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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Akos Reelected
By. Glass Union
Four Runoff Votes
Slated For Dec. /

william Akos, four term pre-,
sident of the Federation of Flat
Glass Workers was reelected to
serve a fifth term at the union
annual election of officers, Dec.
4th.
Akos defeated Don Thomp-
son by a nearly two-to-one ma
jority. The vote was; Akos,
1929; Thompson, 934.
Reelected for his sixth term
without oposition was Harry
Scott, financial secretary who
received 2078 votes.
Runoff elections will be re-
quired for the posts of 1st vice
president, vice chairman, trustee
and inner guard because no
candidate for the posts held a
majority. The runoff elections
were held at the plants of the
Libbey- Owens-Ford Co. yester-
day. Results were not available
at press time.
Compete In RunoffS
Competing in the runoff cleo
tions for the 1st vice presidents
post were John Reiter and
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12

initiation, and how the fed
eral budget could be pared,
to keep them dizzy for weeks.
They heard NLRB General
Counsel Robert Denham advise
not to accept closed shop con-
tracts with unions, and praise of
the Taft-Hartley law. But an
other speaker on the same panel,
DR.. George w. Taylor, of the
University of Pennsylvania,
warned the NAM audience that
the TIL law led to government
interference, and is a "restric-
tion of the collective bargaining
rights of both employees and EN-.
ployers.
Neatest trick of the week,
though, was pulled by the
speaker who left his audienceI
wondering what he meant when
he predicted that 1--WE are in al
stage of the boom where vulner-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
TO Spite His Face?

WASHINGTON (LPA) - A
Republican "die-hard," Rep. Max
Schwabe of Missouri, wants to
repeal the whole Fair Labor
Standards Act. He introduced a
bill to do this last week, explain
ing that what we can do right
now to have some immediate
effect on prices would be to
work harder and longer hours.
thus attempting to lick initiation
by more production" The way
to do this, according to Schwabe,
is to make workers produce
more by the simple device of
giving" them the advantage of
longer hours without overtime
pay, and allowing" them to
work for less than 40c an hour.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
.LCPC Sets
New Date

Members of the Labor and
Civic Political Committee will
meet on Dec. 18 at 800 p. m. in
Rooms 2, 3 and in the Com
modore Perry Hotel, it was an
nounced today by UAW Vice
President Richard Gosser, chair
man of the group. The meeting
which was originally scheduled
to be held Dec. IL was post
poned because of the absence
from the city of several of its
officers.
Mr.. Gosser stated that char
ters would be distributed to or
ganizations which have made ap-
plication and that individual
membership cards would also be
ready for the organizations affil-
lated with the LCPC.
Work of preparing an educa-
tional booklet outlining the pur-
pose of the new non-partiSan
political group is going forward
and will be submitted for ap-
proval of the group.
All organizations which are
interested in more liberalized
social legislation have been in
vited to attend the meeting. Up
to the present, CIO, MESA,
Brotherhoods, Team
Sters, AFL, several church and
other groups have signified their
of taking out charters
in the organization.
Thursdays meeting will be
presided over by Mr.. Gosser,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12

jor cases it obtained show-cause
orders against the international
Brotherhood of Teamsters-AFL
in Utica, N. Y, and against the
Federation of Architects, Engi-
neers, Chemists & Technicians-
CIO in New York City.
Injunction Cases
In Utica a federal judge or
dered the Teamsters to show
cause why injunction should not
be issued against them to halt
four alleged unfair labor prac.
tees. The first injunction was
asked to block the union from
wages for a union mem.
ber for a truck driven from Con-
necticut to Ohio by a non-union
man. The second sought to en-
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Oil Talks
Go Nowhere

