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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
Must Recognize Unions
Chosen Spokesmen, Says Nib
Law Explicit to Workers Representation Decision In
West Virginia Mill Strike-Emp0yers Barred From
Refusing to Deal with "Outsiders'

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Em-
ployes have the explicit right to be
represented by anyone they choose,
under national industry recovery act
codes, the National Labor Board has
ruled.
The decision is sweeping victory
for organized labor, and is regarded
with the employees Importance. 1t
means that employers must deal with
the employees representative, irre-
spective of whether or not he is an
employe of the plant involved in a dis
pute. 1t puts an end to the refusal
of employers to meet workers rep
resentatives on the ground they are
Outsiders"
The decision was made in the case
of the Berkeley Woolen Mills, Martins
burg, w. Va, whose 400 employees
went on strike August Is. The en-
ployer failed to appear before the
board after due notice and the default
was heldSto be willful.
Seven workers who were discharged
early in August charged that their
dismissal was due to their union ac-
tivities. A strike followed and a rep
rasentative of the department of labor
who attempted to adjust the dispute
was unsuccessful.
On August IA, committee of en-
ployes asked the management to rec
ognize theff local union as part of the
United Textile Workers of America.
The management told the committee
that it would recognize only union
composed of employees of the mill, and
would not recognize d national union.
The labor boards decision was an
nounced by Chairman Wagner in a
statement which said in part:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
VAUDEVILLE GETS
UNION CHARTER

New York City (ILNS)-At mass
meeting of the Actors Betterment
Association it was unanimously vot-
ed that the organization apply for the
American Federation of Labor char
ter covering vaudeville, burlesque,
cabaret, carnival, circus and other
outdoor fields.
Previously the board of governors
had made formal application for the
charter and the executive secretary,
Ralph Whitehead, had conferred with
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor. The
Associated Actors and Artists of
America, the A. f. of L. international
body for actors in all fields, had re-
ceived the request and had written
back that the charter was available
if the ABA reorganized on a dues
paying basis.
The delivery of the charter to the
ABA was made possible by the Act
ors' Equity Associations withdrawal
of its own application for the same
charter just before the mass meeting.
Three weeks ago Equity announced its
intention of extending it's jurisdiction
into the picture house presentation
field. However, sin the best interest
of the actor" Equity has withdrawn
in favor of the Actors Betterment
Association, Inc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
Unjustified, Says Pricing
Engineer Of High Pay Fear
Substantial Jump in Wages Would Not Burden Consumer
and Would Boom Buying Power, Expert Declares

New York City ILNS)-To bring
the vast low-wage army at once up
to present average standards in a
great blanket increase would fall
lightly on the purchaser, is pointed
out by w. L. Churchill, pricing en-
gineer. Mr.. Churchill, vice president
of the John r. Hall Corporation, de-
clares a 10 per cent increase in the
1928 average wage in cotton textiles
could have been given with manu-
facturers' price increase of only %
percent, putting into circulation mil
lion dollars day in added wages, to
flow in the general market for pur-
chases not possible under the then
existing cotton textile wage.
Wages paid to workers of manu-
featuring industries as per reports of
the department of commerce for 1928,
and relating to more than 100000
wage workers, averaged only 10 per
cent of the amount that the manufac-
turers received for their products, !"
Churchill said in explanation.
"a review of the 26 industrial
groups" he continued, ''for which
complete figures were available for
1928, discloses that the largest pro-
portion of income received by employ
ers that is paid out to employees was
so per cent, paid to workers engaged
in manufacturing and repairing cars.
As little as per cent was paid to fac
tory workers by manufacturers of
bags.
"In 1923 the average wage of all
factory workers in these 26 industrial
groups was 1880 year
1T has been estimated that if min
imum wage rates were fixed at so
cents an hour, based upon 48 hours
a week, the average of all wages paid
to factory workers would have been
equal to at least 81 500 per year If
so cents an hour had been the mini
mum wage rates in 1923 and $1,000
the minimum average annual wage
for all industries, the price increase to
absorb the wage increase would have
been surprisingly small proportion
ately
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
Gains in Jobs, Buying Power Must
Be Speeded, Says William Green

