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The union times., 1945-02-03

built during the war should be made available to farm families on equitable terms through such county housing authorities. This rural housing should be a part of farm rehabilitation and farm se' curity plans with full protection against inflated land values and with option to purchase any prop erty acquired on a rental basis.
 8. Continuation of price control over building materials as long as the accumulated pressure of unsatished demand presents threat of runaway prices.
 9. Correction of the housing pro- visions of the "GI Bill of Rights which utterly fail to protect the in- terests of the veteran, expose him to speculative prohteering at his expense and place upon him on unreasonable and unfair burden of high interest charges by lenders whose loans are fully guaranteed by the government against risk.
 10. A National Housing Board of five members to be established as a permanent statutory agency. responsible for overall policy. with the Chairman, acting as the Administrator.
The union times., 1945-02-03
Building Trades
 In Bridgeport Elect Officers
Council Goes On Record In Support Of Henry A.
 Wallace

The Bridgeport Building Trades Council held its annual election of officers Friday, with the following re- suits: President-
 Harold Barker, Business Agent. Carpenters Union. Vice-Presidenf-
 Dennis P. Byrnes, Business Agent, Painters Union. Secretary-
 William Oldham, Secretary. Electricians Union, No. 488. Treasurer
 Charles Freedman, Sheet Metal Workers Union. Trustees
 Nels Nelson, Carpenters Union,
 William Mcclure, Iron Workers Union.
 Gus Nobili, Business Agent, LabOrers Union, No. 665.
 The newly elected officers were installed by Hon. James O'Kane, business agent of Local 424, Iron Workers, and secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut State Building and Construction Council.
 The Council went on record in support of Henry A. Wallace as Secretary of Commerce.
The union times., 1945-02-03
1O-POINT PROGRAM

Included in AFL. ten-point pro gram submitted by Bates are the fol- lowing major proposals:
 1. A set of far-reaching measures designed to stimulate, expand and safeguard home ownership, including amendments of laws governing FILA
The union times., 1945-02-03
en- Housing Pan Gven To Senate Committee By AFL

mortgage insurance, to (a) reduce in terest rates; (b) extend amortization to B years; Co make possible pre- payments on homes; (d) safeguard the home buyers investment in cases of default due to unemployment or other causes by allowing i'll such cases temporary moratorium on payments so that the lapsed payments could be met by lengthening the life of the mortgage; (e) protect against de- hciency judgments; (f) assure sound ness of construction through compli- ance with firm minimum standards, making noncompliance subject to re- dress Or penalties; (g) require that not less than prevailing wages be paid on all home construction subject to FILA insurance.
 2. Resumption and expansion of slum clearance and rehOusing pro- gram of the U. s. Housing Author ity to provide decent homes to families of low income who pri- vate enterprise cannot reach. This program should achieve an annual rate of 5OO,OOO dwelling units a year to be built under local pro- grams of properly constituted local housing authorities. To per feet the slum clearance and low rent housing program provision should be made for greater reIi- ance by the local housing authOri- ties on private financing instead of federal borrowing.
 B Provision for mutual home ownership by wage earners under proper safeguards where employment stability Is assured. Assistance and guidance in this development should be provided by the Federal Public Housing Authority. Mutual home ownership of permanent war housing projects occupied by war workers should be made immediately possible.
 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
 4. A long-term urban redeveIop- ment program designed to repIan and rebuild our towns and cities for sound and stable growth. Local housing authorities should be used wherever possible as the logical agencies to assemble land in ac- cordance with local development plans, SO that the land could be put to the best use by private enter prise and for such public projects as may help the towns healthy growth. In this program substan- tial federal financial aid to munich palities must be authorized. It is vital that provision be made for adequate rehousing of displaced families and the controls to en- force standards be extended to out lying suburban areas to prevent growth of suburban sIums at the expense of downtown areas.
 5. Provision of federal grants for project planning to individual com munlties.
 6. Prompt amendment of the Lan- ham Act to authorize local housing authorities to acquire permanent war housing. Temporary war housing should be removed as rapidly as pos sible and as soon as provision is made for suitable permanent accommoda- tions for families still occupying these temporary projects. Wherever possible, suitable sites of temporary war housing projects should be util- ized for the construction of perma- nent low rent housing.
 7. Provision of rural housing to low income families with the aid of county housing authorities created for the purpose with ade- quate farm representation assured to farmers. Demountable homes
The union times., 1945-02-03
Tough Firm Is Won Over By Electricians
Texas Concern Signs Union Pact; Climaxes 10 Years
 Battle

