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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
ANOTHER LABOR BILL

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several bills providing for such a system
being rejected by both houses. There is
still another bill pending, however, and
different action may be taken on that
The bill proposed by Mayor FitzGer-
old and Corporation Counsel Bennett of
New Haven, providing for the protec-
ton CT the public in the buying of ice,
fuel and the like, met a speedy death
yesterday in the House when it was
promptly rejected on an unfavorab1e re-
port of the judiciary committee. The
bill was heard Tuesday and the commit
tee lost no time in throwing it out.
Leader Buckley explained that the COM
m1ttee was considering some legislation
to stop profiteering in these lines but
didn't let out just how far the commit
tee will go to ensure a square deal for
the buyer hereafter.
The jitney regulation bill, practically
as submitted by Ira NJ. Ornburn and
slightly changed in committee has finally
been put through. 1t was approved by
both branches Wednesday with amend
ments providing that the jitney1nen will
have 80 days after the bill becomes law,
IN which to regulate their affairs with
the public utilities commission. Another
amendment gives towns connected by lit
ney bus lines, right to petition for con-
tinuance of those lines and their regu1a-
ton, thus relieving the jitneymen of the
personal necessity of so doing.
The judiciary committee reported fav-
orably bill providing that employers
may pay wages due deceased employee
direct to his family without waiting for
action of the probate court 1t has been
found that many families actually need
these moneys in times of DEATH
Civil service got two bumps yester-
day when the judiciary committee I'M
favorably reported on a bill allowing
exemptions for departments and min
ority report signed by House Chairman
Brown and Representatives Wall of Tor
rington and Perry of New Haven pro-
vlded tor departments eXempting their
forces without appeal but solely on no.
tlCe to the state commission 1t was
tabled for calendar
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INSURANCE men
OBJECT TO APPEAL
ON EXCESS RATES
Vigorously Oppose Giving People
Right to Protest on
Fixed" Charge.

Hartford March 25.-Thc hearing on
a bill introduced by Representative Nick
erson of Cornwall and providing that
persons shall have the right of appeal
to the insurance commissioner against
what they feel to be excessive rates, be-
fore the legislative committee on insur-
ance Tuesday was largely attended.
Representative PierpOnt of Rdgeheld
and Mr.. NiCkerson spoke for the bill,
which is similar to measures already III
effect in New York and Massachusetts.
The local fire insurance companies, how
ever registered a determined opposition.
Mr.. NickersOn said that at present
fire insurance rates for Connecticut are
established by the New England lnsur-
ance Exchange at Boston and that the
persons or communities who feel they
are charged an excessive rate are with
out the right of appeal, He believed
that there should be the privilege OF ap-
peal to the insurance commissioner
against "arbitrary and excessive rates,
exactly as the public has the right to
appeal to the public utilities commission.
The several speakers for the measure
put up a determined argument and it
was said that in several small towns 1t
is felt the rates are materially too high,
as these places are not given the rating
they believe they are entitled to. The
speakers maintained that, as a matter OF
principle, the person insured should have
the right of appeal against charges
which appear excessive.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
DdUiY, to Lead Commercials

James DAWN, the unanimous choice of
the critics for the guard position on the
All-NeW England interscholastic basket
ball team, as a result of his showing in
the recent Tufts college tournament, has
been elected captain of the Commercial
High team for next season.
Ever since the local school boys were
awarded the championship challenges
have been pouring in from all over this
section Of the country. AS the team had
already broken training Mr. Spencer the
principal decided it was for the best in
terests of the school to call it a season,
50 the challenges were declined.
Among some of the teams which had
sent in challenges were the Meriden
High, who were beaten during the sea-
son by the locals i'll a very close game !;
the Bangor, Me-, High School, Hol-
yoke High, and the Passaic High school
of Passaic, N. J. The latter team claims
a record of 81 straight wins in a period
extending over two years and they were
informed that the Commercial boys didn't
care to spoil such splendid record.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
!. A. OF M. NOMINATIONS
FOR VICE PRESIDENTS

