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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05

Misler, according to the COM
mittee, has been gratifyingly quiet,
and the old familiar "haw haw''
is conspicuous by its absence.
TAKES 5000 TO BREAK UNION
Brother j. B., who, after he got
talking, apparently began to ad
lib, strayed from his lines. Among
other things, he said he had once
things, he said he had once been
been newspaper man and told the
committee he did not like the
stories they were spreading about
c. E.
Best of all, according to COM
mittee members, j. B. told them
that it had cost the Swartzabug.h
Co. 5000 once upon time to break
up another union.
J. B. gave the committee men,
bers great description of a myS-
terious telephone call which di-
rected company officials to go to
a certain hotel room and bring
5000 with them, and then told how
the money changed hands, and the
big bad wolf union was never heard
from again, and the Swartzbaugh
Co. lived happily ever after with
their big family of contented en-
ployes and delightful bonus sys-
tenn. Then came the UAW- -CIO.
Carl Jahns, one of the commit
tee members, commenting on the
story, said, "It looked like J. B.
was throwing out suggestion
that was about as subtle as a
kick in the pants. Obviously, he
was waiting for someone to take
the hint and tell him how much it
would cost the company to buy US
out"
A BATTLE is COMING
Union committee members are
now awaiting with lot of interest
for c. E. to return, when they feel
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05


issue directive orders TO both par
ties as agent of the national
board.
Cases are divided into two gen.
eral groups:
]. Disputes
z. Voluntary wage and salary
adjustments.
DISPUTE PROCEDURE
Procedure to be followed if the
case is a dispute:
When collective bargaining be-
tween employees and employer has
failed, the nearest office Of the
u. s. Consolidation Service, Depart
ment of Labor, should be notified,
as heretofore, and a conciliator
will be assigned 10 the case. II
the dispute is not settled by the
conciliator, the Secretary of Labor
may certify it to the National War
Labor Board in Washington.
In all but exceptional cases,
such as those involving issues Of
national scope or specialized in
dustries for which commissions
have been established, the national
board will refer the dispute to the
regional board. The regional board
will refer the case to tripartite
panel (labor, industry, and public
representatives. or, if both parties
are agreeable, TO public panel
member or member of the board
staff, who will serve as a single
hearing officer. A hearing on the
issues will normally be conducted
in the community where the dis
pute occurred.
The hearing will be primarily a
fact-finding one, although some
times settlement may result
through it. If settlement is not
reached, the panel Tor hearing
officer will make a recommenda-
ton TO the regional board, which
may in it's discretion hear argu-
ments from the parties before
reaching a decision. Save in ex-
ceptional cases, the regional board
viii not hear arguments when il
receives a unanimous recommends
tion from n panel,
DISPUTES INVOLVING WAGES
When wages or salaries are an
issue in the dispute, the procedure
is the same as in other dispute
cases, except that;
1. II an agreement is brought
about on wages or salaries, the
conciliator, panel chairman or
referee, as the case may be, will
file the agreement with the re-
gional wage stabilization director,
together with a completed applica-
ton Form 10.
2. II It is agreed TO refer the
wage or salary question to arbi-
tration, and the arbitrator's award
provides for an adjustment, the
award and a completed application
Form 10 will be filed with the re-
gional wage stablization director.
After either Of the above steps
has been take the procedure on
the wage and salary issue will be
the same as in voluntary wage
and salary adjustment cases.
VOLUNTARY WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS
IL the case is voluntary adj
justment of wages or salaries:
Applications for approval must
be filed with the office of the
Wage and Hour Division, Depart
ment Of Labor, nearest the city in
which the workers are employed
for transmission to the regional
wage stabilization director.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
WAsHINGTON-Pres. Roose-

