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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
IFS Politics

When Congress passes legislation to
cut taxes so the heavy incomes get the
hest break and the low income Garner the
least, that's politics.
When our elected representatives to
Congress and the state legislatures ap-
prove of legislation to eliminate the closed
shop, restrict labor's right to strike,
rigidly limits pickets, prescribes union
dues, makes strike breaking easy by
legalizing court injunctiOns and otherwise
attempts TO weaken or destroy the labor
movement that's really politics.
When our representatives in frenzy
of false economy curtail the budgets OF
federal agencies with which labor deals
and renders them ineffective and practi-
caIIy useless, that too is playing politics.
Should President Truman veto, or fail
to veto the Taft-Hartley anti-labOr confer
ence bill when it finally comes to him,
that will definitely be labeled as politics.
At the time Congress killed price con-
trolls on the grounds that ours was an
automatic economy and prices would regu-
late themselves dependent upon the effec-
tive demand for commodities, that was
definitely politics.
When policemen beat, or fail to beat
strikers over their heads when they are
exercising their lawful right to picket,
that, too, is politics.
And in the face Of these and numerous
other similar facts of everyday life, we
still find people both within and without
the labor movement who says that, labor
has no business in politics.
No, labor has no business in politics.
That perhaps explains why there are Taft S,
Hartleys, Balls and screwballs in Congress
who are there because of politics. who
are using their political connections for
political purposes to do a political job on
labor in order that labor might thereby be
prevented from doing a political job on
them.
Isn't il the silliest and most stupid
statement you ever heard when people
some of them supposedly of normal intelli-
gence, tell labor that il has no business in
politics?
The fact is and what is occurring now
adays in both our state and national Leg
islative bodies prove it, that labor has not
been in politics. 1t has merely dabbled in
politics. II has been Victimized by its own
shortsightedness, its too great concern
with wages, hours and working conditions,
its overemphasis on recreation and under
emphasis on education. And labor is now
paying the price for not getting into poll
tics up to its neck.
Foresight is a greater gift than hind
sight, but looking at the realities if the sit
uatiOn, we must all confess that labor has
not been in politics, but must now prepare
TO take its place as one of the greatest
political forces in the country. This means
that labor must have unity and program
for its political salvation. Until this oc,
ours, labor is not in politics as il must be
il il is TO avoid setbacks and possible de-
etrs,efian
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23

Eraess Jokubowski


spirit of Ernie JakubOwski must continue
to live on if labor is to win through the
obstacles which now face il.
There was nothing spectacular about
the late chairman of the Toledo Stamp
ing Unit of Local r. His words of Wis
dom will never be written in stone for fu-.
ture generations to read. His life will be-
come, as all of our lives will one day be-
come, just one grain among the sands up-
on the shores of eternity. And yet Ernie
has. made a great contribution to the col
lective good of us all, lived his short life
and enriched the lives of those for whom
he toiled so unSelfishly.
AS chairman of his shop committee
Ernie Jakubowski was loved and trusted
by his fellow workers. His uncontested
election to top office in his Unit was proof
of that His sincerity, devotion to duty,
courage and quiet determination won him
a secure place in his own shop and honor
among his fellow officers of Local I2
Loyal to his belief in the cause for
which he toiled without thought of self,
Ernie JakubOwski typified the type OF
trade unionist which is the backbone and
the real strength of the union. Even when
the discomfort attendant upon his last ILL
ness was upon him just a few days prior
to his death, Ernie made last trip for. his
union to represent his shop at the JAW.
CIO regional conference.
Those of his shop and Local II who
admired and respected the former shdn
leader regret his passing. AT the sanna
time his death strengthens in all Of us the
conviction that the labor movement wiik
never perish as long as it is made up 0k
men of character like Ernest Jakubowski.a
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
Courage
BY Ben Dor

