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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
Big Gain in Workers
Efficiency In Slump
Notable Advance in Average Productivity in Manufac
turing, Despite Decline in Length of Working Week,
Reported by National Bureau of Economic Research.

New York City (ILNS)-Instead of
declining since the depression began
in 1929, the efficiency of workers in
manufacturing has actually increased
and may be expected to increase
still further, DR.. Frederick c. Mills,
of Columbia University, says in a
report prepared for the National Bu-
reau of Economic Research.
The report declares there has been
no decline of consequence in manufac-
turing production in the last DO years
and that problems arising out Of the
displacement of men by machinery
and improved processes will remain.
Making allowances for the changes
in the length of the working day since
1929, DR.. Mills reports that last year
the output per man-hour in manufac-
turing appears to have been 20 per
cent greater than in 1927 and IL per
cent greater than in 1929.
Output Gain to Continue
with the laying off Of less efficient
men, the retirement of less efficient
equipment, the closing of less efficient
plants, and the concentration Of eff
cient men working short hours-on
the best equipment (including OF
course improved equipment installed
since 1920, notable advance in
average productivity has taken place"
the reports says. 1t adds:
..If the volume Of manufacturing
production were suddenly to be raised
some 60 or 70 per cent, to the pre-
recession level, it is not likely that
productivity per man-hour would be
maintained at it's 1882 level. Ma
chimes and men less efficient than
those now in service would be called
upon and average productivity would
decline. But with a slow recovery
much of the present efficiency would
be maintained"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
State Forests Furnish
Unemployed With Fuel

Harrisburg, Pa. (ILNS)-The state
forests have supplied 1890 cords of
free fuelwood to needy families in
Pennsylvania this winter, Lewis E.
Staley, secretary of the department
Of forests and waters, announces.
Since last October, 1867 free wood
permits have been issued to welfare
agencies and individuals. In addition
there were sc unemployment relief
projects in the state forests which
gave employment to some 1900 men.
State forestry officials estimate
that at least $500 persons we're di-
rectly or indirectly benefited.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
Miners Head Urges Emergency
Board to Deal With Crisis

philosophy, more efficiently than can
the government itself.
If labor is accorded its fundamen-
tai rights it can render great service
in the present crisis.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
Action Necessary To Save
Republic, Warning of Lewis
Labor Must Be Granted Recognition i'm Industry and
Government to Aid in Economic Planning, Commit.
tee Told

Washington, D C. ULNS)-Warn-
ing that the very foundations of de-
mocracy and the integrity of Ameri-
| lean institutions are imperiled, John
l.. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, told the
senate finance committee that board
of emergency CONTROL composed of
representatives of labor, industry,
finance and agriculture, should be set
up to deal with the present emer-
gency.
In addition to creation of the pro-
posed board, Mr.. Lewis said that la
Dor should be granted the right of
collective bargaining in industries
where it does not now exist and should
be given greater recognition in the
conduct of the government.
If labor is accorded its fundamen-
tai rights, it can render great service
in the present crisis" Lewis declared.
The existing emergency is more
critical than if our coasts were being
bombarded by hostile fleet and rem
edial action must be speedily taken if
the Republic and its democratic insti-
tutions are to survive. Mr.. Lewis
warned.
Stability of Republic in Danger
"The political stability of the Re-
public is imperiled," Lewis said. an
excess of 100000 wage earners are
unemployed. In certain industrial
states the percentage of unemployed
equals 40 per cent of the enrolled
workers. Of the remaining so per
cent a large number are employed on
part time basis, and are the victims
of a continuous schedule of wage cut
ting. Those who are employed, di-
rectly or indirectly must inevitably
bear the burden of supporting the mil
lions to whom employment is unavail-
able.
"The cost of maintenance of
government, and the support of
non-p productive institutions, is,
therefore, day by day being
passed to the continuously de-
creasing number of citizens who
are privileged to work.
"Our Republic and our institutions
cannot be expected to exist under the
progressive accumulation of ills which
result from our inability to properly
organize our economic processes.
Manifestations of widespread unrest
and encouragement almost akin to
despair, are daily becoming more vio-
lent. Over wide areas insurance COM
panies and other investors find the
population in rebellion against the
usual processes Of recovery from debt
defaulters. Violent resistance to
evictions for rent default is daily
more evident. Disorder and rioting,
because of the inadequacy of public
relief, is increasingly prevalent.
Basic Trouble Is Economic
1.-THE appalling social and political
problems arising from the present
emergency are of fundamentally
economic concept. The restoration of
order in our economic and industrial
household is primarily essential to
any intelligent disposition Of the So
cial ana political problems of the
nation. We are victims of our own
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
Working Week Shortened

