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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31

tered the negotiations and
cleared up % issues which
were still in dispute.
Principal gain was a 10-cents
an hour wage increase retroac-
tive to March 6 for the $50 COM
pany employees and 15-cents an
hour increase effective with the
signing of the contract as a tenn
porary increase to be raised to
1872 cents as soon as the COM
pany is able to secure sufficient
materials TO get into full pro-
duction, and in any event not
later than Sept. /.
Contract Provisions
Other provisions of the con-
tract provide grievance proce-
dure, smoking and eating priv
ileges, z cents night bonus, time
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Presidents appearance before
the joint session on Saturday
as "a cheap exhibition of ham
acting"
Turned Simon Legree
Senator Eugene d. Millikin,
Cd, Colo.)-"This is Uncle Sam
turned Simon Legree. It is moth
ing less than peonage-involun-
tary servitude."
Senator Claude Pepper, ID,
Fla.)-"The major work stop
pages in this country have been
brought about by management
and not labor. We have not been
as fair to labor in the reconver-
sion period as we have to man
agement."
Senator Burton X. Wheeler,
Continued On Page 2
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Represented at the meet.
/ ing will be SIS local unions
with a total membership OF
more than $4,000. Several hun
dred delegates from northwest
ern Ohio will be sent credentials
for the conference.
While the program has not
been completed, it was the be-
lief of Director Gosser that po-
litical action would take top
ranking spot in the conference
discussions.
Consider Legislation
Said Mr.. GoSser, I'm the light
of what has just occurred in
Washington, VII e n President
Truman has called for emer-
gency legislation aimed at the
labor unions, it looks like politi-
cal action will be one of the
most important things that any
meeting of workers representa-
tives could discuss.
1--WE will know a lot more
about the legislation which Is
now being passed or which will
be passed by the time we meet
next month and l am positive
that we will have some things to
say about it. Our situation today
is far from satisfactory, and we
are not going to sit back and see
Continued On Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31

See if your shop raise is
shown on page 2 of this
weeks JOURNAL. Region
2-B Auto Workers have
gained approximately IL
million dollaVs in wage in
creases in the past seven
months. If your shop has
been granted an increase
and is not listed please send
the information to Lloyd
Speidell, Local IL record
ing secretary.
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l Lesion Officials
Try Suppression
Labor Group Reveals
Legion Secret Minutes

NEW YORK. May 27 CLPA)-The National Conference
of Union Labor Legonnaires last week made public the
secret minutes of national committee of the American
Legion which disclosed that the Legons leadership at
ented to suppress the NCUPP an organization of trade
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BOlUHng Green JAW
Settles Their Contract
Wage Increases, Vacation
Benefits Won By Local 900

BOWLING GREEN, May 23-Negotiatons were COM
peted here yesterday between Local 900, UAWCIO and
the Daybrook Hydraulic Hoist and Body Co., leading final
settlement of the Settlement came quickly when
Richard Gosser UAW-CIO regional director of Toledo en-
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Standard dONcers
Face Court Charge
Minor Progress Reported
In Contract Negotiations

PORT CLINTON May % (SpecaD-Four members Of
Local 497 which has been strike at the Standard Products
Co. of this city Feb 81 cited for contempt OF
court in writ issued today by Judge Russell Maxwell
mon pleas court Judge of Williams County. Judge Maxwell
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Cedar To
Be Host To 2-B
Regional Meet
Political Action To Be
Stressed In Conference

Cedar Point has been selected the site for the quar-
tery Region 2B UAWCIO conference it announced
rector The date set by Drer Cosser for the days
ference was Saturday. June %.
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Unanimous approval a of
their first UAW-CIO contract
was voted by $50 members of
the Bunting Unit of Local IA
at a special meeting held at
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Continued On Page 2
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Big Vote in November
Urged byMrs. Gam in
Maryland COP Talk

