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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

tools contrived by few ingenious brains puts
into the hands of the most moronc human
animals almost hmitlcss constructive and
destructive potentialities. Many Of us are al
most as incapable OF nventing and under
standing the scientific Gontrivances which we
use as are chmpanzees
II have no doubt that the natural tool
making ability with which the human race has
been endowed has been atrophied i'm great
many or even the majority of individuals by
dependence upon machines which really do the
work with little demand for skill or intelli-
gence on the part Of the human operators"
Just the same, mans superiority is mostly
because ne has the biggest brain, for his
size many people will insist.
Is that so? That's what you think. but
Professor Hooton points out that the lowly
marmoset, way, way down toward the foot
Of the primate class happens TO have an even
bigger brain, proportionately. So let's talk
about something else
What makes the monkey house the most
popular part Of the Zoo is not the differ
ences but the sometimes embarrassing SINH
larities Of the prisoners TO those who are
staring at them. Visiting ones poor human
relations usually involves writing check, but
the monkeys and apes Will usually let you off
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

Professor Hooton debunks this notion with the
information that chimpanzees catch cold and
can be heard coughing at night, in their trees.
II is part of the grand delusion that animals
are always full of Astounding health in their
\
natural environment
Chmpanzees do not laugh but they get
as angry as any human being II laughed at,
and have childish tantrums, banging their
heads on the floor and stamping furiously
Man is supposed to be the only animal
that will accept pay for labor in the form of
tokens, such as checks and money which are
no good to him until exchanged for food and
other desirable things at the store But CHM
panzees have been trained to do the same
thing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

Lower primates and other quad
rupeds are likely TO have their car
goes and engines shift toward the
stern If they are required to sit bolt
upright or stand for protracted
periods on their hind legs. There
fore the gibbon, in spite Of his
prodigiously long arms, could never
get to be traffic cop"
1t is well known that apes in
captivity suffer from colds and fire.
quenuy die from pneumonia. This
is commonly laid to the degenerat-
ing effect of living in warm houses
and general coddling Of civilization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

That Is the apes worst handicap
Nothing in the vocal organs OF a gorilla
or chmpanzee would prevent him from speak
ing German flucntly or even English though
maybe with slight accent. But beyond few
sounds that are mostly calls threats or sig
nails they have never bothered TO learn And
yet they are constantly observed taking the
first step in that direction.
When young human being sees another
of his species he shouts "Yoo-hoo" and as
soon as the two get together goes on 10
explain the big idea he has just thought out
When a chimp sees another chimp he often
says "Hoo-hoo," which is just ABOUT as good
But he can't go on from there, no matter what
is tf4-his- mind
More snowy but dangerous is mans other
star accomplishment. He is the only tool-maR-
ing animal in the world. The gorilla, strong
as 20 men, is helpless before one armed with
a gun, but mans gadgets are equally efficient
IN destroying his fellow man..
Worse than that mans love of gadgetry
has warped his whole idea OF what is worth
doing and possessing and even appears TO be
causing the inventive ability itself TO degen-
crate in the human race
There comes time" SAYS Professor
Hooton when the perfection and power of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

that it probably takes less
intelligence TO ny a plane
than TO make a stone arrow
head, and that mental growth
seems to have stopped about
5000 years 3 G.
In his latest book, Mans
Poor Relations" just pub
lished by Doubleday Doran.
Garden City, N. Y, Professor
Hooton has assembled the
most interesting facts known
about our dumb classmates
IN the order OF primates.
where man proudly heads
the class.
II is because they are
dumb in the sense of being
unable to talk that they are
also dumb. in the slang sense,
stupid and ignorant. When
a school child can't seem 10
learn, it is tactfully blamed
on his eyes, teeth. adenoids
or what has he. When fix
ing these does not fix the
kids marks. they usually
give up and promote him,
anyway. 10 get rid OF him.
But imagine what dopes
they would all be if none.
even the teacher. could speak
so much as a single sentence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

been called a "chimpomat" This had
locked windows through which the, ami
mails could see delicious things like
slightly green bananas and they quickly
learned that the doors could be opened
by inserting tokens Of certain colors in
the slots. Also they were offered tokens
of other colors, which they soon dis
covered were no good
When these facts seemed to have
sunk into their minds, the animals were
tolxap 20 apofhaK room and xxyillip c1xy 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

he o
nv chimpanzee
w evolutionary track nigh trel
That jealous
made ade he
has a
But Professor Earnest Hooton
think haveg
the of he
gadgetmaking.
Inventng gadge encourages
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

