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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18

has time and again proved its devotion to worthy
civic causes Such organization could become
powerful weapon, particularly during these
times, in preventing juvenile delinquency.
Organization of a boys club is one of the
things which our Union has not yet taken up, but
should consider for such an organization could be
OF great value in helping children turn their
energies and interests into worthwhile projects,
and give them guidance which would prove of
great benefit not only to the children, but to their
parents and the community itself
One of the most important items in organiz-
ing group of young boys under the sponsorship
of the Union, would be to secure someone with
the proper background of education and special
training for the work of guiding the activities
of the boys organization. Such person would be
the whole key to the success or failure of the
project
| have no doubt that in our membership there
are people competent to take the direction
of boys organization such as l have roughly
sketched. 1t would be up to these men to see to it
that our youth in the Union receive the type of
guidance they need, and upon them would rest
the responsibility of giving boys the train
ing, both physical and mental, which would render
them and US assets to our community
The idea of boys organization is one which
l consider well worth attempting, and I wqW,
welcome suggestions ideas from any of
members this subject. N;ns
Experience teaches that juvenile delinquency
is to a considerable extent preventable by proper
methods This the union could supply by means of
one or more trained people qualified to do this
type of work.
certainly believe that labor union as diversi-
fled as ours would be thoroughly competent to
make boys organization successful venture.
1t is my hope that such venture will eventually
become reality and that the UAW will become
powerful force in this community in guiding the
lives of young and boys into useful channels.
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who are having a Roman holi-
day, at the expense of labor, and
are piling up fabulous profits,
blood money, if you please.
Every dime of it due to war
contracts.
A fair and equitable contract
could have been signed had it
not been for few mine own
ers, who thought they saw a
golden opportunity to break La
Dor, and at the same time, en-
barrass the Administration that
has gone farther than any other
in seeing that fair labor stan
dards were written into law.
1t might be well to ask the
editorial writer a few questions.
First, who is doing the fighting
and dying in this war? Workers
or Management? Second, how
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18
Tell II To CONGRESS

President X. J. Thomas in a radio ad-
dress last Sunday night called upon all
locals and members of the international
UAW-CIO to support the "tell it to con-
gress" drive initiated by the international
Union.
We know that our Union has made it.
self felt in the nations capital on many
occasions since the war started and we can
make our organizations influence even
more effective in the future if we Will but
give our leadership the support which it
now asks.
In reality, we are not aiding our Of
ficers in their attempts to get respectful
hearing before the various governmental
agencies in Washington; but aiding our
selves, for the more we demonstrate our
support of the international policies, the
more we strengthen our own cause.
We can do our cause value by writing
our senators and congressman in Washing
ton and telling them our desires.
When you write your representatives
tell them you want the OPA made effec-
tive by proper price ceilings on cOmmOdi-
ties. Tell them you want the prices rolled
back to the May 15, 1912, level.
Tell your representatives you want
labor to have full representation on the
War ManpOwer Commission, and that you
want the original authority of the War
Labor Board restored to it.
While you are writing, you might tell
your representatives that the prices OF
commodities are out of line with the for
mula used by the War Labor Board in ad-
iusting and granting wage demands. You
Know what il costs you to live, so tell your
congressman and senators about your own
experience.
1t requires very little effort to write
such letter as President II. J. Thomas
asked for, and the returns from such
letter, if accompanied by thousands of
others from your fellow workers, will be of
inestimable value to you.
Please take part in the "tell it to con-
gress" drive. Above all, do ii now.
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many wealthy people have to de-
pend on their ration books for
food? Third, how many wealthy
people are there that have to get
along on A gallons of gas
week? We would enjoy seeing
Government agents sent into the
houses of the wealthy and make
ar inventory of rationed items on
hand. We would soon find out
who the patriots are.
A fair question for the editor
to ask us, would be, what does
Labor want? In condensed form,
here it is
Freedom from want, job secur.
ity, adequate old age pensions
and unemployment benefits. Yes,
we believe in equality of sacrifice,
but equality means that every
body sacrifices equally! d. Blair.
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be made to employees Tor per"
feet attendance at work DUR
ING THE WAR. This ruling,
according to the WLB, was
made to prevent initiation.
Under the plan advanced
here last week, the only mod
ification that would be needed
would be that under no circum-
stances could the payment of
the bonus be made to the
worker who left his work for
any reason, but that such pay
ment could be made after the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18
I'm Hungry
BY E. p. Robal
Seeking Truth

