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The Washington times., 1933-10-27
Moving Day for N.B.C.

It will take SO hours to move
the effects of the National
Broadcasting Company in New
York the week end of November
3, 4 and S a distance of one-quar-
ter of a mile. The transfer will
be made during the night hours
to avoid traffic.
The Washington times., 1933-10-27
Orchids to Him

The Albert Spalding show on
Wednesday holds a world record
in radioland-not one knock let
ter against it has been received
since it went on the air.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
REFUSE FREEDOM
FOR LABORITES

London.-Sir John Gilmour, the
home secretary, has refused the de-
mand of the National Joint Council,
representing the Trades Union Con-
gress, the labor party and the par
liamentary labor party, for the re-
lease of Tom Mann and Emrhys Lie
wellyn, whose sentence to imprison-
ment, under century old statute,
is regarded by the whole labor move
ment and by large section of the
general public as dangerous in
fringement of the liberty of the citi-
zen.
The request for revision of this
case was put before Premier Mac
Donald by George Lansbury on behalf
of the National Joint Council. The
prime minister referred the matter
to the home secretary. Sir John Gill
mour expresses his refusal in letter,
the style of which betrays the uneasi-
ness of the authorities with regard
to their position in the public eye,
and is a mere begging of the main
question raised by the National Joint
Council.
The home secretary's letter will be
considered at the next meeting of the
National Joint Council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
HOSIERY WORKERS
Hold Passage of Thirty.
Hour Week Bill
Imperative

Philadelphia, Pa. (ILNS)-Presi-
dent Alexander McKeown, of Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers, Local
706, Branch /, which includes 10000
workers in Philadelphia and suburbs,
has written in behalf of his organi-
zation to each member of congress
from Philadelphia asking him to per-
sonally assist in the effort to pass
the 30-hour week bill.
"The situation which now exists in
the full fashioned hosiery industry in
this center is typical of other indus
tries in this country" President Nc
Keown's letter says. AT the pres
ent time, our industry is experiencing
seasonal slump Of unusual severity.
Virtually 80 per cent of the equipment
in the trade is idle. Despite this con-
dition, we find among the mills which
are operating, and which are not
unionized, that average daily and
weekly hours of labor are increasing
rather than decreasing. Panic
stricken and short-sighted employers
have reestablished the 12-hour day
and the go to 90hour week during
this depression. Mills run for a few
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
REFUSAL
To Cut U. S. Pay Held Step
To Restore Confidence

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-At-
tempts to interpret economy to mean
still lower salaries for federal en-
ployes will be nothing short of will
full neglect of duty on the part of our
national leaders," declared John Ar
thur Shaw, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Government EN-
ployes, in statement calling upon
congress to exert it's leadership to
restore national confidence.
With proposals for further reduc-
ing federal salaries still pending, Mr..
Shaw made direct and emphatic
appeal to congress to "stem the tide
that is carrying our national life
toward shoals of still greater dis
tress and despair" His statement
said:
Refusal by congress to accede to
demands that government salaries
should be reduced further will be no.
tice to the American people that this
nation has dropped its defeatist atti-
tude and that congress is willing to
exert its leadership in guiding the
country back to normal times. If the
national legislature stands by the op-
position some of its leaders have
voiced against additional pay cuts, it
will go far toward restoring national
confidence.
"Any further gesture toward econ
omizing at the expense of federal
personnel must be interpreted as lack
of confidence in our country's ability
to enjoy prosperity after burying the
specters of economic failure. In
tensifying the hysteria of wage cut
ting that has gripped our national
life is not the Wholesome influence
that the federal government should
exert at this trying time"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

