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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
Congress Back To Face Big
Issues, Including Beer

Legislation to provide the 30-hour
week for million employees of the
government throughout the country
is expected to provide one of the
fighting and vital issues before the
session iss much older. Organized la
Dor is determined that, if possible,
the government shall lead in general
introduction of the 30-hour week.
The economy law, too, is on the
carpet, with labor fighting to restore
rights and privileges taken from gov
ernment employees when the law was
put through originally in panic of
retrenchment.
Other major labor legislative
measures, approved by the Cincinnati
convention, probably will not be intro
duced until the newly elected congress
is called into session, it being real
lied that the default on much Of the
work already before it.
Repeal Issue Remains
In the new congress repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment will be
sought. A law for the federal Ii
censing of corporations engaged in
interstate business will be sought as
major measure and law for the
constructive control of credit will be
sought, in accord with the Cincinnati
labor program.
In the present congress investiga-
ton of farm organizations probably
will be sidetracked. The move already
made in that direction is clearly in
spired by grain gramblers and is not
likely to be taken seriously anywhere
outside those circles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Big
legislative issues are on the schedule
of congress as the New Year session
gets under way.
Perhaps the legalization of beer is
most dramatic, the certainty being
that there is beer majority in the
senate, the uncertainty being in the
white house, where veto has been
predicted.
A leading new issue is the sales
tax. President-elect Roosevelt is said
to have issued orders that manufac-
turers' sales tax law be enacted by
this session, reversing the earlier po-
sition of democratic leaders in con-
gress.
Labor will, Of course, oppose enact
ment of sales tax with all it's might.
The outcome is in doubt.
Settlement of the Philippine inde-
pendence issues is expected in this
congress, with 10-year adjustment
period.
Investigation of Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation operations also is
a strong possibility, with U. S. Sem
ator Wagner, of New York, loaded
with heavy shot for the R. F. c., par
ticularly with relation to an R. F. c.
loan to the Missouri Life Insurance
Company.
r. F. C. Failure Charged
Criticism of the R. F. c. is not only
on the ground of what is has done,
but of what it has failed to do and
an effort is looked for in the direc-
ton of legislation to hurry loans to
self-liquidating projects and to llber-
ize the definition of such projects.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
use THE old BEAM
BY GILBERT E. HYATT

"Use the old bean, boys, use the
old bean!" This exhortation, deliv-
cred by football coach between the
halves of a hard-fought game to a
group of bruised and desperate
youths, should be our slogan now.
Not that our situation can be COM
pared to anything so dynamic as VIC
tory or defeat. A more correct dag
nosis of the state of our mass mind
and body would be that we are COM
plicated by nightmare.
The present stagnation is the worst
mess we have yet gotten into, but
there have been others at fairly re-
curing periods. In these other cases,
something has always helped us out.
Free land, the California and Klon-
dixie gold rushes, railroad building,
radio, automobiles, etc., have provid-
ed the internal combustion which
started the stalled economic engine.
Now we have none of these and
none are in sight. We cannot wall
our way out; we cannot smile it away.
We have got to think ourselves out
with whatever of courage, unity of
purpose and collective intelligence we
possess.
Organized labor issued continued
warnings during the years in which
business and industry blindly danced
down the road to the jumping off
place. Now it is demanding, as the
only way out, that 1--WE use the old
bean."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
"KICK BACK" IS
CHARGED

Harrisburg, Pa (ILNS)-That
building trades workers on some
state Jobs have been compelled to
'kick back" almost half the lawful
scale of wages has been asserted ir
complaints to the department of la
Dor and industry. The law requires
payment of "the prevailing wage" or
state work. Prosecutions will be in.
stituted, it is said. Conviction means
$500 fine and Jail term.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
THIRTY-HOUR
Week Bill Hearings Ordered
By Norris

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-An-
nouncement was made this week by
Senator George Norris, of Nebraska,
that unlimited hearings will be held
on the Black bill.
The measure provides that inter-
state commerce shall be closed to all
products made in plants employing
workers more than 80 hours per
week
Enactment Of the bill is not at this
time regarded as likely, but it is be.
lieved hearings will center attention
on the 30-hour week and the need for
it in such manner as to greatly In
crease the moral prestige Of the
shorter week as means of creating
employment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
Labor Demands Steady Rise
in Workers. Buying Power

the bond owners $5,774,385 on account
of interest.
Acting on the request of the re-
ceivers, Judge Manton also ordered
the receivers to pay $556,271 taxes
due and accrued interest, thus estab-
fishing the antisocial principle that
the living standards of those who do
the work on the street railway system
must have their living standards re-
duced in order to enable the corpora
ton to pay taxes to the city govern
ment.
The wage cut becomes effective in
January.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06

