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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Raging the
Scale
By Elsie Jaye

SO now a lot of us wish we
had our wife taking in washings,
newsboys for sons and a dog
house we could raise lantern
jawed dogs in. How do we go
about it, Porky?
And why is H. H. Martens so
friendly with Mr.. Billet?
Letter: Dear Elmer, Will you
please try to get those twister-
heads finished by Thanksgiving,
since the Christmas rush makes
it imperative we have them done
in good time? Signed, Unc c. D.
P. S. Could you have Roy get
those bar levers done pretty
soon, too? I've another job for
him rs truth, so help me).
We regret that through mis-
understanding, we did not get to
say anything to those of you that
attended the meeting last Satur-
day about PAC. However, we
did see a few in the bar later
and are well satisfied with five
out of six batting average. Please
believe me, PAC is now our
white hope in the battle of keep
ing wages down to our incomes.
And only 81 PER YEAR does it.
Just tell your steward or COM
mitteeman you want to join.
Thanks to Bill for last weeks S
Kenny-O-Gram.
Didn't you think the Misses
Black, Depner and Weber looked
rather nice on our Labor Day
float? Even Chuck Cra m e r
looked kinda cute, Hawaiian
style.
The Bowlovlies took off with
vengeance last Thursday night,
with some nice scores b in G
posted. And the boys from the
plant who showed up evidently
enjoyed the show.
We lost day last week by
drinking water-a pastime we
had foregone during our we'll
earned CD vacation.
Add the sick list, Hazel Phil
lips is not doing too we'll from
her operation. She has been off
for the last six or seven weeks.
We extend a hearty Hurry up
and get well" to her.
Rose Davis recently fell and
broke her wrist. Too short for
her housecoat so she tripped.
Claude Moore, Pat Patterson,
Clyde and Alta Justus, Betty
Jobe and friends spent Saturday
evening bowling and behaving
like good people for a change.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Union Protests Fail

SYRACUSE, N. Y. (LPA) -
Over the combined protests of
both the CIO and AFL a war
time plant which cost the ma
TONS taxpayers $2,231,237 was
sold to Syracuse University last
week for $669,368.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
cIO Wins 9th
Dixie Election

ATLANTA, Sept. 9 - LPA)
- The CLOS southern drive
last week chalked up its 97th
victory in NLRB elections and
announced that in addition 1t
has 195 petitions for certitica'
ton pending with the Board.
New CIO triumphs occurred
in Charleston, S. c., where 183
voted for Mine, Mill & Smelter'
CIO. Is for AFL, four for Dis
trict so, UMW-AFL, and 10 for
mo union; and at Savannah,
Ga, where 100 selected MMSW
and only seven voted mo union.
Other CIO unions that recorded
election successes were the Unit
ed Packinghouse Workers, Fur
g. Leather Workers, Int'l Wood
workers, United Stone & Allied
Products Union, and Food, To
bacco g. Agricultural Workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Champion Unit
Sparklets

Charles Decker said that if he
and his wife get the fall house
cleaning done before it SHOWS,
he is going to go out and play
a little golf with the boys from
the shop.
Peace prevails in Eng. Dept.
End floor now that Nick Carney
is the detail man on the 3rd
shift.
Caroline Miles of Dept. E. 1st
shift, recently walked down the
middle aisle. Congratulations
Carrie.
The Union worked hard to get
Mr.. Waters out of the Champion,
but how can we get Mr.. Waters
out of Clyde Elder?
Mr.. Steve Sabo of Dept. E,
is looking around for a good
looking woman who has 7 mil
lion dollars or more to spend
on him.
The Executive Committee
wishes to thank all the mem
berS who marched or helped
out in our Labor Day Parade,
and are looking forward to a
bigger and better turnout next
year,
Department l. Is growing by
leaps and bounds, they posted
bids for 8 or 10 more jobs last
week.
Celia Raczkowski, Dept. D
End shift, is home from the
Hospital after a long illness and
would like to hear from the
gang by phone or letter. Here's
hoping you're back to work
soon, Celia.
Fannie Lowe of Dept. D cele-
brate her 22nd birthday this
week. Hubba- Hubba.
We still have cases of en-
ployees going to the foreman
with trouble and then wonder
why they don't get any results.
Yet we have a very effective
set-up in which they still go to
the foreman only in the pres
ence of a Steward.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Seeing Eye-w,o Unit

