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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
School Workers
In New Haven
Join AL Union
J. F. Moriarity Elected Pres
ident Of Maintenance
Workers Local

Maintenance workers of the New
Haven Board of Education have or
ganized a local i'm the American
Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees. Officers have
been elected, and the charter is ex-
pected momentariIy.
John F. Moriarity has been elected
president of the union which is to be
known as the Board of Education
Maintenance Employees. Other officers
are:
George F. Law1er, vice-president
Francis P. Costanza, secretary; and
Harold Spang, treasurer.
The welfare of the employees as
well as betterment of the COmmIln-
ity service are the main detectives
of the new organization. Enthusi-
asm and widespread interest prom
Use much for its future. This is the
third Board of Education Main
tenance Employees local in Con-
necticut to affiliate with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
Another meeting will be held soon
for the purpose of setting up commit
tees, electing delegates to the New
Haven Central Labor Council and
also delegates to the State Council
in Hartford.
Matters requiring immediate consid-
Grafton will be taken up on short
term program basis and a long term
program for legislative matters will
be presented for approval.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Hartford Police
Elect Officers;
Receive Charter
Elmer Bjork Heads Local
234; First Police Union
In State of Connecticut

Elmer Bjork was this week
elected and installed president of
Local 234, Hartford Police, an
affiliate of the American Fedora
ton of State County and Munich
pal Employees. More than two
thirds of the force including sup
ernumeraries are members of the
new police union, which is the
first in Connecticut.
Other officers elected are
NJ. O'Brien, vice-president; ].
M. McKernan, recording sec
rotary; C. Sayres, financial
secretary; E. Young treasurer
Capt. Thomas CrOgan, Patrol
men ]. Landers and William
Stevens, trustees.
Sen. William A. Scott, president OF
the Hartford Central Labor Union,
installed the officers. Carl A. Hub
bell, ALL. organizer, who was in
strumental in organizing the police,
welcomed the new union into the fold
of American Federation of Labor.
Henry S. Couch, secretary-treas-
urer of Conn. Council 10, American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees pointed out
the advantages of unionism for
police.
At an earlier meeting Arnold
Zanders, president of the A. F. of
S. C. & M. E., outlined the gains
made by more than Is police
unions throughout the United
States.
The Hartford Police have adopted
the following statement of principles
1--WE shall strive for better under
standing between the public and its
employees. We have bound ourselves
to policy not to strike but to submit
our grievances for arbitration. We
also want to be morally bound to pro-
tect the interests of the boys who are
fighting at the front, to protect the
home front at all times, and the inter
CONTINUED on Page Three
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Employers May
Use'FreeSpeech'
ToWarOnUnions
Supreme Court Decision In
New Haven Case Dis
turbs Labor

Employers may now use the cloak
of free speech" to fight unions, pro-
Vided they engage in no covert act" to
intimidate workers against joining
labor organizations. That was the up
short of recent Supreme Court action
in three cases.
One involved the American Tube
Bending Company of New Haven.
On the eve of N.W.R.B. election at
the plant, at which employees were
to decide whether or not to vote for
the Machinists' Union, the COM
pany's president sent a letter to all
workers and followed up with
speech to them i'm the plant, telling
them they would be better off with
out a union.
AS result the Machinists lost the
election. They filed charges with the
Board alleging that the company's
tactics were designed to coerce en-
ployes and violated the Wagner Act.
The Board sustained the charges, but
the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
at Philadelphia reversed the Board,
holding that the company's activities
came within the realm of "free
speech"
In an appeal to the high court,
the N.L.R.B. argued an employers
utterances i'm such a setting were
bound to be coercive and could not
be justified on the ground of iber-
ty of speech, but the tribunal re-
fused to review the lower courts
decisions, thus leaving it in effect.
Union leaders and officials of the
Board said they were frankly dis
turbed by the tribunals action. They
declared it would serve as a green
light" to many employers to campaign
against unions.
However, offsetting that decision
were two others i'm which Circuit
Courts of Appeals threw out ''free
speech alibis of employers and
sustained Labor Board findings that
the companies had engaged in
illegal activity.
These involved the Trojan Powder
Company, Seiple, Pa, and the William
Davies Company, a Chicago packing
plant. In both instances, the manage
ments wrote anti-union letters and
posted anti-union notices, but in each
case foremen also threatened employees
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Governor S War
Order 6, Victory
For Conn. Labor
Suspension Of Eviction Law
Was Sought By New
Haven c. L. G. \

