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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Old tulls

The little maids of Greece and
Rome had dolls with movable arms
and legs, joined together with ami.
NAL glue. Their everyday play dolls
were made with heads of painted
wood or wax, while the body was
of leather or fabric. There were
dolls which the Greek maid Of
antiquity sacrificed on her wedding
morn to the goddess of marriage.
In the catacombs of Rome, graves
we're found of children and the dolls
buried with them had complete sets
of troussealw like real grown-ups.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Angry Postmaster Uses
Naked English To Find
Filthy Offender

| cNNSHo AAoiA q AS"opoPC1
clipping taken from New Eng
land town weekly, which was
sent to Postmaster Tellifero by
Rev. Smith, former Browning
Methodist pastor, last week, the
local postmaster is not the only
postmaster who has had 10 suf-
fer ordeals such as he suffered
two years ago when the local
postoffice lobby was filthily de-
filed by some unknown person.
Inasmuch as those staid Victor
/ ian New Englanders endured the
shock of ruthless journalism Of
the newspaper in Lunemburg in
covering the story, we feel that
we will get general local approx
al in reprinting the story.
! Here it is-still warm from the
press of the New England week.
ly newspaper:
! Lunenburg, Jan. 29-The res
idents of Lunenburg are agog.
AS if by thunderbolt from hea-
ven, they have been Jared sud-
denly from the quietude of a
humdrum existence. Everyone is
whispering: Have you seen it?
Have you read it,"
The post Office has become the
talk of the town and the scene of
unusual activity, for in the, win
| dow hangs sign, the reaction to
; which ranges all the way from
| hearty outlaws to startled dis
may. People are g o ing out of
their way to read it. Il wouldn't
| believe it if I hadn't seen it with
my own eyes," declared some of
the women III the town as they
drew sharp breaths before they
regained their composure.
The sign, written on govern
ment stationery, reads as fol-
lows: Ten dollars ($10) will be
paid for the finding and convic-
ton of h e DIRTY FILTHY
B-------- that makes a practice
of using this vestibule for a
urinal, &C. E. Brown"
Mr.. Brown, the town postmas-
ter, said today that the situation
has become intolerable an
necessitates strong language and
drastic action. He declared that
! the post office doorstep has been
used as a toilet two or three
! times week since last summer.
Town police, according to Mr..
Brown, are keeping an eye" on
the post Office, and now a light
burns all night in the window so
that trespassers can be observed
more easily.
Its no fun to go out with a
pail of water every morning to
clean out the vestibule," Mr..
Brown asserted. Then the wa
ter freezes onto the doorstep and
creates more trouble. l put the
sign up with the hope of obtain
ing results.
Some of the town residents
favored Mr.. Browns method of
obtaining results" but many
others were quick to censure it.
One person in the latter category
exclaimed: I'VE can't have a
book in the library here with
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Protein Extract

The water used in extracting pro-
tein from meal may be used finally
to grow yeasts that have high feed
value both for protein and as
source Of vitamins in poultry ra-
tons.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Ruin Land

Approximately so million acres of
once fertile land in this country have
been essentially ruined for practical
cultivation by erosion. Another SO
million acres are in a condition al
most as serious.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Hubby Toes Mark

Among some natives OF eastern
central Africa, wife may divorce
husband who fails io sew her
clothes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-14
Weed Control

Crop rotation is recognized as i'm
portant to soil fertility, but it is alss
important for weed control.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Denham Sowing Dragons Teeth , Confuses Nation

New evidence piled up this week that the Taft-Hartley Act-particu- Iarly as administered by Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and ''czar" of the law-is bound to provoke an unprecedented strife in labor-management relations.
 Denham's decrees under that act are becoming so bad that the ultra-conser- vative magazine, Business Week" " expressed the view that he is sowing dragon teeth' on the industrial front.
 What alarmed ''Business Week" was an edict Denham handed down in a case involving the Remington Rand Corporation, which back in the '3Os employed the notorious ''Mohawk Valley formula which called for a combination of labor spies and gunmen to break unions.
 The Rand management had sought an election to determine whether the United Electrical and Radio Workers
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The union times., 1947-12-27
Newspriint Trust
 A Real Danger To Weekly Press

