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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Pinchot Asks Investigation
of Coal District Conditions
Governor Urges President Roosevelt Order Federal
Study of Wages and Closing of Mines in Pennsyl-
vanias Largest Anthracite Producing Region.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-On be.
half of thousands of miners, suffer.
ing from the closing of anthracite
coal mines in Schuylkill county, Gov
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, asked Pres
ident Roosevelt to order a federal in
vestigation of conditions in the
county.
Presenting petition to the presi-
dent signed by 5000 miners and their
families, Pinchot said that closing of
mines recently had thrown 5000 min
ers out of employment, causing much
suffering The petition asked that the
federal government investigate wage
conditions and the closing of mines
in the county, which is the largest
hard coal producing region in Penn
sylvania.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
MINIMUM PAY
Rates to Be Set First in N.
Y. Laundries

New York City QLNS)-Follow-
ing the first meeting of the minimum
wage advisory committee at the off
ces here Of the state department of
labor, it was announced that the
laundry industry, one of the largest
employers of women, would be the
first to be covered by the operation
of the recently enacted New York
state minimum wage law.
While preliminary Investigations
are being conducted looking to en-
forcement Of the law in this indus
try, the committee will begin an in
vestigation of the needle industry as
the second field of application.
More than 10000 women are en-
ployed in the power laundries of the
state, These figures do not include
hand laundries, which also will be
affected by the ruling.
The needle trades in New York
state comprise 100000 women, di-
vided into many crafts, whose wages
are extremely low compared to the
1927 wage rates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
MORE PLAY
Facilities For Idle Young
Urged

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Grace
Abbott, chief of the Children's Bu-
reau of the United States Department
of Labor, has issued a special appeal
to American communities to provide
recreation facilities for boys and
girls who will soon be leaving school
and who will be unable to find work
Miss Abbott asked that the boys and
girls be provided with more basket
ball courts, more swimming pools,
more incentive to collect stamps and
follow other hobbies.
"There are going to be many hun
dreds of thousands of children and
young people for whom plans will
have to be made this summer" Miss
Abbott said.
Under normal conditions they
would go to work. This year many
will not find work. They come from
the elementary schools, the high
schools, into a life which may be one
of demoralizing idleness or of con-
structive development during the
summer and autumn"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
HIGHER WAGES
In Mills Held Move to Fore
stall u. S. Regulation

Greenville, S. C. ILNS)-An
nouncements of wage increases III
Southern cotton textile mill is mainly
a move to forestall legislation pend.
ing in congress that would shorter
hours and establish minimum rates
of pay, John Peel, southern repre-
sentative of the United Textile Work
ers of America, says.
'The fact should be stressed that
these increases do not represent any
appreciable recovery of earning pow
er on the part of the masses OF
Southern textile workers who have
been so ruthlessly debated during the
past three years." Peel says. "Aver-
age earnings for full time work in
the Greenville Piedmont section
range from $3.50 to $1,000 per week
on skilled operations. Median earn
ings are much nearer $3.50 than $l2.-
90.
'In the past, it has been the GUS
tomary procedure for employers in the
South during a session of the legis-
lature with some labor bill pending,
to promise that conditions in their
mills would be improved. The idea
is suggested that if legislation IS
killed, the employer will voluntarily
make the necessary reforms. These
promises are of course never carried
out
"The textile employers have had
ample opportunity to set their house
in order and haven't done a thing.
Here in Greenville today, women and
children are working in the mills at
nights just as they did years ago.
The majority Of mills normally oper-
ate two shifts of SIS hours each to
conform to the law We find how
ever, that actual hours of operation
are between 60 and 70 per week. In
some plants the operatives are oblig-
ed to be at their looms an hour be-
fore the whistle blows and in others,
the machinery runs until late on Sat-
urday afternoons.
"The workers in the mill villages
of the South are praying for govern
mental action; they know that the
shorter workday and the minimum
wage are their only hope"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

pay of federal employees as symbolic
of it's opposition to wage cutting in
general, President William Green, of
the American Federation of Labor,
told a meeting held under the direc-
tion of the New York Federation of
Post Office Clerks.
Green urged workers in private in
dustry to "strike out and fight with
all their might" if necessary, for
wage increases TO keep pace with in
fation prices.
The meeting adopted resolutions
protesting against the 'unjustified
economy bill and calling upan Presi-
dent Roosevelt to reconsider.
Representative Loring M. Black de-
clared ''the logic of the situation is
against the white house." and added:
"The president the other day told
industrialists to raise the wages of
their employees and then threw over
600 men out of work in the Brooklyn
navy yard"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Dressmakers Win Wage
Increase Strike

