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The union times., 1948-02-21
9,O89 Receive Social Security In Elm City Area

In the greater New Haven area 9.O89 people were receiving during January 1948 benefits totaling $l95, ,442.4I under the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance provisions of the Social Security Act.
 The system IS now i'll its l2th year of operation and the steady increase i'll the number of local people with a right to benefits reflects the fact that more and more of the employed popu- lation, as they retire after 65, or die leaving certain classes of dependents, have now earned this basic security. Last months average local payment to individual retired workers was only $20.41. Congressional committees are considering proposals to increase bene- fits and bring more workers under the Act
 The detailed figures for the area served by the New Haven office ot the Social Security Administration, at lO44 Chapel Street, released today by Clifton E. Davenport, manager, are as follows:
 Mon. No. of Bene. Amt. Of Rene. Payee as of I-3l-48 as Of I-3I-48 Retired workers
 Cover 65) 4,495 $lI8,745.zo Wives of such
 workers
 Cover 65) l,539 2l,9l5.74 Children
 (under l8) 1,496 2O,934.O| Widowed moth-
 CTS of such
 children 72l l6,O66.U| Widows
 Cover 65) BIO s 17,365.6l Parents
 Cover 65) 28j 4l5.67
The union times., 1948-02-21
48th Banquet
 of Painters, 186 Great Success

A smashing success. This is the unanimous verdict of all who attended the 18th annual banquet of New Hav- en Painters Union, No. 186 held Saturday night at the Towne House.
 With Thomas R. Fitz Simmons, president of Local 234, New Haven Federation of Musicians, acting as toastmaster in his own ininitable style, the members of No. 186, their wives, sWeethearts, and guests enjoyed fine steak dinner. This was followed by dancing, in which it became clear that when organized labor holds a dancing sWeepsteak, Painters will be among the champions.
 The evening was opened by Will liam P. Enright, secretary of the Union, who welcomed the assemblage, and turned the evening over to Fitz- Simmons. The speeches were brief, the toastmaster's wit was Superlative, the meal was excellent; and the music, under Maestro Bob Schecter and his Bobcats, was superlative.
 Short talks were given by Joseph M. Rourke, secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor Harold V. Feinnark, Typos Union and Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times.
 Greatly missed was Saul Kreas, business agent of the Local, whose sister passed away last week.
 Guests of the local included John A. Johnson, Stanley Greising, Der nard Chloride, James DiLonardo, Harold V. Feimmark, and Harry Russo.
 The general opinion was that Local Union, No, 186, had once more rung the bell.
The union times., 1948-02-21

There are even many honest workers who will argue Sincerely, no doubt), What do unions get us ,"
 That is just one of the standard "Why should join unon' cracks, which prove that in spite of the long, narrowing struggle of the labor move ment, the history books that are used in the schools do not consider it fit to mention to the children of workers
 Except in the homes of devout union people, the trial of the cordwainers of Philadelphia in l8O7 the Tolpuddle Martyrs in 1854; the Dan bury Hatters; the Duplex Printing Press Co.,, and the International Association of Machinists Busi- ness Agent; the Bedford Stone Cutters; the Lud- low Massacre, and the Homestead incident are completely unknown.
 The same is true of such names as Samuel Gompers; Tom Talbot; Eugene Debs; Kier Hardle; William Liebnecht, and other standout leaders ot Wage-earner movements.
 Are the children of Wage-eraners taught that the conditions, under which the bread-winner of the family works today, the result of the t1nuous and determined struggle of the organized minority in the labor movement, or are they brought up to believe (by deeting all reference to the labor movement from their teachings) that present day standards and conditions for workers are the result of geographical accident?
The union times., 1948-02-21
Editorial lfs High Time Trade Unionists
 Learned Their Oqvn History
From the Mdchi,mstS' Monthly Journal

WHATEVER gains have been made in the
 past for the wage-earner in the United States have been made by that portion of the workers who were organized into unions.
 If these gains are to be maintained and further galns made it will be because the wage-earners renamed with their unions and helped make them stronger.
 That IS a very problematical IF, because of the tact that the wage-earner in the United States, as general rule, looks for membership in a union only when he feels aggrieved or when times are tough
The union times., 1948-02-21
Hartley Still Has
 Itch To Use Club

