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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
BuchenwaId
Horrifies
L-aborites

IPA) - "It made our blood
run cold" - that was the re-
action of American union
men to the sight they wit
messed at the notorious Buchen-
wald concentration camp.
Eight union leaders had
chance to see the camp while
bodies of the dead were still
piled up like a heap of cord
wood. Their visit to the scene of
horror was part of 16-day tour
of European battle scenes, made
at the War Departments invita-
ton, and from which they have
now returned.
Those who participated in the
Journey were: President Martin
p. Durkin of the Plumbers un-
ion; President E. E. Milliman,
Maintenance of Way Employees;
President William E. Maloney,
Operating Engineers; Vice Presi-
dent Harry j. Carr, Machinists;
Vice President Jones M. Nc
Bride, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen;
Vice President H. r. Lyons,
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks;
Vice President Morris A. Hutch
eson, Carpenters; and Sec. Treas.
c. w. Sickles, Asbestos Workers.
Saw Torture Chamber
The unionists saw the torture
chambers where men were hung
on hooks like slabs of meat.
They saw the ovens where hu-
mans were burned tc ashes. They
saw the so-called hospital bar
racks covered with bloodstains
Everywhere there was filth and
millions of flies and bugs.
Only with difficulty, several
of the unionists said, did they
avoid fainting on the spot.
Many other dramatic phases
of the war in Europe were wit
messed by the unionists. They
went over the famous Utah and
Omaha beaches in Normandy
where the Allied forces landed
on D-Day and they saw nearby
a Yank cemetery with 5000
white crosses-mute evidence of
the price paid for the invasion
of "Festung Europa"
Durkin Meets Son
A particularly touching hu-
man interest episode occurred
Just after the unionists landed
at Orly field outside of Paris
after the flight from the States.
President Durkin of the Plumb
ers discovered that his own son
was stationed at the field.
However, he learned that his
son, unaware that his father was
due to arrive in Europe, had
just left on a pass for Paris.
Durkin was downcast, but climp-
ed with the other unionists into
an Army car for the drive to the
French capital.
Not far down the road a CT
was "thumbing" for a ride. Dur
kin looked and then exclaimed
excitedly, There's my boy!"
True enough, 1t was. The car
pulled to a stop and the young
ster was told by the driver to
pile into the back seat. The boy
did, looked up and saw his IA
ther.
Dad" he cried, and ) stirring
embrace followed.
1T seemed almost unbeliev-
able" said Mcbride of the Loco
motive Fireman and Enginemen,
commenting on the scene, that
out Of the millions of soldiers
in Europe, one CT who wanted to
thumb a ride should be the son
of Brother Durkin."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Plain T ak
Continued from page 1

and evening editions. Yes, know
they have different editorial
staffs, etc. but they are pub
lished in the same building by
the same company.
APPOINTMENT ISSUE
Now as to the issue of the ap-
pointment. Several weeks ago
Mayor Roulet made the appoint
ment of Frank Sohn to the City
Plan Commission. This is in ac-
cordance with the terms of the
city charter which gives the
mayor the power to appoint,
and council the power to con-
firm. At that time l told the
Mayor that I offered no objec-
ton to Mr.. Sohn, but that my
personal preference was for a
person from organized labor.
However, since the charter did
provide executive prerogative in
appointn- is a~d ] had conf
dence in his judgment, I could
see nothing wrong in this ap-
pointment, but I did wish he
would cc.,-:5cr labor representa-
ton on this commission.
Mr.. Sohn's qualifications for
the position can It be denied.
He is an architect and engineer
and is intensely interested in
and a student of city planning.
The East Toledo Club objected
70 the appointment, not because
of Mr.. Sohn as a person, but be-
cause the place was not filled
by a resident of East Toledo.
My opinion is that this COM
mission as well as others should
be filled on the basis of occupa-
ton rather than sectionally. This
is largely true of the commission
now, except that the largest oc-
cupational group is not repre-
sented. The following vocational
groups are now represented:
law, banking and finance, real
estate, architectural and build
ing. Each of these groups, of
course, have interest i'o planning
and can bring the weight of
their experience to the delibera-
tions of the commission.
LABOR INTERESTED
Labor is interested in employ
ment. Labor will be the sufferer
in war contract cutbacks. The
City Plan Commission is charged
with the responsibility of pro-
viding plans for public works
employment projects. Therefore,
labor should have a voice in the
planning of these projects. This,
I cheerfully admit, Is bread and
butter thinking, but IL labor
doesn't think of its own bread
and butter, there just won't be
any. This has happened in the
past and will continue to happen
in the future.
I wonder if the Blade Is not
more worried about labor repre-
sentation on this important COM
mission than they are about the
rearing up of sectionalism. Labor
in Toledo in the last ten years
has done much to influence the
thinking in town whether people
outside organized labor want to
admit it or not. Toledo Is think
ing more progressively now than
it ever has in the past. 1t still
has long way to 60.
I have used my space on the
one issue, and next week will
discuss the Clark Street issue.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Superseniorify
For Sfooqes

