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The union times., 1943-08-21
COmnmentS1 OThis 6 That
By ROBERT B. BICKEL

RETROACTIVE PAY in the amount of $l3,OOO has been dis tributed to 18O members of Local 559, Hartford Teamsters. as the result of the W.L.B.'s recent ap- proval of the Bryant & Chapman Milk Co. contract effective as of last Dec. l.
 HAPPIEST RECIPIENT of this back pay, is Harry Barnum, whose check was an even 5000. Harold Bear, who like Barnum, is a trans port driver, got $46O. Others re- ceived from $7O to $23O.,
 EDITORS of the Sioue City (Iowa) Journal sadly shook their heads and chalked it up as "a sign of the times" when a new reporter who had been a street car motor man the last six years-resigned after three nights of work ''because they wOuldn't let me write edi- tOrials.'
 CONGRATULATIONS are in or der for Div. 749, Stamford Bus Drivers, for winning the American Transit Assn. Safety Award in com petition with all other American cities of comparative size. The Con- necticut Co.,, for whom they work, is planning to fete the men with a dinner at HugO's Piccadilly Res taurant, Stamford, Aug. "A. Will liam Mardon, president of the Di- vision, is vice-president of the Con- necticut State Board of Trolley and Bus Operators.
 A GOOD EXAMPLE will be set by Gary, Ind., where O.P.A. off, ficials and citizens committee are completing plans for a drive to ob- tain personal pledges to obey O.P.A. regulations from each of the city's l12,OOO residents. ''I will pay no more than top legal price, 2 the pledge reads. ''I will accept no ratiOned goods without giving up ration stamps.''
 THE WIPE. has found it neces- sary to put restrictions on the use of glass containers. Perhaps it was feared that our war industries might suffer from a shortage of bottlenecks, comments Howard Brubaker in The NesO Yorker.
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 after qualifying as one of 25 men picked from battalion of 1900. In a letter to the Local, ''Tony" sends his regards to his many friends in the labor movement. His address: Pvt. A. Cuarneri, No. 31333l23, Student Co. c, ESSR, Fort Belvoir, Va.
 IN THE FIRST request of its kind, the American Communica- tions Association has asked the Natl. War Labor Board for ap- proval of payment of retroactive wages to the beneficiaries of men lost at sea or, where there is no legally designated beneficiary, to the United Seamen's Service.
 "HOW COMET" demanded Washington newsmen when they saw Editor H. ID. Paulson of the Fargo Forum, the editors soldier son and several of the latter's asso- ciates from a nearby camp consum- ing thick, juicy steaks at the Nation al Press Club, where beefsteak has long been a conspicuous absentee from the menu. They soon found out: Paulson, here to attend a meeting of the OWI editorial advis- Ory committee, prepared for steak less Washington by acquiring sev- eral pounds in North Dakota. The meat came hundreds of miles in diner car ice chests with overnight stops in hotels' refrigerators before it was placed before the Paulson party, out of reach of the droOling scribes.
 QUALITY OF CLOTHES you're wearing this year is going way down, but because grade labelling has been washed out, you'll con- tinue to shell out at old prices. The US. Bureau of Labor Statistics has compiled long list of changes in clothing quality, which will prob ably grow longer with the passing months. WOmen's coats and dresses are being made increasingly of blended material. Many are cotton mixed with wool. Fur collars on women's coats are getting smaller and smaller. Diversion of cotton spinning facilities to war uses has resulted in skimpier mems shorts and pajamas.
 ONE YEAR AGO IN THE UNION TIMES: s'New Haven Federation of Musicians Expose Anti-Union Smear Of The Commercial Press Which Charged That An Orchestra Leader Was Fined For Singing The Star Spangled Banner John J. Egan Addresses New York Fedora ton Of Labor'; s"'Bridgeport A.F.L. and CLIO. Unite To Help Buy A Naval Bomber"; LIAM. Member ship Goes Over 100000; George Joslyn, Business Manager Of Local 40, Sheet Metal Workers, Is Named Labor Advisor Of The Conn. N.Y.A."; ''Dan Tobin, Teamsters President, Will Represent A.F.L. At Annual Convention Of The British Trade Union Congress-; Anthony Centrone, Member of Local 6, Bricklayers, Is Appointed Inspector In New Haven Rent Con- trol Ohce''; ''New Haven Central Labor Council Seeks PubIic's Views At Meeting Of Political Action Committee''; ''Lodge APO, New Ha- ven Machinists, Wins 22c Hourly Increase At Adley Express Co.,; ''Detroit Trolley Men Win Is Per Cent Rise By Arbitration
 THE IMPOSITIONS of wartime living have come to the distinguish ed members of the Senate. A new cafeteria now being installed in the Senate Office Bldg. will require the Senators to carry their own trays. Oh, we'll, maybe it'll bring them closer to the workers.
 PLANS FOR the renomination and reelection of President Roose- welt in l944 are being put under
 KID SALVAGE
The union times., 1943-08-21
Living Costs Drop 1.2%
 States Conference Board

