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Evening star., 1946-01-03
Linens


"a Printed Table Cloths,
seconds. Orig. Sl.95 S1.39
4 8-piece Breakfast Sets of 4
Plate Mats and 4 Napkins. Orig.
$500 ------- S1.99
2-piece Embroidered Towel
Sets. Orig. 81 --- CSC
IL 5-piece Printed Bridge Sets.
Orig. S1.95 -------G- SIPS
10 2-piece Shag Rug Sets. Orig.
S3.95 81
10 3-piece Lace Vanity Sets.
Orig. $2.25 ----- 81
9-piece Cotton Table Sets of
70x90 Cloth and 8 Napkins.
Gold Color. Orig. $14.54 S9.95
6 9-piece Printed Cotton
Luncheon Sets. Orig. $4.95, So
8 Chenille Bedspreads. Solid
pink background with white
chenille. Orig. $12.99 $3.50
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Leather Goods
JeareIry

Starred prices plus 20fs tar.
/ Rhinestone Peacock Pin, as is.
Orig. SO So
! Stone Set Beetle Pin. Orig.
50 -----. S1.95*
2 Pr. Sterling Silver, Gold
Plated Stone Set Pair Clips.
Orig. $40 ------ S6$ pr.
Sterling Silver Gold Plated
Pin, as is. Orig. $3.50 $1.95*
3 Wood Compacts, as is. Orig.
20 Foxhole Lighters. Orig. $3.50.
15c*
20 Cigarette Lighters. Orig. 69c
and 81 29c+
20 Enameled Hair Barrettes.
Orig. Sl----------pair 1Oc*
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Clearance!
Wool Filled
COMFORTS
Orig. 1921
1926

-Cozy wool-fllled COM
forts that make ideal
extras" for frosty
nights. Fine quality
rayon covers in plain
rose or blue, or two
tone rose ana blue.
72xS4.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
CLEARANCE of TOYS

l Steger De Lux Wagon. Orig $128 --------- S799
1 Glider Swing. Orig. $1116 $3.50
Gym Todder. Orig. S22.50 ---------------- $1499
0 3-Pc Table and Chair Set Orig $987 ----- S499
l Tool Bench. Orig S1450 --- ----- $3.50
0 3-Pc. Table and Chair Set Orig $40 "a $3.50
0 l 3-Pc Table and Chair Set Orig $893 S46S
l Doll Cradle. Orig s479 S2S9
Lye Craft Orig. $968 -------------------S2 S295
BACKGAMMON Boards Orig. 81 95 S139
GSaiI Boat Orig $3.50 S125
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1946-01-03

Kann's-Strest Floor.
The union times., 1946-09-28
No Pay Hike For One Out Of Five Since VI Day
Workers Lose In Race Be. tween Wages And Cost
 Of Living

WASHINGTON - CPD - Con. trary to the popular belief, US. workers have not uniformly enjoy. ed an average wage increase of l8.5c an hour since VI Day.
 Official Bureau of Labor Statis. tics figures show that 2l.3% % of all workers received no general wage increase at all-that is more than one out of every five employees.
 On top of that, in the wholesale, re- tail, financial, real estate, utility and service trades, the percentage that re- ceived nothing in the way of higher general wage came close to 60@6, the official BIS figure being 59.296. MANUFACTURING UP
 In the strictly manufacturing indus tries, according to Commissioner Evan C1ague of BIS, "about 2O@o o1 all workers were affected by genera increases of less than 1Oc an hour and another 20@o received from 10 tc 15c, and 28@0 got IS to 185c an hour in increases.
 Workers in all trade, service finance and public utility indus tries had an average increase since V-J day of somewhat less than 3.5t an hour, the BIS found, while nc general revisiOns in basic wage scales were indicated for almost half of the workers in wholesale trade and for an even higher pro portion in other lines of service and trade."
The union times., 1946-09-28
Labor Council In New Haven OK's Chest Campaign
Labor Advisory Group Is Named By Community
 Chest To Aid Drive

