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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B, UAW-ClO
Continued From Page On

OONS~AN~
am of the opinion that the members OF the
L-M.C who have served with me, and mean
the management representatives, Will be just
as sorry as will be if these bad laws become
effective. l think they stand to lose just as
much as we do and am positive they recog-
nize the dangers of these bills
To go into the details of the Taft-Hartley
and Van AIKEN bills now would be waste OF
time. Our only hope is that the President ana
our governor will recognize the laws for what
they are and will have the courage OF their
convictions to save this nation from becoming
divided into hostile camps of employers ana
employees.
There is no question in my mind that there
are a lot of fair employers who see in the Iatt-
Hartley and Van AIKEN bills the same dangers
which we of labor see in them. Those manage
ment members who have served on the L'M-C
must recognize that if and when these bills be-
come the law of the land they will tear down
everything which we have built together over
a considerable period of time
We in Toledo stand to lose more through
these bills than most cities because of the prog
ress which we have made in our relationships
with each other. l do not say that we have
done more than other cities, but | do say that
we have led the way and shown that we can
work out our problems on the local level.
The fact that so many other cities have in
vestigated the Toledo Plan, and in many In
stances adopted 1T, is the greatest comp1IIhent
that can be paid to what success we nave
achieved I'm sure that Detroit Louisville and
other large cities which have studied and
adopted plans similar to the Toledo L-M-C
did so because the record shows that we have
made progress in labor-management relations.
We and believe I speak the sentiments OF
the labor members of the L-M-C, will regret
seeing our work destroyed by laws which are
a step backwards and which will promote IN
d1strial strife rather than the peace which we
all want / hope that this will not occur and
that we can continue on in our efforts to find
sensible answers to our labor-management~
problems
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

Instead of a picket line, en-
ployes of the Arthur Murray
Dance Studios in New York
formed a conga line and
danced up and down the side
walk in protest against Muir
rays refusal to bargain with
the union. That's good, but
not quite as good as the union
steeplejack in California who
pulled a sitdown strike on top
of a 180-foot chimney. When
the management threatened to
build a fire in the boiler TO
smoke him off his perch an
aroused citizenry threatened
TO tear the boiler apart with
their bare hands.
For sheer unmitigated gall
you've got to hand 1t to Sen.
Robert Taft. This Ohio Re-
publican, who wants to be
president, fought tooth and
nail against President Tru.
mans demand that price con-
trolls be continued. Taft had
his way, but despite his pre-
diction that prices would go
down they continued upward.
So last week this presidential
hopeful summoned reporters
and criticized President Tru-
man for not talking" more
on the subject of keeping
prices down. Taft steamroll-
cred his union-wrecking bill
through the Senate, but after
that performance the odds are
five.to.one that next year he'll
turn with injured surprise and
want TO know how could the
American labor movement fail
to support him - the best
friend the workingman ever
had - for the presidency.
And when the first big strike
occurs, Taft will inquire in
anguish, how can they do
that TO me when my legisla-
ton took away any possible
reason they might have to
striker"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

Is there a doctor in the house? For
while last week reporters listening to the fight
over labor legislation on Capital Hill weren't
sure whether they were covering Congress or
a veterinarians convention Rep. Fred
Hartley (R. N. J) started the pharmaceutical
fapdoodle when he contended: Labor is
sick, but 1t won't take any medicine itself so
Congress has TO give 1t medicine" Senator
Harley Kilgore ID, w Va) roared back at
the prescription, claiming The pending bill
is a cure.alL All the medicine is put into
one glass and the whole dose is swallowed
Some of 1t may be poisonous. 1t is like taking
a medicine which should be taken by mouth
and mixing it with a shot of serum which
should be taken thru muscular injection, to-
gether with horse liniment which should be
rubbed on the sore muscle, but is mixed in
with the other medicines in the glass to be
drunk"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20

