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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

try needs all the man power 1t can
get. Just as it does in a war. In fact,
in any far seeing sense, this is war;
war against natural forces let loose
by mans foolishness in the past.
Grant that new laws must be passed
before the work can be undertaken
without permitting a deal of extortion
and unearned profit. Congress is IN
session. Grant that vast plans must
be drawn and many surveys made
before the work can move into its
greatest stage. The army engineers,
the forest service, and other public
bodies have enough information and
plans ready made to put million
men at work IN six months. Grant
that only minority of men now idle
can be employed in this work. A mil
lion men working at fair wages at
a task like the one which confronts
the nation would make work for twice
as many more.
There is no surplus of labor in this
country if the country is to be de-
veloped Alright, and labor is getting
in a mood not to be content with
makeshifts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
The Cherry
!" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessIy.
Floods Why are floods j?

Floods? Why are floods?
They are partly for the same reason
that there are broken down and dis
carded men
In 1890 there were floods of human
wastage, tossed up on the banks of
the industrial stream
Today we have the story of de-
struetion from too much water.
Unions played their heroic part in
the flood of unemployment. They play
ed their part in the river madness of
water.
1t will be long time before the
whole story is known, if it is ever
known.
There is an astounding lack of in
formation in union offices thus far.
Nobody seems to know what has hap
pened to unions, or how they have
helped.
But it can be accepted as sure that
they have played their part.
Maybe rivers rose just as high in
the days of the Indians-and before
that.
But then they had plenty of low
lands to wander around in and the
Indians hadn't built docks and factor
srr1A -
White men, eager for the last
word in efficiency and conve-
nience, as well as profit, have
walled up the rivers so that when
the water goes high it goes right
into buildings and streets at once.
And there is damage and Woe
Equally important, they have slash
ed away the trees. The "sponges"
that used to be there to soak up the
water and thin it out and remove the
sting and danger, have been taken
away by man.
What men have done to the land
scape has increased the height of the
water wall and destroyed its natural
safety valve.
So, we have floods. We shall have
more floods.
Uncle Dan Roper can't stop them.
Maybe the army can't stop them
either.
It is huge problem. It is of nation
wide Importance.
It may change our ways of making
a living. It may wipe out cities.
Similarly with the dry belt in the
west-we may have a desert there
once more.
We go hunting profits and we
lose our sustenance. Sustenance,
after all, comes out of the land
out of tillable land.
There have been great migrations
of whole peoples because the land
changed under their feet.
Boards of directors don't keep peo-
pie fed when natural sources fail.
And labor has part to play in the
salyaging job ahead.
Floods? Terrible floods, covering
whole cities, driving people mad, TAX
irg many lives, making some places
SO they can never be lived in again.
Union men, among others. have lost
everything.
Dozens, if not hundreds, of union
halls must have been destroyed; val
liable records washed away, never to
be found again.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
Unqualified Employees
Blamed for r. r. Wreck

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-An
interstate commerce commission re-
port blamed the use Of unqualified en-
ployes by the Louisiana and Arkansas
railway for a wreck on the line No
vember 8, which resulted in the death
of four employees and injuries to six
others.
Company officials said the train
and engine service employees of the
line went on strike September 10, and
that the trains involved in the head-on
collision at Grant, La, were operated
by men hired after that date.
Although the employees involved
were experienced in railroad service,
they had had but little experience in
the district in which they were operat-
ing" the report said.
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Unionists should supplement collec-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
WHAT NEXT?

