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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-30
Murray Gives
No-S+rike PLEDGE

ATLANTIC CITY, May %
lLPA)-Philip Murray, president
of the CIO, was installed for an
other two years as president OF
the United Steelworkers by the
USA-CIO's Altman executive
board here last week. Murray
has been head of the steel work
ers since 1886.
The unions 5000 locals and
$50, 900 members were instruct
ed by Murray not to strike dur
ing the recent signed twoyear
contracts that brought Is cents
an-hour package" increases to
the union members.
In a letter to local USA
leaders, Murray described the
new contract as lone of the
most notable achievements in
the ANIMALS of our nations col
lective bargaining h is story"
Murray's letter declared that it
was imperative we understand
thoroughly that:
I've must meticulously re-
spect provisions of the collective
bargaining contract. q That
under no circumstances must
there be work stoppages during
the life of the agreement. 3
We must resort to the orderly
of adjudicating our diff
ferences by taking recourse to
grievance procedure of the wage.
agreement up to and including
Murray said that adherence to-
his three-point instruction was
$50 vital to preserve the in
tegrity" of the contracts that all
local officers should give notice
to this effect to the members"
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Locals
Get Raises

LIMA, May % - Wage in.
creases amounting to nearly
100000 year for two Toledo
area UAW-CIO Locals unions
were announced on Monday Of
this week by Cloid Lichty In.
ternational union representative
in the Lima district.
An additional wage increase of
10 cents an hour was given to
$50 employees of the Superior
Coach Co. of this city plus 5
cents for group leaders. An in
term 5 cent increase granted
earlier by the company brings
the workers to the national
wage pattern. Local I'll UAW-
CIO represented the workers in
the negotiations.
Seventy-five employees of the
Wapakoneta Machine Co., Wa
pakoneta. o. plant represented
by Local los UAW-CIO were
given wage increase of II cents
and an additional 3 cents for
inequalities and merit increases.
Cold Lichty was in charge of
negotiations in both the Lima
and Wapakoneta plants.
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cred the precedent-breaking trial
was that the judge was extreme
ly fair, and refused time and
again to permit defense attor.
neys to continue appeals to anti.
Negro preiudices of the jurors.
The state proecutors were also
commended for their strenuous
efforts to succeed in obtaining
convictions.
The. acquittal, asserted the
National Association for the ADJ
vancement of Colored People,
makes more imperative prompt
action on the Federal Anti.
Lynching Bill introduced two
weeks ago by Rep. Clifford P.
Case Republican, New Jersey).
This only adds to the proof that
state action cannot be expected
to punish the crime of lynching,"
the NAACP said.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-30
Delta PIonf TO
Vote For JAW

DELTA, May 26-An election
for employees of the Markley
Bronze Bushing Co. here to
determine a proper bargaining
union, was ordered on Friday
of last week by the National
Labor Relations Board. The vote
to be conducted by the NLRB
will be held June 6.
Fifty-three plant workers will
be eligible to make their selec-
ton from the ballot which will
contain the names of the UAW-
CIO and No Union.
Harold Kobe, international
UAW-CIO representa- tive
attached to the office of Richard
Gosser, Toledo, UAW director
says that he has a majority of
the workers signed in the union
and expects that the vote will
favor the Auto Workers.
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nancial and physical as
sistance by the UAW-CIO
during their recent strike
here.
Nominations for the vacated
posts of recording secretary and
assistant sergeant-at-arms were
made. Following were nominated
for recording secretary:
Charles Clark, Spicer Unit; Al
Kenngott, Champion Unit, both
affiliates of Local IL, UAW-CIO,
and Eleanore Coakley, president
of the Toledo Newspaper Guild.
Named as candidates for as
sistant sergeant-at.arms wer e
Charles Clark and Harry White,
both of Spicer Unit, and John
Weaver, Local 8, Flat Glass
Workers - CIO.
Vote In June
The election of the two Off
GERS will be held at the next reg.
ular TIUC meeting, June %.
Tom Burke, TIUC executive
secretary, was instructed to send
letters to all Locals of Interna-
tional unions affiliated with the
Council asking them to give fl
nancial support to the Local IL
Children's Summer Camp.
Support for the camp was
voiced by Harry Scott, secre.
tary-treasurer, Local 8, Flat
Glass Workers, and John Sher-
loan, member of the TIUC exec
utive board representing Local
706, MMSW-CIO.
Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO re-
gional director, announced that
the camp would be formally
opened June IA and that UAW
Walter P. Reuther
would be present at the dedica-
ton ceremonies. He explained |
that the camp would be opened |
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NLRB Conducts
DoehIer Vote

