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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-25
SWEEPINGS
from
American Floor
Surfacing
DOB wEsTERMAN has moved

DOB WESTERMAN has moved
into his new home at Ran
camp Place.
Soft Ball Scores: Tuesday
we played AutO-Lite and were
defeated 9 to 7. Thursday we
played Toledo Scale and again
defeated to 0.
THUMBNAILS:
RALPH SCHLAGHECK start
ed his seniority here in 1885 as a
drill press operator for a three
month period. The assembly line
looked good so Ralph worked
there quite some time. He now
works in the repair dept Ralph
has an operators permit for H.A.
M. amateur radio. He has been
working with radio since 1927.
With a variety of hobbies, he
shows the most interest in col
lecting antiques, stamps of all
sorts, golfing and fishing. An ac-
tive man in the st. Vincent de
Paul Welfare Organization, his
membership takes him from his
home three evenings week.
This married man with two chill
dren is on double duty as it looks.
RAY EBERTS started his work
here in 1886 as a tool crib man
He then went on the grinder In
the tool room. From this job he
was made superintendent OF
thread grinding. For three years
Ray was in ship repair unit in
the Navy. Upon his return from
service he worked in the expert
mental dept. Then ran a screw
machine and now is a millwright
worker. A married man, Ray has
great pride in his daughter. Ray
has an eye for money and is al
ways looking for it. He is an ac-
tive participant in all sports. He
takes his duties as committeeman
seriously and is a great organizer
for the plants social activities.
Mike SattIed's grinder all
dressed up with new ex-
haust fan. "Are you happy
now, Mike?"
Kay Gryca was elected to
our vacant post of Vice Chair
man. Congratulations, Kay.
How the man does it, we don't
know, but he found a new spot
and came home last Sunday with
40 crappies Maybe you should
take Mrs. Henderson more often
AL.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-25

THERE WILL be a meeting
l. Sunday June 9th, 1948 at
Local 12-Time 2 PM,
A full report on negotiations
for. wage increase, and also
inequalities, and discussion on
a strike vote.
There is need for action on
Welfare. suggestions from the
welfare Committee, Unit
fine for not attending meet
ing, or / dollar assessment for
each member.
The night Softbsll team now
have their uniforms and they
look very good.
Brother Tony Urbaniak is
our flower boy on the Wei
fare Committee and clara
Jefferds handles the cash and
keeps everything up to date.
Leo Carr and Ollie Grove
were fishing up in Michigan. No
report as yet on the fish.
The 81 dollar question of the
week was, what does three OF
a kind beat? The answer is not
full house in this case.
Wanda Garch held the lucky
ticket that won the Al horse
power pullomatic motor raffled
off at the RoSsford Eagles, June
Is. Dorothy Hiser sold her the
winning ticket, No. 325,
Ralph Albright celebrated
fathers day, he went to Penn
over the weekend.
The eyes of the entire. shop
are on the Committee and
Management.
Bob Keller Is in Chicago at
a convention of the NAM.
Ollie Trzaskowski has a car
that really is an old timer. He
was asked how old it was and
he said he didn't know. "In 1884
it was new cap, who said we
didn't need a raise.
The annual dinner of the Is
year club was held June IL
at the SecOr Hotel. Present
were Ernest Paseh, Frank
TOppins, Herman Pasch,
Anthony Miller, Charles Pet
terson, r.. Hahn, Edward Hun
terbrinker, Pearl Rutkowski,
Walter KaEala, Josephine
DrZe wicki and Charles
KOnzal.
They all had a swell time.
The dinner was given by the
Company.
Leo Losefa's hard luck: Leo
who is Acklin's shipping room
boy says this about the fishing
for this year. w e t h e r Bad
Water High. But he is still try
ing to figure out how, Bert tho
mule driver could catch 81 fish
in 2 hrs. and quit even though
others were there all day ant
did not catch any. Bert said h,
was on the spot to see that they
were there all day and Lei
wants to know what he was do
ing all day when he sale
he caught all those fish in 2 hrs
The result of the NLRB elec
ton on the UAW representation
and Union Shop, was 285 fol
and IA against. Bill Kinder
water served as observer for The
company and Chester Staniszew
ski for the Union.
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Airvay Unit
Airings
We'll it's THAT TIME OF THE
BY Herm Bick


