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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-20

important in our economy as
the productive worker. They
live in homes, drive cars, eat,
play, sleep and purchase mer-
chandise as truly as the pro-
ductive worker. But evident
ly the sagging wages of the
non-producer or white collar
group has nothing to do with
our dropping pay-rolls If we
think entirely along the pro-
duction and more production
theory. Blame the productive
worker!
In case you have, forgotten,
we did have production and
more production in this country
and the worker came out the
little end of the horn. This was
under the Hoover Administra-
ton and we wound up in our
worst depression. Warehouses
were bulging with unsold goods.
The people did not have wages
sufficient to buy back the things
they produced. Slowly but sure
ly we are gently easing our
selves into the same situation
now as we did about twenty
years ago. Present wages are
not sufficient to buy back the
goods the worker produces.
White collar wages are scan
dusty low and should be in
creased substantially. In some
areas the wages of this class of
worker are shameful.
It would indeed be welcome
news for the National CIO Ex-
ecutive Board to endorse a ma
ton wide organizational drive
for white collar workers along
with other CIO business when
the Executive Board meets in
Washington this and next week,
1t is impossible to have con-
tinued and staple economy If
wages are too low in relation to
prices. We are faced with this
situation and it is very easy
matter to lay the blame on the
productive worker by saying
they are not producing enough.
Some newspapers even go so
far as to call the worker lazy. A
good weeks work on modern
piece-work job or on a line
would undoubtedly change the
writers mind Lazy workers are
no greater in proportion than
lazy management but evidently
mismanagement has no effect on
our economy. We seldom read
about poor management hurting
pay-rolls.
All of us know that manufac-
turers are apprehensive about
various conditions when en-
barking on an important plan.
Management squints their eye
on present and prospective leg
islation, area markets, truck
and freight rates and speed of
movement, employment, and
many other conditions. Many
conditions must be just right to
make a venture.
But when a new employee
makes application for a job and
the applicant is concerned with
working conditions, vacations,
rates of pay, the hours he will
work, etc, he Immediately be-
comes in the mind of some man
agement nothing but a lazy
squirt. II all depends upon
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y
day with some scratches bu
after a three hour parliament
Opposition forces succeeded
in inserting four amend
ments, all designed to cripple
the bill somewhat. But pro-
Labor representatives beat down
three others-more important in
content-and the bill that passed
is one of the best unemployment
conversation measures to ever
come from the Ohio Legislature.
BIow-by. Blow Account
Here, in capsule form, is the
blow-by-blow battle for Amend
ed S.B.-l42:
Rep. Robert L. johnson (R''
Medina) moved to strike out the
benefits for Geat Lakes seamen
during the winter season. Pres
entity, seamen get nothing for
that 12.week period and the
Senate bill allowed six weeks
coverage. A coalition of Republi-
cans and Democrats beat the sea-
men by a vote of 70 to 55.
Amendment No. came from
James McGettrick ID, Cuya-
hoga). Using the smokescreen oi
MISUNDERSTANDING chiselers'
McGettrick, with the aid of Re-
publicans and some Democrats
succeeded in writing in language
that makes it necessary for the
unemployed worker to active
Iy seek work" to receive bene-
fits. The score: II to 81.
Republican John Farley Ham
ilton) tried unsuccesfully to
foul up the voluntary quit
clause but the Democrats mar.
shalled their forces for the first
time and licked his amendment
so to 68.
Montgomery County Democrat
George Grusenmeyer inserted
the Ohio Hotel Association
amendment - a bit of legalisn
that strikes at mattresses anc
bellhops, lowest paid employee!
in the state. BY exempting theil
tip from the definition of salary
the amendment saves money fol
the hotels lat the expense o.
their badly-paid employees. A
rather confused House, tina
didn't seem to realize the inten
of the amendment, voted for it
81 TO 81.
Major Attack on
Dependency Allowances
The major attack on the bill
came from Rep. Roger Clouc
tR., Logan, who moved to Strike
out the dependency allowance
The bill provides $3.50 per de
pendent child. with a limit o
two children and is designed Il
meet the obvious financial neet
of families with children. Cloud
amendment fell by the waysidt
as some Republicans joined will
the Democratic majority Il
knock IL down, IS to 81.
Gordon Renner Or, ,Hamil
toni, inserted an amendment
requiring all applicants for un
employment compensation Il
file a non-Communist affidavit
and providing that no Com
munist shall receive compensa
ton. Despite Democratic cries
that Renners amendment was I
gros insult 10 all Ohio workers
II carried by SO to 56.
Final amendment was design
ed TO weaken the definition O.
suitable work" This defini
tion eliminates the major dis
qualification cesspools in the eX
isting law, The motion, made
by William Hughes tR,, Harri
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-20

