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sites in Woodbridge and Brightwood.
DR.. Kennard said the site he pro-
posed was vacant and claimed no
site would be found available in
Brightwood. He claimed also the
site at Fourteenth and Kennedy
streets NV. would be convenient
for thousands of persons who use
the nearby transit terminal, for
students of several senior high
schools, four elementary schools
and at least nine churches.
School Cr0wding Hit.
From a spokesman of the Stanton
Park Community League, Mrs. Sadie
Caruso, came a charge that pupils
were crowded in small building,
II by IL feet, on the grounds of
the Logan School. The Board of
Education. where she said the mat
ter had been taken some time in
the past, has included in its 1916
budget estimates requests for $242,-
500 for an eight-room elementary
addition to the Logan School.
Mrs. James r. Bourne, legislative
chairman of the District Voteless
League of Women Voters, told the
Commissioners that the staff in
creases requested by the Board OF
Public Welfare for the Child We'll
fare Services should be regarded
as the minimum provisions for this
crucial part of the community's
program for the welfare OF its citi-
zenS"
I'VE feel" she added, that nc
economy is more short-sighted than
understanding of services to the
point that efficient and constructive
results are impossible"
A. Julian Brylawski, chairman of
the Budget Committee of the Traffic
Advisory Council, supported the
Department of Vehicles and Traf1c
in asking for $4,000 for educational
work in traffic safety.
Other spokesmen were John J.
Watson, Anacostia Citizens Asso-
citation, who pleaded for a hospital
In his area, and A. j. DriScou, presi-
dent OF the Midcity Citizens Asso-
clation. About Is spokesmen were
scheduled to speak during the day.
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'OoA1SAAAaSA oitl 81 HdRe)
governments while the war is under
way.
Gen. Eisenhower has always
leaned over backwards to assure
fair play"
The War and Navy Departments
took no official action, but their
spokesmen indicated belief the Lon
oon papers account was in error,
Red Cross Denies Charge.
The newspaper also said Ameri-
can Red Cross Representatives whose
interests were primarily commercial
had appeared IN France. This was
strongly denied here by Harold G
Anthony, publicity director for the
Red Cross.
Foreign Economic Administration
ofncials had no direct comment on
the London report, but some sources
IN That agency expressed the belief
that military advances in France
have not yet reached q stage that
would permit any commercial op-
eratlons on the part of either Amer
lean or British firms. These sources
reported that official Government
missions, which would precede anv
commercial ventures, have been un-
able to carry through their plans
with the desired speed in ali in
stances.
Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York, another of the Senators who
toured battle areas, offered the
semijoking observation that if
American businessmen in fact were
getting the jump on British COM
petitors 1T would be about the first
time that that ever happened"
The conduct of our business rep-
resentatives should be above re-
proach, but I'm glad to learn that
they are on the alert" he said
But I rather doubt that they have
gotten ahead of our British friends
it would be about the first time
that ever happened
'Go-Getting' by Americans
In France Called Unfair
| LONDON, Sept 81 P.-The Daily
Mail charged today that American
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triangular pocket. The Rhine River
splits as 1t crosses into Holland Just
east Of Nijmegen and flows to the
sea over . wide delta.
The largest Of the branches Is
called the Waal, and it carries about
two-thirds Of the water westward.
North Of the Waal, another branch
Of the Rhine flows westward to the
sea. The upper reaches Of this fork
are called the Neder Rhine, but as
1t nears the sea the river is named
the LEX.
Another branch of the Rhine
flows directly north, and is known
as the Ijssel.
The Rhine's delta is approximately
80 miles wide from the mouth Of the
Waal to the mouth of the Ijssel.
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Catholic u. Professor, ,
Formerly in Holland,
Describes Bridge Area

