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The Washington times., 1931-11-20
extradition and go to Kentucky
to be a martyr.
Economics

extradition and go to Kentucky
to be a martyr.
Economics
One of the most damning in
dictments Of our present social
system is that it absorbs the
energies of men and women
who ought 10 be free to think
about more important things.
1 do not mean novelists like
Dos Passos and critics like Ed
mund Wilson ought to be un-
conscious Of economics, miseries,
frameupS and injuSticeS: a
writer is the better for all the
things he knows and expert
ences and feels. But it is pity
that some Of the best minds Of
our time should feel that
nothing but economic salvation
is of the slightest Importance,
and that they should give up
their natural work to devote
themselves to Investigations,
pleas and protests.
An Einstein or a Freud may
sign a petition, declare himself
a Liberal or a Zionist or an In
ternationalist; no one expects
them, to give up mathematics or
psychology. But writers, per.
haps because they feel their
own work lacking in signifi-
canoe, throw themselves COM
pletely into economic move
ments, are inspired by them,
get noul 5hment from them
and whatever else they might
have done is lost.
In the case of Dos PaSsos and
Dresser, it is not necessary that
the loss should be made total by
lawsuits, and, perhaps, imprison-
ment. The bold gesture Of the
Kentuckians is already eSti-
mated at it's true worth, with
out that suffering.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

Since America is friendly to
the regime of Italy, diplomats
consider that any show of
hostility would be regrettable;
we are responsible for the COM
fort of distinguished visitors
and. officially, we would like
them to feel that we harbor no
malcontentS. eve have. in fact,
dropped our 10-year-old tradi-
ton Of being the haven of po-
htical refugeeS.) The elabo-
rate game of Let's Pretend,
which children and diplomats
play, had to be carried on. And
as a commentary, very small
children do not say, "ITl hide
somewhere and you must find
me-" They say, "I'll hide under
the table and you must pretend
you can't find me-" It's a
GIinl0matic game
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
IDLE AND ILL, HE ENDS LIFE

illness and unemployment are
believed to have motivated the
suicide of William Arthur Queen,
colored, "a, of 1920 Fifth st. N. W.,
late yesterday. He was discovered
in the kitchen of his home by his
wife, Ella Queen, with all jets Of
the gas stove open.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
HOSPITAL SHOWER

The Nurses Home Committee
OF the Woman's Board of the
George washington Hospital will
hold tea and linen shower at
the nome OF Mrs. william Aspin.
wall, 2lOO Massachusetts, Ave-,
IueSday night. The hospital
needs sheets, bed spreads, face
towels and bath towels.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
Keep Out

I suggested a week ago that
Theodore Dresser would be do
ing us all a favor by returning
to Kentucky to stand trial on
the charge of adultery. 1t would
have been known as the tooth
pick trial" and great fun would
have been had by all. But
the further action Of the Ken
tuckians is not reassuring. The
accusation of criminal syndi.
calism brought against Dresser,
John Dos Passos, Charles
Walker and others has a sinis-
ter sound. 1t seems quite pos
Sible that under the Kentucky
law (Which I do not know in.
detaiD these men might be
found technically guilty. And
all the Darrows in the world
would not save them from
spending a year of their lives
in litigation and appeals. I re.
verse my judgment, hastily.
hope that my friend Dos will
not be so ill-advised as to waive
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
SWALLOWS POISON

Elizabeth Mckinney, colored, 19
Of 143 Canal st. S. W., is recover
ing today from the effects OF
poison she took last night while
visiting at 247 Delaware Ave. S. w
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

perhaps we got ,OurseIVes IHCO-d urII1OuIV
position; we floundered; and suddenly we
not only extricated ourselves, but actually
capitalized our misfortunes to make good
fortune. If that isn't the essence of
diplomacy. do not know what it is. And
in case you do not recognize this great
coup, after all this praise, shall name it,
the proposal to have Lindbergh escort
Grandi by air from his boat to Washington.
A ChiId's Came
I do not want to belittle the difficulties
of the State Department. Every one knows
that portion of the Italianate residents are
opposed to Mussolini, and it was clear that
against his minister might be made at the
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
True to Type
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
SCORES GREAT COUP;
FOlLED IN FOG
Rv GILBERT SELDES

HE lOngsufferng people of the United States have at
last had taste of real diplomacy brilliant that it
demands the language of diplomacy to describe IT. coup
d'eta or as who should say stroke of genius 1t ddn
work. but it was magnificent We found ourselves in
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
. ChiId's Came

demonstration against his minister might be made at the
dock This of thing used to worry the French when
Car Nicholas visit and not only demonstrations but
violence against the person might be expected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
NOW SEEING 1T LABoR's WAY

