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The Nome nugget., 1945-04-02
Easter Services Concluded

The pre-Easter series of ser vices held at the Territorial High School, closed Sunday night.
 In spite of the stormy weather, a large attendance greeted the speaker each evening.
 The Rev. Edwin s. Johnson, of Oakland, California, showed mo- ton pictures which he had taken in Palestine and in the National Parks in the States. Both pie lures and Bible messages were enthusiastically received. An in- vitation was given to MT. John- son to return to Nome at some future time. The services were under the auspices of the Covnant Mission, the Rev and Mrs Paul B. F. Carlson.
 MT Johnson will leave soon with Rev. Carlson, the Alaskan Sky Pilot, for similar services at Unalakleet and other points, before returning to the States via Pan American Airways.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-02

Fairbanks enroute to Gambell. Alaska Aiflines
 Pilot Gordon Mackenzie left today for Unalakleet with two CAA operators, MT. Bryan, and MT. L.. McElaen.
 Pilot Weaver flew north on the mail run.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-02

D R F. A M T H E A T R E
 NOME. ALASKA
 Monday and Tuesday
 April End. and 3rd.
 Show - 7:30 pm. "ONCE UPON A
 HONEYMOON" Ginger ROGERS. Cary GRANT and Marie Green & Gang" show Wed. & Thu. 7:30 pm.
 April 4th and sth. PRIVATE NURSE" Jane DARWELL. Brenda JOYCE
 Sheldon Leonard Also California or Bust"
 and Snow Trails" 2 Shows Friday 7:l5 & g pm.
 April 9th. "AIR RAID WARDENS" Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy and
 Edgar Kennedy
 and l0th. Chapter of "Perils of inc Royal Mounted" and "BillY's Akwakade" l Show Saturday 7:30 pm. "IN THIS OUR LIFE" 2 Shows Sunday 7:l5 & g pm. HIGHWAYS By NIGHT"
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-02
Martha Jenner Quits OPA To Wed

Miss Martha Jenner is leaving this evening for the States.
 Miss Jenner has resigned her position with the o. P. A. here and plans to be married on her arrival in the States,to It. Guy Richards, who was formerly sta- toned here.
The union times., 1945-01-13

to prevail throughout the state in the postwar period and if indus. trial conflict is to be avoided, a State Labor Relations law is a prime necessity, the speaker de- clared, and added: ''Only when op. portunity exists for workers griev- ances to be adjusted fairly around the conference table can industrial strife and unrest be prevented and harmonious relations be main tained."
 He concluded by inviting the sup port of all fair minded citizens "in our efforts to persuade State 1egis1a- tors to comply with the Governor s recommendation for the passage of a sound, workable Labor Relations Act"
 Feinmark in his address Iauded the Governor for proposing the liberalization of States Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance laws and outlined the Connecticut Federation of Labor's major legislative proposals.
 ''Insofar as improving the Work mems Compensation law is con- cerned," he said, ''the Governor
The union times., 1945-01-13

