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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

But something is wrong, Mr..
Roosevelt. In fact, quite number
of things are wrong these days.
No doubt you understand this
without my reminding you, but |
hope that 10000 members of Local
IL join me in writing letters for
you to show to the reactionaries
who are putting pressure on you.
TO BE SPECIFIC
To be specific, Mr.. President, we
want you to know that we're be-
hind you, and you can tell, the
Tories in Congress that the UAW-
CIO does not intend to take beat
ing any longer.
To be even more specific, we
know that you have it within your
power to correct many of the in
justices which have been forced
upon those who are doing most of
the work and all of the sacrificing
in the War Effort. More than half
a million fighting men are men,
bers of the UAW-CIO, and ninety
eight percent of those in the serv-
ice come from the ranks of labor.
On the home front, the UAW-CIO
is responsible for the lions share
of actual war production.
We gave up our right to strike,
and that started series of dona-
tions, and this series has continued
until the present time, but we've
reached the point where we ask our
selves, "When is the other side
going to sacrifice somethinm?"
LIVING COST TERRIFIC
The cost of living in Toledo is
terrific, and the cost of food in
particular is criminal.
Some people are doing all right,
I'll admit. But what about the men.
and women at Toledo Industrial
Rubber, Lakeside Biscuit, Ayling-
Reichert, and Industrial Heat
Treat, to name just a few shops,
who are asking that voluntary
wage adjustments be approved by
the War Labor Board? Many of
these people are earning from
forty-eight to sixty cents per hour,
and the managements are willing
to allow adjustments, but the WLB
says "No."
DON'T WANT mo"
We don't want that kind of an
answer, Mr.. President, and we call
upon you to use your power to urge
that inequalities be adjusted on
the basis of equal pay for equal
work, because it isn't fair for
worker to be frozen" to a job
which pays from ten to forty cents
less than the prevailing rate for
the community.
The time for this is NOW, Mr..
President! We ask that you cor
rect outrageous prices, allow these
non-inflationary adjustments, give
the working farmer decent break,
and adopt the UAW-CIO policy
submitted to you recently. Remem-
Der, Mr.. President, you gave us
the unions, so don't let your ene-
mics and ours take them away! 1t
takes courage, but we all know
you've got it!
Sincerely and respectfully,
EDWARD j. DUCK.
&C James +. Byrnes,
c4ok;I;zo4,o,, Dipoctpr
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
1t s A Great
System /!
BY JOHN PAINE

The reason the Russian people
fight the Nazis so well, cor
respondent Of ours suggests, is
that it is the only nation where
there is no fear of bolshevism.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

GERS and rank and Tile members
of the Union.
Elected democratically by his
fellow workers, the shop stew
ard is a liason or contact man
with the shop executive COM
mittee. and through the exe-
cutive committee with the Off
GERS of the Local.
Because of the nature of their
duties, shop stewards can be-
come a very important factor
in the success or failure of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

| have just returned from a
meeting of the international
UAW executive board in WASH
ington where we discussed these
problems and made an effort
to correct them.
PRICE STRUCTURE
1t is my belief, along with
the other members of the ex-
ecutive board, that prices must
be rolled back to the September
Is, 1912 level. In the event the
u...D,.,.,>,.,,4 fo;I- a. ,ooo,,, oIiSh
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

