davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Leaders URGE
Passage
Of HR 7

WASHINGTON, April % (FP)
An imposing list of American
labor leaders joined an equally
important group of churchmen
April Is in urging the U. S. SEN
ate to pass HR 7, the polltax re-
peal bill now begged down in
the legislative mire.
Labor figures were headed by
AFL Pres. William Green, Sec.
Treas. George Meany and Vice
Pres. Matthew Woll; CIO Pres.
Philip Murray, Vice Pres. r. j.
Thomas and Pres. Sidney Hill
man of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers. Other signers in
cluded julius Luhrsen of the
Railway Labor Executives Assn.
and Pres. A. F. Whitney of the
Bro. of Railroad Trainmen.
Signing as churchmen were
the Most Rev Robert E. Lucey,
archbishop of San Antonio, Tex;
Bishop G, Bromley Oman, Boa-
ton; Rev. DR., d. deSola Pool,
New York, and Bishop c. Ashton
Oldham, Albany, N. Y.
The statement said in part:
"The world looks today to the
Senate for moral and intellectual
leadership, Those, sent by you,
who have died in battle against
the enemy have kept the demo
cratic faith. At home and abroad
HR 7, to abolish the poll tax in
federal elections, has become the
symbol of the moral integrity of
our war effort. The disfranchise-
ment of millions on millions of
our citizens calls for redress. We
trust no destructive filibuster
will mar the dignity of the great
est deliberative body in the
world If a filibustar is un-
dertaken, we ask that cloture be
invoked, We ask for prompt
passage of HR. T."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Workers OK
NLRB Election
Continued from Page ]

progress which had been made
by the factory workers under the
UAW-CIO. He spoke of the as
sets of industrial unionism and
expressed the view that the office
workers would join the union
by a decisive vote.
Arrangements will be made
for the election date at a meet
ing this week between the union
and company representatives.
The election will take place on
or before May "a according to
the NLRB directive.
Scott Rogers stated that the
number of office workers who
have already Joined the UAW as
sures the winning of the cleo
tion and expressed the belief that
IL would be won by an over
whelming vote. Membership is
growing rapidly according to
Mr.. Rogers who said, "the office
workers at Spicer are awake to
their own interests and are GER
tainly going to profit from their
union as soon as the election is
over"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Complete Murray
Testimonial PIons
Continued from Page

u a6C Il
the Civic Auditorium. Melvin
Schultz, Local IL president said,
lin view of the fact that this
is Mr.. Murray's first trip to To-
ledo, l believe we should turn
out and show him the respect
and honor which his position as
our national head merits. l am
certain that Mr.. Murray will
bring us a message we are in
terested in hearing and that it
will be worth our while to spend
80 minutes in listening to him
and the other speaker discuss
postwar employment problems.
International officers located
in Toledo have requested that
the members of their unions give
Mr. Murray good reception
and listen to his talk, Richard
Gosser, UAW-CIO Regional Di-
rector expressed the view that,
"our national president is an inn
portant figure in this country.
| know that he will present the
views which the CIO has on en-
ployment problems and feel that
we are all inture problem which
most workers will face once the
war is over and peace is re-
stored"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Chicago News
Bounces Peqler

CHICAGO, May 2 (FP)-Chi-
cago Daily News, original spon-
sor of Westbrook Pegler and his
anti-labor column, kicked the
journalistic goon out of its pages
with front-page article by Edi-
tor Scott Mowrer headed Good
by, Mr.. Pegler!"
Mowrer said Pegler had taken
to writing about things he OBJ
viously didn't know and that
he had developed antipathies of
such violence that he has allow
ed his feelings to overcome his
reasoning powers.
Pegler was given his chance
to reply. Characteristic of Peg
lerian logic was his claim that
the Daily News has sold out to
the "communistic New York
PM" because Marshall Fields
Chicago paper is printed on the
Daily News presses. He charged
a plot to deprive Chicago voters
of his column during the Presi-
dental campaign.
The Daily News replied that
the Pegler column is for sale to
any Chicago paper that cares for
it. 1t also noted that papers car
rying Peglerian outboursts can
be prepared for a mud bath in
case they decide to throw him
out.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05

