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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
Can You Provide A
Home For AChild?
40 Children In Greater New Haven Desperately In Need
OF Foster Homes Conditions Create Grave
Emergency Campaign Opened In City

The spotlight of human kindness
during the coming three months
will be turned on the more than
400 children in the Greater New
Haven area who have been deprived
of their own family circles by death,
illness or other misfortune and
who are desperately i'm need of
home life and loving care until
their own homes are re-established,
or until they reach maturity.
The problem of finding families
who will take in these homeless chill
dren on boarding basis is nation
wide. The very war conditions that
have created decrease in the num-
Der of families who ordinarily would
offer to care for children in this way
have at the same time greatly in
creased the number of children nede-
ing care.
The situation in Greater New Ha-
ven has become so acute that four
child-caring agencies have united in
a Foster Homes for Children Cam
paign" under the sponsorship of the
New Haven Council of Social Agen-
cies. The campaign, which opened
last Wednesday, will attempt to To-
cate US new families to board 410
children ranging in age from babies
of 10 days to boys and girls in their
teens-families who understand the
needs of children and who may be
willing to take in one, or even as
many as four, as their contribution
in the national emergency.
Each child's board, about Sc per
week, clothing and medical needs
are paid by the placing agencies,
the Children's Center, Catholic So
cial Service Bureau, Jewish Family
Service, and State Division of Child
Welfare, New Haven District.
In special message, Harold V.
Feinmark, president of New Haven
Central Labor Council, has given
his own personal endorsement of
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
Murphy Asked To
Remember Labor
N. H. Central Labor Council Names Committee To See
Elm City Mayor On Appointments To City
Boards And Commissions

The New Haven Central Labor
Council, at its meeting Thursday, UNI
anirnouSly adopted a motion calling
upon Mayor John w. Murphy to ap-
point representatives of organized la
Dor to city boards and commissions
as vacancies occur.
The motion to this effect was
made by James F. Rosen, delegate
from the Conn. Labor Department
local, who charged that in the past
Mayor Murphy had not given or
ganized labor proper representa-
ton in his appointments. Rosen
also obtained the passage of mo-
ton that a committee of three be
elected to confer with the mayor
on the matter. Elected to the COM
mittee were Sen. James p. Ceelan,
Retail Cigar Clerks Union; Willard
Uphaus, Teachers Union; and Har-
old V. Feinmark, president of the
Council.
The Council unanimously voted to
contribute SIS to the Infantile Paral-
ysis Fund, and $40 to the National
Housing Conference. The Conference
seeks to combat the lobby set up by
national realty interests, who are out
to eliminate the entire low-cost pub
lie housing program.
Upon motion by Delegate Up.
haus, a motion was unanimously
passed which places the Council
on record as making the detectives
of President Roosevelt's Fair EN-.
pIoyment Practices Board (FEPC)
the law of the land. The American
Federation of Labor nationally sup.
ports the FEPC, which is attempt.
ing to aid the war program by
eliminating discrimination i'm em.
plOyment because of race or color.
A three-page single-spaced letter
was received from U. S. Senator John
A. Danaher, explaining why he did
not vote for a real soldiers vote
bill. The letter was received and filed
without comment. The delegates were
not impressed.
The Norwalk C.L.U. informed
the Council that it had unanimous.
Iy passed the Councils resolution
which opposes the Civilian Draft
Law favored by Rep. Claire Luce OF
Fairfield County. Carl G. Hoff, Mu.
sicians, No. 234, gave a report on
the evidence submitted to the State
Federation to show that the State
Labor Department Is not function
ing efficiently.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
State Upholds Union Contract On Dues
Unions Aid Veterans
To Secure War Jobs

Discharged servicemen. many
of them disabled, are going
largely into war plant jobs, and
labor unions are helping them
to be placed, the Office of War
Information revealed this week.
Despite their disabilities,
they are doing a good job and
are becoming a real factor i'm re-
ieving the manpower shortage"
the OWL. said. "WOrkers i'm the
plants are proud to have the vet
Grams working alongside them"
Thousands of them have ''bet-
ter-paying jobs'' than they ever
held before, and the fact that
they are able to hold them down,
in spite of their disabilities, has
lifted their morale, the OWL.
added.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
High Spirits

