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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Lee Inman pre-
sided, and thirty-fve delegates were
present.
The credentials of Frank Vessel
for six months, and Harry Kunkel, for
twelve months, to represent Musi-
clans Union, were read, received and
delegates seated.
A communication was read and
which was sent from Columbus re-
garding the hearing on the unemploy-
ment insurance legislation. On mo-
ton the communication as read was
received
Thos. j. Donnelly, secretary treas
urer and legislative agent of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, submits
letter in which he calls attention
to a letter which is enclosed and sign
ed by John w. Ogg, president of the
Ohio Typographical Conference. Both
letters are in regard to a bill which
has been introduced in the legisla-
ture by Mr.. Cassidy, which provides
that printing done in the Ohio State
Penitentiary shall be done solely for
that institution and for none other
They ask all trades unionists and or
ganizations cooperate with the print
ing trades unions by writing senators
and representatives urging them to
support H. B. No. 545. On motion the
same was received and ordered COM
piled with.
The legislative letter, No. 6 of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor, was
read and ordered complied with.
Howard Kelly, one of the citizens
sponsoring the amendment to the
charter for the defeat of the P. X.
system of voting, was a visitor and
was allowed the floor. Mr.. Kelly
explanation of the amendment which
will be voted on, was very interest
ing, and several of the delegates ask
ed questions and all were answered
by him. Another speaker will be IN
vited to the next meeting who is op-
posed to the amendment.
The reports of the different dele
gates concerning conditions were not
so encouraging. All organizations
have suffered from the depression.
Frank Moore, secretary of the La
Dor Day auto committee, read a list
of unions that are delinquent fol-
tickets. The council urges an imme-
diate settlement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Over Two Thirds of Women
Workers Live in Ia States

Washington. - One-fourth of the
women gainfully employed in the
United States live in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, and more
than two thirds of the women in
manufacturing industries are found in
the Ia states north of Maryland and
the Ohio river and east of the Mis-
sissippi, the Woment Bureau, de-
partment of labor, announces. The
report is based on 1880 census fig
ures.
Nearly as large proportion of
women in clerical occupations, over
half of those in transportation, in
trade, and in the professions, and
nearly half of those in domestic and
personal service, work in these same
Ia northeastern states, the Women's
Bureau says. 1t is natural, the bu-
reau points out, that here are found
the most state departments of labor
with special divisions for the enforce
ment of labor laws affecting women.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
ONLY One WAY OUT
OF DEPRESSION
By JOHN ]. MANNING

Secretary Treasurer, Union Label
Trades Department, A. F. of l..
In various circles of society, the
all-important question is, when and
how will the present situation of bus
mess be changed for the betterment
of all.
Many who are offering solutions to
this problem are employers, and, ma
turally, the question arises, what is
being done by them of a constructive
nature, outside of lip service, to bring
about a change.
The daily press carries stories of
further reductions in wages, bank and
mortgage foreclosures, which are
only a continuation of what trans
pired during the past three years.
There must be an "about face" in
this program. Jobs must be created
by huge appropriations for public and
semi-public works by national and
state governments, so that the great
consuming public, the workers, may
have purchase power restored.
Relief must be given to those los
ing or about to lose their homes, and
the saving of millions in banks must
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Arguments Against the Proposition Heard in Senate
Chamber Last Wednesday Evening

G. Vivian Anderson, of the Cincin-
natl Chamber of Commerce, attacked
the whole proposition from the stand
point that it couldn't be done, and
that as an insurance proposition it
is impossible.
j. c. Argetsinger, counsel for the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corpor-
alton, declared that the enactment of
the measure would increase unem-
ployment. He charged that it would
mean a tax on steel products in Ohio
which would prevent the steel indus
try from competing with other
states. He advocated greater gov
ernment economies.
D. w. Maxon, of the Akron Cham
Der of Commerce, declared it would
ruin the rubber industry.
Then the secretary of the "Ohio
Defenders" Mr.. Karl S. Dixon, and
secretary of the Ohio Chamber of
Commerce, spoke. The "Ohio Defend
ers" is the organization which has
been set up by the Ohio Chamber of
Commerce and some of the agricul-
turists to defeat unemployment in
surance. He presented doleful pic
ture of the burdens of industry and
declared that they would be ruined
if the legislation is enacted.
Walter F. Kirk, master of the
Ohio Grange, and a dissenting mem
Der of the Ohio Unemployment Insur-
ance Commission, said that he could
not conceive that such system would
aid labor. 1t would islacken intia-
tive; its principle is incorrect and
illogical. Inasmuch as agricultural
labor does not come under the provi-
sions of the bill, he was asked how
much it would cost the farmers He
could not answer.
w. B. Steward, ex-president of the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce,
said that employers were not neces-
sarily opposed to unemployment in
ness of the report of the commission
surance, but he questioned the fair
and wanted another study made.
Earl Huette, president of the Ohio
Restaurant Association, said that the
bill would put many restaurants out
of busineis and pleaded for more
time.
Next appeared the old-time friend
of labor, Mr.. William Frew Long.
secretary of the Associated Indus
tries of Cleveland He charged it was
the entering wedge to socialism and
that it would be unfair to the steady
working and thrifty employe.
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
got in the record by the appearance
of Vice President A. F. Moon against
the bill. He read a resolution adopt
ed by the Farm Bureau Federation
and said that the only plan that it
would be voluntary joint participa-
ton.
Thomas B. Carmichael, president
of the Associated Building Contrac-
tors of Ohio, said that experience
shows that the financial reserves set
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

