Owned and Published by and for Lansing Labor Phone 2-9612 OFFICE: 109 E. South St. VOL. 1, NO. 13 Lansing Labor News Official Weekly Newspaper of CIO Labor in Lansing MAIL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. LANSING, MICHIGAN — JUNE 7, 1945 15,000 Paid Subscriptions For City War Workers 5c PER COPY $1.50 Per Year by Mail ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY UNION PROTESTS AWARDING 'E' TO FISHER BODY WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES By TRAVIS K. HEDRICK For Federated Press and Lansing Labor News Honeymoon Nears Crisis Its still moonlight and roses for Pres. Harry S. Truman and the 79th congress. The honey­ moon appears to be running normally with a minimum of friction as the two partners get better acquainted and seek grounds of mutual accord rather than of conflict. Like other honeymoons, how­ ever, the time is soon coming for a showdown on funda­ mental issues. Somebody is go­ ing to wear the pants. The first grunts of dissatis­ faction have come from con­ gress May 29 following Tru­ man’s special message on social security and the lifting of un­ employment compensation benefits from their present low level to a minimum of $25 a week for a period of 26 weeks for persons with dependents. Truman’s action was not un­ expected. It was predicted in in this column on May 1, and it is another White House effort to follow the Roosevelt plan. Opposition to the Truman plea came first from that old tory, Sen. Walter F. George (D. Ga.) who is chairman of the Senate finance committee and author of the bill providing unemployment compensation for federal employes that the House refused to accept last year. Echoing the Georgian was Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) who is quite definitely the lead­ er of the GOP. Taft said “I think that compensation pay­ ments should be raised to $20 a week, but I think the states should do it — not the federal government.” George showed no enthusi­ asm at all for extending a uni­ form standard of benefits to all workers in each of the states as requested by Truman. Taft called that proposal ridiculous as a temporary measure be­ cause “once you go into that sort of thing it is never wiped out.” Similarity, Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.) of the House ways and means com­ mittee is expected to fight the Truman plan. Doughton’s com­ mittee is loaded with opponents of liberalized benefits to work­ ers — and the bill must clear it before the House can vote. The White House message stressed the need of speed as the utmost importance because of the increasing cutbacks in war production. These cutbacks may see about 2,900,000 war workers idle within three months, and the number boost­ ed to nearly 5 million by the end of the year, including about 1 million former service men. Rapidly increasing produc­ tion of civilian goods will ab­ sorb a good many of the dis­ placed war workers, but as the message to congress pointed out, temporary unemployment cannot be avoided and legisla­ tion is urgent if the nation pays its debt to the soldiers of pro­ duction, See WASHINGTON, Page 3 60,000,000 Jobs Fight Is Gaining WASHINGTON (LPA) — Organized labor’s fight for en­ actment of full employment legislation won new support in Congress last week. The original committee of “60 Congressmen for 60,000,00 Jobs” found nine new members and it was considered almost a certainty that the committee would number 100 by June 15. At a meeting of committee members, all of whom are spon­ sors of the legislation designed to provide the first Federal program for full employment in U. S. history, Rep. F. Neely, (D., W. Va.,) presented a reso­ lution instructing Rep. Wright Patman (D., Tex.), one of the authors of the bill, to name 11 members to an executive com­ mittee to steer the projected law through the anticipated Congressional battles. The resolution, adopted by the group also asked Patman to name a chairman for the com­ mittee and asked that he re­ main as ex-officio chairman of both committees. Meanwhile, labor leaders and Congressmen backing the pro­ posed bill were encouraged by information that War Mobiliza­ tion Director Fred Vinson would submit to Congress a vig­ orous endorsement of the full employment legislation. The Vinson statement will be constructed not only as an en­ dorsement by President Tru­ man but also as an indication that the Administration defin­ itely wants Congress to ap­ prove the bill, according to Congressional leaders. Hearings on the bill will start before the Senate Bank­ ing and Currency Committee late in June after the Bretton Woods debate is concluded. The bill will probably not reach the Senate floor until September or October. Truman Didn’t O.K. Halt of War Controls WASHINGTON (LPA) — WPB Chairman Krug’s predic­ tion that practically all major war production restrictions will be removed before the end of the year was not authorized by President Truman. While wartime restrictions including the wage freeze are continued, Krug announced more and more lifting of bans on industry. The conspicuous failure of the White House to endorse the Krug statement in­ creased Washington specula­ tion as to whether Krug may not be “feathering his nest” for a profitable job in private in­ dustry in the near future. Nevertheless, labor leaders predict that the lifting of in­ dustry and business controls will not be matched by relaxa­ tion of controls over labor. Practically Nobody Saw Error In Paper Last Week— Except Maybe About 10,000 Readers Printer’s linotypes do funny tricks and often do one so cleverly that the world’s best proofreaders miss the error; after which some reader with no proof-reading experience at all finds the mistake with his first casual glance at the article and sends it to the New Yorker magazine to provide amusement for millions. Last week the Labor News carried a story announcing “Modern and old-time dances will be featured at a CIO party scheduled for the Veterans’ Me­ morial Hall, 213 S. Washing­ ton, Saturday, June.” The date had disappeared from the end of the line. Of course nobody noticed it, except the ten to fifteen thousand readers who happened to look at the story on the front page. Practically nobody else has even mentioned it. For the benefit of those read­ ers who are still wondering when the party is, or was, and whether they have already gone to it or whether it is something to look forward to, it will be— THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 9. Same place as announced above and will run from 9 p. m. to 2 a. m. It is sponsored by the Olds Local 652 Counselors but all CIO folks and their friends are welcome. Virg’s Nighthawks will orchestrate, with John Hedge, the singing caller doing the singing calling when that part of the program is on. Tickets 75c per person. Even Congressional Printers Slip Up WASHINGTON (LPA) — The compositor was a union man, so maybe he will be for­ given for one of the extremely rare typographical errors that occur in the daily Congressional Record. He