Owned and Published By and For Labor Lansing Labor News Official Weekly Newspaper of CIO Labor in Lansing MAIL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. For A Better America -60,000,000 Jobs VOL. 1, No. 31 LANSING, MICHIGAN — OCTOBER 18, 1945 $1.50 PER YEAR — PER COPY, 5c FINAL STRIKE VOTE IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Nader, Perkins Answer Criticisms of Carlton Strongly worded replies in defenses of the working man’s right to buy at least as many things as he did on pre-war wages came from Lansing labor leaders following pub- criticisms last week by C. C. Carlton, president of Motor Wheel, of labor’s demand for wage increases. Speaking before the state convention of Exchange Clubs, Carlton had ably and no doubt entertainingly expressed industry s sentiments on current wage demands, which he set forth about as follows: This is a fight for control of industry. 2- The people who would upset your applecart to­ day never had a dollar invested in industry. 3 A half dozen radical leaders are leading labor with false promises. 4 If you want the followers of Soviet Russia to run this country then continue to stand idly by while labor goes to the polls. America has a pent-up demand for goods and the largest savings of all times in the hands of the people. General Motors Balks On Cooperating With Government Balloting At the time of going to press the Lansing Labor News was still awaiting a reply to a telegram the editor sent to C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors, asking comment on a report that General Motors had denied cooperation to the National Labor Relations Board by refusing to permit the government conducted strike vote to be held on com­ pany property. The report would seem to indicate that the corporation is unwilling to cooperate with the law which industry itself sponsored and which the unions are endeavoring to comply fully with. Rumor of GM’s alleged action spread fact and workers this week are asking the meaning of it. This paper will print Mr. Wilson’s reply when, as and if it comes, but at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning it had not yet arrived. Below is a copy of the telegram we sent. Time Keepers Win Election, In Union Now Oldsmobile timekeepers this week are getting their new union into operation, fol­ lowing a 40 to 33 victory at an N. L. R. B. election Oct. 12 to determine if they were to be represented in collective bargaining by the UAW-CIO, Olds Local 652. Meetings were called for Thursday night to elect an executive committee, chair­ man and secretary for the group, which was expected to imediately start work on a contract. Behind the Headlines in Washington with IRVING RICHTER Intl. Leg. Rep., UAW-CIO Congress Fiddles While Byrnes Roams Each week the “Whip” of the Democratic party in the House of Representatives no­ tifies the Democratic mem- bers of the following week’s business. The Whip is an in­ tegral part of the majority party leadership — a leader ship organized within the Congress with the traditional purpose of bringing the Ad­ ministration’s program to the floor and seeing that it is en­ acted. Here are the contents of the Whip notice for the week of October 8: Monday: No session. Tuesday: No business. Wednesday: H. R. 3517 (India Immigration Bill) Thursday: Tax bill. Friday: Tax bill (continu­ ation) That is what Congress (and the Congressional leadership) had on its mind in the second week of October, 1945, a month in which Congress ought to do more constructive work than almost any other month of its history — work to insure that our victory is a people’s victory, our peace a people’s peace. The man in the street, the ordinary worker, the service­ men awaiting demobilization from the armed forces, know the score. They have just two things on their minds: jobs, and adequate take-home pay. But these two together add up to the people’s peace. Truman, the Number One Democrat, gave Congress a program for jobs. But Con­ fess isn’t enacting that Program. The Administration leaderships isn’t functioning. Instead, leadership is left in the hands of Republicans — like Taft, who engineered the Wring down of the Full Employment bill. Or it is left to Rankin and other Rankin- minded men who join with Republicans to shelve unem­ ployment compensation. Ran- kin's latest achievement is succesfulyy shoving the new Unamerican Activities Committee onto the same old Dies railroad of witch-hunt- ing against labor. Curious things are happen- to our foreign policy too. ing Truman’s Secretary of State Byrnes took