davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-08-31
day. q Joint headquarters-RAF
communique said today.

day. a Joint headquarters-RAF
communique said today.
The tanker was left ''blazins from
stem to stern" the communinua
said. The British planes also at
tackled escort vessels with cannon
and machinegun fire.
The principal activity in the Med
iterranean theater was aimed at the
Axis supply lines. there being moth
ing but patrol activity reported from
the land front.
There were some air fights over
the Alamein front, and British
fighters shot down at least three
Messerschmitts and damaged others,
the communique said.
Two German bombers were re-
ported shot down during Axis raids
on Allied landing fields.
ROME From Italian Broadcasts) :,
Aug. 81 LPl.-The Italian high COM
mand said today that eight British
planes were shot down over the
Mediterranean during an attack
against Axis merchant ships. One
ship was damaged, but mot badly"
the cOmmuniuue said
Evening star., 1942-08-31

proved effective in the first major
action on this front and that they
were used in breaking through the
German line
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
1--WE Are Ready To Sacrifice"


cut stand ready to sacrifice everything that posses
order that the things our forehers fought for liberty
and democracy should be preserved this ours has
set the theme of the convention opened Tuesday morning
Every item of business before the convention is being considered
from the point of view of its affect war; the delegates all
realizing that the battle for production will be by the working
and women.
Internal problems also receiving serious attention Legsa-
ton which will take conventions for the duration is
being consdered the Executive Board has that the
capita tax be reduced four cents effective October and
additional legislation viii provide for further decrease or for an
increase year from depending the of the FEEDER
atoms finances.
Membership Is Growing
Secretary John J. Egans report to the convention dis
closed that the membership of the ALL in Connecticut s
mounting steadily Nevertheless many for adj
dtona organization exist and conference organizers
from each international Union this expected to be
held after the national ALL. adjourned
Full support for the nosrke "victOry Compact,
brought about Connecticut by Governor Hurley again
expected
Labor Relations Act Wanted
In the field of legislation clear that the chief aim of the
delegates that the coming session of the General Assembly pass
State Labor Relations Act This included legislative
program submitted to the convention by the Executive Board
EDITORS Note: The full of the Executive Boards recon-
n,endations will be found beginning on Page ~
The convention opened Tuesday morning by Harold "
Fenmark president of the New Haven Central Labor Council
The invocation given by the Rev. Mr. ugbert H Landram
United Church. New Haven. Mayor John W. Murphy of New
Haven who is alternate delegate the convention from Local
81 Cgarmakers welcomed the convention New Haven The
officers reports presented referred Committee on
Officers Reports The report of this expected to be
high spot of the convention Addresses sressng the war
situation and the part labor playing assisting the pro-
given Tuesday by Daniel Tracy Assistant Secretary of
Labor John Murphy AT l. New England Regional Director
and Representative W. J. Fitzgerald of Norwich.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Clerkiin Says
"Slave Labor
Cannot Win"
President OF Federation
Gives Complete Report
On Years Work

"We must all pull together, and
shOsO that SlaUe Labor can neper
sOin OUer Free Labor
This is the theme of the annual
report James ]. Clerkin, president
of the Conn. Federation of Labor,
made this week to the State Fed
Grafton Convention.
''This Democracy of ours will not
survive without an about effort on
the part of the workers i'm this
country" Clerkin told the dele
gates. ''You are all aware what
happened to the Labor Movement
Leaders in the enemy countries.
They were executed, the movement
was wipd out and Slave Labor was
introduced. This we do not want
here. This can not happen in a
Democracy. We must all pull to-
gether and show that Slave Labor
can never win over Free Labor. :"
NO-STRIKE PACT
Clerkin reports in detail the steps
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Buy US. War Bonds
Banquet Facts!

