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The union times., 1945-06-30
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

EXECUTIVE BOARD of the Conn. Federation of Labor meets Friday, and word should be receiv- ed by then from the Office of De- fense Transportation as to whether or not State Federation Conven- ton will be sanctioned. With both New York and Massachusetts con- ventions called off, the odds seem to be against Conn. convention.
 THE .AFL has placed itself squarely against peacetime draft legislation. Legislative Rep. Lewis C. Hines noted that advocates of the peacetime cOnscription meas ure had cOntended that we must be prepared for the future and said, Preparedness for what? If we are on the brink of another war should we not have the right to know with whom, when and where?"
 Hines said that from a military standpoint it was more important to provide adequate medical care for children Sin order that they may be fit to serve their country upon reaching maturity
 GOV. BALDWIN has reappoint- ed Sen. William A. Scott, former president of the Hartford Central Labor Union, to the State Wage Labor Board. He also reappointed Louis DeFelice of New Haven. rep resenting the contractors, and Raymond H. Wilcox of MiddIetOwn. representing the public. The Board sets the wage scales on all state building and road construction.
 The Governor appointed Albert J. SchiavOne of Waterbury, as bar- Der examiner, replacing Joe De- PaOla. The new deputy barber ex- aminers are C. John CartelIanO of Hartford, and Michael Petruzzelo of Middletown.
 PREFERENCES questioning a Jap prisoner were confronted with new answer recently. After the NAdAHuCS hdU 1HdudScU tO Cd1Iu tHc frightened Jap, he blurted out in English. Don't shoot me. Pm no soldier. I'm a newspaper man.''
 BUILDING tradesmen of Conn are watching the developments in Detroit with great interest, since this is just what the State Building Trades Council meant when it warned against dual organizations, and the attempt by enemies of the ALL. to invade the building trades field, among others. Here in Conn. we are not waiting for the invasion, but have started our own drive to put the building trades unions on such firm footing now that in the postwar period all building and maintenance work will be done by members of A.F.L. unions.
 The campaign fund voted by the special conference of state build
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State Barbers
 Greet Feinmark On Activities
Federation Secretary Gets Thanked For Efforts On
 Behalf Of Association

Appreciation of the work of Har- old V. Feinmark as Secretary. Treasurer of the Conn. Federation of Labor, and hopes for his speedy recovery, was unanimously express cd by the Conn. State Barbers at their recent special convention in Meriden.
 Carl Galasso, secretary treasurer of the State Association, has made pub lie the following resolution passed by the convention:
 Whereas: The Connecticut State JOurneymen Barber's Association on Sunday, June 10, l945, in con. ventiOn in the City of Meriden, de- sire to express their appreciation for the untiring efforts of the Sec retary of the Connecticut Fedora tiOn of Labor, Brother Harold Fein- mark, and
 Whereas: The interest that he has displayed i'll the barberS' welfare in our last session of the legislature in an effort to try to pass bills concern ing our profession; therefore, be it
 Resolved: That. we, the delegates in convention, do hereby go on record extending unanimous vote of thanks, and be it further
 Resolved: that we hope for his speedy recovery and the return of good health so that he may con- tinue to carry on the noble and good work that he has been doing since he has taken the office of Secretary-Treasurer of the Connec- ticut Federation of Labor.
 Approved by unanimous vote on this 10th day of June 1945 in Special Con- vention of the Journeymen Barbers' Protective Association of Connecti- cut"
The union times., 1945-06-30
Building Trades Vacation Issue Appeal Is Filed
National Interest Centers Around Attempt Of Local 1s6 To Have Board Treat Building Tradesmen As All Workers Are Treated-McGovern
 Sends Sharp Letter

Phe refusal of the Wage Adjustment Board approve paid vacations for the members of the New Haven Painters, Mo- 186 this week became national issue in the ranks of organized labor
 Although the Local and its contractors unanimously signed for paid vacations the Wage Adjustment Board which handles wage for the War Labor Board turned down the agreement the basis that paid vacations for the building trades not Customary and impractcable."
 Some of the developments this week the vacatiOn with pay' front follows:
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The union times., 1945-06-30
N. H. Electricians
 Hold Elections

