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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
What's New?
BY Edward J. Duck
Journal Columnist

WAS talking John Nation last Tuesday, learned
few Things John OF the Splce Credit Union ana
to ss OF the national credit union executive board ''s"
At least four credit unions in Toledo their deposits
(CUNA).
They pay every $1,000 of (de-
posts)
They pay 75c for $1,000 Of protection loans made
Over a period approximately ten years the Spcer
Credit Union has received 20 patronage refund on
mums paid for share insurance and 2OP patronage refund
premiums paid for loan protection insurance
Patronage refunds (heir share of CUNAs profitsD
made because CUNA just credit unions
ops the chain organized
all function under the eight Rochdae principles
consumer cooperation heretofore explained
Any member of credit union affiliated with CUNA may
apply individual CUNA Suppose you would
like to finance home or suppose you already have fl
nanced somewhere else for per cent or maybe more
balance Premiums CUNA insurance build the surplus from
which these real estate loans are made
insurance deposits and loans Coop Credit Union Cham
pon scer and Toledo Federhe credit union for credit
union officers only give you this coverage:
Suppose you become permanently disabled Let's
$3.50 to of these credit unions but still
deposits amounting $500 You will find that debt
of $3.50 cancelled or rather paid off by cUNA while you
receive not only $500 but double that amount or $500 In
of disability, you do
Here's an outstanding one:
A spcer who a liter-bearer in the
South Pacific during the recent had his legs shot out from
under him while helping to wounded soldier Machine
gun fire shattered his right leg pretty badly In falling he
struck his spine.
He managed to return to work following the war; with
pension that didn't amount much considering that he had
quite family to keep After two three he keeled
while and they thought he had suffered heart
attack In fact they thought also that he dead. He
couldn't get statement of total and permanent disability from
Veterans Administration, would they okay him for
bewxt and between, If he could have gotten
the credit union could have filed claim with
CUNA.
Later company doctor did give him written state
able collect his insurance
strength copy that the credit union filed claim
with CUNA and it paid The VA found knot his
spinal column of the fall he had taken, and the
supposed attack Partially parayzed he could get
around with Then the VA finally increased the pen
sion appreciaby.
loan balance with the Spcer Credit Union,
Chrysler security He also had sol 80 his
share account (savng) The $3.50 debt cancelled
given title to the Chrysler. His $918O
doubled giving for himself his family
he's hoping get special automobile similar to those most
legless veterans favor.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
Tho+ Morgan Deal

We often refer to it merely as the Til
Act but perhaps we should call 1t the
Taft Hartley Morgan Reilly lserman
measure.
And, somehow or other, we ought to
work the initials "RNC" into its title.
No, we're not trying to talk in riddles.
We're merely commenting on the solution
of riddle that's been troubling us for
some time.
The story goes like this;
A Washington attorney named Gerald
D. Morgan appeared before the House
Labor Committee recently to give his
views on a successor to TIL Tor whatever
you prefer to call it,.
Under questioning he admitted he was
retained at the request of Rep. Fred Hart
ley as a special counsel to help draft the
Taft-Hartley Act.
He was aided in this project by two
experts" in the field of management
labor relations Reilly, now coun-
sci for General Electric, General Motors
and the Printing Industry of America,
and Theod ore Iserman, counsel for
Chrysler Corp
Furthermore, Mr. Morgan revealed,
his $500 fee was paid by the Republican
National c Commit tee. $50 we add the
initials RNC)
Far be it from us to question the right
of House committee to employ counsel
when writing difficult legislation.
But there's S ON thi ing very, very
smelly about the public to get better
idea of the birth of TIL.
Among its creators in the House were
a Republican congressman, lawyer paid
by the Republican National Committee
and two industry lawyers
And some people still have the nerve
TO refer to TIL or the Taft-Hartley-
RNC-Morga gan-Reilly-Iserman Act as a
'bill of rights for the working mani"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
Congratulations,
Senator Graham