Gee Whiz And Stuff! The old
factory is going through a re-
juvenating period. 1t is getting
its face lifted and painted,
yards cleaned and a large sign
painted on 107 building letting
the world know what plant it is
and what it manufactures. We
were disappointed on the neon
sign at gate No. 3 after expect
ing a 16-foot sign to see it
dwindle to about two feet. The
biggest surprise is the nice ce-
ment sidewalk in place of the
cinders and the nice sod. Also
those little Christmas trees. We
wonder if this was Lewandow-
ski idea as we have heard he
prefers gooseberry bushes to
trees.
Tom Bailey of department 268
has studied the pros and cons of
single life and found out some
thing was missing. He finally
took unto himself a wife. He
was married recently to Mrs.
Gibbles of Bono. Congratula-
tionS to Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey.
Charles Higgins, who used to
be familiam around the aircraft
and now hangs his hat in de-
partment 331, tells the best fish
story of the season. He said he
hooked a near sized whale in
northern Michigan. He played
it for about two hours till the
fish and himself were worn out
and then towed it up to the boat.
Just as he was reaching down
to grab it, away it went. He
swears it weighed over II
pounds from the scales on its
back.
Brothers and sisters, it is our
opinion that letter of thanks
should be sent to Brothers Bob
Cousino, George Teatsorth,
Andy Jones and Tony Machada
for the fire job they did in
building our float that won first
prize Labor Day and to the
many hundreds who had that
great union spirit and paraded
We wish the management
would take a few minutes for a
tour through the parking lot at
4:30 p. m. But we also suggest
they take out an accident policy
before they start. We do not
understand why we have no one
injured yet. Traffic con-
ditions are intolerable. Why
does not the management and
the Union get up a traffic COM
mittee to handle our parking
lots? If the company can set up
parking rules around the Ad
building it surely can work out
something to remove those ter
rifle hazards with which the
plant workers are confronted.
The brothers in department
234, better known as the Trim
Shop, are smiling again after
several bad days. The reason
time study is on the job.
Did you ever stop and think
how you would feel if your job
was taken away from you by a
reactionary company and your
wife and kiddies went hungry?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
COnnmntGtOr


Have you noticed Larry push
ing the work out of the air lathe
department? When Bob returns
from his vacation he can take
lessons from Larry.
Fritz Boose married off his
son over the weekend. From all
reports, Fritz had to wait until
the fog cleared before he could
be sure who it was that got mar
ried.
Johnny Grant and Les Godell
went to Whitehouse on picnic.
They got lost four times on the
way up and six times coming
home.
We have no news of our In
dians being on the warpath.
Maybe they are taking time out
to rest up for new snake dance.
Irene might as well take off
the new cheaters. We know her
anyway.
Have you noticed all the new
help? Hubba, hubba! Loo k
around a little bit, fellas.
Are we mad that they closed
Homer plant down? The way
work is stacking up, it looks like
a big year for the home team.
Sam Scott is getting so fat that
they are going to move the ma
chinery SO he can get up to his
work,
An article in the Blade said
that men with all-girl families
are great lovers, Alice says
"tain't so, tain't."
We need more news for the
coIIunn Give folks give
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
CIO BIames
Anderson

