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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Anti Black Market
Meeting Scheduled
At Taft Wednesday
State O.PA.. Invites All
Branches Of Labor To
Send Delegates

Stressing the tremendous inn
pOrtance' of the anti-Black Market
Labor meeting slated to take place
at the Hotel Taft in New Haven on
October 20, at 10 AM, the State
O.P.A. Labor Advisory Committee
is urging every local of the CLIO,
ALL. and Railroad BrOtherhOOds
to ''send at least one delegate"
Anthony F. Arpaia, State OP.A
Director, who called the meeting, re-
peated the invitation ito every or
ganized worker in our State" with the
emphatic assertion that 1T is up tc
union membership to do its part tc
make rationing and price control
work.
eff they don't get solidly behind
these programs, the chances of
averting further increases in the
cost of living, the chances of wip-
ing out the Black Market grow
Simmer and simmer.
eve are asking every union in
the State to be represented at this
all-day conference because the
problems to be discussed are of the
utmost importance to every work
ing man and woman in Connect
cut. 1t is up to these organized
working men and women to take
the initiative now and lead the at
tack against those forces which are
seeking to sabotage price control
and ratiOning.
"The bread and butter of the future
depends largely on this fight The Sc
curity of wages, savings and insurance
policies depends on the success of this
fight today"
The program included talks by Mr..
Arpaia and all divisional heads of the
State O.P.A. on important home front
subjects ranging from the reasons for
the meat shortage to the progress of
the intensive enforcement program
now being waged against Black
Marketeers.
Two films, one of the Black Mar
ket and one featuring Chester
BOwles, General Manager of O.P.A.,
are also scheduled. The afternoon
session will be devoted to the draft
ing and passing of resolutions for
more effective means of supporting
price control and rationing.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Labor Candidate In
Detroit Nominated

DETROIT.-Labor here registered
its greatest political victory last week
when its choice for Mayor, Frank
FitzGerald, present Circuit Court
commissioner, was nominated on the
Democratic ticket by landslide vote
He received $4,000 votes; Mayor
Edward J. Jefries, seeking re-elec-
ton, was nominated on the Republican
ticket with a vote of 10000. There
were a dozen other candidates. Elec-
lions are Nov. 2.
FITZGERALD had the united support
of labor organizations in Detroit, in
Guiding ALL, CLIO. and Mechanics
Educational Society, and many civic
organizations. Both the leading dailies
however, supported Jeffries. The De-
troit Meas did so fanatically, raising
hue and cry about labor trying to
dominate the city. The Detroit Free
PreSs-which put the Guadalcanal lie
about union seamen on its front page
last winter-favored Jeffries on the
ha1f-hearted ground that he was the
best of a poor lot. Election will be
held on Nov. 2.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Hartford Men Win
-Hr.VacationPa v
Machniss And Metal Polshers At Underwood Co. Score
Victory AS N. E. War Labor Board Sets Two
Precedents On Vacation Plans

OO1ng beyond the reCOmmen-
datlons of its arbitrator, Prof.
Howard Meyerhoff, the New
England War Labor Board has
just granted the ALL. workers
at the Hartford plant of the I'm
derwood, Elliott-Fisher Corp. a
vacation plan based on 48 hours
pay for one-week and 90 hours
pay for a two-week vacation.
Prof. Meyerhoff, as chairman of a
board of arbitration on the vacation
plan, recommended a 48-hour straight
time vacation of one week as the So
luton of the problem. Ernest Stowell,
industrial relation officer of the COM
pany, and Underwood representative
on the board, concurred
Joseph Curran, LAM. organizer.
who represented the three AL. un-
ions at the plant, filed a dissenting
opinion, charging that Meyerhoff's
decision was not i'm line with the
vacation pattern the Board is try
ing to establish in the area. The
chairman's decision, however, car
ried a personal recommendation
that ''the W.L.B. adopt a liberal
vacation PLAN"
The plan established by the board
breaks two precedents in vacation pol
icy, according to Atty. Harold
Strauch, counsel for Lodges $50 and
354, Machinists and Local IS, Metal
Polishers, which are Jointly bargain
ing for the shop workers.
1t provides a one-week vacation
with 48 hours pay service from six
months to one year, and an addi-
tional day with eight hours pay, for
each additional year up to five years
service A two-week vacation with
96-hour pay is to be granted to all
employees of more than five years
service
Strauch said that this is the first
instance to his knowledge that the
W.L.B. has based vacations on a
48-hour weekly pay, and also the
first time that the Board has grant
ed two-week vacation over the
protests of company. The Under
wood Corp. had been holding out
for a vacation limited to one week,
but did go along with Meyerhoff' 3
plan for 48 hours for that one
week.
Hartford labor leaders saw in the
WL.B!'s plan, the establishment of
new vacation pattern of two weeks
for more than FIVE years service and
of higher vacation pay, in accordance
with new policy announced in Wash
ington by the National Board recently
The vacation issue was para.
mount i'm the list of long standing
grievances at the Underwood plant.
Last March the Locals found ii
necessary to bring the strongest
pressure to bear on the W.L.B. to
aid in Strengthening out labor rela-
tiOns at plant in the interest of full
production.
The workers were represented in all
negotiations by Elmer Nixon, Lodge
354, LAM, chairman; Richard Ker-
wick, Lodge $50, LAM, and William
Sayers, Local IS, Metal Polishers
Strauch served as counsel.
Ernest Stowel represented the COM
pany in the negotiations Walfred G
Lundborg served as the Underwood's
attorney.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Labor Council
Asks Suspension
Of Rent Law
New Haven Seeks Gov.
ernor's Help On New
Rent Payment
Act

