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Evening star., 1942-02-17

Those who object to turning time
forward ore short hour should re-
fleet how much Hitler wishes he
could turn il back eight months in
Ruasia.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

Favorite Hymns-A collection OF
Isl Of the bestowed hymns of the
American people, complete with
words and music. Hymns have
been a source of inspiration and
refreshment to mankind since the
beginning of the Christian Church.
Poets and musicians have given
Of their best In writing them. Your
favorite is probably among them.
Completely indexed. To secure
your copy inclose 20 cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping. and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-02-17

A tire thief in Baltimore was SEN
fenced to years imprisonment. To
that extent his efforts to retire were
quite successful.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Discusses Difficulties
Affecting Student Nurses.
To the Editor Of The Star:

40 ING huitOI Oh ING cthI
According to recent newspaper ac-
counts there Is a problem confronting
this Nation to meet the wartime needs
Of nurses. More nurses are needed. 1t
really is deplorable for q country such as
ours to have dearth of professional
help, but from close association with q
few Of these women I wish to relate some
of the difficulties encountered by young
girls desiring to become registered nurses.
The requirement for entering train
ing school is that . girl must be high
school graduate. Some centers Of train
ing ask for one or two years Of college
work. Most schools give a three-year
course, divided into two parts. the prac-
tical and the theoretical.
Upon completion Of training and pass
ing the State boards, jobs are to be had
at $75 to $e5 per month which includes
sharing q room in the nurses home with
another girl and meals, usually the iden-
tical fare that Is served in the hospital
itself.
We may not think this such bad way
to earn livelihood, but In comparison
with other vocations one needs to stretch
his imagination to think so. The con-
ditions are not conducive to normal liv-
ing nor is the compensation remunera-
tive, considering the effort involved.
GEORGE ACKER.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
a UieD to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Differs With View
OF Florida Canal.

To the Editor of The Star:
note that in your editorial Of Feb
ruary 13 you continue to refer to the
Florida Ship Canal as fantastic" With
no wish to be discourteous am con-
strained to say that such a description
can only be based upon ignorance or
prejudice.
In the opinion Of many, this project
was wisely conceived rs necessary for
the promotion Of our commerce and
the perfection Of our national defense
In the present circumstances, they re-
gard 1t as q veritable life line in the
struggle in which we are engaged.
know Of no organized opposition to
the project except that generated by the
railroads and other interests apparently
wishing to hinder the development of
our inland water transportation and our
coastwise shipping.
believe The Star is too great q news
paper to continue in the error OF carry
ing peacetime partisanship and interest
into the grim conditions of war which
surround us now. Meantime, I trust
that neither your son nor mine, nor
any of our men and women may find .
watery grave in the Windward Passage
or the Straits of Florida because Of our
failure to provide this key to our mari
time defense. H. H. BUCKMAN.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Tells Of Lack Of Service Experience
Al Bar to Government Service.

Tells Of Lack OF Service Experience
Az . Bar to Government Service.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In washington there are many young
people with college training fitting them
for Government work, but they cannot
serve the Government because their ex-
perience Is limited in length Of service.
If I may cite my own personal case.
several times recently high Government
ofiicials who knew Of me and OF my
record, on their own initiative have
offered me responsible positions, but on
each occasion the Civil Service Com
mission has refused to approve my
appointment because I do not have .
rating, and cannot get rating because
the commission will not permit me to
take an examination because I cannot
meet the experience requirements.
It seems that, on the one hand, the
Government Is attempting to establish
. so-ealled merit system and 10 attract
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Calls Attention TO Hose
Left on Scene Of Hotel Fire.

