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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01

The articles goes on to say that if the c. O. labor
union was limited to white unions this would be calamity
Tor industry IN Jackson And that the spirit of lawessness
as pfed by the leader and organizers bodies no good for
industry for Jackson.
Further in the article pictures are shown of the present
oragnzer here in jackson and details of his criminal record
are given
Among other things the article also says that it has re-
CURED long years OF patient effort and the investment
ment in Jackson and it be destroyed or placed in
Jeopardy by lawleSS labor leaders, 1t says:
Wage paid industrial workers here are not in strict ac
cordance with scales prescribed by the War Labor Board
and working conditions satisfactory all our industrial
plants"
But perhaps the thing in this editorial written bv Mr.
Suens which should interest Negroes most is the statement
that says two plants whose payroS total more than 25
600 year right here Jackson and who employ nearly
1909 Negor labor have stated that they would rather shut
down than try to operate under C. I. O. contracts
Now, it's the policy of this paper to attempt to tell
Negroes where to work and for whom to work. but
feel that all Negro employees OF these Particular plants and
others Who without doubt feel the same should spend
thought this particular statement Closing either
of the plants mentioned in this article would leave nearly
thousand Negroes of work and this number multiplied
by ten twenty, fifty industries will give some idea
what calamity this organization could bring to Negroes if
cose their plants when higher wages had be paid
be certain that the Negro workers would be turned off
and the jobes given to members of their own race
We feel that it would be good if Negro employees Of
these industries the state would little common
in this particular matter job your present wages
and many instances the wages better than YOU
received in your life to idea better than job
at all
Think these things over
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
Clio Sends Ex-Convict
10 Organize In jackson;
Would Crush Industry
BY FRIEDRICH SULLENS

(From the March 2, 1914 Issue Of Daily News)
Groundwork is being laid for the labor unions
workers in the plants Jackson chiefly those
engaged in woodworking and garment manufacturing
Formation of these unions permitted happen will mean
staggering blow to industrial development probably
the shutting down plants leaving
of workers jobless
Moreover the chief organizer of the c laying ground
work for local unions is with criminal
term in the Washington penitentiary a felony
is neonceiabe that industrial jackson would be will
ing to follow the leadership of Crisan exconvc
who has been doing much spgng spending around
Jackson for the
Why labor organizer carry with
him. luxury usually enjoyed monaries hard to
understand in this vy many
things utterly senseless
anyhow Fred Crsman exconvc said salary $3.50
month plus rice expense account workers in Jack
son industrial plants what demands they
poyers He is accompanied his quartered suite
OF rooms at the Alamo Plaza Courts the
Accompanying ExConvct Crisman Clifton
live Vicburg James w King S
who claims be citizen of Memphis They
Alamo Plaza Courts Insofar King
have records
The ex-convict is not rumor or
hereay. I S fortified
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01

Aos printed herewith is the police photo
arrested here a a suspicious
Crsman native of Iowa. nearly
height heavy build, and ypicalooking labor
His first criminal according information the
Jackson police from Waa Waa Washington shows he arrested
Des Moine the theft
He fugitive from justice in Oregon in 1882 but details Of his
offense in that state have been received here
Cran moving freely among
both white and Negro workers Jackson and understood
their organize
doing at other places.
When Criman first jackson
and posed retired hotel operator He attracted attention
the police when his placed
jail suspicious character pending further investigation
The three finally admitted that they connected with the
International Wooduork Of America, O. affTate-he
Organization that trobue only
lumber plants in the state
However, there evidence
the Amalgamaed Clothing Workers of America.
What anything be done these three
dealing parayzng blow to industry to be
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
Cost Of Living Has
Risen 25.5 Percent
In United States

The cost Of living in the United
States has risen only 25.5 per cent
in the fifty-four months of the
present war, whereas in thefifty-
fourth month after the start of the
last war, the cost of living had in
creased about IS per cent. according
to the Office Of Price Administra-
ton and the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, Department of Labor.
In the 255 per cent increase dur
of the rise took place before retail
ing the current conflict, 70 per cent
price control began, the two agen-
cies reported. OPA estimated that
if the cost of living had been per-
mitted to rise the way it increased
in the last war, consumers would
have had to pay out, on their ex-
penditures of $174,000, 100000 thru
1913 an additional $22,000,000 .0OO.
In the last war, AZ cents of every
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
Writes Book On
Diseases and Care
Negro Skin, Hair

