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Milford chronicle., 1945-09-28

You can't make championship
team out Of poor players
And You can't make premium dry
Iager-Iikc Gunthcr's Bccr-Out of
inferior malt and hops.
That's why before tho war, Gun
theirs bought ONLY the top-priccd,
premium grade of grain, malt and
hops.
Naturally, when tho finest ingrc-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

a doctor however. ii can mean just one thing
b. ii4e4es beeaHst- .StcroSfrE solution
= one which burns and destroys tissue. Imagine
then what happens when such stuff is pumped
directly into the veins.
Little by little the blood one of the body's most
vital substances, is destroyed II you know anS.
TttuI about the symptoms Of severe anemia-
the terrific pounding headaches the dizziness, the
1jr-HuHFvT, the lsbored breathing, the papitation
Of tho hcart-you know something of what this
dog suffered and you would not be at all sur.
fisrrl t0 fcad the conclusion of the report th9t
after the seventh treatment" the poor beast was
.ound dead bleeding from nose and mouth.
AEDICAL journals are full Of such crueues-
W dogs whose eyes have been all but burned out
s4.-sIe4!ss OF stEnag acid. dogs which -hava bad
Irtrr1 T7IIs IJCEtEd Tho bail for The Jttt-
pose OF causing Infection and swelling in that most
=anSjtjVe spot. dogs subjected TO constant iujCC.
lions If ice W4ter IN the ear for ~ 10 i heHt
Il these things are not cruel then DO n,t
know what the word cruel means
Worst Of all, such experiments have very
limited value They have told little about
lot of minor conditions and diseases 50 uncommon
Aat they rarely if ever. affect the average man,
they have contributed nothing concerning tho
fases OF which people dying by thousands
f-1ay-hcart disease, coronary thrombosis. apo
peXy cancer
Nor have most OF medicines great discoveries
OF The past been due 10 viviseCtiOn.
Consider smallpox. for instance In the 18th
century and earlier, IL was one OF the most
dreaded ailments afflictng humankind, sweeping
over whole countries in recurrent epidemics,
soaring and killing wherever IL travelled
That 1t is not the same kind of a menace today
is due not 10 animal experimentation but TO the
Keen observation of Il Woodworking general pTdC-
utioncr in an English village, Or. Edward Jenner.
Iennnr- Ro-p -pipisectionist. He didn't waste
his time experimenting on animals. He treated
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

missed that the milder disease contracted from
milk COWS protected them against the deadlier
one. which affected only human beings.
In 1896 he made his first successful vaccina-
ton, inOCulating an ightyear-Old boy with serum
from cowpox vesicles on the hands OF a milk
maid In 1903 some 1900 people were inoculated
in the same way and the annual average of deaths
from smallpox fell from 2O1S to 622
That's the sort of medical victory you get from
studying disease where it should be studicd-in
those whom il attacks and dkills------
Tn my opinion, one of the reasons why the
work OF animal eXperimcntcrs has produced 50
little is because they study disease in the wrong
places and in the wrong ways. They study arti-
ficiay induced conditions in the artificial atmos-
pheTc Of the laboratory
Disease in animals and disease in man is never
quite the same The final test of any procedure
tnO matter how many times II has been tried in
a laboratory on a dog must be made the
human being II is here that a disease must be
observed, and all its vagareS symptoms, comph-
cations and responses learned
Moreover, for the true physician who knows
his disease thoroughly knows il as it affects
pcople-the sight of human suffering is power
ful incentive His pity is a fruitful force.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

