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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
HUMAN ELEMENT
Ignored BY Southern En-
plOyers

Greensboro, n C.-The miracle of
industrial growth in the South has
kept its pace on the human side, de-
clared Miss Mary Anderson, director
of the United States Women's Bu-
reau, in an address before the Pied
mont Organizing Council.
Along with the rush of industries
into the South" said Miss Anderson,
have gone many of the old mistakes
made by employers in the North dur
ing its period of development. This
brought low work standards which
could be prevented if plans had been
as carefully laid for the handling of
human problems as of mechanical
ones"
Investigators of the Women's Bu-
reau have found good and bad condi-
tions everywhere, "but we have found
the lowest wages and longest hours
prevailing in the South" said Miss
Anderson.
"For example we found that many
of the workers still have a day of 10
hours or more and that many of them
work IL hours at night. We found the
median wage for women employed for
a full-time week as low as $500 in
Mississippi, with the highest among
the Southern States, in Georgia, of
$12.95. The highest among States in
other parts of the country was $16.85
and the lowest was just over Sill"
The speaker said labor -displacing
machinery is becoming. a major prob
lem and that no one knows how many
persons are out of employment be-
cause of these changes.
In the laundry industry, the speaker
said, reports for the period 1909
1927 show that the amount of work
done, measured in dollars and cents,
increased 349.8 per cent while the
number of employees increased 93.1
per cent and the number of 'foundries
increased SAT- per cent.
What can be said of this industry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
SUBTLE PIECE
OF PROPAGANDA
By Reds Goes to Wrong
Person

Chicago (ILNS)-A subtle piece of
propaganda work, engineered by the
Russian soviet government in order
to create sentiment in this country
favorable to diplomatic recognition of
Russia by the United States, receiv-
ed a severe jolt in Chicago because
of the crude tactics of the American
communist leaders.
The Chicago appearance of the Isa-
dora Duncan Dancers was seized upon
as means of raising money for the
Daily Worker, official publication of
the reds in the United States.
Mimeographed letters were sent
broadcast from the local office of the
Daily Worker, inviting attendance at
the performances of the Duncan Dan
GERS and offering preference as to the
best seats to all those who would pre-
sent an inclosed printed card at the
box office. Presentation of the Daily
Worker card of course would give the
signal to the ticket seller that the one
presenting it was one of the elect of
the communist party, or at least a
strong friend of the soviet govern
ment.
Through a ludicrous error one of
these letters and the inclosed printed
card were sent to George W. Perkins,
president of the label trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, who turned them over to In
ternational Labor News Service.
Tne letter concluded as follows:
Counting on you not to miss this
treat of real modern revolutionary
Russian art, and appreciating your
support for our press at the same
time, we are" etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
Appeal Is Made for Socialist
Victims Of Communist Tyranny

New York City (LNS)-An appeal
for contributions to aid socialist vic
Tins of the soviet dictators in Russia
again directs attention to the man
ner in which even radicals who dis
agree with the communist rulers are
treated. The appeal is issued by the
Relief Society for Socialist Prisoners
and Exiles in Soviet Russia, and says:
"rhe need of aid is urgent and i'm
mediate. The numbers of prisoners
and exiles in Soviet Russia runs into
tens of thousands In Solovki Island
and KEN alone there are more than
$4,000. The prisons of Leningrad and
Moscow are filled beyond their capac-
ity The conditions under which the
prisoners live are SO terrible that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

laws which now discriminate against
married women. The League of Wom-
en- Voters and the national woman's
party are the two large organizations
which are striving for equal rights.
They differ in their methods. The
League of Women Voters wants the
inequalities to be removed by each
state separately. The national wom-
ans party believes in congressional
action. They have introduced a con-
stitutional amendment called the
Equal Rights Amendment" which
reads as follows:
Art. l. Men and women shall have
equal rights throughout the United
States and every place subject to its
jurisdiction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
Berry Quotes Authority

