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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
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the aid of the afflicted town.
There are many things that
could be said about the Rock
ford situation relative to the
public health and hospitals
there, but the important thing
was that the Spicer machine
was received with open arms
and praised by all who saw it
in operation, or who had occa-
sion to work with the many
patients there.
The epidemic in the Illinois
city has reached serious pro-
portions, in fact, the Army is
sending in more than 100
nurses to help out in the emer-
gency. l was amazed at the
great work being done by the
nurses and doctors who were
working under great handi-
caps in treating the cases. We
have no doubt that the Spicer
machine was a God-send for
the city, the only drawback
being that they could have
used several more had they
been available.
MORE MACHINES
After seeing the situation at
first hand in Rockford and
realizing what an acNte need
there is for more of the Spicer
polio pack machines, l am
hopeful that the machine can
soon be placed in production.
With more materials now be-
coming available, the produc-
ton of the machine should
soon be possible.
Action of the UAW-CIO
some time ago in urging all
UAW-CIO Local Unions to
purchase machines for their
community hospitals is one of
the grea st humanitarian
things that unions could do,
for the union is not only in
terested in the industrial life
of its various communities, but
in everything that goes to
make up community life.
1t is my hope that the Spi
Ger machine will prove to be
a great aid in the treatment of
the after-effects of infantile
paralysis and that we of the
UAW-CIO wfll continue to
lead the way in, advancing this
great work against a disease
which produces such serious
complications.
Leroy Hartman and myself
are very happy to have had
the opportunity to be of small
aid in the Rockford emergency
and were more than repaid
for our time and strouble,bN
the gratitude of the ndrses and
doctors, as well as the knowI-
edge that through the Spicer
Polio Committee we were
bringing relief to many of
those suffering from terrific
pain.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
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Democracy
At HOME.
BY Ruth TayiOr

The other day@inz one of the
papers there was a letter which
struck me SO forcibly that could
not see anything on the page but
one paragraph. DR.. Emibree of
the Julius RosenWa1d Fund had
written: 1T is. fine we, are in
sisting on equality and decency
in human relations in Germany.
But does America regard de-
mocracy as only an export com-V
modify? Is it too precious to use
at homer" 'HssF~S hff
Is Democracy only, for export?
Is it only something we preach
to others, not a thing in. which
we believe enough to practice it
in our daily life? t@-H
We say we believe in equality
of opportunity. We say we be-
lieve ir fair and equal treatment
for ALL We say Americans are
Americans first, regardless of
their country of origin, their re-
ligious faith or their previous
condition of servitudeLthat as
long as they are true to America
they are our brothers. But is
this merely lip service?
FALSE FRIENDS - s1-&A
Those who bewail imperialism
and forget the man in the next
block; those who spend their
sympathy on far1ine-ridden In
dia and overlook the needs of
our own starving; those who talk
about the tryannies of intolerant
Europe and then 'blatkbal1 a
neighbor because he doesn't go
to the same church - are all
false friends of Democracy. They
are doing disservice to Amer
lea. When We.do not do our duty
toward our fellow citizens, we
are exporting all our Democracy.
We. say that universal brother
hood is the democratic ideal to-
ward which we are striving. Yet,
if we follow purely egotistic and
materialistics aims, we are sure
to be disappointed. If I'VE ignore
the good of our, neighbor, we
shall cheat ourselves as well. If
we put economic above-spiritual
values, wea destroy, the thing
that made us great as. nation.
Edwin Markham, !, that great
poet who loved America, and all
its people, wrote, nearly half a
century ago. by. the divine
paradox, wherever there is one
slave, there are two, SO in the
wonderful reciprocities of being,
we can never reach the higher
levels until all our fellows as
cend with us. There is no true
liberty for the individual except
as he finds it in the liberty of
all. There is not true security for
the individual except as he finds
it in the security of ALL"
No, our Democracy is not
just an export commodity. We
will prove to the world that it is
the vital force in our lives, that
we are our brothers keepers at
home as well as abroad.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Cancel Labor Controls

