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Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
Clayton


The Junior Choir of st. Paups
Church will reorganize again for
the new year. Practice will begin
next Thursday, September 4th at
8 o'clock from ages IA and up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Knox have
returned home after spending a
few days in Wilmington.
Mr.. William Reihms has been
visiting his sister-in-lax in Wash
ington, D. c.
Mrs. ]. T. johnson spent the
weekend in Oxford, Md.
Mr.. Earl Mason of Allentown,
Pa, has been a guest of mis- sister
Mrs. Lewis Conaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Decker OF
Woodbridge, N. J., visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Carl A. Hurd for few
days this week.
Mrs. Frank S. Cain entertained
on Sunday her two brothers Frank
and Henry Bennett from Milford
also Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson
of Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Coverdale
are touring some of the New Eng
land States and Canada for a
weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hurd had
as their guest Miss Mildred Ather-
ton from Wilmington over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Collins and
nephew Harry, are spending the
week at Rehoboth Beach.
Mrs. Ella Cockburn and two chill
dren are spending sometime with
her sister,, Mrs. Thelma Hughes on
a farm near Delaware City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hoffecker
and Mr.. Henry Hoffecker of Smyr-
ma spent Sunday with Mr.. George
Ross and family.
Mrs. Lou Hurd spent last week
at Stone ,Harbor, N. j., with her
daughter, also visited at Wildwood
New Jersey.
Mr.. Cornelius T. Hall is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Parker OF
Pittsburg, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs
C. F. Irwin and daughter Joan OF
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Burris
Mr.. and Mrs. Worten of Clayton
entertained their son and daugh.
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Worten and family of Red Bank
N. j., also their daughter of New
York City.
Mr.. George Adams of Chester
Pa, is visiting his sister and broth
er-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
J., Hall.
Anyone wishing to contribute
news items to this column pleas
contact Mary Sue Ross, Clayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl ]. Hurd AM
family have returned from Reho
both. Mrs. Blanche Kaiser has re
! turned to Pleasant Hill near New
port with her daughter Eleano
after spending some time with MI
and Mrs. Hurd.
Mr.. Earl ]. Hurd entertained
fishing party at Rehoboth Mr.
Thomas Mills and Mr.. Ford Staats
Walter Smith of Clayton; Edward
Hurd of Smyrna; Lloyd Warren O
Kenton and Mr.. Fletch Hurd O.
Little Creek.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
TO RAISE VET
ALLOWANCES
Disabled Veterans Enrolled ir
Rehabilitation Program
To Get Boost
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1

Automatic increases in minimum
allowances will soon be paid to the
more seriously disabled Delaware
veterans enrolled in education and
training courses under federal gov
ernment sponsorship, Thomas H.
Stilwell, manager of the Veterans
Administration Wilmington region
al office, said recently. The in
creased rates, which will be reflect
ed in checks received on or after
Oct. 1, were voted by the last ses-
sion of Congress and signed into
law by President Truman. The
new law provides that a veteran
enrolled in course under Public
Law 16-the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Act-whose disability is
rate of 80 per cent or higher, will
receive S115 a month if he has no
dependents, and S135 if he has one
dependent. The old law allowed
S1O5 and S115 for the same two
categories. While these rates are
superseded by the new schedules
for the more seriously disabled
they will continue to apply to vet
Grams with disabilities rated at less
than 80 per cent. Mr.. Stilwell said
about 295 disabled veterans in this
state will benefit from the increas-
es. He added that no action would
be required by them because of the
automatic nature of the increases.
The new law also raises the
amounts authorized for additional
dependents of veterans with dis
abilities of 80 per cent or more.
The additional allowance for one
child is increased from $40 a
month to $40, and the previous al
lowance of 81 a month for each ad-
ditional child is raised to SIS. No
change is made in the $14 monthly
allowance for a dependent parent.
Basic Provisions Remain
The new law does not change the
basic provisions for awarding pay
ments to disabled veterans pursu-
ing course of training under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Act.
These provisions are: While vet
eran is in training, and for two
months after his employability is
determined, he receives subsist-
ence allowance of S65 month if
he has no dependents, or 500 a
month if he has one or more de-
pendents, in addition to his disabil-
ity compensation. In case the
compensation plus the allowance
do not total $105 or $115 for those
with disabilities of less than 80
per cent, or S115 or $135 for those
with disabilities of $50 per cent or
more, an additional sum is paid to
make up the difference. The sum
is further increased if there is
more than one dependent. The vet
eran in job training may retain
whatever wages are paid him, but
if his salary plus his subsistence
allowance exceed the wage of a
beginning trained journeyman, the
VA will reduce his subsistence al
lowance proportionately. If the
veteran-trainee is enrolled in
school, his tuition and fees are paid
by the VA, and his books and sup
plies are provided by the VA. If
he is enrolled in on-the-job train
ing, the VA provides the necessary
tools.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
TRUCKERS MEET
AT REHOBOTH
Delaware Motor Truck AssO.
HOnOrs Retiring President
of American Truckers
TWO HUNDRED ATTEND