4 ulun EN-
barrass him by asking what he
thought about OPA enforcement
policies generally, but l gath
cred he was enthusiastic over the
chance to investigate violations
of price ceilings in the mining
communities, as ordered by the
president.
He was planning TO stay up all
night working on reports from
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, IL
linois and Kentucky when l
talked to him MAY y, and was
fuming because the teletype had
not brought in Alabama's yet.
His entire office staff was work
ing on the reports.
1T will be a completely honest
report when it leaves our hands,"
he said.
LABOR PROTEST EFFECTIVE
Maybe he was thinking of the
press release issued by OPA on
meat prices. Strong and quick
protests by organized labor here
held up meat prices for the sec
ond time, FTP revealed last week,
when it was shown how prices
had been juggled around to aver
age decrease Of 1-10 of / per
cent over February cost Of living
figures. 1t was done by the sim
pie expedient of rolling back
only three cuts-the only three
counted in the Bureau of Labor
Statistics cost of living surveys.
Actually the prices offered no
average roll back at all.
"Of course, there could be no
violation of ceilings at all and
still there could be extremely
high prices" | offered hesitantly.
IL agree with you completely"
said Investigator Jones with en-
thusiasm. "I-er--hope that will
be brought home to the public"
"And Congress ?" | asked.
sour report" Jones went on
without alluding to the painful
subject Of congress, will not at
tempt to say how much prices
have been raised unless, of
course, our research department
might have a good study Of GER
tain commodities. The investiga-
ton will only be on the degree to
which prevailing prices are above
legal prices"
HOW CAN THEY?
Which brings us TO a very
interesting point" I said. "How
on earth are your Investigators
going to determine what legal
prices are in only few days in
vestigation ?"
"Of course they can't on many
items" he said.
eve only have 1000 inveSti-
gators on food, all over the
United States. That's to cover
regulations of packing houses, of
100000 retail stores, of 100000
restaurants, as they're coming
under control, and all the various
wholesale, canning, shipping and
other centers for certain items"
So what the investigators are
doing is picking certain items,
important items in the food bill
of the average family-but only
those whose ceilings can be SAC
curately and eXpeditiously deter
mined
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

try TO say, because IL Is the one Ioplc lHdI even
get sick Of hearing about much less writing
about; but it's condition and there isn't any use
in either of us sticking heads in the sand and
pretending it doesn't exist.
ANTILABOR LEGISLATION
Word has reached us that the liberal Ohio
State legislature has passed the law, as an emer-
gency measure at that, presumably because the
industries can't wait any longer, "liberalizng" the
hours and working conditions of women and chill
dren in industry. Swell isn't itfor the employers;
but not so good for the women and children.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
What's $ New
DEAR MR.. ROOSEVELT

May 13, 1943.
DR.. Mr.. President:
I've just got to tell you this,
because I've searched high and low
trying to find someone in author
ity who is genuine interested in the
common man, and you're only one
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

left to write to.
You know, the
million members
of the UAW-
CIO think a lot
of you, and as
far as many of
us are concern
ed you will be
G e t t n g o u +
votes in 1914 if
you still want
want them.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

for labor as it
d e m a n d s a
hard boiled at
titude toward
e n forcement,
and price cell
ings that are
X n o W n, and
t at d o MT
fluctuate like
stock market
reports.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
Washington
Scene
By VIRGINIA GARDNER
ROOFING FOR LABOR

Harry Jones, chief of investi-
CATION for OPA, is said to be
one Of the many old line OPA
employees who are quietly roofing
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
LITTLE LUTHER

"Why should it be so hard to
roll back prices?" Little Luther
wanted to know.
"The trouble is" Mr.. Dilworth
replied between chews on a black
market steak, that it tinkers
with the fundamental principles
of the free enterprise system"
"Then wages aren't part of
the free enterprise system 2"
"Of course they are, my lad.
Without private profit and capi-
tai, there would be nobody to
pay wages"
IF wages and prices are both
part of the free enterprise sys-
tenn, then why is it that only
wages can be controlled
"lf wages are not controlled,
we will have initiation, my boy"
what is initiation, anyway ?"
"That is when prices get out
of control"
But, Daddy, you just told me
that you can't control prices"
so | did, my boy. But if you
cut down wages, prices will au-
tomatically follow"
But wages already have been
placed under strict control and
prices are still going up"
"That, my boy, is the only way
we can have free market"
Tell that to Nom the next
time you start bawling her out
about the bills from your nice
free market"
Dutch guerrillas, according to
the owl, are still operating in
the island of Timor and publish
their own newspaper marked
made in Japan"
We know some daily news
papers in the U. S. that might
well be marked made in Japan"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
Our Democratic Union
By MELVIN SCHULTZ,
President Local IL, UAW-CI0

