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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
The Customers
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By DAN PARKER

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Crosby Basketball

Tn the Crosby basketball league. Room 109B "laid 1t on" against l09A representatives at the school gym recently, winning Al to 8; as Dan aher and Bergin got 30 points be- tween them. Curley made half the lsoerS' total with two field goals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
Basketball
(Dy United Press

(Dy United Press Akron 73, Oberlin 69. Great Lakes Naval 59, Lawrence College 27.
 Fort Riley, Kan. Cavalry 67. Kansas State 43. Notre Dame 52, Marquette 46. Dartmouth 56. Boston Coast Guard 46.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
Sacred Heart

Iotalh .s,..... ZD Score at half time: Sacred Heart l3, St. Mary's l2. Referee: John A. Cluney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

There are more than. POO sep arate police forces in England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

High Slngle--Fischetti. 165. High Three--Sharon. 420.
 High Gamt-Metropolitan. G50. High Team-Brookside, 1850.
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Copyright, 1944, King Features Syndicate,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
WORLD WAR II
A YEAR AGO
APRIL IS. 1943
By United Press

In Tunisia, British First Army
swings into q siege line with the
British Eighth Army driving up
the coast, thus pinning the Axis
in its Tunisian corner; Eighth
Army reaches point IA miles
northwest of SOusse; French cap
ture northern end Of the Grand
DOrsal mountain chain.
Frank Knox, Secretary Of Navy,
declares that I'VE must clean up
the Mediterranean" after Tunisia.
Prime Minister Winston Church.
III says that the United Nations
are more than holding their own
against U-bOats.
Russian troops turn back Ger.
man attacks In alI-day tank and
infantry battle ON the Leningrad
trent.
Soviet bombers raid East Prus-
sian capital Of OKenigsberg for
second time in three days.
British announce loss Of sub
marine depot ship, Me9way-sunk
IN Mediterranean last year.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
CIO Supports
FDR-I TUnlUn

NEW YORK, Aug. /. = The
CIO Political Action Committee
Fundamentally supports the
Roosevelt Truman ticket, Sid
ney Hillman, PAC chairman,
stated on his return to PAC ma
tional headquarters from the
Democratic convention in Chi
cago last week.
I'VE believe that Senator
Truman is eminently qualified
for the office of vice president,
Hillman declared. He will make
a splendid runningm mate for the
President. We are confident that
Roosevelt and Truman will make
a winning team on Nov. z"
Hillman said that PAC re-
gretted tn, conventions decision
on the candidacy of Henry a
Wallace.
I'VE wish, however" he as
serted, ito make it clear tn Il
our support of Mr. Wallace did
not carry with it our opposition
to another candidate whom the
convention might select"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Government
Should Spend
More Says De,oey

WASHINGTON (LPA) = It's
news when a Republican Con-
gresham believes that business
men may not be advocating that
the government spend enough
in the postwar period. But this
is exactly what Congressman
Charles Dewey (Rep Ill) be-
lieveS about the estimate of l8
billion dollars for government
expenditures made by business
spokesman Beardsley Ruml of
New York in a pamphlet just
issued by the National Plan
ming Association.
Dewey was assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury under An
drew Mellon, and is now a
member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, a member of
the tax committee of the Re-
publican National Committee
and a member of a Republican
subcommittee on incentive tax
alton.
Dewey said that Eighteen
billion dollars would not meet
our postw requirements. "
Though Dewey is an ardent ad-
vocate of a tax program that
would give business an ''incen-
tive" he told reporters he had
doubts about Mr.. Ruml's plan
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
COOP Short Story
Contest Announced

