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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-13

war was fired by an obsolete Al
am hour before the JapS dropped
Northwestern University boosted
today that an alumnuS, Comdr
oscar W, Goepner, "a, Of High
land Park III, gave the order 10
Ere on a Jap submarine operating
IN restricted waters.
The submarine was sunk by the
crafts fire and depth bombs, &C
cordinc 20 official naval informa-
ton in the new book, Battle Re-
port.
Loss than an hour later, the
American ships crew saw dense
smoke arising from bombed Pearl
Harbor The submarine had been
part Of the enemyS task force,
advancing on Honolulu
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-13
Accept Byrnes' Bid

WASHINGTON. oct. i QNS)
Australia and Canada have ac-
cepted Secretary Of State Byrnes'
invitation 20 send delegates 10
Washington for the Far Eastern
advisory commission meeting set
far 1Ct-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-13
YankS Sink Jap Sub
Before Pearl HarbOr

EVANSTON H. Oct y lINS-The first shot of the Pacific
fired obsolete American destroyer nearly
hnra The drnnped their Pearl Harbor
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08
Glass Workers
To Conduct
Strike Vote

Members of the Flat Glass
Workers-CIO will hold strike
vote under the Smith -Connally
Act on June IA, according to an
announcement made early this
week by union officials. The
strike vote will be conducted in
all Libbey-Owens-Ford plants
under jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Disputed points in their con-
tract led the glass workers to
make application for the strike
vote following the breakdown of
their negotiations with the man.
agements of the Libbey-Owens-
Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Co. Negotiations which were
held at Atlantic City beginning
April Is, broke up on May 2,
when the differences between
the companies and union could
not be settled. Application for
the strike vote followed.
Approximately 10000 glass
workers in the flat glass indus
try will be effected by the vote.
Efforts to renew negotiations
are under way at the present
time with union officials and re-
presentatives of the plant man
agements meeting in Cleveland.
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Truman Opposed
Forced Lubor

WASHINGTON, j u n e 3 -
(LPA)-President Truman has
never believed in compulsory
labor controls, he indicated last
week in an unpublicized confer
ence with more than so labor
and n d ustry representatives
gathered in Washington for a
meeting of regional and national
management-Labor Committees.
Truman made it clear that he
was always in favor of volun-
tary methods in dealing with
wartime manpower problems.
The President also said that one
of the toughest war jobs that
labor and management have to
face will come when the shoot
ing is over. His concern with
reconversion problems, cutbacks
and unemployment impressed
both labor and management rep
resentatives who were invited to
the White House to meet him.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08

savings could be swallowed up in
a matter of months If prices
were to be inflated.
The Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee last week
voted Professionally to approve
extension of the Price Control
Act for one year without amend
ment.
Second Senate amendment to
draw labor fire is a proposal by
Sen. Ebert Thomas ID. Okla
to force OPA to set prices that
will allow profits on each item
manufactured. This would cover
many classes of agricultural
goods, both foods and textiles.
This, labor men say, would re-
suit in a profit grab second only
to the notorious "cost plus" mill
tary procurement contracts.
Deadline for both Senate and
House action is June 81, 1945
when the present act setting up
OPA expires.
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without crippling amend
ments, is being put on by the
% organizations back of Price
Control Week.
In the Senate, a counter-drive,
headed by Sen. Robert Taft (R.
Ohio) is attempting to send the
). nations price control machinery
bto a slow death. Admitting that
they cannot block some extern
sion of the OPA machinery, Taft
and his colleagues will attempt
to get an extension for only six
months from June 81, 1945.
Labor Opposes Proposal
Vigorous opposition to this is
coming from labor representa-
tives here, who point out that
the months extension would
allow price controls to be drop
ped at the most crucial time in
the reconversion from war TO
peace production, at time when
there will be many workers
needing jobs, and when wartime
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08

