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extensively carried out. ana that for
the time being its operation is to
be confined % California.
win Ia Neglected
There probably win be no formal
announcement OF the Government
retreat tn the matter. Rather. It was
said, t. experiment with It will not
be- allowed to ret outside the borders
0f California, where II is receiving
It's baptism. and It probably win be
neglected TO death rather than
killed outright.
The Department Of Justice thus
TAR. has preserved an eloquent
silence IN tina matter ana theirs
vas considerable speculation today
as 70 whether it ever win be called
upou to render an opinion as to
the congtikutiona1ity and legality of
making Federal agents out Of rural
coustabIes and deputy shertffs.
Coolidge Melted
Some OF the DEPARTMENTS recog.
nlzed legal experts. however. have
NOT been silent. While chary Of Of
ficfazIy saying that the White
H6us0 exceeded its authority, q
nuraber OF experts have privately
oppressed the opinion that the plan
cannot be made to hold water IN q
court test.
President Coolidee was repre-
s1nted today as being nettled over
the situation. The order came TO.
him. It Is understood. IN q routine
way. and was signed without the
Attorney General having been con-
suited. It laid around the Treasury
fnr 10 days before 1t was pro-
muIgated--so innocuous did officials
tfare consider 1t.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15

the union those facts of the social
sciences which may serve as a basis
for sound conclusions, may help Gre
ate true social and spiritual values
and may train them for active and
successful participation in the labor
movement as leaders and workers.
"The members of our union who
attend the lectures and courses learn
a great deal about matters connected
with their industry, their organiza-
tion and the labor movement. They
learn some of the psychologist laws
which govern the relations between
human beings. They are inspired by
literature which deals with life, hopes
and sorrows of other men and women.
knowledge of conditions outside
the union is. essential to those who
would be of the greatest usefulness
to their union and the labor move
ment."
Fannia M. Cohn is executive secre-
tary of the educational department.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
OLD BUCABOO
Raised Against Shorter
Work Day

New York-A women's eight-hour
day would injure the textile and pot
terry industries of this state, employ
ers told the state industrial survey
commission.
Ignoring every experience as to the
value of the shorter work day, the
employers insisted that the long hour
system of southern mills gives the
latter an advantage.
Miss Frances Perkins urged an in
crease in workmen's compensation
benefits. She asked that the limit of
$500 for temporary total disabil-
ity be increased to $4,000 and that the
rules of evidence and procedure be
changed to permit the admission of
hearsay evidence when obtained from
a reliable source.
The commission was created by the
last legislature to investigate indus
trial conditions in this state. The
commission is composed of members
of the senate and assembly and repre-
sentatives of labor, of employers and
Of the general public
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
FORTY-EICHT
HOUR LAW
For Women Opposed By
New York Employers

New York.-A 48-hour law for
women workers looms as major
factor in the November election. The
plan is opposed by employers who
have been successful in their fight be-
fore the state assembly. Governor
Smith recently appointed commits
sion to survey industrial and social
conditions in this state, and at hear
ings a 48-hour law has been promi-
nent.
James A. Hamilton, state industrial
commissioner, shows that the 4Shour
week is the rule in more than one-half
of the factories and mercantile estab-
lishments in the state. He says law
making the 48 hours statewide would
not be radical as two-thirds of the
women in factories up state and 70
per cent of those employed In New
York city who work more than AZ
hours are working only 40, SO or 81
hours.
The commissioner says that the law
should be passed as a health measure.
"The arguments are based on the
harmful effects of strain from stand
ing, of dust and fumes, of the speed
ing up of modern industrial activity
and of inadequate opportunities for
rest and recreation" he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
LOW-WACE
Textile Barons Bring Chaos
To Industry

Long hour and low-wage textile
manufacturers should insist that
George S. Harris do less talking.
Mr.. Harris is president of the
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
citation. He is quoted in the public
press: "All the cloth needed nova
days can be produced in 60 per cent
of the time, whereas the other 40
per cent demoralizes the market, as it
forces mills to shut down and fight
each other in selling"
The claim that 40 per cent of the
mills can be dispensed with is below
that of industrial engineers and trade
unionists, who point to many out-of-
date mills.
The bureau Of labor statistics has
lust announced that a survey in one
American cotton mill shows an in
creased output last year OF almost
80 per cent over the 1911 production.
This increase can be traced to better
equipment and more efficient labor
and management
The rise Of labor costs has been
largely offset by increased labor effl-
cheney, it is stated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
EDUCATIONAL
Course of Union Trains
Workers to Think

