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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-04
The
.Acklinite
BY Lewis MattOx

Roman Czerniak whose nick
name is "Gyp' must be trying
out for the Louisville Ball Club
He is sporting a new ball cap.
One of the hottest debaters on
Holiday day pay are Brothers
Schulls, Trzkalski and Heron
Its seems Brother Walter and
Ollie have the best argument.
Keep your eye on Chester, his
Jeep and on the Blonde. Come
on Chet tell us about it.
A very good boy on the COM
mittee is Frank Woods. He is an
old timer on the committee, and
claims he is the voice of ex-
perience, could be.
The Acklin Delegation to La
Dor Management dinner were as
follows: for the Management
Harry Smith and Robert Keller,
for Labor; Louis Mattox, S.
Schoviak and j. Obarski. They
all agreed it was educational.
Our Soft Ball team had a
hard way to go but they are in
there trying and deserve our
support. Go out and give them
some.
Brother Frank Majachrowski,
our catcher on the Day soft ball
team, is commonly known as
Gas House" his old home town
being st. Louis, Missouri, the
home of the Gas House Boys.
The temperature of our Shop
will probably rise considerably
in the next few weeks with
negotiations for wages and a new
contract.
This really must be Leap Year
for all the girls in our shop are
getting married-office too.
We are very sorry to hear of
the death of Walter Trzaskal-
skis father.
Sister Myrtle Mucci has been
i'll and in the hospital, we wish
her very speedy recovery.
Brother Chinni's ticket sales
have dropped off since he has
been requested to do a little
more and less sales.
Bob Hoag is the only angler
in the Die Shop who reports
good fishing over the Holidays.
Now that the Die Shop works
very little overtime Ted Nichols
plays it smart. He works during
the Lunch hour. You need
money that bad Ted? Sell one of
your houses.
How about bringing in that
tool box, Hyde?
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at meetings h FL d Saturday
May 20 and on Sunday May
80.
Following the settlement OF
the II day strike Mr.. Mathews
issued the following statement:
The Crysler workers, with the
support of the General Motors
workers and the whole member
ship of the UAW-CIO, have
definitely cracked the solid op-
position to wage increases in the
automobile industry, position
in which auto management was
allied with the steel, electrical
and other industries.
The Chrysler wage settlement
is an important gain for the
Chrysler workers themselves
and an important contribution
to the whole, economy of the
nation at a time when the con-
tinued increase in cost of living
makes imperative an increase in
purchasing power. To the Chry-
sler workers alone, the settle
ment means an annual increase
in purchasing power of $23, ,7OO,-
900.
The Chrysler strike and the
militant spirit of the Chrysler
workers contributed to the sub
stantial gain won by the General
Motors workers and their vic
tory in turn made possible the
settlement won in Chrysler to-
day.
The amount or wage increase,
and the other concessions which
Chrysler has agreed to, do not
represent the entire amount due
the Chrysler workers from the
of their need, the
company's ability to pay with
out increasing prices or the need
of the national economy for in
creased purchasing power in
lower income groups. However,
it is a signal victory for all
American workers in view of
the determination of industry as
a whole to fight against any
wage increases at all or, in some
instances, to fight for wage re-
auctions while prices continued
20 rise. 1t is a resounding vic
.ory for Chrysler workers in
view of the Chrysler Corpora
ions refusal to pay one penny
IF increase without a strike.
We have proved with the
own figures that it
Gould pay the wage increase
demanded by its en-
oloyes without increasing prices.
1t should be marked d own
md carefully noted that the pre-
,ent settlement cannot honestly
,e used by the corporation as
IN excuse for boosting prices
lgain. On the basis of its 1947
profits, which will be equalled
,r exceeded in 1948, the Chry-
Ter Corporation can pay the 13
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cents an hour wage increase to
all its e m ployes, including
equivalent increases to clerical
and supervisory workers and
executives, EDUCE IT'S
PRICES S120 PER CAR, and
still make 6 per cent profit on
its investment.
Every American should know
that fact and remember it in the
event any attempt is made to
blame future price increases on
labor costs.
The main poins of the agree
ment are as follows:
/. A 13 cent an hour general
increase effective the first pay
period after ratification by To-
cal unions.
2. An equivalent increase in
1949 vacation pay which would
give workers with l to 5 years
seniority (who now receive $50
S62.20, and workers with 5
years or more seniority (who
now receive $114) S124.40.
3. The following adjustments
on wage inequities A 3 cent an
hour increase in the minimum
rate; a Scent an hour increase
for firemen-powerhouse; 5
cent an hour increase for me-
chanical repairman (garage); a
5 cent an hour increase for
operators of Greenlee drills;
and, a 10 cent an hour increase
for cutter-Setters.
4. A contract expiration date
of August /, 1850, with the pro-
vision that wages may be re-
by either party after
June Is, 1949.
5. Salaried workers to get a
9 per cent increase with a mini
mum of $40 per month, the in
crease to be applied on mini
mum and maximum rates inn
mediately upon ratification of
the agreement.
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Hosiery Union
Still Aids PAC

