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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
PAY SCALES MUST
BE MAINTAINED
COPELAND SAYS
New York Senator Tells
Longshoremen's Conven-
ton High Labor Stand
ards Are Every Essence
of Civilization"

New York City (ILNS)-Vigorous
opposition to wage cuts was voiced
by Senator Royal S. Copeland, of
New York, in addressing the conven-
tion of the International Longshore-
mems Association here. Copeland
urged that present wage scales be
maintained and told the convention
he would fight any measure to cut
wages during the depression.
Senator Copeland said that Soviet
Russia is menace and declared that
1--WE don't want our labor to compete
with serf and slave labor over there. !"
The very essence of civilization" he
added, "is in maintenance of labor
standards"
Representative John J. Boylan said
that while business was passing
through an economic cycle of distress,
I'VE have had these things before, and
we are going to rally again" He
urged the delegates not to be pessi-
mistic.
Peter j. Brady, president of the
Federation Bank and Trust Company
told of his institutions operation and
success despite the business depres-
sion, during which, he said, the bank
had earned its dividends, met it's over
head and built up substantial reserves
T. V. O'Connor, chairman of the
United States Shipping Board, was
less sanguine in his view of future
business conditions. He said the
Great Lakes region was most affected
by the depression
James C. Quinn, secretary of the
Central Trades and Labor Council,
welcomed the delegates, as did Wal.
ter B. Holt, president Of the New
York District Council of the Long
shoremen's Association. Joseph P
Ryan, president of the association
who presided, emphasized the impor.
tance of maintaining the wage scale
reminding the delegates that the or.
ganization had not pressed employers
for wage increases.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
R. R. Pay Slash Illegal
Emergency Board Rules
Attempted Reduction of ShOpmens Wages Below Prevail
ing Standards by Louisiana & Arkansas Line Held
Not Justified and Move Declared in Violation of
Terms of Railway Labor Act.

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Reduc
ton of wages without negotiation
with employees is branded as illegal,
when the railway company employer
is able to pay dividends, is the sub
stance of the decent statement of the
emergency board appointed by Presi-
dent Hoover to settle the dispute be-
tween the management and the en-
ployes of the Louisiana & Arkansas
railway, contained in the report filed
in that matter. The first point is,
that reduction of wages of railway
shop crafts below the prevailing
standards is not justified when neces-
sity does not exist; and the second,
that PRONUNCIATION of new rules and
changes in working conditions with
out notice is positively illegal under
the terms of the railway labor act.
The emergency board, created by
the president last April, declared that
the roads financial condition was in
no manner worse than other carriers
which have maintained existing wage
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
PRINTERS VOTING
ON RELIEF FUND

Boston (ILNS) - Boston Typo
graphical Union No. 13 is taking a
referendum vote on whether the spe-
cial assessment levied for the past
six months will be increased from l
TO per cent. The assessment was
instituted to provide a fund out of
which weekly payments would be
made to those members of the local
who are totally out of work, or who
have been unable to get more than
two days work in week. Prefer
ence is given to married men and
those with families of dependent
children.
Conditions are believed to be the
worst in the history of the printing
industry in Boston, and there are
numerous newspaper and job compos-
itors who have been unable to get
even one days work for several
months. Only those who are steadily
employed are liable to the levy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Cuban Workers Starving
To Death, Leaders Say
Letters Received Here Beg for civil Intervention De-
caring Barbarites of MachadO Dictatorship Con-
tinue, While Hunger Harries Toers, Bringing Riots
and Disorders.
"Do Something Is Plea

"In the name of humanity, do some
thing for the poor people of Cuba"
says another letter
From an entirely non-labor source
comes confirmation of the charges
made by Cuban unions regarding eco-
nomic conditions. The u. S. state de-
partment, on information from AS
sistant Commercial Attache Albert F
Nufer, at Havana, last week issued
statement containing the following
revealing paragraph:
Numerous indices show the in
creasing stagnation in commercial and
industrial activities throughout the
island. The number of unemployed,
already large, is rapidly increasing
and unemployment riots are reported
to have occurred in several interior
towns. Political unrest continues and
it is generally felt locally that re-
turn to political tranquility will be
necessary factor in bringing about an
economic upturn."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
NAVY YARDS PAY
SCALES TO STAND
FOR COMING YEAR
Present Rates, Affecting 80
900 Workers, Wont Be
Changed in 1892, Acting
Secretary Announces.

