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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
rd Smashing Year For PInskOn Workers.

and 49 was well over 500 Of your total assets Cup
pose your total assets today somewhat higher But
even than the earnings Of our Company is very re-
spectacle, to put it mildly.
What About The Workers?
All these figures naturally enough, make our heads
swim Most of realized how wealthy our Com
pany is. How could we? After ALL Mr. Bggers our earn
ings-speakng of the Plaskon plantdo not reflect the
same kind of increases Especially if we take into con-
sderaton the cost of living.
AS you well know, with the exception of some of our
skilled maintenance workers. production people
ranging anywhere from S13715 per hour to ST
per hour In these days of high prices high rents and
everything else, Mr.. Biggers, that isn't much
But to make it worse despite the incredibly
full years of Company you want to take part
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years time, our Company earned the magnificent sum
of $35 1872, $4,000. That's lot of money Mr. Biggers.
1t is opinion also Mr.. Biggers, that the stock
holders of Company-some II 985 of them owning
total of 2557 901 shares between themough to be well
satisfied And believe they satisfied since year
after they have been getting fat dividends from
L-OF.
L-OF Very Profitable
Of course realize Mr. Biggers that 1948 and 1949
not the only profitable years that you L-O-F
president boast Of Just to make this account
did little checking and know what I'm talking about
For example, way back in the roaring twenties -
1927 1928 and 1929 to be exactyour net profit
to about $85 million True enough in 1891 and 1882 you
took plunge and want into the hole to the tune of ST.
995 1873 But you quickly made that up when in 1888 you
back with net profit $4 200 542 And since that
time, with the exceptions of the years when you had
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

and Mr.. FISCHER Is Fresloent
of the Central Labor Union,
AFL.
Out To Sideline Taft
The register to vote drive is
aimed primarily to sideline Sem
ator Taft, co-author of the no
torious Taft Hartley Act Mr..
Ballard said, It is up to labor
and the ULC to prove that work.
ing people are against Taft for
his reactionary position against
labor.
He said that all shop union
officers will be contacted and
asked to make a survey in their
plants on how many of the work.
ers are not eligible to vote un-
less they register. A campaign
will then be launched to have
every eligible voter registered
before the registration deadline
on March %.
Conduct Survey
Mr.. Ballard said he was in
formed that Kenneth DeLong,
Manager of the Toledo Joint
Board, Textileleather Union,
CIO, is now awaiting arrange
m n 8 to be made with the
Board of Elections to check the
registration of their members.
The membership, Mr.. DeLong
reports, are divided in a card
system by Ward and Precinct.
The Board of Election offices
will be open to 9 p. m. on the
last four days of registration
on March Is, 20, 81 and %. Up
to those last four days the Board
of Elections office at 217 Su-
perior Street is open to 4:30 p.
m. on week days and to IL p. m.
on Saturdays.
All workers living in Town.
ships in Lucas County must reg.
ister to vote it was announced.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
P|askon Co. Walks Out
On Contract Negotiations
Pressed Steel
Skilled Group
To Meet Mar. I0

Skilled workers at the Toledo
Pressed Steel plant will meet
with the northwestern Ohio
Skilled Trades Council on Mar.
18 at 10 a. m. in room 421 at
Local IL, 425 Winthrop st.
Frank Johnson, president OF
the Council said it is important
that the executive committee at
tend this meeting inasmuch "as
we have arranged to have an
l n t e n ational Representative
from Brother Gosser's staff of
the international Skilled Trades
Department, to talk on prob
lens of skilled groups" He
added that the Representative
assigned by' Richard Gosser, In
ternational UAW-CIO Vic G
President will suggest remedies
for existing problems.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
Union Awaiting
Word To Renew
Talks On Issues
Piekefs On "a Hour
Duty At Both Plonts

