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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

TNHE MARATHON is over. After some
80 ballots - record shattering pre-
cedent from whatever angle one cares to
look at it - City Council finally chose a
successor to Rep. Thomas H. Burke in the
person of Mr.. Robert ]. W. Meffley, local
attorney and democrat To Mr.. Meffley
we say: Good luck We sincerely hope you
will serve the people of our city well.
But that is not all we have to say In
our humble opinion the members of City
Council cruelty and selfishly denied Or
ganized Labor of their rightful seat in
City Council. Especially under our PR
system of election, Tom Burke's seat be-
longed to Organized Labor. Every Coun-
Gilman knew that. Yet, they elected to 60
outside the ranks of Organized Labor to
fill this vacancy.
And the attempt of some Councilman
10 hide behind the fiction" that labor
was split nonsense. The vast majority
OF Organized Labor was and is -
united in the United Labor Committee
And the ULC proposed not one, but eight
candidates for you to chose from. All of
them were rejected By that action the
Organized Labor movement itself was told
in effect TO 90 to blazes
Very well, gentlemen We shall keep
record Of all this :. just for the sake of
future reference.
To the handful of people within the
camp of Organized Labor who elected to
oppose the United Labor Committee and
so play directly into the hands of our
enemies, we say: When will you learn
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
It's About Time

MAYOR DISABLE and City Manager
A'A Finch, we are told, will shortly lead
a delegation to Columbus to urge upon
the State Administration to provide their
share of the funds necessary to eliminate
the Dorr-NYC grade crossing. The plans,
not yet finally determined, call for either
an under-pass or an elevated structure.
Under existing laws the City must
furnish 4096, the State $3.50 and the rail-
road 15%6 of the cost Not bad, for the
railroad we mean.
All we can say is, we don't believe it.
Not till they start diggin.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
What's New?
By Edward J. Duck
Journal Columnist

The drive is success There definitely will chain Of
cooperative operated by Toledo
sumers, covering every section of town.
credit union gatherings spcer Dura, Auto
Champion Spark Plug and other industrial within
In the drive individual memberships members do not
have $25 for share of stock they apply for loan and
the check-off to pay for it.
Enthusiasm running high people have been
ing merely the that this campaign the real
meetings of Libbey National Supply Devbiss,
Champion Tloon City Machine and Tool Mather Swartz
At last Saturdays open meeting there five repre-
senaves from DoeherJarvs, and similar numebr from
Larry Stenbegs newly chartered Distribution Warehouse
Local o. received personal urging from him attend
Saturdays meeting at the Toledo Public Library
Michigan at Adams The time of the meeting incidentally is
200 P M
had previously spoken to WHY'S Auto
Ackln, Toledo Industrial Rubber and others had
responded similarly.
Champion workers one in their neighborhood which
is in the vicinity of Acn Toledo Machine and Tool Surface
Combustion Doeher Steel Tube other industrial plants
They shall have it. Every part of town will be covered We
want to the consumer close to his home possible
also provide stores reasonably close to the shops
Libbey- raises the question of
buying share of stock store that will be the other side
of good point However LOF will be able to have
shopping East Toledo the East Broadway plant
just 1000 memberships from that plant neghbor
hood turned in.
In Spice we have twelve volunteer committeeman headed
by the coop chairman Wendell Whaey There is little doubt
the Spcer and Wys Overland plants between them
will sign enough memberships to the first store Then too
there the neighborng plants of Toledo Scale City Autos
Toledo
Spring and Tloon, all located West Toledo If the
West Toledo group is not first and Bill Akos from the
Glass Workers get organized the first store would then be
East Toledo Likewise with AuoLe and the North End fac
tories with other section of town. for that matter
The supermarket shopping centers workers
pockets The coop is not purely project have
stated before but sincere union leader shop steward
plant will get behind the drive he claims want
his people We have been the mercy of the grocery
monopolies for long The UAWCIO has just completed
survey which finds that its members alone spend than
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS EACH WEEK. That $50 million
spent that they themselves operate would
insurance against depreons would multiply
into q figure much greater before long.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

to appreciate the processes of democracy?
When will you learn to accept the will
of the majority, the cardinal principle of
our democratic way of life? You see, if
you had learned and accepted this ele-
mentary rule of democracy, we would not
have lost this seat in Council"
And above all when will you learn
this Golden Rule? United we stand but
divided we fall!'
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
FIGHT Beck!