THE STEWARD SYSTEM
No better illustration of the devotion Of the
UAW-CIO to the democratic nature of its organi-
zation be found than the steward system
whereby contact is maintained between the Off
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
It's News To Me iy 9.ss,5 @; .
STILL AT 1T

No doubt there are good many my Union brethren out
when they have read the next few
will say what! Do have to into that again?
you have already guessed what this article going to
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
Regional Views
By Richard GOsser, Director,
Region 2B UAW-CIO
OUR PROBLEMS

OUR PROBLEMS
Our problems which face us and need solutfN e
are many; but most important at this time are
the War Labor Board, War Manpower Commission
and the Office of Price Administration.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14

In pleading for businessmen to
become "Sentinels for Free En-
terprise" to combat zealots of
reform causes, the Natl. Assn.
of Manufacturers warns its mem
bers that "there are things be-
yond what money will buy"
That must be pretty hard to
swallow for bunch of guys who
have been arguing for genera
tions that the profit motive is
the most compelling in the world.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-14
WHAT IF SHE HAD
OFFERED SILK STOCKINI

A woman ran an advertisement
in a New York newspaper for a
maid.
One condition of employment
was that she could wear the mis-
tress' mink coat on her day off.
Six hundred women--and quite
few husbands (for their wives)
asked for the job.
One husband pleaded with the
woman to give his wife the job,
saying that she had always want
ed a mink coat and he would
never earn enough to give her
one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22
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Chapter z
TLEVE released her and sat
down on a boulder. Soberly
he stroked his chin. He looked
very handsome with his faceAin
iprofIe, eyepstaring out over the
! riveEve ysbGo 80
she Said, saThen I can't persuade
you Is Change your mind?"
5d'No."
= Cleve leaned over and took
Penny's hand.
''This puts me in spot, young
lady. A hot spot. If you insist on
going, Pll have to go. too. What
the devil would Bill say if ]
didn't? On the other hand"
He paused, picked up small
pebble, and tossed it out into the
current modify.
'Yes," said Penny impatiently.
"On the other hand-what?"
Powell"
''You mean he'll fire you?"
"Put yourself IN his place,
Cleve said. Another man run
ming off with your girl. What
would you do?"
81 don't know" an swer d
Penny.
st know what he'll think"
CleVe went on. Hell think I'm
in. love with you, that I-that
We"
7 : Penny laughed, a bit hyster-
ically. 'How utterly absrd!@ i!l
,NLEVE glanced at her sharply.
~ ..Yes, isn't it? Still, your
, 6ance has right to his, opinion.
His opinion of me won't be very
high, I'm afraid" sit'l ~
"Let's forget Powell" Penny
said, "and concentrate on Bill.
What are we going to do about
that-just sit here and argue the
morning away?"
She stopped, picked up the
puppy, and got into the canoe.
Cleve rose, too, with sudden de-
cision. His expression was grave.
But ne was alert and ready now.
A pair of strong hands pushed the
partially beached craft out into
the stream. He stepped aboard,
balancing precariously. Then he
took his position near the center
of the canoe, caught up the
paddle. and suddenly they were
moving with the current.
1t had all happeneu so quickly
that Penny caught her breath. She
sat astonished in the stern, hug
ging Wolf. Her eyes were on
Cleve's set face. lf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22
INDIAN MASSES UNcoNcERNED

The situation in India which concerns
so many Americans, is not understood bv
most people, who think, if one Judges by
their words, that the crisis in India can be
settled if the British would just make up
their minds
1t is difficult, very often, to get the
truth as to a situation at home. Obviously,
it is harder to understand the problems of
foreign nations. It is impossible whenever
individuals try to determine policies by
wishes that take no account of facts.uo
The spirit between Hindus and Mos
lens is real with the Moslems warning
that an attempt to force them into fed
Grated state with the Hindus will be met
with violence. With Hindus demanding
'free India" which means giving their
leaders control, the Moslems rejecting it,
obviously the problem becomes largely a
matter for Indian agreement.
The crisis is further complicated by
the fact that, outside of a few leaders, no.
body in India knows much about what is
going on and few care. This is borne out by
the dispatches of Herbert L. Matthews, who
has been in India for months, as the cor
respondent of the New York Times.
Writing from Peshawar Mr.. Mat
thews says the situation depends upon two
fundamentals 'of the Indian situation that
prevail everywhere" They are (1)9that
the masses have no political CONSCIOUSNESS
and (2) the Moslems are steadily drifting
intothe league camp.
The league, it should be pointed out, is
the organization that threatens violence if
the demands of the HiRdus are granted by
the British government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22

