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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
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Plea Falls On
Frigid Congress
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clean up the present mess and
then consider what we should
do"
While CIO comment was
temporarily withheld pending
the CIO executive Board meet
ing Nov. / and 2 here, indivi-
dual CIO leaders made no Sc
cret of their disapproval of the
plan. Most of them have urged
some sort of peacetime service
to the nation for youth, matched
with a program for improving
the health, knowledge, and
training for jobs for young
Americans.
PAC Hits Message
The Natl Citizens Political
Action Committee said that the
Truman message was a grim,
sad warning that our national
leadership has not awakened to
the real implications of the
atomic age"
Truman based his appeal on
the necessity for armed strength
sufficient to meet any future ag-
gressors - generally interpret
ed here as applying almost ex-
clusively to the Soviet Union -
and to demonstrate u. S. sim
cerity in supporting the United
Nations Organization.
Proposals have been advanced
in recent months by House min
ority leader Joseph Martin, So
cialist leader Norman Thomas,
and the Natl Council Against
| Peacetime Conscription Now 49,
which includes many labor fig
ures - that sincere attempt be
made by the United States gov
ernment to enter into an agree
ment with the Soviet and British
governments to outlaw peace
time conscription in all three Of
the major powers. Martin intro
duced a resolution to this effect
into Congress before the Yalta
conference, but the measure has
been ignored by President Tru-
man.
Congress is not expected to
act quickly on the proposal,
which has been pending before
committees since long before the
end OF the war. Almost no ap-
plause greeted Truman's mes
sage, and no members of Con
gress indicated any change of
opinion as a result Of the speech.
Hearings start before the House
Military Affairs Committee Nov.
8 and are not even scheduled yet
in the Senate.
II You WoTk-VOte For Burke
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
Time For Plain Talk

or the Blade would actually
be for this sort of thing.
The Blade has made great
to-do about a difference be-
between an original letter and
and edited version which l
read in public. The letters
are the same as to sense and
meaning. Further, / heard Mr..
DeAngelo recite verbally the
whole conversation between
he and Mr.. Block. l don't
think he will deny this, in
fact, if he is asked I think he
will affirm it. The Blade has
been picking pin feathers and
grabbing at straws on the
whole issue. l don't see why
it doesn't come out flat-footed
and say: Yes, it happened -
it was unfortunate - and our
position is not in favor of an
open town because we believe
a town can be both clean and
progressive.
What About Labor
What does all of this mean
to Labor? Simply this - Or
ganized labor will stand
shoulder to shoulder with Mr..
Block, the Blade, and all other
people to make Toledo a pro-
gressive city; a city of happy
homes with a high American
standard of living. Organized
Labor can never subscribe to
an open town because it
means pay checks channelled
down underworld sewers,
misery, a low standard of liv-
ing, and violence in labor
management disputes. Open
towns have always meant
cracked skulls on picket lines
and Organized Labor in Tole-
do will not stand for that,
In conclusion l want to say
that Mr.. Schoonmaker is pro-
gressiVe because he is a lib
eral. He has inherited the
trials and tribulations of
city that was deeply wounded
by the economic holocaust of
the early thirties. These
wounds themselves were caus-
ed by the selfish, non-pro-
gressive, an d reactionary
thinking of the city's indus
trial and financial leaders of
the past. Mr. Schoonmaker
has given Toledo an honest,
clean and progressive with
in the means at hand) admin
istration. Any city admInistra-
ton cannot give progressive
leadership unless the citizens
Of the town unite on a pro-
gressive program in support
of the administration. This
cannot be done as long as we
have the PR system which
divides instead of uniting.
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JAW Wins
Another Election
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Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO re-
gional director of Toledo.
Mr.. Gosser, in expressing his
satisfaction with the outcome of
the election, said, Il want to
thank those employees of the
Hobart Mfg. Co. who gave us
their assistance during the drive,
as we'll as those who had charge
of the organizational work. l
again want to remind the organ
izers that the best way we can
show our concern for the prob
lens of the workers in the plant
is to get them higher wages to
which they are entitled"
All are attached to the office of
Harold Tull will be in charge
of contract negotiations as soon
as the arrangements have been
completed between the union
and company management for
meetings.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
Maybe Daddy"
Will Help

