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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
Incapacity of Teachers Especially in Rural Districts to Be Pro- hibited By Bill to Be Presented to Legisla- ture.

Conditions in the rural schools of Connecticut are in a deplorable state and the legislature will be asked by the granges, Organized Labor and individual interests to enact law next year that will prohibit the en- gagement of any teacher who has not had normal school education or it's equivalent, and during it the state board of education which IS held re- sponsible for the condition will be raked over the coals, according to a program mapped out before and en- dorsed by the New Haven Trades Council at its meeting last night. Not two per cent. of the teachers in the rural schools are now normal school graduates, 1t was pointed out and the remainder are young girls just out Of the high schools who can be hired at cheap wages and have no conception of their jobs.
 The matter was brought before the council by James H. Smith of Sey- mour, state organizer of the National Federation of Postofice Clerks. MT. Smith told of the trials and tribula- tions the children in Seymour have to undergo to get even a common school education and the almost i'm possibility it is for any of them to reach the graduation from high school. This led him and others to make an investigation of conditions in the rural schools of the state and 'deplorable state of affairs, especially as to the ability of the teachers in the schools, was uncovered An appeal has been prepared for presentation to Commissioner Meredith, who is in nowise held responsible being tied down by the state boards regulations and he asked to have presented to the legislature bill that will prohibit the hiring of any such unqualified teach CTS in the future.
 Mr. Smith showed that through the penuriousness of the smaller towns, backed up by the policy of the state board of education, the children of the rural districts were compelled to walk miles to get grade school edu cation and if they wanted a high school training had to leave home about 7 a. n. and did not get home until at night, putting in the whole day with little or no recreation and walking six or eight miles in addi- tion. As a result many get discour- aged and rather than continue the ordeal give up school and not hav- ing had the proper training in the little old red schoor' and neglected and becoming a detriment to the state.
 Appeals by even the granges in some of the smaller towns have fail ed to move the school boards which are dominated by financial or manu- featuring interests in the centers, some of whom have even declared, according to MT. Smith, that the grade schooling the children got is good enough for the working class. As result the farmers are going to the legislature with it, and will have bor and Commissioner Meredith, who is in sympathy with them but power less under the present laws to remedy the situation.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
LABOR AND ORANGES UNITE IN MOVEMENT
 TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS
NEW HAVEN WILL
 PROTECT THEATERS
Fire Marshal Responsible for Safety
 by Proposed New Law

Coincident with the change of the duties of fire marshal i'll New Haven, to which office M. J. Fleming was appointed this week, ordinances will be submitted to the aldermen at the next meeting and undoubtedly pass ed, by which it will be impossible for another horror like the Rialto fire to occur here or if 1t does the respon- sibility will be fixed. The Rialto fire showed up a great laxity in respon- sibility
 The new ordinances will provide fhat in the future responsibility for conditions within a place of amuse- ment will rest entirely upon the mar shal who will be relieved of the duty of attending fires while burning. As soon as such a building is completed according to the building laws, if will come under the marshals jurisdiction as to fire proohng, keeping the laws enforced and generally seeing to 1t that the house IS perfectly safe. lie will issue permits yearly and make such inspections as necessary and may revoke the permit instantly if conditions are not lived up to.
 permits for theaters, hereafter will have nothing to do but look after the moral welfare of the patrons, super wise the plays, etc., and his duties will be as clearly defined as those of the fire marshal The ordinance will effect every public place of amuse ment and will undoubtedly be passed after the usual public hearing.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
TEXTILE BOSSES .EKYLL AND HYDE
 IN MILL STRIKE
New England Interests Own South ern Plants They Can't
 Compete With.