Washington (LPA) - Unless a cheaper supply of newsprint is SUD- piled, "a very large number of weekly and semi-weekly newspapers in this country will have to cease publication within a l2-month pe- riod," Sen. Wayne Morse (R., Ore. warned Congress last week.
 Conforming the recently announced $6-a-ton hike in newsprint prices as "outrageous" and a "hold-up price," Morse charged that "nost of the large newspapers of the country are being caught in a squeeze play by the sup pliers of newsprint owned by paper pulp interests in Canada and other countries. This latest increase in price of $6-a-ton is a profteering charge based upon the economic helplessness of American newspapers because we have not had the foresight to develop our American Alaskan newsprint re- sources"
 Morse emphasized the point that labor editors have made frequently uuA AAHS thC 1dSt tWO years dHu HI Congressional testimony-that the newsprint shortage and the price in- crease will have the worst effect on smaller publications such as union, religious and fraternal papers. Despite reports of record production by Canadian mills, the shortage is still so acute that Editor & Publisher, trade publication of the newspaper industry reported last week that a Flint, Mich. paper, the Flint Journal, had to import 300 tons of newsprint from France.
 Morse contended that "The fact is that the supply of newsprint in Amer ica is so short that our newspapers are in reality confronted with a monopoly in regard to newsprint insofar as i'm portations are concerned" More thar 85% of newsprint used in the US. is imported.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Lab0r-Baiting
 Paid By Public 0'Mahoney Says
Senator Charges Manufac- turers' Ads Deducted
 From Taxes

Washington (LPA) = The Ameri- can public is paying for the anti-labor ads of the Natl Association of Manu- lecturers, Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney CD. Wyo) charged on the floor of the Senate last week.
 O'Mahoney, who voted against the Taft-Hartley law and who is counted as one of labor's chief friends in Congress, declared that the ads which the NAM is now pub fishing Gin all of the large and small newspapers of the country are paid for in lOc dollars, because 9O9o of the cost of every such ad. vertisement is represented as de ductiOn upon tax returns, so that the money which ought to go to the
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The union times., 1947-12-27
Building Trades In New London Get Fast. Action
Trades Back Electricians :; Job Is Strengthened
 Out

An outstanding example of the fast and efficient results which can be ob tained when all building trades locals are united came to the front in New London last week.
 SchalIer Motors, Inc., which are erecting two buildings at 939 Bank Street, decided to use non-uniOn men to install electrical fixtures in the body shop addition. The New London Building Trades Council, an affiliate of the Conn. Building and Construction Trades Council, immediately went into action, when Bernard Cilbride, Business man. ager of Local B-9O, Electricians, called the situation to the attention of the Council. William Fargo, pres ident of the Council, working in conjunction with the representa- lives of the other building trades locals, immediately took action. These included the carpenters, ma- sons, painters, crane operators, la- bOrers, and truck drivers, who re- fused to cross the picket line set up by the Electricians. The sheet metal and iron workers, who had been scheduled to go on the job, did not report for work.
 This united action brought quick re- suits. Explaining that all along he had intended to give the electrical contract to union contractor, Henry A. Schaller, president and treasurer of the firm quickly settled, and sent the fol- lowing letter to Business Manager Gilbride:
 'sDear Sir:
 ''I hereby agree that all eIectri- cal work in connection with our two new buildings at 939 Bank Street, New London, will be awarded to T.. J. Ealahan Ga union contractor.- Ed.) on an arrangement mutually agreed upon by us at later date. :"
The union times., 1947-12-27
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

