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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
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Mrs. O'Dell Of Richland, visited with
Edna Keene over the week end.
Mrs. c. L. Burris was at Lind last
week, the house guest of her daughter
Mrs. Hooper.
The Rummy club met with Mrs. A.
E. GLASGOW on Wednesday evening
This club meets every two weeks. The
last meeting was with Mrs. A. c.
Boldt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-22

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

l The cost of making the change has been exaggerated. The Government reported in 1912 that if every de partment in steel plant should go to three shifts the whole expense would not exceed three per cent. Only the labor costs, of cours. is affected and only part of the whole force are l at $40 a ton, the whole labor cost of making it is SIPS, of which about 83 cents is paid to shift workers. So that if the direct expense of abandon ing the long day were shaded 5o-5o with the men, the whole cost to the manufacturer could not be more than 2I cents, or one-half of I per cent of the selling price.
 The long day in steel has socio- logical interest somewhat out of pro- portion to it's technical importance in the whole process of steel-making It will be recalled that those depart ments fthe United States Steel Cor poration and the larger independent steel manufacturers-like Bethlehem, Midvale, Jones & Laughlin, of Pitts burg gh-where the average I2-hour day is prevalent-are non-union, while the fabricating departments, where one finds shorter hours, are largely
 
 afford the unions a strong talking point? The change in working hours from 12 to eight cannot advantage ously be made by fiat. It should be brought about as the result of a care. fully predetermined plan in which the workers are allowed to share the re- sponsibility for end results.
 The very imagination through which on the mechanical side iron and steel manufacture has been trans formed-with their mammoth cauld- rons and giant cranes-only empha- sizes the failure on the human side. Traditional methods, thumb-rule and waste are the inevitable accompani- ments of long hours. No adequate foremanship or leadership is possible with men working IA hours on a stretch amid incessant and excessive turmoil, the constant necessity for watchfulness against injury and not grave danger. The high CT the mechaica1 development of the industry the greater the need for mnn kept physically and mentally fit.
 The long day in steel persists sim ply because it is one of the moves of the industry-it is a phase of its almost sub-conscious life Among the hundreds of individuals associated with the industry who have been making inquiries, practically every one expressed himself not only as 1 against the long day but as con vinced that it must go. It will be l an interesting study to see how much | longer an institution which has com Dletely outlived it's usefulness will be tolerated.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
Why the Long Day in Steel? An Uneconomic and Inhumane Practice Which
 Ought to Be Banished From the Industry.


The steel industry continues to tol
 crate the average I2-hour day fo
 some I5o,ooo employees, though 1t ha
 been largely abandoned by other in
 dustries in this country and abolished 1 by the steel and other continuous
 process industries in foreign coun
 tries Then, too, these long hour
 are worked seven days in the weel
 except by those who are employed il
 the United States Steel Corporation ! which company now gives one day rest in seven.
 The strongest argument in favor
 of doing away with the long day ir steel, with it's IA hours on the night turn and 24 hours once in two weeks at the change of the shift, is the very
 simple one that such a working day is too long The mind of the com
 munity is made up on that point With time added for going to and coming from work, for meals and for
 sleep, almost nothing is left for a family life and other forms of recrea- ton and sociality.
 President Harding was only voic- ing the spirit of the times when in writing few weeks ago to the Fed erated Engineers he said: "The I2-hour day and the type of worker it produces have outlived their use fulness" and must go "in the interest of good citizenship, of good business and economic stability" Fortunately, through studies carried on by various engineering agencies during the last two years, 1t has been fully estab- lished that the I2-hour day can be abandoned-again using President Hardings' words" without either economic or financial disturbance to the progress of American industry"
 The long, day is prevalent princi- pally around blast and open-hearth {urnares whihh must be operated con- tinuously. To allow their fires to go out always means heavy loss and sohetimes ruin of the equipment. The long day has it's origin in the vir- tual necessity of working men either in eight or I2 hour shifts as mul tipels of the 24 day. On machines or other work which can be carried on intermittently it has been possi- ble to shorten the working day gradually. Because on these continu- ous processes any change almost. al ways means a drop from I2 to eight hours the long day has persisted.
 Beginning with the activities of the Engineers Club, various agencies have investi- gated the long day from every con engineering and economic angle and have exploded every one of the technical reasons which have been advanced for its continuance About 20 steel plants have already gone to the shorter day and are sat isfed with the results. The labor turnover has been shown to be much less when on three shifts than on two shifts. This is the best index one could have as to whether the workers prefer 12 to eight hours. The in- creased efficiency of men working the shorter day has been established
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
RECOMMENDS THAT STRIKEBREAKERS
 BE DEPORTED