was putting into print an editorial on cutbacks from Kenosha Labor, weekly labor paper published jointly See PRINTERS SLIP, Page 4 John S. Knight’s Editorial Answered Open Letter to Detroit Free Press After reading your “Editor’s Notebook” in last Sunday’s Detroit Free Press grave doubts arise as to your recent claim that you represent the interests of all the people, Mr. Knight. As a publisher of one of America’s largest newspapers you have in your signed editorial taken a stand against the pay­ ment of $25 per week to our unemployed. The use of your newspaper to attack this proposal calls for more explanation than you have thus far given. MR. KNIGHT, YOU PROFESS TO BE GREATLY DIS­ TURBED FOR FEAR THAT THE PAYMENT OF $25 PER WEEK TO OUR UNEMPLOYED WILL DESTROY THEIR INCENTIVE TO WORK. That would of course be alarming indeed, if it were true, and since incentive is AA-1 on your priority list, Mr. Knight, would you favor incentive tax legislation for Wage earners as you do for industry and business? We understand, of course, that by “Incentive Tax Legislation” you probably mean reduced taxes. Mr. Knight, if our temporarily unemployed workers are so devoid of incentive that $25 per week will lull them into the sloth of indolence, why do you even bother to speak of such idealistic a thing as a high wage policy? Let us ask you, Mr. Knight, who is incentive-minded at Willow Run? Is it the Ford Motor Company, WHICH HAS NO PLANS FOR THE USE OF THIS PLANT, or is it the workers who are demanding that this vast plant be operated. Surely, Mr. Knight, a man with your talents can state the argument on this question of incentive a little more clearly, can you not? Your Editor’s Notebook, Mr. Knight, states that “No unem­ ployment now exists” and that “to date there have been jobs available for all workers laid off because of war plant cut­ backs.” If this is true, or if serious unemployment is not a prob­ ability, WHY ARE YOU SO ALARMED OVER THE PRO­ POSAL TO PAY $25 PER WEEK TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE INELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR IT ANYWAY? You tell us blandly that “ . . . we must individually place more reliance upon the rewards that come from a day's work well done and less upon the deadening philosophy of secur­ ity." Mr. Knight, what are these rewards you speak of . . . are they the ones which are frozen by the Little Steel Formula? What is this “reliance” you speak of, Mr. Knight? Is that the See LETTER TO FREE PRESS. Page 2 Council President Cites Danger Of Too Much Union ‘Economy’ By CLYDE PERKINS President, Lansing CTO Council During the past month I have had the opportunity to ob­ serve fairly closely the efforts and activities of many of the Leaders in our Lansing Locals and have listened to many work­ ers about their joys and woes. The one particular element missing is the evident lack of in­ terest in the actual strength­ ening of our labor movement through further organization. MORE ORGANIZATION WOULD PAY WELL There is a tendency of prac­ tically all, as individuals or as leaders of groups, to retrench in concern for their own parti­ cular interests, not realizing that extension of organization into wider fields, political and numerical, will pay far greater dividends than subservience to vested financial or political in­ terests. Surely the near-sightedness of any of us on this subject must be criticised. The very same type of program that la­ bor has accused many of our civic, social and government leaders of, is slowly taking shape in our own organization. FINANCIAL PROFIT NOT LABOR'S FIELD The very essence of the la­ bor movement is progress in the social and economic field, and to my knowledge it has never extended to the field of finan­ cial profit or retrenchment when there is further chance for advancement. The need for real, solid and yet visual leadership and a movement to eliminate the ex­ isting friction between groups within our own. unions is at high tide. I personally believe that in the city of Lansing, la­ bor does have leadership cap­ able to make these attempts with a good possibility of rea­ sonable success. INCREASED INTEREST OF MEMBERS NEEDED Of course more of the work­ ers themselves must become in­ terested in their organization. Agitation for the sake of agita­ tion should be abolished. The missionary spirit of unionism should be regained by continu­ al pressure upon both union members and their leadership. Aristocracy of leadership and of local unions or international unions certainly has no place in the CIO if there is to be realistic progress in the future of the working peoples pro­ gram. Personal welfare should be given a day coach ticket and progress a first class ticket. Although we can all find many more faults that are com­ mon to each and every one of us, still I feel that every move we make toward organizational strength within our own organi­ zation and in the unorganized field will tend to lessen the backward pull of those faults and will add impetus to correct thinking and action. There's Still Room For Improvement This is true because as we de­ velop relations with more of cur people and with new people from many diversified walks of life we will broaden our scope politically, socially and eco- nomally. Few, if any, of the leaders in the C. I. O. would state that our scope of thinking or action is at the end of its rope. I sincerely feel that our actions of today should reflect our thought for strength in the coming tomor­ rows. Will the CIO Fight For Negro Workers After War Is Over? By DEAN REED Lansing PAC Director The Negro worker is defi- nitely worried. He is worried about today. He is worried about tomorrow. He is restless. He remembers only too well the slogans of the last war. He remembers too well the brok­ en promises. He is more grim today in his determination to enjoy some of the freedoms so glibly mouthed. THEY PLAYED A GAME WITH NEGROES The Negro remembers World War 1, when he was introduced into industrial employment only to be dismissed in the depres­ sion of the thirties. He also re­ members the unfortunate, and uncomfortable position he was in as a pawn between labor un­ ions—labor unions in which he was not welcomed. He remembers the period of black disappointment when he awoke to the fact that econo­ mic democracy was an illusion in the North. That is why the Negro has pressed for upgrading; press­ ed for training; pressed to be­ come a truly American citizen in the fullest sense of the word. LABOR DEMOCRACY BARS NO COLOR The fight for equal job op­ portunities, the fight for eco­ nomic democracy is not the agitation of a few Negro radi­ cals—it is the will of the en­ lightened working people. In­ telligent labor leaders white and black know this. WHAT HAS THE CIO DONE ABOUT THE NEGRO WORKER? In my opinion the CIO has done more for the Negro than any other organization. The UAW-CIO (United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Im­ plement Workers) has done much pioneering in race rela­ tions. In 