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The union times., 1945-01-06

Be it resolved that the WLB deems that straight time hourly rate of 72 cents per hour is the minimum below which the WLB shall consider any wage rate sub standard" the resolution.
 Not only would the resolution. if adopted by the entire WLB, bring sOrely needed wage adjust ments to millions of American workers now receiving substandar8 wages, but it would require that present wage bracket systems also be revised.
 In a statement which accompanied the resolution the labor members of the WLB declared. that the board had "evaded the issue" of substand- ard wages for three years, and de- manded action. r
 "It is late indeed-but not too late-fOr the board to act cour-, ageOusly and effectively" they said.
 The labor members quoted from speech by President Roosevelt last January in which he declared, We cannot be content no matter how high that general standard of living may be, If some fraction of our people whether 1t be one-third or one fourth, or one-tenth-are ill-fed, ill., clothed, 1ll-houSed and insecure"
 Pointing out that the WLB was given full power tO deal with this vital problem, the labor members pointed out that that power had never been taken away but that the WLB had battled for economic stabilizatiOn in only shaIf-hearted manner"
 The labor members showed that the WLB itself had recognized it's duty, quoting from two decisions. Tn one, a lumber company case, the Board declared:
 "As separate duty, the National War Labor Board is charged with the responsibility of approving, such wage adjustments as are necessary to correct substandards of living.
 'Fhis duty is of major impor- tance in view of the large number Ot wage earners whose earnings are at the very low levels. Those in the very low wage brackets are the ones who have suffered most from the rise in the cost of living which has largely been caused by the very high in- crease in the cost of food.
 Hence, most of these employees must spend most of their income for food. Their actual cost of living has, in some instances, increased twice as much as other employees more for tunately situated.
 "The privations of these workers and their families have increased with the cost of living. If we fail to roll back the price of food we will have to ease these privations by an upward revision of the minimum wages necessary to correct substand- ards" the statement continued.
 ''Despite these glowing words of fair prOmise," the board has never yet sought to determine what wages are necessary to eliminate substandards of living.
 Tt has gone no further than to say that those employers who want to, increase their wages up to SO cents an hour may do so without obtaining board approval A number of att tempts have been made to get the board to consider the actual cost of minimum standard of living but these attempts have so far availed nothing The latest statement of this problem appears in the report sub mitted to the board by its Cotton Textile Panel on September IS, 1944.
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1945-01-06
Office Workers
 Agreement Ok'd

An important step forward in the organization of office work CTS in Connecticut came today, when the War Labor Board handed down a decision affect ing some four hundred and fifty employees of the Yale and TOwne Manufacturing Company, all members of Local 23555, Office and Clerical Workers Federal Labor Union.
 The Board granted mainte- nance of membership and top seniority for union stewards and officials, and set September IA, 1944, as the retroactive date of a wage agreement between the parties as modified by the WLB.
The union times., 1945-01-06
Labor Seeks 72c Wage Base From WI B
Unionists Propose MininumS Standard
Present Minimum Is 5Oc-Increase In Cost Of Living Makes Step Imperative Workers Receiving Higher
 Rates Would Benefit By Adjustments

WAoHlNGIONThe labor members of the War Labor Board struck blow the curtaimen of war production here this week when they introduced joint resolution to put the WLB record regarding sustanard all wage rates below 72 an hour
The union times., 1945-01-06

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The union times., 1945-01-06

''. .. We believe that demo- cracy's future shall and must be even greater than its past. And to the future we pledge all we have to give.''
 From A Greed for Anaericans''
 by Stephen Vincent Benet
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-03
GEORGIA GOVERNOR DENIES
RACIAL EQUALITY STATEMENT

