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The Ely miner., 1943-05-20

to replace such names as Joe Louis,
Billy Conn, Joe DiMaggio and Ted
Williams.
1t took a Babe Ruth to lift base
ball out of its rut around 1919 and
1920.
One feature concerning the 1943
attendance drop applies partly to
the absence of big baseball names
at least the biggest names, with Bob
Feller, Red Ruffing, Joe DiMaggio,
Ted Williams, Johnny Beazley, Ter
ry Moore and others.
So the Derby crowd at least had
its advance thrill in waiting to look
at horse that many picked as the
best in 20 years.
The outside populace just wanted
to look at the champ. Over twenty
years ago thousands, who had no
other interest in racing, came out to
see Man O. War.
The Long Parade
No other nation has ever had such
a quantity of skill and color In its
top performers-John L. Sullivan,
Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20

a TISKET, a tasket, basket
1 \ full of fresh spring fiowers-aIl
ready to ''plant" on your bed lin
ems and dresser scarfs. Flower
garlands and prim little nosegays
are also included in the large vari-
ETY. of gay embroidery motifs.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-20

Jones, Bill Tilden, Ty Cobb, Joe
Louis, Man o. War, Walter Hagen,
on and on and on.
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true, for we who have had experience in the labor
movement over period of years realize that
mass action always gets more respectful hear
ing than negotiations, arbitratons cancellations,
mediations, similar types of word transactions.
We believe that Washington is sensitive to a
lot of things. In fact, if Washington congressman
had not been sensitive to the farm bloc when it
forced Leon Henderson's removal from the Office
of Price Administration, we would not be paying
such high commodity prices and probably would
not be forced to fight for the price roll back.
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
1t is our purpose to continue to fight along
the line indicated in our Monday protest, and to
increase the volumn of our protest rather than to
continue to wait week after week for the OPA
to come through and make good on its promises.
We are demanding justice and we intend to
get it, nothing more, nothing less. If wages can
be frozen, prices must be frozen If the War Man
power Commission can freeze men to their jobs
then on the other side it should freeze the job to
the man and not permit some of our manufacturers
them.
To give less than what we ask in justice
is to court mass dissatisfaction distrust and un-
rest, which is not healthy, and which, if allowed
to persist, will become an increasingly greater
obstacle to the war effort.
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UNREST INCREASES

tage being their forfeit of their right strike and
both and the manufacturers making labor
goat Selfish pocket proceeds profits of the
and for sacrifices the part of labor.
Equality of sacrifice has myth Congress has utterly
ruined whatever equality there might have been by destroying the
Presidents executive order limiting incomes to $4,000 annually
while the Labor Board has firmly insisted upon abors sacrifice
in the sacred of prevention of initiation
Equality of sacrifice becomes hollow mockery r
the the the lack accomplishment by
Office Price Administration placing limitations upon the
prices of commodities.
INJUSTICE INCREASES
reviewing past II only possible
drawn, that injustice inequalities
the that abatement the evil immediate
and that facing the situation real
isticalIy.
Profits the efforts of the
hias while the workers held within the rigid confines of the
little steel formula"
Commodity prices the
shrnks in value.
Industrial cement observing the long delays adjusting
the claims of the workers under the War Labor Board has gaspd
the opportunity and the Board expnt defeat the
purpose for which the agency established
WHAT THE FUTURE?
In the face of present conditions along the home front people
who really have the interest their country greatly
disturbed They becoming worried lest lose the despite
the victory North Africa and the continued
in softening Germany for the final blow
True, may applies the of
Germany Italy and Japan; but also lose the the
transaction ourselves fall before the virus Fascsm which
have infected the whole world and which reality the
real enemy of people
Fascism country defeated
and for ALL Make mistake about it, Fascsm these
United States in alarming proportions.
If read the signs correctly, shall have
this has been concluded Europe Merely
dSarmng Europe the problems
We shall have job do defeat and ascsts
As things stand, becoming dsunited with
passing day. condition which should
wonder what be rune the reded
cate it to the task which still lies before
Labor the greatest this country dynamic and
progressive Labor provide the answer
the leadership and position which its great strength
To accomplish the unity of and action which must
have only the but win the postwar Labor
first unite itself eliminate actOnasm considerable
tent and buckle down its job Of taking its rghul place in the
political and economic life of this country
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-28
is II An Error?