1940, when it organized the Ford plant, it had to in- See NEGROES. Page 4 Claims Firm Has a Poor War Record A prompt, emphatic protest was wired to Washington Tues­ day by UAW-CIO Local 602 when the Lansing division of Fisher Body suddenly announc­ ed that the company was to be presented with an Army-Navy “E” award for alleged excel­ lence in war work. The award was to have been made in Detroit Wednesday morning—less than 24 hours after the Lansing firm had call­ ed in the union committee and issued the information. Union officials were invited to attend the ceremony, which had ap­ parently been kept secret un­ til plans were complete. It was fast work, but not quite fast enough. President Chester Cowan immediately called a special meeting of the local’s executive board. They discussed the firm’s bad labor relationss record, its failure to go all out for maximum war production and efficiency and voted to protest the whitewash­ ing such an award would mean. The following telegram was drafted and dispatched at once: MR. ROBERT PATTERSON UNDERSECRETARY OF NAVY WASHINGTON, D. C. MR. A. T. CLAUSEN, RESIDENT MANAGER FISHER BODY CORPORATION . LANSING DIVISION LANSING, MICHIGAN AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF FISHER LOCAL 602 UAW-CIO ON TUES­ DAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 JUNE 5, 1945 IT WAS VOTED TO PRO­ TEST THE AWARD OF THE NAVY E FLAG FOR FISHER BODY COR­ PORATION LANSING DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS. WE FEEL THAT THE FACILITIES OF THIS PLANT HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZ­ ED TO THEIR FULLEST CAPA­ CITY IN THE WAR EFFORT. SIGNED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LOCAL 602 UAW-CIO CHESTER C. COWAN, PRESIDENT ARCHIE A. PERRY, RECORDING SECRETARY Ford to Build Plant in South ATLANTA, Ga. (FP)—The Ford Motor Co. announced it would build a large plant here designed for the assembly of 350 automobiles daily “as soon as war conditions permit.” The plant’s payroll, estimat­ ed on the basis of prewar sal­ aries, will total about $5 mil­ lion annually. Cost of the plant is estimated at $10 million or more. Nash Man Has Unique Plan For Business John Danzo, Nash war work­ er who owns the Howard Coal and Building Supply Co., 703 E. Shiawassee, has a unique plan for selling roofing and other jobs to customers. “When a prospective custom­ er requests information or an estimate,” Danzo said, “We send him the workman who will do the job if we get it. Both customer and applicator then get all the facts first hand and See NASH MAN, Page 3 LANSING LABOR NEWS, INC. MAIL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 657, Lansing 3, Mich. OFFICE: 109 E. South St. — Phone 2-6912 A non-profit newspaper dedicated to the interests of the community and to the interests of labor here and everywhere. Published every Thurs­ day at the Lansing CIO Council headquarters by the following incorporated body, representing locals 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 Jake­ William Treanor (Olds 652). MEMBERS—Robert Richardson (Olds way 652), Odell Z. 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Mail all contributions to Lansing Labor News, P O Box 657 Lansing 3, Mich. LETTERS TO THE FREE PRESS (Continued from Page 1) happy alternative to “. . . the deadening philosophy of secur­ ity? If security is such a deadening philosophy, why don’t you take a stand against life insurance, Mr. Knight? Why don’t you address yourself to the problem of the deadening influ­ ence of public health laws, compulsory education, and such insidious concepts of a freedom of religion, all of which are SECURITY against disease, ignorance, and intolerance. But ah, Mr. Knight, we can by a process of elimination fin­ ally answer our own question . . . COULD IT BE THAT YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF ALL KINDS OF SECURITY . . . EX­ CEPT ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WORKERS? Mr. Knight, what are we to think of your opinions when such a champion of our Free Enterprise system as Senator Van­ denburg frightens himself nearly to death over the proposal for FULL EMPLOYMENT in the San Francisco Conference. Mr. Knight, we know—and so do you—that industry and business have been awarded tax refunds on swollen war pro­ fits. Is this a part of the “incentive Taxation Legislation” which you urge? Or is it another aspect of that “deadening philosophy of security?” One more thing, Mr. Knight ... it is all very confusing to us why incentive taxation legislation is a proper domain of the Federal government BUT $25 PER WEEK FOR UNEM­ PLOYED WORKERS IS A VIOLATION OF STATE’S RIGHTS. You really dug down deep in the bag to find that one, didn’t you. Such economic LYNCH LAW LEGALISM as “States Rights” is a damned poor substitute for empty bellies and hungry eyes, Mr. Knight. Whether you know it or not, you have quite inadvertently stated the case fairly clearly. The whole thing seems to depend on whose Ox is being gored. IF YOU . . . AND SENATOR VANDENBURG . . . HAVEN’T THE CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF BUSI­ NESS AND INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE FULL EMPLOY­ MENT, THEN STAND ASIDE AND QUIT SNIPING AT THE RIGHT OF COMMON PEOPLE TO AT LEAST A BARE EXISTENCE. Thousands Are Fired Without Advance Notice WASHINGTON (LPA) — War cutbacks and mass firings are coming faster than either the headlines or the War Pro­ duction Board can keep track of them, WPB officials admit­ ted here last week. WPB Chairman J. A. Krug announced that unemployment will hit 1,900,000 workers with­ in three months. Labor leaders, however, say that his estimate may be short by 1,000,000. Krug admitted that “The military services are now reviewing their requirements and within a few weeks it is expected that an­ other large step-down will be ordered.” Forget Rules The cutbacks are coming so fast and so suddenly, and to thousands without advance warning, that there is no long­ er any pretense of trying to follow WPB’s Directive 40 which was designed to provide for previous notification of at least seven days before the closing of a plant. The supposed guarantee of advance notice was violated in the case of Willow Run in De­ troit where 10,800 workers were unexpectedly informed that the plant would be closed down by June 30. The workers will be laid off in quick bunches, and it was revealed that only planes on the assembly line will be completed. Jack & Heintz Hit Other Army cutbacks an­ —Kenneth McCreedy. nounced the closing of the Curtis-Wright plants in St. Louis and Louisville. The Stude­ baker Corp. started plans for shutting down its plants at Chi­ cago, South Bend, Ind., and Fort Wayne, Ind., following cancellation of its contract for B-17 engines. Jack & Heintz Inc., at Cleve­ land, requested “voluntary re­ signations from 4,300 workers, half of its staff, because of im­ pending cutbacks. With the wave of cutbacks flooding across the country, labor leaders became increas­ ingly indignant at the absence of any