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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25

influence to induce the department of
labor to decide against deportation.
That's what is meant by the depart
mert's reference to exceptional cir
cumstances'
Hired as Strong-Arm Man
In demanding that Singher be de-
ported, the hosiery workers conven-
tion charged that the man was hired
by the kraemer Company at Nazar-
eth to act as bully and strong-arm
man and that he attacked strikers.
1t was asserted that powerful politi-
cal influences We're being exerted on
Singher's behalf, and that if he had
been a striker and had been discov-
cred to have entered the country illeg-
ally efforts would have been made to
have him deported at once.
The convention declared its belief
that no man who is a strikebreaker
and bully can become a Worthwhile
citizen" and made an unqualified de-
mand on Secretary of Labor Davis
that Singher be deported, "as the law
requires"
Singher was arrested following his
assaults on union members. Tried in
an atmosphere dominated by the mill
interests, he was acquitted, to resume
his trouble-making career in Naz-
areth.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
Strike Leader Defies Court
Is Arrested But Is Soon Freed

Nazareth, Pa. (ILNS)-It may be
all right after all to tell the people
of Nazareth that the yellow dog con-
tract is unconstitutional, un-American
and should be disregarded At noon
on July IA Louis F. Budenz, who lead
the Kraemer hosiery strike on behalf
of the American Federation of Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers, went
onto the picket line carrying two big
signs, Away With the Yellow Dog
Contract" and "Join the American
Federation of Labor"
Budenz had previously written to
Judge Russell C. Stewart announcing
that he proposed to violate the in
junction which prohibits anyone from
denouncing the infamous yellow dog
in Nazareth. Budenz appealed to
strikebreakers as they came out Of
the mill to join the union and disre4
gard the yellow dog contracts they
have been forced to sign.
Two burly assistant county detec-
tives promptly bundled Budenz into
an auto and hauled him off to Bethle-
hem to the office of the District At
torney Russell Mauch The district
attorney questioned the labor man at
some length and finally decided that
no offense had been committed and
released him. 1t was stated, however,
that the facts in the case will be sub
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

mitted to Judge Stewart in case he
wishes to act on the matter.
"This is most encouraging, said
Budenz. Apparently it is going to
be permissible after all to tell work
ers how the trade union movement
feels about the yellow dog document
and that it should be ignored"
1t is pointed out that the Nazareth
hosiery strikers were repeatedly ar
rested and thrown into Jail for doing
less than Budenz did. The pickets
were arrested and fined so frequently
that the union finally had to give up
active picketing because of the heavy
expense this involved. Budenz talked
to the strikebreakers. The strikers
did not even do that-they merely
walked up and down with picket arm
bands on the clothes.
Apparently the county authorities
in Northampton county don't want to
give the strike any more publicity if
they can help it. The political fight
in Pennsylvania is looming, and the
whole situation is so confused that
no one just knows where he fits.
Clifford Pinchot, who won the repub-
lican gubernatorial nomination, was
most outspoken in denouncing injunc-
tions, and the conduct of the authori-
ties toward the Kraemer hosiery
strikers in Nazareth.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
Contract Binds Steel Board
Iron Workers. Union Asserts

empowered to negotiate an agree
ment. Subsequently, on May Ia
Green gave decision on the four
points referred to him, thus con-
cluding and constituting the contract
agreed upon by Messrs. Eidlitz and
Morrin," and which was signed by
the union officers and Green on May
%, 1880.
However, the Structural Steel
Board of Trade, said Morrin, in viola
tion of the agreement made by Ed
litz, demanded certain interpreta-
tions of the language used by the ar
bitrator as we'll as modification of
and additions to portions of said con-
tract" Notwithstanding the fact that
Eidlitz had reported to his board that
At meeting held on May %, 1880,
Eidlitz's report was accepted" by
the employers board, but on May 20
R. B. Thomas, attorney for the en-
ployers, demanded that the contract
be interpreted and modified.
Eidlitz Is Warned
On the same day Morrin tele-
graphed to Eidlitz, saying the union
was intent on carrying out its agree
ment and that "any attempt to alter
change or amend the agreement or
the decisions of the arbitrator, which
were to be final before the execution
of the agreement" would be not only
unwise but unwarranted
The employers replied on June by
advising Morrin that they had re
fcrred the proposed agreement back
to the labor committee. Since June 6.
Morrin added, repeated efforts have
been made by the employers to OBJ
tain an Interpretation and modifica
ton of the contract
Finally, said Morrin, he was mott
fed on July l that the Structural
Steel Board of Trade had repudiated
the contract.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
KANSAS COURT STOPS
SUNDAY THEATRICALS

