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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

have had their commits
sion rate doubled, from 1c to &c a
gallon in addition to the SIS week
base pay. The II cent commission per
gallon on deliveries to company own
ed continues.
Ice cream foremen receive SIS a
week above the average weekly pay
of ice cream routemen.
Word of the approval by the
Regional War Labor Board came
over the telephone after the I'm
ions Negotiating Committee had
already had one conference with
Mitchell Dairy on new proposals
for amending the contract begin
ming Feb. /, 1914.
After hearing recommendations of
the Trucking Panel at a meeting in
Hartford on January rs, attended by
Secretary Treasurer John j. Allen,
the case was sent back to the Panel
SO that it might bring in further ma
terial in support of its recommends
tons.
On January 81, Business Agent
Joseph P. Cleary appeared before
the Trucking Panel in Boston and
cleared away some misconceptions
regarding the nature of a milk
rOuteman's job. A unanimous de-
cisiOn approving the application
followed promptly, as did like ac-
ton by the Regional War Labor
Board.
So far as is known this is the first
case of War Labor Board agency
O.K.ing an increased commission
rate for driver statesmen. Local 1o1
built its argument on the basis of an
incentive plan to increase sales in a
critical defense area and pointed out
that higher earnings of route men
would not increase the percentage OF
sales cost per dollar to the company.
1t was not won without considerable
persuasion by Union representatives
in a brief, in discussions with W.L.B
economists and at hearings in Hart
ford and Boston
Mitchell branches covered by
the approved W.L.B. application
are located at Bridgeport, Dan
bury, MiddletOwn, Norwalk, STRAIT
ford and West Haven. Union Lo-
Gals affected are: l9I, 443, $50
and GIT.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
Norwalk ILCWU.
LeadsInStruggle.
For OPA Prices.
Organizer For Ladies Gar
ment Workers Brings
Test Case To Court

Legal history will be made i'm
NOrwalk, when a suit brought by
Louis Orons,, organizer for the In
ternatiOnal Ladies Garment Work
ers Union, ALL, is heard i'm city
court in the near future. 1t will be
the first time that court action has
been taken i'm Norwalk on charges
of violation of OPA price reguIa-
iiOns.
Orons is bringing action against the
Burdick diner on South Main St. on
charges of overcharging him in vio-
lation of the price ceilings established
by OPA ruling
In filing the complaint, OrOns
specified that any money awarded
him by the court will be turned
over to the Norwalk War Relief
fund.
Under OPA regulations a COM
plainant may file action for three
times the amount of the overcharge
or for $50
The ILCWU in Norwalk, in CO.
operation with the central trades
union and other unions i'm NOrwalk.
has been actively engaged in assist
ing the OPA to stamp out viola
tions of price ceilings i'm the city.
In the Burdick diner case, Orons
had received several complaints from
union members that they were being
overcharged in the eating establish
ment
The complaints were checked
with the OPA and the unions at
torneys, the firm of Vogel and Sigs-
way, are now waiting for Burdick
to file an answer.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
State Teamsters'
Mitchell Pact Ok'd
War Labor Board Approves Increased Commission Rate
For Driver Statesmen Believed To Be First OF Its
Kind-All Clauses Retroactive To Feb. l, 1943

AT long last news has been
received that the increases
agreed to between Local l9l.
Teamsters Union, and Mitch.
ell Dairy nearly year ago af'
fecting members employed in
the sales branches have been
approved by the War Labor
Board, with only one mOdifi'
cation, retroactive to Febru-
airy L, 1913.
Retail routemen have gained an
incentive commission of 3 per
cent on retail sales above 1878 a
week. Inasmuch as the contract
calls for base pay of $2l week
plus 4 per cent on retail sales, plus
4 per cent ON retail collections, it
means that ON all retail business
over 1915 a week these driver
statesmen will receive IL per cent
commission. On wholesale sales
the commission of per cent will
continue.
The joint application requested ap-
proval of ST increase in the base
pay but this was disapproved by the
Trucking Panel of the Regional
W.L.B. which had studied the case.
On the basis of present business the
retail routemen will receive an aver
age increase of close to 81 a week
Retail route reliefmen, vacation
reliefmen and working fOremen
will also enjoy the benefit of this
increase, as their wages are based
on the average weekly pay of re-
tail rOutemen at their respective
branches, plus So or Sc week, de-
pending upon their classification.
Wholesale routemen have gained ar
increase of $3.50 week in their base
pay. The commission of II per cent
on sales continues, as does the S. a
week overtime pay for additional work
resulting from the ODT order which
eliminated Sunday deliveries.
Wholesale route riders, vacation
reliefmen and working fOremen
will have their pay envelopes swell
ed, as the arrangement i'm effect
in the retail department applies
to them, too.
Driver statesmen in the ice cream
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
AFL0utlinesPIan
ToAvertJobLoss
At The Wars End
Comprehensive Program To
Keep National Production
At Present High Level

