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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
LOT Strike
End Siqhfed

Termination of the strike of
members of Local 8, Federation
of Flat Glass Workers-CIO, en-
ployed at the Libbey-O Owens
Ford Glass Co. plants is believed
to be in sight as a result of a
"show cause" hearing before the
National War Labor Board in
Washington yesterday.
The strike vote approved by a
90 per cent majority of the mem
bers of the union was called on
June 20 after regulations be-
tween the glass company and
union resulted in a deadlock.
William Akos, Local 9 presi-
dent expressed the view that the
strikers would return to work
probably early next week" as a
result of the Washington hear
ing at which the union and man.
agement presented their cases.
Following its usual procedure,
the Board will probably order
the workers to return to their
jobs on status quo basis and re-
fuse to consider the case as long
as production is not resumed.
Early settlement Of the case is
believed in sight as result of
the Boards action in ordering
the "show cause" hearing.
Nearly 1000 employees of the
Libbey-O Owens-Ford Co. are in
volved in the work stoppage.
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OPA- only with rationing OF
food. This amendment, intro
duced by Rep. Thos. Jenkins
(R., Ohio, met with little pro-
test by the new Sec'y of Agri-
culture, Clinton Anderson 3D.,
N. NJ who takes office July ]
After tentatively passing the
Jenkins amendment 145 to 142
last week, the House Demo
cratic leadership forced a sus-
pension of the OPA debate for
a day, apparently in hopes that
absenteeism on the Administra-
tion side could be reduced and
the Jenkins measure killed.
OPA Survives Amendments
The OPA extension measure
had to survive whole series of
crippling amendments in the
House. Michigan Republican
Clare Hoffman started the ball
rolling with a proposal that the
Office of Price Administration
be scrapped, and a new agency
take over. He was slapped down
by an overwhelming voice vote.
By vote of 1T to 126, the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
PR Referendum
Believed Assured
PAc Officials Expect
10000 Names By July !

PAC officials this week ex.
pressed the view that the refer
endum to repeal the PR system
of electing city council is as
sured with 10000 signatures al
ready secured on the petitions
and more than one month left
in which to obtain the balance
of the required names.
Several thousand additional
signatures were obtained this
week when PAC workers sci
up a stand in the Local IL dues
office through which thousands
of members pass during the last
days of each month.
Expect 1000 Names
Clayton Rusch, PAC chair
man, discussing the method OF
securing signatures for the PR
repeal petitions said, 1--WE ex-
pect to secure at least 1000
signatures in the Local IL dues
office this week, which added
to those already in our posses
sion and others coming in each
day should bring us close to
the 10000 mark by July l."
Mr.. Rusch expressed his sat-
isfaction with the showing be-
ing made by PAC workers who
are circulating the PR repeal
petitions, "our members have
done a remarkable job of cir
culating the petitions. Despite
the fact that our time has been
limited due to new petitions be-
ing printed to replace the first
ones which were faulty, it now
appears that we will secure
many more signatures than the
1880 required by the law"
Set 10000 Goal
A goal of 10000 signatures
was set by the PAC for the PR
petitions when they began to
circulate them several weeks
ago. PAC officials now believe
that the goal will be met or
even exceeded in the light of
the results which have been
obtained in the past two weeks.
Deadline for the filing of the
petitions is August 8. The petit
tions are filed with the clerk of
city council.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

Representative G Gorge D
Outland d., Calif.)
Outland's statement was read
here last week at a conference
on Full Employment. Hearings
on the bill will probably start in
July and continue in the Fall
when Congress reconvenes.
The full employment legisla-
ton, Outland said, calls for
planning, careful planning at
all stages, in all phases, industry
by industry, plant by plant, city
by city; state by state and as a
nation" He warned against be-
ing frightened and stampeded
by those who say planning is the
road to serfdom. Only savages
and barbarians do not plan"
Campaign Is Started
A nationwide campaign by
labor and liberal organizations
to publicize the meaning and inn
portance of the full employment
bill is already past the planning
stage. Rallies and meetings in
many cities have already been
held by labor and other groups
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Rankin Given
Violent jolt