Connecticut labor won an TN.
nounced victory this week wher
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin USED
his war powers to set aside the
recently enacted provision of the
rent law.
This act gives landlords the right
to start eviction proceedings if rent
is not paid ON the due date.
The New Haven Central Labor
Council had requested the Governor
at its Oct. 7 meeting to suspend the
eviction law.
Gov. Baldwin read letter from
Sen. William Ell. MOrtensen, Repub-
lican candidate for Mayor of Hart
ford, asking suspension of the bill
passed by the 1943 session of the
He made no mention however of
the letter from the New Haven GIG.
on the matter in his announcement.
The New Haven Council received a
letter at its last meeting from the Gov
ernor, in which he stated he failed to
see any need to suspend the rent law.
This letter was sent two days before
he suspended the law
Sen. Mortensen was severely criti-
cized by Hartford unionists for not
having fought the passage of the law
The Senator's appeal to the Cover
nor is considered as an open bid for
the good will of labor in Hartford
which was instrumental in having the
Hartford Board of Aldermen recently
condemn the bill and ask its suspen-
sion.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Labor For Murphy
Broadcast To Be
Held Monday, 7:3O
N. II. Labor Also Plans
Shop Gate Meetings,
Leaflet Distribution

A radio broadcast, shop gate meet
ings in front of leading factories, and
the distribution of 5000 leaflets. These
are this weeks activities by the United
Labor and Legislative Conference of
New Haven in behalf of the candi-
dacy of Mayor John w. Murphy, who
has been endorsed for reelection by
the ALL, CLIO, and Railroad
Unions represented in the Conference.
The broadcast will be made over
Station WELL on Monday, Nov. /,
at 1880 p. M, and is sponsored di-
rectly by the United Conference.
The speakers will be Harold v.
Feinmark, president of the New
Haven Central Labor Council;
Frank Venturella, president of the
New Haven Industrial Union COun-
Gil, C.I.O.; and William F. Dono-
ghue, general chairman of the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
The title of the broadcast is Labor
for Murphy"
Shop gate meetings will be held
at Sargent's on Wednesday; N. I'll.
Clock Shop and the Dixwell plant
of High Standard, both on Friday {;
and the Waterfront plant of High
Standard on Monday. Speakers will
be representatives of the ALL,
C.I.O., and Railroad Unions. A
special edition of the United Elec-
tricaI Workers ''News" will be dis
tributed Friday at the Winchester
plant. This edition will carry a
leading article telling the Winches-
ter workers why labor has endorsed
Mayor Murphy. All speakers will
urge that everyone vote on Tuesday.
In addition to these activities, the
United Conference will distribute 5000
leaflets this weekend in front of fac
tories other than those to be covered
by speakers. These leaflets point out
that labor has endorsed Mayor
Murphy because che places the win
ming of the war as New Ravens No
| Job; "he is ready to work with
labor, industry, and government in
solving our postwar problems; he is
opposed to our Congressman, Rep
Compton, and will work to defeat Rep
Copton in next years election" The
Mayor, it is also pointed out, is in
favor of city employees joining organi-
cations of their own choosing, and will
prosecute the city's fight against the
New Haven Water Co.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
N. H. Labor Council
UrgesV.J. McCOvern
For State Position

