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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-02-08
Troops Arrive In
Japan

KOBE, Japan, - (NNPA)-Sev-
en- hundred men of the Twenty
fourth Infantry Regiment, only
colored combat troops assigned
to Japan, arrived last Friday a
board the transport General Col
Inns. The regiment, which will
become part of the Twenty-fifth
Division, will be stationed at Gifu.
The union times., 1947-03-29
Voorhis Elected
 To Coop Post

New York (LPA)-Jerry Voor- his, former member of Congress from California, has been elected executive secretary of the Cooperative League of the USA, effective April 1. "Co- ops can unquestionably play a vital role in keeping mass purchasing power high without dependence on govern ment in any way,"Voorhis told a press conference here.
The union times., 1947-03-29
Rep. Helen Douglas
Rep. Helen Douglas The Mrs. Goes Shopping And Tells Congress Off Shows Colleagues HOva Prices Have Risen,
 Rent Security Threatened

Washington (LPA)-Cut. ting straight through all the weller of figures showing that prices still are skyrocketing. Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas O., Calif.) took her market basket to the floor of the House.
 First, she showed that her boxfuIl of groceries, pur chased at a lOw-price chain store a few blocks from the Capitol, cost $l5, in contrast with a total of $lO last June before Rep. Douglas col leagues voted to strangle price control.
 Then, she went on to plead for ex' tension of enforceable rent controls q feel it would be disastrous if rent: were allowed to skyrocket as tooe prices have skyrocketed since we die away with an effective price-contro program in June"
 When Republican Rep. Keefe o1 Wisconsin tried to argue her point Mrs. Douglas really went to town.
 Said Keefe. "We are interested 1T this question of rent control.
 Mrs. Douglas: ''Then do some thing about it."
 MT. Keefe: q am asking the gen. tleWoman-" .,,
 Mrs. Douglas: ''Why did you kill the only instrument that is capable of holding down rent control?"
 MT. Keefe: My dear lady"
 Mrs. Douglas: ''I mean, the gen tleman's interest is not going to keep the rent down for 5O,OOO,OOO American people"
 MT. Keefe: That, of course, IS a very impassioned statement.
 Mrs. Douglas: s'It is an impas. stoned statement. and if the gentle man will go with me out to the grocery stores here and talk to any. body, any of the people on the street, and know the concern which they are feeling, they would be inn passioned, too. I am impassiOned' am not making this speech for political capital. am making this speech in the vain hope, perhaps. that the majority party will do something before it is too late, be- cause if these rental offices go out April 30, you cannot reinstate them. You can say, q am sorry.' Il is too late. But that will not help.
 MT. Keefe: May I ask the gen. tlewoman this question? The gentle woman has said that the whole pro- gram will go out and there is no use fooling the American people.
 Mrs. Douglas: ''The gentleman knows it will go out.''
 MT. Keefe: "I am not talking about rent control"
 Mrs. Douglas: ''I say, the gentle man knows it will go out. The gen tleman voted for it to go out"
 MT. Keefe: Rent control still re- mains; does it not?"
 Mrs. Douglas: ''What good do
The union times., 1947-03-29
AFL President Backs Approval Of Lilienthal
Green Urges Senate Con- firm IVA Head, Clapp
 As Successor

Washington, D. C. = Confirma. ton of the nomination of David E. LiIienthal as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission was urged upon the United States Sen. ate by AFL President William Green. In letter to all members of the Senate Mir. Green also en. dorsed the appointment of Gordon R. Clapp to succeed MT. Lilienthal as IVA Chairman. MT. Creen's let. ter follows:
 ''The American Federation of La bor favors the appointment of David E. Lilienthal as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Cor don R. Clapp as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. We regard these men as especially well qualified to serve in the positions to which Presi- dent Truman appointed them.
 IVA Director
 "Mr. Lilientha1 rendered excellent service as Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. All the workers em- ployed on that great project hold MT. Lilienthal in high regard and esteem He established and maintained most valuable and friendly cooperation with the workers on the IVA project.
 ''Mr. Clapp also is possessed of
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The union times., 1947-03-29
Council Offers Amend m ents To New Charter
New Haven A.F.L. Proposes Several Constructive
 Changes

