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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-27
The SixHour Day and Five-Day
Week in Use

The Canadian Trades and Labor
Congress has awarded contract for
an addition to its national headquar-
ters building at Oootawa. The con-
tract provides for six-hour day and
a fve-day week, and only trade union
members will be employed. Tom
Moore, president of the congress, says
that, so far as he knows, this is the
first contract in Canada calling for
these hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-27
Buyers of Goods Made
Abroad to Be "Put On Spot
Labor to Make Aggressive Campaign For Purchase Of
American Products to Aid Idle, Edward F McGrady
Declares.

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Labor
proposes to publish the names of con-
Germs that buy foreign goods, with
the kinds and value of the imports.
Edward F. McGrady, legislative com
mitteeman of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, told the Women's
Democratic Educational Council, in
making strong plea for the "Buy
American" movement.
The time has gone by for giving
mere lip service" the speaker said
American prosperity can only be re-
stored by action, and we appeal to
every man and woman when purchas-
ing to buy only American-made prod
ucts."
Mr.. McGrady backed up his plea
for the "Buy American" movement
by declaring that the most practical
way to deal with unemployment is by
creating work opportunities, which he
pointed out can be done by the pur-
chase of American goods. Asserting
that the nation is rapidly approaching
a crisis in the depression, he showed
that the buying of foreign goods has
been disastrous to both American in
dustry and labor, and urged legisla-
tion providing for the purchase of
American products by national, state
and local governments.
Crisis Near, He Says
"Our preliminary estimate of the
total number of men and women out
of work in the United States in De-
cember, 1882, based on government
figures, shows 11,590,000 unemployed.
This is the all-time peak of unemploy-
ment. 1t is higher by 100000 than
any figure we ever reached before"
Mr.. McGrady said. He continued:
"The nation is rapidly approaching
crisis. The most practical and con-
structive way to deal with unemploy-
ment is the creation of work oppor-
tunities. Working men and women
wish to buy food and clothing and Sc
cure the necessities of life with money
earned by them. American workers
want to be self-supporting. They de-
mand the right to earn their own
| living.
Mental and physical wreckage
caused by the depression that is now
| going into it's fourth year, is driving
families to seek relief in constantly
growing numbers. Relief need is in
deed increasing much faster than un.
employment. In the year ending Oc
tober, 1882, unemployment increased
60 per cent, but the number of fam
lilies aided increased 94.5 per cent.
Homes Broken Up, Pay Cut
Hundreds Of thousands of homes
have been broken up. The wages Of
American labor have been reduced
from $50,O58,O 100000 iu 1928 t., $2s,
232, 100000 in 1882. Today one per
son in ten dies a pauper.
"One Of the most effective ways tx
give work is to have our entire citi
zenship Buy American and ths
American labor movement believes
and recommends that Legislation
should be started in every city and il
every one of the 48 states as well al
the federal government to see 'tha
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-27

Federation of Labor said that half a
million organized workers in the Key
stone State were back of the Black
bill. at is probably safe to say that
and much of the textile and metal in
dustry of the state will be entirely
PROSTATE as result of outside COM
petition unless federal regulation is
secured plus needed state legislation
for shorter hours" Edelman said.
"In the silk weaving industry, now
largely centralized in Pennsylvania,
manufacturers themselves are seeking
legislation for a five-day week in or
der to avoid ruinous cut-throat COM
petition which is forcing virtually
every manufacturer to the wall and
has caused the most frightful era of
unregulated wage cutting and law
violations in the history of the state,"
Edelman said.
States Can't Solve Problem
Skilled weavers are making less
than ten dollars week of from Sd to
70 hours, and are doing one-third
more work now than was done by the
average worker in 1880. These facts
are based entirely on first-hand state
mcnts made by silk manufacturers at
recent conference on this question
called by Gov. Pinchot in Harrisburg
"The states cannot solve the prob
lem of eliminating competition unless
the United States government steps
in," he added. "The entire economic
fabric of the nation is bound to
crumble unless congress acts quickly
in this crisis"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-27

