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The union times., 1945-09-15

portant part of our economy, and Congress should give all needed assistance to agriculture.
 More Housing
 Millions of Americans still live in sub-standard homes. Congress should pass the Wagner-Ellender Housing Bill to correct these deplorable con- ditions.
 ''Organized labor and its friends in all walks of life have long ad- vOcated these measures, and we are proud and happy that President Harry s. Truman, in his message to Congress last Thursday, strongly urged their adoption at this criti. cal period in our history. The people of our state and nation stand side by side with President Truman in our united demand that Congress adopt these measures without unnecessary delay. We have just won great victory over the Nazis, the Fascists, and the Japanese. Congress, representing the people Of the United States. must now do its share in helping us to defeat another great enemy unemployment and insecurity the greatest foes of humanity.
 Be it finally resolved, that copies of this resolution be sent to President Harry s. Truman, to our United States Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the press.
 In addition to Kealey, officers of the Greater New Haven Committee for Full Employment and Prosperity, sponsors of the meeting, include Vim cent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, and Edward J. McCrone, Conn. CLIO. director, associate chairmen; Lee Wig neault, Electrical Workers, A.F.L., executive secretary; and Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times, public relations secretary and chair man of the resolutions committee.
The union times., 1945-09-15
Building Trades
 Hit Wage Board

Continued from Page One) of the National War Labor Board. This order cannot by the stretch of anyOne's imagination, be anything but outright discrimination against the building trades mechanic. The resentment of the man on the jOh is very deep and his faith in his own organization and the officers of the Department are at very low ebb.
 'This Order No. Al and any other restrictions on him will only create unrest and i'll will in the entire rank and file. With the great majority of workers released from war time restrictions why should the building trades be saddIed anew? We are also at a loss to understand how the Labor Mem bers of the Board could even con- slider, let alone propose such a measure.
 I've earnestly request the Build ing Trades Department to work for the removal of these restrictions and fight any and all others that may be proposed to strangIe the building trades mechanics.'
 The Board also unanimously voted to request all affiliated Councils and local unions to send a similar pro test to their national officers.
 Important Business
 Other business transacted by the executive board follows:
 l. Accepted the resignation of John A. Caspic, Asbestos Workers Union, who has been appointed Agent of the State Labor Relations Board.
 2. Endorsed the State Appren- ticeship Program as outlined by the Conn. Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
 3. Went on record for the 4O- hour week and 1942 bargaining agreements.
 4. Urged all affiliated Councils to bring their directories of fair contractors up to date. Where a Council has none, it should be compiled as soon as possible. Copies should be sent to the State Council.
 5. Instructed Secretary O'Kane to write Highway Commissioner Cox and Comptroller John Dove asking that building trades condi- tiOns and standards be included in all specifications for state work :; and requesting that Connecticut residents shall have preference for employment.
 Thomas Ycozick, member of the Board and business agent of Car penters No. 746, Norwalk, informed the board that his union is now in the process of negotiating vacation with pay agreements with contractors in the Norwalk area. For the benefit
The union times., 1945-09-15
Elm City Bids
 For Federation s
 State Convention
(Continued from Page One)

Council at the Conference: John Doyle, Police Dept. Local No. $50; Samuel F. Curry, Div. 281, Trolley men x Bus Drivers; and Saul Kreas, Painters Union, No. 186.
 The Council will be represented at the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Labor Realty Corpora ton by Curry Joseph Egan, Typo graphical Union; and Al Crandall. MachiniStS Union.
 The delegates unanimously voted to resume the series of public forums which had been discon- tinued during the war because of travel difficulties. The motion to resume the series was made by Carl Hoff, Musicians, No. 234, and President appointed the following committee to arrange for speakers: HOf, Nathan Sherman. editor of The Union Times; Harry Benson. Musicians No. 234; William En- right, Painters No. 186; and John Doyle.
 Delegate Egan of the Typos re- ported that the Harty Press is now a union shop.
 The delegates were urged to att tend the Labor Participation meeting at the New Haven Council of Social
The union times., 1945-09-15
Graham Rebuffed In U. (. Decision

