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The union times., 1948-05-15
Housing Farley Sees Passage Of T-E-W Bill

NEW YORK = CPD 3-day meeting of the, National Public Housing Conference wound up here last week with predictions that the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill would soon be law. Already passed by the Senate, the measure awaits House action.
 This optimistic forecast came when conference officials learned that the American Legion had just voted to indorse the bill, after bitterly oppos- ing it at the last Legion convention. The NPHC had been pushing the bill as one way of 1essening the nations housing shortage.
 Cutting across party lines and in- cluding representatives of labor and industry, the NPHC has been fighting for 16 years to mobilize all of our national resources, private and public, to the end that every citizen. regard less of income, shall be decently housed in socially and economically sound living environment"
 Keynote of the meeting was SOunQeO Dy NNa1rmaH AHOmdS Es Farrell of the New York City HOus- ing Authority, who hailed the TEW bill but urged increased state and city aid to ''sOlve the worse housing shortage combined with the worst bottleneck in housing construc- tiOn.''
 While expressing confidence in the ability of private enterprise "to serve the needs of all Americans" Sen. Ralph E. Flanders { R., Vt.) went on record as backing federal assistance for public programs of slum clearance and of low-rent housing"
 ''I've heard it said that public housing is socialistic," he remark ed, ''but I cannot see much social ism in a public program designed to take care of the urgent needs of small segment of our population in a program that borrows private money, hires private architects and awards contracts to private con- tractors" Under the TEW bill 95% of the housing is to be supplied by private enterprise, he said.
The union times., 1948-05-15

 : kBiio.G!6s B 1llEW NEWS \ 1Ns4 '(\sRIEf 1

WASHINCTON-Union shop au- thorization elections, which have re. suited 99% in union victories, may be on their way out of the Taft Hartley law. Rep. Gerald Landis (R, Ind.) introduced HR. 6455 which would remove the necessity for the polls from the Taft, Hartley act.
 CHICAGO-The 8-week strike of the United Westinghouse Workers against the Big Four spread to inde- pendent meat packing firms. UPW Pres. Ralph Helstein said the action was taken because some of the inde- pendents have been helping Armour, Wilson, Swift and Cudahy by selling meat to their accounts.
 WASHINGTON = The Justice Dept. has been moving illegally to depOrt aliens it accuses of being depOrtable for their political views, Justice T. Alan COldsborough ruled in US. district court. The judge said that Atty. Gen. Tom Clark and his agents must abide by the Ad- ministrative Procedures Act of I946.
 DETROIT = The United Auto Workers will ask the Ford Motor Co., for a 30c hourly wage increase for its 107,000 employees. The wage de- mand was set by 200 delegates at a meeting of the JAW Natl. Ford Council.
 KANSAS CITY, Kans.-Damage suits nearing the half-million dollar mark have been filed against this city since the brutal police raid on strike headquarters of the Union Clearinghouse Workers. in which more than 100 persons were in- jured and the hall wrecked.
 NEW YORK; 6-month interim agreement providing that musicians who play for television will get lower rates than for regular radio broad
The union times., 1948-05-15

casts was announced by Pres. James C. Petrillo of the American Fedora tion of Musicians (AFL) and the four major networks.
 WASHINGTON - Moving with unusual speed and without benefit of previous public hearings, the House rules committee approved the Mundt subversive activities con- trOl bill and sent it to the full House.
 WASHINGTON = Pres. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers asked the feleral district court to throw out an action by the coal mine operators to block payment of miners pensions. Lewis charged the operators pension fund trustee Ezra Van Horn with bad faith in holding up pensions.
 SAN DIEGO, Calif-Wage boosts of l3Nc an hour were won by 2OO,- 900 AFL building tradesmen in 12 southern California counties as a result of an agreement with the As sOciated General Contractors and the Building Contractors Assn.
The union times., 1948-05-15
Building Trades
 Apprentices At Record High

