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The union times., 1943-05-22
Connally Bill. Holds Threat ToUniionSh
Rep. Smith Sneaks Open Shop Clause In Anti
 Labor Measure

WASHINCTON-Only by an ex- tremely careful reading of the lengthy Conally-Smith Bill, S.796, can it be found, but there is a pro- vision tucked away at the end of a section dealing with something else which is slated for particularly hot debate.
 It has been the National War Labor Boards custom to order a closed shop only where one already exists, but it would be deprived of this right under the bill, and even of the power to order its standard maintenance of membership clause incorporated regu- larly in contracts.
 Here is the wording of the trick provision Howard W. Smith O., Va.) slipped in, revealed publicly only after it was reported out by the House Military Affairs Commit tee and given the right of way by the Rules Committee:
 Tn no event shall the Board have power under this act, or otherwise, to AN4CIAN dS d NOIluIllO1l Ol CulplOy1IlSIlI that any individual become or remain member of a labor organization"
 The Smith Bill, HR 2l24, vir- tualIy all of which was incor- pOrated in the COnnaIIy Bill, S.796. by the House Committee, contains l6 pages and IA sections and all most every standard anti-labOr measure thought of since its incep. ton in l94O. But although re. pOrters were given a detailed out. line of what the joint bill contained after it was reported out, no men, ton was made of the barring of the union shop.
 The bill requires federal regis tratiOn and financial reporting of unions, outlaws secondary bOycOtts and requires 3O-day cooling off period after strike is voted.
The union times., 1943-05-22
 Truck Speed Is Explained
ODT Now Testing Various Speeds And Effect They
 Have On Tires

Pending conclusions reached from tire wear tests now being conducted by the Office of Defense Transporta- tion, trucks delivering emergency sup plies for the Army, Navy, U. s. Maritime Commission and War Ship ping Administration may continue to travel in excess of thirty-fve miles an hour provided they display V Emergency Remnants and carry Ger tifcates of Exemption, Joseph B. Eastman, ODT Director, has an nounced.
 The exemption became effective on March l and was approved by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers for sixty day trial period. Tests to determine tire wear on overtime road trucks under various speed limits were started on April 28 and will be concluded about July l. :
 Meanwhile, MT. Eastman said, the B mile speed limit will remain in effect for all motor vehicles, ex- cept those engaged in expediting emergency shipments and conform ing to regulations while making such deliveries.
The union times., 1943-05-22
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Pres. ROOsevelt's fortnight letter this week to Chairmen George and DOughtOn of the Congressional Tax Commit tees goes to the root of the income tax controversy. The letter bore fruit in the Houses rejection Tuesday of the Sen ate's Ruml-1avOred measure. Organized labor should take heart at the Presidents stand against the Senate's bill, which was patently a scheme to shift an unjust share of the cost of the war from the high-incOme groups to the workers.
 THE PRESIDENTS letter pointed out that the ''Senate bill would give man with an income of $2,OOO annual income cancella- ton of taxes equalling less than four weeks net income while man with an income of $lOO,OOO would receive a cancellation equalling 20 months net income. The latter would have cancelled more than all war tax increases since 1889, and thus would escape financial con- tribution to the cost of the war.''
 THE ISSUE was neatly summed up in the Senate last week when it was stated that under the Ruml plan a man with $l, 100000 in- come is willing to have his taxes of $86O,OOO forgiven in order to put his chauffeur on a pay-as-yOu go basis.
 EVERYONE is agreed that inc come taxes must be put on pay as-yOu-go basis in order to relieve an undue burden falling on the low income earners, and that some abatement is necessary. But using the plight of the wage and small salary earner as pretext for whole sale tax-evasion by the high income group, is a farce and an injustice. We are glad that the President has made it clear that he will veto any such negotiable plan. We hope that Congress will forthwith pass an equitable tax bill.
 THE BOSTON Globe rang the bell last week when the Axis forces were trapped on Cape Bon penin- sula. The headline read:
 Bottled in Bon
 SHOOTING BARRED: Entering of homes in search of violatOrs of OPA regulations will not be cOun- tenanced except in most fragrant cases such as the use of houses to conceal black market operations and where the full legal procedure of obtaining a search warrant is obtained, Price Administrator Prem tiss M. Brown announced this week.
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1943-05-22
Bus Drivers Organize In
 Bridgeport
Workers At Auto Transit Co. Receive Charter;
 Elect Officers

