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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
JUDGE MADE DELAYS

When the present court reform
is out of the way, some congressman
or senator should introduce meas
ure to keep the federal courts from
holding up the operations Of the gov
ernment. As for instance:
John J. Gore, federal district judge
of middle Tennessee, one of the orna-
ments to the bench chosen by Harry
E. Daugherty, issued an injunction
at the request of 10 power companies,
holding up work on municipal power
plants in something over score of
communities; and ham-stringing a
large part Of the work of the IVA.
That injunction has been quashed
by a higher court. But it kept hun
dreds of thousands Of people paying
extortionate rates to the power COM
panies few months longer; and
probably deprived several thousand
men of work for the same time.
Robert NJ. Gibson, federal district
judge at Pittsburgh, also put on the
bench by Harry NJ. Daugherty, en-
joined the federal government from
prosecuting MELONS Aluminium Com
pany Of America in New York! It
seems incredible; but it is true.
Congress has power to forbid fed
eral judges to issue any restraining
order against government action; ex-
cept possibly to safeguard the per-
sonal civil rights Of an individual. The
sooner that power is translated into
law, the better.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
members. On this important point the

members. On this important point the
court said:
"There is nothing in the federal
constitution which forbids unions
from competing with non-union con-
Germs for customers by means of pick
eting as freely as one merchant COM
petes with another by means of ad-
vertisements in the press, by circu-
lars, or by his window display. Each
member of the unions, as well as
Sem, has the right to strive to earn
his living.
"Senn seeks to do so through the
exercise of his individual skill and
planning. The union members seek to
do so through combination. Earning
a living is dependent upon securing
work; and securing work is dependent
upon public favor. To win the pat
ronage of the public each may strive
by legal means. Exercising its police
power, Wisconsin has declared that in
labor dispute peaceful picketing and
truthful publicity are means legal for
unions
The Wisconsin labor law is said te
be the first of it's kind to come before
the supreme court of the Unitee
States. The courts favorable action is
regarded as a precedent for similar
laws in other states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
Higher Pay Pacts Won
By Electrical Workers

The Electrical Workers Union in
Flint, Michigan, following negotia-
tions lasting 80 days, has secured new
working agreements with seven cleo
trical contracting firms, which handled
"a per cent of the work done there
in 1886 The union secured wage
increase of Is cents an hour, bringing
the rate to $125 an hour.
The Electrical Workers Union at
Waterloo, Iowa, recently secured a
new wage contract with five contract
ing concerns in that city, boosting the
hourly rate to $1.121a. The agreement
extends to April 1, 1888.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
FRIDAY, JUNE Is, 1887
THE SUPREME COURTS DECI-
SION UNFOLDING PICKETING

In its opinion upholding the consti-
tutional validity Of the Wisconsin la
Dor code, which authorizes giving pub
licity in labor disputes, declares peace
full picketing and patrolling lawful,
and denies to judges the right to grant
injunctions against these activities,
the supreme court Of the United States
gave judicial sanction to method
long prachced by American trade
unions.
The case was brought to the su-
preme court by Paul Sem, who oper-
ates a small tile-laying concern in
Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee Tile Layers Union
has a rule providing that no individ-
ual or corporation covered by union
agreement shall work with tile laying
tools or act as helper, but that the
installation Of all materials shall be
done by members Of the union
The union undertook to induce Sem
to become union contractor. He
said he would do SO if this rule was
omitted from the contract. The union
said IT was impossible to eliminate the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
VitreOus China Workers
Organized By Potters

Fifty one per cent of the employees
of the Technical Porcelain Works of
FL Cerrito, California, organized the
Vitreous China Workers Union Of
that city and applied for charter of
affiliation with the Brotherhood of
Operative Potters.
Twenty-seven new members were
recently initiated by Operative Pot
ters Brotherhood Local Union No 6
at Wheeling, West Virginia. The
union members are well pleased with
the wage increase negotiated with
pottery owners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
WHAT NEXT.

