Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

stand back and learn something.
With this ingratiating flourish
I salute the Most Rev. Russell
]. MCVinncy, bishop Of PrOvi-
dence, r. l., q cleric who has
kept In mind the fact that lar
Ceny is truly democratic
trait, more often found in poor
than rich because there are
more Of them, and will not con-
cede that cheating practised by
a group Of bricklayeFs entails
only an academic impersOnal
guilt.
Bishop Mckinney is a real good
man. He may be envelOped in fog
but he isn't lest. The fog is.
In recent weeks, he has gone be-
fore the state convention Of the A.
F. Of L. ana soon afterWard the
state convention of the c. /. O., and
told them TO their teeth, shaming
the paltry colnterfeits Of the ma
tional government and the eager
apple-shiners of both parties who
have been telling such buns how
fine they are and how high their
motives. It may be hoped that
among the Catholic clergy, at least,
the mistaken tolerance Of personal
cheating as fair conduct in a class
war will now be lifted.
I herewith lift
CRITICIZED "ProViden e.
THE some text from the
SHOWDOWN Brooklyn tablet:
Most Rev. Russell J.
Mckinney, bishop Of Providence,
criticized the showdown in the build
ing trades yesterday and charact-
arized its perpetrators as drones
and raCketeers."
And the back Of me hand to you,
CarmOdy, with your whine that
ooh, your back is hur-r-rted.
Before 800 delegates to the llth
i annual state convention Of the
= Rhode Island CIO, the prelate char
y ged that the man who dogs the Job
= ; on hospital, an orphanage, or an
= old folks home is stealing from
the poor, the needy, the sick and
the infirm.' ."
Yes, and the chair will put
. in that the dirty thief is steal
> ing also from the decent citizen
who has the charity to donate q
: hundred dollars to the hospital.
. That is rObbing the tambOuTine
and it is done every day all over
g the country under the sign Of
e the A. F. Of l.. through the slow
e down and featherbedding rules.
le I" I think that is an unforgivable
r SIM " he declared.
d ' Rhode Island bricklayers (ant
s. Massachusetts and New York
bricklayers end union bricklayers
all over) are now laying only 4Ol
brick a day in comparison with /,
500 or 1000 laid by their predeces
sors,' he said. Meanwhile, the wage
scale has largely increased "
Recently, BishoI
GAMBLED Mckinney told the A
AT F. Of L. state conven
WORK ton that some Of th
members had sho
crap while being paid $3.50 an hou
while working on church buildin
TX projects.
en- g This desreputable condition re
n. fleets on all Of you, on all labor
n he said. They are discrediting UI
es ganized labor and organized labu
IN may live to regret it.
an ''The speaker stressed that on
tie diocesan building projects the
N showdown artist wasn't stealing
1t from me- but rather from the
re, hardwOrking people Of Rhode
le. Island whose contributions 10
the church make the cOnstFuc-
'er tiOn possible.
I'D
lrs The church has a number Of or
I'D jects in view and he would like
feel that when these are started Il
men win give an honest days wor
pa - I maintain that that is wronI
Id, very wrong; that is unjust; that
nd not being fair / have knowledge
es- other faults that are even more gro
at but think win not mention the
now. But we 90 know that on son
raj buildings jobs we are being fleec,
lch by workmen who do not have a &C
rect conscience.