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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-06

And We Quote. . Too many mothers and fathers
grow away from their children instead of growing up with
them.-Juvenle Judge A. A. Scott of Los Angeles.
Hundreds of marriages with foreign girls have broken
because they based the loneliness of soldiers in
stead of true ove-Eleanor Roosevelt Of all the peo-
minded--Gen Carl A. Spaatz deputy commander, Army
Air Forces. We Americans have learned in the hard
way what liberty means and wish every people to
joy similar happiness according to their aspirations,
DESIRES and the trends in each country-Francs Cardinal
SpeIman to DR.. Salazar of Portugal Jam yesterday,
jam tomorrow but never jam today-Ahce in Wonder
land by Carroll That's joke, son. Senator Clag-
horn of Aliens Alley. He generally civil that
nobody thanked him for -Samuel Johnson's Life of
Johnson BoswelD In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou
vast TAKEN for dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt
return = Genesis, Chapter III. Tradition wears
snowy beard is always young-John Greenleaf
Whittier For nothing if not critica.-Othello,
by w. Shakespeare. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-06

IN this case.
The only way West could hold
the hand 10 fiYe-odd would be TO
bare down to the ace OF clubs.
When he won the ace, he could
hen cash the king Of hearts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-06

After minutes left
bewtched gaffed
That uniform He's 25 II hm2 oh.Sot
don't. Well remember hee"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-06
YOU COULDN'T HOLD 1T

watching put together
the like smiled Of h
mouth did things though aimed at his girl
thoughts the subject spilled out Not that gshd about him.
Oh picked Joe apart That's what did
The sQurming
s though had pose? Why
didn't
discreety poured around gosh, Joe you're
Well he? looked all
right when showed take the movies didn't he?
liked the hasn't he?
THE FAR MEADOW asao
could had all virtues And
anything about him all
which date the worth sitting the
room!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-06

COMPARISONS ARE
GLORIOUS

You tccrc niWRching acith Joe IN the booth
at the drug after the mOUcs, the tchcro yoW can
get the best Vieio Of icho comes IN 10Th tchom and
sits ehcre tcheR IN aCulked dfdH, broad the
top and tapcrcd off IN the middle guy IN uniform.
You'd ncver laid eyes on htvt before yoW stcang
around on the bench put beth feet firmly the floor
aud took up pour staring GF0lc You IN lust the
right spot 10 look nOerHGly at this gorgeous VsioR.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Laundry Strike
Ties Up II
Toledo Firms
Continued From Page 1


missal of five employees for
union activities.
Picket Lines Established
Picket lines have been estab-
lished around all the struck
plants with instructions to the
pickets to permit customers to
take out work which is finished.
Harry Gray of the United
States Cancellation Service Is
seeking to arrange a meeting
between the laundry manage
ments and union in an effort to
bring about a quick end to the
dispute. Louis Schultz, ACWA-
CIO regional director, Chicago,
is in the city and will take part
in any future meetings.
Effected by the strike are the
following laundries:
Toledo Towel Supply, Ideal
Laundry, Crystal Laundry, Nor
gan Linen Service, Reliable
Laundry, Pheasant Mfg. and
Supply Co. American Laundry
Quality Laundry, Toledo Laun-
dry and New Method Laundry.
Chester Kapela, ACWA-CIO
representative stated on Tuesday
that every, effort would be made
by the union to preserve peace
and conduct the picket lines in
good order.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Profits Up
AT. & 7. Asks
Rate Increase

NEW YORK (LPA) - Bel
Telephone System, subsidiary oil
American Telephone e. Tele-
graph Co., last week reported
that for the quarter ending Feb
28 its net income had jumped Ia
$50,225,611 from $46, 1928, $50 for
the same period last year. This
amounted to a $2.49 a capital
share compared to $2.41 for the
same three months in 1945.
Despite the profit gain, how
ever AT&T President Walter S.
Clifford declared that I'VE shall
have TO have some increase in
telephone rates"
Union representatives, attend
ing their first stockholders meet
ing, spoke in favor of increasing
he minimum pension from $50
10 500 a month and also to halt
he company's deduction from
The pension 50eo of payments
made under the Social Security
Act. ART now employs 530,-
100 workers, more than ever be-
ore in the corporations history.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26


