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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10

about how many friends he
has? One of his fell o w
workers would like to know
one of them.
Rose Stritt, Dept. D, 1st
shift, will have to get a boy
friend to fit that WriSt-watch
she won the other day. Lucky
girl.
Fritz Wagner, Dept. d End
shift, recently bought a couple of
pairs of socks and for safe keep
ing, left them with two women
in his department. Just before
quitting time, he picked up the
package and started to don what
he thought were socks. To his
astonishment, he found in his
hand - we'll maybe we should
not mention the item dear to fe-
males.
To Mildred ClauSen, Dept.
ID 1st shift, we say thank you
and we like your spirit. You
know what we mean and the
other employees can find out
by asking you. Thank you,
again.
The Champion Baseball team
ended the regular season by win
ming their last two games to end
up in the second spot in their
league. Congratulations fellows,
we believe you can take the top
spot next year without any
trouble. For those of you (em-
ployees and spectators) who care
to see the team in action are in
vited to see the game at Deshler,
Ohio, Sunday Sept. IL, 1948.
Thanks to the employees
who have signed as blood do
nors. We have about 558 men,
bers in the club. We were sorry
that it was impossible to have
all the employees typed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10
Labor Dep t
Abolition
.Nipped
Herbert Hoover
Denies Charge
Of Rail Paper

WASHINGTON LPA) - A
story that the Commission or
Government Organization head.
ed by ex-president Herbert
Hoover was considering aboli-
ton of the Labor Dept. appear
ed in the newspaper Labor
organ of the railroad unions
last week. Hoover denied the
charge. But many people in
Washington believe that the
newspapers scoop saved the
Labor Dept. from a scheme
know to have the support of
at least some of the Commis-
sion's staff.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10

Ask Leo Carr why his motor
in his car failed to hit on all 8
recently. He knows he doesn't t
need new plugs because he bought
some from the Company.
ATTENTIONS! GOLFERS AT
CHAMPION. Don't forget the
Annual Golf Tournament spon-
sored by the Champion Spark
Plug Co. and the Champion Unit
at Valleywood Country Club on
September 25th. Plenty of prizes
and refreshments. Get your four
some together and secure your
ticket and starting time from
your Steward or Committeeman.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10

III VA FOLKS, your news
H hound has gathered gossip
from the four corners of the
shop. We print what people tel.
us and not our own ideas, so here
goes.
If anybody is in need of q
soap box orator, contact Charles
Nye of Dept. 2. He has had
plenty of years of experience SO
we are told. The only thing he
asks is that you furnish him
with the box.
Boy, did we enjoy those
cigars passed out by big Mike
Krispan. Just in case you
didn't know it he is the proud
father of baby boy. Come
now Mike let's give out with
the smokes.
When a person forgets to get
up in the morning isn't news, but
when he forgets his house num-
Der that is news. So Gale Davis
of the machine shop comes in that
category of the news. How a per-
son can forget it is hard to ex-
plain, at least we can't.
We wonder if the foreman OF
Dept. 2 found that soft spot in
Jack Vines back. Last week he
was seen patting Jack on the
back the day after he was sup
posed to have been fired. Maybe
you had better wear an armored
vest, Jack.
The wedding bells hit the
high note last Saturday for
Carl Snyder of Dept. 1. With
all these cigars being passed
out, the fellows won't have
to buy smokes for sometime.
Thanks, fellows.
It seems the Toledo Police
were quite busy with several en-
ployees of the shop last week.
They must feel like the company
does, always picking on us or
spying around some corner.
Now comes the time when
a certain person from Dept. 2
come out with the truth. Mean
ing Dick Armitage. Is you is
or is you amt married. Let us
in on the right track or pass
out the cigars.
From now on notices placed
on the bulletin boards will have
to be placed low enough so the
shorties and the bi-focals can
read them. Last week Bess of
Dept. 10 had to use step ladder
10 read one. We are so sorry of
he inconvenience, Bess.
Why wasn't a certain father
and daughter at work last week.
Reason for this can only be told
oy them.
Too bad some people couldn't
lraw pictures of themselves in
stead of others. Maybe then they
would see how foolish it looks.
While on the subject of drawing
pictures, these same people think
hat by these actions they can
make a jack out of the union.
The truth is they are only hurting
themselves.
Our pigeon jockeys are on
the fly. again. This time Len
of Dept. 8 has crossed breeds
until coming up with a jet
propelled homer.LaSt week a
flock was released to test their
speed. The results were SO
good that one had to come TO
Vie shop and give the report.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10
National
Supply Unit NeeUs
BY Shorty Sager

