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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-02
Good Terrace Culch

A goo6 mulch to hold a new
terrace is made by cutting waste
grasses or hay with field forage
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

an additional one per cent in
crement for each year of cover
age.
An. additional six points for
which CIO will press we're an
nounced by Committee Chairman
Emil Rieve, head of the Textile
Workers. Included are changes
in HR 5000, the House approved
bill, to- liberalize qualifying re-
uuirements; reduce the permis-
sive retirement age for women
from 65 TO so, increase total
disability insurance payments,
and add adequate rehabilitation
provisions; include temporary
disability insurance, guarding
against contracting out" to pri-
vate insurance companies; ad-
equate public assistance pay
ments.
Also, the CIO committee voted
TO continue pressure for national
health insurance and improved
unemployment insurance under
federal auspices.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

federal old age insurance bene-
fits,
The CLOS Social Security
Committee, meeting in Washing
ton last week, voted to propose
the new scale of benefits at
hearings opened Jan. II before
the Senate Finance Committee.
The House has already passed a
bill increasing old age and sur
vivors' benefits, and making
other changes in social security
coverage and the nature of the
programs.
Here's how the CIO proposes
the pension be figured: benefits
should be based on the average
monthly wage in the income
earners best five consecutive
years-with a ceiling income of
$4,000 a year on which social
security taxes would be paid
Benefits should equal so per
cent of the first 500 of this
average monthly wage plus 20
per cent of the balance up to
the total of S400 a month, with
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

by creating security among
our working people" Mr.. Okun
declared, I'VE will bring peace
and harmony in our labor re-
lations and an incentive to-
wards greater production. Every
one knows that satisfied work
ers produce much better than
workers who are belligerent and
dissatisfied.
II was also suggested by one
of the audience that the work
ers ought to contribute towards
the plan along with the com
panies. Mr.. Okun pointed out
that in actuality the entire pro-
posed sum is contributed by the
workers since, If they didn't get
the pensions, il would mean a
direct wage increase. This way,
instead Of getting a wage in
crease, the money is set aside
for pensions, thus all of the
money is contributed by the
workers.
Prof Thompson from Toledo
University discussed the develop
of pensions while Mr. Paul Rout-
song, who is head of the YMCA
in Toledo. acted as moderator.
The meeting was held in the
First Congregational Church on
Ave.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

look upon their workers as hu-
man beings-these are the
humanitarians - or as mere
machines or even as simple work
horses. The last group are the
so-called hard boiled business
men
But no matter how business
men regard their workers, they
ought 10 treat them properly
and provide for them Those
who regard their workers as
human beings should treat them
as such; provide pensions for
them. Just as they privide pen
sions for themselves.
THE others should remem-
Der that they, too, provide for
the retirement and replacement
of their machines. And the last
group ought TO remember that
old horses are generally re-
tired TO pasture for the rest Of
their lives"
Although, we are told, the
arrangements committee made
every attempt TO get someone TO
oppose the Area Pension Plan,
no one volunteered for the job
Mr.. u. coryell. teacher at
the Maumee Valley Day School,
spoke from the point OF view
OF the public asking questions
rather than opposing the plan.
Mr.. Coryells main fear was
that the Area Pension might
impose undue hardship on local
business firms, thus putting
them at disadvantage in com
petition against firms in other
areas.
Mr.. Okun answered these
fears by pointing out that a
strong pension program means
added security for the working
people, thus making happier
workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
Collectively Speaking
BY NORMAN MEILINK