Lieut.. Gov. Odell Shepard
will be the chief speaker at
the GIL. Convention banquet,
to be held at the Hotel Taft
Thursday at 1880 p. M. Presi-
gdent Harold v. Feinmark of
the New Haven Central Labor
council will preside, and will
also introduce Mayor John W.
Murphy, of New Haven. There
will be only two speakers, and
the banquet will be followed
| by dancing until / A. MI.
The New Haven Central La
Jbor Council and Div. 28I,
Trolley & Bus Operators, New
Haven, will join in ceremonies
Nnonoring the memory of Sol
Alperovitz, former president
lof Div. 281, who died just one
year ago.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
No Apologies For Victory Compact
Changes In Per Capita Tax

s. We recommend the Convention that Constitution
be changed that the capita shall be reduced four
per month member go into effect the day
October and that the executive board be empowered further
reduce the capita but less than three cents they find
that the receipts exceed the disbursements the average for the
between and the convention
board be further empowered that in the event.
emergency that there should be held as DESIGNATED
tor 93 that they be empowered increase the per capita
they lind time that the the equivalent of
Continued Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
North Carolina ALL.
Elects Negro Leader

ASHEVILLE, N. CA Negro
has been elected an official of the
North Carolina Federation of Labor
for the first time in its history. He
is Haywood Williams, a member of
Local 1874, Tobacco Workers Init.
Union, who was named vice
president.
The federation amended its BY
laws in order to elect Williams, who
works in the Liggett & Myers To-
bacco Co. at Durham. With the ex-
ception of the Alabama Federation
of Labor, North Carolina is the only
AFL state council in the south to
elect a Negro to vice-presidency.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Restaurant Hijacking
Protested By Unionists

POINT PLEASANT, w. Va
AFL building trades workers at the
local ordnance construction job and
at the butadene, plant being built near
Charleston have demanded action
against price hijacSing by restaurants
near the plants.
These restaurant owners, many of
whom have obtained concessions
through politics, are asking exorbi-
tant prices for small portions of poor
quality food the unionists charged
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12

OTTO BRAlDHBEaGR
1aA&E ARTFQD
STATE LIBRARY 3 CoURI
HARTFORD CONN
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Getting Down To Business

On Wednesday the convention committees getting down
work while the delegates began reports the conditions of their
trades The speakers Thomas Lyons president of the Y
State Federation of Labor who Transfers
Union Chester Bowes State OPA Director Perey M Hovey
Apprenticeship Dvson the Rev. Dent Lacey of the State
Defense Council
On Thursday the Convention began hitting all cylinders
The address by Gov Robert Hurley the nomination of officers
the reports of committees all provided full day. Addresses were
also given by A. F. Whteh WPB Louis Sachs Compensation
Commissioner; and William Connolly Unemployment Compensa
ton Commissioner.
Friday will be devoted to further consideration committee
reports and the election of officers No important contests are e
pected The final item of business will be installation of officers
Forward We March!
attendance the convention unusually good Ahou0h
there erist esU minor rppIes, there strong spirit of
unity and harmony and determination ,OOrk behind the
officers Of the Federation in such ,U0y make this
"WinheWar' convention memorable one! Gree Labor
Viii VIM"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
AS We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

The daily newspapers, in
reporting the Conn. Fedora
ton of Labor Contention, are
sOOrking overtime in attempt
ing to giUe the public the i'm
preston that some kind of a
cat-and-dOg fight is the only
order of business before the
$50 delegates. The trensen-,
dOus sUOrk of the ALL. in this
state, as Evidenced by the re-
ports made to the convention,
is being ignored. We like a
fight as much as the nest man,
but ssnesCs-as-usuaI'' is no
more in order today than
ssbusiness-as-usuaI." Anything
for a sensation, and to hell
sOith giUipg the public the
basic facts. That's the daily
press for you.
IF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
gets his SIS, 900 ceiling ON individ-
ual incomes, it will be a bit easier
for the workingman to take a cell
ing ON wages as q means of pre-
venting initiation and of helping
to win the war. The ''hardships'
entaiIed by limiting high incomes
to SIS, 900 will be nothing to those
of some workers who are now earn
ing sub-standard incomes. We're
willing to bet that those enduring
the real hardships will put up less
howl, judging from past per.
formances.
HERE rs JOHN J. ECAN'S Labor
Day message, addressed to every
member of the AFL in this state:
1--WE WILL WIN this War and
Labor will play an important part
i'm IL. We are glad to live in a coun-
try where Labor is free and indie
pendent and we celebrate Labor
Day this year with a firm deter
mination that we are going to do
everything possible to keep a free
and independent Labor Movement,
by helping our Government every
inch of the way to win this War
and preserve the future America
for our children so that they may
have even more prosperous and
healthful life.''
WINNERS OF INDIVIDUAL pro-
ductiOn merits awards by the war
Production Board are Jas. A. Brown
and Mortimer G. Jennings, Bridge
port, and John L. Gamble, Hart
ford. These workers have been
cited and given special certificates
for suggestions which speeded pro-
duction and improved American
weapons. Their suggestions were
chosen by a special WPB Commit
tee from among many recon-
mended by labor management
committees of defense plants. This
news is spoiled in a way by the
refusal of the WPB to announce
whether the workers are unionists
and to what union they belong.
LITTLE LUTHER DILWORTH
has just lost his first argument, as
you may learn if you read the re-
port of his latest discussion i'm this
weeks editorial column. It's not
that the boy is slipping. Far from
il. He complains that he had
hard time finding school supplies
with a union label. Between my
homework, and Strengthening out
Father on current events, / don't
have much time for fun" he said,
as he dejectedly walked out of the
office. An hour later he was seen
in the Public Library, reading
book entitled care Parents Peo-
pIe?"
Continued on Page Sky
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Federation Is
Proud Pact
Asserts
GIL. Secretary Gives Full
Details OF Situation
On Compact

