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The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
CLOSE YOUR EYES

Aunt Sarah-I don't like to see you use so much powder and rouge. You know, handsome is as hand some does"
 Polly Makeup-Well, don't you see me doing it.
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
Retired

"What is your occupation?" asked the judge sternly.
 T haven't any," replied the pris- oner. T just circulate around"
 Please note," said the judge to the court clerk. "that this gentle man is herewith retired from circu- lation for 30 daysl"
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
Optimism Defeated

'If you can't say something pleas ant, keep quiet"
 Impossible. I'm weather fore caster"
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
QUARTER NOTES

''Is it true that great singers voice has broken?"
 Yes; I heard it last night in at least four pieces"
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22

There's nothing but obstacles in the path of that poor seamstress!" Don't you think she can thread her way through?"
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
Some Bird

Diner-What sort of bird is this? Waiter-It's wood pigeon, sir. Diner-I thought so. Get me a saw.
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
SOUPS ON!

First Fijian (after fine dinncr)- Dat missionary shore done meh goodl
 Second Fijian-Well, he said he come yere to do good.
The Nome nugget., 1939-12-22
THAT'S SOMETHING

That isn't very brilliant looking policeman.
 Well, his buttons sparkle any way"
Evening star., 1939-01-30

in G Minor" by Kalinnikow, the
Russian composer, who died in his
35th year. This symphony, which
brought him his greatest recogni-
ton as composer, is as thoroughly
national in flavor as Is John Powell's
"Rhapsodie." Native folk melody
and native rhythm Of the purest
Slavic character unite with temper
amental abandon and plaintive sad
ness which go hand in hand as also
distinguishing features OF Slavic
music.
The andante is the one movement
where he leaves the healthy speech
50 colorfully adapted to the rest of
the symphony for an especially
lovely poetic interlude where the
atmosphere is set by the reiterated
melody played by the harp and vio-
Inns. 1t has all the remoteness and
loneliness Of far-away places tinged
with remembrance. which the COM
poser has expressed with unique skill.
The first. and especially the last
movement, which, In a way, is re-
capitulation Of the first, are of hard
er texture, more brittle and out
spoken in theme and treatment,
forming decided contrast with the
andante. The last movement con-
cludes with mighty gathering to-
Evening star., 1939-01-30

gether Of the whole into q gorgeous
volume Of sound, through which
can be heard the ringing of bells.
So overwhelming was the massive
ness Of sound that the audience al
most matched it with its applause,
ending the concert on a note of high
enthusiasm.
Before this, however, came the ex-
quisite introduction to DTndy's
opera, "Fervaal," one of the most
beautiful numbers In the orchestras S
repertoire. Its moonlight mood, the
fragile quality of enchantment that
floats about 1t, are superbly depicted,
while the deep-toned BASES indi-
cate the tragic denouement that
ends the opera story. AS introduc-
tory number, the orchestra played
Mozart's "Divertimento No. 7, K. v.
205," with its reproduction of the
Viennese popular style of music
composition of that period. Per-
haps, because it was an attempt at
imitation, the work lacks the spon-
taneity and the joyousness so con-
tinuously characteristic of Mozart's
writings.
Evening star., 1939-01-30
Committee Requests
Funds Be Sent 10
Garfield Hospital
Appeals to Those Who
Used Restrictive
Stickers in Chest Drive

Persons who had used restrictive
stickers on their Community Chest
pledges were urged today by the
Citizens Committee for Medical
Freedom to send contributions in
the amount of their pledges to Gar
field Hospital.
This recommendation was based
on the action of Garfield Hospital
in granting to five physicians Of
Group Health Association, Inc, hos
pital privileges on the courtesy staff,
and the prospect of fair considera-
ton for other doctors, regardless Of
their af1liation with G. H. A."
The committees proposal to sup
port Garfield followed a letter sent
out by the Community Chest to
sticker users, returning pledge cards
and cash contributions, where down
payments had been made. These
stickers had stipulated that the
pledges to which they were affixed
were valid only if the hospitals ad-
mitted patients with c. H. A. physi-
clans.
Walter Woehlke, president of the
Committee for Medical Freedom, in
q statement today declared that the
committee and its sympathizers
stand for a square deal for physi-
clans and their patients based on
merit alone. Garfield Hospital" he
continued, has now issued courtesy
cards to five doctors, elsewhere dis
criminated against, on merit, and
thus opened up the prospect of fair
consideration for other doctors, re-
gardless of their affiliation with
Group Health Association, our local
medical cooperative.
Garfield Hospital can therefore
come before the people of Wash
ington with clean hands in asking
for financial support. Other hospi-
tails which receive public support
through the Chests disqualification
fund cannot. Garfield is entitled,
under the new agreement with the
Chest now in force, to solicit and
accept contributions independently
The friends of medical freedom are
just as anxious to support worthy
welfare agencies as any one else
and since the Community Chest has
now relinquished all claims to their
Evening star., 1939-01-30

