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The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08
HIGHLAND
H1ighlights

Mrs. A. c.. Gilliland, who was q
guest at the E. j. Brand home last
week, left last Wednesday to visit
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
M. o. Thomas in Zillah.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Paulsen and
house guests, Mrs. C. E. Warter and
son, Richard, of Chicago, Mr.. and
Mrs. McDuff of Pasco, Miss Mar
jorie Sherry of Finley and Al Will
son were Monday evening guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Paulsen
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Nagley and sons,
Dean and Glen, spent Thanksgiving
with relatives in Wenatchee and
Cashmere.
Donald Zinser, former Highland
resident, now living at Sumner, is
a guest at the home of his brother,
Harold Zinser and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billingsley and fam
lily and G. w. Imler were dinner
guests last Thursday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ray.
Mrs. Wallace Preston attended
Finley Bridge Club at the home
of Mrs. Albert Piert in Finley or
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Watkins ant
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Preston and sons, Mr.. and Mrs
Marion Warner and family Of Ben
ton City and Wayne Preston at
tended a family dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Smalley OF
Thanksgiving day.
The D. F. Parks home on the w
Highlands was the scene of a fam
lily gathering on Thanksgiving Day
Those present for dinner were MI
and Mrs. I. E. Parks and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mayer ant
daughters of Pasco, Mr.. and Mrs
A. H. Jones and family, Mrs. Mar
fgaret Ray, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Park
hurst and sons of Pasco, D. F. Park
and daughter, Virginia, and Mr.. an
Mrs. Harvey Ray.
Merlin Giles is out Of school tn
week, due to the pink eye.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08

daughter, Dorothy, returned home
last Wednesday evening from an
extended trip thru the Eastern
States. They visited friends and
relatives at Fargo, N. D., Winona,
Minnesota; Fonddulac, Wisconsin
and in many other cities. They
returned home the southern route,
by way of California, visiting in
! Los Angeles, Hollywood. Long
Beach and San Pedro. They report
a most wonderful trip, covering ap-
proximately 1000 miles without any
, tire trouble.
Six girls attended a girl scout
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08
HERE'S "A GIFT

HERE'S A GIFT
It might be just what you are
looking for and perhaps this sug-
gestion from us will help you in
figuring on worthwhile gift for a
worthwhile fellow. Almost anyone
in Kennewick is open to hints at
this time of year. Here is ours. In
order to give comfort and happiness
all the year around your gift must
be a lasting one, so why not send
that relative or friend who has NOV
ed to distant section, your home
town paper for the year of 1899? It
means a present each week for 81
of them and would cost little In
comparison to his appreciation fol
your thoughtfulness. What is nicer
than a letter from home-youl
hometown newspaper. We viii
gladly drop a note to tell Of thu
gift and who is sending it, with on,
personal good wishes for the Christ
mas-tide. Think it over!
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08

nesday evening. At this time, N,
meeting at the home Of their lien.
enant, Miss Ella Mae Leibel w.
name OF Badger Patrol was selectss
for their group. The afternoon wa.
spent in dressing dolls and mena,ns
toys.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08
E. G. Smith Motor Co.
Kennewick, Washington.

Gentlemen:
I was out with q bunch Of other
cars the other day. Their owners
were discussing them, and my
boss stood by listening. An argu-
ment as to which was the best
soon got under way. The cars
were started, one after another,
and their owners beamed as they
Dragged about the purring and
acceleration abilities Of their
cars.
When they were all through.
my boss offered to start me up.
Looks Of disgust crept over the
faces Of those men. One or Two
Of them began to walk off, as
though they pittied me and my
boss. ...
Then I began to run
You should. have seen the blank,
amazed expressions on that
group when they heard me purr.
They actually grasped when my
boss stepped on the throttle and
they heard me whip into q roar
of speed and power.
"Why Bill! How did you do 1t?
That's wonderful! Tell us all
! about it," and they all crowded
around me and my boss.
"E. G.. Smiths Garage did 1t"
said my boss. I'VE took their ad-
vice last month and had a COM
| plete overhaul" Then we drove
off, leaving those cars and own
ers green with envy. ~
Gratefully yours. r..
Snappy Eight
| I g.
Dear Snappy Eight:
You thrill us to tears. ii
Sincerely yours,
E. G. Smith Garage
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

