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

burden. This happened In
1880 to 1897. BY 1882 the
burden had become so great
that values were eaten up by
delinquent taxes and homes
were lost, mortgages foreclos-
ed. Five banks closed large
ly because values of real es-
tate were so reduced that
holdings backing up deposits
were worthless. The workers
got it in the neck again be-
use even their meager cash
savings were wiped out.
Toledo must and Toledo will
see to it that not only will
this not happen again but also
that healthy growth, a mod
ern city, and happy living will
be its heritage of the future.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Defea+-DePressien
PIanning

WASHINGTON (LPA) 49, To
plan public works now, Presi-
dent Truman has asked Congress
for the third time for adequate
funds and government plan
ming agency like the now-de-
funct Natl. Resources Planning
Board "A we'll developed and
completely planned shelf OF
worthy public works" Truman
thinks, would take the sting out
of any possible future depres-
sion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
GM-UAW Fight
Near Explosion
Continued From Page One

In addition, said Reuther,
"The union is also charging that
since Aug. 18 the corporation
has continually and repeatedly
demonstrated bad faith in that it
has refused to consider the
unions demands"
In last weeks negotiations
Donald Montgomery and other
union economists completely
demolished the arguments of
profits swollen GIN that the
UAW wage demands would
leave the corporation with a
1916 deficit of $150,00O,000 be-
fore taxes.
Workers Vote Strike
UAW workers in GIN and
Chrysler have already voted
overwhelmingly in favor of a
strike if their wage demands are
no. met. Workers at Ford, the
third member of the big
Three" okayed the strike propo-
Sition by a vote of 42,235 to
1881.
Reuther's strategy in filing thei
NLRB charges obviously caught
the company off guard. A "a
hour lull in negotiations, which
GIN hoped would result in the
JAWS backtracking on the 30%
demand was used by the union
to finish its NLRB appeal.
In its telegram to the Labor
Dept. the UAW declared that
the company had "insised that
it will not pay even one per
cent wage increase without price
increases, while at the same time
refusing to discuss its ability to
pay wage increases without price
increases"
The industry, not content with
attempting to undermine the
JAW, opened up its biggest guns
OF Commerce Dept. Secretary
Henry Wallace's report last
week that the auto manufacture
er could increase pay by 15%
in 1946 and another 10% in
1947.
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OOHllHucu from EdSN OnC
reason" and inferred, rather
broadly, that he would not get
under foot if some other good
electoral method" were pro-
posed.
Harold Hartley, Toledo Times
editor plainly showed his hand
the day following election, when
he stated editorially, that the
system should be changed if it
would help Toledo to progress.
Paul Block, Toledo Blade CO.
publisher is known to be un-
friendly to the PR system and
favorS the election of mayor.
Change Is Inevitable
Political experts are conf
dentally saying that change from
the PR to some other electoral
system is inevitable" One of
Toledo'S well-known political
observers present at the PR
count in the Hotel Waldorf last
Sunday night, turning to group
near him who were watching
the counters transfer Council
man Ira Bame's vote said, Gen
tlemen, you are looking at the
last PR count"
What position the PAC will
take now that the amendment
sponsored by that organization
has been defeated is not known.
1t is believed, however, that
PAC will take the matter under
consideration provided the or
ganization is invited to take part
in the conferences which will
take place to determine a
method of electing councilmen
which is satisfactory to all
groups.
Negro citizens will fight to re-
tain the PR system unless they
to are given an opportunity to
elect one of their members to
Council the same as they have at
last been able to do during the
current election.
Hanson, Kelly Statements
Both Harry Hanson, Republi-
ocratic chairman made state
ments to the TOLEDO UNION
JOURNAL opposing the PR sys-
tenn. Both agreed that under the
system there was no responsible
ity on the part of elected Off
cials and that the method of
electing councilmen was confus-
ing and complicated to many
voters.
Mr.. Hanson said that he was
in agreement with the PAC's
campaign contention that the PR
system promoted irresponsible
government and made the rails
ing of issues almost impossible"
HI agreed that with the possible
exceptions of Councilman Burke
Il at no other councilmen were
elected or defeated because of
t,.eir stand on issues.
Kelly Is Opposed
Mr.. Kelly without hesitation
condemned the PR system which
he said was "undemocratic and
confusing" He pointed out that
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Facing The Facts
Continued from Page 1