OCNnAhS AAu
When | was 18, went from
philosophy to philosophy, ever
changing, seeking the Truth. ]
searched for spiritual food to fill
a void within my being.
Until recently, with the weight
of added years and the exigen-
cies of wartime conditions, l con-
tinue an endless quest. My OBJ
jective, however, is now far more
material. l presently wend my
way from restaurant to restau-
rant, ever searching for a good
square meal to fill that aching
void beneath my ribs. But, alas,
ir vain.
1t is not my purpose to burden
you with my miseries, but neither
can l contain within myself these
ever increasing grievances.
NO DOUBLE ORDER
Two weeks ago, thought the
solution was at hand. At noon |
stepped briskly and confidently
into a nnearby eatery, picked up
the menu and demanded double
order of sirloin of beef. The
waitress glared at me and said,
Mister, we amt serving any
double orders of rationed foods
here!"
l could feel my confidence ooz-
ing away. But, look, double
order today is somewhat less
than a single helping was two
years ago. The ser-.:-e is poorer
and the prices are doubled"
Again came the answer. have
heard it used to justify every
thing from soap chips that won't
suds to wage decrease for the
sweating factory workers: Don't
cha wanna win the war? Don't
cha wanna beat Hitler and the
Japs-?"
l interrupted weakly, "Sure, l
do, but l get hungry, too. I'm
suffering from malnutrition. I'm
not sure that | could lift a cup
of your coffee substitute to my
parched lips"
AN AMERICAN?
She continued as though | had
not spoken. "Ain't you an Ameri-
can? Amt you willing to make
sacrifices? l oughta report you
to the guv'ment."
/ decided to try bit Of brava-
do. "See here, what would you
do if l paid you a dollar for this
forty cents worth of food, ate it,
stepped outside and then came
back in and ordered again? Ha,
I'd have you there!"
She stepped back, her eyes
widening in fear. Suddenly she
turned and shouted, "Mr. Finkle!
Here's one of them Nazi sabi-
toors! Mr.. Finkle!"
Finkle came bustling in from
some inner sanctum. can re-
member thinking that HE looked
we'll fed. What's the trouble
here? So! Dissatisfied with the
food. Dissatisfied with the serv-
ice. Why, who do you think you
are? I'll have you blacklisted in
every restaurant in town. You'll
see! I'm through being lenient
with you customers. Destroying
a businessman's right to earn a
decent profit. What's that you
say? He asked for double or
der of meat. Aha! I've been
waiting to catch one of you
guys. Gertie, go to the phone.
Call the FBI-"
/ SCRAM
I heard no more. People were
converging on my booth from all
directions. | bent over double
and shot out the door like a wild,
hunted thing with the snarling
pack in full pursuit.
| am writing this from a lone
ly mountain sanctuary. l am
rather fearfully living on roots
and berries. / wish somebody
who reads this would go to the
proper authorities and explain
that l meant no harm. I'll be
good if they'll let me come back.
I was lust hungry, And-I still
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mothers are working and that
home discipline has to a very
considerable extent, broken
down.
Whatever may be the rea-
sons for juvenile delinquency,
we know it exists, and no group
in the country is more anxious
to remedy the conditions lead
ing to it than labor unions.
A SUGGESTION
In Toledo, the UAW-CIO
represents the largest single
ORGANIZED oro11n. a Urol1n which
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18
The Bonus Law
By MELVIN SCHULTZ,
President, Local IL, UAW-ClO.

