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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Machinists Union to Fight Custer
From Any AFL Organization
Prepared To Expend All Available Resources To Protect
Trade Against Enemies

and more cooperative understanding
with our friends in the ALL"
It said that the notification letter
to the lam from William Green, AFL
president, did not state that the AFL
executive council had suspended the
lam, but merely directs attention to
a portion of the AFL constitution and
interprets the Machinists' deferment
of per capita tax as voluntary dis
affiliation."
Pressure Move" Charged
"This action on the part of the
American Federation of Labor execu-
tive council is without doubt the
handiwork of those AFL organiza-
tions which for many years have
raided our jurisdiction in violation of
AFL convention actions and their own
agreements with our organization.
ct appears obvious that this is a
pressure move, deliberately timed and
intended to influence our referendum
vote scheduled for january dealing
with our problems with the AFL exec
utive council"
The referendum will be on support
ing the recent convention action Of
deferring the payment of approx
mately 100000 in per capita tax
until the AFL council agrees to give
the Machinists the same treatment
given to all other affiliates.n
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
MACHINIsTs UNION TO FIGHT :

MACHINISTS UNION TO FIGHT =
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-The
international Association of Machin-
lists will not submit to being ousted
from any national, state or local
American Federation of Labor body
without fight, a letter sent out to
all lam local unions reveals. The
Machinists' organization is the larg-
est AFL affiliate with 100000 men,
bers.
eve are prepared to expend all
available resources to protect our
trade against our enemies-be they
in or out of the AFL," the letter,
signed by H. w. Brown, international
president, and Eric Peterson, general
secretary-treasurer, said.
To Maintain AFL Friendships
eve will neither voluntarily nor
without adequate protest submit to
disaffiliation with any national, state,
or local American Federation of La
Dor body" the letter read. Neither
will we permit our enemies within the
AFL to ALLEVIATE our relationships
with our friends within the AFL.
eve shall continue to respect fully
the jurisdiction of all AFL organiza-
tions which respect our jurisdiction"
The letter asked the Machinists'
officials and representatives to do
everything possible to create better
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Chamber of Commerce Items

Stepping Forward Two an
nouncements, one the choice of Hamil-
ton as the future home for Duff's Mix
es and the other revealing plans for
expansion of parks and recreation,
mark two more steps forward for
Hamilton. Much remains to be done
and the same community forces that
have worked together to make earlier
progressive steps possible should con-
centrate their efforts and ener-
gies to solving the problems still be-
fore us. Already, committees of The
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce are
studying community needs and prob
lens in housing, airport expansion,
Improvement of schools, conservation
of local water resources and many
others. These committees need your
help and counsel. Plans ahead mean
steps ahead, and Hamilton, through
the concerted work of all of us in the
city, can keep moving ahead to glori-
Gus future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Meeting Is Not The Complete Failure AS Pictured B,
The Newspapers

Washington, d. C.-The Labor
Management Conference ended with
out accomplishing all it set out to do,
but it did not result in complete fail
ure, as many newspapers reported.
Four significant agreements were
entered into by the top representa-
tives of labor and industry who took
part in the month long meeting.
These were:
Resort to voluntary arbitration
to settle disputes involving interpre-
tation of provisions of collective bar
gaining contracts, and rejection of
compulsory arbitration in any form.
2-Sensible and cooperative proce-
dures to be followed by employers
and unions in negotiating their first
contract.
3-S tr eng h ening and i'm
provement of the United States Concil-
iation Service so that this agency can
be more widely utilized for peaceful
settlement of disputes.
Establishment of a standing
committee, made up of the heads of
the participating labor and industry
groups, which will meet informally
from time to time in an effort to
reach further friendly understandings
in the public interest.
However, the conference did fail to
arrive at any declaration which could
be used as a guide for the determina-
tion of the wage issue which is
threatening to disrupt many recon-
version industries.
There was never much hope that
the conference could resolve this
thorny issue But labor believed it
would be possible for the conference
to draft an acceptable definition of
collective bargaining methods by
which wage problems and other i'm
portant issues could be settled around
the table by employers and unions in
each plant or industry. However, the
industry delegates rejected the rea-
sonable recommendations OF labor on
this vital point.
"The unwillingness of a minority
of employers to go along with more
progressive industrial leaders hurt
the conference" President Charles j.
MCGOWAN of the international Broth
erhood of Boilermakers and an AFL
delegate, commented at the close of
the proceedings.
| Similar irreconsilable views pre-
vented the conference from coming to
agreement on methods for eliminat-
ing jurisdictional strikes. Another
impasse was reached with regard to
a Qualification Of "management's right
to manage"
Spokesman for both groups ex-
pressed the hopes that future meet
ings may make it possible to resolve
these differences and to promote bet
ter understanding and cooperation.
In discussing the results of the
conference on the AFL's Labor
USA" radio program, Mr.. MCGOWAN
deplored the lack Of unity among the
various groups Of organized labor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Significant Pacts Revealed
At Labor-Industry Parley

