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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Disable Will Check
RoiIwaY Express Settles

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Sev-
enty-five thousand Railway Ex-
press Agency workers went
back to work last week with the
same 1872 -cent-an-hour r S e
previously granted to the rail-
road workers A wage dispute,
which began last October, near
ly resulted in strike on April
25 but negotiations were re-
sumed in time to avert the
walkout. Three unions were in
volved: Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, International Association
of Machinists and International
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths,
Drop Forgers and Helpers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07

game.
The festivities of the UAW-
CIO Baseball Night will begin
with a preliminary game be-
tween the Local IL team and
the Old Dutch Beers at $50
These two teams are entered in
the two divisions of the Toledo
Amateur Baseball Federation
and each team is leading in its
class. The teams have been
friendly baseball rivals for q
number of years AID each has a
large following.
To Distribute Tickets
Tickets sale for the affair will
be under the direction of Harold
Dean, Local II representative
and will be handled through the
executive shop committees. Eff
forts will be made by Mr.. Dean
and his committee to distribute
enough tickets to fill the large
baseball park
In the First Annual Baseball
Night, held last year the Local
y Baseball Committee attracted
the second largest crowd of the
season at Swayne Field.
Children Will Attend
Inaugurating a new policy,
handicapped children of Toledo
and members of the Baseball
Knothole Gang will attend the
baseball games as guests of To-
ledo business men and other
friends of Local II who are
donating the tickets. Walter
Madrzykowski, UAW-CIO In
ternational Representative is in
charge of the arrangements and
has prepared full evening of
entertainment for both young
and old.
Mr.. MadrzykowSki says that
there will be lots of peanuts,
candy noise makers, clowns, and
entertainers for the handicapped
children and the gang, and
promises that it will be a night
that they will long remember.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
AyIing-Pockord
Raise Announced

Wage raises for employees of
the Ayling-Reichert Co. and
Packard Motor Co. were an
nounced this week by Lloyd
Speidell, Local IL recording
secretary.
Employees of Packard will re-
ceive 1914 cents increase retro
active to Feb. t8. About 118 EN-
ployes will benefit.
Fourty-five employees of Ayl.
ing-Reichert were granted an 18
cent wage hike under the terms
of their contract just negotiated.
Packard's negotiating COM
mittee was headed by Jerry Bid
die, Unit chairman. Also serving
were Lee Shafer, Ned Twining,
George Danko, George Fisher,
Albert Weckle, Edmund Zent-
graf.
Howard Rediger, representing
Local IL and Walter Murphy of
Richard Gosser's International
UAW staff also took part in the
negotiations.
Members of the Ayling-Rei-
ebert contract committee were
Chairman Denzil Sheckler, Mary
Danafrio, Mary Kwiatkowski,
Catherine Mccoy, Fred Welty,
Myrl Clayton, Ann Meyers,
Merle Beltz, Horace Appleby,
Clarence Macklin and John Sta
ger.
Frank Malik member of the
Local IL executive board repre-
sented the Local in the negotia-
fiOnS
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07

That ToledO's LabOr-Man-
agement Citizens Committee
is ready to intensity its activi-
ties was indicated here on
Tuesday of this week when it
was announced BY Mayor
Michae v. Disable committee
chairnnan. .that Jerome Cross.
ga Kevin Place had been
unanimously appointed per-
manent committee secretary.
Mr.. Gross, for the past sew
eraI years on the Toledo
Blades editorial staff has COW
cred the labOr-management
front for two years including
the meetings of the Labor
Management.Citizen Commit
tee.
A native of Northwestern
Ohio, born in Mercer County,
Mr.. Gross has had wide exper-
fence in the newspaper field.
Before coming to Toledo he
was news editor of the Zanes-
vile Ohio News and previ-
Ously biish h d a weekly
newspaper in Lancaster, Ohio.
He has also been a reporter
and state editor of the Dayton
Journal.
Mr.. Gross is married and
lives with his wife Rose and
daughters Rita and Betsey at
234 Kelvin Place.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Teomsfers Win Strike

