The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-03-25
AS We See It
by
THE STAFF

LATEST bulletin from Grace
Hospital tells us that Editor Sher-
man will be back on the job Mon
day. He sends thanks for the many
cards, flowers, etc.
President William Green has no.
tilted President Roosevelt that the
ALL. will not agree to share rep
resentation at the forthcoming lilo
conference at Philadelphia with
the CLIO.
Mr.. Green informed the Presi-
dent that poll of the members of
the AFL Executive Council showed
they stood unanimously against
any change i'm the traditional policy
of our Government to appoint as
the American workers delegate to
the lilo conference a representa-
tive nominated by the AFL.
For the past seven years Robert
]. Watt, international representa-
tive of the AFL, has served as the
American workers delegate and is
member of the lilo governing
body.
REP. Ranulf Compton of New
Haven, and Rep. William Miller of
Hartford were two of the eleven
Republicans who voted against the
fake ''Soldier Vote' Bill passed by
Congress.
THIS (Ark.) Daily Ne,Os item
should have been captioned:
"Some Baby
''Mr. and Mrs. W. ]. Gilmore of
IL West First Street announce the
birth of SON at Warner Brown
hospital Saturday afternoon.
''The War Food Administration
has raised l944's milk production
goal to billion quarts over the
1913 !total.'
A DRAMATIC example of how
far unions are prepared to go to
see that ex-service men are restored
to their jobs was given this week
by the International Stereotypers
and ElectrOtypers.
That unions executive board an
nOunced it would sanction strikes
by any of its locals where such
drastic action is necessary to COM
pei reinstatement of veteran. So
far, strike authorization has been
required only once, the union said,
to force hard-boiled employer to
rehire a worker who had served
in some of the bloodiest battles of
the South Pacific.
THE ''REDS," having captured
the Democratic party, are now try
ing to corral the COP elephant.
Col. Robert r. Mccormick, pub
Usher of The Chicago Tribune.
told the Chicago Executive Club.
Mccormick was recently described
as fascist by Vice Pres. Henry
A. Wallace.
Mccormick re-told the executives
his famous story how he saved De-
troit from invasion by the British
in 1919. The invasion, he said.
| seemed fantastic, but it was not
fantastic to the general staff of
which | was member and recalled
for duty" He declared:
II knew the plans. One contem-
plated establishing 4O-miIe line
across the isthmus between Lakes
Huron and Erie and another occu-
plying both banks of St. Mary's
| river"
| ACTING, THEN ACTION: The
U. S. Marines who acted in s'Cung
HO!" have since been in the thick
of reality. Cunnery Sgt. Victor
Maghakian, technical adviser. on
the picture, V-mails that his COM
pany was first to land i'm the Mar
shall Islands, first to mop up its
island, first to raise the American
flag. And not casualty.
BENNY'S TOBACCO ROAD:
Jack Benny, after eight years. jeIlo
and two years. grape nuts, switches
next October to Pail Mall cigarets.
Variety reports that he will get
$4,000 per broadcast for three
years. On top of that American To-
bacco Co. will spend $25O,OOO
yearly to plug Benny. Total: 3d.
1872, 900.
PAINTERS Brotherhood an
nounces this week that it has H.
683 of its members i'm the armed
forces of the United States and
Canada.