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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Continued From Page l

strike and grievances PROBABLY
would have been settled long
ago"
Local businessmen and the
Port Clinton Ministerial Asso-
citation have offered their serv-
ices in settling the strike.
Civic groups including the
Port Clinton Chamber of Com
merce, Kiwanis and r o tsry
clubs in a paid advertisement
offered to assist in negotiations
, between the company and
union.
Tom Kenny, president of Lo-
cal 497 in a statement to the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL re-
Piled to the company statements
IS follows:
1--WE insist that Claud Coon is
a strikebreaker. On his own ad-
mission he engaged in a strike
in Saginaw as a union member.
He is definitely known to have
led the back-to-work movement
in that strike and il that isn't
strikebreaking, / don't know
what strikebreaking is"
IF Coon were taken out of
the picture, / am sure that one
of the greatest obstacles to a
satisfactory settlement of our
strike would be out of the way.
We do not like to deal with
ex-union members of evil
repute.
Condemns Herald
Replying to the Port Clinton
Herald, Mr.. Kenny said, Its
very obvious that the Herald's
enthusiasm for the company Is
conditioned by the amount of
advertising the company places
in the paper. We can't COM
pete with the company along
that line. I do say, and every
body in Port Clinton knows ii
TO be the truth, that the Herald
has always been the avowed
enemy of the union and is
merely living up to its past re-
putation."
I'VE are just as anxious to
settle the strike as the company
claims It is," Kenny added,
"only we have yet to see some
evidence of good faith on its
part We do not believe that the
people of Port Clinton and OF
tawa County are going to be i'm
pressed with the company's ads
or close their eyes to the fact
that we have just cause and
will not back down until the
company management shows
that II is willing to negotiate in
Rood faith" s=Ts
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Labor Hits Porter

BALTIMORE (LPA) - The
most vigorous rebuff yet deliv-
cred by any OPA advisory body
to a national OPA action was
voted here last week. The Mary
land Labor Advisory Committee,
with 27 members present from
CIO, AFL, lam and Railway
Brotherhoods voted its disap-
proval of actions of the new ad-
ministrator, Paul Porter, who,
they charge has seen fit to al.
low unjust increases in prices"
and is not playing square" with
the consumer. Recent Porter ac-
tons permitting price rises
bring the nation yer ynear to
dangerous initiation, the labor
spokesmen charged.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
JAW Board Splits
On Union PoIicv
Continued From Pare

f Continued From Page /
better contracts next year." the
authors declared.
David Dubinsky, president OF
the Init. Ladies Garment Work.
ers- -AFL, which gave GIN strik-
ers $4,000, was criticized in a
statement which declared that
Labor will never forget the
support which inflation-bent en-
ployers secured from such labor
Representatives as VIM. Green.
John L. Lewis and David Dublin
sky at the Natl. Labor Manage.
ment Conference in Washington
last November, against the clio
program advanced by Phil MUIR
ray for wage increases and eff
fective price control"
Reuther Repeats Policy
Reuther, meanwhile, reiterat-
ed his belief in liability to pay".
and declared that I'VE have ac.
cepted the recent increase as Q
down payment on the larger in
crease that must be paid if this
industry is to make its Just con-
tribution to the mass purchasing
power that is necessary to pro-.
vide markets for the full produc-
ton of our farms and factories.
Ability to pay always has
been and always will be a factor
to reckon with in collective bar
gaining" Reuther continued, 'If.
for example, we now fail once
again to provide purchasing
power sufficient to support full
employment, we shall again have
depression. You will then hear
the employers pleading, as they
always have, that hteir ability to
pay is insufficient to justify the
payment of a decent or a living
wage.
Nor have we departed in the
slightest degree from our posi-.
tion on prices" asserted Reuther.
We are convinced that all OF
our wage increase and more can
be paid by GIN while selling cars
at 1912 prices, and its profits
will be at higher levels than ever
before. If OPA grants price in
creases to GIN, they cannot fairly
be charged against our wage In
crease but must be considered Q
voluntary contribution by that
agency to the postwar profiteer
ing of corporatins which, apS
parently, it is unwilling or un-
able to restrain"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Dayton. Akron
Consider Tax
Continued From Page 1

