davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
Green Charges Undercover
War On Recovery Act
Labor Head Says Influential Groups Fight NRA Pro
gram, Which He Declares Must Not Be Permitted
To Fail.

New York City (ILNS)-'Under-
cover efforts" are being made by
influential groups of industry" to
defeat the purposes of the national
recovery act, President William
Green, of the American Federation
of Labor, charged in speaking before
the convention of the Cloth Hat, Cap
and Millinery Workers. Union here.
Delegates from the United States and
Canada attended the convention, call
ed to consider proposals for ANAL
gamation of the union with the
United Hatters of North America.
eve cannot permit this great eco
nomic experiment to fall" Mr.. Green
declared. "We cannot permit it to be
sabotaged. 1t must succeed and it
will succeed. l shudder to think what
will happen to our country if it fails.
Labor must see to it that it shall not
fail"
Says Labor Has COOperated
Asserting that from the beginning
organized labor has cooperated fully
with the government in it's recovery
program, and that "most of industry"
has done the same, Green declared
that he regretted to observe, however,
that there are strong evidences of
failure on the part of influential
groups of industry and individuals to
give to the NRA program the sup
port which it should have"
"Undercover efforts are being made
to defeat the purposes of this act" he
said. "This is responsible for the
failure to make more progress than
has been made. If we have not sue
ceeded as far as we should it is be-
cause of the counteractive efforts put
forth against those who have tried
honestly to make the great expert
ment success"
Stresses NRA Gains
President Green hailed with salts
faction achievements under the NRA,
stressing the abolition of child labor,
elimination of sweatshops, raising of
wages in many industries and cutting
s-----------~-----------.--
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
NEWSPAPERS
Use Carriers to Win Public
Support For Child Labor

indianapolis Evidence that news
papers are attempting to deluge NRA
officials with canned" protests
against the the child labor amendment
to the constitution and barring of
child workers by NRA codes has been
received from Louisville, KY, by the
international Typographical Union.
A copy of a letter distributed by
newsboys of the Courier-J Journal and
Louisville Times shows that efforts
are being made to line up newspa-
per subscribers against prohibition of
child labor. The letter, addressed to
Dear Subscriber" sets forth that the
signer is carrier and recites the al
legged benefits of working for the
Courier-Journal and Times. 1t con-
tinues:
"Reformers are attempting to pro-
hibit through the national recovery
act and through proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States boys under 18 years of age
from being gainfully employed.
"As the carrier boy on your route,
| want to ask you to write a note in
my behalf and address it to Gen. Hugh
s. Johnson, recovery administrator
Washington, d. C. / am giving you
the paper herewith, and will call for
the letter and see that it is properly
mailed for you. | hope that you will
say that you do not consider this
work harmful for boys, and that you
believe that the training we get is
highly beneficial. will greatly appre-
ciate your doing this for me because
| want to continue serving you as
your carrier boy"
The activities of the Louisville
papers are in line with the pronounced
opposition to the child labor amend
ment of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association. At the recent
A. F. of L. convention in Washington
w. R. Trotter, delegate from the In.
ternational Typographical Union, de.
scribed such opposition as "insidious
and Sinister" and pointed out thai
editorial and news columns would be
utilized to push the propaganda
against the amendment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
Union Labor Making
! Fight For Old People
Ohio to Be First State Where Citizens Enact Old Age
Pension Law-Every Unonist to Give Support
Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers
Fighting Proposed Law.

