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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Dairy Bigwigs
Mobiliziing On
Issue Of OIeo
Milk Interests Continue
Fake Propaganda Against
Much-Needed Product

WASHINGTON = The bankers
in-overalls don't care how hard they
have to work to protect consumers
from lower prices.
Take Charles Holman, for in
stance. AS secretary of the Natl.
Cooperative Milk Producers Fede-
ration, one of the ''big FOUR farm
outfits, he's been kept pretty busy
lately issuing pOmpous blasts
against subsidies. But not content
with sniping at sterilization from
only the vantage point, he's now
taken on still another jOb-this
time as chairman of the action
committee of the Dairy Defense
Assn, a brand new organization
formed specifically to save consum-
ers from limitation dairy pro-
ducts. Translation: OleOmargarine.
In militanter- than-thou state
ment, Holman announced: 1T is our
intention to do everything in our
power to defend the present federal
oleomargarine code from efforts to
weaken it as we'll as federal 1egiS
lation now safeguarding or prohib-
iting the movement in interstate COM
merce of other imitation dairy pro-
ducts"
Although the Fulmer bill, HR
24O, repeating legal restriction on
the sale of margarine, was tabled
by the house agriculture commit
tee, the farm bloc apparently isn't
taking any chances on any similar
bills being introduced. The list of
officers of the new organization,
incorporated in Illinois, reads like
a who's who of the dairy industry:
President and treasure-Dr. H. A.
Rushe, secretary of the American But
ter Institute; vice-president-C. G.
Steele, president of the Natl. Cream
cries Assn; secretary-Car1 Patton
secretary of the Natl. Dairy Union !;
M. G. Van Buskirk, secretary of the
Illinois Dairy Products Assn; Char
les Fistere, secretary of the Dairy
Industry Committee ;, Owen M. Rich
ards, manager of the American Dairy
Assn. and Holman.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
NotAllHoIlywood
Is For Pictures
As Usual Today
Many Stars Are Participate
ing In Important War
Activities

HOLLYWOOD - War to Holly
wood means movies as usual. But for
some of the movie makers Hollywood
means merely furlough from war.
Jean Cabin has been starring in a
Universal picture about the Free
French-"The Imposter." Film fin
ished, Cabins off to the Free French
for active service. Same for Pierre
Aumont who played in Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer's Gross of Lorraine"
Both fighting Frenchmen saw Eu-
rOpean action before their breath
ers in HOllywood-Cabin as a ma
rine on minesweeper and AumOnt
with the French tank corps.
Jean Hersholt told the studios he'll
take no more movie parts for the
duration. He's a Dane. His war lob
is with the Natl. Denmark-American
Assn, preparing postwar Danish re-
l1et. His sister is on the other side,
part of the Danish underground.
Alfred Hitchcock, director of real
istic melodrama, became an integral
part of Hollywood these recent wears.
He's still British. On winding up
"Lifeboat' for 10th Century-Fox he's
OFT to England to make a series of war
films for his government.
Now it's Col. Raymond Massey,
of the Canadian army. The movie
heavy is in the morale division as
Canada-U. S. coordinator. And re-
member that kid they brought from
England to play Little Lord Faun-
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Profiteer Crook
Made $3S7,OOO;
Il Years In Jail
Firm Defrauded U.S., And
Ran 1892 Investment
Up To $4,000

DETROIT-Three years ago
Adolph SpalOk, one of Detroit's
lesser war proiteers, put 1892 into
the SpalOk Engineering Co. Fed
eraI Judge Frank A. Picard last
week sentenced him to IL years in
prison and fine of $4,000 for
defrauding the government of
100000 on war contracts. His
partner, VIM. ]. Zronchik, who also
put in 1892, drew seven years and
a $4,000 fine. Spalok's profits i'm
two years were 1897, O98.
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler
for all of whom the Spalok firm was
a subcontractor, were implicated as
either innocent fools or worse by the
Judge who said:
"When corporations as efficiently
managed as Chrysler, Ford and Gen
eral Motors can be hoodwinked, i'm
posed upon, cheated, deceived and de-
frauded, as the facts show they were
in this case, then it seems to me thai
no corporation is exempt from the
possibility of being participant inno-
cent or otherwise, in such activities.
Spalok had padded payroll fig
ures, listing employees at exorbitant
rates of pay, charging for their
labor when they were ill or other
wise absent and sharp-penciling i'm
every conceivable way. en-, Ford
and Chrysler paid the bills blithely
and passed the cost on to the gov
eminent.
"The amount of money the govern
ment is being defrauded out of Or
many of its war contracts" Judge
Picard said, twill reach Astronomical
figures on the basis on which the
prime contractors operated with
Spalek if the practice is general
The defendants pleaded that they
did not defraud the government
only Ford, General Motors and
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Cloture On HR z Is
Urged By Leaders
Green, Murray And Railroad Unions Seek Rule To
Limit Debate On AntPon Tax BiIl-Would
Prevent irresponsible Fibuster"

