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The union times., 1941-05-31
See It
 by JOE ROURKE
War and Peace

During the past few weeks the New Haven Central Labor Council has been praised and criticized for bringing to New Haven ssLabOr's ChampiOn," United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. At the present time Senator Wheeler is leading the fight to kep our country out of war-and doing a good job of it.
 At this time it takes plenty of salt to say that you are opposed to this country going to war. To begin with, one hears the age-oId saying: ''He is opposed to helping Britain, he must be a Nazi or a Communists"
 We'll. let me say this: I am not opposed to helping Britain and ann not Nazi or Communist. I ann, however, expressing my own views on this subject, and let the chips fall where they may.
 Freedom of Religion and Speech
 To begin with, I have no time for Nazis, Fascists, or Communists. sincerely believe in the capitalistic system and, like all sincere trade unionists, I really appreciate living in country where one can practice the religion he wishes, enjoy freedom of free speech, and join trade union to better his living and working con- ditions. Like all sincere trade union ists, I love America and am willing to die for the defense of America or any of her possessions"
 At the banquet at which Senator Wheeler spoke, one of the speakers said we should back up our President 100 per cent. If the President of our great United States should decide to involve this country of ours in this war, then I differ with our President. If the President of the United States IS in favor of conveys, and conveys mean shooting, and shooting means war, then I differ with him.
 F. ID. R.'s Social Measures
 While speaking of the President, am not forgetting the great social measures that he has brought forth over the objections of the foes of la
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The union times., 1941-05-31
Injured Workers Get
 Small Compensation

Philadelphia, Pa.-In a series of articles criticising the inadequate re- muneration for workers injured in in- dustry under the Pennsylvania work mems compensation laws the Phila- delphia Record charges that victims of industrial accidents in this State get only 54 cents compensation out of every dollar their employers pay for workmen's compensation insurance. The rest-46 cents-is soaked up by unnecessary expenses.
The union times., 1941-05-31
rannery Workers |eek 9-Hour Day

SAN FRANCISCO-Rejecting a |oposal from a federal conciliator for sumption of work with raises re- bactive to March 20, 5000 members the Cannery Workers Union RFL) are continuing their strike hinst 65 canneries in central and
 rthern California.
 Farmers in the central area are
 nping their asparagus into the
 ughs. Exec. Treas. Henry L..
 obel of the Associated Farmers said 8t in AS hours there won't be any saragus crop to pack"
The union times., 1941-05-31
CongratS!

To the fast-growing list of unions which have subscribed to THE UNION TIMES for their entire membership all the Struc- tural Iron Workers, No. 424, and the Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 349, both of whom unani- mousIy voted 100 per cent group subscriptions.
 Union officers are again re- minded that news must be re- ceived at THE UNION TIMES office, New Haven Labor Tenn pie, by noon on Saturday.
The union times., 1941-05-31


 The text of the letter follows: ''Mr. J. Kenneth Bradley, Chairman Republican State Central COm-
 mittee
 ''18O Wells Street
 Hartford, Connecticut My dear Mir. Bradley:
 ''As leader of the Republican Party in Connecticut, you will want to know that the impression is spreading throughout the ranks of the working people of this State that the Republican Party, as judged by the performance of the Republican Representatives and Senators in the General Assembly, is more interested in obtaining pa. trOnage than it is in helping to secure the passage of legislation which will benefit the people of this State.
 ''The belief is also spreading that this session of the Legislature will go down in history as the 'DO-NOth- ing Legislature" and for this be. lief the Republican Party, unless it takes prompt and decisive action, must take full measure of respon. sibility.
 The COP. Record
 ''FOr your benefit, let me point to the record: The Republican Representatives and Senators have consistently voted to defeat, or to block the passage of, or emascu- late the following much-needed legislation:
 l. State Labor Relations Act.
 2. State Housing Authority.
 3. Rent-ContrOl Legislation.
 4. A Wage and Hour Law.
 5. Savings Bank Life Insurance.
 6. Increased Penalties for Ra-
 cial Discrimination.
 Most Important Measures
 ''These are the most important measures in the Legislature from the point of view of the large ma- jOrity of the people of this State. Instead of legislation, we read and know that the politicians prefer to build their machines rather than enact laws to meet the needs of these critical times.
 State Labor Act
 ''As far as organized labor is con- cerned, the passage of State La bOr Relations Act at this session of the Legislature is imperative. There is now before the Senate the or iginal Act presented by the Con- necticut Federation of Labor. There can be no valid objection to this Act, and the Republican Party, as a sign of good faith, should as- sist in placing it upon the statute books of Connecticut. Failure of the Republican members of the Legislature to vote for this measure will be decisive proof that the Party has turned its back on the people of this State, and is Operat- ing chiefly to obtain as many pOlit- ical jobs as pOssible.'
 Sincerely yours,
 Harold V. Feinmark,
 ''President, ''New Haven Central Labor COun- ciI.''
The union times., 1941-05-31

