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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-20

Germans than two hours a day for
the French" The Nazi attendant
Immediately and jOyfully rushed
this willing worker to the comman-
dant. The latter was elated and ask
ed the Frenchman: "What kind of
work do you do?" The Partisan
quickly answered: II am a grave
digger, Herr Commandant.'
LOCAL 100, Bridgeport Painters,
has FL members-One an appren-
tice-serving in the nations Armed
Forces, Dennis Byrnes, business
agent, stated this week. Latest men,
bers of the Local to enter the Ser
vices are Arthur FarrOni, Henry
ROhlman, Michael Celia and Jack
TurrOff.
SAM GOODWIN of Hollywood
is trying to sign up six actors be-
fore they are born. Newly born
babies will be needed for scene
in Russian maternity hospital for
''The North STAR" Coldwyn's talent
scouts are canvassing hospitals for
women with confinement reserva-
tions to see if they will permit
forthcoming babies to make a
movie appearance on a given date
for SIS fee.
NEEDLESS OF the danger to
themselves, members of the ALL.
Machinists' local in the Piper Air
craft Co. plant at Lock Haven, Pa,
saved 100 planes, ready for the
Army and Navy, that were threat
ened by the flooding Susquehanna
River. The ten regular pilots en-
plOyed by the company were un-
able to handle all the planes in time
to prevent their destruction, so Is
wOrkmen who had learned to fly
left the assembly lines to take the
completed planes from the Piper
field to the nearby drill ground of
the National Guard, situated across
the river on higher ground.
THIS HAPPENED to gentle
man ,Ohen he sUas dining ,Uith a
WinstOn-SaIem dOsOager. He Ieaped
to his feet and started taking off
his tuxedo.
"COOd heauens," the dO,Uager
screamed, ",Ohat are you dOing?"
''Just probing to you that ,Oear
H0nes underwear.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-20
As We See It. by The Staff

Continued from Page One)
Protection Council of the Office of
CiUilian Defense. The nesO council
s0iH initiate and carry out methods
of industrial protection for those
plants within the field of O.C.D.
responsibility.
FIFTEEN MEMBERS of Local
532, Shop Iron Workers, have gone
into the Armed Forces and rs into
war production work, according to
Frank Since, business agent of the
local. Since said that the curtail-
ment of construction activities Ow-
ing TO the war effort has caused
considerable unemployment of Iron
Workers at their trade i'm the
Bridgeport, Stamford and Green
wich areas. Most of these members
are finding employment in war
plants.
THERE WAS one fire i'm Los An
geIes this week which warmed only
the hearts of union men. A year
after the Init. Bro. of Teamsters
built their Teamsters Building here,
they burned the mortgage and now.
there is no doubt, the building be-
longs to union members. Init. Vice
Pres. Dave Beck headed the list of
teamster leaders from throughout
the country who came to celebrate
the mortgage burning. City, county
and state officials took part i'm the
ceremony.
JOE BUSH, qcritiug in the Utah
Labor Ne7os Of Salt Lake City, Says
"A public hearing is a0here a legiS-
Lattice committee re7eals that it kno7o.
nothing Of something its prediction
speeches indicated it knee all there
5cdS to knoac.'
PERFECT DEMOCRACY has been
achie7ed at last: The US. Crcm
Court Of Appeals in Boston has rueo
that partly termented cider is in tht
same class 7cTh champagne and it,
makers must pay the same tar thai
the champagne o7onerS do.
ONE YEAR AGO IN THE UNION
TINES: ''Teamsters, 443, Warn
Operators They Must Abide By
Agreement-Matty Ruopollo Made
A Full Time Officer of The Local'
''N.L.R.B. Gets Facts On Organiza-
ton at RockbestOs-Local BOO
New Haven Electricians Has More
than 75%o of the Workers Signed
Up; sc. c. Erskine, Superinten-
dent of the Cheshire Reformatory
Says Unions And the Merit System
Are the Worst Things That Ever
Happened in State''; 400 Attend
Annual Dinner Dance of Local 4O4.
Hotel & Restaurant Employees of
New Haven; 'Local 1876, New
Haven Painters, Is Picketing Arl-
ingtOn HOteF'; "TextiIe Workers
Union Ask Government To Take
Over the Summersville Mfg. Co.
which Locked Them OUT; ''I.A.M.
Calls Important Conference In St.
Louis; Estate Federation Com
pletes Machinery For Handling
Victory Compact Between Labor
And Manufacturers"
1.-THE LADIES Certainly Did
Their Part" was the caption over
this choice bit:
''The Salem Mission Covenant
Church, of Pennock, held it's an
nual meeting on New Years Day.
Under the able leadership of our
chairman. AIhin RrOherg husiness
proceeded quickly and smoothly
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-20