WASHINGTON - Leaders
of the ALL, Clio. and Rail
road BrOtherhOOds i'm an open
statement to members of the
senate urged a cloture rule to
limit debate on HR Z, the anti.
poll tax bill, to prevent an
irresponsible filibuster.''
Signing the letter were ALL.
Pres. William Green, CLIO
Pres. Philip Murray, Exec. Sec.
Julius Luhrsen of the Railway
Labor Executive Assn. and Pres
A. F. Whitney of the Bro. OF
Railroad Trainmen.
''That ten million Americans are
disfranchised by the poll tax is a
serious handicap to our war unity
at home and to our allied support
in other lands,'' said the statement.
"A report has been circulated that
another obstructionist fiIibuster
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Green Sees
A Saving Of
2h Billions
Total Cost Of Anti-Inaa-
tionary Program Would
Be 1925 Million An
nually, He Says

President William Green of
the American Federation of
Labor and James B. Carey.
secretary of the CLIO. this
week told the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee
members that if ''yOu vote
subsidies down you vote prices
up.''
''With all the earnestness at
his command, President Green
told the committee that while
1.-THE war has reached its most
decisive stage, America is
threatened with complete
abandonment of price con-
trolls.
Individual groups seeking in
dividual price rises have now
merged forces against the entire
price control program" Green
said. THE stampede is on to
break price control. Complete and
utter destruction of price stability
will be the certain result of the
elimination of the present sub
sidy program.
Total cost of the entire subsidy
program, including subsidies for
nOn-foOd consumer goods, on
which direct savings have been COM
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Whiskey Moguls
Getting Trouble
TheyHaveInvited
Face Probe By Congress,
Justice Department, And
Heavy Tax Blow

The Whisky Trust has been ask
ing for trouble, and it looks as though
it is going to get it-plenty!
Unless the situation radically
changes, it is going to take all the
ingenuity their lobbyists can muster
to enable the distilling interests tc
escape the consequences of their con-
temptuous treatment of the public.
A Senate committee is organizing a
full scale investigation, with public
hearings to start next week. Senator
James G. Scrugham (Dem., New
sponsored the resolution directing the
inquiry and it went through with rec
ord-breaking speed.
incidentally, Senator Friedrich Var
Nuys (Dem., Ind), who heads the
probe, declares that the Nevada Sen
ator has handed him the most popu-
lar job he has ever undertaken that
his mail is deluged with commenda-
tory letters.
Charges to Be Aired
The committee will look into
charges that four big distillers have
obtained virtual monopoly of liquor
that they have withheld stocks tc
create an artificial scarcity have fixed
prices at scandalous levels, and have
adulterated their products and divert
ed them into black markets.
The committee is already
drafting legislation placing sharp
restrictions on the sale of ware
house receipts of whiskey, de-
clared to be a fertile field for
black market operations.
Meanwhile, Wendell Berge, ir
charge of the Department of Justices
antitrust division, discloses he has
assigned special men to find out the
extent of price fixing, adulteratior
and other skullduggery. He said thai
pay dirt" has already been struck.
Tax Plan Blessed
The Treasury Department gave its
blessing to proposed legislation re-
ducing from eight to four years the
period in which liquor can be held ir
bond without paying excise taxes
oClldlOr OCIu SIld1n revealed there are
more than 400000,00O gallons in stor-
enough to supply demand for
four years.
If the time limit on storage is re-
duced, it will mean that approx
mately 100000 gallons of whisk,
will be released Immediately, making
the Treasury more than billion dol
lars richer.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
said congressional action along the
line suggested would solve overnight
the shortage of liquor and wipe ou
the black market in whisky.
Frenzied Financing
1t is likely that some "frenzied'
deals of whisky concerns will also b.
looked into by Congress.
The National Distilling Company
It is disclosed, is paying $17,175O,O0(
for the capital stock of the Century
Distilling Company. That equals the
cOmpany's earnings for the past q
years.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Bridgeport Corset
MakersAsk Increase

