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Electric REFRIGERATION.
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Frigidaire.
Modern building, convenient TO down
town, room and bath. $3.50.
Resident Manager.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27

Indianapolis Governor Leslie We
toed a bill that would establish an
old age pension system at the option
of the counties of this state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
Strike Loses Cleveland
Big Moose Convention
Local Lodge Announces 1t Will Be Unable to Handle Meet
ng-Acton Comes as Climax in Refusal of Important
Organizations Meet in Ohio City, Because of Hotel
Lockout

Senator James j. Davis, who is high
in the councils of the Moose, has in
formed international Labor News
Service that the Cleveland lodge has
notified the national organization that
it will be unable to handle the forth
coming convention scheduled for
Cleveland. As a result, Senator
Davis said, the convention will be
held at Mooseheart, Ind.
The action of the Cleveland Moose
lodge means that Cleveland has lost
another big convention because of the
lockout of union cooks, walters and
mattresses by the large Cleveland
hotels.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
some time ago decided OF take its
convention from Cleveland to Toledo.
Cleveland has also lost the conven-
tions of two of the railroad brother
hoods. Instead Of meeting here, the
trainmen will go to Houston, while
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
ROBERTSON SAYS
This IS NOT time
TO REDUCE WAGES
Uph0lding Present Wage
Levels, Canadian Minister
of Labor Declares Against
Pay Cuts.

Ottawa (ILNS)-An emphatic dec
laration that this is not the time for
employers to reduce wages, any more
than for workers to make demands
for increased pay, has been made by
Senator Gideon Robertson, Dominion
minister of Labor, and Canadian vice
president of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers.
1t came to the attention of the min
ister that small, independent rail
way was contemplating wage reduc-
tions. Believing that such step
would only aggravate conditions in
the part of the country served by the
railway, he got in touch with the
management and expressed his strong
disapproval of any policy of wage
cutting AS a result, the manage
ment agreed to continue the existing
wage rates, for the present at any
rate.
In quite a number of other in
stances the minister's personal inter
vention has forestalled wage cuts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
MINIMUM WAGE LAW
is PROBED BY STATE

Boston-The Massachusetts mini
mum wage law, heralded as "an ad-
vanced step" several years ago, is
being probed by a legislative COM
mittee.
The law has no penalties and is
based on the theory that when the
commission makes its award an en-
lightened public opinion will demand
its acceptance.
The scheme has not worked. Com
missioners plead that all they can dc
is to advertise low wage employers
but newspapers will not accept these
advertisements.
A former investigator testified that
"the delay of the commission to act
against Harvard University for un,
derpaying its scrubwomen is only one
of the numerous instances which took
place when | was in the division"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
Union Labor Life Insurance Co.
Reports Good Gain in Business
Individual Insurance Increases 80 Per Cent in Year,
While Total of Group Policies Makes Substantial
Growth, President Wol Tells Shareholders at Annual
Meeting.

Baltimore (ILNS)-Despite year
that has taxed the strength of the
industrial world generally, life insur-
ance has forged ahead of reasonable
expectations and the Union Labor
Life Insurance Company has reported
a 30 per cent gain in individual in
surance in force, with a substantial
gain in group insurance, according to
the report of President Matthew
Woll, to the annual meeting of the
shareholders fo the company here
here.
President Woll's reports points to
a growing interest in life insurance
on the part of the trade union move
ment, manifested in various ways.
One such manifestation is a growing
practice of insuring the lives of
officers and representatives of the
unions at the expense of the unions,
the persons insured choosing their
own benefciaries. Another is a ten
dency of international unions to in
sure the lives of their employees un-
der group policies. The report shows
that the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company has been constantly forg-
ing ahead and has made remarkable
success in the past year, insuring not
only wage earners, but also men
prominent in business and profes-
sional life. ;.
Fear Dominated 1880
Commenting upon general trade
conditions, President Woll reported
that it is recognized that the year
1890 was an unusual year. He stated
that 'fear dominated our business ac-
tivities. Capital would not venture
and, as is usual at such times, the
toilers suffered most These elements
of fear, indecision and unrest were
probably more prominent during the
past year all over the so-called civ
ilized world than ever before. Prob
ably this was true because we have
reached a point in our industrial de-
velopment where a much larger pro.
portion of our people than ever be.
fore are dependent for their we'll
being upon the smooth and contin
uous operation of our productive anc
distributing machinery"
President Woll paints out that this
depression has brought clearly before
US the fact that life insurance is &
sound method of savings combined
with the essential features of famil!
protection for which it was devised.
Insurance Routs Fear
Referring to the company's reason:
for considering thrift virtue, he de
clared that "the virtue of thrift lies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
Women's Bureau Head Denounces
Long Hours in South As Menace
CLOTHING FIRM
Breaks Twenty : Year Old
Union Agreement

