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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Plan Night Flying

AS a result of many requests for
night flights, over the city, Hoosier
airport, Kessler Blvd. and Lafayette
pike, is preparing to equip several
of its Travel Air biplanes with
landing lights for night flying, Bob
Shank, president, announced today.
Monday was the biggest week day
In point of passenger business the
airport has had since it was started
early last spring. About fifty pas
senger flights were made and at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
MERCHANTS WILL JOIN
Massachusetts Ave. Group Meets
Tonight to Organize.

Massachusetts Avt. merchants and
property owners will meet tonight at
Athenaeum to organize a MaSsa-
chusettS Ave. merchants association.
Plans also will be made in the in
terest of the progress and growth of
business located on the avenue.
Mayor L. Ert Slack and Dick Mil
Ter, banker and Chamber of Com
merce president, have been invited
to attend. Members Of the COM
mittee in charge of the meeting are
Charles S. Rauh, Fred Jungclaus,
Charles H. Ellis, Erwin Bertman, A.
D. Chambers and George H. Oilar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Get Plane Repairs Here

Capt. L. I. Aretz and Lieut.. STAN
ley Levever, 18th Observation
Squadron, Indiana National Guard,
flew to indianapolis airport from
Camp Knox, KY, Tuesday in a Cur
tiss Oil to obtain repair parts for
planes of the squadron, which is in
camp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
O. K. AIS FARM STAND
State Leaders Pleased By Smiths
Attitude at Conference.

Attitude at Conference.
william H. Settle, Indiana Farm
Bureau Federation president, and
Mrs. Verna L. Hatch, social and
educational director of the fedora
ton. were pleased with the SYM
pathy and understanding of the
farm problem" which Governor AL
fred E. Smith of New York, dis
played in Mondays conference with
farm leaders, they said on return
here Tuesday.
Il think his acceptance speech
will be acceptable said Settle, al
though, of course, I can't be sure.
The conference was restricted to
farm relief topics, and politics was
not touched on"
Settle said extended comment on
the conference would be withheld
until after Smiths speech of ac-
ceptance Aug. %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Plans Hop Around World

BIZ United Press
PARIS, Aug. 15.-George Storck,
explorer of Seattle, Wash, and Jack
sonville, Fla, will be ready in three
weeks to fly around the world, start
ing from Paris in small Avro Avian
plane to show that distant travelling
in small plane is safe and easy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Blame NeurOses on Night Noises

BIZ United PreSe
NEW YORK, Aug. 15-Night
noises cause certain forms of neu-
roses in New York and DR.. Louis I.
Harris, health commissioner, has
advised the public to let him know
about any unnecessary noises be-
tween II p. m. and 6 a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Curtis Writes Hoosier Kin
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times SpeCidL
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Aug. IS
Clarence M. Hengst, Y. M. G. A. boys
secretary here, and great nephew
of Charles Curtis, Republican
nominee for vice president, has re-
ceived a letter and picture from Cur
tbs, replying to congratulations ex-
tended at the tipe of his nominal
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Plane Carries Prisoner
BIZ Times Special

BIT IlmG8 NpCCldT
FRANKLIN, Ind, Aug. 15.-An
airplane was used by State police
to bring Charles Ottinger, Whites
town, here to face charges filed after
an auto he was driving struck an ice
cream vendors wagon. He was
given his choice of making an
eighty-mile "trip here by auto or
plane, and chose the latter, although
he had never been in plane before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
LAND SURVEY ARRANGED
Congressman Will Look Over Forest
Sought by Utilities.
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 15.-A special
committee Of Congressman will en-
ter the wilderness of the Superior
National Forest in Minnesota, Aug.
"a, to view the region over which
conservationists and power interests
are battling, according to word re-
ceived here by the Izaak Walton
League of America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
RANGER is HIGHEST up
Forester 5000 Feet Over Sea Line
Guards Canadian Timber.

