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1950-04-01
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This is a part of the erowd of 10,000 Chrysler workers who | The gathering was addressed by UAW-CIO President Walter P. Reuturned out to demonstrate their solidarity in a mass picket line at | ther, Chrysler Director Norman Matthews and Local 7 President Joe
the Jefferson-Kercheval plant in Detroit on Thursday, March 30, | Hattley.
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WORKER
AUTOMOBILE
UNITED
April, 1950
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UAW Is Winning Fight to Give
Auto-lite Workers Fair Election
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LOCKLAND, Ohio—A determined fight by the UAW-CIO®
to give Auto-Lite workers here a fair chance to choose a decent, |
militant Union has begun to pay off as the NLRB Regional Director in Cincinnati issued a report recommending that an
earlier ele¢tion, in which the UAW-CIO was edged out by a
company union, be set aside and a new election ordered.
The NLRB report came as a result of the hard-hitting determination of UAW-CIO workers in the plant and the UAW-CIO
WASHINGTON (LPA)—The
Auto-Lite Department led by Vice-President Richard Gosser.
Workers, |
Electrical
United
UE’S EMPTY
CONTRACTS
EXPOSED
A
tion
bitterly
January
contested
6
run-off
which
elec-?
saw
the
UAW-CIO defeated’ by the Lampworkers’ Association—a
companyunion
scores
which
had
the
support
of
of
company
subordinates
and
AFL
forces
within
the
IAM
and
Metal
Trades
Department
from
units
election.
both the
not
in
UAW-CIO
snowed
IAM and the AFL
fell
but
election,
first
involved
majority.
Immediately
after
short
the
under
in the
a
of
|
people
a
in
conference
Lockland
two
UAW-CIO
The
of the
charges
UAW-CIO
paign, and led
their respective
run-off | the
was
held,| day
ment
before
mately
made
positions
the
30
UAW-CIO
five
Auto-Lite
area
polling
On
separate
Departcharges
after approxiBoard
affidavits with 70 devolunteered
were
supporters.
by
TWO CHARGES UPHELD
In its recommendations, the Regional
Board
upheld
two of the
five points set forth in the UAWCIO objections, and suggested that
one
plaint
point
held
that
be
referred
proceeding.
were:
the
the Company
The
to
a
points
UAW-CIO
com-
up-
charge
permitted Lamp-
worker committeemen and officers
to
roam
at will
throughout
the
plant for a period before the orig-
inal election and prior to the runoff
election in behalf of the Lampworkers for the purpose of electioneering, on company-paid
time
and with company knowledge and
consent; and the UAW-CIO charge
that
the
Company
permitted
a
number of Lampworkers committeemen and officers to check in as’
Uy
election,
that
supervisors and foremen influenced
and coerced voters during the cam-
the
Auto-Lite.
yy
from the CIO last fall
d
ouste
working
while they were actually out of | for zigzagging with the Comthe plant transporting employees| munist line instead of followwho were off duty, laid off, or on
almost
won
policy,
ing CIO
the
for
plant
to the
sick leave,
in
nothing for its members
purpose of voting.
1949, government statisties inThe Board squirmed away from
of
day
the
on
of
the employees
into
departments
on
vote
to
the
of election—in the face of the
and Vice-President Gosser ordered | record that the Board itself chalApfor voting.
foremen
| lenged
the
of
staff
the
organizational
were
30 supervisors
proximately
Auto-Lite Department to carry on
obby the UAW-CIO
challenged
wholefull,
gave
and
fight
the
servers.
hearted support to the UAW-CIO
election
Uf
YW
Yy
Yj
the
the
UAW-CIO
Lampworkers’
company-dominated,
trolled
Board
raised
and
directed,
charge
Association
financed,
and
major
points
to properly
survived
Taft-Hartley Act.
Without
waiting
for
the
two
new
further
Board action, Vice-President Gosser is developing further moves in
this case now, and has set in mo-
tion
the
preliminary
steps
to
launching
a
new
drive
at
the
Lockland Auto-Lite plant, in keeping with his assurances to UAWCIO supporters in the plant.
Motor City Co-op Kid
pacts
81
ing
under
the
the
part,
remain-
—Acme
potatoes
small
were
Wage
all.
category.
Since Jan.,1, the IUE says, the
UE’s record has been “even more
disgraceful.” In January UE negosix
tiated 15 contracts of which
only
for no raises and
provided
failed to
only
and
as seven
four out of nine signed
increases
provide wage
one called fOr as much
cents.
