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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
CAN'T Use STRIKE
To Violate Contract With.
out First Attempting to
Avoid Conflict, Jury
Decides

New York,-If decision by sup
RENE court jury in Justic Burr's room
is upheld "a business man can not use
a strike to evade contract obligations
unless he proves he attempted to pre-
vent the strike.
The case was dispute between q
broker and a cotton goods manufact-
urer over the delivery of goods. The
manufacturer pleaded that a strike in
his mill relieved him of responsibility,
as his contract with the broker pro-
vided for delays due to fire, strikes or
"other conditions beyond control"
On cross-examination it was
shown that the loom fixers had de-
manded wage increases in the cotton
mill and asked for conference two
weeks before the strike was called.
The management replied by taking a.
way the assistants to the loom fixers.
The latter then suspended work.
LII HiS SHdIS W Vic JuAyJ OuoeiSc
Burr called attention to the novel
questions involved, and asked for a
finding as to whether the strike was a
matter beyond the control of the man.
ufacturer. The court said:
"The strike clause does not mean
that whenever strike is threatened
or occurs, the manufacturer may a.
bandon all effort to avert it and fold
his hands until such time as lower
wages may prevail or until such time
as the strikers may give in"
The jury found that the strike was
not beyond control of the manufac-
turer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

stance, one apartment house, which
cost 100000, plus the cost of the
land, which was $18,000 1t is as
sessed at $235, ,502. 1t has trusts
against it amounting to $609,500.
"The Chastleton Can apartment
building) is assessed at $1,419,387.
With its improvements, it cost 81,
100000. 1t was sold, or transferred
on a fictitious sale, for $3,000,000. 1t
has trusts against it of $2,863 500,
more than million more than it cost
when built
"Wardman Courts, an apartment,
cost $1,262,960 1t has been sold for
81 1,250,000s 1t has against it trusts
of $2,397 500, over $1,15O,000. more
than it sold for at the last selling.
Going on down, taking some of
those with which we are familiar, the
Roosevelt hotel cost about 81 100000.
1t has trusts against it today of ST.
865 900.
"A small apartment which cost
100000 to build has been sold for
SIT 500. There are trusts of $165,0O
against it today"
The probe revealed that trusts or
mortgages were then sold to the pub
lie in small denominations, and rents
were increased to assure the high rate
of interest on the fictitious values.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
FEDERAL WORKERS
PAY TOO MUCH RENT

Washington. Federal employees in
the District of Columbia are paying
two-thirds of their wages for rent,
said Assistant Attorney General Un-
derwood, in urging Justice Stafford
not to enjoin the enforcement of the
rent regulation law, that has been ex-
tended by congress.
Mr.. Underwood told the court there
are $4,000 government employees who
receive an average wage of 81 ,408 a
year. Instead Of paying one-fourth
Of this amount for rent, they are now
paying nearly two-thirds, said Mr..
Underwood
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
REFUSE TO DIVIDE
Attempt To Split u. S. and Can
adian Workers Fails

Montreal, Quebec-Following the
A. F. of l.. executive council meeting
in this city, attempts are again being
made to divide workers of Canada and
the United States.
While here President Gompers dem
onstrated that if nothing but cold dol
lars were considered, Canadian trade
unionists are receiving from their in
ternational unions more than they
give. The other considerations, how
ever, are understood by workers on
both sides of the boundary. The fra
ternity and unity between workers of
the two countries is unsatisfactory to
certain interests and in leading edi-
torial the Montreal Gazette complains
that Canadian workers do not manage
their own affairs. The Gazette insists
that this situation "from the Canadian
point of view, is economically unde-
sirable, besides being humiliating, and
it is something against which Cana
dian legislatures should resolutely set
their faces"
The Gazette approves a jingo speech
by Mr.. McCrea, member from Sher-
brooke, who spoke in the house OF
commons against Canadian workers
aligning themselves as they do.
At the next meeting Of the Montreal
trades and labor council the McCres
speech was declared devoid Of truth
ful foundation" Such misrepresenta
tion when uttered by labor represent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
CANCER CURE
PREDICTED

