New Britain herald., 1929-12-02
Factory Labor Here Treated Well, Manufacturer Tells Church Group,
 Explaining Lack of Union Growth
Carl s. Neumann, Secre, tary of Union Mfg. Co.,. Says Workers Have Never Seriously At tempted to Organize Be. cause Employers Show Interest in Them.

, Labor in New Britain is well treated Carl $. Ncumann. secretary o! the Umon Mfg. Co.,, said m talk last night 10 the Iouug Peoples society of he First Congrcgatlonal church, baslng his statement upon in" fact that workers in thc fac. >Jorics here have never become .1nonizcI. Local manutacIurina plants have adopted a somewhat patcrnalistic attitude and their cn- pioy"s have been so satisfied with their wages, hours, and treatment what they have never seriously at tempted 10 organize and the few at icmpts of labor unions to obtain a hold here have proved failures. he l>did. strikes in this city have been intreGucnt and of little consequence. hc added.
 Mr. Ncumann spok" on the de ,Nrlopmont of New Britain industries since 1900 and told ot the prolcns they had met, Ele reviewed the in iiuN ot cign-spcakin. laborers saying that local plants had not sought them in Europe but. turing times or labor shortage. had picked them of the boats in New York and hurried them here. He paid high Aributc to these immigrants and in FHn@"er to q question. said that all races had proved their value here. Northern Europeans were more hiiIlfUl in machine trades. he said. .''ut those from southern Europe iaa'" proved superior in out-of-door work.
 Pays Tribute to Immigrants . fhr immigrants haNr in some ways been more valuable and bct- tar citizens than the second genera lion born in this couuttY, h. said. hos" conn. iH from the "olI rouhtrN' work hard all day and then attend ni&ht school to learn English end become citizens. as they have long looked forward 10 this goHl, Mir. "ouuHnu stated. Their sons and daughters. born here and growing up in America, see th" handicnps Of 4 language and other things under. '*rhich thcir parents are laboring and l""l superior to th"n2. breaking par .nt'I restraints. This burden falls particularly upon for.icn-born luc;hcrS, he said. for th, Y remain in tD" ho,n" and never have an oppor- 1Hnity 10 become Amcricauizcd. with In" result that they are looked down upon hy their children.
 / 4 That New Britain in tho future Will not continue to grow at the pace which has characterized its progress during the past puurtcr, century was the opinion offered by VT. Ncumann. This. if true. will be due tO the rapid development of the %NtomotlNc and othrr industries iu Inc middle west, he saG. .or that s.ctjon of the country now has caught Up with New England and is further favored by it's ccntral To- "atlOn, which enables it to obtain .tW materials more chcaply and to Snip not only at less cost but also m quicker time. It is net entirely Impossible, Mr. Ncumann vcnturCd. . that some day New England will b. sdurcd once more to it's original s;atu3 IS q farming district
 The meeting was in charge of Miss; Elisabeth Fox. During tn" buSino ss a'gsion, in chare of Mrs. Helena
 'oHno, president. il was voted to send a Christmas box of books and toys to assist the First church mis- Ionarjrs in the CaroliU1s and 10 S.Ni Christmas greetings 10 inc missionaries of the church in for ti@n countries.