New England cotton manufacturers have sent the specter of southern competition" to the mill once too often. They marshaled 1t in full force against the lower house of the Rhode Island legislature. when the 48-hour law for women and child workers was being considered prior to it's adoption, When it's covering was removed 1t was discovered to be made of saw dust.
 It was then proven that the New England cotton manufacturer owns the largest number of spindles in the south.
 The Consolidated Textile Corpora ton of New York, now the worlds largest cotton goods manufacturer, and a few other big concerns have provided the spectacle of pr. Jeky1l of Rhode Island crying out against the pernicious practices of Dr. Hyde of North Carolina The ghost of competition they have raised is their own other self.
 When the 48-hour bill was coming to vote in the lower house of the legislature New England spinners ad- vanced the plea that the southern mills, through cheaper labor, less re- Stl1\LlNC lCSISIdllOIl, clIAu lIISl1 INcli ness 10 the cotton fields, are under selling the northern mills. The only remedy they could see is to reduce wages and increase working hours to the southern level.
 They overlooked the fact that more than half the cotton mill spindles i'll the United States are i'll Massachu- setts, where statute establishes a 48-hour week For two years be- tween 1917 and 1921 Fall River, Mass, mills made profits equal to their total capitalization on 48-hour week. The great Amoskeag mills at Manchester, N. H., operating voluntarily on 48- hour week, declared a stock dividend of 100 per cent.
 While wages in the south are lower than in New England, the legislature adduced testimony which proved to the satisfaction of it's members that northern mills, owned by the manu- lecturers, are self-supporting, while the cost to the southern manufacturer for maintaining villages is ,30 per worker a week. This brings the southern mill scale up to within 5 cents week of the northern rate before the 20 per cent. wage cut was attempted in Rhode Island.
 The OO-hOur week IS general III the south because of the bitter fight against restrictive legislation made by some of the same capital that IS now crying out against it's own unfair competition"
 Not only is much of the capital of the southern and Rhode Island mills interlocked, but the mills of the two sections in general produce different and non-competitive lines Of goods, as the Census Bureau has demon strated. in it's latest study of the tex tile industry.
 Between So and 90 per cent. of the product of southern mills is in coarser
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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
BreslOw, Who Went to Front for New Haven Capmaking Firm Prom t1y Ousted When Trouble Is Ad- justed.

The fate of the strikebreaker and the dlscredit he gets into even with
 those he serves when they're through with hlm Us being amply attested Just now in New Haven in weekly
 suits being brought by one Morris Breslow against the Mortimer, New
 man Co.,, cap makers of the Elm City.
 Breslow was hired to break the strike the capn1akers there and when the strike was settled the company tried
 to get rid of him pronto. Now he's got to sue for his job and his pay.
 Breslow was formerly journey
 man capmaker and skilled one al that. So skilled was he that some few years ago he went into business himself but in the industrial slump of last year was caught in the mess and was up to his neck in financial diff cultles. About the time his creditors were about to close in on him the capmakers at the Mortimer, Newman Co. went on strike to prevent heavy wage cuts and changes in working conditions and the company sought to carry on it's business with what help 1t could get
 It being impossible for 1t to get skilled help Breslow was approached and proposition made to him to accept a job of breaking in the un- skilled help. The company offered him wage of $50 a week and as a bonus took over his liabiliteis and agreed to pay them off weekly. Bres- low eagerl ly accepted the offer and forthwith both parties went before a local lawyer where a contract was drawn up by which Breslow's debts were taken over and he was given a guarantee CT q years work at $50 a week as professor" in the strike breaking art
 About three weeks ago the Morti- mer, Newman Company and the cap makers got together and a truce was patched up and forthwith Breslow's services were no longer required and 1t was the gate for his. Breslow couldn't see it that way and went back to the lawyer who drew his con- tract. On the lawyers advice he re- ported for work every day and when payment was refused suit was brought ln the New Haven City Court, civil. side, to recover the wages and dan1- ages and compel the carrying on of the contract.
 This performance is being repeated every week and already three suits have been brought and the first claim ed for trial. Suit every week will be filed until a decision Is given.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
CONGRESSMAN RAPS
 ANTI-SALOON MEN
Declares They Have Violated Cor rupt Practices Law in Campaign.

Washington, April 7.-Demand for investigation by the department ol justice of charges that the Anti-Sa- loon League of America had failed to report campaign expenditures as re- quired under the corrupt practices act was made in the House by Represen- tative Tinkham, republican, Massa- chusetts.
 Making the charges himself, Mr. Tinkham declared 1t would be lab solutely futile" to expect an investi- gation by Congress because of "the complete control of the House by the Anti-Saloon League and it's abject obedience to the dictates of the league"
 MT. Tinkham charged specifically that the league had violated the cor rupt practices act by not making re- turns from 1910, the year of the law s enactment, until 1920; by not giving the name and addresses of all per sons receiving SIo or more in the returns filed by Wayne W. Wheele,r it's general counsel, under protest" in 1920, and by the non-reporting un- der the act of branches of the league in West Virginia, Maryland, WisCon- sin, Colorado, Oregon, and Iowa.
 Pointing to MT. Wheeler in the gal lery and calling him by name, Repre- sentatn - fFilE, repubFicafr,; If ary' iarrdi, asked Mr. Tinkham:
 Do you think it proper for d man who acts as treasurer of the league in it's efforts to elect Congressmen should also be its legislative agent in appearing before Congress for favors?"
 "It seems highly reprehensible," the Massachusetts member replied.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
CURTIS, OF POLICE
 STRIKE FAME, DEAD

Boston, April 7-Police Commis- sioner Curtis, who precipitated and then broke the policemen's strike in 1919, died suddenly at his home in this city As a result of the strike Governor Coolidge landed in the vice-presidential chair at Washington.
 For years Boston policemen en- deavored to remedy bad conditions, which included inadequate wages, un- reasonable hours and station houses that in some cases were infested with rodents. As a last resort the police men organized under the A. F. of L. Commissioner Curtis then issued an order that forbade the policemen from joining any organization. The strike resulted
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
CONGRESS LOPS OFF
 RESEARCH BUREAU
 IN ECONOMY SPASM
Refuses to Continue Institution Re lied Upon By Members for
 Information.