LOUISVILLE, July 3 (ANP)-
Georgia's liberal Gov. Ellis Ar
nall has emphatically denied {
statement carried in the Louisville
Times here quoting him as saying
What the hell difference does il
make if you sit down to eat with
Negroes, visit them in their homes
and talk to them"
The story was written by Fritz
Lord and was carried beneath the
heading, "Arnall Asks Equality
What Difference Does 1t Make II
You Eat With Negroes? He In
quires."
After the Times presses had
been running about an hour, A. Y.
Arenson, managing editor of the
Times, questioned the story and re-
plated to substitute the heading
"Arnall Urges Rights, Racial
Problems are Only Economic,
Georgia's Governor Asserts in In
terview."
The story was also edited and all
references to eating with Negroes
was deleted. The Associated Press,
however, had picked up the first
story and sent it out over the wires.
Gov. Arnall charged that he was
misquoted in answer to a question
propounded by Hortense Young,
who was a candidate for the Louis
vile Board of Education in the last
election and polled a large vote. She
interrupted the governor while he
was answering another question,
and when he had finished that an
swer he said to her: What differ
ence would it make to you if white
people sat down at a table with you
and there was nothing to eat?"
Under the heading "Gov. Arnall
Restates Position Clarifying His
Interview With Press" the We'd
nesday edition of the Louisville
Times carried the following story
"Clarifying his position on the
question of equal opportunities for
Negroes in the south, Gov. Ellis
Arnall of Georgia said today the
question involved economic equal
ity, not social equality.
Referring to yesterdays inter
view in the Times in which the
rights for Negroes were discussed
Gov. Arnall said he intended to say,
What the hell difference does il
make to them, if you sit down and
eat with Negroes, visit with them
in their homes, talk with them. II
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-03

"In the south the white and col
ored races have lived together
peaceably and harmoniously, re-
specting the traditions, heritages
and concepts of the south. We be-
lieve the Negro is entitled to fair
treatment and is entitled to his
constitutional rights. But we long
ago determined that social equality,
interracial meals and dinners, eat
ing with Negroes, interracial mar
riages and such suggestions are
absurd and are injurious to both
races.
'The answer to the race issue is
the economic well-being of all our
people. Proper attitude, tolerance
and education. The solution of ra-
cial relations, like the solution to
the problem of recurring war,
must be found in the hearts of men.
Any statement or expression at
tributed to me at variance with the
views which | maintain and hold
about racial relations and the
views set out in this statement is
in error"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-03

just means they have something to
eat, home, enough education to
carry on a conversational other
words, economic equality
"The governor again insisted
that the 'so-called racial problem
was one of economics. Give the Ne
groes equal opportunities to earn
a decent living he said, and you
have no problem
Pointing to his own state, Ar
nall said he was proud of results Of
his program for the betterment of
the Negroes there, comprising one
third of Georgia's population.
eff Negroes do not prosper
Arnall said, then the rest Of my
people will not prosper. In the
short time since the days of slav-
cry, Negroes have advanced far
ther than any other race in the
world"
The governor also asked the AS
sociated Press to carry the follow
ing statement from him on it's
wires Wednesday, which it did:
"The so-caled racial problem is
largely an economic problem. It is
not social or political, although
there are some who would make it
appear to be So We in the south do
not believe in social equality with
the Negro.
eve believe the Negro is entitled
to justice, fair treatment, to edu-
cation, health service and benefits
of government. We believe that
every segment of our population,
including the Negro, should have
economic opportunity. With a third
of the people of Georgia of a min
ority race, it is important that all
our people share in the opportunity
for work in the postwar world. But
we oppose the FEPC as unwork-
able and as an irritant to harmoni-
Gus racial relations.
eve in the south by heritage and
by tradition believe that segrega-
tion is conducive to the welfare of
both the white and colored races.
Today in my state the Negro is en-
titled to vote in the general elec-
ton. He does not vote in the white
Democratic primary. We believe
that the Democratic primary is
properly regulated by the Demo-
cratic convention and the Demo-
cratic executive committee as vol
untary agency operating under the
exclusive rules of the party. Test
suits are now pending in the fed
eral courts in our state to deter
mine these issues.
The sub., 1945-11-21

