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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
By WILLIAM j. BOWEN
President, Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers' International Union

President, Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers' International Union
Speaking from the comfort and
security of a salary of $4,000 per
year, Mr.. Christian G. Norman, man
ager of the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association of New York. comes
forward to charge that building
trades workers, and bricklayers in
particular, are being too highly paid
and do too little work.
Mr.. Norman thus takes the center
of the stage along with Judge Gary
His utterances smack of the Gary talk
about "over-paid labor" Nothing is
said by either of these gentlemen
about profits, yet it is not forgotten
that many of the Norman stamp be-
came millionaires during the war.
1t is Mr. Norman's contention that
times will not be what they ought to
be until there are two workmen in line
for every job. That is what Mr..
2-for-1 Norman says he wants.
With profits greater than ever in
history, with commodities moving
more rapidly than ever from manu-
facturer to consumer, with what we
know as good times" little more
evident than ever, the baron of the
feudal age steps out of his dusty pic
ture frame to call back ''the good old
days" when hungry men stood in line
pleading for work to keep soul and
body together. The gross brutality of
it comes as an icy blast of calculated
infamy.
But stranger than the statement
itself, bringing its medieval british
ness into more enlightened age, is
the fact that employers today will
tolerate in their service a man whose
views are so far out of harmony with
what most employers now know to be
their own best interests. The enlight-
ened portion of the business world now
we'll knows that high, steady purchas-
ing power among the masses of the
people, resulting from adequate and
continuous wages, means well being
for industry, including the building in
dustry, while unemployment and con-
sequent low purchasing power means
stagnation, "hard times" and a piled
up surplus of commodities.
Mr.. 2-for-1 Norman harks long
ways back to hurl again into the in
dustrial arena his ancient slogan. 1t
belongs with the fiintlock, the toma-
hawk, the burning of witches and the
pulling of the forelock in the presence
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
D'ALESSANDRO
IS DEAD
Was Many Years President
of International HOd
Carriers Union

Quincy, Mass.-Dominic D'Alessan-
dro, for nearly 20 years president of
the international Hod Carriers Union
of America, died in this city after a
long illness.
He was born in Italy in 1867 In
his youth he emigrated to America,
and from that time he devoted every
energy to improving work conditions
of hod carriers and building and COM
mon laborers.
His funeral was attended by large
delegation of trade unionists, headed
by Daniel J. Tobin, treasurer of the
A. f. of L., and president of the
Brotherhood of Teamsters, and James
Wilson, president of the Pattern
Makers League Of North America.
The former represented the A. F. of
l.. Mr.. Tobin's acquaintance with the
departed dates from the time they
were officials of their Boston locals,
more than 25 years ago. At the ceme-
terry the A. F. of l.. representative re-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
Never Again Two Men In
Line For Every Job, Says
Chief Of Bricklayers

of ones betters" The coal barons
of the days of Divine Right Baer be-
ieved in Mr.. Norman's idea. So did
the steel barons. The steel barons
believe it yet, along with Mr.. Norman.
And in the old days, when Ellis Island
was an open road from crowded, pow
erty-stricken Europe, there were two
men for every job, and sometimes four
and five. Agents of the steel and coal
barons went about through Europe
with contracts for employment, herd
ing men into vile steerages by the
thousands upon thousands.
1t is not picture to wish to recall.
The milling thousands, babbling in a
score of tongues, pitting themselves
against each other in life and death
struggle for jobs. There were stock
AIDES in those days, there were men
sleeping three shifts to a bed, there
were all the evils of unlimited corpor-
alton rule, with human cattle to be
driven at will, as ruthlessly as though
they had no human attributes.
To those dark days Mr.. 2-for-1 Nor
man would return. Building trades
workers get too much money to suit
this $4,000 year ancient. They
stand up too firmly for their rights
to suit him. They are not to be cowed
and driven about. They are intelli-
gent, they are organized, they are
free-born American citizens, and they
know what that citizenship means be-
cause they have wrung its privileges
out of the garsp of such men as Nor
man.
But there will be no more for /.
There will be no return to the old lark
days. And if Mr.. Norman will look
sharply enough he will see, through
the bleak picture in his minds eye, the
form of dusky bird over the door
way of his castle, and the bird will be
croaking, "Never more"
Instead of going back to the evils
of old, evils overcome by militant, con-
structive, intelligent trade union eff
fort, we are going forward to better
and ever better days for the workers.
1t is much more important to America
that there be masses of we'll paid, in
teligent, free and alert wage earners,
living well, educating their children
properly, enjoying life in its fullness,
than it is that there be $4,000 year
for few Normans on the slave basis
of to much more important and
much more likely to happen, even
though it be to Mr.. Normans dismay.
The 2 for days have gone forever.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
TO ADJUST
RAIL WAGE DISPUTE

