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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-09
Walter Townsend
ToSpeak In Cuba

Y HAVANA. Cha. - willard S.
Townsend. Of Chicago. president
Of the Transport Service Employees
OF America. Go. arrived here this
week and win address the Cuban
Confederation Of Labor. His speech
will Re translated by an interpre-
Ger. Townsend Is on tour Of
Latin American countries.
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prosecusor-elect Gerald O'prien
has named one Negro to hiI stan
OF assistants. and the MmiEsn
Chronicle has learned from reliable
sources that another viii be ON
eially named within few dayA
Attorney LeBron SimmonA pres
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-09

Commission. with the completion
OF . new state hospital which is
being built in Sauk Ste. Marie.
THE COLOR LINE
Nevertheless Il has been reported
to the Michigan Chronicle that the
disqualification Of Negro , mental
patients In not rs simple as II may
appear on the surface, The State
Hospital Commission allesedly does
not favor sending Negro mental
~-ses INSANE. Pas,
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Powells Reach Court Agreement
Nine Guilty, On
Gambling Charge
And Ciuen Fines

Nine persons pleaded guilty TO
maintaining and operating before
Recorders Judge Arthur Z Gordon
Tuesday, and were fined $1,000 each
or given sentences ranging from
one 70 two years In prison,
Samuel Broudy, IS whitA az
1873 Parksids' avenue, was nssned
head Of the company - polipe MI
drew a-11, 90 ma N1tk ~ alteF y
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CARRIED TWO GUNS

The Rev. Ethel Patterson faces
charge Of carrying concealed weap-
ons after police had found two
gums and a knife in briefcase he
was carrying. He was arrested at
Alfred and Beaubien streets,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-09
Asks New Hearing
For Huddie Allen

A plea for a hearing before Gov.
Harry F. Kelly on behalf OF his
client Huddie Allen. regarding his
extradnion 20 the State of Ala
bams was made this week in .
letter written by Atty. Edward A
Simmons.
Simmons asked that the COVER
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
District VINO
Head Dies

Services for Walter L. Melon
aid, Al, of 4541 Westway, War
Manpower Commission area direc-
tor, who died in Columbus Jan. "a,
were held in the Boyer-Feilbach
Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial,
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Mcdonald became i'll last
November and underwent two OPP
erations. his arm having been am
putated last March.
Mr.. Mcdonald was a native OF
Columbus and was associated with
the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. He was
made district director of the COM
pans Toledo office in 1886. In
1912 he was made personnel dl-
rector of the Champion Spark Plug
Co. and a short time later was
made VINO director in the Dayton
area. He was transferred to the
Toledo area il charge of the VINO
office in 1943.
Survivors are his wife Agnes,
son Roger, and daughter, Marcia,
all of Toledo, and mother, Mrs. D..
M. Mcdonald, and brother, Charles,
both of Columbus.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
Region 2-B
Fdvors
Wagner Bill

Members of Region 2-B, meeting
in their regular quarterly confer
ence in Port Clinton early his
month, unanimously passed a res
olution favoring the Wagner Bill,
which has been actively opposed
by the American Medical Associa-
tion and affiliated state and local
medical organizations.
Following is the resolution
adopted by the conference:
WHEREAS sickness is one Of the
greatest contributing causes of
poverty and a major threat to the
workers security, and
WHEREAS the medical profes-
sion has in general proved itself
unwilling to cooperate with groups
of people banded together to pro-
vide low cost medical care and
disqualification to their members,
and
WHEREAS there can be no real
security until proper medical care
and disqualification are placed
within the reach of all the people,
EREFOR IRE BE 1T RE-
SOLVED that this conference, rep
resenting the Locals of Region 2-8,
consisting of more than 10000
members in Northwestern Ohio, go
on record as giving the Wagner
Murray-Dingell Bill, which pro-
vides for an extension of the bene-
fits of the social security law and
provides for medical care and hos
pitalization for all the workers,
our support and active backing,
and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that copies of this resolution be
sent to the international Union,
UAW-CIO, to Congressman Ramey,
Weichel, Jones, Bender and to SEN
ators Taft and Benton.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

nesday morning meeting of the
council committee of the whole for
questioning relative to large
number of complaints which he
said he had been receiving from
gas consumers on the size of their
bills.
Councilman Arthur Jurrus said
that he had also received COM
plants. Both Mr.. Disable and Mr..
Jurrus said they would have some
of the people who had made the
complaints at the Wednesday meet
ing.
Councilmen attended a meeting
Monday afternoon at which sew
eral members of the Ohio Utilities
Commission were present to hear
testimony on the new Union Sta
ton.
Councilman Ollie Czelusta came
late to the meeting, arriving just
before it adjourned, while Council
man Addison @. Thacher missed
his first meeting of the new term.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