Approximately 1000 employees
of the Doehler-Jarvis Corp. here
voted on Tuesday of this week
to determine which union shall
have the company bargaining
rights. The election was held
under supervision of the NLRB.
Contesting the election was
the International Marine and
Shipbuilders Union-CIO, which
accepted the employees of the
Doehler Division employed in
plants in Chicago, Pottstown,
Pa, and Batavia, N. Y, after
they had seeded from the Die
Casters Division of the MMSW-
CIO in protest against Commu-
mist domination.
1t was predicted here that the
local election would be over
whelmingly for retention of the
MMSW. The ballots will be
counted in Chicago, June 2.
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TeumSferS
Charge +. P.
Communist

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May
% (LPA)-The 18th Western
Conference of Teamsters-AFL,
representing Int'l Brotherhood
of Teamster unions in II west
ern states, last week unanimous
ly adopted resolution charging
Federated Press, daily press
service for labor papers, with
following the Communist Party
line, and recommended that all
Teamster publications cancel the
service.
The resolution, offered by the
Public Relations, Publicity and
Promotion Division, read as
follows:
Investigation conducted by
of this committee has
revealed that the Communist
party line is being forcefully
by Federated Press,
a labor news service patronized
by hundreds of AFL publica-
tions, including the Internation-
al Teamter. Thru personal con-
tact with writer's for Federated
Press, letters protesting its
slanted reporting and stories
and reports from members of
the labor press, this committee
is convinced that Federated
Press is a transmission belt for
Communist propaganda and the
Continued on Page 2
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Hobart Meets
Wage Pattern

TROY. May % (SpeciaD-
Wage increases to meet the ma
. tional wage pattern were grant
ed to 944 members of Local 128,
JAW-CIO ploy e d by the
Hobart Mfg. Co. here, it was
announced today by Orville
Beemer. representing the Inter
national UAW- -CIO in this city.
Negotiations which were COM
pleted last week between the
union and company brought a
1O-cents an hour acrosS-the-
board raise to all company en-
ployes and an additional 3 cents
adjustment for $50 plant work
ers. In addition to the wage
hikes, six paid holidays were
agreed upon.
An important ch ans e was
made in the vacation plan IN
which future vacation payments
will be based upon the employees
average earnings rather than the
hourly rate which was IN force
prior to the new agreement.
other Contract Points
Other important points in the
new contract were cited by Mr.,
Beemer including m o k / n g
privileges, five minutes time for
employees to wash before noon
and in the evening before quit
ting and joint action between
the union and company in merit
increases in addition to automa-
tic progression to point mid
way minimum and maximum
wage rates.
Members of Local 106 bargain
ing committee who took part in
the negotiations were OrvilleI
Macy, Arthur Pagan, William
Borcum and Randall Driscoll.
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Is directing the drive.
At the same time, Mr.. Red
lger announced that the drive
would be continued indefi-
1itely in an effort to secure the
funds which the camp requires
IN order to give Toledo children
an opportunity for a healthful
md profitable vacation period.
1--WE are attempting to enlist
he financial support of CIO
Unions affiliated with the Toledo
Industrial Union Council" he
Iaid. THE children of CIO
members. regardless what union
heir parents belong to are
eligible to spend a camping pc
:iod at Sand Lake" he added.
Wec0meS Donations
Leaders in CIO unions other
han Local IL have been invited
% make a private donation to
he camp fund according to Mr..
7ediger. This camp is one
With untold possibilities for the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-30
Health Bill Will
BRING Benefits

