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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
New Officers
Plumbers349.
Are Installed
Edmund J. Meany Is APP.
pointed Part line Bust
ness Agent of Local

Edmund J. Meany, for Is years
treasurer of Local $40, New Haven
Plumbers and Steamftters, was
elected part-time business agent of
the Local at the last meeting, at
which the annual installation of
officers was held.
When State Rep. James H. Hig-
gins declined to run again as business
agent of the Plumbers, the Local de-
cided to do away with the Office Of
full-time business agent. Meany was
elected last week to serve on a part
time basis, with business hours from
9 A. M. to l P. M. five days a week.
Meany is a retired steam filter. He
has been member of the Local for
the last 80 years. Higgins is working
on the night shift as a toolmaker at
the High Standard Corp.
Local 349's officers were Install
ed by the retiring president, Fred
Wiley. They are: Henry Schmitt,
president; Harry Wengolin, vice
president; Edward Dryer, record
ing-secretary; Duncan Macarthur.
Continued on Page Three
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23

New Haven-SamueI F. Curry,
Div. 28l, Trolley & Bus Drivers,
and Albert Vignault, Local BOO,
Electric Workers.
New London = Edwin Rice,
Local 679, Transfers and Joseph
Obreys, Lodge IA, Machinists.
New Britain-Frank BausoIa,
Local $50, Transfers, and Carl
Carson, Lodge 1249, Machinists.
The ALL. men will serve with
six other committee members on man
power problems in their city areas
Altogether there are eight members
to each committee, four from labor
and four from industry, whose duty
it will be to advise and consult with
the city manpower director on prob
lens relative to securing enough
workers to man the war industries
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
Doctors Must
CiiveClaii1nant
A Full Report
Ruling On Workmen's
Compensation Case
Issued By Sisson

A claimant for workmen's COM
pensation is entitled to a full report
on his condition by the doctor pro-
vided by his employer, according to
a ruling by Commissioner Lewis B.
Sisson of the Fourth Congressional
District, Bridgeport, in the case of
Neil Christensen versus United States
Aluminium Co.
Christensen, who suffered a col
Iapsed lung due to sulphur dioxide
poisoning, complained at hearing
before Sission that the cOmpany's
physician had not furnished him a
full report on his condition, and
appealed to the Commissioner for
an order compelling the doctor to
furnish such a report.
The Commissioner ruled that
while the choice of the doctor and
the obligation of paying him are i'm
posed upon the employer, the claimant,
none the less, is the patient AS
such ;. he is entitled to be fully in
formed by the physician as to the ma
ture and extent of injury, the treat
ment prescribed and other peril
nent facts at such times as he may
wish to have them.
cit would be a strange legal
anomaly" explained SissOn, Ito
keep a claimant in ignorance of
his condition and at the same time
require him to obey the directions
of his physician under peril of for
feiting his compensation by failing
to do so.'
The ruling Of Commissioner Sisson
in this case was considered of such
importance in legal circle as to be
printed in the Connecticut Lac Jour-
nal.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
M|DDL ET0WN DUNS RECIPIENTS OF RELIEF
Legislature Has Is
Members Of ALL

There are 10 AFL. union mem
bers among the law makers at Hart
ford, John J. Egan, legislative agent
of the Connecticut Federation of La
Dor, stated this week. Six are sena-
tors and ten are representatives.
The ALL. State Senators are:
William A. Scott, DEM, Hartford,
president of the Hartford Central
Labor Union; John L. Sullivan,
DEM, New Britain, Musicians;
James P. Ceelan, DEM, New Ha-
ven, Retail Clerks; Joseph T.
Rourke DEM, New Haven, Electro
cal Workers; Nicholas PalladinO,
Rep, Bridgeport, StereOtypers !;
and Albert Coles, DEM, Bridge
port, musicians.
ALL. REPRESENTATIVES
The ALL. State Representatives
are: Milton M. Koskoff, Rep,
Hartford, Musicians; James II.
Higgins, DEM, New Haven, Plumb
ers; Alto C. Urbinati, DEM, Nor
wich. BARRIERS; William r. Sebas-
tan, Rep, Preston, PhotOengrav-
ers; Samuel Counsel, Rep, Ston-
ington, Bricklayers; Frank l.. Bar
low, Rep, Stonington, Bricklayers +;
Charles F. Dowd, Rep, Bridge
port; Thomas O'ConnOr, Rep,
Darien, Teamsters; Frank A.
Doran, DEM, Danbury, Hatters;
Arthur ]. LaBarge, Rep, Middle
town, Textile Workers Federal
Union.
SENATE COMMITTEES
The ALL. Senators serving on
these committees: Scott on the Fed
eral Relations and Public Health and
Safety committees Sullivan, Avia-
tion and Banks; Geelan, Humane
Institutions and Public Welfare, and
Railroads; Rourke, Labor, and State
Prison; Palladino, Cities and Bor-
oughs Congressional and Senatorial
districts chairman, and Public Health
and Safety; Coles, Constitutional
Amendments, Judiciary and Joint
Rules Committees.
Rep. Barlow is chairman of the
House Committee on ApprOpri-
ations; and Rep. Counsel is chair
man of the Motor Vehicles Com
mittee. Other Committees on which
the ALL. unionists i'm the House
are serving are: Koskoff on the
Judiciary; Higgins, Capitol Furni-
ture and Grounds and State Prison
Urbinati, Labor; Counsel, Shell.
Fisheries; Barlow, Manual and
Roll; Dorian, Labor; Dowd, lnsur.
ance and Labor; O'Connor, Federal
Relations; LaBarge, Labor, and
Shell-Fisheries; and Sebastian, Avi-
alton, and Labor.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
U.S.A.LeadsWorl
In Workers Killed