members best by avoiding dangerous
extremes and by living up to the
spirit and the letter of their contracts
with management.
every member of organized labor
must scrupulously respect contracts
if we expect management to do like
wise"
In a closing address to the confer
ence, President Daniel ]. Tobin of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, warned management against
Continued on Page Three
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
G of C.

Convention :. c. l.. Hardin, Secre-
Manager, and Murray S.
Stephens, Assistant Secretary, were
among those who attended the ma
tional convention of the National Assn.
of Commercial Organization Secre-
taries in Columbus, November 1921.
Various post war problems facing COM
mittees were discussed in sessions and
clinic-meetings with those attending
relating their approaches to those
problems.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14

represented at the conference. He
offered this advice:
"In the critical times ahead it is
imperative that labor close it's ranks
and unite in the interests, of the ma
tion's workers.
"It is also of the utmost impor-
tance that every labor union in Amer
lea exercise patience, restraint and
discipline. Unions can serve their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Fishermen's Strike Settled

Miami, Fla. (ILNS)-A 4-day strike
of 1000 commercial fishermen be-
tween Fort Pierce and Key West end
ed when a stalemate over the price of
mackerel was broken. The wholesalers
agreed to pay II cents pound for the
fish along the mainland and 10 cents
a pound in the Florida Keys.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
G of c.

Y. M. G. A. Drive j. Organization
meetings for the coming Y. M. C. A.
Financial Canvass to be held January
8 to 18, 1916, are under way with Leigh
P. Strategier, general chairman, in
charge. Workers in this canvass will
be serving in worthy cause, assuring
financial support for one of Hamilton's
finest and most vital associations.
Gifts to the "Y" will be gifts to the
welfare of the community.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-12-14
Moose New Years
Eve Dance

Hamilton Moose Lodge, No. 36 will
sponsor New Years Eve Dance Mon
day, December 31st in the Moose audi
torium.
All members and their families are
invited and good time is promised
if they do.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
JAW Scores Record

DETROIT (LPA)-Union-hat-
ing Congressman had reason to
gnash their teeth last week when
it was disclosed that the wartime
work record of General Motors
workers and GIN locals of the
United Auto Worker-CIO has
been 99.9994
Walter P. Reuther, UAW vice
president, gave the Mead War
Investigating Committee figures
showing that in 1943 and 1914
total man-hours lost through un-
authorized strikes and stoppages
in more than 100 GIN plants un-
der contract with the UAW were
6/10,000ths of one per cent. The
August / issue of the United
Automobile Worker points out
that "The figure is so small it
is difficult to comprehend. Put
ting it another way, man-hours
lost in GIN plants, under UAW
contract during 1943 and 1914,
amounted to .00068o. In reverse
these figures mean that GIN
workers in UAW plants, during
1888 and 1884, worked 99.9994%
of all scheduled hours"
The figures given to the Mead
committee by Reuther came from
official government sources.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
Pappy'MoUes
His Sheet

