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put together in the privacy of the
Soviety Embassy"
Reference was made to Mr..
Vishinsky's intervention in Ro-
mania during debate in the 1949
General Assembly. At that time
Mr.. Vishinsky asked: Where do
you get those fairy tales from
anyway?" He asked why the
Western powers did not bring in
witness to the events.
Mr.. Visoianu said he was such a
witneS sand explained that he was
ready "to bear testimony before
the world" on the subject.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

already is costing the nation 20
billion dollars worth of produc-
ton year, the conference call
ed for immediate action" ra-
ther than a wait and see"
policy. 1t denounced "the Tafts,
the Wherrys, the Byrds, their
fellow-travellers, and the mono
polistic interests for whom they
speak" as "the unwilling but
most powerful allies of Com
munism in the western world.
Officials Address Session Z
High federal and state Off
cials, including Gov. Chester
Bowles of Connecticut; Secre-
tary of Labor Maurice Tobin and
Vice Chairman Leon Keyserling,
of the Presidents Council of
Economic Advisers, addressed
the session. Other speakers in
cluded Senator Hubert Hum
phrey ID, Mimi: Senator
James E. Murray Cd, Mont.1;
James Carey of the CIO; Russell
Smith, of the National Farmers
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Skilled Trades
To Meet Aug. z
NofionaI Session Set
For Detroit On AUG. S

The northwestern Ohio Skill
ed Trades Council will meet
August 2 at Local II Hall and
will be followed by a meeting
of the National Skilled Trades
in Detroit, Mich, on August 5,
it was announced by Frank
Johnson, president of the local
Skilled Trades group.
Skilled divisions in Toledo,
plants who have not elected
delegates to the council are
urged to do so as soon as posi-
BILE, Mr.. johnson, said.
Large Delegation Expected
He said that the National con-
ference will be an important
session and since being close
to Detroit a large delegation is
expected to attend, he said
The meeting at Local IL Hall
will begin at 8 pm. with B.
Stevens of the Northern, Ohio
Skilled Trades Council from
Cleveland scheduled as the main
speaker.
Member Shops
Among Toledo shops having
delegates to the Skilled Trades
Council which is affiliated with
the National Organization are
Swartzbaugh, Toledo Scale,
Plascon, National Supply, To-
ledo Pressed Steel, Champion
Spark Plug, Spicer, Surface
Combustion, American Swiss,
DeVilbiss, Rathbun Jones and
Chevrolet.
Mr.. Johnson said that twenty
five percent of applications for
journeyman cards received have
been prOceSSed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Murray Urges
Congress Act
On al Bills

CIO President Philip Murray,
in a statement issued today, call
ed upon members of Congress
to break through the iron cur
tain" imposed by Representative
John Rankin ID. Miss and call
ed for immediate extension of
the unemployment compensation
provisions of the CT Bill of
Rights.
Assailing Rankin's "dictatori-
al control over the House veter-
ans Committee" and his refusal
even to order hearings on the
bill before the Committee, Mr..
Murray urged Congressman to
sign the discharge petition to
bypass the Committee.
The CIO president recalled
that government officials had
told veterans not to draw on
their unemployment funds right
after discharge, if possible, but
to hold it as a reserve in a time
of lower employment opportuni-
ties. With the present provi-
sions due to expire July 25, Mr..
Murray said the issue involves
'the honor of Congress against
the obstructionism of Repre-
sentative Rankin"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

as the Communists had set out
to control it for their own de-
structive ends. Carey also prop
hesied that workers believe the
Iron Curtain might some day
seek freedom for themselves.
Would Join Together
1t was made clear that existing
anti Communist organizations
like the Int'l Transportworkers
Federation would be integrated
into the new body without diff
Guilty. And since there were no
serious areas of disagreement on
international matters between
socialist and Catholic trade
unions any more than there were
between the CIO and the AFL,
these bodies would join together
freely in a progressive, large
scale program for human better
ment.
The Geneva conference at the
end of June was attended by
delegates of 38 national trade
union organizations represent
ing 100000 members. At pre-
sent, a special committee is at
work in London furthering the
technical organization of the new
international body and prepar-
ing for a world congress to be
held in November.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Living Cost
Index Goes
Up In June
Meat Prices
Account For
Increase

