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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-07-29
GRADUIRANJE v PARKU

Zadnjo nedeljo je mad 1000
deklet graduiralo in prejelo di-
plome "a bolniske streznice v
Cain Parku. Med mimi je bila
tudi Miss Josephine Lekson,
hcerka druzine Mr.. in Mrs.
John Lekson, 1909 E. 173 St,
Delala je v Mt. Sinai bolnisnici.
-. NaSe cestitkei
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-07-29
kRvAW IzGREDI Y ITALIJl
MEJE II Ma CIvILN0 V0JN0
Vlada razpustila fasisticnO stranko in vse
njene ustanove.-Prvi spopadi med itali-
janskimi in nemSkOm0 cetami
VOJAsTVO GRE S TANKI MA FAsIsTE

Il dezele, v kateri sc je rodil
koruptni in zlocinski fasizem,
prihajajo porocila o krvavih
spopadih med cetami italian
skin in nemskih armad. Poroci-
la iz Madrida naznanjajo, da je
aktiven odpor italijanske ar
made preprecil nemska prizade-
vanja, da bi pripeljali deset
nemskih divizij k obrambi crti
oh reki Po v severni Italiji.
Marsal Badoglio je sporocil
Nemcem, maj umaknejo vse
svoje vojastvo il dezele, ker nj
so hoteli braniti JUNE Italije.
Konec fasisticne stranke
Medtem je nova italijanska
vlada dekretom razpustila ia
sistieno stranko, fasisticni viso-
XII svet in fasisticne zakone "a
zascito drzave.
Tudi Franco vidi pisavo ma
stem
Druga porocila IL Madrida
naznanjajo, da Sc je vec itali-
janskih divizij v juzni Franciji
organiziralo politicnimi jetni-
XII, XII so bill internirani ma Ii
parskih otokih. Te jetnike je l.
talija pozneje vpoklicana v ar
mado. spanska porocila javno
priznavajo, da 50 Nemci v veil
kin skrbeh. (V mic manjsih skr-
beh pa nj tudi diktator Franco,
spanski fasist st. 1, XII je prisel
do oblasti pomocjo nacijskih
in fasisticnih armad. Tudi on
We, da so njegovi dnevi steti. -
Urednistvo).
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-07-29
POGREB SINCKA

Pogreb sincka druzine Lasco
Sc vrsi danes popoldne oh 1. uri
IL zeletovega pogrebnega zavo-
da.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-07-29

Podprimo borbo Amerike "a demo-
kracijo In sv0bodo sveta . nakupom
vojnih bondov In vojno- varcevalnih
xnamk!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-07-29

"Nasi pogoji Italiji so isti
kakor pogoji Nemciji in Japon-
ski: brezpogojna predaja.'
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
5 Planes Downed
By Corp. Zangari

Corp. Angelo Zangari, 20, former
member of Local B-1013, Electrical
Device Workers, Hartford, is one of
Connecticut Labor's first military
heroes. Corp. Zangari was credited
last week with shooting down four
Japanese planes in action in New
Guinea. He was injured when the
plane in which he served as a gunner
was hit by bits of shrapnel from
Japanese anti-aircraft fire at Lac last
week. Zangari was cut by broken
glass, but not badly hurt, according
to reports from the fighting front.
Zangari, who worked in a stock
room at the Arrow-Hart & Hege-
man Co., enlisted in the Air Force
about a year ago. He is remem-
bered by fellow members of Blob
for his exuberant wit and love of
a good joke. They report that he
wanted to enlist for a long time
before he got his parents consent.
He lived in Hartford at 825 Park
Street. He was born on Washing
toms Birthday.
When he was assigned to duty in
the South Pacific Area, he wrote to
his parents saying, 1--WE got a job
to do over here and I'm going to
do it,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Federation's
ProgramLists
Major PIanks
GIL Executive Board Meets
With AFL Legislators
In Hartfard

The Number One item in
the 1913 Legislative program
of the Conn.,. Federation of
Labor is the passage by the
General Assembly of a State
Labor Relations Act. This was
learned this week when full
details of the Federation's
program were made public.
The Executive Board of the
GIL. met in the Hartford
Labor Temple Wednesday to
discuss the program with the
IL ALL. members of the
Legislature.
TO IMPROVE LAWS
In addition to the State Labor
relations Act, the program calls
for Improvements in the Unem-
plOyment Compensation Act. the
WOrkmen's Compensation Law and
Old Age Assistance Law; the es-
Enlistment of a WOrkmen's Com
pensatiOn Fund, and of a Accent
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
ALL Protests
Hitler Bill"
In Congress
Executive Council Prepared
To Fight Attacks On
Organized Labor