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-Pres-
ent wage scales of civilian workers
at navy yards throughout the nation
will be maintained during 1882, as the
result of an order issued by Ernest
Lee Jahncke, acting secretary of the
navy. About 10000 workers are
affected
The announcement said that due to
the present economic situation, the
local wage boards, which usually are
summoned to meet in August, will
not be convened this year.
The wage boards collect data on
wages in their respective commu-
mites and this material is forwarded
to Washington to be studied by the
department wage board which ad-
vises the secretary of the navy on
the scale the service should pay in
it's industrial plants over the country.
The continuance of the present
schedule is in accordance with the ad-
ministration's action of November,
1929, for the relief of unemployment
and stabiliZation of labor conditions
throughout the country, without re-
duction of wages, Mr.. Jahncke said
Action is taken at this time in order
to save the EMPLOYEES and the govern
ment the expense incident to the col
lection of wage data, he explained.
Similar action was taken last year
by the navy department. The navy
makes up it's new wage schedule in
ordinary times, to take effect on Jan
uary 1, each year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Oil Companies Sack
Yug0slavian Workers

Belgrade, Yugoslavia.-Th Stand
ard Oil Company of New York and the
Royal Dutch Shell Company have
thrown large numbers of workers into
the army of the unemployed by shut
ting down their big oil refneries in
Yugoslavia. The executives of the oil
companies closed their plants because
the government of Yugoslavia cancell-
ed law enacted some years ago al
lowing crude oil to enter duty free.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
MOONEY CASE
Assailed as Shocking" By
Wickersham Commission

Washington, d. C. (ILNS)-The
California law practice that prevented
the granting of new trial to Tom
Mooney, convicted on perjured evl-
dence of completely in the Prepared
ness Day parade bombing of 1916, is
denounced as Shocking to ones sense
of Justice" in report on criminal
procedure, made by the Wickersham
law enforcement commission.
A complete report on the Mooney
case, which was made by agents of the
commission, has not been issued and
it is reported that it will not be. The
report was prepared for Judge w. 5.
Kenyon's subcommittee on the "law-
lessness of the law" and is said to
brand the Imprisonment of Mooney
and Warren X. Billings, also con-
victed of completely in the Prepared
nsse Day parade bombing, as glar-
ing example of the corrupt use of le-
gal machinery.
New Trial Motions Inadequate
The reference to the Mooney case
was brief, but to the point. 1t fol-
lows:
"Motions for new trials upon the
ground of after discovered evidence,
or upon evidence of perjury commit
ted by material witnesses on the trial
discovered after judgment, in some
jurisdictions have been held made
quate to prevent injustice.
"This was peculiarly manifest IN
the famous Mooney case in Califor-
MIA, where, upon appeals to the su-
preme court of the state from the
Judgment of conviction of murder and
an order of the trial court denying
motion for new trial. that court
held that a new trial could not be
granted upon matter not appearing IN
the record, even thought the new mat
ter consisted of evidence charging
perjury on the part of material wit
ness for the state, and although tn:
attorney general stipulated that the
motion might be granted.
sNO Judicial Remedy Open"
Further application made to the
trial court in the nature of an appli.
cation for common law writ of corar
Dram nobis, upon the ground that the
prosecuting attorney had been guilty
of fraud in withholding from the tria
court information impeaching the tes
timony of certain witnesses for the
state, also was denied upon the groune
that under the California practice the
court had no power to grant such {
motion.
"The supreme court of that stat,
held there was no judicial remed!
open in such case. The only remedy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
WHAT NEXT?

