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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921.
WORKERS MUST DEFEAT FORD FOR
MAYOR
The New Haven city election will be held on Tuesday next, clos
ing a campaign that for bitterness, mud-slinging, ana malignity, mat
has seldom if ever been equalled here. The issue is clear, or should
be to the workers generally whether they be an Organized Labor
member or not. It is not a question of partisan politics, or whether
the democrats or republicans will conduct the city affairs, but one
solely whether the voters of this fair city will allow "the Invisible
government" that ruled the city in the past under republican admin
istration to be restored.
For four years now the cJty has enjoyed an open and above
board administration under Mayor David E. FitzGerald. The ma
yor's office has been in City Hall and not down in a corset shop on
Olive Street. It should stay there and the man in it be the actual
mayor, as Mayor FitzGerald is, and not a figure head to jump when
some boss behind pulls the strings, even if it happens to be a corset
string. ...,
Frederick L. Ford, who is the republican nominee against Mayor
FitzGerald, while professing to be a self-thinking and independent
man, has shown during the campaign that he hasn't even been al
lowed to do his own thinking but, according to reports coming direct
from the Republican Club, has to ask "The Colonel" what he will
say in his speeches and how he will say it. Ford's record in the
legislature also shows that he is ready and willing to, bow at the
snap of the master's whip. He jammed through legislation there that
took away from the people here, the right they had fought years to
secure and it isn't strange now that these things bob up so serenely
for use by the republican machine, headed by the Ullman trio. There
can be no two guesses about how he would act if fate should elect
him mayor. He was brought here by Colonel Ullman and has been a
good and faithful servant to the colonel ever since so what guarantee
has "the people, that if mayor, he wouldn't continue to take orders
from Olive Street.
The issue has come right down to whether the city wants Fitz
Gerald and open and above board conduct of city affairs or whether
it wants Ford as a figurehead in City Hall with Ullman again running
the city. The people have twice repudiated the boss rule of Ullman
and his little band of lietitenants and did it soundly. It should do
so again on Tuesday next and make it so emphatic that Ullmanism
will be down and out in New Haven for ever after. The colonel is
fighting for his political life for he well knows that a third defeat for
him locally means his being thrown out of state politics. He's on
the skids statewise now, and the ways are all greased to send him
overboard into political oblivion, which accounts for the asperity and
bitterness with which he has been attacking Mayor FitzGerald per
sonally. The Organized working men and women should stake especial
pains to see to that end. Ullman has always been a bitter antagonist
of Organized Labor. His mannikin this year, Ford, showecT by his
vote and support of the anti-strike bill in the legislature, that he too
is a foe of the organized worker and the unorganized worker as well,
as that nefarious bill would have throttled all liberties of the work
ers generally. They stand together and should be downed together.
There is only one safe and sure way of doing that and that is to
go to the polls next Tuesday and return Mayor FitzGerald and his
administration right down to the last alderman in the 33 wards as
juggled by Ford and Ullman in the legislature. It is not enought to
elect Mayor FitzGerald. He must have the council with him if he
is to continue to give the city the splendid administration he has given
in the past. . Before and since his election he proved himself a friend
of the people and despite the calumines heaped upon him by Col.
Ullman and Ford's paid experts,' the people realize that fact and will
undoubtedly return him to office.
In that way only is the safety and future well-being of the city
ensured. Vote early and vote to oust boss rule and invisible govern
ment from New Haven for ever.
ORGANIZED LABOR MUST LEAD
There can be no question but that to organized labor of America
falls the mission of leading in the great movement of guarding the
human and civil rights of all the workers the right' to organize, to
cease work, to dispose of patronage, to bargain collectively with em
ployers, to speak freely, to peaceably assemble, and to petition the
government for redress of grievances.
There are no other means than organized labor by which labor
may make known its needs, its aims or its purposes. Without this
voice to speak for it, it is beyond the power of man to conceive what
the present condition of labor would be, or what the condition of the
country would be were the plans for the general run of labor haters
put into practice.
