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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21

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Ave. Tel: 2O18-J.
C.-V.-Sekr, Anna Kloos. gil Ore Str.
Tel: 42C-W
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Observation-Disclosures,

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Cleveland, Ohio.
Sekr, Pastor Hans Foisel, 761 Eddy
Road. Cleveland, Ohio
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The union times., 1944-07-29
Only 20 States
 Allow Federal
 Ballot For CTS
Connecticut On Roll Of Honor-Unions Plan
 Wide Drive

Twenty states were under the wire with laws allowing servicemen and merchant marine members to use the federal ballot as the deadline for such authorization expired last week.
 States where servicemen may now use the simplified federal bal lot if they do not receive a state ab- sentee ballot in time are: Califor- mia, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Yer mont and Washington.
 In New York City unionists met Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's refusal to provide a federal ballot by mapping an extensive campaign to distribute soldier vote applications to service mems families. Responding to a proc lamation by Mayor F H.. LaGuardia designating the weekend of July 21 War Ballot Days, the unionists ex- pect to distribute 5O0,0O0 application cards in a door-to-door canvass of every neighborhood in the city and its suburbs.
The union times., 1944-07-29
Local 424 Holds
 Annual Election

Local 424, Bridge Structural and Ornamental Workers of Bridgeport and New Haven, have elected the following officers for the ensuing year:
 President, John R. Thompson, Sr. ; Vlce-Presldent, Peter Sorenson ; Financial Secretary, Treasurer and Business Agent, James O'Kane; Re- cording Secretary, Edward O'Neill !; combined executive board and exam ming board, Walter Rooney, William F. Hennessey, John Greene, Ernest Nelson and William Cummings; Con- ductor, Henry Brown; Trustee, Charles Reilly, Edward O'Neill.
 Delegates to the International con- vention, to be held in St. Louis be- ginning Sept IS, are James O'Kane and Wm. F. Hennessey. Alternates are John Greene and Lawrence Weary.
 Election judges were Charles Kel- Ter, Peter Hauge and James Chokas.
The union times., 1944-07-29
Independent Unions Rebuffed By F.D.R.

Attempts by so-called "independ- ent" unions to high-pressure their way into equal representation with the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. on the National War Labor Board were rebuffed this week by President Roosevelt.
 The campaign for such represen- tation has been conducted by the self styled "Confederated Unions of Am erica" representing a handful of independents" some of them little better than disguised company un- ions." Scripps-Howard papers an-, xious to weaken the regular labor movement, have been giving the "in- dependents' reams of publicity.
 First the War Labor Board, after thoroughly Investigating the claims of the "Confederated Unions," re- jected their demand, though it gave them representation on panels and subsidiary boards when cases of "in- dependents" are up for consideration.
 Now IF. D." in reply to an appeal from the independents" likewise turned them down. He pointed out that the w. L. B. has found no evi- decne of discriminatory treatment of cases of independent unions as com pared with affiliated unions"
The union times., 1944-07-29
ToAct On Geelan Letter
Senator, Who Is VicePresident Of Central Labor Coun ell, Asks Endorsement Of Political Action Com
 mittee-Pro-Roos Record Cited

Senator James P. Ceelan of New Haven, vice-president of the N. H. Central Labor Council, has for mally requested the endorsement and active support of the United ALL. Political Action Committee of the Third Congressional Dis trict. The following letter from Sen. Ceelan will be presented to the regular monthly meeting of the Political Action Committee, to be held at the Labor Temple Thurs day, July 27:
 Dear Sisters and Brothers :-
 'I am a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for the office of Congressman from the Third Con- greSSional District of Connecticut and to this end I respectfully solicit your endorsement and active support.
 T have been a member of or ganized labor. since 1885 and have been an officer of my local union since its inception. I also have the honor of being the Vice President of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- Gil.
 ''I have served in the 1889, I94I and l943 sessions of the General Assembly as Senator from the 9th District and l believe my record is second to none as supporter of
The union times., 1944-07-29
Union Legionnaires Start Campaigning

Tired of the brass hats who dictate American Legion anti-labor policies, the Chicago Union Labor Post has started the ball rolling to elect as national commander John Stelle, for mer Illinois governor with a fair la Dor record. The Georgia Dept. of the Legion has already indorsed Stelle and the Illinois. Dept. is expected to take similar action at its forthcoming convention.
 As chairman of a special commit tee of the Legion, Stelle, with the support of the AFL and CIO, suc- cessfully piloted the CT bill of rights through Congress. He is a past com mander of the Illinois Dept and a national committeeman of the Legion. Prime mover in the campaign to elect Stelle IS the National Conference of Union Labor Legionnaires, composed Of union labor posts of the Legion throughout the country.
The union times., 1944-07-29
Leonard Bright To Serve Unions In New England
Expert On Economies And Statistics Opens Office
 In Bridgeport