Devastation and want In those lands are on so vast . scale as to be almost beyond our comprehen- sion. Millions there are even now 1nadequately clad for winter weather, for health and for self repsect. It is estimated that in China alone 200, ,OOO,0 ,0O0 people need clothing.
 Among these threadbare millions, there are people of every age and from every walk of 1ike-new- born babes, school boys and girls, aged farm couples, the village choir master, the woman who went out sewing, office clerks, doctors, teachers, young mothers, sick and fear-haunted ex-prisoners of war, the nearly hopeless wrecks from slave labor camps, and even newly elected big city officials. Most of them live and work in unheated rooms, for fuel, too, Is still acutely scarce.
 Tn the bomb-gutted, ruin-strewn lands, peace alone could not bring an end to the war-created shortage in raw material, yard goods, cloth ing, shoes and bedding. The ship ments of clothing that Americans donated were not nearly enough to go around. Yet as these war; sufferers try to rebuild their fac tories and their. lives, they need clothes for courage, protection and survival.
 These people are not asking you to give them Utopia-but only Ser- vieeable things like your old coat the one with the frayed edges but a warm lining, or the baby blan- kets so long stored away. With out the help of these people you and I will never get even an ap- proximation of Utopia. Without their help, there will be no peace for our children.
The sub., 1945-11-21

If we plan to do what will be- good for the country" Bullis de- clared, i've can be assured it will be good for American business. If we think only of what will be good for business, we cannot be sure 1t will be good for the country, and any benefits to business will be transitory."
 Human Relations Come First
 Bullis emphasized that the 'pri- mary function" of the president of a company is to improve human re- lations with the company's en- ployees, and he added:
 "He does this by developing a realistic, humanistic labor policy that does not treat his employees as merely pickets in fence or cogs in a machine, but as associates who have self-respect and self-confi- dence. He sees to it that everyone on the pay roll is given wages that will enable him to maintain him. self decently.''
 Then Bullis enunciated great truth that labor has been proclaim ing for years-that business cannot prosper unless workers are ade- quately compensated.
 Prosperity Rests on Wages
 The more workers get, he assert ed, the more they will buy, and the better it will be for business.
 During the war" he recalled, "the American people ate approxi- mately II per cent more per capita than they did in the prewar period. This, of course, was because they had better incomes and were able to buy more food. The loW-income groups improved their diets tre- mendously, and even the families with high incomes had more whole some, more nutritious meals.
 "The depression year of 1880 marked te lowest level of food con- sumption per capita. Nearly Al per cent of the people did not get all the food they wanted, because they could not afford to pay for it. When people have money, they will spend more for food.
 Tn a few words, if business is to push ahead, there must be full en- ployment, and incomes high enough to permit the people to buy large quantities of goods"
The sub., 1945-11-21
Guy Iby Loses Boy!

Nov. 16-Richard Iby, 25, oldest son of Mir. and Mrs. Guy 1by of Lowell, Mass, formerly of Burling- ton, died early yesterday morning after a years illness. A graduate of Burlington High School, he was star pitcher on the baseball team in his senior year.
 MT. Iby also attended UVM, en- listing in. the army in his senior year and entering officers candi- date school from which he was graduated as a second lieutenant.
 Surviving besides his parents are two brothers, Robert and Wen dell Iby and his grandparents, MT. and Mrs Frank Lapan of Wiliston Road, and several aunts and uncles.
 The body will be brought to the home of his aunt, Mrs. Frank Gonyeau of South Burlington and funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later.
 Guy Iby, Richards father, was one of our good E. B. Stagebuild- CTS and has now removed to Dra- cutt, Mas, where he bought farm.
The sub., 1945-11-21
Workers Refuse to Cross Picket Line

St, Louis-Production at the Gen. eral Cable Corporation plant was halted by the refusal of workers to cross picket line which un- ion official asserted was set up by employees from the company's eastern plants.
 Chester Fisher, president of the Bayonne' N. J., local of the AFL International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, said the picket line would be maintained here until a strike at the Bayonne plant for a
The sub., 1945-11-21
Letters to inc Editor
Rowland Bishop

