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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Lobor Asks End
Of Wage Freeze

WASHINGTON, April 18 -
(LPA) - With the European
phase of the war about at its
end, new tug-of-war has start
ed between organized labor and
the Administration over general
wage increases which are neces-
sary, labor contends, to give
workers adequate buying power
in the postwar period.
Administration officials have
indicated they will keep the lid
on as long as possible, James F.
Byrnes, before retiring as direc-
tor of war mobilization and re-
conversion, put out a report in
which he opposed raises in pay
rates until after" full produc-
ton had been reached and
"after" it had been determined
how much of the wartime in
crease in workers productivity
would carry over into peacetime.
Wants Increases Confined
A similar stand was taken by
four heads of war agencies in
a review of their work for the
past year, released last week.
The report was signed by Will
liam H. Davis, director of eco
nomic stabilization; OPA admin
istrator Chester Bowles, WLB
chairman George w. Taylor and
war food administrator Marvin
Jones. They contended that
prices have been held during the
past year and warned against
lifting of wage controls lest
runaway initiation" occur.
Leaders Object
Leaders of both the AFL and
CIO argue, however, that un-
less the Little Steel" formula
is modified now and wage in
creases allowed, workers will
enter the recOnVerSlOn with TOO
little buying power, thus leading
to an economic collapse.
The AFL reiterated previous
demands that wage rates should
be hiked up about Is cents an
hour to furnish the purchasing
power needed to yield full pro-
duction. Similar demands have
been previously voiced by the
CLIO.
The CIO executive board, at
a meeting in Washington, called
for legislation establishing a Csc
an hour minimum wage and au-
thorized appointment of a spe-
cial research committee to de-
velop facts justifying the estab-
lishment of annual wage secur-
ity for American workers. All
CIO affiliates were called upon
to supply information to this
committee, to be used in sup
port of the campaign for a guar
anteed annual wage.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
"GOOd Luck"
Replaces German
He'll

The first free workers COM
mittee in Germany has been in
stalled at Alsdorf by an over
whelming vote of the miners,
reports Gordon Walker for the
London radio.
"The members of the COM
mittee are former anti-Nazis
Socialists and Communists), and
since they enjoy the confidence
of the miners, they have been
approved by Allied authorities, "
Walker says. "The headquar-
ters of the committee are in the
executive office building of the
mine. Whoever enters it, salutes
with the traditional miners
greeting, Good luck (Gluck-
suf)." The Nazis had forbidden
this greeting, and had insisted
on Hell Hitler" (LPA)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20

The new UNIV contract
provides for a minimum pay
increase of SLOT a day. I'm
official government estimates
find that Lewis has won the
highest take-home pay-$10 a
day-in the history of U. S. min
ing of coal.
The new contract gives $685.
to the miner working a 54-hour
shift as compared with $57.06
under the old contract.
Lewis failed to win the high
ly-publicized $10c-a-ton royal
ty" payment from the operators,
but the new contract includes
new gains that were sought by
the miners, according to gov
ernment officials, when they
voted 81 last month to author
ize strike vote.
The UNIV won second-shift
differential of four cents an
hour amounting to $2.16 addi-
tional pay per week; a third
shift differential of six cents an
hour; vacation pay of $75 as
compared with the present $50.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Toledo CIO
Leaders Mourn
Roosevelt

Toledo CIO leaders Joined
labor leaders in all sections of
the country In mourning the
death of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Comments on the un-
expected death of the President
were heard on all sides with the
rank and file members of the
unions as affected as the leaders.
Following are the comments
of Toledo CIO leaders:
Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO Re-
gional Director - Like every
one else, / was shocked by the
Presidents death. In losing our
great leader, the country loses a
man who will be missed more
as time goes on. Labor loses
the one and only President who
recognized the rights of labor
and did something about 1t. He
was a sincere and intelligent
man whose passing we all re-
gret and mourn.
Lawrence N. Steinberg, Ohio
URWDSEA-CIO Director - We
lost a good friend, the best
friend we ever had in public
office. I know others share my
feelings when ! say that / feel
like l have suffered a great per-
sonal loss.
Richard Lazette, President,
TIUC - The loss of our Presi-
dent at time like this Is not
only blow to our own country,
but one to our allies. The ma
tion has lost a great leader and
a labor a great friend.
Tom Burke, city councilman,
TIUC executive Secretary - Be-
cause of President Roosevelt, the
Forgotten man" was remem-
bered. In turn, the men who
were remembered, the workers
of America, will not forget their
friend. We will miss Franklin d.
Roosevelt, but we will always
remember what we of labor and
the country owe to his inspired
leadership in peace and in war.
Clayton Rusch, PAC chairman
I'm the death of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt American
labor has lost a great friend and
champion. To us now falls the
responsibility to see that his
for a world organiza-
ton to maintain permanent
peace, jobs for all at a living
wage and protection of civil lib
critics for all is carried out.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20


