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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Unions Fight
House Rider

WASHINGTON, May 5 (LPA)
Both AFL and CIO will oppose
the passage of the House Ap-
preparations Committees rider
to the Labor-Federal Security
appropriations which forbids
hiring of members of a union
which has not filed the Taft
Hartley non-Communist affi-
davit.
James O'Connor, president of
the Washington local of the
Int'l Typographical Union-AFL,
which has several hundred
members in the federal service
pointed out last week that
neither the Taft Hartley law nor
the Wagner Act have ever been
applied to government en-
ployes. The whole purpose of
the affidavits section of the 1947
law was to determine which
unions can use NLRB facilities
which, affidavits or no affidavits,
aren't available to civil service
unions, O'Connor said.
CIO Director of Organization
Allen Haywood has asked all
CIO locals to inform their Con-
gressmen of labor's opposition
to the rider.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Green Names
JAW Head
AS Unifier

BOSTON, May 5 (LRA)-
AFL President William Green,
here to address a banquet of the
State, County and Municipal
Employees convention, told re-
porters that Walter P. Reuther,
president of the United Auto
Workers-CIO, was the one man
in the CIO whom "we in the
AFL can work with better than
any other man l know of.
Expressing again his hope for
a unified labor movement,
Green said that Reuther's drive
to rid the CIO of Communist ele-
ments was leading the two fed
erations closer together.
Two weeks earlier. Reuther
had told banquet of Americans
for Democratic Action in Pitts
burgh that now that the AFL
has lost couple of unnecessary
eyebrows, and we have put
some boys in line, we are Great
ing an environment which one
day may permit us to create one
great organization"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
NAM Gets Smart

WASHINGTON, May 5 (LPA)
In an April II radio interview
Carroll French, NAM industrial
relations adviser, said that the
Secretary of Labor in his 1947
report credited the Taft-Hartley
law with "the resumption OF
more peaceful and stable rela-
tionships between labor and
management"
Herbert Little, Labor Dept
information man, has written
French: "You have taken the
Secretary's statement out of its
context by quoting a report
which covered the fiscal year
1947, closed before the Taft
Hartley law was enacted" "
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
SWEEPINGS
from
American Floor
Surfacing

John Greenlese, Cloyce Clark
and John Williams were fishing
Tuesday evening. A rain came
up and the fishermen were
forced to return. John Williams
was rowing with Greenlese and
Clark shouting for him to row
harder. After a long hard
struggle Williams asked if the
anchor was up-it wasn't. The
three went into a laugh and
were drenched.
Milo Vogt returned Thursday
from a long stay at home.
BNAIL S. William
(Rhiney) Myers first began work
here in 1924. Following miscel-
laneous jobs around town he
again returned in 1884, this time
on a drill press. He has worked
most all machines but has re-
NAMED on the turret lathe most
of the time. His hobby is col
lecting foreign money. Another
favorite pastime is making rings
of coins and aluminium parts.
Herman Bendorf, a native of
Bremen, Germany, came to this
country in 1927. He was hired
as a sweeper in 1885. Then fol-
lowed watchman duties f o r
seven years. During the war
he worked on a screw machine
and is now on the assembly line,
For a hobby, he specializes in
rug cutting dancing, that isl.
Did you ever notice Joyce
Cousino always has a great big
smile and a CHEEKY hello for
everyone.
The softball team is coming
along IN good shape, looks ike
we are going to have a nice
team.
Did Kay Gryca's wife beat
him bowling? / forgot. If she
did he is in the dog house. Norm
Witherall made the doghouse
too.
Hot News-Big Flash. Paul
Kornowa won an argument from
"Meatball' Lindenmuth.
Wonder why Evelyn Heina-
man is looking so happy about
these days!
Ed Link done a nice job build
ing a voting booth for our cleo
ton.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
JAW Wins Glenn
Martin Election

BALTIMORE, May 5 (LPA)
Results of the NLRB election
held at the huge Glenn Martin
aircraft plant here the day be-
fore the .Taft-Hartley Act went
into effect, finally came through
last week. The United Auto
Workers-CIO will represent the
Glenn Martin workers.
The election, conducted last
August, was a close contest be-
tween the UAW and the Int'l
Association of Machinists, unaf-
filiated, and the returns hung on
"a number of challenged ballots.
The Glenn Martin election play
ed a significant role in the floor
debate on Taft-Hartley at the
UAW convention last November.
Final returns: UAW, 3O76;
lam, 2007; no union, 1857. The
large mo union" vote, the un-
ions charged, was due to an ac-
tive campaign on the part of
Glenn Martin, head of the giant
aircraft company.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
co-oPs Winning
Union Support