Though efficiency shown by man.
hour output increased during the de-
preston, the physical output per
worker in 1882 dropped Ia per cent
below that of 1929, DR.. Mills says.
But" he continues, "as an account
of the actual productivity of labor
this story IS far from accurate. Prob
ably greater degree than in any
earlier recession, part-time employ
ment has been resorted to as means
of equalizings burdens and sharing
work among wage earners.
From an average slightly greater
than 48 hours per week in 1929 the
actual working week of wage earners
declined to something in the neigh
borhood of 81 hours week in 1882, a
drop of approximately 23 per cent.
That output per worker carried on
payrolls declined only Ia per cent in
the face of this shortening of the
average working week is remark
able"
Job Problem to Remain
DR.. Mills says that the forces
(which have contributed in varying
degree to the great increase in man.
ufacturing productivity during the
last three years may, in the main, be
expected to persist" In view of this,
he says, 1--WE may expect that the
problems of occupational adjustment
and of distribution which have always
arisen out of increasing industrial
productivity will remain with u.s."
The report covers changes in ply
sical production, industrial productiv-
ity and manufacturing costs, 1927 to
1882. Total production dropped be-
tween 1929. and 1882 by about 32 per
cent, slowing down to greater de-
gree than at any time within the last
half century, it is stated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03

national short-sig by failure
in the halcyon days of prosperity to
intelligently plan for the future. A
horde of small-time leaders in indus
try and finance, like the freebooters
of old, wed with each other, looted
the purse of the population, and di-
verted the proceeds to their own in
terests.
Nov that the day of adversity has
come, these same leaders are desti-
tuue of competent suggestion to safe
guard the present or the future, and
they expect the population of this
country to remain quiescent while
they utter ponderous platitudes about
balancing the budget, and the neces-
sity for further wage reductions. The
very application of their wage cutting
fallacy further reduces the national
income to point where the popula-
tion cannot sustain itself and the
national budget cannot remain bal
anced
Labor Must Have Rights
'If democracy and corporate par
ticipation in industry are to survive in
America, labor must have an oppor-
tunity to exercise it's industrial rights
for the protection of itself and our
democratic and economic institutions.
An emergency now exists which is
more critical than would be the case
if fleet of foreign power were at
this moment bombarding the defenses
of one of our major ports. The very
foundations of democracy and in
tegrity of American institutions is
threatened Labor should be granted
the right of collective bargaining,
with representatives of it's own
choosing, in those major industries of
the country where this right is now
withheld.
"In large areas of the coal, textile
lumber and steel industries, workers
are denied the rights of collective
bargaining and are treated more or
less as serfs, compelled to accept any
wage, no matter how inadequate, de-
clared by harassed employer exist
ing on the verge of financial bank
ruptcy. Democracy in these indus
tries is supplanted by an industrial
autocracy.
"Legalized collective bargaining
will permit the workers of America to
exercise their birthright of participa-
tion in the fxation of the prices of
their services and the conditions of
employment.
Labor and Government
Labor should be given greater
recognition in the affairs of govern
ment, and its spokesmen should be
given representation upon boards and
commissions exercising governmental
functions. During the World War la
Dor was given such recognition, and
inasmuch as the nation is now con-
fronted with an emergency even more
grave than was the case then, labor
should again be given its seat at the
council table.
IF given the right to organize in
our major industries, labor can police
those industries against communism,
or any other false and destructive
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03
UNPAID
Teachers Faint From Huger
in Classroom

New York City (ILNS)-Unpaid
school teachers who faint from un-
iernourishment in the classroom
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-03

