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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Monopoly Defies
ID. s. Subpoenos

MONTREAL, Sept. "a (LPA,
Outright defiance of u. S
grand jury subpoenas issued ir
an investigation of monopoly op'
erations in newsprint last week
threatened to block Justice De.
partment efforts to find out why
small u. S. publications, includ
ing labor papers, have been vic
timized by exorbitant prices anc
short supply.
The Canadian 1nternationa
Paper Co. and its subsidiary, In.
ternational Paper Sales Co., re
fused flatly to honor subpoenas
calling for their Canadian rec
ords. The two companies are
among a number of Canadian
firms suspected of having con
spired to fix the prices of news
print and to allocate supplies tc
favored customers. Rather than
turn the information over to the
grand jury the companies will
fight the issue through the
courts.
Meanwhile in New York, deal
ers declared that the newsprint
supply situation remained about
the same. Whatever recent i'm
provement has been shown is g
normal seasonal matter, 1t was
emphasized, wit newspapers
stocking up during sum m
months when issues are lighter
Some newspapers throughout the
country now have a 45-day sup
ply on hand--a Today improve
ment over June.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Wagner Wont Quit

NEW YORK, Sept. "a (LPA,
Republican hopes that ailinE
Senator Robert agner Cd.
N. " would resign, thereby
permitting Governor T h o m a
Dewey to appoint Republican
to swell the COP Congressional
ranks received a sharp setback
when the pro-labor Democrat
announced that he had no inten-
ton of quitting.
Instead Wagner stated his
determination to resume his seat
as soon as possible to flight with
all my vigor for adoption of the
Taft -Ellender Housing Act and
repeaA of the Taft-Hartley labor
law"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
The
.Acklinite
REGISTER NOW
VOTE IN NOVEMBER
By Martin Bachli

We hear that Claire Jefferds
who has just returned from her
vacation from the blue grass
country claims she enjoyed the
Southern hospitality and now
spends her spare time singing
my Old Kentucky Home"
Nelson Graham recently took
his better half squirrel hunting
and we hear that the little frau
shot three while Nelson only
shot one.
The mystery of the missing
seniority list has now been clear.
ed. One of the boys took 1t with
him on his vacation so as not to
miss anyone when sending them
cards. Some politics huh?"
Fred Byersmith is again SELL
ing hunting licenses at the shop.
Please see Fred as the fee is
used for the conservation and
propagation of game in the To-
ledo area.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Champion Unit
Sparklets

Don't forget your Union meet.
ing Thursday, October 2, 1947.
At that time nominations will be
held for the election of dele
gates to attend the UAW-CIO
International Convention.
Glenn .Przybylski is the proud
father of a baby girl born Sept.
9th. Mother and daughter doing
well.
The Annual Champion Golf
ing Tournament will be held Sat
urday, September 27, 1947.
Well be looking for all Golfers
that day at Chippewa Country
Club.
Jimmie Ludwig of Department
e" is back to work after a
months illness. Glad to see you
back Jim.
The 1947 Bowling Season is
here and Champion Male Bowl
ers can been seen at GAS P. M.
Fridays at the Palace Recrea-
ton. Twelve (12) teams are
representing the 1st shift. The
Siliment team is leading the
league so far with 5 wins and l
loss. Eddie Briggs with a 189
and Lou Block with a 1876, both
members of the Siliment team
are leading in Individual aver
ages. There are plenty of seats
available so come on out fellows
and join in the fun.
The fall series of Steward and
Committeeman meetings will
start Sunday, September %,
1947, and in the future months
will be held the Sunday before
the regular Union meeting. Make
arrangements to attend.
ARE YOU REGISTERED
TO VOTE?
The last day for registration Is
the 4th of October. Don't delay.
Register TODAY!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
oledo Stamping
Notes
Rv IA arhara R0hIap
/ NOW is THE TIME
TO REGISTER
BY Barbara Kohler