of the Toledo ordinance are be.
ing widely discussed in local
legal circles although no suits
against the tax have been in.
stituted thus far. Several local
attorneys intimate quite strongly
that such proceedings will
soon be filed, however, and, that
one of them will be by the in
dustrial group to test the validity
of the law assessing corporations
one per cent on their net profits.
In the meantime many other
cities which have been looking
around for quick way Of rails
ing municipal funds are study
ing the Toledo tax ordinance and
1t will be surprising If this means
Of raising revenue for many
cities does not spread into a ma
tional movement.
Ask Convention Action
Toledo delegates to the March
$3.50 UAW-CIO convention who
were unanimously opposed to
the income-payroll tax had pre-
pared 4 resolution for action of
the convention calling on the
to condemn the tax and
predicting that such a tax if
adopted here would become the
pattern for similar tax setupS in
many cities. The resolution did
not get to the floor of the con.
Vention for consideration due to
many other pressing problems
Toledo delegates urged
the resolution committee for
time to discuss the tax.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Nipped In Bud

WASHINGTON (LPA) - Be-
cause unscrupulous vendors pre-
tended to sell gift packages
and thereby evaded ceiling
prices on fresh fruits and vege-
tables - OPA last week set
down specific conditions for such
gifts" Only specially selected
produce, individually handled
from the grower TO the package,
is now exempt; all other pre-
pared groupings must be sold
within ceiling prices.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Go Backs
Health Plan

WASHINGTON, April % -
(LPA) - The shocking fact that
the United States is the only
great industrial country which
does not have social insurance
against the costs of illness, just
as against unemployment and
the hazards of old age, is pointed
out in the April issue of the
CLOS Economic Outlook.
A federal program of insur-
ance against medical costs such
as in the -Murray-Din-
gell Bill is so important the CO
monthly points out, because:
illness often strikes individuals
without warning, but for large
groups of people, it's easy to pre-
dict how much sickness there
will be, say, in a year.
If everyone in a large group
regularly contributes a little to
a common fund each family un-
fortunate enough to be stricken
with illness will be able to get
the right kind of medical care
when it Is needed. The bigger you
make the group, the less each ins
dividual has to pay because then
you're spreading the risk more.
That's why the government
should create one big medical in
surance system for everybody.
The voluntary plans are all right
in a small way. They help-but
they aren't enough"
The National Health Act
Is. 1606) is now the subject of
hearings before the Senate Labor
and Education Committee, chair
ed by one of its sponsors, Sen.
James Murray Cd. Mont.)
CLOS Summary
Here Is the CLOS summary of
what the measure would mean
to the average union man:
"All needed medical care for
himself and family
from the doctor of his choice
from specialists, if he needs
them
hospital care up to so days
(12O days if funds permit)
laboratory services, special
appliances, such as eye
glasses.
dental and home-nursing
services (msy have to be
limited at outset because of
shortage of dentists and
nurSes)
Better medical care
through support Of medical
research. 81
through more training OF
doctors in new methods.
through specialist, consult
ant and laboratory services.
Prepaid costs
by Joe Worker
by his boss
and by his government
More and better public health
ervices
through assistance by fed
eral government to states
for improved sanitation.
for control Of contagious
diseases
for special services for
mothers and babies
s for public health education"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Calls For RePeal
Of New jersey
Strike Law

NEW YORK, April 20 LPA)
- The recent spread Of legisla-
ton authorizing state govern
ments to act IS strike-breaking
agencies for powerful utilities
was condemned here last week
by Rev. Donald Harrington,
chairman of the Workers Defense
League.
Harrington wrote TO Gov. Wal
ter Edge of New Jersey calling
for repeal Of q new state law
which was used by Edge to seize
nine utility plants whose en-
ployes were threatening to
strike. The plants were not re-
turned until agreement was
reached.
Lausche Shows Interest
Gov. Lausche, of Ohio, who
wrote Gov. Edge for a copy of
the New Jersey law, was urged
by Harrington to oppose adop-
'tion of such legislation in Ohio"
The WDL chairman said that
While Gov. Edges seizure or
der was less drastic than that
issued a week previous by Vir-
ginia's Gov. William Tuck, who
drafted utility employees into the
state militia, it was another case
of state government acting as a
strikebreaker for a powerful
utility corporation"
From Virginia, where a state
wide AFL meeting called for a
Congressional investigation of
Gov. Tuck's action, Moss A.
Plukett, Tuck's opponent in last
years Democratic primaries, de-
clared, IF the governor had not
rescinded his draft order, am
satisfied that labor all over the
state would have taken a holi-
day in protest. The governor has
an opportunity to repeat his or
der In connection with the coal
strike but / feel that he has had
enough This crisis will focus
on the fight that the
liberals will wage this year to
defeat Sen. Harry F. Byrd"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26

