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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Aubrey Williams, deputy admins
traitor of the works progress admins
tration, gave in a recent speech an
explanation Of the present recession
which ought to be pasted in the hat
of every worker, farmer and neigh
borhood merchant.
''The hand of monopoly is still upon
our society More and more, in large
and strategic areas there is concen-
tration of control which, though far
removed from the sight of the general
population, continues to dominate mar
kets and men. More than % per cent
by value, of products as they are eS-
changed at wholesale. were higher in
price in April of this year than they
were a year before, in spite of the
devastating drop in business.
Back Of most of these controlled
prices is a concentration Of ownership
and direction which permits the man
ayers of industry TO DECIDE IN
FAVOR OF PRICE MAINTENANCE
AS AGAINST GIVING EMPLOY
MENT.
"The steel industry has maintained
its prices, though production has
fallen to IS per cent Of capacity, anc
the payrolls of its workers have faller
55 per cent since last year. It is
the same old problem Of wealth
against commonwealth"
The autocratic powers Of tn,
world, Fascist, Nazi and imperial, ar,
giving the world an eruption Of sav
agery japanese planes have kille,
about 5000 Chinese civilians in Can
ton; and the japanese government
answers world protests by saying
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1888
ONE USE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

Delaware count, Pennsylvania, has
nearly 100000 inhabitants. Also, at
the present writing, it has about 60oo
cases Of contagious diseases; measles
is running riot and scarlet fever is no
laggard. Also, furthermore, likewise,
etc, Delaware county hasn't a single
hospital for contagious diseases; and
children in two families with scarlet
fever had to undergo serious opera
tions on the kitchen table, because
there was no place else to go.
Nothing for the unemployed to do?
It's an even bet that all the build
ing trades workers among the unem-
ployed could be busy for six months
building the hospitals which this
country actually and bitterly needs.
There are 5000 counties in America;
and the number Of them in not 50
much better case than Delaware
would surprise you.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

progress is presented in the labor
press as nowhere else.
Often, wage and hour gains of the
local unions are not considered news"
by the dailies.
Perhaps increases of pay and
shortening of hours are not very ex-
citing news, especially when won by
negotiation, as is the case with most.
But they are mighty important to
the workers who benefit.
They are mighty important, too,
to the local merchant.
He may not always realize this, and
here is a chance for the trade union
ist to do some educational work.
In this field of community educa-
ton on economic and labor matters
the labor paper is of invaluable help.
Mayor Reading, of Detroit, has ask
ed the city council to pass an ordi-
nance setting up an industrial peace
board of "a members.
Representation on the board would
be divided evenly between labor, the
investor, management and the con
sumner.
With paid director, the board
would act "as a forum to which
management and labor might bring
their grievances" the mayor says.
This looks like an idea worth study
in other cities beside Detroit.
A mediation board closely resem-
bling the one proposed for Detroit
has been tried in Toledo for over tive
years.
If Toledo labor approves of the
board, labor in other cities woule
probably be disposed to look with
favorable eye on the plan.
In any event, ideas looking toward
cooperation and elimination Of indus
trial strife calls for consideration, il
these troublesome times when co
operative endeayor is so widely recog.
nized as being vital to national vel.
fare.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
CILLETTE'S VICTORY
In Iowa Primary Pleases
Labor

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Vic-
tory of Senator Guy M. Gillette in the
Iowa primary election pleases organ
lied labor, which endorsed him for
denomination on the democratic ticket
and gave him strong support.
Senator Gillette, it was charged,
had been marked for defeat because
he opposed President Roosevelt's
court bill and because he was suspect
ed of being lukewarm in his support
Of some Roosevelt policies. His prin-
cipal opponent was Representative
Otha d. Wearin, said to have been
the choice of '1eft wingers' in the
Roosevelt administration who favor a
purge" OF office holders in the demo-
cratic party not 100 per cent for the
New Deal program.
Senator's Record Approved
As the primary campaign neared
its close, President William Green, of
the American Federation of Labor,
made the federation's position plain
in telegram to A. A. Couch, head
of the Iowa State Federation of La
Dor.
"Are those you represent going to
turn down a United States senator
who complied with every request for
labor legislation? Green asked, add
ing: ''That would be the height Of
Iingratitude.
Previously, Couch and the state
federation had vigorously endorsed
Senator Gillette and printed a list Of
the labor bills he had supported
Comparing the records Of Gillette and
Wearin, President Couch said: q
find from their records that Senator
Gillette is far more acceptable tc
Iowa labor and agriculture than
Wearin.'
Sees "Outsiders" Rebuked
After the election, Senator Gillette
issued the following statement:
Il do not consider the results as 9
| personal victory so much as | con-
slider them to be a rebuke admins
tered BY the people of the state to !
group of outsiders who attempted tc
say to the voters of Iowa whom they
should send to the United States con
gress to represent Them
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