Dewey’s secre­ tary of state, John Foster Dulles, to London with him! column has previously This raised doubts regarding the qualifications of James Byrnes as American Secre­ tary of state. We pointed to his domestic record since 1938, and his known views on the colonial and race ques- tions. We now learn that Byrnes’ reactionary outlook has cool- ed off one of Washington’s warmest friendships. I refer to the Byrnes friendship with another famous South Caro- linian, Bernard M. Baruch. During the past two years Baruch, a millionaire, a con- servative — but honest and ennlightened — has had re­ peated clashes with Byrnes. They first differed — off See HEADLINES, Page 2 Nader Asks Chance For Debate Lansing workers are be­ coming more and more con­ cerned about organizations purporting to be impartially interested in the public’s wel­ fare but who never bother to have labor’s side of an issue presented, said George Na­ der, local UAW-CIO Intl. Representative. “I would be pleased to debate Mr. Carlton any­ where, anytime on this is­ sue of whether labor's pres­ ent demand for a 30 per­ cent increase is a fair de­ mand," he said. “And I will prove that our fight for the same standard of liv­ ing we had before the war is not a fight to control in­ dustry or upset apple carts. I will also prove that want­ ing a good standard of liv­ ing is a good old 100 per­ cent American custom and that we don't have to look to Rusia or any other coun­ try for leaders to advocate it." Nader asked if Mr. Carlton wanted workers to spend their savings in place of get­ ting decent wages. He scorn­ fully commented that this would be a peculiar reward for the fine patriotic response of workers to their govern­ ment War Loan drives. He predicted that he would get no chance to debate with any representative of indus­ try because: “Industry knows that labor has on hand some very embar- rasing facts about the ability of industry to raise wages 30 percent without raising prices one penny and at the same time making more profits See NADER, Page 2 Perkins Says Control Sure Needed If industry wants to go backwards in worker’s wages while taking great strides forward in profits, it obvious­ ly needs a certain amount of outside control, said Clyde Perkins, president of the Lan­ sing CIO Council. “Years ago when man­ agement had complete con­ trol of industry we had 12 to 18 hour work days, wide­ spread child labor, sweat- snops, unsanitary and un­ safe conditions, job inse­ curity, small wages and complete disregard for the dignity of workers as hu­ man beings," he pointed out. “Labor succeeded in getting those conditions remedied without taking over any control of indus­ try by having the govern­ ment make and enforce re­ gulations. Nor is labor ask­ ing any control today when it insists upon adequate wage increases which in­ dustry can more than af­ ford without reducing pre­ war profits." If radicals are people op­ posed to the best public in­ terests there are more in in­ dustry than anywhere else, Perkins claimed, for it is that there you find well-paid people saying that the rest of the country should not be well-paid. “Labor has an apple-cart, too," said Perkins. “But there isn't much in it any more. It was upset long ago when the cost of living jumped more than 35 per­ cent plus another intan­ gible 10 percent in cheap­ ened quality in commodi- See PERKINS, Page 2 LABOR SYMPATHIZES WITH INDUSTRY And Wants to Share That Suffering! REUTHER’S REPLY Afraid of Results, GM Is Trying to Block Vote Walter P. Reuther, UAW-CIO vice president, definitely had something to say — and plenty — about the failure of General Motors to cooperate with the NLRB in con­ ducting the strike vote in General Motors plants Oct. 24. Identical telegrams like the one shown above were sent to both Reuther and C. E. Wilson, General Motors presi­ dent. Replying Monday to the Labor News wire, Reuther said that not only had the corporation refused to permit the government to conduct the strike vote election on plant property, but had failed to agree even to furnish the NLRB with a list of eligible voters. REUTHER’S REPLY Reuther forwarded the Labor News the following state­ ment: “General Motors’ refusal, in defiance of the government and in violation of the spirit of the Smith-Connally Act, to permit strike votes to be held on plant premises, is an at­ tempt to keep from the public the truth as to how many of its employes are willing to strike, if necessary, for a 30 per cent wage increase and other demands. It is a thorough­ ly irresponsible and typical action by