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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
Organized Workers and Their Friends Can Strike
Effective Blow at Anti-Labor Cigarette Big
Four By Buying and Boosting Brown & Will
hanson UniOnized Brands.

unionized, led by Sinclair, with the
best agreement of them all.
Big Developments Coming
A notable break in the anti-union
line came with the election in General
Electric, with the company announce
ing in advance that it would abide by
the results of an election under NLRB
auspices. In the election the company
union was badly beaten.
The coming two or three months
will see tremendous developments,
without doubt, in this battle of giants.
But those giants that have dealt with
unions know that the coming Of union
ism brings into industry a fairness
and spirit of cooperation that is of
inestimable value, with all of the
fruits so often proclaimed by the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad, pioneer in
labor-management cooperation and
marked as an outstanding road, large
ly for that reason.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
LABOR AND
GOVERNMENT
Discuss Plans to Improve
Nations Living Standards

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Union
labor and the federal government
consulted together here to consider
the protection of collective bargain
ing rights, end child labor, and ad-
vance program of social reforms.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
represented the government, and SO
union leaders were present, including
John L. Lewis, Frank Morrison, Sid
ney Hillman, Arthur Wharton and
Leo George.
/ When the conference was over, Sec
retary Perkins made a radio address
which summarized the work of the
gathering. Briefly,
The conference issued a warning
that relief must not be used to supple
ment sweatshop wages and thereby
subsidize sweatshops. 1t recommended
federal government aid to the unem-
ployed, and large public works pro-
grams to stimulate the building in
dustry
1t took the ground that the abolition
of child labor is an immediate neces-
sity, not only as help in overcoming
unemployment, but to raise the stand
ards of living of the young people of
this country.
In line with organized labor's
Il IL
immediate and sharp limitation of
hours of labor to overcome the
still appalling amount of unem-
| ployment, and to prevent unem-
ployment in the future.
| At this conference, it was disclosed
| that in some parts of the country,
workers have received as little as
$3.50 week for six days, 10 hours
day. In one factory, workers had
made as little as 81 cents for weeks
work of 60 hours. The conference
was strong for minimum wage that
shall be living wage, and for a gen
eral raising of wages.
The conference urged the extension
of machinery for the settlement of
industrial disputes. It indorsed the
Walsh-Healy act, and the standards
of fair wages and hours in producing
goods which the government buys.
1t demanded definite recognition of
the universal right of workers to or
ganize and select representatives of
their own choosing for collective bar
gaining"
I'VE know that in 1929, which was
a high income year" said Secretary
Perkins in her radio talk, that H.
100000 families in the United States
had incomes of less than $1,000 a
year. OF these, very substan-
tial number lived almost on a pow
erty level.
If we are to develop and realize
our system of mass production, these
|low-incone groups must be developed
in their purchasing power to make it
possible for them to buy the goods
/ they make.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
Organized Labor's Right
To Picket Clinched By
N. Y. Courts Decision
Fight of Brooklyn Bakers Union to Patrol Employers
Plant and Advertise His Goods AS Unfair to Labor Won
After Judicial Test Lasting Over Two Years.

Jury Trial in Contempt Cases Upheld
An offshoot of the case was noted
when the baking company sought to
punish the union and officers for al
legged contempt of court This proved
the first test case of the law granting
jury trials in labor contempt ci-
tations, the constitutionality of the
law being upheld setting a precedent
which has since been widely recog-
nized and followed in similar actions
throughout the state. Thus through
sustained determination, the union
membership, fighting for the right
eousness of their cause, have not only
gained victory for themselves but
they have helped to tear down bar
barrie barriers that have forever i'm
peded the emancipation of organized
wage earners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
TELEPHONE
MONOPOLY
Accused of Big Equipment
Overcharge