PHILADELPHIA (LPA) -
End of the AFL Teamsters' IS
day strike against three news
papers here put a period to the
local tabloid Daily News SUI
p n e m acy on the neWsstands.
Both morning dailies, Inquirer
and Record, and the other eve
ming paper, the Bulletin, reap
peared when their arrangements
signed two-year contracts with
AFL Local 628. Immediate in
creases of $3.50 week for day
drivers and Sc SO a week for
night drivers, plus increased va
and other benefits, were
gained.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
TO Dedicate
FDR Memorial
CIO Gift To Benefit
Crippled Children

Dedication of a Wading pool
donated by Toledo CIO mem
bers to the Society for Crippled
Children in honor of the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
will take place at the Society's
Central Ave. Convalescent Home,
Saturday, June Is.
Funds for the Roosevelt Me-
mortal Pool were donated one
year ago by CIO members who
decided upon the gift to the
crippled children as a fitting
memento to the late President
Roosevelt, The pool proposal was
first advanced by the WHY'S
Overland Unit of Local IL, UAW-
CIO.
Dedication ceremonies will be-
gin at 200 p. m. when Richard
Gosser UAW-CIO director and
chairman of the Memorial Fund
Drive presents the pool to the
Society for Crippled Children.
Acceptance of the gift will be
made by George c. Sheppard,
president of the organization.
Invitations to the dedication
are limited to officers of Toledo
CIO unions which donated funds
to the memorial and to religious
and civic leaders.
Arrangements for the cere-
monies are being handled by
Walter Madrzykowski treasurer,
and Tom Burke, secretary of the
Memorial Fund.
Construction work on the pool
was done by the Henry J.
Spieker Co. The figure which
adornS the center of the pool
was fashioned by one of Amer
ica's leading artists from Indi-
ana limestone.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
RaiImen
aS
Truman
WASHINGTON June 3 GPA)

WASHINGTON, June 3 (LPA)
Though the Iron Horse" is
rolling again, the repercussions
of the strike by the Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen are
still rending the country.
For one thing, A. F. Whitney,
president of the Trainmen, has
launched a war against Presi-
: dent Truman accusing him OF
double crossing" the two
Brotherhoods in the settlement
they were finally forced to ac-
cept.
AS evidence to back up this
charge, Whitney released a ste
nographic transcript of conver-
sations he and President Alvan.
lev johnson of the Engineers
had conducted over the tele-
phone with Truman and DR..
John R. Steelman, the chief
executives labor advisor.
Promise By Truman
The transcript d. alt with
phone calls the White House
made to Whitney and Johnston
on Saturday, May 18 just few
hours before the strike was
originally scheduled. On the
basis of that conversation, IN
cluding a promise by Truman
that they could get further
concessions" the Brotherhood
chieftains declared a tlve-day
"truce" in the strike and came
to Washington to renew nego-
tiations.
J. The "furher concessions
turned out to be an additional
Continued On Page
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Attention Ohio
LEGISLATORS

SAN FRANCISCO (LPA)-A
worker whose union member
ship would be endangered if
she took a job offered her is
entitled to turn it down and
still collect unemployment COM
pensation in this state. The i'm
portant ruling by the Division
of Appeals of the California
Dept of Employment was hand
ed down last week in a case in
volving a member of the AFL
cannery workers union.
Miss Frances z. OakeS of San
Jose turned down a job with a
packing firm where she would
have had to join CIO union
and resign from the AFL union.
She had taken an oath not to
join a dual organization on be-
coming a member of the AFL,
and the state ruling upheld her
in protecting her original union
mem mberShip.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
War Costs
Exceeds Wealth

CHICAGO GPA) - The in
credible wastefulness of war for
the United States alone was
shown recently by the Bureau
of Economic and Business Re-
search of Illinois University
which found that this nations S
wars have cost more than all the
wealth accumulated since 1775.
The war bill totals S414 billion
w lille all industrial plants,
stores, homes farms and other
property is valued at $500 bill
lion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
ruman Decision Awaited
On Case Anti-Labor Bill
Settlement Of Mine Strike
Nav EffectVeto Outcome

WASHINGTON, June GPA Specal)-Nobody seems
be what the Presidents decision will be with respect
the Case Bill which awaiting the presidential sig
nature or veto although the concensus that the bill will be
disapproved by President Truman.
Yesterday rump session of congressman was called to
acquan other members of Congress with aoors side OF the
present legislative controversy President Truman
draft labor bill requested of Congress on May 70.
Appearing for CIO President Philip Murray was Robert
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Displaced" Poles
Reach u. S,

