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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28

Times to the Senate Committee.
The letter of the well known
editor contended that "Spokes-
men of the Wisconsin Medical
Society who testify do not re-
present the views of the people
of this state on the question OF
prepaid medical care"
Medical society politicians
are using a type of propaganda
flim-flam to defeat any and all
plans for prepaid health, l." Evjue
charged.
DR.. Otto A. Fielder, past pre-
sident of the Wisconsin State
Medical Society and a former
official of the Wisconsin State
Board of Health and the Mil
waukee Dept of Health testi-
fled in support of the measure.
He was joined by DR.. Russell
A. Dixon, Dean of Howard Uni
versity College of Dentistry. DR..
Dixon told the Committee that
"This legislation will insure all
minority groups reasonable and
fair responsibility for and In
its administration.
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MozeyNumed
Vet Director

DETROIT. June a. Emf
Macy, UAW -CIO co5director on
Detr0its Fsst side. bed been ap-
pointed director of the Urions :
Veterans Department it was an
nounced here today by Walter
P. Reuther. UAW president.
Mazey's app o in ment was
given the approval of other top
officers, Reuther said.
One Of the pioneers on the
organization of the automotive
industry, Macy was five times
elected to the presidency of the
Briggs Local 212, Detroit. He
was elected to the international
Executive Board at the March
convention of the UAW while
still serving overseas in the
armed forces. and is the only
member of the Board who rs a
veteran of World War II.
Macy will be responsible
for the direction of the unions
comprehensive program to ad-
vance the interests of veterans
along with the advancement of
the interests of the rest of the
community, Reuther said.
In addition to his work in
Local 212, Macy participated in
the Ford organizing drive and
received national publicity dur
ing his time in the Army for his
defense of the rights of the en-
listed men in the armed forces.
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posal, aroused the combined
opposition of AFL and CIO
Organizations, the Farmers
Union and the cooperative fed
Grafton in the state.
Following DR.. Sargent's tes-
timony, Committee Chairman
James Murray d., Monto read
into the record letters from Hy
Cohen, acting for Mel j. Helm
ritz, secretary of the Wisconsin
State Industrial Union Council,
as we'll as from George A. Ha-
herman, president of the Wis
consin State Federation of La
Dor. and Erich Lenz, executive
secretary of the Wisconsin Asso-
citation of Cooperatives. Rep.
Andrew J. Biemiller 3D.. Wise J
presented in person statement
on behalf of the Wisconsin AFL,
Editor Writes Letter
Joseph Lochheim, secretary
of the Committee for the Ma
tion's Health on the same day
released the full text of a three
page letter from Editor William
Evjue of the Madison Capital
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Brewery Workers
Vote to Join CIO

CINCINNATI, o., June 25
NPA)-By a majority of 1852
out of 42,174 votes cast, the In
ternational Union of U n te d
Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft
Drink Workers of A m e r i C a
voted to affiliate with the CIO.
The vote, as announced by the
international union headquarters
here last week, was 22,933 for
affiliation, and 1924 against af-
filiation.
Decision to leave the AFL
C anne after long-drawn-out
controversy with the AFL Team
sters over jurisdictional ques-
tions.
The unions future course is
expected to be set at its inter
national convention opening in
Galveston, Tex, on Sept. 8.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
DiSuIIe Names
LMC Committee
To Devise Education
PROGRAM For Members

Appointment OF an educatlon
subcommittee of the Labor-M Man
agement- Citizens Committee to
devise an educational program
for the participating members
was announced by Vice-Mayor
v. Disable, committee chairman
on Tuesday of this week.
Named by Mr.. Disable were
DR.. F. Bringle Mcintosh, chair
man. Dean Clair X. SearleS,
public members; Lawrence N.
Steinberg, CIO; Otto Brach,
AFL; labor members, and Joseph
TIlman and Gideon Spieker, in
dustry members.
First meeting of the sub-com-
mittee will be held in the L-M-C
office in the Police and Fire
Alarm Building, July 2, at B p. m.
Plans for the educational pro-
gram authorized by the overall
at its June ID meeting
will be studied and discussed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28