a corporation with­ out social conscience. GM FEARS VOTE “The Corporation has taken this action because it is afraid of the results of the vote. General Motors wants to be able to say that the strike vote, when it is taken, is not a clear expresion of all its employees. Such hypo­ crisy will never deceive either the public or General Motors workers. “Despite this attempt by the Corporation to block the election, the Union is offering its full cooperation to the NLRB to see that every General Motors worker eligible to vote has an opportunity to vote. Whats a Matter— Can't He Read! A west coast manufac­ turer shocked a congress­ ional committee by testify­ ing that when he increased his workers' wages, his pro­ fits went up too. The NAM must have slipped up somewhere. Could it be they forgot to mail him that last piece of literature warning him he'd go bankrupt if his workers got a living wage? Fisher Local 602 Election Nolice Polls will be open from 12 noon to 6 p. m. Oct. 26, 1945, to elect two delegates to the Region 1-c special convention, the sole busi­ ness of which is to elect a regional director. Following are the nomi­ nees: CITES HYPOCRISY “This action by the Corporation also reduces to com­ plete hypocrisy one of the statements made by C. E. Wilson, General Motors President, in his letter to the Union Octo­ ber 2, and thereby casts doubt on the sincerity of the Cor- See REUTHER SAYS, Page 3 Bill Ingram Archie Perry Webb Ewing Stephen M. Smazel Chairman Election Committee N. L R. B. Will Supervise All The Balloting Oldsmobile, Fisher Body and G .M. Forge plant work­ ers will cast their final strike vote ballots next Wednesday, Oct. 24, with polling con­ ducted near the plants by the N. L. R. B. Though huge majorities of the workers in all three plants have already cast bal­ lots favoring strike action, if necessary to force considera­ tion of labor’s demand for a 30 percent wage increase, these were only the union pollings to make certain the majority desired asking the government to come in and conduct a. vote. The government balloting is necessary under the provi­ sions of the Smith-Connally Act. The Lansing locals, along with almost a 100 per­ cent of the other UAW-CIO locals, fully intend to pro­ ceed with the strike in an or­ derly and legal manner. General Motors, however, appears less concerned with the spirit of the law. It is re­ ported that G. M. has refused to allow the N.L.R.B. to hold the vote on company prop­ erty, as is usually done, and has refused other cooperation to the Board which is charged with conducting a strike bal­ lot under the law which was sponsored by industry. The unions have offered full cooperation to the N. L. R. B. and have helped pro­ vide places for balloting, lo­ cated as announced: Where to Vole On the Strike ATTENTION: All hour­ ly rated employees of Olds­ mobile, Fisher Body and G. M. Forge! The strike vote under jurisdiction of the N.L.R.B. under the War Labor Dis­ putes Act commonly known as the Smith-Connally Act, will be held at the Lansing Hatchery, 1901 W. Sagi­ naw, for all Fisher Body and G. M. Forge employes and at Local 652 Hall, 1118 S. Washington for all Olds­ mobile employes. Polls will be open from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Oct. 24, 1945. It is your duty as a worker to vote. This will be your final opportunity to register your desires. Webster Ewing, Pres. Fisher Local 602 R. E. Richardson, Pres. Olds Local 652 Hoffman Is At It Again WASHINGTON (FP) — Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R. Mich.), who distrusts himself so much he has suits tailored without pockets, introduced another of his series of anti­ labor bills in the House Oct. 10. Hoffman’s newest gem would prohibit strikers from interfering with non-strikers —and makes these provisions. 1—If picketing is permit­ ted at all, it must be for not more than four consecutive hours, with provision for four hours of plant operation without picketing. 