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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
BerIucher
Campaign
Is Opened

Franz Berlacher, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
sheriff opened downtown head
quarters at 215 Summit ST., Sit
was announced on Wednesday of
this week by Lawrence N. Stein
berg, a member of the Berlacher
for Sheriff Committee.
Mr.. Steinberg stated that the
Berlacher campaign is getting
under way for an about drive
for the sheriff's post and that a
large campaign committee would
be announced in the near future.
Berlacher, who is a member
of the Toledo L-M-C, is head of
the Milk Drivers and Dairy I'm.
ion (AFL) and has never been a
candidate for public office be-
fore. He was well known in To-
ledo sports circles as a former
member of the old Maroons
Mecca, and Stanley football teams
where he was better known as
Dutch" Franz.
Mr.. Berlacher is married and
has one son, Franz, Jr., sopho-
more medical student at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He lives in
1856 harrington Drive.
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NLRB Rules On
Decerfifico+ion

W. S HIN C T o N, Feb. Ia
(LPA)-The National Relations
Board last week ruled that de-
certification elections may be
called in plants organized by
unions which haven't filed Com
munist disclaimers with the
Board.
An employe in a southern
steel mill where the United
Steelworkrs-CIO won a bargain
ing representative election in
1916 asked the Board to con-
duct another poll to see if the
union still had the support of
the majority of the plants
workers. Had the union itself
asked for a re-run it couldn't
have gotten it because USA,
w h ose anti-Communist COM
plexion is we'll known, has not
seen fit to comply with Taft
Hartley Act.
The Board ruled that if USA
wins it cannot certify the union,
but can only publish the cleo
ton results. But if the steel
workers union loses, the Board
will say that in no uncertain
terms
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
EImore Local
Picks Pryor

ELMORE, Feb. 13 - Fred
Pryor was elected president of
Local 619, UAW-CIO here last
week at the unions annual cleo
tion of officers. He replaced
Don Roberts who declined to
run.
Other Local officers named
were Ray Haar, incumbent,
vice president; Clifford Arndt,
incumbent, financial secretary;
and Marvin Damschoeder, in
cumbent, recording secretary.
Also elected were Henry Dun
ham and Martin Louce trustees.
The former will serve a three
year term, the latter two years.
Clarence Smith, incumbent SER
geant-at-arms was also re-elect-
ed.
Elected to the shop commit
tee of the Multiplex Company
where Local 619 members are
employed were Clarence Smith,
Alvin Damschroeder and Don
Robert.
Officers will be installed by
Cyrus Martin, Toledo, Interna-
tional union representative at
the Locals regular meeting,
March 3.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
Burke Committee
Opens Temporary
Downtown Office

Opening of a temporary head
quarters for the Burke.for. Con.
gress campaign at Gil Huron St.
was announced on Tuesday of
this week by Ollie Pecord, who
took out Mr.. Burke's congress
sional petitions several weeks
ago.
Pecord explained that efforts
were being made to secure a
downtown headquarters for the
campaign, but that the present
quarters would be used until a
suitable downtown office was
available. Literature and other
campaign material may be OBJ
tanned at the GIL Huron st. head.
quarters.
Announcement of a campaign
and committee for the
Burke congressional campaign
will be made in the near future,
Pecord said.
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Glass Workers
TO Seek Hike

Reopening of Federation of
Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand
Workers Union contracts with
the Libbey.Owens-Ford and Pitts
burg Plate Glass companies for
increased wages next month was
announced today by William
Akos, president of Local 8.
Mr.. Akos said that the Glass
Workers wage demands would
be along lines similar to those
announced by the UAW.CIO and
would include substantial wage
increases plus security insurance
covering sickness, hospital, surgi-
cal expenses and retirement
funds.
The glass union bargains on
an industry-wide basis for all
plants of the two major glass
companies.
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Spicer


