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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-24

A.. John Gazette OF Croker
.,snue was hostess to the Hackley-
n"nbar Fine Arts club. Monday
i"srinr Brazil" the second topic
=. n series OF discussions about
s.,,r America, was discussed by
=. hostess. Under the leadership
y its able president. DIR. John ~.
Moore, the club Is collecting books
,or the United States Army camp
libraries.
January has been set aside as
month OF prayer and meditation.
Thus. Il was fitting that the Rev.
" A. Order, pastor OF Quinn
chapel AME church. should bring
thought-provoking sermonette
On THE Little Things OF Life" TO
me members OF the Thursday Aft
srnoon club. as they gathered al
Inc home OF Mrs. John p. Bryant
Far their initial meeting OF the
year. The report OF the year book
committee was accepted and plans
were made for cooperating with
agencies for civilian defense.
Pounce has become quite popular
with A certain group--so much 30
that they gathered at the home
Of Mrs. NJ. A. Wright last Satur-
day night. Mrs. Z. Glover, Mrs. j.
Pegues carried away frst and Sec
cond prizes. respectively. while
Miss Ruth vanzandt. pounced sci.
dom enough to receive the BOBBY
nrIze. others who pounced were
Mrs. A. Davis. Mrs. J. Cromwell
and Miss Lois vanzandt.
hid-winter graduates Of North.
srn High school include Evangeline
simpson, owen Rosenberg. Leon
Reayes. Jon Hogan. and Margaret
Lee. Although their final plans are
inds Unite. some are considering a
postgraduate course until June.
Sunday, Jan. Is, has been pro-
claimed as Club Women's Day
Mrs. Rosa l.. Gragg. the only Ne
sro woman on President Roose.
yelt's Civilian Defense Commission
has been secured as guest speaker
for the mas meeting. under the
auspices OF the City Association ol
Womens clubs. to be held at Mt
Olive Baptist church,
Mrs. Gragg will discuss the Ne
gro Womans Part In Civilian De-
tense Every one Is invited.
The Just Us Bridge club me-
with Mrs. James Lott on Clifford
street last wednesday night. A
business meeting was held and the
annual election OF officers. They
are as follows: Mrs. Theodore
Roman. president: Mrs. Ola Olge'
tree. vice president: Mrs. Jesse
Pegues. secretary; Mrs. Joseph
Hill. assistant secretary: Mrs. Lee
Roy Coleman, treasurer; Mrs. Jew
ell Broadnax, social chairman.
Homemakers Club No. v enjoy
ed their annual turkey dinner
Mon lay night at the home OF Mrs
A. l.. whitson on Blades avenue
This group has just completed q
hour course in home nurse train
ing and is prepared to meet emer'
gencies in that line. Mrs. Aaron
McGhee is the efficient president
Miss Ruth Vanzandt. principal Of
lnkster Elementary school, gives 9
glowing account OF her motor triI
south during the Christmas holi'
days. She visited many points Of
interest in Georgia. Alabama. Ten
nessee. Kentucky. and Florida. She
reports that the azaleas are in full
bloom In Savannah and are al
large as saucer.s.
Recreation Council
Brownie Girl Scout troop Is get
ting underway. Mrs. d. verdur
called group OF girls together
with a party. There were 10 pres
ent for the affair.
Ladies Community Glee club viii
sing for the Pioneer club Sunday
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-24
O.E. S. COLUMN F. & A. M, P.H.A.

