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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19

Organized labor is interested in the plan
advanced by Mr.. Howard Crosby to provide
Toledo with some low cost housing.
For the past few years, particularly since
the end of the war, we have heard lot of
conversation and sympathy expressed for the
people who are unable to secure decent hous-
ing, but up to date, including today nothing
practical has been done to provide decent
homes for the people who need them at rentals
within their incomes.
From my point of view, and 1 think from
that of thousands of others, it doesn't make
any difference who finances or puts up hous-
ing that will be available to the people in the
lower income brackets. The main thing is that,
if private enterprise cannot or will not come
through with the required money to provide
the necessary homes, then government must
step up to its responsibility and embark upon
another widespread housing program.
NNED FOR HOMES
In times like these, it seems to me that
even the most conservative people must rec
ognize the need for providing homes for thou
sands upon thousands of decent and respect
able people who are living under conditions
which embitter them and prejudice their out
look on life. This is particularly true of those
who are making an earnest effort to establish
decent homes and become contributing part
in the life of their community.
With these thoughts in mind, I sincerely
hope that the efforts to supply low cost hous-
ing locally will be carried on to completion
and that these public spirited responsible citi-
zens will be able to do for the community
what nobody has been able to do up to this
point.
We of the UAW-CIO will cooperate with
any group, private or public, which will do
the job that must be done to supply people
with decent homes. We know the need of the
people in the lower income brackets>and be-
lieve that housing relief for these people must
come at the local level
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19
Regional
Views
By Richsrd Go,sser
Vice~Presidsnt
international UAW>ClO

Organized labor is interested in the plan
advanced by Mr. Howard Crosby to provide
Toledo with some low cost housing
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19
Oh>Age JitterS
E1PEI3

Workers too old to earn a
living will not get enough in
federal old-age pensions to in
sure any adequate measure of
security and Self-respect.
Since the Social Security
Act became effective eleven
years ago, nothing has been
done to increase the benefits
to those originally covered
under the act or to extend
coverage to the millions of
persons excluded from Social
Security benefits.
Monthly old-age benefits ac-
tually paid to retired men and
women workers up to June
80, 1947, averaged S19.19. Ten
dollars month is the least
you can be paid. Yet, if you
paid premiums on a salary of
$100 for 4 years, your benefit
will be only $10.40 a month.
The maximum for individuals
who retire next January / is
$44.80. A wife over IS and
children under 18 will get you
extra benefits, but the abso-
Lutte top for all is $85.
Under present living costs,
these benefits are pitifully
small. The tax still stands at
percent. The original plan,
as written into the act, was to
increase the tax to 212 per-
cent in 1916, 1947, and 1948,
and ito 3 percent in 1949, and
to increase monthly benefits
proportionately. But year
after year Congress has voted
to defer increasing taxes and
benefits. Labor has been un-
able TO overcome the pres
sures of employers who do
not want the tax increased.
Similarly, Congress has not
acted to extend coverage to
the 25,000,000 voters not COW
cred by the act. They include
farmers, farm workers, busi-
ness and professional people,
household workers, state and
government employees, fed
eral civilian employees, men,
bers of the armed services,
citizens engaged in service
employees of charitable, edu-
outside the United States, and
cational and religius institu-
tions.
On the contrary, strong ef-
forts are being made to under
mine the act. The House has
just passed the Gearheart bill
10 cut off from the benefits of
the act from 100000 to $780,
600 employees and their de-
pendents now covered by the
act. They are so-called "out-
side workers"-salemen and
others working on a commits
sion basis or under contract.
President Truman vetoed a
similar bill last summer, say
ing it proceeds in a direction
which is exactly opposed to
the one our nation should pur-
sue"
Evidently neither the Presi-
dent nor few union spokes-
men have been able to put
Congress on the right track.
That job must be done among
the voters in each Congress
sional district, in each pre-
cinct. The time has come for
local union leaders to organize
the persons not now covered
by social security into a unit
that will insist that the Sena-
tors and representatives for
whom they will vote must
pledge themselves to carry
out the social security pro-
gram chartered II years ago.,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19

