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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Council Term
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sociation went on record some
weeks ago as being opposed to
the repeal of PR on the grounds
that the servicemen would be
unable to vote. Since then, pro-
visions have ben made for serv-
icemen voting, but the Small
Businessmen's organization has
not changed its position.
PAC officials believe that the
efforts to put over a four-year
term for city councilmen will
prove a boomerang to those who
sponsored the move and give the
opponents of the Proportionate
Representation system fuel to
add to the fire.
Political dopesters are begin
ming to pull out their purses
seeking bets to the effect that
this years municipal election
will be the largest in the history
of Toledo due to the issues OF
the PR and four-year council
term. Takers are not too numer-
Gus.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
JAW Tanks Packed
Carefully

WASHINGTON (LPA) -
Tanks turned out by the United
Auto Workers-CIO for the final
battle in the Pacific are packed
more carefully than wrist
watches, according to Army
Ordnance.
Extreme precautions are taken
against saltwater baths and the
tanks hull Is made alright by
Hlling 1t with 50-75 pounds of
misunderstanding compounds.
Every opening is sealed and the
engine, alone, wrapped many
times and finally covered with
an overall waterproof cello
phane-like material.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
GOsser Stresses
Education Need

the Finance Committee of 40's
report terming 1t good statistics
but stating his opposition to the
utility tax recommended by the
committee as a means of raising
additional revenue for the city.
Discussing the real estate stu
alton in certain parts of Toledo
he said, I'VE will never have
anything like Toledo Tomorrow
until we prevent speculation ir
land"
Oppose Council Term
The meeting went on record as
being unanimously opposed to
the proposed four year term for
ounc ! men, and instructed
Councilman Burke to vote
against the measure when it was
introduced in city council.
The meeting was presided
by Chairman Clayton Rusch
who gave a report on legislation
in which labor was interested
at the national level, while Tom
Downs, assistant state PAC di-
rector and Claude Hess of the
Toledo PAC reported the meet
ing of the state organization held
in Columbus July %. Mr.. Downs
awarded certificates to ID mem
bers of the PAC who had COM
pleted the course recently con-
Quoted by him in political ac-
ton.
Attorney Carl Christensen,
chairman of the citizens COM
mittee spoke in favor of
a return to the FL man form of
council which he said was more
representative than the nine man
council. He said "I'm in favor
of getting back to common sense
and returning to the system of
electing councilmen where your
vote counts for the ones for
whom you vote"
II was announced that peti-
tions for the PR repeal would
continue to be circulated for the
balance of the week and that
10000 names had been pro-
cured.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

National Citizens Political
Action Committee today en-
phasized in letters to the
party leaders that they have "a
responsibility to the country and
their parties to use their full
authority and prestige to carry
out party pl tforms and
pledges"
The letters to the party chief
tains asking for prompt replies
as to action that could be ex-
pected were signed by Elmer A.
Benson, chairman of National
Citizens PAC's executive coun-
ell. The letters were accom-
panied by a committee statement
outlining the grave crisis in race
and religions relations.
Benson Opposes Fascism
Benson, in ST. Louis, one of 10
cities he is visiting on cross
country trip to discuss with local
leaders incumbents and candi-
dates worthy of independent
support in the 1946 congressional
elections, told a press confer
ence, eve are unalterably op-
posed to any member of the
Congress or any candidate for
Congress who would use the
floors of the House and Senate
as sounding boards for Hitler's
race theories" Benson de-
manded that "the political par
ties adhere to their platform, "
and warned failure to do so
will result in the loss of faith
of millions of independent
American voters.
The requests for party action
in support of FEPC were also
sent to the Governors of the 48
states, the state party chairmen,
the national committeeman of
both parties, and to all members
Congress. Benson explained that
National Citizens PAC wants
to know how each of these lead
ers stands on this fundamental
problem, and hopes that the
states will make themselves
heard in the national offices of
both parties and in the halls of
Congress"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
TWU Expects Back Pay

