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The union times., 1946-07-13
0PADeathMeans Elimination Of Wage Controls
Government, Labor Leaders Agree Pay Hikes Needed
 To Meet Living Costs

WASHINGTON (LPA) = The death of price controls also meant the death of wage controls, government officials admitted this week as labor leaders throughout the country an- nounced that unless a new and effec- tive OPA law was enacted union con- tracts would be re-opened for addi- tional pay raises to meet increased liv- ing costs.
 N W. Willard Wirtz, chairman of the National Wage Stabilization Board, declared that without OPA "All wage control is out complete ly." Labor Secretary SchweIlenbach and other government officials, clearly bewildered by the chaos precipitated by President Truman's veto of the unavoidable OPA bill, expressed pious hopes that organ ized labor would not press for new wage hikes but would sit back and wait for Congress to do something. Schwellenbach admitted to a press conference that ''No one knows what action Congress will take. neither do we know the results of such action as Congress may take. As practical matter it is now inn possible for either management or labor to attempt to negotiate wage agreements if such agreements contemplate relationship with the cost of living.''
 But while industry, wholesalers, re- tailers and landlords throughout the country were jumping prices and rents as fast as they dared Schwel1enbach could only urge unions not to make demands because it would only add to the confusions."
 Reopen Negotiations
 The belief of many AFL officials that most unions would be forced to reopen their contracts for pay hikes found unexpected substantiation in a special report by the Labor Depart ment's Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a sample study of 99 key union con- tracts, BIS found that 71 permit re- negotiation of wages during the term of agreement. The 71 agreements cover approximately 1,136,0O0 wage earners, or 729d of the 1,576,OO0 wage earners covered by the entire sample of oo contracts.
 The 99 contracts are regarded as setting the pattern of wages and working conditions in their respec- five iudusfrias Tbov cox,ov, +Lo foJ lowing p major industry groups: Aircraft, auto, chemical, clothing, electrical machinery, flat glass, canned and preserved foods, leather products, lumber West ern) and furniture, meat packing, nOn-ferrOus metals, non-metalIic minerals, paper, petroleum, pot tery, rubber, shipbuilding, steel .(basic), and textiles.
The union times., 1946-07-13
N.H.Building Trades
 To Issue Directory

Plans are going forward with much activity for the completion of the di- rectory to be published by the New Haven Building Trades Council. The directory will contain complete list of all building trades unions in the Greater New Haven area, and the names of all fair general and sub con- tractors.
 The directory will meet long-fe1t want on the part of the unions and contractors. In handy, brief form, it will supply information which up un- til now, the contractors have had to spend much time in obtaining. Since only fair contractors will be listed, it will be invaluable in this respect.
 This directory will be distributed to all architects, contractors, contractors associations, churches, civics and gov- ernmental agencies and to all contrac- tors doing business on a national scale.
 President Saul Kreas and Secretary Bernard Gilbride urge all contractors and locals to do their share as soon as possible in helping to make the di- rectory a success.
The union times., 1946-07-13

HONO(AOAAO'
 The action, climaxed by the Superior Court action in Bridge port upon petition of labor attor- ney William s. Gordon, Jr., cul- minated a twO-week struggle with in the department regarding the questions which the union had branded "an unreasonable and un- warranted invasion of the right of privacy by members of the police fOrce."
 Among the questions under protest were: What prompts you to make ap- plication? have you any special inter est in police work? do you carry ex- tensive charge accounts? if now em- ployed are you willing for us to ask your present employer about your work? would you accept temporary work? do you know of anything that would disqua1ify you for an appoint ment? do you use intoxicating liquors.
 According to the agreement, Cor don said, all the objectionable questions save those concerning charge accounts and the use of liquor were 3o be deleted and new form issued. The g members of the department who had already filled out the blank would have them returned and the new version would be considered simply as a questionnaire. The injunction will not be served providing the judge approves of the agreement.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Conn. Workers See Results Of Letters, Wires
Outlook Bright For Passage Of New Price, Rent
 Control Measure