WAS HIN GTON, May %
(LPA) - What veteran Sen.
Robert F. Wagner 3D., N. Y3
termed "the capstone which will
hold together all which has been
done so far to provide medical
services for all of the American
people finally took legislative
form last week. The National
Health Inurance e. Public Health
Bill, $500, was introduced by
Senators Wagner, Murray Cd,
Mont), Pepper Cd, Fla.), Cha,
vez ID, N. M, Taylor Cd,
Idaho) and McGrath Cd. r. l.fs
On the same day, its companion.
HR-3548 was entered in the
House by Rep. John D. Dingell
ID. Mich.).
Here is how Sen. Murray
described the health insurance
features of the bill to the Senate.
The system of prepaid per-
sonal health services is national
in scope and would cover close
to 85eo or more of the popufs-
ton. This includes employees,
persons in business for them
selves, those receiving social
security or civil-service pen
sions, and their dependent child
rem, wives-or disabled hus-
bands-and parents.
The persons who become eli
gibe for benefits would be enti-
tied to medical and dental SER
vices from general practitioners
and specialists, home-nursing
care, hospital care, and auxiliary
services-laboratory, X-ray, ex-
pensive prescribed medicines,
eyeglasses, special appliances,
and other benefits.
Other persons who are not
automatically insured, including
the needy who are eligible for
public assistance, may be cover
ed just like all others through
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children of Toledo. We will well
come donations from anyone"
The following donations were
lifted for last week:
Watson Unit, $40; Toledo In
dustrial Heat Treat Unit, SIS;
Commercial Metals Unit, $50;
Toledo Council-Society of De-
signing Engineers, UAW-CIO,
$4,000.
Individual donations as fol
lows:
A. E. Fryer, SIS; Carl Kienast,
81; John Hintz, ST; Henry
Hintz, 81; George Steffen, 81;
Charles Cope, 81; Chet Makow-
ski, 81; Arthur Pruhs, 81 and
Orlo Bonnell, 81.
Donations to date, So, 1875. o.
mated lat week, $302. Previous
ly reported, $7824.
Checks or money orders
should be made payable to
Local Summer Camp and be
to Howard Rediger, 425
Winthrop st.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-05-30
Court FoVors Unions

PHILADELPHIA (LPA) -
The job rights of veterans are
secondary to those of union of.
ficials if company has a con-
tract giving top seniority to
those officials, the Third Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled last
week in a precedent.making de.
cision.
The court held that the con-
tract takes precedence even
though it was signed while the
veteran was in the armed forces
and even though shop stewards
and other union officials have
less accumulated seniority than
the veteran.
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because it was
clear that the eyes of the ma
tion were on the twelve tex
tile workers, statesmen and farm.
ers who brought in the verdict.
In Greenville, written state.
ments by Is of the 81 men on
trial indicated their participation
in the lynching. Defense attor-
neys brought no witnesses into
the court proceedings, and in
their summing-up appeals to the
jury depended on appeals to
southern pride"
Said one defense attorney,
Recall that the north never
sympathizes with us, always
us ever since they laid
waste to our land, burned every
piece of southern property"
Judge Was Fair
The unanimous opinion voiced
by Yankee" reporters who COW
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Carey Compares
Senator Tof+
With Goering

NEW YORK, Nay % (LPA)
Enactment of the Taft Hartley
union-wrecking program will
be one more obstacle in our
efforts to show that the Ameri-
can system has something to
offer the hardpressed common
people of Europe" CIO Secre-
tary-treasurer James Carey de-
clared in a nationwide radio
address here last week.
arguments that the Taft bill
is a moderate measure designed
to protect workers from their
own democratically-e cte d
trade union leaders have a
familiar ring to European work
ers, if not to those on this side
of the Atlantic" said Carey.
Citing statements by Herman
Goering at the Nuremberg war
crimes trials, the CIO leader de-
clared, "The statements have a
familiar ring. They sound like
those of Senator Taft or Rep
resentative Hartley. The close
resemblance in text and spirit is
no accident. For the provisions
of the Taft-Hartley bill newt
ably take us down the road to
restrictions on the peoples
rights, to economic slavery, to
fasciSm.
"Can we expect high regard
for our ideals and institutions
from the mass of people in other
lands who are now, amidst the
and devastation of two contin-
cents, slowly working their way
gback from the ravages of
fascism?" Carey asked. mot if
we show that America, out of
step with the world, is marching
rapidly backwards.
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Congress Calls
Squeeze Artists

