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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-19

MRS. DONALD X. PEARSON.
the former Miss Lottie Mae Ora.
ham. daughter of James B. era
nam and the late Mrs. Graham
OF Winter Park, whose marriage
TOOK place recently at the Wesley
Memorial Methodist church in
Winter Park. Lieut.. Pearson is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
I. Pearson of Sanford, Fla, sCd
mas just returned from 29-months
service overseas with the Eighth
Air Force.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Toledo High In
WLB Cases

CLEVELAND, F b. 49,
Cleveland, with 176 cases, led
all other cities in Ohio, Ken
lucky and West Virginia in the
number of labor disputes certi-
fled to the Fifth Regional War
Labor Board during the first year
of the boards operation, it was
announced today by Chairman
Frederick H. Bullen. Toledo was
next with los cases.
The tripartite board, a coun-
terpart of the National WLB,
held its first meeting on Febru-
airy 13, 1943, with Lewis M. Gill,
new alternate public member of
the National Board as chairman.
Pointing to the heavy case
load of the Regional Board,
Chairman Bullen urged manage
ment and labor to assist in re-
Gucing the load by reaching
more agreements, at least on the
minor issues, without assistance
from the War Labor Board and
by including in their contracts
provisions for arbitration of dis
putes arising over Interpretation
OF the contracts.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Mae Ballard
Heads Office
Workers

Mae Ballard, employed as Sec
retary in the International UAW-
CIO office of Regional Director
Richard Gosser, was elected
president of Local 30, United
Office and Professional Work
ers-CIO at its annual election Of
officers February II.
Others elected were, financial
secretary, Marian Carrel; re-
cording secretary, Florence Ord
way; sergeant-at-arms, Marvel
Bryan; trustee, Irene Mahoney.
Miss Bryan was inducted into
the Marine Corps on February
Z and is expecting to leave for
preliminary training the latter
part of March.
Support was voted the Toledo
Industrial Union Council in it's
efforts to secure War Labor
Board panel for Toledo, and to
give the soldiers the right to
vote.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Jones Employees
Ask WLB Action

Members of the S. M. Jones
Unit of Local II, UAW-CIO,
have petitioned the Regional
War Labor Board for action on
their case which has been pend
ing before the board since De-
cember, 1912.
Members of the Unit say that
they do not want to take any
drastic action because it is their
feeling that nothing can be gain
ed by such methods, yet, they
point out that their case has
been dragging for Is months,
which establishes new record
for trying the patience of the
workers.
Joseph Kolodziake, chairman
of the Unit, said, 1--WE certainly
can't be accused of being impa-
tient after all these months, but
we very definitely have a limit
to what we can take. We want
our case settled, or some def
mite promise from the War La
Dor Board as to when we can
expect final directives clearing
up all points in dispute.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

ser, Toledo. Assisting the drive
as local organizer was Claude
Snavely from the Seneca Wire
Mill, Local IT'S, UAW-CIO.
Overcomes Independent Union
The organizational drive which
began last June overcame an in
dependent union in the plant,
and swung over the AFL sever
al months after the start of the
drive.
Regional Director r i C h a r d
G ser, of Toledo, director of
all Auto-Lite Units in the Intra-
corporation Council, when in
formed of the outcome of the
election said, this is the second
plant of the Auto-Lite to come
under UAW-CIO representation
in matter of a few months. 1t
marks another step in our pro-
gram to complete the organiza-
ton of the Auto-Lite Corpora
tion IN er a ma tion a |
a 6 r m n t. :"
The other plant to come under
the UAW-CIO was the Sarnia,
Ont. Canada plant of the Auto
Lite.
AS soon as application can be
approved ch harter will be
g n e d to the new Fostoria
union.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