would number 100 by June
is.
At a meeting of committee
members, all of whom are spon-
sors of the legislation designed
to provide the first Federal pro-
gram for full employment N
U. S. history, Rep. F. Neely, Cd.
w. Va.), presented resolution
instructing Rep. Wright Patman
Cd. Tex.), one of the authors of
the bill, to name IL members to
an executive committee to steer
the projected law through the
a n ticipated d Congressional
battles.
VinsOn Backing Expected
Meanwhile, labor leaders and
Congressman backing the pro-
posed bill were encouraged by
information that War Mobiliza-
ton Director Fred Vinson would
submit to Congress a vigorous
endorsement of the full employ
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ment legislation. The Vinson
statement will be construed not
only as an endorsement by Presi-
dent Truman but also as an in
dication that the Administration
definitely wants Congress to ap-
prove the bill, according to Con-
gresSional leaders.
Hearings on the bill will start
before the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee late in
June after the Breton Woods de-
bate is concluded. The bill will
probably not reach the Senate
floor until September or Octo-
Der.
Rep. Patman has made 1t
clear that he expects organized
labor and other groups interest
ed in passage of the legislation
to conduct "a great crusade" in
its support before the bill comes
Continued on page 2
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for
Plain Talk
By
Tom Burke
Local II,
UAW-CIO

The opening of the drive
this week to secure money
with which to build a wading
kool at the Toledo Society for
Crippled Children in honor of
the memory of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, calls to mind the
work which has been done by
members of the CIO to aid the
children at the home.
Too much credit cannot be
given to Charlie Becker and,
the other members of the
Spicer committee which spent
many months of time and eff
fort in order to create a ma
chine which would simplify
the Kenny pack treatment of
infantile paralysis for the
cases at the home.
Great credit must also be
given to the Spicer workers
who contributed their money
and efforts to the cause with
,put which the work could not
have gone on. Again, I want
to compliment the manage
ment of the Spicer Co. for its
cooperation and interest in the
work which was done to per-
feet the polio pack machine.
INTEREST GROWS
With the polio pack machine
developed to the point where
it has been pronounced the
most efficient yet produced,
interest in the apparatus has
been shown from many
sources. Doctors, hospitals, the
Detroit Infantile Paralysis
Foundation, many unions and
others have expressed their
desire to see the machines
placed in their local hospitals.
Nor did Charlie Becker's
ninterest stop with the desire to
produce a machine that would
give a more efficient and less
cumbersome method of treat
ing polio cases, for it was he,
who after many visits to the
home where the crippled chill
dren are treated, conceived the
idea of building the wading
pool which now is on its way
to becoming a reality.
HAPPY PROJECT
The wading pool, to be
erected in memory of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt is a particular
ly happy project, for it will
be an aid to the children in
overcoming the handicap of
polio, providing them with
Continued on page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08
War Passes
TriIIion Mark

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The
Allies and the Axis have spent
more than 260 billion dollars a
year to fight each other, Ameri-
can University experts report
here, and to date the war has
cost the u. S. even more than
it cost Germany. The total ex-
penditure (since Germany began
to arm in 1934) is l trillion, 80
billion dollars, which, if divided
equally, would have given more
than $500 to every man, woman
and child in the world.
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JAW Leader
Seeks Detroit
Moyor's Post

