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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Farm BlocCreed.
No Plans, Cause
Crisis In Butter

MINNEAPOLIS.-Lack of plan
ming and rationing has confronted the
Y. 5. with another crisis in one OF
its most important foods-butter. But
ter stocks, dairymen report, are the
second smallest on record, having
fallen from 1885 million pounds on
Jan. |, 1912, to AL million on Ian.
|, 1913.
Paradoxically, butter cannot be
ratloned now because rationing has
been delayed SO long. Stocks have
been SO drastically reduced that il
will take another four months to
build them up to a point where ration
ing on the basis of one-quarter pound
person week can be instituted.
Another reason for the butter crisis
was the vested farmers sabotage of
appropriations for the Farm Security
Administration in the last session OF
Congress. Had the F.S.A. been grant
ed enough money, it could have helped
small and middle farmers to make
major increases in milk and butter
production.
AS it was, the percentage of in
crease in butter production achieved
by F.S.A.-assisted farmers was much
greater than that of the big farmers
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
ManpowerOffice
Established For
New Haven Area

Continued from Page One)
ers can change jobs if the change
will help the war effort.
''2. To enable each war plant
to make the best use of the
workers available, and to enable
workers to use their highest
skills.
50. To stop needless inf1uxes
of workers to areas where trans
pOrtatiOn housing and health
facilities are already taxed to the
breaking point.
Il. To provide adequate re-
cruiting, training and upgrad-
ing programs for workers in
every area"
The local committees will, in thu
light of their manpower situations
decide upon what particular steps will
be taken in the areas for stabilizins
employment. 1naSmuch as New Ha
ven is in Group Manpower CLASH
ication, the committee will decid,
upon what portions of the nationa
program it will accept, stated Mrs
Marshall. In critical shortage area
such as Hartford and Bridgeport, thu
full national program is mandatory
The Office of the New Haven ares
of VINO. is in Room 622, at IS.
Temple Street. The telephone number
is 7-4105.
The six Connecticut cities desig
mated as War Manpower Areas are
Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury
New Britain, New London and New
Haven.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Wage Crisis Put
Up To F.D.R. By
Labor Leaders
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
ment had accepted the wage formula
reluctantly and only on the promise
that living costs would be stabilized
along with wages.
The Little Steel'' formula pro-
vided that wages could be increased
Is per cent over levels obtaining
on Jan. 1, l94l. That figure was
based on an estimated increase i'm
living costs of about Is per cent
between Jan. i, l94l, and May,
1912.
However, even official statistics
show that the cost of living has
mounted at the rate of One-half of
one per cent month from last
May to date and the experience of
workers in cities all over the cOun-
try shows that these statistics sadly
underestimate the actual hike i'm
prices for necessary commodities.
No indication was given by the
President as to what he intends to
do about the wage problem but Of
hcials of the National War Labor
Board made it clear that they be-
lieved the Little Steel" wage for
mula would have to be revised.
The ALL. and Clio. leaders
let it be understood that their posi-.
ton could not be interpreted as
being in accord with John L. Lewis.
who has demanded a general 81 a
day wage increase for members OF
the United Mine Workers regardless
of any other considerations.
Nor was there any indication on
their part that ALL. or Clio
unions would be encouraged to fol
low the Lewis drive.
One result of the conference witt
the President is expected to be {
stiffening of the lines against fur
ther price increases for articles oil
food and clothing. Another expected
development is the extension of the
ratloning program, which organized
labor advocates as the only fair anc
democratic method of sharing thu
available supply of scarce article.
among the entire population.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
NEWS
Quiz

The following questions ore bas-
ed ON labor news and personalities.
The answers appear on page 4.
l. Who was fired by W.P.B. Chief
Donald Nj. Nelson in a showdown
over whether control of raw ma
terial should be integrated with
war material production?
2. In what major wage case was
the Natl. War Labor Boards re-
fusal to grant a cost of living in
crease protested by the Boards
labor members?
3. What reactiOnary resolution,
proposed by anti-labOr Rep. How
ard W. Smith d., Va.) and sup
ported by Ham Fish (R., N. W,
was passed by the House?
4. Was the vote against extern
sion of the Dies committee larger
or smaller than a year ago?
S. Which legislature is spear
heading the anti-IabOr legislative
attack?
6. What union has filed ST.
100000 libel suit against the AS
sOciated Press and the Hearst NesO
York JOurnGI-AmericGn? Why?
Z. Has child labor exploitation
increased or decreased in the last
year?
8. Eddie Rickenbacker wants the
workers pay reduced. How does
he stand on the $25, 900 salary
| limitation?
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Shea Addresses
Transfers, 1871,
Soldier Benefit
Milk And Bakery Drivers
Meeting At Stratford Is
Well Attended