ests maculOuSy place their trust and confidence In
each other. 1t will require more than this.
One of the crying needs of Toledo is leadership;
without it, this city cannot make progress We have
the leadership of Toledo those who have sought to
establish leadership emphaticaly repudated in the No
vember election. The people have risen in their wrath
and rejected those who for years have sought to
force themselves and their special interests upon the cit
of this city.
And now stand face to face with the reality of
rapidly approaching crisis while disappointed and
repudiated leaders cry against PR when it is they
themselves lack the qualifications of heart and mind
to lead the citizens of this community out of the wilder
ness into which their bundering and blind selfseeking
has led
No progress can come to Toledo, effective plan
evolve unless and until the various in this city sit
down calmly and sincerely strive for honest sou-
ton of the ills of city. The false leadership
of graspng selfish individuals must be submerged in the
of the welfare of ALL for only by enlightened self
interest all progress together.
No group long go forward at the expense OF
others Progress cannot be achieved by riding rough shOd
over the majority interest.
Progress be attained by the big interests at
tempting hunt the major share of the burden the
small home owners and wage earners of this city
Progress cannot until paying for it is done
equaby and according to the ability of each to carry
his share of the load.
Labor is ready and willing accept its responsibility
and its part in planning and paying for municipal
progress but labor usaby wants to be assured that its
willingness to cooperate will not be invitation to the
selfish interests who have constantly sought to place
the complete burden on the workers.
No group in Toledo is anxious to see this COM
muny go forward than the workers. and labor has lead
ershp which is capable of making worthwhile cOnribu-
ton to future progress.
Labor wants to Toledo grow. 1t wants indus
tries providing increased job opportunities for the people
1t wants ample fire and police protection, improved city
streets better housing improved public buildings,
panded public services enlarged educational and
tiona facilities and all that contributes to making
community a better place in which to work and lve
Yes labor is ready for progress 1t is willing to dis
plans and ways and of attaining the additions
and improvements which spell progress but it wants
guarantees that it will be accepted in full partnership and
not merely necessary, but rather unwecOme CO.
operator by those who may still be trying to discover
how the workers be Sadded with the major share of
the burden without major share of the credit and control
Eliminating the PR system will not change situa-
ton. Eliminating the selfish aims of repudated leaders
and the leaders themselves would be the best begin
to point to the progress which of Toledo say
wish 10
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Burke Reelected
To City Council
Continued From Page One

Speculation on the makeup of
the city administration follow
ing the induction of the new
City Council ran rampant in the
Hotel Waldorf on last Sunday
night when it was certain that
the new Council would have two
new members. Both councilmen-
elect are Democrats.
According to the wags around
the Waldorf Hotel during the
election count, the new Council
will "be composed of four Demo-
Gratis, four Republicans and Ad
Thacher." "Thacher" said the
wits will run the city from
his office"
Whether or not the Schoon-
maker administration will re-
sign in the light of the uncertain
ty of the new council is being
discussed very completely In
many circles. Gamblers are hop
ing that the Schoonmaker-De-
Angelo com bination will
bow out of the picture leaving
room for the appointment of
someone who will listen to rea-
son" up to the new council.
New Lines Formed
Political observers see in the
election of two new members of
Council possibilities for new po-
litical alignments. Under the
current Council, the administra-
ton lineup has been composed of
Councilmen Burke, Disable, Leh-
man, Millard and Roulet with
Councilmen Czelusta, Bame,
Jurrus and Thacher on the op-
position side.
In view of the avowed deter
mination of Paul Block, Toledo
Blade, co-publisher, to rid the
city of the Schoonmaker-DeAn-
CELLO administration and his new
ly apparent efforts to put
Schoonmaker on the spot with
embarrassing questions, it now
appears that Vice-Mayor Michael
v. Disable cannot be regarded
with confidence by the Schoon-
maker administration.
The only members of the new
Council upon whom the admin
istration can depend upon are
Councilmen Burke, Lehman and
Roulet, since both Donovan and
Simmons are unknown quanti-
ties politically.
ough councilmen are
elected on non-partisan ballot
and the city government is sup
posed to be non-partisan, there
is the possibility that the naming
of a new city administration
might be ATTEMPTED by both fac
ticns, although this Is doubteful
in view of the Burke, Lehman,
Rculet backing of the Schoon-
maker administration
Members of the newly elected
City Council will take office
January l.
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Dead Negro Recognized

