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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

the Feb. % deadhne set up in
the city charter.
In presenting the petitions to
the 800 PAC members, shop
chairman and Local Union pres
idents who attended the meet
ing, Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO
regional director and manager
of PAC said" we have already
spoken and now will go through
with the petition on the payroll
tax.
Director Gosser stated that it
was his belief that the average
worker in the shop could not
afford to pay the tax at this
time. '"They have a hard row to
hoe now especially if they have
children, he said.
Discussing the need for tax
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

government agencies were re-
porting that joblessness, as
labor leaders had predicted,
was growing in every section of
the country. There were these
facts:
More than 100000 vet
Grams are now receiving unem-
ployment Benefits totaling $780,
825,767 a week.
2-Only three cities in the ma
ton have more jobs than job
hunters: Washington, D. C.;
Peoria, H., and Richmond, Va.
3-A new high in unemploy-
ment insurance claims was hit
with a total of 2,150,000.
4-The number of major
labor-market areas reporting a
large volume of unemployment
from 18 to 81 in the month of
January.
81 Areas Reported
The 81 areas according to the
United States Employment Serv-
pensable unemployment claims
of 5000 in New York and of IT,
900 in Oregon in the single week
ending Jan. 26, 1946. Initial
claims totaled 307,O 900, the larg-
est number since the first week
Continued On Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

Steel Strike Settlement Waits For Price Con, promise
One Cent Difference
Separates Union and CO.

DETROIT, Feb. 12-Genera Motors Corporation and
the UAWCIO which has been strike for nearly three
months in GIN plants within of settlement
today when the corporation offered the union 18 per
cent wage increase
Walter P. Reuther, UAW-CIO vice-president and di-
rector of the GIN division in rejecting the corporations
offer for the union said that the compromise offer advanced
by President Truans FactFnding Committee of 19 cents
the figure for which the union holding out.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
Norwegions Go To
Wisconsin u.

MADISON, Wis. NPA)-Two
Norwegian trade unionists will
attend 1946 summer classes at
the University of Wisconsin
School for Workers, it was an
nounced here last week. The
Norwegian government will pay
travel and other expenses while
the school will provide tuition,
board and room through schol-
arships.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
WHY'S Unit Gets
10 Cent Increase
Wages to Be Reopened
After Pattern Is Set

An interim increase of 10 cents hour to all UAW-
CIO hourly and salared employees of Overland Mo-
tors as we'll hourly of 10 cents in the base pay
UAWCIO incentive production workers announced
today by William Paris operations manager of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
Rumors OF
Peace Still
Continue

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il
While rumors of settlement
of the steel strike are still
going the rounds here, no
word has leaked out relative
to when peace would come to
the steel industry.
CIO and Steelworkers Presi-
dent Philip Murray has walked
the half block between his
offices and the White House
- than once in recent weeks,
so far tn negotiations be-
9n spokesmen for the U. S.
el Corp. and the United
'st3Workers of America have
sight no tangible results.
Steel industry representatives
are still holding out for price
rises which some administration
spokesmen believe would blow
~ lid on the whole stabiliza-
cons program, causing prices to
$ neocket. The CIO Steelwork-
Ners was still willing to settle the
strike of its 100000 members
on the basis of President Tru-
mans compromise figure of an
1870 an hour pay increase, but
the industry refused to even
consider this.
CIO Wants Consultation
The CIO, after a meeting of
steel, auto and electrical union
strike leadership, sent messages
to Administration stabilization
officials demanding that the
CIO be consulted before any
change in the governments
price-wage policy is finally de-
cided.
The companies carried their
fight against the Steelworkers
pickets into the courts in west
ern Pennsylvania, and for the
Homestead works of the Car
negie Illinois Steel Corp, Judge
Sara Soffel issued a sweeping
ruling preventing mass picket
ing which, the union charged,
by-passed the provisions of the
federal and state anti-injunction
laws.
Judge Soffel ordered the un-
ion to limit pickets to 10 to
gate, ten feet apart, "kept in
continuous motion" The union
and the Homestead management
had been unable to reach agree
ment on who should enter the
plant to do necessary mainte-
nance work.
File Another Suit
An almost indentical suit for
IN injunction has been brought
5y the Jones and Laughlin Steel
Corp. The union has already ap-
pealed the Homestead injunc-
ton, and Is seeking an early
decision from the State Supreme
Court.
More than 2O,500 workers
have returned to .their jobs as
their companies signed individu-
al contracts with the union.
Major maverick in the industry
still is Henry j. Kaiser, who
signed his contract at the White
House with President Truman's
blessing. 1t was announced here
last week that the War Assets
Corp. had accepted the offer of
the Kaiser Co. for leasing the
government built aluminium
plant at Spokane. Wash.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
| ocaI 12 Nominates
Officers For 1916
Election Date Set By
Local For Feb. 22-23

