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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Z, 1888.
THE HEALTH CARE OF 25,ooo, 900

A grim confirmation of the truth
that health and life itself depend very
largely on economic conditions was
given by resolution just passed by
the convention Of the American Hos
pital Association at Dallas, Texas.
The resolution urged the expansion of
plans for non profit hospital insurance
until medical treatment in hospitals is
available 'to the 25,000,000 Americans
with incomes above the relief line but
below the comfort line"
That there should be 25,oO0,ooo
Americans in that plight is pretty
close to being a national disgrace; but
the recognition of the facts by a con-
servative organization like this is en-
couraging. Even two members of Of
fetal bodies of the American Medical
Association have indorsed it. But they
have not yet indorsed the only way
in which most of the millions whom
they wish to help can pay for hospital
care, even can without profits.
The group association plan, by which
bodies Of workers pay for medical care
in monthly installments and get it
from an organized staff Of doctors, is
the only plan vet offered that has
worked
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07

do so by force which nobody but a
few oil owners want to see used. He
sums up as follows:
eve can go along with Mexico, and
the Mexicans will remain good friends,
and pay US, and continue to buy our
products. Or else, we'll shut off our
own market, and get nothing without
war"
Secretary Hull has made it clear
that there will not be a war; but DR..
Inman wants to continue the good
neighbor policy even if the neighbor
is temporarily hard up-that We have
followed throughout the present ad-
ministration. 1t is at least contri-
button worth studying.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

What the commission does not tell
is that the total cash invested by those
insiders in the Pacific Lighterage Cor
poration was $500.
The investigation conducted by
Hugo L. Black, then Senator from Ala
bama, now Justice of the Supreme
Court, tells this and plenty of other
things. 1t tells h,w r. Stanley Dollar
charged up to the company his Wash
ington and New York expenses while
buying the ships-and those expenses
were seldom less than $4,000 week.
1t tells how the company was soaked
for the expenses of R. Stanley Dol
lars trip around the world.
But the commission makes it very
clear that R. Stanley Dollar and H. Z
Lorber had to get out of the company
before the plan would be approved
This is one right good sign.
Now, if the commission will remedy
the defect that hit seamen most keenly
on the old Dollar Line, there will be
some hope for the American merchant
marine. Sailors who had experience
always said that sea gulls never fol
lowed a Dollar ship, because nothing
would come from it that even gul
could eat.
The Russian experiment proves con
clusively that when violence is usec
to bring about economic and politica
reform the method of force must bt
employed to keep the new government
in power. It is the means tina
are employed that decide the ends o
consequences that are actually at
| tained-John Dewey.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
Supreme Court Asked
To Declare Invalid
Labor Board Order

New York City (ILNS) The Con-
soldated Edison Company of New
York has asked the Supreme Court to
declare unconstitutional application of
the National Labor Relations Act to
local, intrastate public utilities. In
formal brief filed in connection with
the company's challenge to validity Of
labor board order, the company as
serted it was subject to regulation
solely by New York state authorities.
At the same time, the company chal-
lenged legality of the boards action
in ordering it to abrogate contract
with the A. F. of L. International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
This portion of the boards order, the
brief contended, was in direct viola
tion of the due process clause of the
Federal Constitution.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
THE OIL QUESTION AND MEXICO

Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, executive
secretary Of the Committee on Co
operation in Latin America, has re-
turned from a stay Of several months
of study and observation in Mexico
with report which seems to clarity
the oil situation and to support the
traditional friendly attitude of Amer
lean labor toward Mexico.
Briefly, he says that Mexico is en-
tirely willing to pay for the expropri-
ated oil lands, but must have time to
do it, and is entitled to the patience
which foreign nations would have with
any debtor. She will not return those
properties without being compelled to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
CONTINUE FIGHT
ON JUDICIAL
AMENDMENT
Secretary OF State Indicates Proposal
Will Appear On November Ballot
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