A little man from North Carolina, who
has done many big things during his 81
years, has taken on new public assign
ment - the job of serving his state land
the nation) in the us Senate.
He is DR.. Frank P. Graham, president
of the University of North Carolina, ap-
pointed by Gov. Kerr Scott to fill the
unexpired term of the late Senator ]. Mel
vile Broughton.
"Dr. Farnk," as he is affectionally call
by his students and former students, is
well known for his many public services
with the National War Labor Board,
the Consumers Board of the National Re-
covery Administration, the Good Officers
Committee of the United Nations, the
Cabinet Committee on Economic Security,
the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies and other agencies.
People in the labor movement prob
ably know him best for his work with
NWLB and his attempts to strengthen
civil rights. In recognition of the latter he
Was given the Sidney Hillman Founda-
ton Award early this year.
When presenting the award, Pres.
Jacob Potofsky, Of the CIO Clothing
Workers, said of DR.. Graham:
HE has never asked, rs it safe?' His
only concern has been, Is it right?'"
We want to congratulate Senator
Graham on his new assignment and COM
mend Gov. Scott for appointing such an
outstanding citizen.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01

Remember one OF the parts of the Act that
they wish to retain is the part that prohibits
strikers from voting in representation elections
conducted by the N. l.. r. B. Along with that
they will raise arguments as TO whether or not
contract provisions providing that Stewards
and Committeeman be paid for grievance time
is illegal under TIL,
Big Business of course will very magnani-
mously, as sop, agree to drop the require
ment for union shop elections At the same
time they will insist that the so-called right
of free speech for the employer" be retained.
This of course gives the employer to threaten
and intimidate employees in their choice of
union. They will also insist that the Union
Busting lnjunctions provisions also be retain
ed in the Law, You could go on, and on telling
all OF the things that effect the worker ad-
versely under this law. But, this will do no
good unless the worker himself writes his
Congressman and Senator and insists that they
vote against this law.
This is the year that Big Biz hopes that
they can give labor te works, with the help
of some people within the labor movement
they may succeed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01

You can help by talking to
telephone company employees
whom you know-urge them
to vote for CIO.
CWA's membership would
strengthen CIO across the
country-and CLOS help and
strength would aid CWA in
bargaining with the powerful
phone company monopoly.
Big corpor ations - and
radio commentator Fulton
Lewis-have been circulating
loaded questionnaires about
Taft Hartley, d signed d to
prove" that people really
like the law. Copies of the
QUESTIONABLE have come into
Congress In considerable num-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
Regional
Views
BY Richard Gosser, Vice President
International UAW-CIO

WHEN haven't got your health YOU got?
W There's question worth asking.
The Union cannot give health back you once you
have lost it, nor the Company but in this years negota
onS the Union going after financial protection for the fam
lies of workers whose insurance setup very
quae to cope with situations of sickness and injury.
The UAWCIO 1949 wage demands include pensions and
referring to federal sxy-ve are talk
ing ABOUT coveage for those of all who work
IN uAW-Clo plants, and protection for their families
When is unable to work because health
sons whether hospaed not household continue
as usual In addition to these medical bills often
pile up to where it takes to them completely.
When farmer has horse pig stricken with Illness
disease injury, he Immediately veterinarian
at all serious He knows that the loss of that animal
material financial loss to him We feel that employer should
feel at least much concerned the welfare of human
png who works for him as the farmer is with the life and
the sick We the workers family live decenty
fortune struck the home 1t hardly to mention
that the employer and of well certain
other aaried workers. feel shortages because of illness
The UAWCIO officers fully realize the
security and pension program the they presenting
thousands of individual union officers and members realizes
the tremendous amount of profits that have been raked into
the Golfers of corporate industry during the past fifteen
Getting back to the health angle it touches both in
and pensions Didn't General Elecrcs
shedding of all sixty and sixfve
of age Does General Electric suppose that Westinghouse
people? Is this concerned with what happens to these
people? What do YOU think? This is sample of what
the why feed it? Shoot get
the they obviously think This exactly what such
tions amount to.
The time has decide whether corporation
is important than people We reject communism the
grounds that the state cannot superede human beings that be-
human beings created the state it make them
subservient to it. Why cannot apply this theory
economic sphere? We It's rule which doesn't work
both ways
1t is too late to about the famlys upkeep AFTER
sickness has overaken the We provide for it
ADVANCE if there to be provision for the famlys
cuIiy We must provide for the medical and hospital bills
and must at the time provide for meeting the
day that bound The butcher and
and landlord cannot wait for paymenor in those isolated
Even then mounting bills present problem that often
times takes years to solve
The worker is entitled to security. He is entitled to
share of the profits we'll proporionae to his contribution
He entitled fair and adequate pension the
cemen postal employees city police and fremen He
entitled to full life of security and freedom from
God intended human being should live
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01

