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The union times., 1945-02-17
On TheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick

The current row between Judge Fred VinsOn, economic stabiliza- tiOn director, and the National War Labor Board appears to boil down to who is going to take the hot seat. Nobody wants it.
 Back on Dec. 12, Vinson wrote the WLB that in certain of its future orders granting wage increases in the frlnge issues, 1t must state clearly that no increase will be granted if the OPA decides the boost would call tor a price increase to consumers.
 The WLB, replying Feb. 9 after some hectic meetings on the sub- ject, adopted resolution recom- mending that Vinson approve a procedure by which the board could grant increases in the fringe issues on the basis of the facts and within the stabiIization policy.
 Fringe issues, it should be ex- plained, are deemed by the WLB to mean such questions as shift diff ferential and vacation pay.
 What all this comes to, at the risk of oversimplihcation, is that the WLB has told Vinson it cannot operate un- less 1t can make its own decisions. After the decision of the WLB is made, If Vinson feels that the OPA IS correct in stating that a certain increase will force a price increase for consumers, that is Vinson's head ache
 Under the powers given Vinson by President Roosevelt, he can decide whether to bow to the OPA and kill the WLB increase order, overrule OPA and allow the increase in wages without any price adjustment or per- init the increase to go through with arA approved increase in the cost to consumers.
 Vinson, by his letter of Dec. l2, showed quite plainly that he doesn't want to sit in that hot seat. What he will do now when he has been maneuvered into a position where he must act one way or an- other is something only Vinson knows.
 What will happen to the WLB if V1nson stands stubbornly by his own interpretation of the rule is a matter that few care to predict-but it is quite clear here now that somebody IS going to move one way or the other before very long.
 Chairman William H. Davis of the WLB feels that the board can modify It's actions on the fringe issues and agree on formula by which it can operate to grant increases in these cases and at the same time. stay with in the stabilization policy.
 Whether he is sound in that be- lief IS something none of the ex- perts here will state, but there is a growing hunch that the increasing pressure is bound to crack the Little Steel formula in the near future.
The union times., 1945-02-17

CLASSIFIED columns of various newspapers have been providing readers with a variety of unex- pected items lately. For example: {: OFFICE girl wants to share apart ment, also bedroom, two men pre- ferred.
 In Baton Rouge Oa.) State Times BIG SHEPHERD dog; must have large bushy tail that wags constant ly for sweeping purposes at May fair Hotel. Maids have gone to war.
 In Grand IsIand (Neb.) Inde-
 pendent. SITUATION WANTED-FEMALE ONE Guernsey come to freshen in stenOgraphy and some bOOkkeep- ing.
 LIVESTOCK YOUNG LADY-experienced in April. Two Curnsey heifers, one purebred.
 Both in LOckpOrf (N. Y.) Union
 Sun and Journal. LOST-Pair Chinese boys, about 3 inches long, carrying water bottles, gold and different coIors.
 In AtEanta (Ca.) Journal.
The union times., 1945-02-17
AS WE SEE IT

The Union Times, and most inn portant of all, we have an organ izatiOn which is respected in all walks of life in our community.
 ''Your promotion to be secretary treasurer and legislative agent of the Connecticut Federation of Labor is a tribute not only to you, but to your work in New Haven. On behalf of the organized labor movement of this city, and with a deep sense of gratitude, l present you with these gifts, which are only slight token of our feelings for you. We wish you COdspeed in your new field of endeavor, and pledge our help. Our best wishes to yOu."
The union times., 1945-02-17
Cooperation

Two fool jackasses - say, get
 this dope Were tied together with a piece of rope. Said one to the other: "YOu
 may come my way, While l take a nibble from this
 new-mown hay" ''I wOn't,'' said the other. You
 come with me; For I see some hay that you don't see." Two different ways they paved the dirt, And by golly, that rope did
 hurt. But a good long while they pulled before They thought the situation OCT. They faced about, these stub born mules, And said: We're like two human
 fools! Let's pull together. I'll go your
 way; Then come with me, and we'll
 both eat hay" We'll, they ate their hay, and they liked it, too; And swOre to be comrades good
 and true. As the sun went down they were
 heard to bray: "Ah, this is the end of perfect
 day"
 -The Sage Of HGmden GA mule can't kick when he is pulling and he can't pull when he is kicking and neither can you'll
The union times., 1945-02-17
Labor Draft Seen As BLolU At Production,