Big business just smiled
condescendingly at Bernard
Baruch's proposal for restora-
ton of the wartime excess
profits tax. But they waxed
enthusiastic over the idea of
freezing wages and adding
longer hours and overtime.
Communists who contend that
capitalism is incapable of
planning don't know what
they're talking about. With
prices rising almost as fast as
corporation profits it's obvi-
Gus that American capitalists
are planning a new system
wherein they alone will .be
able to afford the products
they manufacture.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19

If there is a packinghouse workers
strike, the packers will justify the price
hikes by blaming the whole thing on the
workers How do we know this? Because
the packers haven't the imagination to
think up new excuse for their gouging
of the public. They never have before.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19
Behind The
Scenes In
Politics
By
Clayton
Rusch
Toledo
CTO

EAill1O lllC oLO1IllS ctllNA
of today's economic and poll
tical strife a calm attitude is
an advantage. To avoid being
overwrought, nervous nd
therefore addicted to acting
on impulses is to be able to
think calmly about the issues
of today.
And today's issues require
sober thought.
On the world scene we must
find the answer to how to
make the United States into
an ef f e tive e instrument to
maintain world peace, as well
as how to create world wide
full employment and a decent
standard of living for all
peoples everywhere.
The d o m til C issues are
equally important. The civil
rights amendments, the equal
pay for equal work bills, and
the plan to extend and i'm
prove the social security laws
are of vital interests to the
welfare of the A m e. lean
public.
A calm attitude, undisturbed
by emotional stresses and and
strains is a nessential requisite
to thinking things through.
On the other hand, it is we'll
to bear in mind that sober
judgement and competency
are not the same thing. Many
of us far from being too i'm
pressed emotionally are actu-
ally too complacent.
PUBLIC APATHY
1t is this attitude of public
apathy that potential dictators
have counted on to enable
them to slip into power and
then destroy the civil rights
that would otherwise be used
to unseat them.
1t is far from too late, but
it is much later than most of
us realize.
In the United States of
America we still have the
right to vote. WE stand to lose
that hard won right, simply
by not exercising it.
We cannot vote unless we
are registered. The last day
for registration to vote in the
primaries is April 5th.
1t is important that we have
a large vote in the primaries.
The primaries nominate the
candidates to be elected in the
fall. If we nominate good cam
didates in the primaries we
will not have to choose be-
tween unsuitable candidates in
the fall.
MAY SUCCEED
If we succeed in electing
PAC endorsed candidates in .
the primary, we may even
elect them this fall.
The only way to secure full
employment, world peace,
adequate social safeguards and
protection and extension of
civil rights is to elect the right
type of candidates pledged to
this program to public office.
Worry will not elect liberal
candidates, neither will COM
placency. Work will do this
job.
1t means passing out litera-
ture, ringing door bells, plug
ging our candidates. Lets get
busy.
Only if we succeed in our
endeavors will we get a chance
to evaluate the results of our
efforts. Let us prove we have
the solution by electing our
candidates in this primary
election.
The first sitdown strike of
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-19

The first sitdown strike of
1948 occurred in New York
when members of the Cafe
terra Employees Union-AFL
got tired of picketing in the
cold. All so of them trooped
into the cafeteria, ordered
one cup of coffee apiece, and
sat down for several hours,
thus stopping all other busi-
ness. 1t was questionable
technique because the pickets
were more demoralized by
the cafeteria coffee than by
the cold. In Mexico union
members spent two fruitless
years picketing an employer
who refused to recognize the
union. Finally, disguised, they
reported him to the federal
government and asked that
he be put out of business per-
manently. The government
was only too glad tor oblige;
the employer operated a gam
bling ship.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Alabama Electors Hit
Plea 10 Change Vote
by the Asseeiated Press


