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The union times., 1942-03-21
ITO ALL ROCKBESTOS EN-
 PLOYEES:

We are in an 'al1-out' War and it is essential that any misunderstanding be cleared away so that we can devote all our time and energies to the big job that is ahead of us.
 Questions have been asked regard ing certain phases of the Company s policy on employee relations, and in order to have it clearly before you the following statement is made:
 "The Company recognizes the right of every employee to join any union that he may wish to join, and such membership will not affect his posi- tion with the Company. On the other hand, we feel that it should be made equally clear to each employee that it is not at all necessary for him to join any labor organization, despite any, thing he may be told to the contrary.
 DEPARTMENT HEADS
 "This Company will continue to deal directly with any employee in re- spect to any grievance he may have. Department heads will be glad, as they have always been, to meet with you and discuss fully and frankly any mat ter which you may wish to discuss.
 Tt is our earnest desire to straigh- ten out in friendly manner, as we have done in the past, whatever ques. tions you may have in mind and it i. reasonable to believe that our interest! are mutual and can best be promoted through confidence and cooperation.
 QUESTIONS
 "Many of the questions which hay, been asked should, in all fairness tt you, be answered, and I am giving the answers in this letter for your in formation.
 "1. Can my job depend on member ship or non-membership in any or. ganization?
 AnSzOer: No, it never has and
 it never will. Your decision to join
 a Union, or stay out, is entirely
 a personal matter with you and
 will have nothing to do with your
 employment as far as the Com
 pany is concerned.
 2. Would promotion depend on membership in an organization?
 AnSaVer: No. The policy of the
 Company has always been, and
 will continue to be, to select en-
 ployees on the basis of ability, character, necessary qualifications
 for the job to be filled, and length
 of service.
 (Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1942-03-21
Council Seeks Joint Groups In Factories
Will Ask NH. County Man ufacturers Assn. To Meet
 Labor's Representatives

The New Haven Central Labor Council, at its meeting Thursday, will act on a unani- nous recommendation from its War Production Committee that the Council call upon the New Haven County Manufac- turers Association to work with organized labor in estab- fishing joint Management- Labor committees in each plant, for the purpose of in- creasing war production.
 RESOLUTION
 The following is the text of resolution which will be presented by the War Production Committee:
 WHEREAS, Labor is whole heartedly in favor of the sug-- gestion made by War Production Director Donald M. Nelson that Management and Labor Commit tees be set up in each factory, so that increased production needed to insure the winning of the war as speedily as possible, be achieved. We further agree with Mir. Nelson that only problems of production be discussed by these joint Committee, and that such matters as Wages, Hours, and Collective Bargaining have no part in this effort.
 ssBE TT THEREFOR RE- SOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to MT. Joseph l.. Whiteside, Executive Secre- tary of the New Haven County Manufacturers Association, with the request that the New Haven County Manufacturers Associa- ton appoint committee to meet with the New Haven Central Labor COncil's A. F. of LIS War Production Committee to work out the details of putting this plan into operation.
 ssFINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Robert A. Hurley, Donald M. Nelson, to our
 Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1942-03-21
Street Car Men
 Ask Raise or 33c

DETROIT-A raise of 33c an hour is demanded by the Amal- gamated Streetcar Electric Rail- way & Motor Coach Operators from the city-owned Detroit Railways in the new contract submitted to the management this month. The raise if granted would bring l-man operators to SIPS an hour and 2-man to $I.2O.
 The Detroit locals won solo bargaining in an election follow. ing their strike last August but only to expiration of the present contract.
The union times., 1942-03-21
Rourke Gives Rockbestos Direct Reply
How Can 575 Workers Solve Their Grievances
 On Individual Basis?
Business Representative Joseph T. ROurke heresUith GnssUers the Gati-uniOn letter sent to its en- PlOyes by the ROckbestOs Prod ucts Corporation.
ITO ALL ROCKBESTOS EN-
 PLOYES ELIGIBLE FOR TUES

