The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-04-27
Mobilization Of
(Continued From Pdqe One)

printing today that less than a per
cent of union building tradesmen and
less than 8 per cent of union printing
tradesmen work over forty hours per
week. In 1929, rs per cent in build
ing and almost 100 per cent in print
ing worked more than forty hours.
although Labor Department infor-
nation is lacking to show work hours
in other industries, the advances in
these trades in the last eight years
show what can be accomplished when
effort is concentrated on achieving this
necessary adjustment"
Shorter Work Week Only Remedy
for Unemployment
In lining up the shorter hours re-
ferred to by the Executive Council
with the problem Of unemployment
the 1888 A. F. of l.. convention de-
clared:
Unemployment is not the problem
of the unemployed worker alone, it is
the problem of every man regardless
Of his station in life. Government
spending and the payment of unem-
ployment benefits from whatever
source are but measures of temporary
relief.
"The fact that members of trade
unions were in position of advantage
as compared with employees in indus
try generally during the period of de-
clining employment is no justification
for us to pause even for moment in
driving forward our efforts for an eff
fective and complete solution of this
serious problem.
"There is but one solution for the
abolition Of unemployment and that is
a more equal distribution of available
employment through the reduction of
the work week from the present pre-
vailing standards to lower levels,
thereby creating employment for the
greater number.
ut is not alone the purpose of or
ganized labor in seeking a reduction
in the number of working hours in
order to secure more leisure hours for
the employed workers but to provide
in a measure working hours for the
unemployed.
Confident that the lessening of
hours for those employed will create
employment for the millions of unem-
ployed, organized labor must and will
continue to strive for the establish
ment of the 30-hour 5-day week, the
only solution to this great problem,
and thereby restore prosperity and
contentment to all of the people of our
nation"
Thirty Hour Week Is Paramount
Objective"
To achieve the shorter hour pro-
gram for working men and women
without reducing their earnings, the
convention reaffirmed it's endorsement
of the five-day week and the six-hour
work day without any reduction in
the hourly, daily or weekly pay" and
further recommend "that this purpose
be declared the paramount objective of
this convention, and that the officers
Of the American Federation of Labor
be instructed to spare no effort to in
sure steady and certain progress to-
ward the attainment of this great OBJ
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jective, and of enlisting the support
of all the people in it's behalf"
Swimmers PARADISE, CHIPPEWA
CHAIN STORE TAX CONDEMNED
Washington, D. ca recent survey
indicates chain store taxes and puni-
tive principles of taxation have been
condemned by 334 representative or
ganizations representing more than
100000 workers, farmers, property
owners and consumers. Included in the
list are such nationwide groups as the
American Federation of Labor, IL af-
| filiated State Federations of Labor
the National Grange, the Farm Bureau
Federation, National Association of
Real Estate Boards, Consumers Natl
onal Federation, and the CourOil of
State Governments.