NEW YORK.-Just in case you were too busy paying out dough to notice, living costs of wage earners and 1ower-salaried clerical workers during July declined 1.2@o, the Ma tional Industrial Conference Board re- ports. Food prices, which long led the upward movement, declined 2o%o. Housing, fuel and light remained un- changed. Clothing rose 0.29o and sun- dries 01%o.
The union times., 1943-08-21

No important questions settle themselves; when we dodge them, the unsettled problems only become potential entry points for new infec- tions.
The union times., 1943-08-21

pline of all workers in all war plants. The most effective medium for this purpose is the Labor Management Committee. Management has worked miracles and is approaching the peak of its resources. In millions of war workers, we still have huge reservoir of knowledge, patriotic purpose and determination. Their inti- mate relation to and interest m their jobs and the tools and materials SO close to them enables them to make suggestions and to help production in ways that in thousands of proven instances never oc- cured to efficiency engineers, who are also contributing their utmost
 Acknowledgements Committees are founded upon the sound principle that whatever IS right and good in the view point of the other fellow should be recog- nized, In peacetime, the application of this principle IS wise and profitable policy and builds good industrial relations that no mere paternalism can match. In wartime, its acceptance becomes an indispensable aid to the attainment of our united pur- pose"
The union times., 1943-08-21

When we ignore reality, we pre- pare and insure the way for our own futility.
The union times., 1943-08-21
Large Increase In War Production
 Urged By 'Labor-Management News

Washington, D, C.-The Labor~Man- agement News, the new weekly paper started as the official publication of War Production Drive, WarProductionB Board, to accelerate the work of Labor-Manage- ment Committees in increasing war pro- duction, IS replete with information re- garding the activities of these groups in stimulating maximum output by means of UNDERSTANDING, COOPER ATION AND UNITY BETWEEN LA BOR AND MANAGEMENT"
 Pointing out that about forty bil- lions of dollars have been invested" in plants for the manufacture of war goods and that raw materials are available" for the necessary increased production, the current issue stresses the importance of Labor-Management Committees in ob- taining this goal in the following state ment by Theodore K. Quinn, Director General of the War Production Drive:
 We must call upon the practical ex- perience, ingenuity, individual sense of responsibility and collective self-disci-
Evening star., 1943-08-15
RAF Doubles Bombing Of Reich
During Second Quarter of 1943

Calling this victory far more"
economical than the German de-
struction at Stalingrad, the Air
Ministry reported that the raids on
the German port cost 89 planes.
In list of comparisons of ar
tlllery tonnage expended in this and
previous wars, the Air Ministry said
only 1890 tons were expended in
the Boer War and that in the Battle
OF Waterloo only 81 tons of shells
were used. The naval battle of Jut-
land in World War was fought
with less than 1000 tons, while, in
the present war, British artillery
fired a thousand tons an hour for
several hours in the battle of Ell
Alamein in the North African cam
paign.
The destruction by the RAF of
vital parts of the German war ma
chine by comparatively inexpensive
bombing raids must have far more
effect than those bloody battles,
must help shorten the war and
must save countless lives and treas
ure," the Air Ministry said.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Strange 'GentIemen's Agreement on Battlefield
Frees Captured Yunks, Aids Wounded German

When the medic started to lead
the wounded men into the jeeps to
be taken to an American hospital
the two Germans came over and
wept as they bade goodbye to their
comrades.
II told them I'd be glad to take
them along too if they care to
come" said Sergt. Wills dryly, but
they told me they couldn't"
"As we started to leave 1t,
Thomas told us, You know you're
in hot water?' I asked him what
he meant and he said there were
two German Mark Six Tiger tanks
outside in an orchard with their
guns trained on the villa. I have
to get their okay before you can
leave he said.
He came back a few minutes
later and said it was all right for
us to go and that If any enemy
stopped us we were to give them
the password 'German-Lisso and
that they would let us through. I
couldn't stand all this mystery any
(see BOYLE, Page A-D.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Roosevelt, Churchill
Hold Farley in U. 5.
Before Quebec Talks
Eden's Expected Arrival
In Canada Stresses the
Political Side Of Meeting
BY the Associated Press.