NEW YORK, May 21 (LPA)
More than 200 delegates to
the 36th annual convention of
the American Federation of
Hosiery Workers were urged by
IVck\ President Alfred Hoffman
tll(poperate with the CIO Poll
tical Action Committee.
"The most drastic wave of
reaction against unionism" in
u. S. history is predicted by
Hoffman in the year ahead, and
the hosiery unionists were urged
to combat this on the political
front.
The AFHW, formerly a part
IF the Textile Workers Union of
america, was dropped by the
larent union earlier this month,
S a result of dispute over per
Rpita payments.
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Chryst|er Wage Agreement
Ratified By Huge Majority
Militant Spirit Of Members
Lauded BY Top Union Officers

The Chrysler wage agreement was ratified by an over
whemng majority following the wage raise granted by the
corporation announced by Norman Matthews, Di
rector of the Chrysler Department of the UAW-CIO.
The director said Local unions approved the settlement
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-04
Labor Has
A Formula
By Oliver Hoyem


A critical battle for demo-
cracy is now being fought in
Congress by supporters of the
labor extension bill, S. 1890
and HR 4078.
Hope for passage has come
with the approval, z to 4, of
the Senate Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare
Taft and Ball voting NO.
1t is amazing how oppo-
nents of this bill can be so
blind to the best interests of
our republic and our econo-
my.
No great intelligence is re-
quired to see that organized
Labor has become power
full throughout the world. 1t
can be a force for good or
bad, in accordance with the
education and knowledge of
the mass of the workers and
their leaders.
How, for instance, can
workers be made to under
stand, except through educa-
ton, the danger of power so
great that it can impose wage
increases so excessive that
they would destroy our econ
omic structure? Yet there are
business m n who would
rather risk an unSound wage
structure than run the risk of
having workers learn about
uneconomic price and profit
structures.
Supporters of the Taft
Hartley Act talk about i'm
proving collective bargaining
techniques, the need of labor
responsibility a n d relating
wages to production. Ye t
when organized labor presents
plan to achieve these OBJ
JectiVes through education,
labor'S detractors shrek about
the cost. They cannot see that
ignorance is infinitely m ore
costly.
Ignorance plus organization
is the formula Of the xxx,
the Nazis, and the Stalinists.
Let us not ignore the fact that
the same formula can make
an evil thing out of labor
unions. The founders of the
American labor movement
knew it. They fought for
public schools. Their success
sors are fighting for la bor
education in our colleges and
universities.
In this bill, labor is asking
only something comparable to
the federal and state exten
sion services provided for
a r m ers and businessmen.
Local groups of workers
would be able to get educa-
.ional help from universities
and colleges through state
abor extension boards ap-
pointed by the governors. A
federal council would
ormulate program and policy
md pay preparation of the
'osts. 1t is labors constructive
alternative to the Taft-Hart-
ey Administration before
Injunction, a positive rather
han a negative approach to
he problem of labor manage
nent relations. :
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Champion Unit
Sparklets

