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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
CIO Plans
Activities
S+rotegy COMMITTEES
To Study New Tcff-
Hartley Legislation

A committee composed of rep
'resentatives of all affiliates OF
the Toledo Industrial Union
Council was named to study the
provisions of the Taft-Hartley
law and report back to the or
ganization on July 25. Action
was taken by the TIUC Strategy
Committee at meeting on Tues
day morning of this week at
Local IL headquarters.
Named to head the committee
was Randolph Gray, Local II
financial secretary. The COM
mittee will meet with the law
firm of Lamb, Goerlich and
Mack for advice on the various
provisions of the new labor law.
A similar report will be pre-
pared on the Van AIKEN bill If il
becomes law.
Plan Radio Program
Tentative plans were made for
a weekly radio program for
some time later in the summer
or early fall. Clayton Ruseb.
TIUC radio director, will head
the radio committee, composed
of representatives of TIUC af-
filiates.
Discussed by the CIO leaders
present for the meeting was a
plan for setting up more effec-
tive political action under the
Lucas County PAC. Rrepresen-
tatives expressed their desire to-
unite with AFL, MESA, Rail-
road Brotherhoods and other
unions to bring about the cleo.
ton of political candidates fa4
vorable to labor. Richard Cos
ser was named chairman of the
committee to bring about reel
ganization of PAC. N
Interpretation by labor attor-
neys of the Taft-Hartley bill and
a question and answer period re-
garding its provisions occupied
the major part of the meeting.
Another meeting was scheduled
for July Is.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Unitcost Pact
Given Approved

Approval of the Unitcast con.
tract was voted by members oi
Local 48, UAW-CIO at meeting:
held at TIUC headquarters
Thursday and Friday last week
Terms of the current contract
provide 11-cents an hour wage
increase and six paid holidays
and extension of standard claus
es in the last contract including
vacation and bonus.
The bonus plan which has
been operating in the plant
since last fall has averaged &c
cents an hour for employees from
Jan. l to May 81 of this year
it was revealed by Walter Mad.
rzykowski, International UAW,
CIO representative from Re
gional Director Gosser's staff
who aided in the negotiation o1
the contract.
In addition to the wage in
crease of 11-cents, u cent was
set aside to take care of plant
inequalities.
The company's three plants
which employ approximately
$50 closed down this week for
two week vacation period. Va
cation pay of 40 to 80 hours is
paid for one to five or more
years employment.
Local ASS bargaining commit
tee was headed by Frank Lich-
ter, president. Others on the
committee were Joseph Wlodors,
James j. Patton, Richard o.
Timbers, Andrew Nyitray, John
Dandon and Floyd Greiser.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Local IL to Be
Closed july as

All Local II offices will be
closed over the July 4 weekend
II was announced today by Ran
dolph Gray, Local IL financial
secretary. The offices which
will be closed July 4, 5 and G
will reopen Monday, July z al
900 a. m.
Also closed Friday, Saturday
and Sunday will be the Local IL
tavern.
Region 2.B offices located in
Local IL headquarters will be
closed Friday, July 4 only. Sat-
turday, July 5, the offices will
be re-opened from 10 a. m. to
2:30 p. m.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
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Pledges
Action

United action and defiance o1
the Taft Hartley and Van Aker
anti-labor bills were the prin
cipal themes at the meeting o1
delegates to the Toledo League
of Labor Union meeting held al
Central Labor Union headquar
ters on Tuesday of this week.
The league impose OF
representatives of CIO, AFL,
MESA, Railroad Brotherhoods
was recently formed ON tenn
porary basis to combat anti.
labor legislation and to work
for laws which would advance
labor.
Keynote for the meeting was
sounded by Don Blair, Local IL,
UAW-CIO who told the dele
gates, We've got to go down
the line together and quit knit
ing each other in the back.
When we do that we aren't GO
ing to have any more Tafts, no
more Rameys and we aren't 60
ing to have any more Virgil
Cramers."
Pledge Cooperation
Representatives Of all the
unions took the floor and
pledged cooperation in the
unity movement. They admitted
that they were in violation of
the law or would be when it
becomes complete effective go
days from now.
Otto Brach, CLU.AFL gen
eral secretary told the dele
gates, Il say in my prayers that
we as labor leaders can join
hands and get united action or
ganizing to fight industrially
and politically"
Harry Shell, MESA represen-
tative said that it was an alter
native between each union 60
ing its own way or unite and
fight for what we have lost"
Clayton Rusch, COP-PACI
said that the organ.
ization was not necessarily be.
ing formed within the legal
limits of the Taft.Hartley bill"
and said that any one not will.
ing to continue should get out of
the organization.
Ann Tierney. president of the
Telephone Workers local was
attending a meeting in Colum-
BUS and could not be present
Tor the League meeting. She
stated the willingness of her
organization to continue to co.
operate in the unity group.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
SENATE REJECTS VETO:
LABOR WILL TEST LAW
Unions Move For Unity As
Anger And Unrest Increase