and the ladies took care of our
physical needs not only once but
twice during the day.'-From the
WilImar Daily Tribune, Jan. Is,
1913.
THE NEXT TINE some creep
complains to yOn about rdtiouing, re-
mind him that orr soldiers out in
North Africa even haze to ration the
1Cater they drink.
AN INCREASING number of
women are wheeling trucks across
the highways and repairing freight
cars i'm railroad shops, the Office
of Defense transportation reports.
An estimated 5000 women were
added in the trucking industry dur
ing the last half of 1912.
THE TERN union brother" means
more than Just a greeting to Thomas
Brennan, former president of Local 90,
init. ASn. of FirefghterS (AFL, IN
Los angeles. When his 70ife, seriously
i'll in a hospital here, needed an inrure-
diate blood TRANSMISSION, he hmriedly
called the public relations division Of
the Init. brotherhood of Transfers
The union sent ont an emergency ab-
peal and 7e1thm a half hour donor
zOih the correct blood type 7oaS found
Results Mrs. Brennan is recovering
and the IBT has set MP a permanent
blood donor utdet Of the membership
for emergency use Of any person.
THE GROWING prominence of
John W. Hanes as a tax lobbyist
for big business recalls story of
his home town of Winston-Salem,
N. c., the home of Camel cigarets
and Hanes underwear. There is a
local custom that if stranger
pulls a pack of Chesterfelds or
Luckies out of his pocket, the
proud native will yank it out of his
hand and give him a pack of
Camels.
OPPRESSED EUROPE has not
lost its sense of humor. When a
Frenchman recently appeared at an
Office recruiting workers for Hit
ler's Reich, he said: II would
rather work II hours a day for the
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-20

willingly made in order that the young
men at the front may be better pre-
pared to cope with the enemy"
Unusual aspects of the case was
refusal of the Tampa firm to join with
Watson's demand for scrapping of the
contract
Watson took it to court after
Company Pres. George B. Howell,
rejecting his proposal, said: ''This
contract was entered into i'm good
faith and is still in full force and
effect, and there is no reason why
the company should attempt to
abrOgate it,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-02-20
Who's Looney Now?

