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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
cI0 TO Fight
Union Taxes

WASHINGTON, October 30
(LPT) = Congressional hear.
ings on proposals to tax union
treasures will hear union wit
nesses despite the near-secrecy
with which the hearings were
scheduled.
The CIO last week requested
the House Ways & Means Com
mittee, which will hold the hear.
ings starting Nov. 4, for time to
be heard. The CIO national leg
islative committee will meet this
week to plan its strategy and
select its witnesses against the
proposal.
There had been no advance no
tice of the hearings and Com
mittee members said that invita-
tions were never issued to in.
terested parties. The hearings on
the COPS tax program - twice
vetoed by President Truman =
will also include plans to tax
co-ops.
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Fos+orio Allie
Okoys Contract

FOSTORIA, Oct. 20 - Agree
ment between Local 533, UAW'
CIO and the Auto-Lite Spark
Plug Co. of this city in their
contract negotiations was an.
nounced here today by Joseph
Rice, chairman of the unions
bargaining committee.
Wage increases of liz cents
an hour were agreed upon for
the company's 1900 employees
and an additional scents for in
equities involving wage earners
in the lower brackets. Also
granted by the company were
six paid holidays. The increases
were retroactive to May 5.
Assisting in the final negotia.
tions leading to settlement of the
contract was Richard GoSser,
Toledo UAW director. Howard
Rediger, International un i o n
representative of the Region 2-B
staff was in charge of the nego-
tiations.
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Gallon Union
Rejects Co.
Election Bid

GALLON, Oct. 30-UAW-CIO
officials meeting here with rep
resentatives of the strike bound
North Election Co. rejected the
company's proposal for a rep
resentation election following
the conference agreed upon as a
result of last weeks mass picket
ing of the company's plant here
to break up a company-inspired
back to work movement.
Edward ]. Duck, International
union representative attached to
the staff of Richard Gosser, To-
ledo. UAW director stated that
the union had proposed an cleo
ton weeks ago, following the
beginning of the strike Aug. 21I
and that the company had re-.
jected the offer. Duck said that
the union would turn over its.
pledge cards to a mutually salts.
factory mediator to determine if
the union had a majority of the.
plants employees signed into
The com pany management
said it was unwilling to accept
ledo UAW director, stated that
the union as bargaining. agent
unless it had conclusive evidence
by secret ballot that the union
represented a majority of the
plants employees.
Company officials had made it
very obvious from the beginning
Of the strike that they are de-
pending heavily upon the terms
Of the .Taft-Hartley Act to des-
troy their employees organiza-
ton and break the strike.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
RR. Unions PIon
Their Own PAC

WASHINGTON, Oct. 80 -
(LPA) - The nations Railroad
Brotherhoods intend to go into
the political field more vigor-
ously than in many years. That
was made clear last week by
Executive Secretary A. E. Lyon
of the Railway Labor Execu-
tives Association, composed of
presidents of 20 rail unions.
Political action, Lyon said,
will be a major subject of dis
cusSion at a regular meeting of
the association to be held here
on Nov. IL. Lyon declared the
union chieftains would prob
ably re-examine the unions
past policies and methods to de-
termine what changes are ne
cessary to be even more effec-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31

"Alfred Kamin is an attorney
for District SO of John L. Lewis's S
United Mine Workers. He has
been associated with Lewis in
various legal capacities for at
least 10 years." said Reuther.
alfred Kamin is also a close
friend and personal associate of
Harry Barnard, the high
powered press agent hired and
imported from Chicago by
George F. Adde's, r. j. Thomas
and Rich ard T. Leonard to
handle their factional political
campaign in the UAW.
Reveals Faction Tie-Up
"The announcer m mt that
Kamin, Harry Barnard'S friend
and associate, is the leader of
the group that Morris says re-
tanned him reveals the tie-up
between the Taft-Reuther hoax
and the campaign of the Adde'S
Thomas-Leonard faction in the
UAW.
Whatever effect, if any, the
Barnard-Kamin hoax mi G h t
have had has been accomplished.
It's authors have no purpose in
carrying it on any further"
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DeIPhos JAW
Granted Hike