VINCENT J. MURPHY,
 secretary-treasurer of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor, recently electe d mayor of Newark, largest city in the state.
The union times., 1941-05-31
Council to Meet
 Thursday, June s

The next regular meeting of the New Haven Central Labor Council will be held Thursday, June 5 at 8 PM. A detailed re- port on the A. F. of LIS investi- gatiOn of Yale's wage rates is expected to be presented.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Jones Eases Ship Rules
Due to Oil SHORTAGE
p, the Associated Press

RS the Associated Press.
Secretary of Commerce Jones yes
terday suspended certain safety reg
ulationS with respect to tankers
operating on coastWise routes to
permit deeper loading in an effort
to relieve the prospective oil short
age in the East.
A statement from the Commerce
Department said the new regula-
tons still would provide an ample
margin of safety.
The department estimated the
new regulations would permit the
available tanker feet engaged in
hauling between Gulf ports and the
Eastern seaboard to deliver the
equivalent of eight additional full
cargoes of oil monthly
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Committee Formed
To Push Seowoy

NEW YORK, Juy (P).-Forma-
ton of the Seaway for Defense Com
mittee to mobilize public support
for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Seaway and power project was an
nounced today by Edward J. Noble,
chairman of the board of the Life
Savers Corp. and former Under
secretary of Commerce.
Mr.. Noble said the seaway would
require only 10000 men and 10000
tons of steel for construction and
that it would add 6,600000,000 kilo-
watt hours of electric energy to the
Nations available supply.
Members of the committee listed
by Mr.. Noble included Marshall
Field, Stuart Chase, Herbert Bayard
Swope, James P. Warburg, David
Dubinsky, Gen. George B. Pillsbury,
former chief of Army Engineers;
William E. Scripps, publisher of the
Detroit News, and Bernard H. Rid
der, publisher of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Holiday Toe Competitive
For Anti-Wur Petitioners

Members of the Washington Keep
America Out of War Committee
found July Fourth week end too
stiff competition when they tried to
collect signatures to anti-war petit
tions in Mcpherson Square yester-
day. Loudspeakers availed them lit
tie, for only about Is persons gath
cred, and the campaign was called
off for the day.
The committee is seeking sig
natures to demand passage of the
advisory referendum on declarations
Of war now pending in Congress.
Seymour Etkin, acting secretary,
was in charge of yesterdays meet
ing.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Society Eats Cougar
To Avenqe Pioneer

LONGVIEW, Wash. R.-Ihe
Adam Society of Portland has plenty
of cougar meat once more.
George limbaugh and Henry
Baumgartner, hunters up in the
Cascades, bagged two of the rather
rare animals for the society's an
nual banquet. There wasn't enough
to 60 around last year. AS they got
the story, part of the society's rit-
ual is to eat cougar meat, because:
In the early days, Aunt Minnie
Adam was eaten by a cougar, and
her descendants formed the society
to "avenge the death of Aunt Min
ME"
The two hunters won't vouch for
the story. Anyway, they got the
cougar.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
10 Drivers Tried in Week
For Needless Noise

