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The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
THE PALACE.

Dramatic suspense, allurlng romance
and red-blooded action to set the pulses
tlrobbing and tug at the heart-str1ngs
are some of the promises made for
"Hush," Clara Kimba1l Young's latest
photo drama, which comes to the Palace
on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday Add to these wealth of scenic
investures and 1avishness aided by the
beauty and histronic ability of Clara
Ki1nball Young and "Hush'' has all the
elements Of the super screen production
The Sunday evening program will also
consist of the very new drama The
Thinker" as a special added feature for
this evening only. Comedy reels and
world events. A fine concert program
bv the Palace orchestra and organ.
Heading the vaudeville for Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday is an attrac-
ton that is bound to command attention.
This is the personal appearance of Bob
by Connolly the famous boy screen &C
tor To every person who saw Vera
Gordon in her triumph "Humoresquee'
the name of Bobby Connolly is both ia
miiar and interesting. The role played
by the young actor in "Humoresque, "
was second only in Importance to that
assumed by Vera Gordon herself. In
his appearance at the Palace Bobby
Connolly is assisted by Baby Dot Will
lens, who also appeared in "Humor-
esque" The two we'll known juvenile
stars present a miniature play based on
one of life's greatest themes, entitled
Man and Wife" The little offering is
a pleasing and delightful combination Of
comedy and pathos. One of the latest
comedies with music to be introduced
into vaudeville is dummies" a brand
new gem by William B. Friedlander.
Like all Friedlander acts dummies, y
has tuneful music catchy and swingy
and a line of comedy that speeds the
laughs. The act is presented by quir1-
tette of young ladies, who are pretty as
we'll as clever, and Ernest Wood very
capable comedian. Filling another bright
spot are Joe McFarlan and Johnny
Palace in their "Volumes Of Harmony
These chaps are in the none too well
filled class of exte1nporaneous come
dams. Mary and Al Royce sing and
dance their way into favor assisted
greatly by two very winning person
alities. A chap who is clever and q
dog who is as full of tricks as the pro-
verbal bag form the combination known
as Roberts and Robert.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
Uhe Nutuu UhratrrH
THE BIJOU.

Made under the auspices al the
Benevolent and Protective order Of
lLlkS at their convention iii Iii, ago Il
few months ago e uWhrY IaLI. which
will be shown at the lsij,nt tiiralri ntn-
day night Tor the ina tiinr ia ',iit.,-ti 1T
is htarldcd Il, tho iin'at tia ding picture
OF hOrHCmanallp CvCt screened II Will
be shown At tho I!ti"u il ,niitn',ti'lf
with a remarkable hll al pi,rnrs III
Guiding " Illrlm Lam III hia --latest and
best picture Called " ln- ,.utilr,a. and
ON sunday nirh with h.lnh knhrtts il,
"lhc Unknown Niic." tlie interesting
story Ut an CA '"ttvnt lnt"fai'ri a"'l
with the many luilla al e nwInrY Jazz"
are many comedy at"nca III winch Red
Sublctt, famous thtnlie lrpIt the West as
4 ranChCr, appears. Z uwhuy lnIf" PFC
SCENTS the fast riding. hard aho"tnIe COW
boys on the West III 4 sCttCa al the most
thrilling stunts ever performed from II
camera. 1t WAS photographed by { apt.
Nicholas Mcdonald. official photograph
CT OF the y. Il. H.. attached to t,cncfal
PcrShnp staff. Outlaw biCklnH
hronChoS and wild steers attacked Cap
tain Mcdonald during the making OF
many scenes, and III one particular cpl
SDdc OF the picture, a wild horse upsets
camera and camcraman, the latter mar
rrWly escaping with his life. The thrill
ing moments of the picture are relieved
by the antics Of the ranch clown. The
big picture is The Scuttlcrs," with
William Farntm This is said to be the
best picture dramatically that Farnun
has ever appeared in. The story IS that
of a man who is hired to ship as a
sailor t. learn if the captain IS guilty OF
scuttling his ships for the insurance.
Inn
Landers, allows himself to be shang-
haid, finds himself under brutal first
mate, who at once shows he disllkeS
Landers more than anyone else on board.
Soon the mate beats a boy and Landers
knock, him doWn-for which Landers IS
put in irons. But the captains daughter,
Laura, played by Jackie Saunders, comes
to his aid with food and a file. After
Erickson has scuttled the ship he dis
covers Landers. A terrific fight ensues
in the hold. Erickson is killed and
Landers escapes from the sinking vessel
because Laura guides him to the lift
boat More thrills come while the sur
vivors are on desert island. The extra
picture for Sunday night only features
Edith Roberts in The Unknown Wife"
1t deals with The Kid" the creative
brain behind a band of young criminals.
He arrives in Camdenville. New Eng
land village, and rests while he plans to
rob a factory. How he becomes board
err at the home of Helen Wilburton,
played by Edith Roberts, how they fall
in love and are married. and the result
ing difficulties which they encounter
makes The Unknown Wife picture
of real interest throughout. The pro-
gram will be completed by the seventh
episode of Double Venture that thrill
ing serial starring Charles Hutchinson,
and laughable Billy Franey comedy.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
HYDE ADVOCATES
ADJUSTMENT OF
MEDIATION BOARD
Labor Commissioner Tells Legis-
lators It Has No Power and
Is Therefore Useless.
Especial to The Labor Newssl