You also owe it to yourselves
to join PAC.
We were sorry to learn of the
illness of Ann Napereilo's mother
and wish her a speedy recovery
Peter Quaranta has returned
to the hospital. Hope he will
make a quick recovery and be
back with the old gang, bu
soon.
Birthday greetings to Mary
Faltynski and Doris Prentke.
Bernice is back on the job an6
full of vim, vigor and vitality
Maybe we should all take two
vacations each year. Maybe we
will if we stick with our unior
and vote to get the right people
into office instead of RATafts
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Howard
celebrated their 43rd wedding an
niversary in a big way. Nelson
is a die setter on the End shift
He says, Il think I'll last Al
more"
Volta car! Volta color! Its
Dennie Ducat in her newly
painted f1iver.
Those are tasty pies that Mary
and Florence are serving in the
coffee room. So firm, so round
so fully packed, so free and easy
on the gulp.
Whose got some shorts fol-
Shorty?
The brazer girls gave Rita q
shower and she really received
some useful gifts. All she needs
now is the man.
John (The die setter) is dis
playing a beautiful smile. He
smiles and shows his pretty
teeth. Oh John! Now take them
out and show them.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
AirWay Unit
Airings

Some people can take a joke,
others can't. Those who laugh it
off are those who get along In
the world, and have friends. The
other ones are always by them.
selves, without friends.
Who is the bowler that can
put two balls in the gutter In one
frame on opposite sides and then
set the pace for his fellow bowl
ers? Couldn't be H. B.?
The boys of Dept. IA object to
nice toasted cheese sandwich.
Maybe if you talk nice to the
girls, they would fix you up with
one some of these fine days. Or
would you rather be called sis.
sizes, because you don't like the
smell of cheese?
Oh where, oh where have those
fellows gone, oh where can they
be, with their pay cut short and
their heads hung low, oh where
oh where could they go?
Has anybody seen big AIS
hair standing up in the back?
Must be the result of good
scare from his wife. Is that so,
AL?
We still haven't got that an
swer, Sparkey, about the pigeon
and egg. Come on and tell us,
we won't reveal the secret.
1t seems the night shift got
tired of working Friday night, or
maybe they got scared in the
dark. Anyway, they had to go
home to their Mons.
If some people ever took a
breath of fresh air, they would
get sick. Anyway that's the way
it seems in Dept. II.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26

One of the queer quirks of life
that we constantly hear is that
certain members are still afraid
of their bosses. We cannot un-
derstand why, in this day and
age, you pay $50 month for
protection and belong to the most
democratic organization on earth.
If you ever have to go to the
hospital because of injury or
sickness, just notify your fore
man. Out of common decency,
he will put someone in your
place or your brothers or sisters
will carry your operation till you
get back. Do not let your su-
pervisor bluff you by saying no,
Just 90. We do not believe many
supervisors will do any arguing
because most of them were rank
and filers at one time. We know
all they think and dream about
is production, but good, healthy
worker is sometimes the key to
increased production. If your
steward will not help you or
hasn't the nerve to tell a boss
off for not giving you perm1s-
sion to go, get Bill of Excep-
tions and fill it out. This is when
we are sure you will get all the
support you need.
We are still working under
our old contract so don't let any
one scare you with the bug-a-
boo about the Taft.Hartley La
Dor Bill.
The safety glass program be-
gan functioning Thursday, Sept,
18th at A. M. and from the
looks of it a great number of
workers are taking advantage of
1t. The only kick we are receiv-
ing Is that "a worker can only
buy one pair at these sensational
prices.
Forty-five building is being
transformed into something we
have been looking forward to for
a number of years-up to date
body shop. 1t is the writer's be-
lief that many of our younger
male members will bid for these
departments. M tai finishing,
door hanging and welding are
fine trades to learn. We now
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
On The
Surface
BY Sir sgd

A stinkeroo is when a bowler
with an average Of 156 rolls an
80. All you need do now is talk
with P. B. Kurdys and listen to
his flock of alibis. He hits a 300
score with the excuses.
Believe 1t or not, but Chester
Harris went squirrel hunting and
returned home unharmed. This
proves that the squirrels wern't
hungry after all.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
Do 1t now and get ready to kick
R. A. Taft in the political pants.
Among those joining the most
exclusive SIS club recently were
Karl Kuefer, Jim Tracy, Vincent
Wilson, Vincent Kwapich, Ted
Weiglepolski, Lon Atkins, Don
Holsapple, Walter Roth and Don
Keeler.
Take 1t easy on those three
new bridegrooms, fellows. Be-
lated congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Reaume, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Wilke and Mr.. and
Mrs. Heine Wilke. The cigars
were really good.
It's funny, but Drizzle, pardon,
Dressed always sings the same
song at every meeting, when he
attends meetings-"Give me five
minutes more"
Notes for this column will be
welcome. Let's keep this column
rolling along.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
$50 Lose Their Wages