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-The
federal communications commission
charges that the $2,50O,000, 900 equip
ment investment account of the Amer
lean Telephone & Telegraph Company
includes an overcharge of at least 20
per cent, or $500,000,0 900.
Cyrus G. Hill, engineer in charge
of the telephone inquiry, testified that
all the two and half billion dollars
worth of telephone equipment of the
A. T. & T. was bought from the West
ern Electric Company. The Western
Electric is a subsidiary, entirely
owned by the A. I. & t. Therefore,
the A. T. & 7. could have got it's en-
tire equipment at cost, just as if the
Western Electric had been in form
what it was and is in fact, the manu-
featuring department of the A. T.
& T.
Instead of that, Mr. Hill reports
that the overcharge was at least 20
per cent $5OO,OO0,00O probably
more. This overcharge is capital.
lied, and is a basis for dividends.
The A. T. & 7. has paid SO a share
dividends since 1921. At that rate
telephone users are paying at least
|9 per cent on $500,0OO,OOo Of fic.
titious capital that never existed, or a
tribute on this point alone--of $45,-
100000 year to the insiders of the
holding company set-up.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
WAGE INCREASE
AGREEMENT
Negotiated by New Haven
Aluminium Workers Union

New Haven, Conn. (AFLNS) Off
GERS of Aluminium Workers Union No.
1888 of the American Federation of
Labor announced the renewal of the
working agreement between that un-
ion and the United Smelling and
Aluminium Company of New Haven
which was signed by representatives
of the company and the union on De
cember 18, for another year, up to
December 81, 1887.
The new agreement provides sub
stantial increases in wages for most
Of the classifications and also includes
provision for all employees in the pro
duction department to be members OF
Aluminium Workers Union No. 1898
An eight-hour day and 40-houl
week are established under the terms
of the agreement, with overtime al
time and one-half to be paid for al
Sundays and specified regular holi.
days.
The agreement carries with it !
seniority clause giving preference to
the older men in point of service il
the reduction of forces as well as II
the restoration of forces after any
lay-off period.
An arbitration provision has alse
been provided for the adjustment Of
disputes which cannot be handled
through direct negotiation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
Great Steel Spy
System Charged

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)- Phillip
Murray, field commander of the Steel
Workers organizing committee, told
the National Labor Relations Board
here that the steel industry not only
uses an elaborate spy system, but
that in the steel company towns, >
municipal officials, appointed by the
company, do their utmost to block or
ganization.
Men are urged, sometimes threat
ened, and promised rewards to betray
anyone with whom they work if he
commits the crime of talking union, .
Murray said.
The hearings have been adjourned
to January II.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
Steel, Auto and Tobacco Stand United in Resolve
To Continue Fight on Unionism to Last Ditch
Shorts

The president of the American
Snuff Co. last year got salary and
"other compensation" totaling $54,080.
Such a sum is not to be sneezed at.
Light and fragrance has been shed
on the German food shortage from
an unexpected quarter. The Krupp
munitions firm is to build bridge
across the Nile for the Egyptian gov
ernment, and Krupps will take their
pay in Egyptian onions.
The SEC is doing its best to sit on
the lid of Wall street speculation. The
treasury of the United States has laid
its plans to head off the initiation which
it fears may result from the tremen-
dour influx of gold into this country.
Quite contrast, this, to the days
when President Coolidge and Secre-
tary Mellon told the country that
brokers loans-the best measure of
, speculation in stocks-were not too
high, and that the crazy activity of
the stock market was just an evidence
of prosperity.
AdverfigA in The Prnss
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01

