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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28

Eleanor Estes, illustrated by
Louis Slobodkin (Hsrco u I
Brace: S2.50). A secret told in
beautiful pictures, but not re-
vealed in print until the end of
the book.
"Pogo's Train Ride" by Joe
and Ernest Norling (Holt:
Sl.25). Another adventure of
Pogo the pup.
Chips, the Story of Cocker
Spaniel" by Diane Thorne and
Connie Moran winston: $3.50.
Gay story, gay pictures.
Rabbit Hill" story and pic
lures by Robert Lawson (Vik-
ing: $4,000. Humanized Dummies
face and meet a crisis.
The Great Outflow" by
James Thurber, illustrated by
Doris Lee (Harcourt Brace:
$4,000. Imaginative and magi-
cal.
Wing for Per" by Ingri and
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Dou-
bleday Doran: S250). A little
Morse boy comes to know inva-
sion.
Logging Chance" by NIGH.
LaSher, illustrated by Hamilton
Greene winston: $4,000. Ad-
venture in the northwest, for
'teenagers.
WAR IN WORDS
Non-fiction: While books on
the war do not predominant in
this very general classification,
there are many important titles,
perhaps the foremost being
Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle
(Holt: 5000 which bids fair TO
join the famed war correspond
ent's widely read This Is Your
War" Others worthy of your
attention are:
Macarthur and the War
Against Japan" by Frazier
Hunt (Scribners: $3.50. The
man who has attained one avow-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28

ed objective and is poined TO
achieve another.
War Through the Ages" by
Lynn Montross (Harper's: So
A tremendous work, tracing the
history of mans conflict.
I'VE Build, We Fight" by
Hugh B. Cave Harper: S2.50 d.
Pictures and running story Of
Uncle Sans Seabees.
Dogs at War" by Clayton
Going Macmillan: S250). Pic
lures and story of the K-9 Corps
III training and action.
BIOGRAPHY: Here are some
of the outstanding stories of
great men whose lives make en-
lgroSsing reading:
Samuel Johnson" by Joseph
Wood Krutch (Holt; $3.50.
Lenthy but live account by a
man who proves Sam Johnson
territory is not sacred 10 Bos-
well alone.
"Anatole France" by Jacob
AXelrad (Harper: 1919. A
scholarly and profound treat
ment of the great French critic,
novelist, and satirist.
John c. Calhoun, National
ist", by Charles NJ. Wiltse
(Bobbs- Merrill: $4,000. An i'm
portant phase in the life of a
great statesman.
POETRY AND THE ARTS:
Nevertheless" by Marianne
Moore macmillan: S1.25).
Verse by a writer who has been
called the greatest of living
American women poets.
Take Them, Stranger" by
Babette Deutsch (Holt: $1,000
Poems which are inspiring with
out being of the "inspirationa"
type.
"Winslow Homer" by Lloyd
Goodrich (MacMillan: $500 g.
The life of one of Americas best
painters, with 90 reproductions
Of his art.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28
HiqhIiqhts from the Latest Books

Pearce: S2.5O). Humor as well
as tragedy, in a Tobacco Road
setting.
Behold Trouble" by Gran
Vile Hicks Macmillan: S2.75.
Dramatic fight of a conscien-
tious objector, against the world
and himself.
THE History of Rome Hanks, "
by Joseph Stanley Pennell
(Scribner's: S2.75). Civil War
experiences in unusual form
and electrifying style.
The Building of Jalna," by
Mazo De La Roche Lit t | Z,
Brown: S2.50). Latest Jalna
book covers earliest phase of
the Whiteoak family.
Borrowed Night" by Oscar
Ray Doubleday Doran: S250) d..
An Alsatian soldier feigns a
mental ailment to escape from
the German Army.
"Lusty Wind for Carolina"
by Inglis Fletcher (Bobbs-Mer-
rill: 5000. Pirates and romance
in an historical novel.
SONGS, RABBITS, PUPS
Juvenile: The selection of
books for children of all ages,
superbly illustrated and many Of
them fascinating even to grown
ups, is so large that a future
colume will be devoted to
them exclusively. Here are a
few suggestions:
Sing for America" by Opal
Wheeler, illustrated by Gustaf
Tenggren (Dutton: 5000. Mu-
sic and anecdotes of our best
known songs.
Prayer for a Child" by Ra-
chel Field, illustrated by Eliza
best Orion Jones Macmillan:
$1.50). Touching and beautiful.
"The Hundred Dresses" by
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-28

