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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945
BUCKEYE TAVERN
Our big news of the week is, of
course, the naming of Robert M. Sohn
gen, Hamilton attorney and former
city solicitor, to the "driver's seat"
of Ohio's $100,000,000 liquor monop
oly. Mr. Sohngen, in preliminary state
ments to the press, has indicated a
forthright approach to the problems
of law enforcement ("Hurls Warning,"
said one headline writer), but we un
derstand he will have little to say of
departmental policies until after he is
confirmed by the Ohio Senate.
BLOCK THE PUSH
The all-out drive for a labor draft
is on. Make no mistake about it. Tak
ing advantage of the gloom and pes
simism caused by the big German
breakthrough on the western front,
the advocates of compulsory placing
of labor, with the Army and Navy
calling the moves, are in full cry.
The draft labor boys are ignoring
the cheering news from the Pacific
and the equally cheering news from
the German eastern front, where the
tremendous Russian drive threatens
to knock out the Nazis and without
much delay.
They are ignoring or brushing aside
the united opposition of labor and in
dustry. They think if they yell loud
enough and push hard enough, they
can put over compulsory service.
It's up to labor and industry and
every believer in the voluntary way
of doing things to show the draft labor
boys they cannot foist their panacea
on the country. The facts should be
made known to the nation. They show
there is no overall labor shortage
that shortages are local and can be
corrected, with labor, industry and
government working together.
Frederick C. Crawford, chairman of
the National Association of Manufac
turers' executive committee says that
America has manpower available "to
carry out the new Army and Navy
production program and the machin
ery to utilize that manpower, without
national service or labor draft legis
lation."
Labor executives have said the
same thing as Mr. Crawford. And if
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Predictions on military affairs of
ten prove wrong. To cite one recent in
stance, the military commentators
were sure last fall the Germans were
on the run in the west and were close
to final defeat. Some even named the
date for the end of the European war,
setting it as early as Oct. 31.
Then the German resistance stif
fened along the western front, holding
the Allies in many places. Finally
came the breakthrough of Marshal
Von Runstedt the middle of Decem
ber, delaying the general Allied ad
vance, perhaps for months. Now the
German wedge has been almost wiped
out and Von Runstedt may be back
where he started from, before this is
printed.
Though predictions are risky, this
column thinks that the great Russian
advance across Poland promises to
give the final knockout to the Nazis.
They will fight desperately and may
hold the Russians for awhile on the
Oder River or some other line. But the
Russian armies appear so overwhelm
ing in size and equipment, to say noth
ing of their spirit, compared to the
Germans, that Nazi defeat—and goon
—seems certain.
Early German defeat by the Rus
sians might make many of the plans
of American officialdom for big in
creases in the military and war pro
duction forces seem silly, just as their
optimism of last fall looked silly in
the dark days of the last half of De
cember.
Officialdom, however, military and
civilian, hates to admit for a moment
that it may be even partly mistaken
and can be depended upon to continue
its fervent and vociferous pleas for
huge military and war production ex
pansion. More serious than the pleas,
labor and industry executives do not
know the real situation, who else does
They have pointed out the real facts
and if Congress does not heed them,
voluntary methods in this country
will receive a blow from which they
will be a long time recovering.
GOOD HOUSING NOT LUXURY
Asking, "Does America want good
housing," Philip M. Klutznick, com
missioner of the Federal Public Hous
ing Agency, says "there are disturb
ing signs to the contrary." He cites
studies estimating a need for 1,260,
000 houses a year for 10 years after
the war and conservatively estimat
ing there were 7,000,000 substandard
housing units in our urban centers in
194°.
Housing must be taken out of the
luxury class and recognized as a nec
essity for all our people, Klutznick
insists. He says that although hous
ing is the second largest item of cost
in the consumer budget, constituting
about one-fifth of the consumer's to
tal expenditures, our residential con
struction dropped from 6.1 percent of
total production in the peak year of
1925 to only 1 percent in the depres
sion year 1933.
"People must eat in good times and
bad times," se says. "We know that
and our economy recognizes it. But
we treat essential shelter as some
thing nice to have when we're doing
fine, but something we must just get
along without when we need it most.
Herein lies a challenge and a test both
to industry and government."
WHAT NEXT?
An ordinary electric orange juicer
does a novel war production job in
cleaning bearings for Navy gyro
scopes at a Bay City, Mich., plant.
Propped into the hopper, the bear
ings are whirled about for a few
moments in a fine spray of oil which
carries off grit and dust in the ma
chine's juice spoat.
WISDOM
The more acquisitions the govern
ment makes abroad, the more taxes
the people have to pay at home.
—Thomas Paine.