BIZ United Press
REVELSTOKE, B. c., Aug. IS
The highest official in British Co.
lunbia, in point of altitude, is the
fire ranger occupying a lookout sta
ton on Mount Cartier in this dis
trict, 5000 feet above sea level. Even
in summer weather he obtains his
water supply from snow.
From his exalted station this
ranger guards an area containing
10000, 100000 feet of British Colum-
bia timber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
In theAiY
CONDITIONS AT $50 A. M.

CONDlIlONS Al H:oO A. M.
Compiled for The Times by Government
Weather Observer j. H. Arlington. and
Donald Mcconnell. Government aeron-
autical Observer
Ceiling unlimited: visibility one mile,
hay: barometer, 30:l5; wind northeast.
four m. D. h.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15

dark twelve more passengers were
waiting for night flights.
Shank said the planes would be
equipped for night flying probably
by Sept. l.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
Huge Emerald Is Delivered

CLEVELAND, Aug. 15.-The larg-
est emerald ever received in Cleve-
land and one of the largest in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15

Want to buy a good tent cheap?
One that is like new. Size 8xlO is
offered for sale or trade in tonight's
For Sale Want Ads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-15
AUG. Is. 1928

United States was recently deliv-
cred to the Webb G. Ball Co. here. It
was a stone of nearly eight carats,
cut in a rectangular shape.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
lnterborough Transit Gives Up
Fight to Enjoin Organized iLabor

ed, the |. r. T. dropped an older suit
against the now defunct Consolidated
Street Railway Workers and an action
in which it sought to punish two
amalgamated officers for contempt of
court
Suit Was LabOr's Biggest
This marks the end of what was
probably the most important suit ever
fought by the American labor move
ment-more far-reaching in its possi-
bilities even than the Danbury hatters
case. BY this injunction action the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
in New York city sought to restrain
every one of the millions of A. F. of
L. members, from Maine to Califor-
MIA, from aiding in any way the or
ganization of the subway workers.
The l. R. t. simply couldn't get
away with it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
Dill DECLARES
For Recall of Federal Judges

New York City. I. L. N. S.)-Fol-
lowing a denunciation of the injunc-
ton evil by John P. Frey, secretary
treasurer of the metal trades depart
ment, American Federation Of Labor,
at a dinner here to celebrate the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the West
chester county IN. W Federation of
Labor and Building Trades Council,
United States Senator Dill, of Wash
ington, made an address in which he
said he favored the election and recall
of federal judges by the people.
Senator Dill declared there was no
reason why federal judges, who in
most instances were appointed through
the recommendations of politicians,
should not be elected to office and be
ousted when their decisions warrant
such action.
Mr.. Frey criticized the federal
equity courts for "their abuse in issu-
ing injunctions against unions at the
behest of capital" He said labor's
greatest enemy at present was "the
injunction issued every time it is ask
ed from a court of equity" He urged
labor to demand from its representa-
tives in congress enactment of law
which would curb the equity courts in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
PIN-PICKINC
Economy Is Wasteful Sys-
tenn, Declares Banker

New York.-There is a reaction
against rubber band" economy in
business, said W. R. Morehouse, Los
Angeles banker, writing in American
Bankers Association Journal.
Economy should be practiced, but
it is misapplied, said Mr. Morehouse.
He cited the case of one bank where
employees were instructed in the value
of penny -pinching methods.
"Unquestionably, every dollar saved
by that drive cost the bank hundreds
of dollars in broken morale and in
disorganization of what was previous
y efficient service. This bank started
out to cut down expenses. What it
did was to cut down customers.
Rubber band economy has been
overplayed in the past. Present wages
are too high to have employees keyed
up to pick up pins, rubber bands and
clips that have fallen to the floor. In
large quantities bank can buy the
popular small size bands for 70 cents
a pound. In small quantities the cost
is more. If you want to know if it
pays to pick up these little bands,
take pound package, which contains
3,440 bands, deliberately scatter them
about your bank and then ask your
lowest salaried clerk to pick them up.
You will find that this particular
pound of bands costs you ten times
more than any other pound of rubber
hands
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
new PROBLEM
Brought By Labor Saving
Machinery, Says Davis

