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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
UNION OFFICIAL.
SCORES ATTEMPT
TO SLASH WAGES
Pressmen's Vice President
Says Employers Forget a
Nation Cannot Be Pros
porous Unless Labor Is
Also Prosperous.

Montreal ILNS)-Even during this
bad crisis we find certain captains OF
industry and in some quarters the
press, trying to keep the worker down,
forgetting, either wilfully or through
ignorance, that country cannot be
prosperous unless the workers are
pros Gus, said George R.
Brunei, international vice presi-
dent of the Pressmen and Assistants
Union, addressing a mass meeting
here to protest against wage reduc-
tions. If you distribute one million
dollars among one thousand workers
business will be better and prosperity
more widespread than if you give il
to one man, however big his stomach
and desires, he pointed out.
Mr.. Brunei hoped this ordeal o.
the crisis would wake up all workers
and make them realize that they hae
a certain responsibility for hare
times, because they had the ability
if they would organize, to secure wage
payments which would keep purchas
ing power abreast of productive ca
pacity. 'The trade union mcvemen
is the biggest movement in the Who'll,
world" he said.
The speaker charged employers
with encouraging dual unions and fo
menting division among workers
They would be better occupied, he
suggested, meeting organized labo
halfway in an effort to abolish th
causes of unemployment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
Philadelphia Mill Workers
Strike Against Pay Cuts

Philadelphia (ILNS) - Two new
strikes have taken place in the full
fashioned hosiery industry in this city.
The Windsor and Danita mills are
the latest to join the growing army
of non-union plants protesting against
drastic wage cuts. The Windsor mill
which employs over 800 workers, is
one of the great Bromley chain of
textile plants in this city. The Da-
nita mill employs about $50 workers
and is located in Cheltenham, su-
burb adjoining the city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton. Ohie
Endorsed by the Middletown Tradee
and Labor Council of Middletown. O.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1881

Now is fine time to dig into some
of those old closets, cupboards, trunks,
unused rooms, attic, ETC., and dig out
any old thing found there in the way
of wearing apparel, dresses, coats,
cloaks, suits, stockings, underwear,
mems clothing, socks, shoes-in fact
anything possible for further wearing
that you know you no longer wish
to wear yourself, and pass it on to
some one else who will really glad
and thankful for it. And if you know
of no one to hand it to, take it or
send it in to the old Third ward engine
house and the ladies there will be
only too glad to see that some one
needing it will get it. No matter what
the condition of the cast-off clothing
and shoes, send it in and the ladies
in charge will put it in shape where
some of the city's needy, especially
women and children, will get some
good out of it. Bed clothing too,
sheets, blankets, comforts, etc, will
also get glad welcome.
So look around and see what you
can find in wearing apparel that you
no longer want and send it in at once.
Even though you may think it no
longer fit to wear, some one else may
think differently and be only too glad
to get it. Do it at once.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13

debate in the United States senate
on the Jones maternity and infancy
bill, successor to the Sheppard
Towner act, Senator King, of Utah,
called the measure "a federal intru-
sion on state function" and mention
ed socialism, communism, and the
hackers of the bill in the same accus-
ing breath, to which Senator Bark
ley, of Kentucky, retorted that "if one
is in favor of an appropriation for the
welfare of a cow or hog, that is the
height of craftsmanship; but if he is in
favor of an appropriation which has
for it's purpose the making of hui
giving baby a right to live equal
to the right of an animal, he is de-
nounced as communist"
Senator Kings attempt by ar
amendment to limit the provisions OF
the bill to five years was voted dowr
without a roll call.
1t is expected that similar at
tempt will be made in the house to
limit its scope. 1t is to be hoped that
friends of the bill will see it through
intact so that the good work accom-
plished by the children's bureau under
the Sheppard -Towner act may be
continued.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13

against them everything except that
flaming devotion to high principle.
Mere Civil War? 1t was Rebellion
against a system of government and
brave men took the long, long chances
involved in such course, bringing,
finally, Revolution and victory out of
Rebellion.
1t is good to study over again the
pages of that story as Russell writes
them. He gives life to idealism. He
puts the mantle of virtue over the
sacrifice of human beings who dared
to stand up for their beliefs. He
takes away the dirt heaped there by
cheap people.
Those Sons of Freedom! What a
band that was
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
ANOTHER WORKLESS
SOLUTION"

All employers should prorate their
work whether they operate on a &C
per cent or 100 per cent of capacity
said Myron c. Taylor, chairman OF
the finance committee, United States
Steel Corpoation, in radio address.
This solution" lowers living stand
ards of every employe and shifts the
unemployment burden to labor with
no cost to large taxpayers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
BETTER THE cow AND HOG
NEGLECT THE BABY