w WEEK FOR ALL YOU
GOOD WORKERS TO TAKE
TIME OUT FROM YOUR
PLANS FOR FISHING AND
HOUSEHOLD WORK, to sit
down and read what your old
news hound has to say for this
week.
Well, it seems we have a new
cook, with a brand new recipe
for fixing baked salmon. First
you catch a carp or better still
buy one, scale it and add a little
beet juice to give it that pinkish
color, now if that doesn't make
your fish stories complete, try
to top it. Baked by Frank Mroz.
Also speaking of fish stories,
have you heard the one Joe Mroz
has been telling around the shop,
boy it sure is dilly, oh and by
the way Joe where are all the
fish you promised to catch. Don't
tell us they slipped away.
Those girls who wear slacks
to work a good share of the
time sure look a little out of
place when they wear a dress,
you hardly know them maybe
they should wear name tag,
of course this Is just for the
mems information.
Do unto others as you would
want them to do unto you, this
should be Pete the trucker from
Dept. 10, little verse to keep in
mind, it seems awhile back an
increase was noted in Pete's FAM
lily, a collection was taken up for
him, was even taken to high Of
ficials. Well, as it goes another
worker had an increase, not the
first one but in the neighborhood
of 10, not all at once. AS it was
we asked this one person for ci-
gars for the event. His reply to
it was, if he could get something
in return for the cigars such as
happened to this other party he
would gladly come across. Well,
it boils down to one thing, either
do it for all the people or not do
it at all, it only makes hard feel
ings amongst the workers.
In a recent column it was sta
ted that Joe, our chairman, was
drinking only 7.Up. The news
hound punched the wrong key, it
should have been To, How about
it, Joe.
There are no fishermen like
old fishermen who take to the
streams this Friday, for it Is
opening day for bass Ia Mich.
Either they make good haul
or come back with their chlnS
down to their shoes. We will be
waiting for you to tell us those
long fish stories, fellows, so
start to think of a good one.
What has happened to the Kit
Kats and mixer lines. No news
for so long. Surely you don't
want to be classified as indivi-
duals. Come now, let's have
something that your fellow work.
ers would like to hear about,
after all these buildings are so
large and the grapevine has a
tendency to overload, if you
know what we mean. So, come
now, let's hear from you. $50.
Boy, what a time was had at
the recent bowling banquet. A
good time plus a delicious meal
and plenty to drink were on hand.
Anybody who did not get their
share has nobody to blame but
themselves. So start to prepare
for next seasons play.
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Spicer News
BY RAY SOMMERS

1T SURE was good to get back
4 with the old gang on the sec
ond trick last week.
walter Brown, steward in
Joint stores on days, has been
sick and at present is in st. Vim
cents Hospital recuperating from
an operation. Get well, Walt, as
your friends miss you.
Bill Ankenbrandt served two
weeks on the Committee dur
ing the vacation of Scotty Ged-
des. Bill is now working in
IA 25A, third trick
- Frank Tripod who formerly
worked in 35C and 35A, has
successfully bid into Dept, 81.
Join the PAC and help pro.
mote social legislation.
Union meetings are a simple
thing. They are called to con-
duct the business of the Local
Union. All members are needed
at these meetings. Everyone is
needed to take part in the life of
the Union.
You see, your union is a
democratic body. Every MEM
Der of the local unit must take
an active part in the unit If 1t
is to function properly. Unless
you attend as many meetings
of your unit as you can you
will miss out.
: ..Jf the Spicer Unit does some
; thing which you do not like,
you are the first to complain.
Naturally.
But do you make sure that
you are down to every union
meeting, or to as many as pos
sihle?
This is absolutely necessary if
the union is to continue to play
it's part in making this a more
democratic country in which to
live.
Our Union is a family union
in the sense that it works for all
the family.
And you know, fellas, there is
something about our union busi-
ness that many of us forget,
Back in 1885, when the UAW
was just beginning, wages were
20, cents per hour in auto shops.
-. Today they are up to around
1.55 per hour, in the average
Shop. The wage increases and
vacations with pay won by the
UAW-CIO have made possible a
better life for you and the kids.
There are many reasons too nu-
rnerous to mention why all of us
must start taking a more active
part in our union. We have Just
begun to do our work. We have
rising cost of living to curb, and
better housing developments to
build.
The Union can do all of these
things and more. Take more in
berest in your union and try to
attend meetings. Only then you
can see and hear and determine
right from wrong. Meetings are
held the first Sunday and third
Thursday of each month at the
Union Hall. See you there.
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Supply Unit Neus
BY Shorty Sager