Organized labor in the New Haven area moved into active support of the Community Chest campaign in Octo- Der with its initial meeting of the campaign Labor Advisory committee held Friday evening at the Chest offices.
 Heading the group of labor representatives who are pledging full cooperation with the Red Feather campaign for $82O,OOO are Vincent McCOvern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council, AFL, which has endorsed the drive ; and William J. Hurley, president of the Industrial Union Council, CIO.
 The committee met with Robert C. Mix, Chest campaign chairman, Theo- dore F. Lynch, chairman of the cam paign Industrial Division, George J. Gray and Dietrich K. Willers, both volunteer leaders in the Industrial Di- vision, and Harold F. Woodcock, Chest director.
 An intense effort on the part of local labor organizations is being planned for the campaign which com pines 30 local agencies in one drive. Methods of developing successful labor participation in the Red Feather drive were discussed at the meeting.
 Representing their various organi- zatlons are:
 Samuel Curry, Trolleymen's Union, AFL; Joseph J. Eagan, Typographical Union, AFL; Nathan Sherman, editor of the ''Union Times'', Clifford W. Kealey, Broth erhOOd of Locomotive Engineers; B. C. Overa, United Mine Workers of America, AFL.
 John McMullen, U.S.A., Local 457, CIO; Raymond Hussey, United Electrical Workers CIO; Edward McCrone, Regional Direc- tor, CIO; MT. McGovern, and MT. Hurley.
 For industrial workers, the cam- paign kicked off on September 18th with the traditional Plant Chairmen's meeting at the HOel Taft.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Says Truman Aids Forces Of Fascisrn

Miami Beach, Fla. (LPA)-Re- verberations of President Truman's action in smashing the strike of the lra1nmen and Engineers on the rail- roads last May were heard at the big convention here of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen.
 The convention drew over 1000 delegates representing a reported membership of 217,OOO, second largest Of any union on the railroads.
 President A. F. Whitney, in his keynote address, charged that Truman, in using the power of his office to smash the strike of the railroad train men and engineers last may, gave greater encouragement to the reaction ary and fascist forces in our land than any President within our mem ory."
 He hit at Congress, too, saying it paid only lip service to its pledges" :" Then he assailed the shortsightedness ot big business.
 In another statement Whitney charged that the threatened transpor- tation crisis resulting from the alleged lack ot freight cars is largely artif- clal and can be presented. He sent letters to Col. J. Monroe Johnson, di- rector of the Office of Defense Trans portatlon, and to the Interstate Com merce Commission asking them to in yoke authority they now possess to ward off the threatened crisis.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Democracy To Get Its Foot In Red Cross Door
Changes To Reflect Needs Of All People, Chairman
 O'Connor Says

WASFIINGTON-(FP) - Amer ican Red Cross Chairman Basil O'Connor has announced a series of sweeping organizational and proceed ural changes in ARC which he says should insure that the organization will be an appropriate and efficient in- strument, rehecting the needs of all the people,"
 The changes were largely recom- mended by an advisory committee which included AFL Pres. William Green and CIO Pres. Philip Mur- ray. In April both major labor groups had ended their wartime agreement with ARC under which unions helped in raising $35 mill lion for ARC work.
 From O'Connor's announcement and answers to newsmen's questions, streamlining and move toward fuller democracy in the ARC could be seen by:
 l. Expansion of the present governing board from l8 to 50 members, 30 of whom would be elected by local chapters and l2 elected to represent the national interests at large." (O'ConnOr said organized labor ''might very well be chOsen' in this grOup.)
 2. A provision enabling any g members to appeal to the national organization basic grievances on matters of chapter procedures.
 3. The statement than any dol lar contributor to ARC is a mem Der entitled to vote at chapter meetings Ca fact unknown to mill lions of ARC contributors).
 4. Statement in the charter that membership is open to all persons in the US. O'COnnor commented that Sin some places and instances, ARC membership has not been broad enough"
The union times., 1946-09-28
Blonde s Pants
 At Bottom Of Building Blast
Silk Undies Combine With Chemicals To Blow Out
 Side Of Building

SAN FRANCISCO (FP)-Cali- fOrnia has the hottest blonde on record-a little babe in silk panties who blew out the side of a build ing and scorched two of her girl friends with the touch of her fin ger.
 So hot was this unknown cutie that she even drew the attention of the usually sedate monthly bulletin of the State Division of Industrial Safety.
 Enter Silk Pants
 It seems this little bombshe1l was helping two of her friends mix some powdered magnesium and potassium perchlorate in gadget that the trade calls "sweetie barrel" Some Ignite started to fall out SO she reached out her hand to stop it. That's where her silk pantieS came into the picture.
 Clinically the Safety Bulletin ob- served: ''The blonde was wearing silk underwear which, as she moved about, generated static electricity. Since she was insulated by rubbers over her safety shoes, she became a human condenser. The stored cleo tric charge was discharged when she got her hand near the 'sweetie barreI."
 The resulting explosion blasted out the side of the building and put her two friends in the hospital with burns. The blonde got off with some Un- guentine on one hand.
 The Safety division says it all had to do with gas and dust mix lures, but the obvious moral is better keep up your insurance if you're going to play around with hot blondes in silk panties.
The union times., 1946-09-28
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

