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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
TRICKY ALLEN EXPOSED.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 2O-Kansas trade unionists are enraged at Cover nor Aliens publication Of an indorse- ment of his ''can't-strike" law signed by an alleged A. F. of L. organizer just before the recent primaries. The indorsement was signed by A. L. Elem ing, "A. F. of L. organizer" It is now shown that Fleming is not an A. F. of L. organizer, and 1t is also stated that he is not a member of organized labor
 Fleming says he signed a letter in the governors office that he (F1eming) did not write. Later, Fleming said, he received a letter from the governor stating that he had taken the privilege to add few paragraphs or make a few additions"
 The governor, feel, has taken un- due advantage of me in having this let ter published" concludes Fleming, in a signed statement. He had no author ity from me to publish this letter in newspapers. I have written the gov ernor telling him not to use my name on any literature or to quote me in any way whatever. 1 have no desire for further relations with Governor Allen
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
LOW WAGE DEATHS.
Infants Suffer From Insufficient Pay of Fathers.

In calling attention to the relation of low wages to infant mortality, the United States Children's Bureau states that the summer peak" of infant deaths is now beginning.
 In Manchester, N. H., more babies died from gastro-intestinal diseases than from any other cause, the rate ke-Iig 63 per 1000 babies born alive. In August more deaths occurred from these diseases than occurred i'll any other month from all causes combined. Two-thirds of the Manchester babies were born to foreign-born mothers, tWo-hfths to mothers who could not speak English, and over one-sixth to 1ll1terate mothers. Nearly one-ha1f of them were in families where the fath- CTS earnings tota1ed less than $o5O a year, and over two-fifths were to moth CTS who were gainfuliy employed dur ing the year following the baby's bi1.h
 In Johnstown, Pa; Waterbury, Conn, and New Bedford, Mass, where similar conditions prevailed, the infant mortality rates for diseases of the di- gestive system were B, 41 and 48, re- spective1y
 These reports, says the Children's Bureau, emphasizes the importance of family income, better domestic and municipal sanitation, and the need of teaching mothers how to take care of babies.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
LABOR IN CONGRESS.
Non- Partisan Movement Bound
 to Give It Representation.

The trade unionists are responding nobly to the call of the American Fed eration of Labor's non-partisan cam paign It meets with the approval of all students of the labor problem in this community. It urges the workers and their friends to action, and now that they are called on to assume a free spirit in politics they will present a solid front that will please their friends and confuse their enemies.
 The American labor movement has the right to expect and to have the support of every man and every woman to whom progress has a meaning and who find inspiration in the enlargement of human opportunity and the protec- ton of rights and liberties already se- cured.
 Privi1ege-serving congressman and senators who sneered, scoffed and imagined that labor was foo1ing when 1t declared that 1t would oppose for re- election every man who manifested hos tliity to the workers, are being rapidly disillusioned of their folly.
 There are at present over 300 law yers in congress. How did they get there? Somebody was looking for law yers to represent them. Has 1t ever occurred to you what we could do if we had that many trade-unionists there !? Can you give any reason why trade unionists should not sit in congress-
 We are not asking for favors. What the workers of this country want is a square deal, and no favors for any class. We, as free-born Americans have a right to demand justice for all the people, not just a privileged few and if that can be brought about we will be satisfied.
 But, remember, labor announces that it will back up with full support the national, state and local program, for we have housekeeping to do, and tihs must and shall be done
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
WORKERS HOMES.
Freedom From Rent Sharks
 Would Help a Lot.