On the recommendation of the ex-
ecutive board, the New Haven Cen
trail Labor Council has endorsed Vim
cent J. McGovern, business manager
of Local BOO, for appointment by
Gov. Baldwin to the Advisory Coun-
Gil for the Unemployment Compensa-
ton Act.
Chief Electricians Mate Joseph M.
Rourke, McGovern's predecessor as
business manager of the Local, left
a vacancy on the Council when he en-
listed in the Seabees.
The Council also endorsed the re-
appointment of Atty. Louis Sachs,
New Haven, as Worlmen's Compen-
sation Commissioner for the Third
Congressional District.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
VINO. Director
NotRequiiredNOw
Fitzgerald Believes Hiring
Control Plan In S Cities
May Relieve Situation
BY Robert B. BickeI

State ManpOwer Director
William J. Fitzgerald told The
Union Times today that he
could see no immediate need
for a national service act to
draft labor.
Fitzgerald's statement is signif-
icant in view of the fact that
Connecticut as a state is one of
the most critical manpower areas
in the nation, and that he has
been intimately in touch with
Connecticut war manpower prob
lens since the beginning of the
war, first as Congressman and
more recently as a city and state
WING. director.
Bridgeport and Stamford Central
Labor Unions have both passed
resolutions opposing the enactment
of a proposed national service act.
now in Congressional committee.
The New Haven Central Council at
its last meeting discussed the man.
power situation with view to OPP
posing any programs for drafting
labor. The executive committee
now has this subject under con-
sideratiOn.
Former Congressman Fitzgerald
stated that he desired to lay at rest
any fears that workers may have
concerning forced labor under the
VINO. setup. The hiring control plan
lnaugurated recently in the Hartford,
New Britain, Bristol, Meriden, and
Waterbury areas, was seen by him as
a means of reducing the possibilities
of compulsory work.
Under this plan, the Conn. WING.
is attempting to channel all new job
seekers into the most critical occupa-
tons. All hiring in these areas is
now done through the U. S. Employ
ment Service.
There is absolutely no cOmpuI-
sion involved in this program, and
each job applicant exercises his
American right to accept or reject
the jobs offered by the Service" de-
clared Fitzgerald.
However, he explained, if Job ap-
plicant refuses every job offered him
by the USES. he may be penalized
by being forced to wait 90 days be-
fore receiving a certificate of avail
ability for work.
The control plan provides for the
establishing of list of the, most
urgently needed war-wOrk Occupa-
tons in the areas. Using this list
as a guide, the Offices of the EN-
plOyment Service are obliged to re-
cruit and encourage the applicant
to accept such occupation, where
his or her skill and training can
best be utilized for the furtherance
of the war program.
Fitzgerald, who is member of the
Moulders' Union for the last fifty
years, declared that labor has done a
great job in its cooperation with the
VINO. 1t has co-operated with in
duStry, and both of them have given
the government splendid support in
the program, he said.
sit is my hope that this con-
trOlled hiring program will only be
temporary and that with the con-
tinued support and cooperation of
labor and industry, we will be able
to lick this situatiOn,'' concluded
Fitzgerald.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30

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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Bridgeport Bricklayers
Back Members For Offices

Local 2, Bridgeport Bricklayers, at
its last meeting endorsed two members
of the union running for city offices
on different tickets. The candidates
are Alderman Lawrence O'Toole,
Democrat, running for City Clerk;
and Angelic Lanese, Republican, for
Alderman from the GA District.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
As We See It
by
THE STAFF