New York.-A cure for cancer will
be discovered within a few years, was
the prediction of DR.. Charles H. Mayo.
noted surgeon Of Rochester, Mimi, at
the opening of cancer clinic in this
city.
DR.. Mayo said that reseach work
is crystalizing toward a cure, and
he believed it would be discovered by
American physicians within a few
years"
I'VE are on the right track" said
DR.. Mayo. Cancer is as old as hu-
man history. 1t is bolshevik cell
which attacks and destroys the health
cells that are living in normal way,
and ut occurs in any part of the hu-
man body"
DR.. Mayo denied that excessive
meat eating causes cancer. Lapland-
ers and other excessive meat eaters
OF the far north rarely have it, while
it is frequently found among those
whose diet is fruits and vegetables.
Overeating is one of the chief causes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
New York Senator Warns that Industry Faces Certain
Disaster Unless Government Comes to Aid of Farm
ers-Rush of Agricultural Workers to Cities Threat
ems LabOr's Wage Scale and Living Standards

when | contemplate what has
been taking place during the last l8
months and what is taking place with
increasing momentum during each
passing day, cannot conceal my as
tonishment at the apparent indiffer-
ence with which some members of
this body seem to view this phase
of the situation.
Farm Situation. Worse Danger
Than immigration
"The leaders of organized labor
are most emphatic in demanding
rigid exclusion of foreign simmigra-
tion from this time forward. Why?
Because very naturally and with
much justice they do not want the
jobs of American working men to be
menaced by classes of labor which
are accustomed to much lower plane
of living than are the toilers of our
own country But of what practical
benefit are rigid exclusion laws which
annually shut out some tens Of thous-
sands of foreigners when ten times
this number of farmers are fiocking
to our large cities, where, unham-
pered by the ties of unionism, they
become bidders for the union mans
job?
81 understand that representatives
of the American Federation of Labor
have appeared before the house and
senate committees on agriculture ad-
vocating the passage of the immigra-
tion BILL One of the chief reasons
they advanced was the ever-increas.
ing migration of the farm workers to
the cities. The labor leaders must
not content themselves with casual
support of farm relief, because there
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

exists an economic condition which
menaces the security of American la
Dor a thousandfold more than the
menace of immigration. The time
is not far distant when to the cry of
America for Americans there will be
added the slogan, The city job for
the city toiler, and a decent living
for the farmer who gives life to all ;
Sees Soup Kitchens Near Unless Aid
Is Given
when | plead for a condition of
happiness and prosperity on the
myriad farms of the nation that shall
make the farm workers content to re-
main at the crossroads, | am not
merely pleading for the well-being of
agriculture. On the contrary, am
pleading for every working man and
woman in the state of New York and
of the country. ! am doing what lit
tie | can to prevent the coming Of
the soup kitchens which, unless the
impending collapse of agriculture is
arrested, are just little way around
the corner"
Senator Copeland stressed the
farmers need of cooperation, telling
of the benefit that capital. and labor
have derived from organization, and
declaring that labor has made itself
secure by collective bargaining
Everybody is aware" he said, "of
what labor has gained through collec-
tive bargaining. Every honest man
must admit how impossible would
have been this advance of labor from
a veritable serfdom to its present
position without collective bargain
ing. Likewise, all are aware of what
capital has accomplished by combina-
tion"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
EMPLOYERS ARE
AIDED BY COM
PANY "UNION"

Portland, Ore.-A company union"
maintained by lumber barons, is their
best aid to wage reductions through
out the northwest The official title
of the union" is loyal legion of log
gers and lumbermen.
In every instance the company
union" favors wage cuts. In Bright
on, this state, employees of the Bright
on Mills Company were cut to $3.50
day. The management then sug-
gested mass meeting to consider"
the question. At the meeting field
officer" of the company union" an
nounced that he had examined the
company's books and found reductions
were necessary.
The same method is applied in
other localities The Four L Bulletin,
official magazine of the company
union" is in hearty accord with the
wage-cutting plan of the lumber
barons.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

