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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Union L.obeI
On The Air

WASHINGTON, (LPA) - A
series of transcribed radio pro
grams promoting the union label
are now available for presen-
tation by local stations.
Secretary of Labor Maurice
y. Tobin, presented with a set OF
transcriptions by United Hat
Cap & Millinery Workers-AFL
last week, praised the efforts
of the union to make the pro-
grams available thruout the ma
ton.
The series, dramatizing the
lives of great men and important
events, stars Hollywood and
Broadway talent including Ed
ward Arnold, Tallulah Bank
head, Ralph Bellamy, Milton
Berle, Jose Ferrer, Edward c..
Robinson and other we'll known
actors.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Rediger Named
Centennial
Committee
Continued from Page l

man, Simeon Fitch, Jr., Morgan
L. Collins and Samuel B. Scott
took over three small school
buildings valued at $500 in q
fledgling city which was mostly
swamp land and dirt streets.
Built Schol System
In the century that followed
a succession Of unpaid Boards
of Education and able admins
traitors have built the city's
school system from an enroll
ment Of 489 children to some
10000 children, war veterans,
skilled trades apprentices, and
others who today are being
trained to work and live in the
complex world of tomorrow.
eve feel that the century
mark is a good time to pause
and appraise the progress which
has been made to date and take
stock of the rising enrollments,
our changing world and other
educational problems of the fu-
ture. We want the community
at large to join us in that ap-
praisal and stock-taking," Mr..
BoWsher said.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Okay 75c
Wage Floor

WASHINGTON, (LPA) - A
proposed Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1949, bringing the older
wage-hour law up to date, was
approved last week by a one.
vote margin. Southern Demo
Gratis expect for South Carolina
Hugo Sims lined up with a solid
Republican bloc, but the bill en-
bodying a 75c minimum and in
creased coverage of retail estab-
lishments was recommended fa-
vorably. Floor debate starts
March 21,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
"Slum Clearapce ...
No Public Housing"

House Taxation Committee
completed initial hearings on a
half dozen urban redevelopment
bills, naming a subcommittee to
consider all 6, draft a suitable
substitute.
Earlier the committee inform
ally agreed, according to Chair
man James Carney Cd, Cuya-
hoga), to split urban redevelop-
ment and public housing. The
suitable substitute" is expected
70 ignore any public housing
feature Other pending bills
cover this field.
Hearings were marked by real
estate lobbyists testimony, urg-
ing urban redevelopment that
protects slum owenrs, utilities,
real estate spectators and priv
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

class. I think a whole lot of them
would be better off if they had
to work.
He revealed he had already
talked about unionism and pen
sion plans to President William
Green of the AFL and President
John L. Lewis of the Miners, and
that he hopes to confer with
President Philip Murray of the
CIO.
Ulhlein announced too, that
year ago he tried to join the
the Brewery Workers Union,
but he was turned down because
the unions constitution requires
that members must be employed
at the craft.
Suggests Welfare Fund
Last week, he stirred a new
TOW Win MS DrOtnerS at the
brewery when he again propos-
ed that the Schlitz firm turn 25
cents for every barrel of beer
sold into a welfare fund for the
firms 1000 employees. That
would amount to about a million
dollars on the basis of last years
sales-or about 1/16 of the COM
pany's profits.
Uihlein made the proposal
public at a hearing of the Wis
conSin Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, and his brothers promptly
disowned. However, Local 8 of
the Brewery Workers, on con-
tract renewal negotiations start
ing next week, intends to take
up the idea and asks for a well
fare contribution of at least 20
cents a barrel The union feels
that, in vew Of the publicity, the
can't in good grace re-
fuse to bargain on the issue.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