oS1AACVCo 11OGOWOl WY &ol1l0 do Oil AL
terpretive artist can equal that fame
in the field Of composition, but this
John Powell has done to remark
able degree and more than that, has
utilized the material found in his
homeland for inspiration.
This work of his, which caused a
furor at its first hearing, is based
on two Negro spirituals, Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot" and II Want to Be
Ready" and Mr.. Powell has proven
what noble results can be obtained
from their use given the proper
talent and knowledge. Not many
composers of this country could
emulate him in the expansion and
development he has given these
themes, in his structural form and
his harmonic inventiveness.
"Rhapsodie Negre" has melody
and rhythm, both of which are in
cidental to the surging emotion, the
tonal richness and the compelling
unity of the writing. There is solid
substance in the parts allotted to the
orchestra, which has the additional
allure OF originality, while the piano
has declamatory passages of haunt
ing melody, varied with flashes of
brilliant display that are not merely
snowy moments but relative to the
whole. 1t was here that Mr.. Powell,
the pianist, was dominant, playing
with delicacy or fervor, while the
splendid orchestral background, fine
ly developed by DR.. Kinder, dis
closed the sensitiveness and depth of
the musical perception of Mr. Powell,
the composer.
An outburst of applause which
seemed never to end brought the
artist out repeatedly until he was
forced to give an encore. Even then
the applause continued, recalling
the pianist-composer time and again.
Second in success on yesterdays
program was the Symphony No. !
Evening star., 1939-01-30

pledges, the logical thing for them
to do is to come to the support Of
an agency which is doing the right
thing
Evening star., 1939-01-30
IOhn Powell Scores as SOlOist
At Symphony Concert
Mozart and Kalinnikow
Works Are Programmed
By Orchestra
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Between Mozart who died in s and Basil Knnkow who
posed 100 later both of whose works
the National Symphony yesterday afternoon Constitution Hail.
placed that living John Powell This
and popular artist soo yesterday
composition "7hapsode Negre" often
Evening star., 1939-01-30
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Evening star., 1939-01-30

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extract in the clean,
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Evening star., 1939-01-30

All choroe purchases mode
todoy and tomorrow will
oppeor on your Februoy
settlement, payable IN
March.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
just having "growed," and then stood
around until somebody wanted it.

Just having "growed," and then stood
around until somebody wanted it.
At least, that is the old conception
of the situation, with reference to the
supply of labor. But, do you know
that there are really some new ideas
coming into circulation about that?
These ideas have been seeping In
through several sources, and perhaps
as convincing source as any has
been the tax collector; who had to
find the money for unemployment re-
lief; which was necessary to pay for
the cost of feeding and clothing and
housing working people who had been
too long unemployed; which working
people were, very inconveniently, citi-
zens and voters; having influence with
legislators because they could vote
for or against them.
1t all seems bit silly, when these
are the people who need the COM
modities; who are able and willing to
make these commodities; and who
can and do make the machines which
are necessary for the making OF the
goods they need; and who are eltl-
zens, controlling more or less directly
the making of laws which govern the
uses of property.
May we suggest, that the folks wh'
are at present in control OF th'
switches governing the economic pow
ers and activities of this nation, pa,
little attention to their functions a
holders of the levers.
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LEADERS CONFER
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
the governor to adopt strong policy
demanding action by the General AS
sembly.
Further consideration Of the prob
lem was postponed by the labor rep
resentatives following their confer
ence with Governor Bricker until after
the November election, at which a
number of affected cities will vote on
special relief levies, and also in view
of the fact that the governor def
niteiy asserted that special session
of the Legislature, if one is called,
would not be considered until after
November z.
The conference was attended by the
full executive board of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor, consisting OF
President Lyden, Vice Presidents
Stanley Ogg, Albert Dalton, John E
Breidenbach, George Suder, John
Rohrich, William Finegan and Harry
D. Jones, and Secretary Treasure,
Thomas j. Donnelly.
Central labor bodies were repre-.
sented by Paul Lavo, Jr., and A. J
Frecka, Akron; Otto Zoecklein anc
John Willett, Cincinnati; John Froeh.
Itch and Thomas Quinn, Toledo, ane
John c. Getreu, Columbus. The Cleve
land Federation of Labor was repre-
sented by it's president, William
Finegan, who is also president
of the state labor body.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1889.
A STEP IN ADVANCE

