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The union times., 1946-05-11
OnTheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick

YANKEES CAN'T BEAT BILBO
 There's quite a theory among liberals here about how anti-Iabor politicians in the U. s. Congress can best be exterminaed by home. grown remedies.
 That is to say they believe dam Yankees can't help Mississippians de- feat that stalwart champe'en of the old south, Sen. Theo. c. (The Man) Bilbo, or our only truly patriotic American, Rep. John Rankin of Tupelo.
 It would be extremely foolish to argue that there is no kernel of truth in the theory. While the War Between the States, as we southerners call the struggle of '65, is forgotten up north, it remains bright in the heart of every true southern politician
 The glory of Dixie, of her Stars and Bars, of Robert E. Lee and the grand deeds of the late Confederacy are recalled at every political barbe- cue ill southern ham1ets. And speak CTS won't let listeners forget the burn ing and pillaging of Gen. William TeCumseh Sherman's Boys in Blue during their march from Atlanta to the sea-
 Lesser Evil | So 1t is not odd that about the time the good people of Mississippi deter mine to rid themselves of Herr Bilbo, they see him as the lesser of two evils when New York newspapers be- bin chiding their senior senator for his racial and religious intolerance.
 At that point lot of farmers and small town residents begin re- calling what their grandparents told them about the Lost Cause and the dam Tanks. And right there they decide to rehire Bilbo to stave off another invasion.
 True, this is an unsOund, bad re- action. BilbO and Rankin damage the other AZ states along with the reputation of Ole Miss. But the fact is that people, or a large part of the people down south, react as described. So maybe we'll have to put up with it, pray bit and de- feat these prize characters with local talent.
 Raising funds for their defeat in the north (if it got into print) would be grand slam for Bilbo and Rankin. They'd capitalize on it from Corinth to Biloxi with the enthusiastic help of newspapers controlled by cotton mill proprietors, most of whom watch the sun go down across New York's Central Park, and who relax from their coupon clipping toll by going up to Lake Placid.
 Madison Square Garden indignation meetings serve to call attention to the misdeeds of southern demagogues and to expose them to everybody but those most immediately concerned
 No Like Yankees
 The job of beating the Bilbos, the Rankins and others of their ilk will have to be done by the good Joe who puts his ballot in the home precinct. And most of these Joes don't cotton to Yankees = particularly from N Yawk.
 Apparently then, the solution lies in the great southern Organiz-
The union times., 1946-05-11

eratiOn of Labor told the national convention of AFL State, County and Municipal EmplOyes. President Olson pointed out that ''such a wage should be high enough to cover all necessities, few luxuries. an annual vacation at a resort and something for a rainy day."
 QUESTION. Is an employer Ii. able for anti-uniOn remarks of su- pervisOrs where he mas instructed them to remain neutral?
 ANSWER. Normally, yes. It is not enough to instruct the super. visOrs to remain neutral. The em. plOyer must inform the employees of the instructions and must also have an established policy of non. interference.
 Many an important picket line. and the meeting of many a cor. pOratiOns' stockholders will lose a lot of it's spice with the death last week of Miss Zara du Pont, black sheep of the famous Delaware in. dustrial family.
 Miss du Pont, who was 77 at the time of her death in Boston devot. ed her life to progressive move ments, and was a dues-paying member of 63 educational and lib- eral organizations.
 Most recently, she exercised her rights as a stOckhOlder in Mont gomery Ward & Co. to urge other stockholders to direct the manage ment to cease the ''wilful'' defiance of the U. s. government and the union by Sewen Avery.
 THE headlines would be scream ing Strike Coming'' if union had done this, but, since no union is in- vOlved, little attention is being paid to the warning of the dairy in- dustry in New York State that a general ''strike of milk producers is imminent because they want more money.
The union times., 1946-05-11

ing drive of labor. Once Missis- sippi's sweat-shOps are organized and the workers see from actual experience just how rotten their conditions are and how uncon- cerned their employers can be, they'll not take long to go hunting remedy. Southern workers, once organized, can back most others off the board in real miIitancy. And that's no joke, son.
The union times., 1946-05-11

mills spotted over the Los Angeles area, has hundreds of AFL pickets right at its door. As many as 1000 at time have been on the line since eight locals of five unions struck the bakery April Y to end three years of government defiance and union-bust- ing aimed at Local 276, Intl. Bro. of Teamsters.
 Drivers organized in July, 1943, and won NLRB certifcation. While anti-labor Atty. Guy Graves has been trying to get state courts to overru1e the NLRB, the management has been firing, intin1idating, betting employees to weaken the unions inside the plant.
 Mention THE UNION TIMES when shopping, and help Labor's Own Pannr Or0xU
The union times., 1946-05-11