Overwhelming support for
union security was voted by
members of the Spicer Office
Unit of Local, UAW-CIO, in
IA National Labor Relations
Board election held at the Spicer
Co. last week Thursday, it was
announced today by Unit of.
ficers.
The union security election,
one of the requirements of the
Taft Hartley law, was passed by
"a vote of 259 for the security
clause with So opposed. Two bal
lots were challenged. Unit mem.
berS eligible to vote numbered
BAT, with 81 casting their bal
lots.
1t was the first security clause
election held by Local IL Unit
and is in keeping with the ma
tional trend where elections have
been decisively in favor of re-
tention of union security clauses
IN contracts.
Lloyd Speidell, Local IL re.
cording secretary stated today
that many other Local IL shops
have completed the signing of
the forms to be used in petition
ing for NLRB union security
elections and that many shops
are in process of signing. All
such elections must be COM
pleted prior to June 80 under the
law.
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of Britain's Trades Union
Congress in hopes of devising
plans that will permit inter-
national labor cooperation in
implementing the European re-
covery program without splitting
the WITH wide open.
The crisis in international
labor organizational unity came
when the Secretariat of the
WITH turned down a TUG
demand that it go ahead with
previously agreed to plans for
an executive bureau meeting in
February.
Louis Saillant, secretary of
the WITH, visited Moscow to
interview Soviet union chiefs
after receiving the British
demand, and came to the conf
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
LCPC TO Discuss
Political PuIns

Discussion of its political plans
for the coming primaries and
elections will be the principal
topic to come before the regular
monthly meeting of the Labor
and Civic Political Committee in
its Feb. 26 session at the Com
modore Perry Hotel at 8 p. m.
Notices of the meeting were
being sent out this week to labor,
civic, church and other groups
who have been affiliated with the
organization since its beginning
several months ago, according to
Lawrence N. Steinberg, temper
ary secretary.
Organized for the purpose of
promoting more liberal social leg
islation and electing public Off
cials favorable to its legislative
program, the new group has at
tracted the attention of CIO,
AFL and r ilroa a d
which have been
represented at the meetings.
Richard Gosser, u A W. -CIO,
vice.president, is tie m mporaryI
Harry Card, head of
the Teamsters Union (AFL), and
Earl Streeter, MESA chairman,
are vice.chairmen of the organi-
zation.
Any group which is interested
IN more liberal social legislation
Is invited to send representatives
10 observe and take part in the
, ,afixyifiaS ~ tha CpT
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Gosser To
SeekCo-op
Sentiment

Richard GosSer, UAW vice
presiden, revealed today that
he was seeking to discover the
sentiment in Toledo relative
to the organization of a Co
operatively owned store.
In explaining his interest in
the coop movement, the UAW
vice-president said: 81 know that
there is considerable sentiment
here favorable to the co-opera-
tive movement. I also know that
the time is ripe for organizing
such a plan in Toledo, but !
would like to have some ex-
preston from the people before
undertaking this i'm port a n t
work"
Mr.. GosS ser expressed the
belief that if the required num-
ber of people would purchase
shares at $25 a share that suf-
ficient money could be realized
to set up and stock a coop store.
Union For Coop
Action of vice-president Gosser
in interesting himself in the
Coop movement is in line with
the policy of the United Auto
Mobile Workers which has taken
an increasingly greater part in
initiating and aiding the coop
movement in Michigan and other
sections of the country.
The success of Pontiac in open
ing a coop store several weeks
ago has created wide interest in
the movement and stimulated
coop organizational work in
many other cities. The Pontiac
coop was aided by CIO, AFL
and other unions and is doing an
astonishing volume of business.
Those who are interested in
the organization of a coop store
in Toledo may express their
sentiments by writing to vice
president Gosser, 425 Winthrop
st.
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Lite, where John Begg was
reelected shop chairman. Re-
elected vice chairman was
Earl Sucker who has served in
the post since his return from
the Army. Virgil Barnhart was
elected to fill the second vice
craftsmanship.
Others elected were Robert
CARING, secretary and Joseph
Manson, treasurer.
Elected to serve on the Auto
Lite executive committee were
Margaret Mitchell, Floyd Coax
ley, Jennie Bsharah, John j.
Jankowski, Frank Puskas, How
ard Cutcher, Walter Rearick,
William B. Duck, George Logan
and Wilson Soltman.
Other Units Report
Other Local IL Units which
their elections were
Rathbun-J Jones, Toledo Scale,
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Martin Parry, American Can and
Burt Foundry. The following
were picked for members of the
various executive committees:
Rathbun-Jones: Mike Waclw-
ski, chairman; Paul Tester, vice
chairman; Albert Snyder, secre-
tary; Charles Chapman, Robert
Anderson, Zigmund Kujawa and
Edward Schaffer, committee
men.
Toledo Scale: Harold Billhei-
men, Robert Martin, Joseph
Crawford, Frank johnson, Elmer
Ewald and William Kenny. The
committee will choose its own
officers.
Martin Parry: Edward Brown,
chairman; Leon Crilly, vice
chairman; Evelyn DINNER, sec
retary; John Madlinski and Ar
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policy of not providing for the
gas shortage which they knew
was coming. They refused to
install a pipe line from Detroit
to the gas storage field in west
ern Michigan because they were
trying to get government certi-
fication for a long pipeline to
the southwest.
"They were offered pipe for a
line to the storage field in a
1945 letter from julius Krug
but refused the offer and pur-
posely created a gas shortage so
that the Federal Power Commits
sion would be forced to grant
them a certificate for the other
line that they wanted" the
JAW man charged.
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Andrews Is
Winner Of
Broun Prize

