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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
MASS PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
Fails If Employers Get All
Benefits

Boston.-"Mass production can only
be successful if followed by mass con-
sumption and this can be achieved by
higher wages" declared the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
convention.
The unionists point out that work
ers pay for waste in industry. "The
employer is protected by his fixed in
come. The cost of management, too,
is more or less defined. The banker
is protected by the law of fixed inter-
est; the landlord by the law of fixed
rents. So, ultimately, it is the work
er who bears the burden of waste in
the form of lower wages.
Our quarrel is not with mass pro-
duction but rather with the way it is
administered. What has resulted from
the universal eagerness for increased
productivity as at present administer
ed? The answer is unemployment
Promises that the worker would share
in the benefits of mass production are
not being realized.
"He began to understand that he
is the victim of mass production. 1t
dawned upon him that the more he
produced the less safe his position
became. In a word, he felt the pinch
of unemployment in the midst of pros
perity. With this insecurity, he dis
covered that the improved technique
which he and his organization CO.
operated in introducing worked to his
detriment. The worker began to ask
questions. The current phrase, indeed,
ran, The benefits of our prosperity,
and his question followed, Prosperity
for whom?' What did the new system
of production hold for him?
"Our present era of unemployment
is quite different from previous peri
DDS of depression as it is due not only
to cyclical causes but also to technical
improvements in the machinery of
business management.
"The labor movement sponsors i'm
proved technique which leads to in
dustrial progress, but it insists that
the economic interest of the workers
shall be protected during the period
of adjustment"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
Law Will Not Result in
This Session, But New
Prestige Has Been Won
Senate Committee Leaders Keep Their Word and Have
Report About Ready, but House is Faithful to Re-
actiOn-Issue Up Again in Fall Session.

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, ID. C.-Indications are
that the United States senate will
keep it's word, while the house will
keep its obligations to labor's oppon-
ents, in dealing with the Shipstead
anti-injunction bill
Leading members Of the senate
judiciary committee have informed
President William Green, of the
American Federation of Labor, that
they have about agreed on a report,
in which will be embodied substi-
tute for the Shipstead bill.
A dozen Of the leading lawyers of
America have been consulted by the
American Federation of Labor and
by the senate committee and the draft
which will be reported will in all
probability be the nearest thing to
an agreed-upon draft that can be had.
Senate committee leaders having the
work in charge are credited with
complete sincerity in seeking an anti
injunction bill that will work and with
great zeal in prosecuting their task.
The senate bill may or may not
come to vote. Whether it does or
not is regarded by many as of sec
ondary importance, except that if the
senate does come to vote the meas
ure will have some added impetus in
the fall session. The house will not
get to a vote and will not even see
a committee report The house COM
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
Federation Bank 5 Years Old;
Resources Over $2l, 100000
More Than Forty international Unions Hold Stock And
More Than Fifty Are Depositors; Four Hundred
Local Unions Support Now Powerful Institution.

BY international Labor News Service.
New York City.-On May 19 the
Federation Bank and Trust Company,
of this city, celebrated the fifth ami
versary of its founding. It's proud
boast that it is the most representa-
tive banking institution in the coun-
try is backed by it's roster of stock
holders and depositors. There are
more than 40 international unions
listed as stockholders, while more than
SO are depositors. More than $50
local unions hold stock and more than
400 are depositors.
With Samuel Gompers and Gov. AL
Smith in attendance the bank opened
its doors May, 1923, with capital
and surplus of 100000. Both then
opened accounts. It's resources are
now more than $21 100000.
When the bank was two years old
President Coolidge wrote to the presi-
dent of the bank, Peter J. Brady, say
ing: "On account of the nature of
your depositors, you have one of the
greatest possibilities of any bank
ing institution in your locality. 1t
must be-a success"
On the fifth anniversary President
Brady, whose tremendous energy and
resourcefulness have contributed the
directing force toward success, said
of the banks record:
Give years ago organized labor in
New York began tremendous expert
ment. The New York State Fedora
tion of Labor and the Central Trades
and Labor Council of New York city,
representing close to a million wage
earners, decided to enter the field of
banking. Men and women in all the
various branches of industry were re-
ceiving increasing compensation for
their services; standards of living
were being raised; the demands for
education of children and the workers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01

