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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Factory Workers
Average 76c Hourly

Exclusive of overtime pay.
ments, the average earnings
of factory workers in the u. S.
at the beginning of the year
was Toe an hour, Secretary of
Labor Perkins reported this
week.
Hourly earnings i'm the
war industries are somewhat
higher than in manufacturing
industry as a whole. As these
industries expand, average
hourly earnings will rise, quite
apart from any revisions of
wage rates. Nine-tenths of
workers in war industries earn
so cents or more; twO-thirds
earn from 90 cents to $I.IO;
one-sixth earn $l.IO or more
per hour" Miss Perkins said.
According to this report,
workers in war industries, who
comprise 5,75O,OOO of the
1O,45O,OOO persons engaged
in manufacturing, averaged
"a cents an hour.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06

Organizers
Badly Beaten
Dept. Of Justice Asked To
Probe Attack On Brother
hood Men

MARION, N. C.-Demands have
been made for Federal investigation
of mob attack on three Union or
ganizers who were distributing leaflets
in front of the Drexel Mfg. Co., a
non-union furniture manufacturing
firm.
The three organizers for the Bro.
of Carpenters & JOiners, E. L.
Ketchie, Clarence Whisman, and
W. A. Houser, were distributing
leaflets when stooges, urged on by
company officials, beat them un-
mercifully. That the company in
spired the assault is supported in
afidavits filed with the Department
of Justice.
Workers said the Office manager
went through the plant just before
the attack telling the men to run off
the organizers. The company has had
their attorney call in all the men
who did the dirty work and coach
them on what to say to investigators.
The kidnapping was protested at a
mass meeting guarded by two State
patrolmen, chief of police of Fulton,
and representatives of the Natl. Labor
Relations Board and the Dept. of
Industrial Relations of Kentucky at
tended.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Six Million
Membership
Goal of AL
Gain Of 615,273 Reported
To Executive Council
By Meany

w A S HIN GTON, D. C.-The
American Federation of Labor has
raised its sights in its nationwide or
ganizing drive.
Our new goal is six million men,
bers in 1912.
This new mark to shoot at was set
after Secretary-T Treasurer George
Meany reported to the executive coun-
Gil that total dues-paid membership in
the American Federation of Labor
aggregated 5,441,592 as of April 80,
1912.
This is the highest membership fig
ure ever reached in the entire history
of the Federation.
1t represents gain of 615,273 new
members since January / of this year,
Mr.. Meany disclosed. The gain since
August 80, 1941, the end of the Fed
eration's last fiscal year, was 872, $50.
I'VE are confident" Mr.. Meany
told the executive council, "that we
will exceed this year the goal of a
million new members set at our last
convention. Our organization drives
are bringing many thousands of new
members into American Federation of
Labor unions each month"
The figures released by Mr.. Meany
do not include floating membership
estimated at 100000 which is not on
a dues-paying basis.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
NLRB To Act
On Statesmen
At Ruppert's
Cremo Statesmen Take A
Work Suspension Vote
To End Sailing

Ruppert's beer statesmen, signed up
in the state 1000 by Local No. 22o01,
Wholesale Beer Statesmen, Union of
Connecticut, expect to have the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board desig-
nate the Union as their collective bar
gaining agent. AS soon as the Board
acts, State Organizers Arthur w. Car
roll and Thomas Cosgrove expect to
open negotiations with the firm. Sales
men employed by the Cremo Brewing
Company of New Britain have taken
a suspension of work vote to counter
act the stalling tactics employed by
that distributor during the recent ne
gotiations. The vote will be made eff
fective next week if Cremo fails to
answer the Unions notice.
ORGANIZE AT LOSERS
Carroll is also organizing the
statesmen employed by Fred L.
Loeser & Son, Budweiser's New
Haven wholesale distributor. A
tentative union contract has been
mailed to Loeser, and Carroll points
out that no beer is 1909 union
until it is union made, union de-
Iivered and union sold. However,
the Union and Local 81, Brewery
Workers, have cooperated 1909
in the past and will no doubt con-
tinue to do so in the future. The
New Haven Bartenders' Union has
also given the Local good lift.
The Union was to meet Thursday,
June 4, in the N. H. Labor Temple
when the initiation fee was to be rails
ed. Hull, Trommer, Feigenspan's
pom, Red Fox and Wehle sales
men have been especially invited to
this meeting.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
As We See 1t
BY
THE STAFF

