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Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20

All is in readiness for the
Browning recital as we write.
Many have bought tickets for
the affair which will be an out
standing event of the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Haswell
Pierce and Mrs. Robert Hall
have asked a few to their home
after the recital to meet and
greet Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Browning, the artists, and
friends of many people here.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20

The engagement of Miss JoAnn
Kelchner and Mr.. Gilbert v. Will
kins was announced recently by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd H.
Kelchner of Shickshinny, Pa.
Miss Kelchner graduated from
the Shickshinny High School and
was later graduated from the Den
tai Hygiene School of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. She is now
employed by the Federal Govern
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20

ment and is associated with the
Sodium Flouride Team, located in
Delaware.
Mr. Wilkins, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wilkins, of Milford, is a
graduate of the Milford High
School and Beacon College. He is
associated with the Lyons, HessiOn
and Company in Milford.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20
39

Mrs. John B. Baker gave a
lovely luncheon at her home
Tuesday afternoon, entertain
ing a small group of friends.
Cards followed the luncheon.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20

i-;Sss;1--'s-11lAY % is the date of
the wedding of Miss
8 VI Frances Adele War
reh, daughter of
Mrs. Wfl1iam H.
Warren to Mr.. Craig G. Robert
son of Kew Gardens, L. T., son
of Mr.. Edford Price Robertson
of Saginaw. Michigan, which
will take place in Avenue
Methodist Church at two on
that date. Reverend Disston
w. Jacobs of Rehoboth will Of
ficiate. Mrs. Edward T. Hurley
will play the wedding music
and will accompany Mrs. L.
Hayes Dickerson. who will sing
"The Lords Prayer" and BE
cause. Mr.. William H. War
rem will give his sister in mar
riage. Mrs. Robert Baechler
will be- matron- of honor and
the bridesmaids will include
Miss Marilyn Baum of Port
Washington, Long Island, who
was Miss Warren's college
roommate, Miss Anne Robert
son of Saginaw, Michigan. sis
ter of the groom-elect. The best
man will be Mr.. Dorsey Rich
ardson of Summit, N. ]. Mr..
Hayes Dickerson, Mr.. Robert
Baechler and Mr.. Homer Bry-
an will be the ushers. A re-
ception for the invited guests
will be held in the New Century
Club following the ceremony.
Miss Warren is a graduate of
Syracuse University and Mr..
Robertson is attending Column
bia University and is employed
as a field engineer by Gates
Rubber Company of New York
City. They expect to live in
Kew Gardens.
al
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Vim
yard welcomed a son in the
hospital. in Ligonier, Pa, on
Saturday May IA. He has been
named George Pennington Vim
yard. This newcomer is the
grandson of Mrs. Harry Vim
yard.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-20


An attendance of more than $50
scouts and their leaders is antici-
pated at the annual camping get
together of Boy Scouts of Kent
County and lower New Castle
County on Saturday and Sunday,
May II and %, according to scout
heads. The campofee will be held
at the state wild life refuge and
field trial grounds at Petersburg.
Six troops planning to al shd are:
7S, Dover; 100, Milford; 102, Mill
ford; 1O3, Dover; 1O8, Camden
Wyoming, and 122, Dover The
camp will be open for inspection
to the public. 1t is reached by
Route 10, starting at the Caesar
Rodney School, Camden-W Wyoming.
and following signs. Registration
will start at 1870 o'clock the open
ing afternoon, followed by setting
up of camp at 2:30, opening cere-
monies at 4:45, inter-troop con-
tests at 5, milk wagon and prepare
supper at 6, assembly for camp
fire and court of honor at $3.50, pa
troll stunts at 8, and taps at 11:15.
4 The program for the second day is +:
Reveille, 6 a. M; prepared break
! fast, 6:15 a. M; Catholic scouts
leave for Dover for Church, 7.30
a. M; clean up camp for inspec-
tion, s a. M; camp church service
i 8 n1.s inter-troop contests, 10 a
M; prepare and serve dinner, II a
M; tour of camp, 1870 .. M; clos
| ing ceremonies, $3.50 p. M; checH
out, S:45 p. m.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-CIO

