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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
Women's Conference

Today marks the opening of the Third
Annual Region 2-B Womens Educational
Conference, an event of Importance TO
both the women and the United Automo-
bile Workers-CIO.
In a union as predominantly masculine
as the Auto Workers, il is refreshing TO
observe the keen interest and sincere eff
forts which the women members display
in behalf of their labor organization.
II was this awareness of the desire of
the women 10 take a more active part in
the building Of the union which prompted
Richard Gosser to inaugurate the Women's
Educational Conference three years ago. a
practice which is being continued by his
successor, Director Charles Ballard.
While UAW-CIO women are not as rO-
bust in their meetings as men, they do
have an intense interest i'm all the things
which affect the union and show as sim
cere a desire as their masculine fellow
members in creating and maintaining the
true and basic principles of trade union
ism.
1t is well that the women of Region
2-B show a willingness to consider not
only their own problems, but of equal
importance, the problems with which
their organization is faced. They bring to
their deliberations an honesty of express
sion and sincerity of purpose which can
not help but affect the overall policies and
program of the union.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
From The Desk
of
Melvin Schultz
President
Local II UAW-CIO

I think someone should write up the story
of "The Strange Case of the Taft-Hartley
Law" This someone, of course, by necessity
would have to be person having the oppor-
tunity of covering the entire nation and of
having had this opportunity for sometime in
the past, at least back to the early thirties
The strangest of all reports to me are the
polls which have been conducted relative to
the Taft-Hartley Act The questions which are
polled seem to me to be leading question:
such as would be recognized such by any
honest fair-minded judge in Civil Court.
The questions which l have seen in all of the
polls are strictly one-sided.
During the war, do you think that. any
poll which would have asked the question,
What do you think of the German people"
would have brought forth anything but one
simple answer. That answer undoubtedly
would have been one of condemnation for all
German People.
The questions being asked by polls con-
Quoted on the Taft-Hartley are asked almost
entirely of working people. They are posed
in such a manner that the working people
condemn themselves, for instance, when the
question is asked, Should unions be required
to give so days notice before they go out on
strike" Why shouldn't the person who must
answer this question know the reason or the
cause for which the Union is going on strike.
wonder if everyone realizes that the 60-day
notice only permits the Company to do anyht,
thing they want to which is wrong for full
two months before anything can be done
about it. personally do not think that Unions
should strike hastily, but if they do not have
the right to strike when their cause is just
companies too often take advantage of organ
lied labor to weaken its bargaining position
and thereby take advantage of their en-
ployees.
Another question which generally is asked
is, Should the company have the right to
sue the Union, if the Union breaks its con-
tract. If all of the Union treasures and be-
longings were added together and compared
dollar for dollar with all of the wealth of the
companies and corporations, the comparison
would be so unfair as to convince every hon
est thinking citizen that ouch a financial
battle of words was the most unjust thing that
could be thought of for law. Yet, to the
average person who is just simply stopped and
asked this question, he would probably
swer without very much thought that If ORR
can sue, the other should be able to sue.
The law as it is written certainly is writ
ten for the benefit of the corporations since
they have such an outstanding advantage in
the courts and among the lawyers In our
country
There are numerous other questions In
polls which are in similar categories to the
ones above; however / do not have the space
to 60 into all of them in one article I will
try to again describe some of the others at
another time.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
Regional
Views
BY Richard Gosser
Vice-President
international UAW~CIO

