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Evening star., 1931-12-30
Miss Clarke Of HyattsviIIe
Makes Formal Debut in Capital.

Mrs. Phillips Clarke will present her
daughter, Miss Mae Harris Clarke, in
Washington at tea dance this after
noon at the Mayflower. They will re-
ceiYe their guests in the Chinese room
and there will be dancing in the ball
room, the east end being reserved for
the tea table, which will be decorated
with pink roses.
The debutante will wear a dress of
white chiffon, embroidered with threads
of silver and having an iridescent rib
Ion girdle shading from a delicate pink
to a deep yellow. She will carry an old
fashioned bouquet of delphinium, lilies
of the valley and roses in the same
shades as those of her girdle
Assisting her will be Miss Helen LOU
ise Duckett, Miss Josephine Duckett,
Miss Dorothy Dodge, Miss Elizabeth
Henning, Miss Dorothy Nicholson, Miss
Jean Woodson, Miss Atlee Wirgman,
Miss Sidney Thompson and Miss Ruth
Tuckerman.
Mrs. Clarke's assistants will be her
daughter, Mrs. James Webb Rogers, and
her sister, Miss A. Mae Rogers; Mrs. H.
j. CroSson, Mrs. T. Howard Duckett,
Mrs. Harold A. Dodge, Mrs. E. Alexan-
der Powell, Mrs. Edward B. Clark, Mrs.
Robert Nelson Anderson, Mrs. Ernest
Daniel, Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr. !;
Mrs. Richard zantzinger, Mrs. Ashton
Devereux, Mrs. Joseph S. Rogers, Mrs.
James Charles Rogers, Mrs. James Will
lett, Miss Evelyn Howe, Mrs. Worthing-
ton Fraley, Mrs John Kent and Mrs.
Helen Galley Martin. Mrs. Clarke will
wear black lace and her bouquet will be
white roses and blue delphinium.
Miss Clarke is a niece of the late DR..
J. Harris Rogers, internationally famed
inventor Of the underground and under
sea wireless.
MIR. and Mrs. Ladder Mackall will be
hosts at tea dance this afternoon at
the MayfoWer for their daughter, Miss
Mary Bruce Mackall who is at home
3Eom Goucher for the holidays.
Miss Gertrude Robert Of Hanover,
Pa, a classmate of Miss Mackall's at
Goucher, and Miss Millicent Wood of
New York City will be present.
The former Secretary of War, Mr..
Lindley M. Garrison, is spending some
time at the Bon Air Vanderbilt, at
Augusta, Ga.
The former Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Walter Ewing Hope
will introduce their daughter, Miss
Helen Talcott Hope to New York So
ciety today at a dance at the Ritz
Carlton.
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose entertained
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Jerry Harper, Miss Miriam Rothstein,
Mr.. Stanford Himelfarb, Miss Leonore
Rosenthal, Mr. Lester OFT, Miss Helen
Starbecker, Mr.. Almond Gordon, Miss
Bernice Kleeblott and Mr.. Herbert
Sworzyn. Their table was beautifully
decorated with red and tea roses, which
blended in perfect harmony with the
club decorations.
Miss Kathryn Ollie entertained at
the dinner dance at the Shoreham last
night in honor Of Miss Yvonne Chris
tian of Norfolk, Va. Her other guests
were Miss Ruth Warren, Miss Ruth De
Vane, Miss Dorothy Schenken, Miss
Christine Spignul, Miss Caroline Schrei-
ner, Miss Caroline Brasch, Miss Nance
Hall, Miss Doris Skinker, Miss Harriet
Atwell, Miss Mary Weaver, Midshipman
Melvin Young, Midshipman Walter H.
Newton, jr; Midshipman Richard Der
ickSon, Cadet John Connor, Mr.. Lewis
Kengla, Mr.. Edward M. Hall, jr.; Mr..
Charles B. Bishop, Mr. Graham Low
den, Mr.. Charles Cole, Mr.. Kenneth
Milford, Mr.. Trimball Sawtelle and Mr..
James Coberly.
Mr. and Mrs Earl D. Krewson en-
Continued on Fifth Page.)
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Adam wyant, Mrs Clyde Kelly, Mrs. C.
William Ran1seyer, Mrs. Justice Let's,
Mrs. John McDuf1e, Mrs. Samuel
ArentZ, Mrs. Philip Swing, Mrs. Homer
Hoch, Mrs. Claude Fuller, Mrs. William
Williamson, Mrs. Joseph Herbert, Mrs.
John Schafer, Mrs. Edmund Erik and
Mrs. Randolph Perkins.
Mrs. Otto Sutro is convalescing from a
recent severe illness at Atlantic City,
where, with her daughters, Miss Rose
sutro and Miss Ottflie sutro, she is
spending the Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Alexander Braw-
ner entertained last night for their
young daughter, Miss Martha Brawner,
and her holiday guest, Miss Alethea
Robinson of Charleston, w. Va. There
was dancing in the charming old house
on Macomb street for about SO girls and
boys from home and nearby schools.
A glittering Christmas tree was close
to the huge punch bowl and buffet
supper was served at midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson T. Harrison en-
tertained at the dinner dance at the
Shoreham last night in honor of Miss
Thelma Ledbetter of Michigan City, and
their sister, Mrs. Juanita Hobbs of New
York.
Miss Charlotte Gartner. a member
of the junior class at Trinity College,
will leave for New York tomorrow to
spend the remainder of the Christmas
holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Walter
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Ransom of
Warren, r. l., are at the Dodge during
their brief stay in the Capital.
Miss simita Benatar and Miss Lou A.
Wands entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
Shoreham last night.
Woodcock- -MOnteith
Wedding Christmas Eve.
The marriage Of Miss M. Iris Mon
teith to Mr.. Joseph E. Woodcock took
place at O'Clock Christmas eve in the
hcme of the Rev. Moses Hayden, who
oficiated. Following the ceremony Mr..
Woodcock and his bride were enter
tanned at a dinner dance at Wardman
Park Hotel by few friends.
The bride wore gown of lace over
white taffeta and corSage bouquet of
req rosebudS and lilies of the valley.
Among those present at the dinner were
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Moffat, Miss
Virginia Parry, Mr.. John w. johnson,
Miss Betty Mayhall, Mr.. James R. Offut,
Miss Perry Todd, Mr.. Osmyn M. Will
liams, Miss Elsie Severns, Mr.. Russell
Evans, Miss Peggy Lee and Mr. Oliver
Todd.
Miss Helen Sonia Kraft entertained
party at the supper dance at the Club
Michel last evening. Members of the
party were Midshipmen S. Francis lei
Ter and M. Lionel Kraft, Miss Helen
Miss Ruth Werner, Mr..
Everett Simon, Miss Helen Norman, Mr..
Evening star., 1931-12-30
Gold Stripe Adjustables