Congress-, by refusing to appropri- ate the funds necessary to continue the work of the legislative reference bureau of the Library of Congress, has practically abolished that import ant institution and thus deprived the public of this source of unbiased in formation regarding pending legisla- ton.
 The appropriation involved was only $6,5oo, but was Topped off while millions were being squandered in other directions
 The legislative reference bureau of the library of Congress was estab- lished several years ago, after long fight by the progressives, for the pur- pose of furnishing members of Con- greSS with information relating to legislative problems. It has been used largely by men like Senator La Fol lette, who refused to accept as truth the alleged facts furnished by the special interest Hobbies. It has always been a thorn in the side of the re- actionaries.
 In 1920 Congress cut the appropria- ton of the bureau from $45,ooo to $25,ooo, as a result of which the staff was cut down and it's usefulness seri- ously impaired.
 Refusal of the appropriation re- quired to continue the work for the balance of this fiscal year has result ed in the dismissal of half the staff and drastic reductions in the salaries of the remainder. This action is also regarded as indicating an intention on the part of the leaders of Congress to completely abolish the legislative reference bureau by refusing further appropriations. Senators and repre- sentatives who are fighting for the peoples interest now have no official source upon which they can call for information relating to pending legis- lation.
 This greatly increases the import ance of the Peoples Legislative Ser vice, which was established largely through the efforts Of the railway la Dor organizations, for the purpose of supplying members of Congress with the information which they need to enable them to conduct an aggres- sive fight against special privilege Every Big Business interest i'll Wash ington maintains some bureau to load members of Congress up with dis torted facts and juggled statistics rep resenting their own special interest point of view The Peoples Legis1a- tive Service was organized to Coun teract these special interest Hobbies.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
C. F. of L. to Meet
 Next In Stamford
President Ornburn Elected to Repre-
 sent New Haven Trades Council

The call for the 37th annual con vention of the Connecticut Federation of Labor to be held in Stamford, June 5 to 8, was issued this week and the various unions in the state in structcd to send delegates prepared to take up the political situation in line with the policy of the A. F. of L. Because of this and the industrial situation brought upon the country by the financial and "open shop in- terests the convention is expected to be one of the most important ever held. At the meeting of the New Ha- ven Trades Council last night Presi- dent l. M. Ornburn, who is secretary of the State Federation, was elected as the delegate of that body.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
Comfort Station
 In the City Hall
Green and Other Church St. Site
 Turned Down by Aldermen.

New Haven's long sought comfort station will be placed in the City Hall Annex, as told in The Labor News, following action by the aldermen Monday night in giving permission to withdraw to those advocating the station on the Green or in the cellar of the Arcade building on Church street near Crown. The next move will be the presentation of an order to place the station in the City Hall and as plans are already complete for it's installation, the order will prob ably be speedily passed. The fight tor the station was started by the Trades Council seven or eight years ago and at last seems about won.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
FORD TO EMPLOY
 200 WAR VETERANS

Detroit, Mich, April 7.-Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Co.,, yesterday notified headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that he would employ POO men daily from the veterans bureau for an indefinite period. Only men who have resided in Detroit six months or more will be employed, 1t was made clear. Desti- tute men given positions will be paid their wages in advance until such time ass they are in improved financial condition.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
Cigar Makers to
 Meet in Boston

A conference of representatives of cigar makers unions from all parts of New England will be held in Boston on Sunday and working and wage conditions throughout the district dis cussed. Because of the long seige of business depression and unemploy- ment the cigar industry is greatly up- set and to get information of actual conditions in each of the big manu- featuring towns the conference will be held. Philip Montis will represent the New Haven local.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
Meriden Bakers to
 Demand Old Wage
Present Contract to Bosses to Be-
 come Effective in May.

