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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Wage Boost and Hours Cut
Demanded By Silk Workers

Paterson, N. 1.-THE Associated
Silk Workers at meeting here voted
to call strike in all silk mills here
on May II.
Officers of the union asserted that
workers now average $40 to $12 for
a 60-hour week.
The strikers demand a 44-hour week
and wage scale of cents per 60
picks per yard, which would result
in an average weekly wage of $18
to $40
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The American League to Abolish
Capital Punishment says that for the
most part the death penalty falls
upon the poor and helpless Those
familiar with the administration of
the criminal law know that this is a
fact. How often do we hear of man
or woman of wealth and position be-
ing executed. Not often.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
SIX-HOUR DAY?

The following item is taken from
the $50 Years Ago" column of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and gives a
faint" idea of the progress made
in workday hours during the past
alf-century:
Strike threatened on Street Car
Route No. 10. The men wanted q
reduction of the working day from
Is to IA hours"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
EMBALMERS HONOR
HERBERT WEBB

At the convention of Ohio EN-
balmers' Association, held at Colum-
bus, Ohio, last week, Herbert A.
Webb, of this city, was elected sec
retary and treasurer for the year
1881
Herbert Webb is a member of the
well known firm, David Webb & Sons,
funeral directors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

A better principle than this, that
"the majority shall rule" is this
other, that justice shall rule. Jus
tice," says the code of Justinian, "is
the constant and perpetual desire to
render every man his due. ."-Bovee.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

God help our free institutions when
the channels of public information are
suppressed, controlled, or directed in
such way as to exploit for selfish
ends the making, administration, or
judicial Interpretation of laws.-Sen-
ator Walsh,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Cherry
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
f0undiy, sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessly.


Congress seems on the eve of ad-
journment. It's been mad whirl
since March 4. Too early at this
time to put much of an assessment
on the doings.
Ten years hence it will be clear that
this was the year of the big hurri-
cane.
Not since the early days Of Wood
row Wilson has there been anything
like such whirl of change.
1t seems that pressure of need jams
up until, finally old restraints have to
give way. Like waters backed up
against dam until the pressure gets
heavier than the dam can stand. Then!
Wild rush.
America seems aware that grea.
change has taken place, but to most
Of us the change still seems to be
something impersonal, in books, but
not in life.
Soon it will dawn upon us good
and plenty that change in the way
of living is to follow all these changes
| in the law books.
Only then will we know whether
we like it or don't like it.
Some think that the Big Fellows
will have harder going from now on
Let us hope So But about that, let
US not give cheers too soon.
The Big Fellows have way OF
slipping in under the tent, even when
we think everything is staked down
Everyone hopes the Crooks of Large
Size will not have such an easy time
looting the peoples pockets and il
i tursn out that way, this will be
year to celebrate hereafter. Long
experience, however, should have bre6
caution in such matters into the hu
man race. We can afford to hold the
cheers for a little while.
There has been so much rotten tina
it seems impossible that it should al
be cleared up in few months. Clear
ing up the mess means remakine
the social order to considerable ex
tent and nobody need think that j.
an easy job.
Great strides have been taken. Fun
damental changes have taken place OF
the law books. They remain to b,
worked out in real life Soon w,
shall know more about that. The fea
is that the important Crooks still
have enough foothold to make lif,
worth while for them. Again tn,
council is, hold the cheers for a bit
hope, but don't over-hope.
This may be but a small voic,
yelping in the wilderness, but tax,
this, nevertheless, as a matter of i'm
portance. If the national recovery ac
becomes law, as it probably will, tn,
workers in non-union industries vii
be more voiceless and much NOR,
helpless than ever.
Unions will become ten times a.
necessary. Their functions will b.
much more important.
Under the new dispensation-i
will be nothing less-workers will
either organize completely or the,
will be at the mercy of bigger pow
ers than they have ever faced. Thei
they will confront a whole industry
not just one corporation. And tn,
acts of the bosses will have all the
force of statute law Verify, some
thing lies ahead for this great ma
ton Its like has never been.
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WISDOM

Countries are we'll cultivated, not
as they are fertile, but as they are
free.-Montesquieu.
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DISABLED VETS in
MEMORIAL PARADE

