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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

"Only way to beat initiation is thru full
production. Only way to get that is thru
policy permitting sale of products of at
least cost. Sen. Hickenlooper, Iowa.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
What the
TELEPHONE WAGE settlement
Means
Means
-. TO The PUBLIC

Recognizing their responsibility for maintaining
vital public service both union and management
representatives made concessions that averted tele
phone strike recently. . Settlement means that the
welfare and security of the public were not imperiled
by general curtaiment of telephone service; that
business and industry were not handicapped by
lack of communications in their efforts to regain
full stride.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Quotes Of
The w eek

II think I'd better just keep on
acting!" Movie Star Jimmy
Stewart, declining to run for Gov
ernor Of Pa.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

Nov maybe my ex-girl friend
will be sorry!" - Ex-GI Jack Love,
South Bend. Ind. inheriting q
million.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

"Im wearing them MYSELF Clifton Wat
son, Washington, d. c., bachelor who won
SPAR of ladies' nylons on radio quiz.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

REFLECT HARRY G. ROUSE.
LIFELONG RESIDENT.
Pol Adv,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

The settlement provides basic wage increases of SIS
to So week for non-supervisory male employees
and IS to 81 for non-supervsory female employees.
The increases boost Michigan Bells hourly basic
wage rates average of 1870, II cents an hour.
This is in line with the national pattern of recent
wage increases in other industries and is subject to
governmental approval under the national wage
sterilization program.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
TO The COMPANY

These new wage adjustments together with those
granted recently to supervisory employees will add
about S6,5O0,OOO to Michigan Bells annual pay
roll. sThe settlement means that the Company
can keep moving ahead with its big expansion and
improvement program to the end that the kind of
telephone service wanted can be provided when and
management pulling together Michigan Bell looks
forward to the busy months ahead with complete
confidence.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
SeIec+ive Service
Asked TO Exploin

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The
Selective Service System, charg-
ed by many leaders with foster
ing a union-wrecking super-sen-
iority plan, was asked by the
CIO last week to explain the
anti-union action of one of its
staff members.
Clinton S. Golden, chairman
of the CIO Veteran Committee,
wrote to Selective Service Di-
rector Hershey that 1t. Col. Ray
Wells, in Buffalo, N. Y, "had
been advising employers not to
pay vacation allowances to for
mer employe veterans for the
year in which they return to
work"
Golden said that "It is diff
cult for us to understand why
an officer of the Selective Serv-
ice System should 60 out of his
way to prevent an EXCL. from
enjoying the joint benefits of a
collective bargaining contract
and and the Selective Training
and Service Act. We do not
know by what authority Selec-
tive Service personnel have in
stalled themselves as supreme
arbiters on all matters effecting
the employment of veterans"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
CM Strikers Insist On
30 Per Cent WAGE Increase

labor warned against in its OPP
position to the Presidents fact
finding proposal"
The GIN strike was the means
used by other auto manufac-
turers to lay off workers. Ford
turned out 10000 in Detroit and
10000 in other plants through
out the country supposedly be-
cause of lack of supplies. Pack
ard In Detroit also laid off
10000 temporarily because of
lack of supplies"
How desperate GM is to beat
down the organized auto work
erS was evidenced last week
when ii was revealed in Detroit
and Washington that GINS di-
rector of consumer research has
been sending out phoney propa-
ganda building up GINS case.
The trick was disclosed In the
letter column OF the Washington
Post by Stuart j. Barnes.
This is the same outfit which
complains about the prevalence
of union propaganda"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Goqs Cafholic Tolk

