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The union times., 1947-03-15
Charter Changes
 Urged By Labor To Commission
McGovern Releases Recom- mendations Made By
 Special Committee

With the report of the New Haven Charter Commission due to be made public this week, President Vincent ] McGovern of the New Haven Central Labor Council today made public the recommendation made to the Commis- sion by the Councils Charter Com mittee. These proposals have the full endorsement of the Council.
 The committee consists of Ever. ett W. Shaw, Police Union, Chair. man; George LawlOr, Board of Edu. cation Employees and Harold V. Feinmark, State and Municipal Workers.
 This committee has sent a communi- cation to Harry C. Knight, chairman of the Charter Commission, which gives organized labor's recommends tions in the following fields of city government
 THE STRONG MAYOR FORM OF
 GOVERNMENT
 We believe the "StrOng Mayor type of government will provide the City with the most efficient type of city government possible. If we are to hold Mayor responsible for the successful completion of his pre-campaign promises we must furnish him with the necessary
The union times., 1947-03-15
New London LAM. Holds Banquet

One hundred and seventy-fve members and guests attended the an nual banquet of Local IA, Interna- tional Association of Machinists, held Saturday night at the Mohican hotel roof garden New London. This was the first banquet since the be- ginning of the war.
 Frank Livingstone, president of the local, gave welcoming talk and Alfred Capoza, chairman and toast master, introduced Sigfried Langner, president of the Babcock Printing Press Corp. and Edward Miller, gen. eral manager of the corporation Row land Bishop, secretary of the Central Trade union also was introduced.
 The committee, making arrange ments for the affair, was comprised of Arthur Burnett, Edward Maynord James Fogarty and Napoleon Ther- eaux.
 An eight-act vaudeville show was featured on the evenings program.
The union times., 1947-03-15
Wuxtra! A.F.L. Grants C.L 0.
 "A Pay Raise

TRENTON, N. J-OPA) AFL- CIO unity many still be a matter for the future, but probably the closest understanding between the two organi- zations in the country was reached here last week.
 The Int1 Typographical Union AFL, publisher of theTrentOnian, a daily newspaper here, signed a con- tract with the American Newspaper Guild-CIO providing pay increases of $5OOO year for IF Cuildsmen and calling for full Guild shop. In addition, the agreement specified three weeks vacation and three weeks severance pay.
 Top reporter minimum is $6O after three years, with a starting minimum of $32.50. Secretaries go to a top minimum of $40 after IS months.
 In Camden, the Guilds new daily paper, the Camden Free Press, went into its second week with its 30,00O press run a complete sell out. The Free Press was started by the Phila- delphia-Camden Guild when David Stern sold the Philadelphia Record and the Camden Courier-Post to the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Free Press first issue was 10 pages, about 4O9o ads, and was enthusiastically welcomed on the newSstands.
 Hundreds of calls were received for additional copies and subscrip- tiOns.
The union times., 1947-03-15
Mine Workers In Wallingford Win Good Contract
American Cyanamid Agrees To 20 Cents Hourly
 Increase In Pay

Wage increases of 20 cents an hour have been granted to 245 em- plOyes of American Cyanamid Com. pany of Wallingford in a new con- tract signed Saturday by company officials and representatives of Lo. cal I2, ,762, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, AFL. The agreement will take effect immedi- ately and will be retroactive to Jan. uary II.
 The unions contract with the con- cern was signed after six weeks of negotiations and with the mediation of Henry J. DeCantillon of Meriden, conciliator for the U. s. Department of Labor. DeCantillon was hailed by both Philip Watson, company plant manager, and Boley Overa, interna- tional representative, for District SO, as highly instrumental in bringing about the final settlement.
 In addition to providing an increase in the minimum wage from 75 cents to 95 cents an hour and 20 cent hourly raises for all employees receiving high CT pay, the contract gives workers on the middle shift seven-cents-an-hour bonus and late shift men differential of IA cents.
 A 25-cent premium, above regu- lar time and half rates will be paid for Sunday work. Maintenance of membership and check off have been continued.
The union times., 1947-03-15
BOB" WAGNER DEFENDS HIS LAW Warns Bosses: Anti Labor Bills May Backt1re On You" Hits Drastic Measures As 'Road To Ruin' Employers
 May Suffer Most, Senator Says