To the women of Region 2-B who are
meeting in Toledo today, extend my warm
est greetings and wish them every success in
their Third Annual Conference
Three years ago, when the Women's Con-
ference first started, l talked with many OF
the women who had been attempting to find
a way of taking a more active part in the
activities of their organization. They told me
that they enjoyed the meetings and had been
able to get lot of benefits from the discus
sions
Since the first conference, the women
have shown such complete interest that the
anual meeting has become a we'll established
forum for them to voice their own views as
well as to hear the program of the Interna-
tional for advancing the welfare of all the
workers.
There are many contributions which the
women of the union could make to aid in the
overall progress This is particularly true this
year when the political situation is such that
it must either be changed to a more liberal
shade, or are in for some stirring times.
EFFECTS WOMEN.
/ don't think that I need tell any of our
women who are attending today's conference
of the political situation. They too know what
has happened in this country in fact, they
probably know it even better than the men
do because it is the woman who is the family
purchasing agent She knows about inflated
prices. She knows that they are inflated be-
cause of the action taken by Congress in de-
stroying price control.
Women workers know about wages. They
realize just as the men do that the wage gains
which they were given last spring have been
wiped out by price increases, while the profits
of the industries in which they work have
reached the highest point in history.
Knowing the economic facts the women
workers of this union and must become
crusaders in the great political battle of 1948
They have relatives, friends, neighbors and
fellow workers whom they can influence to
register and vote right. And if l am any judge
of the kind of women we have in Region 2-B,
/ am positive that the women who attend the
conference today and tomorrow will work
hard to change things around so they and
their fellow workers have a little better
chance to enjoy the good things of life and in
greater abundance.
/ pledge my cooperation to the women of
Region 2-B in aiding them in their efforts to
better themselves and their union and I am
counting on them to aid me to secure the
things that they want and need to increase
their standard of living and improve their
security.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
Treating A Symptom


AS the labor unions prepare their de-
mands for a third round of wage increases,
il becomes increasingly apparent that rals-
ing wages is treating the symptoms rather
than the cause of the inflatiOnary disease
which is effecting our economy.
Nobody recognizes this better than the
labor unions which are being driven by
the compulsion of present conditions In
much the same manner as person with
severe headache caused by some diseased
condition takes aspirin. The symptoms are
relieved and the pain is eased only until
the effects of the drug wears off.
Increased wages, while we recognize
the necessity for them, are in reality not
q cure but palliative for the underlying
cause which is continually throwing our
economic system off balance. Any wage
gains that will be secured as result OF
the coming drive will become meaning
less unless and until some rational checks
are placed upon the inflatiOnary process
which is still continuing.
AS the CIO-United Automobile Work
ers union has pointed out, neither gov
eminent nor industry have acted to pre-
vent the continuing process of increas-
ing prices. On the contrary, Congress
nearly two years ago completely de-
stroyed price control, while industry has,
for the most part, failed to exercise re-
straint in its frenzied grab for profits.
To expect that the inflatiOnary process
will end when the next round OF wage I'M
creases occurs is wishful thinking unless
the government causes price controls to
be revived.
Merely granting wage boosts without
institutng control will prove to be moth
ing but repetition of what has already
occurred twice since the end of the war
and which will surely take place again ii
industry is allowed to maintain its present
unrestricted position in our economy.
And what can labor expect from in
dustry in the face of the consistent record
which private enterprise has established
in its monOpolistic practices, its program
of planned scarcity and its utter rejection
of any principle or proposal which would
interfere in any manner with its exorbitant
profits?
None Of us should be so gullible that
we would allow ourselves to be persuaded
that either the Federal government or pri-
vate enterprise under its present, and
probable immediate future leadership, will
stem the tide which is bringing us with i'm
creasing rapidity TO a major economic
crisis.
Let us by all means strive to increase
the wages of the workers and at the same
time bring all the influence and pressure
which we can command to halt the infla-
tionary process. At the same time, none
of us should forget that the age of eco
nomic miracles is past and that the curbs
which must be placed upon the profit sys-
tenn lie rather with us, the people, than
with an administration which is seeking
to maintain itself in office and an industry
whose motto shall continue TO be in the
future, the same as ii has in the past-the
public be damned.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16

To the women of Region 2-B who are
meeting in Toledo today, l extend my warm
est greetings and wish them every success In
their Third Annual Conference.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
| Washington
Labor Report
BY Bernard Taurer GPA)

