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Evening star., 1948-10-23

The sixth annual Nationwide
observance of religious book week,
sponsored by the National Confer
ence of Christians and Jews, will
begin tomorrow, it was announced
today by Mrs. Verna D. Linzel,
executive director of the Washing
ton area Office.
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
committees have selected 35 books
as recommended reading for adults
and children in each religious
group.
The lists, which may be obtained
from the conference Offices in the
Southern Building, have been dis
tributed to schools, libraries and
some book stores.
FirstN on most current nonfiction
lists is the late Rabbi Joshua L.
Liebman's Peace of Mind" On
the goodwill and Jewish book lists
is Father and the Angels" by VIII
liam Manners.
A novel also on the best-seller list
is Alan Paton's "Cry. the Beloved
Country" Other novels recommend
ed are THE Dry Wood" by Carryl
Houselander; 1.-THE Woman Who
Was Poor" by Leon Bloy; THE
Other Room" by Worth Tuttle He'd
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Court Blocks CM
Insurance Scheme

DETROIT, Feb. II (LPA) =
General Motors Corp. was eff
fectively blocked by the federal
government and the United Auto
Workers-CIO from setting up an
inferior group insurance plan
last week. Federal Judge Ed
ward A. Conger extended the
bench order, against GINS uni
laterally establishing an insur-
ance plan for its workers, until
June /.
Last week the court, at the re-
quest of NLRB, issued a tenn
porary order restraining the
company from putting in opera
ton the plan about which it
refused to negotiate with the
UAW - until NLRB could hear
the unions complaint.
GIN agreed this week to the
extension of the order until June
l. BY this time the boards deci-
sion on the unions complaint
that GIN is guilty of an unfair
labor practice will be available.
before a trial examiner
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Vice President Gossers
Itinerary January 1948

DETROIT Feb 11-Folowng is list meetings and
activities of Vice President Richard Goser during the
month of January, 1948:
Toledo, Jan. Injecting with Auto-Lite Committee
800 p. m. Attended WHY'S Unit meeting.
Jan. Meeting with representatives and routine busi
Detroit, JAN 5-offce routine Appointments
Jan. 6-Meeting with Mildred Jefferies Women
international Executive Board relative to wage
Routine work Appointments
Toledo Injecting Mattson competitive shops
Attended LMC meeting on spicer problem
Attended Coop meeting.
8-Routine office appointments and meetings.
Attended meeting
JAN 9-Routne office work and appointments
Chicago JAM 0Attended meeting of BorgWarner Council
Muskegon Mch 11-Attended Michigan Conference
Kent Ohio, Jan. 12-Attended a grievance meeting
Cleveland o.. JAN 13-Atended to UAw business
Toledo 13-Atended meeting with Veterans Housing
Committee
Detroit 14-Meeting Routine business
appointments
Detroit 156-Internaional Executive Board meeting
Banquet
Toledo. 18Meeng with Wo committee. Routine busi
and appointments
Jan. 20-Roune business, appointments. Meeting with
Auto-Lite committee.
Jan. 21-Appointments and office routine Meeting with
Champion Unit committee.
Meetings with WHY'S Old Timers.
Toledo, Jan. 22-Meeng with LPCP officers routine office
work and appointments.
LCPC meeting.
Toledo office appointments EduI
catona League.
Toledo 24-Meeng Regional Appoint
ments
Toledo Jan. 26-Routine appointments Office
Detroit, jan 27-Meeting with top UAW-CIO officers
Toledo, Jan. 28-Rouine work appointments
Lima JAM 29-Meeng with Superior Coach committee Labor
management luncheon 100 p m.
Meeting with officers of Locals 106, I'll and
Radio G talk oh UAw 1s48 program, wLoK,
Dinner with officers and members of Locals
1O6, I'll and OPS, $50 p M
Public meeting South High Auditorium 8 p m.
Kalamazoo Mich, JAM 3031 BorgWarner Council meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
WeI-Ever Unit
Resumes Work

Members of the Wel-Ever Unit
of Local II, UAW-CIO, en-
ployed by the Wel-Ever Piston
Ring Co., returned to work on
Wednesday morning of this week
following settlement of their
week-old strike.
Agreement to return came
about following the manage
ment's decision to submit I'M
settled issues to an L-M-C panel
as requested by the union. The
case will probably be heard by
LMC next week following the
selection of the panel.
A majority of the union pro.
posals were agreed to by the cor.
poration. These included i'm
proved vacation pay clauses, min
umum rate of pay for male and
female employees, agreement on
a wage increase for new en-
ployes at the end of 80 working
days and top rate of pay for the
job classification at the end of
80 days.
A new contract will be signed
as soon as the disputed issues
have been settled by the LMC.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Wool Workers
Win Is Cents