SOM, was defeated SO to 64.
Only GOPers Vote
Against Bill
The Republican side of the
House was ready TO throw more
Gripping amendments into the
fight wehn the Democrats shut
off debate. The final roll call
on the bill showed only Republi-
cans voting in opposition. The
score was 100 to 27.
Although som e Democrats
waivered from amendment to
amendment, the bulk of Labor's
support came from the Demo-
cratic ranks-the bulk of the
opposition from the Republican
ranks. Now the bill goes to the
Senate for concurrence in the
House amendments.
Here's What the Bill Does
The heart of Amended S. B.
142 remained undamaged, de-
spite the rough-riding coalition.
Briefly, here are the salient
gains in the bill.
Benefits are increased from
S2l a week maximum to SIS a
week.
In addition, dependency allow
ances are included for the first
time, with a claimant getting
$3.50 for each child, with limit
of two children. Thus worker
with two youngsters can receive
/ $50 a week.
The benefit period is increased
from % to 26 weeks.
The present waiting period of
I two weeks is cut to one week.
A real definition of suitable
work is provided, thus eliminat-
ing many disqualifications.
Voluntary quit cases are dras-
tically liberalized for a worker
/ to receive benefits when he quits
for good personal reasons, not
necessarily in connection with
work.
The qualifying work period is
cut from 20 to IA weeks, thus
easing eligibility requirements
for some unemployed workers.
Job Well Done
From all over Ohio, CIO
Councils sent representatives to
Columbus to work for passage
OF Amended Senate Bill 142.
They did yeoman service round
ing up absent, friendly legisla-
tors, making last-minute argu-
ments with undecided represen-
tatives, and stiffening the back
bone of some who waivered. A
good share of the credit for as.
good share of the credit for pas,
should go to these CIO lobbyists
Public Housing Over
House Hurdle
Both public housing bills
sailed through the House Tues
day by easy scores. The bills,
made necessary by State SUI
preme Court decisions, effective
Ily barring public housing from
Ohio, were bipartisan but the
only opposition came from COP
ers. II both bills pass the Sen
ate, Ohio will become the 48th
state in the Union to have pub
lie projects.
ACTION!
The crucial FEPC battle will
he waged Tuesday. Unless the
House refuses to agree with
the amendments adopted by
the Senate, Ohio will have a
sham, meaningless FEPC bill.
Wire, write or call your
Representative at once. Tell
him CIO wants him TO stand
firm against this make believe
bill. Tell him to refuse to
agree with the Senate amend
ments and send the bill to a
conference committee which
can write a real FEPC law.
Your wire, letter or call
may rescue a sound bill from
the present sham "educa-
\ tional" bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-20
Emil Macy Answers Ford
On Feather Bedding Charge

Emil Macy UAW-CIO secretary treasurer, who will
be in charge of UAW negotiations with the Ford Motor
Company Monday issued the following statement Sunday
Ford Motor Company in statement Saturday attempt
ed to revive its phoney arbitration proposal introduce
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-20

t h e propa G a n d a phrase
"featherbedding" as a smoke
screen that would conceal the
real issues in dispute between
the company and the union.
Speed-Ups
The real issue in dispute is
whether the company has the
right to work an employee in
excess of the production stand
ard and whether management
has the right to increase the
speed of the line in order to
make up production lost because
of factors beyond the control OF
the employees.
That is not what the company
proposes to arbitrate. They pro-
pose to have an arbitrator re-
view the production standard in
question. Since the current dis
pute does not involve the ques-
ton of production standard as
such but the right claimed and
exercised by the company to
compel the employee to work in
excess of the production stand
ard, management's arbitration
proposal would not settle the
dispute.
False Proposal
The company's claim OF
"featherbedding" is just as
false as its arbitration proposal
and is another indication of the
companys refusal to deal with
the real issues in the dispute in
a realistic and practical manner,
The Ford workers are not ask
ing that they be allowed to work
less than 100 per cent of stand
ard. They are demanding that
they not be forced to work al
more than 100 per cent Of stand
ard.
COmpany's Attitude
AS the union stated in its wire
yesterday to Mr. Cyrus Ching,
director of the Federal Media
tion and Cancellation Service,
the company's attitude grows
out of two conflicting company
policies, one outlined to a SUI
pervisory Conference on Octo-
ber 26, l945, and the other con-
tanned in a statement of policy
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-20
Legislative News Letter
Ohio CIO Council