Gil. The complaint had to do with the
classification of stilling operator, the
replacement Of men used for vacation
substitution on two batteries of stills.
and the reinstatement of an employe
who had been fired on charges of
damaging equipment and endangering
life and property. In accordance with
the work councils procedure, this peti-
tition was referred to the board of
directors of the company.
At o'clock one afternoon the men,
through their representative, advised
the local management that they
would not wait for a decision of the
directors but wanted Eyes" or mo"
answer to their petition. Superintend-
ent Rogers told the representative this
could not be given. The men then
stopped work and persuaded the en-
ployes of other departments to join
the walkout
Mayor Bert Daily sought to act as
peacemaker, but failed in a six-hour
conference to ; .dge the strikers from
their position. They told him that the
regulations of the works council had
not been lived up to and that they
would not go back until the company
agreed to conform to the rules.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
ANY OLD KIND
OF Injunction is Aid to En-
ployers, Says Frey

Washington.-W When labor injunc-
tion is set aside by higher court, the
writ has served its purpose, says John
P. Frey, secretary-treasurer A. F. of
L. Metal Trades department, writing
in the bulletin of that organization.
These injunctions, said Mr.. Frey,
are just as serviceable to the employ
er as if they were not set aside, as the
issue between the employer and work
ers is generally terminated.
In practically every case where in
functions have been modified by high
er courts the result has been similar
to the jury finding the accused not
guilty after he has been hanged"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
Oil Plant Workers Strike
In Defiance of Fake Union
More Than 1000 Men Walk Out When Company stalls
By Referring Petition to Board of Directors

Bayonne, N. J. Q. L. N. S.)-Defy-
ing the rules of company unionism,
2,100 oil workers at the Bayonne plant
of the Tide Water Oil Company went
on strike and did not return to work
until the company granted five of the
seven most important demands made
by the men.
When the men walked out, Rex
Rogers, general superintendent, an
that the plane would be clos
ed pending adjustment of the strike
by the works council. But what the
men thought of the works council was
shown, after two whole days had
passed without an adjustment, at a
strikers meeting. There a company
statement was passed among them; it
threatened them with dismissal and
loss of death benefits. The strikers
greeted it with boos, catcalls and
jeers; some of the men tore up the
statements, others threw theirs on the
floor and trampled on them.
The strike was in protest against
said to have been brought
about through an economy program
recently put into effect at the plant.
A petition originated by fifty-five
employees had been presented to the
management through the works coun-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01

rectly or through an observer"
At the International Labor office
here, in the absence Of Director Leifur
Magnusson, who is en- route to Geneva,
it was said that the announcement
that Mr.. Walker would represent the
A. F. of L. was an error, due to a
misunderstanding in that office 1t
was said that Mr.. Magnusson had tel
egraphed from his ship just before
sailing that he regretted the error
and that he understood the truth to be
that Mr. Walker was distinguished
American trade unionist who bore let
ters of introduction from members of
the executive council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01

mittee is not rushing its work; the
contrary is the case. Upon that COM
mittee must rest the responsibility for
throwing the bill over to the fall ses-
sion of congress-the lame duck ses-
sion. That there will be no anti
injunction bill prior to the fall session
is now certain. Injunction judges
will have at least one more summer of
freedom to rule according to their
likes or their prejudices. But the in
junction issue has gained new pres
tige and labor's position has been
materially advanced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
FEDERAL ESTATE TAX
PROVISIONS RETAINED

Washington.-The senate rejected
several attempts to repeal the federal
inheritance tax. This tax can not be
passed on to the public and strong
efforts have been made to secure its
annullment.
The strategy of inheritance tax
foes was to insist it was a state
question. If this viewpoint were ac-
cepted, the states would then com
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01
LABOR WANTS LIGHT
ON PRISON-MADE GOODS

Pressmen's Home, Tenn.-The an
nual convention of the Tennessee Fed
Grafton of Labor objects to the secrecy
of convict-made goods in the state
and to the secrecy surrounding
treatment of convicts.
State officials were called upon to
furnish the names of concerns oper-
ating the prison factories and to allow
officers of the federation to visit pc
nal institutions and investigate con-
ditiOns.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01

themselves were multiplying, and
there was feeling in the labor world
generally that it was time for a new
deal in so far as the handling of the
finances of the wage earners was con-
cerned
"The organizers of the Federation
Bank and Trust Company saw the
possibility of teaching the workers to
save money. They believed that work
ing men and women could be aided in
sound financial way to become own
ers of their own homes and rear their
children in an atmosphere hitherto un-
known in the congested centers of
population. This vision has been par
TALLY realized, but the realization was
not brought out entirely by the forces
of labor. Experienced bankers, econo-
mists, publicists, captains of industry,
merchants and professional men all
have joined to lay down the great cor
ner stone of confidence upon which
has been builded the banks success
a triumph not attained by any similar
institution.
"We have proceeded to build this
bank just as a good mechanic goes
about any job in which he has real
pride. We have seen to it that every
part of our structure has been build
ed soundly and in an enduring way.
'The bank has grown rapidly in it's
five years of existence and there can
be no question but that it will grow
much more rapidly in the future.
Through the bank, organized labor has
learned much of the problems of the
business world and the businsse world
has learned much more about labor
than it knew before. The bank will
continue to promote this better under
standing, and | am sure this institu-
ton is destined to stand as one of
the great monuments of organized la
Dor in the city, state and nation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-06-01

