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The union times., 1944-08-12
Solons Hit Labor
 Renting Racket

A labor renting racket which was costing the taxpayers millions of dol lars came in for another blast this week from the House Military Affairs Committee.
 The committee condemned the "vic- iouS practice of engineering firms which employed workers at regular wages, and then farmed them out to coSt-plus contractors at rates as high as $l2 an hour.
 Sixteen engineering companies are cited in the report, which added that various government agencies have proceeded SO vigorously against the racket that it is virtually eradicated. Nobody, however, has gone to jail and indictments are not contemplated.
 The committee added little to dis closures by the Truman committee when it called attention to the evil several months ago. One thing new is that the racket was brought to the attention of government agencies by Andrew Jackson. Higgins, New Or leans union shipbuilder, who com plained that he had been compelled to pay engineering companies $2,112,- 583 for services that were worth only $728,974.
The union times., 1944-08-12
AFL Drves For Klgore B Demands Congress Act Ono
Boys" On Fighting Fronts
 Are Doing Real Thinking Seabee Worried About Officers Attitude After Shoot
 ing Stops; Missionary Work" Among Soldiers

THE "boys fighting front thinking. That's proven
 cay every letter that reaches this office from soldier sailor The had the the they know how their thoughts
 example Sabee in Pacific" has say:
 Tt that the limit civil life At the end of the faction with For the
The union times., 1944-08-12

A Seabee in the South Pacafc issues timely warning made former officers In the given much what they they him.
 Those questions We that Hitler his evant element after the war
 Frank Fenton the A. F. of He gets lots of letters from the trade the This Donoan member Workers Mass
The union times., 1944-08-12


 "In doing their explain policies a be Just missionaries would be helpless carry their de without the aid of the people back would work of this small band the gulb oerreaders of the antabo be less convincing for the aid the locals or the homefront
 One of the aids the fund cigarettes safe that 65
The union times., 1944-08-12
Los Angeles A.F.L.
 Going To Town!

LOS ANGELES.-Plans for elect ing a progressive congress in Novem- Der and fighting the anti-union right Unemployment measure were mapped by delegates from nearly 400 AFL locals at full-dress meeting of the United AFL, Los Angeles county AFL political action body.
 C. J. Haggerty, secretary of the California Federation of Labor and chairman of UAFL, warned the dele gates that the Merchants & Manu- lecturers Assn. of Los Angeles would fight hard to get its right-to-employ- ment proposal injected into the state constitution. To block the M & Ms proposal, which AFL Counsel Joseph Padway describes as the most dan gerous to unions here thus far, both the state body and UAFL of Los Angeles are aiming for a dollar con- tribution to each from every member in the state.
The union times., 1944-08-12
Break For Clerical Workers Is Denied

An attempt by the Regional War Labor Board in San Francisco to give white collar" workers better break was overruled by the w. L. B. in Washington this week.
 The regional board in May an nounced a policy under which clerical employees in the Frisco and Los An geles areas, earning less than the average rate for their jobs, could be boosted to that figure. That would have meant a $15-a-month increase in the stabilized rate" in those areas.
 However, the top board, with labor members dissenting, overrode the re- gional board, declaring it had vio- lated w. L. B. regulations under which the low-paid employees could only be raised to the minimum" of a bracket of ''sound and tested" rates. That minimum" is about 10 per cent below the average.
The union times., 1944-08-12

to pOu on June Is. Inasmuch as we have no contract with you, we would not recognize the procedure suggested in the last paragraph of your letter."
 Barr's reference to the last para graph of Levys letter was a statement that unless the union heard from him in five days agreeing to the contract procedure on grievances, which has been extended by the WLB in its Di- rective Order of June 6, then we will proceed to request that the WLB i'm mediately> appoints an arbitrator to hear and settle these grievances.
 The WLB's next step was to name Justice Knous, who has been a mem- Der of the Colorado Supreme Court since 1937 and a public member of the regional WLB at Denver for some time.
 In wire to Ward and the union. the WLB said: Pursuant to the boards directive order of June 6 extending the provisions of the con- tract between the parties which ex- pired on Dec. 8, l943, and upon notification by the union that there are number of unsettled griev- ances in the plant which the union proposed to take to arbitration, the board has unanimously voted to appoint Judge William L. Knous to arbitrate the grievances, it hav- ing been reported to the board that the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator. You will be mo- tified shortly as to the time and place of the arbitration hearings. 5
 June 6 was ID day" and was spent by Pres, Avery of Wards before ? house committee headed by Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D., Ga.), telling the congressman how he'd continue to resist WLB orders as part of his one-nian campaign against a national march toward dictatorship"
The union times., 1944-08-12

