davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-05-14
D.C.L0BBY NEEDED,
FITZPATRICK SAYS
Systematic Way to Carry
Problems to Congress
Advocated.

A well-organi7ed lobby is what the
District needs, more than anything
else, to carry its needs to Congress,
Dr.. John R. Fitzpatrick, dean Of Co.
i,mbus University Law School, said
yesterday in an address before the
Central Business Association.
Il am conscious that certain odium
attaches to the word lobby and to the
Parsonage OF a lobbyist" he said.
However, I am mindful that the
Creator ordained that there should be
two species of each thing created. So
we have the lobbyist who sinks
through legislative chambers strouded
In the robes of anonymity and work.
ing for his 80 pieces of silver. But
there is another type-the type I have
in mind for the District-the type that
functions openly and with no re-
muneration other than that which Is
naturally inherent in any activity
pledged to promote and further the
public welfare"
Urges Action Be Started.
Fitzpatrick proposed that action be
Initiated" to create standing commit
tees which will have certain we'll
defined duties The various organiza-
tions," he said, could very we'll ap-
portion among themselves all men,
bers of Congress SO that, for example,
one group might have allocated to it
q dozen Congressman to whom they
should 60 in each instance when mat
0ers of local interest are pc lding be-
1ore Congress.
THUS each organization would COW
and undertake to acquaint them with
the desires and needs of the local
ctti7enry. 1t would be the task of each
organization to sell to their particular
group Of congressman the ideas of the
local citi0enry This would insure
complete coverage.
The farmer, the banker. the in
dustrialist and even the unemployed
do this sort Of thing, and they do it
most effectively. We have the right
to petition. and we should henceforth
exercise that right in the way we think
Is most effective.
Questions $4,000, 900 Deficit.
Fitzpatrick first discussed the Dis
erict tax situation, questioning "the
correctness" OF the assumption there
will be deficit Of s6,0OO,OO0 in Dis
trict finances for the next fiscal year
because it is predicated upon the idea
that the Federal Government, through
Congress, will again ignore existing
law by disregarding the 60-4G provision
with which we are all familiar"
The gasoline tax. in which an in.
crease has been proposed, "is one Of
the few forms Of taxation ths; lends
itself readily to the theory Of a tax
commensurate with the benefits re-
ceived," said the dean.
"A local income tax has been sug-
gested. Local governments should de-
pend on property taxes and leave the
income tax field to the Federal Gov
errment.'
Evening star., 1937-05-14
BRIDGE E-GARDEN PARTY
Benefit NEXT WEEK
Grey Ladies of Red Cross and
Army Medical Center Guild

Arrange Annual Event.
The Grey Ladies of the District
Chapter, American Red Cross and
the Memorial Chapel Guild of the
Army Medical Center at Walter Reed
Hospital will join forces q week from
tomorrow for the annual bridge and
garden party given for the benefit Of
the guild and the Army Relief So
eiety.
The affair. to be held in the Red
Cross House at Walter Reed, also will
mark the birthday anniversary of the
Grey Ladies. The guild is headed by
Mrs. Wallace De Witt, wife of the
commanding general at Walter Reed,
and the Grey Ladies by Mrs. Albert
N Baggs.
Halt Of the proceeds will go to the
Army Relief Society, which aids de-
pendent widows and orphans Of both
officers and enlisted men of the Regu-
lar Army. The remainder of the
proceeds will be used by the Grey
Ladies'.
Tickets for the garden party are
available to the public.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
CAR KILLS RECRUIT

LANGLEY FIELD, Va, May IA
R.-William A. Brooks of Union
town. Pa, recruit, was killed last
night by an automobile while walking
along a road toward the main part Of
the Army reservation.
Army officials said the car was
driven by Pvt. William Lentz. Other
details were not Immediately available.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
Aimee Slander Suit Settled

LOS ANGELES. May 13 F.-
Evangelist Rheba Crawford's $1,080,-
600 SANDER suit against Aimee Semple
Mcpherson was officially settled yester-
day. Miss Crawford's attorney, Joseph
Fainer, filed an announcement that
the suit has been settled out Of court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
1888 AFL Convention
Will Meet in Houston