Foes of labor have in recent months conducted a terrific campaign against the Wagner Act, so as to lay the stage for emasculating the law by amendments.
 They have levelled charges galore against the act-that it has failed in its objectives; that it has provoked strife i; that it is "one-s sided and unfair to employers. Are these charges true?
 An unusually effective answer has just been given by Senator Robert F. Wagner (Dem., ND, the father" of the act and one of the grand old men" of Congress, who has never wavered in his progressivism.
 He gave his views in an article written for the March issue of "The Sign," a widely-read Catholic monthly and at the same time sounded a plea to the public not to be sucked into the swir1ing pools of misleading pro paganda" circulated against the law.
 Cites Proof of Success
 One of the best proofs of the success of the act is the growth of the labor movement, Wagner said. Since 1885, when this Magma Charta" of labor, protecting the right of workers to or ganize, was placed on the statute books, membership in trade unions rose hve-fo1d = from three to Is million.
 ''This is simple fact, but of elemental significance,' the Senator declared. ''It shows that as soon as the obstacle of employer interference was re- moved, American workers eager ly sought to exercise their right of self-organizatiOn.
 Moreover, all the propaganda to the contrary notwithstanding, the phenomenal growth of labor has taken place without any illumination of the employers constitutional right to free speech in labor relations.
 "The talk of restoring free speech
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to the employer is a polite way of re- introducing employer interference economic retaliation, and other insidi- ous means of discouraging union mem bership and activity, thereby greatly diminishing free speech and free choice by working men and women oi America"
 He also denounced proposals to out law industry-wide bargaining. That would, he said, bring about industrial strife, chaos and ruin," and restore the vicious cycle of "wage and price cut ting" characteristic of the coal indus try and other industries few decades ago, when industry-wide bargaining did not exist.
 Likewise, to turn the antitrust laws against unions as weapon for break ing them up into small units would Wagner asserted, promote competi- ton among employers to reduce wages and purchasing power of workers"
 Bills Are Two-Edged
 In equally strong terms, he con- demned bills now before Congress to cripple the Wagner Act. Many are two-edged, he said.
 As an example, he cited the proposal to encourage wholesale lawsuits against unions for alleged contract vio- lations. Employers would suffer the most from court litigation because there are many more grievances of employees against employers than vice versa" he stressed.
 Wagner also punctured charges that the Wagner Act had provoked strikes. The law has been amazingly success full he said. in reducing strikes over the right to organize. Stoppages of that kind have dropped two-thirds since 1887, he declared.
 Reason for Strike Wave
 Last years wave of strikes, he added, arose out of the unusual prob 1ems of reconversion from war to peace" and the struggles of workers
 (Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1947-03-15
Council Protests
 Aldermen 'sDelay On Firefighters
A.F.L. Asks: Why Dilatory Tactics On Decent
 Hours?

A strong protest was sent today to Mayor William C. Ce1entano and to Alderman William Dimenstein, chair man of the Committee on Ordinances of the City of New Haven, voicing 1abors dissatisfaction with the dilatory tactics being used on the Central La bor Councils bill to give New Haven's fremen a reasonable WorkWeek.
 The action originated in the Central Labor Councils meeting Thursday, when Harold V. Fein- mark, business agent of the Fire Fighters Union, explained the sit nation. The Council then voted to have President Vincent J. McCov- ern send the following letter to Mayor Celentano and to Dimen- stein:
 ''Mayor William C. Celentano, City Hall,
 ''New Haven, Conn.
 ''Dear Mayor CelentanO:
 s'I am writing you as the result of unanimous vote of the dele gates to the New Haven Central La bor Council, passed at our last meeting.
 ''The purpose of this communi- cation is to inform you that the people of this city are at loss to understand why the Committee on Ordinances is dilatory in reporting on our proposed ordinance, which would establish work week for city firemen of 67.2 hours, instead of the 80 hours they are now on duty.
 ''You will remember that the public hearing on this ordinance was held January 27th. This hear ing was one of the largest and one of the most representative in the city's history. You will also remem- Der that there was unanimous agreement that justice for the fire men was long overdue, and that the city could i'll afford to treat its em- plOyees in this inhumane manner. It is our belief, and l think you will agree, that the people of New Haven do not want or expect an 8O- hour week of its public employees, as this is contrary to all concepts of decency and efficiency.
 ''We had every reason to believe that the Committee would report to the Board of Aldermen at their Boards February meeting. This was not done. We were positive that the report would then be made at the Boards March meeting. This meeting has now been held, and again the Committee has not re- ported.
 ''In behalf of the Council, I am writing to protest this situation. Representative government, if it is to function, must reflect the wishes of the people. This is the meaning of democracy. The Committee, by its stalling tactics, is blocking the expressed intentions of the citizens of this city.
 ''As chief executive of the City of New Haven, we call upon you to use your power and influence to remedy this deplorable situation. Sincerely, 'tVincent McCOvern,
 President
The union times., 1947-03-15
Teanlsters
 Trek To Alaska

