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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-23
POLITICKE KLUBY

Cesky Demokraticky Klub 7.
wardy odbyva mesfcnf sch1ze
[ patek mes1ci v 8 hod. vecer
We sve mfstnosti 838 N. Chester
ul. PTeds. FIR. Otcenasek, mi
stopreds. Tomas Petr, 1cet. v.
Pazourek, pokl. John Cermak,
tai. L. Kotesovec ,523 N. Castle
ST., domovn1k John Sanda. We
skere dopisy budte adresovany
ma tajemnika.
Demokraticky Klub Ceskych
Mladikd Z. wardy odbyva sve
schGze kazdou nedeli v klubo-
WI m1stnosti {. 210O Ashland
Ave. v 1880 dopol. Predseda
Vaclav T. Klfma, mfstopreds.
Frank Pelz, tai. Vaclav M.
Zelenka, 1889 Ashland Ave-,
1cet. Charles Fisher, pokl. Jas.
Bocek, domovnik c.. Holub.
Prvni Americko-cesky Dam
sky Demokraticky Klub z. war
dy odbyva mesicni schIze treti
stredu v mes1ci v 8 hodin vecer
v klubovnf mfstnosti, 838 N.
Chester ST. Preds. B.. Riha, mi
stopfeds. r. Fisher, tai. A. Ne
jedlfk, 803 N. Luzerne Ave-, L.
cetn1 B. Rob, pokladn1 A. Itch,
stazkyne M. Vlk, vybercf M.
Rokos, M. Nemec, spravkyne
klubu J. Krumel; 1ctujfcf W.
Dor: ] Beran, M. Sneider; "a
bavnf vybor: B. Benda.
Ceskoslovensky Dem. Klub
25. Wardy odbyva schulz po-
sledn1 patek v mesici v 8 hodin
vecer v Sokolovne, 1927 Cher
ry ST., Curtis Bay, Md. FIR. Kus-
ka, pTeds., Vaclav Zaruba, mi
stopred., A. Zamostny, tai,
Box 80 Solley, A. A. Co., Md,
E.. Mayer, 1cet., 1914 Elmtree
ST., Curtis Bay, F. Blahut, pokl.
Zastupci do Sdruzenych Spoil
XII: A. Zamostny.
Slovensky Demokraticky Klub
" Marylandu odbyva svoje
schodze kazd1 druh1 a posled-
nj nedelu v mesiaci v 6 hodin
vecier v klubu, 6526 Holabird
Ave. Preds. Alfonso Cmero,
6725 Fifth Ave., Dundalk, Md.
mfstopreds. John Koporec, "a
pisnik FIR. Slezak, GIT Brent
wood Ave-, Dundalk, Md, tai.
Frank Kopecny st., pokl. AL
bin Blahos. Adresujte klubo-
We dopisi a vse pozvanki ma "a
pisnfka, GIT Brentwood Ave-,
Dundalk, Md.
End Precinct Civic Club, '7th
Ward kona svoje schIze jed
nou v mesici v mfstnostech klu-
bu, $3.50 Ashland Ave. Preds.
Louis FL. Zavadil, /. mfstopred.
John Lidinsky, 2. mfstopreds.
Harry Bromwell, tai. Richard
Lidinsky, $40 N. Linwood Ave-,
pokl. Ted DePetris. Reditel-
stvo: JOS. Nejedlik, pTeds., Jas.
Stefan, Jr., Tom Petr, Harry
Damio, Frank Zoubek, Sr.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-07-23