Connecticut workers were viewing with increasing satis- faction the role they had played in raising a nation. wide public clamOr that OPA be saved as indications eman- ated from Washington that a workable measure would soon be enacted.
 Capitol observers were frankly stunned by the public response which exceeded all expectations and which shocked opponents of O.P.A. into the realization that their reelection this fall was practically doomed if they continued to allow prices to rise.
 Probably the most salient feature of the public clamor was the spon- taneity with which individuals "who normally never write their congress- men" bombarded senators and repre- sentatlveS with letters and te1egrams.
 Baldwin Acts
 Meanwhile, Gov. Raymond E. Bald win, sensing the indignation of the public (which a Fortune magazine poll estimated was over 8O9S in favor of O.P.A.) was making plans to call a special session of the state legis1a- ture with an eye to duplicating the action of New York where prices and rents are frozen by state law.
 Individual cities like New Haven called special meetings of the govs erning councils to take steps.
 The prospects for the national meas-
The union times., 1946-07-13
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

HATS OFF TO OPA workers who have stuck by their posts like loyal sailors on bombed ship. But OPA is not sunk yet and the crew deserves a round of applause from all labor for sticking to their guns after their ship had received a blow under the waterline. How ever, help is coming. TeIegrams are pouring into Congress at an un- precedented rate and the outlook for OPA revival is encouraging. Thanks again, OPA workers!
 NORTHERNERS get pretty up- pity these days when they talk about BilbO. Let those who are without Taft cast the first stone, say sOutherners.
 COMPLAINTS on rent increases filed with the New Haven O.P.A. off, flee show that the rents of the com plainants have been increased an average of 5l.7%, according to Area Director Clarence Westerberg. The need for Congress to pass a real and complete O.P.A. bill is rapidly reaching crisis proportions. Ask your wife if her grocery bill this week was the same as last week, and you'll get horse-Iangh.
 Iafty was a senator
 A man beyond belief.
 Tafty killed the OPA
 And raised the price of beef.
 FILE this for future reference. President Truman. in signing the Hobbs Bill, said it would not inter- fere with the legitimate activities of unions. We predict that within six mOnhs or less, anti-labor judges will be using the law to crack down on organized labor.
 AS we go to press, we are in- formed that Mayor Celentano has appointed Bernard GiIbride, B.A. of New Haven Electricians, B-9O, and secretary of the N. H. Building Trades Council, to the Fair Rent Committee. Originally, the commit tee consisted exclusively of real es- tate men and lawyers. Labor felt that it should be more representa- tive, of the entire community. and so informed the Mayor.
 AMERICAN newspaper pubIish- CTS had an additional reason last week to believe that they couldn't exist under a Fascist dictatorship. Spain's CeneralissimO Franco an- nounced that newspapers and mag azines would be prohibited from printing pictures of girls in bath ing suits. Next on the schedule is expected an order decreeing that
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1946-07-13
Plan Medical Aid
 For Spain-In-Exile

NEW YORK (LPA) - Provision of medical supplies for Spanish trade unionists in exile in France and other countries has been undertaken by the newly formed Medical Aid Section of the International Solidarity Commit tee American labor leaders sponsor ing the program include: A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters-AFL j; Samuel Wo1chok, president of the Re tail, Wholesale & Department Store Employes-CIO; George Ba1danzi, vice-president of the Textile Workers Union-CIO; and Louis Nelson, man. ager of Knitgoods Workers Local 155, International Ladies Garment Work ers-AFL.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Riots Can't Start
 Without A Rumor

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LPA)-If newspapers and other opinion-mo1ding instruments would kill rumors as soon as they come out in the open, there could be no race riots, Dr. Gordon w. A1lport of Harvard University told the Institute of Race Relations at Fisk University this week. He said: Our ing times of crisis, public strain and racial tension, riots could be controlled if the rumors which produce them could be spotted quickly"
The union times., 1946-07-13
Dems: Wake Up Or Be Swamped- d-TObin