NEW YORK (LPA) - with
the growing army of unem-
ployed, there would seem to be
little reason why it should be
necessary for any workers to
work longer hours while other
workers have no jobs" said
New York Industrial Commits
sioner Corsi here last week, as
he announced that the special
dispensations which Stretched"
the labor laws to fit the war
emergency have now all been
Cancelled. Hours worked by
women are restricted to the
pre-war limits. Employers can
no longer hire 16 and 17-year-
oldS.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
II Can Be Done

WASHINGTON LPA)-In a
long and carefully thought-out
letter to the editor of the Wash
ington Post last week, w. S.
Woytinsky enumerated the post
war employment prospects.
"The United States does not
have to work as hard in peace
time as when nearly half
our total output was swallowed
up in war" he says, and if
leach worker works one hour
less every day" and excessive
losses in purchasing power of
the working population can be
prevented by a rise in hourly
wage rates it is quite posi-
BILE that we reach full employ
ment before IL months are up"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
USES Tres
Workers
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been offered jobs paying as low
as so cents per hour, while ap-
plicants known to employees in
the USES office have had the
higher paid jobs handed to them.
Explains The Classification
1t is Mr.. Bodette's contention
that many male workers who
have been classified as skilled
workers during the war were
placed in that classification by
the War Labor Board in order
to grant requests for wage in
creases, These employees, he
said, are not skilled and are not
wanted by Toledo employers.
Local labor leaders deny the
USES heads statement and
point out that the action which
is being taken by the employ.
ment office here is similar to
that of USES offices all over
the country which are acting as
aids to employers in
forcing down wages to prewar
levels.
Meanwhile, applicants for un-
compensation are
either forced to apply for the
low rated jobs or forfeit their
benefits.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Suggest BiIbo's
Education

NEW YORK GPA)-A sug-
gestion for the education-in-de
mocracy of Senator Theodore
(Dear Dago) Bilbo comes from
Sam Marino, president of Local
], BARRIERS and Beauty Cultur-
lists (CIO), and Socialist Party
candidate for councilman from
Brooklyn. He Challenged" Bill
bo ito spend few months in
northern Italy to learn some
thing about the Italian people
to step outside the confines of
his state and senatorial protec.
tions and learn something about
the people he tries to degrade
Marino says the people of north
ern Italy know how to deal
with fascists."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Outline Surplus Policy

WASHINGTON (LPA) - A
bill embodying President Tru-
mans suggestion that a single
administrator be appointed to
handle all surplus property
problems has been presented to
the House Expenditures Com.
mittee by its chairman, Carter
Manasco Cd, Ala), and hear
ings are being held. An eight
point simplified policy guide
stresses swift and orderly
transition to peacetime econ
omy - discourage monopolistic
practices :" and give wide
spread, prompt and full utiliza-
tion of surplus property at fair
prices to the consumer
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Did II For Free

DENVER, Colo. GPA)-Min-
ers who produced the basic
source, uranium, of which the
atom bomb was made, did so
often at cost of their own labor
and without a cent of pay, ac-
cording TO the United Mine
Workers District so News. The
ore, for which the men were
paid only on the basis of its
vanadium content by the Van
adium Corp, also contained
uranium. The waste pile from
which the vanadium had been
extracted was then processed-
without pay to the miners--by
a government-operated uranium
plant nearby.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
To Service
Unemnloyed

Instructions on how TO service
union members seeking unem-
ployment compensation will be
given to Local IL shop officers
and members who are inter
ested in this important informa-
ton at Local IL headquarters,
425 Winthrop st. Monday eve
ming, Sept. 10, at 800 p. m.
Orville Woolford of the Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Com
pensation will explain the law
and answer questions. All shops
are urged to send one or more
representatives to this impor-
tant meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Unemployment