The American Distilling Company
a year ago owed 100000 to banks
and had only 100000 in it's treasury.
According to the wall Street Jour
nal" proposed distribution of whisky
to stockholders will put the company
$8,00O,0OO on the right side of the
ledger.
President Russell R. Browns 10000
shares two months ago had a value
of 100000; today they are worth
100000.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
State Electricians
Meet In NH. Jan. 20

The regular quarterly meeting of
the Conn. Electrical Workers Assn,
of which Henry Tierney, Local BOO,
is president, will be held at the New
Haven Labor Temple on Saturday,
Jan. %, at 2:30 PM. An unusually
large attendance is expected, in view
of the fact that the speakers will in
clude John ]. Regain, International
vice-president; and two International
representatives, Walter ]. Kennehck
and William Steinmiller.
Several matters of special import
ance are scheduled 10 come before the
meeting.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
BETTING ON A GIRL?

WASHINGTON - Expecting a
baby? The chances it will be a boy
are slightly better than $3.50 The
Census Bureau says odds in favor of
its being a boy always have prevailed
in this country, but that they're the
best in IS years this year. This is
based on 1912 figures, when ratio
of 1854 boys to every 10000 girls
was established. During World War
| odds on boys increased in a number
of European countries.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15

CAMP LEE, Va. John H.
McGowen, of Lodi, Calf. and men,
Der of Local 2l4 Carpenters and
Joiners Union, and 1t. Lawrence Eel
vey, Jr., 3l9 18th ST., Rochelle, ILL.,.
and memberof the Dixon Local Car
penters and Joiners Union, were
among the Quartermaster Corps
officers commissioned recently at the
Quartermaster School here.
Before entering active military duty
1t McGoWen was a loftsman in a
Stockton shipyard. He was graduated
from Stockton High School and from
the College of the Pacific.
In civilian life It. Felvey was a
carpenter for the Green River Ord
nance Plant.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
2 Meriidenites
Find They re
Out On Limb
Denied NC, Can't Get Jobs
Because They Refused To
Maintain Membership
In Local No. 40,
U.A.W.-A.F.L.

Where unions contract
requires that members of the
union must be in good stand
ing as a condition of employ
ment, workers who refuse to
pay their dues and therefore
lose their jobs are not entitled
to unemployment cOmpensa-
ton.
This the basis of a ruling made
during the last days of his term
of office by former Compensa-
ton Commissioner Curtiss K.
Thompson of New Haven.
AS a result of their refusal to
remain in good standing with Local
ITO, United Auto Workers-A.F.L..
Sophia M. CraIa of l9 Cedar Street
and Valeria B. Mix, 80 Yale Street,
both of Meriden, who were formerly
employed at the New Departure Di-
vision of the General Motors Cor
pOratiOn in Meriden, have had con-
siderable difficulty, not only with
the Unemployment Compensation
Division, but also with the u. S.
Employment Service.
Meriden and the neighboring towns
and cities has been designated by the
War Manpower Commission as a
critical area, and because of the i'm
portance of the ball bearing industry
IN the prosecution of the war, New
Departure has been given first pri-
or1ty on labor in and around Meriden.
When, in accordance with the con-
tract between the JAW and New
Departure, the two women were dis
charged because they were not in
good standing with Local 10, they
were given Statement of Availa-
bility under the regulations of the
War Manpower Commission. But, be-
cause they lived in the critical area,
New Departure had first claim on
their services.
The company, however, was pro-
hibited from employing them un-
der the terms of its contract with
the union, at least until the expira-
ton of the contract.
Since New Departure was unable
to re-employ the claimants, the
USES. referred them to plants in
Southlngton and Plantsville, which
have priorities next to that of New
Departure. Both Miss Grala and Miss
Mix accepted referral to these COM
panles, but did not accept employ
ment in either.
Because of the priOrities in labor
established by the War ManpOwer
Commission, the USES. was un.
able to offer the claimants referraIs
to any other employment and their
employment elsewhere is prohibited
until the 6O-day waiting period has
elapsed.
When an examiner for the I'm
employment Compensation Division
denied the claim of the two women
for unemployment benefits, the two
women took an appeal. In his de-
clS1on written the day before his
term of office expired, Commissioner
Thompson says:
although the employment was
terminated technically by a dis
charge, the examiner held that since
the termination of the employment
was the result of choice made by
each claimant, there was cOnstruc-
tive quitting. Since each claimant
had voluntarily become a member
of the union and assumed obliga-
tons to it and became bound by
its contract with the employer.
there is considerable merit in such
a view, and after serious considera-
ton, l adopt it,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
Columbia Is Ordered To
Bargain Collectively

