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Evening star., 1943-12-17
Rail Pay Rise Action
Stalled by Vinson Plea
And Strike Threat

Hope for speedy passage of the
Truman-Crosser resolution, author
izing an 8-cent-an-hour pay in
crease for the Nations 100000 non
operating rail employees, dimmed to-
day amid reports of split within
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee considering the measure.
Two factors combined to stall the
resolution as the committee re-
suned its hearings today. One was
the appeal yesterday of Economic
Sterilization Director Fred NJ Vim
son to kill the measure on the
ground it threatens to destroy the
administrations economic stabiliza-
ton program. The second was the
strike call for December 80 by five
operating rail unions in separate
wage dispute.
Typical of the opinions today was
that of Representative Priest, DEM
ocrat, of Tennessee, a member of
the committee, who said: "It is more
doubtful now than two days ago
that the measure will be reported
out. If motion were made today,
the vote would be very close"
AS late as Wednesday, at which
time the decision to call Mr.. Vinson
was announced, representative
Crosser, Democrat, of Ohio, co-au-
thor of the resolution, was predict
Ing favorable committee report by
the end of the week.
But with Mr.. Vinson and Donald
Richberg, counsel for one of the
incorporating rail unions, scheduled
to give additional testimony, there
was little chance of final action be-
fore Monday, according to one
source.
If the House joins the Senate in
approving the resolution, Mr.. Vim
son told the committee, it will be
difficult, if not impossible, to deny
wage increases to other groups.
Furthermore, he argued that the
legislators might bring down on
themselves a snoWStorm of appeals
for special legislation to bypass ad-
miniStrative agencies.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Railroad Union Chiefs
Warn Men Against
Any Acts Of Violence
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 17.-Heads of
five operating brotherhoods last
night cautioned members against
"acts of violence of any nature"
during Nationwide railroad strike
scheduled to begin December 80.
The warning was issued as the
National Mediation Board made
plans for a meeting to avert the
strike called Wednesday after 97.7
per cent of the brotherhoods' men,
bers voted for the walkout to enforce
demands for a wage increase. The
parley between union and railroad
officials will be held in Chicago next
Monday.
The union presidents, in a mes
sage outlining duties of their $4,000
members and officials during the
proposed walkout, also told the men
not to associate with nonmembers
engaging in acts of violence or dis
orderly conduct
The strike orders further specified
that:
Runs already begun may be COM
pleted after the time set to strike;
Unionists should keep away from
company property during the walk
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Strike Would Top Enemy
Blows, Eostmon Saws

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec.
II (P).-Joseph B. Eastman, director
of the Office of Defense Transporta-
tion, said yesterday a railroad strike
would be a worse blow" than any
our war enemies could strike.
Mr.. Eastman made the comment
in luncheon talk to civic clubs.
Referring to railway operating
brotherhoods which have set De-
cember 80 to start strike to enforce
wage increase demands, he said:
Il won't talk about it now; III
wait until get back to Washington,
but the workers. through stoppage
of transportation facilities :
could inflict worse blow on the war
effort than any that lies within the
power of our enemies. I will not
believe, until I see it with my own
eyes, that such men will do such a
thing to their country as go out on
strike December 80"
Mr.. Eastman praised the war work
record of railroad employees.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Montgomery Wins Gosh
Betting on War Coins
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WITH THE 9th ARMY IN ITALY,
Dec. IA Delayed His eyes twin
king, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery told his men today "a lot
OF people are taking money betting
on when we get to Rome" and
added:
Il made slo C$4o) this morning
myself"
Gle did not specify what he
had put his money on, but the
remark suggested he had not
expected to see Rome just yet
unless he was wagering on a
mile-by mile basis or making
some other side bet.)
The 9th Army's commander said
1t was a general who paid of.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Cinema Bans Brickbuts

Screen villains, even Hitler and
Mussolini, are safe at the new mo-
ton picture theater in Klerksdorp,
South Africa. This is only because
OF elaborate precautions against
missiles. Builders made all benches
of concrete, fastened down perma-
nently to concrete blocks. Popular
activity of the area is to vent spleen
at unpopular figures by throwing
anything available at the screen.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Thousands Of Pupils
Leave School Today
For Holiday Jobs