j
James Mead, ID. n. W and
Sen. Pat McCarren, ID. New
in Barkley's office.
In addition to the friendly
senators, a group of Southern
leaders who will head the drive
to kill the bill also sat in on the
meeting. They were Sen. Ken
meth Mcclellan ID. TENN; Sen.
James Eastland ID. Miss.) and
Sen. Harry F. Byrd ID. Va)
Friends of the repeal measure
indicated that their efforts now
are being directed at national
drive to get senators to support a
motion to invoke the seldom
used cloture rule to limit debate.
Expect Bills Defeat
Unless cloture can be adopted
(and it required a "a vote of the
senate) it is expected that the
southern reactionaries will talk
the bill to death in windy fill
buster. Cloture would limit
each senator to an hour long
speech.
Should the filibuster be per-
mitted to run on for days, block
ing important tax bills and ap-
preparations, most observers be-
lieve the polltax repeal measure
will be cast overheard for this
session in order to get on with
the winning of the war.
That strategy is just exactly
what the southern polltaXers eX-
pect and only a vastly increased
amount of pressure from citizens
in every state would change the
picture enough to force cloture
and insure passage of the bill
which was adopted with ease IN
the house some months ago.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
SconIon Hits
Smith Committee
Report

WASHINGTON, April 20 (FP)
"A charge that Rep. Howard w
Smith Cd. Va has offered a re-
port on OPA that is filled with
"a series of BOBBY trap amend
ments" was made April 25 by
Rep. Thomas E. Scanlan I'd. PA.
chairman of the congressional
committee for the protection of
consumers.
Scanlans statement followed
publication of the Smith Com
mittee report recommending a
long series of amendments de
signed to wreck OPA and the
Natl. War Labor Board.
The Pennsylvania said the
amendments would rip wide
open the presidents stabilization
program and said they were a
smokescreen for those who
would emasculate the act under
the guise of perfecting it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Pepper Committee Calls
For End Of Steel Formula

WASHINGTON, May Realistic help for the white
worker recommended to the u S. senate April
by special committee headed by Sen Claude Pep
per 3D. fla report called for aboshment of the Little
formula appcation of rigid price controls and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
.cIO Council
Defends Cos
Workers
Continued from Page l

from the waste paper salvage
organization, delegates stated
that several industries in Toledo
were burning large amounts of
paper and directed that atten-
ton should be given this prac-
tice in view of the paper short
age and the efforts being made
to salvage waste paper.
Present Resolution
A resolution condemning the
amendments made by the Smith
Committee, which is inveStinga-
ting F deral agencies, was
adopted. 1t outlined opposition
to the efforts of the congress
ional committee to amend the
price control act and War La
Dor Board. The resolution stated
that if the amendments became
law they would weaken price
control, permit rents to soar and
result in further initiation.
Price Control was the subject
of another resolution setting
aside the week of May II to "a
as Price Control Week and ask
ing that a public meeting be
held to call attention to the
Price Control Act which rs now
being considered by congress
for reenactment by June 80
when the present act expires.
Criticism was directed against
the Toledo city charter by one
of the delegates who called the
attention of the Council mem
bers to the refusal of many
councilmen to 60 along with the
recently proposed Black Market
Ordinance.
1t was pointed out that there
was no recall provision in the
Toledo city charter and that
those who had voted against the
ordinance did so in safety since
they were not fearful of recall.
Plan For Meeting
Plans were completed for the
Philip Murray testimonial din
ner which takes place Sunday,
May 7 at the Commodore Perry
Hotel. Mr. Murray will speak at
800 p. m. at the Civic Audi
torium under the auspices of the
Toledo Committee for the Or
ganization of Peace.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Poll Tax Vote
To Be May 9

