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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

Roy makes the trip on his trusty
motorcycle.
Chief attraction of his home, natu-
rally, is the fine stable of horses. One
report has it that he uses his ele-
CANT swimming pool as storage bin
for hay,
Monarch of the stable is Trig-
ger. He's now seven-ROy raised
him from a colt - and he's aw-
fully smart for his age. He can
add, subtract, count to 10, open
and close doors. He lives a WON
derful life until he goes out on
tour with Roy: fans like to pull
hairs from his tail as souvenirs.
But Roy's favorite fan story is
the one about Cheryl's first trip to a
Rogers movie. The little girl sat
quietly all through the picture but
when it stopped she began to yell
wildly: More, Daddy! Morer'
jerry Mason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

for a screen test. Seems that Repub-
lie Studios were looking for a new
Western personality.
Roy took the tip. raced to Repub-
lie, put in request to see the studio
president. 1t was denied, of course.
but he hung around the reception
room, got through the gates with
group of extras. Republics president
must have read few Horatio Alger
epics in his time, or else he knew
good publicity story when he saw
one. Anyway, the kid with the guitar
got his addition and a contract.
Actually, there was good sound
logic in the contract. The year was
1887; Gene Autry was Republics
and the country's Cowboy King.
Gene had walked off the lot once
when he didn't agree with studio
ideas. So Republic decided they'd
better begin grooming a new cowboy
star. Not that they ever intended to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

high - his grandmother
was a Choctaw Indian
his hair is the right
sandy shade. and he has
a fine Western twang.
With all that. though,
you never get the feeling
that Roy is a Holly
wood cowboy putting on
an act. He takes his
work too seriously for
that. He never smokes
in public, for example
some boy fan might try
to initiate him. He no
longer owns an orthodox
suit of clothes - all of
them are the tricked-up
kind of buds that NOV
les and rodeos have
made you associate with
the Wild West. But he's
a little shy about wear
ing them.
His wife knew Roy
back in the days when
he didn't have enough
to eat. The Rogers Tribe
- it now includes two
and-a-h alf-year-old
Cheryl - camps on a
lO-acre place about eight
miles from the studio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

dinner with Roy Roger
said, Who's Roy Rog-
ers?" There was dead ST.
lence for a minute; he
sputtered, finally said, as
if he were enlightening a
visitor from Mars:
Roy Rogers is one of
the biggest things in pic
lures. He has millions of
fans. He's the worlds
greatest cowboy star.
He's a box-office gold
mine. He breaks all
attendance records on
personal appearances.
His phonogaph-record
sales are almost as big as
Crosby's. He makes
eight pictures a year -
each one of ennis a smash
hit. And you want to
know who Roy Rogers
isr'
That's how it was. So
now, after talking to
Roy and to Trigger
chats his horse, in case
noneofyou dudesknew),
| can report that hard
ndin'. sweet-singln' MIR.
Rogers is already rival
ing - and in some ways
lettering - the gigantic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

TT STARTED this
/ way:
A man from Re-
public Pictures
called and said,
How about having
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popularity records set by Gene
Autry, now an Army sergeant And
Idaho" Roy's new film, is expected
to top everything.
Tall Tale
hoy is now undisputed - we'll,
practically - King of the Range
Riders. How he got that way is
Hollywood scenario in itself. The
closest he ever came to steer was
the COW he MIXED on his family's
Ohio farm. He became curious about
the Open Spaces when his father -
a worker in a shoe factory - began
making custom cowboy boots for
ranch owner. He thought it would be
nice to wear shoes like that. Next
step: he bought guitar in pawn
shop, learned to play it through
correspondence course.
In %, he went West - to drive
sand truck in California, He stayed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

That's Roy Rogers,
movie cowboy star.
Meet him and meet
Trigger, his horse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
THIS WEEKS