WASHINGTON-Pres. Roose-
velt's order for a 48-hour work
week for 80 critical areas was
announced by Economic Stabili-
zatiOn Director James f. Byrnes.
The order does not affect the 40
hour week law.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05

sible flood of minor disputes
public, industry and labor rep
resentatives.
The board, serving Ohio, Ken
lucky and West Virginia, already
is acting on a number of dispute
& cases that were referred to it by
the National War Labor Board in
Washington and is hoping to avoid
any large accumulation of dispute
cases that might make for unrest
among war workers.
MANY APPLICATIONS FILED
There are pending before the
regional board more than 1,400
applications for approval Of volun-
tary wage and salary adjustments
that were among $500 applica-
tions submitted between the open
ing of the regional WLB office in
October and the establishment of
the "little War Labor Board" this
month.
In announcing its policies and
rules of procedure, the regional
WLB reaffirmed-by unanimous
vote-the national boards policy
of refusing 10 consider the merits
of any case while a stoppage of
work exists, either authorized or
unauthorized.
The board also stressed the
point that no case will be advanced
on the docket or given more
favorable consideration by reason
Of strike action-actual or threat
ened. Cases will be advanced on
the docket and considered out Of
= turn only in unusual circumstances
and then only by direction of the
regional board itself.
BOARD ROLLS UP SLEEVES
The board and its staff Is "roll-
. ing up It's sleeves" to expedite
these cases as quickly as possible,
the board stated In a unanimous
resolution announced by Chairman
Lewis M. Gill after the first meet
ing.
"Ths members of the Regional
War Labor Board are fully con-
seious of their responsibilities in
.disposing Of cases with a minimum
Of delay" the resolution continued.
"The board realizes that delay
breeds unrest and poor morale,
which slows down production and
makes difficult the task of respon-
sible labor leaders in seeing to it
that their members adhere to the
national policy of no strikes dur
ing war time.
Under the new program, in
which the National War Labor
Board has decentralized into IL
regions, the authority to rule on
certain types Of voluntary wage
and salary adjustments, previously
vested in the regional director, has
been transferred to the regional
wage stabilization director, Ray
M. Suter. These, generally, in
clude those involving companies
with more than 100 employees and
: other companies employing more
than 100 but where the amount of
the increase is within the 15 per
cent maladjustment formula.
In other cases he will make rec
concentrations to the regional
! board.
MAY ISSUE FINAL DECISIONS
B The National War Labor Board,
further, has delegated to the re-
gionsl board authority to issue
final decisions in dispute cases, as
well as voluntary wage and salary
! adjustments, with certain rights
of appeal. The regional board will
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05

for the 20 m. m. Toledo-made fuses
have smashed many a Jap ship, to
say nothing of Germans, for they
are all over the world today.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
Regional WLB
Urges Use Of
Arbitration
Seeks to Staye Off Floor
OF Minor Disputes From Board

CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 27 (Specia) )-Settlement of la
Dor disputes by fuller utilization of direct negotiation and
more frequent use arbitration has been urged by the
Regional War Labor Board of stavng off pos
sbe flood minor disputes before the 22member board OF
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
DoehIer Gets Second Sfor;
Ceremony at Plant for Men

One of the nations most effective the 20
Doehler Die Casting Corporation Monday March in
charge of three of the nations "fghtinest"
They r. Schafe Chief Gunners
Mates John Bachelor Together they
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
VOLUNTARY WAGE
ADJUSTMENTS

IL the case is a voluntary adj
justment of wages or salaries:
Applications for approval must
be filed with the office of the
Wage and Hour Division, Depart
ment Of Labor, nearest the city in
which the workers are employed
for transmission to the regional
wage stabilization director.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
PROTESTS TO NAVY

Ted Silvey has sent a protest to
the Navy against the appearance
of two Navy officers in uniform
before the Senate committee at the
Feb. "a hearing to verify the tes-
timony Of a manufacturers repre-
sentative.
In his telegram to Ralph A.
Bard, assistant secretary of the
Navy, Silvey declared that the ap-
pearance of two naval officers,
Lieuts. Moore and Ryczinski, "un-
der the auspices of the Crosley
Corporation executive to plead
manufacturers case :. built up in
the minds Of labor people 4. =. from
all over Ohio a bitter resentment
that anybody in the Navy should
lend themselves to such partisan
ant l. labor purposes, especially
against women and children"
Commander G.. H. Bowman, chief
inspector of naval material in the
Cincinnati district, said the appear
ance of the two naval officers was
in full accord with common prac-
tice,"
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Unions Protest
Female Labor Bills
Continued from Page /