While no official judgment has been
passed on the action of the Spicer Com
pany's lockout of its 1900 employees May
%, the general feeling by those who know
all the details of the case is that the COM
pany has committed major blunder.
Long known for its vicious anti-labOr
attitude, the Spicer Company has, in re-
cent months, increased the pressure on its
workers in an apparent effort to speed up.
production and increase profits, and equally
as important to the company, to break
the Union in the transaction.
AS result of the Spicer managements
determined anti-uniOn policy, and its un-
reasonable and unjust insistance upon
dangerous speedup of government owned
machines, it has succeeded in making its
n pie stronger than ever in their adher-
e to the Union, and welded them into
a close-knit organization which is deter
,' ID 10 remain united come what may.
Despite its effort to justify its action
n. locking out its employees and discredt-
ing them in the public eye, the public has
not been deceived. Indeed, the Spicer Com
pany's action alrady is beginning to show
signs of returning to it in reverse, and it
stands suspect in the eyes of all fair
minded people.
Workers at the Spicer plant have pa
tientIy withstoOd the prOvOcatiOns of al
legged master minds who have taken sad
istic pleasure in constantly thinking up
new ways and means of irritating them.
They have continued to produce the ma
terials of war in the face of very trying
circumstances, which in other times would
have been sufficient to cause open revolt.
And Spicer employees stand ready and will
ing today to return to their jobs whenever
the company quits its laundering and
stA,pid pettiness and decides to get down to
she business of supporting and supplying
pur armed forces.
In the meantime, the Spcer manage
.,,s5T ..,,ssS5TSdosscedly and stubbornIy sticks to its
cuns attemQting to show by its obstinate
stand that II ca,es neither for the workers,
nor the war effo1t Indeed the /opicer
Company has pulled an. most .grieyous error
one that shall be remembered long after
this war has ended.
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End of Patience

When the UAW-CIO staged its demon
stration before the district OPA office last
Monday, it marked the end of long and
patient wait on the part of the workers
for the OPA to do the work for which 1t
was created and the beginning of de-
termined effort TO force it to either do its
work effectively or go out of business.
AT the outset of the war, the WLB and
OPA were created to prevent initiation, an
inject which met with the hearty approval
Of the ,kOrkers because no one realizes
better than the workers how damaging in
flatiOn can be.
Everyone agrees that the WLB has
neen highly successful in carrying out the
Irp0se for which it was created; just as
reryOne agrees that the OPA has proven
self utterly futile in holding up its end
Of the deal.
As a result of the WLB success and the
0PA failure, an imbalance has been ere
,ted between wages on one side and prices
IN the other, with the workers caught in
he middle, victimized by success on one
land and futilty on the other.
No one can deny the justice of the
workers. claims. No one blames them for
heir protests or wonders at their impa-
fence when they have suffered from mixed
loses of WLB efficiency and OPA
auditing.
We of the UAW-CI0 do not want to
rgue formulas and dates, or bubble over
comparative prices. We know we are
Ping gOuged and we demand an end to il.
We demand that reasonable and just bal
nee be established between what the
gorkers earn and what they must spend
or living, and the sooner this demand is
1et, the sooner will the industrial prob
I'm now growing daily more serious iron
self out.
To accomplish a just ratio between
ages and prices, ii is the belief of the
fAW-CI0 that the commodity price level
hOuld be rolled back to that of May 15,
942, or, failing to do this, that the little
teel formula" be junked and new set of
alues placed upon work which can be
lstified under the price structure which
as grown up despite the 0PA.
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Editors Mail
Employers Philosophy

On June 4 of last year, at
tended the graduation exercises
at Macomber High School. This
is a fine school and has some ex-
cellent courses, but the ideas
presented by two of the principal
speakers at last years COM
mencement exercises were not, in
my opinion, especially helpful to
the new graduates.
Since these speakers were
Charles Swartzbaugh, president
of the Swartzbaugh Manufactur-
ing Co., who was chairman, and
John Haien, personnel and train
ing director of the Chrysler Cor
poration, who gave the COM
mencement address, it was to be
expected that they represented
the point of view of the employer
class.
Now since most students at
Macomber come from working
class families and are, therefore,
more concerned with how to inn
prove living standards and get
better conditions for the workers
as a whole than with the some
what debatable chances of rising
out of the workers ranks, /
think it would be fine thing if
Macomber High would invite a
speaker from organized labor to
participate in future commence
ment exercises.
Clayton Rusch
Chairman,
Educational Committee
WHY'S Overland Unit
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just In Time
Spicer Unit.

