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York to Norfolk Va, Charleston, S. c., then across
to Hamilton Bermuda, to the Azores, and then to
the coast of Europe with Lisbon Portugal, the prob
able terminus. The contract will for ten years.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25

"Over production means curtailed
tailed employment and, reduced, the
latter means lessened purchasing
powers. The new and sound practice
of other advanced industries is to
maintain purchasing power first"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
SENATE APPROVES
MUSCLE SHOALS

Washington,-The Senate approved
Mr.. Norris resolution for government
tai operation of Muscle Shoals by a
vote of As to 23
The vote was within one ballot of
the two-third majority which would
be necessary for enactment over q
presidential veto.
The resolution passed both houses
of the last Congress, but was given
the pocket veto by President Coolidge.
Under the bill a government cor
poration would be formed to operate
Muscle Shoals. Nitrate plants would
produce nitrogen and experiment in
its production. The government cor
poration would have power to sell at
surplus power, giving preference to
States and municipalities.
The possibility of White House dis
approval is being discussed because
of memorandum written by Willis
G. Waldo, secretary and engineer of
the Tennessee River Improvement As
sociation, an opponent of government
operation of Muscle Shoals. The
memorandum, which was presented to
the Senate Lobby Committee, states:
with the proper President pledged
to oppose the policy of the govern
ment operation and the chairman of
the Republican National Cmomittee
coming from the presidency of the or
ganization that has opposed this poll
cy at Muscle Shoals for many years,
will any reasonable man expect any
ching but a veto of government OPP
GRAFTON bill should Congress pass such
legislation ?"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
Aberle Strike Arbitrators
Holds Workers Justified
In Resisting Wage Slash

Philadelphia, Pa, - (ILNS).-The
board of arbitration sitting on the H.
c.. Aberle strike situation takes the
position in the award just handed
down that the strikers were justified
in their grievances and fixes wages
for most of the help in the mill at the
rate applying before the cut which
provoked the walk-out. For the ma
jority of the men workers rates are
fixed which are approximately the
union scale.
The board of arbitration, which was
composed of Benjamin M. Squires of
Chicago University and umpire in the
mems clothing industry in Chicago; /;
Morris E. Leeds, Philadelphia manu-
facturer, and Morris l.. Cooke, nation
ally known engineer and expert on
personnel problems in industry, has
decided that still another arbitrator
be selected who shall see to it that
all points in dispute arising out of
interpretations of the agreement are
settled without further trouble. This
provides substitute for the arbitra-
tion machinery which now exists in
the organized sections of the full
fashioned industry and which is avail
able at all times to both manufac-
turers and men. The award holds
that a plan for workers representa-
tion shall be set up and declares that
whatever system is set up must be
real and enjoy the complete confidence
of the people in the shop; that this
system must be free to conduct ne
gotiations and its negotiations be a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
First Objective Of Labor
Campaign Is Won AS Georgia
Cotton Mills Reduce Hours

Birmingham, Ala, - (ILNS) The
first objective of the Federation of
Labor, in its Southern organization
campaign, has been realized-the re-
duction of hours in the textile indus
try without corresponding reduction
in wages. The Georgia Cotton Manu-
facturers' Association, in a conven-
tion at Atlanta, by unanimous vote,
decided to reduce the work week from
60 and 72 hours to so and 55 hours.
Officials of the association said that
this reduction in hours, with labor re-
ceiving the same pay, was brought
about in an effort to make Georgia
the ideal State in the Union for tex
tile labor" Labor leaders regard this
action as the beginning of a general
shortening Of the work week in all
textile mills.
Hatton Lovejoy of Lagrange, Ga,
introduced the resolution to adopt the
shorter week and it was unanimously
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
HUMANE" GAS BOMB
To Check MObs Perfected
By Uncle Sam

Washington-Th War Department
announces a new tear gas bomb
which was perfected, it is stated, at
the request of prison authorities.
The new device will produce gas
cloud of high concentration. The RIO
ter will be Immediately made help
less.
"The older grenades were some
what slow in ignition and the gas was
generated slowly" the War Depart
ment states. ''The new device ignites
so rapidly after leaving the hand that
by the time it hits the ground it is
giving off it's fumes in great quanti-
ties. The test of these candles will
be watched with greatest interest not
only by the army but by civil authori-
ties, who agree that tear gas is a
most effective and humane method of
quelling riots and similar disturb
ances.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
MAY GUST
INJUNCTION JUDGE