Lodge, Mccormick, Mckinley, Nc
Lean, McNary, Norbeck, Norris,
Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Shortridge,
Spencer, Standfeld, Sterling, Watson
and Willis-4O.
Democrats-Adams, Ashurst, Cara
way, Copeland, Gerry, Glass, Harri
son, Jones, of New Mexico; Kendrick,
Mcclellan, Mayfield, Nicely, Pittman,
Robinson Sheppard, Shields, Standley,
Walsh, of Massachusetts; Walsh, of
Montana-19.
-Labor-Johnson, of Mime
sofa, and Shipstead-2.
Total for, 81.
Against:
Republicans - Borah, Gooding,
Moses, Reed, of Pennsylvania; Smoot
and Wadsworth-6.
Democrats - Bayard, Broussard,
Bruce, Dial, Edwards, Fletcher,
George, Hefin, King, Overman, Rams
dell, Reed, of Missouri; Simmons,
Smith, Stephens, Swanson and Tram
mell-l7.
Total against, %.
Labor Backed Amendment
Led by the American Federation
of Labor, organized labor has en-
Enthusiastically supported the amend
ment. The fight was launched last
November, when the Federation
Joined with more than score of ma
tional organizations in indorsing the
amendment and pledging themselves
to wage an aggressive fight for it..
The amendment is as follows:
"ARTICLE -
"Section 1.-The congress shall
have power to limit, regulate and
prohobit the labor of persons under
eighteen years of age.
"Section 2-The power of several
states is unimpaired by this article,
except that the operation Of state
laws shall be suspended to the ex-
tent necessary to give effect to legis-
lation enacted by congress-"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
BOOMERANG
Proves the Attack of Man
ayers on Actors Union

New York.-The Fidelity League, a
company union" formed by theatri-
cal managers, has been shattered by
it's friends.
The trouble was caused by state
ment issued from the office of Henry
Miller, manager, who condemn
ed the Actors Equity Association for
affiliating with trade unions who were
charged with resorting to violence.
The names of several well-known
actors and actresses were signed to
the statement.
AS protest against the unauthor-
lied use of their names, William
Faversham and David Warfeld re-
signed from the company union"
The statement was repudiated by sew
eral other stars.
Equity officials point out that the
atrical managers have acknowledged
they organized the Fidelity League at
the suggestion Of E. F. Albee, presi-
dent of Keith's vaudeville, with the
purpose of breaking the Equity strike
of 1919 and destroying that organiza-
tion.
In letter to local newspaper,
Francis Wilson, the well-known COM
edian and former president of Equity,
says:
"Why are some of these members
Of the Fidelity not brave to come out
with the truth and say that Equity
has no booking offices, no theatres,
and that, therefore, their desires and
comfort and profit lie with managers
who have booking offices, theatres and
profit, and that it is a matter of COM
plete Indifference to them what be-
comes of the people Of their profes-
sion who are less gifted, less fortu-
nate than they?
ut is wonderful, at this late day
to see these people wave their worn
out phrase restriction of liberty as
if such existed in any country which
might at any hour draft any inhabi-
tant as gun fodder. Personal liberty!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
Child Labor Amendment
Wins In Senate, 81 to 23,
And Now Goes To States

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.,-The long fight
for national child labor law is ended.
At last the people of the United
States are in fair way to prohibit
child labor regardless of hostile Sup
RENE Court decisions.
Child slavery's doom was sounded
by the action Of the Senate in pass
ing the child labor amendment by a
vote Of 81 to %, which was five more
than the necessary two-thirds. AS the
amendment had previously passed the
House, it now goes to the states for
ratification.
In recent years, Congress has twice
passed laws prohibiting child labor
and in both cases the laws have been
declared unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court, despite unmistaEable
indications that the people strongly
favored the laws The child labor
amendment will become part of the
Constitution when it has been passed
by three quarters of the states and it
will then be safe from Supreme Court
attack
Debate Precedes Vote
The debate in the Senate which
preceded the vote on the amendment
occupied large part of three days,
nearly all of the Senators speaking
on the subject. Southern Senators
marshaled the assault on the amend
ment, some of them quoting Scrip
ture at length in an endeavor to j0s-
tify labor by children but all their
eloquence was in vain.
The vote was as follows:
For the amendment:
Republicans Ball, Brandegee,
Brookhart, Bursum Cameron, Cap
per, Colt, Cummins, Curtis Dale,
Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Frazier,
Hale, Harreld, Howell, Johnson, Of
California; Jones, of Washington;
Keyes, Ladd, La Toilette, Lenroot,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
Copeland Sternly Rebukes Congress
For Failure to Help Agriculture;
Sees Farm Situation Menacing Labor

