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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
COURT UPHOLDS
PREVAILING WAGE
= AND 8-HOUR LAW
New York Act Applies to
Grade Crossing Elimina-
ton Work When Done By
Contractors, Justice Sta
ley Rules.

Albany, N. Y. CLNS)-Provisions
of the Dunmore act for the eight
hour day and payment of the pre-
vailing rate of wages on grade cross
ing elimination work were upheld in
part by Supreme Court Justice Sta
ley in deciding a suit attacking the
constitutionality of the law brought
by nine railroads operating within
the state The Dunmore act, vigor-
ously supported by organized labor,
was passed at the last session of the
legislature.
Justice Staley ruled that the Dun
more act is valid on grade crossing
elimination work when private con-
tractors are employed by the rail-
road, but imperative when the rail-
roads undertake the work through
their own employees.
The opinion pointed out that under
a law enacted by the 1923 legisla-
ture the public service body is en-
powered to direct, wholly or in part,
whether grade crossing elimination
projects shall be carried out by pri-
vate contractors or the railroads
themselves.
At the same time Justice Staley di-
rected attention to the fact that in
the cases of railroads operating out
side, as we'll as within the state, there
are two federal statutes which would
nullify the application of the eight
hour day and prevailing rate of wage
laws to grade crossing projects. When
the railroads themselves undertake
the eliminations all the railroads oper-
ating within or without the state
come under these federal statutes if
they carry freight originating out
side the state.
Justice Staley's opinion questioned
the power of New York state to ap-
ply the Dunmore act to four railroads
which are Incorporated in other
states. These are the Pennsylvania,
the Lehigh Valley, the New York,
New Haven & Hortford and the Erie.
In this connection, the opinion de-
clared, however, that "it doesn't lie
with any foreign corporation to COM
plain that it is subjected to the same
law as domestic corporation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
Central Planning Board
Urged By Labor Survey
A. F. of L. Monthly Review of Business Shows Haphazard
Nature of Production, Leading to Depressions, and
Advocates Ordered and Planned Progress as Remedy.

industries are to maintain output,
keep their work force employed and
continue their growth, we must plan
to consume what we produce or limit
production to what we can consume.
"This is simple formula, but the
haphazard nature of our economic ad-
justments makes it difficult, even i'm
possible, to carry it out in an orderly
way. What actually happens is a
series of extravagant INCREASES in
production when business is good, and
followed by drastic periods of adjust
ment and loss like the present. For
instance, instead of steady rise of 3
per cent each year, production in
creased II per cent in 1925, 3 per cent
in 1926, fell back per cent in 1927,
increased per cent in 1928, per
cent in 1929, and fell back 18 per cent
in 1890"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
MUST
BE RECULARIZED
WAGNER DECLARES
Sterilization of Jobs Part of
Essential Function of Gov
ernment, New York Sena-
tor Tells Cleveland Meet
ing.

Cleveland (ILNS)-"T idleness
of the men and women about us who
are willing and anxious to work is
part of the general cost of running
our high-speed civilization. 1t ought
not to be an individual burden,' de-
clared Senator Robert F. Wagner, of
Ne wYork, in an address on "Unem-
ployment-A National Issue" deliv-
cred at the twenty-fourth annual
meeting of the American Association
for Labor Legislation here.
America will never be satisfied
with the statement that her unem-
ployment is not quite as severe as
that of other countries. We shall
never be accustomed to the bread
line," Senator Wagner declared.
"Now, when we are aroused by the
sight of hungry men, begging moth
ers, half-clad and undernourished
children, it is time to act. This is
the psychological moment to give le-
gal recognition to the principle that
it is part of the essential function of
government to provide regularly of
employment.
Wagner urged the enactment of
bills already passed by the senate to
provide advance planning of public
works and more efficient public EN-
ployment service. He also declared
he will shortly introduce federal
legislation to encourage the states to
enact unemployment insurance laws.
Florehce C. Thorne, of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and Pro-
fessor Elizabeth F. Baker, of Bar
nard College, scored the government
for its neglect to establish an ade-
quate public employment service.
at is nothing short of public
scandal" said Professor Baker, "that
this country which has enabled banks
to help themselves by establishing the
federal reserve system, which has set
| up a federal board for the aid OF
farmers, which has nursed infant in
dustries into manhood and old age by
tariffs, has made no systematic effort
to help self-respecting men and WON
en- to find work Had the employ
ment Offices which directed profes-
sional men and day laborers to jobs
| during the World War been COM
petently nurtured, it is impossible to
say how much of the tragedy of to-
day would have been prevented. For
aside from connecting persons ano
positions, a countrywide system OF
public employment agencies would
have yielded, in 1929, facts about the
state of the labor market that woulc
have prevented citizens being told by
political office seekers that the en-
ployment trend was up when it was
down."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
RAIL employees
CONTINUE DROP