HERE'S HOW the I72 delegates
to the State O.P.A.-Labor Confer
ence were distributed: ALL, u
delegates; C.I.O., 90; Railroad
brotherhood, 8; Typographical, 2.
The ALL. delegates came from
fourteen cities and towns. We con-
graduate the executive board of the
Conn. Federation of Labor for hav-
ing the foresight to ''go along'' with
this highly important undertaking.
TO THE Argentinisches Tage-
6latf, German language daily pub
lished in BuenOs Aires. we are in
debted for the following text of
the latest children's grace being
taught i'm kindergartens of the
Third Reich:
Fold your little hands.
Bow your little head:
Think of him who gives us
Our daily bread.
Adolf Hitler is his name.
Him we as savior claim.
ADMINISTRATION assurances
that the cost of living will be rolled
back to the level of September.
1912, are not going to be kept. On
the contrary, there will be a z per
cent rise i'm the cost of living this
year over last year.
The authority for that statement
is the Department of Commerce.
which has completed a survey that
has caused something akin to con-
sternation among Office of Price
Administration officials.
The results of the survey have
not been made public, only a few
copies of the report having been
made for key officials.
AN IMPORTANT new wrinkle i'm
contract negotiations. one which
Conn. uniOnists should seriously
consider, is the writing into con-
tracts of provisions for group in
surance, with the cost to be borne
mainly by the employer. One union
i'm Chicago has just signed such a
contract, with the employer bear
ing 1919 of the group insurance
costs with these benefits to workers:
1. $1,000 life insurance.
2. $1,000 for accidental death.
3. SO weekly sick benefit.
a. So daily allowance for hospi-
tai room.
S. SIS for anesthesia, operating
room, etc.
g. $50 for surgical expenses.
By A QUEER quirk of American
Legion mentality, the new post No.
379 at Willow Run is named for
the late Edsel B. Ford, SON of Henry
Ford. The queer thing about the
christening is that the interests be-
hind Edsel successfully kept him
out of military service i'm the last
World War. When the local draft
board refused to defer him on the
plea that he was indispensable ap-
peal was made to the state board
which also turned Edsel down, as
did draft higherups i'm Washington.
Only when Woodrow Wilson, as
U. S. president, personally inter-
vened, was Edsel deferred. But
now, it seems, American legion
naires are proud to have his name
for their post.
REHABILITATION of the Init.
Assn. of Machinists brings the num-
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-30
Help For Our Boys

WASHINGTON-More than ZOO
600 additional wives and babies of
servlcemen will be able to receive ma
ternity and infant care during the
rest of the fiscal year as a result of
the extra $18,600,0O0 voted by Con-
gress to the Children's Bureau, Sec.
Of Labor Frances E. Perkins said this
week.
La gaceta., 1943-05-27
WASHINGTON. - En-

WASHINGTON. - En- la
vasta extension que ocupa ell
Oceano Pacifco en- los mapas,
existen unos puntitos, cast i'm
perceptibleS, que son las islas
de Ellice, a~ctualmente defen-
didas por la infanteria de ma
rina y la Escuadra de los ESta-
dos UnidoS. Estas iSlas estan
al oeste de las Islas Solomon y
entire las islas de FIJI y las de
Gilbert, estaS ultimas en- podel
de los japoneSeS.
Las Ellice constituyen nuevo'
eslabones agregados a la cadena d.
fortifcaciones que los Estados Uni
dos estan levantando en- las isla'
del Pacffico Meridional, desde que
las fuerzas norteamericanas desem.
barcaron en- Funafuti, que es e.
nombre del islote mas grande de ur
pequeno grupo coralifero. Funa-
futi mide 1927 Kilometres de largo,
v de 46 a GAO metros de ancho, y
esta situado a 1910 Kilometres de la
importante base japonesa en- la lsla
de Nauru, recientemente atacada
Dor bombarderos estadounidenses
de largo recorrido. .
Descubiertas en- ell siglO XVI
Las Islas de Ellice fueron descu-
biertas a principles del siglo XVI
por ell famoso navegante espanol
Alvaro Mendaha de Neyra.
La gaceta., 1943-05-27