Unofficial figures issued by Secretary
Treasurer E. c. Dawson of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists on
the recent nominations for international
vice-presidents show that over 800 local
lodges took part in the nominations
which were held in February
In all, at least Is candidates were
nominated for the seven positions to be
filled in the United States, and five for
the one position from Canada. Each
local lodge was allowed to nominate sew
en- candidates from the United States
and one from Canada, although some Of
them did not nominate the full num-
Der.
P J. Con1on of Lodge ia, Washing
ton, D. c., led the nominations for the
United States with 351 endorsements,
and J. T. Thorpe of Lodge 80; Sacra-
mento, Cal, was second with $50 en-
dorsements. For third place a close fight
existed between Ed Nolan of San Fran
cisco, Call and Dave Williams of Lodge
ESQ, Allentown, Pa, with Williams ap-
parently winning third place with 28o
endorsements Nolan taking fourth place
with 288 endorsements.
n. P. Alias, business agent OF Dis
trict No. "A (Navy Yards and Arsenals)
and member of Lodge ia, Washing
ton, D. c., was fifth with 276 nomina-
tons; J. A. Taylor of Lodge 70, Seattle,
Washington, was sixth with 239, and w.
S. Patterson of Lodge 1898, Albuquer-
que, N NJ, was seventh with 2O4 NOM
nations or endorsements.
The next seven candidates for the
United States are as follows: H. F.
Nickerson, James Henderson. E. P.
Mckenney, H. w. Brown, Fred w.
Griffith, J. J. Connolly and R. L. Corley.
The Canadian nominees are James Som
merville with 800 endorsements and H
kerwin with 12O endorsements.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25

arbitration award, or for conditions of
employment conflicting with the terms
thereof or (d) to enforce terms of
employment where request therefor has
not first been presented to the party
from whom such terms are sought and a
reasonable time given for the consid-
Grafton thereof; (e) where there is no
trade dispute involving issues of direct
benefit to the acting parties; or CD to
prevent or terminate the employment of
any person because of membership or
non-1ne1fbership in any labor union.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, association or corporation
Wilfully to cause, further or make effec-
tive any such unWarranted industrial
warfare, or to attempt SO to do by any
OF the following acts, to wit: inducing
any person to engage or continue there
in paving moneys or furnishing material
help OF any kind or agreeing so to do
to any person on condition that such per-
son engage or continue therein; station
ing pockets or patrols; performing any
act for the purpose of inducing any per
son, firm or corporation to terminate or
not to enter into employment or business
relations with the person, firm or cor
pOratiOn against whom said warfare is
directed.
Sec 3. The State or any political
subdivision thereof, or any person, firm
or corporation, injured, or threatened
with injury by anything forbidden in
this act, shall be entitled to all of the
appropriate civil remedies in law and
equity.
Sec, 4. Nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to make lawful
any act, conduct, or combination which
would otherwise be unlawful.
Sec. 5. If any part of this act shall
be adjudgcd by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment
shall not invalidate the remainder there
of"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
ADMITS
SPY SYSTEM BY
"PENNSY" ROAD
Says 100000 Mentioned as Cost
Covers All Protective
Steps.