n pOOSlDle cxplHuALlOn OF now
Allied armies took the mile-and-a-
half long Nipmegen bridge across
the lower Rhine in Holland and
some conjecture on what lies ahead
Of them on the road to Arnhem
were given here today by DR.. Wilt
bald M. Ploechl, former law profess
sor at the University OF. Nijmegen,
now teaching law at Catholic Uni
versity.
Prof. Ploechl left Holland in 1910.
He had lived in Nijmegen for sew
eral yeara before that.
With his knowledge of the Mime
gen area, he pieced together the
story Of what he believed happened
to the armies taking the bridge, and
to the surrounded forces near Arm
hem.
The four-lane bridge, built in
1888, extends from the high, blu1
wall OF Nijmegen, 900 yards above
sea level, on the south bank of the
Waal, to the low plain on the north
bank. It has an elevation OF 600
feet. The bridge is heavily fortified
on both banks, as we'll as by Ger
man troops stationed in an old castle
on the Nijmegen side. Just behind
the town, on the east side, is hilly
forest, covering 2-mile area.
The forest borders the road lead
ing from Nijmegen to the bridge.
Allied troops must have crept
through these woods, stormed the
German troops stationed in the old
fortress, and then fought their way
across the bridge, DR.. Ploechl said
Other troops repeatedly crossed the
Waal east of Nijmegen by pontoon
and covered the movements of the
troops across the bridge from the
north bank.
Country Is Flat.
Between Nijmegen and Arnhem i.
an Smile, four-lane highway. Tn,
country is fiat and could be flooded
easily. DR.. Ploechl said. There arr
few trees. In peacetime the dis.
tance was covered by bus in Il
minutes, he said.
Reaching the Arnhem bank, 9
bridge similar to the Nijmegel
Bridge crosses the Neder Rhine
This bride is not as wide or a
strong as the NiJmegen Bridge, how.
ever. Arnhem also is built on 6
bluff, and likewise is f1anked on tn.
west side by hilly forest. 1t is IL
this forest that DR.. Ploechl believe.
the trapped parachutists landed. II
order to free them Allied troops
must get control of the strip of lane
between the two cities, capture tn,
bridge, or capture the south banl
Notifications so that the trapped
men can cross the river by pontoon
west Of Arnhem.
Once in Arnhem the Allied troop
will be only Is miles from the oil
Zuider Zee. When they captur
this the Germans west of that lin,
will have as escape only one route
the Zuider Zee Dam highway. which
goes from the coast side of the Ze,
to Groningen Province in Nortf
Holland.
Rhine Splits at Border.
Parallel to the Nijmegen Bridg,
is railway bridge, west of the town
The rails extend to Arnhem, par.
allel to the highway, and there !.
another bridge crossing to Arnhem
Nijmegen and Arnhem form 9
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REPRESENTATIVE O4 UIk OuSulcSS were
riding into Paris on 4 supreme AL
lied headquarters magic carpet"
and In the uniforms Of 'compara-
lively junior of1cers," and that GER
tain American interests were ex-
plotting military agreements with
Britain for purely commercial pur-
poses.
British subjects and even British
ofncials wait In vain for permission
to enter France. the newspaper said,
and sre amazed at the alacrity with
which American businessmen are
given facilities for travel to England
and transfer to France.
The Daily Mail prefaced the ar
ticle, written by Colin Bednall in
London, with a note that it was ex-
pected the charges would be assailed
both in Britain and America and
added: I'VE feel only good can be
done by bringing into the open a
subject which already has caused
serious damage to Anglo-American
relations"
Investigation Urged.
"We do not believe the American
authorities can be fully aware of
these charges" the paper said. I'VE
hope they will be thoroughly investi-
gated Either convincing denial
should be given, or, If the facts are
admitted, a remedy should be ap-
Piled"
Mr.. Bednall wrote: ''The SHAEF
organization is such that the ques-
ton of permits to enter France rests
almost entirely on the decision and
good will Of American officers"
In another dispatch, this one
from the Daily Mails Paris corre-
spondent, Alastair Forbes, the news
paper said that "a very large num-
ber Of American civilians are
finding time amid their other du-
ties to indulge to the full the we'll
known American penchant for
energetic private enterprise"
These civilians Mr.. Forbes
wrote, ARE provided in most cases
(but without pips)."
The allegations, Mr.. Bednall said
included one that the first Amer
ican units to land in France had
a representative of very powerful
financial corporation in a Red Cross
officers uniform, and that within
48 hours after his entry into Paris
he was out of Army uniform and
busy with clients.
Executives Arrive.
One plane load of uniformed ar
rivals in England, Mr.. Bednall add
ed, included executives of sewing
machine and electrical goods firms
who then went to Paris.
1T is a fact that up until a day
or SO ago SHAEF found it impossi.
BILE to take highly placed English.
men with grave wartime responsi.
bilities to Paris while carpet.
baggers' passed through"
The British Chamber Of Com.
merce still is denied entry BY
SHAEF, Mr.. Bednall said, although
the British government approved
the return to Paris of1ices.
Associated Press Correspondent
Nedville Nordness. in a dispatch
from Paris, said c. J. Henderson
president Of the British Chamber OF
Commerce, had Just arrived to in
vestigate the state of British inter-
ests. The dispatch quoted Mr.. Hen
derson as saying he did not believe
foreign business in France would be
resumed for many months, and as
predicting that the French govern
ment would keep a rigid control
over business.
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strength since the fighting at Caen
in Normandy.
Battling the Panzer veterans
some from the Russian front, are
young American tankmen who have
given more than they have taken
but who have not come out un-
scatched.
Their losses in yesterdays fighting
were among the highest the unit has
The union times., 1944-11-18
Startling Figures In Report By AFL
Real Wages, In Terms Of Cost Of Living, Now 6Oc An Hour|Figure Was 65c In 1889 Statistics Furnished
 Best Argument To End Little Steel" Formula