The ''lone delegate" who OBJ
jected to the procedure by which
James ]. Clerkin, president of the
Conn. Federation of Labor, signed
the Connecticut ''no strike" Com
pact for Victory in Gov. Robert A.
Hurley's Office, is discussed i'm de-
tail in the annual report of Secre-
tary John ]. Egan to the State
Federation Convention.
FULL SUPPORT
The pact was evolved by Gov. Rob
ert A. Hurley. Two days after Pearl
Harbor was bombed he called to his
Office James ]. Clerkin, president of
the State Federation; Alvin c. Fuller,
president of the Conn., Manufacturers
Association, and Thomas Molloy,
president of the State CIO. Egan at
that time was meeting in New Haven
Continued on Page Five)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
War Convention
Pledges Labor's
Mighty Strength

Full support of President Franklin d. Roosevelt and
Governor Robert A. Hurley in Governments effort to
produce the necessary implements win the war will be
voted Thursday afternoon by the Connecticut Federation of
Labor Convention, in session the Hotel Taft New
Haven.
This pledge of "wholehearted cooperation is recon-
mended by the Executive Board of the Federation echoes
the feelings of the local unions every part the state
A. l. t.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
GIL URGES FULL SUPPORT TO dr., HURLE
Labor Record OF
Hurley Is Praised
by Conn. BARRIERS


durley's labor record, and his
handling of the states contribution
to the nations war program was
unanimously voted by the Conn.
State BARRIERS Protective Associa-
kiOn at the Associations 41st con-
Eention, held Sunday and Monday
. the N. III. Labor Temple. Seven
cen locals from every section of
he state were represented.
The convention praised the Gov
ernor for his service to the people
Pf Conn.,, by obtaining the mo-
Itrike ssVictory Compact between
he Conn. Federation of Labor,
he State Manufacturers Associa-
Fion, and the Conn. Clio. A reso-
ution was also unanimously passed
pIedging the BARRIERS full support
q President Roosevelt.
SPEAKERS
Much business which will help the
parbers' organization become even
larger than it is now, was transacted.
Important speakers included Thomas
thea, Assistant Secretary of the
Conn. Federation of Labor, who. rep
esented Secretary John J. Egan;
anes J. Clerkin, president of the
State Federation; Mayor John w.
Murphy of New Haven; Harold v.
einmark president of the N. H.
central Labor Council; Anthony
Nerlino third vice-president of the
BARRIERS international Joseph De-
Paola, State Barber Examiner; and
Tito D'Urso, Deputy Examiner.
ii All officers were reelected, and
Frank Violante, secretary-treasurer
4 Local us, New Haven, was elect
d to the Committee of Legislation.
OFFICERS FOR 1942-194S
The officers follow:
President, Joseph Summa, Wa
|rbury; LIST Vice President,
rank Spadola, New Haven; End
1ice-Presidenf, Leonard PARA
mo, Hartford; 3rd Vice-President,
Iichael Petruzzello, Middletown;
ah Vice-President, Frank Nappi,
)erby; 5th Vice-President, Alto
rbinatti, Norwich; 9th Vice-Presi-
Emit, James Mola, Norwalk; Re-
6rding Secretary, Vincent Sortino,
burlington; Secretary Treasurer,
Arl CalassO, Stamford.
Legislative Committee: Frank
azzalupO, Waterbury; Pat Cello,
eriden; and Frank Violante, New
aven. Joseph DePaola was again
eappointed as executive secretary
the Association by President
amma.
HURLEY RESOLUTION
The resolution endorsing Gov.
hurley follows:
|ssWhereas, Robert A. Hurley as
HE Governor of the State of Con-
ecticut has performed a great
arvice to the people of this State
his leadership and the signing
the Labor Compact between
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-09-12
Here Is Executive
Program