GUIDING STAR CHAPTER no. 11-STATED MEETINGS-1st
Wednesday. DEGREE WORK srd wednesday. Worthy Ma
Alphretta Williams, SIS Tr0wbridge To- 6-isO
Worthy Patron-Mr. Richard white, 5es Ersklne. Apt e0s
Secretary-Mrs. Viola Perry, SIS Leland, TIE. 1ss6s
BATHsHEBA CHAPTER NO. s-STATED MEETINGS-Ist Fri.
day. DEGREE WORK Ord Friday Worthy Matron = Mrs.
Martin, el7 Garfield, Apt Te 1897; Worthy Patron
v A. Bristol 1e1 Jos. Campau, FL llSsI Secretary
Mrs. Carrie b. Riley 1898 Parker, RI. 1885.
| GOLDEN LEAF CHAPTER NO. 14-STATED MEETING - Isl
Wednesday, DEGREE WORK srd Wednesday Worthy Ma
tron-Mrs. Matte Collins 00ll2Sth Ste Ty 60oi9 Worthy
Arthur Robinson 396 Eyaline, Tr 1859; Sec
retary-Mrs Lula Hendley, se4i Buffalo Blvd
PRISCILLA CHAPTER NO. sf-STATED MEETING2nd Friday
DEGREE WORK 9Th Friday Worthy Matron-Mrs. Martha
Eliot Apt ss1 TIE. esf0s, Worthy Patron
Heywood CAN'T 500 Hartford, Ty. fsse, Secretary
| Mrs. Helen d. CAN'T e70s Hartford. Ty. i-75s6
LONE STAR CHAPTER ss-STATED MEETING 1st Thurs
day. DEGREE WORK srd Thursday. Worthy Matron-Mrs
while Austin, eOsso Mcheldae; Worthy PatronMr Richard
white sss Ersklns Apt sos seerearyMrs. Nellie Wilson
Il 2os2i wyoming
ST. AGNES CHAPTER NO. as-STATED MEETING-snd wednes
day. DEGREE WORK 4th Wednesday. Worthy Maron =
Elizabeth e041ssth Ty. ee9ls. Worthy Patron
walter Baeneer ecSS10th, La. fssli SecretaryMrs
II Hstton, s5s Leicester c. Apt SOL Ma e3si
II CAPsTONE CHAPTER NO. es-STATED MEEIING-snd Thurs
II day. DEGREE WORk-ith Thursday. Worthy Mstrcn =
Mrs Rosetta Matthew'S asa Fort, VI sips worthy Psrcr
Rev Floyd Harris, MeDouFa ~ sssi secretaryMs'
II VIVA Matthews, s1s3 =. Fort ~ efsS
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Membership
OF Plumbers
Jumps 1909
Nesdale of No. 349 Gives
Complete Report of
u. A. Convention

''Put everything toward winning
the war; let the military men de-
eide where the second front will
be; we will do our job on the labor
'front.'" was the course of action
decided upon by the Convention of
the United Association of Journey
men Plumbers and Steamfitters, at
Cleveland, Sept. l4-17, reports
John Nesdale, who represented
Local 349, New Haven.
"MOST SUCCESSFUL"
1T was the largest most successful
convention in the unions history"
said Nesdale. President William
Green of the A.F.L. and Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins, John P. Frey,
president of ALL. Metal Trades De-
partmeht addressed the conference.
"Since that last international
convention in 1888, membership in
U.A.J.P.&S. expanded from S.
OOOO to II3,OOO," said NesdaIe.
Eight hundred locals sOere repre-
scented by 100 delegates.
The Convention took action to pro-
vide sustaining membership of those
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Two Disputes
BeingHandIed
In Hartford
Machinists And Tea1nsters
Force Firms To Stop
Their Sailing

Progress in the direction of peace
full solutions of two labor disputes
referred to the Governors office under
the terms of the Victory Compact,
was reported by the Conn. Fedora
ton of Labor headquarters this week.
Members of International Asso-
citation of Machinists, who have
been seeking an increase from 6Oc
to Doc an hour minimum at the
Progressive Tool Company, Tor
ringtOn, since last March, were
finally forced to threaten to strike
last week, but were persuaded to
let the Federation seek a solution
in Gov. Hurley's office.
TRANSFERS CASE
Truck drivers of Bridgeport Team
sters Local 443, went off the job for
one hour at the Bridgeport Concrete
Company, Wednesday, Sept 16, in an
effort to secure hourly wage rates
from the Company on a par with
those paid by other cement truck
operators. They agreed to have their
case submitted to the Governor for
settlement.
The Concrete Company, at the time
of this writing had agreed to sub
NIT to arbitration by the State Board
of Arbitration and Mediation.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03

Mourn Death
OF J. E. Snow
Veteran Unionist Was a
Member of Local 70 For
Forty Years

Members of Local 70, Carpen-
ters' Union are mourning the death
of James Edward Snow, who died
Sept. 16, at the St. Raphael Hos
pital in his seventy-frst year.
ACTIVE MEMBER
Veteran members of the New Ha-
ven local recall Mr.. Snow as a very
active and enthusiastic union mem
Der. Among his personal friends were
William J. Sullivan, international
representative, and William L. Hutch
eson, general president of the Inter
national. Hutchinson asked Sullivan
to send telegram of coincidence to
the family in his (Hutcheson's)
name.
Snow, who was born at the cor
ner of Columbus Ave. and West ST.,
New Haven, in 1872, was active at
his lFdUc HI the lNcW 11dNCH O0pdFS~
ment of Public Works until ten
days before his death.
He joined Local 70, June II, 1902,
and at the time of his death was a
trustee of the union, having served in
that capaciy for the last 30 years.
He was many times a delegate to the
Conn. Federation of Labor'S annual
convention. He was treasurer of the
now defunct Sick Benefit Fund of
the local.
Mr.. Snow had worked as car
penter for leading contractors of New
Haven, of which he was a lifelong
resident. He is survived by two sons
and one daughter. Funeral services
were held at the Sacred Heart Church.
Burial was in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Discrimination
Conference Sunday