UniOnism and the country grew
side by side following the last world
war in spite of the gloomy predic-
tiOns of the anti-uniOn seers. This
was the substance of a speech by
Thomas Shea, assistant secretary
of the Conn. Fed. of Labor, i'm ad-
dressing the Educational Meeting
of Local l9l Milk and Bakery
Drivers, held in Stafford.
The affair was held for the bene-
fit of the Servicemen's Welfare
fund under the auspices of the Ser
vicemen's Committee of the Local.
1t was, from the standpoint of at
tendance and money raised, a
success.
'They predicted after the last
war that the closed shop in indus
try would ruin the country. Yet
today with 100000 workers en-
rolled in legitimate labor Organi-
cations, and thousands of closed
shop agreements in effect, the cOun-
try is better off," declared Shea,
the main speaker.
John P. Kiely, president of LO-
cal 19l, was in charge of the meet
ing. He said that affairs like the
educational meeting gave the lie
to the persons who proclaim that
labor is looking after itself and not
concerned with the welfare of SOL
diers and sailors.
Motion pictures concerning propa-
ganda efforts of the enemy, and labor
and the war were shown at the meet
ing.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Suit Is
Brought By Union

NEW YORK. "A 100000
libel suit has been filed by the
National Maritime Union in New
York Supreme Court, naming the
Associated Press and Hearst Con-
sOlidated Publications Inc, pub
Usher of the Ne,O York Journal
american, as defendants.
This was the MINUS reply to
story receiving sensational treat
ment in the nations press falsely
charging ''N.M.U. members with
refusal to unload a ship in Cuadal-
canal on a Sunday because it was
against union rules" The widely
circulated SANDER was used as a
springbOard for a general attack
on labor i'm Congress and the COM
mercial press.
The story was intended to and did
impute to the union and its members
acts and conspiracies of subversion,
sabotage and mutiny of a felonious
nature and was designed to expose
them to public contempt and ridicule,
the complaint says.
Originated by the akron CO.,
BeacOn-J Journal, the story has been
branded as untrue by Sec. of the
Navy Frank Knox, Admiral William
F. Halsey, Jr., commander of u. S.
forces in the south Pacific, Maj.
Gen. Arthur A. Vandergrift, COM
mander of U. S. forces on Cuadal-
canal, and by Congressional sub
committee, which found the story
was based on ''hearsay and rumor. -
Similar suits, each seeking ST.
OOC, 900 in damages, will be filed
against the BeacOn-J Journal and the
Chicago Tribune, which ran a daily
serial simplifying the original Quad
alcanal SANDER.
The A.P. was accused of ire
writing and maliciOusly amplify-
ing" the Akron papers story by
adding to its copy the statement:
''The crew refused to unload sup
plies because of Clio. N.M.U.
rules against working ON Sunday -
No effort was made to ascertain
the real facts, the suit claims. In
stead, the story was written and pub
lished by the defendants maliciously,
wantonly and recklessly."
Praise by the Navy Department
National War Labor Board and other
government agencies for the N.M.U
members keep 'em sailing" record
and the loss of 3,211 lives in pur-
suance of duty were cited in the suit
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Hearings On Bills
OfInterestT oLabor

A bill requiring a painter as
inspector of painting on all
State work, which is sponsor
ed by the Conn. Federation of
Labor, will be heard before the
Judiciary Committee, Old Sem
ate Chamber, at 1870 P. NJ.
Thursday, March 4, stated John
J. Egan, legislative agent for
the Federation.
Other bills of interest to Or
ganized labor that will be heard
are:
Senate Bill ITO, Providing
for State Jail Farm, Judiciary
Committee, Old Senate Cham
Der, 1870 P. M, Wednesday,
March 3.
Bills pertaining to Defense
and State Housing Authority,
Judiciary Committee, Old SEN
2 ate Chamber, 1870 P. NJ,
Thursday, March 4.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
HELP RED CROSS

NEW YORK-To help meet New
York Citys increased blood quota,
leaders of ALL, CLIO. and railroad
unions have signed a pledge with the
New York chapter of the American
Red Cross as the first step in an
organized effort to enroll union mem
bers as donors.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
Is Locals Chartered
By Teachers Union

CHICAGO.-Thirteen new locals
have been chartered by the American
Federation of Teachers (A.FL.)
since Dec. p, 1912, in one of the
most successful organizing campaigns
in the unions history.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27

Mention The Union Times when
shopping, and help LabOr's Own
Paper grow.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-27
S A1nbulances Bought
By N. Y. Hotel Workers

NEW YORK CITY-Local TO-
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
(AFL), has announced the completion
of a Embarrassing campaign for the
purchase of five ambulances. The
vehicles will be presented to the
American Red Cross, the Canadian
Royal Air Force, the Russian and
Chinese War Relief agencies and to
New York City, for use in civilian
defense emergencies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
ANNIHILATION
" 'Attaboy!' ,"