NEW YORK LPA) - The
first postwar migrant ship from
Germany, the SIS Marine Flash
er, docked here last week with
several hundred passengers, in
cluding a group of Polish, Jew
ish labor leaders whose passage
had been paid and arranged by
three International Rescue and
Relief Committees" The Polish
labor men ano women, now
displaced persons" come to
this country under existing i'm
migration quotas and the IRRC
will aid them in becoming estab-
lished in their new lives here.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
.2-B Wage Raises
Are Announced

Two new wage increases for
Region 2-B Locals were an
'nounced this week by Richard
Gosser, UAW.CIO regional di-
rector. Benefitting by the in
creases were 275 employees of
the Defiance Screw Machine Co.
and the Square Deal Body Co.
of Delta, Ohio.
Total increase given the en-
ployes of the Defiance Co.
amounted to 17-cents with Is
cents retroactive to February 8.
The Workers are members of
Local 638, UAW-CIO. Vacation
pay was added for the year 1914
when the company failed to
pay the vacation bonus.
An added feature of the con-
tract was a $50 bonus to all
veterans who returned to work
for the company. A 80 day re-
opening clause and checkoff
were also written into the new
agreement which was signed on
May 20.
Members of the negotiating
committee were Edward Fricke,
chairman, Leonard Fricke,
Trevor Hos ssfel, Lowell Moore,
Mahlon Hall, Geo~1e Biesinger
and Leo Hassellschwert: err
Delta Plant Terms
Retroactive pay increases from
Feb. "a ranging from Is to 25-
cents an hour was granted go
Square Deal Body employees,
members of Local 925, UAW-
CIO in their recently agreed
contract.
A vacation plan providing for
employees with the company for
more than six months grants
a minimum of "a hours pay to
96 hours for employees with five
or more years service.
Other contract clauses provide
for union shop, check-off and 80
days reopening clause.
Members of the committee
which negotiated the contract
were Elmer Finney, chairman;
Solomon Ruse, Ray Gillingham
and Harry Finney.
Harold Kobe, international
UAW-CIO representative from
Director Richard Gossers office
participated in both contract ne
gotiations.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07

Pointing out that the 1872
cents-an-hour increase which
has been granted generally
throughout industry had been
accompanied by price increases
in steel, automobiles, clothing,
food, and many other commodi-
ties, the UAW head said, II do
not know what the basis for the
price increases were in the face
of the we'll known ecoonmic fact
that wages always go up after
prices.
"There does not seem to be
any gain for the workers when
they are given an increase which
is almost Immediately followed
by increases in prices. We know
that prices went up all during
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
2-B Conference
Bids Sent Out 4
Delegates To Consider
Important Problems

ff1sf3 sf arr 'g1 slrarii 10
all UAW-CIO Local Unions for
the Region 2-B summer confer
ence TO be held at Cedar Point,
June % have been mailed out it
was announced on Monday of
this week by James Crowley,
assistant to Regional Director
Richard Gosser.
Mr.. Crowley indicated that
interest in the conference is run
ming high in Toledo UAW Locals
and Uuits due to legislation
which has been recently passed
in Washington and the break
down of price controls which
have nearly erased recent wage
gains made by the workers.
"We expect the same interest
will prevail throughout the rest
of the region and that the COM
ing conference will be one of the
best attended ever held, F" he said.
Agenda> Being Prepared
Howard Seren of Director
Gosser's staff is in charge of the
conference agenda which will be
sent to all UAW-CIO Locals
prior to the meeting.
I'VE are preparing the agenda
carefully in order to cover every
point that needs our attention"
said Mr.. Seren. "One thing we
are certainly going to place on
an important place in the meet
ing is political action after what
has been taking place in Wash
ington during the past 10
months" he added.
Sessions will be held at the
Breakers Hotel from 1000 a. m.
to 500 p. m. followed by a din
ner for the delegates.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07

