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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
AIrWdy
Airings
AIR WAY BLoWINGs

Lee Swietzer, production chief,
deserves lot Of credit for the job
he has accomplished. Things are
really humming throughout the
plant-and it's mostly due to his
efforts. Dept. y is alive with ac-
tivity now, and your Uncle Sam
is sure to be pleased with the re-
suits. Don't let that hat get too
small for you, Lee!)
And while we're on the subject
Of production let's forget our
petty "beefs" and get our work
done. If you do ha a justifiabIe
complaint let the committee handle
it for you. That's what they're ap-
pointed for, and they must have
your cooperation.
French (the Frog Provencher
has had taste Of what it is like
to be a foreman. He vas the hap
piest man in the shop when Dutch
Pfleger came back from his vaca-
ton to relieve him Of the Job.
That eight-month-old son of Pete
Bronkowski must be quite boy.
Pete says he'll have him playing
handball at the "Y" this fall. and
is already booking games.
Al Cherry gave up his baseball
career with Standard Communtator
but why? Maybe he found It
easier and more profitable to do all
of his pitching" each noon.
Is it true that Al Jankowski's
mother-in-law is moving in with
Al? or vice versa? Al can hardly
wait.
Maggie" Stutz finally got away
on that vacation, after some very
uncertain and anxious moments.
We don't know how they did it.
Maggie, but your department did
manage to struggle along while
you were gone.
John z. Green claims the distinc-
ton of being the only man in the
plant to have had town named
after him. Editors note: This
isn't that old saw about Marble
head, is it?)
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Rathbun

By Drexal O'Neil.

Our sympathy is extended tc
the family of the late James Pa
luzak. Read st. John 3:16.
The picnic program promises
plenty of "Phun" and prizes foi
all who enter the events. Peanut
Scramble for three year olds
Girls so yd. race, same for boys
six to ten, prizes, soft ball and bat
and a purse. For the kiddies who
are a bit older we have a sack race
and a shoe scramble, prizes, a
model plane and a diary. Show me
a girl II to 16 that doesn't wish
she had a diary. The competition
stiffens for those young people of
16 yrs. and over. 100 yd. races
for defense stamps. Oh! Oh! run
boys, run, husband calling con-
test, no fair using telephone.
Next will be a chicken race, open
to all, ration point shy families
take notice that the prize will be
two chickens.
Soft ball game, largest family,
treasure hunt, ball pitching,
horse shoe pitching, why, who
says we won't have fun? The
festivities will end on somber
note (for the men) because last
but not least there will be a roll
ing pin throwing contest. To i'm
press US men that we had better
be in shape for the next days
labor? Guess what the prize is for
that one. Yep, one of those wea-
pons, rolling pin. The jokes
about rolling pins are about as
hackneyed as those about mother
ln-laws but the threat is there.
Advice: don't start edging back to
the bar until you have seen how
fast and accurately your wife can
heave it. (Or do you know al
ready?)
Each ticket has a serial num-
Der. Tear it out at the gate and
keep it with you. George Rathbun.
Jr., will furnish a prize for the
drawing. Sort of a gate prize"
shall we say?
Mr.. Editor give me just a little
more space. | want to tell the
world that Heine Sieve, our Unit
Chairman, is the proud father of a
3 10. plus baby boy. OK. Ollie.
thanks a lot. you're welcome
pal.
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BY Clayton Rusch,
Chairman of the Food Price
Control Committee,
Local II, UAW-CIO
A COMMON INTEREST

A COMMON INTEREST
Ever since the establishment
of the rationing of commodities
various spokesmen for the in
dustrialists, including some mem
bers of Congress, have been at
tempting to show that there is
no need of rationing and it is an
unnecessary inconvenience. All
these groups have one interest
in common. That is to attempt
to put the Roosevelt administra-
tion on the spot with the Ameri-
can people.
That rationing is inconvenient
and, therefore, unpopular is not
to be disputed, but to contend
that it is unnecessary is another
story. When we consider the fact
that without rationing, those
with the means would buy up
everything, and those of limited
means would go without, it be-
comes very easy to see whose
interests those who condemn ra-
tioning, are consciously or un-
consciously, serving.
Rationing is one of the hard
ships of war. 1t is far better to
accept it without protest than to
allow our resentment to be cap
italized on by those who seek to
ease the burden on the wealthy
by increasing that of the work
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American
People Split
On OPA

