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, 1941-07-30
COMPANY
PENALTIES
UNFAIR

By e. J. Kraft, President, Local 755
Of recent date, a number of our
members have been penalized for
breakage in the operation of their
machines. The Union has no
sympathy for carelessness in
handling of machinery, particular
ly from the stand point of per-
sonal safety. We do feel, however,
that no member of our workers
should be given a penalty in the
form of lost time without ade-
quate inquiry as to the nature of
the accident.
Reduction in the wages upon
which the American standards of
living depend, is a matter of
grave concern to all of us. In the
event of an accidental breakage,
it is not necessary to cause a loss
of wages.
Our organization has repeated
ly gone on record warning our.
membership to exercise all pre-
cautions in the handling of dies
and tools. We know that no one
among our workers will at any
time, deliberately cause any loss
to the company. Therefore we feel
that the company has not used
consideration in the handling of
such cases.
The cases of Ralph Armstrong
OF Department Is, and Wilbur
Snyder of Department 81, are be-
ing referred to the International
Union. These men have received
respectively, three, and two days
lost time for accidental breakage.
To our members we say, "Use
every precaution to avoid break
age" To the company we say, IF
our members are to be given loss
es in wages due to accidents, then
we must insist on a higher rate
per hour to enable these workers
to maintain their standards over
the period of a years time"
You Got That Dime - Now SIGN!
, 1941-07-30
STANDARD
REGISTER
GOING Go

Determination to join in the
many advantages gained by the
UE is making itself felt at the
Standard Register Company. The
company is making efforts to
stem the tide of membership by
granting concessions unheard Of
in its years of existence. At a
membership meeting on July II,
the employees made it clear that
only a strong, International or
ganization would serve in their
collective bargaining with man
agement.
This is another example of the
growing sentiment in Dayton. The
workers of the country who pro-
duce the wealth are determined
that they shall be given consid-
Grafton for their efforts.
, 1941-07-30
TOOL AND DIE
LOCAL 764


Charter number 764 has been
officially granted to Dayton's new
Amalgamated Tool and Die Local.
Thus the more than 1000 Dayton
tool makers scattered in some 80
job shops are assured a Union
home, in the UE-CIO.
Since the establishment Of the
new Local, rapid progress can be
reported. Especially encouraging
is the tempo of activity at Shelf
field Gage Corporation, and a
number of the small job shops,
too numerous to mention.
Tool and die makers, and the
many skilled machinists allied
with them are beginning to realize
the need for organization, and are
anxious to line up with the 10000
Dayton workers now enjoying
Union benefits in the UE-CIO.
, 1941-07-30
McGREGOR
WORKERS PRESS
WAGE DEMAND

McGregor Unit of UE Local S06
pressed their demands further for
a ten cent wage adjustment after
a letter was received from man
agement that such a request was
out of order. At the last member
ship meeting the membership ex-
pressed themselves as feeling that
the rising cost of living was out
of order and that wage increases
seem to be the order of the day.
A meeting of the full Negotiating
, 1941-07-30
LOCALS 755 AND SOL


Frigidaire Local 801, and Delco
Products Local 755, r co-spon-
O r of this first conference. Off
e r of these two largest Locals
of the UE-CIO in Ohio hope to
establish a permanent Committee
that will arrange future con-
ferences of a similar nature. This
will largely depend upon the
success of Sundays meeting. Let's
Go; CLIO Stewards, to Eagles Hall,
August 3rd, at 10 A. M. sharp.
, 1941-07-30

