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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Government Threof

For nearly two weeks, representatives
sitting in the Labor Or-Management confer
ence in Washington have sought to find
ways and means of ending the almost con-
tinuous strife between the two.
Despite the bad feelings which exist
between the CIO, led by Philip Murray,
and the UNIV, under John l.. Lewis, with
William Green of the AFL ready to make
capital of what may result from that argu-
ment; despite the feelings which may
exist on the part of industrialiStS under
the leadership of Ira MOsher and those
who follow Eric Johnston, the conference
goes on.
1t is not love for each other that keeps
these gentlemen from the two sides of the
fence striving for industrial peace. 1t is
not love for those on their own side of the
fence which forces the conference to go on
and on, seeking to exhaust every avenue
which might lead to peace.
The patience which is being shown by
the Labor-Management conference is the
patience which is born of fear of govern
mental interference. 1t is the conviction
that the threat of represSive legislation as
presented Dy the Dall-DuElOn- -halCn ACt
and other whispered but unpresented leg
/, islatiOn hangs over the heads of the con-
ferees like the sword of DamOcles.
Either the conference will be prOduc-
tive and reach some workable plans for
bringing about settlement of labOr-man-
agement disputes, or it will prove to be a
cOllosal dud giving Congress a wide open
gate through which to rush obstructive
legislation.
IL all is not unanimity with labor,
neither is il with management The blunt
ness of the sentiments expressed by the
irrepresSible John l.. Lewis are just a
trifle smoother, but no less blunt when
they issue from the lips of Ira Mosher
The suave quietness of Philip Murray is
more than matched by the eloquent glib
ness of Eric Johnston.
1t is too soon to be able to tell what if
anything the conference will produce, but
this much can be Said-it is well that both
sides of the industrial team have sat down
together.
We hope for the best, but all of us who
have followed the Washington conference
sit with our fingers tightly crossed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
From The Desk
Melvin Schultz
President,
Local IL, UAW-ClO

1t is interesting to note how many promi-
nent people in our Community are now OPP
posed to the P. R. method of electing City
Councilmen. l think, too, it is equally as in
teresting to find out that they waited until
after the election to express themselves pub
licly. In spite of this, it is now an established
fact that the opposition to the P. R. method of
electing councilmen which was started by
c. l. O.-P. A. c. is gaining momentum.
Yes, the c. l. o. was right again, and again
has proven that it is progressive and looking
toward the future. This has been true of the
c. l. o. ever since it originated as committee
of another labor organization because the lead
ership Of the then dominant labor organization
refused to recognize the progressive ideas ad-
vanced in behalf of industrial workers.
The question of who should fill the ap-
pointed positions as the head of our City Gov
ernment is one in which certainly all people
having the proper ability should be given con-
sderation. Two people with equal ability
should also then be given the screening test
of representation, or in other words, as broad
a representation of the various groups in our
Community as is commensurate with ability
should be the aim for cooperative, progress
Sive City Government.
TAXATION
The financing of a progressive city cer-
tainly must be accomplished by taxation pro-
gram with minimum of Bond Issues. l may
be the only one to have this opinion neVerthe-
less, do feel that there numerous COM
mercial properties which could be revalued for
taxation purposes on a basis which would even
now increase the Revenue with which our City
Administration can work. | think it also is
entirely possible to raise funds through sales
tax and income tax and even automobile
tax provided that such taxes do exempt neces-
sites and incomes which are inadequate to
cover the necessity of the family earning it.
l can readily imagine that someone may
say, Give us your proposal" This, do not
propose to do as l do not claim to be a tax
expert lawyer or someone who could work
out the details Rather, would like to see
those most familiar with the situation advance
their proposals in bold print for criticism and
when they have been thoroughly analyzed and
properly amended in the public interest that
campaign be put forth to actually place them
into effect
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Consistency