WLB DECISION
After studying the recent WLB ruling on
bonus payments for perfect attendance at work,
it seems to me that the plan offered~here last
week for the payment of such bonus after the
war would not affect either the letter spirit
of the ruling.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18

OH WhaL IN IHe WOIIu VIII HdpPeH 70 IHe WdT
effort?"
So, seeking information about the lines wait
ing for a payoff, l walked up to one of the
fellows and asked him, Don't tell me all these
people are going to the Army"
"Hell, no." said this worker in dirty overalls,
with grease across his face. "We're waiting to
collect our back pay from last August, which that
racketeering Union which Westbrook Pegler says
were forced to join, got for u.s."
FORCED TO JOIN
Naturally, | got a laugh out of the iibe at
Pegler But | pursued the subject and asked my
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18

viously given
it freely to
one of h is
playmates. We
called him an
Indian giv-
One of To-
ledo's minor
in dustrialists
would evident
ly like to be
be presented
with such a
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18
What's Neu
EDWARD J. DUCK
Educational Director
Local IL UAW-CIO
THE INDIAN GIVER

When | was a youngster
there was a popular expression
in our neighborhood which de-
scribed anyone who took some-
thing back after having pre-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-06-18
Regional Views
By Richard GOsser, Director,
Region 2B, UAW-CIO
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Governmental agencies report that juvenile de-
linquency has increased since the and that
in many cities it is assuming large and serious
proportions.
We are told that juvenile delinquency is due, in
large part, to the fact that SO many fathers and
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September he attached his sigma
ture to document which stated
that whatever the outcome Of
contract negotiations, the bene-
fits accruing to the employees
would be effective as of October
4, 1912.
Shortly thereafter he pro-
ceeded to squirm and hedge,
hoping to wriggle out of his re-
troactive agreement. In the
meantime, contract negotiations
were practically fruitless - and
why not! 1t cost him nothing to
stall, and maybe he could break
up the union and then he
wouldn't have to pay anything,
retroactive or otherwise!
JUST LIKE THAT
One evening in November he
informed the union representa-
tive that since we had been un-
able to meet with him on a GER
tain day he intended to cancel
the agreement.
Shortly thereafter a register
ed letter arrived at the Union
office, and the girl at the desk
signed for it. There was no re-
turn address, and its appear
ance was anything but business
like. A sly old fox, Ell?
He had succeeded in inform
ing us that the deal was off.
He wrote that he would give us
two weeks in which to sign the
contract, if the employees were
to get back pay.
The letter didn't bother us
much. We could take him to
court and collect, and we told
him so. This left him no alter
native but to redouble his efforts
at union-busting, and he's been
at it ever since.
FIRING ORGY
Last October he fired the
chief Of plant protection, (for
allegedly supplying the Union
with employees names and ad-
dresses). Next he fired one of
the guards who spoke at a
union meeting, accusing him of
signing up members for the
union. The third victim was the
plant superintendent, who was
fired because he was not anti ..
union, and was told just that,
in SO many words.
This philanthropist then got
rid of one of the shop commit
teemen, who quit the commit
tee because he didn't like the
way the employer talked about
him in his absence. The next
step was to create new classifi-
cations in which three of the
shop committee were named
groups leaders"
GROWING TOUCH
Last week came the crowning
touch. The position of superin-
tendent of the night shift was
awarded to one of the shop
committeeman, who couldn't
withstand the rustic of filthy
lucre.
This pretty we'll covers this
part of the subject, excepting
that one of the committeeman
(and there are only seven)
mysteriously was placed in la
despite the fact that he had
been married for years. He
dared speak, and now he's in
The army.
Mr.. Indian Giver, you haven't
broken our union yet, and I
loubt it you ever will. There
always comes a day, and your
workers can afford to wait. Wars
lon't last forever.
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It's News To Me Gyo; P.ss,5 ..
PITY THE WORKERS