Only 10 motorists stood trial in
Police Court for unnecessary noise
last week, in contrast to 80 the week
before. Three others, however, for
feited $40 collateral each after hav-
ing signifled their intention to stand
trial.
Of those tried on charges of blow
ing horns unnecessarily, three were
fined S. each, four So each, one So
and one was declared not guilty.
Another case was nolle pressed in
court. In addition, one motorist was
fined SIS because his automobile was
In such condition as to produce ex-
cessive noise.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Congress 10 Receive
Illinois Protest on
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Stute Official Outlines
Attack on Plan to Be
Sent to House Unit
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 5. - Attorney
General George F. Barrett of
Illinois announced tonight he would
make a formal protest to Congress
against the projected st. Lawrence
SeaWay.
He reported he would file brief
Monday with the House Rivers ana
Harbors Committee setting forth
that the majority of Illinois citizens
were opposed to the undertaking
Mr.. Barrett issued a summary of
viewpoints outlined in the protest.
Among them were contentious that
the proposed agreement would give
Canada partial control of Lake
Michigan, that it would preclude
any increased diversion of lake
water to the Illinois inland water
way without Canadian approval
and that it would bring tramp
foreign freighters to the heart of
America, was consequent loss
of millions of dollars to American
shipping because of diversion of
traffic to the st. Lawrence route,
which is largely within Canada
Other Objections Cited.
His summary added:
Direct losses to shipping would
be reflected in indirect losses to
American agriculture, labor, indus
try, business and the professions.
Opening of the cheap freight
avenue from Europe to inland Amer
lea would make it possible to deliver
large quantities of European coal
and iron at inland cities cheaper
than it can be mined in America
and delivered by rail to the same
destinations.
BY putting Illinois labor into
direct competition with cheap Euro
pean labor, the American standard
of living would be lowered, wages
would 60 down and direct losses to
American workers would be tremen-
dous.
See Tax Load Increased.
The cost of the project, more
than s1,OOOoOO,OOo, would place an
additional heavy tax upon Ameri-
cans, and the money could better be
spent to build tanks, guns and air.
planes.
The project has no great value
as defense measure because it
could not be completed for from four
to seven years =, and is not
needed to produce power"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

peaceful farmland in Lorraine or Burgundy. Here there Is only gay- ety and cheerfulness-the same genial philosophy of the American soldier in the other world conflict with his constantly repeated pro. verb, "The first seven years of 6 war are always the hardest"
 They know this is merely pre- paration. They live only for the day when htey ca move up to the frot Wisely, the military command keeps them here as short time as pos- sible. When their trailing Is finished, they 90 off immediately to Fort ArchaInbault or Lainy in the Chad, or Co the tracklesS deserts of Libya. For men, like clothing, disintegrate quickly in these steany clearings of the jungle.
 BLOOD CHANGE OCCURS
 IN THOSE WHO STAY
 The trials of the climate are even more difficult for the military and civilian administrators who must remain here to direct the work be- hind the lines and create an ef. fective base of supplies from which the troops can operate. A definite physiological change takes place in the blood of the residents here after a prolonged stay. The red corpuscles which nourish the body gradually disappear; there remain only the white corpuscles, the disease fight CTS, to combat the maladieS which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

for the greater trials and dangers of the battlefront.
 There are none of the little lux tlries and diversions to which the soldier in training is so often ac. clistomed. Cafes are few and most drinks impossible to obtain. Any kind of feminine companion. ship is Ilon- existent. There are only ants and more quinine.
 There are houses for only 6 small fraction of the inhabitants, Swol- len to many their usual number. The rush for g room which becomes vacant is like bargain day in ten- cent store. There is no butter and no milk; the tsetse fly, carrier of the dread sleeping sickness, makes any cows impossible. Meat that ar- rives here must be shipped from afar and is 50 stony 1t often cannot be eaten.
 Because of the tsetSe there are no horses, and no dogs on which young soldiers can lavish their af- factions; only rarely is there 6 rangy, flea-bitten African dog that has managed somehow to gain immunity. It Is very strange and very disquieting to see 8 street absolutely empty of fourfooted ani- mals.
 Yet there is no complaint among these men of France, accustomed to the protected lives of the city dweller in Paris and Lyons or @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24
ARMY OF VENDORS
 ARRIVES IN CITY
Police Broadcast Warning to AutOists to Avoid
 Congestion