DR.. Gereket said that human labor
would be employed as far as posi-
BILE instead of machine labor, foreign
materials would be used only when
German products were not available,
German workers would be employed
exclusively, and fathers of families
would receive preference.
He emphasized that only under
takings affected with the public in
terest, such as the improvement of
water, gas and electric works, would
be eligible for loans, and that luxury
enterprises would be excluded
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
5-Day Week Increases Num-
Der of Employees Z Per Cent

New Officials of the Col
-Palmolive-Peet Company an
nounced that the concern is employ
ing force about per cent larger
than that of a year ago, substantially
all of the increase being due to the
adoption of the fve-day week last
June During the last three years
and up to June, last yaer, when the
five-day week program was adopted,
the company said, its total of work
ers remained almost stationary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
Must Have Power To Buy
Full Product, AFL Says
Progressive Raising of Living Standards Declared Neces
sary to Recovery and Sound Basis of New Prosperity
Federation Holds in Survey Closing Old Year

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Labor
continually giving more, getting less.
Ownership and management con-
tinually giving less, getting more.
Eleven million now unemployed.
How to get them back at work and
reverse the return in money, so that
labor will get more, ownership and
management less.
That is the problem, as stated by
the Monthly Survey of Business of
the American Federation of Labor in
its final issue for 1922, just out.
Charts show labor's contribution
through the seven years of prosperity
rising steadily, its income falling
away steadily, the two lines growing
consistently apart. With ownership
and management the reverse is shown
to have been the case
AS a matter of fact, it might be
shown likewise that throughout the
whole period from the Civil War on
ward, labor's proportion of return in
wages grew steadily less as compared
to it's output and United States gov
ernment returns show that to be the
case.
Points Supreme Issue
The issue of the hour as stated by
the Survey is:
"How to put eleven million un-
employed back to work and pro-
gressively to raise living stand
ards until our people can buy the
full product of industry"
The Survey continues to say:
when we have solved this prob
lem, depression will be over and
we shall have established sound
basis for future progress"
In it's indictment of the past con.
duct of owners, financiers and indus.
trial management, the Survey says
| In the seven years of prosperity
| recently ended, we expanded produc
ing capacity at an unprecedented rate
BY 1929 our industries were equipped
to produce SO per cent more than the!
could sell, engineers estimate. Pur
chasing power had increased some
what so that by 1929 our factories
were able actually to produce and sci
. per cent more for each person il
our population than in 1922. But ever
lat the peak of prosperity, industr!
was never able to operate at full ca
pacity. Production was CONSTANT,
limited and held back because pur
chasing power did not increase fas
enough. Twenty million people VIII
were eager to buy the product tha
farms and factories were anxious t,
sell, were forced TO live in povert.
because their income was lacking
Huge surplus funds were held in re
serve by industry and wealthy indi
viduals. Although production in
creased faster than population, tn
production line could never rise abov
the purchasing power of the people.
Waste of Capacity
"Since 1929 we have met the short
age of buying power by reducing pro
duction. Men were laid off, buyinl
power reduced still further, and W
are now in the grip Of the worst de
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06

The records from which these aver
ages were computed were transmitted
to the labor department from more
than $1,000 manufacturing concerns
with more than 4,400,00o employees.
The averages are computed on base
represented by the number of work
ers in 1926.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
J. A. Mcknight, Brooklyn
Labor Leader, Dies at Sc

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Joseph A. Nc
Knight, prominent in labor circles and
one of the initiators Of new work
methods at the Brooklyn navy yard,
died here December %. He was 66
years old.
Mr.. Mcknight had served as presi-
dent of the Metal Trades Council of
the Brooklyn navy yard and olso as
president of the Pattern Makers
Association. He had been present at
many conferences with government
officials at Washington.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
Wage Volume Shown Less
Than Half That Of 1926
November Payrols Run Only 1886 to Each ST. 900 Paid
To Workers Same Month Five Years AgO-U. S. De-
partment of Labor Shows Months Employment Drop
Small

The monthly change in employment
and payrolls showing the terrific
drop in wage volume is recorded in
the following table:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06