Left on Scene Of Hotel Fire.
To the Editor Of The Star:
A fire at the Statler Hotel on Sunday
afternoon, February 8, called out . large
part of the Washington fre equipment.
On Monday morning hundreds Of feet
Sixteenth and K streets. 1t apparently
had been left there by the Fire Depart
ment because it was frozen. On Thurs
day morning a good part Of this hose
was still there.
The pertinent point in the matter is
this: Suppose at 500 am. Monday. an
air raid had occurred starting hundred
fres the size Of the Statler blase7
AN ALERT CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Condemns Congressional Pension
As An Afiront 10 the People.
- III. rAitor a, 1h. at.r


To the Editor Of The Star:
From Washington comes the constant
and continuous plea to the American
people to cease boarding, work harder
and longer, make more sacrifices and
stand ready for ever greater and greater
calls upon our time. our lives and our
possessions. Then one rude morning we
wake up and read the news that Con-
gress itself has set the pace for the
Nation-and provided for its members
nice and steady pension for the dark
and uncertain years ahead.
OF all the effrontery to be exhibited
before the American people in recent
years this Is the supreme example!
FOLGER TOWNSEND.
TAnniy N
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post office,
WASHINGTON, d. C.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

@. When did the safety bicycle come
into use?-W. 3. H.
A. The safety rear-driven bicycle was
invented by H. J. Lawson In 1875, but
was first marketed in 4 practical form
by Stanley and Sutton Of the Rover Co.
In 1885.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
BARRIERS Call
Special Meet
On Contract
Local 215 Expects to Have
New Pact Signed In
Near Future

At least 500 of the city's barber
shop proprietors to date have signed
the new contract with Local 215, New
Haven BARRIERS Union, with the re-
mainder expected to sign by May %.
The new contract raises the minimum
wage earned by journeymen BARRIERS
from SIS to $28 weekly and the COM
mission rate from 500 to 500 of the
intake above $685. The previous intake
base was $35.
MEETING MONDAY
All journeymen bargers are urged
to attend the special meeting called
for Monday evening, June /, in the
New Haven Labor Temple.
All New Haven barber shops will
be closed all day Saturday, Mem
orial Day.
A conference between the Union and
the proprietors was held Sunday with
Anthony Merlino, third vice-president
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Brewery Workers
Sign New Contract

/ Increases ranging from S. weekly
upward were written into the new
agreements signed this week by Local
81, New Haven Brewery Workers,
with the Wehle and Hull Brewing
Companies, according to Thomas
Mann, Union correspondent.
In addition to the paid vacations in
last years agreement, the new con-
tract calls for two additional paid
holidays.
Fernand Knobloch, secretary, also
announced that Budweiser is now a
1000 union beverage. Knobloch, with
a good deal of help from Sen. Joseph
T. Rourke, has reached an understand
ing with Fred L. Loeser & Son, Bud
weiser's wholesale distributor in New
Haven.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Here's What We Had to Say
In Headlines One Year Ago

standard of living have helped estab-
fish the newspapers place in the COM
munity and state.
Other headlines selected at random
indicate below the papers concentra-
ton on proving it was first and last
a labor paper:
Golden Anniversary Celebrated
by Hotel and Restaurant Employees;
Meat Cutters Win Heinz Company
Contract; Living Costs Nations No.
/ Problem; Labor to Give Dinner
May Is for Rev. Peet; Painter
Union Protests State Employment
Service Ads; u. S. Court Hits Jim
Crow Cars; Coop Credit Union
Grows; Musicians Bat 500 in
Canned Music Fight; Mayor Meets
GIG Group on Project; City Needs
More Public Housing Says N. Fl.
Labor; Electrical Workers Will
Continued on Page Five)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
1870 Raise For 200
At Rockbestos Co.

Nearly 200 employees of the
ROckbestos Products Corporation
will receive a 1870 weekly wage in
crease beginning June l through
the Introduction of the new mini
mum wage base of zoe an hour for
men and 6Oc an hour for women
negotiated for them by Joseph T.
Rourke, business manager of Local
BOO, New Haven Electricians.
RATES APPROVED
Meetings Sunday of the Rockbestos
Division of BOO at / and PM.
overwhelmingly approved the new
rates and also the plan agreed upon
by the company and the Unions ne
gotiating committee to have an out
side efficiency firm come in and rate
jobs for ability, hazard, and skill.
This company's findings will serve as
the base for the negotiating commit
tee and the Rockbestos Company to
agree on proper wage scales begin
ming at zoe an hour.
Whether the company and the I'm
ion reach agreement June IS or July
l, the new wage scales will be retro
active to June /.
CLAUSES DISCUSSED
Discussion Sunday centered on
the seniority, vacations, and over
time clauses with the membership
demanding strict seniority, vacation
pay for 48 hours instead of the
cOmpany's offer of 40 hours for
employees with one years service
and "a hours pay for employees
with three months service. The
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
|Cigarmakers Here Are Hard
|Hit By U.s.. Ceiling On Prices