CINCINNATI (LPA)-A timid
program director at radio sta
tion WKRC here is under fire
for his rejection of an address
prepared for delivery by Fathers
Francis j. Flanagan and Stanley
j. Bertke on The Right To Or
ganize To Strike"
Here is one passage in the
script marked by the station, APP
parently as being especially OBJ
noxious: "Under present condi-
tions unionization is the most
practical way by which the
worker is able to resist the inn
mense power and despotic eco
nomic domination which is con-
centrated in the hands of a few
1t is impossible to conceive of
the economic equality that is
necessary for bargaining, ex-
iSting between an individual and
a billion-dollar corporation"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
OUR TAX PROBLEM
Continued from Page One

into the ordinance in order work additional hard
ships upon people already hard hit he only doing
what any labor leader would do who from the rank
and file and recognizes the needs of his people.
Was it radical statement to say that people on S24
a week had difficult time making ends meet? Or isn't
the ideal system which levies equtaby upon the
people in accord with the ability of each to pay?
We believe that the statements made by the Auto
Worker director fair statements which the workers
expect of labor leader We believe Mr.. GOsser did his
duty the workers, the city and to the members of
Council who had the wisdom and courage to heed his
words in an endeavOr give raising
which will recognize the inequalities of income and
level taxes in justice
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Lobor Will
Back Drive
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
chapter will staff the downtown
booths.
Annually workers in the
booths have contributed greatly
to the success of the campaign
and it is estimated that last year
$50, 900 contributions of $40 and
up were received.
The booth at Madison Avenue
and Superior Street will be
manned by members of the chap
ter and another at Summit and
Adams Streets will be staffed
by the Woman's Auxiliary under
Mrs. L. Jay Clifford, president.
t-Pc UPLY DWD RIFF RI
The third at Adams and HUI
ron Streets will be worked by
luncheon clubs and chairmen
as follows:
Monday, Exchange Club, Her
man H. Schlatter; Tuesday, Lions
Club, Merrill N. Calish; Wednes-
day, Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Fred J. Picknell; Thurs
day, Kiwanis Club, John A.
Forshey; Friday, East Toledo
Club with the East Toledo Ex-
change Club, James F. Myers
and Saturday, Toledo Coopera-
tive Club, oyer H. Smith.
Entrants in the competition
for the honors of the position
of queen and for members of her
court must be registered before
5 %. m. Jan. Is and ballots will
be accepted in plants, at 519
jefferson Avenue, m p n
headquarters, and in union Off
ces as follows:
CIO, Gil Huron Street; MESA,
TIA Monroe Street, and ALL
912 Adams Street or at the Tria-
non the day of the ball.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Pin This Up
By Your Radio

ASHIN TON, Dec. 81
OPA)-Remember that, after
Jan. l, you'll have to dial to a
new station and probably a diff
ferent time to get your favorite
network labor program. Here's
where you can get the CIO pro-
grams, beginning with January:
The CIO broadcasts will be on
Saturdays, over the CHS sta
tions, at 3:45 p. m. EST. In sue
cessive weeks in January the
programs wifi air the issues in
the GM strike, Congress and
labor legislation, the steel wage
dispute, snd labor and veteran
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Conference
In Lima
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
coming address, resolutions COM
mittee will be appointed and
Director Gosser will address the
conference outlining the pur-
pose of the meeting and recon-
mending actions which will
strengthen the Union in the Re-
gion and elsewhere.
Important resolutions are ex-
pected to be presented to the
conference inasmuch as it will
be the last such meeting prior
to the UAW-CIO convention
slated to be held at Atlantic
City the latter part of March.
Legislation effecting labor,
particularly anti-labor bills now
pending before Congress will be
brought up for discussion and
the action of the delegates. OF
particular interest will be the
Ball-Burton-H Hatch Act provid-
ing compulsory arbitration in la
Dor dispute cases.
Demands that the full en-
ployment bill recently sabotaged
by Congress be revised to its
original terms will be one of the
resolutions likely to be passed
by the conference.
Sessions of the conference
will run from 1000 a. m. to
1890 p. m. and from 200 to
500 p. m. The meeting will be
held at the UAW-CIO head
quarters, 831 S. Main st.
Following the afternoon ses-
sion, lunch, entertainment and
dancing will be provided for
their guests by the members of
the three Lima Local UAW
Unions.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Continued from PaEe ONE

