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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
FEPc Pledges
War on job
Discrimination

WASHINGTON (FP)-The new
ly appointed Committee on Fair
Employment Practice adjourned its
first meeting here July z with a
pledge 'to give every industrial
American a chance to serve his
country"
First action of the committee
was to agree to set up II regional
offices and to proceed with cases
involving charges of discrimina-
tion on southern railroads. a group
of war industries in Detroit, and
the Capital Transit Co. in Wash
ington, D. C. The railroad hearing
was scheduled for Sept. Is, 16 and
II, and dates for hearings on the
other two cases will be set as soon
as it appears that efforts to settle
them by negotiation have failed.
The FEPC is also working out
an agreement with the War Man
power Commission to strengthen
enforcement of executive order
S802, assuring non-discrimination
because of race, color, creed and
national origin.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16

Workers (unaffiliated).
A, resolution unanimously
adopted by the board declared
in its preamble:
"The labor batting and Admin
istration hating forces in Congress
enacted this vicious anti-labor
measure to wreak vengeance for
the acts of one individual who
flouted the needs of the nation for
continuus production of vital war
materials, ignored the machinery
established for the adjustment of
all labor disputes in order to guar
antee continuous production, and
recklessly caused a national strike
in the coal fields"
Promise President Support
In vetoing the act, the President
demonstrated his understanding
of the contribution being made by
labor toward winning the war and
that any blow against labor is a
blow against the war effort" the
resolution said, promising him
complete and unstinting support
in our nations struggle in this pa
triotic war;"
THE national officers of the
Continued on Page 2, Column 7
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
WL.B Is
reom!ined

WASHINGTON (FP)-Workers
and employers throughout the
country were assured of speedier
handling of both wage and dispute
cases as a result of two develop
ments announced by the National
War Labor Board July s.
Regional boards have retooled
under the May II Qualification of
the "hold the line" executive order
and are now turning out rulings on
voluntary wage and salary cases
at record speed, the WLB said, and
tripartite review committees are
being set up in Washington to
speed decisions on the WLB's cases
and to cut through the backlog.
"Our goal," WLB chairman VIII
liam H. Davis said, "is complete
turnover every 20 or 80 days. In
other words, we expect that appli-
cants may soon expect ruling on
the average of only three to four
weeks after they submit a pro-
posed adjustment"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16

The preliminary game will be
played between the Local ~,
UAW-CIO and the Spicer Mfg.
Co. teams. Both teams are in the
city federation.
Two big bands will provide mu-
sic before and during the ball
games. Local u band, one of To.
ledo's outstanding musical organi-
cations, and the Camp Perry Mill
tary Band will join forces in a
concert, which in itself should be
worth the price of admission.
In addition to the ball games
and band music, Paul Spor will
present several feature acts for
the entertainment of those attend
ing the games.
The advance ticket sale is pro-
ceeding briskly and it is expected
that this will be one of the best
attended ball games of the cur
rent season.
Tickets may be secured from
executive chairmen and shop stew
ards in CI0 plants or at the TIUC
headquarters, Gil Huron St., or
Local II headquarters, 425 Win
throp st.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
owl Movie
Chief Resigns

WASHINGTON (FP) - First
victim of congressional budget
pruning, Lowell Mellett, chief of
the motion picture bureau of the
Office of War Information, has
handed in his resignation to OWL
chief Elmer Davis, effective
July Is.
The bureaus budget was slashed
from a requested 100000 to $50,
900 after hatchetmen in Congress
decided that showing movies to the
activities, was propaganda"
"Our funds will not permit any
production of motion pictures by
OWL for domestic use," Davis
said, in announcing Mellett's res
ignation. "We will, however, con-
tinue to discharge our response
bility for the coordination of the
government films and for laison
between the government and the
motion picture industry"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
WLB Orders Union
Security Clauses

