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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1888.
w.P.A. AS pLAYGRoUND-MAKER

The w. P. A. is known and liked al
over the country for the work 1T fur
nishes, the schools and sewers it has
built, the roads it has made, and the
scores of other benefits it has rendered
But if this account of New York City
can be duplicated in other crowded CEN
ters, the people of those centers must
absolutely love the w. P. A. on account
of the children. Here's the nub of
the story:
At the edge of New York City's
Hell's Kitchen, on the roof of Christ
Church, and surrounded by rearing
walls of warehouses and office build
ings there was during the summer a
w. P. A. "day camp" for children from
the neighboring tenements. They went
there as if they were going to day
CAMP III lIlS WOOdSs IuGS WOIG lllSI
oldest clothes, and they brought along
wieners and potatoes to roast.
On the roof, the sides protected by a
wire netting, there were lean-tos made
of branches, scattered logs and stones,
tent, earth lin boxes), and plants lin
pots). On that roof the children
rubbed sticks to make fire. They
roasted their wieners and potatoes.
They played games with softball.
They gathered around an old Indian
guide, or a former pony express rider,
or an old-time cowboy {there are sew
eral attached to various w. P. A. prof.
ects), and listened to old-time stories.
In the late afternoon, the office
crowds below hurrying to the subways,
the children descended, as if back from
the woods, traditionally tired but
happy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
$4,000 INCOMES FOR EVERY
FAMILY POSSIBLE

How American income can be largely
increased in this age of power is out
lined by the An e;can Federation of
Labor in it's latest monthly survey of
business. Production must be lifted
to maximum levels, says the fedora
ton, which points out that today a
large part of the nations industrial
plant is idle, with millions of Ameri-
cans standing idle and denied the
chance to work and produce in private
industry. The federation goes on to
say:
"Our American economy can achieve
$4,000 income for every family, but
there is no get-rich-quick way Of doing
this. Nor is there any one panacea
that will accomplish it. There are a
number of steps which will bring us
nearer the goal We have already en-
barked on the first step: trade union
organization throughout industry and
a steady and rapid increase in wages.
We need to follow this by new con-
ception of wages: wages based on pro-
ducing power with machines.
"The old conception of wages, based
on human skills and energy alone, is
totally inadequate. Workers today
are not receiving the wages justified
by their power to produce. Produc-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
ELECTIVE JUDICIARY
Is INSISTED UPON BY
RESENTFUL VOTERS
Smashing Defeat OF judicial Amend
ment Seen As Warning To
Autocrats.
by Ohio Labor Nea0s Servieel

Columbus, o. Approximately l.
224, ,947 citizens of Ohio on November
expressed their firm belief in the dem
ocratic principles of representative
government and their determination to
retain all the privileges guaranteed
them by the constitution, by defeating
two-to-one an autocratic amendment
proposing an appointive instead of
elective judiciary.
The significant majority serves as a
warning to those autocratic and die
tatorial-minded persons and privileged
groups that any subversive effort to
change the democratic form of gov
ernment will not be tolerated, at least
in Ohio.
The vote on the judicial amendment
reveals conclusively the attitude of the
electorate on a proposal Of that ma
ture, as more votes were cast on the
separate ballot containing the proposal
than were cast in any of the contests
for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Only 565,83 fewer votes were cast
on the judicial amendment than were
cast in the gubernatorial contest, the
unofficial totals being 2,410,373 for
governor and ,844,53 on the proposed
amendment.
In the contest for Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, there were l.
1851 votes cast, 64,863 less than on
the judicial amendment. Total votes
cast in the three other Supreme Court
contests were: term beginning Janu-
ary 1, 1,689,317; term beginning Janu-
ary 2, 1881 ,436, and short term, l.
49,, ,187.
One of the claims of the proponents
of the amendment, that thousands of
voters did not cast ballot on the sep
arate judicial ballot and therefore
should not object to having their
judges appointed, was resented by
64,863 electors who did not vote the
judicial ballot but voiced their dis
approval of the abortive effort to have
the privilege taken from them.
Defeat of the amendment was pre-
saged by the. fact that it took pro-
ponents over two years to secure sig
natures sufficient to have the proposal
placed on the ballot. Certainly it's de-
cisive defeat should satisfy its pro-
ponents, the Ohio Bar Association,
that the citizens Of Ohio are far from
being ready or willing to forfeit any
Of their rights guaranteed by the
constitution.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
Walsh -Healey Act Benefits
(From California Oil Worker)