Continued from rage One
mendations, to open company
books TO public scrutiny.
Union officials, including vice
president Walter Reuther, saw
little hope that GIN would open
its books to prove 10 the world
that it could or could not afford
10 pay the 304 pay hike which
the UAW has demanded.
Would Shape Pattern
Settlement of the GIN strike
would undoubtedly shape the
pattern for similar agreements
in other industries, according to
one Natl. Labor Relations Board
official, Louis G.. Silverburg,
NLRB information director, who
said that an agreement would
make the difference between
night and day"
Labor Dept. and other govern
ment officials agreed that IL the
GIN fact finding panel is sue
cessful it will encourage Truman
to appoint other panels, but II
IT fails to facilitate negotiations
Tor q new contract the idea will
probably be abandoned by the
President.
Battle lines were shaping up
in Congress almost as sharply as
on the industrial front in De-
troit. Rep. Charles LaFollette
lR., Ind declared, i hope that
General Motors fact finders will
start fact finding at once. All
delay comes off of the workers
lean bellies, but does little harm
to the tax-favored corporation.
This Is the kind of delay that
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Oil Industry
Fears Inspection

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Pres-
ident Trumans statement that
ability to pay" is legitimate
base for collective bargaining
has thoroughly frightened the
nations major oil companies
coming on top of the surrender
of the Sinclair Co.
The Presidents fact-finding
board recessed until Jan. 7 to
give collective bargaining an
other chance, but it was gem
orally recognized that the Sim
clair agreement will probably
form the basis for the other
union contracts. The CIO Oil
Workers Union, which asked
for a 30%o increase settled with
Sinclair for 1870 after the COM
pany offered 1871.
1t became obvious last week
that the big oil firms did not
like the fact-finding idea. Only
four firms responded to Labor
Secretary Schwellenbach's re-
quest to appear before the
board. Consequently, it became
apparent that the other COM
panies could not afford to risk
public opinion by refusing to
agree to at least the 1877 wage
raise given by Sinclair.
However, if there is no collec-
tive bargaining agreement by
Jan. 7, the wage issue will be
thrown back into the hands of
the fact-finding panel which, the
companies fear, might by then
be empowered to examine their
books to determine whether
they can afford to pay the wage
raises demanded.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Well. Why Not?

KENOSHA, Wis. (LPA)-As a
world capital for the United Ma
tions Organization which would
symbolic "the best of Amer1-
can life, high living standards,
varied and important industry,
moderate climate, easy access to
the metropolis of Chicago, and,
above all, spirit of intelligence
and progressiveness typified by
the famous harmony among the
city's AFL and CIO unions" an
invitation to settle here is be-
ing extended to the UNO by the
Kenosha Trades and Labor
Council.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04

Louisville Times in Louis
vile, Kentucky, has sent the
following letter to General
Motors.
GAS a stockholder, I have an
interest in settlement of the
dispute between the employees
and the management of General
Motors.
Because of its fominant posi-
ton in the reconversion pro-
gram of this country, l feel
that General Motors is vested
with responsibility for public
welfare and should therefore
consider itself accountable to
the public. For that reason, l
am writing you to urge you to
accept arbitration and to open
the books and records of the
company for inspection by the
United Auto Workers, your en-
ployees' union, in order that
the company's ability or inabil-
ity to meet the demands for in
creased wages may be ascer-
tanned.
Many of your stockholders
find it embarrassing to have to
admit that, in spite of being
cosidered one of the richest
corporations in the world, Gen
eral Motors has refused to ac-
cept the responsibility it owes
its country, the consumers and
its employees. l believe hat
other stockholders, like n.y.
self, hope that the company will
reconsider and will enter gen.
uine collective bargaining ne
tiationS."
After this statement was pI
lished with an appeal to otheS
stockholders to join Miss Dun
Pont in this protest, over 500
pledges of support came in from
>ther GIN stockholders.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Avoid TroubIe-Shure

DES MONIES, Iowa UPA)-
Residents Of the middle west are
ready and willing to go back to
wartime food rationing il that
means that Europe's starving
people will be fed, according to
an Iowa poll made public here
last week. 86% were willing to
share, and 77% believed that
sharing food seemed the best
way to avoid trouble in Ger
many.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Council Defers Action
On City PoYroll Tax
Continued from Page One