Lawrence, Mass. - Business men
must face new conditions in indus
try that have developed since the
World War, said Secretary of Labor
Davis in a speech in this city.
The cabinet member said no in
dividual could be blamed for present
conditions. The war ended ten years
ago, he said, and now all the steel
the country needs in year can be
produced in eight months; all the
boots and shoes that are needed can
be produced in six months; all the
glass that is needed can be blown in
27 weeks; all the textiles that are
needed can be manufactured in six
or seven months.
On top of this development, new
machines are constantly being invent
ed that make it possible to manufac-
ture with fewer workers than ever
before.
"The country must face the stu
alton and find way out of present
difficulties" said Secretary Davis.
Zone mistake some employers make
is to try to reduce costs by cutting
wages. The most prosperous coun-
try is the country which pays the
highest wages and which has the best
educated workers."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06

Baltimore, spokesman for the Nation
al Association of Master Plumbers of
the United States; F.. w. Quinter,
Washington, d. c., chairman of the
conference committee of the same or
ganization; James G. Higgins, New
York city, representing the Journey
men Plumbers, Steamftters and Help
ers; William j. Spencer, of the build
ing trades department of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor; w. C. Rob
erts, of the Legislative committee of
the American Federation of Labor,
Washington, ID. c.; Emil Preiss,'
spokesman for building trades in
Nassau and Suffold county, N. Y;
John j. Milan, New York city, repre-
senting plasterers and cement finish
ers; and Edward F. Kloter, of the
international Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, Washington, d. c.
All of these witnesses endorsed the
Bacon bill.
Mr. Higgins told the committee that
the federal government at present is
employing unskilled labor on it's prof.
ects. He argued that by the employ
ment of skilled mechanics the tax
payers would save money. He said
that some contractors on federal prof.
ects employ one skilled mechanic and
about 40 ''handy men," with the result
that the government will some day
be forced to tear out the plumbing
and do repair work. This view was
also sponsored by Mr.. Kloter, who de-
clared that faulty electrical insulation
work was being installed in federal
buildings.
Governments Methods Criticized
Mr. Spencer also criticized the gov
ernment's method in awarding con-
tracts, and stressed the need for re-
medal legislation. He declared that
building codes are being nullifed by
the supervising architects office.
The bill, according to Representa-
tive Bacon, would give local people
the first chance for jobs. The bill also
meets serious objections which the
veterans bureau has previously made
against similar legislation, he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06

Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees.
1t has decided not to appeal from
the defeat it suffered in the decision
of Supreme Court Justice Wasser-
vogel, who refused to grant an in
junction forbidding the labor move
ment to organize the transit workers
on the l. r. T. lines. This decision
called the yellow dog contract of en-
ployment which the l. R. T. imposes
on its workers ''to say the least, in
equitable"
Former Representative Nathan d.
Perlman, of counsel to the defendant
unions, announced the discontinuance
after receiving a letter from James
L. Quackenbuch, /. R. T. lawyer, noti-
flying him that the company had de-
cided not to appeal. This action was
a surprise to the union attorney, be-
cause Frank Hedley, head of the In
terborough, had announced in pub
lie statement that the case would be
fought in the court of appeals.
Issue Clearly Joined
In one respect it is perhaps regret
table that the issue did not go to the
highest state court for final decision
on the validity Of yellow dog con-
tracts in New York. In this case the
issue was clearly joined on the alb
stract question, unobsecured by
charges of violence which usually ac-
company labor injunction suits.
Mr. Perlman, however, hailed the
company's decision as confirming the
unions victory, and Justice Wasser-
vogel's decision is certain to be cited
by labor in injunction cases in the
future. Because of the Wasservo-
gel decision the law of the state to-
day is that a union can peacefully
organize any group even if company
union does exist" he said.
Besides the injunction suit against
the A. F. of L. and the Amalgamat-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
Trade Unionists Approve
Labor Sterilization Bill
At House Committee Hearing

