The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-06-12

Similar action was taken also by
the American Association Of Univer-
sity Women at its convention held in
Indianapolis in April.
The action taken by these sorgani-
cations followed discussion and con-
vention resolutions stressing the i'm
portance of correcting the misrepre-
sentations that have been widely cir
culated concerning the amendment, its
purpose, and its meaning.
With these three national organiza
tions of women, whose combined
membership runs into the millions,
pledging renewed support to the child
labor amendment, it is predicted that
considerable change in public senti-
ment concerning the amendment will
take place before the legislatures
meet again. The women leaders in
sist that it is only necessary to make
clear to the public the actual facts as
to the conditions of child labor in the
states to secure the necessary CO.
operation for remedying the evils.
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DRUNKENNESS UNCHECKED
The law which we were told would
virtually wipe out the evil of drunk
enness and almost empty the jails
and workhouses has been in opera
ton more than five years. And in the
caDitol of the United States, where
one would think the best example of
law observance ought to be set, in
one month at least there has been
more drunkenness, so far as can be
Judged by the police records, than in
the days of the open saloon. Some
what the same conditions, perhaps
not so bad, but bad enough in all
conscience, obtain in all the great
cities and in most or all of the
smaller ones. Almost everywhere
the jails and workhouses are crowded
as never before. Far from checking
crime. as we were led to hope it
might, constitutional prohibition has
not as yet checked to reasonable
degree the specific evil it was aimed
at.-Columbus State Journal.
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NEW EPOCH IN LABOR
MOVEMENT
Organized labor's nationwide or
ganizing campaign will be an epoch in
the trade union movement.
The plan includes the United States
and Canada Nothing like it was ever
before attempted on such an extern
sive scale.
1t will awaken many workers to the
live, throbbing organized labor move
ment.
Trade unionism is not an institution
that should be accepted in a matter
of-fact way. 1t is not a drifting,
purposeless thing that occasionally
raises wages and objects to wrong.
The trade union has all the warmth
and glow of life. 1t developes and
expands with the growth, increasing
intelligence and zeal of its members.
Workers should arouse themselves
to it's possibilities. They should be
imbued with the missionary spirit and
carry the message to those morgan
lied.
The label campaign, in conjunction
with the organizing activity, is sig
nifcant.
The label is a symbol of fair deal
ing between employers and employed.
1t is a certificate of sanitation, liv-
ing wages and reasonable hours.
These in themselves are of meas
ureless value to the workers, but the
label means more-it vouches for
right relations with employers.
1t guarantees that the employer
favors democracy in industry-that he
accepts the workers right to organize
and deal collectively with those who
employ them.
Workers will secure justice and re-
spect only when they stand by their
principles. The union label points the
way.
The label makes it possible for
trade unionists to be practical in their
fratarnitv and to withhold l1nion