Every man on the staff has
been instructed to divorce him
self from political action, edu-
cation work and other union ac-
tivIties," Bittner asserted, add
ing that This was done so that
each of them could give his en-
tire attention to the job of sign
ing up new members"
On the staff, Bittner an
nounced, is John Ramsey, a staff
member of the United Steel
workers since 1941, and vice
chairman of the Industrial Divi-
sion of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America.
His special assignment will be
to assist in formation of groups
of religious and labor leaders to
freely discuss their m IL u a
problems and secure a better
understanding of each other"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Standard Local
Votes For TUJ

PORT CLINTON, June "a
Members of Local 497 who re-
Gently ended their 104 day strike
at the Standard Products Co.
here showed their appreciation
of the effort made in their behalf
by the TOLEDO UNION JOUR
NAL during their work stoppage
by subscribing for the paper for
one year as Local.
Members of the union express
ed their satisfaction with the
publicity given their strike
throughout Northwestern Ohio
and in Port Clinton by the JOUR-
NAL and voted unanimously to
give it their subscriptions and
support.
Tom Kinney, Local 497 Presi-
dent announced that 900 workers
had been recalled to work and
that the company would proba-
bly, increase its working force
above that employed in the plant
at the time the strike began.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28

To Vote
Issue

SCRANTON, Pa, June 25
1PA)-The nations $4,000
organized newspapermen will
vote by referendum within
the next six months on the
question of paid presidency, it
was decided here last week at
the 18th annual convention of
the American Newspaper Guild
CIO.
What had promised to be the
hottest issue of the convention
was removed from debate when
resolution proposed by Paul
Weber, editor of the Wage
Garner. Detroit weekly of the
Association of Catholic Trade
Unionists, was adopted. The
resolution was agreed to by the
ESQ delegates without dissent.
Vote In Six Months
The referendum, which must
be held mot later than six
months prior to the next conven-
tion," will decide whether to re-
place the present unpaid presi-
dent, full time paid executive
vice-president and full time paid
secretary-treas with full
time paid president and full time
secretary-treasurer. If approved
by the membership the resolu-
ton would wipe out the post
now held by Eubanks.
The delegates adopted a reso-
luton calling for representation
in congressional press galleries
of the nations Negro press. The
resolution pointed out that "the
100000 Negro citizens of the
United States have no duly ac-
credited representative in the
press galleries of the House and
Senate, thus depriving these citi-.
zens Of direct access to news Of
their goveftment.
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urge passage of a concurrent
resolution extending price
control for one year.
I'VE do not want the Ameri-
can people fooled by an amend
ment called price control which
will not do the job. Only by ex-
tending price control and vigor-
Gus enforcement can the living
standards of all Americans be
maintained
Ask Truman Veto
In a letter to President Tru-
man, Murray called on the Pres
ident to veto the amendments
and ask Congress for a concur
rent resolution extending the act
for a year in its present form.
He quoted from Bowles and Por-
ter to show that the amendments
would result in sharp and ter
rifying increases in the price of
food, clothing and housing"
Murray told Truman flatly
that "to characterize any such
measure as q continuation of
price control is fragrant hypoc-
risy. For many months" Muir
ray wrote, "a most dastardly and
S sinister campaign has been
waged against the continuation
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Brewery Strike
Plus Heat
Wuve-PheW!