The Mile Of Dimes
The hustling members of local Fire
Fighters' Union, No. 20 who have vol
unteered to put on the "Mile Of Dimes"
drive this year are certainly doing so
far, a splendid job of it. Every day
several of them are at the booth on
High street, while others are solicit
ing funds through the business dis
trict. Tickets are also being sold for
the President's Ball which will be held
at the Moose auditorium, Anthony
Wayne hotel and the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, Saturday, January 27th.
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THE BUTLEKf COUNT? PftESS
is the drive to put over compulsory
labor service on the nation and per
haps a permanent system of military
training, which is peacetime conscrip
tion.
Official Washington's loud whoop
ing is no reason for getting panicky
and rushing to pass hastily drafted
legislation. The stand of labor and
industry against a labor draft is based
on sound reasoning and history. Ex
perience of centuries shows that com
pulsion never does what it is expected
to do and that it leads inevitably to
slavery or something akin to it.
Now is the time for Americans to
stop the ever increasing trend to
ward compulsion and show the world
that a free nation can continue, as it
has in the past, to wage war effect
ively without forced labor service. In
stead of talking and planning for
more compulsion, there should be more
effective use of manpower recruiting
machinery already functioning. It has
proved its worth and can be made
even more efficient.
Instead of talking and plotting for
compulsion, there should be planning,
and above all, action, to relieve any
labor shortages that may exist by
sending workers where they are need
ed.
Labor unions all over the nation
are proving this can be done. The
AFL has cited many concrete exam
ples. It is being done and it is work
ing. More and more of this kind of
action, with labor, industry and gov
ernment pulling together with all
their might, will solve manpower
problems and give a conclusive an
swer to the advocates of compulsion.
And as stated before, it will show
what free Americans can do, thereby
encouraging and inspiring growth of
freedom throughout the world.
FIVE UNIONS AID
FREE LABOR DRIVE
New York City.—Substantial gifts
from five international unions marked
the opening of the AFL's Free Trade
Union Fund campaign. The largest
single contribution is $5,000, received
from the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
Other internationals responding are
the Printing Pressmen, Hotel and
Restaurant Workers, Pulp, Sulphite
and Paper Mill Workers, and the Ce
ment, Lime and Gypsum Workers.
These five organizations have also
asked their members and affiliates to
generously support the Fund. More
than 50 other internationals have in
dicated they will actively aid the
fund, also urging individual union
members to do likewise.
The Free Trade Union Committee
of the Labor League for Human
Rights, the AFL's war relief agency,
is sponsoring the January drive.
Proceeds from the campaign will be
used to help rebuild and strengthen
the organized labor movements in
Europe, Asia, Central and South
America.
Big Reduction In Job
Accidents Woodworking
Industry's Plan To
Meet Labor Shortages
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—The
wartime woodworking industry is out
to meet a large part of its manpower
shortages by reducing job accidents
40 percent in the next 6 months.
The industry's goal was made known
by Secretary of Labor Perkins, in an
nouncing the opening of a cooperative
safety drive by woodworking plants,
labor unions, state labor departments,
national safety organizations, insur
ance companies, the U. S. Department
of Labor and other federal agencies.
"Meeting and maintaining this goal
will add nearly 4 million man-days of
working time in 1945 and will mean
that many more pontoon bridges,
trailers, arid aircraft, guncrates and
ammunition boxes for the Army and
Navy," Miss Perkins said.
The third industry to pledge a con
centrated safety drive to meet the
Labor Department's over-all goal of
a million fewer accidents in 1945, its
present accident toll is more than
twice the national average and is one
of the 10 highest in the country.
A successful campaign would save
planing mills and wooden container
plants nearly $2,000,000 a year, safe
guard the lives of 150,000 workers and
keep nearly 6,000 employees on the
job who otherwise would lose working
time from industrial injuries.
Composed predominantly cj£ small
plants scattered throughout the 48
states, this industry offers a challenge
to safety engineers because of the dif
ficulty of reaching thousands of small
plant managements with the import
ance of organized safety programs.
Labor unions which have pledged
cooperation in thte drive include the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America and the Coopers
'International Union of America.
Rationing At A Glance
Meats, Cheese, Butter, Fats, Canned
Milk
Red stamps (Book 4) Q-5 through
X-5 valid now. Destroy invalid stamps
A-8 thru Z-8 and A-5 thru P-5.
Processed Foods
Blue stamps (Book 4) X-5 through
Z-5 and A-2 through G-2 valid now.
Destroy invalid stamps A-8 thru Z-8
and A-5 thru W-5.
