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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
SIX ITEMS
Before international Labor
Conference

Geneva (LNS)-More than four
hundred delegates and advisers, from
most Of the sixty nations having MEM
bership in the International Labor
Organization, assembled in Geneva
June 2, for the opening of the oath
session of the international Labor
Conference. The conference will last
about three weeks.
Only one of the six items on the
agenda will be disposed of finally this
year. That has to do with statistics
of hours and wages in the principal
mining and manufacturing industries,
including building and construction,
and in agriculture" In this connec-
tion the conference will be asked to
consider the advisability of adopting
international regulations, whereunder
states subscribing to them will under
take to compile-at intervals, and in
the manner Indicated statistics re-
lating to hours of work in these in
dustrles, and to publish and communi-
cate such information to the Inter
national Labor Office as soon as
possible.
All of the other five items will come
up for preliminary discussion this
year, and for final discussion at the
1889 conference. These items are:
Regulation of hours of work and
rest periods for professional drivers
(and their assistants of yehciles en-
gagged in road transport:
Generalization of the reduction of
hours of work:
Technical and vocational education
and apprenticeship;
Regulation of contracts of employ
ment Of indigenous workers; and
Recruiting, placing and conditions
Of labor equality Of treatment) OF
migrant workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
JAPANESE VICTORY
OVER CHINA
Means Attack on America,
High Chi. Official Says

Washington, d. G. (ILNS)-If the
people of the United States want
lasting peace, they should help China
for if Japan wins in China, she will
not stop there. She is looking for
ward to further conquests at the ex-
pense of America.
This startling statement was made
by H. H. Kung, acting premier and
minister of finance of Chica, in an
interview with Jane Howard, of the
Honolulu Advertiser.
Japan is not stopping with her
China conquest, but is looking for
ward toward America for further con-
quests" he said. "There seems not
to be any immediate prospects for
peace China is fighting a defensive
war. There are only two conditions
under which peace is possible.
China Cannot Be Beaten"
First, that the Japanese abandon
their present suicidal policy, or, sec
ond, that the world powers realize
their own eventual danger, and per-
suade Japan to end the conflict"
Asked if China could be beaten,
he shook his head and answered.:
"There may be tremendous suffer
ing, but China cannot be beaten, be-
cause of the immense size Of her ter
ritory and the determination Of her
people to resist to the end. Japan may
win battles, but China will win the
war;"
Charges Japan Violates Treaty
DR.. King pointed out that under
the Nine Power treaty of 1922, the
signing powers guarantee to respect
the independence and the territorial
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
COMMUNISTS Led
Clio DRIVES
Seek to Control Transport
Legislative Com. Says

Boston (ILNS)-A special commits
sion of the Massachusetts legislature
has made a $500 page report, saying
that communists led the drives which
built up the membership of the CIO
unions, that "in large industries or
ganized by the committee for indus
trial organization, communist func-
tionaries occupy leading and strate-
gic positions through which they dom
mate and control the groups Of which
they are a part"
Every indication" says the report
in one part, points to the fact that
the National Maritime Union (CIO)
along the Atlantic coast and in
the ports of Massachusetts is con
trolled by the communists"
Danger in War Seen
The report says that one of the COM
munist party's prime detectives" is
to gain control of all water fronts,
and goes on:
"Such control of transport, coupled
with control Of industrial labor, would
enable the communist party to paral-
we the country.
"Should we be engaged in war with
any other nation, the communist party
could that much more easily carry
out its avowed purpose, to turn every
war into a civil war"
The report charges communists
seek to win members in the CCC, the
Y. M. C. A., the Y. w. C. A., the WPA,
organizations of Hebrew youths, boys
and girls clubs, American Student
Union and American Youth Congress
CIO Masses Held Loyal
1t says of the CIO that criticisms
apply only to the leadership, "and IN
no way applies to the masses of loyal
citizens making up the membership OF
the organization"
The New England office of the CIO
commented on the report thus:
"CIO officials are amazed at the
commissions findings as they affect
this organization, inasmuch as no
CIO official ever was called before
the commission, though our leaders
stood ready to testify at any time"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
Cost of Living Drops 1.8fo
Employment Falls 4.3%