YES, who's lOOney and ask i'm all sincerity
last two years Northern Republican Congressman and
Southern POLTax Democratic Congressman have been
screaming about the 4Ohour week. and demanding the 49,
hour week Regardless of what President
leaders said they insisted that they
increased production. Labor that gentlemen
not interested in production they wages reduced
This denied. Now have the 48-hour week.
rights fully protected and the gentlemen that
will lead initiation. Who's ooney now?
Capt Eddie Rckenbacker of Americas heroes says
workers should receive overtime.
the breath he opposed President Rooseves ceiling
of salaries ($67 taxes are deucted
because will do away with incentive With wages almost
frozen and with prices rising the worker who $4,000
year is lucky if he make both We'd like to
Eddie manage income of $4,000 week. after
ne has paid his weekly 100 for War Bonds per
Victory Tax for
has paid the the grocer and has bought shoes and
clothing for the members of the family remembers
eral million families in the United States have
income of $50 week. than $50 Who's Ioonev
now, Capt Rickenbacker?
When Claire Luce elected Congress, was obvious
that she would spend Washington and we
fet Them that Connecticut loss loss
Her giobaloney attack Allies; upon of lead
ing statesmen, VicePresident Henry Waace her Hitler
like attempt to engender bad feeling the United
States and Great Britain, makes all who are proud of
Connecticut and her noble traditions bow our heads in
shame.
Mrs. Luce has her home in Connecticut, but she comes
from Ne0 York. In the best of Yankee traiOns ,e suggest
to Ne'0 York: Let the Empire gue us former
Governor Poetti and Connecticut will yield all rights to
Mrs. Luce
The United States i'm the midst of the greatest war i'm the
history of the world Production been
In remarkably short time Organized labor waived most
OF Its rights for the DURATION and making terrific conr
buttons to the nations program BUT: Never has Con.
gress had before such legislation as
now being considered In the midst desperate rug
gle Tor survival reacionares in and Congress want to
knife the working and country: and de-
prive them OF the limited social gains made after
hafcentury of struggle.
There unatics abroad i'm the land Iunacs who are
as crazy as fox They have and control
the and other information In
less local union in this country sets up Legislative
COMMITTEE to work with its Central Body and State
Federation unless all branches of organized labor unite in
city and state committees; and all of these orouns
together with abOrs allies work together defeat the native
enemies OF the people of this country we NAV find
that have defeated the Axis Powers but have lost the
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Quiz Answers

These are the answers to the
questions on Page 3:
/. Abraham Lincoln; 2. To com
bat anti-labOr legislation in Con
gress; 3. Yes; 4. The so-called
wOmen's equal rights amendment
S. 50 day; 6. They were not
Z. Petition denied; 8. Mob scenes
at employment Offices in the east
9. Gerald L. X. Smith; 10. Vincente
LOmbardO TOledanO.
Evening star., 1943-06-05

laggards, whose squealing and
saaWking affront the ears of pa
triots, are learning the vital lesson
that there are greater goals in life
than mere prolongation of physical
existence Our brave men in service
are teaching us how to endure and
to die.
Our old friend Peter the apostle
who had come up the hard way to
leadership, and who was more IA
miliar with the inside of prisons
than of libraries, deal vigorously
with this theme 1t was no theoreti-
cal essay that the fisherman wrote.
He was addressing far-Scattered
Christians who were undergoing per-
secution by Nero, that Roman EN-
peror who had a curious likeness to
Hitler. These victims of a mad
mans ambition and fear and hate
ftheir counterparts abound in Po-
land. Greece, Yugoslavia and other
martyr lands today were being tor
tured and killed in fiendish ways
thrown to the lions, covered with
tar and set alight as human torches.
beheaded, crucified and burned at
the stake.
Plight of the Brethren.
In his letter. Peter frequently ad-
verts to the plight of the brethren
He lovingly reminds them Il Peter
iv, 12-14, Weymouth Translation of
their lot. Dear friends, do not be
surprised at finding that that
scorching flame of persecution is
raging among you to put you to
the test-as though some surprising
thing were accidentally happening
to you. On the contrary. in the
degree that you share in the suf-
ferings of the Christ, rejoice, so that
at the unveiling of His glory you
may also rejoice with triumphant
gladneSS. You are to be envied if
you are being reproached for bear
ing the name of Christ: for in that
case the Spirit of glory-even the
Spirit of Gods resting upon YOU"
Peter points the sufferers to
Christ. Over and over again, he re-
calls his trends to the example of
the Master. Jesus suffered even
unto death: Should the disciple ex-
pect less than his Lord? There is
comfort for the endurer in the ex-
perience of the suffering Saviour
If we follow in His steps We must
expect to share His ordeals. And
persecution purifies. We see the
church in Europe coming to new
courage and power end unity under
the onset of the oppressors.
The one great motive for heroic
living-and, in lesser scale, our
present restrictions call for hero
ism-is obedience to Christ. We
may not shrink from the way He
went, even though it leads through
Gethsemane to Calvary's crest. To
be sharers of His suffering, in His
Evening star., 1943-06-05
McKendree Methodist