WASHINGTON, June 25 GPA)-Anger and resent
ment stirred the labor ranks of the nation mounting tide
today thousands of miners packnghouse and shpyard
workers stopped work following the overriding of President
Trumans veto on Monday.
While the packnghouse and shipyard workers work
soppage brought about by contract issues evil
dent that both unions anxious to test the law
which will not be completely in effect for go days follow
ing the overriding of the presidential veto.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
TIUC CuruVon
Trip PIonned

Toledo CIO unions will send
an auto caravan to Columbus
next Sunday to join in a state.
wide plea to Governor Thoma'
Herbert to veto the Van Aker
bill passed by the Ohio senate
last week prior to its adjourn
ment.
Plans for the caravan were
made by delegates to the Toledo
Industrial Union Council at their
regular monthly meeting last
Monday night following intro
duction of three resolutions by
Clayton Rusch, PAC chairman
and head of the TIUC legislative
committee.
Approved by the delegates
were resolutions providing:
4. That the Toledo Industrial
Union Council support the move
for political unity with other
unions.
z. All CIO affiliates intensity
their efforts to build ward and
township organizations to get
out the vote and that they unite
their efforts through the me-
dunn of the Lucas County PAC.
3. Support and active partici-
patton in mass rally in Colum-
bus Sunday, June 20.
New Officers Named
Two new officers were elected
to fill the posts of recording sec
retary and sergeant-atarms, va
Gated by designations. Those
elected were Eleanore Coakley,
Toledo Newspaper Guild, re-
cording secretary, and Charles
Clark, Spicer Unit, Local IL,
UAW-CIO, serge n t-at-arms,
Miss Coakley was unopposed.
Approval was given to the
CIO Summer School which will
be held at Yellow Springs from
July 27 to Aug. 2. The delegates
voted to send a member of the
Council to attend the school.
A resolution was passed urg-
ing the Ohio CIO Council to cir
culate petitions for referendum
on the equalization of represen-
tation in the state legislature.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27

PRESSMEN'S HOME, Tenn
(LPA) - George L. Berry last
week celebrated his 40th ami
versary as president of the In
ternational Printing Pressmen &
Assistants Union-AFL. During
this time, the union has grown
to be the largest printing trades
union in the world.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
U. z. Strikes Six Plants

SYRAC CUSE (LPA) - Six
Remington-Rand Co. plants were
struck by the United Electrical
Radio g. Machine Workers-CIC
last week, as part of the unions
drive for a 15c-an-hour wage
boost. The 5000 wokes who hit
the picket lines augmented a UE
stike already under way in
Syracuse.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Roll Wage ToIks Open

CHICAGO IPA)-America's S
largest industry-wide bargain
ing - between the chiefs of II
Railroad Brotherhoods and rep
resentatives of the nations rail,
road managements got under
way here during the past week.
The unions are demanding a
20c-an-hour increase for over
100000 incorporating" en-
poyes-that is, all rail workers,
other than those in the train,
engine and yard service.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27