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (LPA)
-"Orphan Annie's" create
Harold Gray, was sued for libel
damages Of $4,000 last week by
Robert c. Flack, N, Y. lawyer.
He charged that a sequence in
the strip, holding a ration board
chairman named Flask to ridi-
cule, was "thinly disguised"
caricature of himself, since, un-
til II was liquidated recently, the
lawyer was chairman of his local
board. However, since Gray's
gas coupons came from another
board, Flask said it couldn't have
been because he refused the an
ti-labor cartoonist extra gas.
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stances which surrounded it, the
PR fight looms as the major po-
litical issue. Councilman Burke
has been closely identified with
the PR repeal movement and has
been active against the system
for a number Of years.
Bets in several downtown
cigar stores have been with
drawn by PR supporters and 1t
is practically impossible to find
anyone with sufficient conf
denee to make & sizeable wager
on the outcome of the PR vote.
One Of the reasons for the hesi-
fancy Of betters is the fact that
the group which was pouring
money into the fund which fl
nanced the fight against the PAC
charter amendment have prac-
tically stopped giving
Backed BY PAC
Backed by the Political Action
Committee, the referendum to
change the city charter from the
Proportionate Repre- sentatlon
system was placed on the ballot
after more than "a 900 signatures
were secured in all sections Of
the city. Only 1880 signatures
were required on the petitions TO
, place the amendment on the bal
lot.
PR adherents led by Kenton
D. Keilholtz and DR.. o. Garfield
Jones have attempted TO attack
the plurality method of electing
proposed by the PAC amend
ment, but have been weak in de-
Tending their system from the
criticisms of Attorney Carl
Christensen, Chairman Of the
Committee Against the PR.
Unbiased observers have ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr.
Christensen took the measure OF
the PR system and DIR. Jones in
nearly all the debates in which
the two participated. Several
other speakers who appeared In
favor of the PR system were
quickly removed from further
debates after Mr.. Christensen
and others debated the issue with
them.
Labor Opposes PR
Led by PAC, labor In genera
is opposed to the referendum tc
increase the terms Of city coun,
cilmen to four years. No cam.
paign was waged on this issue
and it is generally conceded thai
II will be showed under by the
voters at next Tuesdays elec
ton. According to political OBJ
servers and many members o.
the PAC, the amendment wa
placed on the ballot by Kentor
d. Keilholtz and his Toledo
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
Record Vote Turnout Is
Predicted For November 8

