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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
Bridgeport Unions
To Assist In Drive

Acting upon his recommendation,
the Bridgeport Central Labor Union
has authorized President Peter Bernard
to appoint a committee to arrange
with various locals for union mem
bership participation in the Commun-
ity Chest and other drives.
Appointed committeeman are: Will
liam J. Brennan, Local 252, Typo
graphical Union; John Trudeau, Local
173, Steamhtters and Plumbers; Ber-
nard J. Flanagan, Local 459, Bus
Drivers; Joseph Clearly Local 191,
Transfers Union, and Bernard.
The Bridgeport Community Chest
drive opened October IS. The execu-
tive board of the Conn. Federation of
Labor has accepted the recommends
ton of John J. Egan, secretary
treasurer, urging all locals ito go
down the line 100 per cent for this
program Of greater participation to
help the community chest and war
agencies"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
Labor College To
Begin Fifteenth
Year On Nov. II
Many Current Problems To
Be Dealt With In Series
Of Courses

"How To Deal With Employers"
will be treated in a series of discus
sion-lessons at the New Haven Labor
College which opens its doors for its
18th year as a labor cooperative
educational project at Linsly-C hitten-
den Hall, SO High Street, Wedhes-
day, Nov. II, at 7 80 PM.
IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
In keeping with its policy of
dealing with up-to-the-minute social
economic and industrial problems
of working people, the college,
which is Jointly sponsored by the
New Haven Central Labor Council,
the Industrial Union Council and
the Labor and Religion Founda-
ton, includes under the study of
Consumer Problems such subjects
as Rent Control, Rationing, Water
and Gas, Price and Wages Cell
ings, Taxation, Consumer Corpora
tives. Wellington III. Tinker is direc-
tor of this section.
John Arcudi is director of the sec
ton on "FIow To Deal With En-
ployers." Under this heading district
labor leaders will serve as consul
tants in the discussion of the fol-
lowing topics: Labor Control, Bar
gaining Tactics, Discrimination and
Intimidation, Espionage and Propa-
ganda, Labor and the Public, Politi-
cal Action, After the War-What?
Another section is given to the teach
ing of public speaking and parlia
mentary law. Harold Feinmark, presi-
dent of New Haven Central Labor
Council, and L. B. Neale are direc-
tors of public speaking, parliamentary
law section.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24

John ]. Bike, Business Agent,
Local 173, Plumbers and Steam
filters Union, Bridgeport, plumb
err and a semi-professional baseball
and football player, has been a
member of the Bridgeport Build
ing Council for the last ten years.
Since 1889, he has been repre-
sentative of the local, and has at
tended, as a delegate, the last four
annual conventions of the Con-
necticut Federation of Labor, and
the State Plumbers Conference.
In 1881, Bike was president of
Local l73, and its vice-president
in 1880. In 1886 and 80 he was
member of the Bridgeport
unions executive board.
APPRENTICE AT Is
Bike took out his first union
card as a carpenters apprentice at
the age of Is when he went to
work for the Frank Miller Lumber
Company, Bridgeport. When he
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
Men Who Lead Labor:

was l8, he returned to Meriden,
the town of his birth, to learn the
plumbing trade. He went to work
for C. N. Flagg, plumbing con-
tractor. At twenty, he was back i'm
Bridgeport, working for various
contractors. During the next three
years he travelled each weekend
to Meriden to play semi-pro base
ball in the summer and football in
the fall.
Up until 1910, when he was i'm.
jured i'm an automobile accident,
Bike played ball. This year he was
offered a position on the Spring.
wood team. He turned it down, but
he is still an enthusiast.
Bike was born i'm 1900. He il
married, and has two children.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
eye enancy Protect Workers. Hart Labor Requests

