davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sub., 1944-03-02
May Award Union
 Membership to All

Suggestion has been made for another revision of the Union Bly, Laws by some Union members who argue that since dues Or its equiv alent is being deducted from every workers pay who is covered by the Union contract and the total amount is turned over to the Un- ion, then under these conditions the Union ought to waive the en- rollment fee requirement and au- tomatically admit into membership all the workers involved.
 To accomplish this the Bylaws could be amended to read that all Electric Boat Go. workers who are being assessed by the payroll de- ductions shall be automatically ad- mitted to Union membership and be handed Union Cards. The SUD- porters of this idea point out that the workers already have most of the benefits and privileges of Un- ion membership because they par ticipate in all the contract bene- fits of vacations, paid holidays, etc., and in addition under the latest contract the Union is required to handle all grievances for every body covered by the contract ir- respective of their good standing as Union members.
 If this idea gains enough support the necessary amendment to By Laws can be offered at the March monthly Union meeting and it will then be read and tabled for formal action at the April Union monthly meeting. Every Union member should let his department repre- sentative know how he feels about this proposition.
The sub., 1944-03-02

Economist and Wage Analyst of the Shipbuilding Commission.
 As result of this meeting the Union leaders are confident that ultimately all of the new proposed clerical increases will be sane toned by the w. L. B. However, it was pointed out to the Union representatives present that cer- tain important information had not been submitted by the Company. Chief among the missing data was job descriptions for the various types of work SO that the commis- sion would know and understand duties of the respective position involved. The Commission also de- sired specific statement as to the exact increase involved for every position.
 Upon returning here, the Union officials have directed the attention of the management to the situation and it has been agreed that the additional facts which the Con- mission desires in reference to the clerical adjustment would be im- mediately supplied and filed in Washington. On March 20th there all the new wage adjustments will be another public hearing on which the Union and the Company have Jointly proposed. At that time, a full explanation will be made to the Commission of all changes in clerical rates. The Un- ion and the management will joint ly urge immediate retroactive ap- proval.
The sub., 1944-03-02
New Clerical Rates Discussed in Wash.

While in Washington in Febru- ary to present the Union dispute case ~to the Shipbuilders Commits sion of the w. L. B., the local In- dependent Union representatives, Attorney Charles Suisman, Presi- dent Arthur C. Ward and Peter O'Malley consulted at length with an official of the Shipbuilding Commission in connection with the new clerical rates which are now awaiting approval. The conference was held with Nathan Fine, Chief
The sub., 1944-03-02

Girls who complain that the days of chivalry are over and sigh for the Gay Nineties could have some Fluffy Forties If they'd only close the heels and toes of their slippers. For how can lad drink cham pagne out of these modern slip pers?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

plex organism which relates Itself
not only to communal matters but
to everything that an individual
does. In some countries. It even at
tempts to control the mind, determ'
lining what the individual 10 to be-
lieye and think and pray for. Gov
eminent has grown from a mechan-
ism OF unity to a master OF man.
This has happened often before.
In .act, history is an endless strug-
gle between the ne for some kind
OF government and the tendency or
all governments 10 expand their
functions and powers until they
overwhelm the individual into slay-
cry. Then there Is resistance-at
first, passive resistance as with
the Chinese who when they weary
OF a tyrannous oflcialdom. shut
up their shops and schools and
houses and do nothing. And do
ing nothing. they produce such a
stagnation that the state itself
might die OF desuetude. Oficials
soon cringe before that type OF
passive resistance which is utterly
paralyzing. But when that fails,
revolution Is the only co%urse-the
right OF free minds for freedom or
thought and action.
II is another curiosity OF history
that those who praise revolution
in other countries, abhor 1t In their
own. The Russians have at var
ious times stimulated revolutions
in every country, but they put down
any form OF opposition as ruthless
ly a Hitler does in Germany. The
hero OF freedom elsewhere becomes
the traitor in his own country. Yet,
free minds and free men will ever
appear in lands where cruel tyran-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