Vincent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- Gil, was unanimously renamed busi- ness manager of New Haven Electri- clans, Local B-90, at the annual cleo tlons held June l9. In addition to Nc Govern, Henry A. G. Geis was re- elected financial secretary, and Rus sell Hopkins was renamed as record ing secretary.
 Newly elected to office were the fol- lowing Dominic Panagrossi, presi- dent; Edwin Woodruff, vice-presi- dent; and Anthony Pontecorvo, treas urer. The new executive board is made up of Fred Pokrop, Edward Mautte, William Tennien, and Der nard Gilbride.
The union times., 1945-06-30
SimeoneRenamedBv Hartford Laborers

Local No. 230, Hod Carriers Build ing and Common Laborers, Hartford, installed its newly elected officers Friday. Those elected for the coming year, are as follows:
 Prospero F. Toce, president; L. Mancini, vice-president; s. Conte, financial secretary; Orazio Mancini, tyeasurer; N. Simeone, corresponding and recording secretary; Joseph Kar- seno, sergeant
 Nick Simeone was reelected busi- ness agent without contest for the tenth consecutive year. Simeone is a vice-president of the Connecticut State Building and Construction Trades Council. He has carried union card since 1914, and is a veteran of the first World War.
The union times., 1945-06-30
Danbury Halter
 Wins Hero Medal


 It IS rarely the task of an officer of the rank of captain to man a gun and engage in direct action with the enemy, but when the Nazis made a counter-attack in Luxembourg, Cap tain Lewis T. Kall organized his headquarters personnel into defensive units, personally manned machine gun and stood off the enemy until they were routed and turned tail. For his exceptional heroism, the Captain was awarded the Bronze Star Oak Leaf Cluster.
 Captain Kali1 halls from Danbury and is member of Hatters Union, Local 10. In civilian life he was em- ployed by the George McLachlan Company.
The union times., 1945-06-30

APPEAL IS FILED
 l. Local l86 retained Atty. Louis Feinmark of New Haven, who has filed an appeal with the Wage Adjustment Board, seeking recon sideratiOn of its decision.
 2. L. P. Lindelof, International President of the Painters Union, in- formed Saul Kreas, business agent of No. 186, that he personally will take up this issue with Chairman Daniel Tracy of the Wage Adjust ment Board.
 3. The Connecticut Federation of Labor will be asked by the New Haven Building Central Labor Council to protest the decision to the Wage Adjustment Board.
 4. The New Haven Building Trades Council, through Vincent J.. McCOvern, its secretary-treasurer. has sent a sharp letter of protest to the Building and Construction Trades Department of the ALL, as we'll as to the Wage Adjustment Board.
 5. Despite the adverse decision, New York Painters District Council No. 9, with a membership of l5,- 900, has entered into negotiations with its contractors, seeking to es- tablish five per cent payroll tax which the employers would pay. and set aside for vacations for all jOurneymen painters.
 TEXT OF APPEAL
 The text of the appeal to the Wage Adjustment Board follows:
 Gentlemen:
 We hereby. respectfully request reconsideration of the decision of the Board made May 23, 1o45, denying approval of proposed vacation plan.
 "The reasons we desire reconsid- eration are the following:
 ssl. The Board denied approval on the ground that vacations with pay are not customary and are inn practicable in the building and con- structiOn industry. Whatever may have been the situation in the past, when employees in the building trade customarily worked only a portion of the year and were unem- pIoyed the balance, which situation may have influenced the Board in its opinion, the fact is that for some years past most of our men have been working continuously and. generally speaking for the same employers. In this respect they are in the same category as steadily em- ployed factory workers in so far as the opportunity for vacation is concerned and are as much entitled to vacation with pay.
 2. We are in an area in which the Regional War Labor Board has in dicated its approval of a vacation plan.
 8. Due to the war emergency and the shortage of man power, our men have not only been steadily at work but very frequently have been forced to work seven days per week. With the average age of our men having gone up because of the younger men being taken into service, and with the
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Sorenson Elected
 By Iron Workers

Peter R. Sorenson was elected president Local 424, Iron Workers, New Haven, at the annual elections held Friday William F. Hennessey was elected vice-president, and Ed ward O'Nei1l was elected recording secretary.
 The executive board consists of Walter Rooney, Henry Brown, Her man Schwarzenberg, Raymond Hoyt, and Francis Pfeiffer.
 James O'Kane was reelected as business agent, financial secretary, and treasurer.
 The trustees are Burton Cooper and Michael Driscoll.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Surrender
Continued From First Page.)