New York-Eastern railroad man.
ayers and representative of their
conductors and railway trainmen have
each named two arbiters TO adjust
the workers demand for wage in
creases.
The question was first referred to
the new federal mediation board, Gre
ated by the last congress. On a
failure to reach an agreement, both
sides appointed arbiters. If the four
fail to select a fifth member, the fed
eral mediators will appoint.
Former Congressman Winslow,
chairman of the federal board, said
that that body is not out Of the case,
but will continue to use it's good Off
ces in the interest of peace.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
Learning Union Labor
And Efficiency Go Hand in Hand,
Green Tells Industrial Congress
Secretary Davis Assails ''Isms

Shun the delusions of communism
and socialism, said Secretary of La
Dor Davis in an address read before
the congress, and dealing with the
economic outlook Of the workers of
the country. Frank Morrison, secre-
tary of the American Federation of
Labor, presided at the meeting.
Failure of communism in Russia
has been an object lesson to millions
in regard to the evil of high-sound-
ing theories that have no basis in
fact, and are but the vain babblings
of heated imaginations," the secre-
tary said.
Indications are that the time is
approaching in this country when all
the workers themselves will be cap
italists on a small scale That is
what they would like to be; but if
they are to achieve the desire of their
hearts, they must rally around the
economic system that has given them
their present status in the community
and promises to give them an even
higher status"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
Injunction Banning Picketing
By Striking Garment Workers
Is Assailed as Autocratic

BY International Labor News Service
New York City.-The blanket in
junction granted manufacturers by
Supreme Court Justice Guy was as
sailed as autocratic and an abuse of
judicial power in brief presented by
Morris Hillquit, counsel of the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, to vacate the restraining order.
The court order in effect, he says,
would aid the employers as strike
breaking measure, and is an attempt
by the court to end an economic con-
troversy without giving the worker
trial or hearing.
Wholesale arrests following the
strikers continued picketing have re-
suited in the union deciding to march
the 10000 strikers to city hall as
protest against police and city magis-
trates. Workers are being sentenced
to Jail for from five to ten days for
"congregating."
Reviews Court Rulings
In his brief, which is careful re-
view of precedents affirming the right
to picket, Mr.. Hillquit pointed out that
contrary to the employers conten-
tions, Chief Justice Taft had never
ruled picketing was unlawful, though
he did condemn systematic intimida-
ton.
Rulings of the United States SUI
preme court repeatedly have support
ed picketing by limited numbers, the
unions attorney contended. The in
junction as worded, he pointed out,
not only forbade ordinary picketing
but peaceful conversation and persua-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
A. F. Of L. Head Sees Hostility
10 Organized Workers Waning
Philadelphia Meeting Held on One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of Repeal of England's Anti Union Laws
Seeks to Promote Highest Standards of Relationship
in Industry.