SCdr1. FfdIlklI0 VyO0fC1,
1418 N. Milton Ave-, Jan Va
lis, dozorce, 2216 Jefferson st.
sBoRY soKoLsKE:
Sokolska Jednota "Blesk"
odbyva schGze 2 patek v mesf-
ci v $50 bod. vecer v Sokolov-
ne. JOS. Bflek ,starosta, Bern.
Marek, mfstostarosta, Jarka
Mares, tai, 5000 Mayfield Av.
E. Kliment, pokl., A. Cihlaf,
1cetnfk, Emil Taborsky, nacel-
mix, Al. Stock, vzdelavatel,
A. Taborsky, knihovnik. Spra-
WI vybor Sokolovny schazf Sc
kazdy prvnf ctvrtek v mesfci.
Pravidelne cviceni We stTedu cd
6. hodin vecer.
Baltimorska Jednota Sokolic
odbyva sve schGze druhy patek
v mes1ci, 8. hodin vecer v Soko-
lovne, rob Gay a Preston ulic.
Starostka S. Stetka, namestka
F. Mares, nacelnice R. Franc,
tai. L. Voelker, 2719 Mura St.,
dcet. F. Belbot. 425 N. Castle
ST., pokl. O. Martinez. Ucetnf
vybor: R. CihlaT, N. Karpenko,
V. RIzicka. Do Patronatu: B.
Paf1zek. Do Mar. Sdruzeni: R.
Cihlar, N. Karpenko. Do Sdruz.
Csl. Spolkd: S. stetka, B. PaTf-
EEK. Strazkyne E. Rfha.
Telocvicna Jednota "Sokol"
Curtis Bay odbyva mesicni
schulz posledni ctvrtek v mesf-
CT v Sokolovne, 1927 Cherry St.
v 8 hodin vecer. FIR. Blahut,
~starosta, FIR. Hajek, namestek,
K. Krejc1k, tai, Matthew Ave.
Brooklyn, Md, Josefa Kuska,
1cetnf, Vincenc Kozllk, pokl.
Julie soustek, dcet. zab. vybo-
ru. FIR. Hajek, nacelnfk, FIR.
Blahut NIL, podnacelnik. Cvicf
Sc kazde 1tery cd 6 hodin. Do
Sdruzenych Spolk1: Johanna
Svitak.
Telocvicny a Podporujfci
Spolek Katolickych SokolG a
Sokolic sv. Vita cfslo 8. Kat.
Jed. Sokol, odbyva schnze v 8
hodin vecer kazde tTetf ponde-
Ii v mesici We spolkove mist
nosti v Kat. Budove, Madison
a Duncan ul. Kaplan Vldp.
Josef stepanek, C. SIS. R.,
preds. A. Rourek, mistopreds.
F. Miksajn, fin. taj.-pokl. F. j.
Chyba, prot. tai. V. Dvorak,
917 N. Castle St., vybercf FIR.
Polanka, nacelnik V. Smutny,
pod-nacelnik John Vojik,
Sokolice:-Preds. d. Komin,
tai. E. Bright, pokl. M. Hisley,
dopisovatelka B. Pinkas, cvici-
telka A. Snyder. Cvicf sc " Ute
ry a v patek cd 7 do II Sokolo-
We a We stredu cd z do 10 Soko-
lice. PiThlasky Sc pTij1majf pri
kazdem cviceni v Kat. Budove.
Sbor Delnickeho Amer. So
kola porada sch1ze kazdy 4
1tery v Delnickem Dome, Ma
Olson a Rose ul. Predseda A.
Vancura, 906 N. Madeira ST.,
tai. j. Koutnik, I'll N. Glover
ST., 1cet. F. Steiner, 712 N. Clio
yer ST., pokl. V. Prochazka,
813 N. Kenwood Avenue.
Patronat Ceske Svob. Skoly
Augustin Herman odbyva sve
schnze 2 stredu v mesfci We
skolni budove v 8. hodin vecer.
Pred. step. Tuna, mfstopTeds.
j. Prochazka, tai. M. Kraft,
TIC N. Milton Ave-, 1cet. Rnz.
Stozek, pokl. Vic. Kilian, ucitel
K. Zahradka. Dopisy zasilej-
tie ma tajemnici.
BELCAMP, MD.
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Prokazme svoji vdscnost sve
move vlasti stalym kupovanim
Valeenych BondG a Znamek!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Intentions ond Law

Word from the regional War Labor
Board in Cleveland that ii will adhere to
its strike policy, and the statement of the
board with respect to the Smith COnnally
Act raises an interesting and important
question.
The statement of the board that the
Smith Connally bill was not intended to
sanction stOppages in the production of
materials needed for the successful prose-
cutiOn of the war, is just an opinion and
no better than the curbstOne opinion of
anyone else. Interpretation of the laws
passed by Congress rests in the hands of
the encouragement, and their ultimate
Interpretation with the Supreme Court.
As time goes on, ii will be seen that the
so-called anti-strike bill was misnOmer,
regardless of what the intent Of Congress
may have been. This has already been
demonstrated by several instances of
unions voting to strike under the terms of
the law. If the War Labor Board doesn't
like the law, it has plenty of company in
organized labor.
1t so happens, and the history of the
Supreme Court is replete with ilIustra-
tiOns, that laws are not always Judged by
the intent in the minds of the trainers of
the law, but by the phraseolOgy and twists
of meaning given ii by legal lights.
The main point is that the Smith
COnnally Act is about as assinine piece
of legislation as was ever passed by sup
posedly group of intelligent legislators,
and will defeat the purpose for which il
was written.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Maybe It's Propaganda