1t was estimated that near
| ly IT'S, 900 miners had left the
coal pits in anticipation of
their vacation which was to
have started next week.
Unity Is Shown
Unity between AFL, Go and
other unions were reported
from many sections of the coun.
try while CIO President Philip
Murray and AFL President Will
liam Green condemned the bill
following its passage by the
Senate.
Union leaders of the United
PackinghouSe Workers-CIO in
Omaha, Neb. on strike over a
wage issue denied that their
strike was in protest of the
Taft-Hartley bill and said the
issues were purely economic.
Members of the Foremen's
Association of America (Inde-
pendent) who are on strike at
the Ford Motor Car Co. in De-
troit, asked the Unit led
Auto Workers-CIO to respect
their picket lines and an
nounced it would seek early
court action to test the legality
of the law which excludes fore
men from collective bargaining
rights.
CIO Will Meet
CIO leaders here have re-
mained quiet over what steps
would be. taken by the union as
result of the passage of the
new labor law. However, a
of the executive board
will take place here Friday at
which it is expected the policy
will be determined and given
out to affiliated unions.
William Green. AFL presi.
dent has stated that his organi-
zation would seek to have the
law repealed and indicated that
his union would take all pos
sible steps to defeat every con-
gresham who had voted for the
bill.
Senator Harley Kilgore fatty
predicted the defat of dozens of
Senators in the 1948 election as
a result of the passage of the
Taft-Hartley legislation.
Ignore Veto Warning
Passage of the Taft-Hartley
Dill came when both the House
and Senate ignored the warning
given by President Truman in
MS veto message of last Friday.
The House took only one hour
10 override the veto by a vote
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
YOU CAN
LISTEN

Up to the time this was
printed, Congress had not
passed any new laws to the
effect that 1t is a felony to
listen to labor present its
side of the news over the
air waves. This being true,
you are taking no chances
when you tune in Station
WTOL each Saturday aft
ernOOn from 1880 to las
p. m. to hear Labor Re-
ports" Hear the news and
consider the views. Tune In
Saturday.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
IT'S THE HEART

Your heart is the most
important organ in your
body. When it stops, you
stop. What the heart is to
the body, the editorial page
is to the UNION JOUR-
NAL. Turn to page 4 of
this issue and every issue
of your labor newspaper
and read the opinions of
Richard GOsser, Clayton
Rusch and other editorial
page writer's. Read the edi-
tOrial. Then give the paper
to your next door neighbOr,
particularly If he doesn't
belong to a union. He needs
information too.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
ARE YOU
POPULAR?

Can you make friends and
win people? If you can and
you happen to be a member
of the fair sex, you can win
hOnors, a valuable prize and
the satisfaction of helping
your union by competing
for the Labor Day Queen
title. For information on
entering the contest call
Walter MadrZykOwski, AD-
ans 4611. He'll be glad to
have your entry.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Enter
Queen Contest

More than dozen Local II entered the Local
IL Labor Day Queen contest Wednesday night of this
week, when Richard Gosser, UAWCIO director explained
the competition to than 200 union who gath
Local II headquarters pledge support to the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Local II To Open
Sand Lake Camp
With Ceremonies
Prominent Guests To Be Present
At Saturday Dedication Event

More than 500 guests among them CO President Philip
Murray, and Walter p Reuher, president of the United
Auto Workers-CIO, expected at the formal opening
and dedication exercises of Local lbs Chdrens Summer
Camp at Sand Lake. Michigan. tomorrow afternoon.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-27
Inquiring
Reporter

This week, the Inquiring
reporter asked employees of
the S. NJ. Jones Co. the fol-
lowing question: Should the
labor unions AFL, CIO,
MESA, Railroad BrOtherhOOds
and Telephone Workers con.
tinue to work together po.
litically regardless what hap
pens to the Presidents veto
of the Taft Hartley Bill?
George Alger: Labor either
has to hang together, or we will
hang separately. AS long as we
all belong to labor, regardless
what our union may be, we
should all unite to fight a bad
political situation. The unions
should organize a political group
among themselves and elect rep
resentatives to office who are
friendly to US.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23
Crowds and Stands

Only two teams can crash into
world series. This year II was the
Yankees and Dodgers. In 1915 1t
happened to be the Red Sox and
Cardinals. In neither case was there
any possibility of accommodating
the crowds that wanted to see these
two events.
There are now only three stable
major league parks In baseball
They are Yankee stadium, Briggs
stadium and the Polo grounds. They
range from 1900 10 5000 and
$4,000. OF the 10 major league clubs,
at least IL can pack in only some.
thing like $1,000.
The main point Is that base
ball interest has far outgrown
the old-fashioned stands Of past
years. The main crime happens
to be In 5rooklyn. Here we
have = $500 park. that day
after day could play 10 some
$1,000 10 7o.ooo customers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23
What About the Giants?