Labor isn't the only group
critical of American radio. The
president of the Camp Fire
Girls got angry last week at
blood and thunder" serials
for the nations kids. The ra-
dio industry had a snappy
comeback for that. however.
They quoted DR.. Iago Gald-
Ston, of the N, Y. Academy of
Medicine who slapped down
the Camp Fire Girls with the
retort that children basically
had murder in their hearts"
and "The view that radio Sc
rials are likely to corrupt these
little savages is not to be taken
in earnest" To the barricades,
doctors! The little savageS are
upon usl
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
Not AS New-Bu+ Almost AS Good
About Jokes
By
Ruth Taylor

You know what l mean
the jokes that are clever,
insidious propaganda. Funny
but not fact. You have
laughed at them - and been
half ashamed of yourself for
doing 1t. And sometimes be-
fore you realized it, you've
repeated them.
The jokes / m can are
started by hate-mongers in
various parts of the country.
Carefully thought out, and
planned with an eye to real
humor, they are picked up
and unthinkingly repeated -
and then they spread like the
ripple caused by a stone
thrown in the water.
But who takes joke
seriously?" you say. Unfortun-
ately it is the slur in the story
that stays when the laugh has
gone. 1t drops like a speck
of poison into the mind ready
to germinate under the heat
of stress or strain.
There are floods of national
jokes which try to establish
racial difference between
people of similar bloods by
emphasizing so-called charac-
teristics. T Sc are jokes
planned to create disunity.
Stop and think-How many
jokes do you hear told on a
h u n d r e d per cent Anglo
Saxon? No, it's either the Celt,
the Gael, the Latin, the
Leventine, or the Slav who is
the laughing stock. How long
has it been since the "joke"
was on one of German stock?
MUD
Then there is the religious
joke - based on something
that will slight or throw mud
on some faith or on the be-
levers in some creed. How
long has it been since you
heard a joke which had an
atheist as the butt?
1t makes you think, doesn't
it? Is it so funny when you
realize the fact?
There is just one thing that
can be done, one way in which
to stop joke-propaganda And
that is to follow a simple rule
don't repeat 1t! Let the story
die with you. Don't be the
mug the hate-monger takes
you for! Shut him up by shut
ting up!
And - remember whenever
you hear a joke-just say to
yourself: ITS funny-but is
it fact?"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-20
Washington
LaborReport
Paul Sifton (LPA)

this is written) whether the
Taft-Hartley Bill will be-
come law, labor lawyers here
are giving close scrutiny to
the constitutionality of many
of its provisions.
Open to the sharpest con-
stitutional attack is the out
right ban on closed shop
agreements. The ban in the
bill, which also holds true of
many of the state anti.closed
shop laws, falls afoul, as the
lawyers would say, of the Sec
ton in the U. S. Constitution
that laws may not be passed
impairing the right of con-
tract. There is ample evidence
that the closed shop is a ra'
tional device in labor.manage-
ment relations and the ban
against it in the Taft-Hartley
Bill is unreasonable and there.
fore unconstitutional.
Then there Is the section
which prohibits union contri-
buttons and expenditures in
behalf of candidates for Fed
eral office. Senator Taft has
interpreted this provision to
bar support or candidate in
a union newspaper which Is
financed through the payment
of union dues. 1t is inconceiv'
abe that the Supreme Sourt
will uphold this clear-cut vio-
lation of the free speech
amendment to the u. S. Con-
stitution.
Another section aimed at so
called "featherbedding" makes
it an unfair labor practice for
union to demand pay for
services not performed. Is a
demand Of premium" pay for
overtime or for late shifts,
payment for services not per.
formed? The whole concep-
ton is so vague, aside from
everything else, that 1t Is not
unlikely that the courts will
ultimately rule that no en-
ployer or union can reason
ably be expected to under
stand what it means.
VULNERABLE
The most vulnerable Is the
provision which denies the
protection of the National La
Dor Relations Board for unions
whose officers are members
of the Communist Party or
who believe in the violent
overthrow OF the U. S. gov
ernment. Constitutionally, the
lawyers believe that this pro-
vision will not hold up. II the
CP is a legal party, and II the
protection of the NLRB is a
right, not privilege, then no
legal group can be denied the
equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton.
1t Is true that the govern.
ment can properly prescribe
that members of the Com.
munist Party and fellow traV-
ellers be denied government
employment. But government
employment Is a privilege, not
a right. And the government
has the authority to set rea-
sonable requirements for its
own employees. The Com
munist Party business In the
Taft Hartley Bill can be liken-
ened to a possible provision
that CP members are not SUBJ
ject to the laws protecting per-
sons against illegal violence or
robbery.
Thus, here are several sec
tions of the Taft-Hartley Bill
which, in addition TO being
bad, are also probably uncon'
stltutional.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
COUNTRY E STILL
 NOT 100 PER GENT
 BEHIND FOOD PLEA
lPv Associated Pressl

