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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
Modification of Dry Law Is
Held An Actual Possibility

and it declares modification of the
Vostead act essential to creation of
conditions which would make possi-
bic the highest type of citizenship"
1t calls upon all citizens to "bear in
mind the attitude toward this ques-
tion Of office holders and aspirants
for office"
The report quotes the record of the
American Federation of Labor from
the beginning of prohibition, closing
that record with the declaration of
last years convention in Boston
wherein it is said: Nothing that has
transpired since these (earlier) rec
concentrations were made has caused
the executive council to change its
position or its attitude toward this
important social and economic ques-
ton"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
An English Editors Tip to
Americans, Rise and Walk"
Herbert N. Casson, of Efficiency Magazine, Wants to
Know How 1t Can Be Possible That 120O00000 PeO
pie Can Be Wrecked By Handful of Wall Street Fools.

godsl What a chance there is at
this moment!
In five years from now, most Amer
lean business men will belong to the
"I-Wish-I Club" Then it will
be too late to buy a dollar for 80
cents. The opportunities will be
gone.
When a horse balks the balk is in
his head, not in his legs. He moves
on when he thinks he will And when
an American business man is de-
pressed, THE SLUMP IS IN HIS
HEAD There is nothing serious to
prevent him from making money if
he thinks he will
When Fear rules the will, nothing
can be done, but when a man casts
Fear out of his mind, the world be-
comes his oyster.
To lose bit of money is nothing,
but to lose hope-or lose nerve and
ambition-that is what makes men
cripples.
The silly depression has gone on
long enough. Get rid of it. 1t is in
side of you, RISE AND WALK
Herbert N. Casson, in Efficiency Mag
aZine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08

stant increase in productivity of man
power, believe that the workers are
to get less of their productivity rather
than more?
Statistics show that the value of
manufactured products in 1929 was
$500, 10000 more than in 1927, and
yet wages in 1929 were only $572,-
$4,000 more than in 1927. They also
show that wages paid in 1929 were
Sab, IT'S, 10000 more than in 1923, and
in the same period manufactured
products increased by $8,887, 7,941 900
for the same period.
Buying Power Would Be Hit
"Does not the chamber believe that
this development is drying up the
springs of consumption
would the chamber approve of a
curtailment in the orgy of installment
sales, and would they further approve
of the state passing legislation such
as exists in France, which makes it
impossible for merchant to hold the
title to merchandise after it has been
delivered to the purchaser?
would not such legislation by the
states act as check on the tremen-
dous development of what is now
politely called consumers credit ?"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
WOMEN'S WORK BILL
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Albany, N. "a bill providing for
48-hour week for women and mi
nors in mercantile establishments was
approved by Governor Roosevelt.
A haIf-holiday each week in return
for strictly limited amount of over
time is provided. Employers may re-
quire six additional hours twice a
year for the purpose of taking in
ventory
The holiday provision was vig-
orously urged by these women work
ers, said Governor Roosevelt.
''It is my definite conviction" he
said, "that desirable social policy,
already custom in industry, is thus
given the sanction of law"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
MILLIONAIRES'
Wages" Compared With
Incomes of LOw-Paid
Labor

Duluth, Minn.-The 1929 net in
come of 504 millionaires was compar-
ed with the income of farmers and
industrial workers by VIM. E. Nc
Even, editor the Labor World, in a
radio talk over Station WEBC.
"These 504 millionaires paid taxes
on net incomes or $1,185, 1876, 1870" j"
said the labor editor. "This is equal
to the wheat and cotton crops owned
by 2,332,000 wheat growers and cot
ton planters.
"The net income of these 504 mil
lionaires for single year exceeded
the life wages of 100000 factory work
ers with average earnings of $1,000 a
year. 1t exceeds the wage of nearly
100000 union bricklayers, the highest
paid American building mechanics, if
they are fortunate enough to work
200 days a year, which they nre
not. 1t is greater than the incomes
of 100000 union carpenters.
"In low-wage, anti-union shop Du-
luth it would take 504 laborers $500
years to earn as much as these mil
lionaires netted in a single year.
''The 504 Duluth anti-union shop la
borers would have to start at the time
of Jeremiah the Prophet, nearly 700
years before the birth of Christ, and
work continuously at their present
wages until today to earn as much
money as the 504 favored Americans
earned in 1929, and whose incomes
for that year amounted to all the
money on deposit in all the banks of
20 cities the size of Duluth.
4 make these comparisons for the
purpose of visualizing the tremendous
incomes of the super-rich. And while
wealth is rapidly concentrated into
fewer hands each year, international
bankers have entered into con-
spiracy to force the wages of the
workers still lower"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
BOULDER DAM
Thronged BY Workers Who
Find Jobs Are Few