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-Cost
Of living in 80 American cities de-
clined 1.8 per cent in the three months
ending with March Is Of this year,
according to a statement given out
by Secretary Perkins of the depart
ment of labor.
Food costs dropped an average of
40 per cent in the period--in New
York, they dropped over z per cent.
The decline in meat prices which
started with an unadvertised buyers
strike in September, 1887, accounts
for most Of the food declines.
Clothing costs were only IA per
cent lower on the average of the 80
cities. They went up 1.S per cent in
Philadelphia, on account of the city
sales tax.
Rents are a trifle higher. Fuel and
light costs increased in 19 cities, de-
clined in 10, and was unchanged in
the other three, making an average
increase of or percent. In Chicago,
where the gas monopoly was allowed
to introduce new schedule of rates,
the boost of fuel and light was 3.3
per cent.
The decline in employment in the
same period December Is to March
15-and according to the same au-
thority, cost about 1,774,000 jobs, OF
a drop of 4.3 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10

junction. This whole case appears
to be without precedent in American
judicial history, The circuit court
was summoned to Washington to
show why its injunction should not
be vacated; and failed to make a
showing.
The supreme court repeated its re-
fusal to review the validity of any
NLRB order, requiring Remington
Rand, Inc, to offer reinstatement to
the 1000 workers who lost their jobs
in the 1896 strike. The Second cir
cult court has upheld the order, and
the supreme court for the second
time declined to interfere.
Company Union Loses
Also, the Remington Rand En-
ployes' Association, a long name for
a company union, brought in a plea
for rehearing Of the case; and was
turned down.
Though refusing to review the
Kansas City Stockyards case, the
court approved the rates fixed by the
department Of agriculture in the
Denver Stoclyards case.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
Civil War Veterans Invited

Washington, D. c. I(LNS)-T The
war department has invited the 10000
living veterans of the Civil War to
attend the 18th anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg on the battle
field. There are about 5000 veterans
of the Union army and 5000 of the
Confederate army; and all are treat
ed alike. The fare of each, and the
fare Of an attendant for each, will be
paid by the department.
The need of attendants is easy to
recoznize when the department states
that the ages of these range from
around 90 to lot years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
Harlan County Miner Tells
Jury Joining Union Cost
Him Life Of Baby Son

London, KY. (ILNS) Boyd Isom
told the jury trying the Harlan
county coal operators that joining the
union apparently cost him the life OF
his baby son; and that he was twittec
with this after the child's funera
by Harry Bennett, superintendent OF
the Harlan Central Coal Co., and de.
fendant in the case.
Isom told his story only after a
barrage of objections by the defense
which Judge Ford overruled He told
of the baby's death and then, asked
again what Bennett had said to him
he answered:
"He said if hadn't joined the I'M
ion, I'd got doctors treatment for
my baby"
Don't you know that your baby
was treated by the company doctor
all during it's illness?" demanded Mr.
Dawson, one of the many attorneys
for the defense
Only One Treatment
"No, SIR" returned Isom. / know
it didn't get no treatment; only once
at the beginning"
"Why, you know that nobody was
ever refused medical treatment as
long as he remained in camp, don't
you?" persisted the lawyer.
Il know it was refused to me-,
said lsom.
The evidence of concerted efforts to
dominate all the lives of the coal min
ers and to hound and harass in every
way those who ever looked toward
a union proceeded steadily.
Lincoln Lowe testified that when
he was straw boss at the Harlan
Central, the foreman gave him a slip
with the names Of four union men,
and told him to assign them to a part
of the mine where the coal was so
thin that they could not make living.
Alex Hawk, negro worker, said he
was discharged for refusing to sign
yellow dog petition, asking the COM
pany to discharge union workers.
Perjury Plot Charged
Aside from Isom's testimony, the
real excitement came outside the
courtroom. AS court opened in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10

integrity of China" Japan's raid is
an absolute violation Of that treaty;
and any Of the Nine Powers, one of
which is the United States, can take
up the matter with Japan at any time
it chooses.
DR.. Kung summed up substantially
this: China would welcome foreign
help, but she can and viii if neces-
sary fight on alone. The great major
ity of her aviators are Chinese, and
the German technicians leaving can be
replaced by others.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
LOUISIANA TO
GIVE PREFERENCE
To Union-Made Products In
Buying for State Use

