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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
Obituaries
MRS EMMA B. GROOM

Mrs. Emma B. Groom, widow OF
Major F. Groom, one time resident
of Wilmington, died Tuesday aft
ernoon in her home at Greensboro
following a long illness.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted this afternoon at 8 o'clock
from the chapel of the Ward Fun
eral home with the Rev. Andrew
j. Howell officiating. Burial will
follow in Oakdale cemetery.
Pallbearers will include James
D. LeGwin, M. j. Cobb, w. H.
Groom, Edgar Batson, B. H.
Marshall, Jr., and y A. Brown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
ARNOLD

ATLANTA, Ca, May 29.-UD-
Gov. Ellis Arnall, outspoken critic
of the reborn Ku Klux Klan il
Georgia, revealed Wednesday nigh
that he had been threatened by
unidentified telephone callers tt
desist in seeking dismembermen
of the white-hooded order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
GROVER C. EDGE

Grover C. Edge, Sc, manager of
the Pilot Life insurance company
in Wilmington, died suddenly at
his residence, 1T South 18th street
yesterday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bertha S. Edge; five brothers, T.
B. Edge and E. H. Edge, Whining
ton, W. M. Edge, Leland, J. H.
Edge, Mullins, s.. c., and J. L.
Edge, Southern Pines; n sister,
Mrs. Ruth Hall, Wampee, S. c., and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral announcements will be
announced later by Ward Funeral
home.
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First Sunday School Exer-
cises Scheduled For
Friday Evening

The closing regular evening
services and the first Graduation
Sunday school exercises with the
awarding of prizes, honors and
diplomas, of the B'nai Israel con-
gregation will be held Friday at
s p. m. The services will be
dedicated to the Sisterhood and the
children OF the community.
Rabbi S. A. Friedman will con-
iuct the service and preach on
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30

services at sunset, as well as
saturday morning services at $50
a.. m.
ShaVouth, Feast of Weeks, will
be observed on June 5 and 6 with
religious services mornino and
evening. Memorial Service on
Thursday, June 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
MRS. ADDIE PIGFoRD LEWIS

Mrs. Addie Pigford Lewis, widow
OF the late John W. Lewis, died at
James Walker Memorial hospital
yesterday afternoon following a
short illness.
Funeral arrangements will be an
aounced later by Yopp Funeral
home.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by n
daughter, Mrs. Eva Lewis; two
sons, r. L. Lewis and L. H. Lewis,
and one sister, Nj Mamie Cos
tin, all of Whining on.
Six grandchildren and six great
grandchildren also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
sHARLENE GLORIA HUNTER

Sharlene Gloria Hunter, 2.
months-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Hunter, Jr., died Tues
day night at James Walker Me-
mortal hospital.
1nterment will be held in Daytona
Beach, Fla, this afternoon.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Veterans Denounce
Landlords "Strike"
w Al SHIN TON (LPA)

w A SHIN TON (LPA)
- Landlords who rece N t / y
STRUCK against rent controls in
Washington, Oregon, Kentucky,
Colorado and Virginia brought
down on their heads the wrath
of youthful veterans.
There are four million home
less veterans in the u. S, today
who will find it hard to believe
that the country which sent
them to war would deny them
he opportunity to have a place
to live" asserted Charles Bolte,
American Veterans Committee
head.
OPA has already granted more
than 100000 rent adjustments
during the period of rent con-
troll, most of them adjustments
upward to alleviate hardship"
of landlords, Bolte pointed out.
If rent controls are dropped, the
AVG chairman warne d, the
country can expect increases of
so per cent in renting costs. A
recent OPA survey shows that
in 26 cities, landlords are now
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

-AN EDITORIAL-
NORMALCY AGAIN!