The Rehoboth Beach Country
Club was the scene for a memor-
able and happy occasion recently
when members of the Delaware
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
License Application

License Application
I. Ellsworth l.. Coleman, intend
to make application for a license
to sell alcoholic beverages for con-
sumption on the premises in a
tavern located on Route 13, East
of Harrington.
ELLSWORTH l.. COLEMAN,
Harrington, Delaware
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

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The union times., 1947-11-15
Labor Cracks
 COP Stronghold

BUFFALO, N.Y.-(FP)-Labor backed Democrats won a landslide election victory in this traditinoal COP stronghold that is unequalled since early New Deal days.
 Spearheaded by united AFL, CIO and rail brotherhood support, the vo- ters rejected Republican appeals and swept former NLRB attorney Peter J. Crotty into the presidency of the city's common council by 25,000 votes.
 The Democrats also captured the city council, winning eight of 12 coun- Gil races. Peter J. Rybka, business agent of the Flour Feed & Cereal Workers (AFL), ran 22,0OO votes ahead of his nearest Republican con- tender and Anthony F. Tauriello, member of the United Public Work CTS (CIO), won ? to 1.
 Labor leaders credited the victory to several factors; United AFL-CIO-rail support of leading candidates, Crotty's successful effort to hang high prices on the COP, resentment against Dew ey-inspired local sales taxes, and the kickback from COP red-smear tactics.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Catholic Groups Sponsor Lecture

J. L. Benvenisti, internationally known spokesman and writer on po- litical science and finance, will lecture at the Commercial High School audi torium, Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2:3O o'clock. His subject is to be "Britain's s Labor Movement and its Effect on Her Foreign Policy" The speaker will be introduced by the Rev. Joseph H. Donnelly, Director of the Diocesan Labor Institute, and Vice-chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Medi- ation and Arbitration. MT. Benvenisti's appearance here is sponsored by sev- eral Catholic organizations in New Haven, namely the Knights of Colum- bus, Council of Catholic Women, Catholic Charity League, Thomas More Crusaders, and the Catholic Graduates Club.
 We'll informed on matters pertaining to Russia and the Near East, as well as American history for Britons, he spent four years as a member of the lecturers panel on the Committee for Education Among His Majesty's Armed Forces, and is at present on the lecture staff of the BEG. Literary Institute. Since coming to America on his current lecture tour, MT. Benven- isti has spoken to audiences in New York and Boston
The union times., 1947-11-15
City Nursery Won By United Labor

Madison, Wis. LPA)-Thanks to the efforts of United Labor in this state capitol, Madison is now the fourth city Ill the country to boast a public nursery school
 A campaign to rouse public under standing of the need for a child care center for the children of working mothers, started one year ago by the AFL monthly, Union Labor News, re- suited last week in victory. The Mad lson city council, originally openly hostile, has voted to instruct the city board of education to take over the wartime child care center as part of the city school system.
 Working side-by-side with the unlonists in the campaign-which in volved petition collection, radio broad casts, and newspaper articles-were members of the League of Women Voters, both newspaper editors, the parent-teachers association, and church groups.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Tax Report Soaks Poor, |Dingell Says

