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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
How NOT to Use
The Phone Book

rHE telephone directory is a
fine place TO look up a num-
Der but there's nothing in
the subscribers contract with
the company that calls for 1t to
double as a safe deposit box.
Yet of the 1000. 600 director
les that 60 each year to "a, 000,-
600 customers thousands come
back to be shipped off to waste
paper mills containing folding
money, diamond rings. safe COM
binations. irreplaceable photo
graphs and other valuables coll
lected in a years use in the aver
age home.
day twenty $40 bills flut-
tered from a directory when a
collector tossed il onto the truck.
Fortunately the distraught own
er ran up in time TO help pick up
the scattered money.
One thoughtful husband hid a
diamond ring -intended as an an
niversary surprise for his wife
in the book and was frantic when
he got home that night until he
found the ring still reposing in
his alphabetical directory. Only
the classified one had been
picked up.
One Of the most anguished-
and humorous-wails came from
a provoked youth who said he
couldn't keep a date that night
with his girl friend because the
directory. in which he kept his
five neckties pressed. had been
taken away with the ties in it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

n ONG before the frost whit
ened the yellow hide of the
- pumpkin. as the poets might
put 1t, the designers and makers
Of the knitted outfits that helped
our sweater girls TO fame, were
getting ready for the Winter
season.
These artisans may. or may
not, have been inspired by will
to win the war while they were
catching up on their Knitting
but they did get plenty of pa
triotism into the -new-erep of
sweaters.
They remembered that this is
year when millions OF Ameri-
cans have got to get along with
less fuel and therefore less heat
in their homes and apartments.
So. to cooperate with Uncle
Sam and. at the same time. keep
Miss and Mrs. America more
comfortable. they turned out
stouter and warmer sweaters.
1t is an important part of the
so-called American Way of Life
TO look trim and up-to-the-min-
ute even in the face of shortages
and sacrifices. So the powers
that-be in the sweater trade came
through with some new knitted
garments that manage to be
modish in spite of their greater
thickness and weight.
The photographs on this page
show only three of the new
models-and very prettily dis
played they are, too-that will
help the country's maids and
matrons forget that this is a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

Weeks ago women by the
thousand began thinking about
their Winter wardrobes and do
ing something about IT. Prob
ably they went in little stronger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

Winter when business in the
home, and especially in the
furnace, isn't going to be "as
usual" in some sections of Amer
lea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

The
Sweater
at the
Right Is
DOubly
Patriotic
- Because
IL Is Made
Of Cotton
Yarn, Thus
Saving
Wool for
Military
Uses-And
Is Heavy
Enough for
a 65- Degree
Tempera-
ture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

Powerful Pratt & Whitney airPane engines
only one of many products which Chevrolet is
building for Victory. Naturally, they are one of
the most important. And Chevrolet is building
them painstakingly, hawlessy, in ever-increasing
volume. Huge production with high precision has
always been the guiding principle of the manage
ment and men of our plants Today, Chevrolet is
applying this principle to the uttermost degree to
help armed forces to win this war.
GEgz:uW
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
54BusDriivers
In Hartford
AreInServiice
Members Feel Operation Of
New Buses Should Not
Be Limited

There are 81 members of Local
AIS, Hartford Bus Drivers, in the
Armed Services, and three others are
scheduled to enter this week., accord
ing to John J. Smith, business agent
of the local.
Those slated to join the forces
are: William Griffith, &c, who is
enlisting in the Navy; Cermain
Rachette, 30, and Francis III. Rear
don, 81, who will go into the Army.
Ten of the twenty brand new buses
allotted the City of Hartford by the
Office of Defense Transportation to
help with the problem of transport
ing war workers, were put in oper-
alton last week by the Connecticut Co.
These buses are limited to 1000
miles of operation month by the
O.D.T. In view of the heavy pas
senger traffic i'm Hartford, members
of Local 425 feel that the operation
of these new buses should not be
limited. This was learned in talk
ing with bus drivers in Hartford.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
New OfficersAre
ElectedByNo.74,
Stage Employees