Carey,
B.
James
proof
other
that
while
UAW
in
major
CEDAR
pension
not
is
UE
industry,
large
making
are
unions
gains
only
failing
to}
Out on Vote;
FE Ducks
of the
needed,
were
and
wage
imentally the Christian idealism of America... a man whose
civic stature is well proportioned, and whose American patriotism is unimpeachable... .’’
chairman
IUE’s administrative committee, declared: “These statistics give proof,
if
Reuther .. . a man who knows both intellectually and exper-
workers as much as
In February,
raise.
one gave the
an eight-cent
Wins Cherry-Burrell
diseredited F'E-UE, workers at the Cherry-Burrell Company
here yoted nearly unanimously for the UAW in an NLRB election held March 29, it was announced by John W. Livingston,
UAW Vice-President. and Agricultural Implement Department
of
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
has
organized
®
By
UAW
Drive
KENOSHA—UAW-CIO
a
big
of
bragging
here
is
unionism
where
town
Workers
members
plete
doing} to
ly
anti-union
succeeded
workers
for
against
NLRB
election
east
that
on
the
ceiving
did
had
to
prior
not
desire
twenty-one
eligible
221
and
votes
with
UAW
no
union
had
been
re-
three.
vote
NLRB
The
FE-UE
ballot
of 247
receiving
of its com-
just
it
hundred
out
the
155.
pre-
an intense-| ceded by an internal vote taken at
management
had
organization.
The
years
“
the
Two
Local
FE-UE
repudiation,
appear
in
this}
as com-
formerly
were
in anticipation
advised
mon as Wisconsin dairy products,
reports
Harvey
Kitzman,Region
10 Director.
That chesty feeling comes from}
an NLRB victory at the MacWhyte |
Rope Company—where
of
However,
| the
is
workers
These
Super-Tough Boss
Toppled at Last
°
Richard Gosser, Director of the
UAW-CIO
Die
Casting
Department, announces that the drive to
bring the rest of the die casting
plants
into
the
UAW
has
been
given a big boost by the expulsion
the
for
defeat
humiliating
a
Iowa—In
RAPIDS,
keep pace; it is running backward.
“UE’s willingness to sell out its
members with contracts that provide no pay raise in evidence of a
splinelessness and a_ bloodlessness
Director.
that is becoming more pronounced
every day. Every day in the year)
becomes a St. Valentine’s Day for|
UE as it continues to sign these
sweetheart contracts with employ-|
ers.”
Workers Quit
Mine-Mill to
Join UAW-CIO
Photo.
UAW-CIO President Walter P. Reuther received an honorary degree of ‘‘Doctor of Laws’’ from Boston University
on March 14. Above Dean E. Hettrick of the B U Law
School aids President Reuther to don his mantle preparatory to receiving the degree from Dr. Daniel L. Marsh,
B U President.
The citation read by Dr. Marsh said: ‘‘Walter Philip
paper
IUE
con-
forth, in a broad case comprising
five separate points of interference
with
obtained
boosts
at
Only three agreements called for
raises in the 10 to 15 cents an hour
is
Regional
support—only
increases
wage
eral
that
SHOWS T-H EVIL
effect of
the tremendous
Thus
the Taft-Hartley Act—and the new
“rights” it gives to employers—is
into sharp focus in this
brought
it is evident that alcase, when
set
were
depositions
70
though
substantial
of the}
organ
News,
IUE
The
newly chartered International Un-|
Workers-CIO,|
ion of Electrical
figures to show|
cites government
that of 77 contracts UE negotiated|
in 1949, only two less than half
the total signed called for no gen-}
for the most
indicates.
that the matter
suggested
was one for complaint hear-
ing procedure, in order
probe the charge.
dicate.
in turning
the
|}a
membership
a
when
vember,
meeting
motion
to
No-
last
affiliate
from ClO.
The rank and file of
tried three
times in recent
with
the UAW-CIO
carried
by a
the expelled unions are in open re- IAM
years, but lost every election.
} vote of 187 to two.
volt against their former leaders.
Then
the UAW-CIO
moved
in.
In Los Angeles, Calif., the overLOCAL UNION
A lot of people laughed when we| NEW
whelming majority of the employLocal 1024 was _charyaw-_cIo
got busy with the leaflets and the}
ees of the Adams Campbell ComThe MacWhyte
man-}
pany
have
joined
the UAW
and | house calls.
tered for the Cherry-Burrell workagement
called
each
worker
into
announced
through
their
spokesers following
this earlier meeting
man that they no longer want to the office for a personal lecture on
has
been
exercising
bargainthe glories of a future without
a and
belong
to Mine-Mill.