planning to provide jobs for the hundreds of thousands of displaced workers. Can Unions Protect Jobs Of Teachers ST. LOUIS (LPA)—A court case testing the right of teach­ ers to turn to a union as their representative in dealing with a school superintendent may soon take place in Missouri. Two high school teachers, members of the American Fed­ eration of Teachers (AFL), were refused reappointment by the Normandy (Mo.) school board. The board backed up the superintendent of schools, Fred B. Miller, who, according to the union, had said he wanted to “fire the whole damn bunch of them.” Miller, on numerous oc­ casions, has attacked the un­ ion, and the board in its find­ ings agreed that the school head was opposed to teachers’ unions. Nevertheless, Miller did See TEACHERS, Page 4 BRETTON WOODS What It Is and What It Means to Us The UAW-CIO Research Department has prepared an explanation of the Bretton Woods bill in Congress, which is HR 2214 in the House and S 540 in the Senate. This is the last of three articles in which we pub­ lished it. Who Is in Favor of Bretton Woods! In the first place, the financial advisors of 44 nations of the world drew up the details for Bretton Woods. It was backed by the leaders of the three greatest United Nations, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, and their governments, as well as 41 smaller nations. HENRY MORGENTHAU, Secretary of the Treasury has said: “Bretton Woods is the model in the economic sphere of what Dumbarton Oaks is in the political world . . . “The actual details of a financial and monetary agreement may seem mysterious to the general public. Yet at the heart of it lies the most elementary bread and butter realities of daily life. “What we have done here in Bretton Woods is to devise ma­ chinery by which men and women everywhere can exchange freely, on a fair and stable basis, the goods which they produced through their labor. And we have taken the initial step through which the nations of the world will be able to help one another in economic development to their mutual advantage and for the enrichment of all.” To go back, he said, to old methods of international rivalry “would be once more to start our steps irretraceably down the steep, disastrous road to war.” PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TOLD CONGRESS: “The cornerstone for international political cooperation is the Dumbarton Oaks proposals for a permanent United Nations. International political relations will be friendly and construc­ tive, however, only if solutions are found to the difficult eco­ nomic problems we face today. The cornerstone for interna­ tional economic cooperation is the Bretton Woods proposal for an International Monetary fund and an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. “To the people of the United States this means real peace­ time employment for those who will be returning from the war and for those at home whose wartime work has ended. It also means orders and profits to our industries and fair prices to our farmers. We shall need prosperous markets in the world to ensure our own prosperity and we shall need the goods the world can sell us. For all these purposes, as well a for a peace that will endure, we need the partnership of the United Nations.” WILLIAM L. CLAYTON, Assistant Secretary of State, said: “The whole basis of the Bretton Woods proposals is the con­ ception of an expanding economy and collective security through common action. Unless we. achieve a great expansion in world economy and in increase in the levels of living of all people, the solution of the vast problems of all the nations may well be rendered impossible.” LEO CHERNE, economist: “Bretton Woods was “the first of the peace conferences of World War II. If it fails to be accepted by the United States, the peace itself has been deadlocked.” WHO IS AGAINST BRETTON WOODS? The most important group opposing Bretton Woods is the American Bankers Association. Although many individual members of this group personally favor it, the Association is officially againt it. They are in open opposition to Fund, while they say they favor the Bank with certain amendments. They have drawn up a series of amendments to Bretton Woods which would emasculate the whole idea of international economic co­ operation. Cutting off the Fund from the Bank would be like chopping off the legs of a human body. These amendments proposed by the Bankers, would have to be ratified by the 32 other United Nations. This would take months, if not years, and each nation in turn might propose other amendments, there­ by hamstringing the whole set-up. WHY DO BANKERS OPPOSE IT? THE REAL REASON FOR THE BANKERS’ ASSOCIA­ TION OPPOSITION TO BRETTON WOODS IS THAT THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM OF RESTRICT­ ED TRADE, IMPERIALISTIC DEALS AND BIG-STICK AG­ GRESSIVENESS WHICH CHARACTERIZED HOOVER’S FOREIGN POLICY. They made big profits through high interest rates on for­ eign loans. Many of these bankers were tied up with the Inter­ national Bank of Settlements, a Nazi-controlled “international” bank. They would like to see this reactionary orgnization per­ petuated. Some bankers and dealers in foreign exchange made big profits on the kind of currency manipulation which took place in the 1930’s. The Bretton Woods agreement would elimi­ nate this kind of profiteering at the expense of national and in­ ternational welfare. ARE ALL BANKERS OPPOSED TO IT? No, Edward E. Brown, president of the First National Bank of Chicago has given 100 per cent endorsement to Bretton Woods without amendment. The Independent Bankers Association, representing 2,000 country banks in 40 states has endorsed the Bretton Wood proposals wholeheartedly. The Board of Direct­ ors of the Federal Reserve Bank's stand behind the Bretton Woods proposals. The Pennsylvania State Bankers Associa­ tion have endorsed Bretton Woods. 224 leading economists from colleges all over the U. S. have endorsed it. WHO ELSE OPPOSES BRETTON WOODS? Senator Robert Taft, anti-labor, anti-United Nations, obstruc­ tionist Republican leader is running interference for the Bret­ ton Woods opposition in the Senate. In the House, Jessie Sumner, the Chicago Tribune’s voice on Capitol Hill leads the attack on Bretton Woods. Close on her heels are William Barry, Democrat from N. Y., associate of LETTERS FROM SERVICEMEN Warren Good, former finan­ cial secretary of Nash Local 13, writes from “somewhere in France” as follows: To Nash Local 13: When I left the Nash back in October of 1943, I never dream­ ed I’d be jumping from planes with props that maybe I had a hand in making myself. I’ve traveled a lot of miles and seen a lot of country, such as Eng­ land, Belgium, Holland, Germ­ any and France, and fellow members, we (you and I) that live in a free country really don’t know or appreciate just how lucky we are ’til we’re away from it awhile. That’s one of the big reasons why your fighting men are do­ ing such a wonderful job. They are bent on whipping every common enemy and