:. Edward R. Lawson, special repre-
sentative of War Manpower Commits
sion, and Prof. Roscoe T. Steffen of
the Yale Law School will participate
in the Conference to End Discrim-
nation in New Haven" at the Labor
Temple, Sunday, Oct. 4.
Mr.. Lawson, whose work for the
Federal Government is concerned with
President Roosevelt's order forbid
ding discrimination in the employment
of war workers, will address the
meeting, along with other speakers of
note.
Prof. Stefen, former Judge of the
Hamden Town Court, will assist in
conducting the public hearing of tes-
timony from victims of discrimina-
ton. The conference, which will be
held at 2 P. NJ, is open to all in
terested.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Atlantic Wire Co.
Negotiations Open

Representatives of Local 1896,
International Association of Ma
chinists, opened negotiations this
week with the Atlantic Wire Com
pany, Branford, for a general 1919
increase and readjustments of pay
by jobs.
EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY
Equal pay for equal work has been
asked for the 1876 men and four
women working in the plant. The
readjustnent of wage rates which are
out of line with rates paid in other
plants for similar work will mean for
some workers, raises up to 38c an
hour, according to J. H. DeCantillon,
Grand Lodge Representative, who is
assisting the local shop committee in
the negotiations.
NEGOTIATIONS
In addition to DeCantillon, the
following local members met with
the representatives of the manage
ment: ]. Walsh, chairman, r.
Hotchkiss and A. Pierson. Repre-
senting the management; Marjorie
MILFORD, general manager; A. ID.
Thomas, attorney; Elmer Tyler,
Robert Williams and William
Hitchcock, Jr.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Hurley's Record

Gas WPA District Supervisor
gave every cooperation possible
under the circumstances to the rep
resentatives of Organized Labor.
As WPA Administrator for Con-
necticut, he was very considerable
and cooperative at all times. As
Public Works Administrator he
complied strictly with the Prevail
ing Wage Law on all construction
work, and on all differences of
opinion on employment of union
labor, was at all times real friend.
Adjusted every dispute in a most
satisfactory manner.
Gas Governor of the State of
Connecticut, included in his i'm
augural address to the Legislature,
the recommendations of the Con-
necticut Federation of Labor Iegis-
lative program of 1941.
OO-OPERAIED 1917
''CO-Operated 1909 during the
Legislature with the Connecticut
Federation of Labor.
''Signed all bills affecting labor
as approved by the Connecticut
Federation of Labor and vetoed
those we opposed.
Appointed labor men to all
Commissions and Boards where
labor was interested.
"Has cO-Operated 1909 with
labor during his term of office; so
much SO, that the Connecticut Fed
Grafton of Labor at Its 57th Annual
Convention approved the following
resolution:
That the Connecticut Fedora
ton of Labor in the 57fh Annual
Convention assembled, hereby
goes ON record informing Gov
ernOr Hurley of our deep appre-
citation for his recognition Of or
gained labor in appointments
on Commissions and for his
splendid cooperation
VICTORY PACT
"AlsO commended for his splen-
did cooperation with the Connect
cut Federation of Labor in carrying
out the Victory Pact.
Had addressed both Conventions
of the Connecticut Federation of
Labor during his term of Office and
assured the delegates assembled of
his most sympathetic interests i'm
the desires of organized labor and
them of continued CO.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
NLRB Officials Go
Way OF All Flesh

LOS ANGELES-Dr. Towne J..
Nylander, who FIVE years as Southern
California NLRB. director were
marked by frequent union protests
against his employer bias has gone
to sea on a non-union ship of the
non-union Isthmian Steamship Co.
William R. Walsh also condemned
by the Go, resigned as regional
NLRB director in Southern Cali
fornia to take a $15,0OO-a-year job
with Metro-Goldwyn-M Mayer.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Employe Of
D.L.Chapnlan
Falls 40 Feet
Enforcement of Union Reg
ulations Would Have
Prevented Death, Build
ing Trades Say