Tun. In wToL Every Thursd
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
The New
Charter
L.,
Ruth Taylor

Seven centuries ago the Mag
ma Carta was wrested from King
John by the English Barons, the
Church, and the citizens of Lon
don acting together. 1t was the
first great charter of the Sec
ular rights of free men, insuring
to them freedom under due
course of law and emitting
them to judgment only by their
peers. 1t is still a basic concept
of all Anglo-Saxon common law
- our common law - and the
first restriction on the divine
right of kings.
The Bill of Rights carried this
idea still further and became
another cornerstone of demo-
cracy, the broad basis upon
which a nation was built. 1t was
the first expression of a people
who had achieved freedom and
who voluntarily restricted their
own sovereignty because they
wanted to assure the perpetual
ton of those freedoms for all
time to come.
ATLANTIC CHARTER
The Atlantic Charter pro-
claimed these same rights for
all the peoples of all the earth.
To this vision the people re-
sponded. To its spirit they cling.
The Charter of the United
Nations will, if the hopes and
dreams of all freedom loving
men and women come true, be
the means by which these other
charters are implemented and
made fully effective all over the
earth even though it may be
feared by some that it will re-
quire the giving up of part of
their sovereignty by some of the
nations.
The representatives of the
three great monotheistic faiths
see in it the way in which a
just moral order can be main
tained. They have recommended,
among other things, an interna-
tional bill of rights, and provi-
sion for a commission or COM
missions to protect and further
the rights and liberties of the in
dividuals of racial, religious and
cultural groups, especially those
uprooted by war or oppression.
They further recommend a pro-
vision for a commission to
supervise the administration of
inundated territories and to
promote the advancement of
non self-governing peoples to-
ward economic we'll being, cul-
tural development and political
responsibility.
PEACE FOUNDATION
But as President Truman said
in his first speech in office: "It
is not enough to yearn for
peace. We must work, and, if
necessary, fight for it. The task
of creating sound international
organization is complicated and
difficult. 49, To build the foun-
dation of enduring peace we
must not only work in harmony
with our friends abroad, but we
must have the united support of
our people. Even the most ex-
perienced pilot cannot bring a
ship safely into harbor, unless
he has the full cooperation of
the crew. For the benefit of all,
every individual must do his
duty"
Organized labor will not fail
in this task of peace building -
as 1t has not failed in war. The
unity learned In war will be put
to work in the cause of peace.
Tun. In wToL Every Thursday. 7 $40 p. m.
Persons who get the right
sleep find 1t easier to be alert.
efficient, and ION the beam"
Too much sleep makes one lazy;
too little makes one dull.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25

NEW YORK (LPA) - Some
AFL and CIO unions have been
persuaded to include In their
agreements a clause, developed
by Leonard j. Smith of Arvey
Corp, which - irrespective of
seniority-permits the employer
to retain or rehire an employe
when ID he is classified by the
management as indispensable, or
(2) he is undergoing special
training or study under the
managements' direction.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
compes Get Pow Boost

WASHINGTON kLPA) - An
increase of 71z %, or 15c to the
$2-an-hour wage rate which has
been in effect since 1880, has
been granted by the WLB to the
compistors of three foreign Ian
guage papers, who have had no
previous increase under the little
steel formula.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-25
Go, AFL Concur
On Dumbarton