Unemployment benefits of $22 per week will be paid to 1O8 employees of the High Standard Manufacturing Company, New Haven, as the result of ruling of Alfred C. Baldwin, un- employment compensation commits sioner.
 In a test appeal presented on be- halt of five workers, Atty. James F.. Rosen succeeded in reversing a ruling of Charles Libby, examiner in charge ot the New Haven office of the Un- employment Compensation Bureau, halting payments after five weekly checks had been distributed. Libby's action, which he testified was made under the instruction of James J. Ora ham, director of the bureau, stopped unemployment benefits because he claimed the 108 persons were unavail- able for work.
 The employees of the. High Stand
The union times., 1945-09-15

ard plant were laid off in June, ac- cording to testimony adduced at the hearing, with the understanding that they would be reemployed. They were advised to register with the U. s. Employment Service in the meantime for benefits. Payments were stopped Aug. 1 on the ground that five weeks was sufficient for the armament plant to determine whether they would re- employ and if not that the workers should seek other employment.
 Rosen successfully argued that the workers had qualified for the bene- fits under the law by registering each week, and that the fve-week rule laid down by the bureau was not part of the law.
 RoSen was retained by the United Radio and Electrical Machine Work CTS Union, to which the High Stand ard employees belong.
The union times., 1945-09-15

of other trades, the text of the agree ment is given herewith:
 The name of the firm is fol. lowed with this statement: ''I, the undersigned, agrees in behalf of the firm of (insert name) to pay to the Treasurer of Local Union No. TAG, of the United Brother. hood of Carpenters and JOiners of America, in quarterly payments, beginning October lst, l945, the sum of 25 cents per day, for each day, that a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JOinters of America, is in my em- plOy, for the purpose of vacation with pay, to be paid to the em. ployee beginning Monday, Septem. Der 2nd, l946, and to be continued for each successive year thereafter.
 Further, l agree to submit to the Treasurer of Local Union No. 746, a complete list of names and addresses of those members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joint CTS of America, who have been in my employ during the previous quarterly period, with the amounts to be credited to these members, for the vacation with pay.
 Further, I agree to make these payments and reports every quarterly period, beginning January 1st, 1o46.
 "The members of Local Union No. 746, Carpenters and Jointers of America, agree to acknowledge pay ment by receipt to be issued by the Treasurer of Local Union No. 746, to the undersigned"
 In addition to those mentioned above, the meeting was attended by Vice Presidents George Joslyn, Meriden Sheet Metal Workers 1; James Brennan, New Haven Ele- vatOr Constructors; Hartley Mar tin, New Haven Teamsters; Nicho. las Simeone, Hartford LabOrers George Lockwood, Stamford Car penters; and Arthur Miller, New Britain Electricians.
The union times., 1945-09-15
AFL Seeks To Help Workers In South

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. = (FP) The A.FL. will launch hve-year program of activity aimed at increas- ing the standard of living in the south by 5090, A.F.L. Southern Rep. George L. George told rally here.
 George said the proposed 1egisla- tive program, which will be sub mitted to Congress, lis not visionary, but a practical plan of achievement in five years" His proposals included 40 cents to 65 cents an hour.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
By CLYDE A. FARsNwORTH,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
HEADQUARTERS, UNITE D
STATES 14th AIR FORCE IN
CHINA, Dec. 81 Delayed His
eyes bleeding from imbedded frag-
ments of q japanese 0-millimeter
shell, Capt. John E. Meyer, 26. of
Birmingham. Ala, flying Psi, was
guided safely back to his base by the
voice and the barely visible wingtip
of comrade in another Psi.
The pilot who LED the wav was 1t.
John E. Egan, 81, Of Fort Lauder
dale, Fla.
Wing to wing 1t Egan and Capt.
Meyer raced back to their base from
a Yangtze River strafing mission
during which Capt Meyers plane
was hit by ground fire
The strange flight lasted about an
hour and should go down ir the
books as ons of the trickiest per-
formances of aerial warfare "a
credit to rescuer and rescued alike
Once over the home field, where
a flight surgeon stood by to give
emergency treatment, 1t. Egan
talked Capt. Meyer down to the run
way. The wingtip of 1t. Egan S Mus-
tang was still blur in Capt. Meyers
injured eyes.
Wheels down." 1t. Egan said over
his radio. Then at the proper mo-
ment, FLAPS"
This happened Christmas morn
ing. Today Capt Meyer is here at
the station hospital. recovering. The
only question is whether his vision
will be good enough for him to
return to combat flying. An eye
specialist picked six metal slivers
out of the corneal area of his right
eye and nine out of the left eye
His eyes already have healed enough
so the bandages could be removed
Recounting his experience today
Capt. Meyer said that when the
shell hit the canopy of his plane
he looked in the mirror and what
I saw sure scared me-"
l could dlmly see blood over my
face" he continued. Il could barely
see the instruments in front of me
I pulled up and called to Egan and
told him had been hit To myself
I wondered If this could be it. /
felt no great pain but I didn't know
I was bleeding quite bit
Il told Egan I would head for
friendly territory. I couldn't see
anything beyond a vague outline OF
my own wingtips. When Egan came
down and joined me I could make
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Three Children Die in Fire,
Another Badly Burned