The CLIO Unions of Dayton,
united with all progressive minded
citizens, can easily elect Ben
Cromwell to this high office. AS
Vice president of the largest UE-
CLIO Local in Ohio, Frigidaire
Local 8O1, and as a member of its
Negotiating Committee, Cromwell
has gained wide experience in
administration of a large organ
ization, rs well as in fighting for
the interests and welfare of work.
ing men and women. AS a Dayton
resident for the past 80 years, he
has become very familiar with
the problems of this community,
and their solution.
Unlike the usual office seeker,
Ben CromwelI's sole aim and
purpose In running for City
Commissioner, is to render SER
vice to the people of Dayton. AS
Ben says, "The time has come
for some real changes in Dayton.
There is an immediate need for
public ownership of the utilities,
so that light and gas rates can
be drastically cut. Dayton is in
need of many new school build
ings, and additional hospital
facilities. Rents have been sky
rocketing due to a shortage of
homes. The City Administration
should be taking the initiative
in fighting for increased Federal
housing projects.
"The tax burden in Dayton is
unfair to those least able to pay.
A thorough, study of the tax
problem must be made, and the
should be informed re-
garding the true situation.
"As a worker, and as a men,
Der of the greatest Labor move
ment in America, I will contin-
ually fight for the protection of
Labor's rights, and the civil liber-
ties of all people,"
The candidacy of Cromwell was
made possible as q result Of our
Unions growing prestige in Day.
ton. The CIO Unions of Dayton
must insure his victory in the
, 1941-07-30
EAGLES HALL
SCENE OF
MEETING

The spacious American Room, OF
the Eagles Hall, 31S South Main
Street, will be the scene this Sun
day, Of Dayton's first City Wide
Stewards Conference. The morn
ing session begins at 10 A. NJ. The
afternoon session at 1870 p. M.
MATLES TO REPORT
Called to survey the progress
already made, and to outline a
broad program of activity in the
days to come, the conference will
hear James J. Matles, National
UE Director of Organization, and
other prominent speakers, includ-
ing Mr.. Russ Nixon, of Washing
ton, who will represent the
National office of Labor's Non
Partisan League.
The Stewards Conference gives
recognition to those loyal men and
women who are the key to sue
cessful organization in every plant,
members of the Stewards Coun-
ellis. The Conference comes at a
time when new problems are fac
ing our members on the local, as
well as the national scene. The
relationship of our industry to
the defense program, and its eco
nomic after effects, the need for
greater vigilance to protect the
rights of labor, our responsibilities
in the community, and many
other vitality important phases of
Union activity will be thoroughly
discussed at this conference.
We wish to emphasize very
seriously the Importance of a
1000 turnout of our Union
Stewards. We urge every mem
Der to remind his Steward of the
Conference, and to insure his at
tendance.
, 1941-07-30
BEN r. CROMWELL

primaries. This cannot be &C
complished through wishful think
ing. It will require the vote Of
every member, Of every friend,
and sympathizer we have. You are
urged to start the ball rolling i'm
to guarantee an out
standing election victory on
August 18th, to put Cromwell in
, 1941-07-30

office, where he can truly serve
the interests of Dayton's citizenry.
Remember the primary on
August 18th. Remember to vote
for BEN r. CROMWELL, .Labor's
Choice for City Commissioner. A
vote for Cromwell is a vote for
good, clean, and efficient City
Management.
, 1941-07-30
CROMWE FOR
it, COMMISSIONER

The petitions of Iahrs candidate for City Commission Brother Ben R Cromwell have been
accepted by the Board of Elections and on August Rl the vos of Dayton wu have their first
to nominate a true representative of tn. people,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Price of Prorress

The advance of the city proper into those regions of the township which do not boast macadam highways, we'll lighted and drained, is one always ac- companied by a certain amount of moan ing and groaning Prior to laying out and grading streets, though, the city is apt to be lambasted for long periods at time by residents demanding these im- provements Sometimes this has gone on for years, the city postponing the work until such time as 1t feels the population needs require it.
 It hes, of course, been more or less custom for the city in the average case where layout and grade are established to balance the assessments and damages. In other words it might cost the city $200 to bring a road to proper grade past one mans property, but in so doing the city would probably have to take land off the property to provide sufficient width. In this event 1t would be the endeavor to make both amounts even. But the prop erty owner would benefit to the extent that he would have much better road and would be reasonably sure of such year-round attention as was customary.
 The tendency among property owners, of course, is to have the city do as much as possible for nothing to enhance the value of their holdings and to make them accessible. Only in few instances is this not the rule. If man wants lot of privacy he has the right to hie himself to those regions which are off the beaten patch. But once the city is asked to beat path to anyone's door, rest assured that this is not going to be done as a Christmas present from the rest of the taxpayers. It has to be paid for and there is no reason why it shouldn't be. We don't think the city tries to force assessments on anyone who doesn't want them. It usually takes a longer time to get around to improvements than some of us like.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Under Heavy Fire