A joint application for approval
of a 71a per cent wage increase for
all workers of the Crown Corset Co.,
Bridgeport, Conn.,, has been filed with
the War Labor Board by the
IL.GW.U. and the firm.
The application has been made pre-
vious to the termination of negotia-
tons for an agreement with the firm
in order to shorten the period of wait
ing for the Board to make its deci
sion.
Crown Corset has been non-union
for many years but was recently or
gained. Contract negotiations are
continuing.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

puted, Green said, will amount to
1925 million annually. On the an
nual basis the direct savings
amount to $2,373,OOO,OOO, or two
and One-half dollars for every dol
lar spent. The indirect savings
would be much greater, he added.
"The argument that subsidies are
inhationary falls apart" Carey said,
when it is recognized that the alter
native-a constantly rising price level
is far more infationary.
''The argument that subsidies
add to the public debt and to the
tax burden of future generations
falls apart when we see that con-
stantly rising prices will add to the
public debt and future taxes many
times the amount added by price
control subsidies. When that is
clear, the argument that subsidies
will force the returned soldiers of
tomorrow TO pay some part of our
grocery bills of today is revealed
for the shabby demagOguery that it
isl
Farm bloc and defeatist members
of the committee, which is headed by
pro-AdminiStration Robert Wagner
Cd. N. W, told the labor witnesses
they couldn't understand why they in
sisted the whole price control pro-
gram would go out the window with
subsidies. Well, how else would you
control prices? demanded Green.
Gust the way they're doing it
now" beamed Robert A. Taft r..
o., ''by increases-Iike the one
they just gave on coal" Taft, whose
disrupting is always done under the
guise of compromising" went on
to expound his theory of a little
initiation.
He was against the Little Steel
formula, he said smoothly, favored
some subsidies, and believed in
gradual increases. A go in
crease in the cost of living each
year would just about suit him, he
said. Taft is prepared to offer an
alleged compromise which would
limit the subsidy program to a few
subsidies handpicked by congress.
Farm blocers were obviously
startled when Carey tore into their
argument that price increases would
be completely turned over to farm
labor in the form of higher wages.
"Oh, they're getting most of it," pro-
tested John L. Mcclellan Cd. Ark.).
at least 1009o," chined in Francis
Maloney Cd. Conn.,. Someone else
breathed the fgure-135@O.
But Carey produced figure which
silenced them. The increase in net
income of farm operators was 1919
according to official Dept of Com
merce statistics, he said. "Net?" ask
ed Charles Tobey R. N. H.) family.
met" said Carey.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Labor Is Guilty Of
Z" Egalitarianism .

NEW YORK-The Wall Stree,
Journal, authoritative spokesman for
American business, CRASHES its teeth
editorially because labor is supporting
the treasury Dept. tax program for
boosting levies on high incomes.
Boldly, the Journal says such a pro-
gram can't work because it is "egali-
tarianism," which seems to mean tax
ing those who can afford to pay, and
adds: Our faith is in equality of op-
portunity precisely because of the
prospect it holds of inequality in re-
suits"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Important Notice
For Metal Trades

A hearing of special impOr-
lance to the metal trades unions
of Connecticut will be held at
the Hotel Bond, Hartford, on
Friday, Dec. IL, at 2 PM. The
hearing will be held by the
Metal Trades Advisory Panel of
the War Labor Board, to receive
from representatives of labor
and industry, recommendations
in regard to wage rates to be
established i'm this area.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