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)- Gov
ernor Richard w Leche, of Louisiana,
has notified Secretary Treasurer |. M.
Ornburn, of the union label trades de-
partment, American Federation OF
Labor, that the Louisiana state gov
ernment will henceforth give prefer
ence to union-made goods and prod
ucts.
In a letter to the heads of all state
boards, departments, commissions and
institutions, Governor Leche said:
"As you know, this administra-
ton has constantly and consistently
fought for the betterment of the
masses of the people of this state
and for the improvement of working
conditions of the laboring man. As
Won further know, the greatest bull
wark that the working man has
against oppression, and at the same
time, the greatest vehicle to further
his welfare, is organization.
"Therefore, | hereby instruct you
that in the future, whenever it be-
comes necessary to purchase any ma
terials for the use of your board, de-
partment, commission or institution,
where price and quality are equal, you
gice preference to union-made prod
ucts.
ORCHARD Y. LECHE,
Governor of Louisiana. !"
Mr.. Ornburn told International
Labor News Service that he is urging
state and city central labor bodies
throughout the nation to seek action
from governors and mayors similar to
that taken by Governor Leche.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
II. S. Ambassador Gives
Dinner to Laborites

London (ILNS)-Joseph P. Ken
nedy, American ambassador to Great
Britain, gave a dinner at his resi-
dence here to men members of the
labor party in parliament.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-10
CHAIN STORE RENT BILL

New York City (ILNs)- Chain
stores in America pay $3.50 100000 in
rent annually to 10000 landlords, or
an average of 1924 for each landlord,
according to Frank O'Hara, president
Of the Real Estate Association Of the
state Of New York.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

No passing has been more COM
plete in Amersa tstan that Of the
z1instrel show. HAsa a few years ago
minxttels were &nSaieiosd$ asso-
Sisted with 'tAe ang3ssnsht life of
Tie nation. Rad#b and the movies
have alel HsSa "a, uaM tsdsy
6ere & "a sessf ksH dasaa miastSel
troupes tohSng up ana down the
country.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28
\ ONGEST - and oldest - song
~ title in ASCAP'S files to date is
,sPiant a Watermelon on My Grave
and Let tn e
] uice S o a K
Through. |"

M ore tn a n
100000 compo-
sitions s W ere
played on til e
air in 1886. OF
this total nearly
8 0 per cent. !.
were written by
Americans. L e t
I b e e a G ! e
Cnroon MT Uor1i
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

upc song HStS III M6
shotc: From Alpha to
On,egd," /" at Long Last
Lore." the title of aChich
ts undoubtedly inspired
By the former King Ed.
sDdTd's bdicdtt0 n
speech and by Candle
light"
1t has been ntdny q
Tong day since candle
Hight t1ds hymned by
the songioriterS. THEY
prefer moonlight. Most
memorable cdndlelight
line occars in Paul
DreSSer's old ballad,
"On the Banks OF the
WabdSh":: - Through
che sycoS,ores the can
delights are cleaning"
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28
Barney's Lunch
700 9th Ave. o.
Good Lunch, Hot Coffee
"a Hour Service

1929 4th Ave. South. bedrooms,
hot water heat, to close estate. Mr..
Sanger, Bridgeport 1865.
FOR SALE - IL room house, all
modern. 100000, $150eO0 mortgage.
Terms $4,000 down, $1,000 per month,
including interest. Taxes $l2200 year.
Located at I'll Emerson Ave. No. Call
Twin City Herald, At. 1858.
]. Dunn, 2421 Dupont South, Phone
Ke. 1898.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28
Conquered the World

The song conquered the world.
1t was known and shouted and
whistled in every crossroadaizof
America. Then fhe fires died down.
only to blaze again when Theodore
Roosevelt and his inlpassioned CO.
horts, in need of a spirited march
ing tune, which would symbolic
their zeal and vigor, made it the
theme song of the Bull Moose con-
vention in Chicago in 1912. II was
again revived in the World War,
the doughboys changing the first
line of the chorus to when you see
our Yankee fightin' line"
The song is thus indelibly woven
with the history of America, is a
beloved part Of musical folklore.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

on. though UGra0uS sing
ers featured it IN UGN-
deuille. A gear later,
ho,oever, it began to
seize the fancy OF the
public. But by this time
it had attracted the at
tention OF May Ir10tn,
sufficient guarantee OF
any tunes popular Gp-
peal. She featured it at
the old Bijop Theatre
and it became her lead
ing number - such q
leading number that 1t
qCdS advertised along
1Oith the name OF the
singer in front OF the
plGghOuSe.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