Wood gas as substitute for gaso-
line has been tested some time on an
omnibus in Montevideo, Uruguay. The
company says it is satisfied and will
equip all of its buses with the device.
1t says the fuel costs S1.80 daily per
bus, compared with So to $40 daily
for gasoline, and that buses using it
require new fabrication only once
monthly instead of weekly The wood
gas is produced in large, rather
unwieldy tank equipment which is
carried at the rear of the vehicle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24
Green, Fighting Wage Cuts,
Warns ofSocial Unrest Menace
We Refuse to Bulge, His Def
Democracy in Danger When Troops and Citizens Fight
A. F. of L. President Tells Longshoremen's Conven-
ton i'm Militant Address

New York City (ILNS)-With
Fight" ringing through every SEN
tence, President William Green, of
the American Federation of Labor,
electrified the convention of the Long
shoremen's International Union here
this week with his most pronounced
declaration against wage reductions
and unemployment.
Visioning the social unrest, the
armed clashes reported from several
directions, looking ahead to the third
winter of unemployment, the leader
of American organized workers de-
clared there must be remedy.
Drawing on history, he declared,
hunger lies at the basis of world
revolution"
Again, he said: ''It is not good for
a republic when it's citizens clash with
the police and armed forces of the
nation"
On the direct issue of wage cutting
he laid down the proposition, fiat and
definite: Here we stand like the
Greeks at Thermoplae. We refuse to
bulge. The American Federation of
Labor will not stand a reduction Of
wages, and we are going to oppose it
with all our might and vigor"
Ovation Greets Militant Words
Here the delegates broke into an
ovation-a storm of determination to
stand by the declaration of war
against wage reductions.
Senator Robert F. Wagner joined
in the denunciation. He declared his
impatience with 'tthe SNUG belief that
we do not need and cannot find the
remedies" and he declared an en-
ployer can be guilty of ''no more vio-
lent act of industrial sabotage than
by instituting a policy of wage de-
fiation.'
"We have reached a point in Amer
ica," said Mr. Green, "Where unem-
ployment has brought on a serious
condition of social unrest and indus
trial discomfort. We find it in the
coal fields and textile centers. 1t is
not good for republic when its citi-
zens clash with the police and armed
forces of the nation.
''We are facing the third winter OF
unemployment. Our nation has never
been put to that test before. While
we wait and refuse to grapple with
the problem, men go hungry and So
cial unrest develops. The history Of
the world shows that hunger lies at
the basis of world revolution"
Challenge to "Sit StilP' Idea
What are we going to do about
| it?" he continued. "The situation is
more serious than it appears on the
surface and for some reason those in
authority refuse to act. In the name
of God, are we to sit still and dc
nothing? There are those who think
that reduction of wages is neces
sary and that it is time to lower the
standard of living among working
men and women.
| "Well, the American Federation OF
Labor has challenged that sort of eco.
nomic philosophy. 1t has stood like 8
stone wall against the demands oj
employers that wages be reduced. Il
there any reason why the millions OF
working men and women should make
an additional sacrifice which would be
required by a horizontal reduction ir
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

the home of Senator George Norris,
reported that in 1921 more than 400
of the 500 papers in the state had
used this utility publicity copy at va
rious times.
The New England committee re-
ported, "One of the most favorable
results obtained was the number of
editorials published in many Of the
leading newspapers where committee
material has been directly reprinted
in editorial columns or taken as text
for favorable comment on the public
utilities problems"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