The other night, at Tanglewood
in stockbridge, Massachusetts,, Mr..
Koussevitzky directed a Mozart
concert. Mozart was a German.
So vas Beethoven. So was Wag-
ner. Brahms was a Hungarian.
During the last war, there were
wild men who protested the playing
OF Mozart, Beethoven. Wagner and
Brahms. This time, we have more
sense. We do not visit upon the
culture and civilization OF all man.
kind our antipathies to a particular
country.
Art, like religion. is universal. II
belongs to all people. II knows
neither politics o economics nor
the madnesses OF hate which every
so often beset human beings. Art,
religion, knows neither race nor
creed nor nationality. 1t raises the
weak and backward as II humbles
the strong and aggressive.
And that Is what is so hard TO
understand about the Germans. In
music. they have excelled all the
peoples upon this earth. II Ger.
man composers were removed from
the symphonic and operate pro-
grams, they would indeed become
thin. Yet, these same Germans
can produce a Hitler. a Goering, 4
Himmler. What curious p~sycholo-
gy makes this people so rich in
mind and emotions and yet so ruth
less in the pursuit OF their political
ends? Perhaps politics is a strange
region for them and not knowing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
The Logic of Civilization
These Days. +. .s SE '3l. E; s2S95skT

/ where to go, they lose their way.
The japanese unquestionably have
lost their way. for when they are
not fighting, they appear so meek
and gentle.
AS one listened to Mozart at
Tanglewood. the war was for a mo-
ment forgotten. although there
were plenty OF young people there
in the uniforms OF all the services.
And they, too. for the moment for
got. for Mozart is timeless and one
listens as though in another CEN
tu~y. the facts OF the moment be-
ing driven far away from the mis-
cradle reality OF campaigns and
speeches and wars and radio com,
mentators. Yet. 1t was impossible
not TO recall just this: Politics
and economics are absorbing us too
completely in this generation.
These ~mechanisms OF our living are
grinding us instead Of being manag-
ed by us. We have erected ma
chimes that are so intricate that
we no longer altogether understand
how 10 handle them. They play
tricks on us and they brighten us.
Man invented politics to set up
rules for his relations with other
men. He invented government as
an agency for the management Of
communal affairs. At first, It vas
all very simple. The father con-
trolled his offspring and their COM
munal relationships which in time
became tribal. BY now, however,
government is a f~righteningly COM.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
What They're Whispering in Gotham

pumps and garterless socks, and
sat on the ringside with his bare
shins cleaning. This record for
informallty in a swank cafe was
shattered last night when Irving
Hoffman padded quietly into the
Club. He was wearing bedroom
sl%ippers....It was a soy bean and
sour cream diet that caused Vim
cent Lopez TO lose that fast 40
pounds. But could it have been
worth It? Ugh. Bette Davis has
a new beau. They haunt Bob Dali
tons but she won't allow photo
praghers to take their picture.
Margaret SULLIVAN and LELAND
Hayward successfully squashed ru-
mors that the Stork was lowering
over their house a couple OF months
ago. But the tidings are liable TO
be revived, because a gentleman
who Is around town trying to pro-
cure an airconditioning unit for
Miss Sullavsn's dressing OOH says
the unit is absolutely essential
because quote she Is expecting a
baby unquote.
One OF the better Jockeys. now
on a comeback trail, Is drinking
himself out Of any chance he had
to succeed. Rick Byron. who re-
placed the ailing Ronald Graham
on Broadway Matinee, Is suf-
fering from ~silicosis. He got Is
by sandpapering his sloop with the
wrong kind OF sandpaper. see Local
tailors confide that they'll stock up
on brightly colored and gaily pat
termed suiting for men as soon as
the war ends. They cherish a
theory that returning veterans will
want their first civvies to be
flashy and as unlike uniforms as
possible. .. Rumors have It that Os-
car Levant won't return to the
Information Please" board Of ex-
perts when the program goes back
on the air. Bud Abbott. OF Abbott
and Costello. slipped quietly into
town over the week end. Para
mount has not abandoned the pic
ture "Stork Club. as itemed on
both coasts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

Tabernacle for the next two weeks,
in the absence OF the pastor. Mrs.
Johnston, who is a capable youth
leader, will also accompany DR..
Johnston. Services will be as fol.
lows:
Tuesday, $50 a. m.-The Family
Altar Service.
Wednesday, 1880 p. m.-The Old
Time Wesley Prayer Meeting.
Friday, 7 p. m.-Opposite the
Post once, the Street Meeting.
Friday, 7:45 p. m.-The School
OF the Prophets Bible Class.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
BY Dorothy Kilgallen

