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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19
Unions In Spotlight Al
Coon Health Fed.

MINNEAPOLIS (LPA) - DR.
Franz Goldman of the Harvard
University School of Public
Health told delegates to the Co
operative Health Federation
conference here last week that
there should be greater use OF
collective bargaining to obtain
financing fog the medical care
of workers.
A program to press for union
welfare funds, and to make the
medical care of employees one OF
the major points in bargaining
for contracts was agreed on by
the delegates, who included rep
resentatives of the AFL, ClO,
rail unions, Machinists. as well
as union sponsored medical care
plans.
Senator elect Hubert Hum
phrey presided over a rally at
which Adolph Held of the lnt'l
Ladies Garment Workers-AFL
and Emil Macy of the United
Auto Workers-CIO outlined their
organizations activities and flu
ture plans in the field Of health.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19
Gett'In Hot
With Everhot
Swartzbaugh
Unit

IRENE Synkowski Bobby" is
Il back again. ] hope the baby
is doing fine. She probably is,
Bobby looks to be like good
mother.
New faces are friendly, at
least they give you a smile, You
know, that's what we need
around the shop, and that more
smiles from the opposite sex,
Which one? That's for you to
figure out,
Have Leroy Bristow tell you
about the cheese he received.
Sounds good, Taste good LeRoy2
| heard a few remarks about
this column pro and con. There
is nothing to be printed to in
volve anybody in anything to
jeopardize their job or home life.
This is going to be a clean
column for all employed here.
No sense of a few getting angry
about this. unless they have a
guilty conscience.
Fishing: Phooey, all week,
Maybe hunting will bring us a
few good stories.
Three cheers for the Recrea-
ton Committee. They beat me to
the punch. This column was to
be a reminder on having a good
for the employees. That's
nice. Let's get together and help
them put this over with a bang.
We can use nice party
Shop elections will be under
way in a few months, and |
understand j. ]. j, is doing a
pretty good job for himself Why
don't you get MIR. B. of Mr.. d, S
staff. Maybe he wants job. He
lost the last election. You ought
to see the news-reels, Chum
gum, that's it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19

Present officers of the Unit are
Herb Russell, chairman for the
fifth consecutive year; Ralph
secretary-treasurer;
Chester Adamski, Bud Parks,
Harry Wore and Paul Armstrong,
all committeeman, Casper Snie-
gowski is Sergeant-At-Arms.
The Steel Tube Unit recently
signed their new contract grant
ing 1874 cents an hour retro
active to June 2. Helping the ne
gotiations committee was Ernest
Kubacki, Local IL Board Mem
Der assigned to that shop.
This Unit boast of having
more hunters, fishermen and
bowling enthusiasts than any
other unit Of comparable size.
They support a 10-team bowling
league which rolls every Satur-
day afternoon at Tafelski's Pal
ace Rec. They proudly point to
the trophy won by their team In
the Local IL Breakfast league
last season.
Among the really oldtimers
there are four who have accumu-
lated over 80 years OF faithful
service. They are Ralph Kloster-
haus, Frank Karczewski, Clyde
Fitch and Walter Adamski
This year In June the mem
bers Incorporated in the State
of Ohio The Toledo Steel Tube
Credit Union. With the help Of
fine bunch of officers, the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19
Toledo Stamping
Notes
BY Barbara Kohler

OUR deepest sympathy goes to
~ Mac in the recent loss of his
father.
Birthday greetings goes to
Lena Lukes who just trans
ferred from the press depart
ment to spend the rest of her
days In the Misc. Dept.
The shops best known Demo
crat is Harriet from the Press
Dept. who was so interested in
the election returns that her
poor husband had a burned
supper.
Helen of the Welding Dept
spent the weekend in N. Carolina
visiting Alice, one of our old
Palz Wall.
Birthday greetings goes to
of the Brazer Dept.
Rumors are that Donna from
the Press Dept. will have her
hunting togs on this week. Hope
she makes a good catch,
Anyone wanting to know how
the New Buick rides ask Freda.
The reason Clara has been
her stuff in the Misc.
Dept. is because she is now
grandma.
Birthday greetings to Peggy
the sweetheart of the Welding
: Department.
We are glad to see Betty
Carter's smiling face back in
the Press Dept. after being off
ill.
The big event of the week was
the love bug catching up with
Don Ducat, who will say his /
dos soon.
Good luck from the gang.
OIL have a service-con-
nected DISABILITY rated at 20
percent. Am | entitled to an
increase because of depend
ants?
A-No. Your disability must
be rated 60 percent or more
before additional compensa-
ton for dependents is payable.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19
AireVay Unit
A1r1ngS
By Herm Bick