(From California Oil Worker)
Benefits derived by labor under the
Walsh-Healey Act are not thoroughly
understood by enough of the members
of labor unions. Full advantage should
be taken of the improvements labor
has won by the enactment of the
measure.
-Four million workers have received
the prevailing minimum wages under
the operation Of the law. Employers
with government contracts of over
$4,000 have been required to obey the
provisions Of the act.
Secretary Perkins has made a report
on the operation of the act during the
two years it has been in effect. The
measure has proven success where
ever it has been invoked.
Systematic government inspection of
factories having government contracts
that come under the law has resulted
in employers voluntarily paying over
time and minimum wages. There were
other cases where the law had to be
enforced though these were in the mi
nority. Something over $4,000 has
been collected in back wages and many
reluctant employers have promised to
observe the law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

by his officers and forced labor in
prison camps for about one grown
Spaniard in four. The prospect is as
horrible as the Roman conquest of
Asia Minor, where Roman patricians
followed the armies to buy captives
cheap, and send them to be worked to
death on plantations and in mines.
Unions are destroyed and wages
fixed by fiat in Germany and Italy;
and now we are told of massed slavery
in Spain by the man who proposes to
bring it. No worker in America to
whom the information can be carried
should be left in ignorance.
Two brief remarks may be made at
this time about the election.
A very wise man in Washington said
two months ago that it was a grave
mistake Tor TfeSlQeI1t hOOSeNeIl u
come out for even such splendid Sen
atorial candidate as David ]. Lewis Of
Maryland. 1t rouses resentment
against what is considered d local OF
statewide choice; as witness the re
action of the country to President Will
sons call for a Democratic Congress
in 1918 The wisdom Of this comment
seems to be confirmed; but not in New
York, where the President is voting
citizen.
Next, contrast this election with th'
so-called elections in dictatorship
countries. Bear in mind that whil'
the Nazis never got majority vote il
Germany until they seized the govern
ment, they have had unanimous vote
since The same is true in Italy an
Russia and practically true in ever.
place where dictatorship prevails.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18

A much neglected piece of news
from abroad must not be lost to labor;
for every blow at labor abroad some
time, somewhere, by direct reflection
or-much more often-by indirect re-
Election, shows up in our own country.
A United Press correspondent asked
rebel General Franco: "Will you grant
general amnesty when the war is
over?" And here is Frances reply,
passed by his own censor:
"There should not be returned to
society an element of fermentation and
deterioration, but | believe in redemp-
tion through the penalty of labor.
"Once it has been established what
penalty fits the crime in question, the
criminal will be able to redeem himself
through work and good behavior as a
prisoner until he has paid for his
crime One day of good behavior will
be equivalent to reducing the sentence
Dy Two udyS. w T. TIA v T. MOhE
THAN 100000 PERSONS CARD.
INDEXED WITH PROOFS OF
THEIR CRIMES AND THE NAMES
OF WITNESSES"
The population of Spain is aroune
| 20,000,000 General Franco. therefore
proposes work S. as a prisoner" II
per cent of the population over which
he hopes to rule; or about quarter o
the adults in that population. The.
must be condemned by wholesale
there are not enough judges to Civ,
any semblance of trial; and not enougl
adults in all Spain to furnish juries
/ There are not a twentieth of building
in Spain to house 100000 persons a
] prisoners.
Franco is simply telling the worl
that there will be mass condemnatiol
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
WHAT NEXT

A new truck designed for construc-
tion work in muddy, reed-covered
marshes, is called marsh buggy
The buggy" has been converted from
a regular Ford truck and equipped
with giant tires. 1t is said to be able
to paddle across a swamp that would
stop boats and men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18

tivity wages can be established
through collective bargaining by (1)
raising wages according to increases
in productivity in an industry and by
(2) some form of partnership wage
which shares excess income equitably
between management, workers and
investors"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
WAGE ACT APPLIES TO
HANDWRITING BEDSPREADS

Washington, d. G.. Handwriting Of
candlewick bedspreads, which is done
in the home by workers who receive
their sheeting and yarn from haulers
who are engaged by contractors, def
nitely comes under the new wage and
hour law, according to a statement by
Administrator Andrews.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
HEARINGS ON LEARNERS IN
INDUSTRY TO BE HELD soon

Washington, D. c. Public hearings
on numerous applications already re-
ceived for exemptions for learners
FROM the wage provisions Of the Fair
Labor Standards Act will be held soon
Administrator Andrews stated re-
Gently
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
BLINDINC OF
WORKERS IS
INEXCUSABLE
So Says Authority On Eye Injuries In
Reference To American Industry;
Resnick On Staff OF Society.