The acute shortage of hOus-
ing i'm the Hartford area has
given rise to a succession of
evictiOns of war workers, with
a demoralizing effect, and the
Hartford Civic and Economic
Council has called upon the
Federal Government to freeze
tenancy as a means of COM
batting the evil, according to
Arthur Manley, president of
the Council, former vice-presi-
dent of the Hartford Central
Labor Union.
ACTION REQUIRED
The Council, which is comprised
of labor, Negro, and civic organiza-
tiOns, brought the situation to the
attention of Chester Bowles, Con-
necticut O.P.A. director, last week.
Manley said that Bowles stated he
would discuss the situation with
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son.
can unusual and alarming num-
Der of people have been purchas-
ing homes and having the tenant
evicted SO the new owner can move
in,'' declared Manley, who is a
member of the Carpenters Union.
1--WE have made an exploratory
survey of the situation and our re-
suits indicate that 1870 of the pur-
chasers are not war workers, but
in most Instances it is war work
er's family that is evicted.
s'The sum total of the situation
is that the same number of people
occupy the same number of houses,
but vicious cycle is created.
UNDUE HARDSHIP
One group of citizens is con-
stantIy evicting another. This,
Manley said, causes undue hard
ships and has a demoralizing effect
on civilian morale. In answer to
the question what happens to the
evictees, he said that some leave
town and their jobs i'm war fac
tories, others set out to purchase
homes they do not want in order
that they may be protected from
eviction, and thus enter, unwilling,
into the cycle.
'sThe Civic and Economic Coun-
Gill;" Manley declared, maintains
that much of the buying-and-evict-
ing practice is an evasion of the
rent-control law, and accordingly
calls upon the government to
freeze tenancy as a means of plug
ging the last loophole in rent
control"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
THANKED BY GEELAN

Sen. James p. Ceelan, a dele
gate to the Council, and one of
the candidates endorsed by it for
reelection, thanked the Council
for its support of his candidacy.
He expressed the opinion, however,
that labor must back up its en-
dOrsement by going out with de-
termination to win, supporting its
candidates at the polls, and in get
ting out the votes.
A motion was made to place Joe
Miller's Rainbow Inn on labor's I'M
fair list over a dispute between the
Painters Union and the inn. On plea
of the Musicians Union the motion
was withdrawn. A committee COM
prised of the following was appointed
to make an effort to settle the dispute
F. Brainerd Bridgman, Bernard
Geelan, and Frank Violante.
Frank Beane, deputy director of
the State O.P.A., was the Open
Forum speaker.
A representative of the New Ha-
ven Chapter of the American Red
Cross urged the delegates to help
enroll union members and their fami-
lies in the Red Cross First Aid
Training program.
Senator Joseph T. Rourfe, secre-
tary of the Council, was absent on
union affairs. His place was filled for
the evening by Delegate Richard E
Croskey.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24

increased living costs, and that the
amount requested is no more than
is required to make up the differ
ence between what the living costs
were when the present agreement
was negotiated and what these costs
are today.
Data in support of the unions
contentious is now being prepared and
will be submitted to the arbitrator
It is expected that there will be four
or five sessions before the hearings
are concluded.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
NOT A REAL ISSUE

Danbury union officials are bas-
ing their claim for a wage re-
adjustment on the increased cost
of living. They intend to show that
the increase they are seeking will
merely enable the workers to meet
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
New Haven
C.L.U. Scores
Tax On Poor
Group Votes Spending OF
500 For Election Of
Labor's Candidates

The New Haven Central Labor
Council unanimously passed a
motion at its last regular meeting,
condemning the levying of five
per cent ssVictory" tax on persons
earning less than $4,000 year, as
voted by the u. S. Senate last week.
The motion provided for tele-
grams TO COnnecticut's representa-
tives in Congress urging them to use
their influence to raise the income
limits on the tax.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
POLITICAL ACTION

This motion was suggested by
Nathan Sherman, editor of THE
UNION TIMES, who also appealed to
the Council to back up its endorse
ment of political candidates by auth
orizing the Councils Committee on
Independent Political Action to spend
up to 500 to help in the election of
those candidates. A motion to this
effect was passed unanimously.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24

A tramp knocked on the door of the
English inn known as John and the
Dragon" The landlady opened the
door, and the tramp greeted her
Gould you spare poor, hungry man
a bite to eat?"
mo" And she slammed the door
A few minutes later the tramp
knocked again. The landlady once
more opened the door.
could I have a few words with
John?" asked the tramp, grinning
sheepishly.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
Danbury Union