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S LPA)
The Haywood Broun award
in memory of the founder of
tn e American Newspaper
Guild-CIO this year went
unanimously to Bert Andrews,
head of the New York Herald
Tribune's Washington bureau.
The judges awarded Andrews
$500 in cash and a Guild citation
for his series which exposed the
State Departments method of
dismissing employees for security
reasons without letting them
know the charges, and which re-
suited in a reform of the De-
partment's methods.
Speaking for the three judges,
Louis Lyons, curator of the Nei-
man Foundation, at Harvard,
said, ''We regarded Andrews
stories on the loyalty issue as
the most significant reporting,
not merely of 1947 but of sew
eral years"
Six other entries were singled
out for honorable mention and
for $100 cash awards which the
judges took action on their own
to provide. The six were:
Edward ]. Donohoe of the
Scranton Times for his coverage
of a milk strike; Ralph Andrist
and Ralph Backund of Station
WCCO, Minneapolis, for a series
of six programs called Neither
Free nor Equal" attacking racial
discrimination in the Northwest;
Herbert Block (Herblock), Wash.
ington Post, for cartoons; Alfred
Friendly, Washington Post, for
his coverage of the Lilienthal
hearings; billiard Stokes, Wash
ington Post, for his coverage of
the u. S. Supreme Court.
"This years numerous and su-
perb entries" said Robert Allen,
demonstrated conclusively that
the working press, and many ed
itors, have turned to the Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild for the
highest and most esteemed jour-
nalistic recognition"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20

UAW President w a 1t e r
Reuther invited public Off
cials and community leaders
in industry, labor and education
to witness a demonstration of a
new process for distilling gas
and oil from coal held here on
Friday of last week at Wayne
University.
In Washington, union repre-
SentativeS Donald Montgomery
charged before the House Inter.
state & Foreign Commerce com.
mittee that the Michigan Con.
solidated Gas Co. is directly re-
sponsible for what practically is
the equivalent of general strike
forced upon the community
by the utility company"
Michigan Consolidated" said
Montgomery" has for years
been following a deliberateI
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to be an upset.
Wallace adherents and the
leader of the third party
movement himself were elatec
at the size of the victory. Wal
lace, who is in Florida on
speaking tour, expressed the
opinion that 'the so-called third
party can become the first party
in 1948."
Unions Quit ALP
Of particular significance to
p olitical | observers was the
victory of the Wallace candidate
respite the fact that a number of
strong unions which had been
active in the ALP for number
of years quit the organization
when it declared itself for Wal
lace and his third party.
Wallace himself was active in
the Isacson campaign and was
particularly critical of the Tru-
man administration for its posi-
ton on Palestine. The con-
gressional district has many
Jewish voters who are interest
ed in the situation which exists
in Palestine.
Ironic was the fact that the
Bronx is the political baliwick
of former Democratic chairman
Edward j. Flynn whose organi-
zatioon was solidly behind Karl
Proper, defeated Democratic
candidate.
Election Called Proof
Wallace followers concurred
in the opinion expressed by c.
B. Baldwin, Mr.. Wallace's cam
paign manager that the election
was proof that the people de-
mand a new third party, led
by Henry Wallace"
The successful candidate who
is 38 years of age and a practic-
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Reject USES Transfer