DENVER, July 20 (FP)-Half
OF the American people are salts
fled and half are dissatisfied with
the governments handling of price
control, according to a nationwide
survey just completed by the Ma
tional Opinion Research Center,
/ University of Denver.
Forty-seven per cent of typical
national cross section believe the
government is doing all it can to
control rising prices, but 489o
think the government is capable of
doing a better job. The exact ques-
ton read: DO you think the gov
Iernment is doing all it can to con-
troll rising prices, or do you think
it could do a better job?"
The final tabulation showed:
Government doing all it can. 47co
Government could do better. 1870
Undecided ................. so
1t is interesting that women, who
do most of the actual buying in the
United States, tend to give the
government considerably more
credit than do the men. Fifty per-
cent of the women think the gov
ernment is doing all it can to con-
troll rising prices, in contrast to
only 1890 of the men.
AS is probably to be expected,
the most dissatisfied group of all
lis composed of persons who voted
for the Republican presidential
candidate in 1910. Sixty-one per
cent of the Willkie voters, in con-
trast to 45ft of 1910 Roosevelt
hackers, say the government could
do better job of controlling rising
prices.
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MORE RATIoNING

What is needed now is fur
ther. extension of rationing to
the point where there shall be a
just distribution of all consum-
ers' goods of which there are
shortages. This is the only way
in which we can be sure that the
workers who produce the equip
ment necessary to carry on the
war can be assured of an ade-
quate allotment of food and
clothing.
The workers have shown them
selves more than willing to make
all the sacrifices necessary to
win the war, but the industrial
lists want a "business-as-usual
policy" for themselves. while at
the same time, they demand ever
greater and greater sacrifices
from the workers.
We must realize the necessity
OF continuing all necessary sac
rifices, and at the same time,
recognize the program of the in
dustrialists who are interested
only in their own profits, and
choose to make no sacrifices for
the common welfare.
The workers must resolve to
win the war against reaction on
the home front too. We must get
behind the price roll-back with
all the support we can muster.
The Food Price Control Com
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Var Yorker
Married On
Production Line

ATLANTA, A Ga, July 19-The
bride couldn't leave her work in
the shell factory, SO the marriage
was performed there with the con-
veyor line decorated with orange
blossoms and smilax. Then every
one went back to work making
messages to Hitler and Toio.
That is what happened when
Miss Hilda Butler, of the Muir
ray Company, and w. H. Craw-
ford, district director of the
United Steelworkers of America.
CIO, decided to marry.
Mrs. Crawford, a Florida girl
with ten years of trained nursing
before she entered war work, first
met her husband in meetings of
the Steelworkers union. She was
the first woman in the factory to
sign a union card, and is now an
official of the local union. Craw
ford came up from the ranks of
the steel workers to become di-
rector of the union in six southern
states,
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Cameo (l)
Opener
BY Ted M0drowski
THEY ARE SAYING

THEY ARE SAYING
Elmer Seegert is out looking for
good golf match. Line forms at
the right fellows +. Paul Herwat
was caught in one of his romantic
moods recently Earl Jones is
still trying to determine who his
boss is Walt Lewandowski is
really ladies' man now. Sir Wal
ter Raleigh had nothing on our
"Sir Walter" Agnes Smith
just loves to ride the trolley :.
Helen Grycza would like to take
Boss" Bailey's place some day
Herb Dickinson is wondering
why he is losing out with all the
new girls these days.
Our unit will furnish a rear
guard for anyone going up to the
machine shop Young Gully is
or the loose again There ac
tually are other plants in town
that pay less than the third largest
corporation in the world-Ameri-
can Can Co. Bet you didn't think
it was possible Ruby is still
trying to prove that Frances Ma
chinski is NOT a foreigner, and
she can vote if she only registers.
Have you registered? Our re-
cent cigarette campaign can be
called a success even though some
of the vets from the last war de-
nounced it and hindered the drive
by expressing their doubts. Other
people we would excuse, but vets,
shame on you Frank Michalski
gave the family treat and took
them all to the benefit ball game.
IN behalf of the boys overseas,
thank you. Now let's sit right
down and write letter to our
boys in camp. That's it-be a real
buddy.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
Union Store
ca+ching On

