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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Victory Pipeline

Lend-Lease, devised by the late
President Roosevelt to enable the us.
to defeat Axis aggressors, passed out
of the picture this week with the
downfall of the last foe: Japan.
Established by Congress March II,
1941, lend-lease swallowed up virtually
all of US. export trade and dominated
international traffic among the United
Nations. Through it the us. furnished
more than SAL 1903, 100000 in arma-
ment and supplies for the war efforts
of Britain, Russia, China, France and
other allies.
Its goal was to speed victory and in
that the agency was eminently sue
cessful. In addition, the us. received
in reverse lend-lease some $780,
100000, of which about $4,000, 100000
came from Britain.
Most To Britain
Biggest recipients of lend lease, ac-
cording to Foreign Economic Admins
traitor Leo T. Crowley, were Britain
$4,000, 100000, Russia $10,000,OO0 900,
France $510,0O0,00C, China $362,OOO,-
900, Latin-American republics $780,
100000 and other nations $1,000,000,-
600.
Authorities estimate uncompleted
contracts for goods in this country
amount to about $2,000,00O,0OO and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26

ana ten DAYS pc
hind barbed wire.
A daring para
chute t te a m of
volunteers plum
meted down on a
tiny Manchurian
prisoner of war
camp to rescue
1t. Gen. Jonathan
M. Wainwright.
81, hero of Corre-
2idor.
Fortunes of war
forced Cen Vain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Flax Ship
Grand Old Lady

Without leaving the safety of
Chesapeake Bay, the 32-year-old ex-
battleship Wyoming fired more anti
aircraft shells during the war than
any other ship.
Since March, 1912, more than $4,000
officers and men of the fleet were
trained aboard her, firing more
than 100000 rounds of ammunition
through her seven different types of
AA guns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Nation s Industries
Ret00I For Peace

MERCAS industrial might in the throes reconversior
miracle no less amazing than the which enabled
to make the U. S. the 'arsena of the democraces"
Day hundreds OF millions Of dollars
celed Daily hundreds Of thousands workers who two weeks
ago working overtime iobess Many warpants were
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Tn R l Z! ) i Il ||;;|' J II (
JAPAN: Between War And Peace

A day after the foes government
accepted in principle the Potsdam
declaration with the reservation of
the emperor's sovereignty, Tokyo
newspapers recalled an ancient war
between the states of WI and Yueh,
in. which Yueh was defeated, lived
for 20 years under submission, but
then came back and won a great VIC
tory. The papers stressed the moral
that maintaining the victory was more
difficult then merely winning it.
Twenty-four hours later Domei,
Japanese official news agency, publi-
cized an appeal to Nippon's reserve
officers ultimately to destroy the
strong enemy and consummate the
purposes of this holy war"
On August IA, when the emperor's
message was accepted as fulfllment
of the Potsdam declaration by Allied
powers, Hirohito broadcast that "a
settlement of the present situation
had been effected" and that the "war
has developed not necessarily to
Japan's advantage" Nowhere in the
cnperor's rescript was there mention
of surrender"
The chief of the Japanese Broad
casting overseas bureau trumpeted:
I'VE nave bowed to the enemy's ma
terial and scientific power. However,
in spiritual power we have not lost
yet"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
People
Hero Of Corregidor

Freedom came to the U. S. Army's
highest ranking officer in japanese
hands after three years, three months
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Chinese Incidents

Meanwhile in China, Generalissimo
Chang Kal-shek put squarely before
Chinese Communists responsibility
Tor achieving national unity in regard
10 internal political problems without
recourse to civil strife.
There had been reports of clashes
between national government troops
and Chinese Communists in north
Chlna. At first the Communist leader,
zen. Mao Tze-tung refused to come
70 Chungking for conferences and
natly refused to obey Allied orders
transmitted by Gen. Chang.
Chinese Communist forces were
usarmlng japanese forces as rapidly
as possible and repeatedly storing
lnelr arms for possible use against the
government
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
|Lab0rIs
| ]0hn Bull