Eligible to vote according
to the directive are employees
of the maintenance and pro-
duction department, as well as all
checkers and shipping department
clerical employees. Those barred
from voting include office en-
ployees, plant protection and su-
pervisory employees.
Organizational work has been
under way at the Fostoria plant
for some time and is under direc-
ton of Ralph Brown, assistant
director of Auto-Lite organiza-
tions. Mr.. Brown has been assist
ed by Dorsey Carr, John Burke,
Orville Beemer and C. N. Snavely
of the international UAW office
under direction of Regional Di-
rector Richard Gosser of Toledo.
Welcome Election
With a large majority of the
workers in the local plant signed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

ture and labor. fairer treatment
for teachers, and a $3.50 division
of the sales tax between the state
and political subdivisions.
Mr. Reams said that all the tax
money collected from motorists
should be put into the building and
maintenance of highways and
streets and added, eff this money
is not needed for highway con-
struction and maintenance, the tax
should be repealed"
Stating that Ohio must prepare
for another err; of gangsterism
which he said signs already point
to, Mr.. Reams advocated prepara-
tion for the era.
He said that grants of assistance
to the aged and blind should be
made on the basis of need rather
than fixed schedule and stated that
additional equipment should be
provided together with modern
and humane plan of treatment for
the inmates in Ohio's state insti-
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

ing the reorganization following
the 1887 strike and made host
of friends in his work.
Assigned by the Local IL Board
as coordinator of the textile work
ers during the Textileather strike
and employed as such by Emil
Rieve, International Textile Work
ers president, Randy" earned the
respect and friendship of the tex
tile workers which endures down
to the present time. His work
with the Textile Workers Union
was commended highly and he
earned his laurels by dint of hard
work and sincere effort.
Randolph Gray has been an Of
ficer Of the Local for the past
three years as member of the ex-
ecutive board and financial sec
retary. Under his direction, the
Local dues office has increased in
efficiency despite the fast that
the organization has grown by
several thousand members during
his term in office. He has given
the office a good business admins
tration and administered its duties
without fear or favor.
Despite his many duties in the
financial secretary's office, RAN
dy" still finds time to take care
of several Local IL shops and
manages to give them good serv-
ice. He has charge of the Toledo
Standard Commutator and Hall
Units and has done highly salts
factory job for these two groups.
A firm believer in right, RAN
dy" never evades an issue nor
straddles a question. He has the
courage of his convictions and
sticks by his guns.
Randy" is married and the
father of three children, Robert,
II who is enlisting in the Navy,
Joyce, Is, and Donald IL. He lives
at 2031 Joffre Ave.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
CIO To Organize
Office Workers

Plans have been made by the
Toledo Industrial Union Council to
organize the office workers in
downtown Toledo, according to an
announcement made by Richard
Lazette, president Of the council.
A request has been sent to the
UOPWA-CI0 to either send an or
ganizer into Toledo for the pur-
pose of organizing the white collar
workers, or to authorize the CIO
Council to employ one.
Mr.. Lazette said, "We believe
that the white-collar workers are
now ready for organization. They
are ready now to join such an or
ganization which will get them the
increases which have been denied
them because of their lack of unity
and strength"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
English Leader
TO Visit Unions

Pat Carey, English labor leader
from London, England will be the
guest of Local II and other ClO
unions, Feb. l., when he will
spend the day in Toledo studying
local working conditions, housing
and other information pertaining
to labor.
Mr.. Carey who is chief steward
and chairman of the Labor-Man-
agement committee in a London
aircraft plant, is visiting America
to get material for a book deal
ing with the American working
class. He has asked that he be
given an opportunity to meet the
leadership and rank and file of
Toledo unions, and will be invit-
ed to spend some time with the
rank and file in order to get the
information he is seeking.
The War Policy Division of the
UAW-CIO is cooperating with Mr..
Carey and is sending him to To-
ledo as one of Americas typical
industrial cities.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

