The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-22
MERIDEN WORKERS ARE SOLID BEHIND
 OLD AGE PENSION
Labor and Other Organizations Pass Resolutions Urging Pass
 age of Law.

Meriden, Sept. 22.-Meriden work ingmen and their friends have gont solidly on record for the Old Ag' Pension first inaugurated here by the Connecticut Federation of Labor same years ago and now being active ly urged by the Eagles and many other fraternal and social organiza toins, 30 of which are now banded together here including many of the local labor bodies. to urge the pass age of such a bill before the next legislature. The campaign has been formally launched this week with the general adoption of the following resolutions:
 "Whereas-There IS now a world wide growing sentiment that suitable and honorable provision should be made the State and Federal govern ment for the support in old age of those who expend the energy of their vigorous years in production for the benefit of society at wages too low to permit of their laying by for them selves, for protection and support when the time comes that they are no longer able to compete in the in dustrial markets with a younger and more vigorous generation, and
 "Whereas-The most effective and least costly way of removing from the minds of citizens the haunting fear of want in old age and dependency, seems to be through old age pensions, investigation in several states has shown would cost less than the pres ent pauper support, and \
 "Whereas-The progressive nations of Europe have adopted Old Age Pensions in various forms and oper- ating successfully, and
 "Whereas-Our country which should be the leader in all progress sive legislation has failed to provide up to the present system of Old Age Pension, Therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That this ---a-- ----- en- dorse an Old Age Pension law and adopt 1t in its platform based on a bill as drafted by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and endorsed by the 36 or ganizatoins represented in the Merl- / den Old Age Community Club.
 "Committee,
 Charles Heineman, Thomas Horrl-
 gan, J. C. Stremlau."
 Meriden has a policeman with all the wisdom of Solomon, judging from the way he settled dispute over a rooster's ownership this week. lie IS Patrolman L. Cooney and was called in to settle the squabble over the bird between Mrs Louis Sheftel and AL phonso Destola, neighbors on Court street. Both claimed the bird and a good row was pending when the cop hove along. Instead of seeking an axe and starting to divide the rooster, according to Biblical lore, the police man took the bird away some dis tance and then let 1t go watching to which coop 1t went. It went into MT. Destola's and the decisoin was given to him, the rooster and the cop decid- ing 1t between them
 Arthur W. Scheurer of West Main street, a well known local butcher, dropped dead in the arms of his father at Milldale on Monday where they had gone to purchase a COW. He had just alighted from the auto in which they had made the journey when he was stricken and died before medical aid could be brought to him. He is survived by a wife and three children.
 Thirty-seyen applicants for natural izatoins papers were refused citizen ship when they appeared before Judge Thomas P Dunne on Wednes- day. Thirty were admitted.