New York.-In it's latest bulletin
the educational department of the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union explains it's purpose and an
nounces it's policy for the coming
year. q
"The function of workers educa-
tion," it is stated, "is to assist in the
all-important task Of making our
world better place for all. The
truth is clear that it is the mission of
the workers themselves to abolish the
inequalities and injustices which they
suffer, and that they can accomplish
this only through organization. But
it is equally clear that economic
strength is much more effective if di-
rected by intelligent, well informed,
clear thinking men and women.
"The purpose of the educational ac-
tivities of the /. L. G. w. u. is to
provide the labor movement with such
men and women. The courses ar
ranged for the educational department
are designed to give the members Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15

By International Labor News Service
Detroit, Mich.-A notable declara-
tion was made in the forty-sixth an
nual convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor here last week by
President William Green in introduc-
ing Ricardo Trevino, fraternal dele
gate from the Mexican Federation of
Labor, of which Mr.. Trevino is gen
eral secretary.
"Our supreme and only concern"
said President Green, "in the working
people of our sister republic of Mex
leo has been to assist them in i'm
proving their economic and industrial
conditions. We have ever recognized
the indistinct line existing between
the republic of Mexico and the United
States.
"As we claim the right to deal with
our own domestic affairs here and
pass upon them as American citizens
and as trade unionists, as we claim
the full and free exercise of that citi-
zenship right, so we gladly extend
to all other citizens in every other
country the recognition of that same
right.
eve want to be helpful to the hum
bic workers in Mexico and throughout
the world in raising their standards of
life and living, in making it possible
for them to earn wages and to work
under conditions of employment that
will fit them for citizenship for
fathers, for sons, and for brothers
and sisters.
"That is our supreme concern, that
is our only concern. We may look
with approval or disapproval upon the
disposition of political and domestic
questions over which we have no con-
troll. That is matter of opinion and
judgment, but there is between the
working people of the world a COM
mon interest in the mobilization of
their economic strength, SO that we
can unitedly stand against those
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
INJUNCTION JUDGE
DEALS IN COAL LAND

Morgantown, W. Va.-The i'm
peachment of Judge Lazzelle, of the
Monongalia county circuit court was
urged by the annual convention of the
West Virginia State Federation of
Labor.
The resolution states that Judge
Lazzelle and members of his family
sold coal lands to mine operator,
were deriving an annual royalty
therefrom and that this disqualifes
the judge from sitting in labor in
junction cases in which the mine own
er is interested
The convention condemned the en-
ployment Of incompetent miners who
endanger their own lives, those of
their fellow workers and property.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Champion Of Working Women
Tells ''Open Shoppers" Why
Cheap Labor is Dear Labor

By international Labor News Service.
New York City-Miss Mary An
derson, champion of the women wage
earners of the United States as direc-
tor of the women's bureau of the
United States department of labor,
walked right into the citadel of the
open shoppers when she addressed the
meeting of the National Association of
Manufacturers here pleading with
them not to impoverish the millions
Of women they employ by paying low
wages.
"There are over eight and half
million gainfully employed women in
the United States," she said, "and Of
these 100000 are employed in the
producing and distributing trades.
From facts we have gathered we know
that the future of the girl today is
closely linked with the conditions
which prevail in the places where she
works
Want Future for Women
1--WE want to see the girl made an
efficient part of industry's machinery
but we want also to see that industry
offers a future for the woman and is
an institution which the girl can enter
and in which she can stay and prosper
and grow"
Miss Anderson related that be-
ginning had been made and that many
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
POLICE AGENTS
Bomb to Injure Strikers, 1t
Is Charged

Passaic, N. J-The police have re-
newed their torroristic tactics to break
the textile strike. Nearly score of
these workers are arrested on bomb
ing charges Thomas Mcmahon,
president of the United Textile Work
ers, calls attention to this ancient
trick of hostile employers and their
police agents.
"The police of Passaic, Garfield and
Clifton are again attempting to break
the textile strike by arresting mem
bers of the union and grilling them
in an attemptlto implicate them in the
latest bombing" said Henry Hunt,
counsel for the strikers.
"Twenty-one men and boy have
been arrested and some of them held
incommunicado for several days. The
distress of the wives and children of
these men, confined in jail without
lawful warrant and brutally beaten by
the police to exact confessions from
them, can be imagined.
From the beginning of the strike
last January, the police have persued
q continuous policy Of law-breaking,
clubbing, unlawful arrests and un-
reasonable bail. All this has failed to
provoke the strikers to counter with
like violence. Now, when the strike
is about to be won, these strange
bombings come into the picture.
"From an examination of the avail
able evidence of these bomb cases, it
appears highly probable that they are
the result of plant by detective
agencies attempting to break the
strike by charging violence against
the strikers. 1t will be noticed that
the bombings have been going on since
May and no one has been injured and
no property damage has been done. |
am informed that some of the men
implicated are employed in the mills"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Barring of Labor Speakers By
Detroit Churches Reveals Hand
of ofPowerful Anti Union Interests