WASHINGTON-(FP)-The Re publican tax program of shifting the war debt to the backs of the people who can least afford to pay taxes is at the heart of the report of Rep. Harold Knutson's special tax study committee, two Democratic members ot the House ways means committee said last week. The group, stacked with Wall St-minded men, was ap- pointed by the Minnesota Republican last spring.
 Reps. John Dingell O., Mich. ) and Ainie J. Forand O., R. I.), strong supporters of pro-labor legis- lation, said the report of the ad- visOry group ''bOrders on tax thievery'' and is almost all devoted to relief of incomes above $5,OOO a year. The report was filed two days earlier with KnutsOn and was hailed by many big-money papers as offering tax relief to everyone.
 This same claim, said Dingell, lis the one shiny red apple which the boys from Wall St. display to the American public to get them to buy the whole rotten barrel they want to unload" He and Forand said the reports AS speci- flc tax recommendations, with one or two exceptions, would have no appli- cation to the 46 million low-income taxpayers.
 FOrand has already introduced a bill to increase personal exemp- tiOns from income tax from $500 to $7OO. Together with Dingen and Rep. Herman P. Elberharter O.. Pa.) he has proposed legislation to reduce wartime excise taxes, which the three brand as nothing but sales taxes which contribute directly to the high cost of living.'
 Rep. Thomas J. Lane CD, Mass.) in a separate statement said the 1o48 tax bill must reduce taxes on people earn ing less than $5,0OO yearly. The mill lions i'll this group, he said, "are the market of the US. They are the con- sumers, upon whom everything else in this country depends"
The union times., 1947-11-15
Council Plans Drive To Jump
 Its Attendance
Will Also Obtain AHiliation Of Few Locals Not Now
 Members

A thorough-going campaign to have all locals affiliated with the New Ha- ven Central Labor Council assume the responsibility for having their dele gates attend the meetings of the Coun- Gil was decided upon at the Councils meeting Thursday.
 Although, it is generally accepted that the New Haven organization is probably the most active in the state, there is a belief among the officers and members that much more progress can be made. The body therefore voted to authorize the setting up of a committee of three which will bring in plans not only for increased attendance at meetings, but also for inducing the local unions in this area, which are not affiliated, to join the Council.
 Joseph M. Tone, international legis- lative representative for the Machinists Union, spoke at the meeting, and gave a detailed description of the methods used to engineer the passage of the Taft-Hartley Law in Congress. He  emphasized the importance of the role of Central Labor Councils in commun- ity affairs, and said that the Taft Hartley Law could be repealed if there was as much activity on the local level as there is in Washington.
 The Council heard a report on the U.M.W. strike at the H.O. Cam field plant in Bridgeport, and voted to give credentials to representa- tives of the union, SO that they may approach all local unions for as- sistance. The Council itself voted $25. A letter was received from the national A. F. of L. requesting donations to aid the members of the A. F. of L. in the Texas City disaster.
 John White, president of the Fire Fighters Union, made a request that the Council extend its activities in the community, pointing out that labor was the one liberalizing influence, and its contribution was important to civic progress.
 In the absence of President Vincent J. McGovern, Vice-President William P. Enright presided at the meeting.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Teamsters Want Reestablishnlent Of Price Control