The estate OF Theodore A. Metz
participates in. the royalties divided
each quarter by the American So
ciety Of Composers, Authors and
Publishers. which licenses the per-
forming rights Of songs composed.
written or published and copy.
righted by its members.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

Our soldiers In the Spanish-Amer-
ican War adopted it in 1898 and gave
# undying glory. Nor wasit confined
to ae Cuban conflict. II provided
martial inspiration for American
troops in the Boxer Rebellion, where
its words were changed 10 "a Hot
Time in China Tonight" and for the
British Tommies in the Boer Wa,
who substituted "Transvaal" f1e
"China." Later, as if to demonstrate
the universally of its appeal it fur
uished the musical motif for the
funeral march of a Filipino chief.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28
Took II Years to Catch on

look u wears TO Catcn On
And the title 1t became. 1t tUGS
played for ten gears toithout GronS-
ing any emotion in the land SGOc In
small boys tOhO lined the route OF
the parGdeS Then in 1895 Metz.
done toith trOuping, 1ods operating
a musical agency in Neio York.
Into his office one day burst Joe
Hayden, formerly an end man t0tth
the Mcintyre and Heath MINISTRIES.
He had Uritten aoordS for "A Hot
Time and ioould sell them for SIS.
Meta heard them, toas struck 1oitb
their force and originality and pur-
chased them.
The song 10as copyrighted in May
1896 and published. 1t failed to catch
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

Many Of the most ptsatnsnt min.
strels have been gathered to their
fathers - Primrose, West, Dock
stader. Mcintyre and Heath, Honey
Boy Evans. Theodore A. Metz,
A.S.C.A.P., but there are still some
veterans left. notably. John w. Vo-
gel and Eddie Leonard. They and
their companies were responsible
for many a geat song hit. It was
Meta who composed the immortal
tune, "A Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight" Until his death a year or
two ago at S5, Metz toiled amid the
cliffs and clefs of Tin Pan Alley. He
liked to reminisce about his old
song and its national glorification
during the Spanish American War.
Metz wrote the song in 1886 when
he was the conductor Of the MeIn.
tyre and Heath Minstrels-wrote 1t
on q train passing through Louisi-
ana. He had decided, he once told
as when we found him in his cubby
hole ut the e. B. Marks Music Com.
pany, IA mid Manhattan, to compose
Q march for the street para6es Of
the troupe.
As the train approached q ham.
Get called Old Town the company
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28

was first among the italian COM
posers, Ravel led the French con-
tingeRt and Tschaikowsky the Rus
sian.
Broddtrdy, sparse aoith musical
comedies this season. Is 1oditing
hopefully for Cole Porter's netD
Acigh-ho. cdsicd "Yom Never Knoso."
Reports reach us of three pr0Spec-
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-28
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noticed negro cabin burning by
the railroad tracks. Mcintyre, al
ways ready to joke. observed that
there's going to be hot time in
Old Town tonight" Heath heard his
partners remark. and turning to
Metz, said: "Thatll make great
title for your march"
Evening star., 1938-10-11
DUCE MAY INSIST
AR|SDROP SOVIET.
Rome Hints End of Alliance
Is Essential to Any
Reconciliation.
BY the Associated Press.