WASHINGTON (LPA) - A
new series of amendments to
the Wage-Hour Law providing
for extended coverage and a csc
minimum in the textile industry
will probably be in Congress be-
fore the summer recess, accord
ing to officials of the Textile
Workers Union of America -CIO.
The TWUA together with the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CIO have spearheaded the cam
paign in and out of Congress to
raise substandard wages which
even government economists
now admit has been the prime
cause for the current manpower
shortage in the crucial textile
industry.
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other. Unless wages are raised,
prices must be cut back"
"This nation can't go back
ward, it has to go forward" he
said. Nobody can tell me that
if we have the brains to turn out
the greatest production the world
has ever seen during the war
that we haven't the brains to
produce the things that people
need and want in time of peace. "
Warns OF Unemployment
Warning the PAC members of
unemployment that will come
with the end of the war, Di-
rector Gosser was scornful of
those "who tell us that unem-
ployment is inevitable" He crit
icized those who have ridiculed
60million postwar jobs and said,
when unemployment com S
those who have not taken part
in PAC with us will be sorry.
"The American worker doesn't
want unemployment insurance.
He wants jobs in his generation
so that he and his children, and
his children's children can live
closer to the way God intended
us to live"
Condemn ng superseniority
schemes, the UAW leader paid
tribute to the gallantry of the
American soldiers and said
when he comes back, he wants
a job. He doesn't want to throw
his father or brother out in the
street to get it. He wants to have
a job, but he wants his father
and brothers and sister and
friends to have jobs too"
Advocates Fewer Hours
AS a means of cutting down
unemployment, Director Gosser
advocated elimination of all
overtime following vi Day, cut
ting the work week to 40 hours,
and if necessary 35 hours or less
in order to give employment to
all. He concluded by telling the
meeting that PAC will grow
stronger as time goes on and that
the things desired by the work
ers could be obtained through
political action. "The person who
thinks it can be done entirely
through the labor unions doesn't
know what it's all about" he
ended.
InstaIls New Officers
Installed by Director Gosser
were the following officers of
PAC elected at the meeting;
Chairman, Clayton Rusch; vice
chairman, Frank Kowalski;
treasurer, William Healey; sec
retary, Barton Dederman; trus-
tee, Frank Molik; sergeant-at-
arms, Kenneth O'Brien and as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, RHben
Harper.
Councilman Tom Burke, vice
president of Local IL, UAW-
CIO spoke briefly and discussed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Protest Washinqfon
Jimcrowism

WASHINGTON (LPA-white
and Negro residents are pre-
vented from using the same pub
lie recreational facilities in the
District of Columbia by a recent
ruling of the Board of Recrea-
ton. Previously, Negro and
white citizens had been allowed
to chose tennis courts and play
grounds in the areas near their
homes, regardless of race. The
local CIO council has protested
vigorously, pointing out that
I'VE have found that laws pro-
hibiting people from mingling
together when they desire to do
fan the fire of racial antagon-
ISM" A citizens committee is
seeking a public hearing and re-
versal of the new regulation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

WASHINGTON, August
GPA)-Cutbacks threw near
ly $4,000 workers out of jobs
in June, according to officia-
War Production Board fig
ures. Labor economists who
have contended that WPB gets
less than half the actual figures
of cutback disemployed said
that the number of cutback
layoffs, during the month, were
approximately $4,000.
WPB, meanwhile, could of
fer no better solution of the re-
conversion and cutback prob
lem than to praise the sup
posed success of the reconver-
sion program to date. WPB
said that progress has been
outstanding, particularly among
the manufacturers of passenger
autos, electrical appliances, do
mestic refrigerators, laundry
equipment, sewing machines
:" Various government Off
cials have figured that 3,000,-
900 workers will have lost their
jobs by the end of the year.
RecOnversion Stumbled
Reconversion still stumbled,
with WPB officials saying that
they have no knowledge of any
passenger car assembly line
working in the country except
Ford River Rouge which is
turning out only IL cars a day.
WPB disclosed that it had given
permission for the manufacture
of 5000 cars in the last quarter
of 1945 and $4,000 in the first
period of 1916. There was no
indication whether the compa-
MES could fulfill this program.
In desperation for some hope
full sign on the reconversion
horizon, WPB officials seized
on the announcement that Henry
Kaiser, the so-called miracle
man" of shipbuilding, will build
two new low price autos. Kaiser
joined with j. w. Frazer, head
of Graham-Page Corp, on a
plan to build low price car, to
be named the Kaiser" on the
west coast, and a more expen-
sive job in Detroit to be named
Frazer" WPB officials cannot
estimate yet how many work
ers the new Kaiser Frazer pro-
ject may absorb.
One WPB official, from union
ranks declared that the bottle
neck now is the shortage of
sheet and strip steel and tin.
This bottleneck, he said, is not
a matter of manpower shortage
btu a question of material scar
city. Sheet and strip steel, he
said, are indispensable for auto
manufacture.
All sections of organized labor
last week expressed increasing
dissatisfaction with the failure
of both government and industry
to advance a reconversion pro-
rgam or even plan to utilize
war plants that are no longer
needed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Reeopped Tire Rocket:
Beware!