Bus drivers and miscellaneous workers of the Bridgeport Auto Transit Co.,, have been chartered in the Amalgamated Association of Street Car and Motor Coach Oper- atOrs. The organization has been designated as Div. 1886.
 Officers of the Division were elected and the charter presented at meetings held last week in the Metal Trades Hall, Main St., Bridgeport. Robert Tierney was elected president.
 Vice-President P. J. O'Brien of the Amalgamated presented the charter and conducted the election, which was held Friday and Satur- day. William McNamee, president, and Samuel F. Curry, business agent of Div. 28l, New Haven TrOlleymen, accompanied O'Brien and spoke before the new local.
 James J. Clerkin, president of the Conn. Federation of Labor, and an organizer for the A.FL. who was instrumental in organizing the bus operators at the Auto Transit Co.,, was unable to be present.
 The full list of officers are:
 President, Robert Tierney.
 Vice-President, William Plude.
 Recording Secretary. William Boucher.
 Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Jessey Ernest.
 Conductor, Carl Massey.
 Executive Board, Joseph ZdrO- dOski, Charles Kaeacer and George Hanson.
 The organization, which has signed up most of hte 70 eligible workers at the company, is drawing up con tract to submit to the transit firm.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Ask Locals For
 Men In Service

Secretaries of all Locals affili- ated with the N. H. Central Labor Council are urged by the Service Flag Committee to re- port the total number of their members in the Armed Forces, in order that all union service men may be included in the total number placed on the Councils service flag.
 The secretaries should get in touch with any one of the fol- lowing committee members by addressing him at the N. H. Labor Temple, 137 COffe St.: Joseph T. ROurke, Carl Hoff, or Timothy NOOnan.
 These reports should be made as soon as possible in order that the flag can carry the complete number of A.F.L. members in the community when it is first flown from the Labor Temple.
The union times., 1943-05-22
WOrkersArePra For Keeping Bonds

American workers who have set the pace in purchase of War Bonds largely through payroll deduction plans-were praised this week by the Treasury Department for showing magnificent patriotism" in holding on to their bonds despite heavy bur dens on their earnings.
 Eugene w. Sloan, executive direc- tor Of the Treasury's War Savings staff, declared it had been anticipated many persons would cash their bonds in order to pay steep Federal taxes in March.
 An analysis just completed shows, Sloan said, that "redemptions during March were only &-1O0 of per cent of the total amount of bonds out standing.
 That's a record all Americans can we'll be proud of" he asserted.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Brewery Workers
 Donate Cigarettes

Secretary I. M. Ornburn of the Union Label Trades Department, who is in charge of the program to send union-made Raleigh cigarettes to the boys in all branches of the U. s. fighting forces overseas, re- ported to the offices of the National Union of Brewery Workers in Cin- cinnati last week that local unions, up to March 3l, had purchased 500, ,OOO Raleigh cigarettes for this purpose.
 According to our records" says the Unions official Journal, ''sev- eral more of our locals sent Raleighs overseas during the month of April, increasing the above total considerably"
The union times., 1943-05-22
Labor Victory Seen In Order
 On nWageHike
Policy Changed On Eve Of National AFL
 and CIO Meetings

WASHINGTON = Economic Di- rector James F. Byrnes has issued a policy directive authorizing the Ma tional War Labor Board to make wage adjustments "to aid in the effec- tive prosecution of the war or to correct gross inequities."
 It represents a clearcut victory for labor and particularly for the AFL and CIO members who SUD- ported the Board and at the same time insisted stubbOrnly that eco- homie stabilizatiOn was not possi- ble if wages were frozen rigidly while prices went up. It restores much of the powers the WLB held before the April 8 hold-the-line order.
 Chairman William H. Davis said the order "gives the Board full judicial discretion within clearly stated limita- tions and for clearly defined pur- poses and that's good administration" !"
 Any wage adjustments which may furnish basis to increase prices Cor to resist otherwise justifiable reductions in price ceiling'' must be approved by Byrnes, as was the case before the hOld-the-line order of April 8. Labor representatives felt the inclusion of the reductions clause indicated further plans for rOllbacks in prices of major cost Of-living commodities.
 The Byrnes directive was issued virtually on the eve of the CIO execu- tive board meeting in Cleveland. The AFL executive council convened here May 17.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Army Is Now Operating Z Film Studios
Hollywood Technicians Stay On The Job-But In
 US. Service