DETROIT, June 6-LPA) -
Richard Frankensteein, vi e
president of the United Auto
w or k e s-CIO, candidate for
mayor of Detroit, has been given
the endorsement of the Wayne
County Industrial Union Council
and the Wayne County Political
Action Committee. Primaries
will be held in August with the
November runoff between the
two candidates who poll the
highest number of primary
votes. Because of Detroit's nom
partisan form of municipal gov
ernment candidates carry no
party labels.
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S70 Tor 4U members or the
Unit.
Tom Burke, committee secre-
tary, commenting on the Klop-
ping Units prompt response to
the drive, said, II have no doubt
that the surprising response of
the Hopping Unit to the Roose-
welt Memorial Pool will be du-
plicated in most of the CIO shops
in Toledo. The President, when
he was living, was the friend of
all the workers and they are an
xious to show their feeling by
donating to this extr m y
worthy cause"
Entire CIO Participates
The committee in charge of
the fund drive is composed of
representatives of all Interna-
tional CIO unions affiliated with
the Toledo Industrial Union
Council, which is coordinating
the project. Members of all CIO
shops will be given an opportu-
nifty to make their donation as
the containers are passed through
the various plants.
Containers for donations in
CIO shops were given out at last
Mondays meeting to all mem
bers of the committee and the
balance were distributed on the
following day. The drive will
continue through July 3.
Richard Gosser, chairman of
the drive, when informed of its
good beginning said, Il am very
glad to know that our idea of the
memorial is shared by CIO mem
bers. 1t is my hope that this
drive will be a great exhibition
of CIO solidarity, and sentiment
for our late President and those,
who, like him, are afflicted by
polio. We can do for the children
at the Toledo Society for Grip
pied Children's Home and in the
doing be sure that we are doing
something that would be pleas
ing to our late leader"
Mr.. Burke announced that
more than 500 was turned in by
the committee when the drive
was opened on Monday. He said
that additional containers may
be obtained by calling his office
or the TOLEDO UNION JOUR-
NAL.
Totai collections for all shops
will be announced at the COM
pletion of the drive.
The pool which will cost in ex-
cess of $4,000 will be constructed
by the H. j. Spieker Co. as soon
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kruq's S+ofemen+
Not Approved

WASHINGTON, j u n e A -
GPA)-WPB Chairman Krug's
prediction that practically all
major war production restric-
tions will be removed before the
end of the year was not author
lied by President Truman.
While wartime. restrictions in
Guiding the wage freeze are con-
tinued, Krug announced more
and more lifting of bans on in
dustry. The conspicuous failure
of the White House to endorse
the Krug statement increased
Washington speculation as to
whether Krug may not be
"feathering his nest" for a prof
table job in private industry in
the near future.
Nevertheless, labor leaders
predict that the lifting of indus
try and business controls will
not be matched by relaxation of
controls over labor.
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office.
Food shortages - in large
part the result of poor or ir-
responsible planning by the
current food agencies = are the
major prolems.
Meat will continue to be in
short supply, regardless of fed
eral actions to be taken in COM
ing months. These new govern
ment actions will help out con-
siderably next year, but we are
now reaping the results of War
F o d Administrator M arv n
Jones' "bare shelf" policy, car
ried out at the dictates of the big
food processing interests.
VIA Criticized
Major criticism of the current
meat production program from
labor sources has been aimed at
War Food Administration, which
refused to allow the setting of
quotas for the number of cattle
federally inspected slaughterers
could buy. This leaves a serious
gap in the "rationing" of the
supply of animals among the
various slaughtering establish
ments. 1t means that the federal
ly inspected packerS-most Of
whom are the big producers of
meat-will have to compete for
the available cattle. Once they
start paying more than ceiling
prices for the cattle, they will
have to sell the products on the
black market, and the vicious
circle will start, ending up with
consumers forced to choose be-
tween paying the exhorbitant
black market prices or going on
meatless diets.
Meanwhile, OPA predicts that
June meat supplies will provide
about 2O1 million pounds
week as against PA million
pounds a week in May. Pork
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08
Polio Machine
Scores Hit
Medical Men Proise
Spicer Pack invention