pete with one another to induce
wealthy persons to live within their
jurisdiction by failing to tax pass
tax Inheritance laws Florida has
taken this action by declaring in its
constitution that the legislature of
that state can not pass such a levy.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
A WISE COURSE

organized labor announces that it will maintain
neutral course during the present presidential cam
palgn the announcement being made by the executive
comm1ttee or the American Federation Of Labor.
lherem the labor leaders show good sense.
Men OF all political beliefs make up the member
snip OF the American Federation of Labor as is the
case with all Of social civic fraternal RELIGIOUS
patrlotlc and other associations
There IS reason for committing the members
OF any particular body to the support of any particular
political candidate, other than the members of the
political party which nominated him.
The country is divided into two major political
pafIeS, with half dozen more that are very small
IN membership Broadly speaking, citizen is either
Democrat or Republican in his political belief To
ask Republican to commit himself to the support
OF Democratic candidate simply because the Repub-
mean may belong to nOnpolitical organization is
to interfere with his Constitutional right to express
himself at the polls in whatever way he sees fit The
same reasoning applies of it a Democrat were
asked to support Republican.
Not only is 1t unfair and mpertinence to the
citizen solicited it is suicide for the organization
attempting 1t. Members of almost any organization
will accept suggestions instructions from their
Superlors in the organization, almost any subject
but politics. The bulk of the American people look
upon their individual politics they do on their ind-
vdual religious beief-it is nObodys business but the
individuals.
The American Federation of Labor has accom-
plished much good for the laborng man. 1t has also
done much to bring about better understanding be-
to the country large. So apparent is that pledgng
support to either of the political candidates would
be the ruinaton of the organization that it is hard to
understand why the executive committee gave
consideration to the proposal that 1t should endorse
either Mr.. Hoover or Mr.. Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
New Type Air
Plane Would
Alter Warfare
by lnitcti Press Leazed Wire

LONDON, Aug S,-Silcnt, al
most invisible airplancs, capable OF
wiping out suspccting populations
with sudden showers Of gas ana
bombs are being experimental upon
by British, French, German and
Russian governments.
Experts predict the carly develop
mcnt of the new type of machine,
which would alter the whole charac-
ter Of warfare.
An almost soundless airplanc mo-
tor already has been produced, and
the problem now being worked upon
as regards noise is the production
Of new type of propeller, which
will not have the high pitched note
that at present the first warning Of
an approaching airplanc.
Experiments are being conducted
with invisible paint and new meth
DDS of camouflage which viii make
machines difficult to see from be-
Meath
The recent rapid development in
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08

because of the thorn bushes at the
bottom. Several times the bad eat
tried to get up the tree but each
time the thorn bushes pricked
linn and with a yowl he sunk
away
"Ha. It is we'll we built oul
nest here, said Mr.. Robin.
The bad eat tried to jump uP
from the ground to reach the nest,
hut lie WASH I tall enough and could
not jump high enough. But once
when Uncle Wiggily1 stopped his
automobile sedan under the nest of
th,. bad cat purrcd:
Ha. Now see a way to get up
to that nest and eat the little birds
II can climb up on top of Uncle
Wiggily's auto when he parks il
under the robins tree, viii bf
nigh enough SO that can easily
stand on my hind legs andl claw
out the little birds.
Watching his chance. the bad cat
one day, saw Uncle Wiggily 5 car
stop beneath the tree so the top of
it was close to the nest. Then tn
bad cat climbed up on the mud
guard and from there Ec managed
To claw his way to the roof of the
auto, and now hc was close under
the nest. 1t was as if he had used
. Stcpladder to get to it.
But just as the bad cat was going
to reach up and claw out the little
robins who could not yet fly, all ut
once the father and mother birds
came back with their beaks full OF
worms. They saw the danger and
dropping their worms, the robins
cried:
"Hclp, Help! Zip! Zip, Zip, Oh
will somebody drive away the ba(
cat,' The robins flew at the cat
but he was not afraid Of them anC
in another moment would have hat
the little birds.
But Uncle Wiggily heard the yip-
ping. Hopping out of his bungalow
he saw the eat ON top Of his aut"
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
SOMEBODY WAS LAX