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Your much-needed package
reached me and is deeply appreci-
ated. didn't get paid last month
because at the time the pay roll
was signed | was in Toledo due
to an emergency furlough.
While ! was home, | visited
the Union Hall and WHY'S Over
land and am glad to see that
everybody is behind the armed
forces 100 per cent. | am proud
to be member of such a fine
Union.
moved again here in camp
and am giving you my new adj
dress, Here's. real encouraging
news: | am one of the lucky boys
who is being shipped for some
place unknown to us. | am anXi-
Gus to use some the equipment
made by my brothers and sisters
in my old place of employment
and know we can depend on all
the stuff that's made in Toledo.
I've been told our WHY'S Jeeps
are the best handling and that
they hold up better than any
other make of Jeep. So keep up
the good work, because without
a home front we haven't any
front at all.
Fraternally yours,
Pvt. AL. Ludurkowski.
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SerUiCenlen'S s
Letters
Receives Union Token

Brothers;
was very pleasantly sur
prised the other day when, for
thgfirst time since joined the
service, | received a little token
from my Union. 1t was the
"Serviceman' Manual" | really
have a use for it. The spaces in
the back must necessarily be re-
ferred to sometimes when an ad-
dress slips my mind. It's right
handy little gift.
The Navy so far has treated
me OK. It's training could be
used by every man in the bloom
ing country. 1t teaches a man
that there is a level where all
men engaged in the same under
taking, have the same important
status, and on battleship, no
matter what a mans position is,
he stands just as good chance
of coming out of battle as the
best or least paid man on board.
We may not have Union
here, but it's a pretty good bet
that a man gets just about what
he's worth.
Don't forget my address, and
keep 'em organized.
Sincerely yours,
Carl Marion Henry,
Spicer Unit.
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peake Bay and we are in tents.
Of course, we are just raw re-
cruitS yet, but our basic training
is almost finished. | am in the
Coast Artillery.
| would appreciate it if you
would give the boys of depts, sos
and 610 my best regards and tell
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III HOfIndI CImes, employers
pay women less than men and
justify this on the grounds that
the work which women do is of
such nature that it does not
warrant higher wage scales.
But in wartime this justifica-
ton ceases when women re-
place men on mems jobs, and
frequently prove themselves
equally productive.
BASE RATES
NT..., .zA. r. l;oo,.;,...
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Misses Family
Hi, Chuck:

HI, Chuck:
How is everything at the Ov-
erland? l received my first box
from the boys Saturday and it
was a swell and useful gift. I'm
eating some of the cookies right
now and want to thank each and
every one of the fellows who
were so kind and generous to the
soldier boys.
I'm stationed right near Chesa-
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nation have come to my attention, particularly in
base rates for male and female workers doing the
same type work. An outstanding is that of
women working on the same job as and re-
ceiving the same piece-work rate but getting 10
cents per hour less than the men when they are
down time
Why female of equal productivity getting the
same piece-work rate on the same job should be
given 10 cents less on down time thar the male
worker is one of those things which only the in
tricate mentality of an employer justify; but
such reasoning doesn't make sense and cannot be
justified on any grounds save that of saving
money for the employer concerned.
EQUAL PAY
There is nothing involved in the proposition Of
equal pay for equal work elementary eco
Monies and simple justice. Obviously if the en-
ployer is getting the same quality and quantity Of
workmanship from female workers which he re-
ceives from the male employees, he should be will
ing to pay the same rate for this work Nothing
is effected which will stand in the way of the
employer making the same profits.
Because the profits of the employers in no
wise effected when women do work equal to that
of the men, we shall continue to insist in all our
contracts that women doing work equal to that of
be paid the same as the men and that this
shall include down time as well as production.
We shall not allow employers to build up a
psychology in the minds of women workers which
will tend to make them less productive, particular
ly when mentality of this type will tend to de-
feat the purpose for which women work.
ing in industry and in doing slow up the war
effort.
OUR TASK
Our Union which has done so much to break
down the old prejudices and barriers well
prepared to meet the emergencies of war. We
have welcomed women into organization on
an equal basis with the male workers and recog
nize them as possessing the same rights and
privileges which male workers posses.
Why women should receive less money than
men for the same type, quality and quantity of
work is myth, and we of the UAWCIO are go-
ing to continue to insist that the only thing that
is at stake is the job and not the sex of the
workers
Equal pay for equal work is the sane and
logical way to handle the wage return of the
workers, and we shall at all time insist that when
women are performing mems work and doing
good job of it, all evidence shows they are
doing, they going to get the pay.
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tuS t h e 5 e
days.
Clever and
humorous are
the cartoons
which portray
the picture of
pros p ective
initiate with
rising prices
s u p p 0 S edly
resulting from
! II CT e a S e d
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action Monday may well be
taken as an indication of what
the workers in other parts of
the country may do once they
come to realize that it is only
by such organized protests that
we can get action out of Wash
ington.
We have been informed that
Washington is very sensitive to
protests such as that initiated
here this week, and we are in
o1;poJ a. H. L.1:r 49, IL. ::
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-28
It's 4 Great
System
By JOHN PAINE

senteeism for the house vote on
the anti-poll tax measure May
"a.
"After ALL" the congressman
were reminded, "you don't have
to pay tax to vote on the bill"
LITTLE LUTHER
"The President has done it
again." remarked Mr.. Dilworth,
looking over the top of his Daily
Gazette.
"Done what again?" asked
Little Luther.
"Struck at the heart of the
people," Mr.. Dilworth said reso-
lutely. "He's against the Ruml
plan"
81 didn't know" said Little
Luther innocently, "that Ruml
had heart"
Luther" Mr.. Dilworth said
harshly. "Mr. Ruml is a fine up
standing citizen with heart of
gold"
"Gold from the U. S. Treas
ury? Huh, Pop?"
"Now, now, Luther, that's no
way to talk. Mr.. Ruml is simply
trying to get US on a pay-as-you-
go basis in the most painless
fashion. He believes, as the Bible
says, in forgiving the debtors"
"At Macy's, too, Pop?"
'Of course not, Luther. Don't
be dull-witted. Mr.. Ruml and his
connection with Macy's depart
ment store has nothing to do
with it. Private enterprise de-
pends upon credit as the life
blood of the American way of
life" Mr.. Dilworth said firmly.
"But doesn't the government
have credit, too, Pop?"
"It's a very complicated sub
ject, Luther. You wouldn't under
stand it. But the hub of the sit
Hstion is that Mr.. Ruml has ad-
vocated plan which would for
give US a years taxes and that's
very admirable"
"How much would you get,
Pop?"
"Oh, about 100000, Luther. A
nice little nest egg, that"
"Gee," said Luther quietly.
'How much did you make last
year, Daddy?"
"Well, about 100000 after
that man Roosevelt go through
with his taxes"
$50 Ruml will give you as
much from the government as
you could make in four years,
huh?"
"Now, now, Luther. Don't
make such odious comparisons"
"Odious? Odious Let's see,
that means stinks, doesn't it,
Pop?"
There is a move (by you-konw-
who) to boom Eddie Rickenback-
er for Vice President in 1914 on
the Republican ticket with Gov.
John w. Bricker Of Ohio, who
wants people to think Of him as
a liberal.
The slogan proposed is Brick
and Rick will be your pick"
West coast longshoremen who
proposed training new longshore-
men as war aid were accused
by employer spokesmen of "de-
flying the U. S. Government"
1t must drive them crazy to
think of the way Eisenhower is
defying the government by cap
turing all the Nszis in North
Afrira
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YINCING
INDUS USTRIALISTS

