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Evening star., 1939-12-15
By J. A. O'LEARY.

Called to explain correspondence
indicating that he had interested
himself in a Pennsylvania labor dis
pute in 1886 before any formal COM
plant had been filed. Edwin S. Smith,
member of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, told the special House
Investigating Committee this after
noon that tine board engaged in
extra legal activities of mediate
and conciliation not provided for
III The Wagner Labor Act.
He sa:a mat for some time after
Its ere. e..tion the present board con-
tinued as matter of habit and
tradition the mediation activities
of its predecessor, the old Labor
, Relations Board.
Askcd by Representative Falleck,
Rep lblican, Of Indiana if he con-
tends there is any legal basis for it
III the present act, Mr.. Smith said
there was rot.
When the new board was estab-
iisheG, the witness said. there was
a hangover Of the practice of medi-
ation from the old act" and that
regional directors continued for
some time to have conciliation &C
tivities brought to their attention
particularly in the Philadelphia
Office.
Other Testimony Calls Witness.
The committee had decided short
y before noon to send for Mr.
Smith after hearing testimony late
yesterday and this morning that he
Rad transmitted to an official of a
Boston department store informa-
ton that had come to him concern
ing labor difficulties in the Berkshire
Knitting Mills, near Reading, Pa,
before any formal case concerning
that 2lill had been filed with the
Labor Board.
The decision to call Mr. Smith was
reached at a brief executive session,
after committee counsel had placed
in the record the full text of the
letter, which, they said, was writ
ten by Mr.. Smith on October 26,
1896, to Louis z. Kirstein. vice presi-
dent of William Filene's Sons Co.
of Boston In the letter Mr. Smith
told Mr.. KRISTEN of data the board
had received Informally regarding
working conditions at the Berkshire
Mills, including information that
(See LABOR BOARD, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Foreign.

sSsSiSUs
Firms offer to cease hostilities for
peaceful talks. Page Al
British raid Nazi seaplane bases;
sight part of fleet. Page Al
Graf Spec refueling; expected to
try dash to sea. Page Al
Chinese report widespread attacks
on Japanese. Page "A
Nazis believed using liner to trap
British warships. Page A-4
British prisoners on Spec sang for
British victory. Page AS
League acts to coordinate supply of
arms for Films. Page A-10
National
Smith says Labor Board engaged in
extra legal" activities. Page Al
Protest weighed over neutrality vio-
lation in naval battle. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity.
Retired jeweler and wife found slain
in home here. Page Al
Evening star., 1939-12-15
BURLINGTON. N. c., Dec.

BURLINGTON, N. c., Dec. Is up.
j. B. Heatwole of Dayton, Va, re-
ported to police his pocketbook con-
tanning SIS was lifted in a church
vestibule here after he had attended
services.
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Dutch Leave for Berlin

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands,
Dec. Is R.-A Netherlands dele
CATION left today for Berlin for
economic negotiations.
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Trade Board praised for work for
airport. Page B-1
D. c. bar split over divorce COM
missioner. Page B-1
New plan knits Howard U. and
FTeedmen's. Page B-1
Capt. Lohman, oldest police officer,
to retire. Page B-1
Evening star., 1939-12-15

(See DEBT, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1939-12-15

(See LABOR BOARD, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Pocket Picked at Church

(See LONDON, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Weather Forecast

Fair, not quite so cold tonight, minimum
temperature about "a degrees; tomorrow
increasing cloudiness followed by rain
at night. Temperatures today-Highest,
40, at 2 pm; lowest, 80, at 7:15 am.
From the United states Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page A-2
Evening star., 1939-12-15

(See SPEC, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1939-12-15

(See NEUTRALITY, Page A-16.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
Conviction Secured For
Fraudulent Ad Soliciting

Lake Charles, La. (ILNS).-R. F..
Howell, brought into court here on a
charge of fraudulently soliciting adj
vertising in the name of the Louisiana
State Federation of Labor, was con-
victed. E. H. Williams, president of
the State Federation of Labor, ap-
peared as prosecuting witness. 1t is
believed that a few more convictions
will put stop to the activities of the
highbinders who go without authority
about the country selling advertising
in the name of organized labor. That
State Federation of Labor officials
and officers of central labor unions
are determined to put a stop to the
practice is evidenced by the fact that
the conviction of Powell brings the
total number of racketeers to five who
have been convicted within the past
year for fraudulently soliciting adver-
tising in the name of union labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
Bill introduced To Make
CCC Permanent Agency