BY International Labor News Service
Philadelphia.-H Hostility on the part
of employers toward organized labor
is decreasing in intensity and extent,
said William Green, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, in
speaking before the Congress of
American Industry here on the prog
ress and growth of trade unions. EN-
ployers are learning, continued Mr.
Green, that union labor can and does
give trained and highly efficient serv-
ice, and can help in the solution of
many of the large and outstanding
industrial and economic problems in
which employers are vitality interested
Good wages and humane working
conditions make for prosperity and
contented and efficient workers, con-
tinued Mr.. Green.
Trade Unions Can Help Industry
"Sagacious employers, expert man
ayers and industrial economists rec
ognize the fact that there is great
potential power for good within the
trade unions, and that it can be util-
lied to greatest advantage in the de-
velopment of economies and new in
dustrial processes" he said.
Prudence, wisdom and good judg-
ment ought to inspire the controlling
factors in industry to develop this
potential power, making it active and
serviceable in the interest of the COM
mon good and the public veal"
Understanding Must Be FOstered
The road to success, he added, is
in the establishment and maintenance
of harmonious relations by cultivat-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
LOGGERS' LOW WAGE

Washington.-In a summary of
wages and hours of labor in the lum-
Der industry last year, the United
States bureau of labor statistics shows
that the average full-time earnings
per week were $20.74. The average
full time hours per week were ISL.
The information compiled covers
61,193 wage earners (including 38
females) employed in 299 sawmills
in % states and 9,133 wage earners
in 72 logging camps in 10 of the same
states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
AID COOP. INSURANCE


Washington. - The Sheet Metal
Workers International Association
has subscribed for $4,000 worth of
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
stock and paid cash for the full
amount. The sheet metal workers
convention ordered this action, follow
ing an address by Martin F. Ryan,
director in the insurance company, A.
F. of L. vice president and president
of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen.
A feature of the stock subscription
are contributions from the BARRIERS
Union in San Juan, Porto Rico, and
the Plumbers Union in Honolulu.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08

ing understanding and a right per-
spective on the part of the employer
and employe. This can be done
through personal association, he con-
tinued, and through honest, sincere
dealings, conferences and education.
"This achievement can not be
reached" he declared, "if there is a
conviction in the minds of one group
that the other group is attempting
to deny it the exercise of any right
to which it believes it is entitled"
Company Unions" Doomed to
Failure
Some employers are reluctant, he
said further, to accept the organiza-
tion of their employees through inde-
pendent unions originated and con-
trolled by the workers themselves.
In ORDER to meet their conviction that
organization is necessary, and to sat
isfy the instinct of the workers to
organize, employers have endeavored
to build up separate, isolated organ
izations, confined exclusively to their
own employees and to their own in
dustry.
1T is reasonably certain that this
experiment will ultimately fall" he
aJJad sfhaoo,,ca ~ l., nI,c +lo 1Io,,, -, ~,
of permanency, continuity and sta
bility. The competitive character of
perfected industry will make it i'm
possible for employers who are in
spired by both humane and fraternal-
istic motives to establish and main
tain their own individual union while
their competitors have no union at
ALL"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08

sion with those who were working in
the shops even with their consent.
Then he continued:
"a most unusual and Objectionable
provision is that which prohibits
picketing any member Of the plaintiff
organization without any qualification
whatever. This prohibits the most
customary and effective manifestation
of the defendants strike activities and
goes a long way in the direction of
enjoining the strike as such and de-
termining the economic issues be-
tween 100000 workers and 1000 en-
ployers by writ of the court without
trial"
All picketing in front of the shops
of members of the Industrial Council
Of Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacture
ers, Inc, has been forbidden by the
restraining order. Since the police
can rot distinguish strikers from
those who are going into the huge
garment lofts in the garment center
they arrest indiscriminately and take
the crowd to court in the patrol wagon
on a general charge of "loitering."
Thus fur workers, waist makers and
office employees often find themselves
behind the bars although they have
nothing to do with the strike, and it
takes some time before they are re-
leased
Police Stations Overflow
So many persons are herded to-
gether and arrested that West Side
police stations are not large enough
to hold them all and they are kept in
the street until bail can be arranged.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
ORNBURN NEW CHIEF