In his book, "Cosmetology in the
Negro" DR.. Gerald A. Spencer dis
cusses the many problems of beauty
that confront those who deal with
the care of the Negroes skin and
hair. The text, though small, is
written in such a manner as to be
understood by the average person.
Among some of the points dis
cussed and characteristics of the
skin that are peculiar to Negroes;
the important role of the Negro
beautician in community health;
diseases of the skin, including the
scalp, and prevention where pos
sible.
Among the characteristics pecu-
liar to the Negro, the author states.
are the tendency to develop pr rns
inent ugly sears or 'G1eloids" tina.
follow the slightest injury to the
skin, and the presence of pigment,
with its disturbances that some
times cause blemishes, moles and
other markings.
He also discusses both the harm
less and harmful methods of
strengthening the hair, beldness of
various types, scientific treatment
for various defects of the face and
scalp, which are of benefit to both
men and women in their quest for
beauty.
The book is recommended for
beauticians, physicians, nurses, bar
bers and others. 1t is published by
the Paris Collection, 176-15 10th
Avenue, Springfield, L. l., New
York.
DR.. Spencer received his college
training at the New York City
College and earned the degree OF
Doctor of Medicine at the Univer-
sity of Lyons in France He is
one of the four Negro fellows OF
the New York Academy of Medi-
cine, associate dermatologist al
Harlem Hospital, adjunct attending
dermatologilst and syphilologist al
the Skin and Cancer Hospital oil
the Post Graduate Medical School
of Columbia University, and assist.
ant physician in charge of the Cen.
trail Harlem Health Center
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
Accidents Cause
Drastic Drop In
Production

Huge quantities Of. ships, tanks,
guns and other munitions are fail
ing to reach the fighting fronts
where they are needed because
more than 100000 workers are
killed or injured on the production
lines of the nation every year, John
NJ. Fewkes. chief of the Industrial
Health and Safety Section of the
War Production Board, said today.
Death and injuries on the job
are occurring now at the rate of
270,000,000 lost man-days a year,
the WPB official said. The wage
loss, medical expense, and over
head cost Of insurance associated
with 1912 occupational accidents
totaled $1,000, 100000. The indirect
losses estimated at $1,000, 900, 00C-
bring the staggering total Of en-
onomic costs of occupational acct
dents to approximately $2,300000 600
in this one year"
Mr. Fewkes said "the seriousness
of this situation is indicated by the
fact that industrial accidents from
Pearl Harbor to January l, 1874,
total 27,600 killed, or $500 more
than the military dead, with 210,-
GOO permanently disabled and a.
100000 temporarily disabled, or 60
times more than the military
wounded and missing"
He said injuries account for ten
times as many lost man-hours as
strikes, and that both management
and labor must recognize the great
losses involved and must accept
their mutual responsibility for ell
limitation Of hazards to health and
safety.
Mr. Fewkes' analysis of industrial
health and safety conditions in re-
lation to war production was pre-
scented to the West Virginia Safety
Conference in Charleston, W. Va.
TOO many plants have resigned
themselves to the entirely unwar-
ranted conclusion that the acct
dent increase is unavoidable under
wartime conditions" the WPB of
fetal said, adding that "the basic
responsibility for an adequate safe
| ty program is that of management. "
He stressed. however, that "the
promotion Of safety should be just
as definite an objective of labor as
wages and working conditions. II
is the worker who suffers the loss
Of his health, his limbs, and some
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01

dollar spent for war goods was an
extra charge" because of inflated
prices, OPA said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01

times life itself. No one can es-
innate the cost of industrial acct
dents and occupational diseases
borne by the workers and their
families"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
THE c. 1 0. AND THE NEGRO HERE IN JACKSON

