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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Boxing In Top Spot;
Basketball Planned

An enlarged athletic program is planned by Local H.
UAWCIO, for the coming winter The Recreation Depart
men of the Local has been entrusted with athletic sched
ue which will be of the most outstanding since it's
ganization.
The program, at the present time will have boxing
shows the main event. followed closely by basketball
league and several kinds of indoor recreation for the
coming winter season.
A gymnasium is under construction and will be
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

new bags will weigh but third of the pre-
sent leather ones In addition, bag of this
material won't scratch, scuff, or even cut
when dropped on sharp rocks. Trousers will
be treated with plastic coating so that they
won't soak up early morning dew.
Postwar golf balls will give more dist
ance. A newly developed covering will en-
able the ball to travel three to five percent
farther than the present ones.
Have you ever experienced the dis
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
NATIONAL DIVISION

High Team 3-Gsme Total, De
Vilbiss No. 281S; End high
team 3-game total, Willys No. 4
2609.
High Team l-Game Total, De
Vilbiss 1917; End high team
1-game total, WHY'S No. Oil.
High Individual 9-Game Total,
George Gels 621; End high in
dividual 3-game total, John
Kuszek SIG.
High Individual 1-Game, Paul
Loehrke 256; End high individ-
ual 1-game, John Grant 237.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Football
Predictions

The following is a list of pre-
dictions for tomorrow's college
football games. The winning
team is named in the left hand
column.
Army over Pennsylvania.
Tulsa over Baylor
Clemson over Tulane.
Columbia over Princeton.
Dartmouth over Cornell.
Great Lakes over Fort Warren.
LSU over Georgia Tech.
Harvard over Brown.
Washington over Idaho.
Ohio State over Illinois.
Indiana over Pittsburgh.
Marquette over Kentucky.
Minnesota over Iowa.
Notre Dame over Northwest
ern.
Oklahoma over Missouri.
Penn State over Michigan
State.
Michigan over Purdue.
st. Mary's over UCLA.
Holy Cross over Temple.
Texas over TCU.
Navy over Wisconsin.
One of Michign's finest natu-
raj resources is her supply of
fresh water both on the surface
and underground.
Hunters report seeing many
deer in the Grousehaven area of
Michigan.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

a thin, transparent COaLlng WTl
when the swimmer is in the v
For those who like to fish
and hunt, there will be a
number of new things. too.
New and stronger leaders
will be made that won't kink
and they won't require pre-
wetting, also, they won't
mildew like silk ones do.
Hunters will get new coats
made from laminated fabric;
like those used by Marines
during the war. They will
also have improved tents. It
will be possible, for example,
to keep cooler on sweltering
nights without getting chew
ed up by mosquitoes when the
flaps are rolled up.
1t is also announced that a
tent so small that it can be
carried, folded up, in your
pocket is a postwar posi-
bility.
Jack Brady of the Spiecr
Office Workers Unit says
that he saw a sign in Phila-
delphia zoo which read-be-
lieve 1t or not-"Do not spit
at the animals" On which
side of the cages are the real
animals?
Norman Meyers, the Local
IL theatrical critic, said that
he viewed a premiere of a
stage production and the cast
was we'll balanced-they were
all terrible.
y
Aside to all of you goody
goodies-Virtue is just vice
at rest.
Kenny O'Brien, of the
Auto-Lite Unit, said TO his
friend, 81 hear that you were
out dining in a swell home
last night"
Yes" the friend said, "just
as we sat down at the table,
the host insulted me. l got so
mad that l left right after the
supper"
Then there was the boy
who killed his mother and
father, and later pleaded for
mercy on the ground that he
was an orphan.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
LADIES' DIVISION

High Team S-Game Total,
Packard 1926; high team l-game
total Packard 1872.
High Individual 3-Game Total,
Vic Truna 554; high individual
1-game, Maxine Slaughterbeck
202.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

