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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
|nlalI Business,
Labor, Consumer
b Be Considered
Interest Lies
In Medical And
School Supplies

|wAeHlNGTON. nc. - AT the
.nrsst Of the Washington Blu
III Of the NAACP. Senator Rob-
4 ; wagner OF New York, who
4 long championed anti-lynch-
4 and other progressive legis-
G,on. today succeeded in having
4 Senate bill. s20s5 providing
1, the disposal OF surplus war
sonerty amended TO prohibit
Termination.
M IL estimated that there will
A belwecn s5O.000.O0O.000 and
H. oooooooo worth OF govern
but.owned property available
4 distrihutlon after the war.
hlle much Of this property will
insist Of weapons OF war. there
I'M be many billions OF dollars
trh Of civilian consumer goods
5hnablc. or particular interest
j Negroes is the estimated $780,
y mo- worth OF medical and dem
h supplies which may be dis
thnied 10 unsupported and
tr.profi medical institutions
NJ hospitals in areas where ia
Mics are inadequate. There will
NJ he enormous stock piles OF
slpmcnt left over from the mill
b. training program which viii
4 suitable for distribution TO vo-
t,ional and engineering. schools.
tad VIII IloId Stick
zrhe amendment introduced by
knaior Wagner requires the
b. Of the surplus Property adj
tnlsiraiion which the bill pro-
sfcs TO set up, TO devise ways
ID means and prescribe appro-
tlaie regulations and directiyes
h prc,ent any discrimination
tainsi persons institutions and
<Fporaiionsl in the disposal. dis
<huiion and use OF any govern
&ni property covered by this
y on account OF race, creed or
&or
Senator Wagner Is also con-
fdine for Inclusion in the bill
4 a provision for representation
4 all racial minority groups on
ysory committees set UP to
isl in making policies govern
the disposition Of these ma
&ials
Divisions Considered
PIC bin provides that such adj
+ory committees shall be fair
representative OF (al larger
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
Negroes Elected To
AFL Car Union

Los ANGELES (ANPl Ne
glocs will form part OF the
membership Of the ALL Amalga-
mated Association OF Street and
Electric Railway employees here.
according to recent vote by the
union. The changed attitude on
the part Of the organization will
affect Negroes who work on
strect-cars and buses Of the Los
Angeles Railway company.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02

business. tb) small business. tc)
cooperatives. Cd labor groups.
(el interested farm consumers
and other groups. Provision for
the participation OF ethnlc minor
ity groups has also been request
cd.
The NAACP urges teacher and
school associations. medical, dem
tai and hospital groups. which
stand 10 gain by this amended
bill to wire or write their sena-
tors TO support this bill as
amended
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
Widow Cannot
Wed Under Will

LOUISVILLE tANP) Mrs. Lena
Curtis. who was left considera-
Bile property by her late husband.
Lee w. Curtis. can keep posses
sion Of IL. only as long as she
remains widow. Curtis will
filed for probate last week, dis
closed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
rize For Raising
Bail OF Cotton

MAGNOLIA. Ark. - amp -
Ernest Thompson. a Negro that
raised the first "a bale OF cotton
for Columbia country. was given
premium which totaled SEQ.
last week as the bale was placed
in the Mid-South Cotton associa-
ton at s2l.55 cents per pound.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
Haiti President

CURACAO. NWI.-- AMP Amid
loud cheers and colorful deco
raiions. Dr. Ellie Lescot. presi-
dent OF Haiti drove through the
streets Of Curacao Monday on his
return trip from Venezuela. Les
cots visit marked the third one
Ivy an international celebrity 10
Curacao this year.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02