DELPHOS, Oct. 27-Approxi.
mately ITO employees of the Del.
phos Bending Co. were granted
wage increase last week
amounting to Scents an hour
bringing them to 18-cents in
hourly increases in the last IL
months it was announced here
today by Cloid Lichty, Interna-
tional UAW representative from
the staff of Richard Gosser, To-
ledo UAW director.
In addition to the wage in
crease, three holidays will be
paid by the company as follows:
Memorial, Labor Day and
Thanksgiving. To compensate for
three additional holidays pay,
the company agreed to pay a
Christmas bonus based on the
profits of the preceding year.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31

Communist affidavitS, bars
a union from using the facili-
ties of the NLRB.
A listing re lie sc d by the
Labor Dept. showed that a total
of 2995 unions had filed. Of
these 2034 were affiliated AFL
unions and 130 affiliated CIO
unions. There were 769 indie
pend unions including both
parent organizations and affili-
ated locals.
First Elections Ordered
The first collective bargain
ing elections under the new law
were ordered by the NLRB last
week. The first will be held
among 800 workers employed by
Cities Service Oil Co. and will
determine whether the Sea-
farers International Union-AFL
will be the bargaining represen-
tative.
Meanwhile NLRB Chairman
Paul Herzog disclosed that an
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Truman Calls For Special Session
GOsser Named For EP Post Bv Right
Warns Nation,
Calls Action
A Necessity

WASHINGTON, Oct. 80
GPA)-It is up to organized
labor and to all of the people
of this nation to insure
prompt and effective action
by Congress when it meetS
Nov. II, both to stop initiation
and to save the democracies
of western Europe from de-
struction.
This is the challenge thrown
to the nation by President Tru-
man, last week, in a nationwide
bo a d t explaining to the
country his sudden call of the
Nov. II special session of Con-
gress.
Truman told the nation that it
could choose two courses, in the
face of "high prices at home
and hunger and cold abroad"
"We could choose the course
of inaction," the President said
I'VE could wait until depression
caught up with US, until our
living standards sank, and our
people tramped the streets for
jobs. Other democratic nations
would lose hope, and become
easy victims of totalitarian ag-
gression. That would be the
course of defeatism and cow
ardice.
"Our other course is to take
timely and fortnight action. If
we do this, we can halt the
spiral of initiation at home, re-
lieve hunger and cold abroad
and help our friendly neighbors
b e o m self-supporting once
again.
Ask Price Legislation
Turning to the domestic price
situation, Truman ISported that
he would ask thSt -angress to
pass comprehensive legislation
'for putting an end to excessive
prices and the hardships and
dangers which company
them"
Truman did not specifically
the form of price con-
troll or rationing he would pro-
pose Nov. II, but his Council of
Economic Advisers is known to
have proposed controls on basic
commodities like wheat and coal
at an early stage in the distribu-
ton process, to insure that they
are used where they are needed,
Continued on Page 2
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early decision will be made by
the Board on whether cases that
were pending before Aug. %,
when the Taft Hartley law went
into effect, will be considered.
Labor lawyers are anxiously
awaiting this decision, but on
one other score they feel that
labor has scored a quiet victory
over NLRB G e n eral Counsel
Robert Denham.
For weeks it has been konwn
that Denham opposed the idea
of non-filing unions appearing
on the ballot in decertifica-
ton elections. The Board
has nevertheless proceeded to
conduct decertification elections
with non-filing unions on the
election slip. According to NLRB
sources, this will continue to be
the policy and Denham will not
risk another reversal BY forcing
the issue. ~.----~
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Burke Rally
Spurs Votes
PAc To Put On
FinuI Drive

Saying that this years eleetion
is "a practice run for 19aB9
Tom Burke, candidate for re-
election to City Council called
for large labor vote turnout
next Tuesday to show the poll
ticianS that labor is awake. Burke
addressed a rally sponsored by
his committee in the Commodore
Perry Hotel ballroom.
Burke stressed the Importance
of good streets, good roads, ade-
quate parking facilities, housing,
airport and other municipal inn
provements. He emphasized the
need for providing large d
landing filed facilities to accom-
modate the large planes and said
that Toledo should provide good
airport facilities that will write
itself off for the city in future
years.
Very little improvement has
occurred in the housing short.
age according to Mr.. Burke who
told of the CLOS determination
to aid in veterans housing pro-
ject without profit.
States His Position
Stating his position on the
city administration, Mr.. Burke
said, II do not agree with every.
thing the administration brings
out. Neither do l disagree with
everything" The reason given
for his support of the city ad-
ministration was because "labor
has had a fair and equitable
break"
Praising City Manager George
N. Schoonmaker as an able and
efficient engineer, the CIO mem
Der of Council said, I think
that George is too easy going"
Ollie Pecord managing editor
of the TOLEDO UNION JOUR-
NAL spoke in support of PACI
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31