in the bills, that it would lead to
an increase in injuries among fe-
male workers and undermine their
health in such a way as to become
detrimental to the war effort.
Silvey told the committee,
Were going to fight this bill with
all we've got and if it has to be a
wide-open, knock-down-and-d drag
out fight, then let's have it."
In place of the bill which was
introduced by Senator Joseph L.
Ross, Republican, Dayton, Silvey
recommended the proposal which
organized labor favors-establish-
ment of state commission to con-
slider relaxations of standards ION
the merits Of the cases as they
come up"
ANTI-LABOR TESTIMONY
Among those who testified fav-
orably for the bill were five young
women from the Cincinnati Milling
Co, one Of whom admitted she was
secretary to one of the company
executives, and another who, when
questioned about her affiliation,
said she belonged to no union. The
girls testified that they worked ~
hours a week and were perfectly
satisfied. They claimed they were
able to get their housework done
and still found time for ample rec
reation.
Boos and catcalls greeted the
statement of a manufacturer who
said his employees were working
10 hours a week. He pointed out
that Japanese women were work
ing many hours and that therefore
American women should be willing
to do the same.
Union representatives through
out the hearing room referring to
the testimony of the manufacturer
called attention to the fact that
japanese women are sold by their
families to industrial plants and
that they spend their lives in vir-
tual slavery.
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SWarfzbaugh
Says IT'S q Lie

Continued from Page 1
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A BATTLE is COMING

Union committee members are
now awaiting with lot of interest
for c. E. to return, when they feel
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-03-05
MAY ISSUE FINAL DECISIONS

B The National War Labor Board,
further, has delegated to the re-
gional board authority to issue
final decisions in dispute cases, as
well as voluntary wage and salary
! adjustments, with certain rights
of appeal. The regional board will
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
Fuel Director

the Office, whose location has not
been revealed publicly. Consumers
can contact the headquarters only
by calling 5-1127 between 9 a. m.
and 8 p. m.
The headquarters, set up in coop
Grafton with the local ODT COM
mittee, will serve as clearing house
for all emergency orders. Only per-
sons who are unable to secure de-
livery through their dealers and
have less than 10 days supply on
hand will be served, however, it was
pointed out.
Preference will be given, the state
administrator said, to homes in
which there are sick persons, in
fantS, invalids, and elderly persons,
and order of deliveries also will be
based on the number of days supply
on hand.
When a persons appeal Is APP
proved his regular dealer will be
contacted and if he is unable to fill
the order or offer a substitute fuel
dealer nearest to the consumers
homo will be contacted, according
to procedure adopted.
Private placement of orders will
continue as before, with the emer-
gercy office to serve only persons
who cannot secure the fuel them
selves, it was pointed out.
The limit on individual deliveries
was increased from half ton per
customer to one ton as the trans
portation problem took on added
significance. Dealers had asked for
the increase claiming the lesser limit
used manpower unnecessarily and
resulted in added wear and tear on
equipment. The delivery in larger
lots also is expected to result in a
saving for consumers.
Aid Of state troopers will be
secured here later in the season to
maintaining order at headquarters,
it was reported. The state police
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
Naugatuck Delegates
Attend Local Dinner

A large delegation of the Column
bian Rebekah Past Noble Grand
lodge of Naugatuck attended the an
nual supper of the Winona Rebekah
Past Noble Grand lodge OF
this city held at Oddfellows
banquet hall recently, Mrs
Grace Weaving supervised tab'r dec
orations which consisted of autumn
leaves, candles and individual bou-
quets of bittersweet, cones and pine
Mrs. Mabel Clark. president, was In
charge of a short business meeting
held after the dinner The mystery
prize was awarded to Mrs, Mae Man
Vile and Mrs. Agnes Finlay, chair
man OF the entertainment commit
tee, presented Mrs. John Walker who
entertained with moving pictures
and a lecture entitled, New England
AS ! See It, In Summer, Winter
Spring and Fall" =.
The next meeting of the lodge will
be held Friday, Dec, II, at which
time the annual Christmas party
will be held, Mrs. Mabel Clark VIII
pre- .Ne.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
O'MALLEY KIWANlS
GUEST WEDNESDAY
Marine Captain to Inter-
view Leathernecks Home
From War TheaterS