NEW YORK, May 5 (LPA)-
"The sharp rise in living costs
has brought home to our men,
bers the need for some means
of combating price increases, "
George Meany, AFL secretary
treasurer, said last week, land
they are turning to consumer
as method wholly
in keeping with the American
free enterprise system and the
democratic way of life"
Meany told the Cooperative
League that 1947 marked an
"upsurge of interest in consumer
Operatives on the part of AL
local unions, central bodies and
state declarations of labor" He
cited the great increase of AL
members participation in co-opE
in New England and the Middle
Atlantic states.
AFL policy is to work closely
with existing cooperative or
ganizations and wholesalers
Meany said that requests for in,
formation about consumer CO.
operation received at the AL
national office are referred to
the wholesalers which have been
prompt in meeting the requests
of local unions for advice and
assistance.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Union Lifts UNAc PIan

NEW YORK (LPA) - That
heartless outfit, the American
Federation of Musicians-AFL
has lifted its ban against record
making-not for profit but for
the United Nations Appeal for
Children. Union musicians have
been assured by union president
James c. Perillo that their or
ganization wants them to record
for worldwide distribution the
UNAC's new theme song Lets
Make the World of Tomorrow
Today which will be used in
UNCA's fund drive.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
NLRB Sniping
At Pieketing

WASHINGTON, M ~ 5
(LPA) - In two cases last
week NLRB trial examiners
warned unions that picketing
must be conducted in strict
compliance with the Taft-Hart-
ley law. One case grew out of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters
AFL picketing a department
store to prevent it from using
scab labor on a renovation job.
The other charged strike vio-
lence against the United Furni-
ture Workers-CIO.
The carpenters case is the
first in in which an NLRB Of
ficial has held that peaceful
picketing violates the law.
A Montgomery, Ala, store
hired a non-union contractor to
remodel and add to the stores
facilities. It's minor, internal
carpentering work had beer
done in the past by u n o r
carpenters. Then the carpenters
business agent learned that the
store was going to use non
union labor he tried to persuade
the manager to transfer the con-
tract to a union firm.
Met with a refusal to CO.
operate, the union members
walked out and picketed the
store with signs saying that II
was unfair to organized labor
Picketing Stopped
But the NLRB examiner found
the picketing was in support OF
a secondary boycott and ordered
it stopped.
Meanwhile, another trial ex-
aminer was hearing the COM
plant of a Kentucky furniture
company against TIL e United
Furniture Workers-CIO, which
had struck its plant. Interna-
tional representatives of the
union assisted the local in It's
strike.
The m in er found that
pickets had carried clubs while
on the picket line and charged
that they overturned a non
striking workers automobile. He
overruled the unions contention
that the case should be dismissed
because the company's unfair
labor practices had precipitated
the strike.
Both the international and the
local are ordered to cease
and desist from such coercive
activities.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Lewis Invites
Coal Contract

WASHINGTON. May (LPA)
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, last week
invited the coal owners to meet
with him on May 18 to negoti-
ate a new contract for the bi-
luminous industry. The 1947
contract, under which the pen
sion fund dispute has ragged, ter
inmates on June 30.
The UMW's letter to the
operators was dated April 30,
thereby satisfying the Taft
Hartley laws requirement that
notice of termination of agree
ment be given the other party
to contract go days in ad-
vance.
Lewis reminded the coal own
ers that the present contract
obligates them to participate in
any conferences called under its
terms. His purpose, he said, is
the negotiating of successor
contract"
Meanwhile, the machinery
was set in motion to start pay
ing S100 a month pensions to
retired miners from the 1947
fund. Over the dissent of Ezra
Van Horn, the operators repre-
sentative on the funds board Of
trustees, Miss Josephine Roche,
president of the Rocky Noun
tain Fuel Co. was named direc-
tor of the fund.
Van Horn. who had previously
entered suit in federal courts
to block the payment of pensions
under the Lewis-Bridges plan,
last week warned the banks
holding the funds, S34,000,000
not to honor any checks drawn
against it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Church Choir On Strike