Charlie Gale, the rabbit-raising
man from Dept. D 1st shift, is
doing very well for himself. Ask
Charlie how many ribbons his
rabbits have won for him.
Here's, three cheers for Rosella
Crandall our Homemade bread
girl of Dept. D 1st shift. Vern's
getting fat from your bread,
Rosie.
Who is the guy in Dept. K 1st
shift, who laughs out loud at any,
thing and the boys made laugh
ing barrel for? What say, Art?
The latest communication from
the Front" Metz Strahm, the
Front, got his stomach caught on
the steps on his way up to the
Union office the other day and he
could not get his feet down again
to move forward. The MillWrights
had to use a block and tackle to
free him. You had better start
fasting. Metz.
The Champion baseball team
won their opening league game
6 to l against. the Old Timers.
The leading hitter was Dick Lar
aby with hits out of times at
bat All the team had a good day.
Keep your eyes on the ball, Eel
los, and be real Champs.
John Conrad, Dept. K 1st shift,
is in Robinwood Hospital. The
boys in K miss you, John, hurry
back.
Barton Elliott, supply man on
packing in D nights is conval-
escing in Flower Hospital after
a recent operation. The girls
wish him speedy recovery be-
cause they miss his efficient
work.
The new look has a number
of aspects. One female worker
of Dept D End shift has lost that
broom stick appearance and ac-
CURED that Venus de Milo ap-
pearance. Who is it? That is one
thing we couldn't tell even if the
night men told us.
June 1st is here and we have
only SO more days before vaca
ton. Ah-h.h-h.
Anyone, who has any surplus
liquor for sale, see Arnold Hue
penbecker, Dept. D 1st shift.
$3.50 for a bottle of water is
high, Arnold, you can get an en-
tire years supply for $3.50.
After ensnaring a boy friend,
Alice Kosinski packer in Dept. D
End shift, nearly lost him last
Friday night when he called for
her at 12:45 only to find that she
had gone home 2 hours earlier.
Speaking of personal magnet
ism, allurement, ETC., Dick Bana-
chowski, seems drawn irresist-
ably to certain comely sloe-eyed
lady Inspector in Dept. D End
shift. She doesn't resist his at
tentions apparently.
BY the way, Ollie Mankowski,
what is this business about let
ter you wrote in regards to- a
promotion recently?
We, of the Committee, are in
terested in keeping this column
large and of interest to you the
people, so if you have any news
about any of your fellow work.
ers, send it in through our Com
or Steward.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-04
National
Supply Unit News

The unexcitable Frank Herr,
rushed" up to Mike Fox and
said, Say Mike, did you hear
about the holdup last night?"
NO, said Mike, where was
it?" "At the store" said Frank.
They robbed me twenty dollars
for ten dollars worth of grocer
ies!"
If Clarence Fisher would save
h some of his live bait he would
wcome home with some fish once
in while.
Was it the sunburn that made
Smokey Stephan's face red the
other day, or was it because he
was sitting in the wrong place at
the wrong time.
We wish to express our deep
est sympathy to the family of
Glen Witherell, who recently lost
his father.
Congrats to Mr.. and Mrs. Del
bert Bordner, Sr. who recently
celebrated their 9th wedding an
niversary. We wish Delbert and
his little woman many more
years of married bliss.
We notice a familiar sight
Hughey Schmenk is back on the
Gear Cutters again.
George "Uncle Remus" Yea
D ged is now vacationing in the
deep south.
Who is the guy in Dept. 81
that brought in a raw egg and
thought it was hard boiled, un-
til he broke it. Better luck next
time, Cecil!
Our Unit Welfare Chairman
Art Wise, is back working days
again in Dept 54. Art also has
some good helpers including
Howard Campbell, Herb Hoerig,
and Bob Snyder.
Jim Davis the third trick Oil
er is the proud daddy of bounc-
ing baby boy. Congrats to both
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis. CIGARS
PLEASE!
Did you hear about Ray Car
ter Dept. 81 who was fishing all
night and caught two little fish?
while Ray was sleeping they
e cooked themselves on his line.
Imagine Carter's surprise when
he woke up
Why did Glen Core pick Stan.
ley Ostapowicz to have his pic
ture taken by the water cooled
drum, for the company paper.
For further information ask Jim
Quaintance.
The secret is out. Clarence
Knudsen in the Tool Crib nights,
hid his china choppers under a
bin and told mama he lost them
so he could have a new pair to
wear on Sundays.
We wonder if the guy who
wears the big bow tie in the Cost
Dept. thinks he is running the
Maintenance Dept.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-04
Some People
Cont Campaign

WASHINGTON GPA)-Fed-
eral employees were warned last
week that campaigning within
their unions for or against po-
litical candidates is a violation
of the Hatch Act. The Civil Serv-
ice Commission said that any sort
of political activity can be held
against an employe whether he is
acting as an individual or as a
member of a local union.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-04
Union Officials
Visit CermonV