This thought in the minds of stout-hearted and far-seeing men
and women of the labor movement moves them to greater activity in
their endeavor to impress the truth upon the people.
This thought, on the other hand, inspires the weak to look with
hope to this labor movement to stay the hand of the strong, which
they feel will oppress them unless a force from their own ranks rises
up in their defense.
This fear of oppression is historically sound. The strong have
always crushed the weak. The strong instituted serfdom, they estab
lished slavery, they imposed long hours of labor, thev naid low warns.
they founded the "pluck-me" company stores, they exploited the
'labor of children, they robbed the women workers in the factories,
they have done everything that could be done to oppress the weak.
Organized labor has come to their rescue and has remained on
guard in the hte-savmg station. It has sponsored nearlv everv law
on the statute books of nearly every state to protect the weak against
ucjug preyeu upon oy tne strong.
urganizea laoor is true to its historical mission. The men and
women of labor know that the safety of the toilers for today, and
their hopes of liberty for the future, are centered in the organized
muur movement oi our country, its highest expectations can be
realized, and its great trust can be discharged through the co-operation
of all the workers.
The logic of the industrial situation should impel every trade
unionist, every representative of organized effort of the workers to
use all the powers with which nature has gifted him or her to unite
the forces of labor in a solid phalanx, not only to repel attacks di
rected against the labor movement, but to march steadily forward to
the attainment of the rights to which the workers are entitled
THE CLOSED SHOP
This is an expression that should not be confined to labor unions
alone, as it applies to business and professional organizations as well
The merchants join the manufacturers' association, for their pro
tection and the outside world knows nothing that goes on behind
their closed doors.
What would become of the bankers if they did not join the
Bankers Association and contribute to the American Defense
League ? SB
If the doctor hangs out his sign and begins practicing medicine
without Joining the Medical Society, he is not considered ethicaf
and should the lawyer attempt to practice and not join the "Bar
Association," he would not get very far
i M T0fKthese .are ' ' Closl d ShP ' ' institutions, but when the mem
bers of labor unions say they will not work with those who do not
belong to their organization, it is heralded as a crime and the business
and professional associations advocate their destruction by law
Qfo-umrket or Gfmnpetitor
In many things we do, .time is our principal competitor.
The "wait-until-tomorrow" habit prevents many
from saving, but once you start a savings ac
count time helps to increase the total.
Time goes whether or not your savings account grows.
Remember you can never put things over by putting them
off.
57 CHURCH STREET
HI cm her 3Fei)eral ffieacruc System
MANUFACTURERS ASK
TARIFF RELIEF MOVE
Connecticut Association to Urge
Safeguarding of Industry
at Conference.
The following resolution, dealing
with the present status of tariff legis
lation in Congress, was unanimously
adopted by the board of directors and
executive committee of the Manufac
turers' Association of Connecticut at
its meeting last week in Hartford:
"Resolved: That in view of the de
pressed condition of American indus
try, and the unprecedented deprecia
tion of currencies in countries seek
ing to sell their products in the
markets of the United States, it is in
our opinion desirable that the pend
ing tariff legislation, including the
American valuation provisions, b'e
completed by Congress at the earliest
possible moment; and that it be
further
"Resolved, That, if in the judgment
of Congress it be impracticable soon
to take final action on the permanent
tariff bill already passed by the
House of Representatives, we urge
that temporary relief and protection;
be afforded American industries by
(a) Applying the American valua
tion provision to the Underwood tar-
ff law now in effect, or
"(b) Amending the emergency tar
iff act now in force so as to limit the
extent of depreciation of foreign cur
rencies to be recognized in the assess
ment of ad valorem duties on im
ported goods."