WASHINGTON UPA) - More
fuel for wage negotiations was
seen in the report that the con-
sumers' price index of the Labor
Dept rose 0.2 percent between
midMay and mid-June, despite
all the talk about the way work
ers were making hay" because
of spectacular price cuts.
Evidently, the cuts were more
in such things as housefurnish-
ings (and how many refrigera-
tors can family buy at bargain
prices?) and apparel.
Boost In Fuel Cost
Larger-than- seasonal increases
in meat prices accounted for
some of the index rise.
Another surprise was the
boost in fuel which gen.
orally are lower in summer than
in winter when coal and fuel oil
are in greater demand. Coal
prices rose during the month.
Rents rose, of course, though
labor economists insist that the
way the price index figures are
g t h ere d under-s states tn e
amount of the rise. In the three
month period ending in June,
the Labor Dept found rents ad-
vanced in all of the IL large
cities surveyed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

increase national production.
Represe n t atives of the
AFL, the CIO, and the lam
this week joined with spokes-
men from many other national
organizations in a full employ
ment conference" called by
Americans for Democratic Act
ion to mobilize support back of
President Truman's call for 'af-
firmative action" to block de-
preston.
Approve Resolutions
The conference approved q
series of resolutions outlining
legislative action designed to
turn the economic trend upward
toward the Presidents goal of a
800 billion dollar economy. The
recommendations followed close
ly the proposals in the Presi-
dents economic message last
week with special stress on the
Economic Expansion Act and the
Brannan farm program.
Warning that the downturn
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Sen. Taft.
AFL Tcrqef

WASHINGTON LPA) - La
bor's League for Political Ac-
ton. the AFL's powerful politi-
cal arm, held two-day meeting
here and the strategy of labor's
drive to oust its political enemies
began to take shape. LLPE Di-
rector Joseph D. keenan, said
that the AFL's heaviest fire
would be directed to defeat Sen
ators Taft of Ohio, Donnell of
Missouri, Capehart of Indiana
and Milliken of Colorado, and to
keep Senators and Representa-
tives who have demonstrated
their sympathy for labor in Of
flee. He also said that the AFL
and the CIO were cooperating
informally at all levels.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Hear Case For
Lubor Service Bill

WASHINGTON DPA) - The
proposal for a Labor Extension
Service, to serve industrial
workers in the way the Agri-
cultural Extension Service aids
farmers, will be aired on Tues
day and Wednesday of this week
in hearings before the full House
Labor Committee.
Witnesses for the bill will in
clude spokesmen for many un-
ions and educational organiza-
tions, who are expected to put
up strong case for the service.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
NLRB Backs
Phone Union
Against AT&T
Reject Petition
For Representatives
Election In CWA

WASHINGTON fHPA) 49, CLOS
newest affiliate and its sixth
largest international union -
last week emerged victorious
from battle with ART. The
various affiliates of the phone
monopoly had withdrawn recog
milton from locals of Communi-
cations Workers of America in
81 divisions all over the country,
involving 100000 m e m b ers
when CWA joined CIO.
The ART mouthpieces claim
ed that CWA was a new union,
held up union dues payroll de
ductions totalling $500, 900,
and announced that they would
cease processing grievances.
Dream Exploded
Last week, AT&T's happy
dream was exploded, when the
NLRB by unanimous vote re-
jected the petition for a repres-
entation election filed by Mich
igan Bell Telephone Co. with
the board. Both union and COM
pany agreed that the Michigan
cases-involving 10000 workers
would be the tests of the with
drawal of recognition.
President Joseph Beirne of
CWA hailed the NLRB uphold
ing of the unions contention
that CWA-CIO is the same un-
ion as CWA-independent, and
called on other AT&T affiliates
to restore recognition to the un-
ion.
Meanwhile, the nine-man ex-
ecutive board of the uion held
the first post-convention session
here in Washington, and voted
to devote a $650,0O0 organizing
fund to drive to bring CWA
from sixth to fourth place in the
membership ranks of CIO. 1t is
driving to add 100000 phone
driving to add 100000 phone
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

