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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
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Toff-HorfIeY Bill
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Americans for Democracy Ac-
ton flooded the White House
with requests for veto. Many of
them accompanied their appeals
with analyses of the bill which
showed that it would injure not
only labor but the nations
economy and invite depression.
Mass demonstrations against
the bill were held in Baltimore,
New York, and a score of other
cities, with AFL and ClO join
ing in many communities with
the backing of mayors and city
councils. AFL ads in many
metropolitan papers urging veto
were matched by CIO ads in
Washington papers pointing out,
as did the AFL ads, the dangers
to industrial peace represented
in the Taft.Hartley bill.
VetO Evidence
There were increasing indica-
tions that Truman, who has until
June 10 TO veto or sign the slave
labor bill, would veto the
measure. Although II was known
that the majority of his cabinet
favored his signing il, IL was
: learned that Interior Secretary
Krag and Atty. Gen Clark
would join l. a bor Secretary
Schwellenbach in recommending
veto. Following his return from
Ottawa, Truman was expected to
meet with his cabinet before he
announces his veto decision.
Pro.labor Congressman n d
labor leaders were agreed on
one thing, Truman will veto, but
whether he will write a veto
message strong enough TO per-
suade enough border-line Sena-
tors TO sustain him is the big
question.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

ing legislation and empha-
sized that the. requirement
that union officers swear un-
der oath that they have no Com
munists connections would lead
to serious confusion :. and play
into the hands of the Com
munists."
The requirement, said the
Conference, will prove to be
very embarrassing to the great
majority of sincere anti-Com-
munists in the American labor
movement. Simply by refusing
to sign the required affidavit,
a single Communist officer could
prevent an otherwise decent and
legitimate mi on from being
legally certified for purposes OF
collective bargaining.
Plays To COmmies
"This provision of the bill Is
calculated, therefore, to play
into the hands of the Com
munists, who thrive on confu-
sion and disorder" declared the
Catholic group.
The bills prohibition of the
closed shop, the NCWC's state
ment said, would Invite legiti-
mate rebellion on the part OF
organized labor and consequent
ly encourage widespread indus
trial unrest and confusi s n"
Closed shop contracts lin the
vast majority of cases, have
operated and are now operating
to the mutual benefit of labor
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Toledo Labor
UnifeS To Fiah+
Toff Bill
Continued from Page 1

national secretary, urged imme.
diate formation of a third party
and said, Whether it becomes
law or not, the Taft-Hartley bill
Is going to compel labor to rec
ognize the need for fierce and
united action in the political
field, and throws into full gear
the necessity for moving ahead
with third labor party immedi.
ately."
Sees Another Depression
Sam Sponseller, Cleveland,
CIO regional director, called the
Taft-Hartley bill an attempt to
increase corporation profits al
the expense of slave labor" He
charged that the legislation was
an attempt by economic barons
to lead the nation into another
depression"
Representing the Ra no d
Brotherhoods, Tim Mccormick,
Jr., president of the Toledo Area
Council of Railroad Workers
praised Toledo unions for uniting
in opposing anti.labor legislation
and pledged the complete sup
port of his union IF we can con-
tinue a united front in politics. F"
Otto Brach, CLU secretary,
discussed the Van AIKEN bill,
terming it the most vicious at.
tempt TO suppress Ohio unions
gains in the past as years"
Phone Union Speaks
Speaking for the Telephone
Workers, Ann Tierney, president
Of Toledo Local of the Ohio Fed
Grafton of Telephone Workers,
said that her organization In
common with other workers
would not take slave labor leg.
lslatlon lying down, ana pledged
that the telephone worker
would unite and cooperate in
the fight against the Taft-Hsrt
ley and Van AIKEN bills.
Walter Guntrup, editor of the
Toledo Union Leader, AFL pub
lication, presided over the meet
ing and asked Toledo represen-
tatives to participate in an auto
caravan moving from the west
coast to Washington to protest
the Hartley bill.
The meeting was sponsored by
The Toledo United Labor League
composed of representatives oil
CIO, AFL, MESA, Rai lr o d
Brotherhoods and Telephone
Workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

buster in the House.
Sponsors of the bill are Demo-
cratic Senators Claude Pepper
(Fla), Robert F. Wagner IN.
~, Ebert D. Thomas (Utah),
James E. Murray 3D., Montana),
Dennis .Chaves IN. ND, Theo-
dore F. Green Or. ~, Warren
G. Magnuson (Wash.), Francis
J. Myers (Pa), Glen H. Taylor
(Idaho), and Republican Sena
tors William LANCER IN. d. ane
Wayne Morse (Ore).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
Bosses Still Boycott