DARELY have we seen the fury and
~ the venom which is now unfolding
before us in the columns of the so-called
public press" - and the radio - against
President Truman's program to repeal the
infamous Taft-Hartley Act. This nation
wide attack is particularly furious since
the submission of the New Bill before the
Senate Labor Committee by Secretary
of Labor Tobin who urged quick action
on the proposal by the lawmakers.
The proposed new law is based on the
old Wagner Act, with some very impor-
tant notifications Organized Labor wants
the old Wagner Act re-enacted without
any changes. The enemies of Labor, OF
course, would like to retain as much of
the infamous Taft-Hartley Act as possible.
The Administration Bill is somewhat of a
compromise between these two opposites.
We can appreciate the bitter attacks
of the employers and the so-called public
press" Both of them belong to the same
camp. Both are Big Business. This group
would like an even more vicious law than
the Taft-Hartley Act. They want "curbs"
on the rights of workers to fight back
against the attacks of reactionary en-
ployers. They want "free hand to deal
with labor as they see fit. Furthermore,
they want to retain the power to obtain
court injunctions against workers when-
ever they see fit, thus insuring themselves
the power of the Government itself to en-
force their edicts, whatever they may be,
against workers.
In reality Big Business and their
Nckspittles - are fighting desperately to
retain their monopolistic practices and
their skyrocketing profits.
AS against this, Organized Labor de-
mands the re-enactment of the old Wagner
Act. What is so horrible about that? Isn't
It fact that it was under the old Wagner
Act that our country as whole reached
anprecendented production records dur
ing the war? Isn't it fact that it was under
this Law that Organized Labor made its
tremendous contribution towards the win
Ming OF the war?
Furthermore, Organized Labor de-
nnandS the redistribution of the Norris
LdSudTufd HLl-lllJutlSIlOH f1Ct WHICH was
passed during the early thirties to protect
the constitutional right of workers to
strike againts indiscriminate court injunc-
tions
In short Organized Labor wants
democracy to work.
This is not a pay off" This Is the
duty of Congress to the people of our
country.
Fight back against the vicious attacks
of Big Business Write to your Senators
and your Congressman and particularly
to Senator Ebert Thomas, Chairman of
the Senate Labor Committee and to Rep.
John Lesinski, Chairman of the House
Labor Committee, both in Washington,
DC. Let em know where you stand in
this fight.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
7 he Rights
Of Others S
By Ruth Taylor

II DON'T want special priv
alleges. l just want my
rights" Haven't we all said
that at one time or another
with a satisfying sense of our
own virtue?
Of course you want your
rights. But - do you always
consider the rights of others?
You feel that your own
work is valuable not merely
for what it pays you, but for
what it does to keep the
wheels of our civilization run
ming, or because it furnishes
com I ort or protection to
others, or because it makes
life easier or more enjoyable
for many people.
But do you stop to be CRATE
ful to the millions of other
people who are making your
life easier and more comfort
able, who are doing things
for you? And this service
ranges all the way from the
scientist in the laboratory try
ing to find a cure for disease,
to the elevator man or the
street cleaner, or the corner
policeman, or the farmer till
ing his fields.
What do you do to preserve
the rights of others? All they
want is just what you want
for yourself and your family
and your group work at a
fair wage that they may do for
theirs what you want to do
for yours, security against the
dread spectres of disease and
old age and that poverty which
makes them dependent upon
charity, leisure in which to
enjoy life, education by which
to better their own lot.
Those are your rights-but
they are the rights of others
as we'll.
How may you preserve
them? When you demand
what you feel to be your right,
be sure first 1t does not in
fringe upon the right of some
one else. When you work for
a right for your own group, be
sure that you work not for
your group alone, but for all
your fellow citizens to enjoy
that self-same right.
This rule applies to both
national and international con-
duct of affairs. But there is
another side to it, the personal
or Individual conduct.
Be kind and courteous.
When you are low in spirit,
don't take it out on those
around you. Maybe they have
their troubles, too. Remember
to say thank-you for service
rendered - and that a smile
goes a long way to helping
your neighbor, and in the
helping lifts the burden from
your own heart.
The rights of others are your
rights. This is government
of the whole people. If we
would preserve our own rights,
we must preserve the rights
of others.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