Today is the second meatless Tuesday since MT. Truman an nounced his program. Despite the pledges of cooperation from many quarters, there are signs that the country still is not 100 percent behind it.
 In syracuse, N Y, many down. town eating places continued to serve meat at the monday meal. At Fairmont, Minn, a group of and hotel operators voted flatly to reject the whole meatless and eggless program.
 The Chicago grain market also failed to reflect any notable ef- fleets of the food campaign. Wheat corn and oats all continued up ward, but on the livestock market hogs declined 50 cents a hundred pounds in early trading.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
JULIANA TAXES
 OATH TODAY AZ
 RULER, ] WEEKS

THE HAGUE. The Netherlands, Oct. 14.-lR-Crown Princess Jul ana was sworn in today as Regent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She takes over the Royal power from her mother, Queen Wilhel- nina, for a period of nearly seven weeks.
 .Juliara's husband, Prince Bern hard. stood at her side during the ceremony at a joint session of the Houses of Parliament in the Med ieval Knights Hall.
 The Regency will continue until Dec. l, permitting the Queen to take a complete rest. The Regency Law will remain effective there after. so that the Queen may take further rests if her health should make it necessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
ROME SPLITS ON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL VOTE
Italian Communists and Christian Democrats
 Each Win 27 Seats

ROME, Oct. 14-lR-Final re- turns indicated today the Christ ian Democrat party and the Com dominated Peoples bloc each had won 27 of the 80 muni- cipal council seats at stake in Sun- days city elections.
 Only a handful of voters-less than one percentage point-sep- arated the two giants of the 1947 Italian political arena. The re- maining ballots were divided among parties ranging from the moderate left to avowed aherents of Fascism.
 With the close result, it seemed likely that the new council-like the one elected last November would be deadlocked over the choice of mayor.
 Final returns from 1,223 pre- cincts announced by the Interior Ministry confirmed the comebacI of Premier Alcide de Gasperis Christian Democrat party, which some observers had consigned to oblivion after it's showing in muni- cipal elections last fall and win ter
 In amost doubling their vote in the Capitol's first post-mon- archy vote, the Christian Demo- crats picked up thousands of votes from reactionary splinter parties whose chief claim upon the vot- CTS was rabid anti-Communism and nostalgia for Fascism.
 All parties were pretty well agreed beforehand that the Rome result would be valid barometer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14

it won't be long before I'll be back in the hotel business again,
 Sharpe gave a brief account of the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts at Moisson. France, at which T boys from the Northwest were represented
 He termed it a great experi- ment" in world brotherhood, and said that everyone of the boys had made friends from all over the globe.
 They were a strange looking crowd when they returned, he said. having swapped their uni forms for an assortment of Scot tish kits, Indian turbans, and the like"
 Guests at the luncheon were Walter B. King, attorney from Ketchikan, and Johnny Martin, formerly of Juneau
 President Homer Garvin an- nounced an attendance contest in which the losing team will be given the opportunity to provide a new set of flags for the club. '
 The trip to the Rotary Con- Yention at Rio was discussed, and memt CTS were informed that the film, Wings Over Latin Ameri- ca" will be presented by courtesy of Pan American Airways to all Rotary Clubs in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
Three Sets of
 Twins Born in Two Years in One Home