Labor history was made this week when the Fl Paso (Texas) Electric Company, once one of the toughest anti-union utilities in the nation signed union shop" agreement with the International Brotherhood oi Electrical Workers.
 The pact makes a new era in rela- tions between the union and the com pany, and climaxes a 10-year battle by the workers for the right to or ganize in bona hde labor organ ization.
 When the I. B. E. W. first be. gan organizing on the property g decade ago, the management re- spOnded with campaign of in timidation, setting up a "company
The union times., 1945-02-03

management was also ordered to end all its anti-union activities and junk the dummy" union.
 The company continued the battle in the courts, but lost. Finally, a new management was installed, and thereafter relations became friendlier, eliminating in the contract just signed, the Brotherhood announced.
The union times., 1945-02-03

union" and firing uniOnists whole sale. The union fought back with strikes and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
 In 1888, the board came down with decision directing the company to reinstate 60 discharged I. B. E. w. members, with over $200,000 in back pay for the time they were out. The
The union times., 1945-02-03
Business Group Backs
 Labor On Security

(Continued from Page One) Federal shipyards, arsenals, etc., merchant seamen and workers in firms with fewer than eight em- pIoyes."
 Prof. Lester also recommended that "those States which have not already done so increase their schedules to permit maximum benefits of $2O a week for 20 weeks"
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Love-Letter Techniques Studied
BY Marines to Keep Girls

beginning, the same rule applies.
A marine can't tell her he's lone
some or tired of this overseas life.
No girl wants a man who's tired.
No tired man ever gave a girls a
thrill.
So our man abroad for the wars
must tell his lady he is writing be-
cause her charm and beauty have
been haunting him ever since he
first glimpsed her at Joe's juke joint
out on River road last year. It
might go something like this:
"It's been (blank) months since
I saw you. But not once have I
forgotten the twinkle in your pretty
eyes when we were dancing together
at Joe's juke joint that night. Or
the feel of your lovely dark hair
against my cheek, and the perfume
you were wearing. ."
When writing the subject matter
Of the letter much depends upon
what the score is. Boldness is quite
unnecessary, anyhow. If girl is
told she's beautiful and that her
man overseas wants to hold her in
his arms and kiss her to death, she
knows what he's talking about-but
she does like to be told in new, diff
ferent and tantalizing ways that he
Evening star., 1945-01-28

have to compose sentence. But
he must try to get away from the
worn-out phrases like Love and
Kisses" "I love you," "A big hug
and kiss" Always yours" and Cali
my love-"
The first thing to do is find a key
word and jazz it up a little. Take
kiss" for example. Instead of
simply "I kiss you," how>about "A
tender kiss for your beautiful lips"
or "A good night kiss straight from
my heart"
No word is better than the branch
of service. Take marine" for in
stance. "Your loving marine, !"
your adoring marine, your faith
full marine" "a marine who loves
you with all his heart" Thus a
key word and an adjective or two
gets the point across. Here are
some time-tested key words: Love,
loving, kiss, heart, good night,
marine, tender or tenderly, adore,
caresS, hug, embrace, squeeze, arms,
lips, always, forever, faithful, pretty,
beautiful, dream, dreams, dreaming.
affectionately.
Nothing here detracts from the
sincerity of letters that servicemen,
especially our marines, write home.
But absence makes the heart grow
fonder and some of our marines, as
their letters prove, have been absent
q long time.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

wants her for his true love. Here
are some ways:
Honey, I sure wish I were with
you tonight. You know that big
red divan in your parlor-well, I'd
sit you down beside me and for a
while I'd just look at you-your eyes
and hair and pretty ips-because
I am starved for the sight Of you.
And pretty soon I might be holding
you in my arms, kissing you and
holding you so close to me it'd make
you catch your breath. ." ."
Or, he can and does try this ap-
proach:
Darling, when I get home we're
going to dress up and go places.
You remember that soft blue wool
sweater that used to like and that
dark plaid skirt that comes to your
pretty knees. Well, We'll go out to
Joe's joint for a jam session that's
out of this world. And afterward
we'll, I'll probably stop the car on
River road for while, etc. = ="
And then there's this one:
Sweetheart, I hope our private
little picnic ground down by the
lake Is still the same when I return.
The first Sunday I am back We'll
sure go out there. Do you remem-
ber how cool it was under the big
pine trees and how nice and clean
the heavy bed Of pine needles was
to sit on? I used to like to watch
the wind blowing through your hair,
because it gave me the chance to
brush it back from your face,
etc. ="
Maybe the most important thing
is the complimentary close. It's
like a good night kiss. 1t should
leave her eager. In fact, the CEN
sors are agreed that even if our
marine has been an old meany in
his letter, he can get away with it
at least he won't get his eyes
clawed out later. There are literal
ly scores of good closes-as many as
there are combinations of adjectives
and adverbs of endearment. And
they are easily constructed, for in
many cases the writer doesn't even
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Yunk Won't Outfits Not His Nature D. c. Soldier Writes Pa

