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Evening star., 1950-02-06
District Guard Chiefs
Plan Reconnaissance
On Field Traininq

Brig. Gen. William H. Aben-
droth, commanding the District
National Guard, and a group of
approximately 40 other officers
preparing details of the annual
field training, plan to make a re-
connaissance run to Fort Miles,
Del, on the week end of February
18 and 10.
The greater portion of the
ground troops will camp this year
at Fort Miles on Cape Henlopen
at the south side of the entrance
to Delaware Bay. Since the war.
the ground troops training has
been divided between several
camps, the anti-aircraft artillery
going to Virginia Beach and the
others to Fort George G. Meade.
Troops going to Henlopen in
clude the top command staff and
all the headquarters units, the
260th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Group and the 163rd Military
Police Battalion. The other
ground troops, all colored, COM
posed of the 171st Military Police
Battalion and the 715th Truck
Transportation Company will go
to Indiantown Gap, Penna., from
August 8 to q. The others will
camp from August to %.
The reconnaissance group will
study the roads to Fort Miles, ex-
anime the bridges to determine
routes for heavy motorized equip
ment. 1t was indicated that the
convoy will have to make the long
trek around the head of Chesa-
peake Bay instead of using the
shorter route via the Sandy Point
Matapeake ferries. AS the move
ments are made on week ends,
doubt was expressed that the ferry
authorities would permit tying up
the vessels for such a large move
ment of troops at a time when the
Eastern Shore beach traffic is
heaviest.
The planning group will be
quartered on the Fort Miles reser-
vation for the weekend, according
to present plans.
Evening star., 1950-02-06

BriStles for camels' hair brushes
come from the ears of oxen.
Evening star., 1950-02-06
Red Cross Worker Dies;
Guum Murder Suspected
BY the Associated Press

= bY ITIt NSSOCIuTed F1eSS
GUAM, Feb. 6.-Michael j.
Brennan, American Red Cross
worker from Mayfield. Pa, died
today of head injuries, and police
said they were working on a mur-
der theory.
Mr.. Brennan was found uncon-
scious January 80 in a jeep at
Pitt village. Police discounted
robbery as the motive for the at
tack. They said his wallet was
full when he was found.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

not entitled TO cumulative
pension credits he also decided
that he would finance a dis
gruntled member of the local
in an attempt to destroy its
bargaining power.
To get back to my original
idea which was to show that
workers everywhere want an
area pension plan, or better
still a national plan whereby
they can go from job to job
and still accumulate his or
her pension credits, / would
like to give you some figures
taken from a report given in
an Industrial Magazine. This
magazine is published for
management. / do not know
whether or not / can quote
from this magazine, however.
l will just slightly infringe on
the article.
First of all the poll was
taken by firm hired particu-
larly for the Job of finding
out whether or not workers
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

a clear lead over any other
benefit"
The most astonishing fact
uncovered by this survey was
the fact that the employees
questioned were in favor or
accumulated pension creditsl
To quote the magazine fur
ther: "Transferability" is a
big word, but when asked
about 1t in sumpler language
most workers clearly expect
it. In other words, they want
to take their accumulated PEN
sions with them when they
change jobs, and they don't
want to have to stay on the
same job to accumulate PEN
sions." This we all know is
one of the main detectives of
our Area-Pension Plan, and Of
course the part that the man
agements are most bitterly op-
posed to.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
Is He A Criminol7

MOST TOLEDOANS were shocked and,
AvA doubtless, moved to pity over the
tragic story of Duane Loehrke, the former
Libbey High grid star, whom the police
arrested for suspected burglary, but who
readily admitted q whole series of rob-
berries with a total take Of $4,000.
Duane Loehrke, though he Is q physical
giant and tips the scales at 210, ID but 4
mere boy of 18 His exploits on the grid
iron while in high school assured him q
scholarship at Toledo University where,
in fact, he was already on the freshman
football team last year. More % than In
many other instances, his future, at least
through his college years, seemed to be
pretty much assured
But Duane Loehrks did not follow the
accepted path. He fell In love with his
schoolgirl sweetheart and married her.
On top OF 1t all, he suddenly found him
self jobless-having lost his after-school
job which paid him $l,20 per hour-and
faced with the fact that he was to become
a father
Jobless and deprived Of an income he
turned to burglary.
And, as 1t inevitably happens in such
cases, he was arrested by the police.
Duane Loehrke had no right to steal
from others. He had no right to break the
laws of society. But did society have the
right to deprive him of a livelihood? He
was willing to work He was content with
even his laborers job paying him a mere
$l.20 per hour But even that was denied
him. And when that happened he simply
cracked up under his mounting response
bilities.
Soon this young boy will stand before
the bar of justice to receive his "just
punishment for violating the laws of
society. Frankly, we wonder whether 1t
would be far more just to have society
stand before the "bar OF justice" instead
OF this boy who was but a victim of cir
cumstances
After all, all he wanted was Just a Job
to provide for his schoolgirl wife and his
as yet unborn child.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
"Lobor Monopoly"
Chorqes Demolished