Over 100000 workers face
unemployment if national prOduc-
ton after the war is not boosted
substantially above the 1910 pre-
war level of 81 billion dollars, the
A. F. of l.. warned this week.
Because of spectacular advances in
workers productivity during the war,
plus vast increase in labor saving
machinery, it will be possible to turn
out the 1910 production totals with
100000 less workers. Since there
were 100000 idle in that year and
work force has risen by another s.
100000, the nation is threatened with
an army of 100000 unemployed if it
remains satisfied with the meager pre-
war production.
To avert such a disaster, the A.
F. of L. proposed that joint labor
industry-government planning be
undertaken now to bring a pro-
duction level of $l65, 900, OOO, 900
a year, and thus provide ''ful EN-
plOyment.
That figure can easily be attained,
since it was exceeded by $4,000, 000,
600 in 1913 and will go even higher in
1914, the Federation pointed out
To provide customers for such
an output, the average income of
American families will have to be
brought up to $4,000 a year or
more, the A. F. of L. cOntended.
That means, the Federation said,
there will have to be widespread in
creases in hourly pay rates, particu-
larly since hours will drop back to 40
a week.
'sAfter the war, our economic
future will depend on following a
realistic policy, paying wages as
high as American industry is able
to pay the A. F. of L. asserted.
Labor is ready to cooperate with
management to this end"
Failure to plan for employment and
for peace, the A. F. of L. said, is to
run frightening risks.
''Do we want a great bureaucracy
to dominate American life after the
war, with dictatOrs like those we
now have who can set aside cOllec-
tive bargaining agreements without
even considering the facts on which
these agreements are based!" the
A. F. of L. asked.
do we want to be ruled by lndl-
viduals from whose decisions there is
no appeal? Do we want domination
by the military? This is the Fascist
way, not the American way. Yet the
surest way to get this very dictator
ship is to fail now to set up a demo-
cratic civilian agency to direct post
war policy, with assured representa-
ton of all groups concerned"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

Mention THE UNION TIMES
when shopping, and help Labor's
Own Paper grow.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

THE APP went hog-wild on geog-
raphy the other day in its effort to
keep up with the swift advance of
the Marines through the Marshalls.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
As We See It

In CONGRESS last week, all six
of Conn.'s Congressman voted
against food subsidies. Only Presi-
dent ROosevelt's veto of the meas
ure, which was upheld, is holding
the fort against runaway initiation.
Reps. Miller, Compton and Mon
keiwicz voted to override the Pres
ident's veto; McWilliams and Tai
bot were paired to override; Mrs.
Luce held general pair. This must
be pretty bad state to deserve
such representation.
FROM an obit in the Buffalo
Center Qa.) Tribune: ''The be-
reaved family have lost good hus-
band, father, and grandfather. And
we have lost a good friend. But, our
loss is His gain; for toward this he
had set his hope-''TO bet with
Christ A typographical error, it
would seem, can pursue man to
heaven. Printers: Beware!
Editor Averts Suicide;
All in a Days Work
Ed Mahar, assistant city editor
of the NesO York JOurnal-American,
still is a bit shaky over an expert
ence he had last week. Over the
city desk telephone he heard:
''I'm phoning from a restau-
rant at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ave. My
wife died seven months ago. I'm
afraid of the future. I'm going to
kill myself"
''How old are you?" asked Ma
har.
''Fifty-eight."
'I'm fifty myself" said Ed. II
have three sons in the Army. l
fear the future, too. But suicide is
no solution"
: The caller hung up. Mahar call
ed the restaurant and told them to
detain the man. Then he called
the police.
When the police arrived at the
restaurant they found the man sit
ting at a table, nervOusly slipping
a second cup of coffee urged on
him by the restaurant manager.
At the station house he admit
ted he had been thinking of kill
ing himself, but added he had
changed his mind.
''That newspaper fellow was
right he said to the desk sergeant.
CONN. LABOR sends its cOndOl-
ences to the family of Pvt. James
MatteO, United States Army. Mat
teO was killed in the service of his
country while training at Camp
Shelby, Miss. He was nephew of
James DiLonardo, business repre-
sentative of Local 6, New Haven
Bricklayers.
THE APP went hog-wild on geog'
raphy the other day in its effort to
keep up with the swift advance OF
the Marines through the Marshalls.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
Unions Warned Against Rep. Compton
Green Gets Council
Position On Draft
"At No Time Did New Haven Central Labor Council
Endorse National Service Act AS Separate Piece Of
Legislation" Says Letter To ALL President

