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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
AFL, Go Urge WPB
To Plan Carefully

WASHINGTON Oct. a. GPAl The top leadership of
AFI and CIO with WPB chairman Julius Krug last
week and urged upon his the necessity for planning
version Just carefully the Army and Navy had planned
how to get the stupendous flow of materials
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
Lincoln HeodS
Co-OpS

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 (CLNS)
- Murray d. Lincoln, execu-
tive secretary of the Ohio
Farm Bureau Cooperatives,
was reelected as president of
the Cooperative League of the
USA at the close of the Coopera-
9Ieq ss5I5uoO Ie!uu7lu9O 9A!l
last week. Other officers re-
elected were: vice president -
Howard A. Cowden, president o1
the Consumers Cooperative AS
sociation; Treasurer - Leslie E
Woodcock, manager of Eastern
Cooperative Wholesale, and gen.
eral secretary-E. R. Bowen oi
Chicago.
A total of 1888 delegates anc
visitors participated in the Co.
operative Congress which also
served as a Cooperative Centen-
nial Celebration. Cooperative,
in ten nations were represented
including 80 registered from
Canada.
Two women were elected tc
membership on the national
board of directors of The League
by the Congress. They are Mrs
S. R. Logan of Winnetka, Hi.
nois who is a member of the
board of Central States Coopera.
tives and Mary Ellicott Arnold
of Philadelphia who is secretary
of the Philadelphia Area Co.
operative Federation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

Gross acreage in northern
Michigan state game areas totals
2,256, 1928; the state owns 1,189,-
064 acres in these areas.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

ing from the industrial plants
of the nation.
CIO President Philip Muir
raw and AFL President William
Green, along with top members
of the labor production staff in
WPB met with Krug and other
WPB officials in a conference
called at the request of the labor
men. This is the first such con
ference since Krug succeeded
Donald Nelson as head of the
nations war production agency.
They also discussed with
Krugs the letter which Assist
ant President" Byrnes had sent
to President Roosevelt, report
ing on progress of plans for the
cutting back of war production
after We day.
Dissatisfaction Expressed
Dissatisfaction was expressed
by the union spokesmen with
the plans for notifying the un-
ions when cutbacks take place.
After prodding by the unions,
Krug had sent out a memo say
ing that local management Of
ficials should notify labor sim
mediately" after they learn of
cutbacks in their war orders.
Labor officials are urging that
such news be given to the top
union representatives in Wash
ington as soon as the decision on
the cutback is made here, so
that adequate action can be
taken to protect union members.
Murray told Krug of his visits
to top military procurement Of
ficials, and of the precision with
which they planned how much
goods should be produced. He
also urged that WIPE act on his
proposal for a top planning
council composed of manage
ment, labor, agriculture and
government, along with SINH
lar council for each major indus
try, to plan the changeover to
full production and full employ
ment after the war is over. Krug
took the plan, as we'll as the pro-
posals on cutback notifications,
under advisement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
Propaganda Is
Propaganda

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. "a
A startling similarity exists be-
tween official German prop
aganda broadcasts and the state
ments of leading Republicans
made at the Republican Nation
al Convention in June and re-
peated during the campaign, the
CIO Political Action Committee
disclosed this week.
Analyzing 81 Nazi propaganda
themes, all directed at sowing
seeds of disunity and belittling
President Roosevelt, it was dis
covered that such top-flight
GOPers as presidential nominee
Thomas Dewey, ex-President
Herbert Hoover, Rep. Clare
Booth Luce, Rep. Joseph Mar
tin, minority leader, and several
leading Republican governors
either echoed or embroidered on
the Nazi line.
Here's a few examples:
"This New DeaD group grad
ually split the United States in
to goups and classes that could
be played against each other.
Artificial difference were Great
ed, not only between the upper
and lower classes but even be-
tween labor groups by the or
ganization of rival unions" Of
ficial German Broadcast, May
18, 1912.
''TheSe bureaucrats famed
bitter hatreds between labor un-
ions which divided the ranks OF
labor. And they famed hate be-
tween employers and Workmen.
They built class conflict instead
of national unity" Herbert
Hoover at the Republican Ma
tional Convention.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
TAFT'S RECORD