Local IL, UAW-CIO.
The project which will con-
sist of 66 homes ranging in
cost from $4,000 to $4,000 has
proceeded to the point where an
option has been secured on land
on the edge of the city in which
all utilities are installed and the
land surveyed preparatory to
plating.
In explaining the proposal to
the TIUC delegates, Mr.. Elking-
ton, who is chairman of the Vet
eranS' Home Cooperative, said
that 'the city has not done a
thing for the veterans" except
put up temporary homes. "We
finally decided that if anything
is to be done, we will have to do
1t ourselves"
Founded At Champion
The cooperative which was
founded at the Champion Spark
Plug Co. by Mr.. Ellington and
a few other veterans selected the
following as officers; Edmond
Mielczarek, 1865 Hamilton St.,
vice-president; Rob rt Emch,
1861 Wayne ST., secretary;
Joseph Emch, 731 S. Erie ST.,
treasurer and Melvin Beamon,
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31

Morris & Co. publicity firm
of Chicago announced:
1. Abandonment of the pro-
ject to form a Taft-Reuther
ticket for the Republican nomi-
nations for the presidency and
vice-presidency of the US; and
2. That the leader of the
committee of public spirited
citizens" who had retained the
Morris firm to promote the yarn
was Alfred Kamin, a Chicago
lawyer who has for 10 years
been associated with John l..
Lewis and has handled various
legal cases for District so of
the UMWA.
Reuther Makes Statement
UAW esident Walter
Reuther, whose supporters claim
he has $500 out of the 7546 con-
vention votes, made this state
ment on the Taft-Reuther hoax:
"The Morris announcement
! that the Taft-Reuther project
has been abandoned confirms
the charge l made that the
Morris claim to represent such a
group was part of a national
smear campaign by my political
opponents in the UAW-CIO.
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PAC Backed
Are Listed

Here is a thumbnail sketch
of PAC endorsed candidates
whom all CIO workers are
asked to vote for next Tues
day:
Thomas Fl. (Tom) Burke: -
Council incumbent seeking re.
election. One of the founders of
CIO in Toledo. Democrat. Ex-
cellent voting record. Favors
and has worked hard for vet
erans housing. Is for continuing
the Schoonmaker administration
Advocate of better parking and
traffic facilities and an improved
airport. A real progressive who
deserves your No. l vote.
Constantine A. MorgilIO: - A
newcomer to politics. Resident of
East Toledo for 81 years. indie
pendent Democrat. Member of
Spicer Unit of Local IL for past
five years. Formerly belonged to
Local 9 Glass Workers-C -CIO.
Honest and sincere. Endorsed by
PAC for City Council.
Robbie Robbins: Candidate for
Adams Township trustee. A new
conner to politics. Member of
Spicer Unit. Former member
of Willys-Overland Unit. Has
been active in the union. Lived in
Adams Twp. for the past IL
years and is we'll acquainted with
its problems. Give him your
vote. He would make a good Of
ficial.
Clarence ZeIIer: Member of
Spicer Unit seeking election as
trustee of Washington Twp. Vet
Grams of World War II serving
Continued on Page 2
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Punishment Fits
The Crime

CHICAGO GPA) - A South
Side auditorium here will be the
scene of a unique sentence when
go persons arrested last August
attend special lectures on racial
understanding. The go were in.
volved in disturbances protesting
the placement of Negro veterans
families in the Fernwood hous-
ing project. Disorderly conduct
charges have been suspended by
Judge Joseph ]. Drucker until
the defendants have had an op-
portunity to hear several talks
by prominent men. The judge
will check attendance.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
R & R Strike
Comes TO End
Workers Vote To
Accept Contract