WASHINGTON (FP) - Chair
man William H. Davis of the Ma
tional War Labor Board said July
6 that the board would continue TO
order maintenance of membership
guarantees in certain cases even
though its authority under the re-
Gently enacted Smith, -Connally law
was being questioned.
Davis said that the board, on ad-
vice of counsel, had decided that
the law did not forbid union Sc
curity clauses. He said that the
board had that day ordered the
standard union security clause in
several AFL and CIO contracts
contracts submitted by the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Firemen
and Oilers and the United Leather
Workers International Union, both
AFL, and the United Auto Work
ers and United Rubber Workers,
both CIO.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Let's All Go

By this time you know that
the CIO is putting on a cigar
ette fund drive for our soldiers
overseas. Don't wait for some.
body to ask you to buy a ticket,
but run, don't walk, to your
steward or shop committeeman
and say, Gimme a ticket for
the ball game" Chances are the
poor fellow will collapse from
shock, but never mind that. Just
hand him a dollar to buy cigar
cites for our servicemen and
let him get over his fainting
spell all by himself. You'll en-
joy the games and at the same
time be giving some soldier
overseas the thrill of knowing
we of the CIO do care.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
industrial Rubber
Workers Ger
Pay Increase

Workers of the Toledo Industrial
Rubber Co., affiliated with Local
II, UAW-CIO, will be granted
wage increases from 7 to 20 cents
per hour as the result of a Re-
gional War Labor Boards direc-
TIVE of July 10, according to Melvin
Schultz, president of Local IL.
At the same time, the WLB ap-
proved change from the bonus
system which had been in effect
to piece work system. All in
creases in pay are retroactive to
Aug. 8, 1912.
The Boards ruling was based
upon its determination that the
approved rates for the employees
are not in excess of the minimum
sound and tested going rates in
this area for the classifications af-
fected.
Final approval will come from
the National War Labor Board as
required by the provisions of Ex-
ecutive Orders Nos. $3.50 and 1858.
Members of the shop committee
who took part in contract negotia-
tions are Felix Lubemski, chair
man, Homer Gladney, Roy LaMun-
yon, Rose Kish. John Waters and
John Grandowicz, who also were on
the committee, are now serving in
the armed forces.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
What's Wrong With
Education Department

BATON ROUGE, La. (FP)-The
legislative committee of the Louisi.
ana Teachers Association, an or
ganization of white teachers, unan.
imously disapproved a proposal to
pay Negro teachers salaries equal
to those paid white teachers.
The average annual earning OF
teachers in elementary schools are
Sap for Negroes and $1,067 fol-
whites. In high schools annual sal.
aries average $652 for Negroes and
81 ,342 for whites.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16

Froelich and others interested
in conservation had gone to
Governor Bricker in 1941 and
asked that the state sponsor a re-
quest for federal funds for survey
of the east Bay Shore.
"The governor was not inter-
ested," said Burke. "He was trying
to preserve state rights and was
not going to promote any federal
bureaucracy in Ohio"
Cramer Gets Funds
Senator Virgil Cramer, who re-
Qtly was able to secure $4,000,
y nhich $4,000 had been spent for
N7fd bagging and other last-min-
ute attempts to keep Lake Erie
from flooding the Reno Beach area,
agreed when questioned by the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL re-
porter that the money appropriated
by the state for flood prevention
was "too little, too late" Senator
Cramer agreed with Mr.. Burke
that the loss of 5000 acres and
damage to the homes at Reno Beach
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
WLB Warns
Congress

