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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
BRITAIN, U. s.
 IN AGREEMENT

London, March 20-(UP)-Great Britain and the United States were reliably reported today to have reached full agreement on legal conditions for the transfer of West Indian sites for American naval bases.
 The agreement. 1t was said, would be signed In London shortly proba- bly, by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States Am- bassador John q. Winsnt.
 Transfer Of the base sites is un- der the deal that sent so over-age American destroyers to Great Brit ain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
ILL MOTHER KILLS
 HER CHILDREN

Lynn, Mass, March 2O.-(UP)--A young mother who allegedly stran- gled her two small daughters with her apron strings and then slashed her own wrists and inhaled illumin- ating gas was in critical condition at a hospital today. Mrs. Marjorie Hussey, 26, improved only slightly during the night, according to sur geons battling to save her life.
 The daughters, Marilyn, 5, and Nancy, 10 months, were found dead beside Mrs. Hussey's unconscious form by their father, 28, when he returned home last night from the drug store where he is a clerk.
 A note penned by his wife ex- plained she was i'll and did not want to leave her daughters behind. She had been in poor health for more than a year, according to her hus- band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
FEDERAL JUDGE
 FOR CONN. NEAR
Vacancy Existed Since Death of Judge Thomas;
 Blansfield Mentioned

The long awaited appointment of 6 federal Judge for the Connecticut district Is believed imminent, The Democrat learned on reliable au- thority today. The judgeship has been vacant since the resignation of Judge Edwin Thomas nearly three years ago.
 Tho Democrats source of infor- nation stated that U. S. Attorney General Robert Jackson was re- ported to have submitted one name to President Franklin D. Roosevelt before the latter left this week on a fishing trip and that upon his return, if he approves, the raor1lina- ton will be sent into the Senate.
 Tn connection with this The Dem- ocrat also learned that State Sen- ator Michael V. Blansneld, whose name has during the past six months or 50 been more or less linked with the appointment has been investigated by the Depart ment of Justice, procedure fol- lowed in making appointments of this nature.
 Of course, there have been reports of other Investigations of candidates for the judgeship, but Senator Blansfield's is the most recent known of in Connecticut.
 One of Three Men
 He is one of three Waterbury men who have been mentioned promi- nently for the appointment, the others being Congressman J. Joseph Smith and former Common Pleas Court Judge Edward J. Finn.
 State Chairman John T. McCar- thy, when asked in Hartford today if he knew anything about the pres ent federal judgeship situation, said he didn't and that he was unaware of any pending appointment.
 The usual Senate procedure on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
FEDERAL MEN TO
 BREAK STRIKE
War Department Will Place Federal Employees
 at Wright Field, Ohio
BY FRED BAILEY tnited Press Staff COrrespOndentl

Washington. March 20 ---(UP)-- The war department has drafted an order to put federal employees to work on strikebound construction at Wright Field, O., and makes It's decision oil Issuing 1t at noon today, after another Hast" conference to settle the strike.
 The "last" conference will be held at the war department this morn- ing among officials Of the federal conciliation service, war depart ment, office of production manage ment and the unions involved.
 War department officials awaited throughout the morning to re- sponse to q last-minute appeal to John Breidcnbach, president of the AFL building trades council at Day. ton. O., to settle the dispute. At 10:30 @. in. EST. No reply had been received. War department spokcs- men described the situation tls "un- changed" at that hour.
 The, plan to "take overH work on the Wright Field l5oject Was part oi Q program of "strong action" by federal mediation officials and oth' CTS to clear lip pending major strikes before the new national de- fense mediation board begins It's work in April.
 Not to New Board
 Secretary of Labor Frances Per- klns, 1t was learned officially, does not plan to send any of the current labor disputes to the new ll-man board that was named by President Roosevelt to keep production lines open.' It was felt that, If possible, the new board should not be asked to handle situations that had be- come deadlocked before 1t had op- portunity to put It's own methods Into effect.
 Federal conciliatIon officials said every effort would be made to "clear hte deck" of present disputes before the new board begins to function.
 Tn addition 10 the Wright field deadlock, new efforts were planned to settle the Allis-Chalmers strike ct Milwaukee and strikes at four midwestern plants of International Harvester Company.
 Warning Ignored
 President Rooseviet's speech Sat- urday night, warning labor and management that they must be pre-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
Italians Must Quit Or 100000 Will Suffer
No Safe Exodus From Ethiopia Will Be Given By Brit isf Unless Italy Capitulates; Keren Is Very
 Badly Hammered
BY FREDERICK KUH limited Press Staff COrresp0ndentl