All incumbent officers of Local IL renominated for
their present positions at the annual nomination held at
Local IL headquarters Feb The largest number of can
ddates in several years for the various offices
Declnation date set by the meeting Friday, Feb ID
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
Distribution Key
To Future Says
WnIterP. Reuther
Raise Wages, Hold Down
Prices, CM Leader Urges

"Raise wages and hold down prices" the formula
for better America given by Walter P Reuther, UAWCIO
president in talk before 800 persons in Moose Temple
last Sunday afternoon.
Continuing the keynote of his speech Mr. Reuher said
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

pany, and Richard t. Gosser,
regional Director of tn e
N-CIO,
W agreement went into eff
ron Monday morning of this
IN and will continue, both
Maris and Mr.. Gosser said,
hal, the wage pattern in the
InAotive industry becomes
ctely established, at which
"TRIP the wage status of the
] N-CIO workers will be re-
Afted.
or Eoximately $500 are eff
~ Spy the-.e; ment, which
np5 We - HagIee he, 4 increase
fected aeS >, 7 tthan estimate, IT, ,mpanv's rrlos
represenuo,OO esn 600 in the coah
OF i.onthIy payroll. -. : made
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
PAC CircuLates Tdr
Referendum Petition
Must Secure 10000
Signers By Feb. 28

Petitions place Toedos recently passed per cent
payroll the ballot in the May election were passed
at special meeting of the Lucas County Political Action
Committee on Wednesday evening of this week and
centrated effort will be made 1000 before
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

All those who do not wish to
stand for office must have
their declinations in the hands
of the Local IL recording secre-
tary by II midnight tonight.
Date set for the election was
Friday, Feb. % and Saturday,
Feb. %. Voting will be from
900 a. m. to $50 p. m. Feb. %
and from 900 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Feb. %.
Delegate Elections Held
Many of the Units of Local
IL have already conducted their
election of delegates to the
International UAW-CIO conven-
ton which will be held in At
lantic City from March 20 to
30. Other Units will complete
their delegate elections within
the next week or ten days.
Unit officers have also been
chosen for the ensuing year by
many of the Units of Local IL
with Auto-Lite voting on
Wednesday of this week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
Job|ess On Increase
Nation

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL (LPA)-The nation came lace
to face this week with the stark fact that mass unenpo
increasing steadily At almost the same time that
Congress agreed fu employment bill that does every
thing but provide full employment other
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
FALSE DOCTRINE

Likewise, the shallow and the
economically illiteFate persist IN
preaching the fallacious doctrine
that we can continue to initiate
at the source in budgetary mat
terS and avoid the consequences
through employing bright young
man like Chester A. Bowles to
hoist price ceilings.
The drastic recent further de-
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Cotton tx Seat Sold
For $4,000, Up $500

Arrangements have been made
for the sale Of y. y Cotton
Exchange membership al $4,000
up $500 from the previous trans
action
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
More Productive

American labor in the steel
Industry was far more produc-
tive than German labor during
the war - and American steel
workers worked harder T w.
Lippert. editor of Iron Age
Magazine reports
Even in the last desperate
months of thr-wat.7- tt11t-t-tftttft-9
steel mills were not a. pressed
for manpower as was steel man
agement IN this country only
Is per cent of steel labor was
lost 10 the armed forces COM
pared with some 80 per cent lost
TO the service here
German labor turned out little
more than 3 inPot tons per
perSnn- -per month Mhlle-an
American worker produces at
the rate of 10 tons per month.
This cannot be entirely traced
10 a greater supply OF labor
saving machinery. the editor OBJ
served. but apparently Is partly
attributabfe- moro CttrrfCrt
and energetic performance IN
this country. Nor can II bc al
tributed 10 the use of slave
labor since productivity re-
manned fairly constant m pre-
war and war years,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Lumber 0utpul
Shows Decline
utTRoIT SUNDAY Tl1Es