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. (LPA = series of pro-
nosas to strengthen the proposed Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations security organization were
proposed by labor and employer consultants
- +ha G deIaoation week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-12
w 1itfe House
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+. Reveals News

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WEAE AER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

TOR NORTH (NEULINN
Parity cloudy and continued
warm today, tonight and FRIDAY.
Occasional light dri2zle east II
north central portions this lore
noon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-12

London, April r. CiP) -
Britain plans to discontinue CON
srriptian Of men OF 81 wears and
otter for the armed forces after
MAY /, except where there is Il
need for specialists or other spc-
cial factors. Labor Minister
Ernest NcVin announced today.
No British women have been
called up for Sone time.
Evening star., 1945-11-06

Many American military men will
have to remain on foreign soil for
many months to come. Your Victory
Bond purchases will ease their bur-
denS.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
laps, Nov Free,
Pour Letters
Into toMucArthur
By the Associated Press.

oy the AssOclhted FfeSS.
TOKYO, Nov. 6.--Japanese who
never until the occupation had OPP
portunity to write their congress
men" or any one else In their Inn
perial government system are pour
ing more than so letters day into
the ONCE Of Gen. Macarthur, prais-
ing, complaining, asking personal
favors and offering advice. s
The general asked for the letters,
to find out what the Japanese are
thinking.
One 68-year japanese asked to
be allowed to keep his gun so he
could continue to hunt rabbits as he
did before the war.
Another letter wished Gen. Mac
Arthur more brilliant and happy
days In Japan" and declared: I:
Having been completely broken
down, we now regretful about our
past lives"
A Japanese apparently enjoying
the occupation wrote: II would ap-
preciate If Allied occupation forces
headquarters to remain in this
country at least 20 years." and con-
cluded, "for truly we trust you"
Many have suggested that their
employers be placed on the list OF
those whose war activities are to be
examined.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Hunt for California Boy
Continues for Sixth Day
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated FreSs.
DOWNIEVILLE, Calf, Nov. g.
A cold rain was falling in the high
Sierras early today as weary search
ing parties prepared for the sixth
day to climb the steep, rocky slopes
in search of 3-year-old Dickie tum
SUDDEN.
The child has been missing since
Thursday morning from the noun
tain home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph tum Suden at Goodyear
Bar near here. His father operates
a gold mine
The grief-stricken parents re-
manned secluded Friends said the
mother, Mrs. Sally tum SUDDEN, is
under doctors care.
Alfred r. Lowry. Sierra County
district attorney, said 1t is possible
the boy might have fallen into
Goodyear Greek and was carried
down into the swifter. deeper north
fork Of the Yuba River.
This main effort of today's search
will be made along the river.
Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. 6 lP).-Mrs
Laurencia Bolivar Poblano of
Juarez, Mexico, yesterday identified
bodies of man and child found in
an irrigation canal as those of her
common-law husband and their son,
Armando, 3. The Identification re-
moved the possibility that the child s
body was that of Z ckie tum SUDDEN
missing from his Downieville Calf }
home.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
oil stock with par value of 5000 900

oil stock with par value of 5000, 900
yen ts2,l00,000 prewar value).
The predecessor of Tidewater As
sociated Oil was Associated Oil Co.,
which was the initial investor in
Mitsubishi oil when the latter was
organized in 1881.
Mitsubishi Bank had branches in
New York, London, Shanghai and
Dairen, and had correspondent
banks in many American cities.
The House of Sumitomo Bank was
so powerful it even had branches
on three steamships on the Japan
San Francisco run to accommodate
passengers.
Sumitomo Metal Industries Co,
Ltd, was closely connected with
Aluminium Co. of America, which
helped establish Sumitomo Alum
mum Co., Ltd, 80 per cent of whose
stock was owned by Aluminium, Ltd,
of Canada, the survey said.
Tieup With Sumitomo.
Use of the Sumitomo metal in
dustries patent for magnetic steel
was granted to International West
ern Telegraph Co.. subsidiary of
International Telephone & Tele-
graph, and to Westinghouse Electric
g. Manufacturing Co.
Twenty per cent of the stock OF
Sumitomo Electric Industries was
owned by International Standard
Electric Co.. which was a subsidiary
of international Telephone & Tele-
graph. International Standard
Electric Co. reserved the right to
elect one-fourth of the japanese
firms directors.
Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd, 8
Sumitomo concern, was established
in 1918 as joint enterprise OF
Sumitomo and Libby Owens Sheet
Glass Co., Toledo. Ohio, which is q
Libby Owens Ford subsidiary, the
survey stated
Sumitomo Chemical Industries
Ltd, was permitted by American
Nitrogen Engineering Co. to use the
latter's process for the manufacture
of sulphate ammonia.
The powerful financial house oi
Mitsui in l94l had 20 Offices in
Japan and branches at Dairen
Shanghai, Soerabaja. Java: Bonn
| bay, London and New York.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
David Neumann Dies;
Directed Claims
Division Of GAO

