Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-05-27
STEVE ]. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497, uAW-CI0

Workingmen, who are almost
daily deciding whether or not they
should Join a union - whether or
not unions are worthwhile, would
do we'll to consider these words
written by teenage high school
student.
Labor Unions are natural or
ganization of the people to better
themselves. Every man desires to
better himself but most men need
guidance to attain their goals. The
3 labor unions extend to their mem
bers the means of bettering them
selves.
"By raising The working and the
living standards of the masses of
the working people, the labor
unions are raising the working and
the living standard of the whole
natio.
'sDThe labor unions are Interested
in the social problems of the peo-
pie. They are interested in the
hours, wages and working condi-
tions, and even the housing condi-
tios of their members. They show
respect for the individual and
deal fairly with him."
wilma Louise Reno,
Elwood City, Pa)
Unions won 629 out of 695 rep
resentation elections conducted by
the NLRB during the first three
months of 1855. Over 72 per cent
of the workers who voted in these
elections cast their ballots FOR
UNIONS.
Nominations were made for Lo
cal 497 election of officers at our
membership meeting last Sunday.
Members elected to serve on the
Election Committee are Andy Dem
chak, Ray Eberly and Robert
Koonce. Alternates are John Yur-
ista and John Donich.
Even with the nominations, Elec-
ton Committee election and many
matters of business to attend, we
were finished and adjourned the
meeting by $50 pm.
The Election Committee has
made the following announcement
for the information of those mem
bcrs who were nominated for of
flee:
Acceptance of the Office for
which you desire to run MUST BE
IN THE POSSESSION OF TILE
ELECTION COMMITTEE NOT
LATER THAN 900 PM, JUNE l,
1855. Enclosed with your accept
ance must be your signed state
ment concerning Union Election.
TEis statement may be obtained
from Recording Secretary Calm or
the Election Committee. Failure to
include this statement with your
acceptance will leave your NAME
OFF THE BALLOT.
The Ohio CIU Council is notify
ing the Secretary of State to pre-
pare additional petitions for use
by the CIO in order to place the
question of higher unemployment
compensation on the November
ballot. Because so far the LegiSla-
ture has given no indication of
seriously considering the request
ed changes contained in the CLOS
initiative petition bill.
According to Ohio law, the spon-
sors of an initiative petition have
80 days from the time the initiated
bill has been before the Legislature
for four months to obtain the
necessary additional signatures to
put the question on the ballot.
The 90-day period on the initiat-
ed bill started to run May 18th.
You'll be hearing more about the
initiative petition situation later!
What this country needs is not
a working majority, but majority
working!
SEYMORE DICK had the un-
usual pleasure of having two DEER
grazing in his back yard, reports
Cyril Wesley.
LOWELL SCHUTT is the proud
father of baby girl, weighing 8
lbs, 4 ozs. His wife and new daugh-
ter are both doing we'll in Me-
mortal Hospital, Fremont. Oar Con-
gratulations and best wishes to
Lowell and his fine family.
Ex-Li'l Godfreys To Get Big
Checks. Behind tae Coast-to- Coast
headlines on Arthur Godfrey's fir
ing of six members of his cast lies
an unpublicized union story, lead
ers of AFL and CIO television
unions reveal. Without warning
Godfrey fired singer Marion Mar
lowe, Hawaiian dancer Haleloke
and the Mariners quartette (along
with three writers).
Not many years back the six
performers would have been out