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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Says Typos May
Vote To Return
To Federation
John J. Egan Gives His
Impressions of A. F. L.
Convention In Boston

John J. Egan, secretary-treas-
urer of the Conn. Federation of
Labor told THE UNION TIMES
this week that he foresees the re-
turn of the Typographical Union,
and the possibility of the return
of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers to the American FEEDER
alton of Labor as the result of
positive action taken by the
ALL. at its recent convention in
Boston.
Egan, who represented the
Conn. Federation as its delegate.
was elated with the settlement of
the Machinists' withdrawal from
the ALL. He was equally pleased
with the paving of the way for the
return of United Mine Workers, of
which John L. Lewis is president.
He predicted that the UNIV. would
soon be back in the fold.
Both these actions, Egan de-
clared, are great strides down the
road of unity of organized labor in
the ALL. II have always been in
favor of the reunion of labor he
said, ''The move to bring the
Miners back is the first step toward
getting some Clio. unions to see
the value of returning to the house
of labor"
Although the American Federation
went on record as favoring the con-
tinuation of the no-strike pledge, Egan
thought Pres. William Green's prom
Use to back the ALL. railway unions
in any action" they find necessary to
gain their just wage demands, en-
dangers the no-strike agreement. In
event the railroad workers find it
necessary to strike, Egan stated, the
A.F.L.'s support would throw the
compact out the window"
Pres. Green's speech outlining
the outstanding contributions of or
ganized labor to the war program,
Egan said he is heartily in accord
with the A.F.L.'s resolution condemn
ing the sales tax. "The sales tax is no
solution to the revenue problem" he
declared, adding that he was fearful
that Congress will enact a $50 sales
tax. "If it does that, it would be only
the beginning of move to unload
more and more of the tax burden on
the workers." he said.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Avoid Initiation:
BuyWineCoolers
And Art Objects
War Makes 1t Hard For
Some People to Spend
Their Money

NEW YORK-Some people have
their own troubles in the war. After
they've paid their income and ex-
cess profits taxes, they still have the
tough problem of how to get rid
of their extra millions. This is
pretty hard, but one thing that
helps is the fine art and antique
industry, which is staging mighty
comeback" this year, according to
''The Wall Street Journal
Auction floors are crowded with a
new crop of collectors who want tc
spend swollen war incomes" the Jour-
nal reports. "They bid in competition
with long established art lovers whose
buying power for art objects has been
increased by the decline in their ability
to spend money on travelling and or
other luxury lines.
''The result is prices for paint
ings, old silver, fine books, furni-
ture and Oriental rugs range from
modest $50 increase to prices
three times what they were just four
years ago Oriental rugs also
provide the medium of satisfying
pent-up desires for finer things. A
9x12 modern Persian may bring
from $500 to ST 200 now, where il
would sell for $3.50 to $1,000 be.
fore the war;
In spite of the high prices, dealers
are beginning to worry that demand
may outstrip supply. "In their e1atior
over the present market, art dealers
aren't overlooking the fact that their
supply of goods has a definite limit
and even though customers come ir
with bulging purses, dealers aren't
pressing their goods for SALE" the
Journal says.
They don't have to. A pair OF
"gilded silver wine coolers once the
property of Prince CamilIor Corg.
hese and his wife Pauline sold for
$500 each in a 1884 sale. Last
November they were sold for $500
each.
"The principal reason for the rush
to buy art objects is that the wealthy
and the new rich," the Journal con-
cludeS, heavily taxed though they are
are spending this way the money they
can't spend on automobiles, servants
and trips abroad"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
N. Il. ManpOwer
Session Called
For October e
All Locals Urged To Send
Delegation To Very
Important Meeting