FL peligro que ofrecen los arreci-
fes Y los bancos de coral, hacen
inaccesibles estos parajes y no fu6
sino hasta un siglo mas tarde GUAM
do otras embarcaciones sc aventu-
raron en- ellos. En- 1892, la Gran
Bretana Sc anex6 ell grupo de las
Islas de Ellice y las de Gilbert,
aproximadamente a TIA Kilometres
al ~noroeste, fernando o todas
elias una colonia de la Corona.
En- Ia epoca que precedio a In
guerra, eli islote de Funafuti contaba
con una poblaci6n de $50 iniigenas
v un europeo, que era ell residente
Colonial britanico. Habitaba TODD
ell grupo de las Islas de Ellice n
poblaci6n indigena de cerca de 4,OOO
individuos, los cuales son mas lnte-
ligentes y hospitalarios que los de
las Islas Gilbert, a quienes tamblen
aventajan en- fuerza fislca.
OcupaciOnes principales
Las principles ocupaclones de
los %habitantes de Funafuti son la
pesca, la agriculture y la exporta-
'ci6n de copra. Algunos cocoteros
SO yerguen hasta n altura de lS
"a metros. Sin embargo, Ia escasa
cana de arena a flor de terra, no es
propicia para ell crecimiento de
abundante vegetaci6n, de manera
que la raiz del taro, ash como ell
pescado, son los principales alimen-
.tos de los islenos. En- las aguas
.cercanas abundan los t%iburones, Ia
barracuda y ell trevally, PEE quo
algunas veces llega a pesar cln'
cuenta y cinco kilogramos.
La gaceta., 1943-05-27
LAS S DE
SOLICL
TAN LA
DE LAS
CANAS

WASHINGTON, mayo %.
Todas las escritoras de las repu-
blicas americanas han sido invita-
das por ell Club de Periodicals.
Americans de Washington, para
que Sc asocien como miembros no
residences de dicha organization,
estimando ser esta una MEDIA
practica para fomentar la unidad
Interamericana.
La invitaci6n fue hecha a las
principles escritoras de cada una
de las 20 repGblicas del Continen-
te, por medic de cartas enviadas
Dor la Srta. Minerva Bernardino,
Vicepresidenta de la COmisi6n In
teramericana de Mujeres.
Cast Embellishments, las escri-
toras del Brasil respOndieron a la
i~nvitaci6n y fundaron un club de
escritoras en- Rio de Janeiro, en-
ell cual figuran mas de 200 inte-
lectuales de aquella capital.
La gaceta., 1943-05-27
CUANDO UNA GALLINA
N COMO UN
GALLO

I'm dia, en- pleno Consejo de Mi
nistros, Ell mas sumiso de los CO.
Laboratories presidencialess ell
mas Unconditional de los Minis
tros, ell mas infeliz de los aulicos,
Sc nego de plano a refrendar un
decreto que habia sido ordenado
por ell propio Presidente de la Re-
publica. Por 10 in~eSperado, ell he
cho revistio caracteristicas de a
contecimiento. Ante la negativa
serena, pero tenaz, de aquel Mi
nistro para quien las ordenes del
Presidente habian sido siempre
indiscutibles, todos los auxiliares
del Executive Sc miraron, unos a
otros, sorprendidos. Ell propio
Presidente, pasada la sorpresa
inicial, como tratando de conven-
cerse de un error, insistio con ell
Ministro rebelde:
listed ISABELLE dijo-que esa
actitud suya, equivale a la dimi-
si6n.....
-Naturalmente -reSpondio
respetuosamente su interlocutor-
Y, sin zanzibar un apiece la firme-
"a de su gesto, ~extrajo del bolsi-
10 un sobre cerrado que traia,
lie coloco ante ell Presidente Y, ha-
ciendo una %reverencia, Sc retro.
Ell incidente fue comentado en-
todos los tonos, por los otros Mi
nistros. Nadie acertaba a eXplicar
Dor que un hombre de la sumision
del dimitente, habia adoptado tan
trascendental resolution en- tan
fulfil asunto. Las bromas comen-
aaron, a costas, naturalmente, del
renunciante. Los chistes iban y
venfan, sin lograr, no obstante,
que cambiara un apiece ell gesto a.
dusto del Dictator que, por mo-
mentos, Sc iba ensombreciendo,
I Los Ministries, desconcertados, pc
RI insistiendo en- la broma, afr
maron:
-iPero Presidente! iSera por
sible que por un sujeto tan sin
importancia como csc Ministro,
listed Sc preocupe en- esa forma?
Y el DR.. Francia, contrayendo
los labios, entire iracundo y teme-
roso les dijo:
No. senores. Ustedes no po-
dram evitar que me preocupe. MI
naturaleza Sc i%mpresiona facil-
mente. Soy supersticioso. Fui cria
do en- una granja, donde los augu-
rios suelen ser v~alorizados en- for
ma exceptional. ALI aprendi a
Greer, que cada vez que una gall
ma canta como gallo, va a suceder
una desgracia. iY esa gallina, ma
cantado como gallo! Algo desa-
oradable esta a punto de aeon
~tecer."...
Humberto RubiO.
La gaceta., 1943-05-27
hos FIN Ell "~RAQUETERISMO"
por WILLIAM E. WEEKS
cuando habia una ola.