Especial to The Labor News.)
Hartford, April 8.-The state board
of arbitration and mediation might just
as we'll be abolished and better be for
all the good it can do Labor Commits
sioner Hyde told the legislative COM
mission on the new civil administration
code here Tuesday thus bearing out the
contention all along of Organized Labor
that the state board was joke and a
figure head. even though its membership
does include the president of the State
Federation of Labor Mr.. Hyde stated
that he had on occasions called the
boards attention to the fact that it was
not functioning and had been promptly
told that it was ready to do so, if he
would point out the way it could act
The law as it stands, he said, left the
board without any power and even where
it had offered its services in industrial
disputes the services had been refused
and all it could do was sit back and say
nothing. Unlike similar boards in other
states 1t has no power to enter into any
dispute, but has to be asked by both
sides, which isn't likely to happen
Chairman Russell of the committee
asked Mr.. Hyde's opinion of having a
commission say of eight apportioned of
two members of employers, two of labor,
TWO Oh women ana TWO at large to deal
with Labor matters and Mr. Hyde
promptly favored it. 1t would be SINH
lar in large measure TO bill proposed
! by the State Federation of Labor asking
for commission composed equally of
employers and employees with the labor
commissioner as head to settle labor dis
putes but which received severe drub-
bing from employers counsel when up
for hearing last week Mr.. Hyde ap-
proved the bill saying labor expected and
probably is entitled to more than one
member of such a commission as the
chairman suggested.
AS usual the Manufacturers Associa-
ton was represented by counsel in op-
position to any such legislation, Attor-
ney Dudley Harmon Directing to its in
clusion in the civil code. He asked time
to file brief covering the objection:
of the manufacturers and this wa:
granted to him.
Chairman Russell and Commissioner
Hyde agreed that the present method OF
boiler inspection is not proper and agree
ment generally was reached that the code
would contain a provision for a single
salarled Inspector to replace the severa
county inspectors now working on fee
| system.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
BRlCKLAYERS ASK
BOSS PRESS AGENT
TO PROVE CHARGE
Want Mckay to Show When
Workers Have Curtailed Pro-
duction on Jobs.

Challenging J. A Mckay, SECRETARY
of the State Builders Exchange and
chief propaganda in that organization S
attempts to fool the public, to prove his
statements published in the daily press in
New Haven about briCklayerS reducing
their production from 1000 bricks a day
in 1913 to 900 day at the present time,
officers and members of the local brick
layers and plasterers union this week
again offered the association or its COM
mittee or anyone else opportunity to look
over its books for any restriction of pro-
duction. That Mckay's statement is
absurd they point out but that many per-
sons not familiar with, the trade might
believe it is admitted and for that reason
only do the briCklayers take hold of it.
Mckay stated that man got 65 cents
an hour in 1913 and laid 1000 bricks a
day of eight hours. To do so would
necessitate his laying $50 bricks an hour,
every second of the eight hours at top
speed to perform what Mr.. Mckay
claims. How absurd that is can be tested
by anyone who would even try to stoop
for four bricks a minute and lift them
from scafold to wall, to say nothing
about placing the mortal and laying the
brick properly in its place.
If there is any falling off in the actual
amount of bricks laid per day from that
of 1913, the contractors alone are to
blame for, the men claim. For several
years past the contractors have insisted
on the cost plus plan of doing work and
in order to make their own profits larger
naturally didn't want to see the jobs 60
ing along too fast The more time the
men took the more the bosses profits
went up and while no direct orders were
given to slacken up, shifts, holdups and
other like naneuvers were engineered
that made a slowing up absolute and
practically establishing a new working
code in building trades for which the
journeylnen were in no sense responsible,
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
THE HYPERION.