CONTINUED from Page One)
to the Mallory Hat Company will
also apply to the other firms
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
BREWERY WORKERS JOIN

Two officials of the Brewery Work
ers' Union recently joined the armed
forces. They are Anton Ziegler, Jr.,
secretary of Local 2s3 at Los Angeles,
and Eddie Costello, assistant to Will
liam H. Ahern, general executive
board member, San Francisco.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
BREAKING RECORDS

Americas workers now produce
more pounds of airframes per en-
p1oye than do the workers of any
other nation, the aircraft industry
reported recently.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24
Lumber Becoming
Critical Material

Despite Americas annual pro-
duction of about Is billion board
feet of lumber, wood is now a criti-
cal material. Additional controls
will be placed on the furniture in
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24

Tires of concrete instead of rub
Der are now being placed on port
able welding machinery in use at
the Parker Dam Power Project near
Phoenix, Arizona.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-24

dustry to conserve the available
supply of wood for use in the ship
building and aircraft industries, as
we'll as for gun stocks.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Politics Link Seen
In Fire Staying

Fire police authorities believe that
politics entered into the death of
Michael Devereux, "a, an oil COM
pany employe of Maudlintown.
Wexford, who disappeared year
ago and whose body was found
recently near Coolarkin, buried
under a pile of stones. His car was
found in a pit in a field miles
away.
AS the police reconstructed the
case. Devereux was abducted and
taken in his own car to the slopes
of Slievenamon, where he was
killed. Shortly before his disappear
ance, he was one of number of
men detained by the police in En-
niscorthy for questioning. The day
after his release he was seen driving
his car in Wexford.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Red Cross Speakers
To Hold Rally Monday

A speakers bureau rally for the
District Red Cross war fund will be
held at 6 pm. Monday at the
Y. w. c. A. downtown center. 6l4
E street NV, with 100 volunteers
expected to attend
After q dinner they will be ad-
dressed by Earl Nash. vice chairman
OF the campaign, in charge Of public
relations.
Miss Marion Burt Claussen, 1850
Woodley road NV, will be chair
man of the speakers bureau, Mr..
Nash announced today. and Mrs.
Louise j. Fortier. $3.50 Kanawha
street NV, is to be vice chairman.
To spur the national drive for a
$50. 900 900 fund, January II has
been designated as Red Cross Sum
day. The move followed CONSUL
tation between Chairman Norman
H. Davis and religious leaders.
with the cooperation of the
clergy. the deeper meanings Of sac
rificial Service-the central message
of the Red Cross-will be made
clear" Mr.. Davis declared.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
IEIizaIde Convinced
Philippine Fighting
Is Far From Finished
Resident Commissioner
Moves to Headquarters
To Stoy Closer to Job

Philippine Resident Commissioner
Joaquin Elizalde-convinced the war
in his homeland is far from fin
ished-has given up his apartment
in the Shoreham Hotel to be on the
job "a hours a day in headquarters
at 1917 Massachusetts avenue NV
His staff also is working extended
shifts to keep the legation in op-
Grafton day and night.
Remember that it took three
years for the American invasion of
our islands to succeed at the turn
of the century" one Filipino official
said today. And our equipment
then was terrible"
Commissioner EliZalde predicted
| last night that "the japanese will
have to fight against guerilla war
fare in thick jungle forests and in
| treacherous mountains"
The resident commissioner STAFF
SIMPLY refuses to admit the pos
sibility that President Quezon's gov.
ernment may be forced TO flee the
islands. An official. who asked that
his name be withheld, predicted 6
gradual withdrawal. if necessary
until the army and government take
a last stand in what was termed {
virtually impregnable position in III,
mountainous Bataam Province. To-
Gated on peninsula stone
throw" north Of the island fortres
of Corregidor.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Water Do S and Don IS
lin Case OF Air Raids
Listed by Officials
Public Cooperation
In Emergencies Asked
By D. G. Defense Heuds