No state in the Union is en-
tirely without some big game,
although the white-tailed deer
population of Kansas is only Is
and Delaware has only 10.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
From The
Rule Book
By Wilbert Birdie" Rule
Director of Education and Recreation

There will be many pleasant surprises for Americas
sporting enthusiasts that the has ended For inst
ance the rubber industry has made many improvements
materials for sports equipment and clothes
The golf bags will be made from lightweight plas-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Local II BOWLING
Rv Ed. Mandy

American Can Unit is leading the international Dvso
IL Bowling League This team also holds the hg
3-game total with 2709 count.
list of standings in the league to date
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

High Team 3-Game Total,
American Can 2709; End high
3-game total, WHY'S 1869.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
SHORT LIVED

squirrel that lives to be than two years old
is exceptional Approximately 5000 fox squirrels have
been tagged in the state of Michigan squirrel studies
and less than dozen of the animals known have
lived three years more.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
AMERICAN DIVISION

High Team 3-Game Total, To-
led Scale 1884; 2nd high 3-game
total, tand d Commutator
2782.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

High Individual Game, War
rem Hesselbart 269; End high in
dividual 1-game, Dan Zielinski
$50.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

bathing Bathing suits in the future will be treated with
thin transparent coating which will keep the suit dry
when the swimmer is in the water
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
High Individual 3-Game Total,

Frank Nadolny 695; End high in
dividual 3-game total, Don Roes-
Ter $40
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

High Team l-Game Total, Will
lys 974; 2nd high l-game total,
American Can $50.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

High Individual S-Game Total,
Dan Zielinski 662; End high in
dividual 3-game total, Hank
Laurich SAB.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
Uigh Individual al1-Game. Neal

Beck 245; End high individual
1-game, (tie) Frank Nadolny
235: John Bender 235.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Norman Meyers, the Local
IL theatrical critic, said that
he viewed a premiere of a
stage production and the cast
was we'll balanced-they were
all terrible.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Hunters report seeing many
deer in the GrouSehaven area of
Michigan.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16
High Team l-Game Total, Ma

tional Supply Squadron 1913
End high team 1-game total, To-
ledo Scale 997
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Then there was the boy
who killed his mother and
father, and later pleaded for
mercy on the ground that he
was an orphan.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-11-16

Aside to all of you goody
eoodies-Virtue is just vice
at rest.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
LET THE BOYS DOWN

The above heading is not written a a'prclude to a n appeal to buy
victory bonds" What w e are thinking about right now is the series
Of wars that re spreading and threatening to spread all over the World.
While the big show was in progress in Europe and Asia we voiced
our opinion several times to the effect that this war is going to last
much longer than duration" Well, look at the mess the worlds in
and judge for yourself whether Or not We e correct
In China there is a "a between "natonaists" under a dictator
and Communists who are equally the subjects of a dictator. And in
Indonesia we find British troops shooting the hell out of very helish
natives who insist upon having complete control of the country they
live in.
What has all that to do with letting the boys DOWN."
Well, the answer is that the boys who did the fighting and dying
feed at home, were told that they were fighting for democracy and for
a rather indefinite number of freedoms. And those who took all that.
seriously and trustuIly must certainly feel very much let down when
they look at the results of victory.
Perhaps we're wrong, of course. Perhaps the boys" don't know
yet that back Of the a in China is a struggle to determine which OF
the two major allies in the recent world a will determine the future
of Asia. Perhaps they don't know that the reason why it is dangerous
for Indonesians to be free has something to do with Dutch and English
investment which give people in other parts of the world the power
to exploit brown people as completely as Hitler exploited slave laborers
while he was the boss of Central Europe.
But if the boys ever find those things out-and still remember
the things they fought for-theyre going to feel very much let down
indeed. Especially will they feel let down if, in the natural course Of
capitalist expansion, their own native exploiters succeed in developing
uds will bring unemployment to American workers. Just as Henry
Ford and others developed industries in foreign lands while millions
of Americans we're jobeSs.
No, Socialists don't feel let down when they see the nations of the
world jockeying for special privilege to rule and rob weaker peoples
Socialists never expected anything else. They know that the capitalist
system can't exist when humanity is truly free and when the strong
cease to plumber the weak at home and abroad. That's why they're
Socialists.
Reading Labor Advocate
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
The Bishops on Russia

