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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15

OF tho asserted "one-hand''
fighting. the Connecticut congress
woman said she believed the home
front had not been Spurred 10 all
out effort because Of not having
Yet felt too much The effect of
casualties.
Mrs. Luce arrived Al Allied
headquarters in Italy with other
members OF the House military
affairs committee touring the Eu-
ropean battle areas.
After the exodus from Dun
kirk and Burma" she told a
news conference. IN referring 10
the production and supply, II
did not think we could do II.
Now we are supplying 10 million
Allies; we've built up the worlds
biggest navy, army and air
force.
The only trouble Is that
neither l nor GI Joe knows what
AAA4A u At4-A+NNi dtf-NtttN
power. We have no foreign
policy"
The GlamorouS Mrs Luce wear
ing bows on her blond braids and
carrying her coat while adorned
by a scarf at the throat of her
uniform, said she did not have an
idea when the war would end.
But" she added, IL would
not be surprised II the Germans
last another year or give up
tomorrow. IL the Germans were
RATIONAL they would give up to-
morrow, wouldn't they" ."
Moreover. declaring the lack Of
blood plaSma was startling, Mrs.
Luce said she would campaign 10
assure a continuous supply since
1t means lives; IT means the boys
going home"
Upon her arrival. Mrs. Luce
said prime interest was Ito see If
all this talk about Italy turning
Communist is true"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
10 Firms Get
Pay Penalties

The Regional War Labor Board
odsy recommended penalties
stating S4l $50 against 16 Nlch.-
an companies for alleged Illegal
Hvment of wages Ten nf the
lTpsniCS are M Detroit
Recommendation have been
.ade 10 The internal revenue de-
ariwent that the ID IN cunts
assessed against each company be
isallowed IN calculating opcrat-
IS costs for income tax purposes
Largest penalties were placed
ralnSt the Lansing Tool AMI De
o Lansing. ara The ] j. Bard
tCo., 4Sl ". Garfield, Detroit.
The Lansing company, charged
nth mlsclaSsitvnC workers 10
istlfy wage raises, was assessed
i5.04a.
Bard. the first automobile col
sSion man 20 be hailed before the
oard for paying excessive wages
sttf t+1at- ttrr sfSScSvrrtrrrtt tt-tJtf- q
rive him out OF business.
Other Detroit firms involved
re-
VI. Graf & Co. 5000: Conn's
iotH1es Shop, S3.e9e; Bryant &
e,wiler, s. 500: Superior Safety
Grnace Pipe Co, $1,000; SoSS
liz Co. $1,000, Winters Brothers
tampng Co., $1,000; 4. c
httrich Co, $1,000. FleX-O-Tube
nd Advance Mfg. companies. $500
sch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
Mrs. Simms Recovering

CHICAGO. Dec. IA (UP)-Mrs
Ruth Hanna Mccormick Simms,
Republican leader from New
Mexico. seriously Ill since an OF
GRAFTON 10 days ago. was reported
much better" today at Billings
Hospital.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
San Salvador Denies
Revolution Rumor

SAN SALVADOR. Fl Salvador
Dec IA up The Salvadorean
government last night denied
Guatemala City reports that a
revolutionary move emit had
broken out here and said the
army police and national guard
remained loyal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
Us. Fights Handed
Battle. Says Mrs. Luce

ROME, Dec II INS-Decaring that America is fighting
with one hand behind her back Rep. Clare Boohe Luce
today that she most impressed her battlefront by
the miracle Of American production and supply"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-15
SPORTSMEN'S
PLAID SHlRTS..S8.95

1000 wool Northwestern plaid
shirts. They're rough and ready,
dashing and debonair, warm as
toast. All sizes and all colors. An
ideal Christmas gift.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Local Bond
Wins Prize

A check for $106 was received
by Local IL from the Interna-
tional UAW-CIO for first prize
for the band and Local IL dele
cation as first prize in the UAW-
CIO convention parade held in
Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept. II.
Credit for the fine showing of
the band in Grand Rapids was
given by esid ent Melvin
Schultz, Local IL president. "We
are very proud of our band, -
said President Schultz "even
when they don't help us win
prizes. We are doubly proud of
them when they do"
The prize money will be
placed in the bands fund to ad-
vance it as a musical organiza-
ton. Carmen Broderick of the
ys-Overland Unit was in
charge of the band in Grand
Rapids. He organized the musi-
clans and has been director Of
them for the past several years.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
NLRB TO Conduct
Bunfinq Election