~
In Berlin a battle for con-
troll over the trade union move
ment is shaping up among to-
talitarian and anti-totalitarian
forces which may well prove
decisive for the future of or
ganized labor in the German
capital and for the morale of
non.C o m m unist workers
throughout Germany.
During the last few weeks,
submerged in what seemed
more important news, the bat
tie lines have been drawn, the
battalions formed, the artillery
brought into position - and,
so often in the past, the
heavier guns turn out to be
Russian. Briefly, this is what
happened:
The Soviet Military Govern
ment, irked by the spirit of
resistance among Germa an
workers, embarked before the
London Foreign Ministers Con-
ference on an attempt to "co-
ordinate" labor in Berlin with
labor in the Soviet Zone.
On Oct. 81, 1947, General
Kotikov appeared suddenly be-
fore the Allied Control Coun.
Gil as the spokesman" of the
Berlin trade unions and works
councils. There exists" he as
serted, "a significant differ
ence between the legal and
material situation of the work
ers and employees of Berlin on
the one hand and the workers
and employees of the Soviet
Zone on the other hand" This
difference had created a GER
tain degree of what the Gen
eral called, "ill-humor" in the
city and made the "mainte-
nance of public safety and or
der in Berlin more difficult"
To change this situation Gen.
eral Kotikov submitted to the
ACC an elaborate program
consisting of IA points.
"ILL HUMOR"
The existence of the differ.
ence, its significance, and even
the 'ill-humor," no competent
observer in Berlin will deny.
However, as the reactions of
trade unionists not under di-
rect Russian control quickly
demonstrated, the conclusions
General Kotikov drew from
the situation, and the proposals
he made, were not those of
Berlin's working population.
They originated in Karlshorst,
the seat of the SING, or prob
ably even farther east from
Berlin.
The 14-point program got of
course the enthusiastic "spon-
taneous" support of all Rus
Sian.controlled papers, of the
Socialist Unity Party, and of
the FDGB Executive Commit
tee - that is, the Communist.
dominated trade union leader
ship. But the reactions of free
trade unionists, Social Demo-
Gratis and other Independent
elements in the non-Russian
sectors of the German capital
were Of a different cloth.
(TO Be COntinued)
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Billiards Win Streak Ends

George stanich Gos Angeles A c.. 8 feet
49, inches Additional qualiiers; Henry Henry
S3Ran ne~is uqs suao Fous0h n sS Ync sao S00sf'
Dreyer New York A: "a: a teet, 2sss
inches nehss Ss'fTs set by MATS NGra tsaa
1910; Samuel FELTON, New Work
4: c., 30 feet, aaas inches; $mFrsn!k
inches: RefSs '4e 4Wrom Montgomery "G ,san Fran:
cisco olympic Club 81 feet; 5-stephen
Chakwin New York Police Sports ,sc Asso-
fsen forep anst ss 1ee rel asheS s6 feet ss
10000 meters Olympic final, first three
39alify for Unitsd states team
Wit o0ie 1enafe sfeN Pullman. p A. wash 3IHermsn
GofTbere (Philadelphla sshanahan CathGIIc s,II
ase To 5Ro6frs D6fFa kanes Nfs Hfsa M
6-Wslter Deike (unatD. Freeport' Ill,
e o%sn k.nes @e'sFs ngn0r dysSa @ae7 bse
funatj J. Freeport. Ill; 3-Georse Rodney
.Whitehorse CLUB, Baltimore; 4.Eoo
Romssne Esw YORK Police ,SDa spofts AsI0 Be
sDn,ntts 5snslt Mann Mann sDrinss, Fla Time
,slanfoTd} aGRfestfp- a9ne FEET III nehes
Adams (Warinanco A. G. Elizabeth: N n j., -,
ts feet Sntonio lG,. lsches fest nehes
-tie-Bob Beckus Los Angeles A.. c.
Mass. 46 feet IS. inches; 6--John
Goush (OklahomaI. 45 feet 70 inches
additional ouaiiaers; Richard Lystel
tPSila delphia Shanahan Catholic Club
Leonard Evans Los Angeles City College,
Discus 1-Fprtune Gordien. 'Mini; Mn;
THOMPSON Gunat,, Minnea polisp, 1855 feet
. inches: 3NVictory Frank (Philadelphia
Track and Field Club. 81 feet aSs inches:
Sim Iness tunat, Tulane. CalifD, lob
feet S7s inches: 5-Taylor Lewis Cos
Angeles A. c.. 1855 feet s7s. inches; e.
John Donaldson lunat., New Haven;
Conn J, l53 feet 115s inches. Additional
ouaIifiers: Max Dodge tSan Francisco
Olympic Club; James scholtz New YORK
Evening star., 1948-07-04
kavakos Softies Take
Doub|e.Bi|I, Jump
Into Loop Lead