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stifle the sentiment of the work
ers.
Senator Raymond Hildebrand
of Toledo voted right with la
Dor by favoring the emergency
and retroactive clause and again
when the amendment to write a
suitable work" clause into the
legislation was presented. The
amendment lost II to IA.
United for Action
A unified program of action
was worked out by leaders of
CIO, AFL and Railroad Brother
hoods in a legislative luncheon
held yesterday at the Neil
House. The same fine unity dis
played by the three organiza-
tons in the past three years on
legislative matter effecting all
labor was again displayed and
the three organizations were
prepared to present their united
claims to the special legislative
meeting
Toledo Is Represented
All the large cities in the state
were we'll represented by PAC,
CIO, AFL and Railroad Union
leaders and members. CIO
members, the largest group pres
ent, met before the session to
discuss their plans and strategy.
M ny Toledo representative
were present at the meeting in.
cluding Clayton Rusch, Toledo
area PAC chairman, Claude
Hess, Stanley Helminiak, Esther
koscha, Alex Lepenas, Kenneth
O'Brien and many others.
BALANCE OF STORY TO
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07

DETROIT, Sept. 4-Due to
the pressing problems raised by
the end of hostilities and huge
layoffs of UAW- CIO members
from war plants, R. j. Thomas,
the unions international presi
dent, will not attend the ses-
sions of the World Trade Union
Congress which opens in Paris,
France, September 26.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Political
Action

OF the PolItlcdl Action COMMITTEE
There are four bills to come
before Congress which are of
the utmost Importance to
every American worker. One
of these is the Burton, Ball,
Hatch bill. Passage of this
vicious bill would destroy
the gains labor has made
under the Wagner Act and
would set the labor movement
back fifty years. 1t must be
defeated.
The other three are bills
designed to improve the well
fare of the American work
ers and they must be passed
The first one is the full en-
ployment bill Is $500 and
Oh. R. 22O2). This bill pro-
vides that the government
will establish yearly en-
ployment budget, encourage
private industry to provide a
maximum number of jobs and
plan government sponsored
public works projects to pro-
vide jobs at living wages, do
ing socially useful work, for
those for whom private in
dustry cannot provide jobs.
The second one is the Wag-
ner- -Murray-Dingell bill IS.
1060-H. R. 3293), which will
extend social security to COW
er millions not now covered,
such as agriculture workers;
will guarantee adequate unem-
ployment compensation and
assure medical care for all.
The third one is the Emer-
gency Unemployment Com
pensation bill, IS 1274-H. R.
6733) which will assure fed
eral supplements to all the
states to assure the unem-
ployed of $25 for 26 weeks.
Everyone should take the
time and trouble to sit down,
right now, and write to U. S.
Senators Robert Taft and
Harold Burton and to Con-
gressmen Homer Ramey and
George Bender and let them
know how we feel about
these bills.
The legislators are inter-
ested in our votes at election
time. We are interested in
their votes now. Writing to
the legislators is an important
function of PAC work.
How good a job PAC can
do depends on many active
members we have. Member
ship is only one dollar per
year. If you are not a mem.
Der see the PAC representa-
tive at your shop, or local, or
come to our office and join
now. Then participate in our
crusade to promote passage of
social legislation to assure
adequate social security, pro-
lection of freedom of speech
and press and JOBS FOR
ALL.
Don't forget the PAC dance
at CIO headquarters, Gil
Huros ST., on Saturday, Sept.
18th. Admission is 35c. There
will be entertainment and re-
freshments. Come and have
good time.
The PAC motto is EVERY
w onhCI "A w Ell.
vote you must be registered.
If you have neglected this, go
to PIT Superior st. and register
so that you can vote this fall
to abolish the complicated
and unfair proportional rep
resentation system and re-
place it with the PAC plan
of electing nine councilmen
at large by plurality vote.
However we should give
P. r. an honorable dis
charge" and the last election
under it held should be some
thing of which the workers
can feel proud. The way to do 4
this is to reflect Labor's first
choice for counc ell, Tom
on the FIRST BAL
LOT.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
IMPORTANT TO LABOR
What 1t Does