Topeka, Kans.-The Kansas su-
preme court declared that a statute
prohibiting the sale of goods, wares
or merchandise" on Sunday is applic
able to the sale of theatre tickets.
1t upheld the conviction of violating
the statute by person who conduct
ed moving picture theatre on Sun
day.
The court also ruled that the
statute which prohibits all unneces.
sary work on Sunday is valid. 1t
does not violate any right of religious
freedom, the court said. The conten-
ton that it compels person to ac-
cept Sunday as day of rest was re-
iected
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
SALARY LEGISLATION
PASSED BY CONGRESS

Washington.-The recent congress
passed corrective salary legislation
affecting lower-paid groups of gov
ernment employees, many of them in
the custodian service.
The Welch act of 1923 was intended
to benefit these workers, but its pur-
pose was annulled by official interpre-
tation and in favor of higher ups.
The present legislation is applicable
only to those who were cut off under
the act of May %, 1928.
Congress failed to pass the 44-hour
bill for postal workers. House lead
ers are charged with blocking the bill.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
FARMERS GO TO CITIES;
MACHINERY is BLAMED

Iowa City, Iowa.-Prof. G. A. Hat
ton, of Northwestern University, ridi-
culed the claim that farmers are
flocking to cities out of sheer per-
versity.
There is no greater mistake than
this assumption, said Prof. Hatton at
conference of educators at the Uni
versity of Iowa.
Economic pressure, resulting from,
the fact that fewer men are required
to produce the same amount of food
with modern machinery is causing the
rural shift" he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
"WE ARE NOT ILLEGAL"
SAYS RADIO MONOPOLY

Washington.-Units of the radio
trust filed their answer to the gov
ernment's plea that they be dissolved.
The corporations acknowledge that
their stock ownership is interlocked
and they admit interlicensing of pat
ents, but they assure the court that
conspiracy in restraint of trade is
the very last thing they have in mind.
Defendants include the Radio Cor
poration Of America, General Elec-
tric, American Telephone and Tele-
graph and Westinghouse Electric.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
Permits Notorious Canadian to
Leave United States Voluntarily
Decision Not Satisfactory to Labor But Edward Sngher
Seems Barred from United States

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-As the
result of an aggressive fight by or
gained labor, Edward Singher, a no
torious alien strikebreaker who has
been in Nazareth, Pa, has been forced
to leave the country, Labor fought
to have him deported to Canada, but
the department of labor refused to
order his deportation, instead grant
ing him permission to leave volun-
tarily.
This decision was not satisfactory
to labor, as if he had been a Canadian
citizen, as supposed, and had depart
ed voluntarily, he would have been
free to return and again become a
strikebreaker. Further investigation,
however, put different light on
Singher's status, as it was discovered
has was born on a small island be-
longing to France off the coast of
Newfoundland and is therefore a
French citizen. As the French immi-
grafton quota for 1880 is exhausted,
he cannot return this year If his
American wife, who he recently mar
ried in Nazareth, seeks to have him
come in under the quota next year
OF thereafter, labor will take steps to
have him kept out.
Singher, a baseball player, is from
Quebec, Canada. Going to Nazareth,
ne took the place of striking hosiery
workers in the plant of the Kraemer
Hosiery Mill there The American
Federation of Labor and the Ameri-
can Federation of Full Fashioned
Hosiery Workers demanded that the
department of labor deport Singher,
after he had been arrested on a
charge of assaulting union leaders.
Decision to permit Singher to leave
Voluntarily was made by the depart
ment of labor following a hearing
before the board of review of the i'm
migration service. Edward F. Nc
Grady, legislative committeeman of
the American Federation of Labor,
represented labor at the hearing and
strongly pressed the demand for
Singher's deportation.
Here Illegally, Admission
McGrady declared that Singher
was in the country illegally, that he
was strikebreaker taking the bread
out of the mouths of union men seek
ing to improve their condition, that
he was a bully who had assaulted un-
ion leaders and that he was an unde-
sirable resident generally. His con-
tention that Singher was in the coun-
try illegally was admitted by Sing
hers attorney. Despite this admis-
sion, the department refused to order
Singher's deportation, "in view of ex-
ceptional circumstances" What these
exceptional circumstances" are is
left to the imagination. McGrady,
however, has very decided opinions as
to what they are.
pennsylvania politicians, including
Representative Coyle, and non-union
Pennsylvania manufacturers, fought
the deportation of Singher," he told
international Labor News Service.
''They want foreigners free to enter
this country to break strikes of
American workingmen seeking a
better living for themselves and
their families. The politicians and
the manufacturers have used all their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25