dinner with Roy Rogers?' And l
The union times., 1943-05-15

EVERY DAY at high noon battle begins in Hartford and Bridgeport. It is tine battle of the lunches. It is very difficult to find not only a place to eat but good selection of foods, we have been told.
 "SO BAD is the situation here" said former Congressman William J. Fitzgerald, serving as Area Man. power Director in the Park City, ''that I have given up going out to lunch at aII." Another angle of the eating situation is that of fake specialities. One place pulled this one: Its menu featured ''Cali- fornia Sirloin" which turned out to be nothing more than a five-cent peacetime hamburger at five times the price!
 CONNECTICUT WORKERS al- though not at. all in accord with the methods of John L. Lewis in these times, have kept their eye on the ball, and have privately ex- pressed sympathy for the plight of the miners. Although the daily newspapers have directed their venom against Lewis alone, workers in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford condemned the attitude of the operators who have refused to bargain and insisted that the case go before the War Labor Board without making an offer. Not few persons have expressed concern that the labor haters will use Lewis belligerency as damaging evidence in their packed court against work CTS and their unions.
 BRIDGEPORT CARPENTERS are wondering when the local Chap ter of Associated General Contrac- tors is going to give its answer on the workers demand for $2 daily increase of pay. A letter was sent to the contractors Jan. 30, informing them that the Bridgeport Carpen- ters' Council had unanimously voted to ask for a $l4-day in the l943 contract which goes into ef- feet June l. An early reply would help matters inasmuch as the wage agreement must be okayed by the Brotherhood and by the VILE.
 
 A WOMAN ran an advertisement in a New York newspaper for a maid. One condition of employ ment was that she could wear the mistress mink coat on her day off. Six hundred wOmen-and quite a few husbands (for their wives)- asked for the job. One husband pleaded with the woman to give his wife the job, saying that she had always wanted a mink coat and he would never earn enough to give her one!
The union times., 1943-05-15
I comments on This and That B by ROBERT B. BICKEL
by ROBERT B. BICKEL

THE BRIDGEPORT C.L.U. has just spent another $25O for the purchase of union-made cigarettes for boys on the fighting fronts. More than $lOO is in the smokes for-fghting-men fund, and the C.L.U. is looking forward to mak- ing another $25O purchase of Raleigh's this month, Particularly active in the cigarette drive is the Building and Construction Trades Council. Business Agent Harold Barker of the Carpenters Council has been the spearnead of this di- vision of the campaign.
 GUS NOBILI, hard-wOrking busi- ness agent of Local 665, Park City Building Laborers, is all enthused about his victory garden. NObiIi has a lOOxlOO plot which he is spad- ing by hand. With him growing vegetables is no novelty. He did a bit of farming in his lifetime. Born in Rome, he went to work on Italian farms at the age of thirteen.
 OTHER BRIDGEPORT BIAS who are cultivating war gardenA are George Mylen, Local 488, Elec- tricians; Mike Minnotti, Local 2, Bricklayers, and ''Dinney'' Byrnes, Local l9O, Painters. All these labor leaders have been actively assOcia- ted with the work of the O.P.A. Maybe that has something to do with their interest in growing food to help relieve the situation.
 *
 THE SAILORS Union of the Pa cific (A.F.L.) has protested ne.s ruling of the Maritime War Emer- gency Board as virtually eliminat- ing the SIPS port bonus in all war areas, and demands that the de- cision be cancelled.
The union times., 1943-05-15
As We See It. by The Staff
SEN. JOSEPH T. ROURKE,
(By Baer)

SEN. JOSEPH T. ROURKE, business agent of Local B-9O. EIec- trical Workers, and vice-president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, has received fine shock proof wrist watch as a going-away gift from the State Senate. Lieut.. Gov. William L. Hadden, presented the watch to Joe, who is joining the Seabees this month.
 O.P.A. BOSS Prentiss M. Brown is being flooded with requests from all parts of the U. s. to consider extra meat allowances for the men who are employed in mine, mill and other heavy occupations.
 DENTAL treatment for British war workers, which has been in operation under the ministry of supply at few factories, now is being extended to all larger ord nance works. A charge of only 50 cents is made for each visit ire spective of its duration.
 WARNER BROS. is organizing a delegation of Conn. union lead CTS for trip to New York to see ''Mission to Moscow" based on the book written by former Ambassa- dor Joseph E. Davies. The picture faithfully follows Ambassador Da- vies' book, and as such, is an in- teresting and highly important doc ument, since it will lead to a better understanding in this country of the policies of the Soviet Union.
 A WOMAN TUBE MOUNTER in a war plant has perfected a process in making power tubes that saves valuable materials and 400 man. hours, or should we say woman hours, annually.
 OSCAR DIMWIT: Sure I read the Daily BLat even if it is a de- featist paper. Don't I gotta get my laughs from the comic strips?
 JOE UNIONMAN: You laughed at Hitler in l933, too, chump.
The union times., 1943-05-15

