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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
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WASHINGTON DPA) - r
change in government laws COW
ering charitable trusts was re-
commended by subcommittee
of the Senate Banking & Cur
rency Committee last week in a
28-page report on the investiga-
tion of Textron, Inc. Sen. Char
les w. Tobey w. Tobey (R., MID
started looking into Textron's
operations last year at the insti-
cation of Textile Workers Union
of America-CIO. He unearthed a
series of questionable financial
deals that brought on the sug-
gestion that the laws be changed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

voluntary health insurance
has proved it cannot meet the
nations needs. Despite the
AMA's frantic effort to promote
such programs in order to head
off compulsory insurance, the
voluntary m e d / cal insurance
plans favored by the ANA
cover less than sixth of the
population and offer only limit
ed protection They are either
wholly controlled by the ANA S
state and local medical societies
or are merely cash benefits pay
ing a fraction of medical costs
through insurance companies.
AS an substitute for the Presi-
dents program of full protec-
ton, they are snare and de-
lusion.
Not Able To Pay
1.-THE ANA proposes that gov
ernment funds, provided by the
taxpayers, be used to aid these
private programs so that they
can take in INDECENT and medi
cally INDECENT persons. The
The AMA's own statistis show
that 80 per cent of the popula-
ton - all those with incomes
under $4,000 a year - are not
able to meet the expenses of
serious illness out of their own
resources. The AMA's so-called
program means that millions of
self-respecting American fami
lies would have to be labelled
as medically INDECENT, after an
investigation of their personal
finances, before they could get
the government aid the ANA
proposes,
HAS the ANA forgotten that
this proposal was put before
Congress two years ago in a bill
sponsored by Senator Taft and
failed to win approval even
from the conservative 8Oth Con-
gress?
'Most of the remainder of the
ANA proposals are either on
the statue books already or are
incorporated in President Tru-
mans program now before Con
gress. The ANA is merely ac-
cepting the inevitable, and be-
latedly jumping onto the band
wagon as it has in the case of
most social advances in the
past"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Presidents Heart Is
In Health Fight

WASHINGTON (LPA)
If you've talked to
President Truman, Federal
Security Administrator
Oscar Ewing told reporters
here last week, you'll know
that there's no subject on
which he feels as deeply as
on his health insurance
program. Truman is not
only intensely interested,
Ewing reported after a
White House visit. He in
tends to do everything pos
sible under his Presidential
powers to get the program
through.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Reuther Plan
DrawsCommen'
Burke Cites
His Experience

WASHINGTON (LPA)-First
Congressional reactions to the
Reuther plan for producing
needed houses in place of obso
lete planes, showed marked in
terest in the plan the day after
it was made public last week.
The idea for using surplus air
craft facilities to turn out pre-
fabricated houses was sent to
President Truman and was de-
scribed to the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee by
Reuther, not as a substitute for
current housing legislation, but
as long term project to be con-
sidered after action has been
taken on immediate measures.
Gives Consideration
Sen. John Sparkman 3D., Ala,
chairman of the housing sub
committee said he would give
serious consideration" to the
proposals and that air force of
ficials said plane manufacturers
would be consulted about it.
Sen. Humphrey d., Mimi
enthusiastically rated the plan
excellent" 1T shows again" he
said, "the creative thinking of
MIR. Reuther and the labor move
ment. 1t is one of the attacks on
the housing problem that will
jar the complacent and conserv-
ative out of their unwillingness
to try a new solution" 1t is
Humphreys opinion, he told
LPA, that the plan can work be-
cause it makes constructive use
OF existing resources and exist
ing plant equipment"
Burke Cites Experience
Citing his experience in tool
ing and on the production line,
Rep. Tom Burke Cd, Ohio) ex-
pressed confidence that "it can
be done" The current proposals
apply the same general prin-
ciples to housing" that the orig
inal Reuther plan applied to our
defense needs before the war,
Burke asserted. Referring to our
war production record on fighter
planes, the Toledo Congressman
declared that though Walter
never got credit for it, he laid
down the plan that was follow
ed "
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