NEW YORK, Feb. IL LPA)-
The third round of wage in
cfeases is paying off for mem
bers of the Textile Workers
Union CIO. The union announced
last week that virtually all of
the unionized mills had agreed
to 15c wage boost, and about
$4,000 non-union mill workers
also have benefited. Between 90,-
900 and 100000 unionized work.
ers are involved.
Altogether, when present con-
tract negotiations are over, more
than 10000 workers are ex-
pected to win total of $780,
000,000 in yearly pay increases.
This is the third l5c pay boost
~ .woolen workers won by
TWUA since the end of the war,
and raises the minimum wage to
$1.05 and average hourly earn
ings to SLAP.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Last Boost Before
The Recession?

ASHIN GTON, Feb. IL
(LPA) = 1t may be little late,
because Congress last year cut
Labor Dept appropriations to
the bone, but it's now matter
of record that retail food prices
in mid-December were nearly
20 above the previous peak of
Sept. 1947, 429o more than in
June 1946, and 1870 above the
post-World War l peak of June
1920.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
made this report public last
week, and listed figures to show
that prices were higher for all
food groups, led by advances in
the one month before Dec. 15
of SO for fats and oils, so for
eggs, and about 80 for dairy
products, fruits and vegetables.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Merry Manse TO
Sponsor Forum

Mary Manse College will again
sponsor the Catholic Forum
which will be in its twelfth sea-
son, beginning Feb. 20.
Three outstanding speakers
have been engaged to fill three
engagements. Prominent in the
group will be thte Reverend
John F. Cronin, assistant direc-
tor, Department of Social Action,
NCWC. DR.. Cronin is an
hauthority on labor and is a
] Jpermenent arbitor to the cloth
ing industry in Baltimore. He will
speak on Labor in the Postwar
World" Sunday, Feb. 20, at
$50 pm. in Ursuline Auditorium.
Father Joseph 7. O'Callahan,
the Fighting Padre" on the ill
fated USS. Franklin, will open
the Forum season, Sunday, Feb.
Is discussing the Quality of
Leadership"
Second of the series will
be Feb. %, when Mr.. J. L.
Benvensi an international
authority on political science
and finance will discuss "The
Marshall Plan as Europe Sees
It."
Tickets may be secured from
Mary Manse College, Telephone,
AID 9241.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13

system they think best for their
welfare" He added that the
MANS blueprint for the admin
istration of the European recov-
cry program would set up "a
glorified holding company board
of directors with a first mort
gage on the production of west
ern Europe"
Outlines CIO Ideas
Reuther pointed to the merits
of CIO President Philip Muir
rays suggestions for govern
coordi-
nation to increase steel output
and control ALLEGATIONS. He called
for enactment of the CLOS anti
initiation program to curb the eff.
Continued on Page 2
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CIO Men Cited
Under T-HL | aw
7 ak Slash
Aids Rich

WASHINGTON, F e b. II
.NPA) = By vote of 297 to
100 the House of Representa-
tives last week passed a tax
reduction measure looping
S6.5 billion off federal revenues.
The bill, which gives dispropor-
tionate relief to upper bracket
tax payers, was brought to a
vote after the House turned
down a motion to recommit IT
in favor of a Democratic Party
substitute by a vote of 253.159
Sixty-three Democrats joined
the Republicans in the final vote
for the bill. All but eight of
them are from the south. On
the test vote for the Democratic
substitute, modelled on Presi-
dent Truman's recommenda-
tions, % Democrats deserted
their party.
The bill which the House ap-
proved will probably never come
to the President for the veto
that it would surely receive. 1t
will be modified in the Senate.
Republican leaders there have
indicated support for the posi-
ton of such conservative Demo-
Gratis as Representative Robert
Doughton (N.C0
Proposed BY Knutson
Proposed by Representative
Harold Knutson (R., Minn.), the
Republican bill aids small tax
payers by increasing personal
exemptions from $500 to 5000,
and cutting the taxes of persons
with incomes under $4,000 by
20%o.
But while the Truman sugges-
tions would have left the tax
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Security Forms
Are Received

