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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
l73
Fete Milton
Mcdonald
Bridgeport Local Member,
New Organizer, VIII Be
Honored Oct. 18th

Local 173, Bridgeport Plumbers
and Steamfitters will give testi-
monial dinner in honor of Milton
Mcdonald, former business agent
of the Local, and now a general Or
ganizer for the United Association.
The affair will be held in the
Champs Shore House, 4O5 Seaview
Avenue, Oct. Is, at 8 PM.
Mcdonald recently resigned from
the War Production Board to accept
the job as general organizer for the
international covering Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.
He served as secretary-treasurer and
business agent of Local 443, Team
SterS, for four years. He was business
agent of the Bridgeport Plumbers for
20 years.
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin,
Mayor Jasper McLevy and John ].
Egan, secretary-treasurer of the
Conn. Federation of Labor, as well
as officer of the United Association,
have been invited as special guests.
Archie ellis, New England organ
izer, will serve as POSTMASTER.
Harry Carr is chairman of the
committee on arrangements for the
affair. Other members include: Pres.
William Mulvaney, Sec. John Law
less, Business Agent John Bike, War
rem Mcdonald (brother of Million Nc
Donald), James Slavin, James Cur
ran and Harry Davis.
Tickets for the dinner are SIS
and can be obtained by contracting
John Bike, at Metal Trades Hall,
$40 Main Street, Bridgeport.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
New England lam To
Meet In New Britain

Delegates from some IS Machin-
lists lodges will attend the quarterly
conference of the New England
LAM. which convenes in New Brl-
tain, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-l0.
AS many of the Conn., locals that can
spare delegates from war work will
be represented.
Coming at critical time in the his
tory of the LAM, in which the
ALL. convention is expected to de-
eide the question of the Machinists'
separation, the conference will be a
highly important one. ,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
Metal Polishers To
FormRegionalBoard

Metal Polishers, Buffers and Platers
locals of the New England area will
meet at 2 P. NJ, Sunday, Oct. 3, at
Hotel Garde, Hartford, for the pur-
pose of setting up a regional confer
ence board, according to Carl A. Hub
bell, AL. organizer. Ray Kelsey,
international president, will preside.
Daniel Cakes, international vice-presi-
dent of the Polishers, will officially
open an organizing campaign at this
meeting.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
Sen. Scott On Back
TOSchOol' broadcast

Sen. William A. Scott, president of
the Hartford Central Labor Union,
was participant in the round table
broadcast, Back to School for Teen
Age Children" over WDRC, Hart
ford. Other Capital City leaders who
took part in the broadcast were Mayor
Vincent P. O'Connor Supt. of Schools
Fred D. Wish, Jr, Mrs. Morgan G.
Bulkeley, and William A. Dover of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
New Haven C.L. c.
Will Meet Thursday

Resuming its regular schedule, the
New Haven Central Labor Council
will meet Thursday evening, Oct. 7,
at 8 P. NJ, in the New Haven Labor
Temple. Chester c. Kelsey, chairman
of the Speakers Bureau of the United
War Fund and Community Fund will
address the delegates.
Pres. Harold V. Feinmark in an
nouncing the resumption of the regu-
lar schedule expressed hope that a
large turnout of delegates will be
present to hear Mr. Kelsey and to
transact important business coming
before the Council.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02

Authorization
At United Aircraft
Carl A. Hubbe Organizer, Tells Hartford Meeting Of
Splendid Progress And Central Labor Unions
Aid In Unionizing Huge Plants