A_ petition
ling
rights
in
the
plant
since
its
union.
for an election has been filed with
charter
date,
The
new
local had
But when the votes were countthe NLRB
and a hearing on the
ed, it was UAW-CIO
150, to 104/the overwhelming
support of the
petition is to be held on April 5.
| workers.
At the big Phelps Dodge plant in for “No Union.”
Could be they were just waiting
The victory
will hasten the efLos Angeles, where Mine-Mill has
— wanting nothing
forts of workers
in the LaPlantbeen
bargaining
agent
for six for UAW-C1O
Choate
Company
here
to disaffiliyears, a.large number of the mem- lbut the best, you know,
ate from the FE-UE
and affiliate
bers have joined the UAW.
Mine-Mill
squads
in
intimidate
vent
tails
pelled
the
the
them
of
plant
why
from
to attempt
workers
from
learning
Mine-Mill
CIO.
goon
and
pre-
the
was
to
de-
ex-
Petitions
have
been
filed with
the NLRB
in Kansas City by the
UAW
Regional Office for an election at Rupert
Die Casting Company, Injection Molding Company,
and Industrial Products Company.
All three plants are, at present, in
Bella Bethanti, daughter of Ralph Bethanti, Treasurer
of the Motor City Federal,Credit Union in Detroit, claims
to be one of the original co-op kiddies. In her bottle feed-
ing days, she was fed exclusively on a Co-op Milk formula,
which may account for the happy smile with which she
exhibits the product to Motor City Co-op shoppers.
the
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
Work-
ers.
Employees
of the Stewart
Die
Casting
Company
in
Bridgeport,
Conn,, have organized a committee
to disaffiliate their local union from
the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and bring it into the UAW,
5] Westinghouse
Elections Coming
BALTIMORE
(LPA)
—
with
last
election
will
be
the
The
second
big contest between the International Union
of Eleetrical
Workers, CLO, and United
Mlectrical Workers. In the first,
among General
Motors work-
ers, IU
2,528,
one
got
21,167;
UE
local
LaPlant-Choate
union
remaining
regional NLRB director will)
soon set the date for 56 1 elec-|
tions among 55,000 employees
of the Westinghouse Corporation in 82 cities in 13 states, |
The
UAW.
got
nated
area.
in
FE-UE
With
the
in
of
the
the
is
significant
the
size
Commie-domi-
Cedar
LaPlant-Choate
Rapids
con-
tract presently
open, there are
persistent rumors that a sellout
ls imminent
by Charles Hobbie,
UE International Representative,
in order
to close
the contract
and
prevent
an election
which
would bring this plant Into the
UAW also.
Harry
Lehnert, International
Representative of the Agricultural
Implement
Department
staff,
is
credited
with
the Cherry-Burrell
| victory and is in charge of organ-
izing In the area,
UNITED
Page 10
AUTOMOBILE
April, 1950,
WORKER
Daily Program Starled on CKLW in Detroit {
WDET
Stages Chrysler Amateur
Shows
signs are put out every Tuesday *
night at Local 7 Hall as Chrysler strikers and their families
pack the first floor auditorium to enjoy two hours of good fun
‘Standing
Only
Room
row,”
as
the
young
“Stars
people
chiefly from union
play
varied
of
and
Tomor-
old,
drawn
ranks sing, dance,
instruments
in
and
provide
other
of
the
Film Actors Star
|
‘In WCUO Dramas.
programs
by
shows
following
the
Americans
broadcasting
the} dramas
Saturday.
on
at
evening
in
a new
series
of
children.
WCUO
every Monday
7:45.
Produced by the
“We believe,” said Whitey Boyne,
Recreation chairman, “that a strike
is a good time to bring our people
together.
message,
We
but
it’s fun
our
give
for
and
so
entertainment.
much
own
them a serious
the
most
part
talent
members
lies that
Amateur
over.”
We’ve
right
and
are represented.
Melvyn
Douglas
appears
in
ington
the
Carver,
part
fighting
of
Everett Sloane takes
George
Senator
from
W.
Norris,
Nebraska.
UAW-CIO
}
Pat Bork,
juvenile songbird,
|charms Local 7 families
WDET audiences.
and
for
a
full
hour
first
megs
High
praise
has
greeted
‘WCUO—EM
Your AM Dial
(Detroit and Windsor)
7:15-7:30
Subject
P.M.