Nashville, Tenn (ILNS)-Trade
unionists throughout this and other
states are vigorously protesting the
reputation by O'Bryan Brothers of
the working agreement of 20 years
standing that they have had with the
United Garment Workers of America.
Scrapping of the agreement carried
with it a wage cut of from 25 to 33 1s
per cent and an increase from eight to
nine hours in the working day.
O'Bryan Brothers manufacture the
Duck Head Brand of mems and boys
overalls, work coats, pants and play
suits. They have had an agreement
with the United Garment Workers of
America for the past score years.
During that time they have enjoyed
the good will Of labor throughout the
country that has given them pa
tronage that helped make Duck Head
Brand a product of national reputa-
| ton. Their garments were made by
skilled union labor under union con-
ditions. They bore the union label of
the United Garment Workers of
America, which is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
The management has obviously
taken advantage of the business de-
preston to enforce the breaking of
the union contract and the drastic
wage reduction. Owing to the present
condition, the workers found them
selves unable to resist the firms
ukase, and returned to work the next
day. They withdrew the union label
Duck Head Brand garments have beer
| declared non-union.
The United Garment Workers
Union in the O'Bryan plant is the
! only garment workers union in Ten
nessee. 1t has a membership of SOC
men and women.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
MOTOR TRAINS
EXEMPT FROM
OHIO CREW LAW

Columbus, Ohio-A motor-propell-
ed passenger train is not governed by
the Ohio full crew law, according to a
decision by the state supreme court
The public utilities commission was
sustained in their refusal to compel
the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad
to comply with the law in operating
motor-driven trains.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen asked the
commission to require the railroad to
use crew of four men on a motor
train between Pittsburgh and Toledo.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27

in its stabilizing power to meet the
unexpected" and that insurance in
stitutions are the only institutions
which can provide for misfortune if
it comes in the early stages of the
savings process. Whenever we fully
appreciate and make use of the insti-
tutions which exist for the purpose of
meeting unexpected hazards of life we
will be freed of fear of the future and
with the removal of this fear should
go much of our social unrest Our
fear for our future well-being and
widespread feeling of uncertainty and
indecision is due in no small degree to
only through the cooperative method
involved in our insurance institutions
can we remove this fear"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
TENTH SURRENDER
TO UNION CHEERS
HOSIERY STRIKERS
FashiOn-Made Mills Make
Settlement and $50 Work
ers Return to Jobs in Big
Philadelphia WalkOut.