of the work of American Federation of Labor
Connecticut and which drawn and by the
executive board of the Conn., Federation Labor, will be
acted by the delegates the Conn Federation of
convention, which being held this week the Hotel Taft
New Haven.
The complete of the executive boards recommends
tons follows:
Support Roosevelt and Hurley
l. That the Connecticut Federation Of Labor in conve
ton assembled pledge to the President Of the United States
and the Governor of its OhoIeheared cooperation
in our Governments effort to produce the necessary nipple
ets to 'Oin this and that stand ready sacrifice
everything that haze in possession in order that
things that Oretahers fought for liberty and
rGcy, should be preserved in this nation of ours.
No Apologies For Victory Compact
z That this Convention assembled. of the Connecticut
Federation OF Labor record notifying Hurley
that 'Ue approve in convention, of his action calling
labor and industry to sign pact 10Th him. agreeing that
there oud be stoppage of ,Oork in the State Of
cut in any defense industry for the duration of the ,Oar
that zoe further him that make apologies to
for the participation that the Connecticut of
Labor played in the signing Of this pact through the pres
dent of the Connecticut Federation of Labor James J.
CIerkin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26

In other words, those indi-
viduals who, under the ordinary
duties of civilian life, would
have nervous systems entirely
adequate to carry on their ordi-
nary occupations. go to pieces
under war conditions.
LOW do we treat these war
H neuroseS and nervous break
downs? Well, very much as
any other nervous condition is
treated.
War conditions, of course,
create situations which modify
our approach.
For instance, perhaps the
ideal form of treatment of any
condition of this kind is rest
and isolation in a quiet environ
ment.
But where in the war-torn
British Islands is it possible to
find such place, or is it possible
to make room for these nervous
derelicts when badly wounded
men need beds and rest and
quiet more than any other group
in the population?
Again, analysis and review of
the patients history, education,
and guidance with the patients
life history in view, is good
treatment for these cases.
But under war conditions,
have we got time to spend on
these people when those. who
are organically i'll or wounded
demand the attention of the
limited number of physicians?
TT is perfectly natural that
l. the neurotic should be more
or less neglected in wartime.
He may arouse our sympathy
and may be very interesting at
other times, but he is not in
real danger and he must have
secondary consideration.
Surprisingly enough, the neu-
rotic learns this in war time
and very often manages to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26
l. e IT ers to
th Q { di+or

TO THE EDITOR:
WEARING Stacks to school is
w definitely out.
There is a time and place for
everything, including Stacks. 1
agree Fundamentally with the
boys in their dislike of slacks as
school attire. There is no neces-
sity for it.
Women working in defense
plants are required to wear
Stacks but high school girls do
not need them.
Girls, our job is to look pretty.
Stacks certainly do not enhance
most girls figures.
Wear Stacks but not TO school.
OLGA BEBBINGTON,
Wayne High,
Wayne, Mich.
TO THE EDITOR:
THE government is going TO
Il ration gasoline TO save rub
Der.
This will not save rubber be-
cause if a motorist has TO lay
up his car because of little or
no gas, tires will not last half
as long for the simple reason
that rubber that is not used
will die, and will not be worth
anything,
The average motorist knows
when the tires he now has are
gone he cannot get any more.
That will force him to take bet
ter care of his tires now.
ROBERT CARDIGAN,
los Alfred street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26