Calling names and abusing counsel
on the other side is the refuge of
hard-pressed lawyers, whether they
be trying a case in court or making
a speech in congress. In the recent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13

and Of the fight made against COM
munist delegates in the Carpenters
Union convention held at Lakeland,
Fla. He said that organized labor
sees a change starting which will
bring the country back to normal be-
fore the end of the year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13

is not near in sight, and giving aid
will have to continue for some time,
and it is hoped that many who are
able and who ought to contribute for
the cause of the less fortunate will
fall in line and do so.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-13
IMMIGRATION DROPS

Observation-Disclosures aliens were
admitted to the United States during
December, 1880, than in any month
since February, 1919, according to the
bureau of immigration.
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Evening star., 1931-12-27

his life upon the board in the gamble He was
great enough and brave enough to risk his
life to gain his end. Heroes are always brave
in this respect using their lives as mere pawns
in their games. The moment that Mussolini
chose to assume the dictatorship was one Of
the most dangerous in the history of Italy.
Those the things that put an aura Of
romance about his head.
MusSolini believes in living dangerously I
think he once frankly admitted that this was
his way of life and that he cared for no other
Your ramontic hero always lives dangerously.
Not for him the quiet walks of life, the freside,
the lack of hazard The world requires more
men like Mussolini England is urgently in
need OF men with his ability and courage but
II such man exists in England have not yet
seen him"
Then Rafael Sabatini drew upon the past in
order to show the type of men he considered
at once romantic and heroic figures men of
force and ability; the kind of men which, he
says, the world stands sorey in need of today
There was Napoleon he began. Naturally
he is the one who comes to mind first Crom-
well was romantic figure. Young Chevalier
was romantic figure in his day. although
posterity does not think so much of him. That's
another thing one must remember when
sidering heroes. Sometimes man must die,
even be long dead, before he is visioned as
hero or as great and romantic figure. Some
times we are too close to men to grasp their
essential qualities, to see them as they really
are
Sometimes man who appears great to his
own generation looks very small indeed, to
subsequent generations and it is also the ether
way about. great man may notsbe recog-
nized great during his lifetime, but posterity
may esteem him and see his true worth.
"As for other heroic figures of the past, there
were the Cid Of Spain and Francesca Foscari
of Italy, who became the Duke of Milan, soldier
of fortune.
uD OMANT1C women in the past? There
n were plenty of them, but they all seemed
to come to bad end. There was Mary Stuart
Joan Of Arc, Charlotte Corday, the French
patriot. Today? We have as great dearth
of heroic and romantic women as we have of
men. If any exist, I do not discern them.
What is the romantic behavior? 1t has, to
do with the placing of ones self in danger, and
it has always a touch of self-sacrifce. Occa-
sionally it is even tinged with self-abnegation.
With Charlotte Corday it was that. She played
with her life heroically She showed great
stoicism when, after assassinating Marat in
Paris, she went to the guillotine. Mary Stuart,
Evening star., 1931-12-27

- ONE men are not heroes to their valets
Still others do not appear heroic to
their wives.
But man is hero to Rafael
Sabatini, writer of historical romances
unless he be dead hero and long
time dead at that.
This we'll known author, who blends history
and fiction. resurrecting and revivifying such
men as CeSare Borgia, prince of the church.
art patron and gorgeous rufian; Casanova, of
the colossal ego and great capacity for amours,
and Napoleon contends that the world arena
today is sngularly devoid of romantic figures.
There is only one romantic figure in the
world today" says Sabatini. THAT man Is
Mussolini."
Hearing this, there is naught to do but de-
eide that all other figures of heroic proportion
exist in grimy marble-statues much in need
of baths We have today according to Saba
TIM, "only politicians and as for the statues
even they are not so much to look at from the
esthetic point of view
Thus the world is left in the distressing pre-
dicament of being without a single glamorous
figure, without great hero leader or dictator,
minus even one person-with the exception of
MuSsolini-With the characteristics which
would set him apart from other men, endear
him to the multitudes, capture their imagina-
ton and lead them out of their difficulty, their
insecurity and their despair
And according to Rafael Sabatini who
visions the world in this heroess plight it was
never before in such desperate need of a strong
and brave leader, man of force and power,
a giant in an age of pygmies.
D AFAEL SABATINI whose own name has a
N romantic sound, is the author of "Scara-
mouche the King-Maker,' and many other
books dramatizng romantic figures of the past.
He writes of the days of the Renaissance, when
men were brave and women beautiful and loyal;
of noble Elizabethan figures whose deeds were
heroic and whose days, alas, were often brief
He finds it comparatively simple matter to
discover romantic figures when he draws upon
an age which, for example, produced the
BorgiaS.
This age was, as he says "a lustful, fam
boyant age; an age red with blood and pale
with passion at white heat; an age of steel and
velvet, of vivid color, dazzling light and i'm
penetrable shadow; age of swift movement
pitiless violence and high endeavor; of sharp
antitheseS and amazing contrasts" No Won
der he feels that 1t is difficult to discern hero
in the mechanistic age where men are more
concerned with making money than with max
ing history!
But, returning to the subject of statues, the
worlds present crop of heroes, Sabatini never
saw the Statue of Liberty until more than 20
of his novels had preceded him to America.
He has lived in Liverpool and London the
Evening star., 1931-12-27