hand, because it's o. K. now. Ny
health is tiptop at present, and Z
want to keep 1t that way, so, Dad,
you and can have that wild party
when I get home.
I am inclosing two propaganda
leaflets dropped by Jerry. 1t shows
the absolute ignorance the Ger-'
man higher-ups have of the Amer-
lean soldier. To think such trash
could sway the determination in
the minds Of such proud guys as
Yanks does at least show the mi-
eroscopic minds Of the Germans.
Well, my mail comes pretty reg
ularly, and I know you and Dad
are writing when you have some
news.
As you have asked, I shall keep
you informed as to whether or not
I am still alive and kicking. I know
how you must worry, so there's nd
use in asking you not to be 50
concerned.
Pleasant dreams. my darling Mlz;
and to you, Dad. Good night, shall
be seeing you soon.
Your loving son, RAY. &
Evening star., 1945-01-28
D. T.. Man S Plane
Sinks Jap Ship

Tech. Sergt. Harvey Jacobs, 5113
Illinois avenue NV, was radio op-
orator on a 18th AAF Liberator
bomber which made some daring
runs on japanese ships in the South
west Pacific, according to informa-
ton received from 18th AAF head
quarters.
Bombs from the low-fying plane
skipped and sank deep into the
heart of Japanese freighter- trans
port ship off the northern tip of
Borneo to split it in two.
More than 1000 miles from their
home base, the plane was on a lone
flight to search out the enemy's
desperate ships. After Sergt. Jacobs
plane located the convoy and circled
once to identify them, the pilot got
his big plane into the sun, dropped
down till it was nearly touching the
water and made a mast-height at
tack on the biggest of the ships
one 1000 to 1,500 tons.
AS the pane banked over the ship
the crew saw the whole hull lift out
of the water with a mighty heave
and split in two in a violent explo-
sion of black smoke and bright
flame.
The plane flew in for an attack
on another ship in the convoy. Two
bombs sailed over the ship and
scored near misses. The Liberator
then made five strafing runs on the
remainder of the convoy; and, as
they turned to go home the ships
had stopped dead in the water.
But the lone plane had not fin
ished for the day. Another four
ship convoy was sighted with one
big ship lying stationery in the
water. Again they dropped down
to the deck and made straf1ng runs.
When their attack was finished they
saw men on the ship running to
jump overheard. An enemy float
plane was in the area as they made
their attacks, but apparently the
pilot knew too well of the fire power
of the American Liberator for he
remained out of range.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

for the people at home and I, for
one, am very proud to be fighting
for swell parents, home and coun-
try that have been undoubtedly
blessed by God. We do our share
of gripping, but there hardly is any
one of us who would stop now just
because it looks like the job is done.
No job can be called complete on
appearances alone. If only the
people at home, sitting snugly be-
fore a fire or a meal At for king,
could be suddenly transported to
the fighting front, to little holes in
the ground, or spend the night in
a house which had had ferries in
it the night before. they would be
thankful for what they have.
May I say this: am now q
feryent believer In God. pray sin
cerely-not from force of habit or
to ease my conscience every night
to the Lord to keep my soul. !
believe He is with me at all times;
therefore, ! am not afraid.
Contrary to many opinions, honest
Evening star., 1945-01-28

War Department general orders.
Two other men have received unit
citations. They are:
Corpl. Sumner E. Peters, Fl, with
the armament section of a Lib
orator squadron, 4104 Crittenden
street, Hyattsville, now in Italy.
1t. Robert E. Varney, with an
engineer fighter unit, $500 Columbia
boulevard, Silver Spring, now in
italy.
Sergt. Robert L. Lochner, 2620
Sixth street NE, is member of
a signal company of a service group
of the 18th AAF Service Command
in italy, which has been awarded
the Meritorious Service Plaque.
Comdr. Malcolm p. Hanson, q. S.
N. R., 4615 Landrum lane, Chevy
Chase, Md, has been issued a letter
OF commendation posthumously for
outstanding services as executive
assistant, aircraft radio section, Bu-
reau of Ships, and later as executive
assistant, radio and electrical Sec
tion, Engineering Division, Bureau
of Aeronautics.
Other letters of commentator
Evening star., 1945-01-28