INDIANAPOLIS (LPA) Hint ing at the possibility of a third party, Dan Tobin, AFL Teamsters' presi- dent, warned the Democrats that they had better wake up-or be swamped in the next general election" In an article in the International Teamster, official union publication, he said that voters were remaining away from the polls and that "the Democratic can dldates are not very much in demand by the majority of the working people"
The union times., 1946-07-13
AFL Opens New
 Ga. Office In Drive

ROME, Ga. FP) - The AFL opened an office here and began prepa- rations for launching membership drive on a large scale, George L. Googe, southern representative, an- nounced.
 The Rome area office will operate with the Atlanta headquarters of the AFL's southern campaign to organize one million new members. A number of textile mills and other industries are located in Rome and the north western section of Georgia.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Paid Lunch Period
 On Special Jobs

A New York city court recently ruled that guards aboard a vessel are entitled to pay for lunch periods under the wage-hour act, because those guards were not free to leave their posts while they ate and were not temporarily relieved from their duties of employment while eating.
 We suggest that if any of our read CTS have similar situation to contend with they take up the matter with their union lawyers and cite the name of this case, which is Donza V. Mer- cantile Ship Repair Go.
The union times., 1946-07-13
AFL UNIT IS SELECTED

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The AFL International Brotherhood of E1ectri- cal Workers have been chosen as col 1ective bargaining representatives by supervisory employees of the General Gable Corp, Rome, N. Y, as re- ported by the National Labor Re1a- tions Board.
The union times., 1946-07-13
Public Clamor Raps Congress On OPA
WITHDRAW QUESTIONABLE
 Cops Union Wins In East Hartford

applied the East Hartford Police Department suddenly gave demands of the Poicemens Union AFL that 7page applca-
 blank be revoked because it contained certain objectionable
The union times., 1946-07-13

ure were good insofar as rents were concerned especially since they were to be retained in the otherwise un- workable measure vetoed by the President and since all over the na- ton rent boosts ranged from Is to 1000 per cent.
 Green Blames Congress
 Meanwhile, AFL President William Green wired all senators that "1abor unrest, discomfort and perhaps strikes will take place throughout the nation if prices continue to mount"
 Earlier, appearing before special House Labor subcOmmit- tee, he said, ''The eagerness of Congress to enact new and restric- tive labor legislation is in sharp contrast with the failure of Con- gress to eliminate the causes of labor unrest"
 Placing the blame squarely on Con- greSs, he declared that efforts to out law strikes were leading to fascism. "Compulsion won't work unless this country IS prepared to march down the road to totalitarian government"
The union times., 1946-07-13

Entered Second Class Matter May 5, 1o41, New Haven. Conn, under the Act of March 3, l87o
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
Captain Il us y Ilutcliins III dsa
Head Sub Squadron 4 Here
Five Subs. One Sub Rescue
Vessel Here: DE Arrives
Next Week: Three Subs
Later

Submarine Squadron 4, consist
ing of ten submarines, one sub
tender, and one sub-rescue YES
sci, and two DE's, will arrive at
MOB sometime this month and
in February for permanent duty,
it was announced this week by
Capt. w. A. Saunders, command
ing officer of the submarine sur
face group.
Five of the submarines and the
sub-rcscue vessel have already
arrived. One DE was to have
arrived this week. Three addi-
ti5nat submarines ATTACHED 10 the
squadron are out on special as
signment. e
Approximately 100 officers and
1900 men are assigned to the
squadron. ut is anticipated that
an additional squadron consisting
of approximately the same num-
Der of people will be based at Key
West. later in the year," Capt.
Saunders declared.
Capt. E. S. Hutchinson, USN,
will command the submarine
squadron. A veteran submarine
officer he was awarded two Navy
Crosses for submarine service in
the Pacific. Capt r. c. Lake,
USN, is commander of Subma-
rine Division AZ and Capt. c. H,
Andrews, commander of Subma-
rine Division Al.
The submarines will continue
to work with the various activi-
ties in this area as they have in
the past and will conduct peace
time training" Captain Saunders
continued. "The permanence of
their assignment here is to take
advantage of excellent operating
conditions and weatherphnGoM 81
u Due to the lack of hoUsing1fa-
cilities in Key West, personnel
attached to the squadron have
been advised not to bring their
families with them until steps are
taken to alleviate the housing
shortage.
The submarine base was built
during World War l but was new
or placed in commission, although
recognized by submarine officers
as ideal for training because of
its geographical position and CHM
ate. Came World War II and
again the excellent operating
conditions drew submarines here
for training. So successful were
, these operations that a decision
was recently reached to assign a
submarine squadron to this base
t1prp0apcntlv
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19

