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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
MINERS NEED FOR
FOOD NEAR CRISIS
CHURCHES TOLD
Untold Suffering and Sick
ness in Coal Districts Un-
less Adequate Aid is Given
Quickly.

New York City (ILNS)-"The des-
perate need of food among miners
families in the soft coal areas is rap
idly approaching a crisis" declared
James Myers, industrial secretary OF
the Federal Council of Churches, in a
special emergency appeal through the
religious press to the churches of the
whole country.
Mr.. Myers, who has recently re-
turned from a tour of inspection Of
the Quaker child feeding stations
gives it as his opinion that "while the
Quakers are doing an effective piece
of child feeding and have distributed
many tons of clothing which has been
received from nearly every state in
the Union, their funds and supplies
are insufficient for the heavy strain Of
the mid-winter crisis, which is nearly
upon them.
"Not only children, but thousands
of mothers and fathers as well, are
in need Of food. Unless these needs
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
NEGROES
Tell Governor They Are Not
Willing to Starve

Columbus, Ohio ULNS)-A spe-
cial session of the Ohio legislature
for the relief of the unemployed, and
replacement of the warden of the
state penitentiary with competent
penologist, are among the demands
formulated by the Ohio State Con-
ference of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo.
pie, which met here recently.
"The plight of the unemployed Ne
gro had become so acute that nothing
but state or national relief can meet
the situation and prevent wholesale
starvation" says the N. A. A. c. P.
report, forwarded to Gov. White.
"The Ohio State Conference of the
N. A. A. C. P. insists that you con-
vene the legislature at the earliest
possible moment with instructions to
devise an effective relief program.
"The Negro is not willing to lie
down peacefully and starve. !. We
especially call to your attention the
fact that forces which are seeking to
undermine the government Of the
United States are finding welcome re-
ception among unemployed Negroes.
The best answer to these elements is
the assurance of fair treatment and
the guarantee of decent living
standards"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
Big Drive Shows United Action Brings Success
With Labor to Forefront Great Nationwide Work Effort
Is Making Unemployment of Vital Concern of All.

back to their own territory, where
they know the problem, but where
they will now face it from a new
angle.
To Rally Other Forces
Effort is now being made to rally
forces that have not thus far gone
into action. The division of labor is
seeking to bring the full strength of
labor into the united action move
ment. Letters have just been sent by
Chairman Matthew Woll to all A. +.
of l.. organizers, to all national and
international unions and to all state
federations and central bodies that
have thus far failed to report active
work under way.
1t is urged that if the organized
bodies in any community fail to
bring about formation of local COM
mittee, that the task be assumed by
some individual or by a voluntary
SIoup. ~ 10 pOlIcQ Oul tildL Lie
entire movement is voluntary and
that leadership must be secured by
action.
United Action Vital
Director of Organization Carl
Byoir constantly points out the volun-
tary character of the movement and
the fact that only through UNITED
ACTION can be problem be met.
The number of cooperating or.
ganizations is astonishing, demon
strating an almost universal agree
ment with the plan of action. In these
great organizations there are enough
members to put up an effective COM
mittee into every American commu-
nifty. All of the organizations were
this week called upon to demonstrate
cooperation by ACTION-the forma-
ton of local committees to carry on
in each community an organized, sys-
tematic campaign for jobs for the
unemployed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04

Auxiliary, in campaign which be-
gan February Is, is receiving the
hearty support of psychologists who
have made mass suggestion a lifetime
study.
"The contagion of 100000 people
back to work will affect employers"
DR.. Jasbrow said. "It should con-
vince large number of them that
something can be done and arouse
them from lethargy they are eager
to throw off. This contagion will be
like an electric current. 1t may prove
to be the turn of the tide.
"Few persons are so constituted
that they can supply their own incen-
tive. Most people depend upon So
ciety to furnish incentive, and in re,
cent years society has not supplied
them. The ultimate of human misery
is catastrophe such as the present de-
preston in which people can do moth
ing. When the contagion of we'll
being has sufficiently spread, people
will forget about economic necessity
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
Flood Control Work Should Be
Pushed, Hoosier Governor Says
Chief Executive Advocates Prompt Actions Strongly
Opposes Pay Cuts, Praises Union Mems Efficiency

