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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Lobor Committee
PIuns Action

Plans for joint labor legisla-
tive action were made at a meet
ing of the AFL and CIO unity
committee held at Local IL
headquarters on March 81.
United support was voted for
the proposed amendments to the
Ohio Unemployment Compensa-
ton bill embodied in Senate bill
"a and House bill 1877 now pend
ing before the state legislature.
1t was agreed that two mem
bers of the committee, one from
the AFL and one from the CIO
would be sent to Columbus on
March 27 to confer with both
the AFL and CIO state organ
iZations and assure both unions
of the united support of the To-
ledo AFL and CIO organizations.
A report of the Columbus
meeting will be made to the
unity labor legislative commit
tee by the two labor represent
atives at another meeting of the
AFL-CIO joint committee to be
held at the Teamsters Union
Hall, 2014 Adams st. on March
20.
Additional plans were dis
cussed for securing widespread
support for the united labor
legislative movement in Toledo
by the members of the two
unions.
Also discussed were plans
calling for resumption of meet
ings between the state repre-
sentatives and senators on Satur-
day afternoons in the city coun-
Gil chamber. This practice was
followed several years ago and
was of marked value to both the
legislators and the members of
the union in explaining their po-
sitions and clarifying labor's at
titude on various pieces of legis-
lation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

tanks, planes, trucks, jeeps,
m o t orc y cles, locomotives,
machine guns and artillery,
it was learned here last week.
Consequently, it was pointed
out, union-made tanks and
trucks from Detroit o m e
driven by Russians and some by
Americans-will probably meet
in the streets of Berlin.
Here is what American work
ers have turned out for Russia,
according to the Foreign Econ
omic Administration; 345,000
motor trucks; 3,205,000 sets of
tires and tubes; 10000 motor
cycles; $4,000 jeeps. more than
half of the Soviet army's sup
plies on some fronts are being
carried by these trucks" accord
ing to FEA.
More than $4,000 American
airplanes, ''the largest alloca-
ton of planes to any individual
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
URWDSEA
Council
To Meet

Representatives e t e d to
represent their Local unions in
the Toledo Joint Council of the
United Retail, Wholesale, De-
partment Store Employees, CIO
will hold their first meeting and
organize the council along per-
manent lines at their headquar-
ters, 215 Summit st. March 80.
Lawrence Steinberg, Ohio Di-
rector of the Union will attend
the first meeting and assist in
the program and agenda to plan
the future of the new organiza-
ton.
Clayton Rusch, PAC chairman
and Ollie Pecord, managing edi-
tor of the TOLEDO UNION
JOURNAL will speak briefly
on PAC at the meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Avery
Reflected


Home er Avery, was re-
elected to serve his third term
as chairman of the WHY'S
Overland Unit of Local IL at
the Unit elections held March
Is, Is and II. He was unopposed.
Also reelected without opposi-
ton was Ray Wales, Unit vice
chairman.
Others who were chosen to
serve on the Unit executive
committee include: Robert Sc
ger, Pete Williams, Tom Noyes,
Lamar Hussey, Andrew Jones,
Stanley Rokicki, Charles Kahle,
Claude Hess and George Teat-
sorth. All but Mr.. Rokicki and
Tom Noyes had previously
served on the committee.
Others Elected
Ell d e n a Donovan was re-
elected to serve as Unit sec
retary, Gus Schwachenwald was
unopposed for treasurer.
Michale Burke was reelected
for three year term as trustee.
Record clerk, Lena Williams,
incumbent was also reelected.
Others elected were Horace
(Hoot) Gibson, sergeant
Harry Pomeroy, Arnold Shenof-
sky, Leo Zelinski, A Patlin,
Bernard Krieger, Joseph Crap
sey, August Zeigelhofer, Otto
Hansen, Sylvester Arquette, Ber-
nard Stephenson, Norman Vroo-
man, Raymond Mcguire, Stephen
Karoli, Sixto Candelerro, and
Benjamin Baum, assistant SER
geant-at-arms.
Entertainment chairman, Otto
Scharf, vice chairman CENTER
tainment) Robert Hill; secretary,
Rose Martin. Welfare chairman,
Bob Cousino, vice chairman,
Ray Cooper; welfare vice-chair-
woman, Maud Brown; secretary,
Loretta Schilinger.
Officers will be installed
at the regular meeting of
the Unit, Friday, April 6 at the
Civic Auditorium. Richard Cos
ser, Director, Region 2-B, hon
orary chairman and member of
the Unit will be installing
officer.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

