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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05

a well-cheered informal speech
told each class that they stood
a ten times better chance to
carry out a progressive program
in the Democratic than in the
Republican Party.
Republican Senator Wayne
Morse, and Democratic Natl.
Committee vice-chairman Oscar
Ewing told why the '46 elections
will be significant.
Speaking for the CIO, Clifford
MacAvoy told the school that the
major issues of the 1946 Con.
gress, so far as labor was con-
cerned, included the treatment
accorded OPA and the anti-labor
such as President
Truman's emergency bill and the
Case bill.
Part Of Strategy
Referring to the last bill, Nc
Avoy said that the Case bill was
part of the grand strategy to
paralyze the organizations of the
working people" to drive the un.
ions into the same situation that
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Lima Loco
To Remove


LIMA, June 27-Members
of Local 106, UAW-CIO, Lima
Locomotive Works, at a well
attended meeting here to-
night voted to appropriate
money from their building fund
to take up the mortgage on their
building which they purchased
one year ago.
During the same meeting, the
membership voted unanimous
ly to subscribe for the UNION
JOURNAL, official UAW-cIO
Region 2-B weekly labor paper
after hearing a brief talk by
Ollie PecOrd, JOURNAL man
aging editor.
Organized in 1943, the UAW-
'CIO won plant bargaining rights
on March 30, 1943 in an NLRB
conducted election in which it
defeated the AFL which had
held the contract for several
years.
Shows Growth
Chartered as Local 106, the
new union has showed remark
able progress in its contractual
relations and won many adj
vances for the plant workers.
In less than two years, the
union by good management and
saving was able to purchase its
present property at 833 S. Main
st. which it shares with Locals
I'll and 975.
Allen ireland, Local 106 presi-
dent, stated that appropriate GER
emonies would be held at the
headquarters when the mortage
is retired and formally burned.
Officers of Local 106 in addi-
ton to Mr.. Ireland are Hubert
Gre vice-president; John
Stauts, financial secretary; Vim
cent Spahr, recording secretary;
Ralph Hadley, sergeant alarms;
William Aldrich, guide; and Carl
III. Davis, Sylvan ]. BurgOOn and
Fred Keith, trustees.
Local los has 1850 members.
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In a statement to the news
papers following the meeting,
Assistant Regional Director
James Crowley said that "the
dispute which resulted in the
Hopping lockout must be
settled
Warning any prospective pur-
chasers of the plant Mr.. Crowley
said, "if the plant is sold, we do
not intend to sacrifice our point.
Anyone who purchases the plant
does so at their own risk and
takes on the responsibility for
either the settlement of the pre-
sent dispute or a continuation OF
the case as it now stands"
To Maintain Rights
Celebrating on the decision of
last Fridays meeting which was
participated in by. representa-
tives of UAW Locals II, IL, IA,
Is and 48, Mr.. Crowley said.
"The die has been cast by the
present A. c. Hopping manage
ment and the UAW is deter
mined that as long as the union
EXISTS in Toledo that the secur-
ity and rights of the workers
will be protected and main
tanned.
''The only settlement that can
be accepted is for the company
to call off its lockout and return
all Of its employees to their jobs
with full seniority and with all
the other terms Of its contract
remaining intact"
Management Seeks Firing
The Hopping Co. management
has stated that 1t would agree
to reopen the plant If two men,
bers of the union were dumped
because they are personally OBJ
jectionable to the plant owner.
This the union has refused to
agree to do and the lockout
which began nearly II weeks
ago continues.
Efforts of the Toledo Labor
Management-Citizens Commit
tee to settle the matter have
been unsuccessful with the COM
pany head refusing to sit down
and discuss the issue. On its side
the union has expressed its de-
termination to stick by its posi-
ton and maintains that there is
no ground for the company's
obstinate insistance on firing
employees whose only fault is
that they are Objectionable on a
personal basis to the company
mana cement.
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Local II Steps
Up ORGANIZATION