They have got too much there al
ready.
Labor Compelled to Fight for Law
Il shall not try to detail the ex-
periences of our labor advisory
committee, but | shall say that we
have been compelled to fight one bat
tie after another in behalf of the in
tegrity of the law and its spirit, in
behalf of the ideals found in that
law by the president and this admin
istrator. | find all too little to say
for the conduct of such enormous in
dustries as steel, automobiles and coal
and we may yet have to press with
vigor for recalling of the codes of
some of them, in order that they may
be exchanged so as to mean more to
the masses of the people of our coun-
try.
Our point of view simply is
that America is no longer a great
reservoir from which financial
powers may draw income through
financing and exploiting devices.
Our councils report will empha-
size this position and will demand,
through the voices of millions of or
ganized workers and through the
voices of other millions who hope to
become organized, that we have done
with compromises with privilege and
that we hew to the line laid down in
the law and the line dictated by the
tremendous necessities of our people.
Labor to Double Present Strength
IF we enter the coming winter with
the seven or eight millions of unem-
ployed now indicated, the labor move
ment cannot guarantee that stability
necessary to orderly industrial recov-
cry. There must be recovery for the
masses, not merely for those who
went broke in Wall street"
Before this winter is over we shall
have, | believe, a labor movement
twice our present strength. That will
be steadying, stabilizing, democra-
tizing movement, if recovery gives US
half chance. That is our goal as
we shall place it before our conven-
ton"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22

"For example, in the cotton goods
industry, whose average wage was
only 1858 per year, it would require
an increase of 10 per cent to ele-
vate the wages of the workers to
81 600 per year. The manufacturer,
however, would only need to have 23
per cent added to his average selling
price in order to have paid his work
ers 110 per cent more wages.
available statistics indicate that
the adoption of minimum wage scale
of $1,000 for factory worker in 1923
would have meant an average increase
in all factory wages of 20.3 per cent,
and yet would have required only a
SO per cent price rise to absorb such
an increase in wages. Obviously, the
tremendous increase in purchasing
power represented by increased wages
would be a tremendous stimulant to
business, which in turn would go a
long way toward eliminating unem-
ployment."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22

"The question before the board is
whether employees are in any way linn
tied in their choice of representatives
to deal with employers. Section z Of
the industrial recovery act describes
that each code must contain the fol-
lowing conditions:
That employees shall have the
right to organize and bargain col
lectively through representatives Of
their own choosing, and shall be free
from the interference, restraint, or
coercion of employers of labor or
their agents, in the designation of
such representatives
'We fail to see how it is possible
to put any Interpretation on the
phrase representatives of their own
choosing which would make it nee
essary for employees to choose these
representatives from a particular
class or a particular group
"The statement to the effect that
representatives. IuQol De CIlOSSH Dy Inc
employees cannot be any reasonable in
depreciation be deemed to mean that
representatives must be chosen from
the employees. TO give to the code the
Interpretation sought by respondent
would nullify the employees right to
organize as they choose, for, in effect.
it would limit each employees organ
ization to the Individual plant ,and
would prevent the employees of a plant
from joining any organization already
in existence. Such result would be
opposed to both the letter and the in
tent of the industrial recovery act.
'We rule, therefore, that employees
have the right to choose anyone they
may wish as their representative and
are not limited in their choice to fell
ow-employes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22

required or permitted to work more
than eight hours per day as regular
assignment, this situation should be
changed.
A. That employees in train and en-
gine service who are still accumulat-
ing high monthly mileage agree to a
reduction compatible with the mini
mum mileages specified in prevailing
labor agreements, having in mind also
such readjustments downward as have
already been made by other crafts in
those services.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22