BY International Labor News Service !,
Washington, d. C.-Solemn protest
against the failure of congress to en-
act farm relief legislation was voiced
by Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New
York, in senate speech directing at
tention to the plight of the farmers,
and analyzing the relation between
agriculture and the prosperity of city
workers.
II warn the senate" Senator Cope
land declared, "that if agriculture is
permitted to go into the ditch, then
as certain as the sun rises and sets,
we and our mills and factories will
go into the ditch also. Agricul-
ture has come to the edge of the preci-
pice. The masses in the city have
arrived at the breaking point. In
short, the individual food producer
and the individual food consumer can
take no further step without disaster.
Sole hope of assistance lies in the
government.
Asserting that complete collapse
of American agriculture is perilously
near, Senator Copeland pointed out
that the rush to the cities Of i'm
poverished farmers and farm workers
was menacing the wage scales and
living standards Of American labor.
He said that the shopmen on some
railroads were defeated in the 1922
strike because their places were taken
by young farmers who could not earn
living for themselves and their fam
lilies on the farms and who therefore
accepted the wage scales offered by
the railroads.
Rush to City Menaces Labor's
Scale of Wages
"Unless we can stop the rush of
hundreds of thousands of young farm
ers from the abandoned farms to our
industrial centers, then the day Of
the soup kitchens is not far away"
said the senator He continued:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

each Of us as platform employees re-
ported for work we were compelled,
under the direction of Assistant Gen
eral Manager Schram, to sign our
names and cast ballot declaring
whether we would continue to work or
not, and the ballot was then opened,
and if we had refused or protested we
were told we could not work"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13
ANTS DEFEATED

San Jose, Cal.-Voters repudiated
the American plan" and the entire
anti-union posse by re-electing Will
liam j. Bigger, member of the Car
penters' Union, to the city council.
The unionist was supported by large
elements of the citizenship, including
churchmen and merchants, who are
tired Of the union-smashing policy Of
the American planners"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

Why, one can not even cross street
as he pleases, and it is well he can
not.
"What these Fidelity stars mean is
not personal liberty but gross sell
fishness."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

ltives and unshielded by political priv
eges, is sometimes considered as Sc
itious and dealt with accordingly"
e unionist declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
new YORK I. U. E. [. TO
HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR
WORKERS PARTY TICKET

NEW YORK, Sept. Remembers
of the Trade Educational League in
New York City are preparing to car
ry on a two-week campaign IN the
shops for the purpose of raising
funds for the Election Campaign
Fund Of the Workers Party.
During the period from Septem-
Der ID to September %, many
shops will be visited. Workers are
urged to be prepared to contribute
and prepare their fellow workers to
help out in the work Of raising funds
to carry on the campaign and thus
cooperate In reaching the masses Of
workers In this country with the
message Of Communism.
The Trade Union Educational
League which Is soIldIy behind this
political effort Of the Workers Party,
is working out the detailed plans for
the great Shop Collection Complain
Drive. At its conference to be held
Friday, Sept. ~, these plans will be
finally approved and put into opera
ton.
Milltants are preparing to take
part In the celebration Of the open
Ing Of the Shop Collection Cam.
palgn at the Proletarian Banquet
that Is being given In honor Of VIM.
z. Foster, the candidate for presl.
dent on the Workers Party ticket,
at Webster Hall, nth st. and Third
Ave., Sunday evening, Sept. IA.
The banquet Is being held under tho
auspices OF the Needle Trades Sec.
ton Of the 7. Y. E. |.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
Hoodluns Fails to
Break Up Communist
Meet in Pittsburgh


PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 12.-While
a terrified and cowardly representa-
tive of "law and order" watched from
behind telephone pole, a drunken
crew of hoodlums attempted to break
up street meeting held by the Work
ers Party at the corner of 28th and
Penn Ave-, the heart of the Pitts
burgh foreign district.
The meeting was addressed by Com
rades Pat H. Toohey in English, and
Kowalski in Polish. Both speakers
exposed the LaFollette illusion, the
war schemes of the American imperi-
alists and the unemployment issue.
The rowdy element tried everything
in their bag of tricks to break up the
meeting, finally assaulting a Party
member who was selling literature. A
large and attentive crowd listened to
Toohey and larger yet to Kowalski,
who spoke in Polish, after the row.
dies were disposed of.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
Chile SENATE WON'T
LET PRESIDENT QUIT
after MILITARY COUP
az cabIa 70 The paIIy Workerl

(Ry Gable to The Daily Worker)
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 12.-The
Chilean senate this evening declined
to accept the resignation of Arturo
Aiessandrl, president Of the repub-
lie, which was rendered today at the
request of the cabinet and the mill
tary group headed by Gen. Luis Al
tamirano. The vote was Is to II
against acceptance.
After the action Of the senate this
evening, Alessandri sent the cabinet
a note insisting that he be permitted
to resign. Meantime he remains a
guest in the American embassy
here, where he went early this morn
ing after he resigned.
When Senior Alessandri quit the
assumed the office Of the Vlce-presi-
dent and took over the duties of the
chief executive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
TEXAS KLUXERS
IN new WAR ON
INA" FERGUSON
Try to Block Her Way
to Governorship

Aopeclai 10 ne Oaliy WofkeFJ
TEMPLE, Texas, Sept. IL. - The
fighting family Ferguson" was today
preparing for another battle.
Veterans of copious writs and in
functions, Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, de-
mocratic nominee for governor and
her husband, impeached Governor
James E. Ferguson, summoned their
counsel for the latest battle of
statutes, the contest to prevent Mrs.
Ferguson becoming a candidate in the
November election when her victory
is unquestioned.
Charles M. Dickson of San Antonio
and Judge I. W. Stephens of Fort
Worth have filed an application for
temporary injunction seeking to en-
join the name of Mrs. Ferguson from
appearing on the November ballots.
Mere Puppet, Says Khan.
Their application charges that not
only is the woman nominee for gov
ernor ineligible for the post under the
Texas constitution because of her
sex, but she is mere figurehead for
governor in name only. and that
James e. Ferguson is the real can
didate for governor for the purpose
Of circumventing and evading the
force and effect Of the impeachment
decree"
Ferguson was denied a place on the
ballot in the recent primaries because
of his impeachment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
open Air Meeting Tonight.

Gordon Owens, Negro, Commun-
list candidate for congress, in the first
district and Joseph Manley, campaign
manager of the Workers Party, will
speak at Both and So. State streets
at 8 p. m. Regular weekly meetings
at that corner are attracting hun
dreds of Negro workers and many of
them are Joining the So. Side Branch
of the Workers Party.
Be on hand to distribute literature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13
HAD HARD Time
TRYING TO GET
CHESTS OUT"
But the Chesty Corporal
Tried to Do His Best
fContinued from PAGE ID

(COnt1nued from rage 1.
ers Party and the Young Workers
League for decent living conditions
among the slaves of the National Bis
cult company. News of the union
meetings all over the country Not
single union represented in the spar
ade" to put stop to the destruction
Of the DAILY WORKER.
The fifty papers had been torn from
the hands of Workers Party mem
Der who had attempted to distribute
them at the end Of the celebration.
The "khakied" officers fell on the girl
with the papers, pushed her, mawled
her, puched her, and tore the papers
from her hands.
Damn Bolshevik," shrieks a ten.
year-old boy.
"G'wan back to RooshyI" yells fat
man.
Police Grab Girl Communist.
Two police escorted the girl towards
Wabash avenue. The paytriots fol
lowed. A guard whipped out his pis-
toll. eff you come step nearer, I'll
shoot"
The paytriots fall back. Dare pis.
toll shot to get at the enemy? Never!
The police hurry the girl into
Yellow scab taxi, with two little flags
in front.
All the Yellow scab taxis carried
two little flags in front on Defense
Day
Later the DAILY WORKER booster
arrived at our Office to tell her story.