hours are shortened still further: we
need to take IL hours off the present
actual work week to bring the 30
hour week.
Meanwhile relief need is mounting
daily, and hundreds of thousands of
families are dependent on govern
ment funds. In November, the num-
ber of families receiving city and
county relief in 125 cities was 152 per
cent above last year; the amount
given them was above last November
by over $9,000,0000, an increase of 2O2
per cent. Private funds cannot begin
to bear the burden; increasingly we
are depending on government relief.
Last November government funds
furnished 73 per cent of all relief,
this year, SO per cent.
"To stave off an even greater
catastrophe, our immediate effort
must be twofold: (D A nation
wide drive to introduce the 80
hour week; and (2) appropriation
of adequate federal relief to sup
plement the exhausted funds of
local governments. Hundreds of
thousands of families are waiting
for funds from the federal
government because local funds
cannot help them.
"Details of our unemployment
estimate from government figures
show the following for December: On
farms, 100000 were laid off with the
winter season; in factories, 100000;
building construction and roads, 20O,-
600; service industries, nearly 10000;
government, nearly 1000. The Christ
mas season gave jobs to nearly 300,-
900 in retail stores. The total in
crease in unemployment from Novem-
ber to December was over 100000"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Nation Told Il Must
Cut Week or Pay Dole
Shorten Hours of Labor Provide "Pauper Relief"
Alternatives Before Country House Labor Commit
tee Declares in Report Approving 30-Hour Week Bill

actment of this measure into law will
eliminate much privation and suffer-
ing on the. part of millions of unem-
ployed industrial workers and their
families; will preserve our present
form of government from shocks
which may result in disaster due to
the natural unrest on the part of more
than one-third of our population
living on the bounty of the govern
ment or private charities; will pro-
vide a purchasing power in the hands
of our workers for the products of
our agriculturists which is needed to
save American agriculturists from
possible serfdom; will make unneces-
sary the grants of millions of dollars
from the national treasury for the
financing Of governmental agencies
to help those industrial and agricul-
tural workers now in distress; will
save many thousands Of banks, insur-
ance companies and other credit in
stitutions dependent upon the well
being of our industrial and agricul
tural workers"
Work or Dole Are Alternatives
In concluding, the committee says:
with our present day mass pro-
duction in many industries and with
our industries producing surplus,
our country is faced with the problem
of providing work for all who desire
work through shortening the work
week period, or by providing dole
in the form of unemployment insur-
ance, the cost of which is so stu
pendous that it can only be made by
levy of taxes upon the people of our
entire nation.
"The committee believes it better
for the nation as whole, for our in
dustrial workers and for our indus
tries that this condition be corrected
by the enactment of the law limiting
the hours of labor on all those en-
gagged in the production of commod-
tiles entering into interstate COM
merce to a period not exceeding 80
hours per week"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Unemployment Now At AlI-Time
Peak According to A. F. of L. Reports

weeks at time and then close down
completely.
mot only that, but we find employ
ers taking advantage of the helpless
ness of workers in this crisis to in
stitute what is known as the "two-
machine" system in our trade; one
mechanic runs two machines, thus
forcing out of work regular en-
ploye. 1t is difficult to deal with an
abuse of this kind by law; but regu-
iation of hours per week and per day
would go long way towards al
leviating the effects of such practices
We appeal to you most emphat-
lcally for prompt and decisive action
in this unprecedented crisis. Passage
of the 30-hour week bill is absolutely
imperative"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
FIGHT BEGUN
Against States Oppressive
Garnishee Statute