VIC SoNSl HiItllL ILSGD.
If labor is accorded its fundamen-
tai rights it can render great service
in the present crisis.
Emergency Action
In consideration of the obvious
circumstances, congress should pass
a joint resolution declaring a state of
national emergency, to effectuate in
telligent organization of the indus
trial and financial activities of the
nation.
"A board of emergency control
should be created 1t should be COM
posed of representatives of industry,
labor, agriculture, and finance. 1t
should be given plenary emergency
power, under the direction of the
president.
"The board should be instructed to
reduce the hours of labor, and the
number of days in the work week, to
a point where the industrial ma
chinery of the nation can substantial
ly take up the slack of unemploy-
ment, and under conditions where la
Dor is accorded the right of collective
bargaining through representatives of
its own choosing.
To Stabilize Prices
This board should also be in
Strueted to stabilize the prices of
agricultural products and other com
modities to a point that will express
reasonable return to the producers
thereof.
"The board should be given such
other instructions as to fundamental
economic planning and other matters,
in accordance with the Judgment of
congress.
"The foregoing recommendation
may be criticized by some as being a
form of dictatorship repugnant to the
American concept of government.
Nevertheless it is the form of proce-
dure resorted to by our nation during
the crisis of the World War, when
the enemy was 5000 miles from our
shore. Today the enemy is within the
boundaries of the nation, and is
stalking through every community
and every home, and, obviously, this
proposal is the most democratic form
of internal regulation that can be de-
vised to deal with our economic and
industrial collapse"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
WALLY WILLING
TO MATCH PAR
With DIDDEL
Recreation Chief Gets Self
a Manager for Clash
of Century,

This. folks, is the second round
OF the battle Of the century be-
tween Glenn Diddel, local golfer,
and Wally Middlesworth, city recre-
alton director.
To-day, Middlesworth takes the
offensive.
The recreation director announced
that he didn't intend to apologize
to Diddel because the latter didn't
receive a prize with a net score of
70 in the city employees gold tourney
ten days ago.
He also refuses to fight Diddel in
any private place in boxing match
to the finish.
But, Middlesworth says, he has
selected Johnny Noonan, city light
inspector, as his manager, and may
meet Diddel in Is or 36-hole golf
match. He didn't say whether that
match will carry the $40 side bet
that Diddel demanded in his
challenge.
No reports came from the Didde
camp today. but it was understood
that several fight promoters hac
their eyes on the battlers. hoping L
| get them to stage a public alterca
ton with the gloves. This possibilit!
F, is very remote.
Diddel contends that, with his ne
of u in the Pleasant Run cours
tourney. he was eligible for one o
the valuable prizes distributed b.
tournament directors.
He didn't get it, though. and wrot
his challenges to Middlesworth AM
also called the matter to the atten
ton of Mayor Reginld H. Sullivan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27

shoes quicker even than the steel
workers on these hot floors. I've
got four-Mary Elizabeth, II. Mar
tin Jr.. 9: Harold. J. and Leroy. 4
Don't ask me how we've lived in
these last three years. It's been like
a nightmare. II it hadn't been for
relatives. we'd have been dead By
now. I guess
And those. with slight variations
are the stories of the 500 men who
have come out OF the slough OF the
depression.
The work in the steel mill is hard
but a happier human refrain Swells
the thunderous song Of the steel in
dustrv.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
Three Day Celebration to Be
Conducted by Civic
League.

Carnival spirit Will prevail at the
opening of the Emerson
Mardi Gras tonight, when a variety
of riding exhibits, sideshows, and
business exhibits will be provided
for amusement of those attending
Tonight will be Civic Federation
night at the annual festival held at
East Tenth street and Linwood ave-
nue.. Paul c. Wetter, president of
the Indianapolis Federation of
Community Civic Clubs, will speak
Albert Neuerburg. general chair
man, announces that east side busi-
ness men have offered to set up
booths that show phases of indus
trial progress.
Daredevil Higgins will make a
balloon ascension and parachute
jump tonight at 7 to open the car
nival officially A band concert is
scheduled for $50.
A series of children's contests be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
DE M0LAY TO INITIATE
Moonlight Rites al NobIesvilIe
Scheduled for Pledges.

Moonlight initiation ceremonies
will be held in Forest park, Mobiles
vile. Saturday night for pledges OF
Indianapolis chapter of the Order
Of De Molay.
Ross A. Smith, chapter adviser
Will present loving cup to the
visiting chapter having the largest
attendance. A swimming party viii
follow initiation services.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
DEMOCRATS NAME HEAD
Louis Adams, Tax Board Attorney,
Elected Club President.