NEW YORK-A sly attempt by
Columbia University, one of the
country's wealthiest schools, to duck
collective bargaining with employees
in its commercially-used buildings
was scotched here when Supreme
Court Justice Felix Benevenga up
held State Labor Relations Board
order that Columbia bargain with its
workers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
Maternity Program
Setting New Records

WASHINGTON = Total number
of cases cared for under the govern
ment's maternity and infant care pro-
gram for wives and babies of en-
listed men in the four lowest pay
groups is the highest record, Miss
Katherine Lenroot, chief of the Labor
Department children's bureau re-
ported.
Miss Lenroot said 33,142 applica-
tons had been approved in November
alone. Plans for cooperating in the
program from Louisiana and Texas
health departments had also been ap-
proved, she said, leaving North Da-
kota the only state which has not yet
worked out a plan.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
What's Happening?

In order TO meet our Gov
ernment's request that paper
be conserved as much as pos
sible, The Union Times this
week again publishes Soon
seryatiOn ISSUE" and will do
so from time to time until the
paper shortage has eased up,
and conditions have improved.
In the meantime, we will
continue to print all the news
about organized labor, with
special emphasis on news ia
vOrable to labor which the
commercial newspapers of
Connecticut, with their l8 to
81 pages daily will not pub
lish.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
As We See It
by
THE STAFF

CAN 1T possibly be that Labor
commissioner Danaher's request
tor rs more members to be added
to his staff stems from criticism
OF the functiOning of his depart.
ment by organized labor! We GER
family nope the Labor Department
gets this much-needed assistance.
Ihls week we announce the APP
pOintment of Vince McGovern anu
george keihm to important boards
when are closely linked with our
nations war effort. We expect to
announce additional appointments
IN the near future. The important
contribution members of organized
labor can make to our municipal.
state, and national affairs is being
recognized after many years OF
struggle by the labor movement.
Ihis places an additional RESPONSE.
blllty on these labor representa-.
tlves to be as conscientious as pos
sIble in attending meetings of their
boards to which they are appointed,
and participating fully i'm board de.
cisions. This is no simple task, since
most OF our men put in 10 and IL
hours OF work a day. But all of us
are contributing to the war effort
and making sacrifices. We hope and
pray for victory and peace in 1914.
THE HEIGHT OF confidence in
classified advertising is exhibited by
this ad i'm the Memphis CONNER
cial appeal:
LOST-9-year-old boy on Main
Street between Union and Beale.
Descriptions: Wore brown pants.
gray coat with white stripes |:
height 5 fit. 8, weight IS pounds !;
name Robert James Delveridge.
Reward. Turner Brown, Capleviile,
Tenn.
OVER the objections of its labor
members, the National War Labor
Board this week whitfield down the
doctrine of ''equal pay for equal
work. by ruling that where women
do jobs somewhat different from
men they may be paid less.
The boards ruling was given i'm
the case of group of Northwest
companies making wood boxes.
The West Coast Lumber Commits
sion, unit set up by the W.L.B. to
pass on disputes in the western
lumber industry, ordered the com.
panies to establish an identical
minimum wage for both sexes. but
it was overruled by the board, which
sustained a company claim that
women do less exacting work. Lab
Orites on the board dissented.
THE Dallas (Tex.) Times-HeraId
crashes through with typohowler i'm
frOnt-page headline referring to
a presidential cold:
ROOSEVELT STILL
ON COED SICK LIST
BUSINESS RomeOs sang a new
love song to labor at the recent con.
vention of the Natl. Assn. of Manu-.
facturers when they paid public trib-
ute to six outstanding women war
workers. To broadcast their budding
romance, the NAM held a special
press conference for the women.
Harmony and blushing coyness
reigned until labor reporter began
asking the women what unions they
belonged to. HOrror-struck. the
NAM staff converged on the women.
hastily whispered instructions into
their ears. From then on. when
questioned, the women seemed con.
fused, murmured: 1--WE don't know.
We aren't supposed to talk about
labor" Reason: OF the six. three
belonged to no union, two to com.
pany unions, one to the Init. Bro,
of BOilermakers & Iron Shipbuild.
ers (A.F.L.).
FOR THOSE who are interested
Fourth Estate" finished fourth
in the fourth race at the Fair.
grounds last week.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15