Washington-A reduction of 30,-
943 in the number of railroad en-
ployes working during October is re-
ported by the interstate commerce
commission. Wages of those working
increased more than $5,000,000. This
increase was caused by giving more
employment to thousands of part
time workers. There was no advance
in wage rates.
The number of employees during
October was 1,454,963 gainst 1886
906 in September, and i, 749,859 in
October, 1929.
Wages paid in October totaled
$213,S74,715 against $2O8,691 ,290 in
September and $263, 1861, 1853 last
October.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
MOTOR VEHICLE TAX
EXCEEDS RAILROADS

Washington-M Motor vehicle own
ers in 1880 paid a tax bill twice as
large as the nations railroads, ac-
cording to a statement issued by the
American Automobile Association.
Legislatures are warned to go slow
on proposals to inrrease taxes on mo-
torists, who paid $1,O00,O 100000 last
year. This is double what the rail
roads paid. The motorists charge
consisted of s$93OO00,oOO in special
taxes and $13o,oOo,oO0 In personal
property taxes.
These taxes made up nearly half
of the 100000 expended for
highway construction and mainte-
nance, bonded Indebtedness, equip
ment purchased and administrative
cost of all the highways and streets
in the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-A CEN
industry to help in stabilizing busi-
ness and industry and thus prevent
depressions, is advocated by the
Monthly Survey of Business of the
American Federation of Labor. Dis
cussing whether business depression
can be checked, the Survey points out
the wasteful and haphazard manage
ment of industry, saying in part:
From the threshold of new year
we can survey recent events with
perspective. Nineteen thirty has been
a year of tragedy for millions. 1t has
meant an average Of over 100000
out of work, 33 per cent decline in
business profits, failure of $4,000 COM
mercial firms and LOO banks, and
many other misfortunes. The human
suffering involved is shown in in
crease of illness among the poor,
crowding the hospitals, high infant
mortality, the many suicides follow
ing personal loss and failure, increase
of crime and human degradation
These facts are terrible indictment
of our economic order.
Production Outstrips Population
depression results from malad-
justment of economic forces. A bal
anced relationship must be kept be-
tween the production of our industries
and the public consuming power. We
know as a historic fact that the pro-
duction of our mines and factories in
the past so years has increased on
the average of 3 per cent per year
Population has grown hardly more
than ] 1a per cent a year, SO that the
amount of goods available for each
member of our population is con-
stantly increasing. Since a compara-
lively small quantity is exported, this
means that American living standards
must rise SO that the population will
be able to buy per cent more of in
dustry's product each year. If our
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
Backing Green's Proposal For Settlement Of Big
Textile Walkout, Labor Executive Denounces
Autocracy in Industry and Declares Strike Is
Just and Righteous

Speaking on the subject of indus
try itself, Mr.. Frey declared that no
employer was entitled to carry on a
business if his enterprise is not of
benefit to the workers he employees
"Yet, there are men, employers, in in
dustry who not only want to dictate
all the terms, but they want it so
their workers are in complete subjec-
tion to their slightest whims," the
speaker declared
In closing Mr.. Frey made an anal
ysis of the proposal made by Presi-
dent Green as one being manifestly
fair to the employers of the Dan
River and Riverside mills, as we'll as
to the workers and the general public.
He declared that the workers were
willing to leave their case in the
hands of outsiders because the cause
was just. "No person who has any
thing to hide" the speaker said, "is
afraid to put his case before the bar
of public justice. Let the mill owners
do this and the Danville strike can be
settled"
Praises Strikers Courage
Mr.. Frey called attention to the
fact that he had organized many To-
cal unions in his own craft (mold-
ers) in the South, most of them 80
years ago, and that they were still
going. He paid tribute to the Dan
vile workers for their courage and
self-sacrifce in standing firm for the
principle of the right to organize and
predicted happy end to the contro-
versy.
A number of Danville business men
were in attendance at the hall to hear
the distinguished labor official talk
AS the meeting opened c. w. Bolick
organizer in charge of the strike
asked if anybody was "going to work.
Monday. A shout of "No" almost
raised the roof. More than 1000 per-
sons crowded the small hall and as
many more were turned away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
BILLIONS
Of Wages Dropped During
Last Year