co and Cuba, told American
unionists that the hope of the
future lies in the United Ma
tions conference at San Fran
cisco.
The foreign trade union rep
resentatives were members of
the Administrative Committee of
the newly formed World Labor
Conference.
Russia was represented by M.
P. Tarasov, member of the ALI
Union Council of Trade Unions
of the USSR; France by Louis
Saillant and B. Franchon; Mex
leo by Vincente Lombardo To-
ledano; and the international
Federation of Trade Unions by
w. Schevenels.
Represents Common Citizen
"This new world labor move
ment," sad CIO President Philip
Murray, "has grown out of the
vicissitudes and trials of the
world war" The new world Ia
Dor organization, he said, will
represent the aspirations OF the
common citizen.
Schevenels, speaking for the
resistance movements in small
European countries, said that
''The new world to be built and
constructed out of the San Fran
cisco conference must not only
bring lasting peace and security
but also social security for the
common man"
Saillant emphasized that
French trade unionists never
gave up the fight even during
the terrible years of Nazi occu-
patton and the people of Paris,
he added, rose to meet the
American troops with a right
hand of welcome and a left hand
with gun"
TOledanO PRAISES
Toledano, who declared that
the CIO was the best union
friend that Mexico labor had,
said that 1--WE have worked to-
gether in war and we shall con-
tinue to work together In
peace"
Attending the banquet for the
foreign trade unionists were:
Secretary of Labor Perkins, AS
sistant Secretary of State Archi-
bald MacLeish; Supreme Court
Justice Reed; Atty. Gen. Biddle;
Postmaster Gen. Walker; Under
secretary of War Patterson; Un-
der-secretary of the Navy Bard;
Senators O'Mahoney, Aiken,
Taylor, LANCER, Lucas, George;
Representatives Gallagher, Sa-
dowski, Hook, May, and Spence.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
CIO viii Follow
FDR Ideals,
Murray Says

WASHINGTON, April 13 -
(LPA)-CIO President Philip
Murray, in a nationwide broad
cast today, expressed the CLOS
profound grief on the death OF
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Muir
rays statement declared that:
"The loss of our great Presi-
dent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
has been most deeply felt by all
liberty-loving humanity. But in
no quarters is there deeper
sense of personal loss than
among the working people of
America.
Labor owed so much to Pres
ident Roosevelt that it has al
ways though of him as not only
a great national and world lead
er, but also as its own champion,
the champion of all the common
people.
"We are proud to have been
in forefront of Roosevelt's sup
porters, both in his domestic pol
icies and for winning the war
and building the unity of the
United Nations for lasting world
peace and prosperity.
Nov that he has passed
away, we are more determined
than ever to carry on the great
work that will forever be asso-
ciated with the name of Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt.
Labor can therefore best
honor the memory of it's noblest
friend by pledging its complete
and loyalty to our new
Commander-in-Chief, President
Harry S. Truman.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Pres. Truman
Has Lobor's
Confidence
Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1
Truman's committee turned the
spotlight on them.
Unlike Roosevelt, who was
born into a family Of wealth,
Truman was farmers son. He
was born in Lamar, Mo-, May 8,
1884. He had to 90 to work
after finishing high school in
Kansas City, Mo-, He held Jobs
in a newspaper mail room, rail-
road construction gang, as a
bank clerk, and In other ca
pacities.
Served In Army
Truman was In the National
Guard when World War I broke
out, and he went into service
with his Guard unit, becoming
a captain commanding Battery
d of the 129th Field Artillery,
35th Division. He participated
in heavy fighting In the st. Mi
hiel and Meuse-Argonne often
sives, and became a major be-
fore being discharged.
On his return, he went into
the mems clothing business in
Kansas City, but the store failed
after a couple Of years. He then
turned TO politics, winning his
first race In 1922 for a position
on the country court. He was
defeated for reelection In 1924,
but staged a comeback in 1925,
getting the endorsement for the
first time of the Pendergast ma
chine.
He rose to the Senate in 1884
and won reelection in l940, each
time with the support of organ
ized labor. Truman's personal
honesty was never questioned,
although Pendergast himself was
later sent to Jail and his machine
broken up.
Truman has an engaging per-
sonality and has wide friendship
among leaders Of both parties In
the Senate. Washington officials
are confident that as President |
Truman will be able to get CO.
operation from the Senate and |
will cooperate with that body.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Foke Union
Threatens
Minister

