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national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers $22,5O for ibelling the
union. (See story on Page 3D. The
courts haze ruled that sOOrd-of-
mouth lies about unions Tor their
ne,Uspapers) are just as serious as
Uritten or published untruths, and
the organization harmed can sue
and collect. This is published as a
EARNING, so that IOOse-mOuthed in
diuiduals won't be too surprised
,Ohen they are hailed into court to
PROVE the statements they go glibIy
repeat.
A MERCHANT seaman was told
that he would have to advertise for
his lost ration book before he could
be issued another one. So this ad
appeared i'm an EastOn, Pa, news
paper:
'LOST-In Mediterranean area,
A gas ration book. Horace A.
Smith, 574 Congress ST.. Philips
burg"
EXACTLY SEVEN DAYS after
he had warned the Pacific Gas &
Electric Co. that his job was danger
GUS and that an experienced electri-
clan should be working with him,
AL Kindberg was electrocuted in a
high voltage vault at San Francisco.
He had refused to leave the job
even though the experienced man
was not sent.
ONE YEAR AGO In THE UNION
TIMES: "N.L.R.B. Voids Election
At Tube Bending Plant New Haven,
Backs Intimidation Claim of
LAM; Hartford Local Blob,
Electrical Device Workers, Cele-
brates Ninth Anniversary; Bridge
port Plumbers Laid Off For the Lack
Of MATERIAL; ''Danbury Hatters
Demand Is P. C. Raise; Chart
ford Non-Instructional School En-
pIoyees Seek Afiliation With
'COv. Hurley Warns N. E.
Machinists Meeting In Hartford To
Ignore Carpers and Defeatists";
American Federation Reports Gain
OF Almost A Million Members In
One Year.; Estate Labor Depart
ment Collects $2O,49O In Back
Wages For Workers In One Month
100000 In Two-Year
PERIOD; ''Danbury Hatters Reach
Agreement At The I'll. McLachlan
Co. After Long Fight; ''All
Branches OF Connecticut Labor
Unites Behind Gov. Hurley And
Win-The-War Candidates.
MOST FREQUENT Nazi expla-
nation for retreating before the on
coming Russians is that ''we are
shortening our lines.' There we're
about 80 such explanations between
January and September, this year.
We can look hopefully forward to
the day when the Axis line will be
the shortest distance between two
points: Hitler and Mussolini.
WORD TO THE WISE: 1t is of
special importance that the officers
of all unions i'm the New Haven area
attend the Manpower meeting to
be held at the N. I'll. Labor Temple
on Thursday, Oct. %, at 1880 PM.
The membership of every union is
affected by War Manpower regula-
tiOns, and this is your chance to
learn the answers to many cOmpli-
Gated and controversial questions.
SAM BUCKHANNON, who es-
capped from Georgia chain gang
in 1889 after serving II years for
stealing l4c package of cigarettes,
was set free last week by Judge
Frank 5. katzenbach. The New Jer-
sey court refused to honor extradi-
ton papers signed by Gov. Ellis Ar
nall of Georgia, upholding argu-
ments of Buckhannon's attorneys
that he had been punished enough.
'THE FLOOD of mail l have re-
ceived in this case indicates wide
spread interest," the court said.
Chief support for the prisoner, a
Negro, came from the Natl. Fede-
ration for Constitutional Liberties,
the New Jersey AFL and CLIO state
bodies. Among the scores of promi-
nent people urging freedom for
was Prof. Albert Elm