2—All pickets , must be at least 20 feet apart. New Contract Breaks Record NEW YORK (FP) — In a 10-day negotiation that broke all records for agreements under the railway labor act, the Transport Workers Union (CIO) won 48-hour pay for 40 hours work for 4,000 main­ tenance employes of Pan American Airways Inc. More Bonds Cashed Than Sold in Sept. WASHINGTON (FP) — Reflecting the increased dif­ ficulty American workers are finding in making ends meet with the cutback in hours and mass layoffs, the U. S. Treas­ ury revealed that the num­ ber of redemption of war bonds is now exceeding sales. September figures showed $514 million sales in bonds and $528 million in redemp­ tions. UAW- CIO Wins 30% At Wright Aeronautical DETROIT (FP) — First victory in the United Auto Workers (CIO) campaign for a 30 percent wage increase was announced here by Pres. R. J. Thomas, who said Wright Aeronautical Corp, at Paterson, N. J., had agreed to the pay raise. The agreement will go into effect as soon as the Paterson local ratifies it, Thomas said. Workers won a flat increase of 22c an hour, plus an addi­ tional 1c to correct wage in­ equities and an additional 3c to put all employes on a gen­ eral equality. Under the agreement, Thomas explain- ed, a worker can receive an in­ crease amounting to more than 32c an hour. U.S. STEEL PITTSBURGH (FP) — Wage negotiations between United Steelworkers (CIO) and subsidiaries of the U. S. Steel Corp. were scheduled to open here Oct. 10. Pres. Philip Murray heads the union negotiators, who are demanding $2 daily wage increases for more than 800,- 000 members in some 500 companies. Affected by the outcome of the sessions will be approximately 180,000 steelworkers employed by Big Steel. Votes Are Weapons By H. DEAN REED Lansing PAC Director We are American citizens. That means we have the right to elect the people who run our government. But that right is not worth anything unless we use it. It is not enough to vote only every four years (Presidential Elections) but it is your duty as well as mine to vote and take an active part in every election. Every election is important. What I can’t understand is the apathy of many of our people toward voting. For ex­ ample, in the first ward in our good city there are over 4,000 registered voters that could have voted in the primary election October 9, 1945. Of that number only 304 people voted. Yes, we have the opportunity to vote but for some reason or other we seldom use it. Let someone try to take that right away from us and then see what would happen. We would fight like hell to keep the right to vote. A right that you would fight for is a precious right. It is not the kind of right you throw away. Yet if you do not register you throw your right to vote away. The enemies of democracy take advantage of the indif­ ference of those who neglect the most sacred of our demo­ cratic rights—the privilege of voting. Our indifference is their asset. Our loss is their gain. There is only one sure way to defeat the enemies of the people that is for all the people to vote. Do you want the cost of living higher? Do you want to bring wages in line with the cost of living? Do you want higher taxes on the greedy and lower on the needy? Do you want price and rent control? Do you want jobs for all— full employment? Do you want more social security? Do you want to keep your Union strong? If you do — vote. Vote in every election and don’t let the politicians decide for you. Don’t leave the voting to the enemies of labor. Remember, votes are weapons in the fight for a better life. PERKINS (Continued from Page 1) ties and diminished quanti­ ties. Somehow it is diffi­ cult for labor to be concern­ ed over spilling industry’s apple cart, which is so large and so heavily loaded with profits that it couldn’t pos­ sibly be tipped over.” Americans today not only have a “pent-up” demand for goods and services but a pent- up need for them, Perkins averred. Nearly all of them are workers and they are the real consumer goods market, but the relation of sales to in­ comes of these workers is dir­ ect, while the relation of sales to savings is indirect and of small proportion, he said. The pent-up needs can only be satisfied with sufficient take- home pay, Perkins claimed. Labor wil continue to go to the polls in increasing num­ bers until opportunity to all workers is opened, until there are no more slums, until u- venile delinquency is abolish­ ed, until incomes are ade­ quate and children do not have to support families and until democracy — real de­ mocracy — is really made to work, Perkins said, adding that only then will the voices of followers of other political creeds be stilled or at least impotent. SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAR FUND LANSING LABOR NEWS, INC. MAIL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. OFFICE: 109 E. South St. — Phone 2-9621 Entered as second-class matter April 13, 1945, at the post office at Lansing, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. A non-profit newspaper dedicated to the interests of the commun­ ity and to the interests of labor here and everywhere. Published every Thursday at the Lansing CIO Council headquarters by the fol­ lowing incorporated body, representing local voting to participate. BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT—Ernest Miller (Reo 650). VICE-PRES.