NEW YORK.-More industrial
workers are killed and injured in
the u. S. than in any other nation
in the world.
Not only is the total number of
accidents i'm the United States
greater than any other nations, but
the proportion of accidents to total
population is higher than i'm any
other, with the exception of Chile.
These figures, showing that even
the Axis nations maintain greater
industrial safety than is provided by
Americas economic royalists, come
from the employers themselves. They
were announced by William A. Irwin,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
EleyatOrBuilders
Install Officers

New Haven Local 81, Elevator
Constructors, will install officers Fri
day evening at the Labor Temple
Those to be indicted are: Willard
Swartz, president; William Boyer,
vice-preSident; James ]. Brennan,
business agent; Kenneth Price, fnan-
cial secretary; Daniel Trivers and
Michael Drumming, executive board
members; Michael Drumming, Journal
correspondent.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
Joint Conference
Date Is Changed

Because of the date Origi-
nally set conficted with previ-
Gus engagements of invited
speakers, the New Haven
A.F.L.-C.I.O. Man-pOwer Com
mittee has changed the date
of the City-Wide Conference
on Man-power problems from
Jan. 80 to Friday, Feb. 5, at
1880 p. Nj. The conference will
meet in the Hotel Taft. All
state and city officials whose
duties are related TO problems
of man-power have accepted in
vitations to participate. This
will be one of the first confer
ences of its kind in the east.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
Veteran Member OF
Plumbers, l73, Dies

Local 1873, Bridgeport Plumbers and
Steamhtters lost a 25-year member
in the death of John Wallace, a World
War veteran and a steamhtter for the
city Of Bridgeport. Wallace, who lived
at 684 Washington Street, died
Thursday and was buried Monday in
St. Michaers Cemetery. Members Of
the union served as pail bearers. He
once served on the Locals executive
board.
Wallace is survived by his widow
and two children.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
Labor Unites On
Relief Program

NEW YORK.-The ALL. and
CLIO. are joint sponsors of an or
ganization known as the Special Labor
Relief Trustees Inc, which will raise
$4,000,000 for organized 1abor's 1913
war relief program. The board of
directors includes representatives of
both organizations.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23
WATCHES FOR RUSSIA

NEW YORK.-Local l, Jewelry
Workers Init, Union (AFL), is re
pairing watches which are being col
lected by the Init. Workers Order to
send to soldiers in the Soviet army.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23

Mention The Union Times when
shopping, and help LabOr's Own
Paper grow.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23

John ]. Murphy, New England
Director of Organization, was
one of the speakers at the South
ern Labor Conference held i'm
Atlanta, Ca, last week. Murphy
reported on conditions i'm this
region.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-01-23