Washington, D. C. U. L. N. ST.
In hearings just held, the so-called
labor stabilization bill, introduced in
the house by Representative Bacon
(N.Y), was given the endorsement
of labor representatives. No opposi-
tion appeared.
Representative Bacon explained
that the bill calls for remedial legis-
lation in the employment Of labor on
federal projects. He said the federal
government is soon to embark on a
building program that entails the ex-
penditure of many millions Of dollars.
His bill, he said, would simply amend
the existing law SO as to give pref
erence to the employment of local
labor on federal projects. Special
provision would be made for skilled
mechanics who have served in the
World War.
Preference Given Local Workers
Under the terms of his bill, local
mechanics would be given preference
for jobs on federal projects, which
would stabilize labor conditions in
local communities, he said.
Representative Bacon said the sec
retary of labor, James j. Davis,
favors the bill.
He explained that the bill would
not conflict with state laws, but would
simply lay down a standard code for
the employment of mechanics on fed
eral building projects. He told the
committee that, under the law, con-
tracts for federal buildings were
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der, but that no provision was in the
law regulating employment OF labor.
He said contractors on federal build
ings are moving their men from one
state into another and thereby upset
ting labor conditions, with the result
that local skilled workmen are being
forced to remain idle. His bill would
remedy such conditions, he said, by
forcing the contractor to absorb local
labor.
Labor Men o. X. Bill
Representative Bacon was followed
on the stand by Francis G. Dorsey, OF
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
Anti-Union Cohorts Plan
Big War on Labor Drive
Against Evil Of Injunction

indianapolis, Ind. G. L. N. S.)-The
big drive to head off the mighty effort
under way by organized labor against
the injunction evil has been started
by union-busting employers of the
state and nation.
Andrew j. Allen, secretary of the
Associated Employers of Indianapo-
lis, branch of the union-hating Ma
tlonal Association of Manufacturers,
in association with the National
Metal Trades Association, called a
meeting for April 2, at Indianapolis,
to confer on the anti-injunction bill
now before congress.
Prominent among those present
was James A. Emery, of Washing
ton, D. c., general counsel of the Ma
tional Industrial Council and the Ma
tlonal Association of Manufacturers.
Mr.. Emery was the principal speaker
at the conference. His subject was
Property Rights Endangered by
Anti-lnjunction Legislation in Con-
gress and State Legislatures
Mr. Emery declared before con
gressional committees that it would
be difficult to conceive of a more
unsound and indefensible public pol
icy than. one which would withdraw
our whole system of patents, copy
rights, trademarks, unfair competi-
tion and restraint of trade from the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06

the issuance of injunctions.
Senator Dill not only supported Mr..
Frey and his suggestions, but said
that while it was not the duty of the
government to furnish employment to
those out of work, it was the duty of
the government to ascertain causes
of unemployment. He said that if re-
ports that 100000 were unemployed
in the United States was true, labor
organizations, capital, state and gov
ernmental agencies should unite to
find means to reduce unemployment to
minimum.
Labor speakers included Peter j.
Brady, president of the Federation
Bank of New York, and John Sullivan,
president of the New York Federation
of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
WHAT IS WORKERS
EDUCATION?
BY CHARLES A. BEARD
No. XII


There is a second function some
what wider in scope which might be
undertaken by labor colleges The
American Federation of Labor has
consistently refused to endorse the
idea of a separate labor party, but
an examination of the reports of the
annual conventions reveals the fact
that the federation has from time to
time taken stand on many specific
matters of public policy There are
also other issues which are the sub
jects of continual debates at the an
nual convention. Would it not con-
tribute to the wisdom and under
standing of the rank and file to have
these problems judiciously analyzed
by courses offered by the labor coll
leges?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
ENTERTAINMENT
FUND VOTED TO
COAL MINERS

Los Angeles.-The general arrange
ments committee of local unionists
that cared for the A. F. of L. con-
vention has surplus of $2,983.57,
which has been voted to striking coal
miners.
The contributing unions instructed
the committee to take this action, and
a check has been forwarded to Secre-
tary Frank Morrison, Of the A. F. of
r.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
CONVICT LABOR BILL
URGED BY LAWMAKERS