New York-The income of all
workers, exclusive of agriculture and
government employees, dropped $9,-
600,000,000 last year, according to the
Standard Statistics Company The
peak rate Of income in 1923 was
about 4,600,000,00 The decline of
21.5 per cent 'has doubtless been the
predominating factor in aggravating
and prolonging the present depres-
sion," it is stated.
"Some further wage readjust-
ments" to make pay reductions more
general is predicted.
Current evidence indicates that
the extreme of the unemployment
trough may be reached in the first
weeks of 1884," it is stated Both
seasonal and cylclical trends should
then take up at least moderate
amount of the present slack, and by
the end of the first half more nearly
normal condition should have mate
rialized. While it is our belief that
some further wage adjustments will
probably be affected, in order to align
TIE incomes of certain classes with
those which were obliged to take the
first brunt Of the shock, its completion
will very likely be gradual and pro-
tracted"
The statement indicates that the
workers standard of living will not
be advanced, but that lower wage
rates may be met "by reductions in
the costs and prices of most articles
comprising the workers budget.
"On the whole we expect steady,
although perhaps slow, improvement
in employment during the year"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
Court Rules Employers Must
Keep Agreement With Union
New York Justice Holding Contract Broken Grants
Injunction Sought By Iron Workers Restraining
Structural Steel Board of Trade From Employing
Mont Union Workers.

In ruling upon the arguments and
the affdavits submitted to him al
leging damage to the union because
of the failure of the employers to
recognize the agreement, Justice
Black said:
"Upon the foregoing papers this
motion is granted. The contract was
broken by defendants. Membership
corporations law cannot be used to
gain benefits without subjecting mem
bers to reciprocal obligations.
"Settle order on notice at which
time court will hear counsel on
amount of the bond"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
Debt to Virginia Patriots

The speaker emphasized the fact
the people of the nation owe a great
debt to the Virginia patriots who
wrote liberty into the history of the
country. He urged the workers to
continue to write liberty in their lives
by leaving something in industrial
democracy for their children.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16

New York City (ILNS)-A prelim-
mary injunction asked by the Inter
national Association of Bridge, Struc-
tural and Ornamental Iron Workers,
P. j. Morrin, president, restraining
the Structural Steel Board of Trade,
Inc., comprising engineering and con-
tracing firms, from employing none
but union men in the metropolitan
area, has been granted by Supreme
Court Justice William Harmon Black.
The decision affects about 1000 work
ers in New York city, parts of New
Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island and
Westchester county, N. Y.
The action, brought by the union
as suit for $3,50O,O0O damages, was
said to be the first case of its kind in
which contract made on behalf of a
labor union with an employers organ
ization-in this case organized under
the membership corporation law-was
held to be enforceable and immediate
relief granted.
Justice Black held with the union
that the ten-year contract made be-
tween the union and the employers
organization on May %, 1880, was
valid and that the latter had broken
the agreement.
Employers Break Agreement
The agreement was for the settle
ment of the 25-year-old dispute be-
tween the union and the steel-erect-
ing companies. At the last moment
the employers declined to enforce the
agreements, holding that for various
reasons it was invalid, while the union
made many efforts to have the mat
ter adjusted through the officials of
the United States department of la
Dor, but without success. The suit
was argued on December II by Frank
P. Walsh for the union and Merritt
Lane for the employers.
"This case is a judicial determina-
ton of the sanctity of contracts en-
tered into as applying to employers
as we'll as labor unions," Mr.. Walsh
said. "The strife caused by the re-
fusal of the employers to abide by the
contract which the union executed
last May has resulted in bringing iron
workers into this city despite the fact
that there is considerable unemploy-
ment among the men already here.
Were the contract in effect, that situ-
alton would be taken care of, more
regular employment for those already
here would result and the union would
take into it's organization all those
who are not now members, as pro-
vided in the agreement"
Must Garry Out Contract
The preliminary injunction requires
the employers to carry out the terms
of the contract, which provide for the
exclusive use of union men, the in
clusion of non-union employees in the
union and arbitration of all disputes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
MEN WHO SELL APPLES
CLASSED AS "EMPLOYED'