The machines that manufacture
victory are made i'm America by
American Labor. To secure bigger
and better machines sooner, buy
more War Bonds today.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15

We must admit that HitIer's VoeI-
kischer BeObachter was right-for
Once-when it said: ''In this war
there is no draw, no compromise, no
other choice than victory or defeat"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15
CLASS CEILING

CINCINNATI = A ceiling of IS
children per class in elementary
schools and 80 in high school classes
is demanded by Cincinnati Local 40
American Federation of Teachers
(AFL).
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-15

BY cool reckoning of gain and
loss, the Italian people know that
they belong in the ranks of the
United Nations battling against
Hitler-Tojo world domination.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

Of Grandville road had as their
guests their son and daughter
in-law and Mrs. William Spooner
from Fort Pierce, Fla.
This week Mrs. Spooner with
Ray Jr. will go TO see another
son. II. Gordon Spooner. sta
toned al the Portsmouth, \. H.,
navy yards.
Mrs ROLAND King and son.
Jerri Lee. are home from Flor
ida. and with Mrs. Kings par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ
Smith OF Ashton road while
Pfc. King serves in the Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs Smith are leay-
ing this week for Kentucky
where they will visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd McGriff
of Outer drive entertained FRI
day evening AT dinner party,
honoring Mrs Homer Ferguson,
wife of Senator Ferguson OF
Washington. u. {. Included
among their guests were Con-
gresham and Mrs George DON
dcrO.
II Jack McGriff came from
Buffalo 10 spend the weekend
with ms parents. the Floyd Nc
GrlflS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Base Lake Visitors

The r. NJ. Van DuZer family
OF Greenwich road are leaving
this Sunday for a three weeks
stay at Base Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Mos
teller of Glastonbury road ar
rived home from Manitoulin
Island in time TO welcome their
house guest. Mrs. Harold Lewis
OF haywood. Ill.
The r. B. Decker family of
Greenwich road is vacaronng
al Port Huron
The Carl MoodyS Of Faust
road are vaCatIOnIng with
friends and relatives IN Battle
Creek.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Return From MARYLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. c. {. Wroughton
OF SALISBURY drive are leaving
the latter part Of this month
for a stay al CharlevolX.
Mrs. Jesse f.. Woford and
baby daughter Bonita Lee are
back in their Huntington road
home following a five months
stay AZ Aberdeen Md, with
Capt. Wofford.
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence 4.
Wright and family of Grecnvlew
road. Just back from visit
with relatives IN Grand Rapids,
have az their house guests. Mrs.
Eldon Thomas and son, Eldon
Jr. Of Bay City
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence T.
TompkInS of Ashton road have
with them Mrs. Tompklns'
mother Mrs. Myrtle Gleason OF
Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs Chester 4
SuCkles of Lancashire road have
arrived home from a Today stag
a. MackinaC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
RosedaIe
Has Guests

MRS. JOHN NITSCHE of
WI Granville road. Rosedale
Park, has as her house guest,
Mrs. Robert Miller of Clinton,
o. Together they are spending
the weekend with Mrs. Fred
Baxtrum of Lexington.
Mrs. Nitsche is elated over the
cablsgram she received from her
husband. 1t. Col. NitSche, who
has been overseas for the last
two years, is homeward bound
DR.. and Mrs. w J. TaphouSe
Of Gainsboro road this week will
cruise down the st. Lawrence
and up the Saguenay.
Mrs. William l.. Troutfetter
Of Ashton road has gone To BoS-
ION 10 be The guest OF friends
for 10 days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
PhiIip j. Huber To Wed Nurse

Mr.. Huber was graduated
from Culver Military Academy.
attended University Of Detroit
High School and was graduated
from Yale University. He Will
receive his NJ. y from Column
bia University in September.
He is affiliated with Alpha
Sigma Phi fraternity and Yale
Club
The marriage will take place
in September.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Veca alton in Wisconsin

The Beaumont A. Steel fam
ily OF Sunderland yoad ! bark
after two weeks on Beaver
Lake WIS
Mrs Lillian Gfieshammef Of
Ashton road has returned from
a twO-weck stay a. Miami ljcr
mother. Mrs MARY Sfander Of
Ashton road. keeps open her
summer home on CaSS Lake for
the family and theU friends
Mr. and Mrs Ray c Spooner
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