Approximately 800 employees
of the Bunting Brass and Bronze
Co. will vote in an NLRB con-
Quoted election on October "a 10
determine a proper bargaining
agent. Local IA, UAW-C1O has
been in charge of the organiza-
ton drive aided by Interna-
tiona1 representatives attached
to the office of Regional Di-
rector Richard GosSer.
Arrangements were made
early this week for the election
between UAW representative,
NLRB officials and representa-
tives of the Bunting Co.
Bunting which has been under
organization for some months is
believed to be favorable to the
UAW-CIO with many members
signing up. since the NLRB di-
rective ordering the election
was received.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

and amateurs, singers, dane
ers, instrumentalists and 9TH
er stage specialties, according
to Walter Madrzykowski, who
is in charge of the production.
Services of an outstanding stage
director have been secured for
what promises to be scintillat-
ing and novel performance.
Additions are under way and
contact Mr.. Madrzykowski at
are being held daily from 100
to 400 p. m. except Tuesday,
and evenings beginning at 1880
o. m. at Local IL headquarters,
425 Winthrop st. Talent wish
ing tryouts may apply at the
Adams 4611.
Mr.. Gosser stated that the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

the Interpretation of the law by
Col. Griffith.
All three labor spokesmen
asked that unemployment ano
new employment of veterans be
on the basis of accrued senior
ity. Accrued seniority, they ex-
planned, would mean that the
time spent in military service
would be added to the time pre-
viouSly worked, and that in the
case of men who never had been
previously employed, immediate
credit for military service would
be given to a veteran when en-
ployed.
Measures Too Restrictive
CIO President Philip Murray
declared "The only complaint
of the CIO is that these legisla-
tive measures Ito protect vet
erans) are too restrictive COM
pared to the need the veterans
will experience. l want to en-
phasize that actual protection is
meager and inadequate COM
pared to the seniority provisions
of the labor unions contract and
the proposals we have made for
veterans protection on the job"
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

as war production ends.
Bowles instead is promot-
ing a program that would be
based on:
Maximum hourly output on
the part of labor.
High wage rates
Low unit prices
Greatest possible volume of
of production.
Maintenance of high farm
income
Recognition that prosperity
of all groups depends on
prosperity of others.
The lengthy memorandum,
which is being discussed with
approval by labor leaders here,
summarizes the work of OPA in
wartime, recalls the facts and
figures on what happened to
the economy after World War l,
and outlines OPA's present re-
conversion price policy.
All Groups Benefited
All groups have benefited
from OPA's price-setting on the
phenomenal number of eight
million different products and
services, Bowles reported to his
advisors.
Industry has made huge prof
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

its in the war, despite price fix
ing, BowIes said, quoting figures
to show that industry profits in
1943, after payment of high
wartime taxes. exceeded net
profits after taxes in 1929"
Citing the first World War
experience, when living costs
rose 43Po between Armistice
Day and June, 1920, the OPA
administrator declared that "a
weak price policy during the
next few months can set in mo-
ton all the powerful initiation
airy forces that surround us.
THE only lasting answer to
initiation" Bowles asserts, is
full production of civilian goods
with all possible speed"
Speed was emphasized by
Bowles because of the danger Of
"deflation" if reconversion is
slowed down during the crucial
weeks when war production
ceases and an estimated 2 mil
lion people have to find COM
pletely new jobs. Unless fear of
prolonged unemployment can be
dispelled quickly, even any SUBJ
tantial savings of workers will
be held back through uncertain
ty about the future.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
How About IL :?

