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The union times., 1945-07-07
Vacation Issue
 Makes Progress
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 The Resolution that is to be sub mitted to the General Executive Board of the Painters International by District Council No. 9 follows:
 RESOLUTION
 "WHEREAs, hundred of thousands of workers, members of Trade Unions i'll Greater New York enjoy vacations with pay, ranging from one to four weeks per year, and
 WHEREAS, members of the build ing industry, with very few excep- tions, have not enjoyed vacations with pay,s although there IS very great need for them, therefore, be 1t
 RESOLVED, that the vacation plan as proposed by District Council to the Association of Master Painters and Decorators of the City of New York, Inc, during the wage negotia- tions in lo45, be approved in principle, and after its approval, vacations with pay should become the adopted policy of the Brotherhood of Painters, Dec orators and Paperhangers of America and of Local Unions affiliated with the Brotherhood, who, when negotiat- ing agreements should strive to secure paid vacations clauses in their agree ments. Be 1t further
 RESOLVED, that the General Execu- tive Board of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang- CTS of America introduce a Resolu- ton at the next meeting of the Build ing and Construction Trades Depart ment, urging that Body to make this a policy of their own and give all possible assistance to those affiliated Local Unions who are striving to sc cure vacations with pay in their new agreements.
 The New York Plan, as submit ted to the (N.Y.) contractors, read, as follows:
 ''Art. XIX. Vacations. Each mem Der of the Union shall be granted q vacation with pay in an amount equal to five (5%o) percent. of the wages he earned during the yea, August l, l945 to July 3l, l946 Commencing with the first day in August, I945 and weekly thereafter during the term of the Trade Agree ment, every Employer shall depOsi' with the Union an amount equaJ to five (5) Percent. of the wages due to each journeyman on said pay day, and each Employer shaI simultaneously file with the Union a written statement setting forth tht name. address, social security mum Der and amount of wages of each such journeyman. During tho month of August, l946, the Union
The union times., 1945-07-07
A.F.L. Goes To Bat With Andy Higgins

Spokesmen for A. F. of l.. unions went to the mat this week with An drew J. Higgins, New Orleans ship builder, at a stormy National War Labor Board hearing.
 Higgins posed as friend of la bor" when he was struggling to get war contracts from the government, but lately has been trying to break his agreement with the A. F. of l.. unions at his yard, allegedly to pre- pare for "open shop" operation after the war.
 At issue before the VILE. was the question of whether he could legally terminate the agreement, which runs to September. Higgins sought to de- fend his stand by claiming the local unions were Irresponsible" but Her bert s. Thatcher, A. F. of L. attor- ney, fired back with chapter and verse showing that Higgins himself has been Irresponsible" by repeated violations of the agreement
The union times., 1945-07-07
Standard Oil's Suit Shows Nazi Comeback Road
Government Fights Attempt Of Firm To Recover
 Cartels Power

LabOr's fears that American big business intends to renew it's cartel tieups with German industry, pay ing the way for Nazi comeback, were strengthened during the suit of Standard Oil of New Jersey to re- cover 2,5OO patents which belonged to l. C. Farbenindustrie, the giant German chemical trust.
 The patents were seized by the u. 5. alien property custodian in l942 and l944 because of alleged German interests in them. In suing for their recovery Standard Oil claims that the patents are Ameri- can, not alien property, that as soon as war broke out in l930, Standard and l. C. Farben repre- sentatives held meeting at the Hague, Holland, and arranged sale of all Farben rights to Standard for $35, ,OOO, ,OOO in nOn-vOting Standard stock.
 A NAZI TRICK?
 The government is trying to prove that this was merely a trick for get ting through the war period but look ing forward to renewal of the Stand ard Oil-I. c. Farben cartel arrange mentS after the war. 1t brought Dr.. August von Knieriem, l. G. Farben chief counsel, by plane under special guard from Germany to New York for questioning on the Farben-stand- ard deal
 The heel-clicking, white-haired German wasn't much help, however. He testified that mot all the docu- ments in the transaction were available because the deadly bomb ing by the Americans had resulted in the destruction of the l. C. Far ben building where the records were kept"
 Contradicting this testimony was publication in daily newspapers here a few days earlier of photograph of the 1. G. Farben administration buildings in Frankfurt, where the records were supposed tc have been destroyed. The picture showed that the buildings were absolutely intact and housed U. s. military headquar- ters. A dispatch stated that mot 2 single window in the enormous build ing was broken"
 Whether OF not the German trust and Standard Oil are getting heIF from U. s. military government officers in hiding their cartel plans
The union times., 1945-07-07
Carpenters H1
 Park City Rout
 Miners, Dist. 50