| The school teachers and many othe,
classes of public employees are having
sufficient difficulty in getting along or
their present pay.
1--WE have more union men on the
state payroll now than at any time
in history. l am not hiring these
men because they are union members
but rather because of their efficiency
1t is matter Of economy. These
men know their business and in their
selection of material with which to
do their work they effect big saving
Right here in the statehouse we are
no longer Uttered up with a lot of
old junk that no one can find use
for"
Effective Relief System
Discussing unemployment and re-
lief, Gov. Leslie said:
II can take care of any case of dis
tress at any point in Indiana within
two hours over the telephone sitting
right here at my desk in the state
capitol. | have representative in
each of the 92 counties of the state
to take care of the needy, and eacn
one Of these county representatives
has representative in each town
ship. 1t is a mere matter of organ
ization and having the funds to carry
on the work. We have the money
and Indiana is one of the four states
in the Union which is completely ou.
of debt"
Colonel Leiber said that he employs
hand labor in preference to machines
in grading and draining the great
state park system and forest pre-
serves of Indiana, and that he finds
this to be of advantage to the state
in many ways.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
BY JOSEPH A. WISE

Indianapolis, Md. (ILNS) = Gov.
Harry G.. Leslie, of Indiana, in an
interview with international Labor
News Service at the statehouse in
this city, said that the federal gov
ernment would do we'll to push flood
control work throughout the Missis-
sippi valley without further delay.
He said he believed that the congress
of the United States should repeal
the amendment to the act of May 15,
1928, which spread an appropriation
of $4,000, 900 over ten-year Pc
riod. BY repeating the amendment.
the governor said, the whole remain
ing part of the appropriation could
be made available Immediately.
Colonel Richard Leiber, director of
the department of conservation of the
state of Indiana, to whom Gov. Les
lie referred me for more detailed in
formation, declared that the recurrent
flood conditions in the Mississippi
valley presented IAN emergency as
great as war;" but that the people
generally of the nation do not realize
this fact.
Governor Scores Pay Cuts
Gov. Leslie discussed several other
topics during the interview of an
hour in length.
Il am unalterably opposed to the
widespread wage slashes of 10 and
20 per cent" he said. "Great pres
sure is being brought to bear to have
me call special session of the leg
islature at which it is proposed to en-
act legislation which will lead to the
cutting of the salaries of school
teachers and other public servants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04

half of the toiling masses who cer-
tainly need men of your caliber at
this critical time in the history of the
working class"
Petitions are now being circulated
throughout Pennsylvania by the State
Federation of Labor appealing for
clemency for the imprisoned labor
leader Citizens, in Monroe county
are actively securing signatures to
petition to Judge Samuel S. Shull on
behalf of HUFFMAN.
Through his secretary, State Sem
ator Thomas Duncan, Gov. Philip La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, recently ap-
pealed to Gov. Pinchot to pardon Hoff-
mann, whose home is in Milwaukee.
Gov. Pinchot indicated in his reply to
Senator Duncan that he will act ia.
vorably on any recommendation that
comes to him from the state prison
board in this case. Before the pardon
board can act on an appeal for a
pardon for Hoffman,, a petition for
parole must be presented to the Judge
who sentenced Hoffman,.
While in Jail, Hoffman, writes
weekly column for The Hosiery
Worker, organ of his union, under the
heading, "From the Inside Looking
Out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
Gov. Wilson Names Board
To Study Convict Labor

Montpelier, Vt.-Governor Stanley
C. Wilson announced the appointment
of a commission created by the 1881
Legislature to study the problems of
employment of convicts in the State
prison and the disposal of prisoen-
made goods.
The Commission was created be-
cause of the enactment by congress
of the Hawes-Cooper law, effective
IN January, 1934,which will take away
the rights of prison-made goods in
interstate commerce and make such
goods shipped from one State into
any other State subject to the local
laws of the latter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04
By CHESTER M. WRIGHT