What about the Giants?" was a
natural question. 1.-Two more high
grade pitchers are their first need"
the veteran came back. walker
Cooper and John Mize have time
left. Cooper Is only 80 while Mize
is "a. They are not too young, but
they still can hit with anybody.
Lockman should be a big help next
spring to an already strong out
field. The Giants need pitching more
than anything else. They have a
star In Jansen, who proved what a
good pitcher could do with all that
run-making power to help him
along.
Boston win be even tougher
next year ~ Billy Southworth
gradually IL working his way to
another pennant. Two pitchers
such as Sain and SPAIN can't
be overlooked. Neither can
Southworth. He still needs an
other top-ranking pitcher.
THE Reds win be better. but they
have a long way to 60. l can't see
much hope for the other clubs. Most
Of them win have to be rebuilt
around the three or four good ball
players they have.
Pittsburgh has shown how tough
1t is to get good ball players today.
They are willing to pay any reason
able or even unreasonable price for
someone who can help. But where
can they find players, except from
farms?' With attendance what II is,
no one Is going to sell a good ball
player today.
''The Cardinals have q lot Of re-
building to do. The regulars are get
ting older. Moore will be SO and
Slaughter viii be 50 next spring.
Marion is only 81. They still can be
dangerous challengers. with one or
two additions"
Last fall. II was the Red Sox and
the Cardinals. Both took a hard
beating. It may happen again, but
for the moment at least the Yank-
ees and the Dodgers get the call.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23
..our costs have gOne,up, too!

SOME PEOPLE get along under higher
prices by using less or doing without. Some
have more income to help meet higher costs.
All can adjust outgo to income, to large
extent.
But railroad cannot skimp or do with
out and still provide good, efficient and safe
service adequate to the needs and desires
of the public.
The chart at left shows why the Eastern
Railroads have had to ask for an increase in
freight rates. The simple reason is that the
increases allowed since 1889 are nowhere
near enough to meet today's costs. The rev.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23

u.
work out that way.
The Yankees wrecked the Red Sox,
and the Dodgers left the Cardinals
well behind.
What about next year, again? The
majority Of the experts once more
are picking the two winners to re-
peat.
For one thing" a veteran said,
both Yankees and Dodgers have
too much reserve strength. This
season. neither the Red Sox nor
the Cardinals had any reserves to
can on especially in pitching,
where they took the big flop.
Next spring. the Dodgers can
report with . young but we'll
seasoned club, once again fully
protected by substitute mate
rial. The Dodgers have two or
three veterans against swarm
Of younger players. Their pitch
Ing staff will be, or should be,
much more consistent"
What about the Yankees?" some-
one asked.
The same thing goes for them,"
he said. They are not as young
as the Dodgers are, but they are
not too old. Joe DiMaggio still has
some time to 60. johnson, Rizz-
uto and Stirnweiss are all under 30.
Lindell and Heinrich are not much
over. Berra is only a kid. Shea and
Raschi are both young. Newsom and
McQuinn are close to the end Of the
road.
"Once again. the Yankees have
a strong reserve infielder in Brown.
They win need more help than the
Dodgers will need. Both Tigers and
Red Sox must strengthen q number
Of spots to get back in the running.
They won't do 1t with the players
they have now. Neither will Cleve-
land"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23

Red Sox had won
in a canter. The
Cardinals had over
come a seven-game
deficit down the
stretch. These were
the two teams the
world series crowds
had to watch.
1t didn't quite
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23

TNe war has been over a while
~. snere are veterans still hunting
homes for their families. Who
cares EXCEPT the houseless veter-
ans? M
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-23
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VAG1A17ZAdDL
On to Next Year

On to Next Year
IN THE wake of the world series.
collection Of managers. old
timers and other experts we're talk.
ing about next year.. Last fall at
this time the same discussion went
on. The question then was who
can head off Boston and st. Louis,
Red Sox and Cardinals?
At that time, no one could quite
see any challenger in sight. The
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Central Presbyterian
To Install Rev. Lacy
AS Pastor Sunday