bring medical care within the
means of the average man. "
Said DR.. Claiming Froth-
ingham, chairman of CNH.
In reading the ANA pro-
gram, it would be we'll for the
layman to remember that the
ANA recently hired a new and
clever publicity firm for what
is reported to be the biggest pub
lie relations fee in history which
the Association hopes to pay
from the $3,500,000 propaganda
fund it is trying to collect by
assessing its members S25 each,
THAT publicity firm has be-
gun to pay off. It's first achieve
nent is fancy press relations
OBJ designed to obscure the
AMA's stubborn opposition to
any program which would bring
medical care within the means
of the average man. The AMA's S
only proposal for meeting that
national health problem is the
same as before voluntary
health insurance. 1t has not
moved an inch on this basic
issue, despite all the window
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

with it.
Multitudes, both unemploy-
ed and those who are EN-
ployed, are watching what is
going on now with suspicion;
many with distrust. Facts do
not square up with this kind
of treatment.
Lay-offs are taking place
with facts showing inudstry
in general is in an excellent
profit position. Last year was
an outstanding year for the
manufacturer - this ye r
looks rather dull to a lot OF
people who must try and live
on unemployment compensa-
ton. We say "try" because
they can't really live on it.
Lay-offs are taking place in
the face of a steel shortage The
steel sortage is not confined to
our country alone. The shortage
is world wide. In l943 we pro-
duced 88 million tons of steel
About 25 million more tons
could have been used. There has
actually been a steel shortage
since 1910.
Production and more produc-
tion-Whose fault is the steel
sortage? Who must buck the un-
employment compensation rolls?
Not the steel manufacturers. It's
you and you and you.
Big business is bowling be-
cause President Truman suggest
ed our governmentb uild steel
mills to help the steel shortage
But imagine workers being laid
off wholesale right smack dab
in the face of a steel shortage
They have a right to be suspici-
Gus, they have a right to mis-.
trust.
Warkers have seen an econ.
omy going full force like a house
on fire then almost over night
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Trade Agreement
Beinq Studied

NEW YORK LPA) - Warn.
ing that free trade goals must be
approached gradually, Textile
Workers of America-CIO last
week set up a committee to es-
tablish union policy on recipro-
ial trade agreements. Going on
record as opposed to Chinese
Wall" tariffs of 1929, the union
cautioned that relaxation of bar
riers cannot be achieved by Wis
iting hardships on large numbers
of workers in any field. The pos.
ition of TWUA on textile tariffs
must be based on a full consider
alton of all the facts"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Let'sGetAcquainted'
| Council
BY HOWARD Fl. RET
Executive Secretary of The Toledo

TTANY MANUFACTURERS have been arguing that all
1V1 that all country needs is production and more
production Then the worker picks up the newspaper TO see
cartoon showing demand catching up with prooucto'
Certainly anv worker is caggy enough discover that under
this theory he gently working himself into state OF
unemployment.
Workers being laid off expecting the dismissal 10
be only temporary when they many others getting
the same treatment hard for them to believe the ayott
will be anything but prolonged period of unemployment
accompaned with all the financial difficulties that go
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