Continued from rage One
five year clause in the ordinance
as well as the lack of exemption
for lower incomes, Mr.. Gosser
said, Il give you my promise.
It's going to be on the ballot
if you pass this"
He told Councilmen cts your
responsibility to find ways of
raising money. You're saying,
"this is it." / think you've done
a Hell of a Job in putting your
plan over"
Tells OF Demands
Discussing the wages OF the
workers in relation with their
ability to pay taxes, Mr.. Gosser
said, we're demanding a 30 per
cent increase to break even.
Now we'll have to ask our en-
ployers for 81 per cent"
Concluding his remarks, the
UAW leader said IF the money
is badly needed and if Council
passes this ordinance pass 1t to
November, but not for five
years" He said that "all the ele-
ments of this city should meet
and decide what to do about
taxes"
Otto Brach, Central Labor
Union secretary spoke in favor
OF the tax and said that his only
fear was that IL exemptions were
made for low income workers
it would set a precedent and
other groups would come in
seeking additional exemptions.
Reminds OF Politics
A reminder of possible polit-
ical repercussions came from
Ollie Pecord, managing editor OF
the TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL
who said, when you pass this
ordinance for five years, you are
in effect telling the people of
this city that you don't trust
them to vote on a referendum to
raise funds for the operation Of
their city government. You are
telling the people who trusted
you enough to elect you to this
Council that you do not trust
them, because time and again
they have defeated tax levieS.
The voters Of Toledo will not be
pleased with such an attitude
Tom Cedarville, representing
the MESA termed the ordinance
a direct assault on the work
ing people" and stated the oppo-
sition of his union TO the legisla-
tion.
Explains Philadelphia Plan
AT the conclusion OF the pro-
test of the labor representatives
against the ordinance, Abraham
Werhick, assistant city solicitor
OF Philadelphia was introduced
and told how the payroll tax de-
duction plan had worked In that
city.
First proposed in 1898, the
payroll tax deduction ordinance
was voted down after council
men became frightened at the
~r1esAfhd opaqsSstio, Of labor
said Mr.. Wernick.
The ordinance, hoever, was
passed the same yea carrying a
$1,000 exemption, which was
held illegal by the ennsylvania
Supreme Court.
Made Political Issr
Mr.. Wernick toi how the
ordinance became a political
Issue. The Democrat. candidate
opposed the tax, VILE his Re-
publican opponent, having the
courage of his Onvictions"
espoused the tax desrte the OPP
position of labor. TIE Repub-
lican candidate was epcted by a
large majority and vent ahead
with making the ordirince stick.
Figures were cited by the
Philadelphia tax exper showing
that the city which was $sO,-
100000 In the red In le40 has
had its treasury placed In q
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
A dupont Backs
The GIN Strikers

In spite of the reactionary stand of the Officers and
Directors of the General Motors Corporation not all of the
stockholders sympathy and support of their position
the wage question
Miss Ethel B. Dupont who is the Labor Editor Of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
TOO SOFT

AS pure gold is too soft for
even careful usage, so is a ma
tion inbred upon itself, too soft
for life. Only as it has blended
with other groups, with other
races and drawn unto itself the
good of these alien elements can
it grow strong. There is no ma
ton but what is a part of all
nations-no race but what draws
from other races in order to sur
vive.
Our pride in our country Is
due to all the diverse forces
which shaped it and gave it
strength. We are Americans all
- but we have drawn from
every nationality, every race,
every creed to build the Ameri-
can way of life which is our
richest heritage. Each race has
contributed to our country's
wealth, to the development of its
powers. 1t is a part of all ma
tions-a part of the world.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
Time for
Plain ak
Continued from Page One


