Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-01-06
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497. UAW-Clo

Most workers in this community
enjoyed a few days extra vacation
from their regular jobs over the
holiday weekends and it isn't al
ways easy to return to the regular
work pace But return we must and
by now work and production has
resumed the normal course, with
workers everywhere looking for
word in hope for better year
ahead.
1855 was a monumental year for
labor we must admit. During 1855
the principal of the Guaranteed An
nual Wage was brought into labor
contracts with employers in every
part of Northwestern Ohio. Ouf
position has been strengthened
with regard to pensions, health and
insurance as we'll as many other
benefits
Largely because of better labor
management community relations
in this area new industry is going
up around us. One industrialist ac-
tually admitted this much.
The AFL and CIO joined hands
in labor unity during this year.
We will always remember 1855
as the year that Labor in Ohio tried
brand new experiment - to in
itiate vitallv needed legislation
through the democratic procedure
of the referendum. Issue No.
failed, but left organized labor a
vital residue of experience. Failure
can be a stern but perhaps the
best teacher.
Yes, 1855 was a busy, eventful
year but we look to 1856 IS bet
ter year.
To be proud of progress is ma
tural but organized labor cannot
become smup and satisfied as long
as there are so many people right
here in this great land Of ours that
need better break-better wages,
better working conditions and
guarantee against unemployment
Then too we found this article
that brings us face to face with a
sober reality THERE ARE
FIFTEEN MILLION IN SOVIET
SLAVE CAMPS TODAY. A survey
of conditions in more than 10000
forced labor camps in the Soviet
Union has been released by the
P'lssian refugee press agency in
Frankfurt.
The report states that "recent OBJ
jectives research places the num-
Der OF persons in the Soviet camps
at approximately $4,000, 900, so that
no appreciable reduction has taken
place in the number of slaves since
Stalin's death" Construction work
by forced labor is being carried on
in the islands and peninsulas that
are regarded as forming a military
chain of strategic Importance"
The report gave one note of hope
- Strikes and protest movements
within the concentration camps are
spreading, and news of resistance
in the camps has added to general
resistance against the Communist
Dictatorship"
Ray Hoffman of the inspection
department looks forward to a
birthday this year on Feb. 20.
We congratulate the hundreds of
workers who Just before the New
Year rang in, won in their land
slide vote FOR a Union. We fully
trust and hope that their manage
ment will take the expressed
opinion and desire of these workers
to heart and realize the rewards of
good labormanagement, relations
The workers voice in setting IN
fair working principals and pro
visions is Of the utmost Importance
for the worker knows best what
his abilities and needs really are.
Bob Feller. whose blazing fast
bal brought many dollar into
the club owners cash boxes, is now
throwing some high and hard ones
at tt ov'nors on behalf of his fell
low PLAYERS And Feller and the
rest of our diamond heroes are
acting more and more every day
like darn good Union.
Feller and Robin Roberts of the
Phillies are spokesmen for the
major league players who got tired
of being pushed around by the club
owners several years ago and de-
cided to organize players group
to bargain with the owners.
Some of you sportsmen might be
able to solve this puzzle.
Two fathers and two sons went
duck hunting together.
Each got a good shot Each
brought down a duck. No one hit
the same duck.
For the sake of easy transporta-
ton they each put their ducks into
one big sack. But when the ducks
were altogether in the sack there
were only three ducks. Why?
If you can't solve this riddle you
might contact our great matheme-
tician Harry Chaffin who works in