THE silk stockings to wear for
dancing the sheerest quality -.
in adjustables to fit every length of
leg =. a new Gold Stripe silk stocking
at $1o5 pair.
Evening star., 1931-12-30
Festivity Last Night
At Congressional Club.

The subdebutante dance at the Con-
greSsional Club last evening was a gay
party, attended by the members, their
daughters and friends. Many college
students, cadets and midshipmen, home
for the holiday season, were among the
guests.
Several dinner parties preceded the
dance, the hostesses bringing their
guests to the club later. Among the
hostesses were: Mrs. Gerald Nye, Mrs.
Evening star., 1931-12-30
formerly $3.50 to $3.50

for go shoes for street. and business wear that really fit
and look well the time. There oxford pumps
slippers and adorable sandals that come in
white fabrics that you tint them match your frock
In fact any pair of shoes that you take fancy to no
matter how high their former price is yours for
only $6.95!
Rect FLOOR.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Mr.. Rufus Putnam, Sd, has returned
from a months visit in Atlantic City
Evening star., 1931-12-30

What you doing New Years Eve. dancing? What
you doing New Years Day. teaing? Whatever you're
doing, you pair of shoes especially when
we're offering such tremendous values during the Year End
Sale And besides all the deectable styles a7e for
formal affairs there sports shoes with correct heels
SHOE SHOP
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Col. and Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell, who
recently returned from Europe, are at
the Carlton for stay of a month. Col
Bicknell is vice president of the Amer
lean Red Cross and secretary general Of
the Red Cross in Paris.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Miss Charlotte Gartner, member
of the junior class at Trinity College,
will leave for New York tomorrow to
spend the remainder of the Christmas
holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Walter
Wilson
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Maj. and Mrs. Parker w. West will
entertain at a buffet supper this eve
ming in their quarters at Soldiers
Home.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose entertained
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson T. Harrison en-
tertained at the dinner dance at the
Shoreham last night in honor of Miss
Thelma Ledbetter of Michigan City, and
their sister, Mrs. Juanita Hobbs Of New
York
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Maj. and Mrs. George S. Patton, jr.,
will entertain group of young people
at dinner at the Shoreham tonight before
the sub-debutante dance.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

