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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15
WHAT NEXT?

A newly patented refrigeration de-
vice for trucks has no ice or moving
parts. 1t uses anhydrous ammonia
evaporating and expanding through
fnned tubes into water, thus absorb
ing heat from the truck interior and
producing a saleable byproduct, aqua
ammonia. The manufacturers say
truck drivers will stop at filing sta
tions for new charges of ammonia as
they stop for gasoline. The device, it
is expected, will eventually be used on
the railroads.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

and credits and munitions to both
belligerents on cash and carry. ba-
sis, so the risk is theirs and not ours.
The new conception of neutrality
puts peace above war profits, he said,
and added, 1T may be tough on our
cash registers. But it will be far cas-
ier on our sons"
A new pamphlet "The Witchcraft
Trial in Moscow which has been pre-
pared by DR.. Friedrich Adler, secre-
tary of the labor and socialist inter-
national, examines the trial last year
in Moscow of Zinovieff, Kammeneff
and the other defenders who were
accused of moral responsibility for
the assassination of Kiroff and of or
sia. Reviewing the pamphlet, issued
by the commission of inquiry into the
conditions of political prisoners, in
dustrial News of the British Trades
Union Congress General Council, says:
.Dr. Adler justifes the telegram
of protest against the methods of the
trial which was jointly sent by the In
ternational Federation of Trade I'm
ions and the labor and socialist inter
national; denounces the resort to
forced confessions and fictitious
proof demonstrates the falsity OF
some of the evidence relied upon in
convicting the accused, and attacks
the destruction of legal security which
these methods represent. The pam
phlet ends with section dealing with
the authors personal conclusion, in
Guiding his rejection of the resort te
violence against the soviet regime.
THE views and criticisms expressed
by this distinguished socialist leader
endow the pamphlet with special in
terest and authority"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

in all things. Bosh. Congress is 60
ing to carry through the administra-
tion program. AND, no bill that labor
fights can get within gunshot of pass
ing.
And, with the legislative mill at
work on music that will give some of
the Wall street gold miners st. Vitus
dance, there's the devil to pay all along
the industrial line.
There's a fever to organize. It's
everywhere.
It's in every field.
The A. F. of L. issues charters
at new high rate. The CIO tells
a story of fast organizing. The auto
mobile field is ablaze. Steel is fid-
ding with the idea of hanging onto
its company unions.
Both automobiles and steel have
immense backlogs of orders which
will become a liability, instead of a
source of strength, the minute they
have strike on their hands.
Employers that say, "I'll shut
my plant rather than stand for
unions are plain crazy. They
know well enough that plants
make no money if they don't run
and stockholders want profits,
even if they have to unionize to
get them.
The word never is very big word
that employers ought not use.
Never" is such long, long time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15
a CONTRIBUTED EDITORIAL

It is not enough that the wheels
turn. They must carry US in the direc-
ton Of a greater satisfaction in life
for the average man. The deeper
purpose of democratic government is
to assist as many Of its citizens as
possible especially those who. need it
most-to improve their conditions Of
life, to retain all personal liberty
which does not adversely affect their
neighbors, and to pursue the happi-
ness which comes with security and
an opportunity for recreation and
culture.
The judicial branch also is asked
by the people to do its part in max
ing democracy successful. We do not
ask the courts to call non-existent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

Well, lookit the supreme court.
Lookitl
It upheld the Hawes-C Cooper act,
which says that prison made goods
cannot be shipped into states which
have laws forbidding the sale of such
goods
Don't get away with the idea that
this isn't important. It's goshawful.
good and plenty important.
1t cuts the ground from under
a lot of high flying prison goods
contractors, who make goods that
have been going into competition
with freemade products, under
selling because prison labor costs
about as much as look at the
lake.
But, Sister Susan, it does a whack-
ing lot more than that, this decision
does.
This decision lays the legal ground
work for considerable amount of
new law TO regulate industry and give
the ehiselers a headache, which nobody
Of deceney will regret.
The country has been stewing
around, looking for kind of new
law that would stand chance Of get
ting past the supreme court and along
comes the said court and says, Well,
boys, here's your pattern. See what
you can do with it.
The one paramount principle sus-
tanned in this decision is that states
can be given authority by the federal
government to keep sub-standard
goods out Of their territory.
And is that something, jeremiah?
Well, just ask Senator O'Mahoney and
see that amiable solon cut loose on
possibilities.
You can lay your bottom dollar on
the bet that this year 1897 is going
ito be sockdolager for doings.
We start with congress meeting
under the inspiration of presidential
declaration right in line with the
Philadelphia excoriation Of economic
royalists.
Hostile papers say congress isn't
going to do what the president wants
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15
WISDOM