Columbus, O.-Organized labor ana
other groups determined to preserve
the democratic principles of self-gov-
ernment were preparing plans tins
week to launch an intensive campaign
during the coming month against an
amendment to the states constitution
providing for appointment instead OF
election of the Ohio judiciary.
After a two-year battle, the pro-
ponents of the amendment, the Com
mittee on Judician Selection of the
Ohio Bar Association, have apparently
succeeded in getting their fascist"
proposal on the November 8 ballot
where it will be accepted or rejected
by the votes of the electorate.
Restoration of slightly more than
10000 signatures which had been de-
clared invalid because of technicality
by the Franklin and Hamilton county
boards of elections, reduced the de-
fciency of signatures to the initiative
petitions to approximately 10000.
Officials in the office of Secretary
of State William Kennedy reported
| late last week that they had been IN
formed by the proponents OF the
| amendment that 10000 additional sig
natures had been secured and would
be supplemented to the signatures al
ready filed.
These 10000 additional signatures
claimed by the proponents must be
checked by the boards of elections IN
/ the various counties where they were
secured, and the valid names will then
! be certified to the Secretary of State
within 10 days.
While it will not be known officially
until October 10 or II if the signatures
submitted will total the 295,961 neces-
sary to have the amendment placed
on the ballot, the Secretary Of States
office expressed the belief that it
would appear,
/ If a sufficient number of signatures
are certified to the Secretary Of State,
a pamphlet explaining the amendment
must be sent to as many of the cleo
tors in the state as it is reasonably
| possible" to reach, 20 days prior to
the November 8 election.
/ Approximately 100000 pamphlets
will be mailed to voters in each of the
states 5000 precincts, the Secretary
of States office said. Addresses will
be obtained from the poll books of each
of the precincts.
| Under this arrangement, only one
third Of the states electors will re-
ceive the international pamphlets
For that reason, it will be necessary
for organized labor and cooperative
groups to explain the effort being
made to wrest from the electorate
their constitutional privilege of elect
ing the judiciary of the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
OHIO STATE
FEDERATION
NON-PARTISAN
State Body Relies On Membership To
Elect Worthy Candidates.
(By Ohio Labor News Seryice)

(By Ohio Labor News Seryice)
Columbus, On letter to all af-
filiated city central bodies Secretary
Treasurer Thomas ]. Donnelly of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor last
week explained the action of the ex-
ecutive board of the federation in re-
affirming its 54-year policy of political
non -partisanship in the present cam
paign.
The action of the executive board
was taken, Donnelly said, to clarity the
federation's official attitude, and was
made necessary by situation Gre
ated in the state by individuals and
organizations in and out of Ohio CIV
ing their Endorsement to one or the
other candidates for governor, and the
impression created by the daily news
papers that the Ohio State Federation
of Labor had given it's Endorsement to
one of the candidates.
"The federation has over the years
endeavored to refrain from taking
partisan political action, and has relied
upon its membership to determine who
is worthy Of support from the records
of candidates sent all organizations by
the federation" the letter states.
"The executive board believed it in
cumbent upon it to make a public
statement in respect to the position of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor in
the present political campaign, and
the statement of policy, in which the
non partisan attitude of the fedora
tion was reaffrmed, was adopted
unanimously by the full executive
board.
'sIn view of the fact that the legis-
lative programs of the federation are
not political in a partisan sense" the
letter continued, "and the support of
both Democratic and Republican can
didates are solicited therefore, the ex-
ecutive board is of the opinion that it
should not take any action which
would Justify any successful candidate
at the November election to excuse his
failure to support the legislative pro-
gram of the federation on the ground
that the federation had exhibited po-
litical partisanship in the 1888 cam
paign."
In the current issue of the Quar-
terly Bulletin, official international
publication of the Ohio State Fedora
tion of Labor, the action of the ex-
ecutive board is fully explained, and
the labor and other directly important
planks adopted by the two political
parties are reproduced for the infor-
nation of the membership.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
WHAT NEXT?

Standard Oil Company of Indiana
has patent for underground pipe
lines to transport powdered coal hum
dreds of miles. Suspension of the
powdered coal in soapy water or oil
enables it to be pumped. Standard
Oil has not yet made use Of the patent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
Stafford Named

Columbus, o. (OLNS). William P
Stafford, Cincinnati, one of the public
representatives on the Advisory Coun-
Gil Of the Ohio Unemployment Com
pensation Commission, was selected
chairman of the council for the coming
year by the members last week. He
succeeds Michael j. Lyden, Youngs-
town, president of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor, to the chairmanship.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
Trades Council To Be
Formed At Toledo

Toledo, o. (OLNS) Formation of
Miscellaneous Trades Council, com
posed of representatives of 46 eligible
local unions, will be considered at a
meeting in the Central Labor Union
headquarters October 10.
A provisional council was formed
several months ago by 20 local unions,
and the group decided to propose the
establishment Of permanent organ
ization of miscellaneous craft unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
LABOR PROTEST SAVES
PART OF RAILROAD

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Pro
tests of the railroad unions and of the
towns affected by the proposal Of the
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Rail
road to abandon its entire $50 miles of
line seem to have had some effect. The
road has announced that it will file a
new petition to abandon only part Of
the line, and to sell the rest to the
Burlington.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
EMERGENCY BOARD
Continued from page one)

to make its report, and then 80 days
ployed, while only 52.73 per cent had
what might be called regular employ
ment.
"The average yearly earnings per
employe for the year 1887 was lilo,
or approximately S93 per month. That
includes the regular employees as well
as the irregular employees.
Low Wages Scandal
sTens Of thousands of these work
ers are today receiving wages so low
as to constitute nothing short of a
scandal to the railroad industry. To
propose a wage-cut for these men is
on the same moral plane as snatching
food from, the emaciated hands of a
starving man.
"The nation has been," said Harri-
son further, "since the beginning OF
President Roosevelt's administration
committed to the proposition that fail
wage standards are essential, not only
to the maintenance of decent stand
ard Of life for American workers, but
likewise essential to the general wei
fare of the country"
"We are serving the railroads bet.
ter in resisting the Is per cent rate
cut" he added, than their owners
and managers who proposed it; We
are trying to prevent them from com.
mitting economic suicide"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
The Cherry
" Where with our
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes fIippantly,

