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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02
Up to the time of Florence Night

Up to the time of Florence Night ingale, nursing was an exclusively male profession. In the last hun dred years the work has been pret- ty much taken over by women. I believe that the public would well come an increase in the number of men nurses and that such an in- crease would lend dignity to the whole profession.
 Dorothy Garfield Fisher, writer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

German farmers have taken to drinking milk instead of beer, since beer has gone up in price and down in quality in the Reich. Their cleaning bills are bound to be high for a while, until they remember not to blow the top off,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

It looks as though Ted Williams will wind up the season behind Mickey Vernon in betting and be- hind Hank Greenberg in home runs. It's odds on that he'll lead both leagues in clippings, though.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

People are reluctant to grant that Stalin is sincere in his peace gesture. It's not that they don't want to see the dove of peace; it's just that they don't want to see him equipped with bomb bay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

Professor P. A. M Dirac, the English mathematician, has sub mitted mathematical proof that the three primary particles of matter have no size. Obviously we must have parked our shin on an idea instead of a footstool when we tumbled out of bed to answer the phone last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

Times are evil because men are evil. It is necessary that men should become good again so plat times may also become good again.
 Pope Plus XII
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

Autumnal and winter hair styles will feature masses of hair piled high on the side of the head, ac- cording to word from Chicago. Sounds as though the gals are gO- ing to look all day the way they do when they wake up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02

The Commerce Department re- ports that the Nations government tai and private debt at the end Of 1945 amounted to $400, SOC, 900 ,OOO. But cheer up; we have ninety years and the devil to pay.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
A New sHULTON Orig

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Evening star., 1946-05-26
Pedal Crazy
BY JERRY BRONDFIELD

A tall man might request 24-inch frame
height, small man an l8-inoher, with exas-
perating fractions in between. Frame length
and wheelbase vary accordingly.
"Tailors," means Berghino have much
less trouble fitting full-dress suit
Most of the nations cyclers pilot what
Berghino calls trucks" They don't realize
the difference. Berghino twinkles, until
some gent of seventy-five whizzes past them
on twenty-pounder. Instead of being
blinded by the dust he raises their eyes are
opened to the real possibilities of cycling"
0n-the-Spot Sale
1T MIGHT have been one such experience
that prompted man to come into Bob's
shop one day and point to Berghino's own
private mount leaning against the wall.
How much?" the visitor inquired.
Berghino thought he'd discourage
him when he answered: "A hundred
and twenty five dollars.''
'lll take it" the man said.
Two weeks later the speedster was back
said. 1.-TWO pounds lighter"
Bob Berghino first got bicycle conscious
as l0-year old in Italy when he became
an apprentice to bikemaker. In few
years he was top-notch competitive racer.
Then he migrated to America and promptly
broke his hip in one of his first races. That
ended his racing career so he went back to
building bikes for others.
Turning out one of his models assumes an
international aspect Steel tubing for frames
comes from England and two foot section
weighs only feathery few ounces.
Handebars, handbrakes and mudguards
come from Italy; cranks and pedals from
France. Berghino was lucky to have large
stockpile throughout the war, and during
the last four years he received hundreds OF
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Bike bugs are plenty fussy
about their mounts. That's
where Bob Berghino comes in

TNHERE are some 100000 people in this
i country who would rather ride bicycle
than go fishing - and most of them are
getting set for busy summer.
Many will take to the road in bikes
weighing from 60 to 80 pounds. complete
with horns and bells and squirrel tails. But
many Others will insist on light, fast jobs.
They usually wind up at the door of Bob
Berghino, whose streamlined, tailor made
bicycles have made him legendary figure.
In the cluttered-up shop just short spin
from New York's Central Park, Berghino
turns out hand-worked numbers which fol-
low specifications down to an eighth of an
inch and a fraction of an ounce - literally.
These minute dimensions are all-impor-
tant to road-cycling enthusiasts and when
Berghino beauty is rolled out it weighs -
complete = less than 20 pounds A pro-
fessional rider once was clocked at l08 miles
an hour on one of these models.
A General Called
BOB has filled orders for theatrical celeb
rites, Pittsburgh steel barons, statesmen,
and thousands of just plain Joe Doakes.
While we were talking in Berghino's shop he
got a long g-distance phone call from Washing
ton. 1t was an order from General St. Dider,
military attache at the French embassy.
Real bike bugs want exact spacing and
pitch to the handlebars. They prefer one
of dozen different seat types, and they
have idiosyncrasies about pedals But mostly
their personal requirements deal with
frames, which Berghino fashions according
to the customers height and weight
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Tw-5-26-46
The union times., 1946-03-30
Men Make Strike
 Without A Strike