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The
House Expenditures Committee
has rejected President Truman's
proposal that the U. E. Employ
ment Service and administration
of the federal jobless benefits
program be permanently a part
of the Labor Department. The
Committee followed the lead
offered by dozens of employer
association spokesmen who ap-
peared before them to oppose
the plan. Both House and Sen
ate have to disapprove, or the
reorganization takes effect.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
Units Aid
Camp Fund

Acme Speciality Unit of
Local IL was the first UAW-
CIO group to donate to the
Local IL Summer Camp
fund drive it was reported
today by Howard Rediger, fund
drive director.
Mr.. Rediger indicated that he
expects that the fund will soon
begin to grow and said that
many persons who had aided
last year, when the summer
camp was established, had
promised that they would again
contribute to the fund.
A total of S556.5O have been
donated to date.
Plans of several union women's
groups to aid the camp are going
forward and should result in
considerable contribution to the
drive. A total of 100000 has
been set for the drive by Richard
Gosser, camp president.
Following is the list of donors
for last week:
A m Specially Unit, $10;
Banting Co., $40; Walter
Murphy, $50; Steve Mach, SIS
Anononus, $1.50.
Previ Gus ly reported $500.
Total donations, $556.50.
Additional funds are needed
this year to increase the size of
the camp to handle 225 children
for each two weeks camp period.
Additional cabins and o It h r
facilities will be required to
handle the increased number of
children.
Applications for the camp are
now ready and may be obtained
in Room 217 of Local IL head
quarters, 425 Winthrop ST.
Choice of camping dates will
again be on first-come first
served basis with the early ap-
plicants getting a better selec-
ton of dates.
Donations may be mailed to
Howard Rediger at the Winthrop
st. address.
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Workers Want
Union Shop

NEW YORK (LPA)-Better
than $50 of the 69,729 eligible
voters in I'll NLRB union shop
authorization polls voted to give
their union, the Textile Workers
Union-C -CIO, the right to demand
the union shop, President Emil
Rieve said last week. "Propo-
nents of the TIL bill have claim
ed that the union shop was
foisted upon American workers
by power hungry union lead
ers. The vote in the textile in
dustry has disproved the asSer-
ton beyond all doubt" Rieve
pointed out.
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clusion that a majority of the
bureau favored postponing the
meeting, so that British and
American delegates would be
barred from presenting proposals
for labor effort in coordination
with the Marshall plan.
Claims Majority Opposed
Saillant's claim that majority
of the board opposed meeting
in February presumes bureau
acceptance of the position of the
French General Confederation
of Labor, of which Saillant is
an official, that Leon Jouhaux,
former CGT general secretary
and WITH representative. is no
longer a bureau member since
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Wallace Candidate Wins
In New York CITY Vote
Burke Asks
TIUCLeave