silent about that part played by
management other than a ref
erence to Frederick c. Craw-
ford.
When the talk was over, the
workers silently drifted away to
resume their work, after having
listened to the ''inspirational"
harangue for slightly more than
40 minutes.
DR.. Stockdale's talk at the To-
ledo Steel Products was his
112th delivered in war plants.
He is touring the country under
the auspices of the National In
formation Committee, which is
the public relations represent
ative of the NAM.
AS former pastor of the First
Congregational Church of To-
ledo, DR.. Stockdale is we'll
known in this city. He was Sc
verely criticized in 1919 when
he attacked the strikers at Will
lys-Overland and was quoted in
the Toledo Blade of June 10,
1919, for his remarks relative to
the Overland labor trouble. He
said, "a man cannot be allowed
to spread doctrines that are det-
rimental to our institutions as
smallpox and typhoid germs 10
health.
DR.. Stockdale at the same time
came up with the remark about
the strikers, sometimes the phi
losophy of machine guns is
necessary to settle disturbances"
AT the present time, DR.. Stock
dale is devoting his entire time
to working for the NAM public
relations department, touring
throughout the country urging
the workers to greater produc-
ton for their employers. He is
slated to return to Toledo at
later date to talk to the employees
of the American Can Co.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Workers
Suspect


Workers of the Toledo Scale
Co. are suspicious of the com.
pany management and sharply
critical in the matter of ma.
| chinery for machining scale
parts which are now being sent
out for special operations.
Workers who are critical are
pointing out that the company
claims it does not have the fl
nances necessary to purchase
new machinery; yet spends large
sums of money to plant and
maintain an extensive lawn
around the Telegraph Rd. plant.
Those Who are wondering
about the company policy believe
that the management has some
plans for its Defiance plant
whereby much of the work of the
Toledo plant would be transfer
red there because of the lower
cost of labor and the possibility
of accumulating more profits.
Employees of Dept. I'll are worried
lest they become the victims of
another box factory deal in
which the company sold its local
box factory because it believed
its production was costing too
much money.
Union Is POwerless
Nothing is being done by the
Scale Workers of Ohio, so-called
independent union, to protect
the workers from company plans
to sabotage the company en-
ployes' jobs. All that union Off
cials say is What can we do
about it?'
Critics are pointing out that
the Scale management is willing
to pay higher production costs
rather than deal with union
which has some backbone. The
union does not oppose company
efforts to sacrifice the workers
in the interests of an anti-union
policy which has created COM
pany- y-dominated union, and is
now seeking to perpetuate it by
subtle threats and scare rumors
circulated throughout the shop
by company stooges.
The. answer to the company's
attempt to intimidate the work
ers is an increasingly larger
number joining the UAW-CIO.
Growth of the CIO is not
spectacular, but slow and sure.
AS one of the workers at the
plant expressed it, "They can't
fool us twice, especially now
that we are able to see what
spineless crew now are in charge
of the Scale Workers Union"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Local II
Is
Scheduled

Annual election of Local IL
officers will take place at Local
IL headquarters, 425 Winthrop
ST., Friday and Saturday, Feb.
25 and 26. Hours for voting will
be Friday, 9 a. m. to $50 p. m;
Saturday, 9 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Only contested officers are
those of recording secretary and
guide. Nominees for recording
secretary are Richard Meyers,
Willys-Overland, and Paul Heck
linger, Hall Mfg. Nominees for
guide are Howard Cutcher, Auto
Lite; Gerald Biddle, Gordon, and
William JOY, Fort Pitt.
Most Are Unopposed
Unopposed for office are Mel
vim Schultz, president; Tom
Burke, vice-president; Norman
Meyers, treasurer; Randolph
Gray, financial secretary; John
Kiplinger and HeinZe Sieve,
trustees; William Weston, parlia-
Ernest Kubacki and
Alex Stefan, board members-at-
large; Melvin Griffin and Lloyd
Speidell, sergeants-at-arms.
Highest number of votes for
guide will be elected to the
office, next highest wifi be as
sists. In the trustees election
the one who receives the highest
number of votes will be elected
to a three-year term, second
high to a one-year term.
All officers elected will be in
into office at the first
Local IL meeting March 10.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
WLB Promotes
Gill e BuUen