MY NEXT JOB was in a
AVA grocery store. Gee was l
happy. They had horse and
wagon. Here was a job where
| didn't have to take the place
of a horse. This place really
gave me horse and job.
Here are my working g
hours; 5 AM. to anytime
from $50 to 1000 at night.
Five hours on Sunday. The
Sunday hours were to catch
the kids going to Sunday
school and get their pennies
before they got there. Right
across the street there was a
drug store; he was also open
on Sundays.
Well, my wages were four
bucks week. That was bet
ter than the other job. A buck
a week more. Longer hours,
and l had a horse and wagon.
On the other job, l was the
horse. No oats and 3 bucks
a week. Well, it looks like l
am in the dough now.
This is the way you start
the day. You walk about 10
blocks through the snow up
to your neck. BY the time you
get down to the store it is
just about 5 AM. All that is
ahead of you is the darkness,
no street lights; in fact. no
streets. Well, you unlock the
barn, water and feed the
horse, and clean out the stall.
Now you are set to go to
work for the grcery store.
SO you unlock the store,
build the fire; while the store
is getting warm, you sweep
out and then wake up the
boss, if you haven't already
done it. Well, after he has had
his breakfast, he comes down
stairs and I go out and har-
ness the horse, hitch the wa
gon, and park him in front
of the store. Then the Boss
wife comes down to take over
the store, the Boss goes to
market.
We had three grocery
routes. Well, l start out the
first route on foot, take or
ders from door to door, no
telephone; what's the use?
They had me and | had the
horse and wagon. When | fin
iShed my orderS-first route,
l worm myself back to the
store. BY that time the Boss
is back from the market. /
leave my orders, and start out
on the second route by foot.
The Boss's wife put up the
orders / have just brought
back from the first route. The
Boss takes the horse, my horse
and starts out on the third
route; / am still on my second
route, l hope l don't get all
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

mixed up. Now I am back to
the grocery store with the or
ders from the second route,
don't forget, the Boss is still
out on the third route. / hope
you follow me. The Boss's
wife has just finished filling
the orders on the ones ] had
taken on the first route. Now
the Boss is back with the
horse and wagon with the or
ders from the third route.
How are you coming now?
Now is my turn to take a
crack at the horse and wagon
so we load up the wagon
with the orders for the first
route; boy, sure am going
to town. Now | have the horse
and wagon. While | am gone,
the Boss and his wife puts up
the orders for the second
route.
Well, here l am back again
now it is time. to eat; so
put the horse in the barn,
water and feed him-I don't
clean the stable out till the
next morning. Now while the
horse is eating his oats, the
Boss and his wife are filling
the orders for the third route.
Remember the orders the Boss
took when he used my horse
and wagon? don't remember
when / ate, unless it was the
same time that the horse did.
Now l go out to harness the
horse, hitch the wagon, load
up and start out on my Sec
ond and third route. Well, in
a couple of hours l am back
from my third route. This
route was the longest of the
three. Anyway l made it the
longest.
Back to the store again, l
unhitch the horse, put him,
or her, in the barn, water and
feed him, make him a nice
straw bed, and tuck him in
for the night. | go back in,
sweep up the store, get rid of
all the boxes and the rest of
the junk, look out of the win
dow and it is still light, only
about 4 hours to work. What
will / do now? 1 still don't
remember if | had my dinner,
and it is almost supper time.
Don't forget, boys, | am get
ting 4 bucks a week, now.
don't know now if l have miss
ed any deliveries, ! am a little
mixed up myself. If / have,
will hear about it in the
morning. No telephones; l
should worry. Yes sir, 4 bucks
a week, l am in the clover;
No Union dues, no Income
Tax; No Toledo Tax; No Old
Age Pension; and NOBODY
TRYING TO SAVE THE PAY
ROLLS.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

down to common sense, No poll
tician can challenge him be-
cause they are scared of him.
Other highlights about the
talk:
For my money Block can go
to hell The Blade made delib-
crate mistatements of fact in
the suits against me.
Toledo has been called a one
union town. What's the Blade
yelping for? It's one paper town.
Every effort will be made to
publish the full text of the
speech by Mr.. Gosser given at
the Local II meeting in next
weeks issue of the Union Jour
nal.
Pete Zvara, Asst. Dir. of the
Die Casting Dept, addressing
the meeting just before Mr.. Cos
ser took the floor, laShed out
against the monopoly press in
Toledo and pointed out how
impossible it was for labor
unions, or anyone else opposed
by The Blade and The Times,
to get their points of view across
to the public.
81 have been around this town
for twenty-five years" Mr.. Zvara
declared, but during all that
time there wasn't a single in
stance when The Blade or The
Times took the side of the COM
mon people. They have always
opposed US and fought us on
every issue"
"Mr. Block paul Block, Jr.,
publisher of the Blade and
Times) has convinced himself
that he is Mr.. Big himself in our
city. And, continued Mr.. Zvara,
"he is big as long as he contin-
ues to use his newspapers to ar
rogantly brow beat anyone who
does not cater to him and to
his whims and fancies. This un-
fortunate situation will continue
as long as the people of Toledo
will put up with it,"
Mr. Zvara also pointed out
that the newspaper monopoly
that Mr.. Block holds in Toledo
is quite profitable. Advertising
rates in the Blade especially is
considerably higher than in sim
liar newspapers throughout the
state of Ohio.
"Why shouldn't these rates be
high?" asked Mr. Zvara. After
all there is no other paper in
town to challenge them"
Mr.. Lowell Goerlich, the local
attorney who represents the
UAW-CIO and Mr.. GoSser in
all pending suits, was first to ad-
dress the large audience.
Anyone can sue anybody"
declared Mr.. Goerlich. But that
is a long way from being guilty.
The courts will determine that,
not the newspapers or anyone
else.
Il would suggest" Mr.. Goer-
Itch continued, that you people
who make up this organization
stick with your leaders and con-
tinue the fight for your program.
1t is good program, worthy of
every effort, every sacrifice on
your part.
"AS far as the various law
suits are concerned, don't worry
about them. Most likely it'll be
years before the courts will de-
eide those cases. BY that time
all of you should be enjoying
the fruits of your victory-a
good area wide pension program
and much improved social Sc
curity benefit payments. Above
all ask you: Don't condemn
your leadership just because
some people-most of them your
enemies-would like to have you
do so -
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20