The New Haven Central Labor
Council unanimously adopted a re-
solution asking Gov. Raymond E.
Baldwin to exercise his war powers
to suspend the new law requiring
tenants to pay their rents on the
due date or face eviction at the will
of the landlord.
Thus the Governor was asked to
suspend law approved by him after
passage by the last session of the Leg
islature. He was asked to do so in
the interest of workers who face
eviction proceedings should they fail
to have the rent money on the line.
1t was pointed out that all laws thus
far suspended by Gov. Baldwin were
such as to work against the interests
of the workers. The proposed action
would be an exception.
The Council chose Pres. Harold v.
Feinmark to represent it as a dele
gate at the O.P.A. Labor Confer
ence to be held at Hotel Taft We'd
nesday, Oct. 20.
Fred Dawless, a representative of
the Speakers Bureau of the New
Haven United Community and War
Funds, substituted for Chester Kel-
sey, the scheduled speaker, in be-
half of the 1913 drive to raise ST.
$4,000 for the support of 81
war and community agencies.
The Council unanimously endorsed
the candidacy of Matthew Ruoppo1o,
president of Teamster Local 443, who
is running as Democratic nominee for
Alderman from the Tenth Ward. 1t
also urged the United Labor Legis-
lative Conference to support Ruop-
polo.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Unions In New
Haven Hearing
Chest Speakers
Drive To Raise $1,133,OOO
For War Relief And Chest
Opens On October Is

Organized labor is getting better
acquainted every day with the Ma.
tiOnal War Fund and Community
Chest plan for its campaign i'm
Greater New Haven opening next
Monday and continuing through
the 10Th. Several groups of union
members have been addressed by
representatives of the Chest dur
ing the past two weeks. This week
it is announced series of up-com-
ing meetings carrying through Sun.
day, Oct. "a. 1t will be joint cam
paign this year in the interests of
the National War Fund and Com
munity Chest, both of which has
the support of the A. F. of L. and
the Clio.
A total of $1,133,000 will be sought
in this area and of that sum $405, 300
will be turned over to the National
War Fund for support of the U.S.O.
United Seamen's Service, War Pris-
oners Aid and fourteen relief agencies
the remainder being al1ocated locally
for maintenance of service rendered
by the Chests 81 agencies.
The schedule of union MEETINGS
just announced follows:
Sunday, Oct. IL, Motion Picture
Operators, Local 273, Union head
quarters, I39 COTE Street, l AM,
with ]. Coy Reid the speaker.
Same day and place, Transfers,
Local 443, with Mr.. Reid speaking
at 1:3O Am. This meeting will be
followed Immediately by one for
the Textile Workers Union, in the
Brown room with MIR. Reid again
speaking.
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
WLB Orders Yale
Obey Directive

BY vote of four to two, the Ma
tional War Labor Board has sustained
the directive of the New England
W.L.B. ordering Yale University to
include the maintenance of member
ship and check-off of union dues in
its contract with Local 142, United
Construction Workers. The university
appealed the regional order.
About 400 Yale employees are mem
bers of the Local, which has the ex-
elusive bargaining rights for all main
tenance and mechanical workers at the
university.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Conn.Councill6.
State Employees,
To Hear lander
Meeting Of Executive Board
Called To Increase
Union Drive