The right to picket, to advertise
union label before places of business
of non-union employers and before
their customers, with signs also call
ing upon the public to purchase union
label products, was recently re-
affirmed in bitterly contested court
action in Brooklyn, N Y.
Local Union No. sos, Bakery and
Confectionery Workers International
Union of America, whose members
were victims of lockout by the
Standard Baking Company, which be-
gan May /, 1888, has borne the brunt
of battle to come through with a gal
liant victory. A strike of union mem
bers followed the lockout, and the
then Regional Labor Board of the.
NRA sought to settle the strike.
Although the union agreed to pro-
posed terms, the company refused to
be bound by them and the struggle
continued.
Anti Picketing Injunction Quashed
In May, 1884, the company brought
an action in the supreme court, get
ting temporary injunction against
the Bakers Union, the Infamous
Faber injunction, which aroused much
criticism throughout the nation
among those who eontended that it
was an infringement on the rights of
free speech, free press and free as
semblage, virtually imposing invol-
untary servitude. Regarded by many
as the most broad and drastic in
junction ever issued in a labor dis
pute, the Faber injunction contained
SO prohibitions on the activities of
workers who were enjoined. Among
these 38 provisions was one which
presumed to prohibit continuing the
strike and another which forbade an
nouncement by members Of the union,
or those in sympathy with them, that
the Standard Baking Company had
secured an injunction. The new
anti-injunction law, passed by the
New York legislature in 1885, was
aided very materially by the massed
protests of organized labor over the
liberty destroying Faber injunction
Judge Meier Steinbrink, of the
Brooklyn supreme court, on appeal
of the union, subsequently reduced
the 38 restrictions to eight. This
modified injunction specifically per
mitted the union to have its members
to walk up and down in the vicinity
of the stores and customers of the
Standard Baking Company, bearing
signs advertising the union label and
calling upon the purchasing public tc
demand bread and rolls bearing the
union label.
An appeal was taken by the com
pany for the purpose Of having the
38 original Faber injunction pro.
visions reinstated, in which 1T was
claimed, among other things, that the
advertising Of the label constituted .
secondary boycott one of the slave
driving type of employers usual ar.
guments. But the union contendec
that, instead Of secondary boycott
this was merely an exercise of thu
right of free speech. After long
and keenly contested struggle, thu
union won it's contention when tht
appellate division unanimously over
ruled the plea of the Standard Baking
Company and affirmed the judgmen
of Judge Steinbrink.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-01-01
BY CHESTER M. WRIGHT

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-The
year-end holiday week brings to light
one of the most amazing industrial
situations ever recorded in national
history.
Approximately 100 Southern textile
mills have declared their need for ma
chinery to fix standards, as NRA did,
declaring this necessary to their life
and stability.
Meanwhile the great steel and auto
mobile industries have made it clear
that they are determined to resist any
interference" with their fright" to
do exactly as they please, which is
primarily a declaration of resistance
to unionism.
The automobile industry likewise
has made clear a similar position.
Though doing a record-breaking bust
ness, both of these giants of industry
have declared their determination to
stick to company unionism.
Tobacco in Same Group
But another giant has been ignored
in this casting up of the situation.
The great tobacco group that has
fought labor as hard and bitterly as
steel and automobiles have fought it,
stands today in exactly the same po-
'sition. The big cigarette group, known
as the Big Four, are united solidly
against unionization. With the clever
and astute Clay Williams as chief
diplomat, they seek to keep out of the
front row in the controversy, evidently
preferring to cover their warfare UNI
der cloak of silence while steel and
automobiles take the rap of public
discussion and condemnation. But they
occupy the same position as the more
open opponents of labor in the nation
wide line of conflict.
While in steel and automobiles
there is not outstanding recourse
LOT tOllSuIilSIS5 III tilS itCiA VI w
bacco and cigarettes there are
fully unionized brands. Those
made by Brown & Williamson are
making nationwide appeal, be-
cause of the union label, empha-
sizing that the company uses the
label on all its brands of tobacco
and cigarettes. The cigarette
brands are Raleighs, Kools, Vice
roys, Wings and Avalons.
In the field Of automobiles, the La
Toilette senate committee is prepar-
ing for a thorough investigation Of
anti-union tactics. Labor expects i'm
portant revelations.
Oil Party Anti Union
Lined up with these union-hating
giants there is portion of the oil
! industry, notably the Rockefeller, Mel
lon and Pew interests, with Standard,
Gulf and Sun. But here also there
are the companies across the line,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-02
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

M1roey unningly beautiful girl that she
can for Office secretary because her bosses
familiar Mdrgery nD1yS quits the Job
keeps serepec Margey Des Wih her best pa Susie
The interested Mdroery noUeiSt
Freddy Matthews Margery him but tWce and
doesn't DESPERATION Mdrgery buys make
up DISCUSSES painfully unatrGctiOe GIRL She gets
Publishing and taken at once to be
secretary quite that Uhen she sees
him he prove 1Oho interested her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-02
Now Read On