We presume the Republican forces that are waging war on the present party leadership are sincere. in their efforts to bring about more united organization than exists here at the present time in Waterbury. These insurgents, if they don't object to such term being applied to them, are certainly making the most determined effort that the city has seen in years to reorganize the party. Even the Democratic upheaval of couple of years ago was but a minor disturbance con- pared to this. And nothing quite con- pares with the criticism being voiced of Republican Party leaders at the present time by those party members who are disguSted with the fact that victory can't be won locally.
 We doubt if the recalcitrantS are so diSpleaSed with the leaders themselves as with the methods they pursue How ever, if positions were reversed we wonder what would happen here in Waterbury. We may get chance to see just that ln another month or two. There is good req son to believe that in knock-doWn, drag em.out primary fight the Republican or ganization, despite its advantages, could be defeated in seeking to control the sev- eral delegations that will nominate the party candidates. If so, then situation will be created which will either vindicate or condemn the present-day disparagers.
 Personally, we don't think that a revolt in Republican ranks and change of con- trol of the party will cause the admins tration forces of Mayor Vincent A. Scully to be unseated at the polls next November. Despite all claims to the contrary he IS held in high regard in Waterbury partic- ularly among those clements of the pop ulation which are not closely affiliated with either political party. More than that he is regarded as the party's out standing leader and worthy of the con- siderable support that the party organ ization can muster in everyone of the 32 voting districts.
 This need make no difference to the warning Republicans. They have their own household to keep in order. That they are desperate about the future of the party may be read between the lines of every pro- test meeting of recent date and still con- templated. Another indication may also be the lack of an outstanding candidate who will agree to run against Mayor Scully.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Let's Be Gay About It

The American people are spending more money to have fun than ever before. Be- ginning in midsummer, an avalanche of cash has been pouring from American pockets into the tills of those who have amusement for sale. Variety" organ of the fun-vending world, describes the situ- ation in its characteristic style as "terrifP' It seems to be. For look what's happen ing:
 Summer theaterS, dedicated to deficits, disclosed surprising black figures, The first football games played to 90000 peo- pie In Chicago 52,000 in New York, and Corresponding crowds elsewhere. Chi cago's civic opera smashed all summer records with 811 ,000 people, Race tracks have been trying to keep people from be- ing trampled to death in front of the betting windows. DiStilleries report sales up 25 per cent over last summer, and the movies, looking for their annual summer slow season. have watched with joy at- tendance figures piling up to from 10 to 16 per cent above last year. The legiti- mate theater, in those places where it still e:siStS, is booming.
 Even more thoughtful forms of diver sion, like the sale of books, is up some thing like 20 per cent over last year. The fresh air and Sunburn resorts have had their share from railroads carrying more passengers than ever before. The first reason for all these things is, of course, that for the first time in many years, peo- pie have money to spend. Denied that pleasant sensation for a long time, they insist on spending it. So long as they spend it on matters not competing with national defense (and sunburn, movies, books, and football contests generally don't), who is going to say them nay? Nobody.
 Does this indicate light-mindednesS in the face of growing realization of crisis in the nations affairs? We think not. No people was ever more Sorely beset, nor more bravely and grimly embattled than the British. Yet such diversion as is available there is patronized eagerly, not to say frantically. For many people, di- version is all that keeps them going in a world whose terrors increase daily. If a man spend 40 hours a week driving rivetS into the wings of airplanes shall he not relax the rest of the time, and spend his money to do SOP Certainly, and he'll drive all the more rivets for that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

more convenient to have 1t so. But little farther down the road, an- other man had built a house and faced 1t toward the northeast. His means were evidently very limited for he had not yet built his ver- anda. But noticed that he had put in the foundations, and with rough, secondhand lumber had be- gun the building of his porch.
 One man cared only for convent ence. A glorious landscape stretch ed away to the northeast but he built his house in such way that he could get in and out of the house easily, get to the well, do his chores most conveniently. The other man, no doubt poverty stricken, had nevertheless in him something of 8 poets heart. He was striving to build a veranda facing the rising sun, and he had erected his house in such Q way that he could look at any time through the windows of his front room and see the glory Of far-away mountains.
 The first man had no beauty in his so,il;. the second man loved to look out on the landscape because its beauty matched some spiritual quality deep down in his heart. l (All Rigrts Reserved = Babson
 Newspaper syndicate0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