Gebhardt, John j. Mulholland, Joseph
B. Ennis, Allston Sargent, one year;
Edward w. Edwards, Frank x. Sui
livan, Richard E. Dwight, J. Homer
Patten, Louis A. Zahrn, two years; !;
William Green, John Sullivan, Charles
j. Hardy, Philip D. Reed and Jere-
miah D. Mcguire, three years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-27

in the expenditure of appropriations
the purchasing agent or officer in
charge of purchases, shall buy Amer
ican-made products of the mills,
mines, farms and factories of the
nation
Right now there are 43 states leg
islatures meeting and we propose to
see that legislation of the above char
acter is introduced, and we hope that
all groups will assist us in the pas
sage Of these laws.
Business Buys Foreign
However,, the great bulk of for
eign-made products that is being sold
in this country is being handled by
American business concerns, who be-
cause of the domination of the indus
try by certain American bankers who
have investments abroad are refusing
to extend credit to these American in
dustries unless they agree to handle
the products from foreign countries.
This practice mas been disastrous
to both American labor and American
industry.
"One-fifteenth of the wealth of the
United States is now invested abroad.
with almost twelve million people
totally unemployed, and eight million
more only getting one or two days
work week, why did American busi-
ness concerns import iron and steel
amounting to 348,s92 tons in the last
II months 7?
u S. Rug Mills Closed
"Why is it that out of the 149 rug
mills in the United States only five
are now open? Because American
business concerns are buying from
France, Belgium and Japan, the two
former of which defaulted in their
debt payments to us.
"Why is it that with 72 per cent of
our American workers who make
china and pottery unemployed, we
imported 81 per cent last year?
"Why is it that with IS per cent of
the American workers in leather
goods unemployed, our imports in
creased 141 per cent in 1882?
why is it that with the American
workers in the paper mills PROSTATE,
! the imports of wrapping paper in
creased 615 per cent?
"Why is it that with tens of thou
sands of American workers in the pig
iron industry without any work, the
imports of pig iron increased 181 per
cent?
| why is it with hunger, despair and
poverty stalking our textile centers,
due to unemployment, foreign imports
in cotton, linens and woolen yarns in
creased last year from 105 per cent
to 221 per cent?
Buy American" Urged
americans should here and now
resolve to voluntarily Buy American.
AS for the leaders in American in
dustry who refuse to do this, we pro-
pose to publish the names of these
concerns with the kind of goods and
the value of the goods imported from
abroad. We also propose to give the
names of the American wholesale OF
retail houses that are purchasing for.
eign-made goods that can be made il
Evening star., 1933-04-16

who stand up At the bars. These bars
were built as the most important part
Of the furnishing Of the old saloons.
Those establishments which still have
bars, and there are not many Of them,
are former saloons Permit the sale of
beer across the bar, and the return Of
the beer saloon is an accomplished fact.
What Is even more important Is that
If the rule Of selling beer only at tables
is broken now, the rule will be more
difdcult to establish when other bever-
ages than beer are legalized with the
repeal Of the eighteenth amendment
The return Of the saloon. In other
words. Is brought that much nearer
The sale Of beer "at tables" Is broad
ened to include bars before the beer law
Is ten days old.
1t Is understood that the argument
was made that bar meets the diction-
ary definition Of . tAble-"An article
Of furniture having nat, horizontal top
upheld by one or more supports, on
which things may be placed"
But the dictionary definition Of q
bar Is "a room or counter where liquors
or refreshments are dispensed" II .
bar Is table, . table Is not bar.
The whole matter boils down to this:
Are the commissioners going to enforce
the spirit as well as the letter Of the
law. plainly written to prevent the re-
turn Of the saloon? Or are the Com
missioners. by lberalizations here and
there, to make constructions Of the law
that, as time passes, will facilitate the
return Of the saloon?
Evening star., 1933-04-16
Beer at Tables-and Bars.

