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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15
KATHERINE HUPFEL

Main Street on Saturday after
noon A confusion of sights and
sounds and smells Cars praked
close along curbs deserted through
the week some double parked.
so that traffic winds its way snake
like through the maze children
dart Unexpectedly across the street
Indians stroll along the side
walks. men in bright red. yellow
and blue satin shirts, fat mothers
carrying babies, while older child
rem trail along eating ice cream
cones Farm hands In blue jeans
and work-stained hats stand on
the street corners talking, or help
their women carry out the weeks
supply of groceries to dust-covered
cars Negroes mix with the
crowd, an evening of fun or troub-
le ahead Here and there a
bright smile flashes as Mexicans
greet each other On a vacant
lot the tents of a carnival. music
from a merry-go-round laugh
ter, shouting. the smell of hot dogs.
peanuts, beer -. Coolidge. on
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15

ond honor roll students. The hon.
or roll follows:
First grade-Miss Doleta Parks,
teacher; 1st Honor Roll: Wanda
Dean, Wanda Whitlock and Billie
Carol Upton. End Honor Roll An
thony Carter and David Hoskins.
Second grade-Mrs. Capitola KY
ser, teacher; 1st Honor Roll: Ma
dine Kilman, Charley Davis and
Beverly Hall. End Honor Roll: Et-
ia Owens. Naomi Rheims and
Louise Veasey.
Third grade Mrs. Fred Elledge,
teacher; 1st Honor Roll: Dale
Whitlock. End Honor Roll: Clara
Ann Brewer, Carolyn Owen and
Happy Stinson.
Fourth grade-Mrs. William Rob-
erts. teacher; 1st Honor Roll:
none End Honor Roll: Donald
Morrow and Frances Ortiz.
Fifth grade-Mrs. Juanita Golson.
teacher; 1st Honor Roll: Betty
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15

Hoskins, Bill Long and Buddy Kill
man. 2nd Honor Roll: Richard
Brakeman. Clarence Cable, Virgin
ia Carter. Stanley Johnson and
Beverly Christensen.
Sixth grade-Mrs. Viola Loucks,
teacher, 1st Honor Roll; Ethel Mae
Rose. End Honor Roll: Gene Car
ter and Shirley Davis.
Seventh grade - Mrs. Viola
Luocks, teacher; 1st Honor Roll:
none. End Honor Roll: Patty Cum
ningham, Betty Snelson and Sylvia
Stinson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15

aminer staff to complete the issue.
A few errors were made in the
difficult undertaking, but it is
hoped that the effort that went
into its compiling and the sincere
desire that it might bring some
measure of comfort and cheer to
our service men will be realized.
See you next weex, on Main
Street - adiOS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15
Thirty-F our Have
Names On Kenilworth
School Honor Roll

Thirty-four pupils of Kenilworth
School have their name on the hon
or roll for the second 9Th week
period, according to announcement
of William Mcconnell, principal.
Thirteen of this number are first
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15

~ got to studin' bout how wore
out hit'd make me, 90 took
my OIL houn' dog an won't a.
huntin,."
Very few windows on Main Street
are decorated for Christmas this
year But there are other win
dows. beyond which no man sees.
unless perhaps he looks deep into
the eyes of those who walk on Main
Street and catches fieeting
glimpse of what lies beyond - in
the realm where no man but him
self may enter -. What will be
the silent Christmas beyond those
windows Of the SOUL? Here.
the brave smile gives way to Sc
cret grief the night Is long
and dark. unless one sweeps the
ashes from the hearth and kindles
there a little flame OF hope. that.
carefully tended. will burn at last
with he bright blaze of courage &.
revealing In this secret place the
knowledge of better things to come
-. For here. alone. in silence.
each joins the seekers that strug-
gle upward in the ''Order OF the
Quest" that brings peace to the
heart. and will bring peace to the
world There Is no need for
outer Gsow. If one meets Christmas
bravely. within himself +. for
here a prayer. symbolizes a wreath
against the window pane and faith.
Is the star that shines upon the
Christmas tree.
Comedy Of errors, over which
Main Street flyer 10 stlli grin
ming sheeplshIy to himseIf :.
The parctIee bomber crew with
which he was training was cent
out from its base to photo
graphically "bomb" q deslonat-
ed town The boys were an
xious to do their best but when
they returned their photo
oraphs showed "We'd sure
done a durn good Job Of bomb
ING the adjoining town."
- @-- --so--- eg'
Post mortem on the Christmas
Edition In this years Christ
mas Greeting Edition there are 456
pictures of the 644 service men on
our Coolidge Honor Roll. The Ed
ition ia "a pages and carries 262
greetings from families. friends.
churches and organizations in ad-
dition to 6 pages with varied ma
terial of interest to service men
provided by the Examiner. :.
Compiling the edition required ap-
,proximately three months work
with the efforts OF the entire Ex-
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-15