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Rep
John E. Rankin ID. Miss.)
chairman of the House Veterans
Committee, was given a violent
setback this week in his effort to
drive through bill which would
use veterans as a wedge to un-
dermine unions.
Under the bill, veterans ap-
plying for jobs in plants having
union shop" agreements could
not be required to join the union.
Such vets would be empowered
to secure court injunctions to
prevent enforcement of the un-
ion agreements.
However, the committee defer
red action on the measure after
Gen. Frank T. Hines. Veterans
Bureau chief, testified that "the
bill in its present form would do
more to injure the veteran than
to help him."
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,UWA Meetns |nterprets No-Strke Pledge
Ask International Union
To Adopt Interpretation

CEDAR POINT, June 23-Led by Regional Director
Richard Gosse delegates the conference of Region 2R
UAWCO held here today interpreted the nostrke pledge
apply production only and voted in favor of strk
ing work.
The resolution adopted by the delegates will be for
warded to meeting of the international UAWCIO
tive board in time for its meeting in Minneapolis July Is
with request that the board adopt the Interpretation
Interpreted by Mr.. Gosser to apply to work only,
the noske pledge discussed by the delegates several
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ARE YOU
LISTENIN'?


Are you listening in to
the radio brOadcasts Spon-
SOred by the TOLEDO IN
DUSTRIAL UNION COUN-
GIL each Thursday night at
1880 p. m. over radio sta
tion WTOL?
Tune in every Thursday
night and after you have
heard the program, write
your opinion, good. bad, or
indifferent and mail it to
Labor Views and News"
Radio Station WTOL, To-
Iedo. This will aid the
Council in deciding what
type of program CIO MEM
bers want and will assist in
improving the broadcastsi
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
Avery Sues
Labor Paper

CHICAGO, June Is LPA)
- More than 300 labor publ
cations throughout the coun-
try are envying the little
mimeographed paper, T h e
Spotlight, today
The Spotlight has been sued
for S1,000,000 (mimeograph
and alb by Sewell Avery and
Montgomery Ward.
The little Spotlight is in the
midst of a hurricane and loves
it. In the forefront of the fight
against Americas No. l labor
hater, Sewell Avery Ego on, Mr.
Avery, sue our paper, too) the
Spotlight last week was en-
joined by a Chicago Superior
Court from publishing "un-
truths" about the man who has
been labeled labor's oustand-
ing enemy.
Editors Defy Injunction
The temporary injunction
against the Spotlight was imme-
diately defied by its editors who
reiterated previous charges
against the nations largest mail
order house. The editors were
joined by the American Civil
Liberties Union which an
nounced from New York that it
was happy TO offer its services
in contesting the Injunction is
sued in Chicago against Spot
light, organ of the Department
Store Employees Union !"
The ACLU declared, "The case
is on its face a clear challenge
to freedom of the press. In our
opinion no such injunction can
stand the scrutiny either of the
courts or of public opinion. 1t
is just another move in a long
series of acts striking both at
the civil rights of workers and
the authority of government"
Free Press Issue
The Chicago Sun (June 16)
characterized editorially the in
junction as "preposterous" and
asserted that the injunction
clearly raises issues of a free
press"
Said the Sun: "The union is
in the position of publishing its
future periodicals under fear
that, if it prints anything which
Judge Graber may call an 'un-
truth the editors, writer's and
union officials can be sent to
Jail for contempt"
Tune In WTOL Every Thur.dsy 7 an m
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

with hundreds more planned
throughout the country during
the summer. The legislation
already has the backing of Presi-
dent Truman vhe takes pride in
the fact that in the Senate he
helped write the first draft. The
bill may not come to vote un-
til early 1946 but between now
and theI. several states will hold
primary e ectiors and labor
groups are planning TO make the
full employment issue one of the
crucial tests for endorsement.
Paul Sifton, Washington direc-
tor of the Union Fol Democratic
Action, read Representative Out
lands statement to the Confer
ence on Full Employment and
emphasized that the same reac-
tionary forces that condemned
and fought WPA every step of
the way prior t. 1910, now point
to WPA types of relief as suf-
ficient insurance gainst the
hardships of unemployment"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