TAFTS RECORD
The record Of u. S. Senator
Robert Taft has been a long
story of launching attacks up
on the peoples standard of
living and supporting and pro-
noting bills designed to de-
Stroy the labor movement.
Going back to Dewey, all
the vague points in his pro-
gram are certainly made clear
by that champion of arch re-
action Governor John Bricker.
Fortunately, in America,
politicians are not froze to-
their jobs, and the mere mark
ing of an x beside the names
of candidates friendly to labor
can retire these foes of social
progress from public office.
If we fail to do the job this
year, the task of preventing
the liquidation of the labor
movement will be extremely
difficult. The chances of ever
achieving full employment for
all will be very close to nil.
Let us resolve this year to
take step in the right direc-
tion by voting the the full
slate of candidates endorsed
by the p. A. c.
PAC SLATE
The slate is printed below.
Cut it out and take it with
ySu into the voting booth.
For President, Franklin D.
Roosevelt; for Vice-president,
Harry S. Truman; for u. S.
Senator, VIM. S. Pickeral; for
representative from the ninth
district, John +. Hunter. The
above endorsed candidates are
Democrats.
On the County ticket for
County Commissioner, Roger
Bresnahan and Dr. Reuben
Hilty; for Clerk of Courts,
Henry Lipski; for State Sen
ator, Earl Ordway and Otto
Brach; for State Representa-
tives, Harold Miller, Ray Ge-
dert, Glenn G.. Kneisel; for
County Engineer, b. G. KeSt-
ing; for County Recorder,
Gerald Cullen. These are also
Democrats.
The Republicans endorsed
by the p. A. C. are George
Bender for United States Rep
resentative-at-large; Judge
Frank Wiley for County Pro-
secutor; Lane don Hall for
County Treasurer and Opal
Mundy for State Representa-
tive
Those endorsed for judges
are John @. Carey, for Judge
of Common Pleas; John w.
Hackett for Judge Of Common
Pleas; Harvey Straub write
in candidate) for Judge of
Common Pleas; Fred Balk for
Judge of Probate Court; and
Amos Conn for Judge of
Court Of Appeals.
Let us resolve to elect these
endorsed candidates as the
first step in letting the world
know the p. "A. c. is here to
stay.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
Women Voters
Oppose "Equal
Riohfs'' LaW

WASHINGTON, LPA), Oct.
24-The powerful Natl. League
of Woman Voters has Joined
with trade union men and Wo-
men in the fight on the so-called
Equal Rights Amendment to the
Constitution, now before Con-
gress.
In a few days the American
called Action" sent to all mem
bers, the League points out that
the proposal would wipe off the
books all legislation protecting
women. Instead, they urge pas
sage of specific bills eliminating
determinations against women
where they now exist.
Here are a few of the ques-
tions that the Women Voters eX-
pect will plague the courts if the
amendment is finally made into
law:
Would women have laws pro-
tecting them from rape!
Would widows pensions re-
ceivable under the Social Sc
curity Act be abolished unless
men also got pensions when
their wives die?
Would woman workers lose
their minimum wage and maxi
mum hour laws which they
struggled so hard to secure?
Would women in industry lose
protective legislation providing
separate rest rooms, a minimum
time for lunch, places to sit, and
a limit in the weights they
carry?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
Political
Action
by
Clayton
RusCh
Chairman
OF the Political Action Committee

In a few days the Aemrican
workers will have the oppor-
tunity to vote. Every worker
is faced with a very serious
problem. That problem is
simple. Do we want to save
the gains we have made in
the last twelve years and go
forward to the establishment
of a just and lasting peace
and full employment with
adequate social security? Or
do we want to allow our gov
ernment to be administered by
people who believe that Big
Business should have a free
hand to do as it pleases with
no government regulation and
control in the interests of the
citizens of our country.
While most workers believe
there SnOuld De a 1ul employ
ment program and sufficient
regulation Of Big Business, it
is not yet quite clear to
most people how closely the
workers welfare is tied in
with public elections.
Let's take the presidential
candidate Tom Dewey. His
speeches have made it very
clear that a Dewey admins
tration has no plan to provide
full employment His claims to
being Labor's Champion be
long in a burlesque show or a
joke book.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