Philadelphia. = The international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union won
its strike of 1000 dressmakers when
an agreement was obtained provid-
ing for 44-hour week, 10 per cent
wage increase, time and one-half for
overtime, unionization of all shops,
and election by employees of repre-
sentatives on arbitration commit
tees.
The agreement also provides that
the work week shall be reduced to
forty hours on January l. 1t expires
on January /, 1885, and will be re-
newed automatically unless changes
IN its provisions are sought.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

Washington, d. C. ILNS)-Trade
union reports for the first foul
months Of 1888 show worse unem-
ployment situation than at the first
of the year, President William
Green, of the American Federation
of Labor, said in making public the
federation's monthly employment re-
port.
President Green attributed the in
crease in unemployment to the bank
ing crisis, and declared that unem-
ployment is the greatest human and
economic problem before the nation.
He adds that to put the unemployed
back to work is the task of the fed
eral government.
"Normaly," Green said, ''from 2 to
per cent of the membership should
find work from January to April; but
this year our records show more out
of work in April than at the first of
the year.
Bank Crisis Responsible
"The weighted figures show: 25.8
per cent Of the membership out OF
work in January, 25.9 per cent in
April The unemployment level in
April was about 10 per cent higher
than it would have been if seasonal
gains had been normal.
"This loss is due largely to the
bank crisis. Closing the nations
banks caused such heavy reductions
in business that over four hundred
thousand industrial workers lost
their jobs, according to the fedora
ton estimate of unemployment in
March. Most of this loss was in
manufacturing, where nearly 225,OOO
were laid off; wholesale and retail
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
AID TO HOMELESS
SETS new MARK

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-The
number of meals and lodgings pro-
vided for homeless and transient
wage earners reached new high
mark in February, the Children's Bu-
reau of the United States Depart
Of Labor reports.
The bureau said that reports from
1872 agencies in 81 cities showed that
nearly 100000 meals were served
in February by the reporting agen-
cies, and 100000 nights lodgings
were provided. These represented in
creases of 16 and % per cent, re-
spectively, over February, 1882.
A chart prepared by the bureau
revealed that the volume of this type
of aid had more than quadrupled
since 1929
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Shirt Factory Girls Strike
Against 10 Per Cent Pay Cut

Alexandria, Va.-Forty employees of
the Century Manufacturing Co.'S shirt
plant here struck against a 10 per
cent wage cut. The factory is owned
by Morris Weinman, of Baltimore.
While working full time up to a
few weeks ago the women, its was
reported, made a maximum of 1925
a week for nine hours work a day.
Working 512 hours lately, they have
averaged only $5 a week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
British Workers
Aid Nazi Victims

London.-The Trades Union Con-
gress general council at its last meet
ing decided to make a gift of 1000
pounds to the fund opened by the
International Federation of Trade
Unions for the relief of refugees from
the Nazi terror in Germany
1t was decided at the same time to
go into the whole problem of dicta-
torship in Europe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
CALIFORNIA SHERIFF ARRESTS
16 ALLEGED STRIKE AGrTATORS

Watsonville, Calif-Sheriff A. T.
Dresser arrested sixteen men here in
what he described as a general round
up of agitators who, he said, had
melted foreign workers in the lettuce
fields to go on trike.
The men were held on vagrancy
charges with bail set at $500 each.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Measure Gives Chief
Executive Sweeping Powers
Plan Would ReOrganize Industry, Start Big Public
Works Program and Impose Taxation to Finance
Scheme

over, the bill will, when enacted, be-
come a criminal statute, because it
provides $500 fine for violations,
as we'll as possible suspension of
license.
The purpose of the bill is to pro-
cure cooperative action among trade
groups to induce and maintain united
action of labor and management un-
fair competitive practices, to reduce
and relieve unemployment, to impress
standards of labor, and otherwise to
rehabilitate industry and to conserve
natural resources"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Act Good Two Years