Ey the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Jan. 1.-While their
mother was visiting a neighbor
across the street three children died
yesterday of burns as a result OF
fire that started in,a a Christmas
tree and a fourth is in serious con-
dition.
Stephen Tracy. 4, and his sisters,
Barbara. 6, and Patricia. I. died
shortly after admittance to Mount
Carmel Mercy Hospital Michael
2lz, is in the hospital suffering
from extensive first and second de-
gree burns. The parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Stefan Tracy.
A neighbor said she saw fire in
the Tracy living room and as she
summoned help the blaze flashed up
with violence which shattered
windows in the housing project
| home.
Mrs. Tracy and the friend she
was visiting, Mrs. Mary Paulson
with the aid of two men removed
the children. Police and arson squae
detectives said that one of tn.
children may have struck match
while playing near the tree.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
3 3Out of 5 Cabs Idle Last Week
Roosevelt Gets Plea for Gas

IGentilucci, association president, and
Rosham w. Dyar, head of Local $50,
wrote, 1--WE request that distribution
be made to taxicab stations first and
that all taxicab stations be required
to serve gas to all taxicabs."
They said they were writing the
President knowing his interest in
conserving vital materials and be-
cause they had failed to get results
through other channels.
when gasoline runs short" they
pointed out, attention is drawn te
the Importance of public trans.
portation, which includes taxicabs
Using 10 gallons of gasoline as q
unit, average figures show that 9
| taxicab can operate 10 hours carry
| ing on average over Is passengers
an hour, totaling $50 passengers
Over Christmas, when many service
men had a long-awaited leave to see
their families, perhaps for the last
time, three out of five cabs in Wash
ington were out of gas. This meant
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Truin Wreck
Continued From First Page.)

quiry showed no evidence OF sab
otage
Mrs. A. G. Ferris of Cherokee,
Iowa, en- route with her husband to
visit a daughter, Mrs Earl Smith, at
Berkeley, Calf, said the crash came
"as quick as you could clap your
hands"
After the first shock. children
started to cry and people got all
excited" she said.
Mrs. Clifford Moss of Ogden, rid
ing in the last Pullman car of the
passenger section, said she heard a
terrible crash. The car twisted up
into the air on its nose. Then for
a while I didn't know anything
When I came to people were running
about outside, screaming
Yeoman First Class Frederick w
Box of Elmira, N Y, riding in the
coach directly ahead of the diner,
said misery and suffering" in one
car was heart-rending
THE car was virtually pulverized,
seats and bodies crushed together
Bodies of the dead hung from the
broken double window"
Clarence Heberer of Alameda
Calf, head steward in the dining
car, said he and two fellow workers
left the diner only minutes before
the impact to go to another car.
Providence must have been with
me-" he said
Mr.. Heberer and Student Steward
Otis NJ Tindall, also of Alameda,
praised work of Army and Navy men
attached to two hospital ward cars,
which were in the passenger train
and were undamaged. The mill
tary aid men did a bang up" job
Mr.. Heberer said.
The train left Chicago at 10 am
Friday, bound for San Francisco
Injured were brought to hospitals
here, taken to Bushnell or were
carried on in the undamaged sec
ton of the first train to Nevada OF
California hospitals.
I The two hospital cars were usec
to carry persons injured in the
wreck.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Tax Law Changes
On Wages Become
Effective This Week