ITO ALL ROCKBESTOS EN- PLOYES ELIGIBLE FOR TUES DAYS N.L.R.B. ELECTION:
 Our members inside the Rock bestos Products Corporation have brought us copies of MT. Reeves let ter to you, dated March 5, and have requested International Representa- tive Francis X. Moore and myself to answer it. Brother Moore, unfor- tunately, received a broken leg as a result of an accident which occurred while active on the Rockbestos' or ganization drive. I have, however consulted with him on this letter.
 Certainly the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers agrees with MT. Reeves when he tells you that We are in an all-out war and il is essential that any misunderstood ings be cleared away SO that we can devote all our time and energies to the big job -
 KEY TO CONTROVERSY
 "Right there is the key to the controversy. In Tuesdays secret ballot you will decide on the best way to clear away any misunder- standings. The experiences of Ill., 100000 organized workers prove that organization within the Inter- national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is the quickest guarantee you can give War Production Board Director Donald M. Nelson that you will work at top speed and con- tinuously to produce the urgent war materials turned out by the Com pany.
 ''The purpose of the COmpany's letter, naturally, is to ask you to solve your misunderstanding in- dividually by voting for no union. We'll, American Workers are the most efficient in the world and as American workers you will choose the most efficient way. Are 575 in- dividuals thrashing out 575 indivi- dual complaints more efficient than a union grievance committee meet ing with the management on all complaints at one time?
 WILL LOBBY" ACT
 "The Company's willingness to obey the Wagner Act is commendable al- though it does ask that you obey the law of the land by voting no union. We disagree with the management that joining our Union will mean no difference to your position. The
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1942-03-21
IsRockbestos
 Co. Worrying About Ballot?
Sends Letter To Employees, Hoping To Influence The
 Workers Against Union

The fOllOsOing is the complete test Of the letter sent to 0H Of its employees by the Rockbestos Products Corporation. Be sure to read the ans,Uer by Joseph T. ROurke, business manager Of Local B-9O, in the adjoining column On this page.
The union times., 1942-03-21

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
By WILLIAM E. McKEENEY


 There iiss been great increase in tournament bridge throughout the country during the past 10 years. Today practically every city in the United States holds an annual championship bridge tournament and more than 10 states conduct an annual state championship. The success of these tournaments has been due largely to the work of Russell J. Baldwin of Cleveland, O., tournament manager of the Ameri- can Contract Bridge League. In my opinion. Baldwin is one of the out standing mathematicians of the country, and now the government is to have the services of this mathematical genius, as he recently became captain in the U. s. Army.
 Baldwin seldom had a chance to play bridge, as he was always busy conducting tournaments. But when he did. and came across a mathe- matical hand. you could depend up- on him to make the best use of 1t. Today's hand is one he played. Sit- ting South, Baldwin won the jack of spades with the queen. He led the ace and king of clubs. then a third round. When the suit failed to break. East cashed his fourth club and led the deuce of spades. The ace went up and Baldwin cashed three diamonds. A heart lead by South was ducked with the nine and East had to return hearts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
of real practicability. then it's OK More About Clothes

of real practicability. then it's OK
 More About Clothes
 Speaking of clothes and directives there's one housewifely fashion ti1ai is going to change if next winters fuel oil supply remains at statu: quo. That's the custom of wearing summer-weight cotton house coats and dresses for year-rourd house. work.
 Tn palmier and warmer times you adjusted the temperature of your house to yourself and your clothing But now yon regulate the heat. then dress accordingly. Already the de- mand is growing for skirts and sweaters. slacks. quilted pajamas and wool suits to wear at home. And it's likely to continue.
 Fish Story
 It looks as if, come fishin' time, you'll be selling your surplus catch whether you want to or not. Though the salt-water angling season doesn't open till spring. Interior Depart ment officials already are planning for proper distribution ot fishermen's hauls.
 They'll be sold at designated spots, such as town docks or clubs. Surpluses will be distributed to state. county of town institutions responsible for feeding large groups of people. Since everyone will be eating more fish this year. the pow. CTS that be are seeing to it that nothing over the legal limit that's hooked and landed shall co to waste.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
V M N

arc to be found in the front of the skirt while the jacket is slngle- breasted and buttons all the way up the front.
 Topper coats are favorites of the younger girls in Hollywood-they're so right whether worn over simple suits, slackS or @ variety of skirts, Barbara Britton's, loose cut with wide lapels and the new slit pockets (as opposed to the outlawed patch pockets of yesteryear) Is on excel- lent example. The color is water melon pink and the material made up of SO per cent wool and 40 per cent reyon,
 On the screen itself simplicity for schoolgirls Is the rule. Take, for in- stance, the suit that Edith Head de- signed for l5.year-old Diana Lynn to wear in "rhe Major and the Minor" It Is of soft pink wool, bound In the deep rose -colored pink braid. The jacket is collarless and flannel to match the color Of the braid was used to make two fiaShy initials on Diana's white pull-over sweater.
 Shoes for schoolgirls have taken @ slight shift away, from the saddle oxfords that have held the stage so long. The newest in acceptance are low-heeled pumps, usually in kid or calf, their only trim being flat self.bow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28