Decided swing against further gov
ernment regulation of industry is APP
parent in American Federation of La
Dor ranks.
This swing has been growing in re-
cent months, though it was perfectly
plain to informed observers a year or
two ago.
Conventions at Houston voiced the
feeling.
Metal Trades Department took the
lead.
Criticizing bureaucracy, John P.
Frey pointed out that the American
labor movement was founded on "self-
government in industry instead of gov
ernment by bureaus and admins
traitors"
The department convention reaf-
firmed the stand taken by the A. F. of
L. convention two years ago in oppos-
ing creation of additional new boards
or commissions to handle labor prob
lens unless responsible trade union
official was named to each.
Metal Trades action reflected grow
ing distrust of government regulation
1t means a turn toward self govern
ment and voluntary action
This doesn't mean that labor would
abolish existing regulatory agencies.
Far from it. Need for them is con-
ceded
1t simply means that labor wants
the fullest possible study and consid-
GRAFTON before any more regulatory
bodies are created. 1t also means that
labor wants any additional regulatory
bodies to have adequate labor repre-
sentation.
The trend points to renewed sym
pathy for the Samuel Gompers phi
losophy expressed in the following
words of the famous leader:
''The A. F. of L. has apprehensions
as to the wisdom of placing in the
hands of government additional pow
ers which may be used to the detri-
ment of the working people. 1t par
ticularly opposes this policy when the
things can be done by the workmen
themselves
Children who have everything done
for them don't learn to do things
themselves.
They do not develop initiative and
self-reliance.
Just so with citizens of a nation.
If government regulations takes in
in too much territory, citizens learn to
look toward government for the things
they ought to do themselves.
Labor knows there is no substitute
for voluntary, cooperative action in
many fields of human endeavor.
National Safety Council aptly calls
accidents Americas three and half
billion dollar parasite.
The huge cost Of accidents is one
of the biggest parasites on American
labor and industry.
This parasite" will be considered
by the safety council at it's silver ju-
bilee congress and exposition in Chi
cago October lola.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07

The II. S. Maritime Commission has
approved the adjustment plan which
qualities the Dollar Steamship Line on
the Pacific for help provided by Con-
gress in the last shipping bill. The
facts set forth in the document of ap-
proval are more important to Ameri-
can shipping policy than the fate of
the Dollar Line. The commission
states frankly that the former man
agement of the Dollar Line failed to
do it's work or meet its obligations.
'aThese failures" says the public
statement of the commission, "are in
dicated by excessive Withdrawals over
a period of years for salaries of execu-
tive officers. The volume of these
Withdrawals in the case of r. Stanley
Dollar from the years 1928 to 1888 and
for six months of 1884 amounted to
So, ,526, ,501.22. During the same pc
riod, Mr.. j. Harold Dollars Withdraw
ais aggregated $1,081 ,693.62; Mr.. H,
L. Lorber's Withdrawals totalled $751;
926.21, and those OF Mr.. Herbert
Fleishhacker, S377,756.85."
Figuring it out for the 11.5 years
Mr.. R. Stanley Dollar averaged $685.
700 year, and even Mr.. Fleishhackel
$32, ,84S.
The commission goes on to show
that R. Stanley Dollar collected in one
year commission of 1921 ,225 for buy.
ing ships from the government for his
own company. 1t shows that the Pa
cific Lighterage Corporation, an af
filiate belonging entirely to the in
siders of the Dollar Line, made profits
of 81 100000 in five years from "serv.
ices" to the Dollar Line.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-07
WISDOM

| believe in the right of free speech,
in war as well as in peace. 1t is far
more dangerous to attempt to gag the
people than to allow them to speak
freely of what is in their hearts.
Eugene v. Debs.
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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, 1938-10-07

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-05
Air Travelling
 In Alaska Has
 Advantage
Rubber Representative Cuts Months S Off of Old
 Methods Employed