Cellophane coverings for fruit trees
to protect them from insects and sud
den drops in temperature were de-
scribed at a recent conference on the
industrial uses Of farm products
through applied science. Trees are
draped with a garment known as the
eelloveil to guard them against the
weather. Perforations allow free ac-
cess Of air but not Of moths.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
DROP FORGERS
GAIN WAGE INCREASE

Cleveland, Ohio (AFLNS) - The
Cleveland Blacksmiths and Drop
Forgers' Union negotiated an agree
ment with the Steel Improvement and
Forge Company calling for wage in
creases ranging from Is to 20 per
cent, union recognition and time and
one-half for overtime. The agree
ment was secured during three-day
strike Of go union members.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18

the labor code challenged by Sem,
who appealed the decision to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court on the
ground that the Wisconsin law took
away his liberty and property and de-
prived him of the equal protection of
the laws guaranteed by the fourteenth
amendment to the federal eonstitu
ton. Specifically he contended that
the right to work in his business with
his own hands is right guaranteed
by the fourteenth amendment and
that the state of Wisconsin cannot
by law authorize unions to employ
publicity and picketing to induce him
to refrain from exercising that right.
On these points, Justice Brandeis,
who wrote the opinion of the court,
said:
Clearly the means which the stat
ute authorizes -picketing and pub
licity-are not prohibited by the four
teenth amendment. Members of a
union might without special statutory
authorization by state, make known
the facts of labor dispute, for free
dom of speech is guaranteed by the
federal constitution The state may
in the exercise of its police power
regulate the methods and means Of
publicity as well as the use of public
streets.
IF the end sought by the unions
is not forbidden by the federal con
stitution the state may authorize
working men to seek to attain it by
combining as pickets, Just as it per
mits capitalists and employers t
combine in other ways to attain theil
desired economic ends"
After reciting that the Wisconsin
law stipulates that picketing must b
peaceful and without intimidation o.
coercion" that customers must not b.
intimidated, and forbids the second
airy boycott, the opinion declared:
| Inherently, the means authorized
are clearly unobjectionable. In de
claring such picketing permissible
Wisconsin has put this means Of pub
licity on a par with advertisements
in the press.
Turning to senn's contention thai
the union rule which resulted in his
place being picketed violates the fed
eral constitution. the opinion said:
.The end sought by the unions j.
not unconstitutional Article III
which the unions sought to have Sem
accept, was found by the state court.
to be not arbitrary or caprieious, bu
a reasonable rule adopted by the de
! PENDANTS out of the necessities of EN-
ployment within the industry and fol
the protection of themselves as work
ers and craftsmen in the industry.
That finding is amply supported b.
i the evidence.
"The laws Of Wisconsin, as declared
by its highest court, permits unions
to endeavor to induce an employer
when unionizing his shop, to agree K
refrain from working in his bushes:
with his own hands so to endeayol
although none Of his employees Is
member Of a union. Whether it was
wise for the state to permit the IN
ions to do 50 is a question Of its pub
lie policy not our concern. The four
teenth amendment does not prohibi
it,
Then ia a sweeping conclusion til,
supreme court upheld unqualifedly tn,
right Of unions to apply all Lawful
activities in order to obtain more en-
i ployment and higher wages for unioi
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18

Pickle Plant Strike Ends
As A. f. of l.. Wins Election

Pittsburgh (ILNS)-A two-weeks'
strike at the H. j. Heinz Co. was end
ed as 1000 employees returned to work
following a labor board election in
which the Canning and Pickle Work
ers' Union, an A. F. of L. affiliate,
won sole collective bargaining rights.
The vote was announced by Ern-
est G. Dunbar, acting regional NLRB
director.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18

Robert J. Watt, secretary of the
Massachusetts State Federation OF
Labor will broadcast from Geneva,
Switzerland, over the facilities Of the
National Broadcasting Company.
Watt is in Geneva as the workers
representative on the American dele
cation to the 23rd session of the In
ternational Labor Conference, which
opened June 3.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
f employees of the coal mining indus.