ial pocket all Of French Canadian de-
scent. They are shut off from Maine
by so to rs miles Of dense forests. They
have to buy their supplies and sell
their produce in Canada, and pay duty
both ways. They are too poor to have
4 school themselves, are out Of reach
Of an American school, and cannot
send children to d Canadian school.
Now, this plan may 50 through, and
may not. But do you hear any wild
outcries about it? You do not. # this
were on the frontier between Ger
many and Czechoslovia, the entire
Hitler press would be shrieking to the
skies; Hitler would issue proclama-
tions; troops would move, diplomats
would scm1y back and forth in distant
capitals.
While now-the only trouble is that
50 small a matter may be overlooked.
Just as a horse sense method of get
ting on with neighbors, democracy
seems to be about 100000 miles
ahead Of Nazism.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
President Signs Bill
For War on Syphilis

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Presi-
dent Roosevelt has signed bill inaug-
urating a $l5,ooo,oOo war against We
nereal diseases.
The White House, in announcing
the bill had been signed, issued the
following statement:
''The president has signed the La
Toilette Bulwinkle bill an important
piece of social legislation designed
to stamp out syphilis in this country.
The detectives, as set forth in the
bill, for many years have been advo-
Gated by federal, state and municipal
health officers. Final enactment of
this legislation is due largely to the
courageous and energetic support
given by women as groups and indi-
viduals, throught the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
WHAT'S NEXT?

Stephen Tamas, Hungarian, has
announced in Budapest an invention
which may revolutionize the cigarette
industry. He has developed a process
for dispensing with cigarette paper,
using instead wrapper made from
the tobacco plant 1t is a special tissue
in whose manufacture both tobacco
leaves and stock fibers are used. 1t is
transparent and very thin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
4 PROPOSED ANNEXATION

Good neighbors among nations at
least have the satisfaction Of knowing
that they can talk out almost any
thing without even a quarrel. For
instance
A petition has been filed IN the
Canadian parliament at Ottawa, ask
ing the government Of Canada to ne-
gotiate with the United States for the
annexation by Quebec Of about ;
square miles Of Maine. The reasons
given sound very practical. There are
about 100 people ia the little territor-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Union pay and other gains. NOW
m the midst Of depression.
Hardly believable, except to the
trade unionist and the student Of
unionism, who know what organiza-
tion is capable Of doing.
But true, as the labor press through
out the nation testifes.
This column said early in the year
that American Federation Of Labor
unions were doing things and going
places
"A look through the labor press
tells the story it said
Labor press still telling the story,
though unemployment has increased
and depression deepened, two circum-
stances unfavorable to the progress
Of organized labor
Wages boosted, hours shortened,
contracts renewed, membership in
creased, new unions formed, is the
story.
Take one union, the Amalgamated
Association Of Street, Electric Rail
way and Motor Coach Employees, for
example
Street car and bus workers of In
dianapolis get new contract providing
for pay raises, with paid vacations
and Improvement in working condi-
tions.
Austin, Texas, street car workers
win 1G per cent wage increase.
Traction workers in score Of
other cities win wage increases.
Unionized workers in many other
lines Of industry obtain better pay OF
maintain present pay.
Printers, machinists, longshoremen,
teamsters, electricians, pattern max
ers-all unionized Of course increase
memberships of local unions, in addi-
ton to winning better wages and con
ditions of work.
| All Of this progress is reported in
the labor press. Much of it is never
reported in the daily papers.
M
! The picture of organized labor's
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
WISDOM

Let US all stand equal before the
law, and let the law be so just, 50
reasonable, 50 carefully drawn, that
it protects alike the rights Of all
Justice Louis D. Brandeis.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

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views or opinions expressed IN the articles
or communications of correspondents.
Communications solicited from secretaries
of all societies and organizations and should
be addressed to The Butler County Press, 1926
Market Street. Hamilton, Ohio.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Issued Weekly at s26 Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

| was at a place yesterday where
you could walk for miles before you'd
notice a human face.
Where was that?
At a nudist camp.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Halls your wife's private detect
i've still following you like dog?
Cal Yes, he stops behind every
tree and lamp post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17
State Supreme Court Up
holds Permanent Injunction