Theatrical history will be in the max
ing next week at the Hyperion for the
big surprise of the season comes in the
triumphal return of A. H. VanBuren
and Winifred ST. Claire, America S
foremost stock stars who will appear for
short season at the Hyperion support
ed by the reorganized Hyperion Players,
with Deforrest Hawley and other favor
ties in the cast. For the opening pro-
duction the late Clifton Carwford's re-
cent success MY Lady's Friends" has
been selected and it will mark its first
presentation in stock anywhere.
AS often develops all the material for
laugh purposes happen out of a rather
serious situation. James Smith, Bible
publisher, has a wife who adores him but
cannot overcome an economical nature
that sends her to the kitchen. Mean
while James is going around spreading
sunshine for oppressed young women.
He builds up list of three in as many
cities His wife's niece, Eva Johns, is
visiting the Smiths. Her previous ex-
1stence at Utica meant only a drear past
after she had listened to her uncle's idea
OF young woman enjoying herself
Receiving as a starter $500 from her
uncle Eva invested it in a bathing suit
bringing it home she displays it before
her INK at the same time informing him
she had never seen an ocean. That set
tied it. James was bound out for Allan
tic City with Eva at his heels. Much
to his surprise James is confronted with
his sweetics from the other cities each
unknown to the other and after them all
came his wife. Everything was squared
at the finish with the publishers money
and his wife learned a few facts: one
was that her husband was most atten-
tive but innocent
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
ASK COMMISSION
TO DECIDE PLEAS
ON CITY MANAGER
Legislative Committee Would
Stop Regular Requests for
Change in Municipal Laws.

Hartford, April 8-Creation of spe-
Cial commission to investigate the advis-
ability Of enaCtlng a geenral law giving
a! municipalities the right to adopt the
commission form of government with
out application to the legislature, has
been recommended to Governor Lake by
the legislative committee on cities and
bOroughs. At the same time the COM
mlttee decided to report favorably on an
amendment to the New London charter
which, if accepted by referendum, would
make that city the first in the state to
have the commission form of govern
nent.
The committees letter to the COVER
nor pointed out that this session of the
legislature. in common with many of its
predecessors, has received numerous re-
quests from various towns and cities for
permission to change to commission
forms of government.
The proposed special commission
would be made up of members appointed
by the governor, who would serve
without compensation but would be al
lowed expenses. Its report would be
made to the next session of the legisla-
ture.
The proposed amendment to the New
London charter by which the city would
change to the commission government
was drawn by Prof. A. r. Hatton of
Cleveland, a city charter expert. If it
is ratified by referendum, the people
of New London will vote for only three
kinds of local selectmen, and a board of
school visitors. The elections would be
entirely non-political. There would be
no party caucuses or convention and the
candidates receiving the highest number
of votes out of field of candidates for
any of the prescribed offices would be
declared elected.
The city manager, or council mana
ger, would be appointed by the council
men, and the manager would be respon-
sible for and make appointments to the
police, fire, finance, public works and
public welfare departments. The seven
councilmen would also appoint the board
of relief, the city and town clerk, the
director of law, corresponding to the
corporation counsel, and a city plan
| board.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
POSTAL WORKERS
DEMORALIZED BY
DEPT "RED-TAPE''
Too Much Supervision Making
Jobs Anything but a Sinecure,
as Said.