—Maurice McNaughton Fisher (602). SEC.-TREAS.—Kenneth McCreedy (CIO Council). TRUSTEES— George. Jakeway (Fisher 602). MEMBERS—Robert Richardson (Olds 652), Earl Watsdn, Charles O’Brien (Reo 650), Maurice Mac Naughton (Fisher 602), V. E. Vandenburg (CIO Council), Peter Fagan, Adrian Jensen (Olofsson 728), Arthur Chappell, Woodrow Brennen (Dairy 93), James W. Roberts, Dean Reed (SCMWA 276); Louis Newmark (SCMWA 406); Earl McClure, Melvina Stevens (Hill Diesel. 646). ASSOCIATE MEMBERS—Mrs. Robert Atkinson (Olds Aux.), Mrs Harold Wilson (Olds Aux.), Mrs. William McCurdy (Fisher Aux.), Mrs. J. B. Eno (Fisher Aux.), Mrs. Evelyn Moss, Mrs. Etta Kenyon (Local 93 Aux.). EDITOR — V. E. VANDENBURG SUBSCRIPTIONS — Included in the dues of participating locals. In­ dividual subscription, $1.50 per year by mail. CONTRIBUTIONS—Should be typed double-spaced on one side of paper and sighed with author’s name, phone and address. Name will not be used if requested. Notes on news not written up but containing complete names and all the facts are acceptable too. Mail all contributions to Lansing Labor News P. O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. This Week’s Editorial The above unsolicited advertising copy eloquently ex­ presses the sentiments of many merchants who realize that good wages mean a prosperous community. BEHIND THE HEADLINES (Continued from Page 1) the record — over Byrnes’ sponsorship of national ser­ vice legislation. When Baruch reported to Veterans’ Administrator Bradley that “your difficul­ ties are aggravated” by the failure of our reconversion plans, he was slappinng at the Byrnes record as Director of War Mobilization and Re­ conversion. many from preparinng for another war. He wants to strip her of all war-making and potential war-making plants. He also disagrees with Byrnes’ meddling in the poli­ tics of other countries, his ef­ forts to prevent progressive governments from coming to power. And he wants real friendship with Russia, and believes our future relations with Russia depend largely on our policy towards Germany. Baruch now sharply differs with Byrnes over the question of future dealings with Ger­ SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAR FUND IT WEARS OUT 4-Hr. Work Day Is Predicted CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (FP) — Discovery of atomic energy paves the way for a 4-hour workday with greater cultural, recreational and ed­ ucational opportunities for all workers, Mark Starr, ed­ ucational director of the Intl. Ladies Garment Workers Union (AFL), said here. Addressing a weekend con­ ference of the ILGWU, at­ tended by 150 members and guests from Cattanooga and 11 southeastern states, Starr pointed out that “internation­ al cooperation produced the atomic bomb and will be the only hope for world peace.” “Labor and management,” Starr said, “produced mir­ acles of production during the war by cooperation. They helped the democratic coun­ tries out-fight, out-produce and out-invent the enemy. If that kind of cooperation be­ tween labor and management is continued it will be a mighty force in solving our social problems and provid­ ing higher standards of living for the people.” source of prosperity, not the accumulation of in­ creased corporate profits at the expense of decreased living standards, Nader said. SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAR FUND NADER (Continued from Page 1) than before the war.” Getting more pay into the hands of more people is not just labor’s fight alone, Na­ der aserted. He said business and profesional men and women, along with farmers and the rest of the public were entitled to know the facts about pyramiding pro­ fits due to technological ad­ vancement in production — profits which he said indus­ try is plotting to keep all to themselves. It’s the circulation of good pay from the thou sands of workers in a com­ munity which is the real SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAR FUND Statement of the Ownership, Manage­ ment, Circulation, etc., required by the Acts of Congress of August 24, 1912, and March 3, 1933. Of Lansinng Labor News published weekly at Lansing, Michigan, for Oct. 13, 1945. State of Michigan County of Ingham ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Virgil E. Vanden- burg, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the editor of the Lansing Labor News and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and be­ lief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub­ lication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the Act of March 3, 1933, embodied in sec­ tion 537, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit. 