tanceS.
When you refer to this
town as the city of magnifi-
cent distances, you aren't
kiddin' bud. Every new
conner and visitor falls vic
tim to the malady known as
Capitol Feet" In other To-
calities this disease is called
"barkin' dogs" or just plain
recitation of the principal
symptom, "My feet are kill
in me-" Right now I'm not
sure, considering things from
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
Inside America
written by the Staff of The CIO News)

wrote in letter to Amalga-
mated President Potofsky.
Graham, incidentally, was
object of vicious, unwarranted
smear campaign by radio COM
mentator Fulton Lewis-one
the meanest-mouthed men in
America.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

Wsge-Hour law also seems
destined for much-needed i'm
provement, and House Labor
c o m m ttee rolled up its
sleeves quickly to write them
Anto statute booka
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04
Time For Plain Talk
BY TOM BURKE
D. c., January %, 1919

Washington D. c., January %, 1949
IN THIS column l will not attempt to carry
through in article fashion. This will be a
series of paragraphs to inform you of many of
the little personal things that have happened
since l came to this city of magnificent dis
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

Secretary of Labor Maurice
Tobin, first witness at hear
ings, called for quick enact
ment of a general 75c min
umum, with power to lift base
pay as high as 81 an hour in
specific industries. present
40c-an-hour m i n i m m has
been on the boks since 1910,
and is as old-fashioned as a
Short-length dress.)
CIO union witnesses also are
scheduled to ask for big in
creases in wage-hour mini
mum--as we'll as better en-
forcement power for Uncle
Sam and protection for big
groups of workers not now
covered by the law.
~
EOR YEARS, big business
Il tried to sell labor on a
"high tariff" policy for United
States. Net effect of tariffs
was to give little benefit to
to U. S. workers; big, easy
profits to corporations; and
economic headaches to rest of
world.
Historians and economists
know that sky-high tariffs
eracted by COP during 1920's
helped bring on worldwide
depression of 1905 by chok-
ing international trade.
But American unions are no
longer being fooled by cor
poration propaganda. Fact was
emphasized when CLOS econ
omist, Stanley Ruttenberg, ap-
peared before Congressional
Committee to- urge three-year
e KITE n sion of governments
power to negotiate reciprocal
trade agreements.
Ruttenberg pointed out that
u. S. must buy as we'll as sell
in the world markets (trade
isn't one-way street,. He re-
minded Congressman u. S.
can never be sure of prosper
ity if other nations can't de-
velop production and trade
markets; and that all workers,
as consumers, benefit from
most efficient trade through
out world.
u. S, industrial prosperity
didn't result from tariffs, but
from skill and know-how of
workers and industrial tech
niques developed in this coun-
try, he told Congress.
p. S. Long-term extension
of trade agreement power is
almost sure to pass Congress
quickly, 1t will be a shot-in-
the-arm for economies of war;
torn nations.
One of the country's best
and incest - citizens was hon
ored by CIO Amalgamated
Clothing Workers at a banquet
in Washington recently.
He's Frank Graham-presi-
dent of University of North
Carolina, public member of
the War Labor Board during
the war, an earnest believer in
progress for the south and the
entire nation.
Graham received Amalga-
first Sidney Hillman
Award, set up by
million-dollar foundation Gre
ated by the union in honor of
It's late president.
Few persons in America
have given so much of their
hearts, their minds and their
to better the lot of
the people than has DR..
Graham" CLOS Philip Murray
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-04