of employees of the coal mining indus
try.
The Council also made plans for
organizing farm employees and IN
structed William Green, president of
the federation, to study the possibil-
ity of forming a council of the ag-
ricultural workers who harvest the
fruit and vegetable crops in Califor-
MIA, and the beet sugar crops in Col
orado, where the employers are syndi-
Gates rather than farmers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
TheCherry
." Where with our
fDD Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes Aippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

There has been a great deal in the
papers lately about lot of things,
including Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan,
who is one of our leading citizens, in
way.
Mr. Morgan has been holding classes
for the rest of us, giving us nice les
sons in how citizens should behave
themselves.
The elder Rockefeller gave away
dimes and endowed institutions. The
younger Rockefeller taught-and
maybe still teaches-Sunday school
Mr.. Morgan moralizes in the papers.
Well, every man to his particular
brand of soup.
The burden of the Morgan song
seems to be that as long as you stay
within the law you're OK.
Legally nobody can find any fault
with that idea. Morally, maybe there
are things to be said.
Citizens like Mr.. Morgan can find
great many ways of staying within
the law that are not known to those
who can't hire such clever lawyers,
or so many of them.
Probably most of the abuses
that go under the name of cor
/ porate greed have been within
the law. But they were abuses
Just the same.
With a rapidly changing civiliza-
/ ton there are new circumstances all
the time, giving clever persons new
ways of removing the hide from the
populace in a perfectly legal, but
none the less painful manner.
It takes the law long time to catch
up with all the evils that crop up in
such a changing age.
In the past few years a great mnay
acts that used to be legal have been
made illegal
Morally they were just as offensive
when they were legal.
The Pennsylvania coal and iron
police used to be legal.
1t used to be legal to force work
ers to sign yellow dog contracts.
1t used to be legal to fire worker
for any reason or none.
It used to be legal everywhere to
employ children at any age.
| It used to be legal everywhere fol
women to work as many hours as they
could stand up.
! 1t used to be legal to indulpe in what
are now outlawed unfair trade prac-
tices-competitive cheating.
It used to be legal to sell shoddy
for wool.
Once it was legal to own slaves.
It used to be legal to transport
strike breakers from state to state.
A great many other socially impor-
tant things that once were legal are
now very much illegal and for very
good reasons.
The social conscience caught VI
with the malefactors and put them
in muzzles.
! So, in the eyes of the law Mr.. Nor
gan is perfectly right.
But any nation that doesn't strain
forward to keep its laws abreast Of
social changes is going to go bust.
And somebody has to do the agitat
ing for changes in the law that vii
| keep law abreast Of moral values
It seems clear that Mr.. Morgan
isn't intending to do any Of that.
Which leaves him just about where
we always thought he was.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
WORKERS IN 81 PAPER
MILLS GET PAY RAISE

Seattle (INLS)-Fifteen thousand
pulp and paper mill workers have ac-
cepted wage increase of ten cents
an hour, which will mean a $4,000
600 more pay for them in the next
year, it was announced.
The agreement is effective in 80
mills in Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
Progressive Miners Get
Charter from A. f. of L.

The executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, at its re-
cent quarterly meeting in Cincinnati,
Ohio, granted charter to the Pro-
gressive Miners of America, composed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
FILM MACHINE OPERATORS
GAIN ANOTHER THEATRE

Bellingham, Wash (AFLNS)-
The Motion Picture Machine Oper-
ators' Union of Bellingham has Sc
cured wage increase of 40 cents an
hour, in new agreement signed with
the Grand Theatre, which became a
union house only year ago.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
Dayton Envelope Workers