WASHINGTON LPA)--Hun-
dreds of traffic deaths may be
due to the recapped tire racket
recently uncovered by a tire
dealers association here. Junk
tires, bought as scrap for about
$40 a ton, have been CLOSED
up" to look usable, and sold TO
unsuspecting dealers and car
owners all over the country.
OPA is cracking down on the
racketeers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Hope For
Wage Hikes
Seen

WASHINGTON, July 81 -
(LPA)-Public members of the
Natl. War Labor Board have al
least taken a concrete step to.
ward easing up on rigid wartime
wage controls.
They have drafted a tenta-
tive program which will meet
some but by no means all of Ia
boris demands and have submit
ted it to William H. Davis, di-
rector of economic stabilization,
for his approval.
Chief item in the program is
proposal that voluntary agree
ments between unions and em.
ployers for wage increases, even
though in excess OF. the little
steel formula, shall become au-
tomatically effective, so long as
they do not form the basis for
any price increases.
Labor Pushing Raises
Labor members of the board
have been pushing for that
proposition for some time, since
1t would be great step back to
free collective bargaining and
open the way to widespread
wage adjustments.
Union chiefs are confident
that thousands of employers who
are now in the upper profit
brackets can, without much
pressure, be induced to 60 along
on substantial voluntary pay in
creases, if and when the new
program is promulgated.
In addition to that relaxation,
the public members are also pro-
posing that the WLB's power to
make adjustments to correct in
equalities should also be relaxed
by executive order.
Ease Local Bracket
Likewise, the program would
include authority to ease up on
the local wage bracket sytem,
which has been used to freeze
workers in many communities
at pay scales even below the
little steel level.
Under the overall program.
the little steel formula would
nominally be retained for dis
pute cases, but union spokesmen
feel that the other notifications
would eventually force the little
steel ceiling into the discard.
The tentative program was
presented at a board meeting
last week 'for discussion pur-
poses only" Industry members
opposed any revision whatsoever
in wage controls until price con-
trolls are also abandoned.
Another hopeful omen was
the fact that nearly 80 Congress
men have signed a petition to
President Truman asking that
the little steel formula be junked
to the extent of permitting wage
increases of at least 20 per cent.
Drafted by Rep. Holifield I'd.
Calo the petition urges paw
raises as a means of holing up
purchasing power and prevent
ing a postwar or reconversion
period depression.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Union Radio Program
II Years On Air

WASHINGTON UPA) La
bor's constructive achievements
for the past twelve years have
been put on the air weekly over
Station WTOP here by Albert
N. Dennis, dean of radio labor
broadcasters. The oldest of the
nations labor radio programs
presents items of interest to the
public on union developments.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Separate
Charter Aim
Continued from Page