/ SLaJe Il q D o r COmmlttee
hearings on repeal of that
law.
Powerful Political Leader
Noting that "thiS wouldn't be
an important story if it were
just about an ordinary man, -
the Ohio CIO-PAC adds, "but
this is the story of powerful
political leader And when such
"a person is wrong terribly
wrong, on public issues, it hurts
us ALL"
Says the Ohio CIO-PAC, "we
tell this story, not in a spirit of
malice, but in the public inter
est. We believe that it is sound
American tradition for the peo-
pie to know about their political
leaders to know and discuss
the problems of the day"
In a foreWord to the list of
Taft confessions" the pam
phlet briefly sketches the atmos-
phere in which the Taft-Hartley
law was born, and says:
Public Viewpoint
Union spokesmen, aided by
many outstanding experts rep
resenting the public point of
view, pointed out, item for item,
the unfairness and confusion in
the bill. Labor spokesmen said
that it would not work that
it would distort friendly Labor
Management relations that
it would add bitterness and fur
ther strain in normal contacts
between employer and worker.
Senator Taft refused to be-
lieVe the leaders of Labor. He
turned deaf ear to their item
lied and detailed arguments. He
gave them flat and adamant
NO!
Well, the Taft-Hartley Law
just hasn't worked. Everybody
who knows anything at all about
Labor Management relations ad-
mitS that now.
Senator Taft says so on the.
record.
And he has said so 18 times
over"
Politicians Confession
The CIO-PAC pam phlet
charges Never in modern politi-
cal history has thief been such
a demonstration of Wrong-head-
edness. Never in recent Congress
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

ate interests, with no attention
to the problem Of displaced
slum dwellers and little protec-
tion for the general public.
Typical real estate lobbyist
statement: "Pve seen real happy
families living in mud huts.
Why do we have to be so altru-
istic and put these people in
homes of a quality they never
hoped to reach?"
One real estate operator,
Henry Worley of Columbus,
urged as effective safeguards
for the public as are provided
in the bill for utilities, slum
owners and spectators. AS
other realators squirmed, he
added, "Make sure that real
estate operators like myself
don't conspire to make millions
out of this"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Chamber of Commerce
BlitZ Attack

Pulling its hair all week, the
Chamber of Commerce made
plans for a blitz attack on S.B.-
.142. Calling it a "CIO Left
Wing" bill, the Chambers emer-
gency call to action Is replete
with cracks about "chiselers,
."corner-cutters," welfare state
and "relief measures.
Chief Chamber worry is that
the fund can't stand increased
benefits Chief Lobbyist Her.
schel Atkinson alleges, but bust
ness spokesman urged slashinG
employer rates, because the
fund could stand it, and took
a 25-million dollar rakeoff two
years ago, while denying work
ers increases.
Staging a full-dress attack on
S.B.-l42, the Chamber strategy
calls for complete defeat on the
Senate floor
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

sional history has a political
leader confessed of so many er.
Irors on single law"
After discussing the 18 points
on which Taft has said, 81 was
Wrong" the CIO-PAC adds:
IF Senator Taft were humble
about his confession if he
had said, Yes, l know l made
too many mistakes, 1 know 1 am
not qualified to pass judgment
on acknowledgement affairs
and then had gracefully left the
field to more qualified minds,
we might have considered this
an honest and modest gesture.
Insists He Is Expert
But no! The Senator still in
sists upon retaining the Taft
Hartley Law. He still insists
upon being considered the ex-
pert. Indeed, he still insists upon
being the captain of the team.
"It is the case of the worst
batter on the team insisting upon
being put in as the pinch-hitter
in the last of the ninth inning
with the bases loaded.
1T doesn't make sense, does
it?"
Concluding, the pamphlet says,
If your doctor would guess 10
times wrong in the handling of
your pers onal ailment, you
would find a new one i.
wouldn't you? At least you
wouldn't accept his advice any
longer.
"Why shouldn't a politician be
given the same treatment?"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

I
Very fittingly, the first
witness to do so was young
Peter w. R o d in o, attorney
and World War veteran, who
was elected to Congress on the
Democratic ticket from New Jer-
sey's 10th district, which Fred
Hartley had represented for 20
years.
Hartley didn't dare run again,
and Rodino said his Republican
opponent campaigned on the is
sue that he'd carry on where
Hartley left off"
my opponent didn't get the
opportunity to carry on, Rodino
said. "The voters rejected him
and repudiated Hartleyism.
IF there's any question about
that, take Hartley's home town
of Kearney. 1t had voted Repub-
lican for the last so years. This
time it went Democratic. | won
after manking repeal of Taft
Hartley the main issue. There's
no question but that my conSti-
tuents delivered a mandate for
Pm sure that's true also
of voters all over the nation"
Ray j. Madden Cd, Ind0 gave
more sweeping evidence along
that line. IL remember Congress-
man Halleck of my own state
and other Republicans challeng-
ed President Truman to make
the Taft-Hartley act an issue in
the campaign" he said, Truman
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Vofe Sldve
Lobor Probe