BUSINESS MAN, 40, would like
companion with quiet apartment
where he could relax for a couple
of hours a week. Own house too
noisy. Enclose photo and phone
number please. Box $3.50, Herald
Office. 26-34
THE POSTWAR committee of
the Natl. Assn, of Manufacturers
has its own idea of what the war is
being fought for. While some of
us are fighting for democracy, free
dom of religion, jobs and the like,
the committee sets forth its pro-
gram in a report prepared for the
NAM convention:
''Our program will make it safe
for the nations manufacturing
plants to devote themselves i'm the
future to making civilian goods and
to project industry further into the
international field to assist in the
development and maintenance of
dOmestlc and postwar prosperity in
the U.S."
OUR SYMPATHY goes to Will
liam Zuckerman, president of New
Haven Painters, Local 1876, and to
Mrs. Zuckerman. A large part of
their fine chicken farm in East
Haven was destroyed by fire last
Saturday afternoon. Bill suffered
several burns i'm helping to put out
the fire
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
To All Conn. Unions

us. Senator Francis MaIOney,
as the result of flood of letters
and kilograms from Connecticut,
has decided to vote against the
bill which would kill subsidies.
A similar flood of cOmmunicG-
lions must be sent Immediately
to Sen. John a. D0nGher, Sem
ate Office Building, Washington,
d. c. This is urgent.-EditOr.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

The mere repetition of formulate
and reiteration of catchwords and
phrases have never yet solved any
important prOblems-Iet alone sky
rOcketting living costs and declin-
ing purchasing power caused by
frozen wages.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Strike Loss Small

Strikes in October caused loss of
time. only one-eighth of l per cent
of the time worked, it was reported
this week by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
As We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

HATS OFF TO Local 424, Iron
Workers. This union is sending
each of its 40 members in the arm
ed service Christmas present of
$40. This is the first report we
have had on what unions are doing
for their men i'm the service i'm con-
nectiOn with the holiday. Send in
the report on your local. And don't
confine the news just to Christmas.
We want ALL the news. If you
haven't the time to write it. teIe-
phone us.
SEN. DANAHER of Connecticut
again distinguished himself i'm the
Senate last week by voting to make
it practically impossible for our
armed forces to vote i'm next years
election. Danaher again Joined the
coalition of Tory Republicans and
reactiOnary Southern Democrats
who believe that it is alright for
our boys to die for their country
but our soldiers must not be allow
ed to vote, because they may vote
against Danaher and his kind.
THIS is Montreal as portrayed
in the personal ad column of the
Montreal Herald:
A BLONDE with a twinkle i'm her
eyes, fed up with her present cir
Gle of male acquaintance, is i'm
search of new experiences. Box
1871 Herald Office. 1922
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11
Protect Widows, Orphans and Aged

Under the Dngell bill liberal benefits would
be provided for widows and children old
high income instead will be no increase in
benefits under social security Amoun benefit
differs according number received bv
worker.) -AFL Labor's Monthly Survey chart
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

BUSINESS GIRL, in thirties, wishes
to meet gentleman, 1888. Object
true cOmpanionship. No imperti-
nent answers considered. Box 1878
Herald Office. 1884
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-11

AM ALSO A LADY, 80, and quite
able to pass i'm crowd but amt
nObody's darling! Any respectable
gentleman i'm similar fix write Box
8272 Herald Office. 1888
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-21
CONFIRMATION PLAN
ATTACKED BY F.D.R.
CONTINUED From Page One)

He also argued it would turn
the clock back on the merit sys.
tenn, clay all of us open to the
charge that we are playing poll.
TICS" and adversely affect recruit
ment for key government positions.
Mistakes had been made under
the present system, he conceded,
but he said corrective steps were
being taken.
In his countering statement, Nc.
Kellar said 'the constitution has
provided how officers and EN-.
ployes shall be appointed, and |
believe the constitutional way is
right and that we must uphold it. -
He noted that ''ten of the most
important policy-determining off.
cials of the government have not
been confirmed by the Senate.
McKellar listed James F..
Byrnes, Economic Sterilization d.
rector; Harry Hopkins, special as
sistant to the President; Nelson
Rockefeller, coordinator of Inter-
American Affairs; e. r. Stettini-
us, Jr., Lend-lease administrator:
William M. Jeffers, Rubber direc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-21
4TH VERSION OF
CITY EXTENSION
BILL ANNOUNCED
Continued from Page one)