Stymied By GIRL. Co. In Nego- tiations By TrolIeymen For New Contracts" 'sLocal No. 2lIO3. Bridgeport Corset Workers, Nego- tiating New Agreements;'' 'sHart- ford C.L.U. Protest Pegler's At tacks On Organized Labor And Asks Support Of All Local In This MOve;" Chairman William H. Davis War Labor Board Praises The Work And Cooperation Of The Labor Press In The War Pro- gram = Nathan Sherman Repre- sented THE UNION TIMES At National Conference In New York City;" Postal Workers Federation Discuss Need Of Pay Raises For Mailmen With Pres. Roosevelt:''
 Cooperative Housing Advocated For New Haven And Resolution By Central Labor CounciI;'' s'Team- sters Meet In New York To Study Eastman's Ruling That All Out Going Trucks Carry 1OO%0 Loads; ;'' ''The War Issue Is Free Labor Versus Slavery, Pres. Feinmark Of N.H.C.L.C. Tells League Of Women Voters.''
The union times., 1943-05-15
STATE LABOR RELATIONS ACT

HE l043 session of the General Assembly on the
 of adjournment, and unless miracle takes place. the chief aim of organized labor cerned, the passage of State Labor Relations Act not have been achieved To confuse the record his editorial is being written Tuesday,, the Senate may go through the motions of passing this legislation wenowin the House of Representatives, aptly called he graveyard of progressive legislation legsation will kill the b There is always lasmnue chance that Gov Baldwin and his political advisers may con- cusion that they will need State Labor Relations Act on tons If the boys in Hartford will be ordered deliver Let's hope sol
 In beating the drums for the passage of State Labor Relations Ac not in the least deferred by the that the Republican Party for the third legislative session, has refused pass this needfu legislation promising to do sO To some extent also bame We failed the press and radio of the State Labor Relations Act burning properly organ and teerams to Gov. Baldwin and certain key members the General Assembly, Delegations from all cities could have been organized The Central Labor Unions which showing degree of mtancy and progressiveness which must be astonishing d the old timers, could have been mobilized
 Let's cry split milk, nest time sve WILL e. barrass the limit friends and enemies they Repu Democrats and organize campaign Oich get cunt 1923 methods in I943.
The union times., 1943-05-15
LITTLE LUTHER

"WHY should it be hard roll back prices?' Little
 Luther wanted to know
 The trouble is, MT. Dlworth replied between chews on black market steak, 'ha tinkers fundamental principles of the free enterprise system.'
 Then aren't part of the free enterprise system "Of they my ad Without private profit and capital there would be nobody pay wages.' M and prices both part enterprise system then why that only wages be controed?
 f wages not controlled, will have imitation, my boy"
 s'What is imitation, anyway?'
 s'That is when prices get of control-' ''But Daddy, you just told that you can't control prices"
 "So did, my boy. But if you down wages, prices will automatically follow"
 But already have been placed under and prices still going up."
 'That my boy the only way have free market Tel that to Nom the time bawling her about the bills from your nice free market"
The union times., 1943-05-15
Our Soldiers Buy
 Bonds Every Month

American soldiers are buy ing more than $2l, 100000 worth of War Bonds each month, the War Department has revealed. Approximately 6O% of all those in the service are bond buyers.
 Sale of bonds to military personnel began a year ago and has shown a substantial in- crease every month. The latest report was for February be- cause, with forces in all parts of the world, some reports are necessarily slow in getting to the War Department.
 Civilian employees in the War Department purchased $1O,- 345, ,OOO in bonds during Febru- ary, also an increase over the previous month.
The union times., 1943-05-15
WHAT WILL YOU LOAN?

NNOUNCED casualties of the United Armed Forces
 from the outbreak of the April "A, l943 (xhose next of kin have been nofed) total 78235 the Office of War Information reports.
 This total arrived at by combining War and Navy Depart men reports includes: Dead, l2,l23 wounded, 15O49 missing O,435; prisoners of war, lO.628.
 The War Department shows Army casualties toang 53,3O9 Of this number 4976 killed lO384 wounded There 27,32l missing lO628 prisoners of the wounded lO58 have returned active duty casualties include l25OO Philippine Scouts; of these 469 killed 747 wounded remainder are assumed to be of
 The Navy Department report shows casualties toaIng 24926, made up of JAY dead; 4,665 wounded; l3ll4 missing These divided as follows:
The union times., 1943-05-15
NEW HAVEN, CONN, SATURDAY, MAY IS, 194s