cuando habia una ola.
A las 1000 de La mahana ell
Gran Jurado hubo de ordenar un
procesamiento ~secreto.
A las 1890 la muchacha era
~presentada en- la sala del tribunal.
Estaba palida, cansada, cuando la
m%etieron en- la jaula de hero GER
ca del estrada. La sala estaba lie
ma de espectadores.
Tn empleado llamo ell nombre
de la muchacha.
-P6ngase de pie-le ordena-
ron.
Ell empleado, lleno de importan-
cia, registro entire unos papeles y
lego despues en- voz alta, como 81
fuese para b~eneficio del publico.
Habia algo sobre ella en- cuanto
a cometer robos, robos en- perjui-
clio de un tai Pratt, un tai Phin-
ney, I'm tai Doyle, un senior Ed
wards y para Complement I'm Sc
nor Slocum. Los miembros del
gran jurado decfan que ella habia
robado Y, despues de TODD, ellos
debian saber 10 que estaban AFR
mando, porque los grandes jura-
dos estan compuestos por indivi-
duos muy importantes. Ella hu-
biese deseado tener O%portunidad
de contestar a las personals cu-
yos nombres habia dido, que no
los conocfa, que NADIA saba de
ellos y que jamas les habia robadO
NADIA. Era terrible aquello de no
permitirle a una persona ell defen-
derse.
A bastante distancia podia yer
al secretario de la corte y sentado
muy derecho, cast rigido, en- una
plataforma, ell senior juez. La pa
recian muy pequenos ell juez y ell
secretario; lie parecia que los mi
raba por ell lado impropio de un
telescope.
Sc lie ocurri6, vagamente, que
ell .secretario Sc dirigia a ella.
-iQue dice listed a los cargos?
iCulpable o no culpable? LIE pre-
gunto que 81 listed es o no culpa-
BILE?
NO soy culpable-le replic6
la muchacha.
Ell Fiscal Sc puso de pie, llenan-
do la habitaci6n con su e~statura,
su p%resencia de amino y e "cere-
bro semivacio".
-Vuestro honor-dijo ell Fis-
cal.-esta es una mujer desespe-
rada Y ~pe1igrosa.
Hizo una pausa como para i'm
presionar, mientras la mujer lie
miraba sentada hacia atraS en- la
jaula del hero.
-Esta mujer, al frente de un
grupo de pistoleros, asalto un
club nocturno y realiz6 uno de los
~atracos mas desesperados de la his
toria de este pals, en- los dltimos
amos.
Fueron robados miles de pesos
en- joyas y dinerO. Solo una Pc
quena parte Sc ha recobrado. AIDE
mas de este, anoche uno de los
| (Continuara manana)
La gaceta., 1943-05-27
IA FIESTA DEL SABAD0
EN- Ell CENTRIC OBRER0

En- la fiesta que ell Comite de
Ayuda a Russia celebrara ell saba
do. en- ell Centre ObrerO, con ell
apoyo de nuestros mejores ele-
mentos sociales, tOmaran parte
los conocidos artistas Jerry Lo-
peg, ell tanguista; Chita Monies;
Carmencita Alvarez, la bailarina
que electriza a nuestrO pdblico;
Purita Rodriguez, Alicia Alvarez
Panchito Rodriguez.
Con una pieza de ropa para
ninos Sc cubrira ell precio de en-
trada.
Las personals que no deseen lie
var la ropa, abonaran los precios
de entrada que Sc han sehalado.