WASHINGTON, April 20 FP)-An agreement was
reached April 27 call up HR T. the potax repeal BILL TOR
senate vote May g.
Announcement of the agreement came following meet
ing between Majority Leader Alben Barley ID Ky0; Sen
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Cos Workers
Make Strike
Statement
Continued From Page l

he would grant our union recog.
milton.
The anti-union policy follow
ed by the company has not
changed except in form. Instead
of spending a million dollars or
seeing our blood run in the
streets, the gas company still re-
fuses to pay us an adequate liv-
ing wage and has forced us to go
through concilliation and arbi-
tration.
BIS Makes Study
In December, 1912, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics agency made
study of the wages paid by
other utilities in Toledo and
found that the straight time
hourly earnings for comparable
classifications in other utilities
was 94.6 cents per hour, against
77.9 cents being paid the gas
workers.
In reply to this claim, the gas
company management claimed ii
was financially unable to pay the
going rate for comparable classi-
fications, although the pare n t
company of the Ohio Fuel Gas
Co., the Columbia Gas and Elec-
trio Corporation, showed in its
1943 report that it had paid 10
million dollars in excess profits
taxes to our government.
Use Less Employees
Not only is the company max
ing large profits, but is operating
today with at least 120 fewer
employees than it did in June,
1941. Moreover, its total sales
have increased by 81 per cent
since that time, according to the
company's own statement.
Prior to the time the local gas
company was taken over by Co.
lumbia, and before the NRA, the
rates of pay of the gas workers
was held on the same par as
those of other utilities employees.
After trying five times over a
period of eight years to negoti-
ate increases to bring our work
ers wages into line with those
paid other utility workers, we
were forced in each instance "a
use our economic strength. This
not only proves the anti-labor
policy of the company, but, in
the most recent work stoppage,
gave them inspiration to seek to
discredit us in the eyes of our
fellow workers and fellow citi
zens.
We believe that we are entitled
to justice and living wage COM
parable to that of other workers
in our classification and we ask
that our fellow workers give us
their support in securing the
wages to which we are entitled.
Walter P, Werlich, chairman
Labor Relation Committee,
Local "a, United Gas, Coke
& Chemical Workers of
America.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05

municipal workers recon-
mended salary increases for
underpaid state, county
throughout the nation.
In addition to Pepper, Senators
Ebert D. Thomas Cd. Utah);
James M. Tunnel Cd. Del.) and
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr (Pro.
Wis., signed the report. Senator
Kenneth S. Wherry (Rep. Neb.)
was reported too busy to study
the document and therefore did
not sign.
Reporting that some 20 mil
lion Americans have not enjoyed
rises in income commensurate
with the most conservative esti-
mate of the cost of living in
crease, the report recommended
the steps to correct the inequities
and stop the danger of further
injury to the large group by in
flation.
Ask for Funds
AS a final point, the report
asked funds for the Department
of Labor to enable the Bureau
of Labor Statistics to undertake
the preparation of cost-of-liv-
ing index which will correctly
reflect changes in living stand
ards on the basis of current
prices and incomes. 1t also rec
commended that BIS count in
wartime factors to which it has
given no weight in its present
index.
In its criticism of the BIS in
dex, it should be borne in mind
that it is, in the words of its
own apoligists, "a price barom-
eter, not a measure of changes in
the total amount spent for fam
lily living It's purports to meas
ure only charges in retail prices
of certain commodities and serv-
ices purchased by families of
moderate income in a selected
group of larger cities.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
u. s. Takes
Over Wards S
Continued From Page