Los Misunderstanding workers
should avoid Boulder Dam, advises
Don Cameron, general representative
Brotherhood of Carpenters, on return
ing from an investigation of Las
Vegas and the dam site, under in
structions of General President Hut
cheson, of the Brotherhood
Las Vegas, 81 miles from Boulder
Dam, is crowded with unemployed,
most of whom are penniless, said
Mr.. Cameron. The telegraph office
and the post office are filled with men
seeking money from home.
Hundreds of workers are camped
along the Colorado river Those who
have fiivvers have no money to buy
gasoline. They can not move their
autos and they have no food.
The Six Companies, who have the
construction contract, receive thou
sands of letters every day from ap-
plicants for positions. A regulation
reply, that 1--WE regret there is moth
ing we can offer you at present" is
forwarded to the job seeker.
"The Six Companies" said Mr..
Cameron, "are now working 200 men,
about 80 of whom are carpenters, in
the erection Of 80 cottages. The other
employees are mostly laborers. Car
penters' wages is $500 day; labor
ers, $3.50 Deductions are $1.60 a
day for board and room; hospital and
insurance charges of Is cents a day
and So for poll tax
"It will be noted" continued Mr.
Cameron, "that while the employers
have dug up the Nevada law regard
ing payment of poll tax and hospital
fees, they have overlooked the state
law of Nevada calling for a minimum
wage of 81 a day."
Nevada citizens favor enforcement
of the minimum wage, said Mr.. Cam
eron, 'but they are unable to cope
with the rush of people to Las Vegas.
"Organized labor should insist that
no further appropriations be made for
this work unless wages are adjusted
to meet present living costs.
with improved machinery and the
few men employed, this project can
afford to pay better wage"
The Federal Employment Agency
has registered $500 workers and has
received 5000 applications by mail,
but the agency has received few calls
for men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
Grain States View

"That 55 members, mostly from
grain and fruit producing areas, are
unwilling to vote to modify the law,
as their constituents are at present
manufacturing or producing such
liquors as they wish for their own
use and the use of their neighbors at
but fraction of what the same IL
quors cost them prior to the passage
of the Volstead act;
"That 81 members feel that with
modification of the Volstead act
would come racial troubles with the
colored element in their districts;
THAT 81 members absolutely re-
fused to indicate what their attitude
is, or how they feel on this question
at this time;
'There are only 43 die-hard pro-
hibitionists among the members of the
present house These AZ are opposed
to any change in the law"
The house survey, it is pointed out,
covers the living members, leaving
vacancies unaccounted for, of neces-
sity.
A. f. of L. Foresaw Results
The report declares that the Amer
lean Federation of Labor anticipated
the Wickersham report by ten years,
quoting from a report submitted by
the executive council of the fedora
tion in 1921, in which practically iden-
teal findings were set forth. The
federation report at that time, it is
set forth, contained seven separate
findings in harmony with the much
later Wickersham findings. These
findings set forth that prohibition
caused general disregard for law,
created an army of moonshiners,
created an army of bootleggers,
greatly increased the traffic in poi
sons and various deadly concoctions'
and drugs, increased the incidence of
insanity and blindness, increased un-
employment, and increased the aggre-
gate of all taxes "on thousand mil
lion dollars year."
Calls Modification Essential
The report asserts that "the Amer
lean Federation of Labor always has
been the advocate of law and order"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08