- 1oAoNag
That explosion among the Off
GERS OF Winged Victory" will be
taken right to the top in Washing
ton. Newshawks should watch.
There's front page dynamite in
it,. George Jessel Is madly pur-
suing Billy Hayes ex-wife, Bar
bara-and when Jessel pursues.
he pursues with diamond bracelets.
She's wearing a new one from him.
and the talk is that he has propos-
ed on Bonded knee Young Pat
CLANCY and his chum will be sur
prised TO learn here that the be-
nevolent. brave blonde who res
cued them at Bay Shore when their
fishing boat capsiLed the other
day was Gertrude Niesen. the mu-
steal comedy star. Lansing Hat
field, the concert baritone, is Stat
ed for the role OF the Reverend
Davidson in Ethel Merman's YER
sion OF Sadie Thompson. A lad
named Newell from the Hollywood
boss oprys will play Sgt. O'Hara....
Mervyn Leroy is doing his best TO
ignite that incendiary blonde, Bet
ty Hutton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

DETROIT-AP - Visualizing a
need for more than $4,000, 900 auto.
mobiles by July /, 1915. George H.
Pratt, general sales manager for
the Hudson Motor Car Company
told a meeting OF distributors and
dealers here Thursday that II may
be 1850 before pre-war registration
OF cars Is attained. He said that
some 5000 vehicles are being junk
ed daily.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

ny and oppression become the tools
OF government.
l don't know what Mozart has TO
do with all this. Yet, as ! passed
from Lenox through Lee to Otis
hidden deep in the hills. by mind
played not upon melody but liberty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

Around Broadway they seem TO
think Sammy Renick and Billie
Boze are serious 10 the point OF
matrimony.. Lima Romay, the sing.
err, Is having throat trouble-may
need an operation. D.. How chici. The
Latin Quarter erves its tooth.
picking patrons mint-flavored tooth.
picks. Word from the Coast has IL
that Clark Gable and M-G-M aren't
seeing eye-to-eye on the subject
OF his next picture. The studio
wants him to mark his return to
the screen with a comedy. but
Clark-probably because he has
seer so much OF battlefield and
feels the public ought to be re-
minded OF 1t. too-is holding out
for a war film. Mike Todd has
been in Philadelphia working night
and day to put the finishing touch.
es on Catherine Was Great.
Tonic No. In HOLLYWOOD a..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Today's Horoscope

II you are celebrating your
birthday today you have a nice
sense Of humor and can appreci-
ate a joke, ever at your own ex-
pense, a rather rare trait. Al.
though proud and somewhat posi-.
tive. you have a strong, winning
personality. You are also ener-
getie, original and are most happy
when solving some problem. You
are not demonstrative. but are
capable Of a deep and true love.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

Domestic troubles Of q peculiar
nature threaten you. Business
prospers. however. and employers
are helpful. You should check err
ratio impulses. Born on this date
a child will be Of q worrying dis
position and much misunderstood.
which will be due largely to diff
nculty Of self-expression and ir-
ritability. The health II likely TO
be Indifferent.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

WSlly IedTS ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Campbell entertained at a dinner party hon.
ortng their sister, Miss Katherine Campbell, who has left for
San Francisco on her trip around the world. Out OF the city
guests were Mrs Julia Adams, and daughter Minnie. Kansas
City. Mo, Mrs. Martha Warner Campbell, Galesburg, III. From
here, were Mr.. Campbells brother Robert and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Damon celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary at their home on S. Adams 81. Mr.. Damon has been
a prominent resident since 1855. holding the offices Of city
clerk and supervisor and was a member OF the Board of Public
Works.
Death: Mrs. Sarah Dolbee. age 80 years, formerly OF this city,
at the home OF her daughter, Mrs. T. o. Young, Ann Arbor; Mrs.
Anna Walker, age 20, Boyer Hospital.
Marriage: Grant Leroy Alexander. son OF Mr.. and Mrs p J.
Alexander, TO Miss Ruby B. Richards, daughter Of Nj. and Mrs.
William Richards. at the brides home al McGregor.
Fifty Years Ago
The Michigan Bell Telephone Co. announce that they will soon
put a ground wire running for a mile and a half east from Ann
Arbor. which will cut off all induction, making II possible 10 hear
as distinctly between Ypslanti and Ann Arbor as in calling the
central office.
Deaths: Alice Black, II; Mrs. Janette Criuenden, Ravsonvlle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Church Briefs

Baptist Tabernacle
Wednesday. 7:20 p. m.-Prayer
Service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
BY r. J. SCOTT

pulse forego the purpose that you
resolved to enect-shakespeare.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

