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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1951-03-16

events; we might even talk
about some action taken by
our City Fathers, but as a
rule we have paid scant atten-
ton to the routine affairs and
actions - or lack of it - in City
Hall.
So, we plead guilty" But we
hurry to add that we intend to
correct this situation. Actually,
those of you who read the Union
Journal most likely noticed that
in our last issue we inaugurated
new column - this one, dedi-
Gated to City Hall affairs. 1t is
our aim to cover, as broadly as
possible, the activities OF our
city government.
Unfortunately We are a week
ly paper and as such do not
have the space to do an adequate
job. But we'll do our best and
what more can anyone ask?
DEFORE WE LEAVE this topic
- we would like to say to you
. our readers - that the sue
cess or failure of this column
will, to large measure, depend
upon you. For no one can tell
us better than YOU what YOU
think City Council ought to be
doing. Let us know. About any
and every little thing. Adequate
garbage and rubbish collection;
the placing Of a badly needed
traffic light; the d a m a e d
streets; sidewalks, alleys in need
of repair; the removal OF GER
tain trees; proper drainage in
swampy areas and q host OF
other problems that you might
be faced with but can't do much
about - let us In on it. We don't
want to tell you that we shall
60 rushing out to fix the bumps
and fill up the holes on the
street in front of your house, but
you can bet your bottom dollar
that we shall call these things to
the attention of the proper city
agency and see that the COM
plant is corrected or know the
reason why.
So, there you have it. Let us
hear from you. It'll be fun for
both you and someone in our
city government.
4 4 X
TTY COUNCIL VOTED a sal
~ ary of $4,000 for the new
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1951-03-16

garded group OF alternateS.
These people are afraid
of Vice President Richard T.
Gosser of the UAW-CIO, ac-
cording to the Blade.
So in terror of Gosser are
they that they won't even over
ride his opinions.
'sMr. Gosser, who runs the
union with a dictatorial hand,
has demonstrated that he has
absolute veto power in the LMC,
whose members are afraid to
incur his displeasure," the Blade
declared.
Among the people, the Blade
claims fail to think or act in
dependently out of fear of Cos
ser are:
Msgr. NJ. J. Doyle; John d.
Biggers of Libbey- Owens-Ford;
DR.. Morton Goldberg; Harris
Macintosh of Toledo Scale; Jules
Lippman of Textileather; Gideon
Spieker of Henry J. Spieker
Company; Rev. James F. Nc
Elroy, Judge Amos Conn, Dean
C. K. Searles of TU, and Mayor
Ollie Czelusta.
The EDITORIAL is one in a
series apparently designed to
kill the LMC entirely. An
earlier one, belittling the LMC
and it's effectiveness, claimed
that Gosser was the obstacle to
more productive operation of
the Committee.
(The Blade had spent SUBJ
stantial sums, outside of Toledo,
to praise LMC and its dramatic
record in settling labor-man-
agement disputes and to cite the
tremendously impressive drop in
manhours lost through disputes
because of the LMC).
Paul Block, Junior, publisher
of Toledo's daily press, had only
one really important encounter
with the LMC. In a wage dis
pute with group of his union
employees, Block found the case
before an LMC panel for q rec
ommendation.
The recommendation was mild
enough. But Block went into a
tantrum over it.
Praise for LMC in TOledO's
newspapers has been hard to
find ever since; but editorial
condemnation has been plenti-
full.
Gosser was q labor member Of
the panel handing down the rec
ommendation that SO upset Paul
Block, Junior. From being a
close personal acquaintance,
Gosser promptly found himself
transferred to a Public Enemy
in the Block newspapers.
Gosser and the LMC have re-
mained Blade targets ever since.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1951-03-16
BIude HurIs New Insults
At Full LMC Membership

OF the
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hzens COMMITTEES
member wi
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1951-03-16
This Week In City Hall
Soliciting Complaints For City Hall {
A New Department For Union Journal

DERHAPS THE most frequently expressed criticism OF
The Union Journal the charge that don't devote
enough space what is happening in City Hail. There s
of course grain of truth in this charge True
enough while devote space to local political
Evening star., 1951-05-28

Mansfield White Buck Shoe
A thrifty shoe that sacrifices Moth
ing in comfort or appearance.
Smart white buck with thick,
bouncy rubber sole. A shoe for the
young mind at all YMS
stores. SIl.S5
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I'VE sat on the floor and we
sang and sang. He was happy
then. We started back. The Ko-
reans, they carried him.
'"On the way he told the story.
They were outnumbered and could
do nothing more. The Chinese
came in and this man was
wounded. He said one of these
Chinks ran up and shot him while
he laid on the ground. He shot
him in the arm and leg. He had
been shot before in the other leg.
He could not walk. So he
played dead. After, when the
Chinese went. he started to crawl
not on his belly, but on his back
and backward.
"He could not say how far but
next day the Koreans found him.
They took him and fed him
in dugout. The women washed
him. They washed his clothes.
But l think they tried to help
his wounds. They treated him
like baby but he could not eat
their food. It made him sick.
That's all I know, for they
sent him back fast"
Evening star., 1951-05-28