Little Rock ILNs) The Arkansas
supreme court has held that strikers
may be permanently restrained from
picketing if they resort to "intimida-
tion, coercion or violence"
The court upheld validity of per-
manent injunction against picketing
by strikers at the Tucker Duck and
Rubber Company plant at Fort Smith,
Ark The strikers previously had
been charged with creating a riot and
assaultin. officials of the company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Entered at the Postoffee at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-17

Read The Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
A WISE MOVE
BY THE LIBRARY BOARD

Now that bids have been called and
alternate specifications issued by the Fl
Centre city council under plans to re-
model and enlarge the El Centre library
building. people of the community will
watch with considerable interest the
progress made in this latest attempt to
furnish a suitable library for the city.
There can be no doubt that Ell Centro
needs new library quarters. The pres
ent rented building is entirely made
quate To serve the community as II
should be served. 1t cramps the action
of the librarian and her assistants en-
tirely too much. 1t does not offer enough
space for books, and it does not provide
enough room for patrons.
More than that, the present quarters
represent monthly expenditure for
rental that is money lost to the taXpay-
ers of Ell Centre.
Members of the library board deserve
the community'S cOmmendatlOn for the
diligence shown in having new plans pre-
pared under which the Once-cOndemned
library building can be made entirely
safe and considerably more adequate to
handle the business of the library. With
the city council, the board deserves
credit for its buSineSs-like move in call
lllG IO1 DIuS uIlucI dlltl lioilC SOltNluiSo,
which would allow either of two kinds
of earthquake proof, fireproof construc-
ton. The bids will demonstrate as moth
ing else could the cost of the planned
improvement.
Once the bids are received. the library
board and the city trustees will know
how much they need to make the i'm
provements They can set about obtain
ing the needed funds in the most eco
nomical way. They can select the best
of the proposed methods of cOnstruc-
ton, and decide with full knowledge of
their position what their next step will
be.
Knowing that Ell Centro sadly needs
new library quarters and realizing that
extreme care must be exercised in deter
mining how the improvements are to be
financed, the community should be salts
fled that its present library board is
made up of the city's highest type of citi-
Zens.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
MORE ATTENTION NEEDED
FOR THE AIRPORT

Several months ago, when the imperial
county airport at Imperial was over
run with weeds and in danger of revert
ing to nature, concerted action by civic
groups and the board Of supervisors
brought it into good condition again.
Additional attention is needed now.
The weeds have not been allowed to
spread again, but the landing field has
become quite rough through almost con-
slant use and because of little attention.
The operation of Floating" or dragging
the landing field is sadly needed.
Right now it is important that the
county airport should be Kept in good
condition The California League of
Municipalities recently requested the
federal government to take over main
tenance of municipal airports If the
leagues request is granted, the Imperial
airport may be taken into federal hands.
Unless il is in fairly good condition, how
ever, there is little chance of such ac-
ton.
An additional argument for condition
ing of the airport is found in the fact
that the Imperial County Mid-Winter
Fair will be held next month, attracting
visitors from every part Of the west.
Some of them will fly here. All Of them
will see the airport. Civic pride dictates
that it should be in good condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
By o. O. Mcintyre

The excavation men like their
work and glance at those peering
down pityingly. Last night l watch
ed man mailing down the top
layer of planks. He stuck in a
dozen long wire nails like pins in a
pin cushion and then, with the
accuracy of Bobby Jones, drove
them in one by one, with rhythmic
blows. Then the almost human
motor shovel, biting out huge gobs
of earth and swinging it into the
truck. There is a feeling here are
men who do something really use
full to everybody-men who are not
merely matching pet words into
something that is bound to die to-
morrow in the manner of column
lists.
Gelett Burgess has started a grow
ing campaign against what he calls
Zcbzibs-those who stop to gossip
IN the middle Of busy sidewalk.
The trick of destroyers is to crash
into them heavily with an abiect
Pardon, so sorry" Burgess is also
an anarchist who likes to steal a
smoke on the hind quarters of a
bus to see how long before the
chauffeur catches him in his tell
tale mirror
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Bruce Cation Says
= Justice and Heresy in Murder Trials