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton, chairman
of the House Labor Committee, an
nounced that she was introducing a
bill to establish the CCC as a perma-
nent agency, in accord with President
Roosevelt's recommendations
She said her bill would put the CCC
under civil service, with provisions
that enrollees be dropped from the
rolls within two years if they do not
pass satisfactory examinations.
Through it's work programs, the
CCC has added Importantly to the ma
tons natural resources wealth." Mrs.
Norton said. "This new impetus given
to conservation has also proved Of
immeasurable benefit to idle youth.
'I have kept in close touch with the
CCC program since it was founded
There is no doubt but that it is a
worthwhile activity which the govern
ment cannot afford to drop"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

The British Trades Union Congress
expects to secure the passage by Par
lament during the session of 1910 or
1941 of laws establishing vacation
with payment for almost all workers.
Such agreements have already been
reached by many unions and manu-
featuring companies. The 7. U. c..
also expects to shorten labor weeks
to al hours for all young workers by
the same time.
Belgium passed a system of one
days holiday for two months employ
ment, or one weeks holiday for each
year. This bill was passed in 1886.
1t does not apply to workers in farm
ing, horticulture or forestry. Belgian
workers are trying to apply it to those
industries.
Over 1900 writer's and labor leaders
have been arrested in Japan within a
little more than a year for having
spread dangerous anti-war thoughts"
among Japanese labor. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 or 100000 Japa-
nese workers will be out of jobs when
the raw materials for making other
than war materials are manufactured
World events are now quite largely
events relating to threatened war. In
a single days dispatches recently
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
Walkout Ties Up Hundreds
OF New York Buildings

New York City (ILNS). - Four
thousand elevator operators and main
tenance employees walked out in sew
erak hundred office and loft buildings
on February l and said they were
prepared to stay out month If nee
essary. From $4,000 to 100000 gar
ment and fur workers refused to
climb the skyscraper stairs OF to cross
picket lines. There were the usual
disputes about several matters; but
three facts stood out:
l. Present wages of building serv-
ice workers range from $23 to $26.75
week. In this city, that is barely
at meager living line.
2. The Midtown and Penn Zone
Realty Owners Associations, acting
through William D. Rawlins, execu-
tive secretary of the Realty Advisory
Board, followed their usual course OF
refusing to settle. They did, how
ever, accept the proposal of Stanley
M. Isaacs, president of the Borough
of Manhattan, to have talkover.
3. The strikers offered to compro
mise, and in several buildings made
settlements within "a to So hours.
The strike was a demand for AZ
hours week instead of the presen
48, and for Is to 20 per cent increase
in wages Early settlements were
made on an agreement for 81 weel
increase in wages, and 44-houl
week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
They Begin To Agree
Gerald w. Johnson in Baltimore
Evening Sun)

The Italo-R Russian trade agreement
may not amount to much in itself, but
it is a significant indication of how
totalitarian states can get together
when it is obviously worth while to
do so.
Some months ago Hitler remarked
that he could make deal with any
dictator that it was only the democ-
racies that gave him trouble.
Indeed, why not? A totalitarian
state is totalitarian state, whether
it calls itself Communist, Fascist OF
Nazi. The things that divide them
are superficial differences. 1t is be-
tween totalitarianism and democracy
that the difference is as high as heaven
and as deep as hell.
Stain has come to an agreement
with Mussolini. Stain can come to
an agreement with Hitlec. If it seems
worth his while, Stain can come to
an agreement with the war lords who
control Japan. On the important
point, despotism, they all see eye to
eve.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
WASHINGTON'S IDEAS ON
GOVERNMENT

At this time of year, few words
from George Washington are always
in order. The trouble is that so few
who quote select their quotations to
give, not Washington's views on this
or that public policy that was up at
the time and might be changed with
changing circumstances; but his basic
doctrines of government.
In letter to John Habberton, while
the Constitution was before the people
of the states for adoption, Washington
said that he thought the Constitution
was better document than anyone
had right to expect from a conven-
tion of delegates from so many sep
arate states. But it really left no
room for destructive criticism, for two
reasons:
First, that the general government
is not invested with more powers than
are indispensably necessary to per-
form the functions of good govern
ment. -.
Secondly, that these powers, as the
appointment of all rulers will forever
arise from, and at short stated inter-
walls recur to, the free suffrages of
the people, are so distributed among
the legislative, executive and judicial
branches into which the general gov
ernment is arranged, that it never can
be in danger of degenerating into a
monarchy, an oligarchy, OR ANY
OTHER DESPOTIC OR OPPRES-
SIVE FORM, so long as there shall
remain any virtue in the body of the
people"
Once year is not whit too often
to remind the people that George
Washington believed monarchy, oil
garchy, or other specially privileged
systems degenerate" form of gov
ernment.
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ing journeymen soothsayers.
No wonder the Montreal Star poked
fun at the boys as s'pin-headed proph-
cts of evil"
Gosh, suppose they should fall down
this year, too! That would be too bad
for the prophets.
Labor papers from various sections
report increased union label activity
Union men and women everywhere
are alert to the need of promoting the
demand for union label goods and
services.
They know that the union label is
notification to the purchaser that
goods bearing it are made by wage
earners receiving fair wages and
working under good conditions.
They are emphasizing that the
union label is an insignia of American
fair play and as such is deserving OF
the support of every American who
has the interests of his country at
heart.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03