rTAID, stolid Britain which
= swung left in the recent elec-
tions will not waver a bit in its
traditional foreign policy under
Labor rule. In his maiden speech
As British foreign minister, Ernest
Bevjn delineated an empire program
no more radical and as full of the
Standard bully British beef as any of
Winston ChurchilFs.
Bevin emphasized the traditional
Importance to Britain of the Medi-
tprranean and Middle East and as
sIred Commons that Hong Kong
would be returned to Britain, not
China.
England would oppose, he said
bluntly, any attempt to substitute
"one form of totalitarianism for an
other" in any part of Europe. He crit
icized governments of Bulgaria, Ro-
mania and Hungary as unrepresenta-
tive of their peoples and urged the
Greeks and Poles to seek unity among
themselves for the gigantic task of
reconstruction ahead.
Britain's steady, middle-of-the-
road future course again became evil
dent when Bevin refused to permit
any direct intervention to overthrow
the Falangist rule in Spain. He
warned that any such action might
lead to another civil war.
French Gesture
In France, where the government
Is struggling with a skyrocketing
black market exchange on francs, the
DeGaulle regime gave a bonus of $50
francs month ($1D to GIs awaiting
deployment home.
Meanwhile in Oslo, trial of Vidkun
Quisling barred documents purporting
to show that Norway's ''fuehrer" re-
ceived German gold long before the
war to finance his fifth column work.
Testimony taken from top Nazi lead
ers in Germany linked Quisling with
Hitler.
In Moscow, the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet ratified the United
Nations charter Russia was the third
major power to approve participation
in the new world order. The U. S. and
France previously had taken such ac-
tcn, as had a number Of smaller ma
tons.
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sAA Rights Reserved, AP NeWsfedtures)
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So Sorry, Please

On August II when Gen. Mac
Arthur requested representatives be
sent to arrange surrender, the jap
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

"A during the performance big guns sounding their
accompaniment in the background Bine Crosby did his
stuff for the GIs at this outpost Characteristic OF Yankee
ingenuity the boys built loud speaker system and stage
Sy~'"'
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Superior Spinning
Co. Opposed
TO CIO Union

Opposition of the Superior
Spinning and Stamping Co. man.
agement to the UAW-CIO was IL
lustrated last week when the
company informed its employees
by strong inference in a letter
that they did not need a union.
Substance of the company's
letter was that conditions at the
Superior Spinning Co. plant
were in excellent shape with the
company dealing on an indi-
vidual basis with its workers
who were happy and contented.
Some doubts about the COM
pany's goodness seem to exist in
the minds of company en-
ployees, a majority of whom
have signed membership cards
with Local II, UAW-CIO. eff
the company was as good as it
claims to be, we would not have
joined Local II" said one mem
Der of the union who has been
in the employ of the company
for many months.
I John Fl. Brown, field exam
iner for the NLRB has been as
signed to the case and will COM
plete arrangements for the plant
election.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Propeller Unit
Wins Case

WASHINGTON, Ma 81 -
(LPA)-Union members must
be paid for time spent nego-
tiating a new contract if the
bargaining occurs during work
ing hours, the War Labor Board
decided last week. Industry
members dissented from the rul-
ing which sustained a regional
WLB decision in Cleveland, or
dering the American Propeller
Corp, Toledo, to pay for the
negotiating hours.
Involved are 100 members of
Local IL UAW-CIO. Payment of
IL union committee members for
time spent in handling griev-
ances is provided for in the con-
tract. The company manufact-
ures hollow steel prope o r
blades and is totally engaged in
war production.
The case was of interest to
other unions chiefly because it
may set a precedent which will
discourage employers from con-
tinuing to ask that union repre-
sentatives "be paid by those
whom they represent. Labor
leaders declared that because of
this decision there will be very
few future demands by employ
ers that unions foot the bill to
improve labor-management rela-
tions through new contracts.
Tune In WTOL Every Thursday, 1850 p. m.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
S+einberg Reports
Board Meeting