DeInOcraLlc leaders IN the
House, plus parliamentary
scheming, accounted for the
action of the lower chamber.
Adopt voluntary" Measure
Two weeks ago the Senate, by
the overwhelming majority of
63 to 16, adopted a measure
mainly of a voluntary" nature
which gives the force of law to
present controls of the War
Manpower Commission, plus
penalties solely on employers
who wilfully violate certain of
these controls.
To head off House approval of
that measure, Administration
leaders got the House Rules
Committee to report out a rule
which was calculated to give
that chamber no alternative but
to reject the Senate measure and
send the issue to conference.
Thus, opponents of compul-
sion could not get a clean-cut
vote on the proposition. They
had to muster enough strength
first to defeat the rule before
they could put over either the
Senate measure or any other
voluntary bill
Debate Limited
Debate was confined to a sim
gle hour and after that, under
pressure from leaders of the
House, members sustained the
rule-by a vote of 211 to lit.
That made it impossible to offer
any alternative proposition.
AS the conference committee
is set up, however, deadlock
seems inevitable. Members nam
ed by Speaker Sam Rayburn of
the House to the committee are:
A. j. May, Dem, KY; R. Ewing
Thomson, DEM, Tex; Overton
Brooks, Dem. La; Walter C. An
drews, Rep. N. Y. and Dewey
Short, Rep. Mo. All but Short
are on record for the May
"work-or-jail" bill.
On the other hand, Vice Presi-
dent, Harry S. Truman, as presi-
dent of the Senate, named to the
committee: Ebert D. Thomas,
Dem. Utah; Edwin c. Johnson,
Dem. Colo; Joseph c. O'Ma-
honey, Dem. Wyo.; Harold H.
Burton, Rep. Ohio and Warren
R. Austin, Rep. VT. Of these
five only Austin has championed
compulsory legislation. Th e
other four voted for the Senate's
voluntary bill.
Thus, union leaders feel that
a long tug-of-war in the COM
mittee is in sight with the final
outcome still much in doubt.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

Arkansas. Also in many other
states united by the AFL,
CIO and the Railroad Bro
therhoods labor was successful
in slowing up anti-labor bills
that had been thrown into the
legislative hoppers.
In Vermont, the Senate reject
ed an "anti-coercion" bill, pre-
viously passed by the House
which, under the guise of for
bidding threats or intimida-
ton" by unions, would have
outlawed strikes and
unions to damage suits
for any actions of their men,
bers, whether authorized or not.
An even more important vic
tory was scored by organized
labor in Arkansas. There, the
state legislature adjourned after
refusing to adopt an enabling
law to make effective the mis-
named freedom to YORK"
to the constitution
which the states voters passed
by a narrow majority in a ref
last fall.
Since then, Arkansans have
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Tonights
The Night

Of course you want to
hear Walter p. Reuther,
International UAW CIO
vice-president who speaks
tonight at Local IL head
quarters on the problems
of the skilled trades. You
will h e ar one of the
outstanding labor author
tiles in America speaking
on a subject which is of par
ticular importance at this
time. All skilled workers
are invited to tOnight's
meeting. If you will come
early you can be certain to
secure a seat.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

nation on our entire lend-lease
program" have given Russia the
airpower to flatten Nazi defenSes
along the entire route from Rus
sia through Poland, Bulgaria,
Romania, Hungary and Ger
many.
Six thousand tanks, which at
the beginning of the war actual
ly carried U. S. union labels,
were sent to Russia, along with
1900 self-propelled guns, 1900
half tracks, $500 armored scout
cars, 5000 guns of varied sizes,
including antiaircraft; $500
artillery prime movers, and
l,700 ordnance vehicles.
Soviet armies, declared the
FEA, "are using millions of tons
of American made ammunition
and equipment" More than
l 100000 tons of petroleum
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Edge TO Head
LocoI Ia