WASHING TON, Sept. II
HPA) A demand that Presi-
dent Truman either fight hard
for price control continuation or
frankly concede that economic
sterilization in the U. S. A. is
dead" was made here last week
by John Thornton, chairman OF
the CIO Cost of Living Commit
tee. He issued his statement
upon publication of Agriculture
Secretary Anderson's orders that
meat ceilings be restored at
levels higher than on June 80,
1946.
Secretary Anderson's conces-
sion to the pressure of the live
stock interests and the meat
packers is a new and disastrous
blow to the living standards OF
the American people" the CIO
official charged. The country
has a right to know whether the
President stands behind Ander-
sons decision.
We believe Anderson's step
demonstrates his untitness for Of
flee. 1t climaxes a long series OF
incidents in which Anderson has
acted as mouthpiece for profit
eers. The CIO Cost of Living
Committee vigorously supports
Price Administrator Porter in his
battle against Anderson. With
milk and dairy products uncon-
trolled, the last semblance of
price stabilization is now being
destroyed by the Secretary OF
Agriculture"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Six Million Kids Ate

WASHINGTON (LPA) - AS
the new federal.state school
lunch program got under way
with the opening of classroom
doors across the nation, the
Agriculture Dept, reported that
last year 6,655, ,488 pupils in
43,480 schools were assured hot,
nourishing lunches through the
school lunch plan.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13

WASHINGTON (LPA)-The
constitutional convention IN d
special assembly of the National
Federation of Telephone Work.
ers will be held Nov. 3 to 16 in
elusive in Denver, Colo. The
zone big union" proposal TO
amalgamate the 49 NFTW affili-
ates will be voted on at the gath
erings.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-09-13
Exceed Mercy Wheat
Quote

ST. PAUL, MINI. (LPA) -
Northwestern farmers, cooper
ating thru the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Assn here, haul
ed in 2O9o of the wheat gathered
in the entire u. S. in UNRRA's S
emergency drive this summer
for "mercy wheat" The Farm
ers Union members first prom
ised 10 million bushels, ended
up with a grand total of more
than 151z million bushels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
A Thought For Today
Uses of Adversity

Russias United Nations veto of the compromise Plo. posa for dealing with Franco Spain was the Sovlets st
 rnOIv nexpert contribution to that subject But It cer tainly was not the first diplomatic tumble by maJor power in trying to deal with Europes perennial Fascist regime
 Few governments and of the big ones) like Gen eraissmo his political philosophy But they seem unable to agree on what to do about him. Spain poor country hasn't been steady her feet since her civil But she has great strategic importance
 Britain doesn't want to Communism replace ffahco' Russia has enough friends the dpsed republic to be as sured of at least friendly Spanish government the re- pMblc is restored That's the of the dilemma inc trimmings including Americas suggestions for oustng Franco have been compounded o confused sarts ana sos and general awkwardness.
 And through it all Generalssimo Franco the pompous te dictator of little country, has grown more pompous and assured And it must have given him particular pleasure to see Russia his berest foe fix things so that mighty coalition of disapproving nations couldn't make against him.
 though it left the problem of Franco Spain unsettled than ever The veo which Russas baby was lnclud- ed in the LIN Charter the objection of the smaller coun- tries for two ,
 l. The opposition knew that nsstence veto could wreck the still uniformed United Nations drive Russia out of it.
 would be only extraordinary circumstances and last resort.
 That of course hasn't happened. This veto, Russia s second was employed simply because Mr. Gromyko and hs preferred to nothing rather than to compromise which Russia didn't like Brtalns stand was tinged with politics Russias. But Britain won the applause by yielding to majority opinion without course to the veto.
 So now the world has had excellent illustration ot what the veto accompshes and the sort of extremity Tn which it may be used Meanwhile, the whole ideas basic flaws more apparent than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, June 2e-President Truman had
 sgnlRicant off-the-recOrd talk last week with CLIO Chief Phil Murray to disscuss moves to combat ln- flation Reconversion Director John steelman was also present. Truman began by thanking Murray for his help in avoiding maritime strike
 q want you to know that appreciate what you did there Phil" said the Presidena Then switch ing immediately to price control, he asked Murray how he thought the country could stabilize and get production.
 "Mr President" replied Murray If you get an efficient price control bill out of Congress and ef- fective administration of the law by the OPA you will have stabilized economy"
 T know that PhiL" countered the President, "but what we need for production now is fewer strikes.
 "Well, Mir. President, we're certainly doing our share" Murray replied You recall that pursuant to your request steel workers extended their con- tract. The contract was supposed to have expired last October but we put the date off until the fol- lowing February in order to guarantee uninterrupted production You asked to do the same thing in the auto industry and did 1t so that they would nave one years full production You asked me to do 1t in the electrical industry and did 1t there too. don't see how much more we can do. The CIO didn't call the recent coal or railroad strikes" That's true Phil," Truman replied. You've made every contribution in the interest of the na- ton that have asked you to make, and want you to know that appreciate your patriotism. Murray didn't say so, but he extremely bitter incident which he did not discuss with the ! all his promises to the White House. Truman recently told Chester Bowles that John I. Lewis was the only trustworthy labor leader in the country. Instead of mentioning this however Murray said that effective piece of price-control legis- lation passed Congress he would join with all the other labor men and with management in confer ence devoted to guaranteeing end to strikes for the duration of effective price control. Truman, however, was not too enthusiastic about | this. He suggested that Murray follow the matter up with Secretary of Labor Lew Schwellenbach. This was an eye-opener to Murray for he knew ! that Schwelenbach was on his way to Alaska for a | long vacation
  happened at the LOuis- Conn fight. Bernie | Baruch had ordered solid row of what were de- scribed ringside seats for his guests His guests turned out to be the members of the United Nations ! Atomic Commission, all fight experts in their own | right.
 After Joe Louis disposed of Billy Conn for the night Baruch leaned over to Russian Delegate An- drei Gromyko and Austraa's hard hitting Herbert Evatt.
 well, that's the end of the fight" he explained ! When the referee waves his hands like that he has decided that the fight is over. Do you mean" asked Russian delegate Gromy- ko" that his decision is fnal?" Right" replied Australias EVatt This Is one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
NOM AND sUZY BACK HOME
Christian Science Monitor)