'HE ASlNlNE attack against Organized
Labor in Toledo, and in particular
against UAW-CIO Local IL and UAW
vlce-president Richard Gosser before the
> EN- ate Judiciary subcommittee o m
weeks ago by an errand boy of Toledo's
vested interests, was thoroughly demolish-
ed the other day by the powerful rebuttal
before this a m e committee of the So
called labor monopoly" charges. The re-
buttal, submitted in the form of written
brief, was signed by Mr.. Gosser, Mr..
Charles Ballard, Regional Director of the
OF the UAW-CIO; Mr.. Earl Cation, presi-
dent OF Public Employees District Coun-
Gil No 46, AFL; Mr.. Clyde Shamblsm,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
By HOWARD sEREN,
President, Local IL, UAW-CIO

pensions. Some of our men,
bers fell for the poison serv-
ed up by the local daily news
papers, along with those who
will believe anything as long
as it is anti-union. Other news
papers around the country
were not coademing pensions.
On the contrary they were
telling their readers that work.
ers were entitled to pensions.
A publisher in our city decided
that he should dictate to the
workers in this area whether
or not they would get pen
sions. One Of his first acts was
to assist in the formation of
Committee to save Toledo
Payrolls." This Committee
with the grandoise sounding
name came out with a pro-
gram for our fair city that
might have been copied ver-
batim from the program adopt
ed by Local IL back in 1888.
This publisher not only decid-
Cd that Toledo workers were
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
Think You Gofo Raise, Huh?

dummy THING about these wage In
l. creases that we battle for-and gen.
orally get year after year to boost our
earnings Yes, those increases make us
happy. Most of us are convinced that
we're getting something higher pay.
But what is not so funny is the sudden
realization that we didn't get what we
thought we got that most OF our bitterly
fought for wage hikes disappeared almost
like beautiful rainbows after a summer
thunderstorm.
OF course, you know what we're talk
ing about And If you don't, WELL here's
something for you to think about.
LABOR DEPARTMENT figures show
that In 1889 the weekly earnings of work.
ers In manufacturing industries averaged
$2386. Last year the average weekly
earnings Of these same people mounted
TO S54 94 That's hellava nice hike and,
at least on the face of it, we ought to be
quite happy about 1t.
But this is only one side Of the story.
The pleasant side. Actually, by taking into
consideration the tremendous h Ike n
prices and the equally steep rise in our
taxes-au kinds OF taxes-we find that
our REAL WAGES, In terms Of the buy
ing power of our dollar back in 1889,
went up only 1881.
In other words, when we compare our
dollars of today 1949) to that of 1889 our
weekly average income Is not $54.94, but
only $3217 These figures indicate that
while our dollars and cents wage rate rose
ON the average-sbout 1907, the actual
buying power equivalent OF our increases
amount to about one-third of that figues.
Figure that one out
Or Is that necessary, especially after
you get through paying for your groceries
your rent :. your doctor bills or the
monthly inxtallment on your dream house!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31