THE
103.38
On
Your FM Dial
(Cleveland)
6:45-7:00 P.M.
(This Time Subject
to Change)
MIDWEST
CKLW-AM is a 50,000 watt station and can be heard throughout an area covering approximately 75 per cent of the UAW-CIO
membership, including Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, Dlinois
and Wisconsin.
of
HEAR
GUY
NUNN
labor station,
on
the FM
INTERNATIONAL
UNIONS PRAISE
WCUO SHOW
In
FRIDAY
(AM-FM)
COVERING
entertainment with songs and music provided
by
Chrysler
strikers
on
Michigan’s
WDET—101.9
band.
Will Be Heard
THROUGH
OVER
800 On
P.M.
(This Time
to Change)
fami-
we hope to continue the
Nights after the strike is
Saturday
Commentator
CKLW
WDET—EM
101.9 On
Your FM Dial
(Detroit)
6:30-6:45
Local
490’s
Talent
Night
held
April
4
was
also
broadcast
on
WDET-FM.
Listen at 9:00 p. m.
every
News
MONDAY
among
their
GUY NUNN
“LABOR VIEWS THE NEWS”
the}
“Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt,”|
Canada Lee portrays George Wash-
A New
Radio News Period
UAW-CIO
radio
for Democratic
EducaSponsored by the Education and Institute
Americans
series
Recreation
committees of the lo- tion, the Great
cal
the
Amateur
Nights
have jincludes leaders of labor, politics,|
reform
and
science.
Men}
quickly won the warm approval of social
Local 7
strikers,
and
especially and women of all races and creeds|
See box below
|for details,
Melvin
Douglas,
Everett Sloane
The UAW
has extended the| }and other popular movie and stage
| stars portray the lives of great
Amateur
Night |
Detroit
audience
found
‘reach 75 per cent of the UAW-CIO membership,
entertainment.
station
their
Detroit—UAW-CIO launched a daily 15-minute radio news
| program here Monday, April 10, on Station CKLW (AM-FM),
This new program, broadcast from a 50,000-watt station, will
¢
and entertainment.
Billed
BULLETIN
EVERY NIGHT,
FRIDAY
MONDAY
THROUGH
the
WCUO weekly program featuring
presidents
of
International
CIO
and AFL unions at 6:45 every Sunday evening:
O. A. Knight, President of the
CIO
Oil
Workers’
International
.Union, who appeared February 12,
said, “I am grateful for the opportunity
of
broadcasting
over
station and Station WDET
troit.
We are advising all
local unions
in Ohio
and
gan
of this
this
will
may
listen,
broadcast,
and
so
it is our
cause
them
your
in Deof our
Michi- |
that
they
be
more
hope
to
regular
listeners
to WCUO
WDET in the future.”
Jack Costello, son of a Local 7 member, pours out a song.
Listening, at right, is Tony Cassara, Local 7 vice-president.
Local 7 show.
take
this
opportunity,
on
and
behalf
on Your
Union Station
WDET
Listen to
Ohio's First
Labor Station
WCUO
101.9 on FM Band
FEATURES
(DETROIT)
of our organization, to thank you
for this opportunity and rare privilege and I trust that our cooperation
about
in
these
matters
the desired
will
results.”
WEEKDAYS
bring
1:00 p. m—Chrysler Strike.
7:30 p. m.—Washington
Report
with Kaiser-Frazer
Liberal
Commentators Marquis Childs
and Joseph Harsch.
10:45 p. m.—Frank
Edwards,
AFL Commentator.
Jacob S. Potofsky, President of
the
CIO
Amalgamated
Clothing
Workers,
said, “I want to thank
the UAW
radio stations for this
splendid opportunity to tell. your
audiences in Detroit and Cleveland
of the achievements of our Union,
and in particular our Union label
campaign.”
Pilsener on WCUO
A
ery,
hundred
the
pany
of
signed a
spot
per
cent
Pilsener
union
brew-
Brewing
Com-
Cleveland
has
contract for a
announcements
recently
series of
with
WCUO,
the UAW FM station in Cleveland.
Workers in the plant are all members
of the
ers-Cl0.
United
Brewery
Work-
is one of the most popular singers on the
Get It Straight
that
Karl
F.