About S8 million % million which organizing tain written in 1945
 number of workers covered by should with the number Of union members Except cOsedhop unonhop conditions members and within the bargaining unit On the other hand establishments for example, of employees teachers who are LII memb
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
New Equipment
To Brine Phones

With ST. a ION OF new
equipment now underway In
four Toledo telephone exchanges,
II was announced today that fa-
cilities would soon be available
to connect about 5000 more tel
ephones for families who have
been on the waiting list for serv-
Ice, according to Walter L. Har-
ris, district commercial manager
for the Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
New equipment Is being in
stalled In the Lawndale, Pom
tiac, Taylor and Main exchanges
and II is expected that by the
end of the month all orders
placed prior to the first of this
year will be furnished service
rs well as many others who have
applied this year." said Mr.. Har-
ris.
"In order to conform with me-
chanlcal operations for the new
equipment 1t will be necessary
10 give some of these new SUBJ
scribers five-digit tie lie p h o n e
numbers instead of the usual
four. Other Toledo telephones
have been listed as five-digit
numbers since issuance OF the
new directory last spring. Start
ing today it will be necessary
for Toledo callers to dial the
two exchange letters and all five
digits of these new numbers. In
the past 1t was possible to call
these numbers by dlaling only
the first four digits."
Subscribers who have had
their order in for telephone
service and were awaiting in
stsllation of the new equipment
before II could be furnished
have had telephones in their
homes and all interior wiring
completed so that it will only be
necessary to connect them with
the new exchange equipment to
put them in operation.
Mr.. Harris pointed out that
applications for service which
were placed this year will be
cleaned up as fast as the Ohio
Bell installation forces can get
TO them.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
NFTW Promises
Strike Worninq

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL -
The nations telephone industry
will be given plenty of time to
avoid coast-to-coast strike
such as was averted only 25
minutes before the deadline
last spring, president James A.
Beirne, of the indepedent Ma
tional Federation of Telephone
Workers, declared last week.
Beirne announced details of a
comprehensive program for col
lective bargaining with the in
dustry next spring, when most
of the NFTW's contracts expire,
and said that each of the Fedora
tion's so affiliates will submit
contract demands to the COM
panies prior to Feb. 1, 1916.
Offers Bargaining
Items selected for national
bargaining were: 1-union shop
and check off; 2-general wage
increases; 3-area differentials,
4-length of schedules; 5-town
classifications; Sob descrip-
tions; 7-jurisdiction clause; 8
leaves of absence for union
officers; 9-improved vacations,
1O-pensions.
Failing to reach agreement
on those items locally, strike
votes will be taken" said
Beirne, "and strike notices will
be filed by March / and ma
tional bargaining on the items
will be taken over. The strike
will not begin before April 7,
and we hope that satisfactory
agreeemnt can be reached in
time to avert a nationwide tie
up"
Average weekly earnings in
the telephone industry are far
below those in manufacturing
and most other industries, said
Beirne. Labor Dept. figures
were cited to show that average
weekly earnings in the tele-
phone industry for September
were $44.10 as compared with
S45.41 for all manufacturing,
S53.12 for autos, $5991 for auto
tires, $60.33 for printers, and
$6l for soft coal mining.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13

as a result of the transporta.
ton tieup.
1t was the west coasts first
general strike since 1884 when
a waterfront strike spread
across San Francisco for four
days. Despite Mayor Herbert L.
Beach's rfantic fear that Oak
land was "goin back to the jun.
gle," violence was held to
minimum because of well.plan.
ned precautions taken by the
strike strategy committee.
The walkout started after
police escorted IL trucks thru
picket lines circling two struck
department stores on Sunday.
On Tuesday the walkout began.
James F. Galliano, attorney for
the AFL Alameda County Labor
Council, in a radio broadcast ap-
pealing for public support, de-
clared that the police action left
the AFL no alternative.
AS city life returned to norm
al on Friday both AFL and CIO
leaders hailed the settlement as
an outstanding victory for labor
solidarity. Workers who tramp
ed the picket lines for many
hours took particular satisfac-
ton in the administrators
pledge that "they refrain from
taking sides in any issue be-
tween labor and management
and that they strictly confine
themselves to their duties as
prescribed by law"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
Clifford TO Head
Infon+iIe Drive