"We ask you, as the supporters of
these churches, to weight the matter
carefully and fairly and advise your
minister as to whether or not you
wish to have your church deviate from
the program for which it is maintain
ed"
That there was careful weighing
an quick one-is shown by the
haste to withdraw the invitations.
Among the speakers, in addition to
President Green, there were to have
been Matthew Woll, Ellis Searles,
Major George l.. Berry, James Wilson,
John HI. Walker, Coils Lovely, Frank
Morrison, w. H. Howard and others.
Convention Amazed
The convention itself showed its
amazement at the unprecedented ac-
ton of the Y. M. C. A. and the
churches in discussion of the subject
in open session.
The Federal Council of Churches,
sponsor for the program, is Inundated
by the action of Detroit capitalists
and open shoppers, but of course has
no power to compel the opening of
doors now ordered closed by the
forces here aligned in the campaign
to crush trade unionism.
The Salvation Army rushed in
where the Y. NJ. C. A. feared to tread
and invited President Green to ad-
dress a meeting which it offered to
arrange and sponsor, either in its
large hall or in the open air.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
BY CHESTER NJ. WRIGHT
International Labor News Service

Detroit, Mich - Domination of
churches and of the Y. NJ. C. A. in
Detroit by powerful corporation inter-
ests committed to the so-called open
shop leaped into the limelight during
the first week of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor convention.
Invitations extended by the Y. M.
G. A. to President Green to speak
there on Sunday during the convention
and to dozen other labor men to
occupy Detroit pulpits were cancelled
upon orders of the boards Of directors.
Among the directors responsible
for this action are men powerful in
the business life of Detroit and of the
country-and some are politicians. In
the Y. M. C. A. directorate are to be
found C. B. Van Dusen, its president,
who is general manager of the Kresge
five and ten cent stores. Howard A.
Coffin, aircraft and automobile en-
gineer, is another SO is Charles B.
warren, VINO WAS refused COIlllTl1id-
ton as United States attorney general
by the senate. Among the trustees
is Truman H. Newberry, originator
of Newberryism.
First Action of Kind
The action of the churches here is
the first of its kind in the seven years
since the beginning by the Federal
Council Of Churches of the practice
of arranging for labor sermons in
convention city churches.
Apparently the wishes of the pas
tors were not considered, for the Min
isterial Association has not cancelled
it's arrangement to have its Monday
meeting addressed by John P. Frey
of the Molders' Union, and editor of
its journal.
"Open Shop" Declared Issue
The Dertoit board of commerce, in
its organ, the Detroiter, plainly de-
clares the issue to be the "open shop
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
HEAVILY TAXED
Are People For Peace-Time
Deaths

New York Accidents and fatali-
ties in this country cause an annual
economic loss of more than $5,OOO,-
100000 according to officials OF
the Reconstruction Hospital, who have
analysed a nationwide survey. In
dustrial accidents cause a loss OF
more than one-ffth Of the total.
One person in every nine in the
United States meets with an accident
every year, and one out of every ten
deaths has been traced to accidental
causes. There are 100000 acci-
dents every year, % every minute and
1880 every second.
Annually more than 1000 persons
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
BUSINESS RECORDS
CAN'T BE OPENED

Washington.-The District of CO.
lumbia supreme court has enjoined
the federal trade commission from
examining books and records of Mil
lers' National Federation of Chicago
The commission asked for the records
to aid It's investigation of the baking
and milling industry.
The court ruled that this request is
IAN intrusion on the privacy of bust
ness and an infringement of constitu-
tional rights for which the law af-
fords no adequate remedy, and from
that it follows that the intervention of
equity is justified"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Labor Executives
Hit Church Action

By international
Labor News Service.
Detroit. LEADING officers of
organized labor commented as
follows on the action of Detroit
religious institutions in with
drawing invitations to trade
unionists to speak:
John P Frey: "If the time
comes when mammon dominates
the altar, Christianity has passed
away"
John II. Walker: :"It was
Harry Daugherty who as an off
cial of the government, said he
would use the army and navy to
sustain the open shop. From
all | can learn, l think these gen
tlemen are fit associates of Harry
Daugherty, and | do not desire
to do Mr.. Daugherty any inius-
tice."
7. W. Mccullough: "What
shall it profit Detroit if it gain
Y. M. c. A. and lose the re-
spect of the American people, and
that seems to be the bargain they
have made"
Andrew Furuseth: ''The auto
mobile industry is taking Detroit
the way of Babylon, Greece and
ancient Rome"
George L. Berry: II don't
know that we have ever had such
a complete example of autocracy
in America as we have had here
this week"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
FAVOR OLD AGE PEN
SIONS

Montreal, Quebec.-An old age pen
sion system, under government super
vision, was favored by the annual con-
vention of the Trades and Labor Con-
gress of Canada. Officers of the con-
gress reported that a forward step
has been made in this movement by
the federal government accepting the
principle.
President Tom Moore and Secre-
tary- Treasurer Draper were re.
elected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
SHOT IN HOLD-UP;
GETS COMPENSATION