In keeping with the policy ex-
pressed by the UAW-CIO Inter
national unions Atlantic City
convention last March, to organ
ize the unorganized, Local IL has
intensified it's organization drive
in Toledo and has succeeded in
winning bargaining rights in one
shop and has several others
ready for NRLB elections.
Latest addition to Local IL is
the Standard Tool and Die Co.,
397 Philips Ave. whose employees
voted overwhelmingly for UAW-
CIO in an NLRB election held
here on Wednesday of last week.
Officers of the new Unit are
Lawson Dean, chairman; Paul
Long, vice-chairman and Ray
secretary. Howard
Rediger of the Local IL staff
was in charge of the organiza-
tional work.
Meetings of the new Unit will
be held on the second Monday of
each month at 800 p. m. at Local
IL headquarters.
Applies For Election
A petition of an NLRB cleo
ton at the Carl F. Weissenberger
Co., 944 Philips Ave.
was filed on June % by Attor-
ney Lowell Gerlich on behalf of
the union.
Organizational work in the
Weissenberger e st a bi IN m ent
covers FL auto mechanics who
formerly were under AFL juris-
diction. Burny Zaw0dny, repre-
senting Local IL is in charge of
the drive. Cyrus Martin and
Gray are also assigned
to the organizational drive
among he garage mechanics.
Other petitions for election
will be filed in the near future.
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Realtors.
Snipe


WASHINGTON, July 1 =
NPA) = Congressional Stoo-
ges for the real estate and
speculative home builders
interests did their best last
week to block hearings before
the House Banking Committee
on the General Housing Bill
sponsored by Senators Wagner
Cd. N. ", Ellender 3D., Lao,
and Taft (R. Ohio).
Using a parliamentary rule
50 dusty from disuse that Chair
man Brent Spence said that in
his 20-odd years of experience
it had never been used in this
way, Rep. Howard H. Buffet
r. Nebr.) forced the committee
to meet only when the House
was not in session. With a tre-
mendous log-jam of legislation
which the House must vote on
before it can recess for a pre-
election vacation, BuffettS
maneuver was calculated to pre-
vent committee consideration
and recommendations in this seS-
sion.
The General Housing bill pro-
vides for 4 long-range housing
pre- gram to underwrite private
and public housing, intended to
prevent the nation from ever
again suffering another acute
housing shortage such as the one
now affecting veterans and 9TH
ers seeking homes.
The bill was passed over
) whelmingly by the Senate, but
with Buffet and several of the
other committee members de-
dermined to use every means to
prevent the bill from reaching
the floor, the outlook for House
passage was dim last week.
All branches of organized
labor have worked actively for
the Wagner -Ellender-Taft bill.
Present schedules call for Ad-
ministration spokesmen to ap-
pear in support Of the measure
this week, after Senators Wag-
ner, Ellender and Taft present
their views.
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WdIIOps
Truman

WASHINGTON July (LPA)
President Truman received a
setback on all three of his gov
ernm ent reorganization pro-
posals last week, when the
House voted its disapproval.
Union representatives appear
ed in opposition to several parts
of the three plans, which would
have consolidated all govern
ment housing functions under
one agency, would have placed
the Bureau of Marine Inspec-
ton and Navigation under the
Coast Guard permanently, and
would have transferred most of
the Children's Bureau to the
Federal Security Agency.
The Senate must vote on the
three plans by July 16 or they
automatically go into effect. II
the Senate follows the House ac-
ton, the plans are killed.
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Congress Is definitely over the
barrel by the somewhat unex-
pected action of the President IN
vetoing the bill, hastened last
night to vote a 20-day extension
to the OPA, an action which was
not concurred in by the Senate
which decided not to act except
possibly to maintain rent con-
trolls which even Senator Taft
conceded are necessary.
Climax of the fight to save
OPA was the resignation Of
Chester Bowles, OPA admins
traitor who removed himself
from the picture apparently in
a last minute endeavor to give
the President the courage to 60
through with the veto.
In accepting Bowles resigna-
ton, the President expressed the
hole that the resigned director
would continue to give the adj
ministration his backing.
Threaten Strike
The proposed buyers strike
proposed spontaneously in sew
eral localities would take the
form of refusal to buy any goods
not needed to feed the wage
earners' families. Don't buy any
item that is priced at more than
it is worth. Wait for prices to
come down." Senator Glen Tay-
lor ID. Idaho) told a rally in
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a fact-finding panel OF the
Toledo L a bor-Management-
Citizens Committee.
Thousands of workers were
stranded at their jobs and other
thousands discovered that the
strike had started when they
stood for long periods of time
on street corners, bus and car
stops for transportation that
never came.
Thumbing rides to jobs be-
came the order of the day and
hundreds of office and factory
workers arrived late on the job
Tuesday morning.
Conference Fails
Decision to reject the L-M-C
offer to establish n fact-finding
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ficial government report.
Commerce Secretary H.
Wallace declared that there
has been a marked rise in the
number of corporate mergers
since w Day with more and
more small firms being gobbled
up by the giants. Wallace's re-
port found that mergers and ac-
quisitions in the fourth quarter
of 1945 hit the highest level
since 1881 with indication that
the high rate will continue.
Similar conclusions were
drawn earlier in the month by
the Senate Small Business Com
mittee which reported to Con-
gress that monopoly control of
u. S. business and industry had
grown enormously during the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
Truman Vetoes Bill, OPAExpires
20 Days
Extension