INDIANAPOLIS-(FP)-Unless Congress promptly renews price controls ''we'll be worrying about fOOdless Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the Intl. Bro. of Team sters declared here.
 In an editorial in its monthly pub lication, The Intl. Teamster, the union asserted the US. lis not going to feed Europe or curb imitation with meatless Tuesdays or eggless Thursdays. There are too many meatless and eggless days now on the calendar of the average household. They are there because it is impossible to buy enough meat or eggs at current prices"
 Reactionaries have always attempted to smear as radical" everything de- signed to benefit the average citizen, the teamsters commented. Often, in their hysteria, the critics even shrieked of communism lurking in the hot lunch program for public school children and adequate pay for public school teach CTS" the editorial said.
 ''These are the same leaders who led us into the imitation and de- pression following World War. |. Now they offer us more imitation and bigger depression. If we fall again, the whole world falls with us into a chasm from which our present form of free government will never emerge.
 Experience has shown that price controls will stop imitation. We can eat less with Taft or more with price con- trols."
The union times., 1947-11-15
Mother Obligates Son In Typos Union

For the first time in the 87- year history of Local AZ, New Haven Typographical Union, and probably for the first time in American labor history, mother has obligated her son into union membership.
 This happened in New Haven Sunday, when Mrs. Dorothy Walker, member of Local AZ, and proofreader at the Wilson H. Lee Co.,, obligated her son Douglas Walker, into the union.
 Young Walker is a veteran of the Navy, serving on the U.S.S. Brush, and saw much of the heaviest action in the Pacific. He was in the Navy for 5h years. At the last meeting of Local AZ, he was transferred from the ap- prentice role to that of journey man, and his mother obligated him. This is the first time this has happened in Local AZ since it was organized in 1860.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Truman Undecided On NLRB Members

WASHINGTON -(FP)- Pres. Truman said this week he is not cer- tain whether he will resubmit the names of three top NLRB officials to the Senate for confirmation at the special session opening Nov. 17.
 NLRB Gen. Counsel Robert N. Denham and Members Abe Murdock and J. Copeland Gray were named be- fore Congress adjourned in July, but the confirmation was delayed in the closing rush. They are now serving as so-called recess appointments, and may continue without confirmation through the 80th Congress.
The union times., 1947-11-15
As We See It
 b1 THE STAFF

Speaking of WestbrOOk Pegler. which we weren't,s here's a typical example of moral dishonesty.
 In a series of recent columns he attempted to besmirch the memory of the late William E. DOdd, anti. fascist U. s. ambassador to Ger. many during the Hitler regime. Using book by New York politi. cal boss Ed Flynn as his source, Pegler claimed that FDR never knew DOdd and had appointed him to the post by mistake.
 Recently the press reported that Flynn was going to retract the islander that DOdd had been ap. pointed by mistake. Flynn was forced to do this when DOdd's son and daughter came mp with evi. dence that FDR and DOdd were in fact old acquaintances.
 Flynn has withdrawn his islander, but mum's the word for old man Pegler.
 The NesU Republic reports this phone conversation between movie producer David Selznick and Bart. ley Crum, defense counsel for l9 HOllywOOdites subpenaed by the unAmerican activities committee. Said Crum, trying to persuade the producer to lend his prestige to the defense:
 '@Dave, this is just like the early Hitler days in Germany. Do you know what a man equivalent to you in the movie industry is in Ger many today?"
 ''No, said selznick. "What is he?"
 "A bar of soap!"
 SAID the Lock Haven (Pa. Express story on price curbs: 'sThe Delaware lawmaker turned thumbs down on return to any form of vice control"
 BORROWING terminOlogy from advertising the Joliet (Ill.) Specta. tor reported this police item Three men, all distinguished and esteemed citizens, switched to Cal. vert yesterday and before sundown were asleep on sidewalks in various parts of the city,"
 OVER the UP. wire from Cam. bridge, Mass, came this news Seven Harvard University re- searchers reported today that a hearing aid can be constructed to work for all dead or hard.of-hear. ing persons.
 It's tough to be the editor of a union newspaper. From one week to the next, you never know what the hazards are. Labor, published by the Railroad BrOtherhoods. and one of the most widely circulated union papers in the country, re. gently carried three-cOlumn car. tOOn attacking the Taft-Hartley law. 1t was drawn by LabOr's noted car. tOOnist, John Baer, and with his usual skill, but Baer made one fatal error. To represent the Taft.Hartley Act he drew hound-dog. From
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The union times., 1947-11-15
Hof-Brau Men. Get Support Of. Labor Council. ].
Full Support To Local 4O4 Pledged By President
 McGovern