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)-The gold business, a wartime casualty, is on its way back-this time on the union track.
 Out in front organizing the gold fields of Nevada and northern Cali fornia is Local }, International Union of Operating Engineers (AFL) which has just signed contract with Natomas Co. of California, one of the largest gold-dredging operators in the world. The agreement provides a closed shop, wage increases, paid holi- days and an escalator clause that will allow an increase in pay if the price of gold is raised.
 Local 3 is also busy organizing the Tuba Consolidated Gold Fields and Capitol Dredging Co. with more than 9O%o of the employees already signed up.
The union times., 1946-03-30
HousingPr Lags To Delight Of Profiteers
Present Steps Far made quate To Meet 2,7OO, ,OOO
 Homes Goal

WASHINGTON (LPA) - Evi- dence mounted this week that the present steps being taken to ease the housing crisis are nothing more than a drop in the bucket. as com- pared with the measures needed to really build homes for 2,7OO.OOO veterans and their families within the next two years.
 A committee of the New York State legislature found that four out of five employed veterans could not afford to pay more than $60 month in rent, and that not more than one in 25 could afford $80 month. The low est rental for new three-room apart ment in New York City found by in vestigators for the committee was $82 a month.
 Prices for houses, and apartment rentals, are not expected to fall much below the top limit until the provisions of the Patman bill for subsidies and premium payments to get scarce materials are put back into the measure. As it passed the House, these provisions, as well as price ceilings on new houses, were killed. The bill now awaits action by the Senate.
 More temporary, barracks-like tenn porary housing is to be moved and
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The union times., 1946-03-30
WSB Okays Hike
 Of Hourly Rate To 65c Minimum
Industry Members Dissent GAS UsuaD From Ma
 jority Opinion

WASHINGTON (LPA) - The green light has been given to wage boosts to bring hourly pay up to 65c an hour by the Wake Stabilization Board. The Board, with industry members dissenting, announced that such wage increases are given advance approval and may be used as basis for seeking price relief without speci- hc application to the Board.
 Advance approval was also granted by the Board to certain classes of increases given in con- nection with incentive pay systems, merit and bonus schedules, and job evaluation plans.
 The Boards action is interpreted here as a boost for the 65c minimum wages bill, now under fire from bi- partisan group of conservative Con- gressmen. No substantial price in- creases can be justified under the new WISE ruling, on the basis of figures presented to the Senate Labor & Edu- cation Committee by Chester Bow1es, now Economic Stabilization Director.
 Bowles said that:
 ''First, judging by our history, l should say that the long-run effects of this legislation would be to re- duce prices rather than to raise them. This is because higher wages increase productivity.
 ''Second, I am satisfied that even the immediate effects in the direc- ton of raising prices will be few in number and small in magnitude.
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The union times., 1946-03-30
Social Security Still A Mystery For Too Many!
Many Lose Benefits Because They Don't Know Their
 Rights Under Law

Many members of organized labor, as we'll as their families, fail to take full advantage of the Social Security laws because they are unfamiliar with the various benefits to which they are entitled under the law.
 This is the conclusion reached by the delegates to the New Haven Central Labor Council after hearing an address at their last meeting by Albert F. RagOzzino, director of the New Haven office of the Social Security Board, which is located at IO44 Chapel St. A large number of families do not even know that they are entitled to benefits under cer- tain circumstances, and an even larger number of working people do not know how to protect their Social Security benefits when they reach the age of 65, and continue to work.
 Accompanied by Herbert Bor- chardt, labor relations representative of the Social Security Board, MT. Ra- gozzino analysed the law and de- scribed the steps that each person can take to make sure that he and his family are protected. Provisions for old-age and survivors funds were ex- plained in detail, and the delegates asked questions for almost an hour.
 MT. Ragozzino offered to speak to any local union, and explain the provisions of the Social Security laws. He explained that his office is always ready to answer ques- tiOns, and recommended that a functioning Social Security com mittee be set up in each union. Both he and BOrchardt were loudly applauded.
 The Council was urged by Vice President Richard L. Buckley to stip- port the appropriation for a survey of the New Haven school system on which an aldermanic hearing was scheduled for Wednesday evening "The result bound to be derived from this survey will make the New Haven School system second to none, and your children will be the recipients of its benefits" he said.
 Harold V. Feinmark reported that the CLOS attempt to inter- fere with the A.F.L. organization at the National Folding Box Co. was a ''complete fizzle,' and said that the Printing Pressmen had obtained good contract from the firm.
The union times., 1946-03-30
AFL Fights Bill Cutting Quotas
 On Immigration
Legislative Representative Hines Urges US. Respon-
 sibility In World