LONDON GPA)-Talk about
bad employers! 160 employees OF
the Central Inland Transport Or
ganization here are losing be.
tween 100000 and $100, 900 in
back pay because Russia and
other countries under her influ-
ence have failed to come through
with their promised share of the
expenses. The Organization, set
up In 1945 to run European
transport, comes under UN con-
troll on Oct. /. It is owed almost
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Don't XIII the Goose That Lays
The Golden Egg

When fifty hours per week
Was the Auto Workers bit,
No extra dough for overtime
No way to complain but to quit
And the CIO came forward
With forty hours for all
And time and half for overtime
Sundays double time per CALL
Who there in the ranks of Labor
Raised the feeblest voice,
'Gainst shorter hours and better pay
1t was their unanimous choice.
Did you hear a person say then,
ITO He'll with the CIO
/ want less pay and longer hours
Time and one haf is too much dough-"
Nor do you hear single one say,
II don't want to accept the pay,
That the union got me for Memorial
independence, Labor, Thanksgiving
Christmas and New Years day."
When the BOSSES 'rule of favorites"
Was the ony rule we had.
And your job was worth two cents
If you made the foreman mad,
Or when you couldn't hit the pace,
And you were tired and sore,
They ushered In young recruit
And showed you out the door,
And the Union said Seniority
Would be the fairest way
And established rights that no Boss
Can take away today,
Whose voice cried out clay Off
Seniority is not right
Whose voice condemned the CIO
For fighting for this right
And so again when the CIO
Wins the bate for the aged
And pensions that adequate
Throughout the and are paid.
When Unemployed are paid enough
To keep them all from want,
And public works are great enough
To give the fit job,
still maintain that you won't find
A man to turn his back
And say "give back my pension
Or "My unemployed wage take back"
II don't believe in these things
Because the CIO
Was the Union that fought for them,
So pease take back the dough-"
What manner of men are these men
Who take al they get,
From the efforts of the CIO
Yet fee they owe no debt?
They call the Union radical
And heap upon 1t blame.
Repeating every story,
That furnishes its name
No man is there more ignorant
Than one who scorns his friends
Or bites the hand that's feeding him
And hurts him to the end.
If you would fight the CIO
Or blacken It's fair name.
Give back the rights it gained for you
If it is all the same.
-wil1ys Eagle
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Chest Opens
|HeudquarferS

Campaign headquarters for
the Greater Toledo Community
Chest is now open in the arcade
of the Commodore Perry Hotel.
The drive will be held Sept. 25
to Oct. Is.
The office will be open from
$50 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Mon
day through Friday, and from
$50 a. m. until noon on Satur-
days. The telephone number is
Adams 1929.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26

Supply Unit NecVs
Rv mShnrfvn Sarer
REGISTER NOW
VOTE IN NOVEMBER
BY "Shorty" Sager

Some of the boys seem to
think that Big Heel Rudolph,
foreman in Dept. 36 nights,
should sharpen his old lawn
mower up and cut few lawns
so he can buy a new bull whip.
We suggest that the next time
Harold McVicker brings apples
into Bill Carico, that he crushes
them into apple butter.
Since some Foremen are not
bright enough to remember
where they work, the company
made each of them carry the
National Supply" label on his
back!
Who is the night Inspector In
Dept. 36 that gave his lunch to
the Foreman and then went out
and bought him a piece of pie?
Those big fish that Bill
O'Brien sent Harold Jones, were
too much for him. Harold ended
up spending his vacation recov'
ering from overeating!
We wish to inform Johnny
Dynes, that we have remedy
to cure calouses on the feet.
on that spot higher up!
When Gosser was counting
the members at our special meet
ing, he passed up Earl Barnes
as an old man. Don't worry Earl
we will all grow old some day!
It's a baby boy for Tom Nc.
Clellan in the Core Room. Con-
gratis to both. Thanks for the
cigars Tom!
Have noticed how Ross Ying'
ling has been walking around the
shop all puffed up? He has just
become a grandpappy. Congratu'
lations, Ross! Cigars?
The Welfare Committee would
like to have the names and ad'
dresses of everyone living IL
miles or more outside of town.
Turn them into Blessing Cam
pell, A. Wise or Birtwistle!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Auto Prices Up

