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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
THAT COOLIDGE GESTURE

The president of the United States
is a legal resident of the state of
Massachusetts. The president could
have cast his vote by mail at the
cost of two-cent stamp.
But he took special train, going,
with Mrs. Coolidge, to cast his vote
in person.
The president wanted to vote for
William Butler for senator.
Many other residents of Massachu-
setts, noting this expensive and mag
nificent gesture, went to the polls and
voted against Mr. Butler.
Mr. Butler was defeated. Which
only goes to show that gestures don't
always procure that for which one
makes the gesture. And when you
spend dollar you are never sure you
will get your moneys worth.
AS postscript it night be added
that Mr.. Butler as senator, was no
friend of labor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12

BEWARE OF SHIP SUBSIDY

A we'll organized movement to re-
vive the good old ship subsidy pro-
posal is and has for some time been
under way The movies have been
brought into the campaign with pic
lures that are subtle because they
content themselves with picturing the
need for an American merchant
marine.
The great interests that would
profit by a ship subsidy are making
thorough preparations to back. up
their demand with what will at least
have the appearance of popular sup
port.
There is an honest, legitimate man.
ner in which am American merchant
marine can be established and main
tanned and subsidy has nothing to do
with it.
1t is going to be up to the trade
union movement to spike this subsidy
campaign, just as it has spiked every
subsidy campaign in the past.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
REJECT LIVING WAGE

New York.-The living wage theory
was rejected by railroad trainmen and
conductors at the arbitration hearings
on the demand for wage increases of
these workers who are employed on
eastern railroads.
One representative of the workers
said he would "leave to the conscience
and the pocketbook of each member
of the board whether or not there
have been increases in prices of neces-
sites, and to what extent" Rents,
he said, had doubled and trebled in
New York city until they were now
so high that no trainman can afford
to live inside the city limits and the
same held true for most urban CEN
ters of the east.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
FEDERAL AID.
CENSOR FEARED
BY SOUTHERNER

Washington. Federal control of
newspaper advertising is a possibil-
ity, John A. Park, of Raleigh, N. c.,
told delegates to the convention of
the American Association of Advertis-
ing Agencies.
The federal trade commission has
accused the Southern Publishers As
sociation of illegal control of news
paper advertising. Mr.. Park said this
is ''ludicrous on it's face" and is a
threat of federal control of advertis-
ing.
s'The question is asked what will
happen if the commission makes an
order to cease and desist? 1t is not
clear, for the commission has offered
no suggestion to take the place of
the present advertising structure.
However, if advertising is held to be
interstate commerce it opens the way
for federal control of advertising"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12

is more important than ever that
union men should stand firm for
union principles. If the employer who
deals with his men collectively and
puts the union label on his products
he turns out, finds that there is a
demand for his products, he will con-
tinue to deal with employees collect
lively. If he finds that the manufac-
turer who pursues a different policy
and does not use the union lobel on
his products is getting all the .busi-
ness, what will be his attitude when
new wage contract is to be nego-
tiated?
Earning a union wage is one thing
and spending that wage to promote
unionism is another thing. Buying
non-labeled products will not promote
the cause of unionism. If those en-
ployes who are now employed would
really "stand pat" and demand only
products bearing the union label, those
employers who are running union
shops would be working full time.
What effect do you think this would
have on the non-union employers ?
Would he not wish to share in the
prosperity and get in line? Think it
over-Actl
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
Is MILLIONAIRES
REPORTED FOR 1924

Washington.-This country had IS
persons who had an income of 81 ,000,
900 and over in 1924, according to tax
returns made public by the internal
revenue bureau.
Three of these had net incomes of
$5,000,O00 and more, three others re-
ported net incomes ranging between
$4,000. 1000 and 5000, 900, and Is had
net incomes of between $2,000,000 and
$3,000,000. The names of this ex-
elusive set were not made public.
The gross income Of the Is million
aires was $190,337, ,268 Of this $102,-
73S,740 were received as dividends
The next largest income was $50,660,-
$50 received from the sale Of assets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12

ORGANIZED labor has never sought
to prevent anti-union men from speak
ing in church pulpits. Would any
workers dream of suggesting to any
church that Judeg Gary be barred
from the pulpits though he is the
most potent and effective enemy of
organized labor in America 2"
What tragic confession of fear lies
behind this setting up of the church
against the labor viewpoint! Alas,
that it will Justify hundreds of thou
sands who hold that the church is
one of the chief bulwarks of economic
privilege"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
RAIL RATES UNFAIR