When Congress gave Truman the portal
to-portal" pay bill the other day Truman autos
matically moved right to the center of the no
litical stage. He stands there now, almost
alone, with the spotlight turned full on him.
This is the real Mccoy, not make believe
And because it is the real thing nobody knew
just what the President was going to do until
he announced that he had signed the bill
In January, the Republicans took over both
houses of Congress. They got them in mart
because of the terrific propaganda campaign
that they had carried on for months They
turned gainst the Democrats the war-weari-
ness that the American people were feeling
In their campaign they had the help of the
almost unlimited treasures of the NAM and a
dozen other big business associations and coun-
ellis. They were helped, too, by Truman's own
fumbling and by the willingness of the Amer
lean people to believe that they were being
abused, mistreated, r-controlled and under
rationed.
Since January, the American people
have been catching an ever-bigger barrage of
political propaganda 1t is supposed to make
them support reactionary laws in practically&
every field, but mostly in two of them: antiyS
labor and anti-governmeNt.
Nobody really knows how we'll the cam
paign has worked out. There is evidence both
ways
But, there is the fact that Truman didn't
dare veto the vicious portal-to-po bill. He
had said that he was against it, but when Con.
gress sent the bill to him, he put his name on
it and signed it into law.
But Truman'S part in the act has only lust
begun. There are three more very important
bills that will be reaching him soon, one of
which is the labor bill
Many Republicans don't care which Tru-
man does. If he signs the bill, OK If not he
gives them chance to run screaming to the
people that Truman is wrecking America and
giving away the wreckage to the labor move
ment.
So, the two important queStiouS a..
much courage has Truman got, and how much
can the liberalism of the Anc.
trusted?
If Truman has the courage r.
what he believes on the rest of the bills, he
will really be putting it up to the American
people to decide where they stand-for the
liberalism we talk about on Labor De- -
other holidays, or for the black reaction that is
slowly settling over practically every section
Of our national lives
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
Misses Duck

What ever became of Eddie
Ducks column? l miss it.
liked Eddie's up-to- the-minute
comments on various things
in which the labor movement
is interested.
think that you are doing
a good job for labor in Toledo.
Your news is presented in a
professional way and is re-
markably uns slant e d for
labor paper. Your editorial
comment and columns, partic-
ularly Regional Views" and
News To Me" are exception
ally good.
still think Ducks column
was worth keeping and hope
that it will appear again, if
only occasionally.
If you want you can publish
my name, but for various
reasons, / would prefer it if
you would let it get by as
A Toledo Attorney.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
Editors Mail


/ wonder how many of the
workers who read the UNION
JOURNAL pay any attention
to the Keep Your Eye On
Congress" piece that appears
each week in our newspaper?
1t would be interesting to
know just how many workers
heed the instructions contain
ed in the page l detail of
legislation which labor is, or
should be interested in, and
write their congressman.
1t has been my privilege on
several occasions TO visit our
state legislature when bills
which workers should be in
terested in were before COM
mittee, and on each occasion,
have wished that every
worker in our plants could see
the way our elected represen-
tatlVeS conduct themselves.
If the people who work in
our plants don't soon wake up,
they will be surprised and
angered when they discover
what they are liable to soon
be facing, The trouble is, that
most of the workers still fail
to realize that this is the most
critical time that the labor
unions have known since the
Wagner Act was passed. 1t
will be too bad if they realize
it to late.
Our unions and our union
leadership have appealed to
us time and again to bestir
ourselves and let our Con-
gressmen and state represen-
tatives know our objections to
many pieces of legislation
which effect our welfare, but
each time only a few have
responded.
AS a member of the rank
and file, / would like to ap-
peal to every reader of the
JOURNAL to write according
to the instructions on page /
of our newspaper. Write your
Congressman on the bills
which effect labor and you.
Tell them in your own words
how you feel about these bills.
They won't be too critical of
your words, ecause they
realize that you have a vote
and that they need it to re-
turn to their fat-salaried jobs.
DO it now, before its too late.
Fraternally yours,
Don Blair,
W-O Unit,
Local ID, UAW-CIO
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser
Director Region 2B, UAW>ClO