Members of the Ransom &
Randolph Unit Of Local IL ended
their nine weeks strike on Tues
day evening of this week when
they voted to accept the contract
agreement worked out between
the union and the company man
agement.
The strike which started Aug.
21 involved many contract
clauses which the company man.
agement sought to change as
well as wages and incentive
rates.
Final solution of the strike
was brought about when Richard
Gosser, UAW director entered
the negotiations and brought
about a settlement mutually sat
isfactory to the union and COM
pany.
Give Wage Hike
1ncIuueQ IN Ine pact was a
wage hike of 1112 cents an hour
for all hourly workers who con.
stitute about two.thirds of the
100 persons employed by the
company. Also granted an in
crease were the incentive work
ers who will receive a Scents an
hour boost in their base rate and
an agreed incentive plan which
will net them up to 10-cents be-
yond the base rates.
Employees will probably return
to their jobs today and not later
than Monday.
Lloyd Speidell represented Lo-
cal IL in the negotiations.
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Heifefz Union Official

NEW YORK (LPA) - Violin
ist Jascha HeifetZ was last week
elected as one of the five vice
presidents of the American Guild
of Musical Artists-AFL. Heifetz
was one Of the founders of
AGMA and has previously serv-
ed as an officer and on the
Board of Governors.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
IT'S FREE

A lot of people like things
that are free while others
only like the things they
are forced to pay for. If
you like things that are free
why don't you tune in next
Saturday afternoon and lis
ten to LabOr's Side of the
News, presented over radio
station WTOL from 1870 to
las p. m. It's not only
free but good. Tune in.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
Group To Run
Full Slate
For Top Posts
BY Ollie Pecord

Richard Gosser, Toled d o
UAW-CIO direc tor, was
named by the national right
wing caucus as its unanimous
choice for one of the two In
ternational union vice-presiden-
cies as a meeting held in Detroit
on Saturday of last week.
The right wing slate which
was recommended by the ma
tional steering committee and
unanimously d op e d by the
caucus, was headed by President
Walter p. Reuther who is seek
ing reelection. The other two
named by the caucus were John
Livingston, Kansas City, region
al director and Emil May, De-
troit regional co-director.
Reports given to the meeting
indicate that the right wing
forces h av accumulated an
overwhelming majority of con-
vention votes with many for
merly under left control giving
block votes and majorities to
the right wing.
Outlines Group Program
Walter Reuther who made the
principal talk of the meeting
outlined the right wing program
and told the assembled dele
gates, this union is not going to
be a dictatorship as the left
charges. 1t is not going to be a
one man union but a partner
ship with an executive board
that is not made up of rubber
When the names of the slate
were announced to the meeting
for consideration, each man re-
ceived an enthusiastic and long
ovation. Richard Gosser was a
very popular choice with the
delegates who gave a strong
demonstration of his popularity.
Approval was voted for the
right wing program advocated
by President Reuther and others
Continued on Page 2
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LOST ITEMS

There are still a few
items left behind at the LO-
cal IL Summer Camp by
the boys and girls who for
got shirts, bathing suits and
other wearing apparel. Chill
dren can still recover their
property by calling at LO-
cal IL headquarters. I'm
called for clothing will be
turned over to a social serv-
ice agency at the end of two
weeks.
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UNIV Attorney Is
Used For Stooge

WASHINGTON Oct 80 = (LPA) - Drew Pearson's
rating prophet hit low this week when the fake
story first aired by him about TaftReuther ticket blew
up in his face.
Pearson left looking like stooge when the p H.
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CIO Council viii
Aid Vet Housing
Cooperative Home Proposal
To Be Given Loan Assistance

Assistance for cooperative veterans housing project
voted by delegates to the Toledo Industrial Union Coun-
ell at their regular monthly meeting Monday night of
this week following explanation of the proposal by Carl
ELLINGTON member of the Champion Spark Plug Unit Of
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
AFL, CIO Filing
Financial Reports

WASHINGTON, Oct. 80 = (LPA) = Fifty-six AFL in
unions and only six CIO affate have filed
organzaonal and financial reports the Labor
Department announced last week.
Failure to file like failure to sign the TafHartey anti
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31