If Congress passes compul- sorry labor draft legislation, that may cause current war prOduc- ton to collapse by IS to 20 per cent.
 That startling forecast was made this week by Ira MOsher, president of the National Asso- citation of Manufacturers, which like organized labor, has strong ly opposed the legislation.
 Mosher declared the figure is based on the ''considered judg- ment'' of employers throughout the nation who had been pOlled on the subject by the associa- ton.
 'sThis bill could become a na- tional showdown bill," he said. ''It could ruin production efici- ency of hard-wOrking millions in war production"
The union times., 1945-02-17

Self Explanatory
HE AFL Executive Council, meeting in Miami, this week sent the following urgent telegraphic message the 6

HE AFL Executive Council, meeting in Miami this wee the following urgent telegraphc message to tn J. S. Senate:
 TO ALL U s. SENATORS:
 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR RESPECTFULLY RE- QUESTS YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE MAY BILL. AND IN FAVOR OF THE TAFT SUBSTITUTE MEASURE
 THIS ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS BASED UPON THE FACT THAT THE MAY BILL PROVIDES FOR CONFUSION AND INVOLUNTARY SERVTTUDE AND SUBJECTS CIVILIAN WORKERS TO MILITARY CONTROL, WHILE THE TAFT MEAS URE PROVIDES FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND CONTROL OF CIVILIAN WORKERS BY CIVILIAN AGENCIES SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT.
 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DIRECTOR OF WAR MOBILIZATION BYRNES UNANIMOUSLY EX- PRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE MAY BILL WITH ITS COMPULSORY FEATURES AND IN FAVOR OF ADMINISTRATION OF NARROWER DURING THE WAR BY THE WAR NARROWER COMMISSION AND OTHER CIVILIAN AGENCIES.
 PASSAGE OF THE MAY BILL WOULD SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE MORALE OF CIVILIAN WORKERS AND WOULD SERVE TO LOWER EFFICIENCY AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD RESENTMENT AMONG THE WORKERS OF THE NATION. PASSAGE OF THE TAFT SUBSTITUTE WOULD SERVE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY, BUILD MORALE AND INCREASE WAR MATERIAL PRODUCTION.
 LET THE WORKERS OF THE NATION CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT FREE LABOR IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN FORCED COMPULSORY LABOR.
 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EARNESTLY URGES YOU TO RESPOND. TO THIS APPEAL MADE IN BE- HALF OF THE MILLIONS OF LOYAL WORKERS WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR.
The union times., 1945-02-17

(Continued from Page D OPA during I944. OPA said it handled an average of 100000 tenant and 3O,OOO landlord cases month in controlling rents on more than IS million housing units and 5OO,OOO hotels and rOOming houses in 4l7 rent con- trOl areas in every state except North Dakota.
 OVERHEARD: ''The smartest thing to do this winter," said one dOwager to another, sis to go to Florida. You just stay there, then you don't have to worry about mink coats.'
The union times., 1945-02-17
The People-The Court of Last Resort

52 Issues, $1.75; 20 Issues, &l.OO
The union times., 1945-02-17
6l8 Connecticut Workers Receive Back Payments
Wage And Hour Depart ment Ahrms Restitution
 Of $24,725

.. Leo A. Gleason, regional director of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, U. s. Depart ment of Labor, today announced that total restitution in payment of back wages computed during January, 1945 in New England amounted to $103,- 704.& to 3,350 employees.
 Of the total amount Massachu- setts firms were found to owe $59, ,56l.47 to 1882 employees. In addition to this amount, the sum of $3,84O in iquidated damages was assessed against three Massa- chusetts firms for violations of the child labor provisions of the Walsh -Healey Public Contracts Act.
 The amount of restitution com puted in the other five New England
The union times., 1945-02-17

states is as follows: Connecticut, $24,725.54 to 6l8 employees; Maine, $12,376.64 to 620 employees; New Hampshire, $3,01240 to 57 em- ployees; Rhode Island, $2,867.24 to 58 employees; Vermont $1,l6l.55 to Is employees.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
IvE DETROIT TIMES
April I94s
Reds Step Up
Vienna Siege
I'd Ukreinien Army
Captures Suburbs