WASHINGTON, April II -
(LPA) - Because a minister
dared to cross the threshold of
union meeting hall and talk
with CIO men, he now faces ex-
pulsion from his church. And
behind the expulsion Is a COM
pany union.
"This is a story of industrial
feudalism in the year 1945," re-
ports the international Oil
Worker" monthly publication of
the Oil Workers International
Union-CIO. 'It has happened
often in Nazi Germany. Some
people say it couldn't happen
here. But it did," The oil work
ers' paper continues, "OWIU Lo-
cal 507, in bringing industrial
democracy to Argo, one of the
hundreds of suburbs sprawling
on the prairies to the west of
Chicago, is ringing the knoll of
industrial feudalism.
The company union went to
work after the Rev. Erwin A.
Gaede, minister of the Argo, Ill,
Congregational Church, attended
the Religion and Labor Confer
ence in Pittsburgh last fall. For
the first time he heard of labor's
fight for the common people, the
paper reported. "They never
mentioned labor all the years l
went to theological seminary"
he said. Americas workingmen
and their problems didn't exist"
How the company union acted to
throw him out of his pulpit was
revealed by Rev. Gaede himself,
in a statement quoted by the
international Oil Worker"
after the minister went into a
CIO hall to see what union
was really like"
'The board Of deacons met
and said it would be in the best
interests of the church if l didn't
attend any more CIO meetings"
The minister said, in answer to
the question, What do you in
tend to do?"
"My church is open to labor.
:. The time will come when
some people will be ashamed
that 1t was ever suggested that
a minister dare not enter a union
hall.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Go Greets United
Nations Unionists

WASHINGTON April "A NPA)-Top representatives
u S. Government and the CIO last week greeted the
birth international trade union at BAN
ouet at the Statler Hotel here.
Union representatives of Britain Russia France Mex
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Meat Workers Face
V-E Day Crisis

CHICAGO, April Is (LPA)-
Packinghouse workers face We
Day right now, and they need
the wage increases which, they
understand, 1t has been admin
istration policy to promise to
workers as compensation for the
loss of overtime pay that will
come with the end of the war
in Europe.
Packinghouse workers have a
rare and unusual case, Presi-
dent Lewis j. Clarke of the
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO pointed out. Their hours of
work have been drastically cut
because of the smaller number
of animals being brought to
slaughter and packing houses,
the union asserts.
Checks and pay envelopes
showing take-home pay for
packinghouse workers from all
parts of the country are exhibit
ed as proof of the validity of
the unions case. They range as
low as $4.l2 in some cases.
Ever since wartime wage con-
trolls went into effect, the pack
inghouse workers 37% of
whom work for the common la
bor rate, lower than &c an
hour-have been the guinea pigs
for new administration wage
policies, Clark points out.
These workers in the pack
Ing plants" Clark says, "are
now facing We Day through no
fault of their own and must of
necessity have relief in the way
OF wage increase which is the
only form of subsidy or price re-
lief the worker can secure"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Refuse TO Rent
He'll TO Union

LOUDENVILLE, April IA -
Merchants and property owners
of this city highly resentful of
organizational efforts which are
being made by the UAW-CIO at
the Flexible Co., have placed
many obstacles in the way of
John Burke, International UAW-
CIO organizer principal of which
is refusal to rent the union a hall
for meeting purposes.
Added to the difficulties in
securing room is the effort of a
rival union organization to
create dissention.
Despite all these difficulties
organizational work is progress
ing and the Auto Workers are
making gains. Workers in the
Flexible Co., plant instead of be-
ing discouraged are becoming
more determined than ever to
belong to the UAW. They say
that if a union is so good that
everybody, including the towns
reactionary businessmen are op-
posed to it, its good enough for
them.
In a plant election held last
month, the AFL was defeated
and is still smarting from the
blow to it's prestige.
Mr.. Burke is from Marion and
is a member of the staff of
Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO re-
gional director of Toledo,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Avery Versus Army. Now