NEW YORK (LPA) - Booker
T Washington, slave born Ne
gro scientist and author, mas
been elected by nation = leaders
for the honor Of position in the
Hall Of Fame for Great Ameri-
cans on New York University
campus. Elections are held only
once in five years. Nominations
are made by the public, and this
year, for the first time, a Negro
takes his place beside the 73
other outstanding Americans.
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A&P Strike Ends;
Workers Return
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ting the warehouse reopened as
soon as possible.
Fourteen stores operated by
the company i'm Toledo will re-
open as soon as feasible follow
ing the reopening of the ware
house, it was announced Ap-
proximately 500 persons were
effected by the strike.
Protest Vet Treatment
Toledo Steel Products Co. en-
ployees walked out of their plant
on Tuesday morning after the
company had refused to discuss
the treatment accorded war vet
erans who were not given
seniority due them and were
placed on jobs which they could
not do because of service con-
nected disabilities.
Company officials in a state
ment to the public press stated
that the walkout was due to the
discharge Of two company en-
ployees for fighting. Union Of
ficials stated that the employees
had been disciplined and given
a one weeks layoff by the COM
pany and then notified by mail,
after their layoff that they were
discharged.
Picket lines have been estab-
lished around the plant by the
Union which stated that the
company has refused to bargain
! good faith,
Glass Strike Continues
Employees of the Llbbey.
Owens-Ford Glass Co. remain
on strike after an attempt on the
part of the government on Nov.
9 TO bring the union and com
pany together in Washington.
Company officials attending
the Washington meeting refused
to meet with Union officials in
that city after maintaining that
it was the position of the com
pany that IL would not discuss
the dispute with the Union as
long as the men did not return
/ work.
Union officials point out that
in the l936-l937 strike, the com
pany did not adopt this attitude,
but negotiated a contract while
a strike was in progress.
William AkoS, president of
Local Q Toledo stated the posi-
ton of his International Union
saying Eve refuse to return to
work until an agreement has
been signed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
In Conference
Seeks Peace Plan
Giues Full Acceptance OF
Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-(LPA)-The Labor Manage
n,en Conference stormy initial sessions charged with
Aft CTO DISPUTES involving the United Mine Workers set
td down last week to its job trying reach formula for
ipI,,striaI neace during the reconversion period
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Party Support Doubtful