He started the and within five minutes began to rain
CHAPTER XII
"Raining% Margery exclaimed in dismay
Rain eh?" Freddy drawled Thanks for telling was
wondering what caused this dampness"
Margery looked him. syy it wasn't that he had to get
that novel finished she thought and there nothing to
worry about he would be rather good fun as companion
"How about putting up the top?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-02
Ito Be Continued

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-02
Margie Seeks New Jobs
To Escape Ardors
OF Her Bosses

NovELIZED BY LEWIS ALLEN BROWNE
From original story by Gene Baker and Margaret
Lee Screen play by Laurence Riley and Earl Baldwin
Cosmopolitan Production coming to Warner Brothers
Earle Theater, July is.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
PHILLIPS FUNERAL
 HELD HERE TODAY

Funeral services were held at l;3o o'clock this afternoon for Willie Phillips who was shot on Wednes- day morning in the Phillips cabin on South Franklin Street.
 The services were conducted from the Salvation Army Hall. Inter ment followed in the Evergreen cem- etery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
WALTER HEISEL, SIR. AND EDWIN SUTTON
 GET 33RD DEGREES

Two well known Juneau men, Walter B. Heisel and Edwin Sutton, have returned to Juneau 33rd De- gree Masons. It is the highest rank awarded in Masonry.
 Heisel and Sutton had their de- grees conferred upon them at Spo- kane on December II with IT other 33rd Degree candidates from the Pacific Northwest. two being from Petersburg and Ketchikan, respec- lively.
 Frederick Nelson of Petersburg was given the 33rd Degree as was Walter King, of Ketchikan.
 Only once every two years does the Masonic Lodge nominate de- gree candidates for the 33rd Degree. At present there are six in Juneau. They are Walter Heisel, Edwin Sut- ton, M. S. Whittier, H. T. Tripp, Walter Scott and Homer Nordling
 Among the prominent men who received the degree at Spokane was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, Judge William J. Steinert.
 Mrs. Edwin Sutton accompanied her husband to Spokane and re- turned with him and MT. Heisel aboard the Princess Norah last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
BROTHER Or MRS. (. BURDICK DIES
 IN DILLON, MONT.

Frank Buhrer, brother of Mrs. Charles G. Burdick of Juneau, died Thursday in Dillon, Mont, victim of meningitis. Mrs. Burdick had left here Wednesday aboard the Alaska enroute to Dillon on receipt of word that her brother was seriously ill. News of the death was received here by MT. Burdick last night
 MT. Buhrer, 36 years of age, was a successful rancher in the Dillon district. Beside his sister, Mrs. Bur- dick, he leaves a wife and two chil- dren; sister, Louise Buhrer, who is Superintendent of the Barrett hospital in Dillon where her brother died; his mother, Mrs. M. Buhrer of Dillon and a brother, Carl, in Olympia, Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

The pccan twig-girdler attacks pecan trees in North Carolina and is rated by growers as one of the trees chief pests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

Six million people were employed directly or indirectly in the auto motive industry in the United States last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
BUDDY BAER KNOCKS OUT
 EDDIE HOGAN
Moves Into Bidding Posi- ton for Fight with
 Joe Louis

NEW YORK, Dec. Is. = Buddy Baer, the rising young sensational .brotheE of Maxie Baer, last night moved into the promoters antercom for a possible fight with heavyweight champion Joe Louis.
 Buddy raised his stock several notches when he knocked out Eddie Hogan last night in Madison Square Garden.
 Baer, weighing in at 243, and Ho- gan at 222, went through only three rounds of leathered fisticuffs before Hogan took the count.
 It was West Coast vs. East Coast, Buddy from California and Hogan from Connecticult.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
Former Juneau
 Boxer Champion
 0fMiddIeWeights