Marine Captain OMalley OF
Springfield, Mass, will bring a
group of Leathernecks who have
seen service in the present World
War to the weekly melting of the
Kiwanis club Wednesday noon at
the Hotel Elton.
Captain OMalley will act as mas
ter of ceremonies at the luncheon
and will interview the Marines who
will tell the Kiwanians about what
is happening in the far corners OF
the earth.
Able Booth, former Yale football
star, has been nominated for the
presidency OF the club. Arthur Pur-
inton of the Central Y has been
nominated for hte vice-precidency
and Harry Leonard for treasurer
Three have been nominated for the
board of directors for three years,
namely, Joseph Rimany, Central Y
physical director, Fred Bishop and
Herman Roster. Nominated for a
one-year term is Harry Rathbun.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
STATE COUNCIL
HOLDS MEET|iIC
Two Local Catholic Moth
ers HOnOred; Judge Gill
One of Speakers

The 22nd annual meeting Of the
Connecticut Council of Catholic Wo-
women was held Saturday in Hart
ford at the Hotel Bond. Miss Mary
P. O'Flaherty, state chairman, pre-
siding. Attending from this city were
Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick. local chair
man, and Mrs. John G.. Gilmartin,
who was in charge of panel discus
sion on war time activities.
Two Catholic Waterbury mothers
having sons in the service were
luncheon guests of the council. They
were Mrs. Delvina Arsenault, 1875
Thomaston avenue, and Mrs. Mary
Marinero, AZ Hopkins street, with
six and five sons respectively. Most
Rev. Maurice F. McAuliffe, bishop
Of the Hartford diocese presented
them and other Catholic mothers of
the state with silver rosaries.
Among the speakers at the meet
ing were Bishops McAuliffe, Judge
Thomas D. Gill of the juvenile court
in Hartford and Administrator Har-
ole F.. Woodcock Of Hartford. Miss
katherine E. Griffith, executive sec
rotary OF the Hartford Diocesan
Bureau spoke on juvenile delin-
quency.
Appointments Of local women were
as follows: Miss Mary Schmidt, CO.
chairman of committee on affiliation
, with national council; Mrs. Patrick
Wallace, co-chairnan, committee on
youth; Miss Mary F. Hennesey, re-
elected chairman OF committee on
industrial relations; Miss Kathryn
Hayes, reelected. chairman of
Study club committee. Miss Cath
crime Maloney was named co-chair-
man Of the New Haven county dis
trict of the courcil.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08

assisted last winter when the fuel oil
office served during the oil crisis.
Appointment Of an assistant to
the area director will depend on the
amount of business which results
here, it was revealed. Mr.. Baltha-
Ear will serve in a general super
visory capacity as representative
of Mr.. barley. A field representa-
tive from the Hartford office, Her
bert Johnson, will also serve the local
headquarters, as will Acting Sergeant
Lester MERCER of the state police
in Hartford, it was disclosed.
If the need develops the emer-
gency office will administer to
problems of Oil and gasoline as well
as coal, handling emergency calls OF
consumers who have many types OF
heating problems, it was revealed.
Persons who use only coal for cook
ing purposes and those who need
the fuel for poultry brooders are
among those who will receive aid
from the new office.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08

More than 300 industrialists are
scheduled to attend the Industrial
Planning Conference and annual
meeting of the Manufacturers Ass
ISOLATION of Connecticut to be held
at the Ritz, Tuesday, November g.,
according to word received today
from Association headquarters in
Hartford.
The afternoon session will open at
2::30 p. m. with an address OF well
come by Governor Baldwin. Other
features of this session will in
clude a special program entitled
1.-THE War, The Army, and You"
staged by 1t. COL Keith L. Morgan,
Chief Management Branch, War
Department, Washington, D. c.; an
address by Wilbert l.. Ward, Vice
President of National City Bank of
New York, entitled post War Pros
poets Overseas" and the reports OF
the Associations Budget and Nomin-
ating Committees, report OF the
treasurer and election of five di-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
800 Industrialists In
Session Tomorrow
DR.. Saul Dushman OF General Electric Company to Be
Principal Speaker; R. L. White New President