WASHINGTON, Aug. z LPA)
Senator Pappy O'Daniel, Texas
rabble-rouser and labor-hater,
has moved the headquarters of
his union-busting newspaper, the
wv. Lee O'Daniel News" from
Fort Worth to Washington and
installed his staff in an impress
sive bank building which he
swapped for property in Texas.
The former flour salesman
conducted reporters through the
bank building with its high
vaultcd ceiling and assured them
that the paper, although edited
from Washington instead of Fort
Worth, would continue the pol
icies that have drawn fire not
only from labor and liberal
groups but also from his Con-
gressional colleagues.
A weekly, eight-page standard
size newspaper, the O'Daniel
News was founded five years
ago. According to the Senator it
now reaches more than 100000
readers at a cost of S5 a year.
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

The revision will not mean
the junking of the little steel
formula as demanded by all
sections of organized labor nor
will it come even close to the
20% increase which both CIO
and AFL have asked.
The new policy, which bust
ness groups viewed with abso-
lutely no alarm, was reported to
provide for two changes: Cd
Wage raises even beyond the
limits of the little steel formula
may be granted when the en-
ployer grants them voluntarily
and where he gives assurance
that he will not seek correspond
ing price jumps, (2) Wage raises
in exceptional cases where take
home pay has been drastically
out by loss of overtime, incen-
tive pay or by downgrading.
These recommendations have
been submitted to Economic
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
cIO Mun Named
TO Lobor Dept.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (LPA)
The CIO got its first real foot
hold in the Labor Dept. last
week when Secretary Schwellen-
bach announced the appointment
of John w. Gibson, president of
the Michigan CIO, as special as
sistant. The AFL already has its
representative in Asst Labor
Secretary Dan Tracy from the
international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers.
Schwellenbach's announcement
said that Gibson "will be asso-
ciated" with Moran and Tracy
Gin the task of reorganizing the
Labor Dept" Gibson, one of the
most respected CIO leaders in
the country, was chairman of
the Michigan State Dept. of La
Dor and Industries from 1941 to
1943.
Along with Gibson's appoint
ment Schwellenbach also named
Albert Abrahamson of Brun-
swick, Me-, as another special
assistant to assist Moran in the
administration of the depart
ment. Abrahamso1, was an asso-
ciate professor of economics at
Bowdoin College until 1884. He
was WPA administrato Il t o
in Maine from 1885 to 1887 and
assistant executive director of
the War Refugee Board until
this appointment.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

Stabilizer William H. Davis for
approval. 1t is expected that
they will be incorporated into
an executive order which will be
issued by President Truman
sometime after his return from
Europe.
Optimism in labor circles,
however, was not shared by en-
ployer groups and their publica-
tions. The July 81 issue of the
Executive Policy Letter, publish
ed by the Research Institute of
America for businessmen, stated
confidently that Contrary to
press reports no flat increase
will be allowed. Nor will there
be an automatic formula per-
mitting raises to compensate
for lost overtime"
Fringe adjustments, such as
severance and vacation pay,
will be allowed without WLB
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
AWOL Us. Strikes

NEW YORK, Aug. =
UPA)-MOre man days are
lost each year by Naval,
Marine and Coast Guard
personnel who are absent
without leave or over
leave than are lost by
strikes. It's no labor leader
who points this out, but a
Seaman First Glass, Robert
III. Phelps, writing in the
August Harpers' Magazine.
Here is his comparison.
The Navy estimates that
1.1% of its personnel are
AWOL or over leave at all
times. That figures out to
about 100000 man days
of effective service each
year that are lost to the
Navy alone. Strikes and
lOcKOutS, PhelpS points out,
lost L %, a total of $780,
600 man days of work in
1914.
"The Navy's record in
this war is so magnificent"
Phelps adds, "That no one
is inclined to criticize the
service because a small per-
centage of its men go over
the hill. But labor also has
done its war job well, and
should not be pilloried be-
cause a few workers have
failed to keep the no-strike
pledge"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