London, March 20 (U.P) - Italy will have to ask for an armis- tice before Great Britain will grant safe conduct to all estimated 200,- GOO Italian non -cambatants appar- ently hopelessly trapped in Ethiopia well informed sources said today.
 Such a request would have to be part of general exploitation, 1t was added.
 British Empire armies, aided by Ethiopian irregulars, are driving back the Italians from north, west, South and east into the interior Of Ethiopia.
 Tribesmen, rallying as news spreads of their advance, are har- rassing the Italians in the hills, dropping great boulders on truck columns in the mountain passes, sniping at trops from behind rocks along the roads, sweeping down on isolated garrisonS.
 Today Empire forces advancing from Somaliland were reported near the Addis Ababa- Djibouti railroad, sole hope of escape to the sea which the British navy has block aded.
 Cannot stop War
 With this situation in mind, well informed source said today:
 Any request for a safe exodus for the Italian non-combatants would have to be part of general equalization, as Britain could not simply suspend operations.
 The Italians have made no such request"
 It was made known that the British government had asked Elm peror Halle Salassie. now directing the movements of hls troops from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
WAR TN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 MARCH 20, 104O
fBy United Press)

(By United Press)
 French Premier Ed0uard Dala- dier resigned. Paul Reynaud con- sIdered invitation to form 2 new cabinet. German bombers raided naval convoy off Scapa Flow In retalia- lion for the raid of the naval base at Syit. British and German patrols sinshed on the Maginot Line.
 Lcsses in the war at sea; Netherlands oil tanker Phobos and British trawler LowIoek.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
Spring To Arrive At 7:21 Tonight


 Hartford, Conn.,, Mar. 20 - (UP)-Spring ar. rives today ut 7:2lyp. m. It was a beautiful day. The sun shOne. The skies were clear.
 But: 5s There W ere four inches of snow on the ground. The low temper: ature was 25 degrees. Brrr ...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 20 (UP)--Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Marcb compared with a year ago: Thls Year Expenses Lnst Yeas S6,S7l ,523.SJ
 Receipts s4,s06, ,3l6, 6,96C.49 s4,O9G,567,2S1.ss
 Gross Deficit ss.40S,52i,54O.5S s2,77j,1l7,242.p
 Net Deficit $s,s64, ,6os, ,e4o.5S s2,7l1, ,S9o,O ,O421S
 Cash Balance $2,1o4,719,O57.21 $2, O,i9S, ,4Os.oi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
APPROVES APPOINTMENT

Hartford. Conn.,. March 20-tUP) The city health board toady ap- proved the appointment of Dr. Irv- ing II. Krall. Of stony Wall SaRi- ia:ium. Lake Kushnqua, N. Y.. as head Of the Tuberculosis Bureau of the Hartford Health Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
Rules Suspended
 In House To Vote
 Favorably onBonds
Bond Bill Voted on First Was Unanimously Passed; Trade School Bill Next-Governor Hurley
 Will Next Sign Them
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter)

State Capitol Hartford, March 20. Waterburys two bond bills today to the governors office having passed the House this morning under suspension of rules
 There little attendant comment as both the pls passed the House unanimously Representative c. Ray rond Brock Handen chairman of the House Finance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-20
Nazi Bombers Blasted City From Dusk To Early Dawn
Turkey, Jugoslavia May Be Surprise of War
Diplomats Have Report That Turkey, Britain May Start Surprise Offensive-Jugoslavia Tells
 Germany Just What She Will Do
BY DANA SCHMIDT United Press Staff Correspondent

Istanbu March 20. - (UP) - report circulated in diplomatic quarters today Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Foreign Minister Sunkru Saracogu discussed yesterday possible joint surprise offensive against Ger
 anys forces in Bulgaria No confirmation obtanabe official quarters to specific subjects discussed by Eden
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Fair, Warm Tonight; Friday Cloudy, Warm
The union times., 1941-05-17
Ship Strike In
 Port Not Mutiny