INDIANAPOLIS (LPA)-La.
Dor, which is about to be denied
the use of the secondary boy
colt weapon in fighting hostile
employers, remembers that in
duStry is scot-free to use the
same weapon. This is true in
the newspaper industry, the In
ternational Typographical Union
(AFL) points out, through in
dustry's placing or withholding
of profitable advertising.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
Catholic Bishops
TIL Bill
Warns That Legislation Will
Lead To Serious Confusion

WASHINGTON, June 18 (LPA)-The TaftHartey bill
" almost inevitably lead to industrial strife and unrest
tn National Catholic Welfare Conference warned last week.
The Conference representing all Catholic bishops in
the II S cited four specific objections to the union-wreck
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
State Anti-Labor
Laws Set Record

WASHINGTON June 1S-The march of anti-labor laws
through state legislatures this year unprecedented 1t was
shown this week in survey prepared for the Labor Depart
ment's monthly Labor Information Bulletin.
Eleven states already this year have passed laws BAN
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

Contracts re.Opened
reneg gOtiatiOns based national pattern
dicateS ho
Evening star., 1947-11-26
What theRussiuns
| Are Soyinq of Us

MoScoW radio, broddcasttng
French to Europe, said
"The Soviet Foreign Minister'S
statement that the secret Of the
atom, bomb is by now thing OF
the past is being played up
abroad by the seasoned senSa-
tion-mongers. It is ruefully ad-
mitted that Gt looks as though
the Soviet Union too has an
atomic secret Of her own.
yet some consolation is de-
rived from the thought that only
countries with a highly developed
industrial potential could start
utilizing atomic energy. The
Soviet Union has no such for
midable industry. This reaction
ary cold comfort theme is at the
moment the keynote of a variety
of articles in the reactionary
press and is supplemented by
carefully prepared reports pur-
porting to show that the U. S.
S. r. is sadly tagging behind in
industrial progress.
"" = the purblind reaction
aries have been wrong through
out. They invariably came to
grief whenever they sought to
underrate the U. S. S. RS
economic potentialities and the
productivity of her industries.
The last ones to pay rather a
heavy price for the miscalcula-
tions were Hitler and his gen.
erals"
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Finland Attempts
To Break Walkout
By the Associated Press

HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 26.-
The Finnish government began new
conferences with a committee OF
civil servants today in an effort to
break a strike-for higher pay
which has stopped trains, closed
schools, grounded planes, tied up
ships and severed almost every con-
nection between Finland and the
outside world.
Forty thousand civil officials in
every branch of government service
except police and defense joined the
work stoppage, which began at mid
night despite stern warning broad
cast by Prime Minister Mauno Pek-
kala, who said the strikers were
risking loss of their jobs.
Informed circles said today they
expected the government to stick
to this tough stand and many ex-
pected that thousands Of officials
would be discharged as result OF
the strike.
This, political informants said,
would permit the extreme left wing
(Communists) to achieve one of
their main desires-a purge OF what
they term politically less desirable
elements" within the administra-
ton. Many of the officials could be
discharged on no other grounds than
a breach of their duty.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Man Anxious to Run Streetcar
Steals One, Goes on Jount
Policemen and Driver
Follow Open Switches
In Tracing Vehicle

His ong-suppressed desire to
run a streetcar. to clang the bell
while pedestrians flee for their
lives, to spin around corners
with imaginary strap-hangers
listing to starboard, finally came
true today for Carl ]. Hall, 81.
But at the end of Halls run. a
pell-mell, twisting dash of three
miles through the streets and
around the Mall, there was no car
barn. Only an officer of the law
who, with other law enforcers, spent
the next few hours figuring what
to do with a fellow who makes of
with a $4,000 streetcar.
For Hall, an unemployed vending
machine repairman living at 507
Seventh street Sc, all the excite
ment seemed quite unnecessary. As
matter of fact, he told Municipal
Judge Almond w. Scott. the whole
thing seemed bit vague to him in
retrospect.
There were others around to re-
fresh Halls memory of his early
morning ride, which Judge Scott
called his most novel case since a
house was stolen 20 years ago. When
all the evidence was in, and Hall
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Barrett Abruptly Changes Mind;
Fixed Tickets Won't Be Secret

