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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
EXPLOITED
BANK CLERKS
Called On to Organize For
Protection

New York City (ILNS)--Pointing
out that the National City Bank,
whose head, Charles E. Mitchell, was
recently compelled to resign, had vir-
tually forced unerpaid employees of the
bank to buy its stock at inflated
prices, the Bookkeepers, Stenograph-
ers and Accountants Union No.. 12646
of the American Federation of Labor,
sounds a call for the organization of
bank workers to prevent them from
being victimized by their employers.
Referring to the revelations of the
National City Banks underhand
methods, recently made before the
senate committee on banking and
finance, the union says in state
ment:
I'VE are particularly appalled, at
the revelation that the supposed re-
spectacle and responsible gentlemen,
under the guidance of Charles E.
Mitchell, did not hesitate to victimize
their underpaid bank clerks and other
clerical employees by unloading 10000
shares of the banks stock at from
5000 to 1920 per share, which in
reality have value at the best Of
$40 each. According to the testimony
before the senate committee, many of
these unfortunate employees are still
paying monthly installments on these
shares and in numerous cases are still
obligated to pay sums exceeding the
$40 value of the stock, this in face of
the notorious fact that wages have
been slashed to disgracefully low
levels.
I'm contrast to this insistence that
the employees pay to the last cent the
sums for which they obligated them
selves. Mitchell and his associates
established $2,500,0OO loan fund of
the banks monies, from which they
have loaned themselves hundreds of
thousands Of dollars, without interest
obligations. As matter of fact, all
told only 5 per cent Of these so-called
loans have been repaid to date, while
huge sums have been written off the
books and are no longer carried as
debt obligations. And let it be re-
membered, too, that these misnamed
loans were taken by bank officials,
who in the boom years received not
only enormous salaries, but who AFRO
gated unto themselves fabuluos sums
running into millions in the form of
bonuses.
"At the very time that the National
City Bank was unloading its inflated
stock on its helpless employees (for
we are well aware that many bought
stocks in order to retain their posi-
tions), the Bookkeepers, Stenog-
raphers and Accountants Union was
appealing to these workers to organ
ize, as only through a strong union
could they really obtain wage and
working standards commensurate
with the responsible work required
from bank employees. Unfortunately
by a combination of the antagonism
of the bankers and the mistaken
notion of some of the workers them
selves of economic security, our ap-
peal and efforts were fruitless.
''In this hour of bitter awakening,
when not only their investment have
been practically swept away, but wage
and working conditions in the finan-
cial district are so bad as to be be-
yond relief, we again sound the call
for organization and assure bank
employees a welcome within our
ranks.
ERNEST BONN,
President Secretary"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
Truths POndered While
Riding at
Anchor
Then gently scan
your brother man
BY Mr.. MOdestuszzzz.s

cry has been ringing from the
house-tops of Wall street:
'Take the government out of busi-
ness"
The gentlemen who start the cry
must mean only only profitable busi-
ness"
Assuredly it must be Business when
government starts corporation.
1t must be business of some kind
when this corporation hands the gen
tlemen eighteen million dollars for
some railway securities.
Perhaps it is not wise business.
Quite evidently, it is not paying
business:
For the gentlemen wanted to unload
the railway securities.
"Securities!"
Promises to pay, at definite time
The short word, with an opposite
meaning from Securities" is debts.
France gave some Securities" for
her debts" to England and the u. s.
Great corporations give "securiti-
ties" for money they borrow.
Sometimes they are called bonds.
In another form they are called
stock-shares of stock;
And are supposed to retain more
control over the property.
Farmers give security" for their
borrowings from the banks.
These are usually notes, endorsed,
and backed by mortgage.
Remember, note is nothing but
a promise-to pay.
Insurance companies take the
notes, and the mortgages on the
farms.
These mortgages (securities) and
the promises of the farmers Ito pay)
Are what put the underpining un-
der the "sure" of the insurance.
That is-until there is no market /
FOR farm products.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
Armadillos Fast Dirt FIineer.