Cincinnati, Ohio (ILNS)-Under
the militant leadership of Judge STAN
lev Struble, of the court of common
pleas of the First Judicial District OF
Ohio, liberal forces are girding their
loins for fight against the legal ex-
ploitation of the Ohio wage earners
by the powerful loan and installment
interests.
Creditors in Ohio can grab 70 per
cent of a mans wages for necessaries,
and for non-necessaries 10 per cent.
Court costs and waste of time at
tending trials have added to the op-
pressive burdens carried by wage
earners. AS Judge Struble wrote to
Gov. George E. White: Very often a
garnishment of wages means the loss
by the wage Garner of his job; en-
ployers do not like the trouble and
annoyance of answering garnishment
proceedings, and many of them will
discharge employees if they are gar
nisheed.
''Thus it is that these laws put the
wage Garner with debts they cannot
pay, and their families, under duress
and fear of him being garnisheed, and
possibility of the loss of his job, if he
happens to be so fortunate to have
a job"
Judge Struble fays the iniquity Of
laws which protect the produce Of the
farmer, the fee of the lawyer, the
profit of the business man; yet exact
their terrible toll from the modest
wage of the workingman. Twenty
per cent of his income may mean lit
tie to the wealthy man; but 20 per
cent of the wages of a working man
usually means lack of nutritious food,
lack of proper medical attention, and
a deficiency of fuel and clothing.
In 1898, the friends" of labor
among both democrats and depub-
licans passed reactionary la wpro-
viding 10 per cent garnishment on
necessaries. This kick in the face the
workers apparently accepted with
equinamity until 1910 when labor
awakened sufficiently to force the leg
islature to make it necessary for the
creditor to give 80 days notice be-
fore action would be brought.
The powerful lobbies Of the loan
and installment interests made a
grand slam in 1925. In that year a
law was passed allowing 20 per
cent garnishment on necessaries, and
a 10 per cent levy on non-necessar-
les.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Short-
ening of the work week or payment
of dole are the alternatives before
the nation, the house committee on
labor declared in it's report approving
the Connery five-day week, six-hour
day bill.
"The committee believes" the re-
port says, "that either we must pro-
vide, through some governmental
agency, for the maintenance of sew
eral million of American industrial
workers who are unable and will con-
tinue to be unable to secure profitable
employment or we must by legisla-
ton so restrict the hours of labor
that all American industrial workers
will be provided with opportunities
for employment"
Urging passage of the Connery bill,
which has the support of organized
labor, the committee says:
''In past years our country was not
faced, as it is today, with social con-
ditions wherein more than 100000
of our industrial workers are unable
to obtain employment; wherein our
farmers are unable to sell the prod
ucts of their farms at prices which
are equal to the costs of production;
wherein for the first time in the his
tory of our national government we
are providing, through the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation, hum
dreds of millions of dollars for poor
relief directly, and additional millions
to corporations for made work for
our unemployed; wherein factories
and workshops are unable to operate
because there is no market for their
products due to the loss of forty bill
lions of dollars in the purchasing
mower of our millions of unemployed
workers; wherein increasing millions
of toilers are unable to obtain any en-
nlovment and are dependent upon
charity, public or private.
Many Benefits Seen
"The committee submits this bill
and requests favorable consideration
thereof, believing that the early en-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Millions More For
New York Relief

Albany, N. Y. (ILNS)--A bill to
make available at once $15,000,000
more for unemployment relief passed
the legislature on January 81 and was
signed by Gov Lehman. The meas
ure, adopted by unanimous vote, ap-
proved in 1882.
In an effort to increase employment
in localities Gov. Lehman directed
Colonel Frederick Stuart Greene,
commissioner Of public works, to set
up 30-hour week on all highway
projects and to hire as many persons
living in the vicinity of the project
as possible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Reduction in Hours Approved
By Labor Office Conference
international Meeting at Geneva with Delegations Pres
ent From 81 Countries, Favors Shorter Work Pc
rods, Without Pay Cuts, as Measure to Reduce
Unemployment

wage earners." AS a result Of this
recommendation such an agreement
will be considered at the Internation-
al Labor Conference which meets
May 81.
Sd Nations Represented
Delegations from 81 countries at
tended the conference. Eighteen of
these delegations were what the In
ternational Labor Office calls "com-
plete,' - that is, they included not only
representatives of the countries gov
ernments, but of their trade unions
and employers organizations. They
discussed the subject of shorter work
ing schedules in IL sittings in the
week between January IL and 10.
When government representatives,
employers and workers discuss for a
solid week the probable effect of
shorter working hours, the subject
gets thorough airing. The issue
boiled down to a few main points of
agreement and disagreement. Not all
government representatives or even
all employers saw eye to eye on these
points.
The labor men, however, were
agreed that something had to be done
and that they would continue to de-
mand the adoption of 44-hour week
until some better measure was pro-
posed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
BY DIR. ALICE S. CHENEY
international Labor Office, Washing
toy, n n