WASHINGTON (FP)-The Ma
tional War Labor Board served no
tice July 8 on retreating farm
bloc-defeatist congressman that the
rising cost of living is wrecking
the Little Steel formula for limit
ing general wage increases to 1870
above Jan, /, 1941.
The board also declared that un-
less food prices are rolled back it
will be forced to permit increases
of wages for thousands of workers
in order to correct sub-standard
pay. On the same day, the CIO
passed a resolution urging imme-
diate rollback of prices to Sept. Is,
1912, and asked Congress to ap-
propriate two billion dollars for
the purpose, which it failed to do.
In a case granting increases to
workers, WLB Vice Chairman
George w. Taylor declared that if
prices continue to get out of con-
troll, the board may ask Economic
Sterilization Director Fred NJ.
Vinson to press for revision of
the Little Steel formula in Con-
gress.
He stated that any change in
the formula would require congress
sional approval, because that body,
in passing the Sterilization Act of
Oct. 2, 1912, accepted the Little
Steel formula for stabilizing
wages.
The WLB previously warned
that wage stabilization is endan-
gered by government failure to
hold the line on prices, particularly
in food, which has gone up 1890
from October 1912 through April
1943, according to conservative La
Dor Department statistics.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Committee
Kills Guffey
G. CodI Act
Ignore FDR Request
To Continue Act

WASHINGTON (FP)-The sew
en-year-old Guffey Bituminous
Coal Act, providing government
regulation of the soft cal industry,
was killed by the house rules COM
mittee July 6, despite pleas by
President Roosevelt, the United
Mine Workers (unaffiliated) and
coal industry spokesmen.
The final death warrant came
when the rules committee voted 10
table a. resolution extending the
acts existence from August % till
January !, preventing the act from
being brought up before Congress
.adjourns in a few days. The act
will have expired by the time Con-
gress reconvenes in September.
Previously the house ways and
means committee defeated, 13 to
IL, a bill that would have extended
for two years after the end of the
war the stabilization machinery set
up under the act.
This action was taken notwith-
standing a letter from President
Roosevelt in which he, said that
"both the industry and the miners
would feel on more solid ground if
they had the assurance that they
and the country would have the
benefits that have been demon
strated under the Coal Act" He
added: "The whole coal situation
is so unsettled that it would be
helpful if any phase of it could be
definitely concluded"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Virginia AFL. cI0 Near
Joint Political Action

RICHMOND, Va. (FP) - AFL
and CIO unions were seen moving
closer to joint political and legis-
lative action as their state organi-
cations got programs under way.
President w. F. Patrick of the
Virginia Federation of Labor has
appointed President j. F. Joinville
of the Richmond Building Trades
Council as the federation's legisla-
tive chairman for the coming year.
State CIO Director Ernest B,
Pugh announced that Silas Switzer
of Roanoke would probably be re-
named legislative chairman and
that the CIO and AFL expected
to work closely together This year
on political4and legislative matters
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16

when they come, and they will
come, and not only organized Ia
bor," said Mr.. Gosser.
Mr.. Gosser.
Mr.. Gosser urged Local IL MEM
bers to ask for more petitions,
which he said were available id
the office at Local IL headquar-
ters.
1t is now believed that with the
additional time for circulating the
petitions, due to the long Congress
sional adjournment, many thou
sands of names will be added over
and above those which were an
ticipated. When the petitions are
signed and returned, they will be
sent to Congress as an indication
of the sentiment Of this community
with respect to the price rollbacks.
Millions of names will be sent
in to Congress, demanding that
something definite be done to roll
back the prices to the May, 1912,
level IA
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Canodion Union Pie dge
Nc Strike"

TORONTO, Canada (FP)-Ca-
madam unions affiliated with the
CIO have reaffirrned President
Philip Murray's no-strike pledge at
an emergency conference here.
Representatives from the United
Auto Workers and United Electri-
cal Radio and Machine Workers
declared that there we're other
means besides strikes to obtain
favorable action for labor. They
pointed out that Canadian labor
was now strong enough to demand
that the conservative government
drop its anti-labor policies.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Brown Named
For Aufo-Life
Plants