When the citizens of Ohio go to the
polls Tuesday, November z, and vote
for the proposed old age pension law,
this state will be the first one to en-
act such law by vote of the peo-
pie. In the other 25 states that now
have old age pension laws they have
been enacted by the legislatures. In
no state has the law ever been re-
pealed.
Organized labor was largely re-
sponsible for the direct legislation
laws in Ohio It's members are now
using this method to enact a law to
better care for deserving aged citi-
zens of the state. 1t is another illus
tration Of how the trade union move
ment constantly endeavors to better
the lot of the common people.
In every city in Ohio the trade un-
ion movement in conjunction with the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and many
other fraternal and civic organiza-
tions are waging a fight for the en-
actment of the old age pension law. 1t
has received the endorsement of the
American Federation of Labor and
the Ohio State Federation of La
Dor. T. j. Donnelly, secretary of the
State Federation of Labor, is chair
man of the Ohio Old Age Pension
| Conference, which for more than 10
years has endeavored to get the gen.
eral assembly to enact an old age
pension law. Failure on the part of
the general assembly to pass the bill
at its last session has caused the
law to be presented directly to the
people for their approval. This was
done by getting signatures to petit
tions.
President Green, of the American
Federation of Labor; the officers of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor;
the officers of central labor councils;
the officers of the railroad brother
hoods, and the officers of local unions
in all cities in Ohio, are urging trade
unionists to work untiringly from now
until election day to get voters to
place their X-mark in front of the
word eyes" on the old age pension
ballot. This proposal will be the
fourth one on the Questions or Is
sues ballot" The indications are the
measure will be overwhelmingly ap-
proved, but nothing is to be left un-
done to insure its adoption at the
polls.
Old age pensions are being fought
in Ohio by the same enemies that have
continually opposed organized labor
in its campaign for the welfare of the
common people. They are the same
groups that opposed workmeus COM
pensation laws, mothers pension laws,
child labor laws, workshop and fac
tory laws and laws protecting women
in industry. The Ohio Manufacturers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
Organized Factory Workers
Back German Goods Boycott

Paris (ILNS)-Headquarters of the
international Federation of Trade
Unions here reports that the fifth
congress of the international Fedora
ton of Factory Workers, held al
Prague, declared itself ASHAMED that
humanity should in the twentieth CEN
tury relapse into the shocking bar
barism witnessed under the Hitler
regime in Germany"
The congress expressed it's sym
pathy with the prosecuted German
workers and all other victims of Fas-
cist dictatorship, and supported the
general boycott of German goods pro-
claimed by European labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

The speaker appealed to labor for
strong support of the recovery pro-
gram and said:
"We have not realized all our
hopes and ideals and ambitions under
the national recovery act. Many
workers in many industries have been
disappointed because in the working
out of codes labor has not realized all
that it had hoped for and expected.
But we take all that as part of our
general experience. l believe the
codes must be revised, the hours re-
duced still further if unemployment
is to be taken up and market ere
ated for our manufactured goods"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

just as toasty warm as the living room
Come in or invite us to call-and let demonstrate
how the beautiful Heatrola will fill your entire house
with cheerful warmth and save on an average of
45R in fuel.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
GAIN LARGEST
SINCE MARCH, HE SAYS
Progress Under Presidents Program Striking Proof of
Value of Cutting Hours, Labor Head Declares

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Short
ening of hours put more than 1700,.
900 persons back to work in August
and September, President William
, Green, of the American Federation OF
Labor, estimated in making public
the federation's monthly report or
trade union unemployment.
President Green hailed reduction OF
unemployment since March as indi.
cation of much progress but pointed
out that more than 100000 are
still jobless and facing the winter
without income. He added that the
only way they can be put to work is
by further shortening of hours.
"Since the presidents unemploy.
ment program went into. effect, unem-
ployment has been reduced by more
than 100000" President Green said
"This has been accomplished in the
two months of August and Septem-
ber; the gain in September was the
largest for any month since the ad-
ministration began its attack on un-
employment.
Shorter Hours Bring Work
"The accomplishments of the last
two months are striking proof of the
results of shortening work hours
During the spring months we depend
ed on rising industrial activity to put
men back to work, and in three
months, when industrial activity rose
by the unprecedented figure of AZ per
cent, unemployment was reduced by
less than 100000 a month april
through June).
In the two months of the
presidents unemployment pro-
gram, when men were put to work
by shortening work hours, unem-
ployment was reduced at the rate
of $4,000 month. This achieve
ment is all the more striking be-
cause it was accomplished while
industry declined IL per cent.
1--WE have made much progress
since the March unemployment peak
when 13,6s9,000 were out of work
BY September this army of unem.
ployed had been reduced by 100000
But even so, 10,0S9, 900 are still unem.
ployed- Winter is just ahead; most
of the effect of the unemployment
program has already been felt. What
are we to do for those 10,089,000 un-
employed in the coming months ? The
only way we can possibly put them te
work is by a further shortening o1
work hours.
Buying Power Gaining
"The following table shows the de
crease in unemployment each month
since March this year:
noa ;.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