DETROIT, May 81 (Spe-
cial)-High tribute was paid
to the polio pack machine
which was demonstrated here
last Sunday at Herman Kiefer
Hospital, before group of med,
ical men and union officials by
members of the Spicer Unit
Committee of Local II, UAW-
CIO, Toledo, inventors of the
apparatus.
Assisted by Herman Kiefer
Hospital nurses, members of the
Spicer group gave practical
demonstration of the use of the
machine on a young polio pa
tient.
Among guests at the demon
stration were DR.. Bruce Doug
las, Detroit health commissioner;
DR.. Frederick l. Top, medical di-
rector, Herman Kiefer Hospital;
Major Frederick Fink, surgeon
generals office; Abner Larned,
chairman Waye County National
Infantile Paralysis Foundation,
and many others active in the
fight against infantile paralysis.
All paid glowing tribute to the
fine machine built by the UAW-
CIO members.
Praises Machine
DR.. Douglas declared that he
had never seen a machine of
o m p a b e efficiency, and
others expressed the view that it
would be of great help to over
worked hospital staffs. Abner
Larned urged immediate manu-
facture of the machine and said
he would like to purchase sew
eral for his organization at once.
Walter P. Reuther introduced
the guests from Toledo after tell
ing the story of the machine. He
pointed out that the work had
been done and financed by mem
bers of the Spicer Committee
and workers in the shop and
represented in time and money
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hClllOClo VI Vic dShdA VI
MESA are worried about a
number of things and show
but slight hesitation in airing
their worries and opinions to
members of the United Auto
Workers employed at the Pack
ard Motor Car Co. according to
information passed around the
plant during the past week.
Chief concern of the workers
is the threatening attitude taken
by William Wiseboom, MESA
committee chairman since the
firing of Al Clayton several
weeks ago after the latter had
condemned what he termed
dirty MESA politics"
Sympathies of many MESA
members have gone with Clay
ton and Harold Barton, a friend
of Clayton's who beat Wiseborn
to the punch and resigned be-
fore he was fired. Word of
MESA sympathy for the two
members, Clayton and Barton,
has reached the ears of Wise
boom and he is making no secret
of his intentions to "get them"
In Bad Spot
Earl Streeter, head of the To-
ledo MESA is also reported to be
worried about the situation at
Packard. He finds himself, ac-
cording to his own admission, in
a position of being forced to give
Wiseboom his backing, at the
same time disappearing of the
overbearing and threatening at
titude shown by the Packard
MESA chairman.
Streeter is said to have pri-
vately acknowledged that "the
way things now stand at Pack
ard, it looks bad for us, and is
racking his brain to find some
way of either getting rid of
Wiseboom or slowing down on
the raiding it has sought to ac-
complish among CIO members.
Nor does the concern of MESA
over the drive to reorganize CIO
production workers into the
MESA end with Mr.. Streeter,
for only a few days ago, Mat
thew Smith, national MESA sec
retary, made hurried call to
Toledo to secretly confer with
the local MESA head in an at
tempt to find some way to clean
up the ''mess at Packard.
Drive Backfires
Proof that the MESA raiding
tactics are backfiring came last
week when three strong MESA
adherents indicated their desire
to rid themselves of Chairman
Wiseboom or else join the Auto
Workers. Wiseboom, through
the shop grapevine has heard
these rumors and is now busy
trying to find out who the three
members are who are after his
job.
Reports that Wiseboom was
seriously considering resigning
at Packard and returning to De-
troit was borne out last week
when the MESA chairman is re-
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Union Veterans Hit
Leqion's $ Old Guard
Demand Retraction Of
Endorsement Of
'Superseniority' Memo

WASHINGTON, June 5. GPA)-Organized labor's 1913
posts in the American Legion last week hit back attempts
by the Legons reactionay right wing sabotage the
nua meeting of the Natl Conference of Union Legonnaire
in Chicago.
The Union Legionnaires had invited several speakers
from the War Dept and other government agencies and al
Lawrence j. Fenon chairman of the Legions Employ
ment Committee Fenlon only declined to appear in
sponse his comrades invitation but went of his
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NWLB
Reinsfufes
Scale Worker
CIO Members Show
Know How In Case