William J. Barry was elected pres
dent of Local "a, Theatrical State
Employees, at meeting in the Labor
Temple this week. Frank Kelly was
elected vice-president.
Other officers chosen are: l. Ed
ward Weber, recording-secretary !;
Joseph Diettle, secretary-treasurer ;
John Miller, business agent; Nor
ris Wasserman, chairman of the
board of trustees; Samuel Helfand
and Herman Hegewald, trustees
and Wallace Miller, sergeant-at-
arms. All are newly elected except
John Miller, the business agent, and
Wallace Miller, the sergeant-at-
arms.
The new officers will be installed
December 20.
The Local unanimously voted to
support the "Buy a Bomber for New
Haven" War Savings Bond drive
Members employed at the Arena voted
to donate their services at a special
matinee of "Icecapades' which will
be given Saturday. Admittance tc
this performance will be by ticket
given to all purchasers of War Bonds
during the "Buy a Bomber" cam
paign.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
All Records Broken In First War Year
Electrical Device
Local Wins Raise

A five-cent an hour increase i'm
wages, granted to the workers of
the Arrow-Hart and Hegeman Co.,
Hartford, after several months
negotiations between the Electrical
Device, Workers Union, Local
Blob, /. b. E. w., and the COM
pany, was approved by the War
Labor Board this week, according
to announcement by Arthur Polo
witzer, president of the local. The
increase is retroactive to Sept. %,
said POlOwitzer.
Between 1900 and 400 members
of the union who work in the three
plants of the Arrow-Hart and Hege-
man Co., will benefit by the raise.
Agreement Reached
The company and the negotiating
committee of the local came to an
agreement three weeks ago but the
new contract had to be approved by
the w. L. B. The approval came
through Wednesday.
The committee of Local Blob
who negotiated with the company
for the wage increase is as fol
lows: Fred LaFreniere, chairman,
Ann Herlihy, John Burke, Frank
Heavey, Leo A. Conlon, and Will
liam Morris.
Leo Conlon and Joseph Saraceno
have been appointed public relation
committeeman in charge of reporting
news and securing subscriptions for
THE UNION TIMES.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
AS We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

WE HEAR the local u. S. En-
ployment Service disagrees with us
on the question of manpower short
age. We can sum up our position
i'm one sentence: AS far as New
Haven is concerned, there is no
manpOwer shortage in the plants
which pay decent wages. Such
plants have waiting lists of applica-
tons which run into the thousands.
Plants which pay substantial wages
are screaming for help. People SIM
ply can't work for 40 and As cents
an hour with the cost of living what
it is today.
WE KNOW the Employment Ser
vice has no control over wage rates.
Our only contention is that the pub
lie is misled when statements are
issued concerning the manpower
shortage and the public is not in
formed at the same time that this
shortage exists chiefly in plants
which won't pay standard wages.
We will be glad to publish any
statement the U. S. Employment
Service cares to make.
SELECTIVE SERVICE headquar-
ters in Connecticut were notified
this week to instruct local boards
TO refuse to accept for enlistment
essential employees in aircraft or
shipbuilding. Workers i'm these in.
dustries will continue to be drafted.
but boards are instructed to call
them gradually, if they can be re.
placed, SO as not to interfere with
production"
TOM HAECKEL, of Ne,U Hauen,
Conn.,, Legislative chairman OF
the brotherhood of Rail,Uay Fire.
men and Enginemen, enlisted
in the Macy this week as MacEainist
mate, first class. Tom s0as Quar-.
termaster, first class, in World Wa,
4, engaged in convoy duty. He ,0as
born in 1908, in case you ,Oant to
knO,O hOsO old he is, and hO,O old
he sUas iUhen he entered the Mao,
the first time. His son, Tom, Jr., is
also in the Macy, serring as sig.
mailman. James CoughIin of Hart
tord,.. sOiA temporarily. ia X e
HGeckePs place on the Legislative
board.
IF YOU ARE over-charged by
your landlord, or by a storekeeper
on OPA-controlled foods or goods,
you can haul the offender into
court, and sue for triple damages,
and collect a minimum of $50, re-
CARELESS of the amount of the over
charge. Twelve landlords have al
ready paid triple damages.
COMMENTING ON headline
which read ''Pegler Scans Vice
President Wallace's Democracy
the Minneapolis Labor Review
said: ''Rather remindful of a
skunk attempting to inhale the
fragrance of a rose"
THIS want ad appeared in the
BOSTON EVENING GLOBE: .......
.WANTED-Two women to learn
reproduction business; must be
strong; good pay to start, with in
crease as soon as as able to pro-
duce. Nj 81, Globe office.
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
President OF
Brewery Local
Goes In Army
Condella, Head Of No. 40,
Among IS Members In
Armed Forces

