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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
PAINTERS NOW
ARE VERY BUSY
IN THIS STATE
Big Business Is Reported at State
Meeting Of Delegates From
Local Unions.
WAITING FOR A DECISION
Agreement May Be Signed Soon.
Beadle Resigns From No. 4
Local as Agent. T.:

At the last meeting of the state con-
Unions of Connecticut at Derby re-
ports showed that there was plenty of
business now and work is looking for
painters instead of painters looking for
work. There was a misapprehension
about the time of this meeting and con-
sequent1y only about half of the dele
gates were present. The next meeting
will be held on Sunday, May -18 at
South Norwalk, when full attendance
is looked for. -, .,.>.,-. -. -,
1t is expected that the Locals of New
Haven and the employers will soon sign
an agreement. A decision on a certain
point is awaited from Charles A. Cullen
of Worcester, third international vice
president of the Brotherhood of Paint
ers, Decorators and. Paperhangers of
America. e. ~: ..<- ..'
Rensselaer, Beadle, vino represented
Locals 400 and Of New Haven, has
resigned. as representative of No. 4,
leaving that organization fiat on its
back. He continues as representative
of No. 400 and this week received a
large number, of applications for mem
bership. He said eevry member Of this
union was at work and ne could l1se an
additional number of men if he had
them. Local No. 4 is composed of
Hebrew painters and this organization
meets in Trades Council hall on the
second and fourth Wednesdays Of each
month, while No. 400 meets on the first
and third Wednesdays. Mr.. .Bead1e
said he did not know whether No 4
would elect a representative or not.
He will probably forget all the Hebrew
he learned but this is not worrying him
as much as, having that photograph
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10

committee has decided to make its anti
Bo1shevism appeal to the Nation
through the National Federation"
Samuel Martin of the American wing
of the Needle Trades Union members
had the honor of firing the opening gun
of the convention, and his very first SEN
tence sounded the national war note.
"Organized labor throughout the
length and breadth of this land abso-
1utely refuses to let the public be hood
wirked into the belief that American
labor is part and parcel of propaganda
spread by foreign agitators who do not
believe in the Constitution of the United
States, to whom the Declaration of In
dependence means nothing, who DO not
believe in religion, government or the
right of the man whose capital and
brains creates industry to have his
rightfu1 share of industry's profits" was
Mr. Martins beginning. Continuing, he
said:
SIN the>New York needle trades the
intrigues of a group of men who do
not first and foremost recognize the
Government under which they live, the
Government that gives them shelter, the
flag that protects them, the laws that
gave them safe harbor under liberty
from the tyranny of European autoc-
racies-this group has gained ascen-
danCy IN the neeQle CTaQeS. Iney nave
thoroughly Bolshevised large number
of needle trades union members. En-
ployers and employees alike are suffer
ing from their practices. Their contin-
uance in power will result in the ruin
of the needle trades industry, wide
spread unemployment and ultimate dis
aster to the workers. <
"Far-seeing American leaders are
alive to the danger. They are resolved
to stamp out Bolshevism at all costs.
We are meeting tonight to start the
campaign for Americanism in New
York, and am informed that our
movement is to be made national in
scope 1t is a fight to a finish between
Americanisn and radicalisn in the or
ganized labor movement. American
labor has never vet permitted the Amer
ican flag to be lowered in defeat, and
it will not in this war permit the red
emblem to be raised in triumph"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
SERVANT, GIRLS.
Why Are They Asked to Work
Seven Days a Week?

London, May 8.-The new Servants
Union has adopted the following pro-
gramme An eight hour day; time and
half for overtime; double time for Sun
days whole day off every month; whole
day off every week after six months
service; minimum wage of $15O.a year
where only one servant is kept; mini
mum wage for kitchen and scullery
maids, $50: house maids, Sis; par
lor maids $500; and cooks. SIS. -,
programme the question was continu-
ally asked whv the servant girl is
asked to work seven days aweek when
other: people were content with, six.
There are 2,OOC members in the. union
under the vigorous organizing influence
of a Scotch woman.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
STRIKE
HAS BEEN SETTLED
Firm Grants Every Demand of
Metal Polishers international
Union-Labor Press Thanked.
c Connecticut Labor Press. .

