The union times., 1944-04-22
$89,O43 Given By
 N. H. Unionists To War Chest Fund
Figure Is $13,OOO Higher Than Previous Year-Contri buttons Help War Agencies And B New Haven
 Groups-Labor Representation Widened

Inc increasingly important part organized labor is taking in the support of humanitarian causes is evidenced by report announced yesterday from the New Haven Community Chest headquarters which states that members of local unions contributed a total of $89, O43 to the National War Fund and Community Chest Campaign ot Greater New Haven last fall, conn pared to $76.284 the preceding year.
 The overall total of $1,042, 2,535 raised by the local campaign is being used ths year to help support the work of l7 National War Fund agen- cies serving the military forces and the Allies, and B social welfare agen- cies of the Community Chest serving this community. The amount raised nationally for the National War Fund stands to date at $l26, ,300,000.
 The local total was made up ot $72,4O6 from AFOfL and CIO sources and $l6,637 from members of unaffiliated unions such as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, Brotherhood of Locomtive Bremen and Enginemen, Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors. In addition to individual members gifts, the following AFofL unions made subscriptions from the union treasuries: Brewery Workers, Gen. tral Labor Council, Carpenters LO- cal 79, Cigar Makers 39, Dextone Workers, Musicians, PlnDlbers. arzei Steamfitters, Trolieymen, Division 28l.
 Union leaders continued to take an active part throughout last year i'll the direction of Community Chest activities, including the running oi the campaign, the yearround policies, and the investigation of agencies op- erating budgets. Serving on the Com munity Chest budget committee were Harold V. Feinmark, president of New Haven Central Labor Coun Gil, AFofL; on the campaign com mttee, F. Brainard Bridgman, State County and Municipal Employees AFofL; and on the Community Chest board of directors, Clarence s. Brem- ner, International Typographical Un- ion. Alexander Winnick Is represent ing A. F. of L. on the Community Chest board of directors this year.
 Campaign funds are helping to support Labor's War Relief pro. grams in Russia, China and Britain as they did last year. Special labor projects sponsored jointly by AFofL and CIO include the follow. ing services: In Great Britain, three merchant seamen'S clubs for merchant sailors, 10 nursing homes for orphaned and shell shocked children, eight rest homes for war production workers in China, in. creasing and improving the facili ties at base hospitals, transferring thousands of skilled workers from occupied to free China where thei1 training can be used to support front line fighters, maintaining LOG mobile food canteens to take ho1 meals to defense workers at dis tant war projects; and in Russia equipment and supplies for Rus sian sanatoria, schools, nursing and rehabilitation hospitals.
 Appropriations from the campaign funds to help support Greater New Haven and welfare program. throughout this year are as follows the B member agencies grouped un der fields of service: care of childrer in institutions and operation of day nurseries, $84,039; family welfare agencies, $132,420; hospitals and eli nics, $103,700; public health nursing organizations, $81 ,225; recreation ano character building agencies, $l90,957 homes fnr the aged $24bl00; miscel- laneous, including nutrition service and St. Joseph's Boarding Home $8170.