The management of the Plas-
kon Company walked out on ne
gotiations which were being held
last Monday, it was announced
by Felix Szyanski, chairman OF
the Unit, which is affiliated with
Local IL, UAW-CIO.
The issues In the strike since
Jan. 80 are premium pay for
Saturday and Sunday the rota-
ton of shifts, dressing period
and an adequate pension plan"
! No Progress
The Unit chairman said that
no progress has been reached on
negotiations. The Plaskon Com
pany seeks to eliminate the pre-
mium pay and insists on rotat-
ing shift, and wants to eliminate
the dressing period and differ
ential hourly pay for second
Continued from Page 2
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to pay the surplus profits Uncle SAM you've been
on the upgrade
To illustrate this point Bit in 1945 you showed
net profit of only So 949 But in the following year
OF l946 you hiked this by than 1907 to the
of S6308 487 In 1947 you did much better During that
year you jumped to net profit of 1173076. have
already cited your figures for 1948 and 1949 don't
have to repeat them But, you must admit those were
indeed, handsome returns your invested capital.
Net Earnings Pay For L-O-F Many Times Over
The figures checked Company shows that
In 1882 that total assets of LOF amounted to S33056
ITO. You Mr. Biggs in 1948 and 1949 alone your
net earnings amounted to almost So million than
our Company worth in 1892
However, l know that 1882 bad year So, let
us take later year. In 1945-just five years ago-the
total assets of Company $57,087 689 Even if
take that figure, Mr. Biggers your net earnings for 48
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
AWBC Meets
TomorroW
To Be Held In
Local IL Hall

The annual membership meet
ing for the members of the
Automotive Workers Building
Corporation will be held at 2
p. m. on Saturday, tomorrow
March IL in Parlor A at Local
IL, UAW-CIO 425 Winthrop st.
The meeting is for nomina-
tions and election of officers of
the AWBC and consideration OF
amendments to the code of reg
.ulations and articles of incorpo-
ration of the AWBC, and the ac-
quiring Of additional acreage
for the retirement farm and
other business which may come
before the members at this
meeting.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

GUST RAITZE General
Maintenance: "a worker having
20 years of service is entitled
to a decent security. Not only
that but it also would make
possible jobs for younger men
who now are running the streets
looking for job. The pension
plan in Toledo is the answer to
future security and will make
available jobs for the younger
generation. To me it is security
not only for us older workers
but for the younger men who
all should be for it, too, because
it will fit into their shoes when
they get older"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
Unions Solid
Against Robertson
Lobor-Curb Bill

WASHINGTON GPA)-Rep-
resentatives of the AFL, CIO
and Rail Brotherhoods all testi-
fled against the Robertson Hoff-
man bill to subject unions to the
antitrust laws. The measure
would put the federal courts
right back in the business OF
breaking strikes, they argued
and government by injunction
would replace collective bargain
ing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

chairman; vice-chairman and
secretary.
Declination date for the posi-
ton of executive committee
members and other contested
offices has been set for Friday
(tonight) midnight. Incumbents
on the executive committee are
Tommy Gray, Stanley (Rocky)
Rokicki, Claude Nadeau, Roy
Sautter, George Teatsorth, Le-
roy Casey Stengel, Bob Sc
ger, Charles Kahle and Pat
Linthicum.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Eleanor Ba1ly Gust haltze
ELEANOR BALY, Inspector:
''The age limit should be low
cred to so or SIS for women and
so for men. ! like the area pen
sion plan and particularly the
clause which states that in case
a person changes employment
the years of working credit can
be taken along. 1t simply is fine
because a worker when chang
ing employment would not have
to start all over again for pen
sion credit"
SOPHIE LASKY, Assembler:
"The age limit is too high and I
think retirement at go for men
and so for women would be rea-
sonable. The plan suits me fine
and we should not give up until
it is granted to the workers"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