BOstOnian FOOtsaver Shoes
BoStonian'S best eaSy-flttlng
comfort and long years of service
in a tWo-tone shoe for summer.
Slip on a pair . . and say hello to
pleasant walking :. day-long COM
fort. S2I.45
Evening star., 1951-05-28

which she asked and suggested
that if she had further questions
I should be glad to discuss them
with her.
"On May l8 I had telephone
calls from Mr.. James Bennett.
Director of the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, and Mr.. Gerard Shea,
Director of the Board of Public
Welfare. I explained to MI. Ben
nett the purpose of the instruc-
tions and its effect on informa-
tion which National Training
School would receive. He was en-
tirely satisfied. Mr.. Sheas call
was to the effect that he had
been contacted by the press.
simply suggested that we had pre-
viously discussed the matter and
recognized together that some in
convenience and handicaps would
result in some cases, but recog-
nized the limitations of the law
and would try to work it out. He
read to me statements by Mr..
Gray and Mrs. Miller and asked if
he should release them and ad-
vised that ! would not object.
Reports by the press during my
absence from the city indicated
that the court staff, or at least
some members of it, were not ex-
ercising sound judgment and dis
cretion in accordance with my in
structions to the director of social
work. While it has always been
customary for staff instructions
OF this sort to be handled through
the director, I felt that this situa-
tion required that I meet with the
staff personally. Therefore, on
May Is, I met with the staff and
explained to them that they had
Evening star., 1951-05-28

injustice in the use of an indi-
vidual's record as a juvenile. In
my eight months service in the
court before her March 10 order
was issued. all Of my experiences
with the FBI and the military
accrued to the benefit Of the boys
or men who were being investi-
gated.
In this connection it should be
remembered that police records
are not confidential. They show
juvenile arrests. The record Of
arrest is a bald. damaging >fact.
Unless the child's behavior In
the months and years after an
arrest can be shown. he stands
marked as a perpetual delinquent
unwanted by the armed forces
or in any other responsible posi-
ton. At no time during my ad-
Iministration has an FBI agent
nor a member Of the military. in
spected" a social file. I have
always found such investigating
officers willing to accept my word
about the disposition which the
Juvenile Court made of the po-
lice charge as well as my ex-
pressed belief in the child's fit
ness for military service or other
work.
This has enabled youths to VOL
unteer who otherwise would be
barred by their unexplained po-
lice record. Since the March
ruling a number of 17-year-old
boys who wanted to enlist have
experienced great difficulty in
clearing their police records be-
cause I could no longer talk with
the Army. Navy and Air Force
recruiting officers. Since the early
winter. the judge has been in
formed of my working relation
ship with the FBI and the mill
tary and has known that ! have
had no reason to believe that
| information was being miSused.
! I have often asked her TO pro-
duce a single case known to the
court where information was used
to the detriment of the child
She has never given me such an
example. On the other hand.
have given her many examples OF
the unnecessary hardships created
by her order.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

was crushed into the medics foi
evacuation.
This story was told by the
Greek officer who found him, Mai
IP. PanGelis Kalamakis of Athens
operations officer of the Greek
battalion.
I'VE went into the village of
Paegan just below the Imjin at
1890 pm. Saturday." the major
said adm, in halting but Understandable
"A Korean ran up and shouted
He pulled our sleeves. We fol-
lowed.
I'VE went in and saw this Eng
lishman. He could hardly believe
He was thin, pale and hairy"
He said nearly as I remember
For this moment, waited. ]
prayed to God you'd come
Then he cried.
Then he began to laugh and
wanted to make him happy. ]
started to sing to him. sang 3
song OF yours, Bless En- All
He knew some words-Enplisl
soldier words. They were some.
thdng about Bombay. 1 don't re.
member them ALL"
Evening star., 1951-05-28
BY John Rondolph