Paragraph / of section Of the
District beer law states that such
permits ION sale permits) shall au-
thorize the permittee to sell beverages
for consumption on the premises
designated in the permit, (A) in the
case of restaurants, at public tables,
but no beverage shall be sold or served
in any room not used primarily for
the serving and consumption Of food.
-. (B) in the case Of hotels or clubs,
at tables or in the rooms Of guests or
members"
1t is obvious that the designation
"at tables" was intended to mean at
tables" It is known that the differ
ence between tables and bars, or
counters, was In the mind Of the legis-
lators who drafted the act, and that
the purpose Of designating at tables"
was to prevent the old style sale Of
beer at bars. It Is also recognized
that intemperate drinking and the old
treating evil" is encouraged when
beverages such as beer are sold across
bars to customers who stand with their
feet on the brass rail.
The Commissioners should. there
fore, proceed with caution in making
permanent the proposed Interpretation
of the law that would permit sale Of
beer across bars, when such bars are
equipped with stools or chairs and when
food Is also sold at these bars. That
would not prevent sale of beer 10 thoee
Evening star., 1933-04-16

Reliable American correspondents 20
the length of asserting that "the situa-
ton grows moro alarming from day to
day." At the head Of the Cuban for
eign Office, as secretary Of state. is .
statesman well known and highly re-
spected in Washington. former Ambas-
sador Senor Don Orestes Ferrara. He
would render his country service In
the United States by an authentic and
candid statement Of existing conditions
and by justifying them, II he can. As
long as the Plat amendment u law
alike in Cuba and the United States
American interest In Cuban political
and economic unrest Is both abiding
and incumbent.
Evening star., 1933-04-16

be a problem entirely beyond State
boundaries, and It Is coming to be be-
lieved in many quarters that some Fed
eral action may be necessary.
An agreement aiming at q stabili-
cation Of the world oil industry was
adopted at the closing session Of the
International Oil Conference in Paris.
The terms Of this agreement still have
not been made public, but it 10 admitted
in government circles and by leaders Of
the industry itself that there Is In
cluded an understanding on the part Of
the American interests that they will
work toward . reduction which will
bring the total output down to 1000 900
barrels daily, as well as holding down
excess stocks ON hand.
Another world petroleum congress will
be held in London in July. Meanwhile
American producers are somewhat wor-
ried over the reported intention Of the
French government to establish State
petroleum monopoly. France, which has
almost no oil production Of her own,
now proposes to control the trade, import.
export and transit. Of oil products on
terms which, Americans fear. viii close
this impcetant market TO them.
(copyyighk 1881
Evening star., 1933-04-16
Turning to Sales Tax.
he San Jose Mercury Herald.

From the San Jose Mercury Herald.
The States appear to be swinging to
the sales tax as the best emergency
measure to carry US through the de-
preston. Oregon, Utah and Illinois
have already adopted it. In New York
and Ohio approval of it is regarded as
certain.
In California the Riley plan seems to
have displaced it In the Senate. This
prohibits the imposition of taxes on real
estate in excess Of 50 per cent of the
cost of government and imposes a tax
on gross receipts to raise the remainder.
A. the income tax is the principal
source of Federal revenue, it is q ques-
ton whether 1t Is sound policy to dupli-
cate 1t. The wiser plan would seem to
be to make q thorough study Of the
tax problem. national and State. before
attempting to make any fundamental
change in the taxation system. There
should be q division of tax resources
between the national and State govern
ments. Until this Is effected duplica-
ton of Federal and State taxes should
be avoided so far as possible.
Evening star., 1933-04-16
DAWN
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES 3. FREEMAN, D. b. IL. D.
Biahop Of Naakinsson.

"As 1t began to dawn" With these
significant words the story Of the resur-
rection Of Christ begins. No poet has
written more graphically Of the dawn
than Browning in his "Pippa Passes":
DAY,
Faster and more fast,
Ger nights brim, day boils at last.
Boils pure gold, DER the cloud-cups hrin
Where squirting and suppressed 1t lay.
For not Q froth-fiake touched the rim
OF yonder gap In the solid gray
OF the eastern cloud, an hour away:
But forth one wavelet. then another
curled.
Till the whole sunrise. not to be sup
pressed,
Rose, reddened, and its seething breast
Flickered In bounds, grew gold, then
overflowed the world"
The night Is the symbol Of disap-
pointed hopes, disillusioument and de-
spair. The dawn Is the symbol Of q
better outlook. inner expectations and
freshened assurance. It Is common to
speak Of . new and better day." The
night may be full Of shadows and
strange and unreasoned conjectures. but
the morning finds us more refreshed
and better able to face the world and
its problems.
It was at the dawn, "very early In
the morning" that distracted women
and disciples came with sorrowing
hearts to the tomb Of their seemingly
defeated leader. All their expectations
had been frustrated. They had seen
their hopes crucified upon q cross. It
was with the dawn Of the frst Easter
day that their fears were dspelled;
their hopes freshened; their expecta-
tions realized. The resurrection OF
Christ came with the dawn. From the
tomb He issued forth to tell the world
that q new and better day had come.
Life and immortality with His rising
were brought to light.
The dawn gave new Interpretation
to the meaning Of life itself. The
yearning of the ages had It's satisfaction
at the open tomb. What . symbol this
day Is Of lies highest attainment and
fulnllment. It expresses, In no uncer-
Evening star., 1933-04-16
Roosevelt Assuming Leadership in World
Affairs by Way of forthcoming Meetings