NNHTASth41N 6ChGUCC NAVAAVUED
 Obviously reconversion Is putting the women back in the home. The June reports of the United States Employment Service prove 1t. Fe- male labor, they say, is scarce-ex- tremely so. This is borne out by the fact that only about IT per cent of the approximately 150,000 indiv- iduals filing claims for un-employ- ment compensation in Massachu- sets are women. The situation Is much the same elsewhere.
 During the war, when husbands sweethearts, fathers and brothers were in uniform, millions of women felt 1t their duty to back them up in the war plants at home. It's diff ferent now. When her man came home, Suzy felt it her duty to make home for him. The children might have tended for themselves while Mother was in the airplane plant or the shipyards but now that Dad is back he wants his meals on the table-ready-c cooked and on sched- ule.
 Several industries had to employ women during the war or shut ur shop. Many such plants are unable to get girls at all; they're all al home now. Obviously, many en1- ployers, if they are to open produc- ton bottlenecks, must put men ir women's places-and pay then mems wages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
Views of the Press

problem in Canada and in the United States is identically that which prevailed with respect to war time control policies. When Canada adopted wartime price control she did it courageously and boldly, but our government shrank from apply ing controls to farm prices and wages until virtually shamed into doing so by the dominion's action. Political expediency can be credited for the present economically absurd policy Off it can be so dignified) un- der which the Administration has sough to retain rigid control of prices while not only removing wage controls but deliberately initiating a sweeping and inflationary series of wage increases.
 In Canada, on the other hand, wage rises have been confined al- most entirely to the adjustment of rates to those prevailing for the same work in the same or similar localities, and in general they have been conditional on there being nc consequent increase in prices. This it may be recalled, was the policy originally proposed by President Truman after VIE Day. The differ ence is that where MT. Truman a. bandoned that policy under the political pressure of labor, Canada has stuck by its guns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
A LESSON FROM CANADA
(New York Herald-Tribune)