"Skoff" is an African word for food.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-01-06
Waste of Capacity

"Since 1929 we have met the short
age of buying power by reducing pro-
duction. Men were laid off, buying
power reduced still further, and we
are now in the grip of the worst de-
Evening star., 1933-12-07
Grid Success Spurs Woodward
To Make Big Basket Ball Try

Parkers haven't lost game to q prep
school eleven in this section in two
years. Pennington played on the team
for the first time this year. He will be q
senior next year. His work in the 90
game against Iona High Thanksgiving
was particularly noteworthy.
Besides Pennington, Ted Gardner,
popular coach at the Garrett Park
School, has announced the following
gridders will be awarded letters:
Don McNamara, retiring captain;
Tom Keating, Hugh 6palding, Mert
Hedges, Charlie Chase, Ed FLANAGAN,
Reds Richards, Charlie Anderton, Msury
Nee, Mike Scatuorchio, Johnny Mayock,
George Eddy, Berwin Morse, John
Tatum. Cletus Keating, Ed Blackburn
ana Henry Leslie. Manager Dick Jeuney
also will get the insignia.
by graduation, including five luminaries,
Nee. Mcnamara, Heating, Leslie and
Scatuorchio. Spalding viii be the only
backfield mainstay to return.
EEW more versatile athletes have
been produced in the schoolboy
whirl hereabout the last few years
than Nee. Not only Is the Georgetown
Prep boy a fine girdder but he plays
basket ball and base ball well, being
guard and captain of the court
combination and center fielder on the
diamond outfit.
1t Is as a golfer, though, that he
Is best known. He Is q former Dis
trict Of Columbia junior champion, and
in the last national interscholastic
tourney at Greenwich. Conn, was the
medalist.
And talk about game youngster. He
played most of the Central and all OF
the Iona Prep foot ball games with
q chipped bone In his shoulder. And
played Q whale Of game in both con-
tests, too.
Coach Gardner Of Georgetown Prep
and Steve Barabas. who played In ths
backfeld with him for Georgetown not
so many years back. may 60 to. Cali
fornia to see Columbia and Stanford
clash. Al Barabas Of the Lions Is
Steve's brother.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
GREENLEAF' Loss
STUNS CUE STARS
First in Three Years for
Defending Champion in
World Tourney.
Dy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
)HICAGO, December THE
I world pocket billiard tour
~ nament was in q state Of
turmoil today following
the sensational defeat of the de-
Tending champion, Ralph Green
leaf of New York, 125 to IS in IS
innings, by George Kelly Of
Philadelphia.
The stunning upset occurred last
night and knocked Greenleaf, IL times
champion, out Of a f1ve-way tie for first
place and gave the winner his first vic
tory in the tournament. It was the
champs first defeat in three years, and
until last night it hadn't seemed possible
to the other contestants that he could
lose.
However, Greenleaf had his moment
Of glory when in the fifteenth inning
he had run of 81 to topple Keily's
best efforts q few innings later by
massing high run of 30.
As matters stood today Erwin Rudolph
Of Cleveland, Andrew Ponzi Of Phila-
delphia, James Caras of Wilmington,
Del, and Frank Taberski Of Schenec-
tady, N. Y, were left alone in the un-
defeated class with one victory apiece.
Pond meets Pasquale Natalie Of Chi
cago, and Rudolph plays Charles Sea-
back Of Astoria, N. Y, this. afternoon,
while tonight Caras, last years runner
up, tangles with Bennie Allen Of Kansas
City.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
go ROD AND STREAM
MszAS By PERRY MILLER