A hunting they did go, a hunt
"A ing they did go, but what
they got nobody knows, a lot OF
shells were shot, rabbits and
pheasant were missed,-what a
tired lot of hunters. Let's hope
you do it more often.
We have a foreman from De-
partment II that thinks the con-
tract should have more punctua-
ton marks then it has in it now.
We wonder is it because he can't
read so we'll.
Boy did you notice those hot
socks that Joe MroZ was wear
ing last week. Winter must be
here. They were so hot that a
match could have been lit on
them.
DeGood of Dept. 10 seems TO
have two sides of the fence to
laugh on. He was seen talking
with Louie and Oscar, but didn't
know just which side to laugh
on. Always laugh on the bright
side of life and you will never
get in trouble.
Well it seems that Jack
Burtscher Jr., had better get
himself coin with two heads
on it, because every time he
matches for cokes with Bill
Osenbaugh he loses. Keep try
ing Jack some day you may
catch up with him.
We the women of Dept. IA
will have our usual rummage
sale every day from now until
the end of time. That's what it
seems, cause II you care to buy
anything for the house or your
self just come to Dept. Ia.
1t seems that Les Bowers had
better wake up. After the union
gets a raise for the workers of
his department he goes around
to the workers and tells them
that it was his talk that got the
raise, my what talk.
The people of the shop would
like to see suggestion boxes
placed around the shop. Sure 1t
would be nice. but did you ever
stop to think that the waste
basket would be full all the time.
No we doubt very much wheth-
er the company would ever look
them over and il they did would
they ever take the hints.
Hilda of Dept. 10 sure must
rate herself the under dog. She
has informed us that the open
ing day of hunting the part of
being dog to scare up the
game, was played by her. Is your
bite as bad as your bark.
Katy SZymanski of Dept.
10 celebrated her birthday Mo-
vember IL, we would like to
know the exact age Katie, no
blushing but-we hope you
have many more.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19
Hoffman May Quit
House Labor Group

WASHINGTON (LPA) - One
piece of good news in the midst
of all the speculation about
Congressional committee COM
position came from fanatical
union-baiter Clare Hoffman,
Michigan Republican. T h e
open-shop zealot said last week
that he may quit the House La
Dor Committee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19

Q-Are dependents OF a World
War | veteran, who died Of causes
not due TO service, entitled to
death pension?
Ain most cases, they are en-
titled TO death pension benefits.
TIE widow Is disqualified II her
annual ncome exceeds 81 900, or
So, 500 II she has child or chill
dren. A child is ineligible IL his
or her income exceeds 81 900 a
year. A widow loses her entitle-
ment upon remarriage, and chill
dren normally become ineligible
when they reach age 19.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-19

Credit Union is growing at the
rate of $500 a week. Officers Of
the Credit Union are Herbert
Russell, president; Leo Grisier.
secretary-treasurer; Andy Berg,
vice president. Board members
are: John Pike, Tom Smith, Ste
phen Kuiawski and Felix Mocek.
The Credit committee is COM
posed of Ralph Klosterhaus and
Bud Young. Ann Seaman takes
care Of the auditing.
In addition TO other activities
in the Unit, the Steel Tube Unit
has an efficient Welfare Com
mittee who devote many eve
nings of their spare time on Unit
welfare work. Chairman of this
group Is Tom Smith and he is
assisted by Ralph Russell, finan-
cial secretary and Ann Lamont,
corresponding secretary. Bob
Cable and Mel Bylow are the
other two active members on the
committee. Since the organiza-
ton of the Welfare group, COM
plants have been reduced to
minimum and all members re-
ceive equal treatment.
The Steel Tube plant Is To-
Gated at 2ll5 Smead Avenue and
is listed as Manufacturers of
Electric Steel Tubing.
Officers Of the first committee
when II was organized were
Frank Szurminski, Al Schunight,
John Baurhaus, Ed Olwick and
Ralph Klosterhaus.
Meetings Of the Toledo Steel
Tube Unit are held once a month
at Local IL Hall.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