Help fit out for victory all our fighting men-frOm stOkehOld to masthead crows nest. Buy War Bonds.
The union times., 1944-08-12
Machinists Seek
 MT. 'Presenteeism'

SEATTLE.-A contest is under way to find the Mir. and Mrs. Pre- senteeism among the builders of the B-I Flying Fortress and BPS Super fortress.
 Intended to send nose-diving phony propaganda stories about absenteeism among war workers, the contest is sponsored by The Aero Mechanic official newspaper of Lodge 751, Int Assn. of Machinists.
 Twenty-Five dollar war bonds will go to the two lodge members who have stayed on the job for the long est period of time without absenteeisn marrlng their record since Dec. 7 l94l, and who have done their most for the war effort.
The union times., 1944-08-12

"When the fellows these packages Why sent these they aren't too bad bunch people If they take remember us'
 You'd be immensely delighted the they the Christmas bewlderment soldier wonder what opnhop plant? would ing smile to
The union times., 1944-08-12

Buy U. s. War Bonds and Stamps
The union times., 1944-08-12
Latest On Circles

Circles with stretch may be on the market by Sept. 1, according to latest word from the Office of the Rubber Director. Sufficient amounts of neo- prene, the vital chemical for synthetic elastic, are being issued to rubber thread manufacturers to begin produc- ing the girdles in limited numbers.
The union times., 1944-08-12
Fake Railroad Men Stage Bold Holdup

WEEHAWKEN, N. J.-Disguised in the clothing railroad men usually wear, their long-visored caps pulled down close to their eyes, four thugs help up two messengers of the Will liam J. Burns Detective Agency and made off with payroll of $27,543 near here this week.
 The holdup was staged as the mes sengerS approached the pier of the Alcoa Steamship Lines. Two of the men came out of the nearby New York Central yards, relieved the guards of the money and made their escape in black sedan manned by two other disguised men.
 D. M ID
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
THEY say

Los Angeles-Rear Adm. +. L.
Cochrane, disclosing L. s. Flee,
now has 1900 warships and 4e,e90
auxiliaries. THE Bureau of Ships
is now responsible for the eXpend!-
lures at the rate OF a million dol
lars an hour, seven days a week.
New York-Brig Gen Caleb V.
Haynes. chief OF the First Bomber
Command, on the "Bombers OF To-
morrow now coming off the as
sembly lines; when they go into
operation, today's bombers Will be-
come obsolescent from the stand
point OF speed, altitude. range,
bonn bloads and other combat char
acteristics.
Washington-U s. Marine Corps
Commandant Lieut.. Gen. Alexander
a. Vanle~grift: Operations against
Europe will in no way impair tho
pace, or the naturo. OF events to
come in the Pacifc'
New York-WPB Chief Donald
NJ. Nelson: The POSTWAR ques-
tion-the L. S must face is not
whether to have isolationism or
internationalism 1t is only ques-
ton of the character OF information
al agreements which We. like every
other nation, must make in our own
interest"
ATLANTIC CITY, n. Pres
dent Vincente Toledane of the La
tin-American Confederation of La
Dor: III the war ends and we are
incapable of achieving information
al labor unity we will be partly
responsible for laying. right then
and there. the foundations OF a
new international conflict
Washington-Rep. Paul Shafee
tRl. Michigan. sponsor OF bill to
outlaw collective bargaining for
war plant foremen: THE Detroi;
strike clearly demonstrates the
need for congressional action. Il
was one OF the most abominabie
things ! have ever heard Of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
WHAT CAUSED
MONTGOMERY WARD ROW