up by the workers had been of great
benefit to them over period Of sew
eral years, while the unemployment
insurance system would aid them for
only short time.
Charles E. Schwartsbaugh, repre-.
senting the merchants and manufac-
lures of Toledo, favored turning the
relief of unemployed workers over to
charity, and denounced the unemploy-
ment insurance system as a compul-
sorry charity, and that it would be
detrimental.
DR.. P. O. Geier, Cincinnati Milling
Machine Company, denounced the un
employment insurance system as 6
shotgun prescription, and criticized
the chairman of the unemployment
insurance commission and other mem.
bers for their report.
Others who spoke against the bill
were Edward A. Roberts, secretary
of the Cleveland Builders Exchange
and A. K. Lewis, of the American
Rolling Mills Corporation, Middle
town.
The last and final hearing on this
bill will take place in the senate
chamber Tuesday evening, February
21, at which time the advocates and
opponents of the bill will be heard
devoting their time to answering ar
guments which have already beer
presented to the committee for ano
against the measure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Wake Up Your Liver Bile
Without CaIomeI

II this bile il not flowing freely, your food
doesn't digest. It just decays In the bowels.
Gas bioats up your stomach. You have .
thick, bad taste and your breath Is foul. skin
often breaks out in blemishes. Your head
aches and you feel down and out. Your whole
system is poisoned.
Ittakes those good old dCARTER'SLITTLE
LIVER PILLS to get these two pounds of bile
flowing freely and make you feel "up and up"
They contain wonderful, harmless. gentle
vegetable extracts. amazing when it comes to
making the bile flow freely.
But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Csrter's
Little Liver Pills. Look for the name Carriers
Little Liver Pills on the red label. Resent
substitute. 26cst all stores. C1931, C. M. Co.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

The various organizations and per-
sons apposing the enactment of un-
employment insurance legislation by
the legislature Of Ohio were given a
hearing at joint session of the SEN
ate labor committee and the house
committee on insurance, last Wednes-
day evening, in the senate chamber.
The hearing was we'll attended by
those favoring the legislation and
those against it. Three hours were
consumed in the hearing. Seventeen
speakers were heard.
The scene of the senate chamber
and the arguments heard against un-
employment insurance legislation
were to those labor men who have
been interested in labor legislation
over period of years reminiscent of
hearings which have been held on
child labor legislation proposed laws
in relation to women in industry,
workmen's compensation, anti-injunc-
ton and yellow dog contract bills.
The speakers, in many instances,
presented arguments which were IN
part worthy of consideration, but the
usual hokum was presented to the
members of the committee conduct
ing the hearing to the effect that it
would prevent it competing with in
wauld prevent it competing with in
dustry in other states, that it was
bureaucratic, and that it was imprac-
ticable and would not bring the de-
sired results. In addition to this 1T
was charged that it would slacken in
dividual initiative, retard recovery
and force out of business small man
facturers. The counter remedies pro-
posed, if any remedies were to be
applied, were a federal unemploy-
ment insurance act and strlctest
economy in government.
AS in the hearings on anti-injunc-
tions, child labor, women's legislation,
eight hour day, old age pensions, and
yellow dog contracts, the leaders OF
the agriculturists assumed their his
toric position of joining hands with
the large corporations of the state
and the Chambers of Commerce in
opposing labor legislation. Many
faces were present and voices heard
which have been in Columbus and
protested labor proposals in former
sessions of the Legislature.
Prof. Edwin S. Todd, economist OF
Miami University, opened the argu-
ments for the opposition and spoke
at some length.
Charles F. Michael, president of
the Ohio Manufacturers Association,
declared that the majority of the
workers are not in favor of the sys-
TEN, that industry cannot stand fur
ther taxation, but what it needs IS
cash and credit
Frank B. Mcmillan, president of
the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, de-
voted most of his time to giving a
history of himself from early boyhood
and protesting the declaration of the
churches for the enactment of unem-
ployment insurance
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Sedition Prisoner Released

Philadelphia lILNS)-Israel La
zar, who was convicted of sedition
and sentenced to two to four years in
prison for campaign speech in sup
port Of William 2. Foster in the 1928
presidential campaign in Philadelphia,
has lately been released from Eastern
penitentiary on parole after serving
year and ten months. Lazar's re-
lease followed long activity in his be-
half by the American Civil Liberties
Union and other organizations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
be so safeguarded as to create sense
of security among deLositors.