The armadillo. that strange armored
creature OF South America belonging
TO the family OF animals known as ant
eaters, has powerful claws with which
1t can dig faster than a man. The
story Is told of hunter who deter.
mined to dig an armadillo out of its
burrow. He finally succeeded. but he
had worked for eight hours and dug
six deep pits before he caught up with
his quarry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
Workers Strike to Force
Observance of Agreement

Rushden, Eng.-Shoe trimmers en-
ployed by John Whites (Impreg-
nable) Boots, Ltd, here struck to en-
force their national agreement. The
firm recently changed from day work
to piecework system. The shoe trim
mers alleged that under the day wage
more work was exacted from the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17

Q-What president of the United
States said: II emphatically believe
In organized labor. l believe in or.
ganization of wage earners'?
A.-Theodore Roosevelt
Q.-How many states have ratified
the child labor amendment?
A.-Eight, as follows: Arizona. Ar
kansas, California, Colorado, Montana
Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington
Q.-Where will the 1888 convention
OF the American Federation of Labor
be held?
AT Chicago, in June.
Q.-What did the presidents re-
search committee on social trends saw
OF the death rate and the adequacy
OF wages for meeting minimum
standards of living?
Am its discussion of the oues-
ton, the committee suggested one
test that might be applied saying:
Death rates are still much higher
IN the lower income groups than in
others. Until a point is reached where
the death rate does not vary according
to income, it seems paradoxical to
claim that wage earners are receiv-
ing a living wage"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17

Misleading Advertisements for La
BORA daily newspaper of Miami
Fla, carried an advertisement for car
penters. When the carpenters applied
for the work, they found they were
wanted to sell lumber on a five per
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
Cleanliness Of Ants

Not the least interesting thing about
ants Is their instructive cleanliness.
They have been provided by Nature
with their own combs and brushes
which they use frequently to keep
themselves tidy and free from par.
ticles OF soil.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
II Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
Alberta Federation of Labor.--T

Alberta Federation of Labor.-The
annual convention Of the Alberta,
Canada, Federation of Labor, re-
elected Fred j White president of
the federation. He was also chosen
to the convention Of the Trades and
Labor Congress Of Canada, which
meets in Windsor next September.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17

cent commission. Miami Central La
Dor Union protested against this
misleading advertising.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17

Falsehood is cowardice, truth is
courage.-Hosea Ballou.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-03-17

Reading maketh a full man, con-
ference a ready man and writing an
exact man.-Bacon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14
Not Too DOcile

If ever a modern nation should be
docile under autocratic control that
nation should be Germany.
From the time Of William I to the
end Of the World War, they were
regimented and organized into a
state OF fanatical devotion to the
rulers OF their country. The divine
right of kings was accepted as sound
doctrine in Germany under the Kali
sers, II nowhere else.
But taste Of freedom seems
to have whetted the German ap-
petite for more, judged by the ex-
periences Of the new Hitler regime.
Regulations as drastic as any
known in the days before the war
have been promulgated in the Faith
erland. Only the forces supporting
Hitler In the forthcoming election
campaign are allowed freedom and
liberty. They are permitted to par
ade and hold demonstrations. Other
parties are suppressed.
But the once-docile German people
have changed. Where before there
was quiet submission there now is a
spirit Of fight. Dispatches tell of
continued disturbances in the Reich
with many dead and wounded in po-
litical combats.
Hitler probably will win in what
one of his spokesman described as
probably the last election" But it
is doubtful if his victory will be a
lasting one or that it will be the
last" election.
Liberty, once sown in the breasts
OF people, is vigorous seed. It
takes a lot of trampling to stamp it
out,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14