prayer to God can and does bring a
soothing relief, and comfort is
found in this belief.
Yes, I have changed in that way.
When I get home, I shall be only
too happy to go to church, where I
can pray without hearing guns and
shells screaming. Yes, peace is in
deed wonderful.
Well, am going to close this part
of my letter, which you may term
fanatic, and turn to letter from
you, and one from Dad, which !
received tonight.
First of all, may say / have read
many letters starting Dear Son,
but the sincerity and pride with
which Dad writes is most touching,
and makes me the happiest guy in
the world. And Muz, the love and
deep concern with which your pen
moves in these welcome letters to
me make me feel that all this is
well worth it.
Dad, you said you had just fin
|ished some Of thoSo seemingly un-
lending odd jobs around the house
Yes, winter Il coming, and ! hope
Evening star., 1945-01-28

of medium tank during the Saipan
and Tinian campaigns. He led his
tank through numerous important
and hazardous missions and on sew
eral occasions succeeded in destroy
ing enemy gun emplacements which
were slowing down the infantry ad-
vance"
Robert Earl Carpenter, Merchant
Marine. son of Mrs. Florence Car
pentG, 6621 Eastern avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md, was posthumously
awarded the Mariners Medal, the
War Shipping Administration an
nounced.
Corpl. Thomas ]. Silcott, arma-
ment technician, TOO Irving street
NE, has been awarded the third
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distin-
guished Unit Badge. His 9th fight
er group, a veteran Thunderbolt air
support outfit, has become the first
AAF unit in the Mediterranean
theater to be cited four times in
Evening star., 1945-01-28

Editors note-This letter is
from Pfc. Raymond A. Gritton,
20, member OF a chemical bat
TALON that ,Don a citation for
helping to secure the Normandy
beaclshead. His parents are Mr..
and Mrs. Harry A. Gritton, 1926
Third street NV. Mr.. Gritton is
an enaploye OF the House OF Rep
resentntiDes.J
Dearest Muz and Dad: 1t is now
only 6 pm. and Gas usuaD raining
like the devil. I'm dry and warm
and have been sleeping thus far
quite a long time. We have really
been on the move, but it is bringing
the war closer to an end.
I have been reading the paper
and see by 1t that there is a shortage
Of ammunition. I think it's bad
enough to fight the weather as 9
hindrance, but to slow the war down
because of the home fronts negli-
gence and stupidity makes my blood
boil. We fellows are giving our al
Evening star., 1945-01-28

new one in each letter. This field
is almost limitless. In the pastry
category are these: Pretty Pie"
Sugar Pie" "Puddin' Pie" Apple
Dumping" Cup Cake" Plum
Puddin" and Honey Bun" Among
the pastry and meat combinations
are "Lamby Pie" and Chicken Pie. :"
Ornithology provides Pigeon, -
Dove" Chicken" all with time
tested adjectives preceding. In the
horticultural bracket there are such
choices as MY Sweet Rose" MY
Tulip" my Shy Violet" my Sweet
Petunia," MY Sweet Pea" my Ap-
Pile Blossom" MY Cherry Blossom, :"
My Lotus Blossom" my Orange
Blossom and MY Plum
Some girls like to think of their
men as having souls like poets. For
these, something like the following
are good: 20 Beautiful One" my
Dream Girl" MY Angel So Fair, y
my Gypsy Love-" MY Hearts De-
SIRE" my Heavenly Cherub," 20
Light O. My Heart" 20 Light O. My
Life"
Of course, combinations COM
pounded are easily constructed
Words like beautiful, sweet, pretty
precious, etc., can be combined with
almost anything. Also, heavenly.
Once over the opening hurtle, our
marine, anxious to portray the true
nature of his love, approaches care
fully the first paragraph. A smart
marine has already discovered that
a girl will think he is wonderful II
he sells her on the idea that he
thinks she is wonderful.
It's much easier If he has just
received Letter from her. For ex-
ample:
"The next best thing to the sound
of Your lovely voice reached me to-
day-another nice letter from you
The thrill of seeing your familiar
handwriting is the greatest pleasure
I have out here. ~
Or this.
Another wonderful letter arrived
from you today. and your pretty
smile sparkled in every line. What
a thrill it is to think that only 9
few short days ago that sheet o.
paper was in your fingers and feel.
ing the caresses of your lovely
hands. 80
Or still another:
"A letter from you came today
a wonderful one. AS always, coule
see the movement of your prett,
red lips in every syllable and tn,
look of your soft brown eyes IL
every sentence. ="
In the case of a mere acquaintanc,
with whom correspondence Is onl,
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the war ends before 1t hits. full
force. It won't be for lack of trying
that it doesn't end soon, believe me.
You ask how much longer Jerry will
hold out. That is a question which
has bothered me since D day. Tie
Kraut is a good fighter, but we are
better. We are fighting on the side
of what is right. It will end when
He says so, not before. To that I
am reconciled. So I ask you to be
patient as I try to be. I'm not un-
happy, just tired. We all want to
say "The hell with it." but Yank
won't quit. It's not his nature. His
uniform Is worn with q certain
amount Of pride; that's as 1t should
be. We are q powerful Nation, and
are trying to show other nations
how to live.
I, too, win be glad when I can
sit back and relate verbally my
many experiences, but patience is q
virtue known well by the Ameri-
can soldier, because he knows he
has no place to 60 for the present.
Muz. please don't worry about my
Evening star., 1945-01-28