Toledo's first summer heat
wave was greeted on Monday
morning of this week with a
work Stoppage of 254 brewery
workers who walked out of To-
lledos two Observation-Disclosures
and Koerber sand seven beer
distributors.
/ Issues leading to a breakdown
)of negotiations were demands Of
fbottlers for time and a half pay
'fCf fall SatuT0ay's; and demands
of truck drivers that if loads
were in excess of 125 cases of
beer that they be given one
helper and two helpers if the
loads exceed $50 cases.
Involved in the strike are
members of Locals so, 81 and
257, locally affiliated with the
CIO.
Beer SpOilage Prevented
Office help in the nine struck
firms was allowed to enter, and
distribution of soft drinks by the
distributors was permitted by
the union Workers were fur
niShed to the two breweries to
prevent spoilage of beer, but no
brewing will be permitted, ac-
cording TO union officials.
Affected by the strike were
seven beer distributors = Mohr
Bros. Bottling Co., 2516 La
grange; Metropolitan Distribut-
ing Co., Oil Summit; Kranz
Brewing Co.. 1918 Lagrange;
Treu House of Munich, Inc, 1901
Dorr; Variety Club Beverage
Co, 81 18th ST., and the Arch
Distributing Co., 1414 Elm.
Cancellation service was seek
ing to arrange a meeting be-
tween the company representa-
tlVeS and union officials in an
attempt TO end the strike quick
~. Meantime, the thirst of To-
ledo's beer drinkers mounted as
the already short beer situation
coupled with warmer weather
whetted their appetites for a
completely non-existent bever-
age.
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"a " Conference Calls
For United Political
Action, Price Control
Meeting Invited
RR Unions To
Join With CIO

CEDAR POINT, O., June
22-Reaction to recent anti
labor legislation was heard
here today when $50 dele
Gates to the UAW-CIO Region
'-B conference representing 54,-
90 Auto Workers, condemned
anti-labor legislation and called
for a national conference be-
tween CIO, AFL and Railroad
Brotherhoods and their affiliates
to discuss and plan united politi-
cal action.
A vast amount of work was
done by the resolutions commit
tee which presented % resolves
to the conference. Tom Kinney,
president of Local 497, Port
Clinton, was chairman, and
Chris T0pel, Local IL, Toledo,
was secretary of the committee.
Keynotes Conference
Keynoting the conference was
Richard GOsser, director, Region
2-B. who stressed the impor-
tance of the Political Action
Committee by saying The guy
who makes the statement that
the union doesn't belong in poll
tics is just plain dumb"
Declaring that unemployment
J compensation. the Wagner Act,
shorter hours and other gains
marked up by labor in recent
years came as the result of la
bor's action on the political
front, Director Gosser said:
eff all the workers would
participate as the few have and
would do it collectively through
PAC we could send the right
people to Washington. PAC is
the goal upon which we must set
our minds" +"
Criticizes Ramey
Discussing legislation, tn
UAW director criticized Con-
gresham Homer A. Ramey for
voting for the Case bill and in
favor of overriding the Presi-
dents veto and concluded, II
wouldn't endorse Homer if he
was the only one running" No
indication was made about what
action would be taken with re-
spect to Michael v. DiSalle's
candidacy although Mr.. Gosser
did make the statement that he
didn't oelieve Mike would have
voted for the Case bill"
During the course of his talk,
Director GoSSer commented
upon the action of Spicer Mfg.
Co. and the Electric Auto-Lite
in building plants out of town
and said that "big industry has
decided to move out where they.
car get more work done for less
money. AS long as the smaller
towns remain unorganized, in
dustries will continue to move
out"
InduStry-Wide Agreements
Indicating that industry wide
agreements would be the next
step of the union in negotiating
contracts, Director Gosser said
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Polish Unionists Arrive

NEW YORK (LPA) - The
seventeen Polish trade unionists
who arrived here last week on
the SIS Marne Flasher are the
guests of the Jewish Labor Com
mittee, which will aid them to
adjust to their new country. All
are active unionists in the Polish
Jewish communities, and come
to this country under regular
immigration quotas.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Union Honors Heroine

CHICAGO (LPA)-Members
of the Illinois Telephone Traffic
Union are furnishing a room in
a loc a hospital in memory of
Mrs. Julia Barry, h 0 i tele-
phone operator in the LaSalle
Hotel, who died at her post in the
June fire. Mrs. Barry stayed at
heA switchboard to warn guests
of their danger, calmly calling
guests until she was overcome by
the flames and smoke. She was
formerly a member of the tele-
phone union here.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Senate Eats In Red

WASHINGTON (LPA)-The
same S n a t e that eliminated
almost all subsidies on food in the
OPA bill, last week found that it
had to pay Sal, 900 subsidy for
its own dining rooms during the
fiscal year just ended. They're
cheered, though, because the SEN
ate dining rooms went into the
red to the tune of $53,036 in
1912. RDwever, they're planning
on a $4,000 subsidy for their
dinners next year.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28