The PeopIe-The Court of Last Resort
The union times., 1943-05-15

.52 Issues, $1.75; 20 Issues, $l.OO
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''vastly better'' now than during the last war, the OWL. says, de- spite the fact that passenger traffic almost doubled in 1942 and freight traffic increased 339o. All this, it must be noted, was done with about half as many as were employed on the railroads in 1918. In the truck ing field, the TRANSFERS ''have embarked upon a large scale labor management cooperative program to conserve trucking facilities and are doing a grand job.
 MANY THINGS are hard to get these days, and one Dallas citizen registered sarcastic complaint in the classified advertising columns of the Dallas NesUs of April l6, as shown below.
 TICE
 HOTELS,
 RESTAURANTS,
 PIG STANDS. 9TH SERVICE COMMAND. W. P. B., o. P. A.,
 Etc., Etc.
 WANTED: between the hours of 12:3O and 2 pm. on any day between April 18th and April 22nd, 1943 (both in- clusive).
 ONE MEDIUM SLICE (area A square inches, not less than 378-inch thick
 RARE PRIME RIB
 ROAST BEEF with or without trimmings, served hot, ready to eat, at some suitable place within the following boundaries in the city of Dallas, Texas: On the east by St. Paul Street; on the north by Elm Street; on the west by Lamar; and on the south by Commerce Street.
 SUITABLE REWARD will be paid by the undersign- ed for information leading to its acquisition.
 F. T. ANSPAUCH,
 Main and Ervay, Dallas,
 Texas.
 OUR CONGRATULATIONS to Mir. and Mrs. Charles T. KIebe, who have just become the parents of a beautiful baby daughter. Klebe Is one of the fine crew of men and women at the Van Dyck Printing Co.,, New Haven, who print The Union Times.
 ONE YEAR AGO IN THE UNION TIMES: Arbitration Still
The union times., 1943-05-15
Quiz AnsUers

These are the answers to the questions on Page 2:
 l. The coal stoppage and the miners went back to work after a I5-day truce was arranged by the government. 2. For more leniency in correcting inequalities. 3. Be- cause he was helping the black market. 4. The Doughton bill. 5. The OPA labor advisory com mittee in which AFL and CIO are both represented. 6. Ohio and Penn sylvania. z. 1t did not. &. New York. 9. Mrs. Fillmore M. Herrick. former NLRB regional director.
The union times., 1943-05-15
LABOR VIEWS THE NEWS

W. Lee ODaniel, who got himself elected governor of Texas and then US senator slogan of Pass Biscuits Pappy, is doing his best disrupt morale of the who "Pass the Ammunition"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19

and Victor Alter, labor leaders who
were active in the anti-Nazi, Jewish
underground movement in Poland.
Consider the Evidence
Let US constitute ourselves a court
to examine the evidence and the is
sues presented by this case. After all,
in America the court of public opinion
is the real supreme court.
The evidence at hand is fragmen-
tary, we must admit. We do not know
how Erich and Alter fell into the
hands of the Soviet Government. We
do not know the testimony submitted
against them. We don't even know the
exact charges against them, except
rather vaguely that they were accused
of collaborating with Hitler.
But we do know this-that these
men were sincere Jews, that they were
sincere Socialists, that they were sin
cere trade-unionists and that they had
conducted constant underground
drive against Hitler in Poland at
great risk to their own lives.
How, under such circumstances.
they could be found guilty of aiding
Hitler is beyond our comprehension.
But we do know that they were
convicted and executed. We do know
that they are now dead.
And it is our duty to Judge not the
victims but the kind of Government.
the kind of justice, that could con-
denim them.
In so doing, we must first acknowl-
edge that the Soviet Government is
our ally in this war. The people of
Russia and the armies of Russia have
put up an inspired resistance against
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
CITY YOUTH FOR FARM WORK