The skilled labor force in the con- struction industry was bo1stered fur ther during March when almost 10000 apprentices were employed in the building trades, according to the U. 5. Labor Departments Bureau of Ap- premiership. This is the largest num- Der ever hired during one month. These are the latest official figures available.
 On April l the bureau had re- cord of l24,294 apprentices, a new aIl-time high, in those crafts. This total, which was obtained from 6,77O reports from all sections of the country, is an increase of S.2 percent over the 1l4,882 listed on March but does not represent complete cOverage.
 This unusually large increase in one month was ascribed by the Department of Labor especially to cooperation be- tween contractors, unions, and Govern ment agencies to build up the skilled work force in the construction indus try to meet the demands which are being made upon it today and will be made for years to come. The Bureau of Apprenticeship and State agencies give technical advisory service in set ting up and maintaining apprenticeship programs.
 A breakdown of the apprentices employed on April l in the various building trade groups follows: Working trades 44,72l; pipe trades l9,32l; electrical trades l8, ,l63 :; trowel trades 17,O63; sheet metal working trades 9,62O: painting trades 8,955; other building trades 6.45I.
The union times., 1948-05-15
House Cuts Cuts Of Social Security Law
Religion Comes
 To v. s. Steel!

HOBOKEN, N. J.-(FP) = They felt the need of prayer at the US. Steel Corps 47th an- nual stockholders meeting here last week.
 The prayer, in which US. Steel Pres. Benjamin Hairless joined, was conducted at the opening of the meeting by 8O- year-old Joseph E. J. McGhee, who has 20 shares of US. Steel.
 ''Last year it came to me that the stockholders should pray" McChee told reporters later. ''So I got up and offered to lead.
 " Just a mOment,' the chair man said to me. Are you a stockho1der?'
 " Yes, indeed,' I said.
 Then go ahead and pray the chairman said.
The union times., 1948-05-15
R-L Council Lists Radio Programs

On the four Friday afternoons of May the New Haven Religion and Labor Council is presenting a series of radio programs on public issues as they apply to the local scene, on Sta ton WNHC (1340) at 1 80 o'clock.
 Topics for the next three sessions are to be: May IA, Feeding the Hun gry (Food, Prices, Profits, Contro1s) {; May 21, Constructive Labor Legis1a- tion; May 28, Our American Eco homie System.
 The first program of the series, on Civil Rights, was presented on Fri day, May 7. Participants were Prof. E. w. Muehl, Yale Divinity School, Nathan Sherman, editor, Union Times, and Norman Watts, director of Dix well Community Center in New Haven.
The union times., 1948-05-15

OREEV1 COMMENTS John Creevy, Business Manager of Local No. 488, has this to say:
 ''The opportunity given appren- tices in the electrical industry to be- come high quality journeymen is greater under the present appren- tice training than at any time in the history of the industry. We intend to follow through in this training and to improve it even further, for the greater the skill of the electri- clan, the more valuable he is to himself, to his union. and to the community"
 A number of Outstanding features are included in the Bridgeport pro- gram which was decided upon through the joint negotiation between the cleo trical contractors and the union, with the assistance of the Apprentice Train ing Service, U. s. Department of La Dor.
 Apprentices spend eight hours a week in related instruction classes, twice as much as some apprenticeship programs require, so that they may obtain all of the vital information on the theory of the trade and ground themselves thoroughly in knowledge of mathematics, blueprint reading and other subjects. Four hours are taken from the regular work week and the apprentices time Is paid for by the contractor.
 MUST SHOW INTEREST
 The other four hours are contri- buted by the apprentice who attends classes two evenings each week. Ap- prentices who fail to attend related in struction classes regularly without sufficient cause are dropped from the program.
 Each apprentice is required to keep a record of his work experience. The committee checks this carefully and wherever they find an apprentice is not receiving experience on all types of jobs, arrangements are made for him to do so and, if necessary, he is trans terred to another contractor.
 Apprenticeship standards provide for an increase in apprentice pay every six months. Before the ap- prentice receives this raise, his em- plOyer is questioned as to the ap- prentice's satisfactory progress and the apprentice, himself, is required to meet before a meeting of the committee where he is interviewed and given a written examination.
 If the apprentices progress is un- satisfactory, his advancement is post poned until improvement has been made. In addition to this constant supervision of training throughout the apprenticeship, a thorough examina- ton IS given all apprentices at the com pletion of their training before the committee endorses them as competent Journeymen.
 LIVE-WIRE GROUP
 Credit for this outstanding ap- prentice training program for cleo trIcians goes to the ive-wire Joint Apprenticeship Committee. Union members are John Creevy, F. L. Daly and William J. Schoonmaker.
 Charles J. Berner, R. F. Walsh and l. J. Flynn represent the employers.
The union times., 1948-05-15
AFL And Co-Ops Working Closely