rectors to serve for a term of four
years, beginGing January /, 1914.
The panel of nominees will in
clude: r. l.. White, president of
Landers, Frary & Clark, New Bril-
tain, who, if elected will replace, A.
d. Wilson, chairman of the Bristol
Brass Corporation, Bristol, as d.
rector for Hartford County; L. j.
Ross, vice president of the Torring-
ton company, Torrington,, who will
replace H. M. Ellis, president Of the
Torrington Manufacturing company
Torrington, as director for Litchfield
county; r. E. Gaylord, president
Winsted Hosiery company, Winsted,
who will replace o. G.. Williams,
vice president of the w. L. Gilbert
Clock company, Winsted, as director
for Litchfield county; H. w. Stein
kraus, president, Bridgeport Brass
company, Bridgeport, who will re-
place D. S. Sammis, factory man.
ager, Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.,
Bridgeport, as director for Fairfield
county: and H. w. Jones, Jr., presi-
dent, American Tube Bending CON-
pany, New Haven, who will replace
F. 1. Newton, as director at large
The dinner session starting al
6:15 p. M, will feature DR.. Saul
Dushman, assistant director, Re-
search Laboratories, General Elec-
trio company, who will discuss New
Products, New Methods-What Will
They Be?": H, w. PrentiS, Jr., who
will discuss "Some Economic AS
poets of Post War Planning; in
PRODUCTION of service men recently
returned from combat duty; and
the Manufacturers Association
Chorus of so male voices.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
TWO POLICEMEN
ASKED TO RESIGN
Question of Equal Pay for
Women Teachers May
Bet Settled

Bristol. Nov.-Lieutenant Daniel
McGillicuddy and Sergeant Joseph
F.. Strup Sunday confirmed rejorts
they have been asked to resign from
the Bristol Police Department by
Chief Edward S. Crowley.
The requests for their resigna-
lions came, it was reported, after a
special Police Board meeting We'd
nesday night, in which it was pro-
posed by the commissioners to ere
ate the new position of deputy chief
and offer it to Traffic Sergeant
Thomas V. Mccarthy. The proposal
was tabled the following day at a
special City Council meeting, for
further consideration.
Sergeant Strup said that he would
not present the resignation Chief
Crowley requested. Lieutenant Nc
Gillicuddy refused to conmenr,
other than to confirm that the re-
quest of his resignation had been
made.
Mayor Daniel Davis and Chief
Crowley refused to comment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
new FIRMS HERE
RECORD PAPERS

With authorized capital of $780,
900 composed of 1000 shares at $50
each, the K. D. R. Realty Co., Of
Waterbury has filed certificate
of incorporation with the secretary
of state. Incorporators are j. War
rem Epson, Rosemary Smith, and
Francis B. Gachewicz. The amount
for commencing business is $1,000.
Quality Brands, Inc, has filed a
preliminary dissolution certificate
with the states office. Andrew C..
Campbell, Inc, has filed certificate
Of amendment to corporation of a
limiting duration to Nov. IS, 1913.
The Forest City Express Co.,
rear of 312 South Main street, Wa
terbury with the account subscribed
listed at $4,000 in property has filed
a certificate of organization. Of
ficers are Anthony Pannone, Wa
tertown, president; Anthony Per-
azella, Waterbury, vice-president
and assistant treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-08
Attorney Balthazar
Officially Appointed
Director Of District
State Administrator Pays Visit Here; 40 Calls Re.
corded Within Few Hours Today; Headquarters
Now FunctiOning to Aid Applicants

Attorney Edward ]. Balthazar of
S27 Lincoln street was named fuel
director for the Waterbury area
today as the emergency fuel Office
started its operations. Consumers
who are hard-hit by the coal short
age and delivery problems started
to call the headquarters early this
morning, with close to 40 calls made
by noon, according to a report by
Seth w. barley, state fuel admin
traitor, who came here to aid in the
organizational work.
Mr.. barley said paid assistant
may be appointed later to aid Mr..
Balthazar while a staff of volun-
teers will man the telephones at