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Evening star., 1950-11-26

netdu ~ re u ] u
I n S t i t u e of
America.
A native of
D e S M DIN e S,
Iowa, Mrs. Holt
has been direc-
tor of public re-
lations for the
C m m u n ! t y
Chests of Ar
lin G ton and
Fairfax Coun-
ties for the past
three years. Be-
fore that she
Evening star., 1950-11-26
War Widows to Meet

District Chapter Two of the
Widows Of World War I will meet
at the home of Mrs. Catherine
Stevens, 3726 Rhode Island ave-
nue., at 8 pm. Tuesday to elect
officers.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Mrs. Holt Will Direct
Credit Institute Publicity

Mrs. Bonnie Holt, 1884 South
Wakefield street. Arlington. has
been named director of in
ternal public relations for the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Ask for demonstration on your farm
Your nearby Ford Tractor and Dearborn Imple-
ment dealer will gladly demonstrate the Ford
Tractor, and any equipment you interested
in, on your farm. Depend on him, too, for expert
service and genuine parts
DEARBORN MOTORS CORPORATION
DETROIT 3, MICHIGAN
COPYRIGHT RsoRr woToRs coRPoeAT,oN
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Clarence says Mrs. Richter is fine
cook. She bales plenty besides squashl
One of her favorites: cookies made with
coconut and Wheaties. In cookies. or
in cereal bowl, Wheaties are favorite
with many families They're America
favorite whole wheat flakes. Second
helping good any time of dayI
And Wheaties are as nourshing as they are
good! A famous training dish, they give you B
vitamins, minerals, protein, food energy. Fine
cereal for your hungry, hard working family:
Wheaties, Breakfast Of Champions
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15
Netg Products

The EasY-WaY tractor hitch is self
locking and permits coupling with
equipment from any angle and with
out the need of the tractor operators
dismounting. A product of the Charles
C. Walters Mfg. Co.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Clarence Richter is new Worlds Champion
Squash Raiser. Another Of many farm and
sports champions who enjoy Wheatiesl You
getting YOUR Wheaties regularly too!
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Inflammable materials panied vita
FYre-Refardanf paint are said to be-
come practically fire proof. It comes
mixed and ready for application By
brush or spray. One gallon covers SOC
square feet.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Richters started squash farming rs years ago,
when they heard that hotels like to buy huge
squash. This year the family raised Is tons of
Hubbards. Lots Of squash on the Richter dinner
tablet And lots Of Wheaties on their breakfast
table. Clarence eats those delicious flakes 3
times week. Likes 'em most with bananas.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

DOSEVILLE, MINI. As more than
~ 1000 people janned the judging
hall, Clarence Richter won the lo4o
Squash Raising Championship. Nothing
new for Clarence! He and his father
have won the title regularly, bringing
it home IA times in past lo years.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

''Whesties" and Breakfast of Champion" srs
registered trade marks Of General Mills
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

High yields start with good seed BEDS prepared IN the
least possible time and at lowest possible cost That's
where tens of thousands of Ford Tractor all
America cashing in Prove it with demonstra
ton your farm Just tell your nearby dealer that
you'd like to for yourself what Ford Tractor full
taUO-pI0W performance means in better faster more
economical ground breaking and seed bed preparation.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-01-15

Dearborn Tend em Disc (Liff-Type)
lifts, lowers by Ford Tractor Hydrau-
lie Touch Control for turning, back
ing and transport.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Veterans
Begins Today
Organization Is
Largest In Notion
With 10000 Members

Ohio's disabled veterans open
ed their 29th annual convention
today in the Commodore Perry
Hotel. Toledo's Disabled Ameri-
can Veteran chapter is host to
the group for the first time.
The convention, to last
through Sunday, will homo 7
David M. Brown, Akron, o.,
national DAV commander. A
Dave Brown" dinner is sched-
uled for $50 pm. Saturday in
the hotel ballroom.
Problems of the disabled, par
ticularly their rehabilitation and
the obtaining of rightful COM
pcnsation for their war service
disabilities, will occupy most OF
the C conve n t j o n proceedings
Ohio, with more than 10000
DAV members, is the largest in
membership in the nation for the
18th consecutive year. The To-
ledo chapter has n arly soc
members.
Membership in the DAV l.
limited to veterans who were
wounded, gassed or disabled as
a result of war service, and it is
the only organization of its
kind chartered by Congress.
Ralph G. Beck and Guy F.
Ormsby head the local conven-
ton committee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
500 Give Cosser
Tremendous ovofion