ME two boys had been trudging the dusty
Il southwest Virginia road all day, and now
night was falling. They hadn't eaten since
morning. They were 10 years old - and lit
tie scared. They came to modest brick and
stucco house across from the Tazewell railroad
depot. 1t looked promising They rang the
bell and looked up silently at the middle-aged
man who opened the door, He didn't seem
surprised. Come in" he said quietly. Ten
minutes later two small stomachs were dis
tended to the danger point - and DR.. Jack
Walter Witten had two more permanent, nom
paying guests.
He's been doing that sort of thing for long
time. Forty years ago. this great-hearted
physician flung open his door - and he's
never closed it since Through that door have
Evening star., 1948-02-15

walked $50 unhappy, bewildered boys, to
leave years later as smiling. hopeful youths
white-haired, eye-glassed bachelor, stock
lily built, Witten at 66 is dad" to men all
over the country, and 'granddad" to grow
ing number He is much loved, because with
out thought of gain he shares his home with
the most helpless of the homeless - the very
young So that they can have a roof, friend
education and chance in life, he gives what
he has And because boys shoes wear out fast
his medical earnings rarely reach bank
But these are the least of Witten's gifts
He knows the father hunger of homeless
boys, the need for male bulwark, hero
Modestly, quietly, he gives fathers love and
concern. Today he has Is boys from the ages
of seven to 20 living with him in his lO-room
house. Two of the seven-year- r-olds are twins.
three of the older boys are brothers.
The spacious old-fashioned rooms are a
little crowded with the boys and their gadgets
and the long rows of toothbrushes in the large
twin-showered bathroom are almost comic in
their number and variety
When DR.. Witten met me at the station.
he had three of his boys with him. One
1O-year- was bursting with news that could
not wait. IL got my first whuppin' today
he proclaimed proudly. II threw 'tater
'crost the table this mawnin'.''
Witten winked at me He knows that child
hood, supposedly carefree can be bad time.
He remembers, when he was a motherless
12-year-old, the feeling that he had reached
bottom. that he could never be more miserable
He doesn't want other boys to 60 through that.
If a paternal 'whuppin' makes them feel
someone is interested why Witten will oblige
~Who Sent That?"
AS WE drew up in front of his house, coal
truck had just dumped its load on the side
walk. who sent that?" asked Witten. Can't
say, Doc. replied the driver Witten shrugged,
Someone thinks we're freezing to death, l
reckon"
I didn't fully understand about the coal
until next day when was talking to wealthy
cattleman of the region. IF hung ham
outside my door," he said, "somebody'd steal
it. If Doc hung one out, someone would
put another alongside it."
Evening star., 1948-02-15

Later learned that the cattleman had Just
sent pue-bred bull calf to Witten's farm
as gift for the boys. But the doctors
neighbors have all shown what they think of
him by sending him repeatedly to the Virginia
Senate and to the House of Delegates. They
know. too, that he lives for his patients and
his boys - that without him the boys would
be homeless wanderers or orphanage inmates.
Witten sends his boys through school as
far as their ability and ambition will take
them. At present he has three boys in Virginia
Military Institute and one each at West
Point, the University of Virginia and Morris
town College. All of them were raised from
infancy when their parents died or could not
maintain them
A Touchy Subject
ONE day while was still in Tazewell, the
University of Virginia boy sent Witten foot
ball. 1t was trophy. He had been voted the
outstanding player by his teammates after
their victory over Harvard. The football was
gwen a place of honor atop the bookcase
The same day this letter came from West
Point: AT first got off on the wrong foot,
but | know how you dislike dement's. l got
back into step. This is touchy subject,
especially since you have 50 many boys going
to so many schools. but I need SIS to clear
me of debts. -
Also in the mail was letter from V.MI.:
Harry, Bob and often get together and
talk about the things we did at home Some
of the other boys here find it hard to believe
everything that we tell them about you, the
boys and the house. 1t is something that is
very hard to explain, and no one would fully
understand without having lived in your
house."
The boy added. Il guess I am still right
much of baby when it comes to staying
away from home"
All the letters were signed, Love. your
son."
As Witten carefully scans the lines, you
know that they are indeed his sons In every
room he has placed pictures of boys in mill
tary uniform. Twenty -four Witten boys served
in the war, many with distinction He won't
talk about the dead and the wounded, but the
only hatred ever heard him express while
Evening star., 1948-02-15