Subway stations in Tokyo are being
equipped to show news reels to wait
ing travellers. The pictures will in
clude films advertising japanese win
ter resorts and nearby points Of in
terest and scenic beauty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
GAS WORKERS WIN
STRIKE IN TOLEDO

Toledo (ILNS)-The Today strike
in two Toledo gas companies ended
when union workers voted to accept
one-year contract.
The contract calls for 5 to 49 per
cent wage increases and improved
working conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
WISDOM

The broad foundation upon which
the constitution rests, being the peo-
pie, breath Of theirs having made,
breath can unmake, change, or mod
ify it. President William Henry
Harrison.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

"Whom the gods would destroy,
they first make mad" runs the old
Greek proverb. The madness which
the Greeks had in mind is the kind
that we call variously swelled head,
megalomania, or Jehovah complex.
And by all the signs, it has afflicted
a number of officials of General Mo-
tors.
Secretary of Labor Perkins, a part
of the organized government of the
United States, courteously requested
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of u.
NJ. and several other high officials
to meet in her office with represen-
Itatives of the strikers, and consult to
find some way out of the strike tan
gle without further loss of time,
wages and profits. And Mr.. Sloan
and the other G. M. officials refused,
on the ground that the sit-down strik-
ers at Flint were unlawfully occupy
ing some G. M. property.
Il told them that was not only
disappointed in the refusal Of Mr.
Sloan to come down here, but that ]
regarded it as a very unfortunate de-
cision on his part" 1t is President
Roosevelt speaking, and he expressly
waived the rule against quoting the
president at press conferences IN order
that his feelings might go out to the
country.
IVA engineers are fond Of showing
horrible example of erosion. a mar
] owning a hillside farm got cross a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

The other fact is unemployment.
Despite the large and very real meas
ure Of recovery in the last four years,
the American Federation of Labor
reports 100000 unemployed in No
vember-the number is probably
greater now The A. F. of L. classes
emergency workers for the govern
ment as unemployed In the WPA, the
CCC and other relief agencies, there
are 100000 of these.
This leaves 100000 people entirely
without jobs.
Why not abolish unemployment by
building and planting out floods !?
It is sheer lunacy to talk about
permanent and unavoidable unem-
ployment" in country where such a
gigantic work is to be done. The coun-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t 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, 1937-02-05

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Telephone 1896 Hamilton, Ohit
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Boston & Maine Railroad, Davis was
expected to appeal to the circuit court
of appeals.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1897
FLOODS AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Two facts, both we'll known,
should be put together for the Amer
lean people to ponder on--and then
act on.
The first fact is the flood Over a
considerable region, it is the worst
on record A million or more people
have been driven from their homes.
The known deaths from the food were
130 as this was written, and the roll
was climbing almost hourly. Rescu-
ers padded boat to where a woman
and a newborn baby were on the roof
of house standing in water to its
caves; but they came too late. Both
woman and child were dead
More than three thousand square
miles are already under water, and
the area thrown out of effective use
is at least ten times as great And
the whole may be covered before the
food is through. Cities are fighting
a desperate battle against a foe as
destructive as the Fascists at Madrid.
The army prepared and expected
to move all people out of strip in
places 100 miles wide along the Mis-
sissippi, from Cairo to New Orleans.
When the waters retire, they will
leave behind coating Of mud over
everything, varying from inches to
feet in depth, damaging and often
destroying what it covers, expensive
and toilsome to clear away. That
pestilential mud, few years ago, was
good soil growing trees on hillsides
where now are only bare and quilted
slopes. Yet probably for every cubic
yard of soil turned into mud and de-
posted where it is not wanted on land,
ten cubic yards have been carried out
into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Whatever is intended for insertion must
be authenticated by the and address. OF
the writer. not necessarily for publication, but
as a guarantee Of good faith.
Subscribers changing their address will
please notify this office, giving old and new
address to insure regular delivery of paper.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

Unionists should supplement collec-
tive bargaining by collective buying.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-02-05

IVA engineers are fond of showing
a horrible example Of erosion. A man
owning hillside farm got cross at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12

ALTHOUGH OUR CITY is hot other chimes COOL and
Hollywood gives picture of BOTH Summer in Paris
dark Clothes and substantial coat Summer in the California
mountains calls for wooens while in spots moth
ing but shorts and shirt needed We show you both
today in this page of Hollywood photographs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
For Varied Summer Chimes