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-The
American Federation of Labor, at its
annual convention in November, call
ed for limitation of working hours
as means of spreading employment;
it also adopted resolution asking
our government to send labor men in
the delegation which the federation
thought the government would send
to an international conference on
the shorter work week to be held, in
January, in Geneva.
Our government did not find it
practicable to send delegation and
confined itself to instructing our coun-
sci at Geneva ITO follow the proceed
ings of the conference closely and re-
port them in detail"
This conference had been called by
the international Labor Office to dis
cuss the practical questions involved
in shortening working hours. 1t was
to make definite recommendations on
hours to the annual conference of the
international Labor Organization, or
to the projected World Economic Con-
ference, or to both. 1t met as ar
ranged, threshed over the questions
connected with the Introduction of
40-hour week and adopted by Al votes
to % a resolution declaring that it
considered "a reduction of working
hours" to be one of the measures
which would contribute to reducing
unemployment" 1t did not stop
there, but went on to recommend
consideration of an international
agreement on shortening of working
hours which should be drawn with a
view to rendering possible the main
tenance of the standard of life of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

entral organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Six-HOur Day Advocated
For Paper-Making Mills

Ottawa (ILNS)-Some paper mills
have adopted the plan of four shifts
of six huors, but, to be fair, the plan
should be adopted generally, says
"Pulp and Paper of Canada," official
organ of the technical section Of the
pulp and paper manufacturing in
dustry. Saying that there has been
no fundamental change in working
hours in 25 years, this journal OBJ
serves that increasing unemployment,
due to machinery and consolidation,
has made another fundamental
change necessary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Five-Day Week Bill To Be
Pushed at Extra Session

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Repre-
sentative William P. Connery, Jr., of
Massachusetts, chairman of the house
labor committee, has announced that
he will press for action in the extra
session on his bill for five-day week
and six-hour day. After comforting
with Speaker Garner, he said:
"The speaker felt that such far
reaching legislation should not be
brought before this short lame duck
session of congress, but should be
left to the new congress, particularly
as we shall then have democratic
president and democratic house and
senate"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24
Over Twelve Million Estimated
Out of Work in January
Labor Head Declares 30HOur Week and Federal Relief
Necessary to Prevent Even Greater Human Catas.
trOphe.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-An-
nouncing that the American Fedora
tion of Labor estimated unemploy-
ment in January was at its all-time
peak, with more than 100000 wage
earners out of work, President Will
liam Green, of the federation, de-
clared that the 30-hour week and
adequate federal relief offered the
only hope in the present crisis.
The situation, President Green said,
makes imperatice the prompt intro
duction of the 30-hour week, which
he called the recovery standard"
''The only way we can ever put our
working population back on basis of
self-support and turn our man power
to creating wealth is by shortening
the work week." he added.
"Our estimate for December, 1882,
showed 100000 unemployed, and
trade union reports showed an in
crease in unemployment from Decem-
Der to January which, when applied
to the country at large, indicates at
least 100000 more laid off in indus
try alone by the first of the year."
President Green said. He continued:
"Trade union unemployment increased
from 249 per cent of the membership
in December to 25.5 in January.
Worst Tragedy of Depression"
"This new peak of unemployment
is the worst tragedy of the depres-
sion. 1t makes the need of shorten
ing work hours more than ever
urgent. Hundreds Of thousands of
jobs have been completely eliminated
during the depression; the only way
we can ever put our working popula-
ton back to a basis of self support
and turn our man power to creating
wealth is by shortening the work
week.
"In 1929, there were already 2,400,-
900 out of work, and the average ac-
tual work hours per employe in in
dustry were 48.7 per week. Today,
with 100000 unemployed, the aver
age actual work week is 41.6 hours.
If the work week were universally
shortened to 80 hours, we could put
to work 6,600,000 of the unemployed.
"The 30-hour week is the recovery
standard. To put to work six and a
half million unemployed would give
immense impetus to everyone. 1t
would put new hope into the hearts
of millions who for years have known
nothing but despair; it would give
new courage and raise our national
morale to have these men at work in
stead of walking the streets in idle
ness while their fellow citizens carry
the heavy burden of relief. Thirty
hours week is conservative stand
ard, leaving nearly five and half
million still to be absorbed into work
as industry RECEIVERS.
Movement Makes Progress
1.-THE movement to shorten hours
has already made progress; in the
last half of 1882, the rate of unem-
ployment increase was checked, and
the number now out Of work is less
by nearly million that it would have
been if unemployment had taken its
normal course. We must see that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

l repeat i. that all power is a
trust;; that we are accountable for it's
exercise; that from the people and
for the people all springs, and all
must exist.-Disraeli.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-02-24