Frank Edge, of the Toledo
Machine and Tool Unit was
elected president of Local IA,
UAW-CIO at its March IA cleo
ton. He succeeds James Cook
who headed the Local the previ-
Gus year.
Others elected were R. d.
Good, vice-president; Thomas
N. Russell, financial secretary,
Murrell w. Morris, recording
secretary; George Szymanski,
sergeant-at-arms; La wrence
Dudley, guide; Clarence Fore
man, trustee; Clarence Snyder,
recreational director and John
Bender, educational director.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

is waiting to see where it
lands.
First: three weeks ago, at
a meeting of the Retaining and
Unemployment Advisory Coun-
Gil, the Legion proposed a plan
which would cancel the senior
ity of all war workers from
May l, 1910.
Second: when the other vet
eran's organizations baked at
this proposal which would throw
millions of war workers out on
the street, the Legion back
tracked and signed a plan which
provided that "vet' ran-seniority
credits shall not be used to dis
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

president of the United Auto
Workers-CIO, declared here
lrwe, week.
pacHyashington for a War La
Inc Inc 1oard hearing on UAW de-
4 Ids for pay raises for 10000
General Motors maintenance
workers, Reuther asserted that
the companies had deliberately
melted walkouts by firing union
men and by other provocations.
The UAW leader cited the state
ments by GIN representatives at
the hearing on maintenance
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Byrnes Makes
Momenfous Discovery

WASHINGTON (LPA)-War
Mobilization Dire tor James
Byrnes came awake belatedly
last week to the fact that there
are hundreds of thousands of
war workers throughout the
country who work on second
and third shifts. 1t also occurred
to him that these workers eat
and that therefore the midnight
curfew closing all eating places
that were not open all night long
in the past worked a definite
hardship on countless workers.
Consequently Byrnes authorized
the War Manpower Commission
to grant exemptions from the
curfew to restaurants serving
meals to war workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

wages as indication of that
firms continued anti-union at
titudes.
The GIN spokesmen flatly op-
posed SC an hour increase for
maintenance men, contending
that such a raise would "un-
stabilize" the entire wage struc-
ture of the auto industry, not
only in Detroit but also through
out the country. Reuther denied
this and WLB chairman George
w. Taylor said that he had not
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

members who had been
signed up, it was the decision
of PAC authorities to con-
tinue the drive. "We expect to
reach our quota of new members
within the next few months and
believe we will sign up at least
10000 into the organization" he
said.
A large part of the interest in
PAC is believed by officials of
the organization to be due to
the PR repeal and city council
manic election.
Sponsor PR Petitions
Petitions asking that PR re-
peal be placed upon the ballot
in the November election are
now circulating in many shops
and will be scattered throughout
the entire city by the first of
next week. Those who have
signed the petitions as members
of the sponsoring committee are
Melvin Schultz, president of Lo-
cal IL, UAW- -CIO; Ollie Pecord
managing editor, TOLEDO UN-
ION JOURNAL; Ivo Erwin, In
ternational repres mt a tive:
URWDSEA-CIO; Carl j. Chris
,,7 nSen, attorney, and Harry B.
Th- and, atttrney.
tho ri. Christensen, former
IN aidate for mayor under the
old 21-man council form of gov
ernment, is an avowed foe of
PR. He was police prosecutor
under Mayor Bernard Brough,
municipal judge from 1925 to
1927 and served as county prose-
cutor from 1880 to 1882. He is
a Republican.
Harry B. Kirkland, a practic-
ing attorney, is a long time op-
ponent of the PR system. He
wrote a series of pamphlets
against PR prior to its introduc-
tion into the Toledo city charter.
He also is Republican.
Plan Joint Meeting
Tentative plans are being
made by PAC officials for a gen.
eral membership meeting in
April to which members of civic
and neighborhood clubs inter
ested in repeating the PR sys-
tenn will be invited.
PAC is sparing no effort to
concentrate on the PR system
and is planning an active and
aggressive campaign against the
present form of electing city
councilmen. A speakers COM
mittee has been formed which
will supply speakers for any
type of meeting to explain the
PR system to the voters and tell
why it should be repealed. Many
calls from organizations, labor
unions, civic and neighborhood |
clubs have already been re-
celVed.
Chairman Rusch stated that |
dozens of calls have come to
him from various groups not as
sociated with any labor union
seeking recall petitions to circu-
late among their membership.
There are still plenty of peti-
tions left to be passed out and
anyone may obtain them by
calling at PAC headquarters,
425 Winthrop ST., or phoning
Main Q126.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

place a worker on a job or to
dispose a worker involved in a
temporary layoff of 80 days or
less"
Third: Last week the Legion
withdrew from the agreement,
throwing the whole question of
veterans seniority into confu-
sion again-at least as far as the
governments Retaining and
Unemployment Administration is
concerned.
The Legion's two intensified
long-standing doubts of union
leaders concerning that organi-
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Credid Unions TO Meet