The New Haven Central La.
meeting Thursday, over.
whelmingly voted to support
the officers of the American
Federation of Labor i'm their
opposition to the National
Service Act, ON the ground
that Congress is rejecting
President RoOsevelt's FIVE
point program as a whole.
'swhile being i'm a receptive
mood for the enactment of a
National Service Act" :,
The Council went further, and
instructed Secretary Bernard J
ICELAND to send the following
letter to President William
Green of the American Fedora
ton of Labor:
Dear Sir and Brother:
"We are in receipt of your commu-
nication of February 7, 1914, in which
you stress the urgency OF action by all
A. F. of L. afiliates, in writing or
wiring their representatives in Wash
ington, to vote against the enactment
of National Service Act.
ION Thursday, January 10th,
1914, the delegates of the New
Haven Central Labor Council in
regular meeting assembled voted
unanimously to support our Com
mander-in-C Chief Franklin ID. ROose-
welt, by endorsing his five-point
Program.
''This action was taken only aft
ter a lengthy and thorough discus
sion and with definite under
standing that all of the Presidents
five points must be enacted into
law i'm their entirety. Our letter to
President Roosevelt, o copy of
which was sent to Regional Director
John ]. Murphy, very clearly ex-
planned our action and at no time
or in any manner did the New Ha-
ven Central Labor Council endorse
National Service Act as separate
piece of legislation.
"Since our sincere and patriotic en-
dorsement of the Presidents FIVE point
program, a constant and diligent check
has been kept on our Congress as te
its action. At this writing we are
thoroughly disillusioned and complete
" amazed by the utter disregard OF
our Congress in rejecting the Presi-
dents program as a whole, while
being in a receptive mood for the en-
actment of a National Service Act.
cit is quite obvious at this time
that the Congress had mo- inten-
tions, or desire, at any time to CO.
operate with our President i'm his
efforts to maintain the morale on
the home front, ON the basis OF
equality of sacrifice, but were sole
w concerned i'm the speedy enact.
ment of National Service Act, as
their major piece of legislation.
Therefore, The New Haven
Central Labor Council at its last
regular meeting held February IL,
1914. unanimously endorsed the
efforts of the A. F. of L. i'm their
fight to prevent the enactment OF
a National Service Act, since Con-
gress has refused to pass reaiis-
tic tax law and shows mo- inclina-
ton to accept the Presidents pro-
gram i'm its entirety.
"A copy of this letter is being sent
to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
our Connecticut Senators and Repre-
sentatives, and Mr.. John ]. Murphy
New England Regional Director o.
the A. F. of L.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

One story contained paragraph
which read, ''The Marines then un-
hesitatingly crossed the lagoon, TAX
ing Enunbarrett, Unnumennet. En-.
nubirr, Matter and Minutee."
The strange combination of
words had many a war editor
scratching his head. Then came en-
lightenment i'm the form of a cor.
rection which said, snake read
Unnumennet and Ennubirr i'm a
matter of minutes
The WAR Labor Board has
ruled that women at the Packard
Motor plants may take five min.
utes OF the cOmpany's time before
lunch and again at the end of their
shift, to powder their noses and
WELD their lipsticks- get maid
for it.
The men? They will have to inn.
prove their looks on their own
time.
VIRGINIA, the librarian at
midwest paper, is from much far
ther south than Virginia, and we
nope her sOuthenah's tempah
won't fly off the handle in men.
tlOning this, because we merely
want strictly to show that south
enah, sub, is a southenah.
A gent phoned her asking her
Tor the names of the permanent
(tour star generals) in the history
of the U. S. Army. Virginia com.
piled with Grant, Sherman. Sheri.
dan and Pershing.
Hey" the gent yapped, SLOW
about Robert E. Lee? Wasn't he a
general?"
He suttenly was," famed Vir.
ginia, But he was not i'm the Unit
ed States Army. He was i'm OUAH
Ahmy.''
DEMOCRATIC telegraph editors
of AIMS subscribing to United
Press were probably pleased recent
ly to see the following slugline, but
were probably equally disappointed
on second thought:
"NX-Bricker Hanging
A FULL report on the United
Labor Legislative Conference of
Greater New Haven will appear in
next weeks issue, as the Confer
ence was held after we had gone to
press.
A HEADLINE i'm the Pittsburgh
POsf-GGzette reveals a rude awak-
ening:
U. S. BOMBS WAKE ISLAND
THIRD TIME In IL DAYS
SCHEDULE on AP at San AntO-
MO said:
"l7O shipyard workers from
Iowa discover they are sisters"
What a family!
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26
Unions Are Multiplying
In China Says Government