Feller,
International
President of the United Brewery
Workers, CIO, commented, “E want
to
Walter Mays
Dr. Charles S. Johnson, president of Fisk University, de-
scribed the character of social change in America during
the past two or three years as just short of revolutionary in
an interview on Station WDET-FM, Monday, March 20,
with Richard Marks, Research and Information: Assistant,
Mayor’s Interracial Committe e. Dr. Johnson, distinguished
sociologist and historian, said that the
the world today centered around human
on the ‘‘Community Clinic’’ program
at 9:00 p. m., on WDET, 101.9 on the
greatest struggle in
rights. He appeared
aired every Monday
FM band.
p. m.—Inside
7:30 p. m.—
Special.
Detroit.
UAW-CIO
7:45
p.
Monday
m.—Lest
Sports
SUNDAYS
12:45 p. m.—Rhythm and Reason.
1:30 p. m.—Voice of Labor,
Michigan CIO Council.
3:30 p. m.—It’s Your Life.
5:00 p. m—UAW-CIO Education
Department.
Chairman
6:30 p. m.—Brother
with Local Union officers.
We
Forget.
Wednesday
$:45 p. m.—Police
7:45
7:15
Whistle.
Friday
p. m.—It’s
Your
Life.
Saturday
p. m.—Jacob
“Background
SATURDAYS
6:30
103.3 on FM Band
C. Clayman—
for Thinking.”
WEEKDAYS
DAILY
6:45
p. m.—Labor
Views
the
News.
7:30 p. m.—Washington Report,
with Marquis Childs and Joseph Harsch, sponsored
by
Kaiser-Frazer.
10:00 p. m. — Frank
AFL Commentator.
Edwards,
SUNDAYS
p. m.—Opera House.
. m.—Union Story.
p. m.—The Bible.
LISTEN TO YOUR UNION STATIONS—
WCUO-CLEVELAND, WDET-DETROIT
:
‘April, 1950
AUTOMOBILE
WORKER
Page
.
COLUMBUS — Suit
County Court of Common
was
Under
its Constitution,
allows.
only
the
male
sex,”
ABC?
the | the fire of
participate in | sions, that
“individuals
to
suit.
other
all
Harold
bowlers.
It
is
this
which
discriminatory
has
brought
the
retary
policy,
ABC
under
interviews striking members of Plymouth Local 51
on the daily Chrysler strike program on WDET-FM. With Nunn (far left) are Jack Gibson; William Gerbe, Local 51 president; Helen Withowski; Ternell Whitsett, and Cliff Addis, International Representative. Chrysler Strike Report is aired at 1:00 p. m,, Monday
through Friday on WDET at 101.9 megacycles on the FM band. Buy FM and listen to
your union station.
fast
The
Club’s
ome:
guarantee
fight
CIO
Boxing
show
goes
on
at Detroit’s K. of C. Hall, 4740
Woodward, Detroit, April 21. Matchmaker and Club Coach Patsy Urso
has lined up a card featuring CIO
boxers in 11 bouts. If Brother Urfighters
same
will
is successful, his |
square
boys
who
off against
beat
them
Golden
Glove
Detroit
championships.
Currently
ler
strike
titles
benefit,
will
own
treasury
ences
in
go
have
the
if
the
of
recent
as
a
venge
fighters
shots
in
the
has
Haldore E. Hanson, State Department executive, labeled
Communist charges made
against him by the “‘hit and
run’’ Senator from Wisconsin,
Joseph R. McCarthy, a complete falsehood when interviewed by Joseph Harsch, Kaiser-Frazer commentator, on the
two UAW-CIO FM stations last
month. Both Mr. Harsch and
studio
antics
at Station
WDET—
101.9 megacycles on the FM band—young Eric Dahlgren
sits in on the Bob Crodell disc jockey show. The three-yearold donned BOP spectacles for his ad lib comments and
chatted at length about the merits of popular recording
artists. Eric is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henrik Dahlgren,
1611 Tyler, Detroit. The youthful performer shunned many
of the more sophisticated works, dedicating to himself a
well-known recording of Kee-Mo, Ki-Mo,
Make it a habit to
turn your dial to 101.9 megacycles on the FM band for entertainment as well as the latest labor news.
TIME TO BUY FM—AND HEAR!
}ginning Saturday, April 8, at 6:45
| p. m. Produced by Jerry Sherman,
WDET Special Events Editor, the
new series titled “Brother Chair|} man” will document UAW'’s asser| tion that it is the most democratic
| and dynamic
Union in the world.
| Local union officers will be invited
jto tell the story
of their
local
union’s achievements,
VOICE OF LABOR
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| Union tick, its history and current
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the distinguished news analyst
Marquis Childs are heard Monday through Friday on WDET
and WCUO at 7:30 p.m. The
liberal commentators are sponsored by Kaiser-Frazer.
