Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-07
Inside America
written by the Staff of The CIO News)
written by the Staff of The CIO New)


Phil Murray Murray wired President Truman:
behalf of CO. wish to voice wholeheared and
unsnng support for and fortnight action in
Korea There appeasement aggression demo-
cratic world the CIO satisfied that
right and that affords the only hope for preserving
the peace of the world
Big CIo Communications Workers of convention,
meeting in Cleveland quickly endorsed Murrays statement
lot of Republican Congressman who have
been taking propaganda pohos foreign policy
are going strangely still things Korea For simple
caught with voting pants down around their ankles
On january 49, 1880 HR $3.50 came up on House floor
was an bill to give $50 million in
Republican Government And the bill defeated
largely because of votes from COP Congressmen Many
of these same Republicans braeny attacking Pres
dent Truman for mot doing enough" in Far East
Here are some Congressman kill that Korean
aid bill January: (R, Ca), Barden d. N. c.,
Brown R, o. Hoffman (R Mch), Gwinn (R N Yo Haieck
(R Ind), Kunke (R, Wis., Hugh Scott (Rq Pa).
nixon fighting liberal Helen Douglas for the California
senaorshp Brown is closely tied in with Senator Taft Hugh
Senator Joe McCarthy's policies.)
And it was Senator Taft who led the fight $1OO mil
lion Korean aid proposal contained in Administrators Point
Four Bill
It's clear that big shots going to be
barrassed by some of those votes
Leaders and members shpyard seriously
that u merchant perhaps weakest
link in countrys national defense
President John and Shipbuldng Workers
appealed Senator Magnuson 3D. Wash for high priority
experts believe if u S. gets involved in another
conflict Uncle Sam will need ships than he had in World
Serious deficiencies of s. merchant emphasized
genial Alben Barkleywho
get deadly serious And he was on subject OF u s. shipping
problems.
Number passenger ships dropped from 27 to 49
in 11years
Some 882 ships are under construction throughout world
But only % of these are being built in America.
NOTE: One major factor worrying all maritime unions is
wdescae deerton of American flag by ship operators
registering ships flags Honduras Greek and
other small nations Owners small fee for regsatonthen
standards and safety provisions
Some of biggest corporations maintaining big fleets OF these
sea-gong sweatshops
Big specalntere obes are paying big money get
reaonay ideas to American public and Congress
Examples "a Medical Association, drawing on
huge ush fund to fight proposals to give consumers break
through national health will on news
radio advertising before November Objective is
influence the 1850 elections.
(2) Constitutional Government spends big
letting you Mrs Taxpayer underwrie costs of its
fiercely anti-Far Deal propaganda
House probing lobby activities got Dr. Edward
Rume key staff man Of
admit that friendly Congressman had mailed out between
and pieces of its vicious reading material
At envelope that would cost between S24Ooo
$500 900 fouryear period.
Actually Lobby Committee investigators suspect that
Constitutional Government Committee have had up to sol
million pieces of literature sent free through the mails under
anksbu they can't yet the higher figure
Committee for Constitutional Government baby of upstate
New York publisher Frank Gannet There's DUPONT money IN
the reactonary outfit too
maings by Committee for Constitutional Gov
handled for big business front organization by
Senators usually
they like to call government extravaganza and
waste"
Representative Gwinn (R NJ Y) the economy man. mail
ed out Gannes outfit in 1949a of 1T
ried the mails Others who helped the
with free mangs Representative Hoffman R, Mich)
Rich R Pa), Representative Mason R ND
3D. VaD Senator Easand 3D. Mss Representa-
tive Ca) Senator Malone (R Nev), Representa-
tive Wint Smith (R, Kans)
you any of them talking about government
those subsidies to big special interest
poration front outfit.
Labor uny paying off in New York With AL printing
CIO Newspaper Guild picket lines New York
has been closed tight for two weeks
Paper flagship of ScrippsH Howard chain ay refused
to seriously bargain with Guild on basic issues
Now is talking of keeping shut down all
summer. But unions feel certain they'll win
Incidentally strike gifts will helpsend them to New
Newspaper Guild Strike Fund 1873 West 44h Street. New
York York
HERE AND THERE: CIO Longshore Union, predicting its
expulsion from CIO grounds of Communist domination,
calling dominated unions to get together in
of third labor grouping Longhore union board head
sandered CO in that few employers
big have used Amalgamated Cloth
label moving we'll Mayors of Los Angeles
md Long proclaimed special Union Label Week Amaga
ABC staions-New York Detroit Washington Los Angeles
Murray at end of June recuperang nicely from
minor eye operation in a Pittsburgh hospital
,rn nrmvunr Independence III