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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22

from involuntary changes in liv-
ing habits, nor does it measure
the total amount families have
to spend for living.
The union panel members re-
iterate the CIO-AFL estimate
that living costs have risen
45.3% from January, 1941 to
March, 1914.
Wages Kept Down
The panel found that steel
workers wage rates have been
successfully stabilized under the
Administrations program. They
add that "as hours of work are
contracted and wage earners re-
turn to peacetime operations
and industries, other factors re-
unchanged, gross aver
age hourly earnings may be ex-
pected to decline"
The danger of initiation be-
cause of a wage rise is not con-
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Guild Official Gets
Harvard Scholarship

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. NPA)-
Award of a fellowship for a
years study at Harvard Uni
versity to Nathan Robertson,
vice-president of the American
Newspaper Guild-CIO, was an
nounced here on September IA.
Last week, the Haywood
Broun award was given to Rob-
ertson for his Congressional re-
porting for the newspaper PM.
The Broun award is given an
nually by the Guild.
Robertson, who has been COW
ering the Churchill Roosevelt
conferences in Canada, is cred
tied in the past year with ex-
poses of the Standard Oil Co.'s
Elk Hills deal, with uncovering
the activities of the fire insur-
ance lobby, and with several
other jobs of reporting in the
public interest.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22
Lower Prices. Higher
Wages Is Possible With
Normal Profits

DALLAS, Texas (LPA)-
Speaking before the convention
of the International Brother
hood of Bricklayers-AFL here
on September 18th, vice-chair-
man Joseph D. keenan, of the
War Production Board urged
fproper direction of the pro-
duction process toward full pro-
duction and full employment"
He predicted that such care
full planning would make pos
Sible IAN era in which we will
have decreased prices and in
creased wages, and at the same
time retain normal profits"
The construction industry,
keenan, said, must start imme-
diately to make plans for pro-
duction for civilian needs.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22

A division of opinion took
place on the vote for vice
president in which Walter P.
Reuther, Richard Frankensteen
and Richard Leonard participat-
ed on the first ballot. Voting for
FrankenSteen were the follow
ing: Frank Sido, Paul Kesler
and Herman Hoppe, DeVilbiss
Unit; John Begg, Norman Du-
Pont, VIM. Caswell, Al Banks,
Jennie Bsharah, Robert Bacher,
Virgil Barnhart and Kenneth
O'Brien, Auto-Lite Unit; ELS
worth Kramer, Ralph Mason,
Scott Rogers and Thomas Adair,
Spicer Unit. Robert Burkart did
not vote.
When the contest for the Sec
ond vice-preidency took place
between Walter P. Reuther,
Richard Leonard and John Nc
Gill those who had voted for
Richard Frankensteen on the
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Reaches NelU Lou

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 18-
Dropping to a new aIl-time rec
ord low for Ohio, unemploy-
ment compensation payments
during August totaled $48,794,
Administrator Charles H. Jones
of the Ohio Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation, said
today.
The lowest previous month on
record with the Bureau was
November, 1943, when pay
ments totaled $51, ,92O, Mr.. Jones
added, while the highest month
ly payment for the state was re-
ported in June, 1889, when un-
employment compensation bene-
fits scared to a total of $2,961,-
427.
The August figures repre-
sented a drop of 16 per cent
from July payments and marked
the first time in the history of
the program in Ohio that bene-
fits have declined below $780,
900 for one month. The aver
age weekly number of benefit
recipients during the month
was 847.
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the case of the United Steel
workers (CIO) including the
union and public representa-
tives, has indicated that pay
raise is possible under present
Presidential DEGREES and laws of
Congress.
The union, which is asking a
tic an hour pay raise, contends
that the recent changes in the
price control act point to "con-
tinued rise" in the cost of living,
because "they all allow further
!, increases in rents, cotton textile
goods, clothing" as well as
making enforcement of price
control more difficult.
The clash over the extent to
which living costs have risen is
[Me more accentuated, though
Null panel agrees to the
z y charge that the Bureau of
LABOR Statistics index sis made
quate" as a measure of changes
in the cost of living resulting
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22