the of prowings had
the WHY'S Overland alarmed queues
people standing line before the windows Of the pay
office
Good heavens" thought people getting paid
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RECEIPT GIVEN
In the plan advocated in this column last week,
it was suggested that the company using the
bonus system to stimulate attendance at work,
would give the Union committee a slip each
week showing the amount deposited in some rep
utable bank to the account of the bonus fund.
This same system could be used in the event
that for some reason other an employe left
the company to enter the Army or accept job
at higher skill, etc. The employee would be
given a slip showing his credit in the fund,
which would be due and payable to him by the
company at certain specific time following the
close of the war.
PURPOSE WEAKENED
It is quite possible that the purpose of the
bonus payment might be weakened by the WLB
ruling of last week, yet it seems to me that it is
to the interest of all workers to accumulate a
serve fund during these days when work is plenti-
full against the time when the war is over and
industry reconverts to normal peacetime pro-
duction.
1t is quite possible that there will be some
workers who do not wish to wait until the war
has ended to collect their bonus for perfect at
tendance at work, but the whole, believe
the average worker would welcome an opportuni-
ty to accumulate some reserve funds for use at
future date, when he is unemployed during the
conversion period
/ still favor the plan advanced here last week,
and hope to see its adoption in many Toledo in
dustries.
all of the people His is a program to strip the
OPA of all its powers and return the right to
buy what they want to the people"
Like two chickens in every pot, huh Daddy?"
"Well put, Luther, well put Rationing and
price control destroy individual enterprise, create
black markets, strike at the heart of American
business upset morale and lead to chaos"
"All that bcause you set the top price for a
can of beans, Pop?"
Beans, Luther, are an excellent example, l
believe Mr. Hoovers logic can be applied directly
to the beam Let see now, Luther Let us NJ j
the bean 1t is grown by farmer Under ~
Hoover's logic, he could sell it for whatevef%
could get. Then comes the produce and the
Gamer, and the wholesaler and the retailer Each,
in turn, would add certain margin of profit, de-
pendent of course, upon the demand for beans.
Then we have-let me now, Luther Hn-m-m.
What do we have, my boy?"
"The consumer, Daddy"
"Oh-yes- Somehow, Luther, don't believe
Mr.. Hoover mentioned him."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-04-22
OUR BOYS EAT

OUR BOYS EAT
Take a look at the best fed
fighting man in the world, our
American boys! In case you didn't
know-he eats around 51s pounds
of food a day and this is twice the
amount that he ate as a civilian.
That he needs it, goes without say
ing. He is better fed than over
60 percent of the civilian popula-
ton and gets two to three times
the number of calories a day than
the average civilian. This makes
every parent in Kennewick hap
py, even if they haven't boy of
their own in the forces. The indi-
vidual company mess ration in
cludes usually the following: About
one pound of meat, fish or poultry;
one egg, one pint of milk, three
ounces of fats including butter; IL
ounces of Irish potatoes, four ounc-
es tomatoes and citrus fruits, sew
en- ounces of leafy, green and yell
low vegetables, two ounces of
fruits and vegetables. Also, each
meal carries in addition, bread,
beverages and desserts. The War
Department gives us this informa-
ton to pass on to anxious parents
who wondered. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-04-22

a dreamer, but an advocate of a
principle that should Christianity
be worked out on a scale for
which it was planned, completely,
based on hope, in faith, with love
and kindness midst justice and
freedom, the victory of Easter
would be complete, the unity of
mankind a fact. We cry Peace
and are warning, we call Blessed
and forget Him, we say Faith,
Hope, Love" and turn and write
in distrust, dispair and indevision.
How can a theory work out on
such grounds? The tale of Mat
thew, Mark, Luke and John is a
crying need for civilization. It
asks we bring our convictions of
a resurrection into the light, give
them life by giving them air so
that all men may know.
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wick and Henry Ford, of Detroit
have the Horse Heaven farmers
talking, and as a result the Ford
son, another year, may be doing
the work of a lot of horses or
the hill ranches.
That-Members of the Kenne.
wick fire department &id goodbye
to their chief, Spike" Terrell
Thursday night at a banquet al
the Palace Cafe.
That-Next Wednesday evening
after school the commercial club
will run a School Ma'am Special
through the orchard district il
order to give the teachers an op
portunity to see the apple tree!
in full bloom.
1899
The Kennewick Courier-Report
er for April 20, 1888 states that
Despite low prices on the more
local markets, the asparagus sit,
uation in the Kennewick regior
has been gradually improving a!
an increase in temperature ha!
been bringing the cutting season
into full swing. Two cars are due
to roll from the Big Y tonight
The shipments to date total 500
crates compared with 2l,498 z
year ago.
That-Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Oliver
entertained Sunday for an Easter
birthday party for the pleasure OF
their sons, James 3, and Jack IL,
whose birthdays fall on the 10th
of April.
That. r. Ayers shipped 141
sacks of wool or approximately
$4,000 pounds, to Portland by
truck last week. Ayers states that
while the wool market is not very
strong it shows signs of activity.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-04-22
"REMINISCENCES
Being Items Culled From Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty and
Forty Years Ago.