More than 600 members oi
the Spicer unit voted virtual
ly unanimously to ratify theif
new contract - and gave the
chief negotiator, Richard L.
Gosser, an ovation.
The special membership meet
ing to vote on the agreement
was held Tuesday at / o'clock in
Whitmer High, while the plant
closed down from 1 to 5 to per-
nit balloting.
Henry Baum, recording secre-
tary, read the terms, and the ex-
ecutive committee of the unit
unanimously recommended 1t.
Carl Schick, chairman of the
unit, was in the chair.
The huge turnout voted with
out receiving any comment from
Gosser. After the vote, the in
ternational vice president told
the members that the new mood
of cooperation between the mem
bership of the Spicer unit, the
local and the international had
paid off in a good agreement.
He went into the background
of previous Spicer negotiations,
and showed how management
forces and political moves had
hampered the working agree
ments of the rank and file.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Donates
$4,000 Help
Tool Workers

The UAW-CIO today announc'
ed contribution of 100000 to
the CIO Oil Workers strike
against the Texas Company. The
UAW had previously sent $4,000
to aid the strikers.
In a letter to o. A. knight
president of the Oil Workers In
ternational Union (CIO), UAW-
CIO President Walter p. Reuther
said, when Union is engaged
in a struggle against a vicious
corporation like the Texas Com
pany, we in the UAW-CIO feel
that it is a part of our fight.
"We are confident that the
solidarity and determination of
the workers at the Texas Com
pany will win out over the blind
selfishness of the Company"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28

Cutcher and rs for John Weaver
of Local 8, CIO Glass Workers
One ballot was void.
Cutcher is a member of Auto
Lite Unit and served on the
Units committee since 1889. He
was chairman of the Unit in 1914
and is a former member of the
Local IL executive board. He has
been a dele a t e to the TIUC
since its inception.
The TIUC dele a tes also
named Richard Gosser, Interna-
tional UAW-CIO Vice President
and a delegate to the council as
a member of WHY'S Overland
Unit, as the CIO representative
on the Toledo Full Employment
Committee. Labor names two
members to this committee as
well as two each from industry
and from public. This committee
was requested by the Labor
Management Citizens Commit
tee and approved by City Coun-
Gil.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
.ULC Drive
lis Begun

The United Labor Committee
which showed the way to po-
litical unity between the big
international unions, has begun
its 1850 campaign.
First step is to get every
member of the CIO, AFL, MESA
and Brotherhood of Trainmen
registered, for only those regis
tered can vote this Fall.
After the registration drive is
over, a campaign to acquaint the
union members in Toledo with
the real issues, as they affect the
voters themselves, will be
launched.
The final step will come in
November, when Toledo once
more proves itself the balance
of political power in Ohio on
the side of responsible and in
telligent government.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Randy Gray Wants Judge To
Give Him Back His Former job
Spicer Unit Ratifies
The NeiU Agreement

He contrasted past difficulties
with the results obtained this
time when the executive COM
mittee asked him to help bar
gain.
The contract was a hard one
to win.
Three days of bargaining with
management in Detroit in the
Book Cadillac Hotel wound up
with nothing accomplished for
the five unit company when a
strike deadline was reached and
passed at midnight.
In the next forty-five min
utes, without ever losing pay,
the five Spicer plants, including
the one in Toledo, won pensions,
vacation money, health and ac-
cident insurance benefits, in
equity adjustments and level
wage increase which amounted
to about 1874 cents an hour for
the workers.
Toledo's contract, however,
was still open when the system
wide agreement was reached. 1t
was remanded to the local level
for action - still with strike
authority.
It's final settlement was suffi-
GENTLY satisfactory to bring
ratification with only a handful
of opposition, which was drown
ed in the overwhelming approv-
al of the rank and file.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Attention JAW Members
Are You Mailing Your
Dues To Local II?

you are, please be and include the following
information, not receive the proper credit:
1. Address it to Local No. IL. UAwCIO AIS Winthrop
ST., Toledo
2. Print write clearly your name it appears
Dues Card.
3. Inclose the of the Shop you working.
4. Tell your Department Number AND Badge Num-
ber.
5. List your Social Security Number.
6. your last receipt shows "Out of Work." be
to inform to the date you returned to work.
Z. you reporting "Out of Work." be to
inform to the date you last worked.
8. If you have been recalled to work and you
withdrawal Card" be to inclose your With
drawal Card well the date you returned to
work.
8. wish receipts returned to you, please nclose
self-addressed and stamped envelope.
10. Always remember to place your proper return ad
dress in the upper left-hand corner of the outside
envelope, your letter may wind up in the us.
"Dead Letter Office"
Your cooperation in the above will permit the Financial
Office give you the service entitled rather
than spending their time in searching ALL SHOP files
City Directory trying to find the information required.
Charles Yaeger,
UAW Auditor
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
4th In Series
Of Concerts
This Sunday
Sponsored BY
City: Jules BIoir
To Be Director

