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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
The Swartzbauah Strike

When the employees of the SwartZ-
baugh Mfg Co. struck this week in pro-
test against the dOuble-cross which c. E..
Swartzbaugh attempted to pull, they did
. so in the interest of their own Selt-reSpect.
az For many months, in fact, ever since
the UAW-CIO was elected to represent
the workers in his plant, c. e. Swartz-
baugh has been a labor batting, labor
hating employer who missed no opportun-
tiles to needle his employees, insult their
intelligence and heap every conceivable
type of abuse upon them and their lead
erS.
To Swartzbaugh, all labor leaders are
"moronS", and he has put his words down
on paper in house organ which he has
inflicted upon his workers replete with
smutty and double meaning stories just
barely skating upon the edge of breaking
the United States postal regulations.
If Swartzbaugh was a worker he
would have been labeled as a "screwball"
or 'crackpot" many months ago. AS it is,
his fellow industriaIists merely raise their
eyes and smile Suggestively whenever his
name is mentioned.
But it is not with Swartzbaugh'S lit
erary lewdness that we disagree, but with
: his duplicity and dishonesty in dealing
with the union in matters which touch
the very foundation upon which the union
rests.
And the strange thing is that Swartz-
baugh in attempting to alter clauses in
a contract to which he had previously
agreed and leaving out important sections,
apparently has done a better job of con-
vincing himself that his workers and their
leaders were really morons than he has in
cOnvicting the workers of the charge of
being imbeciles.
Perhaps c. E. SwartZbaugh is con-
vinced that those who must work for
living are a little touched in the head,
but the fact is that there are two schools
of opinion on that score and some of his
workers even have an opinion of their
boss which is not too far at odds with what
he thinks of them, and, if we may inter-
ject an opinion, better substantiated in
fact.
We have noted with increasing respect
the workings of the Toledo Labor Man
agement- Citizens committee in dealing
with disputes in this city in which both
management and labor showed a dispoSi-
ton to be reasonable, but we recognize
that in dealing with the Swartzbaugh
case, the L-M-C Committee has tough
nut" to crack-and how.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Mcinfcin Price Control

AS real and artificial shortages in
crease throughout the country the pres
sure which is being placed on Congress
to completely eliminate price control is
mounting.
Already hundreds of items have been
granted price increases by the OPA, while
manufacturers of other commodities not
yet given the right to raise prices clamOr
for relief.
Wage increases given to the workers
since the first of the year have already
been absorbed by mounting prices and
the end is not yet.
Those who have not yet been granted
increases to meet the rapidly increasing
costs of food, clothing and other basic
necessities are caught by situation in
which it now appears that relief, when it
does come, will be too little, too late.
Those who have already been granted
wage raises will find themselves in the
same position or worse off than they were
before.
Labor unions and labor leaders are
fighting hard to prevent price increases
and complete destruction of all controls,
but they cannot fight the battle alone. The
help of the workers is needed in putting
pressure on Congress the same as the
businessmen and industries of the country
are doing.
Unless the individual workers of the
country get behind their organizations and
leadership, the time is not so far distant
when price control will be eliminated,
bringing to the workers greater hardshipS
than they have suffered in many years.
Those who hope to be able to gain from
their wage increases should protect their
gains by writing to their congressman and
insist that the price line be held.
Price control has reached the crisis and
there is grave danger that it may be COM
pletely eliminated by those whose blind
selfishness sees no other alternative than
to grant them the right to extract as much
from the workers as possible while giving
as little as possible in return.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Compliments CIO-PAC