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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Eliot Sees Great Deal of Sense
In Holding Marshall on Job Here

the greatest, part in directing the
strategy of a total and global war
fought on battlefronts thousands of
miles from each other and under
widely variant conditions.
Gen. Eisenhower is a great COM
mander-in-chief of Allied forces. He
has proven this under conditions of
the greatest difficulty. 1t used to be
said that it was gruelling test of
an officers ability to command, to
be able to carry through successfully
a joint operation, meaning by that
an operation where forces of our
own Army and Navy have had to
work together.
Gen. Eisenhower has not only done
that, he has added to his team forces
belonging to the British army, Royal
navy and Royal Air Force. On top
OF that he has tied in the French
army, navy and air force. Now he
is taking in few Italians, and the
team still pulls together, does its job,
wins victories. Tunisia, Sicily, Sar-
DINA, Corsica, South Italy are in his
hands.
Eisenhower Ability Shown.
Gen. Eisenhower has shown he can
not only plan great operations, but
can get other men Of all these di-
vergent origins and points of view
to work Loyalty together for the exc
cution of those plans. In so doing
he has performed the incredibly diff
f1cult feat of commanding officers
who were years senior to him in
length of service and several grades
senior to him in actual military
rank.
He has secured loyal and whole
hearted cooperation from officers
as different in temperament from
himself and from each other as
Gems. Alexander and Montgomery,
Admiral Cunningham and Air Mar
shal Tedder, Gems. Patton and
Clark-one could 60 on and ON.
But it may be summed up by
saying that, If Gen. Marshall in his
field has done better job than any
predecessor in our history ever has
done, then also Gen. Eisenhower in
his field has done job of COM
manding the armed forces of Goa
lition better than it ever has been
done before in all recorded history
with one possible eXception-that
of the Duke of Marlborough.
Cites Military History.
Again, if you think I am giving
praise too lavishly, read up little
on the military history of the coali-
tionS against Frederick the Great,
Evening star., 1943-12-19

or against Napoleon; or the memoirs
Of Marshals Joffre or Foch or Dun
Cooper's admirable "Haig," or, from
the German viewpoint, Gen. Hoff-
mann's WAR Of Lost Opportuni-
ties"
So we have, on the one hand, q
chief of staff, senior strategist and
chief military adviser to the Presi-
dent who has, in all these capaci-
ties, done magnificent job and
earned the confidence of his super
iors, his associates. the military serv-
ices at large, the people of the
United States and our Allies.
We have, on the other hand, a
commander in chief who, in the field,
against tough enemy and under
the most severe difficulties, has
shown himself possessed of the most
remarkable abilities in the incredibly
difficult task of commanding and
co-ordinating the air, sea and land
forces of three powers.
In both jobs, there are new and
even greater responsibilities to be
undertaken. Why not keep, in each
job, the man who has shown him.
self supremely able to discharge
those responsibilities.
That, as I have said, seems to
make great deal Of sense.
(Copyright. 1943. New York Tribune, Inc, }
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Red Cross Official Helps
Police Trace Stolen Holly

Mrs. Oliver E. Ragonnet, Mont
gomery County Red Cross official,
went to the aid Of Silver Spring de-
tectives yesterday in tracing group
of 'teen-age children alleged to have
stripped holly tree on Falkland
Manor, her Silver Spring estate.
Mrs. Ragonnet, whose home is the
old Montgomery Blair house, said
she found three girls and three
boys selling her holly on the street.
She said the color and berries on
her holly made it easy to identify.
She said the girls offered to return
SO which they had collected from
the sale Of the greens.
Mrs. Ragonnet said she wasn't in
terested in placing charges against
the children but only wanted their
parents to keep them from de-
stroying shrubbery.
Mrs. Ragonnet said all of the chill
dren admitted getting the holly. She
said one had been caught last year
cutting branches off the tree.
The tree, which stands some dis
tance from the house, has been
stripped by vandals each Christ
mas season for the last seven years.
The amount taken this year, at
market prices, would bring at least
$l00, Mrs. Ragonnet said.
Every time you lick a War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Massachusetts, avenue Sc. He was
employed In the Skyline Drive Office
lat Luray, Va, before Pearl Harbor
He attended Eastern High School
and Maryland University. France
Fraze OF the Quartermaster Corps,
whose wife lives at 2521 K street
NV, was also advanced to captain.
Julian L. Van Buren,, formerly of
1916 New Hampshire avenue NV,
was advanced to captain in the
corps of engineers.
Burke Edwards, now commune
cations officer with the Air Trans
port Command at Natal, Brazil, was
advanced to captain. A former re-
porter for the Associated Press here,
Capt. Edwards was leading anna
teur radio station operator, before
the war. His father is Russell Ed
wards of 302 Lynn drive, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Matthias E. Lukens, 422 North
Thomas street, Arlington, Va, was
advanced to major in the Air Corps.
He is at the Pentagon.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Chevy Chase, Md, formerly an at
torney associated with John Paul
Jones. He is an intelligence officer
with the Quartermaster Corps here
and comes from Champagne, Ill.
Harry L. Moffett, 5524 Thirtieth
place NV, formerly a public rela-
tions man for the American Min
ing Congress. He is doing informa-
ton work for the Quartermaster
Corps here. George A. Kremkau,
934 Wayne avenue, Silver Spring,
Md; Lloyd K. Cooke, formerly of
4506 Georgia avenue, and william
H. Hadley. formerly of 1874 I street
NV.
James H. Somes,> distiller from
Louisville, KY, now is chief of the
equipage section in the Quarter
master Corps. He lives at 8518
Manchester road, Silver Spring,
Md.
Theodore T. Smith, now with the
Army Transportation Corps at Point
Pleasant, w. Va, was advanced to
captain. His mother lives at 1919
Evening star., 1943-12-19
John A. Neal, Jr., Wins DIE;
Already Held Air Medal