The fourth of a series of eight
"Music Under The Stars" Free
Popular Band Concerts by the
Toledo Municipal Band at the
Toledo Zoos Ampitheatre will
be held Sunday night, July 80
at 800 o'clock.
The concerts are arranged by
the City's Recreation Division
and are being paid for out of the
Recretion Divisions budget and
the Music and Performance
Trust Fund of the Recording In
dustry. The first concert of the
series on July 9th attracted an
audience of $500, July 10th
brought a crowd in excess of
5000, and last Sunday night
(July 23) over $500 attended.
Next Sundays concert will be
conducted by Milo Barrett, well
known local musician; he is a
native Toledoan, Conductor of
the Holland Ohio High School
Band and hs been active as a
conductor of Bands for many
years. Jules Blair will be COM
mentator and Thomas Needham
song leader. The Guest Group
will be the Buddy Frankowski
Cadets, VFW Post $500, Herman
Mygatt, Director. Mr.. Mygatt is
a teacher of Drums and Bugle,
has appeared with Toledo Sym
phony Orchestra as soloist; di-
rected the State Champion Mas
sillon Ohio Drum and Bugle
Corps. In addition to the Fran
kowski Corps Mr.. Mygatt also
directs the Drum and Bugle
Corps of the Zenobia Shrine,
South Side, and another VFW
Unit. He is member of the To-
ledo Municipal Band.
The Buddy Frankowski Ca
diets (vFW Post 5530) won the
Drum Corps competition recent
ly the Swanton Ohio Festival
which was held July 4th, 1880.
They are entered in Statewide
competition at Columbus, Ohio
in 1850. The ages of the group
range from 10 to 18 years. Mr..
Clifford Zak is Manager. Mr..
Milton Mygatt, assistant direct
or, recently won the state cham
pionship in Individual drum
ming.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Seren's Sudden Death
A Shock To Thousands

The membership said, "He good guy"
That was Howard Seren's epitaph and not easy
in turbulent serespectng union membership of
nearly 10000 factory workers.
But that the way the Local II president would
have had it for that the way he talked himself No
fancy phrases. No hearts and flowers.
Seren's DEATH early Thursday morning in Mercy Hos
pital of heart attack shocked everyone
Not even those closest to him knew than that he
had been told by his physician to "slow up much as
possible"
He tried to. But recent months had made slowing up
impossible The union in fight for its existence
democratic trade unon and Howard Seren stayed in the
middle of the fight
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Girls Now At
Summer Camp
Nearly ZOO Ready
For Opening Period

The Local IL UAW-CIO Sum-
mer Camp will get a higher
pitch in voices beginning this
Sunday for the girls will take
over the camping periods at the
Sand Lake, Mich. vacation site
Nearly two hundred girls are
signed for the vacation periods
with some staying one, others
two weeks with many spending
six weeks at this popular camp.
The girls will also to able to
give their parents a report on
their activities via the radio. A
p ro gr m, dedicated to the
youngsters and featuring per-
sonal interviews is aired every
Saturday morning from $3.50 a.
m. to a. m. over station WABJ
Adrian, Mich. A Is minute pro-
gram is presented over Toledo
station WTOD every Friday eve-
ming at 7:45 pm.
Openings for other camp per-
iods are still available and ap-
plications can be obtained at the
ULC office, Local IL head
quarters, 425 Winthrop ST., or
using the application form else
where in this issue of the Union
journal.
The boys will end a six week
period this Saturday with many
happy for a vacation period
made possible by Local IL, their
parents and many contributors
who have donated to sponsor
some boys and girls for a camp
ing period who otherwise would
be unable to do so due to fl
nancial difficulties.
Citizens desiring to make a
contribution for a young girl to
spend a week at the summer
camp can send a donation, care
of Local IL Summer Camp, AIS
Winthrop ST., Toledo 10, Ohio.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28