WASHINGTON Jan 3 ,AP)-
Lumber production declined again
n october falling S.3 per cent be-
low September output the CIVIL
ian Production Administration re-
ports.
oct1hcr production amounted
to gOl3.TS20 GOO board feet as
compared with 2,l96, ,O43 GOO board
,cct in the previous month.
CPA SAID that work StoppagcS
r The West caused production
there % decline 2S5 per cent be-
luu September output However,
Ea,lrrn production rose Ga per
cent due principally TO l2.6 per
cent gain M output OF southern
pine
SoftWoodS accounted for li32,-
6G5.OUO board feet of October pro-
d.cilon decrease OF Us per
cent from September, and a drop
ef "A per cent from October
1914 output
October hardwood production
tutalci 5Sl1l70OU board feet. up
81 per cent over September out
uIi blt 60 per cent less than IN
october. 1914
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Bankers Life Names
Mack General Agent

Bankers Life Insurance co. of
Nebraska has announced the APP
pointment of Frank S. Mack as
general agent for its Detroit Of
fee Mack took over his duties
Jan. |, He has been associated
with the life insurance business
for the past Is years in the De-
troit area Since 1914 he has been
connected with the Detroit agency
of Bankers Life of Nebraska in
the fields of personal production
and agency supervision.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

valuation of the French franc
should be a warning to every citi-
zen of the, world to take such
assurances with a grain of salt.
The significance of the French
action is that national bookkeep-
ing inexorably records the eX-
hausting effects OF goofy eco
nomicS. war and kindred political
matters. When politicians argue
to the contrary and indicate that
they have found formula for
avoiding suffering the conse-
quences of our acts and decisions,
we should challengingly ask who
guarantees the guarantor
STILL OPERATIVE
Back in the Gay Twenties in the
financial district, participation
certificates of first mortgages on
real estate were being freely Of
fered to the public. Few inquired
into fundamental questions, being
satisfied with the fact that title
companies and other institutions
guaranteed payment of interest
and principal. Companies guar
anteed far beyond their own re-
sources TO make good and at the
time there was no inclination to
| ask challengingly: who guaran-
tees the guarantor
There is no pessimism in this
reasSertion that the scientific
principle of cause and effect is
still operative. Free men and
women. who believe in themselves
and have personal sense of re-
sponsibility, are ready and eager
10 learn the laws of life, and to
adjust themselves TO them.
Only suckers in finance and in
tpofitiCs are attracted to the blue
sky doctrine that you can vary
the ingredients without altering
the resultant product. Since
busted countries act as contem-
porary Laboratories, we should be
spared the disaster of trying out
for ourselves the philosophy of
! fools.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Little Holders
Champs Back
GiIberfs VIII Renew
Battle for Minorifies
By HUDSON PHILLIPS

NEW YORK, Jan. ) (APl
Back from the wars, the Gilbert
brothers are readying plans Tor
the renewal Of a l3-year-old battle
they have waged against certain
large American corporations,
They are Lewis D., 3S who calls
himself No. minority stock
holder" OF the United States ana
his brother, John J. 81.
Lewis spent 81 years with the
army and served IN the Solomon
and Marshall islands. John, who
was an MP in Egypt for a while
has been back in civilian HE Tor
almost a year.
Armed with their own proxies
as well as those mailed IN from
other minority stockholders all
over the country. the brothers Will
try TO attend rs annual meetings
in 1916 sizable increase from
rs in 1887 and only a handful IN
1888, their initial year IN tins ac-
tlNity.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Detroit Harvester Co.
Stock Split Proposed

Directors Of Detroit Harvester
Co have proposed a tWo-for-one
Split-up In the common stock and
The issuance of additional COM
mon shares. the company has an
nounccd
Stockholders VIII meet Jan %
70 vote on the proposal which
calls for an increase IN the out
standing common stock 10 29S,-
23l shares under the Split-up and
20 100000 shares when the addi-
tiOnal stock is iSHHed
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