Tn ownership of homes, free from the grasp of exploitative and speculative interests, will make for more efficient workers, more contented families and better citizens. The government should therefore, inaugurate plan to build model homes and establish a system of credits whereby the workers may bor- row money at a low rate of interest and under favorable terms to build their own homes.
 Credit should also be extended to voluntary non-prof1t making housing and joint tenancy associations. States and municipalities should be freed from the restrictions preventing tehir under taking proper housing projects and should be permitted to engage in other necessary enterprises relating thereto. The erection and maintenance of dwellings where migratory workers may find lodging and nourishing food during the periods of unemployment should be encouraged and supported by municipalities From Labor, It's Grievances, Protests and Demands, adopted by Labor's Conference, Decem- Der 13, 1919)
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
LIMITING OUTPUT.
All Right for Manufacturers and
 Dealers, Apparently.

The limitation of output is sometimes charged against trade unions, although there Is practically no truth in this charge-but little attention is given to regular meetings of manufacturers and
 dealers i'll which they openly discuss
 and agree upon prices and the limita-
 t1on of their products in order to main
 tain those prices. In some industries
 the producer will cut off the supply of
 the dealer if he sells the product cheap
 CT than the price agreed upon. Mean while the same concern will insist on the workingman's right to sell his labor for whatever price he pleases. Every storekeeper despises the merchant who
 cuts his prices, but he will usually de- lend the Workingman who cuts his.
 But the labor union has distinct and ethical value for which it should be given credit. Labor halls have become great social centers. Helpful lecture
 courses are given. Social features, up lifting in character, are often support ed and there IS a moral value in the regular meetings of the union Every l man has chance to present his views,
 no matter how unpopular he is or they
 may be. He learns the lesson of subor- dination to the will of others, which is | always a good discipline He learns | the value ot brotherhood, of Co-opera- l ton, of teamwork. He is sometimes called upon to make real sacrifice for l the sake of his fellows.
 l Trade unionism is doing more to in still real patriotism in the immigrant than any other institution It is teach
 ing him the meaning of government.
 In the old country the word govern
 ment' meant opression. He soon un- derstands that here it means friend. In the labor union he gets away from his | clannish instinct, which even his re-
 ligion has not altogether been able to
 accomplish.
 Organized labor stands for the aboli-
 tion of child labor. It demands equal
 pay to men and women for equal work.
 It IS wiplng out unsanitary conditions
 i'll shops and tenements. Indeed sweat shops have been practically abolished in
 our big cities on account of the aggres- siveness of trade unionism.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
THE PUBLIC.
Workers Wouldn't Get Much if
 They Depended on It.

If the workers depended on the pub lie alone, they would rarely, if ever, make any progress, for the fundamen- tai reason that the public is wholly selfish" Says the National Civic Fed eratlon Review. It is declared that much of the statistics on strike losses lis pure and unadulterated rot"
 "The public does not want to be in convenienced," says this publication. Tn a strike on street railroad the public does the walking and the swear ing. It makes no difference how long may be the hours the men work or how small may be their pay. If they don't like their joDs,' the public gen orally says, they should get others, but under no circumstances make us walk How long would it have taken the pub lie to wake up and organize to force the bloated coal barons' to give shorter hours and increases i'll the pitifu1ly low wages of the anthracite coal miners in 1903?
 Tn regard to the appalling cost to the wage earners, there IS ariother side to that question. The big headline figures about the losses of hundreds of millions of dollars on account of millions of days wages being lost are frequently great fallacies. In some cases not a cent is lost and the increases in wages are clear gains The 1910 anthracite strike of six weeks only changed the date of the annual shut down of the mines. Just as much coal was produced for the year, but the miners got more for the portion mined after the strike. The headline statisticians can always scare the public by multiplying days by the wage rates, but no headliner has ever pointed out another startling fact and that is that in any normal year there are more days of labor lost on any three of the seven national holi- days than in all the strikes of that year. Think of the three billion days lost on Sundays and Saturday afternoons, and yet nobody counts that 1oss, but a gain''
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
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The advertisers in THE CONNECTICUT LABOR PRESS support organized labor and its friends They materially making possible for this paper be of individuals firms using publication showing and expressing friendship for the wage worker and the latter should give them the preference in making purchases. As organized workers readily the value of reciprocity others. deserves another follows that those advertisers should get the purchasing power of Havens organized labor amounting to HUN DREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER WEEK, Hot accomplished any thing Talk is usually vaueless Action is what counts Buy Those who make their wants known through THE LABOR PRESS certainly worthy your patronage See to 1t that they get it.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21