W ANl W hliOW "4A' AAS 40
w America might have been
like under a DeWey-Republi-
can Administration?
Then take a look at actions
of those Oklahoma landlords
- who served notice they'd
evict all tenants as a threat
to continued rent control.
Tulsa real estate men are
reaping the whirlwind from
their action-many Congress
men have indicated this ac-
ton solidified efforts 10 win
strong rent control legislation
for next two years.
Some government officials
still haven't read the meaning
of the election returns.
Tighe Woods, National Rent
Administrator, seems to be one
of them. Woods spent time
during 80th Congress "sppeas-
ing" COP and real estate in
terests-and he hasn't caught
on too quickly to ideas of Pres
ident Truman's Fair Deal.
His first reaction to the
Tulsa landlords pressure cam
paign against rent control was
a very, very cautious state
ment. It wasn't until CIO
Housing Committees Leo
Goodman called on Woods to
stop abdicating responsibility
and take immediate steps" to
protect thousands of tenants,
that the Rent Administrator
finally got off his horse.
Only then did he wire to
president of Oklahoma CIO
that he'd use every author
ity at his command" to stop
the landlords blackjack oper-
alton.
Some smart observers in
Washington are putting cash
on the line that Taft-Hartley
will be repealed and Wagner
Act restored to the law books
by March 81.
OF course, they may be
wrong on the timing-but fact
remains that 81st Congress is
getting settled down to busi-
ness. Both Senate and House
Labor Committees have sched-
uled short, snappy hearings
on the subject. Both commit
tees are talking about report
ing bills out by second half of
February.
Senator Taft, who staked
of reputation on Taft
Hartley Act, is preparing for
last-ditch fight to salvage the
country's most unpopular law.
He's prepared big batch Of
amendments principally de-
signed to save key features of
TIL in new legislation.
Taft, no slouch so far as
brain power is concerned, is
going to be real challenge to
Democratic New Dealers on
Capitol Hill. Too often in
past years, Congressional lib
erals have been long on a
warm heart and good inten-
tions, short on concrete facts
about details of legislation and
labor-management relations.
Legislative fight over TIL re-
peal is going to call for sharp
debate and basketful of facts
in hands of labor's friends on
Capitol Hill.
Wage-Hour law also seems
destined for much-needed i'm
provement, and House Labor
: o m m ittee rolled up its
sleeves quickly to write them
'nto statute books.
Evening star., 1949-09-05

Be careful of mermaids! They
may cause you harm! That Is
the warning which might have been
given to you long ago If you had
made a sea voyage. In those days
there was a strong belief that mer-
maids existed in the salt water. They
were described as being half-woman
and half-f1sh.
Certain sailors declared that they
had watched mermaids at the sur
face of the ocean, combing their
long and beautiful hair. Those
sailors either had optical illu-
sions" or we're spinning yarns to
amuse their friends on land.
One myth which grew up said
that a mermaid had been captured
by Dutch sailors, and had been TAX
en- to the city of HARLEM. This
was supposed to have happened in
the year 1903, and the tale went
on to say that the mermaid had
learned to use spinning wheel.
Other myths were about mer-
maids who swan ashore, and took
on completely human form. Meet
ing with men, these creatures OF
the sea were married.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Word Game
Find 81 or more words In
FRIVOLOU US,

meaning, "trivial; petty" Average
is 20; limit. 20 minutes.
Rules-1. words must be Of four or
more letters. 2. Words which acquire four
letters BY the addition .d Of "s ona suSn ons as
form of a word is used 4. Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Nv Word for 1t
Fronk Colby

guage, excessively long words and
unfamiliar figures of speech are ele-
gancies that went into the attic
with grandmother's hoop skirt and
great-aunt Mathilda's sidesaddle.
Leave them there to commune with
the dust and the moths"
Another quote from my Handbook:
There is real need for reform in
the wording of legal documents such
as contracts, insurance policies,
deeds, wills and mortgages, to say
nothing of Federal legislation, State
laws and city ordinances. They are
worded so obscurely and ambigu-
ously as to be entirely beyond the
understanding of us plain people
whose lives are affected or regu-
lated by such instruments.
To which I should like to add:
And especially in need of reform Is
the language of English grammars
and the dictionaries.
Evening star., 1949-09-05