Pantlind. Night after night
delegates by the score began
their singing and yelling. 1t
usually began with someone
sticking their head out their
room wind w and yelling
"CIO." Then the singing and
yelling grew into a great roar
until the wee early hours of the
morning.
Everybody who is anybody in
the Auto Workers got ribbed by
the delegates who took part in
the hotel court jam sessions.
Everybody from R. ]. Thomas
on down the line to the Interna-
tional representatives was a
'horse thief" and removed by
the singers. BY the same token,
everybody was "our leader, he
shall not be moved"
Members of Briggs Local 212
got a lot of laughs and irritated
delegates who spoke in favor
of the no strike pledge. The
entire delegation had small
: -nerican flags which they held
in their hands and waved in
unison when anyone spoke in
favor of retaining the pledge. 1t
got under some of the speakers
skins.
Joe Cronin, member of the
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CAOAA w '%AAASOSAoJ 11iNA iAAAAS'
Delay on the legislation
was due to the absence from
the city of City Manager
George N. Schoonmaker. Coun-
cilmen wished to asked Mr..
Schoonmaker some questions
relative to the ordinance and
would not pass on it until their
inquiries had been answered.
Mr.. Schoonmaker gave council
the legislation last week as
proposal for raising 100000
annually for retirement of the
city debt.
Opposed To Legislation
Councilmen Michael V. De-
Sale and Ira Bame opposed the
legislation and asked that ac-
ton be held up on the ordinance
until the report containing the
recommendation of the citi-
zens committee to investigate
ways and means of raising funds
for the city had reported.
councilman Tom Burke who
Nnposed to the legislation ask
= Ibftat if the ordinance is pass
eu That rs per cent of the rev.
enue derived from it be used
for the retirement of the pub
lie debt with the balance to be
used for public improvements
and depreciation of capital
equipment fund.
Both Mr.. DeSalle and Mr..
Bame expressed the belief that
the utilities tax should be held
up until it can be determined if
the state legislature is going to
allow more sales tax money or
other funds to Ohio cities.
Against Ordinance
Attorney Samuel Young and
Edward Lamb spoke against the
tax with Mr.. Lamb advocating
an assessment against the util-
tiles.
Mr.. Young recommended that
council should study economy
in government before going
after any new taxes.
The CIO Council went on
record at its last meeting on
September IA as opposing the
tax.
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elect three OF the 1our top
ranking officials after the
convention defeated the pro-
posal to create a third vice
presidency by an overwhelming
vote. For the first time in six
years r. ]. Thomas was op-
posed. Sponsored by the social
ed Rank and File caucus, Robert
Carter, Flint, Mich. amassed
nearly 1000 votes before con-
ceding the election to Thomas.
Grea st interest centered
around the contests for the viz
presidency with Walter P. Keu-
ther, Richard Frankenstein and
Richard T. Leonard competing
on the first ballot. Leonard who
was defeated by 70 votes when
he ran against George Adde's
for secretary treasurer at the
1943 Buffalo convention suc-
ceeded in getting a bare 351
votes. Mr.. Frankensteen who
was elected on the first roll call
vote defeated Walter Reuther
by less than 1000 votes.
Reuther Wins Runoff
When the run-off came on
Saturday evening, John McGill
of Local 500, Flint, Mich, was
entered against Walter Reuther
and Richard Leonard. Reuther
was elected by a two-to-one
majority, receiving more votes
than Frankensteen and Leonard
combined on the first ballot.
George F. Adde's who narrow
ly averted defeat at the Buffalo
convention last year was elected
by acclamation.
Outstanding accomplishment
of the convention was its vote
to submit the no strike pledge
to the entire UAW-CIO mem
bership for a yes or no vote
within the next go days. After
defeating three proposals SUBJ
mitted by the resolutions COM
mittee which would have sus-
tanned the no strike pledge as
is; retain it for plants still en-
gagged in war work, or COM
pletely reject it; the convention
voted to sustain the pledge SUBJ
ject to the vote of the entire
membership.
Oppose Referendum
Bitterly opposing the submis-
sion of the no-strike pledge
referendum was a noisy minor
ity headed by the groups sup
porting George F. Adde's and
Richard Frankensteen, while
the Reuther and rank and file
group joined forces to put the
referendum over.
A committee of nine repre-
senting the three shades of
opinion will be appointed to
conduct the no strike referend-
um by mail within the next 90
days.
Members of the press and
visitors to the convention were
barred from the Sunday morn
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headed by Senator Harley
M. Kilgore, Dem. w. Va
The testimony revealed
that American corporations not
ably, Bendix Aviation Corpora
ton, Sperry Gyroscope Co. Inc,
the American Bosch Co. and
Bethlehem Steel Corp. made
agreements with japanese and
German companies under DOM
ination of their respective gov
ernments to
(1 limit American produc-
ton.
(2) sabotage the effective
ness of the Versailles Peace
Treaty" permitting the Nazi's
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Gosser was opposed by A. o.
Ireland, a member of the Lima
Locomotive Local, Lima, Ohio.
Gosser received sos votes to 100
for Ireland.
Chairman for the regional
election was Kenneth Cole of
Chevrolet Local IA of Toledo
and at present employed in the
UAW-CIO Washington office.
Tom Burke, Local IL vice-presi-
dent was secretary.
Mr.. Ireland conceded the cleo
ton to Director Gosser early in
the roll call but agreed to per-
NIT the completion of the record
vote as a matter of form.
Thanks Supporters
After his election, Director
Gosser thanked his supporters
in the Region and told them
that he would carry out the
duties of his office in the future
the same as he had for the past
two terms. He repeated the
words which he had said at
dinner for Region 2-B delegates,
visitors and their wives the
night previous. II hope that you
will all go back to your Locals
and work hard. We have a big
job to do and we must all work
together to do it" he said.
Director Gosser will return
to Toledo following a meeting
of the International -CIO
executive board.
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to secretly re-arm Germany.
(3) avoid the moral embar-
go" against supplying Japanese
war-lords with arms.
az arrange to renew cartel
agreements if disrupted by war.
Assistant Attorney General
Wendell Berge of the Depart
ment of Justice and James S.
of the Division of Econ
omic Warfare of the Depart
ment of Justice, presented the
main testimony on the actions
of American corporations.
Martins testimony revealed
the discrepancy between the at
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JAW Elects Officers,
Sustains No-Strike P|edqe
Referendum To Be Held
For Entire Membership
By o. ]. Pecord

GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 17-Drawing its convention to
close here tonight after eecng its top officers the UAW
in its history.
Reelected R. j. Thomas, president; George T.
Adde'S secretarytreasurer Richard Frankenseen and Wal
ter Reuther vcepresidents. All oposped except
Secretary Treasurer Adde'S who elected by acclaima
ton after narrowly avertng defeat in the 1943 Buffalo
convention. Three long roll call votes necessary to
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Gosser Is
Reelected


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept.
17-(SpeciaD Richard Gosser,
UAW-CIO Director of Region
2-B was reelected % serve his
third consecutive term at a
meeting of the region here to-
day in the Civic Auditorium.
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Wage Formula
Must Be Junked

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19
(LPA) - Looking for
ward to the day when
American labor and man
agement can resume col
Iective bargaining without
governmental restrictions,
War Labor Board chairman
William III. Davis says that
a change in the Little
Steel" formula is newt
able.
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Cos Wage Freeze
.Fisht Nears Success

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 GPA)-Wth labors main line
of attack the Little Steel formula established by re-
ports of panels of the War Labor Board the fight over
how much of wage raise labor should get starting
The majority of the factndng panel appointed to hear
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22
u. S. Firms Charged
Aiding Nazis

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 19 LPA)-Startling tes-
mony of how certain American corporations helped to
arm Germany in violation of provisions in the Versailles
Treaty and helped Japan heard recently by
subcommittee of the Senate Military Affairs Committee
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22
Convention SideIishts
And Hish|ishts

GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 16-Everybody is agreed that
this years convention much veer than last years Buf
falo meeting Even the hotels veer. Here
of the things that entertained and in tated the
delegates The regular nightly court sessions at the Hotel
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-09-22
oIedo Delegates
For Referendum

GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 16-Despite differences
of opinion among Toledo delegates the no-strke pledge
they voted unanimously for the referendum which will be
submitted to the UAW-CIO membership the nostrike
pledge within 80 days. #@tf@
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Join

Now is the time for all
good union members to
aid in the campaign for
the reelection of President
Roosevelt. One of the best
ways to do this is to be-
come a m m b er of the
Political Action Committee.
AIS Winthrop st.
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Burke Opposes
Tar on Utilities
Council Defers ActiOn
Until Oct. 4

Final action the utility sales tax which would place
five per all water gas electric and telephone
bills for retiring Toedos debt deferred by city council
for two weeks following hearing the proposed legsla
to Wadp pecdax
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Registration
Is Noted

