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The union times., 1941-05-10
lent Control Is
 Needed at Groton

1.-The A. F. of L. has been having ouble finding a headquarters for ganizational work at the Groton Ripyards. The latest difficulty has len with the United States Govern ent through its local agent, Richard l. Pugh of the Federal Housing Au- ority.
 The Federal Housing Authority els that "a labor organization would pt be a desirable tenant" The case hs appealed to Frank Mac Cutcheon, ate director of F. H. A. properties, t the answer was again no.'
 The New London Central Labor buncil cannot understand this, as it Is offered to pay the rent several bnths in advance, and will not be as isy as its neighbor, the tavern next or.
 Previous trouble was with man 10 preferred the Independent Union
 Ia tenant.
The union times., 1941-05-10
Asks Council Reasons For
 Wage Query
Development s'Very Graft flying" Feinnark Says
 Congratulates Yale, Workers

Workers at Yale are free to join unions if they wish, says Dr. Seymour, president of the Univer- sify. President Seymour's statement Isas made at the same time that the New Haven Central Labor Council made public the fact that it had kequested the Yale authorities to live the Council information on kage schedules for service workers. Inc statement was made to the Yale News"
 Replies to Council ] To the Council President Seymour ade the following reply:
 "T beg to acknowledge your letter
 April twenty-fifth, requesting in-
 rmation concerning the wages, rates hd terms of employment in effect at De University.
 "We have always regarded such Iatters as of interest primarily to the University and its employees and hence have followed the policy of holding his information confidential. How Eyer, if you would inform me as to That use you wish to make of the Information, I shall be glad te give bur request careful consideration" T Until press time, no reply had been ent to Yale, but President Harold ". seinmark made the following state |nent to The Union Times for the Council:
 Council Statement
 ssPresident Seymour's statement aat employee representation is Dnsidered wholly as a question of mployee choice' is very gratifying. Workers at Yale who may wish to pin a bona fide union now know raight from headquarters that in To way will they be interfered with. Enc American Federation of Labor
 Continued on page 3
The union times., 1941-05-10
Punitive Measure
 Says Sec. Meany

Washington-Every member of the AFL, if he is a true union mem- Der. will resent passage of the Vinson bill, AFL secretary-treasurer George Meany told the house rules committee.
 Meany asked the committee not to grant rule permitting the bill to come to the house floor and charged that the measure was "a punitive measure" that violated fundamental constitution al rights of American workers.
 Introduced by Rep. Carl Vinson (D.-Ga.) and rushed through the house naval affairs committee, the measure provides for a compulsory 25 day cooling off" period and for the freezing of open shop conditions in defense industries.
 ''lO Minutes or 25 Days"
 Meany said the federation would be opposed to the measure even if the cooling off" period was TO minutes instead of 25 days"
 "The AFL," he declared, lis ab- solutely opposed to compulsory labor" |"
 Contentious that the railway labor act contains similar provisions drew fire from Meany who asserted that the provisions of the railway labor act were drawn up through collective bar
 Continued on page 9
The union times., 1941-05-10

s'LabOr Awards to Feinmark
 Highlights of the affair were the presentation of the annual Labor Award" to Harold V. Feinmark, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, and an address on "Labor's Stake in War" by U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana, long known as one of 1abor's outstanding friends in Washington. Speakers also included Mayor John w. Murphy, former Labor Comrnis- sioner Joseph M. Tone, and Alexander Winnick, president of the N. H. Fed eration of Musicians, who presented the award to Feinmark. Senator
 Continued on page 9
The union times., 1941-05-10
Printers to Vote
 On Retaliation


 Members of the International Typo graphical Union will vote May 21 on the question of re-afiliation with the American Federation of Labor. A re- affiliation agreement, subject to ref erendum was reached last February between ITU and AFL officials.
 In that agreement the AFL made several concessions on the question of complete autonomy" of affiliated in ternationals, and in addition specified that "the funds of the federation are at no time to be used to destroy a trade or labor union"
The union times., 1941-05-10

Lathers 46 Signs
 New Agreement


 NEW YORK.-Metal Lathers' Lo- cal 46 has officially signed its new agreement with the Metal Turing and Lathing Employers. The agreement calls for $1.85 an hour for an eight hour day, effective Jan. 2, 1941. Sec retary Walter Matthews and Organ izers Tim Spillane, Charles Coleman and Brian Dillon participated in the negotiations.
 The brain women never interest us like the heart women; white roses please less than red.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The union times., 1941-05-10
And<ews on Radio