hopes. Warrington will have become, for
the time being. the economic political
capital Of the world. That resplendent
spectacle. however, Is not the most i'm
portant aspect Of Mr.. Roosevelts new
international role.
A reading Of the foreign press and An
attentive listening to foreign visitors
will reveal the fact that throughout the
world the rank and flle Of citizens Of
most all countries are looking to Mr..
Roosevelt a. Q possible deliverer of them
from the contradictions and entangle-
ments and consequent miseries In which
adox OF the planet Is at the moment
this:
In almost every country the dominant
practice-through tariff duties and
through other multitudinous devices
Is an intense combative economic ma
tionalism. simultaneously In almost
every country the dominant philosophy
among the ablest minds Is to the effect
that economic nationalism has proceed
ed to Q disastrous extreme and that 1t
must be reversed into some saving de-
gree of economic internationalism.
The cutting Of the Gordian knot
Of this paradox can be accomplished
only by somebody with the shining
sword and the mesmerizing reputation
Of An Alexander. Such . reputation
Mr.. Roosevelt is now rapidly acquiring
in every quarter Of the earth. He Is
vivid: he breathes confidence and
perienced failure and disillusionment
Alone among the rulers Of important
countries, he cannot be charged with
any responsibility for causing-or for
not conquering-the depression. He
strikes the imagination Of the world
today a. q young and dauntless cru
sader for whom all conquests are
possible
It u not thereupon beyond the bounds
Of possibility that he may exercise At
London in the economic conference q
semblance at least Of the sort Of power
that he has exercised in the changes
at Warrington. It u to be noted, fur
ther and finally. that over the econo-
mic conference he is prepared to WELD
a very material whip.
AHA
The true Interpretation Of Mr. Rooee-
velt's farm bill would seem to be that
1t Is an indication of the kind Of drastic
economic nationalism to which this
country will be forced unless the world
is willing to adopt a Rooseveltian
amount Of economic internationalism
The farm bill-through price-liftings
and through tariff duties-removes
American agriculture farther than ever
away from international economic In
tercourse The devices in it can be
used or can be abandoned at the will
Of Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace and
Of President Roosevelt. It ID Q perfect
- -
Be II the international monetary and
economic conference comes to frus-
tration. Mr.. Roosevelt In effect today
says to the world:
II offer you international economic
cooperation. II We cannot have It.
then our only recourse will be an
economic nationalism and self-sum-
cheney never before witnessed"
(Copyright. 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-04-16
Plans to Regulate
Petroleum Output
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Efforts at home and abroad toward
regulating the output Of crude petroleum
and its products are emphasizing both
the necessity for such control and the
dihiculty in attaining it.
In spite Of activities Of powerful oil
statesmen participating in the recent
World Petroleum Conference ut Paris
and the three-day conference held 1T
the same time in Washington, 1t seems
to observers here that the regulation
of output, although recognized as in the
interest Of the industry itself. u still
far OF.
The Washington conference was at
tended BY the Governors Of is ,oil-pro-
well as by Ofacials Of oil companies,
altogether representing some 80 per
cent Of American producers. These were
Of like mind on many points, and those
from the four major producing States
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Cali
fofnia-were quite agreed on the neces-
sity for curtailment Of production. I'm
fortunately, however, at the very mo-
ment they were discussing such curtail-
ment the East Texas field alone was
turning out almost 100000 barrels q
day, an amount equal to the daily out
put Of the entire State during recent
months. This Is pointed 70 as an Illus
tration Of the futility of attempts at
private regulations unless there Is
solidarity among all producers.
4 4
President Roosevelt. who listened to
the different points of view at the con-
ference and offered to recommend to
Congress legislation dealing with vio-
lations Of State laws In the interstate
oil trafic, suggested the separation Of
the pipeline activities from those Of
production. It Is pointed out, however,
that for some time pipeline activities
have been the major source Of profit to
the owning producers, and any divorce
Of the two activities would not be well
coined by most Of the larger companies.
Suggestions of Q national plan for the
production Of oil and the prevention of
waste have turned on three methods of
approach voluntary action by the in
distry itself on Q national scale, Fed
eral regulation and interstate co-opera-
ton. President Roosevelt Is not inclined
to interfere directly, believing that by
20 doing he might be accused Of en-
croaching On the fighfs of the States:
On the other hand. The consofvatton Of
petroleum resources = Aelmox1edsed Il
Evening star., 1933-04-16
Restless Cuba.