QOW1AuQ 01SuOP
 Dear Sir: g.
 As you know, I have been a very interested reader and listened as to what is being said and written in regard to our harbor and the possibilities of getting shipping to come to this area.
 The talk is plenty and the pa pers are writing plenty, but that is as far as 1t is going. believe we have put this matter in the minds of the John o. Public enough so as to get their opinion, also the backing of the few who would like to see business on the increasing side.
 would say that you, as the edi- tor of the SUB, should write a good editorial on this subject. Also l would say the SUB should go on record as making statement that our Editor has contacted Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse and MT. McMahon in our first step towards an investigation of our territory.
 Next the Metal Trades Council and the c. L. U. should give us a little more action so as to keep this matter moving a little faster. We the workers cannot lose too much time in this undertaking if we expect to get anywhere. We have between ten and fifteen thou sand union men here in New Lon- don and Groton who I am sure are going to help us to success.
 With the connections that you already have I would say, Let's go! What are we waiting for?" Are we going to let this matter die now that we have spent so much time and effort and let some other city, such as Bridgeport take the cream? I think that every working man should GET BE- HIND the GUN and FIGHT for WHAT NEW LONDON and GROTON HAS NEEDED-a FLEET of OCEAN GOING BOATS CON- ING and GOING from OUR HAR- BOR AT ALL TIMES!
 Signed,
 CHARLES F. CHAPMAN. Eastern Point Road,
 Groton, Conn.
 November 13. 1945.
 P. s. Let's forget the summer va cationist and do "wee bit" for the worker and the local merchants who starve with us nine months of
The sub., 1945-11-21

P. s. Let's forget the summer va catiOnist and do a "wee bit' for the worker and the local merchants who starve with us nine months of the year!
The sub., 1945-11-21
Jobs for AU at Good Wages Is Aduocdted By Employer

Head of General Bills Declares Business Cannot Prosper
 Unless Workers Have Adequate Purchasing Power
 Members of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, meeting at New York; listened to unusual speech last week.
 It was delivered by Harry A. Bulis, president of Gen. Mills who started out by saying that the goal of en- frightened industry should be better relations With It's work CTS and a better standard of living for everybody.
The sub., 1945-11-21

30 per cent wage increase was set- tied.
 Four of the pickets came from Bayonne and three from the Perth Amboy, N. J., General Cable plant, Fisher asserted.
 Harvey Larsen, financial secre- tary of the St. Louis local of the uion, said workers at the plant here are not on strike, although they refuse to cross the picket line Approximately 460 production en- ployees are involved.
The sub., 1945-11-21
Bill for the Sale of Surplus Vessels Passes House of Representatives

The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1945, H. R. 3603, passed the House of Representatives on October 2, 1945. The United States Senate held hearings, which have been concluded, and a report will be submitted to the upper house of Congress. When the measure is fi- nally approved and signed by the President, 1t will be analysed in detail.
 At this time, some of the pertin- ent sections of the House bill may be of interest to the affiliated unions of the Metal Trades Depart ment. The Declaration of Policy is very important to our unions:
 "Sec. 2. (a) It is necessary for the national defense and develop ment of the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States that the United States have merchant marine CD sufficient to carry its domestic water borne commerce and substantial portion of it's wa ter-borne export and import for eign commerce and to provide ship ping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign Water-borne commerce at all times; CD capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency; (3) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States; (4 composed of the best-equipped, saf- est, and most suitable types of ves- sels, constructed in the United States and manned with trained and efficient citizen personnel; and (5) supplemented by American owned facilities for repairs, ma- rine insurance, and other auxiliary services"
 Under Sec. 12 (a) the United States Maritime Commission is given extensive powers to make al- terations of war vessels for peace time use: "The Commission is authorized to reconvert or restore for normal operation in commer- cial services, including removal of national defense or war service fea- lures, any vessel authorized to be sold or chartered under this Act. The Commission Is authorized to make such replacements, altera- tions, or notifications with respect to any vessel authorized to be sold or chartered under this Act, and to install therein such special fea- lures, as may be necessary or ad- visable to make such vessel suit able for commercial operation on trade routes or services or com parable as to commercial utility to other such vessels of the same gen. eral type"
 A National Defense Reserve Fleet is provided for. It is express ly stated in Sec. II that these 'ves- sels placed in such reserve shall be preserved and maintained by the Commission for the purpose of na- tional defense"
The sub., 1945-11-21
The Continuing Need For Clothing for Overseas Relief

By Christmas approximately 25,OOO0OO children, men and women in the liberated countries will have ceved clothing donated by the American people in the United National Clothing Collection of last spring But 25OO0OOO is only small percentage of the destitute homeless and footed people of Europe. the Philippines and the Far East
The sub., 1945-11-21
Harmony

Hale the good old night shift That has come back on days Our brothers in tools, that beat the
 axis Tn a hundred and one ways. We worked to win the war together Now the world can live at ease. United we stood in war time United lets stay in peace. So lets keep on working together Without ill?feelingS, grumbleS, or
 SquarkS Let's show the world that good
 Americans Settle their troubles in peaceful
 talks!
 Amy Moret
The sub., 1945-11-21

In 26 years the American Stand ards Association has created more than 700 national industrial safe- ty standards.
The sub., 1945-11-21
Ifs In The Bag For You!

