The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-08-05
TheCherry
" Where with our
rec Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

European situation has taken
turn for the better, Prime Minister
Chamberlain of Great Britain says.
But turn is not permanent, it is to
be feared.
AS long as European governments
continue to take more and more of
national incomes for military pur-
poses, peace in Europe rests on a pre-
carious basis.
The harassed peoples, with their
standards of living sinking lower and
lower as armament burdens increase,
are likely to strike savagely at each
other in an effort to cast off their
crushing loads.
Same tendency for the govern
ment to take more and more of
the national income is evident in
America, though here a much
larger proportion goes for con-
structive purposes than in Europe.
Can America stop the process be-
fore it brings serious lowering of
living standards?
If it can, America may in the future
be the sole hope of civilization.
Beats hell what some people can
discover.
David j. Saposs, NLRB economist,
finds that anti-labor employers are
seeking to line up public opinion to
defeat labor unions in attempts to
bargain collectively.
Trade unionists have known this
ever since there was labor movement.
Some daily newspapers, however,
evidently thought Mr.. Saposs had
made discovery" and played up his
report as something new.
If they had consulted labor exec
utives, they would have learned that
Mr.. Saposs' report was "old stuff, !"
but well worth printing.
Labor is glad to have the report
publicized, as it lends force to what
trade union spokesmen and .publica-
tions have been saying for generations.
Before Mr. Saposs was born (he's
| 52) labor papers were telling the story
of employers attempts to enlist public
opinion against organization of the
| workers.
Labor papers are still telling the
story, in this year 1888.
Year in and year out, they present
the case for labor organization in
plain, convincing terms.
To the labor press must go much
of the credit for public education on
labor matters in the last SO years and
for the changed public sentiment now
reflected in legislative recognition of
labor's rights to organize and strive
for better conditions.
That the American people want
peace and are more determined than
ever to prevent this country from
being drawn into another foreign war
is lf-evdent from recent polls of
public opinion.
| The polls indicate that the majority
| of voters want this government to
pursue policies which will mean peace
/ clear, independent and non-com-
initial policies which do not go down
the road to war. The parallel of
events now with 1917 has awakened a
growing conviction that Congress
should legislate for stricter neutral
ity; that the ar-making powers
should rest in the hands of Congress;
that the United States must keep
hands off other nations wars.
Voters interviewed in a poll con-
Quoted by the Institute of Public Opin-
ion showed SO per cent in favor OF
stricter neutrality laws to keep this
country out of war
Seventy three per cent favor ref
erendum before war can be declared
Queried on the question, (Which
plan for keeping out of war do you
have more faith in; having Congress
pass stricter neutrality laws, or leav-
| ing the job up to the President? p, the
overwhelming majority replied, "Have
Congress pass stricter neutrality
laws"