Chapter No. Is, Disabled American
Veterans of the World War, will par
ticipate in the Memorial Day parade
next Tuesday. All members of the
organization are asked to be at the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument at
/ p. m. Memorial Day.
At the next meeting of the chapter
plans will be discussed for participa-
ton in the national convention to be
held at Cincinnati. June "a and July l.
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The moderation of those who are
happy arises from the calm which
good fortune bestows upon their
per.-Rochefoucald.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the MiddletOwn Trades
and Labor Council of MiddletOwn, o.
Evening star., 1933-08-24

that Pontiac and Flint should be con-
sidered in the Detroit area.
At the retail code hearing, Namm
said retail establishments must be given
security against unfair competition and
q chance to make fair profit II they
were to join in the Blue Eagle cam
baign.
He said the stores he represented
welcomed higher wages and shorter
hours for their employees, but that steps
must be taken to curb price cutting and
advertising claims Of underselling COM
petitors.
Two Sections Stressed.
Namm advocated adoption Of the
fair practices section and spoke par
ticularly for two sections. one which
would prohibit sales at less than net
invoice cost. plus 10 per cent, and the
other which would outlaw general un-
derselling claims or misleading adver-
tising.
The New York stores on whose behalf
Namm appeared were Abraham Straus,
Arnold Constable, Best, Bloomingdale's
Gimbel's, Losers. Lord 81 Taylor's, Nc
Creery's, Namm's. Oppenheimer 81 Col
lins. Saks, Franklin Simon, Stern's and
Wanamaker's.
Namm said the experience Of every
merchant had proved that no store
possibly could sell for less than invoice
cost plus 10 per cent and long survive
without exploiting labor, misleading the
consumer or unfairly injuring his COM
petitors."
General underselling claims, Namm
asserted, represent the worst form Of
cut-throat competition-a competition
that is truly predatory, because it plays
upon competitors"
Namm said that without the recovery
administrators approval Of the fair
practice section of the code I'VE can
Evening star., 1933-08-24
PLAN FOR COTTON
BEFORE WALLACE
Longtime Program for Acre.
age Reduction and Price
Guarantee Considered.

Copyright. 1888, by the Associated Press)
longtime program combining
acreage reduction and form of price
guarantee to the cotton grower is before
Secretary Wallace, with prospects that
its principles will be accepted and the
plan announced about September /.
The program contemplates reduc-
ton of next years acreage to around
25,000,000 One of its most important
price for that portion of the average
crop consumed in this country
The parity price for cotton is the
price at which it must sell to have the
purchasing power it had from 1909 to
1914. At present, this is estimated at
around 13 cents, approximately cents
above current farm prices.
Revision Possible.
Final approval of the plan extending
this years emergency program depends
upon the Secretary Of Agriculture and
President Roosevelt, and it might be
radically revised. Its central features
have the approval of Farm Administra-
ton cotton experts and many growers,
so revisions to any great extent are
regarded as extremely unlikely.
Already. Wallace has tentatively ap-
proved the reduction to Is 900 900 acres.
In return for this. the grower would
receive benefit payments on an acreage
basis as he did this year.
The benefits probably will be consid-
erably lower per acre than in the emer-
gency reduction campaign this year.
These ranged from S6 to $40. and sug-
gestionS have been made that they vary
from SO to $11 in the long time
campaign.
But the farmer would be certain OF
the parity price on that portion of his
production which is ordinarily used in
this country. Roughly, this is about
half the average crop.
The proposal does not contemplate
that the growers domestic production
be figured on what he raises after he
reduces his acreage next year by about
Is per cent.
The suggestion receiving strongest
production be figured on the average
number of bales he raised during the
last five years.
For instance, if his average produc-
ton over the five years was 100 bales
yearly, he would be guaranteed parity
on about so bales.
If the market price averaged parity,
the Government would make no fur
ther payments. If it fell below, the
farmer would get the difference be-
tween the rental he received and the
money he would have received from
his so bales if it had sold at parity.
The rentals are paid on idle lands pre-
viously used for cotton.
There has been opposition to esti-
mating the average production on the
basis Of the last five years, and this
detail, among others, remains to be
worked out.
Evening star., 1933-08-24

not continue In business under the in
creased labor costs made necessary by
the new deal"
At the outset Of today's hearing r. q.
Houhhan, . Cambridge, Mass, furni-
ture dealer, testified that furniture mer-
chants would gladly accept" the shorter
hours and higher wages imposed II
definite means we're found to eliminate
unfair competitive trade practices. He
urged approval Of the trade-practice
section Of the code.
side said the Recovery Administration
was willing to approve fair practice Sec
tions In codes II they were found to be
equitable.
Claims Of any advertiser that he
constantly undersells a competitor
were assailed by Harry w. Reihl, gen
eral manager Of the st. Louis Better
Business Bureau He said no other part
of the retailers code was 50 important
to consumers who had been "victimized
in almost every part OF the country"
In an address to the Nation last
night, Gen. johnson mainly appealed
to confidence as the one sure restorer
of prosperity. He reported more than
a million and half voluntary Blue
Eagle agreements have been signed,
that they continue to pour In at q
million q month rate. while practically
the whole of American industry and
commerce have submitted codes for
public hearings"
In addition, he said that more than
1,50000 individual employers have
signed agreements to increase wages
and shorten work hours
New signatures are coming in at the
rate Of 1000 900 a month" the ad-
ministrator said, "and the intensive ef-
fort in the various communities does
not begin until next week."
Evening star., 1933-08-24