Regional Director Richard
Gosser, manager of the PAC,
has again appealed to the Go
in Toledo to register before
the October 8 registration
deadline. 1--WE know that there
has been some upswing in regis
trations, but we also know that
we must secure at least 10000
additional registrations between
now and October 9 if we are
going to win this country for
the President and elect our can
didates" he said.
Mr.. Gosser said that he had
been informed that the Board
of Elections was registering
about 300 people daily. This is
fine" he said, "but we can't get
too enthused about it when we
know that more than 1000 regis
trations must be made daily if
we are going to get out the size
vote that we know we need to
win"
Credit Given
Credit for the upsWing in
registrations is being given the
PAC and the labor press by
Board of Elections officials.
PAC committee members are
not taking too much credit be-
cause as Chairman Clayton
Rusch put it "we can't find any
thing to crow about when we
know that at least 700 addi-
tional registrations each day
should be secured in order to
give us assurances of victory in
November"
Mr.. Rusch indicated that the
registration drive would be in
tensified as the registration
Ceadline comes nearer. He said
that Labor Registration Week |
would be declared beginning
October 2 and continuing up to
October 8 inclusive. This week
has been set aside by the Ohio
CIO Council and its state affil-
iates in conjunction with the
AFL and Railroad Brotherhoods
to get out the labor vote.
Board of Election officials say
that special registration places
will be announced within
short time located at convenient |
places through hout the city |
where unregistered citizens may |
go to qualify. They urge, how
ever that everyone who can pos
sibly do SO visit the Superior st, |
office next to the Esquire Thea
tire and avoid a last minute rush. |
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-21

shot. The biggest part of the job is still aheo
The war against Japan will probably be histor,
costlicst. One average Navy task force costs tv
MAhuu dolIars-and we need many of them. Ev
one npsh costs $4,000! And one S%upertortr'
to bomb Tokyo, S6Oo,oo0-
. Your dollars are urgently needcd-now me
than ever to speed victory and insure Americ
future. Pyo1s your Thanksgiving. Buy the bigg
War Bonds you can-NOW!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-21