"The year 1947 was marked by an upsurge of interest in consumer CO., operatives on the part of our local unions, central bodies and state fed erations of labor." George Meany, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, said this week.
 The sharp rise in living costs has brought home to our members the need for some means of combating price increases" MT. Meany said, land they are turning to consumer cooperatives as method wholly in keeping with the American free enterprise system and democratic way of life"
The union times., 1948-05-15
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

A HEADLINE in the Prescott (Ariz.) EUening Courier:
 ''Co'loradO River May Come Up In Congress In May"
 The Presidents Council of Eco. homie Advisers recently hinted thai consumer prices will rise still more It said that Gin view of the recent stabilization of commodity prices and the additional buoyancy which has been injected by the defense plan, there is certainly no assur. ance that the consumer price index will go down, and for such import ant items as meat and rent. there is strong reason why it may go up."
 The council went on to give this strong reason: ''In the case of meat it is estimated that the supply this fall may be 1O% below the supply last year. In the case of rent, the housing shortage is still acute and rent control has been lOosened by a succession of legislative steps. The high cost of living still persists as an important element in the wage negotiations that are ahead" The workers thus face the con. tinued pressure of imitation. In ad. ditiOn, the developing semi-war economy will bring more guns, less butter; more planes, less clothing The Council of Economic Advisers understates the case when it says that the hopes of the people for high postwar living standards ''musi be in some measure postponed OI for the present revised downward ,
 The California Superior Court recently declared unconstitutional g state law against jurisdictiOnal strikes. The case was Intl. Assn. o1 Machinists vs. San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council.
 Listing actions which the state law would make illegal. the court said they ''are clearly protected by the federal and state constitutions and any attempt to abridge such constitutional rights are unconsti tutional."
 We hope the NLRB will note this important California decision, in view of the Taft-Hartley prohibi tions in jurisdictional strikes.
 APPARENTLY 'sthe ghost walks in Georgia for, according to tho AtIdntG Journal classified page under announcements:
 ONE crypt, sell cheap, leaving town. .
 THE Cincinnati (O.) Post has added to the Turner-Topping wed ding memorabilia by remarking ot Lana that ''she eloped once witE Restaurateur Stephen Crane, got ar annulment when she discovered he still had a wife, and eloped witt him again to Mexico when she dis covered he was going to become g mother" A later edition corrected the error by having her discover that she was going to become the mother.
 ADJOINING heads in the De troit (Mich.) Free Press read Groups of Donors Urged for Test Tube Babies = Husbands Won Like This! Judge! (P.S.-Ther. was a quick makeOver.)
The union times., 1948-05-15
CAN'T CONTINUE

'sThe Both Congress is beginning to smell,'' McGovern told the Con. gressmen. ''It has placed organ. ized labor in a straightjacket, by passing the Taft-Hartley Law; has given the wealthy huge reductions in taxes; has blocked much-needed health and welfare legislation; and even now is engaged in emasculat. ing the Social Security laws by at- tempting to reduce its budget for administration by 93 per cent.
 MISERY WIDESPREAD
 I don't have to tell you how much misery is being caused by the lack oi housing, not only in Connecticut, but throughout the nation. I do not intend to rehearse all the arguments in favor of this bill-you know them. I trust that you will avoid partisan politics and the blandishments of the real es- tate lobby, and vote right on this ma jor issue"
 BIG BANQUET
 A full report on the banquet to be held by the Central Labor Coun. cil at the Hotel Carde on May 2 al 7 PM. was given by William P Enright, chairmen of the banquet committee, at Thursdays meeting of the council. A number of locals are now making reservations for full tables, and large attendance is almost certain. Enright asked that all locals report on the mum. Der of tickets they expect to handle not later than Wednesday, May 19.
 The Council voted to thank the Con- sumers Coop of New Haven for CO., operating on the matter of the Towne House; and voted $10 for the Junior Chamber of Commerce's benefit for young people.
 WILL FOOTE
 At the request of Mrs. Elizabeth Marland, business manager of Local 4O4, President McGovern appointed a committee to confer with several hotels and restaurants in regards to their union policies. The committee consists of Harold V. Feinmark, Typos; Robert Schecter. Musicians and Nathan Sherman.
 The Labor Realty Corporation re- ported that 1t had decided that small rooms in the Labor Temple would not be rented for political rallies: that the auditorium would be rented to all par ties for $50 a night.
The union times., 1948-05-15