Chicago.-First Vice President Orn-
burn, of the Cigarmakers Interna-
tional Union, has been elected presi-
dent of that organization by refer
endum vote. He succeeds George w.
Perkins, who has held that office for
years and is one of Americas trade
union veterans. Mr.. Perkins declined
to be candidate for president, but he
was reelected delegate to the A. F.
Of L. Recently he submitted to a
major operation, which was success
full.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
166 MINERS KILLED

Washington. mine fatalities
in July resulted in the death of 166
workers, according to the United
States bureau of mines. This is
loss of 1875 lives for the year. Of
this number 1,O89 were at bituminous
mines and 226 were at anthracite
mines. For every million tons the
fatality rate was $50 for bituminous
and SOC for anthracite mines.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
EUROPEAN WORKERS
VISITING AMERICA

Washington metal trades de-
partment, A. F. of L., will give a
luncheon to representative of the
International Metal Trades Fedora
ton. The European delegation con-
sists of Conrad Ilg, Switzerland; j. T.
Brownie, England; Robert Dissman,
Germany, and Henry Labe, France.
The former is secretary Of the feder-
alton.
The purpose of the visit is to ac-
quaint American organized metal
workers with the methods of the in
ternational organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
LAWYERS NOT NEEDED
TO GET INJURY CLAIM

Chicago. - William M. Scanlan,
chairman Of the state industrial COM
mission, again warns workers not to
employ attorneys when they are in
jured. Only on rare occasions are
they necessary, he said.
"These workers are entitled to adj
vice and assistance by the arbitrator
of the court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
FURRIERS REDUCE HOURS

Chicago.-After six weeks strike,
Fur Workers Union No. 45 has re-
duced the work week to 40 hours from
January to August 18TH For the
rest of the year "A hours will be the
rule. Wages are advanced $3.50 and
$4 week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08

"Only when questions are of tech
nical and intricate nature and a rec
ord must be built up in accordance
with the established rules of evidence,
is an attorney necessary" he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08

minded those present of the years of
service that his departed friend leaves
as a memorial to the trade union
cause.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-08
Must Admit Responsibility

"Any change in the direction of
communism or socialism in this
country would be detrimental to the
interests of the workers, but at the
same time workers must admit their
responsibility to employers if America
is to continue to be what it has been
the land of opportunity" he continued
"If the American workers desire
the preservation and enhancement OF
their wage scales and if they wish to
remain an integral part of the eco
nomic life of their communities, they
must accept fully their share of the
responsibility for the things they de-
sire.
"Both employers and employees are
engaged in creating wealth, and their
responsibilities are co-equal. Under
standing of the problems fo each is
the basis on which both of them
achieve success"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15

the best directors nave Aahsu "
catch on the screen.
Whole Town Watched
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-. 49, IL ne R,sssav,a II ne
~ sslls go 100 $500 ttsir y,estinas
$50. i,,,ee, secret The whole
t ~ Z - ~ New Brunswick. where
EIaannr MilIa and Francs Stevens
ISaIl Ma s-Tou,n fotgfrlhood. woman
49, - Iata,. ,S5ifahood vaa watch.
10 axe t,.ia ,ela with the Same alb
so4,,i ne. interest that i motion pic
t,,rs s1,fsiance would give to q sithla-
t tsers a. fI1Is kind that uflreeIed On
the silver sheets.
Mrs. Hall, now on trial for the
murder .of her. husband and his
inamorata presents tns mOss
IS, ~. = r ~ ana
80 49, s, ~. yste s: Few
...s,.s 80 ~ si,ss screen could llplI-
- TTe,. T.1ask sof iudiffererice her
ahaence of en1otionalisnn and her
cni,vnr.lilxa expression must be
farn1ed Halles0ue.
what goes on behind that inmo-
hiIa face9 Il there a storm Of
,s 49, Sva,. tI,e indienitfes that she,
J, , 1920: ~ the rreaf Stevens Car.
-S.,,.sa,. cl.n ehos1Id I,a forced to
sfard triaf FIR nnlIrder? Her poker
Tsca sxvo,,Id not antitIe her to q very
iarea nart I'm scenario. but never.
thsIs.s she e. the character around
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II THE reaI drana nov staged
q t,,e 4,,h,,yaI ~ f,Istice. what :
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15