ASscetufed press war %ofrespondeNf
WESTERN FRONT, Korea, May
28.AHelp reached Britain's lost
1st Battalion of the Gloucester
shire Regiment-but it came a
month too late for all except one
dazed and unbelieving survivor.
He was Pvt. Lionel Essex, Eng
liSh rifieman who crawled away
from the bloody battlefield the
night of April rs. and hid with a
kindly Korean family for 80 days
A Greek patrol found him Satur-
day night in a pouring rainstorm
With the exception of the 4s
men who fought their way back
from the trap last month, he is
Evening star., 1951-05-28

counsel requested OF Mr.. West ad-
vice on these matters. To date no
answer has been received SO far as
I know.
ALSO ON April 6, ! wrote to
Judge Holtzof acknowledging re-
ceipt of his order, restating the
courts position with respect to
records and further stating:
"'I am not unmindful that in
formation from the records of this
court has previously been made
available to military authorities,
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, probation departments of
other courts, social agencies and
perhaps others. Without discus
sing the merit or desirability Of
our making information from the
Juvenile Court records available to
such agencies, I feel that it is not
permissible under the statute. The
confidentiality of our records is
not a matter of policy or admin
istrative discretion but rather one
of statute.
"'I have been working for some
time on procedures to clarity this
whole situation with respect to
records of the court. 1t is my
to seek statutory author
ity for making the records of any
person available to the probation
department of any court upon a
showing that such person has been
convicted in that court subsequent
to his involvement as a juvenile.
It would then be our policy and
responsibility to protect a person
from record only so long as
he did not make for himself an
adult record
II am sure that you appreciate
that, changes of this sort cannot
be brought about without roper
both from within and
without. There are problems in
volved, however, which only those
Of us who are most intimately
with the operation of
this court can fully appreciate. I
earnestly request your indulgence
and assure you that your cooper
alton will greatly assist me in
working through the problems to
our mutual benefit and satisfac-
ton"
"On April 8. the Courts Assist
ant Corporation Counsel and I
had a further conference with
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Social Work Director Quits Juvenile Court

over period Of years the whole
matter had gotten out of hand.
Further discussion was had
with Mr.. Shea on March /. Ac-
cordingly, in the early part of
March of this year / talked~with
Judge Laws about the matter,
particularly with respect to the
burden which would be placed on
the United States District Court
if the statute requiring an order
for inspection of Juvenile Court
records should be strictly followed
We agreed that the only way to
see the effect was to try it. There
was agreement. too. that the rec
|ords and social files were separate
and that a District Court order
would affect only the official
records.
Following my conversation
with Judge Laws I discussed the
matter with the director of social
work and the assistant corpora
ton counsel assigned to the court
and advised them of my intention
to issue instructions to the staff.
"On March 10 l issued general
instructions to the Court staff.
"On April 4. I had telephone
call from Judge Holtzof with re-
gard to probation officers of the
District Court being unable to
get social information and records
of the Juvenile Court for pre-
sentence investigation purposes.
I advised Judge Holtzoff of my
earlier discussion with Judge Laws
and suggested that the three of
us could discuss it further. Judge
Holtzod stated that this didn't
seem necessary. Thereupon he
issued a general order on April s..
that all records and case
histories of the Juvenile Court be
made available to probation off,
GERS of the District Court upon re.
quest. -
Asks Advice on Issue.
Il requested from the Courts
assistant corporation counsel adj
vice as to the validity OF such a
general order on the ground that
it would tend to enlarge the
statute by court order. also fur
ther requested advice as to the
statutory authority to include
social files in such an order.
by special confidential mem
under date of April 6,
the courts assistant corporation
Evening star., 1951-05-28

certain discretion within the limits
OF my Interpretation and instruc-
tions and invited them to bring to
me any specific Questions on which
they had doubts.
Needs Further Legislation.
1T is my opinion that much
OF the present controversy has
been created by failure on the part
OF the Court staff to understand
or to follow with reason the in
structionS which have been given
This does not represent the whole
answer, as am convinced that
clarifying legislation is required
This can and will be effected only
through the cooperative efforts o1
the courts and the agencies con-
cerned. My statements have not
heretofore been to the press be.
cause I do not believe that public
controversy solves problems of this
sort. Pending the passage of the
necessary legislation. it is my re-
sponsibility to administer the Court
in accordance with my interpreta-
ton of the law as it is now written
subject, of course, to proper judi
cial appeal, bearing in mind that
the Juvenile Court is court and
not an administrative agency, and
it must operate within the liInita-
tions of the law.
To-day, Miss Helaine Todd has
submitted her resignation as
director of social work and I am
accepting it forthwith. ..
cat the same time, I am ap-
pointing Mr.. John Larkin to the
position of supervisor of proba-
ton and acting director of social
| work"
Evening star., 1951-05-28
|Scherer Contempt Trial
| OPENS in District Court
sy tho Assoeio,sd Press