A special meeting of the Executive
Board of Conn. Council No. 10,
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, has been
called by Pres. Michael J. Hanrahan,
for the purpose of widening the or
ganizational drive now in progress.
The meeting will be held Thursday at
Hartford.
The board will hear Arnold Fan
der, president of the Federation,
who has been attending the ALL.
convention in Boston.
Recent strides taken by the coun-
Gil to uniOnize non-federal govern
ment workers in Hartford, New
Haven, Bridgeport and other cities
will be discussed and plans intensi-
fled. The entrance of the Hartford
police in the S. C. & nj. E. as the
first ALL. police local, will also be
discussed from the standpoint of
the importance and implication of
unionizatiOn among police.
LOCAL 556'S VICTORY
Hanrahan announced the victory Of
Local $50, Hartford School Workers
on the overtime question. AS the re-
suit of the Locals activities, the Board
of Education has approved increases
on the following basis:
CD Building operation, en-
plOyes, 81 per hour with
minimum of SO for
each occasion. The old
rate was 75c, with no
guarantee.
(2)Schedule lob employees,
mechanics, $l.5O per
hour.
CD Schedule 1OA employees,
mechanic helpers, $l.3O
per hour.
(4) Temporary maintenance
men, one and a half
times the regular rate for
classification.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
UniOnists Aspire To
Park City Offices

ALL. unionists are running for
public office in Bridgeport. They are:
J.. Lawrence O'Too1e, of Local 2.
Brlcklayers, a delegate to the Central
Labor Council, and at present Alder
man from the Sixth District, is Demo-
cratic candidate for City Clerk.
Mrs. Sadie Sullivan, organizer for
the Corset Workers Union, is Demo-
cratic candidate for Town Clerk.
Angelic LaNese, p1asterer by trade
and a l5-year member of Local 2.
bridgeport Bricklayers, is Repub-
lIcan candidate for Alderman from the
GA District, Bridgeport.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Musicians Will Hold
Conferences In Oct.

Local 234, New Haven Federation
of Musicians, has elected delegates to
attend the semi-annual conference Of
the New England Federation of Mu-
siclans, and the State Conference of
Musicians, both to be held this month.
Alexander Winnick, president
Harry L. Benson, recording secretary,
and Robert Schecter, business agent
OF Local 234, have been chosen as
delegates to the New England con-
terence to be held at Hotel Narragan-
sett, Providence, R. l., Sunday, Oct
II, at II A. M.
They will also represent the New
Haven Federation at the State Con-
terence, which will be held at Ceriani's
Cafe Mellone, New Haven, on Sun
day, Oct. 81.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Stamford Gu Hits
Drafting OF Labor

The Stamford Central Labor Union
at its last meeting passed resolution
opposing the drafting of workers for
government assigned jobs until all
other means of filling the manpower
needs have been exhausted.
George Lockwood, business agent of
Local 210, Carpenters, introduced the
resolution, and it was seconded by
John Mcmahon of the Printing Press
men.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Conference
Expected To
Favor Murphy
Platform Urges Both Nom
inees To Avoid Comp
tonism" In Conducting
Municipal Government

Following lengthy conferences
with Angus Fraser, Republican
nominee for mayor of New Ha-
ven, and with Mayor John w.
Murphy, the Democratic nominee,
the United Labor Legislative
Conference of New Haven, meet
ing at the New Haven Labor
Temple Thursday evening, was
expected to receive a report from
It's Committee on Political Action
recommending that organized
labor in New Haven support the
candidacy of Mayor Murphy.
The Committee today made
public the Conferences city
election platform. The plat
form, which had been submit
ted to Mr.. Fraser and to
Mayor Murphy, warns that city
election campaigns ''cannOt
be conducted on a basis of
local issues alOne," particu-
larly in wartime, and deals
with the anti-labOr, anti-RoOse-
welt record of Congressman
Ranulf Compton as an exam
pie which it hopes the next
mayor of New Haven will not
follow.
I'VE ask the candidates for
the Office of chief executive of
the City of New Haven to dis
avOw 'COmptOnism' in con-
Quoting the affairs of this
city," the platform urges.
The committee which met with
the nominees consists of Harold v.
Felnmark, president of the New
Haven Central Labor Council; Ed
ward McCrOne, Clio. Director: W.
+. DOnOghue, Bro. of Railroad
Irainmen; Frank Venturella. Vim
cent Romeo, and Ray KiIduff,
Clio; Saul Kreas, business agent.
Painters, No. 1876; and Nathan
Sherman, editor of The Union
Times.
The full text of the report of the
committee to the Conference will
be published in The Union Times
next week.
The text of the Conferences cleo
ton platform follows:
The United Labor Legislative
conference of Greater New Haven
is firmly convinced that the eff
Client, honest and progressive con-
duct of our municipal governments
Is the cornerstone of American de-
mOcracy. The better government we
nave IN our cities and towns. the
better will our state and national
governments be.
"A good municipal government. in
the opinion of organized labor. is bas-
ed on the principle of the greatest
good tor the greatest number. Carrv-
ing this principle to its logical con-
cluslon, and we do, labor believes that
municipal governments, and municipal
election campaigns, cannot be con-
Quoted on basis of local issues alone
"A city which ignores the interests of
its state and nation is headed for dis
aster.
This is particularly true in war
time. The people of New Haven. as
patriotic as any in the United
States, are doing their utmost TO
help our Commander-in-C Chief.
President Roosevelt; the men and
women in our armed services: and
our Government, to win the war as
quickly as possible. The war re-
qulres that we mobilize New Ha-
ven's resources to the fullest extent
in support of the war program.
Our Congressman from New Ha-
ven, Major Ranu1f Compton, distin-
guished himself at the last session of
Congress by voting against practically
every measure which was favored by
labor; and by voting for every meas
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
N.HLabor Issues City Election Platfor
University Wages
In Sweatshop Class