AS A BIT OF background material to the
"A events that are taking place in our town
today, Mr. kempton recounts the bloody Auto
Lite strike of 1884 when two workers lost
their lives. Jumping a couple of years down
to 1885 he recalls how the Auto-Lite workers
discovered that their local unit chairman was
company paid stool pigeon and quickly got
rid of him. During the (pasD thirty years."
Mr.. Kempton writes, sit (ToIedo) fought its
labor wars without mercy"
With this introduction, the New York
Journalist settles down to devote the rest of
his column to the fight that is now going on
for pensions and the extraordinary part that
Paul Block, Jr., publisher of The Toledo Blade,
plays in this struggle
1NHE PASSIONS of conflict are still so hot"
continues Mr. Kempton, "that Paul Block,
Jr., publisher Of the Toledo Blade, has just
admitted that this paper put up SIS, 900 to pay
the expenses of one UAW dissident who was
fighting Richard Gosser, Toledo's most inn
portant labor leader"
And right after that Mr. Kempton reveals
why Mr.. Gosser Is abused and attacked with
such ferocity by Mr.. Block and by some of
Toledo's leading industrialists.
Mr.. Gosser Is a UAW vice president, His
Local IL has the cOuntrys highest wage scale
for auto workers. ToIedo's Congressman,
pudgy, aimiable Tom Burke Is a member of
the local. Its power makes Gosser one of a
handful OF Toledo's leading citizens"
Surely 1t could hardly be put any palmer.
Block hates Gosser because of the high wages
his Union, the UAW, was able to gain for its
membership. And because of the undoubted
power OF this organization not only on the
economic field, but also on the political arena
4 4
NEAI, MIX. KEMPTON blasts into the news
paper monopoly that Paul Block runs In
Ioledo, having inherited that monopoly from
his father.
The Block newspaper monopoly" MIR.
kempton goes on, sis just one aspect Of To-
iedo's lingering feudalism. Many of the towns
businessmen Just don't like the idea of sharing
power with GOsser Six months apo wbsn he
announced that Local IL would go after
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
This You Ought To Know
By Pete Zvara

city-wide pension program, the business boys
decided 1t was q good ii M to cut Gosser
down."
FORTUNATELY for the people of Toledo,
however, this vaunted campaign "to rid
Toledo of G0sser" is now pretty much stuck
in the mud Despite Paul Blocks "jeremiads'
in The Blade-and his Times-the people just
don't take him seriously. How could they
"trust"-what a word to use in this connec-
tionl-this so-called apostle of '.free press
who openly and even boastfully admits financ-
ing malicious campaign against their union?
What makes this entire would-be union bust
ing campaign on the part of Mr.. Block and his
cohorts even more nauseating is the admitted
fact that the whole sordict mess was cooked
up by Mr.. Block and one John A. Bolman BE-
FORE Mr.. Bolman's provocative behaviour at
the AWBC meeting last fall. 1t was at that
meeting that Mr. Bolman was supposedly Ere
fused" permission to "look at the books"
But Mr.. Kempton aptly put it in his
column:
Everyone forgot In the confusion that the
union had never refused to let Bolman see the
books In the first place"
MOT EVERY businessman In Toledo be-.
~ lieved Blocks prophecies of DOOM" Mr..
KemptOn goes on. "But some of them were
scared enough to import Steve Hanagen
drummer boy for a Committee to Save Tole-
dos Payrolls, whose dollar "a head member
ship campaign was n rather dismal flop"
In the connection Mr. Kempton very aptly
quotes Eddie Cheyfitz, former head of the die
casters union and now an assistant to Mr.
Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture
Producers Association in Washington, term
ing the notorious committee as "The Commit
tee to Save Toledo for q Buck" and pointing
out further that under the disastrous rule Of
GOsserism payrolls In Toledo were close to
their wartime peak"
X X \
0F COURSE, it is difficult to foretell what
~ Block & Co. will do in the weeks ahead
as the working people of Toledo seriously
get down to business to wrest from these
"feudaP' lords a pension and disqualification
program that will be anchored in reality and
not in some metaphysical nonsense that they
are trying to dish out
After all, it is extremely difficult if not
altogether impossible, to convince the people
OF Toledo that local industry is "gOing broke"
when these same industries-one after an
other-are happily reporting precedent shatter-
Ing profits.
One thing is certain. The fight will be hard
and bitter. We shall win-if we stick to gether:
IL we regard all the Blade and Times editorials
as the lamentable bleatings of a would-be
potentate who would have been detrment to
the Dark Ages let alone the second half of the
Twentieth Century.
And finally, we must take heed of Mr.
kemptons warning as he conc u de his
column: 9. as the Block ($5,O00) story
shows not all the punches will be thrown
bove the belt"
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wanted pensions. Fact num-
bed one was that the workers
not only wanted pensions but
54.8% of them wanted pen
sions paid for by their en-
ployer. Fact nu m ber two
brought out that 33.9% OF the
age group under thirty want
ed pensions paid for by the
employer while 17.8% want
ed to financ ce their own.
1929 wanted pensions from
the government, while 24.6%
wanted the pensions financed
by some combination. Fact
three brought out that work.
ers preferred pensions over
other type benefits. To quote
the magazine: when work.
ers are. asked to choose be-
tween pensions at age IS and
q variety of other usual en-
ployes benefits, pensions have
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

