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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-09-27
Rupp Baby Passes

Harold James Rupp, infant son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Rupp OF Har-
lem, died there Monday morning.
He was born Sept. 6. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon. Be-
sides his parents, he is survived by
his sister Gail. MI. Rupp is former
manager of the Buttrey Fort Peck
store.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-09-27
Fort Peck News
By Mrs. Richard Eriksen
Phone 409-J
Mrs. SchIanser Has Bridge

Mrs. John l.. Schlanser enter
tanned her evening bridge club last
Tuesday at her home at 8. Mrs. E.
j. Cover received the high score
prize. Mrs. Bruce w. Petersen re-
ceived the second high score prize
and Mrs. Jack Rohrbough was low.
A late evening lunch was served.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-09-27
Tea For Miss Floren

Mrs. H. H. Roberts entertained at
tea at her home at 2:30 in honor of
Miss Ethel Floren, who left for
Kansas City Wednesday. Tea was
served in the living room at a table
decorated with autumn flowers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
Is Everybody Happy?

At last, the lion and the lamb have
laid down together and is everybody
happy
Congressman, particularly some of
those of Republican persuasion who voted
against the May-Bailey labor draft bill in
the House of Representatives last week,
are happy because they had the unique
pleasure of voting against bill which
was opposed at one and the same time by
both labor and the National Association
of Manufacturers.
Labor in the districts represented by
the dissenting Ohio congressman is
pleased, because in some cases, such as
that of Congressman Alvin Weichel of
Sandusky, it was one of the few times he
was ever found voting against legisla-
ton opposed by labor.
Nobody knows why the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers is happy, if it is
happy, except perhaps its head men who
must have had good economic reason for
opposing the legislation.
At any rate it has been beautiful
sight, or, as we said before, and we use
the word in its most literal significance
and meaning, it has been asunique situa-
ton.
While the vote last week in Congress
pleased some people, we regard it in a
realistic, rather than pessimistic light.
We doubt very sincerely if the millen-
MUM has been reached or is even around
the corner. The lamb and the lion do not
lie down together and everybody isn't
happy!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09

Before this war started, there was a
hope in the minds of the people that if
and when the next war came nobody
would profit from it.
After 38 months of war and the great
est productive effort in the history of
American industry, corporate and indi-
vidual profits have risen to heights never
before attained and bumper crop of
wealth has been reaped by the owners and
managers of industry.
Congress, which showed its great con-
cern for profits in repeating the $4,000
limitation upon incomes, does not show as
great concern for the welfare of the Amer
ican workers who have had their wages
rigidly controlled by the War Labor
Board. 1t is willing to consider slave labor
legislation which would shackle the work
ers to the profit-making corporations
without considering an equitable sacrifice
on the part of the profit makers.
To draft labor in system where in
dustry remains relatively free, at least to
the point where it can make greater
profits than ever before, is to create a
precedent in time of war which could be
used in time of peace.
hitler OraIIeu 0efndn ldDOr In time OF
peace by first breaking the labor unions.
1t could happen here.
The first big step will have been taken
toward Fascism in America the day that
Congress passes law which forces labor
but leaves industry free.
When and if Congress passes the May
Bailey bill, which will control the lives of
18,000,000 workers in this country, we
shall have lost the war against FasciSm
although Germany may give its uncondi-
tional surrender.
No amount of logic, no good reasons
can be advanced to show that we cannot
do voluntarily what our government now
proposes to force us to do. When the bill
passes which compels the workers of this
country to go where the government wants
to send them and do what they are told
to do freedom flies out and Fascism
rushes in. The day that happens our fight
against the forces of evil in Europe and
in the Pacific has been lost and our future
critically threatened.
We must not be lulled into feeling
of security or placated with any COM
promise. The May-Bailey bill must be de.
feated or labor will lose one of its most
crucial and significant battles.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09