and we are not far apart. He favors increasing weekly benefits from 50 per cent to 60 per cent of aver age weekly earnings. while we propose that they shall be raised to 66.6 per cent, or twO-thirds.
 "We are also having legislation in- troduced to provide that a person who is incapacitated Is calendar days shall be entitled to compensation for the first week, and to increase com pensation for certain injuries, which we hope will be adopted by the Gen eral Assembly.
 The Governor, we are glad to ob- serve, has requested the Unelnploy- ment Compensation Advisory Com mittee to submit recommendations to the legislature for liberalizing and extending the provisions of the Un- employment Compensation law. We are especially pleased that he favors coverage of employers who employ one or more workers and the exten- sion of the payment period. The Con- necticut Federation of Labor advo7 cates lengthening the benefit period from IS to % weeks and increasing the maximum from $22 to $25 a week. It also calls for the inclusion of State, County and Municipal em- ployees if they show a desire to come under the Act"
 Putting forth a proposal which was not mentioned by Governor Baldwin, Feinmark said: ssThere is also a crying need for the enact- nent of a 40 cent an hour state minimum wage law. Under the na- tional Fair Labor Standards Act, 40 cents an hour has been set as floor below which wages in inter- state commerce cannot fall. The 79th Congress no doubt will con- sider measures to increase this minimum hourly wage rate. In view of the fact that labor mem bers of the War Labor Board, after a careful survey, found that 72 cents an hour would be a fair minimum wage, our proposal is modest, indeed, and is made only that we should not lag behind the present national minimum.
 "Other urgent legislation that should be enacted is amending the AS hour limitation law for female en- ployees in mercantile establishments to 45 hours, amending the B hour law for employment of female work CTS i'll public restaurants to AS hours and establishing AS hour week in state institutions"
 The speaker drew from his experi- ences as former president of the New Haven Central Labor Council to in dicate that active and energetic dele
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The union times., 1945-01-13
Absenteeiism Cry Revived In Effort To Smear Labor
War Plants Not Deserted During Holidays; Rails
 Cited As Example

Newspapers at the turn of the year revived the old, discredited cry of "absenteeism'' in a new effort to smear labor.
 They carried scare stories which gave the impression that workers, their pockets stuffed with green backs, went on riotOus sprees New Years eve and turn up at war plants, thus drasticalIy reducing production.
 A check showed that the yarns were exaggerated at least 90 per cent.
 The truth is leaders of organized labor made a special effort to keep workers on the job over the holiday. Anticipating that some might be dis posed to take the day off for rest and a few peaceful meals at home, both President William Green of the A. F. of L. and President Philip Murray of the C.I.O. appealed to all workers in advance to work as usual on New Years day because of the critical needs of war production Many local union leaders voiced similar appeals.
 In the main, the response was gratifying. Take the "Iron Horse as an example. All through the hoh- day, the railroads rolled as usual, manned by 1,50O000 workers in the United States and Canada.
 The record shows they didn't go on q spree. In fact, they per formed about the biggest holiday job ever done anywhere, any time.
 For the most part, a similar rec ord was established in other indus tries. True, some plants were closed down for the day, but, as pointed out by the War Produc- ton Board, this was due in many instances to the fact that the workers toiled longer overtime hours during the previous week, in order to get ahead of schedule, so as to permit shutdown on New Years day. In such instances,
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The union times., 1945-01-13
Getting Set For State Convention OfBuildingTrade
Board Names Committee Chairmen-Annual Meet
 In New Haven Feb. 4

With more credentials coming in daily, the executive board of the Con- necticut Building Trades CounciL meeting in New Haven Wednesday, spent much of its time preparing for the annual convention, to be held at the New Haven Labor Temple Sun day, Feb. 4, at 10 AM.
 Afer deciding that executive board members would act as com mittee chairmen, the following were named to be the heads of their respective committees: Rules and Order of business, George Lock wood, Stamford Building Trades Council; Credentials, James J. Brennan, Conn. Elevator Construc- tors; Auditing Committee, Dennis P. Byrnes, Bridgeport Building Trades Council; Resolution Com mittee, George A. Joslyn, Sheet Metal Workers, No. 40; Constitu- tiOn Committee, Thomas YOczik, Norwalk Building Trades Council; {; Sergeant-at-Arms, Nicholas Slime one, Hartford Laborers.
 All resolutions, the Board decided, must be handed in, in duplicate, by noon on the day of the convention. A two-thirds vote will be required to present resolutions after that. The nomination and election of officers will be held immediately after the noon recess. It was also voted that there will be but one speaker, and it was unanimously decided to invite Harold V. Feinmark, secretary-treas- urer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, to be the speaker.
 Much business of importance to the building trades was transacted in the four-hour monthly session, the last to be held before the con- vention. It was unanimously voted to support the program of the State Housing Authority, which will in- troduce a law in the Legislature providing for a uniform building code for the entire state. Accept ance will be, voluntary, and the Board expressed the hope that a future session of the Legislature
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The union times., 1945-01-13
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