Governor Robert A. Hurley has named an eight-man committee to make sur vey of Connecticut's mineral resources, Of recent years no one has given much thought to any minerals that might lie beneath the surface of this state. Now and then there'd be furry of excite ment over the reopening of any old mine. Even Salisbury's famous iron mines were mentioned in the news in the past six months, what with the defense boom making 1t vital that every ounce of avail able raw material be conserved and made to go a long ways. The purpose of the new commission Is to do just this thing. It will go into the question of Connecti- cut mineral resources very thoroughly and with an experienced mining engineer at the head of the group. While nothing like huge hitherto unrevealed deposits are expected, something may be found that will result in new business en- deavor being made possible for working capital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Current Comment

The first lesson that an army of- ficer must learn is not to over- estimate his own strength, or to underestimate the strength of his enemy.-Brig. Gen. Russell L. Max well, Export Control once.
 
 Although I spent only a short time in the United States. I was irn- pressed by the enoromous quantities of war materialsSnow being pro- duced.
 Prince Bernhard of the Neth-
 erlands.
 It will be easy for the next gen. eration to find many glaring errors of Judgment which we have com mitted and are committing, but to those who have the benefit of hind- sight I can only recommend char- ity. William l.. Bait, oPM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

The nomination of Richard Joyce Smith by Fairfield Democrats for the Board of Education In that town recalls the part that he has played in state poli- tics for the past decade. An attorney by profession "Dick" Smith was brought out by Democrats during the gubernatorial administration of Wilbur L. Cross as a potential member of the Public Utilities Commission. Republicans, however, shied away from his nomination and blocked It in the Legislature. Probably if he had been named the long demanded check-up in state utilities, apparently now launched under the sponsorship of two new board members, would have been under way years ago. It might be argued that Re, publicans knew this and decided 1t would be better to keep such "sharp-shooter" away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Yes, It's a World War

When the present war broke out, many Americans tried hard to regard it, and second SC o anniversary m ; ss of that war M is now Society s I, estimates @ M that i,7oo, ,ooo,o6o peo- pie, four-ffths of the worlds population are now at war.
 The Western Hemisphere is the only sizable part of the whole world that has managed to remain aloof. Against our will and against our grain, we guess it's now World War II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

Il treating little business. He has been one of the champions Of little business in the national defense Set.up.
 PAPPY's JUNGLE sAM's) PAYROLL
 In addition to passing the biscuits" sen. "Pappy" ODaniel of Texas, also has become a spe- cialist at passing the gravy.
 Pappy's biggest problem since becoming a senator has been get. ting Uncle Sam to pay the sal- aries of his hill-billy band, which supplies the musical background for his Sunday radio recordings. But at the pace he Is going, It won't be long until he has It solved.
 Four members of the band are already on the federal payroll. Bundy Bratcher, a cornetist, IS doubling up as an elevator oper- ator in the Capitol at a sl26-a- month salary. Winsome "Texas Rose" Richardson, PappyS glrl vocalist, gets $106 a month in the folding section of tho senate docu- ment room.
 "Caesar" Hubbard, a fidler, ard Bill Perrin, leader of the band, hold down $l46-a-month jobs in the Senate post office. Their chief duty is selling penny post cards to the tourist trade.
 A fifth hili-billy, "Klondike" Hubbard, (brother of "Caesar,") a bass sidler, expects to land something room with Pappy'S help.
 NOTE = Friends are suggesting new theme song for Pappy's band, to the tune of 'It Amt Gonna Rain No More:
 ooh, pass the biscuits, pappy, "And pass the gravy, too.
 "Wc'll gratefully loll
 "On the federal payroll,
 "As we sing and play for you."
 Copyright. ie4l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