are forced to quit before having
20 years of service and reaching
the age limit of IS. 1t would be
break for many of the women
who are forced to work by be
ing widow or to support in
valid husband or members in a
family"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Dolores Morelan Frank Raabe
FRANK RAABE, in charge of
Automatic Department: "I have
worked for 3S years in this
plant and believe it is too long
for a person to work. The pen
sion plan should call for age
limit of so years for retirement
and working credit lowered to
20 years. ! would say, have re-
tirement compulsory at IS but
to make it a worker has to have
security and a right to live de-
Gently. But, who can do it un-
der the present Federal Social
Security Benefits. 1t also would
make possible jobs for many
good men who are forced to
stay at home due to lack of
jobs"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Dear Mr.. Biggers:
e. group of us striking Plaskon workers just got
through talking about your financial statement to the
stockholders of Company and to the general public
incidentally, say our Company" because, in sense
we feel that we too made at least small contribution
make your recordsmashing year possible though
the you and your fellow officers consider
pretty much like unwanted orphans.
But, to get back to the point want you to know that
all of us striking Plaskon workers appreciate that the
profit of $40 985 DOL 90 that Company earned
last year certainly nothing at The profit
for 1948 of 338 90 corker too You see Mr.
Biggers it makes striking Paskon workers bit
when realize that in the short space of only
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Hall, AS Winthrop st.
Ray Vale is incumbent vice.
chairman, Dave Seretsky, Sec
retary and Gus Schwachen-
waldo, treasurer.
COusino Unopposed
Also unopposed for reelection
are Bob Cousino, welfare chair
man, Loretta Schillinger, secre-
tary of welfare and Andy Jones,
vice chairman.
Several candidates will seek
the position of entertainment
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Sophie Lasky Tillie Peterson
TILLIE PETERSON, Assem-
bier: "We should all carry the
fight with the Plaskon workers
and support them as much as
we possibly can because after
all they are fighting our battle
too. That shouldn't be forgotten
by us workers. / would like to
see the pension plan on a ma
tional pattern.
DOLORES MORELAN, As
sembler: ''The age limit is too
high. | believe many women
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
WHY'S Unit Top Officers
Unopposed For Reelection
Annual BaIIofine TO Be Held On
March I7-I8 At Local Headquarters

Members of WHY'S Overland Unit of Local H. UAWC1O
recognition to their top officers for fine work assuring
the reelection for the 1850 term All unopposed for
election
Homer Avery chairman will be his seventh term
the election held March II March 8 Local IL
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
NLRB Continues To Probe
Charges By UAW-OO In
Auto-Lite LoekIand Plant

Seven weeks after the runoff election was held NLRB
Field Agents continue probe charges hurled by the UAW
CIO Auo-Lite Department against the Favored
Lampworkers Collective Bargaining Association and the
Electric AutoLite Company, at Lockland, Ohio.
UAW Vce-President Richard Gosser, Director of the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
State C|O Also
Maps Campaign
Registration For May Primary Closes Mar. n;
Board Of Election TO Remain Open To P. M.
Estate CIo Story on Page p

The United Labor Committee, representing all seq
ments of labor in Toledo and will concentrate on
drive to have all eligible members register to VOTE
was announced by Cocarmen Charles Ballard and Frank
Fischer Mr. Ballard is Director of Region 2-B UAW-CIO
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
Union journal
Inquiring Reporter

The Union Journal Inquiring Reporter this week In
terviewed members of Tilloson Carbureor Unit of Lo-
cal H. -CIO. The question again is 'What is your
opinion of the Pension Plan?"
Here are the answers of the six members interviewed
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

man. Mary Miller is secretary
and Chester Davenport, treas
urer.
Continued from Page 2
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
ULC A||-Out For
Registration Drive
8 More Local Il Units
Elect Officers For 1850
Others Have Sehe eduIed Elections
This Month TO Be Held In Local

Eight Units, affiliated with Local IL have officially
submitted election results this week to Howard Seren,
President of Local H. UAW-CIO.
Having completed balloting are Peerless Nodded Pas-
tics Superior Spinning Burt Foundry DeVibiss Ransom
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Peerless Nodded Plastic Unit
named Walter Boggs, chairman
and Harold Olsen, vice chair
man. David Amer is secretary
and Glen Estes is treasurer.
Named to the committee at
large are Ruth Stump, Al Tu-
cholski and Al PAGER.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10
Superior Spinning