workers effective buying power has
increased by 205 per cent since
March. Thus, even at today's higher
prices, workers total effective buying
power in September was above the
March level by 1855, 100000 per
month, and above August by $67,.
100000 a month. Had it not been for
the increase of retail prices, the in
crease in workers buying power
would be about SO per cent above this
figure"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

An economist estimates that the
combined total of holdings of unpaid
mortgages by IL of the largest ms
urance companies in the country at
the end Of 1882 was in excess of
81 ,250, ,O00, 900.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03
WESTERN KENTUCKY MINES
TO ALLOW VOTE ON UNION

Washington, D. C. QLNS)-The
West Kentucky Coal Company has
notified the national board that it has
no objection to vote of employees
to decide their labor affiliation as
between the United Mine Workers of
America and company union. The
voting will be under supervision of
the labor board.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

A white rose bush planted in Mis-
sion San Gabriel, Cal, 1877 years ago
still blooms. 1t was originally brought
from Madrid, Spain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-11-03

"tThe unemployment of workers is
steadily increasing buying power. The
dollar increase in total workers buy
ing power from March to September
was 30.7 per cent, but the effect Of
this gain has been greatly reduced by
increased living costs. When the rise
of prices is taken into consideration,
Evening star., 1933-06-05
WORKERS To FIGHT
RAILWAY PAY CUTS
New Wage Contracts Come
Up for Negotiations on
June Is.
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.-The perennial
battle of statistics between railway
arrangements and organized labor over
wages is in the offing.
Under present agreements, railway
officials will be free to start negotia-
tions for q new wage contract on
June Is.
In the latter part Of 1881 managers
sought q general reduction in the rates
of pay for contract workers, following
q series of adjustments which had been
made with the unorganized workers.
After prolonged negotiations a yolun-
tsry agreement was signed, effective
February /, 1882, for 10 per cent re-
duction from the basic contract rates
to run for q period of one year. This
later was extended for an additional
nine months, or until November /,
1888.
The restrictions against reducing
employment, recently inserted in the
administrations railway co-ordinator
bill, have focused renewed attention
upon the importance of the entire
wage question Managers point out
that If the number of employees cannot
be reduced because of legislative
mandate, the only saving in the rail-
vay wage bill must necessarily come
from lower rates of pay. Strenuous
opposition to any such program is In
eyftahle, observers state.
Railway employees in February-tne
latest month for which Interstate Com
merce Commission figures have been
tabaIlated-totaled 941,544. This COM
pared with OTIS ,662 for the correspond,
ing month of the previous year and
with an average of more than q MIL
lion and a half for the full year 1880.
The February, 1888, pay roll was
S106 1898, ,999. as against $l30,0ls,o4t III
February, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Districts Heroes
in the
World War
Compiled By serEt. L. e. Jaeekel.

A 8 recorded in the oficial cita-
n ton, Harold r. Stark, COM
n mander, United States Navy, was
warded the Distinguished
Service Medal for exceptionally
Evening star., 1933-06-05
PAGEANT IN ENGLAND
TO HONOR WILLIAM PENN
Society Of Friends to Reproduce
Scenes From Life OF Founder
of Pennsylvania.

