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The union times., 1941-09-06
ARENA

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Cana dians, heard from coast-to-coast every Saturday evening on a national hook up, will bring their famous Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven" to the Arena on next Sunday afternoon and evening as the first in Fall series of swingsations will be presented at the outstanding musical show center in Connecticut.
 Lombardo has ranked with the big "name" bands in the country for the last decade. No band in history has enjoyed the continued success of the Lombardo organization. For many years they have enjoyed the ranking at the very top of the orchestra heap. Only recently they were adjudged winners in the radio editors poll which marked approximately ten years at the head of the list.
The union times., 1941-09-06
Stabilization Shop Steward Won By 443
Building Construction Con. tracts Assure Arbitration
 In Any Disputes

With the 400 building con- structiOn and road building driv- CTS organized after 3-day strike, Local 443 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters placed particular emphasis on two clauses in recently-signed con- tracts which gave these industries a great degree of stabilization.
 These clauses deal with the duties of a steward and with arbitration ir cases of disputes. Section 10 of eact contract reads: Should any disput, occur between the parties in thi. agreement :. :. negotiations prove un successful both sides agree to refel the matter to the State Board O. Mediation and Arbitration, in writer form, within one week :. for arbi tration. The decision of this Boart shall be final and binding to all par ties to this agreement"
 Further, During the life of thi agreement, there shall be no strikes
The union times., 1941-09-06

lockouts, Or Stoppage of work for any cause"
 Under Section ?, the contract states :: The duty of the Steward shall be to see that the conditions of agree ment are adhered to by the Employer and Employees in his company The Steward shall be the last em- ploye to be laid off, irrespective of seniority :"
 In enforcing conditions of the agreement, the Steward is not per- mitted to cause any stoppage of work unless directed by the business agent who in turn will be governed by the Provisions of Section 10.
 As previously announced, the con- tract included hourly pay increases ranging from 20 to 30 cents for road building drivers to 30 to s cents for building construction drivers. Leaders in the victory were business agents John Pisano, Happy" Clouatre, Louis Torrelo, Clarence Blake, Nick De- Capue, Dominick "Woodchucll" Gior. dano and Pete Vaspasiano.
The union times., 1941-09-06
Four City Embloye Groups Merge To Form Mutual Assn.
To Would-Be Sylbhs!

''Lord Byron, it is said, dur ing his lifetime drank gallons of vinegar in the unpoetic belief that it would keep his weight down." writes the Consumers Guide, publication of the Con- sumers' Counsel Division of the Department of Agriculture. "A great poet, Lord Byron was a terrible nutritionist, for vinegar has no power over a bulging waistline, and the theory that it does, which still persists, is a food fallacy.
 ''Fallacious, too, is the belief that exercise is the best way to take off fat.
 ''The way to take off fat is to ingest each day fewer calories than you use up in living. Then the body, to make up the deficit, taps that fat that is stored under the skin and around the muscles and other tissues.
 ''But while you're living on your own fat, it's important to see to it that the body is getting all the essential nutrients it needs. This means that you con- tinue to eat well-balanced meals while you ease up on the high calorie foods, fats, and carbO- hydrates.
 ''Just as there is no one food that is the source of health, SO there is no single food or device that is the source of a sylphlike body, if that's what you want"
The union times., 1941-09-06
Weekly Meetings On Discrimination

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The six man Committee on Fair Employment Practice, appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate and act on complaints of discrimination in defense employment, will meet here regularly once a week, every Monday at noon, and continue this schedule indefinitely "until the job is done", according to an announcement made by its chair man, Mark Ethridge.
 Committee members, in addition to Ethridge, include: Earl B. Dicker- son, Chicago Alderman; and Milton P. Webster, Vice-President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the two Negro members; William Green, President of the A. F. of L. 1; and David Sarnaf, President of the Radio Corporation of America; and Phillip Murray, CIO President.
The union times., 1941-09-06
Anti-Strike Bill Killed

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-A vic ious anti-strike bill, modelled after a law put through the Texas legislature by Governor w. Lee O'Daniel, was killed in the lower House of the legis- lature here, after a militant campaign against the measure by organized labor.
The union times., 1941-09-06
Chirpy