Scratching your head over
that Christmas list? Buy a book!
Books are good bet; they pro-
vide solid entertainment and
they're simpler TO shop for than
most gifts. "a given volume,
comes in only one color and
size) Despite the paper short
age, publishers have reaped a
fine Al crop in all fields, and If
your friends and relatives like
TO read even if only occasional
~, there's bound TO be a suitable
title.
You know your Uncle Otto
better than we do, so rather
than prescribe history when he
may prefer mystery, here's a
shopping list of some of the re-
cent standouts in the book
world, grouped in general cate
gories:
VAUGHAN LEADS LIST
Fiction: THE RaZors Edge
by w. Somerset Vaughan (Dou-
bleday: $2.75). A longtime
best-seller still high on the lists.
1.-THE Green Years." by A. j.
Cronin (Little, Brown: $2.50).
Heart-warming story OF an
Irish lad in Scottish town.
Forever Amber" by Kath-
leen Winsor Macmillan: SO
Novel of the Restoration which
has caused a rumpus and may
be a sell-out.
Strange Fruit by Lillian
Smith (Reynal, Hitch X:
$2.75). Powerful tale of the
Deep South.
"Pastorale," by Nevil Shute
Morrow: $3.50. Love in war
time England, with a memora-
BILE air battle thrown in.
Tragic Ground" by Erskine
Coldwell (Duell, Sloan and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

of our fighting men are also en-
titled to the practical right to
vote. " The Ohio CIO Council has
conducted a vigorous fight for
simplified soldiers voting bill.
De Nucci further observed that
several months ago the CIO
Council in Ohio raised the war
workers voting issue with tie
governor along with the soldiers
vote matter. '"To this date" de-
clared De Nucci, "the governor
has not seen fit to state his posi-
tion on the war workers voting
problem"
"The matter of passing RENE
dial legislation is simple. 1t
merely requires a word of ap-
proval from the governor. Sure
ly the governor cannot withhold
his encouragement and thereby
disfranchise thousands of work
ers who otherwise will not get
to vote because of their service
to Americas war effort"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

would be open on election
day. DeNucci emphasized
that in recent elections great
numbers of workers did not vote
because their work schedules in
war plants did not give them
sufficient time to get to the vot-
ing booths.
De Nucci further pointed out
that he assumed as matter of
course that the governor would
call the legislature into special
session for the purpose of sim
plifying soldiers voting, and
that the correction of the voting
difficulties facing war workers
was natural and proper corol-
larry of the same problem.
Workers Want Vote
Stated De Nucci: "Just as our
soldiers are deserving of the
practical right to vote. because
of their sacrifices to the war ef-
fort, so war workers because of
their contribution to the effort
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

conference is the forum discus
sion periods conducted at all the
sessions except the dinner meet
ing. Each session will be ad-
dressed by representatives of
employers and employees, and
by a person specially versed in
the social teachings of the
Catholic Church.
Public Is Invited
Everyone is welcome to at
tend all the sessions. There is
no registration fee. Only charge
is for the dinner, S2.75 a plate.
Reservations may be made with
Miss Lima E. BreSette, who
has headquarters on the four
teenth floor of the Commodore
Perry Hotel. Miss Bresette,
from Washington, is field sec
retary of the N.C.W.C. Social
Action Department
Bishp Karl j. Alter will speak
at the dinner. Other dinner
speakers will be Msgr. Reynold
Hillenbrand, Mundelein, ILL.,,
near Chicago, and DR.. Elizabeth
Morrissy, Baltimore, Md, pro-
fessor of economics at College of
Notre Dame of Maryland.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
March Is
UAW-cIO
AuxiIiuries Month

DETROIT, MICH, March IL
The month of March has been
set aside by the international
Womens Auxiliaries as the
m n h of its Organizational
Drive, Mrs. Catherine Gelles,
Secretary-Tr asurer of the
UAW-CIO International Wom-
ems Auxiliaries announced to-
day.
Organized to interest the wives
mothers, sisters and daughters
of UAW- -CIO workers in the
Union, the AuXiliarieS have been
a It lively participating in all
phases of our Nations war effort
since Pearl Harbor. In countless
ways they are doing much to
Tighten the burden of the men
and women on the Fighting
Front and to encourage those
working on the Production
Lines.
Every UAW-CIO member is
urged to lend his or her full sup
port towards making the Auxi-
liaries moro influential force
in the life of our Nation and
our Union. Appreciation of the
work being done can best be
shown by the sponsorship of a
new member.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Auxiliary PIons
Reception