ii the NOullCll IldppSu q UlOdu,
speech, predict that 1850 will
be the year of final and complete
victory for liberal, progressive
government"
APPLAUDED Secretary of
Labor Maurice j. Tobin for his
warm words of support for Pres
ident Truman's State for the
Union speech. Said Tobin, This
message was a magnificent re-
statement of administration poll
Hcy, and so we'll framed that it
left the opposition little to say
on its merits. So little, in fact,
that it. drove Senator Robert A.
Taft to misquoting poetry, and
other Republicans to misquoting
themselves"
ADOPTED a resolution hail
ing the Presidents message as a
declaration of i n d e p endence
with security"
IFarmer-LabOr Unity
SHOWED it wasn't fooling
when it talked farmer-labor un-
ity by giving a resounding wei
come to Murray d, Lincoln,
president of the Ohio Farm Bu-
reau Insurance Companies and
the biggest name in the farm CO.
operative movement. Lincoln,
deploring the real estate lobby s
fight against cooperative hous-
ing, sought CIO support for the
proposal. The Conv e n i o n
promptly adopted resolutions
demanding co-ophousing as well
as low-income housing and re-
tention of rent control. 1t also
pledged its continuing support to
the cooperative movement, and
instructed its affiliates to seek
out and know" their farmer
friends in the communities,
pointing out to them the ClO
was their. common ally in the
fight to make the city and the
countryside free from fear, want
and misery forever,
LivingstOn's Prediction
HEARD Jack Livingston, Vice
President of the UAW, predict
that there would be Union
shop in General Motors follow
ing the coming elections.
I HEEDED the suggestion of
William Lavelle, Assistant Leg
islative Director of National CIO
and former Secretary Treasurer
of the Ohio CIO for back home
movement to remind federal leg
islators of the commitments and
platform pledges.
TOIedOans Reelected
The following are the II Vice
Presidents elected by acclama-
ton:
Paul John, Automobile Work
ers, Cleveland
Richard Leffler, Automobile
Workers, Columbus
EdDard Roman, Automobile
Workers, Toledo
William Donovan, Director,
District 28, United Steelworkers,
Cleveland
l. w. Abel, Director, District
27, United Steelworkers, Canton
Paul RuSen, Director, District
%, United Steelworkers, Steu-
benville
Cyril Babione, Oil Workers.
Toledo
Harry Scott, Glass Workers,
Toledo
William ID, Richards, Rubber
Workers, Barberton =
Ernest Poynter, Rubber Work
ers, Dayton
Robert j. Davidson, CIO Re
gional Director, Cincinnati
Beryl Peppercorn, Manager,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Joint Board, Cleveland
Arthur Hartmann, Associate
Manager, Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Joint Board, Cincinnati
Robert Elsner, Electrical Di-
rector. IlJE. Mansfield
William Conner, Utility Work
ers, Philo
Charles Saranita, Brewery
Workers, Cleveland.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
Attorney Defends
ia AWPensi0nPrOgra,,
Area Pension Plan Defended BY
M. L. Okum At YMCA Tohn Meeting