protection of life and property,
and the pursuit of happiness we
must make some contribution to
that which holds society to-
gether and guarantees these ad-
vantage-the government.
With this in mind l drew and
presented to City Council a
resolution calling for study
and final recommendation to the
voters at the earliest possible
time for a complete revision of
our taxation system. This new
system is to be predicated on the
ability to pay. Real estate is no
longer the basic measure of
wealth in this country but in
come is. My opinion is that it
is unjust TO collect the major
share of our cost of government
from the small home owner just
because he has the CUTS and the
foresight to buy home. His tax
remains stationary from year to
year regardless of his income.
City Council a dopte d this
resolution and instead of follow
ing its terms came out with a
payroll income tax proposal that
is in addition to present taxes
and does not supplant them. My
resolution does call for an in
come tax but there are income
taxes and income taxes. A
monkey and lion are both ami
mails but there is a difference in
character and even appearance
between them even if they both
have a head, body, and tail.
URGENT NEED
That there is an immediate
and urgent need for more reVe-
nue. to create and operate a bet
ter city is an undeniable fact.
Our citizens don't want back
woods town because the oppor-
tunities for making a good living
in such are nil. Toledo operates
on a very modest budget, too
modest as far as operating costs
and improvements are con-
cerned. This is because we are
saddled with debt that should be
cleared off and because we do
have an archaic and antique
system of taxation.
Here are a few figures which
you may consider dry as dust
but which / think point some
thing up. In l946 Toledo will
have total budget of about Az
million dollars. This is apprOxi-
mately SIS per capita of popula-
ton. Philadelphia Pennsylvania
will have a budget of 80 million
dollars and this is $44 per capita
of population. New York City
has a budget of 294 million dol
lars and this is $36.75 per capita
of population. Even with To-
ledo's low rate of expense we
will have a deficit of more than
a million dollars between the
budget and our income. Toledo S
budget provides for no capital
m prov e ment. Philadelphia S
provides for little if any capital
Improvement. New York's pro-
vides for AS million for Jdlewild
Airport and 10 million for the
new produce market.
According to these figures
New York seems to be the best
off of the three cities because al
though it has the in between
rate it is providing permanent
and lasting value for its citizens
Philadelphia seems to be tread.
ing water and holding its own
but it does have an extremely
high rate OF expense. Toledo has
very low rate of expense but
it is going deeper in the hole
all the time and improvements
for better living are not forth
coming.
TAXES AND TAXES
AS for taxes: New York has
uoot 0et,to .trIa .on ..,.L ill.,,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
A Part,
Not Apart
BY Ruth Taylor

No man can truthfully say
that he is self-made. Like Ulys-
ses he must humbly admit 81
am part of all that have
met"
Each generation has an in
creasing responsibility because
it has had greater advantages,
due to the work and sacrifice
and lives of those which pre-
ceded it. For unto whomsoever
much is given of him shall be
much required; and to whom
men have committed much, of
him they will ask the more"
Whether intentionally or not
we learn from all those with
whom we come in contact, with
whom we live or work. Not only
or own experience but the ex-
perience of others shapes our
lives, We cannot live out of
the world, but we must live in
it, because of what we have
gained from ii and we must give
as we have gained.
What is true of the individual
is true of the nation. No nation
can claim to be "the people. !"
What they are is the result of
the work and toll, and labor and
thought of countless other peo-
piles of other races and national
tiles.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
TAXES AND TAXES

lAAES AND IAAEO
AS for taxes: New York has
real estate, state collected-city
participation taxes and a 90
sales tax. Philadelphia has real
estate tax at a rate of $29.75 per
thousand, state collected-city
participation taxes, and 10
payroll income tax. Toledo has
real estate tax at the rate of
$500 per thousand, state col
lected-city participation taxes
(saleS, gasoline, auto license,
etc.
| opposed the Toledo proposal
for a payroll-income tax because
it is an additional tax and in no
way operates to correct the basic
injustice of our present system
of taxation. However, / did say
that | would go along with 1t for
one year providing the Council
would agree to place tax revi-
sion program on the ballot next
election. This was refused and
my vote is no.
Now as to the politics of the
thing. ParadoXical as it may
seem 1t may seem it would be
good personal politics for me to
vote for this measure especially
if it passes. Two years after
this is in operation people will
gripe about the deductions in
their pay yet will be pleased
with the benefits brought about
to the city and think of their
own contributioI as very little
because 1t goes out in very small
amounts. This is borne out by
the experience in Philadelphia
where the administration was
returned TO office three times
by la n d S ! i d e elections even
though the opposition carried as
its main issue the repeal of the
payroll tax. But | guess i am
nutty enough to fight injustice
even If the injustice itself brings
about certain benefits.