Philadelphia ILNS) = With the
Fashion Made Mills in this city, en-
ploying some $50 workers, settling
up, making the tenth settlement since
the big strike of full fashioned hosiery
workers began more than month
ago, the spirit of the $500 strikers
still out is high. The agreement was
made in an exchange of letters with
officials of the American Federation
of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers.
Despite bad weather, with a driving
snow some of the time, heavy picket
lines have been maintained On the
country roads around the city the
wind has blown pretty keenly at G
o'clock in the mornings, when the first
pickets have arrived at the lines, but
the girls and young fellows have not
been daunted by the miserable
weather or the earlness of the hour
There were no breaks in the ranks
as the fifth week of the strike began
Friday the 18th, was one of the
record breaking days for arrests
about 200 persons being arrested al
two different mills At one plant
Major Schofield, director of public
safety, said he was refusing to lei
anyone picket for several days be-
cause a riot and taken place earlier
in the week. He did not mention
however, that the riot was caused
solely and simply because his owr
cops charged a group of peaceful
pickets and beat them SO badly that
three had to be taken to the hospital
When the union found that pickets
were being refused permission tx
parade volunteers were asked for an6
arrests kept up all day until the cop.
got fed up.
At another plant about one hur
dred arrests were made before tn,
pickets had properly reached the line
The strikers were arrested as soon a:
they came near the plant and bundled
into the Black Maria. Magistrates
discharged everybody, although on
officious judge kept crowd of 81
cooped up in his court for two hour
while he was supposed to be investi
eating complaint against some on
in the crowd.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
YELLOW DOG" BUMPED

Denvre. Colo-The house of repre-
sentatives passed an anti-"yellow
dog" bill and the question is now be-
fore the senate. The measure pro-
vides that any contract between en-
ployers and employed which stipu-
lates that a worker shall not be
member of, or joir a union, is con-
trary to public policy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27

"The cheap labor situation in the
South was affected by the standards
of an agricultural civilization which
held sway for so long in this section.
Moreover, the policy of paying low
wages to women in mills is traceable
to the fact that women first spun and
wove by hand in the home without
money payment"
Quoting figures compiled by the bu-
reau Of labor statistics, Miss Ander-
son revealed that the average full
time earnings of women in cotton
mills in the several states in 1929
were as follows:
Alabama, $11.88; South Carolina,
$12.32; Georgia, $12.77; North Caro-
lima, $14.62; Virginia, $1499.
The figures show a decrease in
women's earnings in cotton mills in
the period from 1924 to 1923 in Geor-
gia, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Virginia of from A per cent to
1876 per cent. An advance of As per
cent was shown in Alabama.
Long Hours Termed Menace
THE long hours of women still pre-
vailing in the South are a menace to
health and progress, the laws limit
| ing hours for women being strikingly
backward in most of these states
which suffer when compared with
other sections of the country in regard
to hour legislation.
Two states, Florida and Alabama
have no hour laws, thus permitting
employers to work women whenever
and as long as they please. North
Carolina allows an 11-hour day for
women, and Tennessee a day of los
hours in manufacturing Six states
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
Mississippi, Georgia, and South Caro-
lina-a day of 10 hours. In the last
two states, however, the law applies
only to cotton and wooden mills
South Carolina sets 55 hours as the
maximum in such mills, and Missis-
sippi the same limit in all manufacture
ing, while 57-hour week is the max
imum allowed for manufacturing in
/ Tennessee. Five states permit 60
hour week"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27

the fremen and enginemen will go
to Toronto.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
OREGON BITES
yellow DOG

Salem, Ore. (ILNS)-Again "the
man bites the dog" and it's news.
The Oregon legislature has enact
ed an anti-yellow dog contract BILL
taking its place beside Wisconsin.
The legislature also enacted state
police bill, but responding to labor
protest, the bill contains provisions,
reinforced by the governors declara-
tions, against misuse of the new
force as : strike breaking agency
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
PRISON CEMENT FACTORY

Oklahoma City-The house of rep
resentatives passed a bill to provide
for the establishment of a state ce-
ment factory, to be manned by pri-
son labor.
The house also passed a free text
books bill for children in grade
schools.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
RAIL LAW CONTESTED

Washington-Th Missouri Pacific
railroad is contesting the Arkansas
full train crew law before the federal
supreme court.
Railroad attorneys claim that the
law is state invasion of the field of
regulation occupied exclusively by the
federal government through the in
terstate commerce commission.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27
Workday Of Women Danger to Health and
Progress, Miss Anderson Tells Industrial
Conference--Points Out Low Pay Tends to
Depress All Wages.