SHIN IN, Aug. 8
Formation of a new left-wing
group in the Senate, organized
to push social and labor legisla-
ton and offset the reactionary
influence of anti-union Demo-
Gratis and tory Republicans was
disclosed last week.
Without consulting party lead
ers. Sen. Claude Pepper and a
dozen other liberal democrats
agreed on the preparation of
basic program. The invitation
was sent to 80 senators with the
idea that the bloc would work
for passage of % the full en-
ployment bill, (2) expanded So
cial security, CD federal aid to
education. An initial under
standing was repor I'd / y
achieved when the senator's
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

left-wing group have privately
expressed apprehension over
some of President Truman's re-
cent appointments and voiced
concern that they indicate an
ominous swing toward the right
and toward conciliation of Con-
gressmen known for their en-
nifty to labor and liberal ideas.
If the Senatorial left-wing
group continues and flourishes it
is expected that it will push
heavily for increased unemploy-
ment compensation and tighen-
ing of the surplus property dis
posal law. Among the senators
prominent in formation of the
group were Mead Cd, N. Y),
Fulbright 3D., Ark, Mitchell
Cd, WashO, Kilgore 3D., w.
Va.), Murray 3D., Mont0, Tay-
lor 3D., Idaho.)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

agreed that whenever two or
more of their group introduced
bills that were substantially the
same the group would work out
an omnibus measure.
Creation of the bloc was seen
in some quarters as evidence of
a growing distrust in the trend
away from liberalism manifested
by the Truman administration.
However, Sen. epper dis
claimed this and contended that
"The president would be in this
group if he still was in the Sen
ate." Sen. Magnuson Cd, Wash.)
said that the bloc would shape
a legislative schedule to be pre-
sented to Congressional Demo-
cratic leaders as minimum pro-
gram for action.
Several members of the new
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
Ohio OfficehoIders
For Wage Raise

CLEVELAND (LPA) - Peti-
tons to Ohio Congressman, ask
ing them in turn to sign a petit
ton urging President Truman to
lift the lid on wages by executive
order, have been signed by
Cleveland city councilmen and
state representatives here. Initial
signatures were obtained at a
public meeting called by the
Cleveland Industrial U o n
Council, and the first to place
their names on record were
Councilman Wilbur c. Walker
and State Representatives Eliza
beth German and Lody Huml.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

The peculiar thing was that
the "Snipers', also M. P.'s,
who had arrived earlier in the
day, were dressed int civilian
clothes when they took over the
old University building. They
carried buckets of sand and dirt
and hose into the building
with them.
When the troops arrived in
the afternoon, Capt. Paul ellis
commanding, went to the build
ing and read the "snipers" the
riot act and demanded that they
evacuate. The peculiar thing
was that the troops under Capt.
Gillis did not refer to the
"snipers" as snipers, but as
strikers, and as the proceedings
wore on, it became obvious that
the soldiers were not being
trained for war duties, but for
1trike breaking.
Actions of the so-called snip
ers was not in keeping with
those of snipers in enemy terri
tory. Instead of keeping quiet
and firing as snipers do, the
strikers" jeered the Captain
after he had read them the riot
act. Cries of "come and get us,
What are you waiting for" and
insults were hurled at the
troopers.
Captain Gillis explained that
it had been the intention of the
troops to remove the men by
means of tear gas, but that due
to the close proximity of homes
and factories in the vicinity this
plan had been abandoned. In
stead, smoke pots were placed
near the building, and sas the
, smoke rolled toward the strik-
ers, the troops made their at
tack.
Attackers succeeded in reach
ing the second floor of the build
ing but could not reach the
strikers who had retreated to the
roof. The besieged men had
pulled ladder up after them
which they had used to reach
the buildings top. Then, iron
ically, the wind changed and
blew the smoke toward the at
tackers and the umpire Maj. j.
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