The New Haven Central Labor Council, at its meeting Thursday, unanimously went on record in Op- position to several recommends lions contained in the new charter now being considered by the City of New Haven.
 The Council voted to recommend that all present employees of the city, with the exception of those who have policy-making powers, be automatl- cally included in the classified service. Opposition was voted to the proposed administrative assistant, and 1t was recommended that the provision deal ing with the recall of the mayor be changed so that on petition of 10 per cent of the voters, instead of 2O per cent, a recall election would be held. It was recommended that the F de partment heads be chosen by civil service, instead of appointment by the mayor.
 Finally, there was unanimous agreement to endorse the recOm- mendation of the Charter COmmis- sion that the director of the welfare department shall ''be a person with professional training in social work and experience in welfare admin istration." This vote came as the result of an amendment filed with the Board of Aldermen which would change the recommendation in such a way as to permit political hack to be appointed as welfare di- rector. The general feeling of the delegates was that there was no place for ward politics in the well fare department, among others.
 Upon the recommendation of the Social Welfare Committee, the fol- lowing were chosen to represent the Council on the Community Chest La bor Advisory Committee for the 1947 campaign: President Vincent J. Mo Govern, Vice-President William P. Enright, Mrs. Rose Brunswick, and Nathan Sherman.
 A detailed report on the activities of the Charter Committee was given by Everett Shaw, Police Union, and Harold V. Feinmark, business agent of the Fire Fighters Union. Enright reported for the building trades on negotiations for new con- tracts which will come to a head next week. Joseph L. Walsh, speak ing for Local No. 933, Am. Fedora ton of Teachers, told of the locals activities, and said the New Haven teachers are looking forward to CO., operation with the Council. PrOfes- sOr Millar Burrows of the Yale Teachers Union, pledged the full assistance of his organization.
 Following the meeting of the Coun- cil, McGovern, Feinmark, and Sher- man held lengthy meeting with rep
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The union times., 1947-03-29

that do? What good does it do to have rent control if you cannot have the area rent control offices?''
 MT. Keefe: T am a renter. I live ln an apartment.
 Mrs. Douglas: ''The gentleman will find out"
 MT. Keefe: T will find out. You bet 1 will find out and that is what the gentlewoman ought to tell the people of America because"
 Mrs. Douglas: ''What good does that do? They do not care whether you find out. The average wage in America is $47.58. That family al. ready has its budget bursting at the seams to buy meat, potatoes, coffee, eggs, and milk. According to my sampling, the housewife is not able to buy oranges and grapefruit any mOre."
 MT. Keefe: q know that"
 Mrs. Douglas: Because that family does not have enough money left in it's budget. They have to ge, meat, potatoes, eggs, and milk. There is no money for oranges. If there is anybody here from Florida, he knows that is one of the things that is making the Florida people so sick right at the moment. People do not care whether you are un. comfortable or not; they care whether they are uncomfortable they are worried that the landlord to whom they are paying at this
 (Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1947-03-29
Celentano Again
 Urged To Help City s Firemen
McGovern Points To Long Delay By Ordinance
 Committee

Vincent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- Gil, today made public the text of a letter he has sent to Mayor William c. Celentano. Following is the text of the letter, which is self-explanatory Dear Mayor Celentano:
 Thank you for your letter of March 18th, which was given full con- sideration at the meeting of the New Haven Central Labor Council held March 20th.
 ''The Council has instructed me to tell you that we are we'll aware of the gains made by the various A.F.L. unions of municipal em- ployees, and that the fact of these improvements has been made avail able to our entire membership. We know, as you do, that there are con- tinuing problems in this field, and we are always glad to cooperate with you in arriving at fair and just solutions.
 The fact remains, MT. Mayor, that our municipal fremen are still on duty more than 30 hours a week. am sure you do not consider this fair and just, just as I am sure that it would be of great value if you would use the power and influence of your office to see to it that the Committee on Ordinances brings in a favorable report on our proposal that the work week of fremen be reduced from 30 to 67.2 hours. You will remember that the February and March meetings of the Board of Aldermen have come and gone, and the Committee on Ordi- nances has yet to report on this matter.
 ''May we repeat our original re- quest in our letter of March l1th to you: We believe that an 8O-hour work week for city employees is inhumane treatment by the city, and this situation should be reme- died at once by having the Board of Aldermen pass the ordinance proposed last January in behalf of Local No. 825, New Haven Fire Fighters Union, by the New Haven Central Labor Council.''
The union times., 1947-03-29
Welfare Group
 Asks Passage Of Basic Measures
Conn. Conference Says Leg islature Can Prevent Much Needless
 Suffering