greater part of his life despite his Italian birth
and early schooling in Portugal and Swtzer-
land.
Sabatini, who writes of swashbuckling, Of
brave knights, dashing pirates. gallant heroes,
dazzling men, ready wit and quick to the sword.
looks, talks and acts like Brtisher. There is
no hint of italian blood in his makeup, except,
perhaps, the warm and shining quality of his
dark eyes.
CABATINI'S own way of life has only touch
- of the romantic. Sometimes he spends
the Winter in the archives of Paris library,
then goes for season of skiing in the Swiss
Alps. When at home in England he lives near
the banks of the River Wye, because salmon
fishing is his chief business in life.
1T leaves me cold that men should write
better books than mine' he says, but hate
the man who can catch more fish"
Sabatini discussed the subject of the worlds
parlor in New York City. At his elbow the
portable typewriter on which he recreates his
historical and dazzling figures.
To-day, as never before, the world wants a
leader who can capture the imagination" de-
clared Mr.. Sabatini. "If such person al
ready exists, I do not discern signs Of him.
In England we have only politicians. Possibly
this is true CT America also?"
Sabatini said that there was always the
possibility that great leader might appear on
the horizon.
HE may be on the march," he said. "Who
knows? Certainly the day before Mussolini
emerged into greatness no one had hint of
his identity. Perhaps a great is now
evolving, marshang his forces, and will soon
make himself known in this psychological
hour, when his arrival would be beautifully
timed.
nNOU ask: What are the qualities of
greatness?' Regard MusSolini. He has
them all. While he is extremely romantic. he
is also intensely practical, fine combination
There was element of great romance and
drama in his emergence out of nothing, his
arrival from nowhere. His genius is romantic,
that genius that lifted him from very small
beginnings to the heights, up and up into the
dictatorship of Italy, that made him occupy
one Of the foremost positions in the world.
"Mussolini has force. He has power. He
has courage. Those are all necessary elements
in the making of a great romantic figure. His
courage is one of his outstanding possessions, the
courage that made him in the beginning be-
come the dictator of Italy. When he entered
upon this phase of his career he virtually put
Evening star., 1931-12-27

Queen OF Scots, who was beheaded by Queen
Elizabeth. was heroic and showed great forti-
tude. AL of these women played extremely
dangerous games. And they all had great dra-
matte possibilities. I think that the sense Of
drama Is present with all heroic figures either
men or women, but it Is stronger In women
than in men.
Casanova was romantic figure but he was
as romantic through his pen as any other way.
He was frank adventurer, a successful adven-
turer. too: handsome and strong, with great
physical stamina. His impudence was colossal
so colossal that even its quality Of impudence
was hard to perceive, and it certainly was con-
doned.
Good looks help to endow man with
glamour and make him a romantic figure if
he possesses at the same time other essential
qualities. Physical beauty alone will get him
nowhere.
ulT Is not right nor fair to take a nan in
the period of his physical decline, point to
him and say, This was poor animal And
yet sculptors are went to represent famous peo-
pie as they were in middle life or old age This
is due to the fact that men, as rule, do not
achieve greatness, renown or celebrated place
in life until long past youth. Nevertheless, 1t
Is too bad that all our statues and paintings of
the great show them as they were on the down.
hill side of life.
England has plenty Of statues Of Queen
Victoria, and they all represent her in her
worst period, when she was an old LADY, fat
and graceless. 1t would havs been much more
reasonable and just and esthetic to have shown
her in the prime of womenl%ood.
"MusSolniS romantic qualities somewhat re-
semble those of Napoleon. Napoleon, too,
emerged from very small beginnings. Napoleon
was endowed with good looks, vigor, q COM
manding appearance, q flair for life, certain
remarkable esprit. He had all the virtues which
men love and remember. Through sheer force
and strength of character he made himself the
ruler of a nation Napoleon brought that
nation out Of chaos and bankruptcy into order
and prosperity and he was for many years the
dominant man of Europe.
"Cesare Borgia is to me very romantic
figure To historians generally he has been
just scoundrel.
Il have always felt that, in order to under
stand great men Of the past and the motives
which actuated their conduct, ene must know
the physical disabilities from which they suf-
fered. This medical knowledge throws bright
light upon things which would otherwise appear
battling or Illogical There is very scant record
of the ills of persons Of past periods in the
worlds history. knowledge of these is essen
tial in order to understand any character. I
am always interested in the records left by
doctors regarding their famous patients
This matter of understanding a man better
when aware of his physical handicaps applies to
the living also,: continued Mr. Sabatini Ere
quently mar. who has a reputation for being
irascible or grabbed is merely a man who is
suffering great pain and trying to conceal the
fact
Periods of greas strife ana of great na-
Cshd-sci ~ E.elHssh Fzge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-19
BALCHEN IS GOING