to sound labor relations. :"
Murray's views were con-
tanned in a $500 word letter.
to Chairman Ebert Thomas
3D., Utah) of the Senate Labor
Committee, which he asked Sen.
Thomas to insert in the record
of hearings on the Taft Hartley
repeal bill.
The CIO President, noting
that mot single one of the
sorely needed measures" COM
prising President Truman's pro-
gram has been enacted during
the first so days of the 81st Con-
gress, described the Thomas
Bill Is. 249) to repeal the Taft
Hartley as ''the keystone of the
entire program of the Admins
tration.
He strongly urged that the bill
be promptly reported Nout of
Committee" and that, with mi
nor technical amendments sug-
gested by the CIO it be quickly
passed in the Senate.
Murray listed the following 18
regulations by Sen. Taft of i'm
portant provisions of the Taft
Hartley law:
Permitting strikebreakers
to vote in NLRB elections, while
barring strikers that same right.
2-Considering all boycotts as
unjustifiable.
Scaling for mandatory in
functions against labor but not
against employers.
prohibiting the closed
shop.
5-Providing for notice of
contract changes. Poorly draft
ed and creating confusion.)
6-Providing excessive penal
ties for unions and members in
cases of technical violation of thSs
notice of contract changes.
calling for signing of non
Communist affidavits by unions
which wish to use NLRB facili-
ties. Poorly and inadequately
drafted)
8-Providing for penalties for
featherbedding.' Poorly draft
ed
9-Guaranteeing free speech
for employers. provisions go
too far.O
10-Banning political expend-
itures by unions.
11-Setting up certain rules
for handling of welfare fund.
12-Placing enormous con-
centration of unreviewable pow
err in hands of NLRB General
Counsel.
13-Providing for special ell
ections when unions seek to ask
employers for union security.
14-Providing injunctive pow
er in handling national emergen-
cy disputes.
15-Withholding from emer-
gency fact finding boards the
power to make recommendations
for settlement of disputes.
16-Permitting the NLRB
General Counsel to extend the
laws coverage to all types of
small local businesses.
17-Interpreting the law to
construe a picket as a union
agent and to regard failure to
comply with contract-change no
tification provisions of the law
as failure to bargain.
18-Providing for last en-
ployers offer election among
workers at the end of an 80-day
iniI1notiUe No -cfrika yoarioJ
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
American Medical Ass n Throws
Scare On Health Opposition

WASHINGTON QPA) - Instead of serious attemp
meet the medical needs of the average American
the American Medical Association has presented the public
with fancy press relations job designed to obscure the
AAs stubborn opposition any program which Woulc
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Philip Murray Asserts Taft Has
Confessed His Law UnworkabIe
WASHINGTON HPAl

WASHINGTON LPA) = CIO President Philip Muir
charged this week that Senator Robert A. Taft R Ohio
has made retreats and concessions 8 specific sections
of the TafHarey act and that they add "a reluctant
confession that the statute is unavoidable and foreign
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Coop Plans
Giant Rally
Continued from Page l

address at the close of the fair
Sunday, March 6, 2:30 P. M
Mr.. Lincoln is easily the out
standing coop authority in the
United States, and his talks have
been the high spot of union con
ventionS and conferences upor
may occasions, An overflow
crowd is expected to turn out
for Mr.. Lincoln's appearance.
The entire fair is scheduled
for Moose Hall, first floor, 80l
Cherry Street, near Ontario.
Extensive advertising plans
are being put into effect, includ
ing the printing of thousands oi
streamers, pennants, posters
and placards. Approximately 13C
city buses will carry outside ad-
vertising on large posters, invit,
ing the general public to attend
the fair.
Volunteers Recruited
Many volunteers are being
recruited for organizers, display
teams, clerks, sales girls. cash.
iers, and other assignments
Anyone wishing TO aid in any
way is asked to phone FA 5181
headquarters of the Toledo Con,
sumers Cooperative, Memorial
Hall, sos Adams st, There will
be a meeting of all such vol,
unteers at Moose Hall, frs
floor, Tuesday vening, eight
o'clock sharp.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