AN ADVANCED BASE N THE
SOUTH PAcIFIc-Pvt. John c.
Snedacar. a former employee OF
the Norfolk Naval Yard. Norfolk,
Va. is now on duty here with =
quartsrmaster service company
OF the Army's Service OF supply
forces In the South Pacific thea
ter.
His organization is the liaison
for supplies and ammunition for
The various combat units in this
theaier. Pvt snedacar's work in
cludes forwarding these supplies
TO the front lines.
The son OF Mrs. Azlea sneda-
car. 3S4l Riopelle street Detroit
Mich. Pvt Snedacar entered the
army in June, 1919 and came
overseas in March. 1914 He re-
ceiyed training at Camp Forrest.
Tenn.
Pvt. Snedacar attended Parker
High school. Birmingham, Ala
where ne will be remembered by
his friends as curly Since com
ing overseas Pvt snedacar has
met his brother. Pvt. Levi sncd-
AGAR. who is serving with an In
fantry outfit.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02
Sill 10 Dispose OF War Properties Gets Discrimination Clause
M;chiganders
With The Colors

uary. 1874 ne received his basic
training a. Fort Belvoir. Va. and
transferred 10 his present organ
ization az Camp swift. Texas.
Alfred Lewis. relative Of It's
Andrew Lewis serves ia the
quartermasters New York. NY.
a graduate from Birmingham
Baptist in 1927 Hometown boys
in the outfit are M-Sgt Wilson
II. Caldwell. Cpl william Hus-
ton. Pvt. Arthur l. Appling and
Pvt Eddie r. Watson
AZ keesler Field
KEESLER FIELD. Biloxi. Miss.
Private George Phillip Cow
ineion. son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Covington Of gil Kentucky,
Monroe Mich. has reported 20
keesler field t. take the Army
Air Forces Training command
examinations 70 determine his
qualifications as pre-aviation
cadet
An an applicant for training
that will make him flying Of
ficer. he viii be given series
OF medical and phychological
tests at Keesler field which will
indicate the type OF air crew
training for which he is best
suited by aptitude and personal
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02

Looking for Work. There is a
good paying job for you IN our
HELP WANTED COLUMNS.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-09-02

GrADALCANAL - T-5 Andrew
Lewis. OF 1854 Brush street De
troil Mich. former employee
OF the Chrysier corporation Of
Detroit Mich. is now on duty in
the South Pacific with an I'm
gineer battalion.
His organization purifies and
distributes water for use OF the
armed forces in this area His
duties are unit mail clerk and
battalion bugler
The son OF Mrs Ida Lewis. 937
Theodore street Detroit. Mich.
he entered the service Aug. %,
1912. and came overseas In jan
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Up To Council

Thousands of Toledo workers and con-
sumers have their eyes upon their city
council They are interested and con-
cerned with what council is going to 40
with the black market ordinance.
Contrary to the editorial opinion OF one
of our better known Toledo journalists
the workers and consumers of this city are
not minority group. 1t is true they are
acting as what is sometimes derisively
called pressure group, but who has
better right to bring pressure to bear than
the majority.
In democracy the will of the majority
is supposed to govern. If this is true city
council would do well to pay closer atten-
ton to the group which will attend It's
next meeting and remember that 1T repre-
sents the majority, and not the minority
of the citizens of Toledo.
The very fact that the big economic
interests of this city, the real estate oper-
ators, business men, restaurant operators
and the daily press are so insistent that
the black market ordinance not be passed,
is sufficient to arouse a feeling OF suspi-
cion that these interests must have some
10
Politicsvis the hand maiden of Geo.
nomics. and in Toledo, no less than In
other communities, as well as the nation
itself it is the big economic interests
which try, and often succeed in debating
the laws aimed at the protection OF big
business.
Workers are frozen to jobs at frozen
wages; but congress repeals the Presi'
dents executive order limiting incomes
in the high brackets.
Labor is taxed frozen and impeded IN
its efforts to secure justice, but the big
business interests double their profits
since 1899. And in the face of this treat
ment. we are told that we cannot have
effective enforcement of OPA regulations,
because seven partisan politicians are
lined up with their party which is the
servant and willing tool of the economic
interests which run this country.
Workers and consumers of Toledo rise
in your might and demand the black
market ordinance. Discover for yourself
who the men are and what they represent
who tell you that you are wrong and they
are right.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
An Also Ron