coming back to their homes at the ear­ liest possible moment. We in the armed forces ap­ preciate the wonderful job you people on the home front are doing in sending us the best equipment in the world. I understand that the 7th War Loan Drive has begun. In­ stead of cutting down on your bond buying because the war seems to be nearly over, how about every one of you buying just a little extra, and maybe that’s all we would need for that final “big push.” I wish I could be there to tell you of some of my experiences since I’ve been over here. I think I could impress upon your minds why we can’t let up now. But you are learning more and more of it through the papers and newsreels, so no one should have to tell you the importance of buying bonds. Buy ’til you can’t buy any more. I sincerely hope that the members of Local 13 buy more than their quota; it means that the enemy will say “uncle” just that much sooner. Fraternally, Warren Good Says We Aren't Sending Info To Olds Local 652: You have but to read “Let­ ters to the Editors” columns throughout the nation’s press to realize from reading letters from service men that they are misinformed and uninformed of the true facts of labor’s problems. The blame of this is two-fold. The reactionary press and radio are dealing out vicious propaganda to the service men and attempting to create a breach between labor and re­ turning veterans and on the oth­ er hand, you folks at home are not doing too well in keeping the -servicemen informed to counteract the poison. I want to recommend that you immediately send all mem­ bers of Olds Local 652 in ser­ vice a weekly copy of “In Fact.” That little paper carries plenty of information to stop and even turn the most insidious spew­ ing of the fascist mouths and pens. —Johnny Moore, S 1/c U. S. Navy Takes Strike News With Grain of Salt To Olds Local 652— Yes, I have heard of all the strikes and so on. But most all of us take it with a grain of salt. And as for myself I think America-Firsters, and Fred Crawford, reactionary Republican of Michigan. THE STATUS OF BRETTON WOODS NOW Bretton Woods bill in the House is HR 2211; it is in the House Banking and Currency Committee, headed by Brent Spence, Democrat. Hearings are now being held on it. In the Senate the Bretton Woods bill is S 540, in the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, headed by Robert F. Wag­ ner, chairman. Hearings will be held shortly. HOW CAN WE HELP OBTAIN PASSAGE? All UAW-CIO members should write: 1—Robert F. Wagner, chairman, Senate Committee on Bank­ ing and Currency (Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C.), telling him that they support S 540 without changes. 2—Brent Spence, chairman, House Committee on Banking and Currency (House Office Building, Washington, D. C.), tell­ ing him that they support HR 2211 without change. 3—Their Senators and Representatives, telling them that they support $ 540 and HR 2211. all the boys back home have really done swell. Am looking forward to the day when we can all be back at Olds again. And riding cars instead of planes. Will close for tonight. Keep up the good work. Joy Ley, France Wallace Urges Cooperation With Russia NEW YORK (FP)— U.S. res­ ponsibility in preventing a third world war and her common in­ terest with the Soviet Union in raising the living standards of all peoples were stressed in two separate speeches here by Sec. of Commerce Henry A. Wal­ lace. “We mut plan to keep our ec­ onomic system on an open, com­ petitive basis,” Wallace said in an afternoon address to the New York Foreign Trade Week Committee. “The U.S. is in a position to demonstrate to the whole world that her great po­ litical and economic power will be used for neither imperial­ istic nor scarcity purposes . . . “No nation ever had such an opportunity to help the world toward peace and abundance as the U.S. has right now. On the other hand, we can, by making the wrong decisions, place such a strain on the other nations of the world as to make World War III inevitable.” Speaking at the New School for Social Research in the evening, Wallace said that the U.S. and Russia have emerged “as the two most powerful na­ tions in the world” and that both “in their different ways are groping for a way of life which will enable the common man everywhere in the world to get the most good out of modern technology.” OVERHEAD SEEN WASHINGTON (LPA) — This story is still good here. A court official spent consider­ able time explaining the history of the American flag to a group of aliens seeking citizen­ ship. His audience was most at­ tentive, and the official pre­ sumed his lecture was a success. At the conclusion he asked: “Now, what is it that you al­ ways see flying over this city?” There was silence for a mo­ ment, and then someone on the front row popped up, blinked, and said: “Peejuns.” Around The Shops By George Nader While the lay-offs aren’t coming as fast as we had been told (and that doesn’t make us mad) there have been lay-offs. I hope that committees will see to it that managements don’t abuse the period they have to make adjustments in line with the contract. For example, one plant where the company has 40 days to make adjustments, people with 15 and 20 years seniority are walking the street, while employes who hired in a few weeks ago are working. Promises and more promises are what same people are get­ ting. I know committees can’t force more than the contract calls for, but I do believe that managements should remember past cooperation by commit­ tees. Labor faces a period when all labor must be unified, ready to act as a unit to pro­ tect what rightfully is theirs. Lifting of manpower controls to allow people to shift to place themselves in better post war jobs should be done. There is no sense to holding people who want to change, while laying off others. The switch to civil­ ian production should be done without trying to force a raise in the price of their commodi­ ties, which no doubt they will or are trying to do. We had a hard time getting them to convert to war work — we will have a hard time get­ ting them to convert back — without increases to assure more millions. The guaranteed annual wage question is sure getting kicked around. If it is fair for rail­ roads, government employes, for manufacturers and their staffs, why isn’t it fair for workers in plants. The Seventh War Loan Drive is on. The government decided one drive this year — if put over — will do the job, so those that can, should over-subscribe so that the drive won’t fail be­ cause of those who through no fault of their own can’t. Novo plant protection em­ ployes feel swell, with 20c back pay to January 1, 1945. Full credit for their cooperation should be given Novo manage­ ment. The fact it was a Form No. 10 made it possible to get such quick action. Abrams is calling back form­ er employes, which is good news. Kold Hold is expanding and more people are needed, especially welders (gas). Lansing Drop Forge election (no doubt) will be held in June, so let’s contact those