Before we'll attended YMCA Town Meeting M. l.,
okun local attorney boldly defended the UAWCO proposed
and much discussed Area Pension Plan.
Mr. Okuns approach to the subject direct rather
convincing "Busnes executives declared GENERALLY
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
Social Security
Payments Up To $I62
Proposed By CIO

WASHINGTON (LPA - Monthly pensions for retired
couple from $50 S62 month depending on earnings
spelling out social security proposals
Congress The would at least double
and perhaps the being paid In
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
Sas Stick ,.."e :" It's PENSIONS S..,&, S".
CIO Ohio State Convention
Elects ; ToIedoans To Office
Roman. Scott. And Babione Elected
Vice Presidents BY cIo Delegates

CINCINNATI Ohio-Plaeing top emphasis on the need
for an a-out political action job in 1885, the Ohio CIO
Council concluded its 18th Constitutional Convention JAN
Is at the Hotel Gibson here.
In four days convention the Council mapped broad
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Federal EmpIoYe Rescued
After ; Days in Snow
BY the Associated Press

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Dec. 7.
"A United States Labor Depart
ment investigator was rescued yes
terday after spending three days
and two nights in his stranded
car with temperatures ranging to
20 below zero.
He is J. Donald Meyer. Hos
pital attendants say his condition
is good despite frozen toes and
feet.
Mr.. Meyers car struck a snow
drift and stalled in an isolated
area Monday.
Il had about half ham sand
wich with me when I got stuck,
so I rationed it out, a bite at a
time, to myself" he said. when
I got thirsty, I ate snow. But
I didn't dare do this too often
because it was so cold my lips
were freezing"
Three trappers found him We'd
neSday.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Board OF Trade Hears
Author John 7. Flynn
AssaiI Administration

John T. Flynn, author, threw
everything he had in his we'll
stocked store of invective at
the Truman Administration last
night, as he characterized the Ma
tion's leaders a group of little
men trapped in their own blum
ders and perplexities."
Mr.. Flynn was the principal
speaker at the annual meeting of
the Board of Trade in the May
flower Hotel. His denunciation OF
the Administration brought re-
peated applause from the trade
group.
He declared:
1--WE must rid ourselves of the
notion that we have settled any,
thing very solidly by settling the
Korean crisis. That is merely an
incident in the far greater and
more terrible crisiS-a crisis which
involves not defeat on foreign
battlefiields but the loss of free
dom at home, the erection of a
monstrouS government here in
Washington and the ultimate col
lapse of our civilization.
Would Drop One World
Mr.. Flynn said he was for
abandoning this whole wretched,
pretentious clap-trap about this
being one world"
The first and most arresting
challenge before us as Americans
is to save. not Korea, or Commu-
mist China or socialist Britain or
socialist Italy or half socialist and
half-Commu11ist France, but to
save our own free America" he
declared.
Mr.. Flynn said the United States
is being led down the road to
statism, to paternal government
and to socialism.
II realize it will require heroic
effort to reverse our course" he
said. But, I insist that our first
effort must be to throw off the in
tellectual intimidations imposed
on us by a collection of foggy-
eyed internationalists and revolu-
tionary intellectuals and crack
pots"
Sees One Good Result.
He said the present crisis in
Korea has produced one good re-
suit.
1T has caused our State De-
partment to begin to suspect the
good intentions of Mr.. Stain, :"
he said. Also it begins to look
as if Mr.. Mao Tze-tung Com
munist boss of China) has tinge
of Red in him. He is no longer
looked upon as just an agrarian
reformer, like Mr.. Brannan (Sec-
retary of Agricultural.
Even our distinguished Sec
retary of Disaster and Chaos (Sec-
retary of State Acheson has got
himself into a perfectly decorous
snit at the ungentlemanly manner
in which dear old Uncle Joe and
Mao TIE have behaved"
Dues Raised.
The Board of Trade meeting
also heard a short progress re-
port from Lotion S. Wesley, chair
man of it's education committee,
and adopted several changes to
its bylaws.
The bylaw changes jumped the
dues of individual members from
SIS to $25: of firms from $50 to
$50 where two representatives are
named and $25, instead of SIS,
for each additional representa-
tive. Members in arrears three
months will be dropped. whereas
the old rules allowed year of
grace.
Thornton w. Owen, president
Of the trade group. presided. Stu
dents from American University
presented entertainment, which
consisted of skits showing the life
at American University campus.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29
Some 10000 Negroes
Ineligible for Public
Housing in Chicago

