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The union times., 1945-08-25
Green Light For
 Increase In Rates
War Labor Board, Which May Fold Up lin Few Months, Now Has Authority To By-Pass Little Steel
 Formula-Future Not Too Bright

The Administration has finally acted to ease the wartime freeze Enthusiasm among labor leaders over this action bunted however by the fact that relaxation came promulgated during the war; ~ AS announced by President Truman the new program, calls for: ~ " PAOei""A
 l. Abolition for all practical purposes of the shack ling little steel formula.
 2 green light to employers and unions to negotiate voluntary wage increases long employers do not make claim for price increases
 B. Continuation of the Natl War Labor Board for
 the present. with far greater discretionary authority o approve wage raises than it had during the past few years.
 A. Summonng of a national Iabor-management con. ment of industrial disputes the WLB folds up which is expected to occur in six months or less.
 m elmnatng the little steel ceiling, President Truman restored to the WLB the discretion had prior tO inc im position of that formula back i'm 1943
 That will make it possible for the board to dispose of disputes their mers subject however to inc r taon that increases ordered by the board employers demand price boosts then they are not to becoe e,; uhtH approved by the Director of Economic SabiIizaOn
 To Reopen Contracts
 These wage increases be such as will "aid in the effective transition to peaceme ecOnOmy That authority appears to be broad enough permit the board wage raises sufficient make up for losses in akehome pay due to reduction in hours.
 At thousands expected to get into action to demand increases Labor leaders estimate that 70 tO 8Oo of all agreements contain provisions permitting re- opening ot wage rates the national wage policy is revised. Unions expect have tough in winning such wage labor leaders feel that rise in strikes may De employers remain hard-bOiIed mands for wage hikes Besides where employers say no and the demands submitted to the WLB a dispute the boards decisions longer enforceable throueh seizure of plants
 In a statement announcing the pOIicy-vhich had been recommended by the WLB-President Truman de- cared that i've have had exceptionally good record of industrial during the war' and must take stems now to insure continuation of this record in the version period before u To that end Executive said he would call labOrmanagemen conference sometime in September
 Will OK "FOrm lO's''
 WLB chairman George Taylor revealed that immediately benefited by the policy would applicants on Form lOsvOluntary petitions pending the regional WLBs in where employers and have agreed increases where employers asked wage increases and have certified that price increase will be requested Asked how workers be in voved Taylor said that previous study had indicated about 4O% of the Form 10 applicants involved less
 Continued Page Two)
The union times., 1945-08-25
New Haven Plans A'Public Protest At Mass Meeting
War Workers, Veterans, General Public To Attend Monster Meeting At Labor Temple Sept. 12-Will Ask
 Speedy Congressional Action On Unemployment

Alarmed by growing unemploy- ment and the failure of Congress to be ready with legislative program to help tide the nation over the re- conversion period, organized labor in New Haven today issued a call for ''Protest Mass Meeting," to be held at the New Haven Labor Temple on Wednesday, Sept. l2 at 8 P.M., to which war workers, veterans, and members of frater- nal and civic organizations are in- vited.
 The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Greater New Haven Committee for Full Employment and Prosperity, jointly set up by the New Haven Central Labor Council, the New Haven Industrial Union Coun- Gil, C.I.O., and the Railroad Broth erhoods. A number of civic organ izations, including the Independent Citizens Committee, National Asso- citation for the Advancement of Col ored People, New Haven Women's Democratic Club, and others are also 0IlA0AtS lllC 0pOIloOA o'
 ssWe have shown that we can de- feat the Nazis and Japanese, and now we must show that we can de- feat unemployment" statement by the committee said. ''We believe that if the people will speak up, Congress will speed up its work and enact the legislation necessary to keep us from having a tragic de- pression with eight to ten million unemployed.
 Tt is the people who must act now. Industry is well-protected by tax laws in the postwar period, but no legislation has been passed to help the millions of war workers who did their share to defeat the enemy. The veterans need employment as much as anyone else, and it is crying shame that they must return from the war with no assurance of work for themselves and their families.
 Veterans, War Workers
 we urge all veterans, and all war workers, to attend this mass protest meeting. The general public IS also invited. Authoritative speakers rep resenting all groups will be heard. The meeting will decide what mes sage we are to send to Congress, but we have no doubt it will be a lively one. Let's make our voice heard in Washington. This is the century of the common man, and now is the time for the common man to speak"
 Officers of the Greater New Ha- ven Committee for Full Employ ment and prosperity are Clifford W. KeaIey, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, New Haven, Chairman; Vim
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The union times., 1945-08-25
Conn. Council l6 Holds Convention