THIS weeks topic previously announced deals with
shenangans of used car people and finance companies in
Toledo in the hope that enough membership t
in city will take themselves to car
halt to the rotten practices prevalent in this field.
The story be told by citing an example member
of the UAWCIO employed Toledo plant purchased
an automobile not long ago from the B. Auto Sales Com
pany price was $1O95 He paid something like $s2775
down payment Carrying charges and insurance amounted to
more than 5000 making his total note after down payment
$1O54, including state tax license, etc.
Now hisa days purchase there was the
The fellow realized that this unexpected of brought
him new obligation that of assisting his He would be
faced with difficulty in meeting his automobile payments
knew, he willing to let
auto and the payments oh no. the finance would
other intended to $4OO down upon assuming the
obligation.
finance company Aid Investment g. Discount Inc az
benevolent organization about par with the &M outfit
who incidentally call themselves "The Angels Summit
Street. other ideas on helping our UAW member They
sold the back to for $500 came up with defc
ency judgment against our member amounting to $3.50 What
dea Can you imagine charging than $3.50 for
rental of an automobile for three weeks?
The payo rather the biggest of the payo that
was financed by the Associates Discount Corporation OBJ
viousy in the hope of avoiding legal difficulties
Well legal difficulties weren't easily avoided The in
dustria relations director of the plant
and called the office The deficiency judgement
was dropped and hadn't been the prosecutor would have
taken the before the grand jury
the full down payment to drive the jalopy three
weeks jaopy because from way peo-
pie soak for automobile can't very good
for $1O95
THIS same outfit NJ lit stands for John L. Henry and
Morris Webne the correc waters
for another bg DEAL where they alleged
1885 Chevrolet for $95 with payment
chaser leaving balance of $25 yet presenting for the
fellows signature amounting to $228 making total of $1o3
in addition the Since interest charges amount
to than 200 per cent? CHATS attorney
wants to know, tooD
While on the subject of used car people and finance COM
panies recall instance where fellow monthly
payment at The Ohio Finance Company got receipt it,
and had the balance listed
made his payments until 10 and behold the finance
made at all despite the fact that his later receipt showed had
been made After this delay the fellow had misplaced the
the Ohio Finance Company simply
sbtracng this from his payment would
it to the balance yet owing Nice people, too!
Let it be understood that from here this union in
tends to help its members possible protecting
them from the vicious practices attempting
take unfair advantage of them When
we'll give the culps all the publicity they than
they want Furthermore, there attorneys
these matters. f,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
81 BoIIo+s

ONCE AGAIN City Council attempted
" to fill the vacancy in its rank created
by the resignation of Councilman and vice.
mayor of Congressman Thomas II. Burke.
And once again, after thirty roll call votes
now making record total of 81 ballots
they failed to agree on any particular
candidate.
Perhaps the outstanding feature of the
actions of City Council in this respect, is
the arrogant disregard with which these
gentlemen treat the recommendations of
the United Labor Committee.
City Council is apparently determined
to completely ignore the. wishes of the
ULC even though it knows that that or
gsnization speaks for and represents the
vast majority of Organized Labor in this
community. Or is il too much to ask that
Council appoint labor candidate for
vacancy which was created by the resigna-
ton of labor councilman?
But, so be it, gentlemen! Just remem-
ber that we are going to be here for a
long, long time and that some of us are apt
to have good memories.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
Cavil~Cade
By Les Flnnegan
Labor Press Associates