Madison, Wis.,-The State Board of
Bar Commissioners may recommend
special session of the State Legis-
lature to consider charges and posi-
bic impeachment of Injunction Judge
Belden of Racine.
Belden's offense, however, is not in
enjoining Kenosha hosiery workers at
the Allen-A plant This procedure is
so usual it no longer attracts notice
of the commissioners, who act as
sort of business agent for the Law
yers' Judicial Union.
Belden is charged with accepting
a personal loan of $4,000 from z. G.
Simmons, Kenosha business man, who
later secured a favorable decision in
Belden's court
The impeachment of Belden was be-
fore the last legislature, but the jur-
ist escaped conviction His lawyers
howled persecution.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
Sproul Fair Wage Bill
May Get Clear Track
PURE FOOD MENACE
IN N. Y. CANNERIES

New York,-Dirt, low pay, long
hours and unsanitary work shacks
are few of the conditions under
which canneries of this State operate.
according to survey by the Consum-
ers' Legaue.
The report shows that this indus
try is carried on largely by sweated
labor of women and girls. By the
continual speeding up of tired and,
consequently, inefficient workers the
consuming public has passed on to it
quantities of practically unsolicited
vegetables and fruit. In some cases
defective matter finds its way into the
cans.
Wage rates for 50-hour week are
from $40 to $3.50, which is so lit
tie that the workers welcome over
time regardless of their health"
Shed workers are not protected
from inclement weather and are often
exposed to rain and cold which result
in illness.
Many women, the report states,
work on wet floors all day and in some
occupations they are wet to the skin
because of dripping belts and tables.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
GREEN URGES
Five-Day Week To Cut
Idleness

New York-The fve-day week will
decrease unemployment and increase
consumption, said VIM. Green, presi-
dent A. F. of L., in an address to the
Independent Order of Birth Abraham.
"The mechanization of industry has
created serious social and economic
problems" he said. Individual pro-
ductivity and efficiency have been
enormously increased and thousands
of workers have been added to the un-
employed.
"Under normal economic and indus
trial conditions there are more than
8 per cent of workers unemployed and
menacing surplus of goods pro-
duced. The present period of cyclical
unemployment grew out of this un-
sound condition"
Mr. Green said the fve-day week is
inevitable. Machinery and power
make it possible and spiritual reasons
make it necessary" he said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
WARNS TEXTILE
Trade to Cure Own Evils
Or Public Will Act

Augusta, Ga. (ILNS) - Public
opinion will step in and force reforms
in the textile industry unless the in
dustry takes care of it's own problems
in a satisfactory manner, Henry Ken
dell, textile mill owner, told the At
lantic Cotton Association here Ken
dell, who is from Boston, is the head
of five mills in North and South Caro-
lima.
"The textile industry" Mr. Ken
dali said, ''is in position to control
its own position. Our small percent
age of export, only 7 per cent, means
that we can, if we will, balance more
nearly our supply with demand" He
declared the industry is disjointed," !"
saying it was following policies which
have been discarded in other indus
tries.
'sMill owners here in the South have
regarded long hours as advanta-
geous," Mr. Kendall said Long
hours are actually an economy boom
eragn. They have meant that for
certain periods goods are turned out
in such volume that an over-produc-
tion periodically recurs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
MINOR MILL HEADS
OFFER TO HELP

Birmingham, Ala, GLNS).-As an
indication of the condition of affairs
in many of the mill sections, Paul j.
Smith, chairman of the American
Federation Of | abor Southern organ
ization committee with headquarters
here, has received a number of let
ters from superintendent, foremen,
overseers and other minor officials of
various textile mills offering to quit
their jobs and take up the work of
helping organize the workers.
One man, mill superintendent,
said something will have to take
place in the course of the coming
year for relief of these poor textile
workers, and [ am offering my ser
vices to help organize them" He
has been an overseer and superintend-
ent for % years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
Consent to Vote On 1t
Looked For in House
Measure Will Then Go to Senate Where Action is Hoped
For to Affect Big Building Program; Union Rate To
Be Standard

deducted from the contract price of
the contractor, on account thereof,
for such laborer and each mechanic so
paid less than the wage rate required
by Section l hereof, a sum in dollars
equal to five times the number of
days he has been so paid less than
the wage rate required by Section
hereof, and the contract shall so stip-
ulate. The whole amount shall re-
vert to the Treasury of the United
States"
Section applies the provisions of
Section 3 to the District of Columbia.
Section is as follows:
"The provisions of this act shall
not apply to contracts which were
entered into prior to the passage of
this act and shall not affect contrac-
tors performing work under such con-
tracts"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
THREE INJUNCTION
Suits In Week Against Hos
iery Workers Union