Should Washington be subjected
to an enemy air raid in which water
or sewer facilities were disrupted, all
residents are advised to boil all
drinking and cooking water for five
minutes during the next "A hours
after service is restored.
This is one of many instructions
included in a formal advice state
ment issued late yesterday by civil
ian defense authorities on the basis
of conclusions reached by the air.
raid precautions subgroups OF water,
sewer and public works for the
metropolitan civilian defense area.
1t was sent to Defense Director
Lemuel Bolles by M. o. Leighton,
chairman of the subgroups, for re-
lease to DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger,
deputy Washington health officer,
who will act for health officers Of
the area.
Summary Of Instructions.
Briefly. the instructions are:
Don't touch street or house water
valves. Trained men will be on duty
to handle them.
Don't leave house faucets open
after noticing that water service
has stopped. This would lead to
waste of water and loss OF needed
pressure when service is restored.
Don't fill the bathtub after air.
raid alarms or during a raid. II
this should be done in many homes
it would seriously reduce pressure
in mains needed for fire-f fighting.
Fill at least one quart bottle for
drinking use and one pail for gen.
eral use NOW. Refill as often as
necessary for freshness.
Don't worry about later water
needs. If too much time is required
to repair breaks, some department
of the city win have charge Of dis
tributing water for drinking and
cooking purposes.
May Use More Chlorine.
Don't complain about taste in
public water supply. Officials may
find it necessary to use larger
amounts of chlorine to increase
health protection.
Don't fail to treat drinking and
cooking water If advised to do 50
| by authorities.
Whenever water service for toilet
flushing is delayed for a long period
Of time, use substitute receptacle
for body wastes. The health office
will provide for collection of wastes
The careless handling OF body
wastes may be the cause OF devas-
tating epidemic" the instructions
/ concluded.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Fidelity Assurance Petition
To Reorganize Is Granted

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. Jan, g.
Federal District Judge Ben Moore
today granted the petition OF the
s25 100000 Fidelity Assurance Asso-
citation of Wheeling. w. Va, for re-
organization under the Federal
Bankruptcy Act.
The company, which under the
name of the Fidelity Investment
Association sold annuity contracts in
q States. filed its reorganization
petition last June.
The petition was attacked by
counsel for several of the States.
Among other things. it was con-
tended that the securities involved
were mostly held outside the South
ern West Virginia Federal district
and that Judge Moore lacked jur-
iSdltiOn.
In granting the reorganization
petition, Judge Moore in effect held
his court had the right TO hear the
petition.
States which were represented at
the long jurisdictional hearing were
/ West Virginia Maryland, Missouri
/ Ohio. Tennessee. Kansas, Indiana
Wisconsin, Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Rent Control Offices
Pace 5Iackens After
Hectic Opening Day
Over 700 Complaints From
Landlords and Tenants
Swamp Administrator

Business in Washington new rent
control Office slowed somewhat to-
day after a hectic opening yester-
day when nearly TOO landlords and
tenants called in person, telephoned
or wrote in for hearings on griev-
ances.
Robert F. Cogswell, administra-
tor of the law which freezes rents
in the District as of the level OF
January /, l94l. said complaining
tenants outnumbered landlords by
more than two to one. He added
there were many on both sides In
need of relief. Lack of clerical help
during his first day in Office forced
Mr.. Cogswell to answer nearly all
of about 400 telephone calls himself
An extreme case of a landlord
needing help, he said, was presented
by the manager of large apart
ment house. who explained that for
years an apartment In the build
ing was rented to an aged lady, dis
tant cousin of the owner, for a
special rate of SIS a month. She
moved to home for the aged, and
the apartment was rented to a new
tenant for SOS. Under the new law
this landlord can charge only SIS
rental-the amount the unit brought
last January /. Adjustments will
be made in cases like this where
such a disparity exists, Mr.. Cogs-
we'll said.
Numerous complaints were filed
by tenants who claimed landlords
threatened eviction unless they paid
more rent. In all such cases Mr..
Cogswell told them to pay the same
rent as the apartment brought a
year ago, and assured them there
would be no eviction.
Another wide complaint came
from landlords who contended they
should receive more rent because
they had spent large sums for i'm
provements last year. One man
said he spent $4,000 in remodeling
a house. but could charge no more
for it than when it was in bad
repair. Adjustments also will be
made in these cases.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Tony Mortin Joins Navy;
Gets Recruiting Duty
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3.-Tony
Martin is in the Navy now.
The singer and actor enlisted yes
terday and was assigned immedi-
ately to active service enlisting other
men in the sea arm of the fighting
forces.
The 28-year- old singer was as
signed the rating of chief special
ist," a new designation correspond
ing to chief petty officer.
He will have as one of his main
duties interviewing sophomores,
juniors and seniors at colleges and
universities in the 18th district,
building interest in enlistment in the
VS." class of the Navy. In this
group youths enlist as seamen, sec
ond class. receive flight instruction
then 60 to one of the Nays air
schools for training.
Evening star., 1942-01-03