The major present tasks of political and moral peacemakers in this
country are to help bridge the way to understanding between Russia
and the West; to counteract the bitter suspicious which have crcled
the world, including Russia, during Americas attempted monopoly
of atomic energy; and to convince all countries that America labors
for extension of political, spiritual and economic freedom everywhere.
In the face of those necessities, the Catholic bishops of the United
States have issued a declaration which amounts to a oneGded denun-
citation of Russia.
They present entirely too simple a case in denouncing the return
OF tn Baltic States to Russia. That holds true in other particulars cited
1t is not, however, the fact that Russia is criticized which creates alarm.
We certainly share, for example, the bishops hope for more democracy
accompanied by no reference to American un1ateralsm in Japan; while
RUSSIAN policy in Asia is called an enigma" nothing is said of Amer
lean armed intervention o the side of the Chungking dictatorship;
while Russia is said to attach distorted meanings" to democracy there
are NJ illusions to actions of the imperial powers in the Netherlands
East Indies and French Indo- China. The main criticism of WASHINGTON
would seem ito be against efforts to compromise with Russia.
Inc bishops, OF course. want peace. They urge broad and estima-
Ole goals Of world justice. They rightly warn against vengeance toward
The vanquished. They preach genuine Christian charity in American
relief to hungry Europe. They urge collaboration with "al or allies"
which include Russia, in making a good peace. But the declaration will
10 nave that desired effect. 1t is to be hoped that further statements
Will make 1t far clearer that a Gordon Sanitaire against the Soviet Union
is no. the bishops desire. 1t must not be Americas policy.
The Chicago Sun
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
BLIND, DEAF AND
DUMB

Don't let the big-belied beggars kid you.
They are not % blind, so deaf and so dumb IS they seem to be.
They just couldn't be.
With silk hats outstretched, the biggest corporations ar pleading
They'll take anything-the widows mite, the workers paycheck.
the jobless mans dole, the housewives savings. and even the contents
of the children's piggy bank.
They just have to, you see, according to them. It's mighty tough to
sit o n 81 billion dollars of war profits CATER taxes) and SO billion dollars
of current assets. .r.3 III
production the country is waiting for-and they need it to the tune of
billions and billions more profits.
And where can all these extra excess profits come from but from
a generous and long suffering public-from the workers wages, from
The farmers income, from the veterans mustering-out pay, from the
merchants cash register?
Are they IS blind, as deaf and as dumb as their beggars sen
would indicate? Let's see.
Are they blind to the countryS plight?
Heck, no. They see the layoffs, the unemployment and the other
disocations of reconverion, the reduced take-home pay, the crying
need for consumers goods of all kinds.
They're taking advantage of them to whip labor and the public into
submission to lower living standards and higher prices.
Are they deaf to argument? Can't they hear the unions demands
productivity increases, a 38 per cent increase in the present $22 billion
wage bill is possible, without price increases and still keeping profits
after taxes at twice the prewar level?
They're just playing deaf-waiting to see how loudly labor will
boiler, and how strongly the organized workers are to enforce their
demands.
Are they dumb? In the slang sense, yes. To use one of their favorite
expressions, they're trying to kill the goose that lays their golden eggs
purchasing power of the masses of the people that makes the
wheels of industry turn, and makes their own profits possible.
But they're not too speechless or tongueless to be able to say mo"
when the unions call for genuine collective bargaining.
The CLIO is leading the peoples fight for adequate wages and mass
purchasing power to get production going full blast.
With an aroused and wel-organized membership, and with the
public support which its constructive program deserves, it can make
even the blindest, deafest and dumbest corporations see, hear, and talk
turkey, acros the collective bargaining table.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28