With As members, including
Pres. Louis Condella, As, going into
the Armed Forces and fifteen others
finding less arduous work in war
industries, Local 40, Bridgeport
Brewery Workers has been hit
hard as the result of the war, it
was stated this week by James j.
SimoneIli, business agent of Local
40.
In spite of the fact that wartime
circumstances has curtailed both the
beer and soft drink business there is
q definite need for brewery workers
in Bridgeport, stated Simonelli.
Frank O'Connor, vice-president
is filling the vacancy created by
CondeIIa's induction. Other men,
hers of the Brewery Workers to
ioin the Armed Forces recently are:
Walter Pickery, 81, and Joseph
Kozlowski, 81.
Of IS union members to go into
the services, 20 were enlistees, said
the business agent.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Movie Operators
Elect Moriarty
HeadofLocal273

Maurice w. J. Moriarty is presi-
dent of the New Haven Local No.
273, Motion Picture Operators, and
Frank Perry is vice-president as the
result of the election of officers by
the local held at the Labor Temple
Saturday morning.
The local reelected Ernest v.
DeCross, recording secretary; Ed
win W. Boppert, treasurer, and
Mathew w. Kennedy, business
agent.
Other new officers elected are
Adolph JUL, member of the fl
nance board; Nicholas ViIIano and
Isadore Stein, members of the Ex-
ecutive Board. The officers will be
installed Monday, Dec. 81.
The retiring president, Anthony Ba-
silicator, congratulated Moriarty and
urged the locals members to support
the new president as they have sup
ported him.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
LaborLeaders
Urge FDRAct
On Manpower
Green, Murray Say Situa-
ton Can Be Handled By
Executive Order

WASHINCTON.-An important
proposal that manpOwer problems
be dealt with by executive orders
of the President was submitted to
him by ALL. Pres. William Green
and Clio. Pres. Philip Murray
this week.
Emerging from conference of the
Combined Labor War Board at the
White House, Murray and Green told
reporters they were united in their
steadfast opposition to labor freezing
legislation.
They told the President, how
ever, that organized labor would
go ''even beyond the limit in CO.
operating with solving manpower
problems according to Presidential
orders and administrative pro-
cesseS.
In line with recent clio. resO-
luton condemning the delays in
volved i'm War Labor Board ma
chinery, both the ALL. and Clio.
heads urged the President to set
up new machinery to speed ham
ding of the more than 1000 cases
pending.
Green said that the new W.L.B.
regional offices being opened up to
handle voluntary wage agreements
under the Presidents economic sta
bilization order might we'll be en-
powered to handle dispute cases, too.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Xmas Checks
Sent To Boys
By Local 81
Brennan And Swartz I'm
animously Reelected By
Elevator Constructors

Bernard Swartz, president of
Local 81, Conn. Elevator COnstruc-
tors, was nominated without op-
position for the office he now holds
at meeting of the local in the
Labor Temple Friday night. James
}. Brennan was renamed as a cam
didate for business agent, without
opposition, as was r.. I'll. Urquhardt
for recording secretary.
Other nominees are as follows !:
William Boyer, the incumbent, Maui
rice Brown, and Michael Drumming,
vIce-presldent; Kenneth Price and
Nlnace Erickson financial secretary /;
Orvllle Dorman and Harold Urqu-
hardt, treasurer; Daniel Trivers,
Ninace Erickson, Lester Kennedy,
Kenneth Price, John Harrison, Maui
rice Brown, Michael Drumming, Louis
Brunness, Bruno Kindt, Jr., William
Wright, William Boyer, and Frank
VanNorman, executive board (twc
to be elected; Patrick Joyce, Mich
ael Drumming, Bruno Kindt, Jr.,
Maurice Brown, and William Calk-
well, Journal Correspondent.
The election meeting will be held
at 3 PM, Dec. l8, in the Blue
Room, New Haven Labor Temple.
Following the election, refresh
ments will be served, Brennan said.
The Local voted to send Christ
mas checks to its eight members in
the Armed Forces. Tho fSrst oL.I-
was sent this week to Corp. John
Mack, who is with the u. S. Army
in Australia. Others members in
the service who will receive checks
are Albert Els, Hartford; r. Wig
gins, Hartford; A. Aranson, West
Haven; Lieut.. I'll. B. Seitz, Boston :;
Carl Holmberg, Bridgeport; and
Seaman ROamanski, Hartford, in
the U. S. Navy.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Kaiser Defense
Group Is Set Up

