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The union times., 1946-11-02

Labor definitely supports the two party. system. In the last Is years it has in the main supported Democratic candidates because these candidates seemed the safest custodians of such labor legislation which was enacted. This measuring rod, due to the records of both parties in the 79th Congress and in Connecticut, con- tinues to endure.
 Should the 8Oth Congress, con- Vening in January, bring evidence that the Republicans fully accept the Wagner Act and similar Iegis- latiOn as the accepted law of the land; that these laws are equally safe in their care, then organized labor, with great deal of pleasure, will forge a new set of standards to measure the candidates named in future elections. For the present, it will continue, by and large, to support candidates on the Demo- cratic ticket. In a number of cases. labor had voice in selecting these candidates.
The union times., 1946-11-02
dor Tells Why Organized Labor Supports Tone And Snoev

the direction of Lt.-Cov. Snow passed this democratic measure. Governor Baldwin, in spite of his F.E.P.C. pledge during the l944 elections, did nothing to secure its enactment. His Party has again promised state F.E.P.C., but labor is more interested in the record.
 Lt.-Gov. Snow has earned labor's support for the progressive leadership he gave the State Senate His voice was heard early in the call issued by labor and veterans alike for a special session of the General Assembly to deal with the problems raised by the increasing number of veterans re- turned to Connecticut after VI day It was nine months before Gov. Bald win responded to this call which was taken up by the overwhelming major ity of the electorate.
 Housing Crisis
 Again, after the Congress ended price control last June, Baldwin had no program to prevent the tremendous increases in rent which thousands of citizens suffered be- fore rent control was restored. Nor has he ended the evictiOns of humble families from their homes. a common occurrence today as in- fiatiOn drastically reduces the pay envelope. These enforced evictions also help keep the housing situa- tion in crisis by adding to the thousands of veterans in need of shelter, the hapless victims.
 Labor, nationally and in Connecti- cut, has taken note of the strategy successfully employed by the Republi- can Party especially in off year cleo tions, which concentrates on keeping the farming and urban areas solidly Republican while striving to keep down the Democratic majorities in the industrial centers.
 Shift Indicated
 But there has been a shift in recent years of farm youth to the factory. While the war accelerated this shift, many returning veterans. previously from the farms and small towns, now have either found employment in industry, or seek such employment. Another factor which may we'll upset such strategy. is the movement of workers into the suburbs, in their search for homes. There is, likewise, the movement of industry in recent years into the small towns, exem.
The union times., 1946-11-02

the labor legislation enacted under Roosevelt. Labor knows him well for his fine record as Commits sioner of the State Department of Labor. Connecticut's industrial workers are confident he will, if elected to the U. s. Senate, vigor- ously defend the Wagner Act, the Social Security Law and the other progressive legislation now on the statute books.
 labor does not regard Raymond E. Baldwin with the same degree of con- fidence. Senator Thomas C. Hart, the Governor own appointee, voted ill favor of the Taft amendment to the OPA, previously referred to, and for the Wherry amendment of July 9, another Republican inhationary mea- sure. He also voted for the removal of price ceilings on existing homes for sale. Labor also questions Governor Baldwin's use of the State Police in several recent strikes.
 ''The Little People,
 In other words, Governor Baldwin has not satisfied the little people in the cities, who loom SO importantly as Election Day hears, that he will not be a Republican regular going along with Senator Taft on roll calls. The Governor, who once coveted the mantle of Willkie, more and more in recent years has become Party regu- lar. Party regularity, we have been led to believe, keeps him in politics, when he so ardently desires the ob- scurity and security which go with his insurance ties.
 Party Regularity
 Party regularity kept the Repub- lican legislature from enacting the Fair Employment Practices Com mittee bill after the Democratic majority in the State Senate under
The union times., 1946-11-02
Covering
 The - American Scene
Federated Press)