ONE YEAR AGO In THE UNION
TIMES: 'sDo Nothing Legislative
Session Ends. Political Jobs Made
First and Last Order of Business.
Box Score: No Runs, No Hits, Too
Many Errors to List. Batteries
Senators: Shea and Coles; House,
Hidden and Clarie.''
THE NEXT SESSION of the Leg
islatwe, qUe predict, 1mH be bloqO to
those politicians a0ho think in terms
Of politics as usual" The people of
Connecticut, regardless of political
Gfiliation, don't o0ont "Legislatwe
as usual" Governor Hurley, 1Oe be-
lieve, knoaUS this, and 1OIH act accord
ingly.
WE THANK EVERYBODY for
the kind words said and written in
about our Anniversary Edition. Will
those who have sent in letters un-
derstand that we'd rather use the
available space for news articles,
and consider this an acknowledge
ment, with gratitude!
IN THESE DAYS of governmental
spending of billions of dollars, another
10 cents more or less doesn't seem
important, but 10 cents still is 10 cents
to the Associated Press.
Il recent Washington treasury state
men hardly had arrived before q cor
rect;on flahed over the AP qOiyes, be-
ing brought to the immediate attention
of hdryied editors:
Correction: Washington. treasury
statement, gross debt please read
$7O,341. 1865, 2OO.26. not So cents"
HIS MANY FRIENDS will be
glad to hear that CLARK GOOD
RICH, LAM. organizer for New
Haven and, it would seem, a good
part of Connecticut, is at his home
in Pittston, Pa, and is recovering
from a severe case of pneumonia.
In the meantime, the organizing
committee inside High Standard is
carrying ON i'm Coodrich's absence.
Fred Cederholm of Bridgeport is
lending a hand.
CONFUSION IN THE D.A.R.:
From Raleigh, N. c, comes aVoyd thai
the Historic elm" planted by the
Daughters of the american RevoIss-
tion several years ago in an elaborate
ceremony has nos0 blossomed forth
Nth cherry blossoms.
DOES WESTBROOK PEGLER
object to the cheekof proposed by the
U. S. Treasury Dept? This week the
Treasury Dept. sent to the House
Ways and Means Committee Request
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
To
Hold Elections

Local 70, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters & Joiners of America, will
hold its annual election at the N. H.
Labor Temple on Friday, June IL.
Nominations will take place at the
meeting on Friday, June S.
The election of officers and business
agent will be held by the Australian
ballot system. The ballot box will be
open on June II from 4:30 to 9 PM.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Chicago ALL Backs
7-Point Program

CHICAGO.-The Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor at its last regular meet
ing became the first major AFL body
in the country to indorse completely
the Seven-Point Anti-Infation Pro-
gram of President Roosevelt. 1t acted
on resolution from Local /, United
Bro. of Carpenters & Joiners.
Another union, Local 147, Bro. of
Painters, called on President Roose-
welt to eliminate the writings of West
brook Pegler from the Stars &
Stripes, official A.E.F. newspaper.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Electricians
At WRA Sign
Up With B-9O
I.B.E.W. Local Expects An
Early N.L.R.B. Hearing
On Bargaining Agent

With 300 of the journeymen
electricians and helpers employed
in the electrical department of the
Winchester Repeating Arms Go.
signed to authorizations, Local B.
90, New Haven Electricians, expects
an early National Labor Relations
Board hearing to designate it as the
departments collective bargaining
agent.
WHITNEY-BLAKE
The Union is still plugging inside
the Whitney-Blake Co. of Hamden,
with authorizations coming in. Bust
ness Manager Joseph T. Rourke is
meeting with key people who are di-
recting the inside work. Contacts are
being visited in their homes to swell
the organizing committee. All union
minded employees at the plant are asked
to phone or write Rourl1e. The I'm
ions office is in the New Haven Labor
Temple at 135-13o COTE Street and
its phone number is 6-6638.
EQUAL PAY
The International brotherhood
of Electrical Workers has raised
the issue of equal pay for equal
work to insure fair treatment for
women employees who are now
Streaming into war industries. Wo-
men workers at Whitney-Blake,
ROurke points out, have the most
to gain by organization as the diff
ferential in the plant between mems
rates and theirs is far larger than
in organized shops.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Local 532 To
Elect Monday

The annual election of officers of
Local 532, Bridgeport & New Haven
Shop Iron Workers, is expected to
draw a full attendance Monday eve
ming at the New Haven Labor Temple.
Thomas Vickers, president, and
Frank J. Since, business agent and
financial secretary-treasurer, are
among the officers up for reelection
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
SERVICE A LA GLASS!