MRS. ALBERT r McGRATH
Of Padanaram, NJ IS, an
nounces the engagement OF her
daughter Jane West, 10 Philip
Joseph Huber. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Phil Huber of Detroit and
Birmingham.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter Of ROLAND Van Bus
kirk. She IS senior Al Colum-
bla Presbyterian School Of
Nursing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
CpI. Mead Home
Visit Parents

CPL RICHARD /. MEAD
VIII 60 on 70 his new station A.
New River y. c, August q
after visit here with ms
parents Or and Mrs John
Mead Jr of La Sale houlevsrd.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-08
WORLD WAR II
A YEAR AGO
JAN. 8, 1943
(By United Press)

(By United Press
u. S. and British bOmbers raid
Tunis, SOusse, KairOuan and
GabeS.
British Admiralty reports loss Of
destroyer Inns. Achate in defense
Of Allied convoy bound for North
Russian ports; action occurred of
the North Cape.
Soviet troops recapture more
than a score OF villages and rail-
way town 40 miles below KOtelni-
kOV.
Chungking reports recapture OF
Lihuang, war capital Of Anhwei
Province, from the japanese.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-11
Attorney Clayton
Warns OF Future

secretary Of the National Council,
brought greetings to the meeting
and told of the work Of the Coun-
Gil. Twenty-one national organi-
cations are now affiliated with the
Council representing membership
of 300. 900 women under the leader
ship of Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune.
Mrs. Brown spoke Of the strategic
importance Of Negro women today
IL they are properly organized
Mrs. r. Louise Grooms, president
Of the Detroit Council. urged that
letters be sent to local downtown
theatres requesting that the picture,
The Negro Soldier" be shown in
Detroit.
Also on the program were Mrs.
Dorothy Steger who sang a Slavic
folk song; Miss Dorothy Hight OF
Washington who introduced the
speaker, and Miss Roberta Nc
CURE who served as mistress o.
ceremonies
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-11
Mrs. Bethune Refuses
OfferOf Government Job

Negro, in favor Of a white person
from Indiana. He has been advised,
this correspondent learns authori-
tatively. that Negroes are pretty
much fed up on white experts on
Negro affairs" Whether there has
been any change in these most
recent plans has not yet been
learned.
Mrs. Bethune. In her declination
expressed her gratitude for the con-
fdence exhibited in her, but said
with Difference to my past record
in the most gracious way know
how. l must decline your very kind
and sincere offer 10 join your staff "
The reorganization OF the race
relations division at VINO was
brought about BY the resignation OF
DR.. Robert l. Weaver. who in lesv-
ing stated that he felt Illustration
In his efforts to further accomplish
any good in view of the growing
trend in Congress which has had IL
effects on the executive agencies O
the government.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-11

WASHINGTON. D. c. - Basing
her rejection on the fact that she
does not know the details OF the
job offered her. nor who will be
the personality to head up the new
division OF Race Relations, Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune. this week,
declined 10 accept a post offered
her by Gov. Paul " McNuit in
the War Manpower Commission.
The offer was extended to her
some several days ago with an ur-
gent request that she accept it.
II was at first rumored that the
reorganized division OF race rela-
tons would be headed up by Clar-
ence Johnson. who has enjoyed a
long and successful career IN gov
eminent and in union activities In
Washington and on the West Coast
with housing. FEPC. VINO. etc.
Recently. however. IL has come
to light that Gov. McNutt has dis
earded consideration Of johnson.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-11
Bi sc d Unions
To Get Hearing
By House Group

WASHINGTON. - Rep. Howard
Smith I'd. VaO last week threw
open the doors Of his House inves-
tigating committee TO spokesman
FER two seamen's unions who are
determined 10 restore Negro dis
elimination aboard ships.
The hearing will play large part
in Smiths drive against President
Roosevelt's order to abolish dis
elimination in war plants.
Complaints against Negroes eating
and bunking with white seamen
and that this practice is hampering
the war effort was made by the
spokesmen for the Seafarers' Inter
national union. ALL and Sailors
Union OF the Pacific. ALL.
The Seafarers' union is said 70
have long standing policy OF seq
regation.