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher: Lansing Labor News, Inc., 109 E. South St., Lansing, Mich. Editor: Virgil E. Vandenburg, 505 W. Lenawee, Lansing, Mich. Managing editor: None. Business manager: None. 2. That the owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the indi­ vidual owners must be given. If owned by a firm, company, or other unin­ corporated concern, its name and ad­ dress, as well as those of each indi­ vidual member, must be given.) Lan­ sing Labor News, Inc., 109 E. South St., Lansing, Mich. (Non-Profit Corp. No Stock.) 3. 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That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwist, to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown above is: (This information is required from daily publications only.) VIRGIL E. VANDENBURG, Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of October, 1945. Vada L. Belen. (My commission expires Feb. 24, 1948.) SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WAR FUND is collective bargaining agent for 100 percent of the steve­ doring operations in that area. The last unorganized group came into the union when Local 137 won an NLRB election Oct. 5 among steve­ dores of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. The union won by 38 votes out of 43 voting and 48 eligible, Intl. Rep. Frank E. Thompson an­ nounced, and contract nego­ tiations are to begin imme­ diately. REUTHER SAYS GM AFRAID (Continued from Page 1) poration s whole position in this dispute as expressed in that letter and in the full page ads it spread in the Nation’s newspapers. Philippine Labor Is Fighting Jap Puppets carbines. Four thousand crowded into the grounds of the palace to lay their de­ mands before Pres. Sergio Osmena. Osmena addressed the crowd, promising to study their demands and work for a bill of rights but ducking the question of effective trial of the collaborationists, whose policies brought much of the population to near­ starvation before the U.S. forces drove the Japanese out. Honolulu Is Organized HONOLULU, T. H. (FP) —The Intl. Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (CIO) has made a clean sweep of the Honolulu-Pearl Harbor waterfront and now MANILA, P.I. (FP)—(De­ layed) — Philippine reaction­ aries have established a Dies committee of their own to fight back against the labor, peasant and middle class or­ ganizations whose demands for trial of collaborationists reached a peak here Sept. 23. On that date 25,000 sup­ porters of the Democratic Al­ liance, including the Commit­ tee for Labor Organization, gathered in Plaza Guipit to denounce public figures who collaborated with the Japan­ ese and to demand that lead­ ers of the resistance move­ ment be appointed judges in the People’s Courts to try the collaborators. Under the statue of Andres Bonifacio, leader of the 1896 revolution against Spain, speakers were cheered as they denounced Manuel Roxas, president of the Philippine senate and candidate for president, who was a member of the puppet cabinet that de­ clared war on the U.S. in 1944 and carried out orders of the Japanese invaders. U.S. military authorities had denied permission for the Democratic Alliance rally to march to Malacanan Palace, Commonwealth White House, but nevertheless the demon­ strators surged through the narrow streets, past files of Philippine MPs armed with Mr. Wilson said: . your Union may have the power by coercion to close our plants and those of our suppliers with or with­ out the approval of a majority of the workmen . . .” HIDING THE FACTS “Obviously Mr. Wilson doesn’t want to know and doesn’t want the public to know whether the strike has the approv­ al of a majority of the workmen.’ If he did, he would abide by the law and follow the customary procedure. Instead, he prefers to insinuate that a majority do not approve at the same time that he is doing everything he can to block a full vote. “The Corporation’s actions are brazen defiance of the government. They are another example of General Motors' evasion of its responsibility to the public, for which it pretends in its press statements and full page advertisements to have such tender consideration. LAW REQUIRES STRIKE VOTE Neither the General Motors workers nor their Union leadership want a strike if they can avoid one. The strike vote to be conducted by the NLRB is simply in compliance with the law in case a strike is necessary — a law more dis­ tasteful to the Union than the Corporation, incidentally. “We hope to present our case on the basis of the facts involved. We ask the Corporation for a fair hearing and consideration of our demands and the facts. We have proposed, against the adamant refusal of the Corpor­ ation to date, to make our negotiations open to the press and public so that the public may be fully in­ formed as to the facts. We shall continue to make such effort and exhaust every means to reach a peaceful settlement, despite the Cor­ poration’s attitude.” Union of Marine & Shipbuild­ ing Workers were locked out by Todd Shipyards after they attended CIO full employ­ ment rally. VETS SENIORITY SAN FRANCISCO (FP)— The warehouse local of Intl. Longshoremen's and Ware­ housemen’s Union. (CIO) vot­ ed a 6-point veterans policy granting seniority credits for time spent in service to all servicemen, whether they have previously worked in the industry or not. Machinists Win 7-Day Strike FORT WORTH, Tex (FP) — The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. has capitulat­ ed to striking production workers, members of Intl. Asn. of Machinists (AFL), who walked out Oct. 2. Negotiation of a new con­ tract started Oct. 8 and the men were to return to work the following morning. The plant had been completely at a standstill. No union mem­ ber crossed picket lines. CIO truck drivers and members of the Bro. of Railroad Train­ men (unaffiliated) refused to cross the line to deliver freight. Five thousand air­ craft workers were involved. LOCKED OUT SAN PEDRO, Calif. (FP) —Approximately 2,000 mem­ bers of Local 9, Industrial Reuther Proves No Car Price Increases Needed to Raise Wages Statement of C. E. Wilson, General Motors president, that large price increases would be necessary in order to raise wages of GM workers 30 percent was given promi­ nent newspaper display the other day, but facts disprov­ ing the claim were made pub­ lic last week by Walter Reu­ ther, UAW-CIO vice presi­ dent, in a radio network de­ bate with George Romney, general manager of the Auto­ mobile Manufacturers Asso­ ciation Oct. 11. Between 1935 and 1941 GM wages increased 37 percent and prices of cars went up 16 percent — but profits increased 84 per­ cent, according to statistics presented by Reuther, who had Romney so badly on the rones he had difficulty TRUMAN OMITS CIO WASHINGTON (FP) — Pres. Truman named AFL Inti. Rep. Robert J. Watt as U. S. labor delegate to the Inti. Labor Organization con­ ference in Paris, ignoring a CIO request for joint repre­ sentation with the AFL. ----------------- i FRANKENSTEEN GAIN DETROIT (FP) — Odds for electing Richard T. Frankensteen, CIO candidate, mayor of Detroit grew more favorable as two important strikes, used by labor’s enem­ ies to smear the CIO, were ended. Reuther suggested both labor and industry lay all their facts and arguments be­ fore the public and let . the people decide who is right. The debate was on the Town Meeting of the Air pro­ gram. Audience interest and • applause was at a high pitch all the way through. in expressing himself in re­ buttal to the quick-tongued labor leader. If General Motors hadn’t wanted so much profit, those wage raises could have been made without increasing car prices at all, Reuther claim­ ed. This was due to the fact* that technilogical advance­ ment and faster machines had enabled the same work­ ers to produce 21 percent more, according to Reuther, who says GM’s postwar pro­ duction will jump 50 percent more. Democracy Squirted On Strikers With Fire Hose Romney said we had to win the battle of reconversion be­ fore considering wage in­ creases. He said that worker efficiency had been dropping and that in order to get more they would have to produce more. BURBANK, Calif. (FP) — “More water! More democra­ cy!” pickets shouted in front of the Warner Bros, studio here as their lines were brok­ en up by a wide assortment of law and order agents man­ ning fire hoses. Tired of watching strike- bearing workers filter daily through porous picket lines, rank and filers of the 15 strik­ ing studio locals had staged mass picket lines and really shut down the Warner studio Oct. 5 and 6. The press head­ lines shouted, “Rioting Flares” and “Violence Enters Studio Strike.” The big movie plant didn’t get into production despite teargas, fire hoses, clubs and pistol butts used against the pickets by