New Britain herald., 1925-09-08
Organized Labor of State, Here For Four Days, Hears Attacks On 18th Amendment and Law Makers.
Tres. O'Meara Denounces Connecticut Legislators for Killing Child Elm. ployment Bill at Last Session.

ao ne seatest curse in America to. uay IS the 18th amendment m ..ia Mayor A. M. Paonessa this morniaa Ill the opening address to the for lie,h annual convention of the Con ec'icut Federation of Labor wb;eh opened four day session in Iudd'a hall. III 'udd
 The convention opened .ho... Iv'So o'clock with President Patrick r' U Meara in the chair. Marar raohessa was the first speaker In weicoming W the delegates to New britain the mayor stated that ui,h,, the past year this city has en,on tained more conventions than anv olher city in the state and he addsd mat it Is the most cosmopolitan city In the state. ei's
 helerring to the late Samuel Com pers the mayor said he had been the subject of severe criticism durinp h,s ,iletime' but when he died he was iauded as one of the greatest mer in the country. ii's"
 We are proud of our countrvn ho said Sometimes laws are nassad or which we do not approve. Then It IS up to us to remedy them i remember when I was a boy I could go fishing when I wanted to and m one would bother me. Now von nave to have a fishing license va, must have a license to hunt, won can't do anything without a license One day a few weeks ago was nshing and the game warden asked
 me nVe times in one day to show my
 license. Finally l got mad and told
 nm to go away and let me fish, One
 sunday evening I was digging for
 bait in my garden and a game ward
 en stopped and said: Have you been
 fishing" l told him it was none of
 his damned business.
 The greatest curse of this coun-
 try today is the 18th amendment. I
 don't think it Is fair to deprive a
 man of a good glass of beer when
 they are making and drinking whis-
 key every day regardless of the 18th
 amendment.
 People who never drank before
 now are curse and a menace to the
 country. The government has plen-
 ty Of good whiskey to sell to the
 Germans and other people in Europe for s2 a gallon, Then those people
 bootleg 1t back here to America, d. iute 1t with water and sell 1t to us
 over the drug store counters on pre-.
 scriptions at 100 per cent profit
 Tt is up to you to get together
 and down any unlawful law which
 in your opinion is going to be | detriment to the country"
 There were about 200 delegate, registered when The convention l opened this morning. Committees Appointed.
 Tho appointment Of committee was announced as follows: Auditing
 Ernest Schmidt, Hartford; John Dil
 lon, New Haven; Francis Sullivan
 Stamford
 Credential-John H. Riley, Dan ' bury: John J, O'Neil. Bridgeport
 George W. Watson, Hartford. Resolutions-John N. Murph, = New Haven; William H. Weihnel
 ner. Meriden; Thomas Russell, ST 't Hartford; Sidney Frank, Greenwich k Frank E. Govang. New Haven; Ed l. ward A. Collins, Stamford; Conra l. J. Leary, Stamford; James Haugl
 Danbury, and Alkaline Lacrasta, Wi s, limatic.
 l. Constitution-Ira NJ. Ornburl l. Norwich: Francis Everin, Hartford l. Milton Mcdonald, Bridgeport: Am r. l.. Hooker. Willimantic; John I D. Lappert. Meriden: George W. Wei IT.. ster, New Haven: F H. Jahn of Hartford: Frederick l.. Esebe, Me e. idcn, and Thomas r. O'Brien, liar al ford.
 O. officers report--John T. Evan
 Greenwich: Thomas McNally, Da ,ly bury; John Vanetti Berlin: Geori m. Goss, New London; Harry Lee, Ne ,e. Haven: Peter McManuS, Hartfor rp Edward P. Conlan, Waterbury. al al E. Loretta oatley. Willimantic. ot Grievance-Frank O'Mears, Hal ot ford: Thomas Potts. Stsmfor ho Floren Alfano, New Haven; Willia Jr Therrien, New Haven; Henry ,,a iGeis, Meriden; Flank A. Fitzgera
 New Haven; William H. Domain ,r, Norwich: Joseph Donovan, Hartfoi ns Reception - George zwick' N be Britain: John w. Manning. N ,be Britain: Fred Gauttier, Hartfo' Icb Richard Stumpf, New Britain. aat Paul ManEealico. New Britain. or Distribution - Gustave Buehl m New Haven; Ernest Urge, Hartto ora Arthur S. Lee, Stamford; Raffael in Mazullo. Greenwich; John 0. O Iic- nell, Hartford. and Alexander Drl ph- sens, New Haven.
 ely Press = John c. McGowan, \ ted Haven: Frank J, Tighe, Merid cen Catherine Teevans, willimanic,
 Mary Bulgar, winimantic. rn- 4 tribute to the memory of Sl ons uel Gompers and Senator Robert ror- La Toilette was paid by Presid of o'Meara in his annual report.
 of o'Meara also referred to the pas 'h kr-.a,.,,.s Al, r.~. ffy