| Jeremiah J. Hurley of the inmlgra-
 ton bureau, who conducted the hear
 ing in Boston in the cases of the three i German strikebr eakers who were ar
 rested in Hartford a few weeks ago, has recommended that the men be de- ported.
 The men, Fritz Unger, Johannes Richter and Kurt Zazana, had been working in the East Hartford repair shops of the New Haven road and were arrested in Hartford following an investigation ordered by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis upon com plaint made to the labor secretary by railway union officials that German and English mechanics were being imported to fill the places of the striking shopmen.
 Tickets of the strikers on duty near the East Hartford shops were first attracted b ythe strange dress of the three men who reported for work wearing parts of the German army and naval uniforms, familiar sight few years ago to great many ot the men doing picket duty. The mat fer was at once reported to Chair man John C. Ready and the executive board in New Haven and thorough investigation was started by them. The investigation disclosed the fact that while the Germans had gotten into the country ostensibly to visit relatives" in Meriden, they had in fact, according to the strikers, been brought here directly contrary to the immigrant contract law.
 Complaint was made to the imml- grafton authorities and when action was not taken as speedily as the strikers desired, they put the matter up to Secretary Davis who immedi- ately ordered the investigation with the results as stated above.
 The cases of the three men are now pending before the board of review i in Washington which will decide whether the recommendations will be made effective
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

as dishwasher. At the end of one days work he and his partner quit and demand their pay. But the pro- prietor, Kella Pasha, pays by the week and refuses to come across. However, when the two employees start trouble, he does kick through" he kicks them through the door in to the street.
 Back they come for more and the restaurant employees and customers witness a thrilling battle of crockery. Under the circumstances, the custom CTS make for the door And so, after 10 minutes of thrills and expert dodg- ing, poor throwing and crashing pot teries, while the cameras turned and the cameraman and director prayed no dishes would sail his way, the battle came to an end and was recoBd- ed as history. Eva Novak heads the supporting cast
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
GREAT BATTLE; DISHES
 FLY IN MAKING A MAN

The battle of Murphy's joint has been fought-and lost! It has taken it's place in history, along with the Waterloo and the Battle of Gettys- burg
 General Ka1la Pasha Murphy of the victors has been decorated and carries his decoration in plain sight 1t is a black eye.
 General Jack Holt Winsby of the vanquished lay broken-hearted and breathless. The battle was fought in a restaurant, with pots and pans, dishes and cups, as weapons. It forms one of the most Imaginable, thrilling and unusual situation ever photo graphed and adds further entertain ment to Making Man." a Para mount picture starring Jack Holt and directed by Joseph Henabery, which will be shown at the Rialto Theatre for three days beginning Thursday next
 In the picture, Jack secures job
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
NEW HAVEN SHORT
 OF COAL; 800 TONS IN CEDAR HILL YARDS

