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organization of every shop and
factory and every community"
into the political action cam
paign for the reelection of
Roosevelt.
At a press conference Murray
and Hillmar told reporters that
the political action committee
would take the offensive against
those who raise false issues of
race, color or creed" in the cleo
ton campaign. "We are not 60
ing to dodge race and color
issues raised by our opponents, F"
Hillman said bluntly. With our
boys dying on the battlefield 20
destroy fascism and Nazism, we
cannot permit the things that
the fascists and Nazis stand for
to win out on the homefront."j
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Wright Acquitted
Of Agent Charge

NEW YORK-(FP) )-Frederick
Heller Wright, New York Daily
News copy editor charged with
acting as secret paid agent of
the japanese government in the
10-year period ending with the
attack on Pearl Harbor, was ac-
quilted in federal court here.
The jury, many of whom
were Daily News readers, ac-
quilted the editor after less than
four hours deliberation. Wright
is known to labor here as an
enemy of the -the-war pol
icies of the Newspaper Guild of
New York (CIO).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Toff. Wherry Lead
Drive TO Knife OPA

WASHINGTON (FP) - Sen
Robert Taft (R. o. and Sen
Kenneth S. Wherry, the Repub.
lican whip of Nebraska, were
heading up the new drive to sink
OPA and price control under
avalanche of amendments or
May IT, Joining them in sup
port of the plan are the National
Grange, the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, the Natl. Coun-
Gil of Farmer Cooperatives and
the Natl. Cooperative Milk Pro
ducers' Federation. The senate
bill, which must be passed before
June 80, is expected out of the
Banking & Currency committee
next week.
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Ohio CIO
Sends Out
Pledge Cards

COLUMBUS, May 20-One
million "Re-elect Roosevelt"
pledge cards have been sent
to CIO unions throughout the
state by the Ohio CIO Coun-
Gil. The cards, when filled out,
will be forwarded to President
Roosevelt at the White House.
The cards, addressed to the
president, which are for indi-
vidual signature, urge Mr..
Roosevelt to be a candidate for
the presidency and pledge full
and wholehearted cooperation
and assistance before, on and
after election day"
1t is the intention of the Ohio
CIO Political Action Committee
to receive one million cards for
transmission to the president.
Union members are requested to
take the cards to their families,
shops, clubs and lodges and to
their neighbors and friends for
their signatures.
The action Of the CIO Political
Action Committee in sending out
the pledge cards came after CIO
President Philip Murray told the
Steel Workers Convention in
Cleveland on May 9 that it was
his belief that Franklin D.
Roosevelt must be a candidate
for reelection to the presidency
of the United States, and that
the overwhelming majority of
the people of this nation, regard
less of political affiliation, de-
mand his reelection.
In its letter notifying the CIO
unions of Ohio that the pledge
cards were being sent out for
signatures, CIO Secretary-Treas-
urer George De Nucci wrote,
I'VE must impress upon the
president that common folks
everywhere are looking to him
to remain as our leader and
commander-in-chief.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
ACW Want
World Labor
Congress

CHICAGO, May 20 (FP) -
Prompt convening of the world
labor congress either in Canada
or the U. S. was urged by the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
(CIO) convention here.
The conference, originally
scheduled to meet in London
June 5, was called off because
of the impending invasion of Eu-
rope based in England. Dele
gates adopted the only way la
Dor can assume major role at
the peace table is by presenting
a united program which will
go much farther than even the
program of our administration. "
While the international Labor
Organization conference in Phil
adelphia worked out "a fairly
good program, absence of CIO
and Russian delegates prevented
the LILO meeting from truly rep
resenting international labor,
Hillman asserted.
while our great secretary of
state, Mr.. Hull, meets with Mr..
Molotov, and our great President
meets with Mr.. Stain, some of
our people say but we must not
meet with the representatives of
labor from Russia +" Hillman
said, referring to the AFL's re-
fusal to attend the world labor
congress because of Russia S
participation. "Y YouMc n n t
achieve the task of organizing
the power of organized labor
when you leave Russia out"
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CIO TO Organize
18th Word