the auto industry Seren one of those strongest in the
move to carry Logan Gear into the new union.
Became organizer for Local IL in 1887 when Local
IL unit in the CO. helping to organize majority in
the local shops among the hardest to crack being Devil
biss Mather Spring National Supply, Champion Spark
Plug AirWay Acme Specially Peters Stamping and many
others
He experienced active participation during the strike
1884 involving Bingham Stamping Logan Gear and Auto
Lite During that particular fracas he attracted the ae
ton of the Ohio National Guard the attempting to
break the strike
When Richard T. Gosser elected Regional Director
of Region 2B Howard Seren appointed the nterna
onal staff for the region He assigned to Lima Troy
Pqua and Marion leading the organizing drive in those
He became acting recording secretary of the local to
fill an unexpred term.
He was elected President of Local II in the regular
election in February 1949.
The bare recital of facts doesn't show the contribution
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Murphy's Mother
In Hospital

Mrs. Maude E. Murphy, moth
er of Walter Murphy, Admins
trative Assistant to Interna-
tional UAW-CIO Vice President
Richard Gosser, is in Toledo
Hospital. Mrs. Murphy is II,
was operated on Tuesday morn
ing. Her condition is reported to
be fine.
Murphy, former President of
Local IL is a candidate for
Financial Secretary-Treasurer of
Local IL for which election is
being conducted today.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Kengott Now
Married Man
Shop Romance
Reaches Climax

Champion Spark Plug work
ers are on a two week vacation
and taking 1t to good advantage
are AL Kengott and Helen Ball
climaxing a shop romance by
getting married. They took the
vows on Tuesday, July rs in
Angola, Ind.
AL is presently a Guide at
Local IL and a former chairman
of the Champion Unit, affiliated
with Local IL UAW-CIO.
Helen, and AL, first met as
co-workers at the Champion
plant.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28

of the union that paid him
S105 a week salary, plus ex-
penses, as financial secretary.
On the eve of an election to
replace him with local officer
holding the title of financial Sec
retary-treasurer, Gray slipped
into federal court in Detroit and
attempted to enjoin the election
and tie up the local funds.
The injunction was in charact-
er.
It would have made impossible
a free and democratic ballot by
the rank and file to choose a
new officer competent enough
and healthy enough to keep. the
complicated machinery of their
union in motion.
The democratic processes Of
the union seemed unimportant
to Randy Gray.
1t was Gray who poste
notices in the dues office, when
he was, the boss" of the dues
office clerks, threatening to fire,
without formalities or meetings
about same" any girl who enter
ed room without an appoint
ment, or without knocking.
1t was Gray whose verbal
abuse so incensed the dues of
flee clerks that they protested
about it.
The clerks rewarded this anti
union, undemocratic, and dis
courteous boss by going out
on strike in support of him whe1
he rushed off to lawyers office
to testify against the union that
was paying his wages.
Although Gray had time to
testify, to issue statements, and
to create disturbance, he
seemed not to have time to do
his job.
He was so far behind that two
international auditors, appoint
ed to clean up behind him, have
only this week been able to give
the membership local financial
report for January and February
and to promise complete reports
for March, April and May
(Which will be printed in the
Journal next week..
These were the financial re-
ports his duties required him
to give the membership every
month.
The injunction was obtained
at 11:18 Wednesday morning in
the federal court of Judge ThoR1-
as P. Thornton No one from the
union was given a chance to ap-
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Square Dance
Tomorrow Mite

The first of what possibly may
be a series Of free dances will
be held tomorrow Saturday
evening in Parlor A at Local IL
Hall, 425 Winthrop st.
1t will be round and square
dancing and free to Local IL
members. The dance is being
sponsored by the Willys-Over-
land Unit Flying Squadron.
The dance will be from 8 pm.
to IL am. with music by Charles
Gommersall, a member of Ack-
lin Stamping Unit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
DoehIer-JarviS Unit
Accepts New Contract
H allied AS
Outstanding
Anywhere
BY PETE ZvARA,
~ ~@At
international Representative
Die Casting Dent. UAW-CIO