You are depressed. You think you
are crippled. You are afraid of the
future. You are full of fears. You
have half the gold of the world and
half of the machinery and most of
the automobiles and all the sky
scrapers.
You have the greatest home mar
ket in the world and the largest cor
porations that the world has ever
seen.
You are ruled more by ideas and
less by tradition than any other peo-
pie in the world. You have usually
done what you thought you could do,
How can it be possible that pro-
gressive nation of 120,000,000 people
can be wrecked by the speculation of
little handful of fools in Wall
street?
The prices that were forced too
high had to come down Today all
the prices are too low There is now
a golden opportunity for every man
who has eyes to see it.
Dollars are now being sold for 30
cents. Practically every security in
the United States is being sold at
less than its value.
The way to create fortune is to
buy from pessimists. Pay your money
and take the risk. Frick started his
career by buying coke ovens in the
slump of 1873. Carnegie made $780,
100000 by buying steel plants in
slumps.
Hundreds of fortunes have been
made by buying from pessimists. Ye
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
Calls Modification Essential

The report asserts that "the Amer
can Federation of Labor always has
been the advocate of law and order"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08

be some members of the family who
use such liquors for medicinal pur-
poses.
House Also Anti-Dry
Our survey of the house shows
that there are 144 members who are
ready to vote to modify the Volstead
act so as to permit the legal manu-
facture and sale of wholesome beer
and light wines;
That 81 members believe the Vol
stead act should be modified permit
ting the consumption of wholesome
beer and light wines only in the
homes, each family limited as to the
amount that may be purchased each
month;
"That 35 members of the house adj
nit that the majority of their con-
stituents are producers or consumers
of illicit liquors and would be greatly
benefited by the modification of the
Volstead act, but these congressman
are fearful that the organized dry in
fiuence, while in minority, is so we'll
organized that its demands cannot be
openly fiouted;
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
OLD AGE PENSION PLAN
PASSED IN NEW JERSEY

Trenton, N. 1.-THE state legisla-
ture passed a bill that provides finan-
cial relief for needy persons of 70
years and over. Gov Larson has said
he will sign the measure.
Senator Stout sought to amend the
bill to provide relief for persons 65
years and over, but withdrew the
proposal when it was stated that
this is contemplated when funds are
available.
Senator Richards said $3,8O0,0Oo
would be required for the first year
of the pension plan on the basis of
70 years, whereas $5,600,0O0 would be
required at 65. A general tax would
be required to finance the difference
between the two amounts, he stated.
If the age limit is kept at 10, he de-
clared, capital fund can be built up
from receipts of the inheritance tax
department.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
Couzens Assails Pay Cuts
As Drying Up Buying Power
Michigan Senator Asks United States Chamber of Com
merce to Declare Against Wage Reductions and Pro-
tests Against Plan to Put Burden of Unemployment
Entirely on Labor

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Setting
up by employers of unemployment
funds to provide security of income
for the workers was urged upon the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States by Senator James Couzens, of
Michigan, in an open letter to the
organization. The letter strongly
protested against placing the entire
burden of unemployment on the
to go on record against wage reduc-
tions.
Does the chamber realize, SEN
ator Couzens asked, 'that to reduce
wages would simply bring around a
maladjustment of the distribution of
the earnings of capital and labor
that existed before this depression?"
In a statement recently, Senator
Couzens discussed methods to prevent
unemployment and assure industrial
stability. He suggested consideration
of his suggestions at the Forthcoming
meeting of the chamber. President
William Butterworth, of the organi-
zation, replied, saying that the sena-
tor would be invited to discuss his pro-
gram before the convention. The in
vitation was not issued to him, Sen
ator Couzens said, and his open let
ter, addressed to Mr.. Butterworth,
followed.
Criticizes Barnes Suggestion
In his letter, Senator Couzens said
in part:
"Mr. julius Barnes, in a recent
statement, stated that there were
normally about 45,000,O00 persons
employed, receiving wages of approx
mately $50,0O0,00O daily; that there
were 100000 out of work, with the
40,000,000 still employed receiving
about $46,000,000, and therefore sug-
gested that this $46,000,000 be spread
over the entire number of 100000
usually employed.
an other words, there is to be
taken from those employed approx
mately $5,000,O00 daily to be distrib-
uted in wages for employment of
those now unemployed.
docs this not place the entire bur-
den of unemployment on the wage
earners and relieve capital of any ex-
pense in taking care of the 100000
unemployed?
Workers Instability Stressed
Does the chamber visualize that
what is causing the failure of. bust
ness to recover is the instability of
the income of those already working :?
"Does the chamber realize that this
some 40,000,000 of workers in self
preservation must conserve every dol
lar possible in fear of having their
incomes reduced or cut off entirely by
IuIIHeI uHeIlplOy1leHI
docs the chamber realize that
those employed only on part time can
not play any part in bringing around
the recovery of business Will the
chamber at it's convention please go
on record whether or not they be-
lieve in reduction in wages or a
possible increase or at least main
tenance of existing wage scales?
How Would Pay Cuts Help?
docs the chamber realize that to
reduce wages would. simply bring
around a maladjustment of the distri-
button of the earnings of capital and
labor that existed before the depres-
sion?
"How will reduction in wages in
crease the purchasing power, which is
SO badly needed at this time?
"Does the chamber, with the con-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
Next Congress May Act, Labor Conference Told
Volstead Act Will Be Changed if Opponents Impress
Views Upon Senators and Representatives, Report
Declares.
By STAFF CORRESPONDENT

By STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Philadelphia (ILNS)-That modif-
cation of the Volstead act is an actual
possibility in the next session of con.
gress is asserted in the officers report
submitted to Labor's National Con.
ference for Modification of the Vol
stead act, at its sessions here last
week in the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
and unanimously approved by the con-
ference.
The assertion is based on a survey
of both houses of congress which the
officers-President Matthew Woll and
Secretary Treasurer |. M. Ornborn-
describe in detail. 1t is set forth that
there are "only II members of the
senate who can be classed as prohi-
bition die-hards," and only as in the
same category in the house
Victory Within Grasp
dicates that not only is there chance
(for modification), but that victory is
in sight if those who have voluntarily
enlisted in this cause will make their
wishes known to the senators and to
the congressman from their states"
The report points out that the pro-
hibition law was enacted with a ma
jority of only five in each house" ana
continues to claim vigorous major
ity today for modification, classifying
senators and representatives accord.
ing to the degree Of their opposition
to the Volstead act.
''The survey indicates" says the re-
port:
"That of the 96 members of the
United States senate 81 are willing
to vote for modification of the Vol
stead act permitting the lawful man
ufacture and sale of wholesome beer
and light wines;
Wide Range 70 Views
That Is members of the senate be-
lieve beer is non-intoxicating but, at
this time, claim that as representa-
tives of their states they are not jus
titled in voting to change the present
legislation, as sufficient demand fol
such changes has not been presented
to them from the people of their owr
states;
"That II members of the senate
admit that majority of the people
of their states at the present time are
producers or consumers of illicit
liquors, but who claim that the or
ganized church vote is of so much i'm
portance that they do not feel it good
personal policy to oppose it;
''That 10 members of the senate
feel that both the Volstead act and
the eighteenth amendment should be
repealed and the entire matter left te
each state for the people of the state
to decide what they want to do:
"That eight members of the senate
refuse to state THEN views or to in
dicate their position at this time
"This leaves only II members OF
the senate who can be classed as pro-
hibition die-hards, and it may seem
strange to learn that some of these
die-hards are listed as among the
most valued customers of Washing
tons well-known bootleggers. Oh
course it is possible that purchases OF
liquor by this element may not be fol
personal consumption, as there may
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08

"There is nothing in the world that
teaches us SO much as looking at life
from another persons point of view"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-05-08
STATE UNIONS TO MEET

Ottumwa, Iowa.-The annual con-
vention Iowa Federation of Labor will
convene here Tuesday, June 9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
PORKERS SHOW
UNEVEN TREND
AT CITY YARDS
Cattle Mostly Stationary;
VeaIerS Sell Steady
at $40 Down.