Complimentary comments from shop
stewards and committeeman who attended
the first annual Local IL stewards dinner
at the Commodore Perry Hotel Wednes-
day night, indicate that the affair was
considered success by those who were
present.
Officers of the Local are to be cOngratu-
lated for their initiative in organizing the
dinner which gave the leadership of the
many Local IL shops an opportunity to
meet socially and dedicate themselves
anew to the principles for which the Local
stands.
We hope that the dinner will grow
with the succeeding years and will be one
of the means of bringing about that unity
of action and cooperation which was
stressed by Regional Director Gosser.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09

Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B, UAW,CIO

Editors NOte:-This is the first of a series Of
articles on the Union and its purpose.
While the unions have accomplished many
things during the past few years they cannot
accomplish the impossible.
There never will be day when people
will not need to work The farmers must con-
tinue to plant the crops and raise livestock.
Somebody must cook the meals Somebody
must build the houses. We must produce so
that we can consume
/ hope / never see the day when all the
tailors decide that they will quit making
clothes. In time, that could be downright
embarrassing.
It would be too bad for us if the farmers
decided to quit raising their crops and live
stock. If the carpenters quit building houses
and the coal miners decided to mine no more
coal, we would be in tight spot, especially
with the kind of weather we are having this
winter.
But some people seem to think the Union
isn't doing enough for them. And what do they
say? - 81 want more money"
THE OLD DAYS
/ often look back on the cid davs and
wonder if we weren't better off WHY in those
days person who made S10O month could
raise family of four, five, six or more kids
and do a good job of if. But today-well some
of the people know make two or-t three hum
dred dollars and they have a tough time
trying to raise couple of children and make
both ends meet
Of course, we didn't have radios and
automobiles and electric refrigerators in the
old days, but when anyone needed help the
neighborhood got up basket and sent it over
with few bushels of coal and people seemed
to be happier than they are now
Yes, and l can remember back in the auto
plants where the workers had been exploited
for years by the auto industry, when there
were thousands walking the streets A lot of us
thought we had lousy jobs. We grumbled. but
nobody ever quit unless they were fired If
we didn't like anything and complained. and
believe me that was rare, the boss told us ''aet
your card and ring out, there's plenty of other
guys willing to take your job"
We couldn't smoke unless we went to the
mems Washroom and then we had to most
watchers to warn US when the boss was COM
ing. l saw men who got so nervous when thew
were warned that the boss was coming that
tney actually swallowed their cigarettes.
Has the union changed all that7 You're
right, it has,
Has the union improved your working
conditions and got you more money? You
know it has
Has the union completed its lob? No II
mas not. The union will not complete its iob
until 1t gets you security, and that comes only
through long, drawn-out effort
Ito be continued)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
From The Desk
Melvin Schultz
President,
Local II, UAW-CIO

rather small amount of publicity. up te
the present time, has been given to the cam.
palgn for peacetime conscription. Our Inter
national Executive Board has adopted worth
While resolution relative to this proposed
legislation I am quoting the points of this
resolution which are as follows:
l. These bills are undemocratic and un-
American, direct contradiction of our tradi-
ton of freedom"
z. The present war has demonstrated
clearly that the nations best equipped to de-
tend themselves against aggression are those
most advanced technologicaIly. Americas best
defense against future aggression is therefore.
the development of our natural resources and
our chronological knoW-hoW through pro-
gram OF full employment and prosperity"
s. Action now to start building an Army
for the next war will be terrible blow to
the tghting faith of our own soldiers who are
sacrificing all they have in the belief that the
end of this war is the end of all wars They
should have an opportunity to make their
voices heard in a decision of this kind"
4. Some apologists for this legislation have
Claimed 1T will relieve unemployment That is
a defeatist attitude which could provide only
a partial solution, if that much to unemplov-
ment and would at the same time turn the
public mind away from those basic economic
measures which organized labor has outlined
as essential to national prosperity The way to
full employment is through full production"
D. We are convinced from the records of
the Congressional sponsors of this proposed
legislation and of many of its public sponsors
that one of its unstated purposes is to regiment
our youth on a mass basis for use as military
strike breaking, union busting force"
b. Now is the time to win this war and to
build peace that removes the likelihood of
future wars, and not to lose the peace before
it is made"
1t IS not my opinion that this great county
OF ours should be without the protection of an
Armed Force; however, am firmly convinced
that Democracy will be violated beyond the
concepts of the founders of our country if such
legislation would be enacted the same as
would be the principle of free labor if legsla-
ton were adopted to conscript labor. To main
tain an adequate army in peacetime would re-
quire nothing more than to make such an oc-
cupation economically desirable as compared
to civilian production jobs There is no doubt
that the militariStic life appeals to youth, but
in general has had the handicaps and reputa-
ton of having no financial future
This column is much too short to stress
all of the many points which should be in
volved in an argument; however, feel this is
sufficient food for thought.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
Editors Mail
APpIauds Journal
To The Editor


