Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-14
Weekend Briefs
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By J. B. s.
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In a discussion on the bonus question, and speaking as an in- dividual, Attorney General Had den claims that he personally fa- vors payment of a state bonus to Veterans of World War II. He pro poses that an early court opinion on the constitutionality of such a payment be sought and then fur ther states that the next General Assembly ought to initiate bonus legislation early in it's session next January.
 E. Lea Marsh, IT,, of Old Lyme opposes Hadden's proposed method, and favors amending the constitution at once. ..
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 Our office seekers are beginning to realize the powerful influence that can be wielded by the veter- ans. We hold no briefs for propo- sals made just before platforms are arranged and various men are placed on tickets. We think it would be more sincere for both parties to have agreed upon some thing of benefit to the veterans before the last session was ad- iourned.
 There is also much wind in the air as regards fair employment practices, 40 hours weeks, more nay for teachers, old age assist ance payment increases, etc. It IS difficult to see the necessity of such talk other than it is supposed to capture the voters imagination difficult, because most of the larg- CT businesses are controlled by the very party that wants the public to believe they are ready to deal fairly.
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 A local chapter of the National Home and Property Owners Foun- dstion will be formed. This organ ization is to protect the interests of numerous small property own CTS in legislative matters. A meet ing will be held September "A at a place to be announced later. wei shall attend just to find out wheth- CT or not this organization taVors restrictive covenants.
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 If people really live and think in the American way that IS so often extolled by politicians and other so-called representatives, there would be no need of our peo- ple experiencing difficulties in buy ing homes in the nicer sections.
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 New amendments to the CT Bill of Rights will affect only $50 out of the 1O,776 vets taking on the job or institutional training, the Veterans Administration an nounces.
 The new law states that subsis- tence shall not be paid to vets in training if their earnings from pri- vate employment plus their subsis- tence allowance exceeds $175 a month for single men and $200 a month for married men.
 Now if our government in Wash ington can bring prices to a pro portionate level of the $175-$200 per month limit they place on the veterans earning capacity, the time the vets spent away from civilization will not seem to have been spent in vain.
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 Herewith, we print an excerpt 1 taken from a letter written by a | real American, Seaman (first | class) Robert K. Ryan of 2326 AL bany Ave-, Hartford.
 Seaman Ryan is player manager of crack navy team composed of crew members of his ship. They were scheduled to play the Suffolk baseball team in Suffolk, Virginia, the best semi-pro team in those pants. When the time came for the game, the Suffolk team re- fused to play the Navy team be- cause of the present of a Negro in the lineup. Ryan refused to take his star player out and the game was cancelled, causing the Suffolk daily paper to show its "Southern hospitality" by trying to justify the narrow mindedness of the local team. Here is the ex- cerpt, and we quote:
 con August g, we had a game to play with the Suffolk baseball team in Suffolk, Va, but because of a pretty bad deal the game didn't come off. The Suffolk club is the best semi-pro team down this way and we were considered to be a pretty good foe for them. When game time rolled around they refused to play US if we didn't remove our colored star and ' refused to play without him