Greensboro, N. c. QLNS)-"A low
wage for women not only maintains
a low standard of living for the wom-
en- concerned, but in addition tends
to depress the wages and living
standards of all workers." insists Miss
Mary Anderson, director of the
Women's Bureau of the United States
department of labor "The effect upon
industry is also disastrous, since the
low purchasing power of wage earn
ers has a continuous constructing in
fiuence upon markets for goods"
Miss Anderson was one of the out
standing personalities on the program
of the Southern industrial conference
of the National Women's Trade Union
League of America, held here March
z and 8. In addition to speaking on
women workers in the textile indus
try of the South, she contributed to
the conference striking series of
graphs, maps, and illustrated charts
that grew out OF extensive and care
full research work.
"Industrial development in the
South" said Miss Anderson in dis
cussing women in industry in the 1C
Southern States, "will show certain
imperfections, just as cloth woven OF
partly defective material, until al
employers realize the Importance tc
both capital and labor of shorter
hours, fair wages. and good working
conditions"
Discusses Southern Industry
Miss Anderson stressed the indus
trial importance of the South to the
whole country and the signifcan
contributions of women workers to the
progress of this section. She discussed
the findings of a survey of woman
place in industry in the 10 Southern
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi
North Carolina, South Sarolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia
at is unfortunate" she felt, "tha
women, who constitute such vita
and indispensable factor both in EN-
ployment and human relations in tn,
South, are still, after hundred year.
( of industrial history in this region
working in SO many instances unde
conditions characteristic of the initia
stages of the factory system, which
the fundamental necessities of th
workers were SO largely ignored.
"The danger of discussing tn
| South as section instead of as in
dividual states must be guarde,
| against. For example, although il
the 40-year period from 1880 to 1872
the proportion of women in textile
mad declined in three of the 10 state
Carolina, Kentucky and North Caro-
lima.
Tobacco Workers Big Groups
Although the textile group con
stituted the greatest proportion o
women in manufacturing in six of tn
10 states, in three others-Florids
kentucky and Virginia-the larges
groups of women were in cigar an
tobacco factories. These number
were largely responsible for the fac
that in 1920 third of the women i
this industry in the entire countr
were in the 10 states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-27

the firemen and enginemen will go
to TORONTO.
Cincinnati, o. (ILNS)- Secretary
Treasurer Bob Hesketh, of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees and Bever-
age Dispensers International Ali
ance, reports receiving check for
81 900 from the international Broth
erhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs
to aid the fight of the locked-out
Cleveland cooks, walters and wait
resses. The Cleveland culinary work
ers were locked out last July because
they refused to accept yellow dog"
contract.
The general executive board of the
Hotel and Restaurant Workers is very
appreciative of the generous contribu-
tion from the Teamsters.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Peace Officers
To Hold. Shoot

Desk drawers and closet doors
opened today to give forth revolvers
and automatic pistols into the hands
of Imperial county peace officers,
while trigger fingers trembled in
anticipation and officers furtively
squinted in practice to get sights
aligned
The reason for this sudden furry
of gun play and threatening gun
play was committee meeting last
night to decide who will represent
the Imperial County Peace Officers
association in pistol contest with
u. S. Customs Patrol officers at
Campo during the latter part of
July.
1t was decided to hold elimination
contests. with scores compared TO
choose the five-man team which
will meet the government officers.
Among the outstanding marks
men who may be expected to come
close to making the team are Ernest
Clay and Harold Gillett, deputy
sheriffs: Bert Underwood, coroner;
Charles Rosenquest, Ell Centro po-
liceman; E. j. Morisette, Brawley
policeman, and others.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
TRIP CONYINCES
ANDERSON THAT
VALLEY IS FINE.