CONN. State Federation offices are humming with activity. The legislative program is ready for presentation to the Legislature, and Sccretary-Treasurer Harry Fein- mark wishes there were more hours to the day, and sometimes that the evenings were longer. This evening he installs the newly elect ed officers at the New Britain Ma chinists Lodge; Monday night he is scheduled to address an organ ization meeting of state workers and next Thursday he installs the new officers of the Norwalk C.L.U.
 WE CONGRATULATE the five out of six Connecticut representa- tives in Congress who voted against the Rankin resolution to make the ''Dies" committee a permanent group. Those who voted right are Jim Ceelan, Mrs. Chase C. Wood house, Herman P. Koppelmann, Joseph Ryter, and Mrs. Clare B. Luce. The only wrong vote from Connecticut was cast by Joseph Tal- bot. Sixty-three out of the 70 Southern Democrats voted with the northern Republicans, amassing enough votes to pass the resolution.
 It was a pleasure to see the names of the Connecticut represen- tatives again listed as voting along lines favored by organized labor. It's been a long time ...
 DIVISION 28l, New Haven Trol. leymen, has 62 of its members in the service, and three of these have already been reported as casualties. One has made the supreme sacrifice for his country; one is missing and another is wounded.
 Sgt. John Fitzgibbons is the member of Div. 281 who was killed in action. He had been overseas for over 27 months, and was killed on Leyte on Nov. 20. Pfc. Thomas Flood, of the Marines, has been wounded; and Sgt. Frank O'NeiI is missing.
 Let those who try to stir up dis. sensiOn between our armed forces and organized labor remembe, facts like these. Division 281 is one of the thousands of unions whose members are fighting and dying to do away with tyranny and oppres. sion.
 STATE MANPOWER Director William J. Fitzgerald said today that contrary to general belief, all male workers must have statements of availability and are compelled to be referred to another jot through the offices of the U. s. Elm. ployment Service despite the fact that they are not employed 60 days or more. The same regulation
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The union times., 1945-01-13
6O-Cent Wage For
 Farmers Advocated


 Sixty cents-an-hour minimum wage standard for farmers as a base in a new price formula was proposed in the l945 program of the National Farmers Union at its annual conven- ton in Denver.
 The Union also urged revision of the Wage and Hour Act to establish the same minimum for industrial workers, and it also called for fiber allzing of social security and the tight ening of legal safeguards for workers. Lowering of the voting age to Is was advocated.
 The Union took pointed exception to permanent peace-time military con- scrlption while plans are being for mulated for decent peace"
The union times., 1945-01-13
MIG GOVERN PRESIDENT

MIG GOVERN PRESIDENT
 Previously the Council had un- animously elected Vincent J. Me Govern, Electricians B-9O, presi- dent; Richard Buckley, Warehouse Workers, vice-president; Bernard J. Ceelan, Retail Cigar Clerks, re- cording secretary; and August F. Striby, Bakers Union, financial secretary.
 Elected to the executive board are Alfred Murphy, Machinists Union; Saul Kreas, Painters; Harry Benson, Musicians; and Frank Carr, Trolleymen's Union.
 2. The Council unanimously en- dorsed the drive to reduce the war manpower shortage in New Haven, and authorized Pres. McGovern to issue a public statement supporting it..
 3. Acting upon request from Local 6161, Railway Clerks, the delegates unanimously voted to voice their opposition to the segre- gation of Negro unionists in "auxi- liary'' unions by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
 4. To fill the vacancy in the New England War Labor Board panel, created by the resignation of Harold V. Feinmark upon his election as ecretary-Treasurer of the Conn. Federation of Labor, the Council recommended that one of the follow ing be chosen by the State Fedora ton: John Pisano, Teamsters Union; John Redmond, Typographical Union; Vincent McGovern, Electricians Union; and Robert Schecter, Musi- clans Union.
 5. An invitation to attend meet ing to forward the purposes of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference was ac- cepted, and Mrs. Rose Brunswick, Hotel & Restaurant Workers, was ap- pointed to represent the Council
 6. Acting upon a letter from Sec.Treas. Feinmark, the Council voted $25 toward the fund being raised by the A.F.L. to help the trade unions in the liberated coun- tries If Europe. A committee, headed by Saul Kreas, was ap- pointed by Pres. McCovern to solicit all unions for contributions. Checks should be sent to Fein- mark at State Federation head quarters, 1924. Main St., Bridge port, who has been named state treasurer for the drive.
 7. Upon motion by Richard Buck ley, the Council instructed its Politi- cal Action Committee to hold con- ference and recommend plans for fu- ture activities.
 8. A committee of three, consisting of Nathan Sherman, Samuel F.. Curry, and Bernard J. Geelan was named by Pres. McGovern to pur- chase a gift for Harold V. Feinmark in appreciation of his services to the Council during his seven years as its president; and in honor of his recent election as secretary treasurer of the Conr. Federation of Labor
 All of the officers for 1945 were sworn in by Feinmark, and upon the chair, Pres. McCOv- ern called for the cooperation of the delegates, in order that his ad- ministration might maintain and extend the influence of the Coun- cil as a progressive force in our community"
The union times., 1945-01-13
Green Says Labor Still Reluctant On
 ManpolUer Draft