HOLLYWOOD The Army is now operating two of ollywOOd's s studios. A lot of the stars on Holly woods service flag stand for techni- clans who are serving with the armed forces by doing their regu- lar peacetime specialties-at Army pay.
 They're not kicking. Neither are other cameramen, sound tech nicians, cartoOnists, film editors who know they're next. They want to serve where they'll do the most good. Studios, however, are pre- pairing deferment demands cOver- ing every department of production.
 About the Army studios. One is the Signal Corps studio, which used to be the Hal Roach lot, sacred to Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang" comedies. The other is the Army Special Service studio, the original Fox lot but for years used only for production overflow.
 Special Service production is commanded by Lt.-COl. Frank Capra, who has just been cited by the President for genius and conn petence on the strength of his Army OrientatiOn pictures on the events leading to our entry into the war.
 One of Capra's pictures, Prelude to War;" is being released to the gen. eral public. This was agreed to, however, only after weeks of debate between the Army and OWI, with the opposition backed vehemently from within the film industry.
 The industry's real objection was to furnishing the theaters free of charge a picture made by a top bOx-office director, the man who made ''Mr. Smith Goes to Wash ington'' and ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
 Each army studio has its animated cartoon unit. Graphic animation is being combined with live action to an increasing extent in training and morale films. The Signal Corps car toon unit has about 20 animators, former artists for Disney, Schlesinger, Screen Gems.
 What the regular cartoon studios have that the Army hasn't is girl artists. There are more women than men cartOOnists, because all the detail mixing and painting is entrusted to them.
 The Army is restoring the bal ance, however, by calling on the WAC to round up former mixers and painters and assign them to the Signal Corps. The first dozen are due to report as this is written.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Many From Conn. Attend LyonsFuneral
Leading State Teamster Officials Honor President
 Of N. Y. Federation

Frank Bausola, secretary-treas- urer of Local 559, Hartford Team sters, and acting president of Teamsters Joint Council, 64, of which he is vice-president, led a delegation of Connecticut Teamster officials to the funeral of Thomas J. Lyons, president of the New York Federation of Labor, last week.
 Lyons who was nationally known as president of the Empire State fed eration for his lifelong devotion to the cause of labor and his ability as a leader of men, was followed to his grave by 200 automobiles. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and was a friend to many in the Connecticut movement which he helped to build.
 Services were held for him in the St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. A throng of 2000 persons including such dignitaries as Mayor LaGuardia and Police Commissioner Valentine of New York, and Matthew Woll, second vice-president of the American Federation of Labor attended. Business agents of the International Brother hood, including Dave Beck who came all the way from California, and Michael Cashal, first vice-president, also were present.
 Lyons was a close personal friend of Thomas F. Murphy, presi- dent of the Joint-COuncil 64, and secretary-treasurer of Local l9l, Milk Wagon Drivers, who died just ;, two weeks earlier, neither knowing the other was ill.
 Other Connecticut teamsters who attended the Lyons services include: !: Nick YannOne, business agent of Local 559; Edwin Rice, president, and Harold Galloway, secretary treasurer, Local 671, Hartford; :; Matthew Ruoppolo, president, John J. Allen, secretary-treasurer, John Pisano, Hartley Martin, and George Borzain, business agents of Local 443. New Haven and Bridgeport; 1; and Timothy Collins, secretary treasurer, Local 671, Waterbury.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Conn. Musicians To
 Meet In Torrington

Robert Schecter, business agent, Harry L. Benson, recording secretary, and William Winnick, Local 234, New Haven Federation of Musicians, together with Leonard Reed, business agent of Local 486, New Haven Musicians, will attend the semi annual Connecticut Conference of Musicians at Torrington, Sunday. Delegates from 19 Connecticut locals are ex- pected to be present.
 Among the items of business will be the election and installation of officers for 1943. Frank B. Fields, Local 52, South Norwalk, is president, and Benson is secretary of the Con- ference. President James Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians will be represented by Thomas Gam bel.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Resentment
 OfAFLVoiiced By Feinmark
Denies Leaders Informed Of Governors Stand On State
 Labor Relations Act