LONDON, April : tuPl Mos
COW revealed today tha, the Sec
ond Ukrsinian Army was sweeping
westward from captured Brati-
Slava 10 Join in The siege Of
Vienna. where other Russian
forces were battling IN the south
eastern suburbs.
Marshal Stain announced that
the Second Ukrainian Army had
captured Bruck. rail junction II
miles southwest Of RratiSlaNa- and
Ie miles southeast of Vienna,
Sweeping west against Vienna
on a front of more than 30 miles
Marshal MaiineFsktS forces also
overran Malady, 80 miles north
east =ef=N f=NifaflA============
In weSt-central Slovakia other
upits Of MalinovSkN'S army seized
the Carpathian rail and highway
towns of Banovce. 50 miles north
cast Of Bratislava. and Prlevldza.
Is miles northeast
(The international News
Service said that street hghting
had broken out In the outskirts
Of Vienna and the southern arm
Of the Soviet pincers had swung
almost fuSh with the city
limlts.)
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Army Day Rites
Set Tomorrow

Army Day ceremonies 10 be
held tomorrow noon on the city
hall steps will honor II Michigan
men killed or missing in action
Starting at lips a. m. with
band music and maneuvers by
military police battalienS from
River Rouge, the program Will
include speeches by Councilman
Eugene l. Van Antwerp and Col
William II. McCarty, commanding
officer Of District Ne. Sixth
Service command. Chairman Of the
program is Col. +. NJ. S,annard
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
ProW|er Shot
Twice by Police

Walter SCHNEIDER, 3S. OF As Z.
Euclid, was wounded twice today
by police when he refused to halt
during an investigation OF a
prowler call AT the home of Alex
ander Townsend, so w. Bethune.
Patrolmen Fred Kirby and
c harles Guntenspergar said
Schneider ran when they found
him trying 10 get into the Town
send house.
They fired once in the air and
when he refused to stop fired
again, wounding SCHNEIDER in the
leg and lower abdomen.
He was taken TO Receiving Hos
pital where he said he was look
ing for some one who was going
10 shoot me to tell him not 10
do IT,"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
al Target,
Filler Hits Boys

Shots fired AT target behind
his home by new second lieu
tenant of Army Air Forces with a
% caliber rifle struck TWO boys
late yesterday.
George Krusac, -. son of Mrs.
Lorraine Rondeau, of 202l Ma
rantette, was wounded slightly IN
the ankle and has companion,
Jimmy Gcluso. 7. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Geluso, of 926S Stone.
was struck in the arm by shots
fired by 1t. Kenneth Bland, 10, of
S37 Chamberlain.
Bland. who was questioned and
released, told police that he was
shooting at a target behind his
home. The boys were playing in
field back Of the target. The
boys were taken to Receiving
Hospital where their wounds we're
dressed and sent home.
Bland. who has just received his
wings, is home on leave from San
Angelo, Tex
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Employees Win
WLB Decision

Employees Of the Champion
Spark Plug Co.. who operate a
new spindle machine that doubles
production, are entitled 10 5 cents
an hour extra pay for much
greater eye strain and extra ef-
fort" the WLB ruled today.
The board also reinstated a
woman who refused 10 quit her
job on four-spindle machine and
work on the new eight. The COM
pany was ordered TO give the
woman part back pay for time
lost.
The pay increase and rein
statement were ordered after
WLB panel visited the plant and
and decided that the demands of
Local 272, UAW-CIO, were justi-
fed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Federal MoguI Bonus
To Workers Upheld

Employees of the Federal Mogui
Corp. 25 years seniority may re-
Ccive a $50 bonus in addition TO
20 shares of company stock, plus
accrued dividend. ii was ruled by
the WLB today.
The company asked authority
TO make the cash payment to
compensate for depletion in the
gross award resulting from the
withholding tax.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Honshu Scared
In Big By Raid

GUAM. April s tUP)-Big fleets
Of B-29 SuperfortreSses left fires
burning in FIVE target areas after
yesterdays pre-dawn attack on
Honshu. 2lSt Bomber Command
headquarters announced today,
Three of the targets were
bombed for the first time by the
big raiders - an aircraft engine
plant al Shizuoka, SIS miles south
west of Tokyo. and the Tachi-
kawa and Nakaj m a aircraft
plants in the Tokyo suburbs.
Some B-29s thrown of their
course by bad weather, attacked
industrial targets in urban Tokyo
and at Kawasaki, on the shore Of
Tokyo Bay between the capital
and Yokohama.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Captive NaZiS
SuffOcated