Police Chief Robert j. Barrett to-
day abruptly withdrew the veil OF
secrecy he had decreed for lists OF
persons having traffic tickets fixed,
his surrender coming on the advice
of Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West.
Mai Barrett's change of mind was
hailed as good news by Nathan M
Luoar, secretary of the District
Traffic Court Conference Commit
tee, whose request for access to the
lists of fixed tickets first brought
out the police chiefs opposition to
making them public property. Maj.
Barrett claimed the lists were ad-
ministrative procedure which should
not be made public.
Mr.. Lubar, who was turned down
Monday when he asked for copies
of the lists, said he would write
Maj. Barrett again today and ask
for access to the copies.
Maj. Barrett late yesterday said
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Mercury Drops Below Zero
In Some Paris OF Midwest
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

Temperatures dropped to below
zero in parts of the Midwest and
hit new seasonal lows in some sec
tions today as cool weather con-
tinued over wide area.
The mercury touched Z below at
Grand Forks, N. OAK, below at
Pembina, N. OAK, and was below
zero in parts of Northern Mime
sofa. The mass of cool air extended,
with temperatures moderating, into
the east coast and parts of the
Southeastern States. The mercury
was generally below freezing in most
sections of the Midwest. Chicago's
is above was the lowest mark this
season.
Temperatures were near normal
in Southern Florida, most of Texas,
in the West Plains States and also
on the Pacific Coast. There was
some rain along the Washington
coast.
There were snow flurries in many
sections-over the Great Lakes re-
gion, the st. Lawrence Valley, the
Northern Appalachians and in the
Missouri River Valley into Western
Illinois.
Miami's "a was the highest read
ing on yesterdays weather map.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Community Property
Law Ruled Invalid
In Pennsylvania
Stote Supreme Court Calls
Act Permitting Tax Split
Conflicting, Inconsistent
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 90
Pennsylvania new community
property law was declared un-
constitutional today by the State
Supreme Court.
The 1947 act allowed husbands
and wives to divide income for tax
purposes, saving an estimated $780,
100000. The court said the act would
contravene the State constitution by
taking the private property Of one
person and transferring it to an
other.
Vague and Inconsistent.
The court said the law not only Is
"vague, indefinite and uncertain, u
but is so incomplete, conflicting and
inconsistent in its provisions" that
it is incapable either Of rational in
depreciation or of judicial enforce
ment."
consequently" declared the court,
lit must be held to be imperative
and void"
The court said that each spouse
under the law lis not in reality
given an undivided one-half inter-
est in the so-called community or
common property.
Life Insurance Law Upheld.
"It is obvious that an alleged in
terest in property over which an
other person has the right of con-
troll, management and disposal,
which the creditors of such other
person can take in satisfaction Of
his debts, and as to which there is
no practical means Of protection, Is
not genuine right of property no
matter what name or alleged title
of ownership may have been given
it," the court added.
The court at the same time up
held a 1947 law permitting life in
surance companies to invest up to
10 per cent of their assets in real
estate for rental or sale.
Evening star., 1947-11-26