Mr.. Roberts who has been pre-
sented with commendation for
meritorius service, served from
the Battle of Ell Alamein to the
expulsion of the enemy from
Africa. The citation signed by
Major General Lewis H. Brereton
from the Headquarters of the
Ninth U. S. Air Forces was pre-
sented "for outstanding and merit
orious service"
At the present time, Mr.. Roberts
is touring the country in the in
terest of the Red Cross. He has
had a wealth of experience in the
actual combat zones and presents
a vivid and interesting story of
the defeat and expulsion of the
Germans from the Africa con-
tinent.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

up with the UAW- -CIO, both the
workers and organizational staff
of the UAW welcome the election.
One employe of the company
summed up the sentiments OF
most of the employees when he
said, 1--WE will be glad to get this
plant election over with so we'll
know where we're going. ] think
that the Auto Workers record will
win it by big vote and that most
of us will be glad to get this union
into our shop"
No Union and the AFL will be
included on the ballot. The AFL
contested the UAW claims to
majority of the employees of the
plant, and it is the custom of the
NLRB to include any union which
it believes has some membership
even though it may not be able
to show a majority.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

vote Ulll.
Rankin did succeed, how
ever, in wrestling from the
house rules committee promises
against a rollcall vote when the
bill comes before the house Jan.
25 or Jan. 26.
Although supporters of a fed
eral ballot for servicemen will now
have an opportunity to amend the
Eastland-Rankin bill, success of
their fight hinges on action in the
senate, where the fight will shape
up around the revised Lucas-Green
bill, reported out 1872 by the SEN
ate privileges and elections COM
mittee Jan. 20.
Senate Bill Due
The Lucas-G Green bill is expected
to reach the senate floor at about
the same time the house bill comes
up for consideration. Approval of
the administration backed Lucas
bill would undoubtedly strengthen
the fight against the Rankin bill,
which is being pushed in the house
by a strong coalition of poll takers
and Republicans.
While a wave of public senti-
ment was one factor in the un-
expected favorable senate COM
mittee vote, concessions to the poll
takers included by Senator Scott
Lucas 3D., ILL., in the bill were
also responsible.
Lucas Makes Compromise
Initial compromise made by
Lucas was to let the states de-
eide the validity of the ballots.
The compromise which really
clicked with southern committee
members was Lucas decision Jan.
20 to drop a section specifically re-
enacting provisions of the 1912
soldiers vote bill exempting serv-
icemen from state registration and
poll tax requirements. Only two
committee members who voted
against the bill were Republicans
Chapman Revercomb of w. Vir-
ginia and E. H. Moore of Okla
homa.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
Shipyard Workers
Given Tear Gas

MOBILE, Ala. (FP)-For the
first time in many months, teargas
was substituted for a sensible la
Dor policy in this growing industri-
al city.
Company guards at the Alabama
Dry Dock Co. yard attacked several
hundred workers with teargas at
a. M, Jan. IA, when they pro-
tested the holding up of their pay.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
JAW Wins
Napoleon
Election

NAPOLEON, o., Jan. 20-Mem-
bers of the Napoleon Products Co.
yesterday voted overwhelmingly in
favor of the UAW-CIO in Ma
tional Labor Relations Board-con-
Quoted election, agreed to by the
company management. Results of
the vote were UAW, 105; opposed,
IA. Certification was made at once.
Organizational work has been
going on in the local plant since
last November and was in charge
of Walter Madrzykowski of the
staff Of Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO
regional director located in Toledo.
Regional Director Gosser well
coined the results of the election,
saying, "This is a good omen to
win the first election of the year
in Napoleon. l am glad to welcome
the workers of the Napoleon Prod
ucts Co. and pledge them that |
and the staff o. the International
Union will do everything in our
power to aid them in securing the
benefits which their membership
in the UAW calls for" in
Plummer Folk, charm. u of the
organization committee, and the
committee were given credit by
Director GosseI for their fine
work. "This plant was organized
quickly and effectively due to the
fine work of the organization COM
mittee. l think that should be an
indication of the future which lies
before the new organization" said
Mr.. Gosser.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
Spicer Ecu
Holds Election

H. H. Robedeau was elected by
the Spicer Federal Credit Union to
head the organization for the cur
rent year at the annual meeting
of the group ia Masonic Temple,
902 Phillips Ave-, Jan. Is.
The annual report disclosed that
the organization had shown a suo-
stantial growth over the previous
year with a membership of 5000
and total assets of $375,477.61. The
organization is one of the largest
purchasers of war bonds in this
locality owning $225,000 of Series
E bonds, which were purchased
with surplus funds.
Since its organization six years
ago, over one million dollars has
been loaned to its members by the
credit union.
Talks were given by Tom Burke,
member of City Council, and Eu-
gene Ishler, chairman of the To-
ledo Credit Union Chapter.
Other officers elected were
James G. Yeager. vice-president;
Dorman d. Brumfield, treasurer;
William Ankenbrandt, clerk; Wal
do Marlett, Paul Knepper, Lowell
A. Aultman, Doc Cole and Paul A.
Tripp, board of directors. Nellie
Moser was named assistant treas
urer. Members of the credit COM
mittee, William C. Headlee, Fran
els Simpson, Leroy Leatherman,
Donald C.. Stewart and Howard
Singleton. Supervisory committee:
w. Kneale, Charles Morrin and
Robert Thomas.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