The situation with respect to tarin
legislation, and the present prospect
that final action may be deferred until
next year, was set forth in legisla
tive bulletin No. 109, of September
7. The vote of the directors now is
in line witn ineir previous acnun m
favor of the American valuation pro-
visions 01 tne roraney tarin dim. in
the meantime, the tax revision bill
has gained the precedence over tarin
legislation, and importers and retail
distributors have conducted a-vigorous
campaign against the American
valuation plan and the Fordney bill
generally. Copies of the above reso
lution are being sent to Connecticut
members of Congress, and also to
members of the Senate finance com
mittee. The directors and executive com
mittee, at their meeting, authorized
the presentation of their resolution at
the convention of manufacturers tto
be held in Chicago, September 29-30,
under the auspices of the national
conference of State Manufacturers'
Association, for the purpose of de
veloping the views of industry on
tariff, taxation and transportation
issues, the association be officially
represented at this convention ,and it
was the sense of the meeting that the
personal attendance of members of
the association, especially those most
interested in the tariff, is desirable.
Members who will attend the Chi
cago meeting are requested to advise
this office accordingly, if they have
not already- done so.
Among those announced as speak
ers at the Chicago convention are
the following:
Tariff.
Congressman Joseph W. Fordney
of Saginaw, Michigan, chairman of
the ways and means committee,
House of Representatives.
Walter Camp, of the New Haven
Clock Company, New Haven, Conn.
William Burgess, of the U. S. tariff
commission, Washington, D. C.
Judge Marion PeVrics, court of
customs appeals, Washington, 1). C.
Taxation.
William H. Stackhouse, of French
& Hecht, Springfield, Ohio.
C. A. Andrews, president of the
Associated Industries of Massachu
setts. Hon. Ira C. Copley, of the ways
and means committee, House of Rep
resentatives. Transportation.
Judge R. M. Harton, chairman of
the J. S. railroad labor "board.
E. R. I.eigh, president of the Chi
cago Railway Equipment Company,
Chicago, 111.
Clarence E. Bement, president and
general manager of the Novo Engine
Company, Lansing, Mich.
A. C. Davis, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Gurncy Ball
Bearing Company, lamestown, New
York. " "
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HUGE LUNCH PROFITS.
Boston, Sept. 30. Average gross
profits of .more than 200 per cent,
have been made by armchair lunch
rooms in this state, according to the
commission on necessaries of life. In
some instances profits have been
found to run as high as 500 per cent.
IN EW HAVEN
(The Hartford Courant.)
Still admitting that we shall not see
last night's New Haven papers until this
morning's mail is at hand, we have to
record that according to the latest copies
received of the "Register" and of the
"Times-Leader," both are still roosting
on the . fence regarding the choice of
mayor of the Elm City. The "J-C" has
come out for FitzGerald, the "Union"
was, of course, for him, and, when peo
ple ask what papers are for our former
Hartford citizen, Representative Ford,
we have to report none up to date.
There's
knows.
a reason Ask Ford He
PICKETS AND BENEFITS
(From the Boston Transcript.)
From courts in New York and Massa
chusetts come, on the safe day, decisions
which greatly restrict the lengths to
which strikers under certain circum
stances may go in their egorts to win
their battles. The New ork judge asks
"Why picket at all ? Why not leave the
plaintiff alone, as it desires, and permit
the pickets to employ themselves at some
useful and commendable occupation?
the judge in the Massachusetts case
not only enjoins the strikers from picket
ing, but he forbids the payment of strike
benefits by the union of which they are
members for the purpose of maintaining
a conspiracy against the plaintiff.
In the New York case, ,that of the A
D. Reed Company against the Fancy
Leather Goods Workers Union, Mr.
Justice Strong of the Supreme Court took
occasion to speak of the necessity of im
pressing upon the minds of immigrants
the fact that industry in this country is
onen to all on the common ground of
equal iky. He called attention to the
presence among the defendants of many
foreigners who should be made to real
ize that American institutions stand fof
liberty with justice to all, and he held
that in the case before him, picketing,
even if it was characterized as of the
peaceful variety, was an infringement of
the liberty of the plaintiff corporation
and its present employes. Consequently
he not only asked, Why picket? but he
decreed that in this case there should
be no more of it. His decision might,
nerhans. be described as a lesson in
x s
Americanization.
