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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Chrysler Strike Ended

Detroit (ILNS).-T Chrysler Cor
poration and the United Automobile
Workers &C. |. o. ended their un-
precedented 4-day dispute on Novem-
Der 20 with an agreement which pro-
vides for general wage increase of
3 cents an hour and a modified bar
gaining board. The strike involved
$4,000 men.
The new agreement has no provi-
sion for a union shop and the COM
pany will retain full control of pro-
duction scheduled.
The agreement was on new con-
tract to replace one which expired
September 30 1t is for one year and
contains a ''no-strike" clause which
provides that it Immediately becomes
void if the u A. VIC. l. o. calls a
walk-out during it's life without re-
sorting to all grievance procedure au-
thorized by it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Printers Strike Ties Up
Youngstown indicator

Youngstown (ILNS)-A strike of
international Typographical Union
members prevented publication of the
Youngstown Vindicator on November
80 for the first time in 70 years
Leaders of the union said 85 of their
members had walked out after two
months of what they called fruitless
negotiations.
The Vindicator issued the following
statement:
"In return for one weeks vacation
with pay in 1910 and two weeks paid
vacation in 1941, the indicator re-
quested an arbitration agreement.
The printers refused this, and when
the paper insisted upon arbitration in
return for paid vacations, the union
ordered it's members to stay away
from work. The Youngstown typo
graphical scale is one of the highest
in the United States and no question
of wages is involved"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
SOUND PRINCIPLE FOR ALL

Pennsylvania State Department of
Commerce has set forth principle
that, if followed by all states in seek
ing to attract new industrial plants,
would benefit the entire nation.
Secretary of Commerce Richard P.
Brown explains that a campaign for
new plants is not directed to "any
and all" industries but only to those
that can become permanent assets to
the state. The effort to induce in
dustries to establish in Pennsylvania,
he said, is being directed to those who
can help maintain and improve living
standards Of the states 100000
people, rather than jeopardize them.
Pennsylvania has harbored plenty
of low-wage, anti-union and other So
cially undesirable trade and industry.
If it can live up to the ideal stated
by Secretary Brown, it will be con-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
GAINS BY ARBITRATION

AS the labor press has frequently
pointed out, union progress through
the processes of arbitration, concilia-
ton, and negotiation sitting down
and talking things over-are not al
ways recognized as they should be.
Emphasis, especially in hostile quar-
ters, is placed on strike action. AS a
matter of fact, substantial progress
is constantly being made without re-
course to the strike.
A good example was recently given
in Washington, D. c., where board
of arbitration awarded employees of
the Capital Transit Company, mem
bers of Division No $50, Amalga-
mated Association of Street, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Employees
of America, increases in wages and
improvements in working conditions
which will net them upwards of
$250,O00 a year
Under the award, the work day was
shortened and wages were boosted
to cents an hour. The new rate
fro one-man car and bus operators
is 76 cents an hour. Pay increases
were made retroactive to July /, 1889,
the back pay alone amounting to
about $4,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1889.
LABOR MOVEMENT WELL
DEFINED

An excellent definition of the labor
movement was recently given by John
P. Coyne, president of the A. F. of L.
Building and Construction Trades De-
partment. Speaking before the New
York Building Congress, composed of
all factors in the building industry,
Mr.. Coyne defined the labor move
ment as follows;
Reduced to the simplest terms it
is nothing more, nothing less, than
organized expression of the human
urge for better living that has lifted
mankind from cave dwelling to dwell
ing in air-cooled homes with modern
plumbing, and electric refrigeration;
the urge that is responsible for the
progress from the tom-tom- beating
medicine man to the great hospitals
where men of science work what, even
in our younger days and we are not
old men, would have been called
miracles"
Mr.. Coyne's definition emphasizes
what perhaps many have forgotten,
that behind the labor movement is
the age-old drive for progress, for
better life for mankind.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
WHAT NEXT?