Washington, D. C.-Between a half
million and $4,000 Victory Farm
Volunteers will be recruited from nom
farm youth for farm work during the
spring and summer months, Secretary
of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard and
the U. S. Office of Education said here.
Members will come largely from high
schools. Many will enlist from the
ranks of the High School Victory
Corps. Because of the shortages of
manpower, it is necessary to depend
more and more on youth and women
to help harvest crops. Victory Farm
Volunteers will be part of the U. S.
Crop Corps, plans for which were an
nounced recently by Secretary Wick
ard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19

soning any more than we could con-
vict an American of treason merely
because he disagreed with President
Roosevelt.
The murder of Erich and Alter
exposes the bloody hands of the So
Wet Government. 1t exposes the in
tellectual slavery of the so-called
labor movement of Soviet Russia
which failed to voice protest. 1t is a
warning to us for the future.
This may be considered brutal
frankness. But when it comes to
frankness, we take off our hats to
Admiral William H. Standley, United
States Ambassador to Russia, who
stood up on his hind legs in Moscow
and announced for all the world to
hear that Stain has deliberately with
held from the Russian people any
mention of the considerable aid this
country has given Russia in the war
effort.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
AFL AGAIN ASSAILS
VICTORY TAX

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-In a
detailed discussion of taxation and
the load it puts on lower paid work
ers, the American Federation of La
Dor again criticizes the Victory Tax,
which it opposed when pending in
Congress.
"The Victory Tax" the AFL says
in it's monthly survey, "takes per-
cent from everyone's income over $12
per week, regardless of his family re-
sponsibilities. This places heavy
burden on low income families.
"For married man with children
to take $3.50 out of a $62 pay enve-
lope is real hardship, counted in
food, shoes, clothes which the family
must do without, to the extent of
more than $125 year. The exemp-
tions for married men and dependents
allowed by the income tax prevent
this unfairness. The married man
with 8 children earning $50 week
pays no income tax; he has exemp-
tions and deductions of $50 a week
1926 week for married couple and
So for each child.)
Because the Victory Tax grants no
such exemptions, it places the tax
burden very much more heavily on the
low income groups. Of the total in
come tax, only 81 percent is paid by
people with incomes under $4,000 a
year, while So percent of the Victory
Tax is paid by this group.
"a way has been suggested to cor
rect this unfairness which could be in
porated in the new tax bill Congress
will enact this year: Absorb the Vic
tory Tax into the income tax system,
applying the same exemptions to both
taxes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
FACI N G.
THE
FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

The Supreme Court of the United
States had a tough decision to make
the other day 1t involved the convic-
tion of George Sylvester Vierick, a
known pro-Nazi who was found guilty
of spreading Hitler's doctrine in this
country-with the aid of some Con-
gressmen, let it be said
In reviewing the case, the Su-
preme Court found that the letter of
the law had not been complied with
in Vierick's trial. So, despite the fact
that we are engaged in desperate
war against Hitler, the court threw
out the conviction of his advocate.
We can imagine the jeering con-
tempt with which the Nazi in Ger
many greeted this verdict. They con-
slider US softies for our strict regard
for law. But we in America can be
proud of this decision. In it lives and
breathes the spirit of justice.
Now every American worker is
called upon to sit in judgment upon a
case that presents an even greater
test of justice than that which con-
fronted the Supreme Court.
We refer to the execution by the
Soviet Government of Henryk Erich
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
MINIMUM PAY RATE STUDY
PLANNED FOR CANNERIES

New York, N. VI. Metcalf Wall
ing, administrator Of the Wage and
Hour and Public Contracts Division of
the United States Department of La
Dor, announced the appointment of a
committee of thirty members, repre-
senting employers, employees and the
public to establish minimum wage
rate in the canned fruits and vege-
tables and related products industry.
The committee is expected to rec
ommend the highest minimum wages,
not to exceed 40 cents per hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
Advertise in The Press.
CHICAGO MEETINGS HELP
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Continued from Page IL
Dor Relations Board; Lester Asher,
NLRB attorney (who answered ques-
tions pertaining to the board and it's
operations); and John T. Burke, AFL
liaison officer in the Office of Price
Administration, who is also member
of the teamsters' union.
Research Office Serves Unions
Henry Burger, international repre-
sentative, told the delegates that the
labor research Office which called the
conference was set up by the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters to
serve local teamster unions in Chicago
and vicinity, and to assist them in
their cases before the various govern
ment agencies. Kenneth M. Hindley is
head of the research office.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-03-19
A Warning For the Future

These facts make it extremely diff
cult for us to render decision based
on justice and frankness, rather than
upon expediency. 1t would be easy to
say that Stalin's business is his own
and none of ours. 1t would be simpler
to wash our hands of the whole busi-
ness and to forget about it.
But we cannot forget. We cannot
acquiesce to murder without becom-