(a) Transparent (O Onion
Obi Kentucky Wonder (w)sA Apple
(c) Concord 1xl Potato
Cd Bermuda (yb Grape
(e) Cobbler (D Bean
Score yourself rs follows: 0-2, poor: S-6,
average; 7-8 superior: 9-10, very superior.
Answers to Horse Sense Quiz.
1. Chemist. 2. Wake (of boat. =.
Pittsburgh GronS 4, lou (reeord OF in-
ent-AApple (w). (b) Wonder-Bean Cd.
(c) Concord-Grape %. I'D Bermuda
Onion (v). (e) Cobbler-Potato (D. -
Evening star., 1949-09-05
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Fellow citizens, the millennium Is
here! At least one agency Of the
United States Government is launch
ing a movement to promote SIM
plicity in the language of its official
communications, letters, bulletins.
reports, etc.
I have just seen the manuscript
of very excellent booklet prepared
for the employees of one of the Gov
ernment's largest agencies.
A preface to the booklet states:
"Our client is the general public,
through its representatives in the
Congress. We should make special
effort to write in correct, simple
language understood by the many
rather than by the few. That, after
all, is the most eloquent English
there is"
Some of the booklets high points
are: Emphasis on clearness, correct
ness, conciseness; avoidance Of too
long sentences, repetition, snowy
language, and jargon; avoidance OF
dangling modif1ers, superfluous
words, and Latinized language.
It sounds almost too good to be
true, doesn't it?
The booklet quotes several excerpts
from my own writings on the subject
OF simplifying business and official
English:
Colby says that the superstitious
ideas that an inf1nitive cannot be
split and a sentence should not end
with a proposition are sheer gram
matical myths. He calls the split
inf1nitive an honorable and useful
literary device whcih often prevents
ambiguity from creeping into the
written or spoken word"
On the subject of fowery Ian
guage, the booklet quotes thus from
my own Handbook: "Basically, ours
is q language of short words. Most
bad phrasing is the result Of trying
to write elegantly. oDulent Ian
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Uncle Rays Corner
BY Ramon Coffmon

1t was declared that mermaids
told their mates about things which
were going to happen, or gave
them special powers. Sometimes a
mermaid would guard the man she
loved very closely, and would pun
ish any one who hurt him.
In general, however, the mar
riages turned out sadly. The mer-
maid would leave her husband and
would take back her fishlike form
again. Then she would go back into
the sea.
The stories about mermaids seem
to have been most common in Den
mark, Germany and the British
Isles.
In Great Britain mermaids were
said to live in lakes as we'll as in
the sea. In Germany it was COM
mon to speak of these beings as
mikes" There was a dark end
ing to the German stories of mixes
who mixed in the lives of people.
Mermen, as well as mermaids,
were described In the stories. Ac-
cording to the myths these half
men sometimes met mortal maidens
and lured them into the sea to live.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
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Evening star., 1949-09-05

1. Which Of the following would
most likely be an introvert?
Salesman Chemist
YMCA secretary Politician
2. The term cupboard" should
make one think of which related
term?
Wake Spoor Slipstream Trail
3, The fame of which Of these
cities is based on ingots?
Indianapolis Miami
Houston Pittsburgh
4. Which of the following symbols
Is inappropriate in this general
grouping?
RPM BTU lou SIP
S, 'Fifteen-Love" should make one
think of
Tennis Football Coli Marbles
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Test Your Horse Sense-sDr G. w. c,en.

6-10. In the left-hand column be-
low you will find the names Of five
common farm products. Try to
match them appropriately with the
specific vegetable or fruit to which
each one pertains, as shown in the
rgiht-hand column. You are en-
titled to one point for each correct
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Ansver IN THROMBOSIS,

The United States produced
more than $500. 100000 bushels of
corn in 1948. about a billion more
than were produced in 1888.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Bridge Quiz
By Charles H. Goren

and you hold:
ACT 093 A10765 &J764
What is your response?
A. The obvious response of three dia-
monds is the only correct one. Some
players have the idea that responder must
hold a full one and one-half tricks In
order to make positive response to two
bid. This is not strictly true, though
actually on this hand you have to al
intents and purposes more than one and
one-haH honor tricks, because In view OF
the opening two-bid in spades the queen
Of that suit may be regarded as a sure
winner. This is very good hand under
the circumstances.