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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B. UAW-ClO

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov 19-I want to ex-
press my sincere thanks to the various groups
and civic leaders who attended last Friday
nights meeting at the Commodore Perry Hotel
to discuss our form of government.
1t seemed to me that everyone who attend
ed the meeting spoke their sincere sentiments
and were honest in their opinions for and
against the present PR system as we'll as other
forms which were discussed.
While all of us had opinions for and
against the PR system, it seemed to me that
every group showed fine spirit of co-opera-
tion and a willingness to seek some other
better system that would give us a more
responsible form of government than we have
had under our current system -
Considering what has occurred here during
the last few years, it looks to me, and I am
sure to thousands of others, as if the present
system of government has undergone marked
change from what it was in the beginning.
There can be no doubt about it that the
vast majority of the people accepted the PR
sysem because it seemed to them at the time
it was voted on to be far superior form to
the old 21-man Council-Mayor government
under which many abuses had developed
Labor, too, favored the PR system and has
stood by it even up to the last election when
the Guitteau plan was defeated apparently
because majority of the people were fearful
of returning to the Gilman council.
The fact that the Guitteau proposal showed
great strength should be an indication of the
rising tide of resentment toward PR and
should convince those who favor PR but who
still want good government that change is
needed now before some other proposal, per-
haps not as good as some of those plans al
ready put forward, is passed by the voters.
There is no doubt in my mind that the
majority of the groups who were represented
at last Friday nights meeting will be able to
agree on some plan to give Toledo the type
of government which it needs to get itself out
of its civic doldrumS and permit our political
thinking to catch up with the progress which
has been made in the past year.
can assure those who are taking part in
the attempt to settle on a more responsible
form of municipal government that CIO Will
give its support to any good plan which in
corporates a sound basis for responsible gov.
ernment We have stated our views and be-
lieve that we have suggested form of govern
ment which has this basis.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
From The Desk
Melvin Schultz
Local IL, UAW.CIO
President,

For several years Local No. IL has spon-
sored recreational and educational program
at the YW.CA. or the benefit of the women
members of Local No. IL. Mrs. Merle Kerch-
man of the Auto-Lite Unit has been very
active in promoting and conducting this pro-
gram In behalf of Local No. IL. Girls from
almost all of the plants in Local No. IL have
participated and know the benefits which
have been provided by this activity.
1t has been brought to my attention, as
we'll as being made known to the public.
through the Daily Press that the Y.W.CA. is
undertaking program to raise finances for
new and modern building. OF course, this is
not Local No. IL project, but in view of the
benefits that Local No. IL members receive,
feel that it worth my while to spend few
minutes trying to impress upon each and every
reader of this column the fact that this cam
paign is one which will be beneficial to them,
as well as to the Community as a whole.
The Y.WC.A. is available to every single
woman in Toledo. It's membership and parti-
clpatlon in its programs is open to women and
girls of every race, color, creed, or social
status. 1t has, perhaps, been more outstand-
ing in its public policy on organized labor
than has its companion organization, the
Y.M.CA.
Some of you may wonder why the cam
paign should progress at this time since build
ing materials are very scarce. / am not in any
way personally connected with this campaign
or program, yet feel that the planners or the
program have very good foresight and that II
they start their campaign now, they more than
likely will be in good position financially to
have new and modern building erected just
as soon as building materials are available.
This campaign is to proceed during the
months of November and December and
cannot recommend too highly to everyone in
terested in a better community to make such
a contribution as they may see fit when they
are approached to help raise funds.
Not only do I urge everyone financially
able to make contribution, but sincerely
urge all of the women in our Community to
take advantage of the facilities which will
then be available for the in the new YW.C.A.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22

Britains Minister of Labor George Isaacs,
baited by Winston Churchill last week, declar-
ed that the closed shop sis an American
phrase imported into this country to cause
trouble for the government" The U. S. State
Department is reported ready to extradite all
the American union leaders who secretly
smuggled the closed shop into England dis
gused as the Empire State Building. In the
interest of Anglo-American friendship, some
body ought to tell Isaacs that there are few
American businessmen who dislike England
every time they remember that the u. S. trade
union movement was started by English colon
lists long before the Declaration of Independ-
ence was signed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Fraternally yours,
William Young,
American Propeller Unit
Local IL, UAW-CIO