Kavakos Gorillas won both ends
of a double -header with Frumman
Aircraft Yankees by identical scores
of 10 Yesterday at Griffith Sta
dium and took over first place in
the American Softball Conference
from the New Workers.
A crowd of 2,817 fans saw the
Washington team win with story
book finishes. Tommy Boggs belted
home run in the last frame to
win the first game in the conven-
tional seven innings, while Art
Brasse stole home in the ninth
Of the overtime nightcap with Kav-
akos' winning marker.
Abe Levitan received credit for
pitching honors in the first game,
although Roy Stephenson of the
visitors famed l8 Gorillas to Levi
tan's two strikeout victims. A pair
of double-plays by the fancy fielding
Grillmen helped their pitcher. Joe
Chambers of Grumman famed 16
batters in the second game, but
lost the decision to Cannonball
Smith, who whitfield six.
Brasse bunted to get on base in
the second game and moved to third
when "Old Folks" Rosenblum singled
to right. Chambers was giving
Boggs an intentional base on balls
when Brasse stole home.
Ray Loves sensational shortstop-
ping featured Kavakos' defensive
work.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Capital Linkswomen
PLAY Baltimore Team

The 12-player team to represent
the Womens District Golf Associa-
ton in the first intercity team
match against Baltimore was an
nounced yesterday by Dorothy w.
Nicholson, team captain. The
match will be played on Thursday
at the Baltimore Country Clubs
Roland Park course.
Three other team matches are
planned, against Richmond at Con-
gressional on July 20; against Phila-
delphia at Chevy Chase on Septem-
Der II and against Baltimore at
Prince Georges on october 7.
The general policy in selecting
this team is to use the lowest handl-
cap players available. Those chosen
for the Baltimore match are (hand-
leap precedes names:
eOs, Mrs. Walter Stokes tManorl: 2,24.
Mrs Betty Meckiey (Kenwood). ..ss, Mrs.
Hush Nicolson (Chevy Chase). 3.74, Mrs.
Lloyd Pray tColumba). 400. Mrs: O. L.
Altman (Army Navy. 4.32, Mrs. Rex
Howard tKenwood): 5.44 Mrs. I; B: Platt
tChevy chasel. 5.44. Mrs. J. P: Tro9chard
bia). $40, Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith WOOD
mont. 6.12 Mrs. 8. F. Little tArmy navy.
136, Mrs. 8. B. Crocker CKenwood.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Capital Area Horses
Shine in Inaugural
CuIpeper Program
By Angelina }. corobeIli
Special rrespondsnes Of The Stor


CULPEPER, Va, jury 3.-Wash-
ington area horses held their own
in the first day of the three-day
Culpeper horse show and races,
sponsored by the American Legion
post here.
MRS. and Mrs. Gardner Hallman's
versatile Gray Dawn Is tied for Sec
ond place in the jumper division
with II. H. Simpsons Richmond
entry of Hi-Ho Silver. Both have 5
points to trail H-Rock Farms
Ladies Maid, which has 7.
Ladies Maid under Joe Green's
handling was winner of the three
day modified Olympia and was
third in the open jumpers. Gray
Lark placed in the open jumpers
and was third in the modified
Olympia for her tally. Other D. c.
entries scoring in the jumper events
were w. c. Wars Altitude. third
place winner of the warmup. and
Robert c. Lees Bonnie File, which
took fourth place in the bitterly
contested open jumper class.
Sun Boss, owned by Robert Fair
burn from Morristown, NJ j., with
Mrs. Raymond Barbin as agent,
Is dominating the conformation
hunter division. This mannerly g.
year-old chestnut gelding by Boss
Finnell-Sun Fetch has accumulated
11la points toward the conforma-
ton hunter championship and has
4 points to his credit to be the first
days reserve in the green hunter
division.
n1s W05N5inf hqnts. %nss hss hasks os, M, es. and
Perry's One More Pennant.
Model green hunters: Robert Fair
ssssi ss; s,s Ss;: s'' e0s osiss's W.
soss Mod sSnsOEnaSa aSat hsn.f5s psnt Sun Te
payts srM Mss; aD 6 Vi.rs Aititude; rnDs!'s1 s
clifford A: Smiths Coz dFsntome.,
ins 1fsn .s nsnssqi fassf Boss oSs cost
We prime. R:e RVes Star; sssallantTass 0s
.. Open Jumpers: 1-w, H: SIMPSONS HI
mans man.. S.;G arsy Lark s-Hi-R0ck Farms
Thres:year-old r,,. sTsen hunters; o,aa., 1mJo-
3ERock Spring Farms Leading ,Edse. 49,,
Modified olympic t3,day1: ladies
Mite. 3-Gray Lark
Ladies' hunters: Mrs. Pase Jenninss'
1cecapades Ewes Star. 3-Ballan-
Working hunters (3-dayl: 1-Alex CAL
Esets Eeo ao4a os1ans RF Rs"l mHnt D. Camps
Hunter Hacks: 1-Skipper's Mate; q
Flying Flag; 3-Mint's Miss.
weishts: 1IHarry Lee Grays sonny Boy;
Eve Primes Eooge Woosie; 3-Bry-
ant Durhan's Pot Belly.
County race, ss-mile catch weights:
Irvine Benefits Silent Gal: 2-Ashhy
r. Clatterbucks Battle Bull; 3-John r.
Open to all Ia mile. catch xeights:
ninsham's BINARY: 3-H. s. Grinders
steepiechase. Ia miles over brush catch
Ass0' erlnefs poodles
Floyd Painters Red Flame. ., .,.s...
P oPen w. to Bennett ai ms nle rairly SseH Flew
e. C.. Cunningham's Gay Player; 3-W
A, Preston's Twoses.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
.Firemen's Nine 10 Aid
Police BoysCIub Camp