The fifth annual convention oi Connecticut Council No. l6, American Fderation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, will be held at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, on Sun day, Aug. %, according to an an nouncement by President George w. Thorpe The meeting will convene at 10 AM.
 "A fine program of speakers, promi- nent in state and local government capacities, is planned" Thorpe said The convention will close with a banquet in the Egyptian Room of the Bond at 7 PM.
 Pres. Thorpe also announced that the Council offices at 635 Main Street, Hartford, will be open daily from 9 AM. to II 80 A.M., and from 12:30 PM. to 5 PM. The Saturday hours are 9 to 12 noon. Miss Frances Laskowski has been appointed office secretary. The Council phone number is 2-342o.
The union times., 1945-08-25
 Get Letter On
 Mortgage Debt
New Haven Labor Temple Committee Asks Returns
 By September IS

The Mortgage Liquidation Com mittee of the New Haven Labor Temple is asking all unions which have received tickets in the drive to wipe out the mortgage, to make their returns by September Is. The following letter has been sent out by Committee Chairman Henry A. Cies and Secretary William P. En- right:
 Dear Sir and Brother:
 Recently the Mortgage Liquida- tion Committee of The New Haven Central Labor Council forwarded tc you by mail tickets for the liquidation of the mortgage on The New Haven Central Labor Council Building.
 ''The Labor Temple, 137 Coffe Street, is the home of The New Haven Central Labor Council, and is controlled by the Council. One of our bulwarks is the fact that we have a strong Central Labor Coun- cil, which is respected in the conn munity, and have our own home, the New Haven Labor Temple, and not behOlden to any landlord. The Labor Temple is not only meeting place for Labor Unions. It symbol izes the strength of organized labor, and is one of the greatest assets we have.
 ''It is of extreme importance to labor that we make certain that nothing can happen to the New Haven Labor Temple. The only way this can be done is for the Temple to be free from debt. At present, there is an outstanding mortgage of $l3,OOO, and we can- not rest easy until this mortgage is liquidated.
 ''In making returns, please re- turn any tickets which you have been unable to dispose of, so as to enable this committee to keep an accurate record. Please make re- turns by September IS.
The union times., 1945-08-25
Cecil De Mile
 Again Produces A Floperoo {!
Wanted To Prevent Unions From Making Political
 Assessments

SACRAMENTO, CaIif. (FP) U Movie producer Cecil B. DeMilIe's proposed initiative, measure pre- venting unions from making polit- ical assessments is a fOur-star flop.
 The measure is dead for lack of petition filings, according to Sec. of State Frank M. Jordan, who said a 9O-day period in which sponsors of the measure were required to make their first filings has expired.
 The initiative proposal, inspired by De. Mile, was titled by the attorney generals office last May at the re- quest of Joseph E. Matthews, Walter F. Parker and Harry F. Brubaker, all of Los Angeles. Although only original signatures were required dur ing the oO-day period, a total of 178,- 7o4 names would have been necessary to put the measure before the people in 1046.
 A bill similar to the initiative scheme was defeated recently by the legislature. The bill, also inspired by DeMllle, would have prohibited unions and other organizations from levying assessments for political purposes.
 These proposals all stem from DeMille's quarrel with the Ameri- can Federation of Radio Artists (AFL), which assessed each mem- Der $l last fall to help defeat an anti-closed shop measure. DeMiIIe quit his radio job rather than pay the assessment and then launched a One-man war against union polit- ical activities.
The union times., 1945-08-25
Conn. Office Help Open State Drive

New Haven.-An intensive joint organizing campaign of New Haven Local 123 and Stamford Local 90, Office Workers Union, is getting un- der way.
 The two locals have designated James B. Rice to serve as organizer and business representative in the campaign, in which the International Union is cooperating, which will con- tinue for three months.
 A joint committee has been estab- lished to direct the activities, which it is anticipated will bring the benefits of organization to many office and clerical workers in Connecticut
 Recently the state adopted "baby" Wagner act which assures protection for the rights of workers in intrastate establishments.
The union times., 1945-08-25
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