WMCA has engaged Elmer F. An drews, former Wage-Hour Admins trator, to conduct series of labor news programs. It will be heard at 7 P. M. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days.
The union times., 1941-05-10
UNION PROTESTS STATE ENAPL 0YNNENT ADS
See It
 by JOE ROURKE

To improve our laws against racial discrimination, do we need legislation that will bring Connect. cut in line with her sister states? As far as we of the New Haven Central Labor Council are con. cerned the answer is yes. Within the next few days I intend to offer an amendment to our present statutes that will take us out of the dark days and really help the thousands of people that are being discriminated against, day in and day out, year in and year out.
 At the present time Section 1676c of the Cumulative Supplement defines "Alienage, race or color discrimina- tion." States that all persons shall be entitled to full and equal accornmoda- tion in every place of public accom- modation, resort amusement, etc. The punitive provision calls for fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
 In a civil action under Chaped 31o Section 5985 Statutory Rights of Action" any person found guilty of discriminating against person on ac- count of race, color, or creed shall for felt any pay to the person injured thereby double damages. In other words if a restaurant owner humiliates a person and re- fuses to serve him or her, or charges a person, let's say, 20 cents for soft drink that should only be 10 cents, the person injured will be awarded double damages to the amount of 40 cents under our pres ent civil law.
 What about other nearby states and what are their laws in this field? Here are few of them.
 New York
 Fine $1OOOO to $5O0.00 and Tor i'm prisonment from 30 to 90 days; anG Forfeiture $1OOOO to $5OO.OO to person aggrieved. (Cahill, Cons. Laws, 1o3( Chapter 7 Section 40-41.)
 Massachusetts
 Fine not more than $500, and Tor i'm prisonment for not more than ont year; and forfeiture of $10000 < $50.00 to person aggrieved. (Chaptel 272, Section 98 as amended by Acts 1884 Chapter 138.)
 New Jersey
 Fine not more than $50000 and /ol imprisonment of not more than % days; and forfeiture, $100.00 to $500OC to the State, suit for which may be brought by the person aggrieved who shall be entitled to the costs and counsel fees of 5000 to $100O0.
 Other states have similar legislation A few of them are Illinois, Ohio and Colorado.
 Amendment
 The amendment that I intend tc o ger is Any person who shall violate any provisions of this section, or who shall aid or incite such violation, shal be fined not less than $25.00 not more than $1O000 or be imprisoned moi more than thirty days or both; and shall forfeit and pay to the person az grieved thereby not less than three hundred dollars damages, in an appro- priate action to recover the same ir any court of competent jurisdiction with in the state.
 Connecticut law should not be ar exception to the rule. Let us en. deavor to help bring Connecticut up to the standards of these other nearby states as far as racial dis crimination is concerned. During the various political campaigns both parties promise to fight for this type of legislation. It is most neces- sary if we are to live like good Americans.
 TIT c Co,,x.4 u;+c
The union times., 1941-05-10
.C.L.C. Banquet
 Is Huge Success
Three Hundred Hear Sen. Wheeler at Sand Anniversary Celebration; Feinmark Gets
 Labor Award"; Rourke Postmaster

With than 300 leaders of labOr and of civic life the New Haven its fsecOnd anniversary the Hotel Taft Thursday the successful and the of its proceedings thoughout
The union times., 1941-05-10
JAMES BREWSTER

STATE LIBRARY 8 COURT BI
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Civilian Defense Aides Fly
To Britain for Survey
Nv tho keSociatsd pras

BY IHe Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July l2.-FiVe rep
resentatives of the Office of Civilian
Defense today left for London by
clipper for a months investigation
of conditions abroad.
They were two high-ranking
police officers. housing expert. a
public works administrator and
health commissioner.
DR.. Huntington Williams. Balti-
more commissioner of health was
the only one OF the five to discuss
his mission. He said his particular
assignment would be the study of
first-aid rescue administration un-
der official auspices.
The other members of the group
were: Maj. Frank M. Roessing.
director of the Department of
Public Works, Pittsburgh: Capt. DON
aid S. Leonard of the Michigan
State Police. president-e ELECT of the
International Association of Police
Chiefs, and as such. representing
the police heads of this country:
Deputy Chief Inspector Arthur w.
Wallender. head of the emergency
division of the New York City
Police Force, and Harry M Prince,
consultant to the New York City
Housing Authority.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
'OiI Burner Cars Rounded Up
Here in Ickes' Fuel Drive