China has 1884 labor unions with
a total membership of l,027 900, the
Chinese News Service reports on the
basis of statement made by a gov
eminent spokesman.
Factory workers belonging to unions
number 100000, not including salt
workers and miners.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

The German Labor Insurance
Bureau. was recently rash enough
to publish report revealing a "a
percent drop in German industrial
production in the past year on &C.
count of illness. The Bureaus sta!
tistical department was forthwith
abolished.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

1t has been aptly said that the
politics of the immediate POSITIVE
tory world will be largely that of
bread, carrots, potatoes, beans and
radishes.".
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-26

Pres. Roosevelt has dropped the
New Deal as a slogan. The Soviet
Union has dropped the Information
ale as its national song. This should
give the Republicans an idea OF
what to do with Hoover and Lam
don.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12
Utica School
Activities

UTICA-The Glass Of 1914 Of
the Utica high school will pre-
sent their annual Senior Prom at
the high school gym on Friday
evening, May 10, featuring Lou
Springer and his orchestra. Dan
cling from $50 p. m. TO 100
a. m.
Sam Beauchamp, high school
principal, and Jean Morden, OF
the faculty, are sponsoring the
affair.
The third grade are working
on safety unit and the kinder
garten are making gifts for
Mothers Day.
Coach SWinehart reports two
new men working in key posi-
tons on the high school ball
team, Harold Morowske as
catcher and Jack Louks, who
has been switched from second
to third base. Mr.. SWinehart
looks for Improvement in the
team when the boys get under
way in their new jobs.
Fridays game with Madison
was rained out and will not be
re-played because Of lack of
date. LakevieW was also rained
out but if the grounds dry out
sufficiently it will be played
Wednesday afternoon.
An exceptionally fine pro-
gram is being prepared for the
Glee Club concert Friday night
in the high school auditorium.
The grade school ball team
will play Brooklands Friday af-
ternoon.
Miss Dorothy Rashleigh, a
former teacher in the grade
school was a caller this week.
Miss Rashleigh is now working
as craftsman in Detroit.
In cooperation with the Utica
Parent Teacher Association, the
Utica grade school will hold
open House" on Wednesday
evening, May "a, from 800 to
1000 p. m.
After business meeting of
the association all parents and
those interested are invited to
come to the grade school where
there will be an elaborate art
exhibit, with handicraft and
hobby work for the year shown.
Principal Walsh and Dorothy
HOLSTER report great deal Of
talent. The exhibit will be
shown for the week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12
Bootswoin's Mate Dies at Sea
Richmond Parents Are Told

cisco to receive further training
in radio work. In July 1912 he
was shipped TO the Southwest
Pacific for active duty. He was
wounded at Guadalcanal In
June 1913 and was returned TO
the Navy Hospital at San Diego,
Calf, for treatment. In Septem-
Der l943 he spent 30 days at
home on a convalescent fur
Tough, returning TO the hospital
until November, when he left
again for active duty in the
Southwest Pacific. His heart
condition was the direct result
Of the wound he received at
Guadalcanal when piece of
shrapnel pierced his chest, and
was not able to be removed
from him.
Vaniah attended Richmond
High School and was member
of the Grace Episcopal Church
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12
Berlin Cites Panic
in Allied Countries

LISBON, May 11-(P) - In
an apparent attempt to bloster
German morale on the eve of
the Allied invasion of Western
Europe, Nazi propagandists are
filling German newspapers with
dispatches picturing both Brit
ain and the United States as suf-
fering from hysterical tension
bordering on panic.
Swedish correspondents In
London are quoted by the Ger
man press as saying that the
English public is terrorized by
the prospect Of the terrific
gamble" involved in the inva-
sion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12
BOttleneck Breakers