Dayton, Ohio (AFLNs) An
agreement providing an average So
weekly wage increase for each of the
employees of the International Enve-
lope Corporation of Dayton has been
negotiated by the Envelope Workers
Union, with plans in view for further
adjustments Of the pay of employees
in the lower brackets. The contract
includes union recognition It is esti-
mated that the wage increase totals
approximately $1,000 per week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-18
WISDOM

There is nothing so strong and safe
iii an emergency of life as the SIM
pie truth Charles Dickens.
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Council of Hamilton, Ohio
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The Washington times., 1937-05-17
DISTRICT DRYS
FLAY DRINK

Vigorous protest was voiced last
night against attempts to break
down existing restrictions banning
the sale of liquor within 400 feet
Of schools and churches, at q
meeting of the United Dry Forces
Of the District, at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church.
Representative U. s. Guyer (R)
Of Kansas, made a plea for return
Of bone-dry prohibition here.
Clinton N. Howard, "the Little
Giant Of Reform" urged militant
tactics in a talk on 1.-THE Battle
Against the Bottle" The following
resolution was adopted:
1--WE earnestly protest any
weakening changes in the pres
ent local regulations and we
especially desire to 20 on record
as emphaticalIy Objecting to the
proposal to permit or-selling
establishments to be located
within 400 feet of any church or
school In the District Of C0lum-
bia."
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
kttl(S Coronation Fltqht
'ohets Of SssoIene. /.


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records for economy and smooth perform
ance with Essolene can tell you that.
Try tankful of Essolene -. the motor
fuel so different it's protected by U. S.
Patent. Essolene is made and backed by the
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assurance of greater value for your money in
every drop.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
Bill on Aviation
Day Accorded
FAVOR
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page ~
to focus attention on the import
ance Of aviation"
Representative James A. Shan
ley CD Of Connecticut is author
Of the bill.
Senator Pat McCarran (DO oi
Nevada announced his support OF
the bill when it reaches the Sen
ate. Substantial support developed
also among other Senators on both
sides Of the aisle.
Senator McCarran said:
Certainly some day in the
year should be set aside for
thinking about aviation. ! favor
anything which will promote In
terest in the subject. / don't
know why Mr.. Stanley and
those who are back Of his bill
picked May 20 as the date for
the observance, but suppose
this date Is as good as any other.
Whatever the date, we should
do everything possible to en-
courage aviation In all Of its
branches"
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
ARTILLERY UNIT
IN EXHIBITION

Washington will have a chance
to zee how q coast artillery regi-
ment goes into action tonight,
Wednesday and Friday nights.
From 7 to 10:30 o'clock on these
nights, detachments Of the 260th
Coast Artillery, District National
Guard, will present demonstra-
tions with 3-inch anti-aircraft
guns, anti-aircraft machine guns
and communications trucks.
The locations where the demon
strationS will be held are Ninth
and F SITS. N. W., Fourteenth and
Kenyon Sts. N. w. and Wisconsin
Ave. and M st. N. w.
The equipment will be moved
to the various locations so that all
will be seen in each section Of the
city.
The purpose Of the exhibition Is
The Washington times., 1937-05-17