WASHINGTON - (FP) - The House labor committee opened hear ings Jan. 13 to determine what action it will propose to the House to hold the American Federation of Musicians (AFL) in check while that union seeks to protect the livelihood of its membership against the advance of canned music.
 Chairman Fred Hartley (R., N. J.) said the session was precipitated by the unions ban on recordings after Dec. 3l, l947, and said a ban on radio broadcasting of live music might be- come effective later. A subcommittee after a summer probe had urged the Taft-Hartley Law be amended to cover the AFM's actions.
The union times., 1948-02-21
Round-World Trip
 By AFT. Secretary

On the first flight of its kind in the history of aviation. Secretary Treasurer Irwin R. Kuenzh. of the American Federation of Teachers, and Mrs. Kuenzli left Chicago Febru- ary Y for an educational tour by air around the world. The tour will in c1ude stops at Denver; Los Angeles ; Honolulu; Hawaii; Wake Island !; Tokyo (and other Japanese cities) ; Shanghai, China; Calcutta and Mad ras, India; Karachi, Pakistan; Da- mascus, Syria; Istanbul, Turkey Paris and several cities in Switzer- land, Belgium, England and Ireland.
 In Denver MT. and Mrs. Kuenzli will be guests of the executive boards of the Denver local and the Colorado State Federation of Teachers. In Honolulu Mr. John Owens, A. F. of L. representative, who is member of the Education Board of the Hawaiian Islands, will plan the educational pro- gram Secretary Kuenzli.
 Mir. and Mrs. Kuenzli will stop in China for several days to study edu- cational problems in that troubled country and to confer with classroom teachers and educational leaders.
The union times., 1948-02-21
John F. Killian

The UNION TIMES regrets that it in advertently failed to record the death of John F. Killian, AZ, leading mem Der of the New Haven Plumbers, No. 349. Killian was supervisor of plumb ing for the Board of Education, and died of a heart attack He was a mem Der of the Examining Board of 349, and had been member of its execu- tive board.
 Local 349 was represented at his funeral by Business Manager Stanley Greising John Ryan, retiring presi- dent; and John Nesdale. The New Haven Building Trades Council was represented by Secretary Bernard Gill bride, Electricians Union; and John A. Johnson, Carpenters Union.
The union times., 1948-02-21
us. Families Live on Substandard Scale
People Dig Into Sock To Pay High Prices

The American people have billion dollars less than they had month ago, government reports show This drop in circulating money" is the biggest in history.
 Officials explained it by saying the rising cost of living has forced many people to take more money out of their pockets and hiding places," to pay bills.
 The merchants who get the money turn 1t i'll to banks, thus decreasing the amount of money counted as in circulation"
The union times., 1948-02-21
Clergy Supports Strikers In N. Y.