If you want to spoil a pleasant
day for a politician, just whisper
TIE word pension" to him. It's an
odds-on bet that he will be visited
with a terrific headache. For the
o,d-age assistance problem Is rapid
" reaching the stature OF our Num-
her 1 domestic issue. AS an AP
writer, John Hightower puts 1t,
"Voices too feeble to carry across
the family parlor may echo In
stentorian tones throughout the
halls of Congress this winter" The
next congress may do little or moth
ing about it. But, unless a miracle
occurs, some not far distant con-
eress is going to be forced to tackle
the problem and get down to cases.
The issue is not political one, In
any partisan sense. The idea that
came into the mind Of DR.. Town.
send when he looked out of his Win
down a few years ago and saw pa
thetic old woman searching In a
garbage can for food, has reached
gigantic proportions-and has come
td bedevil and worry Republicans as
we'll as Democrats. It is especially
embarrassing to the Democrats now,
because they are in power. A shift
in party power would put it up to
the Republicans.
The pension leaders are definitely
dissatisfied with the administra-
tion's enacted social security leg
islation. They feel that it offers
the INDECENT old a bone, instead OF
a decent meal. They are convinced
that the government should and
could substantially increase the
amount of pensions. They think
that the federal government should
take the lead, and that then the
states will follow and agree to do
their part of the job.
From the standpoint Of our law
makers, the whole thing is night
mare. They feel that the country
could not stand increases in bene-
fits to anywhere near current de-
mands. They can produce well
known economists by the buShel tc
testify that such ideas for financ-
ing persons as DR.. Townsend's I've
locity dollar" are unavoidable anc
fantastic. But this does them ne
good when they are confronted with
the fact that the pension-advocate!
represent and command millions o.
votes. And that Is why there ha!
been SO much political pussyfootint
on the subject of pensions by cand
idates for office. Almost all job
seekers endorse, in the vaugues
terms they can get away with, tn
principle of adequate and even Law
tsh aid for the aged needy. Most o
them, once they're successfully con
!. vtnced the voters Of their worth
Try to get the whole topic as mucl
out Of the limelight as possible.
This does not necessarily meal
such men are insincere. Some o
them strongly feel that benefit
must be increased, yet do nothin
about it-simply because they have
MT got the answers to the tremen
dous questions, principally finan
cial, that arise. They want to NOV
but they can't see clear pat
ahead.
Still another weakness Of tt
pension movement is found in 1r
ternal pickering. The Townsen
Plan organization, for instance,
split into a dozen factions. Son
Of the early leaders have deserte
the Doctor. and are leading o.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08
HISTORY REPEATS

HISTORY REPEATS
The many Bible students Of Ken
newick will tell you the story OF
how Joshua trumpeted q rams
horn and fell the walls of Jericho.
This took place in 1450 B. c., when
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-08

!. The only thing woman likes
better than being told secret Is to
find 1t out SerSelf.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03

Decision Pleases Machinists' Head
Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Presi-
dent Arthur O. Wharton, Of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists,
expressed pleasure at the supreme
courts decision denying Remington
Rand, Inc, a review Of a NLRB de-
'cision against it.
"The supreme court in denying GER
tiorari refused to eondone further
delay in carrying out the order Of the
board which includes the reinstate-
men Of 1000 strikers Wharton
said. '.In the decisions handed down
in the Remington Rand case, the board
and the courts have written an inter-
esing chapter in the annals Of labor
justice condemning union-busting tac-
tics, such as the Mohawk Valley plan.
"We hope that in 50 far as formu-
las for labor disputes are concerned,
the supreme court ruling marks the
Last of the Mohieans'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Duluth Newspaper
Strike Settled