Contract negotiations which
have been taking place daily
between the Pure Oil Co.
and the Oil Workers Union
CIO aimed at bringing an
end to the nine months strike at
the company's plant have gone
nowhere according to Clyde
Shamblen, Pure Oil Unit chair
man.
Every effort to resolve the
points of dispute by collective
bargaining have been rejected by
the company during the daily
talks between the union and
company which have been taking
place for nearly two weeks.
Mr.. Shamblen in a statement
to the UNION JOURNAL said,
"the company is stalling, ap-
parently hoping that it can break
the strike. 1t can't do it. We
will admit that we possibly have
a little dirty linen which we are
willing to allow the Labor-Man-
agement- Citizens Committee to
wash. On the other hand, we
know that the company has some
of its own, but it refuses to ac-
cept our offer to take the case
to arbitration"
L-M-C Would Aid
Offers of the L-M-C to aid in
the solution of the differences
have been rejected by the com.
pany which is still opposed to
accepting the plan. Nor have the
efforts of the state department OF
industrial relations been fruitful
in bringing the disputing parties
closer together. William Rogers,
director of the department of in
dustrial relations who was in
Toledo last week sitting in on
the negotiations left town after
three days without making the
slightest dent in the controversy.
Meanwhile, colder weather
which is in the offing makes the
of gas and oil more
lcute and is causing widespread
against the Pure Oil
20. for it's obstinate attitude and
ack of cooperating in reaching
IN agreement with its striking
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12

ability is great and where some
of the sustaining forces are be-
coming increasingly precarious.
This menacing warning was de-
livered by H. B. Arthur, econ
omist of Swift & Co., meat
packers.
Confidence Restored
Confidence was restore d,
though, when Arthur turned to
the question of wages. Zone has
to grant the virility of the wage
SPIRAL" he told his audience, "es-
pecially as long as we have John
L. LeWises with us, but while
business men have been getting
weaker and weaker in resisting
of late, the workers are learn
ing it's not genuine but fools
gold"
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12

the war.
81 have little hope that or
ganized labor will be able to
keep from asking for sizable
wage increases" he said, if as
surances are not given that
prices will be checked, and food
costs lowered, thru passage of
Truman's 10-point program.
There are already pressures
for third wage round,
Schwellenbach told the Con-
gressmen.
Labor cannot reasonably be
asked" he continued, ito bear
a solitary burden in the anti
initiation effort The full
variety of efforts which the
President has outlined is neces-
sary to provide the assurances
which labor will require"
Stresses Voluntary Action
AS to how any wage controls
should be administered, the Labor
Secretary placed heavy emphasis
on voluntary action, assuming
that the cost of living is held,
to insure that wage costs are
kept in line with the controlled
prices in the same product lines"
He recommended that, along
with price control machinery,
there be established in the
Labor Dept. a wage board to
watch and report on the coursel
of companion wage questions.
He indicated either an all-gov-
ernment, an all-public, or a tri-
paritite membership of these two
and labor, would be an accept
able composition.
The Labor Secretary said that
there has been no request for
to order wage settle
nents in the absence of labor
agreement" thus
eliminating a whole segment of y
wage issues from the coverage Of
he anti-inflation program.
Refuses Specific Items 4
Quetioned for an hour and q
quarter by Rep. Frederick C.
Smith (R., Ohio), Schwellenbach1
to list specific items on
which price controls should be
but agreed to bring in,
;ome time this week, a draft Of
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Presidents Control Views
Are Made Known To Congress
To Name
New Officers