PARIS, April 5 (UP)-Supreme
headquarters announced that a
number OF German war prisoners
were suffocated in the course OF
rail movement to camps in France
March 1915 while in the custody
Of American troops.
Gen. Eisenhower ordered an in
vestigation and notified the Ger
man government through interme-
diate diplomatic channels
An interim report. SHAEF said
indicated that the prisoners died
because of insufficient ventilation
in new type Of American boxcar.
Details were lacking.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Studios Break
I uniOn paclS

HOLLYWOOD, April 5 CUP)-
The Motion Picture Producers
Association today n oun d
termination of collective bargain
ing contracts now in force be-
tween nine film studios and the
striking Conference OF Studio
Unions (AFL).
The action followed notification
of 10000 striking employees yes
terday that they were dismissed
for refusing to end the 25-day
strike caused by jurisdictional
dispute among craftsmen in the
film industry
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
SWedes 10 Aid
Freeing Norway

STOCKHOLM, April s QNS)-
Leading Swedish newspapers and
large groups of public opinion are
joining in a campaign for armed
Swedish intervention in Norway if
the Germans and Norwegian Quis-
lings try TO make a last stand
there.
The papers said that the Allies
would not be able to land in Nor
way in time 10 prevent German
Scorched earth tactics and mass
execution of patriots.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
FDR Orders 8 Seats
For Public on WlB

WASHINGTON, April 5 CUP)
President Roosevelt by eXecu-
tive order today increased the
number of public members OF the
War Labor Board from four TO
eight. The four existing posts Of
alternate public members we're
eliminated
The order provided that no
more than four public members
shall vote on any one case and
hence it did not upset the exist
ing voting division.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Daughter Of Times
EmpIoye in Army

Betty Ann O'Brien OF 1926
Indiana, left today for Camp Nc
Coy, Wis. where she will start
training in the Army Nurse Corps
Miss O'Brien is the daughter
OF Mrs. Marguerite O'Brien, De-
troit Times employe. She has a
brother, 1st Sgt Ray II. O'Brien
in the Philippines.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Germans Slaughter
Yank Negro Captiyes

WITH L. s. THIRD ARMY,
April S (UP)-Third Army au-
thorities today investigated re-
ports that German SIS troops
slaughtered a number of Negro
ordnance troops whom they had
captured in an effort to break
through the American encircle-
ment.
The bodies of the Negro troops
were found on the ground, each
with a single bullet wound through
the head.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Hitler Asks Army
To Hold for Drive

LONDON. April 5 CUP)-A
Nazi broadcast said today that
Adolf Hitler, in his first public
utterance since the Allied break
through in the west. appealed TO
German soldiers ~ hold until a
new German offensive is launched
som
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Oaraeeman Convicted

A jury in Circuit Judge Adolph
F. Marschner's court today found
Joseph Archer. 1894 Garfield.
Plymouth Township. guilty of re-
ceiving stolen truck parts in his
garage at 25Ol4 Plymouth.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
DooIittIe Raiders
Bomb Munich Area

LONDON, April s CUP)-Lt.
Gen. Doolittle hurled more than
1900 warplanes AT airfelds, rail
yards. supply dumps and other
targets in the Munich Nuremberg
area OF southern Germany today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
'28 Degrees
Due Tonight

Freezing temperatures were
predicted for tonight by the
weatherman, but tomorrow il will
be warmer with increasing cloudi-
ness.
A low temperature of IS degrees
is forecast tonight for Detroit
while some outlying areas may be
colder.
The weatherman warned motor
lists 10 add alcohol TO their car
radiators or 10 drain them.
Winds which reached a velocity
OF 35 miles an hour yesterday fell
to II this morning and diminish
ing winds are predicted for to-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Sentence Date Set

Edward Eugene Blair. 2S-year-
old Negro OF 1855 w. Warren,
will be sentenced April u for the
murder last August Of Joseph
Collins, immigration border patrol
inspector.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Ydnks Cut Off
Jap Supplies

MANILA, April ) QNS)-Gen.
MacArthur's forces, forging the
last link in a 3,000-mile chain Of
blockading airfields, were Off.
cially credited today with sever.
ing the lifeline 10 Japan's stolen
empire and its riches.
Gen. Macarthur, in a commu.
nique which also revealed another
in the now daily amphibious as
saults 10 complete liberation Of
the Philippines, said that seizure
of Tawi Tawi at the southern end
of the Sulu Archipelago was the
last link in the aerial blockade
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06