WA SHING TON, May %
(LPA)-A special House Com
mittee on Newsprint & Paper
Supply last week called on the
carpet a large wholesale news
print supply company accused
of putting an unmerciful price
squeeze on publishers of labor,
fraternal and religious papers.
Subpoenas were ready to be
issued for two officials of the
Clinton Paper Co., of New York,
when the officials decided they
would appear voluntarily this
week. The subpoenas were di-
rected at j. P. and Samuel Gale
witz, president and vice-presi-
dent of the Clinton firm, which
had been cited in testimony by
the Consolidated Color Press
and the Mars Printing Co., both
of New York.
Angelo Valenti, of the Mars
Co.. told the committee that
while the market price for news.
print is S91 a ton, Clinton not
only jumped the price to SIPS
and threatened to increase it to-
$3.50, but also actually decreased
the amount he could purchase
Francis j. McIntee, of Consoli-
dated. testified that he had been
cut off from newsprint supplies
by Clinton after he
wrote a letter of complaint to
The Senate Small Business Com
nittee last Feb. "a.
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for presidential a approval, |,
while the Hartley crew
a m o S completely uncon-
cerned about Truman veto
argued that the COP machine
plus southern Democrats can
ride roughsod over any veto.
Caught betwixt the demands
of his party leader and the ex-
tremists in his own committee,
Hartley - who rumor has it
would dearly love to be secre-
tary of labor in Taft's cabinet
fastened to assure the press,
BY no means will the House
conferees sell the House down
the river" He would not say
who was trying to sell them
down the river.
Will Strengthen Language
Acknowledging that some
slight amputations might have
to be made on the brainchild
he fathered with the NAM and
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce,
Hartley argued that "at the
same time we will be able to
strengthen the language of the
Senate bill at some points.
Although no final votes were
taken at weeks end it was
understood that the House con-
ferees had already conceded the
elimination or drastic modifica-
ton of the following Hartley
bill provisions:
1-The ban on industry-wide
bargaining.
2-The ban on union-con-
trolled health and welfare funds.
3-Use Of injuetionE by priv
ate employers.
"A company unionism pro-
posal.
S-The so-called 1abor's bill
of rights.
6-Abolition of the NLRB
and establishment of a separate
labor-management agency.
1.-THE ban on monopoly"
strikes by which Hartley means
a strike which starting in only
one section of an industry would
cover the entire industry.
Tentative Agreement
There was tentative agree.
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Cole Edits Mochinisf

w ASH INGTON, (LPA) -
Gordon Cole, formerly public
relations director of the U. S.
Cancellation Service, and during
the war attached to the OSS
Psychological Warfare Opera
tions in France and Germany,
has been appointed editor of the
International Association of Ma
chiniits, weekly paper.
A Washington newspaper re-
porter since 1885, Cole served
a term as vice-president of the
American Newspaper Guido -CIO.
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RWDSU Wins One

DETROIT GPA)-The long
est strike engaged in by the Re
tail, Wholesale & Dept. Store
Employes-CIO in downtown De-
troit ended last week when
Peters Sport Apparel, Inc,
agreed to recognize the union,
For II weeks, pickets had
warned strongly pro.union De-
troiters that the store refused to
allow its employees to bargain
collectively, All employe.strikers
were reinstated without preju.
dice.
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cIo Loses On Rails

ST. LOUIS GPA)-The Order
of Railroad Telegraphers (AFL)
defeated the United Railroad
Workers (CIO) by 1859 to 139
in an election on the Great
Northern Railroad, conducted
by the National Mediation Board
under the Railway Labor Act.
The Telegraphers have been bar.
gaining agency on the road for
yoarS
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Summer Camp
Applications
Begin Moving

Applications for the Local IL
Children's Summer Camp have
started to move, according to
Fank Molik, camp director. Mr..
Molik urges parents who wish
TO have their children take ad.
vantage of the opportunities Of
fered by the camp to secure the
applications early.
Those wishing to send their
children to the camp may Sc.
cure applications at Mr.. Molik's S
office or Room 203. Local II
headquarters, 425 Winthrop ST.,
or at the headquarters of the
Toledo Industrial Union Coun-
Gil, Gil Huron St.
In urging early application
for the camp Mr.. Molik pointed
out that the the sooner the ap.
plication is filled out and re-
turned to his office that the
greater the opportunity will be
for the applicants to select one
of the camping periods which
they would prefer.
Call For Information
Parents or guardians of chill
den eligible for attending the
camp may secure information
by calling Local IL headquarters,
Main 9126, or the TUG office,
Main 5525.
Camping periods will be ar.
ranged as follows:
Boys: June 1923; June 90.
July IL; Aug. 1923 and Aug. "a.
Sept. 6.
The girls camping periods will
be from July 13 to 26 and July
rs to Aug. 9.
Employing of the camp per.
sonnel, instructor, councillors
and others has been nearly COM
pleted according to Mr.. Molik.
Plan Dedication
Dedicatory ceremonies have
been planned prior to the open
ing June ID. President Walter P.
and other UAW-CIO
International officers have been
invited and Local IL officials
are attempting to have CIO
Philip Murray attend.
A luncheon will be served to
the guests to be followed by
dedication ceremonies and in
spection of the camp.
Details of the dedication day
program will be announced by
Camp Director Molik.
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Ensign Given Increase