we know there and help make it one hun­ dred percent for UAW. Ditto for Wohlerts Corporation, where an election will be held the second week in June. Nash had quite a dance. From all I hear everyone had a grand time. There is one to be put on by the Counselors of 652 which no doubt will also turn out to be a bang up affair, one June 9th, try and attend. Those who attend the Fisher Auxiliary affair at Grand Ledge will get hot dogs—point free, let’s have a big turnout, Hearing Ordered For Timekeepers A hearing has been ordered on the petition of Oldsmobile timekeepers, who recently or­ ganized and asked for an elec­ tion to determine whether the union would represent them. The hearing will be at 2 p.m. June 15 in Detroit in the Na­ tional Bank Building at NLRB headquarters. Lyle “Rocky” Stone, Intl. Representative as­ signed to assist the organizing committee here, notified the Labor News immediately upon receiving the annuoncement Wednesday and said letters were being prepared to send to each timekeeper. NASH MAN (Continued from Page 1) there is no misunderstanding due to relaying of information from a third party.” There is a further advantage, he said, in his system. It elimi­ nates need of salesmen and re­ duces cost. The savings are passed on to the consumed, en­ abling the firm to offer lower bids. However, no one is obligated in any way through an appli­ cator visiting his home with in­ formation or making an esti­ mate, Danzo said. The firm has an announce­ ment of their services in this issue, for which they state easy FHA terms are available. Thirty-Three Graduated From Council's 1st Class Thirty-three recently were graduated from the Lansing CIO Council’s first class in collective bargaining which is a part of the new educational program. Those graduating and receiving certificates are: FRANK BARRET, Local 724. EARL CARMINEY, Local 724. EUDORA WALKER, Local 93, Nash Cafeteria. MARGURITE FRINK, Local 93, Nash Cafeteria. VERNA MYERS, Local 724, Atlas. MARIE KIPKE, Local 93. MAUDE LOOMIS. LOUIS SPITZKY, Local 724, Kold Hold. EDWARD GIBBON, Local 724, Kold Hold. ELMER ROOD, Local 724, Atlas. LEWIS AKRIGHT, Local 724, Atlas. HAZEL PALMER, Local 93, Estills. RUSSELL GREENHOE, Local 724, Atlas. NEALE KEEGSTRA, Local 13, Nash. LOUIS CROZIER, Local 13, Nash. EARL WATSON, Local 13, Nash. ELEANOR JENKS, Local 93, Nash Cafeteria. GLADYS PERDUE, Local 93, Nash Cafeteria. LESLIE GUY, Local 724. LOUI FRITZ, Local 724, Chaard Lab. EVELYN WHITE, Local 724, Chaard Lab. H. DEAN REED, Local 276, SCMWA. CLYDE PERKINS, Local 93, Arctic Dairy. HAROLD FOGLESON, Local 652, Olds. CARL WALTZ, Local 724, Atlas. WILLIAM THOMAS, Local 724, Atlas. DAVID CARSTAIRS, Local 724, Atlas. WILLIAM RIOUX, Local 724, Atlas. JOSEPH DALE, Local 724, Atlas. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Local 724, Lans. Paint & Color. KENNETH McCREEDY, Local 724, Lans. Paint & Color. LEON MAFFET, Local 724, Lans. Paint & Color. CHARLES STANAWAY, Local 650, Reo. The Council’s educational program is being sponsored jointly with the Michigan C. I. O. Council and all their classes are credited courses from the University of Michigan. Mr. Stoy Menton from the University was the instructor. Most of the C. I. O. members who attended this class are stewards or committeemen and it was determined that where ever possible, the information received from the class should be continued through the educational committees and the stew­ ards and committeemen’s organizaion of each local union. Watch this paper for an announcement of an advanced class in collective bargaining and grievance procedure sometime in the near future. Seniority For Veterans Refused by War Firm CHICAGO (FP)— A flat re­ fusal by the Pressed Steel Car Co. to honor time spent in the armed forces as accumulated seniority will cost the jobs of 100 to 150 veterans employed in the company’s armored tank division here. The veterans are among more than 1,000 employes, or 40 per cent of the working force, who will be laid off as a result of a cutback in government orders for Sherman tanks and 155 mm. guns, management informed of­ ficials of the United Auto Workers (CIO). Seniority rights, provided for in the un­ ion agreement, will prevail in all layoffs. The contract protects em­ ployes who entered military ser­ vice and returned to work upon their discharge. Management rejected, however, a UAW re­ quest that accumulated senior­ ity be granted to veterans who were not employed by the com­ pany before they entered the armed forces. Only comment made by company spokesmen was that the veterans would re­ ceive everything to which they are legally entitled. News from the AUXILIARIES Olds Auxiliary Auxiliary 76 held a card party at the Local Hall, Tues­ day evening, May 29th. As cred­ it should be given to those who deserve it, we would like to make a correction of the names of those on the committee in charge of this party. The com­ mittee correctly consisted of Mrs. Mae Hamilton, Mrs. Knez Gardner, Mrs. Bea Wilcox and Mrs. Dorothy Valleau. The ladies have all been working hard to make these parties a success. The turn out to this party was rather disap­ pointing. The proceeds go to a very worthy cause so make an extra effort to come to the next party which will be announced later. Remember, June 7th is the next auxiliary meeting. support the good job the ladies are doing. I hope more and more of these get togethers will be made possible. The CIO in Lan­ sing in big enough to sponsor and support such programs, and they are good for all. Roses To Local 652 for donating $800 to the Sunshine fund for Percy Jones. It is for a good cause — will bring joy and happiness to many G. I.’s, To Abrams’ management for their efforts on new contract to assure jobs for those who had been laid off. To Clyde Perkins and Dean Reed for a Ping Pong table base (they built). Razzberries To managements who are taking advantage of contract; clauses given them time to ad­ just, making it so old employes walk the streets — new one’s work. To managements who wave the flag — but do nothing to keep it waving. To congressmen who want more money, but feel workers who work, (that’s more than I can say for Congressmen from some districts) don’t rate an in­ crease. Conclusion Those of you who helped to make labor’s gains and the union possible know what I mean when I say be on your guard. We must again be pre­ pared to- fight for those gains. Those of you who are new, we need your help — so that we can present a unified front. We must, we can not do otherwise, than stick together, so that those who fought and those who worked will have done so to assure a bright future. The job is big — but so are we — the job is tough — but so are we — IT CAN BE DONE — We WILL DO IT. WASHINGTON (Continued from Page 1) Truman’s message will need a lot of backing from the home front in letters, wires and con­ tacts with individual congress­ men and senators if it is to be more than just a pious hope. This congress is the same one FDR found rather fought and reactionary when