In of what buy for house.;fe oro l the 0 '~0i "OseuiVe uuripg That sensational fact brought light this week in , F. of research publication. disclosure pro- ammunition asamst Ihe Little Steel" wageireezng formula
 A. r. oi L. shows outside agriculture l94O wage nOminaly mas scared faster and result the hours "orA IS no" less than 0O cents an hour.
 Equality of Sacrifice?
 This has happened spite of governments declared t.b;1 poncy' which maintain workers peaceme and o require equal sacrifices groups" the F. of r. no;n,eJ ~ Actually, brun a~ p Tu. while business profits zoomed o record helghts, the made i ~ Newspapers bunt by bov;n up the suffered by by playing mn the 6g raise in total payros caused by vastly employment
 Many Meager Increases
 A the have headned earnings factory workers Picai o all workers the explained employment only 42 millions of workers outside had income
 government agencies also blamed misleading public by These hourly earnings have upgradlng incentive payments and bonuses.
 After a o as be downgaded to lower paid and bonuses VIII De slashed That's when the havoc wrought by wage freeze VIII become guesOme the
 Below Pre-W ar Levels
 Workers will then have straight lime real Federation aid be forced down to living standards below pre-war depressed employment and production after the war."
 Actually, because in the rea hourly Of dollars short of what's needed depression inevitable unless that's by A. F of L. cOntended.
 Wage Boosts Imperative
 It estimated that the purchasing power workers should receive wage increases of least $25O hour We this problem" cannot full an adequate market without substantial What policy"
The union times., 1944-11-18
The Job Ahead

Although the Presidential election is over political action continues
 The labor movement and its many friends and allies aon the legislative and political feld for the good
 Some of the issues facing the American people with the elections are:
 l-Strengthen unity of the people behind the Com mander-inChief for complete victory over the Axis enemy
 2-Strengthen unity of the people behind the United Nations so that victory be hastened and sound peace built
 3-SuppOrt legislation, such the Kgore biIl which provides legislative machinery take of the human side of demobilzaOn and gives security to victims of cut-backs.
 4-Interpret the CI Bill of Rights liberay so that tain educational financial and employment opportunity
 5-Approve additional legislation aid the return ing serviceman and woman obtain medical and eco- homie security to which they entitled.
 6-Pass the Wagner-Murray -Dingen bill which ex- tends social security and provides guarantees for the i'll.
 7-Extend social security those now not covered by its provisions.
 8-ApprOve legislation providing for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC).
 9-Approve legislation making the deliberate spread ing of race discrimination, a crime. subsidies as long the threat of imitation continues
The union times., 1944-11-18