HARRY FEINMARK and Tim Collins arc representing the Conn. Federation of Labor at the Labor Management Conference called by Gov. Baldwin in Hartford for this Thursday. We will print full re- port in next weeks issue.
 OPPONENTS of the BaII-Burton- Hatch Bill, which would shackle Ia- bor throughvgovernment regulation of collective bargaining, are heart ened by the concluding words of President Truman's statement of labor policy last week.
 In his first comprehensive state ment on labor problems since he became President, Truman said, With the return to a peacetime economy and the elimination of the present temporary wartime agen- cies and procedures, we must look to collective bargaining, aided and supplemented by a truly effective system of conciliation and voIun- tary arbitration, as the best and most democratic method of main taining sound industrial relations.' $
The union times., 1945-08-25

Truman was one of the group of Senators who originated the bill, but questions had been raised about his interest in the measure since it was not mentioned by War MobiI- izer John Snyder in his report to the White House on recOnversiOn made on VI Day.
 With hearings resumed before sub committees of the Senate Banking Committee and the Special Postwar Committee, interest around the coun- try has heightened in the measure. Sessions began August 21, and are to continue at rapid pace for two weeks. Senator Wagner, chairman of the group, announced last week that he hoped to have report by the time Congress convened.
The union times., 1945-08-25

Did The Impossible"
 Also, unions played great part in recruiting the millions of work CTS required for the giant war pro- gram. Many of the unions sent members thousands of miles across the country to supply key workers where they were most needed.
 They did the Impossible in production. They helped boost mu- nitions output from an average of half billion dollars a month at the time of Pearl Harbor to five and One-half billions at the peak, an ll-fold increase. They did that by tOiling long hours-in many cases for seven days a week, months on end.
 Their prOdhctiUity reached re- cord heights. In munitions indus tries, tlat productiUity rose by an estimated 72 per cent. In fact, they did so sOeI that they literally sOorked thensefUes out Of jobs, union Iedd- CTS pointed out.
 To avert threatened imitation, unions accepted wage controls. They agreed to modification of long established overtime rules-such as time and a half or double time for Sundays and holidays. To facilitate round-the-clock production, they acceded to an execu- tive order which virtually wiped out premium pay for Sundays and holi- days as such.
 Promise Not Kept
 Organized workers submitted to the wage restrictions and to the over time revisions upon the Administra- tionAs promises that prices, too, would be stabilized. That promise was never kept, and as the war ground on, workers living standards were stead fly ground down.
 Strike losses were kept down to a record low level, despite constant provocation and unfair decisions from the War Labor Board. The average losses during the war were only TO of l per cent of the time put in by workers on the job-an almost perfect observance of the no-strike pledge. Furthermore, by toiling on legal holidays, the war workers far more than made up the minor strike losses that did occur.
 Above all, the great record of pro- duction was achieved in this country through voluntary action, without labor conscription legislation.
 That shooting On the home front sUGs topped oF by similar con- tributiOn to the armed forces. Near- Iy 5000, ,OOO union men sOere fur nished to the Army and NaVy-25 percent of the total fighting strength. In the case of the fanOus Seabees, unions supplied 85 per cent of the men.
 Thousands of union men were killed in action, and thousands wounded. Many of them were awarded honors for bravery on the fighting fronts.
The union times., 1945-08-25

PHENOMENAL" gains were made in stocks and bonds during the A months and 7 days (Dec. 8, l94l to Aug. IA, 1945) of the war, according to a survey of Wall Street dealings made by the Asso- ciated Press. Many industrials, rails and utilities doubled and quintu- pied their prewar values, and many roads long in bankruptcy came out of the war s'with strength ened debt structures The Sea- board Railway, for instance, at the beginning of the war sold Stamped As" at $lO now they bring $1O9. American labor produced this wealth.
 YOU are entitled to UnempIoy- ment Benefits if you meet the fol- lowing requirements:
 l. File a claim.
 2. Have worked in covered em- plOyment. Your employer will tell you if he contributes to the unem- plOyment compensation fund.
 $. Have a certain amount of earnings in insured employment.
 4. Are able to work.
 5. Are available for work; that is, ready and willing to take a job if suitable one is offered.
 FRANKNESS is one of the vir- tues of the AtOka (Okla.) Indian
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The union times., 1945-08-25