to take one-third (331/3) per cent
cut in wages. Five years ago, the Lo-
cal succeeded in getting back about
1919 of this cut, and today its mem
bers are receiving more than 1870
less than in 1926. Add to this the in
creased cost of living of approx
mately 209o in the last 18 months, and
it is clear that the cigar makers are
working on sub-standard depression
scale.
Some months ago, the New Eng
land locals began negotiating for an
increase, which, even if obtained,
would still leave them far behind in
the struggle to make both ends meet.
It was finally agreed with the manu-
facturers that as soon as the increase
in the excise tax went into effect. a
wage increase would be granted. This
plan included a general increase in
Continued on Page Five)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

Win Victory
Under Pact
Mystic Local Given Award
In State Wooden Ship
Building Industry

The three-month old controversy
between Local 1926, Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners, Mystic.
and the Noank Ship Building Co.,
ended with a complete victory for
the Carpenters Union and fully
justified the no-strike compact ar.
rived at between the AL, CLIO and
the Manufacturers Association in
Governor Hurley's executive offices
last December.
RETROACTIVE
U. S. Conciliator Maxwell Cope1oi
handed down an incomplete award
binding on the Company and the
Union, giving the shipyard workers a
nice bundle in back wages, for the
award is retroactive to February 18
The Company is to pay the difference
between current wages and 500 OF
the increase incorporated in the new
rates effective June l in four install
ments, the final payment due not later
than June p. Rulings on other
clauses will be made in the near
future.
Assistant Secretary Thomas Shea,
Connecticut Federation of Labor,
who has been handling all contro-
versies being directed to the Gov
ernor's office, corrected the figures
printed in last weeks issue of THE
UNION TIMES. The figures then
given were from an unofficial
source.
RATES
The new wage rates call for SLIP
per hour for first class carpenters,
$l.03 for second class, and o7c for
third class. Helpers, laborers, stock
clerks and apprentices are to receive
the prevailing rates paid at other ship
building yards in the vicinity. If the
Company and the Union cannot agree
on these rates, Copelof will again step
into the picture.
The Conciliator will release the rest
of his decision on June /. He is ex-
pected to rule in favor of the union
shop and time-and-a-half for overtime.
Shea believes the award to be
extremely important not only for
its justification of the Victory Com
pact, but also because it sets wage
rates in the wooden ship building
industry i'm this area for the first
time. He also points out that a
Continued on Page Six)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
This Union Suit
Means Business

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Here's news
# the man-bites-dog variety. Revers-
ng the usual procedure, the Init.
ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL) has filed suit against the Don
ely Garment Co. and its subsidiaries
pr $1O4305.53.
The union asks that amount for al
eyed losses, expenses and damages
n fighting injunction suits by the
company in the last four years. Each
Epf the injunctions has eventually been
reversed by higher courts. The action
one more move in the long legal
and organizationa1 battle between the
&LGWU and the firm.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
AS We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

AL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL this
week informed the CLIO that it is
ready to resume peace talks, with
the object of effecting a united la
Dor movement which, the Council
declared, would help win the war
and advance the interests of Ameri-
can workers. Pres. Bill Green told
reporters that the Council felt a
final peace In the labor movement
is necessary because of the great
need to win the war decisiveIy."
"THERE OUGHT TO BE UNITY
in the house of labor and in the ranks
of labor" he said. Green added thot
the AFL,s peace committee. (Which
consists of Daniel Tobin, Teomsters;;
William Hutchinson, Carpenters; and
Harry c. Bates, Brickloyers, is ready
to meet oOith the CLIO at once.
1T IS EXPECTED that the Clio
will take action at the next meeting
of its executive board, unless John
L. Lewis further attempts to split
the labor movement demand prior
consideration.
JACK MARLOWE, member of
Local 81, Brewery Workers, pre-
sided at the last meeting of the
New Haven Central Labor Council.
He substituted for President Harry
Feinmark, who is ON his vacation,
and for Vice-President Sam Curry,
who had trouble with an eye. Jack
handled himself well under a bar.
rage of motions, amendments, and
substitute motions, but began to
weaken at about IL PM. Who
didn't? TOMMY MANN, also dele
gate from the Brewery Workers.
called the signal for adjournment.
Continued on Page 81
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Votes
10 Endorse
Rourke Reply
Senator'S Letter To Mayor
Unanimously Approved
After Long Discussion