Dear Sir.
AS an also ran for place
on the Auto-Lite executive
committee, | wish to extend
sincere congratulations to
those who were successful.
l wish to express my appre-
citation and thanks to the
Auto-Lite workers, Ed Duck
and Howard Cutcher for their
efforts in the best interests of
our Unit and the Local.
Auto-Lite workers seem de-
termined to have a Unit of
which they can be Justly
proud. Let us hope that this
spirit will continue and that
we may have we'll attended
Unit meetings. Make the dol
lar per month which we in
vest in our union pay divi-
dends by showing an active
interest and backing your Of
ficers in their work of trying
to make our lot as workers
a happier one.
Thanks a million to my
friends and let's strive to
make progress as a united
and strong organization.
Fraternally yours,
Julius Stefan,
Dept. 222
Auto-Lite Unit
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

The racial state must not concern itself
with the interests Of other states but must
battle for its own people. The future will not
be guided by international sentimentality, but
hy soldiers fighting for our nation"
ADOLF HITLER In Mein Kampf
chapter 26.
There are many big business men who
believe whole -heartedly in Allied unity in lust
the same way the President They believe
in unity for both the war and for the peace
They want TO see an enduring peace based on
a high standard of living and a growing
volume of world trade and therefore believe
in the Good Neighbor policy not only between
the United States and Latin America, but also
between the United States and other United
Nations in the postwar period"
VICE PRESIDENT WALLACE, in a speech
January I6, 1914.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Editor's $ Mail
Wants JourndI
By Pettigrew

Dear Sir:
Our mutual fr i e n d Dan
Holzemer loa ane d me the
March 3 issue of the UNION
JOURNAL and called my at
tention to your column Its
News To Me" in that issue. l
congratulate you heartily for
a job well done.
The shifting of the tax bur-
den from this generation to
the taxpayers of the next,
which will be made up main
ly of our boys who are now
in the front lines is an is-
sue of national Importance.
I would like to have the
JOURNAL regularly and en-
close check for one years SUBJ
scription.
Very truly yours,
Amos l.. Conn
Editors Note: Mr.. Conn was
formerly judge of the Wood
County Common Pleas Court
in Bowling Green. He is now
engaged in private legal
practice in Toledo.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Workers Decision

Workers at the WHY'S Overland plant
who will vote in next Wednesdays NLkb
election are called upon to make deci-
sion which will have far reaching effects
on their future welfare.
II is not merely case of rejecting one
union for another, but case involving the
economic welfare and future OF the work
ers.
BY its ill-timed and unpatriOtic strike
last month, and its threat of another strike
before next Wednesdays election, the
MESA leadership has proved that 1t Is
more concerned with maintaining ITS own
selfish position than it is in advancing the
cause of the workers
Those who vote in the Wednesday cleo
ton should cast aside all personalities and
all other considerations save their own in
terests and ask themselves some serious
questions ID Which is the stronger or
ganization? (2) Which organization has
accomplished the most for the workers IN
the way of rates of pay and seniority! I'd
Which organization is most likely to sur
vive in the postwar period?
We believe that the workers involved
are not impressed with the methods used
by the MESA, which have caused serious
financial loss for the workers in order to
save the faces of Matt Smith, Earl Streeter
and other MESA leaders.
We have every confidence in the
judgment and common sense of the work
ers and believe they will give the UAW-
CIO an overwhelming vote and put them
selves on the road to better economic con-
ditions with a stronger, saner union
Local IL, UAW-CIO.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
A Gallup Doubfer