MINNEAPOLIS &C l. N s. -
Announcement of a Centennial
short story contest with cash
prizes totaling $210 was made
last week by the co-sponsors,
The Cooperative Builder, Box
1000, Superior, Wis, and the
Midland Cooperator, 739 John
son Street, N. E. Minneapolis
13, MINI. First prize will be
S100 and three books; second
prize, $50 and three books; third
prize. S25 and two books. There
will be seven prizes of So and
two books each. The stories,
which should have coopera-
tive angle, must be limited to
5000 words and must be SUBJ
mitted to one of the two spon-
sors by midnight, October 81.
Anyone except employees of the
sponsors is eligible to compete.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

schedules. In addition, all vaca-
tions and leaves were cancelled
without warning.
The Army announcement of
the drastic step-up in hours
said they would be in effect
until further notice and un-
til conditions in the war thea
ters and at home permit re-
taxation" Most Washington civ
il service columnists interpret
this as another of the brass
hats morale building moves
aimed to counteract the effects
on war workers of recent cut
backs in ordinance.
Unions Critical
Both the United Federal
Workers of America-CIO and
the American Federation of
Government Employees (AF-
GE) were critical of the neces.
Sity of the longer hours. Their
spokesmen maintained that a
study of the volume of work
now being given to employees,
and any consultation of actual
work supervisors will indicate
that other measures would have
done much more to increase the
volume of paper-work to back
up Americas fighting men.
unnecessary and damaging
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

was invited to appear but was
not able to do so, and that ne
expected the United Mine
Workers (unaffiliated), the
Railroad Brotherhoods n d
other indepedent unions to take
similar action.
Under the general recommen-
dation adopted, all servicemen
would be given not less than |
month of seniority rights for
each month. of military service
after Sept. /, 1910. 1t was also
agreed that any veteran with
prior employment rights who
has been disabled in the serv-
ice, should not lose his right TO
employment. If he has develop
ed physical limitations that
make it impossible to hold his
former job, he would be given
another job he is able to per
form and at prevailing wages.
Provision is made for honor
ably discharged veterans to get
full membership in the union
at prewar initiation fees and a;
current dues scales.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

Explained in another way,
all veterans, whether or not
members of a union, would
be allowed to use his armed
service training in trade as
experience as a journeyman in
that trade. This would apply
even in cases of youths who
may have had no prewar ex-
perience in a shop, factory or
mill.
The joint AFL-CIO statement
of policy dated July 25 is not
necessarily binding on indivi-
dual unions, but the labor
spokesmen and the VFW said
they felt it would be generally
accepted by the locals.
Represent Organizations
Rep esenting the AFL in the
conferences were vice Pres
Mathew Woll, Sec. Treas. Geo.
Meany and Init. Reu. Robert j.
Watt. For the CIO: Sec. Treas.
James B. Carey and Research
Director j. Raymond Walsh,
Omar B. Ketchum, legislative
representative of the VFW,
said that the American legion
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Maintenance Council
Schedules Meetings

Meetings have been scheduled
by the Greater Toledo Tool and
Die Maintenance Workers Coun-
ell for August Fol'o = are
the times of the n
First and Third 5, >
Thursday, August 100
p. m.
Second shift workers-Thurs-
day, August II, 1000 a. m.
Both meetings to be held at
Local IL headquarters, 425
Winthrop st.
All skilled workers who are
members of Local II are not
only eligible to become MEM
bers of the Council, but are
urged to do so. Come and bring
your fellow workers with you.
Information may be secured
about the Council from Marshall
Myers at Local II headquarters.
Time In WTOI Sunday l2 80 p. NJ. =
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
LoeoI Organizes
Soldiers Relief
Committee

A soldiers relief committee is
in process of formation under
the auspices of Local II with
Anthony Modrowski in charge.
Purpose of the committee is
to give returning servicemen, or
World War l servicemen assist
ance in securing jobs, and in
securing benefits permissible
under the law
The Committee will be split
in several groups trained to
know and understand laws per-
tanning to servicemen. This
committee will give its service
to returning servicemen as pact
of the services rendered by
Local II to its members.
Information about the organ
ization may be secured by call
ing Anthony Modrowski al
Local Il, 425 Winthrop St.
Servicemen who have served in
either major war and are mem
bers of Local II are particularly
wanted to serve as members OF
the committee.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Subsidy Foe
Loses Out In
Texas Primory