You can now have a whole meal
with glass service. Tables and chairs
are being made from glass, so are
knives, forks and other table service.
Goblets, plates and cups of glass are,
of course, not so new.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Teamsters Win Raise
Of $40 For Attendants

CLEVELAND.-Women gas sta
ton attendants as we'll as men will
receive the $40 raise negotiated by the
Init. Bro. of Transfers (AFL) for
Cleveland's gas station attendants and
oil truck drivers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Will Stabilize
All Rates For
The Duration
Provision Made In Three
Clauses For Upward Re-
vision Of Wages

WASHINGTON = The AL
Building Trade Dept. has just
signed an agreement with the
government stabilizing wages
on all federally-fnanced pro.
jects for the duration of the
war.
The agreement provides
that ''wage rates paid under
collective bargaining in effect
on July 1, 1912, shall remain
in effect for period of at least
one year after that date and
subject to annual renewal of
this agreement for the dur.
alton of the war; 1t sets up a
Wages Adjustment Board with
the power to revise wages up
ward if the wage rates of July
1, 1912, are found to be In
adequate.
INCREASES POSSIBLE
Wages may be revised upward
because:
1. They were fixed SO long
before July I, 1912, that they
are out of line with prevailing
wages.
2. They were applicable in a
locality where changing cOndi-
tiOns in the industry require re-
vision.
8. They do not sufficiently
take into account any abnormal
changes in conditions.
The agreement which was signed
by 10 building trades international
unions and six governmental agen-
cies covers $500, 900 workers. 1t Is
expected to set a precedent for
similar sterilization agreements In
Otner war INDUSTRIES
BOARD ESTABLISHED
The Wages Adjustment Board
will be headed by Asst. Sec. of La
Dor Daniel Tracy and will be conn
posed of three union representa-
lives and three employer represen-
tatives. The union members are
Pres. John P. Coyne of the Build
ing Trades Dept, Pres. Harry C.
Bates of the Bricklayers, and Pres.
Robert Byron of the Sheet Metal
Workers. The board was set up un-
der an Administrative order issued
by Sec. of Labor Perkins.
The six government agencies sign
ing the agreement were the War and
Navy Depts., the Federal Works
Agency, the Natl. Housing Agency,
the Reconstruction Finance Corp, and
the Maritime Commission. 1t was of
6cially announced on May % by the
Dept. of Labor.
MEMO MADE PUBLIC
A memorandum on the agreement
which was made public states in part /:
1T is agreed between the contract
ing agencies of the United States
Government and the Building and
Construction Trades Department of
the American Federation of Labor
that on all war construction work done
for or financed by the United States
Except non-Federal construction
where State laws govern wage rates)
in continental United States, the wage
rates paid under collective bargaining
agreements as of July l, 1912, shall
remain in full force and effect for a
period of at least one year after that
date and subject to annual renewal
of this agreement for the duration of
the war.
Except as hereafter provided, all
renewals of collective bargaining
agreements will contain the rates paid
as of July l, 1912.
"A Wages Adjustment Board will
be created to determine whether .
wage adjustment should be made un-
der this paragraph and to fix the
amount of any adjustment which is
made"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
LAM. WINS

WICHITA, Kans.-The Init. Assn.
OF Machinists (A.F.L.) won an
N.L.R.B. election at Aircraft Welders
lnc.' which makes parts for local
plane plants.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06

Help drop more bombs on Toxic
buy War Bonds and turn the
tide.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
By SOL NEWMAN