Der, and worried many Con-
gressmen,
But at Taft-Hartley hear
ings at House Labor Commit
tee, a leading expert on public
opinion polls showed the Con-
gressmen just where the
weight was hidden in the
loaded GE questionnaire-and
in a similar QUESTIONABLE pub
lished last year in Look Maga-
zine,
The man who did the ex-
posing was Professor Alfred
Kornhauser of the faculty of
Wayne University in Detroit.
Much of his testimony was in
professors language"-but it
showed up the phoney ques-
tionnaires completely.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
Inside America

ONE OF the country's most
" important union elections
is now in progress.
Communications Workers of
America-an independent un-
ions voting this month
whether to affiliate with CIO.
CWA's 100000 members are
employed by American Tel.
e. Tel. and other phone COM
panies.
Unions officers, headed by
President Joe Bierne, have
recommended a "yes' vote on
CIO affiliation. So have Of
ficers and executive boards of
% of CWA's 80 divisions, and
many other division leaders
are expected to follow suit.
Votes will be counted in
April.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
AS | See 1t
By Howard Seren President OF Local Il UAW-CIO


THIS week the Taft Hartley repeater comes
up before the House In Washington. Known
as HR 2032 this is the bill that will repeal the
Taft-Hsrtley Act and reinstate the Wagner
Act. The most active and best organized lobby
in Washington at this time is the National AS
socistion Of Manufacturers Lobby against the
repeater.
All members of organized labor whether
or not you are officer, are asked to write
your congressman and tell him to support this
bill and to also use his office to get the support
OF other congressman in this action. Big Bus-
ness is going all out 10 preserve the Taft
Hartley Act IN its entirety. To counteract this
the workers of this country will have to 20 all
out In the other direction. General Electric
Corporation put out QUESTIONABLE relative
to the Act that followed the old have you
stopped robbing poor boxes" gag While the
various Trade Journals went all the way in
giving publicity to the thing, Radio Com
nnentstors and Editorial writer's followed suit
Naturally, part Of the strategy Of this cam
|psign to retain the Taft Hartley Act is to make
the unions bargain for Pension Plans and wage
'increases under the most adverse conditions
Evening star., 1949-11-19

on the county a contingent risk that might
some day prove more than worrisome.
Actually, said the report. the risk is so
remote as to be "a matter Of little more
than academic interest"
The bright financial picture painted by
the auditors leaves no doubt as to the
ability OF Montgomery County to continue
It's healthy development, even though this
progress may entail larger debt burden
and heavier taxes. The report recon-
mended as good business" q loan from
the State to finance new schools, leaving
the market clear for other financing ar
rangements as needs require. Whatever
Montgomery's requirements, the county
should have no trouble in obtaining loans,
on the basis of its fine credit rating from
the survey Arm.
Evening star., 1949-11-19

are additional vulnerable areas; that
fires will be kindled which will destroy the
contents of buildings "in the absence Of
firef1ghting"; that communications and
transportation would cease to exist in the
damaged area; that fire engines would
probably be crushed by the collapse of the
flrehcuses"; that the attractiveness of par
ticular targets "vanishes with dispersal of
some or all of them preferably on the
outskirts of the city at two-mile distances
from one another.
Although all these things are obvious,
this does not mean that they are un-
Important or that they can be taken
casually. It is the duty Of the Acc staff
to advise military and civilian agencies
even Of the obvious. For the atomic bomb
is one thing which does not fit into the
saying that familiarity breeds contempt" !"
Familiarity with it rather should breed
respect, and a determination to strive
nightly to eliminate 1t as q threat to
mankind.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Identity