Correeidor IsIond
Heavily Bombed

Tert OF War Department com
muniQue No. 43. issued this morning
JolloUS:
/. Philippine theater:
Corregidor Island, in Manila
Bay, sustained a five-hour aerial
bombardment yesterday. The
enemy air force attacking the
island was composed of at least
go bombers. There was no ma
terial damage to installations on
the island. Our casualties result
ing from this attack were l3
killed and IS wounded. At least
three enemy planes were shot
down by anti-aircraft fire.
There was a marked lessening
OF enemy ground attacks. Amer
ican and Philippine troops were
consolidated in new positions.
where organized resistance to
japanese attacks will be intensi-
fed.
Enemy airplanes were active in
the region occupied by our
ground forces.
2. There is nothing to report
from other areas.
The tert OF War Department com
munique No. ~, issued late yeste1
day and covering the situation up
5 pm, tollotUs:
l. Philippine theater: Ameri-
can and Philippine troops north
and northwest of Manila are con-
tinuing to resist stubbornly at
tacks which are being pressed
with increasing intensity.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Dairy Research Vital
In War, Experts Declare

BY the Associated Press.
The head of University of Mary
lands dairy departments hopes re-
search won't be a war casualty.
Speaking before the Executive
Committee of the State Livestock
Advisory Council yesterday, DR.. K.
L. Turk said research in the Nation s
experiment stations will prove OF
untold value during the war and
postwar periods"
His hopes for continued research
were echoed by DR.. T. B. Symons
director of the extension service
who said that such work should
nelp to meet the present demands
for increased milk production"
After listening to the two dairy
experts. the committee approved
recommendation to increase the
cow-testing work in this State a.
essential in the present emergency
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Truce Halls Oaks Use
For Whisky Barrels
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Md.
Jan Solder residents of this erst-
while religious resort have gained a
30-day reprieve for the white oaks
OF Mountain Lake Park-because
the wood was going to make whisky
barrel slaves.
The reprieve Is the result OF .
truce agreed to by Mayor C. Oscar
Hall, city councilmen and the Oak
land Lumber Corp
The Mayor said the lumber COM
pany had bought the trees from the
present owner OF the park. The De-
tenders Of the Faith.
J. D. Lollar. lumber company
manager, agreed to sheath the axes
while the Council attorney. Neil C.
Fraley. attempts to persuade the
head of the Defenders" Miss Ose
C. England of Intercession City, Fla.
to reconsider the sale Of the oaks
in the 800-acre tract.
Park residents have protested, the
Mayor said, ever since the oaks
began to topple to the ground three
weeks ago. The fact that the trees
would become whisky barrel slaves
added fire to the objections of the
older residents of the tract. owned
for many years by the Methodist
Board of Foreign Missions and used
as religious resort.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf, Jan. 3.-From
q big crippled Army bomber came
the question by radio: ANY Of you
pilots ever land a ship with one
wheel down and one halfway up?"
An excited group Of flight experts.
summoned hurriedly. gathered in
the control tower at San Diego s
Lindbergh Field.
No. nobody there had ever tried
to bring q crash Job down that way
Five airmen in the four -motored
B-24 cruised helplessly over the San
Diego area. The landing gear had
been damaged in q take-oh. The
left wheel was locked In q down
position, but the right one was
jammed at an angle Of IS degrees.
TRY rocking and jogging the
ship" some one on the ground ad-
vised. That didn't work. Other
remedies were prescribed but they
too. failed.
How much gas have you got?'
the flyers we're asked. The pilot