CLEVELAND, Feb. 16.-Ad-
vancement of Lewis M. Gill,
chairman of the Fifth Regional
War Labor Board, to alternate
public member of the National
War Labor Board and the ap-
pointment of Frederick H. Bull
len as his successor in Cleveland
were announced this week. MIR.
Gill's appointment was made by
President Roosevelt and was an
nounced at the White House.
Mr.. Bullen was director of the
disputes division of the Cleve-
land Regional WLB until he
went to Washington last Janu-
airy l as deputy executive di-
rector of the National Board.
Only 80 years old, Mr.. Gill
will be the youngest member of
the National War Labor Board
and is probably the youngest
man selected by President Roose-
welt to fill a Washington posi-
ton of such importance.
He has run the. Cleveland Of
flee since November, 1912, when
it was established, and has been
of the Regional Board
since it was set up on February
13, 1943.
Mr.. Bullen was director of the
disputes division of the Regional
WLB from the time the Cleve-
land board was established until
he went to Washington last
He previously had been
a senior mediation officer of the
WLB assigned to the Cleveland
area.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

ers of the Toledo Steel Prod
ucts Co., under auspices of
the NAM.
More than 40 minutes of valu-
able production time was taken
up by the speaker, who urged
the workers to stick to their jobs
and produce more for the war
effort. He spoke to first shift
workers at 11:00 am. and Sec
ond shift workers at 800 pm.
February 18 at the Summit
street plant.
Demonstrating his ability as
an orator DR.. Stockdale went
from humor to pathos, and when
he referred to 'the blue birds
over the white cliffs of Dover"
he lowered his head and his
voice in an emotional appeal
which has moved vast Toledo
congregations to tears, but which
left the workers silent and un-
moved.
Using the technic employed
by the labor-hating Rev. Gerald
l.. K. Smith in sWaying audi
ences, DR.. Stockdale told his lis
teners when to applaud. When
he referred to "the soldiers, he
would cry out, give them a big
hand!" At one point he made
reference to the large number
of women employed in industry,
and told the Steel Products
workers that 26 per cent of the
in their plant were
women, and said, give the
women great big hand.
Is Polite
The speaker said that the
workers had done a mighty job
Of producing the equipment and
of war, and said pro
duction has reached miraculous
but he called for great
ar production. He was strangely
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

the cost of all munitions and sup
plies for the Army and Navy oy
many billions.
"The weight of the increased
burden will fall on all of us, but
most of all on the unorganized
workers and others who live on
small and relatively fixed in
comes, among whom are most of
the dependents of our fighting
men.
THE bill presented to me
would destroy the stabilization
program. / cannot accept re-
sponsibility for its disastrous
consequences. / hope the con-
gress will not compel these con-
sequences.
Asks CCC Extension
Roosevelt's message appealed
for quick extension of the life
of CCC, which lapsed February
II. The long delay in continuing
Gees lending authority was in
terfering with the agriculture
program since farmers are re-
luctant to make plans for plant
ing of crops until they know the
support prices on which they
can rely he said.
While administration support
ers were jubilant over their vic
tory, farm bloc spokesmen serv-
ed immediate notice that they
would attach anti-subsidy pro-
visions to the bill extending the
life of OPA, which expires June
80, indicating that congress,
which has already witnessed two
major battles on subsidies, is in
for a third.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

Both moves saved for the
moment the administrators
billion dollar consumer SUBJ
sidy program, which had been
ordered scrapped by June 80 in
a rider attached to the bill ex-
tending the life of CCC. The
veto, urged by organized labor,
consumer, veterans and farm
groups, came less than "a hours
after the bill, passed by large
majorities in both houses, reach
ed the Presidents desk.
In his brief, sharply worded
veto message, Roosevelt recalled
the words of his July % mes
sage, vetoing similar bill.
"This bill, like that bill, he said,
''is an initiation measure, high
cost of living measure, food
shortage measure"
No Aid to Farmers
while increasing the cost of
living the prohibition of consum-
ers subsidies will not add one
dollar to the income of the farm
ers," he declared. Roosevelt
pointed out that no major coun-
try at war today has been able
to stabilize the cost of living
using subsidies.
''It is clear" he continued,
"that we cannot holG. the wage
line if the congress deprives us
of the means necessary to hold
the cost of living line If the
wage line breaks-and l do not
see how it can be held if this
becomes law-not onl will food
costs rise still further, but all
other costs will rise-including
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

all opposition before it in an
outpouring of votes which
was one of the greatest ever
staged in region 2-B. Total vote
for the UAW CIO was $50,
AFL III and No Union %.
Out of a total of 926 eligible
voters, 811 voted. There were
% challenged votes and seven
voided.
Brown Pleased With Results
Ralph Brown, assistant direc-
tor in charge of all Auto-Lite
shops announced that contract
negotiations would be opened
with the company management
as soon as the people employed
the plant approve its terms
Brown expressed himself as
.ng we'll pleased with the re-
cults of the election. THE re-
suit far surpassed our fondest
expectations and indicate that
the majority of the people want
a strong union to represent
them" he said.
Assisting in the drive were
Orville Beemer, John Burke and
dorsey Carr from the staff of
Regional Director Richard Cos
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Name Trustees TO Italy
Relief Group