absent, been present.
Ratification of the Pact was
warmly received by the leaders
of organized labor who had
given it their full support.
Three last-minute efforts, by
the same die-hard Republicans
who habitually vote against la
Dor, to weaken the Pact's text
were defeated by approximate
ly the same margin by which the
Pact itself was passed. What
would happen to the request for
military aid to the Pact nations
now was a matter for speculat-
ton.
13 Senators Against
Among the 13 Senators oppos-
ing the Pact were Taft Or,
Ohio) and Donnell (R, MOI
both marked by organized labor
for defeat in the 1850 elections,
and Taylor Cd, Idaho) who was
Henry Wallace's running mate
in last years presidential cleo
ton.
Had Senator Taft and his col
leagues succeeded in altering or
amending the Pact's text they
probably would have doomed it..
The State Department would
have had to renegotiate it, and
the other signatory nations
might have been wary by such
treatment, supporters of the his
tory-making treaty declared.
CIO-PAC Director Jack Kroll,
commenting on Senator Taft's
opposition to the Pact, said:
ION this issue, as on many
others, Senator Taft and the
representatives of the Kremlin
are playing the same game,
seeking to plunge us into a de-
preston from which the only
escape is war.
"We cannot afford model-T
thinkers like Senators Taft. We
cannot afford mental isolation
any more than we can afford
physical isolation.
"As a citizen of Ohio, I feel
sure these facts of life will be
brought home to Senator Taft
in the not too distant future"
Success OF Marshall Plan
While the Senate was unthusi-
astically approving shift in
foreign policy which for the first
time in history commits the US
in advance to support the ma
tions of western Europe against
an agressor, a large bloc of the
same body was trying to slash
and otherwise inhibit the funds
to be appropriated for the Mar
shall Plans second year, al
though it had been made abund-
antly clear, labor observers felt,
that the effectiveness of the At
lantic Pact would for the next
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
!C|O Leaders
Death0f
Van A. Bittner
Was Recognized
AS A Great ClO
Organizer

The following statements pay
ing tribute to the work of Van
A. Bittner, vice president of the
United Steelworkers of America
and director of the CIO Organ
izing Committee, were issued to-
day by CIO President Murray,
Secretary-Treasurer James B.
Carey and Vice-President Allan
S. Haywood
Mr.. Murray's statement:
Even though we realized Van
Bittner had only slight fight
ing chance for the past several
weeks, still his death is a great
shock to all of us.
THE loss to the labor move
ment of one of its pioneer lead
ers of the Goth Century is equal
ly the loss to the nation of true
humanitarian. His whole philos-
ophy of life was that through
unions ou democracy can be
made to function better, not
alone for the membership, but
for the entire nation his whole
concern was for America and its
people.
"A leader of the labor move
ment, Van Bittner was generally
acclaimed as the greatest organ
izer of our time.
Il bespeak the feeling of the
United Steelworkers of America
and the entire CIO in extending
to his family our deepest sympa-
thy in their great loss"
Mr.. Carey's statement:
THE members of the Ameri-
can labor movement have suf-
fered an irreparable loss in the
passing of Van Bittner.
THE indebtedness of trade
to his untiring work,
leadership and idealism can new
er fully be appraised, Van Bit
ner was an inspiration to count
less young CIO leaders whose
loyalty and respect for him in
creased constantly.
ITO me he was more than a
personal friend of many, many
Continued or Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29

Collections this week for
the camp fund dropped to
$3.50 it was r port e d by
Howard Rediger, director of the
fund drive. He attributed the
lower amount due to vacations
in many of the Toledo plants.
$35, ,56O.07 To Date
Voluntary can collections in
the shops operating was report
ed at $105 .19. Other donations
received were from Cleveland
Industrial Union Council, $40
and a like amount from a friend
of children. Greenberg's Restua-
rant gave $3.50 and Roy McGin-
mis- of National Supply donated
$3.50.
The overall total towards the
S100, 900 goal now stands at $685.
Mr.. Redi9er said.
He predicted the collections
will be upped considerably in
when vacation periods
in the shops will be completed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Koiser Appointed
To Labor Post

Washington uPA)-Philip M.
Kaiser, former director of the
Int'l Labor Labor office division
of the Labor Department, was
appointed Asst Secretary of La
Dor by President Truman last
week.
His selection fills a vacancy
that has existed for two years.
Two other assistant secretary
ships are filled by a representa-
tive of the AFL and CIO. Kaiser
served formerly in the Federal
Reserve System, the Boarl of
Economic Warfare, and State
Department before joining the
Labor Department three years
ago.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Lobbyist Owes Money

