The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-08-25
Printing Trades
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districts of the United States, appeal
to you, first in the interest of the
maintenance of the health of our
students who handle such books; sec
ondly, with a view of providing edu-
cational methods and equipment for
our youth, and thirdly, and at this
particular time more important, the
need of job opportunities for many
thousands of the organized printing
trades workers who have been deprived
of employment through the lack of
purchase of such school text books as
result of the continuing depression,
to allot ten million dollars of w. P A.
funds for the purchase of new text
books to be allotted to school districts
in need of new school text books.
School Budget Slashed $665 100000
Annually
We have checked the effect of this
depression through the lack of pur-
chase on the part of our 125,OOO
school districts with DR.. Studebaker
of the Office of Education, Department
of the Interior. DR.. Studebaker as
sures us that there are thousands of
school districts in dire need of new
school text books. We understand
that during the past eight years there
has been an annual decrease of more
than $665, 100000 expended for school
purposes while annual enrollments in
the schools have increased more than
$4,000.
Senate Report No. 224, issued by
the Committee on Education and La
Dor, March 19, 1887, page 8, states:
"The depression has been more dis
astrous to the schools than to any
other governmental service, and has
widened the inequalities that were
here before it's arrival. The poor COM
munities and states have become poor
er, and the closer they were to the
margin of economic existence the more
disastrous has been the shock.
"From 1930-34 expenditures for all
governmental purposes in the entire
Nation increased 20 per cent. Federal
expenditures increased 1896 per cent,
States expenditures decreased SIS per-
cent, and local expenditures decreased
1872 per cent. During this same period
expenditures for all public education
decreased 25.6 per cent. The total de-
crease in educational expenditures
since 1880 has been over $665 900, COO
annually.
"This decrease has occurred in
spite of the fact that school enroll
ments have increased more than 1885,
600, the number of students in our
public high schools being now one
third greater than in 1880"
The local unions affiliated with the
international Allied Printing Trades
Association have, each year, during
the past eight years, contributed to
those unemployed, through assess
ments on those employed, vast sum
of money.
For the past eight years, this con-
tributlon to the unemployed, coupled
with the fact that our printing trades
workers have been sharing work with
those unemployed, computed in days OF
employment given to our unemployed
will exceed a million days.
Local unions have restricted THEN
membership in many instances to en-
ployment of not over four days pei
week and thousands work only hall
time or less. This would bring the az.
gregate contribution to the organized
allied printing trades workers for re.
lief to the unemployed, in terms OF
, money, to over one hundred million
dollars.
Five Unions Have Paid $96,93S, $50 In
Benefits to Unemployed Members
The International Typographical
Union, for the four years ending June
20, 1897, contributed sum in excess
of $5S, 100000 for the relief of it's un-
employed members through the fact
that situation holders, beginning witt
1888, were required to employ sub
stitute one day each week. In addition
to this very large contribution, loca
, unions of the International Typo
. graphical Union paid in direct cash un
employment benefits totaling 1920,
SS4.l7 between June 2l, 1880, anI
June 20, 1887.
We nave lSuIcS Ol IOlal DeleIllS
paid (including unemployment bene
tits) by the five international printing
trades unions affiliated with the In
ternational Allied Printing Trades
Association as follows:
international Electrotypers anc
Stereotypers q years., $2,94S,OO0.
International Photo Engravers C
years., $9,240,O00.
international Typographical Unior
a years., $73,236,S ,SS1.25. Of this sum
$5S,240,OOO constitutes the value OF
$4,000 days per week contributed BY
situation holders on newspapers at $S
per day for four years, 1896, in.
elusive
international Printing Pressmen anC
Assistants Union e years., $6,5l3,.
399.0S.
international Brotherhood of Book.
binders Is years., $5,C00,O0O.