Connecticut Labor Press:
You are hereby officially notified that
the Brunswick Phonograph strike has
been settled. The firm granting every
demand of the union:
Recognition of the union.
The union scale of wages.
The shorter work day.
The unemployment without discrim-
ination, of every member who went on
strike.
None but union men to be hired in the
future.
The immediate discharge of every
strike-breaker.
Improved working conditions of the
factories.
We fully appreciate the fact that the
successful termination of this strike was
due entirely to the united cooperation
of organized labor. The Metal Polish
ers International Union deeply appreci-
ates this and extends its sincere thanks.
Kindly notify ali dealers, the press and
the general public that this strike has,
ended.
With kindest wishes for the general
success of the labor movement we re
main, Fraternally yours,
w. w. BRITTON,
President
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
M'CABE AND HIS MACE.
Sergeant-at-Arms Watches Evo-
lutions of Sailors.

Francis P. McCabe, sergeant
of the New Haven Trades Council,
nearly had an occasion to use the mace
at the last meeting of the council On
Monday, he was observed watching
with great interest the evolutions of the
sailors from the Kentucky as they
marched on the Green and when the
band from the battleship played he had
a front seat up close to the stand. The
martial music recalled to him how he
nearly went into battle at the meeting.
The sergeant-at-arms is always pre-
pared for emergencies and since the
shirtwaist strike was settled and he
doesn't have to look after the room
used daily by the girls as often as he
did he has more time TO devote to the
military manual When the. girls re-
turned to work, they presented Mr..
McCabe with a handsome bouquet.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
The Government Issues a Mono
graph on Printing Trades.

An opportunity monograph, designed
for disabled soldiers, sailors and
marines to aid them in choosing voca-
ton, has been issued by the government
and a copy forwarded to The Connect
cut Labor Press. Directions are given
for about every employee of a printing
office except the devil. According to
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10

post UP or advertise any dis1oyal, sour
rilous or abusive matter, concerning
the form of government of the United
States, its military forces, flag or uni
forms, or any matter which is intended
to bring them into contempt or which
creates or fosters opposition to organ
lied government, shall be fined not more
than $500 or imprisoned not more than
FIVE years or both"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10

the monograph, pressman is supposed
to learn cleanliness and careful use of
materials. theory and construction of
various types of machines, setting i'm
preston screws, bearers, rollers and
other adjustments, registering forms
care of rollers. paper, ink, malze-ready
and running different grades of work,
including ha1f-tones in black and color,
process plates, etc.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
SEDITION BILL.
Connecticut Measure to Suppress
the Disloyal.

The Connecticut House of Represcn-
tatives on Monday passed the follow
ing bill:
"Any person who shall speak, or
write, print and publicly exhibit or dis
tribute, or who shall publicly exhibit
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-10
Attest:
CHAS. r. -ATHERTON,
General Secretary.

Note: To the Labor Press we ex-
tend our thanks for the publicity given
this strike; may we now ask that you
print notice informing organized
labor and the public in general of the
settlement?
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A THRIVING INDUSTRY

CINCE the beginning of the year 2049
~ automobiles have been stolen IN this
state, or more than forty week. 1t is
estimated that the cars were worth
$2,00o,0o0. Only 272 of them have been
recovered by the authorities.
This is not a record which the police
<authorities can regard with complacency.
They cannot be proud of recovering only
one car in seven. And so long as the
chances of capture are only one to six
the automobile thieves are not likely to
cease their activity.
It was assumed that after the Legis-
lature provided maximum penalty Of
$4,000 fine and ten years in Jail car thefts
would be less frequent, but 1852 cars
have been stolen since the law was
passed.
Something is wrong somewhere. Can
it be that, because nearly all cars are
insured against theft, the police are in
different? Or do the insurance COM
panies find it cheaper to pay the poll
ycies on the stolen cars than to chase
down the thieves? Motorcar owners
would like to have these questions an
swered, for even though they may be
reimbursed, it is not pleasant to leave
car standing outside of a house or
Office building and then find it gone when
they wish to return home in it.
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ENLIGATENMENT-A PEACE KEY