WASHINGTON GPA) - The
fact that man is the head of a
Taxpayers Association doesn't
necessarily mean he pays his
taxes, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue found out last week
Rufus S. Lusk, president of the
Washington Taxpayers Associa-
tion and big time real estate
lobbyist owes the government
$1,000. He knew he owed the
money, but refused to say why
he didn't pay it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
labor Day Parade
Committees ToMeef
Mon. At TIUC Hall
MESA IAM>
RIB Invited To
Participate
CIO Picnic Groups
Urged To Attend
This Meeting

Plans for the End annual
joint CIO and AFL Labor
Day Parade will probably be
completed NJ o n d y August
1st when committees from
the two unions will meet at the
Toledo Industrial Union Council
Hall, Gil Huron St, it was an
nounced by Jack Blessing, chair
man of the CIO group.
Other Unions Invited
All units of the CIO are urged
to have their representatives at
this meeting. Mr.. Blessing said
that invitations have been sent
to the MESA and Railroad Bro
therhoods and lam for those un-
ions to join the CIO and AFL to
make it one of the greatest La
Dor Day Parades in Toledo's
history.
He said the CIO plans future
meetings of its locals and affili-
ated units to formulate plans for
the CIO picnic which will be
held after the parade on Labor
Day.
Picnic Contributions
Last year large units of Lo-
cal IL such as Willys-Overland,
Auto-Lite, Spicer, National Sup
ply and Mather Spring have
sponsored concession booths at
the picnic. Smaller Units pooled
their donations for other booths.
Mr.. Blessing said units and To-
Gals will be given full credit for
booths or donations with identi-
fication on each booth. He said
all contributions, whether large
or small, will be gratefully ap-
preciated and help many young
sters and older people alike, to
an enjoyable day.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Earl Cation Tells
CIO Delegates
Howard
Meeting To Hear
Union Charges
Postponed BY Board

Delegates to the Toledo In
dustrial Union Council, ClO,
meeting Monday night at the
TIUC Hall, voted to support
whole heartedly" the Will
liam Roche Memorial Hospital
union members in their efforts
to have DR.. Frederick Howard,
superintendent, ousted. The dis
pute between the superintendent
and the AFL Public Employees
Union, grew out of the suspen-
sion of several employees of the
hospital who are union mem
bers.
;. Delegates Hear Cation
Y Earl Cation, president of the
, AFL Union spoke at the meet
ing and appealed for the CLOS
support. Richard Lazette, pres
ident of the TIUC said he also
received numerous complaints
of DR.. Howard's i'll treatment of
patients and diScourtesy. He
added that he would like to see
the doctor removed.
Meeting Postponed
The Lucas County Commits
sioners, who appoint the board
for the Roche Hospital were to
meet Thursday morning at the
request of the AFL union to
take action on the matter. The
board originally scheduled a
meeting for Tuesday night but
postponed it. They gave the
reason of not wishing to have
placed a burden on DR.. Howard
twho was upset as a result of a
warrant being sworn out against
the doctor with forging the as
signment of $97 worth of medic
al benefit payments on an in
surance policy of one of the pa
tients at the hospital. The pa
tient, Robert Gross, charged that
the doctor signed claim last
April against his policy with the
Provident Life and Accident In
Continued on Page Two
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Oak, veteran liberal editor.
Both Carey and Meany were
delegates to the Geneva meet
ing at which the first steps to-
ward organizing the new anti
Communist body were taken.
Freedom Basic Aim
The interview for the State
Department broadcast brought
out clearly that whatever differ
ences might exist between the
AFL and the CIO on some mat
ters, both organizations were
,Solidly united on international
DAffairs. Meany and Carey re-
peatedly stated that trade union
freedom must be a basic aim of
the worlds organized workers,
and asserted that the new world
organization would have posi-
tive policy aimed at achieving
that freedom.
In the course of the interview,
Meany made no bones about say
ing that the new labor inter
rational was needed "to meet
the challenge of the totalitarian
state" which enslaved trade
Inionists along with every one
Else. Carey added that the ill
.ated World Federation of Trade
. Jnionists had been organized
with high purpose in mind but
hat 1t had been doomed as soon
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Labor And Liberals Ask Quick
Action To Avert Depression
cIO. The AFL And IAN Joined BY
Others In Full Employment Drive

WASHINGTON IPA) = Labor and liberal organiza-
ons Joined last week calling for quick action by Con-
gress President Trumans program and the Murray Eco
nomc EXPANSION Act in order to avert depression and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
Meany> Carey Report On New
LaborIntI IFor Voice 0fAmeriea
Sfate That Trade Union Freedom Must
Be A Basic Aim For World Organized Workers
WASHINGTON CLPA)