The former Secretary of War, Mr..
Lindley M. Garrison, is spending some
time at the Bon Air Vanderbilt, at
Augusta, Ga.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Comdr. Schuyler F. Helm, U. S. A.,
Of Newport, r. l., with Mrs. Heim ar
rived yesterday to make an indefinite
stay and they are stopping at the
Wardman Park Hotel
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Ransom of
Warren, r. l., are at the Dodge during
their brief stay in the Capital.
Miss Sir1ita Penetar and Miss T ,Ou a
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Read Admiral and Mrs. Charles L.
Hussey arrived in Washington yester-
day from their home in Litchfield,
Conn, accompanied by their daughter,
Miss Faith Hussey, and are established
at Wardman Park Hotel for the re-
mainder of the season.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

State, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr, Mr.. Harvey
II. Bundy and Mr.. James Grafton
Rogers.
The function is the first to be held
by the State Department correspond
ents in honor Of the Secretary Of State
since a luncheon given in London dur
ing the Naval Conference in honor Of
Mr.. Sttmson.
Evening star., 1931-12-30

SHOE SHOP-STREET FLOOR.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
DOAK HOLDS UNION
WAGE PREVAILS"

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Deci-
sion that the union wage scale is the
prevailing rate for painters in Wash
ington, ID. c., was made last week by
Secretary of Labor William N. Doak,
in ruling on protest of organized la
Dor against wages paid painters by
the Alliance Construction Company of
New York. The Alliance Company,
which has a contract for constructing
the internal revenue department
building, has been paying the So
called "open shop" rate, which is
much lower than the union scale.
Secretary Doak's decision estab-
fishes the prevailing rate on govern
ment work in Washington as $11 for
an eight hour day. The ruling was
made under the prevailing rate of
wages bill, passed by the last session
of congress in an attempt to stop
wage-slashing by contractors doing
government work.
Under the law, Doak's decision is
final, and the Alliance Company has
been ordered to comply with it. The
decision followed an investigation by
the department of labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
Prison Shops Make Fat Profits
As Free Labor Goes Unemployed
Massachusetts, Convicts Turn Out Large Volume of
Manufactured Products, Which Go Not Only to State
and Municipal Institutions But to individuals and
Private Firms.

| Boston, Mass. (LNS)-In this yea.
of depression, with many thousands
of Massachusetts citizens looking In
vain for work, the Massachusetts,
state prison shops are doing busi-
ness Of more than $1,000,000 a year
in direct competition with free labor
The prison shops are selling not only
to state and municipal institutions
but to individuals and private firms.
The prison shops are making shoes,
knit underwear, foundry products
mattresses, brushes and other goods.
The shops are run with very low la
Dor costs and it is charged the con-
victs are being paid even less than the
niggardly wages" fixed by law.
Moreover, the shops are making fat
profits - profits that would tickle
many manufacturers in these hard
times. The Boston Evening Amer
lean, which has been tearing the lid
off the prison labor situation, reports
profits of the prison shops as follows
Thirty-six thousand dollars on
shoes; $4,000 on knit underwear;
$4,000 on other clothing; $4,000
on mattresses; $45,000 on foun-
dry products; $126,000 on metal
products; $4,000 on brushes; $9,-
900 on printing and $4,000 on
/, miscellaneous products.
Both sales and profits increased over
the previous year, which is an anon
ally in the recent history of business,
the Evening American points out The
American adds that this year profits
are running even larger, due to the
fact that raw materials cost less
while prices of the prison products are
| for the most part unchanged.
The Evening American prints list
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
Sampling the Unemployed
Is Statisticians' Job

New Haven, Conn. - "Sampling"
the out-of-works is new method for
determining the extent of unemploy-
ment tried out in New Haven, Conn.,,
by the department of statistics of the
Russell Sage Foundation and the Yale
Institute of Human Relations in CO.
operation with the New Haven Citi-
zens' committee on unemployment.
The statisticians say the complete
census of city population to deter
mine the number of unemployed is
unnecessary. 1t is claimed that "sam-
ping" which involves the investiga-
tion of only a small part of the popu-
lation, can be made to give quite
accurate representations of the whole
provided the scheme is applied by
qualified Investigators.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
Jahncke Holds Less Work Only
Remedy For Machines Evils
Shorter Hours With Present High Wages Alternative to
Abandoning Modern Methods, Navy Official Says.