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The American Federation of Labor told the House Committee on Immigra- tiOn and Naturalization that it Op- poses pending legislation to curtaiI existing immigration quotas.
 AFL Legislative Representative Lewis c. Hines testified:
 The United States is humanita riar nation and we have done our share up to the present time to provide haven for refugees. I believe most of our citizens desire that the United States set an example for other na- tions by continuing to offer succor to the oppressed and displaced persons uprooted as result of war. Our na- tior has large share of responsibil- 1ty in the maintenance of peaceful world.
 ''The American Federation of La bOr therefore feels that we should maintain our present immigration quotas as an indication to the world that we intend to remain an active participant in world affairs. To do otherwise, and especially to reduce our immigration quotas, would i'm dicate that we are not willing to accept the responsibility of leader ship.''
 MT. Hines pointed out that a con- gressional committee had recommend ed the appointment of a commission of full time experts to undertake a study and analysis of postwar immi- grafton problems. He urged that this study be undertaken before Congress attempts to change existing immigra- ton laws.
The union times., 1946-03-30
.Co-Op0wnership Of War Housing
 BeiIngSuggested
Dayton Housing Corp. Ex. ecutive Sees This As Ideal
 Method Of Disposal

NEW YORK (LPA)-Mutual and cooperative housing groups should be allowed to take over permanent war housing now being sold by the govern ment, according to Charles McGuerin of the Greenmont Housing Corp, in Dayton, Ohio.
 Such mutual housing groups also can serve as way of getting new housing units built for middle in- come families, McCuerin told the National Public Housing Confer ence. Mutual housing projects have the lowest operating costs, because the tenants take better care of something they own.
 "The best answer for the disposi- ton of war housing" he said, "can be found in the various mutual ownership
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The union times., 1946-03-30
AFL Signs Up With
 An-Union Hospital

SEATTLE CPD St. Luke's Hospital became the first tOp-tO- bottom unionized medical institu- ton in the city following signing of model labor agreement between Local 6, Building Service Employees Intl. Union (AFL), and hospital owners.
 The contract covers nurses, jani- tors, ward and kitchen aides, giving a 40-hour week with time-and-a-hal1 for the sixth day and double time for seventh day and holidays.
 Prepaid medical security is pro- vided for at no cost to employees. Wage scales, along with those at the Medical Security Clinic, are the highest in the city for medical workers.
The union times., 1946-03-30
Jobless Total Now Up To 2,7OO,OOO

WASHINGTON OPA)-Unem- plcyment continued rise throughout the country during February despite gains in construction, mining, and trade, government reports showed last week There are the latest official fig ureS.
 Non-agricultural employment drop ped 285,000 bringing the total number of jobless to 2,700,0OO about 100000 more than in January. The number ot production workers in manufactur- ing industries was 9,667,O00, the low est figure in 5 years, 3,500,0O0 less than a year ago.
The union times., 1946-03-30
Congress Undermines Price Controls
Drive Planned By
 NHBuilding I rades
Follow Lead of State Council On Plans For Strong Or ganization- Officers Protest Sharp Wage Controls
 Applied To Building Mechanics