William Healey, chairman of the
Local II Union Labels committee
in charge of the Union Goods Store
in the lobby of the Local II dues
office, expressed himself as pleased
with the first week the store has
been open. "We are starting off
easy with just a few items" said
Mr.. Hesley, .'but we aEe hopef,
that we may gradually add to
inventory and make it big thi.
Local II memberskare urged
stop and look over the sores
play when they are paying IL
dues, and are asked to order til
convention hats early. Members
the Labels Committee are in cha.
of the store, which is open eae
Monday and Wednesday evenina
from $50 to $50 p. m.
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Comments
By Harry Boose
HIT AND RUN

HIT AND RUN
The ball game between the shop
employees and the office force
was a hit and run affair. Al
though the shop team won the real
ball game Is to Z, but the last
game lasted five innings. | don't
know who took the most punish
ment, the players or the keg.
know the office team could have
used more rubbing alcohol, be-
cause they were still complaining
three days after. The office team
had the real spirit but l think they
know now that they need more
training.
Giving to the war effort is more
than just living up to the law
during the duration. The men in
the armed services are from your
own families and neighborhood.
They need all the help we can give
them, no matter what kind of help
it is, or how small. When the SOL
diers come back, it would be better
to face German bullets than our
own army. Now we look upon
these boys as our friend and pro-
tector, after while it will be too
late. After this war no one knows
how things will turn.
The past few weeks sugar has
been rationed at our shop. Even
the bosses don't take time to look
over and see how much is left.
l don't quite know what hap
pened to jules ducks, but it
seems to me the police and the
navy could help, at least the navy.
The ducks are sea-going birds.
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Your Standard Of LIVING

mittee needs volunteers to check
store prices. Those who feel they
can give an hour or two a month
for this assignment are asked to
give their names and addresses
to their unit chairman. The ra-
tioning of gasoline will not be an
obstacle to the program of the
Food Price Control Committee as
each volunteer will be assigned
to store in his own neighbor-
hoon.
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.Wi|Iys Seeing Eye

| Edith Tressler is away to see hsI
hubby in the Army. I'll bet Edith
knows the real meaning Of the olc
saying, Absence makes the hear
grow fonder"!
Laura Polus is away on leav,
due to family illness. It is too bad
Laura, but | guess we've all 20
our worries these days.
BOSSES BRAINS
We often wonder what make
half an ounce Of brains of sof
the bosses tick. Where do the
their ideas? We know then]
some Of the greatest buck-pas
that ever inhabited the earth
Do you ever read the pape
the laws that are enacted by
would-be members Of legis
that you help elect? One of
vicious lays is against the wc
and girls of the Stat
is known as the Ross M
ing the working no 81
women Of this state, /
redeeming part of this
any girl who is less tina
Of age cannot work lat,
p. m. W
The would-be bossa.nd
and still persist in sion ftnS.
young girls, who viii be o.-k sister
some day, they would allow then
to work after 10 p. m, but tn
union will not allow it. Why don
you be honest with yourself an
everyone under you, and tell ther
the TRUTH. You are not tha
dumb, and if you are, we wonde
why the company keeps you az
boss. All we can say is, waEr
and quit lying before
caught. 70
The brothers and Sing
WHY'S Unit wish to convey the
sympathy to the family and esp
cially to the wife and the new-bo,l
child Of Brother Bernard J. Sha
Of Dept. 645, who passed aw
on Monday, July y, 1943.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
BY Claude Hess
AGAIN-REGISTER