What 1t Where 1t Is
Flu Banking
$50 yearly employment and Currency
HR Committee
public works started hearings
vide jobs to continue
if industry after
Raise State maxmums House Ways and
employment to $25 weeks Means Committee
Compensation by providing Federal expected to
HR. 1886 funds Doughon- stall
S. 1874 House bill unsat- hearings.
isfactory.
Wagner Murray Extend social se- Senate Finance
Dngel Social curity Committee; House
Security Bill der Federal system Ways and Means
S. universal health Committee
R.
Note: their
insisting the necessity adoption
bills Following the and addresses.
u S. Senator Robert Taft, u. S. Harold
Senate Building, Senate Building,
Washington, D. c. Washington b c.
Representative Homer Ramey, -alarge George
Congressional Bldg, Congressional Bldg,
Washington, D. c. Washington, d. c.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
KEEPING
SCORE
With
Fred Thomas
PROBLEM

IhODLL Lm
While the smoke was still
rising from shattered Naga-
saki and the ruins of Berlin
were still warm from explo-
sives, allied master minds
were determining what to do
with these wilfully cruel and
perverted peoples. 1t posed a
tremendous problem. Democ-
racy was something foreign to
the thinking of the Japanese
or the German. How to teach
these conquered the Demo-
cratic way of living became
the first order of postwar
business. The master minds
put their heads together and
came up with an answer:
Labor Unions.
1t is a little known fact of
recent months that allied plan
ners have decided in the Union
movement lies hope of saliva
tion for Japan and Germany.
Rush orders went out from
Washington Immediately that
Germany had collapsed. Union
organizers were wanted to go
to Germany to set up Unions
among the workers. These
American Union Leaders are
now abroad
Two weeks ago with the
total collapse of Japan, allied
master minds arrived at the
same conclusion: Only through
Unions could the japanese be
taught Democracy. Published
programs for handling the
conquered Japanese all placed
Union at the top of the list.
PARADOX
Here is one of the outstand-
ing paradoxeS of our time. In
America we have found the
Union movement pictured as
anything from a band of gang
sterS to a group of fascist
minded dictators. Unions in
the u. S. A. have been a whip
ping boy for the public press
and many of our prominent
leaders. And yet-now that
we have a problem on hand,
the Unions are called to solve
that problem. 1t indeed is
ironical that while Unions
have been condemned in many
quarters in the U.S.A. as un-
democratic those same quar-
ters now admit that the only
hope of bringing Democracy
to conquered Japan and Ger
many is through Unions.
OVERLOOKED
These are facts that any
school child can substantiate.
Is 1t not strange, therefore,
that a story Of such significant
proportions has been entirely
overlooked in the editorial
columns of our public press.
Have you read editorials
pra is n G the underground
French Unionists who bucked
Hitler all the way? Have you
read editorials condemning
the Big Business interests in
France which showed the
white feather in Frances hour
of need.
We softly wonder how it
is that the s h ar e y e d
editors of American news
papers have overlooked such
an important story. For some
reason these editors have de-
veloped a blind spot when it
comes to viewing the Demo-
cratic work carried out by
the Union movement in the
u, S. A.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19

ed by long cooking, and is soluble
in water, there are some rules
which must be followed to get the
most out of this vitamin in foods.
BY serving oranges in slices or Sec
tons you get the vitamin stored in
the tissues. This holds true for
grapefruit too. 1t has been found
that cabbage keeps it's vitamin C
far better when a plastic knife in
stead of a steel knife is used to
shred it. Cabbage and other leafy
vegetables used in salads should
be cut or shredded just ahead of
serving.
Since vitamin c can't be stored to
any extent, it is essential that ev-
cry one get some every day. Re-
member that one medium orange,
a half grapefruit, two medium to-
matoes, one and one-half cups to-
mato juice or little more than a
cupfu1 of raw cabbage will 60 a
long way toward supplying vita
min c needs for the day.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19