calls for skilled worker repre-
sentation on bargaining COM
mittees.
Not Dual Or Craft
Skilled trades councils do
not mean dual unioniSm, nor do
they mean craft unionism. We
fully realize that the industrial
type of union is the only kind
of UNION. Didn't we leave the
MESA which was a craft union
to join the UAW-CIO an indus
trial union? Some may decry the
council as craft unionism because
they just don't want to see the
industrial union advance and
Civ eother members their just
rights and protection. AS skilled
workers we do not have any
animosity toward the production
workers of the wartime upgrad-
ers whom we trained. What we
desire is to preserve the trade
and protect the skilled workers,
who have an equity in the trade.
AS more tradesmen are needed
let them enter through regular
apprenticeship.
Functions Of Councils
Councils were established to
discuss and compare wage rates
and working conditions, regard
less of area, plant or local un-
ion. Skilled workers don't al
ways have that opportunity
within their own local unions.
In many instances, where pro-
duction workers predominant
and do not understand the ma
ture of the skilled workers prob
lens, the skilled workers are not
heard.
Join The Council
Organization of the morgan
lied is also an aim of the coun-
ellis. A council is only as strong
as its finances and membership.
Therefore if you are interested
in: /. Preserving and advancing
your wage rate, 2. Protecting
your equity in the trade, 3. Or
ganizing the unorganized, 4. Es-
tablishing bonafide apprentice
ship, 5. Gaining representation
on bargaining committees, 8.
Better working conditions, Z.
Better contractual provisions for
skilled workers, 8. Preservation
of the trade within the industrial
union, 8. Taking uniformed ac-
ton as organized skilled workers
regardless of plant area etc, 10.
Establishing recognition of the
journeymans card in the area
covered by agreements with the
UAW-CIO, then join the Coun-
ell.
Where To Get Information
After reading this we are sure
that you will want more infor-
nation on our Council and what
it is doing and the plans for the
future. Regular Council meetings
are held each month, to which
yu are invited.
The next regular meeting will
be held at Local IL, 425 Win
throp ST., Thursday, March 3rd,
800 PM. There is also a special
meeting scheduled for Saturday
afternoon at 1870 PM, March
18th. All day and night skilled
workers are urged to be present.
A permanent time and place for
the regular monthly Council
meeting will be set so all mem
bers and workers can attend, re-
gardless of shop or shift worked.
At the February meeting there
was a 1907 increase in shops
represented and workers present
over the previous meeting. We
want you to feel free to attend
these meetings and to call the Of
ficers of the Council.
For information call Frank
Johnson, President, 10. 6239 or
Al Schneider, secretary, at WA.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25

The Toledo Union Journal ran its first edi-
-tion on Nov, d. 1912. From humble beginning
1t now enjoys the reputation of being one of
Americas finest union publications, represent
ing more than 10000 CIO members in North
western Ohio, with paid circulation of 48, COO
Recently arrangements were completed
which placed the newspaper on $50 Toledo news
stands. The paper carries advertising local and
national 1t has been adopted by the Toledo In
dustrial Union Council as the official organ Of
the CIO in the Toledo Ohio area.
Sections of the Toledo Union Journal are de-
voted to editorial sports theater, local and ma
tional labor news, with staff assigned to cover
each department II is full sized newspaper,
eight columns special editions carrying as many
as twenty-four pages.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
Skilled Trades
Council Now
Established
Continued from Page l

calls for skilled worker repre-
sentation on bargaining COM
mittees.
Evening star., 1949-09-02

the Presidents evolving Point Four pro-
gram, the peoples in that part of the
world could begin to make real headway
toward far brighter existence than they
lead now.
But this promise is dependent funda-
mentally on action by the Israelis and the
Arabs to subordinate their deep political
animosities to constructive cooperative
undertaking for their mutual material en-
richment. If they do that then they will
be able to make good economic progress
in common, and that progress in turn
will tend to persuade them to live to-
gether as friends in an enduring peace.
In it's potentials, therefore, the projected
Clapp survey is significant. If it leads to
an effective program, the crucial Middle
East will have a chance to stabilize itself
in a way that will benefit the whole world.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Nobody's Buby