now, do you suppose we've
could have passed it?"
Cleve shook his head. mot
likely" he answered. Perhaps
We just think we're travelling
faster, than we really are
| Il hope So,"' Penny said.
The canoe drove on. They
brbunded a bend, shot through o
mile long stretch, of rapids, and
kpresently,9 they J. were moving
Smoothly Through a park-like
| country of rolling hills and lush
open meadows. No sign of a house
1 anywhere. Flowers dotted the
slopes. Then Penny saw three
deer fleeing up the bank at their
approach.
Cleve turned his head. This
time he wasn't grinning.
"COMETHING'S wrongl" he de-
| - clared. We've missed il.
Either that or the old prospector
who told us about it was guess
ing"
Hes lived here all his life,
practically, Mr.. Baird told me. He
should know the country pretty
well"
"He certainly ought to. Still"
Penny interrupted him. Look"
she cried gleefully. There's
sandbar. Quick, Clevei"
Cleve checked their momentum
in time. Furiously he piled his
paddle, turned the crafts nose
EshoreWard and kept on padding
until ssandt grated, under them!
Leaping outsafe pulled the, eanoe
up until iii was half put of water.
A broWR-faced, opgrhaired
prospecfor sauntefed over tt meet
them. b
"Howdy, folks, '5ihs said.
Mice day." said the prospector.
Its swell day." said Cleve.
Were looking for a trapper's
cabin along here somewhere.
Maybe you can tell us. Names
Jim Nacnair."
Penny knew even before the
prospector spoke. She could tell
by his expression of amusement
and wonderment.
"You must've passed it." the
man said. "About an hour ago.
It's fifteen miles back upstream. Z"
To turn around and buck that
swift current to Jim Macnair's
was simply out of the question.
That realization was strong upon
Penny and she could tell by
Cleve's tight lips and sober ex-
preston that he knew it, too.
They must go on without a
guide.
| To be continued
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Are we really going then?
You won't turn back?"
CleVe grunted something and
his paddle turned the bow of the
canoe farther UPSTREAM. There
the current was swift, faxed with
foam. Penny could see blueGW hite
haze rising aoove the slirfaeefS She
could hear the roar of watepeel,
"We're off" Cleve called. bne
Jets of spray flew over the
sides of the canoe as they headed
into the central current Wolf, the
little malemute, raised his sharp
muZZle and howled.
Penny was thrilled. They were
actually on their way to LIE
Frene's shack.
Modern ydgeurS, she
thought. "On the trail of Alexan-
der Mackenzie and Simon Frazer
and the gentlemen adventures
of the Hudson's Bay Company"
|CLEVES hat lay in the bottom
- of the canoe. The light breeze
rumpled his dark hair.
He turned to grin back at her.
How we doing. tot?"
"Finei"
She had to shout in order to be
heard. The deep-chested, rumbling
voice of the river beat in their
ears. ALI Cleve had to do was to
steer the canoe. The strong cur
rent swept them along at a rate
that astounded Penny.
Keep on the lookout for the
old trapper's cabin" Cleve called
presently. i
81 will-if l can tell when we've
gone ten miles, answered Penny,
I, It'll be on the right bank"
White water showed up sud-
denly ahead. She saw Cleve hesi-
tate, paddle poised, then head in
closer to shore. He wasn't going
to take any chances running THAT
rapids.
"At the rate we've been going,
Cleve said presently, 1--WE ought
to arrive at the old trapper's
place very soon now"
Ten minutes passed. Penny
watched the shoreline, hoping to
catch sight of a tiny cabin nesting
among the trees. Maybe smoke
would draw their attention to it.
Another ten minutes passed.
Cleve shipped his paddle, and
frowned.
He said, Funny it doesn't show
up. / don't understand it. I'd
swear we've come at least fifteen
miles"
An unbroken mass of spruce,
pine and poplar met their gaze
on both sides of the river.
fCleve." said Penny, worried
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22
HErGED
} RAYS of Sunshine