Bethlehem, Pa. (ILNS) There is
no longer any excuse for the binding
of worker in American industry, and
| yet industrial accidents and industrial
| diseases still constitute one of the
principal causes of blindness in Amer
| lea, declared Louis Resnick, member
of the staff of the National Society for
the Prevention of Blindness, of New
York City, in an address here before
the Pennsylvania Association for the
| Blind
| Mr.. Resnick, who has just returned
to the United States after making an
extended study of the means of pre-
venting eye injuries which are prov
ling most effective in Europe, told the
| Pennsylvania association that Ameri-
can industry is far ahead of European
industry, and probably of any coun-
| try, in the conservation of vision of
it's industrial workers.
! Eyes Can Be Safeguarded
"The industrial accident and disease
hazards affecting the eyes are now
pretty thoroughly known" he said
Methods of averting these hazards,
or protecting workers against them,
have been thoroughly demonstrated
and are commonly known. Protective
devices against almost every type of
industrial eye accident are now avail
able. No employer can justifably
claim that it is impossible to safe
guard the eyes of the workers in his
plant.
"Such concerns as the United States
Steel Corporation, the Union Pacific
Railroad, the Pullman Company, and
others-large and smaIl-have sue
ceeded in reducing the frequency and
severity of eye injuries to the point
where the binding Of worker has
become a rare instead of common
place occurrence.
No Reason For Hazards
: ''The accident prevention methods
used by these and hundreds of other
corporations successfully have been
repeatedly and widely reported by the
! National Safety Council, the National
Society for the Prevention of Blind
, ness, and by the numerous other i'm
terested organizations.
In view of these facts and in
view of the high cost of industrial
accidents, it seems that only sheer
stupidity or total disregard for
humane considerations can ac-
count for the continued exposure
of workers to industrial eye haz-
ards.
"The National Society for the Pre-
Ivention of Blindness after careful
studies has estimated that industrial
eye accidents and eye diseases cost
American industry some $50,0O0,0 ,0oo
year."
) Huge Cost In One State
f Mr. Resnick pointed out that "in
] Pennsylvania alone more than 10000
J industrial workers lost one or both
eyes in the course Of their employment
) during the past 20 years, and that the
) industries of this state have paid more
than $16,o0O,ooc in compensation for
these injuries. The average compen-
sation to these workers for the loss Of
) one or both eyes was $1,571. The loss
in wages to these workers was prob
ably 10 times that amount usually
much more"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-18
WISDOM

War is the most ferocious and futile
of human follies.-John Hay.
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The Washington times., 1938-08-29

of losing to the Cleveland Indians.
6-5, yesterday. It was Earl
Averill who practically conducted
a one-man booting party to kick
the Griffs out of fourth place.
Averill scored the winning run
for the Tribe and also got an
other. He drove in a run and
made two triples. Lyn Larry,
hailed by snatches of Here Comes
the Show Boat" when he came
to bat, slapped double and
scored the first run of the game.
Harder went the route, but it
was the same old story with our
team. Weaver was knocked loose
in a couple of innings; the Indians
just about won the game in the
first three frames, and that was
that. Krakky did all right, and so
did Kelley.
Washington outhit the Indians
and had more men left on bases.
Same old stuff. 1t isn't the hits
that you make in the game, but
what you do with them that
counts.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