Sister Kenny didn't learn what she knows
about polio by injecting dogs and then watching
them suffer. II was her intense desire to relieve
the pain Of little children which gave birth 10 her
epoch-making hot-pack treatment for polio.
DR.. BantinG, the discOverer Of insulin, is an
other who got his idea from the effect of disease
on human beings
Reading of an operation to remove a stone
from the -PaReFeatie duct, Banting got the idea
that the cells of the pancreas secrete substance
which controls the sugar TaetahaliSTn= of body.
In his first efforts 10 extract the hormone TO
which thousands Of diabetes today their lives,
he did try dogs but soon found that he could get
it much more readily from calves hvers
ONCE hc had the hormone. his chief expert
- mcntS were done on friend with diabetes.
lie proved the value of nSulin through treatment
Of other diabetes al clinic he established at the
Christie Street Hospital in Toronto.
Most really valuable medical discoveries which
have not been made from actual care and study
of the sick have come from chemical laboratories.
Two of the greatest medical triumphs of all
time are directly due 10 the art of the chemist
and bacterologist-the sulfa drugs and pencillin.
The first of these powerful curative drugs was
discovered in the chemical laboratory of Ger.
man dye manufacturer and subsequent develop
mental work was done by English chemists. True,
in the early stages the drugs tested on mice
but that most of the facts concerning their use
weapons against disease were learned by using
them on afflicted human beings is very evident
from report after report in medical journals.
And that is the best way in which anything very
useful about them could have been learned.
PeniCilin discovered in the laboratory of
Prof. Alexander Fleming at st. Mary's Hospital,
London in 1929 Fleming happened upon this dis
covcry while examining some culture plates of
staphylococci, or pus germs. He noticed green
mold with a clear zone around it where no germs
grew. His curiosity aroused and to satisfy
il he took some of the mold and grew il in a
broth, later finding that it a powerful anti
bacterial agent.
The only animal experimentation in this case
was the trial to see if IL were poisonous to mice.
Thus animal experimentation should not receive
credit for this discovery, more particularly the
diScovercr was q biologist, rot VViseCtiOnist
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

the sick and studied
the disease from which
they were suffering
and in doing SO no.
ticed a puZZling fact
In an epidemic of
smallpox everybody
seemed 10 come down
with IL except those
who had already re.
covered during a pre-
Vious epidemic - and
the milkmaids.
The first was easy
10 understand. Small.
poX built up its own
immunity. But how
ahout tte miikmAidg
.ifie+ had never ifdf
smallDoX and yet the
wort outbreaks of the
disease passed them
hy-t1rm and no one
else. Why?
Seeking the answer
10 this question, Jcn.
ner discovered that
most milkmaids had
little sores on their
hands due 10 a mild
disease known as cow.
poX. He correctly sur.
The union times., 1945-09-01
Upholsterers Have New Home, And How

PHILADELPHIA-(LPA)-Pur- chase of the $265,000 Burk residence last of N. Broad St's aristocratic mansions, was announced by Sol. B. Hoffman, president of the Uphol- sterer's Intl Union-A.F.L.
 "It is only fitting" Hoffman de- clared in announcing the purchase of the property, "that the Burk mansion erected by a fortune owed to the labor of working men should finally be dedi- cated to the service of such workers" :"
 It was announced that the building will house the office of the president, the legal, education, research and ac- counting departments, and the UIU social security department, which ad- ministers the unions health, accident and life insurance program, paid for by a 39o gross payroll contribution of employers. The union president an- nounced at the time of the purchase that, in the first IS months of opera ton of the insurance program, UIU members had received more than $101 ,0O0 in benefit payments.
The union times., 1945-09-01
Governor Signs Amendments To Benefits Law
Full Details Of Changes In Unemployment Compen-
 sation Act Given

Amendments to the Unemployment Compensation Law, enacted by the 1945 session of the Connecticut Gen eral Assembly, have all been signed by Governor Baldwin.
 The principal amendments cover new allowances for dependents; an increase in the maximum weeks of benefit payments from Ia to 20; and provision allowing veterans their choice of filing for either state or federal unemployment benefits.
 This latter provision is effective immediately, MT. Graham said, while the law concerning depen- dency allowances becomes effective October l.. and the increase of benefit weeks from l8 to 20 be- comes effective January l, l946.
 Connecticut will be one of the three or four states in the entire country providing for supplemental depen- dency benefits. In addition to the regular benefit amount, two dollars for each dependent, up to three, will now be paid, effective October 1, for each week of compensable unemploy- ment.
 This brings the maximum weekly amount payable under Connecticut law to $28, which is the highest in the country, we'll above the average maximum payable in other states, and $3 week higher than the pres-
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The union times., 1945-09-01
Can L-M Work
 Together Under
 The Same Roof?

