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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30
Kings


Frederick c. Crawford, president oil
the Thompson Products Co. OF Cleveland
Of whom the Cleveland News once wrote
"be walks with kings, yet keeps the COM
mon touch" exercising his "kingly' pre-
rogative. last week decreed that the com
nanv's Toledo plant, the Toledo Steel
Products Co, should be closed indefinitely
for economic reasons"
Closing of the Toledo plant need not
surprise the company's workers or the
citizens of Toledo, for king" Frederick
hos beer the avowed foe of the workers
and unions for many years.
Members of the United Automobile
Workers-CIO in the Toledo Steel PRODUCES
Co. have been a constant thorn in the Slue
of king" Frederick ever since the WORK
ers elected to affiliate with the JAW
CIO three years ago. They represent
threat TO the company's continued DONNA
tion of its stooge union in Cleveland, des-
mite the fact that the Auto Workers have
lost three Cleveland elections through the
connivery and intimidation OF the work
ers by the company.
Action of Crawford in closing his To
Iedo plant is another straw in the winu
tn indicate to the workers of Toledo ana
the nation the seriousness OF the war
which the National Association OF Manu-
facturers has declared against the work
ers. spearheaded by General Motors and
aided by industrialists of the CrawiOrdian
type.
LET no worker be deceived about the
seriousness of the situation; but let none
despair or lose courage. Labor has never
attained gains without fighting.
Labor's right to organize and collec-
lively bargain, its right to recognition
and the other rights which it now freely
enjoys, were won, not entirely because OF
a benevolent government but because
men Of principle dared to walk the picket
lines of America and had the courage to
shed their blood and even give their lives
that Others might enjoy these rights and
live in the dignity to which all workers
are entitled.
Labor will meet the challenge of the
organized and entrenched industrialists
now as il has met them during the past
years 1t will meet it with the same cour-
ageous determination with which il over
came its early obstacles and went on to
achieve its gains and success
This is war. The stakes are high and
the battle bitter, but with united labor
movement there can he no doubt about
the final result 1t is better TO die in
fight for principles than TO do as the
German labor movement did when Hitler
came to power. Labor must not, dare not
surrender to the forces of reaction and
FasciSm.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30

"Your very respectable, sup
poSedly honorable, but very
bitter and very obtuse old
fuddy- duddy cad ers resent
the fact that Labor is gaining
a foothold in the management
Of the Red Cross"
Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Washington Post.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30

Attempt of Labor haterS to
pin showdown of troop trans
port on the Maritime Union
(CIO) has backfired, The
Union has distributed one-half
million leaflets warning of a
walkout unless ships are pro-
vided stranded CTS by De
cember l..
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30

Weirton Steel Corporation,
bitter Labor foe, has been
branded unpatriotic by a court
ruling. The company was as
sessed $148,O00 in fines for
using high priority materials
during the war on a swank
private country club.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30

According to Secretary of
Commerce Henry Wallace, so
million Americans drew less
than $40 a week in pre-war
days. How, he asks, can Busi-
ness hope to grow with one
third of its customers living
hand mouth?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30
KEEPING
SCORE
With
Fred Thomas
BENEFITS?