NEW YORK = CPD - John ROgge, assistant to the attorney general, disclosed that Nazi agents had conferred win leading Ameri. can industrialists, among them Henry and Edsel Ford, in an at. tempt to make the U. s. come to terms with Hitler. As a result, he was fired by Atty. Gen. Tom Clark.
 WASHINGTON-Nine days after the administration capitu1ated to the meat packers and ended price con- trol on livestock and meat, the OPA announced its most sweeping decon- trol action in five years by doing away with price control on almost all foods.
 WASHINCTON-Chairman John Wood O., Ca.) of the House un- American committee admitted his group had not been able to find any spies at Oak Ridge, Tenn. atomic energy plants, and that in his opinion there We're none.
 WASHINGTON Wage reopen ing clauses are now in effect in con- tracts covering 729o of the workers in 22 key industry groups, according to Ia BLS report discussing -escalator clauses.
The union times., 1946-11-02

the act to interstate businesses not now covered.
 WASHINGTON = In the first week of uncontrolled meat and live stock prices, the nations federal1y in spected slaughterers processed 265 million pounds, compared to only IA million pounds the preceding week and a mere 88 million the week before that
 NEW YORK-FP) = Amerasia magazine charged Gen. Douglas MacArthur with warning against Japan's fast-growing unions in an attempt to swing Japan to the right and strengthen the hold of the Zaibatsu financial interests.
 CHICAGO-A campaign of "all- out political action" against labor's enemies was backed 100 % by the 65O delegates to the 65th AFL conven- ton.
The union times., 1946-11-02

WASHINCTON-Organized land- lords may go on a sitdOwn strike against the American people just as the meat packers did in order to dictate decontrol of rents, OPA spOkesmen predicted here. Evi- 'dence of this is beginning to crop up in New Haven.
 CHICAGO-FP)-Ending its 2 week session on note of warning and of promise, the 65th AFL convention foresaw stiffening anti-1abor cam paigns on the national and state 1egis- lative fronts and set its organizing sights on an AFL of 10 million mem berS.
 WASHINGTON - The Labor Dept. said that eight years of ex- perience in federal regulation of child labor under the wage-hour act have shown the need for ex- tending child labor provisions of
The union times., 1946-11-02
Republicans Urged
 ToChange Approach
(Contirued from Page One)

(Contirued from Page One) the other hand, 26 Democrats voted nay with 88 going along with the COP, the majority of these being from the poll-tax states.
 On June 12, the Republican leader in the Senate, Taft of Ohio, moved to lift all ceilings to l94l price levels, which would have brought about a flat 20%o increase in the cost of llv- ing, according to the conservative figures of the U. s. Department ot Labor. He was supported by 27 mem bers of his own party, as against l/ Democrats, again in the main from the South Opposed to the motion were "A Democrats and four Republicans. The following day, motion to con tinue the OPA with no crippling amendments, had the support of only one Republican with 2 in opposition. Sixteen Democrats voted yes and 25 no.
 'sUnholy Alliance"
 From the above, 1t is obvious that labor and the veterans know where to place the blame for the imitation gripping the nation: a combination of poll-tax Democrats and Republi- cans generally known as the "Unholy Alliance.
 The question of housing again presents a picture from which only one conclusion is possible. Take the motion introduced in the House on March 6, which would have re- moved price ceilings on existing homes for sale: l6l Republicans for and seven opposed, to 30 Democrats for and l55 opposed.
 Down the line on labor legisla- ton, security and other measures affecting the welfare of working men and women, their families and the veterans, the record shows a preponderance of Republicans joined by pOll-tax Democrats vOt- ing against labor against the vet erans. The record constitutes a serious indictment.
 Organized labor is doing something about the poll-tax congressman It is in process of organizing the employees in the newly industrialized areas of the poll-tax states. From this will come in good time statesmen who will reflect the true desires of the majority of their constituents. It behooves the Republican high command, likewise, to take steps needed to change the overall Republican record in the next Congress, Labor and the veterans would be very pleased to see the two parties compete in progressive legis- lation.
 Labor Backs Tone
 On the state level, Joseph M. Tone. has long been identified with
The union times., 1946-11-02