ged as If it really made no differ
ence, now.
Under Emotional Strain.
All Allied representatives were
sober-faced, but obviously glad it's
over. Soldiers, sailors and marines,
some of whom had fought their
way across the Pacific, hardly could
hide trace of exuberance on their
serious faces.
Gen. MacArthur's hand shook
slightly as he reached "Dou-" in
his first signature. His face twitched
but his voice was strong although
he appeared to be under great emo
tional strain.
After the japanese signed, he
said dramatically, will Gen. VAIN
wright and Gen. Percival step for
ward while I sign?"
Gen. Wainwright, by his own re-
quest, was accompanied by his chief
of Staff, Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe;
his aides, Col. John Pugh of WASH
ngton and 1t. Col. Thomas Dooley
and his erly-chauffeur, Sergt.
Herbert Carroll. Gen. Percival was
accompanied by his orderly.
Among United States naval Of
f1cers present were Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz, who signed for his
country; his chief of staff, Vice Ad-
miral Forrest c. Sherman; Admiral
William P. Halsey; Vice Admiral
John A. Towers, commander of ma
val air in the Pacific; Vice Admi-
raj Theodore G. Wilkinson, who di-
rected many amphibious landings
under both Admiral Halsey and Ad-
miral Thomas c. Kinkaid, command
er of the 7th Fleet; Rear Admiral
Oscar c. Badger, commander of
the task force which landed occu-
patton troops, and Comdr. Maher.
recently liberated officer Of the
cruiser Houston, lost early in 1912.
1t. Gen. Robert E. Geiger, COM
mander of Marine forces in the
Pacific, represented the Marine
Corps as Admiral Nimitz's guest.
Among United States Army off,
GERS present were Gems. Joseph w
Stilwell, Carl A. Spaatz and George
c. Kenney: 1t. Gems. Robert l.
Eichelberger and Walter Kruger
commanders of the United States
9th and 9Th Armies. and 1t. Gen
Evening star., 1945-09-02

'ern home island of Kyushu by Gen.
Walter Krueger's United States 9Th
Army will be in full swing Wednes-
day.
Occupation Progressing.
1t. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger's
9Th Army already was spreading
over the Tokyo area The occupa-
ton of the northernmost island of
Hokkaido is expected to begin soon.
This also applies to such islands
as Wake, where the Marines made
their heroic stand early in the war
Garrisons totaling 20,500 on the
strategic Bonin Islands guarding
the southeastern approaches to
Japan will surrender tomorrow.
Far away in the Southwest Pacific
capitulation is expected some time
next week, whenever the Japanese
can round up their representatives
to meet the Australians.
Involved in these surrenders will
be all as yet-uncleared regions of
New Guinea, New Britain, New Ire
land and the Solomons.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Official Text of Surrender Instrument

themselves and all forces under
their control.
5. We hereby command all
civil, military and naval officials
to obey and enforce all proc
lamations, orders and directives,
deemed by the supreme COM
mander for the Allied powers to
be proper to effectuate this sur,
render and issued by him or un-
der his authority and we direct all
such officials to remain at their
posts and to continue to perform
their noncombat duties unless
specifically relieved by him or
under his authority.
6. We hereby undertake for the
emperor, the Japanese govern
ment and their successor to carry
out the provisions of the Potsdam
Declaration In good faith, and
to issue whatever orders and take
whatever action maybe required
by the supreme commander for
the Allied powers or by any other.
designated representative of the
Allied powers for the purpose of.
giving effect to that declaration.
Z. We hereby command the
Japanese imperial government
and the japanese imperial gem
eral headquarters at once to
liberate all Allied prisoners of
war and civilian internees now
under Japanese control and to
provide for their protection, care,
maintenance and immediate
transportation to places as di-
rected.
8. The authority of the emperor
and the Japanese government to
rule the state shall be subject
to the supreme commander for
the Allied powers who will take
such steps as he deems proper
Evening star., 1945-09-02

on justice and fair dealing and
tolerance.
AS President of the United
States, I proclaim Sunday, Sep
tember 2, 1945, to be VI day
the day Of formal surrender by
Japan. 1t is not yet the day for
the formal proclamation of the
end of the war or of the cessation
of hostilities. But it is a day
which we Americans shall always
remember as a day of retribution
as we remember that other
day, the day of infamy.
From this day we move for
ward. We move toward new
era of security at home. With
the other United Nations we
move toward a new and better
world of peace and international
goodwill and cooperation.
Gods help has brought us to
this day of victory. With His
help we will attain that peace
and prosperity for ourselves and
all the world in the years ahead.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Russian Soldier Arrested
Berlin Staying Case
By the Associated Press.