Alabama's II presidential electors
told the Supreme Court yesterday
it would be "unheard Of" to require
them to vote for a man denounced"
as President Truman was by Gov.
James E. Folsom.
The electors are pledged to vote
for Gov. Thurmond Of South Caro-
lima, the States Rights candidate.
Gov. Folsom is seeking an in
junction barring the electors from
voting for any one but Mr.. Truman.
The electors, answering a sepa-
rate suit brought by three Alabama
voters seeking similar action, said:
"It was only after Folsom was
not selected by the Democrats Of
Alabama as their standard bearer
and was not elected a delegate-at.
large to the National Convention
that he pretended to be interested
in the political fortunes Of Harry s.
Truman"
The electors said THE people Of
Alabama had q perfect right to rely
on the statement of their Governor
to the effect that Truman was in
competent and unworthy to be Pres
ident."
They added that Gov. Foisoms
position now Is utterly inconsist.
ent with his earlier statements"
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Legion Chief Decries
Little Empires Built
By Defense Leaders
By the Asseeiassd Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. As.
Perry Brown of Beaumont. Tex,
commander of the American Legion,
said tonight there is increasing evi-
dence of tendency by the Nations
defense chiefs Ito build little en-
pires."
Mr.. Brown. addressing q national
commanders banquet here, urged
more emphasis on marshaling the
citiZenry as o reserve for emer-
gencies.
"I doubt very much that this idea
will be happily received by our de-
Tense CHIEFS" Mr.. Brown said.
There has been increasing evidence
of their tendency to build little en-
pires. We must prune down any
such ambitions to their proper size"
He asserted the American Legion
advocates two ways Of striking
security balance by calling halt to
multiplication of armed forces and
placing more reliance on trained
citizen reserves.
"One would be by military man
power preparedness through univer.
sal military training" the Legion
chief said, "and the other by civilian
protection preparedness through a
civil defense system"
He said approximately one-third
of all money collected by the Fed
eral Government will be earmarked
to maintain the Nations current
military establishment and that
"the cost Of preparedness today is
terrific"
"If it continues to mount" he
declared, "it will topple our eco
nomic structure, and achieve by in
direction, what the Communists
have predicted and sought-eco-
nomic chaos in the United States"
He said in urging q strong corps
Of trained citizen-soldiers to serve
as the bulwark Of defense, he did
not mean I'VE should forsake an
adequate professional force"
Evening star., 1948-12-05

ments can and should cooperate
to create conditions under which
private enterprise can speed up the
building rate still further"
The analysis, prepared by COM
mittee headed by George w. West
of Atlanta, said that to accomplish
rapid housing Improvement, these
things are needed:
1.-The continuance Of a high
level Of family income and the ex-
penditure Of a suficient proportion
Of 1t to maintain good housing con-
ditiorls.
2-Increased productivity in the
construction industry.
3The development and mainte-
nance Of conditions favorable to a
large volume of sound investment
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Private Housing Urged
|By j. s.; Chamber
BY the Associatsd Press

The United States Chamber Of
Commerce said yesterday that pri-
vate competitive enterprise should
supply the Nations housing needs.
In a report entitled "A Positive
Housing Program" the board Of
directors of the organization said:
while the production Of housing
is at or near an all-time high, the
Federal, State and local govern
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Penauin,FossiIs Found

There were giant penguins some
10000, 900 years ago. says Prof. B. j.
Marples Of Otago University College,
Otago, New Zealand, who has just
come into possession Of bones halt
as big again as those Of the largest
known penguins today. The latest
find was made by quarrymen at q
cement works at Burnside, in the
South Islond.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Chester BowIes, Jr., Wed
To Worcester Girl
BY the Assoeiaisd Press =

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. A.
Miss Holly. Taylor of Worcester,
daughter Of Mrs. Herbert Charles
Hardy Of Worcester, and Capt.
James Davis Taylor, Sd, u. s. N.
(retired) Of Boston, was married
today to Chester Bowles, jr., in
Evening star., 1948-12-05

Church.
The bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
John Gordon Winchester Of New
York City and Chester Bowles Of
Essex, Conn.,, Governor-elect Of
Connecticut.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

Davis Chapel Of First Baptist
in housing both for sale and for
rent.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
[. E T T E r
from
AUSTRALIA