More than $1,000 public schoo,
children were scheduled to begin
Christmas vacation this afternoon
four days earlier than usual-tc
permit thousands of them to take
Christmas jobs in stores and the
City Post Office.
About 5000 high school students
over Is will start work tomorrow fo1
Postmaster Vincent C. Burke at the
Post Office.
More than 1000 better than
average students were let out OF
school ahead of time last week to
take such jobs as store clerks, typ
lists, truck Jumpers and cafeteria
workers.
Some Already Released.
OF the thousands of Christmas
workers released from school today
about 5000 who have been working
part time since october will work
full time during the holiday. Nearly
1,700 work permits have been issued
to children who never worked before
and hundreds more are expected to
apply by next week.
In addition, more students are eX-
pected to take Christmas work in
Federal departments. No record of
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Count Of Puris Is Futher

MADRID. Dec. II lP).-Spanish
press dispatches from Tangier an
nounced today that the wife of the
Count of Paris, pretender to the
French throne, had given birth to a
daughter on December IL at the
counts residence, at Larache. in
Spanish Morocco. The child will be
christened Claudio Mary Inez
Evening star., 1943-12-17

Blood plasma saves those fighting
to save you. Brother, can you spare
pint? Call Blood Donors, District
1900, for an engagement to give
your blood.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

out except such men as are desig-
mated certain duties;;"
Men will report to assembly halls
and answer rollcall twice daily, un-
less excused.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

were made by President Roosevelt
with the cooperation of the War.
Navy and Commerce Department
and eight national aeronautical or.
ganizations.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Political
Group PIans
Porfy
George O'Henry To
Head Dance Committee

At its last meeting Jan. 7 the
Local IL Political Activities Com
mittee made tentative plans to hold
a Valentine dance.
George O'Henry of the National
Supply Unit was made chairman of
the dance committee and will work
with others who have yet to be
chosen in securing music and en-
tertainment for the affair.
Following are the units which
have named representatives to
serve on the executive committee of
the political activities group:
Walter Madrzykowski and Don
Blair, Willys-Overland; William
Burkhead, S. M. Jones; Louis Mat
tox, Acklin Stamping; Ed Kurek,
A. G. Hopping; Robert Martin, TIL
lotson; William Joy, Fl. Pitt; Earl
Ordway and Clint Whitaker, Spicer;
George O'Henry, National Supply;
Mrs. Ina Forbes, Toledo Scale;
Frank Travis, Hall Mfg.
All units will appoint member
to serve on the executive committee
and their names will be published
as soon as they receive their ap-
pointment.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15

predicted that if the attack were
not successfully smashed there
would be a repitition Of the anti
labor Palmer raids under President
Woodrow Wilson at the close of
the last war.
Adde's sounded the same note
when he said: IF Nowak is rail-
roaded the rest of Labor's leader
ship will get the same treatment.
The fifth columnists in the nation
are to blame for these attacks on
labor"
After Probate Judge Patrick H.
0'Brien branded the indictment
"an outrage not only against Sen.
Nowak but against every liberty
loving American" the conference
unanimously concurred in his de-
mand that the indictment be
quashed.
A telegram dispatched to Presi-
dent Roosevelt urged him to have
the indictment dismissed ain the
interest of national unity and ef-
fective prosecution of this war for
victory over the forces of fas-
cism."
Nowak explicitly said that he
had never belonged to any political
party except the Democratic party.
He attributed the indictment to his
activities for labor both as a union
organizer of many years and as
labor's spokesman in the senate.
The defense fund was increased
to almost $4,000 by further dona.
tons from AFL and CI0 unions
and individuals. The committee has
offices at 1904 Transportation
Bldg, Detroit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Labor Senator
Seated Despite
Fascist Protest
BY Federated Press

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 8-Sena-
tor Stanley Nowak, whose indict-
ment by the Justice Department
on five-year-old naturalization
technicality has been protested by
labor, was seated in the Michigan
senate without incident Jan. 6 as
the new legislature opened its 1943
session.
Nowak was seated despite pro-
tests from Michigan reactionaries
and Rev. Gerald L. X. Smith, fas-
cist leader. Nowak, commenting on
Smiths protest, said: "Now pro-
fascists are in the open against
those Americans who are all out
for victory"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
President Murray Calls
1lor Full Unity
By Federated Press