Duluth, MINI. GLNsl The News
paper Guild strike here against the
Duluth Herald and the Duluth News
Tribune has been settled by agree
ment, ratified by a referendum vote.
The settlement is based on proposals
offered by the Allied Printing Trades
committee, representing a. +. Of 1.
unions, though the guild belongs to
the CIO. About 100 go back to work.
The settlement brings q 5-day, 40
hour week to employees Of the com
mercial departments and 51a-day,
4o-hour week to advertising solicitors.
Wage demands are submitted to arbi-
tration. The editorial department
employees had the short week already.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
WACE-HOUR BILL
Passes House By An Over
whelming Majority

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-Inter-
national Labor News Service has
been forecasting the passage of the
Wage-hour bill by the house for sew
eral weeks; but it never ventured
,, to predict that the bill would go
through by such walloping vote as
314 to 81. The measure was sent to
the senate, where it was expected
to meet sharp opposition
The main features of the bill as
passed are as follows:
For all products entering into or
affecting interstate commerce, the
bill fixes minimum wage of 25
cents an hour and maximum week
Of "A hours. The wage is to go up
5 cents an hour each year until in
three years the minimum is 40 cents
an hour, and the hours drop regu-
larly until in two years, the 40-hour
week will be fact.
No differentials between sections
are made No administrative board
is formed. The secretary Of labor APP
points an administrator, and provi-
sions are made for committees to
hear evidence on industries and
their relation to the law.
Child Labor Curbed
The bill prohibits the commercial
employment Of any person under 16
unless that person is working for
parent, or for someone who stands
in the position of parent. From l6
to 18, no person may be employed in
any industry which the head of the
Children's Bureau of the Department
Of Labor considers likely to damage
the youngsters health or welfare
There was a hot debate, but for
the most part it was in fairly good
temper Ramspeck, of Georgia, in
troduced an amendment which was
practically another bill, giving wage
differentials to the South and in gen
eral, resembling the bill passed by
the senate rather than the one before
the house. The proposed amend
ment was warmly discussed and de-
feated, but almost every speaker in
opposition gave full credit to Rams
peck for his thoughtful and honest
study of the situation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Betterment Of Living Standards
Natural Way to Solve Unem-
ploymentPr Problem, GreenSays

million men and women who are will
ing to work cannot find jobs in pri-
vate industry. Again the govern
ment is preparing to spend billions
to relieve their distress. How long
can &c go on in this way? Every
where and all the time people are
asking: Where will the money come
from? From what source will it be
supplied?
"The simple truth is that we
cannot go on fighting emergency
conditions with government
spending forever. We must find
solution for our unemploy
ment problem m. Government
spending is an artificial power.
What is the natural way?
ct is our conviction a conclusion
based on simple logic-that higher
wages, shorter hours and an end TO
sweatshop conditions will put money
into the pockets Of the great masses
Of our people, money they will be
eager to spend for the products Of
American industry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
TWO CITIES
Building Houses For Famil-
les On Relief

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) The
National Association Of Housing Of
ficials reports that Detroit is already
we'll launched on project of build
ing "relief houses" and that Los An
geles IS clearing the ground for a
start.
Detroit has completed 10 houses,
the first installment of a project of
It's. They are on city-owned land,
separate dwellings,, each on a lot 35
feet by 11O. Each has a hot air hea-
ing system, full basement, gas re-
frigeration and stationary laundry
tubs, and each is fitted for family
of four,
Common labor on the buildings was
done by the WPA and local receivers
of welfare. Skilled labor was picked
from the civil service lists.
Detroit fully believes that the city
is saving money by building instead
of renting; but doesn't give details.
Los Angeles county puts it in dollars
and cents. 1t is found that property
acquired by the county at tax sales
and at the county farm will afford
room for 100 houses. The regional
planning commission figures that
houses can be built on this land, with
space sufficient to house family, and
return full costs in 30 years at from
$1,000 to 1920 a month each. The
county now spends an average Of
1929 per family for rent and utili-
ties.
Twenty Of these houses will start
at once.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Judge Rejects Slash
In Trolleymen's Pay