ROME. Oct ll-Informed quarters
expressed belief last night that Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini would demand
that France renounce her alliance
with Soviet Russia as an essential part
OF any French Italian reconciliation.
Fresh outburst of bitterness against
France appeared in the Fascist press
and political circles viewed the CAM
paign as a warning that the French
need not expect re-esta blishment of
friendly relations with Italy at bar
gain rates.
Along with the press attack upon
France came much praise for Italys
'unilateral" contribution to interna-
tional appeasement through the plan
announced Saturday for withdrawal
of part Of her troops from msurgent
Spain.
The newspapers insisted that no fur
ther sacrifices in the cause Of peace
could be expected from Italy without
corresponding gestures from others.
No mention was made OF the Spanish
government moves to repatriate all
foreign combatants who had been
fighting with its armies.
Choice Between Three.
PARIS, Oct IL (P.-The choice for
Ambassador to Italy, it was understood,
lay among the present Ambassador to
Berlin, Andre Francois -Poncet: Fran
co.'s Pietri. veteran cabinet official, and
Jean Mister, chairman Of the Foreign
Affairs Commission OF the Chamber OF
Deputies.
France has not had an envoy in
Rome since late in 1896, when Count
de Chambrun resigned Relations were
strained during the Italo- Ethiopian
War and France refused to accredit an
ambassador to the Italian King as EN-
peror of Ethiopia.
The furore created last week by dis
closure Of an exchange Of kilograms
between Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler
and former Premier Pierre Etienne
Flandin resulted yesterday in a third
resignation from F1andin's Democratic
Alliance party. 1t was that of Charles
Rebel vice president of the party.
Evening star., 1938-10-11
PARAGUAy-BOLN|A
BORDER|SSETTLED
Latter Left Without Outlet
to Sea-Foe in 3-Year War
Gets Most of Region.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 1.-THE ar
bitral commission selected to define
the boundary in the Chaco between
Bolivia and Paraguay and end one of
South Americas most bitter territorial
quarrels awarded Paraguay more than
three-fourths OF the disputed region
last night.
The award left Bolivia without a
naVigable outlet to the sea on the Par
aguay River for which the land locked
nation of 100000 population fought
a three-year war ending in an armis-
tice in 1885.
Enrique Finot, representing Bolivia,
at the Argentine foreign ministry,
where the award was read and formal
minutes Of the meeting was signed,
called attention to the enormous sac
riflce" his country had made on behalf
of the peace Of America
Bolivia extends the hand of friend
ship to Paraguay" he said.
Evening star., 1938-10-11
BY ANDRUE BERDING,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

The United States, through the
forthcoming Anglo-American trade
agreement, is responsible for an his
toric reversal of the British trade pol
icy of greater and greater protec-
tionism.
For the first time since Britain
during the World War left her ira
ditional policy of free trade, she is
reducing import duties on a wide range
Of products.
A free trader for about a century,
Great Britain began in 1915 grad
ual shift toward protectionism. The
McKenna duties Of that year applied
to luxury articles, such as automobiles,
watches and clocks. movie films and
musical instruments. Then came the
dye-stuff duties Of 1920 and the safe
guarding duties of 1921.
Policy Further Entrenched.
The big leap toward protectionism,
however, did not come until after the
Smoot-Hawley Act raised Americas
tariffs considerably
Britain's abnoraml importations act
of 1881 gave the president of the
Board of Trade the right to impose
duties up to 100 per cent ad valorem,
and the horticultural products act
applied duties to fresh fruits and veg
etables. Diminishing exports have
given American fruit growers good
cause to remember the latter act.
These acts were passed during the
financial crisis which led to Britain's
abandonment of the gold standard.
They were followed by the import
duties act Of 1892 leyying a broad
10 per cent duty on all imports ex-
cept empire products, goods already
dutiable and goods on the free list.
Now, however the United States has
made the first successful attack on
the growing British protectionist fort
ress.
Sink From 1929 Mark.
Imports of American goods into the
United Kingdom in 1887 amounting
to $685., 900 900, had q value of only
So per cent of the 1929 imports, al
though the value Of British imports
from all countries was "a per cent last
year, as compared with 1929. Britain
bought 161 per cent of all her imports
from the United States in 1929. In
eight years the percentage fell to Ill.
American exporters suffered also
from the suddenness of the British
change. American tariffs were, in
fact, higher than Britain's, but they
had been a gradual accumulation
since the Civil War.
Since Britain built up her tariff
wall she has negotiated a score of
trade agreements. She has, however,
simply guaranteed not to increase
tariffs with the other countries in
volved, and, since she has bought
more from them than she has sold
them, has been able to get them to
place minimum quotas on their pur-
chases of British goods.
So far as general liberalization is
concerned, the effect has not been
entirely happy. Instead of taking a
few stones of her tariff structure,
Britain has added a few more to the
structures Of her agreement countries
with regard to third nations.