Coroner James E. Corrigan of
New Haven County was asked
this week by committee repre-
senting the New Haven Building
Trades Council to investigate the
death of a worker to find out
whether or not there was crimi-
nal negligence involved on the
part of a contractor.
Had union conditions pre-
vailed on refnishing job at
Winchester's last week this
worker would be alive today, and
another would not be i'm the hos
pital on the point of death.
Here's the story:
FALLS 40 FEET
Emilio Si1vestrini, of 1851 Colony
ST., Hamden, is dead. He was working
as a cement fmsher on building
at W.RA., and fell from a scaffold
suspended 30 feet from the ground.
His helper also fell from the scaffold,
and is in bad way.
The news in this situation is that
the men were working for D. l.
Chapman, notorious open-shop con-
tractor, who has not only refused to
deal with the New Haven building
trades unions, but has even ignored
the request of Gov. Robert A. Hurley
that he make his contribution to the
nations war effort by adjusting his
differences with the unions, and have
his men work under union conditions.
GOES UP AND DIED
SiIvestrini was not killed because
ID. /. Chapman has refused to COM
ognize unions. However, he would
not be dead today had union condi.
tons prevailed on his job. Under
union regulations a man of 63,
which was Silvestrini's age would
not have been allowed to work on
a scaffOld unless he had long ex-
perience at it. Silvestrini died the
first time he went up.
NOT QUALIFIED
James DiLonardo, business agent of
Local E, Bricklayers Union, New
Haven, knew Silvestrini we'll, and told
THE UNION TIMES that he was
not qualified to work on a scaffold.
DiLonardo further pointed out that
union regulations automatically re-
quire that men on scaffolds wear
safety belts and that the scaffold be
fastened to the building. Neither of
these things were done at the W.R.A.
job.
COMMITTEE
The committee representing the
Building Trades Council pointed out
these facts to Coroner Corrigan and
asked for a thorough investigation.
The committee consisted of Senator
Joseph T. Rourke, business manager
of Local BOO, Electrical Workers !;
William Zuckerman, business manager
of Local 1856, Painters Union, and
secretary of the Building Trades
Council; and James DiLonardo, bust
ness manager of Local 6, Bricklayers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
UNION PLANT GETS sE"

SAYRE, Pa.-The first Army
Navy E pennant in the garment in
dustry went to union plant, although
most war contracts are in non-union
shops. The plant is Belle Knitting
Corp, with 1000 employees and an
International Ladies Garment Work
ers Union (AFL) contract.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03

Former Vice-President of the
Connecticut Federation of Labor.
Former President of Bridgeport
Central Labor Union. Also Inter-
national President Skaters Union.
AS MayOr-mOst sympathetic. APP
pointed more labor men to COM
missions than all other previous
administrations. Always a welcome
guest to our conventions. Never
refused to use his good office to
assist Organized Labor when assis-
lance was needed
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
Electricians
Win LibelSuit
And Collect!
$4,000 Gained By Local 3
In Historic Newspaper
Decision

NEW YORK-For the first time
in the history of the American labor
movement trade union sued and co1=
lected in a libel action when West
chester Newspapers, Inc, owner of
the Mount Vernon Daily Argus,
handed its check for $4,000 to Local
8 of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, in an out-of-
court settlement of a suit brought
against the publishers two years ago.
Announcement of the settlement was
made by Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.,
business manager of the union.
The settlement, which was nego-
tiated by Harold Stern, general
counsel to Local 8, follows an un-
precedented Court of Appeals de-
cisiOn handed down last November
in which it was held that labor
union, for the purpose of bringing
a libel action, was to be considered
a legal entity and therefore could
sue for libel in the State of New
York.
In the past it had been the
opinion of some courts that labor
unions could not institute litigation
alleging libel on the theory that
since they were unincOrporated
bodies they were not possessed of
regulations which the courts could
protect. But in the Court of Ap-
peals decision the law was i'm.
terpreted to permit a trade union
to sue for libel.
''NEST FEATHERINC"
The cause of Local IS action was a
syndicated column of Washington
comment by James McMullin pub
lished in the Daily Argus in the sum-
mer of 1889 in which it was alleged
that union officials were "feathering
their nests" from initiation fees and
dues payments from out-of town
workers seeking employment at the
time of the Worlds Fair.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
No. 443 Negotiating
With Inter-Coastal

Local 443, Bridgeport and New
Haven Transfers Union, through
Secretary Treasurer John T. Allen,
is negotiating a 1919 increase in
wages for its members employed by
the Inter-Coastal Trucking Company.
The local reports that ten members
entered the United armed services
since Labor Day.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03
AS We See It.
by
THE STAFF