Air travelling in the northland is the only thing now and it has come to stay and will be recognized by all those who have urgent busi- ness to attend to-" is the way G. B. Dodge sizes up the situation.
 MT. Dodge arrived yesterday on the PAA plane from Fairbanks and made close connections for tine south, leaving here this morning aboard the Princess Louise.
 MT. Dodge, who represents the American Rubber Company of San Francisco, came north June 16 went to Whitehorse and be- cause there was not water trans pcrtation available, took a plane to Dawson. From there he travelled to all dredge mining districts, Fair banks and Nome districts especi- ally, by plane, and then came south from the Interior by air.
 q would have made better time but I was held up in Nome for three days on account of the rain storm That rain proved a boon to the mining industry as operations pre- viously stopped by lack of water, were resumed in all sections"
 MT Dodge figured out he had travelled approximately 1000 miles by air, and in the old days, in- stead of nearly two months, it would have required the entire sea son to cover the districts he has just visited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-05
Fifteen KiIIGd;
 Italian WarShip
 Boiler ExpIodes
Old Battle Boat Quarto Is Victim of Below
 decks Accident

ROME, Aug. B. Fifteen Italian sailors were killed and 20 injured in fireroom explosion aboard the Italian cruiser Quarto in Port Pol lenza on the island of Minorca last Monday, it was reported today
 The accident occurred as the warShip was about to sail on brief mission when a boiler burst.
 Seven members of the fireroom crew died instantly, while eight others died in a hospital
 The Quarto is one of the older units of the Italian fleet. It was not damaged seriously. It was built in 1912
 Try The Empire class!fieds for results.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-27
Application To Operate
Bar AT La COnCha Hotel
Turned Down By Council
lO-LB. GIRL BORN
TO WHITMARSHES

Mr. and Mrs Ross WhItmalsh
announce the birth OF a l0-pound
girl. who has been named Judith
Joyce, yesterday at the residence,
6l4 A5hc street
Mother and baby arc dong
nicely Mrs Whitmarsh was
Miss Ina IIludc daughter of Mr.
and MI Hugh Hudc before
marriage
arbitrary classification TO strike
down and act as class legislation
requires the strongest Of show
ings In a sense all legislation IS
classification and unless tho
classification is paipably arbl
tralN. without possible basis for
the distinction made by the law
making power the courts should
not intervene
We may suggest as a reason
adj basis for The classification
thai IN very large hotels the bar
Is am incident merely and that the
hotel management under con
slant supervision of the State,
Will see to It by reason of self
protection, that the bar is con
Quoted in an orderly, decent man
ucr whereas IN the smaller no
tells the liquor business may bC
the prInclpa! and the hotel tho
incident Where the dividing
may be placed IS primarily foI
the decision Of the Legislature
and ii is not. nor from our know
ledge of Florida as State mucf
lrcqucntcd by winter tourists, car
II deccntly be- claimed that the I'm,
is So placed as to apply to bu
few hotels
"To exempt one hundred room
hotels or more the present clN
ordinance should be- amended b.
ordinance with the proviso tina
the ordinance shall mot apply /,
hotels having one hundred room
or more
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-27
ENGLAND PREPARES FOR WAR
All Americans Officially
Advised To Leave AT Once

LONDON. Sept. 27.-An
order in council declaring
existence of a state of cmcr-
gcncy, and authorizing the
calling of air force dcfcnscs.
was published in the official
Gazette today as England
worked at top speed to pre-
pare for war. and Prime
Minister Chamberlain told
the world by radio he had
done all one man can do"
to prevent hostilitics.
Construction crew began
to convert London's deepest
subway stations into bomb
proof shelters. Trenches To
protect the populaoc caught
in the open IN air raids were
dug in parks and yards. la
Dor shortage was reported
as the air raid dcfonsrs were
being prepared.
United States Embassy Of
ficially advised all Amer
cans to leave. Ship passcn-
ger lists became jsmmcd.
Chamberlain said he
would no, hesitate to make
a third trip to Germany At he
thought it would do any
good but at the moment -
can see nothing further that
/ can usefully do in the way
of mediation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-27
HITLER'S REPLY
TO ROOSEVELT
esoseososssesSsssssessss

Following is summary Of
Adolf Killers reply to note
sent him early yesterday morn
ING by President Roosevelt urg
ing peaceful settlement Of the
Czechoslovakia situation. Hitler S
reply. one of the longest IN his
tory. says that if the President
will review the unreasonable
Versailles treaty he will see Ger
manY's position. Germany will
not be responsible for war If il
comes. Hitler declared.
Germany refused o. accept ~,
responsibility OF war W.t.
CzcchoslolakIa Berlin has don.
AN It could t. prevent ~u
However. a rc>1eW of The ou-.a
Of the prob..m aad I'll. e>'r., d..
the INJURY VIII rc<pa tee t.u
hian,
n 1918 Germany .a.a a.4a Il
arms expecting tre mere,
President Wilson's IDEALS I'll,
confidence y TIE nation W.
o.3te5 Nur, G 81. b.
Germany N,re u1I.a ~"
positions INsr G.:ma.> ...
a.'cnaa.. Ta0 e.4 ut..
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