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elf it could help to insure un- interrupted war production, it would have my vote. 1t didn't even remotely touch that subject.
 elf it would relieve priority un- employment it would have my vote. Actually, it would increase unemployment by discouraging hir- ing of extra shift workers.
 ''If existing law prohibited any person from working more than 40 hours a week, I would vote for the Amendment. The present law has no such limit; any worker can produce war materials around-the- clock, seven days a week, without violating the Wage-Hour Act.
 'sThe Amendment was unwise, unecOnOmic, and unfortunate, com ing at a time when we are striving for national unity.'
 All of Maciora's indictments of the Smith Bill are as true today as they were three weeks ago.
 CONNECTICUT LOCALS have already Started the 1Vires bnssing to Washington Sport Mace ormick, business agent of Local 424. Iron Workers, and Frauk Since, Local 532, Iron Workers, zoere the first to send telegranrs. And statements, im- Porta,1t statements, are being issued.
 SAID FRANK SPADOLA, presi- dent of Local 2l5, Barbers, New Haven: ''I certainly believe that the present overtime practices should be continued. They are not harm full to production; in fact, they en- courage it. Overtime is an incen- tive to the worker to give more than he's got when he starts getting tired towards the end of a long day." SAID JIM HIGGINS, New Haven alderman, and B.A. of Local 349, New Haven Plumbers & Steam filters: ''I'm in favor of maintain ing present overtime provisions and holding on to the conditions we've won after long period of struggle. Here i'm New Haven, our union has contract calling for double time and we haven't any complaints. " Has your Local sent telegrams to Washington?
 BAK FRS INTERNATIONAL UNION has gained 10000 members since its con1ention last September, bringing its total membership to 121 ,0OO. Frank x. Martel, knozVn to nsany Connecticut mtioniStS, has just been reelected president Of the De- troit Federation of Labor for the taVenty-third time. Bill Scott, bresi- dent of the Hartford C.L.U., $ ex- pected to get the Democratic nontifa- tion for State Senator. Just mne months until tue General AsSembly meets again. No jndgeshib deals re- ported as yet, but it's never too early, aud its mever too late for c deal Ol judges. Remember the closing minutes of the 1940 session Of the Legislature? !? CHORUS GIRLS HAVE their a0tion broblems like yon aud me and tue rest of aH of MS. Their union, the Ameriedn Guild Of Vwiety Artists, (AFL). las just put Earl Carroll or tue mfair list. His mistake, among others, aVas m trying to cltisel om his chorns girls, by paying thens $10 Jess tsan the ~nion's $60 1Veekly mMnimnnr.
 CONCERTS TO CLARK Harri- son Goodyich GNd the Machinists Un- ion on he NLRB findings m the M.B. case. When sVfll some en- ployers leGrn that ifs extensive bMsi- ness to fire men bec0Mse they belong to c nsioNS ..
 THE FOLLOWING LITTLE yarn which illustrates how national soli- darity can be damaged by the FIJI. mOr mongers who were so roundly denounced recently by President Roosevelt, was picked up from the Kenosha Labors
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