New York City (ILNS)-Maps
showing a new battle front are being
posted on walls throughout the coun-
try. Red and black pins are being
moved back and forth showing new
daily score.
The war is the organized War
Against Depression. The attacking
force is United Action for Employ.
ment, in which twenty million Amer
leans are massed in a movement
sponsored by the American Fedora
tion of Labor, the American Legion
the Association of National Adver-
tisers and the Legion Auxiliary.
AS the great battle forces went
into the second week they looked back
, upon a bob-tailed first week in which
10000 workers had been taken off the
unemployed line and put on payrolls,
earning wages.
The black pins of depression are
being steadily pushed back, while the
bright red pins of employment and
restored buying power move into new
positions.
Labor in Leading Role
Organized labor is playing lead
ing role in many cities and cooper
ating in local committees in hundreds
of communities, working shoulder to
shoulder with the other organized
forces of community life.
The campaign is not Legion
campaign or labor campaign.
1t is what it's name implies-a
: UNITED ACTION campaign.
This war is an attack on unem-
ployment on a war basis.
That a million workers now unem-
ployed can be restored to employ
ment is now certain. THAT MUCH
CAN BE DONE. The hope is that if
this spearhead of unemployment can
be turned by a tremendous frontal
attack, the momentum will carry
armies of others back to work. But,
be that as it may, those in charge of
the great national campaign, which
smashes all records for voluntary
civilian mobilization for a purely
civilian task, hold that the whole eff
fort will have been richly worth
while Whatever problem then re-
mains can be attacked with the know
ledge that UNITED ACTION can get
results.
Reds Tactics Adapted
The cold truth is that this campaign
is adapting the hideous mass action
of the revolutionary fanatics to the
constructive purposes of American
democracy.
Moreover, this campaign is making
unemployment common concern in
all walks of life AS nothing else has
ever done.
Bankers and manufacturers and
railroad executives in places of en-
ployment where men have been fired
by the thousands are now enlisted in
working organizations to hunt en-
ployment. If they find that they are
under the necessity of finding work
for the very men they have fired, re-
gardless of the reason for the firing,
they are getting a new look at the
problem and new sense of respons;-
An example: Twenty-Five railroads
have assigned executive officers to as
sist in the campaign for employment
and these have been assigned right
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-03-04

Since the formation of the present
government this activity has been re-
doubled. 1t has now been decided in
pursuance of this active policy to en-
courage by every possible means the
formation of local unemployed asso.
Citations.
The object aimed at is to combine
in one organization employed and un-
employed workers to combat evils
arising through unemployment; to
provide educational and recreational
facilities for its members; through
the appropriate trade union machin-
cry to impress upon the government
and local authorities the necessity of
finding work for those who are un-
employed by relief work and any other
agency which will meet the need; and
to obtain for unemployed persons as
high a standard of living as possible.
In addition, these associations will
establish machinery for dealing with
unemployment appeal cases.
1t is also proposed that the unem-
ployed associations shall be formed
under the auspices of the local Trades
Councils Cor industrial section of a
Trades and Labor Council) with joint
secretaries, one to be appointed by
the Trades Council and the other by
the members of the association. Rep
resentatives of the Trades Council ex-
ecutive up to the number of five are
to be appointed on the executive of
the unemployed association; and the
association will have the right to ap-
point two representatives to attend
executive meetings of the Trades
Council and to appoint five represen-
tatives for the full Trades Council;
these representatives will be regarded
as co-opted members of the Trades
Council executive and of the Trades
Council, and will have the right to
speak and vote on matters arising
from reports of the unemployed as
sociation submitted to the Trades
Council.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
FOREIGN TRADE
AID DEVISED

A plan to facilitate trade be-
tween this country and the 80
nations which have restricted
currency exchange has been
formulated by the foreign trade
committee of the Merchants AS
Sociation.
Under the plan importers will
pay exporters here by an ex-
change of credits. AS an ex-
ample:
An importer buying coffee in
a Latin-American country ar
ranges, if agreeable to his seller
there, and without violating the
monetary regulations of the
country in question, to make pay
ment to a United States exporter
of automobiles. The automobile
buyer lin the Latin American
country makes payment to the
seller of coffee in that country.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
RALLY ATTEMPT 7
4 SQUELCHED
ON CURB
BY THEODORE KOSLOW