Small Businessmen's Association
to confuse the voters on the PR
repeal amendment and becloud
the issue.
Three levies on the issue bal
lot have been given official CIO
endorsement by the Toledo In
dustrial Union Council. Approx
ed are the Union Depot Plaza,
new general hospitanl and health
center and the tax levy provid-
ing funds for the Board of Edu-
cation. The United Toledo Com
mittee is Waging last minute,
but concentrated campaign to get
the bond issues passed, but it is
generally conceded that the only
ones which have a chance to win
are those which have received
the backing Of the Toledo Indus
trial Union Council.
Incumbent Favored
Favored to retain their seats
in Council are the present MEM
berS of the body although sew
eral candidates have tossed in
their hats who will show sur
prising strength. One of these is
Leonard f. Donovan, assistant
county prosecutor and former
municipal court judge. The name
/ of Donovan has been politically
successful in Toledo for many
years and it is believed that Mr..
Donovan will run strong and
possibly be elected.
Strong opposition to Council
man Ollie Czelusta is being given
by Harry +. Lipski of the 4th
ward. Mr.. Lipski's position has
been strengthened by the PAC
endorsement given to him on
Tuesday eevning Of this week.
PAC is making a concentrated
drive to get out the vote for next
Tuesdays election in order tc
put over the repeal Of the Pr
section Of the city charter as wei
as to get out a record vote fol
Tom Burke. Organization o.
PAC groups TO work in the vari
Gus wards was completed at thu
| PAC meeting held on Wednes
day evening Of this week and
vigorous drive will be Launched
to complete the campaign by
good vote turnout.
Voting booths will be oper
next Tuesday from $50 a. m. t.
$50 p. m.
Issues and the judicial ballo
will be counted Immediately fol
lowing the closing Of the Votinj
booths, but the official PR coun
will not begin until about a weel
from today. The official count re
uuires about one week and /
will probably be about NoVem
Der Is before the voters know
who has been elected to Cit.
J Council.
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sons for the Schoonmaker re-
signation. l will try to set
forth here the actual story of
the whole affair, with some of
nv opinions on the subject.
Not Deep
There have been many sus-
picions and inferences that
there may be motives and
reasons for this whole affair
than those which appear on
the surface. l don't think so.
You would have to under
stand and know the publisher
of the Blade in order to fully
appreciate this. l believe he
is sincere in his motives and
opinions. In fact l think he
has stuck his neck out further
than he ever intended to do.
Mr.. Block is very much in
terested in a progressive city.
II is the dream of his life
that Toledo be such city. To
that end he created the idea
of Toledo Tomorrow" and
financed its accomplishment.
Toledo Tomorrow's" greatest
worth is that it started people
thinking about the shape of
communities of the future, al
though, in itself, it may seem
like an impractical dream to
many.
Mr.. Block was so wrapped
up in his dream of a pro-
gressive Toledo of the future
that he became an easy prey
to advisers who had other
axes to grind. Thus he was
not able to go into this thing
of attempting to obtain his
dream with his eyes wide
open. Mr.. Block was sold
bill of goods. BY purchasing
the bill Of goods he has put
himself in the position of try
ing to be the man who con-
trolls the destiny of the town.
This was unfortunate because
he didn't realize that no one
individual will ever again be
i'm that position in Toledo and
also that the very people who
sold him the idea wouldn't
permit him to be in that posi-
ton anyway.
What Is II?
Now what is this bill of
good that was sold? A large
and powerful syndicate, not
for the best interests of the
city, are casting longing eyes
hoping to get a strangle hold
on the town, This group has
emissaries everywhere and
these emiSsaries are persua-
SlNt. Vic man obOOd III hliC
way of that stranglehold.
That man was the safety di-
rector. In order to remove
him it was felt that the City
Manager had to be removed.
Mr.. Block has persuaded him
self that the City Manager
was not progressive and for
| ward looking enough to set
the city on the road toward
the accomplishment of Mr..
Blocks dream, a good and
progressive city.
Mr.. Block was further per-
suaded on the idea of what
good is a clean town if it Is
a dead town with no progress
siveness. However, it was said
and is evidence of the COM
plete selling of the aforemen-
toned bill of goods. 1t is ridi-
! culous to think that Mr.. Block
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-02
Surplus Property looms
WASHINGTON LPA)-After

WASHINGTON (LPA)-After
VI Day, the amount of surplaA.
government property rose, in
month of September, q
above the August level, it 49,
announced here last week. So
far, through sales, leases and
loans, the government has re-
ceived about half of the original
cost of the almost So billion
worth of material.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Seek liberalization

Lansing, Feb. 14-AP-A bill pro
posing ma Tor revision OF the state s
unemployment compensation law
TO liberalize benefits to idle work
ers. bring 100000 more workers
under the law. and add Sl0.000.OOo
to EMPLOYERS contributions was IN
troduced in the senate Tuesday.
Senator Ivan a. Johnston Mt
Clemens Republican who introduc'
ed the bill for the Michigan Unem'
ployment Compensation Commits
sion, said experts agreed Michi'
gan's reserve fund for postwar un-
employment was "one OF the weak
est in the nation" 1t now stands
at $3.50 O00,0 600.
The bill proposed to change the
present merit rating granted
employers with favorable employ
ment experience on the grounds
that the number OF potentially eligi-
bic workers in Michigan has be
come so large and the employer
contributions so small that the
fund is in jeopardy. Most EN-
ployers contributions are limited
TO one per cent Of payrolls.
Johnston said the bill would
deny the reduced rate to an en-
ployer until he reached and main.
tanned a Ave per cent reserve of
his payroll in the fund.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Speaker Tells of
Guerrilla Tactics