The American wage Garner will
find his pay envelope changed be-
ginning this week as new with
holding tax schedules go into effect
For some, there will be slightly
larger amounts than heretofore
taken out, while others will fin6
slightly smaller deductions.
Generally, the new rates will
work to the advantage of persons
with large families.
Meanwhile, taxpayers, were re-
minded that January Is is the dead
line for:
l. Paying the final installment
of your estimated tax for 1914, if
you owe it
2. Filing an amended decle~a-
ton of estimated tax for 1914, If II
looks as if your estimate of last
April Is was wrong and you want
to adjust your final payment. This
is only necessary, however, if you
underestimated the tax by more
than 20 per cent.
| 3. Filing an original declaration
of estimated tax for 1914 if you are
required to file one and have not
yet done it.
Deadline Was Extended.
The deadline for those three
actions was originally December Is
and was extended by Congress.
Anybody who is supposed to dc
any of those three things can simply
ignore it if he files his final 1914
income tax return by January Is
and pays all of the tax due on it.
Whether you do this or not, don't
forget that declarations of estimated
tax for 1945 will be, due March IS
The number of people who have to
file that declaration will be less than
the number who had to file the
declaration for 1914.
| For 1914, taxpayers had to file
declarations if their wages were
more than $2,700 single or $500
married. For 1945, taxpayers will
have to file the estimates if their
wages are more than $4,000 single
with an addition of $500 for each
additional exemption such as wife
or dependent For both 1914 and
1945. declarations are required if
the taxpayer earns more than 500
from sources not subject to with
holding taxes.
Must File by March Is.
If you don't elect to file your final
1914 return by January Is you must,
of course, file it by March IS, the
traditional time.
March 15 by the way, is the final
deadline for those who postponed
part of their 1943 taxes at the time
the Nation first went on a pay-as-
you-go basis. If you still owe part
of the 1943 tax, separate bill will
be sent by the collector.
Nearly all of those who file their
final returns January Is will use
the regular blank CForm 1040>, be-
cause the new and simpler blanks,
in the form of withholding receipts,
are not required to be distributed by
employers until January 81. Few
employers will have them ready by
January Is.
Tax More in Line.
Congress has made some changes
designed to bring the withholding
tax more in line with the actual in
come tax finally paid.
AS an example, suppose Jones and
Evening star., 1945-01-01

Smith are paid by the week and
each claims credit for wife and one
child. Jones earns $50 week
Smith earns $50 Up to now, their
Withholding tax has been the same
S5. From now on, Jones will pay
only $40 Smith will pay $3.50. It's
all in more precise tables drawn up
by the lawmakers.
Congress also fixed the tables so
that several million persons who
have been paying only part of their
income tax by Withholding now will
pay approximately all of it by that
method.
Under the new tables, Withholding
will take care of the full tax on a
single PERSONS income up to 5000,
or a married persons income up to
SIS, 800 with $500 additional for each
dependent.
Complete Pay-as-YOu-Go.
For everybody affected by that
change, the withholding tax will go
up, but he won't pay any more tax
in the long run. He simply goes on
a complete y-as-you-go basis.
Congress also set up new system
of giving credit fer dependents.
This will change the amount of in
come tax for a lot of people.
. In general, exemptions are more
liberal. For example, exemption can
be claimed for dependents over 18
On the other hand, each dependent
now must be closely related to you
Your cousin or your uncle'S wife
won't count. Nobody having $500
of his own income will count, either
The amount of the exemption Is
different, too Up to now, it has
been $500 for a single person or
$1,000 for a married couple, plus
$3.50 for each dependent. Now it's
straight $500 person.
This means man with a wife but
no children suffers a 5000 cut In
exemption, and his tax rises.
A man with a flock of children
gets more exemption for each of
them and his tax is pretty sure to
be less.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
La Guardia Urges Ban
On Racing Information
py ~. Assoc,ated pres.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. Mayor F. H
La Guardia said yesterday he would
ask Federal officials to ban trans
mission of racing information along
with the Government order closing
race tracks.
In his weekly radio broadcast
over Municipal Station WNYC, La
Guardia urged the Western Union
Telegraph Co. to cooperate with
the United States Government and
local government and not transmit
tips, bets or information about the
races in Mexico and Cuba.
Under the law the Western Union
is not permitted to accept messages
of fehcitation or congratulation and
I think that If the war necessity
makes it mandatory to eliminate
such messages it should compel the
refusal to take messages from gam
blers or touts or information about
plugs trotting or creeping around
the tracks"
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Friends Voice and Wing Guide
Almost Blinded Flyer to Base