was with him was for men who want war
Deeply proud of all his boys, Witten has a
special glow for one A Negro, brought up
with the others, this boy is taking college
pre-med course and doing fine work men
toned the Negro lad to the other fellows and
heard words of affection and respect - none
of condescension. If he makes the grade he
will be the second of the boys to become a
doctor. The first, who has named a son
after Witten. practices in Newton, N. ].
Athird prospective medic, once doomed to
child labor, is doing brilliantly in school
Some of the younger lads are pathetically
fond of their natural parents, and Witten
encourages the feeling Il see my mother
every Christmas" nine -year-old told me
Importantly. One lad was expecting a visit
from his mother. Il won't say she's coming
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Phososraphs BY Hans Kuopf

One Of the happiest families in the u S. lives
in an old brick house in Virginia. 1t all
started 40 years ago when Doc Witten first
opened his door to homeless youngster ].
Evening star., 1948-04-25

name to Holdridge. Their parents
were divorced by this time. The
future general, who never liked his
father and blamed him for giving
the family a hard life, decided to
change his name also. That was in
August. 1915. He became Hickey"
Holdridge and was joyously re-
baptized by his fellow cadets, who
threw him in the swimming pool.
Antoher boy with a German name
changed his about the same time.
The general was second in history,
but his mathematics dragged him
down. He finished 55th in a class
of 139, which put him 20 below Joe
Collins and SIS ahead of another
famous graduate of April, 1917, Mark
Clark.
Brought Back As Instructor.
After a tour of duty with the
horses, the Army sent him to
Columbia University for postgrad-
uate work, Then Col Hoyt brought
him back to the academy as an
instructor OF history. He taxes pf1de
in his achievement of getting the
cadets permission to have news
papers in their rooms and to study
in the library nights.
TT was out OF bounds" he said.
" At Columbia he was greatly in
fuenced by Sociologist Franklin H.
Giddings. He took economic courses
from Lindley' Rogers, Rexford Guy
Tugwen and E.. r. A Seligman.
But got. nothing out of them -
he said. With my West Point
education, I was too illiterate
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Whispering Rock Creek Bridge
Described to Sound Scientists

The same phenomenon can be
observed under the P street bridge,
he found. but it acts quite differ
emily because of the different shape
and size. At each end of this arch
echoes can be heard for five Sec
onds at an average rate of six per
second. For a limited area near
the middle echoes at the rate OF II
per second can be observed. DR..
Dorsey has been able to record from
so to 80 of them from a single sound
on favorable mornings. They sound,
he said, like trill."
The physical laws involved, he
explained are quite complicated but
have been worked out by British
scientists to explain the st. Paul's
whispering gallery. The rate and
number of the echoes depends on
the slope and smoothness Of the
bridge walls. Ordinarily the whis-
pers would not be noticed because
they would be drowned in traffic
noises overhead.
A blanket of soft snow which alb
serbs sound, such as train whistles,
is highway hazard, DR.. r. B. Wat
son of the University Of Texas told
the society.
AN automobile approaching a
railway crossing might well become
involved in an accident, he said,
because of inability of the driver
to hear a whistle. The noise level
inside the car tends to mask. the
whistle so that even the powerful
sound of the locomotive might be
unnoticed at distances as short as
200 feet.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
3 Eye Injuries, .
Fatal Falls Lead
Home Accidents

Eye injuries and burns were
prominent among the results of
home accidents reported during last
week by the District Red Cross
Accident Prevention Service.
Three residents died from falls
at home, and 101 persons were hos
pitalized by home accidents during
the week, the survey indicated.
A 3-year-old girl may lose her
eve because her brother accident
ally struck her with book. A
woman cleaning a bird cage was
pecked in the eye by her bird, and
another woman suffered an eye IN
Jury when the cap of glue bottle
she was opening flew of.
A 10-year-old boy was burned
while mixing paint when he lit a
match and set of an explosion.
Four persons suffered burns when
gas stoves exploded, several from
pressure cookers and boiling water
and a boy Of 7 was burned when
his shirt caught fire as he played
near q stove.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Virginions in Congress
Take Waiting Attitude