TO settle the question of whether
the mill owners had fouted the gov
ernor, international Labor News
Service wired Major Berry and Gov
ernor Horton, in each case asking the
status of Major Berry in the strike
situation. Major Berry replied by
wire at once, but Governor Horton
had not answered. From Major Berry
came the following important and H.
Illuminating wire:
Under date of April Is f. c. An
derson, secretary to Governor Henry
IL. Horton, communicated with me
and said: The governor would be de-
lighted if you could find time to 90
to Elizabethton and on his behalf
offer either of the two plans of me-
dlation as coming from him. If YOU
could render this service for the
state and represent Governor Horton
in trying to bring about an under
standing between the conflicting in
terests | assure you it would be great
ly appreciated by the governor
In compliance with the request of
Governor Horton through his secre-
tary, | communicated with the two
parties at Elizabethton by letter, in
dicating my desire to fulfill the re-
quest of the governor if they were
prepared to receive me as the gov
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

ernor's representative. Copy of my
letter went forth to the governor un-
der date of April 20.
Strikers Reply; Owners Silent
ITO date | have received no answer
from the Bemberg and Glanzstoff
corporations. | have, however, re-
ceived a letter from the United Tex
tile Workers of America, agreeing
to proceed in an effort to mediate
the differences"
Major Berry does not credit the
reported statements attributed to the
governor at Johnson City and be-
lieves the report in error Regard
less OF that phase of the question,
it IS made clear by Major Berry that
the Bemberg and Glanzstoff mill au-
thcrities in Elizabethton are solely
responsible for continuance of the
shutdown that holds 5000 men and
women idle
Meanwhile Elizabethton business
men charged with completely in the
kidnapping of Edward F. McGrady and
Alfred Hoffman have freely made
trips to Washington to intercede with
senators. Whether they have been
given any assurances of support is
not known definitely, though the be-
lief is that they have not found ANY
ready senatorial response to their
appeals.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
RAYON STRIKERS
Thrown in Jail; Business
Men Aid Hunger Plot

Elizabethton, Tenn Persecution,
prosecution and hunger are the weap-
ons used to drive young womanhood
and manhood at this place back into
industrial slavery" said Edward F.
McGrady, in a report to A. F. of l..
headquarters.
The A. F. of l.. representative said
boarding house keepers are arresting
young men and women because they
are unable to pay their board BILL
Girls from II to 20 years of age are
thrown in Jail, and one boy of Is was
arrested as part of the intimidation
scheme.
"The union, of course, is releasing
these workers on bail as fast as they
are arrested" said Mr. McGrady,
Merchants who have been selling
food supplies to the union to be dis
tributed among needy strikers have
been warned not to sell any more
goods.
To-day a committee called upon
Governor Horton at the capitol This
committee, | am informed, was COM
posed largely Of the business men who
acted as kidnappers and violators of
the law in the recent outrage in this
valley The governor received this
band of intimidators. What took place
at this conference is not known, but
this afternoon the sheriff was in
structed to swear in so extra deputies
and / am informed he was given the
names of those who should be sworn
in. These new deputies augment
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
CARPENTERS GAIN;
WIN 5-DAY WEEK

Indianapolis.-The fve-day week
and higher wages are being establish
ed by units of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, ac-
cording to General Secretary Frank
Duffy.
"Our latest report" said Mr.. Duffy,
"shows nearly score of cities from
New York State to Wyoming, and
from Hamilton, Ontario, to Louisiana,
that have secured the fve-day week
and raised wages. Our members have
secured these gains through their own
effort. 1t is our experience that en-
ployers will treat with us as we de-
velop a 100 per cent solidarity"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
California Assembly Kills Bill
Barring Aliens on Public Works