utes, Regional Director Richard
Gosser told the audience that
he hoped the meeting would be
conducted in good order, but de-
clined to talk. He said, you
people pay me to advise you. l
am sure that l can't give you
advice which you ask in the
short space of three minutes"
Following the adoption of the
motion and amendment on rules
of the meeting, the motion for
which the meeting was called
was presented and debate got
under way. Many speakers for
and against the separate charter
proposal were heard with many
being cut off by the timekeepers
before they had completed their
statements.
Among others who discussed
the issue was Chairman Begg of
Auto-Lite Unit who spent his
time condeming the Local IL
Bylaws pertaining to strikes.
The Unit chairman was particu-
larly scornful of the Bylaws
which state that before an ANAL
gamated Unit may strike it must
be approved by the Local Union.
The UAW- -CIO n it u o n
gives final sanction to the Inter-
national executive board. Chair
man Begg and other Auto-Lite
delegates to the UAW-CIO con-
vention also voted in favor of
retaining the no-strike pledge at
the time of the annual meeting.
Vote For Referendum
Following the debate, vote
was taken and the proposal to
submit the separate charter for
a re e re n d u m by Auto-Lite
members was adopted by a show
of hands.
Seventeen members of the
Unit were selected to serve on
the election committee after
motion was made but Lot rec
ognized by the chair to ask for
volunteers to conduct the cleo
ton without pay. Questioned
about the expense of the cleo
'tion from the floor, Chairman
Begg stated "the Local Union
pays half the expense, with the
Unit paying the other half"
Gosser Approves Vote
Following the meeting, Direc-
tor Gosser stated that he was
not in disagreement with the
Units desire to hold a separate
chatter referendum. He said,
"any Unit of an amalgamated
Local Union has the right under
the terms of the UAW-CIO con-
stitution to hold referendum
on a separate charter if the
membership desires it. l am in
accord with the action taken
taken here today, but l certainly
don't approve of the action
taken here to deny the service
men the right to vote on this
important issue after the way
we of the Unions condemned
Congress last year when they
failed to provide a servicemen's
ballot"
Time set for the election is
from 500 a. m. to 900 p, m,
Wednesday, Aug, 8, Location of
the voting places will be an
nounced by the election commit
tee International UAW-CIO Off
cials will supervise the vote
and counting of the ballots.
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Labor Party
Victorious
Continued from Page /

ment, and the new Prime Minis.
ter took part in both the Sar
Francisco conference that drew
up the United Nations Charter
and in the first part of the Pots.
dam discussions between the
U. S., Russian, and Britain.
Great Changes Seen
On the domestic scene, though,
great changes are seen ahead
all aimed to benefit the people
of England. Naturalization OF
the coal mines, of the inland
transport systems, power, iron
and steel industries, are early
items on the Labor Party's
agenda as outlined in its cleo
ton platform. So-called free
enterprise" must be harnessed
to the good of the nation as a
whole, the Labor Party insists.
Controls over prices and other
components of initiation should
be continued as long as neces-
sary after the war, and monop-
olies and cartels should be cur
tailed and controlled in the pub
lie interest, the Labor Party
holds.
Sharply attacked by the Con-
servatives during the pre-elec-
tion debates was the plan of the
Labor Party to turn over to pub
lie ownership the Bank of Eng
land, and along with this to set
up National Investment Board
to channel private capital in
vestment.
Specialization Gets Trial
Labor's last great bid for
jower was in 1929, when it
gained 288 seats in Parliament
in contrast to this years 800.
Then, it joined with the Lib
erals, who had so votes, to
form government. Faced with
worldwide depression, the Goa
lition government was unable
to act decisively, and Prime
Minister Macdonald was even
tually expelled from the Labor
Party. He then joined forces
with the Conservatives, with
whose support he remained as
Prime Minister until 1885. This
therefore is the first time that
the program of stabilization
will get an unhampered trial in
England.
Speaking Immediately after
the election results were an
nounced, Attlee told a jubilant
Labor rally in London that the
new governments first Job is
to finish the war with Japan.
I'VE want" he said, "the full
est cooperation with all nations.
We want security that will
Danish war forever. We want
a widespread prosperity among
ali the peoples and nations of
the world"
Here at home," the conti-
nued, I'VE have our own great
tasks. We have to bind UP the
wounds of war. We have to re-
construct our ruined homes-a
great task in itself. We have to
bring back in due course the
workers who have been work.
ing on the war to be workers
for peace. We have a job build
up in this country the highest
standard of life that we can
achieve for ALL"
In view of its overwhelming
majority in the Mouse of Com
mons, the Labor government is
expected to have at least a full
five year term in which to test
out its program for a peoples
England"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