Germans soon may wear suits and
read newspapers produced from po-
tato leaves and stems, the Commerce
Department reports. A dispatch from
the American Consulate at Leipzig
said that large textile manufacture
ing company in Thuringia has sue
ceeded in making satisfactory news
print and spinning fibre for textile
manufacture from potato plant fibre.
A Thuringia newspaper recently
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
CONSULTANT NAMED
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
equal number of employers and en-
ployes.
Wages for apprentices to be a
graduated percentage of the wage
paid journeymen in the trade equal
to 500 of the journeymen wage over
the apprenticeship periods.
apprentice agreement to be sub
mitted to the state council for ap-
proval, if approval is in the best in
terest of the apprentice and such
agreements meet the minimum labor
standards requirement of the Ohio
State Apprenticeship Council.
apprentices to be furnished rea-
sonable continuous employment thru
out the term of apprenticeship.
Apprenticeship complaints to be
adjusted by a joint apprenticeship
committee with the opportunity of ap-
peal to the Ohio State Apprenticeship
Council
"The Local Joint Apprenticeship
Committee shall certify to the Ohio
State Apprenticeship Council when
an apprentice has completed his ap-
premiership and has passed all ex-
aminations required and shall request
the Ohio State apprenticeship Coun-
Gil to issue certificate of completion
of apprenticeship"
Named consultants to the Ohio
State Apprenticeship Council were
w. T. Doe, director, Ohio State En-
ployment Service; E. L. Heusch, Ohio
Department Of Education, and S.
Burns Weston, director of n Y. A. of
Ohio. All are of Columbus.
Daniel M. Moley, 1876 B. of L. E.
Building, Cleveland, was named field
representative of the council
The council announced that all in
quiries should be addressed to Estey
A. Kern, secretary, Ohio State Ap-
premiership Council, 221 State Of
flee Building, Columbus.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
UNION CHAIN STORE
WORKERS BENEFIT

Philadelphia (ILNS).-Three thou
sand employees of Food Fair Markets
in 67 stores of Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware and New Jersey will
receive wage increases as a result of
a company contract signed with Amer
ican Federation of Labor unions.
Representative of the employer
and two A. F. of l.. unions, the Re-
tail Clerks International Protective
Association and Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America have just concluded
negotiations based upon recent des-
ignations by the National Labor Re-
lations Board as proper bargaining
agents for the company's employees.
Most of Workers Benefit
Thus ends a stormy two-year pc
riod in which the A. F. of L. unions
have reversed temporary defeats.
Highlights of the campaign include
two elections under N l.. R. B. super
vision, injunction proceedings and
strikes.
Union spokesman announce they
won for their members wage increases
affecting $50 of the store workers.
Total annual cost to the company of
the wage boost is said to be $176,000
Contracts were for union shop con-
ditions with adequate seniority, arbi-
tration and ''no strike-no lockout"
clauses. Vice President Don Marquis
acted for the R. c. |. P. A. in the final
negotiations; he was aided by R. c.
Coulter and A. L. Kiefer, speaking
for clerks in Baltimore and Harris
burg stores. Two years of intensive
organization work in all four states
| had been carried on by these union
spokesmen who were assisted also by
Henry Highland and Joseph McComb
in the Philadelphia area.
Two Reasons for Rejoicing
Bringing these negotiations to a
conclusion brings us special gratifca-
tion for two reasons, said Vice Presi-
dent Marquis of the Retail Clerks.
First, our victory over the c. |. O.
was SO overwhelming in the last super
vised election there can no longer be
doubt about our strength or right to
speak for Food Fair employees; sec
ond, this victory follows by 60 days
similar election victory and closed
shop contract negotiation completed
for 1900 employees of Snellenberg De-
partment Store in Philadelphia. This
is the only large closed shop contract
effective in department store in the
Atlantic seaboard and perhaps in the
| United States"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Aged Pension Roll
Growth Continues

Columbus, o. (OLNS). -Ohio's AID
for the aged program continued TO
show an increase during November
with the Division of Aid for the Aged
reporting 126,525 needy aged were
aided during the month, establishing
another all-time peak for the number
of recipients.
The number of persons aided last
month was an increase of 1877 over
October, with the average grant per
recipient increasing from $22.76 to
$22.82. Since the first of the year,
the states aid for the aged rolls have
shown a net gain of 1882 recipients.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Long Beach Drivers
Gain 81 Hourly Wage

Long Beach, Calf. (AFLWNS).-
Long Beach and Los Angeles local
unions of the International Brother
hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Sta
blemen and Helpers of America, A. F.
of L, affiliate, secured an agreement
with the Interstate Truck Operators
which provides for union hours and
conditions with wage scale of 81
per hour and extra pay for all over
time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

criticize our democracy, but whether
they like it or not they must obey the
laws of the democracy they rail
against.
The halls of Sing Sing are not par
ticularly noted for any soul restoring
powers but there is a chance that
Kuhn's sojourn there will give him
a chance of a greater solitude in
which to more calmly weigh the re-
spective merits of Americanism and
Nazism.
Then too, there is the possibility
and the hope that by the time Kuhn
is released the chapter of Hitler and
oppression in Germany will have been
closed and there will be no further
need of bundfuehrers.
Judging by the popular expressions
of mass sentiment, the American peo-
pie feel that there is less likelihood
Vi DCIlS dSSCo lllto tiiC PASSSii1 l<o
ropean war than there was three
months ago. At that time most eX-
pressions of the man on the street
centered around the inevitability of
Americas entrance into the war.
The first scare is over and healthy
reaction has set in. We see now nc
reason why we should enter into the
European conflict and realize that the
'inevitability psychology" is the fast
est way of getting over there. We
are spending our time now in usher.
/ ing up thousand and one good rea-
sons why we should keep out
Not that we have not mentally
taken sides in the European war, but
rather that we see no sense of oul
becoming so involved as to defeat
whatever possibilities and powers we
might possess to decide the issue
that is how we stand And there we
| should continue to stand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Fined For Hiring Minors In
Wage Hour Act Violation