NEW YORK, Oct. IS GN.S0.
The curb market resumed It's
irregular, sagging movement to-
day, following temporary firm.
ness in response to the U. S. Steel
dividend news.
The list as a whole dipped to
within reach of the former lows
of the move.
Traders Disappointed
The failure of stocks to rally
was a keen disappointment to
traders who had anticipated an
upturn following declaration Of
the regular preferred dividend by
the Steel Corporation, announced
after the markets close yesterday.
However, it seemed that the dis
NAL report on earnings was a
more vital factor in influencing
speculative sentiment, for leading
issues were rather plentifully sup
piled on A. l.. Minor bulges as
the session progressed.
Electric Bond & Share, after an
initial buying furry which carried
it up a point net to "a, fell back
to % for a net loss of a point
under its previous close.
Cities Service Slips
The Cities Service group ruled
irregular, with the common sag
ging to 31a for a loss of "a.
Oils were mixed, with Gulf down
point at 287s, and Standard of
Indiana off Is at 22A.
Specialties showed little, al.
though New Jersey Zinc was up
"a at 1924, and slight gains were
recorded by Cord Corporation and
Ford, Ltd.
Curb bonds were irreguIarly
higher, with Electric Power &
Light SIS up a point at 4514.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
BANK FAILURES
SEEN ASGA|N

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 GN.S).
The elimination of 10000 "uneco-
nomic banks" by suspensions,
mergers and voluntary liquida-
tionS has strengthened the bank
ing structure more than could be
accomplished through changes in
banking laws, the American
Bankers Association declared to-
day.
Since 1921 the number of banks
has been reduced from 10000 to
2O,50O, it was pointed out, while
the average capital funds and
deposits of the banks have
doubled.
The average bank in 1924 had
$500 customers while today the
average to a bank is more than
5000 persons. Bank capital in
1921 averaged only $205,000 and
deposits $1,25O,0OO against $42O,-
900 and $2,5OO,OO0, respectively
today. The total capital funds of
the 10000 banks in 1921 were
Sc, $3.50 100000 while today they
are $S,5oo,0o 900 foE 19, 500 banks.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
RAILS To LEAD.
NEXT RALLY IN
MARKET
By WALL STREET SPECTATOR

By WALL STREET SPECTATOR
NEW YORK. Oct. 26 dN.S0.
Directors of U. S. Steel Corpora
ton gave the boys a break by
declaring the regular dividend on
the preferred.
They must have sensed the S.
o. S. from Wall Street, especially
when wheat began spilling
around yesterday at near the
lowest prices on record. Payment
Of the dividend will probably be
taken bullishly, and there are
enough shorts in the market to
help it break away from wheat,
at least for a while.
Smart opinion believes as well
that action of the steel board
means another sponsored market
Is in the making, as was the
case three months ago. There
was some good buying yesterday.
Holders of steel common get a
break, too. The corporations
lack of earnings are bad enough
and accumulation on the pre-
ferred would have meant just so
much longer to wait.
Wall Street will look ahead to
other dividend. meetings like
American Telephone AMI General
Motors with more assurance now.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
IN STEEL
TAPERS OFF

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 QN.S0.
Steel business has begun to taper
off slightly, the Iron Age re-
ports in it's weekly summary to-
day, with ingot production for
the country easing off to ap-
proximately 19 per cent Of capac-
ity.
This decline has occurred in
the face of larger orders from
some OF the automobile COM
panies and is generally ascribed
to uncertainty as to the outcome
of the presidential election.
The action of directors of the
U. S. Steel Corporation in de-
claring the usual preferred divi-
dend. is taken by the Iron Age
as an indication that an extern
sion of recent business gains IS
looked for. The corporations
output of ingots has increased
in every month since July, start
ing with 11.8 per cent of its
capacity in that month, 12.1 in
August. 1872 in September and
1876 in the first half of October.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor OF Economics, New York
TTntVAFGtkVl

University
Perhaps as good a way as any
to sum up the business news is
to Say that the shipments of
producers have continued to
gain, but that prices in commod-
ity markets have resumed their
decline.
AS supplies have increased, we
may infer that demand has
weakened. That is the implica-
ton of the weakness in prices.
One Offsets Other
We like to see industrial actiV-
ity expanding, but we must re-
main in doubt as to the eco
nomic justification of increased
production when the expansion Is
met by lower bids from buyers.
AS to the total shipments, we
have railway car loadings. These
have continued to gain despite
the fact that seasonal declines
usually begin to appear at about
this time.
1t is true that the largest gain
has been in coal, which may rep
resent merely a late laying-in
of the usual winter supplies, but
the loadingS of manufactures
also show some increase.
Two questions at once arise.
Does this increase mean in
creased profits? Does it mean
increased consumption by the
people?
Price Trend Significant
1t is here that the trend of
prices becomes significant. A de-
cline in prices tends to reduce
profits, even if shipments rise. 1t
may also indicate that consumers
are unable to buy the increased
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
Business Gains
In Spotlight