''Does Conflict Lie Ahead in Labor Management Relations?" will be the subject of the Con- necticut Forum of the Air, to be broadcast at IO:3O PM. on Labor Day Monday. The broad cast is a public service feat ure of the Yankee Network, and will be devoted to a discus sion of the attitudes labor and management will have toward each other in the postwar pe- riod.
 Speakers will include Wanda Pilot, state vice-president of the C.I.O.; Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times; Orson Kill born, WestpOrt economist; and Rep. Thomas Marston of Corn wall.
 The broadcast will be heard at IO:3O PM. over Stations WICC, Bridgeport and New Ha- ven; WTHT, Hartford; WNLC, New London; WATR, Water bury, and WELL, New Haven.
The union times., 1945-09-01
Broad Union Policy Adopted By College

CHICAGO-OPA)-AFL main tenance unions last week hailed the University of Illinois for the most en- hghtened labor relations policy in the midwest. The university has drawn up statement that "the university recognizes the principle of collective bargaining" All non-academic em- ployes are included in the provisions of the statement.
 The university agreed not to make any special agreements with individual employees, thus ruling out the possi- bility of yellow dog" contracts. If any Jurisdictional disputes arise they will be referred to the State Labor Department. AFL leaders hope that the University of Illinois statement Will prove a model for other educa- tlonal institutions. The policy state ment even includes seniority pro gram.
The union times., 1945-09-01

Following is the text of Feinmark' Labor Day message:
 "The Connecticut Federation oi Labor extends its warmest congratu- lations to the working men and women of our state upon this Labor Day which marks the end of six years oi continuous effort to produce the arms needed by our nation and by our Allies in our successful fight against the Nazis and Fascists, who are the enemies of workers everywhere. Con- necticut became known as the arsenal of the arsenal of democracy because of the miracle of production performed by the workers of this state.
 ''Our joy on this Labor Day is tempered with the sorrow which exists in so many homes, where loved ones died in the service of their country on the battlefields of Africa, Europe, and the islands of the Pacific. God grant that we, our state, and our nation will prove worthy of such heroic sacrifice.
 As we celebrate Labor Day, we are conscious that our working people face many grave problems. Thousands of workers in this and other states are now without em. plOyment; and plans to enable them and their families to maintain decent standard of living during the recOnversion period have yet to be made. Although industry is we'll protected by tax laws during the recOnversiOn period, workers are told to exist on unemployment benefits or to draw on their sav- ings, the implication being that the workingman must always be at the mercy of economic forces over which he has no control.
 Act Now For All
 "We look fOr,Uard to great activ- ity ,Uithin Uery short time. We 'OiH not be satis fled sUith any ''dO- nothing" policy in regard to full employment. We sUlLI insist that our Legislature and Congress act im- ntediately in the interests of 0H of the people. Another great depres- sion must be apoided. This is the age Ot the common man. and he is ready to make his UOice heard. Our UeterGns and OUT soar ,VOrkers did not fight and ,Uin this sCar SO that sOe could hape ten million unen- pLOyed in this great country Of Ours."
The union times., 1945-09-01
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

RECONVERSION: Where men who were formerly told to stick to the job are told there are no jobs to stick to.
 WE advise our readers to study the Labor Day statement issued by Harry Feinmark, and published on Page l. It's one of the best we've seen anywhere, and speaks the true sentiments of Connecticut workers, and the workers of the nation, for that matter.
 STATE BUILDING Trades ex- ecutive board meets in New Ha. ven next Wednesday, which means that the various rulings affecting the wage rates of the building trades will be irOned out once and for all.
 EFFORTS of some state depart. ments of the American Legion to stop the formation of new union labor posts drew fire this week from the National Conference of Union Labor Legionnaires, with which l22 such posts now in existence are af. fiIiated.
 Both in New York and Missouri state departments have rejected ap. plications from local central bodies for posts made up of union veter. ans, on the claim that "charters are closed for new posts"
 In a letter to Commander Ed. ward N. Scheiberling, the confer. ence charged that the excuse given is just an alibi to cover up preju. dice by some officials against labor.
 As proof of this, the conference cited the fact that the New York department recently chartered a '1iquor industry" post. Scheiberling was urged to ''take immediate steps to right these wrongs"
 GEORGE JOSLYN, according to rumOr, has almost been forced to become citizen of Danbury. Georges car broke down in the Hat City Sunday and will be there until new rear end is installed. In the meantime, George is becoming fla. miliar again with the facilities of the Conn. Co. and the New Haven Road.
 PUT THIS in your Don't-believe. what you read in the com. mercial-press folder.
 Because despite all the scary black headlines about workers sabotaging the war effort with strikes, US. Dept. of Labor statis. tics show that time lost due to strikes for the year 1914 was only nine-hundredths of l% of the available working time.
 Except for l942 this is the small est figure since l93O, although the
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The union times., 1945-09-01
Special Message From Truman Is Expected Soon
Committees Must Report Before Legislators Can
 Act On Major Measures