The VIA 1915 production goals
call for the planting and harvest
ing of 30O,OOO,00O acres of cult
waited crops and 64,oOo0OO acres of
hay. 1t is also expected that 1885,,
100000 head of livestock will be
slaughtered. During 1914, ODT
said, the greatest harvest of agri-
cultural products ever produced by
the American farmer; Livestock,
poultry, milk, fruit, vegetables,
grains ETC., was successfully NOV
ed from producing areas without
any loss due to lack of trucking
transportation.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19
TOWN and FARM E6Qaa
in WARTIME
srsporsd by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION Nllp U

through No good until June 2; blue
stamps NJ through So good until
June 80; blue stamps To through
70 good until July 81; blue stamps
W, 70, Al, Bl, CT, good until Au-
gust 81.
Sugar stamps: Stamp 35 good un-
til June 2; stamp SO good until Au-
gust 81.
Shoes: Airplane stamps Nos, l, 2,
8. in book three continue valid in
definitely.
Agricultural Information
In order to provide agricultural
information to servicemen and vet
Grams of this war who are interest
ed in agriculture, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture will place kits
containing samples of available in
formation in separation centers,
hospitals, libraries, and vocational
guidance and retraining centers of
the Army, Navy, Air Forces, and
the Veterans Administration. These
kits will be available for review
in approximately 1000 places in the
Continental u. S. and overseas. Ac-
companying each kit will be order
blanks on which the veteran or
serviceman can order by simple
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19

Army Nurse Corps today is 5000
nurses short of its June goal Of
$4,000 nurses. Before July /, 1945.
there must be an increase in nurs-
ing strength in this country of near
ly $4,000 nurses in the military and
government services, and more than
$4,000 for civilian needs, or total
of nearly $4,000 additional nurses,
according to the Public Health Ser
vice. 1t is expected, however, that
most of this need will be met by
graduates from the U. S. Cadet
Nurse Corps It is anticipated that
more than 10000 student nurses
will graduate between July l945
and July l, 1916. To help meet these
needs further there is an immediate
urgency for 10000 new student
nurses to fill spring classes by June
30, and for an additional 10000 new
students during the period from
July /, l945 to June 80, 1916, OWL
was told
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19

The government needs and asks
its citizens in the l80th week of the
war against Japan to:
l. Buy your overseas serviceman
bond during the 7th War Loan
drive, and tell him you have done
SO on a V-Mail gift certificate, OBJ
tainable wherever war bonds are
sold.
2. Stay on your war job until VIC
tory over Japan. If manpower
needs in your industry are chang
ing, your U. S. Employment Service
Office can tell you the nearest job
where you are needed.
3. Continue to buy only what you
need. Reconversion has started, but
Americas factories cannot produce
sufficient civilian goods to end the
threat of initiation while Pacific
war needs continue.
Reminders
Meats, Fats: Red stamps VS., rs.
and Az through Do good until June
2; red stamps E2 through j good
until June 80; red stamps K2
through Pr good until July 81; red
stamps o. through W good until
August 81.
Processed Foods: Blue stamps HI
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-05-19
RATION REMINDER
Vitanin C.

Just because it's third in the al
phabet doesn't mean that vitamin
C takes back seat among vitamins
when it comes to accomplishment
It's a one -vitamin wave OF destruc-
ton against scurvy. and it prevents
allied symptoms that are forerun-
ners of scurvey such as loss of
weight, paleness, general weakness,
shortness of breath, swollen or
bleeding gums, swollen ankles and
legs, and loose teeth.
It's not just preventative vita
min, however. More vitamin c
seems to be needed by persons do
ing strenuous muscular work A
cold or an infection of some kind
in the body seems to call for more
vitamin c too. Extra amounts taken
before and after surgical operations
seem to hasten healing.
Although ascrobic acid, as vita
min c is known, wasn't identified
until 1881, its Importance to health
had been recognized for some time
This was due to the discovery that
citrus fruits could prevent scurvy
which had been the plague of peo-
pie throughout the world since the
days of the Crusades.
Most vitamin c worries come
during the winter months when
fresh fruits and vegetables aren't
so abundant. This time of year the
vitamin c standbys are oranges,
grapefruit, tangerines, lemons or
the other citrus varieties Canned
tomatoes, raw cabbage and salad
green's are good vitamin c sources.
Cooked green's provide vitamin G
too if not cooked too much Because
they are used often, potatoes con-
tribute quite a bit of vitamin c,
especially when served in their
jackets
Since vitamin c is easily Destroy
ed by contact with air, is destroy