MIAMI, F1a.-The introduction of
'Hitlerian control of labor" implicit
in pending Congressional bills aimed
at labor's right to strike, the closed
shop and the 40-hour week was strong
ly denounced in a resolution sent to
Congressional leaders by the ALL.
executive council, meeting here at its
annual midwinter conference.
eff group of soldiers were to
go AWOL the War Department
would never think of placing the
entire army in the guardhouse, -
the resolution said. ''Yet this would
be precisely the effect of anti-strike
legislation now being advanced. 1t
would penalize more than 1870 of
the nations soldiers of production
who have remained steadfastly on
the job for the acts of a small
minority
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Many Pay Tribute
To Alex Driessens

Organized labor in Connecticut
turned out in large numbers Satur-
day at the funeral of Alexander
Driessens, 81, president of the New
England Cigar Makers Label
League, former president of the
New Haven Central Labor Council
and president of Local 80, Cigar
Makers, New Haven, who died
Thursday of heart disease. Services
were held from the funeral home
of Hugh A. keenan, & Son, New
Haven. The Rev. DIR. Oscar E..
Maurer, pastor of Center Church,
officiated. Burial was in Evergreen
Cemetery.
A Blow to Labor
Driessens was president of the New
Haven CL.C. in 1886. He was dele
gate of the Cigar Makers to the
council for many years and was con-
sidered an outstanding representative
of organized labor.
The death of Driessens is the sec
ond such loss sustained by organized
labor in New Haven within two weeks
Walter Davis, Elm Lodge, 42O, Ma
chinists, a contemporary of Alex
Driessens, died Saturday, an. .. Both
were serving as members of the C.L.C'
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
AS We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

DELEGATES TO the N. HI. Cen
trail Labor Council pointed out this
week that the ''rule of three" APP
piled in the death of members of
the Council. The last three to die
were Sol Alperovitz, president IF
Div. 28l, Trolley & Bus Operators
Union; Walter E. Davis, Elm Lodge
42O, Machinists Union; and Alex
Driessens, president of Cigar Max
ers, Local 80. Each gave unspar-
ingIy of his resources to the or
ganized labor movement. We will
feel their loss for long, long time.
FEW CENTRAL labor bodies IN
the United States can boast of t7gO
State Senator'S among their delegates
Nezg Haven has Sen., Joseph T.
Rowke and Sen. James P. Geelan
If Jim Higgins, of Plumbers & Steam
filters, No. 349, had feaVer ci1ic duties.
the Council zVould also include a men,
Der of the House of Representatives.
Hartford Gu. has Senator Bill
Scott. When are zoe going to be able
to 1wite about Sen. Pete Bernardo
Neat session, zee hope.
NORWICH BARRIERS, Local
337, boasts the distinction of hav.
ing two members, Napolean Pepin
and Alto Urbinati, i'm the Con.
necticut General Assembly. In list
ing ALL. members of the State
Legislature last week, THE UNION
TIMES failed to include Rep.
Pepin, who with Rep. Urbinati, is
a Democrat and has been reelected
for his second term.
CHARGES THAT war contracts
reek with various kinds of skull
duggery were hurled i'm the House
this week. Among the more serious
charges was statement by Con
gresham Carl Vinson (Dem., Ky.)
chairman of the House Naval AT
fairs Committee, that naval of
ficials had closed their eyes to huge
profits taken by contractors. Even
more sinister was Wilson's -asser
ton that Washington is crawling
with contract brokers" who ap
parently have the run of the Wal
and Navy departments, in direct
violation of law.
Unison revealed that he had q
list of I2I soar brokers ,UhO, he
said, had collected SIS, 100000 in
fees since 1889 for getting sUaI
contracts for business firms. In
some cases, Unison added, the fee.
run up to 100 per cent of the UaIue
of the contract. The 'srake-Of," OF
course, is added to the Drice paid
by the government.
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Much Interest
InConference
On ManpOwer
Leaders Of State, City To
Attend Meeting At
Hotel Taft