SHIRLEY ROSS likes silk linen and has great deal of it in
her summer wardrobe You her here in dress
of gray navy nen the skirt short with inverted peatS
on either side of wide front panel The jacket is cut
simple lines with pockets and edges outlined with the gray
gay printed silk kerchief adds color. Shown below
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Army Day Observance
BvJ. T. Williams, Jr.

by the American
Army, that 1t rejoices in the en-.
nifty Of that melancholy minority
of the misguided to whom nothing
in their earthly pilgrimage seems
worth defending with their lives.
It adds to the glory Of the
United States Military Academy at
West Point and to the laurels Of
''the brotherhood of the brave"
which includes the company of its
graduates, that the academy has
received in recent years the abuse
of crackpot theorists and greedy
gang spoilsmen who pollute too
many public offices in the country.
And it will endear anew the
Army to the great American family
when some future Congress lays
bare the ugly fact that no small
part Of the propaganda subversive
OF the common defense, with
which this country has been
flooded in recent years, has been OF
alien origin or has been aided
and abetted by alien agencies.
With each succeeding year the
Observance of April 6 as Army Day
will bring home to the people the
reasons they have for taking pride
in the Army and for encouraging
young Americans to offer them
selves for training with the colors.
SEE MORE CLEARLY
This observance of Arnnv Dav
will also enable the people to see
more clearly who rightly represent
them in the Congress on questions
involving the common defense and
who represent the ,Sappers, whose
only interest in the Army or the
Navy is to play pork-barrel politics
with their supply bills.
There is new reason in recent
years for the people everywhere
to unite in demonstrating once a
year the sincerity of their support
of the officers and men of the
American Army. This reason is
to be found in the increasing sue
cess of the Citizens Military Train.
ing Camps and of their offspring
the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The success of both these ven
lures is chiefly due to the United
States Army. Without the leader.
ship of the Army, without the
protection and guidance Of its
trained personnel, without the
support of the War Department,
the Citizens Military Training
Camps would not have lasted more
than a few years and the Civilian
Conservation Corps would have
long ago fallen victim to political
racketeers instead of being what
it is-an agency worthy Of the
pride and confidence Of the whole
people.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
The Average-Legged Girl

uENCEFORTH you averagelegged girls can proceed
III confidently The Bureau Of Standards Of the
United States Government has come to the rescue!
The subject however, is not legs but what covers
them-stockings for average legs
Don't misunderstand This average has nothing to
do with contour
As you must know, stockings come in extrashort
extra-long and standard lengths. You, average
logger, have found that out than when you
arrived home and opened the package Remember when
you got that just about reached your knees, and
the time you thought the clerk had given you sections
of fire hose. Well
Striving to obvate annoying situations of that kind
the hosiery industry appealed to the Bureau Of Stand
ards After going into the matter thoroughly it has
been agreed that manufacturers will ship only standard
length unless the order specifies otherwise.
Helpful, isn't it7 Government surely is wonderful
thing.
More than wonderful 1t comes nigh to being both
oracular and awesome-for hereafter hose for average
legs will measure exactly 30 inches from heel to mooring
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

Repr eSenta. Rep. Ross Collins
tive Ross Collins, of Mississippi
chairman of the committee, called
Major Browns attention to criti
cism from 25 members of Congress
who charged that the Police De
partment is publicizing itself at
the expense of Congress. When
Major Brown expressed surprise
at this the chairman said:
'In the first place, they think
that you took an insane man
out of one of the buildings up
here, one who was Member of
Congress, one that everybody
knew was insane, and carried
column after column Of pub
licity because Of escapades that
he was on, when you should
have taken MIN and incarcer-
ated him somewhere"
If my memory serves me cor
rectly, the police attempted to take
the member in question to Gal
linger Hospital and they were
stopped by officials OF the House
of Representatives who talked the
District Attorney and the Chief
of Police into letting him go home
to his mother rather than drag
him away to the municipal hos
pital,
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