Favorable progress in the six
week-old drive to organize the
$1,000 employees at two Hartford
plants of the United Aircraft
Corp, was reported this week
by Carl A. Hubbell, ALL. or
ganizer.
Hubbel outlined the progress of
the campaign in the first general
meeting held at the l. o. o. F. hall,
Hartford. He told of the splendid
cooperation of the Central Labor
Union which voted at a recent
meeting to support the effort to
bring the largest factory in the
Capital City into the union fold.
Herbert A. Miller, Hartford Team
sters $50, is chairman of the C.L.U.
organization committee.
The organizational meeting was
addressed by the following speakers
John Egan, secretary-treasurer of
the Conn Federation of Labor; John
]. Murphy, regional organization di-
rector; Sen William A. Scott, presi-
dent of the Central Labor Union
Herbert A. Miller, C.L.U.; Al. G.
Kamm, and Hubbell.
Hundreds of ALL. authorization
cards have been pouring into the
C.L.U. headquarters i'm the Labor
Temple.
The campaign to organize the plant
resulted from numerous requests by
the workers for organization. A
source of great dissatisfaction is the
plants bonus system. Workers charg-
ed that under the company's plan, the
weekly pay huctuated and no matter
how efficient or di1igent an individual
worker might be, he could never be
sure of the amount of his weekly in
come.
This is according to Hubbell,
who said that the bonus was fig
ured not on individual merit but
upon the finished product of each
department when it leaves the de-
partment.
Bonuses were noticeably high when
organization drive began in several
departments, but recently they have
been low, he declared.
eff there is to be a bonus system
at the Hartford plants, the en-
ployes will insist that it be fair and
impartial. 1t must be real incen-
tive system and one i'm which the
worker will know what he is max
ing"
Another grievance that led to a
demand for organization of the Hart
ford plants of the Aircraft Corp, was
that many supervisors and foremen
were overbearing in their attitude. A
number of green men were promoted
to supervisory jobs on the basis of
friendship of higher-ups, workers
charged, and many of such men i'll
treated the employees under them
Demands of the workers will in
c1ude higher basic pay and seniority
rights, among other things, according
to the wish of those who have already
signed authorization cards.
There are four Aircraft Corporation
plants in the Greater Hartford area.
Two of them, the Hamilton Standard
Propellers Corp, East Hartford, and
the West Hartford plant, are organ
lied. Lodge 743, LAM, hold con-
tract covering some 5000 workers at
the Propellers Co. The other is a
CLIO. organized plant.
Some $4,000 workers are in the pro-
cess of being organized at the Pratt
& Whitney Plant in East Hartford
and 1000 more at the Packard Plant
Park St. and Washington Ave, in the
current drive under Hubbell's direc-
ton
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
Vice-Pres. Trudeau,
Bpt.PlumbersInCB's

John Trudeau, vice-president Of
Local 173, Bridgeport Plumbers and
Steamftters, has enlisted in the Sea-
bees. Trudeau, who leaves a wife and
child at home, has been commissioned
as chief petty officer. He is a former
Harding High School football and
baseball star.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
AS We See It
by
THE STAFF

THIS LETTER was received by
Mrs. Clara Yermack of Brooklyn
from her husband. We reprint it
from PM:
You loved me and you married me
And now you have to wait
Until the war is over
And there is an end to hate.
You said you would prefer to be
My wife for just day
Than not to have my loving arms
Before / went away.
And will you do your duty now
To write me every night
To pray for me and dream of me
When you put out the light?
You are a brave, determined girl
To keep your chin up high,
To watch the battlefronts, to hear
The thunder in the sky.
And surely God will bless you for
Your faith and courage true.
And surely Cod will keep me safe
And bring me back to you.
'sYOU MAY be assured that /
shall continue to give this measure
my vigorous and sympathetic sup
port"
This is the heart of a letter sent
to the United Labor Legislative
Conference of Greater New Haven
by u. S. Senator John A. Danaher
of MowsIo,, TIa Io%+ou xroe eo,o% -,
reply to telegram sent to Sen.
Danaher urging him not only to
vote for the anti-poll-tax bill, but
to vote to limit debate if the poll
tax Senators begin to filibuster.
Sen. Danaher is a member of the
subcommittee handling the bill,
and voted to report it to the floor
of the Senate.
OF THE two million new work
ers who have come into war indus
tries during the past year, four
fifths are women, Sec. of Labor
Frances Perkins reported recently.
And with few exceptions, she said,
the new workers are proving them
selve the equal of the men they
replaced. She also added that at
least half the present force of
working women expects 10 stay in
industry after the war.
BLAME 1T ON the manpOwer
shortage and the rapid turnover
of Office boys:
When Basil L. Walters, ex-
executive editor of the Minneapolis
Star Journal and Tribune, returned
recently from a six weeks visit to
Great Britain, he stopped in at the
office the first night home to say
''hello'' to the gang. Matter of fact,
he walked right through the recep-
tiOnist's gate without asking per-
mission.
''Do you work -here?'' one of
the new office boys inquired.
A sports writer pulled the lad
aside and conGded that the guy
who just came in was expected to
be the new night elevator OPERATOR
SO be careful, please, how you
speak to him.
1T MAY BE a little hard to
figure out what Atty. Gen George
F. Barrett of Illinois thinks the
war is being fought for. But he
thinks Vice-Pres. Henry A. Wallace
is too preoccupied with ''freed-
oms." Here is what Barrett told a
Republican audience i'm Jackson
vile, ILL.,:
''IF YOU WANT freedom from
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02