Local 212, militant eastside local, will inaugurate the new program with President Ken Morris
and Vice-President
Pat
Caruso
as participants,
Other
locals
scheduled
for
April
include Locals 157, 174, 49 and Local 154, All locals in the WDET
reception area will be invited to
participate
in these
programs,
154’s
who
of
differby
may
against
160-pound
five
division.
straight
re-
Golden
include
Grimes,
Lo-
finalist
Grimes
knockouts
in recent battles. Local 212’s sensational young
118-pounder,
Wilbur Menard, also a Gloves finalist,
will
show
the
stuff
which
has
gained him praises
fight followers.
LOCAL
600
from
was
its
charges
members
that
“exclusion
bowlers
from
said
CITED
He
ing
Detroit
STAR
Appearing
also
will
be
Leroy
Jeffrey,
112-pounder
from
Local
600, who has already whipped the
boy who stopped him in the championship
finals.
Jeffrey
has
won
his last four bouts.
Other fighters
who represented the CIO Club in
the Golden Gloves include Rayford
Mattison,
Local
600, 135 pounds; |
John Barnes, Local 212, 135 pounds,
winner of his last five fights; Bill
El, Local 212, 150 pounds; Sonny
Gillery, the Local 154 135-pounder
of
discrimination,
designed,
Burt
“the American
sought
the
an
ABC
in
the
Ohio
holding
so
to
Con-
American
injunction
from
the
said,
Bowling
conform
to
of fair play.”
nament
show
get
their
will
Lawrence
scored
suit
gress
the) spirit
Boxing Club’s
settled
Gloves-conquerors
cal
and
practices
make
time.
CIO
United
the fight against the ABC’s use of
state-owned
property
to continue
its
Chrys-
Chrysler
been
the
out
proceeds
into
2173,
Sec-
Stating that such exclusion constituted denial “to non-white bowlers of the full and equal protection
of the law,” the suit alleges that
such exclusion violates the Constitution
of the
United
States, the
Constitution
of Ohio and specific
sections
of the General
Code
of
Ohio.
Inspired by the Columbus Com;mittee for Fair Play in Bowling,
which has taken an active part in
suit
scheduled
show
Local
ILLEGALITY
the
matchmaking
Financial
tournament will be illegal, unlawful, unjust and inequitable.”
will
when
benefit
Burt,
. of non-white
matches
action
so’s
recent
Franklin
(who leased the Coliseum to the
ABC) and the American Bowling
Congress itself.
In Detroit
Grudge
of
V.
Agriculture
To Fight
Highlighting
the
Steelworkers of America-ClO, in
Columbus,
and
a
taxpayer
in
Franklin
County,
brought
the
suit against the State Board of
ClO Boxers
commentator,
in
the CIO on many occacaused Burt to file his
of
bars
and
its tournaments
UAW-CIO
92
March
filed
Pleas by an official of a CIO union in
an attempt to halt the 1950 tournament of the American Bowling Congress.
white
Guy Nunn,
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long
restrainas
its tourit
con-
tinues
to practice
discrimination.
The suit also asked the court to
enjoin the State Board of Agriculture and
its members
from
permitting the ABC to use the Fair
Grounds “so long as such discrimination continues.”
EVIL PRACTICE
In a statement that was issued
as the suit was filed, Burt said:
“It seems to me a shame that
the State of Ohio, which has so
long stood for fair play, should
be a party to such an evil practice as that called for by the
American
Bowling
Congress
in
its Constitution,
is
“I feel that discrimination
out of place in any phase of our
society. It is particularly distasteful, and most especially out of
place, in the field of sports where
tradition
the American
is so
strongly for fair play.
“In
no
other
field
of
sports,
do
we have discriminatory barriers
like the ones we have in bowling,
“As a bowler, I am disgusted
with the antics of the ABC. As a
everything
to do
I want
taxpayer,
who had Champion Norm Webb on
I can to see to it that the fair
the
name
floor
of
our
in
his
state
first
is not
go;
John
beBragg, Local 212, 150-pound Goldsmirched by this organization.”
en Gloves finalist; Bill Wilson, 160
The Columbus Committee for Fair
pounds, and 150-pound George An- |Play in Bowling includes, besides
drews.