Eighty employees of the Ensign
Foundry Co., members of Local
IL, UAW-CIO, were granted a
15-cents-an-hour wage increase
across the board last week, it
was announced today by Harold
Dean, Local IL representative
in charge of negotiations.
The increase was effective
Nav l9.
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Labor Reports

1t is more important now
than ever before that you
keep yourself informed of
what goes on in Columbus
and Washington. To get the
latest reports on news from
labOr's point of view, tune
in each Saturday afternoon
TO Radio Station WTOL and
hear Labor Reports. The
program runs from 1880 to
1;45 p. m. and will be in
charge of Clayton Rusch.
Don't miss 1t this Saturday.
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Frank Michalski: Labor should
declare a holiday. A lot of peo-
pie think its foolish but we will
have to do something. Form an
other political party. l think
labor would be strong enough
to elect its own people to Of
flee. We need an educational
program so people will vote the
right way. l think its possible
to have labor party and we
should begin working for it
right now. There's no use in
waiting too long.
Andrew Zaliecki: The only
thing is a 3rd party, a labor
party. If they can have a labor
Continued on Page 2
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Conference Bill Due For
se-Senate Vote
Differences Are Ironed Out
In Committees Sessions

WASHINGTON, May % IPA)-"Lynch labor" legisla-
ton was only of time and horsetrading this week
as House and Senate conerees dckered behind closed doors
on Just what final form the TafHarey unionwreckng
program will take.
Reported dsagreemens and concessions failed to mask
the fact that only basic difference existed between the
five senators five representatives comprising the
ference That difference rested in the Senate groups belief
nothing restrictive than the Taft bill could hope
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NAACP Asks Truman Aid

WASHINGTON OPA) - In
creasing evidences of discrimi-
nation against Negro workers in
filling federal jobs last week
caused the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People to repeat its request to
President Truman for a tenn.
porary agency to combat dis.
elimination in government EN-.
ployment.
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TUG hUites
Phone Workers
Into The CW
Support Sought For Local II
Children's Summer Camp

An invitation to Toledo members of the National Fed
Grafton of Telephone workers to join the CIO extended
by delegates to the Toledo Industrial Union Council its
monthly meeting Monday night of this week
Local telephone affliates of the NFTW given fl
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Lynch Trial May
Bring Federal Lam
ACquittdL ArOuseS Ne,U
Interest In Nation

WASHINGTON, May % GPA)-New impetus to the
movement for federal antynchng law is expected as
result of the acqutta of the 81 defendants charged with
brually abducting and ynching Greenvle S. c. Negro
The Jury decision in the Greenvle case was especially
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Reporter

Members of the American
Can Unit of Local IL, UAW-
CIO were asked the question
this week; What should labor
do If President Truman fails
to veto the Taft Hartley Con-
ference bill If il is finally
passed by Congress.
Vincent NOwak: All organized
labor should get into politics
CIO, AFL and Railroad Brother
hoods should unite themselves
honestly believe that we
should start a labor party with
right from the ranks
of labor. Going back and forth
from the Republican to the
Democratic parties isn't getting
labor anywhere. l don't think
we will get anywhere until we
have a labor party.
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Engineers GiUe To
Summer Camp Fund
Drive To Be Continued. Seek
To Get TIUC Unions Support

the $4,000 figure this week thanks to 5000 donation by
the Toledo Council Society of designing Engineers it was
announced Monday of this week by Howard Redger who
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write Pres. Tru-
man to vote anti
union bill Ask
Congressman to up
hold such a veto.