International Business Ma
chimes share net is $7.16 in
nine months.
September quarter deposits
gain in more than 70 per
cent of cOuntry'S banks.
American Tobacco earning
So rate, third more than divi.
dend need.
New York Central IOadings
last week at highest point of
year.
Sun Oil declares 3 per cent
extra on common stock.
September industrial out
put gain best for any month
since 1919, Federal Reserve
Board reports.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
Haney Finds Higher Output
Meeting Lower Demand

supply of commodities coming to
market.
The facts are that for at least
five weeks wholesale prices have
been reacting from the summer
squirt. Last week, in a long list
of commodities, twice as many
declined as advanced, and the
weekly averages were lower.
There were declines in steel
scrap, copper, silver, cotton and
cotton goods. silk, wool, live stock
and provisions.
This suggests the possibility
that supply has been increased
more than demand. 1t reminds
us of the low purchasing power
of the average consumer. Also,
we know that in declining mar
ketS buyers tend to put off pur-
chaSeS.
Lumber Bulletin Cited
Perhaps the story is told by
the heading on lumber bulletin,
which reads. Lumber production
gains, new business lags."
Certainly we know that the
squirt in cotton textile production
was OVerdone, and already cloth
prices have receded and produc-
ton has been curtailed.
My thought is that industrial
production may have reached an
irreduciable minimum in June or
July. For example, coal produc-
ton fell to an extraordinarily
low level last summer.
1t is hard to see how a great
industrial nation of 124,0O0,0OO
people can get along with its
steel plants working at less than
Is per cent of capacity.
The panicky fears of this sum-
mer may have carried us to the
lowest possible levels in many
lines of industry.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26

% ~ zonite Prod CSW 6
(a) Optional o (b) Partly (c)
stock cash.. tdl Extra stock. gl Paid 1881.
CHI PAYABLE In stock tkl Paid this year. tm) Payable
(AA) 1917 stock. With warrants.
txw) warrants. 90 Ex-divtdend 90 Ex-rightA
dollars parentheseA
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 Q.N.s.).-Hogs-
$4,000; 5-1Oc higher Top, $3.50:
bulk. $3.2O@3;5O; heavy. :3,25 g 3.SO !;
medium, $3.45@3.60: light, $3.45Q 500;
light lights, $3.2503.5O; packing sows,
s5.5O@S.15; pigs. $s@S.5O. Holdovers
900; 25c lower. Calves
1000; steady. Beef steers-good and
choice, $7@9.50; common and medium,
S567; yearlngs. $50S. Butcher cat
tie: Heifers, $3@75O; cows, $3.50 "a
$50: bulls. $2.2564; calves. $4@6;
feeder steers. $3.5O66 stocker steers,
S3.2565.75: stocker cows and heifers
&2.5O64.50.
Sheep-1s, 900: steady. Lambs. l525
95.75: common. &3@4: yearlinEs sac
42S; feeders, it,25 5.25; ewes, &192.25.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26

rs Yellow Truck. 3A 3$S 81 q
4 Youngstn T l2A l5s n3s- IS
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
BAL TIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, Oct IS (LNS.).-Live
poultry-Chickens, old. heavy. Ice: few
higher; medium, 12Q15c; leghorns and
other light stock, 10012c; roosters.
S@1Oc; chickens, young, coIored as to
size 9Q14c: few higher; leghorns. as
to size. 90l2c; ducks young. white
pekins, 4 pounds and over. 12@13c;
muscovy, pounds and over, 12@14c:
puddle, pounds and over. 12013e;
guineas. young, over 2 pounds. S5c;
smaller 25c; turkeys, young hens, ESQ
24c: gObblers. 2O@22c.
EGGs-Market steady. Street sales,
nearby current receipts, 26@29c; hem
merry whites as to size, 3O@35c.
Receipts-Butter. S52 tubs; eggs, i9a
cases. Butter unchanged.
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
TODAYs QUOTATIONS ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Prev 1892 Name and
High Low Dividend Ratt
The Washington times., 1932-10-26
Failures Last Week
Fall Under Year Ago

Commercial failures last week
were 535, against 551 a year ago,
r. G. Dun & Co. report today.
Although the figure was lower
than last year, it showed an in
crease over the SOB recorded the
previous week.