studio police, sher­ iff’s officers, the Los Angeles city police riot squad, various “war emergency police offic­ ers” with civilian clothes and badges and asserted members of the non-striking Inti. Alli­ ance of Theatrical Stage Em­ ployes (AFL) acting under guidance of Blayney Matth­ ews, boss of the studio’s pri­ vate guard force. or clubs, so long as the picket­ ing remained peaceful. But Burbank Police Chief Elmer Adams said it was hard to say where peaceful picketing ends and rioting begins. The 7-month strike is sup­ ported by the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild (CIO), which has published names of 173 members of the Screen Publicists Guild (AFL) who remained at work in the struck studios. AUXILIARY NEWS Mrs. Hazel Bentley, Mrs. Grace Hullenburger and Miss Edith Bentley were elected for the Auxiliary No. 76 strike committee. * * * There was a meeting at the Olds Local hall Sept. 26, in which the Auxiliaries of Re­ gion 1B-1C and ID met to de­ cide on what to buy with the $197.32 that was donated by the auxiliaries in the region. The same day the delegates that were present purchased three table model radios and one floor model console radio, a record cabinet, and some records. An estimated 1,000 pickets were on the line and they made way for . studio police and a first-aid worker but no­ body else — until they had been hosed and teargassed from the front of the studio. Several were injured and eight were arrested on charge of rioting, including strike leader Herbert Sorrell. The next day the picket line production was super-collos- sal again, with more than 800 pounding the pavement, arm­ ed w(ith a temporary order from Superior Judge John Beardsley restraining the sheriff and the studio fnyn using teargas, water streams These gifts are to be taken to the Percy Jones hospital Thurs., Oct. 18th. sfe Olds Auxiliary No. 76 do­ nated $63.32 and Fisher Aux­ iliary donated $50.t>0 of the $197.32. * ❖ * The second October meet­ ing for Auxiliary No. 76 will be Oct. 25 so that members can go to Battle Creek the 18th. ❖ * * The Auxiliary Executive Board meetings have been changed to the last Monday | of each month at 7:30. The case originated in Chi­ cago, where Marshall Field’s liberal Sun began eating into ;the morning circulation of Col. Robert McCormick’s tory Tribune. McCormick was able to stop Field from receiving the Associated Press News re­ port, and the suit was filed by the U. S. Department of Jus­ tice under the terms of the Sherman aati-irust act. Both AP and the Tribune filed petitions for a rehear­ ing. The court’s rejection in­ cluded no comment — the single word “denied,” being listed opposite the case num­ ber. Vets Want Jobs, Not Benefits WASHINGTON (FP) — The opinion that “the most important thing for any vet­ eran is the opportunity to em­ ploy his talents and abilities to gainful effort” was ex­ pressed by Gen. Omar Brad­ ley, administrator of veterans affairs, at a House hearing on the full employment bill Oct. 10. The same position was taken by representatives of the American Veterans Com­ mittee and the Disabled American Veterans. Avoiding any direct com­ mitment on the bill (S 380), Bradley said he was interest­ ed in a “condition which avoids depression and insures work for all our citizens — veterans and non-veterans alike.” Bradley also testified in the Senate hearings on the bill. The American Veterans Committee, newest of the vet­ eran’s organizations with 7,- 000 members, believes that “what is good for the country is good for the veteran,” said Ex. Sec. Edward McHale, “We put the country first and veterans second.” Although prefering the original bill, HR 2202, to the watered- down, Senate passed S 380, McHale said AVC felt it was the “first step towards win­ ning the “battle for full em­ ployment!” Disabled veterans were dis­ appointed by lack of plan­ ning when VJ day arrived and they now expect the president, with the coopera­ tion of Congress, to be re­ sponsible for some extensive job planning, Rice said. Tribune Denied Another Hearing WASHINGTON (FP) — The Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune got a double setback in the U. S. Supreme Court Oct. 8 when that body denied their petitions to re­ hear its decision ordering AP to amend its by-laws to n^eet the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust act. Last June the Supreme Court held by 5 to 3 that AP’s by-laws were in violation of the act because membership restrictions stopped competi­ tion with newspapers holding AP franchises for news and picture services.