The Importance Of getting out"
Republican votes in the fall elec-
ton was emphasized yesterday at a
meeting of the Maryland Federation
of Republican Women in the Grace
Episcopal Church, Silver Spring.
The meeting was the first of a
series to be held by the federation
in the various communities as part
of its 25th anniversary observance,
to be climaXed by a silver jubilee
celebration June 10 at the Belvedere
Hotel, Baltimore.
Speaking before approximately
$50 women representing nearly so
clubs in the State. Mrs. Edward
Gam, former president of the Dis
trict of Columbia League of Repub-
lican Women, said:
IF we get control of the House in
the November elections, we'll elect
a Republican President irr l94o.'
Mrs. Gam, sister of the late Vice
President Curtis, also described her
experience in social life here when
she was official hostess for her
brother.
Mrs. Charles w. Lewis. Baltimore,
called on the women to stick to is
sues and not personalities" in sup
porting Republican candidates for
Congress.
Mrs. David Tilghmam, Baltimore,
federation president, presided at the
all-day session. The Montgomery
County Federation, headed by Mrs.
Claude Cook, served as hostess club.
Luncheon was served by the
Women's Guild of Grace Church,
with Mrs j. G. Pratt as chairman.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
ConneNys Wonder
How to Welcome
Sons Paris Bride

The Connolly family of 1914
Seventeenth street NV. means
what it says about not knowing
how to greet the French bride of
Capt. Daniel w. Connolly tomorrow
night.
They don't speak French, and the
18-year-old Parisienne who is ar
irving at New York aboard the ship
Brazil can't speak work of Eng
lish. The young brides husband is
the only member of the Connolly
family who can speak French flu
emily, and he still is in Germany.
Capt. Connelly's mother, Mrs.
Mary j. Connolly, and her daughter
will meet the ship at the dock, but
they aren't counting on really get
ting to know the new addition to
the family until Capt. Connolly is
sent home. Originally from Louisi-
ana, the Connellys know some Gre
ole. They understand, however, that
won't help much when it comes to
understanding Partisan French.
Capt. Connolly and the former
Miss Nicole Malapert were married
last December while he was sta
toned in Paris. He has been over
seas since 1943 and currently is in
charge of a trucking outfit engaged
in transporting men to embarkation
points.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Bond Issue Supported
By Arlington Official

Declaring the proposed Arlington
1e46-47 budget lis woefully made
quate to finance needed improve
ments,' Chairman Edmund D.
Campbell of the Arlington County
Board today was on record In sup
port of $4,0OO,00O bond issue.
Speaking to the Arlington Forest
Citizens Association last night, Mr.
Campbell said, "our needs are so
great that they can not be met by
ordinary taxing policy"
He pointed to the necessity of
putting county school grades. from
the third through the sixth, on a
normal basis" at an estimated cost
of $1,040,000. The same steps for
secondary schools, he added, will
cost approximately $1,483,OO
Under the general fund he de-
scribed the following needs:
Incinerator, s530,0OO; courthouse
addition, $250,O00; work shop and
truck storage building, 100000, and
sewage treatment plant enlarge
ment, $4,000.
Emphasizing his recommendations
include only minimum needs, Mr.
Campbell said the present budget
is inadequate to finance needed i'm
provernents in streets, sidewalks
curbs and cutters or any capital
expenditure of any kind.
1T is about all we can do tc
keep the county government going
on our present income" he said.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
1914 Absentee Voters
Must Register Party

The Prince Georges County Board
of Election Supervisors has ruled
that servicemen who were absentee
voters in the 1914 general election,
but who failed to include their party
afhliation on the ballot, must register
in person on June 18-county regis
tration day-to qualify for voting
in the primaries June "a, unless they
return an absentee ballot before
midnight, June 18.
No applications for absentee
ballots have been received yet by
the board, Samuel A. Wyvill, pres
ident, reported yesterday. He said
there were 5000 absentee voters in
1914, nearly half of whom failed
to show party affiliation.
Applicants who desire to register
by the absentee system must desig-
nate which ballot, Democratic or
Republican, they desire. Returned
ballots, if received prior to registra-
ton day, will constitute registration
also. Mr.. Wyvill said. He added that
military personnel overseas still
have time to request their ballots.
Mr.. Wyvill said failure to register
party afflliation will bar participa-
ton in the primary elections only
All are eligible, if they are carried
on the voters book previously, for
the general election, he added.
He said 45,418 voters, including
29, 1886 Democrats, 14,449 Republicans
and 983 others. were registered
voters in 1914. He said 38,357 were
white, a gain of 1921 over 1912, and
!7,16l were colored, gain of 354
since the last previous election.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
{. H. Jamison Resigns Post
In Montgomery Schools