PFIILADELPHIA.-A death blow to the mutiny-herring, standard de- vice used against striking seamen, was dealt May 6 by the U. s. Circuit Court of Appeals.
 In 4-to-1 decision the court ruled that strike of seamen in an Ameri- can port is lawful and does not con- stitute mutiny.
 The court upheld an NLRB order calling upon the Southern Steamship Co to recognize the National Mari time Union and to reinstate five sea- men who staged an 11-hour stoppage on July 17, 1888, aboard the City of Fort Worth.
 The strike, which took place in the port of Houston, ended when the company promised to make recom- mendations "concededly tantamount to union recognition" the court found. However, when the ship got back to the home port of Philadelphia, the company fired five of the strikers for violating the law of the sea" and refused to deal with the union..
The union times., 1941-05-17
J. J. Clerkin Named
 To Defense Board

James J. Clerkin, president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, has been appointed by Governor Robert A. Hurley to represent labor on the Con- necticut Defense Board.
 He is the second officer of the A. F. of L. who has been so recognized in recent weeks. Harold V. Feinmark, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council was named by Mayor Murphy to the executive board of the New Haven Defense Committee. He and Thomas w. Farnam, president of the New Haven chapter of the Red Cross, and Fire Chief Paul P. Heinz constitute the subcommittee on plan ming.
The union times., 1941-05-17

Connecticut has paid out only 27.l of her collections.
 No Action in 1889
 During the 1889 General Assembly approximately 40 bills were intro duced for the purpose of amending this law" Sen. Rourke continued. The 1889 General Assembly did not liberalize benefits or extend the pe- riod of weeks in which benefits could be collected. In fact, not a single worthwhile change was effected. It would not be fair as 1 see 1t if we did not give due credit to Gov ernor Hurley for his stand in regard to the liberalization of the Unem- ployment Compensation Law.
 Conn. Out i'm Front
 ''When these amendments are finally enacted into law, COnnecti- cut will be out in front as far as benefits are concerned. It is doubt full if any state in the Union will have liberalized its laws on Unem- pIoyment Compensation to the ex- tent Connecticut has during the l941 session of the State Legisla- ture.''
The union times., 1941-05-17
SEC Announces
 Salaries Given
 Top Executives

WASHINGTON.-Increases in the price of a pound of bacon won't mean very much to lot of people whose names were made available at the Securities & Exchange Commis- sion here May 8.
 The names were those of execu- tives whose salaries and bonuses were included in the annual reports sub mitted by stock-issuing corporations to the SEC each year. Their income from stock dividends and interest was not included.
 Eugene Grace, head of the Bethle- hem Steel Co.,, was number two man in the nations 1940 list of high salaried executives. He was paid SAYS, IA for the year or $o,195 week or $229 a hour on 40-hour -a-week basis.
 Two other officials of Bethlehem Steel got $179,O0O each, while two others got $139,5O6 for their years labor.
 Charles E. Wilson, acting presi- dent of General Motors, got $278, 1924 in 1940, while GM's Vice Pres. Charles Kettering had salary checks and bonuses amounting to $247, ,965. Donaldson Brown, the duPont man in General Motors, also got $247, ,965.
 Ernest T. Weir, chairman, and George R. Fink, National Steel Corp, were each paid $2450,O00 in 1940, while one director got $150,000.
 Three executives of the American Tobacco Co. were among the top 10, Pres. George E. Hill getting $456, AIS.
 Four of the highest 10 salaries went, as usual to Hollywood moguls. w. C. Fields was the only working actor in the first 10.
 Together, the 10 highest salaried persons made $3,567, ,472 during 1940 or $171.51 an hour for a 40-hour week. Top man in the country was Louis B. Mayer of MGM pictures who collected $697,048.
The union times., 1941-05-17
Want Govt. Clause For
 Negroes In Defense Work