A Columbus veteran, retus-
ing a 55c-an-hour job in the
hope of getting something bet
ter Che had fought for IT'D re-
cently was denied all unem-
ployment benefits. A
musician-vet with flat feet,
hernia, bad eyes, was denied
benefits because he refused a
Job requiring him to stand
long hours A veteran who
was offered a job at 55 cents
less on the hour than he had
been making, refused the job,
was denied benefits.
Ohio is taking money from
the pockets of CT. Joe. Ohio
is turning down twice as
many jobIess veterans who
apply for unemployment be-
nefits as any other state in
the Union. Ohio, Shamefully,
is applying its own strait
jacket law to CTS who should
be covered instead by the fed
eral CT Bill of Rights. This
oversight is being caught by
the Board of Review in those
cases where the CT is smart
enough to appeal decisions.
But hundreds of vets are los
ing benefits to which they are
entitled.
GROTESQUE
The situation is grotesquely
humorous. The interviewers
who listen to jobless vets have
become so conditioned to the
bad Ohio unemployment in
surance law that they auto
matically apply it to- the vet
eran - instead of the far
more liberal CT Bill of Rights,
which they are required to
do. The interviewers conSe-
quently have been turning
down about $50 of veteran
claimants, as against an esti-
mated rundown of 7% in
other states.
Some vets have taken ad-
vantage of their right of APP
peal. In case after case, the
Board of Review has seen the
error and reversed the deci-
sions - thereby cutting total
reflections to 1870 But not all
ve+S, denied benefits, appeal.
Many probably leave the
CT Bill of Rights - when,
actually, it is the shadow of
the Ohio law which they
should be cursing.
BUG AND USES
Evidence of the difference
between the Ohio BUG and
the federally-operated United
States Employment Service
was turned up recently in
Cleveland. 1t was discovered
there that whenever the USES
sent out a referral to a job
he got a job once out of every
20 times out, BUT, when the
Ohio BUG referred a man, he
got a job once out of every
SO times out. In other words,
the state-operated BUG is bat
ting one-fourth as well as the
federally-operated USES. And
yet Congress is even now
moving to return USES to the
states!
Summary: Ohio has one Of
the worst unemployment in
Surance laws in the nation.
On the surface, it looks nice
($21 for % weekS), but un-
derneath lies a quagmire of
Ifs, andS, butts" The law is
so bad that BUG employees
have been unable to think in
terms of the liberal federal
law. CTS should appeal an
adverse decision. They should
fight for their benefits. They
should, finally, fight for a de-
cent Ohio law which will COW
er them i'm the future.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30
Political
Action
HOPPER FULL

HOPPER FULL
There is a whole hopper full
of anti-labor legislation which
will soon be before Congress.
This legislation is designed to
hamper the labor movement
in every conceivable way. Tho
ultimate purpose of such bill
is either to liquidate the il
Dor movement completely,
at least render it ineffective.
There is also batch Of bill
coming before Congress whose
purpose is to improve the lot
of the plain people of Amer
ics. The names and descrip-
tions of the above mentioned
bills will be explained in a
subsequent column. At pres
ent l wish to point out, the
only way we can combat pas
sage of anti-labor bills, and
TO promote passage of social
legislation.
No organization is stronger
or more effective than the
people who comprise it. If the
Lucas County CIO-PAC rep
resents a large and active por-
tion Of the population it can
be depended upon to represent
the interest Of the people in
the political field. On the
other hand, if the Lucas Coun-
ty PAC has small and mac
tive membership, we will not
be able to do an effective job
of opposing anti-labor legisla-
ton or securing passage Of leg
islation designed to obtain
greater security for the people.
MEMBERSHIPS
We are now going into our
membership drive for 1916.
Each membership ticket issued
now, does not automatically
expire at the end of a calendar
year, but expires one year
from the day that the mem
ber joins.
The issues we shall be faced
with this year are important
and vital They pertain to
WORLD PEACE, FULL EN-
PLOYMENT, and the preser-
vation of the right of COL
ECTIVE BARGAINING.
This is in no sense an exag-
geration as only cursory
perusal of the daily papers
will substantiate.
We must meet this chal-
lange. We must preserve the
Union. We must promote
World Peace. We must pro-
mote full employment. We
must save the gains which the
Union so hardly won at a great
cost to the workers in money,
effort and even lives.
ONE WAY
There is only one way to
a C o m plish h this. This is
through an active functioning
PAC, Every member should
contact the PAC representa-
tive at his local or shop or
come TO the PAC office and
renew his membership. Every
one who is not member
should join at once.
The CIO-PAC can very
easily become force in
American politics which can
determine who gets elected to
public office and what sort of
laws are passed. IF we are
strong enough numerically.
This means we must have at
least $4,000 members in Lucas
County. Membership is only
one dollar per year. Let us
roll up our sleeves and re-
solve TO secure a membership
of $4,000 in the first six
months OF l946.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-30
Washington
'LaborReport
By Bradford v. Carter

