The sub., 1944-12-23


 and Mrs. Fred N. Beebe. Fred iS real old timer and will be re- membered by Sub readers as one of the hardest working editors of the Sub. Mir. and Mrs. Beebe have certainly contributed their share to the var effort. Their service flag carries four stars-three in the Navy and one in the Army. We sincerely hope Fred and Mrs. Beebe will have their four boys, who incidentally are swell guys, home with them before the next Yuletide.
 Mrs. Wodehouse gave a very in- teresting and inspiring talk and she impressed us as one who will be a real friend of labor in the Halls of Congress. Your humble reporter has many assignments other than attending parties. They are many and varied. Some are interesting, some rather dull. Nat urally, we prefer to write about the ones we enjoyed.
 For instance, on last Saturday there were several meetings of the various locals, our only conn., plaint is that 1t was physically im- possible to attend all of them, there just wasn't eno' gh time. We did get to the Machinists meeting in the forenoon and the Team sters in the afternoon. Both were real live meetings, they were well attended and there was some very serious business transacted. Both locals reported a nearly 100% membership which should be reached in the very near future.
 Speaking of meetings. we also attended another important one on Saturday evening. It was the reg ular December meeting of the S. M. E. U. We don't mind telling you that we were rather surprised and not a little impressed at the turnout. It proved one thing to our satisfaction. Real union men and women do not have to be paid to attend meeting. The past several years Union meetings have been held on the second Monday of the month. Of course this meant that second shift men would lose time and must be reimbursed We are not one of those who think that anyone should sacrifice any part of his weeks pay in the in- terestS of his fellow worker. But neither TO we subscribe to the idea that Union meetings should be held during working hours. We have always felt that any real, sincere union representative would will- ingly sacrifice a part of his free time to that which was for his and his fellow workers best interest. Saturdays several meetings proved we were quite correct. And the one thing that impressed us most was the fact that the workers were getting real, honest, sincere and intelligent representation.
 Hats off to the men who attend ed these several meetings. Your constituents can rest assured that their fate Is in good hands. And for the sake of the record, we might add, the second shift was well represented. There were other meetings, but unfortunately we wouldn't get to them. From all reports, they were well attended and were enthusiastic gatherings. (We will make 1t 2 point to attend the next meetings of these locals) |. On Saturday afternoon at the Carpenters Hall in New London, the local lodge of the United AS- sociation of Plumbers and Steam- filters initiated fifty new members and reported that they were better than 75% organized. Sunday af- ternoon at the Italian-American Hall in Groton, the Boilermakers installed their newly elected off, cers and from all indications they show promise of being the largest and most influential of the local A. F. of l.. lodges. Peter Crow ney, the quiet and unassuming In- ternational Representative, is re- sponsible in big way for the suc- cess of the Boilermarkers. Peter stays pretty much in the back ground but he is always available to iron out any problem that may arise Peter Gr0wnnv and Rnrm