IN THE FACE of the strongest opposition yet unveiled IN
the House of Representatives, Labors key BILL the u
enovnoent COMPENSATION measure through Wednes
dav with some scratches but still in pretty good shape
after 2 three hour parliamentary battle
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23

copyrfsa. 1919. E. f. Koi.ssr. ssrasburs. Va,
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
A Hike On The Mountains
(Olaf Halvorsen)

Last Saturday l hiked out from town on the Road Commission railroad.
 Just north of the old army hos pital and secluded amongst the willows, I saw a flock of ptarmi- gan. They were white in color, in- dicating an early fall of snow. Further along the track, l came across an ingenious machine built in the early days by some miner. The large wooden wheels were all hand made by mailing several lay CTS of shaped boards together.
 At the foot of King Mountain just north of Anvil Mountain, l had a delicious lunch. Because it was a cool, windy day I sought protection on the leeWard side of the willows. I then ascended the mountain being rewarded by the grand scenery only possible on the mountains.
 After placing a stone on the summit marker, I descended in the direction of Mount Newton. At the foot of Newton, camouflaged in the low branches of a willow, were four plump ptarmigan. They were very tame and permitted me to approach within a short distance A flock of ptarmigan flew by at the summit of Newton.
 I continued a summit hike of all the mountain range from New ton to the Nome River. It was dusk by the time I reached the Osborne road. I discovered an old abandoned quartz mine on this same hike. It was necessary to re- turn in the dark on the Osborne Road. At the farther curve of the road a ptarmigan's warning note led to discover another large flock.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

Wednesday Harry Palmer and daughter were passengers from Candle to Nome.
 Thurs sday, Leo Tony was brought in from Coffee Creek; Roy Snyder from Wales and Mrs. T. A. Peterson from Teller.
 Mrs. John Cross and Col. M. Marston arrived from Barrow on Thursday.
 Departing yesterday for Fair banks were David TeWkeSbury. Morton Tahlor, Vera Nelson, Mrs. John Cross and Karl Reinsich from Candle to Fairbanks. Gerald Mo droW came in from KotZebue on the flight.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
Bush Pilot Warns PrOspectOrs Of
 RigOrs Of Winter

FISHWHEEL (P)-A bush pilot gave a grim warning today of the severe hardships and possible tragedy ahead unless gold-happy prospectors swarming into this central Alaska region take proper precautions to withstand the rig orouS Arctic weather.
 Jim Magoffin, owner and opera tor of Interior Airways, urged to- day that all pilots bringing pros pectors into the strike area screen them for sufficient heavy clothing, bedding and food before taking them away from the populated centerS into the open.
 ''The temperature here can drop to 20 below overnight" Magoffin asserted. If it does there is ter rible suffering in store for many of these fellows"
 "There's not enough planes to get them out before they freeze. Should the weather close down at the same time ther would be no chance of even helping them"
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
ALASKA MERIT SYSTEM

Announces open competitive ex- aminations Clerks -tYpist and ste nographers to be held on Dec. 3. l949. Vacancies 10 be filled are in Anchorage. Fairbanks. Junea u . Ketchikan. Nome and Wrangell for positions with Department of Health. Department of Public Welfare and Employment Secur- itY Commission. Salaries range from s24o.oo 10 S350.0O per month. Call al Nugget for further infor- nation.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
ALASKA AIRLINES

