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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
WHIPPING BOY

We feel sorry for Leon Henderson.
We think that the record, considered
dispossionoteIy, will show thot he IS
getting raw deo.
We have disagreed with much thot
Mr.. Henderson has sold, much thot he
hos done. much thot he believes. OBJ
viousIy he has made mistakes. But It
ever a man stood on q kee Of dyno-
mite in the midst Of q fire, and tried
to save his fellows, the price ozor is
that man.
All that Mr.. Henderson hos to do
is prevent initiation. The simple tosk
handed to him is thot Of keeping re-
toll and wholesale prices down while
wooes, raw materials and transporter
ton 90 up, without destroying the no.
tons mercantile fobro by bonkrupt-
ing its merchants.
If the price czor lets prices go UP,
he has foiIed on his job.
II he suggests "stobi|izine" wages,
he is an enemy OF the working man.
II he advocates on effective CELL
ing on form prices, he is the formers
foe.
The War Labor Board con approve
pay roise for steel workers ond
later perhaps for all in similar jobs.
But Mr.. Henderson can't let prices go
up to absorb such roises.
When gasoline distribution among
dealers works undue hordshps, and q
plan is evolved by Mr. Henderson's
stoff to correct the evil, he must get
WPB and Petroleum Administration
approval and oo-operotion-ifh he can.
1t was obvious to some from the
beginning, and to most before now,
that ceiling prices can not be main
toined without subsidies unless we are
prepared to let all but the biggest
businesses go out the window - to
ruin small and medium-sized manu-.
focturers and merchants.
When Mr.. Henderson asked Con-
oress to authorize such subsidies he
wos turned down.
The OPA is expected to do one of
the biggest jobs Of administrative DO
Iicing in history, and is given q very
inadequate appropriation with which
to do the job.
II Mr.. Henderson foIs, who gets
the blame? Organized Dor, the
farmers, Congress, the WLB, the WPB,
Mr.. lckes-or Leon Henderson, Thot's
right, Leon Henderson is the qoot.
Mr.. Henderson and the public.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
THAT LABOR PROBLEM
SOLVED

HAWTHORNE, Calf. - May
or Glenn Anderson's street.
cleaning worries have vanished
Hawthorne won a rubber.col-
lecting competition from two
neighboring cities and under
terms of the challenge MAYORS
Wayne Bogart of Gardena and
Tom Mcclure of Torrance must
clean Hawthorne's streets.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
ANTI-SOCIAL TYPE

SALT LAKE CITY - A burg
lar broke into the room of Sic
bert M. Barber but found only
$40.
Barber said the yegg mt
have been quite displeased. He
threw clothing all around the
room, tossed food over the mess,
and finished by letting the air
out of BARRIERS tires.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23

BOt hCiPs VViiCii SiiddoWS SiiiitSt,
electricians set up booster lamps,
turning the rays the way they
wanted them.
UNEASY NEIGHBORS
There's a gas works next to
the Goldwyn studio, and for
years the two outfits have re-
garded each other uneasily. The
huge tank isn't likely to ex-
plode, but would take the stu
dio with it if it did. The gas
people know the volatile Mr..
Goldwyn blows up frequently,
so they don't like having him
so close.
Wen the studio asked the gas
company for permission to film
part of They Got Me Covered
in the plant the answer was, in
Goldwyn's famous 1.-TWO words
impossible" But they had
an abandoned plant which serv-
ed we'll.
Back at the studio now, Bob
Hope and Dorothy Lamour are
working in an office building
set, rooms and corridors OF
which are walled with cloth
This construction puts a strain
on the pride of the lavish Mr.
Goldwyn, but it looks all right
Hope has asked that a sturdy
papier-mache OAK be installed
on the stage. He says Miss La.
mour has made so many jungle
pictures she has to Climb tree
to rehearse her lines.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
so YEARS AGO TODAY