feet above the hook. This Winter the
only thing that will stop the dyed-in-
the-wool anglers will be ice, and judg-
ing from the last few years, there will
be very little ice to interfere with them.
January and February are the best
months to catch big catfish in the
Potomac. One of the best holes in
which to land catfish is the outlet Of
the Benning Power Plant. The warm
water from the plant feels good to these
fish and many lines are cast baited
with dough, worms and sometimes live
bait to entice them. This Is one way
to reduce the family budget. The
Georgetown channel Of the river Is an
other place where anglers may be OBJ
served day in and day out seeking Mis-
sissippi catfish, which Is said to be .
cross between trout and catfish.
It is spotted and very pretty fish with
forked tail and despite the many dis
couraging things said about 1t, Is . good
table fish. There are many kinds OF
catfish in our waters, and they are
abundant enough to be Of considerable
Importance in the supply Of food fishes.
THE work of seining the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal from
Great Falls TO the FREDERICK
County line was completed last week
with more than 1000 large-mouth
black bass, crappie, sun perch and
Dream being transferred to the smile
fish preserve above Seneca. This
stretch In the canal was created by the
construction Of q dam across the canal
at Seneca, and is expected to provide
fine sport for anglers Of the District
and its neighboring counties. The work
was sponsored by the Rockville Chapter
Of the Izaak Walton League Of America
Rod and Streams guest speaker this
week will be Charles Jackson, deputy
commissioner Of the United States Bu-
reau Of Fisheries. This program VIII
reach you over Station WMAL on Fri-
day at 5 pm.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
MONTGOMERY QUINT
IN START TOMORROW
Bethesda Chevy Chase Will Face
Lee-Jackson High School in
Inaugural Game.

Bethesda- Chevy Chase Highs basket
ball quint, runner-up to Central last
year for the Metropolitan District cham
pionship, will play at least II games
this season, beginning tomorrow when
Lee-Jackson High will be encountered
on the Vtrginians' door.
Graduation has taken Q heavy toll
at Bethesda Chevy Chase, but despite
the loss Of the drst eight basketers Of
the 1928 squad, several promising
prospects have raised hopes for an
other big campaign. Lack Of expert
ence Is the main drawback.
Following Is the schedule:
December 9. Lee-Jackson High, away; II.
GeorEetown Prep, away; IL, Eastern, away:
14; Maryland School for Deaf; Is, Rooss.
January s, Sherwood; 10. Kendall. School.
away: IL, Rockville, away; 16, Kendall; II,
Landon. away; H. Poolesville: IS. George.
town Prep; 2e. Maryland School for Deaf.
yelt: ., Maryland Frosh, away; 8, Gathers
away: %. Rockville.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
OUT FOR THIRD WIN
Central "Y" Swimmers to Engage
B Team Of George Washington.

Seeking their third straight victory
Of the season, Central Y. M. O. A.
swimmers will meet George Warrington
University's "B" squad tomorrow night
at 8:15 o'clock in the Y. M. G. A. pool.
Boggs, Marmion, Moncure, Mullady,
RAFT, Rouse, Becker, crandaii, wilson
and Harding are members sof the ~"
team, while the G. w. "Bn team will be
composed Of Kelley, vartia, Graves,
Catchings, Dorman. Hayes, Browning,
Porter, Afford, Manchester and Hess.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
Mat Matches

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK-Jim Londos. 201, st.
Louis, threw Clii Olson, 203, Mime
sofa, 63:o8.
PH1LADEIPHA-Jack Sherry, AIT,
Chicago, threw Charley Strack, $50,
Spring Valley, N. Y, 27:18.
NEWARK, N. J.-Ed Stranger Lewis,
$50, threw Wladek zbyszko, 228, 34:30.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Ed Don George,
215, defeated, George zarynci, 204,
Russia, two out Of three falls
HARRISBURG. Pa.-Dick Raines,
223, Dallas. Tex. threw Paul Boesch,
205, New York, 25:00.
DES MONIES. Iowa.-George Kov-
erly, 212. Los Angeles, defeated Ed
Willing, 200, San Diego, Calf, two out
Of three falls.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
THE time is fast approaching for
members Of dads household to