Saturday afternoon when any
thing can happen!
A Main Street iounoer, who
mostly feels ailin'" had an un-
usual spurt Of energy Friday.
-. "a woke up a-feeiin' so
good" he told a friends T
knowed I could shore git a heap
o. work did," "Reckon you
picked right smart cotton, did
yew "Naw," he answered.
~ got to studin' bout how wore
out hlt'd make me, 90 took
my OIL houn' dog an won't a
huntin,."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
0oy BY Icy skin's softer, smoother!

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See how quickly this change TO proper MILD cleans.
ing gives you new oveIiness From the very FIRST day,
you'll see a new freshness, new glow 70 your skin
Yes, day-by-day thar m. cste OF Camay- will GIVE
you softer, smoother complexion You'll wan, 70
stay on the Camay MldSo1p Diet 20 KEEP that
loveller Camay Complexion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02

my skins so much softer, smoother s.a.e
started The Camay MildSoap Diet says ,..s lovely
hrde Mrs Everett O. Cantham Of Louisville Ken.
lucky %" wouldn't be without # grant C.msy t.r my
complexion care"
The union times., 1944-12-09

armed forces, America should not neglect planning for postwar secur- ity and full employment, McNutt in sisted.
 Our social security structure will have to be strengthened, and we should not wait for victory. We should begin now. A cOmprehen- sive social security program must offer old-age and survivors insur- ance protection to all workers and their families-not only to wage earners in private industry and commerce.
 Today, workers are protected against the risks of old age and death. Why not against sickness? Why not against permanent disability?
 We must expand our medical serv- ices, our unemployment compensa- tion; enforce child labor laws; null tiply educational opportunities. To- day, we are spending less than 1 per cent of our national income for all our social security programs. A less prosperous Great Britain is planning to spend 10 per cent of its national income for social security"
The union times., 1944-12-09
McNutt Lashes At Propagandists Who Blame Labor For Shortages

Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission, in an address at the American Federation of Labor convention lashed out at anti-labor propagandists who seek to blame the workers for temporary lags in war production.
 ''NOrth, South, East and West, the labOr-haters and labor-baiters have been busy crepe hanging" " he said. "Wherever there is a smoke stack, they can be seen digging graves for labor. Fortunately, the labor movement is too busy smash ing production records to lie down in the graves so provided.
 Shortages in trucks and other must goods of war are not due to the indifference of the American workers. They are due almost ex- clusively to military developments, to the unpredictab1e turns of the war"
 Constant changes in Army plans, caused by experiences in warfare; !; vastly expanded schedules; low wages in some industries-these are among the factors blamed by McNutt for current lags in output.
 While concentrating all effort on meeting the production goals of the
The union times., 1944-12-09
Labor's s Fight On Pressure Groups HelpedHoldP PriceLine, ,BowIesSays

Delegates to the American Fedora ton of Labor's convention in New Orleans heard OPA Administrator Chester Bowles give credit to labor for the Administrations success in beating back attempts of pressure groups to break down price control.
 Throughout the long fight to maintain our control over rents and prices, we have had the vigOr- Ous support of organized labor and other consumer groups" BOwles said. Without that support we couldn't have done the job.
 "Organized labor's support of price control, rent control and rationing has been an invaluable aid to the war ef- fort. It ranks second in importance only to labor's record on the produc- ton front"
 Bowles let 1t be known that when civilian products abandoned during the war come back into production, the OPA intends to hold their prices to the level of early 1922. That can be done even though wages and prices of materials may have increased dur ing the period.
 I've know from our experience that industry can absorb consider able increases in material prices and wage rates without cOmpensat- ing price increases-and still main- tain handsome prOfits," BOwles de- clared.
The union times., 1944-12-09
American Legion sAFLAims For Peace, Jobs
Commander Stresses Unity Of Objectives To New
 Orleans Convention