Philadelphia, Pa.,-(ILNS. .)-Three
injunction suits within one week!
How many unions can beat this rec
ord
On Friday, March %, the Aircraft
Mill of Philadelphia, in the Court of
Common Pleas, secured restraining
order against the hosiery workers.
On Friday, April 4, week later, the
Rodgers Hosiery Company was grant
ed temporary restraining or d r
against the union. The same day it
was rumored at union headquarters
that t he Hulmeville Hosiery Com
pany about ten miles from the city
limits in Bucks County, was applying
for an injunction also. Monday morn
ing, April z, the officers of the Amer
lean Federation of Full Fashioned
Hosiery Workers were served with
the usual papers. Later, however,
the application of the Hulmeville
Company for an injunction was with
drawn, following conference be-
tween representative of the mill and
the union
The plea for the injunction asked
for by the companies is practically
identical in each case, although the
lawyers are different. As one news
paper man remarked, 'These applica-
tions must be sold at the stationers
In the Aircraft case, former Dis
trict Attorney Edwin S. Fox told the
court that the manufacturers realized
well enongh that there was great far-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25

ment in the non-union mills and that
the anti-union employers were going
to fight to prevent their employees
from winning the right to collectively
bargain with their employers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25

Washington, d. c., - (ILNS). -
With the House Labor Committees
report in final shape, with the com
mittee solidly back of it and with no
known opposition at any point in the
House, Representative Sproul of Il
linois believes his standard wage bill
can go to vote by unanimous con-
sent without the necessity for a spe-
cial rule by the Rules Committee.
Few labor measures have ever
made such rapid progress or received
such a unanimity of support in the
House. If no unforeseen opposition
develops within the next few days it
is expected this important labor
measure will soon have passed the
House to be sent to the Senate.
Union Rate Standard
The bill as reported provides that
the wage on government contracts
shall be the wage agreed upon by
employers and unions belonging to
the American Federation of Labor.
1t will affect wage rates on govern
ment contracts in every city in the
United States and will, if the Senate
agrees with the House in this session
as it is expected to do, bring the pro-
visions of the act into force to affect
practically all of the enormous gov
ernment building program. That its
benefits will be reflected in State and
municipal contracts in many places
seems probable
How Rate Is Fixed
Section / of the bill as reported
says:
THAT on and after the passage of
this act, no laborer or mechanic, who
is or may be employed by any con-
struction, alteration, or repair of any
public work of the United States in
any city or town in any State of the
United States, shall be paid less
wage rate for any services rendered
by him in such city or town to such
contractor or subcontractor while so
employed than the then lowest exist
ing wage rate established for such
services in private industry in such
city or town, either by the joint ac-
tion of private employers and an or
ganization of employees belonging to
or affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, or by the accep-
tance of such wage rate by private
employers and an organization of en-
ployes belonging to or affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, if
there be such an established wage
rate for such services in effect at said
time in such city or town."
Section 2 applies the same provi-
sions to the District of Columbia.
Section provides penalties as fol-
lows:
"The provisions of Section l here
of shall be Incorporated in every con-
tract to which the United States is
a party and to which the provisions
of Section l hereof apply, and aid
provisions shall be part of every
such contract, and if any laborers or
mechanics are paid less by any con-
tractor or subcontractor than the
wage rate required by Section l here
of then, in that event, there shall be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
WALKER RESIGNS

Springfield, Ill.-John Walker, for
Is years president Illinois Federation
of Labor, resigned. He was recently
elected secretary of an or
ganization in this city that was
started by group of miners that is
outside the recognized United Mine
Workers of America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25
ACCIDENTS COST LIP

Columbus, O.-The cost of acci-
dents in this State last year increased
II per cent over 1928, according to
report by the Ohio Industrial Com
mission.
These figures only refer to benefits
paid benefciaries of injured workmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25

matter of record. 1t is made quite
clear that if the workers in the mill
want their trade union to function as
a system of representation that they
must be free to have shop committees
composed of union people function
freely and be recognized. Union lead
ers have insisted all through this
strike that this was by far the most
important point in the whole contro-
versy.
The award provides for method of
operation which shall put all workers
back into the mill at once with the
available work divided up as far as
possible so as to give the entire 400
employees some wages each week.
This is a union principle of opera
tion.
The award praises the reasonable
and accommodating and constructive
attitude of the union throughout the
whole proceedings and indicates that
it is only because of the patience, for
bearance and reasonableness of the
union that it was possible to keep the
employer in line at all in this whole
difficult situation. The report states
plainly that the employer wanted to
back out but that the union made
concessions which made it impossible
for him to do so,
The workers regard the settlement
as real victory even though in name
the award does not grant formal rec
ognition which is expected to come in
the course Of time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-04-25