Officers of the Toledo Joint
Council, United Retail, Whole
kale, Department Store EN-
ployees-CIO heard comprehen-
sive report of the International
Unions board meeting in Falls
burgh, N. Y. attended by Law
renee N. Steinberg' Ohio state
director.
Mr.. Steinberg told of the in
tention of the union to continue
its drive among Montgomery
Ward and 9th e department
stores throughout the Middle
West and of an assessment
passed by the board to finance
this work. The assessment, 10
cents a month for 20 months,
will be paid out of the Councils
funds.
Chairmen for three standing
committees were chosen at the
meeting as follows: William
Klockowski, activities; Irving
Woodtke, organizatio I'll o n and
p James Sewell, education. Mar
garet Merritt of the Save Elec-
tric Unit was chosen as educa-
tional director and will serve in
conjunction with Mr.. Sewell.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Detroit TO View
Polio Machine

Members of the Spicer COM
mittee who perfected machine
for making polio packs used in
treatment of infantile paralysis
will demonstrate the machine al
Herman Keefer Hospital in De-
troit on Sunday before group
of doctors and Local union rep
resentatives.
Arrangements for the demon
stration were completed by Wal
ter Reuther, International UAW-
CIO vice-president who an
nounced the perfecting of the
polio machine several weeks ago.
Many Local union officers in
terested in purchasing the ma
chine for their community hos
pitals will view the demonstra-
ton.
Leroy Hartman of the Spicer
committee will be in charge OF
the showing of the machine.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

the vote, according to union Of
ficials.
Charges were made by Mr.
Beard and other union officials
that the company managements
had not negotiated in good faith
and pointed to the number OF
clauses in dispute to give weight
to their contention.
In dispute are IL major points
including closed shop and check
off; seniority, wages, incentive
system, hours and overtime, con-
tinuous processes, holidays, sew
erance pay, hour for supervisors,
annual wage and wage adjust
ments for maintenance and labor
departments.
AkOs Quotes FrOelich
William Akos, president OF
Local 8, Toledo, in a statement
to the TOLEDO UNION JOUR
MAI, said that his statement of
May ID to the effect that the
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
It's Your Program

Your program Labor
Views and News" is on the
air each Thursday evening
at 1880 p. m.
Tune in and hear the
latest national, state and
local labor news. Get the
real facts as they effect you
as workers.
Hear your Local CIO
leaders outline policies and
opinions which are i'm
portant to every CIO mem
Der.
Now more than ever, it
is important that you ac-
quaint yourselves w it h
what is taking place in
your country.
Tune in radio station
WTOL, 1880 on your dial
every Thursday at 1880 p.
m. and hear your own pro-
gram sponsored and pro-
duced by the Toledo Indus
trial Union Council.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

officers was a breakdown of
contract negotiations at At
lantic City early this month
after representatives of the
union and the arrangements of
the Libbey Owens Ford and
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Compa-
nies were unable to come to
agreement on major points.
To Have Vote
Union officials stated that ap-
plications had been filed for a
strike vote to be taken on an in
dustry-wide basis and would in
clude plants of the Libbey-
Owens Ford Co., in Toledo,
Shreveport, La, Ottawa, H., and
Charlestown, w. Va, as well as
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. plants
affiliated with the union. About
$4,000 workers will vote.
The vote will be staged stimuli
taneously for all plants regard
ess when the application was
made to the NLRB to conduct
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Packard
Workers


1nter-union politics plus
hard feelings between MESA
members over the proposed
raiding of UAW-CIO produc-
ton workers at the Packard
Motor Car Co. last week, led to
the discharge of one MESA
member and the resignation"
of another after William Wise
boom, MESA shop chairman had
his dignity ruffled by the results
of a MESA committeeman cleo
ton.
Fired was AL Clayton who
early last week told off Mr..
Wiseboom following an election
to replace Ed. Kornacki who re-
signed from the committee be-
cause she couldn't afford to
serve" Clayton accused Wise
boom of playing dirty politics"
and told him that he would
make connections with the
UAW-CIO of which he former
ly was member.
Slated For Discharge
Slated for discharge was Har-
old Barton, a friend of Clayton's
who Loyalty defended Clayton
and made uncomplimentary re-
marks about the MESA at the
Packard plant. He beat chair
man Wiseboom to the punch
by a matter of minutes and re
signed before being given his
payoff. Clayton was discharged
as being unqualified" after be-
ing on his job for 81 months.
Both Clayton and Barton were
hard workers for MESA in the
organizational drive in the Pack
ard TX division preceding an
NLRB election there recently.
They were recognized as good
organizers by both MESA and
and CIO workers. One member
of the Packard UAW-CIO COM
mittee commenting on the dis
charge of the two hard working
MESA members said, "It looks
like the MESA is determined to
raid the Auto Workers if they
have to fire every organizer in
the place to do it,"
In firing Clayton and forcing
the resignation of Barton, the
MESA chairman carried out the
threat reported in last weeks
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL
that Clayton would be fired
within the week" He was fired
in less than one week.
WisebOOm Is Worried
MESA members are telling
CIO workers at Packard that
chairman Wiseboom is worried
about the outcome of the firing
of Clayton. He has been told by
his own associates that he has
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