Of all sad words in sound or ink,
 The saddest are: ''I didn't think. 5
The union times., 1946-11-02
Bookshelf

Marion Hedges, we'll known in the labor movement and in workers edu- cation as Research Director for the Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Work CTS, is co-author of recently pub 1ished book on apprenticeship train ing. The name of the book is "Educat- ing For Industry Through Appren- ticeship," and the co-author is William F. Patterson, Director of Apprentice ship Training Service in the Labor Dept. Both Patterson and Hedges have had great deal of experience in setting up and administering appren- ticeship programs.
 Because of the way the book is or ganized and set up, it can be used as a handy handbook by those responsible for establishing and administering ap- premiership programs. It should help labor people in particular in achieving the democratic participation in appren- ticeship training that is essential to its success. The book is published by Prentice-Hall.
The union times., 1946-11-02

Beware the flames that flare from flaws in flues!
The union times., 1946-11-02
plified by the textile industry in Eastern Connecticut.

plified by the textile industry in Eastern Connecticut.
 Examples of such redistribution of industry and farm workers can be cited in the recent small town election ill Branford, traditionally Republican, which was won by Democratic-tax payers alliance; Ashford in 1942 gave Baldwin a A majority and in 1914 a GA deficit; and Beacon Falls, which went Republican in 1942, was in the Democratic column, not only in 1914, but also in the recent town election.
 New Strategy
 Towns like Putnam and other tex tile centers, have reflected the politi- cal influence of organized labor which demands new COP strategy based on genuine consideration of labor views rather than a strategy which aims to isolate labor from the other sections of the population.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

this week. which she believes is
the result Of her refusal to sign
racial restrictive covenant ped-
ton recently.
These petitions are being circu.
lated frantieRlly by real estate in
terests presently as the covenants
in the district are elRpSinR,
Mrs. HerEberg, who is Jewish,
recently moved into the tract.
She told police there are no
Juveniles living near her, thus
sQuelching the usual police white
wash of Juvenile prRnkSters."
Several days ago n man came 70
her home demanding she sign a
petition, she said. Later after her
indignant refusal a strange man
called on her several times for no
apparent reason and a mysterious
phone call was received.
To protect democratic rights in
the district, a branch Of the Valley
Civic Unity Committee has been
formed by Mrs. Iris Noble. promi.
nent white club woman. and has
pledged full support to Mrs. Herr
berg and her family.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

on the original panel and two more
were later picked up off the street
as talesmen, making a total Of Is
Negroes on the present jury panel.
Not Honest Gesture
Weaver charged the placing Of a
few Negroes names on the list was
not an honest gesture, that the
Negroes on the list were "hand-
picked" and that the jury box was
packed" against the defendants.
No evidence as TO the method Of
making up the array was allowed
by the court, aside from the manner
in which the jurymen for the
present term, July, were picked.
This would seem to be borne out
by the testimony of District At
torney Paul Bumpus, Attorney Cen
eral for eleven years, who admitted
that, during that time, he had
known only one Negro that had
actually been called for jury duty.
The defendants were also denied
the list Of the names Of the jurors
on the panel a reasonable time be-
fore the hearing. They were re-
fused this right which is theirs
under Tennessee statutes and not
furnished the list until the hearing
itself.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Rich White Man Explains"
Why He Wed Negro Woman