Four basic legislative measures (which will benefit our entire popu- latiOn and prevent much needless suffering" should be enacted by the General Assembly, according to a statement issued today by the Con- necticut Conference of Social Work.
 The Conferences legislation com mittee, which is headed by Nathan Sherman of New Haven, listed these measures:
 Senate Bill o3 to establish a state administered probation system for adult offenders, most of whom are now placed in penal institutions at great expense to the State instead of being helped to lead law-abiding lives in their own homes where they could be supervised without danger to their fellow-citizens. In this group would be many youths in their late teens who are classed as adults and do not come within the provisions of Juvenile Court probation.
 House Bill Al would provide a much needed study home for chill dren with delinquent tendencies re- sulting from maladjustments at home or in school due to emotional difficulties.
 House Bills 962, 963, 964, and 965 would increase facilities for the care of the aged in6rm and chron- ically ill, group within our popu- latiOn which grows larger each year.
 House Bill 39 is designed to cor
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The union times., 1947-03-29
Building Trades
 < And Contractors Hold lst Session
Meeting Explores Possibility Of Agreeing On Stabil-
 ization Plan

For the first time in the history of the building and construction trades in Connecticut, represents tives of organized labor and man agement met Monday night and held the first of series of confer ences designed to stabilize the in dustry.
 Meeting in the New Haven Cham Der of Commerce offices, representa-. tives of the state chapter of the Asso- ciated General Contractors and of the Connecticut State Building and Con struction Trades Council, reached { unanimous agreement that they ia vored 40-hour week, with overtime work to be permitted only in emer. gencies.
 Upon ratification of the agreement by the contractors and the loca unions, local labor management com mittees would be set up, empowered to decide when overtime work is necessary.
 The statewide labOr-management representatives also agreed that the following problems must be solved if the building industry in Connec' ticut is to achieve maximum eff. ciency: apprenticeships, prOduc' ton, wages and working conditions. and general stabilization. based on a lOng-range program.
 The announcement of the meeting issued jointly by labor and manage ment representatives, said that they took cognizance of the fact that there is a lul1 in construction in Con- necticut, and pledged mutual assist ance to end this situation
 Labor was represented by M. J. Barry, business agent of the Hart ford Carpenters Union, who acted as temporary chairman; James O'Kane, business agent of the Iron Workers Union, New Haven; Saul Kreas, business agent of the Paint. CTS Union, New Haven; and Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times. All four are officers of the AFL's State Building Trades COun. cil. The next meeting will be held April z.
 The Associated General Contrac- tors were represented by Arthur Je- miecke, Edwin Moss & Sons, Bridge port; Charles Langer, of H. Wales Lines Co.,, Meriden; A. J. M. Gi- ardini, Associated Construction Com pany, Hartford; and C. F. Grisham executive vice-president of the con- tractors organization, which has head quarters in New Haven.
The union times., 1947-03-29

Tn the House, which had already given the axe to OPA's remaining rent control functions, the Banking Committee held hearings on bill by Committee Chairman Jesse Wolcott (R., Mich.) which would end the Veterans Emergency Housing Act, and transfer rent control enforcement to the courts.
 On the Senate side, quick hear ings were held by the Banking Committee on the labor-suppOrted TaftIWagner-Ellender bill setting up a long-range housing program aimed at getting l,25O.OOO new homes a year for 10 years.
 Speedy approval is expected from the Senate, since almost the same measure was the subject of exhaustive hearings last year, and passed that body by a comfortable margin. The only controversy is expected to arise over series of strengthening amend ments sponsored by labor and vet erans' groups. These would extend the Veterans Emergency Housing Act provisions, and would encourage for nation of cooperative and mutual housing associations.
 Pass The Buck
 The Senate is expected to leave the hot potato of rent control legislation in the hands of the House, at least for the next two weeks. Rep. Vol cott's Banking Committee last week heard spokesmen for government agencies urge continuation of the pres ent limited system of federal controls on building and rents. "To take any action which would drive prices higher in the housing field would be a final, crushing blow to the American con- sumer." American Veterans Com mittee representative Chat Patterson testified.
 A report prepared by members of Housing Expediter Frank Cree don's staff last week t'leaked'' to the press. It forecast that not more than BPS, ,OOO houses could be built this year because of high prices and materials shortages, even if present IeOerdl cOHtrOAS are udAH. tained. President Truman has on several occasions insisted on conn pIetion of 1000, ,OOO homes in l947 as the nations goal. Creedon wig orously disavowed the report, say ing that ''My emphasis as Housing Expediter has been on doing what it takes to get more houses started and completed-not on guessing how many there will, be-"
The union times., 1947-03-29
By Nathan Sherman