We all extend our warmest sym pathy to Joe Rourke on the loss of his mother, Mrs. Hannah Williams ROurke.
 Our congratulations to Local 234, New Haven Federation of Musicians, and to James C. Petrillo on the splendid band concert and carol singing on the Green Sunday. We think the New Haven public now has better understanding of some of the problems which confront the Musicians Union.
 With all the dough he coined out of the war, Gen. Meyers could have swapped his brass hat for a diamond-studded helmet.
 The California Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the American Federation of Radio Art ists-AFL was within its rights in suspending producer Cecil B. De. Mile as a member because he re. fused to pay $l assessment to the union.
 DeMille gave up his $98, ,2O0-a- year Lux Radio Theatre job in 1944 because he refused to pay the $l assessment to campaign against the 1914 Right of Employment Act, a California anti-labOr law which the unions managed to defeat.
 After refusing to pay the dollar. the producer undertook a costly propaganda campaign against la- Dor, setting up a ''DeMiIle Political Freedom Foundation" He lost his fight in the courts at every stage. In the latest decision, the supreme court justices stated that DeMille ''has no right to refuse payment of taxes-even though he objects to the purpose of such levies."
 CHICAGO Daily Ne,Us reported ''Dean Haskew says girls chances of getting married are great if she becomes a school teacher. But pri [ vate secretaries have better chance. (dash) If You Want the Fastest Results, Use Want Ads in the Chicago Daily News.''
 When it comes to Life (maga zine) there's (no) hope for honest political reporting. Here's what 2 recent issue, which praises tn, Republican party, says about the COP:
 ''Nobody could possibly say what the Republican party will be for ir the future. The only safe way tc define the party is in terms of wha it is against-Communism. Social ism, the labor showdown, too mucl government expenditure, the olc New Deal philosophy that every body will be richer if everybody sit. on his hands,
 To keep Life honest, let's toss ir
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The union times., 1947-12-27
Families Need $500 To Live Decently
Miners Withdrawal Hits Kentucky AFL

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-(FP) A re- trenchment program is being planned by the Kentucky Federation of Labor as result of the United Mine Work ers' withdrawal from the AFL.
 The UMW's disahiliation means the state AFL group will lose 5000 of its 86,0O0 members and suffer a 45@o cut in percapita income. Salaries were raised and the budget expanded by the KFL after the miners came back last spring. Cutbacks now seem inevitable Particularly hard hit will be the state federation's research and education de- partment, which get 409o of the per capita income.
The union times., 1947-12-27
McCovern Wins
 Fourth Term As Head Of Council
Enright, Eagan, And Striby Also Unanimously
 Reflected

Vincent J. McCovern, Electri- clans, B-9O, was unanimously re- elected president of the New Haven Central Labor Council at the annual elections held Thursday. This is his fourth term as head of the labor movement in New Haven. McCov' ern was nominated by Harold " Feinmark, Typographical Union.
 The entire slate of officers was also reelected as follows:
 William P. Enright. Painters, Vice-President.
 Joseph J. Eagan, Typos, Secre' tary.
 August F. Stirby, Bakers, Treas urer.
 Frank Jacobs, Electricians, Ser geant-at-Arms.
 The executive board consists of Harold V. Feinmark, Typos; Frank SpadoIa, Barbers; Bernard Gil bride, Electricians; Saul Kreas Painters; Alfred E. Murphy, Ma chinists; Stanley Creising, Plumb CTS; George Rheims, and John Dill lon, Carpenters; Mrs. Rose Bruins wick, Hotel & Restaurant Employ ees; and Everett V. Shaw, Police men.
 The meeting Thursday received Q full report from the Councils Social Welfare committee on the last meet ing of the Labor's Participation Com mittee of the Council of Social Agen- cies. William P. Enright, Joseph J Eagen, Nathan Sherman, and Presi dent McGovern described the discus sions dealing with the possible screen ing of appeals for funds; and the role that labor people played in contribut- ing to the last campaign of the Community Chest
 CITY EMPLOYEES
 Reporting for the city employee; unions, Everett V. Shaw told them o. the plan of the unions to go to court to force the city authorities to live up to the charter, which gives tht board of police and fire commissioner. power to set the salary rates of theil men.
 Speaking for the Typos, Fein mark reported that wage scales arc being negotiated with the Wilson H Lee Co.,. and the Ne,o HaUen Regis ter. He said that the Typos have won increases in Stamford anc Meriden, and the local in New Ha ven is prepared ''to go all the way to win its wage demands.
 A detailed discussion was held ol the New Haven School Survey, tn participants including Miss Viol; Gradeck and Miss Ruth Sugenfeimer president and secretary, respectively of the New Haven Federation O. Teachers and Vice-President Enright
 The Council voted to extend it condolences to Joseph M. Rourk' on the death of his mother, Mrs Hannah Williams Rourke. Presi dent McCovern was authorized ts act for the Council in case Western Union employees went on strike.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Hof-Brau Picket Line Extended By Union Heads