Regional Director Ric h d
Gosser July 10 announced the ap-
pointment of Ralph Brown, of the
Auto-Lite, Local II, UAW-CIO as
assistant director of all Auto-Lite
subsidiaries within the UAW-ClO
jurisdiction.
Mr.. Brown is former chairman
and member of the executive board
of the Auto-Lite Unit and was
instrumental in forming the Auto
Lite Intra-Corporation Council in
1889, which has for its purpose
coordination of contractual rela-
tions and union activities within
the various company plants.
In discussing the appointment,
Mr.. Gosser said it was his inten-
tion to have Mr.. Brown work
with the Council in furthering
complete organization and con-
tractual, relations in the various
company plants which number 25,
and to ultimately work out cor
poration agreement embracing the
major points of a master con-
tract.
Mr.. Gosser stated that it was
his belief that the Units were not
ready at this time for such an
agreement as he outlined, and
stressed the Importance of i'm
proving various contracts and
completing organization in the
outlying shops so the security and
organization of these plant work
ers will be protected. Regional
Directors in the various sections
having Auto-Lite subsidiaries have
pledged their cooperation in the
organizational drive.
Member of the Auto-Lite Unit
and executive committee have ex-
pressed themselves pleased with
Mr.. Browns appointment and
have pledged their support and
cooperation.
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in the face of the mounting
tide of legislative reaction
and the problems which will
exist in the postwar era.
Government Compliments Workers
Representatives of the War and
Navy Departments, National Labor
Relations Board, War Labor Board,
War Production Board and other
governmental agencies, addressed
the editors during their conference
and were unanimous in their praise
of the work which labor has been
doing during the war period.
Army and Navy officials VINO
talked to the editors, urged that
production be held at a high level,
and they cautioned the editors not
to let their people feel overconfi-
dent, but to use their influence to
bring home to them that the war
will not be won until the last shot
has been fired and the Axis gives
its unconditional surrender.
Panel Meetings Popular
Panel meetings we're held on
Saturday, covering prices, ration
| and initiation, wartime housing
D "a education, and the labor press
and public relations.
Best attended of all the panels
was that on public relations, where
spirited discussion took place
on how Unions could improve their
publicity and create favorable pub
lie sentiment.
All agreed that public relations
have been neglected to a large ex-
tent by Unions and that some def
mite action should be worked out
to present Unions in their true
light in the community. Union par
ticipation in War Chests, War Bond
Sales drives, cigarette fund drives,
Red Cross Blood Donor Campaigns,
close cooperation with the Navy,
WAVES and similar enlistment
Continued on. Page2, Column 2
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OPA Completes Ceilings
On Canned Vegetables

WASHINGTON (FP)-The Of
flee of Price Administration COM
-pleted its pricing of the 1943 pack
of canned vegetables July 5, estab-
fishing specific dollars-and-cents
maximum prices for three COM
modities and setting up formulas 10
price miscellaneous group. All
prices are at the Gamer level.
The three vegetables for which
specific maximum prices are estab-
lished are asparagus, mustard
greens and turnip greens. In addi-
ton to setting forth formulas for
miscellaneous groups, the OPA
also revised in considerable detail
the specific maximum prices set
earlier for corn, tomatoes, snap
beans and peas.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Au+o-Life Council
Plans Closer
Cooperation