It's wonder to me that
some of the Local IL members
who belong to the American
Legion and help support the
Legion Councillor don't write
the editor and protest the
anti-labor articles which ap-
pear in that paper.
It's a good thing we have
the JOURNAL to answer a
guy like Tippett. And the pa
per has done a good job of de-
Tending us in other ways too.
l know a lot of the fellows
have been talking about the
Legion paper and they resent
the sneaky way it goes about
attacking us.
Using letters to beat down
labor is as good way as any
to discredit the workers who
have produced the materials
and equipment for our own
and our Allies victories. It's
thin stuff.
Get in there and pitch and
don't let any of those people
who claim to love us, slap us
around in print.
Fraternally yours,
Granville F. Day,
Willys-Overland Unit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
SerViCennen's
Letters
He Apologies
Dear Dick

Dear Dick
Received your very well
come letter and must admit
that | am ashamed for not
keeping up a correspondence
but due to work, moving and
censoring there isn't much to
write about. However l know
that you would do anything
within reason as you have al
ready done that for me after
came overseas. l appreciated
that as does my family. have
received cigarettes and thank
the people at the plant for
them.
Have had very few sick
days since l have been in the
service, so the health is ap-
parent.
You keep building that stuff
and we do our damest to use
it to good advantage.
Well the bottoms coming
up so l say I hope to remain,
Fraternally yours,
Pvt. Gale Schaifenstien.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
Promises SOS.
Dear Mr., Gosser

Dear Mr.. Gosser
Dropping you a few lines to
let you know I have been re-
ceiving your boxes every
month, they are very much
appreciated. l would like to
thank you and all the mem
bers for your very good work
in remembering all the boys
that have left for the services.
With me everything is fine
thanks a lot for offering your
kind help. If the occasion
arises when I should need
some help l surely will let
you know.
Must fall out so will close
for now.
Sincerely,
Sgt. Eddie Gawlik
A. T. c. Pressing Unit
Mather Field, Calf.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
On The
Beam
By
Clayton w.
Fountain

To understand the Wallace
Wrangle, one must first under
stand the problems of produc-
tion and employment that this
country will face after the
war.
During the war we have in
creased by one-third our capa-
city to produce goods. In
spite of all its pretty ads in
the fancy picture magazines
which, incidentally, are paid
for with public funds-private
enterprise has contributed
very little to this vast expan-
sion of our productive capa-
city.
From 1910 to 1914, private
enterprise kic X e d in only
enough funds to finance about
one-sixth of the construction
of new industrial facilities.
Government investment Of
public funds accounted for
the other five -sixths of this
new plant construction.
In reckoning up this war
time expansion, we find the
government owning or con-
trolling about one-fifth of the
nations capacity to produce.
In aircraft, rubber and ship
building, for instance, the gov
ernment owns as much as 80
per cent of the productive
capacity,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
A MIGHTY JACKPOT