Ward IL will be the next po-
litical subdivision for political
action, according to Tom Burke,
secretary of the CIO Political
Action Committee. A meeting
has been arranged for Thurs lay,
June /, at p. M, which will be
held at Local IA, UAW-CIO, 335
w. Central Ave.
All members of the CIO and
others interested in their politi-
cal organization are urged to at
tend this meeting. Speakers will
outline the CIO plans for politi-
cal action and ward and pre-
cinct chairmen will be elected.
Washington and Adams Town
ships and Ward II have been or
ganized and are getting their
organizations perfected looking
to the fall election.
Entertainment will be fur
nished following the meeting.
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of the committee here, at
tended by CIO President
Philip Murray, Chairman Sid
ney Hillman and others, follow
ing similar Endorsement earlier
in the day by the Amalgamated
nSothing Workers convention.
'hey know, the committee
Vi, that Franklin D. Roose-
telt is the only man in public
life today qualified to lead the
nation during the next four
years"
"A small but powerful minor
ity which has fought the Presi-
dent at every turn during the
past IL years will redouble their
attack today" the committee
warned.
To combat the voices of de-
featism the committee called for
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plague of fascism is already
Frightening tn e horizon"
President Sidney Hillman de-
clared. Our every act must be
measured by a single standard:
does it support and strengthen
our war effort and the great
offensive on which we are about
to EMBARK"
Heartened by the retirement
under pressure of Martin Dies,
the defeat of Joe Starnes in
Alabama and the victories Of
Senators Pepper and Hill, the
Amalgamated president called
for a decisive offensive on the
homefront to cleo a win-the-war
congress.
Hillman, who is chairman of
the CIO Political Action Com
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TO
Congress

Petitions have been clrcu-
lated throughout many ClO
shops in the city asking Con-
gress to adopt legislation for
a strong Office of Price Ad-
ministration with adequate funds
for enforcement, according to
Richard Lazette, president of the
Toledo Industrial Union Council.
The petition, which is ad-
dressed to the Congress of the
United States, reads as follows:
Don't raise the cost of living.
We want a strong OPA, and urge
you to provide adequate funds
for vigorous enforcement We
request you to fight all Gripping
amendments to the Price Control
Act.
Asked To Sign
President Lazette said that all
CIO members in the city will
not only be asked to sign the pc
titions themselves, but are urged
to take the petitions to their
friends, neighbors and relatives
to sign. unless we show con-
gress our interest in maintaining
economic stability during the
war, there is a grave possibility
that we may all suffer from an
unsatisfactory control act which
doesn't really control" said Mr..
Lazette.
Many crippling amendments
have already been proposed to
the Price Control Act which
would render it of doubtful
value when passed. Inadequate
control would bring about dan
gerous initiation which in effect
would constitute wage cut for
millions of American workers,
according to CIO authorities.
To Send Petitions
When the petitions have beer
filled, they will be returned to
the CIO Council to be forwarded
to Congress. Those who are cir
culating the petitions are urged
to return the filled petitions as
soon as possible as the new law
must be enacted before June
80, when the present Price Con-
troll Act expires.
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army.
WHY'S welfare committee,
which has charge of mailing the
gift boxes each month, stated
that the Ohio Sales Tax Division
ruled that the tax on cigarettes
must be paid regardless of the
fact that they were purchased
out of the state. They point out
that any resident of Ohio may
60 into Michigan and purchase
cigarettes, bringing them across
the state line without paying the
tax and are protesting to the
state that they are being dis
eliminated against.
Prisoners Don't Pay
At the same time that the
Sales Tax Division is forcing the
WHY'S Unit to pay tax on the
cigarettes, it is not attempting to
collect tax on cigarettes sold or
sent to Italian war prisoners at
Camp Perry. 1T looks to me, !"
said one member of the COM
mittee, "that the Italian prison
ers/ in Camp Perry, some of
whom have possibly killed our
American boys in Italy, are
more important than our fellows
who are fighting the war all
over the world to make it pos
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u. s. ReneWs
Suit Against
Andcon