duction in 1939 was purchased at home. With a return to the 40 hour week at present wage levels" he said, our American workers will not be able to consume enough to sustain full production and thereby provide full employment"
 Labor's position on the wage ques-. tion transcends its traditional desire to gain fairer share of the national wealth, Meany said. He emphasized the importance of high wage econ omy mot only for the workingman, but for manufacturer, banker and merchant, upon whom he called to join with labor" to break the curb on wages.
 Meany also stressed the need for maintaining decent wage struc- ture, when overtime pay, incentive and bonuses cease, for the II mil lion returning servicemen who, he declared, ''have every right to ex- pect an economy that will provide decent jobs after this war"
The union times., 1944-11-18
Compton Charge Lays An Egg And Slides Into Limbo
Most People Are Amused By Stunt Voters Gave
 Answer, Says Feinmark

Although the election is over. there were still some rumblings in New Haven this week over charge made on the radio the night before election by Rep. Ranulf Compton. who was defeated the next day by State Senator James P. Ceelan, that the New Haven Central Labor Council had paid $l,OOO to secure the Democratic nomination for Congress for Geelan.
 Members of the Central Labor Council were amused by Compton, charge, and as far as The Union Times could learn, no one took it seriously.
 However, repeated requests that a spokesman for the Council conn ment on it, led President Harold V. Feinmark to make the follow ing statement today:
 Naturally, we don't like the charge made by Rep. Compton, but organ ized labor doesn't usually go in for post-mortems, especially when it has won its main objectives. Compton's charge is ridiculous on the very face of 1t because labor never has had $1000 at one time.
 elf Compton's charge was made in good faith, why didn't he have action taken under the Corrupt Practices Act? He was in desper- ate need for something to stimu- late his campaign, and he made the charge the night before election, hoping that it wonld help him.
 "The charge fell flat, because the voters of the Third Congressional District know that labor doesn't work that way.
 "The best proof of that came the next day, when the voters over whelningly elected 1abor's candidate, Jim Geelan, and repudiated Compton
 ''That's the best answer I know to Compton's mud-slinging, al though we still challenge Compton to act on the Information he said he had.
 q predict that we've heard the last of the gentleman from Madison, at least until he thinks he again has a chance of fooling the people.
 ''I don' think he'll have much luck"
The union times., 1944-11-18

with information that will aid dis charged men and women in reestab- fishing themselves in civilian life. The officers in charge of these centers need the data that will enable them to refer discharged persons to sources of aid and information.
 ''Many of these discharged per- sons will want information on what unions to apply to for membership and other information. They will want to know about union policies. and rules and regulations affecting those who desire to train for special occupations.
 The best way to meet this request Of the War Department is to furnish these centers with information, so that they may refer the persons who want help directly to the nearest cen- tral labor union. The central labor union, in turn, must be equipped to refer the applicant to the proper union official who can answer the appli- cants questions"
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although employers who have been liable for three years may receive reduced rates through merit rating. The average yield to the state is about 2.l%.
 Benefits paid out of the fund have shown sharp drop due to the war time labor shortage Benefits paid dur ing 1943 totalled only $572,O00 as com pared with $5,191 ,O00 paid in benefits during 1940, the last completely pre- war year. Payments this year are on the increase, however, with over Sl, 100000 having been paid out 1T benefits to date, more than twice the amount paid during the entire previous calendar year.
 Although large number of claims for unemployment benefits is expected following the cessation of hostilities Administrator Danaher stated that various studies made by the Division reveal that, for all practical purposes the fund is sufficiently large to meet all claims which may be filed.
 He pointed out that there is enough money now available to pay benefits in full to 63% of the 63O,OOO workers covered in Con. necticut at the present time, and 94% of all workers engaged in manufacturing. Few claimants are expected from non-manufacturing employers, inasmuch as most such firms are understaffed and will probably absorb some of the work CTS released from war plants.
 The fund is deposited in the United States Treasury in Washington and receives interest at rate of approxi- mately 29o per year. During the past year, interest received from the fund has been more than three times the amount paid out in benefits.
The union times., 1944-11-18
Great Victory Won By Rail Patrolmen