We have, IN effect, DulIt up
a mighty industrial jackpot
through investment of public
funds in construction of neces-
sary war plants. Who is 60
ing to be paid off with this
jackpot after the war? That's
the sixty-four dollar question,
and that's what the Wallace
wrangle is all about.
Private enterprise, with the
backing of all the anti-labor,
anti-New Deal forces in the
country, is out to prevent
supervision of the disposal of
these plants by man like
Henry Wallace. Big business
fears that Wallace would put
public welfare ahead of pri-
vate profit in disposing of
these plants.
Why, he might even con-
slider running some of the new
plants under public controls,
in order to promote full en-
ployment and full production.
LONG-ROOTED ISSUE
The disposal of these bill
lions of dollars worth of gov
ernment-owned war plants IS
the most critical and long
rooted issue of our time.
There is developing in scat
tered corners of America a
progressive pattern of demo-
cratic thought which calls for
retention of public control of
these new plants after the
war, as the only guarantee
against depression.
This idea, which is based on
an economic-political outlook
similar to that of the Cana
dian CCF, expresses itself in
the organization of COM
MONWEALTH movements in
several states. So far, the idea
has cropped up in five states,
including Michigan, Illinois,
New York, Washington and
Ohio.
The latest group to develop
is the one in Ohio. 1t came
out of a meeti lg of farm,
labor, professional, small busi-
ness and white collar groups
that was held in Columbus
on February 3 and 4, and it
is known as the OHIO COM
MONWEALTH CONFER
ENCE.
DEMOCRATIC PATTERN
Two features distinguish
these commonwealth move
ments from previous Ameri-
can attempts to organize third
parties devoted to democratic
social progress. They follow a
strictly small I'd" democratic
pattern.
First, they proceed on the
premise that carm, labor and
middle class groups can, and
must, unite in one political
party, in order to maintain
democracy. Second, they do
not aim at labor govern
ment" or. total state owner
ship of the nations economic
resources; on the contrary,
they advocate a peoples gov
ernment representative of all
useful functional groups in
our society, and they urge
creation of more public cor
porations, like IVA, and CO.
operatives, as a road to eco
nomic democracy.
More TWAS, more co-ops,
and more publicly-oWned en-
terprises would reduce un-
earned income in the form of
profits and dividends, and so
swell the buying poWe. of the
consumers. This is where the
commonwealth idea departs
from spend-lend New Deal
ism. 1t goes to the root of the
economic problem over which
the Wallace issue is being
waged.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09

Editors NOte:-This is the first of series Of
articles on the Union and its purpose
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
GI JOE SPEAKS

CT JOE SPEAKS
BY Sgt. Joseph j. Casey,
Platoon Sgt, Company c,
220th Battalion, 68th Regt.,
u. S. Infantry Replacement
Training Center, Camp Bland
ing, Fla.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-09
What's
New?
BY
EdWdrd Duck
On Leave
With The
Army

Editors note: Pvt. Duck is
winding up his training and is
putting in some strenuous
days, hence his sergeant is
doing his weekly stint for
him. Sgt. Casey is a member
of the Teamsters Union, AFL.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
AID POLIO VICTIMS

More than $1,0OO,OOO in cpl
demic aid has been disbursed by
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis so far this
year, with more than three
fourths going to four states: Illi-
nois; North Carolina, $2O2, O78;
New Yor, $176,619.80; and vir-
ginia, $132,O92.51.
Principal expenses of National
Foundation chapters include
disqualification and transporta-
ton of patients, purchases of
special equipment and salaries
of doctors, nurses and other pro-
fessional personnel. Not only
must treatment and care be as
sured for victims of current cpl
denies but also for patients car
ried over from previous years.
Poliomyelitis is one of the
most expensive diseases known
to medicine, averaging around
ST., 900 per patient, with few fani-
lies able to stand the financial
strain of continued care.
To carry on its work, each
chapter retains one-haf of all
contributions to the March of
Dimes in its locality, the other
half going to the National Foun-
dalton for scientific research,
education and epidemic aid. No
chapter appeals for help, unless
it anticipates exhaustion of its
own funds.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
POLITICS.:
No Trend