Columbus, Ohio. = Governor Vic
Donahey has asked the governors of
five northwestern states to join with
Ohio in securing lower freight rates
on coal from this state.
The northwestern states secure
their coal supply through Great Lakes
shipments from Ohio ports, but the
interstate commerce commission al
lows lower freight rates for West
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
coal that is mined under non-union
conditions. This coal is south OF
Ohio, and must be shipped through
Ohio to reach Great Lakes ports.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
MOST SERIOUS CRIME

For ignoring the amber traffic light
and injuring three pedestrians, a
driver in this city was fined SO and
costs. For carrying hot water bot
tie filled with moonshine between his
shoulders, pedestrian was fined
S100. For violation of Nebraska's
liquor laws two farmers are under
sentence there, one to spend twenty
days and the other forty on diet
of bread and water-a regime of
semi-starvation, physicians call it.
Those who merely commit murder,
highway robbery, or arson in Ne
braska get the full prison fare.
From instances noted over the coun-
try generally, inference may be
drawn that possession of liquor is
becoming the most serious of all
crimes Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
INDICTS LODGE INSUR-
ANCE

Harrisburg, Pa.-The state insur-
ance commissioner has called on 26
fraternal organizations with head
quarters in various states to show
cause why their Pennsylvania licenses
should not be revoked.
The commissioner stated that some
of the societies appeared to be oper-
ating principally for the benefit of
the organizers, officers and promot-
ers." Expenses of administration of
certain organizations, it was stated,
ran as high as 72 per cent of pre-
miums collected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
JAPANESE VISITORS
MARVEL

New York.-A delegation of %
japanese industrial and commercial
leaders expressed amazement at the
mechanical civilization" they found
in their journey across the United
States.
"The japanese still work with man
power, Americans with machines. My
first thought was that the machine
was using the man." said one of the
visitors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
URGE EARLY CLOSING

Chicago.-Meat Cutters Union No
SAG, the largest organization of its
kind in the United States, is urging
early closing of meat markets on Sat
urday. More than 5000 markets in
this city are affected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
CAN'T EXAMINE BOOKS

Chicago.-Meat packers won long
fight against the government when the
United States circuit court of appeals
ruled that public officials can not
examine their books.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's,
1852 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
WARDEN THOMAS ILLOGICAL
LOGIC

WARDEN THOMAS ILLOGICAL
LOGIC
If reported correctly, Warden p E.
Thomas, of the Ohio penitentiary, who
was recently elected vice president of
the American Prison Association, in
an interview at Columbus last week
offered gratuitous affront to the
working people of this country.
Speaking of the. fve-day week for
wage earners, he is quoted as saying:
Grimes are bad enough now with
one holiday a week. Two holidays
would, in all probability, cause an
increase. Most of the crimes occur
when people have idle hours on their
hands. They mill about and spend
all their money. When their money is
gone and hard times come during the
winter, as they do every winter for
many people, it will be dangerous
days for law-abiding citizens"
We believe Warden Thomas either
was misquoted or that he uttered
what he must know is an unwarranted
SANDER concerning the moral status
of the working people in general.
Crimes are not the result, as he
intimates, of one holiday week. Nor
is there any evidence that five-day
week would result in increased
crimes. Maybe Mr.. Thomas would
like to see Sunday abolished and the
public morals protected by seven
day work week.
He says most crimes occur when
people have leisure time on their
hands. But it does not at all follow
that crimes are committed merely be-
cause people have leisure hours.
Crime has other motives than SIM
ply to pass the time.
The warden then goes on to say that
they (the wage earners) mill about"
and spend all their money and then
resort to crime. Wage earners are
not given to milling about what
ever that means-any more than other
people Neither are but small frac-
tion of them improvident for their
needs, as the records of savings asso-
Citations will show.
Mr. Thomas serious mistake was
in Jumping all working people in one
group and then assuming that they
constitute criminal class who must
not be allowed any leisure or they
will employ it to commit crimes.
The warden's own prison records
will show that the convicted Grim
mails among wage earners, in propcc-
tion to their total number, are fewer
than among other groups. And this
despite the notorious fact that Grim
inals in more affiuent circumstances
SO often escape conviction in our
courts, while their poorer brethren,
unable to hire skillful criminal law
yers, are promptly railroaded to
prison.
Warden Thomas would better re-
wise his logic-and base it on facts
when next he discusses the fye-day
work week.-Dayton Labor Review.
~ ~ - N N
REMARKS OF RABBI WISE
Here are some interesting and
thought-provoking remarks by Rabbi
S. Wise on the attempt of
Detroit churches during the recent A.
F. Of L. convention to prevent rep
of organized labor from
speaking in their pulpits:
Members of the American Feder-
alton of Labor, be not afraid. Men in
every city are resolved the church
shall not be chiefly the Sunday club
If the foes or organized labor. Men
iemand everywhere that the religion
If the prophets and of Jesus shall
lot be reduced to the level of a scab
lgency."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
"a m se M Ea
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH

Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" Nothing is truer in our
political life and nothing is truer in
our industrial life In our industrial
life the union that is watchful is the
the union that succeeds, goes for
ward, and from year to year adds to
the welfare of its members and con
sequently to their happiness. Mem
bers of the alert, watchful unions
generally practice what they preach.
They preach unionism and the benefits
derived from collective bargaining.
and they practice it by demanding
union-made products; they ask for
union-labeled articles when they make
their purchases.
In times of industrial depression it
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
THEN AND NOW

When the reaction set in with the
Har ling tidal wave there were those
who went away into dark corners
with glum faces, thinking, the world
was lost.
Those discouraged souls can now
come out of their hiding places and
survey with some considerable meas
ure of glee the result of the big wind
of November End
Several of the best known reaction
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12
YELLOW DOGS

Yellow dogs have a bad name.
They are not supposed to be reliable.
If a dog is yellow dog, that par
ticular dog is out of luck for life.
Yellow dog contracts, which bind
workmen not to join a union, take
their name from the yellow dog.
There is, however, one important
difference between yellow dogs and
the contracts named after them.
There may be, here and there, a
good yellow dog. There is never
such thing as a good yellow dog
contract.
- ~ - ~ ~
FIVE-DAY WEEK SCARES EN-
Declaration of labor's purpose to
go after shorter work week has got
the reactionary old boys gasping fol
air. My word, d'ja ever, ever hear
such nonsense?
But it isn't nonsense, old dears.
Most papers say it's the five-day
week that labor is after. That's what
the papers say, but labor only said
Shorter week. 1t may be five
days-maybe four.
For a good many workers right now
in these piping times of peace, pros
perity and Mussolini, there are nc
days of work per week.
AS with most things, this, too, is
relative.
And labor, as was clearly stated ir
it's convention, proposes to match g
shortening of work time against in.
crease in production.
So the old boys don't need to look
for the fire escape yet. Labor is GO
ing to be a darned sight more sen.
sible about this than they think-but
determined nevertheless not to be en-
tirely the goat in this machine age.
OH, WHAT A UNION!
General Motors at Flint, Mich, has
company union. John P. Frey, whs
writes as well as he thinks, and wht
thinks as well as he writes, told the
recent A. F. of L. convention about it
Employees pay as cents week dues
The company doesn't take any chances
about getting the money. 1t sees the
pay envelope first and takes it at the
source.
In this way it gets $1,755,OO0 pei
year from $4,000 employees.
The employees, in turn, get $1,000
in insurance, when they die, and {
club house. If they don't shut up ant
behave they get dirty look and may
be lose their jobs, insurance, clul
house and ALL as Mother Goose would
say.
If they strike for more pay-bu
this is no fairy story.
What union, Mr.. Gallagher.
Go to blazes, Mr.. Sheen.
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aries went down to defeat. More
and more the non-partisan spirit fos-
tered by the American Federation of
Labor singles out the unfaithful and
the reactionary ones and marks them
for cold storage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIetown, O.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-11-12

Waterville, Plumbers and
steamftters organized and are affil-
lated with the trade union movement
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Gear for Building Industry Suggested
/. As Possible Need to Protect Public

Has the time come when the build.
ing industry needs a car to
straighten out some of its difficulties
and to raise its average standards to
d higher plane?
Robert Beck, president Of the
Longacre Engineering and Construc.
tion Co., believes that the day has
arrived for buildeyS to ask sthem-
selves this question.
Base ball has it's Landis," said Mr..
Beck: the motion picture interests
have Will Hays, and the so-called
cars have accomplished a great
amount OF good.
Building conditions have reached a
point wnere there Is a need not only
for some restraining influence, but
also for more stringent legal regula.
tione. l don't mean as regards guam.
tity. but with respect to quality. /
have reference, too. not to large struc.
lures such as Office buildings, theaters,
large apartments and so on, but to
small dwelling houses.
1T seems TO me that there is now
q definite need for more careful regu.
lation Of the methods employed in
putting together these residences.
The building codes are sufficiently
Evening star., 1926-12-04

circumscribed where they relate to
congested business areas, but the out.
lying sections are subject to little re.
striction as to structural practice. and
these districts, owing to the tremen-
dous real estate activity Of the past
few years. are rapidly becoming con-
gested. Apparently we are in process
or moving our slums from the cities
to the near country.
I'm certain of our suburban dis
trlcts hundreds of small detached
dwellings, of frame construction and
wooden shingle roofs have been
thrown together and today represent
hazardous conditions from the stand
point of fire. Once a blaze gets un-
der way with a brisk wind blowing
the flames will leap from house to
house and from roof to roof and per-
haps wipe out hundreds Of homes.
AN inspection of some of these
places showed that not only are the
houses fiimsily built as to walls,
floors and roofs. but that many chin
neys are out of plumb and unlined
with fire clay. besides being used to
support wooden structural members.
ASIDE from the fire dangers of
such 'jerry-built' places, there is the
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Promoted to Colonelcy.