Jacob Clayman, Secretary-TreasurSpecial
fight
which
has stolen er of the Ohio C.I.O. Council, the
the show on other cards will pit following
Colunybus
church
and
Jerry Wells against Frank Wilson.
civic leaders:
Dr. Donald TimmerBoth
Wells
and
Wilson
are 90- man;
Father
August
Winkler;
pounders.
Golden
Gloves
champs
Rabbi
Jerome
Folkman;
William
whom Urso will try to sign for the Brooks, of the National Association
bouts include Norman
for the
Webb, 160;
Advancement
of Colored
Dick Cassidy, 112; Jackie Cleaver,
People; and Seymour Gorchoff, of
147, and George Arnott, 118,
the Anti-Defamation League.
UAW
Will Visi t County Fairs
INDIANAPOLIS
Council
10,
meeting,
at
— District Auto
its February 4, 1950,
unanimously
resolution
calling
adopted
for
the
a
Council
to sponsor
and display
a mobile
fair unit on the midway of County
Fairs where we have large UAW
membership in Region, 3.
The
out
in
program
is
to
be
worked
conjunction
with
the ReOffice,
gional
Regional
Education
Department and Regional Political
Action Department,
Director
Region
the
3,
Raymond
in
urging
resolution,
“The District
voting favorably
H,
the
stated;
Berndt,
adoption
~
will
the
of
provide
Auto
labor
in
the
means
Workers,
as
Indiana,
can
whereby
well
get
as
all
their
message
to the people.
There
is
no other method that we can think
of that will contact thousands upon
thousands
of farmers, small businessmen and unorganized workers,
“We
you
job
to
will
also
adopt
realize
only
this
have
that
in asking
resolution,
our
just
started,
and if the job is to be completed,
the delegates assembled here must
lreturn to thelr local unions, pledge
of to work
in conjunction
with
this
of
| program
and
unions
fully
Auto Council, In Unit
on this resolution, | your
see that
support
when it appears
locality,”
at
their local
the
Mobile
a Fair
in
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UNITED
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AUTOMOBILE
WORKER
Business Praises Taft's Low
Wage Crusade--Drums Up
Dough for His 50 Campaign
have
COLUMBUS,
Ohio— An _ undercover attempt
to drum
up large
campaign contributions for Senator
Taft from wealthy business interests has been
discovered by the
Ohio
CIO
Political
Action
Committee.
Dealing
through
an
many
believe
the
organization
re-election
U. S. Senator Robert A.
Ohio in 1950 is essential.”
of
Taft
of
In a confidential letter that went
to all hotel operators in the state,
signed by W. S. Kring, of Lisbon,
and E. F. Ireland, of Cincinnati, reelection of Taft was described as
“of principal
importance
to you
and me as businessmen in America and as hotel operators.”
LOVE
“We
paper
LOW
THE
what
it
you
would
compute
have
the
how
amendment
to
no tips or meals, are paid less
than 40 cents an hour.
If the amendment, which Taft
supported
to the
tune
of applause from the hotel industry,
had been defeated, these chambermaids
would
have
received
nearly twice as
are now paid.
Obviously,
on
cost
you to put your entire working
staff on a 40-hour week and on a
75c minimum wage.
When you
as
they
Kring
nor
Ireland could offer hotel employees
the
same
reason
for
supporting
Taft as they were offering employ-
ers.
hour,
six-day
week,
Ohio
work
and
hotel,
a 48-
receive
ce
SSS
SE
SSS
®
Charges that a ‘‘new type of iron curtain’’ is barring
the actions of the city administration in Detroit were made
by George Edwards, former Detroit Common Council pres-
ident, in a recent interview on ‘‘Inside Detroit,’’ a weekly
feature on the UAW-CIO station WDET. Interviewed by
Ralph Showalter, PAC Department, George asserted ‘‘Detroit is in the grip of a newspaper administration, This administration was put into office by the newspapers and apparently they are doing everything they can to protect it
from criticism and keep the facts from the people.’’
Edwards was referring to the shift of taxes from downtown merchants to small home owners, the elimination of
public housing projects, and the curtailment of a real park
program for Detroit youngsters, all of which have been
PAYOFF
In® an
average
chambermaids, who
—
much
neither
An understanding of how much
Taft’s action on the amendment to
the wage and hour law meant to
the hotel industry can be seen by
the following figures:
WAGES
suggest
dollars
will know
“U. S. Senator
Taft
described
that amendment in detail on the
floor of the Senate the day the
amendment was up for action. He
discussed it in a manner most favorable
to
us.
The
exemption
amendment now is the law.”
