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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01
ATOMIC BOMB

When all Is said. there is nothing
comic.
About the new bomb they call the
atomic"
One pull at the levers and Bingo!
it sewers
A sNhcle city fraisa woes economic.
But there is q phase we must not
forget,
An angle which one day might
bring deep regret,
With al Of the fanfare. and all Of
the fuss,
It might some day be launched
against US!
LAURA A. KLINE
Copyright, 1916. Dayton, Ohio
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01
Brig. Gen. B, @. Davis

egal Dan r. Sultan, with offices in
Munitions Building. the War
- y spartment announced today.
I q General Davis returned to the
| Astes In November, 1945, after
i vhg been relieved Of duty as
fSpecial Assistant to the Inspector
y eseral of the European Theater
1 EOperations. Major General Ev-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01

Nearly 100000 Cub Boy scouts and Senior scona
" mark the Scouts America oufin
Coy s 70 18th The theme q the M
are helping brother tho world reorgsnize
Their ord Friendship Fund of voluntary contributions anc
project of donating Scout Uniform
parts and assist Scouting and help develop
the world aD0ve sHe
poster marking the event. ..----
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01

GEL sEEs1tL DAVIS ASS UhlES
DCxlES I'm rAs1iirataIOIs !.
WASHINGTON, p. c. Brigae
der General Bel.;;s::ssin .. DAVIS,
after u 46-day leave Of absence,
!. s.folloWlng tour of duty in the
;hairppean Theater, has ass,...sret.
MS tiuttes as Assistant the In
'speesor General, Lieuts mt Gem
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Ask More Time In
GM Wage Dispute

DETROIT, Feb. 20 - B h
, labor and management represen-
tstives in the General Motors
negotiations today rejected the
suggestion of Special Federal
Mediator James F. Dewey that
longer conferences be held in at
tempts to end the thrc, months
long strike.
It is the wish of the Secretary
of Labor Lewis B. Schwellen-
that the negotiating sessions be
carried on for longer periods of
time. Today's session was held
on schedule without compliance
with the desire of Secretary
Schwellenbach.
1t was announced by the
mediator that Is issues had
been settled but that mainte-
nance of membership and the
wage issue, the most important
on the agenda before final set
tlement can be made still remain
tN be solved.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
CIO Endorses
Vet League

READING, Pa, Feb. 18 -
(LPA) - The CIO Industrial
Union Council of Berks Coun-
ty, Pa, one of the centers of the
steel strike, voted unanimously
last week to endorse the Vet
Grams League of America and
urge ex-servicement to join that
organization.
The council asserted that "re-
cent developments show that the
veteran in the labor movement
poses, at times, a special prob
lem and that to solve that prob
lem an organization of union
veterans Is necessary. Such an
organization" the council said,
has been created and has fought
in the present strike situation
for the rights of veterans and for
the common goal of all
The Berks County Industrial
Union Council endorses the
Veterans League of America as
its instrument for union vet
erans and urges its eligible
members in Berks County to
join it,"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Tax Petitions
Neor Deddline
PAC Coils For Speedy
Completion Of Task

Calling for a speedy compile
ton of the task of securing suf-
ficient signatures to place the
payroll tax ordinance on the
ballot, PAC officials early this
week revealed that slightly more
than 5000 names had already
been secured and said it would
require redoubled efforts to
complete the task in, the time
remaining
Petitions must contain. nearly
10000 valid signatures and be
filed with the clerk of city coun-
Gil on or before Feb. %.
The goal set for signatures
was 10000. Approximately 700
petitions are now being circu-
lated throughout the city. PAC
official are urging all those who
have petitions to return them
Immediately to the committee
office, Room 40, Local IL head
quarters.
PAC will ask that the referen-
dunn on the petition be placed
on the ballot in the May pri-
mary election.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Local IL Elects
Officers Todov

Annual election of officers of
Local IL, UAW-CIO will take
place today and tomorrow at Lo-
cal IL headquarters, 425 Win
throp st.
Voting will be in Parlor "A".
Hours for voting are from 900
a. m. to $50 p. m. today and
from 900 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Saturday.
To be eligible to vote mem
bers must present their 1916
membership cards.
harles Heebsch, WHY'S
Overland Unit is chairman and
William Healey of the Buckeye
Paint Unit secretary of the cleo
ton committee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
District PAC
Is Organized
Pick Officers, Plan
Aggressive Campaign