An ADMINISTRATION" and an "ad-
ministrator" are provided for in the
public works section, but supreme
authority is reposed in the hands of
the president. The life of the act will
be two years, upon the seemingly
sound assumption that the bill will
be enacted into law.
Trade associations, upon applica-
ton, may have approved by the pres
ident code of fair competition, but
in approving such code the president
may impose terms of his own, with
out. limit. United States district
courts will become the agencies
through which suits for violation may
be brought. Where no application for
APPROVAL of code is made, the presi-
dent may impose a code. The presi-
dent is authorized to center into
agreements with" and to approve vol
untary agreements between employ
ers and workers. The president may
make terms upon which businesses
may be licensed and no firm shall
thereafter operate without such IL
cense.
1t is provided that every code shall
guarantee the right to organize and
bargain collectively through repre-
sentatives of their own choosing" and
that no worker shall be required to
be or not to be member of any or
ganization of workers; but this is re-
garded as an academic statement of
right which will be of little value
unless enforced by labor itself 1t
is pointed out that the Clayton act
and the anti-injunction act also guar
antee labor's right to organize and
bargain collectively and to refuse to
sign yellow dog contracts, but that
the statement of these rights in law
has not made them effective in opera
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Dictatorship Powers in Bill

Whether for good or i'll, the bill
appears to provide that the president
shall have power to prescribe the con-
ditions under which industries shall
operate, to fix the wages and working
conditions of workers and, in fact, to
determine the whole method of Amer
lean industry.
1t is argued that the bill provides
for voluntary action first, with COM
pusion afterward, but that is evil
IDENTIFY moot question. The unques-
toned authority for dictatorship is
written into the bill, without any valid
guarantee to the workers, or to en-
ployers either, for that matter in
which respect it falls far short of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Total Of Jobless Above
First Of Year Figures
Bank Crisis Causes Big Loss of Jobs and Half Million
More Joined Ranks of Unemployed From January to
March, American Federation of Labor Reports.

trade contributed another 10000 to
the unemployed, railroads nearly 30,-
900.
Although farmers took over 50,-
600 for spring planting activities,
these jobs were few inded compared
with the number throuwn out Of work
by the bank crisis. The total figures
for February and March show: 12,-
988, 900 unemployed in February, and
$780, 900 in March preliminary.
Total Jumped 100000
"Thus unemployment increased by
over 100000 from January to March
this year; while even under the de-
pressed conditions of last year the
increase for the same period was only
$4,000. Normally, about 100000
workers should be re-employed from
January to March, while this year
over 100000 lost their jobs.
"Both union figures and gov
ernment records tell the same
story: That the bank crisis has
meant a higher level of unem-
ployment, and there is no evil
dence yet to show that this loss
has been regained.
"Unemployment is the greatest hu-
man and economic problem now be-
for the country. Industry cannot
borrow money, increase activity and
put men to work; banks cannot lend.
To get these unemployed millions
back to work in the normal channels
of trade and industry is clearly a
task for the federal government. To
use federal credit to start work Gre
ating wealth in relation iss theo. TT
sting wealth in relation is the safe
way to build back to normal, avoid
ing the dangers of imitation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

In urging an investigation, Gov.
Pinchot expressed the belief that soft
coal prices should be stabilized.
Senator Nicely, of West Virginia
and Huston Thompson, former chair
man made request for stabiliza-
tion.
Gov. Pinchot said he was heartily
in accord with plan for coal legis-
lation prepared by Nathan Margold,
interior department solicitor. The
plan, he said, was much like that
proposed by group of Western
Pennsylvania independent operators.
The operators plan called for limi-
tation and distribution of production,
with minimum wages and minimum
prices, regulated under the supervi-
sion of the government.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
LABOR TO FIGHT
u S. WAGE CUTS