Congratulations to the To-
ledo PAC-CIO for the fight
they put up on the payroll
tax. Your fight is going to
have important results ma
tionally even though you did
lose locally. | am sure that
somewhere in this great land
of ours there are people who
will eventually defeat this
type of inequitable tax be-
cause of the fight which you
made against it.
l like your paper and think
that you are doing a fine job
in Toledo. 1t is from such
paper as the JOURNAL that
a daily labor paper will
eventually come. l hope to see
that day and know that until
there is a daily labor paper
that a political labor party
and great gains for labor will
not come about.
Keep up the good work and
never let it be said that CIO
or labor compromised even
when the forces which they
oppose are backed by the
money. influence and power
of big business for whom
political charlatans are the
front.
Fraternally yours,
Thorton Shaw,
Sandusky, Ohio.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Editors Mail
Coils The CoIIeeian

Before you justifiably throw
away the enclosures, let me
explain. They are taken from
the Campus Collegian (stu-
dent publication of the Uni
versity of Toledo) issue of
March 90, 1876. They are
statements that l believe do
not correspond with the facts.
send them to you so that you
may take appropriate action.
Pardon their condition, as l
tore out the articles which re-
ferred to you and threw the
rest of the paper in the waste
paper basket.
Perhaps you have seen these
articles. However, l am send
ing them just in case you
missed them.
/ would like to congratulate
you upon the quality of your
paper and l hope to see you
soon. l will be given my dis
charge, May 2.
The statements in the Cam
pus Collegian say that you
favor the payroll tax, but
judging from what I have read
in the UNION JOURNAL, you
favor a tax bill based upon
ability to pay and with exemp-
tions for the lower income
groups. Since the present ordi-
nance does not include such
stipulations, l understand that
both you and the JOURNAL
are opposed to the tax as it
now stands. The Campus Col
legian states that you favor
the tax bill. Obviously, some
one is wrong.
Fraternally yours,
Fred Gareau, Phi M3/c.
Editors note: Obviously, the
Campus COllegian is wrong.
This liberty which I. U. jour
naliStic tyros take with the
truth should put them in line
for a job with the Toledo
Blade as soon as they have
mastered the fine art of dis
tOrtion past the embryonic
stage. On second thought may
be the Toledo Times can find
berth for their promising
talents.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Tribute To TuII

The officers and members
of the Willys Unit would like
to offer their sincere sympathy
to Mrs. Harold Tull and fam
lily on the death of Brother
Harold Tull.
No greater devotion can be
shown than what Brother
Harold showed in organizing
the unorganized, even to the
point of running his health.
Brother Tull had the Miami
Valley district including Piqua
and Troy and one of the last
outstanding jobs he did was
selling the workers of Hobart's
the benefits to be derived
from belonging to the UAW-
CIO.
Brother Tull'S memory will
remain in the minds of every
good union member for many
years to come.
Claude Hess.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
From The Desk
Melvin Schultz
President,
Local II, UAW-ClO
THIRD PARTY

FARTY
The country is looking national third
pa i squarely in the face The propos.I comes
before the people quite often for their discus
sion and it may take many months to receive
the voters opinion.
multitude of dissatisfied voters now feel
that party of liberal leaning should be in
Stituted to represent the interests of the lib
eral-mlnded and labor, since there is now very
little evidence that the Democratic or Repub-
hcan parties, as they are presently constituted
can or will be symbol of anything but reac-
ton and as each day goes by there is more of
backward tendency in the thinking of the
majority of our Representatives and Senator'S
The utterances for a third party come at
a very opportune time, but under a heavy
handicap. One thing is needed which is miss
ing from the scene-a man around whom
the third party development can rally With
out that the formulation will be but dream,
perhaps good dream, but still dream.
THE MEN
The man in whom all liberals can have
confidence is the essence or nub of the third
party. Henry A. Wallace, who still believes
in 60 million jobs and has the fortitude to
say so, or Senator Robert LaFollette. who is a
very liberal Republican, could be such per-
son if put in position to grab the ball, run
through the line and get out for some open
field running.
n tHIrQ party VIII take lOI or tlme,
energy, thought, persuasion and quite bit of
expense. 1t must be able to take a lot of
sucker punches from more than lot of un-
friendly editorial writers who will not be able
to see one bit of good in it,
fatal mistake can be made at the very
beginning. If we build only for the immediate
future, such as some coming election, our
chances of failure are great We may not be
successful in our first election attempt, which
may cause a new party become discouraged
and possibly slowly disintegrate. Our will to
win with a liberal-minded third party will be
successful only when its structure matches our
enthusiasm to continue the munifcent policies
laid down by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, resting at Hyde Park his be-
loved home, no doubt will be a very cogent
and significant influence as a guiding beacon
in the liberal affairs of our country, just as
his influence is still being felt in the interna-
tioal affairs of the world Even death does not
silence his voice. He may speak again and
again and again.
Give us man rallying point, let us
build strongly without haste and thus third
party may fight off all evil, of which there
is much, and we can have such party COM
posed of liberal minds which will certainly
not have to beckon long to all those who
labor and sincerely believe in keeping labor
a potent force in our national economic life.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Never Say Die