A dear old lady was visiting a prison.
 You find the singing of the birds a great comfort to you, don't you?" she asked one of the convicts.
 Birds, ma'am?" he queried.
 "Why, yes" she said. You know the jailbirds we hear about SO often." :"
The union times., 1941-09-06
|35OOWorkers
 Set Up A New 
Raising Standards of Public
 Service, 1OP.C. Increase Are Chief Aims

Putting the old adage ''In Union There Is Strength into practice, four of New Haven's
 municipal employe groups have merged to form single organ
 izatiOn, for the purpose of work ing together for the mutual ad- vancement of all civil service em- ployes and teachers.
 SEEK WAGE INCREASE Three weeks ago the heads of the Police and Fire Association, the New Haven Teachers League, the Muni- |cipal Employees Association and the Custodians and Engineers Association voted to form a Mutual Association to further the present fight for wage increase for city employees. The new unit was named the New Haven Em- ployes Association, and functioned so smoothly and efficiently, that plans were immediately launched to make it la permanent organization, backed by the city's $500 employees.
 The purpose of the permanent or ganization as set forth by the Execu- tive Committee headed by E. J. Don nelly, president of the Police and Fire Department, will be the raising of standards of public service.
 TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD At present all the efforts of
 the organization are being bent
 to the task of winning over SUD- port for the 10 per cent wage in-
 creases which the employees have requested. To date the efforts have lead to an invitation from the Board of Finance to appear before it and explain their case
 for the requested raises.
 Once the question of the pay increases has been settled, and the Association is hopeful of
 success, the other problems
 which have beset municipal em- ployes, such as pensions and re-
 tirements, insurance cOverage,
 etc.. will be taken under con-
The union times., 1941-09-06
Want Social
 Security For
 BoysInArmy
Draftees Not Being Given Adequate Protection
 Association Says

Despite more than 5000 bills introduced and 300 laws relating to Social Security enacted up to June l, draftees are not being given the social security prOtec- ton they need and deserve, the American Association for Social Security announces in the current issue of 'Social Security" its monthly publication.
 STATES ACTION
 Only one state has taken somewhat realistic action in amending its un- employment insurance law to protect draftees when denobilized, 22 states have handled the problem in a Super fcial and illusory manner" and 25 states have done nothing, the Asso- ciation's survey shows.
 Twenty-one of the states which took acton on behalf Ot dratteeS merely froze their benefit rights as the date of entry into military service. Rhode Island also abolished the wait ing period for drafteeS and estab- lished a standard weekly $16 benefit rate for those who earned at least $100 in the base year preceding their entry into military service. The state of Washington was somewhat more realistic by providing that draftees be credited with $500 in wages for every three months spent in military service.
 GIVE PROGRAM
 The Association's program for drafted men calls for protection for their dependents and their survivors and for provisions for disability and unemployment fol- lowing demobilization.
The union times., 1941-09-06
That's Different

Traffic Policeman-Hey you, didn't you hear me yelling for you to stop?
 Motor Fiend-Oh, was that you yelling? I thought that was just somebody l had run over.
The union times., 1941-09-06
EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Committee, which IS steering the organizations efforts in the drive for more pay, consists ot Donnelly, H. w. Harrington, of the Teachers League; Owen J. McKeon, of the Custodian and Engineers As sociation, Robert J. Rourke and Will liam F. Hartigan of the Police and Fire Association, Captain Walter F.. White of the Fire Department, Fran cis ]. Wrinn, of the Municipal Elm ployes Association; William Hollo- han of the Police and Fire Associa- tion; Fire Captain Charles Brundage Howard Garland of the Teachers League; William McManus of the Custodians and Engineers Associa- tion; Felix Gilroy of the Police and Fire Association Paul Stevens of the Municipal Employees Association; i; Flori Lombardi, president of the Gus todian and Engineers Association :; Albert Merriam, president of the Teachers League; Louis P. Stein, president of the Municipal Employees Association; Isadore Wexler of the Teachers League and William Scan- lon of the Police and Fire Association.
 CONCRETE ACTION IN FALL
 The formation of permanent
 organization can not be effected
 until early this fall, when the
 various organizations meet and
 vote on their entrace into the unit. However, the respective
 heads of the four emplOye
 groups which will form the bulk
 of the membership, do not fore
 see any difficulty. in getting the
 unanimous endorsement of all
 members for the establishing of
 the proposed New Haven Em-
 ployes Association.
The union times., 1941-09-06
Switchmen's Union
 Reflects Cashen