The delegates to the recent conven-
tion of the American Federation of
Labor in Denver, Colorado, voted
unanimously to hold the 1888 conyen-
tion of the federation in Houston,
Texas.
Chicago, Birmingham and Houston
were nominated for the convention
city by delegates from the regions in
which these cities are located, but
Withdrawals finally left Houston as
the conventions choice.
Delegates from the Texas area en-
phasized the fact that the American
Federation of Labor has never held a
convention in Houston. They pointed
out that "it is the city where Is rail
roads meet the sea" and that the del
egates will be provided with beau
tiful $2,0O0,0OO convention audito-
rum" we'll equipped with committee
rooms.
1t was also pointed out that Hous-
ton has 'very militant and progress
sive labor movement" which is zone
hundred per cent for the American
Federation of Labor"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Four More Unions Affl-
late With Label Trades

Washington, d. C. (ILNS)-Four
additional unions have become affiliat-
ed with the union label trades depart
ment, American Federation of Labor,
/. M. Ornburn, secretary treasurer Of
the department, announces.
The union labels of the Jewelry
Workers, Pocketbook Workers, Up
holsterers, and Wire Weavers have
been added to the official family of
labor unions that use these insignia
to assure the buying public that their
products are made under union con-
ditions.
Secretary Ornburn said that the in
creased demand for union label goods
and union services has not only caused
numerous industries to unionize so
that they may have the right to dis
play label, but it has also increased
the interest among labor unions to
adopt union labels, shop cards or but
tons.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Marissa Coal Company
Mine Closed By Strike

Marissa, Ill. (AFLNS)-The abso-
Lutte loyalty of workers in this terri
tor to the American Federation of La
Dor and their distaste for dual organi-
cations, was again evidenced recently
when the mine of the Marissa Coal
Company was closed and municipal
waterworks project halted
When 1000 members Of the Pro-
gressive Miners of America congre-
gated to protest employment of CIO
miners, the mine was shut down.
Construction on the waterworks
project was at virtual standstill
when A. F. Of L. union workmen walk
ed off the job when subcontractol
attempted to use workmen said to be
associated with an independent organi.
zation, but not affiliated with the A
f. Of L. AS about so A. f. of L. union
workmen we're employed on the $101,-
600 project, and only y independent
union" men, the walkout proved
effective
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
ENGINEERS
Enter Agreement With The
Hamilton Milk Co.

The Hamilton Milk Company, local
branch of French Bauer, Incorporated,
and the International Union of Oper-
ating Engineers, Local No. 81, an
nounce that they have mutually enter
ed into an agreement for the coming
year, starting November l.
Mr.. Leslie R. link, manager of the
Hamilton Milk Company, has granted
a substantial wage increase and has
also arranged that his engineers shall
have additional time for recreation
In addition to this, the men receive
one weeks vacation after being em-
ployed one year.
The engineers state that they found
both Mr. link and officials of The
French Bauer Company pleasant to
deal with at all times, They also wish
to call particular attention to the
fact that one of their members has
been employed by the Hamilton Milk
Company almost continuously for the
past twenty-eight years. This fact
alone would seem to indicate that the
Hamilton Milk Company is fair and
reasonable to its employees.
To all organized labor and its
friends, the engineers wish to say,
Let US patronize those who favor US. I
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19

Union today rests on the fact that
the Labor Board accepted the unsup-
ported claims of the CIO that they
represented majority of the em-
ployes in the Postal Telegraph system,
when the act provides that the board
must give notice to all interested par
ties and afford them an opportunity to
be heard in any investigation such
as the Labor Board conducted in this
case.
There is the all-important matter
of the damage which hasty action
of this sort taken by government
agency will do, and in this case has
done, to the rights and interests of
employees for whom the labor act was
set up, and to the interests of labor
organization representing those en-
ployes, both through existing agree
ments negotiated for their benefit with
the employer, as well as in the gen
eral sense of representation under the
ldDOT act.
s'As Mr.. Powers has pointed out
the court action is not taken with any
thought of histility to the Labor Board
itself, and certainly not with the idea
of challenging the labor act. Rather,
the action is one to determine whether
this Labor Board may set precedent
for Labor Board of the future,
which may not be as fair and friendly
to labor as the present one, in as
suming authority not given it by con-
gress, especially where it's action may
enable company-dominated union to
maneuver a future board into posi-
ton where employe representation
may prove to be farce"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Engineers File Charges
Against Shell Petroleum