Alfred James Smith
December p, 1947
Beloved General Overseer:
Peace to Thee!
It is with much pleasure
that | am able to write. have
received a license to receive
Leaves of Healing and other
printed matter from the Unit
ed States. However, the license
was issued on the condition
that not one penny in cash
should be forwarded to you
for same. They also will not al
low any subscriptions to
Leaves of Healing to be sent
to you from any State Of Aus
tralia, including Tasmania, or
the license will be cancelled
and no printed matter will be
allowed to come to us here.
So any subscribers who U.s.
ually SEND cash to you, may
get Leaves of Healing through
me. Please advise along this
line because we do not want
the Leaves of Healing stopped.
Sincerely yours,
Alfred James Smith,
"a Watt Street
Box Hill,
Victoria,
AUSTRALIA.
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TIE TheOCrat

work which has been accom-
plished could not have been
carried out without the faith
full service of these here in this
group. The ladies group has
done much in meeting the need
of many poverty stricken, and,
by thus rendering material as
sistance, a testimony has gone
forth as Christianity has been
demonstrated by the lives of
these willing workers.
In addition to the children's
weekly Bible School sessions
previously mentioned, we con-
duct services in the Chapel on
the Lords Day at $3.50 a. m.
(the Bible SchooD, at II 100
a. m. (the regular Worship
.Service), at $50 p. m. (the
Youth Fellowship, and at
1880 p. m. (the regular Lords
Day Evening Service). Also,
on Wednesday evenings we
meet for the Mid-week Prayer
Meeting. These times of fell
lowship have been occasions
of spiritual refreshment for
Gods children, and we trust
that through the efforts put
forth some have been "born in
to the Kingdom"
Our prayer is that this be-
ginning of a new year will be
a time of rededication for each
one here, for all at Headquar-
ters, and for those in the vari-
Gus Branches of the work. AS
this Age comes to a close, as
the Coming of the Lord draws
nigh, let us determine to more
earnestly answer His call to
labor in the Great Harvest
Field. May the Word of God
continually go forth by word
of mouth, by the printed page,
and by our consecrated daily
living.
MAY God richly bless the
General Overseer, the Officers,
Members and Friends of the
CHI RISTIAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH, and all Gods chill
dren everywhere is our
earnest prayer.
(Signed)
Elder Leland w. Barton.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
GREETINGS FROM ELDER
DONOVAN IN FLORIDA

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
16 NV. 9Th Avenue,
December 26, 1947.
Michael j. Mintern,
Administration Building,
Zion, Illinois,
Dear General Overseer:
Peace to thee!
We are very thankful that
we have thus far survived the
year 1947. All in all, it has
been an eventful year for us,
with it's hurricanes, tropical
storms, and floods; and also
on account of my long illness.
1t has tried our spirits, and we
have had much to perplex us.
But we also have many things
to rejoice over, so that we can
say: "Rejoice in the Lord al
way, and again I say, Rejoice"
philippians 4:4); - for our
God is greater and more pow
erful than all the hurricanes
and storms. We are no match
for the Devil, but our God is.
During my long illness, the
91st Psalm, which DR.. Dowie.
called, "Zion's Household
Psalm" was our daily comfort
ing Scripture. Of course, there
were many other Scriptures
that we repeated daily-Psalm
1903; Mark IL 1924; Malachi
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
Wednesday January 7, 1913

BIOL; Matthew 1919;
I John 5:14, Is; and others.
We enjoyed the visits of our
Zion friends, but our main
stay was the Word of God.
The beautiful letters and
Christmas Greetings from our
friends have been a wonder
full help and blessing; and
your prayers, General Over
seer, and the prayers of the
dear Zion people, have been
a source of strength and ap-
probation.
In the month of July, I very
foolishly sinned against my
body by moving the lawn on
a very hot day. How true it is
that we cannot sin against our
bodies and not pay for it. God
is kindly overruling the sin
I committed, and, thanks be
unto His Holy Name! He will
finish the work of healing
which He has begun and will
give me a complete victory.
We had very enjoyable
gathering at the Beach on
Christmas Day. Forty-six per-
sons were present. The wea-
Their was cool but not unpleas-
ant. But, today, it does not feel
like the Sunny South, as the
temperature was 81 degrees
this morning, and for tomor-
row morning we are promised
48 degrees. We have had a fire
in the fireplace all day.
We are planning to have a
Watch-Night Service at our
home, December 31-January /.
We will give out the motto
cards for 1913 at that time.
We expect to resume the Tues
day night meetings again.
We should love to be with
you at the Watch-Night Meet
ing in Zion,-but we shall be
with you in spirit.
Please all continue to pray
for us and for Gods work in
Fl. Lauderdale. God willing,
we hope to see you in July,
1913.
Yours in the Lords Service,
(Signed)
Elder and Mrs. Donovan.
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GREETINGS FROM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