Rays of Sunshine $40
Joe had just gotten out of college, and con-
sidefed himself lucky at getting job on the local
staff Of newspaper SO quickly He listened intent,
ly to the city, editors instruction:
Itsf Never write anything as fact unless you are
absolutely sure about it or you'll get the paper in
wrong. II you're not sure of an item being fact
use the words alleged reputed' claimed 'ru-
mored,' or it was said"
Joe kept repeating this instruction in his mind
as he went forth on his first assignment, and this
is the first thing he turned in:
1T was rupored that party was given yes
terday by number of reputed ladies. Mrs Smith,
it was said, hostess and the guests it is alleged
with the exception of Mrs. Jones, who says she is
fresh from Wheeling, were all local people. Mrs
Smith claims to be the wife of Joe Smith, rumorel
to be the president of an alleged bank"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22
CIVIC LAzINEsso emo

You may recall the FERA days in Key
West when hundreds of families lived on a
pittance; you may recall WP,A days when
conditions were slightly better You don't
want to go back to those days, do you? Oh,
no! Then why don't you get move on you?
That you" applies to everybody in Key
West.
Possibly you saw some of those elab-
crate and attractive drawings in Miami par
pers of ltheA projects Miami is going to ask
f6rT or has already asked for, to be cona
structed there by the Federal Works
Agency when the war comes to an end
What is true of Miami is true also of hun
dreds of dp-and-at- EN- cities throughout
the country, but here in Key West we have
not done anything, except to arrange for the
appointment of committees to prepare post
war plans of projects Key West needs.
Clarence Higgs, business agent of the
Carpenters Union, is keenly alive to the
Importance of our acting Immediately. Ray
Kirkpatrick, director of labor relations OF
the Federal Works Agency, drove around
Key West with Higgs to determine the
could obtain by following necessary, yet
simple course. The improvements Kirk
patrick suggested would entail the expeh1
diture of millions of dollars, and, Would
keep at work several thousandemen who.
otherwise, would be idle, provided theyedid
not leave town 70 get Jobs elsewhere =, ,9a
The city council responded enthusiast
tically to Riggs request to name commit
tee to arrange for postwar planning, and
The Citizen is confident the county COM
missioners will enter Fundamentally into
the movement also. But the commissioners
do not hold another meeting till June |, and
too many precious days will be wasted if we
wait till then before doing anything further
to conform with the requirements as SET
forth by Kirkpatrick.
All we need to do is to put forth little
effort The Federal Works Agency has even
allotted us $4,000 to pay expenses that will
be incurred in doing the planning.
The procedure is very much like invit-
ing man to dinner that is already cook
ed without costing him penny. How many
of us are willing to make the effort to walk
to the dinner table?
Ever since Key West was founded, a
practice, not without humor, has been for
us to accuse one another of lack of enter
prise, for assuming an attitude that what
was good enough for grandfather is good
enough for us. If we want to maintain our
present growth, or great part of it, we
have got to kick out of that oldtime laziness
that has characterized us in dealing with
civic matters. 1t has been case of letting
George do it, and we have had no
Georges in our community.
Let us stop blaming one another, and
blame ourselves. Such a stigma should wake
us up into beehive of activity that will as
sure us our part of the postwar work that
will be done in the United States by the
Federal Works Agency.
Too yoapxy ~ oo4 troublo bolf ,,,o1, o,,d
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22
TIE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print II
without fear and without favor; never be
sfraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece Of any person. clique.
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public. welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant Of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that win elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-22

Our forefathers did without sugar until the
18th century, without coal fires until the 14th
century, without potatoes until the 10th century,
without coffee, tea and soap until the 18th with
out pudding until the 18th, without gas, matches
and electricity until the 19th without canned goods
until the 10th century, and we have had automo-
biles for only few years. Now, what was it you
were complaining about?