Forty-two motorists have been
stopped by park police within the
past three days for operating "oil
burner" automobiles and ordered to
submit their vehicles to the Dis
trict'S inspection station for q me.
chanical checkup, it was learned to-
day.
Though no formal arrests have
been made, IA of 16 offenders who
had complied with the order this
morning were given red stickers in
place of their annual motor vehicle
inspection certificates and allowed
10 days in which to obtain neces-
sary repairs.
Two others were allowed to pro-
ceed without any adjustments.
The drive against smoky cars was
ordered by Secretary of Interior
Ickes, defense petroleum co-ordina-
tor, who announced several days
ago that too much gasoline was
being wasted by what he called "oil
Evening star., 1941-07-12

burner" and "jackrabbit starter"
motorists
No fast starters have been served
with the inspection notices as yet and
there is some doubt as to whether
there is a law prohibiting this sort
OF driving, A provision of the Dis
trict motor vehicle code. however,
prohibits the operation of automo-
biles which emit excessive smoke. :"
The red stickers given the IA Of
tenders who have reported thus far
amount to at least a temporary
revocation of their annual inspec-
ton certificates.
The disclosure that such cam
paign was under way came after Mr..
Ickes had indicated this morning
that the FILL 'er up era is near
an end for motorists of the populous
East. He said the Governments
decision on the use of gasoline
ration cards or other means of COM
pulsory observation depends on the
amount of fuel saved through VOL
untary rationing programs.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Roosevelt Is RELAXING
On Weekend Cruise

President Roosevelt left Wash
ington about noon today for a week.
end cruise on the White House yacht
Potomac.
Scheduled to accompany him were
Senator and Mrs Alben W. Barkley,
White House Secretary Stephen T..
Early and Mrs. Early and Miss Grace
Tully, another member of the White
House secretariat.
The President planned to board
the Potomac at Annapolis and prob
ably will cruise in Chesapeake Bay,
perhaps landing here late tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Toxic No VossoI
Of Nozis, Jopon's S
Consul Declares

VICTORIA, British Columbia,
July II Canadian Press Were
not going to pull Germany's chest
nuts out OF the fire." IChir0 KaWa.
saki recently y-appointed japanese
consul at Vancouver, said today.
I'VE are not committed too deeply
10 the Axis and are not vassals of
Germany" he told interviewers.
Kawasaki, who spent four years
In the Japanese Embassy in Lon
don, said the Germans were diff
cult people to get along with. but
that the British were compromising.
He hoped for a renewal of trade
relations between Great Britain,
Canada and Japan.
I'VE have much in common with
the British people. Like them we
are q seafaring nation and depend
on world trade. We are not like the
Germans. They are ruthless and
uncouth"
Evening star., 1941-07-12
9o6 Increase in Crime
In District During
Last Year Revealed
Arrests Made in 1870
Of Cases; 20oo Of Adults
Involved Are Convicted

An increase of 5l4 crimes, or 925
per cent, over the number of serl-
Gus crimes reported in Washington
in 1889 is shown in the annual re-
port released today by the Wash
ington Criminal Justice Association.
an organization of leading citizens
designed TO promote efficient ad-
ministration of criminal justice in
the Capital.
Housebreaking, robbery, grand
larceny and aggravated assault con-
stituted the bulk of these offenses.
and all except aggravated assault
showed an increase over 1899.
The study revealed that police
made arrests in 452 per cent of
the cases reported, indicating a 3 per
cent increase in police efficiency in
khe apprehension of felons. but it
also showed that only ore of every
five offenses reported resulted in
court conviction of adults.
More than one-third Of persons
charged with all serious crimes were
SOiOicQ anu LlOSl VI lIle dQuIJ Oh
tenders were in the lower age groups.
In addition.'it was found in a check
during the last six months Of 1910
that more than three -fourths of the
prisoners admitted to the District
Jail had previous criminal records.
Crime has been on the increase in
washington. according to the report,
since 1888. the year crime sank to
its lowest level since 1885. Last year,
the figure rose to 5961. a jump of
l,029 over the total three years ago.
The associations study extended
up to as late as May of this year.
but did not include the Strieff muir
der and the series of other serious
crimes which have been committed
during the last two months.
While the report points to the
need for certain changes in law en-
forcement in the District it expressed
no alarm over the 1910 crime in
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Ecuador Resuminq
Frontier Attacks,
Peruvians Charge
Order Issued to RepuIse
New Aeeressions' With
Arms, Lima Declares
By the Associated Press.