The New Haven Central Labor
Council, at its meeting on Thurs
day, unanimously voted to en-
dorse the letter sent by Sen. Jos
eph T. Rourke to Mayor John
Nv. Murphy, in which Rourke
condemned Communion Break
fast address by Mayor Murphy at
| ST. Aeden's Church. A two-hour
discussion was held ON the sub
ject of Rourke's letter, and on
Mayor Murphy's reply to Rourke
Aand a motion endorsing Rourke's
letter was then passed without a
dissenting vote.
The complete text of both letters
Tas published in the May "a issue OF
ne Bridgeport Herald.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION
/ Discussion on the floor of the Coun-
revolved around the opinion ex-
essed by delegates that Mayor Muir
iy had made a serious contribution
disunity by attacking Soviet Rus
p at a time when the Russians have
HE'D more Nazis than all of the other
Allies combined" The general feeling
# the delegates was that any speeches
ealing with Russia at the present
nne should stress the contributions
be Russians are making to the cause
bf the United Nations, rather than
|eal with political PHILOSOPHERS. There
1as sharp criticism of the Mayor for
ringing organized labor into his dis.
ussion of Communism.
PLENTY OF SPACE-NOW!
In the meantime, the daily news.
papers, hoping to strike a serious
blow at organized labor, are giving
Continued on Page Six)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Refining At
.HighStandard
.Disgusts Men
Organizing Crew Is Doing
Swell Job Pinch Hitting
For Clark Goodrich

Grand L % d g Representative
Clark Goodrich of the International
Association of Machinists, who was
stricken with pneumonia while
helping the Union score a smash
ing National Labor Relations Board
victory among the Remington Rand
Inc. employees in Elmira, N. Y, has
bang up organizing crew carry
ing on inside both plants of the
High Standard Manufacturing Com
pany of New Haven during his alb
sence.
MEN DISCUSSED
In the barrel department, 8 to II
PM. shift, where High Standard
started its efforts to revive the old
company union status of the Mutual
Aid Association, the workers are dis
gusted with the constant refining
They want an outside timer to come
in and time the jobs once and for all
in order to have fair rates established
and that worry out of the way.
One employee, with two sons in the
armed forces somewhere in the Pa
Continued on Page y
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

The placing of ceilings on prices
% prevent initiation and increases
IN the cost of living is one of the
hest things that has happened to
This country, but this action by the
Government has almost ruined the
chances of members of the Cigar
Makers Unions in New England
for obtaining a long-overdue and
much needed raise i'm wages.
Here is the story in brief, as
|authoritatively told by Alexander
|Driessens, head of the New Eng
land Council of Cigar Makers I'm
ons, and Carl Richards, recording
eecretary of Local 80 of New Ha.
ven, of which Driessens is presi-
5dent:
DEPRESSION WAGES
In 1926, members of Local SO, be-
Ecause of the depression, were forced
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Sterilization
Must Improve
Living Scales
Only IS Of III Industries
Have Wage Above Bare
Subsistence Level