LAKE SUCCESS (LPA)-The
United Nations Economic & So
cial Council has, over Russian
opposition, voted to approve an
investigation of slave labor, to
be conducted by the Int'l Labor
Organization. The proposal was
initiated by the AFL and the
us delegate, who presented do
cuments showing that there may
be from 100000 to 100000
slave workers in the Soviet Un-
ion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Union RePrimonds
CONGRESS LaXify

NEW YORK LPA)-Expres-
sing fear that Congress seems
to be overlooking last Novem-
ber's election returns" repre-
sentatives of $4,000 Textile
Workers-CIO demanded inn
mediate repeal of TIL and pas
sage of Sl-an-hour minimum
wage. In a resolution passed at
TWUA's carpet and rug con-
ference, delegates called on lib
erals to ignore Old Guard OBJ
structionism and fulfill the man
date from the voters"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
European
Lubor Visitors

WASHINGTON, (LPA).-La-
Dor leaders from Britain, Swed-
en-, Italy, Germany and Greece
arrive here this week, most of
them under the auspices of the
Economic Cooperation Admins
tration. The British and Swedish
workers are to study US produc-
tivity methods in important in
dustries, and then will report
to unions and industry in their
home countries on American
know-hOW.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Aufo Workers
SchcoI Scheduled

MADISON (LPA) - Official
announcement of the June 10th
opening date of this years sum
mer school came from UAW-
headquarters last week. Mark
ing the fourth annual institute,
the two week sessions will in
clude classes on labor develop
ment as we'll as varied recrea-
ton program. AS previously, it
will be a part of the University
of Wisconsin School for Work
erS.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Tohin Warns: Watch
Humber OF JOhleSs

8 WASHINGTON (LPA) -
Most of the present unemploy-
ment is seasonal, and it will be
when the spring hiring starts
that economists will know
whether we should be fright
ened by the number of workers
out of jobs, according to Com
missioner Evan Clague Of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. He
said that when and if jobless
ness mounts to 100000, the
situation would be really seri-
Gus.
Claims Rising
Tho claims for unemployment
+ insurance rose again during the
week ended Feb. S, Labor Sec
retary Maurice Tobin told a
Congressional committee La
week that while the volume of
unemployment at the present
time is not large, the situation is
one that should be watched
closely"
According to the Bureau of
Employment Security, claims
for jobless benefits in the week
ended Feb. S, after having de
clined for the preceding three
weeks. Total unemployment in
January was only 100000 more
than in the same month of l948,
despite the fact that there were
100000 more persons available
for work.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Confessions OF
A Porkehopper
by BETSY LEVINSON
Labor Press Associates