February FL, 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

What Has Man Got
T h al III e A p e S
Haven't? Harvard's
Famous An+hropoIogis+
Points Out That the
Size of Our Broins Has
Nothing to Do With
The Difference Be-
tween Us and Our =
Poor Primufe
Relatives
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

1913 by American weekly Great britain Rights Reserved
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
LaborAgaiinst
Registration
Legislation
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
attack on labor, and Iabor's right
to organize 1t is introduced as
a part of a concerted national eff
fort to tear down the things labor
has sought to build up over the
years.
Egan said this bill was not written
by Blodgett and pointed out with
Odlum that it was part of a country
wide drive to enact anti-labor measures
IN state legislatures as far awav as
Texas.
Z. L. Eyanson, executive secretary
Of the Connecticut Manufacturers
Association stated that he favored the
bill on the grounds that more extreme
measures restraining unions might fol-
low if the pendulum which has
swung too far on the labor side is
allowed to swing back unchecked"
CONTENT OF BILL
The labor registration bill would
require unincorporated labor organ
1zat1ons to provide: names, addresses,
compensation, terms of office of the
unions officers and financial informa-
ton showing in detail the assets and
liabilities Of the registrant as of the
close of its preceding fiscal year; it's
receipts and expenses during such
fiscal year and such other information
as the commissioner by regulation
may require"
The incorporation of labor unions
has been urged by the opponents
of organized labor for many years.
stated Egan. Labor has always op-
posed it for it knows that it would
be used as a means of DESTROYING
the effectiveness of unions. ''Sam
COmpers fought that out 40 years
ago." said the secretary-treasurer
of the Federation.
A delegation of business agents
from locals affiliated with Hart
ford, New London and the New
Britain Central Labor Unions we're
present at the hearing ON this bill.
Labor spokesman included Senator
William Scott, president of Hart
ford Labor Union, and William S.
Zeman, secretary-treasurer of Hart.
ford Industrial Union Council.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
ALT Buys 100000 In
New u. S. Victory Bonds

WASHINGTON.-Secretary- Treas
urer George Meany of the American
Federation of Labor handed to Will
liam A. Julian, Treasurer of the
United States, check for 100000
representing the amount of purchase
by the ALL. of the new Victory
Bonds issued by the Treasury Depart
ment.
At the same time, A.F.L. President
William Green made public a letter
sent to officers of all affiliated unions
urging all ALL. members to pur-
chase War Bonds ito the extent o.
their ability" during the coming year
Mr.. Green emphasized that the re-
cent convention of the ALL adopted
a declaration calling upon "all union
members to invest at least 10 per cent
of wages earned in War Bonds and
that the 10 per cent payroll deduction
plan be put into effect" as widely as
possible
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Auto Workers Present
Truck To The Marines

WASHINGTON.-Nearly a year
ago, when the Japanese attacked and
finally took Wake Island, they cap
tured an 8-ton truck made by the Four
Wheel Drive Auto Company of
Clintonville, Wisconsin. On December
7, the anniversary of the japanese at
tack upon Pearl Harbor, employees of
the same. company gave the Marines
a truck of the same type.
Working on their own time, with
material furnished by the management
at no cost to the Government, the
workmen contributed the truck as a
token of their appreciation for. the
Marines heroic stand at Wake Island.
During the day a shopman presented
the truck to Colonel F. S. Robillard,
USING. A bill of lading was placed
on it, and it was sent westward for
delivery to the Marines in the Solo
mons.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Men Who Lead Labor:

New England Ice Co., Hartford,
he started out in his own ice bust
ness. But, he says, ''the electric ice
box put me out of business"
There followed period ''odd
jobs and crack at selling" After
this experience he became a driver
salesman for the Wonder Bread
Co. in Hartford. At the same time.
he became interested i'm Organiza-
ton of drivers, and played no small
part in laying the groundwork for
the organization of his fellow driv-
ers al the Wonder Bread Co. into
Local GIL, i'm 1888. This was the
first group of bakery drivers to
become uniOnized in Hartford.
SKILLED NECOTIATOR
YannOne was elected shop stew
ard, and sat i'm with Frank BausoIa
and Herbert Miller, business agents
of Local OIL, when they negotiated
the contract with the Wonder
Bread Co. Nick's knowledge of the
work and the psychology of bakery
wagon men proved an asset. and
he was invited to sit in on all the
contract negotiation meetings with
the nationally known bakeries in
Hartford during the next two years,
during which time Local $50 was
formed out of Local GIL.
In 1910, Nick was elected bust.
ness agent of the new Local and,
with BausOla and Miller, has been
serving in that capacity ever since,
He is a delegate to the central
labor unions of New London. Nor.
wich, New Britain and Hartford
and served as a delegate to the
Conn. Federation of Labor durine
the past two conventions.
YannOne was born June 8. 1906
in Hartford He is married and is
the father of daughter.
Labor must stick together he
affirms. eff we do, we will be able
to hold out against those forces
attacking u.s.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Ship Sinking Brings
Unionists Together

NEW YORK-Two member of
Local 3, Init. Bro. of Electrical Work
ers (AFL), had to go 10000 miles
out of their way to strike up an &C
quaintance.
Neil Woods, formerly a Local
volunteer organizer, joined the mer-
chant marine right after Pearl Har-
Dor A Nazi sub sank his ship in the
mid-Atlantic and he and his mate
foated for two days in an open life
boat before they were rescued and
dropped off at Eritrea.
Woods was waiting in line at a
bank in Eritrea to collect some funds
when he heard the man ahead of him
identify himself with his union card,
as George Vermilyea, another men,
Der of Local 3 whom he had never
met Introduction followed, the union
brothers shook hands and went out
for a beer together.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Texas Unions Sign
NO-StrikeAgreement
With COv.StevensOn

AUSTIN, Texan unprecedented
no-strike agreement for the wars
duration has been signed by repre-
sentatives of ALL, CLIO. and rail-
road unions with Gov. Coke R. Stew
enson in the campaign to stop enact
ment of the worst anti-labor bills ever
introduced in any legislature.
The written agreement replaces an
oral agreement reached Immediately
after Pearl Harbor which has been
faithfully observed in Texas, where
there hasn't been a single war indus
try since 1941. The agreement pro-
vides:
l. There will be no strikes, slow
downs, lockouts or stoppages of any
nature.
2. The state will not interfere with
labor in any manner to impede pro-
duction
3. If any unsanctioned strike or
stoppage occurs, the governor has
labor's approval to do anything with
IN his power to prevent such inter
ference with the war effort"
4. Industry is called upon to work
at full capacity.
5. No individual or group of in
dividuals, no industry or group of
industries has any right to interfere
with production for the war effort.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
48-Hour Week
IsBeiingAttacked

WASHINGTON.-The attack on
the 48-hour work week decreed for
- critical labor shortage areas by
the President has begun Pres. Eric
Johnston of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce told the President, and
later reporters, that he feared the
48-hour work week will have ten
dency to cause more initiation"
Ignoring Economic Sterilization
Director James F. Byrnes' direct
statement that more pay was not in
fationary when it meant more work,
Johnston revealed that Chamber Of
Commerce members had been advis-
ed to sit tight and await further regu-
lations before changing over to the
longer work week. He's member of
Byrnes' board.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Yale-Towne
Pact Now Up
The W.L.B.