summoned to investigate the case
a man known only as Mandrake.
q student Of the occult. who had
achieved much acclaim from the
Paris Surete for his work on other
cases.
Before Mandrake arrived, how.
ever Duchamp's body disappeared
from the laboratory, as did the
strange piece of metal. Later
Duchamp was seen walking
around by a maid, who screamed
in terror at what she believed was
q ghost. Then he eluded DR.. Pc
tain and Mandrake, abducted his
daughter and left the city by
train.
will He Solve Tangle
Arriving too late to stop Du-
champ from leaving the city, Man
drake and DR.. Petain are in pur.
suit by automobile.
Mandrake has had telepathic
contact with the Cobra-the per.
son who holds Duchamp and
Suzette in his power and is draw
ing them to him. According to
Mandrake, the Cobra is a genius
in mechanics and chemistry and q
student of Black Magic. His pas
sion is to be master mind of the
earth. The glowing block was a
telepathic control block, or hyp'
motto focus. Through 1t the Cobra
can communicate and enforce his
will on the beholder.
Will Mandrake be able to save
the chemist and his daughter from
the Cobra? Read this thrilling
mystery in MANDRAKE, THE
MAGICIAN, In the comic pages Of
The Washington Times. Turn to
the comic pages today.
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
BILL
HEAR|NGS0N
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page II
produce dealers from nearby
Maryland and Virginia would
have to arise one hour earlier
and make their already long day
longer"
Randolph also pleaded for the
cause of the housewives who, he
explained must arise early to start
theil housework and must work
late in the evenings putting their
children to bed.
Representative Arnold corrobo-
rated the statements of Randolph,
explaining that daylight saving
in Chicago has worked hardShips
on the farmers in that area.
One of the first witnesses was
Gordon Hittenbark, WRC an
nouncer, who declared that in a
poll he had conducted it wa sre-
vealed that s,432 Of the 1928
votes cast were favorable to the
bill.
Representative Leon Sacks (D0,
Of Pennsylvania, author Of the
bill, also announced that of $500
letters he had received only 900
expressed opposition.
W. H. Press, representing the
Washington Board Of Trade,
urged enactment Of the bill, de-
claring that a survey Of the busi-
ness establishments in the city
disclosed "an overwhelming ma
jority for the legislation"
Similar statements were given
by Richard j. Murphy, manager
Of the washington Automotive
Trade Association, and Stanley j.
Horner, local automobile dealer
who pleaded for the added hour
of daylight, so that workers may
have more time for recreation and
sunshine.
Housewife Testifies
Mrs. Leslie Wright, herself a
housewife told the subcommittee:
Daylight savings only means
that men can play another hour
of golf. 1t makes us housewives
get dinner at the hottest part Of
the day, and we can't put the
children to bed at the time they
should be put to bed because of
the heat, 1 think 1t is a perfect
ly outrageous thing to force
upon US.
A. Julian Brylawski, represent.
ing the motion picture industry
here, led a delegation from that
group who oppose the bill, on the
ground that it would impair the
movie business because people pre-
The Washington times., 1937-05-17
$50 Melted
IN SERIES OF
ROBBERIES

Robbers, pickpockets and purse
snatchers netted more than $3.50
in Washington during the week
end.
John r. Love, SO, Of 81 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., told police that
a colored woman and man strong
armed" him as he stopped for a
traffic light at New Jersey Ave.
and @ st. N. W., Saturday night
and robbed him of $65.
Regina Beckhardt, 26, OF 1901
Twenty-first st. N. W., was thrown
to the ground as she was walking
in the 1900 block of @ st. N. w.
last night and her purse contain
ing $25 and some keys was
snatched.
Robbed In Garage
Tyler S. Smith, of 1927 L st. N.
N, who told police that he and
his companion, Miss Florence
Burch, 81, of 1919 Thirteenth st.
N. W., we're attacked by an "un-
determined number Of colored
men last night as they were walk
ing in the 1900 block Of Ninth St.
and robbed of $18.
John Robinson, an Indian, Of
1854 Highland Place N. W., re-
ported to police that he was
robbed late last night as he
stepped from his automobile in his
garage. He said two armed col
ored men took SO, his driving per.
NIT and keys.
John S. Mawhead, Of 829 Sixth
st. N. W., told police that his
pocket was picked yesterday after
noon while riding on street car
on Fourteenth Street. He lost
$21 and a social security card.
Two SIugged, Robbed
John Hurst, manager Of a serv'
ice station at Twenty-sixth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue N. w.,
was robbed of $50 by gunman
early yesterday morning.
James Gwinn, 80, Of 1855 Spring
Rd. N. w., told police that three
men slugged and robbed him of
$3.50 near his home, and Sandy
Virgins, colored, of 205 Q st.
N. W.. was slugged and robbed
of 81 by a man who had asked
him for match.