While we are in the midst of contract ne
gotiations to bring the wages of the workers
up to the standards set by the national wage
pattern, we are faced with question brought
about by the Taft.Hartley bill That question
is whether we will be allowed to discuss our
contracts next year or not
We have been told that labor has brought
this legislation upon itself because of strikes,
because the worker isn't free, and for q lot
of other reasons cooked up by the paid prop
agandists for the industrial interests.
Certainly the unions have made mistakes
How can the union take in millions of new.
people and make the progress we have made
without making mistakes? Sure, there are
things wrong with the unions, but the ques-
ton is, whether or not the unions haven't done
more good than harm
OUR WORK
Why is it that the biggest majority of re-
ligious groups have expressed their opposi-
tion to anti.labor legislation? Haven't the
workers given their churches better financial
support and built better churches since they
have been organized?
Haven't the workers become better and
more responsible citizens by purchasing and
improving their homes because of the better
wages which the unions have made possible?
Hasn't the grocer, the butcher the drug.
gist, hardware and other small retail busi-
nesses profited from the improved standard
of living which the unions have secured for
the workers?
In spite of these things, they tell us that
the workers are not free. One thing I'll say
to every employer! If they will grant the
wage increases and other benefits to only the
union members which the union negotiates
for them, and not give their non-union en-
ployes the same advantages secured by the
union, we will be willing to concede the free
dom of these others and take our chances.
It's about time that some of us, and /
don't exclude union members, get down to a
little sensible thinking. To expect that of this
Congress would be too much, but we of la
Dor can be sensible and point for 1948 and
a little cleaning of the political slate by the
people who make up the unions and whose
gains today would not exist if we were all as
free" as the employers and Congress would
like to have us.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-23
Washington
LaborReport

AS this column is being
written, it is not completely
clear what the terms of the
anti-labor bill will be when
it is finally submitted to
President Truman for his ap-
proval or his veto. Nor is it
completely certain that the
so-called mild" Senate ver-
sion and the so-called tough"
House version will be fused in
one piece of legislation. The
chances are that it will. And
on this chance, If President
Truman doesn't mind, I'd like
to prepare for him a sum-
mary draft of his veto mes
sage to Congress. President
Truman can feel perfectly
free to use my veto message.
There is no charge.
"To the members of the
Congress:
Il am returning the Labor
Bill passed by both Houses of
the Congress without my ap-
proval. l am against this pro-
posed legislation in principle
and in detail. / am against it
in principle because | do not
believe it possible to enact in
telligent legislation in a lynch
atmosphere. All previous his
tory points to the inescapable
fact that the consequences of
lynch legislation are dis
astrous.
You will recall that sew
eral proposals were made in
the Congress. to provide for
further study of these prob
lens in calmer atmosphere.
These were all turned down.
Il am against this iegisla-
ton as a matter of principle
beca ause it will ehgender
much bitterness among work
ing people. It is this kind of
bitterness which will provide
the fuel for the turmoil and
unrest which presumably the
sponsors of this legislation
seek to avoid.
Careful study leads me to
the concluion that this legis-
lation is deliberate attempt
to weaken the organic e d
strength of the unions. But If
the legislation is aimed at
avoiding strikes, it will fail
because the union activities
which are banned have not
caused strikes. Indeed, many
Of these activities which the
Congress is outlawing are
stabilizing influences.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
and won't be pushed around


We liked the styles we were
wearing just fine. The war Years
when styles were frozen
proved to us just how sensible
ana comfortable it was to get
out from under the tyranny of
quick style changes.
And the lords of fashions sat
back smugly, daring us to defy
them.
AS it turns out they had a
right to be smug. We were a
tra'd to stick by our guns. We
rushed out to buy the new
look" We let down the hens on
our old garments.
AS soon as they were sure Of
the victory, the designers said.
in effect, "That amt all, girls!
Come spring and the clothes YOU
bought last fall are going to be
outmoded, too. IF you think you
re wearing long skirts now, you
amt seen anything!"
Yes, we missed the boat.
So, goodby, 1947-the year
when women might have freed
themselves from the slavery of
fashion. It might have been Our
Year, but it wasn't.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
Tired {. Kidneys
Often Bring
Sleepless Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
blood and keep you healthy. When they Get
tired and don't work right in the daytime
many people have to get up nights, Freouent
orscanty passages with smarting and burning
sometimes shows there is something wrong
With your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
Mnen disorder OF kidney function permits
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pans. leg pains. loss of pep and energy.
and dizziness
1.n Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
IIns, q stlmulant diuretic, used successfully
by millions for over 50 years. Doan's give
II nappy rele1 and will help the Is miles Of
your blood. Get Doan's Pills. ''~ NoA
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
Miss Collins
Reveals Plans
For Wedding

Miss Laura Gwendolyn Collins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. D.
Collins of this city has COM
pleted plans for her marriage to
James Franklin Jamison of
Mooresville and Wilmington.
The wedding will take place
Saturday afternoon at o'clock
il the Winter Park Baptist
church. The Rev. T. H. King will
officiate, and Mrs. D. P.
High, organist, and Mrs. S. w.
Brinson. soloist, will present the
wedding music.
Miss Collins will have as her
matron of honor, Mrs. j. I.
Miller, and bridesmaids will be
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12