Niagara Falls OPA)-An Inter Faith Committee of Clergymen repre- senting the Catholic, Protestant and Hebrew religions is supporting strike of the United Chemical Workers against the Carborundun Co. here.
 When the strike started five weeks ago, the committee decided to study the wage dispute "in the interest of the public at large" After several weeks work the clergymen succeeded in get ting the company to reopen negotia- tions but the conference broke down again the same day. Basic issue is a wage raise to meet the high cost of living.
The union times., 1948-02-21
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Congratulations to Local 4O4, New Haven Hotel & Restaurant Elm plOyees. on their dinner-dance held Monday at Sippican House. The place was crowded to capacity. 1t seems that every member of the union, with his wife and/Or sweet heart was there. The affair was the best answer the union could make to the management of HOf-Brau Haus, which is feeling mighty low these days.
 All organized labor extends its deepest sympathy to Saul Kreas, business agent of New Haven Painters, No. I86, upon the death of his sister ill Philadelphia. Be- cause of this sad loss, Kreas was forced to miss the annual banquet of the Painters last Saturday.
 Finding R. H. Macy, giant New York department store, guilty of an unfair labor practice, the NY. State Labor Relations Board declared that giving triple pay to non-strik- CTS during a walk-Out called by LO- cal Is, Retail Wholesale X Dept. Store Employes Union, was viO- Iation of the state little Wagner Act and ordered the practice stopped.
 The store said that the triple pay was for the extra work the scabs had to perform. The board held there was no basis for believing that the employees who remained at work actually did three times as much work.
 It's getting so tough to be nOn- striker that maybe they'll form a Non-Union Protective Assn. to pro- tect their conditions, if this keeps ups
 CLASSIFIED ad in UrbCala GILL; Daily Wini: ''GIRL student desires to share apartment with reliable person. Share expenses. cooperate in every way.
 Since the passage of the Taft Hartley law, many unions with con- tracts containing union shop prOvi- sions signed prior to the laws passage, have been concerned whether reOpening of the contracts for bargaining on specific points, where the contract makes provision for amendments, will invalidate the union shop clauses.
 It is generally believed by law yers in this field that since amend ment of a contract is not the same as a renewal or termination, negO- tiation of amendments to other sec- tiOns of the contract will not affect the validity of union shop clauses.
 However it should be clear that the changes made in the contract are only amendments, and agree ment of the parties on this under standing should be made part of the contract if possible.
 Nowadays, play it safe. Don't take chances.
 Repeal That LG1O: We are more convinced than ever that lot of labor trouble can be avoided by prompt repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. The strike now disturbing the Chicago newspapers and the restive situation developing in the Reming- ton-Rand plants are evidence that the law may not only be what the doctor ordered for employers who want to make unions pOwerless, but is also direct cause of labor trou- ble.-RaiIrOad Trainmen.
The union times., 1948-02-21
Corporations Pile Up Record Profits

Corporations continue to report re- cord profits.
 The International Harvester Com pany which makes machines for tanners, dlScloSes that its profits more than doubled from 22,326,OOO in 1946 to 48,469,OOO in 1947, the highest in its history.
 The United States Steel Corpora ton, largest concern in its industry, reports its l947 profits as $126,7O4O0O, the highest since the boom year 1929,
The union times., 1948-02-21
Can You Help |?

Stanley Creising, business manager of New Haven Local 349, Plumbers, is being evicted from his home on Thursday, February l9. He has been un- able to find a rent, and the family will have to be split up.
 MT. and Mrs. Creising have two children, aged 10 and l6. Can you help? If so, call Creis- ing at his office, 5-5O86, or at his home, 6-7782.
The union times., 1948-02-21

First US. labor paper with any copies still on file is the Mechanics Free Press, started in Philadelphia ill 1927.
The union times., 1948-02-21
Big Coal Profits

Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Com pany-the worlds largest commercial producer of soft coal-doubled its prohtS in l947. Evidently John Lewis miners haven't ruined that business
The union times., 1948-02-21

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: Re- mind me to have these brakes cilecked-tOmorrow
The union times., 1948-02-21

Look for the Union Label
The union times., 1948-02-21

TOTAL 9,O89 $195,442.41
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
CamiSOleS Are Popular
Under Sheer BlouSeS

CamlSOleS Are Popular
Under Sheer Blouses
Almost every good looking or
candle blouse that is being sold,
comes with a camisole. Take the
tip if you're planning to make
frilly blouse, and make camisole
to wear underneath it. To be in
high fashion, make it fit beautifully.
have wide straps on it and pretty
ribbon that you can run through the
lace or eyelet.
Or if you are wearing white gloves
wear underneath sheer dresses,
especially those with sheer tops,
you'll be right in step with the times
il you make that with a camisole
attached.
Slips naturally are longer to fit
the longer dresses now being worn,
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
Electric Fence May Kill;
Safety Precautions Listed