They have organized a ball
club at Utica with S p. St.
John as catcher, Alex Grant,
right field, and w. L. Walters,
left field.
Fred Eastman is home from
Denver
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge OF
correct social usage by an
swering the following ques-
tons, then checking against
the authoritative answers be-
low:
|. When the weather is warm,
is it all right to entertain guests
in ones yard?
2. Is it all right for girl TO
appear on a city street wearing
leg makeup instead of stock
ings?
3. In the summer, should a
man go to the dinner table with
out his coat?
4. Should man sit in his
front yard without shirt, If the
weather is warm?
5. Is il a good idea to put
washable slip covers on uphol-
stored furniture during the sum-
mer months?
What would you do if
You receive birthday card
from a friend
(a) Write and tell him that
you appreciated his thinking OF
you on your birthday?
(b) Feel that no letter OF
thanks is necessary for card?
Answers
l. Certainly.
2. Yes.
3. No.
4. No.
5. Yes. It is not only pro-
lection for the furniture but
makes it more comfortable.
Better What Would You Do"
sOluttlOn-(a),
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
YES, 1T WAS EMPTY

DENVER - Burglars stole a
safe containing $4,000, and DO
lice received tip it would be
found in 4 rye field.
1t wasn't there.
Officers finally located il in
a Junk yard. The dealer had
bought it from two boys-for a
nickel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23

CHICAGO - Corp. Julian
Leviton, of Fort Custer, Mich,
playing the Tschaikowsky 2 Flat
Minor piano concerto at a Grant
Park band concert. received a
wave of enthusiastic applause
and-a bag of cookies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
Correspondent

This idea Of O shipyord
building flying boots isn't as
silly as it sounds, either. Before
the war, the German shipyord
that built the luxury liners
Europa and the Bremen di !
some experimenting with air.
croft, and came out with four
Empowered lo-ton expert
mental trans oceanic croft
that landed in mid-oceon, tax
led up to O floating mat towed
by the Sohwobenlond, we're
hoisted for refueIne and then
eetopulted back into the air.
But Washington eviction ex-
perts con pick more flows in
the Kaiser flying boot pro-
posoIs than there are flows in
O Nozi's moral character, and
they're doing it.
MATTER OF MATERIAL
One Liberty ship con haul
10000 tons of cargo. Even if
Kaiser can build q 2OO-ton fly
ing boot-three times bigger
than the lotion Martin 'Mors'
which is the biggest flying boot
ever built and which can haul
only IA tons Of ooreo-it would
toke 100 Of these Mars boats
or over 200 Of the Koiser-on.
poper 2OO-ton boats to haul as
much cargo as one lousy liber-
ty ship. And we're building
1900 Liberty ships.
Most pertinent objection to
the Kaiser proposal is that
there isn't enough material
available to build the planes
already designed, tested and
on order as fost as they could
be built in existing oircroft foc-
tories. The sod foct is that the
oircroft plants already built
have been forced to shut down
from time TO time for lack Of
materials. Mostly fabricated
ports like engines and propeI-
lers, or seni-monufoctured
parts like castings and shapes.
Glenn L. Martin has stoted
publicly that his Baltimore
plant could build eight times
os many oircroft as it is now
building if it could just get the
materials. Boeine Aircraft
Company is on record that its
west coast plants could build
twice os many planes os they
ore now building if they could
just get materials. Very per-
tinentIy, therefore, it can be
asked where the materials ore
to come from TO build planes
in nine shipyords TO be con-
verted into oircroft factories,
os koiser proposes.
OTHER BoTTLENECKS
Behind the materials short.
oees there ore other bottle.
necks which aircraft monufoc.
turers soy would impede the
Koiser efforts. Machine tools,
for instance. Planes can now be
assembled in q matter Of hours
by assembly line methods. But
tooIine up TO do this Job takes
O yeor, and even koiser could
not beot his estimated 10
months in getting reody to
make his first plane.
Kaiser has stoted that the
planes on his drawing board
ore beyond anything Jules
Verne could have imagined,
and experienced oircroft de-
sioners admit they must be. In
crease in the size Of oirpIones
hos been gradual. The Army's
BIG experimental shiP-big.
eest land plane ever built
wos six years in the making.
The Bio hos q gross loaded
weight Of 81 tons and O wing
span Of 2l2 feet. 1t con CORY
useful load Of 20 tons. It's
power plant is four 1000
horsepower engines, develop.
ina q totoI Of 5000 horsepower,
or about one horsepower for
every 20 pounds Of gross
ioo6.
At that rotio, il would toke
10000 horsepower to lift c
pIone of 200 GROSS tons into
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
by the Associated Press