Information coming by way of Madrid
that Hitler has been depOsed as military
leader of Germany may be more Nazi
propaganda
Had not the Nazi propaganda experts
developed their psychological warfare to
such high degree, we might take this
news to mean that Germany was about out
of the war; but in the light of Herr
Goebel's past performances, we see in 1T
nothing but an old device turned to defen-
sive use.
Many of the people of this country will
be lulIed into false belief that the war is
nearly over. All news coming from the
battle front is good-Germany is reeling
back from the blows struck by the Rus
slams: Japan is now on the defensive in the
Pacific; Italy looks like it is about to quit;
Sicily nears surrender and it looks like the
beginning of the end for the Axis.
Perhaps it is because our war news has
been favorable for the past several months
that there has been a slowing down of war
production. Expectancy on the part of the
people of this country of an early victory
because of a few successes may be partly
to blame for a serious lag in our aviation
production.
Despite our victories, this war is not
over. We have no reason to believe the end
is yet in sight, although we feel that vic
tory will be ours. Until we have been
given the final victory of unconditional
surrender of the Axis, we must continue to
produce war materials.
We must be like the f ig hter who
lands telling blow upon his opponent. We
must follow up our advantage, landing
blow after blow until our enemies are
counted out at our feet. To ease up now
lives.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Rogweed

Some of those who read this page will
be suffering from the first ravages of
that uncomfortable condition known as
hayfever, caused by sensitivity to giant
and dwarf ragweed.
1t is in no sense of carping criticism
that this paper has made il point to show
how the ragweed victims of Toledo have
been made to suffer more acutely from
this allergic condition, by failure of the
city to cut down the weeds which grow
profusely all over the city.
When election time comes, and some
OF the hopeful council incumbents are tell
ing the particular people whom they are
supposed to represent what they have
done for them, let them tell the ragweed
victim what they did to ease their
symptoms.
Naturally, councilmen who claim 10
represent certain groups will plead lack of
manpower in cutting down weeds and
similar work around the city. The fact
remains that ragweed sufferers will not
appreciate this excuse, particularly when
they see city employees working in various
sections of the city, planting flowers which
the ragweed victim is unable to smell be-
cause of his condition.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
WAR AND PEACE

produce the materials and fight the war against
the Axis
WAR AND PEACE
II we can all unite in an a-out effort to pro-
duce the armaments of destruction to wage war
against those who would enslave us, there isn't
a reason in the world why we should not fight
lust as determined war against the forces IN
America which create unemployment and want in
the midst of potential actual plenty.
We have witnessed one of the greatest crusades
against our enemies which the world has ever
seen. We have seen men leaving their work to
take up guns and fight even to death to preserve
the things they hold dear. We have observed
other men and women apply themselves indus
triously for long hours in producing the arms,
ammunition, shells, and others materials OF war.
Men, women, and even children, have placed
their money in bonds to finance the battle against
the forces Of darkness and oppression. They have
given their blood and made sacrifices in order
that victory could come to cause. They "A a
sacrifice still more as the need demands unt\F
final victory has come to our arms.
When viewed in it's entirety, our war effort
against the enemies-Naziism and Fascism--is
but preview of what our war will be against
want and insecurity in our own country once the
shooting has ended and men return once again
to pursuits of peace.
LINES ARE FORMING
We realize that our struggle for advancement
is not going to be easy one, fol- those who op-
pose us already indicating their desire to go
back to where they before the war. On the
other hand, the progress of the workers has never
been easy; but has been only through sweat,
tears and blood
In the postwar period labor is going to de-
mand and get voice in where the country is
going Unemployment, want and insecurity must
give way, for the future peace of the world is
going to depend upon how labor is treated in this
country after the war.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

contracts which have been in existance three
months without complaint being filed, must run
their full time course except under certain spe-
cific conditions
Covered by the restriction cases Of "inter-
ference" with employees rights; discharges made
pursuant to union contract cases Of refusal
to bargain, in which the company has contract
with union other than the charging union.
OTHER FEATURES
Principal feature of the rider is the different
treatment accorded nationally affiliated unions,
and that accorded an "nside" company-domi
mated union The restrictions do not apply to the
company dominated union.
Obviously, the rider has purpose which is to
protect the weaker unions with weaker policies
from the stronger unions which have more
militant approach to the workers problem The
fact that the AFL vigorously backed the rider
is a confession of weakness on the part of that
organization, fact which is best substantiated
by its immediate application to the Kaiser Ship
building Company case, where the AFL closed
shop contracts were attacked by the CIO as illegal
under the Wagner Act, as interpreted by the
NLRB.
When it became apparent that the Board
would follow its usual course and require the
Kaiser Co. to cease and desst giving effect to the
contract, Congress attached the rider to the Wag-
ner Act Appropriation and thus ended the CLOS
opportunity until the contract had its course
Of one year.
EFFECT OF RULING -
How the rider will affect other similar ca X
is at once apparent Those cases coming under
meaning of the rider will be Immediately nulified
and the contract held in force for the balance of
the time it has to run. Apparently the only thing
that can be done is to wait until the appropriation
runs out at the end of the present fiscal year. and
then put pressure upon Congress to return to the
original ruling of the National Labor Relations
Board.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