The meat coming on the market in the next few weeks is mostly grass-fed cattle. Cattle men are sending extra cattle to market, an. ticipating the closing in of winter, and the end of range feeding. With corn scarce, they're unloading the cattle now. It's the feast before the famine. And remember most of it is "cOmmerciar' grade, which means it may be tough, though jus, as nOurishing-if you can pay the price.
The union times., 1948-05-15

MT. Arthur L. Howard of the Bridge port Apprentice Training Service office assisted the committee, and field representatives of the Apprentice Training Service of the U. s. Depart ment of Labor are located in the cities of Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury and New London to advise and assist other locals in their train ing of apprentices. The Connecticut State Department of Education is fur niShing the related instruction under the direction of Carleton Shaw.
The union times., 1948-05-15
Holiday Concert
 Is We'll Attended

The holiday concert given in New York for the welfare fund of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL turned out to be an a11-star per formance, playing to a packed Metro po1itan Opera, House. Master of cere- monies was Deems Taylor, and Guild President Lawrence Tibbett addressed the audience on behalf of the union. Every Metropolitan Opera star sang none of them solos-and the Opera ballet performed.
The union times., 1948-05-15
LETTER TO SENATORS

LETTER TO SENATORS
 Following is the letter sent to Senators Baldwin and McMahon by Nathan Sherman, editor of THE UNION TIMES:
 "An thoughtful people are shocked by the recent action of the House of Representatives in cutting the budget of the Social Security Administration. We hope that you will not concur in that decision be- cause the Social Security program, including Unemployment COmpen- satiOn, Public Assistance. and Old Age and Survivors Insurance. is of such vital importance to American workers.
 "The Social Security Administra- tion's record of administrative effici- ency has been outstanding as measured either by high standards of public ad- ministration or by the performance of private insurance companies. When the administrative costs of the Social Se- curity program amount to only Is per cent of all benefits paid out, we feel that the operations of the Social Security Administration have been notable for efficiency and economy.
 NO FALSE ECONOMY
 We favor economy in government, but not at the expense of the Ameri- can people. The original budget of the Social Security Administration was not padded. Cutting that budget will necessarily impair the high level of performance which Americans expect of the Social Security Administration.
 Administering a system as vast as our Social Security program re- quires competent, qualified people on the top administrative level. AL though Commissioner Altmeyer is generally recognized as one of the ablest executives in Government service, he needs the support of able assistants; this will be taken from him if you sustain the action of the House of Representatives in cutting the budget for his office by 93 per cent.
 For over twelve years the Social Security Administration has faithfully discharged its mandate from Congress to conduct continuing social and eco homie research so that Congress may have sound technical advice for refer ence in adjusting the Social Security system to meet ever-changing economic conditions.
 Employers, workers, state and local authorities have received necessary advice and assistance from the In- formational Service of the Social Se- curity Administration. We feel that these international and research ac- tivities should be expanded. not cur tailed.
 "A social insurance system for underwriting the basic minimum security and well-being of every man, woman, and child in America is an integral part of our demo- cratic way of life and our free conn petitive system. In the stark urg- ency of the present world situation our way of life is being challenged; a positive and concerted attack on all areas of insecurity in this cOun- try is imperative if we are to meet that challenge successfully.
 This is not the time to cut the budget Of the Social Security Ad- nlinistrGtiOn. On the contrary, this is the time to exPGnd OUT social in- sHrGnce system Gs recommended by the Advisory Council on Social Se- curity sOhich reported so recently to your Senate Committee ore Finance"
 Sincerely,
 NATHAN SHERMAN"
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The union times., 1948-05-15
Bridgeport Leads On Apprenticeship