The time for little soul
searching has come. Every
individual CIO member
must ask himself:
Have 1 given my dollar
to reeIect Roosevelt?
Have the members of my
family contributed that dol
lar?
Am 1 registered?
Are the eligible voting
members of my family
registered?
Am l, my family, and my
friends going to vote on
November Z?
Let's get that dollar in to
"Elect the Man We Can't
Afford to Lose" and let's do
it right now. This is the
crucial moment! Let's reg
iSter! Let's vote!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

going through the red tape
of WLB proceedings.
After rejecting the labor
resolution, the Board by an 8 to
4 vote with public and indus
try m m b ers uniting) put
through wordy substitute
which boiled down merely to
more study and more fact-find-
ing on the wage proposition.
This substitute was assailed by
the laborites on the Board in
just about the strongest lam
guage they have used in months.
Labor Lays Plans
The labor members followed
up by laying plans to carry on
their fight without a letup for
realistic wage program. The
next step in their program will
be to renew strong demands on
FDR that ne relax the wage
freeze without further delay,
regardless of the WLB's stalling.
They intend either to present
him with strong written state
ment on the subject, or call upon
him personally, or do both.
What they propose to pound
home above all is the vital i'm
portance of changing the wage
policy now so as to avert an eco
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Goes
To Army

Edward ]. Duck, Local II
education director since 1941,
is now Private Duck of the
United States Army. He left
Toledo on Oct. 13 to become
sailor and ended up at Camp
Atterbury, Indiana, headed for
the infantry.
In addition to his work as
education director, Mr.. Duck
carried on organizational activ-
tiles in many of the shops now
affiliated with Local II. He first
a ttrac cite d attention in the
Champion Spark Plug organiza-
tional drive where his efforts
were largely instrumental in
bringing that shop into the Lo-
cal. His more recent organiza-
tional efforts were at the Pack
ard Motor Co. and prior to that
at the Swartzbaugh Mfg. Co.,
both of which are now Units of
Local u.
Negotiated Contracts
Mr.. Duck negotiated contracts
for many Local II shops in
Guiding S. M. Jones, Surface
Combustion, Industrial Rubber,
Swartzbaugh, Packard, and 9TH
ers. He was recently assigned to
Auto-Lite Unit to assist in their
negotiations. He is a member of
the later Unit.
In addition to his organiza-
tional and contract work, Mr..
Duck instructed classes in Ia
Dor relations and collective bar
gaining. No classes were begun
this year because of his Army
status.
Originally headed for the
Navy, Mr.. Duck ended up in the
Army due to the fact that Navy
assignments have been drastic
ally reduced.
Private Duck is the fifth of
his family to go to the armed
forces, three of his brothers are
in the Army and one in the
Navy. Three of the four broth
ers are members of Local II.
His mother who resides at 1924
Franklin Ave. is employed at
the Packard Motor Co. and is
a member of that Unit.
Whats New" a column
written by Mr.. Duck for the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL
ever since the paper started will
be continued by the former edu-
cational director and may be
found in this issue on page 4
in its usual place.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
ModroWSki
Heads Service
Committee

Ted ModroWski, chairman of
the American Can Unit of Local
IL was appointed chairman of
the Local IL Servicemen's Com
mittee at the October 13 meet
ing of the Local.
Mr.. ModroWski expressed the
view that the committee should
be greatly enlarged and should
be established for all shops in
order to give the returning
servicemen the service for
which the organization was set
up.
Commenting upon the present
size of the committee, Mr.. Mo-
drowski said there are many
things we'll organized COM
mittee can do for the service
men, a work which we cannot
do right now due to the fact that
so few have shown an interest
in the committee. We are trying
to maintain contact with the
boys in the Army and should be
prepared to do something for
them when they come back
home"
Veterans from World War l
and the present war are par
ticularly needed on the commit
tee according to the chairman.
The UAW-CIO is particularly
anxious to have the committees
established in all Locals.
Those who are interested in
serving on the Servicemen's
Committee may contact Ted Mo-
drpwski by writing him at Local
IL, 425 Winthrop st. Toledo 10,
Ohio, or by attending the next
regular meeting of the organiza-
ton on November 20.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