A meeting of unusual Importance to
organized labor in New Haven will be
held at the New Haven Labor Temple
on Thursday, Oct. q, at 7:3O PM,
when all phases of the War Man
power Commissions activities will be
discussed by William J. Fitzgerald,
VINO. Director for Connecticut.
The meeting is to be held under the
auspices of a committee of which
Mayor John w. Murphy is chairman.
Harold V. Feinmark, president
of the New Haven Central Labor
Council, today stated that it was
imperative that all unions attend
the ManpOwer meeting.
''FOr some Time" he said, ''there
have been many questions concern
ing the VINO regulations and ruI-
ings, and this is splendid chance
for the members of organized labor
to obtain first-hand information on
the subject. In some cases the regu-
latiOns have come SO fast. and are
SO complicated, that many of us
have not had an opportunity to
know all the facts.
''Others object to some provis-
ions of the regulations. There will
be observation-disclosures period at
the meeting, and this is the chance
for those to obtain information di-
rectly from the War ManpOwer
Commission officials
The meeting will be open to all
interested. Mayor Murphy will pre-
side.
In addition to the Mayor and Fem
mark, the committee arranging the
meeting consists of Edward McCrone,
CLIO. director for Connecticut; Will
liam F. Donoghue, general chairman
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men; William ]. Cronin, WING. di-
rector for the New Haven area !;
Rabbi Louis Greenberg, Rev. Harold
G. Jones, and Rev. Edward ]. Shea !;
Mrs. Sara Fleming; and Nathan
Sherman, editor of THE UNION
TIMES.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Labor Thanked
ByMayorMurphy
For reimbursement
New Haven Mayor Says
"Workers Ambitions
Should Be Limitless''

Mayor John W. Murphy of New
Haven today expressed his graft.
tude for the endorsement of his
candidacy by the United Labor Leg.
islative Conference of Greater New
Haven in the following statement
II am grateful to the United Labor
Conference of Greater New Haven
for its expression of confidence in me
as evidenced by its endorsement OF
my candidacy for Mayor in the cleo
ton to be held on November 2.
During my tenure as Mayor I have
never sought to serve the interests OF
any special group, believing that the
welfare of the community is best
served by all elements working to-
gether for the common good, for, as
has been said: "A house divided
against itself shall fall I have tried
to exercise a leadership here that
would promote harmony, good will
and mutual understanding among all
of our people.
Having been a member of or
ganized labor since boyhood and
to the best of my ability keeping
closely informed ON Laber's view
point through association with
laboring people and by reading
many of their own publications,
believe that l know what working
people need and what they desire.
which boiled down, / think is, that
they want a chance to earn living
by steady employment at wage
sufficient to enable them to live as
American citizens, have a right to
live at a wage sufficient to permit
them to educate their children. and.
to accumulate something against
the days of sickness or old age.
| believe that the workers ambi-
tons should be limitless and that
they should constantly try for bet.
terment.
eff reelected, I shall continue to
strive to honestly administer the duties
of the high office of Mayor with fair
ness to all and with special privilege
to none"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
NH. Postal Clerks
Sends Gifts To
Overseas Men

Local 237, New Haven Post Office
Clerks has sent eleven Christmas gift
packages to its members in overseas
service. The packages have been sent
to the following:
Lieut.. John J. Dwyer; Lieut.. John
S. McNerney; Chief Gunner's Mate
George Courtois; Fireman, 1st Class,
Patrick ]. Hines; Cpl. Walter F.
Caldron; Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Farrell !;
ct. Master, LIST Class, James Coyne !;
Harry J. Whalen, specialist Mail,
End Class; Pvt. John Romano; Pvt.
Jack Savin; and Frederick J. Sulli-
van, specialist Mail, End Class.
The Locals committee on Christ
mas gifts is comprised of A. J. Hop
kins, secretary, who is chairman !;
Nicoll Martin, treasurer, and Nathan
Feldman, president.
The Christmas packages include a
money belt, razor blades, candy, chew
ing gum, cards and magazine.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Hits Drive For Child Labor
Urge Congress
To Vote Against
Alphabetically
N. III. Labor Writes To
Compton, Monkeiwicz,
And To Senators

The first shot in the campaign of
organized labor of Connecticut against
the sales tax measure now being dis
cussed in Congress came this week
from the United Labor Legislative
Conference of Greater New Haven.
Acting upon instructions from the
Conference, Secretary Sol Kreas sent
the following letter to Congressman
Ranulf Compton and B. ]. Monkei-
wicz; and to us. Senators Francis
Maloney and John A. Danaher:
Dear Sir:
''The United Labor Legislative
Conference of Greater New Haven,
composed of the ALL, C.IO., and
Railroad Unions i'm the Third Con-
gressiOnal District, is opposed to
the sales tax as means of taxation,
and urges you to do everything in
your power to see to it that this
proposition does not become a law.
eve recognize the need of our
Government to raise more funds to
further our war program, but we
believe sales tax, instead of help
ing the war effort, would hurt it.
A sales tax, whether it be of five
or ten per cent, i'm effect would
mean an increase in prices. at a
time when prices are higher than
ever before; and at a time when
workers wages already have fallen
behind the increase i'm the cost of
living. This would result in the i'm
poverishment of workers below
efficiency levels, would disrupt
economic sterilization policies, and
contribute to the disruption of the
home front.
81 sales tas falls heaviest upon
sOOrsers, sUEiO are least able to bear
it., and Hghtest upon those in the
higher income brackets, ,OhO are
best able to bear it.
1--WE urgently call upon you to
defeat this measure
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
lOODelegatesAttend
OPA Labor Meeting

