Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-23

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of both management and labor
the result will be a wage increase
through the bonus plan.
He stated, eve are eliminating
an outmoded incentive pay system
and instituting in its stead an
hourly rate system, plus bonus
payable every six months. The
UAW is traditionally opposed to
the piecework system and one of
our goals is its complete elimina-
ton in our industries"
The Philip Murray Memorial
Foundation, created to honor the
memory of the late president of
the CIO and the United Steel
workers of America has presented
a gift of $15O,000 for the new Pro-
vidence Hospital being constructed
in Washington, d. c.
Persons of moderate means
will get the best medical diagnoses
and treatment at reasonable ex-
pense", announced Hospital Of
ficials and they further pointed
out that this Philip Murray Clinic
of the new Providence Hospital
will be stated by many of Wash
ington's leading doctors and tech
nicianS.
"The Clinic will constitute
living tribute to a great Ameri-
can and a great labor leader. 1t
will do so by helping the sick
and injured of all races, colors,
creeds and economic status"
CLIO Pres. Walter P. Reuther
and AFL Pres. George Meany
were guests at a White House stag
dinner given last week by Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Workers Return to cIO
The CIO is we'll known for its
positive action against Commun-
lists. Upon finding proof that a
CIO union is communist led or is
adhereing to the communist line
and when members of such unions
fail to take action to d, their
own housekeeping, the CIO has
ousted these Unions.
The struggle did not stop there
and CIO has continued to help the
sincere loyal workers in break
ing away from tie leftist unions
and build a clean, democratic,
anti-communist union.
It's good to learn that CIO Com
munications Workers has won an
election among 1850 employees of
the American Gable and Radio
Co., who were once represented
by the American Communications
Association which was expelled
from CIO in 1949 because its
leaders followed the communist
line.
IUE-CIO has now brought to 5
the number of petitions for elec-
tions sought in General Electric
plants. Workers at Schenectady
and Newark GE plants have al
ready voted to leave the COM
munist-dominated United Electri-
cal Workers which was expelled
from CIO several years ago and to
join IUE-CIO.
Workers at GE's Erie, Pa. plant
are now represented by that same
leftist UE, but the IUE-CIO has
submitted its petition to the NLRB
with 2800 signatures of Erie en-
ployees.
Filing of the petition was anoth-
er move by IUE-CIO to oust the
leftist UE from General Electric
plants.
The coming and passing of
Easter Sunday turned our thoughts
this week to an incident an
act of kindness an example
OF mans humanity toward man.
This story -. we like to think
-. is representative of count
less acts of kindness that 90 un-
noticed in the busy world of
events. Ut happened in Canton,
Ohio and involved boy who was
the unfortunate victim of a tragic
accident.
The boys face was horribly dis
figured by fire. One day the boy
and his mother got on bus near
their home for visit to the doc.
tor.
The twisted features of the boys
face Immediately aroused the SYM
pathy of the other passengers and
the bus driver. AS soon as the mo-
ther and her boy left the bus, the
driver and passengers agreed as
one that something should be done
to help the boy.
Did any of the passengers know
the family, the driver asked. They
did. The driver said he thought