There is an honor in business that
is the fine gold of it; that reckons
with every man justly; that loves
light; that regards kindness and fair
ness more highly than goods or prices
or profits. Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

Brunswick, Me. (ILNS)- Opera
tions were halted at the Cabot Manu-
featuring Company's Cotton Mill
when weavers struck in protest
against doubling of the number of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

the railroad workers, the magnates
of steel and autos refuse to recognize
anything but their company unions,
blather about labor relationships,
hire spies, and buy tear gas.
viii it take a strike stopping two
great industries TO teach these employ
ers the lesson which stares out from
every mile Of railroad track in the
country
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

American determination to stay out
of European wars was reflected in the
swift and virtually unanimous pass
ing by congress of the resolution pro
hibiting arms exports to Spain. Only
one dissenting vote was cast.
The arms ban, rushed through on
the first day congress met, undoubt-
edly will meet with overwhelming
approval. Sentiment for neutrality,
voiced at the last American Fedora
ton of Labor convention and through
out the nation, is strong and may even
go so far as to call for automatic en-
bargoes on American money and arms
to all nations at war.
Such mandatory neutrality legisla-
tion was demanded by Senator Arthur
H. Vandenburg, of Michigan, in a
statement made just before the open
ing of congress. Urging a stand on
the old neutrality rules which subor-
dinated commerce to peace, Vahden-
burg said:
"The new rules must be as definite
and as positive as possible. 1t will
not do to leave large neutrality de-
cisions to the discretion of the presi-
dent"
This is no reflection on the presi-
dent" the Michigan senator contin-
ued. 1T is a reflection of the simple
fact that the exercise of discretion
after a war has started inevitably in
vites an unneutral Interpretation by
any belligerent which is curtailed or
offended by the decision"
Emphasizing what he said was the
necessity for treating all belligerents
alike if we are to stay out Of war,
the senator asked for a neutrality
program which would stop all loans
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

powers into being, but we have a
right to expect that conceded powers
or those legitimately implied shall be
made effective Instruments for the
common good.
The process of our democracy must
not be imperiled by the denial of es-
sential powers of free government
President Roosevelt in his fourth an
nual message to congress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

looms per worker. The mill employs
about 900.
The weavers refused to obey new
order that weavers' machines should
be increased from 20 to 40.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-15

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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Supina zastreIen.

We Streator, ILL.,, Charles su-
pima, 25lety zenaty, byl usmr-
cen V zaloze ma neho c1hajfcim
1tocnlkem kdyz Sc vracel do
sveho domova. Supina sc pred
tim vydal ma zahadne dostave-
nfcko v noci, kdyz jej pred tim
kdosi zavolal pc mezimest-
skem telefonu.
.Byl usmrcen peti vystrely.
supinova prib6hla ku dverfm
zrovna V cas- ably spatfila auto
mobil S 1tocnfkem jak rychle
odj1zdf Cd domu. Jej1 manzel
Sc V krvi dopotacel sotva ku
prahu a brzy dokonal. Supina,
jak Sc pravf, byl We spojeni S
nezakonitou vyrobou a prode-
jem lihovin. Myslf Sc, re kon-
kurenti jimz maTil obchod jej
re misty zabili.
= Chicago byl zabit 21le-
ty James Kozelka a tezce IRA
men Robert Prochazka v auto
mobilovem nestest1. Automo-
bill r1dil Robert. VIZ Sc prud-
&c zvrhl a nekolikrat prevratil.
StTecha auta Sc narazem roz-
bila a oba muzi vypadli otvo-
rem ma tvrdou dlazbu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19