FAIRBANKS. Alaska-(FP)-A troop of II rugged teamsters who for over three weeks bucked snow drifts in sub-freezing weather have arrived here after hauling IS pieces of heavy construction equipment from Seattle over the 1.o00-mile AIcan highway.
 The crew, members of Local 174 Intl. Bro. of Teamsters, were part of a "test-tube" experiment to determine whether some 100 pieces of equipment for use in constructing permanent ar my and navy bases in the far north would be hauled overland or shipped by water to Alaska ports. The decision will be made after seeing how both men and equipment stood up under the grueling drive. The drivers are all from Seattle.
The union times., 1947-03-15
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

The legislative hearings in Hartford i'll the last two weeks have demon strated that the A. F. L. unions in Connecticut have keen understand ing of the many problems that con front the working people of our state. The hearings on the sales tax, the antilabor legislation, and on the F. E. P. C., have brought out record crowds. The hearing on the Gillies- Ward F. E. P. C bill. which all labor favors, was record breaking, as was the one dealing with anti-labor 1egis- lation Connecticut's unions have done themselves proud. BUT-the hearing is not enough. Each local should write its Representatives and Senators. This is important, and locals which fail to do so endanger the welfare of their membership.
 You can't live on love. but if you get enough smackers in your weekly envelopes it's surprising how we'll you can do.
 As we understand it, teachers getting tired of trying to live on the apples her pupils bring her. What she wants now is a little more cab- bage.
 Some congressional experts give their newspaper cOmpatriOts a run for their money when it comes to convenient blindness to facts. Re- gently Rep. Homer A. Ramey (R, O. told the House: ''The federal tax rate of 38% on corporate in- come is so high that it is grad ually drying up corporate income. Business is being slowly starved to death." Here are few corporate 'smenus" for 1946 compared to 1945: Celanese Corp. net profit SIG, 6,O59,4 ,4l6 as against 7,613, ,489; ; US. Steel $88, ,683, ,53O as against $58, ,Ol5, ,O56; Goodyear Tire & Rubber, $36,2l1, ,784 as against SIS, 5,136,8l6. A Natl. City Bank sur vey of $40 corporations showed over $2 billion profits in 1946 com- pared to $1H billion in 1945. If that's slow starvation, we'll take it.
 Now that profits are at an alI- time peak and production has hit record levels, the time has come for employers to share their gains with workers, the A. F. of L. de- clared this week in its research pub- lication, ''Labor's Monthly Survey"
 An NLRB trial examiner has re- gently heard complaint accusing General Electric of violating the Wagner act by refusing to count time lost during strike in conn putting vacation credit for its em- plOyes.
 The union argued that this re- fusal is discrimination under the Wagner act and if permitted would deprive strikers of continuous sen- iority, full amount for paid vaca- tions, full rights to-eligibiIity in the pension and retirement plans, and other privileges and conditions of employment. The company, on the other hand, argued that it was un- willing for strikers to be credited
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1947-03-15
City Building
 At 17-Year High

With residential construction lead ing the way, the. dollar value of city building construction reached a 17- year high in 1946, preliminary esti- mates of the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics, U. s. Department of Labor, reveal. Permits issued and Federal contracts awarded in all urban places were valued at $47 billion last year, more than double the 1945 total and the greatest dollar volume reported since the 1920's. BIS indicated that the high level was due in part to current high construction costs.
 Residential construction rose from $76o million in 1945 to $2,442 million in 1946. Nonresidentia1 building, although restricted by control orders, advanced 70 percent to SIS billion. Additions, alterations, and repairs rose only slightly to $765 million.
The union times., 1947-03-15
Norwich Plans
 Painters Union

Preliminary plans were made Fri day at meeting in Norwich for organization of Painters union, to be affiliated with the American Fed eration of Labor. Nineteen attended the meeting, which was conducted by w. White, of Norwalk, union or ganizer, assisted by William Clark, business agent of the New London union
 John Leahy, Del Paquette and John Muckensturm were named a nominating committee to report on slate of officers for the next meet ing, to be held late in March. The local charter is expected to be de- livered soon, it was stated. The Norwich local will include the eastern Connecticut area outside of the New London district.
The union times., 1947-03-15
Shorted Week Pays, Business Firms Find

DIES MOINES-Operators of dry cleaning establishments are discovering what organized labor learned long ago namely, that 40-hour week is much more efficient than a longer work week.
 C. B. Kasson, technical adviser for a chemical manufacturing firm, told the Iowa-Nebraska Cleaners conven- tion here that dry cleaning concerns in Iowa and elsewhere which have cut operations from AS or A hours down to 40 found the new schedule more profitable, even after increasing the wages of workers.
The union times., 1947-03-15