(NeW York Herald -Tribune)
 Canada showed the way to this country in bringing prices and wages under control during the war, and is now, it would seem, giving us les- son in how to handle the task of decontrol in the period of reconver- sion.
 There is no such violent contro- versy in the dominion about price control as the one we are having here. Where our wartime and post war increase in living costs has amounted to approximately B per cent to date in Canada the figure has been held to bare 20 percent. But the comparison is more favor able to the dominion than these fig ures would indicate when allowance is made for certain differences be- tween the situation there and in this country. For one thing, Canada is more dependent upon imports than is the United States, and has been compelled in some instances to raise price ceilings to allow for the purchase of materials brought in from countries which had been less successful in keeping prices on a stable basis. For another thing numerous factors tending to in- crease costs here. notably wage in- creaseS, have not yet found theii way into the price structure.
 Foreign Commerce Weekly" ir it's current issue, discusses the Can adian experience with price contro since V-J Day at some length, Witt particular reference to the govern. ment's general approach to the problem. Finance Minister J. L. Ills. ley, it points out, made statement before the House of Commons II | April in which he declared that thu aim of the government was to givt "a reasonable degree of stability" tt living costs, while creating condi' tions favorable to a high level O production and employment" Int most sweeping of the price control! actions since January, the articl notes, has been in the direction O lifting ceilings. Effective Feb. thi was done for list of some 300 items and in April the list was widenet substantially The action was an nounced as experimental, and con trols were not removed altogether instead, they were suspended, & that they could be reimposed in cas- prices tended to get out of hand. A to primary household food item war time rationing of sugar am butter has never been lifted, whil the rationing of meat was reimpos ed after ration-free interval il order to permit higher export allot ments.
 But the fundamental difference il the handling of the cost-of -livin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
Look Before We Leap

Casualty records of large life insurance company cov ering the World Wars, offer interesting of medical progress during the past quarter century During World War H. the company paid $5668344 in death claims casualties representing 7 of all death claims paid during the period In World War the claim payments represented 11 of all death claims paid Death claims in World War resulting from disease $89O267 or 16o of total claims The corresponding figure in World War 589 of the total In World War H. military statistics show death from disease 1000 year. com pared with 65 men per 1000 in the Civil War.
 Life insurance companies do not juggle figures. The
 medical progress indicated above is real It explains why the medical profession and large sections of the public favorable goeasy policy when to political re- organization of the American medical system. No other nation has shown such striking scientific advances in medi- cine In fact those nations where the government has participated actively in medical activities standards have deteriorated dsmayingly
 Legislation pending in Congress, such as the Wag Murray B would make government the dominant fac tor in medicine in the that spelled lack ot progress abroad We have the best medical system in the world and the question how to expand it, rather than the European failures. Nationwide compulsion is not the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-26
What Hit OPA?

WASHINGTON, June 26 (NEA) = The un. answered question in the minds of most U. s. cOn- doing to OPA?" The meaning of the question is that no one in his right mind can understand why the lawmakers-faced with threats of continuing scarcities rising prices spiralng into imitation, and another tornado of strikes-woud dare vote against continued price control on the eve of election
 Congressmen and the price control experts who have watched this battle through the war years have a realistic political solution to this riddle Of why OPA is apparently being killed by mutilaion instead of being allowed to die natural death.
 In simple political lingo, oPA Is being crushed under lot of logs. It is political log-roing such as has not been seen in Washington since the good old Republican days when sectional bocs made deals that gave everybody something in the way od high protective tariff Price control renewal bills lot of resemblance to the old-fashioned Fordney- McCumber tariff bill. All were designed to keep prices highland to give the consumers good squeezin'.
 In tracing the political maneuvering which pro- duced this result one fact stands out. It was not entirely Republican opposition that killed off the Democratic administration program to hold down the cost of living for another year The Democrats in Congress are just much to blame for this sabo- tage are the Republicans
 The trouble began in the solid Democratic South, It began when Chester BowleS Price Adminstrator declared 1t might be necessary to put ceiling price on raw cotton. It was intensified when Bowes put new trading regulations on the cotton exchanges They were intended to curb speculation, but they had the effect of holding down the price of raw cot- ton
 Political rule number one in the cotton belt Is that no candidate for office can face hs voters fl | he has at any time done anything to prevent the price of cotton from going up The South may have