state and city industrial union
councils and CIO Political
Action Committee regional
directors. PAC Chairman Sidney
Hillman declared at is essential
that this information be put in
the hands of every local union,
SO that arrangements can be
made to assure all workers time
off on Election Day where the
state law so provides. Our No.
lob is to assure the greatest
possible turnout on Election
Day. It is essential, therefore,
that full advantage be taken OF
these state laws. We rely upon
YOU TO bring these provisions to
the attention Of every CIO local
Immediately
Cites % States
Citing the % states which
provide free voting time, Hili-
man emphasized that in 10 Of
these states employers were re-
ouired to pay workers for the
time taken off. He stated that n
some states workers must make
application for time off. 1t was
believed that this requirement
might stall the voting process a
little. but that the barrier could
be overcome with the full CO.
operation Of all labor groups in
stressing this point to their
membership.
In many of the states employ
ers may be penalized for viola
ton of the statute. The hours to
be taken off, the PAC memo
randum pointed out, may be set
by law, the employer, or by mu-
tual agreement between the em-
ployer and employees In some
states, only employees Of certain
industries are guaranteed time
off.
Great significance was at
tached to these laws by labor
observers who noted that five
Of the borderline electoral states
provided time off for workers 70
vote. The failure of workers to
turn out in huge numbers in
such key states as New York
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Mas
sachusetts may determine the
election outcome, they agreed
Presented with the opportunity
by law, labor leaders urged that
workers take advantage of these
statutes and urge their friends
and families to become acquaint-
ed with all the provisions.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27
Small Come
Licenses lacrosse

LANSING, Oct. 24-Substan-
tial increase in sales of 1914
small game licenses over 1943 is
indicated by dealers recorders,
the conservation department re-
ports, Twenty per cent more
small game licenses and 10 per
cent more deer licenses were
shipped to dealers last August
than were supplied year ago.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

In those Michigan counties in
which bear are protected by law,
they may be hunted under a
deer license during the regular
deer season. Baraga and Memo
minee counties in the upper
peninsula are open to- bear hunt
ing the year around.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

During the Is years the con-
servation department has been
keeping accurate records of
hunting accidents in Michigan,
375 persons have been killed,
and 1873 have been injured. The
hunting accident toll during
l943 seasons was % killed and
90 wounded.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

political Advertisement
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

WASHINGTON (LPA). Brit
ish unions have taken on re-
sponsibility of issuing ration
slips emitting a worker to pur-
chase one of the scarce supply
of alarm clocks.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-27

Political Advertisement
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
We~ The-
Negro
o. WILLIAM L. SHERRill

gro's war activity. Why not
inform these uniformed whites7 IL
a million dollars can be spent TO
remind white America that this Ne
gro was once your slave why not
use II instead 10 tell white America
that these sons OF Uncle Tom" are
making good and paying the price
for American citizenship like every
body else?
The life Of George w. Carver
The rise OF the Negro in the field Of
Journalism The Negroes con-
tribution 70 music The Negro
as an athlete The rise Of the
Negro church The Negro SOL
der. Any OF these subjects could
furnish stories rich in inspiration,
information. pathos, wit and humor.
Such subjects would be inval-
liable toward the bringing about Of
better understanding between black
and white America. Just as this
white woman who questioned Mrs.
Roosevelt thinks Negroes are doing
nothing in the war effort mill
lions think the Negro is doing moth.
ing in the fields OF art, science, lit.
ersture, religion and politics.
Race Relations are going 10 get bet
ter only In proportion TO the growth
OF white Americas respect for our
worth and ability. As long as
the movies. radio and press portray
US as q race Of crap-shooting. razor
"totin" ill-bred. loud mouth Amos
and Andys and Uncle Toms with
no understanding OF morality and
little sense Of decency white
America will continue TO raise bars
| against US.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
THE COLLEGES COOPERATE