The 1947 campaign for funds
for treatment of polio sufferers
will be Jan. 1880 under the
Craftsmanship of Michael v. Di-
Sale, L. Jay Clifford, chairman
of the Lucas County Chapter for
Infantile Paralysis, Inc, has an
nounced.
Identified with the local drive
since its inception here in 1884
with the celebration then of the
late President Roosevelt's birth
day ball to raise funds, Mr.. Di-
Sale also served as chairman In
1888 and 1899. He has been the
chapters only vice-chairman
and has headed the March OF
Dimes, the ball and downtown
collections committee.
Last year under the chairman
ship of Gordon Jeffery, the local
drive raised $57,365.76 as con-
trasted with a total of $1,271.67
subscribed in the frs drive.
Fifty per cent of funds realized
stays with the Lucas County
Chapter for disbursement for
treatment of local polio victims
with the remainder going to the
national fund for research and
assistance to epidemic areas in
the counry.
Nearlyt 100000 has been ex-
pended here in the past IA yeas
for iron lungs, hospital equip
ment, shoes and braces, medi-
cines, hospital fees and other ex-
penses of patients.
This year the need for funds
is particularly acute because the
severe summer and fall epidem-
les of 1946 have used up a sum
of $4,000,000 which national
headquarters had accumulated
as an emergency backlog.
National chairman is Basil
O'Connor, also hea d of the
A m erican Red Cross in the
United States.
Officers of the executive COM
mittee of the chapter in addition
to Mr.. Clifford and Mr.. Disable
are Willard l. Webb, Jr., treas
urer; L. l. Schiermyer, assistant
treasurer; George D. Hawkins,
executive secretary. Members
are Joseph P. Everett, DR.. Reu-
ben Hilty, John P. Kelly, George
d. Baumgartner, Donald F. Zoll-
ner, and Mr.. Jeffery.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13

was part of the plan to inflame
public opinion against labor.
Quotes Election Results
"The election results of Nov.
5th," Murray continued, have
been deliberately misinterpret-
ed by these very same predatory
interests as a stamp of approval
upon their evil design and has
obviously encouraged them to
deepen their attack upon organ
lied labor.
"The stage Is set for the Both
Congress to be met by national
hysteria deliberately fomented
and inspired. In essence, the at
tempt is to divert the attention
Of the American people from
those interests which are actu.
ally causing national hardships
for the common people through
initiation. The fantastic profits
of American industry today are
being given no attention in spite
of the fact that this develop
ment is clear proof of the real
roots of our present difficulties.
All the social economic and le-
gislative gains of the past de-
cade are in dire danger. The
recent court injunction against
the United Mine Workers of
America and the vengeful fine
imposed Is but the first step.
I'm the interest of our mem
bership, of all of the democratic
and progressive forces Of our
nation - whose very survival
may be at stake - I urgently
suggest that the leaders of
these three national labor organ.
izations meet as quickly as pos
sible for the purpose of devising
In unity a common program Of
economic and legislative meas
ures."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
Carey. Shishkin
Named TO Probe

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL -
(LPA) - Against a background
of growing Ku Klux Klan, the
rise of the anti-labor, anti.Negro
and anti.Jewish Columbians,
lynchings, and intimidations to
keep Negroes from voting, Pre-
sident Truman last week ap.
pointed Presidents Commit.
tee on Civil Rights to make le'
gislative recommendations to
combat mob violence and racial
discrimination.
Named as labor's representa-.
tives on the committee were
Boris Shishkin, AFL research
economist and former member
Of the Presidents FEPC, and
James B. Carey, Secretary.
treasurer OF the CIO and chair.
man Of the CIO Committee to
Abolish Discrimination.
In appointing the committee,
Truman pointed out that Anne.
rican individual liberties are
again under attack" but that
the Federal Government "is
hampered by inadequate civil
rights statutes" He requested
the committee to prepare a writ.
ten report including recommen.
dations with respect to the
adoption or establishment by
legislation or otherwise of more
adequate and effective means
and procedures for the protec.
ton Of the civil rights of the
people of the United States.n
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13