Officials of the glass companies called
to a meeting in Washington last week by
the government refused to discuss the
strike of the Glass Workers Union with
Union officials, saying that il was the
policy of the company not To meet with
the UniOnaS long as the workers refused
TO work.
This position, obviously born of the
war years when the War Labor Board
cuStomarily ordered striking workers to
resume their jobs before taking up their
case, has been taken over by the glass
companies. Ii is not new except for the
glass companies.
Unless automobiles are produced, the
market for glass is practically non
exiStant. BY similar reasoning, the market
for automobiles is limited if there is no
glass available. Ii then becomes apparent
that the glass companies are waiting to
see what will happen in the automobile
industry before making any move TO end
the glass workers strike.
AS for the company'S position, il is
pure drivel. The companies negotiated a
contract in l93637 with the glass workers
when the entire organization was out on
strike. What the glass companies really
mean is that they are waiting and watch
ing and will cut their pattern to fit the
rest Of the industrial picture as il de-
velOps.
The glass companies are not consistent
and they don't ever intend to be.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B, UAW,CIO

want to take this weeks column to ex-
press my thanks to all those who aided in the
campaign which reelected Tom Burke to City
Council by one of the greatest votes ever given
a labor candidate in the history of Toledo
In the election Of Judge Grzezinski, the
PAC played most important part, for it is
the first time in the history of this city that
Polish American candidate for public office
won election in a city-wide contest
Since election, the real sentiments of the
people of Toledo, particularly its leadership,
against the PR system give us the feeling that
although the PAC amendment to the city char
ter lost that it was real victory for PAC since
the PR system seems almost certain to be re-
pealed
REGRETS BOND LOSS
While we regret that the bond issues and
tax levy backed by the PAC lost it is my feel
ing that at last the people of Toledo are awake
to their responsibilities and will soon attempt
TO get together on program for which we can
all work and strive.
No group in Toledo has the interest of this
community more at heart than the workers.
We do not take second place to any group in
our desire to see Toledo reach the place which
we believe it should occupy
We accept the decision of the voters on all
counts in the November 6 election and believe
that even though the results were dsappoint-
ing to many that the situation which now exist
will demand our united efforts and bring us
all close together to make this better city.
THANKS WORKERS
To the PAC workers and those who gave
their services to the election of Tom Burke and
the PAC endorsed candidates as we'll as the
city charter amendment, l offer again my
thanks for job we'll done
Our organization has been strengthened
and improved by the experience which we
gained this year and am sure will show this
Improvement in the political contests of the
future. We are young as an organization and
are learning our lessons in practical politics
in the school of experience.
To the successful candidates and those who
opposed us on the city charter amendment
offer my congratulations. In particular do I
wish to congratulate the people of Toledo who
gave Tom Burke such fine vote in returning
him to office as the representative of the
workers of Toledo.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
One Wins

We have just been informed that Jack
Flanagan, well-known Toledo public rela.
tionS expert who returned home TO do the
master minding for the Committee Against
Z the FAC Charter Amendment, collected a
fine fat fee, and we are happy about il
II the fee which Mr. Flanagan collected
for his efforts is in the sum reported, we
can easily say that Mr.. Flanagan, and we
do mean Mister, is probably the only one
who really gained by the transaction.
We do not know if DIR. o. Garfield
Jones has collected his fee or not, but sup
pose that he was simply interested in the
PR issue from the academic rather than
the pecuniary standpoint.
Isn't it shame that Hartley, Hansen
Kelly and Adams have condemned PR TO
death?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Editors Mail
AT SEA
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
l am very mulch at sea or
in other words Puzzled whow
or why PAC indurced Landon
Hall for cleark instead of
Brother Peter Long a member
of the Auto-Lite Unit in fact
if that is the Policy of PAC l
am sure it will not build PAC
but it will destroy it. Now as
a member in good standing /
would like to know whow that
was PoSsiSable in fact thou
sands other members would
like to know. Now whow does
your Slogan of Organize To-
ledo 1907 WIN you indurce
and outsider instead of a
Brother member. / might ad
that / am proud of belonging
to the CIO and / think PAC is
doing a wonderful work and l
will continue to do all in my
power to make it grow and at
all times to help my Union
and members in any way l
can so please explain whow
PAC indurced Hall instead of
Brother Pete Long.
Fraternal yours
Joseph Roberts
912 Walnut ST.
Toledo Ohio
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