Wood River, Ill. (AFLNS)-As a
result of charges by Wood River Lo-
cal No. 525-A, international Union of
Operating Engineers, a National La
Dor Relations Board complaint of un-
fair labor practices has been formally
lodged against the Shell Petroleum
Corporation, operator Of big refn-
cry here.
The union claims a majority mem
bership among the plants 1000 en-
ployes and alleges that officers and
agents of the corporation coerced, in
terfered with and restrained employees
Of the refinery in the exercise of rights
guaranteed under the national labor
relations act
The complaint was set for a hear
ing before board examiner, at the
new federal building in ST. Louis, with
the likelihood of considerable time
thereafter being required for a de-
cision.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
TELEGRAPHERS' UNION
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one)
unorganized employees in the Postal
Telegraph system.
"The important question as the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union sees
it is, whether we shall engage in a
contest with the CIO to see which or
ganization can more swiftly gain mem
bers among the unorganized employees
of the Postal Telegraph system, and
the devil take the hindmost when it
comes to tactics to gain members; or
whether we wish the respect of the
unorganized employees of the Postal
Telegraph system first, and their
membership in our union afterward.
Our court action of today is our
answer. That action is taken for the
protection of the rights of all en-
ployes, not just for the members of
the Commercial Telegraphers Union"
Attorney Taft's Statement
Mr.. Taft, counsel for the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' Union, commenting
on the injunction action, gave it as his
opinion that Mr.. Powers had made the
issues very clear in his statement. and
added:
'The basis for the court action taken
by the Commercial Telegraphers'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Franklin Used Glasses;
NEAR" "Far," His Idea

1t was Benjamin Franklin in the
l780s who gave the first stimulus
to spectacle-making in this country,
notes a writer in the New York Sun.
After all, it was he who, through his
printing press and his Poor Rich
ardisms, began the greatest to date,
strain upon innocent eyes, and SO
perhaps it was only right that he
should provide the panacea. 1t
seems that he himself had been car
rying around two pairs of specs, one
for seeing near" and one for See
ing clear 1t was a bother to
change for near and far sight, and
so he conceived the idea of cutting
his lenses in half and putting the
uppers of one pair and the lowers
of the other pair into the same
frame, when, 10, the bifocal had ar
rived Although a long step toward
ease and convenience, these first BIZ
locals had a hard, straight line
which came directly in front of the
pupil, and sometimes little space
where there was no glass if the
meeting was poor.
Even though we were at the
mercy of foreign manufacturers our
little shops did their best to sup
ply our eye needs. Hannah Oriental,
in 1853, kept shop in Philadelphia
lin Second street near Black-Horse
Alley She carried: Variety of
the finest crystal spectacles set in
Temple Steel. Leather and other
Frames. Likewise true Venetian
Green Spectacles for weak and Wa
terry Eyes, of Various Sorts. Also
Concave spectacles for short-sighted
Persons, Magnifying and Reading
Glasses, Telescopes, Perspectives,
with Multiplying Glasses and Glasses
for Davis's Quadrants, etc. Also
ox-eye Glasses for taking Land
skips.'' A perspective" was a
Spying glass; and the "ox-eye,'
large glass for taking in miles Of
/ landskip" or landscape"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Impetus Given Slum
Clearance Program

Columbus (0LNS)-Added impetus
was given the proposed slum elimina
tion program in this city last week
when city council appropriated $4,000
to provide an office and staff for the
Columbus metropolitan housing au
thority.
The appropriation had been re-
quested by the Columbus Federation
of Labor and Building Trades Council,
as the program to be submitted to the
federal housing authority will provide
a minimum Of $1,000,o00 for local
labor.
With the necessary funds provided
for an office and staff, an immediate
survey Of Columbus slum areas will be
made, following which a plan for
financing will be submitted to the
FILA, in accordance with the Wagner
Steagall housing act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
ECONOMIC STATUS OF
WOMEN IN AMERICA

The Women's Bureau of the depart
ment Of labor has issued a report on
the economic status Of women in the
United States. Written by Mary Eliz-
abeth Pidgeon, chief of the research
bureau, it deals with the nearly H.
100000 women who receive wages
and the more than 24,Ooo,0o0 wageless
homemakers. 1t pays especial at
tention to the double standard of
wages" by which women get less for
doing the same work than men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
RELIEF LOAD UP