Under the leadership of Busi- ness Agent Harold F. Barker, the Bridgeport Carpenters Unions have decisively defeated District 50 of the United Mine Workers, which sought to invade the building trades field of the Park City.
 The employees of the City Lumber Co.,, overwhelmingly showed their preference for the Carpenters Union, but the Mine Workers persisted. All of the employees of the Charlotte St. plant of the company joined the Carpenters, and all but six of the men at the PhiIly Terminal joined. Nevertheless, the United Mine Workers gave out leaflets. and continued their raiding at- tempts. They were rejected by the workers, who have formed Box Makers Union 1903, Car penters Union, A.F.L. Barker is the locals business representa- tive. ..
The union times., 1945-07-07
Hard-Coal Miners Are Pioneer Group

Washington, D. C.-The follo7vnug significant ne70S story aodS cdblcd 10 the Ne9o York Herald Tribune from Supreme Headquarters oJ the Allied Exbeditionary Forces m Paris by its 70ay correspondent, Russell Hill, and IS reprinted from the Ne70 York Her ald Tribune:
 The first free labor union to be tolerated in Germany since 1881 was organized three days ago al AlsdOrf, north of Aachen, when l25 hard-cOal miners assembled under the eyes of Allied Military Govern. ment officials and formed the Prefer Deutscher Cewerkschafts Bund Gree German La b o T UniOn).
 The meeting was dedicated to "the late President of the United States, a great friend of labor whose work has made this meeting possible" by Mat thias Eek, who had been ejected as Alsdorf tax collector because he had refused to join the Nazi party.
 Formation of the union was said to be consistent with dirctives given by General Dwight ID. Eisenhower, Two military government observers, Major Donald B. Husse, of Colum. bus, Ohio, and Major Jack Brad. ford, of St. Paul, Minn., listened to speakers who proposed that the new union should work to ''re. deem the German people in the eyes of the world"
 Speakers asked further that the or ganization strive ito drive all Ma tional Socialists from public office; to reconstruct GermanyS homes, fac tories, railroads and other aspects of German civilization destroyed by the war; to reeducate German youth, who must be told the truth about Hitler and the misfortune he brought to the country; to purge the schools of fas- cist teachers; to work for adoption of the 40-hour week in German in dustry."
 One miner who had been sent to a concentration camp by the Nazis warned the gathering to be on the lookout mot only for the former Brown Shirts but also for the people who supported them"
 The union will admit former Nazis to membership only after they have been ''thOroughly cIeansed of Hitlerism," according to Matthias Wilms, German editor Of the 'sAachen Nachrichten," news paper supervised by the AMC.
The union times., 1945-07-07
2rman Workers Form First Free Un0n UrderU Drectio1

the trail showed pretty clearly that the plans exist. The U. $. govern ment introduced secret correspond enco between Farben officials and the supreme command of the Nazi army, confirming that the Germans at least did not consider the l039 deal a genuine termination of the cartel agreement.
 The correspondence showed that l. c. Farben had sought and received the approval of the German army and the German ministry of economic affairs for its transfer to Standard Oil of the patents, which concern processes for making synthetic rub Der. The deal was made after Ger many invaded Poland
 WEHRMACHT INVOLVED
 A letter dated Oct. II, 1889, ad- dressed to l. C. Farben and signed lon behalf of the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehr- macht," said: *'I consider your proposal to transfer to the Standard Oil Co. in New Jersey the Buna patents existing in the British Elm pire, France and the U. s. is sound, and agree to it." A similar letter from the German minister of eco- homie affairs was dated Oct. l2, l03c. Both documents were stamped in red ink ''Ceheim" (secret) with instructions for their careful guard. The letters were identified by vOn Knieriem.
 The U. S. government also brought out copy of the Hague agreement under which Standard Oil bought out 1. G. Farben interests in the jointly owned subsidiaries. Opposite mem orandum on the organization of Jasco Inc, one of the jointly-owned sub sidiaries, was a penciled remark which von Knieriem identified as his. He had written "Nachkreigs Camou- hage" (postwar camoufage).
The union times., 1945-07-07
A Break" For G. I. Joe