President Roosevelt was urged this week to order the inclusion in all de- fense contracts of clauses forbidding discrimination against applicants for employment because of race, creed or color. The plea was made in an open letter signed by seventeen Negro leaders, all supporters of the eco- homie and foreign policies of the Roosevelt Administration.
 The letter was made public at the same time that Sidney Hillman, asso- ciate director of the Office of Produc- tion Management, reported progress in his drive to persuade defense con- tractors to employ Negroes to relieve skilled labor shortages.
 The letter declared that Negroes had found it virtually impossible to obtain jobs in aircraft factories and other defense industries and that in- stances had been reported of Negro youths denied admission to government training schools for defense mechanics.
 Federal Clause
 Included among the steps suggested were the writing into defense contracts of requirements that employment be given to qualified persons without re- gard for race or religion and the is-
The union times., 1941-05-17

suance of an executive order prohibit ing discrimination in the armed forces and in the government training pro- gram for defense jobs.
 The signers included A. Philip Ran dolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, A.F.L.; Elmer A. Carter, member of the State Un- employment Insurance Appeal Board; the Rev. Dr. George E. Haynes of the Federal Council of Churches, Walter White and William Pickens of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People Layle Lane, vice president of the American Feder- ation of Teachers, A.F.L.; and Pro- lessor Ralph J. Bunche of Howard University.
 The Curtiss- Wright Corporation, which makes military aircraft, notified MT. Hillman that it would employ Negro skilled workers and that "sev- eral Negro trainees have been enrolled in the Curtiss-W Wright training school and are now receiving instructions which will lead to employment in skilled positions in the Buffalo plant"
 The notification was in response to a general letter sent by Mir. Hillman to defense contractors asking them to train and employ Negroes.
The union times., 1941-05-17
1900 Wallingford Workers
 Win Imbroved Conditions

As a result of the 40 hours per week schedule which has become effec tive at the R. Wallace & Sons Mig. Company, in Wallingford, the 1900 men and women workers of the plant, who are members of Local 45, Amal gamated Silver Workers, enjoy annie able relations with their employers. The local, affiliated with the Inter national Jewelry Workers Union, American Federation of Labor, is now paid time and. one-half for overtime, before starting time and after quit ting time on each day, as result of the agreement signed three months ago. Previously workers had to put in 40 hours work before receiving any overtime at all. One weeks va cation with pay is also provided under the agreement and the machinery has been set up for arbitrating issues be- tween the employer and workers. In all conferences with the company, a good spirit has been shown on both sides. Efforts are now under way to bring up the standard of pay of those in the lower brackets and progress has been made in this respect.
 John Coleman, organizer of the In ternational Jewelry Workers, who conducted the negotiations with the Wallace Mfg. Company prior to the
The union times., 1941-05-17
Stenos Plan Drive
 Throughout State

The Stenographers, Typists, Book keeps, and Assistants Local 20267 are planning an organizational drive of office workers throughout the state.
 The quarterly meeting of the Local was held at the Hotel Taft on May 7, followed by dinner in the main dining room. Officers were elected, and plans for organization and negotiating a new contract were laid at this meet ing.
 Officers elected were: Alice North am, New Haven, president; Estelle Ciwiski, of Hartford, vice-president :; Margaret Murphy, Bridgeport, sec retary-treasurer, and Ruth Laurrauri, South Norwalk recording secretary.
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to Sabotage the defense program" Her appearance before the house affairs committee was a cour- ageous one and, next to that of Natl. Defense Mediation Board Chair man William H. Davis, the most effective.
 The same can be said of Steelman. His job, as he regards it, is to settle strikes on an equitable basis that will avoid future strikes.
 Questions of motive or political coloration or propriety are not within his sphere and he makes no attempt to bring them into the dispute.
 How To Avoid Strikes
 Both Perkins and Steelman
 believe that the way to avoid strikes is to have genuine col lective bargaining and the firm
 that refuses to bargain col lectively represents an anti social attitude that passed years ago.
 Neither are among the top
 administrators of the govern ment, perhaps. Neither is driving and powerful person
The union times., 1941-05-17
be Miller To Play
 For Youth Dance