-
of security among deLositors.
The preaching of a restoration OF
confidence means nothing unless steps
are taken which will take idle men
from the streets and charity lists and
put them to work. Jobs for all who
are able and willing to work, good
wages and the shorter work week, is
the only way out of our present sit
uation.
One cannot successfully prate about
confidence and the ideals of democ-
racy to those who are suffering the
pangs of hunger or to those who are
about to lose homes or farms which
represent life's effort of hard labor
Work at fair wages is the only
remedy which will restore purchase
power, which is the only lever that
will start the wheels of industry and
eliminate want and misery.
The bankers and captains of indus
try have contributed very largely to
to continuation of this depression be-
cause of their lack of ability to plan
and lead. When private industry thus
shows its incapability to improve con-
ditions, the one recourse left is
through the national and state gov
ernments.
Will our representatives have the
foresight and nerve to inaugurate
S1ph a prOpropo2
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Consolation

Consolation
Mrs. Newwedd was paying her moth
er a visit.
oh, mother" she said, as soon as
they met, I'm so wretched. I've dis
covered that my husband only married
me for my money"
Mother raised her eyebrows inquir-
ingly.
There, there, my DEAR" she calmly
replied, don't worry about that. You
at least have the comfort Of knowing
that he's not such fool as he looks" !"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
QUITE A SCARE

The doctor looked down at his pa.
hent and shook his head doubtfully.
You say you have the same night
mare every night" he said, what Is
it?"
i dream that I'm married, DOCTOR"
said the pale-faced man.
ITO whom?" inquired the doctor.
The patient grimaced.
TO my present wife," he replied.
That's what makes 1t a nightmare I"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Eight Hour Law Violator Fined

H. S. Preble, proprietor of the Moca
Cafe in Fort Lupton, Colo, was fined
$50 and costs for violating the wom-
ems eight-hour law. j H. Ruberson,
of the state industrial commission,
handled the case on complaint filed
byMrs. Nell Schilling, who claimed
the proprietor compelled her to work
IL hours a day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
And You'll Jump Out of Bed
in the Morning Karin to Go

If you feel sour and sunk and the
world looks punk, don't swallow lot
of salts, mineral water, oil, laxative
candy or chewing gum and expect
them to make you suddenly sweet
and buoyant and full Of sunshine.
For they can't do it. They only
move the bowels and mere move
ment doesn't get at the cause. The
reason for your down-and-out feeling
is your liver. II should pour out two
pounds Of liquid bile into your bowels
daily.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Oh Yeh?

Andy was busily engaged with a
spade in the mud hole beside his car
when a stranger hailed him. "Stuck
in the mudY"
"Oh, no!' replied Andy cheerily.
MY engine died here, and I'm dig
ging a grave for it."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Modesty Forbade

The Visitor-Who's the most enter
prising man In this village?
The Native-Now lookit here, stran-
ger, you'd better ask that there Ques-
tion of somebody else in this parts
never was much Of feller for talkin'
about myself.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
NOWl

who was the inventor Of the wire
less?"
Don't you know that? Any fool
could tell you"
"That why l asked you"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Musical Drink

Dorothy had tasted her first glass
of root beer and had experienced the
after effect the tingling In her nose.
When asked how she liked the drink,
she said. "Yes, like root beer but 1t
makes my nose sing"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Relatiyity

They're comparatively rich, aren't
they?"
'I wouldn't say comparatively but
relatively They have a rich uncle
of whom they expect great things"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
The Limit

Doctor-Well, how do you feel to-
day?
De Mote-As near as you can get,
doc, feel like second mortgage on
last years utomobile.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Still in the Hospital

''My friend isn't succeeding very
well with his driving lessons"
"Why, what's the matter?"
"He took turn for the worse."-
Stray Stories.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Quoth the Artist

Social Worker-What Is your name
my man?
Convict-No. 888.
Social Worker-Oh, but that's no
your real name.
Convict-No-just my pen name.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Reached the Limit

Mr.. A-Our bank has just gone
through reorganization
Mr.. B-What was the matter?
Mr.. Ave found we had more exec
utives than depositors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Evidence in Sight

Oshkosh-What makes you think
that Fumdiddle is prospering now?
Tishtish--Well, saw gravy stains
on his shirt.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
THAT SETTLED IT