AS result of the know how
of CIO members of the execu-
tive committee of the Scale
Workers of Ohio, Inc, the case
of James P. Nessle, fired by the
Toledo Scale Co., management
has been satisfactorily settled by
the WLB with reinstatement and
payment of $500 ordered in lieu
of lost time while out of work.
Mr.. Nessle, employed by the
Toledo Scale Co., for more than
10 years was discharged by the
management late in 1914 follow
ing dispute based upon what
the management held was a ''re-
signation," but which William
Kenny, union president and
other committee members claim
ed was dismissal. =.
Referred to Board
When the issue could not be
settled by the union executive
committee it was referred to the
War Labor Board which in turn
ordered the case decided by an
arbitrator.
In the opinion of the arbitra-
tor, Mr.. Nessle did not quit his
position but was discharged. The
discharge, said the arbitrator,
was not for just cause and order
ed the company to reinstate the
employee and pay him $500 due
him for lost time. The company
was also ordered to restore Mr..
Nessle's seniority without loss.
The employee was ordered to re-
turn to his former position by
June 19, 1945 or lose his senior
ity.
Point to Officers
Company employees who for
merly were under the ineffec-
tual leadership of company DOM
mated members o. their union
are now pointing out that the
committee which satisfactorily
solved the case of James P. Mes
sic were all identified as CIO
members who were active in the
last drive to win the Scale Co.
employees over to Local II,
UAW- -CIO.
In addition to their leadership
of last year, it is being pointed
out that the attorney who won
the case for the employee is
member of Spicer Unit of Local
IL.
In the face of the effective
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to send copies of his refusal
to the other invited speakers
in an attempt to discourage
them from participation.
Takes Up Issue
In a letter to Fenlon the Un-
ion Legionnaires took vigorous
issue with Fenlon's attack on
their organization and his state
nlent that the labor group has
mo official standing" in the vet
erans organization.
Our organization" declared
the letter, signed by Publicity
Chairman Maurice A. Frank, sis
composed of 123 regularly chart
cred American Legion Posts
from nearly every state in the
Union and if that does not make
us official we would appreciate
your informing us wherein we
are deficient" :"
Fenlon's action was widely
construed in both labor and lib
eral circles as one of several re-
cent attempts to squelch trade
union and indepedent opinion
within Legion ranks. Evidence
has accumulated during the past
three months that the reaction
airy right wing Of the Legion is
tfrightened at the influx or World
War II veterans who may have
more progressive ideas than
members of the old guard who
hold well-paid Legion jobs.
Defines Spokesman
The Union Legionnaires' reply
to Fenlon pointed out that The
very invitation to you to speak
is proof of the fact that we do
not purport to speak for the
American Legion. We wanted
you to do that; we merely speak
on behalf of some of the mem
bers and a group of Posts in the
American Legion.
AS for authority to speak"
said the letter, I'VE are sure that
as veterans of World War 1 and
World War II and as patriotic
citizens in a democracy, we have
a right to rent room in the
Sherman Hotel, Chicago, H., to
openly discuss a subject that is
vital to US as veterans and as
workingmen."
The subject referred to, and
one of the principal topics of
discussion at the Chicago meet
ing, was the controversial inter-
pretation of Memorandum 1904
which construes the Selective
Service Act as authority for the
humping of war workers out of
their jobs by veterans regard
less of accumulated seniority.
Union Reply Sent
Copies of the Union Legion
naires' reply to Fenlon were
sent to recipients of the Fenlon
letter, including Selective Serv-
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Overhead

WASHINGTON LPA)-
This story is still good here.
"A court official spent con-
siderable tt m e explaining
the history of the American
flag to a group of aliens
see king 6 citizenship. His
audience was most atten-
tive, and the official pre-
sumed his lecture was a
success. At the conclusion
he asked, Now, what is it
that you always see flying
over this city?' There was
silence for a moment, and
then someone on the front
row popped up, blinked,
and said, 'Peejuns'."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08

WASHINGTON (LPA) = You
can stop saving cigarette butts
now. Army requirements, les
sening during May, June and
July, will make available for ma
tional distribution about 200,-
100000 packages of cigarettes,
according to the War Dept.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08

WASHINGTON, June 4 -
(LPA) - Boris Stern, noted la
Dor economist and one of the few
government officials who have
consistently advocated a greater
voice for organized labor in the
determination of Labor Dept.
policies, has been named as head
of the Industrial Relations Divi-
sion, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Labor Dept. it was disclosed last
week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08
qq.qIoo Pure
WASHINGTON NPA

WASHINGTON (LPA)-
Time lost per worker be-
cause of strikes in 1914 was
less than in any year for
which information is avail
able, according t. a report
issued by the u. S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. "The
idleness in all stoppages"
BIS pointe d out, was
equivalent in amount to the
time that would be lost il
all industry shut down for
about IA hours"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-08
Taft | eads Fight
Aqainst Controls

WASHINGTON June QPA)-With organized con-
sumers, labor and other groups cele
brang Price Control Week from June 017 the
the nations price structure is in the balance.
drive for extension of the Act for at least year.