o Lord God of Hosts,
stretch forth, De pray Thee,
Thine iJhty arm to
strengthen and protect the
soldiers of Our country.
From Prayer for the Army.
Up and down the United States
the household of the nation is
again called upon to observe Apri
6 as Army Day. This call has gone
out to the people for the tenth
successive year from the President
and the Congress of the United
States, the Secretary of War anc
the Chief of Staff of the Army
And again the governors of the
States and territories have united
in this appeal.
Following the examples Of the
governors, mayors of cities and
towns throughout the union are
helping to make the tenth annua,
observance Of Army Day all that
it ought to be.
CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE
The President, in a recent letter
succinctly sets forth the reasons
why this anniversary in the ma
tional cal ndar of American
patriotism should be observed by
all sorts and conditions of true
Americans throughout the union
These are his words:
"Army Day, which is annually
observed on April 6, should serve
to remind us of the splendid serv-
ice rendered by our soldiers in
peace and war, during our GEN.
tury and a half of national ex.
iStence.
"By their courage and sac
rifice the members of our Army
have kept our country secure in
half a dozen major wars.
Through their constructive
labOrS in a score of unrelated
fields they have served the Ma
ton well in time of peace.
"In opening to settlement our
great domain, in constructing
canals and improving naviga-
tiOn, in extending our knowledge
of preventive medicine, and in
contributing to the advance
ment of science in numerous
other ways, the Army has writ
ten a brilliant record Of con-
structive service on the pages of
American history"
It is to the everlasting glory of
the Army that it's officers and men
have been the target in recent
years for insidious attacks by a
polyglot assortment of sappers,
plotting to undermine American
institutions.
It enhances the distinction of
the profession of arms, so worthily
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

G44C ~ 4CA4A4A444oAy - ~A-
color outbreak, according to all I
can get from trade sources, is
nothing to what the clothes spec
trum will reveal after this mo-
mentous first full moon after the
Vernal equinox. 1t was explained
to me that smart, up-and-coming
girls usually beat the gun in the
clothes sweepstakes.
Textile manufacturers are play
ing colorS harder this year than in
any year for long time past. They
have an association which links
color and news headlines and sup
plies color prismS to each member,
based on a study of compelling
news interest in association with
world glamour and rom anc e,
which is, or at any rate, is sup
posed to be, a stimulus to rainbow
raiment. Whether this, or just the
eternal feminine yen for pretty
clothes is the urge is wide-open
question.
COLOR BACKGROUND
The answer may be found some
day by some beetle-browed psychol-
ogiSt. This man in somber garo
would be interested in learning
whether the poetic and elaborate
research of the textile manufac-
turers actually affects the final
colors chosen in Park Avenue or
Grand Street.
For instance, the textile people.
enlightening each other, at least
search history for the color back
ground of the coronation. They
derive and describe the following
"12 coronation colors":
"CrOwn ruby, crown sapphire,
crown pearl, crown emerald,
royal amethyst, royal yellow
sapphire, royal turquoise, impe-
rial gold, regal purple, knights
blue, royal crimson and English
scarlet.
"Along with this, there is
laid down in the front offices
of the textile mills fascinating
descriptive material about each
color, The manufacturer, in his
map-and.tack office with OCtaves
of push buttons and price-curve
charts, learns that the crown
sapphire springs from the val
| liable sapphires prominent In
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