with the profits of the realtors, but
to actually go into the erection of
homes, as has been done in New
York and elsewhere, would be
shocking.
National Housing Administrator
John B. Blandford, Jr., calmly an
nounces that cities must be held
responsible for housing veterans
and their families. Mayor La
-Guardia retorts: 1--WE ask for
bricks and stones and plumbing
and you give us a mimeographed
press release"
LaGuardia maintains the cities
are doing all they can. Federal aid
is needed, he declares.
Unfortunately, the real estate
lobby has tied the hands of Con-
gress and apparently it owns most
of the top-notch officials who are
charged with the task of doing
something about decent housing.
LABOR
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
HERE'S A SUGGESTION
FOR CANADA

All parties in the Canadian
Parliament seem agreed that the
Dominion should have a flag of
their own, but they can't agree on
what the flag should look like. The
government may appoint a special
committee composed of members
of Commons and the Senate to deal
with the matter.
LABOR makes bold to offer a
suggestion: During our Revolution
the members of the Continental
Congress were confronted by the
same problem. After much discus
sion, they were wise enough to
entrust the entire matter to a
woman, and Betsy Ross fashioned
"Old Glory and no one has ever
suggested a change except to. add
to the number of stars.
Here is an example our Canadian
friends might very we'll follow.
Appoint a committee of Canadian
women, and we are willing to
wager they will produce a flag
which will inspire Canadians for
centuries to come-and they won't
indulge in endless quibbling.
LABOR
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
BOOKINGS BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN
Institution, Posing as a n "ImpartiaI' Fact Finder, Once More Sc.
To Play the Employers Game

To Play the Employers Game
1T IS difficult to be patient with propaganda agencies like the
Brookings Institution, which occupies an impressive building within a.
block of the White House. 1t is always advertised IS "privately en-
lowed, nd, therefore, of course, impartial" But the institution is
never Impartial" It is always on the side of the employer when the
controversy is with a labor union, and it is always championing Big
Business when the people n seeking reforms.
Probably when Robert Somers Brookings founded the institution
he hoped it would be impartial" But Mr.. Brookings has been gathered
to his fathers and the men who now conduct the enterprise ae about as
reactionary a group a. can be found in Washington.
These observations are prompted by the latest publication tt come
from the institution. 1t is written by a Doctor Harold w. Metz, who
was once economic adviser to the Republican National Committee.
Laboring through a fat volume, Metz undertakes to prove that labor
was unduly favored during this World War. The exact opposite hap
pens to be the fact.
True, when the war started we were told that a new crop of
minionaTes would not result from government expenditures. Unfor-
tunatey, that promise has not been kept.
Instead, the profits Of business have been 81 fantastic that several
great Industries could close down for years and continue TO pay their
stockholders the usual dividends Where is the working man who could
do anything like that-however high his pay ma have been during
the war? Labor
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
OF
RELATIONSHIPS!

General Motors is one of the
largest corporations in America,
and that means in the world. It is
engaged in an acrimonious con-
troversy with its employees which
may eliminate in a strike, par
alyzing a large sector of the auto
mobile industry.
The dispute is about wages. Cen
eral Motors says it can't pay the
increase demanded by the union,
and the union %retorts, Give us a
look at your books"
General Motors reply, as voiced
by one of its vice presidents, Harry
w. Anderson, is truly extraordi-
nary: Under no circumstances will
General Motors open it's books to
the union. We don't even open our
books to our stockholders"
Now the stockholders own Gen
eral Motors and Vice President
Anderson is just their hired man,
but Mr.. Anderson tells the world
that even the owners of General
Motors will not be permitted to
look at those sacred records.
So far as we have seen, not a
single daily newspaper has uttered
a word of criticism of Mr.. Ander-
sons statement.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28