Minute Test Answers
1. Dwight David.
2 Omar Nelson.
2. Carl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

scording 70 the grapevine, is the
story of the shock a singing screen
star gave her husband-and Incl
dentally, herself-not long ago..
King-size Lois De Fee is wearing
a King-size star sapphire-a birth
day present from an Army ma
jor... The Broadway gamblers, who
conducted their own poll on the
1910 Presidential election-and fig
ured out scientifically that Willkie
would win-will use the Gallup and
Fortune polls this year to guide
them in their betting Andre
Chariot, in whose reviews Gertrle
Lawrence, Bea Lille and so many
others attained stardom, is making
a comeback as a Green actor.
He'll be seen briefly In Summer
Storm. Frank Sinatra has gone
Hollywood as far as his new home
is concerned, but the characters
who surround him are enough 10
make an fastener homesick for
New Jersey. Strictly the old
crowd.
Vaughn Monroe is re~cuperatlng
from a tonsilectomy The Duchess
OF Windsor probably won't be 1T
all interested TO learn that when
Lois Andrews visited the Cog
Rouge two evenings after Wally
did. she was loaded down with
three times as many jools. Model
Lynn Davis, whose pretty puss is
on the cover OF every magazine you
pick up, is shifting orange bios.
SONS with 1t. Comm. Bob Hewitt. ..
The rumors that Susan Hayward
and Jess Barker were on the verge
Of separation already-atter just
a few days OF matrimony-started
quite naturally when they decided
TO keep their own apartments I'M
I'll they could find a home big
enough for both OF them. ..Applica-
lions for US postwar skyways in
clude routes through Berlin. The
Civil Aeronautic Bureau is con-
sidering applications now.
John Jacob Astor once appeared
in the Stork Club In evening
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Begole News
LADIES. AID SOCIETY MEErs

LADIES' AID SOCIETY MEETs
Begole. Mich. Aug. Mrs. Ma
mic Banta. Packard Rd., was hos
tess to the Pittsfeld Ladies' Aid
Society Thursday afternoon. The
president, Mrs. Jessie Lurkins, was
in charge OF the meeting and Mrs.
Nicola Begole led the devotions,
taking her text from the cath
Psalm. Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Zoe Bailey and Mrs. Mable
Budd.
Mrs. Beulah McDougall gave sew.
eral piano selections, accompanied
by her daughter Betty. who played
the violin.
Committee for September Is
Mrs. Mae Smith, Mrs. Katherine
Wilson. Mrs, Claudia Wilson and
Mrs. Eloise Bell.
Mrs. George Palmer, Addison,
was a guest Thursday OF her sis
ter, Mrs. j. r. Sheppard. Detroit.
Mr.. Palmer attended a Hudson Mo-
tor Sales meeting at the Book
Cadillac Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heimer.
dinger, Manchester, called on sew
eral friends in this community
Wednesda..
Mrs. Clifford Reynolds accom-.
panied Rev. Carey and Mrs. Leland
Gorton to Raisin Center Saturday
to attend the Quarterly Meeting
OF the Friends Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

studies and comparisons VIII be
we'll worth while. II is the plan
Of this Committee to continue such
a study. that the present expendi-
lures and costs be found either jus
tihable or not.
Ypsilanti Junior Chamber OF
Commerce Governmental Az
fairs Committee.
r. K. ECKERT,
ANDY SMITH.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Calvary Baptist Church

Calvary Baptist Church
(2l9 S. Grove ST.
Wednesday. s p. m.-Fellowship.
praise and prayer for the whole
family in the Church. The hour
before, starting at 7 p. m. is teach.
ers' instruction class for all teach.
ers giving the lessons In Sunday
School.
Thursday, 7:45 p mellow.
ship Club Meeting for all young
people.
EVansellstle Mission Tabernacle
Or. Dewitt Johnston Of Canada.
widely known gospel crusader. will
be in charge OF all services at the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
on EtiouettI
Words of Wisdom

See nrst that the design is wise
and just that a~seertained. pursue
u ~resolutely; do not for one re.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
One-M Minute Test

Minute Test
1. What Is General Eisenhow-
er's nrst name7
2. What u Lieutenant General
Bradley's given name7
3. What IL Lieutenant General
Spastz's nrst name7
Hints on Etiquette
Family problems should not be
discussed with friends. as a gen.
eral thing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
CITY BUDGETS