+ sy c n o 10 6 i cal experts
might term it "psuedo inter
nationalism." Veteran politi-
cal campaigners call it political
trickery of the usual Republi-
can brand"
What is it? It's feverish at
tempt to surround Thomas E..
Dewey with an air of interna-
tionalism and thus pacify the
independent Republicans of the
Willkie stripe who observe, with
disgust, how firmly the isola-
tionist-Old Guard controls the
COP and the Dewey campaign.
Dewey Needs 1t
Dewey needs this independent
support, needs it badly. So
hence the political trick of the
year, the emergence of Jonn
Foster Dulles, Dewey's friend
and supposedly a friend of inter
national cooperation, as the
COPS expert on foreign affairs.
Dulles meets Republican spe-
cifications perfectly. His uncle,
Robert Lansing was secretary
of State und& Wilson. Dulles
was a secretary to a delegation
at the Hague peace parleys in
1907 and aided Lansing in Paris
in 1913. The lustre of diplo-
matte service should certainly
impress the voters, Republican
policy makers figured.
1t was pretty good scheme
If it had worked. But fortu-
nately for the American people,
Dulles has been stripped of his
false mask and stands today
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

naked before American public
opinion as the defender of fas-
cism, attorney and director OF
international carte Is, which
have deep-rooted connections
with German business interests
and have never been and never
will be true friends of interna-
tional harmony.
Dulles Record
Let's have look at the
record.
Dulles is a partner of Sullivan
and Cromwell, one of America S
richest law firms and counsel
for American Bamberg Corp.
and North American Rayon Co.,
part of an international rayon
cartel; international Nickel Co.,
of Canada, hub of a worldwide
nickel cartel, besides sundry
other trusts, Dulles, himself, is
a director of the nickel cartel.
From their rich, well-cush-
ioned Wall Street offices Sulli-
van and Cromwell advise four
Cuban sugar companies, who
practically control the whole
sugar industry on the island. In
addition, Dulles firm repre-
sCnts the National Dairy Prod
ucts Corp, whose vice-president,
James Bruce is a director of
Standard Gas and Electric Co.,
which is controlled by the Vic
tor Emanuel interests. Emman-
uel is linked to the j. Henry
Schroeder Banking Co., finan-
Continued on Page 2
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show will be one of the first of
its kind in Toledo. He said that
some outstanding professionals,
residents of Toledo, had already
been engaged to take part in the
show and that some of them
would be a surprise to the au-
dience.
Carmen Broderick, musical
director for Local IL, will be in
charge of the musial arrange
ments and music. Others who
will aid in the production are o.
J. Pecord and Bunny Zawodny,
program: Howard Rediger, tick
cts, and Edward DeVlin, scenery.
Rehearsals are being held
twice each week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

of Ohio State University receiv-
ing his A. B. degree in 1886 and
his law degree in 1889. He
served on the editorial staff of
the Ohio State Law Journal
during his time in the law
school.
Mr.. Guberman practiced law
in Columbus prior to coming
here. He lives at 814 Keil Rd.
with his wife, Lidabelle, and
daughter Toby Jan, aged 8.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

OLAASAN~AS'
Philip Murray, president of
CIO, criticized the law and
its Interpretation because 1--WE of
the CIO do not feel that veter-
ans are adequately cared for, "
and charged "glaring deficien-
cies." Robert ]. Watt, interna-
tional representative of AFL,
charged that the legislation was
confused" and that the Tan
guage is vague and indefinite. :"
He declared that it was full of
'loopholes. David B. Robert
son, president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen &
Enginemen, after quoting Col
Paul H. Griffith, chief of the
Veterans Personnel Division of
Selective Service, stated his be-
lief that Selective Service was
>%incorrctly in tie r preting the
Aw."
Criticize Job Provisions
The New York Times meeting
on Labor and the Veteran" was
the first public occasion where
top representatives of the three
branches of organized labor
criticized from the same plat
form the Selective Service laws
job provisions for veterans and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Public And Industry
Members Blasted
By Laborites

WASHINGTON CLPA) Oct 16. Organized labor has lost
round in its battle smash the Little Steel" wage freeze
but the for square deal wages is still going
union leaders made it clear
Labor suffered setback when the National War Labor
Board Oct H. refused to adopt aborsponsored reso
ton calling upon President Roosevelt to relax the Little
Steel yardstck to allow wage increases to the level
of the cost of living The resolution also proposed that
poyers be permitted to grant such adjustments without
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Maintenance
Workers
Gains