Marcel Scherer, who has beer
described as lone of the Oldest and
most trusted members of the Com
Imunist Party" went on trial to-
day on contempt of Congress
charges.
The case is being heard by Dis
Itrict Court Judge Burnita s. Mat
|thews without a jury.
Scherer, 81, faces a 52-count in
Idictment based on his refusal tc
answer questions put to him by
the House Un-American Activities
Committee last summer.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Continued From First Page


a memorandum pointing out a
number of areas in which the
court was not following the law
One of these areas was with re-
spect to transmission of reports to
the Board of Public Welfare prior
to hearing of cases in court.
Subsequently, conference was
held by me with Mr.. Norman and
Mr. Grey, assistant corporation
counsels, and Mrs; Morris, assist
ant corporation counsel assigned
to the. court. There was a thor
ough discussion of all the legal
points raised in the memorandum,
including that of advance trans
mission of reports to the Board of
Public Welfare. and it was agreed
that compliance with the law in
the areas mentioned required
changes in practices and pro-
cedureS.
Following this conference,
Immediately made all of the
changes recommended, and with
particular respect to the reports
that the Board of Public Welfare
had been accustomed to receive,
a conference was held in my Of
fee, in October as I recall, at
which Mrs. Robin Miller and Mrs.
Alice Smith represented the Board
Of Public Welfare. The courts
social work director was also pres
ent. At that tiine, I explained
to them the recommendations
which l had received from the
corporation counSers Office and
my concurrence in them. recog-
nized with the boards represent
atives that there would be situa-
tions in which they might be ham
dicapped to some extent and Mrs.
Miller expressed an understand
ing and appreciation of the courts
problem in this connection. The
practice of advance transmission
OF records was discontinued as of
that date. There was continued
some verbal exchange in particu-
lar cases. 1t was agreed that we
would cooperate in trying to
work the problems out.
Further Discussion Held.
Without any formal instruc-
tions from me to the staff, the
problems of records and release of
file information continued to
come up. and it appeared that
Evening star., 1951-05-28

the only known survivor of some
600 Britishers who battled for two
days after they were surrounded
by two Chinese corps.
The rest of the battalion, ex-
cept for some who must have been
taken prisoner were also found
yesterday-still lying in the hill
trap or scooped into shallow
graves by the Chinese.
At the foot Of the hill was the
Wreckage of the battalion
vehicles and equipment-burned
trucks, wrecked Bren gun carriers
scattered ammunition and
smashed machineguns.
Pvt. Essex, who had been shot
in the arm and leg by the Chinese
Evening star., 1951-05-28

assigned a stenographer to record
her presentation. This was done
in order that I might have the
Judges exact definitions as a ref
Ierence in handling the details OF
any change of policy both within
the Social Work Division and with
community agencies.
Remark Objected.
When the judge heard Of this
she ordered the record destroyed
and further refused to give me
a copy of her prepared statement.
It was her opinion that did not
need to have a record of her re-
marks as a reference because she
wanted all questions referred to
her in order to locate where the
stupid" replies from the court
we're coming from.
1t was this remark which lead
to my questioning Judge Cockrill
about what she meant. learned
that she considered all Of the
recent publicity over her secrecy
order to have been aroused by
the way we, in the Social Work
Division. had acted to antagonize
community sources. At the same
time she took this position she
defined her idea of a referral OF
i a case as set forth in my letter
of resignation.
After this conversation, I hao
no choice but to resign. The
Social Work staff has been pa
Itient. long-suffering and extreme
lily ethical in its endeavors to obey
the secrecy" ruling since it was
first issued March 10. I coulo
not permit Judge Cockrill to cast
blame where only credit lies fol
faithful carrying out Of orders
Repeatedly, staff members have
asked Judge Cockrill, through me
Ifor specific instructions as to what
reply they should make in par
ticular instances.
She has, therefore, directly de-
termined what should be said tc
others. In a number Of instances
Judge Cockrill herself has replied
Ito agency requests for informa-
ton. Her own statements in these
replies are proof of what has beer
court policy. In view of this,
could not be party to a knowledge
that she intended to take a posi-.
ltion that there was court-createe
misunderstanding within the com.
immunity while simultaneously pre-.
iparing. to enforce an unchanged
land limiting order.
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Judge Laws, at which time ]
agreed to cooperate in getting
Legislative authority for. furnish
ing case histories in certain sit
uationS.
subsequently, on April IL,
Judge Holtzoff on his own initia-
tive modified his order to include
only official court records and a
procedure was worked out for
Icertification by the District Court
clerk of pre-sentence investiga-
tion orders under which official
Juvenile Court records may be
inspected by District Court pro-
baton officers. I
after several discussions with
the Director of Social Work on the
matter. she requested that I make
further Qualification for the
Courts staff. This I did in a
memorandum of May /. The Di-
rector stated that this seemed to
CLARITY the matter and subse-
quently asked my permission tn
mail copies of the May / memo
lrandum to various agencies in the
community. Meanwhile, as ques-
tions from the staff came through
the director to me, I advised her
that there should be a distinction
between making an investigation
or study, or making contacts
necessary for court supervision
and disclosing information from
the records and files, and that the
staff should exercise sound judg-
ment and discretion in making
such q distinction.
Answers Specific Question.
ION May II. letter from Capt.
Milliken addressed to the director
Iof social work was referred to me.
Il answered the specific questions