vnf dive urazf cestu z New Yor-
ku do Cherbourgu "a 5 a pill
dine, costa do Prahy trva len 7
dnf. Kdo chce uzfti pobytu v
Ceskoslovensku s jeho nadher-
nym jarem, ucinf nejlepe, kdyz
poJede hned 4. kvetna neb as
pom 1. cervna.
Pfihlasky prijfmajf: A.
Cihlar, 845 N. Luzerne St..
Baltimore; Ferd. A. ChmelaT,
181 w. Girard St., Philadel-
phia, Pa; Brodsky & Sovak,
1857 First Ave-, a Doubrava
& Sperakus, 355 E.. 73rd St..
New York City.
Informace postou podaif
hlavn1 jednatele: Skala State
Bank, 1917 S. Loomis St., Chi
cago, Ill.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Podivny napad.

Nemecky oficielnf organ ia
sisticke strany Fraenkische
Tageszeitung p1se, re je to
vlastne americky president
Roosevelt a Spojen6 Staty, KITE
Fl zatahuj1 neochotnou Evropu
do valky. List pfse:
"Stfn Spojenych StatG Sc
zdviha mad nami. Vine O tom
my Evropane? Valka nebo
mir V Europe zavis1 ma podiv-
mem sveta d1lu, ktery jest O.
vladan naladou muze, jehoz a.
mericky tisk pc jeho reci v Chi
cagu, naval nejvlivnejslm
muzem sv6ta."
Europa je ohrozena val
kou, kterou zadny evropsky
stat nechce a ktera je MONA
jedine zasahem velmoc1 a tou
jsou Spojene Staty. Roosevelt
je muzem, ktery ma v rukou
svetovy mir"
Dale tento fasisticky list p1-
Sc, re president chce vyvolat
evropskou waikiki z toh dGvodu,
ably odvratil americkou revo-
luci. VnitTnf neklid v Ameri-
&c je pry tax shiny a revoluce
tax bl1zka, re Dude snadno sve-
sti zodpovednost "a nj ma IA
sismu a jeho propaganda.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Skoro ma milne.

Geraldine Spreckels, dedic-
ka cukernfho magnata pravl,
re v Fl letech re utratila vetSl
cast re svych $500, 900, ktere
obdrzela v 18 letech pc SVEN
dedeckovi, cukernfm a trakc-
MIN magnatu re San Diego a
San Franciska. Pravila:
"Nejsem docela ma milne,
nam dosud pTfjem z pozdsta-
losti, ale vetsinou jsou penlze
pryc. Kan Sc podely? Inu,
propadly mi mezi prsty jake
rtut. Nam velkou rodinu a
v6tSinu penez dostali pT1buzn1.
Ovsem trochu jich slo take ma
saty a automobily."
Vysledek toho je, Re vraci
Sc do filmu jake Ann Johns.
Podepsala kontrakt ma sedm
let S Warner Brothers.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19

Pred pokladnou Vlasty Bu-
riana ceka babicka ma pana
tajemn1ka. Ceka trpelive a
kdyz sc konecne docka, pekne
uctive spust1: "Odpustte, pa
ne tajemn1ku, jsem stara a chu
da zenska a umrel mi muz -
tax jsem 81 myslila, re kdy-
bych mohla videt Vlastu Bu-
riana, re bych aspon pTisla ma
jiny myslenky." Gnu dobfe,
dobfe, tax vas nekam posadf-
me = d1 zjihle pan tajemnfk a
dcastne pov1da: "A kdy pax,
babicko, yam umTel?" "Mi-
nuly pondel1," povfda smutne
babicka - "to bylo akorat pat
nact let.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Travic manzeIkv.