Over 400 letters have been received from leaders in public life and from economic experts giving the commit tee opinions on the bill Using unique procedure, the Committee staff is now engaged in tabu1ating and summarizing the opinions expressed, for presentation to the Senators.
 Among the impressive array of speakers appearing to comment on the bill are Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Omar Ketchum of the VFW, Mill lard Rice of the Disabled American Veterans, and Charles BOlte of the Veterans Committee. All told the Senators of the .veter- ans stake in full employment.
The union times., 1945-08-25
"Scapegoatisrn''

NEW YORK (LPA) = "Scape- goatism," the underlying human com mon denominator that leads to Nazi- ism, Fascism, Ku K1ux Klanism and race riots, is discussed-and methods for eradicating it pointed out-in an illustrated pamphlet, "Race Riots Aren't Necessary" by Alfred Mo Clung Lee. Copies are available at Workers Defense League, 112 E. 18th St., New York City 3.
The union times., 1945-08-25
Asks s Bill To
 Honor Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, D. CA pro- posal to perpetuate the memory of President Roosevelt by having the government print three-dollar bill, with his portrait on one side and a picture of the Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park on the other, was made in a resolution adopted by Bindery and Miscellaneous Workers Union. Local 92, of the International Brother hood of Bookbinders.
The union times., 1945-08-25
NeuU Hauen Plans
 Labor Day Talks

A special Labor Day Broad cast, under the auspices of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- cil, will be held Monday, Sept. 3, at 7:l5 P.M., over Station WNHC.
 The speakers will be President Vincent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Council, and Harold V. Feinmark, secretary treasurer of the Conn. Fedora ton of Labor. All members of organized labor are urged to Iis- ten in, as both men will have messages of importance!
The union times., 1945-08-25
Joe Ro:urke Has Been In Service For 27 Months
Writes From France That Work Hasn't Slowed
 Down Too Much"

Chief Petty Officer Joseph M. Rourke, who has been in the Sea- bees for 27 months, doesn't know when he will be back in this coun- try. Vincent J. McCovern, business manager of Local B-9O, New Ha- ven Electricians, this week received the following letter from Rourke, written from LaHavre, France: Dear Mac:
 "Your welcome note of July 10th received here about five days ago and
The union times., 1945-08-25
Proud Of Victory, Now Jobless
Were First To
 Aid War Effort
Home Front Record Recalled As Millions Are Being Laic Of-Nearly 3,OOO,OOO Union Men In
 U. S. Armed Forces

War workers who being laid off by the millions may find poor comfort in the thought but the fact that they perhaps than other element the home front deserve major credit for the great victory achieved.
 As pointed by union officials organized workers the first to rally Tn full strength behind the effort Unions led the in the battle for conversion of civilian industries pro- ducion, while many ndustrials stalled and held back
The union times., 1945-08-25
Bartenders On Top

Joliet, Ill.-Se1ling War Bonds for the Seventh War Loan drive amount ing to almost 13 per cent of the total Wills County quota, Local 714, Bar tenders, Hotel and Restaurant Union reached a record breaking total for the county of $8O1 $50.
The union times., 1945-08-25
Truman Supports Full Employment
President Says Murray Bill Is 'Must'' For Congress sional Action Committee May Report
 Shortly After Labor Day

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Any question about where Presi dent Truman stands the Full Employment Bill dis Pelled last week, when in question he told pOrers that he considered this bill be passed
The union times., 1945-08-25

As sOe go to press, sOe learn that Joe ROurke has just re- turned to NesV HaUen, having been fO,On to this country from Paris.
The union times., 1945-08-25

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Found-An Honest Crook

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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vitamin substance 10 the
diet of gray.haired rats and
saw them turn glossy black
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Her experiments led some
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
BIonds Grownto0rdeY?

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

point is a recent series of
experiments by four emf.
ncnt British doctors. They
were trying out various
ways of influencing the
growth of white rats. They
injected one chemical into
the animals that, TO their
surprise, turned the white
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This hue did not cover the
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stem to stern, so TO speak.
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colors induced by shooting
the rats with various guam
titles and strengths of the
chemical differed from one
rat TO another and, being
very conservative scientists,
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

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