Chicago (ILNS) - Federal Judge
Charles E. Woodward imposed fine
of 81 500 on the Miller Gebhardt Com
pany, makers of artificial flowers in
the first prosecution here for viola
tion of the child labor provisions of
the federal wages and hours law
The company pleaded guilty to en-
ployment of children to make flowers
at home,
Additional fines of $4,000 each were
imposed against the company, Rich
ard E. Gebhardt and Harry w. Miller,
on pleas of guilty to violating the
wages and hours law
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Many Fair Theatres
Operate In Memphis

Memphis, Tenn (AFLWNS).-
Union members and their friends in
Memphis experience no difficulty in
attending moving picture theatres
operating under agreements with the
Motion Picture Operators Union, af-
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor
According to union officials, g the
atres for white patrons and the
atres for negro patrons are fair to
organized labor, with only four sched-
uled as unfair
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
7,heCherrv
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes fiippantIy,
sometimes recklessly.

Every day come new reasons to re-
joice that we are Americans and that
we have the privileges and liberties
which that brings.
Here is another occasion to exer-
else that liberty and to manifest that
gratitude.
Once more we are mobilizing for a
type of warfare peculiar to this land
of ours. Not to injure or destroy but
to rescue, assist and make happy
those who have become the victims
Of one of the greatest misfortunes
which can come to mankind, that of
being stricken with dread disease
IN the days of their childhood.
The annual rally against infantile
paralysis. On the uniquely appropri-
ate occasion of the Presidents birth
day, himself a victim.
Each one of the seven years of this
annual mobilization of all that is best
in US, organized labor has taken a
proud part.
And it should. Peculiarly the voice,
defender and spokesman of the wage
earners of America, the organized la
Dor movement has bigger stake in
this conquest than any other element
of the population.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

And its response to this appeal, IN
previous years and now, is worthy OF
its spirit and its responsibility
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
accepted once more the national chair
manship of the Labor Division. Vice
President Matthew Woll is once more
the national secretary.
In sending out a call to outstanding
figures in labor's ranks, President
Green said, in part:
with pleasure / have again ac-
cepted appointment as chairman of
the Labor Division for celebration of
the Presidents birthday to support
the National Foundations great war
to combat infantile paralysis. 1t is
my purpose to organize a vigorous
campaign supporting this noble cause.
1t is my earnest hope that we may
make a record this year of which we
may all be proud"
This is an appeal that no member
of organized labor can ignore. Here
is chance to give concrete evidence
Of the fact that we are free, that we
can engage in and successfully carry
on enterprises of this high character.
Here is a chance to add one more
star to the bright crown of organized
labor We have in the record of our
great movement the ceaseless and
successful battle against child labor.
We, more than any other force and
element, laid the foundations of our
great, free public school system.
Our ranks are composed of the ia
theirs and mothers of this country.
Our children are perhaps less in dan
ger of this dread scourge than those
less fortunately situated and less able
| to resist the inroads of Infection
| But when great man surrounded
with all the safeguards that wealth
and position can give, is not immune,
none of us, most of all the generation
still in our charge, can be safe.
So, there is not worthy chord in
the human heart that should not re-
spond. Everything that is good in
America should and will embrace this
opportunity.
And we can again demonstrate to
our fellows in other walks of life that
the American wage Garner who car
ries a union card can and will use the
facilities of the mighty movement he
has builded for another spectacular
addition to that long list of good
causes to which he has in the past
devoted it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
W.P.A WORKERS TO BE
PAID BEFORE HOLIDAYS

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Pre-
holiday pay checks for about 100000
w. P. A. workers who normally would
not be paid until after Christmas will
be distributed December %, w. P. A.
Commissioner Harrington announced
here Another large group of work
ers, who normally would be paid De-
cember 81 or January l or 2, will re-
ceive their checks on December 30,
he said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Denmark's Unions
In Mediation Pact

Copenhagen (ILNS).-Danish en-
ployers and labor unions have de-
cided to submit their differences to
mediation and have entered into an
agreement to run until April, 1941,
covering 100000 workers.
The contract calls for wage regu-
lation based on a price index and
guarantee against strikes and lock-
outs. 1t is effective January l.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
Radio Operators Pay
Raise Won By Union