The Rev. Charles F. Phillips will
return from conference and preach
at IL am. on The Great Imitation
and at pm. on Wait on the Lord
Holy communion will be observed
at both services. A class of new
members will be received at the
morning service.
A meeting of the Official Board
will be held Monday at 8 pm.
Every one attending the Sunday
morning service will be given an
opportunity to sign a petition in
dorsing the bill HR-2O82 introduced
by Representative Joseph Bryson of
South Carolina to reduce absentee
ism, conserve manpower and speed
production of material necessary to
winning the war by prohibiting the
manufacture, sale and transporta-
ton of alcoholic liquor in the United
States for the duration of the war
and until termination of mobiliza-
tion
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Churches Plan Par|ey
On Durable Peace
AT Hood College
Seminars Were Held
To Draft Program
For Conference

Churches of the Washington and
Baltimore areas will hold regional
conference of the churches on
just and durable peace" June 16 to
1S at Hood College, Frederick, Md.
DR.. S. Paul Schilling, general
chairman of the conference, an
nounces that DR.. William E. Hook
ing of Harvard. DR.. James G. Nc
Donald, chairman of Presidents Ad-
visory Committee on Political Refu-
gees; DR.. Mordecai johnson, presi-
dent Of Howard University; DR..
Walter Van Kirk, executive secre-
tary, department OF international
justice and goodwill. Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches of Christ in Amer
ica, and many other outstanding
leaders. will attend. The Right Rev.
Noble G. Powell, Bishop -Coadiutor
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, will
preside.
Seminars on the political, social,
economic and religious phases of the
postwar world have been held dur
ing the past winter, preparing basic
material for this conference. The
findings of the conference will be
published in a form available to the
churches for further study and
action.
The Washington Federation of
Churches and the Baltimore Council
of Churches, through their re-
spective committees, have planned
the program. Information can be
secured by calling the Washington
Federation of Churches. The con-
ference Is delegated conference,
but observers will be permitted to
attend
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Auqustonu Lutheran

Hugo Eskildsor, president of the
Washington Federation of Christian
Youth, will be the guest preacher
tomorrow.
DR.. A. o. Helm will return Tues
day morning from Minneapolis.
where he is attending the annual
convention of the Lutheran Angus
tana Synod of America.
The deacons and trustees will
meet in separate session Tuesday
evening. A joint meeting of the
two boards will be held at pm.
The children who are to be con-
firmed next Sunday will be examined
publicly on Thursday evening.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
BrookIund Methodist

DR.. S. Paul Schilling will preach
on Goals for Our Journey" at II
am. and on The Whole Duty of
Man" at pm.
The Official Board will meet Mon
day at pm.
The Mems Brotherhood will meet
Tuesday at 8 pm. DR.. James Allen
Nolan, director of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association, will
speak on Crime in Wartime" OFF,
GERS will be elected and entertain
ment and refreshments will be pro-
vided.
Prayer service and fellowship will
be held Thursday at 7:45 pm.
A Latin American fiesta will be
held Friday evening, sponsored by
the Youth Fellowship.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Rev. J. Herrick Hall 10 Be
Fifth Baptist Pastor

The Rev. j. Herrick Hall. who has
been co-pastor of the Fifth Baptist
Church with the Rev. DR.. John E.
Briggs, who retired last week after
a pastorate of "a years, will remain
as pastor.
On May l, 1910, he was appointed
junior pastor and on May 81, 1943,
was selected co-pastor.
The Rev. Mr.. Hall will speak Sun
day morning on Members One OF
Another" as a meditation on the
Lords supper. The service at 8 pm.
will be broadcast over WWDC and
will feature a message on "A Man
of Destiny" A fellowship for serv-
ice men and women and young peo-
pie will follow.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Is Churches Arrange
Plans for Summer
Bible Schools
Institute for Workers
Is Scheduled for
June J, 8 and 9

