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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1945
Page
7
Labor leaders hail Native Land as the finest labor film. It screens at Steward Council in Cincinnati with both morning and evening showings. Nathan Mayers leads the night session, William Duerson the morning, and all union members are urged to attend.
Stewards and Chief Stewards should obtain the educational department’s special reading form at the next Stewards' Council. The form is for requesting specialized educational pamphlets on subjects within the International Union such as Housing and Child Care.
International vice president of the United Auto Workers Richard T. Frankensteen will visit Cincinnati next week to address the Woman's City Club on March 16. He will also meet with Local Union executives and discuss labor plans for the postwar world.
A lighthearted note from Wright Aeronautical praises cafeteria fare on second and third shifts. Workers recall three varieties of pie and hint at a future roast Prime Rib sign that may mislead, as beef could be served as frankfurter.
The Local Union in Corryville offered the Union Hall facilities to the American Red Cross for flood refugee work and Red Cross officials praised the move. George Meyers coordinated arrangements and organized a volunteer drive for Red Cross flood workers from the union.
The War Manpower Commission representative Tom Farrell leads the first session for Local 647 stewards at the Union Hall. The program teaches the new Labor curriculum from the Training Within Industry program. Sessions run through the week with a concluding meeting to tailor the course to the local union. A teachers' institute will follow and three teachers will establish steward classes for Local 647.
Cal Frech, dynamic chairman of Local 647’s PAC, is stationed at a camp in Indiana awaiting transfer to another post for training. The notice notes Uncle Sam took Cal from Wright Plant amid debates over company aid offered and raises questions about the amount of assistance.
Johnny Kelley a former Local 647 Committeeman was wounded by a land mine in the Luxembourg sector while his company knocked out a German pillbox. He remained with his unit to complete the objective, was hospitalized, and reports recovery ready to return to duty within days. His letters praise unit unity and lack of discrimination.
The National Safety Council says over 5,200 people were killed in the first three years of the war due to skidding accidents.
Local 647 schedules a large Sunday gathering at Music Hall to nominate candidates for executive and committeeman posts and to elect the Elections Committee. The session starts at two o'clock in the North Wing with attendance from all three shifts. The election is set for Monday March 19.
Officials cite a flash flood that blocked access roads around the plant early Tuesday. After waters receded, management decided to resume operations for the afternoon shift.
Kelley asserts unity among colored and white soldiers, stating they eat sleep and fight together and that color means nothing in the army. He emphasizes equal effort and morale across races.
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