Millions of American citizens voted in last Tuesdays
election. majority of them by their choice of cand
dates have said that they wanted change.
We are fully convinced that the people of this nation
going to get the change they want.
We are satisfied that American business and industry
going to get the change they want.
We are definitely convinced that from now on out
that decontro will become the watchwOrd of the day and
that liberty free enterprise and the american way Will
become the atchwords of the future which now face
We are convinced that we going to get the change
the people said they wanted last Tuesday, but we are
confident that they will like it when they get it.
Last Tuesdays election many things 1t means
that we are going be ruled by party which ushered
into the greatest depression this country ever had
1t means that the capitalist system which tottered and
nearly fell under the Republican administration of Her.
Hoover and which rescued by Franklin d. Roose-
welt is going to be on its
1t means that the repressive an-labor laws which
proposed by the reactonary Republican
block in Congress for the past two years will be re-
introduced and passed in some form another
1t means that the Wagner Act Labors Magma Charta,
which attacked by elect John W. Brcker
and other politically successful Republicans will be con-
stanty attacked and every effort made to sabotage not
actually destroy it.
1t means that full employment increased social
curty low medical and hospital low cost hous-
ing, Slum elimination and other lOngSOught benefits VIII
go by board that triumphant and powerhungry
reactonarie will resist all efforts to write laws which
will be of the slightest benefit the majority of the
people OF this country.
that the thinking of the National Association
of Manufacturers big business and monopoly control will
dominate the thinking of the members of the next Con-
gress and that laws beneficial to these special interests
will be passed. while legislation curbng their vast powers
will be defeated
1t that the blinded bOurbons forgetting moth
ing and learning nothing from the past will continue to
treat the links of the economic chansupply and demand
and wages and prceS-nOt synchrOniZed whole, but
separate entities with and profits as the
principal motive.
1t means that reaction has mounted the saddle and is
again riding the nation it rode it from 1928 to
1892 to bigger and better fall.
These sOme but not all of the meanings of last
Tuesdays election Most of ALL it indication that the
groups who know the have been busy keeping it
that they have failed explain the game properly to the
American people.
The teaching of economic realities to the nation has
been taken by the Republican party, which,
based upon Taft the promises of Brcker and other party
leaders and its last national performance bids fair to make
a deeper impression than the 19281932 span of years.
We way. The Republican party is going to
show how put two cars in every garage and
chicken in pot Everybody is aboard the economic
jOyride to the giant crash is about to begin.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

making from 25 per cent to 43
per cent more than they did in
1889.
Landlords On "Strike"
Landlords who started the
strike" only week after Pres
ident Truman gave in to a sim
liar strike by the meat packers,
agreed to keep vacant any apart
ments that were vacant from
now on, as a protest against rent
ceilings.
Almost simultaneous with the
rent strike announcements, Of
ficials of he National Association
of Real Estate Boards, power
lobby of the giant real estate in
terests, went to OPA with a pro-
posal FOR a IS per cent blanket
rent increase Immediately.
Former OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles has asserted that
with nearly all other price con-
trolls removed in recent weeks,
it will be impossible to hold onto
rent ceilings much longer, no
how hard the Admins
tration tries.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
DoirY Co. Denies
NLRB Authority

BOWLING GREEN, Nov. g.
Denying that it was engaged in
interstate commerce, the Model
Dairy Co. of this city through its
principal owner, Robert Kir-
chener, in a National Labor Re-
lations Board hearing on Friday
of last week argued that the
Board held no jurisdiction in
the election application filed by
the United Automobile Workers,
CIO.
Stating the earnings of the
company were in excess of
$875,OO0 in 1914 and 100000
during 1945, Mr.. Kitchener ad-
mitted that the company had
sent butter and other dairy
products out of the state during
these years. The company, how
ever, stated that this was merely
a temporary condition.
A decision on the Boards
jurisdiction will be handed down
by the NLRB regional office
following a review of the evi-
dence.
Attending the session were
Walter Madrzykowski, Interna-
tional UAW-CIO representative,
and Ernest Speer, discharged
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Seneca Strike
Is Unchanged

FOSTORIA, Nov. 6 - No
change has taken place in the
strike of the Seneca Wire Co.
union as the work Stoppage en-
tered its third week.
Efforts of the u. S. Concilia-
ton Service to bring about a
resumption of conservations be-
tween the company and union
were fruitless this week with
Attorney Harry Bugbee, To-
a1do, The company's attorney
refusing flatly to attempt to
settle the issues in dispute.
Union officials readily agreed
to accept the services of the
conciliation department and ex-
pressed their willingness to re-
sumo contract negotiations if
and when the comapny agees.
At issue are increased wages,
retention of standard union
clauses, violation of seniority
rights of the workers, unwar-
ranted discharge of union men,
bers and refusal of the COM
pany to accept the union con-
tract while insisting upon the
union to accept a yellow dog"
agreement.
Picketing of the closed plant
is being fully maintained and
spirits are high among the
strikers. Aid is being given to
the union by other CIO and
UAW unions throughout the en-
tire area.
Union members are deter
mined to see the strike through
to a successful concluion and
will continue their work sop
page until a satisfactory, con-
tract has been accepted by the
company.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