Order the United States War
Savings stamps from your
Detroit Times carrier. He'll
deliver them TO your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
EFFECTIVE BLOCKADE

And. as the air pressure of
our blockade reaches Its peak,
such traffic will become prac-
tically impossible.
THE entire Dutch East In
dies are now Isolated. not only
for exploitation but from enemy
reinforcement and supply"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Big Battle
Near OH
OkinaWa

GUAM, April 5 CUP)-The
showdown battle for southern
Okinawa and its capital, Naha,
appeared 10 be mounting TO full
fury today.
Field reports said that suddenly
stiffencd resistance had slowed
the 10Th ArmyS advance on
Okinawa 10 a snairs pace. The
Japanese were fighting hard from
Well-prepared positions little
more than four miles north Of
Naha.
TANK BATTLE AWAITED
Both American and Japanese
tanks were jockeyine for posi-
tions A front dispatch reported
the possibility OF a major tank
battle. the first OF the war in the
Pacific, on the plain between
Naha and kaniku.
In one sector a Japanese tank
cnncenlrattaH=alEeaa aa&had= stalled
the American push temporarily.
Apparently we have reached
the outpoSts of enemy defenses
I'm the south, where a force of a.
many a. $4,000 japanese NAV
he concealed" correspondent
Edward l.. Thomas reported
from an advanced command
post
He said Japanese strong points
appeared 20 be scattered through
the hills around the villages of
kaniku, TSuwa and Tanbaru.
Approaching them. the Amer
leans oVerran several preliminary
lines of resistance in advances Of
500 TO l,500 yards down the 3l2-
mile wide isthmus separating
central and southern Okinawa.
EXPECT ISTHMUs LINE
The hills command much OF
southern Okinawa, Troops push.
ing through a misty rain toward
one 600-foot height guarding the
approaches TO Shuri ran into
heavy artillery, machine gun and
mortar fire.
An interpreter told United Press
Correspondent f. G. Valens on
OkinaMa that Japanese civilians
thought the garrison planned TO
form a strong line across the mar
row iSthmus north of Naha and
Yonabaru.
Troops were withdrawn from
the northern coast of NakaguSuku
Bay several weeks ago because II
was anticipated that the Ameri-
cans would land there, civilians
said
The campaign is II days ahead
of schedule. with the invasion
forces controlling II miles of the
west coast and u miles of the
east coast
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
LITTLE SNOW HERE

Detroit escaped the heavy snow
fall in the north OF the state, hut
enough came down 10 blanket cars
in some parts of the city and
heavier nurries fell later in the
day.
Last nights strong winds
brought Great Lakes shipping 10
a standstill and tonight's freezing
prediction caused anxiety for
Michigan's budding fruit crop.
The mercury reached A high Of
Sc degrees yesterday and fell
81 al Z a. m. today.
Winds of gale force reaching a
high of "a miles an hour whipped
the Sault Ste. Marie area and
all ships to seek anchorage.
BLIZZARD IN L. =.
The Upper Peninsula is Shiver-
ing through its worst blizzard of
the winter accompanied by more
than eight inches of snow and the
state highway department ordered
snowplOws 10 the district to clear
blocked roads.
Fruit growers in western Michi-
Gan's rich fruit producing area.
said cherry and peach crops would
be saved If temperatures stayed
above 29 degrees.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
TOKYO INFORMED

"'In accordance with article
: Of the aforsmsntionsd pact,
providins for the right of de-
nuneiation one year prior TO eT.
piratien Of the fUs.ysar term OF
fhs pact, the Soviet government
hereby declares TO the govern
7rsnt Of Japan its desire TO con-
eel the pact Of April -. i94i.
1.-The Japanese ambassador.
M. Sato, promised TO inform
the Japanese government about
the statement OF the Soviet soV-
srnmenf.'"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
Reds Drop
oDaPPacf

CONTINUED from Page One)
,hs latter in its WoT against the
u. S. S. r.
"'Besidss, Japan is at wor
vith the United States OF Amer.
iea and Great Britain, who ars
4iIiss Of the Soviet Union. Undsr
such eireumstoness. the neutral
ay pact bstpesn Japan and the
q. s. S. r. hos lost its incoming,
and the proionsation Of the pact
hos become impossibIe,