New York City (ILNS)-Labor will
flight with its back to the wall" in
the next political campaign for res
toration of the 15 per cent cut in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
By CHESTER M. WRIGHT

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-Indus-
trial absolutism looms, possibly be-
nevolent, Immediately ahead of the
United States under the terms of
the new Wagner bill known briefly as
the industrial recovery act and the
product of the administration "brain
trust" aided by a committee of four
named by President Roosevelt.
Newspapers thus far have paid far
more attention to the taxation fea-
lures of the bill than to the section
reorganizing American industry under
presidential direction. But the indus
trial reorganization section giving
the president complete power to regi-
ment all industry under rules of his
own making is scarcely matched in
all the world. 1t would be impossible
and unfair at this moment to say
whether the masses will fare better
or worse, because there is no way
of knowing what is in the president s
mind.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Wagner Bill Makes President
Dictator of All Industry

Black-Connery revised bill which
President Green, of the A. F. of L.,
has approved
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

Our greatest glory consists not in
never falling, but in rising every time
we fall.-Oliver Goldsmith.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
WAGNER BILL
For u. S. Aid Grants Sign
ed By President

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Urging
that local communities make every
effort to meet their own relief needs
President Roosevelt signed the Wag-
ner $500,000,000 bill for direct re-
lief grants to states. The measure
was strongly supported by organized
labor.
One-half of the $500,0OO,OO0 author
lied by the bill will be given to the
states as outright relief gifts, while
the remainder will be distributed on
basis of ST federal aid for every
So the states spend in relief.
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration will supply the $500,00O,000,
which will be distributed to the states
through a relief administrator, whose
salary is fixed at $4,000 a year.
Old Fund Nearer Exhaustion
Final approval of the bill by con-
gress and signing by the president
came just as relief fund handled
by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration was close to exhaustion.
In signing the bill, President Roose-
welt said:
81 want to make it very clear to
citizens in every community that the
bill have just signed, authorizing
an appropriation of S500,000,000 of
federal funds for unemployment re
lief, does not absolve states and local
communities of their responsibility to
see that the necessities of life are as
sured their citizens who are in desti-
tute circumstances.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

"The bill, in effect, is a challenge
to governors, legislatures and local
officials to stimulate their own efforts
to provide for their own citizens in
need
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26

He that riseth late must trot all
day, and shall scarcely overtake his
business at night-Franklin
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Explains Principle

''The principle which | have on
many occasions explained is that the
first obligation is on the locality; if
it is absolutely clear that the locality
has done it's utmost, but that more
mus be done, then the state must
do its utmost. Only then can the fed
eral government add its contribution
to those of the locally and the state"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-05-26
Wide Powers to President

In three major sections, the bill
provides power for reorganization of
interstate industry, provides for a
So 100000 program of public
works and provides for bond issues
and taxes.
Throughout the industrial re-
organization section it is provided
that "the president may or may
not" He is given complete power
and authority to prescribe rules
for trade associations by which
competition may be regulated, to
prescribe wage and working con-
ditions to license and to revoke
licenses.
Perhaps, most striking of all, the
president is authorized to deal with
labor organizations for establish
ment of wage and working conditions,
pitting unions against the power of
the presidency.
There appears to be no guarantee
to labor, beyond the fact that the
president will have power to prescribe
fair conditions. The 30-hour week is
not established in the bill, so far as
interstate industry is concerned. 1t is
applied only to government construc-
ton. Except for construction the 80
hour week is junked and the president
is left to be Judge of the work week
where there is no mutual agreement
or where there is an agreement that
he does not approve. He is supreme
authority.
Road Open to Evasis0n?
Whether the bill win actually con-
troll ell interstate operations seems
open to question. It has been point
ed out that a road to eva
sion has been provided by failure
to mention jobbers and wholesalers in
the draft. These critics hold that
manufacturers, operating within a
state, may, as intra state firms, i'm
pose such conditions as they please,
turning their output over to jobbers
within their own state, while the job
bers, free from restrictions, may ship
as they choose. Whether this is so
remains to be seen. The bill stipu-
lates "the trade or industry" More