The first and only independence
Day ever worked by the United
Mine workers was this July 4th-in
the interest of the war effort.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02

Business agent for Hartford
Transfers $50, who negotiated
the contract for drivers of Ma
tiOnal Cylinder Gas Co., Meriden
and Portland, which was approx
ed by W.L.B. (Story on page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
AMERICANS BOMB
 FOUR JAP BASES
AIeutians and SOlOmOns Targets; All Planes Re.
 turn Safely

Washington, March 9,--(up) - American bombers have struck again at both ends of tho Pacific battle front, hitting Kiska In the Aleu-. tians and four Japanese air bases in the Solomons, the navy announced today.
 Results were not reported for any of the operations, but all of our aircraft returned to their bases.
 Tho Solomons attacks, described as minor" were directed against Kahill and Ballale In the Shorthand Island area, and at Villa and Rekata Bay In the centrl Solomons.
 Text of navy communique No, S04:
 North Pacific:
 "l, On March 2, U. S. heavy and medium bomhers attacked Japanese positions at Klska. Anti-aircraft fire was encountered but no enemy planes intercepted, All U, S. planes returned.
 South Pacific Gall dates east longitude)
 "2. During the night of March 7-8, liberator heavy bombers car- ried out minor bombing attacks on Japanese installations at Kahili and Ballale in the Shorthand Island area, and at Villa and Rekata Bay in the Central Solomons. Results were not observed. All U. s. planes returned"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
TWO CIVIL SUITS SETTLED TODAY
S2S,OOO Action Over Auto Collision, $l6,OOO for
 Death

Two civn actions, one for e9S,OOO and the other for SlS.0O0 damages, were reported settled when called in superior court this morning. They will be removed from the docket fol- lowing filing of withdrawal pa. pers,
 one of the actions waS brought by Joseph 0ylclus of Waterbury against the Capital Motor Transport O., Inc, of Everett, Mass, and Mor- rlS Bernstein of Dorchester, Mass, and was based on injuries sustained in Q collision october {, l9Ai In Naugatuck. The plaintiff, who asked 926,0O0 damages, claimed 0 truck owned by the defendant con- cern and operated by the other de- fendant struck his car, causing him to sustain injuries to his neck and back muscles,
 The other suit was based on fatal injuries sustained by William Daniels November 2S, i9Al, in an automobile accident and was instituted by Min. nie Beaupre of Waterbury, ad. ministratriX of his estate, against Richard Hines, also of this city. Tho complaint stated Mir. Daniels was Q passenger in Q car operated by the defendant when 1t failed to make Q curve in oxford and left the road. Terms of settlement were not dis- closed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
Probation Officer
 Explains Procedure
Nominal Clerical Allowance Inadequate for Office;
 Only Recently Allowed; Flat Salary Proposed
CNEA Photo, Passed by Army oensop

lowanee Is given to the probation officer besides his set salary, and that 1t would Do better to have his total reimbursement from the city set out in hte open, rather than partially concealed aS at present."
 Tho $l0 extra referred to Is for clerical help, provided by the board Of finance and the board of Nlder- men in setting up the budget, in ad- dition to the $2600 salary allowed by city charter,
 MT. Homiek pointed out that the additional ten dollars had been ap. propriated this year for tho first time, whereas the report stated h0 had received 1t for "the past several years" He added that he had no of- flee in city hall, as tho article said, and that oil of the clerical work con. neeted with his position, which Is considerable, Is conducted At his law office, He said he had collected in excess Of SS0,000 last year in tho course Of his work and that the volume of clerical detail, which in- eludos making out receipts, the writing of letters and keeping rec- ords, has increased. He said he felt tho ten dollars allowed for clerical hire was not excessive, The bill in question provides for c fiat salary of $500,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
INVASION PROOF
 COAST AXIS AIM