QUINCY, Mass, Oct. l4.-lR- The Walsh twins-three sets of them born over a period of two years were under one roof today, apparently happy and healthy
 The latest arrivals, Kathleen and Kevin. born October 3, were brought home from South Shore Hospital yesterday by their moth- CT, Mrs. John Walsh, 26, a form CT Spar, to a heart warming vel come.
 Mayor Charles A. Ross and about 150 Quincy residents were at the Walsh dwelling for the home coming. Walsh's only comment was: Its a blessing and we are happy"
 The other sets of twins were born Oct. 10, l945, and Oct. I6, 1946. Walsh is $49 a week clerk in the Boston Veterans Ad- ministration office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
WARMONGER DULLES OPENS DEBATE ON
 PLAN OF MARSHALL
Urges Full Cooperation of 58 United Nations in
 Year Round Session

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 14.-lR- U. s. Delegate John Foster Dulles, whom the Russians have called a "warmonger, opened debate today on Secretary of State Marshall's plan to hold the 58 United Nations in session here the year around.
 Without mentioning the P vetoes Russia has used to exert her will over majorities in the 1l-nation Security Council, Dulles appealed. for steps ito regain public confl- dence and prestige needed for sue cessful survival of the United Ma tons.
 The American delegate advanced the opening arguments in the re- gular Assembly's 57-nation polltl- cal committee.
 He said there was widespread disillusionment" over the progress of the LIN and that Marshall's pro- posal for a year-round Little As sembly' was designed to provide solution.
 Dulles only reference to earlier Russian charges that the U. $. was attempting to bypass the Security Council and get around the veto was a declaration that our propo- sal, of course, contemplates that the interim committee shall respect fully the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the main tenance of international peace and security"
 He then held out an olive branch to the Russians by noting that we are not committed to any particu- lar formula or language and we welcome constructive suggestions for the improvement of our propo- sal"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
ALL -0UT CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERSHIP
 OF CI0 BEGINNING

BOSTON, Oct. 14-tR-The CIO today announced the greatest or ganizing campaign in history" and enc of it's directors said the union would forget entirely the Taft Hartley law as it affecter organ izing"
 Van A. Bittner, director of the CIO organizing committee in the South. told 500 convention dele gates that 100000 members have been organized in the south and that organizers there have been told this is no time to use the Taft-Hartley law as an alibi for failing to organize the unorganized.
 For every man beaten up on or ganizing work, we will add 20,000 memters," Bittner said.
 The convention also adopted a resolution pledging united support to President Philip Murray
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
DOUBLE BILL Al
 ROTARIhN MEET;
 FLETCHER SPEAKS

The spotlight was turned on not one, but two, speakers at the Ro- tary luncheon in the Baranof's Gold Room this noon
 Program Director Don Skuse pre- sented Jack Fletcher who had promised to tell everything" in his life story. and program di- rector pr. C. C. Carter had invit- ed National Scout Executive o. D. Sharpe to address the club.
 Fletcher didn't reveal everything, but he did expand on the topic of sailing ships, on which he had several years experience.
 After entering the British Navy at the age of Is, and serving for two years, he traded with the Bas- utos and Kaffries in the interior of South Africa for six months.
 In order to get home to England, he became apprenticed to a sail ing ship and was stuck with it for four years, working hard, and paying 20 pounds a year for the privilege
 Fletcher described the history and characteristics of the old square triggers, which until about 25 years ago, were very profitable trading vessels. and much in de- mand in times of war.
 Most of the sailing ships re- maining, now belong to Finnish captain They are still used for training naval officers in some European countries, and as trad ing carriers, he said
 After completing his appren- ticeship, Fletcher obtained his Second Mates Ticket, and shipped on an oil tanker.
 T found that pretty dull work, ' he said, and as my father had purchased an orange grove in Cali fornia, l decided that might be the life for me
 However, growing oranges isn't fascinating either, so I went into the hotel business, Now I'm eo- ing back to my oranges tut I know
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
TOWN WON'T TSAvE FOOD FOR EUROPE
 TO FEED SOLDIERS