V Grand Haven, Mich.
VIM. Hitchcock, 65lety z Has
tings, Mich, byl uv6znen
ma obvinenf, re otravil svou
manzelku skoro pred dvema le
ty. Zatceny pouze Tekl:
"Jsem vskutku prekvapen re
Jsem byl obvinen. Vedel jsem
Size o vysetrovan1, ale v9Til
jsem, re budu ocisten."
Jeho chot Grace, 54leta,
zemfela %. 1nora 1886, kdyz
byla ma navSteve V Hollandu
u sve sestry Frances Hille-
brands. Poole zapis1 tamnf
nemocnice jejf nemoc byla u
dana co zapal Pile. Nekolik
tydnu pozd6ji ale, kdyz Sc ro-
dina sestry stehovala imam,
nasla Sc mala lahvicka arseni-
ku v malo uz1vane pffhradce.
Pflbuzny nejaky cas- O tom u
vazovali a pozdeji jed predali
koruneru.
Statn1 policie nynf udava, re
klerk v jiste drogerii v Hollan-
du udal, re takovu lahvicku
prodal muzi, jenz rekl, re by
dlf u Hillebrandd, To obratilo
podezfen1 k Hitchcockovi.
Kdyz mrtvola jeho choti pax
byla l. list. vykopana, statni
znalec udal, re Sc v nj nasty
stopy "znacneho mnozstvf ar
seniku." = Hitchcock byl Eat
cen V osade Luther kdyz tam
priSel "a obchodem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Osvobozen.

V Muskegon, Mich, Foster
Gee, 15lety student, byl osvo-
bozen v juveniln1m soudu re
zastreleni Floyda c.. Peterso-
mana, novinare z Grand Ra-
pids, jenz sc uchazel O ruku je-
no ovdovele matky, Ruby L.
Gee. Soudce Plat pravil, re
mladfk byl We stTelbe osprave-
dlnen. "Svedectv1 naznacuje,
re Peterson 81 smrt sam zavi-
nil. Bylo uvedeno, re v opil-
stvf naval pistol a hrozil re
vybije ceolu rodinu Gee-o-
vych." Syn vypovldal, re Sc O.
baval O zivot matcin.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Potion Sc zacali pratt.

Komisar k pfedvedenemu:
"Proc jste ztropil takovy ra-
mus?" = PTedvedeny : "Pro-
sim pane komisaT, hadali jsme
Sc sc zenou O to, kdo vic roz-
hazuje, a ona mi rekla: "Chla-
pc lima" a mazla me kbelfkem
pres hlavu, ia jsem il porazil,
ale ona Ease vstala a podrazila
mi nohy a chtela me skrtit." =
Komisar: "Nu, a CO potom?"
-PTedvedeny: "Pak mas to
dozralo a zacali jsme Sc pratt"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
ZbytecnG ~ustraseny.

PrednaSej1c1: "Vypocetl
.jsem re konec sveta must prijf-
ii "a PIT milionG let' - Has
z obecenstva rozcilene "Kolik
pravite - Prednasej1ci:
.s217 milion1 let" - Has z O.
becenstva: "Zaplat Pan B1h
ia jsem Sc lekl, re jste rikal
lemon III miliOn1."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Popraven.

V Eddyville, KY, 28lety
Perry Marion z okresu Laurel
byl popraven v elektricke lid
Ii. Asi pred rokem pr pfepa-
denf kramu u Corbin, KY, "a
stTelil majitele kramu a jeho
manzelku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Roztrzity.

Jeste je professor P. tax roz-
trzit?" Gale elm dial tim
hnf! Onehdy ulozil me saty do
postele a sam Sc povesil do al
mary a pTisel ma to az rano,
kdyz sc probudil."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19

V Logansport, Ind, 53lety
Emil Marx padl mrtev pri pro-
nasledovanf postTeleneho zajf-
ce ma farme sveho bratra job
ma. Ochrnuti srdce ucinilo ko-
nee jeho zivotu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Zabiti ~dynamitem.