The program director of Chicago
radio station will always remember a re-
cent Sunday afternoon as the most miser-
able five hours he has spent in his entire
broadcast, by seemingly thousands of
board was suddenly flooded, after a news
broadcast, by seemingly Thousands of
calls from indignant citizens wanting to
know where the hell does the announcer
get that crap?" Every one of the calls pro-
tested that the announcer had used the
following item: Unions are responsible
for more millions of hours needlessly lost
in American industry than any other
cause except the common cold" Frantic
ally the program director hunted for the
copy. When he finally found it the copy
was just as the announcer had read it. But
still the phone calls came pouring in, COM
planning that that was the "screwieSt
thing" they ever heard of.
4
Immediately after President Truman's
estate of the Union" speech organized
labor voiced unanimous approval. Busi-
ness and industry leaders i'm New York
announced they were relieved" and the
stock market actually gained full two
points But for Senator Robert A. Taft
ii meant that we are now headed for ga
completely socialzed state" On at least
one score Taft has a good record. He's
supposed to be good bass fisherman, but
we wouldn't trust him to dig for worms.
On the evidence he doesn't know his bass
from hole in the ground.
It's fortunate thing that poor Karl
Marx didn't live long enough to hear
about Senator Tafts "socialized state"
Marx would have blinked, indeed, at a
Socialism" whose chief characteristics
are: More than $40 billion in net corpora
tion profits with the figure still rising;
More than So billion in corporation divi-
dends with the figure rising; Stocks and
bonds selling at their highest prices in
history and still rising; Salaries for i'm
dustrialists and businessmen at the high
est point in history and still rising! That
must have been the socialist revolution
that went whizzing by us a moment ago
in Cadillac!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
What's New?
By Edward J. Duck
Journal Columnist

E SNOWFALL rolling I'm speaking Of btz campaign of
the Toledo Consumers Cooperative Inc Its final push began
last Sunday morning. Let tell you about
Last Sunday morning visited the Mather Spring Unit
meeting They donated dime per member the educational
organizing fund.- which will finance campaign
dimes collected They also subscribing to $500 in
ferred stock although their the allow
payment of the full amount
After Maher hit Toledo Steel Tube Unit meeting
and thew voted the member donation and set IN an
organizing committee of their with
groupsomethng want unit and local union to do
Then came the Amalgamaed meeting so hustled
given the floor Immediately after
of the previous meetings minutes They voted donation
per every member in Amalgamated
and attend the various meetings we'll
There $500 members there from IL to is units (The
Womens Auxiliary had already made donationl
Then back to Local II and the Acllin Stamping Unit
meeting Again they voted the member donation and
indicated they will have committee to help sell $25
individual memberships
report on the days success and plan the complete drive with
the Committee for Cooperative Development
McNaught coop from way back there and
have since been informed that the Spice people will set up
committee Immediately which unquestionaby will be
really successful based their work credit
ions and the coop movement
MONDAY Swartzbaugh shift meeting spoke
AVA at that They're going to take plant-wide dona
ton and ask for quarter per member all their sheke are
tied up with big party they had already planned and they
the Martin Parry daytime meeting, and they
donation too l couldn't attend the evening
both in the hospital for operations the latter being
emergency appendectomy know they'll take of it at
Now Spicer Auo-Lite and Plaskon Units had already
donated the dime and little Toledo Industrial Rubber averaged
per member its $50 gift
with the committees of Champion Spark Plug and Toledo Scale
we're going meet with the WiysOverland Committee
doubt there will be coming
before the membership that will add the fund necessary
to the drive.
would like to make personal plea for each and every
AFL and MESA to do everything
push coop drive isn't to wait for
hit the meetings because just can't all of them the
time. The desired program is this:
l. donation 10 cents every member in the
group.
subscription stock amounting to $1.O0 for each
member
Formation local unit coop volunteer committee
% sell S25 to the individual members.
To join right for information call Mrs Martha
Gosline Smith, 1917 Wellesley Drive, LAwndale
Let's keep the good work. Don't forget. ANYONE can
join the coop.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
Make II A Good One :.