While New Haven shivers from the lack of coal, some $50 tons of an thracite loaded in II gondolas stand idle at the Cedar Hill yards of the New Haven road because of the lack of power to move it, declares state ment issued by striking shop crofts- men.
 The numbers of the cars and the roads to which they belong are claimed as follows: 4,5o8 and 7o,o85 of the Philadelphia & Reading; ST. I3o of the Central New Jersey, and 3,I5o, 6I,137, 1874, Io,436, 88,2o4, 74,2o7, 85,oIo, and 72,I68 of the New Haven road.
 Strikers claim that this train of coal has lain in the Cedar Hill yards for over two weeks without any in dications, of movement. Claim is the passenger trains running has sac The three recent storms have served further the state of complete paraly- ss that the road is rapidly approach ing, claim the strikers.
 John Kelley of Boston, chairman of the Carmen of America, addressed the meeting of strikers held at Trades Council hall and told of the condition of the New Haven road in and around Boston.
 He said that road officials in the Hub City are literally deluged daily with complaints and protestations of the s9rvice that the road is giving them.
 In Providence, MT. Kelley said that he found conditions in an utterly de- plorable state. He added that the train on which he had travelled from Boston to New London had lost two and one-half hours in transit Five engines were required to haul the train to the Whaling City.
 William H. Dudley, international vice-president of the Garments as- sociation, spoke on the conditions l throughout the New England states | generally MT. Dudley was most op- timistic of the strike on the Boston l & Maine, and thought that the New l Haven would soon fall in line
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
STAMFORD BUTCHERS
 ELECT OFFICERS
Especial to The Labor News.)

Stamford, Jan. I2.-Decided1y en- joyable, as we'll as profitable and in teresting, the meeting of the Butch
 ers' Union, held Monday night, was
 well attended, the members turning
 out in large numbers. It was the date
 for the election of officers and a
 smoker and entertainment had been
 arranged. Few, if any, of the mem
 bers realized that there was so much
 talent among the membership, but
 now they are looking forward to many good times. Charles Green wald, manager of the Trojan Beef Co.,, and Arthur Ferris, rendered sev- eral enjoyable selections on the piano and violin; Bro. George Smith of the Ideal Market delighted with songs and comments, accompanied by Ed. Goldberg, while Ed. Cashen and Charles Mock delighted all with monologues and music.
 The following officers were elected: President, Chas A. Mock, re-elected; Michael Neville; fnan- cial secretary, Charles F. Hoffkins, reelected; corresponding secretary, Charles F. Hofkins, re-elected;. re- cording secretary, Edward Goldberg; treasurer, Elmer P Nichols, re-elect- ed; trustees, John McPeake, Ed. | Cashen, Felix Reilly; delegates to Central Labor Union, Chas. Hoffkins, | M. Neville, Ed Goldberg.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
Missing Millions" Great Crook
 Picture
Alice Brady Star in Delightful Para mount Photoplay of
 Underworld.

Crook stories have a fascination all | their own, whether in book, on stage or screen; and when they are we'll
 done, they are fairly certain to SUD- ply interesting entertainment. Miss 1 ing Millions," Paramount picture
 starring Alice Brady, which comes to l the Rialto Theatre next Monday, has been excellently produced and is an
 excellent erample of the crook film.
 It is a good cast and good direc- ton, and tells an absorbing story, with the suspense nicely sustained up
 to a satisfactory ending.
 Missing Millions" is a revenge
 story. It opens with the spectacular
 theft of a wealthy woman's diamonds
 by the heroine crook and her part ners in crime, but on the same night, her father, crook in his own right, becomes innocent1y involved in the assault of the wealthy woman's hus- band, double-crossing, fint-hearted fnancier, and the latter railroads the father to prison, after promising to drop the case on the return of the stolen jewels.
 The chance for revenge comes when the millionaire, Cantwell, finds himself besieged by creditors and in order to meet his obligations has a large consignment of gold sent him from Europe The girl and her pals decide to steal it, going to Europe to come back with the gold for the | purpose Through vamping the pur- ser, the girl obtains the keys to the 1 strong room of the ship and the theft is successfully carried out Or i course, the plot of the winsome crook fails, but Cantwell is ruined just the same and all turns out hap oily.
 Miss Brady is ably supported by David Powell, Frank Losee, Riley Hatch, John B. Cooke, William R. Mack, George LeGuere, Alice May, H. Cooper Cliffe, Sidney Dean, Rev. erly Travers and Sidney Herbert
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
Meriden Forum Hears P. F. O'Meara
 ExpOund UniOnism