Representatives of all sections of
the New Haven community will
meet Friday, Feb. S, at the Hotel
Taft at 1880 P. M. for a complete
discussion of the problem of secur.
ing sufficient workers for local war
production. The meeting will take
the form of City Wide Conference
ON ManpOwer, sponsored by COM
mittees representing the N. III. Cen
trail Labor Council and the N. H.
Industrial Union Council, Clio.
1t will bring together representa-
tlves of the U. S. Employment Ser
wee, the War Production Board, the
War Manpower Commission, the AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers, the
Housing Authority, the child care
agencies, the job training agencies,
public officials and labor groups, in
order to reach some common under
standing as how to proceed to solve
the manpower problem and to achieve
the highest degree of cooperation in
the matter.
Discussion Problems
10 this end letters of invitation
have gone this week. The following
points are scheduled for discussion:
Cd The existing manpower
needs of New Haven War Manu-
facturers. The possibilities for full
recruitment of local labor to meet
the need, particularly the recruit
ment of women, Negro workers
and friendly foreign-bOrn. (2) The
adequacy of existing child-care ia
cilities for working mothers, incIud-
ing capacity, location, hours, age
span, transportation, etc. CD The
adequacy of the existing Job train
ing program, including nature of
training, degree of enrolment, ma
ture of placement following train
ing.
Among those invited to attend the
conference are the following Mavor
John w. Murphy, Mrs. Alice Mar
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Elections Are
HeldByC.L.C.
Delegates Pay Fine Tribute
To Alex Driessens And
Walter Davis

Harold V. Feinmark, President
of the Conn. Federation of Labor,
was unanimously elected to his sew
enth term as president of the New
Haven Central Labor Council at the
Councils election meeting Thursday.
Other officers, also unanimously
elected, follow:
Vice-President: Sen. Joseph T.
Rourke, Electricians, No. BOO.
Recording Secretary: Bernard
Ceelan, Retail Cigar Salesmen's
Union, No. 96l.
Financial Secretary: August F.
Striby, Bakers, No. IL.
The Executive Board, as elected
Thursday, consists of the officers,
and:
Samuel F. Curry, Trolley & Bus
Operators, Div. 281; Frank Spa
dola, BARRIERS No. 2l5; Sen. James
p. Ceelan, Retail Cigar Statesmen s
Union, No. DOL; and Alfred E.
Murphy, Machinists Union, No.
42O.
The following were elected to
the Board of Trustees:
Scott Roston, Colored Musicians.
No. 486; George Reihms, Carpen-
tiers, No. 70; Frank Carr, Trolley
& Bus Operators, Div. 28l; Carl
G. Hoff, Musicians, No. 234; and
John PisanO, Transfers, No. 443.
The officers, Executive Board, and
Board of Trustees were installed by
Matthew Ruoppolo, president of Local
443, Transfers Union, who oficiated
with the grace and precision of ar
expert.
Address by Arpaia
The meeting, one of the best at
tended in many months, had much
business before it, and did not adj
journ until II 20 PM. The highspot
was an address by Anthony F. Arpaia
Director of the New Haven Rent
Control Area, who explained the
necessity for price control, and the
dangers of imitation for all sections
of the community.
William E. Barry, recently elected
president of Local "a, Theatrical
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Group Insurance Is
Voted By Members
OF Teamsters, 443

Local 443 New Haven and Bridge
port Teamsters, at a general meet.
ing last week unanimously voted
to dissolve the present death bene-
fit system and to carry group life
insurance for its members with the
Union Labor Life Insurance 20.
Under the group insurance plan
which is to start Feb. l, each member
will be insured for $1,000 at a cost
of fifty cents, which will be added
to his regular monthly dues. lndl-
vidual insurance policies will be issued
to each union member by the Union
Labor Life Insurance Co. Part of the
premium will be borne by the local.
This is quite an improvement
over the old system, stated John J.
Allen, secretary-treasurer of the
Transfers Local. ''NOt only does
it provide the union member $3.50
more i'm death benefits than under
the old system, and removes a lot of
CONTINUED on Page TWo)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Hartford Gu
Holds Annual
Scott and Morris Renamed
President and Secretary;
No Contests