NEW YORK (LPA)-There is
a spread of $500 or more be-
tween the "free market" price
and the administered" prices
recommended by the manufacture
ers for new cars, according to a
study made by a leading auto
manufacturer. The study is based
on the average prices in classi.
fled ads of Sunday newspapers
in 10 large cities for 1916 and
1947 Models.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-26
Seeing Eye-w,o Unit

have departments 1874, 185, 1870
building pickup trucks, the new
vehicle that is creating so much
interest in its own field now we
are going to build a panel de-
livery. We all should be proud
of the progress the Overland has
made in the last year. Because
the more we produce and sell
the bigger our unit will become.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20
Peron Is Ruling Labor BY Fist,
u. s. Union Mission Reports

Washington, d. C.-Charges that
the Argentine Government, under
President Juan ID. Peron, has
established a dictatorship over the
Argentine Confederation of Labor
were contained in blistering re-
port released here by a special
American labor mission which Wis
tied that country for study of
labor conditions there.
The mission, representing the
American Federation of Labor and
the Railway Labor Executives AS
sociation, found the Peron admin
istration dominating the labor
movement through use of armed
force, political favoritism, bribery
and Imprisonment or expulsion Of
such labor leaders as dared to ad-
here to the true principles of free
dom and democracy. The group
found any protestation of free
unionism TO be no more than a
farce.
One of the gravest portions of
the report revealed that Luis f.
Gay, general secretary of the Ar
gentine General Federation of
Labor, who sought to assist the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20
Sees Newsprinf
Shortage Lasting
Two More Years

Chicago (ILNS). - Matthew j.
Burns, president of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Paper Max
ers, predicted that the newsprint
shortage would not be relieved for
two years, in press conference in
Chicago's Stevens Hotel, where
the union held its 18th convention.
Burns attributed the newsprint
shortage to the inability of mills
to get new machinery and other
production facilities, in addition to
shortages of wood and pulp. Some
Canadian mills have cut produc-
ton, while receding forests have
removed the source of supply
farther from the paper mills.
Great Progress Cited
The veteran union chief indi-
Gated that some newsprint would
be coming from Europe, as soon as
machinery there was rehabilitated.
John P. Burke, president of the
Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite,
and Paper Mill Workers, which
represent 10000 less skilled work
ers in almost all paper mills where
Burns union has contracts, de-
clared that both unions had made
great gains in the last ten years,
with membership multiplied five
times, and wage increases of 100
per cent.
Other benefits negotiated for the
paper mill workers in the last de-
cade include holiday pay, vaca-
tions, sickness, health and acci-
dent insurance, and retirement
programs.
The mill workers president, who
had headed the union for 80 years,
told the convention that not one
paper mill executive had appeared
before congressional committees
to urge the outlawing of the
closed shop. knowledge of the in
dustry plus reputation for fair
ness, integrity and observance of
union contracts were basic reasons
behind the actions of paper mill
executives.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20

American delegation in its study
was ousted by Peron and disap-
peared, together with other top
labor leaders who tried to cooper
ate with the American representa-
tiveS.
SO emphatic was the reaction of
the American group in its con-
demnation of the Peron labor die
tatorship that it agreed unani-
mously to officially eliminate the
Argentine Confederation from its
list of free labor organizations.
The mission, which visited Ar
gentina at the invitation Of the
Peron Government and the Argen-
tine Confederation, reported that
President Peron, host to the group,
attempted to twist the survey in
to a harmless junket, but when the
delegation insisted upon carrying
out its functions, the hospitality
soured and turned into harassment
and even threats of violence.
Through its international Rela-
tions Committee, headed by AFL
Vice President Matthew Woll, the
AFL expressed its conviction that
there could be no collaboration
with the Argentine group at this
time because it had "degenerated
into a political arm of the govern
ment," and thereby forfeited its
status as a free instrument of the
workers.
The AFL, at the same time, ap-
pealed to free labor movements
throughout the world to offer every
encouragement to such Argentine
unions as are resisting dictatorial
efforts by the Peron regime to sub
ject them to government control.
To further this effort the AFL
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20
FIGHT FOR HEALTH