A S WE GO TO press some twelve hum
"A dred delegates are attending the ses-
sions of the Ohio CIO Councils Tenth
Annual Convention in Cleveland Both
President. Jack Kroll and Sec'y-Treas.
Lavelle predicted that this will be "the
best convention in Ohio CIO history"
Undoubtedly the convention will point
with pride - justifiably so - to the
magnificent role it and its affiliated
unions played in our recent national and
state elections. But that is not enough.
That performance must and shall be con-
sidered but a beginning. The delegates
and officers must now proceed to lay
down a program to directly benefit not
only the vast masses of industrial workers
they represent but for the people of Ohio
as a whole. Ohio, despite its great tradi.
tions, is shamefully behind other great
industrial states in the fields of unemplOy.
ment compensation, workmen'S cOmpensa-
ton, state medical institution standards,
soil conservation and flood control de-
velopments. 1t sorely needs a F.E.P.C.
law to wipe out discrimination.
The Democratic party, for the first
time in ten years, is in full control of our
state administration. That was made posSi-
BILE by the performance of Organized
Labor on last Nov. End.
The convention will develop a pro-
gram that will provide for the needs of
our people. Gov. Lausche and the General
Assembly owe it to the people of Ohio to
make such program reality.
And it will be the job of the Ohio
CIO, together with the rest of Organized
Labor in Ohio, to make sure that this is
done.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
written by the Staff of The CIo News)

much higher tax rate (they
pay lower proportion of total
taxes than in 1910 and still
keep we'll over 300% of 1886
80 profits).
Labor economists expect, of
course, that big business will
scream any such tax program
will kill incentives" But CIO
tax study has this to say:
".. 1t does not follow that
lower taxes on business will
mean more production :. II
those who do the bulk of con-
Stunning have large portions of
their incomes taxed away, no
amount of tax reduction to
business for incentive pur-
poses will supply the con-
sumption power required to
buy industry's product"
In other words-if the aver
age family doesn't have cash
to buy goods on the market,
incentives to business aren't
going to do much good
Several score CIO members
were killed or injured in tor
nado that demolished town of
Warren, Arkansas, recently.
Storm demolished Bradley
Lumber Co., under contract
with the CIO international
Woodworkers of America. Lee
Tucker, Arkansas CIO direc-
tor, said the storm destroyed
the homes and furnishings of
800 members of families of
CIO woodworkers."
Witnesses said huge timbers
sailed through the air like
toothpicks when fury of the
storm hit the town.
THERED been lot of light
Il hearted guessing, ever
since November 2 elections
that "the first bill to be filed
in 81st Congress would be re-
peal of Taft Hartley"
Actually, TIL repeater turn
ed out to be the 211th bill
filed in House of Representa-
tives. Rep. McGrath ID, N.
W. a freshman member of
Congress, got the first TIL bill
into the House hopper. Rep.
John Blatnik 3D., Mimi,
staunch liberal, filed No 231;
and Rep. "Gus" Kelley 3D.,
Pa came in with bill No.
2S7. There were many others
and TIL will be under early
consideration in Congress.
H. R. l was a bill by Rep.
O'Toole 3D., N. " to give a
$25,000 annual pension to ex-
Presidents. Only present eX-
Presy is Herbie Hoover Gre
memberO who has plenty in
the bank. But Harry S. Tru-
man isn't rich man-and we
don't know anybody who de-
serves the pension more.
People used to kid about
vice-presidents-jokes, funny
songs, ct.
But caliber of vice-presi-
dents has been going up.
Harry Truman, for instance;
and Alben Barkley, the Ken
lucky Senator with a liberal
record a mile long. H. r. 2
would have government pro-
vide the vice-president with a
house in Washington.
There's nothing about that
in CIO Legislative Program
for 1949-but nonethelesS we
will string along with the
proposition.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
Inside America