| Interpretation or its application. The
great masses of our people have faith
that their economic delivery lies in the
national industrial recovery act and
it will not be for the best interests
of America if they are disappointed
through quibbling and twisting and
evading.
Our executive council has been
studying reports on e-employment
and commodity production through
the past week and it will continue
these studies through the remainder
of its sessions. Re-employment has
not been what it should have been, or
what it could have been. Labor
stated in the beginning and even long
before the recovery act became law
that American industry required a
35-hour week if we We're to recover
from depression. But literally scores
of modified re-employment agree
ments have established work-weeks
of 40 hours and more. Some have
been as long as SO hours.
Labor to Take Speedy Action
Let me ask industry, as it seeks
these astoundingly long work weeks,
how long we can be expected to re-
frain from going to the country on the
issue thus laid down? Not long, let
me assure you. Our convention will
be platform from which we shall
tell the American people the exact
situation and there will be no fear
or favor in our utterances.
From the million new members of
our federation there will come, to be
expressed through our delegates who
will speak for all the wage earners.
vast frst-hand experience with the
unemployment field, and from those
veterans of organized labor who have
gone through repeated experiences
with unemployment and privation
there will come a calm and cold judg-
ment in the present progress of
events.
american labor has faith in the
national industrial recovery act
amounting to a passion We have a
faith in our president such as presi
dent seldom has had in our nation.
And we profoundly admire Gen. john
son as man of high courage and
amazing energy.
Permanent New Deal Must Come
.'But we see this new law not only
as an instrument of today We see in
it vast program of industrial re-
construction, out of which there must
come a permanent stoppage of that
brutal exploitation which gave us the
great depression and its thirteen mil
lions of unemployed. A new control,
representative in character, must
come into being. Our report will dis
cuss this long range outlook on labor's
part, and hope we shall impress and
encourage the millions of our people
who have been so sorely tried.
To-day Washington is filled with
the agents and lobbyists of great
manufacturing enterprises and their
Wall street financiers. Many of them
have no connection, no idea, of the
meaning of a New Deal They are
trying again to restore the old deal
They are trying all of the old back
doors and some new back doors and
they find much help in these places.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
South Carolina Tex
tile Labor Disputes
Board Completed

Greenville. S. C.-H. H. Willis
dean of the textile industry school OF
Clemson College, has been named by
b. E. Geer of the Cotton Textile Ma
tional Industrial Relations Board, to
represent the public on the South
Carolina Industrial Relations Board
to which all wage and labor disputes
within the state under the cotton tex
tile industry code will be first re.
ferred.
Earl R. Britton, of Columbia, is la
bor's representative, and j. E. Shrine
head of local engineering firm, rep.
resents the employers on the state
board. Disputes this group may be
unable to settle will be carried to the
national board.
Dogged persistence often distances
brilliant ability.-Charles Murdoch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
QUICKER ACTION URGED
TO RAISE PAY, CUT HOURS
People to Lose Faith Unless Recovery Acts Main Obec
tives Are Soon Attained, Labor Head Declares

Washington, d. C. ULNS)-"B
yond any question, the national re.
covery administration has reached 8
| point where there must be revivine
of purpose toward the two main OBJ
| jectives, the creation of employment
and the raising of purchasing power,
said President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor, COM
| ing from session of the A. F. of l.
executive council.
The A. F. of L. executive council
is formulating its report to the con-
| vention of the federation, which
opens here October
eve have been making very care
full study of NRA results" said
President Green, land we have been
considering the future from every
possible point of view. Three things
stand out as absolutely essential, un-
less the recovery program is to drag
/
US facing another winter of severe
unemployment.
Says Work Week Must Be Shortened
First, there must be real short
ening of the work weeks established
under the presidents re-employment
agreement through notifications and
substitutions. This can be done
quickly and in large measure through
new notifications and substitutions.
Second, there must be new high
wage levels and there must be an end
to the differentials between North and
South This can be done through de-
termination on the part of the adj
ministration not to compromise fur
ther with employers who have not yet
come to see Americas tremendous
need through glasses untinged by
, their own greed.
Third, there must be no deviation
from Gen. Johnson's pledge that there
will be no further codes permitted
containing qualification of Section z
(a), the labor section, of the recov-
cry act.
Employers Use Tricky Tactics
while we contend that the Ian
guage used in the automobile code, to
the effect that employment, discharge
and promotion is to be on the basis
of merit does not modify or change
the law, we know that in practice ex-
tenuating language is being used by
employers in such a manner as to
constitute a modification in fact. They
are extracting portions of the Ian
guage for use on bulletin boards and
in house organs in such manner as
to indicate to workers that the Ian
guage inserted in the code is in fact
the law, emitting entirely the con-
clause does not change or modify the
clause does nto change or modify the
law.
"Gen. Johnson has stated clearly
that this language will not be per-
mitted in any future codes and we ex-
pect he will adhere to his decision.
He has said and we agree that the
law must be enforced as it was writ
ten by congress and not as certain
employers would like to have it re-
written.
Evasion of Law To Bring Trouble
"One of the best ways to promote
/ strikes and general discord will be to
tamper with the law, either as to its
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
Peoples B a pits t