10 tne EQltOr.--
According to the | a { e s (
Gallup poll, "a per cent of or
ganized labor will vote Repub-
lican in the coming national
election. That report is hard
to believe.
1t seems impossible that be-
tween three and four million
workers are so utterly blind
to their own interests. The en-
ployers of labor are Republi-
can to a man.
Does any worker think the
interests of labor have any
identity with the interests of
big industry? If so, he should
realize that one very impor-
tant interest of big business is
the destruction of organized
labor.
Some people inherit their
politics as they do their reli-
gion. Big industrialists are not
that silly. Their influence and
votes are made to serve their
monetary interests, Labor will
either adopt the same attitude
or its golden age is over.
Unless labor proves to be a
political force it will not hold
the gains of the last II years
much less make further pro-
gress. 1t can only be a poll
tical force by presenting a
united front for President
Roosevelt TO whom it owes so
much.
Mr.. Frank Stine in a recent
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
REQUIRES INTEREST

REQUIRES INTEREST
Although the solution merely requires that
the workers take an interest in their govern
ment by voting properly, and thus assure
passage of legislation beneficial to labor, the
application of the solution will be most diff
ficult, because it means waking up the people
to the true facts, and repudiating the vicious
lies which appear daily in the employer SUBJ
sidized press and radio programs
In the midst of the war for the survival of
democracy, there groups in the United
States who work overtime trying to destroy
the rights of the workers
There is Eric Johnston of the Chamber of
Commerce who apparently believes that lib
erty should be unrestricted for the employers.
and that there should be no government inter-
ference if such liberty destroys the rights of
the workers.
There is Martin Dies who seems to believe,
that the employers have a right to spend a
fortune to elect their friends to public office,
but the workers should not be allowed to be-
long to any organization which seeks to elect
friends of labor to public office.
LAYOFFS AND STRIKES
Although great howl has been raised to
attempt to blame few scattered work stop
pages for a possible prolongation of the war,
the employers have laid off workers witho,l
hesitation whenever their profits were .
fected.
In order to arouse the workers to use their
potential political power to obtain passage of
legislation which will assure adequate social
security and full employment, a review Of
the accomplishments labor has made to date
might help. Such review will not only show
what we can still gain, but will also show now
all our previous gains can be lost thru failure
to vote in the interest of labor.
In future columns will be a series of ar
ticles on the history of the labor movement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

great EXTENT upon the Importance which labor
is given in the peace conference We Know tnat
unless labor has a strong voice around the con-
ference table and succeeds in having Its Just
demands and wishes fulfilled tnat Inere can Os
no lasting peace.
FULL EMPLOYMENT
Our Union and the other Unions affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
are concerned with what is going to happen to
the workers of this and all other countries once
this war has been brought to a conclusion.
We believe. and think that the events of
the past few years give weight to our bellef,
that the people of one country cannot have an
abundant life while their neighbors struggle IN
poverty and want. From such conditions are
bred the Hitlers and dictators of today; from
such shall come the Hitlers of the future unless
we guard against the conditions which create
the opportunity for this type of demagogue.
PLANNING
To bring about peace and plenty, we must
have some groundwork laid to insure these
blessings. We cannot expect to go on without
a plan and take everything as 1t comes we
cannot expect peace and plenty In our own
country unless these things become part of
the thinking of the peoples of other countries
We can never hope for peace in counts
which has bread lines, does and want lnste
of employment and security.
Peace cannot and will not to the
world until all the nations of the world sit
down and become in reality family of nations
and not group of envious, greedy and quar-
relsome races
Our future, the future of returning
soldiers the peace of our own country and the
world depend upon the way labor is treated in
the postwar world. If we can insure full en-
ployment in our own country in accord with
our capacity to produce; if we can have abund-
ance and greater security we shall be insuring
own domestic peace and contributing to
the peace of the rest of the world
Labor must be treated for the important
thing it is. The workers must be regarded
men and not machines They must be given the
things that are their God given right. In
word workers must be regarded and treated
the producers of the wealth of the world,
the backbone of society and the greatest con-
tributors to the economic welfare of this and
all other countries
Soldiers, think you know what you are
fighting for, and l can assure you that your
Union will fight to the end to safeguard your
rights, because after all, you are really work
ers wearing soldiers uniforms.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