{By A. r. of L, Weekly News Service)
The international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers of America, A. F.
of L. affiliate, announced that an
agreement had been negotiated with
the Texas State Network, Inc, carry
ing wage increase of $11 week for
radio operators, two weeks vacation
with pay, and other union conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
LUMBER WORKERS WIN

Marshfeld, Ore (ILNS) The en-
ployes of the Coos Bay Lumber Com
pany selected the Lumber and Saw
mill Workers Union, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, as
their exclusive bargaining agency in
a National Labor Relations Board
election held recently.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

Marxism and Leninism a la Stain
have gone TO the cleaners and come
back the worse for exposure to the
test. Stripped and unadorned the
theology of Russia has all the vices
of the capitalist countries and none
of the virtues.
We are not so far removed that we
can not still hear the echo of Com
rade Stalin's circus barking" Hitler
must be crushed at any cost; Rus
sia must unite with the democracies
of the world to rid the earth of Fas-
cism and Nazism"; United Front" !;
"The Red Army shall never engage
in aggression" "The Red Star of
Russia is the beacon of hope and peace
to the peoples of the world y
To the martial incarnation of these
slogans Stain and his bloody red CO.
horts stabbed Poland in the back
while Hitler turned the sword in Po-
lands heart. Giving the lie to peace
and freedom" Stain bullied the Bal
tic states into ignoble treaties. Now
the Red Army of peace is let loose
upon little Finland. The proximity
of state that was gaining an inter
national reputation for its practical
democracy was too much of threat
to dictatorship and subjugation of the
masses.
No matter what the immediate re
suit of the Red invasion of Finland
may be, Finland will rise to see anC
enjoy the day when her type of rea
democracy shall ride the earth of die
tatorship and oppression.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

tributing substantially to industrial
betterment. Observance of the ideal
by all states would leave no place in
the nation for labor-exploiting in
dustries.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
GEO. KAPPEL

Practical all-around tailor, would like
to be favored with your patronage, for
Repairing, Altering, Cleaning, Press
ing, Removing Wearshine and Re-
lining. 1872 N. B Street Will call for.
Give estimates and deliver.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

printed its entire edition of 100000
copies on the new material. Clothes
have already been made of the "po-
tato fabric.'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

Conviction of Fritz Kuhn, bund-
fuehrer of the German American
Bund, should be warning to all to-
talitarian ganglords, imported and do
mestic varieties, that they must toe
the mark and obey our laws. Our
freedom of speech permits them to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15
WISDOM

The more we give happiness, the
more we have left.-John Wanamaker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-12-15

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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..
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-01
Clara VIII Circle Enferfains

The annual pledge day luncheon
sponsored by members of the Clara
Wilt circle of the Emmanuel Pres
byterian church was held Wednes-
day in the church parlors. Mrs.
John Fassett was general chair
man. assisted by Mrs. George Cor
telyou, president of the circle.
An interesting program was pre-
sented consisting of talk by Mrs.
Theodore Fest on THE Interpre-
tation of a Great Faith" Mrs.
Frank Beers led the devotions and
Mrs. Marchell Stevens presented
several vocal selections. Mrs. Ste
vens was accompanied by Miss
Vivian Steelman.
Members of the circle who were
hostesses include Mesdames Dwight
Phelps, II. NJ. Clark, w. II. Crump,
A. r. Cussell, Eva Ducolt, Mary
Fassett, George Ford, L. Ford,
Olaf Garborg, ]. K. Gordon. ]. l.,
Green, Jennie Gregg, George Jen-
sen, Fred Lawrence, Gerald Long
streth, f. NJ. Light, Samuel Light
Charles Lyons, f. c. Miller, A. r
Parrish, Andrew Piercy, L. j
Mahlberg, Calvin Stewart, stanton
Warburton, ST., Stanton Warbur'
ton, jr., Misses Minnie Gibbons
Carrie Osmond, Louise Osmono
and Effie Rice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-01
Quilt Pageant
To Be Given
Dramatic Sketch TO Fol-
low Dinner and Bazaar
At Epworth Church

A dramatic sketch, the
"Quilt Pageant" will be given
at 8 o'clock Friday evening in
Epworth Methodist church,
following a cafeteria dinner
and bazaar. Dinner will be
served from $50 o'clock on,
with the bazaar opening at
3 o'clock.
The cast of the play includes
Mrs. Ward Moser, Sheila Lamar,
Sarah Lou Miller and Hazel and
Helen Barron. Mrs. Virgil Croft
is directing the production and
Mrs. Leroy Vaughn is in charge
of the music.
In addition to the play, Joan
Nelson will present an Indian
dance. She will be accompanied
by Marie Nelson. Pupils of Reitha
Gehri will be presented in a
minuet and folk dance.