TARNfrRs have much 10 be thankful for this
/ year. Before you sit down to that big turkey
dinner, ask yourself if you've done the best you
could. Lending money is the easiest part OF the
war cflort-buc it is as essential as Sighting. We
don't need to ask if they're fighting enough. DIRE
1ou h4Aug enoA2b:'
It's been a mighty good year for farmers. So
far it's been an easy war in general for us in the
United States. BIT it iHIorr jA Not by long
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Oct 2S LP.-Apples dull
um SasEss Mo l. snSh
West Virginia, Red Delicious. staymans
2;00-45, Jonathans. 2.50-3.25: Maider
Blush tus win Winter Bananas. Grimes, H aubbards:
higher; various varieties. ungraded. 100
Potatoes-steady: market slightly stronger
New Jersey. chippswas and Kstahdins
2.90-300; Pennsylvania, various varieties
Gh,53;oo ~ rail, Msine katahdins ant
sacks. 1,.5-45; 15-pound paper sack
50; New Brunswick, loo-pound sacks
Sweet potatoes-Steady: bushel baskets
y. s. No. Is, MARYLAND, Pennsylvania
Goldens unwashed. 1.50-75; washed, 1.75.
25; white yams. .2b-5O; North Carolina
Porto Ricans, 1880; nearby ha-bushe
Poultry---Market well cleared; receipt!
light; roasters, fryers and broilers, Rock:
sne snd erosses; mostly 81; fowl coloTed. 80
AesS; hvestoes ssi Market. t." "'t"e'
Cattle, 175. Compared with week ago:
slauRhter steers and heifers, steady; cows
other grades, largely steady; bulls, strong
to 20 higher: stockers and feeders, un-
changed: truck lot, top-good around LOO
bulk good ,srassers and shortfed. IA 90:
1875: load lot, top 1850 for grained
on grass around 1.060-pound offerings
9505II 90; cutters, 500; good heifers
I250; common and medium beef COWS
fat dairybreds, 1000 down; strongweight
Gamers and cutters, 500-7.50; light
weight Gamers. 100000: beef bulls, 1900
s.0ooiO 50: medium and and good % feedel
steers en Al Al weights. 1o.oo-12,5o; common
Calves, 100. Compared with week ago
steady; mixed lots good and choice 10
ssSDSnnd sSRSn and veas5s Medium 1880 ls2D ss
and s a SS $ aashtr sI sd esVea
ssesn 90; e0mm9n does59 StS week
Fat lambs and slaughter ewes. steady
practical top and popular price, 1850
s0Sd and shoiee woolsd lambs 20
iisStveisht slsushtsr S eSss $50; mediaS edHaS'
aoss 100. Nominaiy iSsi Steady; a good sne H%
choice 160-240-pound barrows and gifts
15 5.05-30; 130-140 pounds, 14.25-5O; 140
pounds sodd = Dound
13.60-14,10: sows over 400, pounds sellint
for less compared with week ago; barrow!
and gifts and sows, steady.
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts, 1886 barrels.
Wheat-Receipts. 9S,96S bushels ship
ments, 20,S49 bushels stocks, 9,703,92,
bushels; No; 2 red winter. earlicky, Spot
with rail transit, 1.72.
Corn-Receipts, 29,647 bushels ship
ments. 1897 bushels: stock, 35,126 bushels
Ceiling prices prevail according to place o
origin
Oats-Receipts none; shipments. 3,
bushels: stock. 1880 bushels; No. 2 whit
oats. $500
Rye-Receipts. ABS bushels: ship
ments, none: stock, S4,9s1 bushels.
Barley-Receipts. none; shipments. 49
bushels; stock S.s57 bushels.
Soybeans - Receipts, 255: shipment
none: stock, 20,650 bushels.
aayMsrket sisady nrds tm9thy GLOVE 3oe
For all grades of hay below No. 2 price
are irregular.
Millfeed-Receipts, 60 tons
Straw-Market steady; wheat straw
No. 2. per ton. 16 to II.
EgE and Poultry.
Eggs-Market nrm. Receipts light
Wholesale selling prices, including com
missions at Baltimore. nearby current re
ceipts, street sales, white and mixed colors
4E pounds, 1880. few higher.
Butter-Receipts, 1,773 pounds; eggs
receipts 290 cases
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Stock Prices Show
Mild Recogveries
After Losing Week
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The stock
market this week suffered one of
its sharpest stumbles of the year al
though mild recovery tendencies
cropped up yesterday and today.
Bearish advices of some invest
ment services, based partly on cloudy
political developments, helped touch
OF heavy liquidation in the final
hour Monday. Continued refusal
Of the averages to penetrate the
seven-year highs Of July also was
factor in the unloading. The list re-
gained some of its equilibrium Tues
day and Wednesday, then ran into
another relapse Thursday attributed
mainly to revival of reconversion
apprehension in the wake of the big
Pacific victory. From then on mod
est support arrived.
RecOveries Selective.
Comebacks toward the week end
were selective and were credited
largely to individual situations, earn
ings, dividends and peacetime pros
poets. Steels rallied after appearance
OF the Bethlehem quarterly state
ment. Rails and aircrafts did bet
ter. Motors were shaky throughout.
A number of utility preferreds ex-
hlbited strength.
The Associated Press 60-stock COM
posite was up L of a point at 54.8
today but on the week showed drop
of 8. In the final session only 6l5
issues registered. OF these 293 were
up, 125 down and 1877 unchanged.
Transfers of 296, $50 shares were the
smallest since September Is and
compared with 356 $50 a week ago.
Today Morris & Essex jumped 2
points and Delaware Lackawanna &
Western was up So on the signing of
an agreement for merger of the two
roads. Grumman Aircraft hit an
other 1914 top.
Lefcourt Realty Scars.
Ahead were General Motors,
Chrysler, Santa Fe, Great Northern,
Kennecott, American Telephone.
Texas Co. (still rejecting an extra
dividend), Panhandle Producing, AL
lied Chemical and General Electric
Major steels were all even. Losers
included New York Central, Childs
Co, Anaconda, United Aircraft and
international Harvester.
Bonds moved higher.
In the curb Lefcourt Realty pre-
ferred scared 80 points and finished
with a net advance of Is on a total
of Ito shares.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
United States Treasury Position
Wushinoton Stock Exchunqe
By the Associated Press.
The noSition of the Trei

Reported by B. Hibbs Il Co, Washington D. c.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
St. Louis Plant to Quit
Torpedo Production
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. REPRODUCTION
of torpedoes for the Navy by the
Amertorp Corp, subsidiary of the
American Can Co., will be discon-
tinued here April 30, 1t. Comdr. r
H. Robinson, commanding officer of
the plant, announced today.
The plant, completed shortly be-
fore Pearl Harbor by the American
Can Co. and purchased by the Navy
in March, 1912, for $2,617, 500, en-
ploys about 3,400 persons.
John LIE Frank, plant manager,
said civilian employees at the plant,
which will manufacture cans, will
number about 700,
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Mrs. OdIum to Retire
From Bonwit Teller
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct 28.-Mrs Hor-
tense M. Odlum, first woman to head
large New York department store
announced today she would resign
as chairman of the board of Bon
wit Teller, Inc, Fifth avenue spe-
cialty shop.
Prior to her term as chairman
Mrs. Odlum had been president OF
Bonwit Teller for six years. She
plans to return to private life.