obviously, we cannot abandon if
we would the use of more efficient
machinery. But one alternative re-
mains, and that is to supply employ
ment by reducing hours of labor and
shortening of the working week while
maintaining the present high standard
of wages
"We have created for ourselves an
enormous giant-the machine. Now
we must learn to control it.
Method Up to Industry
"The method by which hours may
be shortened and wages maintained is
a matter for industry to take care Of
itself, as matter of self -preserva-
ton.
Industry s. has already cut the
average working time in half.
"If the process of mechanization
had not spurted forward so rapidly
the process of shortening working
time would have continued in an or
derly fashion. Now the readjustment
is more violent and there is an ap-
parent effort to actually retard ma
tural progress.
Sees New Prosperity
"The simple historical fact is that
this depression is but temporary OBJ
stacle in the march of progress. 1t is
nothing compared with others which
have been met and surmounted by
man in his upward climb.
Although today there are millions
of unemployed, and the winter ahead
will without question be one of hard
ships in many sections, nevertheless |
believe that we now stand on the
threshold Of new dawn of prosperity
that will be on firmer foundation
and will in time transcend all the
prosperity peaks of the past"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28

day, that was only because of Ne
vada state minimum wage law which
says they cannot pay less. The stand
ards of the workers are being rapid,
and unreasonably lowered on projec
over which our government has super
vision.
Big headlines in the daily pres
tell from day to day how anxious the
government heads are to relieve un
employment and maintain the stand
ard of wage of those who are ALREADY
employed. If these high sounding
phrases have any meaning at all the,
this Boulder Dam situation calls fol
action. We believe the Six Companies
who secured the Boulder Dam con
tract are simply taking advantage o
the depression throughout the countr,
and of mob of broke and hungr,
men, to establish wage scales that ar;
entirely unreasonable.
Crime Against Humanity"
"We feel that it is a crime agains
humanity to ask men to work in tina
hell hole of heat at Boulder Dam fo
a mere pittance, just enough to keel
their bellies full and clothes on theil
backs. If labor conditions at Boulder
Dam are permitted to go as they are
we believe it is going to affect labor
like a cancer. These conditions will
spread if the Six Companies get away
with it at Boulder Dam"
The executive council considered
the condition of the soft coal mining
industry and found that "the condi
tions of employment border on peon
age and the whole industry is on the
verge of bankruptcy" The council
supported the proposal of John L
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers, that President Hoover cal
national conference of representa-
tive miners and operators for tht
purpose of dealing constructively ant
concretely with the ills of industrial
degradation, particularly in the un
organized mining fields of Wester.
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ken
lucky and Ohio"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
ANOTHER DROP in
EMPLOYMENT

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-The
general index for all manufacturing
industries for July, 1881, based on
the monthly average of 1926 as 100,
according to the bureau of statistics
of the labor department, indicated
that employment was at 70.4, as COM
pared with 1872 for June and SIG for
July, 1880. This was a decrease OF
l.S per cent over June and 11.2 over
year ago.
The index for total payrolls in
manufacturing industries was shown
at SOL for July, 1881, as compared
with 62.5 for June, and 75.9 for July,
1880.
Translated into terms of purchasing
power, this means that the number of
workers in manufacturing industries
is 29.6 per cent less than in 1926, and
that the money they have b spend is
4l.9 per cent less than in 1926.
To the cheerful rejoinder that
prices are also lower and the cost of
living is less, the same statistical
office gives us the information that,
based upon 1918, the cost of the six
principal classes of living costs in
June, 1926, was shown by an index
figure Of 174.8; while the same series
showed figure of 1903 for June,
1881, a reduction of 24.5 in the index
ration, or IA per cent from 1926 in
the cost of living.
The only industry showing an en-
ployment increase over 1926 is the
printing of newspapers, which records
an employment index of 104.5 and
payroll of 104.8, which is nevertheless
a slight drop from that of June pre-
ceding.
Seasonal increases appear in cer-
tain food industries, as ice cream,
-four, baking and cane sugar refining;
but the advance of the month in
baking employment from 919 to 92.5
was accompanied by drop in pay
roll from 1877 to 1873.
Most significant is the total payroll
drop of 11.3, more than that in en-
ployment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28