BE- the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. IA man identi-
fed as Russian soldier was arrest
ed yesterday and turned over to
American military police in connec-
ton with the Staying of a German
police executive and a German law
yer Thursday and the alleged GRIM
inal assault Of the lawyers wife.
DR.. Hans Voss, police chief of the
lehlendorf Borough in the United
States occupation zone, and an at.
torney named Voight were shot ir
their two-family dwelling.
An eyewitness account on file al
zehlendorf police headquarters sale
they were shot when they tried tt
protect their wives fro1l two men
one in uniform and one in civilian
clothes, both identified as Russians
who entered the home early in tn.
morning. After the shooting, tht
account said, Mrs. Voight and an.
other woman in an upstairs room
were assaulted. Mrs. Voss said she
hid on a balcony until police ar.
rived.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
U. S. S. MISSOURI, Tokyo
Boy, Sept. (Sunday).-Oflcial
te1t of the surrender instru-
n1ent:
l. We, acting by command Of
and In behalf of the Emperor of
Japan, the japanese government
end the japanese imperial gen.
eral headquarters, hereby accept
provisions in the declaration is
sued by the heads of the govern
ments of the United States, China
and Great Britain July 26, 1945,
at Potsdam, and subsequently ad-
hered to by the Union OF Soviet
Socialist Republics, which four
powers are hereafter referred to
as the Allied powers.
q. We hereby proclaim the un-
conditional surrender to the Al
He'd powers of the Japanese i'm
perial general headquarters and
of all Japanese armed forces and
all armed forces under Japanese
control wherever situated.
3. We hereby command all jap
arese forces, wherever situated,
and the japanese people to cease
hostilities forthwith, to preserve
and save from damage all ships,
aircraft and military and civil
property and to comply with all
requirements which may be i'm
posed by the supreme commander
for the Allied powers or by agen-
cies of the. japanese government
at his direction.
4. We hereby command the
Japanese imperial general head
quarters to issue at once orders
to the commanders of all jap
anese forces and all forces under
Japanese control, wherever situ-
ated, to surrender Internationally
Evening star., 1945-09-02

Republics. have commanded the
Japanese imperial government
and the Japanese imperial gen.
eral headquarters to sign on my
behalf the instrument of surren-
der presented by the ssupreme
commander for the Allied pow-
ers and to issue general orders to
the military and naval forces in
accordance with the direction of
the supreme commander Of the
Allied powers.
command all my people forth
with to cease hostilities, to lay
down their arms and faithfully
to carry out all the provisions of
the instrument of surrender and
the general orders issued by the
japanese imperial general head
quarters hereunder.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
IS D. t.. Area Men
Return From Europe;
7 More Due Today

Seven additional Washington area
veterans of European service are due
to arrive in New York today aboard
the transport George Mcclellan.
Ten District men returned to Bos-
ton aboard the Santa Maria yes
terday, while five men from nearby
Maryland and Virginia returned to
New York aboard the Samuel Ashe.
Listed aboard the George McClel-
Ian are: T/5 Paul j. Stadtler, 4137
Yuma street NV; T/5 Stanley B.
Fairfax, 1000 K street NE; TIA
Kenneth N. Hynes. l Scott Circle
NV; Sergt. Fred H. Mccarthy, 6ll6
Seventh place NV; T/3 Raymond
M. Gemmill, 1743 D street NE; Maj.
Raymond M. Reall, 3708 Tirteenth
street N. E., and TI3 Karl w. Krebs,
q Girard street NV.
Aboard the Santa Maria were:
Capt. Lester A. Washburn, 1900 H
street NV; TIA Martin A. Klein,
800 Twelfth street NE; TIA Presley
is. Lavinder, 721 New York avenue
NV; TI5 Nicholas T. Athos, 342
Tuckerman street NV; T/5 Edward
E. Latin, 1903 Biltmore street NV;
Pfc Ralph D. Cohn, 1901 C street
Sc; ia William Levy, sis Fourth
street S.W.; Pvt. Francis Gaetano.
1146 Neal street NE; S Sergt. Fred
l. Edwards, jr., 1845 Irving street
NV, and Capt. Joseph ]. Mccarthy.
1900 Thirtieth street NV.
Arriving on the Samuel Ashe we're:
I'd 1t. Helm Meredith, Gill Forty
fourth avenue, Riverdale; 1t. John
B. Reeside, 5104 Forty-flrst avenue,
Hyattsville; Pvt. Maynard r. South
ard, 7031 Strathmore street, Chevy
Chase; Capt. George r. Koerner, 100
N. Thomas Circle, Arlington, and
Pvt. Robert o. Brewer, 40l0 N.
Twentieth street, Arlington.
Pfc. William D. Wallace, 332
Twelfth street Sc, returned to
Miami Army Airfleld from Europe
last Wednesday, dispatch said.
Evening star., 1945-09-02