l74.akk Forms to be used in petition
ing the National Labor Rela-
tions Board for an election hear
ing on the union security clause
have been received by Local IL
UAW-CIO and are now ready
for distribution to all shops
which have not yet petitioned
for an electioon it was an
nounced today by Melvin
Schultz, union president.
Under the Taft-Hartley Act,
unions must conduct such an
election in order to retain the
union security clause in their
contracts. After the members of
the appropriate bargaining unit
have signed the forms, the petit
ton for an election hearing is
sent to the NLRB. Upon investi-
cation, if the procedure re-
quired by the law has been
complied with, the Board sets
a date and supervises the elec-
ton.
Mr. Schultz urged all union
representatives to handle the
matter as rapidly as possible so
that this phase of the law will
have been complied with prior
to the re-opening of contract
negotiations.
Spicer Office Unit held its
election on Thursday. 1t was
be the first Local IL Unit to
have such an election. A majori-
ty of 81 per cent of the mem
bership of the appropriate Unit
must approve the union security
proposal which is then certified
by the NLRB. Practically all
the elections which have been
held to date throughout the
country have been overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the security
clause.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Tof+-Hor+IeY Issues
AWdif Decision

w A S HI N G TON (LPA)-
Last week the National Mari
time Union-CIO challenged in
federal court the right of the
NLRB to keep non-filing unions
off bargaining agent ballots.
Meanwhile, AFL carpenters were
telling the board that even TIL
can't force union members to
work with non-union men, nor
does it make the construction
industry part of interstate COM
In Detroit, a federal
judge ruled that General Motors
corp. can't go back on its
promise to negotiate with the
UAW-CIO on health insurance,
at least until after the NLRB has
ruled on the unions unfair
labor practice" complaint.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
LSW Wins Starter Raise

SEATTLE (LPA)-More than
$4,000 members of the Lumber
& Sawmill Workers Union in
the Pacific Northwest are voting
on wage agreement including
712 c-an-hour w ag e boosts,
reached last week by union and
employer representatives. If this
boost is ratified, LSW officials
assert they will ask for an i'm
mediate reopening of wage
since this 'unsatis-
factory agreement was reached
only in order to avoid a strike.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13

Post

WASHINGTON, F e b. Ii
.LPA)-Lee Pressman, for IL
years general counsel of the
CIO, resigned that post last
week to go into private law
practice. 'In such private posi-
tions," said Pressman, it will
be possible for me to take part
in such activities as the Wallace
for Pres d e mt political cam
paign."
Pressman also resigned as
counsel of the United Steel<
workers -CIO. Both designations
were accepted by CIO President
Philip Murray, effective inn
mediately. However, the lawyer
acceded to Murray's request that
he continue as counsel in any
proceeding that may involve the
CIO under provisions of the Taft
Hartley Act dealing with poll
tical activity on the part of
labor unions.
In his letter accepting the
designations Murray said, II
appre t e the circumstances
which prompt your resignation.
The difficulties which confront
our nation, both economic and
political, were gone into at great
length during the recent meet
ing of the CIO executive board
and a policy adopted to deal
with those very important ques-
tions." He commented tn a t
Pressman's independent position
would allow him to engage in
p oliti C activities, without
necessarily embroiling your
self or me in difficulties con-
corning matters of fundamental
CIO policy"
No new General Counsel or
Acting General Counsel has yet
been named.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Labor Editor Slated To
Appear Before u. S. Jury

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL (LPA)-Allan L. SWIM editor,
and Richard Bauer business manager of the CIO News
appearing this week before federal grand jury on
charges they have violated that provision of TaHar
ley Act which forbds unions from making political conrbu
TONS and union papers from carrying political endorsements
The case arises out of Go President Philip Murray's
joining other CIO and AFL leaders endorsing
the candidacy of Edward Garatz for Congress from Bat
more Garnatz the Democratic nominee an Interna-
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emphasized the need for con-
trolling prices here at home,
and breaking through indus
trial bottlenecks, if the Euro
Jean recovery program is to be
successfully implemented.
The sandy-haired auto work
ers' leader told the committee
that the longing of millions of
ordinary peoples all over the
world for peace, freedom and Sc
curity SIS the raw material out of
which peace can be made"
He attacked the NAM for
wanting to attach strings to
American assistance. Not even
those who need our aid most
will accept it, Reuther said, if
we try to Interfere with their
right to 'work out the economical
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
SoIon Named
Chest Head