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Dec. 18.- Frank Bruner, former Juneau boxer, won the middleweight cham pionship of Alaska here by knock out in the fifth round of a scheduled six round fight against Perry Gar yer.
 Carver won the crown last Feb ruary with a technical knockout from Bruner
 Bruner knocked out young Capps in Juneau about two and one-half years ago in a smoker given in the ElkS' Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
GIRL SCOUTS WILL
 HOLD PARTY TONIGHT

A party is to be gwen this eve- ming in the basement of the North ern Light Presbyterian Church by members of Girl Scout troop number 2 of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
 Twenty girls are expected to at tend the party which will be marked by games and refreshments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

Chinese officials have establish ed an experiment station in Kiang- su province in a campaien to replace traditional farming methods with scientific agriculture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
FederaIS Retain Tournament Lead
 In EIkS' Contest

Top flight bowler Mike Ugrin rolled 192-185 -202 for a 579 pin total last night at the Elks bowling alleys to ring up high score for the eve ming.
 Nash, however, won out over Cord, with whom Ugrin was rolling.
 Rec beat Federal and Hudson beat Rolls. Federals are still on top of the heap and appear to be the squad that will take the tournament honors.
 Tonight's games are Lafayette vs. Auburn and Dodge vs. Franklin.
 Last nights scores follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
JOHNNY LEWIS
 GETS FINGER
 AT CLEVELAND
Outpoints Johnny Risko in Ten-round Battle,
 Winning Strong

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. Is. - John Henry Lewis, light heavy weight champion, last night out pointed Johnny Risko in ten rounds of fighting.
 Risko, Cleveland rubber man, was hanging on gamely when the last brass note of the gong cut the smoke laden air of a packed house.
 Lewis weighed in at 183 while Risko hit the scales for l98la-too heavy a weight for Johnny, fight fans said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
CALENDARS ARE
 NOW APPEARING

Calendars for 1888 are beginning to appear.
 One of the first to be sent through the mails is a neat desk calendar by Rice and Ahlers Company. It IS also a handy one for housewives.
 With pretty scene, in colors, the calendar of the Juneau Bakery is also being distributed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
HOT SHOTS WIN
 OVER COLUMBIA
 IN PIN MATCH

The Hot Shots last night beat the Columbia trio at the Brunswick al !eys with Hildinger leading the field with 567.
 In the Alt Heidelberg catch with Rainier, Heidelberg won out by IT pins.
 There will be no games tonight or Sunday in the tournament.
 The scores follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

doctor at Tundra Village, in the Kuskokwim.
 Dr. Werbel, in a radiogram from Tundra Village, stated that one patient has already died, while the other is improving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

Today's News Today.-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18

Totals - 532 549 477-1558 Average score. Did not bowl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS
 REPORTED AT TUNDRA

Two cases of epidemic meningitis were reported this morning to Dr. J. F. Morley, medical director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, from Dr. Ernest Werbel, Indian Affairs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-18
Fairbanks Men
 Plan Adventure

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. l8.- Sherman A. Moves, lawyer, and Stanley Young, both of Fairbanks, plan to leave here next week on a two year 1000 mile tour of the in- terior of Alaska. They will take a team of seven dogs and a 500- pound outfit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-18
Look For QuaHty Marks
When Purchasing Sheets

fall loose, the sheet is of inferior
quality.
Another interesting item is size
in Sheets. The manufacturers
label will ordinarily give the torn
size of the sheet, which is the
original length allowing nothing
for hem or shrinkage. When buy
ing a 108 inch sheet, torn size, you
are not actually getting a work
able length of 10S inches. Five
inches of this torn size length has
already been converted into hem,
and another 5 inches will be lost
in shrinkage. Several manufac-
turers are now listing the true
size; SO when making a purchase,
check the label to determine
whether you are buying torn size
or actual size.
The ordinary bed length re-
quires sheet 9s inches long, act
ual size after shrinking and hem
deductions. A mattress requiring
rs inches to cover the top surface,
10 inches for depth on both ends,
and IL inches for tuck-in under
the mattress at head and foot.
cannot be adequately protected
by a sheet of less size.