WILLIAM McFEE, British novelist
w of distinction and sound critic of
life, declared some months ago in this
newspaper that very few Engishmen, in
deed, had the least notion of what the
Louisiana Purchase was or of its pro-
found bearing on the course of world
events. In other words, his compatri-
7 OTIS know little of American history and
they have had scant opportunity to re-
pair their deficiencies.
1t is a genuine and badly needed re-
form, therefore, which is proposed by Sir
George Watson in honor of the forth
coming tricentennial celebration of the
embarkation of the Pilgrims. By the
terms. of his generous program his en-
dowment of $4,000 is to be devoted to
a chair of American history to be es-
tablished in rotation system in Brit
ish universities.
1t is limited that perhaps one of the
new professors will write book ex-
planning to his compatriots why the de-
scendants of those Englishmen who
moved westward severed allegiance with
home and what they did after the sepa-
ration.
Naturally the admirable and numerous
American works on this theme presup-
pose on the part of the reader much in
formation not now impaired in English
schools. To be wholly ineligible to
the average Briton it is perhaps best
for Briton to be the chronicler. Rhodes,
McMaster, Bancroft and Fiske will play
their roles when the ground plan has
been laid.
The whole proposal is in line with
the most effective of all keys to inter-
national understandings-the truth. Brit
sh ignorance of our annals has been
abysmal and often productive of wholly
needless misconceptions.
There are, of course, some Americans
who misinterpret England, but, on the
whole, our educational facilities are not
blameworthy. Next in Importance to our
own story in our schools is unquestion-
ably the study of what happened in the
land which planted the first English
speaking colonies here. 1t is occasionally
asserted that the American Revolution
is wrongly taught in this country, but
for those of inquiring minds there is al
ways 'Trevelyan to give a fairminded
British view.
With all due Difference for our short
comings, it must be said that we know
more about England than she knows
about us.
Sir George Watson's attempt to strike
balance is thoroughly heartening.
Properly developed it has potentialites
for peace which may press very hard for
first honors even the benign influence of
a league of nations.
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He WAS RIGHT

WHEN an eighty-year-ol man fights
ssvs an armed highwayman because he
was confident that he had work still to
do and that his time to die had not come.
there can be no doubt that the man was
right.
This is what the Rev. John Stringer
did the other night. He pushed the gun
away from his body and struggled with
the highwayman for its possession till
the man was frightened and escapedGn
an automobile.
Many younger man would have said
to himself that his hour had come and
would have submitted in the vain hope
that he might postpone it. Mr.. String
ef's faith saved both his life and his
money.
But what could the highwayman have
been thinking of in holding up a minis
teri Preachers are not supposed to have
any money. There would be richer pick
ings in holding up some wartime profit
eers whose guilty consciences would
weaken their arms and destroy their
courage. We are not suggesting that the
profifeers be forced in this way to dis
gorge, but are merely indicating that
II does not pay to tackle the clergy.
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EUGENE AND HoHENzoLLERN

VsHE aged Empress Eugene is back in
~ Paris, quartered across the street
from the site of the Tuileries, of which
she once was mistress. Nearly fifty years
ago, partly through the efforts of Doc
tor Evans, of Philadelphia, she escaped
from the ruins of the fallen French mon
nrchy.
Her name was once spoken with Bit
kerness. The regime in which she played
more than the part of an ordinary wo-
man was discredited, its cause as lost
as that of the Stuarts. Yet she lived
down the anathema. She won new re-
enect for herself in her changed estate.
OF late years she has loved France,
without a shadow of selfish aspirations.
At ninety-three, in full possession Of
fer faculties, she Il an extraordinary
[ure By race she j. spanish, Of Grana-
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he Associated Press
Philadelphia, Monday, December 8. 1910
THE CENSUS MAY TIP US OFF