CANDIDACIES of Joe Tone and Wilbert Snow are being we'll receiv- ed by organized labor throughout the state. Tone, of course, is the fa- vorite, being known in every indus trial center. We suggest that Lieut.. Gov. Snow go on the air in the very near future, and give his views on the problems facing labor. The chief problem the Democratic Party has to overcome in this cam paign is apathy.
 CONGRATULATIONS to New Haven Carpenters Union and Hod Carriers Union, on the increases won from the Wage Adjustment Board. Let's hope that it will not be long before there will be no Wage Adjustment Board.
 CONN. BUSINESS AGENTS: Here are official Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for contract nego. tiations: The cost of living has i'm creased II % since last February. when the present policy of the Wage Stabilization Board was evolved. This increase, added to previous Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates, show that living costs are now 43@o higher than in January, l94l. However, the A.F.L. insists that figure is far too low.
 SHOCKING copy in an ad which appeared in the SaIt Lake Cit, (Utah) Tribune:
 ''Sheer stockings designed fol dressy wear. BUT so SERVICE. ABLE THAT LOTS OF WOMEN WEAR NOTHING ELSE!"
 File under THINGS THEY DON'T TEACH IN JOURNALISM SCHOOL BUT EDITORS SEEM TO LEARN ANYHOW: When 30 members of one labor organization walked through the picketlines Oi another labor organization in New York recently, the Scripps-Howard paper made an 8-cOlumn headline of it. Nowhere in the story was il mentioned that the other 29,965 members of the first organization respected the picketIines.
 INCOME payments to individuals in July climbed to a new high, 2 per cent greater than the wartime peak in February, l945, the De. partment of Commerce reports The increase was traced largely to higher prices for farm products and increased pay for members of the armed forces.
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The union times., 1946-09-28

Conditions Better
 There will be two delegates from each of the following locals, Waterbury 832, Bridgeport 834, Danbury 8O1, Norwalk 83O, Bristol 773,, Stamford 786, Hartford 76O. and New Haven 825. Invitations will be extended to members of the New Britain, Middletown and New London Fire Department, where locals are now in the formation stage.
 Since the formation of these eight locals assisted by organized labor from all sections of the state, numer- ous improvements in the working con- ditions for fremen have taken place. The recent resolution for a standard 56 hour working week sponsored by the Conn. Federation of Labor is at- tracting the interests of departments that are not yet organized.
 New Haven Honored
 The honor bestowed upon Fran. cis Burns of the Hartford Local by the Conn. Federation of Labor is also adding impetus to this move ment. The follow-up work neces. sary for the completion, of their program will be taken care of al the October meeting. The New Haven Local in addition to their two delegates William Hartigan and John Speers has received invitation to have their executive board pre- sent. James Dooley vice-president of the Hartford Central Council and Harold Feinmark of the New Haven Central Council will lend their able assistance to the group,
The union times., 1946-09-28
Elm City Labor Votes Action In Political Drive
Central Body To Aid City Workers On Gill-F arrell
 Case

The New Haven Central Labor Council and its fifty affiliated un- ions will take an active part in the political campaign, on a scale much larger than in past years. At its meeting Thursday, the Council unanimously authorized President Vincent J. McCovern to appoint a nOn-partisan political action com- mittee, and bring in recommends tiOns for program of concentrat- ed activity. The motion to this eff feet was made by William P. En- right, secretary of Painters Union No. l86.
 The committee to be appointed will work among the A.F.L. unions in Greater New Haven. Work with other organizations will be done through the United Labor Committee, where the Council is represented on the executive board by McGovern and Nathan Sherman, editor of THE UN- ION TIMES.
 AID CITY WORKERS
 The delegates pledged their full support to the Joint Council of Muni- clpal Employees in their efforts to help in the Gill-Farre1l case. A con- mlttee of the Council, headed by To- seph J. Egan, Typos Union, is now working on plans to raise funds, and Will submit recommendations at the meeting of the central body, to be held Oct. }. Acting upon motion of Richard Buckley, Cigar Clerks Union 1t was voted to have all delegates at- tend the hearings to be held on the budget when the Board of Finance submits 1t to the Board of Aldermen HOUSING MEETING
 Announcement that the Labor Participation Committee of inc Council of Social Agencies will hold a meeting at 397 Temple St. on Tuesday, Oct. l at 7:3O PM. was made by Sherman. Housing in New Haven will be the subject. The Ia. bor representative will discuss this problem with Dr. C.-E. A. WinsIow and B. H. Petit, chairman and di. rector, respectively, of the New Ha. ven Housing Authority. All mem. befs of organized labor are urged to attend.
 The Council voted its annual con- ttra1bution to the Community Chest, and Sz5 to the United Construction Work CTS. who are picketing the Norwa1k Rubber Co. Saul Kreas, business agent Painters, No. 186, reported that the Wage Adjustment Board had backed down in its dispute with the Painters This was hailed as a genuine victory by Secretary Enright. Secretary Tohr Redmond told of sending the letter tc Republican Town Chairman Harry Blrney, which caused the Republicans to turn down Ranulf Compton in h:s desire to receive the COP nominat;on for Congress. -'''
 President McCovern presented g detailed report of the convention ot the Connecticut Federation of Labor, where he was the Councils delegate.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Bankers Envious Of Labor's Five-Day Week