Trenton, n. 1.-THE states iegisla-
ture has asked congress to pass the
Hawes-Cooper bill, which would per-
NIT states to place convict-labor COM
modities under the same laws as if the
goods are made in the receiving state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06

only form of protection which expe-
rience has demonstrated to be effect
i've, thus leaving the people without
the restraining power of a court of
equity"
Allen sent invitations to merchants.
manufacturers, professional men and
commercial organizations who will be
asked to fight the proposed legislation
to limit injunctions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-04-06
Company Drops Legal Battle
Against Wasservogel Decision
Action of Traction Interests Marks End of Labors Big
gest Suit and Indicates They Have Bitten Off More
Than They Can Chew

BY Staff Correspondent, international
Labor News Service
New York City.-The InterbOr0ugh
Rapid Transit Company has dropped
it's suit against the American FEEDER
alton of Labor and the Amalgamated
Evening star., 1928-02-07
GOOD SA[ESMEN
BIG Stores NEED
Attracting and Pleasing Gus.
toners Problem Confront
ing Retail Men.
BY J. G.. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February Retail
drygoods merchants from all over the
country, arriving here to attend the
annual convention Of the National Re-
tail Drygoods Association, are unit
today in declaring that 1928 will be a
bad year for bad statesmen. The major
ity of them, on the other hand, believe
1t will be year of excellent profits
to the merchant who Is able to adapt
his business TO present-day trends and
necessities of trade.
The merchants have made decided
progress in adapting methods TO changed
conditions In sales promotion and ad-
vertising. in store operation. delivery
service and buying The one thing that
admittedly concerns them deeply is the
question - securing tactful, efficient.
courteous sales people That Is one of
the reasons, according to leaders in
the industry, for the unusual demand
for young college men and women in
the drygoods business and the advan-
tageous opportunities offered them.
Waste of Money.
One large store executive who spends
thousands Of dollars annually on ad-
Vertising declared today that 1t was
waste of money to spend large sums
attracting customer and then have
the customer alienated by untactful
service. A dealer in one of the larger
cities instructs his salesWomen never
to show woman a garment which Is
too small for her. by any chance what
ever. They fifsABtry to bring out gar
ment OF a laTsssF size than is required,
merely for the opportunity presented TO
tWhU fair r3~ ,,t
as large size rs that. Let me get you
smaller garment"
The question of charge accounts
seems TO have settled itself SO far
as the retail merchants are concerned.
Inc latest figures assembled by the
National Association of Credit Men
show that the department stores lose
on bad debts only 256-l000 Of | cent
on each dollar of gross business, and
retail clothing merchants lose only
735-l000 of l cent. With figures of
that kind before them. the policy of
attempting to attract charge account
customers seems unlikely to be changed
There. is distinct divergence of
opinion among merchants as to the
advisability Of mergers and consolida-
tions In the retail merchandising cor
porations Edward A. Filene of Boston
predlcIS nuge chains OF department
stores. with total sales of a billion dol
lars or more year. He declares that
mass production has made mass dis
tribution necessary. and adds that un-
less the department stores organize TO
conform to the new trend In distribu-
ton methods, chain stores will arise
which will combine the advantages of
department stores with the others they
already possess In other lines.
Loss of Personal Touch.
Other men equally as prominent In
the merchandising field point out that
because the independent department
Evening star., 1928-02-07

store units produce total business of
s1,000000 a year, for example, 1t does
not follow that merger of those units
will produce s1000,000 worth of busi-
ness, and they assert that such a
merger might show decrease, owing
to the loss of the personal touch which
each Independent store has With It's
customers. Each side apparently Is
perfectly willing to go It's own way.
The majority Of the merchants gath
cred here feel that retail trade pros
poets for the next several months are
exceedingly bright. Many anticipate
an increase of or q per cent In the
volume Of business done, as compared
with the totals of year ago Depart
ment stores In certain sections un-
doubtedly have been hampered some
what q during the past month BY
weather conditions. but distribution of
seasonal lines Is apparently much more
satisfactory than year ago.