st. Louis, Mo- (ILNS)-President P
J. Morrin, of the International As
sociation of Bridge, Structural and
Ornamental Iron Workers, has noti-
fed the Structural Steel Board of
Trade, Inc, New York city, that the
international union will insist that the
board live up to it's agreement with
the union. The board recently abro-
gated the agreement, which was nego-
tiated to end a 25-year dispute in the
steel trade.
Denouncing the steel boards re-
pudiation of the contract as in flag
rant violation of honest business
ethics and practices and a gross vio-
lation of law" President Morrin
adds:
"The international union, having
faithfully complied with it's contract
and agreement, and fully performed,
on its part, every provision thereof,
must insist upon it's specific perform
ance by the Structural Steel Board of
Trade, Inc, and hold it legally re-
sponsible for the reputation of its
agreement or failure to honestly COM
ply with any of it's provisions.
Tells of Agreement
In his letter President Morrin en-
closed an agreement made on May II,
1880, between w. j. Mccain, general
secretary of the union, and Charles
L. Eidlitz, chairman of the employ
ers' board, to the effect that they
would negotiate a settlement of their
difficulties and refer all matters still
in contention by May Ia to William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, as sole arbiter.
In accordance with the agreement, the
iron workers striking on the jobs of
Starrett Brothers & Eken, Inc, were
to be returned to work.
In this connection Eidlitz produced
a record from the minutes of his as
sociation showing that he was fully
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
GOMPERS HIGH
SCHOOL TO OPEN
IN NEW YORK

New York.-Plans for the new
Samuel Gompers industrial high
school for boys are being completed,
and construction is expected to be-
gin in the fall.
The building will cost $1,660,000,
and will seat 1,700 students.
The equipment will include a radio
room, press, linotype and composing
rooms, as we'll as shops of every de-
scription. 1t will have telephone,
motor and dynamo, electric light and
power, and auto transmission and
chassis shops and architectural draw
ing rooms.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-07-25
ANTI-UNIONISTS
Fail to Terrify Southern
Workers

Huntsville, a-Anti-unionists in
this section overplayed their hand
when they attempted to terrify textile
workers from joining the union.
The workers and the public gen.
orally suddenly realized these en-
ployers were making their lurid anti
union claims to continue their "pros-
porous poverty" known as pauper
wages.
The recent anti-union attack by a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
WOMAN SAVED
FROM FLAMES
IN CAR WRECK
Mrs. III. w. Hewitt Oh
Olmito Narrowly
Escapes Death
Especial to The Eerald)

SAN BENITO, Jan. IA Thrown
from her car wien J. overturned
three times on the highway near
here Tuesday morning about 1880
o'clock, Mrs. H. w. --,witt Of OIL
mito is in Valley Baptist hospital
at Harrington suf- ring from severe
cuts and will be confined in the
hospital several days. officials state.
Mrs. Hewitt's chauffeur was unin-
jured IN the wreck, which was
caused by the automobile skidding
on slippery pavement.
The large SCI n a smashed
and caught on fire and burned for
two hours. Mrs. Hewitt was or her
way to Brownsville when the acct
dent occurred, although bleeding
profusely when picked up by a
passerby, she refused TO leave the
automobile until a valuable casket
Of jewels wa recovered from the
wreckage. she finally was persuad-
ed to leave after the arrival Of a
Thompson ambulance from Har-
lingen and the jewels were found
before they were damaged by flames
which shortly enveloped the auto
mobile.
Mrs. Hewitt's husband Is vice.
president OF the Al Parker Securi-
ties company operating throughout
the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
FLOOD RACES
Families in 3 States Forced
To Flee Homes