Madrid, March g. - CUP) - French dispatches reported today that German precautions against a second front in Europe have in- creased greatly in the last 10 days.
 Special teams of engineers were said to be rushing defenses along the southern European coastline, chiefly in France, Italy and Greece, and on the beaches of Sardinia and and Sicily.
 The Qualifications were described as identical in principle to those set up by the Nazis on the English Channel and Atlantic coasts of France.
 It was pointed out that the Axis aim is to make the entire Mediter- ranean coast invasion proof.
 Existing French defenses on the Riviera were reported being revised and strengthened, while German engineers were supervising 28,O00 Italian laborers in building pillboxes and other forts in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and various vital Italian points along the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Tarento.
 Axis engineers in Greece were said to be drawing plans for forti- flying many islands at the ap- breaches to Salonika. A large num- Der of Italian troops apparently have been moved into the Saionika area, which the Axis presently be- lievcs to be of creates inD0rtance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
BROOKS BACKING
 FREE U. s. PRESS
Senator Plays Forces Seeking Displacement
 By Dominated News

Washington, March 0--(Up)-- Sen. NC. Wayiand Brooks, R., Ill., charged today that administration forces are seeking ito supplant the free press of our country by gov- ernnaent dominated 'news'.'
 In Q Senate speech, Brooks called on Congress to inquire whether newspapers are being made the target of an attack by enemies of Alnerica--saboteurs who seek to de- stroy the newspapers and through them Co destroy one of tho most treasured rights of American citi- zens.'
 Over c i0-year period, starting with tho codes of fair competition under MIRA, Brooks said, the ad- mlnlstration has been employing "sly, indirect methods" to limit press freedom.
 Brooks cited as evidence of tho progression of Q restrictive hand reaching out to limit and curtail' the press these points:
 1. The attempt to limit the press under NtCA,"
 3. Opposition by tho Federal Communications Commission to op- eration of radio stations by news papers.
 3. Tho justice departments suit against tho Associated Press,
 {. 0filee of Defense Transporta- ton restrictions on truck use,
 8. The arbitrary censorship of the news and orders from tho Ofiiee Of War Information"
 0. Rationing of rubber, gasoline, metals and other materials.
 2. The first 10 per cent cut in newspaper use of newsprint and Q projected second 10 DOT cent cut (which threatened order was with drawn when Q demand for justltloa- ton was made"
 6. The failure of the war lman- power commission to declare the press of tho nation an essential in- dustry."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
FREEZE ON UNION
 ROLLS SUGGESTED

Washington, March 0.-(UP)- fEenry |. Kaiser, west coast ship. builder, suggested today that union membership rolls be frozen for the duration, with now workers having the privilege of Joining any union they choose or remaining non-uflion,
 Testifying before the senate com. mittee Investigating the war effort, headed by Sen, Harry s. Truman, D, Mo, Kaiser said jurlsdictional disputes within and between unions must Do halted because they have . harmful effect on the morale of workers. Kaiser's yards currently are the subject Of open warfare between AFL and CfO unions.
 Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., N. M., , asked whether it would Do under Q congressional threat of legislation that the unions would voluntarily" reach such an agreement.
 No" Kaiser replied, "it would be 0 matter Of cooperative effort jugt like you've got me up here now, '
 To combat absenteeism, Kaiser suggested that war workers be given service bar pins. Each month that Q worker had no unauthorized ab. sences, he would receive q colored stripe for his pin within gold star award for perfect years rec- ord.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
FORMS FILED HERE
 TO BE PRESERVED
Local Administrator Be. lieves Information on
 Consumers Valuable

Consumer declaration forms filed here during the recent ration regis- tration will be kept for reference, 1t was learned here today. The state OPA does not require filing of the declarations and no other cities are known to be keeping them, but Mrs. Charlotte Root, local food ra- ton administrator stated they would serve as background for information on consumers.
 Many of the declarations were made on clipped newspaper forms and these have been copied by vol- unteer workers onto regulation forms and the original glued on the back.
 The ration board staff was busy today finishing reports on the rec cent registration, and final filing and tabulation are expected to be completed today. Issuance of ration books will be resumed next Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
YOUR INCOME
 TAX
WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW
TAXRs ARE 10 RE PAID

