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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
NAVAL APPOINTMENT.
Examinations to Be Held in Hart
 for, New Haven and Bridgeport.

Senator George P. Mclean of Con- necticut has been notified by the Navy department that he will have an ap- pointment to make to the U. s. Naval Academy at Annapolis in June, 1921, and the civil service commission will hold competitive examinations in Hart ford, New Haven and Bridgeport on December II, 1920, i'll the Federal build ings at 9 o'clock a. m.
 A principal and three a1ternates will be selected from the four boys standing highest in the preliminary examination in accordance with their ratings certi- zed by the civil service commission.
 If any of the boys in Connecticut de- sire to take the preliminary competitive examination, they should report at the Federal buildings in the above desig- mated cities on December II, 1920, at o'clock a. m. No permit Is necessary but candidates must have been actual residents of Connecticut for one year or more and not under 16 or over 20 years of age; not less than five feet two inches in height between the ages of 16 and Is and not less than five feet four inches in height between the ages of IS and 20 As the medical examina- tion is very strict 1t would be advisable for all candidates to be examined physically before taking the mental competitive examination.
 If there Is any other information the candidates desire they should communi- cate with Senator Mclean direct.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
ENGINEERS OPEN BANK.
An Event of Great Significance to
 Organized Labor.

An important milestone i'll the on ward progress of the American labor movement was reached Monday of this week when the Co-Operative National Bank of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers opened its doors for business in Cleveland It starts with paid-up capital of $1,OOO,OOO, and surplus of $100,000 The capital stock is owned exclusively by the Brother bod and its members, and it is the first cooperative national bank to be estab- lished in the United States. Warren S. Stone Is president of the bank; w. B. Premier, general secretary and treasur- CT of the Brotherhood, Is vice-president and cashier.
 A feature of the cooperative bank which will bring consternation to the ranks of private profteering bankers and loan sharks is that dividends are limited to 10 per cent. and all profits above this figure will go to depositors.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers was the first national labor or ganization i'll this country to erect it's own office building This building stands in the heart of the business dis trict of Cleveland and has a present valuation i'll excess of $2,500,000, more than double its original cost. It has
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
IF LABOR DOESN'T BACK ITS
 OWN CAUSE TT WILL BE LOST

The utterances OMeara president of the Con nectc recognized labor constructive leader in New Haven always close
  nght and they pretty safe bank Council urging greater manifestation or nter members of labor that of his admonion evidenced He reference
 
 few which he had epoused the passage ot an amndment building code providing for the licensing plumbers At that hearing he sal all organized iaor by delegations each of which nduge in attack organized labor during the hearing
 of organized labor decidedly small and unimpessye indicating lack o interest that could I o ba harmful Mr. pointed that the enemies of labor are than and labor down m the iob going with disastrous consequences He d bS to take greater the matters vay affecting the manifest it enthusiastically upon all occasions in all possible ways ,o Mr OMeara hits the nail right the head you do not impress people with interest your own cause forget that
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
CosT-OF-LIvING WAGES.
Labor Is Entitled to More Than
 Merely Subsistence.

There is a widespread belief that wages should be fixed on cost-of- living basis. This idea Is pernicious and intolerable. It means putting progress in chains and liberty in fet- ters. It means fixing a standard of living and standard of life and lib- erty which must remain fixed. Amer lca's workers can not accept that prop osition.
 They demand a progressively ad- vancing standard of life They have an abiding faith in better future for all mankind. They discard and denounce a system of fixing wages solely on the basis of family budgets and bread bills. Workers are entitled not only to 1iv- ing, but modern society must provide more than what is understood by the term "a living" It must concedel to all workers fairer reward for their con tribution without which a progressing civilization is impossible. Declaration by conference of trade union executives, at Washington, December B, 1o1o)
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
LABOR IN BUSINESS.
Tendency Toward Establishing
 Factories of Its Own.

What are the workers thinking most about? Taking over industry? Not ac- cording to the statement of national secretary of one of the largest unions, who has recently made a tour of the eastern cities. Everywhere, he de c1ares,i labor is concerning itself with the idea of cooperation. Plans are being laid to buy factories, establish banks, and, most of all, to engage in collective buying through establishment of great wholesale societies like those in England.
 There Is one drag on this movement he states. Even when there is need for business managers for these projects, experts who can organize great mercan- tile enterprises and conduct them.
 Labor might do well to conduct a search for likely young men i'll the trades, and then give them a thorough education Ill business management i'll some of the schools, until 1t can create its own schools, as the British whole sale society has.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
LABOR AND IRELAND.
Committees Being Appointed to Make Effective A. F. of l..
 Resolution.