(Continued from Page 3.)
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
VOLSTEAD CHALLENGED BY RALSTON TO HEAR REASONS
 FOR VALIDITY OF CHARGES
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service q Washington, D. C., Jan. I2.-What amounts to a challenge to the House Judiciary Committee was made pub lie in the form of letter to the com mittee from Jackson H. Ralston, chief counsel for the American Federation of Labor, offering to argue the i'm peachability of certain charges against Attorney General H. M. Daugherty.
 During the hearng on the Daugh- erty impeachment resolutions, which terminated when Congressman Keller became thoroughly convinced that a whitewash Instead of a hearing was in progress, Mr. Ralston appeared as counsel for MT. Keller in connection with these charges involving ques- tions of interest to Labor.
 Mr. Ralston's letter follows:
 "Hon. Andrew J. Volstead, Chairman,
 Committee on the Judiciary,
 "House of Representatives
 Washington, D. C.
 "Sr: On December 14th MT. Keller withdrew from further attendance upon the committee in connection with the impeachment charges aga1nst MT. Harry M. Daugherty and as his attorney and in consequence thereof, my withdrawal was at once entered.
 "Up to the time of such withdraw als practically all the testimony had been taken under specification I3 and specification in connection with which the position with reference to specification 7 had been foreshad- owed. =,
 Having taken so active part with reference to the specifications referred to, I feel it my duty to tender myself ready to discuss their efficiency as grounds for impeachment at any time the committee may suggest. l have awaited making this offer, of course, until it was manifest that all the tes- timony the committee desired to take on it's own account had been pre- sented to 1t and had assumed that witnesses referred to in the charges or identified with the making ot par ticular complaints would be summon ed, although in this it appears l was mistaken.
 'Very truly yours, (Signed)
 JACKSON H. RALSTON."
 Specification 13, 4 and T., mentioned by MT. Ralston, dealt with the ap- pointment of Burns as chief of the bureau of investigation (secret serv-- ice), with the railroad injunction and with the alleged violations of law by railroads in operating unsafe equip l ment.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12

vate organization operating in Con- necticut the same way as the coal op- orators of West Virginia do, men and women are deprived of employment for the reason that they are known to be affiliated with trades union"
 MT. O'Meara quoted the president fthe New Jersey State Manufac- turers' Gin newspapers of Jan. 5 as saying: Ut can serve no good end of the employing class to maintain a chronic attitude of truculence and by the continuous and organized agita- ton of subjects that are provocative of strife and dissension create feel ing of class consciousness on one or the other side. If industry is to thrive and industrial peace is to pre- vail it is essential that every effort be made to maintain fair and friendly relations between employer and em- ploye"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-12
WATERBURY HAS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
 FROM DISASTER
Disabled Locomotive in Danger of Exploding Sends Clerks and Yard
 Men Scurrying to Safety.

The weekly report of "doings" on the New Haven road, as issued by the shop strikers publicity bureau, resembles for two closely typewriter pages a casualty report during the World War, with the casualties in this case being the locomotives and other rolling stock of the road, The report of trains late due to engine troubles are voluminous and it is charged in many instances that even the new wrecking crews could not be assembled to remove the cr1pples from the track.
 One of the reports, that for Janu- ary 4, details narrow escape for the
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
HONESTY IS THE BEST Po1IcY-EvEN ABROAD