WASHINGTON (LPA) = Despite national pressure on Congress to be ready to go into action as soon as it re- cOnvenes on Sept 5, there were no signs this week that, with the exception of Sena- tor Wagner's committee on the Full Employment Bill, Congress was really ready to get down to business. Despite urgent calls from President Truman and administration whips in both Houses, action on vital bills moved at a snail's pace.
 Pushed By Labor
 Organized labor-faced with mill lions of members laid off by VI day cutbacks-has been the most energetic force trying to get the legislators into action. Local and state labor bodies have been putt ting on the heat, and AFL President Green has just summarized the list of ''must' legislation which Con- gress is responsible for.
 Meanwhile, President Truman is understood to be preparing a message to the Congress, when it reconvenes outlining the matters on which the Administration expects immediate ac- ton.
 As the hearings on the Full En- ployment Bill before a special Senate subcommittee moved quickly toward a conclusion and the drafting of a final draft of that bill appeared a mat CT of days, there was still no actior on other must" bills.
 Kilgore Bill
 Hearings only started this week on the vital unemployment conn pensation bills. Organized labor is appearing in support of the Kill gOre-FOrand bill, which would not only raise state jObless benefits to a level of $25 maximum for 26 weeks, but would include in its cOverage many more workers, and would provide funds to transport war workers back to their peace time homes.
 A high-powered, welI-fnanced campaign is being conducted by the state governors and by many state unemployment compensation directors to kill any such legisla- ton. Most of them, labor spokes. men charge, would like to see bene. fits kept to the minimum to insure a large supply of workers eager to take job at any pay scale offered. The US. Chamber of Commerce is likewise opposing additional fed. eral aid.
 Minimum Wages
 No hearings are yet scheduled or the Pepper-Hook bill which would lift minimum wages on jobs in in. dustries in interstate commerce" tc 65c, and at the end of three years tC 75c. This is a desperately needed measure to check the wage slashes already taking place, labor men say
 They point out that displaced war workers are being forced to take new jobs at low rates of pay
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The union times., 1945-09-01
Citizens Throng Hearing To Back City Employees
New Haven Administration Again Finds Public Sup
 ports Municipal Workers

Plans are rapidly taking shape for the ''Protest Mass Meeting which all branches of organized labor in Greater New Haven, to- gether with its friends, will hold at the New Haven Labor Temple on Wednesday, Sept. l2, at 8 PM. A record attendance is expected to register its displeasure with the slOwness of Congress to act on the rapidly increasing unemployment situation.
 Clifford w. Kealey, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who is chairman of the Greater New Haven Committee for Full Employment and Prosperity, which is sponsoring the meeting, announced today that the railroad brotherhoods will be repre- sented among the speakers by Will liam F. Donoghue, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men. At the request of the A.F.L. members of the committee, Sec.- Treas. Harold V. Feinmark of the Conn. Federation of Labor today wired to Nelson Cruikshank, A.F.L. director of social security, inviting him to speak.
 The purpose of the meeting is to urge Congress to take immediate action on such measures as ex- banded unemployment cOmpensa- ton as recommended by President Truman; the Murray-Wagner Full Employment Bill; a national medi- cal care program, and increased social security (Murray-Wagner- Dingall Act); legislation to help farmers in the postwar period and Fair Employment Practices Act.
 In addition to Kealey, officers of the committee planning the meeting, which is open to the public without charge, include Vincent ]. McGov- ern, N. H. Central Labor Council, and Edward McCrone, C.I.O., asso- ciate chairmen; Lee Vigneault, E1ec- tricians Union, executive secretary and Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union TtmeS, public relations secre- tary.
The union times., 1945-09-01
Common Man Now Prepared To Act,
 Feinmark Asserts
Conn. Federation Secretary Says: Our Veterans And War Workers Did Not Fight And Win War To
 Have Ten Million Unemployed'