Sugar
Only Sugar Stamp 84 food for 5
pounds is now valid. Another will be
validated February 1. Destroy Sugar
Stamp 40, all canning certificates, and
also stamps 30 thru 33.
Shoes
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 airplane stamps
in Book 3 valid for 1 pair each until
further notice, thirty days in ad
vance. Merchants will positively not
accept loose stamps.
Gasoline
Stamp A-14 valid for 4 gallons
through March 21. B-5, B-6, C-5 and
C-6 valid for 5 gallons until further
notice. Write state and license num
ber on each coupon IMMEDIATELY
upon receipt of book. Mileage ration
ing records must be submitted with
supplemental gasoline applications to
the board.
Tires
Commercial vehicle tires must be
inspected every 6 months or every 5,
000 miles whichever is first. Passen
ger tire inspections are required only
when applying for tire replacements.
Fuel Oil
Last season Period 4 and 5 and new
season Period 1, 2 and 3 coupons now
good. Unit value 10 gallons. All
changemaking and reserve coupons
good throughout heating year. Con
sumption in Cincinnati area as of Jan
uary 4 should not have exceeded 42
per cent of season's ration.
Stoves
Certificates to purchase most heat
ing and cooking stoves that burn oil
or gas must be obtained from local
boards.
Price Information
Obtain price information from the
Price Clerk of your local War Price
and Rationing Board. Report any
overcharges.
THE MARCH OP
DIMES CAMPAIGN
"A little dime, dropped into a March
of Dimes container, becomes a power
ful weapon of destruction against a
giant enemy—infantile paralysis",
Richard L. Kroesen, state chairman
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, Inc., said today in
urging that Ohioans support the an
nual fund-raising appeal.
"It is the combined power of mil
lions and millions of dimes—and larg
er amounts, as may be afforded—that
makes it possible for every victim of
paralysis, regardless of age, race,
creed or color to receive the best
medical care available.
"When Ohio was struck last year
by the serious epidemic, money was
on hand to provide early medical care.
In many cases, this may mean the
difference between a life of crippling
or normal recovery. We must support
the 1945 March of Dimes, to guard
against future epidemics, which strike
without warning and with devastating
effect."
Chairman Kroesen said that this
year, for the first time, campaigns
are scheduled in each of Ohio's 88
counties. Half of the funds raised re
main in this county for local needs,
Swarthout Stars
On Standard Oil
Net-work Show
Gladys Swarthout and Jan
Peerce are featured vocalists to
appear with Deems Taylor, Vic
tor Borge and the Cleveland Or
chestra on a full-hour broadcast
originating in Cleveland Public
Auditorium before a visual audi
ence of 10,000,8 to 9 PM, January
10, in honor of the 75th Anniver
sary of the founding of the
Standard Oil Company (Ohio).
Twenty meetings of Standard
Oil Company employees and their
guests will be held simultaneous
ly throughout Ohio and in six
other states to hear this anniver
sary broadcast. W. T. Holliday.
president of the Standard Oil
Company (Ohio), is to have a
prominent part in this program.
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Appointed
Director of Highways
PERRY T. FORD
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 22.—Perry T.
Ford, of Columbus, today took office
as director of the Ohio Department
of Highways, the largest branch of
state government.
A o i n e y o v a n k
Lausche on January 4, Mr. Ford be
comes the 16th director of highways
since the department was created in
1904. He succeeds Hal G. Sours, who
was named director in 1940 when Maj.
Gen. Robert S. Beightler assumed
command of Ohio's 37th Division.
Particularly concerned with Ohio's
gigantic postwar highway program
and the manpower shortage in the de
partment, Mr. Ford said: "I recognize
the immensity and importance of the
task ahead of men and I expect to pro
ceed cautiously."
A veteran civil engineer, Mr. Ford's
appointment has been widely and fav
orably received by the highway indus
try and engineering fraternities.
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the other half being sent to the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis, Inc., which in turn disburses it in
grants for research and epidemic ser
vice, including sending of doctors,
nurses, respirators, physical therapy
technicians, supplies and financial aid
to stricken communities.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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PLENTY OF GAMES
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EARLY AS 1665 RESOLUTION
The survey urges increase of wages
in low-paid industries, more exact es
timates of manpower needs, elimi
nation of waste and hoarding of labor
and more vigorous cooperative steps
by, labor and management to meet
local shortages.
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size about 44, choice, or will trade for
a violin, or what have you.
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AFL Monthly Survey
Assails Forced Labor
Washington, D. C.—Forced labor is
not the answer to manpower short
ages, Labor's Monthly Survey finds in
its latest issue which is devoted to a
detailed review of the nation's man
power needs.
J. T. Davison,
West Chester, O.
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