have beautifully cOlOred pic
lures portraying the six days
of creation, and have climax
ed their work with a picture
of themselves, under which is
written, 81 am created in the
image of God"
At this Christmas Season,
the children are making pic
ture books telling the story of
the Lord Jesus based on Isaiah
9:6, Z; Luke 2:8-14, and Mat
thew, Chapter 2. On the front
cover of the books are ribbons
Of Gold (signifying Diety),
Purple (signifying Royalty,
White (signifying Purity and
Peace), Red (the Shed Blood
of Redemption), Blue (Heav-
enly). The next five Sundays
will be spent in studying the
Lord Jesus Christ under these
five headings. We do want the
children to know Him and be
ready for Him at His Coming.
We greatly miss two very
faithful brothers who have
been called into the presence
of their Savior during the past
year - Deacons Roy Brewster
and N. T. Kessler. Deacon
Brewster lived at Napa and
Deacon Kessler lived here in
Pasadena. Recently we receiv-
ed word that Frank Laytham
of England had gone to be
with his Lord; and, this after
noon, Mrs. Mccoy phoned to
say that her mother, Mrs. An
gel lover eighty years of age),
had just passed away. We
earnestly pray that God will
comfort those who are bereav-
ed of these loved ones, and
sustain them in faith and hope.
The literature group sends
out the literature each month.
They also go from house to
house with LEAVES OF
HEALING and have been gra-
ciously received. Besides,
many tracts have been distri-
buted. The ladies' missionary
group has done fine work dur
ing the year. Their aim is to
help the less fortunate ones.
Eight boxes of clothing have
been gathered, cleaned, mend
ed and remodeled, and sent
to England. Two boxes of
clothing have been given to
needy in this country, also two
comforters which the ladies
have made.
Through the goodness of
God, we are purchasing two
lots, upon which we are. pre-
pairing to build a tabernacle.
Every indication is that we
have a location for aggressive
work. AS soon as the authori-
ties approve the plans, we
shall begin to pour the cement.
We ask that you remember us
in your prayers concerning all
our plans.
We send our greetings to all
Zion for the New Year, and
pray that 1913 will, under the
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GREETINGS FROM THE
PHOENIX (ARIZONA)
BRANCH

BRANCH
Cave Creek Stage,
Phoenix (Sunnyslope)
Arizona.
December 27, 1947.
Beloved General Overseer,
and Brothers and Sisters in
the Lord Jesus Christ:
We, as a group-as families
and as individuals - here in
"the Valley of the Sum-" de-
sire to express our thanks to
God for His matchless love,
His unceasing faithfulness,
and, most of all, for His dear
Son, our blessed Savior. God
has blessed us in many, many
ways, and it seems that each
time we receive a token of His
love and faithfulness we
should be more humble before
Him, realizing that we deserve
none of these good things.
On December 18th, 1916,
one year ago, we had the joy
of raising the large trusses on
the walls of the Chapel. Much
work was to be done on the
building before we could oc-
cupy it. The roof had to be fin
ished, the doors and windows
installed, the floors poured,
and the porch built, - in fact,
at that time we were a long
ways from having a finished
building. But, under the bless
ing of God, we had the joy of
attending the Dedicatory Ser
vice on March 10th, 1947, with
Overseer Mintern in charge.
From that day to this God
has continued to bless and to
open doors of opportunity for
service to Him. We have been
able to do additional finishing
work on the building, so that
we now have a very respect
able place of worship, and a
convenient and comfortable
place in which to meet.
In June, we conducted our
first Daily Vacation Bible
School for two weeks; and,
shortly after, we continued
this training for the children
once each week during the
summer months. Now we are
gathering the children each
Friday afternoon during the
winter months for a period of
Bible teaching.
Within the last few weeks
God has given us the privilege
of beginning a new work
among the children in an area
located about three or four
miles northwest of Sunnyslope.
This area, known as Shaw
Butte Heights and Desert
Cove, is a needy field for the
Lords work. We ask that you
will pray for us and for the
children with whom we are
dealing.
The fine station wagon
which was presented to us last
August 10th has been most
useful in helping to carry on
the work here in Sunnyslope
and in beginning this new mis-
sionary work. We have travel