LONDON GPA)-The men,
bers of the choir of All Saints
Church downed their hymn
books last week and went on
strike. They say they will stay
out until the pastor, Rev. r. M:
Tapply, apologies for some
nasty remarks he made about
local talent. 1t seems that when
the rehearsals for the Easter
oratorio began the preacher
wanted to import some outside
soloists, while the regular choir
thought it was quite capable of
handling the special music.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Textile Workers Meet

ATLANTIC CITY (LPA)-
Meeting in convention, repre-
sentatives of the Textile Work.
ers Union-CIO considered every
thing affecting American labor
from their own southern or
ganizing campaign to interna-
tional labor relations problems.
President Emil Rieve urged that
the CIO leave the World Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions, because
there is too much Communist
influence in it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Workers Fight Back

WASHINGTON (LPA)-The
AFL Building Trades Dept is
on to employers union breaking
plans, and prepared to counter
attack, it was revealed last
week. A contractors association
has been advising the employers
to refuse to renew any form of
union security agreements now
that vast years contracts are
running out, and Taft-Hartley
is in effect. But the AFL has in
formed its members that until
.NLRB is prepared to conduct
union shop polls the unions
should insist upon continued
job security.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Price BEeok Ends

WASHINGTON, May 5 (LPA)
That break in wholesale prices"
in February is all over. In fact,
wholesale prices for the week
ended April II rose to within
O.5To of the level reached at the
end of January, just before the
break in farm prices. Wholesale
prices for that week were 1879
above the corresponding week
in 1947.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
Ragging the
Scale
By Blabber Mouth

Lexie Miller of Assb. No. l
has been improving her pinochle
game. The only thing that
stumps her is how three other
players can end up with five
cards while she has only one.
After all, Lex, they say you
dealt them.
Welcome back to Albert j..
Grossheim and William Grandy
from your months health leave
to Arizona.
Poor little Johnny Smith from
the stock room says that big
bully Brother Billheimer now
slaps him around for what he is
thinking. This should teach you
there is a mind reader present,
not to think bad things when
John.
Are you interested in floor
shows, ETC.? If so you might
look up Dan Biker of Assb. No.
2. They tell us he didn't do too
bad in the parking lot last week
but l am not sure if he would
care to re-enact the scene.
Due to conditions beyond my
control l am forced to leave out
any in f o m ton concerning
Brother Kennys name. He in
Inundated me.
Joe Chapman seems to have
quite a bit on his mind lately.
Saturday morning he quite alb
sent mindedly locked his car
door leaving all his keys inside.
What's wrong, Joe, are those
women getting the best of you?
Bob Martins sudden interest
in punch boards has become the
talk of Dept. l and Pappy Camp
bells wandering teeth has cre-
ated a stir in No. z.
Bob Minnick has taken UP
golf; we hope he's a better judge
of distance than he is efficiency
Mike Ferguson, Inspection
Dept, a personal friend of John
L. Lewis, has just revealed that
he is an Old Guard Republican
We don't have much respect for
Mikes judgment but we admire
his courage; even Heron, Berry
and Billet at times hate to adj
NIT their Republican allegiance
We understand the Mud Hens
are so hard up for pitchers that
they are dickering with Emil
LindhorSt, Local IL bartender
Emil is still proud of the 1890
series when he famed Pecord or
three high pitches.
Clyde Justus has discovered g
way to get to work on Monday
he stays up all night Sunday
Seems like there should be g
better way, Clyde.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
National
Supply Unit NeeVS
By "Shorty" Sager