our onions and we are always cook ing up new ways to serve them be- sides putting them in almost every recipe we make. This is . recipe for onions in all their glory--not used for seasoning or fiavouring- but just because they're good to eat. You people who like onions the way We do, will love these.
 Broiled Onion Rings
 Cut E slices from mild onions such as Bermuda or Italians. Cook them in boiling salted water for 6 minutes. Separate the rings and dry them on old linen or paper towels. Dip them in melted short- ening and then in corn flakes that you have crushed with your rolling pin and that you have salted. Place them under the broiler or in the oven until they are Drowned. These morsels of flavor are wonderful meat garnishers and also may be used effectively as hors d'oeuvres.
 What with Christmas coming on, are you worried about a sauce to serve with your precious plum pudding? Don't worry; make your plum pudding and serve it with . foamy sauce that doesn't take one single grain of sugar. It is deli- cious.
 A Foamy Sauce Without Any
 Sugar
 i cup of milk fiavorjnE. or ? tablespoonfuls 2 tablespoonfuls
 flour of brandy ,tiahhiespooni,iis zap. lSsn havoring
 3 tabiespoonfuls IA teaspoonful of sherry cinnamon
 Mix flour and milk. Add syrup and beaten egg yolk. Cook in the top part of the double boiler-and have the water boiling rapidly in the bottom part-until the mixture is thick. Remove from the fire, add fiavouring-nutmeg, cinnamon and the beaten egg white.
 We are maple sugar enthusiasts: we like the unusual flavor it gives to so many things. We have an apple pie that is favorite with everybody, judging by their com ments. Why don't you serve this some time soon, and get a reputa- tion for being a cook who knows her way around the flavor shelfl
 Maple Apple Pie
 Line a pie pan with pastry and into this put your sliced, tart apples; fill it right up. Then mix 1 cup of maple sugar with table spoon of flour, a big pinch of cin- namon, a little salt, and sprinkle all over the apples. Dot the pie filling with butter; cover with a top crust with enough big slits in it so pie won't get soggy. Bake in q hot oven for ten minutes; then re- duce the oven to 350-moderate-- and bake for about 45 minutes longer. If you brush your top crust with milk before baking the pie, 1t will have a shiny, well glazed brown crust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28

It is called the wedge-the inter- esting double line treatment of the smart new frock we show today which starts at your shoulders and ends in jaunty slash pockets in the dirndl skirt. Outline it with blanket stitch-and watch it--Narrow inches away from your waistlines
 Pattern No. e337 is made for sizes 10. l2, IA, i6. IS. 20. Size l2, short sleeves. requires 3 Ia yards so- inch material.
 For this attractive pattern, send i5 cents, plus 1 cent for postage. In coins, with your name, address pattern number and size to The Waterbury Democrat Tcday's Pat tern Service. i06 7th Avenue, New York, N. Y.
 Sewing for the new year? Then you'll appreciate the extra help you cam find and all the new patterns shown in the Winter Fashion Book: available at i5c per copy. Send for this book with a l5c pattern, both will come to you for 25c plus lc for postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
Caroline Chatfield
Fine Feathers Don't Make Fine Birds.
Saps Today
Title Rev,atsred. ., a Patent once

Ever ride through country covey pea srutg maescaH awnP Ever look enous at them and say That's height of beauty and elegance" Once had dcuons of pafowgandur Believe gentle reader they of birds different eather They take stride the budding and whatever other tender plants the flower beds and then move on to peck the lilac buds tucked away their winter jackets What they can't reach they jump np escapes the second expedition From morning night they exploring the pokng curiosity that would shame cat
 night they slowly place they sleep until sending blown all emit from their thoa that would soft of combination trumpet screech and wall of lost soul
 the front steps gouged the heart out chopped hold the big enough they Jumped and mashed what's left of their meal Here in the December still putting with with the scared by those destructive bills which the plants vitals last summer,
 September new growth on the young wsaras well it's the trunks and brown Drouth, said the ntrs disappeared spite of the water Then day gentleman lady shoots Nnski would enved gentleman flying leapS
 When stroing and leapmg doesn't desired result they take their can cut peafowS wings close he fly quick in about plants and then ede bird them right bed that studded thick with enclosed by chicken wire
 Fine birds? what.y-mean fine birds?
 CAROLINE cHATrIELD i. @ of .%ss:, % n.sSs:s news ~ - ~ ~ ' S"'ne'a' n care os
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
Lotest Styles
Modern Menus
ny MRS. CAYN0R MADDOX NEA Service Stan Writer