Organization of the 9th Ohio
Congressional district by the
Political Action Committee-CIC
was completed by delegates
from Lucas and Ottawa Co. PAC
groups in a meeting held al
Local IL headquarters, Feb. II.
Plans for a vigorous congress
sional campaign were made by
the % delegates who set up the
district PAC.
Eleven delegates from each
country will make up an execu-
tive board. A group of six Off
GERS were elected to serve for
one year. Folio wing were
named:
Clayton Rusch, Toledo, chair
man; Thomas Kenny, Port Clin-
ton, vice-chairman; Leroy Neff,
Port c Into on, vice-chairman;
Frank Kowalski, Toledo, treas
urer; Ted Wierzaba, Port Clin-
ton, recording secretary. Rich
ard Gosser, UAW-CIO regional
director was named manager
and Orville Beemer, district
director.
Other Lucas Co. PAC repre-
sentatives on the congressional
board are Barton Dederman,
William Healey, Rubin Harper,
Kenneth O'Brien, Frank Molik,
Charles Johnson, Don Blair,
Ollie P ecord and Anthony
Eckert.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

to keep political parties aware
of popular needs, and TO keep
political controversy on a ma
tional level.
There is urgent neeu for in
dependent pressure through such
organizations as the Natl. Citi-
zens Political Action Commit
tee"
Discussed AtOrre Bills
Wallace said, there are three
atomic energy bills under study.
The Mcmahon bill is the only
one which maintains the prin-
ciple of government responsible
ity to the people. 1t is the only
one which places control of the
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Ihwarts


WASHINGTON, Febr. 18-
HPA) - The Treasury Dept,
has consistently thwarted the
attempts of Rep. Cleveland
Bailey d., w. Va.) to obtain
figures on the millions of dollars
u. S. corporations are claiming
in carry-back tax refunds,
Bailey declared last week.
The West Virginian, who has
solid labor support behind his
bill to eliminate carry-back re-
funds as of last Jan. l, told LPA
that I'm having all kinds of
difficulty with the Treasury De-
partment; I've been meeting a
stone wall at every turn"
Hearings on his legislation be-
fore the House Ways & Means
Committee will be meaningless"
unless verified figures can be
obtained from the Treasury De-
partment, he added.
In an effort to force the Treas
ury into cooperating with Con-
gress, Bailey said that he would
Introduce a privileged resolution
in the near future asking Treas
ury to file its figures on profits
and refunds.
Bailey asserted that aside
from the charges that carry
back refunds are making it pos
sible for industry to provoke
and continue strikes, the carry
back provisions of the revenue
law-which he alone voted
against - 'are comparable to
having a checking account and
permitting anyone to draw
against it,"
Bailey's. fight to clip these
enormous tax handouts to cor
porations was joined last week
by Sen. Robert LaFollette
prog. Wis., who declared in an
article in the weekly Progress
Sive that "it can be stated un-
equivocally that Congress has
unwittingly stacked the cards
heavily in favor of manage
ment."
1T is reported in the press"
LaFollette continued, that Cen
eral Motors is in a position to
get back from the government
in tax refunds 83 1sc of every
dollar in lost income because of
its strike"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
II Happens In
Toledo Too

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -
(LPA) = Nine people living in
a single room sounds like a
slum or tenement in a crowded
American city, yet Honolulu re-
ports that, due to the influx of
postwar immigration, such con.
ditions are now true of the once
carefree land of the Hula. An
appeal was made last week to
Housing Expediter Wyatt to en-
power use of military surplus
husing now on the islands to
correct the deplorable situation,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