MEMPHIS. Jan. l4-PJ-Rsiag
waters In Arkansas. Kentucky and
Tennessee drove many families from
their homes today as the rainfall
of the past week continued in the
lower Mississippi valley.
Several hundred families along
the White and ST. Francis rivers in
Arkansas have been forced TO quit
their homes. Farm lands have been
inundated, and IN some villages the
water is more than two feet deep.
Levees guarding valuable land and
many towns in the vicinity OF Big
Lake are being ~patrolled.
In Kentucky the lower Ohio has
flooded lands near Calhoun. AT
Hickman, KY, the Mississippi has
driven families from homes and
flooded valuable lands.
Bottom lands in west Tennessee
are under water, but the important
Reelfoot lake levees are believed
safe. Water Is standing in the
streets Of Fulton. KY, and Rives,
Tenn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14

have been Travelled ny OK team,
pony express, railroad, and auto"
and would use p, nes as it now
uses trains, at fixed rates per mile
for definite weight spaces"
Discussing the condition Of the
industry. the postmaster general
said:
The experience Of al companies
in 1929 was substantially the same.
With a paying load OF only is 70
40 per cent OF capacity, all closed
the yes with operating deficits SO
great the very life OF the passenger
transport industry today is in the
balance
He decl 4 this was because the
American public was provided with
facilities for flyinC from coast to
coast before any considerable num-
Der Of people had made sightseeing
trips over their native towns. He
added the situation is one that pro-
perly occasions the deepest pub
lie concern.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
Waters Moan Requiem
For Boy In Homemade Box

for him. All that night she, her four
children. all under II, and the uncle
Perry Hollis, called his name and
walked around and around the little
island, marooned by heavy rains and
backwater.
Friday they found the child's body
in the ditch.
MI. Gregory, III in bed for three
years, dragged himself outdoors and
gathered bits OF wood for a box, but
Mrs. Gregory wanted a soft white
cloth to line the coffin and a prea-
cher's voice as the body "a lowered
into the grave.
Hollis made a skiff and Sunday
rowed her to where the railroad rear
ed above the sullen waters. She wal
ked the ties until she reached a
highway and caught a ride into
Texarkana. There a charity organi-
cation furnished her with the cloth,
and she returned home.
Yesterday the casket was placed
aboard the skiff and ferried to Rock
Springs. a simple service consigned
Eridis to his final resting place.
And today the lap Of receding wa
ters moaned q low requiem for him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14

init such other subjects Of public
Importance, from time to time dur
ing the session"
This will be the fourth called ses-
sion Of the 4lst legislature. which
convened for its regular biennial
session on January 8, 1929. It was
IN session a total OF IA days dur
ing the year, the third called ses-
sion having ended on July 20 last
and there having been interims be-
tween sessions.
"A special session under the con-
stitution automatically expires on
the 30th day. A regular session
may continue indefinitely. the only
inhibition placed by the constitution
on these being that at the end OF
90 days the pay OF legislators shall
be So per day. For the first sixty
days the daily wage is SIS.
There will be three recommends
tons bearing on prison centraliza-
ton before the legislature. The
major reoort will propose a new
central plant with industrial equip
ment on a site Of 1000 acres with
in 20 miles Of Austin. While the
estimated cost is $4,000, 900. it is
proposed TO appropriate Sl.000.00C
the first year and 100000 annual
ly thereafter until 1t is completed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14