House on the same day voted
down the official Republican
caucus proposal to limit the
OPA extension to six months.
Speaker Rayburn made one of
his infrequent speeches on the
floor opposing this amendment.
Vote on the "surer-duper"
profits insurance amendment
introduced by Rep. Jesse Craw-
ford (R., Mich.) was la to 1872.
The killed measure would have
instructed OPA to set prices on
all products at level which
would insure not only costs of
production but also insure to
each manufacturer the average
profit made on the item in the
industry as whole before the
war.
The House Banking Commit
tee, which earlier in the week
had voted to recommend exten-
sion of the Price Control Act
without amendments, had new
ertheless urged a flexible"
pricing policy on OPA during
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URWDSEA
Members
Attend Glasses

MADISON, Wis, June Us
Glasses in Worker Education
held each summer are being
largely attended again this year
according to union officials who
say that more workers than ever
are taking up studies to fit them
selves for union leadership.
Five members of the Toledo
Joint Council, URVDSEA-CIO,
are among those who are attend
ing the two week classes. They
are Ruby Vershum, Beulah Dun
away, Rosetta Jones, Clarence
O'Grady, Evelyn Cherry and
Charlotte Berth.
Subjects studied by the labor
students include collective bar
gaining, poll tic a economy,
labor-management relations and
kindred topics.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

Nominal sponsors W>er
Senators Carl A. Hatch d.,
~. M; Harold H. Burton (R.,
o. and Joseph H. Ball (R.,
Ninn.). Actually, however, the
vicious measure was sponsored
by Donald Richberg, who got
his start in life as labor law
yer, but who in recent years
has been propagandizing for leg
islative shackles on unions.
These attorneys and their as
sociates spent 18 months at the
job of fashioning what is un-
doubtedly the most elaborate
straitjacket for labor ever put
up to Congress. Their work
was financed by Samuel S. Fels,
ealthy industrialist, who
! comes from the "Fels Naptha"
soap family.
Bills Major Features
1t would take many columns
to list all the union busting"
features of the 55-page bill, but
here are some of the major pro-
visions:
1. 1t would wreck the Wag-
ner Act, labor's magma charta." !"
Q. 1t would destroy the safe
guards of the Norris-LaGuardia
anti-injunction act, permitting
the courts once again to ham,
string unions by injunction or
ders as they did in years gone
by.
3. 1t would impose compul-
sorry arbitration on workers en-
gagged in essential services
term broad enough to include
almost everything.
4. 1t would practically wipe
out the right to strike.
Outlaws Closed Shop
5. 1t would virtually outlaw
union shop" and closed shop"
agreements, now enjoyed by
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Gen. Eisenh0wer's recep-
tiOns in New York and Wash
ington were the greatest in
the history of either city. But
what impressed most thought
full observers was EisenhOw-
er's insistence, without any
mock-modesty, that the major
credit for the u. S. and United
Nations victory in Europe
must go to the millions of in
dividual American fighting
men. In addition, Eisenhower's
several addresses paid high
tribute to the contributions of
the home front and American
workers to the defeat Of Hit
lerism. (LPA).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