sentatives Of employees and employers;
or to decide that contract which has
been lawfully made should not be en-
forced
Cooperation in all industrial re-
lations depends largely on the making
and maintenance Of agreements. The
N. r. A. will promote and aid such
cooperation"
The text of section 7 of the act fol-
lows:
Every code OF fair competition,
agreement, and license approved, pre-
Scribed, or issued under this title shall
contain the following conditions: Cd
That employees shall have the right to
organize and bargain collectively
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
or in self-organization or in other con-
certed activities for the purpose Of COL
lective bargaining or other mutual aid
or protection; CD that no employe
and no one seeking employment shall
be required as condition Of employ
ment to join any company or union or
to refrain from joining, organizing, or
assisting a labor organization of his
own choosing; and 90 that employers
shall comply with the maximum hours
OF labor, minimum rates of pay and
other conditions of employment ap-
proved or prescribed by the President"
Evening star., 1933-08-24
PARLEY TO EXPEDITE
AGREEMENT ON COAL
CALLED BY JOHNSON
Continued From First Page.)

CONTINUED FROM First Page.)
the next two weeks more than a score
Of codes on miscellaneous industries
and trades. Hundreds of others were
being studied for revision or tentative
approval so that hearings might be
started within the next month.
Has Green's Approval.
Johnson's statement on the open shop
was signed jointly by him and his gen.
eral counsel, Donald Richberg. It stated
that the industrial laws grant to labor
OF the right to organize and bargain
collectively through representatives Of
their own choosing" cannot be "circum-
scribed, affected or foreclosed by any
one writing his own Interpretation into
any code or agreement"
This statement was said to have the
official approval Of William Green, presi-
dent Of the American Federation of
Labor, and DR.. Leo Wolman, chairman
OF N. r. AS. Labor Advisory Board Of
which Green also is member
Johnson's decision came q few hours
after Donaldson Brown, vice president
OF General Motors and chairman OF the
mobile Chamber Of Commerce, had sub
mitted a revised automobile code to
Robert w. Lea, deputy administrator.
Another Change Made.
Another change made since the hear
ing broadened the application of the
43 cents an hour minimum wage for
workers in cities Of 100000 or more.
BY defining "city" as including the
immediate trade area, factories were
brought under this classification which
otherwise might fall into the Az or
40 cent an hour zone.
The new code expressly stipulated
Evening star., 1933-08-24
N. r. A. Interpretation Text
Long-Dispated Section 7 Cannot Be Changed, and
Functions Rest With Adn,instration and
Courts, Say Adn,inistrators.
Following is the text of the inter-

Following is the text Of the inter-
probation issued last night by the
Recovery Administration, signed by
berg, the general counsel, Of the long
disputed section Z of the recovery act:
THE plain meaning of section ca
cannot be changed by any interpreta-
tion by any one. 1t Is the function
Of the administrator and the courts 10
apply and to interpret the law in It's
administration; and no one else can
assume this function and no official
Interpretation can be circumScribed,
affected or foreclosed by any one writing
his own Interpretation into any code Or
agreement. Such an Interpretation has
no place there and cannot be permitted
shop are not used In the law and
cannot be written into the law.
These words have no agreed mean
ing and will be erased from the dc
tionary Of the N. r. A.
THE law requires in codes and agree
ments that employees shall have the
right to organize and bargain collec-
lively through representatives Of their
own choosing
This can mean only one thing, which
IS that employees can choose any ono
they desire to represent them. or they
can choose to represent themselves.
bargains with organized employees, or
individual agreements with those who
choose to act individually; provided, Ut
course, that no such collective or in
dividual agreement is in violation Of
any State or Federal law. But neither
employers or employees are required. by
law, to agree to any particular contract,
whether proposed as an individual or
collective agreement.
Freedom From Restraint.
"The law provides that employees
shall be free from the interference, re-
straint or coercion of employers in the
exercise of their rights established by
the law. The conduct Of employers
which is here prohibited has been de-
fined by the Supreme Court in the
case entitled T. g. N. o. r. r. vs..
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. 281
U. S. 548. The rulings OF the Supreme
the N. r. A.
Under section 7 (A) employers are
forbidden to require as a condition Of
employment that an employe shall
either Join company union or re
frain from joining, organizing, or as
sisting a labor organization Of his own
choosing The law does not prohibit
the existence Of local labor organiza-
ton, which may be called company
union and is composed only Of the en-
ployes of one company. But it does
prohibit an employer from requiring, as
a condition of employment, that any
empioye join company union, and 1t
prohibits the maintenance of a COM
pany union, or any other labor or
ganization, by the interference. re-
straint or coercion Of an employer.
If there is any dispute in a particu-
lar case over who are the representa-
tives of the employees Of their own
choosing, the N. R. A. will offer its
services to conduct an impartial In
vestigation and, If necessary, q secret
ballot to settle the question.
Contracts Not Decided.
1.-The N. R. A. will not undertake In
any instance to decide that particu-
lar contract should be made or should
not be made between lawful repre-
Evening star., 1933-08-24
Heads Alhambra Order.