It's no secret anymore why
Clyde Sullivan holds pow WOW
by Dept. 43 office every Wednes'
day between II and 1870 a. m
If the company would pay in
cash, Honey Boy" Sulliv n
wouldn't have to do that any
more.
AROUND THE SHOP
The boys in Dept. So think
they should have a padded cell
for Mac Shubert instead of ar
office.
Henry Miller, Dept. 43, re.
Gently tried to unlock his locker
with no success. He notified the
boss who grabbed hold of the
handle and opened it. Was Hen
ry's face red!
We wonder if Lloyd Jones has
his spring plowing done. We SEE
he is back to work now.
Buss Rhoades recently cele
brated his 31st birthday. Happy
birthday, Buss!
We wonder who these Execu
tive Committeeman are who figh'
with management all week, anc
then play golf with them on Sat
urday.
The MONDAY softball team
wishes to thank the Unit for theil
contribution for uniforms.
Ted Marquardt is the prouC
daddy of a seven-pound baby
girl. Congrats to both happy
parents. Thanks for the cigars
Ted!
Our day Unit softball team will
open their season on May 18 a
g p. m. at CYO field, Bancroft
and Parkside Blvd. Come ou
and see the boys in their new uni
IOIIIlS.
When we changed to dayligh
saving time Joe Early Bird
Gauthier set his clock one hou
ahead, his wife also did, and hi
preacher forgot to. Joe arrived
at church two hours too soon.
Hills Guthrie is the new stew
ard in the Iron Workers Dept.
Who is the Inspector in Dept
A, nights, who asked to be mad,
a foreman for 10 minutes unit
the regular foreman came In
How about it, Al!
It's a girl for Mr.. and Mrs
John Walsh, Dept. So. Thank
for the package of Bull Durham
John.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
IBEW Records
lis History

WASHINGTON (LPA) = j
Scott Milne, secretary of the
Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers-AFL, has asked all un-
ion members and locals to send
him materials for the union his
tory display which will be per-
manent feature of IBEW's head
quarters in Washington. Con-
vention photos, constitutions,
badges, transfer cards, all will
be preserved among the land
marks of the unions struggles,
set-backs and advances.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
cI0 Phone Union Wins
CHARLESTON. w Va. ZIP

CHARLESTON, w. Va. (LPA)
BY margin of 13 votes, the
CLOS Telephone Workers Or
Committee last week
won a hotly contested NLRB
election for bargaining repre-
sentative of more than 5000
phone workers in this state. The
vote was: TWOC-CIO, 1850;
CWA, 1879; no union, 241; chal-
lenged, 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08

made him one of the outstanding men
of the country. Without his whole
hearted aid, the Marshall plan, upon
which is founded the European Re-
covery Program, could not have been
adopted. Without him the little group
of key Republicans in the House
would have succeeded in scuttling it,
even after it had been approved. 1t
was inevitable that a public sentiment
in favor of drafting" Mr.. Vanden-
berg should develop. Had there been
deadlock, Mr.. Vandenberg would
have been drafted and would have ac-
cepted. But he consistently refused to
connive in the draft and there was no
deadlock. Senator Vandenberg was re-
lieved rather than disappointed at the
result. Throughout, he maintained
dignified position. He has gained in
prestige and respect.
Finally, there is Mr.. Stassen. 1t
would be pleasant to say that he, too,
had come out of the fray with in
creased prestige and enhanced re-
spect. 1t would be pleasant to say
that, but it would not be true. The
truth is that even some of Mr.. Stas-
sens closest friends here were disap-
pointed in him. After his Oregon de-
feat very few expected him to be
nominated for the presidency Mr..
Stassen himself had no such eX-
pectation. On the contrary, he made
no secret that his first desire was to
defeat Governor Dewey and that
Senator Vandenberg was the man he
wanted nominated. He was almost as
much opposed to Taft's nomination as
to that of Dewey. With this attitude,
clearly, the strategy of the anti-Dew-
ey combination was wholly futile
from the start. But it was his attitude
toward the vice presidential nomina-
ton that most bitterly disappointed
his friends. Even before the Dewey
nomination it was known that Gov
ernor Dewey was willing to forget
the disparaging things that Mr.. Stas-
sen had said of him and take him as
his running mate if Mr.. Stassen were
willing.
But when they finally met to con-
fer, the Stassen attitude was such
that the offer was not made and the
two men parted with no personal
cordially at all. 1t is not true, as
since reported, that Governor Dewey
wanted Mr.. Stassen to "eat dirt" be-
fore he gave the word. 1t is true that
Mr.. Stassen could have had the nomi-
nation with complete self-respect, re-
CARELESS of his previous statements,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08