ties, resulting from steps re-
Gently taken on a national
scale by the WPB, the OPA
and the Natl. Housing Agency,
was announced by the three
agencies last week.
The action came in the form
of permanent injunction, is
sued by a Federal judge in
Cleveland, Ohio, restraining the
owners of a two-family house
built under priori.ies from evict-
ing the family of a war worker
occupying one of the units. The
owners, not war workers, who
bought the house from the orig
inal builder, wanted the unit for
their own occupancy.
The new owl ers began an
eviction suit in the Cleveland
Municipal Court in January,
VIM. K. Divers, MIA regional
representative, investigated and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Time for
Plain Talk
By
Tom Burke
Vice-President
Local II,
UAW-CIO

City Council has finally made
the editorial page of the Blade.
Two important issues, raised in
the past week, have been the
subject of much editorial cussing
and discussing. These issues are
the appointment on the City
Planning Commission and the
closing of Clark Street to cross
Rraffic at Woodville.
y Being one of the Councilmen
described by the Blade as lack
.-~@1Athe moral courage to vote
way the Blade and the
Nber of Commerce wishes
or an appointment. l feel that
the members of the CIO are en-
titled to q statement from the
other side of the issue.
It might be well to note in
passing that the Blade made
much ado about pressure groups.
1t has become quite fashionable
lately to call the people on the
other side of an argument in
legislative matters a pressure
group. / am quite happy that
labor has not resorted to this
type of name calling. After all,
our u. s. Constitution does spell
out "the right of the people to
petition their government for
redress of grievances" In all
legislative halls where I have
visited, and this includes the
National Congress, various state
legislative and city councils,
galleries are provided for the
use of the public. If any pressure
group exists the Blade would be
no slouch, publishing the only
daily paper in town and having
very complete coverage by virtue
of putting out several morning
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er on who in the Veterans
Administration had provided
information for a series
Deutsch has written exposing the
failures of the Veterans Admin
istration hospital program.
Rankin, who chairs the power
full House Veterans Committee,
has been holding a series of
hearings, ostensibly to receive
aints about Veterans Ad-
( ration weaknesses and in
Shcy. Witnesses have COM
planned that the hearings are ac-
tually a white-wash, rather than
a sincere attempt to improve
care of the nations war vet
Grams.
The hearing, which started
with a closed session, was open
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Scale Waves
Flag. Sends
Workers Home
We Day Speech
Forgotten BY Company

Workers at the Toledo Scale
Co. after listening to a long
winded speech by Richard Her
ron, company personnel manager
on We Day, awoke several days
later wondering what had hap
pened to the patriotic sentiments
which the management represen-
tative had spouted at them.
Following the Presidents talk
to the nation on We Day, Mr..
Heron gathered the company
employees together and told
them that the war was like a
football game and that the first
half had just ended. He said
that the workers should faith
fully remain at their jobs and
complete the second half of the
game which would end in vic
tory if all would do their part.
Several days later, 80 COM
pany employees were sent home
from Dept. Assembly l because
of a lack of material.
Those who were sent home
wondered what had become of
the football game. Said one
worker, somebody must have
stolen the football, or else Her
ron had on ear muffs and didn't
hear his own flag-waving speech
of We Day" Said another, IF
the company would only prac-
tice what they preach it would
be swell. They tell us to be
patriotic and remain on the job
and then send us home. I guess
it all depends on who tells who
to he patriotic." f"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