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - A
blueprint for labor to make of the
18th congress a real force for
victory was laid before represent
atives of all CIO internationals
here Jan. at national CI0
legislative conference.
President Philip Murray key
noted the conference while Nathan
Cowan, CIO legislative director,
laid down the blueprint which, if
followed, will put every union to
work in conjunction with other
win-the-war forces in an offensive
against both native reaction and
fascism.
"0ne main task faces the people
and congress today" Murray said,
"to achieve and maintain full unity
and total mobilization of all our
resources for victory over the
AXIS enemy.
Insist On Sterilization
Murray insisted on economic
stabilization" and tied to it a
"sound and adequate tax bill"
which would "reach more deeply
into big profits and inflated in
comes, close present loopholes and
enforce the desired $4,000 net in
come level" He opposed a sales
tax, and urged a social security
program "to cushion the shocks
and smooth the sharp adjustments
that arise from war economy.
Labor has made a major con-
tribution to economic stabilization
in its wholehearted acceptance of
wage stabilization, he declared.
"In return, labor must be secured
in its present wage and other union
conditions and must be assured the
continued opportunity to adjust in
equalities. This is more than a
matter of justice. 1t is vital part
of strengthening the national
aeanony and promoting war pro-
evefon."
srsal Rationing
The CIO president called for
universal rationing and price con-
troll, for abolition of the poll tax
and for congress to deny further
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Go Legislative Conference
Sets Blueprint For Victory

sanction and funds" to the Dies
committee "as a necessary war
measure. He said that Dies had
disrupted not only labor and gov
ernment, but has tried to SOW
suspicion and hatred against our
allies.
Cowan told the delegates that
labor had to quit playing the "ad-
ministration side of the house" and
work with win-the-war forces in
both political parties. He pointed
out that 20 congressman who last
year voted against the Dies COM
mittee are not back in the new
congress, and that 55 Of 130 labos
supporters were defeated.
Every international must have a
Legislative representative in Wash
ington, but mere Importantly -
every local must have function
ing legislative committee,-Cowan
said. Not just an ordinary commit
tee, he urged, but one which brings
home each problem to each union
member. Such a committee couldn't
operate on the old emergency"
basis, he insisted, but must func-
tion each day of the year, since
wartime economic stabilization
isn't a one-day problem.
Keeping constantly in contact
with national legislative represent
atives here, the local committees
must begin broad programs in CO.
operation with neighborhood clubs.
churches, AFL, railroad unions and
farm groups, all of which want to
win the war, Cowan said.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Overall Medical
Mobilization
Plon Urged
Critical Shortage of
Medics Pointed Out
BY Federated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. "a call for
an overall plan for mobilization and
ALLEGATION of medical manpower was
issued at national executive COM
mittee meeting Of the Assn. of In
ternes & Medical Students here
Jan. 8.
The critical shortage of physo-
clans in many crucial war industry
areas points up the need for in
tegration of army medical needs
with civilian needs, the statement
said.
Indorsing the army-navy pro-
gram for college training which will
enlist medical students as privates
on active duty "as step which
will guarantee supply of medical
personnel for the armed forces"
the AIMS proposed that internes
be included in the program.
1t also urged that the program
be operated democratically without
discrimination because Of sex, race,
color or creed and that the full per-
sonnel Of the Negro medical schools
be included.
Also suggested was the forma-
tion Of single national medical
manpower authority which would
follow the principles of mobiliza-
tion offered in the Pepper report
to the senate on medical manpower
needs.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Bargaining
Glass Starts
Tuesday
Free Course In Labor
Relations Provided BY
Educational Department