Sacramento, Cal. ILNS)-Senate
Bill No. 112, by Senator Burley, pro-
hibiting the employment of aliens by
contractors and sub-contractors on
public work carried on by the state
and it's political subdivisions, was de-
feated in the assembly by a record
vote of 80 ayes to 81 noes.
The bill was sponsored by organized
labor generally and had passed the
senate virtually without opposition.
Then the big contractors of California
got busy, with extraordinary results.
A number of members of the assem-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

many of them seek relief in suicide.
The situation of the exiles is no bet
ter. The soviet government con-
demns them to seek any work and
thereby condemns them to extinc-
ton"
The international socialist organi-
zation recently appealed for these
victims of soviet tyranny, saying:
Thousands of socialists are being
arrested and exiled in Soviet Russia
without trial or preliminary investi-
cation, while the same is true even
of communists if they fail to agree
with their government and venture to
express political opinions of their
own"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

may be said of many others, including
textiles.
This expansion of machinery and
decline in number of employees not
only is very serious to the workers
themselves but threatens the stability
and prosperity of our whole country
because the purchasing power of the
people is tremendous asset to the
prosperity of us ALL"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

bly,, who are prominent members of
the American Legion and talk much
patriotism, refused to vote for prefer
ence to American citizens in employ
ments on public work.
The proponents of the bill pointed
out that thousands of American citi-
zens were unemployed in California
at this very moment, yet recently ar
rived aliens are doing public work be-
cause they are available at lower
rate of pay. This argument appar-
emily did not appeal to the assembly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
JUSTICE THROUGH
LAW
THE WOMAN DISAPPEARS

In the early days of the common
law in England when woman mar
ried she disappeared as legal per-
son. The old theory was Husband
and wife are one and that one is he"
Any property that the woman owned
the husband took. He also owned the
services of the wife. Any work she
did for another Was as though he had
done the work. He got the pay. She
got nothing.
If anyone injured the wife she had
no standing in court for redress. She
could not sue. She did not exist
legally. Suppose someone assaulted
her. Her husband had to sue. He
was entitled to money damages for
the physical harm she received. She
had the pain, the suffering, the bodily
hurt. But he got the money which
the jury awarded as compensation for
the hurt she had received
Furthermore, the wife was practi-
cally the slave of the husband. He
could treat her as his slave. If he
whipped her she could not sue him for
the whipping. She could not appear
as legal person in court. Of course
he was not going to sue himself for
the whipping he had given her. She
had no redress. If he was particularly
brutal in the whipping he gave her he
might be punished in the criminal
courts. But even here the husband
had the best of the situation. So long
as he did not use club to whip her
which was more than the thickness of
his little finger he would be left scot
free He was the "lord and master"
She was the subject and the subordi-
nate.
And the law of that time has been
praised most highly. Blackstone says
that the legal position of women at
common law was most praiseworthy;
that the subordination of the wife to
the husband was for "her protection
and benefit" and adds, $50 great ia
vorite is the female sex of the laws
of England"
For over four hundred years the
married woman was legally non-exis-
tent. But about 1840 movement be-
gan both in England and the United
States which had as its notion that a
married woman was still human be-
ing. And little by little the various
states began to pass statutes which
gave the married woman some legal
position. At first she was allowed to
have and to own some property. Then
she could make contracts. Then she
could work for herself and get the
fruits of her labors. Little by little
she was given control of her body.
And also of her children. Some states
allow her to sue even her husband if
he is brutal to her and compel him
to compensate her in money terms
for the harm he had done to her.
But in no state, and in no country,
is the wife, at the present time, the
equal under the law, of her husband
In some states the husband still owns
the labor and services of the wife.
She still has to ask him to sue in
court for harm that has been done
to her. She still is not the guardian
of her children. She still cannot sue
him if he assaults and batters her.
In many states in this country the
law of the fifteenth century in Eng
land still applies. The women of the
country are trying to equaliZe the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10
GEORGIA UNIONISTS
ASK OLD-AGE PENSION

Augusta, Ga.-A State pension for
old-age workers was favored by the
annual convention of the Georgia Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The unionists also declared for a
State bond issue for highway pur-
poses; for State bond issue of $685.
100000 for the Georgia. public school
system and additional factory inspec-
tors and more rigid factory in
spection.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-05-10

University; Rabbi Stephen Wise;
Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer
United Mine Workers of America DR..
E. NJ. Burns of Columbia University,
and Miss Frances Perkins, New York
State Industrial Commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21

