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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
MACHINISTS' CHIEF
RESIGNS

Washington.-W William H. Johnston
has resigned as president of the IN
ternational Association of Machin-
lists. Arthur o. Wharton has been
selected by the executive board to
succeed him until the next election.
The charge will be effective July /.
The retiring president has been in
i'll health for several months. He
has held office since 1912, when he
succeeded James O'Connell, now
president of the A. F. of L. metal
trades department.
The machinists' new executive is
former president Of the A. f. Of L.
railway employees department. He
was member of the labor group of
the railroad labor board since its cre>
alton under the transportation act.
This board passed out of existence
with the presidents approval of the
Watson Parker railroad bill.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Sesqui-centennial exhibition, cele-
brating the 150th anniversary of
American independence, is formally
opened in Philadelphia; will continue
until December l.
Only 400 persons drawing unem-
ployment benefits in all France, ac-
cording to latest figures.
American Association for labor
legislation urges public support for
the Cummins Graham bill to provide
| federal workmen's accident compen-
sation for longshoremen and other
| harbor workers.
Senator Borah vigorously attacks
New York prohibition referendum,
| declaring "wets" now aim at nullifi-
cation of 18th amendment; speech
viewed as bid for presidential nomi-
nation.
| Recent weeks have witnessed a
moderate check to trade and indus
trial activity, Guaranty Trust Co., of
New York, reports.
| Of the chief trunk line systems in
the East, the Baltimore & Ohio makes
largest net gains in operating income
in first quarter of 1926.
President Green, of A. F. of L.,
champions child labor amendment in
speech before General Federation of
Women's Clubs.
| Public service commission permits
telephone company to raise rates in
New York city; increase will cost Gus
toners $2,OOO,O00 a year.
Charles Edward Russell, noted
American author, barred from land
ing in England at behest of Irish
Free State.
Fire loss in nation $57O,225, 1921 in
1925, says report.
New York city fur workers reject
terms offered by manufacturers and
strike continues.
Harry w. Semple, managing editor
of The Trades Unions News of Phila-
delphit, Pa, dies at age of 55.
President Coolidge signs bill ex-
tending for one year the time for con-
verting war risk term insurance into
government life insurance.
Heroism and quick thinking of fore
man saves lives of SO miners trapped
by fire in Pennsylvania coal mine.
General chairmen of Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers meet in Cleve-
land to consider wage increase.
Three Baltimore editors sentenced
to one day in Jail for contempt in
publishing pictures taken during mur-
der trial
Retailers at Brooklyn, N. Y, ice IN
quiry charge manufacturers maintain
blacklist to keep up prices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
STRIKE PICKETING
For Fur Workers Sustained
By Court

New York.-For the first time in
more than three months the tide has
turned in favor Of striking fur work
ers, who have been arrested and club
bed by police. Nearly half a hum
dred of these workers were discharged
by Magistrate Brodsky, who censured
the police for undue coercion"
The prisoners were standing on the
sidewalk in front of the headquar-
tees of the employers association,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

Q.-WhO are the owners of Labor.
published at Washington, d. c.?
A.-Labor is owned by the asso-
ciated recognized standard railroad
organizations and is their official
Washington weekly organ.
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the labor movement.

the labor movement.
Mr.. McNulty was born in Ireland,
August 10, 1872, emigrating to Amer
lea as boy, and studying the cleo
trical trade.
For more than Is years. he was
president of the International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers and
prominent in New Jersey labor cir
cles.
From 1918 to 1922 he was deputy
commissioner of public safety in
Newark. He was elected to congress
in 1922.
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when they We're rounded up by
mounted police and thrown into patrol
wagons.
In releasing the prisoners, Magis-
trate Brodsky said that such inter-
ference by the police amounts to
coercion against the laboring element,
who are entitled to every protection
in their desire to better their condi-
tions."
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Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La.
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
LABOR LEADER DIES

Newark, N. 1.-THE death of Frank
j. McNulty inflicts a great loss on
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11

Q.-What labor organization has
jurisdiction over Pullman car porters?
A.-The Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployes' international Alliance and
Bartenders' international League of
America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
Q.-Who is Jimmie" Simpson?

A.-Vice president of the Trades
and Labor Congress of Canada, for
mer chairman of the Toronto School
board, former controller Of the city of
Toronto. Jimmie" has been candi-
date for parliament from Toronto
constituencies, on behalf of the labor
party, knowing very well he was the
leader of forlorn hope.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-06-11
BAKERS GET So GAIN

Rock Island, Ill.-A wage increase
of 81 week has been secured by
bakers in the Tri- -Cities-Rock Island,
Moline and Davenport.
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BUSINESS AGENTS
Electrical
Molders
w.
Carpenters Herman Pepngon, Phone 3011Y
Painters s. M Whitesey POI Front ST.
Service
Plumbers James w. Graft, 16 So Singer Ave-
Theatrical
MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS
Wasson,
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Q.-What is walking time"?

