
town White told Mack he was
playing for the biggest pennant
OF all-the pennant of peace and
victory"
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 10 a. m. from the
Perry Undertaking Parlors, 5O45
TrumbuH.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
Took 7 Years

Ripple played with the Mont
real Royals for seven years be-
fore the Giants awoke 10 the
fact he was big league material.
The Giants bought him after he
had hit 1913 and drove in lis
runs in 1885.
Ripple will bring TO the Ath-
letics something more valuable
than a thorough knowledge Of
the game and an ability to hit
long ball. He will bring a blaz-
ing spirit that would be an asset
TO any Team.
When he was released by the
Reds and sent back TO the mi
n>ors, the wise boys were sure he
Jas on his way out.
% Instead, he has been playing
exceptional ball with the Leafs
this year. His hitting, fielding
and leadership have been i'm
portant factors in the Toronto's
rise 10 the top of the circuit.
Even allowing for the man.
power shortage and the conse-
quent lowering of big league
standards, Ripple must be cred
tied with a great comeback.
Apparently the guy just never
knows when he's licked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07
Reward for Ripple

Don't tell Jimmy Ripple that
they never come back.
Now in his fifteenth season in
Hganized baseball the veteran
tnmy has been signed by the
Philadelphia Athletics as a re-
ward for his scintillating per-
Torrance with the pacesetting
Toronto club in the International
League this year.
His running mate in the AS
outfield will be Jo-Jo White, an
other oldtimer who has made a
successful comeback with Con-
ME Mack's clan this season.
The coincidence must remind
Ripple Of his lush years playing
beside Jo-Jo Moore in the Giant
outiield in 1886 and 1887.
Ripple has played with the
Giants, Dodgers and Reds in his
previous sojourns in the big time.
He starred for New York in the
1886 and 1887 World Series and
hit 1898 for the Cincinnati Reds
when they humbled our Tigers
in the October classic of 1910.
Although he has been around
in the majors. Ripple's record in
the international League is even
more imposing. He is one OF that
circuits immortals with a total
OF l.260 games TO his credit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-07

as an active player. He intends
TO return TO Purdue this fall as
assistant to Coach Elmer Burn
ham.
His retirement while he is still
able 10 hobble out on football
field has been hailed as an act
! of blacklist treason by the fans
of northeast Wisconsin, where
the Packers are regarded as a
sacred trust.
"Some OF my eldest friends
are realty mad Mt me because
I'm retiring" says Isbell. II
suppose they'll be a lot madden
Mt Don II he stays on the side
lines.
THE pressure on him to re-
consider will be so great that
IL wouldn't be surprised II he
changes his mind. And how the
any other club In
e Ieague-could use Don this
llo