QUEBEC, Aug. 14.-President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill already have held a
preliminary meeting somewhere
in the United States in advance
of coming to Quebec for full
scale war talks.
Mr.. Churchill left here Wednes-
day night, appeared briefly Thurs
day morning at Niagara Falls, N. Y,
and apparently met the American
Chief Executive shortly thereafter
at an undisclosed point in the United
States.
When they will reach Quebec
cannot be announced.
| 1t was learned on good authority
tonight that British Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden would come here
for the British American war coun-
ellis, joining top-ranking military
chiefs of the two nations. who today
swung into a full-scale examination
/ VA 1AllCo IOiilbdU pldlio.
Hull or Welles Expected.
In view of Mr.. Eden's expected
arrival, it was regarded as almost
certain that the United States Sec
retary of State, Cordell Hull, or
Undersecretary Sumner Welles, also
would attend the parleys.
That would serve to give greater
emphasis to political considerations
at the meetings here, although the
best available information indicates
that military matters Will remain
uppermost on the conference
agenda.
Figuring out the ways of driving
the enemy out of Europe and the
Pacific naturally must remain the
primary objective of the Anglo
American combined chiefs Of staff,
and of Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.
Churchill when they join the con-
ferees here
Nevertheless, the nearer the Allies
come to breaking into Europe, the
more closely must they survey the
political aspects of an invasion Of
the continent.
Specific Problem Cited.
II Allied troops breach the de-
fenses of Norway or Belgium, for
example, the question Immediately
would be presented whether the
Norwegian or Belgian governments
in exile WOULD take over in he
areas snatched from Axis control or
whether the job would be handed
over to the Allied military govern
ment of occupied territory.
The men directing American and
British foreign policies might find
it profitable to come here to study
some of these political implications
of the war
Their presence here would REIN
force conjectures that invasions of
Europe proper may be forthcoming
relatively soon, in the period when
weather conditions over Western
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Proof That Rome Is Open City
Must Be Given, Authorities Hold
Capital Remains Legitimate Air Objective
So Long as Troops and War Plants Stoy

Africa and the Western Mediter-
ranean.
There was no official comment at
Allied headquarters in North Africa
on the Italian announcement and
there were no indications that orders
had been received to discontinue
the bombings.
The Rome report that Italy's in
tention had been communicated
through the Vatican on July 81 was
without confirmation at the State
Department, where officials dis
played reluctance to comment.
There was no apparent disposition
here, however, to let a unilateral
declaration by Italy be used merely
to spare Rome from further air
bombardment without a with
drawal of the city from the Italian
war effort.
So long as the city is garrisoned
by troops and guns, its factories
used in war production, its railway
facilities for the movement of troops
and war materials and it's airports
(See ROME. Page A-4.
Evening star., 1943-08-15

piled into two jeeps with three
other medics-T-4 John Packard,
Highland Falls, N. Y, T-5 William
Larson Store City, Iowa, and Pvt.
Robert Holden, Il Rochester, N. Y.
With their Red Cross flags flying
they drove through the lines with
out trouble and turned in at the
villa.
Il didn't say anything then but
I couldn't understand why there
was no hostile air." said Seret
Wills. There were plenty of Tommy
guns and pistols around but nobody
seemed interested in using them
The Germans and parachutists
were close to each other and pass
ing the wine. They even took turns
riding horses around the court
yard.
But medics see a lot of strange
things, so we didn't say anything
We patched up the wounded. All
were litter cases. One of the Ameri-
can soldiers had a shattered arm
Another had been shot In the body.
One German had shrapnel wounds
in his arms, legs and buttocks."
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Fy the Associated Press