The Fire Department baseball
team, generally considered a rival
of the Police Department nine. is
pitching in to help the police this
time. The Fire team has booked
a game against the New York City
Fire Department nine for Grifith
Stadium August 4. as a benefit for
the Police Boys Club camp.
Both teams have been successful
this season. The New Workers have
won II of IA games, while the locals
have dropped only one in 20 outings.
The Washington outfit is piloted
by Battalion Chief Morris Clark and
includes a number of well known
local athletes. Among them are
Bernie Cady, ex-Eastern High star
and former boxer; Cecil Hale, also
onetime Rambler; Ben Harrelf,
former Alabama State League pitch
er, and AL Davis, who caught with
Staunton of the Virginia Valley
League.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Two Local Youngsters
Win Skating Titles;
n, J, Girl Is Star

Two District youngsters won
speedskating laurels yesterday as the
annual national AAU rollerskating
championships, sponsored by the
U. S. Amateur Roller Skating AS
ISOLATION, ended week of COM
petition at National Arena.
Alice Williams of this city cap
tured the Junior girls crown, while
Bruce Brown finished second in the
Junior boys competition.
Violet Hargano and Mary Leahey
won the senior ladies pairs. with
the twin sister team of Charlotte
and Shirlee Ludwig second. Althea
Clewell and Ann Dickinson were
third. Charlotte Ludwig OF Eliza
beth. N. j., was the tournaments
outstanding performer, winning one
major title, sharing two more and
scoring in two other events.
Gladys Ward and Eyed Ludwig
won senior dance honors while
Margaret Steela and Charles Irwin
were runners-up. Wilhelmina Stu
chel and Charles Lowe took third
place.
v.anen. Mssef boys ailsr' Dsisi tSe!|a Fesans
Pa; 3-Louis Meyers, Trenton. N j..
Plymouth, Mich Judy Laury' Plym-
Juvenile boys; led Horn: Elizabeth,
N. u 2-Donald Meerdkin, Hackensack,
N. j: 3-Ronald Liyengood' Reading F., e.
Vernon: BETTY Cunningham: Newark,
ineton. D: C.; a-Ramon Richards, De
troit. Mich.
Junior boys Burton Speed .Hacken-
sack J.! sFuss Movs4 sroTn R.adiDa mashlas Pa
Interm.diats men 1mLenpsy Len sob,sdSs MSsrG'
Reading. Pa: 3-Rsy Plump, Hacken-
intermediate women: 1-virsinia Mann,
Mount Vernon; Alma Garaffs. Perth
sack, N. j.
Senior men: Larry Bassinger, Mt.
Vernon, Marvin Schwartz, ,Passaie,
N. j.. 3-Herbert Plump, Hackensack
N. J.