Electric fences take their toll Of
human lives every year. Most vic
TINS are children. Also, many ami
mails are killed. Listed below are
some Of the safety rules recon-
mended by the National Safety
council.
Do not use homemade electric
fence controllers; they are not safe.
No fence should be energized
from any electric source except
through an approved controller,
one that meets the safety STAN
dards Of a recognized agency. It is
important that the controller Is
properly installed with good ground
and lightning protection.
Do not tamper with the control
Ter. If it needs servicing return It to
the manufa cturer or have repairs
made by factory-authorized rep
resentative.
Teach children not to tamper or
play with an electric fence.
Avoid locating an electric fence
where the charged wire and a good
ground such as a pipe line, pump,
stock tank, pond, irrigation ditch,
or other normally wet ground can
be contacted at the same time.
Identify electric fences, especial
1y those near buildings, property
lines, or roads with prominent
signs.
Provide insulated gate grips for
opening and closing gates.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02

so you'll have to take this into con-
sideration If you are using old pat
terms.
Half slips are made as pretty as
the camisoles for many of them
come with at least one flounce at
the hem, and others with a lot Of
eyelet decorated with ribbon Of
course, done up in a nice full ruffle.
Dark half slips are popular under
billowy skirts and these frequently
have a gay plaid flounce on them,
a good idea for lengthening some
too short half slips you may al
ready have.
Skirts are being tucked up in one
or two places just slightly to show
off the pretty flounce underneath,
and you'll find it a very pretty
touch for teen-aged daughter.
Here Are Tips
For Basic Dresses
In case your basic dress has be-
come just little weary you can
dress it up with nice simple touches.
The first and easiest idea con-
sists Of changing the buttons. Elabo-
rate, jeweled buttons are high fash
ion and can do much to decorate
simple dress.
Another very smart idea for the
older or younger woman is the use
of stole with a dark dress. Choose
some material in a nice print, or il
you want to be more dramatic. a
nice stripe with glorious shades Of
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
LYNN SAYS:
Here's Tips on Canning
Vegetables at Home

All vegetables contain engines
which cause various changes in col
or, flavor and texture. To the home
Gamer the most obvious sign Of
enzymatic activity is that Of food
turning dark on top of the jar.
If you can beets, choose those
that have deep, red color through
out. Neither skin tap root nor the
stems should be broken before the
heets are precooked.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02

Beets which do not have an even
distribution of coloring usually viii
have better color if pared, cut and
precooked for five minutes before
canning. They reabsorb color when
handled this way.
II your canned corn has a brown
ish cast, this usually is due to
cancellation. Prevent this by
using juicy corn, plenty Of water
and correct processing.
Choosing the vegetables carefully
and careful handling will give de-
sired results in home canning.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02

AS welcome as a summer breeze
"a youthful, charming puffed
sleeve frock that's so easy to sew,
80 simple to care for. It's cut all
in one piece with drawstring at the
waist for snugness.
Pattern No. 8181 is for sizes IL,
IL, 13, IA, 16, 18 and 20. Size IL, 25s
yards Of 39-inch.
The Spring and Summer FA-
SE1ION offers a wealth of sewing
ideas for the home dressmaker.
Free knitting instructions and free
pattern printed inside the book. Is
cents.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02

Perk up dress with eopeIet
This may be eyelet or lace, In
single or double fri1ly row.
Eyelet or lace is particularly ef-
fective if you are going to wear
gloves with dress that Is similarly
trimmed.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
LYNN CHAMBERS MENU

Roast Fresh Pork Butt
Drowned Potatoes
Quick-Cooked Cabbage
Salad of Mixed Greens
Apple Pie with Cheese Crust
Beverage Bread and Butter
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
Here's Your Vegetable Canning Guide
(See directions below
Coming Time

