The union times., 1947-09-06

of the New Haven Central Labor
 Many Problems
 In presenting the report of the New Haven body to the convention, being held in Stamford, McCovern dealt with labor's problems in the field of housing, its community re- lations, the problems of municipal employees. and number of mat ters in which central labor unions are involved. Following is the text of his report:
 The New Haven Central Labor Council, as always, is able to report a busy and fruitful year. We have maintained a program designed to help our affiliated local unions, and have increased our activities in the commit nity. We have not been successful in all our undertakings, but are not dis couraged. Labor is accustomed to taking beating at times, but knows that it will eventually win. The 80th Congress, we hope, will soon learn that such is the case.
 Labor Leads The Way
 One of our chief accomplishments has been in the field of housing. There is no need to describe the desperate situation which exists in New Ha- ven-it exists everywhere Our part in trying to do something was to ap- point Housing Committee, which, in turn called a city-wide Housing Conference The result of this con- ference was the establishment of New Haven Citizens Housing Council, on which are represented all veterans groups, all branches of labor, fra ternal and civic organizations, the Council of Social Agencies, the League of Women Voters, etc.
 This Council has had two mea- sures passed by the Board of Alder men which will help in the con- structiOn of a 25O-unit moderate rental project. The Council is also dealing with rent control policies, evictiOns, and a general public re- lations program. As usual, labor has had to take the initiative in assembling the community for action.
 Municipal Employees
 We have been of assistance to the five local unions of municipal en- ployees affiliated with the Central La bor Council. These unions have many knotty problems, and part of the prob le1ns of helping them is to educate the public to the fact that city work CTS have the same needs as all other workers. It is also important for the public to know that the rank and file of organized labor is made up of taxpayers like all other groups. This means that when we recommend de- cent salaries for city, employees, we are prepared to contribute our share through taxes to meet the cost of wage increases. Directly or indirect ly. everybody pays taxes, as we know only too well. The money landlords pay out in taxes comes from tenants Too many people still think that if they don't own a house, they don't pay taxes.
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 Temple and Paper
 The two chief assets of the New Haven Central Labor Council are our Labor Temple, and THE UNION TIMES. One of our chief aims is tc pay off the mortgage on the Temple so that labor in New Haven will al ways be sure of having its own home We feel that now is that time to do this, and are asking the individual members to contribute, so that we can burn the mortgage before a de- pression sets in.
 The Union Times brings labor's message not only to the people of New Haven, but throughout the state. Week in and out, it prints news that the other papers won't print. We are proud to have this newspaper, and as always. we thank Nate Sherman, not only for the job he is doing as editor of The Union Times, but for his help in keeping laLor's point of view before the people of New Haven and of Con- necticut.
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