Hey, fellow, whatta you know? Our new hats are in and we have one set aside for you.
 Come in today and grab your new Hat right out of our hands. They all are going to please you as they pleased us when we un- packed them.
 Soft Fall shades. Hard wearing quality. As usual, priced just right.
 Adam Hats $3.45 to S6 Mallory Hats $6.5O and S7.5O
Evening star., 1945-10-04
Short Shots
From Hollywood
ny the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Barbara Stanwyck's adopted son,
who recently insisted on having his
name changed from Dion to Tony, is
spending his vacation in a tent In
Barbara'S back yard complete with
charcoal cooker. The youngster was
taken i'll on his first visit to a camp
and insists on completing the vaca-
ton under canvas. Otto Krugers S
daughter, Ottilie Ann, who made
her Broadway debut last year in II
remember Mama" leaves for New
York to see about three new offers
made her. :. Ruth Hussey and her
husband. Capt. Bob Longenecker. on
leave, will spend their vacation in
a cabana at a nearby beach club
In Santa Monica Canyon, using
sleeping bags and a portable cook
stove. -. Glamour girls still sign for
SIS week at studios, but glamour
horses do better. A stallion re-
christened Smoky will draw $500 per
week at Twentieth Century Fox in
his first role. Talent scouts say it's
the law of supply and demand; there
are just as many pretty girls as
ever, but there are fewer handsome
horses, due to wartime demands for
them. . . Dick Haynes and his
stage-minded wife Joanne are plan
ming small theater for their home:
others are to be invited to join the
stock company for fun and expert
ence. That's one way to hold onto
a career girl.
Evening star., 1945-10-04
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National - The Rugged Path:
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitoi-"Her Highness and the
Bellboy': 1890 a m, 1:25, 4:20, 7:2o,
10:15 pm. Stage shows: 1910, $50,
$50 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"You Came Along: II
am, LOS, $40, Sis, 7:20 and 9:25
pm.
Earle-"Rhapsody in Blue: 1885
am, lao, 4:25, 6:55 and $50 pm
Hippodrome - Courageous Mr.
Penn: 2:3o, 4:2o, 6:o5, 7:55 and
$40 pm
Keith's SHADY Lady,: Ills
am, 1:20, 1928, $50, 7::35 and 9:4O
pm.
Little - ION Approval: II am.
12:45, 2:30, Ais, 6, 7:50 and $40 p m
Metropolitan-"It All Came True,
10:45 am, 1885, sos, SIS, 7:25 ano
$50 pm.
Palace-"State Fair: 10:45 am.
1855, sos, Sis, 7:25 and 9:35 pm
Pix-"Army Wives: 2:1O, Abs,
and 9:15 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and Shorts,
continuous from 10 am,
Evening star., 1945-10-04

brief spell. 1t would be even more
wonderful if other movie producers
were to see him perform and start
thinking they had better put him
in their pictures. They won't, how
ever. They never do. & them y
One of the conventions of the
cinema musical has been followed
by Shady Lady" That is the one
OF picking out an old, popular tune.
putting a new tempo around it and
giving 1t a prominent place in the
action. The tune in this case is
"Cuddle Up Little Closer" which
quite a number of people probably
will be singing again.
1t is pretty good number at
that. And so, in its guileless way
is Shady Lady, good little
musical.
Evening star., 1945-10-04
Shady Lady Guileless Thing,
Ribs Elaborate Musicals
By JAY CARMODY.

you are tired of movie musicals that look
coorfu than prewar coronation give thought Shady
opened yesterday at Keiths
out of Hollywood it simple ge those shows the
KIDS put the attic of lo-
Evening star., 1945-10-04

SHADY LADY" Universal Picture
produced and directed by George Waec.
ner, original screenplay by Curt SioGmak,
M. NJ. Musselman and Gerald Geragfty,