Mrs. R. S. Moore of Knoxville,
tenn, and Miss Dorothea
Quelch Jones of this city.
Junior bridesmaids will be
Miss Gwen Lou Vereen and Miss
Jean Vereen, and flower girl will
be Miss Judy Matthews.
Gilber Jamison of Kanapolis
will act as his brothers best
man, and Sam Fincher of Flor
ence, S. c. and J. I. Miller will
be ushers.
Immediately following the
wedding, reception will be
held at the home of the brides
parents in Winter Park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
Medical Society

Inc RobeSon County Medical
society will sponsor a Symposium
for physicians throughout south
eastern North Carolina, begin
ming next January IA under d.
rection of the University of North
Carolina Medical School Exten-
sion Service, Six meetings will be
held on as many nights, with doc
tors from famed medical centers
of the United States leading dis
cussions.
New officers of the Society
have been elected as follows:
President-Dr. Frank P. Ward,
Lumberton; president-elect-Dr
Frank McGrath, Lumberton;
vice-president-Dr John J. Bend
er, Red Springs; secretary1treas-
urer-Dr. L. R. Hedgepeth, Lum-
bertol Dr. r. D. Groom of Max
ton is retiring president.
Bridal Supper
Miss Frances Freeman and
James M. Mclean, whose we'd
ding will take place on Decem-
Der 26, were honored at d supper
given by Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Nc
Duffie and " Mary Elizabeth
Edwards.
Honoring Miss Sarah Welsh,
bride-elect Mrs. John S. Ayers.
| Mrs. Ernest Blake and Mrs. Roy
Penley entertained at dessert
bridge and crystal shower in the
IJ,orraine Hotel. Also remember
| ed with a gift was Mrs. John
Branch Steadman, a bride. Prlzes
were awarded Mrs. L. E. Foun-
| tain. Mrs. Steadman and Mrs. H.
A. Welsh.
! Miss Anita Rozier, bride-elect,
has been complimented at num-
Der of parties. On Saturday her
aunt, Mrs. E. A. Burnham OF
Mullins, S. c., entertained at
luncheon at Webster's in Mullins.
Covers were laid for II.
Mrs. W. L. Skinner and Mrs.
Margaret Harris were hostesses
to Mrs. SINNERS bridge club and
additional guests to make five
tables honoring Miss Rozler.
Prizes were won by Mrs. M. G.
Navy and Mrs. A. G. Ford.
Mrs. L. E. Fountain and Mrs.
A. G. Ford gave bridge party
at the home of the latter, awards
going to Mrs. Sam Shooter and
Mrs. S. Hubert Welsh. Miss
Rozier was presented a gift, and
also remembered was Miss Sarah
Welsh, bride elect.
A luncheon was given at Hotel
Lorraine for Miss Rozier by Mrs.
Erwin T. Williams.
Mrs. L. M. Hobbs entertained
her bridge club and other guests
at four tables. Prizes were won
by Mrs. j. B. Phillips, Mrs. Le-
grande Hutchinson and Mrs. M.
M. Rozier.
Mrs. Sam Shooter gave a bridge
party at her home, where Miss
Rozier, Mrs. Knox Rowal and
Mrs. A. G. Ford were presented
auyo or5c
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
Mutt
.Ch ance For
dependence
~ RUTH MILLETT

o.L, women will have to mark
tq47 as the year we muffed
bio chance to assert our
'dorondence and prove to the
',.rl3 that nobody can tell us
where to get Off
The long skirt VS., short
,'r+.' fight was more than a
5osalon story, 1t was our opoort
n;+,. ia TO prove once and for all
that we know our own minds
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
Marriage Announced

Miss Esther Larue Formy-
Duval of Lumberton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Formy-
Duval of Ashe, and Lester Rob-
erts of Dunn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. L. Roberts of Tar Heel, were
married on Dec. S at the home of
the officiating minister, the Rev
R. H. Poole, in Elizabethtown.
The bride is graduate of Thomp-
son Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing.
Mrs. H. A. Olivet
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12

A small space in Jerusalem
contains what are among the
most sacred spots for Jews,
Moslems and Christians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12

Petroleum is produced in rs
states of the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12
LUM BE R TON