Boston, Mar 19.-UP)-Bernt Balchen's projected flight to Horse Island, Newfoundland, to aid the starving survivors of the sealer vik- ing disaster was delayed temporar- lily to-day.
 Following the air hero's arrival by train from New Haven, Conn, this morning, he announced he would not be able to take off in the huge two-motored Sikorsky amphibion which awaited him here until it's fuel capacity had been greatly increased.
 At 1909 a. m. Pilot R. J. Barbin took off from Boston airport in a Fairchild plane, bound at top speed for Farmingdale, l.. l., to obtain ad- ditional fuel tanks for amphibion. He expected to be back here within four hours.
 As soon as Barbin returns with three 60-gallon wing tanks these will be installed in the big amphib- ion. increasing it's fuel capacity from 240 to 420 gallons, unless a substi- tute plane is located in the mean time.
 Balchen, who has undertaken the relief mission at the behest of Dr Lewis Frissell, father of Varick Fris- sell, one of the Americans missing after the Viking disaster, indicated he would like g newer plane than the one here if available,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-19
Joliet Warden Told
 Women Threaten Riot
{ lcontinued from page l.l

mess hall. Two guards inside the hall were beaten and thrown out as the mutiny spread rapidly. The convicts rushed into the open | and the unnamed Mexican began his rounds of the buildings. He had a handkerchief over his face. He fired building after building as he ran. Others of the rioting convicts aided him. Soon the whole prison seemed in flames, which roared to height of zoo feet and cast a dense cloud of smoke over the countryside. Many prisoners who did not wish to join in the riot raced immediately to their cells. Among them were Nathan Leopold and Martin Durkin. The original rioters, joined by others, continued the mutiny for two hours while Joliet firemen waited outside the gates, unable to enter to fight the fires.
 Upon entering the prison yard. Chaplain Weir was given a soap box by some of the convicts. They were quiet for a minute while he stood upon the box and pleaded that they were hurting only themselves.
 We've heard that before," a con- vict shouted, we want a new parole board" and the rioting began anew, more firecely than before. The convicts shot were Ray Arney, Mike Farrarri and Edward Delaney. Arney and Delaney were hurt critic ally. Several other men suffered from tear gas when guards hurled gas bombs among them.
 Besides Hill and Weir other heroes of the riot were Frank Kness, a guard, who ran through g flaming Ixsvn - aJn < John l.. Esser, imprisoned banker, who led group of firefighters.
 Both Hill and Weir blamed this riot and others of the last week to overcrowding in two prisons where, Hill said, 4,702 men are confined. Tn an interview with the United Press Weir said much of the unrest was due to state parole board ac- tions which the convicts consider unfair.
 The convicts. he said, contend the board shows no respect for their rel. atives at pardon hearings, that a board of 10 men passed upon paroles although only three actually hear the cases, that prisoners are not a1- lowed more than one or two minutes to state their cases and that parole applications are not given proper consideration. All the objections, he said, arise from Illinois system of indeterminate sentences.
 Weir said the convicts were not
 rebelling against pro nsfomf, ,onaa rebelling against prison officials or their treatment. Hill reiterated that the prisoners had been as well treat ed and fed as possible.
 One of the wounded prisoners, Ray Arney. died early to-day in the lk<~A l. t%a1 To uIN N<<k fSr the stomach at the height of the rioting yesterday when guards rushed the dining hall. Arney was from Chicago and serving a term for robbery.
 Both prisons were quiet at dawn but the 500 guards remained on duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-19

erward." he said.
 Messages from others said Sar- gent was suffering from trouble with his eyes, presumably lice blindness" 1" and scalp wounds as well as severe bruises, but was not in serious con- dition. He told them that Frissell was in his berth, reading a book, and that Penrod had gone to his berth half an hour before the ex- plosion occurred. Sargent talked to Frissell about ten minutes prior to the explosion and the New Yorker appeared to be in happy mood.
 The disaster occurred in the vicin- ity where the motion picture "white thunder. directed by Frissell, was staged. A point at which the hero of the film brought disabled com Erade ashore was only Is miles from the place where the Viking was de- stroyed.
 In addition to the men rescued by the various ships, the number on Horse Island totaled 11S, who will be transferred to the Sagona and the Foundation Franklin as soon as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-19


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