WASHINGTON QPA) - Labors international,
launched last month in Geneva the subject the other
day when George Meany of the ALL
and James Carey, secrearytreasurer of the CO.
interviewed for Voice of Amreica broadcast by Lison
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
200 Girls Begin Camp Period
Sun. At Local Z Summer Camp
Fund Collection Over $4,000 Towards 100000
Goal; Cleveland ciO Council Donates To Camp

Glamour will be added to the Local II Summer Camp
when girls take the camping period beginning Sunday
200 girls will take the camp for the
of the which ends Sept g. Boys end
their vacation periods Saturday.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-29
TIUCVotes ToSupport
Roche Hospital Union
Senate Ratifies Pact But Also
Threatens Slash In Marshall Plan
PAC Director Jack KroII Comments
On Toft's Opposition To The Pact

WASHINGTON (LPA)-The Senate last week ratified the
resoundng necessary
majority thirds exceeded by that would
have had 3D. La
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Bp Lillian Arthur

Former Representative and Mrs.
Claude A. Fuller of Arkansas will
be in Bethesda for the next 10
days-guests of their son-in-law
and daughter, Navy Capt. and
Mrs. John Cross. Since their last
visit here another son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. P. H.
Mathews, have moved here from
Wellesley, Mass, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fuller will spend a little time
with them during their visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller made many
friends here during the years
that he served in the Congress
and their annual visits with their
relatives in Bethesda are always
the occasion for a number of
parties in their honor.
Nine. TIL. van Hemert, wife
of the attache of the Netherlands
Embassy. who is a resident OF
Somerset, was hostess at a party
Wednesday that was small but
was nevertheless a little different
from the average party.
The Van Hemert's daughter
Anita had a birthday Wednesday
and to make it a special occasion
Mrs. Van Hemert invited some OF
her friends to come to her home
during the late afternoon and to
bring their children with them.
There was, of course, cake
with candles. Guests at the party
we're Nine. Lagerwerff, wife of
the Assistant Military Attache at
the Embassy and her daughter
Joyce; Nine, Schiff wife OF the
Second Secretary of the Embassy
and her son, Willem, Nine. Elsak-
kers and her children, Marianne
and Robert; Mrs. Van Keurens
and her children, Francine and
Sarah; Mrs. Louis Wimsatt and
her daughter Caroline and Mrs. c.
Vreede, wife of the First Secretary
of the Netherlands Embassy and
her son Diderick, and Miss Rita
Leipina.
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Todd
came over from Baltimore Friday
for visit with Mrs. Todd's
mother, Mrs. Alma Nc Glue. Last
evening they had an opportunity
to see some of their friends when
Mrs. M Glue gave a buffet supper
in their honor.
Col. and Mrs. Robert Richards
were at home to a group of their
friends in Woodhaven yesterday
afternoon. Guests called between
5 and 7 and almost as soon as they
arrived they learned that the party
was farewell to Woodhaven since
Col. and Mrs. Richards were
leaving later in the spring to take
UP residence a little nearer town.
They are delaying their departure
for a few weeks to give them time
to spend a month in Cuba with
their son-in-law and daughter
Senor Estaban Fernandez de
Castro and Sonora de Castro who
Evening star., 1949-03-13
Bethesda-Lower Montgomery County
Parties Are Givem for VISITORS;
Farewell Fete for Armzy Couple

are now living on a cattle ranch
near Bayamo.
Among the guests at the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson
Morell, jr., who have purchased
the Richards home and who will:
occupy it sometime after the mid
die of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bogley
are making a weekend visit in
Warrenton. They went over yes
terday to ride with the Warrentor
Hunt and to be guests at the hun
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way Of Chattanooga, Tenn, and
they will stop there for a few days
with their son -in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. William Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner were married
at Christmas time. Before her
marriage Mrs. Turner was Miss
Evening star., 1949-03-13

breakfast, and they remained
overnight with friends.
Mrs. John Bozievitch will go to
New York at the end of the week
to visit her sister and to attend
the International Flower Show
On her return trip she will stop
Evening star., 1949-03-13

Mary Alice Blank, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Blank. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Howell La
Motto, jr., are leaving the hunt
country, where they have lived for
a number Of years, and are NOV
ing to Dumbarton avenue in
Georgetown.