BY the Associated Pres
CLEARING MISTAKE
MT. PENN, Pa. - Only one
error was charged against this
town of 5000 in a statewide
half-hour blackout.
A gas station operator went
home when the sirens screamed
and forgot to disconnect his pin
ball machine.
The tilt" light showed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23

lection for the furniture but
makes it more comfortable.
Better What Would You Do
soluttion-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23

got help. When shadows shifted,
electricians set up booster lamps,
turning the rays the way they
wanted them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-23
DELICATE OPERATION

The tilt" light showed.
The union times., 1942-04-25
Local 532 Signs
 Waterbury Plant

A closed shop agreement with the Waterbury Iron Works of Waterbury has been ratified this week by the members of Local 532, Bridgeport & New Haven Shop Iron Workers, em- ployed by. the plant. The agreement, negotiated by Frank Since, business agent of 532, and David Sport" Nc Cormack, business agent, Local 424, Bridgeport & New Haven Outside Iron Workers, is retroactive to April 1.
 Negotiations are now being con- ducted by this fast double play union team with the last open shop in the field in New Haven County, the Lebov Iron Works.
 Since asks for a 100q6 turnout by the membership at Monday nights meeting in the N. H. Labor Temple. Nathan Sherman, editor of the UNION TIMES, will be the guest speaker.
The union times., 1942-04-25
Invited To
 Coop Party Sat.

Organized labor is invited by the Cooperative Consumers of New Ha- ven to attend a party sponsored by its recreation committee being held Saturday evening, April 25 at the Y.M.C.A. Folk dancing, games and squares will feature the entertain ment. Admission is 25c.
 Mrs. Samuel Ritvo education di- rector, in extending the invitation to organized labor, points to the need for a closer working arrangement between co-ops and trade unions. "We certainly need organized labor in the Cooperative movement and I feel that organized labor needs the Co-ops, too. It's the other side of labor's fight" Mrs. Ritvo's invita- ton reads.
The union times., 1942-04-25
Bldg. Trades Planning For
 Legislation
Will Confer With Egan On Methods-Pres. Clerkin
 Is Guest

With James J. Clerkin, president of the Conn. Fed. of Labor as guest building trades delegates from Green wich, Stamford, Bridgeport, Water New Haven met Sunday in the New bury, Middletowp, Hartford and Haven Labor Temple for the quart erly conference of the State Build ing Trades Council. Michael T Minotti, president from Bridgeport presided.
 IMPROVED LEGISLATION
 Ways and means to lift Conn. ecticut's status in workman's com. pensation and unemployment com. pensatiOn among the states having such laws, were discussed by the delegates. The executive board showed where Connecticut, in workmen's compensation, h dropped from 10th place in 1929 to 18th, it's present ranking ac. cording to Verne Trimmer, director of the Bureau of Labor Standards U. s. Dept. of Labor.
 The executive board was auth, orized to select a committee from among its members to meet with John J. Egan, secy.-treas. of the GEL. to discuss the best method for the passage of improved work. mans and unemployment com pensation legislation.
 Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1942-04-25
MBCo.Sayslt Will Behave From Now On
Bridgeport, Waterbury Ma. chinists Reject 4c Offer
 Made By C. R. & L. Go.

The sum of 4c an hour as a wage increase has again been off, fered union employees by a trans portation company, this time by the C.R.&L. to its machinists em- ployed in the Bridgeport and Waterbury barns. The employees are members of Lodge 1858 in Bridgeport and Lodge l2l9, Water bury of the International Associ- ation of Machinists. The employees who are asking for a 2Oc hourly increase unanimously rejected the offer Monday night.
 "CEASE & DESIST"
 Grand Lodge Representative Clark Goodrich, who is assisting the Lodges in negotiations after the membership had joined unanimously in asking for his services, announced this week that the NIB. Manufacturing Company of New Haven had posted cease and de sist notices to the effect that it will not interfere with LAM. organization now taking place in this plant. He also expects to sign a new agreement this week with the P. & F. Corbin Division of the American Hardware Company in New Britain. He met Tuesday with the management, U. S Conciliator William Gaston and the negotiating committee of Lodge 124o
 FORMAL ORDER
 M.B., in posting the notice, was complying with the formal National Labor Relations Board order which closely followed the agreement reach ed by the Company and the LAM. in the offices of the Boards Second Re zion in New York City last month. That agreement signed the death war rant for the Independent Union, 2 M.B.'s late company union The agree ment also brought hard cash to one employe fired for union activity and to another who had been shifted for several months to a job paying less money.
 C. R. & l..
 The C.R.&L. mechanics are also asking for a preferential shop with a retention of union membership clause instead of the old clause which allowed the LAM. to bargain for its members. A change in the arbitration setup for grievances would name the State Board of Mediation and Ar bitration as arbiter. Alfred Wells,
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The union times., 1942-04-25
AFLWUUniion ShowsEvils0f W.U. Merger
Proposed Monopoly Will Result In Unemployment
 And Higher Rates