"Tommy the Cork" one.time closest man to Roosevelt, has now gone into the private practice Of law, and he Is performing as many miracles for big business as he once performed for Roosevelt against big business.
 Latest and most amazing mir acle was the recent pat on the head given to Sterling Products and subsidiaries by the Justice Department when the drug com pailies were permitted to plead nolle contendere on Q criminal charge of conspiring with NaSi Germany to violate the sherman Antitrust Act. ('Nolle conten. dere means that the defendant nuts in no defense: 1t pleads neither guilty nor not guilty"
 Other American firms charged with similar practices have beer. castigated by the Justice Depart. tnent. The Bausch and Loinb optical company was indicted CFlHllIlHiky 4OE COAASkShhAb
 n,ercially with Germany and had to plead guilty. The Aluminium corporation of America suffered likewise because 1t had Q deal with the I. G. Farbenindustrie regarding magnesium.
 Justice Department press statements regarding these firms
 hriStIe with criticism, and there is still talk around the
 Justice Department of trying to send Arthur Davis, head Of the ALCOA to jail. He has been indicted.
 But ALCOA is an Andrew
 Mellon company; and neither 1t nor Bausch and Lomb had
 the presence of mind to hire Thomas G. COrcOran.
 Sterling Products, MT. Ccrcor. ans client, was in almost the same boat as the Aluminium cor" poration, having c deal with l. o. Farbenindustrie. In fact, ster-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18
Press Comment
A FORGOTTEN PAST
(Hartford Courant


 The news that more Indian relics have been found near New York is of interest because the city, in it's fabulous growth, has a way of wip- ing out all It's connections with the past. It is hard enough, whide sur. rounded by skyscrapers, to realize that Wall Street was the site of the Notifications that once marked the limits of the city or that George Washington could have called a meeting of his officers in Fraunces Tavern, now filled with rushing businessmen. Peter Stuyvesant, dumping his way across the Bat tery with his silver leg shining in the sun, belongs to a different world, while the cows that comparatively recently grazed in the fields of upper Park Avenue or the footpaths that crossed Broadway seem utterly ii- congruous. Who remembers when the Bowery was a stylish district and New York bore, literally as well as figuratively, all the marks of q small town?
 But to go back even farther, past the founding of New Amsterdam or the sailing of Henry Hudson up the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-18

A. Did the first Congress of the United States, under the Constitu- ton, meet in New York or Phila- delphia, and when did the Congress first meet in Washington?
 A. The first Congress met in New York for two sessions, March {, 17S9 to August l2, 17o0. The third ses- sion, December 6, 1790 to March 3, l79l met in Philadelphia. The first meeting in Washington was the sec ond session of the Sixth Congress, November IT, 1900 to March 3, 1901.
 e. When did the film actor Fred Thomson die, and what caused his death?
 A. He died December 25, 1928, following an operation for gall stones at queen of Angels hospital, Los Angeles, Calf.
 @. Did the U. s. government evel Issue a coin called picayune2
 A. No: they were originally the Spanish American coins worth 6h cents used in some parts of the U S., especially in Louisiana. The name was also applied to the half dimes that were in circulation up to the time of the Civil War.
 e. What was the name of Josepl; Stalins nother2 When did she die2
 A. She was Ekaterina Georguvna DjugaShvili, wife of Georgian shoemaker, ViS.arion DjugashWli. She died, aged Seventy-seven, on June {, 1887, at her home near Tifiis, Death was due to pneumonia and . heart attack.
 e. How can the sponge rubber of racing goggles be cleanSed? A. Wipe 1t lightly with e cloth inoigtened with a dry-cleaning sol- vent, or non-ieaded gasoline.
 e. What is alopecia? A. A skin disease causing bald ness, and sometimes loss Of nail. c. To which military camp ha! William McCheSney Martin, former president of the New York Stock Exchange been assigned?
 A. He was assigned to the Army War College in Washington, D. O., on August l3. l94l, and will per- form clerical work.
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