ledo. Not so, however, since
l soon learned that even the
Big Towns newspapers are
very much interested in the
local tussel.
Irefer specifically to n
column by Mr.. Murray
Kempton, labor specialist of
the New York Post. Mr..
Kempton's very interesting
piece was published In the
March 23rd issue of the Post
under the provocative title
Labor Passions Hot in To-
ledo."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31
AS | SEE 1T

I Asst OCTOBER the UAw-
- CIO launched its area PEN
sion plan locally. We the Of
ficers of Local II along with
the officers of the Internation-
al Union and some OF our more
active members knew we were
on the right track. For some
reason or another we were un-
able to show some of our MEM
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

president of Local 345 of the CIO Oil
Workers Union and Mr.. Franz Berlacher,
president of Teamsters Local 361 and city
councilman.
MR.. RICHARD COLE, the paid agent
and erran d boy of Toledos Big Shots,
knows well the meaning of the word
monopoly" And, therefore, he knows
that his accusation-made at the behest
of his paymasters who themselves did not
have the courage to make the same stupid
and asinine charges-are false and that, in
reality, his sole purpose in making these
charges before this Senate subcommittee
was motivated by a mad desire to weaken
and, if possible, deliver lethal blow to all
collective bargaining to all unions
through legislative action
What fool does not know that 'mo-
nopoly" means complete control" in a
given field? Yet, what fool does not know
that in Toledo no single labor union has
complete control" over the labor market,
or In the field of collective bargaining.
Does the UAW-CIO., as powerful as it is,
control collective bargaining in the huge
SAooo ihduoIAy III Sll III Vic ClltAAS
Building Trades and in numerous other
fields?
Even Mr.. Cole can't pre- e to be
stupid enough not to be well aware of this
situation.
h X 4
AS THE STATEMENT to the Senate
subcommittee sharply points out, the
labor monopoly charges by Toledo's in
dustrialists was dished up as part of
bitter fight against real collective bargain
ing against the program of the UAW
especially to establish an Area-wide pen
sion and workers security program in
Toledo.
For "if the word monopoly is to be
used, it is accurately applied to certain
of Toledos industrialists who support each
other, not only by association, but also by
using the same counsel" the statement
points. And we could add further, that the
lavish publicity campaign that the notori-
GUS Save Toledo Payrolls Committee"
put on was certainly financed JOINTLY
by these same business interests thus act
ing in true monopolistc fashion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

president of Local 345 Of the CIO Oil
Workers Union and Mr.. Franz Berlacher,
president of Teamsters Local 361 and city
councilman.
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bers that we
were going
in the right
d | r e ction.
When l say
right direc-
ton | mean
we are fight
Ing for some
thlng that is
desired by
the workers.
On every
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

HAVING SPENT THE last two weeks in New
II York City, negotiating with the Doehler-
Jarvis Corp, thought would get away from
the manifold problems that are currently be-
besettng the Labor Management field in To-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-31

local daily press has sought
TO confuse the minds of the
citizenry on the question OF
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-09-21
County Junior Fair Winners Listed

Dover F. w. A., Shaping Yeast
Rolls"
Junior boys team-1st, Oscar
Young and Charles Eubanks
Peoria Livestock, Fitting and
Showing Heifer."
Junior boys individual demon
stratio n-1st, Alvin Steirhoff,
Paris Producers, 'Lambing Pens. "
Junior girls dairy foods indi-
vidual demonstration-1st, Ann
Howard, Merry Mixers, Making
Buttermilk Sherbert" Ann re-
ceived cream pitcher and sugar
bowl from Borden's Milk COM
pany.
All the members who received
first on their demonstration won
a All jacket Except those who
received trophies); all the other
participants received an award
from The Dayton Power and
Light company.
Clothing Exhibits
Connie Kent, of the Allen Live
Wires, exhibited the best school
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CONTINUED from Page y