David Neumann, 50, chief of the
Claims Division of the General Ac-
counting ONCE, died early today at
his home, 6 East Woodbine street,
Chevy Chase, Md, after a brief ILL
ness.
Mr.. Neumann had been with the
General Accounting Office since it
was first established in 1921, and
had headed the Claims Division
since 1881.
Mr.. Neumann entered Govern
ment service in 1901 as an employe
at the Washington Navy Yard. He
worked in the Labor and Interior
Departments, including several
years as chief of the division Of ac-
counts of the Geological Survey.
In 1919 he joined the office of the
Controller of the Treasury and
transferred with that office to the
GAO.
A native Of Washington, he held
| the degrees of bachelor OF laws and
master of laws from National Uni-
lversity.
He was q member of the District
Bar Association and the Federal Bar
Association. For many years he also
was member of the Congressional
Country Club.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary NJ. Neumann; q daughter, Miss
Margaret Marie Neumann; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Rose Williams and Mrs,
Annie Schultx, and two brothers,
George and Frank Neumann, all Of
Washington.
| Funeral arrangements win be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Far East
Continued From First Page.)

tivity awaiting Russian participa-
ton.
The only discussion regarding
Russia, he said, was general ex-
preston of hope by British Ambas-
sador Lord Halifax that Soviet
delegate soon would join the COM
mission.
The spokesman said today's meet
ing was devoted entirely to organiza-
ton and discussion Of technical pro-
cedural matters.
The unanimous election of Gen.
Mccoy as chairman was followed by
unanimous election of Nelson T.
johnson, former American envoy to
China and Australia, as secretary
general.
There was no official indication
that hopes for Russian participation
in the commission are any nearer
retaliation than when it adjourned
last week after a formal opening
session.
Functions Are Limited.
Russia has demanded that a four
power-American, Russian, British,
Chinese control council for Japan
be set up before the larger advisory
commission begins functioning while
the United States has held the COM
mission itself should consider any
changes In the japanese control
machinery.
Under the original terms of ref
erence submitted by the United
States, and accepted in September
by Russia, Britain and China, the
commissions functions are limited
| to making recommendations to the
participating governments on long
range policy for Japan and ma
|chinery required to carry It out. 4
The 10 nations now represented
on the commission are the United
| States, Great Britain. China
France, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, the Netherlands, the
Philippines and India.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
MoIotov and Gromyko
Receive Order Of Lenin

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Nov 6-The presidium
of the supreme Soviet ordered nu-
merous awards today for Russian
diplomats.
Foreign Commissar " M. Molotov
received the coveted Order of Lenin.
Andrei A. Gromyko. Soviet AM
bassador to the United States. also
received the Order of Lenin, as did
the Russian Ambassadors to Great
Britain, Turkey, China, Yugoslavia
and Czechoslovakia.
Maxim Litvinov. former foreign
commissar and former Ambassador
to the United States. received the
Order of the Red Banner. The same
award went to Ivan MaiskH former
Ambassador to Great Britain.
Andrei Vyshinsky, vice commissar
for foreign affairs, won the Order Of
Lenin.
Jacob Lomarkin, former consul
general in San Francisco and other
places in the United States, received
the Order of the Red Banner. Lo-
markin now heads the press depart
ment of the foreign office.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Priest, Filipino Tell
OF Massacre Of 5000
Al Yamashita Trial
By the Associated Press.