Americans as they impress me have
no need Of stimulants. They really
should have sedatives, believe
John Masefield. England's poet lau.
reate, visiting the y. s.
One great trouble In Europe IL that
each nation Is so busy being patriotic
that 1t has not time to get the 9TH
er's point Of view.-Count Serge
Fleury, French foreign office.
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I'm too good q swimmer. couldn't
stay down.-Harold Wachtel, jobless
New York salesman, after trying un-
successfully to drown himself.
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Unless the Democratic party rec
ognizes that new economic conditions
exist In the world today and that we
must take somewhat different atti-
tude on the tariff, we are headed for
difficulties.-U. 8. Senator Thomas
]. Walsh (Dem., Mont).
= =
From my experience ATS beer
doesn't taste like much. However.
there are lot Of people who don't
know the difference between ginger
pop and dynasAite.-IMy Einstein,
former ACE" prohibition agent.
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know, when We were youngsters.
And since she's grown up. dinners
and dances. You know. those
things start and pretty soon they're
more than a habit. They-well,
they sort Of weave into . fellows
life Is . thing he has to do. And
she-and mother-took It for
granted I'd come this year-as al-
ways. And I'd forgotten every
last thing about it."
Ken had been driving the car up
the steep streets which led 70 the
crest Of Telegraph Hill. Now be
swung out into he broad sutomo-
bile drive and came 70 . stop BY
the parapst. The cliff Tell away
before them. Far below tho
waterfront spread Ike . tan, white
fingers Of wharves outgtretched
into . bay like indigo. Miniature
ferry boats plowsd THAR way in .
churn Of foam 70 the Alameda and
the Marin shores stretched opposite
under the rich wash Of Autumn
sunshine.
Ken fastened sombrs eyes on
them ~ he speke. ira eleer for
gotten anything ,about- cscile's
party until I got homo last night
and found mother oil IN . twitter
because ! was late. Lord, It
knocked me fiat" He moved
restlessly in the seat. ITO 90 any
where after hearing from Doc
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l3|I|I|
YORK
Gilbert IAN

New York, Feb. 14.-Norman bel
Gcddes, one Of the foremost geniuses
of stage design and lighting, is credit
ed by cronieS with a second genius for
inventing completely ingeniuoS and in
tiguing games.
Thus, I am informed, there-yeal
war still continues at fortnightly
gatherings in his elaborate studios.
There have been, to be more exact
three wars battled out on the game
board: but several Of the original
combinations are still at 1t. These
combatants are among the leading
literary and artistic figures of the
nation. The war board" is some Is
feet long, SO am told, and is an ex-
act replica Of vast battle zone, such
as the German-F'rench front in the
great war. Companies. regiments, d.
vision and the rest are marked by
pins; distance, hazards, interference.
squad training, bombing attacks.
trench making and SO forth are all
considered and the procedure Is ex-
actly as in the real warfare. Oftimes
an entire weekend Of play Is re-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Quack Corner Druxxist

black specks in front of my
eyes on rising asked the drug
gist in our neighborhood what he
thought. He said It may be either
my liver or eyestrain and he pre-
scribed calomel and magnesia also
boric acid eye bath, which have used
without results IF. A. NJ
Answer-Have you consulted the
traffic cop at your corner or the
specialist who collects the garbage in
your neighborhood? I infer you are
not on speaking terms with the ply
sicians.
Right Eating
For nearly year have been fol-
lowing the menus given in your
Guide to Right Eating" and We be-
lieve Gas does our physician) that my
husbands duodenal ulcer is cured, at
least he has been free of all symp-
toms for several months now. From
the benefit we have had. that Little
Lesson in the Ways Of Health No. 81
should cost SO instead of 10 cents
!. (Mrs. r. W.
Answer-I did try to concentrate In
It the dietetic information most pco-
pie seek. Acidity, protective diet. vi
tamins. diet for peptic ulcer patient
and rest of family, and general rules.
Ask for Guide to Right Eating" and
inclose dime and a stamped en-
velope bearing your address.
Wide Pupil
Is it necessary to dilate the pupil
to examine the eye correctly? q. b.
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CURED for . relatively minor engage.