OF course, the worker has nothing at stake except
his job, his bread and butter working conditions,
and few other minor details, including his well
fare when he is laid off the job.
Naturally, these trifles seem unimportant to
some workers when they are employed full time
and getting we'll paid for their efforts Live for
today and don't worry about tomorrow seems to
be the unvoiced slogan of this type of worker
POLITICS GOT 1T
What was it that gave labor unions their
chance to exist and grow and make progress?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

horrible example of totalitarian
bureaucracy.
But the ebullient editors,
hungry for punch-lines with
which to belabor the already
bloody head of the New Deal,
blew up his speech to the sta
ture of a stupendous story.
There was nothing In the
Landon outburst, however, or in
the press reporting of it, to in
dicate the reasoning behind his
charges. He failed to connect
Wallace with firing squads, per-
secution Of minorities or the de-
struction of labor unions. And
he didn't present a single in
stance Of abolition Of elections,
or the blacking out of popular
government, under the New
Deal.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

the Chamber of Commerce and
the National Association of Man
ufacturers that really will pre-
vent unemployment and poverty.
If we do not get the Social
Security Program and the Post
War Program of the UAW-CIO,
it will be because we failed to
educate the people fast enough
and because we failed to back our
program up with political action.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

Such a joker was recently
slipped into the Wagner Act
"A m en- d ment' Appropriation
Act just a few days before
Congress adjourned to return
to the heart of its various con-
stituencies to repair its polite
al fences and sit like all good
politicians do, on the fence
with its ear to the ground.
Interpretation Of the act,
which was sponsored unof-
ficially by the AFL, is to the
effect that employer-union
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

Gently hit the
fro mt pages
a e al n. He
C am e o u t
from chin d
the sunflower
stalks o only
long enough
to call Henry
w allace a
Fascist an d
the present
federal ad-
ministration a
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Your
Standard
Living
BY Clayton Rusch, Chairman of
the Food Price Control Committee,
Local IL. UAW-CIO

Local IL. UAW-CIO
In the past several months
there have been literally dozens
Of postwar plans proposed. The
report of the National Resources
Planning Board, which Congress
accepted in such poor spirit and
which was instigated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and under the di-
rection of his uncle, has drawn
the most attention, but the post
war program Of the UAW, which
was presented in the last issue
of the Auto Worker, still is a
more complete and comprehensive
program to combat unemploy-
ment and poverty.
This postwar program would
guarantee jobs at living wages
with trade union representation
to all workers. A system of So
cially useful public works on
which the workers have the same
rights and guarantees as they
have in union shops in private
industry would be established to
absorb whatever workers private
industry does not need. This pub
lie works program is to be fl
nanced by taxes on high in
comes.
Besides solving the unemploy-
ment problem, such an overall
public works program would elm
mate slums and build decent
homes throughout the land, build
sufficient useable highways.
build an adequate number of
parks, Libraries, hospitals, and
schools; conserve natural re-
SOURCES and develop power prof.
ects such as the IVA.
Under this program, private
industry would be encouraged to
full production and public works
used only to supplement it.
Furthermore, those monopolistic
industries which do not under
private control operate in the
best interest of the people, would
be taken over by the government
and be municipal or government
operated.
This program is also coupled
with the social security program
of the UAW which includes: Un-
employment compensation for
entire period of unemployment;
medical care, old-age benefits
starting at 60 and burial bene-
fits plus death benefits to de-
pendents.
Now comes the Toledo Times
in editorial on July '19 and
tells us to forget postwar plans,
just concentrate on getting the
boys home and jobs will take
care of themselves. Further, the
Times says, in effect, if the gov
ernment is going to spend money,
it should use it to help business
provide employment.
In other words, the govern
ment should first. according to
this editorial, tax the people and
then invest this money in busi-
ness promoted by the Industrial
lists so that a small part of it
might be used as salaries to pay
employees, the rest to go to the
corporations as profits. So we
see the corporations are not
against either subsidies or gov
ernment spending if they are the
recipients.
AS for getting the boys home
first and then worrying about
jobs, every real American wants
the boys to come home victorious
as soon as possible, but they have
earned the right to live in a
better world than the one they
left behind. Soup lines would be
a poor reward for such sacrifices
and there is actually nothing of
fered in the postwar plans Of
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