Just how far the Lucas Coun-
" Democratic organization will
go in aiding Mr.. Disable secure
the local federal iudgeship is not
known. Mr.. Disable was a con-
tender for the Democratic chair
manship following the election
of John Quinlivan to the post of
collector of internal revenue and
opposed John Kelly, subsequent
ly named to succeed Quinlivan
when Disable for reasons not
known failed TO make a spirited
fight for the chairmanship.
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Time for
Plain 7 ak
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wounded of all cities of the
world in the economic collapse
of the nineteen thirties. This
was the result of shortsighted
thinking on the part of the
financial, industrial and busi-
ness leaders of the past who
were willing to sacrifice the
best interests of Toledo to gain
and keep a tight control on the
labor conditions of the city.
LABOR COMES IN
Labor came into its own as
a natural result of Toledo's
upward climb from the depths
of depression. Labor has
brought vigorous and youthful
thinking to city affairs. La
bor's voice is being heard now
as never before. Labor's voice
must continue to be heard In
ever increasing volume in the
future.
Labor sensed first the in
herent evils of the PR sys-
tenn. The first charges that
PR resulted in nine minoritleS,
going nine different ways, ac-
complishing nothing but stag
nation were voice in Labor's
halls. Other groups now see
the correctness of this and are
also giving voice to it. Of
course, they are doing so only
after Labor attempted to ELI
inmate PR. In fact most peo-
pie now recognize that City
Mana ager Schoonmaker has
done a remarkably fine job
against this kind of odds.
The election last Tuesday
marked also the rebirth of a
new city. 1t has taken IL
years to clear away the wreck
age of the economic holocaust.
The levies and bond issues of
fered for the peoples approval
were good in the main. The
citizenry of the city however
declared by their vote that no
matter how worthy the issue
presented may be they will
not approve it until an equit-
able form of taxation, based
on the ability to pay, is
adopted.
ABOUT TAXES
During the campaign l said
that | would work for a COM
plete revision of the taxation
system of our City. Taxes, as
nearly as possible, must be
levied on the principle of the
ability to pay. No one likes
taxes. Tax collection time has
a habit of sneaking up and
socking us in the neck when
we are least prepared for 1t.
We all realize, however, that
the community must be main
tanned or society generally
will suffer. We all realize that
all citizens must bear their
share of the burden but no
one wants to bear more than
his share.
With real estate as the basic
measure for the major share
of taxation the greatest bur-
den of community costs Is
born by the small home owner
and renter. In times of en-
ployment and unemployment
alike his taxes go right on at
the same rate because they are
based on the value of the
small home he owns or rents;
direct If he is an owner, indi-
rect If he is a renter. This
means that the unemployed
worker has a load of delin-
quent taxes piled on his back
that becomes an overpowering
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DiSoIIe Seeking
JudgeshiP

Continued From Page One
Toledo men have been named,
but it is understood that Mr.. Di-
Sale Is favored above the
others.
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Aufo-Life Plants
Force Wage issue
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through the Council and have
agreed to take simultaneous ac-
ton on their demands. 1t is ex-
pected that the company will
eventually be forced to bargain
with the overall group.
President Makes Statement
Orville Evenson, Council pres
ident, Lacrosse, Wis, has stated
that the Union is prepared 90
make final settlement on a cor
poration-wide basis in order to
prevent creation Of further wage
differentialS that would give
management an incentive to
transfer work 10 lower paid
shops and thus cause greater job
insecurity for Auto-Lite work
eTs.
Ralph Brown, assistant Auto
Lite director speaking for Direc-
tor Gosser stated that in his
opinion, Auto-Lite management
will be willing to bargain with
the National Bargaining Com
mittee and said he was prepared
10 meet with the corporation on
that basis. He added that he
would accept no other type Of
settlement other than on a cor
poration-wide basis of the
Unions demands.
Auto-Lite Unit OF Local IL is
the only Unit OF the corporation
under jurisdiction of the UAW-
CIO which has not joined with
the other members Of the Coun-
ell In q united wage demand.
Auto-Lite Unit went on record
In a large mass meeting sup
porting the Councils program,
but four days later in a regular
meeting reversed its previous
action.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-16
All Churches Asked
To Join Observance
Brotherhood Week