The foreign labor situation
isn't as confused as you might
think. In Naples the crew of
an Italian ship operated by
the U. S. Army was told by
a frolicsome CT that Ameri-
can unions were now getting
'portal-to-portal" pay. The
next morning a startled lieu
tenant-colonel was visited by
lis of the crew members who
threatened to go on strike for
portfolio -to-porthole" pay.
4
Probably the first instance
in u. S. labor history in
which a union was formed to
protect its members against
wolves was recorded in Phila-
delphia last week. A group of
attractive models formed their
own organization when they
decided they were fed up with
being paWned off as dinner
dates and convention host
esSes, Altho completely mex
perienced in unionism, the
girls quickly saw the advant-
ages of a closed shop when
the wolves came pounding at
their door.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Better Government

Better Government
Interest shown by civic leaders last
Fr;dav night in frankly discussing their
views of our city government gives rise to
the hope that from such discussions VIII
come some suitable, responsible and rep
resentative form of government.
While there were wide differences OF
opinion expressed by those who took part
in the PAC sponsored meeting, it was ap-
uarent that all recognized that the fH
system is rapidly losing public respect
and will sooner or later be replaced by
some other system, perhaps less efficient
than PR.
One point which should not be lost
upon the committee which was named
tn study our city government, is that TO-
ledo is Judged by industries which mignt
consider settling here by its labor conoi-
tions and its government.
Not so many months ago, Stanley
Grove, then secretary of the Chamber Oh
Commerce, in hearing before the To-
Iedo Labor r-Management-Citizen Com'
nittee expressed the opinion that indus
tries did not come to Toledo because OF
labor conditions.
Since that time, due largely to the et-
forts of the L-M-C, Toledo has undergone
a remarkable change and has established
reputation for becoming one of the most
stable labor cities in the nation.
What has been done to improve labor
management relations must be done to I'M
prove the character of our city govern
ment. No new industries will be attracted
To a CITY in which the form of government
In under constant attack. Instability IN
government is as great a deterrent to this
cityS progress as unstable labor condI-
tiOns.
Both labor and management recOgniz-
ing the need for a means of establishing
industrial peace in Toledo, not only for the
purpose of attracting new industries to
this city, but for the sake of both the work
ers' and employers economic welfare,
were able by the exercise of common
sense, liberation and mutual respect to
evolve a plan and a procedure which has
repeatedly shown itself to be highly effec-
tive in settling and even preventing
strikes.
What can be accomplished by labor
and management who certainly have wide
ly divergent interests, can be accomplished
by the various groups in this city if all
have a disposition to establish a govern
ment which will not be under constant
fire.
Labor in Toledo is interested in prog
ress and is anxious to see that new indus
tries are attracted TO our city More than
this, the CIO has shown by its willing
ness to cooperate in the Labor Manage
ment- Citizens Committee and now with
the committee which is going to study our
government that it wants action and not
idle words.
We have accomplished part of the
task that must be accomplished in the
creation of a medium to make and pre-
serve industrial peace. Toledo will be in
a position to begin its forward march once
again as soon as the responsible leader
ship and civic groups of Toledo unite on
a plan to give is the type of government
which we need to get on the high road to
progress.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
CongrafuIafes GosSer

Congratulations are in or
der for Dick Gosser, who car
ried out his prediction pledge
to the people of Toledo to call
a meeting to attempt to unite
the various groups in this city
on a suitable plan of city gov
ernment acceptable to a ma
jority.
Gosser's action within 10
days following the defeat of
the Guitteau plan was prompt
and timely and will prevent
the issue from lying dormant
waiting for some group to
come forward with another
plan which may not be as good
as the one proposed last year
by PAC.
What this city needs more
than anything else right now
is a group of real civic-minded
leaders who will realize that
a good city government is
good for both them and the
people.
Keep up the good work, I
think you are on the right
track.
Fraternally yours,
Doy, blair
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Editors Mail
Editors Note:

We welcome letters to the
editor and ask that they be as
brief as possible. Personal at
tacks are not welcome and will
not be published. Letters In ex.
cess of 200 words will be
edited to that number.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Correefs Us

In your issue of Nov. Is,
the JOUNAL in a page one
headline stated Packard Man
Elected V. P"
The story which followed
the headline was correct, but
l would like to call your at
tention to the fact that it was
not a member of the Packard
Unit, but the American Pro-
peller who was elected vice.
president of the newly formed
Aviation Corporation Council.
l will appreciate it if you
would either publish this let
or otherwise make the correc-
ton.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-22
Whats
New?
By
Edward Duck
Representative
2.B
UAW.CIO

really a dollar. 1t must be
considered in relation to its
value when pushed across the
grocer's counter or when ap-
piled to the purchase of a new
refrigerator, radio or automo-
bile.
We have been fighting, as
Walter Reuther says, with
only one hand. 1t has been
proven that wage increases
are not the complete answer
to our problem. Unless those
wage increases are universal
and actually improve the stan
dard of living of the Ameri-
can worker they mean less
than nothing.
Consider the widow living
on insurance benefits. Think
of the disabled veteran or the
aged people who are trying to
get by on pensions. And let
us not forget the millions of
underpaid unorganized work.
ers, particularly the white col
lar people-who look pretty
but live lightly.
Dear reader, you and / can
control this mighty thing
known as the cost of living,
but we must act together.
Picket lines and protesting
signs will not accomplish the
task. The consumer strike in
itself is not sufficient, either.
And we don't want the lack
of purchasing power to bring
prices down, because it will
also bring factories down and
bread lines up-and wars.
NOW'S THE TIME
The time is now, and the
instrument is the consumer
cooperative.
Many others agree with
him, including people from all
walks of life and organizations
of all types. Among the CO.
ops most enthusiastic support
ers are the late President
Roosevelt, H Henry Wallace,
Clinton Anderson, H erb ert
Lehman, Senator George D.
Aiken, and Congressman Jerry
Voorhis.
Speaking for Pope Plus XII,
His Excellency Hildebrande
Antoniutti, Apostolic Delegate
to Canada and Newfoundland
states:
1--WE are exalting this move
ment because 1t corresponds
to the teachings of the Church;
it satisfied the needs of our
people; safeguards religious
and social liberties; protects
the rights of well-established
families; assures their peace
full and prosp erous life;
strengthens the ties of human
brotherhood among workers;
respects the freedom and dig
nifty of men and guarantees
the progress and prosperity of
the country"
The New York Times calls
consumer cooperation ".
One of the worlds most peace
ful, most constructive eco
nomic reform movements"
For the benefit of the skep-
tics, read what the st. Louis
Post Dispatch has to say:
THE cooperative move
ment, in contrast with gov
ernment ownership or dicta-
tion, is people organizing
just as a private corporation
is organized to do a job for
themselves. In a true sense of
the word, cooperatives are
another form of free enter
prise :"
The following eight points
are the fundamental principles
upon which the Rochdale Co
operative operates:
/. Open membership.
2. Democratic One
member--one vote.
3. Limited interest paid on
capital.
4. Patronage dividends to
purchasers.
5. Sales for cash at market
prices.
6. Neutrality in race, reli-
gion, and politics.
z. Constant education.
8. Continuous expansion.
Price control would not
have been necessary even dur
ing the war if only 25 per
cent of American business
n
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-06-01
0TTR NEXT ISSUE

Our NEXT ISSUE
The next edition of , our
osuer will be put in the mails
In July 25th.
INV should reach our post
office box, 9O3, at least four
s.vs in advance of this date
- assure insertion in this
issue.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-06-01
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH MONTHLY
Low Grade Journalism