BUFFALO, N. Y.-The Switch mems Union of North America closed its international convention here after electing officers for the next four years and adopting I militant resolu- ton denouncing attempts to crush labor behind the cloak of defense.
 President Thomas C. Cashen, who was unanimously reelected, hailed the convention as "one of the most suc- cesSful we have ever held"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Foes of Aid Bill,
On Radio, Warn
# breeds War
International News Service Wire

WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-Four
leaders of Senate opposition to
the administrations lease-lend bill,
apparently facing an overwhelm-
ing defeat at the hands of sup
porters of the measure when it
comes to a final vote. took to the
air last. night with appeals to the
public against the legislation.
Senators Bennett Clark CD of
Missouri, Burton X. Wheeler CD
of Montana, Robert Taft (R) of
Ohio, and David Walsh CD of
Massachusetts. sounded reverber.
ating radio blasts against the
measure as a war" bill.
Wheeler told his radio audience
the bill grants "the President of
the United States the right to
intervene in the present bloody
European conflict-and that power
of intervention is the power to
wage war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
"A Hero AT IL
Scout Life Saver to Be
Giuen Gold Medal

When 12-year-old Leonard Pick
ering, Bloomfield Hills Boy Scout
dived twice through a hole into
the freezing waters of a Bloom
field Hills lake TO save drowning
Richard Morrow, 8, he didn't have
time to think Of honorS due hero
But Birmingham and Hills resi-
dents heard of Leonard's deed and
today through their efforts his
heroism is being recognized.
Leonard, still only a Tenderfoot
in Scouting rank, has been awarded
the highest Boy Scout honor, the
gold medal of the Life Saving
Award, dream of every Boy Scout
This is the second time such
a decoration has been presented
in Michigan and comes to Leonard
only after exhaustive Investigation
by the National Court of Honor
of the Boy Scouts in New York
City.
Formal presentation will be
made at a later date by Charles
A. Klnnison. chairman of the
Birmingham District, with fitting
troop ceremonies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
knOXHailS
Britain'S
Fleet
International News Service Wire

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21.-Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox told a
regional meeting of the United
States Conference of Mayors here
that the preservation of the Brit
iSh fleet is imperative while this
country is building up its naval
strength to "two-ocean purpose. -
Knox assailed those who scott
at the likelihood of an Axis attack
in this hemisphere.
"These skeptics," he said, "say
that even If Britain falls it will
be a long time before the Axis
powers could reOrganiZe their
S forces for an attack upon us.
To indulge in that sort of wish
full thinking is to inhabit a
fools paradise.
"The assemblage OF naval
force superior to our own would
consume but little time and an
attack, in few months, could
readily be organized to descend
upon us from two sides.
THE initial attack need not
be directed directly at us. 1t
probably would not be. Such an
attack might have as its Objec-
tive the seizure of bases in New
fOundland or Labrador, or in
Central and South America,
whence an attack upon us could
descend.
"Then the dear deluded people
who cry out against our involve
ment in a foreign war would
be provided with war on our
own soil and our own women
and children in our teeming
seaboard cities would provide
the targets for night-raiding
bOmbers."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Hopkins Named
Defense Aide
International New. servie. Wire


WASN'T GTON, Feb. 21.--
Harry Hopkins, who recently re-
turned from a trip TO England as
President Roosevelt's special ennis
sary, and former Gov. M. Clifford
Townsend of Indiana stood APP
pointed today to key positions in
the national defense organization.
Hopkins was named as a dollar
a-year member of the new produc-
ton planning commission of the
office of production management.
Townsend was named by Sidney
Hillman, associate director of
OPM. as n special adviser on ag-
ricultural and labor matters.
The board to which, Hopkins,
former secretary of commerce, was
appointed is the newest agency in
the defense organization. 1t will
operate in an advisory capacity TO
production director John d. Big
gers, and will make recommended
tons with respect to planning of
present and future production,
both for defense and civilian re-
quirementS,' an official statement
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21

ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Windsor Head Backs
Surgical Association

William D. West of 2lS2 Victoria
avenue, Windsor, representative of
a surgical instrument firm indicted
by United States grand jury in
Philadelphia on charges of con-
spring to fix prices. today defended
his actions. West is president of
the American Surgical Trade Asso-
citation, named by the jury with II
other individuals and "a surgical
instrument companies. Said West:
"Action against the associa-
ton arose from a system of reg
istering new instruments deveI-
oped by Americans. This was in
tended to prevent foreign firms
particularly In Germany, from
copying"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Do You Squeeze Surface
PImPLES?
-stop-lt's Mighty Dangerous!

Regardless how careful you may BE-. an in
lection or scar may be caused. 60 Why take
chances on serious consequence Try Pos
lam. a concentrated ointment that must be
good. for thousands OF men and women have
successfully used u and Poslam Soap for
nearly IS years for acne pimples due u
external causes. Poshm Ointment oosts but
80 - arsGgraA f>sa soess - sc>~a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
WAR OF DEFENSE

WALSH, chairman OF lile SENATE
naval affairs committee. declared
America does not shrink from
war of defense or self-preserva-
ton. but that America demands"
today that I'VE stay out of the
present European war and all
wars unless we are attacked"
Taft warned his listeners they
have now to decide the question
of war and peace" charging:
Secretary of the Navy Knox
has been In favor of conveying
American ships through the war
zone ever since the war started,
in September, 1889. III his poll
cies had been followed, we
would he In the war now. Sec.
rotary of War Stimson advocated
conveys and the use of Ameri-
can bases by the British fleet In
June, 1910. The truth Is that
both of these gentlemen were
appointed because they were for
war"
Clark declared the measure is
not a national defense measure
but "a war bill with no other
purpose and a bill which can have
no other effect. 1t is bill foi
bringing us certainly to the brink
of war; possibly in the sole dis.
erection of one man for putting US
into war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
SEIZED BY UNITED STATES
$4,000 MARINES

Acquisition of this ship gave the
navy Is passenger ships, able 10
accommodate comfortably 27,190
PERSONA total that could be
expanded to about 10000 in an
emergency. The Marine Corps has
$4,000 men.
II was learned that the navy
already has its eyes on many
other American flag passenger
ships, which il would commander
for troop movement In event of
war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Jews of Vienna
Exi|ed TO Lub|in
international News Photo

BUDAPEST, Feb. 81. A vast
project TO transfer the entire Jew
ish population of Vienna, the for
mer capital of Austria, to the
Polish town of Lublin was re-
ported in dispatches to Budapest
today.
The Jews of Vienna total $4,000
According to these reports the
Jews will be { ken to Lublin
aboard II special trains which will
leave Vienna each month.
The first train, with LOO Jews,
left Vienna last night.
Each Jew is entitled TO I a X G
with him 200 pounds of luggage
but must leave all other belong
ingS behind.
Special log cabins have b e. n
built for the Jews at Lublin.
Mans Work From Sun 10 Sun,
and How Ii Turned Into Fun. II
You're Suffering from Deadly
"Routine-itis." You'd Better Cure
Yourself Before It's Too Late.
Read How to Do II In This In
structive and Entertaining Fea-
ture in The American Weekly, the
Magazine Distributed With Next
Sundays Issue of The Detroit
Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-21
Liner Gives Navy
Transport Room
For 100000
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN
Iat1 New. service stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l.-Ac-
QUESTION of tho 33.O00-ton pre-
World War German liner George
Washington for transport service
was announced by the navy, de-
partment today. thereby providing
the army and navy with enough
passenger ships 10 move about
10000 men on a moments notice.
The George Washington, which
ferried thousands of douGhboys to
France in the World War and
President Woodrow Wilson to and
from peace conferences in France,
was transferred by the United
States Maritime commission to
navy control.
SEIZED BY UNITED STATES
The ship. built by the Vulcan
Works in Stettin Germany, in
1908. was seized by the United
States when this country entered
the World War.
The navy gave no indication
whether il would be used in the
Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific.
The George Washington can
comfortably carry $500 persons,
but this number could be in
creased To nearly 5000, it was
learned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-23
JApSFl5HING
 OUTSIDE OF
 CL0SEDAREA
Hull Declares Nipponese Floating Cdnnery Not
 in Bristol Bay