III
~ Hopkins who celebrated her
birthday June 18th.
Our Sympathies lie with
Grandpappy Niedermaier who
has put his china choppers In
the garage for repairs, all on a
nickle bar of candy.
Dutch Hoffman reports that
he has a new outboard motor,
and it is so fast that when he
starts to kiss his wife goodbye
at the dock, he found that he
kissed a buoy at the outer
light in the channel instead.
Ralph Henry Steward in the
foundry must listen to Winchelr S
program. He rubs cream on his
dainty white hands every morn
ing.
Ted Rockhill in the Weld Shop
is recuperating in the hospital
from a recent operation. We wish
Ted a quick recovery.
The boys in Dept. 81 would
/ like to know why Ralph Tabbert
is all of a sudden singing, mo!
No! A Thousand Times No!
Donde Munich is now driving a
new 1887 Nash, more commonly
known as a bucket of bolts. The
Rabbit business must be alright.
Congratulations are i'm order
to Mrs. Felix Thomas who cele-
brated her birthday June 18th.
Happy birthday, Mrs. Thomas!
Congrats to Ray Thurman's
daughter Ramona who cele-
brated her birthday June 18th.
Happy birthday, Ramona!
Ray Pund has quit the shop for
a new job. We all wish Ray the
best of luck in his new venture.
Jim Snyder on Bench Inspec-
ton is back to work after a
weeks illness. Glad to see you
back, Jim!
Ed Anderson i'm the Inspec.
tion Dept. is back to work al
ter being off months due to
an accident. We are all glad
to see Ed back.
Every day after dinner Oakley
Hopkins rinses out his thermos
bottle, fills it with ice water out
of the fountain and then takes
it home to his family so they can
have a cool refreshing drink in
the evening. We suggest that
Oakley brings in a gallon jug.
Stanley OstapOwicz celebra-
ted his 24th wedding aEniverS-
ary June 18th. We wish Stan
lev and his little woman "a
more years of married bliss!
his birthday June 18th. Char
lie was a Friday the 18th baby.
What q baby! Congratulations.
Charlie!
Delbert Bordner Sr. is now
California bound. We know he
will get there as his wife is going
along. We hope Delbert and the
Mrs. have a swell time.
Herman Oehmler, Dept. 54, is
now holding babies while they
take train ride. Herman reports
that he prefers to hold the 18
year old babies.
Our good friend Rufus Cults
celebrated his 49th birthday
June 18th. We are all glad to see
Rufus back in good health again.
Happy birthday, Rufus!
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The
Acklinite
By Lewis Mattox

THERE WILL be a meeting
l. Sunday June 9th, 1948 at
Local 12-Time 2 Pm.
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Unit

CINCE CONGRESS and the National Association of
- Manufacturers have passed the TafHartley Law we
unable to protect union unless fully comply
with the law This have chosen to do that is why
going to have our Union Security Election on June 29h
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1t is obvious that if you
vote against Union Security,
it will indicate a weak nom
operating union and it will en-
courage the company to not only
refuse to negotiate with the Un-
ion now, but in the very near
future, it will open the way for
another Company drive to take
away all of the gains that you
have made.
Helen Riley, inspector in Dept.
D End shift, will take off" in
matrimony on July 10th. Really,
Riley, we wish you happy land
ings.
Teddy" Roosevelt, that
staunch Republican President
of yester-year said: Wage
workers have an entire right
to organize. THEY HAVE A
LEGAL RIGHT TO REFUSE
TO WORK IN COMPANY
WITH MEN WHO DECILE
TO JOIN THEIR ORGANIZA-
TION."
Following are few items con-
corning the workers in Dept d.
End shift: Milly Floghaus had a
birthday on June 9th. She still
retains that girlish look. Mable
Starner birthdayed on June 18th
and appears, as young and sweet
as ever. Two ladies celebrated
their we d ding anniversaries
Gladys Stevens, her 39th on'June
18th and Rose Szymanski, her
26th on June 21st and Kathryn
Minard, her 10Th on June 26th
Go on girls, on to that golden
one.
REMEMBER THE UNION
SECURITY ELECTION. UN-
ION SECTTRITY MEANS JOB
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-06-25