& OIOtHeIs ana olsLefS. lnlS Is q
I message to all members. CIO and
all Of organized labor is putting
on a drive to get everyone regis
tered, and if you are one Of those
members, please heed this.
! Some Of the greatest and best
laws that favor US, and some Of
TIE rottenest, are coming up before
( Senate and Congress before long.
and we are sure that if everyone
Of our members are registered and
able to vote this fall, we can force
that bunch Of tories in Washington
to vote fayorably on these bills that
favor US.
One Of the bills we refer to is the
Wagner-Murray -Dingell Social Sc
curity bill, better known as the
| Cradle to the Grave bill. Some
thing that will benefit everyone.
How many Of you who work in
different departments have COM
/ plained to your executive commit
tee that you are not receiving
enough wages? You know what
the answer is. We cannot do a
thing for you as you are UP to
the standard Of the Little Steel
Formula.
Stop and think! If everyone in
our organization was 21 years old
and registered to vote, we could
crack that formula. But. at the
I present time, we are helpless as
you DO not do the one thing that
would help you the most. We are
asking you to take time and help
yourself by registering at 217 Su-
perior St. and then we can use the
pressure on those politicians" who
control the War Labor Board.
Please help Us to help you.
DEPT. 1O3
Dept. 103 held first and second
shift meeting Sunday, July 7, at
Local II. with the majority of the
members attending. The meeting
was presided over by Claude Hess
and George Furlong. better known
as Cracker TO all his friends.
Cracker was able to answer any
questions regarding drop hammers
put to him by the brothers of this
department, as he has had about
IL years experience in hammer
shops. The meeting was enjoyed
by all members who attended. Re-
freshments in liquid form were
served following the meeting. 1t
was fine meeting and dandy
party, but we would suggest, if
they have another one. it should
be held in 40-acre field so the
would-be Thomases and Carusoes
can let their voices out in full
blast. We would also like to sue-
gest to you that the floor is hard
on the knees and to bring cushions
with you.
opeaklng OF parties ana plcnlcs,
did you know it will soon be time
for our fourth annual picnic, and
we old members are getting more
excited every day waiting for Aug.
z to roll around. Quit your yowl-
ing about losing day. All work
and no play makes US sleepy and
crabby. What do you say? Let's
all go, but, most important of all.
take the kiddies. Where? Why. at
Forest Park on the Woodville Rd.
DEPT. 3Os
Salome Lis, better known as
Sally, has been confined to Mercy |
due to an appendectomy.
We understand she has a mid-line /
now. Whatever do you suppose
that is?
Bill Segruin is also off on a sick
leave.I sincerely hope you're doing
OK and will be with US again soon.
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REGISTER

Election day is coming very soon
and still the greater part Of the
working class has made no effort
to register to make themselves eli
gible to vote. If you are not inter-
ested enough in politics to vote
representatives of labor into office
so that the working people will be
represented as we'll as the big shots
then stop grumbling about the in
creased cost of living and the small
pay checks that some are still re-
ceiving.
Happy Finch, who is everybody's
friend, is back on the job looking
as fit as a fiddle and that makes
us all very happy.
4
Cameron Weber of Engineering
Plug Repair was all set to be a
soldier boy, but the army doctors
said no. Now Weber doesn't know
whether the daily luch wagon was
a curse or blessing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
HOW TO INVESTIGATE

WASHINGTON-(FP)-Chai
man James Fly of the Federal
Communications Commission made
public the complete text of a
memorandum on how to conduct
the Cox committees investigation
of FEC, prepared by a Hearst
newspaperman and circulated by
the committees Wall Street coun.
sci, Eugene L. Carey.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
REGISTER

If you are getting sick of seeing
this word register, why don't you
go down to the Board of Elections
and take care of this matter now?
Then next week after you have
registered, when you get this far
you can skip it, secure in the
knowledge that you can and will
be able to vote for labor's candi-
dates. Oh yeah? The Board of
Elections is located at PIT Supe-
rior ST., right next door to the Es-
quire Theatre.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23
Meetings Changed

Regular monthly meeting
of the Local II Educational
Com mittee has been changed
from the first to the fourth
Sunday of each month. The
next meeting will be held at
Local II headquarters, 425
Winthrop ST., Sunday, July
%, Parlor c. 200 p. m.
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FEPC To Hold HEARINGS