Technical Sergt. John A. Neal, jr.,
holder Of the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters, and a veteran
of % bombing missions over Europe,
has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, his mother, Mrs. John
A. Neal, ST., 724 North Vermont
street, Arlington, Va, reported
last night.
The award was made on Novem-
ber 8 by Brig. Gen. Frederick l..
Anderson, chief of the 9th Air Force
Bomber Command, for "extraordi-
nary achievement" while participant
ing in raids from Norway to North
Africa.
In his last letter to his mother
he said that has two more missions
to complete before he returns home
for a "28-day leave" He hopes
then to go to the Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

any American Army which has
ever gone to war before. The con-
trast with most previous wars is in
fact so vastly creditable to Gen.
Marshall as to be almost incredit-
able were one not faced with the
living fact.
If any readers of these lines think
these statements to be highly col
ored, let them read, or just hastily
glance through copy of Maj. Gen.
Emory Upton's work, The Military
Policy Of the United States" as to
all our wars prior to 1898, and any
standard work on the War with
Spain. Conditions were certainly
better in the World War than in
previous wars, but they fell far short
of the standards which Gen. Marshall
has sought, and for the most part
has attained.
Respected by Allies.
Morever, Gen. Marshall has proven
his capacity in the direction of our
higher strategy, as the senior Amer
ican member of the combined chiefs
OF staff. In this capacity, he has
earned the outspoken respect of our
Allies. He has had great, perhaps
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Accident
Continued From First Page

tContlnued From First Page.)
Accident and Investigation Unit of
the police department declared last
night that all the fatal accidents
during the past week were the re-
suit of elderly persons not crossing
the street in the crossWalk
He urged the public to follow care
fully the crossings at street corners
and at lights, when such are present,
adding that the Christmas rush
made care beyond normal conditions
necessary.
AS one means to solve the increas-
ing traffic problem, Municipal Court
Judge George D. Nelson recently
declared that it was imperative
that streetcars have speedometer so
that operators could gauge correctly
the 25-mAe speed limit.
Elderly folks are the ones who
cause us most concern" M. o. Ell
bridge. assistant director of traffic
declared, attributing the cause for
many of the accidents to careless
ness on the part of the pedestrian
Other persons who were fatally
injured in traffic accidents this week
were:
Nick Phillips. about so, 946 New
York avenue NV, who died at
Emergency Hospital yesterday as
result of injuries received when he
was struck by streetcar at Twelfth
street and New York avenue NV.
Monday.
Anthony Mares, 81, 4O17 Four
teenth street NV. who was struck
and killed by northbound street.
car in front of his home Thursday.
Mrs. Mildred E. Haske, So, 259
Lynhaven. drive, Alexandria, who
was fatally injured when she was
struck by a streetcar at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Eleventh street
NV, Wednesday night.
A Marlboro Md Fire Depart
ment ambulance taking three COL
ored persons to Freedman's Hospi-
tai for treatment for injuries re-
ceived in an accident between Camp
Springs and Silver Hill, Md, COL
lided with an automobile last night
at Fourth and Florida avenue NE.
The injured persons were trans
ferred to Casualty Hospital
ambulance.
Ella Hickman, SO, Camp Springs,
was admitted to the hospital for
treatment for fractured arm and
possible fractured skull. The
other two, George johnson, 40, and
Annie Johnson, IS, both of Camp
Springs, were released.
The automobile was operated by
Robert H. Barnes, %, 5419 Quin-
tana street, East Riverdale, Md.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Charles A. Rudd

Funeral services for Charles A.
Rudd, 33, Bethesda CMdD nursery
man, will be held at am. tomor-
row at st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
913 Twenty-third street NV. The
Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, pas
tor, will officiate, assisted by the Rev.
George Kinkead.
Burial will be in Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, Tuesday.
Mr.. Rudd, who died Friday at his
home, 4304 Montgomery avenue, Be-
thesda, had been associated with
E. L. Stock, jr., of Kensington, in
the Stock Bros. Nursery in Bethesda.
He was a native of Elmira, N. Y,
and moved to Bethesda. in 1927 when
his father, the late Arthur B. Rudd,
became canon of Washington Cathe-
dral.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Service Papers Doubt
Gen. Marshall Will
Direct Second Front
BY the Associated Press.