said, ''if they will accept
something reasonable"
Small's report conspicu-
ously failed to take cognizance
of enormous and frequently in
creasing industrial profits-one
of the chief bases, along with
living costs, for new union de-
mands for wage increases.
Small's proposal that labor ac-
cept something reasonable" was
made on the same day that
scores of corporations issued
quarterly reports showing net
incomes ranging up to 500%
higher than the same period last
year. Labor economists called
attention to the following:
Report Net Income
u. S. Steel reported net in
come for the September quar-
ter of S33, 3,329,352 after pre-
ferred dividends, compared with
$11, ,624, ,420 for the same period
in 1945.
: E. l. Dupont deNemours &
Co. reported a net income for
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Duro Local I6 To
Discuss Contract

Members of the Dura Local
Is, UAW-CIO will discuss the
terms of their new contract at
their regular monthly meeting,
Nov. 10 at Toledo Industrial
Union Council headquarters, it
was announced today by Jack
Estop, recording secretary.
Wage, security and retire
ment fund policies adopted by
the Inter national UAW-CIO
board at its recent meeting will
be followed by the Unit in its
negotiations with the company
according to Mr.. Estop. The
current contract expires Dec. 81
and negotiations on the new
will get underway on or about
Dec. l.
New members will be ini-
tiated at the meeting which will
begin at 1870 p. m. Frank Knott,
Local 16 president will be
chairman.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

the nine months ending with
September of $82,179,876 COM
pared with $53,975,625 for the
same period last year.
Aviation Corp. had a net in
come for the first nine months
ending Aug. 81 of $13,147,025
compared with $2,159,739 for
the same period last year.
General Motors, aided by
carry-back tax credits showed
a net profit of $33,816,460 for
the third quarter alone.
Marshall Field & Co. reported
a net profit for the first nine
months of S10,132,O53 as COM
pared with 1884, 1853 last year.
Others Are Reported
Jones & Laughlin Ste Ell
chalked up a third quarter net
income of S2,952,716 compared
with $1,343,295 in 1945.
American Rolling Mill Co..
had a third quarter net income
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
JAW Beo+s MESA
In Plant Vote

Another Toledo plant became
a unit of Local IL UAW-CIO,
on Tuesday of last week when
employees of the Toledo Devel-
oping and Mfg. Co. voted by an
overwhelming majority to give
their bargaining rights to the
United Automobile Workers.
Defeated by slightly more
than seven to one was the MESA
which had a place on the ballot.
The election was held by con-
sent of the company and was
in charge of the National Labor
Relations Board.
Harold Dean on the Local u
staff was in charge of organiza-
tional work and will aid in ne
gotiating the contract.
The company which is To-
Gated in the Willys-Overland
group of buildings manufac-
lures tricycles, scooter skates
and typewriter carriage and is
on an expansion of its
business.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

1lGI CO
More than $50 police and
sheriff S deputies clashed
with picket lines that some
times numbered as high as 5000
pickets and sympathizers. On
one occasion pickets and police
stood toe-to-toe and slugged it
out. Both strikers and police
were injured.
Twenty-six officers and mem
bers of the local were ordered
to appear in Milwaukee Circuit
Court to show cause why they
should not be held in contempt
for violation of a court order
banning mass picketing. More
than a score of arrests were
made as the clashes became
complicated by the invasion of
what Police Chief Polcyn called
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