Fv tne Associated FreSs.
The United States probably
will ignore an Italian declaration
of Rome as an open city until
there is unqueStionable evidence
that Rome's military production
facilities no longer are used for
war against the Allies.
This was indicated by one high
authority to be the American reac-
ton to the announcement of Mar
shal Pietro Badoglio that his gov
ernment had decided to declare
Rome an open city without further
delay because of the air raids by
American forces.
The unofficial American reaction
seemed to be in accord with an
official British statement that the
unilateral declaration by the Italian
Government that Rome is being con-
verted into an open city cannot. of
course, affect the full liberty of the
commander in chief" American
Gen. Dwight G. Eisenhower, di-
rector of warfare waged from North
Evening star., 1943-08-15
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sunday, Aug. 15.-The
Royal Air Force dropped 36,7O0 long
tons of bombs on Germany during
the second quarter of l943 which
was more than twice the tonnage it
dropped in the previous three
months, the Air Ministry said today.
(All Raj figures on bomb loads
are in long tons, 2,240 pounds.
The United States AAF figures
are in short tons, 1000 pounds
In the palmiest day of the Ger
man Air Force, the last three months
of 1910, Nazi airmen dropped only
1890 long tons on all of Britain.
The total weight of bombs dropped
by the Germans on Great Britain
up to the end of June amounts to
less than half the 0000 long tons
that home-based Raj planes have
dropped on Germany during the war,
Air Ministry figures showed.
The RAP laid waste" all of Ham,
burg's productive capacity in u
boats, aircraft and munitions with
5000 tons Of bomb dropped on the
city in three hours on four nights,
the Air Ministry said.
Evening star., 1943-08-15

national labor draft with this" he
told reporters, "but I can't say we
can. To say this will make a labor
draft unnecessary would be foolish" I"
Outlined in three directives to
draft boards and two VINO regu-
lations, the program relies on the
draft to force men into essential
work and the cooperation of labor
and management, backed up by
some sanctions, to control labor
turnover and the movement Of
workers not reached by selective
service.
Major Steps Of Program.
Here are the major steps VINO
has taken to channel workers into
war jobs and fill the needs of the
armed forces simultaneously:
l. Enlarged the list of nondefer-
rable activities and occupations to
cover SO more jobs and gave men
holding these jobs 80 days to change
to other work or be drafted, no
matter how many dependents they
have, unless they are hardship"
cases.
2. Established list Of 149 "criti-
cal occupations" covering supervis-
ory or high-skill jobs urgently
needed in the war effort and gave
men in this work super eligibility
for draft deferment, probably for
the duration. This list does not
supercede the list of essential activi-
ties and occupations. but rates top
priority for deferment.
8. Provided that men with critical
skills who are not using them on
war jobs must get into essential
work before October l or lose all
future claim to occupational defer
ment.
4. Provided that men on the list
OF critical occupations be hired only
through the United States Employ
ment Service with local labor man.
agement committees given the op-
ton of adding other critical Short
age occupations to the list.
S. Liberalized occupational defer
ments to include even unskilled
fcea ND EvT po0a A ICY
Evening star., 1943-08-15
By HAROLD v. BOYLE,


WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
SICILY, Aug. II Delayed Med
ical Sergt. Earl Wills of CohoeS,
N. Y, opened the door of a gray
Italian villa two miles behind the
German lines end there inside were
II American parachutists and two
German soldiers drinking wine and
eating chow together, served them
by an Italian civilian.
All the parachutists and the
Nazis were armed, but they were
laughing and having a good time.
Nobody was shooting at anybody,
Sergt. Wills stared in utter disbe-
lief. He had never seen anything
like that before in four years in
the Army.
1T happened a few days after
we landed he recalled. "A para
troop officer, 1t. Fred Thomas, came
to our aid station and asked If
we could come with him to treat
two wounded Americans and a
wounded German
Sergt. Wills and the lieutenant
Evening star., 1943-08-15

Office of War Information has been
issuing monthly reports on the
progress Of this phase of the war.
The tonnage of shipping in the
service of the United Nations con-
tinues to show a considerable net
increase" the statement said in
stressing the value to the Allies of
the course of the war on the ocean.
During 1943 new ships COM
pleted by the Allies exceeded all
sinkings from all causes by up
wards of 100000 tons"
Caution Mixed With Optimism.
The statement pointed out the
necessity Ito use our shipping with
utmost economy to strengthen and
speed the general offensive of the
United Nations" Whether this
meant a reduction in the use of
shipping for transport of civilian
goods could only be guessed at.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
sprinkled their optimistic report
with cautious sentences like I'VE can
expect continued success only if we
10 not relax our efforts in any way"
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Cooler Weather
Due for D. {. Today
Lower Humidity Also
Promised in Forecast