1HE time is fast approaching for
members of dads household to
be giving serious consideration
to the selection of Christmas
presents for the old man. II he
Is an angler, and the majority of them
are. q visit to any Of the local sports
stores will materially reduce the wor-
ries Of his family. And If dads not .
member Of the angling fraternity, per-
haps his children are, because both the
boys and girls are turning their atten-
tion to piscatorial matters In vastly IN
creasing numbers each year.
There are many things that every
angler can Use, really needs In his
tackle outfit, and which will be more
acceptable than the usual run Of cigars,
handkerchiefs, neckties, socks, etc.
The 1884 catalogues Of the big tackle
manufacturers have reached us and
show many fine rods, reels. lines and
bats, and all Of these are exhibited in
the sports stores. It may be confusing
to the good wife when she observes a
variety Of colors to match the rainbow
In q showcase of lures and plugs, or to
see many different kinds Of rods and
reels. But she need not feel embar-
raised or worry about her selections, as
courteous clerks are ready and willing
to assist her, and on Christmas morn
when dad, son or daughter opens .
present and finds rod, reel and line,
or one Of the other hundreds Of things
that make . tackle box complete, We
pressed In that particular household.
IA ND the best part Of 1t is that fish,
n ing paraphernalia can be pur-
chased at very reasonable prices.
A good rod and reel will cost some
thing like IS, and q good line can be
purchased for so or go cents for SO
yards. Hooks and sinkers are cheap.
As matter of fact everything for
the angler can be purchased very rea-
sonably at this time. And even II dad
or some other member of the family
has complete outfit, q new line is
always acceptable, because a line after
one seasons use is weakened and we
know nothing viii be more provoking
to dad than to lose big fish because
his line was weak in places and broke.
And dad, son or daughter will not
have to wait until next Spring to try
out his or her present, More people
are fishing right through the Winter
than ever before. Bass can be legally
caught in the District, and In tide
water In Maryland and Virginia until
March, the District and Maryland clos
ing the season on April and Virginia
On March IS.
~ URNG January, February and
March Of last year bass and big
crappie were landed In Little
River In the deep holes, using live bait
and putting cork or doat q 10
Evening star., 1933-12-07
FISCHER TO RASSLE
FOR WHITE Feather
Illness in Chiefs Family Cause
Of Substitution Against
Gabriel Friday.
.M FISCHER, hurley ex-collegian

I'LL FISCHER, hurley ex-collegian,
r. will substitute for Chief White
Feather against Kurt Gabriel in
one of the preliminaries to the Gus
Sonnenberg- Stanley Pinto match Fri
day at the Washington Auditorium, it
has been announced by Promoter Joe
Turner
An illness in White Feathers family
was given as the reason for the sub
stitution.
Rudy Dusek and Scotty McDougall
are the semi -finalists, with Charley
Strack and Vic Christy, and Wladek
Zbyszko and Jim Clinkstock in the
other '30-minute matches.
Women with paying escorts will be
admitted free.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
eavy Title Clash BUeen Camera Imminent

the use of feathee-liks mstsrials, Il
means added weight and . lowered
waterline for the lead-keel boats. But
In the case Of Yankee, sufdcient lead
could be taken out from inside her keel
to allow for the weight o. the cabin
fittings.
Yankee also was the best heavy
weather boat Of the four built three
years ago. In blow of Newport she
covered 30-mile triangle In Q hours
Al minutes 50 seconds, the fastest time
ever recorded for q cup yacht either in
an international race or q trial.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
By EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

" NCOURAGED by their success in
X the recent gridiron campaign,
during which they won five
games in as many starts. Wood
ward School athletes have launched
basket ball practice in energetic style.
Many Of the foot ball players are on
the basket ball squad, and the Y. M.
Q. A. echolastics are looking to the sea-
son with optimism.
Seven members Of last winters court
band are again at hand. They are
snowden Curtis,, David Humphrey. Jack
Call, Boots Hun, Bots Botsford, Paul
Schaub and Freddy Blankenship. 9th
ers striving for berths include Charles
Jones, Joe Simpson, Eddie Fedner, John
Sadler, Junior Rozzelle, John Edwards,
Dick Kohler and Groff.
Warren Hayes. who coached the grid
ders. also Is tutoring the basketers.
Carl Buckholtz and George Stansfield
are joint managers, the former being in
charge Of business details and the lat
ter Of publicity. A schedule now Is be-
ing whipped into shape and soon will
be announced.
Roosevelt, downed by Emerson in a
4f-Zz game tIdI Opeucu the SCHOOL DOy
basket ball campaign hereabout last
week, will be out to even scores when
it again engages Coach Harley San
born's proteges tomorrow afternoon on
the Roosevelt hardwood Techs squad
goes over to Baltimore for brush with
the Baltimore City College quint. in
another tilt tomorrow.
n OOSEvMT and Georgetown Prep
N fives were to see action this after
ternoon, the former against
Mount Rainier High on the Mounts
floor, and the latter against Charlotte
Hall at Garrett Park. It was to be the
opening game for Georgetown Prep, its
match with Rockville High, slated yes
terday, having been called on upon re-
quest Of the Rockville team.
Howard Pennington Of Altoona, Pa,
stellar guard, will lead Georgetown Prep
on the gridiron next FaIl. He was
elected captain yesterday by the letter
winners on the 1888 squad, which won
the prep school title Of the metropolitan
area, and was defeated only by Central,
public high champion. The Garrett