Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-20

that it began two weeks ago and de- port every one of them," declared Ex-M Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle, Wash, before 5000 employers, busi- ness mep and workers at an open meeting in New Haven Wednesday night in connection with the annual meeting of the Connecticut Chamber of Commjrce. He demaded that congress take back the honorable discnarges given the hundreds of conscientious objectors" held in gov ernment prisons during the war and honorably released short time ago. Labor seems to have gone mad and a certain class seems bent on pulling down the principles that were built up by the great war and this class must be curbed" said William H. Vandervoort of East Moline, H., member of the National War Labor Board and before the close of the l meeting the assemblage adopted res olutions to memoFialize each member of congress to insist on the speedy deportation of every Red, Bolshevist, l. w. w. or other anti government 1 agitator in the country.
 MT. Vanderyoort discussed the re- 1 lation of capital and labor as he had  that labor such as represented by the American Federation of Labor and | Samuel Gompers is slowly but as surely throttling this country as it had Great Britain.
 l Lieutenant Governor Clifford B. | Wilson said that the present was To time for temporizing with agitators, | but that prompt action should be taken as recommended by Mayor 1 Hanson.
 i In address before the insurance 1 group of the Connecticut Chamber Of | Commerce in the afternoon, George D. Turner, general counsel Of the Ma tionaI Council of Insurance Fedora tions, declared that every supporter of state ownership of insurance com panies is Bolshevist or a destructive l radical.
 America, at this very hour" Mi. Turner declared, lis threaded through
 with aggressive, intelligent, never
 resting organizations which seek only | the subversion of our economic and governmental systems"
 There was a general discussion of the street railway problem and the conclusion was reached that the only way to prevent bankrutcy and at the same time to give the trolley work CTS living wage, was to increase | fares.
 Control of the jitneys by the public utilities commission in the state will
 be recommended by the state body Among the speakers on the trolley
 problems were Bentley ". Warren of Boston and l.. $. Storrs, president of the Connecticut company.
 The Norwich Chamber of Commerce was represented at the meeting by
 President Frank J. King. Charles J l Twist, George E. Fellows, John For
 teous, L. M. Crandall, r. w. Cary Nelson Parker, D. T. Shea, Will L Stearns and A. H. Gallivan
 Alton T. Miner Of New London president, made his annual address
 at the opening of the session.
 ' President Miner in his greeting tc | the members said: When one obtains his majority and becomes of age, life
 takes on an entirely new aspect; one's
 ambition, force and energy is concen-
 trated on the future. Life is absorb ed in looking forward.
 Today, the Connecticut Chamber ot | ComS rec attains its majority. Its
 entire thought and energy and hope i; for the future. But while our hopes
 are centered on the future it may be profitable if we take a short time fol ia retrospective view, Possibly nc 1 similar twelve months have been sf active and had so influential 8 bearing upon the future possibilities of tht chamber as the last twelve.
 For twenty years the chamber ha:
 functioned and performed a service fol
 the good of Connecticut in a manner
 that is truly wonderful when one con
 siders it's limited equipment and fl | i4z, r,HS hor f.,1i
 the responsibilities for initiative an(
 leadership. Their zeal was contagious
 and they had cooperation of many
 affiliated organizations.
 II Through the wonderful work of Former President Jones the chambe
 more than any other organization wa!
 responsible for consolidation of tn,
 Rarious war activities into one big
 wonderful. national effort - the con
 solidated war drive. If the chambe had accomplished nothing else it's ef
 forts in behalf of the Public Utilities
 act would warrant its existence These two accomplishments warran
 the existence of the chamber througl
 all these years. President Miner thel
 reviewed the years activities, takin. up first the movement to enlarge tn , scope of the chamber and which pro , advisory committee new constitu tion which gives special thought 0
 meeting the needs of an enlarge,
 broader, more influential chamber. Tn next thing considered was the obtain
 ing of an executive secretary whicl
 was finally filled by George B. Chand Ter Of him MT. Miner sad: "H
 has been the rearganizer and the fl , nancier He has been the power plan , which has driven the entire machin cry of your chamber. To very larg
 degree the programme of this con convention is monument to his ge
 nius and effort. He is responsible fo , the new membership which constitute
 some of the largest firms in the stats
 and the campaign is in it's infancy. Tn
 chamber has been financed to dat
 through him and practically all bill
 paid" President Miner said it wa purposed to have this campaign car F ried forward until every portion of tn ] lstate is covered.
 ? In the matter Of street railway . President Miner described the effort , of the committee of five to anaiyze tn , conditions and suggest remedies an f legislation. As the governor appoint f ed two of this committee to the spe ' cial commission which considered tf
 problem the work of the chamhe :. would have been merely duplieatio V had it been carried forward. Tn : commissions report is recalled, sai
 President Miner: Tt is a matter
 history, which many of US regret, ths
 the recommendation and advice of u
 commission were not favorably acte
 upon by the legislature.
 "But the street railway problem
 are yet unsolyed and the matter