Pastor Keigler preached a pro-
found sermon Sunday, text Gal. SO
subject. What Will the Harvest
Be?" The message was n spiritual
feast for all.
The evening services were well
attended. and Rev. Stone brought
a good message. subject. God
Stands Prominent in All Things"
Oct. 20 will be Woman's Day at
this church. all day. Mrs. Edna
Lewis of Akron. Ohio. will be guest
speaker. She is president of the
Baptist Women's Convention, OF
Ohio. Other prominent local wom-
en- will also speak. The program
will be in charge of Mrs. r. M.
Keigler.
The Young Peoples Dramatic
Club will present pageant at p.
m. Oct. 29--entitled, "The Way of
the Cross"
Bishop Hancock. pastor of
Bethlehem Temple. on clinton street
will preach Sunday, Z. %. at 3
p. m. Hear him and his splendid
choir.
All the church auxiliaries are
working with zeal.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
Mt. Olive Baptist

Lats Sunday large crowd came
early. 10 hear Pastor Askew's spec
ial sermon on Gods Appointed
Watchmn.'
Prof. Wyatt and the senior choir
The Alter Circle and Lady ushers
were at their posts of duty.
The W. S. l.. A. Club, of which
Mrs. Ross is president, is planning
to present a play soon.
On Sunday. Oct. 20, at s p. m.
the Altar Circle will give "A grand
musicale. Every organization OF
the church. will have a number on
the program.
Sunday. Oct. %. Pastor Askew's
subject will be. The Devils Anx-
iety For men"
Deacon Cooper. a faithful mem
Der, is in Ford Hospital. where he
is to undergo serious operation.
Mrs. Eulah Y. Williams. who has
been Ill, is up ana out again.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
St. John Presbyterian

The church was we'll filled last
Sunday morning, TO greet Pastor
Coleman on his return from Pitts
burgh. where he attended the an
nual Afro-American Presbyterian
Council. of VIII body he was
elected presiden
Former Pastor breaches
Rev. Milton Thompson, of st.
Louis, Mo-. former pastor of St.
Johns. was the morning guest
speaker. He delivered splendid
sermon on the subject. why
Pray?" his text being James SIG
THE effectual fervent prayer OF
righteous man. availeth much"
Rev. Thompson spoke in part as
follows:
Prayer Is n natural function of
human beings. and found among
all nations. The chief object OF
prayer should not be to ask for
something for ourselves all the
time, but to find out Gods will; to
find out how God wants to use us.
or ask that His spirit may direct
us. Prayer Is ethical and ii requires
the full personality OF ones nature
to be in harmony with the things
asked for, in order to be effectual.
One must have proper relationship
with God. by getting in tune with
Him."
Three united with the church.
Reports on the recent council
meeting will be made by attending
delegates, on the last Sunday
morning OF the month.
At tho s. s. hour. Mrs. Milton
Thompson. wife of the former pas
tor. made brief talk.
The Willing Workers Club met
Monday night. Oct. 16, at the home
OF Mrs. l.. Shelton of Jos Campau
avenue.
The Missionary Society met
Wednesday, with the president,
Mrs. Hattie Ewing. of Williams
street.
AT the meeting of the Non Par
ell Club. on Wednesday. at the
home of the president, Mrs. Lula
Rogers, OF Beechwood avenue. an
anniversary dinner was planned
for Nov. 26, at the residence of
Mrs. c. l.. Henderson, of S0th
street.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
BY J. c. Bryant