An the British building trades
this is an extra payment, usually stip-
ulated in the working rules, made to
men who have to walk more than a
certain distance to and from their
work
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ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
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Q.-What is the proposed child la
Dor amendment to the United States
constitution?
A.-Section /. The congress shall
have power to limit, regulate, and
prohibit the labor of persons under
18 years of age Section 2. The
power of the several states is unim-
paired by this article except that the
operations of state laws shall be. sus-
pended to the extent necessary to
give effect to legislation enacted by
the congress.
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gwen her home area and population.
But certainly she is stronger than in
1919. relatively speaking So, for that
illatter' Is Italy. with better frontiers.
increasing security and stimulated
sense of national energy
hfltaln, on the other hand. lost the
prlmacE IN world finance, because
medSurably a debtor nation, although
on balance she probably is owed
much more than she owes. Her posi-
tIoh IN world shipping was gravely
impaired. Oil has largely replaced
Coai on the sea and Waterpower is
doing the same in industries on land.
Nations which had been large pur-
clidSeTS We're driven to restrict buy
ing and develop home production.
while the United States in every field
entered as a real competitor more
serious than Britain had ever known
ana possessed OF advantages which
however accidental, were. and are. al
most lmmeaSurable
The battle for Britain, then. the
struggle, for recovery, was bound in
the very nature of things to be severe.
II 1t were struggle based upon ma
tlonal unity and class co-opera ton
1t involved hardship, effort. broad eco
nomlc vision and enormous economic
reorganization. A new world and new
conditions were to be faced. Nothing
was impossible, nothing was even un-
likely. given the tradition of the race.
but nothing was likely to be simple
or easy, and 'muddling through"
could no longer be accepted as the
highest form of genius in a world of
twentieth century industrial organ.
cation.
Need of Team Work.
But the supreme problem for Brit
ain was double; it was domestic as
Well as foreign. No part of the great
struggle Tor the restoration of British
economic and financial SUPREMACY
abroad could be performed unless
there were certainty of adjust.
ment at home of the long standing
and deep-seoted class hatred. The
century Wong struggle between caDital
and labor had to be accommodated.
arranged. abolished. British capital.
alone. could not win the battle: with
out British labor it was doomed to
defeat
And eight years after the close of
the war, what does one see? Looking
backward long series of battles.
strikes, paralyZing commissions which
have defeated every attempt to mas.
ter the foreign situation and paralyzed
every promise of recovery. Things
have no sooner begun to improve in
trade and commerce. than some domes-
tic conflict has wiped away the in
creased revenues and sent Britain to
buy abroad what she used to live
by producing at home. And looking
forward. what does one see? Ger
tainly, the almost assured continue
ton and even accentuation of the
passions and divisions which explain,
these disasters
II is q mistake. mistake frequent
" made in America. to regard the
British situation as complicated solely
or simply by temporary disturbance
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The prediction that the Republicans
will hold their strength is generally
in the New England States. The
Democrats have one seat in@ Rhode
Island and probably will keep it. In
Massachusetts, the Democrats now
hold seats to Is for the Republicans.
The Republicans figure they may even
gain one seat in the Bay State.
Taking up the States on the At
lantic seabOard south of New England
the Republicans insist the Democrats
have as many congressional districts
in New York today as they can have
and, indeed, they feel the Republi-
| cans may make a gain in New York:
At present the delegation from the
Empire State stands 23 Democrats, 20
Republicans and l Socialist. La
| Guardia.
The Democrats have all but three
of the districts in New York City.
The Republicans expect to retain all
the seats they now have cup State"
The Democrats hold the Albany and
Rochester districts and have a men,
Der from Buffalo. If Gov. AL Smith
by any chance should not be a candi-
date for governor this fall on the
Democratic ticket, the Republicans
insist they will have more than an
even chance to win additional seats
in New York.
New Jersey Battle Field.
In New Jersey the Republicans have
10 districts to for the Democrats.
They admit they will have to fight for
8 or 4 of these districts, and the
Democrats claim they will win them.
Nevertheless, Republicans expect to
hold their strength in Jersey.
The Republicans lost six districts in
Pennsylvania in 1922. Today the
whole delegation is Republican. Two
OF the districts are admittedly nor
mally Democratic, and one Of these is
already lost to the Republicans, for
Casey. the Democratic nominee, also
won the Republican nomination.
The Republicans also expect to keep
the single seat from Delaware. They
admit. howeveg, they would be in luck
to hold their present strength in West
Virginia, where they have five out of
six Of the districts In fact, they say
they may lose a seat in this State.
The Republicans have today two
districts in Tennessee and three in
Kentucky. border States, and they say
they will keep them, as they have for
number of years.
Hope for Southern Gains.
Some hope exists in Republican
quarters that they may gain a dis
trict or two in industrial parts of
North Carolina and the east coast of
Florida. Representative Sears won
the Democratic nomination in the
fourth Florida district, though only
after bitter fight with Mrs Owens,
daughter of the late William .Jen.
nings Bryan. This, the Republicans
figure, adds to their chances in that
district. Sears should win, however.
Representative Harry M. Wurzbach,
the only Republican member of the
House from Texas, won denomination
by vote of approximately to / in
the recent primaries, nOtwithstand-
ing the opposition of Republican Ma.
t1onal Committeeman Creager and the
state Republican organization, which
he had attacked because of the way
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Democrats Fight Hard for Next House;
Survey Indicates Cut i'm C.. o. p. Majority