approached on liberal policy. It hasn’t changed for the better — even with the invitation extended to Herbert Hoover to visit the White House. The new president is trying his best to get along with con­ gress and has gone out of his way recently to show his form­ er colleagues that he is a friend. But this social security issue is the spot where he is most likely to draw the line. He cannot yield to George and Taft and expect to have anybody believe he is fighting for the Roosevelt program. Within the next two months the course of events will show just how far Truman can go in cooperating with congress . . . whether the honeymoon can continue or whether he’ll have to take his cause to the court of the people and tell the na­ tion what he wants and who is preventing him from getting it. Despite the quick passage of the reciprocal trade agreements act by the House on Truman’s demand, it is this column’s opinion that the reconversion­ unemployment compensation row will end the honeymoon. WHY HE RESIGNED Churchill Opposed Postwar Plans of Unions in England By GLADYS CHASINS NEW YORK — (FP) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s designation of July 5 as the date for the first British general election in 10 years has brought to a head the series of mounting disagreements between the two main branches of the wartime coalition government—the Conservative and Labor parties. Plans Overwhelming Victory The most heated of these controversies during the past year have revolved around domestic reforms and it is on these issues that the Labor party will center its attack. However, the elec­ tion will be held while the country is still at war and the Tories are relying on the overwhelming support of the British people for Churchill as a war leader to sweep them back into power. Both parties are committed to an unflinching prosecution of the war against Japan, but their fundamental cleavages on virtually every major phase of postwar planning made contin­ uance of a coalition government an impossibility in the eyes of political leaders on both sides of the fence. This has been reflect­ ed most acutely in recent parliamentary debates on housing, health, social security, full employment and in sharp verbal clashes between members of the two parties in the press and public meetings. What the Unions Want Labor bases its postwar planning on the nationalization of the coal, power and transport industries and the Bank of Eng­ land, and the public control of all other basic industries. It de­ mands the retention of many wartime controls of industry and prices and in dealing with housing—one of the major postwar problems facing the bombed-out British population—it seeks drastic land reforms. It supports a national health service and social security to protect every citizen and further advocates strict supervision of monopolies and cartels. About World Maneuvers In the sphere of international relations, the Labor party has sharply condemned government policy in Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland as being “more concerned with the preservation of vested interests than for the welfare, liberty, equality or social security of these peoples.” Labor party spokesmen have also pointed out that “suspicion and misunderstanding” between Britain and the USSR have arisen under the present conserva­ tive-dominated government and that a Labor government “is more likely to win a state of confidence and mutual trust be- ween London and Moscow than any alternative government in thisc ountry.” The Seats in Parliament Out of the 615 seats in the Parliament that was just dissolved, the Conservative party held 349 and Labor 170. Other seats were divided as follows: Liberal 28, Natl. Liberal 18, Natl. La­ bor 6, Independent 15, Ulster Unionist 10, National 5, Inde­ pendent Natl. .2, Irish Nationalist Absentionist 2, Common­ wealth 3, Independent Unionist 1, Communist 1, and five va­ cancies. An effort has been made by many of Britain’s leading unions to bring about an electoral pact among the various parties of the left so that only one progressive candidate will run in each constituency. The Labor party, however, has refused to conclude such an agreement. Publicity Scheme Against Absentees Backfired on Army TOLEDO (LPA)— War Dep’t publicity for a WAC recruiting program backfired badly here last week because of its spur­ iousness and anti-labor content. Officers and members of Lo­ cal 12, Willys-Overland Unit of the United Auto Workers-CIO, caught the army’s publicity braintrust way off base when they protested an army photo­ graph and caption copy that appeared in a local paper. PRINTERS SLIP UP (Continued from Page 1) by the AFL and CIO in Ke­ nosha, Wis. lady absent herself from her war job, but she was late for work on 19 occasions.” The Toledo Union Journal, weekly paper of 58,000 CIO members in northwestern Ohio, reported that the army photo showed a WAC at an X-ray ma­ chine with the following cap­ tion copy: “Disgusted because some of the employes of the war plant where she worked absented themselves from their jobs, Pvt. Rachael Broter de­ cided to join the Women’s Ar- my Corps.” The anti-labor publicity boomeranged when union of­ ficials recognized the picture as that of a former employe who had made a record for herself as an absentee, the Toledo Un­ ion Journal said. “In the slightly more than 22 months Miss Broter worked,” the labor paper found, “she ab­ sented herself for 76 days for which she was not paid as well as 32 days for which she was paid her salary or vacation pay, a total of 108 days away from the job. Not only did this young The editorial, which was in­ troduced into the Record by Rep. Andrew Biemiller (D., Wis.) started out by saying that “American war workers, whose miracles of production made possible the defeat of Germany and Italy, are about to be kick­ ed in the pants.” The Government Printing Of­ fice typesetter, who probably didn’t know how shrewd his mistake was, made it turn up: “are about to be kicked in the plants.” CONTEMPT WASHINGTON (LPA) — The House Veterans Committee has rescinded its citation of contempt against Albert Deutsch, newspaper PM writ­ er who refused to reveal his sources of information and was blocked by Rep. Rankin (D., Miss.) from giving his testi­ mony on conditions in veter­ ans hospitals. Deutsch will now be able to give the committee his evidence of failure to pro­ vide adequate and proper med­ ical treatment for servicemen. Revamped Labor Dept. Seen July 1 WASHINGTON (LPA) — Former Sen. Lewis B. Schellen- bach (D., Ore.) who received Senate confirmation last week and takes over on July 1 as Sec­ retary of Labor, is already con­ sidering a revamping of the Labor Department, it was learned here this week. One of the prime considera­ tions of the new Secretary of Labor will be the amalgama­ tion within the Labor Dep’t of the numerous and far-flung labor divisions in other agen­ cies. Wartime stress created so- called labor divisions in many government agencies that would logically fall