Delegates to the Toledo In
dustrial Union Council will
select their officers for 1948
from the largest group of aspir-
ants ever to seek office in the
annual election to be held Mon
day, 7:30 p. m. at TUG head
quarters, GIL Huron st.
Most unusual of the contests
will be that for the presidency
with Fred Bebb, Local 706 Die
Casters Union president Edward
S. Roman from the same Local
contesting to unseat Richard
Lazette, incumbent seeking his
fifth consecutive term.
Four of the % posts will be
uncontested as follows:
Vice President, Cyril Babione;
attendance secretary, Don Blair
treasurer, Henry Baum; assistant
sergeant-at-arms, Frank Geb-I
hardt.
Burke Is Opposed
Tom Burke seeking his fourth
term as executive secretary will
be opposed by Earl Spencer.
Local 706 Die Casters, while
Eleanore Coakley, incumbent re-
cording secretary will be op-
posed by Val Kline, Local 706,
Die Caster.
In the contest for trustee to-
serve for three years a three
way race will be decided be-
tween Melvin Lazette and Robert
Burkart of Local IL, UAW-CIOI
and Raymond Weir, Local FOG
Die Casters.
Charles Clark, Spicer Unit,
Local IL will be opposed for the
office of sergeant-at-arms by
James Pifer, also of Spicer,
Virginia Adkins, Local FOG, Die
Casters is seeking the librarian
post from incumbent Gertrude
Moraney of the Office Work1rSH
Members AT Large
Largest of the contests will be
that of board member at-largel
with % contesting for the IL
places. Following are the con-
testants:
William Ankenbrandt, Kyle |
Davis, William Duck, John Grup,
Herman Hoppe, Mike Karavida,
Walter LaVrar, Frank LIGHTER,
Al Lindsey, Lewis Mattox, Nor
man Meilink.
Richard Moore, James Pifer,
Frank Puskas, William Rupp,
Tom Russell, Virgil Seger,
Joseph Shea, John Sheridan,
Adam Sobecki, John Weaver,
Robert Willard and Frank
Zaborowski.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Local 2 TO See
Send Lake Movies

Members of Local 8, Fedora
ton of Flat Glass Workers will
be shown the Local IL Children's
Summer Camp film, Building
For Tomorrow following the
Locals meeting, Friday, Dec. 10,
it was announced today by Will
liam Akos, Local 9 president.
Considerable interest in theI
summer camp was shown by
Local 9 which contributed a SUBJ
stantial sum of money to the
project last summer. More than
100 children of the members at
tended the camp during the
various two weeks camping
periods and took part in the
of the picture.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Atomic Workers
Vote Strike

OAK RIDGE (LPA)-Follow.
ing victory in an NLRB repre-
sentation election, more than
1000 members of the Gas, Coke
& Chemical Workers-CIO last
week voted unanimously to au-
thorize their bargaining commit
tee to call strike of production
employees at the atomic plant of
the Carbide & Carbon Chemical
Corp. here. The unions present
contract expires Dec. 8 and no
has been reached in
current negotiations. Union Off
GERS announced that unless a
is reached they will
use the strike powers delegated
to them.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Wont Election Day
AS Holiday

WASHINGTON (LPA)-More
voters would go to the polls if
election days were legal holi-
days, Sen. Warren G.%Magnuson
3D., Wash.) asserted last week.
The Senator proposed legislation
to provide legal holiday known
as National Election Day on the
Tuesday after the first Monday
in November of even numbered
years.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Gosser Names
z Assistants
Duck to Aid In
Aufo-Life Drive

Vice President Richard
Gosser who is completing
the organization of his staff
announced the appointment
of Walter Murphy and Wal
ter Madrzykowski as executive
assistants at a joint meeting of
the Region 2-B and Local staffs
last Saturday.
Mr.. Murphy was executive as
sistant to Vice President Gosser
during the latter's term as re-
gional director Mr.. MadrZykow-
ski has been attached to Mr.. Cos
ser's regional staff for the past
four years.
At the same time the appoint
ment of the executive assistants
was announced, Edward J. Duck,
International representative was
named as assistant director of
the Auto-Lite Intra-union Coun-
Gil. Mr.. Duck will assist in the
completion of the organizational
drive in Auto Lite shops. He
will be based in Toledo and re-
sumo his column "News To Me"
in the UNION JOURNAL.
Kinney Replaces Duck
Replacing Mr.. Duck in Gallon
will be Tom Kinney who will
take over a part of the work
there. Mr.. Duck was in charge
of the organizational work in the
North Electric Co. in that city.
Several other appointments re-
main to be made by the new
UAW vice president and will
probably be announced after the
first of the year.
Only one change was an
nounced in the Local IL staff.
This was the elevation of Lloyd
Speidell, recording secretary to
administrative assistant to PreSi-
dent Melvin Schultz.
Appointments to the staff of
Regional Director Charles Bal
lard will be made shortly after
January /.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
EDDIE'S BACK