LIMA. Peru. July 12-The Peru
Wan Foreign Office declared today
that fresh Ecuadorean attacks had
been experienced at several places
along their Eastern frontier and
that. since it would be useless to
protest. an order has been issued to
Peruvian troops to repulse with
arms any new aggression.
The communique declared the
governments belief that neither
the government nor the people of
Ecuador are prepared to discuss
peacefully the conflict"
The commander in chief of the
5th Division of the army, whose seat
is at Iquitos Tin the Amazon Jungle +,
announced that at 9 am. July 10
Ecuadorean forces appeared on the
Tigre River and attacked the
Peruvian force at Bartra," said the
communique.
The Peruvian land and river
forces repulsed the attack.
Also at the Pastaza River, a
group of Ecuaoorean troops fired
machine guns in front of the Peru
Wan position at Soplin. but with
drew without further action.
The Peruvian government be-
lieves it is useless to insist in a new
protest against Ecuador, and has
esta aolished its Interchangeable con-
duct consisting of an order to
Peruvian troops to repulse with
arms any new aggression such as
happened in the western region.
Therefore the Peruvian govern
ment limits itself to announce pub
licly this fact which reinforces its
firm belief that neither the gov
ernment nor the people of Ecuador
are prepared to discuss peacefully
the conflict"
Both the Tigre and Pastaza Rivers
are northern tributaries of the Ma
ramon River, a headwater of the
Amazon, reaching into the huge
trans -Andean jungle land which
has been disputed for 10 years by
Peru and Ecuador.
The communiQue was issued only
a few hours after the Argentine
foreign ministry had announced
that Peru had accepted in principle,
with some reservations, a proposal
by the United States, Argentina and
Brazil to mediate the dispute which
| flared up again last week with ex-
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Germans Storming Stain Line;
Mossed Reds Claim Repu|se Of
Nozis Trying to Cross Rivers
Pinsk, Far Behind
Nozi Lines, Still
Held, Reds Claim
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July l2.-The old
Polish city of Pinsk, deep in
the marshes and far behind
the German lines. remains in
Soviet hands, Pravda, Commu-
mist party organ. reported to-
DAY in a dispatch from the
front.
Russian forces holding the
city were said to be raiding
the German rear. Pinsk lies
l40 miles southwest Of Bob
ruisk. the approximate front.
Pravda said four German
tanks which reached the city
were destroyed and their crews
captured.
The German tanks were
forced to halt in the citys
central square because of lack
of fuel, Pravda reported. The
Russians surrounded them and
blackSmiths hammered their
armor until the crews came out
and gave up. it was related.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Grazing Service
| Will Be Moved to
Salt Lake City
3y the Associated Press.

Secretary IckeS announced today
Salt Lake City, Utah, had been Sc
lected as the new headquarters for
the Grazing Service, the first Gov
ernment agency to be moved from
Washington to relieve congestion
caused by the intense defense ac-
tivity.
The Grazing Service staff is pre-
pared to leave Washington for Salt
Lake City within a few days, making
available % rooms in the Interior
Department Building which will be
occupied Immediately by the newly
created Office of the petroleum CO.
ordmator for national defense.
Salt Lake City is at the hub of the
public range area administered by
the grazing service" Mr.. Ickes said.
within a radius Of 500 miles of
this point are most of the public
grazing lands of the United States"
Mr.. Ickes said the service would
function as a unit in its Western
headquarters, its only contact with
Washington that of policy-making
with the Secretary's office and nee
cessary contacts with other Federal
bureaus and members of Concr"7-.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Egypt Admits Domoee
In Axis Ruid on Suez
PytEe Associated Press.

Py Tire Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, July 12-The
Egyptian government acknowledged
that Axis air raiders had scored
some damage in an air raid early
today on the SueZ Canal in which, it
said. persons were killed and IA
injured.
The government announcement
said
There was an air raid on the
Suez Canal area in the early hours
of this morning. A number of
bombs were dropped. killing 6 per-
sons. injuring IA and causing some
material damage. Alerts were
sounded in parts of the delta"
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Tanker Reported Sunk
By Dutch Submarine

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July IA Dutch sub
marine serving win British naval
forces in the Mediterranean has
sunk a heavily laden. 8,000-ton Tan
ker, the Admiralty of the Nether-
lands commandments reported
today.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Gains in South Claimed.