) the regal embIems, especially
the famous st. Edwards sap
phire and the Stuart sapphire
adOrning the kings state
crown"
He also learns, if he doesn't al,
ready know, of the four great
pear,Shaped pearls which were the
earrings of st. Elizabeth; the
great Black Princes ruby; the
supertunica; the armilla or stole.
and the royal robe of cloth of gold
He also hears of the gold of ST.
Edwards crown; knights blue
inspired by the mantle worn by
the knights of the Garter, who
held a golden canopy over the
head of the king while he was be
ing anointed; and the scarlet coats
of the royal pages of honor.
There Is a brochure on the
history of the Koh-i-nur and the
star of Africa diamonds which ap
pear in the regal emblems on the
jeweled sword of state; the orb;
the sceptre with the cross, ano
the coronation ring.
American industry can splash
color now as it never could before
thanks to Mitchell Palmer, han
ding the German dye patents ovel
at the Chemical Foundation. Oul
great expositions, particularly thai
of San Francisco in 1915, have
iolted our puritan heritage a lot
and made us less afraid of color
One hears much of the machine
making a drab world-standard
izing people and getting them into
a lock-step.
CURIOUS FORCES
Here is one of those curious
compensatory forces with which
Emerson was so deeply absorbed
Mass production, even as the con
veyor belt grows longer anc
swifter, is getting more flexible
Any working girl shopping ir
Fourteenth Street, New York, car
IlIlu d range VI COAO1b NSoASAA 0AAS
price in clothes which might have
made q duchess green with envy
before the machine age.
Next to odors, colors have the
strongest associative quality, since
most persons have the primarily
visual mind and memory
knights blue"-there's a touch
off for all your day dreams, bt
you a damsel on the avenue OF
Just. hat checker No. 6.
If we had a work color, insteac
of a play color, it would probably
be denim blue" But we never
romanticize work. European peas
ants make marvellous use Of colol
in their folk costumes, but they
are for feteS and holidays. Gray
or black or brown are their worE
colors.
For work we want clothes which
are serviceable and inconSpicuous
The protective coloring of KHAKI
is for men in the ranks; the colo
and gold braid for the officers.
copyright, 1887, by King Features
| Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

start or waiting too long for the
right one to show up.
But, generally speaking, our
parents can't afford to have us
loafing around after we grad
uate, trying our hands at this or
that. so HOW ABOUT FED
ERAL AID FOR ALL YOUNG
PEOPLE AFTER GRADUATION
FROM HIGH CHOOL OR
COLLEGE, PROVIDED-OF
COURSE-THAT THEY HAVE
PROVED THEMSELVES WILL
ING AND FIT?
81 don't mean a dole, nor real
wages. Just enough for one year,
to keep us from starving while
we are looking around, trying
to discover what we can or can't
do. Wouldn't Federal subsidy
like that when we are young
before we become industrial mis-
fits, criminals or bumS-be bet
ter than spending tax money for
bread lines or jailS when we are
OIder?"
Well, why not? That was asking
'em with a vengeance. So we
printed it and found ourselves
swamped with an All Time Record
mail within "a hours. Scores
hundreds -thousands-of excited
Pros and Cons. ALI saying as how
this was the worlds Nuttiest No
tion-or Smartest.
THEN. UP STEP THE SOCIAL
SECURITY FOLK OF WASHING
TON, D. c., AND MAKE A REAL
ISSUE OF 1T BY BROADCAST
ING TT IN THEIR OFFICIAL
PROGRAM DISCUS
SION.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
So-are we or aren't we making
history? And, if so, which side
are you taking? That's the Must
Decide we're handing you today.
and we really want an answer.
For-no fooling-despite Bigger
n Better Business Prospects, in
creasing millions Of young people
are still standing around joblessY
Those dreams, adventures and ex'
periments which were their
fathers and mothers natural
heritage have been denied them.
They are trapped in an industrial
and social confusion which was
not of their own making. Help
less, increasingly hopeless, they
are Americas most pressing and
pitiful problem.
AS A TAXPAYER, WHAT'S
YOUR ANSWER? SHOULD THE
GOVERNMENT STEP IN
GIVE THESE BEWILDERED
YOUNG THINGS ONE YEAR IN
WHICH TO FIND THEMSELVES?
WILL 1T HELP IF 1T DOES? OR
WILL IT ONLY FURTHER PRO.
LONG THE INEVITABLE DATE
WHEN THEY MUST, UNAIDED
COME TO GRIPS WITH
REALITY?
What do YOU think about it?
Pack your answer with all the
J dynamite you have.