How'd yer like to be q fireman
They has a snap"
"Yes, but not for mine ] saw @
fireman git soaked wild water wanst. u
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28
A Woman's Viewpoint ::

man there who told me how he had
followed his king to the Hall of
Mirrors in Versailles and watched
as he was crowned emperor Of all
Prussia.
His granddaughter now is an
ardent follower of Hitler, and that,
too, I can understand. The old
regime gave so little to her gene
ration and took so much away that
it is not strange that she and others
like her should renounce the think
ing of their grandfathers and go
searching for new avenues Of hope"
This kind Of knowledge, a knowl-
edge of the background, the tradi-
tons and the sorrows Of people on
the other side Of the earth, con-
stitutes true understanding. They
must see us, we must see them, not
just as citizens Of a nation, but as
men and women swayed by preju-
dices, beset by troubles, following
dreams.
For this is the only way that
peace among nations will be rea-
nzed. If we understood our ene-
mics we never could fight them
For they then would be, not enc
mics, but friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28
OUR ERRATIC ROBINS

A CAREFUL perusal of the newspapers this
spring might we'll cause the reader to
wonder what on earth has been coming over
our tribe of robins lately.
Ordinarily the most sensible and well-bal-
Ianced of birds, they have taken to fighting
shadows First it was a Kansas City robin
that tackled his reflection in a widow pane:
then robin in Illinois took it up. and the
first thing we knew the habit had spread all
over the country, so that city which could
not report battle between a local robin and
Its reflection had to hang its head in shame.
What, we should like to know, is all of this
about? Have the robins become infected With
that strange craze for distinction which leads
human beings to indulge in flag pole sitting
and marathon dance contests?
Has the general giddiness of the times ex-
tended even to the birds? Can't President
Roosevelt, or somebody. do something about it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28

speech by Newton D. Baker It needs also,
Mr.. Baker adds higher standard in the
selection Of its judges.
There are forty-eight state supreme
courts in the land, as Mr. Baker pointed out,
and each determines the law for its own dis
trict and administers that law with variant
interpretations.
The result is uncertainty, which necessitates
legal advice as to the position Of each supreme
court regarding business affairs.
With this criticism there will be few to
quarrel. Agreement is likely to be less general,
however, on Mr.. Bakers suggestion that cleo
ton by the people is bad way to select judges.
judge who is appointed for life is, after
all, appointed by some politician; so far our
experience has not conclusively proved that
this is a surer way of getting high-class men
on the bench.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

American warships had nothing but subma-
rines to fight
But the queer part Of it all is that this does
not in the least mean that building these
great warships is waste of time. A navy
that seldom fights can be quite as useful as
one that fights all the time 1t is a form of
insurance; its meSe existence prevents fights
that might occur if it were small and weak.
The New Orleans may never fight. Even
the least paciist Of citizens probably hopes she
never will. But she will serve the purpose for
which we built her even if she doesn't. Simply
because she exists, and is afoat and ready, she
helps to defend us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28
WHEAT FOR RELIEF

NATIONAL need for free wheat as food
still is acute. Congress once more should
make grain available to the Red Cross.
Senator Hayden of Arizona has asked the
senate to appropriate $50,OOO,OOO of Recon-
struction Finance Corporation funds to buy
wheat to be distributed by the federal relief
administrator and the Red Cross And the
latter officially has announced it's willingness
to assume the new task Now the senate and
the house should act.
Only 100000 of the 100000 bushels of
wheat congress made available for free Red
Cross distribution remains. This is estimated
to last through June l. Unless congress acts
in the meantime, hunger will result.
This great task of alleviating hunger by
free distribution of government grain has been
one of the bright spots of the immense relief
task the country has faced during this depres-
sion. Quietly, and apparently with efficiency
and speed, the Red Cross has distributed flour
from federal wheat to almost 100000 families
in all but nineteen of the 3,O72 counties of the
United States.
There has been no ballyhoo about this, or
about the distribution of clothing made from
federal cotton; but the benefits are clear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-28
Expert Studies Blindness of Milton

Except for his failing vision, in
digestion and govt, Milton seems to
have had good general health. 1t is
possible that he suffered with a ten
dency to nearsightedness.
Both his father and mother were
nearsighted. Weakness of his eyes
may have been associated with in
f1ammation Of the lens and with
eyestrain from overuSe, perhaps also
with uncorrected errors of vision.
1t seems hardly likely that he suf-
fered from cataract, because it does
not accord with the general history
of his case and there is no record
that any of his friends observed a
grayness of the pupils of his eyes.
DR.. Wilmer is inclined to believe
that Milton suffered from near
sightedness complicated by glau-
coma. Glaucoma is the cause of
l per cent Of disturbances of the
eyes.
1t occurs at all ages, increasing
with every decade of life after 30.
In this condition, there is ten
dency to increased pressure within
the eye due to interference with the
mechanism of drainage of fluid from
the eye.
The fact that Milton had govt
would seem to prediSpose toward
glauconna, and certainly the overuse
of his eyes might have been a
factor.