He IS too far GtOay; cannot trace ,trow
His features, nor can / discern his tnLkul
And yet knoto him by some subtle graeS, q
recognize the rhythm OF his sodlk, ,-aoos
The ,pny he tits his head. Oh, he Is n,ityYt1
Though undtsttngutshed by blueT
dungdTees .t1ifeD
And pulled out shirt. There Is a surer siHniFss q
Beyond mere clothing, that nsotHs9i
sees, ?"
And though she stands hundred yurds
GtDGy >1ir
And boys throng everywhere she marks
her o1cn; 80. !.
Hop shall she err, ,Dho kneU him stsse.sr stssee.S
that day - a4s
she gathered hin, against her, solso hdst : :
knOlpn s~ooas
Tte secret dreams beneath the sun-tar1nssadIn A.
clay, IL nAs
And 1es1s herself stir IN his pery boaey 4
MAE WINKLER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Mrs. Bethune

Mary Mcleod Bethune has retired from
the presidency Of the National Council Of
Negro Women, which she founded fourteen
years ago. That organization, like Be-
thune- Goodman College at Daytona Beach,
Florida, which she established in 1904 and
headed until 1912, must get along hence
forth without her active direction. At "a
and with half a century Of arduous work
behind her, she is entitled to rest.
But no one who knows Mrs. Bethune
can imagine her being inactive. She al
ways has been doer as well as dreamer.
The number of goals she first has visioned
and then laboriously achieved is legion.
No other American woman Of her time
has been interested in longer list Of
good causes or toiled more devotedly in
their behalf. Her life has paralleled that
Of Booker T. Washington, but 1t has been
more fruitful of immediate results. She
has had the happiness of witnessing her
own achievement to an extent not equaled
by the sponsor Of Tuskegee.
Mrs. Bethune has not served the Negro
community exclusively. Her purposes have
been worldwide, her objectives unlimited
by any arbitrary restriction of race or
creed or class. In her retirement" she
deserves the gratitude OF all Americans
Of good will.
Evening star., 1949-11-19

is in Washington. To my knowledge, there
is no public school system in which the pro-
portion OF white and colored pupils is
nearly equal and which is non-segregated
With the present chip -on- he-shoulder,"
abused, aggressive attitude Of many of our
colored citizens. doubt If such system
could work here.
Equality? Yes, by all means. The colored
divisions need and should have more new
buildings-the finest possible, better equip
ment, athletic stadiums, tennis courts, every
thing. Students In those divisions should
have an opportunity to study the same
courses Of studies and to have the same
extra-curricular activities. All of this is
expensive, and that is what the trouble Is.
Congress Is so expansive and generous in
doing out funds right and left elsewhere
and SO niggardly In dealing with D. c.
schools. Most of us thought we would die
OF old age before either the sick leave bill
or the last teachers raise was passed with
strings attached). But to preserve our sys-
tenn and better it, perhaps more enlight-
ened attitude can be hoped for. In any
case. before any really sweeping change is
made, the democratic thing to do is to
consider what Is best with all concerned
teachers and parents Of both divisions.
D. c. TEACHER
Evening star., 1949-11-19
.Stotinq the Obvious