The Roosevelt army seizure Of
Montgomery Ward did not grow out
Of any high labor or legal principle.
The issue did not involve higher
wages, shorter hours or any benefits
like those, or even any important
right Of labor.
Only by government action and
company resistance did 1t become
intricately interviewer with govern
ment powers and constitutional
rights. so deeply as to become diff
cult 10 understand.
WASHINGTON. - Congress Is
moving to meet the problem Of the
returning soldier with at least one
eye conferred on the coming cleo.
tons.
The legislators have, with various
steps, now headed toward distinct
Line Of procedure-the discharge
bonus Of 500 to $500, a bigger one
to be enacted later. the American
Legion C. /. Bill, the Waves, Wacs,
etc.. to share equally in loans up to
1000 to buy homes, farms. busi-
nesses (no interest first year, per
cent thereafter). a year Of school
ing with the government paying up
to $500 tuition and $50 to SIS month
for living expenses. special U. S.
employment service to look for jobs,
and so on.
The inspiring notion is that MOTH
ing is too good for the soldiers; in
deed, this valid conviction is shared
by most people TO such an extent
that they would be glad to let re-
turning soldiers run the country, az
they should. having saved 1t.
But quietly, without any additional
expenditure and apparently without
the congressional tendency to over
do it for political effect Mr.. Jesse
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

ana IS progressive. because II brings
in taxes to the government and FUR
nishes real economic impetus.
Also the problem now and for the
immediate postwar period is infa.
ton caused by the great sums OF
cash in the hands Of the people with
no goods to buy. The bonuses would
add to this imitation stream.
The ideal time TO pay the bonus
from an economic standpoint would
be several years hence when the
pent-up demand for goods has been
hlled and a business decline is in
prospect The bonus therefore adds
Pittsburgh - SGT. Charles L.
CCommsndo") Kelly. hero OF sa'
lerno due soon TO return 10 the
wars. discusses the girls at home
They're just as goofy as ever.
I'm not interested in them any
way"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
What They're Whispering in Gotham

stuck?) in an elevator with Victor
Mature Phil Baker. the quiz
man. made with his third set OF
Il dos the remaining Scent
New York dailies were upped to a
nickel. Broadwayites kept their
fingers crossed as Washington
talked about lowering the 80 per
cent tax.
A Stones Throw From Broad
way: June Havoc and her two dogs
at Schraffts pastry counter
goodness, can she cat cake and
have that figure. too?..,Jackie Fol
low the Girls'D Gleason. who was
working in Hollywood for 5000 a
week just few months ago, eye
ing his new screen contract
which calls for $2,500 per, 900. Bar
anova, the twinkle.toes. listening
to Mustache Joe's concertina at
Columbus Circle. Julia Sanderson
sporting a scarf fashioned from
a salvaged Jap parachute-sent all
the way from New Britain. Mae
West busting liuto the CotiIon
Room wearing take an oath
a demure dinner suit of lavender
and old lace, Paul Lavalle. the
MIC maestro. carrying lunch
box along 50th Street-on his way
to work az his war plant.
Fable From the Fifties A couple
Of weeks ago Frank Sinatra drop
ped in Ar the Zanzibar and on his
way 10 the main room dropped his
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
BY Paul Mallon

to taxes and economic difficulties.
whereas loans TO start a new small
business would be national medicine
for our difficulties.
Now Mr.. Jones has been making
loans for years that the banks would
not take and he not only runs his
RFC without net loss, but with some
profit to cover administrative ex-
penditures. This is proof enough that
Mr.. Jones is smarter than the
bankers.
His whole business career was
that Of borrower. generally trying
to get money from banks and appar-
emily he operates not on the basis
Of how much collateral you have but
on character Of individuals and
their business (his average loan is
only S33, 0oO.
SOLDIERS GET QUICK RESPONSE
So when Sergt. Carl W. Stomps
and Pvt. Sol Kuthruff, fighting
abroad. recently wrote a note ask
ing postwar promise Of a loan TO
finance General Motors leadership.
they received the prompt response:
"RFC will be glad to give favor
able consideration. -. In any res.
sonable amount"
Another veteran made application
for himself and wife for 5000 to
open restaurant in Palo Alto. Calf.
The local RFC agency recon-
mended declination because the two
had no working capital except 81 1000
and intended to put the whole
$1,000 in restaurant equipment.
Headquarters here reversed the dec
lination, made two-year loan (the
Bank of America taking 10 per
cent?. insisting only that the life in
surance of the soldier be pledged.
As you can see from this, there
are all kinds Of lending and spend
ing: good or bad, productive or in
flationary, destructive or construc-
tive. While congress argues. the
RFC has proceeded with loans for
use and is already doing what con-
gress proposes to do. but in sensi-
BILE way to help the veteran, cure
imitation and make more business.
II congress goes its way fully and
starts tossing money around to vet
erans-even those who have Jobs
lined up. or are already fabulously
wealthy. just for the political effect
Of doing something" for the veter-
ans-the soldiers themselves may
soon find these political bounties
were not really to their own best
interest as whole or the country's,
which they are to run.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago


the Olympic Ferry Field May 80 and 81 He
will try the 5000 He star miller
year and the only the University is placing reh
contest.
Ypsanti will Michigan
School he Mt Pleasant for the first time.
Lorinda McAndrew will Fnton
will compete a contralo soloist.
Guy Peppiatt Willis graduate Ypsilsnu High School
members
honored for high standing
first annual Honors Convocatou. senior
literary college.
Miss Lindsay entertained friends Miss Weld
who is to be a June bride. a kitchen shower
Miss Lillian Ashby soprano and Miss Eela Meyer. pianist
OF music in Hope pupil Beakey
appear a complimentary their friends Russell
Gee will accompany Ashby
Miss Fay Allen musical in the Michigan
ditorium, Ann Arbor.
Birth: Marvin william Mr. and Mrs William Kruger.
Fifty Years Ago
The sss Club held peanut social the home Misses
Mildred and Ethel Weed.
Rev. Fr Frank Kennedy attended confirmation
Monroe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
pURGES SELF

Lansing. MAY SAP Circuit
Judge Leland w Carr and Special
Prosecutor Kim Sigler announced
today that Thomas MCMaster. yice
president and general manager OF
the Arrow Liqueur Corp. had pYrg-
ed himself Of a charge OF contemp,
Of court for refusal to answer ques-
tons submitted to him by Judge
Carr's one-man grand jury investh
eating state government.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

marvellous medicine-Giljan II
you are suffering the torments OF
bloating gas pains. sickening con.
stipation. sleepless nights, aud
other disorders, try this natural
medicine
Gillian is recommended and sold
by all cunnlneham's Drug Stores.
Help yourself to health. Start to-
day by buying a bottle Of Gillian.
One bottle will convince you. Buy
the family size and save the price
Co., Keith Bldg, Cincinnati. o.
Of a bottle. The Gillian Medicine
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
MaHon Sees Vote
In Soldier Bills

Jones. Reconstruction Finance cor.
poration. has opened a new realistic
avenue OF help. Business seers like
Babson wisely say the future OF this
country depends on small business.
the type that can be run by man
and wife. who preferably should live
on the premises so as to cut down
expenses Of operation and the high
cost OF help.
REAL ECONOMIC IMPETUS
This kind Of business obviously
adds to the structure OF the country
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

from the juices
Of Is of Nature 5
finest health
giving herbs.
roots and banks.
# h G Sc sa m =
helpful natural
Juices which
have brought
blessed relief to
mankind down
{ hrou & h the
ages. are now
combined in one
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
NO SIZE P
DUE TO WEAK KIDNEYS

to take Gillian, and began to feel
different for the first time in
years. Gillian has relieved me from
the gas pains. now have a good
appetite. | am no longer constl-
pated, and haven't those terrible
headaches, backaches. dizzy spells
nor pains in the joints. Gillian has
given me lots OF pep and energy"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