NEW ORLEANS. = Continued unity on common objectives for the common good was pledged by the American Legion to the A.F.L. in an address before the A.F.L. convention by Legion Commander Edward N. Scheiberling.
 Scheiberling, introduced by Pres. William Green as the ''son of a union man, declared that while the legion and the A.F.L. 'sare not the same in all respects, we are united in our broad obiectives. Both organizations are steadfast in their effort to assure an enduring peace after total victory. Both or ganizations are determined to pre- serve the economic system that has made it possible for the U. s. to be the arsenal of democracy. Both organizations are dedicated to- as- surfing full opportunity-jobs in accord with capabilities and care for disabled - when our fighting forces again resume their place in civilian life.''
 After insisting on full production of the tools of war and commenting the AZ. IL. on its no-strike pledge, the legion head turned to the peace and declared that after victory "terms must be dictated to bring about an en- during peace and this time they must be made to stick"
 At the peace table, he said, he would like to ''see among those drafting the formula for world peace representatives of our fight ing forces and representatives of those who are producing the tools of war-wOrking together at the peace table,"
 Scheiberling, who prefaced hi speech by recalling that the legion's friendship with the A.F.L. came from their joint opposition to bolshevism and later communism" made an in direct attack on the foreign-born. He said one of the legion's objectives lis protection of our institutions through opposition to all foreign ideologies" and against the radio "appea1s of hyphenated dual-national groups who seek to undermine our economic, social and political ways of life"
The union times., 1944-12-09

equipment items in which short ages now exist.
 ,. Strongly reahirmed the Fedora tlon's policy against job discrimination because of race, color or creed.
 6. By action of the Executive Council, refused to participate in a so- called World Labor Conference'' called by the British Trades Union Congress because "dual" organizations and unions that are neither bona fide nor free were invited to participate.
 Just about the strongest attack of the convention were directed at the Little Steel" formula and other wage-shackling policies of the admin iStration.
 A report of the resolutions cOm- mittee, unanimously adopted. as- sailed the Little Steel'' formula as betrayal of the understanding whereby labor suspended its use of the right to strike for the dura- ton on the assurance that wage disputes would be decided on their merits.
 Freezing of wages has been fol- lowed, the report said, by the more shocking spectacle" of the majority of the War Labor Board in refusing even to recommend" any alleviation of the wage freezing policies.
 Thus, at the end of the third year of government regulation of labOr," the report declared, s'the workers of the nation find them selves enmeshed in laws of Con- gress, executive orders of the President, edicts of the directors of Economic StabiIizatiOn, and direc- lives of the National War Labor Board. Yet, the Federation has been unable to obtain acknowledge ment from the federal government of the simple fact that the pre- war standard of living for workers is rapidly deteriOrating."
 The convention instructed President Green to name representative com mittee to call on FDR and request that he issue an executive order (which will realistically adjust the Little Steel formula in line with the increased cost of living and permit employers and employees to effectuate the newly established policy by volun- tary agreement without submission to the War Labor Board"
 Continued on Page Five)
The union times., 1944-12-09
POVERTY SPECTRE