now Connecticut Company will endeav Legislature to operate bus lines ney competition its ground Ih desirable and reasonable solution of the problem
 convenience and the amount of patronage would that the public desires that there but and conducted along would conducted by the they of greater value than 
 angle proposition which appeal to Organized La busses would undoubtedly be The attitude toward the commendae has made effort to do its part amicaby adjusting question of conditions members of the Street Railway Employees Association have a reasonable employer.
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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
BIG TOBACCO PROFITS.

New York, Aug. 2O.-The financial report of the American Tobacco Com pany shows prosperous times for this concern and it will increase its class B common stock from $50,0OO,OOO to $1O0,0O0,OOO. As compared with the same period last year, the volume of business from the first of the present year to July l increased $12, ,5O0,OOO, or more than 20 per cent.
 This does not seem unusual in these billion dollar days, according to Presi- dent Hill of the company He says the company's business and earnings "are in very satisfactory condition"
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21

it for yourself. You will find the main idea is arbitration of disputes, while the details are the equivalents of the provisions covering working conditions ill an ordinary industrial contract.
 The United States senate has said i've have nothing to arbitrate." Hence, 1t has refused to enter into contractual relations with other countries and agree to submit political disputes to arbitration
 Study the instrument yourself and you will see we are right.
 Incidentally, the American Fedora ton of Labor, at the Atlantic City convention, endorsed the League of Ma tions by a vote of 2o,o0o to 420.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21

Ever hear an emp1oye say that con- tract with the employer, carrying an an end to strikes?
 We all know that voluntary arbitra- tion will reduce strikes to the vanish ing point But 1t won't altogether stop strikes.
 The League of Nations is nothing more nor less than an arbitration agreement intended to reduce the pos abilities of war. It won't entirely eliminate wars but 1t will make 1t diff cult for any naton to start some thing"
 That's the League of Nations in a nutshell. If you don't believe 1t, study
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
ITS REAL INTENT.
The League of Nations Provis
 ions in Nutshell.

Some folks say the League of Ma tions is to be the leading issue in the coming campaign There's a reason.
 Do you understand the League of Nations?
 Do you intend to study the plan?
 Only about one out of a thousand voters can give an approximate idea Cf what the League of Nations really means.
 And yet the idea back of the proposal Is easy
 Ever hear an employer say he had nothing to arbitrator" He was gen. orally condemned for his autocratic attitude, wasn't he?
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21

Those who are kicking about rising costs of gasoline and other petroleum products will be interested in knowing that for the year ended December 31, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey earned" $77.55 a share on its common stock. This is the net result, according to official statement. after paying $14,0O0,OOO in federal taxes.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21

The union label transforms the women and children of the working class into towers of strength. With out 1t they are often elements of weak ness in the struggle for bread
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
MUST NOT
 .INTERFE:R WITH MAILS
P. o. Announces VigOr- Ous Action If There Is
 Delay.

Washington, April 12 - Vigorous action will be taken if there is any interference with the transportation of the mails as a result of the rail- road strikes. it was announced today at the postoffice department. Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general, has sent the following tele- gram of instruction to all superin- tendents of the railway mail service:
 Instruct all chief clerks, transfer clerks and others to report any ob- structions directly or indirectly, by conspiracy or otherwise with passage of mails as result of strikes, telegraph the name or names of persons respon- sible. Call immediate attention of local postoff1ce inspectors, inspector in charge and district attorney that of lenders, be vigorously prosecuted if facts warrant See Sections 1890, 1712, 1714 and 171S Postal Laws"
 Reports to the postoffice depart ment today were encouraging. Chica go reported that local conditions were ''very good'' and that the railway companies are handling all mails promptly"
 A report from New York said con ditions had improved and a similar report from St. Louis Some delay in mails was received from a number of points where the men are on strike but officials said that thus far there had been no serious obstruction of the mail.
 (Continued on Page Sx)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
Aliens Complicate
 Situation At Piers