Chas. Anderson OF the Hulse-An-
derson Tractor & Equipment Co.,
of FL Centro, has just returned from
vacation trip over California. He
visited the majority of the states
agricultural centers during the two
week period and returned to I'm
perial Valley with the conviction
that he is fortunate to reside in the
white Spot"
Leaving the valley, Anderson
went directly TO San Francisco and
visited points of interest along the
way. Incidentally the family fish
ing. rods and equipment were on
board and frequent stops were
made for the sport during the two
week tour. The Sacramento Valley,
Salinas and other large agricultural
centers were visited, and Anderson
called upon the Caterpillar deal
ers.
II am more thoroughly sold than
ever on Imperial Valley Anderson
said yesterday. Although we visit
ed many agricultural sections, I did
not find a place that appealed like
the Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Women Golfers To
Hold Card Party

Barbara Worth Country Club
Ladies' auxiliary members announce
their first annual garden card party
for Thursday, June l8, at 8 o'clock
on the Philley and Sones lawns in
the 600 block on Wensley avenue.
Reservations may be made by
telephoning Mrs. P. c. Thacker at
916 and committees in charge urge
that reservations be made as soon
as possible.
Both auction and contract bridge
will be played during the evening
and attractive prizes will be offer
ed. Delicious refreshments will be
served.
Proceeds from the party will go
to the building fund and will be
used to defray expenses of con-
struction of the new club room at
the club house. The building is
expected to be completed by Octo-
ber.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Fireworks Ready
For July Fourth

The Office Supply Company has
their most complete stock of fire
works out on display now, much to
the delight of the small boys and
girls who are visiting the store daily
and then going home and telling
dad what they want him to buy
for them for the Fourth of July.
Lou Philley, proprietor, says that
fireworks are changing every year
and the manufacturers are not
making as many of the large power
full crakers but are making a line
of beautiful night fireworks that are
safe and sane.
A large stock is carried this year
of all types and kinds of fireworks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

Corner, telephoned the sheriff's Of
flee last night that a load of wa
termelons, freshly picked had been
stolen. How they were stolen he
did not know.
Sheriff George L. Campbell, puzz-
ling over the theft this morning
wondered how to go about recover
ing the melons for Smith. They
probably were not branded, and a
finger print expert could do moth
ing, he thought So the sheriff de-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Sunday School
Workers Meet

The home of Mr.. and Mrs w. I.
Stone, 822 Euclid avenue, was the
scene of a delightful entertainment
given the officers, teachers and
others interested in Sunday school
work last night, by V. E. Butter
worth. pastor OF the State Street
Christian shursh. Mrs. Butterworth
is visiting her parents in Idaho.
Brief devotional services were
held after which plans for the COM
ing years work were discussed.
Two musical numbers were en-
joyed The Misses Pollyanna Stone
and Mary Bennett singing two de-
hghtful selections.
AT the close OF the social hour,
delicious refreshments were served
the 36 persons who were present.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Engineers Inspect
Sewer Conditions

Investigating the condition of the
Ell Centre outfall sewer, c. a.
Smith and NJ. L. Crist of the Los
Angeles firm of Burns-M Mcdonnell
Smith, consulting engineers. were
in Ell Centre today for a conference
with Phil knights city engineer.
The firm was recently employed
by the city council to work in con-
junction with the city engineer IN
making a survey of outfall sewer
conditions, preparatory to making
recommendations regarding a type
of disposal for a new sewer.
The consulting engineers Will
probably return to Los Angeles to-
morrow, after going over the ground
thoroughly, and making a personal
investigation OF the present decayed
sewer.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Editor
Is Visitor Here

Imperial Valley will be featured
in an article in the Versailles Lead
er of Versailles, Missouri. a. soon
as John carp. editor, reaches home
after a two weeks visit in Ell Gen.
tro.
While visiting his sister, Mrs. D.
t. Carter, of this city, the Missouri
editor made a survey of the valley
especially of conditions in the fruit
and vegetable industry. He also
was deeply interested in the history
Of development here.
He left this morning for his home.