AS THE UNION TIMES went to press
this week, approximately 100 delegates
from A FL, CLIO. and Railroad
Brotherhood locals from all parts of
the state were meeting in Hotel Taft,
New Haven, in the first authorization
labor conference in the history of the
nation.
The meeting was Jointly spon-
sOred by the Conn. O.P.A. Labor
Advisory Committee and the O.P.A.
for the purpose of acquainting la
Dor with the inside facts relative to
operating of the Federal Govern
ment battle against initiation and
enlisting labOr's full cooperation.
State Director Anthony Arpaia
opened the session. Details on the
meeting will be printed in next weeks
issue of this paper.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
YWCA Asks FDR To
Outlaw Jim Crow

NEW YORK.-Pres. Roosevelt has
been asked by the Young Women's
Christian Assn to use his powers as
commander-in-chief to abolish racial
segregation in the armed services.
In letter signed by Mrs. Henry
A. Ingraham president of Y.W.C.A.
national board Roosevelt was told that
American democracy is suffering be-
cause of the misf1andling and mistreat-
ment of Negroes in segregated units
of the armed forces. The letter con-
tinued:
1--WE agree with you that racial
strife destroys national unity at home
and renders us suspect abroad. We
further believe that until the federal
government ceases its practice of Sc
gregation, the efforts of other groups
are muted"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Photo Engravers Union
Urges Study Of Co-ops

BUFFALO, N. Y.-The Interna-
tional Photo-Engravers' Union of
North America, meeting here, has
adopted resolution calling on the
local unions to appoint committees to
study the consumer and cooperative
idea. Adoption of this proposal by the
international Union is expected to ia
cllitate the work in the encouragement
OF organization of consumer co-opera-
tlves on the part of the Photo En-
gravers' Union.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Will Mr.. Pegler
Print This Item ?

CLEVELAND.-Found guilty Of
wilfully manufacturing defective air
plane parts in order to hurt the war
effort, three former officers of the
Natl. Bronze & Aluminium Co., ali
brothers, were sentenced in Federal
Court to 10 years in prison and fined
$4,000 each here. -Four subordinate
officials were found not guilty.
The brothers-John, Frank and Ed
ward Schmeller-were accused of de-
livering defective welded castings tc
the Packard Motor Co. for Rolls
Royce warplane engines.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Aircraft Lodge lam
Elects Committee

Edmund Peresluha, president of the
Aircraft Lodge 743, Machinists, and
Thomas Lynch are candidates for
chairman of the Shop Committee at
the Hami1ton-Standard Propel1ers Di-
vision of the United Aircraft Corp.
Elections are being held this week,
Other candidates for membership on
the committee are: First shift, Sam
uel Goldberg, James Dowd, Frank
Bradley and Raymond Dupont; Sec
ond shift, Patrick Dillon and Philip
Kearney; third shift, Al Benoit, JOS
eph V. Cronin, and John J. Murphy.
Two committeeman are to be elected
on each shift.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
BAYONETS FOR COPS

DETROIT.-Principal fruit of the
June Fl race riots, which police and
state police were seemingly unable to
stop for So hours but which soldier
boys quelled in half an hour, is the
city council decision to equip the De-
troit riot squad with bayonetted shot
guns. The guns will cost $50 apiece
and 100 have been ordered, Commits
sioner John H. Witherspoon says.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
John w. Murphy,
Dennis O'Conn0r.
Endorsed By Labor
Joint Groups Representing ALL CLIO, And Railroad
Unions In New Haven And Hartford Back Present
Chief Executives AS Supporters of Roose-
velt's Win The War Policies