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of unions affiliated with the AFL
Metal Trade Department organized
a defense committee this week to deal
with the Natl. Labor Relations Board
act in issuing a complaint against
three Henry J. Kaiser shipyards.
The defense committee which was
set up also will attack the "unjustified
and unpatriotic raiding now being
carried on by CIO organizations"
The NLRB complain grew out of
charges made by the Industrial Union
of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers
(CIO).
The committee includes Pres. Har-
vey w. Brown, Init. Assn. of Ma
chinists, Pres. Robert Byron, Sheet
Metal Workers, Pres. George Mas
terton, United Assn. of Journey1nen
Plumbers & Steamftters, Pres. Ed J.
Brown, Intl Bro. of Electrical
Workers and Vice-Pres. Charles J.
MCGOWAN, Init. Bro. of Boilermak-
erS.
Lend today so that you can spend
tomorrow. Buy War Bonds.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Homes Available
AT West Hills For
DefenseWorkers

Three hundred homes for New Ha-
ven workers in war factories are
available at the West Hill War Hous-
ing Development at rents ranging
from $35 to $44 40 monthly, includ-
ing utilities, stove and refrigerator,
according to an announcement by the
New Haven Housing Authority this
week.
Families of war workers are NOV
ing into the project located i'm West
vile, but there are vacancies avail
able for war workers who have re-
Gently come TO the New Haven area
or those who are forced to move or
are living under substandard con-
ditiOns.
''West Hills" which is under the
management of the Housing
Authority, was built with Federal
funds under the provisions of the
Lanham Act to provide housing for
war workers i'm essential industries.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Lady Conductors
In Trolley Unior,

DETROIT. - AS women re-
place men conductors on De-
trOit's oman street cars they
will be eligible for membership
in the Amalgamated Street
Electric Railway & Motor Coach
Employees and will receive the
same pay and privileges as men,
the international headquarters
of the union i'm Detroit an
nOunces.
This will be the case notwith-
standing the fact that some of
the cOnductoret's duties will be
assumed by the mOtOrman. No
women will be accepted as mo-
tOrmen by the Detroit Street
Railway or as operator of its
One-man buses, however.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Stage Unions To
Hold Conference

Local 273, Motion Picture Opera
tors, and Local "a, Stage Employees,
both of ew Haven, will send repre-
sentatives to the New England Con-
ference of Theatrical Employees to
be held in Hotel Bancroft, Worcester,
Mass, Sunday, Dec. 6.
John Miller, business agent of the
Stage Employees, and Maurice w. J.
Moriarty, president-elect, and Mathew
Kennedy, business agent of Local
273, will represent their locals. Other
Connecticut locals are also expected
to send delegates.
Reports on increase of membership,
wages and working conditions will be
made at the conference which meets
semi-annually. Fred Newcomb of
Providence, R. l., is secretary-treas-
urer of the conference.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Free Labor In
UNITED States
|CoesToTown!
Makes The Guns, Buys
Bonds, AS We March
To Victory

Americas trade unions next
week will mark the close of
their first year after Pearl
Harbor after having hung up
some of the most impressive
production records i'm the his
tory of free labor.
Organized workingmen in
the u. S. in a single year have
given a powerful answer to
J the Axis assault on freedom
Throughout the world. That
answer, a laundering 1907
increase i'm industrial produc-
ton, is being heard today i'm
the ports and deserts of Africa
and in the waters of the Pacific
ON every front i'm this global
war.
RECORD ON SHIPS
More than $50 sea-going vessels
have been built since Pearl Harbor,
compared with 1O3 for all of I94l.
! By September of this year, ga
day was the record of the country's
shipyard workers. That month
alone found SO ships going down
the ways-almost as much as in the
/ previous IL months.
The stOry's the same up and down
the assembly line. Bombers and
fighter planes roar into the air at
the rate of 3H to every one pre-
Pearl Harbor craft. Warships were
built at the same 3H to l ratio.
There are guns now set to fire
into Axis ranks-or already i'm ac-
tion-for every one pointed by a
United Nations soldier on Dec. z,
l941. Six tanks for one, 6 bullets
for one.
JOINT COMMITTEES
Behind the output have been ideas
that streamlined production methods
as the bran power of u. S. labor, en-
listed into the fight by 1,749 labor
management committees, turned plant
wheels at new war speeds. Labor
stayed on the job throughout the year,
showing the value of union anti
strike pledges by cutting the rate of
work stoppages to an average of one
day lost in 10 years.
American workers matched their
production records by taking the lead
in every type of war ACTIVITY on the
, home front
MILLIONS In BONDS
Unions purchased many millions
of dollars north of sUar bonds. In
countless instances they initiated
their OtCn scrap collection drives.
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Special Trains