On page of this paper reprint of an article writ
ten by Major Friedrich Sullens that appeared March
44 issue OF the jackson Daily News and which concerns
the e. l. o. and jackson or Mississippi industries
ms afucle as well as an accompanying editorial in
same issue OF the Daily News let it be known no uncertain
hat Jackson does not want aar win Tael5ar IrIer9fa
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-04-01
TREASURE CHEST

NOTHING GOOD IS LOST: Cast thy bread upon the
waters for thou shalt find it after many days-Eccl 1918
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
JEHOVAH WITNESS
AGENT CONVICTED
New Canaan Man Found
Guilty of Failing to Re-
port for Induction

Hartford, Jan 26-L1oyd ]. Ricco-
boni of New Canaan, claiming to be
an ordained minister of Jehovah's
Witnesses, was found guilty Tues
day by Federal Judge j. Joseph
Smith in the Federal building Of
failure to report for induction I'M
der the Selective Service act and
will be sentenced February /.
His case was similar to seven pre-
sented before Judge Smith last
week, in each of which the defend
ant was found guilty.
Riccoboni's local draft board had
never classified him in 4D group
ing for ordained ministers. Defense
Attorney Carl A. Mears Of New Ha-
ven, however, showed the court a
postcard announcing the New Ca
nan mans appointment to the min
istry which, he claimed, was a Ger
tif1cate Of Riccoboni's ordination.
The card was contained in the files
of the local board, and the point
taken up when a clerk of the board
was on the witness stand.
Speaking for himself after the
government attorney, Thomas j.
Dodd, Jr., special assistant to the
attorney general. had summed up
the governments case, Riccoboni
said he had consecrated himself to
following Jehovahs commandments
before the outbreak of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
on f2ei1Q f.
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDIC:KI
How Dictators Are Developed
and Why They Finally Fail

It Is one of the specialties of
religion not only to insist on the
necessity of both techniques-a dedi-
Gated will and superior source Of
assimilated power-but to furnish
means and occasions so that this
experience of intake may be real
and operative. Many people leave
to haphazard the APPROPRIATION Of
resources deeper than their own.
Then in extremities they suddenly
clamor for help in prayer and often
are disillusioned because they cannot
get it.
They carry over, even into their
search for Divine assistance, the
same aggressive methods they have
used everywhere else. They explode
themselves toward God in their de-
mand for help. They have never
made receptivity a habitual resort
in daily living, nor organized their
lives so that periods OF inspiration
are as much a part Of the spirits
regimen as times Of eating are for
the body.
They have never learned the day.
by-day secret of interior reinforce
ment, concerning which DR.. Alexis
Carrel says, when we pray, we link
ourselves with the tnexhaustible
motive power that spins the uni
verse. We ask that a part Of this
power be apportioned to our needs.
Even in asking, our human def
ciencies are filled and we arise
strengthened and repaired"
It is not to be wondered at If
turning to prayer in crises only,
with frantic and spasmodic out
bursts Of suppncation, we get no
where. This is not really using the
technique Of released power, 1t Is
merely endeavoring to use the ag-
gressive will-technique in a realm
where it Is irrelevant. To become a
river instead of a pool, a well in
stead of cistern, is a far pro-
founder matter. That Is q day-by-
day habitual way Of living.
TOMORROW: People who are
Just tied together.
Distributed by NEA Service-c1943,
Harper & Brothers, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
GOVERNOR PAYS
ROTARY VISIT
Baldwin Cites Veterans
Rehabilitation Program
Underway in Stamford

Urging as many post war plans u
possible be handled py Clues OF Con.
necticut, Governor Haymono
Baldwin IN ADDRESSING 9 Rotary ciun
meeting at The EIton YESTERDAY
stressed the hand!ing py clues OF al
problems pertaining 10 renaOalCa-
ton OF Servlcemen:
The governor toSo OF the vaFl,
Gus committees being estapnsneo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26