Continuing its emphasis on the
theme that “Taft works to increase
our profits,” the letter went on to
say.
“Every
businessman
in the
nation knows it is imperative that
Senator
Taft
be
re-elected
this
coming November.”
Kring and Ireland then asked
for contributions to the campaign
being
conducted
by
“The
Ohio
Voters,” pointing out that pledge
ecards were enclosed and “any contributions up to $1,000 will be welcome.”
“The Ohio Voters,”
hotel operators are
secretly seeking contributions from
others in that industry.
“The Ohio Voters” calls itself a
“voluntary
organization
of retail
and service business men and womwho
so, you
the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, exempting
you from
that wage and hour scale, will
save you,” the letter said.
calling itself
wealthy Ohio
en
done
——
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pseu
largely ignored by the daily press. ‘‘The recent actions of
the city administration have turned the clocks of Detroit’s
progress back ten years,’’ Edwards concluded. ‘‘Inside Detroit’’ is heard every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Make it a habit
to listen regularly.
—
Care eae
ae
“My husband lost his census when
he took that non-union job!”
10 YEARS’ GAINS
FACE SCRAPHEAP,
EDWARDS WARNS
Below are some of the leaders of the UAW-CIO Women’s Conference held recently in
Milwaukee under the joint auspices of Region 10 and the Women’s Division of the Fair Prac-
tices and Anti-Discrimination Department. Left to right, are: Olga Madar, UAW-CIO Reccreation Director; Lillian Hatcher, Fair Practices Department International Representative;
Rowena Bigsbee, Henrietta Mills and Elaine Middleton,
—Milwaukee Journal Photo.
DETROIT—Alarmed
with
which
Mayor
Cobo
by the speed
is junking
most of the civic gains made’ by
Detroit in the past decade, former
Council President George Edwards
wrote the Detroit Common Council
on March 14—and warned against
turning the clock of Detroit’s progress back by at least 10 years.
The
text of his letter follows:
March 14, 1950.
Common Council,
Honorable
City Hall,
Detroit, Mich.
Gentlemen:
Before irrevocable decisions are
made, as a citizen, I would like to
register my opinion on the following policies to which the city of
Detroit, through the current city
administration and majority of the
Council, is appar@ntly in danger of
being committed. These policies, if
finally carried through, would represent turning the clock of Detroit’s progress back by at least 10
years:
POSTMASTER.
Send notices of change
of address on Form 3578 (Canada, Form
67B)
No
E,
and
copies
3579 (Canada,
Washington
St.,
returned
labels No.
under
labels©
29B) to 2457
Indianapolis
7,
Ind.
EQUAL RIGHTS BATTLE SLOWED
WASHINGTON—Chances
tion
by
the
81st
bills
requiring
for ac-
Congress
equal
pay
on
for
the
equal
work and for the establishment
a Commission
on the Status
Women
are
dim
and
getting
of
of
dim-
mer.
The House Education and Labor
Committee has not scheduled hearings nor planned action on either
bill to date.
The
ment,
Houses
(Un) Equal Rights
which, if adopted
of Congress
and
Amendby both
ratified
by
three-fourths
of the
State
Legislatures, would wipe out all
protective legislation for women,
has passed the Senate but is bur-
ied in the
mittee.
However,
ting groups
House
Judiciary
Com-
CIO, AFL and cooperawho are opposed to the
(Un)Equal Rights Amendment
as
a reckless shotgun way of dealing
with the problem of women’s status, are urging House members to
refuse to sign the petition or to remove their names if, to get rid of
the persistent Women’s Party lobbyists, they have already done so.
1. Scrapping one-half of Detroit’s
long-sought-for river-front drive.
2. Ending of the park acquisition
program.
8. The scrapping of the program,
to which the previous Council was
tentatively committed, for building
100 million dollars’ worth of public
housing, both to relieve the housing shortage and clear slums.
4, The gratuitous and wholly inequitable donation of 780 thousand
dollars of small home owners’ tax
money to the Board of Commerce
and its affiliated industries, along
with
consideration
of a further
gratuitous donation of an additional three to four million from the
same small home owners to the
same large industries.
5. Dropping the city’s fight for
low utility rates.
6. Worsening of racial tensions,
as exhibited in several recent instances in city government.
I trust that, before any or all of
these decisions are made, your
honorable
body
will give careful
thought to the total effect of such
a series of commitments toward retreat from planning for a better
city of Detroit.
Yours sincerely,
GEORGE EDWARDS.
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