HAROLD BOOK, foreman in
- Dept. 54, actually smiled the.
other day. Watch it. Harold, you.
may crack your face.
The relief we got from the 102
degrees heat in Dept. 43 didn't
come from the air conditioning
unit in the front office.
Observing Homer doing it
the hard way) Harris giving :
golfing lessons to some anna
teurs at Ottawa Park August
26th. The first take was Butch
Bowers.
/ want to thank the inspector
in Dept. 50 who said OH!
THANK YOU Mr.. SULLIVAN
for letting me work that pro-
duction job Saturday. Kilory-
1t was really quiet in Dept. Al
the last two weeks. The only rea-
son we could figure it out is that
big wind "Chesty" Hoffman was
on his vacation.
A certain radial drill operator
in Dept. 43 is going out of the
hay business. There isn't a short
age of hay but there are too
many cutting in on it, says he.
How about it, Louie?
Some of the boys in the tool
crib would like to know if Clar-
ence Knudson is steward or is
he stooge..
There's a lot of gripping in the
shop lately. Why don't you take
your yeas and nays to the meet
ing where they elong.
You can have a bylaw book
for the asking. See your COM
mitteemen.
The night foreman, Cliff Rob-
inson, Dept. 43, and the tool
room foreman, Bill Ladig, are
having a feud for top super
snooper.
Bob Pugh, Dept. 43 nights,
wanted to be excused from the
parade to do his fall plowing.
The real reason is he's going 10
caddy for Cliff Robinson.
After 25 years of fishing
Virg Hickman, timekeeper, {.
hit the Jackpot with 5 Id.
bass.
Want to buy a gun? See Ed !
die Urban for particulars. Ed
die works in Dept. 104.
Surprise! Earl Wise, mainten-
ance Dept, became grandpa last
week. We didn't think you were
much past 81. This makes Al .
Wise a great grandfather. Better
get started on those chin whisk-
ers, Al. =
Rumor that Harold Jones and ,
Bill O'Brien, Dept. 43, have
joined the nudist colony.
After going so far as to bet
a five spot that he would work
Monday, Bob Strain (tool crib
didn't show up. Frank zackman
(tool crib) is trying in vain to 2
collect.
Glen Windish, Dept. 81 af-
ter being hospitalized for a :
week, is now recuperating in /.
his home. He would like very
much to have some visitors.
Glad to see Dick Scott back .
in Dept. "A after spending some
time with the Army.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10

j
ment Pension that is dished
our big hearted government
These brothers say that if 1t
was not for their m a n y
friends and odd jobs they
pick up they would starve to
death. Brother Young visited
Washington some time ago and
talked to Ramey, Taft, Bricker
and a great many more repre-
sentatives and senators but re-
ceived the cold shoulder from
all in regards to them helping to
increase the Social Security Old
Age Survivors Insurance.
There are billions of dollars in
this fund for politicians to play
with but not one dollar increase
for our starving Old Ayers. In
talking to a great many young
people they will always say 1t
will be a great many years before
we become 65 years old and we
do not have time to bother about
it now. You could be fooled be-
cause it might be your father or
mother. You can never tell and
you know they cannot live on
40 or so dollars month. You
will have to help them survive.
Let's all pitch. in and make their
dream come true with pension
of 125 dollars or more per month
instead of starving to d n .
Start writing or better still start
talking to your friends. Also vote
for people that are endorsed by
organized labor on Tuesday, No
vember End. We have this battle
to win and you can help. Start
today.
If there is anything in the
world that is heart rending it is
seeing a blind person being led
by a seeing eye dog. In great
many cases this blindness was
caused by accidents. In our plant
we furnish the employees with
about every type of eye protec-
ton and try every way to get
them to wear it. In some depart
ments we meet with success but
not in others. We are now work.
ing on another type of protection
known as wrist shields. In the
press shop and other departments
where stampings are processed
we have had quite an epidemic
of arm wounds, and are trying to
protect our members. This is an
other phase of safety that has to
be sold individually to protect
our members from injury.
Remember, Safety is better
than Compensation.
Emil Schmidt, one of our first
executive committeeman has fl
naly arrived back home in the
Body Shop, As bldg. 1t took a
long time for him to get there.
He has been appointed supervi-
sor and we know he will do a
good job as he has had enough
experience to know how to treat
workers.
We unde erStand by the
grapevine that Sisters Mamie
Bender and Elsie Altman have
been e | e ct e d Mayoress and
Vice -Mayoress of Dept. 222.
You can almost believe this if
you could see where the sisters
work. 1t is on the strap bench
and 1t sets in the middle of the
large Dept. All they have to
do is turn around and they can
see the majority of the bro
theirs and sisters. Mamie and
Elsie are what we call old
timers and have belonged to
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-10
Insurance In
Health Plan
Strong Point
In Cannaign