BY falling to vote in q
union security election is
like c casting d vote
aqainst The union.
Be sure to vote in your
Units election.
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Go on girls, on to that golden
one.
REMEMBER THE UNION
SECURITY ELECTION. UN-
ION SECURITY MEANS JOB
SECURITY.
Dept, D End shift philosopher:
An enemy is a potential friend
whose wine has turned to vine
gar. A sour "puss" never makes
for sweet relations with ones fell
low man.
Oh, a certain Committeeman,
whom we know,
At fishing is one hot clinker!
He puts on hook
Like it says in the boo
And rangs worm on the
Sinker.
This Committeeman feller is
"there with the oar.
You should see the way he
can yank 'er.
He will Justify row,
Where all of us know,
That no one has hoisted the
anchor.
A good lesson for fishermen:
Bob Smith had been asking Her
man Missler, for six weeks, to 60
fishing with him. Finally Herm
broke down and said he would
60. He left Toledo at 2 am,
waited one hour for Smith to
meet him, drove twenty-five
miles, had to load and unload
his car, had to unlock the boat
and the oars and pull the boat
away from the dock. Smith final
| ly broke down and said, Il will
start the motor, Herm." Herm,
while he waited for Smith to
start the motor, roWed 8 miles,
got 8 callouses on his hands and
still no motor running. They fl
nally got to the fishing spot and
fished for six hours caught one
fish S inches long ana got two
thousand mosquito bites. They
started back and still Smith was
trying to start the motor. Finally,
Herm gave the oars to Glenn Sob
czak. Glenn said that he had never
rowed a boat before and before
they knew it Glenn had them
caught between two trees. AT
long last they got back to the
car but it would not start. Glenn
and Smith both weigh over 200
pounds and Herm weighs a lit
tie over 100 pounds - that's all
said Herm, no more fishing.
THE CHAMPION UNION
IN THE DETROIT PLANT
WON THEIR UNION SECUR-
ITY ELECTION. TAG VOTED
YES AND 20 VOTED NO.
Helen Geer, inspector Dept. d
End shift, is an artist at baking
birthday cakes, as certain guy
named Jim and numerous others
will testify. Helen, your cake was
as delicious to the taste as a cake
could be.
UNION SECURITY MEANS
A STRONG UNION.
Art Decker, millwright 1st
shift, wants longer Circus trains
and more elephants. He didn't
mention clowns, what's the mat
ter, Adt, don't you like them?
THE CHAMPION PLANT
IN DETROIT is OUT ON
STRIKE. THEY HAD THEIR
STRIKE VOTE WHICH CAR.
RIED BY MORE THAN 900
AND THE COMPANY DID
NOT OFFER THEM ANY
THING GOOD ON THEIR
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS so
THEY DID THE ONLY
THING LEFT - STRIKE.
Who is the guy in Dept. K 1st
shift who cracks his gum by
chewing so hard that 1t is a
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
1|2| ||||| |2H

st Louis, Mo = Admission Of
Negro students to Washington
University was favored by "a
percent of the Protestant Minis
tiers of the st. Louis area, who
sent in answers TO a volunteer
poll on the question, IL was an
nounced this week. Announce
ment of the poll, conducted on
behalf of an interested group Of
St Louis area citizens, was made
by John J. Kesseler, chemical
engineer, and Chairman of the CT
items group, which has conduct
ed similar polls on the racial
question here the last past year,
from time TO time.
Kesseler said that $50 ministers
to whom post cards we're mailed
replied that they favored gener-
al admission Of Negro students.
provided scholastic requirements
were met; IA expressed opposition;
and two cards were returned I'm
marked Kesseler said the poll
was conducted because the Uni
versity SO far has admitted Me-
groes only to its Medical School
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
J.. n. A. Y. A. IN
OPPOSITION TO
THIRD WAR CRY
925 U. ST, N. w.

SZo U. ST, N. w.
WASH. |, d. c.
President Harry S. Truman
The White House
Washington, D. c.
Dear MIR. President:
We Negro veterans of the War
for Freedom. with freedoms vet
to win.' listened to your War
Mobilization" speech before the
Joint session OF Congress. It left
us cold.
During our hitch of service in
the army we learned from orienta-
ton booklets and numerous lee
lures that the Soviet people were
willing to suffer untold hardship
and the loss of millions of lives
to defend their government, their
homeland and their way of life.
We were told that our govern
ment believed this was sufficient
evidence why we should respect
and honor them as our fighting
allies, whether we agreed with
their philosophy of government
or not.
Now you have told the Nation
in an historical speech that the
aggressor today is that same So
Wet Union, the same nation that
is helping us lay the foundation
stones for building the United Ma
tons as a working monument to
peace.
But the payoff, Mr.. President, is
that prior to your speech you
made il clear as our Commander
in Chief of the Countrys armed
services, that our governments
policy is. and remains Jim Crow
for the Negro people in Universal
Military Training. Selective Ser
vice or any other form Of military
preparation,
As we listened 10 the speech we
recalled that Isaac Woodward lost
two good eyes at the hands of a
South Carolina White Supremacy
policeman, fighting Jim Grow. We
recalled that Veteran Mac go
Snipes was murdered in Taylor
County, Georgia, when he struck
a blow at the Poll Tax by at
tempting to vote. We thought of
Veterans George Dorsey. Roger
Malcolm and their wives, of Mon
roe, Georgia, who were lyrched
by a mob because they had struck
a blow at plantation slavery by
paying off their sharecropper farm
debt. For these and other high
crimes against our people, Mr..
President, U. S. Attorney General
See VETS OPPOsE-page four
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
4u8 ED C1Oan-
Farm Family 81 ne
Year 10 Be nonored
At AM&N College