Die Casting Dept, UAW-CIO
An overwhelming majority
of Doehler workers, employ
ed in the Corporations plants
at Chicago, Toledo, Batavia
and Pottstown, have just ap-
proved their n wv five-year
term Wage Agreement. The
/, referendum vote of the men,
,, bership was ordered by the Ma
tional Doehler Council after it
had completed negotiations with
management representatives that
lasted the better part of three
months. The National Doehler
Council hailed the new agree
ment as zone of the outstanding
wage contracts anywhere" and
\, warmly recommended approval.
The new Doehler agreement
Was also hailed by top officials
of. the UAW-CIO as model
agre e m en- t." Vice President
Richard Gosser, director of the
UAW1CIO Die Cast Dept, as
well as other International Of
ficials commented highly on the
new agreement.
Mr.. Gdsser himself took direct
part in the negotiations on the
} Pension and Welfare programs.
81 sincerely believe" Mr..
Gosser declared after the Pen.
sion and Welfare programs
were agreed upon by Union
and management representa-
tives, 'that the Doehler agree
ment is one of the best, if not
the best contract in the entire
nation"
Wage Agreement
The new Doehler agreement,
nodded upon the five-year GIN.
contract, provides wage increases
to the Doehler employees rang
ing from &c per hour to 81 C per
hour. The cost to the Company
is estimated at more than 19c
per hour. The basic provisions
of the wage agreement with re-
spect 10 wage increases are as
follows:
1. There is a general wage in
crease of &C per hour for all en-
ployees.
2. All Mechanical and Mainte-
nnce Division skilled employees
are granted an additional SC in
crease for this year.
Continued on Page Two
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
CampersOnA Air
Every Saturday Morning,
LocoI II Summer Comp
Program
PersonaI Interviews
Over
Station WABJ, Adrian, Mich.
from $3.50 am. to 8 am. and
Station WTOD, Tole d o on
Friday, at 7:45 pm.
Dues Hours

The dues window at Local IL
Hall is open from $50 am. to
6 pm. Monday through Friday
Members are asked to keep in
mind that the office is closed on
Saturdays.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Tries To Enioin
Local Election

Randy Gray according to two top-fight professional
accounts, didn't know great deal about running the fl
nancal affairs of Local IL.
He left those in incredible mess, they said.
But he to know how throw sand in the gears
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
Howard Cuteher New President
OF Toledo Industrial Council
Delegates Also Elect Richard Gosser
TO Toledo Full Employment Committee

Industrial Union Council body the CIO
Toledo elected president at the meeting held Monday
night at the TIUC Hail. GIL Huron ST.
45 delegates representing Toledo shops cast ballots
with casting ballot Howard
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28

The hour, the pressure, the
battles in meeting, the plan
ming even the series OF
nightly radio talks he made
- all took their toll. They
may not have C used his
death; they surely hastened
it.
Howard Seren was a com.
mitteeman in the old Logan
Gear Plant in Toledo in 1886,
and was one of the organizers
of the plant in 1884, before
the CIO.
He helped swing the plant
into the UAW when it was
still a member of the old Fed
Grated group.
When the CIO began or
ganizing industrial unions in
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
Church NeUS
DEVOTIONAL
BROADCASTS

The following radio religious pro-
grams, sponsored by the Washing
ton County Council of Churches, and
furnished through the cooperation
of Radio Station WEI and WARK
are scheduled for next week:
WEI, Monday through Friday
1915 a. m, Morning Devotions, con-
Quoted by Rev. Fir. Simmon Kenny
WARK, Monday through Friday
6:2O p. m, "Vesper Thought" con-
Quoted by Rev. FIR. Charles Dausch
WARK, 1.-THE Minister Comes Call
ing" 100 pm. Monday, Rabbi En-
nest Conrad; 1870 pm. Wednesday
Rev Gerald d. Kaufman; 1:30 p
m. Friday, Rev. Carl E. Myers.
WEI, Saturday, loo p. m. To
morrow's Sunday School Lesson.
WEI, Saturday, $3.50 p. m. Sat
urday Review of Religion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
Keedysville News

The junior choir Of st. Peters
Lutheran Church will present the
following program on Sunday eve
ming; Solos-In Church, by Connie
Norris; Response Song, by Della
Eaton; God is Everywhere, by Wv
ian Meats; My Garden, by Clifton
Smith; We're Little But We Count,
by Wayne Thomas; The Boy Jesus,
by Norman Edelbrute; duet, Don't
Forget the Evening Prayer, by
Joann and Mary Edelbrute; readings
by, Vivian Meats, Della Eaton, Joann
and Norman Edelbrute, and Clifton
Smith.
Rev, Donald Stonesifer, pastor of
the church, will conduct the devo-
tions, and Mrs. A. H. Snively, pianist
for the group, will play, as a pre-
Jude, Savior Like a Shepherd Lead
Us. Mrs. Robert Thomas is the choir
director.