quired for = relatively minor engage
ment.
COMPLETE ARMIES
Not long ago I was informed thai
two members Of the United state,
general staff had been frequent Oh.
servers Of the various naanipulations
and probably did q bit Of personal fig.
uring on the side. The prize player
to date, 10 said to be q former Officer
In the old Russian white army" now
q New York resident, who has q con-
siderable handicap because Of his ca
capacity to memorize and solve math-
ematical problems Of distance, men
etc.
Players are allowed field m&rshals
Stats and other consultants. The
white army officer Is usually on one
or the other. Other ex-military men
have been enlisted at times. Com
batants 60 into frequent and lengthy
huddles over q campaign.
4
GATE CRAsHERs
II some lack Of direct information
seems to appear In my notations, II
Is due to the fact that gate crashers
have attempted to find their way into
the fascinating play rooms Of the IA
NOUS artist. Table conversations, re-
peated about, have lured several hun
bred at times-I am told-to efforts
ct crashing" Hence q certain Sec
recry and publicity lodging.
4 \ 4
THEN PONIES RUN
For there Is another game, too,
played on alternate weeks. This Is
the exact replica Of q race track and
stables, manipulated electrically. Each
player Gowns stable" and the horses
therein. The horses are electrically
graded for speed. says my informant,
and hence are handicapped or given
additional weight. Entry fees are paid
and the purses made up for the win
ners. IF friends care to make book
on each other. set odds and buy up
prize winning runners-all very well!
Such possibilities as q crooked
Jockey, a wet track or thrown" race
are accounted for by the little ball
bearings which can travel through
the mechanism and create = short
circuit, thus upsetting all form. On
an average, the favorite has about the
same chances Of winning as at q track
= under the same conditions, Of
coursel
Which just gives you an idea how
celebrities oftimes amuse themselves
and relax!
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A DOLL DOCTOR
Helen Worden tells me Of fasci-
mating old lady who has been mend
ing the dolls OF famous folk for many
3 year.
And you'd be surprised at the mum.
Der Of women who have kept favorite
dolls through lifetime.
There's Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
widow Of the former president, for
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14
CHAPTER XIX.

A RDETH was standing on the
"a pavement before the en-.
- trance Of the hotel when
Ken's car pulled up.
Her heart leaped painfully a.
their eyes met. No bright and
laughing charm about Ken today.
His face was pale. His mouth grim.
He opened the door Of the car
and she got in without . word.
Sunday calm over the city.
Church bells ringing near and far
Children, self-conscious In their
best clothes, walking through the
sunshine to Sunday school. Stacks
Of the morning papers in corner
stores. An air Of leisurely well
being over the city. Bleaknesa
only in her heart :.
"Well," Ken said finally in q
tight voice. Through with me,
aren't you?"
She moved her hands slightly
but did not answer.
He gave q mirthless laugh.
Don't blame you. Its the only
way out, guess. Here's what
happened, whether you want To
hear it or not. Late yesterday DR..
Knowles got in touch with me.
He's an old friend. and he told
me that mother" he gulped,
my mothers in . bad way, Ar
deth. she-she's going. Just =
He suddenly stopped.
Ardeth found that her cold hand
had gone to cover his own on the
wheel. He did not seem to feel it
and after . moment she took it
back.
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gagement. ! was like somethinr
crazy. Took all my wits to keep
up In front Of mother. Mustn't
let her suspect. -. / had to "a
out to cecile's dinner. Of &c course ~ ..
Or she'd have begun to ask uues.
ttons. When l met the other I
sort Of got . grip on myself. / re-
memoesed you. got to . tele-
phone. But you'd already left.
And then ] saw You out there With
"oh. Ken-Ken" vas
groptng for him. blind With regret
and despair.
He pattsd her arm, but his eyea
were absent and there wss . erins
ct 70 his mouth.
Ken"-her voice tremblAd. ~
can't say how sorry ! an. / didnf
guess. I'm . jealous cat, | Gun
pose: -. And while I was WIT
Ing Tom passed. He asked ma "a
50. ] was nearly craxy-when Won
WAIT alone every minute q . year.
:, He interrupted her haltins voiaA
u don't blame you, Ardet6. ~
e Just sort Of got me, seeing yo,,
look up ct Tom like that. AZ 7
shouldn't talk-I have no rirht !;
Don't say thatw she cried.
sharply. "Oh, dearest-thereS oniv
you! Needless Of passing cars.
sne 1lunG her arms about him.
To Be Continued.
ocytighk lsse. King Restores syad,.s. n.
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Answer-No. Often q more accur.
ate measurement of the vision can be
made while the focusing power Il
temporarily kept at rest by means Of
drops. It Is only incidentally that the
drops dilate the pupil. This Is most
essential in the measurement Of the
vision Of a younger person.
Pimples
What is the best thing to clear up
pimples? Are these eruptions q sign
Of impure blood? Would a good
blood purifier be advisable? q. B. K.)
Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address and mention
that you have pimples. The notions
Of impure blood and blood purifiers
are silly.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Co..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14
Barbs