WASHIGTON (LPA) - A
ten-year program, including the
labor-s supported proposal for
national health insurance pro-
gram, was sent to President
Truman last week by Federal
Security Administrator Oscar
Ewing. The plan is expected to
be a strong point in the cam
paign by the Democrats to re-
turn the administration to
power.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
ILG OFERS RADIO SHOWS

New York (LPA) - The Int'l
Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL will sponsor a series of four
nationwide broadcasts as part of its
campaign to get out the vote this
November. The programs will be
heard on Oct. 7, ID, Fl and 2S over
the ABC network from 10 to 1915
p. m. Speakers invited to partici-
pate include President Truman, his
running mate Alben w. Barkley,
Labor Secretary Maurice j. Tobin
and Hubert Humphrey who is run
ming against Sen. Joseph Ball (R.,
Minn.).
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Attention FOureyes!

Washington (LPA)-The Justice
Dept has won a court action
against optical companies which
make the things that go into eye
glasses.
Attorney General Tom Clark last
week announced final court action
against American Optical Co.,
Bausch & Lomb, and 33 other big
optical manufacturers who are tied
in with the two big firms.
The antitrust division had charg-
ed the combine with monopolizing
distribution of glasses
and conspiring to fix prices at
which popular types of frames and
could be sold. r
The court judgment stops price
fixing in the industry, limits the
of the two biggest COM
panies, takes away some of the pat
ents and trademarks that made
the monopoly possible and prohi-
bits boycotting of other wholesale
firms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

women speaking on the floor at
union meetings and settling piece
work rates in the shop show union
democracy in action.
The film winds up with reviews
of various scenes showing benefits
offered by the union. The narrator
tells how the Taft-Hartley Act
would lessen or destroy these bene-
fits, urging that working men and
women use their right to vote to
protect these gains. The brightness
of the technicolor dims for NOM
ent while rotogravure pictures OF
the old sweat shops, and workers
carrying their machines on their
backs, remind the audience of con-
ditions which prevailed in the in
dustry before the union created the
present-day humane atmosphere.
The narrator warns that, unless
workers are intelligent, alert citiz-
ems who use their vote to protect
their conditions, the old sweat
shops may return.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

of the Mississippi Democratic
Party which has deserted them.
Are we to believe, for example,
that II. II. Cullen, millionaire head
of the Quintana Petroleum Corp,
who contributed heavily to Dewey's
campaign in 1914, as well as to
Sen. "Pappy" O'Daniels' various
propaganda ventures didn't kick in
something to Dixiecrats Thurmond
and Wright when he wined and
dined them in Houston recently?
Perhaps | am unduly suspicious.
1t could be that Cullen and other
big-monied friends Of the racists
aren't coming thru after all, count
ing as they do on straight Re-
publican victory in November. So
long as they're sure of this they
can afford to rate the Dixiecrats
as a strictly two-bit side-show.
But if President Truman contin-
ues to outshine Dewey on their
swings around the country, and If
the fat boys find out how success
ful organized labor's campaign to
get workers registered has been,
they may yet find it worth spend
ing some real dough to detach a
couple of southern states from the
Democratic slate, which otherwise
stands a good chance of winning
elections.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Circuit Court Ruling upho|ds Union;
Orders Bargaining On Retirement Plan