DRESIDENT T r U M A MS
i State-of- the-Union m e s.
sage to new 81st Congress won
lots of plaudits from labor.
Truman Fair Deal" runs
straight down the track with
most of CLOS own Legislative
Program.
CLOS Phil Murray hailed
the message as constructive
American liberalism"
Next big job will be to win
passage of that program
and to win it fast.
Senate Labor Committee
last year was stronghold OF
anti-labor sentiment. T h / S
year it has a brand new look.
Slated to be dropped from
the committee as excess bag
gage are Senators Jenner of
Indiana and Ives of New York
(GOP strength on the COM
mitee was cut to five seats).
Another missing person is Joe
Ball, Minnesota'S lanky ex-
Senator, who developed labor
hating phobia.
New faces, among the La
Dor Committee Democrats,
will strengthen committee
plenty. They're a trio of out
standing liberals: Paul Doug
las, the Illinois college profes-
sor; Hubert Humphrey, the
rousing militant ex-mayor of
Minneapolis; Matt Neely, vet
eran public servant from West
Virginia who has always been
strongly pro-labor.
Big things are expected of
the committee--on labor legis-
lation, wage-hour, aid-to-edu-
cation and other social welfare
problems,
New secretary of state,
Dean Acheson, is an appoint
ment that labor liberal obser-
vers in Washington like. With
General MarshalIs resignation
because of i'll health, Acheson
returns to the State Depart
ment in top position.
Acheson has liberal ideas
on international relations,
atomic energy and problem of
getting Americas message
across to the democratic peo-
Piles of the world.
HIO'S TAX proposals are
~ certain to get wide hear
ing when 81st Congress digs
into thorny revenue problems.
president Truman requested
81 billion tax increase, prin-
cipally from profit-swollen
corporations).
CIO Department of Educa-
tion and Research has just
turned out slick 32-page book
! e I, representing 18-month
study of tax problems.
It's conclusions: entire coun-
try is suffering from too much
taxation of the poor, too little
taxation of high income fami-
lies and profit-swollen cor
porations.
CIO proposes that $7.8 bill
lion in taxes be shifted from
backs of people making under
$4,000 to those in higher in
come brackets and to corpora
tions.
CIO wants a basic $4,000
income tax exemption for
families of four; and in addi-
ton, removal of the federal
excise taxes on such things as
luggage, movie admissions,
beer, etc, quickly removed.
Corporations could have
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14
Wonen's News
And Views
BY Odessa 0very
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

HERE 1T is almost time for
the election of new shop
Committees. One would know
just by the propaganda that is
being spread far and near,
thick and thin. The dirty
politics that some people play
is just out of this world. /
never knew that l had so many
terrible people representing
me. l believe that if you can't
say anything good about a
person, it is better to say no
thing at all. If one thinks that
a particular committeeman or
committeewoman is not
good representative for the
people, all well and good. 1t is
perfectly all right to express
yourself to that effect. But to
go so far as to find all of the
bad things that the person did
in his life is just being Grim
inal. If one asks for it all
well and good, but most peo-
pie do not go out of their way
to make things uncomfortable
for other people. So why
should certain individuals even
go so far as to make up such
extreme lies about a person is
more than | know. / certainly
am glad that it is some one else
that has it on their conscience.
But then again these things
do not bother some people.
But let somebody say some
thing about these individuals
and the house comes down,
even though the persons name
is not mentioned they know
where the shoe fits, and they
wear it perfectly or else they
would not recognize the re-
mark as one about them. The
funniest part about the whole
thing is that the offensive re-
mark is usually a trivial thing
that does not amount to much.
l hope that the rank and
file sees through these re-
marks and votes for the peo-
pie that will cater to the rank
and file rather than the can
didates that do the every wish
of the company. If this is done
we will be seeing some new
faces on the committee this
coming election, at our shop,
and ! hope that at every shop
that has company union they
will do the same thing, May
God forgive me if these re-
marks are fitting to any one
person. Then as the saying
goes that if the shoe fits you
better wear it.
So much for politics, but it
does a person good to get it
off of their chest and that is
exactly what / have done.
Since the State convention
is this week / presume that
there will be no reason to
postpone shop meeting, for
they will see an opportunity
maybe to get away with a
few connivings, like in the
past.
The wonmen'S choral group
is going to be on the program
at the State Convention. They
have been invited to attend
luncheon at the Hollenden
Hotel today and they will give
a half hour program in the af-
ternoon at the Convention
hall. Transportation to the
convention is provided by the
local IL bus.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-14

or terrible catastrophe for ourselves and
all mankind"
Catastrophe will be inevitable if the
S1st Congress fails to make the Presidents
program a reality. That's why we say:
Damn the torpedoes - and the Economic
Royalists - the fight is on.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1949-10-22

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