Heading Superior Spinning &
Is t a m ping is Al Wolfinger
Myrtle LaForge is vice chair
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

Mr.. John D. Biggers, President
Libbey-O -Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-10

& Randolph, Air-Way, Ack
lin Stamping and E. w. Bliss
plant 2.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
2Veterons, Architect Team Up
In SoIur-7ype House Project

in an out-of-town brewery being
torn down. The price per 1000
bricks was below the going figure
here.
They also spent some time find
ing the best buy in items such as
oak. parquet flooring and knotty
cedar panelling. Costs were fur
ther cut by planning in advance
for an assembly-line operation of
various steps in building.
But don't get the impression
that the houses have that as
sembly- line look. Each unit has
been placed on its lot a little diff
ferent from the others, so that
the overall effect is one of variety.
Mr.. Goodman stresses that the
construction quality is equal to
the $4,000 and over house.
Mr.. Burman recalled that when
he decided to strike out for him.
self in the building business last
year, he visited many housing
projects around Washington.
Nothing pleased me until I
saw the Hollins Hill development
below Alexandria. I asked who
the architect was and was told
it was Mr.. Goodman. I made an
appointment to see him and that's
about how we got started" he
explained recently.
The Hollins Hill houses con-
tain three bedrooms and the price,
accordingly, starts at $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-02-25

Two World War II veterans
and one of Washington's out
standing architects have teamed
up on a Wheaton (Md0 project
that promises to make housing
news in this area.
The veteran builders are Paul
Burman and Paul Hammond, who
make up Hammond Homes, Inc:
the architect and engineer is
Charles M. Goodman, and their
operation is Hammond Hills sub
division, 20-unit project on
Viers Mill road.
They are offering tWo-bed-
room, solar-type home, IS by SO
feet in size, at a figure under
$11, 900. Mr.. Goodman calls it
"the largest two-bedroom house
on the East Coast"
To really appreciate this claim,
one has to step inside. You will
be struck by the unorthodox CELL
ing-not to mention such Good
man touches as glass walls and
a huge fireplace at one end. The
ceiling is sloping, following the
angle Of the proof. It's plastered
and with sufficient air space to
keep the house insulated.
This type ceiling does two
things: Cd it adds to the "big-
ness" of the house and 90 it
helps cut down costs.
Other cost-savers included use
OF secondhand brick. Mr.. Bur-
man recalled that he shopped
around considerably and finally
located some 150-year-old brick
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Building Congress
Oyster Roast
Tickets GoFost

Tickets for the annual oyster
roast of the Washington Building
Congress Friday are going fast,
Chairman w. r. Lockhart said
today.
The event again will be held
in the MayfoWer Hotel ballroom
at $50 pm. Entertainment will
be provided.
Head of the entertainment COM
mite is William F. Nelson.
Other committee members are
Jack T. Beamer, John P. Bubb.
Alan Cassidy, Paul Easby-Smith,
jr., Robert Gaylor, Frank H.
Haines, Hunter Harrison, Harold
H. Hill, William C. Jones, William
K. Karsunky, William LaBille,
Charles Maloney, jr., J. P. Mar
shall, Edward Mealey, M. j. Memo
cal, Robert Minte, Maurice r.
Palmer, Paul j. Ragan, Erwin T.
Simon, Louis Streiter, Kurt Sum-
dell, F.. M. Thuney and Fred Tropp.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
1949 Mortgage Total
Shows Slight Decline

Mortgages of under $4,000
made in the Nation last year
reached total of S11 ,828, 900, 900,
the Home Loan Bank Board an
nounced today.
The total is confined to recorded
non-farm mortgages, the bulk of
which were to finance purchase of
new and existing houses.
The 1949 figure almost eoualled
the all-time peak of 1948, the
board said. Last years total was
just five-tenths of per cent below
1948.
Showing an upward trend
started last summer, recordings of
such mortgages in December were
II per cent above December, 1943.
The board explained the slight
1949 decline as due to an per
cent decrease in mortgages fl
nanced by commercial banks and
a 5 per cent drop in recordings by
individuals.
Recordings for life insurance
companies, on the other hand,
rose 3 per cent, while activity of
miscellaneous lenders increased 13
per cent.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
District Rental