Faustin j. Solon, vice presi-
dent Owens Illinois Glass Co.,
was reelected president of the
Gre ter Toledo Community
Chest Thursday, February 5, at
a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors in the Commodore Perry
Hotel. Mr.. Solon has been act
i've in Chest work for many
years. He was campaign chair
man in 1945.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Rouh Unit Names
Shop Committee

Members of the Rauh Unit of
Local IA, UAW-CIO elected
Singleterry Dunbar chairman at
their annual election Feb. 8, it
was announced today by Tom
Russell, Local IA secretary.
Others who were elected were
Garnet Bowling, recording Sec
retary; Charles Robinson, Lee
Washington and Sam Kamm,
committeeman.
Other Units of Local IA will
also conduct their election dur
ing the month.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
Camp Date
Is
Announced

Local 12's Children's Summer
Camp will open its 1949 season
June 20 and run throughout the
season to August % it was an
nounced on Wednesday night of
this week by UAW Vice Presi-
dent Richard Gosser, camp
president, at a meeting of the
camps Board of Governors.
Three periods will be devoted
to boys and two to girls. Each
period is for two weeks. Camp
applications are now ready, ac-
cording to Vice President Gosser
and may be obtained from the
PAC office in the unions head
quarters, 425 Winthrop st.
Most important to the success
of the camp this year is the
fund drive which is now getting
under way, the camp president
told the Board. Each member
of the Board pledged assistance
in the drive which has been set
at 100000.
Women Pledge Aid
Women members of the Auto
mobile Workers, many of whose
children attended the camp dur
ing its first season last week
pledged their assistance to the
fund drive in a meeting with
Vice President Gosser.
Plans for fund raising were
outlined by the women and com.
mittees were appointed to begin
projects to aid the camp.
Named To Committee
The following women were
named by Vice-President Gosser
to the women's committee for
the summer camp fund drive:
Irene Stephenson, Loretta a
Schillinger, Lillian Powell, Helen
Mary Reed, Helen 'Buder, Peg
Mitchell, Irene Cameran, Flor
ence Zawodni, Elenore Siezkow-
ski, Isabelle Beuss, Gertrude
Drysol, Cleimie Glowski.
Also named to the committee
were Agnes Trautman, Bernice
Whalen, Iris Ballard, N. G. Hill,
Marie Yoey, Lucille Muszynski
Dorothy Mann, Effie Hayes, Mar
lane KnuSek, Odessa Overy, Vio-
let Spiller, Billy Williams, Jennie
Delaney and Jean Augusyniak.
To Add Names
Other names will be added to
the committee as additional UAW
women volunteer. Vice-PresidentI
Gosser announced that he is par
ticularly anxious to secure the
aid of women whose children
participated in the camps activi-
ties during the last season, or
who intend sending their young
sters to the 1948 camp.
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gram to combat initiation.
The CIO program calls for:
Freeing of all prices as
of January 5, 1948, the open
ing day of this session of Con-
gress.
2-Authoity to allocate and
ration basic commodities which
affect the cost of living and pro-
3-Cortrol of bank credits.
4-Adequte enforcement pro-
cedures, including an emergency
court of appeals.
5-Appointment of an eco
nomic stabilization coordinator.
6-EXtension of price control
powers and authority until
March 81, 1850.
Most of these points are in a
bill which was introduced by.
Senators Ebert Thomas (D.I
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Utah) and Robert Wagner ID,
N, Y.es the same day Rieve testi.
fled.
Criticize COP Policy
The CIO criticized both Repub.
lican "do-nothing policy" repre-
sented by the disastrous" anti.
initiation bill passed last Decem-
Der and the Communist.backed
Taylor bill now before the com.
mittee. Rieve expressed the opin-
ion that this bill, introduced by
Sen. Glen Taylor d., Ida.) "has
worthy objective - price roll
backs - but is not feasible and,
therefore, unrealistic."
In presenting the CIO pro-
gram Rieve pointed out that 'it
should not be looked upon as a
solution to a full en-
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
All Of Lobor
Backs Typos