Continued from Page One)
workers with full maintenance of
seniority rights, and the provision
that suitable employment be sought
for such workers on their return to
work if they are incapable of per-
forming regular duties.
Equal pay for equal work per-
formed by woman workers; limiting
however, weights lifted by women to
Is pounds.
In event of slack times, the work
week will be cut to % hours in an
effort to avoid layoffs, and no layoff
will be made until such times as there
is insufficient work to provide en-
ployment on the 28-hour basis.
Present rates of pay on piece
work will not be cut without agree
ment by the Union representing
the employees that would be af-
fected.
All grievance matters will be
settled on company time. In event
of failure to agree ON a grievance,
joint appeal will be made to the
U. S. Cancellation Service. If it
cannot be settled by Cancellation an
arbitrator will be selected, and his
findings shall be binding.
Full seniority ON point of SER
vice (tOp seniority for officers and
grievance committee members and
shop stewards is point in dispute
to be written into the agreement
after settlement by the W.L.B.)
Yale and TOwne representatives
offered no counter-prOpOsal to the
20 cent an hour wage demand.
They rejected fatty the proposal
for a union shop and top seniority
for union officials. They would not
accept the union proposal for night
bonus, and would offer no counter
proposal, stated CederhOIm
Samuel Newman, general vice
president of the LAM. and Fred
Cederholm, Grand Lodge representa-
tive have been directing the organiza-
tional campaign and the negotiations
at the Yale and Towne Co.
The case is important because for
the last fifty years the labor policies
of the company have been watched by
Connecticut manufacturers, and have
had strong influence on their own
labor relations.
The interim agreement signed by
the Union and the company has
been sent to the War Labor Board
in Washington. A referee will be
assigned or a panel hearing held
by the board to work out the points
of disagreement, said CederhOlm.
The following officers of Local
$50 served ON the negotiation COM
mittee of the Local:
John |. Vermilyn, president;
John Stockla, vice-president; Mil
ton Rurgeson, recording secretary;
Daniel r. Saba financial secretary;
and Russell Charlesworth, treasurer.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Postal Clerks
Seek Members

The National Federation of Post
Office Clerks is conducting the annual
Bring -A-Brother Campaign, which
began Jan. Is and continues to May
IS, this year.
Members of the locals will be
credited with points toward prizes
for every new member secured, an
nounces the Federation Local secre-
taries will supply application blanks
for enrolling new members.
Now is the time to be an active
member and to help build a stronger
organization" urges Leo E. George,
president
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
PepperAsksHelp
OnCongressPlan

WASHINGTON. = Sen. Claude
Pepper 3D., Fla.), pro-labor, Win
the-war sponsor of the bill for a CEN
tralized war mobilization under civil
ian authorities, appealed to the public
this week to prevent smothering of
the bill in the Senate by the Military
Affairs Committee.
The nine senator's who introduced
the bill, also called the Congress Plan,
lost a fight on the floor, 80 to g.
the previous day in an effort to send
the bill to the Senate Labor and Edu-
cation Committee
Instead it was sent to the Military
Affairs Committee, headed by the de-
featist and anti-labor Robert R. Reyn-
Odds 3D., N. CO., where the military
who are opposing it SO vigorously are
wont to have their way.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Pension Increase
For Vet Unionists

NEW YORK.-Retired members
of Local 3, Init. Bro. of Electrical
Workers, have been informed by the
Joint Pension Committee of the New
York electrical industry that their pen
sions had been increased from $40 to
$50 a month.
The old-timers, ranging in age from
90 to 80, attended a luncheon at which
leaders of Local 3 and of industry out
lined a general liberalization of the
pension plan.
The committee is composed of mem
bers of Local and members of sew
eral electrical contractors associations
and administers a pension fund for
average and disabled workers in the
New York industry The local pen
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13

A bright future for labor and
the Transfers movement is pre-
dicted following the war provided
labor sticks together, according to
Nick Yannone, business agent of
Local $50, Hartford Truck Drivers.
''The teamsters are doing their
part to win this war;" asserted
Yannone. eve are cooperating
with the Office of Defense Trans
pOrtation, the W.P.B., and the
O.P.A. We are cooperating with
employers to keep 'em rolling on
the transportation 'front.'
YannOne knows the truck driv-
ing business from many years be.
hind the wheel. He went to work
on an ice truck when he was Ia.
After 10 years with the Southern
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Pegler' S Untrutl

CONTINUED from Page One)
tax will be completely credited
against such individuals Victory
Tax liability at the end of this
year. AS result, there cannot pos
sibly be any question of theft
from any taxpayer
Pegler himself admitted that the
Treasury Department attempted to get
him to correct his misstatements afer
the first column, but he insisted on
repeating the lies.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Our Congressman
Might Read This !