Harold V. Feinmark and Joseph Triano of the Typos Union, heading another enlarged picket line MOn- day, notified the people of New Haven that the management of Hof-Brau restaurant refuses to ar bitrate the grievances which caused every one of his cooks and walters to walk out six weeks ago. In addi- ton to Feinmark and TrianO, the line included Feinmark's young daughter, ''CoOkie".
 Vincent J. McGovern, Council Pres ident pointed out that Local 404, Hotel and Restaurant Workers. have made every possible attempt to settle the dispute through normal channels, but have been baked by the attitude of the management of Hof-Brau.
 ''We believe that the New Haven Restaurant Association has a direct responsibility in tthis situation,' ,'' President McCOvern said. ''The HO- tel and Restaurant Employees Un- ion has a long history of harmoni- Ous relations with management in New Haven. We suddenly find Op- position at every turn, and we are convinced that an attempt is being made to bring the open-shOp to the restaurant industry of this district. This the Central Labor Council will not accept without a fight. If the Restaurant Association thinks a knock-down fight is in order, we are ready for it. However, the commun- ity will realize where the responsi- bility rests.''
 As THE UNION TIMES went to press Monday morning, no reply had been received from the letter sent by the Central Labor Council to Mayor William C. Celentano, urging him to intervene, and bring about settlement of the dispute through arbitration.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Printers In N. J. Win $7.5O Boost

NORRISTOWN, Pa.-(FP)-For- ty-three typesetters, on strike against the Norristoz0n Times-Herald for one week, returned to their jobs Dec. 15 with $7.50 wage increase under their belts and a verbal promise that the publisher will not hire non-union help even though there is no contract.
 The men, members of Local 620 Intl. Typographical Union, walked out during negotiations for a new con- tract when the publisher refused to consider their demand for an increase from $60 to $72.50 weekly. The verbal agreement gives them $67.50 immedi- ately and the promise of another rise to $70 or better after Jan l.
 The wa1kout, exclusively over wages, was not directly related to other ITU strikes currently taking place in Chicago and six other cities Local 620 Sec Treas. Paul H. Kramer told Federated Press.
 Kramer stated that although the Norristown workers have no contract at present, the publisher has agreed to continue in effect all the terms and conditions of the contract that recently expired
The union times., 1947-12-27
Truman Nominates Woods For Housing

WASHINGTON-(FP) - Acting Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods, who has been filling in since the re- signation of Frank R. Creedon Oct 31, has been named to the housing ex- pediter post by Pres. Truman. Woods nomination will be considered by the Senate banking committee, and then must clear the Senate for confirmation.
 Woods is known here as a genuine believer in rent controls. In his job as acting expediter he has administered the weak Wo1cott rent law with a view of protecting tenants as well as landlords. His predecessor, Creedon, quit amid the bad odor caused by al lowing a 5% general rent ceiling boost in the Louisville, Ky, area.
The union times., 1947-12-27

Don't Take a Chance Know and Obey Traffic Rules.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Senate Confirms Jesse Donaldson