One of the chief problems that the fore in the early part of the supply American industry with essential power that could fulfill production goals In spite of the nearly Is million who served the armed forces industry and agriculture large able adequate labor force
The union times., 1947-03-29
FEPC To Help Labor And Managemen
Employers Finding Changed Attitudes

labor Connecticut full support the GkeGrd Fo Employment Practices A a0hich the LegsGe H consider In belief thot FEC gion benefits both management aud Gbo present the foHong orc te~ by he editor ot THE UNION TIMEs)
The union times., 1947-03-29
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Executive board of State Build ing Trades Council meets in New Haven Wednesday, April 2. The meeting is a quarterly one, and all affiliated locals are entitled to send delegates. High point of the meet ing will be a report on the meeting held Monday night with the gen. eral contractors. With wage nego- tiations coming to a head, the April 2 meeting is unusually important. Nate Sherman, our editor, be- ieves there is a close relationship between labor legislation and social welfare legislation. He spoke this week before the Middletown and Bridgeport Councils of Social Agencies, pointing out the need for action by the Legislature to inn prove welfare standards in a num- Der of fields. If this legislation is passed, it will help all working peo- pie and their families, especially children and the aged.
 Handsome John Bricker' of Ohio announces he won't run for presi- dent, but will ''thrOw his weight behind Sen. Robert Taft.'' With head start like that, all Taft needs is about 3O,OOO.OOO votes.
 BrickeE could have done worse. He could have thrown his weight in front of Taft. But who are we to speak about weight.
 Unionists frequently underesti- mate the truth of big business claims of how many new jobs it creates each year. The NY. Journal of Commerce last week announced the opening of campaign to ex- ploit the youth market for coffee thru an Gin school education" ap- proach. The program will take "educatiOn material on coffee di- rectly into the classrooms of ele- mentary and high schools of the country"
 What the Journal of Commerce modestly failed to mention is the thousands of professors who will have to be hired to rewrite the ele- mentary and high school text books that told us coffee was injurious to kids. Or about the new careers for thousands of doctors who will be needed to treat the coffee-frazzled nerves of eight-grade students who got that way boning up for their exams on coffee.
 HEADLINE in the EI Dorado (Ark.) EUening Times:
 WINDOW BURGLAR
 VISITS TWO HOMES; COOPERATION URGED During the war Detroit plants were accused of ''pirating'' away skilled workers in Cleveland. The charge bothered Detroiters hardly at all, but last week they were whistling different tune. Yhe auto town was furious over charges that Cleveland had quietly waited till peacetime and then ''raided" De- troit's symphony orchestra. Not a peep was heard out of the Senate and House Labor Committees which are busy solving ''jurisdis- tional disputes
 Nor was there even a murmur out of Senator Joe Ball when the superintendent of public schools in Portland, Ore., ''raided'' dozens of schools in three New England states and signed up 60 underpaid teach CTS to go west with him. ''What re- sponse would you expect,'' asked the Portland educator, "when you offer a teacher making $l4OO in Boston $31OO for the same work in Portland, Ore.?''
 A PROUD father called up the Salt Lake City (Utah) Tribune edi- tOrial department to report the birth of triplets. The reporter did mt quite catch the message and (Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1947-03-29
Musicians Honor
 Meriden Officers