The Bridgeport Electricians Local Mo- 488 Bridge Electrical Contractors Association have their apprenticeship into of the outstanding in the state during this past year.
 The members of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee which been established to operate the apprenticeship program proud of their achievement and of the high quality of training which has already made itself felt in the of work ability on the ob
The union times., 1948-05-15
Administration
 Budget. Reduced .By93 Per Cent!
Editor Asks Baldwin And McMahon To Block
 House Action

U. s. Senators Raymond E. Baldwin and Brien McMahon to- day were urged to protect the Social Security system by voting against the appropriations bill passed last week by the House of Representatives.
 This bill lUouLd re- duce the 0dn1inistr0- tiUe budget of the So- ciaL Security Admins tration by ninety three per cent!
The union times., 1948-05-15

Today one out of four individ- uals has exhausted his savings and 5O8o of persons with incomes un- der $2.OOO year have no savings at all.
The union times., 1948-05-15
Will Foote, Sadlak
 Bow To Realtors :?

Acting authorization the organization Vincent
 McGoven president of the New Haven Central Labor Council today sent telegams to Rep Ellsworth Fooe and Rep Sadak urging them for -Elender- Housing Bill passed by the Senate
The union times., 1948-05-15
Firm In Brass
 City Enjjoined On Law Evasion

Regional Attorney George H. Foley of the U. s. Department of Labor today announced that Judge Carroll C. Hincks in United States District Court at New Haven, has issued an injunction permanently enjoining the Bristol Watch Co.,, Inc, a New York corporation, manufacturing watch bands at 196 Mill Street. Waterbury, from violating the federal Wage and Hour Law by failure to pay time and one-half for overtime, by failure to keep proper records, or by shipment in commerce of goods produced by underpaid employees.
 Regional Attorney Foley pointed out that the case had originally been set down for hearing before Judge Hincks on petition of William R. Mo Comb, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for a preliminary in junction but the defendant waived a hearing and agreed to the entry of a permanent injunction.
 One driver was killed to every 5o drivers injured by automobile accidents m Connecticut during 1947, according to the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
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The union times., 1948-05-15

ADJOINING heads in the De. trOit (Mich.) Free Press read: Groups of Donors Urged for Test Tube Babies = Husbands Won'i Like This! Judge! (P.S.-There was a quick makeOver.)
The union times., 1948-05-15
Building Trades:

Know these fgures Since 1889, union rates have gone up 54 per cent, largely as the result of pOstsUGr negotiations. In the same period the cost of living has gone up 69 per cent, and the average primary market prices of building materials has jumped by ll6 per cent. Use these figures to answer the charge that labor is responsible for the high cost of construction.
The union times., 1948-05-15

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Evening star., 1948-07-25
Residents A1Vay on Vacations
A1Vaiting Fall Social Season

Kenwood Country Club and Mrs
Powers guests will be Mrs. George
e. Pariseau, Mrs. Morton B. Kam-
ymerer,' Mrs. Thomas Godfrey, Mrs.
Edna Chester, Mrs. George T. Con-
dron, Mrs. J. B. Bodley, Mrs. Joseph
A. Guard, Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle
Mrs. Guy McIver Hooks, Mrs. Edwin
F. Wanner and Mrs. C. Breck Park
man
Boat trips down the bay make a
pleasant vacation for Mr. and Mrs
Randolph Bishop since Mrs. Bishop
returned a few weeks ago from a
trip to San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop keep their
boat-the Grace A-at the Yacht
Club near Annapolis and nearly
every week they 60 for a trip up
the bay and they usually have guests
with them. Last week end they had
their son Randolph Bishop and his
roommate at Randolph-Macon Mr..
Tom Nichols with them. All Of the
party attended the dance at the
Cambridge Yacht Club on Saturday
night, where they had as additional
guests Miss Judy Mack and Miss
Constance Seckinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney
Donneliy Of Weslaco. Tex, and their
two children Donny and Ellin-
Kelly, will be in Edgemoor next
week for a months visit with Mrs
Donnelly's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Hathaway.