Belief that Gen. George C. Mar.
shall will continue as Army Chic.
OF Staff rather than direct an in.
vasion Of Western Europe was ex.
pressed yesterday by two leading
service publications. They dis.
agreed, however, as to who will bt
the supreme commander of Allied
forces invading Western Europe.
Both unofficial publications, thu
Army and Naval Journal and the
Army and Navy Register. said thai
it appeared the recent meetings be.
tween President Roosevelt ane
Prime Minister Churchill hae
brought about decision not tt
make Gen. Marshall the generals.
simo of the Western European in.
vading forces. There had been au-
thoritative reports earlier that Gen
Marshall had been chosen for tina;
post.
The Register said that well in.
formed sources" reported that Gen
Dwight Eisenhower, commander Of
Allied forces in the mid -Mediter.
ranean theater, would go to Lon
don to take supreme command.
Journal Favors Briton.
The Journal, however, discussed
reports that one of two British
officers, Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
or Sir Harold Alexander, would be
the commander in chief of the in
vading armies. Noting that the
Mediterranean is divided into west
ern and eastern commands, the
journal suggested that they would
be consolidated into one command
with Gen. Eisenhower designated as
supreme leader of operations both
in Italy and in the Balkans.
The recent appearance Of 1t.
Gen. George S. Patton, jr., COM
inander of the 7th Army, in Cairo
was interpreted by the Journal to
mean that he is Gen. Eisenhower S
choice for directing operations
against the Balkans.
In connection with the possibility
of an invasion of the Balkans, the
Turkish radio told during the day
of press reports in that country
about the presence of a great num-
ber of landing barges in Sicily. The
Turkish reports coupled this with
predictions that Gen., Patton's 7th
Army would figure in a move against
the Balkans.
Discount Early Move.
There is tendency noted here
to discount the likelihood of an in
vasion either from the west or
through the Balkans before spring.
The weather factor would be even
more paramount in Balkan opera
ton than in cross-channel landing.
1t is explained that mountain
passes in the Balkans fill deeply
with snow, which combined with
cold weather and rain in the lower
areas would make difficult north
ward push through presumably
heavily fortified passes. Moreover,
winter weather with its attendant
bad operation conditions for aircraft
might interfere seriously with an
adequate cover for advancing ground
forces.
There is, however, always the pos
sibility that an invasion move of
limited objective might occur in
the Balkans before spring. Such
an operation might contemplate only
ablishment Of a foothold in the
coastal area, to be held until spring
weather facilitates full-scale north
ward advance,
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Col. D. H. Pratt Amont
Washington Officers
Promoted by Army

Daniel H. Pratt, former attorney
with the Veterans Administration,
has been promoted from lieutenant
colonel to colonel, the War Depart
ment announced last night, together
with other advancements of Wash
ington officers.
Col. Pratt is chief of the field
division, budget and fiscal office of
the Air Corps in the Pentagon. He
was a flyer in the last war. He
lives at 5000 South Dakota avenue
NE.
Six officers with local addresses
were promoted from captain to
major. They were: Willard E. La
Rosa, 1922 Drummond ayenue
Evening star., 1943-12-19
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

Current news reports from WASH
ington indicate that Gen. George
G. Marshall may remain as chief of
staff OF the United States Army,
and that the post Of Allied COM
mander-in-chief in Europe may go
to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
This writer has no means of
checking the truth of these reports,
which are still in the conjectural
stage. But if they are true, it is an
arrangement which makes a great
deal of sense.
Gen. Marshall is a great chief of
staff. He has built the United
States up to its present strength,
Evening star., 1943-12-19

0Aid AC lldS dOllc
a better job OF
expanding our
traditional small
peace establish
ment to a huge
war establish
ment than any
one else ever
has. He h a S
seen to it that
the Army has
taken the field
better trained,
better equipped,
better supplied
and better CON-
manded tn a n
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Every time you lick War saving.
stamp you help lick the Axis.