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex,
Aug. 1-(FP) = The best hay
seed manner of Rep. Richard
Kleberg, who likes to call him
self plain dirt farmer, ="
couldn't wangle the voters of
this community into renominat-
ing him for congress in the
democratic primaries.
One of the reasons Kleberg
lost the nomination to Capt.
John Lyle, now on active mil
itary duty in Italy, by count
of 1921 to 1886 is that the
plain people of Texas keep
thinking of him as the owner
Of the King ranch, the largest
and wealthiest in the entire
nation.
Kleberg pulled the plain dirt
famer act when he was cam
paining against subsidies on
Capitol Hill and imported scads
Of cowboys from his huge ranch
to parade before house COM
mittees as the socalled anti-sub-
sidy voice of the folks back
home.
Political observers also chalk
up KIeberg's defeat to popular
anger at his part in the anti
Roosevelt electoral college plot
and to growing CIO strength
here.
In other parts of the state the
primaries saw the denomination
of a number of strong Roose-
welt supporters, including House
Speaker Sam Rayburn, Wright
Patman, Lyndon Johnson, Fritz
Lanham and Eugene Worley.
In the second district, the seat
abandoned by Rep. Martin Dies
when labor opposition made it
too hot for him was easily cap
tured by union-indorsed Judge
J. M. Combs of Beaumont.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

to morale" was the comment
of president James Burns of
AFGE on the order. The CIO
union called General Somer-
Wells sudden ruling Typical of
the arbitrary, high-handed and
inefficient personnel policies
which have become typical of
the department in handling civ
ilian personnel"
In a War Manpower Commits
sion (WMC) press conference
on July 9th, William Haber,
executive director of program
development for VINO was ask
ed about the "a hour week or
der. Haber indicated that it
was not likely that such a dras-
tic order would be extended to
all war industries. Haber said
that this would present lot
of difficulties. Even now, he
indicated, "the eight hour day
is fictitious and many of these
workers who must travel an
hour or more from home each
morning and night" He in
dicated that such longer hours
would force many W m Il
workers, especially those with
families, to quit altogether.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

First item on the Congress
sional agenda. AFL, Go and
railway brotherhoods agree,
must be step. to meet the 500
cut in war production likely
when Germany is defeated.
With Russian armies fighting
across Poland toward Berlin,
most military observers here
believe that it is time to face
the reconversion problems that
will come sooner or later with
victory.
Byrnes Wires Leaders
Byrnes, in his role as "as-
sistant president. has wired
Senate and House majority
leaders to Immediately take up
demobilization problems.
AFL President VIM. Green
has called upon Congress to act
Immediately in favor of the
Kilgore bill, because time is
running out" Green states that
Right now we are wholly un-
See RECONVERSION, Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Die Casters
Publish Pepper

First issue of the Union News
was published today by the
IUMSW-CIO, die casting div
ision of the Doehler Die Co.
The paper which will be pub
lished monthly is four page
tabloid containing general and
shop news, pictures and editor
ialS. The paper will be given a
name as soon as a contest has
been completed in which the
one giving the most appropriate
name will receive a prize.
Subject of the first editorial
was the MESA which is at
tempting to raid the Die Cast
ers and organize the skille d
workers in the shop.
Ernie Love is editor.
T.,zu IL UHnT
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Labor Group
AssuilS Canned
Goods RULING