1 establishments where ClC
ffiliates were certified as
objective bargaining agents
The southern drive is going
ven better than our expecta-
IONS" Bittner stated in his first
actual report of progress in
.gning up new union members.
In Rome, Ga, the CIO re-
orted signing of contract with
lie Tubize Rayon Corp. involv-
lg a payroll increase of $780,
90 annually for members of the
extile Workers Union of Amer
a
s IL States
e CIO Organizing Commit
=, now has staff of 220 men
od women who are devoting
leir full time to organization
ork in .he IL states covered by
le drive, Bittner revealed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28

Names of committeeman who
negotiated the Surface Combus-
don and Ayling- -Reichert con-
racts were accidentally missed
IN the JOURNALS recent ac-
count of settlement of the shop
contracts.
Surface Combustion commit
.eemen who aided in negotia-
ions in addition to those pre-
yiously named were Ralph Ride
lour and James Murphy. Those
Vt Ayling-Reichert were Lois
King and Mary Myers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Union Group
Urges OPA

Members of the CIO group
who visited Ohio congressman
in Washington last week urging
them to support a strong OPA
empowered to hold price cell
ings, reported back to their vari-
Gus organizations this week and
their statements were anything
but optimistic.
Calling on Congressman Hon.
er A. Ramey, Alvin Weichel and
George Bender and Senators
Robert A. Taft and James Hoff-
man were William B. Duck and
Charles Heebsh members OF the
Toledo Labor Advisory commit
tee and Randolph Gray and Mac
Biddle, Local IL. UAW-CIO,
Charles Clark, Spicer Unit, Lo-
cal IL and Vern Montague and
Charles Johnson of the Champion
Unit OF Local IL.
Will Watch acts
William Duck summed up the
results of the trip by saying,
I'VE met the congressman, all
but Cliff Clevenger who ran out
on us and discussed our problem
with them. AS usual, Homer
Ramey went throught his act in
gestures, but would make
no co m m m ent. Continuing
Duck said, "We heard all that
they had to say and we are going
to watch their votes. Some of the
representatives may think that
because this is an off-year cleo
ton they can get away with some
thing, but we know that the
people are getting sick and tired
of being held up for higher
prices with one hand and hav-
ing their wages held down with
the other. We think they are
going to upset some of the boys
who forget whom they represent
until it comes time for the next
election"
Will Form Committee
Duck said that the labor group
would follow out the resolution
passed by the June %, Region
2-B, UAW-CIO conference and
form a consumers committee and
seek to enlist the support and
of housewives in
oolicing prices. "We are going to
10 everything we can to protect
ourselves from the profiteers
who are striking against the pub
ic's basic food needs" he said.
The resolution passed by the
JAW conference provides for
.egal counsel in making test
cases for OPA.
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ducks - at least Tor the pre-
sent. Ebbing of the strike
wave, they said, had knocked
the props OF of the drive for
Legislation to strait-jacket labor.
Only one restrictive measure
showed signs of life-the Hobbs
bill.
Meanwhile, the vetoed Case
bill was practically abandoned
by its sponsors, Originally, they
hao schemed to revive it by
hanging it on as a rider to the
Presidents Emergency Bill, but
they backtracked after word
got to them from Administration
leaders that Truman would then
veto the entire mess"
A few diehards still talked
also about attaching the Case
bill as rider to the 65-cents-
an-hour minimum wage meas
ure, but little was expected to
come of this move.
Case Sees Sense
Even Rep. Francis Case (R.,
S. d. ran up the white flag on
the proposition. There's no
sense in the President and Con-
greSS making faces at each other
by sending him another bill to
veto" Case said.
Another Republican leader,
Rep. Leslie Arends (R., Ill), de-
clared that many congressman
are willing to call it quits" in
view of the Presidents veto.
Because of the changed at
mosphere, Truman IS drastic
emergency bill" seemed headed
for the graveyard, too. Eve
though the President in his mes
sage vetoing the Case bill still
called for enactment of his own
antl-labor measure, most law
makers on the hill had lost in
tereSt in it
Rayburn States Case
Rep. Sam Rayburn 3D., Tex,
speaker of the House, conceded
that was the case. He declared
that there are a lot of people
both Democrats and Republicans
who want to do nothing on
the Presidents legislation"
One big reason reactionaries
have turned chilly toward Tru-
mans represSive bill was that
the National Association of Man /
utacturerS, after couple of
W e e k S of silence, came out
against it. Ira Mosher, chairman
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
USA-CIO Marks
Founding