he would not reconsider lifting the
ban unless he was told to do so by
his superiors at the District Build
ing. He took this stand despite an
existing order that the lists be made
public property. He announced his
change of mind today in a state
ment which read:
Il have today conferred with Cor
poration Counsel Vernon E. West
with respect to the present status
of the order of the Board of Com
missioners, dated October II, 1889
Mr.. West has advised me that the
order is still in force and effect and
that there have been no modif1ca-
tions or amendments of this order
since the date of its issuance.
Accordingly, the names of all
persons having traffic tickets can
celed will be made matter of pub
lie record in compliance with the
order which provides as follows:
(see TICKETS, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Palestine Partition
Suffers Setback as
Nears Vote
Two More Countries Join
Opposition; Two-thirds
Approval Needed
by the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Chances
for approval of the proposed
partition of Palestine received q
setback today when two more
countries in the United Nations
Assembly joined the opposition
to the plan. The proposal was
shown one short of the necessary
two-third majority on the basis
of a committee vote yesterday.
The two new announced opponents
of partition were Greece and the
two Philippines. Greece abstained
in yesterdays vote in the Assembly s
57-Nation Palestine Committee. The
Philippines was absent yesterday.
The declarations by these two
countries on the Assembly floor
brought to IS the number of oppo-
sition votes and meant the support
ers of the partition plan might have
to pickup five votes to gain the
necessary 2-to-l ratio for adoption
Of PARTITION.
On the basis of Is opposition votes,
30 affirmative ballots would be
needed for approval of the parti-
ton plan.
O. KID by Committee.
The partition plan was approved
yesterday at Lake Success by a
vote of Is to 13 in the Assembly S
57-nation Palestine Committee
where only a simple majority was
needed on the semifinal test.
There was no indication of when
the issue would come to vote. The
Assembly scheduled meetings for )
pm. ana pm. on the assumption
that the debate might extend
throughout the day.
The pre-balloting situation was
complicated by the announcement
from the new Siamese government
in Bangkok that Prince Subha
Svasti Svastivat no longer repre-
sented Siam as U. N delegate
(See PAL ,ESTTNE pace A-5l
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Hitler and Eva 10 Be Tried
To Dispose Of Properties
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 26.
"A Bavarian Decentralization Court
soon will try Adolf Hitler and Eva
Braun in absentia to determine dis
position of their own and other
Nazi fortunes and properties, Stars
and Stripes reported from Munich
today.
The United States Army news
papers dispatch, quoting Bavarian
military government official, said the
properties of Hermann Goering,
Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann,
Heinrich Himmler, Julius Streicher
and Baldur Won Schirach would be
dealt with in the same trial.
Hitler and Eva Braun, his sup
posed wife, we're said to have only
minor holdings in Bavaria, but
those of Goering, Won Schirach
and Bormann were estimated to be
worth many millions of marks"
Evening star., 1947-11-26
White House Calls
Act in Interest of
'Even-Honded' Justice
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today COM
muted the mail fraud sentences
of Mayor James M. Curley of
Boston and Donald Wakefield
Smith, former member of the
National Labor Relations Board,
who were convicted in District
Court here January 18, 1916.
Both men will be freed today
Mayor Curley from the Federal cor
rectional institution at Danbury,
Conn, where he was serving an in
determinate sentence of 6 to 18
months, and Smith from District
Jail where he is serving four months
to a year and day.
The District Parole Board recently
refused to parole Smith, but White
House Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross said he was freed with Mayor
Curley lin the interest of even
handed justice"
James G. Fuller who was con-
victed with the other two, got no
(see CURLEY, Page A-50
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Truman Con1n1utes Sentences
OfCurIey and Donald Smith
CurIey Looks Hoggord
On Release From
Donbury Prison
By the Assoeioted Press

DANBURY, Conn, Nov. 26.-
Mayor James M. Curley of Bos-
ton, whose mail fraud sentence
was commuted by President Tru-
man, was released today from
the Danbury Federal correc-
tional institution.
The 73-year-old Curley, one-time
Governor of Massachusetts, and
House member. left the institution
just five months from the day he
began serving a to l8 months SEN
tence
He looked pale and haggard.
He came out of prison with a pre-
pared statement protesting his in
nocence and expressing appreciation
for the presidential action which
sent him home month early for a
Thanksgiving reunion.
A statement giving newsmen in
his behalf declared: II was most
(See DANBURY, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1947-11-26
c. M. la Toilette Gets
AMG Post in Reich
by the Associofed Press

BERLIN, Nov. 26.-Charles M. La
Toilette, former Indiana Represent
ative, has been appointed director
of the American military govern
ment for the State of Wuerttem-
berg Baden, it was announced here
tonight.
Mr.. La Toilette succeeds Sumner
Sewan, former Governor of Maine
His headquarters will be In Stutt-
gart.
Mr.. La Toilette served two terms
as Representative from Indiana, be.
tween l943 and 1947. He is a vet
eran of World War I. Since 1925
he has practiced law and lived in
Evansville. Ind. He is expected te
assume his new post in about 8
week.
Evening star., 1947-11-26
By Robert K. Walsh