In keeping with increased activ' ity by the building trades unions throughout the state, the New Ha ven Building Trades Council plans an energetic campaign to become 8 strong, functioning organization President Saul Kreas, Painters No l86, and Secretary Bernard Gil bride, Electricians, B-9O, this week sent the following letter to all building trades locals in the Great. CT New Haven area:
 Dear Sir and Brother:
 With the wage rates of the build ing trades unions still subject to war time controls, and with a number oi important problems facing the build ing trades which must be solved in our favor if we are to maintain the gains we have made, IT HAS NOW BECOME IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE 4 STRONG NEW HAVEN BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
 Anti-Labor Drive
 "The need for a strong Council has always existed, but the drive that the enemies of labor are making to convince the public that high build ing costs are the fault of the building trades unions is a sign of some of the immediate difficulties we face. There is every chance that this drive will take the form of anti-1abor legis1a- tion. Furthermore, we are being dis criminated against by being the only section of labor which still has the same controls over its wages as were in effect during the war, when our wages were frozen.
 We are writing you this letter to acquaint you with some of the facts. We feel that now that we have a growing State Building Trades Coun- Gil, we must strengthen ourselves by putting our New Haven Council on a strong, functioning basis.
 ssIn order to do this, each local must cooperate. No one local alone can do the job that has to be done Our first proposal is that your To- cal union elect delegates to the Council who will attend meetings regularly, and report back to youl local. With regular meetings, g program of action, with the partici patton of all building trades locals and with officers who are willing and anxious to serve, we can build an organization which will protect our unions and their membership and thus help the entire member ship.
 sThe next meeting of the New Haven Building Trades Council will be held Monday, April IS, at l37 COffe St., at 8 PM.
 Please see to it that your dele gates attend. If they have not beer chosen, elect your three delegates at your next meeting"
The union times., 1946-03-30
Farmers Strike Against Strikes Branded Phoney
Des Moines Register Farm Editor Debunks Nation
 wide Scare As Hoax

DIES MONIES, Ia.-(FP)-After receiving nationwide publicity for several weeks, the threatened mid west farm strike against labor strikes has been branded a hoax by the Des Moines Register.
 Apparently Register farm editor l. 5. Russell was sufficiently impressed by condemnation of the farm strike at the National Farmers Union con- vention in Topeka, Kans., the prey lcus week to make an investigation The National Union Farmer had pre- vlously described the movement as phony. Russell returned from his trip to Edgar, Nebr., headquarters of the socalled strike movement, convinced the whole thing was mostly talk with a good deal of inspired promotion, 2 behind it.
 No Farm Backing
 "The movement has no farm back ing to warrant newspaper and radio publicity which has been accorded it. he concluded. "The quantity of na- tional publicity this alleged farm strike got ln the press and radio services was fantastic and not very creditable tc anyone.
 The Natl. Union Farmer had assert ed that the news services which played up the movement were either gullib1e or biased. Sven Anderson, front fo1 the strike, was discovered by botl the farm paper and the Register tc be not a farmer but a small towr poet-cartoonist.
The union times., 1946-03-30
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Congress is up in arms at Sec. of Commerce Henry A. Wallace for suggesting that Democrats who vote against the administration pro- gram should be kicked out of the party.
 That would take all the suspense out of politics. When people voted for a candidate, they'd know just what they were getting.
 STATE BUILDING Trades execu- tive board meeting, to be held at the New Haven Labor Temple on Wednesday, April 3, at II AM, is the quarterly meeting. This means that all affiliated locals are entitled to send representatives, and are urged to do so.
 YALE & TONNE strikers not only have the company to contend with, but the state police as we'll. And now employers want to amend the Wagner Act to give them the same rights as labor. Hmph!
 WINNER of the monthly draw ing held by the Mortgage Liquida- ton Committee of the New Haven Labor Temple is Mary Huvane, 20 Pawtucket St., Hartford. The conn., mittee says it is glad to have this opportunity to spread cheer throughout the state.
 CONNECTICUT'S four Demo- cratic Representatives in Congress are members of bipartisan group of 39 Democratic and four Repub- lican representatives who are spear heading a vigorous fight in behalf of the 65-cent minimum wage bill which soon will be reported to the floor of the House. They are Reps. Ceelan, Woodhouse, KOppleman, and Ryter.
 THE $2OO,OOO suit by the Latex Corporation against Westbrook Pegler and the two Bridgeport daily | AACWSPdpCIS SAOuAU DC WdEHlIS LO those who use the word ''Red' for purposes of smearing. Loose talk can be an expensive proposition.
 The House of Representatives passed, 239 to 80, the bill creating the Agricultural Credit Agency Voting for the bill were Conn. Reps. Kopplemann, Ryter, Wood house, Luce, and Talbot. Rep. Gee Ian voted against it.
 On the Hendricks motion to con- cur in the Senate amendment (to the Independent Offices Appropria. tiOn Bill) granting $5 million emergency fund to President Tru- man adopted 8l to 40, Conn. Representatives voted as follows for the amendment, Reps. Kopple. mann and WoodhOuse; against, Luce and Talbot; not voting, Gee. Ian and Ryter.
 Eight striking employees of the Schollhorn factory in New Haven tool factory, clad in evening clothes and derby hats, picketed the Park Avenue residence of the company's $ president in New York City. That's just the sort of thing that Tom Cirdler says is wrecking the free
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The union times., 1946-03-30