Speaking for the working and of Connecticut, Harold w. Fenmar of the Connecticut Federation of Labor today made public his Labor Day
 declaring that with depression facing and country, the Common is ready speak up,' that the misery and tragedy of unemployment be de-
The union times., 1945-09-01
Workers Glad But Tense On Labor Dav
Congress Faces Log-jam Of Must Laws
Bridgeport Labor Turnout Is Urged
 Tuesday EUer1ing

J. Lawrence O'Toole, assistant secretary of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, will repre- sent the State Federation at the hearing to be held by the Bridge port Common Council on Tues day evening, Sept. 4, on the pro- posed ordinance which would affirm the right of Bridgeport's municipal employees to join or form organizations of their own choosing, and provides for the setting up of machinery where by grievances of city workers can be properly adjusted.
 As the result of the action by the A.F.L., New Haven and Hartford now have such ordin- ances, and it is expected that Bridgeport will follow suit. All members of organized labor are urged to attend Tuesday nights hearing, and register in support of the ordinance, which was in- troduced by the Bridgeport Ia- bOr movement.
The union times., 1945-09-01
State Officials
 Use Pressure On
 U. (. Applicants
Illegally Withhold Benefits To Force Low-Paid Jobs
 On Workers

As recOnversiOn unemployment grows progressively worse, pressure has developed in many parts of the country to force disemplOyed work CTS to accept any new kind of jobs that turn up, even at much lower rates of pay than they formerly earned. This is especially true in Connecticut.
 Reports from several states indi- cate that unemployment compensa- ton agencies, backed by antilabor employers, were refusing to con- sider applications for jObless bene- iits as long as any open jobs are listed by the employment services.
 This was considered by labor lead CTS as an underhanded attempt tc break down organized labor's stand ards and as further proof of the need tor federalizing the unemployment compensation system, as provided for in the Wagner -Murray-D -Dingell bill
 Estimates of the total number of workers who have lost their jobs since the sudden wave of cancellation of war contracts were still based on fragmentary information, but the War Manpower Commission announced it will soon establish weekly surveys compiled from telegraphic reports from its agencies in all of the na- tion's industrial areas. The latest official figure is that 100000 have been laid off since Japan surrendered.
 However, abundant proof was avail able that war workers are losing their jobs at much faster rate than they can be reabsorbed in other indus
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The union times., 1945-09-01
Capacity Crowd Is Expected At
 Protest Meeting
Growing Unemployment Spurs N. H. Labor To
 Express Indignation

The city administration of New Haven, representing as it does the people of the community, has the direct responsibility of seeing to it that all municipal workers are paid a fair wage, and have decent work ing conditions.
 This was the unanimous theme pre- sented by 300 New Haveners to Mayor John w. Murphy and the members of the Board of Finance at a public hearing held Monday even ing in the Hall of Records. The hearing, held under the city charter IS designed to give citizens an oppor- tunity to present their views to the Board of Finance before the mem bers actually begin working on the budget for next year.
 The hearing was histOry-mak- ing, in that this type of meeting usually attracts about half a dozen citizens, and a perfunctOry meeting is held. This years hear ing was different-because the city's police, firemen, and school custO- dians, in association with the New Haven Teachers League, are or ganized, and have established the New Haven Joint Council of Muni- cipal Employees, A.F.L. The full strength of the New Haven Gen. tral Labor Council, with its 10000 members, and of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, is behind the city workers. Public opinion has been made aware of the fact that these municipal employees have justified grievances, and public opinion is asserting, as several speakers said at the hearing, that the city should show the way to
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The union times., 1945-09-01
Farewell Banquet
 For Perley Hovey

The Apprentice Training Service on August 20, rendered a farewell banquet to Perley M Hovey, Senior Field Representative of the Appren- tice Training Service, who is 1eav- ing his position to accept appointment with the State Department of Labor as a representative of the State Board of Arbitration and Mediation.
 Hovey was presented with a leath- er-bound desk set by his colleagues in the A. T. s. and commended by the Chief of the A. s. T. for his work done in advancing the cause of trade train ing in Connecticut.