Quits As
JAW V-P

DETROIT, Feb. 15-Rich-
ard T. Frankensteen, vice
president of the International
UAW-CIO, today announced
that he would not be a candi-
date for reelection at the At
lantic City convention next
month.
In press statement, Mr..
Frankensteen attributed his re-
tirement to the fact that his
three children were growing up
and that he and his wife felt
they deserved two parents.
Saying that President r. J.
IT. omas and Secretary Treasurer
George Adde's knew of his in
tentions not to again seek the
VI c e-presidency, Frankensteea
stated, "it was upon their advice
and counsel that I delayed this
action until now. 1t was felt
that an earlier announcement
would have had some repercus-
sions on our drive for the 80 per
cent increase.
Thanks Labor Movement
Frankensteen said that he had
been offered several opportuni-
ties which would enable him to
enjoy a fuller family life, but
said that he had not ye decided
what his future work would be.
He said ''the labor movement
has been very good to me" and
expressed his appreciation and
thanks to his friends for their
support and cooperation.
Detroit UAW-CIO officials are
specializing upon Frankensteen's
successor with Richard T. Leon
ard reported to have the backing
of President r. j. Thomas for
the vacancy. Leonard was an ur-
successful candidate for the vice.
presidency when he was defeat
ed by Walter P. Reuther at the
Grand Rapids convention In
1914.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Gosser To Lead
W-O Delegates

Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO re.
gional director will lead the
Willys-Overland Unit at the
International union convention
which will be held in Atlantic
City, March 25 through March
80. Director Gosser and Is
other delegates were chosen at
an election held at Local II
headquarters, Feb. Is, 16.
Other delegates elected who
will attend the Atlantic City
meeting are:
Melvin S Schu.tz, Anthony
Pacholski, Homer Avery, Ray
Vale, Peter Williams, Stanley
Rockicki, Delbert Hume, Leigh
ton Lamb, Anthony Kerwicz,
Don Blair, Leroy Stengel.
Stanley Pawlicki, Roy Saut-
ter, Harold Pearson and Tommy
Gray.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Wage Eorner
Reports JAW
Policy Change

DETROIT, Feb. 18-Return OF
control for collecting and dis
tribution of strike funds for
General Motors strikers in
following change of policy by
UAW-CIO locals was turned
over to the Locals themselves,
the Strike Strategy Committee
of the International union, it
was reported in the current is
sue of The Wage Garner.
The change was brought about
says the Catholic labor paper by
complaints about dispensing the
fund.
George F. Adde's, union secre-
tary-treasurer is reported by the
Wage Garner to have said that
the change was reluctantly
made.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

ing for strengthened mediation
and conciliation services, topped
off by emergency 'fact-finding'
boards.
However, the sudden arrival
of the Case proposal caused a
shift in the committees plans.
1t decided to defer action until
hearings could be held on the
House proposition.
LabOr's First Chance
At these hearings, leaders of
organized labor, as well as other
progressive forces, are to get
! their first chance to air their
opposition to straitjacketing Leg
islation on the othe order of the
Case bill. They were given no
such opportunity on the. House
side.
Reports accumulated from the
House this week that many Re-
publicans are already regretting
their alliance with the Dixie
Sweatshop Democrats. A roll call
vote was taken on the Case bill,
and now their anti-labor posi-
ton is down in black and white.
One leading House Republi-
can-Albert j. Engel of Michi-
gan-has sounded a significant
warning that his party will rue
the day it lined up so heavily
for the Case bill, with its sweep
irg restrictions on strikes and
other legitimate labor activities,
its repeal of the Norris-La-
Guardia anti-injunction act safe
guards, its provisions for dam
age suits against unions and its
other "union-busting" sections.
"We have taken a political
beating in every election from
1882 thrugh 1914" he pointed
out. Seven times we have hit
the political mat. The main
reason has been because we have
had practically no labor sup
port.
Only 33 Republicans cast bal
lots against the Case bill in the
House, while 149 voted for it.
However, there were signc this
week that Republicans in the
Senate would try to undo the
damage and "bail out" their
House colleagues by killing the
Case bill there. This was in
dicated by the fact that even
such a conservative COPPER as
Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio de-
the bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Time for
Plain Talk
By
Tom Burke
Vice-President
Local II,
UAW-CIO
ISowLEDGE