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL =
(LPA) - All branches of or
ganized labor this week threw
new support behind the Inter
national Typographical Union
AFL in its battle against an in
junction sought by Robert N
Denham, general counsel of the
National Labor Relations Board.
Attorneys for the AFL, CIO
and United Mine Workers pc
titioned the Federal court at
Indianapolis for permission to
file briefs in opposition to the
proposed injunction, on which
the courts starts hearings this
week.
The injunction would outlaw
m ost of the long-established
union safeguards VIII ch the
Typos are trying to preserve in
their current battle with pub
fishers, and would forbid the
union from striking to maintain
those detectives.
Meanwhile, President Wood
ruff Randolph of the ITU re-
vealed that the union has made
new progress in its
fight for substantial wage in
creases, without signing the Taft
Hartley type of "open shop" con-
tract.
Over 325 locals have negoti-
ated wage understandings with
467 publishers and commercial
print shops-in all cases. with
out any contract, Randolph said.
The pay raises have generally
ranged from Is to Csc an hour.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
CIO Indicted

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL
-CIO President Philip
Murray and CIO were to-
day indicted here by a fed
eraI grand jury for viola
ton of the ft-Hartley
Act which prohibits politi-
cal activities by labor un-
ions. The case grew out of
Mr.. Murray's violation of
the law July Is, 1947 when
the CIO head supported
the candidacy of Rep. Ed
ward A. Garmatz ID, Md
and demanded that the
Justice Department prose-
cute him to test the Taft
Hartley Act.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
RECOMME MENDED

Many of the members of
CIO who are hard pressed
because of the long con-
tinued housing shortage
will be interested in read
ing the views of Vice
President Richard GOsSer
on this important subject.
We recommend that you
turn to page four and read
Regional Views" for some
highly pertinent comments
on the housing situation as
it exists in Toledo today.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13

present time. Local and Unit
February or March under the
unions bylaws.
Local IL will nominate its
officers this evening at 800
p. m. and will probably hold
its election the last Friday and
Saturday of this month. Those
who are now in office include,
Melvin Schultz, president; Tom
Burke, vice-president; Randolph
Gray, financial secretary; Lloyd
Speidell, recording secretary;
Norman Meyers, treasurer; Will
liam Weston, Ted Modrowski,
Barton Dederman, Harold Dean,
Ernest Kubacki, Mac Biddle and
Vincent Ringler.
The executive board may be
increased by one member at
this evenings meeting if an
amendment to the Locals by
laws is passed setting up a.
second vice-president. The board
has numbered II until recently
when appointments to the Inter-
national union staff brought the
down to its present
size.
Big Shops Vote
Much interest is taken in the
big shops elections including
w ill., US Overland, Auto-Lite,
Spicer, Champion and Devil
bliss. Auto-Lite voted on We'd
nesday of this week. Results
were not available at press time
but will probably be known by
or Tuesday of next
week.
Spicer, Champion and Devil
bliss will hold their elections be-
lore the end of February while
Willys-Overland will conduct
It's vote in March. =
Both Airway and Bingham
Continued on Page 2
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EXCUSE 1T

Last week we called
your attention to Keep
Your Eye On Congress"
which was supposed to ap-
pear on page two, but
which was omitted due to
an oversight, We are going
to ask the printer to be
sure and put this in this
week and repeat our re-
quest that you read about
the bills which are now
pending in Washington in
which workers should be
interested.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13

Former Senator Burton X.
Wheeler ended a bitter battle
in the AFL's executive cOun-
Gil when he turned down the
job as director of Labor's
Educational and Political
League, originally offered to
him by AFL President Will
liam Green on behalf of the
council. In expressing his re-
gret that other commitments
prevented his a c c ept a nee,
Wheeler made it clear that he
wasn't entirely sympathetic
with AFL's drive to defeat
all Congressman who voted
for Taft-HartIey, and had re-
servatiOns about the Euro
pean rehabilitation program.
0PA).
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13

Murray directed and request.
ed" the editor of CIO News to
carry his endorsement of Gar
matz, and his letter explaining
why he was willing to risk vio-
Continued on Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
'UAW Testifies For
ERP-MarshaII Plan
Congress Urged To Give
Aid To Europe's Peoples

WASHINGTON, Feb. II LPA)-Water Reuther, presi-
of the United Auto WorkerCO told the Senate For
eign Relations Committee last week that it must hrow
away the Congressional eyedropper if to win the
peace Tesying in support of the Marshall plan Reuther
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
CIO Asks Initiation
Curbs From Congress
Rieve Presents lO-point Program
To Senate Group

WASHINGTON, Feb. II GPA)-Emil Rieve admins
trative chairman of the CIO Full Employment Committee
testyng before the Senate Banking Currency Committee
last week urged Congress enact 10pont legislative pro-