Trenton, N. 1.-THE New Jersey
State supreme court has affirmed a
workmen's compensation award of
81, 700 to worker who was shot in
hold-up at Newark.
The court ruled that 'in these
times" hold-up can be reasonably
anticipated as connected with employ
ment."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15

legislative session.
A change in the workmen's COM
pensation law, raising compensation
to injured workers from one-half of
their weekly pay, to two-thirds, was
favored. An increase in the maxi
mum weekly compensation from SIS
to $40 was adopted.
The convention reelected President
Barry and Secretary Kele
her, and selected Keene as the next
convention city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
THEATRE WORKERS WIN

Rock Island, Ill.-Theatre workers
in this city have won their strike and
secured union-shop agreement.
Musicians, moving picture operators
and stage employees were involved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Cancellation of Invitations
Follows "Open Shop" Pressure
Directors Responsible for Amazing Action of Religious
Institutions Are Men Whose Influence is Strong In
Business Life of Automobile City and of Nation

1t declares the Sunday meetings to
have been a part of "the program of
the American Federation of Labor to
make Detroit q closed CITY,"
1t proceeds to say to its members
opd offoorc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Only Concern Of U. S. Labor
In Mexican Toilers is to Help
Them Better Their Condition,
Green Tells Detroit Convention

forces of greed and avarice that would
sink the working people of all nations
to the depths of despair. 1t is against
that we protest, it is in the assistance
of the workers that we offer our
help"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
Points Out Responsibility

lose arms, feet or hands as result
of accidents. In this city alone there
are some 6,000-one-ha of them
under 16 years of age.
There are between 100000 and
100000 industrial accidents every
year, resulting in an economic loss,
computed on the basis Of days wage
of 50, of considerably more than
81, 900, 100000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
TO REVISE WAGE ORDER

Vancouver, B. C.--The minimum
wage board will reconsider its order
dealing with the canning industry,
following strong protests by the
Trades and Labor Council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15
LABOR1AWS URGED

Nashua, N. H.-The New Hamp-
shire State Federation of Labor in
structed officials to renew opposi-
tion to the labor injunction at the next
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-15

Industries were Offering women a liv-
ing wage. In many parts Of the coun-
try, however, where there was no legal
limit to the hours of work the WON.
ems bureau found long hours of work
md low pay for women earners.
Cheap Labor Dear
I'VE have also found a great many
employers who have seen the benefit
of reasonable workday, who have
realized that cheap labor is dear labor,
and who have the best possible work
ing conditions" she said. "But the
employer who has gone to the expense
Of instituting these better conditions
must often compete with the man who
is eager to get the cheapest product,
undertaking his competitor at the ex-
pense of the workers and the COM
munity."
She denied that women wage earn
ers spend an undue amount on silk
stockings and fnery. Instead she
showed they were supporting families
and further that in most instances
they received much less wages than
men who did the same work.
Points Out Responsibility
Finally Miss Anderson urged upon
the manufacturers their social respon-
sibility to protect the working woman
&c tho ,,nntho1 Of f11t11rn A Annnrinanc
New Britain herald., 1926-09-28

outlook for the coming season is bright one. No hopes are entertain ed for another quintet like the cham pionship one of two years ago. but most of last witner's players are back and, with another year of ex- perience behind them, they are ex- pected by Coach Ray Anderson to develop into team which will make the best amateur teams in the state take bitter medicine.
 Veterans from last years first team included Nick Gill, the debo- nair forward sensation of last winter, Joe Gofta, hard working center; Henry Kraszewski. substitute for ward; Jake Parparian and Isidorc Levin, fIashy utility men; and Pete Silva. stonewall guard. Captain Stanley Gotowala and Pete Zapatka were not with the squad last night but are expected to join shortly and make the return of last years men complete. Long John" Kley. tow ering center for the Stanley Rule team will again play with the club. and Coach Anderson believes that kley at last has the experinece to make him of championship calibre.
 Among the members of the Re- serves who turned out were Tony kerelejza, Captain John Compac- none, Joe Link, Leo Michalowski, Max Nankowitz, and Frank Pac. Leonard Anderson will not be with the squad this winter, while Pete herelelza. star of two years ago. will again be kept out by the knee which ne injured in practice early last fall.
 Newcomers include Mike Paluch. Andy hobela. Nate Lipman. Milton Berkowltz, Alphonse Zujko. John Silva, and Eddie Karpinski. Most of these played in the intra-club leagues last winter; Zujko was on the clubs Rotary baseball team this summer while John Silva is a brother of Pete. Much is expected Of Andy kobela, 1t being predicted he will talk all opposing quintets into sub mission.