FRANK The cost OF housing peSO"
in prison costs from $40O TO $500 per year.
RELUCTANCE OF CITIES AS EST n oG taO
cents capita cost for @ rec eaton was B aman
ALL BOYS and GR1s the SPo sa aes ae
doesn't think for when he has the NATION IN IN
n 1oO s hs he 1a I Se to throw ALL
Of all the prisons Of the the GRAND CANYON But
tc. es does o cme e1nssne CAN sSaf BE
WHILE SPORTS he told story that IN maybe Se
came into the Federal He HUSKY
so%s Of the MSs
sRa @ R1' Rs4s tnse sns s%HH up team
@ na sHoT F9 9S hs x6S 6S
Mr. HOOVER 3 PICKED lick 5 H and divisions as5 nU%
read his name anne mot long long m 1so BOOT TSeT R n
20 MOT HAVE ny @3 hs and
qomPsit5y2 SFDRTs h1xs Ms little Mooysr tns sa deE
16cT Sne eo@Rend MAJOR ERNEST w. ot
tssu:6s tss 3TTH R9a5GE nS
1asncv decreased as much AS CENT IN ONE
problem There TALK about stopping w crime mo No
b07Rg EsfsTss woSR i SRs man
LETTER HERE FROM Boy 91ca IN how oITH 70 @ Sgn
10 4TE s. have e e. GO T,1tE it
GstfS FSfdT r.; o1SoEss es ssase
= S;S;S : :; ss;
1T DOESN'T TO BE BASEBALL M ALONE sTSousn md
wRrSTTTNT. have in LEADER of youthful GANG:
he went over C. A. and met some KIDS VINO couo
nov RTN(5S AROUND He became interested, Jolneu'
and two months WHOLE was in the with nm
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MEN IN Town CooaV
How different his from that OF ALVIN kAKFS'
sTps tt hOSg tasb that enodss hs for him M Aher he
<<vHERE another case gang that hung around RAIL
." ROAD STATION They stole EVEFYI5d1NG ,ISy t4ey
rounded them up formed club They sTarted b 5As M
business men . All JOHN DIILINCER He REFUSED
to nlay HE'S DEAD NOW
LAND" stressed HOOVER And supervision shoud 1ege
- The home great responsibility rests the FATHERS
0r GROWNc5 BOYS doesn't to let someone else DO
ALL the work necessity of PROPER creative gmdanGe
H stressed in some problem which essentially
youth problem . percentage Of boys UNDER Il Years
or AGE major crimes is APPALL1NC1 Con
rbting causes idenesshe boy and girl nave
approximately months of idle time on tn hanos AhS
he kept busy"
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

For instance, there are AMY
Pupils, Notre Dame; Don Heap,
Northwestern; Andy Uram. Min
nesota; Pinky Rohm, Louisiana
State, and Rudy Gmitro, Mime
sofa. to mention a few. Each
was used as safety man. McMil-
lin has some men like Corby
Davis, Clay Calhoun, Vic Spa
daccini and Fred Vanzo, on the
other hand, who are experienced
backer-uppers, and that's what
the All-Stars need. McMillin has
had to teach his big stars how
to cover opposing ends. These
boys were used to Juggling the
leather, and they left the mop
ping up to the other guys. But
someone has to do it now. Like
the kids baseball team, they
can't all pitch,
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
OUTSTANDING
D. C. Shippers Take
Regatta HOnOrs

Washington sailing craft took
the majority of the honors in the
events for small boats while Glib
son Island shippers excelled with
the larger type boats in the second
annual Annapolis Yacht Club
regatta.
Clyde Cruit, veteran Washing
ton skipper, took first place in the
comet class, the deciding race be-
ing the final one in which William
White lost out. Curtis registered
30 points.
Kenneth Smith of Galesville,
captured the 20-foot open and the
20-foot free-for-all.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
All Stdrs, But Literally!
%~% %~% %~%
COllpoiQns Lack Defensive BackS---W WQken1Qn
H%H

Cicero, is a reservation for the
Washington Red Men.
I'm not going to try to be
technical, but you do absorb a
little knowledge watching and
commenting on football games,
and I'd like to give you fans
listening in lis that right, Mr..
EditorO a few personal criti-
ciSmS.
There's a lot of talk about Bo
McMillin, the All-Stars' coach,
sending out stories about the
weakness of his backfield and
his line. A lot of people scott
at that, but maybe Bo is nearer
right than you think. Look over
the roster of the All-StarS and
what have you? A swell asSort-
ment of safety men with speed
and ability to run back kicks.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
j, S, LEADING
TUNA TOURNEY