DIES MONIES, Ia.-FP)-Bank- ers' hours are no longer standard, by verdict of the bankers themselves.
 Casting longing eye at the 5-day week brought about by organized la bor but not venturing to mention any names, the Iowa Bankers Assn in convention decided there ought to be law.
 with full appreciation of a grow ing tendency in some sections of the nation for a 5-day week." a resolution adopted at their closing session said, I've suggest that our coming legisla- tive committee and the association of hcerS give consideration to the feasi- bi1ity of submitting to the coming gen. era1 assembly (1947 Iowa legislature) some measure to grant our banks per mission to close one day each week. "
The union times., 1946-09-28
Conn. Fire Fighters
 To Meet On Oct. 12
Eight Locals To Be Represented Number Soon To Be Eleven-Meetng Scheduled For Hartford-Em
 City Executive Board Is Invited

by Francis Burns of 1Ol Kenyon Street, Hartford newly elected Vcepresdent of the Conn., of Labor Harold Gillespie, President of the statewide Fire Fight CTS Association the delegates of the eight locals throughout of the International Fire Fighters A. of L will of Bridgeport is making final arrangements appropri ate place to handle large delegation expected attend
The union times., 1946-09-28
Wage-Hour Law Violations Jump

The administrator of the wage-hour and public contracts division of the Labor Dept. reports half the estab- Gshments inspected during the fiscal year June had violated overtime, minimum wage, or child labor provi- Sions of the wage-hour and public con tracts acts. Back time to the tune of 3,360,000 was paid to 71,000 em- p1oyes from 17,OOO employers.
 Substantial violations of the record keeping provisions of the act were found in 269o of the inspected plants, and 209o of the employers had failed to pay the minimum wage of 40c per hour.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Baseball Guild Files With Labor Boards

Boston (LPA)-Unfair labor prac- tice charges against the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves were filed here last week by the American Base ball Guild. This action in the Massa- chusettS Labor Relations Commission, the union stated, will be parallel in similar charges soon to be placed with the N. Y. State Board against the N. Y. Yankees, Giants and Dodgers, and in Pennsylvania against the Phi1a- delphia Athletics and Phi1lies. The clubs restraint and coercion of play CTS by financial or other means inter fered with their right to join the un- ion, ABC Organizer Robert Murphy charged.
The union times., 1946-09-28
AID TO THE AGED

, COLUMBUS, o. CPD -Ohio's lzo,OOO old-age assistance recipients may now qualify for up to $50 a month benefit instead of $40, plus an allowance up to $200 for medical, den tai and optical care. It was pushed through the Ohio legislature special session by organized labor.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Examiner Upholds .Forenen's Union

Cleveland (LPA) - The B. F. Goodrich Co. was guilty of unfair la Dor practice in refusing to bargain col lectively with the Foremen's Assn of America, a Natl Labor Relations Board examiner ruled here last week. Upholding the unions charges, he re- commended that the company be or dered to cease and desist from inter fering with the unions bargaining for floor and shift foremen.
The union times., 1946-09-28