Editors Note: Bradford v.
Carter's column this week is
in the form of a letter from
a former WPB Officially
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
SWIMMING POOL INCREASE
SEEN SOON In STATE

More than 80 public and private
swimming pools will be built in
Maryland within five years after the
war, according to recent study by
a prominent swimming publication.
Increased stress on swimming in
the armed forces, the intensive in
struction program of the Red Cross
and the growing pollution of open
waters will result in doubling swim
ming facilities everywhere" said Syl-
van Hoffman, editor of Beach and
Pool, who forecasts that the nation
will construct about 10000 new
pools in the first five postwar years.
Outdoor pools, now about 60 per
cent of the total in operation through
out the country, will show a slight
gain over indoor in future construc-
ton, according to Hoffman. Tile will
continue to be used extensively for
pools because of it's sanitary features
and ease of cleaning. Chief change
will be demand for new designs and
more use of color, he predicted.
Maryland now has about IS pools,
according to estimates of Beach and
Pool. Swimming facilities of private
estates, camps, hotels, schools, coun-
try clubs and pool operators, as we'll
as municipalities, are included in
this figure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
CONSUMER PROSPECTS TODAY

That new bicycle your child has
been wanting will soon be on the
market. WPB has authorized produc-
ton and issued allotments of mater
ials to individual manufacturers with
in an approved program for $4,000
bicycles a month. New lamps and
shades for your home are in the
ofIing. Floor, table and other types
of portable electric lamps can now
be made to the extent that materials
become available, says WPB. :. Pro-
duction of hand, gang and power
lawn mowers is permitted for civil
ian use, but few mowers are expected
to reach retail stores this year be-
cause of continued shortness of ma
terials. Other prospects for con-
sumner goods are domestic ice refrig-
orators to meet essential civilian re-
quirements and an increase in tire
chains for farm tractors in the 1916
46 quotas of civilian tire Chains.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08

In line with Bell System program
to extend and improve rural telephone
service as soon as war demands on
material and manpower permit, the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Companies operating in Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia are MAX
ing surveys to find out the telephone
needs in rural areas.
The enormous communications needs
Of the war must continue to come
first, it is pointed out. But the tele-
phone companies have wide-range,
postwar plans to further extend serv-
ice to farm families and the necessary
equipment and manpower will be put
on the job as soon as the war permits.
The Bell Systems research work
connected with rural telephone serv-
ice has been going on for some time
and though much of it has been held
up temporarily by the war, telephone
officials say it will be intensified
when war demands slacken.
The telephone companies of the
country operate about two million
farm telephones. In the depression
of the early 1905, farm telephones,
like city telephones, declined sub
stantially in number. Since then the
trend has been upward. There are
100000 more farm telephones today
than in 1885. Nearly 100000 have
been installed since 1910. The pres
,ent total is almost so per cent more
than in 1885.
About two-thirds of all rural fanai-
lies in the United States, it is esti-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
More Gasoline For
Civilians In June

Victory in Europe has made pos
sible an increased supply of gasoline
for civilian motorists. Tie value Of
"A' coupons will be increased from
four to six gallons on June 20, when
coupon A-16 becomes valid. "B" card
ceilings will be raised to $50 miles
per month uniformly over the coun-
try, on June IL. The increase in the
"B" ceiling will not mean more gas
oline for ALL "B"-users, however,
says Chester Bowles, OPA Admins
traitor. Both "B" and "C' rations are
based on the individual needs of the
car owner. A person who needs only
200 miles month for home-to-work
driving, for example, will continue
ito receive a "B" ration of 200
miles. But person who uses his car
in his business and who needs more
gasoline than he is now receiving to
carry on his business will be able to
get additional gas up to a maximum
of $50 miles a month In both cases
they will receive the increase of SO %
in the "a" ration. Under the new
650-mile picard ceiling, every
state in the union receives the same
treatment. This will replace the pre-
sent picard ceilings of 325 miles
a month in the East, ATS miles in
the Midwest, and 400 miles in the
Far West.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
DAIRY FARMERS OF FIVE
STATES JOIN NATIONWIDE
ADVERTISING PROGRAM