TINE census-taker candidates who are
a now being examined in this district
will, if chosen, doubtless perform their
task in the usual routine way and will
probably think little more about it.
Presumably they will be accurate, and
that ends their personal responsibilities.
The sum total of their work, however,
should exert something besides merely
statistical influence. Stock will be taken
Of Philadelphia's assets of population, of
property, of wealth, of industries.
Many of us are accustomed to believe
that we have generally sufficient idea
of the subject, but it is questionable If
this is really so. In ten years this city
has been vitality transformed. The
tdecade is one of the very greatest in cur
history. 1t should be a stimulus to
realize this fact.
Sometimes it seems a pity that CEN
suses in this region are not taken
oftener. They would counterbalance
many absurdly disparaging sentiments,
stir civic pride and provide an antidote
for the lafsitude which accompanies Il
misconception of facts.
Philadelphia is not boosters town,
and in that respect there is cause for
rejoicing. But on the other hand we
must learn to appreciate our vastly
changed condition. That would make
for the soundest sort of progress.
The census ought to be an excellent
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SANCTUARY

oh, KEEP me close to Thee! The sorrow
" lies
So very heavy on my soul tonight;
I know Thy way is best, but to my eyes
The tears unbidden creep, and dim Tht
light.
Oh, keep me close to Thee The long, long
strain,
known but to Thee, has left me strangel,
chill;
Thy active world of color and delight
Dreams not its harshness to the weak anG
i'll.
Oh, keep me close to Thee! The little
things,
The small vexations that one scorns t.
heed,
Loom large because my heart mo- longer
sings,
Too burdensome for one in utmost need
oh, keep me close to Thee! Draw once
again
Into Thy arms Thy weary, broken child.
AS Thou hast done in many an hour of pain,
Since Thy light sbone, and Thy love on
me smiled
Ethel Bowditch Jones, in The Church
man.
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Answers 70 saturday,s[ou

AHSWCTS " SATURDAY SI QuiL
l. The ex- Empress Eugene is ninety three
years old.
2. The name she is adopting in France is
the Comtesse de Pierrefonds.
8. Acedia is sloth and surliness. It is also
a mental disorder marked by apathy
and melancholy.
4. Senator Fall represents New Mexico.
5. Rene Bazin is French novelist, noted
especially for his scenes of country
life.
6. Previous to the war Fiume belonged to
Hungary.
Z. The new Italian ambassador to the
United States is Romano Avezzana.
8. A licentiate is the holder Of university
license or attestation of competence
from a collegiate or examining body.
The word also describes a licensed
preacher, not yet having appointment,
especially in the Presbyterian church.
8. Replevin is restoration or recovery of
distrained goods on security given for
submission to trial and judgment. 1t
is also the name of the writ granting
the recovery.
10. In travelling westward around the world
, day Is gained at the international
date line in the middle Of the Pacific
ocean, 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Alas! We Didn't See Them

Dear SocrnteS-I clipped your college
Life on the Screen" for my brother-n-law,
Yale 'O5 Did you see Mary Picl1ford in
Daddy Longlegs? Her college study might
have been duplicated in any Trading Stamp
Premium Parlor and she wore, to pore over
her Latin lexicon, crepe de chine paj-
unions and pearl collarette She'd patiently
slipped up on the Freshman Bible motto
Remember you represent Vassar on every
occasion" At least the movie orchestra
refrained from Sing we our Alma Mater,
Hurrah for the Rose and the Gray"
NJ v. N. S.
Colegevlle, Pa
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dan birth. Perhaps that accounts for
the dignity and respect with which, in
the end, she has been enabled to hedge
her personality.
In any event it is interesting to COM
pare her role with the ex-kaiser's. Will
William Hohenzollern enlist spark of
sympathy should he attain his ninth dec
ade? Will he profit by a striking ex-
ample of triumph over adversely and
disrepute?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
But What Does His stenosrapher Say