Lots of fun and q toast Co thm New xeNr-yeS, certainly. But leex AeRin with a fun understanding thNe 0eneral Elsenhower's forces ig1 Africa need great amounts ot fooal So do all our Scrapplng allies. Therefore. keep your party suppel patriotic,
 Use unrestricted foods. If eveFy household In tho United StAt0A said, wWell. we can spMrge q hi| Just for tonight there would h@ millions of pounds less food for the boys who are fighting for us, So lets cat tho American way on NaV Years Eve,
 Make the supper menu suhstan# tlal, not fuSSy or over-dellcate, Ind crowd wlll want biz eats and littls frills, Have a tray Of assorted cheeses-good crackers to 90 witlS them. Have . tray of assorted nonS restricted cold cuts, such as liveN sausage, sliced tongue, liver load A great bowl of salad made 0N mixed greens such as Aettuce. ros maine, chicory, sliced celery leaves chopped green peppers. . little onion grated raw carrots, hard-cooke& eags, with French dressing. can h1 served in small wooden bowls q everyone'S delight,
 Individual chicken or turkey pleX can be made easily and QuicklS Have lots of >them and keep thel very hot. Here's . recipe which usd left-overS,
 simply combine cooked chlcke or turkey meat with any lett.ove or cooked vegetables and mix wil a good gihlet gravy, Add a can d condensed cream of mushroom celery soup diluted with 2-S c,l water. Then turn this thrifty al| delicious mixture into small hakil dishes or, individual casseroles. Gov with biscuits made from prepard biscuit -four, or from your own Id. rapid recipe, Bake in very hot ov( (A50 degrees Fl for IS to is miI utes. Do not make your full supp at once, Keep 'em rolling,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
WIZ THE WOMEN - Let Schoolgirls Wear Stacks, Ruth Millett Tells Principal

vor. They are warm, and that Is important in this year when girls are walking instead of riding to school. They save on stockings, be- cause girls can wear socks with slacks and be plenty warm,
 WHAT'S THE HARM,
 ANYWAY?
 So where Is the harm In slackss A principal or college dean of wom- en may not like them personally, But that isn't reason enough for telling girls they can't wear them,
 Tn these days when juvenile de. lnQuency is on the increase, educa- tors ought to be doing everything possible to understand their stu- dents and line themselves up on their side, Making rulings that egg students on toward disobedience and revolt isn't the way to do that,
 So why don't educators relax. let the girls wear what they please to class, and try to understand rather than deliberately antagonixe their studentse It is a little bit absurd, anyhow, to tell a high school girl that she can't wear slacks today when she is Q student, since in all likelihood shell be wearing them to work in a war plant tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28
KEN and CAROLYN'S
 Ha~kee Kttche.s RecfpeA Listen Mondays thru Fridays at 2l5 PM-Yankee Network

Let's have lot of fish today. We can use all the fish we can get, you know; it is not on the list of foods that we are asked to ration our selves on. We of the Yankee Kitchen have always liked fish and we have liked to find all sorts of ways of cooking it.
 But to start out, let's have Fish Chowder, the Down East Yankee way. Is there anything better on a cold night than plate of hot, rich, delicious fish chowder? Well, the only thing we can think of that is better is tt0o dishes of fish chowder. Fish chowder with simple des- gert is a whole meal and you need not serve anything else.
 G Fish Chowder
 Start with a three or four pound haddock or cod; some people prefer one and some the other. Have your fish cut up and put it in a couple of cups of cold water; put it on the stove and cook it until it is done; that is, until the fish drops away from the bones. Then, cut up about f pound of fat salt pork into tiny cubes; fry them till they're brown and remove the pork from the fat into the fat, slice a good, big onion and cook slowly until it begins to soften up. Into this onion and fat mixture, pour the liquor you have from boiling the fish, and three or fdur potatoes, cut in thin slices; barely cover all this with water and cook until potatoes are tender. Then add your fish, all neatly skinned and the bones carefully removed, add a quart of hot milk and let the whole thing simmer for . few minutes to blend. If you can spare the butter, add a chunk just before you serve it; the butter isn't necessary though. Serve the chowder piping hot in a big old tureen and serve common crackers or pilot crackers, toasted brown and hot with it. This is chowder fit for the gods or hungry family.
 Flounder, too, is one of our favorite fish. Founder is mar sCtADo0 9Aiy way SOu tOOh Nj Dub this method is so delicious that we have named it after our Yankee Kitchen. That means we think that it just cannot be improved.
 Baked FiIlets of Flounder,
 Yankee Kitchen
 Combine some chopped onions with some white sauce and spread it on an earthen platter one of those invaluable baking platters that has been previously rubbed with fat. Now. lay your fillets on this, dust with salt and pepper, dot with butter, sprinkle with cheese and Paragon type vinegar and bake for thirty minutes in a moderately hot oven. This served with Parsley Potato Balls and Fried Tomatoes makes an ex- ccllently balanced meal for both color and nutrition.
 We Yankee Kitchen cooks do like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-28

&AAt e.
 want to wear slacks to school and the princi- pal has made Q ruling that if the girls do wear them to school they have to c h nge . Into skirts In the locker room be- fore atteEding classes.
 Isn't 1t about time educators quit making an issue over whe- ther or not girl