Dairy farmers Of five states in the
Baltimore-Wa shington Philadelphia
milk sheds have joined an aggressive
nationwide advertising, merchan
dising and research program design
ed to avert a postwar dairy crash b.
building milk consumption up to tbs
record levels of wartime production
The action came with formation OF
the Atlantic Dairy Association, Inc
at meeting in the Lord Baltimore
Hotel of delegates representing var,
ious organizations of milk producers
in Maryland, Virginia, southern New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland ane
the District of Columbia.
The new corporation will affiliate
with the farmer-fnanced, farmer
controlled American Dairy Associa
ton, headquartered in Chicago.
through which dairy farmers OF
around 80 other states are now TAX
ing part in the program aimed al
creating postwar demand for about
16 billion pounds of milk now being
produced annually above pre-wal
levels.
Bruce B. Derrick, Washington
manager of the Maryland and Vir
ginia Milk Producers Association
Inc, was elected president of non
profit organization. DR.. R. w. Sher-
mantine, Baltimore, secretary and
manager of the Maryland Coopera-
tive Milk Producers Association,
Inc, first vice-president; H. T..
Gregg, Richmond, manager of the
Richmond Cooperative Milk Produ-
GERS Association, Inc, second vice
president; o. H. Hoffman, Jr., Phila-
delphia, amanger of tie Interstate
Milk Producers Cooperative, trea-
surer; and H. e. Jamison, Philadel-
phia, secretary-treasurer of Inter
State, secretary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
JERSEY HERDS CLASSIFIED

The Ennis MeGrady registered Jer-
icy herd of Rising Sun, Nd, as re-
;ently officially classified according
o report received from The Ameri-
an Jersey Cattle Club, New York
The official who went over each cow
n the herd individually comparing
Ter to the model of the breed in type
vas DR.. George E. Taylor of New
York.
Sixteen animals in the herd aver
ICED S4.699o on score card basis
included in this average are eight
Very Good, seven Good Plus and one
food individual The animals Fash
,onable Beauty of H. F. 1161412, Els
her Cherry Blossom of H. F. 1854
$40, Jenny Nightingale of H. F. IL
S4608, Royal Annie of H. F. 1929
rs, Royal Quality of Fl. F. 10SO206,
Countess Honey Chile of H. F. 1923
974, Bau's Laura of H. F. 130469S,
and Quality Grace of H. F. 1169461,
we're rated Very Good
The Ebert r. McGrady registered
Jersey Herd of Rising Sun, Md, was
recently officially classified, accord
ng to a report received from The
American Jersey Cattle Club, New
FORK. The official who went over
ach COW in TIE herd individually
omparing her to the model of the
freed in type was DR.. George E. Tay-
or of New York.
Six animals in the herd averaged
52.50%o on score card basis. Includ
I'd in this average are one Very Good
our Good Plus and one Good indi-
iduIal. The animal Sultana Fay OF
1. F. 13711S0 was rated Very Good.
The registered herd of F. G. Nc
'rady, Rising Sun, Md, was recently
lassifed, according to report from
he American Jersey Cattle Club,
Iew York. The official who went over
ach COW in the herd individually
omparing her to the model of TIE
)reed in type was DR.. George E. Tay-
or of New York.
Twenty animals in the herd aver
ged $685. on a score card basis
included in this average are one Ex-
client, eight Very Good, seven Good
lus and three Good individuals. The
nimal Miss Daisy of Twin Pines
.156494 was rated Excellent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
U. OF Nj. ENTOMOLOGISTS WARN
STATE BEAN GROWERS