Additional evidence of the
company's duplicity was seen
when the company management
last week asked for two weeks
postponement of the contempt
of-court hearing before Judge
Russell Maxwell in which Tom
Kenny, Local 497 president, and
three other officers of the union
were accused of breaking the in
Junction granted by the court
April 10, restraining the union
from interfering with workers
who wished to enter the plant.
No good reason for its request
TO postpone the case was given
by the company. Union officials
are fully alert to the newest at
tempt to break the strike by an
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the war out of all proportion to
wages, but now that the work.
ers are back on the 40 hour
week without a reduction in
prices, it seems economically un-
sound to grant additional price
increases because the workers
have been granted wages to
meet the old prices.
"Out of Line"
prices today" added Director
Gosser, are completely out of
line with the wage structure!
They make it impossible for the
average wage Garner to get by
unless he is able to tap his saw
ings, if he has any, or to cash in
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
But Can They Reed

WASHINGTON, June 3 (LPA)
Maybe with the idea that con-
gressmen haven't read the reams
Of Dail they've received demand
ing continuation OF The Price
Control Act, plane circled over
the Capitol one day last week
and WY and methodically
wrote out across the sky: SAVE
PRICE CONTROL.
You know" said one pro-
labor senator. "that writing is
just about as high as prices are
going to go unless we pass a
strong OPA bill"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07


company management, union
officers see in this as well as
other signs evidence that the
company is again sponsoring an
undercover effort to generate
another backto-work move
ment.
Claude Coons, former UAW-
CIO member who turned strike
breaker in a Saginaw, Mich
plant and was eventually pro-
NOTED to plant manager of the
local company, has been partic-
ularly agreeable in contract ne
gotiationS. At the same time, he
has been busy seeking out sat
isfactory" people to incite the
striking members of the union
and cause them to begin a back
to- work movement.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07

Lamb who read the Go lead
er's statement condemning
President Truman's proposed
legislation on the grounds that
it suspended the 18th amend
ment to the constitution and in
stituted criminal procedures to
drive the workers back to their
Jobs against their wills.
Congressmen Sign Petitions
Names Of 100 congressman,
representatives and IN tors
have been signed to a petition
being circulated m ong the
members of both houses calling
upon the President to veto the
Case bill. What effect this will
have upon the Presidents deci-
sion may onlv be guessed, since
some observers here profess to
the belief that the bill may be
signed in view of Congress ac-
ton in tearing the heart out of
Mr.. Truman's proposed legisla-
ton.
There is a tension in Wash
ington seldom found in peace
time with some labor leaders
pro claimin g that they are
sick and tired of the whole
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
TRY This Lunch

MINNEAPOLIS GPA) - Stu
dents at University of Minnesota
fol two lunches last week ate a
200-calory lunch of potato soup,
dark bread and weak black cof-
fee instead of the usual 1000
calory, 38-cent lunch. The near
~ 80 cents saved was given to
the Cooperative for American
Remittances to Europe, to pur-
chase food packages.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
OPA Aids Hungry

WASHINGTON (LPA)-OPA
has announced that restaurants
may reduce or eliminate Gus
tomary portions of bread or
other wheat products without
reducing prices; also the Famine
Emergency Committee has asked
all restaurants to serve bread or
rolls only on the request of the
customer.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
SCANDAL!

Members of the Interna-
national UAW-CIO execu-
tive board in a special
meeting in Cleveland this
week condemned President
Truman's anti-labOr Iegis-
latiOn and severely critic
lied the OPA.
Said President Walter p.
Reuther about OPA, "What
we'd like to know is why
OPA can grant a $40 price
increase on So worth of
chrome and call it an engi-
neering adjustment? The
auto price situation is the
biggest scandal in the coun-
try"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Moral: - UnioniSm Pays

NEW YORK (LPA)-Fired on
one days notice last week were
all but three of Metro-GoldWyn-
Mayors script reading depart
ment, some of whom aged up to
65 had worked for MGM as
much as 20 years but were not
union members. The three re.
tanned through transfer to other
departments, are members of
Screen Office Employees Union
CTO
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Disable
Report