Louis P. Adams, former deputy
prosecutor and now attorney for the
state tax board. was elected presi-
dent of the Young Mems Demo-
cratic club of Marion county. in
session Tuesday night at the Clay
pool.
Adams succeeds Frank j. Nc
Carthy. city works board employe
Other officers elected were: Fred
Shannon, president; Dooley
Cooper. secretary. and Joseph c..
Wallace. treasurer. and Charles
Cooper, Lawrence Ammon, Jack
Ulmer. Herbert Spencer, Fred Ely,
Walter Hauppert, James A. Watson,
James McLafferty. William C.
Scherer, and Joseph Holowitz, di-
rectorS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
It's a Wonderful ay
10 Relieve Ugly Eczema

For 20 years now. soothing. cooling
Zemo has seldom failed TO relieve
itching in five seconds. and clear up
stubborn cases OF Eczema This
wonderful remedy gets such amaz-
ing results because of its rare in
gradients not used in other remedies
Get Zemo today-if you want 70 clear
up RasheS. Pimples. Rin-w0rm. and
Eczema Its worth the price because
YOU get relief. All druggists. Soc, 00c.
Acknowledgement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27

hour with his adjutant.
He started his office day prompt
" az as and after working hard
all day retired early, refusing to
attend banquets or other functions
He was extremely frugal in habits
He usually ate a 7-cent lunch in
the army dining room when at
Mukden
He was little over five feet tall.
but Of forceful character. He spoke
bluntly when necessary. To the
League OF Nations he said last year:
Neither the league nor any other
power can change Japans deter
ination to pursue her established
aims in Manchuria."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
LIONS PICNIC is HELD
Golf Honors Are Awarded at Annual
Outing nj NobleSvilIp

Annual picnic and outing for
members Of the Lions club and their
wives was held Wednesday at Forest
park. NOblesville. Roscoe Conkle
and Edward Campbell tied for
honors in the blind par golf tourna-
ment, with net scores of rs. Lester
c. Nagley was third with II. DR..
K B Mayhall was awarded attend
ance prize.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
BARRIERS SEEKING CODE
City Union TO Meet Tonight for
Completion Agreement.

indianapolis BARRIERS union will
meet tonight at at the Claypool
to discuss a code of fair COMPETE
ton The union will attempC to
reach an agreement on opening and
closing hours and TO arrive at a
price pact.
When a code is approved. an in
tensive drive will be launched for
public support, it was asserted BIZ
union officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
Mardi Gras Fete Opens
Tonight on East Side

The last nail
and the
band stand
is ready
for the
three-night
presentation
Of the
Sherman
En- erS0H
Mardi GraS,
lChich opens
tonight at
East Tenth
street and
Ljnlco0d
dreHUe.
Miss Dorothy
Sanders,
SOB North
De Quincy
street,
is the pretty
carpenter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
H0, HUM! CHUCK GETS
ANOTHER DRUNK FINE
60-Day Jolt Suspended in Car Col
lision Case.

Chuck Virgins, pugilist, tried in
municipal court Wednesday on a
charge of drunkenness. was fined
$40 and costs and given sixty
day suspended sentence.
Virgins was put on probation by
Dewey Myers, judge pro tenn.
Virgins was arrested after his
auto struck the car of Harry Reeves.
40l Peoples Bank building, at Six
teenth street and Broadway, July Is.
Reeves refused 10 sign a warrant
charging Virgins with operating a
motor vehicle while under the in
f1uence of liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
IT'S GREAT TO
HAVE JOB IS
WORKERS SONG
500 JobIeSs Renew Hopes
as FaCtory's Doors
Open Again.
Continued From Page One

and Warren, jobs. I think Mr.
Roosevelt's done mighty fine
thing, making it possible for us poor
folks to get back again"
In front Of one of the great fur
naces Martin Rafalco. 1888 Roose-
welt avenue, stripped to the waist. a
paper cap set jauntily over his
swarthy features. pulled SHEETS OF
red-hot steel through a roller.
It's great for the kids 10 be
back he said. and for my wife
OF course. But ki-.s kick through
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27