That the labor movement in America is destined to become the center of activity i'll the matter of demanding freedom for the people of Ireland, is the belief of T. J. Wind, secretary of the Labor Bureau of the American Commission on Irish Independence, in statement recently given out by him.
 MT. Wind has recently communicated with the o50 central labor councils in the United States, requesting that they appoint voluntary committees to CO., operate with the Labor Bureau, to make effective the resolution of the American Federation of Labor, adopted at its convention in Montreal, p1edging sup port to the Republic of Ireland.
 The promptness with which these labor bodies have responded to such request, and the letters which have country over, furnish conclusive evil dence of the rapidly growing sentiment favorable to Ireland's cause, and of the willingness of such bodies and such press to cooperate i'll every way possi- ble to gain for her five millions of suf- ferers, that liberty and freedom, so essential to human happiness.
 The heroic death of Terence Mo Swiney has appalled, thinking people all over the world. The fight of the Irish people has been the admiration of all peoples. The terrorism, tyranny, mur- der-the awful atrocities being com
 mitted daily in Ireland by the imperial ist government of England, have aroused the ire of freemen everywhere and made a stain upon the flag of Eng land that years alone can not erase Many are the instances recorded oi co1d-blooded murder of unarmed people, the burning of towns and viii lages, dragging from bed in the dead of night, young men, to be shot to death in the presence of their aged parents wives and sisters, committed by say age hirelings of the English govern 'ment. The inhuman treatment thus accorded the people of Ireland has SC reinforced the power of moral inhu- ence in the world as to challenge for ever the power of governments to rule through physical force.
 Such is the American worknan's love of fair play, that he cannot wei
 enjoy his right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, while his brothers in Ireland are compelled to endure the terrible oppression imposed upon them by English militarists. eff America wants 1t, Ireland can be free"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
EXCESSIVE RENTS.
Relief Lies Largely in Organiza-
 tion of Tenants.

The factor of increased rentals is one of the most important contributory causes to present high living costs People must be housed, even as they must eat, whatever their nationality, and the shortage of dwellings due to the dwarfing of building operations during the war has placed landlords in position where they may exact almost any toll from their tenants, Of course, 1t does not necessarily follow that be- cause circumstances have put club into the hands of property owners they will be sure to use it, yet cases are coming daily to light of unscrup,.ious landlords prohtiag by this unfortunate predica- ment Of their tenants
 In ordinary times man will suffer the imposition of an unfair rent in crease, so long as 1t Is not too high rather than go to the inconvenience of discovering new home, packing all his furniture and moving. It Is, more over, not the pleasantest thing in the world to be evicted for non-payment apart from the publicity entailed. Yet few tenants believe i'll peace at any price, and normally the situation at it's | worst means simply the choice between number of available residences.
 But these are anything but normal
 
 templating a change finds, unless he happens to be one of the rare excep- | tions, that the only spot available at the present time IS the street. He discov- CTS on inquiry that several families are l living Tn one house, that every vacancy, | no matter how poor, IS Snatched up on l the day 1t occurs; that the hotels are | filled with persons who ordinarily | would prefer home life. He finds also, | to his disgust, that real estate valua- | tions have risen out of ordinary reach, this meaning that he must pay perhaps double the pre-war price on the proper | ty which before the war 1t was impos- | sible to let at all.
 It IS hardly surprising that in these | circumstances the prohteering landlord ] should attempt to practice extortion. | But change, and an ominous one, is being revealed in the attitude of his victims
 The average rent payer is beginning | to learn that there is power ia organ l ization, and the tactics so successfully | employed by labor unions may be util- ized to prevent further exploitation He listens with apathy to the claims of the builders that the costs of material have more than doubled, or to the assertion | that wage increases are mostly to blarae l for high prices, being engrossed in vis- oins of ''closed shop" of tenants, the | issuance of declaration signed by all that no more rent will be paid, and defiance of all threats of eviction.
 Anti-rent prohteering bills are being introduced in the legislatures through out the United States. Leagues of ten ants are being organized, and the spirit of defiance is being breathed by the great middle class which till now has i been inartfculate.-The Youngstown Labor Resord.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
Is Has Soul and Spirit and Can
 Never Die.