WASHINGTON, July 81 -
(LPA) - "OPA's scheme for
pricing 1914 canned fruits and
vegetables leaves consumers at
the mercy of unscrupulous can
ners who would overcharge
their customers" the OPA labor
policy committee stated July 30.
The committee, which repre-
Sents the consumer interests IF
AFL, CIO and railroad union
membership, asSailed the recent
regulation worked out by OPA
in answer to the Holman-Tabor
rider to the OPA appropriation
act. This rider, the committee
said, was put into the bill at the
instance of Gamers who sought
to knock government grades
out of OPA price ceilings, just
as one year ago they eliminated
government grades from labels.
With government grades en-
III ely " u u II Z commune
charges, Gamers will be free
to continue the widespread
practice of selling low quality
at high quality price ceilings. ,
Litigation May Result
The OPA regulation is inter
preted by the committee as
throwing this year-old issue be-
tween OPA and the Gamers
into court litigation in enforce
ment cases. 1T is clear" the
committee says, that OPA has
provided the Gamers with an
escape hatch which may save
them when they are caught up
grading their products. Gamers
risk little if anything in over
pricing their products"
AS a result the committee an
ticipates frequent overcharging
of consumers, which, it says,
could have been avoided if OPA
had taken the issue back to
Congress, meanwhile invoking
the assistance of Sterilization
Director Vinson who came to
its rescue in similar situation
in connection with meat grades
last year.
IT,. Ia WTOJ Sunday 10. An p NJ -
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Russion ond
Chinese Aided
By NWF

Largest ALLEGATION of funds
from the National War Fund
which is supported by the
Greater Toledo War Chest to
which thousands of members of
Local II, UAW-CIO and other
labor organizations contribute
are for the Russian and Chinese
victims of the war.
Medical aid sent to war vic
Tins is one of the biggest JOBS
of the agencies affiliated with
the Fund. Almost Sc, 900, 900
worth of medical supplies and
services for United Nations war
victims will be provided during
the first nine months of this
year according to Fund Off.
cialS
Unit e d Seamen's Service,
which provides comforts and
aids for merchant seamen in ga
ports on six continents, has an
appropriation of S559,872 for
its medical program which is
devoted in part to rehabilitation
of men who have been torpedo
ed or who suffer from convoy
fatigue" and need care in order
to be returned 10 active service.
The Greater Toledo Commu-
nifty War Chest benefits total
of 70 agencies including 19 war
relief organizations, 9 war
community services and 40 local
health and welfare agencies.
This years Community Chest
Drive which opens in October
will seek to maintain sufficient
funds to carry on the work Of
the various agencies at their
present effectiveness until the
end of the war.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
agency.

harasS the unions because OF the
war. l am pleased with the good
faith shown by the company
management and hope our rela-
tions will continue to be mu-
tually satisfactory"
Terms of Contract
Included in the contract were
a union shop, bonus pay for
men and women leaving for
military service employed in
the plant since last August, four
hours per month vacation bonus
and double time for all peace
time Saturday work in excess
of four hours.
Seniority will guide in filing
vacancies where hiring, pro-
noting, upgrading or shift per-
ference is involved. Seniority is
on a plant-wide basis.
Satisfactory grievance pro-
cedure clauses were included in
the contract in which the ex-
ecutive shop committee will be
notified before any employe is
discharged disciplined. reclas-
sified or otherwise effected.
Joint Decisions
Qualifications of employees
will be Jointly determined by
the shop committee and the
management. The later will
furnish the data relating to the
qualifications of each indiv-
idual.
Approximately 1900 hourly
rated employees are covered by
the agreement which was neg
otiated by the bargaining COM
mittee consisting of Lee Shafer,
chairman: Fred Gelow, vice.
chairman: Evelyn DINNER, sec
retary; Joseph Mccarthy, Ger
aid Biddle, Steve Nowak. Mo-
rey Balm, Harold Thornton and
Joe Mazur
Packard was organized by
Edward j. Duck of the Local
II organizational staff who con-
Quoted a successful drive which
resulted in the UAW-CIO win
Ming an NLRB election held at
the plant last spring. Mr. Duck
assisted in the negotiations and
will continue TO be charge of
the Unit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
AFL Survey Stirs
Talk In Capital