We read with considerable astonishment the re-
port of automobile accident in neighboring city,
caused by the driver Of truck suffering epileptic
fit while at the wheel.
Fortunately one was injured though there
were many close escapes the guidless truck dashed
wildly through heavy traffic, before it brought up with
a crash in apartment-house yard. The driver
tanned slight cuts and abrasions result of his
experience.
Just how person afflicted could be entrusted
with the responsibility of driving truck is something
that appears to be matter for immediate nvestiga-
ton Applications for operators licenses specifically
ask if the applicant is sufferer from this unfortunate
aiment.
If the driver IN question obtained license through
deceit it certainly should be taken away from him at
once and he should be prevented from operating any
kind of a
There is enough opportunity for accidents even
when drivers are in full possession of all their facul
ties. To permit anyone to drive car who at any
moment may lose possession Of all his senses IS ur-
thinkabe.
The fact that nobody was hurt as result OF this
incident may to minimize 1t in the opinion OF
many We usually wait until through the horror OF
some tragedy, forced to take action.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
pertal Valley for this Data
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August 8, 1908

CaleXico Chronicle-It has re-
mained for the real estate firm of
Beach and Dool to pull off the big
gest land deal ever consummated in
the history of Imperial valley. A
Long Beach firm of capitalists is
the purchaser of the 10000 acres
just south of the line, at $50 an
acre.
Dr. Virgil McCombs was appoint
ed county health officer by the
board of supervisors to fill the
Vacancy made by the resignation
of DR.. f. f. Patten.
Judge II. w. Brewer left for the
coast, where his family has been
soiourning. He will enjoy life at
the beach resorts for a period of
two weeks,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1927, by McClurs
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGIIY AND TIE
BAD CAT

Once upon time Mr. and Mrs.
Robin built their nest 80 high up in
4 tree. and out so far en- the end o.
Swaving branch. that when II was
finished Mrs. Robin said:
"Now mo eats can climb up and
get my littlr birds when hatch
them out Of the pretty blue eggs,
',Truc enough ehirPed M.
Robin. "That !, why picked this
tree. At the bottom grow bushes
with such sharp thcrns thar 10 cat
can scramble through them to reach
the trunk Of the tree to climb up.
.'The only way for a bad cat t.
reach our nest will be to stand on
stepladder or limb uP on SOME
thing else that is high from the
ground under the hanging branch on
which our home is built said Ms.
Robin. She could not chirP or sing
like Mr. Robin. 1t is only the daddy
birds which sing, YOU know. The
mother bird. are too busy hatchmg
out the egg, and. later, too busy
feeding ;hcir little ones, to learn ="
sing. OF course the daddy bird
helps with the ncstwork, but not
very mucF. Though he is very good
;,t pulling up worms.
Well, anyhow, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robin made their nest in such a way
they thought no cats could ever get
up to il. soon Mrs Robin laid four
pretty blue eggs and fcw weeks
later four tiny birds, with very big
mouths, always opening for worms,
were hatoAed out.
Then. indeed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08

did rot know any better. lie had
no lomo-nobody to give him warnt
milk ar tender meat to eat, and 50
tins cat was always hungry. He was
hungry most of all for tender litt'"
birds and he meuowed and grow!ed,
saying:
I'm going to get those four
little robins in the nest -
But though the bad cat tried to
climb the tree he ould not get near
enough the trunk to stick his
claws in tn, bari, and scramble up,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 8, 1918

Mrs. Mayfield will leave tonight
for Los Angeles where she will
spend her vacation. She will be
Joined in few days by her daugh
ter, Lenna.
Camden New York Advanced Jour
nal-Clarencc f. Conant of the
Imperial Valley, who is east for his
annual visit with his mother, Mrs.
Ella Conant left Camden today for
New York City, from which port
he will sail on the Olympia for a
two months tour abroad. He will
leave Germany on October l, sail
ing on the magnificent new steamer
ImpcratOr.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
No MOreGas
I'm Stomach
and Bowels

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Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
Paris Plans To
Introduce Bustle
By United Press Leased Wire

PARIS, Aug s.-Lcading design
crs are considering the return Of
The hustle ana Ii may be a pcrma-
nent feature Of next springs style.
1t will not be the ultra rounded,
hair filled or cloth stuffed pad of
TIM mid Victorian days There will
be a happ! medium, consisting of
ribbons and pompoms which wil.
hide the increasing meagcrucss OF
milady and somewhat mitigate the
flapper appearance Of the most 81.
derby OF matrons.
Tucks are coming back NOT the
exaggerated type, but those Of the
latter part of the SOS in silks, sat
ms and even vclNcts, for winter
wear.
There Will b. a narroWncs~ IN
vertical lines which viii I've har
monious with the return to bustlrs,
and with color effects providing au
antipode for tine shock the pad
ding movement is certain TO ere
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-08
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of Useless Fat
A Pleasant, Harmless Method
Approved By Physicians

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