Middletown.- With the addition of
Is families, the city's relief costs IN
creased from $1,12o.94 October 1-15
to 81, 1876 in the l5-day period end
ing November Is, according to re-
port Of City Manager Walter j Braun.
Two hundred and twenty-nine fam
lies were receiving relief for the
period ending November IS, COM
pared with 214 in the first half Of
October
Relief officials attributed the in
crease to the decline in industrial em-
ployment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Culinary Workers
In Big Growth

Cincinnati GLNS)-In international
Secretary Robert B. Hesketh sends
holiday greetings to all who have aided
in the remarkable growth of the Ho-
tel and Restaurant Employees Inter-
national Alliance, and Bartenders' In
ternational League Of America.
eve have now some 700 local
unions, with a paid-up membership of
100000 members" says Hesketh, "and
are the fourth largest international
union in the A. F. of L. at this time.
We thank all those who have made
our advancement possible"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Canadian Dividends Rise
Faster Than Employment

Ottawa (ILNs) Dividend payments
of Canadian corporations for the first
nine months were 23.9 per cent greater
than in the like months Of last year
and 11.6 per cent greater than in the
same period of 1929, according to the
Financial Post Bond interest pay
ments were up Al per cent as com
pared with last year and up 69.f
per- cent as compared with 1929.
Employment this year has ranged
about z per cent above last year. Wage
advances have ranged from to 10
per cent-largely offset by the in
creased cost Of living.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
INCREASE Is SHOWN
IN PRIVATE JOBS

The Ohio State Employment serv-
ice filled 2,488 jobs in private indus
try in Hamilton during the first ten
months of 1887, according to a report
submitted to O. B Chapman, director
of the department of industrial rela-
tions, by Walter A. Betseher, manager
of the Ohio employment office in the
municipal building. This figure rep
resents 1,o86 more jobs than We're
filled during the same period in 1886,
that number being 1,402
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
EAGLES TO ATTEND
DISTRICT AFFAIRS

Two applications for membership
We're received and one new member
initiated, at the regular meeting OF
Butler Aerie No. 4o7, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, in the Eagles temple, South
Second street, Monday night.
Plans were made to attend dis
trict meeting and district initiation
in Middletown, December Z and De
cember II, respectively.
The losing team in the October
membership campaign will entertain
the winning team at luncheon Fri
day night.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
INVESTIGATION or LAYoFFS
ASKED

Washington, p. G. (ILNs)- The
Workers Alliance of America has
telegraphed President Roosevelt ask
ing investigation Of layoffs ordered
by the Anaconda Mining Company
and charges industrialists are conspir-
ing to create an economically unwar-
ranted depression. The telegram as
serted Anaconda laid off / 500 men fol
"obvious political reasons
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
SIT DOWN SILENCEs VOL

Washington, D. c. (ILNs)-A sit
down strike silenced radio station
VOL when technicians and radio OPP
eratods ceased work in dispute oven
union contract negotiations. Techni-
clans, organized by the CLOS affil-
lated American Communications As
sociation, voted strike when con
tract negotiations with the station
were deadlocked.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
ALL TOLEDO WOODWORKING
FIRMS SIGN UNION PACTs

Toledo (AFLNs)- The Millmen's
local of the Carpenters Union here re-
ports that all woodworking plants in
Toledo are now operating under un-
ion contracts.
The 40-hour work week has been
firmly established throughout the in
dustry, along with minimum wage
rates of IS cents an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19

Melbourne, Australia (ILNS) -
The Australian Council Of Trade I'm
ions has issued manifesto expressing
utter detestation of japanese bar
barism and ruthlessness in China" !"
and asking an Australian boycott of
japanese goods, as well as ban on
exports to Japan of goods capable
of being converted into war materials.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19

Members of the Springfield Trades
and Labor Assembly are considering
education activities for the organiza-
tion, and the Lima Central Labor
Union is planning Institutes on the
Wagner act, social security laws, and
workmen's compensation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Propaganda
(From War Madness, by Stephen
and Joan Rauschenbushl