WASHINGTON (FP)- Hear
ings on discrimination in the rail-
road industry will be held Sept
15-17, Chairman Francis j. Ha,,
of the Fair Employment Practices
Committee announced.
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Champion SparkIets

had the So stamps in their pockets?
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Don't say, "They can't do this to
u.s." because they did do it. Yep,
they did.
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EHISA AND THATA

y Fred knight of Dept. G teamed
.Glp with Hank Hullhorst in golf
match against Ollie Wilson and
John Byrd a week ago. Fred shot
78 and failed to win hole, while
Wilson had a par-breaking 70.
e If the present conditions exist
on the firing line on the second
shift, Agnes and Margaret will
have to get permits to wear bath
ing suits. Watch your step, girls!
Ann Britain had the same
thought on our new checks that
most of US had, apparently. At
any rate she cashed her stub in
stead of her check at her grocers.
You can be rest assured that her
grocer notified Ann of her mistake
in a hurry.
Sam Hendricks leaves for the
Army July 28. The Army needs
good men and when they get Sam
they get the best Engineering can
offer. Good luck, Sam!
S'LONG, ART
Arthur Palmer, our Radar ex-
pert (Army Air Corps Reserve)
left us last Friday for advance
training. Art held enough posi-
tions for 10 men-steward, credit
union treasurer, inspector in En-
gineering, etc. We're all sorry to
see you leave US, Art, but are glad
that you are going into branch
in the Army that you are keenly
interested in.
If you want to buy, sell or trade
goats, see Don Flo of Dept. B. He
is in the goat business. If you
want ponies, see Ron Wilson.
Wayne Edwards seems to be sales
man.
SHARE THE CANDY
Wouldn't it be nice if some of
the girls in Dept. d would buy
four or five candy bars instead of
10 at time? Maybe then some of
the others would have chance to
a get at least one. Let's observe
glshare-the-candy program in Dept.
ND. In fact, let's make that pro-
gram plant-wide.
Why such concerned look on
the faces of car owners who still
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National
Supply
By "Shorty" Stager
GIVE A HAND

GIf Il A nAAND
How about giving Walter Hick-
man of the Millwright dept. a
great big hand? He deserves it
because he shows his Union prin-
ciples by being on hand for all
Unit meetings. After you give
Walter hand, show him you ap-
prove of him by following his
example.
SQUADRON
Those green shirted fellows you
saw at the Unit picnic are the
members of our new Squadron.
The organization is composed of
men who have proven themselves
100 per cent union minded and is
for the purpose of protecting our
fellow members. The boys have
their duties arranged and we
should all cooperate with them in
helping them carry out their
work.
HERE AND n ERE
How could I forget to mention
the most important part of our
picnic? / mean the indoor game
between the benedicts and batch
elors married and single men to
you) Of course, the married men
won II to 6. On the other hand,
how could they lose when little
short guy named Stager was do
ing the umpiring.
"Pork Chops" Winfray is chang
ing his monicker to "Corn Meal
Mush" since he had his teeth ex-
tracted. AS soon as he gets the
new choppers he will be known as
Porcelain.
How to make friends and win
people might be the idea that one
of the plant guards had in mind
when he was observed moving
committeeman's lawn during his
short vacation.
1t. Fred Batemenone of our
good Union members has been
promoted to flight commander and
expects to come home on fur
lough next month. Congratula-
tions.
Bill Carico was walking around
with that down in the jaw look on
his face passing our cigars. 1t was
a daughter. Better luck next time.
and anyhow, Bill, even Mrs. R.
thinks a woman can be president.
Louis Bateman is organizing
4F club. Initiation $500 and no
members admitted who don't want
Louis for their president.
Ray Peabody of our Unit now
serving in Australia got himself
engaged to little Australian gaR
Next Unit meeting is Sunday,
July 25. Important business de-
mands that you be there if it is at
all possible.
Another important piece of
business which lot of you people
have been overlooking and post
poning is registering SO you'll be
able to vote this fall. Go to PIT
Superior st. any day from 900
a. m. to 500 p. m. and get your
self in shape to elect a labor
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UNIT MEETING
PARADE CAPS

Give Nle new Union Labels store
located in Local IL a break and
order your convention hats early.
There is a Labor Day parade COM
ing along and it might not be a
bad idea to get your hat early and
avoid the rush.
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GONE FISHING

Two of our members have gone
fishing w-Sh their husbands. Stella
Miller and Sally Kaminski. There
will be some fish stories to listen
to when they return about the big
ones that got away and pictures to
prove the fishing was fine.
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UNIFORMS

Members of the Acklin team in
the Local II softball league will
be given their uniforms early next
week. Watch the bulletin boards
for game schedules and then come
out and give the team your sup
mort.