Joseph M. Patterson. publisher
of the New York Daily News
is dead. It was the Daily News
that recently printed those libels
against the Jews by John O'Don-
nell.
The Daily News has the largest
circulation of any paper in the
country. More than two million
people read it every morning
and it cannot be said that it's
muddled thinking is a healthy
influence.
Yet large numbers of Jews go
on buying it. It appears that the
combination of comics. pictures.
lovelorn columns and trivia Of
tabloid journalism is irresistible.
The only way. perhaps. in which
such papers as the Daily News
can be countered is by the es-
Enlistment by more progressive
groups of a paper with similar
features. but with a more en-
lightened editorial policy.
It was not any rare journals
tic genius that enabled j. M. Pat
terSon to build the News. His
contribution consisted for the
most part in the fact that he was
amply supplied with money. The
tricks of tabloid journalism were
known long before Patterson
started the News. Northcliffe in
England had already made sue
cess of a similar paper. The first
editor of the News, man by
the name of Payne, now dead,
was responsible more than any
other person for the assembling
of the features which made the
News popular.
The present writer knew
Payne. He was something of a
progressive and for a time con.
sidered the establishment of 4
News. We still have the cores.
pondence of Payne revealing hi.
interest in the matter.
The fact is that the News wa.
more on the progressive side il
the beginning. Patterson origi
nally had been something of {
Socialist. At first, he staunchly
supported Roosevelt. Once he
turned against Roosevelt, how.
ever, he adopted the whole line
of reaction, which, of course
included sniping at the Jews.
His niece. who was the spon.
sor angel" of the magazine Com
mon Sense. once asked him why
he had so completely changed
his social outlook. Patterson re-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-06-01

piled that he was not conscious
of any change.
The probability is that essen
tally he was right. The pro-
gressivism that he had first es-
pounded was probably nothing
more than the veneer of rich
mans son, who protested radi-
cal ideas for the excitement of
it. Hearst displayed the same
symptoms in his younger years.
When one considers the i'm
mense power which the Daily
News yields in possessing an
audience of more than two mil
lion every day and more than
four million on Sundays. it is
enough on first thought to make
one despair of any hope for de-
mocracY. Yet a little analysis
will reveal that the picture is
not quite that sad.
It is fact for instance that
while the Daily News rapidly
opposed Roosevelt in his latter
days, the people of New York
piled up heavier and heavier
majorities for Roosevelt. The
same test applied to other things.
The people who read the Daily
News did not seem to be guided
by the Daily News editorials or
by Mr.. O'Donnell. They read the
Daily News for Dick Tracy. If
Dick Tracy had been on the tic
ket, maybe they would have
voted for him, but, as it was,
they voted for Roosevelt.
The newspaper today is more
than a news source. Once upon
time. in earlier days. the news
papers were essentially party or
gans. jefferson started a paper
in Virginia and Hamilton launch
ed the New York Evening Post.
About the middle of the nine
teenth century. particularly as
result of the invention of the
telegraph. the newspapers for the
first time really exerted them
selves TO print the news. Now.
they seem to have undergone
an additional extension - the
newspaper has become a form
of recreation and amusement,
with bedtime stories. crossword
puzzles. comics, and pictures.
The number of people who are
seriously interested in the news
of the day or in any serious
thinking seems to be all too few.
Here is field perhaps in which
some great journalistic genius
might refashion the press of the
future.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05
AkE BISHOPS COUNCIL
ENDORSES Government

LITTLE ROCK, Mar. 4 (ANP)
The bishops council of the AME
church with 16 active bishops and
several hundred laymen and min
listers representing every state in
the union has endorsed the national
agricultural program and cotton
crop insurance.
Bishop John H. Clayborn, native
of Arkansas, and himself a dirt
farmer, says cotton crop insurance
completes the tools necessary for
added success to the Negro farm
ers and especially to the farmers
of the deep south.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05
HEALTH BILL Will IMPROVE
NEGRO HEALTH, BOOKLET SAYS

NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (ANP) y
Passage of the Wagner-Murray-
Dingell National Health act will
serve to improve the health of
American Negroes as we'll as other
Americans, according to a recent
booklet published by the Inter
national Worders order. The Wag
ner- -Murray-Dingell health bill is
known in the senate as S. 1906,
and in the house as H. R. 4730.
The TWO pamphlet, written by
Max Bedacht, is entitled Your
Health = Americas Wealth" and
explains that people with the low
est incomes suffer more from ILL.,
ness of various kinds than people
with higher incomes.
"The Negro community suffers
especially from the inequalities of
the health care system, or lack of
system, prevailing in the country
today" Bedacht writes. ''This is
the inevitable result of social and
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05

per cent for local missions and ex-
pense of annual conferences.
Progress in other church affairs
also was reported by the council
which had more than 5000 in at
tendance, representing sections
from California to Florida. Espe-
cially noteworthy was a report on
Douglass hospital in Kansas City,
Kan, a project of the fifth Episco-
pal district. Established more than
25 years ago, Douglass hospital last
year completed payment on all
debts, and received a government
appropriation of $140,00O for inn
provement.
The bishops council adjourned
to reassemble next June 19 to Fl in
Atlantic City. The next general con-
ference of the church will be held
in Los Angeles in 1913.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHES WHO'S WHO"

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Mar.
(ANP)-A "Who's Who" on Ne
gro lawyers was recently published
by the National Bar Association.
The book supplies background in
formation on 356 of the associa-
tion's 500 lawyer-members, accord
ing to Atty. Sadie 7. M. Alexander,
MIA secretary.
Law is the favored professional
career of Negro war veterans, she
said, adding that Approximately
seven out of 10 Negro veterans who
anticipate professional training
have chosen the legal field"
The NBA was founded in 1923
when there were less than 900 Ne
gro lawyers in the United States"
Official statistics list around 1900
today.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05

organizing dread committees rep
resenting a variety of civic, labor,
church and fraternal groups;;" call
ing conferences in which the "pur-
poses of the bill can be analyzed,
and ways and means of pushing it
be worked out on a community and
professional basis" by obtaining
commitments from congressman,
state legislatures, city councils,
etc., publicly supporting the bill; !;
writing to individual representa-
tives and senator's, local physicians
and dentists, newspapers and radio
stations expressing personal sup
port of 1906"
An eye should be kept on social
welfare bills currently before con-
gress, such as 'the full employ
ment bill, the permanent FEPC bill
and the unemployment compensa-
tion and minimum wage bills,
S1O5O."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-05
economic discrimination.

economic discrimination.
"The notion that the Negro is
by nature more subject to illness
and disease is an ugly racist myth
fostered by the Bilbos and Ran
kins. Negro health problems are
merely sharpened expressions of
the problems faced by the Ameri-
can community as a whole. The
social character of the health
problem is clearly demonstrated in
the health figures pertaining to
the Negro population
''The general mortality rate for
Negroes is 80 to 40 per cent higher
than the rate for whites" said Be-
dacht, who is general secretary of
the TWO. tuberculosis rate in the
crowded Harlem area here for the
past 10 years is four times that of
New York City as a whole, he
stressed while stating that ''the in
fant mortality rate in Chicago's So
called black belt is twice as high
as in the rest of the city"
DR.. Paul B. Cornely of Howard
university pointed out that six
times "as many Negro females, in
comparison to white females, die
from pellagra, which is a disease
Of poverty as expressed in poor
nutrition" the pamphlet disclosed,
which is due to "the poorer hous-
ing, education and nutrition 'en-
ioyed' by Negroes.
Bedacht said that only 1000
Negro physicians serve 10 million
Negroes in the south, or zone doc
tor to every 5000 persons. 1t has
been authoritatively estimated that
4 safe health ratio is one doctor
for every 1,50O persons. Approx
mately LOO Negro dentists serve
the 13 million Negroes in the
United States"
There is one hospital bed for
every 10 white persons in the
United States, but only zone bed
for every 1000 Negroes. There
are no hospital beds available for
Negro patients in some southern
communities, Bedacht said.
The r-Murray-Dingell Ma
-ional Health bill will have greater
chances of passing by "publicizing
the actual content of the bill and
The national health emergency
which it is designed to meet" by