Washington.-If jobless worker
is selling a few apples the day the
census bureau counts the unemployed
in 20 cities, the apple vender is not
included.
He is listed among the employed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
By C. S. GARRISON


Danville, Va. ILNS)-Before a
crowd of textile workers and citizens
in general that overfowed Dansyl-
vania hall, John P. Frey, secretary
treasurer of the metal trade depart
ment of the American Federation OF
Labor, backed up the proposal by
President William Green for the set
tlement of the Danville textile strike,
in rousing speech Sunday after
noon
He said the workers of Danville
were not out on strike merely for the
sake of Striking" but that they were
standing for a principle of American
liberty which the forefathers of the
Virginians then listening to him had
fought for when this government was
established. He declared the workers
| did not want to run" the business of
the textile mills or any other plant
but all they wanted was the same
liberty in organization that the en-
ployers of the nation took-the right
to join an organization of their own
| choosing.
Mr.. Frey denounced what he termed
| pig-sty prosperity" the kind that
gives the employers all the advan-
tages and all the profits and the work
ers novels to live in and paupel
wages; the kind, he said, that is in
| dicated by poor business men who
run shack stores and are one iumr
ahead of the sheriff.
Workers Cause Righteous
/ The speaker discussed organization
in this day of organization, and de-
clared the strike of the Danville
workers as just and righteous. "Ne
employer" he said, SHOULD have the
; right to dictate what worker should
| eat, how he should dress and how he
! should educate his children. No en-
| ployer is so good and so infalliblt
that we can trust him with such mat
ters. We do not permit our mayors
our governors of states or the presi
dent of the United States to have thi:
power. Why, then, should certain EN-
ployers arrogate this power to them
selves? That is what the American
Federation has been, and is, fighting
1t is what you people in Danville arr
fighting. Such power is un-Americal
unrighteous and does not belong tt
these times"
Mr. Frey emphasized the fact tha
more democracy was needed in indus
try and no employer had the right tt
dictate the very principles of life tC
his workers. The speaker urged tht
workers to stand by their organiza
ton and pointed out the great benefit
| trade unionism brings to any commu
nifty. "As wages rise the communit,
is bettered," he pointed out. 9Th,
worker has right to voice in wha
industry does, inasmuch as labol
produces"
Debt to Virginia Patriots
The speaker emphasized the fac
the people of the nation owe grea
debt to the Virginia patriots wht
wrote liberty into the history of tn,
country. He urged the workers t,
continue to write liberty in their live.
by leaving something in industrial
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16
TRADE UNIONS TO MEET

Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-The AL
berta Federation of Labor will hold
it's annual convention in this city, be-
ginning January IL.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-16

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. members
of Typographical Union will work
five days week to relieve unemploy-
ment
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
LOS AVIAD0RES QUE Sc
SUPONIAN PERDIDOS CON
Ell VUELO IN


Seattle, sep. liza Estaci6n
de Radio de la Tsla st. Paul r.
cibi6 anoche un despacho ina
lambrico proeedente del vapo1
russo "Buriat", informando que
los aviadores Don Moyle y c. A.
Allen Sc encuentran a salvo en-
la isla Navarin, en- la Siberia, er
cuyo lugar Sc vieron precisadE
a aterrizar, al agotarsele ell com
bustible al aeroplano.
Los aviadores Moyle y Allen
hacia nueve dias que estabal
perdidos, sin que hubiera podi.
do precisarse en- que lugar de i
ruta a traves del Pacifico 20
drfan e~ncontrarse. Sc lego a te
mer que hubiesen perecido.
e. eercpl2Lo Sc encuentra er
perfectas condolences Y los pi-
lotos anunciaron que esperan
continuar volando un POGO mas
Ell despacho agrega que Sc h
abastecido de combustible a.
gran monoplano y esta listo pa
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
LEAVINE MULTADO POR