Members of Local 4O4, Hotel and Restaurant Workers, New Haven, who are employed at the Hof Brau restaurant, refused to go to work Sat urday when it became apparent that the management intended to go through with its plan to reduce the already low wages of the walters and cooks. The men walked out 1O0%.
 Mrs. Betty Marland, business agent of Local 404, pointed out that a num- Der of miSstatements concerning the Hof Brau employees had been pub lished ill the New Haven daily papers.
 ''Our members are only asking a living wage," Mrs. Marland said. ''With the cost of living increasing the way it is, it seems strange that men whose net wage is $2O a week should be asked to take a decrease. In view of the situation, our members have had no choice but to refuse to work. Certainly, they should not be asked to work without a contract"
 There was a general feeling that had the issue been left to Phillip Ritter owner of the Hof Brau, and the union, settlement would have been arrived at which, would have prevented the situation from coming to head. Un- ion officials have stated that the New Haven Restaurant Association is be- hind the adamant attitude of the Hof Brau management. The Association has denied this.
 FULL SUPPORT
 In the meantime, the New Haven Central Labor Council, through Presi- dent Vincent McGovern, announced its full support of Local 404.
 ''These men have a just griev- ance," McCovern said. "and we will support them to the hilt. The time is past when any employer or group of employers can treat labor like commodity. There are men at HOf Brau who have been there 20 and 30 years. They also have been forced to go out on strike by the unreasonable attitude of those representing Hof Brau. It is time we had show down on how much kicking around management can get away with.''
The union times., 1947-11-15
McGovern Named To Marines Committee

Vincent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- Gil, is member of the Civilian Com munity Committee which is heading a concentrated drive for 100000 active and inactive Marine Corps Reserve. Applicants from 17 to B will be ac- cepted and no examination is required.
 The Marine Corps recruiting sta tion is in the New Haven Post Office Building on the second floor. Thomas F. Wall of the Internal Revenue Office is chairman of the civilian committee.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Taylor Asks Change In US. Foreign Policy

FORT WORTH, Tex.-FP)- Sen. Glen H. Taylor CD, Ida.), halt ing here briefly on his cross-country horseback ride for peace" called on the US. to substitute the Golden Rule for its present foreign policy which has convinced the Russians that we want to rule or ruin" q believe if we retreat from our power politics assault and provide both Russia and the world with tangible evidence of our underlying good faith we can avert a war;" he declared.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Teachers Raise Cancelled By H.C.L.

Washington (LPA) Though teach CTS salaries have been raised by an average of 13@o in the past year, the increase has been cancelled by the sharp rise in the cost of living, US. Education Commissioner John w. Studebaker told the Citizens Federal Committee on Education here this week Stakeholder asserted that action to improve teachers working con- ditions has not gone far enough.
The union times., 1947-11-15
Building Trades Reply To Slanderers
Industry Problems Need Joint Study
Heads Of Unions Challenge Detractors To Present Proof Costs In Non Union Cities Same As In
 Organized Towns i

Blame the trade unions for everything" With rare ex captions that's the slogan of those estifying before committee which is probing the building industry The investigation authorized during drive to mi over the Taft-Hartey law.
 The chairman Congressman Ralph w. Gwnn Republican of New York City Apparently when he appointed already made up hS nd that the unions responsible for shortage ot homes, and he said much speeches and interviews
The union times., 1947-11-15
Discrimination
 Attacked By AVG

Washington UPA)-Calling the report Of the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights both heartening and shocking, Natl AVG Chairman Chat Paterson last week called on all chap ters Of the Americans Veterans Com mlttee to launch an immediate pro- gram to publicize and implement the basic reafirmation of Americas dem ocratic principles" made in the report.
 Paterson said that the report was heartening because of its uncompro- missing definition of American ideals and shocking because it reveals how far short of these ideals we have fallen.