LETTER TO LOCALS
 At the Councils meeting Thurs day, President Vincent J. McCoverr appointed committee to lead tho opposition in New Haven to tho sales tax, and the first act of tho committee was to send out the fol lowing letter:
 SsTo: All New Haven A. F. of l.
 Unions:
 "The New Haven Central Labor Council is actively endorsing the cam paign against the proposed sales tas now being considered by the Connecti. cut General Assembly and has ap- pointed a committee to continue the fight against this tax The Council feels that this sales tax bill will bt detrimental to the interests of labor and business in this state.
 Tt is urged, therefore, that all mem bers of unions affiliated with the A. F of L. in New Haven write to their legislators to indicate their opposition to the bill.
 ssIn spite of the overwhelming protests registered against this bill there is great danger that it will be adopted in complete disregard o1 the will of the people of this state It is imperative therefore, that every union register its protest thereby placing the responsibility for the rejection of this sales tax bill with their elected represents tives.
 s'Fraternally yours,
 ''Carl C. Hoff, Chairman,
 s'Nathan Sherman,
 Joseph Egan.''
 "P.S. We suggest that each local write their Senators and Representa- tives, and that this list be posted or made available to union members. WRITE TO YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY-LET THEM KNOW
 YOU OPPOSE A SALES
 TAX
 STATE SENATORS
 District 8-Elmer E. NOrdstrOm 38 Willis St., New Haven.
 District 9-Harold Alprovis, l52 Temple St., New Haven.
 District lO-William Lynch 413 Howard Ave-, New Haven.
 Disrtict 1l-B. Fred Damiani, As Lyon St., New Haven.
 District l2-Herbert Mcdonald POS Church St., New Haven.
 STATE REPRESENTATIVES, New Haven: Mrs. Elizabeth CilIis 367 Prospect St.; Irving Horowitz l94 Winthrop Ave.
 East Haven: Mrs. Charlotte Mil Ter, 63 Bradley Ave-; William Jas pers, l32 Prospect Road.
 West Haven: Joseph P. Gregory I3l Elm St.; Marshall J. Baldwin l2 Washington Ave.
 Hamden: John R. Thim, 3ll Thornton St.; Edward H. Hummer 1868 Dixwell Ave.
The union times., 1947-03-15
Ansonia Carpenters
 Elect James E. Foley

James E. Foley, of "E" street, was elected business agent of the Carpenters union, local 127. Anso- mia, at the local semi i-monthly meet ing last night in the K. of P. hall, Main street. President William Ca sey presided over the meeting which was largely attended.
 It was announced that the next meet ing will be held April 5 and all mem bers will be notified in advance by mail.
The union times., 1947-03-15
No. 40, Sheet Metal Workers, Win New
 Hourly Rate Of g

Sheet Metal Workers Union No. 40 has just signed new contract With the Sheet Metal Contractors Assn, North ern District, which raises the Locals scale from $1.75 an hour to g, ac- cording to an announcement by Ernest J. Kunz, business agent of the Local. The contract also provides scale of $225 per hour for foremen, the first time in the Locals history that the contract contains such a provision. The new pact goes into effect this month, and continues for two years.
 Local No. 40 covers all of Connecti- cut but Fairfield County and the west ern half of Litchhe1d County.
The union times., 1947-03-15
CorporateP ro6ts Skyrocket In 1946

The National City Bank of New York has analysed the financial re- ports of $40 companies and finds:
 That they increased their net profits last year 37 per cent over l945. That this big gain was ac- complished despite a l7 per cent drop in sales.
 The gain in profits was the more surprising in view of the fact that fourth of the companies, principally those in the heavy goods industry had lower earnings last year than in 1o45. The biggest profits were made by the consumer goods industries.
The union times., 1947-03-15

power to carry out his proposals. The vesting of sole power and con- trOl of departments in commissions is unsOund in principle and often provides a Mayor with an excuse for his failure to achieve his prom ised objectives.
 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
 On the matter of Boards and Com
 Continued on Page Two)
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Important!

The aldermanic hearing on the proposed City Charter will be held at Commercial High School Tuesday, March 18, at 8 P. M. Labor has an important stake in the new charter. All Io- calls are urged to send full delegations to the hearing.
 -EdifOr
The union times., 1947-03-15
RaiseWages, Cut Prices Now, AFL Asks
Protest On Sales
 Tax Is Mounting
New Haven Leads Parade In Branding Levy As "Detr mental To Interests Of Labor And Business
 All Locals Urged To Write

All the greater New Haven urged this week to write Governor James L. McConaughy and their state and representatives protesting the sales which the Governor have enacted by the General Assembly, Protest against the mounting in all parts of the state
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The union times., 1947-03-15
A.F.L. Mows Down CLIO.

By the smashing majority of 2,26O to VI, A. F. of L. unions defeated the C. I. O. Steelworkers in an election at the Reynolds Metal Company in Shef- field, Ala, it was announced this week by George l.. Googe, the Federation's $ Southern director of organization.
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