Faced with an almost
complete paralysis of busi-
ness and industry in this
East Bay area OF 100000 resi-
dents, with the walkout of 142
AFL unions and the refusal of
CIO members to violate picket
lines, City Manager John F.
Hassler agreed to the unions
conditions.
The joint Strike Strategy
Committee, announcing the vic
tory, declared that terms of the
settlement provided: "That the
city government of Oakland Of
ficially state that they will not
in the future use the police de-
partment as escort to guard pro
fessional strikebreakers in and
out of the city of Oakland for
the purpose of breaking legal
strikes; that they refrain from
taking sides in any issue be-
tween labor and management,
and that they strictly confine
themselves to their duties as
prescribed by law"
Strike Is Won
That the strike was completely
won even before it was settled
was evidenced in the city admi-
nistration's helplessness - even
with establishment of Estate
of emergency" when CIO
unions considered cutting off
electricity, gas, telephone and
water services except to hos
pitals and other institutions.
The shutdown became an
enormous demonstration of
union solidarity as streetcars,
buses, taxicabs and trucks quit
running. No trains operated on
the San Francisco-Bay Bridge
which serves 10000 commuters
daily. Restaurants, theaters,
food stores and bars were closed
down. Elevators were halted and
work was even stopped at sew
eral shipyards. The city's news
papers ceased publication. Count
less businesses were shut down
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13

Joint conference to meet "as
quickly as possible for the
purpose of devising in unity
a common program of economic
and legislative measures.
Murray's letters went to AFL
President William Green, Presi
dent A. F. Whitney of the Bro
therhood of Railroad Trainmen
and Chairman Thomas c. Cash
en-, of the Railway Labor Exc
cutive Assn.
The CIO chiefs letter opened
with the declaration that ut has
become self.evident that there Is
a deliberate and monstrous
movement underway to cripple
II not destroy the labor move
ment of this country"
The membership of the AFL
CIO and the rail unions, said
Murray, demand relief against
the intolerable conditions which
now confront them and protec-
ton against the ferocious attack
now being made upon them
This relief can be forthcoming
only thru the unified action or
the part of these three labor
organizations. Such unity OF
action is imperative and of vita
importance.
Rise Above Quarrels
"It is my sincere conviction
Murray emphasized, that we
the leaders of our respective
organizations, must in the in
terest of our nation and oul
democratic institutions ris
above any petty or persona
uuarrels to assure the success
ful completion of such a pro
gram"
Murray pointed out tn
"since VI Day the large indus
trial combines, together with
their representatives In Con
gress, have directed an unabat
ed attack against organized la
Dor. This has taken the form
of deliberate measures to bring
about initiation at the expense
of the American people ano
through vicious propaganda tc
place the blame for the result
ing hardships at the door Of the
American workers.
Where labor in the face oi
shrinking earnings and rising
cost OF living sought to Obtain
necessary wage increases, indus
try arrogantly refused to en-
gage In collective bargaining ir
order TO provoke strikes. This
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
BiIbo To Be
.Whitewashed