William j. Trent Jr., executive secretary of the
newly established United Negro College Fund, Wis.
tied Detroit this week to stimulate interest in what
we believe is one of the most progressive develop
ments among Negro colleges in recent years. The
annual drive for badly needed funds by the private
Negro colleges of the South have been less and less
rewarding for the last 10 years. Many of these
schools were deterioratng and losing their useful
ness to the benighted areas which they serve be-
cause of the dwindng sources of revenue available
to them The golden age of philanthropy seemed
to be dying out.
Facing the realities Of their plight, today q
Negro colleges have agreed to combine their efforts
and join in broad national appeal for financial sup
port This cooperative effort is represented by the
United Negro College Fund which is headed by some
of the most distinguished citizens in America from
both sides of the color line. These q colleges are
now rendering service to some $4,000 students and
they have graduated over $4,000 trained men and
women. We are sure that the appeal of the United
Negro College Fund will not 60 unheeded in Detroit
which is of the IA cities selected by the organ-
cation for initiating their cooperative campaign
for needed funds.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Mrs. Roosevelt In
1914 NAACP Drive

NEW YORK-Spesrheading spon-
sorship Of the coast-to-coast NAACP
membership campaign during May
and June. will be such national
figures as Mrs Franklin D Roose-
Welt, Harold Ickes. Secretary Of the
Interior. Judge William H. HASTE:
and Walter Wanger. Aim producer
Other sponsors include DR.. Nor
decai Johnson. president Of How
ard university: DR.. Rufus Clement,
president OF Atlanta university: Dr.
William Lloyd lines. president OF
Knoxville college; Mrs. Mary Me-
Leod Bethune. r. O'Hara Lanier OF
Hampton. Miss Mary White Owing.
ton. founder and treasurer OF
the NAACP; Lewis Gannett. book
editor. New York Herald Tribune;
Lillian Smith. editor. South Today;
Dorothy Norman. columnist. New
York Post: Margaret Webster. stage
producer OF "Othello::" Roscoe Dun.
jee, Carter Wesley. John Seng.
stacke. Charlotte Bass: DR.. Johr
Haynes Holmes. DR.. E. Stanley
Jones, Edwin Embree. Bishop ]. A
Gregg, Bishop w. J. Walls. Rev
A. Clayton Powell. Sr.; r. J. Thorn.
as. president United Automobile
Workers. Clio: E. George Payne
New York university: Arthur Gar.
field Hays. Max Kapp. Truman K
Gibson, Sr.. president Liberty Life
Insurance Co.; Judges Jane Eolin
Anna Kross and scores more.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
HITLER'S HELPERS

One of the most unusual trials in American his
tory is taking place now in Washington where 80
Americans are being prosecuted on charges of sedl-
ton. AS the trial opened last week one of the de-
PENDANTS cried out in the courtroom Lafayette, we
are here to defend what you gave - freedom from
tyranny" Among the defendants who are presum-
ably chatting under tyranny are such figures as
Parker Sage and Garland Alderman who demon
strated their brand of democracy in the Sojourner
Truth controversy in 1912.
All 80 of the defendants have, according to press
reports at least three things in common, they dislike
Negroes, Jews and Communists. Nevertheless they
vehemently insist they are one hundred per &c n
Americans and fanatically devoted to American
ism. This is an old trick and it has been used by
the Ku Klux Khan the Black Legion and every anti
democratic group that has arisen in our country.
BY wrapping their fascist ideals in the folds of the
American flag, these hate-mongers have sought to
sell Nazi program to the American people,
We have long learned the truth of the spiritual
which runs Everybody talkin' about heaven, amt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Public Health Notes
By CLEMENT SCOTT, Nd. D.P.H.

On April IS, the award OF the l943
National Health Honor Roll to So
city and county health units was
announced by Eric A. Johnsons
president OF the United States
Chamber of Commerce. This ma
tion-wide program for community
health advancement is jointly spon.
sored by the above organization
and the American Public Health
Association. OF the SO awards, Is
went TO health agencies In >Michi.
gan.
Detroit has maintained ITS place
on this roll since its Inauguration
three years ago. Preceding 1910
the Health Conservation Contest
was the health measuring device
in which Detroit was first place in
1923 in competition with cities In
It's population group. at the time
il secured a strsngle hold on diph-
iberia. After winning frst place
several times Detroit was not per-
mitted 10 compete but was given
an honorary award annually.
Mr.. Johnson feels that these city
and county organizations. meriting
such commentator, deserve high
praise since the stress OF war, man
power shortage. and the large Hum-
Der OF reflections by Selective Serv-
ice reveals serious drain on Amer
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
PLANS ARE UNDERWAY IN