PITTSBURGH (LPA)-It was
ten years ago last week that the
Steel Workers Organizing Com
mittee was formed here. In that
time, million steelworkerS have
Joined and built the United
Steelworkers of America-CIO,
representing the Overwhelming
majority of the. workers in the
industry all over the country.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Still No Report!

Today marks he 63rd day
that the United Toledo
Committee has failed to file
its report with the Board
of Election for its income
and expenses in connection
withe the April IL special
IncOme-PayrOII Tax cleo
ton.
Reports are now gaining
credence that the United
Toledo took in so much
money and expended it so
recklessly that it is almost
impossible to compile a re-
port that would stand up
under close scrutiny.
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Bufcher-Horf
Negotiations
Breok Down

Fifty-three employees of the
Butcher & Hart Mfg. Co. walked
off their jobs on Tuesday morn
ing of this week following a
breakdown Of contract negotia-
tions between Local IL, UAW-
CIO and the company manage
ment.
All issues have been resolved
with the exception of wages,
adjustment of inequalities. re-
troactivity, union shop and re-
storation of female wages which
were cut by the company imme-
diately following VI Day.
The company's position on the
issues is far away from the un-
ion. Eleven cents separates the
two on wages; retroactivity has
been completely rejected and the
management is seeking an open
shop instead of the union shop
by the union.
Contract negotiations with
the company were begun early in
April following an NLRB cleo
ton at the plant, Jan. %. The
shop was formerly under MESA
jurisdiction.
Strike votes were taken under
tie terms Of the UAW-cIo Con
stitsstgoT and aifls ranpasIY Act
and has been properly processed
for authorization.
Contract negotiations prior to-
the walkout were conducted by
Harold Dean for Local II and
Walter Murphy attached to Rich
ard Gosser's regional staff.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Congress Ignores Labor s
Price Control Requests
Murray Calls Measure
A FIasrant Hypocrisy
BY Les Finnegan,
LPA National News Editor

WASHINGTON, June 26 LPA Special)-A Congress
helbent for initiation ignored last minute appeal by CIO
President Philip Murray and other labor leaders to
OPA and the wrecked price control bill President
Truman who expected to reject further appeals to
veto it.
In kilograms to congressman, Murray said ION behalf
of the CO urge you and all friends of price control to
vote down the conference report for the OPA bill which will
control prices but in effect egaze initiation Instead
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Congress Entering
Cooling orr Period
Case And Truman Legislation
Knocked Out By Ebbing Strikes

WASHINGTON June 25 GPA)-Congress appeared
this have at last entered upon cooling off, period
insofar anti-abor legislation is concerned.
Congressional leaders pronounced both the Case Bill
and President Trumans Emergency Bill dead
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-28
Doctors Clash
On Health Bill
Editor Accuses MediCS OF
Using FLim.FLann Propaganda

WASHINGTON, June 25 (LPA)-ControverSy between
medical men marked the National Health Bill hearings last
week before the Senate Education and Labor Commtee
Dr. James Sargent testifyng for the Wisconsin State
Medical Society in opposition to the health insurance pro"
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CW South DriUe
Chalks Up Gains
Organizers DeVOte Time To
Exclusive Work Of Union

ATLANTA, Ga, June 25 (LPA)-The first skrmishes
Of Operation Dixie have resulted in gains for the ClO
southern industries it reported last week by
Van A. Bttner director of the CIO Organizing Committee
ere He listed NRB elections recently by the CIO in