The proposed merger of the West ern Union and Postal Telegraph Companies, authorized in a bill now before the United States Senate, will result in 15,00O workers throughout the country and in New Haven being laid off, monopoly wire and telephone rates, and inferior service, according to members of the Telegraph Elm ployes Federation Local 230O1 in the Elm City.
 The two companies now maintain offices here because of competition. A merged company would undoubtedly cut this service in half with attendant unemployment. New Haven citizens can also expect a rise in telephone rates according to the statement made last week by President w. s. Clifford of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company, parent body of the Southern New England Telephone Company.
 The bill, Kenneth McCue, president of Local 23,001, points out, allows for part time work for all employees regardless of seniority. It calls for continued employment of employees of each company having five or more years seniority at the same rate of compensation" It doesn't say full time employment nor weekly wages.
 That the merger aims at union or ganization and is not helpful to labor unity, is illustrated by the clause call ing for a NL.R.B. national election among the employees of the consolidat- ed carrier to choose a national bar gaining agent.
The union times., 1942-04-25
Clazers Work On Pittsburgh Glass


 Local 1924, Glazers Union, with jurisdiction over New Haven, Fair field and Ridgeheld Counties, is exert ing pressure to sign up the Pitts burgh, Goldberg and Brother Glass Companies, all of New Haven, ac- cording to Business Agent Walter Schneider. These are the only re- maining unsigned firms in the Unions jurisdiction.
 The Local is cooperating with Lo- cal 443, Bridgeport and New Haven Teamsters Union, in signing up the Pittsburgh Glass drivers and ware housemen.
The union times., 1942-04-25
Gala Ball At. ArenaPledged 
Splendid Orchestra, Prom. inent Guests, All Add Up
 To Div. 281's Affair

NewHaven's gala event, the TroIIeymen's Ball, will be held at the Arena Saturday night, and thousands of members of the gen. eral public and of organized labor will attend to dance to the music of Blue Barron and his famous orchestra. William Me Nance, general chairman, and his committee are probably the busi- est men in town at this point, but not too busy to point out that a few boxes still remain for the last minute rush. These can be reserved by calling Ray Allen at 6-O275, or Div. 28I's office, 5-2252.
 TRIBUTE TO "sOL"
 Memories of one of 281's best loved leaders were renewed today, when it was learned that Div. 281 has dedi- cated its ball program to Solomon Alperovitz, who died early last Sep tember while attending the Conn. Fed eration of Labor Convention. More details, and the article dealing with "Sol" will be given in next weeks issue.
 CTTESTC
 Invited guests for the ball in- clude the following:
 Gov. and Mrs. Robert A. Hur- ley; Mayor and Mrs. John W.
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1942-04-25
Federation's s Aid Asked On Erskine
Cheshire Dictator" Says 959o Of Men Ready To
 Join The Union

A request that the executive board of the Conn. Federation of Labor assist the Con. State Re. formatory Employes, Local 387, al the Cheshire Reformatory in ob- taining recognition of their union was made this week by State Council I6, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employes, to which the guards are affiliated. The letter, sent by Council Secretary Arthur J. Craw- ford to John J. Egan, secretary treasurer of the State Federation, follows:
 "As you probably know from the correspondence we have had with the Central Labor Unions, we are having difficulty in getting Superintendent Erskine of the Cheshire Reformatory to recognize the union or meet witt it. We are writing you for any assis- tance you may be able to give.
 "This is a tough situation. If we stop fighting, our members will bt discriminated against. On the other hand, MT. Erskine has said that i he gives us recognition we will have the institution o596 organized in : week.
 "We trust that you will be able tc do something for us in this matter
The union times., 1942-04-25
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