Neither the policies Of the new ad-
n,inistration in Washington nor Amer
lean public opinion on which they rest
are at ali inclined in the direction Of
interference in the domestic concerns
OF Cuba. But evidence accumulates
OF q state of affairs in the island
which Cuba's friends in the United
States are bound to view with increas-
ing regret and anxiety.
Today dispatches, narrating the reign
Of terror now exercised by the "Porra, :"
which is known as President Machado's
Strong Arm Squad, depict conditions of
truly deplorable gravity. eliminating
months of political unrest, intrigue and
oppr ession. the brutal killing of youth
full students accused of no crime ex-
cept patriotic opposition to the Macha-
do dictatorship and its repressive
methods, shocks the people Of the
United States. who thirty-five years ago
this Eastertide were at war with Spain
In the name of "free Cuba"
The "Porra," or dreaded secret police,
who are evidently armed with authority
to shoot to kill, is the force instituted
by President Machado to ferret out and
annihilate any and all signs OF revolt
against his rule. Free speech in Havana
and the outlying provinces long went by
the boards. The press Is shackled.
Foreign newspaper correspondents work
under censorship handicaps. The uni
yersity is closed. LEY de fuga," or the
law Of assassination Of any and every
body suspected Of eouspiring against
Machadoism, Is ruthlessly applied, and
Of course, condoned when not ofhcially
ordered. Shootings in broad daylight
in the Havana residential quarters yes
terday were justified by alleged terror
astic student bombings the night be-
fore. The Machado oppositionists deny
any sort of completely in these excesses
and hint that they are Of the self-pro-
voked origin which unpopular regimes
an many lands commonly instigate for
the purpose Of framing" their foes.
Something like governmental !ganl
FartX4 appsAss TO prevail IN Cuba
Evening star., 1933-04-16

tain terms. survival in the face of
There d tragic need In the world
today for that which the dawn Of Eas-
ter expresses. For nearly four long
years the world has been living under
sunless skies, walking in the shadows
Of its disillusionment and disappoint-
ment. All its schemes and plans have
failed 1t. The genius and cunning Of
man have proved incapable, and strive
g he might he could not overcome the
difficulties that hindered and embar-
rassed him. In some strange way that
we cannot explain. this approaching
new Easter day finds Us in Q better
can find no basis in reason. Like many
Of life's experiences, it u not wrought
out Of any process of logic. We feel
that we are ut the dawn of q better
day.
Shall we not believe that the better
hope that nils US with new expecta-
tions u born Of . deepened religious
conviction? Shall we not believe that
1t Is q risen and conquering Christ who
has been freahly revealed to men that
has Effected this mighty change in their
outlook? Are We not being called by
the word Of the great apostle: 1T ye
then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above" It may be
that we needed four years Of unful-
hlled hopes and expectations to make
US realize more fully the meaning Of
the Easter dawn.
Even the uncompleted Cathedral In
the Nations Capital, hindered as It Is
in the prosecution Of Its construction.
becomes . greater and mightier symbol
Of what Easter teaches and exempli-
hes. It Is In the spirit Of the Easter
message. with the freshened inspira-
ton which the Easter dawn suggests,
that We undertake anew the tasks that
have been given Us. May the new day
mean for all Of US q fuller and more
abundant life. May this old world of
ours rise on stepping stones Of its
dead self to higher things"
Victor Hugo was right: THE word
which the finger Of God has written
upon the brow Of every man Is
Hope"