Richard GOsser, TOledO o
UAW director was named last
Saturday by the right wing
caucus as its choice for Inter-
national union vice-president.
He will run on a slate con-
sisting of President Walter p.
Reuther who is seeking re-
election, John Livingston, st.
Louis director and Emil MazeI,
Detroit cO-director. Director
GOsSer has been director of
Region 2-B since 1912. Previ-
Gus to that he was president
of Local IL and chairman of
his own Unit, WilIys-O Overland.
He is a member of the Toledo
LIMO and chairman of the
Toledo UAW-CIO Educational
League.
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Industry Busy.
Can't Give Roises

NEW YORK, Feb. rs (LPA)
u. S. industry this week was
busy with the two biggest prob.
lens in its history: 1.-The job oi
reporting the largest net prof
its ever recorded, and 2-pre-
pairing its rejection of labor'S
new wage demands.
Unprecedented net profits
after taxes were reported by an
increasing number of firms with
every indication-from govern
ment and private economists
that 1947 promised to be an even
more profitable year.
Nearly 500 per cent net prof
its were chalked up by Pacific
Mills, textile manufacturers,
which reported a 1946 net OF
50, ,502,891 as compared with
81 ,996,070 in 1945.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber more
than doubled its net profits
showing $36,211,784 after taxes
compared with $15,136,816 In
1945. u. S. Gypsum reported q
net of $12,413,955 against $4,-
352,183 for 1945,
Similar reports were in from
many other industries.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28

Have Been A Different Story
Shades of the original Miller
styling on this onel
The nations top male vocal
ist according to national polls
is Perry Como. His latest re-
lease is That's Where Came
In," with II Want to Thank
You, Folks" on the other side.
In albums, we repeat our sug
gestion of a few weeks ago that
you can't 60 wrong on the "Fi
mans Rainbow" album, with Al
Goodman's orchestra, and fea.
turing Jimmy Carroll, Audrey
Marsh, Maxine, Earl Oxford,
and the Mullen Sisters. The
songs are not all popular yet
because they have not all been
introduced via radio, but like
the Annie Get Your Gun"
hits, or the hits of any other
show, they will be released one
at a time in order to make the
most effective impression on
the public. RCA Victor makes
this album, and soon it will be
temporarily out of stock, so
get yours early.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
Oil Strike
Called of

LOS ANGELES, Feb. rs -
| (LPA) - A wage agreement
reached just three hours before
a strike deadline halted walk
out of 10000 CIO oil workers in
five western states last week.
The strike was called off by
President o. A. Knight, of the
Oil Workers Int'l Union-CIO,
after a tentative agreement was
reached. Subject to ratification
by the membership, the agree
ment will bring 10c an hour
across.the- board increase plus a
provisional cost of living in.
crease of S17.70 monthly. The
pact stipulates that either the
union or the company may re-.
open the wage scale issue after
Sept, /.
A total of SO expired con.
tracts were involved, ranging
from Washington and oregon to
California, Arizona and Nevada.
Union leaders estimated that the
new contracts, if confirmed by
the membership, will bring an
average wage increase of slight
ly more than 20c an hour. Ac-
cording to industry estimates,
present wages average $l.40.
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Rent Controls
Hang By Thread

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The
fate of the rent control program
was still in doubt this week, as
Congress has continued its slash.
ing of the present program.
Last week, the House voted,
overwhelmingly, to refuse OPA's
request for a $5,900,000 def
cheney appropriation to carry the
rent control program through
June 80, but also voted to order
the agency to return an addi.
tional $4,000, 900 to the Treas.
ury. II the Senate passes this
death by starvation" measure,
the rent control program will
end for lack of funds.
President Truman, asked at
last weeks press conference II
he planned any last.minute &C.
tion to rescue the agency, indi.
Gated that he would cross that
bridge when he came to 1t. Max
McCulloch, chief of what re-
mains of OPA, has indicated that
he will continue all operations
until Congress tells him not to.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-28
New Autry Formal
For Columbia Pics
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD - Breaking
away completely from the series
type of picture Gene Autry has
heretofore been identified, the
eight high-budget Western mu-
steals to be made by Gene Autry
Productions during the next two
years for Columbia release will
all be individual stories without
any repeat" characters, Ar
mand chaefer, president of the
new organization, announced re-
Gently.
Different leading ladies, diff
ferent comedians and different
musical groups will be employed
in the Autry films, and no
troupe of stock characters" is
contemplated, S Schaefer re-
vealed.