Responding to the suggestion of trade union friends in Connecticut that the labor movement of New England would benefit if his ser vices were readily available, Leon- ard Bright, Director of Labor Service Associates, has opened an office at 62 Cannon Street, Bridge port, Conn.
 Formerly research director of the Joint Board of Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees Unions in the New York metropolitan area, with a membership of about 14,000, Mr. Bright has served from time to time as economic consultant to Teamsters Joint Council No. GA of Connecticut and several of its affiliated locals.
 The labor economist who is also a public accountant, was for eight years president of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union, A. F. of L., of New York.
 Labor negotiators, Mr. Bright told a UNION TIMES reporter, have ob- served Ill recent years that employers have been engaging economists and statisticians to bolster up their oppo- sition to the granting of organized labor's reasonable demands. In ap- pearances before War Labor Boards and other government agencies these economists, he said, have submitted statistical material in the form of charts and graphs that often went un- challenged. To cope with this changed situation and requirements of Wage Stabilization regulations that necessitate economic briefs in seeking WLB approval of wage ad- justments, the larger International unions have established their own research bureaus that are doing an excellent job for labor.
 Their facilities, however, as a rule, are limited, and they are unable to assign economists to local unions except in rare and unusual instances. His office in Bridgeport, Mir. Bright explained, was set up to serve local unions in this area.
The union times., 1944-07-29
NELSON WINS; REC0NvERS|0N START OK. d
Margaret Connors Vs. Clare B. Luce
Bridgeport Attorney To Run Against Republican Repre- sentative She'll Win If Everybody Votes
 Convention Primary August 7

A sparkling-eyed Irish girl who follows the pattern of her native land enough to love a roaring good fight is out to take the political measure of Rep. Clare Boothe Luce in Fairfield county.
 The black haired woman with pO- litical ambitions is Margaret E. COnnors of Bridgeport.
 Miss Connors is lawyer and hopes to oppose Clare in November if she wins the Democratic convention pri- mary Aug. 7.
 Not only has Miss COnnors a wealth of legal training, but she stands fOur-square with organized labor. Here's what she said: ''It looks to me like I'll be nominated on the Democratic ticket from Con- necticut's fourth congressional dis trict come Aug. and when l am, no Clare BoOthe Luce is going to whip me. Pm Irish and l believe in the working people. That's more than she can say."
 In answer to a question she Sald "No, I don't mind Mrs. Luce as an opponent. Pm not afraid of her or anybody else. She's anti-labor and anti-everything else that the common people might want
 Miss COnnOrs admitted that her district is traditiOnalIy Republican, but said: elf all the voters come out, it would be Democratic. This fall all the vote is going to come out"
 Among other reasons why the fighting lawyer opposes Mrs. Luce she said is that "I'm against her atti- tude on subsidies, the $25,O00 salary limitation and the OPA. And if you want to know what I favor, it's a sound peace which depends on a sound economic platform at home."
 Just 29, Miss Connors is the wo. mems tennis singles champion of Bridgeport, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale University law school. She was president of her class at Wellesley and practices law at Bridgeport.
The union times., 1944-07-29
S.L. AveryLoses Major Round In Court
US. Circuit Court Of Ap- peals Says VILE. Orders
 Are Not Reviewable

s. L. Avery lost a major round in his war against labor and the government when the U. s. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington threw out suit brought by Mont gomery Ward & Co. to prevent the National War Labor Board from carrying out its directives at Ward stores in Detroit, Denver and Ja- maica, N. Y.
 Upsetting the Sewell Avery Form ula of using the courts to block carry ing out of WLB decisions, the court unanimously held that VILE orders are not subject to court review, con- trary to claims of the company and a lower court. This ruling underlined a similar decision in the New Eng land Motor Freights Carriers case June 2.
 Ward asked for an injunction against obeying WLB orders to grant maintenance of membership, seniority and arbitration to em- plOyes of its stores in the three cities. The decision throwing out the injunction will apply automa- tically to similar suits filed by Ward to contest WLB orders affecting stores in Chicago, Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Springfield, HI.
 In line with Wards usual tactics of delay the company is expected to appeal to the U. $. supreme court. In the meantime the decision of the appeals court must be followed by lower courts throughout the land and no lower court can accept suit by Ward to interfere with enforcement of any order issued by the WLB in the future.
 It was Wards refusal to comply with WLB rulings, particularly maintenance of membership, that led to government seizure of the Chicago plant last spring.
The union times., 1944-07-29
Secrecy Of New HousiingProgram Scored By Bates
A.F.L. Housing Chairman Urges Each Community
 To Probe Procedures