approved, according to statement
from the association officials.
George A. Sloan, New York, presi-
dent of the Cotton Textile Institute,
who was present at the convention,
and who advocated the shorter work
week as an economic measure, con-
graduated the association on it's "for-
ward action" He said the South eis
the ideal section of the country for
textile production, and one of the
principal reasons is the uniformity of
labor conditions" He did not elabor-
ate on this principle.
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor, in his
first swing around the industrial cen
ters of the South in January pointed
out the necessity of shorter hours
without a corresponding decrease in
pay for mill workers, and urged the
abolishment of night work for wom-
en- and children His stand was uni
formly upheld by economists and
newspapers over the South.
ment in the non-union mills and that
the anti-union employers were going
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-19
Officials of Company Are
Session Speakers.

Important meetings Of automobile
dealers held in connection with the
Indianapolis automobile show in
cluded that of the Hupmobile deal
ers of the state as guests of Capitol
Motors Company. local distributors.
today at the Indianapolis Athletic
Club.
The speakers, introduced by G. A.
French, sales manager of Capitol
Motors Company, we're r. S. Cole,
vice president in charge Of sales Of
Hupp Motor Car Corporation; B. F.
Page, district sales manager of Hupp
Motor Car Corporation, and J.. M.
Block, president of Capitol Motors
Company.
Block said that he was fully con-
fident that 1880 would prove a very
satisfactory year for the Hupmobile
line. Cole discussed factory plans
for the year and assured the deal
ers that the Hupmobile factories
were equipped and organized to sup
ply dealers with cars at the time
and in the quantities demanded by
the market.
Page, recently assigned to Indian
apolis territory, expressed himself
as highly pleased with the Indiana
organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-19
RUSSIA NOW IN
COMPLETE Grip
OF COMMUNISM
Entire Specialization, With
Abolition of Religion,
Is in Effect.
By EUGENE LYONS
United Press staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Feb. 19.-Suppression
Of private trade and work and the
complete Specialization Of Russia,
coupled with abolition of religious
forms, toward which the SoViets
are rushing headlong, has COM
0letely transformed this nation.
The Russia of today is a wholly
different country from that which
was visited, as recently as last fall,
by American business men. Half
the impressions hitherto gained by
travellers here may as well be can
celed. They are not true today.
In Fighting Mood
Faced by the superhuman task
they laid out for themselves, the
leaders in the Kremlin have gone
back to the fighting mood Of the
period of 1917 to 1920, when they
put down civil uprisings and resisted
the thrust of white armies and for
eign invaders.
The policy today is that "the end
iustif1es the means" The Soviet is
through with compromising.
The struggle against private trad
ing has been found easy in the
cities. Private traders, called "nep-
men" offer little resistance to the
repressive acts that are driving
them out of business. By hundreds
and thousands, their little shops are
closing down.
This process is simple-heavy
taxation, orders to move, or merely
orders to get out" They are forced
to shut up shop and get out OF bust
ness as quietly as possible.
Work Socialized
Lawyers and physicians no longer
are engaged in private practice.
Their work has been SocialiZed. All
other free" professions rapidly are
being absorbed into government
agencies, and registry of engineers
and technical experts is being made
with a view to making them, too, an
active branch Of the government. In
effect, it is like a military draft.
The So-called "kulakS," or we'll
to-do farmers, are set down as
enemies" of the masses, and are
denied the shelter afforded by men,
bership in the co-operatives. So they
are being "liQuidated" Their num-
Der is between 100000 and 8,0O0,-
900, and their disposition offers no
small problem to the government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-19
FuII-PresSUre
Engine LHbrfcGtiOn-

Oil is supplied to all bearings by
positive, pump circulation through
drilled passages. Cored passages are
not used because of resulting rough
ness, and the additional hazard of
stoppage due TO core sand residue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ing capacity serves to keep the en-
CINE at its best operating tempera-
ture. But in winter this excess ca
pacity is put to a different and
highly important use. The upper
third of the radiator core is lad of
for the winter by being left empty.
Standing cold and vacant it then
serves as a cooling chamber in
which alcohol or other anti-freeze
solution that has been Vaporized
while flowing through the water
passages of the engine is condensed
back into LIQUID form.