NOW SEEING IL LADOh " ~
Trade unionists have a lot of fun
these DAYS watching business and IN
dustrial leaders rushing to endorse
labor's program for the prevention OF
unemployment. Once upon time
business and industrial leaders were
sure that higher wages and fewer
hours of work would ruin the nation.
Now they see with organized labor
that higher wages and fewer hours
are the only thing that can prevent
ruin
Typical of recent utterances back
ing up labor's view is that of Michael
B. Schaler, of Philadelphia, an au-
thority on production and consump-
ton.
"In the last decade the United
States produced 25 per cent more than
it consumed" Mr.. Schaler says. "Pro-
duction increased by AZ per cent,
though there was reduction of Z
percent-or $4,000 in the number of
men and women engaged in indus
try"
Mr. Schaler believes therefore that
the remedies for unemployment lie in
the following directions: Higher
wages, shorter hours, legislation in
behalf of unemployed and measures
against unemployment by industrial
and social agencies.
Only in such fashion will the United
States be able to make prosperity a
reality again, he points out.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
IF the Big British Gold and SilDer Man
Wants Lo1uer Wages, He's Not Welcome

Monagu Norman eminent
who
Engsh
the United States Federal
of of
which the garden variety OF
questions
gold actually has with such things prices
partly believed that the of
modties of gold.
But this his mission and
general reduction the scale OF
commodities We asking
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
THE GRINDING MACHINE
NEEDS SPEED

And, finally, as the story books say,
the court of appeals has said that
Albert B. Fall is guilty of having
accepted bribe, and he must go to
prison and pay fine.
The appalling thing is not that this
is finally the verdict, but that it should
have taken so long to get to that
point.
If the integrity of the courts is
intended to prove moral hazard in
the pathway of criminals, that hazard
is greatly reduced by such painful
slowness as we have had in this case.
A great many persons have long
since forgotten that there ever was
such a man as Albert B. Fall, much
less that he ever was cabinet Off
Ger and was accused of taking q
bribe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
GOOD WILL A UNION ASSET

Every business grows in Importance
as it builds up goodwill. Goodwill is
one of the most vital assets any go
ing concern possesses. 1t is built up
by dependability, efficiency, quality
of service, ability to meet emergen-
cies and changing conditions.
In exactly the same way trade
unions have built up goodwill that is
a most valuable business asset.
Unions have demonstrated their de-
their concern for stand
ards of good workmanship, the value
of their cooperation in meeting the
everyday problems of work and dis
cipline as well as emergency crises.
Goodwill rests upon service and
mutual confidence. 1t is the result
of personal relations. One of the best
policies that new union can follow
is to demonstrate to the employer that
organizations bring new and vital
force to the problem of work and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17

joint relations. Each separate dem
onstration of service-a suggestion of
how to improve work methods, help
to settle a Misunderstanding, point
ing out a waste-constitute a talk
ing point for the union to be mar
shaled in support of collective bar
gaining.
For the most part those who man
age business are responsible beings
who judge proposal on its merits.
When union binds together individ-
ual employees into cooperating work
force for the advancement of joint
interests, it offers the employers a
business asset which they must event
ually recognize and appreciate.
Since goodwill is essential to joint
relations, accumulation of assets in
this field is good business for the
union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
BEAUTICIANS' LONG HOURS

Investigation by the New York
state department of labor reveals that
the 71-hcur working week is by no
means unknown in beauty parlors in
New York city, the 60-hour week is
comparatively frequent and overtime
is very common. Probably hours are
as bad in cities all over the country
With these hours, it is hard to see
how the beauty shop operators work
ers can preserve their own beauty
since there is nothing harder or
beauty than excessive toll.
1t is plain that beauty shop work
ers are badly in need of trade unior
organization or regulation of THEN
hours of work by law. New York
despite the high standards of it's la
Dor code, doesn't extend the protec.
tion of its laws to beauty shop EN-.
ployes. Some other states are more
progressive in this respect, among
them being Massachusetts and Con.
necticut, which now have hour laws
specifically covering employees o.
beauty parl0rs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
WAGE CUTS SHORT SIGHTED

Here and there are enlightened en-
ployers who see the utter folly of
wage cuts in this time of depression.
One of these is a Rhode Island tex
tile factory which has been running
at capacity, which says in letter to
the Boston News Bureau:
"We think wage reductions that are
being put into effect are short
sighted, inadvisable, and futile, and
will serve no purpose except to
strike another blow at returning con-
fdence."
This view is in refreshing contrast
to the action Of other Rhode Island
textile mills, which have been cutting
wages since the first of the year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
Union Machinist Appointed
State Labor Commissioner