How do you convince the IN
dustrialist or businessman that
he is not supposed to get rich
by exploiting his workers or the
consumer?
In the last analysis legislation
will probably have to do the
job. The reason for this is
simple: You can get all the wage
increases you want, but unless
you can tie down the cost Of
living, these increases will
amount to nothing-except the
ogre, initiation!
Another phase of the consum-
er's economic problem is the SUBJ
ject of taxation. Taxes are some
thing which must be paid by
someone, and the question Of
who pays them is matter of
legislation. If the 'big boys"
can pluck the goose that squawks
the least it is to their advan-
tage. The last resort for those
who have lost a portion of their
i'll gotten gains is found in put
ting across a tax bill which
makes the worker pay the taxes
while the millionaire keeps more
than a fair share of his income.
A LOT OF BUNK
Today's hullaballoo about high
wages in war industries is for
the most part just lot Of bunk.
The cost Of living has so far eX-
ceeded the rise depicted by the
figures they show you that
there's no comparison between
them and the true statistics.
Food is the principal item on the
workingman's budget, and the
huge increase in the cost Of
living is largely due to the So
called farm bloc's" activities in
Washington, which resulted in
potatoes selling for six dollars
per bushel, whether or not they
are even good potatoes.
You are buying just so much
junk in many of the grocery
stores, and paying good price
for it too. Your money isn't
worth what it was few months
ago, much less two years ago, as
far as purchasing power is con-
cerned, but still you're bound by
the 1870 figure of the Little Steel
Formula.
And here's the worst part of
the whole picture. The Little
Steel Formula represented 1870
rise in the cost of living, up to
last May, and here it is one year
later and we're still using the
l5fo figure!
Yes, sir, folks, you're making
too much money. If you don't
believe it read the newspaper
editorials!
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wages, whereas nothing could be
farther from the truth.
Yon don't have to be a student
of economics to find that those
who sell a product will try to get
as much money as is possible
from the sale Of it. And it is also
correct to state that the manu-
facturer will, as general rule,
pay as low a wage as he can,
in order to lower the cost of
production. Anyone who thinks
otherwise is not realistic and
has been listening to "stories."
FREE ENTERPRISE
This wonderful system, spon-
sored by the manufacturers and
known as free enterprise, which
is a more gentle name for it than
"Freedom to exploit the work
ers," operates in very peculiar
way. AS soon as the worker dis
covers that he cannot live on
what he is earning, he demands
more money. When he gets it he
finds that he now has to pay
higher prices, not because high
er prices necessarily follow, but
because the manufactures of each
product has said that profits
must be made on the same scale
as before.
The answer to the problem lies
in convincing the manufactures
that he is often making an eX-
oribtant profit from his invest
ment. When such is the case,
there are at least two groubs
which are affected, the r,eople
who work for such a m911factur-
er at low wages, or the wages
are not too low, the public which
must pay an, excessive price for
,kae finished product
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Regional Views
BY Richard Gosser, Director,
Region 2B, UAW-CIO
WORKERS PROTEST

WORKERS PROTEST
When the workers protested the price ceilings
last Monday before tSe local oPA office they
put into action the sentiments which most of the
people of the country have had in their minds
for quite some time
What the workers of Toledo translated into
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-28
What's NeU
EDW ARD J. DUCK
Educational Director
Local IL UAW-CI0
THESE FABULOUS WAGES

If the daily newspapers were
our only source Of information
we would be very much misin-
formed as TO our financial sta
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them to keep them coming so we
can get home to our wives and
babys, because | sure miss mine.
I'll see you all when ] get back
to work.
Fraternally yours,
Paul NJ. Merrill.
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Its News Tome syo;s' '.;s,s
LOOKING AROUND
By Collier

AS the country enter the 18th month of the
look the national what
National unity which very high Immediately following the
Japs attack Pearl Harbor has to considerable
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-28
Equal Work For Equal Pay
BY MELVIN SCHULTZ
President Local H. UAW-CIO
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY

With an increasingly larger number of women
entering industry due to the and manpower
shortage, the UAW-CIO insistance upon equal pay
for equal work assumes greater importance.