POVERTY SPECTRE
 This program was laid down after the council had reported that a spectre of poverty hangs over 60 of every 100 American workers in the postwar period unless the Little Steel formula is broken now and wages are lifted above their pre- sent, frozen levels.
 Alarmed by the wage freeze, the council pointed out that I've know that hours will be reduced to 40 per week after the war to create full em- ployment, and that weekly pay envel- opes will contain only the straight time hourly wage rate paid for 40 hours.
 ''At today's prices and today's straight time hourly wage rates paid for 4O-hour week, only eight per cent of all American workers employed in private. industry will have enough income to support a family of four in health and efi- ciency (according to the Heller committee budget), and 60 per cent will be below even the Labor Dept.'s maintenance budget, which provides bare subsistence living level for family of four.''
 The convention was told that it is significant that the acting commis- sioner of labor statistics stated early this year that it has been ably demon strated that at level even as high as $50 a week there is at the present time very narrow margin of living" 1"
 Today's low wages, the report con- tinued, are of the greatest significance for two reasons:
 l. They mean that after the war more millions of workers and their families will be condemned to live in poverty unless wage rates are raised. for we cannot expect that tOday's high living costs will de- cline in the postwar period.
 2. These low wages also mean that consumer buying power will fall far short of the amount neces- sary to maintain full production and full employment in the U. s.
 Cited as the nations lowest paying industries, employing nine million per sons, were power laundries, tobacco manufacturers, textile mill products and other fiber manufacturers, retail trade, cleaning and dyeing, lumber and timber basic products, furniture and finished lumber products, leather and leather products, paper and allied pro- ducts.
 1t is to these industries that the ALL. council hopes to direct the special attention of the federation's organizing activities in the coming year, because, it says millions. of low paid, unOrganized workers must also have their wage raised. Full production and full employ ment will not be possible unless they too receive very substantially higher wages"
The union times., 1944-12-09
Collins Reports On A. FL. Convention
Building Trades In Elm City Seek Law
Consider Legislation For Prevailing Wage On AI Munic- ipa Construction, Remodeling And Repair Work
 Hartford, E. Hartford, Bridgeport Have Such Laws

Acting in accordance with the recommendation of the Con- State Building Trades Council that such legislation be passed by all cities and The New Haven Building Trades Building Trades Council has gone record obtain the passage of local ordinance which will provide that the prevailing of wages be paid all municipal ton, remodeng repair of public buildings Bridgeport Hartford and East Hartford the Connecticut cities which nov have such legislation.
The union times., 1944-12-09
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

LOCAL 40, Sheet Metal Workers, Meriden, this week bought a $500 War Bond, bringing its total of War Bond purchases to $lO,5OO. In proportion to its size, No. 40 has one of the highest War Bond records in the country.
 WE EARNESTLY urge all build ing trades unions in Connecticut to affiliate with the Connecticut Building Trades Council at once, instead of putting it off. Many post war plans are in the making which closely affect the building trades. Unless the trades are strongly or ganized into state body, gains made during the war may be lost. This matter was strongly empha- sized at the Building Trades De- partment convention held in New Orleans. Affiliate by writing to James O'Kane, secretary-treasurer of the Conn. Building Trades Coun- cil, Labor Temple, 137 COffe St., New Haven.
 THIS AID appeared in the San Juan CapistranO (CaI.) COastIine Dispatch:
 NOTICE-Positive no more bap-
 tizing in my pasture. Twice here
 in the last two months, my gate
 has been left open by Christian people and before I chase my
 heifers all over the country again,
 all the sinners can go to hell.
 Total membership of ALL. affiliated unions for 1914 now to- tals 6,8O6, ,913, compared with only 2,6O8,O11 in 1884. A.F.L. Sec.- Treas. George Meany reported the 1944 figures as of Aug. 3l and based on s'actual per, capita tax received i'm our office in Washing ton."
 Aside from all the thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes sent by local unions and international affil- iates, the A.F.L. itself spent $5,- 252 ,OOO during the year on smokes for the armed forces.
 CONN. Building Trades Council executive board met this Wednes- day, after we had gone to press. A full account of the meeting will appear next week. Sec.- Treas. Harry Feinmark of the State Federation was scheduled to address the board. Continued on Page Six)
The union times., 1944-12-09
Efforts To Turn Soldiers Against Workers Fiizzles
Veteran Of Is Months Ser vice Says Fighting Men
 Are Not Being Misled