- 1903
The Columbia Courier for April
"a, 1903 states that-The livery
barn of J. c. Beach is about COM
pleted. 1t is an imposing structure
and credit to the town.
That-Mrs. j. B. Bently from
Kansas City arrived the other day
and is contemplating investing ir
land under the ditch near Kenne.
wick. Her son, Charles M. Bent.
ley, lately from Ogden, Utah, has
taken up a homestead in Horse
Heaven.
That-The Kennewick Club will
install in a few days soda foun.
tain where they will dispense COO
and refreshing Notwithstanding
drinks to the thirsty.
1913
The Kennewick Courier fol
April Is, 1913, states that-The
city council appropriated $17.50 q
month to the maintenance of the
public library at their session last
Tuesday. The library is open two
afternoons and evenings each
week and nearly 100 membership
cards are in circulation.
That-A public mass meeting is
called to meet at the city hall
Tuesday, April % at 8 p. m. to
consider the question of a city
park.
That property owners in the
Olmstead Addition petitioned the
city council for a foot bridge
across the canal at Second street
and for fire hydrant.
The Kennewick Courier-Report-
er for April 10, 1923, says that-A
new mark was set in Kennewick
asparagus industry this morning
when the Three Rivers Growers
Assn. billed to Minneapolis, car
loaded with 1912 12-pound crates
of grass. The car was shipped on
a direct sale, at So a crate FOB.
That-E. G. Smith of Kenne-
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NICE WORKI

There is an interesting bit of
news tucked into a column, con-
corning the way one manufacture
ing plant undertakes to solve the
food shortage for its employees and
families. Labor problems and
trials find their way rapidly
enough into print and so when one
comes across such an encouraging
item as this one, it makes us hap
py to pass it along. A company
that manufactures these bantam
cars we term "jeeps" has leased
a 100-acre farm on which to grow
vegetables for the folks who are
working there. Six hundred and
fifty families will benefit. Prod
uce will be sold to the employees
at cost, and if cost exceeds the
market price the employees pay
the market cost and the company
absorbs the loss. Men will be hired
at factory rates, to run this farm,
but if this doesn't work out the
company officials plan to use plant
with farm experience
and work the farm in shifts. No
farmer-war worker will be absent
from the factory more than two
days at time and his place in
the factory will be taken by his
fellow workers who will double
up during his absence. It sounds
like good sense to us!
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In my opinion, a local reader OF
this paper said recently, if this
war has taught us anything, il
has taught us the necessity OF
universal CONSUMPTION. I believe
that when peace comes program
should be set up where each young
man has to serve year or two in
the army. I have many reasons
for this. I don't believe this is the
last war that this country will see
If this is true why not begin to
prepare before our houses catches
fire. In the second place the army
offers the best physical and mental
training to be found anywhere
It also provides the discipline that
every young man needs. My OBJ
servation is that the young men
who have spent a year in a train
ing camp are better men in every
way than they were when they
went to the camp. They look bet
ter, they walk better, they know
what respect and discipline are.
They know what patriotism is,
and what the flag means to the
degree that the young man who
never had the training never will
know. Personal health habits and
personal hygiene are taught to
many for the first time in the
army camp. / think if it were
made universal practice young
men could make their life plans
with the understanding that
year or two would be given to
the service of his country in an
army camp. AT the close of the
war we are going to have lot
of splendid camps that should not
fall into decay. They should be
used as common university for
making good men and sturdy cit
liens. ...i, j.. e-, ..~.. s- -. .~-..e