Bert "Yank' Levy spoke on the
techniques OF guerrilla warfare at
Everybody's College in the Meth.
odist Church Tuesday evening. He
emphasized the importance OF this
type OF warfare in defense of a
country and said that only the very
best types Of men are trained In IT,
lie gave an actual demonstration
OF some Of the tactics used. The
Commands are the most dlsci.
plined men in the armed forces. he
pointed out.
Levy spokek from his many eN-
periences in warfare. Already a
seasoned soldier. he joined the staff
OF Tom Wintringham's Osterly
Park School for the Home Guard in
England in August. 1870. where he
remained for almost two years.
Many famous British generals Wis
tied this school Some OF them at
tended his classes in guerrilla war
fare.
Levy was loaned by the British
War office to establish the course
being taught at the two American
guerrilla warfare schools. Ho re-
Gently completed a five months tour
in Canada for his government. lee
turing to Canadian soldiers and
sailors
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Ukraine Army Wheels on Dresden
Canadians Approach Goch
Virtually Turn Northern
Section of Siegfried Line
War In Brief

The Western Front: Canadian
First Army with heavy air and ar
tillery support closes on Goch, traf
fic center between the Rhine and
the Meuse; L. S. Third Army
makes new gains through breach
in Siegfried line opposite Luxem-
bonrg.
The Russian Front: Red Army
drove toward Dresden. battered by
heavy Raj concentrations; Buda-
pests fall costs Nazis 10000 cap
tured. $4,000 killed. Moscow re.
ports: Glogau encirclcd in drive
up west side OF Oder.
The Italian Front: Patrols ex
along front.
The Pacific Front: Japanese Ma
Mia survivors mass in southern
part OF city. facing doom: captive
captured. assault on CorreRidor
from air continued, American
planes strafe enemy on Bataan.
L. s troops In central Luzon reach.
ed Baler Bay.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Vandenberg
Mum About
Appointment

Washington, Feb. li-UP- Ex.
pected Republican acceptance OF
Joint political responsibility for the
April 20 United Nations conference
would speed the proposed postwar
anti-aggression treaty toward rati-
flcation.
But there was Il shadow on the
bright prospect. Sen. Arthur II.
Vandenberg, r., Mich. refused TO
say whether he would accept nom
bership on the United States dele.
cation to the treaty-making con.
ference.
Three Republicans were among
the eight persons named yesterday
TO represent the United states in
San Francisco on April %. They
were Vandenberg. a member OF the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, Rep. Charles A. Eaton. OF New
Jersey. senior minority member OF
the House Foreign Affairs Commit
toe, and Cmdr. Harold +. Stassen.
the 37.yearold political fircball from
Minnesota.
Vandenberg firmly said mo
comment" shen asked whether he
would accept delegation member
ship. It is believed he will accept
but the Senator Is understood to
feel that the Administration should
discuss with party leaders the mat
ter OF selection of Republicans to
represent the G..OP. There also Is
the political factor OF the Polish
dispute.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
SlgnatureS on
Petition Found
to be Spurious

Frank Warren, 10 n. Summit
St. admitted in municipal court
this morning that he had falsihed
several signatures on a nominating
petition for Nanny Robert Rich
ards who is seeking Republican
nomination for supervisor in Ypsi-
lanti Township. He told the court
that he had not realized the SER
iousness OF the offense until Mr..
Richards was arrested on charges
of perjury. He also made II clear
that Mr. Richards had no knowl-
edge OF the false signatures when
he certified the petitions for filing.
Other witnesses this morning in
cluded Miss Virginia VI. Chevalier,
notary public. who testified that
Mr.. Richards signed the petitions
in her presence but that she
couldn't recall II she repeated the
oath to him: Mrs. Lillian VI. Shep-
pard. township clerk. who testified
that MIR. Richards filed the ques-
toned petition with her and six
witnesses who testified that thei:
purportcd signatures on the petit
tion we're false.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Poland to be
Crucial Test