Vice-Mayor Michael V. Disable,
chairman of the United Toledo
Committee which waged a sue
cessful campaign in favor of the
payroll tax ordinance at a spe-
cial election held here April IL,
promised on Tuesday of this
week that the long delayed &C.
counting of the United Toledo
Committee would be filed this
week with the Board of Elec-
tions.
Mr.. Disable made a fine point
in distinguishing between the
United Toledo Committee and
the United Toledo Campaign
Committee saying that the lat
er spent the money which was
given it by the former.
Eight Week Delay
Report of the United Toledo
Committee due eight weeks ago
was delayed when George Cros-
by, one of the leaders of the
organization could not find time
to prepare it.
Questioned by the UNION
JOURNAL several weeks ago
about the report, Mr.. Crosby
said that he did not think the
payroll excise tax ordinance
was a political issue and was
under the impression that the
law did not require filing an &C
counting.
Despite notification by the
Board of Elections of the failure
of the United Toledo Committee
to file its report, the Lucas
Couny prosecutor office has
made no attempt to force COM
and Assistant Prose
nutixs Attorney Friberg is still
TIE state code to see Z
there is a law to compel the
United Toledo Committee to give
an accounting of its election in
come and expenditures.
Disable Will Check
Mr.. Disable said that he had
given orders to the Committee
to get the report ready and let
him look it over before turning
it in TO the Board of Elections.
If it is satisfactory" it will then
be filed.
Meanwhile newspaper head
lines proclaim that Mr.. Disable
is demanding an accounting OF
the city manager on the alloca-
ton of the funds derived from
the payroll tax.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
IA W-CW Plans
Second Annual
Baseball Night
Handicapped Children, Knothole
Gang To Be Local II Guests
By Wilbert (Birdie) Rule

Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO Region 2-B director an
nounced today that the Second Annual UAWCIO Baseball
Night would be held at Swayne Field the night of Tues
day. July 3d. when the Toledo Mud Hens will play the St.
Paul Saints in regular American Association baseball
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Aids Fear
L a6or Reprisa|s
Unions Are Turning Away
From President In Force

WASHINGTON June 3 IPA) - Widespread political
of President Trumans slave labor proposals
continued to come from every section of the country this
week and White House advisers were fearful that thew
might continue into the 1948 presidential campaign Trr-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Prices Wiping Out
Recent Wage Raises
Saws Richard GOsser
JAW Head Says New Wage
Demands Will Be Coming

New wage demands will be forthcoming from the
workers due to the rapid increase in prices according to
Richard Gosser UAWCIO regional director in statement
made prior his departure for the special UAWCIO In
ternationaI Board meeting in Cleveland
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-07
Standard Asks For
Court POstpOnement
Another Back-TO-WOrk Move
To Be Attempted This Week

PORT CLINTON, June (SpeciaD-Satsfactory pro-
gress been reported by officials of Local 497 whose
members have strike the Standard Products Co.
ere for the past 100 days.
While progress is being made in negotiations with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22
Nougotuck Youths Held

Two oversiSed, fur-lined gloves and the sharp eye of a detective led last night to the arrest of two Naugatuck youths. both l2, who ad- mitted to a number of thefts here and in the Rubber City.
 Driving along Meadow Street last night, Detective Sgt. Paul Moynihan spotted the youths, one of whom was wearing the gloves. Ills sus- picions aroused, the officer stopped to question them. They admitted they had ransacked i've autOmo- piles in Waterbury and a number In Naugatuck. The gloves were taken from a Naugatuck store.
 In addition to cash from a glove compartment in a car in Waterbury, the two admitted taking an assort. ment of articles from cars here. flash lights. first aid kits and other small items.
 Today the two were turned over to Juvenile Court authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22

Patrick Murlarev, er. has re. turned Co his home on Thomaston Avenue after being hospltallaed for . number of days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22

Robert Dean of Haase Avenue Terryville, Q former Sheffield Street resident ls ill ct his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22
NOTICE

Roland Page Stewart. of 7is Eas, Main Street, Waterbury. Conn, have filed an application dated Nov. 2lst, lele, with the Liquor Control Com. mission for q Restaurant Full Li. quor Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 1917 North Main Street, Waterbury, Conn. The business Is owned by Roland Page Stewart, of 7i2 East Main Street, Waterbury, Conn, and will be con. 'ducted by Roland Page Stewart, of 7l2 East Main Street, Waterbury, Conn.,, as permittee.
 ROLAND PAGE STEWART.
 Dated Nov 2ist, 1g46. li-22-se