You are invited TO attend the
class in collective bargaining and
labor relations conducted by the
Educational department Of Local
IL, UAW-CIo, beginning Tuesday,
January 18th.
Glasses will be held at 1890
o'clock in the morning for the night
workers Of more than sixty To-
ledo defense plants, and the men
and women from the regular day
shifts may attend the evening
class, which will begin PROMPTLY
at 500 P. NJ.
"The biggest field to open up
within the next twenty-five years
is that of labor relations, stated
educational director Edward j.
Duck in outlining plans Of the
program, "and the regretable part
of this is the too apparent short
age Of capable men and women to
fill these positions"
Whether you are a shop steward,
executive committeeman, or just a
new member Of the organization
doesn't matter, because the course
will be of such a nature that previ-
Gus experience or knowledge of
union affairs will not be necessary,
it was disclosed.
If you are interested in matters
which concern your job and your
home you will of necessity be in
terested in a number of phases
covered under the broad scope of
industrial unionism, such as legis-
lative, economic, and sociological
problems, for the problems which
confront the workingman can usu-
ally be put into one of these cate
gories.
Actually, the class will touch
upon whatever subjects that are
definitely a part of unionism, in
cluding a brief summary of the
unions history, an outline of its
past progress and current and
future aims, contract negotiations,
grievance settlement procedure and
technique, and discussion periods
during which individual thoughts
and ideas may be exchanged. Quail
fled guest speakers will appear at
the sessions.
The class will be under the di-
rection of Mr.. Duck. There is no
charge connected in any way what
ever, and the sessions are open to
the entire membership. If you wish
you may bring a friend.
There will be a question and
answer period each week, the class
being conducted on an open forum
basis. Previously scheduled for the
third Monday of the month only
it has been decided that the class
will instead be held every Tuesday.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Editors Mail
ATTENTION.
MR.. SCHOONM AKER

The walk from Cherry st. along
Walcott Blvd. to the Overland is
in deplorable condition, especially
after a heavy snow.
1t seems to me that if you would
call this to the attention of the
proper authority of the WHY'S
Overland or city, steps would be
taken to keep this walk clear of
snow. Property owners particular
ly should be made to remove their
snow as Mr.. Schoonmaker, our city
manager has requested.
Fraternally yours,
S. C. Rogers,
W.-0. Employee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15

tation chances that Australia poses.
The Big Dipper has seen more Of
mankind's purposeful comings and
goings than the Southern Cross. So
this island continent, sidetracked
from ancient, historic trade and ex-
pansion routes of the Northern
hemisphere, will loom in the post
war world as a challenge to the po-
tentialities of air transport.
With peace, the Yank airmen see
Australia only two or three days
from home by plane, instead of 19,
as by fastest prewar steamers. AL
ready the route has been flown by
our Generals Brett and Arnold in
30-odd hours.
Today Australia is five-city ma
tion.
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne,
Adelaide and Perth, each is in its
way a nostalgia bit Of England.
Behind them lies the strange,
wild continent-largely unknown,
untamed, unrealized, unsettled,
More than half the total population
is urban.
Man has scarcely got beyond the
beaches of Australia; registering no
more impression upon it than that
made upon a polo field by half
dozen colonies of ants in the grass
on its border. Rail and highway
travel is still very primitive; these,
with her immigration laws, have
held Australia back, her leaders
say.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15

chairman of the Committee
for Defense of State Sen.
Stanley Nowak.
Nowak was scheduled to take
his seat in the state senate for a
third term Jan. 6 and the confer
ence voted to send letter to each
of the other 81 senators asking
them to put no. difficulties in the
way of letting the labor spokesman
take his oath of office. 1t requires
a two-thirds vote to exclude or ex-
pei member.
Other labor men among the de-
fense committee officers are JAW
Vice President Richard T. Frank
ensteen, Chairman Percy Llewellyn
of the UAW National Ford Coun-
Gil, Director C. Pat Quinn of the
UAW competitive shop department,
and Michigan Director Mort Furay
of the State, County and Municipal
Workers (CIO). Honorary chair
man is Congressman George Sa-
dowski of the 1st Michigan dis
trict, who defeated the reactionary
Rep. Rudolph Tenerowicz in the
September primaries for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Typical of the nonpartisan de-
defense was the address of the Re-
publican state senator Clarence
Reid who told the conference that
Nowak is the "No. 1 man in the
senate for labor and all good gov
ernment" and predicted that he
would be seated at Lansing with
out trouble. City Councilman George
Edwards, elected with labor in
dorsement, pointed out that the
"Nowak case is not a personal is
sue" and urged his seating.
National aspects of Nowak's ar
rest, five days before the statute
of limitations would have outlaw
ed the naturalization charge, were
explained by Sec. Abner Green of
the American Committee for De-
tense of the Foreignborn, New
York. He ranked it with the fed
eral attacks on Harry Bridges and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
Austr0Iid--Land
of Tomorrow
BY William c. Courtney
(WNU Feathre-Throush special arrsnge-
ment with Golfers Weekly