for fear of missing a single syllable
Furnishings from the murder scene
move in and out magically, scenery
for the play.
No other trial has illustrated
quite so we'll some of the things
which ought not be displayed in a
courtroom in the name of a poor,
bewildered justice. 1t is quite true
that justice may come out of the
Los Angeles trial. Anything could
come out of that trial. But the
sanae goal could have beonachievHd
in anutherIway that wouldn't quite
so much reSembel a combination OF
bedlam and burlesque.
The defendant who Slew his wife
and best friend sobs out an un-
printable story, which fact, Incl
dentally, may do more to condemn
him in the eyes of many than ac-
tual act of pulling the trigger of,
the gun. It's a little hard for the
average man, who loves his wife as
most men do, to quite imagine pub
licly smearing such a tale, even If
it was the only way to save his
neck.
1t is the custom these days to
smile a little condescendingly at
what used to be known as-do you
remember?-codes of honor. They
are old fashioned now, under that
name at least but they still exist
because men have to live with
themselves and with their neigh
bors: they have to see themselves
in mirrors, they have to swallow
food and they have to sleep nights,
wherever they may be-
Agree, if you like, that in this in
stance the story had to be told SO
that IL men and women could de-
eide whether Wright was Justified
in his double Staying, or that he
was momentarily made insane by
the wave of love and rage and Jeal-
ousy which swept voer him.
Still couldn't it have been done
without waving flags and ringing
bells. and without hysterical MS
trionics? If defendant asked Tor
a private trial with only an opport-
unity to tell his side of the case ana
to explain the peculiar reasoning
which led him to act as he DID,
would that be heresy to our mod
ern judicial system?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09

Wilson, Stewart Edward White and
Hugh Wiley. The discussion came
around as to who should be given
the palm of being Americas out
standing living writer. The con-
sensus was it was Dresser Europe,
too, so regards him.
There are only one or two left of
those romantic VagabondS of the
mimeograph who gave such color to
tie theatre 20 years ago. They
blazed a trail for the productions
of KlaW and Erlanger, the Shuberts,
Ziegfeld and others and their an
nual visits to the high grass were
red letter events, especially in the
editorial shops. All were fabulous
fellows, fond of a good story, fra
grant cigars and perhaps a rye or SO
neat. The list included such names
as A. Token Worm, Frank Wilstach,
Pop Rosenthal, Frank Matthews,
Jake Rosenthal. Walter Duggan,
Frank Kane, Jay Barnes, Dex Eel
lows and Ryley Cooper.
Ludwig, the smiling, happy Grip
pied neWsboy in his high chair at
the Saks corner on 34th street, has
brushed with adventure. One windy
day a lace handkerchief fell in his
lap, blown from who knows where!
1t was so sWeetly perfumed Ludwig
says he'll return it-asseSSed by
neighboring sales girl as worth at
least $8-if the owner will give
him Just tiny vial of the ravishing
perfume, now almost shifted away
To many the subway excavations
on Sixth avenue are cavernS of
civic horror. They arc assailed by
the clowns Of the revues and 'the
night clubs and targets for para
graphic pokeS. Yet to me they are
a constant delight. Such fascinat-
Ing glimpSes down in the shady
bowels of the earth. Such madden
Ing complications of tubes, twisting
in an elabOrare meshWork, electric
conduits, rusty gas pipes and the
bigger entrails of huge sewer pipes
and water mains. The acetylene
torch shooting blue white fire. The
pyrotechnic display of sparks, the
refractory steel dripping in red drops
to puddle, the boarding catching
fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Other Editors Saw
ON WHOSE HEAD?
Wall Street InurnaIl

No one who has had the advantage of even
a casual contact with what Washington is
pleased to call the small business man will
entertain any doubt that he has his problems
which are always pressing and frequently brutal.
Neither need there by any doubt as to his
loyalty to his employees. his community and to
his country. Above all, let none be mistaken
about his common sense and his capacity
This nation is proud-at least most of it is
Of its great mass production industries. They
are held up as the evidence Of American busi
ness genius. Those are the developments which
started from a small business'-often a busi-
ness where the owner donned oYeralls and work
ed harder for less money than the men he en-
ployed. Great corporations important in
our modern economy, but it IS still the John
Smiths and Dave Browns who employ men in
scores and hundreds rather than in the thou
sands who the sustenance of the life blood
of commerce.
There was called to Washington a confer
ence Of what were supposed TO be representa-
tives of small business" Last week it met amid
such confusion that the Washington reporters
can scarcely be blamed for emphasizing its
humorous aspects in their dispatches.
Who is responsible for this? Certainly not
the business men assembled they we're scarcely
in mood to stage a vaudeville show.
Did someone imagine that they could herd
what they 50 patronizingy call small business
men" into a group of spear carrying Stooges to
tit into background for finely staged politi-
cal demonstration?
If there is to be humor out OF a serious sit
uaton let the cap and bells be placed elsewhere