My vocabulary too has increased. When
ever see striking word or expression,
I memorize it and use it in my dictation
or conversation. This has put sparkle and
pulling power into my conversation and
business letters."-From an advt of a
Memory Course.
We remember some saying about excessive
felicity being abhorrent to the deities. We
may be wrong, and we often are, but as far
as we are concerned the mnemonc experts
would have more tractive force if taey were
little more richly endowed with verecundity.
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Beauty

(From Charles Baudelaire)
T AM sweet, oh Mortals as granite dreams,
L And on my breast all men at last are
slain:
Toward me the poets altar jets and steams,
Me. mute and deathless in my mortal fame.
A riddling Sphinx that reigns within the blue,
blend swan -palor with heart of snow
All frenzy hates me as a thing untrue;
have no tears, nor laughter do l know!
TIME poets, bent before my gesture high,
L That have stolRn from the noble stone,
With waste of chasHs devotion, live and die,
Adoring me, adoring me, alone
All search these mirrors loveliness to see,
My eyes, my eyes eternal clarity!
RICHARD DESMOND.
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RICHARD DESMOND.
Happy DAYS in the schooIroom

Sally waved her hand wildly. Sally,
whose ignorance of Genesis had been so ap-
pallipg The question which Miss Clarissa
was asking was, "What are the laws which
warn us what not to do and where are they
found-well. Sally?"
"We shall not jay walk nor shall we
hick -cross-found on the front of the trolley
cars - exclaimed the triumphant Sally.
FLORA.
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of the world. Plum pudding and mince
pie are dsastrously involved in the cru
sade for dry planet. Here, indeed, is
evidence of dreadful oversight. But we
suspect that life will go gn if it isn't
remedied. To the mutitudes who give
to the American Christmas its inner
character the dry law matters not at
all. That multitude is the young of the
land. 1t is only in the eastern cities
that a dry Christmas season is novelty.
A good part of the country has been dry
for years.
A declaration of war on Christmas
would be unthinkable. Sheriffs delay
evictions at this season. People spend
more money than they can well afford
to buy delight for little children. The
jingoes await fairer times for their
work. Those who divide with others
are amazed to find that though poorer
they are richer. There is peace in Wash
ington and even in war the soldiers cease
firing.
One might disagree with Mr.. Chester
tons assertion that Christianity, being
difficult, was never tried.
1t is tried on one day each year.
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Our Hungry Clients

Dear Socrdtes--I quite agree with you
that 365 dinners should fall to the lot of all
of us but don't you think it would be good
fun to make one of that number a get
together? Perhaps this is "presumshon"
on the part of so new a contrib as myself
but I'm sure a. Chatting Dish supper would
be real affair I'll bring an escort and an
CECILIA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

Fuel Administrator Garfield on hearing
of a suggested compromise of % per cent
advance for miners in Ohio, declared the gov
ernment had no objection - provided there
was no increase in the price of coal. 1t is
a good stand-if he can get away with it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

Time was when humorous parents eked
out the gifts in Christmas stockings with
pieces of coal stuck in the toes; but present
inactivity in the mines will probably kill
this particular brand of humor.
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Speaking OF Coal
Conservation

If the men laid off to
Speaking OF Coal conserve coal are idle
Conservation long enough they won t
have money to buy
coal, and when they starve to death they
won't need coal; and in due course' of time
some few survivors will realize that the
pressing need is production rather than con
servation, and that it is toward production
all efforts should be directed.
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independent Socialists in Leipsic have
adopted a program declaring for the soviet
system IN Germany-ev evidently on the .prin-
ciple that crime more or less can make
little difference on Red calendar.
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Perhaps sugar is not so great a food
necessity as we suppose. Our forefathers
waved strong without it. And slackeninp
of demand would mean fall in prices.