If you're fed to the teeth with
people who write books about
unions and don't know what the
inside of a plant is like, Union
Guy by Clayton Fountain (Vik.
| ing, $2.75) is the book for you
Fountain went to work in the
Packard plant in Detroit in 1928
and it was eight years after that
before he joined a union when
he was working at Chevrolet
Gear & Axle. The union was
United Auto Workers-CIO and il
was another six years until he
became porkchopper Con the
union payrol) in 1912.
In Union Guy he tells his own
personal story, and with it the
story of the growth of the UAW
from 1894 until today.
He was born in a small town
in upper Michigan in 1909 and
was lured down to Detroit 10
years later in Sc arch of the
fabulous pay he's heard about
in the auto plants there. When
he finally landed a job in a plant
he spent only two years on it
before the depression hit and he
was laid off.
Two and a half years passed
before Fountain got his hands
on a pay check again and his
description of those years tell
more about depression than any
number of books by economists.
In 1888, shortly after he started
holding down a job again, he
crossed a picket line of tool and
die makers in Flint. Three years
later he was canned for union
activity.
Plenty happened in those three
years. He joined the UAW. He
began reading. He got interested
in ideas. He joined the Commu-
mist Party.
Over a year later he left the
Communist Party, after dis
covering that it was dictator
ship. Union Guy tells how the
Commies operate in a union. 1t
also tells how some other fac
tions have operated in the UAW.
Politiking, it seems, takes up
lot of the time and energy that
goes into building a union.
There are some good stories in
the book. Like the description
of the Buffalo convention where
the delegates sang down the air
Or the legendary tale of
the Ford plant supervisor who
got a punch in the nose when
he kicked a barrel out from un-
der a worker who was sitting
down on the job. Turned out the
guy worked for the phone COM
pany.
In 1912, Fountain went to
work for the UAW. In '43 he
joined Walter Reuther's personal
staff and in '46 he was made as
sociate editor of the Auto Work
er. He is part Indian and hates
r a Cial discrimination in any
form. He would like to see
progressive political party built .
around labor, farmers and con-
grow up in this country. .
He plays the guitar and sings
mostly union songs and folk bal
lads. If you want to know any.
more about him Cor about the
auto workers) read Union Guy. 4
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

I-Aial IlSy act was gwen at the
aringS on the Administrations
took up the challenge and you
know the results.
Let me tell you what happen
ed in Indiana. Ten Indiana con-
.greSsment, all Republicans, vot-
ed to the Taft-Hartley law. What
happened to them? Well, seven
of them are no longer in Con-
gresS. They were replaced by
Democrats committed to repeal
of Taft-Hartley. Two others got
back only by a photo-finish.
There can be no question that
repeal of the TIL act was the
primary issue in Indiana"
Rep. Barrett OHarra ID,
I'D told the same story. Il rep
resent a district that includes
the University of Chicago" he
said. 1T is not labor district
and it is normally Republican,
but campaigning on the issue of
Taft-Hartley repeal, l won by a
substantial majority"
A similar account was given
bV OthaTS-aopno tbpp, Tobp A
Blatnik, Democratic-Farmer La
borite from Minnesota. "In the
last campaign l promised the
working people of my district l
would fight for complete repeal
of the Taft-Hartley Act and
work for a return to the Wagner
Act" he said. II know the work
ers voted for me on that basis.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

A Uihlein founded the Schlltz
Brewery Co. and his descen.
dents are the wners of il
now. They constitute one of the
wealthiest families in the mid
west.
Headed Brewery
For years, Joseph headed the
brewery, but he retired and now
it's managed by two brothers
Joseph has clashed with them
frequently on policies. He and
his children are still major
stockholders in the brewery.
For years, Joseph has been a
maverick in his class. He has adj
Vocated redistribution of wealth,
heavier taxes on the rich, and
more consideration Of the well
fare of what he called ''das volk'
the people. He insisted the
New Deal didn't go far enough.
Now he is resigning his post
as a director of the First Wiscon-
sin National Bank, one of the ma
tons largest, so he could devote
full time to encouraging the or
ganization of white collar work
ers..
Better Selves In Union
Il believe that five to six mil
lion Americans can Better their
lot by joining white collar un-
ions" he said. Il hope to do what
can to encourage this, l am not
in it for honor for myself but
only through a desire to help
the working class"
I've been thinking about this
for years. l began to discover
that a lot of these people Of
are not deserving of what
they possess. l found something
was wrong with the wealthy
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18

Still in "a ct were these
lit e m S: Increased maximum
compensation from $21 to
S25, plus $3.50 dependency al
Iowance for each child with a
limit Of two; extended benefit
period from % to 26 weeks;
IiberaIized law in voluntary
quit cases; a clear definition OF
Suitable work." long a bugaboo
for unemployed workers, and,
the reduction Of waiting period
from two TO one week.
AS a result of the tug-a-War
the committee cut proposed
benefits for Great Lakes seamen
but still bettered present law;
left discharge cases as in the
present law (Which the original
bill sought to improve) and
establishment (Which has bar
muddied up the definition of
red compensation for workers
laid off as the result Of a Labor
dispute to which they were not
a party.
Action came after the Ad-
ministration interceded to tone
provisions, The committee vote
down some Of the more liberal
saw all five Democrats in favor;
with Senator Ferguson (R.,
Cambridge refusing to vote
and Senator VIM. Deddens (R.,
Hamilton) shouting mo"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
legislative News Letter From
OHIO {. |. 0. COUNCIL