but with whom he hopes to get more
intimate later, a marine can start
out with simply Dear Mary" or
Dearest Mary" In subsequent let
ters he can warm up a bit by using
Dear" or Dearest" without using
her name. That's the beginning of
the nickname stage. Then he can
proceed to pure but perhaps COM
mon nicknames like these: Dar-
ling, Sugar, Pretty, Lovely, Baby,
Bunny, Chick, Angel, Sunshine,
etc. A variation is to use MY" be-
fore any of these. "Dearie" still is
good if Victorian.
AS he really begins to work things
up and the mail is increasing, he
can slip into the field of combina-
tions. Our marine can settle on
stock greeting or he can keep his
one-and-only looking forward to
Evening star., 1945-01-28
BY 1T. HORACE KNOWLES,

a star stan writer on MILITARY Leave.
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC.-Marines are going in for
love-letter technique in a big way.
Marines probably are no different
from other seryicemen who get
letter hungry, and the tricks be-
ing passed around among marines
probably are known to servicemen
everywhere. But that doesn't make
any difference to us. The marines
are going to see to it that the girls
at home don't forget them while
they are getting some situation
over here in hand.
Some fellows overseas have lost
their girls to the home front be-
cause they could not write good
love letters. To discourage this
practice and to make the girl at
home marine conscious, the boys
have wised up on how to write
letters.
Take the salutations. They depend
on the closeness of the relationship.
They range from Dear Mary" to an
intimate term of endearment like
MY Darling Puddin' Pie" When
opening a correspondence with a
girl who is only an acquaintance
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every campaign in New Guinea,
New Britain, the Admiralties and
in the Dutch islands on the way to
the Philippines.
Other awards of the Distinguished
Flying Cross have been presented to:
Tech. Sergt. George r. Fraser, "a,
radio-gunner. 2029 Allen place NV,
now in Italy.
Second 1t. Eugene C. Auerback,
Liberator co-pilot, 1870 Fort Stevens
drive NV, now in the Marianas.
Capt. Lee Rayford, 26, squadron
commander of Negro fighter
group, lis S street NV, now in
Italy.
First 1t. James w. Thatcher, jr.,
fighter-bomber pilot, 1882 Thirty
fourth street NV, now in Belgium.
Sergt. Fraser distinguished him.
self during an attack on the Herman
Goering Tank Works at Linz, Aus
tria. The citation said that sud
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Ii. Burak Joins in Raid
On Jap Base at Two Jima

First 1t. Nathan Burak, bom-
bardier, 1901 Harrison street NV.
and Corpl. Edward Di Carlo, nose
gunner, 1853 Harvard street NV.
blasted the Jap Volcano Islands
750 miles south of Tokyo and helped
devastate the Nip stronghold of 1--we
Jima on the third anniversary OF
Pearl Harbor, a 7th AAF dispatch
from the Western Pacific said.
Despite heavy antiaircraft fire
which damaged the four-engine
bomber and PHOSPHORUS bomb
fragment in the bombardier's shoul-
der, the "Hit Parade's" bombs hit
the target squarely. The bonn
bardier was thrown from his bomb
sight when struck but crawled back
to release his bombs as soon as
he regained consciousness.
Then the Hit Parade" was at
tackled by three enemy fighters
Corpl. Di Carlo, with other gunners
concentrated fire on the leader o.
the three Jap fighters and watched
it stall and drop from view with
smoke pouring from its sides. TIL,
other fighters stayed out of range.