NEW YORK, May % (FP)-
The Anaconda Wire g. Cable
Co., (which got off with measer
$4,000 fine last year for selling
defective wire to the govern
ment, is in hot water again.
In a second attempt to get
suitable punishment for the COM
pany, the government filed a
civil suit against the firm in fed
eral court here May Is. Charg-
ing Anaconda with using
schemes, tricks, devices and
subterfuges in connection with
the production of wire" between
1910 and 1912 at its Indiana
plant and making and using
numerous false vouchers, GER
tificates, affidavits and deposit
tions," the government is seek
ing several million. dollars in
damages.
Company officials were given
suspended sentences and small
fines by federal judge at Fort
Wayne, Ind, on the same charges
last year, despite vigorous pro-
tests by the government.
The government started its
new action against the company
under recently enacted legisla-
tion permitting the government
to intervene in informer suits
brought by private citizens or to
initiate its own suit.
n
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Unions Wont
Congress TO
Broadcast

SEATTLE (FP)-In the inter-
est of restoring government to
the people," Local 6, Building
Service Employees International
Union (AFL), called on Con-
gress to broadcast its proceed
ings over nationwide hookups.
The local urged other unions to
take similar action and voted to
place the proposal before all po-
litical parties with the sugges-
ton that it be made part of their
platform.
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mittee, said labor's part in the
campaign will be decisive in sup
porting Pres. Roosevelt's policy
for speedy victory and peace
and prosperity after the war. A
5-minute ovation broke loose
when he appealed for the reelec-
tion of Roosevelt.
With $4,000 new members
since the last convention, ACW
membership stands at an alltime
high of 325, 900. Greetings were
sent to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,
commander of the Allied inva-
sion forces in western Europe:
Together with all of labor" the
800 delegates wired him, I'VE
pledge ourselves to produce and
supply your needs without inter-
ruption."
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tlOn Oh manufacturers.
Joining hands with the ma
tional AFL and CIO in the
determined battle against over
turning the historic position of
the NLRB on employer petitions
were the unaffiliated National
Federation of Telephone Work
ers, the Confederated Unions of
America as well as the United
Mine Workers, District so.
Proposed New Rule
The proposed rule would al
low employers to call for an
election if only one union was
involved in' the case and the
employer believed there was a
reasonable doubt the union still
represented a majority of his
workers. The rule would apply
when d dispute has reached an
other federal agency. Although
the NLRB said it was intended
to apply to WLB cases, as writ
ten it would apply to any u. S.
agency-the VINO or the FEPC.
Leadoff man at the hearing
was CIO President Philip Muir
ray, who said "the imposition of
this rule would create more dis
order, confusion, misunderstand-
ing and lead to more strikes than
anything since the creation of
this board. It invites terror, in
vites disorder, invites fights. 1t
is damaging to the interest of
the nation and to the nations
war effort.
This rule would give the em=
ployer the right to harass the
union. Leaders of American la
Dor have enough harassment
already. Please don't take ad-
vantage of us. Please don't throw
us into a national organizing
crusade in the midst of terrible
war.
Thomas Suggests Name
Quickly following Murray
were President R. J. Thomas of
the United Auto Workers, CIO.
and President Emil Rieve of the
Textile Workers, CIO. Thomas
suggested that if the rule was
adopted the NLRB should then
change its name to the Nation
al Management Relations Board.
For the AFL, Herbert S,
Thatcher, associate general coun-
sci was the first witness. He
agreed with the previous wit
nesses and said the AFL was
primarily concerned with the
effect on the war effort" He
said the rule was bound to pre-
cipitate jurisdictional differ
See NLRB, Page 2
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LAST CHANCE