Mrs. L. M. Browning was a passenger from Nome to Unala- kleet. Braham Hammers was a passenger from Nomt to Anchor age.
 Mrs. Hess and Rosie Hess were passengers with Pilot Seeds from Nome to Kotzebue and Bert BeltZ was a passenger from Kotzebuc to Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving today with Pan Amer ican were MT. and Mrs. Holgar Jorgenson, Miss Sanford.
 Departing were Marie Staffan, Clifford Smith, Roy Earling, Wal lace Johnson, D. D. Hopkins, Ed Alton, MT. and Mrs. Herb Jenks, Florence Bingham, B. w. Nelly, Mrs. E. Towner and children, Sig Lantto Charles GuStafson.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
JOHN McNEES RESIGNS FROM WEATHER BUREAU

The pleasant voice of John Me Nees is no longer heard from the U. s. Weather Bureau where John has been in charge for some time. He has resigned, we are informed to devote full time to his own busi- ness. the Nome Beverage Co.,, which supplies Nome with all kinds of pop.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
Forecast And Weather Report
 Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. s. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, October 26, l949

Wednesday, October 26, l949
 Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy today and Thursday. Moderate northerly winds. Lowest tempera- ture tonight g. Highest tempera ture Thursday 34.
 Nome data last "A hours as of 700 am. today:
 Precipitation, none. (Total this month l.32 inches).
 Temperatures: highest 40, low est 27.
 Maximum wind Is miles an hour from the west.
 Sunrise at 7:3l am, sunset at 4:02 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago t. day: highest 27, lowest l6.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: Highest 46 in 1911, lowest g in 1927.
 Data fO rother selected stations
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
Old SOurdOughs
 Doubt Value Of
 FishwheeI Strike

SEATTLE, [P)-A bunch of the boys were whooping it up-in an octogenarian way-in the Savoy Hotel lobby.
 Subject? Alaska's new Fish wheel gold strike.
 Conclusion? Doubtful, but wait and see.
 The old-timerS, all veterans of the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98. weren't holding a formal conven- ton. They just gather from time ti time in the Savoy lobby, tra- ditional sourdough hangout, to re- hash the old days.
 Spry little John Palm, who car ried the mail for 35 years from Fairbanks to Circle, some 20 miles from the FishWheel discovery on the broad Yukon River flats, said he'd believe it when he saw the gold. John is 83 years old, and an alumnuS of the Klondike.
 L. V. Stanely, 73, another for mer Fairbanks man, said:
 ''This place they call Fishwhee, is smack out in the Yukon flats. 50 miles wide and split with chan nels. It must be l50 to 200 feet to bedrock there, and you won't find the mother lode under those con- ditions. I'd like to believe it, but I think this is what happened:
 "River ice knocked off some gravel way up in the hills and de posted the nuggets down there al Fishwheel. Not much of it there and no point in wasting your time looking for it."
 R. E. Dupont" Murphy, a com parative youngster in his 70's-he ony retired in 1943-tried to chide the old timers into rallying their old battle cry of Cold! But Tony Stanich, 87, wouldn't hear of it.
 "You don't find gold worth stampeding for on the Yukon flats" Standich said. "I hope it's true, but l don't think it can be-"
 Standich founded the famed Pack Train Restaurant in Skag- way in 1897 and later made for tune in the stampede in Atlin, B. C. Make your money in business mot out of the creeks" he coun- seled.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
NOTICE

Chamber of Commerce Dinner will be held Thursday evening. Oct. 27th at Pioneer Hall. Several important topics 10 be discussed. Reservations with Nome Motors and Wis.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
ATTENTION BOXERS!,

All Persons interested in Box ing are urged 10 attend the Walrus Club Meeting Thursday al $500 PM. in City Hall.
 Wes Welsh. Pres.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
Hospital News

MT. adn Mrs. James OkSoktaruk are the parents of daughter, FL len Alice born Oct. 25.
 Marcella Johnson and Judith Jensen are now patients in the hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
POLARIS HOTEL

Miss Sanford, Savoonga. R. L. Rogers, R. A. Rivers, Wm. H. Jor- genSon, Anchorage. Sgt. L. Kruch- meyer, A. N. Guard. Sgt. Duck worth, Chicago, H. E. D. Hopkins, Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

FOR SALE OR RENT-5-Room
 House, Bed Rooms and Bath, furnished except living room set. Inquire Nome Liquor Store. 122-tfc
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

FOR SALE-4-Wheel Drive l12
 Ton Dump Truck. Various extra parts. Call Bill Major. 128-3tp
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
AT THE HOTELS
WALLACE HOTEL