make surprising adjustments on
his own hook without any help
at all.
Il is like a household in which
one member appears to take a
fiendish delight in obtruding
her own symptoms into the pic
ture, or setting everybody at
loggerheads and upsetting every
body's plans on account of her
whims.
Then some member of the
family actually gets danger
ously i'll and she finds herself
in the corner with nobody TO
listen TO her symptoms, and
begins to realize that she really
has a place of secondary i'm
portance which she has created
by her own course of life.
Every one has known of in
stances like this where some
body else's sickness cured a
neurotic permanently.
THERE is a curious change
l. of distribution of nervous
symptoms between this war
and the last war as noted in
England.
In the last war soldiers suf-
fered from shell shock which
was simply a form of hysteria
induced by their experiences in
being under shell fire.
These soldiers found that
when they were reduced to a
state of uselessness, they were
sent back to England and put in
a nice, safe hospital.
But in this war, behind the
lines in the civilian population
it is as dangerous or even more
dangerous than on the front
lines, so the soldier. learns to
control his shell shock.
However, as time and circum-
stances permit, the tried and
tested methods of psychological
treatment are those which can
be used in the case of war
nerves-first, suggestion; sec
ond, persuasion or moralization;
third, rest and isolation; fourth,
personality analysis. and fifth,
re-education and guidance.
QUESTIONS. ANSWERS
]. c. S.: Is there any harm
in taking an overdose of vita
Minis?
Answer: Toxic symptoms have
been reported from the excessive
use of vitamin d and thiamine
chloride (vitamin b.
p. W: Can a tumor of the
brain be X-rayed?
Answer: Neither the brain it.
self nor a tumor of the brain
throws a shadow on the X-ray
film, but by emptying the ven
tricles of the brain of their fluid
and allowing air to flow into
them, deformities are shown up
which indicate the presence of a
tumor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26
War Neuro+ics Require
Only Ordinary Treatment
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

YESTERDAY we described the
! reports which have reached
us from our English brethren
concerning the forms of nervous
and mental upset which occur
as a result of war stresses with
exposure to actual bombing or
personal losses and sorrows.
They fall, as we saw, into the
familiar patterns of nervous
breakdown in civilian life, al
though they are precipitated
somewhat more suddenly and
perhaps hit larger group of
the population.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26

DROWDER is the boss Com
- munist of them all In the
United States. He served Mos
COW in China and in our midst.
But when he was finally con-
victed and sentenced after due
process under the laws which he
had so often invoked to keep OUT
of Jail his following Immediately
raised clamor for his release as
a victim of political prejudice.
He either was or wasn't vic
tim of such prejudice. and the
White House statement dared
not admit that he was a victiy
for that would have meant TN
he was punished for opposing
the administration which was
then in power.
If he wasn't, he would have
been kept in prison at least until
he was eligible for parole. I
Browder is the second member
of his family to figure in a politi1
cal abuse of the machinery Of
justice for political purposes.
He is turned loose prematurely
out of consideration of his poli-
tics, and his wife, ordered de-
ported by Robert Jackson. for
political effect, shortly before
the presidential election day OF
1910, is still in our midst and
will remain hors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26
DEHR0Ka TIMES

Subscription rates Gin advance) by mail
to any place In the United States, Canada
or Mexico ION Canadian subscriptions add
1Oee TO cover war import taxi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26

Doctor Ciendening will an
swer questions of general in
terest only. and then only
through his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-26
YOUR OWN quota,
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+ 4 r

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-16
Gibbs, Name
Are To Speak
Finals At Lansing Open With
Baccalaureate Sermon,
Sunday April 26

Rev. A. c. Gibbs, of Elkin will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
at Lansing high school on Sunday
night, April 26.
DR.. George Name, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church at
Winston-Salem will deliver the
commencement address on Thurs
day night, April 80 after which
% seniors will be awarded their
diplomas.
Both of these men are consider
ed outstanding speakers.
Saturday night, May 2, the
members of the Senior class will
present the play, "Hobgoblin
House" which is expected to at
tract a full house. The cast has
been we'll chosen and those who
have witnessed advance practices
say that it promises to be excep-
tlonally good entertainment.
All programs start at $3.50 %.
m. war time and the public is
cordially invited to attend.