German troops also were reported
by DN,B. to have made gains yes
terday on the southern sector of the
eastern front, pushing the Red Army
back at all points despite bad wealth.
er and heavy opposition from Red
Army tank and infantry units.
The exact section of the front in
volved was not mentioned. pre-
sumably it was the UkraineD
DN.B. described Soviet opposition
as obstinate, but declared it was
broken wherever it was encountered
and the German advance continued.
1t said the Germans were operat-
Ing against the handicaps of diff
ficult terrain and days of rain which
made ground conditions even worse
An authorized spokesman asserted
the Luftwaffe had destroyed 1888
Russian planes in the past "a hours
and said 163 of these were shot down
in air battles. He placed German
losses in that period at about one
plane for every seven Red Army
planes destroyed.
German flyers, he said are con-
centrating much of today's aerial
onslaught on bombardment of roads
and railways far back of the Stain
Line.
Reds Reported in Confusion.
With large headlines ending in
exclamation marks the German
press predicted the early removal of
wrecked Soviet war material from
the roads north of the Pinsk marshes
for new German march on Mos
COW.
Authorized government speakers
asserted the military collapse of
Russia was foregone conclusion.
There is great confusion in the
ranks of Russian troops east of
(See BERLIN. Page ABB
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Two Spies Executed

ALGIERS, July II OP.-The ex-
ecution of two persons convicted
as spies by q military court was
disclosed today by Algerian authors
ties. They were shot July 8 at Fort
Hussein Dey.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Planes Fight Big Battle
Over Malta, Italy Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. July 12-The italian high
command reported today a big air
fight over the British island of Malta
in which it said four British planes
were shot down attempting to ward
off an Italian raid Yesterday on the
Micabba airport.
Other British planes were de-
stroyed on the ground, the high
command said.
More than 100 planes were said to
have taken part in the battle, de-
scribed here as the biggest fought
yet in the Mediterranean.
officials said the machine-gun as
sault on Maltas biggest airport, car
ried out in early afternoon. was
Italy's answer to increasingly in
tense air offensives by the British
as manifested in recent attacks on
Naples.
"Our planes hit numerous enemy
planes on the field, including five
Vickers Wellington twin engined
planes which were set afire," the
statement added. "One OF them,
loaded with munitions, blew up.
Several ol-Blenheim bombers
were among the planes damaged by
machine-gunning.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Naples Fires Seen 80 Miles.

CAIRO. July II tP,.-Fires visible
80 miles away were caused in Thurs
day nights r. A. F. raid on Italy's
great seaport of Naples. the R. A. F.
Near East Command announced
today.
Bombs were seen to hit railway
stations, warehouses, fuel tanks,
shipping and an airframe factory,
a communique said. 1t was the
second Naples raid in two nights.
Four big Axis ships were hit on
the previous night on a raid on
Libyas Tripoli Harbor, it was stated.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Senator Calls
For British 10
Leave Iceland
Troops Presence
ImperiIs U. S. Forces
There, Bone Says
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
American Atlantic detenSes of
this hemiSphe ere nOU consist first
OF ent-Shdped line OF bases
extending from near Arctic Cir
Gle to EQuator-trom Iceland TO
Greenland to Nelrt tOundland 10
Continental United States 10
Caribbean Islands and TO British
Guiana. There has been official
denial OF intent TO seek base
rights in Azores or Cape Verde
Islands.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
10 More Danish Ships
Taken Over by u. 5.
Under Requisition Act
Steps Token to Place
l6 Seized Axis Vessels
In Service
BY the Associated Press.

The Maritime Commission an
nounced today it had taken over is
more Danish cargo vessels laid up
in United States ports, bringing
to 81 the number of Danish ships
acquired under the recently-enacted
Ship Requisition Act.
In addition. the commission has
taken possession of one Italian YES
sci under the act, and President
Roosevelt last night ordered for
feite6 Is Italian and one German
vessel under the Espionage Act of
1917.
All the ships are part of the 80
odd idle foreign vessels which re-
Gently became subject to the juris-
diction of the United States.
The Maritime Commission said its
representatives in four Atlantic
ports boarded the 16 Danish ships
today and assumed title and pos
session.