"REPORTING CODES AND
CIPHERS DESTROYED" was
the last message sent from Cor
regidor before its surrender and
the sender was Comdr. Ford Cal
lahan, USN, in his capacity as
Philippine Islands Communities
tons Officer. A prisoner of the
Japs for three and a half years,
Callahan was commanding Off
Ger of MOB from 1883 to 194I
and is currently visiting here
To Callahan, the question that
aptly describes Japanese intel3i.
gencc was. the one asked of his~
by his captors: why did you send
that last message /. in plain Ian
,guage" But. his reply was. with
a straight face: Because there
was no .code LETT 10 put it in
Held as q valuable" prisoner
by the Japs seeking vital infer
nation, Callahan was informed on
Corregidor after the fall fer three
months. At first he was subject
ed to their nice" methods, with
Sweetness and bribery applied
in an effort to extract informa-
ton. When this failed, threats
were used but his. interrogators
waited until he was moved to ia
pan before carrying out their re-
prisals.
Growing tired with their pris-
oners @stubbornness," they in
formed Callahan his attitude
needed correcting" and he was
sent to a large camp in Tokyo
where the speciality was cor
recting peoples attitudes. The
Naval officer made his acquaint-
ance there with the infamous Sgt.
Watanabe on whom a long report
was made by Callahan to the War
Crimes Commission and who is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
Navy Photo