Seventy-six churches already
have planned to have summer vata-
ton Bible schools here, it was re-
ported by the committee in charge
of such activities of the Washing
ton Federation Of Churches this
week.
Mrs. Grover Hartman, chairman
of the committee. said it is expected
many more will be added. She
said, however, the big problem is
leadership. Any one desiring to
assist is requested to call the fed
Grafton.
An institute for workers will be
held at Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church June 7, 8 and from 4
to $50 and from to pm. Miss
Mary Alice Douty will act as dean
of the institute. Instructors are
Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel, Mrs.
O'Neal M. johnson, Miss Evelyn
Albers. Mrs. Lewis M. Turner and
Miss Douty. The Rev. Gaye Nc
Glothlen is registrar.
Never before have summer pro-
grams for children been so needed
as this summer with mothers work
| ing, and vacation travel curtailed
and children on the streets" said
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executive
/ secretary of the federation. Every
church ought to feel it's RESPONSE
bility this summer, particularly in
assisting in this program of "a
place in the church for every child
this summer"
The Federation Vacation School
Committee is made up of the fol-
lowing: Mrs. Grover Hartman,
chairman; evelyn Albers, Ruth Gill,
Mrs. C. A. Lindsay, the Rev. Gave
McGlothlen, Eta Mai Russell the
/ Rev. Ben T. CoWles, the Rev. Ram
| say Bridges, the Rev. Allan Banks,
/ the Rev. l.. Nautilus Porter, Miss
Alice Douty and the Rev. R. K.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Several Methodist
Ministers Shifted
In Local Churches
Bishop Mcconnell Makes
Appointments at CLOSING
Conference in Baltimore

In the list of PASTORAL appoint
ments announced last night at the
closing sessions of the Baltimore
Methodist Conference at the Mount
- ~t1r>cn Place Methodist Church in
Baltimore, several local and nearby
changes were made.
Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell of
the New York area made the an
nouncements.
The Rev. Chauncey c. Day, pas
tor of Wilson Memorial Church here,
goes to Dumbarton Avenue Meth
odist Church, Georgetown. The
Rev. Lloyd c. Davis, Dumbarton
pastor, moves to Boundary Church,
West Baltimore District. New pas
tor of Wilson Church is the Rev.
Allan F. Poore, pastor of Baltimore S
Union Square Church.
The Rev. A. F.. T. Raum, pastor
of First Methodist Church here, was
appointed to Eastport Church, Bal
timore South District, and will be
replaced here by the Rev. v. G..
Munger, minister of the East Balti-
more Church.
The Rev. Charles Lanham was ap-
pointed pastor of the Gorsuch
Church to fill the vacancy caused by
the recent death of the Rev. DR.. L..
A Rudasill.
The Rev. Edward Lewis. student
pastor from Hagerstown, Md, was
named pastor of Marvin Memorial
Church, -Four Corners, succeeding
the Rev. j. Keene, retired. The
Rev. Marion S. Michael, whose
father, DR.. Walter Michael, was
formerly pastor of Eldbrooke
Church here, was appointed pastor
of Emmanuel Church, Huntington,
Md.
The Rev. T. M. Dickey. pastor
of Lanham Md Methodist Church,
was named pastor of Ward Chapel
Church, Baltimore. The Rev. E.
T. Perkins of Ward Chapel comes
to the Lanham Church.
A memorial service was held for
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, for
mer Washington resident bishop,
and IL other ministers having died
IN the past year. Bishop Leonard
was killed in an Iceland plane
crash while touring the war fronts
Evening star., 1943-06-05
St. Matthews Lutheran