o.-Retirement and pen
sion plans must be submitted to
collective bargaining negotiations
by employers at the demand OF un-
ions, according to a unanimous de-
cision of the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals here.
In a second phase of the same
case, the court upheld by vote OF
u to 1 the constitutionality OF the
Taft Hartley laws requirement
that union officers file non-Com-
munist affidavits to qualify their
unions before the National Labor
Relations Board.
The decision was handed down in
an NLRB case involving the Inland
Steel Co. and the CLOS United
Steelworkers.
Judges Otto Kerner, Sherman
Minton and j. Earl Major joined
in the decision concerning the re-
tirement and pension plans. Judge
Major holding that the non-Com-
munist oath section Of the law to
be unconstitutional, dissented from
the majority opinion on that issue.
The case arose when the union
demanded that it be given the right
to bargain over the case of each
employe eligible for retirement and
to include the terms of the pension
plan in collective bargaining as it
related to all employees.
Contending that neither the ques-
tion Of retirement age nor pension
privileges was in the field Of col
lective bargaining, the company re-
fused to discuss either with the un-
ion. The union appealed successful
ly to the NLRB, which ordered the
company to bargain, but attached
to its order the condition that the
unions officers file non-Commun-
list affidavits within 30 days.
The decision placing retirement
and pension plans in the area of
collective bargaining said that the
controversy has to do with the
construction to be given or the
to be attached to the
(language) for the purpose of col
lective bargaining in respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of en-
or other conditions of
"We are convinced that the Ian
guage employed by Congress, con-
5idered in connection with the pur-
pose of the act, so clearly includes
4 retirement and pension plan as to !
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Striking Dock
lHdnds Load
Army Cargo

San Francisco UPA)-Striking
west coast longshoremen worked
under an uneasy truce with the
Army last week.
The Int'l Longshoremen's &
Warehousemen's Union had reach
ed agreements with Mutual Steve
doring Co. in San Francisco and
Griffith & Sprague in Seattle to
load army cargo for shipment to
the far east. After working for sew
eral days, however, ILWU Local 10
in San Francisco bay gave a new
ultimatum to the army threatening
to cancel its contract unless the
army stopped using civil service
"strikebreakers" at its Oakland
base. The union said that when they
signed the contract, the army had
agreed to stop hiring non-union
dock workers.
During the week, ILWU men,
bers cleared the dock at Oakland so
that army freight would be free for
rail shipment. The strike commit
tee also announced that it would
unload an elephant due from Siam
on October 8 or 10 because the
children of Sacramento had put up
nickels and dimes to buy the eleph-
ant for the municipal zoo and they
don't want them to be disappointed.
On the East Coast a shipment
of wheat bound for Europe was re-
moved to a grain elevator because
it was spelling in the hold. The
army had to give up transferring
the grain to another ship because
the union boycotted it as hot cargo.
Meanwhile, ILWU Pre- d e t
Harry Bridges again challenged
the ship owners to cooperate in
obtaining a quick trial of his libel
suit against them. The Waterfront
Employers Assn ignored the chal-
lenge and instead sent letter to
$4,000 union members asking them
to revolt against their leadership.
"The present top leadership of your
union follows the Communist Party
line which dictates disorder" the
letter said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

leave little, if any, room for con-
struction," the opinion read.
"While, as the company has de-
monstrated, a reasonable argument
can be made that the benefits flow
ing from such a plan are not
wages, we think the better and
more logical argument is on the
other side, and certainly there is
in our opinion, no sound basis fof
an argument that such plan is
not clearly included in the phrase
'other conditions of employment" ;"
The company held in it's brief
that a fixed retirement age was
advantageous to employees because
it gave advance notice of the time
of retirement, eliminated disputes,
provided incentive for younger men
and applied alike to all employees.
1--WE are unable to differentiate
between the conceded right of a
union to bargain concerning a dis
charge, and particularly nondis-
criminatory discharge, of an en-
ploye, and its right to bargain con-
cerning the age at which he is to
retire." the opinion said.
In either case, the opinion said,
the effect upon the conditions" of
employment was that employment
was terminated and the affected
is entitled under the act
to bargain collectively, through his
duly selected representatives con-
cerning such termination"
In his dissent on the affidavit
question, Judge Major pointed out
that the law was directed not at
unions as such, but at individual
"each of whom has been
to stymie the entire
bargaining process and thus de-
prive the union of its right to act
as bargaining agent"
"And Il single official can do this
very thing by refusing to make the
affidavit for any reason or no rea-
son." he added.
Citing numerous decisions hold
ing that the right of workmen to
and select bargaining
agents came from the Constitution,
irrespective of any rights conferred
by the Labor Relations Act, Judge
Majors opinion described as "shal-
ow" the reasoning that union mem
Ders had in their own hands the
power to select officers willing to
sign affidavits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
OBITUARIES
THEODORE f. ROSE