CHICAGO = fANP)-A survey
made by the Public Housing Ad-
ministratlon a few months ago
revealed that some 10000 Negro
families are now Ineligible for
public housing, because of excess
income. and must be evicted.
The Chicago Housing Authority
reports that anywhere from one
third to two-thirds Of the fami-
lies now living in Stun areas de-
signed for clearance have incomes
too high to make them eligible for
subsidized public housing.
According to DR.. Frank Horne,
assistant to the Administrator Of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency in Washington. the Negro
population. limited and restricted
by their low income and social
status, have additionally been
neglected by private developers.
The housing needs Of this group
at all income levels have never
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29
Bourd To Decide On
Admitting Negroes

WASHINGTON = (ANP)=At
its meeting. scheduled May IS,
the board of trustees of George
Washington University will dis
euss the question of admitting
Negro students to the university,
This suggestion will be consid-
cred at the request of the GNU
student council which adopted a
report last week asking that the
school revise it's policy of exclud-
ing Negroes from classes.
The student committee report
pointed out that a change in adj
mission policy is desirable from
'an ethical as well as from prac-
teal viewpoint of eliminating the
divergence between American
democratic ideals and American
practice"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29

on Flowers new venture, the Rev,
Roland Smith, chairman Of a spe-
cial committee on this issue, said
We don't believe any local or
ganization led by any local individ-
ual in the state Of Arkansas can
supplant the NAACP and the
contribution it is making in win
ming complete citizenship for the
Negro. and we refuse to follow
any Negro who attempts to under
mine the influence or destroy the
work of this organization"
The Alliance also pledged its
allegiance and support to the
NAACP for the courageous leader
ship given the race"
Bolstering the idea of his new
group with fiery language, Flowers
told the Brotherhood Day gath
|ering:
I'VE must establish the beach
heads of brotherhood by following
up the long-range advances with
local efforts by local people. We
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29
Teachers Denounce
|NAACP Splinter
Group In Arkonsus

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - tANP)
Preachers Of Little Rock last
week denounced the recently an
nounced splinter "NAACP" group
to be formed by Harold Flowers,
Pine Bluff attorney recently ousted
as president of the Pine Bluff
NAACP.
Without mentioning any names
the Ministers Alliance of Little
Rock adopted q resolution declar-
ing the ministers support of the
NAACP. The resolution denounced
-:any group or individual who at
tempts to disrupt or destroy the
one organization which has done
more than any other organization
except the Christian church to
protect Negroes"
In the meantime Flowers used
a Brotherhood Day meeting of the
Omega Psi Phi fraternity to TAXI
the stump for his planned group
which as yet has not been given
a name.
Flowers and all Pine Bluff Off
GERS were ousted by the national
headquarters of the NAACP be-
cause of gross neglect Of duties
specifically including the refusal .t<
turn over s63s-25 in membershir
dues collected in 1919. In january
1919. Flowers was ousts7 as head
of the Arkansas State NAACF
for the same reason- gross neg.
lect of duties"
Giving the Alliance viewpoint
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29
Housing Coop
PROPOSED Detected

WASHINGTON = lamp =
President Truman's domestic Fair
Deal program got another black
eye last Wednesday when the
House of Representatives defeate''
the middle income" cooperative
section of the omnibus housing bill.
After the coop proposal was de-
feated by a 21s to 155 vote. the
House passed the remaining por-
ton Of the bill by a vote of $751;
toto.
The Houses action followed a
similar action by the Senate last
week. The move to strike out the
middle income" section was led
by Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott (R-.
Mich) and was supported by a
coalition of Republicans an d
Southern Democrats.
The defeat of this section of the
housing bill will impose a terrific
hardship upon a number of Negro
families whose incomes disqualify
them for housing projects and still
they do not have a sufficient in
come to merit the high price
housing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-03-29
Our Armed Force

A special 32-page Armed Forces
Day presentation in the Negro
magazine Our World" win fea-
lure the life of Negro troops at
Fort Lewis, Washington. Public
Information officials at the Fort
announced today.
Our World" publisher, ]. p.
Davis. supervised the editorial and
Photographic coverage Of the story
as special guest of the Army in
stallation.