When conditions permit, families and sweethearts of service men will be permitted to join them in occupied Europe, the War Department an- nounCeS.
The union times., 1945-07-07

Mention THE UNION TIMES when showing, and help Labor's Own Paper grow.
The union times., 1945-07-07

Mention THE UNION TIMES when shopping, and help Labor $ Own Paper grow.
The union times., 1945-07-07
War Death Claims
 Paid Top 2 Billion

The number of death claims ap- proved under the governments insur- ance system for members of the armed forces already far exceeds the 28-year total paid out under a some- what similar system adopted during the last war, the Veterans Admins tration reports.
 During the last eight months, it is revealed, claims rose from s. ,340 to 30z ,264, representing total of $2,00o,- o95,S6l in the face value of the pol icies.
 During the latter half of May claims were being handled at the rate of LAO day.
The union times., 1945-07-07

shall pay to each journeyman inc aggregate amount received on his behalf during the term of the Trade AUraap,nanR g
The union times., 1945-07-07
Electricians Win

Winning an election over the CLIO. the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was certified by the National Labor Relations Board this week as bargaining agency for maintenance electricians and helpers at the Illinois division of Bendix Aviation Corporation in Chicago.
The union times., 1945-07-07
CONN. COUNCIL PROTESTS

ASTceInenLs
 CONN. COUNCIL PROTESTS
 Following is the letter sent to the Wage Adjustment Board by the Conn. State Building and Construc- ton Trades Council:
 Greetings.
 We have been informed that the Wage Adjustment Board has turned down the Vacation Plan as submitted by Painters Local Union, No. 186, of New Haven, Conn.,, on the grounds that vacations with pay are not GUS tomary and are impracticable in the Building and Construction Industry. ,
 Please be advised that the Con. necticut State Building X Construc. ton Trades Council have not only endorsed the Vacation Plan of Painters Local Union No. l86, but have also adopted it and incOrpor- ated it into their plans for future agreements. We are unable to un- derstand the position taken by the Labor Members of your Board in going along unanimously on this decision, while rival organizations arc allowed to enjoy privileges de- nied the American Federation of Labor Unions. This plan was mu. tually agreed on by the Painting Contractors and the Local Union and was neither ca wage rate case nor ''wage dispute case" In the interest of unity and harmony may we suggest that this case be re. viewed once again.
 "We trust the Wage Adjustment Board will reconsider their previous decision and advise us accordingly"
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Washington's Amusement
Halls and Opera Houses
BY John Clagett Proctor.

1t is indeed fascinating to many to
hark back to their younger days and
have their memories refreshed regard
ing the amusements that came to the
halls and places of amusement that
existed in this city around about fifty
nVe or sixty years ago, and even earlier,
when many times the prices for first
class attractions were in the reach of
almost every one. If any one doubts
this, The Star of October II, 1886, will
come to the writer's rescue, for in it
will be found the following ad:
"Hersog's Ninth-St. Opera House.
Comic Opera Week,
Commencing on Monday, October II.
CORRINE,
The brightest jepel in the coronet
of art,
supported By the strongest company
OF comedians and lyric artists
eDer organized.
; Printd Donnds.
Change OF bill daily.
Monday afternoon and night, CaperS
Tuesday Mikado
Wednesday, Chimes OF Normandy
Thursday ------------------G Gnofa
Friday Mascot
Admission (reserDed sedts) 10c and 25c
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Specialist in Mystery
BY Mary Elizabeth Prim,
Associated Press stan Writer.

A tireless household organizer, she
practically reconstructed her big white
house overlooking Frenchmens Bay,
blueprinting the location of every stick
OF furniture before she moved in.
But she never makes an outline of .
crime story.
II just keep track of the clues on q
sheet of yellow paper, which I usually
lose," said the author of 1.-THE Circular
Staircase" credited with being the first
detective story that had humor.
Once written, book holds little in
terest for Mrs. Rinehart and she seldom
refers to it again.
She Had Forgotten
"I had to edit a pocket edition of 'Ths
Man in Lower Ten,' my first mystery.
and I couldn't remember q line Of it."
she said II had even forgotten who did
the murder"
Serene and friendly as her flower
bright library, Mrs. Rinehart said she
has never been able to think Of herself
as q career woman" and did not begin
to write until her three sons were grow
ing up. The eldest, Stanley M. Rinehart,
OF New York, Is now her publisher.
Although all her characters, criminal
or law-abiding, are imaginary, Mrs.
Rinehart is not ayerse to using her inn
mediate surrounding as q setting for
crime
Like "The WALL" her forthcoming
@The Yellow Room" due this month,
has Bar Harbor background.
Evening star., 1945-10-14
When the Unexpected Happens