ATTENTION: CONN. DEMO. CRATIC STATE CENTRAL COM. MITTEE. This is the time to begin finding out how many of the 1OO,. 900 newcomers to COnn.'s defense industries are eligible to vote in this falls elections. The concentra. ton points are Bridgeport and Hartford, and the work will have to begin now if these workers, 85I of whom are Democrats, are to be lined up and made voters in this state within the legal time limits. IF the November election were to be a straight contest between Gov. Hurley and the COP. nominee, be he Ray Baldwin or Joe Talbot, we'd predict the reelection of Gov. Hurley.
 BUT, # Jasper McLevy AGAIN puts on the kind Of cambaign he conducted in the summer and fall oj 1888 (aNth the aid of tue RebnbE- cdns), he may take o1Ooy lot ol yotes from he Democrats. ThiS cG,1 be offset # lot of hard. dull zOork IS done right nozO.
 NOT ONLY IS THE GOVERN. ORSHIP at stake, but equally important, the reelection of Con. gressmen Jim Shanley, Lucien Ma. ciora, Billy Fitzgerald, LeRoy D. Downs, and Herman Koppellman, The Conn. delegation is known throughout Congress as the strong. est friends of labor from any one
 (Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1942-04-25
Bus Drivers Win Increase of l2%

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hundred Greyhound drivers in eastern and central states won 129O. raise in an arbitration award handed down this week. The men belong to the Amalgamated Assn. of Street Elec- tric Railway & Motor Coach Elm ployes (AFL).
 The company's previous refusal to arbitrate provoked a one-month strike which started a few days before Pearl Harbor. An offer by the strikers to move troops was com mended by the army, but ignored by the company.
The union times., 1942-04-25
STATE TR0LLEYmEN AUTHORIZE BOARD
 TO CALL FOR A SUSPENSION OF WORK
Smedley Signed,
 443 Buys Bonds

War bonds purchased by Local 443, New Haven & Bridgeport over-the-road Teamsters, Chauf. feurs & Warehousemen's Union now total 5000 with this weeks additional purchase of $3,OOO. In addition to seeing to it that all war materials move as fast as pos sible, the purchase of these bond. by the membership keeps the Lo cal solidly behind the monthly av. craze of ten members who are joining the armed forces. Over 100 brothers are already in uniform. An average of five members monthly are also transferring to war plants.
 CLOSED SHOP
 A closed shop agreement calling for substantial wage increases for truck CTS, helpers and triggers has been signed with the Smedley Company of New Haven. Morgan R. Mooney, deputy state labor commissioner, and George McDomough, of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, helped settle differences between the Company and the Union.
 BUILDING TRADES
 A meeting with all New Haven building trades operators was held this week. with contract renewal brought nearer completion. NegO- tiations also continue with the New England Transportation Com pany. The New England men were sworn in as full members at Sum- days membership meeting in Mil ford. Matty RuoppOlo, president, and Hartley Martin and John Pisano, business agents, are handl- ing these negotiations.
 Secretary-Treasurer John Allen and Business Agent George Bor- zaine are also conducting negOti- ations with the Bridgeport build ing trades operators for a new contract .Borzain also discussed the controversy with Maskin Trucking
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The union times., 1942-04-25
Needs Of War
 To .Bricklayers
Murphy, Tone And Sher. man Speak To Local 6;
 Gafney Is Honored

The winning of the war, and the repulsing of attacks being made in Congress against social and labor legislation were the two themes stressed at a highly sue. cessful banquet held at the Hotel Carde, Saturday evening by Local 6, Conn. Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers International Union. The speakers were Mayor John w. Murphy of New Haven; Joseph M. Tone, U. s. Department of Labor; and Nathan Sherman, ed itor of THE UNION TIMES. Mar tin Finn of Danbury, president of the Conn. Conference of Brick layers Unions, presided.
 The feature of the banquet, which was held as testimonial dinner to Christopher Caffney, former president of Local 6, was the presentation to Caffney of a War Savings Bond, as token of gratitude by the membership for his services to the Local. The pres entation was made by Frank Fer rucci, who was also chairman of the arrangements committee.
 CASUALTIES OF WAR"
 Mayor Murphy, in his address, took note of the fact that priorities
 Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1942-04-25
N.H.Musiiciians at IN. E. Conference

Leonard Reed, business agent of Local 478; and Robert Schecter, bus mess agent, and Harry Benson, sec retary of Local 234, New Haven Musicians, heard International Repre- sentative Bert Henderson at the New England Conference of Musicians held Sunday in Manchester, N. H. The Conference passed a strong reso- lution for the uncurtailed continual ton of the Works Progress Ad- ministration.
 The form B contract was also discussed. The next conference in October will be held in New Britain