Labor still is reluctant to SUD- port or approve compulsory na- tiOna selective legislation, President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said in statement this week.
 His statement came shortly after President Roosevelt asked Congress in a message to pass National Service Act at the ear- Hest possible moment.
 ''We doubt the need for such legislatiOn," Green said. eve fear that it will create confu- sion, adversely affect morale and hinder the smooth func- tioning of the war production program
 American organizations have joined with labor in opposing compulsory service, Green said, ''because of a deep conviction that it would not be practical or helpful to the war effort.''
 Passage by Congress of com pulsory service laws could not increase the supply of man. power nor promote the effective use of the available workers, Green declared.
The union times., 1945-01-13
Baldevin's Labor Legislation Program
 Called Good, But Doesn't 60 Far Enough

Connecticut Federation of Labor leaders this week commended Gov ernOr Raymond E. Baldwin for the recommendations made in his in- augural address to the General As sembly with respect to labor legis- lation, although declaring that they fell considerably short of the Fed eration's own program.
 The comments were made by Timothy M. Collins, president; and Harold V. Feinmark, secretary treasurer of the State Federation, ill talks Wednesday night before the Bridgeport Central Labor Union.
 ''Organized labor of this state,' 3 said Pres. Collins, s'is gratified that Governor Baldwin spoke out forth rightly in favor of State Labor Relations Act, legislation which it has been urging for a number of years. Although Connecticut is pro- gressive in many respects, it is diffi- cult to understand why it has Jagged behind the neighboring states of Massachusetts, Rhode Is- land and New York, which all have laws on their statute books protect ing workers engaged in intrastate commerce against unfair labor practices.
 The excellent relationships be- tween labor and management to which the Governor referred have ben more prevalent in industries gov erned by the National Labor Rela- tions Act and where wholesome col lective bargaining exists than in in- dustries whose business is confined to the state of Connecticut. In many in stances employers in intrastate com merce still resist efforts made by their employees to organize into legitimate unions. They use coercion and intimidation to prevent self or ganization on the part of their em- ployees, and have no compunction about discharging those who take an active part in such organization. They also resort to espionage and discrimi- nation and set up company-dominated unions in their avoidance of honest collective bargaining procedures.
 These employers not only know that there is no law to hold them to account for their unfair practices, but that the labor organizations of this state scrupulously have adhered to their no-strike pledge.
 Tt is because we have been willing to. take it on the chin for the sake of the war effort and have not fought back with the potent strike weapon that the Governor, we fear, has not been made aware of the restlessness that exists in so many intrastate es- tablishnents.
 If excellent labor relations are
The union times., 1945-01-13
Machinists Name
 } New Officers