Hitler expressed "pained surprise
that Great Britain is increasing her
armaments; the French premier
served public notice that France will
not be "bIackmailed" out of any of her
territory; and Japan has warned the
western powers that she is likely to
clear out the International Settlement
in Shanghai. Any of these things
would have been a top headline across
any daily newspapers front page in
ordinary times. Now, they are all on
that page.
Yet there are some items of news
which give Americans some comfort
and satisfaction. America is not go
ing into war unless kicked into it; but
she is not going to be caught fiat
footed. 1t is plain already that our ali
force that should daunt any enemy
if that enemy had any sense-and
there is a circumstance which may
even make one chuckle.
The French are reported to be good
close bargainers. They would not
praise unduly any merchandise which
they wanted to buy. Yet French mill.
tary agents have said openly that two
American planes are better than any.
thing of the sort III Europe; and have
ordered several hundred of them. Il
that is not testimonial of Americas
potential strength, what is?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
Non-UniOn Printer Uses
Union Label, Is Charge

Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).-
Acting on complaint of the District
of Columbia Allied Printing Trades
Council, the United States Attorney
here brought suit against the Wash
ington Paragraph Company, Inc, on
the charge of illegally using the label
of the council.
Vincent G. Walkendifer, president
of the council, said that his organiza-
tion has evidence that the company
reproduced a printing job which pre-
viously had been done in union
printing shop. The penalty for con-
viction of using registered label
without permission of the owner is
not less than $100 fine.
Mr.. Walkendifer said the label of
the Allied Printing Trades Council
has been registered for many years
with the clerk of the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia, and that
the council believes infringement
should be prosecuted, not only to pun
ish violators of the union label law
but also to protect legitimate union
shops which use the label.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
MOONEY ILL, FACES OPERATION

Los Angeles (ILNS) Tom Mooney
has been confined to the home of
friends by a recurrent gall bladder
ailment, for which he will undergo a
major operation. Mooney was stricken
on February II but his illness was not
Immediately announced He cancelled
a series of speaking engagements in
behalf of Warren K Billings, CO.
defendant in the 1916 San Francisco
Preparedness Day bombing, and fol
whose pardon Mooney has dedicated
his efforts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
GARMENT WORKERS
WIN SIT-DOWN STRIKE

Alpena, Mich. (ILNS).-A sit-down
strike at the Alpena Garment Com
pany plants ended when the company
granted the strikers demands for a
25-cent an hour minimum wage.
The strike was called in protest
against Inauguration of piece work
system which employees charged re-
suited in lower wages.
The strike affected approximately
1000 employees, mostly women. II
was the first sit-down in Gov. Frank
D. Fitzgerald's administration, which
has announced its opposition to sit
down strikes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1889.
A CHANCE FOR NEEDED REFORM

A wildcat strike has happened in a
Pennsylvania coal mine which raises
a question that ought to be solved by
law. A coal company was formed in
bankruptcy proceedings a year ago.
The old company or companies owed
their workers at that time nearly a
years wages, having paid driblets in
stead of full wage payments for a
time around two years. The new COM
pany agreed to pay the back wages,
but wanted three years to do it.
But recently, the regular pay was
several days overdue. Most of the
men accepted, reluctantly, the com
pany's promise that these regular
wages would be paid at once. Sixty
three of the more than 500 workers
staged sit-down strike, saying that
the company hadn't kept its word,
and demanding the back pay, too.
There was no union action. 1t was
an impromptu protest against a
wrong.
For it would puzzle the traditional
Philadelphia lawyer to conjure up
any just reason why the workers in
mine should carry the load of un-
paid wages for three years. They
are the men to whom the debt is owed.
They are the men who need it most.
Why should they hold the bag while
representatives of the bankrupt con-
Germ get away with any cash there is Z?
The United States government has
never done wiser thing than passing
the act which guarantees the payment
of deposits in a broken bank up to
$4,000. Why should there not be a
law to guarantee the unpaid wages of
bankrupt coal mine or any other
industry?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
B. & @. Head FavOrs
Lower Rail Fares