WASHINGTON, D. c. May
29-Acting Secretary of La
Dor David A. Morse announced
here that a group of American
trade union officials had left
for Germany to study what steps
can be taken to strengthen trade
unions there as a vital force
in the rebuilding of a democrat
ic and peaceful Germany.
Evening star., 1948-10-10
British Fail 10 Produce
Ammonium Nitrate Blast
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON. Oct. e.-The Admiralty
said today it has been unable to
make ammonium nitrate-blamed
for the Texas City (Tex) disaster on
April 16, 1947-explode under ex-
treme heat.
The Admiralty said 1t conducted
tests with free-fiowing ammonium
nitrate, the presumed cause Of the
first blast aboard the French ship
Grandcamp in the Texas harbor, on
the island Of Dune, Helgoland, ir
the North Sea. The four-day tests
ended October 2.
Two hundred forty tons Of am.
monium nitrate, some In paper bags
and the remainder In drums, were
placed in bunkers and barges ane
subjected to intense and pro-
longed heat" the Admiralty said.
I'm no case was there any. evi.
dence Of detonation or explosion
taking place"
South Africa Is controlling profii
margins on many articles.
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Judy Barden Marries
Newsmain in Berlin
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, Oct. s.-Two Of the best
known foreign correspondents ir
Europe were married today in the
British consulate.
Consul General H. T. Frame per.
formed the ceremony for Judy Bar.
den Of the New York Sun and Davic
M. Nichol of the Chicago Daily
News.
1t was q simple ceremony at.
tended by Henry Burroughs, Associ.
ated Press photographer In Berlin
and Mrs. Burroughs, and George w
Wellde Of Pittsburgh.
The Berlin press corps later feted
the newlyweds at a reception at.
tended by 200 guests, headed by Gen
Lucius D. Clay, American com.
mander in occupied Germany.
dispatches by both Miss Bander
and Mrs. Nichol appear frequently
in The Starr
Miss Rarden, 81, a daughter o,
Mrs. E. M. Fossey Of London, GOV.
cred the United States Army ad.
vances through France and Ger.
many from D-Day onward in 1914
She has been European correspond.
ent for the New York Sun since
1912, and her dispatches also ar.
carried by North American News.
paper Alliance.
Mr.. Nichol, 81, has been in Ger.
many, the Middle East, England ant
Russia for the Chicago Daily New.
over the last eight years. He ha.
been on the News Staff since 1886
Evening star., 1948-10-10
kersten Moves 10 Cite
3 Electrical Union
Leaders for CONTEMPT
Dy The Assosicssd Prsss

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 9.-Repre-
sentative Kersten, of Wisconsin
recommended today that three
top officers of the United Elec-
trical Workers Union, C1O, be
cited for contempt of Congress
Mr.. Kersten, chairman Of q sub.
committee Of the House Labor Com
mittee, asked the full committee te
cite James J. Matles, national d.
rector Of the union; Julius Emspak
general secretary and treasurer, and
Russell A. Nixon, the unions Wash
ington representative.
In q joint statement with Repre-.
sentative Fisher, Democrat, Of Texas
q subcommittee member, Mr.. Kers-
ten described the attitude Of the
three union oflcials as hostile and
contemptuous not only to the SUBJ
committee, but also to the rank-and-
file members Of their union and to
the people Of the United States.
Mr.. Kersten's subcommittee has
been investigating the possible in
filtration Of communism into trade
unions.
He said the only union leader
who had not refused to answer di-
rect questions concerning member
ship in the Communist Party was
the unions president, Albert ]. Fitz-
gerald.
Mr.. Kersten's statement con-
tinued, serious and long standing
charges have been made against the
leadership Of this international
union to the effect that it is com.
munistic. Its top officers have beer
subpoenaed for questioning before
our subcommittee to throw light or
this charge. These officers have
presented a solid phalanx Of oh.
struction to the inquiry as to the
truth Of the charge.
Much evidence was received, In.
cluding the testimony of the present
secretary-treasurer Of the CIO, j. B
Carey, that the UE is dangerously
infected with Communist control.
Mr.. Kersten said officers have in.
terpreted the UE constitution as moi
permitting the barring from office ir
any locals of proven member o.
the Communist Party.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