Harold V. Feinmark. presi- dent of the New Haven Central Labor Council, and a vice. president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, told The Union Times today that Cor ganized labor in this state has again been given the rum around by Governor Baldwin and his administration leaders in the General Assembly,"
 "The political play invoIv- ed in holding up all action on the State Labor Relations Bill until the last week of the ses- sion has not fooled anyone" Feinmark said. ''The Cover nor has asserted that he told 'labOr leaders, that this was not the time to bring such an issue before the Legislature. l challenge this statement. No labor leaders, have confirmed what the Governor claims to be a fact.
 CAMPAIGN PROMISE?
 ''On April 20, Governor Baldwin told THE UNION TIMES that he would take up the matter of the State Labor Relations Act with the Labor Committee of the General Assembly. Two weeks later, when the Assembly was. planning to ad. JOurn, he came out against this legislation although he was whole heartedly in favor of it when rum ming for office last fall.
 From information received. if seems that Governor Baldwin, as a political maneuver, will claim that organized labor fared well at the hands of the Legislature, since no anti-labOr legislation was passed in Connecticut. Undoubtedly other Re- publican politicians will make the same claim.
 This is sheer nonsense. Since Pearl HarbOr this state, one of the most highly industrialized in the nation, has not had one important labor dispute. Members of organ ized labor are the backbone of the ten per cent payroll deduction plan for the purchase of War Bonds, and every labor union in the state has men not only in the armed forces. but in the highly important con. structiOn and supply forces as we'll. No one will thank Governor Bald. win and the Legislature for it's kindness in not passing anti-IabOr legislation at this time.
 WORKERS UNPROTECTED
 ''SOme 48 hours after Pearl Har- Dor, labor in Connecticut volun- tarily gave up the right to strike. This left some 225, ,OOO workers en. gagged in intra-state commerce in this state without any recourse should their just demands be ignored. It was for this reason that were were especially anxious to have State Labor Relations Act
 
 passed at this time. There are still thousands of men and women in Connecticut, people with families, who are making $2O and $25 a week. It is these people and their children who will suffer because of the politics played in Hartford dur ing this session of the General As- sembly.
 "The members of the American Federation of Labor in Connecticut deeply resent the political trickery played by the leaders of the Re publican Party tn this StGte during the last tesO months. It is no sUOnder that they beIieUe sUe are returning to the time aud practices sUhen J. Henry ROr0bGck ruled the Repub- IicGn Party in Connecticut"
The union times., 1943-05-22
No.424UrgedTO
 Attend Meeting

President John F. Greene of Local 424, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers, urges all members of the Local to attend the meeting Fri day, May 28, at 8 P. M., and partici- pate in the nomination of officers to be held at that time.
 Judges for the election, which will be held in June, will be named at the nomination meeting, said Greene.
 It will be the first election of of fcers to be held in five years, and the executive board is desirous of seeing good turnout of members, stated Lawrence Neary, recording secretary.
The union times., 1943-05-22
Brown, O.P.A. Chief, Can
 Order Grade Labelling

WASHINGTON. - The National Lawyers Guild has told O.P.A. Ad- minlStrator Prentiss Brown that the price control act mot only permits but requires" him to order grade labelling if he thinks it necessary to prevent hidden price increases.
The union times., 1943-05-22

Limiting the quantity of steel used in bed springs is resulting in an annual saving in steel sufficient to meet the steel requirements for 88 Liberty Ships.
The union times., 1943-05-22

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The union times., 1943-05-22

By buying War Bonds you help keen prices down today and keep purses filled up tomorrow.
The union times., 1943-05-22

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
Plant Training
Pamphlets Set

WASHINGTON, March %
Two new pamphlets are now
available, according TO the War
Manpower Commission.
One pamphlet, "A pprentic g
Training for Americas Youth"
stresses the training OF TO and IL
year-oldS to take the place Of older
workers who are entering military
service. The second pamphlet,
The National Apprenticeship Pro-
gram" gives a general outline Of
the apprentice training program
of the WINGS apprentice training
service.
Copies Of the pamphlets may be
obtained at any of the regional
offices or the Washington office
of the apprentice training service
of the VINO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
Home Defense Notes:
Tome Defense Notes:
Backyard Gardens
To Avert Shortage
BY KEN HALL