on auxiliary uuCy'
City Manager George N.
Schoonmaker told Council
that he knew the men were pro-
tected when engaged in the serv-
ices for which they were originally
recruiting and trained, but said he
would look into the matter and
see what coverage the auxiliaries
had and under what conditions.
Suggests Adjusting Time
.Councilman Ira Bame suggested
Nolsting time of firemen and pay
votthem for additional time they
flight put in during the manpower
shortage on the fire department
brought about by the war. He told
how firemen off duty had been
called for duty during recent fires
and said this showed the man.
power shortage on the fire depart
ment.
Councilman Michael V. Disable
presented a motion to call officials
of the gas company into the We'd
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

panel was made at a meeting
of the Regional War Labor
Board in Toledo, Nov. 9, when
members of labor unions met with
the Board at Macomber High
School and voiced their objections
to the delays which were holding
up cases for many months before
final settlement.
At the time the suggestion was
made, Chairman Lewis. M. Gill
stated he would be willing to ar
range a meeting and talk over the
establishment of permanent
panel for Toledo.
Committees from the CIO, AFL
and MESA have been appointed to
meet with Mr.. Gill in Cleveland
and will go there for the Monday
meeting.
Representing the CIO will be
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28

Richard Lazette, president, Toledo
Industrial Union Council, Ivo Err
win and Earl Or lway. George Eng
lert, executive secretary, Central
Labor Union; Oliver Myers, Build
ing Trades, and William Sturm
will represent the AFL. MESA
representatives will be Earl Stree
ter, Clarence Peck and Dale
Brown.
All the unions are in agreement
that Toledo should have a perma-
nent panel to expedite the settle
ment of cases which have been
awaiting final decision for many
months. Representatives of the
union will seek the panel for To-
ledo on the grounds that it will
promote prompt settlement Of
cases, improve worker morale and
assist the war effort.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
Lime PIunf
Guards TO
Vote Mondoy

LIMA, Jan. 26-Plant guards
employed by the Ohio Steel Foun-
dry Co. of this city will vote in a
National Labor Relations Board
election Monday, Jan. 81, to deter
mine whether or not they will be
represented by Local 975, UAW-
CIO, or remain unrepresented.
Voting will be under the direc-
ton of Robert Snuff, field exam
iner for the NLRB with Paul Hol-
den, president of Local 975, repre-
senting the union at the polls. The
election was agreed to by the COM
pany without hearing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-28
PeerIess
Gets Flag

Workers of the Peerless
Moulded Plastics Co., 401
Hamilton Street, were the
proud receivers of the Treas
ury Departments Minute Man
Flag at a ceremony held in the
company plant Jan. 13.
w. G. Skutch, president of the
company, in introducing the speak
er, Earle S. Smith, president of
the Toledo Porcelain Enamel Co.,
spoke with feeling of the generos-
ity of his workers, not only in the
purchase of war bonds, but in sup
porting other worthy civic pro-
iects. He complimented Floyd
Santemire, chairman of the bond
committee, for his fine work in
aiding the sale of bonds among
the employees and thanked the
workers for their cooperation.
Smith Praises Workers
In his presentation talk, Mr..
Smith said that he felt honored
to be able to present the flag to
the workers. He told them that
the money they were investing was
safe and secure and that there
would be no depreciation in the
bonds as there was with Liberty
Bonds during the last war. He
told of the part which the bonds
would play in aiding industry in
the postwar period, as well rs their
use in purchasing homes and other
commodities.
Floyd Santemire, in accepting
the Minute Man Flag, expressed
his pleasure and pride in the work
ers who had made it possible to
receive the emblem. He said that
more than 80 per cent of the work
ers were spending 10 per cent of
their weekly wages purchasing
bonds and urged them TO continue
to show their patriotism by more
purchases.
Accepted BY Local
Willard Swartzbaugh, former
manager of the local office of the
Prudential Life Insurance Co.,
gave brief address and William
Coombs, representing the Treas
ury Department, was introduced.
Workers of the Peerless Mould
ed Plastics, numbering 13O, have
been accepted as a Unit of Local
IL and are awaiting confirmation
of their application by the UAW-
CIO international Executive
Board.