WASHINGTON GPA)-The
July report of the AFL's La
bor's Monthly Survey" is still
being discussed in official cir
cles here. Main topic of argu-
ment is the revelation of the
AFL that corporations are the
greatest gamers from war busi-
ness activity. According to the
AFL, corporation profits before
taxes have gone up 3299d from
1889 to 1943, while farmers in
come have gone up 204% bust
ness proprietors, 94@o, and in
duStrial workers 58Po.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Plan Model
Town

Minneapolis, Aug. l. OPA)
A model cooperative village,
with facilities for accommo-
dating conventions, inStitu-
tes, and cooperative training
schools, is to grow at Burkhart,
Wisconsin, near here on the
Minnesota Wisconsin border.
Purchase of a whole village
houses, stores, and mill COM
plete with grain elevator, ware
houses and offices - has been
announced this week by Mid
land Cooperative Wholesale.
When the death of the Burk-
hardt mills owner in 1881
caused the community to de
cline in population, the coop
bought the mill. More recently
it has ought the land and
buildings that makes up the
community. The mill is now
back in operation and is fur
nishing a carload of much need
ed food for farm animals each
day.
A. j. Smedby, Midland's gem
eral manager, says that they put
up about $50, 900 for the COM
munity properties, and that it is
expected mucl more will be
spent in building it into a post
war center for consumers CO.
operatives.
Consumers cooperatives this
year celebrate their hundreth
anniversary. The first consum-
ers' coop was. set up - weav-
ers in. Rochdale, England, in
1914. Now, they are spread all
over the world. Midland Co.
operative Wholesale, only 18
years old, did volume of buSi-
ness of $9,000,000 last year,
serving 10000 families in mid
western states.
m
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04

UAW skilled trades.
Walter P. ReUther, Inter
national UAW-CIO vi e.
president opened the meeting
yesterday and discussed the
skilled trades in the Auto Work
ers. He pointed out the Unequal
tiles which existed in vaiious
sections of the country and eX-
pressed the opinion that the
only solution to these problems
was a national wage scale.
Various specialized groups
held their own panels where
they discussed their problems
and the possible solutions to
their difficulties Common to
all the panel discussions was
the agreement that wages vari-
ed widely and that this prob
lem was the most acute.
WLB Represented
The National War Labor
Board sent a representative
from Washington to report to
the Board what the conference
had to say about wages and
other conditions with which the
Board deals.
More than 500 delegates from
all sections of the country re-
f1Asenting thousands of UAW-
eb skilled workers were in at
~rdance. Toledo was represent
ed by Walter Harris and Day
ton Overpeck, Auto-Lite Unit;
John DeBoer, Spicer Unit and
Marshal Myers, WHY'S Over
lard Unit, all from Local II.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Lewis Accused
By UNIV Members

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (FP) =
Six influential members of Dist.
II, United Mine Workers (un-
affiliated, protested to U. S. At
torney General Francis Biddle
against what they termed viola
tions of the civil rights of UNIV
members by Pres. John l..
Lewis.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
CIO Members Belong
To Dem. Committee

LOS ANGELES (FP) = AT
least two dozen CIO members
and officials are among mem
bers of the Los Angeles County
Democratic Committee, accord
ing to latest tallies.
Similar news comes from
next door Ventura county,
where about half dozen CIO
people are part of the County
Democratic Committee there.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-08-04
Labor Increases Pressure
For Reconversion Plan
Ask Congress To Eliminate
Token Sessions And Solve
DemobiIization Problems

Washington Aug. 2 1PA) AS Congress reconvenes
after the nominating conventions this week. labor nten-
planning
Added to the unions urging announcements by War
Mobilization Director Bynes and Republican leader Van
denberg well of other Senators and Congress
men, all demanding that Congress abandon present plans to
hold token sessions three days week during
AUGUST and then to close shop until after the elections