SOWLEDGE
Give the people knowledge
Snd they will find their own
way" This has been an
axiom of great wisdom for
centuries.
Al Wars have been fought, in
u Ading World War II, be-
Muse desperate attempts have
seen made to keep knowledge
from the people by those who
feared the possession OF
knowledge by people gen.
orally.
Hitler went a long way be-
fore he was pulled up short.
The backbone of his strategy,
by his own admission in Mein
Kampf, was to tell big lie
often enough and the people
will accept it as truth. Hitler
either didn't know, or COM
pletely forgot or disbelieved
a principle aptly voiced by
our own immortal Abraham
Lincoln that: "You can fool
all of the people some of the
time, some of the people all
the time, but you can't fool
all of the people all of the
time"
Those who would control
the lives and destinies of other
people for their own selfish
purposes have always ignored
or disbelieved this basic truth
so succintly put by Lincoln.
Christ was crucified because
He preached truth to multi
tudes and the truth He preach
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tries from where they came
We suppose the dead heroes
buried on Two Jima, Guadal-
canal, Italy, Germany and hum
dreds of other places will have
to be dug up and returned
promptly to the countries from
when they came
Chemists and physicians and
surgeons will to stop in the
midst of their life-saving dis
c. c-veries, and in the midst of OPP
erations, and be returned d
promptly to the countries from
whence they came"
SuperseniOrity Endorsed
Superseniority was endorsed
Continued On Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

Director Gosser explained
that the 10 per cent increase
granted Commercial Metals
employees was supplement to
the present contract as an in
terim arrangement until the
wage pattern had been settled
for the heat treating industry.
Participating in the negotia-
tions leading to the wage raise
were Larry Bounward, chair
man; Sam Price, Charles Muir
dock, H. c. Wallar and Jack
Califf for the union and Robert
P. BolleS, president, John A,
Mayer, general manager and
Leon j. Barron, personnel direc-
tor for the management.
Howard H. Rediger, Local IL
representative in charge of the
shop assisted in the negotiations
which were conducted on q
friendly basis.
Champion Gets 1917
Wage increases given Cham
pion employees will amount to
approximately $1,000,000 an
nually or an increase of 19 per
cent and supplements the con-
tract. About $500 workers will
be effected by the raise which
runs from 18 to 2715 cents an
hour The new rates became eff
fective Feb. II.
Negotiations hich were
started in Oct. 1945 were con-
Quoted by the executive shop
committee consisting of John
Grup, Cap Andrews, Charles
Johnson, Al Kulwicki, Glenn
Jones, Minnie Schlegel, Vern
Montague, John Byrd and Cliff
Kiell.
Lloyd Speidell, Local IL re-
cording secretary who holds his
seniority in the Champion Unit
assisted in the negotiations.
Continued On Page 2
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and deportation of refugees
the Legion has taken a posi-
ton opposed to the progress
sive viewpoint of organized
labor, it was shown. The con-
labor, it was she Wn.
The conference bitterly as
sailed the Legion's deportation
resolution pointing out that most
of the scientists working for the
U. S. on the atomic bomb will
have to be returned promptly
to the countries from whence
they came" In addition, said
the conference:
Many of our heroes will have
to be yanked out o. the service
or out of civilian life and re-
turned promptly to the coun-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

of the u. ,. Steel Corpora
ton only, whose strike was to
end officially Monday when
thr pay increase becomes effec-
tive.
Pay Issue Compromised
Retroactive pay incre sea
which held back final settlement
of the strike was compromised
with the workers receiving 9A
cents increase for the period be-
tween Jan. l and Jan 21 when
the strike began.
The Union had asked for the
full 1912 cents increase effective
Jan. /, while the corporation
sought to make the effective
date Jan. 21.
Benjamin T. Fairless, presi-
dent of the U. S. Steel Corpora
ton said the increase would
amount to about S32 for each
employee a month and would
Continued On Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Skilled Council
To Hold Meeting

Members of the Greater To-
ledo Tool, Die, Construction and
Maintenance Workers Council
UAW-CIO employed on second
trick will hold their regular
monthly meeting at Local IL
headquarters, Monday, Feb. 21
at 1000 a. m.
Those who are in the Council
are urged to come and bring a
fellow worker
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
.Ickes PAYS
For Truth