R. D. Logozzo, president of the Meriden Federation of Musicians, Inc, Local Number 55, American Federation of Musicians, and John A. Stacey, treasurer were honored by members of the Federation at a testi- monial dinner held Monday.
The union times., 1947-03-29
GOING, GOING

WASHINGTON (FP)-The Of- flee of Temporary Controls, which includes OPA, announced parts of 13 rent control areas were removed from the nationalist of controlled areas March 1.
The union times., 1947-03-29
Housing Program Muddled
Housing Program Muddled Congress Creeps
 In Homes Crisis

Washington (PA)-The Congressional wheels have final y creaked motion of the nations most vexng problems: how mounting hOusing defcit and at what price.
 The trouble was wheels the House and Senate sides be reenessy moving i'm opposite directions
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
PlugsT akeLimelight
ln"Kentucky Derby

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 80 -(P.
Begin Col. Matt VIM a thou.
sand pardons, but Monday is Der.
by Day in Kentucky - Plughorse
Derby Day, if you please, and the
sponsors say Colonel Vim can
keep his mint juleps and r S e
wreaths. . and his 500, 900 purse.
Maybe it houldn't happen in
the blue grass, the foaling and
burying ground of so many great
thoroughbreds.
But somebody started it three
years ago and it has been grow
ing in popularity with each re-
newal. Approximately 10000 per-
sons are expected to see this
years big show.
Here's what the Plughorse Der
by is, according to the most re-
liable touts and tipsheet sales
men:
A days racing card is drawn
up just like they do it at Saratoga
and Belmont and Santa Anita. But
the horses are plugs instead OF
throughbreds, and the only reason
they are not pulling a pillow is
because it is Plughorse Derby
Day and the blowing can wait till
Tuesday-day, or until immediate
ly after the races. in the case of
the losers.
Well, the winners of six races
get together in the days big fl
male, which is the Plughorse Der
by itself, and the five s1owest
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
BY ROBERT 0

=. BY ROBERT MOORE
RICHMOND, Aug. 30-R-FoSt-
ball-the 1947 model - makes its
bow in the Southern Conference
Monday when every one of the
circuits 16 coaches will call his
candidates together for the start
Of the customary preseason prac-
tice grind.
And to Virginia Military Insti-
tue at Lexington, Va, undoubted-
ly will go the posies for being the
first outfit to jump into the prac-
tice routine. The Keydets, who
will be guided. by one Of the two
new mentors in the loop in Arthur
(Slick) Morton, one-time Louisi-
ana State star, will get their
heads in the huddle for the first
time during the autumn at 6:15
am. Monday.
Morton, whose 1947 Keydets will
be using the 'T' formation for
the first time in WINS modern
history, said he had planned the
early practice hour for as long as
possible in keeping with the old
adage that. 1.-The early bird catch
es the worm"
North Cardinals Tar Heels, the
leagues defending champions and
the team which is expected to
grab the real posies again this
season, expect a squad Of better
than 80 prospects,. including SO let
termen, to report to Coach Carl
Snavely, the somber-faced Dutch
man, who warned just a year ago
that "1947 will be North Cardinals
year" All the Tar Heels did last
season was win the conference
crown and go to the Sugar Bowl,
where they lost to Georgia. 2o-10.
Among the returning veterans
at the Chapel Hill, school is
Charlie (Choo-Choo) Justice. who
led the league in point-making in
1916 and was named to the second
All America eleven. Fullbacks
Walt Pupa and Hosea Rodgers,
nine lettermen ends, wingbacks
Jim Camp and Johnny Clements
and blocking backs Joe Wright
ana Don Hartig will be around,
TOD
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-31
CLINTON BLASTS
ROBINS, II TO 4

CLINTON, Aug. 80. - Clinton
Manager Fred Marsh pitched his
team to a ia win over the seven
tn place Red Springs Robins here
tonight for his second win of the
season against one defeat.
The Robins stayed above the
cellar despite the licking as Smith.
field-Selma lost.
Eleven runs in the third inning
on seven hits, n error, and
four walks c1inched the contest
for the Blues. The Sampson coun-
ty club had taken the lead, 10, in
the first inning.
Wolfe and Mangini with two for
three led the Red Springs hitters,
while Kukulka and Holland top
ped Clinton with two for four
each.