RlOn about 200 miles SOuCn OF Lutte
America, while they were nearly 100
miles away sticking up like haycocks in
the great plain of the Barrier. Their
next Landmark was the geological party,
which they passed beyond the 200-mile
depot
A course then was set by Comdr
Byrd for the mountains and about As
minutes after passing the geological
party the mountains began to show
ahead lifting out of the horizon like
hummocks of snow or distant pressure
ridges.
Much to every ones surprise, they
showed up first on the right of the
course instead of to the left.
They we're magnificent" said Comdr
Byrd and June also said they were the
most wonderful group OF mountains he
had ever seen. Some we're covered with
ice and snow and some had great bare
patches of rock, some dome-shaped ana
others peaked.
Place for Base Is Found.
The plane was headed directly for
q mountain in front of Mount Nansen
and there a place was found where
the base could be established. The
surface was far from smooth. and of
hard snow with sharp-ridged edges.
1T was like furrowed flint" said
Dean Smith, who piloted the plane in
landing. THE skis took the ridges all
right, but if you made many landings
there you would cut them right on,
so hard and sharp were these irregu-
larities."
June was in the cockpit with him
handling the stabiliZer, and with
few thumps the plane settled down
with the towering range running 10
the east and west IN front of 1t.
Comdr. Byrd jumped out and began
to take sights with his bubble sextant
to establish the position of the base.
He got two position lines which checked
perfectly with their dead reckoning, SO
that they have no doubt as to where
the base lies.
The entire flight was a splendid test
of navigation under flying conditions
down here and Comdr. Byrd is quite
satisfied now that his calculations will
work out as he expected. The course
was kept perfectly with the aid OF the
sun compass and checked with the
navigation done on the way out
Photos Taken and Supplies Cached.
While the commander was taking his
sights Capt. Ashley Mckinley, who had
been taking pictures with his mapping
camera all the way, began to make pic
lures of the mountains, while June was
busy shifting cans Of oil and gasoline
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generator, a hard, back-breaking job,
and was so tired that he worked with
one eye half shut from sleeplneSs and
the other on the voltmeter. When there
was an interval between messages, he
would drop on the snow and go to
sleep, and when Harold needed more
current he would shake Mac and wake
him up.
When the Fairchild landed the en-
CINE was stopped and the two men in
1t. Balchen and Peterson, went to work
with the others, Pete working the radio
while Bernt climbed into the Ford's
cockpit to- handle the engine controls.
The gas was poured into the tanks, the
engines warmed again and oil put in, and
with the repaired booster working the
big Cyclone started off at the first turn.
In few minutes all three motors were
roaring. Dean gave her the gun and
took of bumpily from the sastrIgi bed
in which it had been lying Climbing
up little way, he struck the strong
wind from the south and came booming
into the base camp. He made wide
circle and landed and there was a rush
for the plane and a cheer as Byrds
head appeared in the doorway.
Men rushed up to him and shook his
hand and then went for Mac and June,
who stumbled out YEARLY. Dean waited
until his engines had stopped after
turning off the gas and then climbed
out also, face smiling through the dirt.
All Are Enthused Over Trip.
The trip was not only successful. but
important for many reasons The nee
essay base was established at the noun
tainS. Mckinley made a strip map all
the way to the mountains. Many valu-
able things about this little known re-
gion will be learned from the photo
graphs. The flight was a perfect test
of the plane and the skis, and Comdr.
Byrd and the other members of the
crew were enthusiastic about the way
in which the skis permit rough land
ings. showing that the plane can be
operated away from base and landed
under severe conditions.
The commander believes he has found
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AS they were helped from the plane,
one after the other, by the willing
hands of men who yelled an enthusi-
astic greeting. they stumbled and
grinned at the same time.
But they we're so glad to have the big
craft safely back on its home field that
they didn't care about WEAKNESS. They
all made for the mess hall and some
thing warm to eat, and in a few min
utes every one except the mechanics