MEMBERS OF the 1889
session of the Conn. House of
Representatives haze a re-
spOnsibility in the death of
Emilio Sluestrini, Ne,c Hauen
cement .tfnisher, soho sUas
killed last ,Oeek. (See story i,
adjoining column At that
session of the General Assem-
bly,, the Greenwich building
trades introduced a Safety and
Rigging Bill ,Ohich ,UOuId haze
protected workers compelled
to use scafods. The Senate
passed the bill. In the House,
the bill suffered the fate of
much progressive social and
labor Iegislatioi,-it ,Oas kill
ed, and today Emilio Slices
TRIM is dead, and a cO-,oorker
lies in a hospital 10Th a trac-
tured skull, and a broken
spine. Verify, the Conn. House
of Representatives is the
graveyard of progress in this
State.
SMALL WONDER that the go9,-
eminent called in the publishers to
ease the scrap shortage. Hedda Hop
Per, Hollywood colmmnist, has re-
ported that a certain mozie actress
bust has been turned over to the qov-
eminent for SCRAP metali
THE OVERWHELMING major
ity of members of the Conn. Labor
Dept. Association will soon be mem
bers of the American Federation of
State, County land Municipal EN-
pioyes, ALL, which gives this
union an unusual opportunity to
organize every state empIoye. State
workers want and need organiza-
ton, as witness the fact that most
of them have had no increase i'm
pay in almost two years, at a time
when the cost of living was sky.
rOcketing, and wages were going
up. The Conn. Federation of Labor
is helping. AS soon as all plans
are formulated, full time business
agent will be appointed.
4 WORD TO THE WISE: Be
sure to read this sVeek's editorial,
aohtch is reprinted from LABOR, the
official newspaper of the Railroad
Brotherhoods
ONE OF THE MOST zOidely mr-
published pieces of information this
year aUds the announcement the other
day that the AFL had prevented 1000
strikes for every one that had occurred.
Il baseball player ever had batting
Average thGt good the newspapers
sOoald make national hero out of
him.
LACK OF ADEQUATE HOUS-
INC is blamed in part by William G.
Ennis, director of the Conn. Diw-
sion, U. S. Unemployment Service,
for disconraging skilled 00orkerS from
coming to cork in this state. This
situation gVus anticipated by the Neqv
Hdyen Central Labor Union zUEen it
advocated the construction of more
defense housing last year. rs the re-
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03

voted against Prevailing Rate
of Wage Bill and Old Age Pension
Bill in 1881. AS House Leader in
1888 voted for Prevailing Rate of
Wage Bill and as Majority Leader
more labor legislation was enacted
into law than at any previous
legislature.
''He was the first Republican
Governor to ever address a con-
vention of the Connecticut Fedora
ton of Labor.
Gas Governor signed every labor
bill that passed the 1889 legisla-
ture. Gave labor consideration in
his recommendation to the IegisIa-
ture, by coming out forthrightIy
for the passage of a number of
labor bills which included the Anti
Injunction Bill and study and
survey of the discrimination against
persons over forty years of age.
APPOINTMENTS
Appointed representative of Or
ganized Labor on Connecticut De-
veIOpment Commission which Gov
ernor considers most important
commission in the State. Appointed
representative of Labor on COM
mission to study and survey why
persons over forty were discrim-
mated against. Appointed repre-
sentative of Labor on the all-impor-
tant commission, the Defense
Council, and the representative of
Labor was selected as a member of
the executive committee of the De-
tense Council.
Appointed representative of
Labor on the Advisory Council of
the Merit System Act. Continued
policy of former Governor Cross
in having representative of Labor
attend national labor conferences.
Reappointed representative of
Labor on all-important committee
for building trades known as
Labor Board on Prevailing Rate of
Wage Law on building and high
way construction.
TWO EXCEPTIONS
Accepted Labor's advice on
every labor problem arising in Con-
necticut excepting two, and those
two were: CD his failure to re-
appoint a man from the ranks of
Labor to the Office of
Labor Commissioner. Instead he
an attorney-at-law who
was counsel for the Connecticut
of Labor. The position
of Organized Labor always has
been and is today that the Labor
requires a man from
the ranks of Labor because that
is why it is called the Labor De-
partment. 1t is a Labor Depart
ment and not a legal advising de-
partment.
CASE OF TOM SHEA
''The other was his failure to re-
appoint a man from the ranks of
Organized Labor, affiliated with the
Federation of Labor, in
with the wishes of the
1889 Convention of the Connect
cut Federation of Labor, to the
position of Unemployment Com
pensatiOn Commissioner.
"A representative of the Amer
can Federation of Labor was on
his commission from the day of
its inception and he served with
and honor and credit to
The State of Connecticut and the
labor movement as its representa-
live. His decisions reflected his
great skill in deciding important
issues. Yet the Governor appointed
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-10-03

Let's be frank about it. To win
the war is an unusually difficult
task. Under such circumstances,
victory cannot be obtained throgh
business as usual or ''living as
usual"