Chicago, March discharges that the
Pennsylvania railroad was fighting for
the open shop and that the road main
tanned a spy system before the war, were
the subjects of heated all-day discus
sion before the railroad labor board
Tuesday.
Brig. Gen. w. w. Atterbury, vice
president of the Pennsylvania, charged
the unions with attempting to force the
closed shop, and Frank P Walsh, labor
lawyer, retaliated with declarations that
the Pennsylvania had maintained spies
and arSenalS to take care of labor trOu-
bles
The whole days testimony revo1ved
about General Atterbury's stand that he
could negotiate agreements with his own
employees but that no just and reason
able agreements applicable to the entire
country, could be written by anybody.
He also maintained the right of the min
GRITTY to a voice, and charged the unions
with assuming to represent all employees
and using coercion in attempting to make
them join the union.
Mr.. Walsh opened his charges of
spy system on the Pennsylvania with a
statement that 100000 has been spent
in 1914 on the roads police system. Gen
eral Atterbury explained that this amount
crossing WatCmnen and similar employees
Under questioning, however, he admitted
that the road did maintain a spy system
but declared he could not say how much
had been spent on that department.
General Atterbury introduced Union
bulletin which informed shop craft en-
plOyes that there would be mo seniority
provisions for, or other positions pro-
vided for * * * any other than employees
and members of the organizations afili-
ated with the railway employees depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor. This bulletin was a direct at
tempt, General Atterbury asserted to
force non-union men to join the union
under fear of losing their seniority
rights.
A closed shop, either union or nom
union, was denounced by the general,
who said a worker should have the right
to be or not to be union man.
Allegations against the PENNSYLVANIA
were in turn brought up by Mr.. Walsh
who read copy of letter purported
to have been written by |. W. Geer,
lumbus division of the Pennsylvania, in
which supervisory employees were order
ed even to resort to defamation of all
labor organizations if necessary" to OBJ
tain certain information. The letter
asked officials to inquire into the atti-
tude of employees regarding proposed
wage reductions and was dated March 10,
1921. General Atterbury after calling
Mr.. Geer in St. Louis by telephone,
announced that Mr.. Geer denied he had
written such letter and declared no
such letter had been written with his
authority.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
OPEN SHOP COUNCIL
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Augur Co., J. N. Leonard & Co, George
F. Hotton, Dwight Building Co., Hayes
& Scott.
ELECTRICIANS-HerbertE Fran
els, w. w. Gale & Co, Inc, New Ha-
ven Electric Co.. J. S. Nielsen Electric
Co., Inc, Riley & Adams, Inc, Electrical
Appliance Shop, E. B. Underwood.
PAINTERS-A. L. Bailey, Alick
Brickwood, D. |. Chapman, Dipsiner &
Witllin, r. J. Kannegiesser, A. D. MAJ
zarel1a, Merre1s & Whitfield, Inc,
Charles E Whapes, Thompson Shop
Inc, Robert W. Engel, Emil c. Hallier,
/. J. Blachly, Cross & Beardsley, w. T.
Jefferson, NJ. Marsari Co., Charles H.
Marsh, N. p Nelson, Frederick r.
Hamre, Gutenberg & Bennett, J. H.
Thompson, O. c. Linke, G. A. r. Hamre.
PLUMBERS-Hor LoWden Co., c.
A. J. Poirot & Co., George H. Yardley,
J. H Buckley Co.. Marcio Co.
BAKERS-S. S. Thompson Co., Row.
land w. Chamberlain.
BRICK DEALER-Howard Co.
BARBER-Carl FISCHER.
LUMBER DEALER-H. H. Rich
ards Lumber Co.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
THE PALACE.

Results of special efforts made to
assemble bill of unusual vaudeville ex-
cellence are evident in the Easter week
attractions at the Palace. Heading the
bill for the first three days is Bubbles"
the big yet dainty musical comedy pro-
duction that has been contracted for by
every major vaudeville circuit of the
country at one of the highest prices paid
for an act of this class. Bubbles from
the time of its Broadway premier has
been one of the most successful acts to
enter vaudeville in seasons and won dis
tinction and a big salary solely on its
merits. Leading a cost of IS people ap-
pearing in Bubbles are Jack Norton
and Queenie Smith, two artists who
have made their mark in vaudeville. In
the chorus of Bubbles" audiences will
find another very pleasing failure.
Bubbles" was written and staged by
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25

Frank Stammers, the D. w Griffith of
musical comedy producing, and B. c.
lillian and A. Baldwin Sloane wrote
the sweet and catchy musical numbers.
Giving real, high class vaudeville sup
port to Bubbles is bill that is abso-
lutely sure to register strong with Pal
ace goers. Sharkey, Roth and Witt, a
triple alliance of song, music and fun,
form one of the bills featured acts
Hunter, Randall and Senorita in their
farce, "On the Mexican Borderland,"
have corking big bundle of fun. Harry
and Kitty Kelley in their own little
"Taxilogue,' is breezily combined idea
of song and talk. Evelyn De Lyon and
Company, unique equilibrsts and aerial
lists, present an act not only novel and
pleasing but also having many a SEN
SatiOn.
A story unique in theme and filled
with dramatic and humorous situations
is told in Rupert Hughes Hold Your
HOrseS,' a screen attraction starring
Tom Moore and which will be the fea-
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
FOX CHARGES NOT
BACKED BY FACTS
Schoolmaster Hasn't Right Fig
ures in Opposing Home Rule
For New Haven.