llC lC-ClCNlIOlI VI NIdyOl JOlIII
w. Murphy of New Haven, and
of Mayor Dennis P. O'Connor of
Hartford, win-the-war candidates
with records friendly to working
people, has the support of all
branches of organized labor in
both cities, as the result of action
taken by city-wide joint-labor
committees in the last few days.
In New Haven the United
Legislative Conference over
whelmingly went on record be-
hind the candidacy of Mayor
Murphy on the ground that
he places the winning of the
war and fullest mobilization
of the city's resources behind
the war program as its most
important job.
In Hartford, the United Labor
Public Affairs Committee unani-
mously adopted the recommends
ton that ''Dennis P. O'Connor,
Democratic candidate for mayor,
who has publicly declared himself
a supporter of President and his
win-the-war policies, be endorsed
by organized labor
The recommendation further called
upon "all progressive elements of the
community to defeat the aim of the
Republican party, which is to utilize
the Hartford municipal elections as a
stepping-stone for helping to defeat
Roosevelt and his policies in 1914"
The report of the Committee on
Political Action, submitted by Harold
V. Feinmark, president of the New
Haven Central Labor Council and
co-chairman of the Conference, SET
forth:
''Our discussions with Mayor
Murphy and Mr.. Fraser (Republi-
can candidate) were based ON the
big issue !. full support for Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the members of
our armed services i'm pushing the
war against the Nazis and Japanese
to its earliest successful conclusion.
"To both we said we were opposed
to 'Comptonisrn, which means giving
lip service to these ideas, but OBJ
structing all progressive measures
which will benefit working men and
women and at the same time help our
war program.
"'Comptonism' was defined as the
methods of Cong. Ranulf Compton
who has worked against the President
and the common people.
"Mr. Compton is not an issue in
this election campaign, but his type
of thinking and voting are definite
issues" declared Feinmark.
ssThe next mayor of New Haven
must be prepared to work jointly
with our government, with organ.
lied labor, and with industry, in
order to prevent postwar economic
ruin.
The Hartford United Labor Com.
mittee also endorsed Patrick ].
Ward, president of the Industrial
Union Council, and Co-Chairman
of the Committee, who is the Demo.
cratic candidate for Alderman-at.
Large in the city of Hartford.
Ward has held this position since
July as a successor to former Alder.
man Frank Nj. Heavey, member of
Local 1913, Electrical Device
Workers, who resigned.
MAKE 1000 VOTERS
An outstanding achievement of the
Hartford Labor Committee was the
enrolment of 1000 new voters, nearly
half of all enrolled this year.
ELECT OFFICERS
The executive board includes in ad-
dition to the officers: John O'Connel
Continued on Page Two)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23

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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
AS We See 1t
by
THE STAFF

AS WE predicted last week, the
executive board of the ALL. now
has the full power to bring the
United Mine Workers back into the
Federation.
Return of the UNIV. will I'M
doubleday be held up several
months while jurisdictional ques-
tons growing out of UNIV. Dist.
SO are settled. Unions whose fields
have been invaded by Dist. so are
given 30 days i'm which to file COM
plants with the executive council.
Provision was also made in the COM
mittee report for negotiating con-
ferences between the UNIV. and
the Progressive Mine Workers.
which now holds official ALL.
jurisdiction over the miners.
Those in favor of the Miners in
debate were: ALL. Pres. William
Green; Tobin; End Vice-Pres. Mat
thew Vol; Pres. William Hutche-
SON of the United brotherhood of
Carpenters; Pres. Joseph p. Ryan
of International Longshoremen's
Associations; and Pres. Edward ].
Brown of International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers.
Strongest opposition came from
Delegate Lynch; Pres. Harvey Brown
of International Association of Ma.
chinists, who addressed the conven-
ton three times; Pres. Lloyd
Thrush of P.M.W.; and a handful
of delegates from central labor
bodies.
REMARKABLY Little Disagree
ment in Speeches Given at Protes-
tant Teachers Convention; All
Favor Higher Salaries,' says a
Montreal Gazette heading.
Well, what's strange about that!
THIS WEEK we welcome Local
649, Conn. Labor Dept. Employees,
who have subscribed to The Union
Times for its full membership.
Other Conn. locals of the American
Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees who have sub
scribed to this newspaper for its
full membership include Local 400,
Welfare Workers; Local 4l6, Draw.
bridge Operators and Local 1913,
MiddletOwn State Hospital EN-
pIoyes.
ORGANIZED LABOR, while do.
ing back-breaking work to maintain
and increase war production, nov
must take another hitch i'm its bell
and fight the sales tax and the So
called industrial labor draft" Il
it any wonder that occasionally we
look bit wild-eyed? Is it any won.
der that some workers, driven to
desperation by frozen wages, in.
creases in the cost of living, and
high taxes, occasionally go out on
strike?
AFL PRES. William Green drew
loud laughter from delegates to the
ORD convention in Boston when he
presented gold watches to the
British fraternal delegates and their
wives.
Handing diamond-studded
watch to Mrs. Harry N. Harrison.
Green said, beaming: "This watch
given to Mrs. Harrison is more
beautiful than the one given to her
husband, because she is more beau
tiful than he is.''
LIES ABOUT unions Cor their
ne,Ospdpers) can be Uery costly.
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
has just paid Local 3 of the Inter
Continued on Page Four)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Living Costs Up Again
Says Conference Board