A WEEK Of tuggng and showing ended Wednesday eve
ming when the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
voted favorably for SB-142 which beralizes unemploy
compensation law Before reporting the bill favoraby
however the committee whitfield away at provisions
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
73-Year-OId MiIwaukeean
To Devote Rest Of Life To Labor

Milwaukee QPA - multi-millionaire Miwaukeean-
Joseph E. Uihein 73 captured the nations headlines this
week by announcing that he intends to spend the remaining
years of his life organizing white collar workers into unions
Uihlein is of MilWaukees most arsocratic names
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Ohio PAC Pamphlet Cites
Taft's Confessions On tn
Titled. Wrong Again MIR. Taft" Facts
Are Based On Committee Records

COLUMBUS, OHIO-The Ohio CIO Political Action
Committee today began mass distribution of pamphlet
called Wrong Again Mr.. Taft"
The pamphlet details Tafts Is Confessions" of error
in the TaftHartley Law drawn from the record of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Shorter Hours Urged
For Working Women

]
working women by the 9th
General Assembly, which passed
the Kowalt nine-hour day, Rep
resentatives Anne Ryan Cd,
Canton); Frank King Cd, Lucas
and Francis Sullivan ID, Cuya-
hoga appeared before the House
Industry and Labor Committee
to back their bill-H.B. -399.
The measure restores the g.
hour day and does away with
loopholes permitting employers
to work women IL days without
a day of rest and the broad de-
finition of supervision that re-
suited in IL to l4-hour day for
women received $35 a week.
Leading the fight for H.B. -399
was Elizabeth Magee of the
Consumers League, long an ex-
|ponent of protective legislation.
She called the Kowalt bill a
backward step and presented
statistics how chiseling employ
.ers used its provisions to over
work and underpay female en-
|ployees.
Modern productivity should
result in shorter hours, she said
and CIO, along with other Labor
organizations, backed her stand.
The bill would spread work,
ClO Secretary-Treasurer Jacob
Clayman pointed out, with 81
629 women unemployed as of
January 81, while others work
ed hours unhealthily long.
JAW Member Effective
Witness
Most effective testimony came
from Dorothy Mann, UAW Local
IL, Toledo, who described recent
overtime stretches at her factory
and universal reaction from
women that "the extra money
isn't worth it, I've never been
so tired James Divine, UE
business agent, Dayton, testified
to numerous complaints from
women workers made i'll by
longer hours. They were afraid
to refuse foremen's requests for
overtime, he said, for fear of
of retaliation.
Opponents included the Ohio
Association of Manufacturers,
Ohio Bell Telepohne, Western
Union, canery representatives.
laundry and dry cleaning lob
byists and retail merchants
Still TO be heard is the
Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
also opposed Opponents were
lin favor Of the eight-hour day
in principle" they all said, but
exemptions for just this
industry" Commented Rep. Sui .
livan, one of the authors, If we
exempted each industry that ask .
ed, there'd be no bill"
Flash.
Labor's Unemployment Com (
Bill H.B. 1854 (Witmer. /
sullivan DuBar, joyce comes up I.
before the House Industry and
Labor Committee for initialE
hearings Tuesday evening. At,
hat time efforts will be made to
those provisions origi- I,
lally included in S.B.-142 and I
struck out by the Senate COM i
nittee. u
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-18
Pro-Labor Congressman
SayElection Demonstrates
Voters Oppose tn Law
WASHINGTON (LPAI

WASHINGTON uPA - Some very graphic evidence
to support labors contention that the Nov election was
mandate Tor repeal of the Tafartey act given at the
House Labor Committees hearings the Administrations
h for 1oer rT II