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Re
duction of passenger fares on south
eastern railroads is expected to pre-
cipitate another move for cut in
rates by all eastern railroads.
President Daniel Willard of the
Baltimore and Ohio gave the first hint
that the reduction probably would
have considerable influence on others.
Reiterating his belief that lower
fares would increase traffic and rev.
enue, he said:
when fares are too high, | always
have felt that they should be lowered
And feel that our present fares are
too high"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
7heCherry
/" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
~ tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Pet cat of Washington, D. c., man
goes to celebrated Johns Hopkins Hos
pital at Baltimore for treatment of
infected feet.
IN. White" as the cat is listed at
the hospital, gets the care of renowned
specialists.
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the
R. F. C. and a friend of the cats
owner, got the hospital attention for
"Mr. White"
Whereat "Mr. White" had his pic
ture on the front pages, with appro-
pirate text.
Why can't human beings get as good
treatment as "Mr. White?
Story of "Mr White" must have
posed this question to many who
read it.
Moneyed cat and moneyed humans
get the best of medical care.
Poor cats and poor humans some
times have good care, more often do
not.
Growing realization of humanity's
right to adequate medical treatment,
when needed, is leading to widespread
demand for such treatment for all.
Doctors will have to heed this de-
mand, cooperate, or get bumped.
No one knows how adequate med
ical treatment for all will come. It
may come by private cooperative ef-
fort, by government effort, or through
a combination of both.
But it's on the way.
The boys who know all about what
is going to happen in Europe in the
next few weeks are at it again.
Forgetting their past boners, they
are indulging in a saturnalia of spec
ulation. Their guess machines are
in full blast.
Makes one dizzy to read their out
pourings.
They have the totalitarian powers
striking in SO many directions at once.
One day they have Russia doomed
to attack within AZ hours. The next
day they see Holland and Belgium
overrun this spring. Another day it
is England and France. Again, Switz-
erland and Denmark are the victims.
So far they have not predicted the
principality of Monaco will be the
early object Of totalitarian wrath
Likely they'll get around to that soon
The prophecy boys forget how hard
they fell down last year. They had
war coming at dozen different times
Dates and even hours were set. But
they never came. Some Of the boys
were deeply panied. Hardly fair, yor
know, for the totalitarian powers te
fail to perform according to schedule
J as mapped out for them by hardwork.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
THE WORM TURNS
(From Erie Railroad Magazine)

1t used to be the order to sue the
railroad when the motorist ran into
the train, but apparently times dc
change, so Myrtle G. Gochanour
brakeman on the Burlington, has been
awarded $4,000 damages by a Su-
perior Court jury in Illinois for in
juries sustained when a truck crashed
into his train, throwing him from the
baggage car.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03

successful. The paper was made from
old magazines, newspapers, poster
sheets and even carbon paper. DR.. W.
F. Hochstetter, the inventor, says the
process will reduce the price of news
print from the present scale of $50 to
S65 ton to $50 to S35.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
WHITMAN
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GEO. KAPPEL

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
PRESIDENTS STAND BACKED

New York City (ILNS). - The
American Labor Party is throwing it's
full support behind President Roose-
velt's demand that Congress appro-
pirate an additional $150,000,0OO for
relief, the amount cut from his origi-
nal recommendation of $S75, 100000,
ii was announced by Lester Rosner,
Assistant State Secretary. Letters
have been mailed to all affiliated trade
unions and district organizations of
the party calling upon them to or
ganize behind the Presidents demand
for additional relief funds.
A woman goes shopping but she
doesn't buy anything until she be-
comes tired.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
WHAT NEXT?

Paper made from "de-inked" waste
paper was recently tried in the print
ing of Pittsburgh newspaper and
the test is said to have been highly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03
WISDOM

/ consider the people who constitute
society or nation as the source of
all authority in that nation.-Thomas
Jefferson.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-03

Office Boy: ct six eggs for break
fast this morning.
Bookkeeper: You mean ate, don't
you?
Office Boy: Well, maybe it was
eight | ct.
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"The Stars and Stripes
Forever

'Tis the Banner of the Free" Now
is the time to show the world which
Flag you stand for. Display United
States Flag in your home, office, and
store. We have large stock silk
wool-cotton and paper Flags.
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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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