Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-30

al iNtS tHefe VIII Ills NIfe dHu Il
daughter. Another baby is soon TO makt its
appearance in this little family.
Al has his problems, like most of u.s. and a
large share of them are of an economic ma
ture. He is probationary member of the
Detroit City Fire Department. AS a prOba-
tiOnary fireman AIS pay comes to about S35
week. With the new baby expected, doctor
and hospital bills in the Ofling, monthly pay
ments to make on the house, war bonds, and
all the other demands that fall upon people
like Al Rosinski and there are hundreds
of thousands of them in the city We'll, AL
looked around and decided he had to increase
his income. Either that, or fall into the hands
of some loan shark.
In the fire department. man is on duty
II hours. The next n hours he has Off
Twenty -four on and 81 off is the way they
work it there Al found himself part-tme
job to augment his income During the hours
he was off duty from the fire department, he
cleaned furnaces.
And then one day, while lie was on duty
at Ladder Company No. g. he got notice
1t was from the Detroit Fire Commission.
He had violated regulation which says no
member can devote time to other than depart
mental business.
Lie lire COWHlISSlOH uepIlNe0 MIN OF ID
leave days, which meant he had to STAY on
duty continuously for 30 days. He couldn't
get home to see his wife and his child. He
couldn't he there to help prepare for the
coming of another little one That man paid
heavy penalty. For what? For trying to
work a little harder to support his family. He
earned some extra money during the hours he
was not on duty. That was his crime, and his
misfortune.
And now. let us leave the little home of
the Rosinskis. We're bound downtown, to
the City Hall, to the Mayors office
There sits Edward j. Jeffries Jr.. Mayor
OF Detroit. There are no worries on his mind
about monthly payments on house. Long
before becoming councilman, or the Mayor
of Detroit, he enjoyed lucrative law prac-
'tice His home is paid for; he belongs to good
country clubs. He can go to Florida for a rest
whenever he needs it,
Should some emergency arise in the
Jeffries family, as il did in the family of
AL Rosinski, Jeffries wouldn't have TO look
around for extra work. His job as Mayor of
Detroit pays him $4,000 year.
But nevertheless. Edward ]. Jeffries.
Mayor of Detroit, does take extra work. In
addition to being Mayor of Detroit at $4,000
fSai, nc II diSO COuIlSel IOr large frdternaI
insurance organization. The outside lob pays
him, | am told, flat salary of $500 plus
fees amounting to about $4,000, or SI2.5OO a
year. This extra work nets him more than
six times as much as AL Rosinski gets for
working as city fireman 1t brings Jeffries'
total salary to S27,5OO year
No one calls Edward j. Jeffries to account
for doing york outside of office hours. as AL
Rosinski toas called to account. Oh no! The
same newspapers that recorded the punish
nient of AL Rosinski tell you that Jeffries is
doing fine and should be reelected uUonder
IL they eUer deUote a thought to the struggles
and the heartdches of the many thousands of
AL Rosinskis of this city.
One law for the rich and the well favored.
Another law for the poor and the unfavored.
That's what am against.
That's what would like to change
In, sick of seeing the Al Rosnskis beaten
dotOn, and the men of the EdlDard J. Jeffries
type plucking the plun1s of luxury.
Frank FITZGERALD