legislators have followed substan-
TALLY the proposed limits set forth
by the city although Rep. Kermon
has indicated that his bill may be
amended to exclude the shipyard.
The three zones outlined in Sen
ator Wade's bill, the same used by
Rep. Kermon in his zoning bill, are
as follows
Zone One:
Beginning at a point where the
southernmost property line of the
right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Co., leading from
Wilmington to New Bern, would in
tersect a line 125 east of and parallel
with Mercer avenue if extended;
thence up said southernmost prop
erty line of said right-of-way in a
northwesterly direction to where
said right-of-way intersects the old
boundary line of City of Whining
ton rs the same was prior to the ef-
fective date Of this Act; thence
northerly along said old boundary
line to a point on the southern bank
of Smiths Creek where a line 200
feet west of the western line Of x
street and parallel with the same if
extended southward would intersect
said bank of Smiths Creek: thence
along the line above described and
in a northwesterly direction and 200
feet west of the western line of X
street and parallel with the same to
a point 200 feet north of the north
erly line of Kerr Avenue; thence in
northeasterly direction 200 feet
north of and parallel with Kerr Ave
nue. to point in the eastern right
of-way line of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company (Wilming-
ton and Weldon Branch); thence in
northeasterly direction and along
said right-of-way line to a corner of
| the premises known as Buethenthal
Airport in said-right-of-way line;
thence along the various courses of
the lands now owned by the United
States Government and-or the Coun-
ty of New Hanover and known as
the Bluethenthal Airport to the in
tersection of said courses or lines
with the northern bank of Smith s
Creek; thence down the said north
ern bank of Smiths Creek as it
meanders in a westerly direction to
point opposite the mouth'of Hurst
Branch; thence crossing said creek
to the mouth of Hurst Branch;
thence in a southeasterly direction
to the beginning"
Zone Two:
"Beginning at a point where the
southernmost property line of the
right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company, leading
from Wilmington to New Bern,
would intersect line 125 feet east
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-21
BLACK0UT TESTS
SCHEDULED SOON
curnrise Practice Blackout
will Be Staged Between
February % And 26

There will be surprise blackouts
III Air Raid Warning Districts
.,o Wilmington and Norfolk re-
" .;,ns which include the entire
s..+e of North Carolina with the
.s,pption Of the Asheville district,
,atime between Feb. % and
sol,l'6 som 26. Commander c. David
fsn rsass Of the local defense set-up
'or'' s advised Saturday by R. L.
1Ta,riIIan. Wa state director of OCD.
-t announcement Of the tests is be-
made Mcmillan said, on re-
lns a,endation of the Army SO that
t' tbe public may be given an op-
anrt,ynitv VI, to practice under the
l9or po- SIGNALS before undergoing
surprise total blackout' .S
SUI Exact ps, time of the practice drills
;n not be revealed until the sig
rsI is flashed to district air RAID
warning officers for TRANSMISSION
to local control centers.
Under the new signal system,
.bs b1ue (or alert warning (which
nermits traffic movement with
din1med lghts-will be sounded
both before and after the red (or
&c
air raid signal. This is one OF
tbe principal changes made by the
new system, which became etfec'
five Wednesday, and greatly SIM
plifies the warning procedure NC
MILAN pointed out.
The public audible signal 1or
the blue is steady sound from
the local warning device; the red
siona1 is an Intermittent or quav-
ering sound.
Under another change, there is
M public audible white Cor all
c1ear). the red complete black
ouN or blue (modified blackouD
remaining in effect until daylight
or until the public is notified by
radio telephone, or agreed-upon
visual signal for the all-clear. I'm
der tbe old system. the all-clear
was given by a public audible sig
nal similar to that now used for
tbe new alert warning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-21
Pull the Trigger on y
Constipation, with
Ease for Stomach, too

When constipation brings on discom-
Iortafter meals, stomach upset, bloating,
dizzy spells, gas coated tongue, and bad
breath, your stomach is probably crying
the blues because your bowels don't
move. 1t calls for Laxative-Senna to pull
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oned with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease
10 your stomach in taking. For years,
many Doctors have given pepsin prepa-
atoms in their prescriptions to make
medicine more agreeable to a touchy
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tanS Syrup Pepsin Insist on DR.. Cald-
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syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully the
Laxative SIENNA wakes up lazy nerves and
muscles in your intestines to bring vel
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good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxa-
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stomach. Even finicky children love the
taste Of this pleasant family laxative.
lake Dr. Caldwell Laxative Senna COM
3lned with Syrup Pepsin, as directed on
laoel Or as your doctor advises, and feel
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