ODT has granted authority to
all railroads to operate a special
passenger train whenever necessary
for the transportation of CONNER
cial telegraph employees assigned
to inspect, repair, or install teIe-
graph facilities located on railroad
rights-Of-way.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Law Depriives
About 10000
OF Protection
Workers Placed In Position
Of Signing Or Not
Getting Jobs

Connecticut workers. dur.
ing the first ten months of
this year, have signed 1883
waivers, thus to a large extent
relieving their employers of
financial responsibility in case
they are hurt or killed while
working. These waivers, au-
thOrized by the WOrkmen's
Compensation Act, represent
an increase of more than 400
per cent over the number
signed in 1910, and 83 per
cent over the number signed
last year.
These facts we're learned
this week as the result of a
survey of the waiver system in
this state by The Union Times.
Drive Under Way?
Connecticut is one of a handful
OF states which permits waivers.
Originally the system was intended
10 apply only to workers who had a
serious physical handicap, but with
almost 10000 waivers ALREADY
signed this year, it becomes in.
creasingly clear that a definite
move is under way in thisr state to
make more and more workers sign
waivers before they are given en-
ployment.
The law now on the statute
books gives the employer the right
to force a large part of his en-
ployes to sign waivers. The appIi-
cant for work is given a physical
examination by a doctor on the
payroll of the company. The doe
tor can say the applicant has a
scar or heart murmur or anv ONE
of a thousand ailments and force
the applicant, if he wants 10 work.
to sign away his rights, protection.
and privileges before being hired.
Here are the waiver figures for
the last three years:
194O-8, 1874
194l-2O,522
1942-37,583 Go months)
Results of Survey
Investigation by The Union
Tunes also revealed these facts:
L. Where the cOmpany's doctor
and the workers doctor disagree
on whether or not an applicant for
employment has a physical handi-
cap, the worker in most cases must
sign the waiver.
z. The system encourages some
employers to be less careful about
safeguarding the physical welfare
of their employees.
5. Many workers undergo Oper-
atoms to remove defects, but are
still required to sign waivers. al
though their doctors pronounce
them physically sound.
4. Many workers are under the
impression that once they sign
waivers, they cannot collect COM
pensatiOn if injured. This is not
correct. Some of the insurance
companies attempt to make it an
pear that any injury suffered by a
worker who has signed a waiver is
due to a previous physical handi-
cap. Thus if a worker should have
heart murmur, and is killed by
a machine, the usual practise is to
claim that the worker actually died
of heart trouble.
5. Few people who are As or
over are physically perfect. They
are the chief sufferers under the
waiver system.
6. This method of depriving
workers of the benefits of the
Workmen's Compensation Law has
not been tested in the Connecticut
courts.
Are Employers handicapped
THE UNION TINES survey also re-
vealed that no exact figures have been
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Corset Worker Helps
Fund For Cigarettes

Mary Zotyak, who represents the
Corset Workers, Federal Local 211O3,
on the Bridgeport Central Labor
Unions Raleigh Cigarettes Commit
tee has lead the way in getting funds
for the purchase of smokes for over
seas Service Men. Miss Zotyak
brought $26.75 to the committee head
quarters, while the men on the COM
mittee were still discussing plans, re-
ports Peter Bernard, president of the
c. L. U.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Humiston Recovering
From Back Operation

Willis Humiston, financial secre-
tary of Local 81, Elevator Construc-
tons, is convalescing at his home 100
Dixwell Ave-, New Haven, after hav-
ing recently undergone an operation
for back injury at Grace Hospital,
New Haven.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Opposes Longer Hours
For Women In Industry

NEW YORK. Long working
hours decrease rather than increase
efficiency of production, State Indus
trial Commissioner Frieda S. Miller
said this week in a warning against
efforts to raise the state limit on
women's hours above 48 week.
Miss Miller also said that women
have mot been entirely effectively
directed into war work"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-12-05
Hartford Teamsters
Nominate Sunday

Members of Local $50, Hartford
Transfers will nominate officers for
the forthcoming year on Sunday, Dec.
E, at 10 A. M. The nomination meet
ing will be held at the Labor Temple,
81 Park ST., Hartford, according to
Ed. Kaminsl<i, president of the local.
The election will be held Sunday,
Jan. 8.