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 =
(LPA) = 1t was typical of
Harold L. Ickes that the day
after he resigned as Secretary
of Commerce his first act
was to accept honorary chair
manship Of the Natl. Committee
To Aid Families of General Mo-
tors Strikers.
And just as typical as his part
ing declaration that Il don't care
to stay in an administration
where / am expected to commit
perjury for the sake of the
party" was his 13-year fight for
unpopular causes, for the under
dog and for honesty in govern
ment, Washington era S
agreed.
Ickes, a former newspaper
man, got his nickname, Honest
Harold, after administering S4,-
500,000,000 in Public Works Ad-
ministration projects.
He pilloried Huey Long as af-
flicted with "halitosis of the in
tellect' and Hugh Johnson with
mental saddle sores" Millions
of Americans laughed at Presi-
Dental candidate Tom Dewey
when Ickes said that the New
York governor had thrown his
diaper into the ring" To the
self-styled "Old Curmudgeon, -
Wendell Willkie was "a simple
barefoot Wall Street lawyer"
Feuds With Papers
His running feud with the ma
tons reactionary daily press
delighted berals almost as
much as his solid achievements
in planning vast conservation,
reclamation and power pro-
grams.
When the hidebound Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
refused to permit Marian Ander-
son, world-noted Negro contral-
to, to sing in their Washington
auditorium, Ickes arranged for
her to sing before an estimated
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STEEL STRIKE SETTLED
Here's q Borqoin

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S
OPA) - Step right up!
Here y'are! A genuine Sup
erfOrtreSs marked down
from S25O,OOO to $3.50, COM
plete with engines, prOpel-
lers, flight instruments and
all equipment!
Only catch in the deal,
offered this week by the
War Assets Corp, is that
you're not permitted to take
the SuperfOrt off tn e
ground. Sales are restricted
to nOn-prOfit education in
stitutionS, which includes
unions. Some of the small
er plane are offered for
$50.
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roaded through the House by
a 258 to 155 majority, start
ed Tuesday before the Senate
Committee on Education and
Labor, most of the members of
which are antagonistic from the
outset against such repressive
legislation.
AS a matter of fact, all that
the House accomplished by
steam-rolling through the vicious
Case bill was to delay action on
moderate labor legislation. The
St nate committee had been all
set to report out bill provid-
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4oSI WGShs
A nplitical parties are not
in themselves, the form
& kice-president emphasized
in urging vigorous efforts on
"oehalf of the reelection of Con-
lcticut's four progressive Con-
.essmen. "They are merely the
q. htruments of the peoples
sr - the political express
"a IN of the peoples WILL" Wal
k.oe said.
There is need--an indispen-
sihle need-for political action
independent of organized poll
tica, parties There is need for
organized but independent effort
to stimulate tho gh and action
by the individual voter to
awaken political consciousness,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Truman Wage Plan Used
As Foundation For Accord

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-Settlement of the steelwork-
strike involving 100000 employees of the major steel COM
Truman wage-price plan.
Agreement of the steeworkers to accept compromise
wage increase of 1912 hour, recommended by the
President makes early return to work possible.
Collective bargaining will begin today according to an
announcement made by CIO President Philip Murray The
covered 10000 workers employed in the plants
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
10000, Killed
In Combat

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -
(LPA) - Ten million soldiers
and sailors were killed in COM
bat in World War II, 100000
more than in World War I,
American statisticians disclosed
last week. Germany lost $780,
900; Russia more than 5000, 900;
Japan 100000. Axis losses to-
tailed about $4,000 and those
of the United Nations about
4,50O,OO0.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Free Show

Local IL stewards will be
treated to a five act show at
their regular monthly meet
ing which will be held at
Local IL headquarters to-
night it was announced by
Wilbert Rule, Local IL rec
reatiOn director.
Eddie Hanf of the Hanf
School of Dancing will be
Master of Ceremonies and
present the acts.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
GOsserAnnOunces
shop Wage Hikes
Interim Increases Granted To
Commercial Metals, Champion

Wage increases amounting to 10 per cent for employs
of the Commercial Metals Treating Corporation and Is pei
cent Champion Spark Plug workers announced
Monday of this by Richard Gosser Both Units
Local H. UAW-CIO.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Case Bill Eyed
Bv Hostile Senate

WASHINGTON Feb 18 - CI4PA) = The battle over
the Case anabor bill shifted to the Senate this
week. with the likelihood that it will wind up in the legsla
tive graveyard of that chamber
Hearings the measure, which previously was rail
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
| esion Takes Position
Aqainst | abor Unions
Union Legionnaires Expose
Their Organizations Line

CHICAGO Feb. 19 = NPA) : The American Legion's
reaconary and anabor line crucial national issues
exposed last week by group of its members the Natl
Conference of Union Labor Legionnaires.
On questions of supersenority peacetme conscrption