within the Labor Dep’t. Schellenbach is expected to act quickly to bring most of these back under the roof of the Labor Dep’t. Organized labor has had one important, and relatively un­ publicized, criticism of the Labor Dep’t during the past 12 years which union leaders hope will be rectified by Schwellen- bach. The Labor Dep’t, it is claim­ ed, has not represented organ­ ized labor in the way that the Agriculture Dep’t has repre­ sented the interests of farmers and the Commerce Dep’t repre­ sented the interests of business. Officials of all sections of labor have argued that organized la­ bor never got the same break through what was supposed to be their government depart­ ment that business men and farmers did through theirs. The Labor Dep’t, they con­ tend, has always taken an aloof attitude and a position that its function was chiefly that of ar­ bitration rather than represen­ tation. NEGROES' RIGHTS (Continued from Page 2) elude Negroes in its member­ ship and at the same time to challenge their loyalty to Henry Ford, who had provided them the opportunity to gain indus­ trial jobs. Now 18,000 of the 90,000 members of Ford Local 600 (Dearborn plant) are Ne­ groes many of whom have good jobs at good pay. Local 600 which is made up of all races, creeds and nation­ alities has formed itself into a well organized powerful body, the largest local union in the world, in less than five years. THE RACE RIOT DIDN’T HIT FACTORY The Detroit riots emphasized this solidarity. During that stu­ pidity and horror CIO workers, both white and black, went about their jobs without inci­ dent. UAW workers had al­ ready been sufficiently edu­ cated to prevent them from rioting in the shops, however badly some may have behaved outside. To you who are still a little skeptical of the Negro; to you who still don’t want to give him his fair chance to provide a decent living for himself and his family, all I can say is that you are going to have wars and more wars, because until we as a nation can settle our own problems, how in Hell are we going to settle or help settle the world’s problems. PROGRESS IS NOT FOR­ GOTTEN EASILY When this war ends, our na­ tion will face the real test. Ne­ gro war workers will not relin­ quish their gains without a struggle. The CIO is commit­ ted to a policy of non-discrim­ ination. This policy we will continue to follow. And we be­ lieve there can be useful jobs for all our citizens, in peace as in war. TEACHERS (Continued from Page 2) not discriminate against the two union members, the board said. “The board believes the union has no right to demand rein­ statement of these teachers be­ cause, until it has been settled by the courts or the Legislature of Missouri that teachers are in the same category as indus­ trial workers, the board cannot recognize the teachers’ union as Union Labor Will Buy Over 50% of Bonds WASHINGTON (LPA)—Or­ ganized labor will probably purchase more than 50 per cent a collective bargaining agent,” they asserted at the same meet­ ing at which the firings were upheld. of the nation’s $4 billion E- Bond quota during the Seventh War Loan Drive, Treasury Dep’t officials disclosed this week. Already more than $500,000,- 000 worth of bonds are being purchased monthly through payroll savings plans and the large bulk of this is attributed to union members. The Seventh War Loan Drive, with an over­ all quota of $14 billion, is sched­ uled to end on June 30. Organized labor’s participa­ tion in the drive has paced the campaign in many cities. An “Organized Labor Night” in support of the drive was held last week in Washington which leads all cities in the country with a total purchase of $30,- 300,000 of E-Bonds. Speakers representing the CIO, AFL and Railroad Brotherhoods report­ ed huge investments by their memberships Photo Flashes of the News We Want the 60,000,000 Political Action in Action —Federated Pictures Unions were fighting for the 60,000,000 job program back in Feb­ ruary when they defended Henry A. Wallace against attacks on his confirmation for secretary of commerce. Above are members of Local 65, Wholesale & Warehouse Workers Union (CIO), who hauled out some packing cases arid started obtaining signatures demanding his confirmation. How She Makes Their Weapons —Federated Pictures Above are shown members of the Detroit (Wayne Co.) CIO-PAC planning action. In center is Tracy M. Doll, flanked on his right by Mrs. Mildred Thomas, wife of Pres. R. J. Thomas of UAW-CIO, head of the women’s division of the Michigan PAC, and on his left by Vera Primrose, research director of Wayne PAC. They Were Fighting For This —Federated Pictures Just how she makes the stabilizer tube which is an essential part of a grenade adapter for rifles, used with great success in the Battle of the Belgian Bulge, is explained to men of the Troop Carrier Command by a member of Local 136 of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (CIO) in the Proctor Electric Co. plant in Philadelphia. The men are particularly in­ terested since they played a part in the famous battle. —Federated Pictures Scenes like this will increase throughout the coun­ try as men return to their homes from war service or prison camps. After Three years in a Nazi prison camps, Seaman James E. Aikins, of the NMU, Bal­ timore, met his two-year old daughter, Elaine, for the first time as his wife held her up for her first fatherly kiss. It’s a Date Plan to attend the membership meetings of your local. Here is when and where they meet. OLDS 652—First Friday of month, 7:30 p. m. 118 S. Washington. OLDS AULILIARY 76—First and third Thursdays, 7:30 p. m., 1118 S. Washington. NASH 13 — Second Sunday in month, 10 a. m., 1818 S. Cedar, pre­ ceded by steward’s meeting at 9 a. m. REO 65J—Meets second and fourth Fridays of month, 7:30 p. m., 1314 1/2 S. Washington. FISHER 602—Second Sunday of month, 6 p. m., 1111 W. St. Joseph St. FISHER AUXILIARY — Second Tuesday of month. OLOFSSON 728 — First Thurs­ day of month, 5 p. m., corner Porter and High St. DAIRY UNIT 93—Meet 7:30 p.m., second Friday of month, 1318 1/2 S. Washington. BUY WAR BONDS Labor Leader Returns From Pacific —Federated Pictures Home after a 23,000 mile tour of Pacific battlefronts, these ten West Coast labor leaders who saw the war at first hand are agreed on the necessity of keeping on the job through the long tough fight ahead. L to r, seated: Pres. Claude Ballard of Bay Cities Metal Trades Council (CIO); Orrin A. Burrows (AFL); Asst. Sec. Thomas A. Rotell of Bay Cities Metal Trades Coun­ cil (AFL); California Regional Director Cyril V. O’Halloran of UAW-CIO; Business Agent James P. Smith of Local 1304, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers (CIO); STANDING: Sec. Mervyn Rathbone of California Industrial Union Council (CIO); Vice-Pres. Roy Brown of Int’l. Assn. of Machinists (AFL); Harry J. Murphy (AFL); Vice Pres. Roscoe Crawcraft of Int’l. Long­ shoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union (CIO); Int’l. Rep. Thomas J. Crows of Int’l Bro. of Boiler­ makers (AFL).