WASHINGTON (FP) - Ap-
pointment of a temporary board
of trustees for American Relief
to Italy was announced here by
Joseph E. Davies, chairman of
the Presidents War Relief Con-
troll Board.
Serving as trustees with Da-
vies will be Myron Taylor,
American representative to the
Vatican; Arturo Toscanini, noted
conductor; DIR. Angelo Patri, ed
ucator; Don Ameche, movie star,
and Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring,
in charge of the civil affairs di-
vision of the u. S. Army.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Wont Their
Jimcrow Laws

JACKSON, Miss. (FP)-Tak-
ing page from Hitler's book,
the Mississippi senate passed a
bill to put teeth into the present
Jimcrow law by fixing penalty
of $50 on common carriers for
failure to keep white and Negro
passengers sharply segregated.
The vote was 36 to 2. The house
of representatives is expected to
pass the bill.
A special provision makes the
Jimcrow law apply also to stand
ing room.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

OF securing adequate replace
ments.
City M n a G er Schoon-
maker told members of city
council at their letting last
Monday morning that the situa-
ton was becoming extremely
serious and that if additional
men are taken from the safety
division this city's protection
would be cut by SO per cent.
Mr.. Schoonmaker stated that
it was difficult, almost i'm
possible to find requirements
for those in the armed services"
and he said that to further de-
plete the two departments
would be to put Toledo in an
extremely hazardous position.
To Take Immediate Action
Council authorized the city
manager and safety director to
do all they could to ease the
situation, with Councilman Tom
Burke suggesting that they con-
tact the state board first.
Approximately Is additional
more members of the police and
fire departments are scheduled
to enter service within the next
week or 10 days.
Efforts are now being made
b9, Councilman Ira Bame to
o,,r . the members of the fire
, eoi1rtment put in extra hours
III: the department with extra
pay due to the manpower short
age. Several serious fires in re-
cent weeks illustrate the grave
danger that exists in this city as
a result of the manpower short
age in the fire department which
will become increasingly more
severe as more firemen are
called into the armed forces.
Wants Better Traction Service
Councilman Ira Bame pre-
sented a resolution calling for
improved bus and street car
Schedules. He stated that the
cars and buses had been running
two and three at time and
that as a result, the service was
bad. He said he wanted to see
a schedule worked out so that
those who use the public trans
portation service would have
some idea of the time they
could catch buses or street cars.
The resolution was referred to
the committee of the whole.
When a resolution was intro
duced to permit the transfer of
balances in certain funds,
(notably the food stamp rotating
fund), back to the general fund,
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Fur Workers To Appeal
Wage Demand

NEW YORK (FP)-The Inter-
national Fur and Leather Work
ers Union (CIO) will submit to
the National War Labor Board
its demand for 10c hourly wage
increases for $4,000 fur workers
in New York, Pres. Ben Gold
said.
He accused the Associated Fur
Coat and Trimming Manufactur-
ers Association of taking advan-
tage of the unions no-strike
pledge in rejecting its demands.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