NEW YORK.-Living costs turned
up again in September, the Natl In
dustrial Conference Board announces
Cost of living rose 03% from August
to September and is 4.48o higher than
a year ago. Food has climbed $500
since August, 1912.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-23
Employment
OF Children In
Conn. Played
VINO. State Director And
Commissioner Danaher
Both See No Need
To Relax Laws
By Robert B. Bickel
(See editorial "ChiLd Labor in
Connecticut, page 4.-EditOr.)

Connecticut, page 4.-EditOr.)
Although Connecticut is fac
ing an acute shortage of workers
for war production, State Man
power Director William ]. Fitz-
gerald told The Union Times to-
day that he sees no need for the
employment of children under 10.
II don't think we have come
to the point where we have to
break down the labor laws and
hire school children" Fitz-
gerald answered when asked
his opinion on the employ
ment of minors to relieve the
situation. He pointed out that
the critical shortages exists in
occupations that are either
too skilled or too heavy for
children.
His statement comes at a time
when strong pressure is being ex-
erted to open the gates for the
hiring of IA and 15-year young
sters in industry, mercantile es-
adjustments and bowling alleys,
on the excuse that they are the
only available source of labor
left.
L. Metcalfe Walling, administra-
tor of the Wage and Hour Act, re-
Gently stated while in Hartford.
that nearly a million children of Ia
and Is are now employed through
out the nation.
Despite strong opposition by the
State Department of Labor, con-
certed move was in progress this week
to have Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin
suspend the labor laws to permit the
hiring of children under 10 in mer-
camille establishments. This move fol-
lowed a recent one for the use of
minors in war plants.
Commissioner of Labor Danaher
told The Union Times that he is
unalterably opposed to lowering the
work age for children, and charac-
terized all such moves as a scheme
to cut wages. ''They want to get rid
of older employees and hire kids
declared Danaher.
Hollis Immick, secretary of the
Meriden Chamber of Commerce stated
recently that the Meriden Chamber
was among others petitioning the Gov
ernor to use his war powers to per-
NIT employment of IS to 16-year old
children in stores. This campaign is
expected to increase in intensity with
the upswing of Christmas shopping.
W. F. Orr, executive vice-presi-
dent of the Conn. Chamber of
Commerce told The Union Times
that the State Chamber has had no
part in the drive to relax the child
labor laws.
Com. Danaher stated that he has
sent hundreds of letters like the fol-
lowing to merchants seeking the re-
duction of the age limit for hiring
minors:
''CentIemen:
I'VE have received your letter
of October II, and wish to adj
wise that under the provisions of
Section l32Oe of the Connect
cut General Statutes, a minor
must be sixteen years of age be-
fore he may be employed in
mercantile establishment.
therefore, your request to
employ a boy fifteen years of
age must be denied.''
1t took us Us years to establish
the 16-year age limit for child work.
ers," declared Danaher, "And this de-
partment intends to fight to keep it in
operation. We owe it to our children
and to our future society"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
Current Rationing Regulations
MEATS AND FATS

Red P" e." "R" IS" and stamps are now in effect and will remain valid hroughout July Others will take effect follows Aug 3 OPA has housewives the P" "R  minute rushe at retail
 PROGRESSED FOODS @" stamps Aug R "S and T will be valid from Aug through
 PRICES to
  reported to the Price panel of the ration board.
  Coupon and will remain in force through Oct 3
 COFFEE There Is no more '0nee r'''01,ne s1feAe :s4y S Coupon 13 valid for five pounds through l5. Coupons and 16 valid for purchase for will which hold canning registration sessions each Tuesday a. m.
 B and e" valid for a gallons No. November 21
 The face gasoline illegal to hold
  C book holders must tire inspections holders 30.
 Period of the and will January coupons the issuance will be valid through Sept Class unit stamps all of which Ions; class units ration certificates stamp all stamps regardless of the oil 
 Issuance of stamps applications at the ration headquarters application persons seeking adjustment or wishing ot report being conducted.