refused to turn over the plant
when Under Secretary of Com
merce Wayne c. Taylor and Ugo
Carusi, executive assistant to the
u. S. attorney general, arrived
from Washington with the Presi-
dents order. The officials were
closeted with Avery for an hour
at noon. Taylor told the press
that Avery said that "he could
not accede to any demand be-
cause he challenged the legality
of the executive order or any
authority attempted to be exer-
cised under it.
Later in the afternoon the fed
eral officials came back flanked
by nine deputy marshals. After
20 minutes they left the office,
reporting: Avery is still resist
ing. We will eject if necessary.
troops rake over
A few hours later u. S. army
troops took over. Called from
Camp Skokie, a platoon of 10
military police equipped with
field packs, rifles and small ma
chine guns arrived at the com
pany's main office at sos p. m
To the cheers of Ward employees
leaving. for the night and crowds
gathered to watch the excite
ment, the soldiers poured out OF
three army trucks and lined UP
to enter the building. Taylor and
Carusi, the commanding officer
and two sergeants went ahead
into Avery's office, Taylor read
again the order of seizure and
warned Avery that he had troops
to enforce it,
Am l being evicted?" Avery
asked.
No, but the troops are in
charge of the plant" Taylor an
sWered.
In Washington the President
order to seize the plant was APP
proved in an opinion by Atty
Gen. Francis Biddle holding that
Wards activities are essential to
the war economy and their inter
ruption would seriously affect
the war effort.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Auto-Life
Council Elects
Continued From Page 1

Continued From Page l
to the Sunday session of the
Council which will be sent out
to the various Locals. The Coun-
Gil, however, postponed any ac-
ton upon a national agreement
at the present time.
President Orville Evenson
called for greater participation
in the affairs of the Council and
said that it was mandatory for
all Locals under the UAW-CIO
in the Auto-Lite Corporation to
belong to the Intra- corporation
Council.
Committee Planned
Tentative plans for a national
bargaining committee for all
Auto-Lite shops were discussed
and will be gone into in greater
detail at the next meeting of the
Council, which will be held in
Toledo, July %.
Following were present at the
meeting:
Charles w. Plantz, Local 964,
North Syracuse, N. Y; DeForest
Mohat, Local 964, Syracuse, N.
Y; Forrest McIlroy, Local 226,
Indianapolis, Ind; William Groe-
ber, Local 465, Springfield, O.;
Walter Barrick, Local 571, Mag
ara Falls, N. Y; Orville w. Even
son, Moto Meter Gauge Division,
Local 296, La Crosse, Wis.
Grace M. Johnson, Local 465.
Springfield; Joseph Weingates,
Local 533, Fostoria; Norval w.
Lewis, Local 226, Indianapolis,
Ind; Charles Stearns, Local 533,
Fostoria; Malcolm Lloyd, Local
396, Lacrosse; Max Koralewski,
Auto-Lite Unit, Local IL; Mar
garet Mitchell, Auto-Lite Unit,
Local IL; Vincent Bialecki, Burt
Foundry Unit, Local II.
Guests present for the sessions
were Mrs, Goldie Reynolds, re-
cording secretary, Local 553,
Fostoria, and Cleora R. Kiser
and Mrs. Beatrice Keiser, mem
bers of Local 533, FoStoria.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Help Coming For
White Collar Group

WASHINGTON (FP)-Realis-
tic help for the white collar
worker was recommended to the
senate by the special subcom-
mittee headed by Senator Claude
Pepper 3D., Fla.) in a report
calling for an end of the Little
Steel formula, application of
more rigid price controls and
salary increases for underpaid
state, city and municipal en-
ployes throughout the nation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Ford ProVoeotion
Hits Peck

WINDSOR, Ont (FP)-The
Ford Motor Co. S anti-union pol
icy of provocation reached a
climax in its Canadian plants
when it fired four union stew
ards and cancelled its contract
with United Auto Workers (CIO)
after $4,000 employees making
military vehicles stopped work
for an emergency union meet
ing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Unions Congratulate
Employers

SAN FRANCISCO (FP)-
Winning hearty congratulations
from organized labor, the -
fornia Chamber of Com,
the San Francisco c. of C
the San Francisco Employers
Council announced their opposi-
ton to the obstructive
right to employment" amend
ment which anti-labor big bus
inessmen in Los Angeles are try
ing to put over on the state.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05

AN FRANCISCO (FP)-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-05
Chicago Dodge
Goes JAW.