An editorial appearing recently in the
New Haven Journal-Courier, by which
the job of a letter-carrier and other
postal and federal employees was made to
appear as a sinecure of good pay, short
hours, good times and long vacations has
caused considerable comment among the
postal men of this city. While the men
are not kicking about the pay. hours or
vacations they do object to the idea that
they have "Cinch jobs" and point out that
they would be willing to do, as the
Courier suggests, work, worry and
struggle along and enjoy the job" were
it not for the endless and ridiculous
supervision that is making the postal
service almost unbearabe.
The Courier remarked that while the
hours may not be long the look of de-
termination on the faces of the postal
men assure that a certain amount of
work will be faithfully done" That,
too is admitted and it was done during
the war faithfully and we'll when the
postal men here stuck loyalty to their
jobs despite attractive offers and high
pay made by private business to them
Supervision has and is fast breaking
down the morale of the postoffice and
by supervision is not meant such just
supervision as would ensure prompt de-
l1verv of the mails but ridiculous lot
Of red tape the employees are forced to
undergo that makes for nothing but dis
cord
Whether or not any relief will be
had under the new regime is problenati-
cal Politics is already showing its hands
in the appointments, not only of Post
master General Hays but his assistants
Hays is lawyer and never had days
experience in postal work in his life
That doesn't say he cannot be a gooc
| boss, however. His first assistant it is
announced, will be an elderly gentleman
! who has accumulated a fortune by run
!! ming an institution for the mentally de
ranged in western town. Perhaps his
former training will come in handy for
if the foolish supervision is continued
much longer he probably will have two
or three hundred thousand mentally
! deranged postal employees on his hands,
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
Drastic Law to
Curb Skyrocketing
in Real Estate
Brokers to Be Under State Con-
troll and Heavily Fined for
Unfair Dealing.

A law which, it is expected, will IN
the future prevent the "skyrock&ting" Of
real estate prices, such as occurred dur
ing the inflated period during the war,
has been favorably reported III the leg1s-
lature and will come up tor passage
probably next week. The bill puts all
real estate brokers and statesmen under
supervision of a state commission which
will license them and have power to
look into their dealings. 1t is drastic
in the extreme and provides severe pen
altes for violations of a code of ethics
to be established by the bill. The bill
was originally introduced by Represen-
tative H. A. L. Hall of Orange, mem
Der of the firm of Clark, Hall q Peck
of New Haven, one Of the largest title
and real estate firms in the state
Under the provisions Of the bill the
governor is empowered to appoint the
commission which is to comprise three
members each of whom shall have had
seven wears of active experience as a
real estate dealer. The act would be-
come effective January l, 1922. Real
estate brokers and statesmen to get a
license must be Trustworthy and bear a
good reputation for honesty and fair
dealing" and must be competent to tram
saCt the business of real estate broker
or real estate salesman.
A real estate broker is person, part
nership or corporation selling real estate
or offering for sale. The act is not to
apply to owners or lessons or to lawyers
performing the duties involved in the
handling of real estate.
The members of the commission are
to receive SIS a day and expenses for
active service. The commission is to
have quarters in the Capitol. Fees and
charges are to be turned over to the state
treasurer.
The first annual fee for a brokers
license is to be $40 and for renewal, SIS.
The license fee for statesmen is to be 81
and ST for a renewal.
No real estate salesman shall accept
a commission or valuable consideration
for the performance of any of the acts
herein specified from any person. except
his employer" reads Section 10 of the
act.
The commission is authorized to in
vestigate real estate dealers and to re-
woke licenses. Appeal to the superior
court from the decisions of the commits
sion is provided for.
Violations of the acts provisions are
subject to fines of not less than $10C
and not more than $1,000 and two years
imprisonment or both. The fine for a
corporation is to be $4,000.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
STATE FEDERATION
CONTINUED from First Page.)