PAC Is young organlZa-
ton. We are, of course, proud
OF what we have been able to
accomplish in a short time,
yet, we must admit that we
could all do q much better
job IL we set ourselves to II.
1t is my hope that those who
have not yet seen fit to join
PAC will do so at the earliest
possible time. We need all the
workers in our organization to
really become an effective or
ganization.
There are some who say that
they do not become members
of PAC because they believe
that a third political party
should be formed. 1t seems 10
me that the best way to lead
TO a Labor Party would be for
these people to become mem
bers of PAC and make it eff
fective first. II PAC is not
elective, how can Labor
Party ever hope to get any
where7
Our main concern now is to
enroll every possible worker
and others who believe in our
program of social advancement
ment for all the people into
PAC and move forward pro-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
NOW
or Never
By Clifton Fadiman

We don't have much time ;.
The atomic bomb is time
bomb. 1t is ticking away the
months, the weeks, the days
that make up the life of civil
ization, that make up your life
and mine.
We cannot outlaw the atomic
bomb, any more than we can
outlaw poison gas or any
other weapon of destruction.
We cannot limit its power. We
cannot keep it to ourselves.
In his Kansas City speech,
President Truman said that sit
will be just as easy for ma
tions to get along in a republic
of the world as it is for (Amer-
icans) in the Republic of the
United States"
If this is true, we must start
now to work toward that re-
public of the world. The ma
tions must federate or die. We
must become citizens of the
world or die. The atomic bomb
has p a d the alternative
squarely before us: world law
or world destruction.
We don't have much time .
for it is the product of scien-
tific thinking, and scientific
thinking is something lodged
in the brains of men. 1t can
not be stopped or controlled.
No Big Three, no group of
United Nations" can prevent
the atomic bomb and the
weapons that will follow it
from destroying everything
that makes life worth living.
Only a world law, which all
nations obey, can prevent it.
But world law Is the product
of world government. And this
government is something that
we must achieve in our gen.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Political
Action
BY
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman
CONVERTS

CONVERTS
Members of the Toledo area
CIO-PAC must feel gratified
to read in the daily press of
the many organizations who
are now convinced that PR
must be abolished. Just why
these groups waited until the
PAC amendment was defeated
before they expressed their
views is not made clear in the
public statements.
When the amount of money
the PR supporters put into the
last campaign is considered, 1T
can be said that the PAC made
a fair showing. In finances
the PAC could not begin to
match the opposition.
While the CIO-PAC has not
yet adopted a policy on our fu-
ture course pertaining to PR,
/ feel that l am expressing the
sentiments of our members in
the following statement:
PAC WILL LISTEN
When any group in this
town is sufficiently interested
in improving our city govern
ment to promote better
method of electing city coun-
cilmen, the CIO-PAC will con-
slider the plan and if satisfied
with its merits, will endorse
same.
1t Is, of course, encouraging
that all the candidates en-
dorsed by the Toledo area
PAC won. On behalf of the
PAC | extend congratulations
TO Councilman Tom Burke,
Judge Stanley A. Grzezinski
and Clerk of Courts, Landon
Hall.
| appreciate the efforts put
forth by many people in and
out of PAC in the last cam
paign. / realize that no organ
ization can be better than the
people who comprise its mem
bership. We are very fortu-
nate in having in PAC hun
dreds of unselfish, loyal mem
bers who have given gener-
ously and freely Of their time
and effort in order to advance
the cause OF the workers and
plain people in the last cam
paign.
want to take this opportu-
nifty to give complete credit
for our success to the many
people in and out OF PAC who
aided In the election of the
PAC endorsed candidates.
FIGHT BEGINNING
We must not now content
ourselves with sitting down
and resting. Our fight for the
things we consider right and
just never ends. 1t Is only be-
ginning.
We must now become as eff
fective in securing PAC mem
as we we're in getting
out the vote on Nov. 6.
We must continue to tire
leSsly advance and enlarge
upon our program of benefi-
cisl social legislation and con-
centrate on the job OF electing
people to office who are So
cially conscious.
Let us be pleased with our
accomplishments, but at the
same time resolve to advance
our program in the city,
county, state and nation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