Police Supt. William J. Roach warned today that only license ven- dors will be allowed to sell novelties and souvenirs while the American Legion convention Is In progress. Authorized vendors, approved by the Legion, have opened headquarters in Grand street store.
 The police are completing prepa- rations to handle the huge crowd expected for the Legion parade Saturday afternoon. More than 200 local bluecoats will be on duty, aided by 100 state troopers. Fifty of the troopers will be on motorcycles, and will patrol the parade route.
 Through trafic will be routed around, the city, and warnings of the traffic congestion in the city because of the parade will,be broad- cast during the traffic bulletin pro- grams on state radio stations to- morrow night.
 Parking on parade streets will be halted at noon Saturday, and traf- fic will be diverted from the route at 2 o'clock.
 5upt. Roach suggests that local residents going to the parade leave their cars at home. They will find it much more convenient to walk or take 8 bus, he says, than to drive their own automobiles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

tivities to aid in making this heart of the new France @ healthier, hap- pier place for troops and natives alike wherever possible are being ac- celerated.
 WAGE WAR AGAINST
 FATAL TSETSE FLY
 An intensive war is being waged against the tsetse, the curse of the African Equator. The number oi cases has been enormously reduced, and doctors now see hope of its fi- nal extermination.
 Another grave problem almost in. conceivable in this land of the jun. gle faced the government-the prob. lem of unemployment. Here the largest town contains fewer whites than most American villages, and in the whole vast colony, reaching from the Atlantic almost to Egypt. there are less than five thousand Europeans. Yet to these tiny set- dement's of the white man the blacks drifted constantly, like the Americans of the farm country be- fore 1929, who were attracted by the idea of the easy money to be found in the cities. Village after village became deserted. Unemployment and poverty swept like a new-found plague across the forests and the saranflaS.
 Today the De Gaulle government, composed of some of the finest minds of France, Is endeavoring to bring the natives back to their vii. lages, where they can retain what was good in their native customs, and abandon the vices of the Eu. ropeans they have acquired since the colony was opened to the whites by the French explorer Brazza late In the nineteenth century.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

CaUlOn QeVlCeS or the WnlUe man. And the visitor in Brazzaville knows that he is in Africa.
 LIFE IN BRAZZAvILLE
 IS A CONSTANT BATTLE
 At first glance the white man seems to have made his presence felt everywhere in this huge, sprawl ing continent. But let the observer look little deeper and he finds the white mans civilization only @ thin transparent covering, like tho glass roofing of a gigantic tropical hothouse in some botanical garden. Beneath the glass there is always apparent the jungle, green, gloomy, menacing.
 Tn America, except ili times of great catastrophe, nature is gen. rally considered kind to her human creatures. Here in the Africa of the Equator she is always hostile, Iaer. ciless. Close up the wide-veranda'd d offices of the administrators and the the military, let the uniformed white men and the black boys move away-and in a few months tree brancheS would be growing through the windows or the green matiti would be towering thirty feet high over the straw chairs where the colonelS wife served her tea.
 Life Is a constant battle, a bat tie against the climate, a battle against the insects. The air pos- sesses @ humidity unimaginable even to a dweller along the Mis- sissippi accustomed to the swell tering summers of Memphis and St. Louis. Shoes rot almost in your hand. Enormous reaches literally as large as mice devour your cloth ing.
 The ant, regarded in other lands with respect as symbol of in- dustry and foresight here is feared and hated like a plague. Food thoughtlessly put down on a table is attacked and destroyed in a few moments. Tn the forest I have watched with fascination t Ii e grim armies of the nanion, the terrible red ants which move in their thick columns that sometimes>I require three days and nights to pass, and which devour every dead or living thing they find upon their way.
 Quinine Is invariably offered to the guest as a sort of hors d oeuvre at every meal, for 8 few days without this priceless drug would mean certain trip to the hospital and often death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

attack from every direction. Yet like the soldiers of the line the men compelled to remain go as gayly about their tasks as though they were in their beloved Paris, with its music, and its theaters, and its per. feet dinners in the Bois de Bou. logne.
 As result of the exceptional character of these leaders who have come here to take command, their accomplishments have been aston. ishing.
 The colony, because of It's grim reputation, was always regarded by the French colonial ministry as a troublesome stepchild, to be neglect ed accordingly. When the arniet'"c came, and the group os patriotic officers and civilian adminlstraGot revolted and took command from the Vichy Subordinates, they were faced with 6 problem of staggering proportions. Gut off from their mother country which sentenced them to Imprisonment and death, isolated from the rest of the world in fashion perhaps without pa- rellel in modern history, they were compelled to start life again like Robinson Crlsoe on his desert is. land
 One by one, with intelligence, with courage, they have been solving their difficulties. Their troops, the first essential in war time, are housed and fed and kept moving. The huge annual deficit of billions of francs in previous administra. tions has been wiped out, and the budget balanced. The mining of gold and the production of other exports that might bring funds to buy arms and munitions is being pushed forward evervwhere. Ac.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24