levels, and did not warrant the reduc-
tion in shop crafts wages. 1t called
attention to the fact that the carrier
had fully met its obligations as to the
payment of interest on it's securities
and had even paid out Substantial
dividends to it's stockholders.
The appointment of the emergency
board was according to the provisions
of the railway labor act, after the
road had refused the offer to have the
controversy arbitrated by the board
of mediation, following the reduction
of wages last February
The emergency board said that it
could not urge the employees to accept
an arbitrary reduction of wages, as
that would be to place those who obey
the law at disadvantage as against
those who violate it; that an arbitrary
reduction of wages, made without
negotiation with the men, lacked all
the elements of contract, in that it
was purely one-sided; and that if the
road was not offered arbitration, it
should seek it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

their earnings? Have we not suf-
fered enough? Shall we cut the wages
of those few of US left who have
work 4?
Wage Reductions Not Debatable"
This subject is not debatable with
the American Federation of Labor.
We are not even open-minded about
it. Our minds are closed because we
have thought it over thoroughly and
constructively. The employers would
destroy their own market, but we will
save it.
"Here we stand like the Greeks at
Thermopylae. We refuse to bulge
The American Federation of Labor
will not stand reduction of wages,
and we are going to oppose it with
ali our might and vigor.
"How dramatic, how electrifying,
how heroic would be a declaration
going out to the people of our nation
that industry is going to meet its OBJ
legations; that we are not going to
add to the burdens of the cities and
towns this winter; that we are not
going to turn adrift those who served
US so faithfully and so well, to be-
come objects of charity, led by citi-
zen's committees and taxpayers of our
municipalities.
Reduce Days and Hours of Work
"There must be no further addi-
tions to the army of unemployed. We
must assume our obligations and
maintain every man now employed,
and find jobs as soon as possible for
those unemployed. Perhaps reduc-
ton of days or hours is necessary to
give every man share of the work
that is available. | would rather have
100,000,000 employed five days a
week than 60,000,000 employed six
days, with 40,000,000 idle.
"These economic and industrial adj
justments must be made. We are
faced with the inevitable facts and
that is what | think an industrial con-
ference called by the president should
consider. No social order should deny
a willing man the opportunity to
! work. Every worker has a claim to
his share of work.
Social Sanctions Are Threatened
"Our financial institutions, indus
try and the government itself rest on
social sanctions, and those social
sanctions are threatened when we
create in republic an army of unem-
ployed and the conditions that now
exist. Those in authority have re.
fused to respond favorably to our sug-
gestion and we appeal in the name OF
labor and humanity for a favorable
response to the suggestion that con
ference be called and that it be sup
plemented by legislative action.
II can't understand why millions
should be appropriated In war, ane
yet at a time like this, more danger
Gus and even more menacing to the
institutions of our country than war
there should be any hesitancy on the
part of the government to appropriate
money for constructive enterprises tt
provide millions of unemployed with
work"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-24

was the exercise of executive. Glenn
ency.
Such state of the law is shock
ing TO ones sense of justice"
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
MEXICO BUILDS
NEW HIGHWAY

Work has been started on
building a road through the
barrancas," the stretch of i'm
passable canyons on the Inter
national Pacific Highway in the
states Of Nayarit and Jalisco on
the west coast of Mexico.
Two battalions of federal
soldiers, approximately 200 men,
have been dispatched to this diff
ficult territory and work will be
pushed vigorously in the hope
that the barrancas may be con-
quered for automobile travel by
october /.
The barranca country presents
the most difficult problem of
road building in the 1900 miles
between the United States border
and Mexico City.
The international road, that
eventually will traverse the shores
of the Pacific Ocean for nearly
$4,000 miles, will be known in
British Columbia, the Yukon Ter
ritory and~th United States ter
ritory in the north as the Golden
Twilight Highway.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Train Has FO0t-reSts
For "Tired Puppies"