The District Housing Center
1400 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
received 207 housing applications
last week, a drop of nearly 100
from the week before.
Of the total, 1874 were new and
27 were reapplications. Persons
seeking dwellings amounted to
1876, while IL sought rooms.
In the same period, 1874 dwell
ing units were listed for rent and
So rooms added to the registry.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Contest
Continued From Page BID

project are Mrs. Elizabeth ORA per
and Mrs. Donald Detwiler, of the
Southeast Citizens Association.
Mrs. Detwiler is known for her
leadership in a campaign last
summer to beautify homes in the
900 block of G street Sc.
A number of older homes in
the area have been remodeled or
restored in the last few years.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Apprentice Mosons
To Vie in Philadelphia

The 1850 national champion
among apprentice brickmasons of
the country will be selected during
the AFL union labor trades expo
sition in Philadelphia May 6 to 13.
The second annual contest is
sponsored by the Bricklayers, Ma
sons and Plasters International
Union.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Site Plans Being Dropped
For HOUSING in Ohio
SpeeioI Dispofeh 10 The S,o,

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Pierre M.
Ghent, Washington land planning
consultant, is drawing up site
plans for $500 housing units in
three large scale projects in
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincin-
natl, he said today.
The Cincinnati project. to have
about 1900 units, is being spon-
sored by Jonathan Woodner, Inc,
of Washington.
, 1950-09-15
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, 1950-09-15

job as manager Of the Rural
Electrical Division and who
has recently been given the
additional responsibility Of
managing the system control
led BY the Authority, with a
view to making the reduction
for the benefit Of all, and for
which all would be grateful
, 1950-09-15
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER is, 1850

GuuOTfal
FOR LOWER RATES
AFTER PATIENTLY paying the prices charged BY the
ST. Crox Power Authorityfor electrical energy, the time has
come when a step must be taken to re-examine the scale and
reduce these charges. While we are not in possession of facts
and figures to be able to tell to the exact penny exactly what
should be charged for current per klowatt, it is safe to saw
that certainly there can, and most decidedly should be a re-
duction in these rates.
HE AVERAGE consumer is a person or family of aver
age means, and the amount Of energy used is determined by
the cost, SO that the higher the price the fewer the number of
hloWattS used. 1t would serve the Power Authority well to
study the situation in the light of these facts, and certainly an
advantage would result in reducing rates, for then consumers
would be encouraged to increase the amount used.
SOME / ago we had occasion to call the Authority's
attention to the fact that industrial users should not be brr-
dened with the same rate as private families and individuals.
A plant, for example, might have need to use many pieces of
machinery, and these may run many hours at a time, so that
by the end Of a ~thirty-day period the volume will have scared
approximately ten or more times that of the Individual. Yet
the Authority has not seen it fit to make the proper and eouit-
able adjustment. To begin with this seems to be poor business
practice, for everywhere people can buy at wholesale prices
it the required volume is ordered, or used, as the case may be.
But not SO here, and industrial users continue to be penalzed
TOT tnat Is truly the effect.
The St. Croix Council put itself on record as opposed to the
present high rates by petitonng for a reduction of the rates.
1t seems that the Council was just being polite in giving the
Authority an opportunity to assert itself and take definite ac-
ton. Ordinarily there could have been direct legislation which
corrected or adjusted certain matters to which the Power
Authority must conform, but the Council, preferring not to
make changes in the basic law, thought instead that a petit
ton would bring to the attention Of the Authority the serious
ness OF the situation and create a response.
THERE SEEMS to be no way out, and the Power Auth
oriy would do. well to go over the situation again, this time
with the help Of Nicasio Nico, who has been doing a good
Evening star., 1950-04-02

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