now in American custody.
Well-cducated, Watanabe was
a graduate of the Imperial Uni
versity of Tokyo, spoke English
and French fluently, and was
particularly allergic to Americans
whom he delighted in torturing.
Questioned periodically by Jap
Navy captains from the Naval In
tefligenoe Office, Callahan was
internationally handed over to
Sgt .Watanabe for attitude cor
rection.
Skilled ia physical torture, the
little SCI gent sr1tss also le3Set at
mental torment It was Watan-
abe VINO held before Callahan
the first letter he saw from Mrs.
Callahan in two years and then
tore 1T into little pieces when the
Naval officer refused to talk. 3
Callahan spent rs 9 months at
the specially camp where he
met Capt. Arthur L. Maher, USN,
senior surviving officer of the
USS Houston and also a current
Key West, visitor. Following his
internment there that netted his
captors no results, Callahan was
sent to a camp at Niigata in
northern Japan where fourteen
feet of snow greeted him on his
arrival.
/ Sleeping on bare floors minus
heat and plus a diet of boiled
barley and grass soup, the Naval
officer lost 70 pounds during his
Imprisonment but since his re-
lease has regained go.
After We day our one hope
was that the War in the Pacific
would be over before winter, -
Callahan recalls. "All of lis real
lied that none could live through
Continued on Page Three
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
Kinmel Heard
Again Before
Senate Board
ADMIRAL FURTHER GRILLED
ON STATEMENTS MADE
ABOUT KNOWLEDGE OF
GOVERNMENT ON JAPS
nv. Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, -
Admiral Husband Kimmel was
further agrilled today at the
hearing OF the senate's Pearl
Hsrbor disaster committee, but
he still maintained that, if, he
had had the information that
Washington had about the move
ments of japanese warships sew
eral days before the attack was
made, he would have struck at
the Japs before they struck at
the Pearl Harbor naval base.
At next weeks hearings, it
was announced, a witness will
be put on the stand who is ex-
pected to testify that Kimmel
knew as early as November q,
1941, that the Japs were getting
ready to attack United States
ships at point not then dis
closed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
Nearly One Million Men In .
Various Industries Viii Be
Out On Strike ByI.SuIld0WIl
Fifty Thousand Others Are
Expected To Enter Strike
Ranks BY Noon Tomor-
row
Az Newsfeatures Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. -
More than 100000 men in var
ious industries will be out on
strike by shutdown today, and
$4,000 others are expected to
join that number by noon to-
morrow. The latter are employ
ed in various small steel and
aluminium plants.
Some of the blast and coke
furnaces are closed in steel mills
in Pittsburgh, and others are
expected to be shut down if an
agreement is not concluded to-
day between steel corporations
ai;d then employees.
Henry J. Kaiser, who had a
conference with President Tru-
man and Philip Murray, head
of the clio, said today that he
had increased wages in his
steel mills in the west 1872
cents an hour to conform with
the Presidents recommendation.
Kaiser added that the wage
dispute in the Frazier
Willow Run automobile plant
IN Detroit had been settled, and
that the men had returned to
work.
Benjamin F. Fairless, presi-
dent Of United States Steel. said
that his and the companies he
represents could not comply
with the Presidents proposed
wage increase without harm to
the corporations financial in
terests.
In Kansas City. Mo, an in
junction was obta ned against
rickets who were keeping en-
ployes from going to work in
Swiss packing houses in that
city, and an Injunction was is
sued in Jersey City, N. J.,
against Western Union pickets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
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Cutter Mage
Sails ere
- rom Mass.

Another interesting yacht
a has been added toathose now
anchored at Key West with
gsthe1 arrival of the 3l-fcot cut
ter Muage. 80
Reaching here late Thurs
day afternoon. after a voyage
Of nearly three months from
Massachusetts,. including sew
eral stop-overs. Lawrence w.
Young. Of Cambridge, Mass.
the owner. brought liz yacht
in on the strong northwest
wind on which he sailed the
last leg from Marathon.
Mi. Young was accompani-
eS By Oliver Griswold. who
went up to Marathon Tues
day to assist in bringing the
boat down Hawk Channel.
The Nuage still bears the
name Jester. CT Stonington.
Conn.,. on her stern. which
MIR. Young will soon change.
From nid-morninJ We'd
nesdaY to'adarle. the breeze
was 50 e LIGHT that darlkness
found them only at Pine Key.
The Northwestern reached
here about 10 o'clock Wednss-
day night. and en- it they
arrived in Key West vicinity
several hours before dawn.
Anchoring we'll off the Casa
Msrina in the lee of Key
West. after daylight they beat
around the west end Of the
island into. Key West harbor
Thursday afternoon. being
one cf the very few small
boats offshcre in the stiff
wind and rough seas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young reside
at 622 Grinnell Street with
their small daughter. Hannah.
Mrs. Young and Hannah ar
rived by automobile several
weeks ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
More Trials
Of japanese
TO BE ARRAIGNED UPON
CHARGES OF BEING
WAR CRIMINALS
tny Assoe1a,es Pr.s.l

TOKYO. Jan. ia set-up has
been completed for the trying of
Japanese war criminals here, it
was announced today, but the
date on which the trials win be-
gin has not yet been fixed.
The trials were agreed on at
the recent conferences in Mos
COW of Secretary ARyrnes, Foreign
Minister Bevin and Commissar
Molotov, and General MaeAr-
thur was empowered to arrange
farthe court proceedings against
the Japs, all of5,whom held high
positions in Japan's wars of con-
questld 0e iaa - 4C'1 '~a r.
It was said THAT former Pre-
mier TOTO will be the first to go
on trial. E4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-01-19
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