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull today told Senator Mon c. Wallgren that the Japanese floating cannery Kosei Maru, reported fishing off the Bris- tol Bay area in Alaska during June, was operating outside the area from which Jap fishermen are barred by their government.
 Wallgren previously reported the vessel had been seen frequently fish ing at latitude 56-15 north, longi- tude 167-12 west, due west of Bristol Bay. Hull said the Japanese had voluntarily restricted their fishing boats from operating in the Bristol Bay area.
 Thirty eight Coast Guard reports indicated no salmon fishing Japan ese nationals in the Bristol Bay area since the conclusion of the arrange ment. They said it appeared the operation of the Kosei Maru was outside the area covered bys the Japanese undertaking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-23
By MAX HILL AP Feature Service

< TOKYO, Sept. 23.-The foreign er bit uncertain as to which way he should go because the only signs were in Japanese. went down the stairs into the Ginza station of the subway, there to be en- gulfed by the mass of Japanese pushing their way into the cars.
 He bowed politely to the man in the next seat and asked whether the train were bound for Shibuya, and how many stations away it was.
 He was the only foreigner in the car. Around him on all sides were cold glances of suspicion. Why was he there?
 The Japanese, unable to cast aside the traditional courtesy of his race, responded that yes. this was the train for Shibuya. Then
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-23
"Undue Hardship May Gel SeIe(Iee's Release
 From Services in Army
--I. I. ". Radiophoto
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. - An swering the mail orders:
 G. A. K, Lockport, N. Y. = Re- ferring to the phrase undue hard ship" as a cause for letting men out of the Army is about as in- definite as anything can be. It was not specifically defined in the law extending the selectee service training period.
 The War Departments policy is very broad in this matter. Decision in all cases of alleged undue hard- ship is left up to the commanding officers. I can give you an illus traticn. If since a mans induction his father has died leaving ais mother without supporD, or hi: wife has died or divorced him leaving a child to be cared for these would be pretty clear-cut cases of undue hardship"
 There could conceiyably be hun dreds of similar cases. That, ac- cording to the War Department, is -------------------
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-23
Nipponese Troops Report ed on Move in Man.
 thukuoan Cities
NEWSpApERS F0RESEE
 VICTORY FOR GERMANS
Even Nazi Citizens Hit by Travel Restrictions.
 in Mdnthukuo

PEIPING, Sept. 23.-Despite the lateness of the season, which for eign military men say should make a Japanese invasion of Siberia un-
 likely, advices from Manchoukuo today indicate that the Japanese are continuing preparations there for possible hostilities.
 These advices mention fresh Japanese troop movements from
 Harbin and Shrinking toward the Russian frontier, especially west of Vladivostok. Air raid precautions
 also are reported stepped up in the principal cities of Manchou kuo.
 Tough on All Shanghai sources said the Jap anese ban on foreign travel III i Manchoukuo is being enforced so stricely that even Germans are un-
 able to leave. The Hungarian min ister was reported refused permis- | sion to go to Shrinking to present
 his credentials.
 Unconfirmed reports from Kal- gan said the Japanese recently re-
 inforced their guards on the Outer
 Mongolian border road near Orga after the appearance there of So- viet planes.
 Comment on War The Japanese-controlled press in both North China and Manchoukuo appears to have completely re- versed its previous dubious atti- tude toward the German Russian war, the Chinese language news papers now asserting that Nazi victory is in sight.
 Observers said that Japanese pro- tests against the alleged appea,- ance of drifting mines in the Sea of Japan could provide the pretext for Japanese naval action if d pretext were desired. The protests apparently have gone unanswered by Russia.