A number of Virginia members Of
Congress are taking a wait-and-see
attitude on the question of support
ing a national or a possible State
Democratic nominee for President.
Representative Bland, dean of the
State Democratic delegation, bor-
rowed words of the late Secretary
OF Navy Claude Swanson to sum 1t
up this way:
The train has not blown for the
station yet"
1t was no comment" or limited
comment also from Representatives
Hardy, Gary, Smith and Stanley.
Another, asking his name be
withheld. said he considers the
pledge is a moral obligation and
with no legal compulsion. If this
is so, he added, he feels he has the
right to determine who is the DEM
ocratic nominee so far as his own
support is concerned.
Mr.. Smith said mo comment
until the question arises"
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Petition Filed Directing
To Action in Ariinqton
By the AsSoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va. April "a - A
petition objecting to the Arlington
County Democratic Committees re-
cent action limiting conditions for
attendance at County convention
has been forwarded to the appeals
committee of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
The appeal, filed by Arthur F.
Souther, Arlington Democrat, con-
tains these six objections:
l.. A SIS filing fee for any dele
gate wishing to attend the conven-
ton has been set.
2. The Arlington County con-
vention is being constituted without
any election of delegates at pre-
cinct meetings, or any other meet
ings of members of the Virginia
party
3. Delegates are not being certi-
fed by the chairman and secretary
of the precinct meetings as re-
quired by the party plan, but are
being certified by the County COM
mittee.
4. The oath prescribed in the
convention call does not conform
with the oath required under the
party plan, but conflicts with the
required oath In important re-
spects.
S. The County committee has
authorized the delegates to the con-
vention to give proxies contrary
to the provision of the party plan.
8. The County committee has
stipulated that the delegates elected
by the County's convention must
cast the vote of the County at the
State convention under the unit
rule.
Evening star., 1948-04-25

donors and started the work OF
setting up classif1cations and de-
vising psychological tests.
Intelligence and personnel man.
agement were two of the most inn
portant developments in military
operations in World War II, accord
ing to top staff officers. Gen. Hold
ridge was talking and writing per-
sonnel management long before 1t
was added to military language. He
introduced the. International Busi-
ness Machine punch card operation
against opposition. He started the
school for adjutants at Fort Wash
ington.
I talked to two of Gen. Holdridge's
superior officers after the interview.
One said the general had done "a
wonderful job,'' up until the difficult
ties that led to his retirement, which
none of them will discuss. The other
said Gen. Holdridge was close to a
genius
After the landings on North
Africa, Maj. Gen. T. J. Davis, Gen,
Eisenhower's adjutant general, wrote
Gen. Holdridge saying: IF it were
not for the adjutant officers you
sent us, do not know how we would
have accomplished our mission"
! Gen. Holdridge was given Araeri-
can University's award for the man
who had made the greatest contrl-
button of the year to the admin
istration of government. His sue
cessor in the honor was E. r. Stet-
tinius, jr. ..
Everything went all right until the
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Tax-Free Speculation
ByAIiens 10 Be Probed
RY the Associuted Press

Reports of tax-free specula ton
in United States markets by visiting
foreigners will come under con-
gressional scrutiny next Thursday.
Representative Andersen, Repub-
lican of Minnesota, chairman of a
special House committee appointed
to investigate speculation in COM
modify markets, made the announce
ment yesterday. He said profits
made by alien traders run into
millions of dollars.
Mr.. Andersen indicated that the
inquiry will focus special attention
on the possibility of foreigners
serving as fronts to permit Ameri-
can citizens to escape taxes.
Our report on aliens will have
some very interesting disclosures
on that subject" he told a reporter,
but I don't want to tip our hand
now.
"At present, many aliens are not
required to pay taxes on profits made
here. We feel strongly they should
all be required to pay the same taxes
as are imposed against American
citizens.
One explanation for the tax-free
provision is that foreigners might
take their business elsewhere if
required to pay United States taxes
on brokerage transactions. thus TAX
ing away fees from American brok-
erS.
Mr.. Andersen said officials Of the
State Department and the Bureau
of Internal Revenue have been
asked to testify. Aliens and other
interested parties also will be heard.