CHICAGO CLPA) - In a re-
quest to Atty. General Biddle
that Sewell Avery and other
company officials be cited for
contempt of court, Irving
Abramson, director of the Mont
gomery Ward Organizing Com
mittee recently set up by the
United Retail & Wholesale Dept.
Store Employes-CIO, charged
that the company officials are
doing everything possible" to
hinder the Army In its control
of the properties seized under
President Roosevelt's order, and
that Avery and his men are en-
gaging in a campaign to "defame
the United States Army"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
+. D. Roosevelt,
Lobor's Best
Friend, Dies
Continued from Page 1


struggles against Fascist slavery
and death.
American labor, which elected
Mr.. Roosevelt and reelected him
for three more terms, joined in
the nations mourning. Leaders
of all sections of trade union
ism expressed acknowledgment
of organized labor's debt to FDR
and their determination to carry
on his heritage of democracy
and freedom.
CIO, AFL, Railroad Brother
hoods and other union heads,
shocked by the death of the
Commander-in- Chief, declared
that they and their organizations
would pursue the ideals for
which Mr.. Roosevelt fought.
The epitaph that President
Roosevelt would have wanted
was possibly expressed by Ma
rine in Washington: "He was
with us in our picket line in
1895; he was with us on the fir
ing line on Two Jima in 1945.
He was one of U.S."
CIO Stateemnt
President Philip Murray, of
the CIO, said, "The nation and
the world have lost a great lead
er and a great soldier, and labor
its noblest friend. Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt died in the serv-
ice of his country and of human
ity as the heroic men of the
armed forces of our country and
of all the United Nations have
died. Our hearts go out to his
beloved wife and bereaved fam
lily. President Roosevelts sacri-
fices shall not be in vain. All
Americans will rededicate them
selves to the ideals, the prin-
ciples, and the aims for which he
stood. I join with mourning
humanity in commencing his
great soul to God"
AFL Statement
President William Green, of
the American Federation of La
Dor, said that president Roose-
welt gave his life for his country.
1t Is now the personal duty of
every one of us to carry on to a
successful conclusion the great
goals on which he had set his
heart-winning the war and the
establishment of a just and en-
during peace. This Is the most
fitting memorial we can build
to the great humanitarian who
will forever be regarded by the
men and women of labor as
their true friend and champion"
Railroad Brotherhoods
Julius G.. Luhrsen, executive
secretary of the Railway Labor
Executives Assn. which repre-
sents 10 Railroad Brotherhoods
and more than 100000 rail
workers, said that all the ma
tion's railmen mourn the death
Of the President" Luhrsen said,
"The Presidents consistency in
choosing and pushing what he
believed was of the greatest good
for our nation and the world
cannot be challenged. He was
truly great because he always
recognized one master his
God"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
No Isolation
Of The Mind
BY Ruth Taylor