BY pressing metal powders into the
desired shape in one stroke, it has been
possible for Chrysler Corporation to
produce many parts for weapons in but
a fraction of the time required to
make them by ordinary machine meth
DDS. This process also eliminates waste
OF precious materials and saves count.
less man.hours.
IL all started some years before the
war when Chrysler Corporations Am
pick Division began pressing bearings
out OF powdered metal and impregnat-
ing them with oil which penetrated
the tiny pores of the metal itself. Once
installed in hard-to-reach places in auto
mobiles, vacuum cleaners, washing ma.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12

Glad you dropped in. Judge. was just
trying to explain to Mary what you told us
down at lodge last night -. about all the
grain used to distill war -alcohol not really
being used up. She didn't realize it, either"
Its true. Mary. Wherever the govern
ment has permitted distillers to purchase
the equipment necessary to reprocess the
used grain. at least 500 of the feed value
ESQ by weight) of the whole grain is
being recovered and returned to farms like
yours in the form of premium-quality live
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12

chimes and other devices, these "Oilite"
bearings provided their own lubrica
ton without further attention.
Today almost every American.built
weapon is made in larger quantity, at
a saving of time and material, and
functions better in action because il
contains from one TO scores of precision
parts made by Powder Metallurgy.
Such parts range from single pieces
weighing O. pounds down to tiny rivets
weighing 10000 to pound.
Thus the science of peace has been
applied to conserving the nations man
power, materials and finances while
speeding the production of better
weapons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12

of PIT. Huron, where services
will be held at 4 p. m. Sunday
in the Goulden Memorial Chap
ell. with the pastor, Rev. Austin
Du Plan officiating.
The Government has notified
Mr.. and Mrs. Church that the
body of their son has been in
TERED in Allied territory.
Besides his parents, Vaniah is
survived by twin sisters, Bette
and Bertha Church of Detroit;
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vaniah Milligan and a half bro
Their, Chester Church, of Sagi-
nav and six nephews.
The members of the Diversity.
club will have a picnic on Mon
day evening, May 18th, at Ora
tiot park, near Snyderville. Mrs.
Ben Boldt, Mrs. Don Keller, and
Mrs. Edgar Weeks are in charge
Of arrangements.
ROMEO-The Romeo Camp
Fire Guardians Association will
meet May II, at S o'clock with
Miss Mae Mackenzie as hostess.
Mrs. John Page is in charge of
the program.
PITY. George Bradley of Camp
Lee, Virginia, spent last week
in the home of his mother, Mrs.
Charles Bradley.
1t. Howard Walker, of Fort
Mcclellan, Ala, has been spend
ing a Today leave in the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Walker, Sr.
Mrs. Louis r. NeWlin is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lubahn, of Jackson.
The Seniors of the Romeo
High school will present their
annual prom Friday evening in
the school auditorium. Music
will be furnished by Stan Arno
and his orchestra.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Gray
and family were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Wicks of
Ferndale.
Mrs. NJ. N. Kelley visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Andrew
Johnson of Cadillac for a few
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Brooks
were weekend guests of rela-
tives in Grand Rapids.
Bob Frappier, AIS, of Kala-
mazoo, was home last week end.
The Board of Education and
the faculty of the Romeo High
school are giving party next
Monday evening in the Episco-
pal Church. honoring former
Supt. Capt. Russell S. Hilbert,
who is home on a three weeks
leave after being in the South
Pacific for Is months.
A dinner will be served at 7
o'clock after which there will
be entertainment, with Miss
Pansy Sheldon, principal of the
Grade School, in charge.
The Misses Betty Crawford,
Marilyn Ridley, Marie Berthi-
aume, Pat Ostrander, Peggy
Parks, and Mary Ellen Gray
spent last week END with
Jeanne Johnson and Bonnie Nc
Clellan, Of Royal Oak
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-12

RICHMOND - Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Church of Gratiot Road,
near Snyderville. have received
a telegram from the War De-
partment, stating that their son,
Vaniah, 81, Boatswains Mate lst
class, had died April 81, some
where in the Pacific Area from
an acute cardiac dialation."
Vaniah, enlisted with the
Navy two years ago last Janu-
airy and received his boot train
ing at Great Lakes, Ill, from
where he was sent TO San Fran