SAN FRANCISCO (PPSl-An-
glo- Saxon racial ethics" this week
made it necessary for Gustav
Woerner, wealthy white 7S-year-
old San Francisco executive, to ex-
plain why he had climaxed a 30
year romance with Negro woman
with marriage.
Woerner, vice president and
treasurer Of the Schlage Lock COM
pany and a stakeholder in the West
ern COopeTage company, said he
married Juanita Smith, ~, in order
to obtain a birth certificate for
their l5-year-old daughter.
The marriage was performed in a
simple ceremony at Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Mrs. Smith and her daughter
have been living in a house less
than a block away from Woerner's
residence.
The new Mrs. Woerner returned
to her former home with her daugh-
ter after the ceremony.
ut Is true" Woerner told re-
porters. I'm order to get a birth
certificate for the child married
Mrs. Smith. II was the only thing
| could do. 1t was the honorable
thing To do"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
South Coming North2
Lynch Spirit Is
On Rampage In
New York CITY

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, - Negro
citizens Of New York, shocked by
news during recent weeks Of South
ern barbarism in the lynching and
terroriEinR Of Dixie Negroes, dis
covered with grave apprehension
growing signs of the lynch spirit In
the city's Greenwich Village sec
ton, as reports Of numerous beat
ings Of Negroes in that part Of
the city were made known. One
Of the most alarming aspects of
the situation Is the apathy of the
Village police who, according to a
reliable source. know the identity
Of the hoodlums who are organized
to keep HIS out Of the Village"
Walter White, NAACP executive
secretary, expressed concern over
the situation which was developing
less than a week after he had been
assured by Police Commissioner
Wallander that the rights Of the
Negroes in the city would be pro
tected.
About $50 n. M, on August IL.
Arthur Smith was chased by a gang
Of men on his way from n reStaur-
ant to the subway. Calling for the
police as he ran, he found one,
who told him to go on into the
subway and made no attempt to
pursue the gang. On the contrary,
he got into police car that was
passing and left MIR. Smith stand
ing unprotected on the sidewalk.
Elsie Marie Miller, who has n
shop in the Village about a block
from her home, has been subjected
to insults and hooting for the past
three years from a neiRhboThood
clique who say she has no right
TO live in that neighbOrhoOd. Some
times she il afraid to go home at
night. Her home was broken into
once and pawnable objects taken
and, though she has repeatedly
complained TO the police, no action
has been taken as yet TO discourage
the gang from molestinR her.
The latest reported attack was
made on a group Of employees Of
Cafe Society. a popular Village
night club. Sarah Vaughn, enter
tainer, George Treadwell, musician,
and Naomi Wright, mAtron, were
surrounded by a mob Of hoodlums
on August 3 after leaving n ham
burger diner. The group managed
to get into the subway before they
were seriously hurt, but Miss
Vaughn was bruised. They imme-
diately lodged a complaint with the
police. Miss Vaughn says she can
positively identify one Of her as
sailRnts, possibly more. II Is hoped
that, In this case at least, direct
action will be taken so that these
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Los Angeles Negro
Formulation Doubled Since go

Los ANGELES (PPS) 49, The
Negro population Of this city has
doubled since 1910. the City council
was informed this week There are
now l33,0S2 Negro residents here,
compared with 63,774 six years
ago
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Columbia, Tennessee, Trials
Begin; Negro Jurors Are
Suddenly Impaneled

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn, Aug. 18th (NAACP)-In a
prejudice ridden atmosphere the trial of % Negroes indicted
charges of attempted murder when they resisted howl
ing polceed lynch mob in Columbia, Tenn last February
house,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Jewish Woman
Refuses to Sign
Covenant: Threatened

LOS ANGELES (PPS) - Mrs.
Rose Herberg, a resident Of San
Fernando Valley, told police that
her home, located at BOAT VaTna
street, Van Mugs, was painted with
a two-foot high xxx" insignia
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