ally are interested. Democrats sa
the issues are tariff and farm relief
The Republicans welcome the tariff
| issue, believing they can defeat thu
Democrats handily on that issue. 81
far as farm relief is concerned, thu
Republicans say that the Democrat!
can make no appeal to the farmers
OF the West on that issue. Instead
or supporting the McNary- Hanger
farm relief bill or the Tincher-Fess
Dill, which had the backing of the ad.
ministration, the Democrats really
brought about the defeat of both
measures.
Inc only issue which makes a rea
appeal to the voters today is the wei
ana dry issue. So far neither of the
great parties has been willing te
espouse the wet cause. Here anG
there Democrat or a Republican is
running as a wet, but it is personal
candidates are found in both the ole
parties.
Without real farm relief program
that appeals to the Western farmers,
the Democrats have little chance ,oi
making Roadway in that section OF
the country. Yet it is in the West
and Middle West that there is discon.
tent with the Republican administra.
ton because of it's opposition to the
McNary- Haugen bill and because of
a belief that it has catered too much
TO the interests Of the East.
Must Win i'm East.
Inc Democrats, therefore, must
turn to the East to win the battle for
contro! of the House, and in the indus
trial East the Republican administra-
ton is popular, certainly far more
popular than was the Harding ad-
ministration in 1922.
The Democrats take a much more
hopeful view of the situation how
ever. They count on winning addi.
tlonal seats in States of the, West as
well as in those of the East. Mr..
Oldf1eld, for example, believes that the
Democrats will win one additional
seat in each of the following Western
states: Nebraska, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Nevada, and that they will win
two seats now held by Republicans
In California. In Indiana and Ohio
the Democrats claim they will pick
up additional seats. They figure they
will gain two at least in New York
State, one in Connecticut, one or DOS.
slbly two in Massachusetts, one or
l"o IN hdFyland, SIX in pennsylvania,
possibly four in West Virginia. They
nope for gains in a number of the
other States also.
An analysis Of the situation from
the Republican point of view gives a
vastly different picture. The first
test of strength will come in Maine,
where the election is held September
IL. Maine is the only state which
does not conform to the nractica of
holding it's elections the first Monday
after the first Tuesday in November.
The present House delegation from
Maine is made up of four Republi-
cans. 1t is expected that all four of
these members will be reelected; they
nave already been renominated Rep.
resentative Wallace H. White, jr., of
the second district, is likely to have
the hardest fight, although Ne has
won five consecutive elections and is
expected to win again.
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it has handled Federal patronage in
Texas. 1t is expected Wurzbach will
be reelected.
| In Maryland the Republicans now
have two districts; Representative
John Philip Hill, wet leader in the
House, represents one of them. He
has cast his hat in the ring for the
senatorial nomination against Senator
Weller. This may result in putting a
Democrat into the House. Representa-
tive Zihlman, the other Republican, is
likely to succeed himself. Representa-
! tive Tydings, Democrat, is out for the
| Senate, which in the turnover may
give the Republicans a chance for a
seat in the House.
Insurgents Have Wisconsin.
The States of the Middle West, east
of the Mississippi, are sized up by the
| Republicans as .follows-with consider
able Justice: Wisconsin's delegation
will remain practically the same, with
the insurgents holding strongly to
their seats. There seems chance for
one Republican gain, however, if for
mer Representative Stafford runs
against Victor Berger, Socialist. The
Republicans do not expect to lose any
seats they now hold in Ohio, Indiana,
party seems particularly strong. with
factiOnal differences forgotten for the
moment.
The Republicans are hopeful of
picking up one of the three seats in
Minnesota now held by the Farmer
Labor party.
Farther West, in Montana. the Re
DublicanS expect to hold their seat
now occupied by Representative Scott
Leavitt. They expect to re-elect both
Representative French and Represent
alive Smith of Idaho and to hold
three out of the four districts in Colo
RADIO. In Nevada they admit that
AREN'T is in for 20 hard fight, but ex-
pect him to win. The Republicans
will hold four out of five districts in
Washington, it is expected.
Missouri presents another battle
ground. The Republicans hold seven
districts and the Democrats nine In
1922 the Republicans dropped to five
districts in That State. The Republi-
cans are likely to pick up an addi-
tiOnal district in Kansas City-the
second district
Oklahoma Situation.
Oklahoma may give the Democrats
an additional seat, but the Republicans
are figuring on holding at least one
district there. They have only two
now.
The Democrats hold the single dis
trict in New Mexico, and probably will
continue to do so. Representative
Hayden of Arizona. Democrat, is seek
ing the Senate seat now held by Sena-
tor Cameron. Republican. and this
may give the Republicans d chance
at the House seat
In California the Republicans say
they are in pretty good shape, and
that they may even pick up the seat
which was held by the late Repre-
sentative Raker, Democrat. for many
years. Oregon the Republicans con-
slider "all right" and also Utah.
The 'solid South" will, of course
perform in the usual manner and
send Democrats to the House, unless
there should be some tremendous I'D.
neaval, which is not expected.
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Ships Goat Appeases
Passengers Hunger