Hartford, Conn. (ILNS)-Joseph
M. Tone, member of Lodge No. 420,
international Association of Machin-
lists, of New Haven, has been appoint
ed commissioner of labor by Cover
nor Cross. The appointment was con-
firmed by the senate without opposi-
ton.
Tone, formerly Grand Lodge rep
resentative of the machinists, IS one
of the best known labor men in New
England
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17

Henry Ford, basking in the pleas
ing warmth of bank balance show
ing S55,000,000 profits for 1880, is
beginning to lose his glamor.
The shine is coming off
The myth is being dissolved.
The super-genius idea is getting all
wet.
Because, along with the figures on
Ford's enormous profits other figures
are coming to light.
And because folks are remember
ing the grandstand play made by Ford
wehn he told the Hoover white house
conference he was going to raise
wages, after which he laid off an
army of men.
Ford is for Ford He is a genius
at that. And at getting on page /,
to his advantage
Whatever his low-priced transpor-
tation has done for people has been
incidental, like a lot of other bene-
fcent things.
Ford recently said while census
figures were showing over 6,000,000
unemployed, "The average man won't
really do days work unless he is
caught and can't get out of it."
Ford is monumental ignoramus,
| if ignorance can be monumental.
But worse, Ford is a ruthless force
in social structure that is about
through with wild men.
Harry Riseman, speaking for Mayor
Murphy's unemployment committee in
Detroit, at about the same time, made
| the astonishing announcement that
Detroit is paying out $800,000 A
| MONTH to maintain men thrown out
of work by Ford!
| But Ford says, "These are really
good times, but only a few know it"
In 1929 Ford profits were $89,00O,-
| 600. In that year Edsel Ford gave
| $130000 to the Detroit Community
Chest of $3,o0O,O0O
Henry Ford gave nothing.
Last year Henry Ford again gave
nothing.
Ford's plants are outside the city of
Detroit.
But when the plants shut down De-
troit has to use 36 per cent of its
| Community Chest funds to take care
of Ford's unemployed.
When Ford doesn't want employees
he tells them to get out-he cuts off
their wages.
OF course, other employers do the
same, but few of them try to pin upon
themselves the medals with which
Henry likes to decorate himself.
/ Ford leaped into the limelight once
upon time with so-called mini
mum wage.
He leaped into the limelight from
the white house steps when he talked
about raising wages.
/ He took another jump when he
talked about the five-day week.
Ford never talks about the thou
sands he throws out of work.
i And the newspapers eat up every
golden word dropped from the cagey
| lips of the millionaire hokum
purveyor.
Many think of Ford as a miracle
worker His genius as a manufac-
turer and maker of profits is not in
dispute. 1t is his pose and his con-
duct as a social factor that is under
fire.
And right there is where the shine
is coming off of Henry Ford, the auto
crat of Dearborn.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1881
GIVE MORE!

With a great Kickoff" breakfast
at the Hotel Anthony Wayne, attend
ed by 400 or more workers, the 1881
Community Chest drive was launched
this morning. And if enthusiasm
counts for anything at all the drive
is to be a huge success, for with
Chairman P. P. Boil at their head
the workers seemed fairly wild to go.
The drive continues and will close
next Friday night with victory
dinner" And right now in order to
disabuse some peoples minds and to
set them Alright on the question, be it
understood that the workers not only
give their time to the work gratuit-
ously, but they also bear their own
breakfast and dinner expenses. Not
one cent of the subscribers invest
ment will be used for luncheon costs,
Chairman Boil assures.
The goal this year is $119,980. This
is an increase of about $4,000 over
that of last year. Practically all of
the increase is represented in enlarg
ed allotments to relief and health
agencies and in a special emergency
relief fund. This special relief fund
is allotted $1,000, no part of which
will be used unless absolutely neces-
sary. The allotments to agencies and
percentages of increase or decrease
over last year are shown elsewhere
in this issue of the Press.
The allotments as made by the
budget committee show that more
money is needed than in any pre-
vious year, previously needed. The
people of Hamilton must rally to the
relief of an emergency.
The slogan for the drive is "Give
more!" Everyone able to give should
feel duty bound to do so. True, there
are many union men and women who
have been out of employment for
many weeks, many months-yes,
some for more than year-and from
these nothing can be expected; but,
on the other hand, there are some
whom the depression has affected in
no way, and if you are one of them
you ought to give more this year and
be thankful to be in the position to
do so.
Many persons who contributed last
year and years before are now in
need of aid from the Chest. They are
good citizens They must be helped
over a period of misfortune. Then in
addition to the relief and health agen-
cies it is equally important that funds
be provided for keeping up the good
work of the past as carried on by the
various character building agencies,
especially among our boys and girls.
Hamilton organized labor has never
failed in the past when called upon
to render every assistance where the
unfortunate or welfare of our future
citizenship is concerned, and the Press
bespeaks for it the same loyal spirit
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
WISDOM