Time for paying the In
ternatioEal Assessment is
limited. Unless the assess
ment is paid by May 81, re-
gardless of your dues stand
ing, you will automatically
stand suspended from MEM
bership. The assessment
levied by the international
Executive Board is for S1.OO
for all members of record
as of January 81, 1914.
Office hOurs-9:OO a. m.
to $3.50 p. m. Mondays to
Fridays.
900 a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Saturdays.
CLOSED ALL DAY
DECORATION DAY, May
80.
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CIO in Northwestern Ohio,
the delegates to the confer
ence were unanimous in con-
demning the little steel formula
and in voting their support to
the Steel Workers.
The Fremont conference which
was called by Richard GoSser,
UAW-CIO Regional Director,
spent considerable time in dis
cussing political action. Plans
were made by the conference
to set up political action COM
mittees in each Local in the
region. Orville Beemer attached
to Director Gosser's office was
named to coordinate the politi-
cal action committees and dl-
srected to call regional meet
ing for political action as soon
as expedient.
CIO Program Supported
Unanimous support was given
the national CIO Political Ac-
ton Committee headed by Sid
ney Hillman. A resolution was
passed for the setting up of
political action in the "a Locals
throughout the region. Cities re-
presented were Toledo, Ere
mont, Port Clinton, Sandusky,
Fostoria, Lima and
ly.
bther resolutions passed by
conference called for Price
ltrol Act without the Grip
ping amendments proposed by
the Smith congressional COM
mittee, and with adequate funds
for enforcement; support OF the
International UAW position with
respect to returning war vet
erans condemnation of the War
Labor Boards action in forcing
labor unions to pay the cost of
arbitration before initial con-
tracts have been signed and rec
ommendation of a constitutional
amendment abolishing the poll
tax
WBL Criticized
Occupying a large portion of
the conference time was the War
Labor Board. Sharp criticism of
the Board was voiced by many
delegates, principally because of
the long delays in getting Board
decisions, and because manage
ment gets the decision before
the workers. Another source of
irritation to the delegates was
the great difference which exist
See USW-CIO, Page 2
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sible for Ohio to continue to col
lect taxes"
Col. H. D. Wolley informed
the UNION JOURNAL that the
prisoners at Camp Perry, who
earn eighty cents a day, have no
other place to spend their
money except at the camp PIX,
and that they purchase their Gig
arettes there without paying the
Ohio State Sales Tax. The reason
the tax is not paid to Ohio is be-
cause Camp Perry is federal
property and the federal govern
ment pays no state tax.
Appeals Made
Appeals which have been
made to the State Sales Tax
Division to refund the tax
money already paid have been
without results and WHY'S Unit
is planning on renting store
room on the io-Michigan state
line where it will sell cigarettes
in Michigan and from which
point it will mail the service
mems boxes.
In commenting upon the
states action in forcing the pay
ment of the State Sales Tax on
servicemen's cigarettes, Melvin
See SOLDIER GIFTS, Page 2
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TUNE IN

If you want to hear a
labor program that's differ
ent, tune in each Sunday at
1880 p. m. and hear La
Dor Views and News" over
radio station WTOL. You'll
like it. Besides it is sp0n-
sored by Local IL.
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OO Urges Price
Control Retention

Necessity for retention of price control and rationlng
stressed by three speakers in meeting at the Toledo
Industrial Union Council Thursday night The meeting
marked the beginning of Price Control Week in Toledo and
throughout the nation and was addressed by H. c. Bogar
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CWConvention PIedqes
Support To BattIefronts

CHICAGO, May % (FP)-Representing the and
who make their nations uniforms the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers CIO) convention opened in Chicago with
dedication to the armed forces
THE day of mankind's deliverance from the black
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Martin TO
Broadcast

Cyrus (Toots) Martin will be
the guest on the Local II broad
cast Sunday, May % at 1890 p.
m. over radio station WTOL.
The weekly program Labor
Views and News" is made up
of labor news of local and ma
tional interest taken from the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL.
Each week a speaker is present
ed to discuss some important
phase of the nations activities.
Mr.. Martin will discuss union
organization and tell Of the work
which has been done by Local
II in organizing shops in and
around Toledo.
- Tune In WTOL Sunday IL 80 P. NJ. -
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Go Committee OK's
FDR For Fourth Term

CHICAGO, May % (FP)-Full strength of the CLOS
five million members swung into the drive
President Roosevelt to the White House for fourth term
following his Endorsement by the CIO Political Action
mee May 16 The action taken special meeting
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Teumsfers For
Fourth Term

NEW YORK (FP)-FolIowing
the lead of International Presi-
dent Daniel j. Tobin, Joint
Council 16, International Broth
erhood of Teamsters (AFL), has
pledged its 10000 members to
join the Roosevelt fourth-term
movement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Ohio Penalties Gifts
To WHY'S Soldiers
State Sales Tax Division
Forces Cigarette Payments

Members of Wilys-Overland Unit, Local II, UAWCIO,
are up the action of the Ohio State Sales Tax
Division assessing the Unit several thousand dollars in
taxes cigarettes which purchased in Michigan and
enclosed in boxes mailed than thousand union
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26
Labor Fighting Against
in NLRB
Murray Pleads Against
Employer Use Of Agency