Bean growers of Maryland are
warned by entomologists of TIE Ex-
tension Service, University of Mary
land, to be on guard this summer
against the Mexican bean beetle by
constantly checking the. undersides
of the bean-plant leaves for it's first
appearance.
Not only do Mexican bean beetles
destroy table beans of all kinds, the
entomologists warned they feed on
cowpeas, soybeans and related crops
when table beans become scarce.
Even more destructive than the
adults are the beetle larvae or grubs,
it was pointed out. These are orange
yellow in color, and spiny or fuzzy.
The larvae feed on the undersides of
leaves, eating between the veins un-
til the leaf is skeletonized. They
may completely strip bean plant in
one or two weeks.
DR.. E. N. Cory, State entomologist
at the university, recommends that
immediate control measures be taken
as soon as TIE beetles or eggs are OBJ
served
Rotenone dust has proved effec-
tive, he said. The dust should be APP
piled at the rate of twelve to fifteen
pounds per acre when the foliage is
moist. 1t must thoroughly cover the
undersides of the leaves. Two or
three applications should be made at
ten-day intervals up to the time the
pods begin to form.
For those who prefer spraying, DR..
Cory declared satisfactory results
may be obtained with six pounds of
cryolite in 100 gallons of water, or
with two pounds OF calcium arsenate
to so gallons of Bordeaux mixture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08

mated, can be served from the exist
ing half million miles of rural tele-
phone pole lines. About four-fifths
of all rural homes are close enough to
these existing lines so that service
could be provided without a construc-
ton charge to the user.
A major objective of the program is
to continue the upward trend of farm
telephones by making the service over
existing lines increasingly useful and
attractive. Another is to extend serv-
ice at reasonable cost to families not
now reached by existing lines.
These plans call for the use of every
type of physical facility, including the
dial system, improved pole-line con-
struction, a new system being per-
fected by the Bell Telephone Labora-
tories for sending telephone conversa-
tons over rural electric power lines,
underground wire where that is more
practical, and the radiotelephone.
Scientists at the Bell Telephone
Laboratories started work in 1888 to
develop a practical system for trans
hitting telephone conversations over
electric power lines. 1t is known as
'rural telephone carrier" and it offers
promise as one means Of furnishing
telephone service to families at some
distance from a telephone line, but
close to a power line.
The United States leads the world
in telephone development-and this is
true not only with respect to tele.
phone development in the larger
towns and cities, but also in the
smaller rural communities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
Elkton Property Sold

The residence property on East
Main street, Elkton, which includes
about four building lots, owned by
the late Miss Catherine E. Wilson,
Las been sold at public sale, to James
K. Lewis, of that town, for $12,40O.
Under the will the late owned, the
property was bequathed to Union
Hospital of Cecil County, under con-
dition that it be used for hospital
within seven years. The
board of managers of the institution
refused to accept the property under
the conditions stipulated, hence 4, it
was sold by the executors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08
Clerk.
True Copy-Teste-
Ralph R. Crothers,
Clerk.
TIME TO REPLANT IN GARDEN


Plant and Replant are Victory
Garden watchwords for June, and
they are of almost equal Importance
in many parts of the country, Victory
Garden Headquarters at the U. S.
Department of Agriculture suggests.
The idea is to keep gardens
larly the small understanding
keep them plante dior full produc-
ton. Tie food is needed, and there
should be no idle rows in small gar
dens, no land allowed to loaf and
waste sunshine, moisture and plant
food that might be producing food.
In June the Victory Gardeners ev-
erywhere look back on the frost dam
gers that are behind them and for
ward to the fall frosts ahead. In the
North it may take careful planning
to doulblecrOp much of the garden;
in the South the long season allows
for three or fou ryields from many a
row. Almost everywhere the passing
of early crops such as onions, radish-
es, peas, and early greens allow for
a replanting of the rows with such
foo dcrops as tomatoes, beets, carrots
green beans and sweet corn that have
moderately short growth periods.
In much of the country the season
permits early medium and late har-
vests of sweet corn. 1t may be practi-
cal in many gardens to plant new
kills of corn between the old hills
for picking, and then cut out each
stalk of the first crop as soon as the
ear is harvested. With careful spac-
ing and careful footwork in cultivat-
ing and gathering crops, it is often
possible to start new row between
well-advanced old rows and so have
a second crop well under way to
make use of the space as soon as the
earlier planting ceases to yield well.