Lieut.. Col. James NJ. Kimbrough.
U. S. Infantry, stationed at Griffin
Ga, as instructor of the Georgia Ma
tional Guard, has been promoted to
the grade Of colonel, it was announcef
at the War Department yesterday
Col. Kimbrough is from Georgia and
began his military service in the
Spanish War as a captain in the 3
Georgia Infantry. He was appointed
first lieutenant of Regular Infantr
in February, 1901, and during the
World War served as colonel in the
National Army.
Evening star., 1926-12-04

feature of rapid deterioration. In
numerous cases the public has been
badly 'stung' by builders who erect
such atrocities for quick selling only
and has been angered by its expert.
ence to such an extent hat this Win.
ter we may see legislators Urged to
enact protective measures.
"These conditions are by 40 means
peculiar to New York's suburbs, but
prevail in varying degrees through
out the United States.
Under he circumstances I believe
the building trade should anticipate
a possible retaIiatory movement and
show that 1t can govern itself, lest
the sins Of few be visited upon the
many in the construction business"
Evening star., 1926-12-04
REALTY DINNER.DANCE
PLANS COMPLETED
$50 Members and Wives and
Guests Already Have Pur-
chased Tickets.

Complete arrangements have been
made for the annual dinner dance to
be given by the Washington Rea
Estate Board at Wardman Park Ho
tel Thursday, December 9, at $50
pm. So far approximately $50 mem
bers with their wives and guests
have purchased tickets for the affair
The entertainment will follow the
dinner and the entire affair will be
concluded with dance until 1880.
Besides a considerable amount of local
talen, out of town talen also has been
engaged.
The committee in charge is com.
posed of H. Tudor Morsell, chairman:
J. Rupert Mohler. Howard Schladt
J. A. McKeever, M. P. Candy, Waverly
Taylor and w. L. King.
Evening star., 1926-12-04

A collection of 700 walking sticks
including specimens of wood from all
parts of the world, has ueen made by
New York traveller.
Evening star., 1926-12-04

NO. l33 HESKETH ST.
Chevy Chase, Maryland

~ built chimney for eomrade old
I did the serzIce not for hope or hire
44nd then Travelled on in a0inter's cold
Yet oil the day glosVed before the fire"
-EDWTN MARKHAM.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-26

convinced him that less effort would
be consumed in the process of sneez-
ing, or that, mayhap more relief and
satisfaction would be got from the
sneeze, if thegmusket were laid on the
ground than if it were held in the
hand
There is the further very plausible
possibility that Joe believed it safer
to first deposit the musket on the
ground and then sneeze. He could
then sneeze freely, with abandon, and
perhaps even with eclat.
A musket in the hand at sneezing
time, he may have reasoned, is likely
to be discharged by the accident of
convulsive movement incident to the
process of sneezing.
If such was the case there was an
element of prudence in Joe's action
There are many who contend that pru-
dence is an essential part of that true
laziness which is most complete, most
finished and thorough-going. If that
point be accepted it is additional proof
that Joe's laziness was the true lazi-
ness, while the lethargy of the dog
was merely lack of dynamic impulse.
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AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Emergency foreign policy confer
ence, including four senators and ten
representatives of three parties, calls
on United States to recognize Mex
lean sovereignty over property rights.
John D.. Rockefeller, Jr., refuses to
take steps toward ending strike on
Western Maryland railroad; union
leaders deplore his stand.
Englishman jailed in Italy for criti-
cism of Premier Mussolini.
Methodist Chuch board of temper
ance charge Coolidge administration
is keeping in office in certain sections
men who are not in sympathy with
dry laws.
European conference on hours of
labor held in London; uniform stand.'
ard of working time sought by big
powers.
Jewish labor organizations, at con-
ference in New York, pledge 81 1,OOO,-
WV Ioi lClICI VI jews Ill nuSSId anu
other countries.
Governor Smith, of New York.
warns against federal encroachment
on the states waterpower control.
Danish house of commons passes
bill providing for virtual abolition of
Denmark's army and navy.
Reports given to Carpenters
Union Indicate 1926 will be record
building year in Indiana.
Wealthy plumbing contractor of
Detroit charges government officials
are unfairly keeping thousands of
aliens out of United States.
Capital Times of Madison, Wis,
starts proceedings to test right of
Judge to hold secret court sessions
and issue injunctions banning publi-
cation of court proceedings.
White Plains, N. j., judge assails
Ku Klux Klan as un-American.