LONDON, June (N.A.N.Ao.-Next
Saturday at Penn, in Buckinghamshire
there will be given a pageant IN com
menoration of William Penn, the
Quaker. who founded the State OF Penn
sylvania $50 years ago.
The stage will be the courtyard o.
fhe old Jordan,s Meeting House, ano
the 'backcloth" the Mayhower barn,
which Is believed to have been pulit
from the timbers of the Mayhower.
The pageant will be presented by the
Society of Friends. Scenes Will nciuoe
Penn's expulsion from Oxford Tor nom
conformity; his imprisonment In the
tower; his trial at the guildhaH; ano
the signing Of the treaty he made with
the Indians In Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

destroyers, h ur =
riedly fitted out In
the Philippines and
dispatched to the
Mediterranean Sea
at a season when
the southwest mon
soon was at It's
height. The trip
W a S successfully
m q d. u n d e r
Comdr. S t ar k S
efficient leadership,
in spite of many
difficulties, in a
time much shorter
than had b e e n
considered DQSSi-
Evening star., 1933-06-05

meritorious and distinguished SERVICES
in q position Of great responsibility in
the line of his profession, as COM
mander Of q squadron of small and old
Evening star., 1933-06-05

Fishermens Strike Committee came
after w. L. Thompson. president Of the
Columbia River Packers Association,
had offered the strikers 8 cents per
pound for chinook and blue-back sal
mon until August 1 and cents per
pound from August l to August 20. He
head salmon from June 20 to August 25
Delegates said the fishermen would
20 on the river Immediately. Six cents
a pound had been previous offer Of
the packers.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Leesburg Meeting Called.

LEESBURG, Va, June 5 Especially -
A business meeting Of Loudoun Chap
ter, U. D. c., will be held in the peoples
Evening star., 1933-06-05

BILE, and the squadron arrived in the
Mediterranean in excellent condition, in
time to take an active and efficient part
in the anti-submarine campaign there
and in the Atlantic. Also, for excep-
tionally meritorious services on the
staff Of the commander of the United
States naval forces operating IN Euro
pean waters.
With the rank of captain, he Is an
assistant to the Secretary of the Navy
and resides at the Chevy Chase Club.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
League Experts for Siam.

In compliance with the request o.
Siam to the League Of Nations for tech
nical advice on improvements to the
harbor of Bangkok, three consulting en-
cineers from France, Holland and Eng
land have been appointed by the League
Transit Committee to undertake the
work. They are on their way to Siam.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Hamilton Rites Held.

CHICAGO, June 5 R.-Funeral
services were held today for Mrs. Mary
Jane Hamilton, 81, widow Of David G.
Hamilton, late street car magnate. She
was born in Montpelier, Vt, and died
Saturday.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
BLANCo AUTO VICTOR.

BUENOS AIRES, June (P.-Ernesto
Blanco won the 400-kilometer Autumn
automobile race in hours, 50 minutes
and 80 seconds Ricardo Caru was Sec
ond and Augusta Mccarthy third.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

School received certificates Of gradua-
ton: Joe Hardbower, Cassie Thomas,
Virginia Smith. Airline Morris. Bette
Tyler, Hugh Underwood and Leola
Herring.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
COLUMBIA FISHERMEN
ACCEPT PACKERS OFFER
Terms End Strike on Since Open
ing Of Commercial Season
May !.
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED Fres3.
ASTORIA, Greg, June 5.-Delegates
representing 1000 Columbia River fish
ermen unanimously agreed to accept an
offer from the Columbia River Packers
Association for their fish and last night
ended their strike that started with the
opening of the commercial fishing sea-
son May l..
The decision by the Columbia River
Evening star., 1933-06-05
JENNY DOLLY HURT
Roszika of Famous Sisters Reports
She May Be Disfgured.

She May Be Disfgured.
PARIS, June 5 [P.-Roszika Dolly,
dancing team of Dolly sisters, said to-
day her sister Jenny was in a serious
condition and badly disf1gured as the
result of an automobile wreck at Bor-
deau, March 2.
A series of operations will be neces-
sary, according to Roszika, who said
Jenny suffered two broken ribs, pune
ture of the lung and dislocation Of the
stomach. Her face was cut badly and
an eye was displaced, making plastic
surgery necessary, Roszika said.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