Onething we have learned in
the storm and strife of the past
years. There can no longer be
isolation of any nation. AS the
airplane has cut down the dis
tances between countries, as the
radio has wiped out the barriers
of time, we have learned our in
terdependence one upon the
other. Even the most ardent ma
tionalists have come to realize
this fact.
Even more important, how
ever, is the growing knowledge
that in the new world to come
there must be no isolation of the
mind.
Whatever the religion to
which we adhere, we acknowl-
edge the fact that all men are
the sons of God, that all men
are brothers. Therefore, we
cannot, we must not stand aloof
not only in time of war, but in
time of peace as well. AS Sir
Francis Bacon wrote once, eff
man be gracious and consider
ate, it shows that he is a citizen
of the world, and that his heart
is no island cut off from other
lands, but part of a vast conti-
nent."
FRIEND OF DOWNTRODDEN
America has stood for friend
ship to the downtrodden peoples
of the world ever since its
founding. Never must we lose
sight of this great part Of our
destiny. AS we, or our ancestors,
received an opportunity in
America, so must we, as Amer
leans, express our gratitude by
giving an opportunity to those
who need it, wherever they may
live.
Not in the spirit of charity,
but in the spirit of brotherhood
and fair play, must we see to 1t
that others have access to the
same things we want for our
selves-freedom of speech and
religion, freedom from want and
fear-irrespective of their color,
class or creed.
We can best do this by first
setting our house in order, by
eliminating group generaliza-
tions, discrimination, unfair
prejudices and old hatreds-in
short, by proving to the world
that democracy can work in one
nation composed of heterogene-
GUS elements, and that therefore,
if a sincere attempt be made to
apply its code of justice and
freedom for all men, it can sue
ceed in a whole world.
THE DEMONSTRATION
We are demonstrating 1t In the
hemisphere, where education in
knowing one another, where a
concerted attempt to be good
neighbors, to work together for
our mutual interests, has eradi-
Gated old prejudices, and Is
building a permanent friendship.
We can demonstrate it through
out the world--if we can teach
men to understand each other,
not distrust each other.
We are learning to work to-
gether during the war-men of
many nations and many faiths.
Now when the barriers between
groups are down, let us use this
opportunity to learn to under
stand each other, so that when
the guns are stilled, we may
with our neighbor's help build
the firm foundations of a world
in which all men are brothers. |
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-20
Green Rings Bell
In War Bond Drive

PHILADELPHIA (LP AZ -
Seven sonorous strokes of the
Liberty Bell, rung here by AFL
President VIM. Green, launched
the Seventh War Loan Drive. In
a nationwide broadcast, Green
urged that workers buy more
war bonds than ever, "and by
so doing help our brave fighting
force inflict the final blow upon
our enemies on the battlefields."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29
OTHERS VIEWS
EXPLAINS COMPLAINT.

To 4 EQltor.
The following letter is a copy Of
one sent TO the State Board OF
Health a .eW days ago with no sig
nat-re. I cannot answer him per
sonally and I would appreciate you
publishing his complaint and our
answer.
State Board Of Health,
Raleigh, N. c.
Dear Sir.
Il would appreciate it if you
would send a man to Henderson, N.
c. 10 check over a slaughter house
on the Norlina road a mile FROM
Henderson. We cant get any cop
Grafton from the Vance county SAM
tary men. At present time there IS
three barrels of CUTS and three heads
lying on the floor. Any information
Fan be got from homes 500 yards
around it." No signature.
1t is customary hat we or the
State Board to pay no attention 70
unsigned letters. However. as this
nuisance has been called to our at
tention by telephone we wish to an
sWer the public on this and other
conditions causing nuisances n
complaints.
In the first place it gains COM
planners nothing to appeal to the
State Board Of Health if they have
reported conditions to our office.
All such complaints are usually in
'vestisated within "a hours, A few
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29
A Lift For Today

Do not WOrry.-MattheW 625.
DO NOT GRIENE over your trout
bles; you would not have them #
you did not need them.
May, we yield to Thee. o God,
our hearts. believing that Thou wilt
guide US in the solution of all our
problems and in ~ quest for Thy
truth.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29
One Minute Test Answers.

|. NORMALLY a horse has 40 teeth.
2. No, as long as il remains salt.
8. Yes. A baby has some 270 bones
some Of which grow together lateI.
An adult has 206.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

Even though the Japanese are
two-faced, they must be having a
terrible time keeping their eyes 81
simultaneously on OkinaWa and Mos
COW.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

l WILL BE AT EDWARDS AND
Wheeler store, South Henderson,
Thursday. May 81, from 4 to 6
p. m. TO Vaccinate dogs. a. p. Pas
email. 29-lti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

An old-timer is a fellow who can
remember that country roadside res
taurant sign; AN You Can Eat for
so Cents
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

Incidentally. tAe more pictures We
see of Haaato's taee the m.ee we
wonder Why ne goes to all that
trouble u save il.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

WANTED TO TRADE | - TON
truck for late model pickup in
good condition. VIII give good
trade. r. Z. SatterWhlte & Sons.
28-tt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-29

No. 8 TIN CAMS S4I- PER CASE.
Less than ease lots a., 5c each.
Watkins Hardware CO. 29-4a