Vice-Mayor T h o m a H.
Burke's application to the To-
ledo Industrial Union Council
for an indefinite leave of ab-
sence from his executive Sec
retary duties for the TIUC will
be one of the principal matters
to come before the CIO delegates
when they hold their regular
monthly meeting on Monday
night.
Mr.. Burke announced on Mon
day of this week that he was
applying for a leave to devote
his full time to his official duties
and to seek the Democratic
nomination for Congress. His
statement follows:
During my seven years of
public service in the Ohio Legis-
lature and in Toledo City Coun-
Gil, believe l have built
reputation of fairness and service
to all the citizens of this COM
munity. I do not believe that
anyone could accuse me of
favoring one group over another.
/ have at all times given full
consideration to the problems of
all of the citizens.
States His Reasons
'It is my belief that l cannot
do full justice to my city duties
and conduct a Congressional
campaign at the same time
and still serve the labor move
ment. This would be a mental
and physical impossibility. For
these reasons I am asking for a
leave of absence from my union
position"
Board of Election officials an
nounced on Monday of this week
that they were re-examining
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stead of one as formerly. The
second vice-presidency was
created as a result of the
action of the union in approving
an amendment to- the Local IL
Bylaws setting up the new post.
All incumbent officers and ex.
ecutive board members were re-
nominated. Following F were
named:
President: Melvin Schultz, in
cumbent; Frank Rostetter.
Vice President: Earl Sucker,
Tom Burke, incumbent, Frank
R o letter, William Healey,
Charles Clark, Lloyd Speidell,
Robert Thomas, j. Golembeski,
Christ Topel, Harold Billheimer,
Clem Holewinski and Henry
Baum.
Gray Is UnOpposed
Financial Secretary: Randolph
Gray, incumbent, unoppoSed.
Treasurer: Norman Meyers,
incumbent; Clem Holewinski, Al
Kenngott, Arthur Peth, G.. Geiss,
E. Hunt.
Trustee: Ted Modrowski, in.
cumbent, Harold Billheimer, Otis
Wiseman, Glenn Holewinski, Har-
old Dean, Charles Clark, Clay
ton RuSch, Al Kenngott, William
Healey, Mac Biddle, A. Subecki,
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Fremont Local
To Nominate

FREMONT, Feb. 18 - Mem
bers of Local 914, UAW-CIO,
will hold their annual nomination
of officers and members of their
executive board at their South
Front st. headquarters here Sun.
day, it was announced by Walter
Wasserman, union president.
Also to be named at the meet
ing are the members of the bar
gaining committee for the new
union contract.
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Seobs Start Violence

BAKERFIELD (LPA) - Viol-
ence flared on the picket line
of Di Giorgio Corp. last week
when a crowd of 40 scabs at
tackled three National Farm La
Dor Union-AFL pickets, all of
whom were hospitalized. Aid
valued at $4,000 was brought
to the strikers last week by a
caravan from southern California
AFL unions.
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Third Party Man Beats
Opponents Two-to-One

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 Especial Wire)-Leo Isacson, can
ddate of the American Labor Party backed by Henry Wal
lace and his third party movement decisive victory
over three opponents here yesterday in special congress
sonal election.
Isacsons victory which labeled blow to the
Democrats took place in the Bronx which has been Demo
cratic stronghold for many years The vctors election
which accomplished by winning votes than his
three opponents combined conceded by some observers
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INFORMATION

For the information of
the members of Local IL,
UAW-CIO, the MON
JOURNAL will carry in
each issue description of
the many services which
the union offers. Watch
page 3 each week for this
feature. Learn what your
union has to offer you and
use its facilities to the full
est. Only by doing this can
you get the most from your {.
organization.
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JAW Seeks Cure
For Gas Supply
Karrick Process Demonstrated;
Would Produce Efficient Fuel

DETROIT, Feb. 18 GPA)-Whle the city of Detroit
paralyzed by natural gas shortage last week. the
United Automobile WorkersCIO hit the problem from
for situation which had ided 100000 factory workers
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Many Named For
Local II Offices
More Than 100 Named To
Run For Union Positions

Randolph Grey, financial secretary, the only un-
opposed officer when Local II, UAW-CIO held its annual
nomination of officers Feb 49, More than 100
submitted for the other officer and executive board posts
Included in the contest will be two vicepresdents in
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CO. British Seek
To Salvage WFTU
Union Heads Seeking To
Avert World Union Split

LONDON, Feb. 18 LPA)-James B. Carey secretary
of the CO. aided by Michael Ross CIO interna-
onal labor department head and Elmer Cope CIO repre-
sentative Paris headquarters of the World Federation
of Trade Unions conferred in London last week with leaders
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-20
Fe1UChangesMa
In I2;s Elections
Most Units Retain Top
Officers In BallOting

Few changes made in shop committees by Local Il
Units which held their elections last week and early this
week. reported today by Lloyd Speide Local II
cording secretary
Largest unit reporting unofficial returns Auto
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IMPORTANT

Will the bearer of receipt
r 51142S issued Feb. 6,
1948 at the Local IL dues
office please contact me at
the earliest possible time.
This is a matter of extreme
Importance.
Randolph Gray,
Financial Sec'y
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