Sen. William A. Scott was nOmi.
mated for his fifth term as president
of the Hartford Central Labor
Union last week. At the same meet
ing he was re-seated, as delegate
from Bricklayers, Local /.
Thomas Garrard, Carpenters, 43,
was renominated as first vice-presi-
dent, and John ]. Miller, Bus Opera
tors, AIS, was named for the first
time as candidate for second vice
president. Election and installation of
the officers will be held at the Feb. 3
meeting of the C.L.U.
Frank Morris, State Employees.
368, was renOminated as recording
and corresponding secretary; Den
mis- Mccarthy, Painters, 48l, fnan.
cial-secretary; William WEIGH, Ma
chinists, $50, treasurer; Edward
Reilly, Carpenters, 43, sergeant-at.
arms.
The following were nominated for
trustees, five to be elected: Henry
Dauphinais, Truck Drivers, $50; Paul
Willnauer, Steamhtters, 218; Carmelc
Guardc, BARRIERS, 70; Carmen Di-
Corcia, Bricklayers, No 1; and
Arthur Fitzsimmons, Post Office
Clerks, 147.
Executive board nOminees-sev-
en- to be elected-are: George Wat
son, Bricklayers, L; Gus Bochman.
Bakers 8; William A. Crosscup, Jr..
Painters, 48l; Timothy Fitzgerald.
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
MiddletoWn
Board Finds
Rough Going
City Up In Arms Over Plan
To Dun Recipients
OF Relief

Because of strong protests head
ed by organized labor, indications
are that the Finance Board of Mid
dletOwn may not go through with
its intention to seek repayment of
city relief grants to former recipi-
ents, as was reported in The Union
Times last week.
The Finance Board two weeks ago
passed a resolution directing City
Charity Commissioner Ralph Wilcox
to send collection letters to families
who had received relief during the
depression. No letters, as far as could
be learned, have as yet been received
by former recipients.
Mayor Salvatore Cubeta and
members of the Finance Board
were reported to have conferred
on the matter this week. AS the
situation is now considered to be
political dynamite" because of
the wave of protest the general
feeling is that the Board has lost
interest i'm its plan to raise revenue
by dunning the poor.
Labor's opposition to the plan first
became evident when State Rep.
Arthur LaBarge, president of the
ALL. Textile Workers Union, re-
fused to go along with other members
of the Finance Board in passing the
resolution.
Labor's opposition came to a
head at the last meeting of the
MiddletOwn Central Labor Union,
which unanimously referred the
matter to its Legislative Committee
for appropriate action. The Com
mittee is meeting this week.
When Clifton Scory, president of
the central body brought the matter
to the attention of the delegates with
the statement that he had been be-
sieged with innumerable requests for
organized labor to protest "the out
rage" several members leaped to, their
feet to voice their protests and de-
mand action by the Central Labor
Union. The matter was referred to
legislative committee of the C.L.U
which handles protests to public au-
thorities.
Hjalmar Anderson is chairman
of the Committee, and Tom She's,
MISUNDERSTANDING of the
Conn. Federation of Labor, is also
a member. Despite the apparent
backing down of the Finance Board
the Committee plans to go ahead
with its intention to register a for.
NAL protest ON two grounds: CD
condemnation of an effort to col
Iect repayment of relief grants
and (2) of the attempt of the
Finance Board, which is an ap'
pointive body to direct the ad
ministratiOn of the Charity De
partment which is headed by an
elected public official. Letters OF
protest will be sent to the Board
with copy to Mayor Cubeta.
The motion of the Finance Boarc
to send letters to former relief re.
cipients was sponsored by Walter c
Jones, banker and realtor of Middle.
town. Atty. Leonard o. Ryan i:
chairman of the board.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Food Prices jump
Apo. Since 1889

Food prices advanced AZ per cent
in the period between August, 1889,
and Dec. IS, 1912, according to the
food cost index of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics just released by the
y. S. Department of Labor.
The Labor Department. latest
figures revealed that the average
New Haven family is paying $l.I98
for the food it paid 81 for Dec. 10,
l941, as against $1.176 paid by
families in Bridgeport and $l.173
by the average American family.
In the One-mOnth period between
Nov. 10 and Dec. Is, 1912, food
costs rose 81 per cent in New Ha-
ven as against IL per cent in
Bridgeport and for the entire ma
ton. Greater than average in
creases were reported for this
period from St. Louis, Jacksonville,
Rochester and New Haven where
the price of fruits and vegetables
increased more than they did in
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Court Upsets Unionists
Custer From School Board

MADISON, Wis.-Organized labor
won a victory when the Wisconsin
Supreme Court overruled Circuit
Judge A. c. Hoppman's custer of Ed
ward Weston and Edward N. Rice
from the Kenosha Board of Educa-
ton because they are union members
The Supreme Court ruled that cleo
tive officials may be removed only by
recall. Although the high court based
its decision only on this point of law
it also said
ut is perfectly clear that if the
respondents failed at all times to exer-
else their own individual judgment and
discretion in performance of their
duties, the remedy was political and
not judicial"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30

other cities.
The IL per cent increase for the
country in general over the month
from mid-November to mid-Decem-
Der was the same as shown between
mid-October and mid-November" said
Secretary Perkins.
Higher prices of uncontrolled
fresh fruits and vegetables were again
chiefly responsible for the rise. The
prices of foods not under direct con-
troll by the O.P.A. rose 7 per cent.
while the average for controlled foods
advanced O.5 per cent.
Coffee prices declined slightly after
the introduction of rationing. On the
other hand, tea, which is not rationed,
increased slightly.
The cost of meats rose l per cent
over the 4-week period. Beef veal and
pork advanced moderately with local
shortages. The short supply of butter
was reflected by advances in 41 of
81 cities included in the index.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Wards Sues Railroads
In Strike Aftermath