/ bS inc AssOClkted FfekS.
| MANILA. Nov. GA Spanish
priest and Filipino laborer, testify
ing at the war crimes trial of 1t.
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, recount
ed today the starvation, torture and
massacre of 5000 Filipino and Chi
nese civilians by japanese troops
before the fall of Manila last spring.
Father Belarmino Decelis OF the
Spanish Augustinian Order said that
last February the japanese
Jammed the 5000 civilians into the
ancient church of st. Augustine, old
est building in Manila.
The men were thrown into the old
dungeons which served the Spanish
100 years ago. Women and children.
ne said, were kept without food in
the church compound until they
were so hungry they ate the grass
and roots Of the patio gardens.
Men Marched to Fort.
On FEBRUARY 9, the men were
taken out and forced to stand in the
open streets under heavy artillery
flre and then marched to Fort San
tiago, where the burning and slay-
ings took place.
Juan Paloda, the Filipino, testified
ne was one of 100 packed into a
stone dungeon 20 feet square. He
was stabbed later, and left for dead
in a pit with 500 other bodies.
Defense attorneys sought to show
that the civilians in the historic
old area might have died in the
aI-out American attack with tanks,
pointblank artillery fire, grenades
and f1amethrowers.
Earlier, an 11-year-old girl, Rosa
linda Andoy, showed the military
commission conducting the trial the
scars of SO bayonet wounds. She
sobbed softly as she told of her
mistreatment and the death of her
family at the hands of the japanese
invaders.
Father Murdered.
Her father was taken away to be
murdered, and her mother and her
aunts were bayoneted before her
eyes. Even while her mother told
her to "be good girl. dearest"
Japanese used the woman for live
bayonet target, the frail girl tes-
tilted. /
Sister Nelly, nun of the Order
of st. Paul, recounted how a doctor |
was slain in cold blood as he sought |
to save the life of Father Cornelius
van Russell, who had been wounded |
fatally as he sought to demonstrate
with the Japanese. The Japanese
doused the doctor and his patient
with gasoline, hung them to lamp
posts and set them afre, she
testified.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Marshall Commends
Red Cross as Great
/ actor in Victory

Gen. George G. Marshall, chief
of staff, declared today "the Red
Cross was a big factor in our vic.
tory and will make great contribu-
ton in the period of redeployment."
Gen. Marshall spoke at the OPEN
ing session of a National Confer.
ence on Volunteer Services at the
Hotel Statler. Representatives from
80 States arrived today to spend
four days preparing a postwar pro-
gram for Red Cross volunteer
services.
I'm waging the same struggle
that you are-to maintain an eff
fective Army in this period of re-
deployment." Gen. Marshall said.
Gen. Marshall said he receives a
great deal of mail from soldiers on
their personal problems. Members
Of Congress also route a great deal
of mail from the armed forces to
him, he added Nine times out of
ten, Gen. Marshall reported, he has
to seek Red Cross assistance in
solving the problems.
Mrs. Mason Colt, administrator
of volunteer special services for the
Red Cross, announced that some Of
the war services performed by Red
Cross volunteers will be curtailed,
but she emphasized that many will
continue as permanent community
service.
In report on the service in the
past year, she disclosed tnat cam
teen workers have served $4,000 600
hours. Production workers for war
relief have contributed 124,000 900
hours during the past year, she
said.
The Motor Corps, she reported,
drove 24,000,000 miles last year on
errands for the Red Cross, the
armed forces and the community.
/ The number of nurses aides
/ throughout the country rose from
81 1886 to a total of 245,7 ,773. Sixteen
| thousand Home Service Corps men,
bers attended the personal problems
of servicemen and veterans. Some
) of the hospitals where Red Cross
workers have been on duty are being
closed. Mrs. Colt said. These work.
ers are being transferred immedi-
ately to veterans hospitals, she said.
Executive sessions will be held
for representatives Of each corps
through Friday. Mrs. Colt an
nounced that she will issue a final
report on the conference Friday aft
ernoon.