Members of the Womens S
Auxiliary will be in charge of
a reception to be held for the
wives, mothers, daughters and
sisters of members of Local II
at the Locals headquarters,
425 Winthrop st, Wednesday,
March %.
Refreshments and entertain
ment will be provided and
pleasant evening is promised all
those who attend. The reception
will be held between 500 and
11:00 p. m. All members of
Local IL are urged to have their
women relatives tt e n d the
party.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Women Seek
Postwar
Employment
Union Makes A
Complete Survey

DETROIT, March 13-A
survey just completed by the
UAW-CIO indicates that 95
percent of women workers
employed in war plants wish
to continue working after the
war is over, R. J. Thomas, presi-
dent of the union, said today.
The figures were obtained
through a QUESTIONABLE submit
ted to a substantial sampling Of
the approximately $4,000 wom-
en- members of the UAW-CIO.
Commenting on the findings
of the survey, Thomas said
that the answer to the women
who wish to continue working
after the war should not be the
Hitter attitude of mo jobs for
women" He urged, instead, a
program of jobs for all based on
utilization of the ma
tion's machinery, labor power
and natural resources.
Thomas Comments
''This survey was conducted
by means of a return postcard
QUESTIONABLE sent out by the
Research Department of the
UAW-CIO to a representative
sample of women workers in
war plants throughout America.
Il believe that the results of
this study will shatter the pre-
conceived ideas of certain in
dustrialists and so-called 'ex-
perts in government agencies
who think that a majority of
women workers will desire to
leave the labor market in the |
postwar period.
Il have never had any sym
pathy for those who want to fol- |
low up a victory over Hitlerism |
by applying Hitler's formula of |
no jobs for women Our nation |
cannot afford to return to the
Kind of economy of 'normalcy'
where women, Negroes and 9TH
ar minority groups are denied
he right to work. j
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Efficiency
Men Sfoy
In Toledo
Scale Co. Shooting
Angles to Defeat Union

Results of the TOLEDO
UNION JOURNALS disclos-
ure of the purpose behind the
efficiency studies which are
going on at the Toledo Scale
Co. for a number of weeks are
still accumulating.
This was borne out on March
IA when workers in dept. 25
were called together by works
manager Dick" Richards to ex-
plain to them that the time
study work which had taken
place under the Macdonald Eff
ficiency Engineers was not for
the purpose stated in the UNION
JOURNAL; but because the
company was expecting some
large postwar orders for new
equipment.
Mr.. Richards said that the
new time study men were just
"practicing" and that the time
study work which they are do
ing would be turned over to
the workers if they wanted the
results of the work.
But the joker in the deck was
uncovered by the u N ION
Continued On Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

vice-president, Tom Burke;
recording secretary, Richard
Myers; financial secretary,
Randolph Gray; treasurer, Nor
man Meyers, Board members
who took office were: John Kip
linger and Heinz Sieve, trus-
tees; William Weston, parlimen-
tartan; Ernest Kubacki and Alex
Stefan, board members at-large;
Melvin Griffin and Lloyd Spei-
dell, sergeant t-at-arms and as
SiStant sergeant-at-arms; Gerald
Biddle and Howard Cutcher,
guide and assistant guide.
Assignments Made
Following are the board mem
ber assignments for the current
year:
Lloyd Speidell-Arway Elec-
trio, American Brake S h o e,
Ayling and Reichert, E, w, Bliss
Foundry, Gordon Mfg, Plaskon,
Ransom and Randolph, Toledo
Porcelain Enamel and Usona
Mfg.
Arthur Peth-Acme Special
ty, Bingham Stamping, Butler,
and Darling.
Clayton Rus c h-Acklin
Stamping, Hertz-Driv-Ur-Self,
Toledo Steel Products, and Wat
son Mfg.
John Kiplinger - American
Can, Lakeside Biscuit and We'll
ever Piston Ring.
Norman Meyers - Auto-Lite,
Mather Spring, Rathbun Jones
Engineering and DeVilbiss.
Gerald Biddle-Banting Mfg,
Herman Fuel, Sheets Elevator
and Tillotson Mfg.
Howard. Cutcher = Buckeye
Paint, Laclede Christy Clay
Products and Phoenix Box and
Lumber. :.
Heinz Szeve-Burt Foundry,
Ensign Foundry and the Etna
Machine and Tool.
Ernest Kubacki-City Forge,
City Machine and Tool and In
dustrial Heat Treating.
Harold Dean-Dupont Chem
ical, Keller Pen, Toledo Pressed
Steel and Peters Stamping, Per-
rysburg.
Ed Duck-Packard M o t o r,
Surface Combustion, Swartz-
baugh Mfg. and S. M. Jones.
Alex Stefan-Formed S e
Products and Toledo Industrial
Rubber.
Richard Meyers = Champion
Spark Plug.
Anthony Modrowski = Fort
Pitt and Toledo Metal Furni-
ture.
Randolph Gray - Hall Mfg,
and Toledo Standard Commuta-
tor.
Cyrus (Toots) Martin-France
Foundry and Toledo Scale.
Melvin Griffin-A. c. Klop-
ping and Toledo Pipe Thread. !
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17
Spicer
Directive
Expected