their people: to those who stood
up against great odds and held
the line until the United Ma
tions together were able to sup
ply the arms and the men with
which to overcome the forces of
evil.
This Is a victory of more than
arms alone. This is a victory of
liberty over tyranny.
From our war plants rolled the
tanks and planes which blasted
their way to the heart of our
enemies; from our shipyards
sprang the ships which bridged
all the oceans of the world for
our weapons and supplies; from
our farms came the food and
fiber for our armies and navies
and for our Allies in all the cor
ners of the earth; from our
mines and factories came the raw
materials and the finished prod
ucts which gave us the equip
ment to overcome our enemies.
But back of it all were the will
and spirit and determination of
a free people-who know what
freedom is. and who know that it
Is worth whatever price they had
to pay to preserve it.
Liberty Key to Strength.
1t was the spirit of liberty
which gave us our armed strength
and which made our men invin-
chile in battle. We now know
that the spirit of liberty, the
freedom of the individual and
the personal dignity of man,
are the strongest and toughest
and most enduring forces in all
the world.
And so on VJ-Day we take re-
newed faith and pride in our own
way of life. We have had our
day of rejoicing over this victory.
We have had our day of prayer
and devotion. Now let us set
aside VJ-Day as one of renewed
conservation to the principles
which have made us the strong
est nation on earth and which,
in this war, We have striven so
nightly to preserve.
Those principles provide the
faith, the hope and the oppor-
tunity which help men to improve
themselves and their lot. Liberty
does not make all men perfect
nor all society secure. But it
has provided more solid progress
and happiness and decency for
more people than any other phi
losophy of government in his
tory. And this day has shown
again that it provides the great
est strength and the greatest
power which man has ever
reached.
We know that under it we can
meet the hard problems of peace
which have come upon us. A free
people with free Allies, who can
develop an atomic bomb, can use
the same skill and energy and
determination to overcome all the
difficulties ahead.
VI Day Is Today.
Victory always has its burdens
and its responsibilities as well
as its rejoicing.
But we face the future and all
its dangers with great confidence
and great hope. America can
build for itself a future of en-
ployment and security. Together
with the United Nations, it can
build world of peace founded
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Twelve Signers
|Of Surrender
ION Missouri
Ry the Associated Press.

ky the hSSocldteo fIesS.
These were the signers OF the
Japanese surrender instrument
aboard the Missouri today in the
order in which they signed:
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese
foreign minister.
Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, Japanese
imperial general staff chief.
Gen. Macarthur, Supreme Allied
Commander, on behalf of all the
Allies.
Admiral Nimitz for the United
States.
Gen. Hsu Yung- g-chang for China
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser for the
United Kingdom.
1t. Gen. Derevyanko for Russia.
Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey for
Australia.
Col. Lawrence Moore-C -Cosgrave
for Canada.
Gen. Jacques LIE Clerc for France.
Admiral G. E. L. Helfrich for the
Netherlands.
Air Vice Marshal Isitt for New
Zealand.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Clio Longshoremen Make
New Wage Demands
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-CIC
Longshoremen made new wage anc
hour demands today after caucus
approval yesterday Of a proposed
new contract seeking a pay scale
of SITS an hour and strict five-day
week, with no night shifts or Satur-
day and Sunday work.
The caucus, representing locals OF
the International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union from
Canada to San Diego, Calf, was
presided over by Harry Bridges
president.
A spokesman said the new con-
tract would be presented to opera
tors next month. The ILWU mem.
hers now receive $1.10 per hour, but
have been granted an increase of
cents an hour by the War Labor
Board, retroactive to October /, 1914