Never say die, CIO. You
did a good job in your fight
against the unfair and un-
democratic com e-payroll
tax. There will come a day
when the people of Toledo
will agree with you and real
ize that they have been i'm
posed upon by a group of self
seeking individuals VIII sc
only thought is their own
hides.
Charlie Francis,
Willys-Overland Unit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19

there were three newspapers
in Toledo, and all of them
were telling the people what
a radical bunch we were and
doing everything to prevent
us from organizing the unor-
ganized.
We triumphed over the
newspapers in 1884 and man
aged to go on to become one
of the greatest forces in this
community. Why should we
now stand back and take it on
the chin just because a news
paper monopoly has decided
to take over the running of
the town?
Let's fight back and tell the
Toledo Blade and Toledo
Times that we never did fear
them and fear them less now
than ever.
Fraternally yours,
Don Blair,
llys-Overland NUT.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Doesn't Fear Papers

After the Toledo Blades adj
mission of the use of dema-
gogy to discredit our leaders
and organization in order to
win the election last Thurs
day, are we going to stand
back and take it, or are we
going to fight back?
1t hasn't been so many
years ago, during the years
when the union was in its first
organizational sta ge when
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19

eve owe it to the rest of
the world as we'll as to our
selves to make world eco
nomic reconstruction sound
business for us, as we'll as
other countries, in order to
make it work. The British loan
cannot be defended as a busi-
ness deal for us."-Rep. John
M. Vorys (R.) Ohio, discussing
the proposed loan to Britain.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19

II do not intend by my vote
to permit this New Deal bu-
reaucracy to use the veterans
to extend their socialistic
schemes, when we all know
that the Patman bill will not
produce a single additional
home in the Fifth Ohio Dis
trict," - Rep. Cliff Clevenger
(R), Ohio, discussing Patman
Housing Bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19
Easter 1916
by Ruth Taylor

Lord, make me an instrument
of Thy peace;
Where there is hatred, let me
sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is sadness, JOY"
The prayer of st. Francis of
Assisi-which / copied from a
religious calendar a Methodist
friend Of mine sent me-is in
itself one Of the finest of
Easter messag ges.
For what is Easter but the
feast of resurrection? The rails
ing of the spirit above the
trials Of the flesh-the fulfill
ment of the law Of love. It
was the resurrection in the
body of Him who said: And
the second and greater COM
mandment is like unto it
Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself'
PERMANENT PEACE
To make peace permanent
we must do as st. Francis
prayed: Where there is
hatred, let me sow love" Let
Us keep our own thoughts
clear of hatred and anger. Let
US look with eyes of love upon
our brothers everywhere.
Where there is injury, par
don" 1t is hard TO forgive an
intentional wrong done Yet
few people are meaningly
cruel. Ignorance and careless
ness are back of most of the
evil men do. And cannot we
try to say as He said: Father,
forgive them, for they know
not what they do"
w n ere there is doubt,
faith" We say "In God we
trust" But is that enough?
Must not we, if we truly trust
God, learn how to trust our
brother man?
Where there is despair,
hope" There is always to-
morrow - and the sun will
shine again no matter how
deep the midnight seems. He,
whose heart has faith, can
never be without hope-with-
out the light of belief in a ben
eficent God who in due time
will show the pathway to a
better day.
Where there is sadness,
joy" Easter is the promise
that weeping may endure for
a night, but joy cometl. in the
morning" No matter how
great the sorrow, the promise
of resurrection brings strength
to the failing heart.
All these things we pray
this Eastertide - but not for
ourselves alone. We pray
"Our Father" and our prayer
must be for all men every
where. Only in this way may
we keep Easter,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19