Key Westers, in common with all other
Americans thus applaud Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox, who has twice recently
minated that the Allied Nations shortly
will begin to attack Japan from the air.
Consider the devastation that was
caused among concrete and steel buildings
in England, Germany, France, Holland and
other Europ countries by explosives and
incendiaries dropped from the skies, and
then evelve~a~picture of the destruction
that will be wreaked on the bamboo houses
in the Mikado's cities.
1t requires "block busters" to rae
solidly constructed buildings, but, with
fairly strong wind blowing, incendaries
alone would wipe out the flimsy structures,
with a comparatively few exceptions, in
the land of the sneaks and the backstab
bers.
When the day of the bombing comes,
barred buck teeth will express terror, not
deceitful smiles.
Extreme pacifists declare that to MAIN
and to kill are not in accord with Christian
principles, and that dictum is true, but
would they have us let pagans, bent on ex-
terminating Christians prosecute their war
of determination without raising hand to
stop them Or should we exterminate them,
instead of permitting them to exterminate
us?
Nno2. Sherman was wrong when he said war
is hell War is worse than hell, for in hell
one is supposed to survive. War is annihila-
ton. The Japs and the Germans are striving
to annihilate us, so let's annihilate them
without entertaining the least conjunction.
Up from the ages has come this truth, Self
preservation is the first law of nature" and
he is foolish indeed who tries to controvert
that law because of his misconceived
finer feelings"
We are faced With this question, in
dealing with the Japs, who firmly believe
they are God-chosen to rule the world,
Shall pagan Japan or Christian America
survive? There is but one answer to that
question::
Christian America must survive, and to
survive let us annihilate, annihlate, annihi-
late. 30 '."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
HITLER's TWO CHANCES TO WIN

An American newspaper correspon-
dent, writing from London, says that, as the
British see it, Hitlers only chance to win
this war is to drive a wedge between the AL
lies or cut them off from one another by sea-
Apropos the first chance, it is worth
netting that Hitler has always depended up
on Quislings in all countries. He openly de-
clared that he would destroy his enemies
from within and asserted that he would find
willing helpers, saying, eve shall not need
to bride them, they will come of their own
accord. Ambition and deluSlOn party Squab-
bles and sef-seeking arrogance will drive
them
The probability is that the unity of the
United Nations is now too strong for Hit
glettto place great dependence upon his
Strategy of destroying from within. Just the
same, there is a danger. We have in the
United States vOciferous critics of Great
Britain and there is some danger that
party squabbes in this country will divert
the nations attention from the main business
of winning the war.
Many military and naval experts be-
lieve that the construction of U-boats is
engaging unprecedented attention in Ger
many because the Nazis understand that the
outcome of the great conflict depends up
on control of the sea- Only by maintaining
sea supremacy can the United Nations hope
to secure effective combat action in the far
flung areas of combat in the Pacific, in AT
RIGA, in Europe and in Russia.
Undoubtedly. this peril has been fore
seen by Anglo-American leaders. Great en-
phasis is being placed upon the construction
of destroyers and other vessels capable of
waging war upon U-boats. Moreover, the
use of patrol pig mes continues to impede the
U-boatS, some of which have been destroyed
by aerial attacks
With American soldiers in Great Brit
ain, in North Africa, in the Southwest Pa
cifie and in various other overseas posts, 1t
is necessary for the United States to strain
every resource to assure safe line of sup
ply. Not only must we deliver the fighting
men and the tools of warfare to combat
areas, but, always, we must be in position,
if necessary to transfer our soldiers when
ever safety demands their removal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
Totinv's Birthdays

Justice Robert H. Jackson of
the u. S. Supreme Court. born
Spring Creek, Pa, 81 years ago.
Judge Samuel l. Rosenman, of
New York's Supreme Court, init
mate of the President. born San
Antonio, Tex, Al years ago.
Col. Don c. Faith, trainer of the
WAACS, born At years ago.
DR.. Kirtlev F. Mather, Harvard
geologist and noted civic worker,
born Chicago, SIS years ago.
Mai. Gen. Eugene Reybold, army
chief of engineers, born Delaware
City, Del, SO years ago.
joseph c. Lincoln, novelist,
born Brewster, Mass, % years
ago.
Lewis H. Brown, president Of
Johns Evansville New York, born
Creston, Iowa, 40 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print 1t
". thout fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to APPLAUD right;
always fight for progress; never be the or or,
gan or the mouthpiece Of any person, clique.
faction or class; always do. its utfnostFfor the
-Sr Peg
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by Individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions: print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