way it looks now, we will not
only be able to build the wad-
ing pool for the children, but
will be able to equip the new op-
Grating room at the home" said
Burke.
Members of the Memorial
Committee meeting at Local II
headquarters on Wednesday eve
ming of this week were unanis
nous in their praise for the work
done b ythe CIO Local Unions
and the Units of amalgamated
Unions for a remarkable job.
Drive Ends July 3
Committee members wer e
urged to see that all shops had
their collections turned in as
soon after July 3 as possible in
order to insure a prompt ac-
counting of the collection. A
breakdown of individual shops
will be compiled and published
in the TOLEDO UNION JOUR-
NAL as soon as completed.
Tentative plans were made by
the committee for the final steps
in erecting the pool at the Grip
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of whom were in favor of
resembling the pledge in its
entirity. M elvin Schultz
president, and Tom Burke, vice.
president of Local IL, Toledo,
spoke in support of the regional
directors Interpretation.
Resolutions were passed as fol-
lows:
/. To interpret the action of
the 1914 Grand Rapids Conven-
ton and referendum of the MEM
bership on the no-strike pledge
to apply only to war production
and reserving the right to strike
civilian production. To request
the international E ecutive
Board at its July Is meeting in
Minneapolis to adopt the same
Interpretation and to so notify
all Local UAW-CIO unions and
governmental agencies.
2. Requested that no prisoners
of war be employed in any ca
pacity as long as there are any
unemployed Americans.
3. Condemned the Little
Steel Formula as ineffective and
tool of the manufacturers and
asked that it be scrapped with
adjustment of wages to meet the
present increased cost of living.
4. Asked the President to i'm
mediately terminate Executive
Order 9240 which eliminated the
premium pay of many workers
in violation of union contracts.
5. Opposed the Burton-Ball-
Hatch Act pending before Con-
gress as anti-union legislation
and urged all Local Unions to
write their congressman asking
them to oppose the legislation.
6. Demanded that the work.
| ing hours be reduced with
guarantee of full employment
and revision of the wage stabili-
zation program guaranteeing
48-hour work week take
home" pay for the reduced work
week.
Seek 1945 Convention
7. Demanded approval of the
Office of Defense Transportation
for holding a 1945 convention in
September in Grand Rapids,
Mich.
8. Asked the UAW-CIO con-
vention to reconsider the no
strike pledge, or that the Inter
national executive board set up
the machinery for a member
ship referendum in the event
that the convention is not per-
mitted by the Office of Defense
Transportation.
To Arrange Meetings
Local Unions were urged to
arrange meetings with their re-
spective congressmen to sup
port the retention of the 49,
hour take home pay when the
work week is reduced. Re-
gional Director Gosser in urg-
ing this action said that the
UAW-CIO program sis to seeh
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URWDSEA
Demands
Food Relief

Critical food shortages in To-
ledo industrial plants led dele
gates to the Toledo Joint Coun-
Gil, United Retail, Wholesale,
Department Store Employees
CIO to adopt strongly worded
resolution relative to the situa-
ton at their meeting of June Is.
Meat shortages will be investi-
gated by the Union itself for the
purpose of discovering meat sup
plies in local storage houses and
seeking to get the meat into the
hands of those who are supplying
the factories with meals accord
ing to the terms of the resolu-
ton.
The resolution requested that
stringent restrictions on slaught-
ering be eased to make sufficient
supplies available for workers
who need this type of food in
orde rto maintain their produc-
ton efficiency. Copies of the
resolution wree sent to Congress
and the Office of Price Admin
istration.
Approximately 1000 members
of the Union are employed in the
industrial catering industry in
Toledo.
Condemn Legislation
Another strongly worded reso-
luton was adopted at the Coun-
Gil meeting condemning the
Burton -Ball-H a tc h Act now
pending before congress as a
destroyer of the labor union"
and demanding that it be de-
fested.
If adopted, the act would de-
stroy the freedom of the work
ers give the employers the OPP
portunity to sue the unions, pre-
vent the closed and union shop
and destroy the Wagner Act ac-
cording to the resolution. Mem
bers of the union were urged to
write their senators and con-
gressmen and demarG the killing
of the proposed legislation.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29