the Legislation starts lts way
through Congress.
Hearings on the full en-
ployment bill will probably start
late in June before the Senate
Banking and Currency Commit
tee. First, however, price con-
troll renewal and Breton Woods
ratification must be disposed OF.
House hearings on the full en-
ployment legislation arc expect
ed to start before the Committee
on Executive Expenditures only
after the Senate committee has
finished.
Establishment of the commit
tee of so Congressman for co.
100000 jobs was in great part
the result of combined efforts of
labor. and farm leaders and the
Union For Democratic Action
whose top committee lists both
AFL and CIO national leaders.
Unions Prepare Testimony
Meanwhile union groups con-
tinued to prepare their testi-
mony. Scores of AFL, CIO,
Railroad Brotherhoods and inde-
pedent unions are planning state
ments to be submitted to the
House and Senate committees.
Sen. Wagner, one of the authors
of the full employed legislation
has announced that the Senate
committee hearings would be "a
democratic forum"
Labor officials are becoming
increasingly concerned about the
full employment bill because of
the reconversion mess and be-
cause they know that labor will
have to put on full-dress fight
over renewal of the price con-
troll act.
The need for the swiftest pos
sible passage of the full employ
ment bill was pointed out by one
union official who said that,
"The anti-union forces have been
planning their strategy against
the full-employment bill for
months, and also for removal of
price controls which would make
possible more profit grabbing. If
they win on the price control
bill it will encourage them to
concentrate on the worst hatchet
job on the full employment bill
that Congress has seen since the
war started"
Tune In WTOL Every Thursday, 1880 .. m.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

found that the regulations under
which the house had been built
apparently were being violated
and referred the case to the
WPB regional office in Cleve-
land, The WPB office in turn
submitted the case to the U. S.
District Attorney.
WPB, MIA and OPA officials
warned that war housine units
constructed with WPB assistance
must continue to be held for oc-
cupahcy by war workers during
the period of the war emergency
unless express governmental
permission is obtained.
Officials emphasized their in
tention to take vigorous and
prompt action against proposed
evictions of war workers from
such housing anywhere in the
United States.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Gear Council
TO Elect Officers

BUCHANAN, MICH, May %
Members of the National Gear,
Axle and Transmission Council
will meet here on May 26 to
hold their annual election of Of
ficers and conduct their regular
quarterly meeting.
Important on the agenda will
be consideration and discussion
of wages for plants on standard
day rates and those on piece
work.
A transcript of the proceed
ings of the meeting may be OBJ
tanned by local unions by writ
ing the president of the Council,
Harold G. Wilson, GIT Division
ST., Lansing Is, Mich.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

ed to the public, closed again,
opened a second time land final
ly closed for vote on the action
against Deutsch.
Deutsch stood his ground that
journalistic ethics would not per-
nil him to disclose the names of
Veterans Administration Off
cials who had aided him with
information for his exposure of
conditions in VA hospitals. He
was backed up by PM managing
editor John P. Lewis, who was
present at the hearing, and who
charged that the inquiry was not
Congressional investigation but
IAN application of Mississippi
lynch law to the American
press"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

and the average Tor the ma
ton is about SIS week. In
view of the wartime advance
in living costs, unemployment
insurance benefits everywhere
are far short of the standard
needed even for bare subsistence
during joblessness.
Labor Leaders Hopeful
Just when Truman will come
through with the request was
uncertain at this writing, bit
union leaders are hopeful that 1t
won't be long.
Among other news develop
ments out of the White House
during the past week was Tru-
mans announcement that he will
oppose any reduction in taxes
until the war with Japan is over.
Conservatives in Congress, led
by Senator George of Georgia,
a Bourbon Southern Democrat
who speaks for Big Business, had
launched drive to reduce taxes
now, particularly for business in
terestS. However, Truman's de-
nunciation of the scheme sp-
peared to have dimmed the
chances that George will sue
ceed in his move.
Truman's Busy Week
Other highlights of the week
involving President Truman
were:
/. He announced plans for
an extensive streamlining of gov
ernment departments which may
include return to the Depart
ment of Labor of at least some
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