Fred Cederholm, pinchhitting for
Grand Lodge Representative Clark
Goodrich, met Tuesday afternoon
with George R. Willis, president of
the High Standard Manufacturing
Company, on the recent discharge of
an employee who claimed he had been
Disseminated against because of his
union activity. Goodrich, who was di-
recting the drive for the International
Association of Machinists, is now re-
cuperating in his home from the eff
fects of pneumonia.
CederhOlm, veteran LAM. or
ganizer who was mainly instrument
tai in cracking the Yale & Towne
Mfg. Co. of Stamford, also met this
week with organizing crews en-
ployed i'm each plant and ON all
shifts to discuss terms of a contract
soon to be submitted to the firm.
The organizer assured the key men
that the Union will insist ON the
extension of the Wagner Labor Re-
lations Act to both plants.
TO STOP UNFAIRNESS
The Union will not permit any un-
fair action on the part of the man
agement or any member of the super
visory staff against any worker or
group of workers. We will not toll
crate dismissals, wage cuts, demotions,
or other forms of discrimination
against the workers. The number of
authorizations on hand now permit US
to represent all the employees and we
will soon take steps to make union
recognition official" he said.
The key men who attended the Sc
ries of meetings agreed that the time
had come to enroll book men as well
as work for authorizations.
An Unauthorized stoppage took
place Friday in the barrel DEPART
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
WHY NO INSERT?

Cederholm also announced that dis
tribution of THE UNION TIMES
would be continued each week. Due to
Goodrich's continued absence the order
from the Union for the paper was not
Forthcoming in time last week to in
clude the inside pages of the Ami
versary Edition. These were run off
first and only the outside pages were
still available when the order came in.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06

Preserve your Union. Buy War
Bonds for Victory.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06

MOO GddzIzaW
MTa IN0O0 2 1HvHHT aLvLS
HEIsMEHa SMgVr
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-06-06
Discuss Contract
At High Standard

ment during the 8 to IL PM. shift
when the employees learned that
their general foreman Eric Johnson
had been fired. The men objected
to the appointment of Fred Her.
pich, who they say is a notorious
anti-union supervisor, i'm Johnson's
place.
Johnson, according to some of
the men, had refused to carry
through a wage cut which the COM
pany declared was necessary be-
cause of the amount of scrap i'm
the department. Johnson, according
to these men, maintained that the
scrap resulted from overwork and
poor conditions, and more scrap
would come from another wage cut.
Johnson, known as ''Pop'', ended
the stoppage by personally appeal
ing to the men. He is respected by
workers all over the country for his
ability as a gunsmith and marks
man.
Cederholm told the representatives
from this department that the proper
cooperation between management and
employees through the enactment of a
favorable agreement would be the
most efficient way of cutting down
scrap, eliminating ineficiency and in
creasing production. This has been
proven in hundreds of plants where
I.A.M. contracts are in effect.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09

Motor City met a blackou; Sun
day evening and the dark serious
ness NJ the les, took the sh ne Oft
Of the Forest club roller-Skstns
stars for a l'ile over 20 minutes,
Hearts Out
Youthful talented "eight-wheel-
crs' Of the clubs roller skating or
sanitation are prscucing their
hearts out for their coming NAV
F7llios. the biggest event of the
year for them
And nothing but government
orders can stop them Just before
The siren screamed Sunday the rink
was in its usual whirllng joy There
we're youth, music and laughter al!
mixed in strange delightful
sundae. which the gay folk en-
joyed while they momentari'y for
got the war OF the modern word
Then j; came Skating stopped. viii
Lam Gerard, the Kinks manager
took complete charge No silly jokes
or funny stories were heard The
skaters seated themselves and re-
NAMED at an intelligent ease until
the al.-clesr" sounded
The serious lines that rested on
the Youngsters faces were then
again taken away by their favorte
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
Josh GibsOn's HOmerun
Defeats Newark Eagles

PITTSBURGH, Ps.-Josh Glib
sons home run over the center wall
of Rupert Stadium, Newark, Nj.
with two abroad, tells the Frank
Merriwell story of how Homestead
Grays beat Newark Eagles 3-2 last
Sunday. 1t also put Ray Brown
ahead of all Negro National League
pitchers, as this was the only game
scheduled. 1t looked as though the
Eagles would win by shutout up to
this point. They had scored one in
the fifth, another in the seventh
when Manager Willie Wells came
through with surprise roundtrip-
per. Portsider Hill had worked on
the Grays over half the distance,
but retired in favor of Day after the
Brown Bambino unleashed his
crushing blast Brown gave the
Eagles less than a smile in the final
frame and thereby clinched the
first victory Of the season. Parks did
the receiving for Newark and Glib
son served for the Grays.
Over $4,000 paid customers saw
the mighty slugger live up to all
the advance claims made for him.
when he sent the pellet skyward in
that thrilling eighth inning. They
also saw one of the sweetest feats
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
Famed Acme
Enters The
Hearst Play