Found to be paying ''sub-
Standard wages to it's custOdial
help, the University of PennsyI-
vania was ordered this week by
the National War Labor Board
to increase pay rates an average
of 4 cents an hour. Even with
the raise, the employees will get
only from ~ to so cents hourly.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
Bakers President
Stricken In Boston

BOSTON.-Pres. Andrew A. Ny
rup of Bakery & Confectionery Work
ers Init. Union died suddenly of a
heart attack in the lobby of the Stat1er
Hotel here on the eve of the ALL.
convention. Myrup was elected first
president of the B.C.W.IU. in 1o41
after serving as secretary-treasurer
for IS years, when there was no such
Office as president.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16

We're it not for the labor press,
the labor movement sOOuId not be
,CItat IL is today, and any man sOIaO
tries to injure labor paper is a
Traitor to the cause.
Samuel COmpers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16
AS We See It
by
THE STAFF

THIS WEEK we welcome Local
No. 1913, American Federation of
State, County, and Municipal EN-
ployes, of Middletown, who have
subscribed to The Union Times for
its full membership. The members
of this Local are employed at the
Middletown State Hospital.
THE ALL. Convention. now
meeting in Boston, will not vote on
the proposition of the United Mine
Workers rejoining the Federation.
1t is expected to refer the matter
back to the executive board. which
will arrange for the Miners to be
back in the fold within the next
three months. Dan Tobin, head of
the Transfers Union, will head the
committee which will complete ne
EQUATIONS with John L. Lewis. The
Transfers, with a membership of
COZ, 900, is the largest Interna-
tiOnal in the ALL.
JAMES DiLONARDO. business
agent of Bricklayers No. 6 of New
Haven, is busy man these days.
Jim has just added to his duties the
job of business agent of Building
Laborers, No. ass, succeeding Ar
mand Ambrosini, who is going into
war service. In addition to being
business representative of two i'm
pOrtant unions, Jim is a member
OF the New Haven Housing AutsaOr-
ity, an officer of the New Haven
Labor Realty Corporation and a
leader i'm civilian defense work. His
headquarters will continue at the
Bricklayers Office, Ill Webster
Street.
ALL. CONVENTION SIDE.
LIGHTS: Eddie Rickenbacker-re.
member him?-was showed back i'm
the public eyes again by Admins
traitor L. Metcalfe WalIing of the
Wage-HOur Division, u. S. Dept. of
Labor.
Speaking of attempts to destroy
the overtime provisions of the fair
labor standard act, Walling told the
63rd ALL. convention: ''These at
tacks have taken varying form, in.
Guiding a phOny grass roots move.
ment and a Imam campaign by a
famous war hero" But the enemies
of labor Notwithstanding, overtime
pay is here to stay, Walling assured
his audience.
''They're rough, they're tough.
and that's the way we like them!''
The speaker was Capt. John r.
Perry of the U. S. Navy, telling
delegates what the service thinks
of the Seabees.
II call them my boys" he said.
''but you might just as well call
them your boys, because 500 to
1870 of them come from your
ranks.'' The Seabees number over
10000 now, he said, most of them
working in construction battalions
One of the most coIorful figures
seen about the convention hall is
Delegate d. MI. Hurley of the Pas
co, WASH, Central Labor Union.
Sporting a white goatee, cowboy
hat and soft black tie, the 78-year.
old unionist is a veteran cOnven.
tion-goer. II guess / average al
least one a year." he said. While
this is only his fourth national con
vention, he's been to umpteen state
ALL. conventions.
A member of the Switchmen's
Union for As years and a national
organizer for the ALL. for 80
years, Hurley says unionism is
something that's handed down in
his family.
Two of his IL grandchildren
hold ALL. cards. AS for his six
great-grandchildren = ''Well, just
wait till they grow up!"
Kansas City, ever hopeful, has
tossed its hat into the ring again.
A red and white banner, draped
over one side of the side balconies
CONTINUED on Page Four
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-16