of basic importance to our way of life. The people of Stamford have tkeir own local, political, economic and social problems, which will be decided in Stamford and not New York.
 Is Growing Problem
 "The newspaper and the broadcast station were competitors. Now they will be under the same ownership. No man can divide his mind into two separate compartments and compete with his own social, economic and political phi1osophies."
 Durr pointed out that there are more and more communities hav- ing only one radio station and one newspaper. both under the same control" It is an increasingly se- rious problem, he declared.
The union times., 1946-03-30

Here is one of his latest:
 All the other EGG. members ap- proved sale of radio station WSRR, at Stamford, Conn, to the publisher of the Stamford Advocate" the only newspaper in that city of 61,0O0 pop ulation.
 As WSRR is the only broadcasting station in Stamford, that sale put both means of influencing public opinion completely in the same hands.
 AIibi Sale
 Apparently feeling mat some "a1ibi" was necessary for this action, the commission majority said the citizens of Stamford could get newspapers and radio programs from New York City. Durr demolished that alibi with the following words:
 "The local community still remains
The union times., 1946-03-30
Bartenders, Fire Fighters
 Elect Council Delegates

Unions which have recently elected delegates to the New Haven Central Labor Council are Bartenders, No. 217; and New Haven Fire Fighters Assn, No. BPS.
 The Bartenders delegates are Will liam Corcoran, Harry Stevens, Ed ward Mayer, James Ellison, and Paul Conway. The Fire Fighters delegates are w. Hartigan, P. Skei1y, D. Grif- fin, s. Zemitis, and J. White. Alter mates are w. Suski, W. Kane, F. Sweeney, J. s. Maer, and A. Terrible.
The union times., 1946-03-30
U. s. Expects To Fire
 856,OOO By June, 1947

WASHINGTON CPD - Pres. Truman sees Cut of 856,OO0 workers now on the federal payroll by June, l94. The eliminations would leave Uncle Sam with 100000 hired hands which is still above prewar period when the federal jobholders numbered little under million souls.
The union times., 1946-03-30
WORKER IGNORED

New York (LPA)-ILGWU vice president Max Cohen, for his 35 years uninterrupted service to the labor movement, was honored at a dinner here last week.
 Fifteen non-sectarian charities will receive $10,O00 of the funds raised at the affair.
The union times., 1946-03-30
Expose Stamford Opinion Monopoly

Federal Communications Commissioner Clifford J. Durrs dis enng opinions get little attention daily newspapers the papers and tied up with the radio which he has hit hard and repeatedly.
The union times., 1946-03-30

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The union times., 1946-03-30

"Cive me the money that has been spent in war, and will clOthe every man, woman and child in at- tire of which kings and queens would be proud. will build a schoOlhOuse in every valley over the whole earth. will crown every hill side with a place of worship cOnse- crated to the gospel of peace.
 Charles Sumner.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01

Walter Winchell reported re-
rentlv that instead or mirrors IN
MS HOLLYWOOD home, MICS Ed
Archie Gardner has oil paint
'srs of himself nj strategic points.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1946-02-01

Jack Benny, already the fava
orite Of Waukegan and st. Joe
has been named honorary mayor
I0f three California towns popu.
|iarixed on his NRC program -
Anaheim. Azusa and Cucamonga
whose citizens say It took Jack
to put them on the lnsp.