fLANS AXE UNDERWAY IN
HOLLYWOOD TO Aim Uncle Toms
Cabin" Haven't we had enough
OF the clarifying OF Uncle Tom"
and all OF the little "Uncle Toms"
that have followed him. Would
not different type Of picture OF the
American Negro be more inspiring
and just as profitable 10 the box
office? ! don't think this is the
time TO do a picture like this. E.
This Is not the time 10 recall all the
cruelties OF slavery. Why not
lei the millions Of Negroes who are
giving and sacrificing 10 win the
war forget how the white folks"
treated his fathers and mothers dur
ing the dark days Of slavery? d.
There is too much OF the slavery and
mental side OF Negro life being por-
trayed already. without adding
Uncle Toms Cabin TO the collec-
ton.
Why not make a picture showing
the contribution Negro America is
making in our present war? d.
Too little. far too little. Is being said
about this. Scores Of pictures have
been made clarifying the white
American soldier. Why not
make Just one picture clarifying
the black American soldier?
No wonder a white woman asked
Mrs Roosevelt. why is not the
! Negro helping US TO win this WARP
This white woman does not
read Negro newspapers. attend Ne
gro churches or clubs nor Negro
theatres-hence she sees and hears
little or nothing concerning the Ne.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

icas productive capacity and he
further comments that at least a
billion man-days lost by illness and
disability. costing at least 10 bill
lion dollars annually. demands
health consciousness by the public
at large. All local organizations,
he urges. must assume a greater
degree OF leadership and supper,
Of their health organizations.
DR.. George p. Darling Of the
National Research Council and DR.
John A. Terrell Of the Rockefeller
Foundation, each members OF the
evsluation committee. have stated
that the action OF health organiza-
tons is one Of the best tools for
postwar planning. Furthermore
they assert that communities which
arm themselves with definite
plan, based on the Honor Roll
Health Evaluation schedule. will
obviously be In the best position
10 obtain promptly trained techni.
clans and additional facilities atieI
the war.
The special commentator given
by the Committee TO Kansas. Louis.
lana, Michigan. Oklahoma and
Texas is enhanced when we realize
the serious handicap caused by the
seeming indiscriminate drafting OF
technically trained workers.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Operator
Honored After rs
Years OF Service

A large part Of the Washington
Office OF the U. S. Department: Of
Agriculture virtually stopped and
stood still the other day. Wartime
food production. distribution and
ALLEGATION OF vital foods. and inn
portant agricultural research prob
lens were pushed aside for a mo-
ment as department employees from
|custodial workers to bureau chiefs
filed into the office OF the secretary
to witness the presentation OF gift
to . fellow worker who was trans
ferring to New York. and TO say
goodbye 10 him.
There In the middle OF the room.
while camera bulbs flashed. Secre-
tary Wickard fumbled in his pocket
for a moment and then brought
forth a leather billtold 10 be pre-
scented 10 the honored guest. No.
IL wasn't an administrator. or
division head who was being 50
honored upon his departure. all
though one or two department ofii-
Gals in these categories were trans
terring this very week. The secre-
tary reached inside the billfold and
pulled into view a fifty-dollar bill
Then he said, Some Of the workers
here got this together and asked
me to present Il 10 you"
Immediately groomed In his blue
uniform with five service stars on
the left sleeve. David Diggs. ele-
vator operator. received the gift and
warm handshake from the secre-
tary. who said. I'VE are going TO
miss you Digs and most OF all We
are going 10 miss your smile"
Mr.. Digs has been an elevator
operator in the government for
more than IS years, and ne has
operated the number one elevator
in the USDA Administration build
ing. the one on which the secretary
rides, ever since the building was
completed some IA years ago. Last
fall his wife was transferred TO
New York. So. to keep his family
together Che has three youngsters)
he asked 10 be transferred there.
too.