After all, the labor movement is a wonderful thing. It is something to be proud of. It is something that lives all the time. It has soul and spirit, and because of that 1t can never die. It IS a movement that Is fired with the grandest social ideals of the race,
 demanding for millions of men, women and children the right to economic and
 political independence, a lofty citizen ship, and higher civilization.
 It Is moevment that is as broad
 as humanity itself, because 1t makes for
 more v1rtuous and intelligent man. hood and womanhood. And what we like best about 1t is the fact that it and stands him before the world the equal of every man.
 Traitors and their henchmen have l assailed 1t i'll the past. But 1t has stood | firm in every assault made against it
 And be sure that, though it be attacked I over and over again, it will continue to stand erect and four-square against every enemy scheming to bring about its downfall
 It is impossible to kill the labor move
 ment, because 1t Is a religion that is deep-rooted i'll every life of man on this planet. And even were 1t rent into pieces, and scattered broadcast, 1t would continue to gather force, and go on and on down the corridor of time, light
 ing the trail that the worlds masses may follow in its wake.
 True 1t Is that the labor movement has had its setbacks. But every move ment having for its purpose the ad- vancement of the cause of humanity Is halted now and again. And temporary defeats are not always without their compensations, since they enable us to better realize our shortcomings and set about correcting them.
 This prompts Us to say-paradoxical though 1t may seem-that labor never loses, but has ever the ultimate victory. For, after all, immediate victories or defeats count little, III the order of things; and whether they do or not this one fact stands out uncha1lenged; the labor movement goes on winning, win ning-in sunshine and in rain, in storm and in ca1m-all along the line
 That is why we and other workers in the labor cause are never discour- aged. That Is why, when we are tenn porari1y worsted in the one contest, we lick our wounds, take stock in ot1r position, remedy our shortcomings, and come up smiling for the next assault.
 For we know that however much our enemies may assail the labor movement, however much its traitors may try to stab it in the back, 1t will continue to function for the good of humanity, be- cause 1t Is a living movement, possessing both soul and spirit, and as such can never die.-Bakery Workers Journal.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
WILL LIVE IN TENTS.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 20.-S Striking coal miners in this state will be housed in tents by the United Mine Workers of America because of their election from company houses. The miners are demanding that coal owners comply with the award of the Presidents coal commission, appointed when the nation wide strike of coal miners ended last fall. The tsrikers have been denied free assemblage and teh. state militia has stopped the holding of public meetings where the miners tried to dis cuss their grievances.
 At Empire the mine guards broke into the strikers commissary and took everything that was movable.
 The value of the property amounted to several thousand dollars. The guards claim they seized the property to satis- fly a rent claim of 30. The miners goods were carried to property owned by the Empire Coal Company.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
CLOSED SHOP PRINCIPLE IS
 nv USE BY BUSINESS MEN

principle of the Shop often msnamed the closed shop is accepted in everyday business life.
 will with the manufacturer to handle only a considered perfectly legitimate
 Why then organization of worklngmen similarly of employers? Why does seem unconstitutional precisely tered into between employer and his employees?
 employer: We will you much day We control the They will abide by the contract that control the who outside employ only thus making shon union will make the contract that have made shall be glad to have organization thus them the privilege which enjoy.'
 strenuously God robt of the his privilege of if desires declaring that his shop must be an will usually blacklist the right by becoming member of the all practical the boasted openhop policy usually means shop unionist.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
TWISTED BUSY.

Winsted, Nov 1o-A1though many employees of various factories in this part of the state have been laid off and the factories are running on short time the manufacturing concerns in Winsted do not seem to feel the business de- pression to any great extent and few employees have been discharged. The Fitzgerald plant has laid off a number of employees but outside of this factory all the other concerns are operating on full time.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
BIG THEATER STRIKE ENDS

Seattle, Nov. 1o.-The big strike against the Won Herberg theaters has ended Musicians and picture oper- ators secure the six-hour day and the six-day week. Recognition of every union employed in the theater is guar anteed by the agreement and all striners will be reinstated.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
RAY GRIMES TO CUBS.

President Veeck of the Chicago Ma tiona1s closed deal for the purchase of Ray Grimes, first baseman of the Bridgeport. club of the Eastern league Grimes is a six-footer, heavy hitter and shifty fielder. He is brother of Roy Grimes of the New York Nation a1s who was purchased last season from Bridgeport.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
UNIoNIsM IS WINNING.

Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1o-Organized walters and waitresses are defeating an attempt to establish the non-union shop in this calling.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Thomas Dudley Wells of Conneccuts cleverest paragraphers refer often to that not facts by of the speak licensing hearing before the New Haven alder the Poshs and Buffers took into its when they had had but three weeks until he served years apprenticeship.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20

anybody interested finding 1t out knows principles all buncombe Prices holding both political and dustrial fix pleases When the country amounts to only 8 for each prices will all of the $8 When wealth capita prices manipulated all of the $54 the profteers
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-11-20

The union label makes woman the strongest as we'll as the gentlest of Gods creatures.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-15
Centenary OF
First Ascent
of Pixies Peak