making the Ford fast were gathered in
groups around the members of the crew
listening to their stories of the flight.
BaIchen Flies in Again.
Then there was another rush out to
meet Bernt Balchen. who had flown
more gas out to the Ford in a second
trip and had waited to see the big
plane in the air before he warmed up
his motor and came. in. He and Carl
Petersen, the radio operator, also were
cheered and patted on the back. for
landing the small plane III that bumpy
stuff had not been easy.
1T seems days since " left" said
Comdr. Byrd and the others when they
arrived. 1t seemed days to those who
had waited in camp.
(Comdr. Byrd flew Monday, with Har-
old June and Dean Smith as pilots and
Ashley Mckinley as photographer, 440
miles from his camp to the Queen Maud
Mountain to lay base for his coming
South Pole flight He was forced down,
out of gasoline, IS miles from the camp
on his return that night and Balchen
flew to his relief)
The flight had been packed so full
of excitement for those in the ship that
they had a jumbled memory of events
Things began to happen soon after
they left. After flying an hour, it was
noticed that the gasoline consumption
was unusually high, and a small leak
was finally found by Harold June in the
hand fuel pump under the pilots seat.
He packed it with chewing gum and
tapped it and reduced the flow consid-
erably.
Chewing gum is great stuff for gas
leaks" said June with reminiscent
grin.
All Three Motors Quit.
Then in an hour and a half all three
motors coughed and died as the two
outer tanks Unexpectedly ran dry, be-
cause of the rapid consumption.
June jumped for the valves and
switched on the other tanks, and the
engines again picked up, but it was one
Of those moments in flying which one
remembers.
They saw the crevassed pressure re-
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and bags of food out of the plane. A
nile was made of the fuel and oil cans,
which are painted orange, and hole
was dug near them and the food cached.
June, with the commander and Nc
Kinley, did the first half OF the unload
ing and then relieved Dean Smith IN
the cockpit, as the engines were idling.
and Smith began shifting cans and
food. It was quite job and took nearly
When it was finished Mckinley lugged
his big aerial camera out OF the plane
and took some long distance shots of the
mountains. And in landing and taking
off June made some moving pictures.
Every one was busy as he could be.
Before starting back the commander
and June decided to put so gallons OF
gas, which had been intended for the
mountain base, into the tanks, for the
undiscovered leak did not get better and
in fact on the way home became much
worse, It is thought that it was on a
motor somewhere and as Byrd put 1t,
1.-THE gas Just poured through"
When the time came to take OF,
Smith TAXED up to slope and got of
nicely, despite the rough ground. They
climbed 5000 feet and few parallel to
the mountains toward the southeast for
Is minutes so that Mckinley could make
some pictures of them, and then back
to the base they had laid. from where
they took their departure on a course
for Little America.
Follow Trail on Way Back.
The wind forced them to follow a
course slightly to the west of that taken
on the way out. They saw the crevaSses
while 100 miles away and hit them right
on the course, SO they were able then to
follow the dog trail home.
On their return. members of the
party described their feelings and &C.
tions while the plane was down yester-
Gay. as did those who remained at the
base.
There was increasing anxiety in
camp, because we could not understand
why the big plane had not got into the
air after Balchen had taken 1t fuel.
There were many guesses. So Balchen
got the Fairchild ready again, and with
so more gallons of gasoline and some
oil and stepladder for use on the CEN
ter he took Off soon after 6 and started
south, flying low to avoid high wind
only few hundred feet above the
surface.
The first thing Harold picked up
when lie got the receiver and trans
mitter going at the Ford's resting place
was the Fairchild again in the air, and
some amusing roundabout communica-
ton took place between the base and
the Ford by way of the Fairchild. Dean
was receiving in the plane and Harold
was sending in the tent. short dis
lance away. Dean would get a mes
sage. shout its contents to the COM
mander, who would run to the tent
and tell June what answer to make.
They asked for more gas and men
and found that both were on the way
which was a great relief. particularly
to Mac. He had been cranking the hand