Low Wages-High Prices
 In an interview recently, he said that the home building program is far behind schedule and that when the snow flies there will be an awful lot of houses incomplete and a lot of CI JOes and other plain people terribly disappointed.
 It isn't the fault of the unions. They are doing all they can to get homes for the veterans and to give them an opportunity to learn the building trades.
 Today" he continued, I've are pre- pared to supply the men to build houses, but there are certain terrify- ing bottlenecks. Many manufacturers of the things needed to complete houses are on what the newspapers would call sit-doWn or showdown strikes if a labor union indulged in such tactics.
 ''FOrmidable Minority
 "They are demanding big prices and insisting on low wages" he asserted, adding that this does not apply to all but to a "very formidable minority"
 Not to make too much money now is actually profitable for them-at public expense" he pointed out, ex- blaming that those concerns which held war contracts are entitled to tax refunds if they experience recon version" losses.
 Land Prices Up
 Then there is the landowner" the veteran chief of the Bricklayers went on. "He has showed prices out of sight. On top of that the realtors and others have been making exorbi- tant profits.
 Most of the permanent houses completed are priced at figures only few can afford. For example, in May the average was over $9, 900 per house. Obviously the average veteran or other wOrkingman cam not pay that kind of money"
 On the other hand, the A. F. l.. building trades workers are sticking to their jobs despite the wage in- justices resulting from the stabili- zatiOn program.
 Union Keeps Pledges
 Bates pointed out that the pledge made to the Presidents housing ex- pediter, Wilson w. Wyatt, is being lived up to completely. Wyatt himself testiies to this fact.
 Further efforts to increase the supply of materials for homes were made by the government just re- gently when directives were issued directives were issued for setting aside larger amounts and holding them for longer periods for the veterans. Whether this is success full depends upon the manufac- turers and dealers, Wyatt told group of business and industry ex- ecutives in New York last week.
 ''The governments stepped-up priority system will work if the business men who manufacture and buy and sell materials want it to york;" he emphasized.
 q am sure," Wyatt added, "that business men generally want veterans to get the building materials they need and will see to it that the veterans priority does work.
 ''No one but the prOfit-greedy black market chiseler wants to fiout the veterans right to a decent break in housing"
 Government authorities alone, he pointed out cannot wipe out the black market, which some have estimated is grabbing as much as 75 per cent of the materials.
 ''The black market" he arr gued, Twill die of undernOurish- ment as soon as the honest ma- jOrity in this country start boy cOtting the crooked minority who put black market profits ahead of homeless veterans"
The union times., 1946-09-28
Building Trades
 Win Support In WageBOardFiight
Conn. Council Hears Oper. ative Plasterers Oppose
 Adjustment Group

The campaign inaugurated by the building trades unions in this state to bring about the elimination of the Wage Adjustment is winning national recognition. The following letter was received here this week from the Operative Plasterers and Cement Fin ishers International Association "Mr. James O'Kane, Secretary Treasurer Connecticut State Build ing and Construction Trades Coun- Gil
 "137 Gofe Street
 "New Haven, Connecticut
 Dear Sir and Brother:
 ''This will acknowledge receipt of your favor of September IF in which you enclosed a copy of the resolution adopted by the COnnec. ticut Federation of Labor, the New Haven Building Trades Council and the Connecticut State Building and Construction Trades Council. which deals with the abolition of the Wage Adjustment Board.
 ''YOur organization can be as. sured of our support in the abOli. ton of the Wage Adjustment Board, as at our International Con. vention recently held in Pittsburgh, our Convention also adopted a re. solution urging that the Wage Ad- justment Board be abolished.
 ''FraternalIy yours,
 ''M. J. MIG DONOUCH,
 "Secretary-Treasurer."
 MEETING WEDNESDAY
 The executive board of the State Building Trades Council will meet in New Haven on Wednesday, Oct. 2 al II AM. President Michael J. Barry urges a full attendance, as much i'm Dortant business is to he transacted
The union times., 1946-09-28
TAKING NO CHANGES

Fear of the atomic bomb is having its effect on the future skyline of American cities. A prominent archi- tect reports it is responsible for 3O- story buildings being scaled down to only 10 stories.
The union times., 1946-09-28
Stockton's City Workers Win 13%o Pay Increase

STOCKTON, Calf. - (FP) : Members of the American Fedora ton of State County & Municipal Elm ployes (AFL) won a>13@d wage raise here with 5-day strike against city services.
The union times., 1946-09-28
The Truth About The Housing Program
Charge Made By Bricklayers' Head
Harry C. Bates, International President Says Homes For Veterans Bottlenecked By Material Manu-
 lecturers And Landowners

Harry C. Bates probably knows about the housing s uaOn than other in the country. That may sound
 little but he has been International president the Bickyers for years and heads the A. F. of L. Housing Committee.
 In the latter capacity he speaks for the which build houses Bates hasn't rushed into the papers, He has worked earnestly to create houses. He is getting little discouraged
The union times., 1946-09-28
MEETING WEDNESDAY

AFL BREWERY DRIVERS WIN
 Washington, D. C.-Local 67 of the Beer and Soda Water Drivers (AFL) has been certified by the NLRB to represent seven of the city's brewer ies and distributing agencies.