The case of Maj. Gen. Bennett
E. Meyers, retired Air Force pro-
curement officer, continued to
expand today, as Government
prosecutors summoned parade
of witnesses to testify at a Dis
trict grand jury investigation.
Senate investigators disclosed
meanwhile, that one phase of the
Meyers operations was on a much
broader scope than had been brought
out at the Senate War Investigating
Subcommittee hearings. This re-
lated to dealings in Government
bonds.
Records the subcommittee is pre-
pairing for the Senate Banking Com
mittee as the basis for an overall,
long-range study of speculation in
Evening star., 1947-11-26
BY J. A. O'Leory

A group of Senators was re-
ported today to be considering
a last-minute effort to reduce
the $597, 100000 total in the stop
gap European aid bill, but Sena-
tor Wherry of Nebraska, Repub-
lican whip, predicted it would
fail.
AS Senate leaders sought to pass
the bill this afternoon, Senator
Wherry told reporters that the ac-
ton of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee late yesterday in knock
ing 100000 off the amount Of
emergency aid to France, Italy and
Austria has given impetus" to a
similar move in the Senate. The
House committee partially offset this
reduction by adding S60,000,000 for
aid to China, leaving a net reduc-
ton of $480OO,OOO
The interim aid program received
another setback today when Chair
man Taber OF the House Appropria-
tions Committee said his committee
would not get around to considering
an appropriation before December 4
at the earliest.
Wherry Is Not Sponsor.
Senator Wherry emphasized he Is
not sponsoring any move to reduce
the bill and was not sure the effort
would materialize. He indicated,
however, he had heard other Sen
ators are considering it.
AS soon as the Senate met at noon
Chairman Vandenberg of the For
eign Relations Committee accepted
three of four amendments offered
by Senator Donnell, Republican, of
Missouri to expedite final passage.
The three make minor changes in
the administration of the program.
The Michigan Senator, took the
floor however, in opposition to the
fourth Donnell amendment, which
proposed to specify the exact amount
of money that could 60 to France,
Italy and Austria out of the s597,-
100000 total Senator Vandenberg
expressed fear these specified
amounts might be regarded by the
recipient countries as binding COM
mitments. He pointed out the whole
philosophy of the bill is to indicate
maximum amount of aid without
implying a fixed obligation.
Truman and Taber Confer.
Mr. Taber made his statement to
reporters after conference with
President Truman on the stopgap
aid bill. Mr.. Taber said he did not
discuss the Foreign Affairs Commit
tees action with the President. The
White House said Mr.. Truman re-
quested the conference with the
New Yorker
| Mr.. Taber said his committee has
rather heavy schedule the frst
three days of next week on regular
appropriation bills. He added that
even after that the committee Will
have to have some justiflcations"
from the administration for the for
eign expenditure before it can act.
Those justifications, he said, have
been asked for but have not been
received"
Before we can get anywhere, -
Mr.. Taber told reporters, I'VE have
got to have some kind of an authori-
zation bill passed and know what
we are shooting at. We can't do
too much operating in the dark"
He said he was not taking a posi-
Evening star., 1947-11-26
Treasury Bond Deals
Top 10 Million, Probers Report
Purchases Alone Placed Above 81 900, 900;
Grand Jury Summons Parade of Witnesses

Government securities revealed Gen
Meyers bought and sold more than
So 100000 in Treasury bonds. Pur-
chases alone exceeded 100000, the
record indicated.
Gen. Meyers testified at the hear
ings that he and his wife made a
100000 paper profit after acquiring
about 100000 in such bonds. AL
though Howard Hughes asserted
Gen. Meyers tried to borrow $3.50, 900
for $1o,oO0,0OO bond buying project
in April, 1914, there had been no
concrete public evidence that Meyers
dealings in bonds went beyond
81 100000.
A subcommittee official said the
dealings apparently were legal. But
Chairman Tobey of the Banking
(See MEYERS, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1947-11-26
World Flyers Take OFF
On Hop to Los Angeles
By the Associated Press

LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Nov. Co.
Round -the-world flyers George Tru-
man and Clifford Evans took off in
their light planes from the Leth-
bridge Airport at 1853 am. (MST)
for scheduled nonstop hop to Los
Angeles.
The former Army pilots, nearing
the end of the longest cub plane
flight on record, took off in the face
of reports that mountain passes on
their route were obscured by clouds
and that the flying ceiling was zero.
Unless forced down along the
route by weather, they expect to be
in Los Angeles this evening. q The
fight normally takes from II to
IL hours