IT'S TIME to roll up those sleeves
again and start taking out canning
equipment. The corn is sweet and
tender, the pea pods are full and
green, and carrots are still In that
nice young, crisp stage - all OF
which makes them can-worthy.
It's not a good idea to wait too
long before putting up vegetables
because the produce gets too old
and, as you know, canning merely
preserves, it works no wrinkle
smooth or restores no color to old
vegetables.
When you want a good product
from the can, start with superior
material. That means fresh from
the garden produce, two hours from
garden to can, if you can manage
it. Here are some tips to select
good produce:
Asparagus should be tender,
green and freshly cut. If possible
cut when it is no more than five
inches tall so the ends of the stalks
will have a minimum Of woody
fiber.
Only freshly picked green beans
should be used as they dry easily
upon standing. If you pick your
own, then get them after the dew
Is of. Shapely, beautifully green
ones can be canned whole.
Lima beans should be almost
mature but still green in color as
well as being very sweet and
tender. II immature, they lack
flavor; if too old, they are like dried
lima beans.
Young beets, the size Of golf
ball. are ideal for canning. Be care
full not to break the skin or tap the
roots OF the beets in order to pre-
serve the color.
ONLY SWEET CORN can be
used for canning. To select the
3 best corn for canning push finger.
nail sharply into the corn kernel If
the milk is thin and sweet, the corn
is perfect for canning. When the
milk is thick, the corn is past the
canning stage.
Carrots, when right for canning,
are sweet and, tender. The young
carrots which are about three
fourths of an inch in diameter make
the best canned product.
In canning green's, select only
tender young produce with undam-
aged leaves, and have them fresh
1y picked or at least as fresh as
possible. Don't use old produce with
large tough stems and midribs.
To test for tenderness in oikra,
pierce a pod with the thunbnan
and il it cuts through easily the
vegetable is ripe.
Peas will not wait for canning
because it takes only few hours
for peas to develop from the right
stage, which is tender, sweet and
slightly immature, to the point
where they are starchy and not as
good tasting. Gather pods early in
the morning, selecting those which
are very green and crisp and well
filled with peas.
PLAN TO HAVE all canning
equipment ready by the time you
go after your produce so that you
can bring it into the house and start
it on its way. II you just have to
60 out into the garden to pick the
vegetables you can even start your
water boiling for the precooking.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-02

Have the jars and covers washed
and sterilized. The jars may be in
verted on a clean towel after ster-
ilizing, so they'll be in readiness to
fill.
Have water in the pressure cook
er. You can start this heating as
soon as you come in because there's
not very much water needed. Nat
urally, you have checked the pres
sure cooker previously to make GER
tain it closes properly and that the
pressure gauge works too.
Cleaning equipment such as ket-
ties and colanders, pairing knives
and other things also should be
ready.
WASH FOODS before cutting.
stemming or hulling. You'll prob
ably need several changes Of water
for absolute cleanliness. Handle
the vegetables gently and lift them
out Of the water rather than pour
ing it off them. Discard any
spoiled vegetables during washing.
Try to use the same sized pieces
for each jar. Those vegetables
which are outsized may be cut up
rather than canned whole.
Then prepare as necessary for
each vegetable. cutting green
beans, shelling peas, scraping car
rots, ct cetera.
Precook or blanch (immerse IN
hot water) long enough to shrink
or wilt the vegetables to get bet
ter pack. Vegetables may be placed
in cheesecloth sack and immersed
in boiling water.
Fill sterile jars to within one inch
of the top. Then add boiling water
to within one-haf inch Of the top.
One teaspoon Of salt to each quart
also may be added before the water
is poured in.
Adjust lids according to manu-
facturers' directions.
Place the rack in the bottom OF
the pressure cooker and set the
jars on it. Leave a little space be-
tween the jars so that the steam
can circulaee freely. Only enough
jars to fit in the pressure cooker
should be prepared at one time.
Adjust the pressure cooker cover
and screw down the safety valve.
Steam should be allowed to escape
only through the petcock.
Allow the petcock to remain open
from seven to 10 minutes, counting
from the time the steam begins to
escape steadily. Close the petcock.
Allow the pressure to come with
in two or three pounds Of the de-
sired amount, then lower hsat. This
prevents overshooting the desired
pressure mark.
Count processing time from the
moment the gauge registers the
desired pounds of pressure. Have
pressure remain as constant as pos
sible SO you neither oveRcook or
underprocess your food.
Jars may be removed with a
litter onto layers Of newspapers or
cloth. Keep them away from drafts.