WASHINGTON, July ?
GPA)-Presidential veto of
the mangled OPA bill passed
by Congress brought to the
White House thousands of
congratulatory messages from all
sections of the country. Few
criticized the Truman act except
those who were critical of his
attack on Senator Robert A.
Taft, Senate leader of the fight
to cripple price control.
Hardly had the sound Of con-
gressional debate on the bill died
down when triumphant manu-
facturers, retailers and landlords
began to get cold feet about their
victory.
Threats of a nationwide buy
ers' strike by the housewives of
the country caused their nerv-
BUSINESS and many of them an
nounced in statements to the ma
tons newspapers that they were
not contemplating any inne-
diate increase in commodity
prices.
House Votes Extension
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committee came at a meeting
held at a. m Tuesday morn
ing. A previous meeting had
been held in the Commodore
Perry Hotel at 3 p. m. Monday
attended by union and company
representatives and representa-
tives of the L-M-C Committee.
Principal issue is wages with
the union demanding 80 cents
and the company offering 5 cents
an-hour increase.
Walter "A. Morgan, union busi-
ness agent, told the L-M-C rep
resentatives that the only thing
which could prevent the work
Stoppage would be concessions
from the company satisfactory
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war years and was likely to con-
tinue.
Big Business Agrees
Even big business itself agrees
with these conclusions, it was
disclosed last week. A survey
made by the N. Y. Journal of
Commerce found can accelerated
trend toward corporate conSoli-
dation involving acquisition of
small producers by larger COM
panies, or the merging of smaller
concerns with each other to
strengthen their position"
OPA price ceilings and the
labor problem" were both cited
by the paper as the reasons for
the trend to corporate giantiSm.
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Under the auspices of the
Natl Citizens Political Ac-
ton Committee, the students
attended a School of Politi-
cal Action Techniques" to learn
the broad outlines and the de-
tails of running a political cam
'paign.
The schools "princi p a T.,
NAPAC director c. B. Baldwin,
indicated to the students that
he was in favor of a third party
if the Democratic Party con-
tinued to contain both Henry
Wallace and Senator Bilbo, and
the Republicans held the alleg-
lance of both Senators Morse and
Taft.
IF the Democratic party con-
tinues on the road to reaction, "
Baldwin said, there will be a
third party, whether Mr.. Truman
likes it, whether Mr.. Hannegan
likes it, or whether Mr.. Henry
Wallace likes it."
Wallace FavOrs Dems
The students were given a
philosophical lecture by Com
merce Secretary Wallace, who In
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Most
Of the women who took jobs
for the duration of the war have
now quit, according to figures
made public last week by Frieda
Miller, chief of the Women's Bu-
reau of the Dept. of Labor. AL
though the number of women
workers dropped 1850, 900 from
VJ-day to May, 1946, there were
only 10000 more women seek
ing work in May, 1916, than at
the time the shooting war ended
last August.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
Trainmen MaY Go
cIO Or AEL

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (LPA)-
The large Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen, one of the two
rail unions that called off their
nationwide strike on May 25,
may join either the CIO or AFL,
A. F. Whitney, brotherhood
president, said here last week.
In an exclusive interview with
the Miami Beach Morning Star,
Whitney saw affiliation as "a
definite possibility" The pro-
posal will be made at the un-
ions convention starting here on
Sept. 16.
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Fosforio JAW
Okoys Contract