There were many developments at the American Federation of Labor convention which indicated that the hopes of labOr-haters to pit veterans against workers after the war are not likely to materialize.
 One of the significant straws in the wind was an address by Walter s. Lowry, leader in Boilermakers' Local No. o93 at Pascagou1a, Miss, who was honorably discharged recently after Is months af active service, 12 in New Guinea and surrounding is- lands-during which he was wounded in his legs and one eye.
 ''One thing l found while I was there, and that is we did not get the truth of what is going on back here," Lowry told the delegates. Through the press and radio we got the high-lights of strikes, strikes, strikes.
 However, by receiving the paper Labor once a week, I knew the in side picture and tried my best to pass it on to others. They are hungry for that information, which you and their families can send them so they can have the truth. Many of them have done good job of trying to tell others what the score was"
 What did most to strengthen the bonds between fighters overseas and workers at home was the fact that munitions and equipment poured in from the States at a great rate, Lowry said.
 We had the best equipment in the world and we did real jobs there be- cause we had that equipment"
 Lowry concluded by declaring that,
 (Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1944-12-09

VICTORY FIRST OBJECTIVE
 Let me say at the outset that, fol lowing its principles and traditions, the convention was not confined only to matters which affect or ganized labor. Labor is a part of city, state, and national cOmmuni- ties, and serves its membership best by serving the nation as a whole. Thus our deliberations dealt primarily with the cOuntry's first objective = devising ways and means of further increasing Iabor's contribution to Victory. Much time was spent in considering how we can increase our help to returning war veterans.
 n the midst of the convention, Presi- dent William Green, responding to an appeal from the War Department, called a special meeting of interna- tional presidents to work out plans to help Government meet requirements for more workers in certain key plants. The list of measures taken by the convention which had as their sole objective the hastening of vic tory over the Nazis and Japanese could be extended indefinitely.
 l am compiling this report only a few hours after returning from New Orleans, and both time and space do not permit the inclusion of all the ac- tons of the convention. Here. how ever, are some of its most important decisions, as listed by the A.F.L.:
 l. By unanimous rising vote, the convention delegates renewed labor's nO-strike pledge and prom ised all possible aid to the armed forces to bring speedy victory. However, the convention warned labor will not tolerate attempts bv industry or government to use the no-strike pledge as ''subterfuge'' for undermining labOr's. rights.
 Z. Authorized President Green to lead an AFL committee to the White House to impress upon President Roosevelt the urgency of a break in the wage freeze for immediate justice to the American workers and to but tress postwar purchasing power.
 5. Called for new conferences to bring about united labor move ment in America by reaffiliation of CIO unions and the United Mine Workers Union with the AFL.
 4. Drafted concrete steps to boost production of vital war
The union times., 1944-12-09

WILL HELP ALL
 The passage of such law, the Building Trades point out, will help not only organized labor, but will be of great assistance to contrac- tors. since a floor will be placed on labor costs. In the past, chiselers have had the advantage over legitl- mate contractors who pay the pre- vaiIing rate. While the labor short age has helped to correct this situa- ton, there is a real need that in the postwar period, when a large volume of construction will be un- dertaken by municipalities, to es- tabIish wage standards.
 A special committee of the New Haven Building Trades Council has been appointed to draw up plans tor introducing this ordinance in the Board of Aldermen. The committee consists of four business agents: Vim cent McGovern, Electricians, B-9O; Saul Kreas, Painters, No. l8o; John A. Johnson, Carpenters, No. 79; and James DiLonardo, Bricklayers and Masons, No. 6. The committee has been authorized to retain an attorney to investigate the legal aspects, and expects to confer with Mayor John w. Murphy, who is member ot New Haven Cigar Makers, No. 59, a former president of the New Haven Central Labor Council; and former vice-president of the Connecticut Fed eration of Labor.
 The most recent ordinance of the kind proposed in New Haven was en- acted only last month by the town of East Hartford, which has had large building boom. The text of the East Hartford law, passed as the result of action taken by the greater Hartford Building Trades Council, is as fol- lows:
 'sAn ordinance concerning rates of wages paid for labor on con- tracts for construction, remodeling and or repair of public projects by the town of East Hartford.
 ''Be it ordained by the Town Council of the town of East Hart ford:
 ''Each contract for the construc- ton, remodeling and or repair of any public building or public works by the Town of East Hartford or any of its duly authorized agents, shall contain the following pro- vision.
 ''The wages paid to any me- chanic, laborer or workman em- ployed upon the work herein con- tracted to be done, shall be at a rate equal to the rate of wages customary on prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town of East Hartford, based upon the wage schedule and the rates therein set by the United States Department of Labor for the area"