He doesn't have trouble often enough
to worry about it but when the unex-
pected happens, 1t happens fast as in the
Evening star., 1945-10-14

He fung the CHAIR at the
bookcase.
illustrations by Star STAFF Artist.
Glib Crockett.
explained Commissioner Turnage. "Ths
bondsman searched for two years but
couldn't find him so the money went to
the Treasury.
Here's what happened The thief
had been arrested in Baltimore on an
other charge after fleeing here and went
he was being sought he was about 30
miles away but nobody knew 1t. ! felt
sorry for the bondsman"
His Humanitarianism
This concern for others has built the
commissioner a reputation. For in
stance, he has been active for years in
promoting the Shrine Circus. Three
years ago when transportation was bad
in the District, he rounded up several
horses and wagons and brought Grip
pied kids from their homes and schools
to Uline Arena where the Shrine Circus
was playing.
He is one of the city's leading Masons,
having been for 81 years a member of
st. Johns Lodge, No. II. In 1910, he was
grand master of District Masons. He
has been past potentate of Almas
Temple, past grand patron of the Order
OF the Eastern Star and past first vice
president of the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home, and is still member of the
homes Executive Committee.
The commissioner was born 81 years
ago IN Clayton, N. c., and came here
in 1908. He attended the University Of
North Carolina, and the law schools of
National and Baltimore Universities,
He is veteran of the World War, q
member of several legal societies, pro-
fessor Of law at Benjamin Franklin
University, and author of numerous
articles on Masonic affairs and the
history of Jurisprudence. He and his
wife, Mrs. Mabel G. Turnage, have no
children.
Legal circles consider hmm an erudite
lawyer and good man in his job. Even
the underworlds members seem to agree,
for in Commissioner Turnage's own
words: They act very respectfully
when they come here"
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Needham Turnage Looks
Back Over a Few Cases
BY Harry Lever.

A quiet middle-aged man who looks
like justice of the peace sat in an
diversified leather chair and asked
nervous individual standing before him
a question. The interrogator was
United States Commissioner Needham
G. Turnage and he had asked the same
question about 5000 times since he took
office in 1928.
How do you plead-guilty or not
guilty?"
The man before the commissioner in
his Office was dope addict, charged
with violating narcotic laws. Instead
of answering he suddenly grabbed a
chair and flung it with all his might
at bookcase. Wood and glass splinters
flew in all directions. An alert United
States deputy marshal quickly slapped
handouts on the wild-eyed dope fiend
and led him away.
This recent scene is not usual one
in Commissioner Turnage's Office at
631 E street NV. On the contrary, the
men who appear before him for pre-
hminary hearing or arraignment on
Federal charges invariably feel they are
in the presence of an Important judicial
officer and act with proper decorum
and respect.
The First Step
The defendant may be a murderer.
an arsonist, a spy or housebreaker.
Whether he pleads or not is immaterial.
If there is shred of evidence against
him, the appearance before Commits
sioner Turnage is more often than not
the first step toward prison. But what
is more important, it Is the commission
er's duty to dismiss a man if there Is
even a minute doubt that the Govern
ment has no case.
The commissioner has a set standard
approach to every case from which he
never veers. Many OF the men who
come before him are guilty, many are
not He leans over backward In an
honest effort to distinguish between the
two. His prime thought is that a de-
fendant has full legal rights. these
rights must be protected, the same as
II was in his chair and he in mine"
Commissioner Turnage emphasizes.
He is commonly known as "the right
hand man" of the local District or
Federal Court because, in effect, his
job is to relieve the Federal justices of
as much detail as possible.
Federal Gases
To attain this end he Is empowered
to arraign felons, conduct preliminary
examinations, issue writs, complaints
and warrants, set bail or commit q
person in lieu of it, and in general pre-
pare for future court action any case
involving breach of Federal laws.
He handles more cases than United
States commissioners in other cities be-
cause in Washington all offenses, ex-
cept District code violations prosecut-
able by the corporation counsel, are Of
fenses against the national Government.
His case histories are nearing the
$4,000 mark. He may jump the figure to
$4,000 before he retires but he hopes
there will never be that many criminals.
Since assuming Office he has also signed
and issued about 100000 legal papers es-
sential to prosecution.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