TEXARKANA, Jan. 14-(P-Mrs.
w. L. Gregory today was back home
on a lonely little mound OF earth, IA
miles east Of here near Sombre Nc
Kinney Bayou. Flood waters OF re-
cent days were receding. leaving be-
hind twisted limbs and bits OF drift
wood. reminders of a vigil beside
the body Of her boy.
Late yesterday this boy, Eridis, 9,
was buried in Rock Springs ceme-
terry in a rough-hewn caSket. made
Of scrap lumber. but lined with soft
white cloth, lack Of which led her
to ferry across a flooded area in a
homemade skiff and trudge weary
miles along the Cotton Belt railway
tracks.
Last Thursday Eridis crossed .
drainage ditch on a footbridge to
cut wood for his mother, but his
Ratchet was no match for the rain
soaked timber. and his mother call
ed from the back door for him to
return home.
He didn't come, but she thought
him at an uncle's house, and not
until night did she begin TO search
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
RUM VICTIMS
BODY FOUND
BY DRACCERS
Skull Crushed Remains
Located on Bottom
Of Rio Grande
Especial to The Herald)

McALLEN, Jan. 1.-THE body OF
Cipriano Ibarra, Mercedes youth
who disappeared in company with
Salvador Bruno and Juan Coma
les, also OF Mercedes. about ten
days ago, was found in the Rio
Grande River south Of Mercedes
about one mile east Of the Rio Rico
international bridge by a boat crew
which was & agging the stream for
his body.
Ibarra was last seen alive about
Z p. m. Thursday, January 2, in
company with Bruno and Coma
les. Since that time. as a result Of
a search conducted by county Of
ficials, bodies of Bruno and Con-
zales were found Sunday, January
S, near the spot where Ybarra's
body was recovered from the river.
The youths disappeared on the
second but officers were not called
until the following Saturday. Short
ly thereafter, a Mercedes man was
arrested for alleged completely in
the disappearance Of the three
because Of threats he was said to
have made against them. A search
along the whole length Of the low
er border is still being conducted
for a Mexican also Of Mercedes. who
Is believed to have some knowledge
OF the occurrence.
Assistant district attorney Rogers
Kelly OF Edinburg stated Ybarra
met death by drowning, as an
autopsy showed. Bruno died OF a
fractured skull and bullet wounds
while Gonzales met death by shoot
ing and drowning.
Zamora is being held without
bond in the Hidalgo county jail at
Edinburg under three murder
charges in connection with the
case, while the search for Aguirre
is being pushed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
OFFICERS HUNT
RUM SUSPECT
Coroner Holds Inquest On
Fatal Gun Battle;
Body Claimed

Juan Gomez met death by gun
shot wounds received in a battle
between officers and smugglers who
were transporting intoxicating liq-
uors," Justice Of the Peace j. Ger
usa Of Los Indios held Monday af-
ternoon after completing the in
quest.
Circumstances surrounding the
Los Indios gun battle Monday
morning we're reduced to writing at
the inquest which was held at the
sheriff's office. Milton West rep
resented the state as district at
torney, while Carlos Watson, local
u S. attorney, represented the fed
eral officers in the battle.
Gomez body was claimed by his
widow Monday afternoon and will
be buried in Harrington 4 p. m. Tues
day. The decedent is survived by
his widow, two children. and a
brother. Simon OF Brownsville.
Officers are continuing their
hunt for Gomez companion who
escaped through the brush after the
exchange Of shots.
The truck in which Gomez and
his companion were riding, and the
six sacks Of liquor which 1t con-
tanned. were brought to Browns Vile
Monday morning.
The battle occurred when federal
officers stepped in front OF the car
with a stop" sign. The truck ran
through the sign and the two men
began firing. officers state. Gomez
was killed by the answering volley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
Returns to Valley

Mrs. Emma Burch returned 10 the
Valley Monday morning for a visit
after an absence " ~ years. She
is here from Lincoln. Neb.
while I have not had time 20
see very mUch OF the Valley and OF
Brownsville. the growth is amaz-
ing. I would never have recognized
the town"
The Burches first came 10 the
Valley III 1911. when they purchased
a farm near San Juan. They made
annual trips to this section
some time after that. Mrs. Burch
expects to spend about two months
III the Valley, putting I'm part OK her
time IN Brownsville and part in
McAnen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-14
Dry Unit Transfer To
Justice Dept. Asked

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4-tP1-
The first concrete move to carry
out the recomn -ndations Of Presi-
dent Hoover and the law enforce
ment commission for a realignment
OF prohibition forces came today
with the introduction by chairman
Williamson or the house expendi-
lures committee of the administra-
ton bill to pro-ide for the trans
fer Of the dry unit from the Treas
ury Department TO the department
Of Justice.