cally was dictator
Of Alanchoukuo. He
assumed command
Of the KWantung
army . ! Q V g n
months ago. For
merly ne was edu-
cational inspector
general Of the Jap
anese army. He was
So
Called the silent
general " Muto rose
daily at 5 30 a. m,
spent an hour at
his desk. and rode
regardless of the
treatbar for a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-27
DEATH CLAIMS
JAPAN'S GEAR
OF MANCHOUKU0
Silent General Who Defled
League of Nations III for
Several Days.
By tntted Press

n "A TNfAfN 2 fffA
HSINKING. Manchoukuo, July
27-General Nonuyoshi Muto. Jap
anese envoy 10 the new state OF
Manchoukuo and commander Of the
Kvantung army, died today of in
famation Of the gall bladder from
which ne had been III for several
DAYS
General Muto. BY virtue OF his
t-,+n y.ocfu y1racff
Evening star., 1933-12-07
CITE D. c. CLEANERS
IN CODE VIOLATIONS
Johnson to Hear Complaints
Against Alleged Ignorers
of Price Scale. :.

Three District Of Columbia cleaners
and one in nearby Maryland are In
cluded in a list Of 80 alleged violators
of the cleaning and dyeing trade code,
who have been summoned to appear
Monday before Gen. Hugh S. johnson
recovery administrator, to explain their
alleged failure to comply with the price
fixing provisions Of the code.
Previously 127 other alleged violators
had been called to the special hearing
at which Gen. johnson personally will
preside.
The Retail Cleaning Stores and Out
let Association of New York has been
charged with assuming leadership in
a campaign to encourage cleaners
throughout the country to ignore the
minimum-price provisions and has been
summoned to appear at the Monday
hearing.
In announcing the alleged drive OF
the New York organization the N. r. A.
declared the administration has copies
OF placards which, sponsored by the
Retail Cleaning Stores and Outlet AS
sociation and bearing the Blue Eagle
insignia of the N. r. A., urge violation;
Of the code. It was also stated that
letters written by the association anc
urging defiance of the N. r. A. are In
possession Of the administrators.
The N. r. A. also asserted that Wills
160 alleged violations are to be con-
sidered, most Of them are attributed to
misunderstanding, rather than delib-
crate violations by the cleaners. Those
however, who are found to have re-
fused compliance purposely will be re-
ported to the Federal Trade Commis-
sion or the Department Of Justice fol
prosecution.
Alleged violators here are named as
the Apollo Hat Cleaning Co., 194C
Fourteenth street: New York Shoe
Shining Parlor, 800 H street, and j. R
Cleaners, 514 Ninth street The Morn
ingside Laundry Co., at Silver Spring
Md, also has been summoned to the
hearing.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
D. S. ATTORNEY SEEKS
POISON TONGUE MAN
Annoyer Of Hollywood Film Nota-
- bles Believed Member
y. Of Group.

By the Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Calf. December
THE man with q poison tongue"
who for several weeks has terrori1ed
film notables and wealthy residents Of
Beverly Hills and Hollywood with
threats Of bodily harm, was sought by
the district attorneys office today.
Disclosure Of the activities Of the man
came to light when Nelson Eddy. noted
operatic baritone, reported he had been
twice threatened in telephone calls.
II believe the person is . trusted
member Of that particular society group
that is now being annoyed and fright
ened by these calls" said Blayney
Matthews, chief investigator for the dis
trict attorneys ONCE. "In nearly every
case the man has called confidential
telephone numbers-numbers he could
only acquire through an inside connec-
ton or position"
The motive Of the man. Matthews
stated, was . mystery. as there apper-
emily has been no attempt to extort
money.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
Pupils Benefit Slated.

BLADENSBURG, Md. December z
(SpeciaD For the benefit Of needy
pupils of the Bladensburg Elementary
School, card party Wi be held tonight
in the school at o'clock by the Par
ent-Teacher Association. There will be
prizes and refreshments.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
ELECTED BOARD HEAD
Il l. Humphrey Gets wssting-
house Air Brake Co. Post.

PITTSBURGH, December Z R).-A
1. Humphrey. executive director, yes
terday was elected chairman Of the
Westtnghouse Air Brake 90. by the
board Of directors.t He succeeds II. II
Westinghouse. who died last week.
Humphrey y 70 years old. He wa
born in Buffalo and spent many Year,
IN Nebraska and Iowa before coming
to Pittsburg.l. Named president Of thu
company in 1913, he continued In thai
once until 1882. when he became ex.
ecutive director.