1t didn't phase her at all when some
time ago bashful defendant who re-
sented having his picture taken by
newspaper photographer grabbed the
camera and hurled it right through the
glass door. She's used to anything by
now. So Is the commissioner,
Through the Door
He is reluctant to discuss himself per-
sonally. you don't want to talk about
me, son." he remarked. After all, I'm
just a man in a job. It's the job you
want to talk about. That's important"
Getting to talk to him for any length
of time is job in itself A discussion
hardly gets under way before the po-
lice bring in two or three men for ar
raignment. Excuse me-" he will say.
have to take care of these people.
Can't keep the law waiting" Because
of the press of his official duties. it
took six visits to his Office to obtain
sufficient facts for this story.
The CASTOR Means Case
He never knows when he is going to
handle a famous case but a sure sign
that something big is on the way Is
when the telephone rings during the
night In his home at 1922 Decatur
street NV. The CASTOR B. Means af-
fair was an example.
Means was brought in at 3 am, on
q charge of grand larcency," the COM
missioner related. "He got si04 900 from
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean after tell
ing her he would get the Lindbergh baby
back by giving the money to the kid
naper He didn't produce.
We'll, he came in for a hearing. all
dressed up in a black suit, black tie and
wearing 10-gallon hat He was pretty
brazen. He wanted me to pose for a
picture with him, at 3 o'clock in the
morning. I refused and held him for
the grand jury"
The celebrated Teapot Dome scandal
was another time the commissioner was
routed from beneath the sheets. He
issued warrant for Government seizure
OF records after jury tampering was
charged. Everybody was half asleep
and after did my job I hustled right
back to bed" he recalled.
The ONCE has seen several drunk de-
PENDANTS. the most notable being Fred
Mergner, bakery clerk who murdered
Charlotte Robinson in October. 1s43 and
whose execution was recently commuted
to life imprisonment.
He Was ReelinS
"Mergner was reeling all over the
place" Commissioner Turnage said. 1T
couldn't legally ask him to plead to a
murder count, but even II I could he
wouldn't have known what I was talking
about. We continued that one until he
sobered up"
The commissioner once thought of
enlarging his Office when the Justice De-
partment brought Is defendants before
him to set his record for the number
Of persons charged in one case. 1t hap
pened during prohibition. The men
were wanted in Florida and the Gov
ernment wanted them removed there.
Defense attorneys, however, contended
the charges were weak. But Commits
sioner Turnage ordered the men re-
moved and before their trial in Florida.
the Supreme Court upheld his action.
Il guess there wasn't much Of a case
at that, though. The men were &C
quilted" the Commissioner added with
smile.
Bond Jumpers
Only three men who have appeared
before him have jumped bond. In such
cases the Government allows a bonds
Evening star., 1945-10-14

performed many of the early temper
ance plays of the style of Ten Nights
IN Barroom." One dedicated to
Father Matthews OF old st. Patrick's
Church is advertised in The Star of
January, 1875, and it was so good that
IL ran for week or more when 1t had
been billed for shorter stay. The an
nouncement appealed to the writer, and
&c copied it that The Stars readers
Evening star., 1945-10-14

case of the chair-ninging drug addict.
Those addicts, they're the boys" the
commissioner mused. II remember an
other case when one ran wild up here.
While was arraigning him the Govern
ment informer who caused the arrest
was waiting in the outer office. On his
way out the addict saw the informer
Then hell broke loose
THE addict raised his manacled hands
and brought the handouts smack down
on the informers head. Then q deputy
marshal took over. In the ensuing
scufae the addict was sent flying right
across the room and onto Martha's
desk"
Martha-Miss Martha Mills-is Com
missioner Turnage's attractive and ef-
ficient secretary. She is unoficially
known and accepted in court circles as
'the assistant commissioner" She types
every legal paper, answers the telephone
and in Commissioner Turnages own
words, docs everything but sign the
papers"
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Odd Fellows Hall

Old Odd Fellows Hall, which occupied
the site Of the present Odd Fellows
Building on Seventh street between D
and E streets, will also awaken fond
memories Of the past. for here were