Passengers who like to prop
their their feet on the seat in
front Of them have at last re-
ceived official recognition in the
form of an innovation installed in
Pullman cars used in the Sports
man train of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway. The device is known
as a "chaise lounge" and it
bridges the space between the
seats.
The foot-rest is 18 inches tall
and has a surface of about 20 by
18 inches. 1t clamps to the cover
over the heating pipes and has
two supporting legs which collapse
so that it may be slowed under
the seats when not in use. The
device is upholstered and has
springs.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
C|RCL|NG GLOBE
III TIMES

Constant road testing Of sue
cessive fleets of cars, carried on
at the General Motors proving
grounds and on the streets and
highways of many sections Of the
country, is carried on by the en-
gineering department of the
Buick Motor Company.
Day and night and in all sorts
of weather conditions these cars
are put through their PAGES by ex-
pert drivers and engineers, testing
to the breaking point every part
of the product.
Recently compilation was
made from the engineering rec
ords Of the number of miles the
Buick Straight Eight models were
driven before they ever went into
production. The total was the al
most incredible distance of four
and a quarter million miles. This
is 1T times around the world, or
the ordinary yearly driving of
AZ, ,450 car owners.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
PAIGE LIMITS
PRODUCTION

How the automotive industry
has avoided the danger Z. over
production and has reduced Cal
inventories was revealed in a let
ter from Joseph G. Graham
president of the Grahsm.Paige
Motors Corporation, to Joseph B
Kingston, Graham representative
here. He writes:
"This corporation has not a
single obsolete or old model In
stock. And at no time In the
history of the company have
prospects been so bright.
"Over-production has ceased
TO be a problem. With charac-
teristic energy, the automobile
industry has been among the
first to put in effect the policy
Of controlling its output to
meet the demand. 1t has been
remarkably successful also In
reducing inventories, so that
there Is no longer an Oversup-
ply. -
tTt must be remembered that
motor cars are being used as
much as ever. This means that
cars are wearing out ami must
be replaced.
"The wise automobile owner
will take advantage Of the pres
ent situation, which enables
him to buy far more for his
money than at any previous
time-more in style, perform
ance, comfort, convenience and
safety. at record low prices"
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
PLAN
WINS {. Of c.

Directors of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce have en-
dorsed the fight being made by
the Mount Vernon, Alexandria
and Washington and the Airing
ton and Fairfax electric railroads
for a new terminal north of Penn
sylvania Avenue.
AT meeting of the board last
night the need of prompt action
If the lines are not to be aban,
doned was emphasized.
The board also discussed plans
for the observance of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the cham
ber's founding next year.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Car OIUners Ignorant
Of Tricks on Tires

A great many car owners, tire
men find, do not know all the
tricks of getting a flat off the
wheel. One generally missed really
really is quite important if it hap
pens to be a heavy tire. That is
the trick of pulling the tire free at
the bottom while the valve is at
the top-and then rolling the
wheel around to allow the valve
stem to drop free naturally.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Biblical Miracle
Recalled in China

The Biblical mirage Of the
loaves and fishes feeding 5000
during the time of Jesus was
somewhat paralleled during the
recent famine in Kansu Province,
China, according to a message to
the National Geographic Society
from william w. Simpson, Ten
nessee missionary. The message
said:
"a handful Of potatoes sent
from America, Is years ago,
planted and extensively propa-
gated by Christian missionaries
in this remote part of China
along the Tibet border, saved
the lives Of more than a million
Chinese when the district was
ravaged by drought and famine"
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
O. K. BUTLER RESIGNATION

The Navy Department an
nounced today that President
Hoover has formally approved
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Buffers
for retirement from
the Marine Corps, october 1.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
MAYOR HAS POLICE RADIO

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Mayor An.
ton Cermak has a police radio
installed in his automobile. He
checks up on police squad cars
by answering alarms in districts
where he happens to be.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Spark Plugs Used
Over 10000 Miles
Waste "GGS"

Flowmeter tests show that
spark plugs used longer than
10000 miles cause a waste Of
from from one and a half to
two pints of gasoline every hour
of car operation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02

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