(WNU Featnre-ThrouEh special arrange
ment with Golfers Weekly
Out there in Australia, certain
novelties Of aviation greatly in
terest Yank fighting birdmen who
roost down between their wallop-
ing fligts agains the no-longer-so-
eocky Jappies.
One of the first observations a
Yank airman is likely to make at
cocktail parties is that Aussie wom-
en- are universally air-minded; per-
haps more so than their menfolk.
While at Aussie fields, probably
the first unusual thing to catch his
eye is the omnipresent Aussie ver-
sion of WAAFs. Here they add an
"a" for aviation: meaning Women's
Auxiliary Australian Air force.
What the famous Australian accent
does to the W-triple-a-fs is beyond
me to reproduce phonetically.
The WAAAFs work right up in
the advanced combat zones. They've
had casualties. Their commander is
Wing Officer Clare Stevenson, a
charming 36 year old feminist
champion. WAAAFs practically
run the whole ground show clerk
ing, serving messes, cooking, driv
ing cars and trucks, tailoring, fold
ing chutes, administering, handling
all telephone, cipher and radio
communications, and even "man-
ming" radio location detectors, and
making engine and plane repairs.
They live and mess exactly on the
same basis as soldiers; are permit
ted but one concession to their
sex-hairdressers. They wear Air
Force Blue uniforms off duty; blue
overalls and berets on duty.
DbOTk IEdNelS ny AIT
The harshness and loneliness of
Australia's frontier life is empha-
sized to interested Yanks by serv-
ice that is unique to Australia-the
renowned Australian Aerial Medi-
cal service; popularity, the Flying
Doctors. They have six bases in the
more than two million square miles
of bush, or outback, as it's various
ly called Some $50 principal home
steads have radio sets for which
power is generated by contraption
like bicycle pedal. When a doctor
is needed, a messenger may ride
horseback as much as 100 miles to
homestead with q radio. From
here, call is sent to the nearest
Flying Doctor station, perhaps an
other 600 miles away.
Doc climbs into his plane with his
pilot-or flies himself if the pilot
isn't handy-as matter-of-factly as
our country doctors used to climb
into their buggies and whip up their
horses. The planes are single-motor
jobs, with stretcher in the cabin.
The doctor lands as close as pos
sible to the ailing one. He is pre-
pared to operate, deliver, or treat
on the scene, if necessary; or fly
the patient to civilization and hos
pital. Truly, the stork travels by
air in Australia. Last year, these
little-sung medical heroes flew
nearly 100000 mercy miles.
Country With Future
For their nightly bull session at
fields outside Port Darwin, Towns
vile, or a dozen secret rookeries
outback, thoughtful young Ameri-
cans find boundless subjects for dis
cussion in the special air-transpor-
Dead-Head
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15

PONTIAC, Mich.--According to
truce adopted by the Oakland
County Building Trades Council
(AFL) and the Pontiac CIO Coun.
Gil, all jurisdictional disputes will
be settled by 3-man committees
from each body, with a seventh
neutral arbitrator called in If
necessary.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15

WASHINGTON - Thompson
Products Inc, headed by Pres.
Frederick c. Crawford of the
National Association Of Manu-.
facturers, has been told by the
National Labor Relations Board
to end a company union at its
Bell, Calf, plant.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
WASHINGTON--"Farm

WASHINGTON-"Farm and
labor organizations should i'm
mediately begin to concern them
selves with the food problems of
their families and should join
with consumer organizations in
making their needs known" DON
aid Montgomery, resigning con-
sumers' counsel of the Agricul-
ture Department, warned.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
L0bOr's NeaUs
In Brief
By Federated Press

WASHINGTON-AFL Int1 Rep.
Robert Watt, it is reported, has
been asked by Under Sec. of State
Sumner Welles to go to Bolivia to
investigate the labor situation there
following demands by U. s. labor
for full investigation of U. S.
Ambassador Pierre Boaps activ-
tiles in connection with Bolivian
labor.