learned to think and vote as
workers. AS soon as the
workers come to understand
that the laws passed by Con-
gress and the State Legisla-
lures affect them directly,
and that legislative bodies
which are composed only of
representatives of the en-
ployer class cannot be ex-
pected to support legislation
favorable to labor, we will
be in position to start cor
recting this condition.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

mouse,
Mr.. Johnston's logic is no doubt convinc-
ing to the unthinking, or to those OF manage
nent who like to rationalize themselves INTO
a position where they can justify their labor
policies
But Mr. Johnsons talk, while it contained
several pertinent points, missed its mark when
he sought to compare the position of labor for
the past 10 years with the position OF indus
try in the years preceding the depression
Basing his argument upon the contention
that the industrial boom of the 192Os was
comparable to what he called the LABOR
hoo,,,n from, 1919 IN 1912 and comparing the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

bad that the
national leg
islature and
the chief ex-
e c u t i We of
the greatest
d e m o cracy
in the world
S p e n d so
much ii m e
beating each
others heads
with brick
bats and tax
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

to be most
careful in
the selection
of supervi-
sion in the
shops, be-
cause these
are the men
who are re-
sponsible for
carrying out
c o m p a n y
policy.
The pre-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

letter to the Journal calls for
labor party. He would be
willing to give up his allegi-
ance to the Republican party
to support such movement.
He might as well call for the
moon.
Why not support the best
friend labor has had thus far
In all our history? NAM sup
ports COP. Are its friends
yours, Mr.. Stein?
Robert D. Bachar
Auto-Lite Unit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
On The
Beam
By Clayton W. Fountain

There is much talk of ma
tional unity.
The row between FDR and
Congress is loudly deplored, in
hieh nlaces and low. It's too
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

l write letters to all the
fellows who send their let
terS to me and tell them we
are doing everything in our
power to insure their jobs
when thir war is over. | as
sure them that their SEMI
ority rights will be insisted
upon, and that in addition to
that, we are going to insist
they have jobs.
We all must realize that
labor's part in the postwar
era is going to depend to a
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
REGIONAL Views
By Richard Gosser, Director,
Region 2B, UAW-CIO
SOLDIERS QUERY

Judging from the many letters which come
to me from members of our Union now serving
in the armed forces, their principal concern is
for the jobs which they hope will be waiting
for them upon their return home.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Waking The
Workers
by MELVIN SCHULTZ
President-Local IL, UAW-CIO

AS it was pointed out in this column last
week, the workers comprise the majority of
the population, yet this majority is treated
as if it were minority.
This is because the workers have not yet
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
It's To Me 'y 9.ss;j @; !
DOGHOUSE

Eric A. Johnston president of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States speaker before banquet in Boston last
Monday labor the threshold of the dog
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
What's $
New?
BY Edward Duck,
Educational Director, Local IL
WATCH YOUR FOREMAN!

Cagey Freddie Crawford,
speaking before the Rotary
Club in Toledo the other day,
cautioned his fellow big-wigs
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-29
Leadership Achieving
For Methodist Church

Much of the success of the
Browning Methodist Church Sun
day School can be given to the
splendid leadership that has been
procured. S. 7. Scotland, known
as 'Scotty" to everyone in this
area. is superintendent. Miss
Shirley Morgan is doing a grand
job as secretary. In charge of
the nursey class is Mrs. Verda
Edwards. Mrs. Dillon Longen-
bauRh is teaching the beginners
group. Miss Bonnie Nelson has
the primary group. Miss Audra
Pambrun has charge of large
fourth grade class. Mrs. Jane
Maurer is teaching the fifth and
sixth grade class. Mrs. Willena
Handy h 8 h e intermediate
group. Mrs. Stephen H. Smith
has the young peoples class and
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-29

Ohio Eason is teaching the adult
class. Rev. Smith is acting in
the capacity as advisor to officers
and teachers of the school.
In the first two Sundays the
attendance shows Is were pres
ent on September 10 and 72 we're
present on Sept II. New pupils
should enroll through the secre-
tary, superintendent or pastor.