All Coolidge churches and or
ganizations have been invited to
join the national observance of
Brotherhood Week February IS to
25, according to the Rev. ]. Carl
Fritz, Coolidge chairman. The
week has been set aside to bring
about better understanding be-
tween Catholic, Protestant, and
Jew and is a call to all Americans
to lay the only secure foundations
which can be laid for peace abroad
and at home, with security for the
iedals of liberty and justice which
the nation has re-purchased at a
supreme price in the lives of its
youth, Rev. Fritz explained.
A special Brotherhood Program
is. planned at Rotary and Lions
Clubs during the week and a later
announcement will be made of
other plans, he said.
In an open letter to all chairmen
of arrangements for Brotherhood
Week, the President of the United
States has this to say: ut is highly
fitting that in the midst of world
struggle for liberty we should re-
mind ourselves of the spiritual re-
alities by which the ideals Of free
dom are nourished. The principal
of human brotherhood is the source
of our political democracy and this
principle is rooted in the faith
which our fathers knew and which
we have lived by. One God is our
father and all of us are brothers
and sisters in his family. We wor-
ship at different affairs and express
this faith in many ways. But deep
er than the difference is the spirit
ual unity that makes us, one
people"
The president points out that on
battlefields throughout the world
Americans of many. cultural back
grounds stand together against the
enemies of freedom-one people
dedicated to the service of justice
and peace for all. 1t is solemn
duty for us here at home to keep
our country free of prejudice and
bigotry so that when our fighting
men return they may find us living
by the freedom for which they were
ready to give full measure of de-
votion, the president writes "The
United States is the greatest team
of free men and women that the
world has ever seen. This is the
hour for us to decide that our de-
termination shall be in peace, as
| in war-teamwork."
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-16
Land Purchased By
Ten Citizens For
Civic Project Plan

Announcement of the purchase
of 280 acres by ten local men who
intend to deed the property to
Coolidge for use as a landing field
and golf course when the town Is
incorporated, was made by DR.. G.
H. Walker, chairman of aviation,
at dinner meeting of Coolidge
Chamber of Commerce Monday
night. The property is mile south
of Coolidge. Plans for its future
use include rodeo grounds and
other civic recreation projects.
]. ]. Jones, chairman of the
highway committee, reported that
progress had been made in secur-
ing a right of way two miles south
of Coolidge for the construction OF
a continuation of Main Street to
Highway 81 as far as the first
bridge at the Hubert Odom pro-
perty.
Letters of appreciation will be
sent by the Chamber of Commerce
to Boy and Girl Scouts of Coolidge
for their work in cleaning up the
grounds of city park, it was an
nounced.
Approximately 35 local business
men were present at the meeting.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-02-16
Soil Conservation
Districts GROWING
Rapidly In State
Three New Districts Now
Proposed For Florence
Coolidge Area And Peti-
tions Being Circulated.

| ~ Several new soil conservation
districts are being planned for the
Coolidge-Florence area. A IL sec
ton district is already being con-
sidered by the state land commits
sioner, G. c. Williams, to be known
as the Selma Soil Conservation
District. Petitions for the .forma-
tion of this district have been
signed by the farmers in the area
and forwarded to the land commits
sion.
Clair X. Kennedy and Paul Han
nah are circulating petitions to
form a West Coolidge district.
A. 54 section district is also pro-
posed to be known as the Florence
Coolidge District. The men seek
ing petitions to form the Florence
Coolidge district are R. H. Moore
house, John Bowling, c. L. Skousen
and A. L. Bartlett. -
''- The farmers IN each district will
eject their own supervisors and run
their own districts" said A. l..
Bartlett this week. "Tte success
or failure of the districts opera
tions depends upon who are elected
to supervise thHmy
The 4 district @sofl conservation
program was started four years ago
by the 18th State Legislature. / The
first district formed was the Queen
Creek district composed of 25O0
acres in the Salt River Valley.
There are now 100000 acres of
farmer controlled soil conservation
districts in the Salt River Valley.
The rapid growth of the district
plan is due to the sound purpose
of the soil conservation program on
which the districts are founded.
This program provides for the. res
toration and conservation of agri-
cultural lands and soil resources
of the state. 1t helps to prevent
soil erosion and to control floods.
Through the operation of the plan,
dams and reservoirs are safeguard
ed. Its aims are also to protect
the tax base and public lands, to
preserve wildlife, public health,
safety and general welfare of the
people.