week.
Officers and members are
pleased with the results of the
signature drive in view of the
short time the petitions were
circulated. Petitions which were
circulated in March and April
were recalled when it was dis
&C cvered that they contained a
technical error likely to result in
refusal to grant the referendum.
New Petitions Circulated
New petitions were drawn up
ard closely examined by COM
petent attorneys before circula-
tion was started, then with just
a few weeks in which to secure
Il e required $500 valid sigma
lures required to place the PR
repeal proposal on the ballot,
PAC went to work.
Originally, 10000 signatures
had been set as the goal for the
petition circulators on the first
petition. When a long delay
caused by the faulty petitions
occurred, PAC officials insisted
that 10000 signatures was still
the goal
Richard Gosser and Chairman
Clayton Rusch of PAC both ex-
pressed their appreciation for
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10
W. ants

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (LPA)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (LPA)
Vacations took precedence
over the nations welfare last
week as the Senate recessed un-
til Oct. 8 with more than Is
items of domestic legislation
pushed over until fall.
Democratic Leader A | b n
Barkley demanded that Congress
take quick action when it re-
convenes on such matters as full
employment legislation, unem-
ployment compensation, taxes, a
program of public construction,
setting UP of more valley au-
thorities such as IVA, outlaWing
of cartels and monopolies and
stabilization of farm incomes.
Despite this agenda and the
prospect that reconversion prob
lens will become more pressing
during the summer months no
Senator suggested that the body
remain in session.
Some Congressman took junk
cts to Alaska (Where the fishing
is sWell) and carried their IA
miles along. Others, at taxpay-
ers' expense, went on vacation,
jaunts. Meanwhile the numberl
of disemployed as the result of
cutbacks, according to SEN,
Thomas Cd, Utah) and other.
government officials, jumped
1907 in two months. AS re-
suit widespread movement,
among labor and liberal groups
has started, to force Congress to
reconvene as soon as possible.
Many organizations contend that
Congress should not have taken
a vacation,-when war workers
cannot, while such pressing
problems as full employment
and unemployment compensa-
ton have to wait for lengthy
debates in October and No
vember.
Tune In WTOL Thursday At 1880 p. m.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 =
! IPA)-There won't be any
| tax relief for the overbur-
dened little guy in the near
future, but big business is
figuring on getting rid of its
wartime tax obligations just as
fast as possible and heaping the
public debt on the low-income
brackets.
The National Association of
Manufacturers last week asked
for junking of the excess profits
tax at the end of the year when
the japanese war ends. Congress
will also be pressured by the
NAM to reduce the surtax rate
of 40%5 on corporations to 32%
on 1916 income
These demands and others
came on the heels of huge tax
refunds and Treasury handouts
to corporations that have made
the greatest profits in U. S. his
tory.
Banking, business and trade
publications recently have oozed
with confidence that Congress
in its next session will be per-
suaded to tighten the load on
corporations while retaining the
present taxes on lower-bracket
incomes.
Tax Outlook Bright
The optimism of big business
was reflected in the shreWdly
analytical Executive Policy Let
ter (July 27) published by the
Research Institute of America.
The letter advises executives
that the short-range tax outlook
is bright for them. "If the war
ends soon" the Letter asserts,
"1946 should see the end of ex-
cess profits tax, general reduc-
ton of most excise taxes, easing
of individual surtax rates-Wlth
the greatest relief in the high
surtax brackets"
The NAM called for three
billion dollar reduction on cor
poration and individual tax rates
for 1916 with the ancient argu-
ment involving "risk capital"
Reduce corporation taxes, it was
contended, and you will en-
courage people to invest in new
ventures that may or may not
pay off.
The NAM, however, is less
concerned a b o ut purchasing
power than tax handouts. H. E.
Humphreys, Jr., of the U. S. Rub
Der Company and chairman of
the MANS taxation committee,
told the Industrial Purchasing
Agents Association last week
that they should go to work i'm
mediately on their individual
Congressman.
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