Charles H. Jamison, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
county commissioner from the I'd
district, today announced his resig-
nation as assistant supervisor of
school property for Montgomery
County to take effect not later than
April 30.
In a letter addressed to Calvin
w. Schaeffer. supervisor of school
property, Mr.. Jamison said he was
resigning. because "it does not seem
appropriate to the general manner
in which the Montgomery County
schol administration has been car
ried on that candidate for elec-
tive public Office should continue
as an active member or official of
the county school administration. -
Mr.. Jamison is the second Demo-
crat in Montgomery to give up pub
lie Office within week because of
candidacy for nomination in the
June "a primaries. Julius P. Stad-
Ter, member of the School Board
and candidate for county commits
sioner, announced he would not be
a candidate for reappointment on
the School Board when his term
expires April 80.
Mr.. Schaeffer is a candidate for
county commissioner and will op-
pose Mr.. Stadler in the Democratic
primaries.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Fairfax Police Chiefs '13'Wins
Confiscuted Auto on Auction Bid

E. c. Trice and that the driver and
owner was Robert Lee Jessup of
Mount Airy, N. c.
Two days later he paid fine of
$3.50 and was given a six-months
suspended Jail sentence on a charge
of transporting more than the
maximum of one gallon of out-of-
State liquor in his car.
That same afternoon, police said,
Jessup was picked up on Route 211
by County Policeman B. j. Blevins
on a charge of reckless driving.
Examination showed the automo-
bile to be loaded down" with
whiskey, police said. The former
charge again was placed against
him and he was required to put up
81 500 collateral and surrender his
car pending his appearance in court,
police said
With a six months sentence from
the first conviction staring him in
the face. police. said he forfeited
collateral-and his car-rather
than appear in court the second
time.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Two Fined in Bethesda
For PinbuII 'GombIinq'

Two persons were fined $l0O each
in Bethesda Police Court yesterday
on charges of using a pinball ma
chine for gambling purposes.
Fred S. Evans, owner of the Rock
away Tavern on Macarthur boule-
ward, was charged with permitting
gambling, and Louise B. Moller,
waitress in the establishment, was
charged with gambling. Both filed
appeals.
Montgomery County Policeman
Glenn Wood told Trial Magistrate
James c. Christopher the waitress
paid a nickel for each free" game
registered on the machine. He said
he hit" for AZ games and was
paid $2.10.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
County Heads Favor
Repairs 10 Route q

Residents of the Barnesville-
Poolesville area in Montgomery
County today had the full support
of the county commissioners in their
attempt to have the State Roads
Commission improve Route % from
Rockville to the Friedrich County
line.
The commissioners told a delega-
ton from the area yesterday that
they already have written to the
State Roads Commission requesting
that prompt action be taken on the
matter and assured the residents
that they would "do everything in
our power" to see that something is
done. The group then left to attend
a hearing before the commission in
Baltimore.
Residents complained that the
highway, which passes through
Darnestown, Jacksonville, Beallsville
Dickerson and links with Poolesville
is in such a bad state Of repair ii
is impossible in places.
They added that the road is the
main milk route serving the area
and has been the scene of several
truck accidents as a result of poor
visibility due to curves and blind
spots
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Montgomery Veterans Housing
Applications Reveal Hordships

until he found the Forest Glen
room, last month, when he sent
for his wife and child Mr.. Ross
helm is now employed at Silver
Spring radio appliance store.
John A. Brickley, owner of the
building in which the Rossheims
live, said he rented the room to
Mr.. Rossheim for an electric shop
He said Mr.. Rossheim then
brought his furniture and his wife
and child from New York and used
the room as living quarters. Mr.
Brickley emphasized that he never
intended to rent the room for liv-
ing purposes but that he did not
want to evict the Rossheims be-
cause Of the housing shortage.
Mr.. Rossheim admitted that he
had rented the place for use as an
electric shop, but that after he had
arrived here he was forced to live
in the room because he could find
no other accommodations.
All Applicants Married.
All of the applicants are married
Mr.. Weisman said, and rs per cent
have children He cited the case OF
veteran with five children living in
two rooms in Washington
About half of the applicants are
veterans who entered the service
from Montgomery County and who
will receive priority in the ALLEGATION
of housing units.
The remainder entered the sery.
ice from all over the country anc
now live in nearby Maryland, Vir.
ginia and the District Many live il
single rooms in the Washington area
while their families are in some
other State.
| After those who entered the serv.
ice while living in the county ar,
cared for, the remaining units viii
be allocated to veterans now living
in the county, and who entered thu
service elsewhere, and finally to vet.
Grams employed or now living a.
Walter Reed Hospital.
The housing office is open from
am. to 4:30 pm. and from to pm
Monday through Friday and from
9 a I'm. to noon on Saturdays.
To date, the Federal Public hous.
ing Authority has allocated IL:
units, including so trailers, to tn.
county, although the county com.
missioners had requested a total O,
$50 units. The County Housing Au.
thority last week applied for an ad.
| ditional 100 units.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Arlington 10 Purchase
Dump Site for $1,000