POSTWAR PLANS
Waterbury May Be In
cluded in Future Chain
of Modern Traffic Lanes

Postwar plans for a system Of
super-highways linking all the i'm
portant cities Of the nation is ex-
pected to include Waterbury. Re
cent advices state that every city Of
300, 900 or more and all cities with
populations over 100000, as well as
q great many smaller communities,
important on account of their manu-
featuring output. will be linked in
the gigantic chain Of highways now
being planned by Uncle Sam.
The idea is a postwar one be-
cause 1t is designed to create jobs
for 1000, 900 persons. At least $780,
600, 900 will be spent every year
for a 10-year period. If necessary
the program may be carried over a
20-year period, so public roads adj
ministration has let 1t be known.
Present blueprints indicate rights
Of way 300 feet wide, Handicapped
and fenced. A maximum Of four
lanes running in each direction Is
also indicated.
However, this is only part Of the
scheme OF postwar roadwayS being
developed by PRA. By-passes for
important cities would either go
over, under or around them, depend
ing on which method Of diverting
express traffic is the best. Parking
facilities within central city limits
through condemnation and removal
of obsolete or useless structures are
also proposed.
Federal and state funds would be
provided for these programs on a
1925 basis, entirely non-political,
according to present plans.
The Merritt Parkway and the
Pennsylvania Turnpike have been
cited by the PRA as the type Of
construction favored for the post
war period with such innovations as
the times may produce. The fatality
record Of the former roadway-three
in two years with 275, 00O,0 900 vehicle
miles Of travel - recommends its
type Of construction.
Postwar roadways skirting the
city Of Waterbury were mentioned
IN the 1913 report Of the City Plan
Commission, which was recently
made available to the public. Recog-
milton Of new express route skirt
ing the city from west-to-east was
given in this report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
BETTER HOUSING
NEED OF FUTURE
Engineer of State Depart
ment Points Out Import
ance of Postwar Plans

Eugene L. Lehr, housing engineer
Of the State Department Of Health
calls attention to the urgent need fol-
better horSing in postwar planning,
in the departments weekly broad
cast. The pressing needs of war nee
essitated emergency measures for
housing which often provided SUBJ
standard living conditions. Stun
clearance to make way for new
dwelling units was accomplished in
some cities but undo. demands OF
economic conditions shortage of
labor and materials such activities
have now ceased. Because OF the
great emergency, some housing I'M
dertakings have been of temporary
construction for removal after the
war, although some construction has
been Of a permanent nature.
Surveys have been made Of Stun
areas to determine the extent of SUBJ
standard housing. The state tene-
nent laws grant local health depart
ments considerable power to order
improvements in multiple dwellings
where dangers to life or health are
found. Several Connecticut city
health departments have exercised
this power with benefit to their CON-
munities. Housing inspection has re-
vealed however, that thousands OF
persons are now living in older Sec
lions Of our cities under substandard
conditions caused by overcrowding
or deterioration of obsolete build
ings. Many families can afford bet
ter accommodations but they have
been forced to occupy crowded di-
lapidated dwelling quarters through
necessity, not choice.
The poor housing Of today pre-
sents Q challenge to the planners OF
tomorrow. Planning should start
now. Good housing is essential to
the we'll being Of mankind and in
consideration Of necessary projects
which will put men and materials to
work after the war, housing should
receive attention as well as good
roads, handsome public buildings
and other public projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
SIX DIVORCES
ENTERED HERE
Leo GirOux, Matthew Jen-
Ovese and Minnie MahOny
Among Petitioners

Six new divorce actions, all Of
them returnable Feb. i, were filed
in superior court today.
Leo B. Giroux Of Waterbury seeks
a divorce from verna Bauck Giroux,
also Of this city, on the ground Of
intemperance. The couple married
Dec. 5, 1910.
Cruelty and intemperance are
charged by Matthew E. JcnoveSe of
Waterbury in his suit against Eliz-
abeth Waitkunas Jenovese, formerly
Of Waterbury and now of parts I'M
known. The couple married Dec.
20, 1941 and the petitioner claims
his wife became intolerab!y cruel in
January, 1912.
Minnie Brandt Mahony of Water
busy asks for a divorce from Thorn
as r. Mahony, also of this city. She
gives June 26, 1926 as the date Of
marriage and claims her husband
became intolerably cruel Nov. Is,
1929. She seeks custody of four
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their support, and alimony.
Cruelty since the day of marriage,
Dec. z, 1885 is claimed by Alfred F,
Austin of Waterbury III an action
filed against Maude Sumler Austin.
A charge of intemperance also Is
made.
Airline Lloyd Levasseur of Water
bury seeks divorce from Robert
F. LeVasseur, also of this city. The
marriage was performed Sept. 10,
1888 and cruelty is alleged to have
started Dec. /, 1941. The petitioner
requests permission to resume use
Of her maiden name.
Henry Perrault Of Waterbury has
been named defendant in a divorce
instituted by Lucy Rinaldi Perrault,
also of this city. She claims her
husband has been cruel since the
day of marriage, June 8, 1910. She
seeks custody Of minor child, and
also alimony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26
CLUB TO ELECT
new OFFICERS
Victor MambrunO Slated
for Presidency of Italian
American Democrats