The festival of the Ascension will
be celebrated tomorrow morning
The Rev. Theodore P. Fricke will
speak on "Christ's Coronation Day.
Holy baptism will be administered
to children.
The Boys Club will meet at 2::30
pm. under the direction of the
sponsors, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert May.
The Rev. Mr.. Fricke will install
the Rev. August E. Gysan as newly
elected pastor of Advent Lutheran
Church, Alexandria, Va The serv-
ice will begin at pm. in the mis-
sion's temporary worship hall at
240l Mount Vernon avenue.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Speakers at Cathedral
Tomorrow Announced

The canon chancellor of Wash
ington Cathedral, the Rev. Charles
w. F. Smith, will preach at the
II o'clock service tomorrow and the
acting canon precentor, the Rev
w. Curtis Draper, jr., at the 4
o'clock evensong service
Holy communion will be cele-
brated at 7:30, $50 and II am.
Immediately following the
o'clock service an organ recital will
be presented by Frederick Chapman
organist and choirmaster of Christ
Church Cathedral, Hartford, Conn
Services will be held daily at 7:30
am, noon and pm.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Albright Memorial
Plans Observance Of
17th Anniversary
Dr.. Reuben Mueller
breaches Tomorrow
As Guest Speaker

Services tomorrow will inaugu-
rate the celebration during June of
the 18th anniversary of the found
ing of Albright Memorial Church.
The guest preacher tomorrow will
be DR.. Reuben Mueller of Cleveland,
Ohio, executive secretary of the
Board of Christian Education of the
Evangelical Church. This service
begins at II O'Clock, the new time
for the summer.
At 4 pm. DR.. Mueller will meet
the Sunday school and church
workers for a conference A buf-
fet lunch will be served at pm.
The Friendly Hour service will be
held at pm. with the Rev. George
E. Schnabel preaching on After the
Launching, What?"
The Brotherhood will meet at 8
pm. Tuesday. The guest speakers
will be Representative Charles
Dewey, former Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury. and DR. Frederick
Reissig, executive secretary of the
Federation of Churches. There will
be other features of entertainment
A service will be held at pm
Wednesday. The subject will be:
"Educa ton for Life"
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Boptists to Observe
Lords Supper

At the morning service tomorrow
at the North Washington Baptist
Church the ordinance of the Lord s
supper will be observed and the hand
of fellowship extended to new men,
bers. The Rev. Henry j. Smith will
have as his topic Useless Stand
ards" At 7:45 pm he will speak on
I'VE Need Despite
A devotional service will be held
Thursday night at the Highlands
Church The Rev. Mr.. Smith will
make the address.
The Sunday School Council will
meet Monday night at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Ryan.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Mt. Pleasant Congregational

The Rev. Fred Sherman Busch
meyer will preach on Designed for
Living
At $50 pm. the 20-40 Club will
meet at the church and then go
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
nard A. Chandler for a picnic sup
per.
On Wednesday there will be the
servicemen's dance at $50 pm, with
games and other informal recrea-
ton also.
Evening star., 1943-06-05
Communion Service Set
AT HamIine Methodist

The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be observed at II am. to-
morrow at Hamline Methodist
Church. A brief communion medi-
alton will be given by the Rev. H.
w. Burgan, pastor.
The newly elected officers of the
Young Adult Fellowship are: Presi-
dent, Harmon Welch; worship
chairman, Ann McRae: program
chairman, Mary Lois Rice; social
action chairman, Frances Heiss.
recreation chairman, Rita Peterson:
secretary, Albert HerZog; treasurer,
Harry Alburger.
The Harriet T. Lipp Sunday
School Glass elected officers as fol-
lows: President, Mary Wolford:
vice president, Grace Mayer: re-
cording secretary. Pearl Swingle;
corresponding secretary. Rut h
Washburn, and treasurer, Dorothy
Riley.