Pittsburgh, Pa. (IINS) Federal
judge Nelson McVicar blocked a move
for immediate wage reduction Of
Pittsburgh trolley and motor bus enl-
ployes by refusing a request Of the
Pittsburgh Railways Company for an
Ii per cent pay slash. Nearly 5000
motormen and bus drivers threatened
to strike If their pay was cut
Judge McVical referred the wage
dispute between the company and the
union to i special master, who will be
named BY the court
Company officials contend they do
not have enough revenue to pay the
wage scale provided IN the union con-
tract which expired April 30. The
wage scale under the old contract IS
being maintained pending final dis
position Of the question.
"We haven't any intention Of at-
tending any hearing called by q mas
ter" @. K. Eaton, attorney for the
Amalgamated Association Of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees Of America, declared. 1t
viii be strictly an eXparte proceed
ing TO gather onc-sided testimony"
Eaton said the union contract pro-
vided that renewal disputes should be
arbitrated, and he questioned the
jurisdiction Of the court to settle the
wage row. Company attorneys re-
Gently went before JUDGE McViear to
file i petition for reorganization Of
the company under federal bankrupt
cy laws.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03

Cincinnati (ILNS) William Green,
president Of the American Federation
Of Labor, closed the Union Label and
Industrial Exhibition with a speech in
which he traced the development of
the union label, and pleaded for co.
operation between labor and industry.
He said in part:
ct was in this country that the
idea Of the union label received its
modern rebilth Our first record Of
its application is in 1869 when the
Carpenters Eight-IIoul League Of
San Francisco furnished stamp to
all planning mills operating on the
eight-hour plan to distinguish their
work from the products of the ten-
hour mill
Idea Put to Work
"A few years later, the cigarmak-
ers, who gave the American labor
movement the immortal Samuel Com
pers, really put the union label idea
to work. They were fighting cheap
coolie labor which threatened TO de-
stroy wage standards IN the industry.
Assured Of public support, the cigar
makers of the Pacific coast hit on the
expedient Of identifying their product
with lcbel The consuming public
was able to tell that the box with
the union label contained cigars man
ufactured under union conditions BY
union workers III 4 clean, sanitary
workshop.
From then on the popularity Of
the union label grew by leaps and
bounds
Natural solution Urged
"Again we arc faced by critical M
dustrial conditions. More than eleven
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03

person, shut down after workers went
Oh a "stay-in" strike in protest Of II
spinners losing their jobs.
Wilton Todd, mill manager, said
that installation Of new spinning ma
chinery involved the unavoidable
elimination Of few jobs" lie said
that the management had offered to
support the discharged workers on
part-pay until they would become eli
gible for unemployment compensa-
lion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03

Washington, ID. q. tlLNS )-IheI
next to the last meeting of the su-
preme court before the end Of the
term beginning in October, 1887, was
field day in many respects. The court
refused to review the orders Of the
National Labor Relations Board to
three labor batting employing COR
poratons. II pared sizeable slice off
the field exempt from federal taxes.
IL vacated an injunction issued by the
good old "Methusaleh court" restrain
ing an Investigation by the federal
power commission; and it heard argu-
ments on that courts performance
in refusing to let the NLRB withdraw
it's order in the Republic Steel case.
The big thing from the labor point
of view was the Remington Rand
case. The NLRB ordered the Rem
mgton Rand to offer reinstatement to
1000 American Federation Of Labor
workers who went out in the strike
Of 1886, in which the company EN-
lployed four notorious strikebreaking
agencies and worked out the mo
hawk valley" formula for strike
breaking The company appealed to
the circuit court, which upheld the
board. With the supreme court re-
fusing a review, Remington Rand has
the pleasure Of soaring things with
1000 workers.
Other NLRB Orders Upheld
In the Black Diamond Steamship
case, the company must offer REIN
statement to 35 employees, with back
pay. In the Carlisle Lumber case,
157 workers must be put back, and
the back pay totals to date
$l53, 600
Quite as important, though lacking
some of the personal interest Of the
labor cases, was the holding of the
court that the federal income tax
| applies to and can be collected from
state employees engaged in work not
absolutely essential to the existence
of the state. The question at issue
was the attempt of the federal gov
lernment to collect income taxes on
the salaries of employees of the port
authority Of New York The court,
| by 5 to 2, upheld the government.
Black Goes Farther
| Justice Black, as has happened
often before, went farther. He held
that the sixteenth amendment gives
congress power to tax incomes from
whatever source derived" and inti-
mated that it is high time the court
wiped out the whole series of exemp-
tions.
/ The court also upheld the collec-
| tion Of taxes on admissions to state
university football games. 1t knocked
out an injunction Of the Methusaleh
court the Third circuit court Of
Philadelphia which restrained the
| federal power commission from in
vestigating gas and electric com
pany. 1t heard argument on the case
in which the same Third circuit court
refused to let the NLRB withdraw
its order in the Republic Steel case.
The verdict will come later.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
TAXES ON FOOD HEAVY