HARMONY, Minn., Oct. 14.-CR The Restaurant and Hotel mems Bureau of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce last night voted to reject President Truman's food conservation recommendation
 The rejection motion was offer ed by Sumner Scott, operator of two rural steak houses, who pre- ceded it with the declaration. I'm not going to deprive my customers to feed those Europeans so they can gain enough strength to kill my son IS years from now"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
OTHER AREAS AGREE WITH S0UTHEA5T
 ALASKA FISH IDEAS

Fisheries hearings in other parts O. Alaska produced similar testl- mony to those held earlier in Southeast Alaska according to Se- ton H. Thompson, Director of the Alaska Fisheries of the U. $. Fish and Wildlife Service. Thompson re- turned here yesterday with Frank w. Hynes, Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, after conducting hearings at Cordova, Kodiak and Anchorage and making a brief final inspection trip of SEE Alaska. He will leave tomorrow for Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
FREIGHTER lU(ID0R
 HERE WITH 300 TONS

Northland Transportation Com pany freighter Lucidor, under Capt. Oscar Peterson, with Richard Mo en purser, arrived in port this morning at 10 o'clock. She brought 300 tons of freight from Seattle
 The Lucidor will load frozen fish and halihut liver at the Juneau Cold Storage tomorrow, and then proceed to Sitka and Pelican to load more fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
ASKS FOR DIVORCE

Clarice Feist has filed for di- vorce from Stephen Feist in U. s. District Court here The suit, which was placed by Faulkner and Ban field, alleges that the defendant left her shortly after their marriage of April 12, 1947. She asks for $50 per month for five years as sup port for her and a child expected in February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
Use Gas, Then Rob Passengers; Their
 Luggage Is Stolen

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oct. IA. .R-A band of thieves put all the passengers in railway carriage to sleep by using gas last night and robbed the night train from Bucharest to Iasi, the newspaper Natiunea said today,
 When the passengers woke up this morning at Iasi station they found all their luggage gone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14

CHICAGO-Secretary of Com merce w. Averell Hartman charg- ed today that Russian leaders through their controlled press are resorting to a deliberate hate-and- fear campaign to further the Com nunist goal of engulfing the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14

BOSTON-Secreary of Labor L. B. Schwellenbach told the CIO to- day that price increases have con- sistently moved ahead of wage in- creases" and called for 75-cent hourly minimum wage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
FROM WASHINGTON, D. c.

Seton H. Thompson of Washing ton, D. C., is stopping at the Bar anof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
HERE FROM TULSEQUAH

c. H. Jennings of Tulsequah is registered at the Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
IN TOWN

Betty Hagen Of Wrangell is stay ing at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
AT HOTEL JUNEAU

w. J. Robertson of Wrangell is staying at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
FROM LAND OF SUNSHINE

Ann Nordwell of Los Angeles is staying at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-14
HERE FROM HOONAH

Clarence Moy of Hoonah is stop ping at the Baranof Hotel.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-07
U. S. A. Y. CLUB NEWS
Continued from page 81

Continued from page 81
club news to the best of their
ability.
Discussions were held on the
forming of folk dance group
among the members. Further in
formation will be announced
later. Watch this column for
more news and views, concern
ing the popularity of the Slo-
vene American Youth of Cleve-
land. We welcome all youth in
terested in an educational and
social group, to attend our next
meeting which will be held at
the Slovene National Home on
St. Clair on March 18th. Meet
ings of the club are held every
first Monday of the month at
the Slovene Workmen's Home
on Waterloo Road, and every
third Tuesday of the month at
the Slovene National Home, St.
Clair Avenue. The group is com
posed Of young people from Col
linwood and Euclid, as we'll as
youth from St. Clair way.
Hoping to see a few new faces
at our next meeting, I remain,
as ever, your
"Buzzer"
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-03-07
ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE
GLENVILLE AREA

The children of the Glenville
area hope the concert of the
Cleveland Women's Orchestra at
Glenville High School on March
10Th will be a big success. Pro-
ceeds from the concert will be
used to provide additional rec
reation equipment and service
in their area.
: The Glenville Area Commu-
nifty Council is sponsoring the
concert together with the Com
munity Center Department of
the Board of Education. This De-
partment will use the funds in
projects approved by the Coun-
Gil to supplement their program
in the Glenville Area.