In the Massachusetts case, Mr. Jus
THE OPEN SHOT
The Colonel summoned John Q. Tilson, his congressman from
Washington, to help elect Ford mayor. He also brought John Q.
here to help Campner and Haggerty and look what happened to them.
The congressman's secretary, Ray McCuen, was sent on ahead to
write Ford's campaign attacks on Mayor Fitztferald. lie had tne
assistance of Assistant City Attorney Farley so 'tis said, but between
the two of them, and Col. Ullman 's news censorship, not much harm
was done.
Yale opened officially the other night with a false alarm of fire
from Sheff. town, which brought out all sorts of apparatus because
of the private box.
The Fords are having a hard time of it these days. Henry was
fired out of the senate this week when he tried to get in and Fred is
going to be fired out of the mayoralty contest next Tuesday.
Too bad Mayor FitzGerald and Alderman John Frank Sullivan
didn't call that special meeting of the aldermen after Col. Ullman had
summoned his republican henchmen on the board and dictated the
letter Mancel Rice carried over to city hall. The colonel found out
again he is not running the city to suit himself any longer.
The trolley company admits again that it cannot furnish ade
quate service or seats for passengers but still insists that the jitneys
should not be allowed to compete with them. "The public be damned
again" is the attitude.
The appointment of Former President Taft as chief justice of
the Supreme Court certainly adds weight to that body 200 or 300
pounds at least.
The New Haven Road's coffers are being filled again, says the
report. Yet the road wants to take another crack at the wages and
hours of its employes. The water is again coming to the top of the
stock pile, evidently.
About the worst punishment that could be visited on a Con
gressman would be to compel him to listen to some of his own
speeches. Like those Tilson delivered here last night, for instance.
Senator Hugh McCahey is a good fellow alright, but he picked
out the wrong man when he endeavored to heckle Mayor FitzGerald
the other night.
Two prisoners at the New Haven jail don't like the institution,
they told the court. That's certainly strange, because Jailer Ed.
Keating used to take some prisoners auto riding a short time ago.
Mayor FitzGerald is a mud slinger, declaims Col-. Ullman. Some
of the mud, if it is mud, evidently stuck where it was intended to.
tice Pierce of the Supreme Judicial
Court, after finding that individual con
tracts made with its employes by the
Springfield Foundry Company were law
ful, and the strike was for an illegal
purpose, made the injunction against the
members of the International Moulders'
Union of North America and local union
127 sufficiently sweeping not only to in
clude picketing but to forbid "the pay
ment of strike benefits or -other emolu
ments to any persons for the purpose of
maintaining a conspiracy against the
plaintiff." The strike began in January,
when one hundred employes of the com
pany refused to sign the individual con
tracts which it offered them.
Here are cases going to show that cer
tain practices which have been generally
followed, and have come to be regarded
by a great many people as a matter of
course during strikes, may be found by
the courts to be for illegal purposes and
so brought to a summary end. But it
is to be remembered that a degree in
equity si moulded to fit the facts of the
particular case. A strike involves con
certed action, and if that action be taken
for an illegal purpose, the courts may go
far in seeing to it that the concert of ac
tion is broken up and an end is put to
the effort to interfere with the business
of the former employers of the strikers.
If the judge is satisfied that the payment
of strike benefits is intended or calculated
to aid the strikers in what is declared to
be a conspiracy, then such benefits are
likely to fall within the scope of the in
junction decree.
Consequently such cases as those now
under discussion are not to be understood
as indicating that an end is to be put to
all picketing, and that payment of strike
benefits is to become a thing of the past.
They serve to show, however, that strik
ers have no inalienable rights to the use
of such weapons. They are not to be
used to further strikes when the come
within the category of conspiracies de
signed for the injury of men and con
cerns engaged in lawful business, and of
their employes.
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