Tri muzi byli zabitf a ctyri
poraneni, jeden z mich vazne,
pfedcasnym vybuchem dyna-
mitoveho naboje We vapennem
lomu White Rock a Pleasant
Gap u Bellefonte, Pa.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19

Size byla velmi podivna kon-
strukce, ale jiste ne p%odivnej-
81 nez bylo Rakousko pc celia
ia stoleti, a mohla by opravdu
vyhoveti tuzbam obyvatelstva
aniz by Sc Rakousko jak je de-
jiny znajf, musilo absolutne
Zniciti."
- PTedseda William Green
z Americke Federace Prace
n~avSt1vil presidenta Roosevelt
ia ably mu vysvetlil sye nazory
ohledne 1pravy mzdy a pracov
nj DOLBY federalnfm zakonem:
s druhe strany president Sc
SNAIL ziskati nazory Greene
Wy co by Tlkal rocn1m platGm
mechanikG We stavebnfch XIV
nostech. Green soucasne po-
zadal presidenta ably prostu-
doval seznam pTfpadG, v nichz
Federace myslf, re il bylo u
krivdeno rozhodnutfm federal
n1ho sprostTedkovan1 rady pra
&c, a president pTislfbil, re jej
prostuduje.
Poole doporucenf Greenova,
Federace je pro to, ably mini
malni mzdy deln1kGm byly sta
noveny primo zakonem, mfsto
rozhodnutfm navrhovane fe-
der. delnicke rady. Green Sc
O tom vyjadril:
"Vysvetlil jsem presidento-
vi, re je silna nalada pro ma
vrh sen. Berry, DEM, Tenn, v
tonic smyslu. Oposice prot
utvorenf move delnicke rady
vznikla nasledkem provokac1,
.jimiz rada pro smiTovani del
nickych sport ukrivdila Fede-
raci."
Pro zTfzeni rady je tajemni-
ce prace Perkinsova, ktera by
81 pTala pruzne zakladny urcu-
jfc1 minimaln1 mZdy Poole kra
j1 a pomer6 tam vladnouc1ch
Green pravil, re S nj take G
SVEN navrhu pohovof1.
Ma druhe strane nepTatele
delnicke osnovy, S kongresnl-
KEN Lamneckem, demokratem
v cele, konali organizacnf pc.
rady "a 1celem prekaziti jej.
pfijet1. Lamneck sc chysta /
velke feci proti navrhu zaha.
jovac1ch sezen1ch kongresu.
V 1tery president Roose.
welt trpel bolest1 zavinenou ma.
kazenym zubem.
Mfstopresident Garner do.
stal bolen1 zubu v tentyz der
a dial 81 diva vytrhnouti.
Garner kdyz zaslechl O pre-
sidentove bolen1 zub1, pozna
menal:
"vidfte, jak tesne pracuje
me spolu?"
Tai. orby Wallace nastf
nil dlouhodoby plan pro stabi
lizaci prosperity rolnikG V kite
rem povinna kontrola sklizn
by byla uzita jake posledni O
patren1. Tento program by
predlozen presidentu Roose
%veltovi We zprave O stavu far
marstva v predvecer minor
zasedani kongresu jez Dude
Ultra zahajeno, a jez bylo svo
lano hlavne ably fesilo profile
my zemedelcG.
Poukazuje k tomu, re celko
w pfijem farmaTG byl zvyse1
re $4,328, OO0,00O r. 1885,
ma ocekavanych $4,000, 900,
900 letos, Wallace prav1, u
,jich prfjem by mel byti Installer
ma meme kolisave cifry, m1st(
prfkre stoupaj1c1ch 81 klesaj1
cfch obnosu. "PTisel cas-, pr;
vii tai. orby, "kdy farmaT bu
de moci planovati pro dels1 bu
doucnost ~ programu kter.
zachova pTfjem rolnlk1 ma ste
ne rovine."
Hlavnf atrakcf Wallaceov;
programu je system "vzdy no.
maln1ho spycharovan1',v mem,
nadbytky tucnych let mohol
byti uchovany k vydanf V lie
tech hubenych.
Osvobozen.
V Muskegon, Mich, Foste
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19
Postmistr Matsjka zatCen.