1VIu5CTTTTTDusT7
Propaganda is as important an ele-
ment of war as are munitions. Public
opinion in the nations at war must
be kept at an emotional frenzy against
the enemy in order to make people
willing to perform the tremendous
sacrifices which war demands of
them. Every means is used also by
the nations at war to impress upon
neutral nations the righteousness Of
their cause and the wickedness of the
enemy Truth has little place in such a
campaign.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-11-19
Education Program

Columbus (0LNs1 Two additional
central labor bodies have notified De
Witt Huffman, educational director for
the Ohio State Federation Of Labor,
Of their intention to hold labor insti-
tutes and workers education classes
this winter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-18
Gene Shank Made
Forced Landing
Near St. James

st. James-When the wing of
his two-motor plane became loos-
ened by vibration of a disabled
motor, Pilot Gene Shank of Han
ford Airlines, formerly of Morgan.
was forced down on Long Lake,
sly miles south of st. James. Mon
day of last week.
The cylinder head Of one engine,
blew out while he was flying over.
jackson to the Twin Cities. At
tempting to continue with one
motor, he found the vibration
loosened one wing, SO decided to
make landing.
Because of the binding snow, it
took Shank nearly an hour to find
a farmhouse from where he could
telephone. Organizing party.
he and Co-pilot Zimmerly brought
two sacks of airmail to st. James
to put on a train for delivery in
the Twin Cities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-18
SanbOrn
(SnOwbound Last Week)
BY ArlisS Weber

by AlllSS WSDSl
Sanborn-MisS Evelyn Schultz,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Schultz, was married to Sebastian
Wagner Of Springfield Saturday
morning.
Mr.: and Mrs. Arnold Dietz en-
tertained their friends Wednes-
day. Pinochle was played at four
tables. Howard Schwartz and
Mrs. H. J. Weber won high prize
while Mr.. Harry BraZel and Mrs.
Alfred Steinberg won low.
Mrs. Clara Telford entertained
the Linger-Longer club Wednes-
day afternoon.
The seevnth and eighth grades
had a toboggan party Friday eve
ming.
Mrs. Nellie Schumacher and
daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Web
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Busse en-
tertained at pinoch1e card par
ty Sunday evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. J. Weber won high prize while
Harry Brazel and Mrs. Harold
Yackel won low.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Steinberg
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. August
Steinberg at Mankato Sunday.
Lois Kent entertained Saturday
evening when Monopoly was
played at four tables. Prizes were
won by Patricia Dietz and Hubert
Sawyer.
Eddie Schopper of Mason City
visited here over the weekend.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-18
(Feb. 11-1S-25)
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETi-
TON FOR ADMINISTRATOR
LIMITING TIME TO FILE CLAIMS
AND FOR HEARING THEREON.

State. of Minnesota. County of Red
wood, SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Her
man Carl ReetZ, Decedent,
Meta Reetz having filed herein q
petition for general administration
stating that said decedent died inte-
state and praying that Meta Reetz be
appointed administrative;
1T IS ORDERED, That the hearing
thereof be had on March Sth, 1897, at
10 o'clock a. m. before this Court in
the probate court room in the court
house in Redwood Falls. Minnesota
that the time within which creditors
of said decedent may file their claims
be limited to four months from the
date hereof, and that the claims sc
filed be heard on June 7th. 1887, at IL
o'clock, a. m. before this Court in the
probate court room in the court
house in Redwood Falls. Minnesota.
and that notice hereof be given by
publication Of this order in the Red
wood Gazette and by mailed notice as
provided by law.
Dated February 5, 1887.
COURT SEAL) Robert V. Ochs,
Probate Judge
Flor & Rein. attorneys. 33-3ts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-18
MANKATO WANTS
RADIO STATION

Mankato-The Southern Min
nesota Supply company, a Man
kato concern, will apply for fed
eral license to operate a 1OO-watt
broadcasting station, it was decid-
ed after a hearing on the propo-
sition called by the Mankato
Chamber of Commerce recently.
Cost of erecting and equipping
the station, according to an esti-
mate of its proponents, would be
from $25, 900 to $35, 900. It would
be purely local in its scope, with
a broadcasting range of about so
miles. The application to the
government will ask for an exclu-
sive band with the privilege of
broadcasting 18 hours a day.