81 always like to hear what the Senator
from Ohio says and to read what he says,
although sometimes the more l hear and read
of what he says, the less agree with him. -
Sen. Alben w. Barkley CD, Kentucky, re-
ferring to Tafts minimum wage arguments.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-19

Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B, UAW~ClO

CHICAGO, April 15-After issuing two
statements since the April IL special election
expressing the viewpoint of CIO on the result
of the vote on the payroll tax, don't think il
is necessary for me to say anything further at
this time on that particular phase of the tax
/ might say that there has been some cor
reSpondence between my office and other
cities which are now considering the same
type of tax which we have adopted in Toledo
and that it now appears that CIO is going to
fight the tax everywhere the same as we did
here.
After our experience here we will be in
good position to give some advice to the people
in these other towns ways and means Of
fighting the tax if our help is asked for But
regardless, it now appears certain that the tax
will be fought as sincerely elsewhere as it was
here.
FOR PROGRESS
don't believe that anyone can say it. and
mean it, that CIO has not stood for progress
sive city. 1t was CIO that months ago started
the ball rolling to find ways and means to
bring new industry into Toledo It was CIO
that wanted to find some way to finance this
city on pay-ss-you-go basis preferably pat
termed Milwaukee and several other cities
which have found satisfactory ways of solving
their public financing problems
We of CIO have not only stood for pro-
gress, but we have done everything we could.
advance this city and make it better town
IN which to live and work and play.
The result of the election last week has not
caused us or minds about our wishes
for the city in which we make our liv-
ings. We are still as strong for Toledo as we
ever were, and we pledge our cooperation to
every forward-looking plan that will mean GO
ing forward with this city
There are many things that could be done
to hasten the progress of Toledo that l would
like to discuss with some of the representative
groups In this city when the right time comes
believe that these groups are just as anxious
TO see Toledo reach its place as one of Amer
lcas great cities as we of CIO and feel that
we can all pull together in the common cause
1t is too soon yet to know what financial
facilities will be available to aid us in improv-
ing our city, bringing in new industries and
business and taking advantage of the oppor-
tunltles which face us, but I pledge that az
long as CIO feels as it now does about Toledo,
that we can all work together to make this n
great city in every sense of the word
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1946-03-23
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(S6luB)

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pirflih Wannesmut baben, iiber Die
le @eroumalien, iiber bieie Gerge bDli
8alfen unb SteinfIosen ins snnere
Ser Stride noraubringen.
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mem pllllft, mo- Der Slid nuSrube1
fann. 1eberan unlIauert einelt 6as
'@rauen 5eriprungener &arnlonie,
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1946-03-23

/, Sem aanbe, bantit oie GeeIen Der
gerbungerten eud nid)t enflageit Dor
@ott. Sroltet Die Trauernben. 9fih-
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tauienoen bon ebrenamtliden Sel.
| fern neutrality-suspicious. Or
ensihiDeltern unb bauptanttlihe
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ler uno Initalten ser @eiunbbeits.
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alter einleiten. $50 oie Scot am gr0B-
ten, lit @ott am n16iten. Or tpartet
auf uniere umfebr, uniere Seim-
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1946-03-23
Hunt anhrrn Drutfdrlanh

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grauiige Guinenmeer elmer ebemals
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