Continued Democratic domination
Of the big cities and Republican in
roads in small municipalities
marked the recent election results
and offered little clue to political
trend prior to the all-important con-
gresSional elections in 1916.
Most significant feature Of the bal
loting was the CLOS failure again
to capture the mayoralty in Detroit,
Mich, motor car center of the u. S.
and United Automobile Workers
stronghold. Calling upon the unor-
gained residents of the city to rally
for an impartial rather than a labor
dominated administration, Mayor
Jeffries won reelection over CLIO
Candidate Frankensteen by a COM
Portable margin.
Maintaining their dominance over
the big municipalities, the Demo-
Gratis handily won the mayoralties
of New York, Boston, Pittsburgh
and Cleveland, while Republicans
won back Buffalo, N. Y. and New
Haven, Conn.,, after more than doz-
en- years and kept their grip on SYRIA
cuse. N. Y, and Hartford, Conn.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
GRAIN SUPPLIES:
america Has Bulk

The bulk Of the supplies of wheat
available for export in 1945-46 is in
North America, the department of
agriculture reports. With exports
from the United States currently
estimated at 300 to 1926 million bush.
els, shipments from Canada may be
about as large.
Under favorable transporta
marketing and handling conditions,
somewhat larger exports would be
possible from the United States
though shipments from Argentina
and Australia are expected to be
below the volume in most years.
Wheat and flour import needs are
still somewhat uncertain for sew
eral countries, but there no longer is
any doubt that total requirements
will be very large and that the vol
ume of international trade will be
the largest in Is years.
Supplies of rye in exporting coun-
tries are very limited and fall far
short of meeting the European def
cit with domestic requirements for
the United States exceeding the 1945
supply on hand.
The strong demand for rice pro-
duced in the U. S. is likely to con-
tinue until the Oriental supply be-
gins to move freely, which is ex-
pected to be after the harvest be-
ginning in November. 1896 This is
later than the harvest in August in
U. S. and, assuming financial ar
rangements are made, should pro-
vides an opportunity for the u. S. to
continue to export rice in the early
months Of l945-47.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
FIBER SOURCE:
Western Hemisphere

Never grown in the western hemi-
sphere before Pearl Harbor except
experimentally. abaca-from which
Manila rope is made-is now being
produced in quantity on five planta-
tons of 81, 500 acres in four Central
American republics and Panama,
the state department disclosed.
Western hemisphere production of
abaca, which was obtained largely
from the Philippines before the
war, may aggregate Is million
pounds this year and from As to so
million pounds in 1916.
United States consumption of abaca
in 1899 was about 103 million pounds.
In addition, the United States i'm
ported II million pounds of Manila
rope from the Philippines and Meth
erlands East Indies.
United States government agen
cies have aided the establishment
of the industry in the western hemi-
sphere, the first planting of 1850
plants of Philippine abaca being
made at a plant quarantine station
on Columbus island, off the eastern
Panama coast in 1925.
The progeny of the 500 strong
plants that survived have furnished
the material for planting Is, 500 acres
In the four republics since Pearl
Harbor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
CHINA:
Battle On

Full-scale civil war doomed in
China as negotiations between COM
munists and nationalist begged and
the Reds took to the offense in an
effort to prevent Chang Kai-shek's
forces from infiltrating into their
northern strongholds.
AS a result of the outbreak of hos
tilities, the u. S. decided to with
draw American troops from the
scenes of combat, the Yanks having
been used to aid nationalist in TAX
ing over former Jap-held territory.
Removal of u. S. units did not sig
nifty any reversal of policy in sup
porting Chang, however, with re-
ports that the administration would
continue to offer him material aid.
Thus did the threat of civil war,
following close upon VI Day, damp
en- long-suffering China's hopes for
a period of peace and tranquility in
which to unity the nation politically
and lay the foundation for economic
development and modernization.