Post 1884 American Legion, gave
their -snnaai party for thes press,
Saturday night and the writer's had
a better time than they did last
year.
But between the merrymaking.
sports writers cornered Mckinney
Freeman, who captain or chair
man or something that leads the
famous line Of the nationally famous
Acme Rifle and Gun club.
Acme Rifle club is a strang name
10 some of you sportsmen. Yes, be-
cause for a while their recognition
and honors in the country's best
sharpshooters contests, many
thought from newspaper accounts
that the gun experts were white.
The post is preparing to enter
their favorites in the William Ran
dolph Hearst tournament.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09

heard managers and fighters say
that they want TO fight for cham
pionships, and have mental record
Of thousands Of reasons and STYLES
that will whip some Of the games
toPnotchers. And so when Ziggie
said that, l listened.
INEXPERIENCED
1t would be foolish for me TO say
that Ziggie would be the man 10
lick Benny Goldberg, the present
titleho!der for Michigan. But
there's one thing that I and all
the lads who train at Ellis will say:
zlsgie has fighting spirit, and
even if he is preliminary lad
wanting chance to show-off at the
top of the heap. hats off to him.
CUFF NOTES
Russ Cowans the public rela-
tons man Of whom | have given
a lot Of credit, must have had a
darn good reason for his disrespect
OF one Of the clty's popular bowling
writers at the party last week at
the Club Congo. HIS ballyhoo- bud
dies don't think much of the
slight"
Ida HUMPHREYS, citys number one
sepia fight fan, is home after a
minor operation. Fans and friends
hope her a speedy recovery.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
Defense Schedules Give Workers Open Day For Baseball
Cincy Clowns
Buck Chicago
Aggregation

PORTSMOUTH, Va.-Sensational
baseball and outstanding Snowman
ship that only the greatest of the
Negro clubs can combine will be
tho order of the day when the
mighty Cincinnati Ethiopian Clowns.
Winners OF the Denver Posts Goth
annual National Semipro Champion
snip tournament last summer G.
and the Chicago Brown Bombers,
managed by Bingo DeMoss. great
est colored second baseman of all
time, come together in a Sunday
afternoon doub leheader this week
MAY l0l and MONDAY night ex-
n bltion MAY IL at the newly con-
structei Portsmouth City stadium
Sundays games viii start at 2 and
4;I5 respectively. and Mondays en-
gagement under the arc lights Will
get underway at 8:l5 o'clock.
The pairing is natural, for both
clubs are outstanding contenders
for the championship OF the newly
formed Negro Major Baseball
League OF America. The Clowns.
who play their home games at Gin
cinnati's Crossley Field, where they
open their season on May "a, are
headed East for a series Of barn
storming games along the eastern
shore with the Chicago Bonn
bers ana HOUSE of David clubs to
serve as their opponents and
will remain in these parts until
Sunday, May II, on which date they
open their league season
against Bill Caseys strong Balti-
more Grsys, al Edgewster Beach
Park, Turner's Station, Md, situat-
ed just outside Of Baltimore.
The Ethiopian Clowns, il any
thing, are better than ever before.
both in the playing department and
in the zany stuff that has stamped
them as the most entertaining ag-
gregation ever 10 perform on a dia-
mond. Behind the assumed nom
de plumes of Wahoo, Tarzan, va
hodi, Selassie and the like are the
pick of the worlds greatest colored
players. Each boy is an accomp-
lished performer and a clever PAN
feminist.
Among the featured stars car
ried with the Clowns this year are
Lou Montgomery. the great Boston
college All-American gridiron and
diamond hero; Peanuts MASSES
nee Eddie Davis-basebsll' great
est comedian and last years con-
queror Of Satchel Paige; then there's
Jack Matchett, rated as one of the
best pitchers in baseball, last season
the star of Satchel Pages Kansas
City Monarchs' western unit; Fred
Wilson, home-run slugger, former
Newark Eagles outfielder; and
School Boy" Sikh, another pitch
ing ace, who just about gives the
Ethiopian Cincinnati nine one of the
best hurting corps in the business.
Mckinley Bunny Downs, new
manager, is high in his praise OF the
rest Of the Clowns stars, and con-
slider the Chicago Brown Bombers
as the team the Cincinnati represen-
tatives will have 10 beat this year
to cop another championhip.
The Clowns still include such hits
as their shadowball exhibition, pep
No,, ogpoa 6shipu aof and othar