Edward J. Duck, recent
ly appointed assistant di-
rector of the AutO-Lite In
Incorporation Council re-
SumeS his column in the
10 RN AL this week,
whats New" on the edi-
tOrial page four. Eddie who
has been very busy with
the North Electric Co. or
ganizatiOnal work in Cali
on will appear in his usual
spot each week.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
SchweIIenbach Relates
Price-Wage Control
Views To House

WASHINGTON Dec. 10 UPA)-Labor Secretary
Schweenbach last week spelled for the House Banking
& Currency Committee what President Truman meant r
his call to Congress to authorize price ceilings products
short supply which basicay affect the cost of living Of
industrial production and to authorize such wage ceilings
essential to maintain the necessary price ceilings
The Labor Department head made clear that earnings
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
Hanf To Entertain
Children 8 Party
To Present Top Flight Acts
At Annual Christmas Show

Eddie Hanf popular Toledo dancer and theatrical agent
will be Master of Ceremonies and present number of top
flight acts at the 18th Annual Local IL Chdrens Party
Civic Auditorium Sunday, Dec 21 it announced today
by William Healey, party chairman.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
WFTU TO BE GIVEN
CIO AID PROGRAM
Attempt Made to Block
Carey In Paris Meeting

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (LPA(-The CIO program for
aid to Europe will be presented to all aates of the World
Federation Trade Unions despite Communist opposition
the Marshall Plan CIO Secretary James Carey declared
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
NAM Meets Solves
ALL And Departs
Denham Tells Bosses To
Reject The Closed Shop

NEW YORK, Dec 10 UPA-The National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers annual Congress of American Indus
try back at its old stand the Waldorf-Asoria Hotel
last week And manufacturers given enough advice
about how to handle labor whether to worry about
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12
NLRB Closes Door
On Election Cases
Board Rules Out Unions
Which Fail to Comply

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 GPA)-The NLRB closed the
door for and for all last week any union participate
ing in election unless has filed anCommunist aff
davitS and financial statements.
In precedent-makng decision, the fve-man board
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-12

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
HALIBU1ERS ON
 STRIKE AGAINST PASSING ON TAX.

Ed. J Krause, Secretary of the Vessels Owners Association, said this morning that he has received word that U. s. halibut fishermen have gone on strike and will not work when the fishing season opens May 1.
 Krause said that he had been notified by the Deep Sea Fisherm- ems Union that it's members have been instructed not to handle any fishing gear until further word is given. According to Krause, the fishermen are disputing the recent rise in the boat owners share from 20 to B per cent of the haul.
 Krause said that the raise is necessary because fishermen are now covered by Unemployment Compen- sation benefits which means. he said, that the boat owner must pay out three per cent of the haul for this purpose.
 Krause argues that, while the boat owners have absorbed all other in- creasing costs within the past few years, they are of the opinion that this new expense should be passed on to the crew members.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
LEGION AUXILIARY
 MASK BALI k ONLY
 } WEEKS FROM NOW

Just three weeks from tonight the big Masquerade Ball sponsor cd by the American Legion Auxil- iary will be held in the Elks Hall and Edith Walker, dance chairman advises everyone to get busy on costumes for the affair, thereby adding to the competition for the really worthwhile prizes which are being awarded.
 A total of 23 prizes will be giv- en, with a first and second prize for both men and women in each of seven classifications, as well as a special award for the best waltz couple and the door prize given by the Auxiliary. Old-tim wedding gowns and bridegrooms dress suits and costumes of bygone days are to be separate classes, with prizes for each. The others will be Scan dinavian; fancy dress; comic; inn presentations and teen-agers, fol clever and original outfits.
 Mrs. Walker is giving a compact for the lady and mans tie for the best waltz couple, and the door prize given by the Auxiliary will be lovely pen and pencil Set.
 Here is the complete list of priz- es and their donors; sequin comh and earring set, Nugget Shop; X IA picture, Lights of Juneau, in a hand-modeled frame, Winter & Pond; Dresden figurine, Ludwig Nelson: Germaine Monteil per fume, Yvonne's; pin-up lamp. AL aska Electric Light & Power Co. Knox hat for men, B. M Beh- rends Store: standup picture frame, Hayes Shop, two pots of flowers, Juneau Florists; electric
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
6 kIDDIEs
 KILLED IN
 CAR(RA5H