Yavne, Belt Darras and Barks
settlements near Isdud, he reported
Observers in Tel Aviv had beer
predicting q renewal Of fighting or
the southern front since the start
Of the. United Nations sessions in
Paris.
Two U. N. observers reported that
their jeep had been fred on by
Egyptian artillery and automatic
weapons on the Negeb-road near the
Jewish settlement Of Negba.
Neither the observers, a Capt
Sullivan of the United States Army
and Capt. lie Jacquet of the
French Army, nor their American
Army jeep driver were injured.
They said the jeep was flying
three U. N. flags. The observers
had been assigned to investigate
fighting between Jewish and
Egyptian forces In the southern
Ne0eh.area
Evening star., 1948-10-10
BY The Asseeiaisd Press

| HEIs1NKI, Finland, Oct. o.-The
semi-omcial Finnish news bureau
published . story today saying .
17-year-old Finn named silvo sok.
ka had flown $40 miles an hour and
reached q height OF $4,000 feet In q
homemade rocket.
It caused . furry of excitement
IN journalistic circles that wanted
to get the facts, and some anxiety
in political quarters because testina
a new Jet or rocket plane is q viola
ton Of the Finnish peace treaty
with Russia.
Police oncials in suonenjoki, In
south central Finland, at first re-
ported that sokka. q resident OF
Kuopio, took of Thursday in a 23-
foot. cigar-shaped, wingless craft
and crash-landed on a lake near
Suonenjoki three and q half min
utes later.
They said the youth took of from
a steeply sloping site. They also
said Sokka radioed his ground crew
q short time later that a leak in the
fuel system forced him down; that
the rocket sank, and that the youth
managed to get out and swim
ashore.
Later, however, the police seemed
to have changed their view. After
studying the reported takeoff site
they were Of the opinion the slope
could not be used for such q pur-
pose. They also could not find any
signs to indicate q rocket had start.
ed from the site.
Reports Of the flight sent stream
OF newsmen to the little town o1
Kuopio but they were unable tt
reach Sokka. The youths father
who said he did not know where
his son was, said merely that Sokks
had expressed regret. that he wa!
forced down after such a short
flight. The distance from Kuopio K
Suonenjoh Is approximately a
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Work for Home Show
To Start al Armory

Crews of workmen tomorrow will
begin the job Of preparing the Dis
trict National Guard Armory fol-
the annual nine-day home show
sponsored by the Home Builders
Association Of Metropolitan Wash
ington, to open Saturday, October
Is.
More than $50 exhibits Of new
home furnishing and construction
developments will be displayed a,
the show, according to Director
James w. Pearson.
Meanwhile, Miss Anne Albaugh
head of women's activities for the
show, said nearly 100 entries have
been made in the home show
queen" contest. The winner will
receive q $500 vacation cottage
completely furnished.
Semifinalists in\the contest viii
be chosen from photographs ane
letters, describing the candidates
Finalists will be selected daily a
the show, and the winner will b,
chosen October "a. Candidate.
should send pictures and letters K
the contest committee, officials said
at Room 426, Investment Building
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Warren Pledges Party
To Still Better Job
On Farm Problems
BY the A.sosiatsd Rrs,.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. o.-As-
serting that the Republican 80th
Congress was the first in history to
initiate a long term farm program
Gov. Warren tonight pledged the
Republican Party to a stin better
Job on farm problems after election
Of 4 Republican administration.
Coming into State topping the
Nation in the value of its agricul-
tural output, the Vice Presidential
candidate devoted a major campaign
talk to Q discussion Of his partys
farm record.
The Republicans, he said, are COM
mitted to q long program de-
signed to encourage production and
to avoid boom and bust cycle.
The platform, he declared, calls
for "sounder" soil conservation
measures, q flexible support price
program, commodity loans and farm
credit, rural electrification and
farmer owned and operated Coop
eratives.
Gov. Warren said the Republi-
can Party Is unified in its ap-
proach to the agricultural prob
lens Of our country, just as it is q
united party in every other respect" "
On his arrival in this farm center
of 100000 population, the Califor-
nian was paraded through down.
town Sioux City before large side
walk crowds. The motorcade was
led by a band and the brightly
uniformed Shrine white horse pa
troll.