New York, April 12.----EaIis Island and steamship piers were congested with immigrants today as a result of the railroad strike. Inability of rail roads to carry immigrants to inland points after they had been admitted to the country forced the authorities to keep them on the island, and pre- vent the transfer of $500 other aliens from piers to the island for examina- tion.
 Aliens at the island today numbered 2, 200, of whom $50 had been admitted to the country. These, with aliens awaiting examination or deportation proceedings, took up aN the room. The steamship companies have been notified they must take care of aliens at the piers until the immigration station is prepared to handle them. Coast g,uaDds were called out to maintain order at the entrance to the Ellis Island ferry, so great was the crush of friends seeking news of inn migrants.
 The arrival of 30 deportees from the Pacific coast, including a few who have been ordered sent out of the country because of anarchisdc beliefs. , complicated the situation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
GAR
 DROPS TO STREET
About a Dozen Sent to Hos pitals- One Badly
 Hurt.

New York, April 12-Passengers on an elevated train had remarkable es. capes from death today when they were catapu1ted to the street, dis tarce of 25 feet, in the midst of ee- bris of the car in which they lAd been bound to work.
 The front car of a train was knocked off the elevated structure on the Ninth avenue line near Trinity church by a collision with another train and demolished. The wreckage was wedged in between the elevated structure and the side of a brick building a dozen feet away
 The fifteen people in the demo1ish ed car sifted through debris to the street and about a dozen of them were removed to hospitals, the only woman passenger in the car being seriously hurt. The motornaan was missing after the accident and search of the debris failed to reveal trace o1 him. Nearby shopkeepers said they saw man in uniform running away after the car fell
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
CYCLISTS NOT
 TRAVELLING FAST
Witness Gauges Speed About 20 Miles An
 Hour.

The motorcycle was on which Joseph Melto and Angelo Mazzone were riding yesterday when they crashed into a fence at West avenue and West Liberty street was going at a speed of about 20 miles an hour, according to the testimony of Fred A. Marsh of Easton who appeared at an imminent death hearing held by Cor oner Phelan today. Marsh was the driver of the motor which the cyclists were trying to avoid when trey were injured. Melto lives at 43 Hallett street and Mazzone at 61 Goodwin street Both have fractured skulls and are in critical condition at St Vincent's hospital.
 Joseph D. Cahill, 1855 West Liberty street, saw the accident from the window of his home. He said the motorcycle was on West avenue when the truck turned into that thorough fare from West Liberty street. Both vehicles sWerved to avoid a crash. The result was that the truck hit g tree and the motorcyclists were hur1- ed against a Hence. Marsh was not hurt
 The coroner will await further re- ports from the hospital before hear ing any more testimony. It was reported at St Vincent's hospital this noon, that the condition of Mazzone and Melto remains about the same.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
STRIKE
 HITS COMMUTERS
Developments West of Pittsburgh Are
 Encouraging. STRIKERS OFFER
 CONCESSIONS

Chicago, April 12-DeveIop- ments west of Pittsburgh in the s w i t c h m e ms unauthorized strike today were regarded by railroad brotherhood officials as pointing toward a gradual dissolution of the inSIlrgent forces but in the east, where the Walkout was joined in sev- eral districts by trainmen the situation assumed a more seri- Ous aspect.
 In the central and far west numer- ous reports of defections from the strikers ranks followed the report of the first important break at Colum- bus, Ohio, where 500 switchmen voted to return to work.
 At Chicago, admitted keystone of the waIkout, railroad officials were presented "terms for settlement of .the strike,' which include recognition of the new union formed by dissent CTS from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switchmen's union of North America
 In the settlement offer, proffered by John Grunau, president of the Chicago YardsInen's Association, who called the strike, at least one radical concession was made-abrogation of the claims for back pay demanded by the older organizations in their con- tracts with the government Thai possibly would mean saving of hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the railroads, it was said
 Other clauses in the proposed set tlement agreement demanding grant ing of the original wage increase called for in the strike announce ment, to be effective upon the return of the men to work; eight hour basis day. and time and a half for over- time, Sundays and holidays.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
REVOLUTION BREAKS
 OUT IN GUATEMALA