The Arlington County Board to-
day authorized appropriation of
$4,000 from unbudgeted surplus
funds to purchase land on South
Glebe road adjacent to Four Mile
Run to be used as the county trash
disposal area.
The tract. offered for sale by the
Garfield Manor Corp, is 900 by $50
feet.
commemorative Attorney Law
renee w. Douglas told the board at
a special session that emergency
action was necessary because the
offer expires today.
A second parcel, estimated to in
clude IL to IA acres and offered at
a cost of $4,000 to $4,000, was re-
jected.
Primary purposes for acquiring
the first site, Mr.. Douglas said, is to
provide place for disposal of resi-
due if an incinerator is built; to
provide dumping area if the incin-
orator is not built, and to forestall
any possibility of home construction
in the area, which is subject to flood
conditions.
Evening star., 1946-04-24

Fairfax County Police Chief Carl
R. Mcintosh today was the owner
of 1910 sedan-having earned the
right to purchase it when number
13 was drawn from hat at an auc-
ton conducted by County Sheriff
Eppa Kirby.
The automobile, confiscated in a
recent liquor violation case, was Of
fered at auction to more than 80
bidders yesterday but all offered the
OPAs maximum ceiling price-$609.
Sheriff Kirby then assigned each
bidder a number, placed them in a
hat and called on Leon Collier, Is,
of Fairfax Station, sophomore at
Fairfax High School, to withdraw
one number.
Chief Mcintosh was surprised
when his ''unlucky" number was
picked. He was not involved in the
arrest of the car owner and its sub
sequent conf1scation.
Police said the automobile was
picked up on United States Route
! on February S by State Trooper
Evening star., 1946-04-24

responsible for his unfulfilled pre-
diction, the Weather Man only shook
his head and redoubled his study of
the leaves in his morning cup of tea.
The official report on yesterdays
scant sprinkling was, mot enough
rain to measure" That means, by
the inflexible rules set for this
Weather Man versus the elements
series, that he was nosed out. If
the truth be known, we are some
what bitter because we decided not
to bother watering our lapel gardenia
after we read the forecast yesterday
Now We will have to buy another
and we would send the Weather
Man a bill if we thought we could
get away with it.
The Standings.
Won. Lost. Pct.
Weather Man--- l / 500
The Forecast.
Cloudy and cooler today. Occa-
sional rain tonight and continuing
most of tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Embassy Aide Gives
Run Around to Two
By Running Around

Two Washingtonians went to
the Mexican Embassy, 1929
Sixteenth street NV, yester-
day to seek information on an
impending vacation trip to the
land south OF the border.
A short, swarthy man an
sWered the door and the pair
asked to speak to Senor
. Sorry" the short man said,
you will have to come around
to the Embassy Office at the
side of the building"
They walked around the
building and knocked on the
Office door.
The same short man-who
must have dashed madly
through the Embassy to get
there in time-answered the
knock and said:
Sorry, the office is closed for
the day."
Evening star., 1946-04-24
Rezoning Is Approved
In East Columbia and
College Park Sites