Schoolmaster George L. Fox of New
Haven, had another inning at Hartford
this week when he appeared before the
legislative committee on cities and Dor
oughs and opposed measures which
would give New Haven real home rule
and let the city decide for itself what it
would pay its city court officials and
how it would run its school system. Any
thing savoring the public schools always
gets a rise out of Mr.. Fox and he had
a regular field day at Hartford.
AS a starter he charged that the board
of aldermen of New Haven is not COM
petent to run New Haven, pass on char
ter changes or anything else. Then he
attacked Mayor FitzGeralds adninistra-
ton as extravagant and pointed to the
raise in property assessments, ignoring
the fact entirely that the re-assessment
was made solely because the state order
ed it as it does every 10 years. He and
Colonel Ul1man agreed that the mayor
was playing politics more than seeking
the best interests of the city and tOgeth-
er they rose in wrath on the proposition
to bond the city for new schools rather
than have the present taxpayers pay the
full burden for the future generation
as the mayor suggested.
Mr.. Fox compared New Ravens ex-
travagance with the other cities of the
state but in his argument was all off as
the following figures, taken from the
state tax commissioner official reports
and not given out to offset Mr.. Fox's
charges, will show New Haven with a
population of from $4,000 to 10000
greater than either Hartford or Bridge
port isn't spending anywhere near as
much as either city for its upkeep and
its tax rate last year was far lower than
either of them, Hartford paying 281a
mills and Bridgeport 80, with New Ha-
ven 1874.
The following comparative figures
show exactly how each city spent its
money, New Haven though larger rum
ming far behind the others:
Excess over
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
HOME PRODUCTS SALES co.
TO OPEN BRANCH HERE

The Home Products Sales Co. of
Hartford has announced that owing to
the increase in the business of the firm
in this city they have decided to open
a branch here and are now located at
486 State street. The firm is one of
the oldest and most reliable engaged in
this particular line of business and
pers, Gaping machines, etc, and in adj
dition to this they are large dealers in
malts and hops of well-known domestic
and imported brands.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
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probably did make the offer,-just as
much as Tilson was responsible for
bringing him forward at the right mo-
ment. Tilson wasn't even in the con-
vcntiOn hall when the frameup was made
so the governors offer probably wasn't
made either
1ilson has just entered on another
term in Congress. He expects to be
honOred with the senatorial nomination
two years hence-if Mclean doesn't run.
But again he's going to be disappointed
for Mclean is going to run. Senator
Mclean is now in better health and spir-
its than in any time in the past 10 years
and his campaign for reelection is al
ready vigorously under way. So it all
seems as if Mr.. Tilson will have to de-
vote himself to keeping his present job.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25

Monday d tuesday and We %a, The
are Of the pure Irish brand and there is
certainly no better. Tom Moore is a
great favOrite with Palace. patrons and
in Hold Your Horses" he should in
crease this popularity. AS a special
added feature for Sunday evenings pro-
gram is the dramatic picture, The Lure
Of Grooming Waters" Supported by
several shorter films and augmented by
special Easter concert music by the Pal
ace Orchestra the coming Sunday will
be one of the most plcasurable to the
credit of the big theater.
The entire bill will undergo a COM
plcte change on Thursday when six new
acts will be presented
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
OTTERSON TO BE
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posed to be. But in that he only fol-
lowed the views of his predecessor, Col
onel Ullman, who is also antagonistic to
Organized Labor and between the two,
the average worker didn't have much
faith in the chamber.
The new president-to-be while bust
ness man has never gone out of his way
to antagonize the organized worker any
more than he has the high class trade
his firm enjoys. While the chamber is
naturally dominated by business inter
ests, there are in it many merchants who
depend on the worker for their business.
Therefore now the worker may get a
square deal from the chamber.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25

In addition to that it has just been
discovered that Bridgeport departments
overdreW their accounts several hundred
thousands of dollars last year. The fig
ures would indicate that Mr.. Fox was
again barking up the wrong tree in his
zeal to keep down expenses for public
schools where the children of the aver
age worker can secure a proper educa-
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
CUT UNORGANIZED WORKERS