FOSTORIA June 28 - APP
proval of their new contract was
voiced by members of Local 533,
Fostoria Spark Plug Co. In a
mass meeting held here last
night which was attended by
Richard GOsser, Toledo, UAW
regional director who aided in
completing negotiations with the
company.
Improvements in the current
contract include increased pay
for second and third-shift work
ers, cents for the former and
tn cents for the latter; practi-
cal elimination of hourly quail
fication limits in order to secure
full vacation pay with a clause
giving all veterans who returned
to the plant prior to June full
vacation pay.
Wages Checks Paid
Wages which were increased
retroactive to Jan. Is at 18h
cents an hour have already been
paid. Inequities adjusted for q
majority of the hourly rated
workers which were granted in
addition to the 1914 cents bring
the wages of these workers up
to 221a to 1914 cents increase.
Inequities will be paid effective
June /.
Another important advance
was a change in the progression
schedule for hourly rated en-
ployeS reducing the time that 1t
takes to 60 fro mthe low to the
top rate from one year to 80
days. Skilled departments were
excepted from the change and
will continue to remain on merit.
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Reod-I+-And
Weep Dept.

WASHINGTON, July /,
HPA)-Your dollar bought
less last week because
OPA has approved of price
increases on these items:
Anthracite coal - average
of 9O12c per ton
Small electrical tools
Shoes - reflects leather
price boost
Beer - lie per bottle
Sanitary napkins -- Sc per
box of IL
Vacuum cleaners - second
rise, now 1870 over 1941
prices.
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Will Pay Veferans

Veterans employed by the Bliss
Foundry Co. will receive full
vacation pay according to SEN
joriy, according to Tom Markleyi
Unit chairman who stated that
the company had informed him
last week Of its decision.
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TOP THIS

Many union members have
enrolled their entire fam
lilies in the CIO Political
Action Committee with
four, five and six in their
group, but top spot goes to
Lewis MattOx, member of
the Acklin Unit executive
committee who has nine
members of his family in
good standing in PAC.. Car
rying membership cards in
addition to Mr.. MattOx are
his wife Lois, sons Walter,
Lewis Jr., Leroy, Marquis,
James and Michael and one
daughter, Anna. A 100 per
cent PAC family, but big.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05

Senator Harry F. Byrd ID,
VaD, one of the Senate's worst
uniOn-haters, got the horse
laugh from his colleagues last
week after proposing to fire
1,243,670 federal employees,
supposedly for economy"
Senator Guffey d., Pa dis
closed that Virginia, ruled by
the Byrd machine, had in
creased its payroll almost as
much as the United States
government did between 1924
to 1912. With war agencies
eliminated the United States
increase was 92129o while
Virginia's was 2789c. UPA)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
LMCFaiLs To Stop
Transport Strike
Reject Proposal To Submit
Dispute To Local Committee

Thousands of Toledoans awoke Tuesday morning to
find themselves without transportation result OF the
decision made by the sreetcar and bus operators ALL
ectng recommendations of their executive committee to
submit their dispute with the Community Traction Co to
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
Big Business GuI ps
Down Smaller Firms
Corporate Mergers On
Increase Since VI Day

WASHINGTON July QLPA) - The drive of big busi-
and corporate industry toward monopoly control and
the consequent squeezing out of smaller business
phasized for the second time in month week in
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
ia W Locals Back
Hopping Workers
Refuse To Sacrifice Workers
Rights, Insist On Contract

Complete backing to the employees of the A. c. Kloppne
Co., who have been locked out of their plant for the past
weeks voted by representatives of Toledo UAWCIC
locals in special meeting held at Local II headquarters
Friday of last week.
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PAC Class Starts
Election Studies
Third Party Talk Is
Heard By Students

WASHINGTON, July - QPA = More than 500
students from states last week sweaed out four OF
Washingons hottest days learning how to make
next falls election campaigns the most heated their
roun;+ias had ever exnerienced
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-05
Adde's Denies Red
Batting Charges
Will Resist Attempt To
Set UAW-CIO Policies