President Joseph Gellis of the A. F. of L. National Council of Railway Patrolmen's Unions announced this week that the organization had scored a smashing victory in a fight for re- instatement of union members who had been discharged on the Union Pacific.
 The National Railroad Adjustment Board, to which the union took the cases, has handed down awards sus- taining the organizations demands for restoration of two freight house watchmen to their jobs, with back pay for the time they were out, less earn ings they may have made elsewhere i'll the interval.
 In another award, the Board di- rected that a watchman who had been denoted to a lower paying job be put back in his old position.
 In each case, Gillis said, the com pany claimed the men were penalized for neglect of duty, but the union demonstrated the real cause was union activity.
The union times., 1944-11-18
Labors Buying Power Down In Wartime
Egan To Resign
 Federation Post
Executive Board Meeting Will Designate Successor To Secretary Treasurer Of State Federation Appointed
 Conn. Commissioner Of Labor By Gov. Baldwin

John J. Egan, Secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor since 1924, was this week appointed Connecticut Commis- sioner of Labor by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, succeeding Commis- siOner Cornelius J. Danaher, who has resigned.
 The appointment is for the balance of Danahers term, which expires July 1, 1947, subject to the approval of the Senate at the next regular session of the General Assembly.
 His approval by the Senate is a foregone conclusion. Egan is ex- pected to submit his resignation to the executive board of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor at its next meeting, which is expected to be early in December.
The union times., 1944-11-18
Conn.'s Unemployment Compensation
 Fund Exceeds Total Of $15O,OOO,OOO

The Unemployment Compensa- ton Fund in Connecticut reached grand total of $l54, ,675, ,lO1 as of November 10, it was announced this week by Cornelius J. Danaher, Administrator of the Employment Security Division. The fund, which has been built up by contributions from employers since l936, has made rapid increase in recent years and now stands at an all-time high. This money may be expended sole ly for the payment of benefits to idle workers in accordance with the unemployment compensation law.
 When announcing the size of the fund, MT. Danaher pointed out that 1t should prove to be of great benefit to tfis state during the reconversion period. A total of $10O,00O,000 in benefits may be paid out in the two years immediately following the close Cf the war.
 Not only will this amount be turned into purchasing power" the Administrator stated, ''but it will as sure the temporarily unemployed that money will be supplied for their basic needs, thus encouraging them to spend some of their accumulated savings for other necessities and semi-luxuries, which means that many more millions in purchasing power will be released. This release of purchasing power should eliminate the possibility of any depression such as occurred at the end of the last war when many war workers were left without any source Of income"
 The fund has had its greatest growth i'll recent years, as wartime payrolls have resulted in increased contributions and the labor shortage in Connecticut has reduced benefits to a minimum.
The union times., 1944-11-18
End Wage Freeze Now, Says Meany
Secretary Of A.F.L. Urges Increases Now, Instead Of Waiting Until VIE Day, With Contract Cancellation
 And Resultant Unemployment

Immediate abolition of the rigid Little Steel Formula to maintain a high wage ecOn- Omy and slave off a postwar depression was demanded in a nationwide broadcast ad- dress this week by AFL Secre- tary-Treasurer George Meany.
 Wage rates must be increased over present levels if we are to have adequate postwar purchas- ing power essential to full em- ployment and production, Meany declared.
 ''DIE WILL BE CAST''
 ''If we wait until VIE day with its wholesale contract cancellations and resultant unemployment, it will be too late," he warned. ''The die will be cast.''
 The AFL leader pointed out that 96%o of Americas gross national pro
The union times., 1944-11-18
ViUien KeLLen1s
 Sues For Million

''We're going to keep right on calling Vivien Kellems what she is, if she sues us for the full amount of the U. s. Treasury"
 That was the reply of the California CIO Council and the Labor HerGId to Connecticut in- dustrialist doubling of her ante. First Miss Kellems sued for half million because the Labor Herald called her a fascist. Then she demanded a retraction which the paper refused to give. Now she has filed another suit for libel, this time for whole million.
 The Labor HeraId's headlines answering her first suit-''Fasc- ist Vivien Kellems Sues CIO for $5OO,OOO," and Unreasonable Is Still the Word for Vivien"- have caused her, she alleged, "a severe and continuing nerv- Ous shock and strain, great men, tai anguish, modification and humiliation"