Philadelphia, March 25.-Contractors
are taking advantage Of poor conditions
in the building industry and are reduc-
ing the wage of building laborers from
so cents an hour to IS and 40 cents.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-25

a combination IN restraint of trade s illegal.
II two or more men consplrc TO do something
indirectly which the law prohibits being done
directly that is criminal orrcnsc. II farm
organization undertook to burn or throw iu
the river or otherwise destroy any part OF a
certain crop in order to arbitrarily force higher
prices for what remained, # would be nm d.
legal and unlawful act. Likewise the law
would take forfeit should you burn down your
surplus houses in order that YOU might force
up the rent on those remaining.
But the ncar-cast relief committee has SGT
afoot a plan whereby tho various agricultural
interests OF the United States to ship abroad
for tho roller OF Armenia grcat quantity OF
wheat and corn, the theory that by Kidding
the remainder VIII 80 advance that the farmers
will actually make money by tho transaction.
II the commission houses or packers should
suggest such a thing tho country would have a
sposm Evidently, We have got by The point
where sauce for the goose rs also considered
sauce Tor the randcr Eventually It may ho
considered perfectly legal and moral for re-
lief committee 10 open gambling houses I'm any
wealthy community.
II Is evident. too, that the disposition 10
soak the American pubic directly or indirectly is
stln prevalent In some quarters II the public
will not continue 20 supply funds for thcac
various nations abroad ~ 'ta own FREQ Will and
accord, then a way win Doe found 20 manipulate
affairs SO that tho money win Doc taken from
them unwillinGly
We are reminded of the Kids slogan in their
strike on the proatgoruE soda vendors. "Jcsae
James took our money but he u7od gun"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-25
READY FOR A JAG.

roul Ncabitt. who has bcon An conference
with G. n. Haskell in Now York. returns To
Oklahoma urging that mat"wido maaa meet
Ing Of democrats be held In oklahoma City and
tho ox governor invited to attend "Ilo viii
come" Rays Ncsbitt evidently speaking by tho
card
Thta Is not tho only source from which Has.
kgll sentiment has crunnatcd Of hate. Tho de-.
are TO gct the former governor back 90 okla
homa to take part In II campaign is like unto u
busted merchant going on u joE to euro hI,
financial ailments. He may hnvo fow houra
OF delightful intoxication, but the nobcrlng proc
ofe Ia fierce. And he's ai busted after 1t IS
all over.
IInskcn may bo nblo to rc-csnblsh the cam
paign practices ana administration tricks that
first gave oklahoma bad name politically
and started the democracy on It's road 20 ulu-
mate defeat. on tho theory that the hair OF
the dog s good FOR his htc tho suggestion that
the cx governor be called in to mako a dag
noss and prescribe treatment for the demo-
cratic party. IL logical
But is the democratic party willing TO follow
the directions Of the man who played tho load
Ing role In the Columbia Bank and Trust com
pony affair, who dismissed grand jurcs ana
uacd the functions Of the state to reward friends
and punish encmies7 And &c the leaders Of the
democratic party are willing to do so. what
grounds have they for believing the people of
tho state have reached euch n dcplornhlc frame
OF mind
And if the New York spccuiator and million
alrc is To be imported to aid the dccrcpit ma
chine, why not also bring Tex Rickard. Jack
Dempsey. Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pickrord2
1t will bc as easy for tho machnst, TO mako mp
n campaign committee OF foreign notlhlca. But
as n disntorcated observer OF what is going on.
Tho World suggests mat some attention be paid
to what happened to n certain senatorial can
didato in the last clash who imported for
ogn campaign manager ON the theory that
thore were no democrits In oklahoma honest
and capable enough to direct affairs rho
situation OF tho machine may be desperate but
that Is no reason why II should talk OF com
nittlng suicide.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-25

personal matters that I have prac-
lie questions. scd pop.
Being sourCastic. and l sed Well
hay pop. will you get me one of
those punching bags that goes up
on the ceelinE? They ony cost 500
and Puds Simkins has got one so
has sid Hunt and SO has Leroy
ShoostCr.
Sounding like n pritty good OF n
argewmeut and pop sed. Are you
quite sure all those boys have one?
Yes sir, I'm SO sure I'm positive. |
sed.
Well then you can take terms
using theirs and avoid having the
noise erround the house, sod pop.
Me thinking, Heck. And | sed.
Wen then hay pop, how about a
bcwgle so | can lern all the bcwEle
calls. None Of the fellows have got
q bcwgle, pop, 50 III be the ony one
has one.
DO you mccn 10 say not n single
one OF the boys has bcwGle? sed
pop, and | sed, No sir, nobudys got
one ana that would make me the
ony original one.
IL duz2ont do 20 be too original in
this werld, people are libel to mis-
understand you, sed pop, and | sed,
Wen then @, gosh, pop, cant / have
a howglo for my berthday?
No, sod pop.
Proving sometimes no argewment
ls cny good.