Back in washington after an ex.
tended period of observations con-
Quoted at Flagstaff, revealed that
Marian temperatures in September
were considerably in excess Of the
previous high mark OF 6S degrees
Fahrenheit in 1924.
Coblenz, one OF the worlds most
eminent authorities on planetary
temperatures has not become salts
fled himself that such temperatures
prove the existence Of life on Mars,
however.
ut is evident that even these
latest studies that the question OF
life on bodies in insteller space must
remain matter of conjecture" he
said. mo one can deny 1t, no one
can affirm it." said DIR. Coblenz.
"As regards our own planetary
system, only Venus, the earth and
Mars appear to possess meteorologic
and climatic conditions favorable to
life.
ION Venus life would probably
consist of simple creatures having
only few cells.
"This is because Of the high tenn
perature and youthful physical con-
dition OF the planter.
ION the other hand, life on Mars
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15
FRANCE JOINS GERMANY
IN Won sTEUREN TRIBUTE

Under the auspices of the Sons
OF the Revolution and participated
in by representatives of the German
and French embassies, ceremonies
commemorating Frederick William
Augustus Henry Ferdinand Won
Steuben, inspector-general of the
American Army under George
Washington, were held today at
the foot Of the Won Steuben statue,
Lafayette Park.
DR.. Edward Won Selzam and DR..
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff, secretary
and counsellor. respectively, of the
Germany embassy, Major e. Lom-
bard, assistant military attache of
the French embassy, and Chaplain
Milton o. Beebe. of the United
States Army, took part in the ex.
ercises, which consisted Of placing
a wreath and draping the memorial
with French, American and society
flags.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15

The world at large Is no more In.
terested in the solution Of this crime
than the inhabitants Of New Bruins.
wick, who unwittingiy served as ex-
tras in this drama OF real life. All
the villagers knew Of the Rev. Mr..
Halls unhoIy fascination for the
wife OF the humble sevton, James
Mills, the garruIous taxi driver. who
took me from the station to the
courthouse, told Of the goings-on
that had been whispered about, and
of the cIandestine meetings that
spread over period OF two years.
Mrs. MiIIs,1 he said, would visit
their rendezvous In q remote part Of
town, and if the way were clear
would signal her lover by cumming =.
bar Of their fayOrite hymn. II all
was well, the Rev. Mr Hall would
respond by whistling the same Ia
mfliar tune
Probably the song wag m anthem
with which the choir singer raised
her sweet voice to heaven on Sab
bath mornings In the little Episcopal
church. I could not help but won
der IL the murderer who forever
stiIled the notes of that voice did
not know OF this signal.
What touch of irony, that even
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15

portant personages In this part Of
the country.
The incest thing about Henry
seems to be his wife. II the news
paper people were casting this
movie Mrs. Henry Stevens would be
the heroine. She has ingratiated
herself into their esteem and COM
manded their respect by her con-
duct, at the trial.
Sitting back OF the three de-
PENDANTS she was an anxious spec.
tator watching closely the face of
each witness called to the stand.
In direct contract to Mrs. Stevens
was Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, who
acted ais IL she were making a per-
sonal appearance and her box office
value depended upon her ability to
please the audience. Her charac.
terization was out of place in q
courtroom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-15

Is that OF senescence. Old age has
come on. with the gradual and in
evitable desiccation Of the planets
surface, as the water disappears into
its interior.
"It seems evident that any veg
etable or animal life that may exist
on Mars must be adapted to with
stand great extremes in tempera-
ture and humidity.
From the ways in which both
animals and plants adapt themselves
to conditions on our deserts, 1t seems
possible for life to adapt itself to
conditions on Mars"