Seeing the Philippine Islands is
hazardous experience. Most Of the
ships plying between the islands are
foreign-owned. A law prohibits the
owners from purchasing new ships.
so the old ones are patched up from
year TO year. The churruca, on the
southern island run, took Il Spanish
expedition to Davao long before the
American occupation and also took
the first American expedition to Da-
vac q years ago. She still keeps
going. Recently party of Amer
leans took trip of four days on the
Sontua, which probably does not ante
date the ark. The cuisine interested
the Americans. Going aboard they
observed a venerable goat tethered to
the railing. The first day lamb chops
were served for dinner; the next, NUT
ton stew: the next, roast leg of lamb;
and the fourth and last. something
similar to deviled eggs. Curiosity
overcame the Americans. They
craned their necks down the hatch
TO the lower deck. and though thu
tether still hung at the rail the goat
was gone.
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in a single trade, albeit a vitality i'm.
port trade, that of coal. The coal
troubles are only highly symptomatic
OF general condition in all trades.
The British trouble is not local. 1t is
form of civil war-economic, not
poltlcal or military, but not less
devastating or dangerous. British
recovery abroad waits upon British
peace at home and, so far from the
promise of peace, the prospect of wal
grows daily.
Economic Peace Vital.
Nothing is more silly than to fore
cast as many do. the certain decline
ana ran or the British empire. What
IS possible Is to formulate the condi.
tons Of British recovery--.ond tho
primary, perhaps the sole essential
condition is economic peace Mt home
Despite all the outward signs of peace
despite the astonishing evidence of
naConal self-control supplied by the
Eeneral strike. Great Britain is actual.
~ passing through civil war. a
civil war which has already cost the
nation 81 ,000, 100000 in money and
rar more in accumulated class hatred.
AT the present moment more than
four millions Of Rritons are Actually
enduring a condition OF approximate
starvation, men, women and children,
as an incident IN the coal strike. One
by one the great essential Industries
are shutting down. and creeping
paralysis is affecting all forms of pro
ducuon. German coal is pouring into
British ports. and all over Europe,
Asia and Africa German and Amer
lean Goa! IS replacing British, and
German and American manufactured
articles are replacing British as Brit
ish production decreases and ceases.
The surplus Of British imports over
exports Is becoming monthly more
prodigious and the end is emphatical-
ly not in sight.
Nor will the surrender to starva-
ton of the miners be the end. The
costs Of the struggle even when
ended, will impose new burdens on
industry. upon capital and labor alike,
new handicaps will have to be carried
and therefore there will be new causes
for. dispute hereafter.
Can Britain recover? OF course.
VIII she? The answer is less simple,
perhaps less sure. Certainly not under
present conditions nor this side of
some national readjustment, some rec
onciliation between capital and labor
which cannot be had by battle and
will come less easily in proportion as
The battle is prolonged.
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