WASHINGTON, June 25 -
(LPA)-Favorable t o n on
poll tax legislation is expected
from five-man subcommittee Of
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
now acting on the proposal. The
controversial legislation, which
would outlaw payment of a tax
as voting requirement in seven
southern states, was approved by
the House by a vote of 251 to 1O5
several weeks ago. Southern
Senators from the poll tax states
are expected to attempt filibus-
ter when the Judiciary Commit
tee finally reports the bill to the
Senate.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
FDR Memorial Fund
Enters Final Week

Entering upon the final week of the ClO Roosevelt Me-
mortal Fund campaign the erection of Waing Pool for the
children at the of the Toledo Society For Crippled
Children assured according to statement made today
81 Tom Burke secretary of the Memorial Committee THE
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Full Enjoyment
Drive Is Growinq

DETROIT June 27 GPA)-Successful operation of a
full employment program proposed in pending Congress
sonal legislation will hinge the American people insist
ing hat the President recommend and the Congress finally
make provision for nsurng full employment according
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Wirfz Nomed
WLB Counsel

WASHINGTON LPA)-New
general counsel of the Natl. War
Labor Board is w. Willard Wirtz,
formerly chairman of the 7th
Regional WLB, it was announced
here last week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
Price Control Law
Remains In Danger

WASHINGTON June 20 = LPA = Major threat to
continuation of price control for the coming year lies
the chance that the House of Representatives will vote to
transfer control all production processing distribution
and pricing of food to the Secy of Agriculture leaving the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
Unions Face Vicious
Ne1U AnH-InbOr Lam
Hatch-BurtOn-Ball
Threatens Wagner Act

WASHINGTON, June 27 (LPA = American workers
who have endured four years of rigid wartime restraints
their rights would reward be given set of
chains under bill introduced the Senate during the past
week = with all the fanfare of Hollywood premiere
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
CLOSED

In keeping will h the
prac tice established by
Local IL, the headquarters
building will be closed,
Wednesday, July 4 for the
holiday. All offices without
exception will be closed.
The Tavern also will re-
main closed for the day.
Offices will re reopen at
the usual time. July s.
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Tun. In wToL Every THURSDAY. 7 $50 D. m
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CHICAGO, June Is 1PA)
- More than 800 labor publi-
cations throughout the coun-
try are envying the little
mimeographed paper, T h e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-29

(Continued from Page D hogs reflecting costs of processing plus "a reasonable profit
 4. Removes slaughtering quotas in plants which the secretary of agriculture certifies to be clean and sanitary.
 5. Allows the government to pur- chase meat from non-federally in- spected slaughter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-29
F Foundations Being
 Laid For Long War
(Continued from Page D

sinking or damaging of an entire Japanese convoy of five ships Mon- day in the Sea of Okhotsk west of the Kuriles by American cruisers and destroyers from Fqetcher's fleet.
 B-29s striking southern Japan in the pre-dawn darkness today so sur prised the enemy defenders that they were unable to put any inter- cepting fighters into the air and offered only meager anti-aircraft fire. One B-29 was lost.
 Sasebo Hit
 The Superfortresses struck Sasebo in northwest Kyushu, one of Japan's four principal naval bases; Moji on the northern tip of Kyushu, Jepan's fifth largest port and bottleneck for traffic between Kyushu and Honshu; Nobeoka on the southeast coast of Kyushu, a seaport and inn portant military explosives center, and Okayama. 100 miles west of Osaka on the inland sea, an Army training center, railway hub and producer of aircraft parts.
 Returning airmen reported good results" at Okayama and Nobeoka, but overcast hid details of results at the other two targets.
 The four-Way attack was the 12th American B-29 raid on Japan this month and boosted the tonnage of bombs heaped on the enemy home land in June to 30,000. The raio brought to 18 the number of Japa- nese cities burned by American fire bombs.
 Navy search planes of fleet ail