WASHINGTON - (FP) = The Senate Dec IS confirmed the nomina- ton of Jesse M. Donaldson, former letter carrier and A.FL. man, to be Postmaster General. He is the first career man to rise to the top of his department.
 The Senate also okayed the nomina- ton of Carl R. Gray Jr. to be Vet erans Administrator, handling the af- fairs of some IS million ex-GI'S under the CT Bill of Rights and other vet erans legislation. Gray is a former railroad executive.
The union times., 1947-12-27
NLRB DIsMIssEs FAA CASES

Washington (LPA) - Two more cases involving the Foreman's Asso- citation of America-unafi1iated were dismissed by the Natl Labor Rela- tions Board last week. Both cases, one against the Aluminium Co. of America and one against the White Motor Co. voided decisions against the employer on charges of refusal to bargain and were dismissed by the Board because supervisory employees are now denied collective bargaining rights by the Taft-Hartley Act.
The union times., 1947-12-27

We all extend our warmest sym pathy to Joe Rourke on the loss of his mother, Mrs. Hannah Williams ROurke.
The union times., 1947-12-27
Here's A Bet You Can't Afford To Overlook

WASHINGTON- CPD Taking issue with a published statement that chances of a civil service employe to become a cabinet member are 12H million to 1, Pres. Luther Steward ot the Natl Federation of Federal En- ployes says the odds are only 8,333,333 flo 1
The union times., 1947-12-27
Selling Prices
 Of Homes Yields Handsome Gains

WASHINCTON-CFP) - While the cost of building house has about doubled since 1889, on the basis of Federal Home Loan Bank figures, selling prices of houses have jumped l32%o-and this extra velvet is encouraging the present boom in new construction.
 The price tag on the average house being bought and sold in today's mar ket is $10,649 on a national basis. In
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The union times., 1947-12-27
Record Royalties Are To Continue, Petrillo Says

CHICA AGO CPD - Pres. James C. PetrillO of the American Federation of Musicians (AFL) said here his union expected to continue receiving royalty payments on re- cords despite its ban on further re- cOrdings after Dec. 3l.
 Under his interpretation of ATM contracts with the record companies, Petrillo said the union would receive royalties on all records made during the life of the agreement, regardless Of when they are put on the market. This would apply to records now be- ing made on day-and-night schedules put into effect by the major com panies to beat the new years dead line
 YEARS TO COME
 We won't make any more records after this year." Petril1o asserted. But we will continue to collect money so long as the master records my boys make are alive. I don't know how much we will collect but 1t may go as high as $10 million because we will be collecting cash for many years to come"
 Petrillo's statement brought ex- pressions of surprise from officials of recording companies, who indicated they would fight his interpretation of the contracts in the courts.
 About $2 million went into the AFM's recording and transcription fund in l947. The fund was set up by Petrillo to provide employment for musicians thrown out of work by the increasingly wide use of juke boxes and transcribed music on the radio.
 Under the Taft-Hartley act, roy. alty payments to a union are for. bidden. ''Even if the companies could find some way to pay us,' Petrillo commented, ''COngress probably would pass another law.'' No, the boys once and for all stor recording after December 31. That's one New Year resolution we have made and one we will keep"
Evening star., 1947-11-10
Lip-Reading
Classes

Lets Look at Lip Reading" a
special program designed to ac-
quaint the public with the vari-
Gus phases of this art, will be
held Thursday evening at 800
pm. at the headquarters of the
Washington Society for the Hard
of Hearing, 2431 18th Street,
NV. The program will high
light National Hearing Week,
currently being observed.
Miss Rose V. Feilbach, execu-
tive secretary of the Society, re-
ports constantly rising interest
on the part of the public in lip
reading and hearing aids. The
Society has available a file of
teachers of lip reading for both
children and adults, and staff
of twelve teachers, who give
group lessons in lip reading at
headquarters.
Complete information on the
services of the Society may be
secured by calling Columbia 1885.
The Washington Society for the
Hard of Hearing is an agency OF
the Community Chest.-B. M.