Colorado Spring, Colo, July IA
| One hundred years ago today DR.
Frank James astonished the world
by climbing to the top Of Pixies Peak,
IA 100 feet above the sea. Since
that time 100000 persons have
made the trip and today Colorado
Springs is celebrating the anniver-
sary with ceremonies all long the
1S-mile serpentine automobile high
way to the summit.
Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike is
credited with the discovery of the
mountain in 1906. AS hardy a
pioneer was the discoverer, he de-
clared the peak was inaccessible and
none dared to doubt it until July
Ia, 1920, when Doctor James, mem
ber of the Major Long expedition,
succeeded in the attempt.
Major Long christened the mount
ain James Peak but the pioneers
and plainsmen persisted in giving it
the name of its discoverer and Pixies
Peak it has remained.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-15
British Soldiers
Out of Employment

London.-Debate in parliament
has disclosed that 10000 former
service men are unemployed and have
made claim to government aid for
that reason. OF these 24,6O0 are
disabled.
Approximately 100000 disabled
soldiers and sailors have found em-
ployment among the 16,969 firms
which engaged with the government
to help them.
Although many trade unions have
volunteered to assist the government
to reduce the number of unemployed,
Field Marshal Lord Haig has bitter
ly attacked other unions for alleged
discrimination against former service
men, particularly those who were
disabled in war.
Lord Haig has issued an appeal to
employers and others to help him
find employment for his former COM
rades in the field.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-15
California Japs
Prepare to Fight
Through Lobbies

Sacramento, Cal, July 15.-Asser.
tions by V. S. McClutchy, publisher
of The Sacramento Bee that the jap
anese in California were collecting a
500, 600 fund for a campaign against
anti-Japanese legislation by the state
and by Stanley Benedict of the state
board of control that Japanese here
never lost their allegiance to Japan
were made today at the morning ses
sion of the immigration committee
OF the house of representatives. The
committee is conducting an investiga-
ton of immigration questions on the
Pacific coast.
The collection of the emergency
fund.- Mr.. McCAtchy said, was in
the hands of George Shima, president
of the Japanese association of Amer
lea, but its use was to be directed
by *. X. Kawakami of San Francis
co who Mr.. McClatchy declared was
the chief representative of the Japa-
nese government on the west coast
Mr.. McClatchy had several tilts
with congressman Kink Swope ana
Isaac Siegel. Mr.. Swope charged him
with attempting to prove by general
statements that the Japanese were a
non-assimilable race, while Mr.. Sic
gel disputed Mr.. McClatchy's fig
ures that 5000 American born jap
anese from California were compler-
ing their education in the Far East.
Mrs. Bradford Woodbridge of Rose
vile, a member of the executive board
of the State Federation of Women's
clubs, told the committee that in
Placer county japanese pupils in the
pu bile schools were taught after
hours by Buddhist priests in Japa-
nese schools. she said 1900 acres
OF orchard in Placer county We're
controlled by Japanese.
Mr.. Benedict's assertion was made
in opening his explanation of the
board of control report on immigra-
ion. He cited as proof a dispatch
rom Honolulu to the effect that an
American-born Japanese who had
served in the United States army had
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-15
Deaf and Dumb
Campaign Planned

Washington.-Med associations
of the United States have inaugural
ed a nationwide campaign for the
treatment and education of children
who are deaf or dumb or both. A
joint committee including members
from each organization has been ap-
pointed to draw up plans.
Assistance of state medical socie-
ties state boards of health and from
Congress will be sought in order that
the campaign may be made quickly
effective. It is planned to list all
children suffering from defective
oral or auditory organs to establish
day schools throughout the country
for the instruction of these special
pupils and finally, to standardize the
course of instruction, according to
the most modern methods.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-15
Aviation Shows
Steady Growth
In United States

NEW YORK,-Commerci avia-
ton in the United States shows a
healthy, steadily growing popularity,
says the Manufacturers Aircraft AS
sociation In making public here to-
day the report of representatives who
have just completed a tour of the
country which included inspection
flights over most of the territory now
served by aerial trasport.
The airplane is undergoing the
same development experienced by
other vehicles of transportation in
troduced to the public the various
sections of the country according 1t
receptions in conformance with their
individual topography, customs and
natural resources" the report said
THE Southwest and Pacific Coast
are leading in the adoption of air.
craft to commercial use and plans
in preparation contemplate honey
combing that area with a network
- aerial transportation lines. In
the Middle West the airplane is being
adopted as the occasion demands. I
and It Is meeting with encouraging
success, the severe competition of
good railroads and highways, lack
OF landing fields and the consider
able Indifference OF the Middle Allan
tic States, New England is accept
ing It with customary conservatism;
the South is using it mainly for pri- 4
vate purpose and Florida and the
West Indies have come to recognize
flying as most important method
of communication.
At present there are in the United
States IS manufacturers of aircraft |
ana aircraft motors and S5 manu-
'acturers OF accessories. During the
past few months 20 new airplane
agencies have been
throughout the country ,
md new aerial transport operating
'ompanies have been formed in New
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