BALTIMORE, August "a R.-James
A. Quinn Of Albany, N. Y, yesterday
were elected supreme commander OF the
Order of Alhambra at the closing ses-
sion of its three-day convention here.
John M. Miller Of Baltimore was named
vice supreme commander.
Evening star., 1933-08-24
N.R.A. INTERESTS EUROPE
John N. WHY'S Describes Effect of
q. S. Program, on Return.

NEW YORK, August "a CR-Every-
body in Europe is listening and watch
ing" for the results of the N r. A.
program, said John NJ Willys, chairman
of the WHY'S Overland Company and
former Ambassador to Poland, upon
his arrival today ON the Europa, after
Q three weeks visit to Germany.
Discussing the situation in Germany
he said: Hitler has done a lot Of good
and the people believe in him."
Evening star., 1933-08-24
Rides One Bike 38 Years.

CANTON. N. Y. Hp.-For SO years
Joseph E. Parkel has been riding the
same bicycle. Grover Cleveland was
President when he first mounted the
shining machine and its spokes still
flash over st. Lawrence County roads.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Admiral William ", Pratt, U. S.
lM,, Chief of Naval Operations, re-
Tired today, born at Belfast,
Maine, Cd years ago.
/ DIR. Wilfred. 7. Grenfell, famed
Canadian-American medical mis-
|5sionary to Labrador, born in Eng
land, GO. years ago.
| Maj. Gen.. Ewing E. Booth, q.
is. A., born at Bower Mills, No.,
SO years ago.
|. DIR. Henry v. Army, Columbia
University's noted phraFfaceutical
'chemist-dean, born; in, Philadel-
lphia,. 65, years ago..
| Joseph w. Lippincott, Philadel.
Iphia book publishereauthor, born
there, 46 years ago.
Franklin Nj. Gunther, of Wash
Iington, D. c., onetime Minister to
Egypt, born in New York City,. 48
years ago.
i Geraldine Farrar,, opera singer,
born at Melrose, Mass, 81 years
ago.
Sir John. Simon, Britain's Sec
rotary of State for Foreign AT
fairs, born 60 years ago.
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Today's Anniversaries

/ 1533-Michel Eyquem de Mon
Itaigne,. famous French originator
of the essay form, whose work,
perfect in their beauty of style
and felicity of expression, have
been translated in every language.
born. Died Sept. IL, 1892.
|; I75T-Joseph Badger, pioneer
American missionary west of the
Alleghanies. born at Wilbraham,
Mass. Died at Perrysburg. Ohio,
April 5, 1916.
/ 1797-Mary Lyon, noted Mas
sachusetts teacher of her day, pio-
neer advocate of higher education
for women born at Buckland,
Mass. Died. at South Hadley,
Mass, March 5, 1849.
!. 1804-Henry Stuart Foote.
Mississippi q. S. Senator and gov
ernor, born in Farquier Co., Va.
Died at Nashville, Tenn. May 20,
1880.
1808-Christian Hoecken, fam
ed Jesuit missionary to the In
dams of the mid West, born in
Belgium. Died there, June 10,
1851.
1817-James S. Green, Mis-
souri, Congressman and u. S.
Senator, born in Farquier Co., Va.
Died in. st. Louis, Jan. 10. 1870.
/ 1821-Rachels elizabeth Fe-
lix), great French tragic actress,
born. Died Jan. 4, 1853.
1860-Wictor L. Berger, noted
Milwaukee, Aug. Z, 1929.
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TODAY I'M HISTORY

1736-British House of Com.
mons proposed to put a. tax on
liquor to prevent the poorer
classes from drinking to excess.
1845-Texas annexed to Unit
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( 1872-Congress set apart YELL
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l927-U. S. Supreme Court
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