Chippewa Falls, Wis. (ILNS)--The
working week has been progressively
shortened and will soon reach the
five-day stage, Ernest Lee Jahncke,
assistant secretary of the navy, told
the state department of the Ameri-
can Legion in convention here.
The address was in effect an adop-
ton by member Of the federal ad-
ministration of the American Fedora
tion of Labor program of shorter
hours, the five-day week and main
tanning of present high wages--not so
much as a solution of the existing un-
employment problem as of the deeper
problems presented by the invention
and use of labor-saving machinery.
New Methods Gust Men
In part Mr.. Jahncke said:
avenue of research, begun under
pressure of wartime necessity, re-
suited in new methods of manufac-
Jufe, WnlCn III some eases peIIIiItcu
one man to do the work formerly re-
quiring ten men.
at has been reliably estimated that
this process regularly displaced
100000 workers every year in the
past ten years.
"This excess was absorbed back into
industry because of expansion of con-
sumptive capacity, which is another
word for prosperity.
Must Go to Root of Problem
"The problem goes deeper than
such evasive proposals as doles and
public or private charity. The prob
lem must be attacked at its root-and
that root is the question how to con-
troll increasingly efficient mechanical
production.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28

of customers who have purchased
prison products and says that books
of the prison shops show that even
in better times, there was q steady
demand among certain concerns and
individuals for products of prison
labor.
Commenting on the competition Of
the prison shops with free labor, the
Evening American says:
"In the present economic situation,
with business fighting for its life, con-
ditions which ordinarily might be OF
less significance assume greater i'm
portance. With labor struggling for
a living, convict competition takes ON
a new appearance"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
LABOR in DRIVE
TO QUALIFY ARMY
OF NON-VOTERS
Campaign to Register 15,-
100000 Eligibles Who Do
Not Vote is Begun by
Anti-VOlstead Act Com
mittee.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-A cam
paign to qualify and register the
100000 eligible but non-registered
voters in the United States has just
been launched by labor's NATIONAL
committee for notifications of the
Volstead act, which operates by di-
rection of the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor and
under it's authority.
Labor's campaign to quality and
register this army of voters is based
on the theory that these eligibles have
duty to perform and that they car
be effective and helpful in properly
sitting the modification issue. eve
want complete expression of the
public will" said Secretary Treasurer
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
AT. oil. Council Seeks Immediate Inquiry by Doak
Contractors Big Government Project Accused of Pay
ing Far Below Prevailing Scale-Coal Conference
Approved.

Atlantic City, N. j. 0LNS)-An
immediate investigation of wages and
working conditions at the great Boul-
der Dam construction job in Nevada
was asked today by the executive
council of the American Federation
of Labor in a telegram to Secretary
of Labor William n Doak.
The people of the United States do
not wish or expect that such an enter
prise as the Boulder Dam project
should be launched and completed by
working people at a wage rate which
does not guarantee a decent living and
under working conditions which are
unsatisfactory and indefensible," the
council declared.
In sending it's telegram to Secre-
tary Doak, the council forwarded a
telegraphic protest filed by the Cen.
trail Trades Council of Las Vegas,
New, charging that the non-union
Six Companies, Inc, which holds the
Boulder Dam contract, of forcing
wages not only below the prevailing
western rates but below decent liv-
ing conditions"
Immediate Action Urged
In statement explaining it's action
on the protest of the Las Vegas CEN
trail body, the council said:
Owing to the fact that Boulder
Dam is government project over
which the government exercises con-
troll, the executive council decided to
present the protest filed by the Las
Vegas Central Trades Council to the
secretary of labor with an earnest
request that he Immediately investi-
gate working conditions and take such
action as he may be authorized to
take in order to establish decent and
humane conditions of employment for
workers in the construction of Boul-
der Dam. Many of the men employed
there are members of the American
Federation of Labor 1t is for this
special reason, supplemented by hui
name considerations, that the Las
Vegas Central Labor Council has ap-
pealed to the executive council"
Labor Conditions Described
The telegraphic appeal from the
Las Vegas Council, which was signed
by James E. Cohn, president, and W..
C. Robertson, secretary, said:
eve believe that it is time that the
labor conditions existing on the Boul-
der Dam be made known to the coun-
try at large and to the government
heads who have the project in charge.
Because of those conditions, the en-
tire force of laboring people quit as
a protest, although the Six Companies
attempted to tell the public that it
was only the dissatisfaction of few
Industrial Workers Of the World.
The cause of the tie-up was that the
Six Companies have established a
wage scale of their own on this prof.
ect, far below the wage scale pre-
vailing throughout the entire western
country. The Boulder Dom scale
ranges from ST day less than the
prevailing Nevada scale for laborers
and $240 day less than the pre-
vailing scale for carpenters
Standards Rapidly Lowered
"A condition of unrest and resent
ment has been created thereby
among the workers. Although the
Six Companies raised the pay Of
laborers recently from $3.50 to 81 a