A directive from the National
Labor Relations Board is ex-
pected within the next 10 days
by the organizational committee
for the Spicer Mfg. Co. office
workers, according to Scott
Rogers, who has charge of the
drive.
An NLRB hearing was held
here last month on representa-
ton for the Spicer office work
ers, at which time it was shown
that a majority of the clerical
employees desired Local IL,
UAW-CIO as their bargaining
agent.
Membership in the office
workers group continues 10
mount, according to Tom Burke,
Local IL vice president, who has
been aiding Mr.. Rogers in the
organizational drive.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

a law, is perpetrating the great
est organized election steal since
1876, when the Republican party
were the beneficiaries of the
presidential election which was
stolen from Samuel j. Tilden. "
With chances for wrestling a
federal ballot bill from the pow
erful Republican-poll taxer Goa
lition conceded virtually hope
less, administration strategy re-
treated to a defense of public
law 712, which the bill now be-
fore congress would amend.
Senator Theodore Green, CO.
author of the original Green
Lucas bill, pleaded with his col
leagues to take no action at all,
rather than to adopt the confer
ence report.
A visitor on the senate floor
through most of the day, Rep.
John Rankin 3D., Miss.), the
''one man." Green charged, who
stood in the way of far better
law to provide the 10 or II mil
lion men and women in our
armed services with the oppor-
tunity to vote"
Rankin was in high spirits as
he watched fellow poll taxer
Tom Connally 3D., Tex) and
Warren Austin (R., Vt) thump
for the conference report as "the
best possible under the circum-
stances"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

labor has united for legislation.
The Unions are in complete har-
mony on the black market ordi-
nance" "
Mr.. Dodd stated that he did
not say in the last meeting of
Council that the League of Wo-
men Voters endorsed the ordi-
nance; but that some of the wo-
men would attend the council
committee Of the whole meeting
and might wish to talk. His
statement was borne out by a
member of the League of Wo-
men Voters present at the meet
ing.
Speaking for the unions, Mr..
Dodd said that labor sought the
black market ordinance to pro-
tect all the consumers and that
council should pass it since it
was elected to serve in the in
terest of the majority of its citi-
ZenS.
AFL Speaks Piece
AFL spokesmen were George
Englert, executive secretary of
the Central Labor Union, and
John Quinn, AFL member of the
OPA Labor Advisory Commit
tee. Mr. Englert told Council
that the Central Laboy Union
had gone on record as favoring
the black market ordinance and
urged council to pass it. Coun-
Gilman Arthur M. Jurrus, for
mer business agent of the AFL
and still a member in good
standing, voted against approx
ing the ordinance at the COM
mittee of the whole meeting. He
has been Severly criticised by his
own and other unions who call
him traitor" to his own or
ganization.
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promise, which bows almost
completely to the states
rights advocates, is expected
to receive senate approval with
in a few days. Struggled over by
house and senate conferees for
FL days, the compromise on the
final vote was opposed only by
Senator Theodore Green 3D., r.
~ and Senator Carl Hatch 3D.,
N. ND.
High point of the d b e
March 13 came in scathing ad-
dress by Senator Joseph Guffey
Cd, Po.), in which he charged
that opposition to a uniform fed
eral ballot was based on two
fears:
Il. That, if the simple ballot
is provided, some of the soldiers
may thereby cast a vote for
Franklin d. Roosevelt.
"2. That, if the payment of the
tax and registration are
Z sed, the colored troops and
if whites may thereby obtain
the right to cast vote, which
they cannot do under the So
called states rights provision" "
Guffey Charles Fear
Said Guffey: Between those
who are afraid to let our colored
citizens and poor white citizens
vote at all, and those who are
afraid to let the soldiers vote for
fear they will vote for Roosevelt,
the congress, if this bill becomes
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