In an impressive ceremony. in
which five prominent officials Of the
Southern Presbyterian Church viii
participate, the Rev. Graham Cor
don will be installed Sunday morn
ing as pastor Of the Central Presby-
terian Church, Sixteenth and Irving
street NV.
The Rev. DR.. James n. Taylor,
pastor emeritus, will deliver the
charge to the congregation. Others
participating in the service will in
clude DR.. Warren Stuart, former
president OF Hangchow Christian
College, Hangcnow, China, who will
preside; DR.. Henry Wade Du Bose,
president of the assembly's training
school, Richmond, who will give
the charge to MIR. Lacy, and O. T.
Wright, an elder of the church, who
will PROFOUND the constitutional
questions to the new minister.
DR.. Donald Miller, professor of
the English Bible at Union Theo-
logical Seminary, Richmond, from
which MIR. Lacy received his masters
degree last month, will preach the
sermon, "I Believe in Jesus Christ .
Navy Chaplain in War.
A Navy chaplain during the war,
Mr.. Lacy succeeds the Rev. William
F. Mansell, who resigned because of
Ill health in March, 1916. Since
Evening star., 1947-06-06


then, the pulpit has been filed by
the Rev. Alexander McKelway, now
serving in the Veterans Administra-
ton. The only other pastors Central
has had since its founding in 1868
were the late DR.. A. w. PitZer and
DR.. Taylor.
Mr.. Lacy took his undergraduate
work at Hampden-Sydney College
where he won his letter in football
and served as manager of the base
ball team. He was initiated into
Kappa Sigma Fraternity there.
After receiving his degree, he
taught for four years at the Nc
Callie School for Boys in Chat
tanooga, Tenn. His preparation for
the ministry began in 1927, when
he entered Union Theological Semi
nary in Richmond. He also studied
at Union Theological Seminary, New
York City.
Served in baltimore.
He served as assistant to DR..
Harris Kirk at the Franklin Street
L / CoDy OSA 40IA SlIQASAlf od1pAllO4C z, dllQ
in 1882 became pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, Birmingham,
Ala. In 1888, he accepted a call to
the pastorate of the Madison Ave
nue. Church, Covington, KY.
Mr.. Lacy entered the Navy as
chaplain in July, 1943, with the rank
of lieutenant. He saw sea duty and
was discharged with the rank of
lieutenant commander in 1916. For
the past year, he has been working
on his masters degree while serv-
ing as supply minister of Grace
Covenant Church, Richmond.
He married Julie Adams of Chat
tanooga, a Wellesley College alumna
and former editor of the Abingdon
Cokesbury Press of New York and
Nashville, Tenn. They have two
children, Margaret Adams, IL, and
Graham Gordon, jr., 8. They will
live in the church manse, 3045
Fifteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1947-06-06

Prices include 7oaS tax where applicable
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Gregg Reoppointment
Delayed in Senate
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Finance Committee
yesterday delayed action on Presi-
dent Truman's reappointment of
John Price Gregg, Oregon Repub-
lican, to the Tariff Commission.
Chairman Millikin said I'VE are
looking into the question of whether
Gregg is a free-trade advocate"
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
said majority members want to
know, before they act on the ap-
pointInent what kind of a Repub-
lican Gregg is."
Mr.. Gregg, Endorsed by Oregon's
Republican Senators Gordon and
Morse, testified at closed session.
Senator Millikin said Mr.. Gregg
testified that he favors strict en-
forcement Of the Nations tariff laws
as they were enacted by Congress.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-08
Territorial All Club Winners Announced

The year 1947 will go down in the University of Alaska records as the first time All clubs of the Extension Service were represent ed at the National All Club Con- gress in Chicago. Through Direc- tor Oldroyd's efforts the Spool Cotton Company, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, and Swift and Company, sponsoring the National Clothing, Gardening, and Poultry Contests respectively, have for the first time included Alaska winners for the award of an educational trip to Chicago. The award defrays expenses of the trip from Seattle to Chicago. MT. Oldroyd was also instrumental in enlisting the help of the Bank of Alaska, the First National Bank of Anchorage, the Bank of Fair banks, the First National Bank of Fairbanks, MT. Roy B. Earling, the Fairbanks Rotary Club and the Iomen Commercial Company to meet the expense of the trip to Seattle. The Congress mets in Chi cago November 30 to December 4.
 The 1947 winners who have achieved outstanding All records and are worthy of the awards in every way as Richard Dangler of Seward in Poultry, Flo Alice Din kel of Wasilla in Clothing, and Lynn Sandvik of Palmer in Gar dening.