LIVERPOOL, Nova Scotia, Aug
29.-When it comes to tuna fish
ing, why, you SIMPLY must take
your hats off to the United
States.
It was leading Cuba by half a
point and England by two and a
half points at the end of the sec.
ond day of a three-day interna,
tional tournament. The U. S,
team swept into the lead when it
was credited with three points for
catching the largest number of
fish, the largest fish and the great
est aggregate weight.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
Alex. Tens TO Play
6 Softban Games

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 70.
Six important games will be played
In the Alexandria Softball League
this week. The schedule follows
August 20, Valiant Knights VS.
Herby's; August 80, No. 4 VS.. A. B.
& W.; August 81. FGE VS.. VPS;
September /, o. D. B. c. VS.. ElkS;
September 2, Legion VS.. Police, and
September 3, Merchants VS.. Gas
The Columbia Firemen and Alex
andria Gas Company teams are
tied for leadership in the league
with five wins each.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29
HANK MUST HIT.
IS HOMERS TO.
TOP RUTH'S MARK.
BY ANTHONY J. PUGLIEsE

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 G.N.S)
Topping the major league batsmen
with As home runs, Hustling Hank
Greenberg, slugging Detroit firsJ
baseman. today faced the final
month of the baseball season with
an excellent chance of eclipsing
Babe Ruth's homer record of 60 in
one season.
Pressure will be heavy on lanky
Hank over the final month, es-
pecially due to his realization that
the Old Bambino, in setting his
mark wound UP the 1887 season
with II home runs in September
Greenberg is well ahead of the
Babe, who hit his forty-fifth round
tripper on September 6 of that
year. Ruth also added As and Al
that day and came along with a
pair the following day.
Greenberg'S best month so faI
was July, during which he cracked
out Is. He started in April with
three, hit nine and ten in May and
June, respectively, and got eight SO
far this month. With 35 games
left on the Tigers schedule. Hank
must hit for the circuit Is times
to surpass the Ruthian record.
HANK, YORK CONNECT
With Greenberg and Rudy YORK
hitting home runs, the Tigers won
a 4-to-3, 10-irIning game from the
Red Sox when Mark Christman
tripled and scored on an infield
hit. Ben Chapman homered foG
Boston.
The Yankees continued thei
victory march as Tommy Heinrich
cracked out his seventeenth anc
eighteenth home runs-his fourth
in two days-ot aid in a 4-to-2 tri
umph over the Browns. BucL
Newsom, of st. Louis, held the
Yankees to four hits, but Charley
Ruffing, who yielded IL blows in
cluding Beau Bells homer, won his
nineteenth game.
Buck Ross and Bud Thoma
pitched the Athletics to a double
victory over the White Sox, 5 to I
and 7 to 2.
The Indians triumphed. 6 to 5
over the Senators as Mel Harde
pitched his thirteenth victory.
BEES LOSE AGAIN
The Pirates dropped to within
four and a.half games of the
Giants by losing to the Dodgers
8 to S, while the New Yorkers bea
the Reds, 7 to 3. Brooklyn
mauled Russ Bauers and Joe Bow
man for six runs in the first tW
frames.
Hal Schumacher, the sore arm
lad, held the Reds to six safetie
to give the Giants their win. Bill;
Myers homered for the Reds.
The Cubs took twin decision
from the PhillieS, s to 5 in II ir
nings and 3 to /. Ken ODE
homered for Chicago and Morrl
Arnovich and Gilly Brack for tn
Phils in the opener.
Bob Weiland held the Bees t
three blows to give the Cardinal
a 5-to-1 win in the opener, bu
Dick Erickson retaliated with
five-hit shutout as the Bees too
the nightcap, 2 to 0.
The Washington times., 1938-08-29

(This is the first OF q series
of articles by Tony waterman
ace sports broGdcGSter for Sta.
tion VOL, Dho Dill broadcast
the football game betUeen the
Washington Redskins and the
AlI.Strrs Wednesday night from
Chicago. Follow WGkeH1Gn'S IN
tereSting comments tn The
TineS.)
By TONY WAKEMAN
VOL Sports Announcer
Wen, folks, I'll be winging my
way out to Chicago tomorrow
afternoon and know a lot Of
you would like to be with me.
1've been following the reports
Of the Redskins arrival in the
Windy City, and it seems all Of
Chicago, from State Street to