It was a closely contested
election in Lucas County
even though the Republicans
won all posts. Governor Frank
J. Lausche lost TO Thomas H.
Herbert by 2,413 margin while
John w. Bricker, candidate for
the U. S. Senate handed in
cumbent Democratic Senator
James w. Huffman a bigger set
back with 5.558 votes to spare.
Win Legislative Posts
All seven posts in the Ohio
General Assembly were captur-
ed by the Republicans who
elected all their incumbents
plus George E. Thompson, Mi
chael j. Damas led the Demo-
cratic candidates for state rep
resentative win 45,388 vtoes,
while Frank w. Mohn was high
vote getter for the two Demo-
cratic candidates for the state
senate with 1853 votes.
In the county contests Re-
publican incumbents Louis H.
Sanzenbacher and Charles H.
Austin retained their posts of
county commissioner and coun-
ty auditor defeating Democratic
Arthur w. Gratop and Robert
A. Williams.
Democratic incumbent Mel.
vim H. Rice, county engineer
was a victim of the Republican
sweep losing to Samuel G. Nc
Kee by 1T75 votes.
Levies Are Passed
Levies for the Roche Hospital
and schools both were passed
by decisive majorities while the
Guitteau Amendment providing
for 21-man mayor Council
city government lost after rum
ming well in the third, fourth,
fourteenth and twentieth wards
and holding a majoriy In late
hours in the counting.
On the non-partisan judicial
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Swartzbaugh
Supervisors
Seek Union

Six hundred members Of the
Swartzbaugh Mfg. Co. returned
to work on Wednesday morning
of this week following a one-day
work stoppage by company
foremen who are seeking recog
milton by the company manage
ment.
Agreement to return to work
was voted by the striking fore
men, members of the Foremen 5
Association of America in a
meeting held Tuesday night
after the company agreed to a
National Labor Relations Board
election to be held to determine
if a majority of the foremen
desire the FAA as their bar
gaining agent.
The foremen's strike occurred
following dismissal of two mem.
bers of their union after they
had asked the company manage,
ment for recognition. An ulti-
matum was served on the COM
pany by the foremen $50 a. m.
Tuesday morning demanding rec
ognition of the union or take the
consequences.
When the company manage
ment showed no inclination to
deal with the union, the foremen
walked off their jobs and put up
a picket line.
Organization of the foremen
was undertaken two weeks ago
with 100 per cent membership
of the company's Supervisory eBi
employees, Dan Mix is chair
man of the Swartzbaugh Fore
mems Association.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Disable Loses To Ramey
In Congressional Contest

Republicans all contested posts in Lucas County
and throughout the Of Ohio here last Tuesday in
recordbreakng offyear election in which the entire Re-
publican slate swept into office including u S. Rep
Homer A. Ramey who won by very margin from
his Democratic opponent Michael " Disable.
Mr. Disable who lost by only few hundred votes led
the Republican incumbent throughout most of the count
ing fell behind after Ottawa County gave Mr. Ramey
1884 majority which saved his congressional post for him
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
Keenon Gets New Post

HOLLYWOOD (LPAJ-Nam-
ing of Joseph keenan, as per-
manent arbitrator in the settling
of disputes between rival AFL
groups in the film industry
was announced last wee k.
keenan,, secretary of the Chicago
Federation of Labor and former
adviser to the Office of Produc-
ton Management, was selected
jointly by the Conference of
Studio Unions and the Interna-
tional Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees and the Screen
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
CPA Head Comedies
Wages Need Lifting
Calls Upon Labor Unions To
Accept Something Reasonable"

WASHINGTON, Nov UPA)-Civilian Production
Administrator John L. Small conceded last week in his
September production report that rising living costs
ranted wage increases in many cases.
Union wage demands will not upset the economy, he
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
GETTING THE
JOURNAL

1t your JOURNAL is not
reaching you, see your plant
steward and ask him for a
printed form to fill out, or
write to the JOURNAL
office stating your name,
address and shop. 1t is inn
pOrtant that you tell what
shop your are from since
the papers are mailed by
code letters. Don't miss the
JOURNAL.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08

Members of the Toledo News
paper Guild have prepared their
wage proposal which was sched-
uled to be handed to the Blade
and Times management this
week. The proposals follow the
national pattern.
Members of the contract ne
gotiating committee are Norval
Ayers, chairman; Elsie Mckay,
Vice-chairman; Eleanore Coax
ley, Edward Booker, John
Brancheau, Robert Clapp, Don
Pomeroy, Ken Crossman, Will
liam Hahnlen, Richard Delaney,
Howard Warwick, Vic Weaver,
Marjoria Walker and Mary
Grady.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
S
Dispute Is
Unsettled