Kansas City, ever hopeful, has
tossed its hat into the ring again.
A red and white banner, draped
over one side of the side balconies
CONTINUED on Page Four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-10
N(C,G2EE:HEEE
BY TEN jones

Miss Agnes c. Dowden of
New Orleans is guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. A. Petite. Rev. G. l..
Reed efficient pastor Of st. Peter
AME Church, Is visiting his par
ents in FIT. Smith, The financial
drive sponsored by the trustees
of st. Peter AME Church was a
success with all current indebt-
edness paid and improvements
are planned. The Usher Board
of st. Peter AME Church will en-
terrain the City Usher Alliance,
Sunday, Sept. Goth, instead of
the previous announcement of
Sept. 3. An interesting program
and Calendar Rally will be held
in connection with the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Almond
had as guest her neice Mrs. Leroy
Jiner Of st. Louis. Mrs. Estelle
Perry Is reported i'll. Miss
Maxine Hill left Sunday for Chi
cago to enter DuSable High
School, Mrs. Minnie b. Har-
grove is visiting In Dotham, Ala.
Pvt. John Cayles, husband of
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-10
Rixie Items
by Silas Bowman

Services were held at Holly
Grove AME Church Sunday with
sermon by Rev. Mrs. r. V. P.
Mooney; Rev. II. Oliver Is pas
tor in charge, st. Luke Bapt,
Church enjoyed a sermon from
their old pastor who has been
sick for some time. Fairview
CME Church is under the leader
ship of Rev. G. w. Smith.
Newdora Bapt. Church at Booker
Crossing held the last Quartette
Singing program for the summer
season. Mrs. Josie Wesley Is re-
porter and has purchased a cozy
cottage at McAlmont. i. William
Alternately was accidentally kill
ed when he fell from a truck re-
turning fro mthe cotton field of
Mrs. Eagle Wake. Deacon
Lewis Brown of Mt, Arrat Bapt.
Church, Walter Reid, Asst. Supt.
Of st. Luke Bapt. Church and
Clyde Lawrence are reported i'll.
Rev. w, NJ. Freeman is doing live
wire work at Cabot and Roland
Rev. S. II. Gray pastor Of Young
Circuit, Magnolia District, Is back
in the community. Your Re-
porter, Silas Bowman, returned
from England and Humnoke aft
or completing arrangements for
the United Sunday School Teach
ers Institute and also secured
boys to sell the STATE PRESS,
Miss Daisy l.. Cummins isback on
the road again after a brief i'll
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-10
ness. Walter Woods Jr. Is visit
ing from Camp Van Dorm. :.
Nashville
Vertie White
The Rev. Geo. w. Yount

. The Rev. Geo. w. Young,
pastor of Newlight CINE Church
and DR.. w. II. Hampton visited
the Sunday School Convention,
McAllester, Okla. over which the
Rev. A. II. Byrd is the presiding
elder. The Sunday School Con-
yention of the Washington Dis
trict OF the CME Church over
which the Rev. T, j, Rhone Is
presiding elder met at sehaal.
Dignitaries present included
Bishop ]. A. Bray. DIR. ]. M. Reed
Rev. C. II. Nelson preached
the opening sermon. Mr., and
Mrs. Wiley Bobo Jr. are parents
of bouncing baby boy, The
Newlight Choir with Mrs. l..
Olds, president, and Miss Wylie,
pianist, accompanied Rev, Young
to the Church of God in Christ
where he was guest speaker. &.
The Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons held installation services
at the free Christian Zlaa
Church with sermon by Rev. D..
Ferral. Other speak Is inelud-
ed Rev. w. M. Brown, Rev W,
NJ. Benson, Revs. l.. Mcneil and
r. Seoggins and also w. o. Hill
of the Good Samaritans. |, w.
Muldrew, presided at installation
ceremonies for officers. Mrs.
Thelma Tatum was guest soloist
and Mrs. Georgia Moore read an
interesting paper. Closing re-
marks were made by Prof. ], II.