Boys senior team demonstra-
tion--1st, Ed Haughn and Gene
Wiley, Rocky Fork, How to Trim
a Calls Toes, End, Russell Cline
and Sherman Nicol, Freedoms
Farmers, Proper Care of the
Mixer"
Senior boys individual demon
stration-1st, Leonard Belville,
Peoria Livestock, Inadequate
Wiring" He received trophy
from the Kroger Grocery COM
pany. Leonard also gave his
demonstration at the State Fair.
Junior girls team-lst Sally
Sanders and Kay Laird, Gingham
Gals, Seams and Their Finishes" ="
End, Rachel Hamilton and Johna
Hamilton, Peoria Nutrition, Max
ing Mullins"
Girls junior individual demon
stration-lst, Avis Caryl, Allen
Merry Cooks, Making Butter
scotch Cookies; End, Julia Carson,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-09-21
!" Good Neighbor
Club of Mink st.
BY MRS. H. w. FOX

Mr.. Herbert Mitchell, Ernest
Pearl, of Warrensburg; Ray Dut-
ton and brother and Mr.. Waters
went squirrel hunting below
Chillicothe. The hunting must
have been good as the results
were very satisfactory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Magrew
and daughters, Sally and Susie,
went to Sidney, last Sunday to
visit with Mrs. Magrew's brother,
Don, and family but when they
arrived there they found Don's
family had gone to his fathers
home to spend the day. On the
way they met his father and
mother going to their house so
eventually all of them spent the
day at Mr.. Oman's home, near
Jerome.
Mrs. McCarty is spending a few
in-law, in Worthington.
days with her son and daughter
Gordon Brown, of Mt Victory,
who has been helping with the
work at the home of Elias Askins
for the past two years, enlisted
in the Army and left for Fort
Knox, Wy, Monday of this week.
He will be in the engineering
corps.
Elias Askins is on the sick list
at the present time. We wish him
a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Eva O'Connor and two
grandchildren, of Chicago, have
been spending a few days with
her cousin and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Smothers.
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Leave to Plead
PROBATE COURT
Entered 10 Probate

The will of Elfie Powers, late
of Milford Center, has been en-
tered into probate. There has
been entered into probate. There
has been no appraisal of her
property, and the executor Louis
A. Michel, Milford Center, has
been appointed without bond. The
will provides payments for her
funeral expenses, and all other
of her properties are to be turn
ed over to the executor, who is
to pay her debts, and pay Our
Lady of Lourdes a designated
sum for masses.
The attorneys are Hopes and
Hopes.
Licensed to Wed
Richard F, Liggett, student of
Marysville, son of Luther Liggett
Sr., and Jane Niestrath, steno-
grapher of Marysville, daughter
of William H. Niestrath Sr.
1t was expected that the Rev.
John P. Lewis would solemnize
the marriage.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-09-21

as dinner guests on Friday eve
ming, Mr.. and Mrs. James Baker.
of Marion.
The F. F. A. of Ostrander won
first prize on its booth at the
Delaware Fair. School will be
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-09-21
THE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvILLE. OHIO

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerrv Munson
and two sons, from near Radnor,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Dreyer on Thursday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dreyer had
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-09-21

dismissed Thursday and Friday
of this week at Radnor and Os-
trander.
Mr.. Freeman Millaro, of Leb-
anon, spent Saturday with his
aunt, Mrs. Elias Askins and fam
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. Courts
RECORDERS OFFICE
Real Estate Transfers

Real Estate Transfers
H. B. and Elinor Salter to NAL
colin MacIvor, is acres in Paris
township, 81.
Fred and L. ]. Bumgarner to
Freddy and E. Thompson, lot in
Watkins, 81.
Jesse E. Ledley to Sidney
Longshore, lots in Redwood, ST..
James and H. r. Evans to J. c.
and ]. E. Dutton, lots in Marys-
vile, 81.
w. B. and Leila Cunningham to
Roy Kilfian, 80 acres in Lees
burg. 81
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SEPTEMBER I'll. 1850

Mr.. Robert Fox attended the
national plowing contests at Ut
bana last week.