Three changes in the official family of the International Association of Machinists highlighted a special meet ing of the Machinists' executive coun- eli held in Washington. The council unanimously confirmed the three ap- pointments made by President liar vey w. Brown.
 Vice President Eric Peterson was named secretary-treasurer to succeed the late Emmett C. Davidson, who died three weeks ago after serving in the position for 27 years.
 Samuel L. Newman, one of the unions two temporary additional war time vice presidents, fills Peterson's vacancy as a regular vice president, and A. J. Hayes, Machinists' grand lodge representative at Milwaukee, was elevated to Newman's former position.
The union times., 1945-01-13
Pieceworkers Put
 Under Pay-Hour Act


 Administration of the Wage-Hour Act was bolstered this week by a Supreme Court decision that piece workers are entitled to the same bene- fits of the law as workers paid hourly wages or salaries.
 By s to 1, the tribunal overruled a Federal court in southern California which held that the Perfect Garment Company of Los Angeles did not come under the law because its em- ployes were paid piece-work rates.
 No reason IS apparent why piece workers who are underpaid or who work long hours do not fall within the spirit or intent of the statute" declared Justice Murphy, who wrote the majority opinion.
The union times., 1945-01-13
Living Labor Leaders
 Among Statue Notables

Men who lead labor took their place in the historic Smithsonian Institute in the Living Hall of Washington, 1914" collection of statues of out standing American. statesmen, war leaders, businessmen, journalists and other national figures.
 Labor is represented by AFL Pres. William Green and CIO Pres. Philip Murray. Also cast in bronze is Pres. John L. Lewis of the United States Mine Workers (unahiliated). Sec. of Labor Frances Perkins is the only woman among the array of notables which includes, in addition to Pres. Roosevelt, his cabinet and others in government, Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser, Chamber of Commerce Pres. Eric A. Johnston and the late Wen dell Willkie.
The union times., 1945-01-13
Rail Labor Backs
 RatiOning Order

Railroad labor emphatically sup ports the action of the O. P. A. and Economic Stabilizer" Fred Vinson in restoring most meats and canned vegetables to rationing, Julius C. Luhrsen, executive secretary of the Railway Labor Executives Associa- ton, declared this week.
 Luhrsen who is also a member of the O. P. A. labor advisory commit tee, declared organized labor all along opposed the withdrawal of these foods from rationing, which had been ordered by the War Food Admins tration over the o. P. A. objections.
 "We are glad to see these foods back on the ration list Tn line with labor's recommendations" he said. Had they not been returned grocers' shelves would soon have become bare"
 He deplored the cancellation of stamps previously in consumers hands but declared this action was neces- sary ''to put rationing back on an equitable basis and keep it there"
The union times., 1945-01-13
Building Trades In New Haven Near Objective
City Will Ask Legislature To Pass Prevailing Wage
 Amendment

Acting upon an undertaking in- itiated by the New Haven Building Trades Council, the 1945 Connecti- cut Legislature will soon be asked by the city of New Haven to amend the city's charter SO that the city may pay prevailing rate of wages on all municipal constructions, re- modelling, and repair work; and municipal public works of any kind.
 The first step in this undertaking came three months ago, when the Connecticut Building Trades Council requested all city building trades councils to introduce such legislation in their local common councils or boards of aldermen. At that time Hartford and Bridgeport had such legislation on their books. Since the recommendation of the State Coun- cil, East Hartford has enacted such legislation, and a similar measure, it is expected, will soon be passed by rMiddletown.
 The New Haven Building Trades Council accepted the recOmmenda- ton of the State Council, and ap- pointed a committee of three to undertake to obtain such legislation in New Haven. The committee con- sists of James DiLonardo, presi- dent, Vincent J. McCovern, secre- tary, of the Council and Saul Kreas, business agent of Painters Union No. 186.
 The committee drew up the pro- posed law, and held several confer ences with municipal authorities. Mayor John W. Murphy expressed himself in favor of the proposed ordinance, but the legal authorities
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