the sick list. Her friends are
praying for her speedy recovery
Mrs. Carrie Williams. 34S
Ithaca. attended services last
Sunday, after having been unable
10 be present for some time.
NJ Beulah Baptist Church
Tho services Sunday were in
spring and helpful. The pastor
Rev. Thomas preached from
Proverbs subject. The Righteous
and the Wicked"
In the afternoon, the Red Cir
Gle OF the district met with the Mt.
Beulah circle. the following circles
being present. Corlnthian. s..
James. New Mt. Vernon, Second
Baptist, and Mt. Beulah. The Cor
inthian Red circle won both han
uers. The officers present were
AIRS. Georgia Jackson. Mrs. Rosa
Matthews. Miss Jerry l.. Halliday.
Mrs. Marshall. Mrs. Sykes.
MI. Beulah rendered splendid
program for tho occasion.
AZ the evening service. Rev. +.
!. Woods brought the message.
The doors OF this church are
alwaya open 10 strangers.
A surprise birthday breakfast
was given recently in honor of
James Graves. at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Tucker, of Gardenlane.
Among those present were David
Gee l.. Howard. Rev. and Mrs. o.
C. Thomas
The PRAYER Band will meet Sun
lay morning. Oct %. at the First
Baptist Church. on Wisconsin. The
chairman is Chester Jackson. who
ias not missed single meeting
If the band in five years.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
Plymouth Congrega-
tional Church

At the services on Sunday, Oct.
fifteenth. Reverend Herbert King
preached tho third in the October
series on Gods Language to this
Generation" under the title "The
Language OF Shock" The Choir.
under the direction of Mrs. Ethel
Crawford. sang the Anthem God
is Spirit" with the aid of several
new additions to the choir; Mrs.
Sally Ellerson Darden. Miss Ruth
Rout, Mrs. Il. II. Carney. and Mr..
Johnson. The Plymouth Forum met
Immediately after the morning
worship and discussed the History
OF Congregationalism. II was an
nounced that the group will give
some time to organization for the
fall work on next Sunday.
Messrs. William De Bernard,
James /. Lee. and little Miss Mar
garet Johnson indicated their de-
sire to be taken into full fellowship
on November fifth at the bi-monthly
communion.
The Sunday School reported a
goodly number in attendance with
some new faces. The Junior High
Glass had its first session since its
fall election of officers. Those in
attendance included: Yolande
Bradfield. Mary Virginia Graham.
Carolyn Plummer. Nancy Fisher.
Leontino Cole. Gladys Andrews.
William Sexton. Wilmot Scott.
June Dickens Jane Scott, Dolores
Vaughns. Marjorie Dunbar. Caro-
line Plummer, Mary Virginia Ora
ham. and Yolande Bradfield volun-
teered to be responsible for reports
to the class on next Sunday. A
committee of Fisher. Plummer. and
Graham will work out plans for a
Halloween Party to be given by
the class on October thirty-tirst.
Miss Nellie Watts announced
that Friday evening October Goth
will be the gala night for the cul-
mination of the Popularity Contest
being sponsored by the Sunday
School. A large attendance is ex-
pected.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-10-21
New Mt. M a r i a h
Baptist Church

Last Sunday morning. Pastor j.
s. Murray delivered an instructive
message. subject-"God will Pro-
vide-text Gen. 22:2s. A lovely solo
was rendered by Mrs. l.. Hill.
At $3.50 p. m. Rev. Murray was
invited to preach at the fifth an
niversary Of the pastors ministry
at Messiah Baptist Church.
Rev. +. Moore, OF Zion Baptist
of Quinn Road was at New Mt.
Mariah. where eight converts were
baptized.
At 1880 Rev. II. s. Diggs OF
Buffalo. N. Y, delivered a wonder
full sermon.
Wednesday evening. the Mission
airy Society met at the home of
Miss Ira Lee Cox, $40 Philadelphia.
Mrs. Shaw. field worker for the
State missionary department. was
honor guest, and gave a fine talk.
The Nurses Guild met Friday
night with Miss Ira Lee Cox.
The late Mr.. Thomas Murray,
father OF Rev. Murray. died Mon
day, Oct. 16. at his home. 1854
Brighten. The deceased leaves q
widow and three children namely
Rev. J. s. Murray, Thomas Murray
Jr., and Mrs. l.. Smith. The fun
eral arrangements will be an
nounced later.