"A monopoly of that power
would make the worst monopolies
we have now seem like public
b~enefactOrS in comparison. Such a
monopoly would hold the whip
hand in banking and manufacture
ing; in producing and marketing;
in housing and lighting, in trans
p~ortation, telegraph and telephone;
IN the press and the radio; and in
politics and government. A mo-
nopoly of the greatest power in the
world would mean the end of free
enterprise, the end of liberty.
AS the greatest and most
dangerous of all weapons of war,
atomic power in America is now,
and must continue to be, COM
pletely controlled thru our govern
ment by us, the people of the
United States.
There is no time to waste. We
must take, and take now, every
step that will help to keep the
greatest mechanical blessing of
all time permanently in the hands
of the people, for the good of the
people. This is a great human
question, and not merely a ques-
ton of dollars and cents"
Mr.. Pinchot may be early, but
better that the people should be
early rather than late.
The Duluth News Tribune
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
INDUSTRIES DREAM
WORLD
By Susan Alexander

BY Susan Alexander
The bright, g~littering postwar
world of abundance for all-cele-
brated in countless ads and after
dinner speeches-has been roughly
showed aside, while industry
reaches for It's gun and shows labor
what it really has in store for the
workers if it can get ava
with it.
A job, better housing, enough
money to buy food and clothing
and pay the rent and maybe buy
that new iron or radio or washing
machine you've read about in the
slick magazines? All of that's been
crossed off ~industry's postwar plan.
Instead the workers are bluntly
told that the right to work is non
sense, that if they want a measly
wage increase they'll have to work
longer hours and give up overtime
after 40 hours, that decent homes
will be available only for those
who can afford fabulous rents, that
prices are going to go up and if
the employer can make a profit
by limiting production, then he'll
trim his plans, lay off workers.
and the national welfare be
damned.
Industry is already working full
blast at its back-to-poverty plan.
which is aimed at smashing the
powerful labor movement in this
country. Facts on industry's sit
down strike against collective bar
gaming and full employment were
told to the press recently by a
group of labor leaders. Answering
the question of whether industry
can afford wage increases. thew
pointed to a government report
which showed that industry could
provide. an average pay increase of
24% and still have profits double
what 1t had before the war.
But industry can also afford to
slow down OF halt production in
a war of attrition against the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28

unions because its profits have
been guaranteed by the govern
mcnt.
Although corporate profits after
taxes more than doubled between
1889 and 1914 and another $26
billion has been retained as I'M
distributed profits, Congress has
guaranteed corporations carry-back
credits amounting to another $50
billion for tax refunds should post
war profits fall below 1868
levels. This means that some in
dustrleS can shut down and spend
two years fighting unions and still
make profits.
Some industries are holding
down production in an attempt to
blackmail OPA into letting them
raise their prices. For example,
only $780, 600 radios will be on the
market by Christmas, although in
dustry is capable of producing g.
500 Manufacturers of other
items, such as refrigerators, autos,
furniture and housing, are also
willing to clamp down on produc-
ton until they can squeeze out the
maximum profits.
The future face of America is
at stake in the present struggle
between industry and labor: the
battle for higher wages and full
production is, in its way, as cru
cIal as was the battle of Bataan.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-11-28
ESTATE LOBBY
SHOWS It's PIONEER

congressman Patman of Texas
asks Congress to authorize a "czar''
for housing. Realtors are making
a killing" he says, by boosting
the price of homes.
Unfortunately, prospects for
effective congressional action are
extremely remote. The real estate
lobby seems to be i'm control of
the situation.
Just to show how far they can
go: The commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia have decided
that they will not permit insurance
companies to invest 5 per cent of
their assets in building. It's all
right. for these companies to lend
money on mortgages, say the COM
missioners. That wouldn't interfere