"Unpatriotic" aut mobile
workers at General Motors
purchased 500 million worth
of bonds during the war-or
an average per worker of
$500.
BY refusing to manufacture
automobiles in 1916, General
Motors could still make $160
million in tax rates. Workers,
who also paid federal taxes,
thus have helped finance sit
down strike of the auto cor
poration.
Congress compainS about
strikes and the failure of
workers to take the jobs that
are offered. Yet a great many
Congressman neglect their
own responsibilities"
Marquis Childs, Columnist
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Foreign diplomats probably won't look too
kindly on Mayor Ed Kelly's campaign to have
Chicago selected as capital of the United Ma
tions During the past year the Windy City
has had to put up with las murders and Col.
Mccormick.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

gresSivdfe secure
ylddgeship is not
Sale was a con-
Democratic chair
king the election
IVAN to the post of
Hernal revenue and
nKelly, subsequent
succeed Quinlivan
y for reasons not
| TO make a spirited
chairmanship.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

An Illinois Republican Rep. Mason, sug-
gestS that the COP pick Sen. Taft for its presi-
Dental candidate and that he name Rep. Dirk
sen Secretary of Labor.
He must be daft
Who faYors Taft
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Everyone who could walk or hobble to
bench or office was at work during the war,
but now the politicians are prattling about
those "loafers" who'd rather be on the dole
than eat.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

History does move, even in
San Francisco. For the first
time in that city's history, a
Negro (minister) is running
for public office - Board of
Supervisors.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
New York kHds II
Shows for Visitors
BY JACK GAVER

only new production definitely
scheduled for July.
An odd thing about the six
week vacation that "A Bell for
Adano" will take is that during
its absence the film version Will
be playing at the Radio City
Music Hall. By the time the
play gets started again the film
probably will have left this No.
] show-windOw for the second
run houses, thus avoiding one Of
those direct competitions be-
tween stage and film versions
that the trade likes 10 watch.
Even odder is the fact that the
movie version, based directly on
John Hersey's novel of the same
name, was in the works before
the play, adapted by Paul Os-
born, got going last winter.
One OF the most talented and
best liked men in the theater
got married recently. Russell
Grouse. playwright and pro-
ducer. and Miss Anne Erskine
were wed in st. Thomas Chapel.
Grouse is co-author OF Life
With Father" and co-produCer
Of The Hasty Heart which
ends its run tomorrow night.
The bride, who has been a
production assistant with sew
eral theatrical firms, is The
daughter of Prof. John Erskiue
OF Columbia University, author
of many popular books. His
best known novel is The Phi
vate Life Of Helen OF Troy"
which was all the rage back IN
1925 -26.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
NEW YORK. Julv z.

NEW YORK, July z.
TFfIS is not a come-on de-
Il signed TO tempt you into
hurting the feelings OF the Of
fee of Defense Transportation
by hopping a steam-eatcr for
New York, but Just in case you
happen to be in the city in July
. on essential business thoney-
moons not included) here's the
theatrical fare you can be fairly
certain. will be available:
Musical shows "Bloomer
Girl" "Carousel." Follow the
Girls, Hats OF to Ice" 'Hol-
lywood Pima fore ;" "Laffing
Room Only" oklahoma" j." "On
the Town" Song of Norway"
and up in Central Park"
PlayS-"Anna Lucasta." Dear
Ruth" Harvey" II Remember
Mama, I" Life With Father"
The Glass Menagefie' and
The Wind Is Ninety. s s-----------
That's IT att1Actions. The
unusual feature is that the mu-
steals outntnQbe1 the dramas.
The list omits~ three plays still
current but which have been hit
hard by the dip in busineSs-that
arrived with the hot weather
and are likely TO close IT any
moment.
Also omitted are three big
hits-"A Bell for AdanO," The
Late George Apley" and The
Voice of the Turt1eT-which viii
not be available in July because
hey are vacationing that
month.
The operetta 'Marinka" is the
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Kidded by Family

81 always show up" Andy
laughed, because We have more
fun at that session than l have
all week. IL makes no differ
ence To them that I have Just
come from n set where was
singing 10 Betty Hutton. That
makes them Kid me all the
more. But also get in my
punches, too.
we kidded the life out Of
my sister Vera, for example.
after an experience she had In
cocktail lounge. There was
girl there Who kept playing
Andy Russell records over and
over and who confided In Vera
that she could simply die lis
tening to them. But when my
sisters confded that Andy Rus
sell was her brother the girl
thought Vera was crazy and al
most laughed her out of the
place"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Owns 5-Acre Estate