Freedom is alone the unorganized
birthright of man; it belongs to him
by force of his humanity, and is in
dependence on the will and creation
of every other, in so far as this con-
sists with every other persons free
dom.-Kant.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
WHAT NEXT

Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
union concern, is marketing packaged
coal. Dealers fill 60-pound "scuttle
box" furnished by the company. These
are marketed through groceries, fill
ing stations and what not.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17

of cooperation again this year in the
Community Chest drive. The Press
urges every union man and woman to
give as generously as conditions
permit.
GIVE MORE!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17

This is one OF a series of state
ments prepared at the request
of the Committee conducting
HGmiifOn'S 18th Annual Com
munify Chest Campaisn-AprI
18th TO 24th.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17
NO WOMEN AS JURORS

Concord, N. H.-The house of rep
resentatives rejected a bill which
would make women, with certain ex-
ceptions, subject to jury duty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-04-17

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton. Ohis
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labsr Council Of Middletswn. o.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

Romans to denote authority. Houdon's statue
represents Washington as gentleman.
farmer, a soldier and of the highest
power and authority
The plaster cast of Washington in the rotunda
of the Capitol Is Hubard's model from which
the bronze statue in Statuary Hall and six
other copies were cast Hubbard proposed to
furnish q copy to each State, but this was
never done. The bronze replicas were cast
about five years before the Civil War. The
sculptor was born in England in 1910, but he
came to America when he was 10 years old.
after travelling about the world with q man
who had hired him to cut silhouettes and paint
landscapes as they Travelled together. When
they reached this country the young artists
work had netted his companion more than
$4,000. Soon after arriving in America the
ruthless man disappeared. leaving the artist
alone and penniless.
However, he was able to provide for
himself by cutting silhouettes. He again went
abroad and studied sculpture and later returned
to Virginia, where he married Marie Mason
Todd. He allied himself with the Confederates
during the Civil War and his death resulted
from an explosion which occurred while he
was making gunpOwder.
The French people presented bronze bust
Of Washington to this country on February "a.
1905 The French Ambassador, j. J. Jusserand.
made the presentation speech in the Presidents
room Of the Capitol. The statuary was given
to the Government TO replace DUST OF WASH
ington which was destroyed by fire in the
library in 1851 The three family names which
head the list of subscribers are Lafayette.
Rochambeau and De GrasSe, all descendants Of
the illustrious allies of the United States In
her struggle for freedom. The bust is Q replica
Of an original model by Pierre Jean David
dangers. o distinguished French sculptor who
loved freedom and greatly admired the Anaeri-
can Republic. The original model was freely
criticized by Lafayette in the artists studio
during the progress of the work.
Those who go to the Capitol to study the
statues and portraits of the illustriOus George
Washington will find that every likeness Of
him Is o notable work Of art. Washingt0n's
fame has grown with the years, his superior
qualities and achievements are unsurpassed.
but when We honor the memory Of the greatest
Of all americans we cannot forget the distin-
gulshed portrait painters who gave his likeness
to US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

three years of exploration the work was taken
over by the Harvard University and the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts and financed by friends
and trustees of the museum.
The discovery by this expedition of the
unique, hidden tomb of Queen Hetep-heres was
announced by the Egyptian government on
March 9, 1925. 1t took 305 working days to
complete the exploration of the tomb and
record the confused mass of Itinerary equip
ment. Among the heaps of gold and miscel-
laneous vessels of copper and red pottery many
interesting and curious relics of the pyramid
age were unearthed. The priceless furniture
with which this beautiful Queen lived is sup
posed to be the oldest in existence in the world
today and well illustrates the effects of time
on the durability of wood. This furniture has
been completely restored and is now on ex-
hibition in the Museum of Cairo. Egypt.
The great golden carrying chair in which
the mother of Cheops was transported. shoulder
high, through the streets of Memphis was a
royal piece of splendid quality.
The framework and ends of the carrying
poles were caSed in heavy gold. but the panels
were of plain wood The mat pattern seen in
the gold had been carved in the wood and the
gold pressed or beaten to fit it. On the back
OF the chair were four ebony strips inlaid with
solid gold hieroglyphicS in similar inscriptions,
which read: Mother of the King of Upper
and Lower Egypt. follower of Horus guide of
the ruler, favorite lady whose every word is
done for her. daughter of the god of his body.
Hetep-heres." This inscription indicates that
the carrying chair was a gift of Cheops and
presented after the death of Sneferuw. The
wood of this chair was found to be in a better
state of preservation than that of any other
piece found in the tomb and one Of its panels
lying exposed in the tomb was perfectly pre-
served, although it had shrunk to one-sixth
its normal volume. The carrying-chairS deli
cate grace of form makes it one Of the monu-
mental pieces Of Egyptian furniture.