Meridcn, April 7.-Meriden jour neymen bakers in their new contract, submitted yesterday to the boss bakers and which becomes effective upon May I, demand continuance of their present wage scale and time and half instead of time and a quarter for all overtime work. They now have three price schedules, $4o $38 and $36 a week and work on an eight hour basis. They also receive full pay for six holidays, which they don't work, Christmas, New Years, Dav and Fourth of July
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
GREENWICH PAINTERS
 IN WAGE AGREEMENT

In the report of the wage agree ment made in Greenwich for the next year, published in The Labor News two weeks ago, 1t was stated that 1t included the plumbers with the other building trades crafts. This was in error and should have been the "painters" as the plumbers are not and have not been for several years, members of the general conference board under which Greenwich is en- toying fair wages and absolute ab- sence of all building trades troubles.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
BAKERS-CIGARMAKERS
 TO PLAY BASEBALL

The opening game of the organ ized labor baseball contingent will take place on Saturday, April E, at 3 o'clock at Beaver Pond park when the Bakers will meet the Cigarmak- CTS Both have good teams for so early i'll the season. The Bakers have elected as Manager Al. Beaivis in place of Frank Voland, who re- signed because of illness in his fam fly. Mike DeCarlo was elected cap tain.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
POOR HARVESTER TRUST.

Chicago, April 7.-It IS m order 10 pass resolutions of sympathy for the International Harvester company.
 The occasion for sorrow is the trusts announcement that last year it's clear profit was only $4,I4o,ooo, Large sums were slowed away in various funds, princely salaries were paid officials and managers, interest on bonds were met, but $4,I4o,ooo profit is not enough to meet interest on common stock and stock divi .dends.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
RENEW UNION SHOP.

Rochester, N. Y, April 7.-Brick- layers Union No. II has renewed it's union shop agreement with the Mason Contractors Association. The former rate of $I.o6H an hour will prevail
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07
NEW DELEGATES.

The following new delegates were elected to the New Haven Trades Council by the Steam and Operating Engineers, 800, and seated last night: Hubert Roach, C. Knudel, Jos Con- lin, H. Kruysman, and w. Blooming burgh
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07

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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-07

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New Britain herald., 1922-03-20

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New Britain herald., 1922-03-20
MINERS PLANS
Will Be Formulated at Meeting to
 Be Held on Friday

Washington, March 20.--The gen. eral policy committee of the United Mine workers of America was called today to meet Friday inCleveland to formulate policy to be followed by the bituminous miners when work is suspended April l.. The call was issued by John l.. Davis, international president, and announced here today.
 The policy committee which was ap- pointed by the international conven- ton at Indianapolis in February, has full and absolute authority to conduct the affairs of the union during tie suspension. It consists of 116 men.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-20
BOOTLEGGERS DISCOVERED
Ring Backed by Some Miami Bankers Has Been Reported to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.

Miami, Fla, March 20.--A boot logging ring has been uncovered here so thoroughly organized that its con- tracts were backed by some Miami bankers, who also acted as trustees for the funds covering large sales, Col. l.. G. Mutt of the internal rev enue bureau has reported to Prohi- biton Commissioner Haynes.
 Tn substance" Col Nuts report said, the operators brazenly pro- posed: We will contract for all the liouor you want-Scotch, Irish or champagne. We will go and fetch it'.' "The conveying of liquor from near by foreign shores" the report added, was a minor transaction compared with the program for putting it ashore and shipping it to northern points,"
New Britain herald., 1922-03-20

Dominick Cropanese a local young man who was secretly arrested here by the state police early last fall, and who is in jail, was one of the witness es used at the grand jury hearing. It is claimed that Cropanese knows considerable of the affair, and will turn states evidence at the coming | trial.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-20
COTTON PRODUCTION

Washington. March 20-Cotton production for 1921 was 7,976,665 running bales, or 7,942,53o equivalent five hundred pound bales, the census bureau announced today in its final ginning report of the season. The 1920 production was 13, 439,6O3 500 pound bales.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-20
INVALID MORTGAGES
Bankrupt Referee, John Keogh, Rec ommends to Judge That Debts of e25O,OOO he Nullified.

Bridgeport, March 20.-Referee in Bankruptcy John Keogh, acting as special master, in a report to Judge Edwin S. Thomas of the United States District court today recom- mends that the receivers of the Brit ish-American Mfg. Go. of springdale, Stamford, be authorized to take action nullifying obligations of more than $250, ,000, represented mainly in mort gages on the property of the com pany which are declared by the spe- cial master to be invalid. He further sets forth that the firm of M. Low enstein and Sons Co. of New York, through which the mortgages were negotiated, has been guilty of usury and other misconduct. Mir. Keogh recommends that the receivers be au- thorized to take proceedings to have a first mortgage of $125,o00 declared void, and to collect from the Lowen- stein concern principal and interest on a second mortgage of $75,ooo on the ground that the terms were usur- ious and illegal.
New Britain herald., 1922-03-20

The fire gutted the History office building of the Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad shown here destroying the pany book and records Stocks and records of 20 other firms destroyed and 25O00 made obess by the worst fire Chicago has suffered since the conagaon that destroyed the whole city in 1871 The Austin Building almost entirely razed shown at left.
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