Delegates from Auto-Lite SUBJ
salaries representing four states
met at Local II headquarters,
July 10 to attend a meeting OF
the Auto-Lite Intra-Corporation
Council.
Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO re-
gional director opened the meeting
welcoming the delegates and in
troduced Ralph Brown newly ap-
pointed assistant director for all
Auto-Lite plants. Mr.. Gosser out
lined the duties for which Mr..
Brown will be responsible and told
of the plans which had been made
for the progress and organization
of all Auto-Lite subsidiaries.
Delegates reporting at the
meeting indicated a desire to
bring their shops to the standard
of the shops in the Toledo area,
and to progress toward an over
all agreement after completing
organization of those shops in the
Auto-Lite group still unorganized.
A committee consisting of Ray
mond Karl, Lacross, Wis. and
Chas. Rathke, Bay City, Mich. was
named to assemble material sub
mitted from the Local Units into
master contract which will be
approved at later meeting when
the date has been assembled.
Informative discussions were
held on various problems relative
to the individual Units and many
suggestions were made. The meet
ing was presided over by Forrest
McElroy of Indianapolis, Ind. in
the absence of Orville Evanson of
Lacross, Wis, who was unable to
attend because of illness.
Delegates were unanimus in
their expressions of satisfaction
at the prospect of closer coopera-
tion among the Auto-Lite plant
Units.
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the petitions will be held up
until shortly before it recon-
venes, around the middle of
September.
Non-union members are also
signing the petitions in large num-
bers. Many of them continue to
stop at Local IL headquarters,
where the petitions are easily ac-
cessible to all who enter the build
ing. Regional Director Richard
Gosser, commenting upon the
large number of people who have
come to the Local II headquarters
to sign the petitions, urged UAW
members to bring their non-union
friends to the headquarters to sign
the petitions.
Urges UAW Members
Il urge all UAW members who
can possibly spare the time to take
these petitions to their friends and
relatives and ask them to sign.
After all, it is the public who will
benefit from the price rolibacks
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Labor Editors
Plan Organization

CHICAGO, H., July 11-EIore than 200 labor editors
representing CO AFL and Railroad Brotherhods pubca-
tions from Ohio, Michigan Indiana Missouri, Minnesota
Wisconsin, Illinois and met here Saturday and Sunday
July and H. discuss their problems and plan for labor
continued part in the effort and postwar period
Labor unity keynoed the conference from the first to
the last session. The editors unanimous in agreeing
that although they did not set the policies of their unlons
thew recognized the need for value of unity particularly
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16

Naval Armory have requested
that all ball game tickets
which will not be used by the
purchasers be turned over to the
two military organizations so they
can send soldiers and sailors to
attend the doubleheader, which will
mark the close Of the drive.
Camp Perry's baseball team will
meet the Toledo Mud Hens in the
feature game of the evening, which
accounts for the interest which the
commanding officer of Camp Per-
ry has in securing tickets for his
men.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Smi+h-ConnoIIy
Act invoked
First Time

DETROIT (FP)-The anti-labor
Smith Connally law was invoked
for the first time JULY z when
the Regional War Labor Board in
tervened in strike of 140 main
tenance employees in a large office
building here. The structure houses
several government offices.
The intervention came under the
laws provisions which permit the
WLB to proceed with immediate
hearings on its own motion when
dispute affects the war effort.
The employees are seeking union
contract from the buildings own
ers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
Management Joins C|O In
Supporting Cigarette Fund
Ball Games Feature
Drives End

Management in dozens of Toledo firms is contributing
to the CO overseas cigarette fund.- making donations and
Monday, July 19.
Following the firms which have given their financial
support to the fund drive: Hall Manufacturing Co., Swartz-
baugh Manufacturing Co., DeVibiss Manufacturing Co.,
Buddies Box Lunch, Wiys-Overland Mortors Corp and
many others.
Commanding officers of Camp Perry and the Toledo
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
ILLINOIS PASSES EQUAL
WAGE LAW

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (FP) - A
bill providing for equal pay for
women has passed the Illinois leg
islature and now awaits the sig
nature of Gov. Dwight H. Green.
The effective date of the law would
be July l, 1944-the years delay
being intended for readjustment of
labor-cost schedules by employers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
COMPANY UNION DEFEATED

CHESTER, Pa. (FP)-The long
established hold of the company
union at the Sun Shipbuilding and
Drydock Co. yards was broken
when the Industrial Union of Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers
(CIO) won an NLRB election by
a 910-vote majority. The vote was
1856 to 11.906.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-16
GUFFEY BILL KILLED

WASHINGTON (FP) = The Z.
year-old Guffey bituminous coal
act providing government regula-
ton of the soft coal industry was
killed by the house rules commit
tee, despite pleas by President
Roosevelt, the United Mine Work
ers (unaffiliated) and coal industry
spokesmen.