Although Andy was brought
mp on the east side Of Los
Angeles or the other side Of
the tracks he hasn't allowed
his new five acre estate in San
Fernando Valley. with a swim
ming pool. stables and tennis
courts. turn his head. He fig
ureS his family would make him
a laughing stock if he showed
the first sign Of going high hat.
And for the information OF
hiSmfanS who call themselves
Russell Sprouts" listen 10
tS5ronouncement direct from
Andy's mouth:
people say the kids are awed
by me. but I will never believe
IL. What they don't know IL
that when i get up there and
start to sing and lot OF COM
motion starts out frOnt-welI.
I'm just plain scared To death"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08

HOLLYWOOD. July Z.
WORKING girls provide The
W best material for motion
picture players, says Walter
Wangcr. who has been produc-
ing movies for more than =
years.
Girls Who can smile when
they would rather swear are
already adept in one acting
fundamental" he explained,
momcntarily taking his eyes of
a dozen gorgeous damScls hired
through his -4nAiAience- for roles
in CnlNcGSaIs a Night in
Paradise" co-starring Merle
Obcron and Turhan Bey.
Girls who work in offices.
slave behind fivc-and- dime
counters or pursue elusive rivets
on assembly lines have a head
start on their pampered sisters
when il comes 10 getting ahead
in Hollywood, he said.
Modern business Offices
don't have n place for n girl
who loses her head, or her
temper, under trying circum-
stances" he continued.
"For that reason they learn,
and they learn quickly II they
want 10 keep on picking up
their paychecks, that they have
10 use acting ability every day
that would put the glamour girls
To shame"
what could be better train
Ing" he demanded, than try
ing to handle automatically An
angry customer or q boss with
"A hangover"
Every customer. every sales
situation, almost every incident
in working girls life gives her
an understanding of funda-
mental dramatic principles. he
said.
a salesgirl has 10 play
maybe so different parts in n
day. Wanger pointed out. "She
has 90 be gracious with charming
people, courteous To demanding
dOwagers, disarming before
fault-finders."
And in case you think he's
kidding. he pointed out the top
ranking stars who used TO earn
their living in Offices.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Movies Eye Office Girl

Fred NIacMurray sold junk.
Dorothy Lamour ran an eleva-
tor. Kay Francis was a secre-
tary. Peggy Ryan was a gro
cery clerk. Lauren Bacall was
an uShcrctte. Mary Living
stone was a department store
SaleSgiTl.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
Andy RusseIl's Fame
Fails TO Awe Family
Of 8 Brothers. Sister
HOLLYWOOD, July 7.


A NDY RUSSELL may be
"A able to turn a Frank
Sinatrr fan into rank
hereto, but to his large Span
ish-Mexican family in Los
Angeles he is just one Of the
Kid brothers.
"My sister and eight broth
ers really give me the works.
he said on the Paramount set
Of "Stork Club" his first movie.
when we all have q date to
eat dinner they won't even wait
for me IL I'm five minutes late.
To them I'm only another MEM
ber OF the family, evon II I do
make my living as a crOoner."
This mind you was spoken by
the lad who broke the boxoffice
record at the Adams Thcaier in
Newark. Frank Sinatra'S home
town. Hes also the lad who
+eaHSed dn tyStCriCai girl fan
10 Jump out Of a box onto the
stage and almost kill herself in
the fail She was that over
come with emotion over Andy's
singing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-08
A Nobody at Home

"Why, when We gathe
around the family table
Wednesday nights 90 have din
ner together" Andy told me.
you'd think 1 Was n nobody 20
whom they were paying n spe-
cial favor by even letting me in
the house. But that's what j
iike about my family. when
I'm with them I'm strictly my
self"
This family 81 Andy's has
gA into typical American
"A he mcmboIs have brought
dI~s natioualiiies into the
clan including Scotch Irish and
Jewish in-lawS. Ills sister is
married 90 gent named Frank
cnStcin. 50 they call her the
bride of F'rauken>toin. The
family's Wednesday night get
togcthCrS arc held az her home.