WASHINGTON, May 20 CFP)-In the greatest display
of united labor position since 1887 representatives of all
organized workers joined May 19 in resisting proposal by
the NLRB that amend its rules permit filing of election
petitions by employers requested by the National Assoca
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JAW Votes To
Support USW-CIO

FREMONT May 20-Support voted the United
Steel Workers. CIO in their attempt break the little steel
formula by delegates the Auto Workers Regional Con-
ference held in this city today.
Representing than 1000 members of the UAW-
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DEAN REFLECTED

BAY CITY, Mich. (FP)-The
Michigan Federation of Labor
convention May 18 reelected
President George w. Dean, De-
troit, and Secretary Treasurer
John Reid, E. Lansing.
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See USW- CIO, Page
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Tune In WTOL Sunday IL 40 P. NJ
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-08-04
Zapadn1 frOnta.

Ma zapadnf fronte americke
armady pc dobytf Coutances,
dorazily k zapadnlmu pobrezf
a dobyly Granville a Avran-
ches a stale postupuji jiznlm
smerem.
Poole rozhlasovych zprav
dobyli Americana st. Denis lie
Ghast, 8 mil jihovychodne cd
Coutances a Tessy sur Wire.
Prudke boje Sc rozpoutaly u
Notre Dame de Gently. Ia te-
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Nemc1. Poole zpravy gen. Eli
senhowera, re Nemci jsou ma d
stupu tez zapadne cd St. Lo.
Vychodne Cd st. Lo byla vycis-
tena costa, vedoucf k Bayeux
a dobyty ST. Jean de Baisants a
Bidouville.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-08-04
v BRATRI SESLI Sc
MA

Albert j. Svec Jr., S &c a
Ensign James F. Svec, synove z
krajanske rodiny p. a p1. AL
bert svec, 813 N. Glover ST,
byli tax Stastni, re mohli do
staff jejich dovolene z U. S.
Namornictva v tn samou dobu.
Albert byl II dnf donna pc u
konceni vycviku v u. S. N. T. G.
v cambridge, Md.
James graduoval 10. cerven-
ce z u. S. N. r. Midshipmen's
Skoly v Chicago, Ill. a pc A.
dennim pobytu donna odebral
Sc ma sve stanoviste v Califor-
nil.
Oba chlapci jsou zenatf. AL
bertova zena jmenuje. Sc Hele-
ma a mali dvou-mes1cn1ho sy-
nacka. Jamese zena Sc jmenu-
je Geraldine. Zajiste, re jak
rodice a setry a manzelky obou
nasich chapel byli poteseni je-
jich navstevou v soucasnou do
blu.
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POHRBY.
We ctVrtek. 27.

= We ctvrtek, 27. cervence
zemfel v Emergency Nemocni.
ci, Annapolis, Md, krajan Ste.
pan Vojtek z Arnold, Md, We
staff II rokG. Narodil sc v &C.
skoslovensku a do Ameriky pfi.
jel pred Sc lety. Zamestnanim
byl krejcf, nynf ma odpocinku.
Zanechava zde manzelku pi
Terezii Vojtek, roz. Novotny,
dceru pf. Mary Engberg.a syna
Josefa Vojtka. PTinalezel ku
spolku sv. Michaela Archande-
la, jehoz delegace Sc pohrbu
z1castnila.
Pohreb konal Sc v pondeli,
81. cervence re SchimGnkova
Pohr. Domu do kostela sv. Va
clava a odtud ma hTbitov Nejsv.
Vykupitele.
" pondelf, 81. cervence
zemrel nahle krajan Frank
Kotwall (Kotwald), 367 Eve
sham Ave-, We start 75ti let.
Narodil sc v Ceskoslovensku a
do Ameriky pTijel pred IA roxy
Jeho zemrela manzelka Sc jme-
novala Irena Kotwall (rozena
Ptasinska). Prinalezel k G. S.
A. Radu Blank els. 1O1.
Pohreb konal Sc We ctvrtek,
3. srpna re Schimunkova Pohr.
Domu ma Cesky Narodni hrbi-
TOW "a assistance Rev. Ice.
- 25. cervence zemrela v
M~estskych Nemocnicfch Ellen
Rippy, 1889 Ellicott Drive We
start 80 let. Narodila Sc v Bal
timore.
Pohreb konal Sc 27. cervence
re Cvachova Pohf. Domu. Pc
chovana byla v Shelby, North
Carolina.