daughters, Joan and Florence, HIGH
Point, N. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
burst and family, Springs, Pa; Rob
ert Smith and Bill Fazenbaker, Fin
eel. A chicken dinner was served.
Miss Florence Harris is visiting
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brison Resi-.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Legeer, Bit
finger; Mr.. and Mrs Everette Butler,
ELS, ". Va; Mr. and Mrs. j. A.
sem, ll sad -u.y T/Sgt and Mrs.
Mark Schaefer, of Andrews Field;
Miss Brown and Miss Speicher, OF
Grantsville; Mrs w. f. Harris and
daughters, and Miss Hollie Bethel
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Brison
Resh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Otto and family
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Burkholder.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Miller were
visiting Mrs c. c. Orendorf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond klotz were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Burk-
holder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Resi- were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Orvis Resi-.
The storm did quite lot of dam
.age around here Saturday night,
washing out roads and crops.
w. f. Harris is remodeling Henry
BeitZel's milk house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08

sician.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Texier and
family, Harisonburg, were Sunday
guests of their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Rev. and Mrs. Galen Fike, Of Egg
lon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fike, Rev and
Mrs. Obed Hamstead and Mr.. and
Mrs. Warden Hamstead and two
children, Of Morgantown, spent Mon
day visiting on the former Hamstead
homestead near Gnegy Church.
Mrs. Edith Harsh left Tuesday by
bus for Denton, Md, where she will
visit her son-in-law and daughter,
Rev and Mrs. Wayne Wheeler and
daughter.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Werner, Ak
ron, O.. made short visit this week
at the Drs Miller home, at Eglon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milan Evans and
family, Elkins, were recent guests of
Mrs. Evans parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j. NJ Conn, Of near Aurora.
Elmer Sell has been i'll and con-
fined to his home near Aurora for
several days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08
AURORA-EGLON

Last rites were conducted Wcdnes-
day afternoon at Stemple Ridge
church by Rev. Peters, Of Aurora,
for Charles Rogers Spessert, Al, who
died Sunday afternoon July 4, in q
Dubois, Pennsylvania hospital, after
long illness. He is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Mary Knots,
daughter Of Mrs. Alice and the late
David Knots, formerly of Stemple
Ridge, and three daughters. Burial
was in the Stemple Ridge cemetery.
Ezra Slaubaugh who had been a
surgical patient for several weeks in
Philippi hospital returned Sunday
to his home near Eglon.
Howard Henlne returned last week
from a Keyser hospital to the home
of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Knots, near Cor
mania.
Mrs. John T. Fike was badly
shocked by lightning during a recent
storm while she was standing by the
kitchen range in her home near Egg
Ion. She was treated by a local ply
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08
ARNOLD A. WERNER

Arnold Albin Werner, oldest son of
the late Andrew and Catherine Roth
Werner was born June II, 1866, at
Eglon, W. Va, and passed away June
"a, 1913, in a Los Angeles hospital
following a short illness. Death was
due to heart ailment.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Miss Emma Elliott, of King
wood one son, DR.. w. Felix Werner
and two grandchildren, all of Cali
fornia; one brother DR.. Harry Wer-
ner, Akron, O., and two sisters, Mrs.
Nellie Radabaugh, of Ashtabula, o.,
and Mrs. Eva Haysc, of Rochester,
N. Y. One son, Hubert died at the
age of 10.
Early in life Mr.. Werner became
engaged in the mercantile business
in the following West Virginia towns:
Kingwood, Parsons and Morgantowr.
In 1911 he moved his family to Cali
fornia where he engaged in banking
in Planada, DelRey and Los Angeles.
He retired in 1885 and purchased an
apartment building which he man
aged and where he and Mrs. Werner
also resided.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. William c. Hodgson,
Saturday, June 26, in Pierce Brothers
Little Church-Around the Corner,
Inglewood. Interment was in Ingle-
wood Park Mausoleum, Inglewood,
California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08

if he had accepted the counsel of men
who had his interests at heart. The
fact seems to be that Mr.. Stassen let
his feelings affect his judgment He
has lost the vice presidency for which
he was willing to settle at one time
and he has made it very unlikely that
he will have any conspicuous post in
the Dewey administration What he
can do now to keep from slipping in
to the political shadows remains to
be seen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-08
LEGEER

Simon Burkholder is completing
his new house.
Those visiting at the home of Nj
and Mrs. Henry Bethel and family
were Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Bethel and
family, Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Junior Wiley and son, Miss
Jainey Bender, Mr.. and Mrs. Brison
Resh, all of Grantsville; Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Bethel and family, Of
Jennings; Mr.. and Mrs Harold Hig-
gins, of Frostburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
Sherman Bittinger and son, Akron,
o.; Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Harris and