PINE BLUFF - wedne.a.v
morning A M & N College here.
VIII be host to many educ,tor.
ministers, businessmen, proees-
sionals. farmers and what hav.
you. when they gather to honoe
the Earle Wishtman family. ~
FAMILY that has been acelaimea
the Farm Family Of the Year.
Opening the days procedure
WIN be panel discussion benefi-
ciai to farm families in the au-
ditorium of the college. Partici-
pating in the discussion will b
Miss Patsy Graves Of washinesoA
D. C.. Miss Sadye Appleby Nm.
ivie Foster. s. A. Harley. vernen
White, and Z. Z. Evans, all e
A M 81 N College. Mrs. Fannie
Boone. Mrs. Ella p. Nicely, L. I.
Phillips, T. R. Betton, c. H. Jones.
Charles Hicks, James p. pavia
See FARM FANmY-pass fen
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
Dodgers To Invade
Deep South With
Mixed Team

Ciudad Trujillo. D. R. Stiff.
shirted politicians In Dixie may
froth at the mouth at the civil
Rights" and the slowly crumbling
jim crow social system, but the
rank and file base ball fans be-
low the Mason Dixon line, still
want to get glimpse at their
favorites, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Next month, these fans will not
be disappointed for the Buns will
make history in the south, when
they play exhibition games en-
route TO their stamping grounds
in Flatbush. A condition Of all
games is that they use the whole
team, which may include any or
all three Negro players, Robinson,
Bankhead, and Campanella. And
already, several cities have speci-
fled that they wanted Robinson in
the lineup Of all the games as a
special drawing card.
ovy~D~-- s~.~~r,
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02

FOUNDERS DAY SPEAkER-Pine Bluff-Attorney Sidney A.
Jones OF Chicago Illinois delivered the Day address
ias wednesday when the Gamma Delta Chapter Alpha Phi
Alpha celebrated the founding fraternity Attorney Jones
graduate of Atlanta University and the School of
Northwestern University and member the National Law
yers Guild centered his timely discussion
courageous young people to the fight
mocracy In the south and throughout the reviewed
the development of the ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha
ginning In 1906 and the contribution that the
made to the nations growth Attorney Jones by
Ray RUSSELL dean of the Division of
AM&N College and member of the Greek Letter Fraternity
Gamma Delta Chapter which made 26 leading
OF the college presented to the institution gift fifty dollars
TO purchase subscriptions Times Life Readers Di
gest for of domtory students campus gift
accepted by John Howard director of publicity
of the president of the college.
Editors urosy How much
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
INGRAM DEFENSE
INNAACP's HANDS

ATLANTA, Ga - AT a special
call meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the Georgia State Con-
ference of NAACP Branches.
which was held March % with
NAACP executive secretary Wal
ter White and Attorney A. 7.
Walden, the legal defense of Mrs.
Rosa Lee Ingram and her two
sons was discussed and procedure
agreed upon. The defense is be-
ing handled by NAACP attorneys
All funds raised for the Ingrams
In the State Of Georgia should be
sent to Attorney A. T. Walden,
Walden Building. 28 Butler Street.
NE, Atlanta. Ca. for deposit to
the account Of the Ingram De-
tense Fund. Contributions from
outside Of Georgia should be sent
10 the national office Of the N
A. A. c. p, 20 West 40th Street
New York 49, N. Y.
Arkansas State press., 1948-04-02
Reopening Of The
SipueI Case Apr. II

NEW YORK. NJ Y. - The new
trial in the case of Sipuel versus
the University of Oklahoma has
been postponed to April 10, II was
announced here today by NAACP
attorneys. The new trial, which
will be the next step in Mrs. Ada
Lois Fishers fight for admission
to the law school Of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma, comes as a re-
suit Of the refusal of the univer-
sity to admit Mrs. Fisher to the
law school after the United
States Supreme Court had de-
creed that the State of Oklahoma
was required TO provide here with
an opportunity for a legal cdu-
cation.