FL Juez Watkins, de la Corte
de Policfa, impuso hoy una null
ia de $500 a Ed Leavine, por
encontrarl0 culpable de name
jar un autom6yil estando bora
cho.
La acusaci6n que Sc hiciera a
Leavine de haber atacado a un
vigilante durante una reyerta
ocurrida en- West Tampa, duran
tie las pasadas elecciones, no fue
tomada en- consideration y ell
case sobreseido.
Ell Companero de Leavine
Howard Rice, detenido pOr ha-
Der atacado a un policfa con un
blackjack y ofrecer resistencia
a la autoridad, sera juzgado en-
juicio del estado.
Leavine fue arrestado ell mar
tes por la tarde por los detec-
tives Crawford Y Hancock des
pues de haber chocado con otro
autom6vil.
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
TEATRO CASINO

(! doble programa de aver Sc
repondra hoy, con el mismo ext
to. "Oh, por un hombre" es una
pelicula deliciosa de ambiente
moderno, representada de ma
nera irreprochabIe por Jean
nette Mac Donald, Reginald
Denny, Marjorie White, War;
en- Hymer y otros reputados ar
tistas.
Dorothy Mackail, en- "Luces
Brillantes", demuestra la evo-
lucion de la hula, desde la dan
"a africana del vientre, pasand9
por los islenos de- los Mares del
Sur, ell "cuchi-cuchi y la comb
naci6n del hula con ell anterior,
hasta ell BLACK Bottom.
Con la bella aceriz compar~
ten los laureles Fran Fay, Daph
ne Pollard, Tom Dugan, Frank
Nc Hugh y Eddie Nugent.
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
LA COMISION DEL CONDA-
DO OYENDO QUEJAS DE
LOS CONTRI8UYENTES

La comisi6n del condado Sc
constituy6 aver en- comite nive-
lador de contribuciones, con ell
fin de DIR quejas de los ciudada-
nos inconformes.
Mas de veinte quejas fueron
oidas aver y hoy seran inspec-
cionadas algunas de las propie-
dades envueltas.
Sc han hecho la mayor parte
de los aumentos en- los terrenos
de la isla Davis.
Las quejas de los propietarios
de esa barriada y de la Davis
Island, Inc, seran presentadas
hoy por Ell prominente abogado
Peter o. knight,
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
ALCALA ZAM0RA PARA LA


Madrid, sep. 17,-Dase va
por SECURE que la vacante pro,
ducida en- la Academia Espano
la por la muerte del insigne pc.
riodista Jose Frances Rodriguez
sera cubierta con ell p%resident5
INFERNO de la repdblica, Sr. Al
Gala Zamora.
Alcala Zamora habia sido car
didato en- otras ocasiones, sin
lograr la victoria.
La gaceta., 1931-09-17
PERECIERON MAS DE Glen
PERSONALS EN- MEXICO

MEXICO, sep. 17.-Se han re
cibido noticias en- esta Capital
de que mas de 100 personals har
perecido victimas de la tormen.
ia que azot6 la peninsula de Ba-
ia California y que descendi6
hacia la costa de Veracruz, aver.
Informes recibidos en- ell Depar-
tamento de Comunicaciones ase
guran que mas de so personas
perecieron en- Santa Rosalia, Y
despachos procedentes de La
Paz, capital del distrito sur de
la peninsula, dicen que otras 8
personas murieron ahogadas al
irse a pique varias pequenas EN-
barcaciones.
BESIDE progreso, Yuca.a an, y
desde VeracruZ, tambien sc IN
form6 al Gobierno que varias
embarcaciones Sc fueron a pique
y que varios barcos de 40 y 80
toneladas Sc perdieron en- la
bahia, salvandose sus tripula.
clones milagrocsamente.
No Sc ha podido establecer
communication con Boca del Rio
y con Alvarado, donde Sc calcu
la que los dahos hayan sido mas
La gaceta., 1931-09-17

graves debido a que por esas po-
blaciones ha pasado eli centric
del huracan.
Sc asegura que con $l00,0O
podran repararse los dahos su-
fridos por Veracruz. Tn gran
ndmero de casas perdieron sus
techos, los arboles fueron arran-
cados de raiz, y los muelles y los
almacenes quedaron material
mente destruidos.
Tambien sc ha interrumpido
81 pase del ferrocarril a Ell Be-
leon, region minera en- la que Sc
estima que los danos pasan de
$500, 900.
Las tropas mantienen una
fuerte vigilancia en- Santa Rosa
LA temiendo ell probable saqueo
de los establecimientos.