Non-Partisan Labor League
Trade unionists in a number of Gen.
tral Illinois towns perfected the or
ganization of a non-partisan labor
league to examine the records of all
candidates for political office. V. w.
Story, of Peoria, is president of the
central organization.
The Washington times., 1933-11-22
MOVIE CONTEST
To OFFER %
AWARDS

Prizes for cleverness in crayon
Coioring will be awarded in The
Washington Times-R-K-O Keith's
"Little Women" Contest which
begins today in The Times.
A scene from Little Women, ="
which will open at RK-O Keith's
Saturday night, continuin g
through the following week, is
printed in The Times today and
the trick is to make the best
coloring of the picture.
Simple Rules
Rules of the contest are simple,
and 28 prizes will be awarded.
The outline drawing is to be
illed out with colored pencils.
The most beautiful and artistic
pictures will be selected as
winners.
R-K-O Keith's will give the fol
lowing awards:
First prize, $40 and two guest
tickets to Little Women;
second prize, SIS and two guest
tickets; third prize, $40 and
two tickets. Five additional
prizes of 81 each and one guest
ticket, and 20 additional prizes
-one box Of Faber Mongol
Drawing pencils to the 20 next
best drawings-will be awarded.
Five other prizes of two tickets
each will also be given.
Besides these prizes the first
prize winner will have an oppor-
tunity to enter a national contest
being conducted by the Eberhard
Faber Pencil Company, in which
there are 80 national prizes to
be awarded as follows:
First prize $25, second prize
SIS, third prize $40, five additional
prizes of S. each, and 25 other
prizes of 81 each. The national
contest closes March 81, 1884,
MOhOney To Judge
The local contest will be judged
by Felix Mahoney, noted Wash
ington artist and teacher; j. j.
Fitzpatrick, managing editor Of
The Washington Times, and
Hardie Meakin, managing director
Of RKO-Keith's Theater.
Contestants are to forward their
completed colored drawing to the
Little Women" Contest Editor,
Room $40, The Washington Times.
Dealers who handle Faber draw
ing pencils and who are partici-
pating in the contest are the E.
M. Bryan Company, Inc, 813
Thirteenth ST. N. W.; E. Morrison
Paper Company, 1909 Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. W.; Charles G.
Stott & Co., Inc, 1910 New York
Ave. N. W., and the R. P. Andrews
Paper Company, Inc, 724 Thir-
teenth st. N. w. 1t is not neces-
sary to use Faber pencils in color
in? the picture.
Contestants will have until
Wednesday, November 20, at mid
night, to forward their entries.
The Washington times., 1933-11-22
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
in Rockville yesterday to Robert
G. Wells, %, Gainesville, Va, and
George v. Hoffman, 10. Indian
Head, Md; Carl J. Jones, 21, and
Madge Christenberry, 10, both Of
Washington, and Robert E. Lar
mar, 81, and Mary Burkett, %,
both of Boyds, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-11-22
Boy SlUGLLOWs Button,
Dies After ODer1tiOn

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. %.
Willie Houseman, 5. died at the
Virginia School for the Deaf and
Blind, a pupil Of the deaf depart
ment. Willie swallowed half Of a
button. Operated upon to prevent
choking to death, he later devel-
oped septic pneumonia.
The Washington times., 1933-11-22

sales or h e
Chevrolet Mo-
tor Company
was announced
today by w. E.
Holler, general
sales manager.
The new Of
flee in v olives S
supervision of
all passenger
and commercial
car fleet sales
to private indi-
vi d u a Is and
firms, as well
as fleet deals
with Federal.
The Washington times., 1933-11-22
Shop Yields Yeggs
Clothes Worth $500

Breaking through q SkyIight,
burglars entered Goldheim's
clothing store, in the 1400 block
of H st. N. w., and took suits
and coats valued at more than
$1,000, it was reported to police
TODAY.