The Italian American Democratic
Club will meet Friday evening for
annual meeting at the club head
quarters in the Florio Post building,
President Michael Rossi announced
today.
While 1t has been rrlnored that
several changes were being discussed
by the club leaders it is expected
the meeting will be harmonious.
Victor Mambruno, at present the
club secretary and LIST vice-president.
according to the club bylaws will
automatically succeed Michael RosSi
who is retiring as president of the
organization after serving two years.
1t is believed that James Bianco will
also be moved up to LIST vice. preSi-
dent.
Mentioned for some of the offices
are John Perrella for secretary,
Louis Chieffo for financial secretary
and Michael Ciano, recently ap-
pointed to the City Welfare Board
TO rthe office of second vice presi-
dent. Emil Mascolo, club treasurer
for the organization for the past Is
years is again likely to be asked to
accept the post.
Present officers include, Michael
Rossi, president; Victor Mambruno,
secretary and LIST vice-president;
James Bianco, End vice-president.
Emil Mascolo, treasurer; and James
V. Delbuono, financial secretary. A
large meeting is anticipated and 1t
is expected that the new officers
will outline plans for the ensuing
year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-26

A young boy once went with
his family to church on Sunday
morning. He can now recall moth
ing about the service until the
minister was well on in his sermon
concerning the high use Of life tc
meet human needs. Then doors
began to open in that boys mind
there came visions of possibility not
there before and a new sense OF
direction and purpose. That was
nearly 60 years ago, and the boy
has never escaped the influence OF
those few moments. This is typical
human experience-a single hour OF
inspiration when we are not trying
can determine the meaning of many
subsequent years when we are try
ing.
If one has no such hours one
is a drudge, and little will come OF
drudgery. One cannot explain
Shakespeare, Beethoven, Raphael
merely by saying. How hard they
tried!
AS for the realm of personal
character, to attempt such an ex-
PLANTATION of Jesus Is futile. OF
course he tried; his volitional at
tack on life was powerful and sus-
tanned. But to use his own figure
Of speech, his life was like we'll
and from deeper sources than his
own came constant supply of ap-
prophiated power.
The geniuses tell in capital let
tiers the same story that In COM
mon folk appears in ordinary type
There are two techniques In living
not one, and to neglect the second
Is a familiar cause Of personal dis
Indignation.
This is often displayed the more
tragically in personalities of the
stronger sort. They are not loose
and diSjointed, but determined and
courageous; they propose to handle
life effectively; they put their best
effort into 1t. But the more strong.
willed they are, If that is their sole
reliance, the less adequate they may
become to face life as a whole. The
very aggressivenesS they rely upon
misleads them. They grow hard and
domineering; they ride a high horse
they become dictators, national OF
domestic; they miss those finer and
in the end, more enduring qualities
that come from spiritual openness
and hospitality; they have no
humility, no consciousness Of being
indebted to, and dependent on, re-
sources greater than their own.
Such sufficient wills produce
pride, obduracy, insensibility. Their
owners may be forceful and hard
driving but they become intolerable.
One sometimes meets such per-
sons at the end of their road. Some
things they have been able to do,
but not to keep loyal friends, have
happy families, win genuine esteem
develop well-rounded, gracious, I'M
Outstanding character. Their high
handed dealing may even have over
reached itself and brought public
humiliation and disgrace. The pride
that goes before destruction may
have ruined the very achievements
they gloried in. They have tried to
outwit one Of the elemental facts
of all organic life and 1t cannot be
done.