it is busily working on it's own
version of national science legis-
lation which will permit private
patents on federally supported re-
search, bar the study Of social
problems from the benefits of the
bill and, by setting up a large, un-
wieldy part time administrative
board, permit big industry to sit
high in National Science Founda-
tion councils.
Washington gossip has it that
Senator Robert A. Taft has as
signed the task of writing a safe
bill to Senator H. Alexander
Smith and that Smith will shortly
introduce the product of his labors
into the Senate.
1t is interesting that in this
manner the War and Navy Depart
ments have been far more intelli-
gent than many of our congress-
men. From the experience of the
recent war they know that even
from the point of view of national
defense strong civilian National
Science Foundation makes sense.
Secretary of War Patterson has
said that the army would welcome
a national science foundation and
would willingly transfer to it
sdch fundamental research projects
as the War Department now sup
ports"
Armed services and citizens
alike agree. The opposition comes
only from those who place cor
poration health above public
health.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20
Report Reveals
Shocking Evils
In Child Labor

Exploitation of children by
greedy employers is far worse
now than before the war, the
United States Children's Bureau
revealed in a report issued by its
chief, Miss Katharine Lenroot.
The report is the bureaus final
accounting as a unit of the De-
partment of Labor, from which it
has been shifted to the Social Sc
curity administration.
Total employment of boys and
girls between ages of Ia and II
was estimated by the bureau at
100000, a million below the war
time peak but still two and half
times the pre-war level.
More alarming than that figure,
however, is the extent to which
minors are being employed under
conditions that violate the child
labor provisions of the Wage
Hour Act. These provisions forbid
hiring of youngsters in hazardous
or unhealthful occupations and
contain various other restrictions.
Violations SkyrOcket
Plant inspections conducted in
1916, the bureau said, disclosed a
shocking "441 per cent increase"
over 1871 in the number of youths
illegally employed. The number of
plants guilty of such violations
mounted by 1923 per cent.
Criminal proceedings started by
the bureau led to convictions Of
many of the employers, with sub
stantial fines levied in most in
stances" In one case, an employer
was fined $4,000, the highest so
far. However, no bosses were
jailed.
The situation is equally bad in
large scale agriculture, the report
showed. Conditions in many places,
the bureau said, are as vicious as
in the 1920's, when exploitation Of
children was widespread, particu-
larly among the "Okies" about
whom John Steinbeck wrote his
vivid book, "The Grapes of Wrath"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20
Baltimore Tunnel Men
Apply For Pay Increase

Baltimore, Md.-Frank C. Ellis,
chairman of the Building Trades
Council of the Baltimore Fedora
tiOn of Labor, surprised the Board
of Estimates when he submitted
wage rates he said should be paid
tunnel workers here. The sea e
would be for employees on the
water tunnel that will connect
Lake Montebello with the North
branch of the Patopsco River.
When questioned by the City Soil
citor as to his authority for making
the rates, Mr.. Ellis replied that
they had the endorsement of con-
tractors.
Under the rate schedule, fore
men would be paid $2.4O an hour;
laborers above ground, SIPS an
hour; laborers underground, $1.45
an hour; chuck tenders, nippers,
form settlers helpers, vibrator and
jackhammer men, SLIGO an hour
and experienced hard rock miners,
timbermen and form settlers, SITS
an hour.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-20

Chicago (ILNS). = In his first
major convention address since his
appearance before congressional
committees in opposition to union
curbing bills, AFL President Will
liam Green told the $50 delegates
to the 18th convention of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Paper
Makers that labor is fighting "for
our rights as American citizens"
"The enemies of labor drive
labor to the left" declared the
labor chieftain. "Adversity drives
workers together"
The delegates cheered Green as
he shouted: at is fundamental
with the AFL that we don't
countenance communism or totali-
tarianism. We are devoted to the
free enterprise system. We don't
believe in RECOMMENDATION. The
United States today is the only
nation where labor unions are
free"
Green declared that labor would
challenge in all courts the validity
Of anti-union legislation enacted
by state legislatures and Congress.
In his opinion, constitutional
amendment would be required to
compel a union man to work with
a non-union man.
Asks Price Cuts
He further said that courts