Those who do not share the Presidents
pleasure may at least sympathize with his
obvious sense of relief at having narrowly
escaped being designated as this years
Man of Economy.
Mr.. Truman told his press conference
Yesterday he was very pleased WIN Ihe
defeat of Senator McClellan's economy
rider which would have directed the Presl-
dent to make cuts of not less than ana
not more than 10 per cent IN the appro-
nriations for the Executive branch. Mr.
Truman explained that he had made
budget recommendations which ne con-
sidered necessary. If they were to be cut,
he said, that was job for Congress, not
for him.
This is not an altogether sound view.
For with the need for economy as urgent
as it is, the President, through the expert
staff of the Budget Bureau, may very we'll
be in much better position than Congress
to make intelligent reductions.
In this particular year, however, the
Senate was in an especially poor position
to attempt to pass the economy buck to
the President. The Mcclellan rider was
supported by some Senators who are
sincere believers in governmental economy,
and who, if they could have their way,
would make real savings in this direction.
But the Senate as a whole has shown little
evidence, aside from purely conversational
evidence, of being economy minded. In
fact, the Senate added something like half
q billion dollars to the first five regular
appropriation bills to come up from the
a hnf cn nySn q 4
accept with a. large grain of salt the 4s-to-
2S vote in favor of the Mcclellan proposal,
a two thirds majority being necessary for
adoption. If the President feels that the
Senate was trying to work both sides of
the street, while making him the goat,
he can hardly be blamed for that.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Marshall PIun FuiIinq?

The latest report from Europe suggesting
that the Marshall Plan is failing to achieve
its purpose should be read in the light of
what the plan is designed to accomplish.
A certain authenticity attaches to the
new report because 1t was drafted by
Robert Marjolin and Baron Jean Snoy, sec
retary general and chairman, respectively,
of the Organization for European Economic
Cooperation. Furthermore, the OEEC,
which is an operating agency composed
of representatives of European nations
participating in the plan, has unanimously
approved the report
Appropriate weight should thus be given
to the official character of the report.
When this has been said, however, the
fact remains that the report, or the version
of the report that has been published in
this country, misconceives the aim and
purpose of the Marshall Plan.
Mr.. Marjolin told newspapermen in Paris
that the most important conclusion In the
report Is that "the dollar problem, despite
the improvement In the situation over the
last two years, is not on the way to solu-
tion." He added that the rate of progress
is not enough to enable Europe to live
through the next three years with dimin-
ishing aid from this country. 49,
Perhaps that is true, as far as it goes.
The aid which has been extended under
the Marshall Plan, combined with the
efforts of the Europeans themselves, has
resulted in an impressive degree of eco
nomic recovery. Production gains have
been remarkable. The threat Of Commu-
mist engulfment has been turned back and
most European governments are ENJOYING
what is for them an unusual degree OF
stability. In short, Europe that was a
very sick economic and political patient
in 1916 has regained a substantial measure
of health, and that is what the Marshall
Plan was designed to bring about.
It is fact that the dollar problem
remains serious one. Despite production
accomplishments, Europe as a whole is
not selling enough goods in the dollar
markets to obtain the dollars required for
needed imports. But the Marshall Plan,
at best, can merely be help in solving
this problem 1t was never intended that
Marshall Plan aid should bridge the dollar
gap indefinitely, and the sooner the people
Of Europe make up their minds to this
the better off they will be.
In word, ID is not accurate, to say that
the Marshall Plan has failed to solve thI
dollar problem, for it was never intended
that it should solve it. That problem
must be solved by the Europeans. With
diminishing aid from this country, they
must find their own dollars by producing
the right kind Of goods at the right prices
and seeking out markets in which those
goods can be sold for dollars. The hope
for lasting European recovery lies in this
direction, not in misplaced reliance upon
a continuing volume of dollar grants that
is not going to be forthcoming.
Evening star., 1949-09-02

politics and its perquisites, for which there
is a continual struggle between "ins" and
"outs." On top of all this, Bolivia has
never recovered from the recent war with
Paraguay, which inflicted heavy material
and human losses, plus sense of humilia-
ton and Illustration.
Against so somber background, 1t Is
easy to deduce the frictions grievances,
and factionalism which can spawn un-
rest, revolutions and extremist doctrines.
Thus, whether the present government
(the best Bolivia has had in many years.
puts down the present revolt or whether
its overthrow will inaugurate another pc
riod of tyranny and terrorism, Bolivias ma
tional Ills will persist and will engender
trouble