Beaver Falls, Pa.-Theodore Ed
ward Rose, Sc, died suddenly OF a
heart attack Sept. 25 in his home
1417 Fourth avenue. He had been
resident of Beaver Falls for 4C
years, coming here from Meriden,
Conn.
A kilnman by trade the deceased
was employed at the Mayer China
Co. and affiliated with Local Union
33, National Brotherhood of Opera
tive Potters. A staunch labor man,
Mr.. Rose represented his local at
numerous conventions and wage
conferences. He was member of
the Beaver Falls Turner'S.
Mr.. Rose leaves his widow Mrs.
Mary Parsons Rose; two children
Mrs. Curtis w. Hutzley at home
and William c. Rose, Beaver Falls;
four brothers George, Floyd and
Horris Rose of Meriden, Conn.,, and
Anthony Rose of Southington,
Conn; two sisters Mrs. Stella Jes-
mandi and Mrs. Michael Catalina
of Meriden, and six grandchildren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
SEN. BARKLEY PROMISES
REPEAL OF THE TIL LAW

New York UPA)-Before an
audience of over 5000 trade union
lists Democratic vice presidential
nominee Sen. Alben Barkley last
week promised that if Democratic
Congress is returned in November
the Taft-H Hartley law will be re-
pealed.
Of equal Importance to the work
ing men and women of the country,
Barkley said, is the Democratic
party's commitment to enact aid
to education, low-cost housing and
increased minimum wage legisla-
ton. "The Democratic party be-
lieves that prosperity should come
from the bottom up. The Republi-
can leadership believes in catering
to the more privileged people of
the country" the Kentuckian de-
clared.
Barkley was one of a number of
speakers at a meeting of union of
ficers and shop chairmen called by
the Trade Union Council of the
Liberal Party of New York. Presid-
ing was Int'l Ladies Garment
Workers Vice President Charles
Zimmerman, chairman of the Lib
eral union committee.
Other speakers included Liberal
Party Chairman Adolf A. Berle,
ILGWU President David Dubinsky,
Vice President John Livingston of
United Auto Workers, President
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Machinists Back
Truman Candidacy
Want 30-hr. Week

Grand Rapids OPA)-For the
third time in it's 60-year history,
the Intl Association of Machinists
is on record with an endorsement
of candidate for the presidency
of the US. Harry S. Truman was
the unquestioned choice of the un-
ions delegates as the second and
final week of the IAM's national
convention wound to a close.
The lam resolution made it plain
that this was not a blank-check en-
dorsement of the Democratic party,
but a pledge of support to the man
who vetoed the Taft Hartley law.
Delegates rejected unanimously a
resolution supporting Henry Wall
ace, and after debate voted down
another resolution calling for the
formation of an independent labor
party.
A renewed campaign for the 30
hour work week was approved by
the delegates, who agreed that the
IAM's membership as well as the
public should receive the facts on
why a shorter work week-without
any reduction in pay-could cush-
ion the depression that may follow
the present boom.
The machinists' executive coun
Gil has been given the power to ne
gotiate with the AFL "to continue
its efforts to achieve a fair, equit-
able and honorable settlement of
our dispute"
A new Automotive Dept was
authorized, aimed at organizing
350,000 unorganized auto mec-
hanics.
The new rash Of trade schools in
the automotive trades, established
to take advantage of Veterans Adj
ministration funds available under
the CT Bill of Rights, was termed
"cheating" veterans by leading
them to believe they could learn
automotive repair by correspond
ence courses.
Guest speakers the final week
included Jerry Voorhis, former
Congressman and now secretary of
the Cooperative League of USA,
and Serafino Romualdi, executive
secretary of the Confederation of
Latin American Workers.