Southern mob-rule tendencies
were quickly revealed to observers
in the packed courtroom from the
outset when NAACP attorneys de-
Tending the courageous Negroes
failed TO win a single argument,
with the court ruling with the state
prosecution on every issue. The
court has also consistently refused
to allow the defense TO argue the
points Of law they are attempting
to press. They were only able TO
get these arguments across in rails
ing objections to the adverse ruling
of the court.
Custom Eliminates Qualified
Negroes
z. Alexander LOBBY. Maurice
Weaver and Leon A. Ransom, at
torneys for the defendants, imme-
diately challenged the jury panel
on the ground of systematic exclu-
sion ofNegroes from the jury. LOBBY
charged that, in Tennessee. at had
long been the custom to eliminate
certain qualified Negroes and. due
to illegal manipulation Of the lists,
the indicted Negroes would not be
granted a fair trial"
There were over 300 names on the
panel, 25 Of whom had served on
the April or January panels. In
quiries on its method Of picking the
jurors was not permitted by the
court. Apparently realizing, how
ever, that II had made an error. the
names of those 25 were stricken
off. The names Of IS Negroes were
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

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Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Aug.
2l-MRud S. Currie, who was grad
uated with honors from the Tus-
kegee Institute School Of Home
Economics in May will study Foods
and Nutrition during the Academic
Year, l946-l947. at the University
Of Nebraska, Lincoln. Neb., on a
General Education Board full
scholarship. Announcement of this
scholarship award was made by DR..
+. ID. Patterson. Institute Presi-
dent.
Miss Currie is a graduate OF
Corbin High school, Pine Bluff,
Ark, where she was not only widely
known for her contributions to the
various high school organizations
but also for her scholarship ability
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people can leave their work without
fear Of violence.
Several other instances Of tAunt-
ings, ehasingS and bOatinGs would
seem to indicate that the blame
for this terrorism can be pinned
on one particular group in the
neighborhood. Undoubtedly, n firm
attitude on the part Of the police
could break Il up.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
B mai Birth Speaker
Al Baltimore Par|ev
Asks Open Palestine
BY the Associated Preu

BALTIMORE, March 27-B'nai
Birth, representing lodges from
Maryland to Florida, went into the
second day of a four day conven-
ton here today in the largest re-
gional conference ever held in the
10 years of the Jewish organization
Before 500 delegates, Henry Mon
sky, national president, last night
lauded Bnai Birth as the greatest
institution in American JeWry and
espoused the cause of Zionism.
Mr.. Monsky said the settlement
OF the Jews in Palestine was not
opposed by the Arabs themselves
but by the Arab Higher COMMITTEE
and the Arab League.
Earlier, Jacob Blaustein, indus
trialiSt and chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the American
Jewish Committee, described anti
semitism as an international vice
which the Jews of every country
must Cooperate to fight.
He said that many displaced Jews
in Germany and Austria did not
wish to return to their native lands
and must not be made to return
to these countries against their
will" 1t was necessary, therefore
he added, that the gates of Pales-
tine and other countries be opened
to them.
The delegates we're urged by Gov
OConor to educate people of all
creeds to overcome the kind of ig-
norance which breeds such organ
lzatlons as the Ku KluX Klan.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Tawes Is Speaker
Al Cornerstone Rite

State Controller j. Millard Tawes
was the principal speaker at COR
nerstone-laying ceremonies for the
new $4,000 Kensington fire house
yesterday afternoon.
Because of the rain Mr.. Tawes
and other speakers limited their
talks to congratulatory greetings. A
large audience remained through
out the downpour.
Edward S. Wilks, president of the
Kensington Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, opened the ceremonies. A
history of the department was given
by Eugene j. c. Raney, first fire
chief.
Others who spoke besides Mr.
Tswes were Judge Alfred D. Noyes,
David Tuohey of Glen Echo, presi-
dent of the Montgomery County
Association of Volunteer Firemen;
w. B. Storm, who represented the
State Association Of Volunteer Fire
Departments; Mrs. Laura Eaton,
president of the Women's Auxiliary
of the Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department: Mrs. Mary Mccormick,
president of the State Auxiliary;
Henry Marschalk, chairman of the
Historical and Archives Committee
OF the State Firemen's Association; !;
Chief j. w. Just, State Fire Exten-
sion Service, University of Mary
land, and Phil Ryan, past president
OF the State Firemen's Association