I'VE Need Reliable Cars :.
that Are Economical
to Buy and Run"
AIR. ECHLIN Is not only an en-.
1V1 gineer ). he makes automobile
parts! So he knows automobile values
...and what a dollar ought to buy!
He'll tell you he bought Standard
Plymouth for his statesmen because of
"the many outstanding features that
make for reliability and economy"
Floating Power engine mountings
for instance. :. not only a smoother
ride, but longer Life from your engine.
And hydraulic brakes. =. not only sure,
but self-equalizing as well.
And Plymouth not only is the lowest
priced 6-cylinder 4.door sedan. -. but
costs less to run because there is no
NeedLess aea1 UetgDU
Mr.. Echlin played no favorites when
he picked Plymouth. He bought to
make his dollars count!
Why not follow his example9 Look
At all three low-priced cars &. =. . and buy
the one that gives you most per dollar.
Priced as Low as the L0west
Standard Plymouth Six with Floating Power
engine mountings, hydraulic brakes, safety
steel body, Duplate Safety Plate Glass op-
tional at slight extra cost, 2-door sedan,
$465; 4-door sedan, $50; rumble seat
coupe, $4s5; business coupe. $44s. All
pricesF. O. B. Factory, Detroit, and subjectto
change without notice. .Lowdelivered prices.
saE PlYMourn At eHRYsLER MOTORS DuIIpiNo.
CHICAGO CENTURY or pRooasss
Evening star., 1933-06-05
School Graduates Seven.

0ROvETON, Va, June 5.-At the
closing Of school here the follow
ing pupils Of Groveton Elementary
Evening star., 1933-06-05

National Bank Wednesday at 1880 am.
The Ladies' Board of the Loudoun
County Hospital viii meet In the nurses
home Of the hospital tomorrow at 1880
am.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
The STRIKEBREAKING
FORERUNNERS OF THE
RECOVERY BILL
New Bill Modelled on War Labor Board and
Protocol of 1910

jority OF the bosses they say, ars
reputable" and want to be fair'S 10
the workers, it is only few that are
disreputable, that are unfair COM
petitors" and who are to blame for
the low level of the workers wages.
The language and the thousands Of
those days were almost identical 70
that which we hear today. But how
hollow are these contentious when it
is realized that the employers who
employ the majority Of the employ
ers, these so-caIled reputable" EN-
ployers are such firms as the q. s.
Steel, the General Electric, the Am
erican Telephone and Telegraph,
General Motors, Ford, and host Of
other companies. It is these large
exploiters Of labor who are the most
vicious in their anti-labor policies.
But 1t is because these employers may
rely on the Roosevelt government
post their own company union pol
icies on the workers, that they are
the most outstanding supporters Of
the Roosevelt Recovery Act.
Right of COLLECTIVE Bargaining" On
Paper
The right Of collective bargaining"
which the A. z. Of L. officials hail as
assuring the right to organize has
been confirmed so many times be-
fore on paper, although never carried
out in practice, that it is meaning
less, unless the workers themselves
fight to enforce it. For example, the
National War Labor Board also said
The right of the workers to organize
in trade unions and to bargain COL
lectively through chosen representa-
tives, is recognized and affirmed
Almost identical is the language Of
the Roosevelt Act! Yet arbitration
was substituted during the war per-
iod and workers who revolted were
savagely attacked by the armed forces
of the government. Just So under
the Protocol of 1910, collective bar
gaining" was used for class couabor-
alton.
John L. Lewis, President Of thu
United Mine Workers assured the
employers at the Senate hearings
that they "need not be alarmed !.
there is nothing in Section that
will destroy the company union as
it now exists in any plant" Defend
ing the provisions in Section 7, he
said, IF the employees of that plant
want to remain members Of the COM
pany union. all there is in it, is that
,he Bethlehem Steel Company can
ot, as a condition Of employment.
force those employees to join com
pany union or discharge them or
penalize them, if thy refuse to do
So"
This labor misleader did not even
attempt to oppose company unions.
instead ne tried to persuade the en-
ployers that precisely because com
pany unions would be permitted to
exist under the Act, the bosses should
be for it, In our next article, we
shall see how the Roosevelt Act fol-
lows closely the plan Of the 1910 Pro
tocol on the issue of the closed union
shop