New York City tILNS) Out Of
every dollar the average American
family spends, 33 cents goes for food.
Six cents Of this portion is taken by
hidden taxes, according to recent
survey. A loaf Of bread carries 53
taxes, quart of milk is taxed 81
times, and one-sixth Of the cost Of a
cup Of tea represents taxes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Supreme Court UphoLds NLRB
Order Directing Remington Rand
CO. to Reinstate 1000 Workers

four-month jail sentence imposed on
him as a result Of conviction of vio-
lating an anti-picketing injunction in
Austin, Mimi.
Voorhees, charged that the injunc-
tion itself was illegal under the MIN
nesota statute prohibiting anti-pick-
eting injunctions in labor cases.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Co-Operation Is Vital

"The natural way to reduce un-
employment is to provide work fol
the unemployed in private industry
The natural way to increase purchas-
ing power is to raise American stand
ards Of working and living conditions
Il want to emphasize that these
real remedies can be applied effec-
lively BY sincere cooperation be
tween labor and industry. That ster
is more important than anything the
government can do to promote re-
covery."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Asks Supreme Court Review
OF Sentence For Picketing

Washington, d. G. (ILNS) JOS
eph v. Voorhees, has asked the su-
preme court to review validity of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-06-03
Workers Fight Job Loss

New Berry, S. G. GLNs) The
Molhollon Gauze Mill, employing AS
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NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE. 2224 DECATUR
pl. nw.-4 rms. kit. and bath. rear porch
and yard. Potomac 1924
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NICELY FURN.. ROOM. KITCHEN
cite hath; Kelvinator. Adults Near cars,
bus. 141S Crittendep St NV
lS42 1NGLESIDE TERRACE NW-CLEAN
modernly furnished bed-living room, kitch-
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everything included; SO wk Adams 165.
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rooms. private bath. living room. kitchen.
Frigidaire; newly decorated
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FLATS FOR RENT.

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Three rooms. kitchen. bath and porch, |
Oil burner. Frigidaire gas and electricity. |
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i34e MONROE ST. NW.-TWO-ROOM
front houSekeepine apt. sink Frigidaire
Sso0 week. Gas, electricity included
2l11 1st ST. NW-2-RM Ink. Apt
seml-prlvate bath, sink, back porch, 81 SO
week Gas electricity ipcluded
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COUNTRY BOARD.

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tennis, large, cool rooms. excellent meals;
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also rates. Address Mrs. NJ. 2. Edwards,
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Evening star., 1938-07-23

2201 MASS. AVE. N.W.-Vacancies in
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Excellent meals. electric fan.
LARGE FRONT ROOM in detached home,
for 2 employed persons; $40 each. Phone
Evening star., 1938-07-23

5112 CONN. .AvE-FRoNT APT. NO. 101
"a rooms. front. porch. rec. hall. K. tile
path. tsnl s snower;, al outside; cross ventila-
seen now ~ 24s
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ROOMS WITH BOARD.

I'LL NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.-A home for
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semi private bath; excellent meals. beauti-
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Evening star., 1938-07-23
SUBURBAN ROOMS WANTED.

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