overland plant, mas been
presented by reliable authori-
ty to this paper.
MESA officials lend credence
to the story by their action in
sending their members back to
work under pressure from the
War Labor Board and intimat-
ing very strongly that the strike
would be resumed whenever
they felt they were being dis
criminated' against by the
NLRB.
Resentment Is Mounting
Resentment of even the most
loyal MESA members against
their organization is mounting
since last week, when one of
the departments still nominally
under MESA control was COM
PEELED to lay off 80 workers.
Instead of laying off the work.
ers according to their seniority,
the MESA asked for volunteers
to take the layoffs, which not
only meant loss of jobs for the
volunteers, but loss of seniority.
About Is members 'volun-
teered" and accepted their re-
leases from the company in or
der to show their loyalty to the
MESA, which did not even at
tempt to protect the workers
seniority rights.
One MESA worker of long
standing, employed at WHY'S
Overland, was bitter in his de-
nunciation of his organization.
He said, What good is a union
if it can't protect the workers
jobs? No matter what the MESA
accuses the CIO of doing, it
can't accuse them of asking for
volunteers to take a layoff and
lose both their jobs and senior
ity. With the MESA it looks like
the organization must be pro-
tected by its members instead of
the other way around"
Wait NLRB Order
MESA workers in the WHY'S.
Overland are talking among
and to members of
the UAW-CIO. They are saying
that the MESA is merely mark
ing time waiting to see what
the NLRB is going to do in the
matter of the UAW-CIO appli-
cation to represent the workers
in departments which have been
under control of the MESA.
According to the MESA work.
ers, their organizations is going
to order them out of the plant
On another strike the minute
the directive comes through, if
The NLRB orders an election.
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25

Workers


Workers of the Spic n
forge shop, idle since Feb. 4,
returned to work Feb. 81 and
caught the company with its
hammers down and no roof
over its head.
When employees of the forge
shop returned to their jobs, they
discovered the company was
raising the roof to IA feet and
part had been removed to make
room for two new hammers
which were being installed. The
place was overrun with Bentley
Co. workers.
Spicer Co. management, in
order to hasten the construction
job, asked the forgemen to work
as laborers. This request was re-
fused by the union on the
grounds that the workers were
employed specifically for the
forge shop and that to permit
them to work on the construc-
ton job could easily lead to a
jurisdictional row with the AFL
in charge of the construction
workers. The War Labor Board
agreed with the unions position
and the men did not carry out
the companys request.
Work on Hammer
AS a result of the unions de-
cision, the men worked on dies
and readied their hammers for
resumption of production. First
hammers got under way about
900 am. and by noon the bal
ance were in operation. Produc-
ton has since returned to nor
NAL.
Original walkout of the forge
shop workers came Feb. 4, when
they were unable to agree with
the management on wage griev-
ances.
Local Not Informed
Existence of the walkout was
not made known to officials of |
Local IL until Feb. IA, when
President Melvin Schultz was
informed of the work stoppage. |
Immediate steps were insti-
tuted by President Schultz to re-
turn the men to their work. Rob-
ert Stuart, representing the
United States Cancellation Serv-
ice, was called in by the Army
and conferred with the union
and management on Feb. Is. and
Local II officials instructed the
men to return to their jobs.
An extra issue was added
when forge shop employees de-
the removal of two
forge shop officials, and were
refused by the company. This
obstructed settlement of the is
sue until Feb. 20, when the men
we're ordered to return to their
work by Tom Burke, vice presi-
lent of Local II, and Carl
Schick, chairman of the Spicer
Unit, Members of the bargaining
committee advised the men to
AIRY out the order and the trou-
ole was settled so far as resump-
ion of work was concerned.
Certified to WLB
The wage grievance which was
he original cause of the work
toppage has been certified to
he Regional WLB. About 165 :
workers were involved. The {
'picer Mfg. Co. employees in eX- /;
.ess of 5000 workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Cops Join Union

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (FP)-
Springfield becomes the first
midwest city with union police
men when 72 members of the
police department organized a
union and applied to the AFL
for a charter.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
POLITICAL
MEETING

Members of LabOr's PO-
litical Activity Committee
executive board will hold
meeting at Local IL head
quarters, 425 Winthrop ST.,
Feb. 20, in ParlOr i, begin
ming at 8 p. m. All MEM
bers of the board are urged
to attend this important
meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
Steel Products Workers
Get NAM Pep Talk

Plans made by the National Association of Manufac-
turerS during its New York convention
die the workers to life in Toledo last week when
Allen Stockdale, former Toledo minister employed by
the NAM professional propagans spoke the work
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-25
UAWWins Fostoria
NLRB Election

elimination of the organization drive Fostoria Spark
Plug Division of the Electric AutoLite Co. which has been
going June ended in victory for the UAW CIO
in a NLRB election held at the plant Feb. II.
With 83 per of the total vote cast the UAW swept