Along about this time of the year miss sorely the
 friendly writings of the late Frederick P Later of the Hartford Times All summer long his thrce-a-week column would be fairly bursting with accounts of his dongs It might be excursion to little out-ofthe way place that he had discovered years ago. Or perhaps he would traverse road almost forgotten. There'd be sure to be trip to the shore out beyond Westerly and later in the season longer aunt to Cape Cod His plight i finding the first good of the would carry him far and wide in the state which he knew so well and of which he wrote delightfully."- Many people must still feel the way about it this wrter-when he died there went with him acquananceship that must have existed between thousands of readers who kin in the understanding of the homey little things of which he wrote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24
UTAH SLAYERS
 IN DEATH ROW WIN RETRIEVE
Four Not Yet Resigned To Death Before
 Firing Squad
By RICHARD W. JOHNSTON Limited Press StafP Corresnon6eutl

Dy RAOnA1U w. JOhNByON 1 United Press Stan Correspondent
 Salt Lake City, Utah, July 24- (UP)-Utah state prison officials regard the forthcoming first degree murder trial of Alex Hurados, a miner, with lnisgiving fearful of another conviction which would add to the current overcrowding in the prison death house.
 Four convicted slayers are await ing execution--or possible cornnu- tation-in the broiling hot top-story cellblock set aside for the doomed. Originally two executions were scheduled for August, but now of- flcials believe further delays will ensue. One of the prisoners, John l.. Markham, has staved off death for two years and is planning one more effort.
 Execution Long Delayed
 Markham was sentenced to be shot in 1899, but appealed to the supreme court. Last spring the court repected his plea, and Aug. IS was set as the execution date.
 Markham's attorneys now plan a final appeal to the state board of pardons- and since the board does not meet until September, the gov- ernor will be forced under state law to grant Markham a reprieve.
 The latest addition to the death house colony, Donald Condit, also has indicated he would appeal. Con- dit was convicted last month of the murder of a Salt Lake City travelling salesman. lie was booked to die Aug. l, but the appeal will suspend exe- cution indefinitely.
 Two Other Appeal
 The supreme court still has un- der consideration appeals by Walter Avery, convicted slayer of an Odgen detective, and Guadalupe Vasquez, Mexican found guilty of grudge murder. Avery's appeal was based on alleged errors in judicial prced- ure, while Vasquez sought a new trial on grounds he was not furnish ed an interpreter at the first hear ing of his case.
 Hurtados, the latest death row prospect, was charged in the shoot- ing of 8 Bingham, Utah, miner whom he accused of breaking up f1ls home. Law enforcement officials admitted, however, that he had a good chance of escaping a death sentence.
 All four of the condemned men chose death by gunfire in prefer. ence to hanging-a choice accorded them under Utah law. Since the law was passed. only one man has ever preferred the moose. Tn 1912 a convicted slayer chose hanging be cause 1t would cost the state more money"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-24
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l, As such, the command "shoul- der arms" is never used. It always includes right" or left" d. e., right shoulder, arms'D to designate shoulder on which rifle should go.
 9. Soldier holds rifle with left hand at inspection, arms" Right hand pulls bolt handle to permit in- spection of guns ammunition cham Der.
 3. Fort lewis, Wash; Fort Dix, N. J.; Camp Mccoy, Wis; Fort Sill, Okla. Fort Lincoln, N. D.
 {. Major general, colonel, lieu tenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant corporal. Tn between are several other rank designations.
 5. The soldiers would be facing west. Face" commands would turn ttem completely around, facing south, and at right dress" they would turn their heads to the right, facing west.