WASHINGTON.-Only six man
days were lost in 1912 for every
10000 days worked. Issued by the
Office of War Information, the fig
ures were gathered by an inter-depart-
mental committee on war strike sta
tistics.
DEFENDERS man days lost from
war production by strikes maintained
November's level of 3/100 of 10
of the total worked. That was halt
the years average of 6/100 of 20.
Number of days lost rose from 919,25
in November to 1852
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Lawyers Guild Fights
Gouging Landlords

SAN FRANCISCO Starting in
San Francisco, the Natl. Lawyers
Guild is going to help servicemen COM
bat rent gouging.
They have offered free legal SER
vice to all servicemen and their fam
lilies who have been overcharged, and
will donate all fees to which they are
entitled to army and navy relief or
CARNATIONS.
Landlords will be sued under the
triple damages clause, by which the
landlord will be liable for three times
the over-rent charged with a mini
mum of $500, for each time the over
charge was made In Vallejo alone,
where some landlords have been over
charging for four months, often on a
weekly basis, it is estimated that $780,
600 or more may be recovered.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
MILITARY SECRET!!!

FORT WORTH, Tex.-A major
ity Of the employees of the Consoli-
dated Aircraft Corp. plant here have
voted for Lodge 776-A, Init. Assn.
of Machinists (A,F.L.), as collective
bargaining agency. The number of
votes were withheld as a military
secret
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Three Transfers
Continued from Page One)


The Hartford committee is the
only one to be organized in Connect
cut. 1t found that the area is one
of II such areas we're manpower
shortages in trucking industry are
acute.
Campaigns to bolster the employ
ment ranks of the industry, have been
started in several communities where
shortages exist, and the establishment
of training programs is also being
considered, according to Wendell A..
league branch international officer
of the Hartford Office of War In
formation 1t has been suggested
that the industry employ women as
drivers of light trucks and that the
service of Negroes be more fully
utilized.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
BAKERS RAISE EXTENDED

PHILADELPHIA. cost of liv-
ing wage increase, averaging 10c an
hour, which Local E, Bakery & Con-
fectionery Workers Init. Union
(A.F.L), negoti ated last summer
with the larger bakers in this area,
has been extended to smaller bakeries.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Ega Named To Regional w p B. Labor Policy Committee

Secretary-Treasurers John J.
Egan of the Conn. Federation
of Labor, and John J. Discoll,
of the State Council of the
CLIO. have been appointed to
serve as Connecticut represen-
tatives on regional policy
committee of the Labor Pro.
ductiOn Division of the New
England W ar Production
Board.
The policy committee is COM
posed of twelve members, one each
from the Clio. and the A.F.I. i'm
each of six New England States
under the jurisdiction of the
regional W.P.B. Headquarters are
in Boston. The committee serves
i'm an advisory capacity to the board
on labor matters.
NEW LABOR SETUP
The Regional W.P.B. recently
established regional Labor Pro-
duction Division headed by Gail
E. Smith, Clio. and Harry A.
Russell, ALL, both serving ON the
staff of Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.,
New England regional director of
the W.P.B.
Problems affecting labor participa-
ton n war production are now
handled as completely as possible
through the regional directors office,
and Smith and Russell will have the
same responsibilities for handling
labor problems affecting war industry
in New England as the W.P.B.' S
Labor Production Division has for
the country as whole according to
Wendell Lund, national director of
the Labor Production Division of the
Board.
DECENTRALIZATION
This is big step toward decen-
tralizating our operations" de-
clared Lund, adding: 1--WE have
taken this step to speed the hand
ling of labor production problems
by cutting down correspondence
and travel to and from Washington,
and, also, to permit local people
familiar with local problems to
reach decisions ON the spot" de-
cIared Lund.
In the 1913 effort to double the 1912
war production, in face of the dwind
ling supply of labor, Lund stated that
the best way to get results was to
utilize the ideas and suggestion of all
persons working in war industry,
whether they are production workers
or supervisors. In order to accom-
plish this, the regional labor repre-
sentatives of the board will work ito
have an alert, functioning Labor
Management committee in every war
industry plant"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13

Lodge AIS, International AssO-
citation of Machinists, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, has signed up 1000
for War Bonds with a percentage
of payroll savings amounting to
1920.