1AAhS AAsH &O 1h &AAU
 Taxes due on Q return filed for the calendar year le42 may he paid in full at the time for the filing of the return on or before March l6. le4S, The tax may, at the option of the taxpayer, Do paid in four equal installments instead oe in Q single payment, h which case the first installment iS to Do paid on or before March l6, the second on or before June i6, the third on or bos fore September l6, and the fourth on or before December iS, i94S, # the taxpayer elects to pay his tax in four inStallnents, each of the four installmentS must be equal in amount, but any inStallment may bo paid at the election of the tRXpay~ or, prior to the time prescribed for It's payment. If an inStallment is not paid In full on or before the dato fixed for Its paylment, the wholo amount of the tax remaining uns paid Is required to Do paid upon notice and demand from the col- lector.
 The tax must be paid to the cole leetor of internal revenue for tho district in which is located the tax payers legal residence or principal place of business, or If he has ne legal residence or principal plaea of business in the United States, then to the collector of internal revenue ct Baltimore, Md.
 Tn the payment of taxes . frac- tlonal part of c cent is to Do d!s- regarded unless it amounts to ones half cent or moro, in which case 10 shall be increased to 1 cent.
 Tho tax due, If any, should DO paid In cash ct tho collectors otiice, or by check or money order pay~ able to collector of Internal Rev. enue." In the case of payment in cNsh, the taxpayer should in every instance require and the collector should furnish 0 receipt In tho case of payments nude by check or money order, however, the cancelled check or the money order receipt iS usually c sufficient receipt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
RUSSIANS AWARE
 OF -WILLKIE
Reds Not Playing U. s. Two Ways Claims l04O
 Presidential Candidate

New York, March Q -- (U,P.) -- Wendell L, Willkie said today that he did not believe there was any. one in America "who wants to dou- blecross Russia now or in tho fu- ture," and that he believes the Rus. sians are fully aware of the aid be- ing given them by the United States.
 The is4O Republican presidential candidate made the statement as Q combined answer to Admiral VII. liam II. Standley, United States Ambassador to Moscow, who said news of American aid was being kept from the Russian people. and to Vice-President Henry Wallace, who said 0 satisfactory under- standing" should be reached with Russia if another World War was to be avoided.
 Willkie's statement:
 "One government representative implies we may doublecross the Russians after the war is over. An other indicates that the Russian government is today playing us two ways. Neither statement in my judgment is wise or correct.
 Both the Russian government and its people feel that they are bearing the brunt of the war-and in @ number of casualties that Is and has been true for a long time. We are sending supplies in increasing quantities as our present way of helping and perhaps we are entitled to more credit than we are receiv- ing, but naturally the Russians like any people look upon the loss of the lives Of their own young men as more important than materials and supplies.
 "The Russians have long thought that we owed the duty to relieve them from pressures by presently opening a second European front. They have likewise thought 1t the best military strategy for the Uni. ted Nations to do so. Our military authorities have thought otherwise. Only history will decide which is correct.
 Certainly no final verdict can be arrived at with censored infornia- tion and propaganda. through which each government seeks to convince its people of the wisdom of its course. But in the meantime. toier- ance in understanding Russia's view point and rational statements about Americas attitude toward the Rus- sians after the war will help. Dras- tic and ill-considered statements are not the basis for the sort of discus sion we need. for such statements can only do harm.
 T know no one in America whc wants to doublecross Russia now ol in the future. I likewise know nc Russian woh Is ignorant of the fact that we are helping her with ma- teEials and by our fighting on other fronts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
|4SO MEMBERS IN
 RECORDER CLUB
Bristol COmpany's Group Reports Big Member.
 ship Increase

At e recent meeting of the Re. corder Club, Bristol Company ern. ployes social organization, the fol. lowing officers were elected for i04S: Paul Anderson, president; Raymond Churchill, vice-president; Mildred Reilly, treasurer; Charlotte Benedict, secretary, and Robert Me- Namara, financial secretary.
 The board of directors elected ct this meeting includes: Paul Ander. son, J. A. II, Peterson, Norma Widen Althea Oemcke, John Emmet, Ray mond Churchill Richard Daven- port, Joseph Caliento, Henry John- son, Mildred Reilly, Robert McNa. mara, Charoltte Benedict, John Cheplick, AltheG Davis and Frank DehlmRn.
 During the past year the Rec. order Club has added 100 members to It's roster which brings tho to- tal membership to 400 employees.