ton" He would eliminate exist
ing sales building merchandising
practices and yet ne assumes that
he will have the same big demand
as results from intensive promo
ton.
DROP IN BUCKET
Such expectation is based on
sheer illusion.
Without craftsmanship, demand
for even meritOriouS products
shrinks 10 a spectacular degree
BY way of illustration, consider
the meager sales Of low cost in
surance sold by the Teachers An
nuity and Insurance Co. and by
the savings banks. Their sales
are but a drop in the bucket
compared to the colossal totaI
promoted by the enterprising life
insurance agents.
Similarly demagogues, labelling
themselves as progreSsives or re-
formers, attempt through legisla'
ton and tax policy TO take the
incentives out of economic life
and yet. in their Ignorance per
Sist in believing or pretending tc
believe that men will work just
as constructively without incen.
tives The fallacy of this was
demonstrated in the lack of eager
ness in the closing months of the
year of businessmen to assume
risks and perform services after
they had already earned net after
taxes for themselves virtually al
that was permitted under the eX
cess profits tax and the corporate
income fax
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
M(DonaId- Co
Awarded Utica Bonds

Shelby and Sterling Townships
School District No. /. which in
cludes the city of Utica. has sold
TO McDonald-Moore & Co. S25. 900
bonds. proceeds of which. together
with SIS, 900 on hand, will be used
TO build a four-room addition to
the present high school. The bonds
bear interest at Ia per cent and
one per cent and mature serially
one to five years. Mcdonald
Moore & Co., who submitted the
best of four bids, report the issue
has all been sold TO investors.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Deliberate Error

Critics of the DPA- openly
charging that the recent re-
moval Of ceilings on citrus fruits
was deliberately timed TO pro-
vide a horrible example OF
price decontrol.
The Department of Agricul-
ture had already recommended
that controls on citrus fruits
should be lifted early IN the
fall.
In spite OF this OPA lifted
the ceiling al the very time that
inflated holiday demand and
tight transportation was put
ting great pressure on prices
with the result that soaring
prices were inevitable.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Surplus Goods
Disposal Proceeds Net
U. S. Half of Cost

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. - (AP)
Proceeds from disposal of sur
plus goods totaled $525, 900. 900
through Dec. Is, slightly more
than half of cost, the surplus
property administration reports.
The agency reported the cost of
the property at 81 ,049, 10000 OF
this. it added, goods which cost
$23. .000,0 900 were disposed of by
donation. abandonment or transfer
without reimbursement.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Not Too Bad!

Savings bond redemptIonS in
December totaled about sos
OOO.OOO aS compared with $685.
100000 in November and S6l6,-
600. 900 in October, according 10
estimates OF treasury StatlS-
ticianS.
They are more than pleased
with the record in view OF the
lush holiday spending and the
pressure of the General Motors
strike.
Incidentally. in cities where
GM plants are located. rcdemp-
tions repeatedly scared 10 new
peaks
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
J. Kayser Common
To Be Offered Public

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 -
Julius KaySer & Co. has regis
tered 153,400 shares of common
stock. par S., with the SEC. The
shares are issued and outstanding
and are being sold by 10 stock
holders. The price to the public
will be filed by amendment. The
underwriting group is headed by
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades * Co. and
Smith, Barney /& Co. The pro-
ceeds will go to the selling
stockholders.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
AItes Appoints Wolfe
Director Of CITY Sales

Richard L. Wolfe has been APP
pointed director OF city sales for
AlteS Brewing Co. il is announced
by Howard II. Colby, president.
Wolfe has been with Altes since
1888, serving as state sales repre-
sentative. district representative
and director of city bottle sales.
Albert G. Lane, recently director
of city draft sales. has been
named assistant director of city
sales.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
MAIN OBJECTIVE

Whenever II j. ply sclally pos
Siblc. the GirbeTts Will represent
free any small investor who asks
them TO speak up in his behalf.
They claim 10 make no sohclta-
ton of funds but have acknoWl-
edged receipt of donations for
postage and stationery expenses,
Nothing higher than 81 IS ac-
Cepted. they say.
Sitting in a book-hned room
which serves as an office In his
Park avenue apartment, Lewis
SAID his main objective this year
Retld- be te-fet- corporations to
hold stockholders meetings in
an accessible locality.
He prefers that the gatherings
be held where executive business
of the company is transacted.
Failing this, he asks that ade-
quate transportation be provided
for stockholders who have sugges-
tons TO make TO the management.
OWN 76 STOCKS
"If company can't arrange
IL so that a representative num-
ber of stockholders can be pres
ent, then the least they can do
II furnish detailed report of
what transpiret.. This should be
sent to all stockholders soon
after the meeting"
The brothers themselves own
stock in amounts ranging from D
10 more than 100 shares in each
of'the 76 companies whose meet
ingS they plan to attend. They
said the total is well over $780,
900 at current market prices.
1--WE have encouraged more
and more stockholders to par
ticipate i'm annual meetings i'm
the past Is years." he added.
"This has made for a higher
class of representation"
Lewis Gilbert claims he is the
original representative of minor
ity shareholders. He admits sew
eral others have sprung up
thruogh the years but brands some
of them as troublemakers and as
too noisy in their demands
In fairness, Lewis explained
that a lot of companies had been
completely cooperative in making
changes suggested by the minority
stockholders. 1t is the ones who
are completely unreceptive that
the Gilberts are cunning for
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Assumed Inevitability
OF Progress Illusion
Hits Dangerous Political Tendency
in Public Failure TO Probe Issues
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER
Intern ationAI kess Service Economic Commentator