Several weeks ago the Junior
Chamber OF Commerce Govern.
mental Affairs Committee used this
Public Opinion" column to print
a comparison between the tax rate
OF Ypsiianti and six other Michigan
cities whose population and total
assessed valuation were similar.
Mount Clemens was one OF thise
six cities. and perhaps the nearest
to Ypsilanti in all respects. Both
have a population OF approximate
ly $4,000 people and both have a
total assessed valuation OF approx.
mately 15h million dollars.
Now, how do their budgets COM
pare? Here are the new 1944-4b
figures for both. The amount OF
the budget to be obtained from tax
levies is:
Ypsilanti SZeo. IOO.0O
Mt. Clemens .......... ~164.527.00
DIFFERENCE ......... l25,l7S.O0
MI, Clemens is only oiTo he great
as Ypsilanti!
A further breakdown OF the bud
gets into departments reveal some
OF the differences:
Street department fund including
sidewalks and paving:
Ypsilanti ...............$20,7 50.00
Mt. Clemens ............ 100000
Park fund:
Ypsilanti .$lS,30O.00
Mt. Clemens .......... 100000
Fire Department Fund:
Ypsilanti $50, 10000
Mt. Clemens ........... 32,0OO.00
Police Department:
Ypsilanti .$55,O0o.Oo
Mt. Clemens ........... 100000
Thaon Ao,,rao inA{rafo hat fuiura
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

Topic No. ! in Hollywood, &c.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-13
Endorsements
Announced
By Local PAC
Continued from Page 1

that the workers register. Said
Mr.. Gosser, while we are ma
turally pleased to see the large
turnout of registrants, we real
ize that the real test will come
on November 7. We urge all
those who have qualified for the
November election to study the
candidates and issues and to
vote on election day."
PAC Preparing
Preparations are complete for
the election drive according to
Clayton Rusch, Political Action
Committee chairman. eve are
going to conduct a campaign
from now until election to give
all PAC endorsed candidates our
fullest support We must elect
those we know are friendly to
labor and defeat those who
have shown by their actions
that they are out of sympathy
with our cause" said Mr.. Rusch.
Ward and precinct organiza-
tions which have been set up by
the PAC will Immediately begin
their work of house to house
campaigning for PAC endorsed
candidates. Each ward has its
own chairman and secretary and
around these will be built the
precinct captains and canvas
sers.
Not only will the PAC bring
the election campaign into the
wards and precincts, but it has
set up its shop committees which
will contact every workers and
solicit their support for the can
didates endorsed by the Com
mittee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-13

mist counsel, Mr.. Matthews, evil
IDENTIFY prefers the "big lie"
techniques of the fascists."
Gets Another Answer
In Washington, Mrs. Mary
Anderson, for 25 years head of
the Women's Division of the
Department of Labor and pio-
neer in the field of improved
working conditions for women,
stated "there is nothing in my
life or my years in the govern
ment to give any l am a Com
munist. Dies and his men have
tried to implicate me on several
occasions. Their mere recent
charges are just the sweeping
statements of desperate men. I
am absolutely within my con-
stitutional rights in standing
for what 1 want-and that is
the election of President Roose-
welt and a progressive Con-
gress."
DR.. William Allen Nielsen,
president of Smith College and
one of the deans of Americans
education, scored the Dies smear,
declaring "Mr. Dies knows per-
fectly well these charges are
false. He knows that l am not
now and never was a Commu-
mist"
Inclusion of several outstand-
ing leaders of the professions,
arts, and education on the Dies
smear list made his attack more
farcial, as the position of these
NCPAC members has kept them
apart from any Communistic
associations.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-10-13

The above reproduced docu-
ment demonstrates clearly
that the NAM is seeking to
put into effect the principle
of a free hand for Big Busi-
ness, while taxes are to be
borne mostly by the workers.
This means of course no
GOV ER N MENT REGULA-
TION OR CONTROL of Big
Business in the interest of the
people.
If we want government reg
ulation and control to assure
full employment we must
elect friends of labor to pub
lie office.
To make our campaign sue
cessful we need more men,
bers. If you are not a mem
ber of PAC, see the PAC Rep
resentative in your shop or
come to our office at Room
410-425 Winthrop st. and
take out membership. Also
come to our office and get
some PAC literature to dis
tribute in your shop.
The industrialists have mil
lions to spend. We haven't
but we outnumber them. So,
let's outvote them.