WASHINCTON-Chairman Har- ny Bates of the AFL housing conn., mittee today sharply criticized. the secrecy with which the National Housing Agency planned its new housing construction program, de- claring that both the war and post war implications of the program are ''Of foremost public concern"
 Bates, who is president of the Bricklayers International, called on organized labor in every war com munity to assume leadership in in- sisting upon the right of open public scrutiny of standards and procedures used by the MIA in carrying out this so-called 'H-2 program and of full review of each locality program by duly constituted agency of the com munity concerned"
 Accusing MIA of handling the housing needs of war workers like "a military secret" Bates said: Tt is no secret, however, that hundreds of thousands of essential workers en- gagged in the most urgent war en- ployment are forced to live in crowd ed, squalid, insanitary quarters, many miles away from their jobs, with no shopping, school and recreational fa- cilities for their families and chill dren."
 Workers buying the new MIA houses will buy dwellings of sub- standard wartime priority construc- tion at inflated prices, Bates said. ''Much of the proposed cOnstruc- ton will clearly be postwar housing for the workers purchasing it," he pointed out, ''but without the safe- guards of minimum standards of space, design structural soundness and durability SO crucial to the fu- ture growth of home-building after the war.
 'The NHA's housing program has been projected and developed behind closed doors. Its programs have been laid down without recourse or appeal available to anyone. Workers, for whom war housing is built, must in- siSt upon representative consultation in the shaping of war housing plans in every locality and in the nation"
The union times., 1944-07-29

legislation designed to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number. l am sure most of you are familiar with my labor record and will agree that it also is second to none, actively working for all measures favorable to labor and opposing all measures unfavorabIe to labor.
 'I am a firm believer in the for eign and domestic policies of Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. and you will be assured, if I am suc- cessful in my quest, of an ardent champion in Congress from this district, in support of an all out, win the war effort, and a con- scientiOus advocate for a peace plan which will end all wars.
 ''It is generally conceded that the worst enemy of the common man, to represent this district in a num- Der of years, is the present incum- bent, who no doubt will be the can- didate for reelection on the Re- publican ticket. It therefore is nec- essary for labor, the organized representatives of the common man, to actively and enthusiastic ally endorse and support candi- date with an unblemished record in public office, and that this action be taken at once for time is now of the greatest importance.
 'I believe that my services in and for the labor movement and for the good and welfare of my fellow men, both in my public and private life, justifies your unqualified SUD- port"
The union times., 1944-07-29
VILE CivesStamfOrd Machinists A Raise

The New England War Labor Board today announced issuance of a directive order in settlement of a dis pute between the Union Wire Die Corp, Stamford, Conn, and Lodge 1857, International Association of Machinists, AZ. of L. involved. The Boards order provides for a volun- tary, 'revocable check-off clause and for continuation of the present meth cd of paying overtime for work in excess of 40 hours a week, except that legal holidays occurring within work week and days lost due to a tenn porary plant shutdown shall be count ed as days worked in computing over time.
 The Board approved a top hourly rate of $1.15 for Class A operators on hand shaping and spotting of dies, polishing and finishing, and SIPS top hourly rate for Class A machinists, retroactive to Nov. 13, 1943.
The union times., 1944-07-29
Stamford Opens
 Union Campaign 
Every Member Asked To Give At Least One Pint
 To Red Cross

The Stamford Central Labor Union will open a campaign on Aug. 1 to extend the number of A. F. L. mem bers who are blood donors. A letter sent to all locals by Secretary Ste phen H. ColoSi says:
 Organized labor must get behind this great humane cause; and in or der that 1t is a great success, we must pledge ourselves 100 per cent.
 Let me say this to you; although you have heard one fellow remark that he buys bonds, and another how many long hours he is working, still another remarking the high taxes that he must pay; that is a minor problem compared to what our boys and girls are going through. This letter cannot fully explain just what hardshipS they are going through. 1 wonder what they would say if we were to let them down.
 "As Americans, it is our duty and responsibility to give at least one pint of blood to the Red Cross. This great humane and charitable organi- zation is doing a great job, but we must furnish them with our precious blood.
 ''While our great Army and Navy are going forward to meet our mur- dering foes, many of them must pay dearly, others who still have life when wounded, must have blood plasma, for without it our casualties will be more numerous. It could be your son or sister, brother or father that might be the unfortunate one. Although some of us might be little hard pressed with all these war regulations, we must remember that when this war is over, Organized Labor must be proud to say that we not only backed them up with War Bonds and production of goods but also with our blood"
The union times., 1944-07-29
What's Happening?