Steady growth of the
Greater Toledo Tool, Die and
Maintenance Council is con-
tinuing, according to its
chairman, Marshall Myers.
Membership in the Council is
held by members from all To-
ledo UAW-CIO plants.
Interest in the Council has
been on the increase ever since
the skilled maintenance workers
in Detroit staged their recent
protest against the War Labor
Board according to Mr.. Myers.
The resentment felt by the De-
troit workers in mirrored in
Toledo, he said.
Mr.. Myers said that the Coun-
Gil has the backing of Regional
Director Richard Gosser in its
fight to eliminate inequalities
and stabilize rates.
Wants Panel
Wage surveys recently COM
pleted by the UAW-CIO Skilled
Trades Department covering IT,
582 workers in 1874 plants re-
vealed wage differentials for
similar job classifications rang
ing up TO rs cents rer hour. 1t
has sought to have the War
Labor Board set up a fact find
ing panel to study the situation
with elimination of the inequali-
ties as the goal.
Thus far, according to Mr..
Myers, the Board has refused to
grant the skilled trades request.
He said that the AFL Board
members have taken a narrow
partisan view of the situation
and charged that they and the
industry members of the Board
"have betrayed the interests of
substantial group of American
workers.
With the growing membership
of the Council, it will make it
self felt and continue the fight
to stabilize wage rates.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20
Unions Are Best Guarantee
Or Veterans Security

NEW YORK, Oct. II QPA) = Spokesman for three
branches of organized abor-CIO and railway broth
erhoodsspeakng recently at meeting sponsored by the
New York Times unanimously expressed sober dssatisfac
ton with job provisions for of the Selectve
Service law and their Interpretation by Selecve Service
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

Express
Confidence

Employees Of the Lamson
Bros. department store are
feeling good these days be-
cause of the excellent man
ner in which their case was
presented before the National
Labor Relations Board. The
weak case of the AFL was ap-
parent even to those store
workers who had never before
observed an NLRB hearing.
In the Lamsonite, organiza-
tional paper of the CIO for Lam
son workers, great confidence
was expressed that the NLRB
would order an election based
on the facts brought out in the
recent hearing. It is only d
matter of time before an elec-
ton will be ordered by the
NLRB said the paper, and called
upon all CIO members in the
store to get their fellow work
ers who do not yet belong 20
the CIO to join.
Discusses Contract
Promising Lamson employees
that a model contract would DE
presented to the store manage
ment after the election, the
'Lamsonite" exuded confidence.
1t said that there would be no
more shady contracts such as
that signed by Oscar Smiths S
Retail Associates, Inc, and
promised that the CIO would
seek a 40-hour five-day week,
better working conditions, sem
iority, increased pay and other
advantages for the company en-
ployees.
Presenting a powerful argu-
ment in favor of employees or
ganizing, the Il ms soni e"
quoted the words of many
church authorities, Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish, to the eff
feet that it is not only desirable
for workers to become members
of unions, but that it is their
duty to do so.
Quotations from the Federal
Council of Churches (Protes-
tant), Catholic authorities in
Guiding Pope Pious and asSocia-
tions of Jewish Rabbis were
given. Several quotations from
churchmen praising the CIO in
its efforts to arouse the workers
from their lethargy were quoted
at length to show that employees
have the same right to organize
as employers.
Organization Increasing
CIO officials state that the
organization at Lamson's is con-
tinuing its growth and expressed
the view that when the NLRB
election is ordered, it will be an
overwhelming victory for the
CIO.
There does not seem to be the
slightest doubt in the minds of
the CIO leaders that the cleo
ton will surely be ordered.
Their confidence is shared by
many Lamson employees who
listened in to part of the hear
ing and who were amazed at the
weakness of the AFL case.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-20

at it's meeting
of October 13.
Mr.. Guber-
man will oc-
cupy offices in
Local y head
quarters TO r
general prac-
tice of the law
in addition to
his regular du-
ties. He is a
gra d u q t e of