DETROIT July George F. Adde'S UAW-CIO secre-
arytreasurer in statement to the Sunday papers this
week denied that he had aligned himself with red batting
forces in the union purge certain minority groups
Adde'S statement followed recent caucus held by him
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/ self, Richard T. Leonard
UAW vice-president, and rep
resentatives of R. ]. Thomas
also a UAW vice-president. Talk
since the meeting that both
Adde's and Leonard had de-
nounced the Communists and re-
ljected their support apparently
led to the attempt by the UAW-
CIO officers to clear themselves
of the red batting charge.
In the course of his statement
Adde's said, ut is no secret
that a small minority of our
members do belong to other or
ganizations such as Socialist Par
ty, Communist Party, ACTU,
Trotskite Party and others. They
all have this in common. They
all attempt to use the union as
vehicle for achieving their re-
spective organizational or politi-
cal goals often times their
first loyalty has been to their
party"
Resist Policy Making
Continuing, Adde's stated that
we will resist the attempts on
the part of any of these groups
to set policies and formulate
programs for the UAW-CIO."
Adde's statement regarding re-
sisting the efforts of minority
groups to set policies in the un-
ion followed by several weeks q
statement made originally by
Walter P. Reuther, UAW pres
ident.
Reference to the A d des-
Leonard Thomas caucus was
contained in another section of
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Women Still WORKING

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
Indies Drill For Sunday Go

Another lengthy workout is on the books for the Indies tonight at o'clock at Hamilton Park.
 The team went through a long session Tuesday night and will com- plete it's drills tonight for Sundays important contest with the Man chester Collegians at the Silk Town.
 The club was strengthened con- siderably during the week with the signing of tackle Charley Ripper Donate and "Hymer' Fitzgerald, former Wilby quarterback.
 The Indies dropped their latest contest, a so affair to the Torring- ton Redskins two weeks ago after winning two in row and Mgr. Duke DelPo hopes to bounce back | into the win column Sunday at the expense of the Collegians. Angelo "Hotfoot" Laudisi will be in charge of tonight's drill and re- quests all players to attend. Several new players will be given the club at the workout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
Redskins Have Top Pro Club

New York, Oct. 16 - (SpeciaD - National Football League team sta- tistics today indicated clearly how Washington has been able to take over undisputed possession Of first place in the eastern division from the highly regarded New York Giant and Philadelphia Eagle ag- gregations.
 In three games the Redskins, publicly acclaimed before the sea- son by their young coach, Turk Ed wards, as the best squad ever as- sembled in the capital, have been forced to punt only eight times and have held opponents to an average gain of 2.4 yards per rush. Only the Chicago Cardinals have better de- fensive record against rushing Witn a mark of l9 yards.
 The figures indicate Edwards, a former all-league tackle in his f1rst year as head coach after term oi apprenticeship as an assistant on the Redskin staff, has come up with an exceptional line, despite rumors o1 weaknesses at guard and series o1 injuries which forced him to make
 a lineman of quarterback Al Cou-
 pee. The Redskin line not only take
 charges of opponents on defense but it operates SO efficiently on of-
 fense that Sammy Baugh and his
 backfield colleagues seldom find l,
 necessary to punt out of trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
Sports

Storrs, Conn, Oct. 1.-Two Uni- versity of Connecticut varsity teams in addition to the football eleven will go into action on Friday and Saturday this week. Both squads, the Husky cross country and soccer teams. scored victories last week as they inaugurated their 1946 season:
 Coach Carl Fischer will lead his cross country squad to Boston tT!- day for a three-cornered meet With Harvard and Rhode Island. The Huskies outran Wesleyan last FIT day by score of 21 to So. me Connecticut harriers will be led by Mike Morris of Hartford who took first place against Wesleyan, m ;shine the three-mile course in l6:53. Fischer's team will face strong op- nosition in a Rhode Island team that defeated Springfield by a per- feet score last week.
 The Husky soccer eleven seeks it's second straight victory, gong against williams at Will1amStoWn, Mass Connecticut defeated Tu1ts hv a margin of 3 to 2 at Storrs last Saturday.
 George Van Bibber's Junior va var T, s,tv football squad has no scneduieo game this week but is preparing Ioi 2 meeting with the Collegiate School of New Haven next Friday at Storrs The Husky pups have defeatec pomford @ Academy 70 to 0 and Che shire Academy 26 to 6.