EVANSVILLE, Utah, March 22.-'R Dorothy Webster, 20, was in criti- cal condition today from injuries suffered in a rain-automobile col lision that killed six children and injured three other persons last night.
 Miss Webster's father, Milford H. Webster, 55, diver of the car, and her brother, Dee Webster, l2, were reported recovering at an Ogden hos pital. Another Webster child, Jo Ann, 10, was among those killed
 The accident occurred when Web ster's car, carrying the children and his daughter from a movie at nearby Layton, was struck by the Union Pacific's westbound Los Angeles Limited from Chicago at crossing here
 Train crewmen said the signal was functioning, and State Highway patrolmen quoted Webster as saying he started over the crossing after observing that freight train on the double tracks had stopped. He said he did not see the limited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
No Overtime For Charlie

Declaring he intends to get going as soon as the present session of the Alaska Legislature is legally concluded, and will stand for no clock-stopping stuff, Sen pr Charles D. Jones yesterday after noon turned over to his colleagues an opinion from the Attorney Gen. eral on when the last day must end.
 The end of the Sixtieth Day, the Attorney General concluded, will actually come at 10 o'clock m, March 28. The session was ordered to convene at 10 o'clock on January 27, when the First Day began and each day extends a full 24- hour period.
 The Attorney General thereby ruled there is no need for clock stopping at midnight. But, he re- ported, stopping the clock to get in extra hours has been held legal.
 Anyway, Senator Jones will have his ticket to Seattle ready at hand when the closing hour draws nigh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
PUBLISHER pLUNCE5 TO
 HIS DEATH

BALTIMORE, March 22.-iR-C. Dorsey Wartield, 49, publisher of the Baltimore News-Post, fell to his death from a twslfth-floor win down in his apartment at the War lington Apartments on fashion able North Charles Street early this morning, police said
 Edward Fraser, switchboard op- crater at the apartment, house, said Mrs. Warfield was asleep at the time of Warfield's plunge and was not informed of her husbands death for more than an hour.
 He said the body was found by Lee Hope, a porter. on the lawn at the lear of the apartment, ap- parently having struck three foot ircn railing along a concrete ramp
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22
COMMUNISTS T0BE BANNED, LABOR RANKS

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22- lRl-The San Francisco Central Lator Council voted 138 to 36 last night to ban Communists from membership and urged they be ex- cluded from state AFL councils as well.
 Thomas White. Secretary of a Warehousemen's local, introduced the resolution, declaring it's pur- poe was ito eliminate Commun- ists from places of authority with in labor"
 One delegate, Rene Battalini, protested this is the road to Fascism.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-22

Silcx coffee-maker, Parsons Elec- tric; wooden sandwich tray, J, B. Burford & Co.,, Elizabeth Arden cosmetic set, Harry Race Drug Co.,; cosmetic set. Juneau Drug Store; album and records, Home Beauti- full; and $5 in trade is given by each of the following; Alaska Meat Co.,, Tom Hutchings H & M. Gro- cery & Meat Market, Sabins Mems Store, Thomas Hardware, l. Goldstein, Darnells Sport Shop Fred Hennings, Alaska Music Shop. Juneau Young Hardware, Spruce Delicatessen, Thibodeau Grocery. Douglas Drug Company and Feusi & Jensen in Douglas
 For the convenience of across the Channel residents, Val Poor has tickets for sale at the drug store, and a good representation is ex- rocted from Douglas on the big right.
 It is requested that everyone wear masks that night, whether in costume or not, and for those who arrive at the ball unmasked the Auxiliary will have masks for sale at the door. However the more cos tunes there are the more fun 1t will be for all, so Mrs. Walker anu her Auxiliary co-workers urge each one to get out that favorite old time dress that belonged to grand mother, or grandpa's stove pipe hat, and cane: the list of possibilities is too long to enumerate, so just get busy, and plan not to miss one of the most enjoyable affairs of the spring season.