D. K. JoSelyn, Anchorage. Harry Palmer, Candle.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

The loVe-bird is a small short tailed parrot.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
WANT ADS

FOR SALE-Child's Crib complete with mattress. Call Army 24O.
 128-1tp
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

FOR SALE-Hairseal Jacket, prac-
 tically new, size 36, $60.00. Call at Nugget Office. 120-tf
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

FOR SALE-Cub Cruiser, J-5, 75-
 Hp. Engine recently majored. Fabric in good condition. Alcan Skis. Asking 5000 cash or $1200 terms. Make me an offer. Call Bob Leise at Main 176 or 118. 123-6tp
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26

BIG MAIL-Let us fill your mail
 box chock full magazines, sam- ples, offers, money making plans, catalogs, tips, offers galore. One time 25c. Three times only soc. GLACIER ENTERPRISES, Dept. E, Whittier, Alaska. l24-26-23
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-26
CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA
 If interested in buying property in Sunny California write Rose mary Olson, Real Estate Broker, P. O. Box 9809, Los Angeles 5, Calf. l25, 28, 31, 34
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-31
PROTECTING THE YOUNG


Yesterday The Citizen published a
story from New York. in which the Met
ropolitan Insurance Company pointed out
that polio is the most uncommon of the
major diseases that afflict mankind. Num-
Der of deaths is comparatively few COM
pared with cancer, heart disorders and
several other diseases.
Despite those facts, polio finds its way
into the news far more frequently than any
other disease, and responses to drives to
raise funds to fight it are far more general.
What is the reason for that apparent
~ anomaly? The answer may be found in
two Words-human nature.
Polio concentrates it's attacks almost
wholly among children. Occasionally we
may hear of an adult stricken by polio. AS
a result human nature steps forth to play
its role Man is moved to sympathy spon-
taneously when he hears of child that has
been injured or killed, or child that falls
victim to a disease.
We need cite only two of many in
stances that have occurred in Key West,
When an Aeromarine plane, 80 years ago.
on trip from here to Havana. went down
at sea only few miles from It's goal, Key
Westers. in speaking about the tragedy,
said little about the adults who had lost
their lives. Our chief concern and sym
pathy We're about the two children who
We're drowned when the plane foundered.
And so 1t was that, short time ago,
that sympathy In Key West Welled while
residents generally contributed to a fund
to try to save the life of a four-year-old
girl who suffered from heart malady.
That human interest that evokes the
sympathy and protection Of man for child
rem goes back to the beginning of the race
and is instructive. That instinct to preserve
the young has brought man to his present
status,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-31
NOT IMPORTANT NEWS

The Vice-President of the United
States, Mr.. Alben w. Barkley, described
by mush-minded reporter as a "courtly
man with the ladies and master of the bon
mot" recently received considerable pub
licity throughout the nation because of the
simple fact that he recently stopped in ST..
Louis to have a date with one whom he de-
scribes as "a very lovely and charming
woman"
Since the news-hawks discovered the
fact, the Vice-President has hardly been
able to appear in public without being
Intercepted as to his romantic intentions.
The journalists and radio commentators
have been killing space and time with
speculation as to wheather the former
Senator from Kentucky will get married
and when.
While we have no particular object
ion, if the Vice-President likes the public
ity, the attention given to this affair, which
ranks relatively unimportant in the life
of the nation, indicates that the purveyOrs
of news are hard-pressed to find it, or if
they correctly gauge public interest, the
people of this country are overly interest
ed in personal affairs of little consequence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-31
WOULD TELL GERMANS

. =. DR.. Thomas Mann, nationally known
.author, has returned from visit to Ger
many and other countries. He reports a
irecrudescence of Nationalist Socialist
sentiment in Germany because of the
ipressure of postwar conditions and be-
scause of regulations imposed under oc-
scupation.
. The writer recommends that it should
. be impressed upon the German people
. that they lost the most destructive war
. in history and that further effort be
. made to convince them that this destruc-
ton resulted from the aggressive policies
of Hitter.
|. 1t should not be overlooked that the
, German people were fed an enormous
. amount of propaganda by the Nazi regime.
! The continual pounding of the Nazi theme,
over long period of years, convinced
many Germans that Hitler was not only
great leader but that what his progagand-
lists asserted was the truth. 1t will take
years to get these ideas uprooted from the
minds of the German people.