Ordinarily 1t might be. expected that the
Atomic Energy Commission would stamp
''Top Secret" on any memorandum to the
National Security Resources Board bearing
the grinly impressive title 'The City OF
Washington and an Atomic Bomb Attack" "
But q perusal Of its contents makes It
evident why security minded Acc oficials
decided not only to declassify the paper
but to issue 1t to the press For there is
nothing In the memorandum that Is new
to any one who has read about what hap
pened to Hiroshima and Nagasah back
in 1s45. As President Truman commented
Thursday, this is old stun.
No secrets are divulged In the statement
by the Acc stan on how an atomic bomb
attack might AFFECT the Nations Capital.
No hint Is given as to how far we have
advanced (n one can call II advancement)
since the devastating blasts which wrecked
the japanese cities and rocked the world.
The staff simply has done what others not
connected with the commission have done
used the Hiroshima and Nagasad ind
ings to estimate the damage which similar
attacks would inflict on Warrington or,
for that matter, on any other large city.
Thus, the commission was stating no
more than the obvious when 1t theorized
that the Pentagon, the White House area
and the Capitol would be choice targets for
enemy A-bombs;. that great blast and
radiation damage would BE- wrought BY
hits On these targets; that buildings IN
such areas should be abandoned IN the
event Of IN impending attack, or well
before; that adjoining business districts
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Monteomey's Credit Is Good

In the midst of the stresses and strains
OF postwar expansion, 1t must be quite
reassuring to Montgomery County citizens
to learn from an expert fiscal study that
the financial affairs Of the county are In
good shape. The findings Of the so-called
Wainwright report will be helpful to the
new County Council in planning and car
rying out future financing OF public works
Specifically, the survey showed that the
county's credit position is secure now and
that, in view of "the care that is being
given to the planning Of needed improve
ments," the financial condition OF the
rapidly growing Maryland jurisdiction
will remain sound" This view Is atrtbute
to those responsible for administering the
business OF the county.
Of particular interest Is the experts
belief that the financial status of the
washington Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion is as sound as that Of the county itself.
There have been fears among county
residents in1the past that the large bonded
indebtedness OF the commission imposed
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Letters to The Star

Appeals To Motorists
To Give Dogs q Chance
To the Editor Of the Star:
I was touched by Vincent Engel's letter In
the Star of November '16. telling OF the
fatal accident to his little cocker spaniel
This week, saw fire pointer who was
lost and confused dodging cars on Nebraska
avenue. The callous drivers never slowed
their cars nor made any effort to give the
dog a chance. Fortunately, he escaped
unharmed.
The washington Animal Rescue League
carries on an intensive program OF humane
education in the schools. Evidently. ADULTS
need similar course.
Give the dogs chance. II they are hit,
don't leave them lying helpless and injured.
but take them to the nearest veterinarian
or to the Leagues shelter at II o street
NV.
Finally we urge owners to safeguard their
pets by keeping them in enclosed yards or
when walking them, to keep them leashed.
Traffic is q murderous hazard.
MRS. FRANK ALLEN WEST,
Chairman Of the Committee on Humane
Education, the Washington Animal
Rescue League.
Evening star., 1949-11-19

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,0riter, although 1t is permissible for
a t0rtter kno11n to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Recalls Coffee sShortage"
That Really Was Not Real

TO the Editor Of the Star:
Who remembers, as I do, that during
World War the coffee industry spent loads
Of money In articles In papers and magazines
expressing regret at having to raise the
price Of coffee to 50 cents q pound and
fear that it might 30 to 81 pound be-
cause Of shortage due to transportation
dificulties and q frost Ia Brazil?
Then the Government investigated-and
found more coffee ID New York than ever
had been In the United States before. be-
cause Of difficulty In shipping to Europe
And that the small spot frosted In Brazil
was negligible to the coffee supply.
The price, to my recollection, was stopped
ct so cents . pound and soon went below
Can there be similar situation now when
the 80 cent mark has by degrees passed TO
70 cents for good grade Of product that
u generally used BY ,all classes Of peoplea
MARY b. COX.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Thanks From Students
Who Appreciate Good Music

TO The Editor OF The Star:
wish to extend to you my sincere thanks
and that Of my room mate for the compli-
mentary tickets to the National Symphony
Orchestra Concert performed on November
IA at Western High School.
Although we are fond advocates of clas-
sical music, we seldom have time to attend
any concerts, much less any of the calibre
Of last Mondays.
Our collective opinion and that OF many
other Georgetown students, Is that the
Neighborhood Concert series is an admirable
gesture on the part Of The Star and WNdAL
and should be emulated In other commun-
ities JOSEPH LEO GUTOWSKI