In order to meet OUT GOv- ernment's request that paper be cOnserUed us much as pos sibIe, The Union Times this 'Oeek is publishing q "COnser- UatiOn Issue," and sOiH do SO from time to time until the paper shortage has eased up, and conditions hGUe imprOued.
 In the meantime, zee sOiH continue to print 0H the nesOs about organized labor, sOith special emphasis On ne,Os fa- UOrabIe to labor sOhich the commercial newspapers of Connecticut, ,Utth their I8 to 52 pages daily, ,UiH not pub Iish.
The union times., 1944-07-29
|A.F.L. Offers New
 Job-Making Plans
War Production Board Chairman Gains Victory Over Military Leaders-Unions Insist On Planned
 Program To Prevent Industrial ColIapse

Amld growing concern in labor circles throughout the
 over the impact Ot production cubacks the danger ol "oesPread postwar unemployment official Washington sageo dramatic row recOnversion plans with victory gong 10 the proponents of immediate action
 Dese the combined opposition of military leaders whose attitude seems to be that postwar preparations should be under aken until the last shot fired War Production Board Chairman M Nelson won h1s pomtwhich is that reconversion to civilian production be permitted by the government b J whenever will not interfere with requirements of the war
The union times., 1944-07-29
Swank LOngchamps Unions Vote ForAFL

Longchamps, swank New York res taurant chain, has gone union with an employe vote of 6 to for Local 42, Hotel X Restaurant Employees (AFI). The count of the State Labor Relations Board was GAO votes for the union, 40 against.
 This is the greatest majority for the union in the history of the culi- nary industry, union officials said. The 'Longchamps restaurants have fought the union for 25 years. An intensive organizing job conducted by the un- ions joint board brought about the victory.
The union times., 1944-07-29
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

THE job our Navy men have been doing becomes the more as- tonishing in view of the apparently low physical standards that service has set up. A head in the Water bury Republican reads:
 l6-OUNCE SAILORS BABY REPORTED DOING WELL
 HOw's the sailor doing?
 WE CALL your attention to the letter sent to all Stamford union ists by Peter H. COlosi, ST., secre- tary of the Stamford C. L. U., and printed on this page. It is a mov- ing document, and will get results. THIS unusual twist to a fatal shooting appeared in the Princeton (ky.) Leader:
 ''She said the dead man ap- peared at the front door and de- manded admittance."
 UNIONS should have a voice in technOlogical changes that affect their jobs, the National War Labor Board ruled unanimously this week in case involving the I3,OOO em- ployees of the Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville, Va.
 The board held that the company has the ight to institute labor saving methods, but specified that it must consult first with the Tex tile Workers Union, which repre- sents the employees, before the changes are made.
 After fair test of the new meth. Ods, if the workers feel dissatisfied they will have the right to demand adjustments through established grievance procedure under the con. tract.
 QUEER things for sale these days according to this classified ad in the Nydck (N. Y.) JOurnaI-Ne,os Mans large desk, secretary with drawers, dining room sidebOard, iron beds. Phone, ....
 THE TRIALS and tribulations grow heavier for the men on the St. Louis Dispatch city desk. The other day they received this tele. phone query from a woman reader ''ls it proper to wear a gardenia to Lxo sa L on the left side or the right?''
 AGAIN WE remind Conn. unions that their financial return must be filed with the Internal Revenue De. partment by Aug. Is.
 UNITED A. F. L. Political Ac. tiOn Conference of the Third Con. gressiOnal District met Thursday July 27, too late to be reported in this issue. Full details next week.
 TWENTY THOUSAND strong men are desperately needed this summer in foundries and forge shops, WING says. Men who want to volunteer for this work are asked to go immediately to the nearest Western Union office and wire col lect to the Foundry & Forge Divi sion of the War Manpower Com mission: ''I would like a forge oI foundry job." Give name, age, ad dress and telephone number. The u. 5. Employment Service will inn mediately refer the worker to the proper foundry.