The Toledo Chapter of Credit
Unions will hold its regular
meeting on Wednesday, March
%, at the Coop Center, 1922
Adams St. Meeting to be called
at 800 p. m. Attorney Walter
w. Kohn will discuss the sub
ject, Credit Unions and the
G. l. Bill of Rights" Questions
will be invited.
Refreshments will be served
after the meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Work -Or-Jai| Law
Argued In Congress
| LeadersAsreeLabo |
Nav Win Out

WASHINGTON, March II GPA) - Organized labor
suffered temporary setback in its battle against forced
labor legislation when the House sent the issue to
ference committee both chambers of Congress week.
However while labor has lost skirmish it hasn't lost
the war yet long struggle in the conference is anc
paed and things stand now appears that the Senate
will stand firm aagnst work-or-ail egisation labor
may still win out in the end, union leaders agree
Strong pressure from the Administration and from
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

Sgt. Roy III. Reiner, a MEM
Der of Local IL, UAW-CIO,
Champion Unit is a member
of the Third Air Division
which was cited by the Presi-
dent for its now historic Eng
land-tO-Africa shuttle bomb
ing of a Messerschmidt air.
craft factory at Begensburg,
Germany. Sgt. Rainer, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Roy Rainer, 1866
PalmwoOd Ave. has been
member of the AAF since
March, 1912 and has COM
pleted one years service with
the 452nd Bomb Groups con-
troll tower detachment.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Gear Council
TO Hold Election

DETROIT, March 17-Dele-
gates to the National Gear, Axle
and Transmission Council, UAW-
CIO, meeting here last week set
May 26 as the date for nomina-
tions and election of Council of
ficers. The meeting will be held
at Buchanan, Mich.
Delegates were up in arms at
the various company manage
ments for abuses which have oc-
Cured in plants affiliated with
the Council. Council President
Harold Wilson reported that in
one department in his plant in
Lansing, wages had been cut
from S1.14 to 80 cents an hour
in order to place women on the
job. Piece work prices and
speedup were also reptrted from
other sections.
A statement was released by
the Council urging local unions
to fight against the provocations
coming from management and
offered its assistance to those
who were being subjected to
and wage cuts.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Union-Made Tanks
Drive Into Germany

WASHINGTON, March 19-(LPA)-Whenever the Rus
sian and American armies meet in Germany that meeting
will have been arranged by American trade union workers
The Russian drive into Hter's crumbling Reich has
been powered bY hundreds of thousands of Amercanmade
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
l. esion Confused on
Seniority Question

WASHINGTON, March II (LPA) - The American Lee
gon for the second time in three weeks has doubecosSed
itself and organized labor AS of this week the Legion doesn't
know where it is; it's just whrng the question of vet
seniority And because is whrng organized labor
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
Auto Firms Expected To
Continue Provocations

WASHINGTON, March II QPA) = Detroit auto and
aircraft manufacturers be expected continue their eff
forts to provoke such strikes the the Briggs
Manufacturing Co.. and the Dodge Main plant which made
more than $4,000 workers idle, Walter Reuther vice
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
UniOn-Busting
Driue SLOlUed
Labor Rolls Up Victories
Against Legislation

WASHINGTON, March 20 CLPA)-The tide has turned
in the state legislatures where laborhaers had concentra
ed their heaviest fire this year In state after state labor has
rolled up victories against bills designed to smach unions
Latest trumphs occurred in Vermont Arizona and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23
PAC Membership Passes
Last Years Toledo Total
PR Repeal Petitions
Gain Many Signatures

PAC membership now exceeds by several thousand
members the number which secured by the organza
ton at the height of the 1914 presidential campaign
ing to Clayton Rusch, PAC chairman
Mr. Rusch stated that due to the large number of
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

Toledo delegates who attended
the Detroit meeting of the Ma
tional Gear Council were Charles
DeGroff, Herman Schick and
Carl Schick, all from the Spicer
Unit of Local II, UAW-CIO.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-23