Settlement of the garagemen's S
dispute failed on Wednesday
afternoon of this week when an
overall meeting of the L-M-C
committee could not arrive at a
unanimous decision and prom
iSed the disputants that it would
continue in its efforts until it
had worked out a peace formula.
The dispute involving Local
IL UAW-CIO and the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists
employed in 33 garages of the
Toledo Automotive Trades As
sociation arose when mechanics
employed at Carl Weissenber-
gers and Bauer and Harrington
garages joined the UAW-CIO.
The lam claimed bargaining
rights for the mechanics of all
TATA member garages and the
Association refused to bargain
individually.
Strike Is Settled
A two weeks strike was called
following a L-M-C request to
all parties that they abide by
the decision of the committee
when the TATA' rejected the
proposal. Peace came when the
L-M-C asked the mechanics to
return to work and wait for the
committee to work out some
means of settling the dispute.
All parties to the dispute
agreed with the L-M-C recon-
and the mechanics
were allowed to return to their
jobs by the lam without any,
thing coming out of the work
stoppage except the loss of two
weeks wages by the mechanics.
Another meeting of the L.
NC will be called in the near
future to attempt to find a way
If working out the difficulty in
Justice to the garage owners
and both unions.
Approve L-M-C Budget
In addition to the delibera-
ions on the garage situation,
he committee approved a ten
ative budget for the conduct of
is business during the next
alendar year.
Plans were made for a dinner
4 all labor and industrial units
ssociated with the L-M-C and
chairman Judge Amos Conn
vas authorized to name a COM
nittee of six, representing labor,
1dustry and the public to make
arrangements for the affair.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-08
FindIay Co.
Defies NLRB
Files Brief Denying
knowledge Of Union

FINDLAY, Nov. Am NLRE
hearing here today to investigate
charges of unfair labor practices
lodged by the UAW-CIO against
the Differential Steel Car Co
wound up with the company de-
flying the Board by failing to
appear, but sent instead letter
to the Cleveland NLRB regional
director answering the charges
made against it and denying
knowledge of the union in its
shop.
Charges preferred against the
company specifically named dis
charge of employees for union ac-
tivities.
Denying all complaints against
it, the company maintained in
its brief that it was not engaged
in the manufacture, sale and dis
tribution of mining cars; that it
had no knowledge of the UAW-
CIO and denies and refuses to
admit such knowledge; denied
that the union has the right to
bargain for its employees and that
it does not recognize such union.
Denies Discharges
Referring to the charge of dis
missal of employees for union ac-
tivities, the company's brief de-
MED that the employees had been
laid off for u n o n activities,
but in the usual manner ac-
cording to previous practices"
and stated that "it had no knowl-
edge that any of its employees
were members of any union"
The brief added that the COM
pany had recently offered each
one of the discharged men an
other similar job.
Concluding its brief, the COM
pany stated that "it claims that
the National Labor Relations Act
was never intended by Congress
to apply to a business like that
of the Differential Steel Car Co.
Congress never intended that
full time paid organizers of strut
ting bureaucrats should interfere
with the peaceful operation of
a business as they have attempt
ed to do in this instance"
Will Not Appear
In a final paragraph, H. Fort
Flowers, company president who
signed the letter stated that if it
was convenient for him he would
at the hearing and that
no other man in his organization
was authorized to speak for it
and finished by writing, 'In
view of the above, / assume that
there is no reason for a hear
ing"
AS a result of the defiant po-
sition taken by the company, no
records were available for the
NLRB nor were arguments ad-
other than those of the
company'S letter.
Thomas Shroyer, NLRB attor-
ney, proceeded with the calling
of witnesses for the plaintiff,
calling upon Ralph Brown. Ja-
UAW-CIO represen-
tative who testified that at the
initial organizational m e e Tin G
that a majority of the company
had joined the union
and that the employees named in
the charge were discharged fol-
owing this meeting.
other Give Testimony
Also testifying was Kenneth
Judd, North Baltimore, chairman
If the plant union committee
Who testified that a meeting had
oeen held by company officials
orior to the discharge of the en-
,loyeS and that the names of the
mes who were to be "laid off"
we're selected at this meeting.
The hearing was adjourned
With Attorney Shoyer stating
hat he would seek enforcement
# the NLRB subpoena of the
ompany and its records through
he District Federal Court.