Two applications for rezoning of
property and two others to erect an
electrical transformer station and
operate private club have been
approved by the Prince Georges
County commissioners.
The two rezoning petitions, both
of which were recommended for
approval previously by the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, were those of
R. NJ Watkins, College Park realtor
and builder, for reclasSification of
lots /, 2, 3 and 4, block B, College
Park, from residential A to residen-
tial B, for the construction of four
2-family dwellings, and Edward H.
Cox for reclassification of lots 7, 8
ana 9, block D, East Columbia Park,
from residential A to commercial
D, for stores.
Permission to construct and main
tain the electrical transformer plant
on lot /, block D, of John NJ Kings
subdivision, near Cheverly, for pub
lie utilities purposes was granted
the Potomac Electric Power Co.
Chapel Oaks Club Approved.
The application of Clement Austin
and Katherine j. Austin for permiS-
sion to use property at lot 6. block
/, section 2, 1924 Fifty-eighth ave-
nue., Chapel Oaks subdivision, as a
private club was approved.
A permit also was granted Will
liam F. Finn of Lar1ham, Md, to
operate a trapshooting and rifle
range at No. Finn's lane, Lanham.
Acceptance of Alton street, for
merly Shadyside avenue, as coun-
ty road from Boulevard Heights to
Bradbury Heights, was announced
by the commissioners following re-
ceipt of the road examiners report.
School Board Asks Space.
The Board of Education asked the
commissioners for additional office
space to meet crowded conditions
now encountered in their Offices on
the second floor of the county court
house. The School Board said also
in view of expected additions to its
staff in the next few years, it was
preparing a set of plans to submit
to the county showing its needs.
William A. Carson, chairman OF
the Board of County Commissioners
said the six other members of the
seven-man committee to study
housing needs for veterans in the
county had accepted their appoint
ments. These include Commissioner
Theodore Siehler, T. Hammond
WEIGH, A. H. Smith, T. Howard
Duckett, A. Hampton Magruder ano
Sherman H. Hollingsworth.
Mr.. Carson, VINO also is member
of the committee, said he would con.
tact Morris Davis, regional director
for the National Housing Authority
for the area including Prince
Georges County, to arrange meet
ing date between the MIA and the
county Housing Committee.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
By J. B. Zotmon.

Stories of veterans and their fam
lilies crowded into unfinished attics,
Easements and trailers are con-
tanned in the more than $50 appli
cations on file with the Montgomery
County Housing Authority at the
Silver Spring Liquor Dispensarv
Building.
In addition, John E. Weisman, in
charge of the Office, said he re-
ceives an average of so calls daily
from veterans applying for billets in
temporary units to be erected within
60 days in Sligo Valley Park.
Both the applications and phone
calls bear testimony to the acute
housing shortage and give impetus
to efforts by county officials to al
leviate the condition.
One veteran lives with his wife
and two children in a basement
room on Old Bladensburg road.
Another lives with his family in
an unfinished attic while others are
crowded into single rooms.
Don't Want Sympathy.
They don't want sympathy, &C
cording to Mr.. Weisman, because
many ask him not to reveal their
present addresses. What they want
is a chance to live decently with
their families, he emphasized.
Take the case of the Rossheims,
for example Isador Rossheim, his
wife, and 13-month-old child live
in one room converted from a bar
Der shop at Post Office road,
Forest Glen.
A partition separates the parents
living quarters from the child's crib.
which is jammed into a corner sur
rounded by furniture from the Ross
helms New York apartment.
Mrs. Rossheim washes the baby's
clothes in bathroom-type sink.
The bathroom is shared with patrons
of the adjoining restaurant. There
are no closets. For these accomo-
dations, Mr.. Rossheim pays $50 a
month.
Its pretty bad" Mrs. Rossheim
said. "but we do the best we can.
Of course, We hope to get one of
the units in Sligo Park and that
keeps us going"
Mr.. Rossheim was discharged from
the Army in 1943. He came to
Washington last December, after
he was unable to obtain work in
New York He lived with relatives
Evening star., 1946-04-24
II Prince Georges Men
Get Induction Orders

A total of 18 Prince Georges
County men who have passed their
preinduction examinations have been
ordered by County Draft Board No
3 to report for duty with the armed
forces next Monday.
They include:
Henry A. King, Robert A. Oliver
Joseph E. DeMarr, George F. Thorne
ir, Everett B. Latimer, William j
Scruggs, Herbert R. Windsor, AL
bert C. Gray, Leroy P. Rinick, Will
liam r. Gormley, John F. Fletcher
jr., and Calvin S. Fender.
Also, Harry Washington, Leor
Spriggs, Claude L. Taylor, Thoma:
E. Williams, Leroy N. Harper ane
Eugene j. Colbert, all colored.
Evening star., 1946-04-24
District Firms Bid Low
For Maryland Road Job

The American Asphalt Products
Co., go P street Sc, yesterday SUBJ
mitted a low bid of s101 ,780 to the
Maryland State Roads Commission
for the resurfacing OF "a miles OF
Wisconsin avenue from the District
line to Chestnut avenue and 3.5 miles
OF University lane, from Seeks Cor
ner to College Park.
The commission, meeting in Balti-
more, also received a low bid OF
81 ,093. .432.75 from the Empire Con-
struction Co., Baltimore, for con-
struction of new Matapeake ter
minal for the Chesapeake Bay ferry
system, the Associated Press re-
ported.