Observation-Disclosures of
governmental controls over the lives
of individuals, resulting from the
war, makes labOr's participation in
the government all the more neces-
sary, the AFL declared here in its
monthly survey, issued today.
Discussing wage sterilization and
manpower problems, the Fedora
ton declared that war controls are
a test of democratic government In
America and that wherever "man-
datOry authority is given, it must
be granted with the consent OF
those concerned and their partici-
patton in administration"
Labor" the Federation said,
''has two responsibilities: to see
that our unions promote the war
effort intellectually with all they
have to give; and to make sure that
our voice is heard in the making of
policies which affect the basic free
dom of the people,"
STERILIZATION
The AFL's position on wage sta
bilization was outlined on the basis of
three points. They were:
MANY companies are making
very high profits and are we'll able to
raise wages without raising prices. A
company's ability to pay should be
made the test.
"2-Many wages are at poverty lev
els. 1t is unfair to workers and un-
for our entire country to
keep such wages repressed and force
families to live below health and
decency level when companies are able
to raise them.
@Increased buying power is be-
ing diverted into investment in war
bonds by labor's voluntary drive. Much
of it is going into the purchase of
minimum necessities of living-food,
clothing, medical care-which the adj
has repeatedly told the
American people will be available in
ADEQUATE amount"
ADDED HOURS JUMP PAY
Figures were cited showing that
only those industries working IS
hours a week or more pay an av-
erage wage enabling workers to
reach health and decency stand
ard of living, with the single ex-
ception of the auto industry. A
health and decency standard for a
family of five calls for $44 a week.
OF Ill industries surveyed by
the Department of Labor, the Fed
Grafton said, only &c have an av-
erage wage above the bare subsist-
ence level.
Continued on Page Six)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Freight Handlers
Affiliate To Gle

Local No. 6161, Railroad Freight
Handlers, formally affiliated with the
New Haven Central Labor Council
at its last meeting, and the Locals
FIVE delegates were sworn in by Act
ing President John Marlowe.
The delegates are Richard B.
Woodbury., John Daniels, Thomas
Teddington, Alfred Ottley, and Leon
ard Reed.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

'Mr. Nathan Sherman, Editor"
''THE UNION TINES"
labor Temple"
"l35-139 COTE Street,
'sNew Haven, Conn.,"
''Dear Sir:
II extend good wishes and
congratulations to THE UNION
TIMES for its year of service
that has been informative and
helpful in presenting Labor's
viewpoint and in increasing
and strengthening the Labor
movement.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN W. MURPHY
Mayor
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
By SOL NEWMAN

"Congressmen Urged to Vote
Against Vinson Bill" "ArnOld's
Crusade Against Unions Is Further
DEFEATED, screen Wants U. S.
Defense Democratic" and "Want
Government Clause For Negroes in
Defense Work. are some of the
headlines from the first five issues
of THE UNION TIMES which ap-
peared during May, l94l. These
headlines of year ago prove Con-
necticut's only weekly labor news
paper began swinging right from
birth.
NO LIKE PECLER
Editorials announcing the stats
dislike and contempt for Westbrook
Pegler, raising the question of Amer
lean supplies still being sent then to
the Axis, and against taxes that would
hit the little fellow and cripple his
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
Thanks!

''Mr. Nathan Sherman, Editor"
'sTHE UNION TIMES"
"l35 COTE Street,
''New Haven, Conn.,"
''Dear Mr.. Sherman:
'My hearty greetings to THE
UNION TIMES upon the oc-
casion of its first birthday and
my sincere wishes that its con-
structive policies will bring it
influence and prosperity in the
years to come.
Sincerely,
FRANCES ID. PERKINS
Secretary of Labor
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

Nathan Sherman. Editor
Union Times
l35-139 Goffe
New Haven, Connecticut
Congratulations to organized In Connecticut
the first anniversary Of Times
good job doing keeping
informed the
dur ing
face, as do all newspapers the serious task
only adapting conditions but
Of planning ~sck to
service to the people
In this effort, Union hghly
It's opinion, support
Federation Of Labor in supplying leadership
membership in this emergency.
Very truly yours,
Z/lzlnazzA4,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30
ALL ASKS MORE VOICE FOR LABOR IN war
From Governor hurley

STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HARTFORD
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

JAMES BREWSTER
STATE LIBRARY & COURT BID
HARTFORD conn
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-05-30

Nathan Sherman, Editor
The Union Times
135-139 Goffe Street
New Haven, Connecticu
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-23
Quinn Gautier Gets
Call To Active Duty
In L. $. Naval Force

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