which last week refused to
force a superseniority clause
into a union contract; the
Labor Dept, the Justice Dept.
and the decisions of two impair
tial arbiters. But Hershey,
whose resignation has been ask
ed by number of labor papers,
made it clear in a nationwide
broadcast that he intends to
push his own superseniority in
depreciation of the Selective
Service Act and G.. I. Bill of
Rights to the limit.
Courts To Decide
The final determination will
probably be made by the courts.
In N. Y. City last week Her
shey's assistant, Col. A. v. Nc
Dermott announced that Abra-
ham Fishgeld, an Army veteran,
had filed suit against the Sulli-
van Dry Dock & Repair Corp.
because he was laid off several
times as result of a union con-
tract seniority clause. This case,
according to both WLB and La
Dor Dept. officials, is supposed
to be the test case to prove once
and for all whether Hershey or
organized labor is correct. La abor
leaders have contended that
Hershey's Interpretation of SUI
perseniority not only would
throw millions of war workers
out of heir jobs but would dis
rCpt the nations economy dur
ing the transition period.
Fishgold was laid off after
having been reinstated in his job
as the result of a seniority agree
ment in a contract won by the
Industrial Union of Marine g.
Shipbuilding Workers-CIO. The
unions paper last week, agree
ing with other labor publica-l 4
tions, stated that "Supersenior-V
ity for war veterans is a super
Sellout."
The WLB refusal to play Her
shey's anti-union game came in
the case of the Phillips Petrol
cum Co., of Haskell, N. j. The
Board announced that it had
unanimously declined to order
into a collective bargaining con-.
tract a provision that would
make a war veteran, returning
to his previous employer, elig-
ible for jobs other than the one
he previously filled or would be
entitled to under the Selective
Service Act, so long as he did
not displace worker with
greater company seniority"
In his broadcast Hershey
clashed with Pres. John Green,
of the IUMSWA-CIO. Speaking
ing for the negative on the uues-
ton, Should War Veterans have
Job Preference?", Green said
that organized labor has done
more than Congress in guaran-
teeing job rights for returning
servicemen. Superseniority, he
said, would destroy collective
bargaining and provide a field
day for anti-labor employers"
Meantime the Workers De-
fense League charged that Her
shey, by issuing special orders
to Ohio Selective Service for
local draft boards to reclassify
strikers, went out of his way to
line up with employers" in the
strike at the Goodyear Akron
plant which was seized by the
Navy after a 19-day strike.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
People Miss Papers

NEW YORK (LPA) - Two
surveys made by the Fact Find
ers Associates during the recent
newspaper strike here show that
people miss their daily newspa-
pers, and the longer they have
to do without them, the more the
papers are missed. Radio, the
survey found, does not fill the
need for news.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Superseniority Seen
As Super-SeI|out

WASHINGTON, July 81 QPA)-The lines were drawn
tight this week between organized labor and Selecve
Service director Lewis Hershey the issue of
seniority
On labor's side appeared to be the War Labor Board
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
Public Power Cuts
Cost 40 Per Cent

WASHINGTON (LPA) - By
purchasing its power from
Shasta Dam in northern Cali
fornia, the city of Roseville, 20
miles north of Sacramento, will
save about 40% on the cost of
electric current, according to an
announceemnt by Interior Sec
retary Ickes of approval of the
contract.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03

WASH NJ TON (LPA) -
Credit for the American victory
on Okinawa Is shared by U. S.
union men and women - ma
chinists. textile workers, max
ers of airplanes. guns, ships,
steel and oil - the War Dept.
announced last week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-03
PACAsks Parties To
Support FEPC Bill

NEW YORK. July 28-Requesting that Robert Han
negan and Herbert Browne charmen of the Democratic
and Republican parties call special meetings of their
onal committees and declare publicly their support
permanent Fair EMPLOYMENT Practice Committee" the
Evening star., 1945-05-27

matron Of honor. Mr.. Kinuman
served as best man.
The bride wore q white wedding
gown with finger tip tulle veil
and carried a shower bouquet Of
white carnations and feverfew. Mrs.
Kinsman wore pale green gown
and carried pink carnations.
Little Miss Barbara Marie Heister
and little Miss Margaret Blinkhorn,
nieces of the bridegroom, were the
flower girls. They wore long dresses
of pale pink and pale blue and car
ried old-fashioned nosegays. Mas
ter John H. Heister, jr., nephew Of
the bridegroom, was the train
bearer.
Following a brief wedding trip
1t. and Mrs. Walter will 60 to
Staunton, where the former is a
patient at Woodrow Wilson Gen.
eral Hospital.