In remote of the world British
to beat bill he leaves unpaid debts when
departs the consul has him followed up Should prove impossible
to make him pay the pays fund created for this very
purpose 1.-The foreigner believe Engshman
honest, the British
Jamestown forum told unpleasant truths about American
with South America When the Argentine had get
from America certain goods formerly England
many and France On the whole the
This not only carees packing shipping
American exporters showed off foreign
articles which would not sell at home. When shifting
production costs made contract losing
firm often Cancelled the maker or
conclaor to the American continents neghbors
depend fairness and integrity
In other words Honesty the best policy when stripped
OF moral consideration asset wheth-
er claimed by individual by community nation
must make good claims obligations the
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
LEGISLATION IN HERRIN CASES

The Chicago Tribune
expected complete failure of justice The
of of human beings remains and will unpunished
Does that end the storyf
Williamson county wiped law within
be murdered and of the
due the fact that
ntmdate all the people in the surrounding country that
fears convict thousand people could killed
class puces hareds and
impossible to convict
The defendant has right his prosecution
alleges prejudice against him In like
be granted similar right
Continuing, the Tribune ''We that this
difficult and would
ment safeguards thrown about the individual
of But think give careful impartial
study to the evil exposed the of Williamson county and
least make provision the the public
and of the safety of such is the
the legislature consider whether
made to foresa such defiance of law and civilized order by
community
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
FOLLOWING SEATTLE

Detroits increased their five
charge of for transfers In other
words municipal ownership does the identical thing which
refused the Detroit United Railways the thing from which
municipal the city which invoked
this specific purpose Meanwhile Detrots bonded indebtedness
has hit the ceiling Detrots finances admitted
How much emo Cars have to do with it is for Detroit
testify Nor has the end Street of prob
lem Detroit the when
politicians dragging them through eec
campaign along prefer Grand Rapids stabilized
railway relationships franchise provides
responsibility and protection against public
poation Deos magnificent laboratory test in municipal social
ism is likely to be of tremendous vaueo everybody but Detroit
Grand Rapids C1ich.) Herald
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
PROSPERITY IN OUR HANDS

The prosperity of the American people in their hands
is not dependent upon what other people
and only degree what other people buy of
In the last demonstrated that with moderate
this country be quite fully employed regardless
of foreign conditions and with good degree of prosperity all
around All that required confidence and cooperation but
these Indispensable For that matter Europe lacks nothing but
these and there prosperity anywhere without them We
somewhat critical of the peoples of Europe for promptly
settling their dsagreemens their mserebe suspicious
and hareds, and getting down little
hrag of in these respects Europe judge the political
and industrial that fills the Roberts
National City Bank Bulletin.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
THE TAX PROBLEM

of the problems which continue confront
people today and perhaps the of all prob
problem taxation People chatting under high
today before wondering when relief will
well be with ourselves and admit that relief will
until decide cities and counties and states live
spend public money with and discretion
with necessities We must not longer antic
prosperity and be free from excessive
taxation.
If keep within reasonable limits must
fad and fancies which add
sary books and place employees
payrolls thus increasing governmental overhead
Every time ask road improvement of
willingness pay and
should demand these additional improvements unless
willing for them 1t will be for economic in
the of demands if decrease taxation
And then should that all property equally,
which Under laws
is at liberty convert his into nonaxabe bonds and
curitie and thus all forms of taxation The necessity it
existed for the bond the day here when
such oophoe this should enable those able
taxation while others imposed double burden
The system wrong and should be abolished.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-18
THE RIGHT TO WORK

mpovers in the building industry New York have decided
TO undertake shop in the entire country
nonism accomplished much for the workers IN TINS naton
rd oonrnted greatly to the welfare 1t has legitimate
place in highly industrial machine but just as the
manipulated by INSCRIPTIONS persons so can
the become when controlled
radical labor leaders who thought of the public interest
in the carving out of their hodup programs.
When any itself above the constitution which
protection his right to work regardless Oh ms
RELIGIONS noica or labor headed straight for the
of public condemnation.