That Scent dinner Governor PIN
chot ana Mrs. Pinchot served Mrs.
Roosevelt seems to have been quite
= success. Maybe the Pinchota
wouldn't mind ordering the groceries
for state functions at the white house
until the new First Lady catches on.
Henry Ford wasn't long show.
ing The country how to keep boAy
and ohassls together.
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Chicago p1ainclothes men foxtrotted
around tho city;s dime.a dance halls;
then closed them up. That's stamp
ing out crime, for you.
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Cheerful smEounGlngs are half
che cure, doctees ~ us-without
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instance. It wasn't 20 very long ago.
reports Mrs. Lancet, who u the don
fixer, that Mrs. Roosevelt came IN
with Z childhood doll. The china
head had remained undamaged: but
the body showed signs Of wear and
tear. Several Long Island society
women travel over to Second Avenue
looking for Mrs. Lancet, who has be-
come known to thousands Ill over the
country during the forty years she has
been q doll doctor.
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and yet I couldn't let her
} :. l was pretty nearly
Crushed Hopes.

Ken's understanding a poison
Of despair stealing through her. /. !.
Not wild and rebellious despair
which held bracing anger. This
was . cold hand crushing down in
her heart. Crushing hope.
She was face to face with the
thing she feared. Here was the
reason for that uncertainty which
had lurked beneath her happiness.
Fate had cornered her-and she
could not fight back.
Her youth and beauty-they
were weapons to WELD against
Cecile. But that threatening future
had changed its appearance. No
longer Cecile's beautiful, cynical
face which opposed her. Cecile way
. secondary menace now.
That unfriendly future had
taken on the aspect of frail old
woman. A feeble woman who
held the invincible weapon Of help.
lessness.
Faint terror stealing through
her :. and the sick sense Of
being beaten.
"Well-that's the gist of it."
Ken's voice was tired and beaten.
''l'll be frank. ! forgot all about
you. Ardeth, and our dinner en-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-14
Japan and the League

It seems inevitable that Japan will
break with the League of Nations
AS result OF the Manchurian situa-
ton, she will either withdraw or be
expelled. The result will be the same,
the first really great test upon this
machine set up by the nations to
preserve the peace OF the world.
In the past the League has demon
strated no great strength. Because
SO many conflicting interests have
been involved in the questions
presented to 1t. it has been forced to
move slowly or not at all.
But now the League comes face to
face with a clear-cut issue on which
1t can make but two decisions.
Either Japan Is right or japan is
wrong. The ruling. to date. has been
that she has been wrong In her az
erosion and It Is to b presumed that
the nations represented ct Geneva
viii hold 70 that theory. No further
attempts 1t amicable settlement
seem possible.
The result Of the break win be to
bring woe to both Japan and the
League Of Nations. Il remains to be
seen which win be the greatest SUI
1erer and which will be victorious In
IL md
On the side Of Japan Is . spirit Of
military conquest which he's sxcoed.
ed MI modern bounds. Not even the
rape Of Belgium can b compared to
Japens activities Ia Alanchuria and
Its proposed invasion Of Jehol.
On the side Of the League there Is
only justice. as it is interpreted by