SAN FRANCISCO.-As an after
math of the strike of the Retail
Clerks Union and the Warehouse
mems Union (both AF.LD, between
December, 1910, and July, 1871, Mont
gomery Ward & Co. has filed suit
for $2,026,544 against the Western
Pacific, Santa Fe and Southern Pa
cific railroads and five express COM
panies, including the American Rail-
way Express, because they refused
to handle struck goods in or out of
Montgomery Ward plants.
This is the first time the big rail
roads and express companies have
found themselves on the labor side
of suit.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Labor Conference
Shoots At Axis

war boards and war agencies.
3. Demanded that no anti
labor legislation be adopted by
Congress or state legislatures.
4. Opposed compulsory saw
ings laws, but pledged greater
purchases of war bonds and
stamps.
S. Designated minimum wages
established under the fair labor
standards act as substandard and
asked for increases.
6. Urged organization of white
collar workers.
z. Favored a postwar public
works program to build roads.
8. Called for tight enforce
ment of child labor laws.
9. Asked continued support
of the Init. Labor Office.
The program was drafted by a
policy committee consisting of repre-
sentatives of the II state declarations
present at the conference, an equal
of international officers, and
nine Negro AL. leaders.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Unions Helping
Paralysis Fund

The New Haven Central Labor
Council, at its last meeting, voted
to donate $40 to the Infantile Par
alysis Campaign Fund, and a
strong appeal was made to all
unions affiliated with the Council
to send in their contributions as
soon as possible. Checks should be
sent to DR.. Joseph I. Linde,
Treasurer, 179 Church Street.
In addition to the Council, con-
tributions have been sent in by
Local 1856, Painters Union; Local
404, Hotel & Restaurant Workers;
Local 191, Transfers; and THE
UNION TIMES.
Other Central Labor bodies in
the state, especially those in Hart
ford, Bridgeport, and Waterbury,
are participating in the campaign.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Egar To Address
NH. Council Feb. 4

John ]. Egan, Secretary
Treasurer of the Connecticut
Federation of Labor, has been
been invited to attend the next
meeting of the New Haven
Central Labor Council, to dis
cuss the FederatiOn's legisla-
tive program. 1t is expected
that discussion will center
chiefly on the proposed State
Labor Relations Act, particu-
Iarly that section which pro-
vides that the Board which
would administer the Act be
composed of a representative
of labor, industry, and the pub
lie. The meeting will be held
Thursday, Feb. 4, at 3 p. NJ.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30
Iron Workers, 424,
Cancel Dinner Dance

The dinner dance planned by Iron
Workers Local 424, scheduled to be
held Saturday, Feb. 81, at Hotel Taft,
New Haven, for the benefit of its men
in the Armed Services, has been can
celled owing to the gasoline situation,
said David ("Sport") Mccormack,
business agent of the Local this week.
Mccormack said that since the an
nouncement of the affair in late De-
cember, considerable interest in the
dance was shown by members Of or
ganized labor throughout the state
and indications had pointed to rec
ord turnout. Governor Raymond E.
Baldwin, Mayor of New Haven, John
w. Murphy, and Mayor Jasper Nc
Levy, Bridgeport, had been among
the scheduled speakers. The recent
serious turn for the worse in the oil
shortage situation, said Mccormack,
made it necessary to call off the event
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-30

ATLANTA, Ca.-A 13-point dec
Iaration of principles aimed at the
heart of the Axis was adopted
unanimously at the final session of
the ALL. Southern War Labor
Conference here.
Highlighting the program was a
strong plea for the abolition of the
poll tax and for condition of abso-
lutte equal rights on job and job op-
portunities without any discrimination
whatsoever between workers on ac-
count of race, creed or color" Other
points:
/. Reaffirmed labor's no-strike-
pledge, but warned employers
against using this policy to ig-
more workers grievances.
2. Called for adequate repre-
sentation of labor on government