NEW YORK IPA) - CIO
workers of the Sperry Gyroscope
plant at Lake Success near here,
which has been leased as an in
teri mhome for the United Ma
tions, last week telegraphed UN
Secretary General Trygve Lie
that the 5000 workers extend a
warm welcome and consider II
an honor" to be neighbors of the
international organization.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Port Clinton Company
Uses Scare Tactics To
Break JAW Strike

Citing the responsibility Of
the union, Mr.. Kenny said, I'VE
feel that this community means
/ far more to us than it does tc
the Standard Products Co. We
believe we have a far greater
sense of loyalty and responsible
ity than the company and that
we have proved it on many oc-
casions. On the other hand, we
do not propose to surrender just
because this company has fought
our reasonable demands, sought
to create public opinion against
us and only last week actually
put out feelers to create viol-
ence against u.s."
Mr.. Kenny said that the union
stands ready to bargain in good
faith, "the same as we have al
ways stood. Our only desire is
that the company management
get the idea out of its head that
it is going to destroy our organ
ization. We are here to stay and
regardless what happens, we
will not surrender to this re-
dictionary company no matter
how much they appeal for pub
lie support and seek to enlist
public opinion against us"
Labels RumOrs
Labelling the rumors printed
in the April 19 issue of the
Port Clinton Herald as a Gig
ment of the mind of the publish
er and Standard Products Co.,
Mr.. Kenny said that "the com
pany and Port Clinton Herald
have always been in bed toge-
ther. These rumors are suppos-
ed to frighten the business peo-
pie of the town into pressuring
us to swallow anything the
company wants to hand us. This
we refuse to do. We would
rather go down fighting in a
just cause than to compromise
with a company which is ruth
lessly trying to destroy u.s."
No further negotiations have
been scheduled between the
company and union although
union officials have repeatedly
stated their willingness to con-
tinue to meet in an effort to
settle the differences which
exist between the two. The
union had previously offered to
conduct public negotiations and
still says it will gladly submit
It's case to the public if the
company management will do
the same,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Does fha ANA.
ApproVe7

SEATTLE (LPA) - S o m e
money grubbing d ctors here
view city-wide efforts 10 avoid
a threatened smallpox epidemic,
through a drive to vaccinate the
entire population, as merely an
other source of rich profit. The
Aero Mechanic, labor weekly
published by the Intl. Assn. of
Mechanics, revealed that some
charged as much as
$40 for an inoculation, materials
for which cost 711c.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
PAC Announces
Iq46 PIons
Continued From Page l

fall elections it was disclosed,
but PAC officials have estimated
that labor holds the balance of
power in more than 20 states in
cluding Pennsylvania California,
New York, Ohio, Illinois, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut
and Massachusetts,. A Republi-
can victory throughout the ma
ton would be a disaster for
the country" Hillman asserted.
The coalition of poll-tax
Democrats and reactionary Re-
publicans thwarts the peoples
program, the program said. 1T
blocks the Roosevelt legislative
proposals which are being car
ried forward by President Tru-
man in his messages to the Con-
gress.
Threatens Wage Increases
1T threatens to cancel wage
increases by price increases,
leading to a disastrous initiation.
1t blocks action for adequate
housing to veterans as well as
workers, for a public health pro-
gram, for adequate social secur-
ity, for job and educational op-.
portunities. 1t opposes jobs for
all and refuses 10 subscribe to
the principle of full employment
even as a goal toward which
we should strive. ~
1t sabotages minimum wage
legislation. 1t denies fsill citi-
zenship to the Negro PEOPLE by
filibustering the FAIR Employ
ment Practices and'Anti-Poll-ta
Acts. 1t attempts to smash the
power of labor by legislation to
destroy the trade unions"
FDR's Economic Bill of Rights
embodies the hopes Of all Amer
lea, PAC declared, stressing the
following fundamental rights:
The right to q useful and re-
munerative job in the Industries,
or shops, or farms, or mines OF
the nation The right to earn
enough to provide adequate food
and clothing and recreation. The
right of every farmer to raise
and sell his products at a return
which will give him and his fam
lily a decent living. The right of
every businessman large and
small, 10 trade In an atmosphere
of freedom from unfair competi-
ton and domination by monop-
olies at home or abroad.
The right Of every family to a
decent home. The right to ade-
quate medical care and the OPP
to achieve and enjoy
good health, The right to a good
education. The right to adequate
protection from the economic
fears of old age, sickness, acci-
dent and unemployment"
Abolish Poll Tax
Abolition of the Wood-Rankin
Committee, the poll tax and pas
sage of a Fair Employment Prac- |
tice Act was demanded by PAC.
The revival of the use of illegal
injunctions and police violence
to destroy the rights of labor are
part and parcel of the same reac-
tionary drive to divide and con-
fuse the common people OF
America and to set at naught our
long cherished and hard won
civil liberties, the program said.
Free, strong and responsible
labor organizations are the bull
wark of democracy. T h cir
growth, and the extension of the
process of collective bargaining
throughout American industry
must be encouraged as an objec-
tive of national policy. The right
10 join labor unions of their own
must be guaranteed and
protected for all wage earners,
including federal, state and local
employees. Legisla-
ion such as the Case Bill and
he Ball-Burton- Hatch Bill de-
signed to destroy labor unions
must be defeated"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26
Congress Wrecks
Woqe Coins
CONTINUED From Paee 4