PorKer prices we're mostly irreg-
ular today at the Union Stockyards,
with prices ranging steady to 10
cents lower than Saturdays best
time. The decline was noted mostly
in the light weights. The bulk, 100
TO 300 pounds, we're selling at s6.75
to s765. Receipts we're estimated at
$500 Holdovers $50.
Cattle mraket dull and I'M
changed, with practically no early
action and indications pointing to a
lower trend. Receipts we're $50.
Vealers continued to hold steady
trading range, selling at $40 down.
Receipts 300.
Sheep and lambs we're mostly sta
tionary, with Saturdays best aver
age; eve lambs showed a little
change. Good and choice lambs
quotable we're selling at $3.50 to SO.
Receipts we're 200
Chicago hogs receipts were 10000,
including $4,000 direct. Holdovers
1000. The market opened steady
to strong with Fridays average,
many loads holding 5 to 10 cents
higher. A few early sales of 17O-180
pound weights sold from $3.50 to
S765. Cattle receipts $4,000. Calves
receipts, 1000; market steady. Sheep
receipts 2l,000 and strong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
IT'S THE STAGE
SHOW THAT COUNTS

1t seems to me that the stage
show is much stronger at the In
diana this week than the movie,
Stolen Heaven"
James Hall is right when he tells
you that the opening dance number
is one Of fine beauty. And it is just
that. It tells the story of a young
girl taking a nap and believing that
the figures in the fountain come to
life. Here is some splendid toe
work as well as the modern STEP
ping. The dancing during the en-
tire show is good.
One OF the features Of the stage
show is the way six harps, played by
as many ladies, is introduced and
developed. This harp act has class
and merit.
A comedy singing trio furnishes
some laughs, but their comedy is too
drawn out and repeated too often.
Hall is going to town this week
by singing Maybe It's Love" The
way this song went over, proves
that he is becoming a favorite. The
people are beginning to love this
chap.
Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes
are teamed up in Stolen Hevan. y
Holmes starts out to be a yonng
bandit and he makes friends with
Nancy, who hasn't had much fun or
pleasure in life.
The two start out to spend the
money and have a gay time. When
the money is all gone, they decide
to turn on the gas and end it all.
But things don't turn out that way
for this couple-they fall in love with
each other and both hope to start
over again and live right But the
law is hot after the boy and he is
landed, but we all know that Nancy
will be waiting for him.
The story at times does not ring
true, especially when Nancy gives
the last $1,000 Of the stolen money to
rich friend to bet.
She thinks that he wins $25, 900 on
her thousand, but learns that it is
his own money with a price at
tached to it.
Even when she gets the money so
it can be returned to the place
where the boy stole it, she losses it
carelessly on the floor. That sure
ly does not ring true.
It seems at times that the &C
ton is too long drawn out. In fact,
the story often drags. The acting
is pleasant with Miss Carroll and
Holmes doing nice work, but both
are handicapped with the lack Of
convincing material.
Now at the Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
Ordered to Halt

NorkieWicz was first over the wall.
He was running. Chileno had just
dropped to the ground and Kilmon
was descending when the hidden
guards opened fire.
One squad of guards was in a
store across the street, Another was
in an automobile Others were on
the prison turrets, the men were
ordered to halt, but did not and
were caught in streams of lead
poured at them from four direc-
tons.
Morkinewicz was riddled by
seventy bullets, Chileno by twenty
five. Kilmon, swinging from the
cable, was hit fewer times. He fell
unconscious and died ten hours
later.
The roar of the machine guns
awoke the 1900 men inside the
walls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23

EulAuhu LOWE Roland Young. Now
Drake is a married man and he
feels that he knows his wife. But
his wife, smartly played by Jeanette
Mcdonald, asks her own husband,
do you really know your wife?"
That question gives poor old silly
Drake a headache and an idea. He
bets a large sum of money with
Fallon that Fallon can not kiss and
mean it the first woman that
crosses certain doorway. The bet
is on and of course it is Mrs. Drake
who is elected as the subject. She
discovers the plot and lectures the
two men and starts out to find out
if she could be kissed.
She starts to tumble, but it is
Fallon who exhibits more strength
of character than one expected of
him. She really wanted to be kissed
by Fallon, but ended up slapping
his face in front of her husband.
Hubby thinks that he has won the
bet and accepts the check from
Fallon. And then, Mrs. Drake turns
and gives Fallon a resounding kiss
right in front Of her husband.
Rather smart, Ell? But as Fallon
remarks" don't bet on women"
There is some fine comedy work
done by Una Merkel as Tallulah
Hope. She talks just too delightful
for words.
There's smart fun going on at the
Apollo this week where Don't Bet
on Women is being offered.