out his wing. Then I thought may
be could make it back
II few his wing all the way back
and we came plenty fast. Egan did
swell job Of navigation I don't
think he changed course more than
five degrees all the way. We talked
about the possibility of my bailing
out over the home field but !
couldn't see washing out a perfectly
good airplane like that. Besides
if I bailed out it would take longer
to reach a doctor.
Il guess was lucky
At a Christmas dinner the night
before, Capt. Meyer got Chinese
scent piece which had been baked
in a mince pie as luck token.
Evening star., 1945-01-01

that those 5000 cabs represented
100000 lost rides over a 10-hour
period Similar conditions have ex-
listed during each crisis to date"
They estimated the time lost In
hunting station selling gas and
getting in line represented an av-
erage loss of one hour and a gallon
of gas for each i've gallons delivered.
Most stations are allowing but i've
gallons to customer, with taxis
getting no preference, they ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
J. A. McOwen, Retired
ADVERTISING Man, Dies

By the Associated Press.
LARCHMONT, N. Y, Jan. l.
Joseph A. McOwen, 81, retired part.
ner of the George A. McDevitt Co.
newspaper representatives. died yes.
terdaY at his home here.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Gen. Prott Takes Over
West Coust Command

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Mai
Gen. Harry Conger Pratt has been
given the permanent assignment as
commanding general of the Western
Defense Command. He succeeds
Mai. Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel
whose post he had been filling on
an acting basis
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Caprice Copron, Aecuse'
Of Wilkinson, Is Wed

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.-Caprice
Capron, Is, night club entertainer,
and Edward G. Howard, SO, retired
accountant formerly of Chicago,
were married last night at Wiltshire
Methodist Church by DR.. Willsie
Martin, pastor
A number of Miss Capron's show
girl friends attended
Evening star., 1945-01-01

Three out of every five cabs in
the city were out of gas last week,
two officials of the American Cab
Association estimated in a letter to
President Roosevelt made public
today.
"If individual stations will not
recognize our priority" Dante P.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Morgenthau Ends | 1ih Yeal
As Treasury Secretary
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Henry Morgenthau, jr.. completes
II years today as Secretary of the
Treasury.
After serving a month and a half
as Undersecretary, he was appointed
to the post January l, 1884, and was
confirmed by the Senate week
later.
He has been Secretary longer than
any other man except Albert Gal
latin, who served nearly u years
early in the 18th century.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Table of Tax WithhoIdinqs
BY the Associated Press

The following table shows the new
1945 income tax withholdings for
employees who are paid once week.
The columns numbered through
4 refer to the number of exemptions
claimed. No means you are claim
ing exemption only for yourself
No. 2 might mean a husband and
wife, or a single person and one
dependent No. could be a hus-
band, his wife and one child. And
so on.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has
tables carrying this out to 10 or
more exemptions-also tables for
pay periods other than weekly.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Two ICC Inspectors Sent
To Investigate Wreck
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two inspectors of the Interstate
Commerce Commission have been
directed to investigate the passen-
ger train wreck yesterday near Og-
den, Utah, Shirley N Mills. direc-
tor of the commissions Bureau of
Safety, said.
The inspectors make their reports
to Washington. Findings then are
laid before the commission which
issues a report to the public.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
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