Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-16

so interesting that this was one
session we hated to see come to
an end. n
Walter Reuther will testify
April 13 on taxes before the SEN
ate Finance Committee. He will
present the CIO position on in
creasing personal income tax
exemptions.
Tom Kinney, Region 2-B Inter
national Representative, is dis
charged from Magruder Hospital
one week and is in Chicago at
tending the Conference the next.
How'S that for faithful devotion
to ones job.
We are glad to announce new
MORNING radio program
EYEoPENER
Starting Monday, April 10
on CKLW at 6:45-7:00 am.
Monday through Friday
The new show will be produced
by Guy Mum, UAW-CIO commen-
tator, and will feature local union
news, activities, personalities,
sports, recreational and educa-
tional events.
You might be able to catch at
least the first part of this show
on your car radio as you drive
to work in the mornings.
Mounting opposition to vicious
proposals On Taft7Hartley has re-
suited in delay. Floor action in
both houses now scheduled for
week of April 26th. The short de-
lay in House action gives us an
ideal opportunity to make our
views known to our Congressman.
CIO representatives in Washing
ton are finding Congressman much
more in agreement that the pre-
sent economic situation requires
positive action rather than moves
to make Taft-Hartley even more
restrictive.
Among the many subjects Gov
cred at the ConferFce were Guar
anteed Employment, Health Sc
curity, Pension Programs, Work
mems Compensation, NLRB, Po-
litical Action, Fair Practices, Skill
led Trades, Education, Communi-
ty Services, Unemployment Com
pensation, The Automatic Factory
and What 1t Means, Publicity and
Recreation and others.
Was able to get in on an Eleven
tn Hour Editors Conferenc
Found copy of the Ottawa Conu-
ty News on display in the meet
ing room and this column was
brought up for discussion during
the course of the meeting.
Joe Verock and Bob Calm made
good Local 497 delegates. They
made every meeting possible and
were intent on work not fun. It's
pleasure to attend with these
fellows who take such an interest
in proceedings. One of my meet
ings lasted until l o'clock in the
morning and hurrying down to the
hotel room. I found that Verock
and Calm hadn't come in. Their
meeting lasted until 2 a.m.-and
it was all union business, too.
We had the opportunity to see
a large Chicago Fire Department
effectively at work putting out the
blaze of nearby restaurant. And
the Salvation Army was quickly
on hand with coffee for the hard
working firemen. Wouldn't you
know the restaurant that burned
was the one we had picked for
our next meal. At the time it was
advertising one-pomd sirl o i n
steak dinners with ak the trim
mings for SIPS, and was crowded
with patrons.
The New York Times observed
recently: "If not another job was
lost and not another person laid
off, unemployment would still rise
in the absence of growth of the
economy.
"The population is growing and
that means the number of persons
available Cor work is growing at
the rate Of 100000 to 100000 a
year. Either the economy must
expand or the unemployment rolls
will"
You recall that President Eisen.
hover made the point that unem-
ployment was still increasing but
might be leveling off.
i
| Walter Reuther said that those
who express qualification tha. 1854
will be almost as good as 1853 lose
sight of the fact that "ours is q
dynamic growing country"
We've got to do better in 1854