"Detroiters must utilize their
back yard plats 10 the utmost
for victory gardens II they wish
TO prevent a shortage of foods"
says Chairman Paul II. Jones Of
the victory garden committee Of
the Wayne County Council Of
Defense, in his efforts 20 bring
citizens TO realize the necessity
10 garden for victory
Jones points out that there ],
an unexpected apathy towards thu
gardening project in the city and
that It's cause is the belief that
families Of men IN the armed
forces and war plants think Tho
Will look after their
food needs.
They do not realize that from
1888 10 1889 food imports were
2i7 per cent aS great As our
food exports and that food sent
10 other countries under the
lend-lease program il not surplus
crops and naturally creates a
shortage that cannot be over
looked on the home front. Re-
duced production I'm rural areas
reduced by transportation prob
lens further increases the need
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
More Emphasis
On Car Sharing

Local war price and ration
boards will place increased en-
phasiS on car-sharinG in consid-
ering applications for 3 and c
gasoline rations beginning March
p, when most supplemental ra-
tionS come up for renewal, the
OPA administration revealed last
week.
Following a recent appeal from
Price Administrator Brown for full
public cooperation in a renewed
car-sharing effort. OPA directed
a letter 10 the rationing boards
pointing out that if passenger car
mileage is 10 he reduced to the
Acknowledgment average recon-
mended by the BaruCh committee,
ride sharing must be made a
universal practice
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
Drill Reminder
Pays Dividends

In drilling a number of holes in
"a gear case at Cadillac consider
able scrap was produced when OPP
orators would forget that four of
the holes had 10 be a different
size and depth. First solution was
to drill the four holes on another
machine, but this meant more
labor in handling.
Edward Polcyn then had the
idea of making use of the fact
that the gear case was loaded on
top of the fixture. which was then
rotated $50 degrees 10 bring the
case underneath and in position
for drilling.
He made two plates and hinged
them to the fixture so that. as
soon as the latter was rotated,
one or the other Of tho plates fell
over the four holes. II was thus
impossible 10 drill without lifting
up the covering plate, and this
proved 10 be a sufficient warning
to the operator to change the
Setup.
For his suggestion Polcyn, who
has only worked at the Cadillac
Motor Car Division a few months.
received an award Of S34.50 in
L. S. war bonds and stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23

for use of land within our COM
munity."
For these reasons Jones has
TO the Protestant, Catho-
lie and Jewish church leaders of
this city to vigorously urge thciT
parlShIonerS 10 plant victory gar.
denS this spring.
"Ne can't depend on large
community plots in outlying
sections alone" ne explains.
"Detroiters must utilize their
hack wards 10 the utmost" is
the gl>t OF a letter sent 10 The
Very Roy. Mscr Edward x.
Hickey chancellor Of the Catho-
lie archdiocese: DR. T. T. Brum-
baugh. executive secretary Of the
Detroit Council Of Churches,
and the Rev Adam Failing Of
tho Lutheran Center Of Detroit.
~ garden offers a way to pro-
tect our democratic institutions.
II there should be a shortage
because we have not been willing
TO forego some OF the leisure
time To cultivate our own land
to care for our own subsistence
then society will lose the peace
and the use of the institution in
which we believe" says Jones.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
Part Tiny.
Idea Big
Pays S733

Virgil SOmSel OF GINS Inland
Manufacturing carried his sugges-
zion around in his pocket for four
days wondering if il were worth
turning in. After all il only related
10 a tiny part about half as big as
a nickel. However, on his Wife's IN
sistence, he finally submitted it
and won an award of $73350 in
bonds and stamps.
SomselS idea eliminated a plat
ing operation In the production of
a brass insert that supports the
neoprene sleeve used on aircraft
ignition wiring. BY making use Of
a spec al adhesive it cut the
cementing operation from two 10
one coats. The suggestion not only
increased production but also saved
material and eliminated an II per
cent loss of inserts in the plating
tanks.
The ignition wire sleeve is a
small but essential insulating de-
vice on aircraft engines. II pro-
tects the spark plug terminal from
corona or dissipation Of cleo
tricity al high attitudes.