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
OVER THE NETWORKS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 90
Eastern Standard Time PM. Subtract
Changes in programs ~ listed are due
to corrections by networks made
too late to incorporate
4:00-Two Hour Holiday Variety chs
5:30-Just Plain Bill, Dramatic nbc
The Jack Armstrong Serial - abc-east
Captain Midnight's Story - mbs-bssic
5:45-Front Page Farrell Serial - Ebc
Tennessee Jed, Drama skit - abc-east
Hop Harrigan in Repeat - other abe
Tom Mix, Serial Series mbs-basic
6:00-News Report for Is Minis. - nbc
Fifteen Minutes of News cbs-basic
Dancing Music Orchestra other chs
Walter Herman and News abc-east
Repeat of the Terry Serial - abc-west
Howe in Answers, Repeat - mbs-west
6:15-Echoes of Tropics; Sports - nbc
Patti Clayton Sings Some Songs - chs
Repeat from Dick Tracy - abc-west
Repeat Superman Serial mbs-west
6:30-Encore Appearance Concert-cbs
Jack Armstrong in Repeat abc-west
Repeat by Capt. Midnight mbs-west
6:45-Lowell Thomas & Newscast nbc
World News and Commentary chs
Charlie Chan Adventures - abc-basie
Tennessee Jed in Repeat - abc-west
Tom Mix Serials Repeat - mbs-west
7:00-Radios Supper Club - nbc-basic
Fifteen Min. Sponsored Series chs
News Commentary & Overseas abe
Fulton Lewis, Jr. & Comment mbs
7:15-News & Comment of WORLDWIDE
Tenor Jack Smith Sings cbs-basic
The Vic and SADIE Sketch - other chs
Raymond Swing and Comment - abe
Dancing Music for Is Minis. - mbs
7:0-Bob Burns Comedy nbc-basic
Mr.. Keen, 80 Min. Drama - cbs-basic
Dancing Music Orchestra - other chs
The Green Hornets Mystery - abe
Arthur Hale & Comment mbs-east
7:45-Kaltenborn Comment - nbc-west
Inside of Sports, Bill Brandt mbs
8:00-Geo. Burns & Oracle Allen - nbc
Suspense Mystery Drama Show chs
Lum and Abner Comedy Skit abe
Raising a Husband Quiz Show mhA
8:15-Earl Goodwin in Comment abe
8:30-Dinah Shores Open House nbc
The FBI in Peace and War chs
America Town MeetingS Forum abe
Dick Powell Mystery Drama n1bs
8 :55-Five Minutes News Period - chs
9:0o-Frank Morgan Music Hall - nbc
Music from Andre Kostelanetz chs
Gabriel Heater and Comment mbs
9:15-Real Life Stories, Drama --mbs
9:30-Jack Haley's Variety nbc-basic
Hobby Lobby by Dave Elman chs
Detect and Collect by a Quiz abe
Weekly Serenade by Antonini mbs
9;55-Five Minutes News Show abe
~ VV-ApOOLI O. NoStcIo SOllleuy - nDC
First Line Drama, About Navy chs
Curtain Time, Dramatic Series abe
You & The News Dramatic. - mbs
10:30-The Rudy Vallee Variety nbc
The Danny O'Neil Song Theater chs
To Be Announced $50 Mins) - abe
Chicago's Swings the Thing mbs
11:00-News for Is Minutes nbc-basic
The Supper Club, Repeat other nbc
News, Variety, Dance h.-cbs & abe
News Dance Band Shows 2 hr - mbs
1l:l5-Variety and News to am. nbc
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Nov. 21-(P)- The
nervous rye futures market, which
moves sharply on small transac-
tons, dipped the 5 cents a bushel
daily limit at times today on sell
ing apparently influenced partly by
reports that cash rye may be de-
xvered here on December con-
tracts.
Wheat was firm early but weak
ened with rye in late trade. Oats
were weak throughout, dropping
more than a cent at times, on sell
ing influenced by heavy corn book
ings estimated at more than 300,-
900 bushels and by reports that
Northwestern oats are being
brought here.
Also discouraging to rye traders
was announcement of the Depart
ment of Agriculture that use OF
rye for beverage alcohol making ir
December will be restricted to one
fourth the average monthly guam
titles of rye used by each plan
during September and October.
Rye closed unchanged to 5 cent!
lower than the previous finish
December $1.86 IL, wheat was I'm
changed to IL down, December
$1.80 IL ceilings, oats were 81
down to 1-8 UP, December IA IA
and barley was off 1 1-8 to l g.
cents, December $1.20 "a.