LUMBERTON, Dec. II - Mrs.
John Portorfield Stedman enter
tanned at formal tea at her
home on North Elm street in
compliment to her daughter-ln-
law, Mrs. John Branch Stedman,
who was Miss Estelle Norman
Boyce of Warrenton before her
recent marriage. About 400 guests
from Lumberton and neighbor-
ing towns called to meet the
bride.
Out-of-town guests in the re-
celving line were the honoree 5
mother, Mrs. William R. Boyce,
and Mrs. ]. w. Scott, both of
Warrenton, and Mrs. Norman
Mitchell and Mrs. Wilton Brown
ing of Littleton.
Miss Elease Johnson, bride
elect, was honored at miscel-
laneous shower given by Mrs.
1nez Seasons. Thirty guests were
present.
Mrs. James B. Rountree gave
a bridge party honoring Mrs.
Steadman at her home, the bride
and Mrs. Carr Gibson winning
prizes.
Mrs. John Branch Steadman
was again honored when Misses
Betty and Jane Carter were
hostesses at luncheon at Hotel
Lorraine. Covers were laid for
is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-12

Mrs. Sam Shooter gave a bridge
party at her home, where Miss
Rozier, Mrs. Knox Rowal and
Mrs. A G.. Ford were presented
awards.
Evening star., 1947-10-26
Ethan WaIther Leads
Lutheran Sessions

The great-grand nephew of the
man for whom the International
Walther League Of the Lutheran
Church is named Is presiding at a
gathering of about 90 members of
the young peoples group in two
day session that opened here yester-
day.
| The league, social and religious
organization. is named for DR.. c. r.
w. Walther of St. Louis, one Of the
founders of the Lutheran Church of
America. The president of the East
earn district Of the league, which
includes the District, is Ethan
Walther, 812 Jefferson street NV
He is DR.. Walther's great-grand
nephew.
The sessions got under way yester-
day at the Raleigh Hotel at noon.
Prominent on the program are dis
cussions Of European relief for
needy Lutheran families; the
Christmas seal campaign within the
church to support the Lutheran
Sanitarium at Wheat Ridge. near
Denver, Colo, and a committee re-
port on the possible purchase OF q
summer camp by the Eastern dis
trict. 3,
The Rev. DR.. ]. Frederic Wenchel
pastor emeritus of Christ Lutheran
Church here, will conduct q service
during this mornings session at the
hotel, as part of the convention
A business session will end at noon
Evening star., 1947-10-26
English Police Probe
Mystery Of Actress
Missing From Liner
BY the Associated Press

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, Oct. 25.-
The disappearance of Gay Gibson,
81, red d-haired English actress who
vanished from liner whilexit sailed
in tropic waters, confronted South
ampton detectives today with q
mystery.
Miss Gibson disappeared a week
ago from her cabin in which ships
officers found the portfolio open and
small spots, believed to be blood, on
her rumpled pillow.
The night before she disappeared
she attended a dinner dance aboard
the ship, the Union Castle Liner
Durham Castle, while 1t was bound
from South Africa to England. The
vessel turned about and searched the
sea for her after ship officers had
made a fruitless search of the ship.
Night Gown and Robe Missing.
The black evening gown she wore
to the dance was neatly hung in the
cabin, but a nightgown and her
dressing robe were missing.
Eric Boon, with whom she ap-
peared in the South African road
show production of Clifford Odets'
Golden Boy" told reporters Miss
Gibson was full of the JOY of living"
Il understand a friend paid her
fare to England" from South Africa,
Mr. Boon said.
Miss Gibson'S parents, who accom-
panied the actress when she left
more than three months ago for
South Africa to appear in the play,
are still in the southern dominion.
Fingerprints Sought.
The door to her cabin, padlocked
by ships officers after she vanished,
was taken to police headquarters
here by detectives after they had
busted 1t in search for fingerprints
A steward had said said the door was
slammed in his face about a IN, on
! October 18 when bell rang sum-
moning him to her cabin.
| A stewardess discovered Miss Glib
sons disappearance later that day
when she carried tea into the cabin
and found it empty. A woman oc-
cupying the adjoining the cabin said
she heard a "clatter" during the
night but it sounded like tray fall
ing and she took no further notice.
Detectives questioned two first
class passengers and three crew
members, including one seaman,
whom they took to headquarters.