nual convention Of the Connecticut Fed
Grafton of Labor will convene in Car
pcntcrs' Hall, 10 Elm street, Bridgeport,
Conn, at 10 a. m, Monday, June 9th.
and continue in session until the business
OF the convention has been completed
The headquarters of the executive cOun-
Gil will be established in the Hotel STRAIT
field and any local unions having any
complaints or grievances to present to the
executive council prior to the convention
may do 50 on Sunday afternoon, June
5th, at which time the council will hold
meeting. The secretary will also ar
range any reservation in any of the
hotels i'll the city of Bridgeport for the
convenience Of any of the delegates
The necessity for a large attendance
at this the ,30th annual convention is i'm
pcrative. The employers are making a
determined stand to institute the so-calltd
American plan or open-shop movement
i'll our midst and it therefore behOoves
your organization to be represented at
this convention to advise and counsel
with your officers to combat this move
mcnt
The basis Of representation in the
convention shall be as follows: Each
union having one hundred members or
less shall be entitled to one delegate and
one additional delegate for each addi-
tional one hundred members or major
ity fraction thereof. Each central body,
union label section, local metal trades
council, and local building trades coun-
Gil shall be entitled to one delegate, and
no delegate representing either of the
above namtd organizations shall be en-
titled to a seat in any convention of the
Coo+,ocfic,,+ IHo1o~o+,o., & T
his or her local union IS affiliated with
the Connecticut Federation of Labor
"The number of delegates to which a
union shall be entitled must be deter
mined by its membership on the last day
Of April preceding the convention of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor and on
whom all taxes have been paid to the
secretary of the Connecticut Federation
of Labor, and no union or central body
shall be entitled to representation in the
convention unless they have paid at least
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
Tom Reilly Agar,
Breaks Into Song
May Not Be Sheriff, However,
Because It Raps Burleson
Pretty Hard.

While it isn't labelled as being the
work of Sheriff Thomas L. Reilly of
New Haven county," parody on THE
Wearing of the Green" and having to do
with the postoffice problems appears in
the current number of the Postal Record,
the postal employees official journal, which
is signed by Thomas L. Reilly and sounds
suspiciously like the poem and song low
ing sheriff and ex-congressman. The
only doubt that arises as to his being
the author is the fact that it rapsf pretty
sharply former Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson, good democrat such as the form
er congressman and now sheriff. How
ever it appears simultaneously with a. re-
port of the state convention of postal
men held here in February at which Mr..
Reilly was one of the chief speakers. 1t
has his famous Grafton, "Your Flag and
My Flag" beaten a mile and is appended
for the peruSal of our readers:
THE WEARING OF THE GRAY.
Tune: "The Wearing of the Green"
with due apology.)
o, Carrier, dear, and did you hear the
news from Washington?
There's new Postmaster Central and
his names not Bur1eson.
His name is Hays, may mean a raise in
pay that's long past due.
There's now some hope to look ahead to
nineteen twenty-five.
But come what may, we all can say, the
change is sure to be
A big Improvement in every way on the
recent P. M. G.
The law that's made should be obeyed
not nullifed by rules;
And postmen driven all around, just like
a pack of mules.
Let's hope the day is here to stay when
the postman lifts his head
With new pride in a service that was
close to being dead.
New P. M. c., we'll let you see that we
know how to work;
That every man put on the pan did not
go out and shirk.
Let's all unite with all our might and
do our level best
To make the service better-We're ready
for the test.
OF you we're rid, old Albert Sid. yor
drove us eight long years,
But now at last your time is past we're
full of smile-no tears
You had your chance, you made us dance
until our feet were sore;
You ate the big red apple and handed u
the core,
But thanks to fate, you got the gate
dear Albert, you are through;
A few more years 'mong Texas steers
then you will get your due.
THOMAS l.. REILLY.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
YALE OPENS HOME
SEASON WITH VICTORY

Yale opened its home baseball season
Wednesday by defeating Vermont, to 8.
The visitors tossing away the game in
the initial inning when two bases on
balls, steals by Murphy, Aldrich and
Crane and two errors presented Yale
with three runs. the only Eli safe hit
being made by Murphy.
Yale registered its second cluster of
three runs in the fifth on hits by Crane,
Hickey and Herman combined with Con-
Ions second error. Hits by Murphy,
Chittenden and Hickey pushed another
across in the eighth. Billings three-bag-
ger and singles by Conlon and Brock
with Tryon's pass yielded Vermont two
runs in the final inning. Burns two
long running catches and Kernans scin-
tillating first base play were the fielding
features. Murphy's allround playing
was gilt-edged.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
CIGAR MAKERS UNION
ANNULS ASSESSMENT

Chicago, April 8.-The Cigar Makers
international Union have ordered a dis
continuance of the 5O-cent weekly
assessment that was collected while the
Tampa strike was on.
More than 100000 was expended by
the international in Tampa for the de-
Tense of trade union principles, and the
unions treasury is stronger than ever,
despite this drain at time when other
unusual demands were made upon it,
because Of anti-union drives. The Incl
dent proves the stability of bona fide
trade unionism and the willingness of
real trade unionists to meet financial OBJ
legations.