The democracies have a great war team
in Roosevelt and Churchill and, we might
add, the dictator countries ran into some
thing when the bumped into Joseph Cal
in and Chang Kai-shek,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
Today In History

1741-The American Magazine,
country's first magazine, begins
issue in Philadelphia; Franklin's
General Magazine begins three
days later; both lasted only a few
months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Herr Hitler's silence is hard TO under
stand; maybe something has happened to
Der Fuehrer Maybe he is dead, and his
death would be the best thing that could
happen to him..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1892.-Grant Wood, famed mid
western artist, born Anamesa,
Iowa.. Died Iowa City, Ia, Feb. IL,
1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1920.-The 51st Woman's Suf-
frage Convention, with victory
achieved, holds victory conven-
ton in Chicago and votes to dis
SolVe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

The Red Cross hasa great confidence
insthe Americ can people, the War Drive oc-
GUS irt March when many citizens7have a
date with the income tax man. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

California has one of the ma
tons largest deposits of eelestite,
the mineral used to illuminate
tracer bullets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

- Parents of sons in service are apt -
have an opinion OF .home-fl ont wartime
slackers, even If they do not state it publicly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Standard time was adopted by
the United States Congress on
March l, 1867. s- ...t ,-.,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

If it is a choise between rubber tires
for civilians and supplies for our fighting
men no real American will demand tires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1S77.-Eidney Smith, Chicago
cartoonist, creator of ''The Gumps"
and "Old Doc Yak" born Bloom
ington, Ill. Died Oct 20, 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Volunteer nurses aides will be
put in Army hospitals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

~- The Red Army is setting good eS
raplc .or capitalist armies 70 follow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1918.-United States loans Italy
a further $4,000, 900, making to-
tai loan to Italy S550,000,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
Today's
Anniversaries

1831.-John A. Rawline, Illi-
nois lawyer, Union general, sec
rotary of war, born Galena, III.
Died Sept. 6, 1859
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

= The public would have greater respect
foI. he judgment of experts if the experts
Wppld only agree.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Jeffers says Army Navy loaf
ersr in war plants delay output.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

The world is not interested in the rea-
ms for your failure to accomplish nothing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Any small schoolboy can tell you the
a approximate number of days before vaca-
tiSn will begin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

= IN optimistic man is usually an indi-
igual who feels good.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1870.-Leopold Coo dow XII
famed composer-pianist. born in
Russia. Died in New York, Feb.
81, 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
Sundays
Horoscope

Today indicates an intellectual
person, with a scientific mind.
Under some aspects it may de-
velop a malicious disposition,
which should be curbed to avoid
danger of frenzy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

:. The aristocrats Of 1913 viii have large
vegetable gardens and, maybe, flock OF
p3pl,ry,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1826.-The American Society for
the Promotion of Temperance
the Promotion of Temperance
founded in Boston.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1CGJ.-U. S. Treasury mails out
frat social security checks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1851.-The University. of Min
nesota established by Act of the
State Legislature-opens 1859.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1871.-Victor Rosewater, Oma-
ha publisher-editor, Republican
leader, Philadelphia publicist,
born in Omaha. Died July IL, 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13
KEY WEST IN
DAYS CONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF FEBRUARY IL, 1899

John Reed Scott, promoter OF
the baby bond idea, arrived in Key
Wcst last night, and will hold a
conference with local business
men today regarding a proposal
to put Key West on a baby-bond
basis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

: Private initiative. f seems o>eomsagn
best when literally SUPPORTED by ipubfie3
funds. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Mayor William H. Malone and
Principal Horace O'Bryant are
scheduled to speak Thursday night
at the meeting of the Railway EN-
ployes League of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Mrs. Eliza Sands and daughter,
who had been in Key West a
month visiting relatives, returned
Yesterday to their home on Plan
tation Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Mrs. William E. Parker. former
" Miss Marie Knowles, of Key
West, after a weeks visit here
with relatives, left yesterday for
Fort Lauderdale
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

The Citizen saws today IN an
editorial paragraph:
The news magazine Time tells
US that the custom of saying God
bless YOU after someone sneezes
is supposed to have originated
with Pope Gregory during pesti-
lence in which sneezing was a
threatening symptom. MANY saw
age tribes believe that sneezing Is
caused bv the presence of evil
spirits"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

1900.-Leonard H. Dyer granted
patent for what is today's basis of
the auto transmission.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

Lend-Lease aid Allies u 8 desroyers make Guaa
to S825300O0OO .5--7T canal Isle Of Death'-
Government incentives" Living per
acreage of proens Pearl HarDor,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

State Senator Arthur Gomez,
who had been in Miami on a bust
ness tip of few DAYS, returned
yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

The Italian training ship Col
cmbo is due to arrive in Key West
on February 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-13

John Lowe, who had been visit
ing relatives in Miami, returned
yesterday.