Reports On
Meeting

Regional Director Richard
Gosser, who recently returned
from the Los Angeles meeting Of
the International Executive
Board, issued the following
statement of the results of the
meeting:
"Our international Executive
Board at its meeting went on
record to fight to the end to pro-
tect the economic conditions of
the workers during and after
the war.
The board also made an i'm
portant decision when it ex-
pressed the view that the little
steel formula must be changed
and the workers granted in
creases in line with the rise in
the cost of living. If prices could
be controlled, we would be will
ing to maintain the economic
status quo until the war is ended.
Inasmuch as congress has seen
fit not to bring about effective
control, the board believes that
wage grants must cover the in
creased cost of commodities.
Adopt Wage Program
Director Gosser stated that the
board had adopted a wage pro-
gram for which it is prepared to
wage fight. The program calls
for equal pay for similar work.
Discussing the pay proposal,
Mr.. Gosser said, There is no
reason why welder gets S1.75
in one town and S1.50 in another
when they both work for the
same employer. This must be
changed so that a national wage
program can be established and
rates set on uniform basis"
The regional director made it
plain that the determination of
the board to establish higher
wages and a uniform rate of pay
must not result in any slow
downs or work stoppages. He
said, I'VE must not put less into
our jobs than we did before. We
must continue to work building
the implements of war so that
our boys, many of them mem
bers of our union, have the arms
and supplies they need to bring
this war to a speedy and vic
torious conclusion"
Mr.. GoSSer said that no group
of officers could accomplish the
results desired by the Executive
Board by working alone. He
said, Everyone in the union.
must take a part in the fight to
bring about better wages and
the universal wage rates deter
mined upon by the Executive
Board. We solicit the aid of each
member of the union in this
fight, and will succeed if given .
the workers backing"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

by the Rev. M. j. Doyle, gen
eral chairman for the con-
ference, as he extended an
invitation to representatives OF
all labor organizations in the
Toledo area to attend the six
sessions of the two-day meeting,
brought here at the invitation of
Bishop Karl j. Alter of Toledo,
episcopal chairman of the Social
Action Department of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence.
Sessions Open March 28
On March % the sessions will
start at 10 a. M, 2 p. m. and
8 p. m, The next day the morn
ing and afternoon sessions will
be at the same time, but the
closing session, the dinner, will
start at z.
Two labor leaders from De-
troit will be on the program
Paul Weber, president of De-
troit Chapter of the Association
of Catholic Trade UnionistS and
a state vice president of the
CIO, and E. E. Milliman, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employees.
An important feature Of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

Tom Burke-National Supply,
Spicer Mfg. and Spicer Mfg
office.
Willys-Overland - M " i n
Schultz.
Save List
President Melvin Schultz in
giving out the shop assignments
of Board members stated, 1--WE
have had the list published in
our newspaper so that all shop
chairmen and committeeman
could cut them out and have a
handy reference. l hope that
this list will be kept convenient
for all who are concerned.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

ordinance was not only in the
interest of the workers, but
of the thousands of consum-
ers of Toledo.
Dodd Speaks for Labor
Herbert c. Dodd, Railroad
Brotherhoods, also a member IF
the OPA Labor Advisory Board
spoke in favor of the ordinance
and said: This is the first time
in the history of this council that
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-03-17

union on the ballot.
Decision of the MESA not
to intervene in tie election
was made during an NLRB
h earing held in Toledo last
month. MESA representatives
protested the hearing on the
grounds that the NLRB was pre-
JUDGED. Following its walkout
at the hearing, the MESA called
nation wide strike.
Matt Smith, executive secre-
tary, and other union officials
defied the order of the National
Washington, but called off their
War Labor Board to appear in
strike after several days when
it became apparent that the gov
ernment would take drastic
action against the union.
Threaten With Strike
Rumors are flying thick and
fast at the WHY'S plant to the
effect that a second nationwide
strike will be called in protest
against the National Labor Re-
lations Board, and as an attempt
to coerce the workers in the Ia
departments involved in next
IInitdnesday's election.
: e>el view of the fact that the
selhESA has never made a no
strike pledge, and its past record
of calling out its members in
jurisdictional disputes, the ru-
NOR of the strike is being given
credence.
MESA members at the WHY'S
Overland who went on strike
last month in protest against the
NLRB, lost approximately $78.-
600 in wages. 1t is estimated that
several million dollars were lost
by other MESA members who
struck in sympathy. UAW Off
cials are pointing out that there
was no question of gain in
volved in the MESA work stop
but merely an attempt on the
part of the union leadership to
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