fOne of the most talented and popu-
 local band leaders, Joe Miller, has len engaged to play at the Spring hnce of the New Haven Conference Youth to be held at the Labor |emple this Saturday. Joe Miller has ben playing at the Hotel Taft dur lg the winter months and the strains his sax solos are heard over te air waves every Saturday at 30 PM. Joe, one of Rudy Vallee's Figinal Connecticut Yankees holds a |1ion card in the New York and Los lngeles Locals as well as the New [aven Musicians Local No. 234, AFL.
 Many of Rudy Va1lee's records and kdio programs have featured Mil
 r's saxophone and New Haven fortunate in having him back in his
 pme town.
The union times., 1941-05-17
Sec. Perkins

capable of shaking down the
 department into a smooth
 running machine.
 But that is not the reason for the attacks upon them. If Miss Perkins and Steelman were to deliver speeches saying labor must not strike, labor must toe the mark, labor must forget the social gains of the past years, they would be applauded in the halls of Congress.
 It is particularly to the credit of Miss Perkins and Steelman that they have thus far refused to wilt under the heat. To have issued a few de- nunciatory statements against unions would have been easy A weak strike here and there might have been busted without too much effort and great credit claimed.
 During the sitdown strike
 days, when others were saying
 "a plague on both your
 houses" she was venturing the
 opinion that sitdOwn strikes,
 after all, are just another form
 of refusing to work. In those
 days and in these days an 'sA''
 for effort counts a lot.
The union times., 1941-05-17

Washington-More than 100000 public buildings and 565,0O0 miles of loads have been built or improved by NPA workers, Acting WPA Com missioner Howard O. Hunter re-
 brted this week in a summary of NPA accomplishments during five bnd one-half years.
 In these two principal categories, the work completed by the WPA is Equivalent to 180 miles of road cons ruction or improvement and nine new buildings for every county in the U. s. 2 The summary of WPA work from
 July, 1885, through 1940, is a record pf physical contribution to community wealth in nearly every field of public works, he said. The accomplishments Include city streets, farm-to-market loads, utilities, schools, hospitals, ar nories and barracks, airports, and tecreational, conservation and sanita- ion facilities, much of which has ome to have important bearing on preparedness.
 The mileage of road, street and Highway work by WPA equals nearly Pne-sixth of the total mileage in the United States. Nearly 100000 miles Fere built or improved during the hst calendar year. The 565,000-mile otal includes 41,50O miles of new high-type surface pavement cons
The union times., 1941-05-17
WPA Workers, Projects
 Make Real Contribution

tructed and 2o000 miles improved, and 494, 900 miles of other types of pave ment and unsurfaced roads built, re- constructed or otherwise improved.
 WPA has operated one of its major programs in the field of publicly owned utilities and sanitation. Two thousand pumping stations, sewage and water treatment plants, incinera- tors, and generating plants have been constructed and 1000 reconstructed. Twenty-Five hundred storage tanks and reservoirs and 5000 water wells have been built.
 The mileage of new water mains and distribution lines and storm and sani- tary sewers increased last year by 7,10O miles to 32,500. This total is ten times the breadth of the continent, and the mileage reconstructed would cross the country more than twice. Along these lines, million and a quarter service connections have been made or reconditioned by WPA workers.
 Sanitation has been furthered in rural areas through the construction of 2,12O,00O sanitary privies, pro- gram which the U. s. Public Health Service credits with reducing sharply the incidence of various diseases. Last year WPA turned them out at the rate of 1000 day.
The union times., 1941-05-17
Bricklayers In
 Hartford Elect

Local No. 1 of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers Union at Hartford has elected the following as officers for the coming year:
 Thomas D'Avanzo, president; Roc co Blesso, vice-president; Harry Kelly, treasurer; William A. Scott, corresponding and recording secre- tary; Lucien Di Fazio, financial sec retary; Carmen Di Coreia business agent, and Dominic Macali, sergeant at-armS.
The union times., 1941-05-17

signing of the agreement, is now or ganizing the workers at the Walling- ford Mfg. Company, manufacturers of silver and lated ware. To date, he reports that 51 per cent of the ap- proximately 120 production workers at the plant have been organized, and the management of the company has already been contacted for day and date on which both parties will sit down and discuss terms of a proposed working agreement between the pro- duction workers and the company.