CHICAGO FP)-In an NLRB
election at the last of this city S
great new war plants, the United
Auto Workers (CIO) won by
1921 to 42l for no union among
production workers at the Dodge
plant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

out by use OF this new psychological ind
IL already is possible to discover many deeply
buried traits by subjecting the patient 10 test
when he's under the influence of a few drinks
some mild sedative.
The new mosaic test is only one of many pSy-
Geological devices for checking up on minds, nor
NAL and abnormal TO see how they're ticking.
Experts on mans mental equipment now
have standardized set of ink blots known as the
RorSchach test which they use in mental hospi-
tails 10 help determine which patients are likely
to be improved by special treatments.
The big advantage OF DR.. WerthamS mosaic
test is that it gives a personality picture at
glance.
With sweep Of the eye the expert can tell if
his patient is likely 10 be menace 10 society haV-
ing suicidal tendencies or a yen for murder
Aside from its use in mental hospitals, the
mosaic test has been adopted with considerable
success by the Royal Canadian Navy. Applicants
for service are rated in intelligence and adapta-
bility for special jobs on the basis of their per
Torrance with the coored forms. Borderlne
cases of mental illness also Weeded out in
this way.
This leads TO mild surmiSe that in postwar
days, when everybody gets back TO the industrial
grindstone the personnel office of every large
corporation may take on the aspect of Riddles
playroom.
Applicants may sit in rows diligently moving
the magic squares and circles that will keep
them from being four-cornered pegs in well.
rounded Jobs.
Housewives and mothers by that time may
even be able TO apply identical creative art try
outs on Junior and Hubby 10 see who's best suited
for which odd.jobs at home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

Vealing it, by putting it right into the mosaic
A seven year-Old boy with horror OF water
and the thought he might drown, wouldn't admit
his fears but in his picture making he portrayed
a crude representation OF a swimming pool some
rocks and ships. This disclosure helped experts
straighten out the boys problems, and get him
back the path of normal living.
The hypochondriac, doleful fellow who gets
every disease he ever hears about and annoyS
not only himself but everyone around him with
his imaginary ills gives himself away neatly too
when he gets hold OF the little truth gadgetS.
He unknowingly admits to mind experts that
his heart trouble indigestion and arthriuc pains
are all in his head, by building colorless but eN-
tremely elaborate shapes OF buildings or other
wcllknown landmarks.
For many persons, pills may one day be re-
placed by Informative, il not flattering, picture
of themselves built with their own hands.
In cases OF brain injury, or where tumor
is developing, it frequently is possible 10 locate
the seat of the trouble from the results of a
mosaic test For instance, the person who has
injury in the lower or subcortical part of
his brain becomes copycat II he sees one
pattern before him he slavShly copies it over and
over again. =
Diseased conditions in another part of the
brain cause entirely different reactions.
Dual personalities suppressed desires OF which
the victim himself is not aware, and even poten-
tahtes for expert achievement in new fields hith-
erto given consideration may all one day b. dug
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

completely. Despite their general disregard for
shape they leave as many as possible blood.
tipped" and dangerouslooking points jutting out
from the pattern they make,
But catch the same fellow on one of his low
days and he'll make harmless" small shapes all
black and blue.
Mentally deficient persons, who, one might say,
aren't all there because their minds never have
developed beyond a primitive stage, are orderly
and monotonous in their construction They do
as Elizabeth Wagner did, putting all pieces OF
one shape together Again color becomes Of htt-
or-miss concern
Fear and overpowering feeling OF insccur-
ity crops up in the work of many persons suffer
ing from epilepsy. AS il trying 10 hold onto
something for comfort and support they place
their design along the outer edges of the tray
in a border effect Added TO this are other more
complicated indications Of their trouble which
we'll leave 10 the experts.
The border building habit crops up in others,
too. Sometimes il is only near one side, and nat
urally the trend is more pronounced in some in
dlviduals than others
- Even everyday folk like the woman who always
49, to go back TO see If the gas is turned Off or
the man who returns constantly 10 check on the
lights might be expected to hedge away from
the center and toward the protective edge in
their picture making.
Aside from-this tendency, the person who
lives i'm a constant purgatory of anxious fear.
worried that the boss will fire him, in terror OF
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

fire, crowds or 9th er
things he must face every
day, often makes known
what is troubling him,
without knowing he is re-