Washington, April 12-The long threatened revolution in Guatemala against President Estrada Cabrera finally has broken out Reports to- day to the state department said the opponents of the president had gain ed control of Guatemala City after some street fighting.
 A marine guard from the cruiser Tacoma and submarine tender Mia gara has been landed to protect the American legation.
 Benton McM11lan, the American minister, has been instructed by the State Department to take whatever steps possible to compose the differ, ences between opposing factions.
 Trouble has been brewing in Guat- emala for several months but it was not until last week that any intima- ton of it reached the public here. Then the GuatemaIan legation made public texts of proclamations issued by President Cabrera and American Minister McMilIan.
 President Cabrera promised con stitutiona guarantees and Minister McM1Fan said that in the light of this the American government did not be- lieve there was any reason for rovefu- tionary measures
 Reports to the state department to- day apparently gave few details of the fighting which preceded the cap ture of the capital by the revolution iStS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
BOY WALKED
 FRONT OF CAR Coroner Holds Imminent Death Inquiry
 Today.

Frank Disso, the 1s year old boy who was struck by an automobile at Barnum and Caroline street last Sat urdy night, walked in front of the car Mrs Carrie Baker of Straford, who ow1rs the machine, told Coroner PheIan today Mrs. Baker said the jItrey from which the boy alfghted was moving and before her car could be stopped the boy was knocked down Disso lives at 153 Caroline street and had stepped frou the jitney to walk toward his home when he was struck
 He was taken to St Vincents hos pital As DiSso was suffering from internal injuries Coroner Phelan de cided to hold an imminent death hearing today Toney Caser of Strat- ford, driver of Mrs. Bakers car. told practically the same story as related by his employer. At the hospital this afternoon it was stated that Disso's condition is slightly improved.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
COMPANY
 FILE CERTIFICATE:

Certificate of organization for the Connecticut Aerial Navigation Co was filed in the Town Clerks office this morning, the incorporators being W. Parker Seeley, H. S. Thorne, Sum ner SeweM and Bronson Davis The company purposes to do airplane ad- vertising, photography and instruc. tion- A s12,900 Curtis hydro-air- plane has already been secured by the company and work will be started this week on hangar
 Mir. See1ey was a lieutenant durinA the war in the air service, Thorne, a captain and SeweH an American ace with eight Hun planes to his credit Seeley is president and treasurer ot the corporation, Thorne secretary and Sewell vice president
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-12
GOv'tLOst $7S, ,531, ,521 On 1O CantOnm entS

Washington, April 1.-Two oppcs- ing reports on the long congressional mvestigation of the construction of 22 army camps and cantonmeITts were submitted today to the House by a war expenditures committee and de- bated for several hours The major ity report, presented Roy Repubfican commit tee1ren, criticized government agencies and officials in charge of the war building program, while the mi nority report of the Democrats de- fended the adn1Inistra tfon-
 The government lost 7S-531 521 on the 16 national army eanbonTaents if was estimated H1y the majority report which asserted this was due to waste, inefflcdency and graft resu4aing from cost pdus contracts which were said to be wide open No estimate of loss on the natcnA guard caMag6 was made by the majority.
 Dissenting from the ma jority find mgS, the min oTaty declared that the construction work was equivalent to building g cities, each with s7,a0D to 46, eco population and added:
 This tremendous task was pracH- cal1y completed in three months and stands out as one of the great acd9jev vements of the war;