oEAS4AOS4Ns hlSSst OCN'
.(LPA)-Despite the overwhelm.
ing evidence of violence and in
timidation used by Sen. Theo-
odore Bilbo ID. Miss.) and his
henchmen to keep Negroes from
voting in the primaries, all in.
dications last week pointed to
a whitewash by the Senate Cam
paign Expenditures Committee
and a recommendation against
the unseating of Bilbo.
While the committee is to
meet in Washington Dec. 16 to
render a decision as a result oi
the hearings, Sen. Allen ]. FL
lender ID. Lao, chairman, in
dicated that he hoped and ex-
pected unanimous report from
the committee against the un-
seating of Bilbo.
Facts brought out at the hear
ings on complaints signed by sc
MiSsisippians, revealed that in
the Democratic primary, which
saw Bilbo renominated by a
mere $500 votes, only $500 Ne
groes were registered. 1t was
estimated that there are 100000
Negroes eligible to be registered
in the state and that there are
10000 Negro veterans who are
exempt from paying the poll
tax.
Prevented From Voting
How large numbers of Negro
veterans and others were pre-
vented from voting in the pri-
maries, which is tantamount to
election here, was revealed by
a parade of witnesses, including
a white Catholic priest and a
Jewish Rabbi, and large num-
ber of Negro veterans and citi-
zens who braved the probable
danger of reprisals.
Testifying before the commit
tee, Etoy Fletcher, Negro vet
eran, who served in two over
seas theaters and earned the
Good Conduct Medal, told how
he had tried to register and was
taken into the woods, made to
lie face down on the ground,
and whipped with an iron cable
until he was unconscious.
BilbO Warned Negroes
In another case, veteran Rich
ard E. Daniel of Gulfport testi-
fled as to the alarming effects
of Bilbo's speeches during the
primary campaign during which
he warned Negroes to stay away
from the polls. Daniels testi-
fled that when he came to the
polls he was taken to Jail and
severely beaten by a police Of
ficer and others. Then he was
charged with drunkenness and
disorderly conduct.
Despite all the overwhelming
evidence against Bilbo and his
there appeared little
likelihood of a verdict against
the Mississipian. Ellender play
ed the role of a defense attorney
for Bilbo and Sen. Bridges, a
Republican member of the COM
mittee, had previously register
ed his bias by voting against
cloture on the FEPC bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
Labor Charges
Tool Owners
Union-Busting

NEW YORK, Dec. IL (LPA)
"A combined attack by AFL
and CIO unions on the newest
of the anti-labor outfits-the
"Tool Owners Union"-has led
to the unmasking of the organi-
zation.
Unusually Illuminating inside
details about the "TOU were
brought to light in a series of
hearings held here by the State
Board of Standards & Appeals
on the organizations applica-
ton for a corporate charter in
New York state.
Leaders of AFL and CIO un-
ions, arguing strongly against
granting of the charter, charged
that the TOU is little better
than a racket; that its real
aim is "union-busing" and that
it wants a corporate charter
only to be able to collect an
anti-labor "war chest" more
easily from business interests in
the state.
Ad Man Head
Allen w. Rucker, an "ad"
man who is head of the outfit,
had some acutely embarrassing
moments on the stand when
questioned by union attorneys
on the structure of his organiza-
ton, and the source of the funds
which it has used to finance full
page anti-labor lads" in metro
politan newspapers.
For example, they brought
out the fact that the TOU, while
it complains of lack of de-
mocracy" in unions, operates its
own setup on dictatorial lines.
Rucker was forced to admit
that no national TOU officers
are elected, but on the contrary
are selected by a board of
founders" Even worse, locals
of the TOU are subject to revo-
cation of their charters ''at
will" by the national officers,
who need not make any charges
or grant any trial.
Tied with FascistS
Another point brought out
was that some of the big guns"
in the outfit have been tied up
with Fascist organizations.
Rucker denied that, claiming
that he didn't even know what
is a Fascist"
During the hearing, William
c. Collins, AFL regional organ
izer, declared that "the real
purpose of the TOU is to solicit
money from corporate sources
to propagandize and pressure a
campaign of characterization" i"
The labor spokesmen declared
that the TOU is obviously not
a union" but an outfit seeking
to build up a "slush fund" for
a campaign of propaganda
against labor. 1t has been So
liciting contributions and mem
berships - at the rate of 81 to
$100-from anyone who regards
himself as a tool owner"
Fuckers definition of "tool
owner" was broad. 1t covered
who has bank deposits,
a life insurance policy, stocks
or bonds, or any other kind of
investment, no matter how re-
mote, in tools of production"
Rucker estimated that there are
40,000,000 in that classification,
and he flamboyantly announced
his aim is to organize them all
for protection" against mere
tool users"-that is, the rank
and file of workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
Murray Seeks To
Establish Unity
Aqainst Reaction

WASHINGTON Dec g QPA - In dramatic move
to mobilize all of organized labors forces against tidal
wave of reaction and unonwreckng legislation CIO Pre-
siden Philip Murray week wrote to the leaders of the
nations three other major labor organizations proposing
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-13
General Strike
Sn1ashes Police
SHikebreaking

OAKLAND Cal. Dec II (LPA) - three-day general
strike of the largest in u S. abors history won e-
actly what it do last week when the city adin-
sraon promised that it would not again permit police to
act as escorts for professional strkebreakers. q