John Matejka, 42lety byl cd
roku 1884 postmistrem v Oak
Nynf byl zatcen po-
stovnfmi inspektory ma DIVINE
nj re zpronevery $500.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-11-19

COKrdCo Sc ZaJ0m prOJ0Vll ShO-
70 o p1l roku drive neil jindy.
A to proto, jezto mnoho kraja-
nj chce tez spatriti sv6 drahe,
jake rodice, sourozence, pr1-
buzne a pTatele, jakoz i sve ro-
diste. A k tomu o vsesokol-
skem sletu je zvlaste vhodna
pTilezitost.
Zajistete 81 mfsto jiz nyn1.
Pr drivejsfch sokolskych W.
pravach sc stavalo, re kraja-
ne, kterf s prihlaskou otaleli,
pfisli pozde a nemohli pax w
mfsto dostati. Prfstf rok Dude
vsak o mfsta ma lod1ch jeste
vetSi nouze, protoze v Europe
Dude take jeste Tada mezina-
rodn1ch kongresG a jinych pod
Mkt. Proto je nutno z~ajistiti
81 mlsto co nejdT1ve, jiz nynl,
nejlepe lined! Stacf sloziti
maly zavdavek u opravnenych
jednatel1 officieln1ch vyprav
A. 0. S.; kdyby Sc pax stale a
nekdo nemohl jeti, Dude mu
zavdavek vracen.
Officielnf vypravy A. 0. S.
mali k disposici tTi nejlepsi ry-
chlolodi spolecnosti Cunard
White Star Line, z nichz Be-
rengaria vypluje z New Yorku
4. kvetna, Aquitania L. cervna
a Queen Mary %. cervna. Pr
Evening star., 1937-12-06
If. C. c. RADIO RULINGS
UPHELD BY COURT
Appeals by Interests Opposing
Applications Are Denied by
Appeals Judges.

The United States Court Of Appeals
today affirmed decisions by the Fed
eral Communications Commission con-
cerning applications for radio facilities
in five cases. All involved stations or
projected stations in St. Louis and
Utah.
Two of these cases represented ap-
peals by interests opposed to the grant
ing of an application by the Star Times
Publishing Co, for permission to
construct broadcasting station in ST.
Louis.
The Pulitzer Publishing Co., owner
of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, which
operates Station KSD, protested that
its pending application for increased
| facilities should have been disposed of
prior to granting a permit to the STAR
Times. The Court of Appeals said,
| however, there was no reason why an
established station should be preferred
for that cause alone, to a new appli-
cant.
The three other cases were disposed
Of in a single opinion. They concerned
appeals from orders by the commission
denying applications by the Great
Western Broadcasting Association, Inc,
for permits for local stations in Logan
and Provo, Utah, and from an order
granting permit to the Utah Broad
casting Co. for a loca, station in Salt
Lake City.
Evening star., 1937-12-06
TAX ON FOOTBALL
GAMES CHALLENGED
Levy on Collegiate Pastime May
Be Taken to Supreme
Courf

court.
By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court may be asked
to decide whether football is an "es-
sential State function"
The question arose in connection
with Federal taxes on tickets of ad-
mission to college football games.
-Four State universities--Iowa, Wet
Virginia, Minnesota and Georgia
have challenged the Governments
right to force them to collect the tax.
One has won suit in lower courts
to prevent payment of the taxes to
the Federal Treasury The Govern
ment won another, and two cases are
pending. The four suits involve to-
tai of $ll9.332 in admission taxes.
Amusement tax laws levy 10 per
cent on all admissions Of more than
40 cents. The Government has ruled
that the State universities must col
lect the tax and pay it to the Collector
of Internal Revenue.
But, the universities contend the
Government is without authority to
tax State institution performing an
essential State function-football is
essential, they say.
The Internal Revenue Bureau dis
agrees. Football, says the bureau, ism t
an essential State function. Further
more, the bureau argues, the tax isn't
levied on the State institutions them
selves. but on the football fans who
buy the tickets, and the universities
are merely collection agents.
The bureau sued the University of
Minnesota for S1O8,157; West Virginia
for s2,029, and Iowa for s4,335, while
Georgia sought to avoid paying s4,-
8I0.