Washington. Feb. 14-AP-His.
torically.troubled Poland emerged
today as the first crucial test Of the
Big Three formula for liberated
Europe.
The Allied Commission estab-
lished In MOSCOW is empowered to
"selekt a new provisional govern.
ment (for Poland) and prepare for
an election" in the words OF War
Mobilizer Byrnes.
Byrnes provided a first.hand ac.
count OF the momentous Roosevelt
Stalin-Churchill conference shortly
after his flying return from Yalta
in the Crimea.
He told a news conference the
idea behind the declaration on lib
Grated Europe was TO show every
one they can't play off one big
power against another
The pledge OF major Allied unity
should "act as a deterrent and pre-
vent acts OF violence" Byrnes said.
For this reason the Allies don't ex-
pect that they will have to set up
commissions similay to the one on
Poland for other countries.
The exiled Polish government In
London has already voiced its OBJ
iections to the Big Three decision
moving Poland's eastern boundary
westward and promising recogni-
ton to a reorganized and unified
government in Poland.
According TO Byrnes, however
the three major powers are deter
mined TO drive. on through 70 so
luton.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
arrner Draft
Protest Made

Formal protest against drafting
OF essential farm workers was
made by Washtenaw County Board
OF Supervisors, conducting the
February session in Ann Arbor.
The protest is TO be sent TO
the county appeal board, state Sc
lective service headquarters and
local draft boards. The action
was taken on the grounds that
drafting OF farm workers at this
time will seriously affect agricul-
tural production in Washtenaw.
The board reconsidered the sal
aries committee report this morn
ing, and moved to increase the sal.
airy of the janitor OF the court house
to $3.50 per year, retroactive to
January l. The salary OF the
bookkeeper in the office of proba-
ton and friend of the court was
increased to $3.50 yearly. also
retroactive to January /. The sal
ary of the chief probation officer
will be considered this Afternoon.
Three bids for renovating cleo
trio wiring in the court house. nee
essitated by the addition of the
photostatic equipment, we're read
to the board, but the supervisors
adjourned before action was taken
In yesterday afternoons session,
the supervisors voted to grant a
contract for architectural services
for the proposed new county build.
ing. TO Ralph Gerganoff. The fees
to be paid him are set at five per
cent of the cost of the building
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
]DO'S MEN SCOUTING FOR EASY PEACE

overlooked. either, that Roosevelt
and Churchill conferred over the
Pacific war at Malta, enroute to
the meeting with Stain.
4 Japanese spokesman yesterday
described the battle OF the Philip
pines (Which now has resolved 1t
self into the battle Of Luzon) as
the strategical climax OF the war
He recognized that Allied success
in the archipelago would place ia
pan itself in jeopardy.
Well. he's right, and the Luzon
campaign can be written of as
success already. although we still
have 10 wind up the terribly des-
tructive fight for Manila against
Nipponese suicide squade. and
clean UP scattered bodies OF enemy
forces in various parts OF the island
As for the stricken capital. Cen
eraI Macarthur announced today
that "the end Of The enemy's trap
ped garrison Is in sight
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-02-14
Kelly will
Insist Upon
Fund

Lansing. Feb. li-AP-Governor
Kelly served notice today that he
wants the states $50,00O,uU0 post
war reserve fund held for that
purpose. and that any relief for
financially distressed units OF local
government should come from other
sources.
The governor called legislative
leaders into conference to prepare
a statement to a group OF mayors
and city managers which is TO
meet here Friday to obtain n
statement OF what state govern
ment intends to do for their muni'
clpalities.
Kelly enunciated theory that
any added state aid to local govern
ment. and all state expenditures
should I've placed on priority basis
appropriations being made only on
a showing OF genuine need.
As Kelly discussed his views ~
press conference Rep. Ate Dyks-
ira. Grand Rapids Republican, die
lated into the house record n
warning that "our cities may be
forced" to seek their own relief by
sponsoring constitutional amend
ment which would give them a hN-
ed share OF state sales tax reVc'
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