turn TO quer-
les of the
coming peace
I e r m S, and
we are set to
W o n d ering
just what the
way Of lif e
will be when
the Allie d
N a t j o n 8
march trium-
p h a n t | Y
fbro,,nh par
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

full mobilization of it's wealth
of field and stream and mines
and forests in a total war
against unemployment, power
ty, sickness and insecurity.
Labor has not been unaware
Of the implications of the pres
ent world conflict, implications
which shall be constantly re-
called in the postwar period
when the workers will attack
the enemies Of unemployment
and want with the same deter
tim with which thew now
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
It's sNews Tome Eo;s' p.ss,s
LABOR IN POLITICS

LABOR IN POLITICS
It's hard believes still workers who think labor
has no business in politics
Fancy the Association Manufacturers sitting
pacdy sdenes letting Congress laws penazng then
defend their economic interests?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Joker In The Deck
By MELVIN SCHULTZ,
President, Local IL, UAW-CI0
CONGRESSIONA AL 7

CONGRESSIONAL TRICK
One of the things for which Congress has q
reputation is sneaking riders into appropriation
bills which appear harmless; put which some
times prove to be quite important.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE

When this war is over, labor is going to take
greater interest in the economic system than
ever before.
Labor will seek an economy of abundance
which the resources of the country merit, with
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
CREATES FURTHER
CONFUSION

The purpose OF Landon's
blast, of course, was not to
prove anything, but only to fur
ther confuse the public mind.
Fascism has certain overall
characteristics, about which the
general public has never been
thoroughly informed in America.
So long as the bulk of the
ordinary citizens do not clearly
understand the true nature Of
Fascism, it is easy enough for
sly politicians to dupe the peo-
pie by branding their opponents
as Fascists.
Henry Wallace, too, has des-
ignated ticular political
forces as American Fascists".
But, unlike Landon, he has sub
mitted specific instances Of un-
democratic behavior to substan-
tiate his charges.
The persons and groups to
whom Wallace has applied the
term American Fascists" have
earned the appellation by their
nefarious promotion Of activities
peculiar to the nature of Ease
ism.
FINANCED BY UPPER CRUST
1t can be pointed out, for in
stance, that Landon's campaign
for the Presidency in 1886 was
largely financed by heavy dough
from the money-bags Of the Up
per Crust. And the records of
history tell US that Hitler came
to power by the ballot; and that
his political campaigns were
subsidized by the bankers and
bosses of Germany.
Hitler destroyed the labor
unions in Germany, as the first
step in breaking the democratic
power Of the people. Here in
America, as was proven by the
LaFollette Committee, the mo-
narchs of Wall Street dished
out cash to the Republican Ma
tional Committee with one hand,
and to organizations dealing in
finks, scabs, stool-pigeons and
thugs with the other hand.
More recently, Landon's bud
dies in Congress have pushed
through the Connally-Smith Bill.
And they are not completely
satisfied with just this one anti
labor bill. They will try to pass
worse ones.
PREVENTED FROM VOTING
In the South, the feudal DEM
ocrats maintain the poll tax to
prevent the poor from voting.
This is a precedent for the more
efficient techniques by which
Hitler abolishes voting COM
pletely.
When the royal Republicans
gang up on labor and other little
folks of America in the halls of
Congress, the feudal Democrats
are at their side, pushing like
hell against price control, or
for a bill to outlaw the payment
of union dues in plants holding
government war contracts.
The, fundamental objective of
Fascists everywhere is to pre-
vent the common people from
getting organized and voting
themselves a bigger and better
share of the things they produce.
They will stop at nothing, as
Hitler has proved, in their lust
to obstruct the democratic
growth of the peoples power.
People are learning the mean
ing of Fascism too fast to suit
Landon and his pals. That's why
he comes out of hiding periodic
ally to muddy and befoul the
political waters with confusing
calumnies.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
On The
Beam
By Clayton ". Fountain
LANDON ENERGIES

ALI Landon, the Kansas bump
kin who once ran for President
on the Republican ticket, re-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Regional Views
By Richard Gosser. Director.
Region 2B UAW-CIO

Editors Note: This is the second Of a series
dealing aith labor in the post-Uar World)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
What's S
New?
By Edward Duck.

Educational Director, Local IL
SOMETHING WORTHWHILE
AS the tide turns in the war
against fascism, the thoughts Of
the American civilian population