The union times., 1943-09-11
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

THE CHIEF executive of Con- necticut's leading city, New Haven, is a delegate to the State Fedora ton convention. He is Mayor John W. Murphy, former president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, and veteran member of Local 39, Cigar Makers Union, which sent him to the convention as its delegate.
 AN IMPORTANT point made in Mayor Murphy's address to the convention was that the A.F.L. rec Ognized the evilness of the Nazis long before the United States en- tered the war. This recognition took the form of the famous A.F.L. boycott on Cerman-made goods. Mayor Murphy told of a sage re- mark made by James Gamble Rogers, the noted architect who de- signed many of Yale's buildings. When some non-uniOn building mechanics were assigned to erect the Hardness Tower, Rogers said: ''YOu ask me to design plans for beautiful buildings. You can't build beautiful buildings with shoe-
 CHAIRMEN of some of the inn pOrtant convention committees are: Samuel F. Curry, Div. 28l, Trolley X Bus Operators, Resolutions; Peter Bernard, president, Bridgeport C.L.U., Constitution; Henry Ceiss, Electricians B-9O, New Haven, Rules; James J. Brennan, Eleva- tor Constructors, 9l. Distribution; Rube Lewis, Theatrical Stage Hands, Hartford, Grievance; and George MOffatt, Bridgeport, Officers Reports.
 HISTORICAL NOTE: "Cone With the Wind'' has been seen by 59, ,928,OOO people who paid $31,- OOO, ,OOO for the privilege. The cost of making film was $3,957, ,OOO.
 HIGH SPOT of Pres. Bill Greens Labor Day speech at Tampa:
 'EThe right to strike is Gs jun damentaI to labor as the right of free press is to publishers and the right to OsOn and manage prop erty; the natiOn's ,OOrkers must never relinquish tkat right.
 ssBut the 'nO strike pledge sOI- enanIy giuen to the President Of the United States for the duration must be religiOusIy kept"
 POSTWAR international coop eration 'sto make sure that this war will not be followed by an- other war 25 years from now'' is one of organized labor's chief de- mands, A.F.L. Sec.-Treas. George Meany said in nationwide radio speech. Pointing out that labor is raising its voice on this issue be- cause it is the working people from the cities and farms'' who are fighting the war, Meany said:
 ''An enduring peace cannot be achieved and maintained except through international cooperation. We approve such cooperation and we call upon our government to join with other nations of good will so that, if any future Hitler should raise his head after peace comes, there will be machinery at hand to make it impossible for him to plunge the world into war"
 -c ''the only thing that remained'' to her of the home she and her hus- band had shared, ran this ad under personals in the classified column of the Waterbury (Conn.) Repub- Iican and American recently.
 To the hit-and-run driver who killed my kitten late Saturday af- ternOon, Aug. 2l, at the corner of Washington and Dougherty Streets, Waterbury:
 ''YOur insane speeding has de- stroyed the only thing that remain ed to soldiers wife of the home she once had with her husband. You saw from the name tag on the kittens harness that her owner lived only 20 yards away. But you did not notify me. Instead, you threw the broken little body far in- to the bushes, thereby needlessIy prolonging my search for A terri ble hours. But not only are you an irresponsible coward; you are
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