The weather today will be ZAP
preciably cooler" than it was yes
terday, the Weather Bureau prom
ised last night. The mercury
scared to 81 at 3:25 pm. Yesterday
one degree under the record for
the year.
Today's temperatures probably
will reach 90, the forecaster said
He added, however that humidity
will be quite a bit lower" than
yesterday, making the weather
much more comfortable. There
also will be gentle breezes.
Temperatures yesterday remained
high through the early part of last
evening, with a sWeltering 81 de-
grees reported at pm. and 88 at
10 pm. High humidity-62 per
cent at $50 p.m.-helped make the
weather extremely uncomfortable.
Many District employees were sent
home during the afternoon. At
least one Federal building lacking
air conditioning-the Federal Hous-
ing Authority Offices at Fourteenth
and l. streets NW-reported an
indoor temperature of 98
The day was the 14th OF the
month and the 47th of the summer
with temperatures of 80 or above.
No heat prostrations, however, we're
reported by police.
Churches of Washington and near
by Maryland made plans to offer ur
prayers today for rain to relieve the
lengthy drought in this section
Pastors of Catholic. Protestant ano
Latter Day Saint churches an
nounced their congregations would
participate in the prayers.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
0PA Sifts Complaints
That John |. Lewis
Used Gas Illegally
Mine Chieftoin Accused
Of Driving to Home
Of Mother in Illinois
BY the Associated Press.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. IA
Clarence Seip, chairman of the
Macon County gasoline rationing
panel in Decatur, said today that
numerous" complaints by Ma
con County residents that John
l.. Lewis had used gasoline to
make an automobile trip from
his home in Alexandria, Va, to
visit his mother at his Spring.
field residence have been re-
ferred to the Springfield district
Office of Price Administration.
Mr.. Seip said the OPA office told
him yesterday it was hot subject"
but that an investigation would be
started. The OPA Office today said
the case would be referred to Mr..
Lewis local board in Virginia.
Mr.. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, who ar
rived here by automobile Wednes-
day, declined to comment on Mr..
Seips statement or to discuss his
trip or his gasoline allotment.
People were turned down when
they wanted to visit their mothers
or 60 to funerals protested to us
after they learned Lewis drove
through Decatur Wednesday night,
Mr.. Seip said. Mr.. Seip quoted Mr..
Lewis as saying TO a reporter in
Decatur that Mr.. Lewis was going to
Springfield to visit his mother, Mrs.
Anna Louisa Lewis. "a.
Fifteen people," Mr.. Seip said,
called me about it the next morn
ing.
LAS labor representative, he
could get gasoline for a business
trip but there's no excuse for him
using a car for such purpose. After
all, he could go by train"
That's an assumption" Mr. Lewis
told a reporter in Springfield Thurs
day when it was suggested that he
was visiting his mother.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Axis Forces Fleeing From Sicily
Battered Fierce|y by Sea and Air;
Allies Sink 90 Subs in ; Months
Sea Successes
old by Roosevelt
And Churchill
By BLAIR BOLLES.

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill reported yes
terday in a joint statement that
the Allies sank more than 80
U-boats during May, June and
July-an average of almost one
a day.
The statement, distributed here
by the White House, was the first
issued by the two men since Mr.
Churchill arrived in North America
Mr.. Churchill visited Niagara Falls
Thursday and Quebec dispatches
last night said he had met the Pres
ident somewhere in the U. S." for
conferences preliminary to their
Quebec talks.
The joint statement warned that
the enemy still has large U-boat
reserves, completed and under con-
strUction' and "it is necessary there
fore to prepare for intensihcation of
the battle both at sea and in the
shipyards."
Allied Shipping Increasing.
The statement served as a warm
ing tc the Germans and their allies
that the United Nations are in a
position to hit at Europe now
harder than ever, for supplies from
the United States can move freely
to the European theaters as a result
OF the success against the Nazi subs
For the announcement on the
progress of the battle against the
U-ooat to come from such high
personages was extraordinary. The
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Randolph Urges
Draft of Workers
| On u. S. Payroll
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA
Representative Randolph, DEM
ocrat, of West Virginia, sug-
gested today that Government
employees be considered for the
draft before essential workers
in war industries are called.
Il believe there is an excess
of Federal employees" he said in
an interview. II am advocating
that at least $50 600 be elimi-
mated. Industry cannot afford
to lose any more experienced
| workers"
AS a member of the House
Labor Committee, Representa-
tive Randolph is investigating
the effect of selective service
on the aircraft and shipbuilding
industries.