Fcommodity exceeds its produc-
.tion in the period from July /,
1910 to June 80, >1941.
OPA administrator Porte
says this would take off the lid
entirely on prices of half of the
items that are included in the
cost of living, including meats,
milk, coal, shoes, wool and rayon
textiles and women's and chill
dren'S garments made from wool
and rayon, and basic industrial
products in such fields as metals,
textiles, rubber, leather, chemi-
Gals, coke, stone and glass prod
ucts. 1t was introduced by Rep.
Ed. Gossett ID. Texas).
2. The profit guara'n t e
amendment, sponsored by Rep.
Jesse Wolcott (R. Mich.) would
require OPA. ceilings to cover
the current cost of producing,
processing and distributing each
commodity, plus a reasonable"
profit. This covers every prod
uct, produced by every industry
in the country, and covers
profits to both wholesaler and
retailer. < aee
Subsidies Limited
3. The limitation of subsidies
q m e n d m mt. also Wolcott's
brainchild would lay down
a strict schedule for liquidation
of subsidies by 25% every As
days, with the consumer expect
ed to pay the difference in the
form of higher prices. This,
Porter Immediately charged,
would destroy all hope of
working out an orderly program
to minimize the shock of stimuli
taneous subsidy termination and
ceiling price increases"
4. Stopping, on July l, of all
to producers of meats,
an amendment sponsored by
Rep. John w. Flanagan ID.
Va.) and passed by a vote of
214 to 1872. This the OPA head
says, will not only add the cost
Of the subsidy to the amount the
pays for all meats, but
will remove 'the only effective
method which OPA can use to
control live animal prices"
5. Maximum Average Price
regulations, the heart of the
OPA's low cost clothing pro-
gram, would be prohibited by a
section sponsored by the House
Banking Committee.
This, Porter asserted, would
cost the consumer over a billion
dollar next year and strip from
The consumer his only effective
protection against the shift from
low-priced to high-priced lines
Of apparel.
Cost To Consumer *,'' 4
s. The section of the COM
version of the bill pre-
venting OPA from requiring
dealers to absorb increased
prices on goods not in produc-
lion for three years giving them
the full prewar dealers discount.
On autos alone, Porter esti-
this would cost the con-
sumner nearly half billion dol.
lars year. u
Labor leaders Immediately in
dicated that the House measure
was a farce. CIO president
Philip Murray wired all CIO af-
filiates that the House "has just
killed price control and destroy
ed the wage increases we are
winning through painful strug>
gle. If the Senate and the Presi-
dent cannot check this drive, the
country is faced with dangerous
nflation." He urged all CIO
members to "Act at once" and
asked them to Reach your Sen
ltor in Washington and your
Congressman at home"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-04-26

WASHINGTON (LPA) - A
nationwide investigation into
alleged rubber tire industry vio-
lations of antitrust laws, re-
straints on competition and dis.
criminatory practices, was or.
dered last week by Atty. Gen.
Tom c. Clark. The federal grand
jury will hold hearings in the
Southern District of New York.