Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29
I'm Sick of
Seeing the
AL R0Sinskis
Beaten Down!

Ave- 1t is the home of AlphOnse A. ROsinskl
Al lives there with his wife and 4-year-Old
daughter. Another baby is soon to make its
appearance in this little family.
AL has his problems, like most of us, and a
large share of them are of an economic ma
ture. He is probationary member of the
Detroit City Department. AS probationary
fireman AIS pay comes to about S35 week.
With the new baby expected, doctor and hos
pital bills in the Offing, monthly payments to
make on the house, war bonds, and all the
other demands that fall upon people like AL
ROsinski !. :. and there are hundreds of thou
sands of them in the city i. :. Well, AL looked
around and decided he had to increase his
income. Either that, or fall into the hands of
some loan shark.
In the fire department, man is on duty
"a hours. The next "a hours he has off.
Twenty-fou on and "a off is the way they
work it there: Al found himself part-time
job to augment his income. During the hours
he was off duty from the fire department, he
cleaned furnaces.
And then one day while he was on duty
at Ladder Company No. s. he got notice.
II was from the Detroit Fire Commission.
He had violated regulation which says no
member can devote time to other than depart
mental business.
The fire commission deprived him of Is
leave days, which meant he had to stay on
duty continuously for 30 DAYS. He couldn't
get home to see his wife and his child He
couldn't be there to help prepare for the
coming of another little one That man paid
a heavy penalty. For what? For trying to
wofk little harder to support his family. He
earned some extra money during the hours he
waB not on duty. That was his crime, and his
misfortune.
And now, let us leave the little home of
the Rosinskis. We're bound downtown, to
the City Hall, 10 the Mayors office.
There sits Edward j. Jeffries Jr.. Mayor
of Detroit There are no worries on his mind
about monthly payments on a house. Long
before becoming a councilman, or the Mayor
OF Detroit, he enjoyed lucrative law prac-
tice. His home is paid for; he belongs to good
country clubs. He can go to Florida for a rest
: whenever he needs it.
Should some emergency arise in the
Jeffres family, as ii did in the family of
Al ROsinski, Jeffries wouldn't have to look
around for extra work. His job as Mayor of
Detroit pays him $4,000 year.
But nevertheless. Edward J. Jeffries.
Mayor of Detroit, does take extra work. In
addition to being Mayor of Detroit at $4,000
ayear, he is also counsel for a large fraternal
insurance organization. The outside Job paws
him, | am told, flat salary of $500 plus
fees amounting to about $1,000, or S12,5OO a
year This extra work nets him more than
six times as much as AL Rosinski gets for
working as city fireman. IT brings Jeffries'
total salary to S27500 a year.
No one calls Edr0ard J. Jeffries to account
for doing work outside of office hours, as AL
Rosinski Oos called to account. Oh, no! The
same newspapers that recorded the punish
nent of AL Rosinski tell you that Jeffries is
doing fine and should be reelected toonder
IL they eUer deUote thought TO the struggles
and the heartaches of the many thousands OF
AL Rosinskis of this city.
One law for the rich and the well favored.
Another law for the poor and the unfavOred.
That's what am against.
That's what would like to change.
\ In, sick of seeing the AL Rosinskis beaten
doDn and the men of the Edward J. Jeffnes
type plucking the plums of luxury.
Frank FITZGERALD