coat with Elizabeth Simmonds, the
check room girl there. What's
the matter?' he chided her, kid
dinghy. why no smile?"
She shook her head. IT'S hard
TO smile" she said, when your
baby is in the hospital"
sorry he said. And that was
all, but he managed TO find out
what hospital the baby was in and
the next day Elizabeth's little 3
year old received a giant teddy,
bear. the kind all children love.
Which is why. when Frank went
TO Mt, Sinai the other day. the
smallest bunch OF flowers that ar
rived for him was the one sent
with the most sincere wishes. It
came. the card said. From Eliza.
beth Simmonds, a grateful moth
er."
Times Square Cuff Notes: Broad
wayites hear that the Sl.975 judg-
ment Pola Negri was ordered TO
pay mp by June l on penalty of go
ing TO Jail, will be taken care Of
by veteran movie executive, who
has long been enamored of the
former screen siren. Monte Pro-
ser. who reserved the bridal
suite at the Fawn Country Club in
Lake Placid, in anticipation of his
marriage TO Jane Ball (Which
didn't come Off will have Joe e.
Lewis as his room mate when he
picks up the reservation the first
week in June Chester Gierlach,
the talented young BID and o mn.
steal director. is composing the
score for a new musical, Speak
OF the Devil" with books and ".
RIGS by Greer Johnson Raymond
falge encountered fellow musician
Jerry valid at Jamaica race track
the other day Hello" greeted
Paige. you look as though you've
lost weight Il have" frownel
Wald, and all in ten-dollar bills"
= All Around the Town: At the
Pierre, Attorney General Francis
Biddle forgetting MONTGOMERY
Ward as Jane Piclens sings Sum.
mertime'.. Sammy Kaye browsing
through the bookstands on 5Sth
street. Bandleader Charlie Snivak
whose name is in lights on three
broadway marques at once Ralph
Dnmke. the hit of Helen Goes To
Troy, ambling into that male
sa7ctum. the Lambs. Willie How.
ard giving the late Lindy's crowd
an imitation of Ted Husing an.
nouncing the Kentucky Derby;ths
Wesson brothers greeting Joe E.
Lewis at the Copa-first time
they've met since they parted in
Port Moresby. That was the time
the Jap bombers appeared Just as
they were entertaining the front
line troops. and Lewis grinned.
This doesn't bother me. I'm used
to hecklersi"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
FORMER SLAVE DIES

Muskegon. Mich. May sap
Mrs. Amanda Johnson. negro
slave in the South before the Civil
War. died Wednesday at the home
Of her daughter. Mrs. Amelia
Weaver. who said Mrs. Johnson
was 104 years old.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
BY Dorothy Kllasllen


Manhattan Glitter: Chief Bosun S
Mate Victor Mature gobbling a
gorgeous hunk a pie at Jack Demp-
sey's choppery luscious Linda
Darnell leaving the wolves limp
when she lamps them with her lin.
pid orbs at the Stork Club...at the
Roosevelt grill. Guy Lombardo ask
ing Joan Leslie for her autograph
for the boys In the band Greg.
Dry Ratoff and Dave Apollon, two
lads with but single accent, glee-
fully ganging up on the kings Eng
lish in a gabfest at Toots Shor So.
Mary Martin. the Venus from
Ozone Heights" nabbing one touch
of ozone atop 5th Ave. bus...Al-
Ian Jones and pretty wife. Irene
Hervey, in a gem session at Tiff
fany's window. Paulette Goddard
and Those Legs hurrying up the
Latin Quarter staircase
This Was the Week in Which:
The Voice lost same temporarily
and was hospitalized..Se yastopol
fell and Pat hi Cicco got diKayo
at hi Copa FDR returned to
Washington, looking more Attn
termish than ever. the law sought
to collect 1875 from Pola NeSri..
the Little Flower threatened to 90
commercial in his radio talks.
sponsored by OF all things, a per.
fume firm'.-the Wacs modelled
their smart new uniforms...a girl
was stuck lyon call that being
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

very poor. Be.
cause of weak
kidneys. I could
not get any
sleep al night
and always felt
tired and run
down. ! would
also get dizzy
spells, and my
arms. legs. and
ankles W oul Il
swell W and
ache Just terri.
bic. | started
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
my Arms, Legs, and Ankles
Would Swell Up"

For 10 years ! suffered from
gas pains, indigestion. constipation,
and kidney trouble. ! was in con
slant agony. My appetite was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18

Mrs. Ida Strickland, Of 4753
Lincoln Ave-, Detroit,
Mich, Tells How is
Years Of Agony From In
digestion, Constipation,
and Kidney Weakness
Slapped Her Strength
Gillian, Marvellous "Natur-
al" Medicine, Relieved
Ills, Gave Her New Pep
and Energy.
II you are one of the host OF men
and women who, right today, are
suffering tortures from indiges.
ton. bloating gas, dizzy spells, low
energy, poor sleep-then you will
surely want to read every word of
Mrs. Serickiand's remarkable state
ment, printed below. Once again.
the amazing natural" medicine;
Gillian. helps bring glorious relief
almost like magic. Mrs. Strickland
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
Your Health
Hot, Cold Water
Often Effective
in Treatment

BY Logan Clendennlng, M. o.
IN THESE days of doctor short
ages ] am impressed with the ig-
norance of and neglect Of simple
household remedial relief that can
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-18
Famous Natural" Medicine

Why de we call Gillian a "natur-
al medicine? Because it is made
Evening star., 1944-02-14

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