Public preoccuped with his private affairs, is inclined
nevtabhty The the street
evidently shares the view OF the eminent economist Adam smith
to stand lot of ruin Americans
excel in optimism tempered with prudence and discrmi
nation yeasaying there dangerous
political good results without fully
ndingt ne which bring them
there of ignorant business batter who
heraes the advertising high of dbu-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-01-31
Plaut Asparagus Now

Plant Asparagus Now
Plant an asparagus bed now and
you can have an abundance of fresh
asparagus for several years. A well
prepared, well kept asparagus bed
often yields for Is to 20 years.
Mary Washington is a recommen-
ded variety. Crowns may be set in
central Mississippi to March l and
in north Mississippi to March IS
Asparagus is not recommended fos
the Mississippi Coast counties.
Plant one-year-old crowns along
one side of the garden where they
will not be disturbed. Plow out a
trench 6 to 8 inches deep, cover the
bottom of the trench with well rot
ted barnyard manure and finish fill
ing the trench with good loan soil
Set the crowns 2 feet apart in thu
row and 3 to 4 inches deep. DOM
cut the spears the first season and
give them only a light cutting thu
second season.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-01-31
Bowel CIeaningP Power
Winner Aid Medicine

One man recently took INNER.
AID three days and said afterward
that he never would have believed
bis body contained so much filthy
substance. He says his stomach, in
testines, bowels and whole system
were so thoroughly cleansed that his
constant headaches came to an end,
several pimply skin eruptions on
his face dried up overnight, and
ever the rheumatic pains in his
knee disappeared. At present he is
an altogether different man, feeling
fine in every way.
INNER-AID contains IL Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable people
soon feel different all over. So don't
60 on suffering! Sold by all drug
stores here in Holmes county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-01-31
Cruger Youth On
|.USS Calvert

Pearl Harbor, T. H.-SfSgt. Geor-
&c E. Flowers, from Cruger, Miss, is
one of l.46l h%igh-point Army vet
Grams whom the Navy is returning
to the States for discharge aboard
the U. S. S. Calvert, which left
Yokohama, Japan, January 4. and
was scheduled to arrive in Seattle
about January ~.
The U. S. S. Calvert is one Of more
than 500 ships Of the Magic Carpet
which IS rapidly returning the l.
AS, 900 soldiers, sailors and Marines
remaining in the Pacific ON Jan. I,
1916. Before the Japanese surrender
this ship was one OF the Nays huge
fleet Of auxiliaries which maintain
ed the long, often hazardous supply
lines in the wake Of the mounting
U. S. sea, air and land offensive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-01-31
Goodman All Club
Holds January Meet

Miss Smith, our All Club leader
and Mrs. Jacob, our local instructor
conducted a All Club meeting on
Monday, Jan. %. The ten and eleven
year old girlsswere supposed to have
completed two ~cup-towels and an
apron but only one, Ruth Beirman,
had completed both. The twelve
year old and older girls were sup
posed to have completed a slip and
dress. but only two, Anne Branch
and Francis Ables completed their
slips and only Nellie Craps had
made a dress. Francis Ables had
also made a blouse. Others. twelve
and over, could not make anything
because they could not find the
cloth SO some Of them made cup
towels.
After the talk Of sewing had been
finished we sang the Friendship
song and two others.
Then we talked about. selecting
shoes. We took three different kinds
Of shoes and selected the best for
school wear.
Miss Smith gave out All Club
Calendar to each member. We had
Nellie Craps rs a new member. Con-
Guiding the meeting we said the All
Club Pledge.
Pauline Hand, Reporter