There is bitter opposition to the
Wage-Hour Act, among certain
quite limited coterie of employers of
cheap labor. These are engaged
mainly in the food industries, and it
is curious to note that only one-third
of those receiving less than 80 cents
an hour are located in the South.
The estimated increase in the total
payrolls, from the application of the
increase in the minimum wage of 25
cents to 80 cents an hour, which be-
came effective October "a, is about
$100,000,000 Next year the other
slice will be added, when the standard
wage will be raised to 40 cents an
hour. That will have a wider swath,
also, and probably may raise louder
howl from those whose profits will be
affected. Meanwhile, less than 100000
will be affected out of total of 10
million, by the direct wage increase,
which is only about 5.5 per cent of
the total manufacturing roll.
The shorter standard work week
will affect larger number, who will
draw overtime for all wages over AZ
hours. This should have some effect
on spreading the work among larger
number of workers. But where that
would entail more equipment, en-
ployers are likely to find it cheaper
to pay the overtime.
At any rate, it is another step to-
ward a goal, all too ineffective, which
was really set in the days of the
N.RA.
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YOUTH AT THE WHEEL
(From the Washington Post)

(From the Washington Post)
1t is matter of common knowledge
that the public highway runs a close
second to the battlefield in the matter
Of casualties. Anything that lessons
the carnage is worth while. And the
course in safe driving to be intro
duced in Maryland's high schools
should be effective in that direction.
The course will have the approval
of all high school students. 1t will
also have the whole-hearted approval
of the sales departments of automo-
bile companies. For ability to drive
car is naturally followed by desire
to have a car to- drive.
And if it be conceded that it is the
duty of the state to prepare it's chill
dren for citizenship, and (further) if
there should be agreement on how
far state should go in this direction
then approval will be general.
In any case the experiment will be
watched with interest the country
over For dead citizens have no rights
no privileges Citizens have to BIZ
kept alive. And one way to keep then
alive is to have none but safe driver!
on the highways.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

Importance can happen in one coun-
try of this world without affecting all
other countries. Today we are of it;
tomorrow we may be in it. Then,
what of our democracy, what of our
freedom, what of our rights and priv
ileges, what of our democratic pro-
cedureS.
Already the nation is taking steps
of preparedness for war or any
eventuality. Steps of preparedness
for the preservation and extension of
our own democracy must include prep
aration against any infringement of
our democratic rights and procedures
no matter what the eventuality might
be.
The warning broadcast by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt might well be
put down for future reference and i'm
mediate action:
+, "The important thing at this time
| is to concentrate on understanding
what are the detectives of democracy
and working for them. There is the
great danger that in suppressing
alien-controlled groups we may also
be suppressing some of our own free
DOM"
Representative Jerry Voorhis OF
California is more specific in his
warning:
"a wholesale campaign by industry
to weed out people who may be re-
garded as Reds would lead to injus
tice in nine cases out of ten. The jof
of eliminating Communist, Nazi, ol
other secret agents in industry is one
that can only be handled properly b!
the F. B. l."
The danger is clearly defined ant
immediate. The success of preserv
, ing our rights and liberties will b.
spelled in the terms and the strength
of our insistence that no matter wha
might happen the principles of ou
democracy shall not be violated.
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"A ceiling will be fixed on prices
and taxes will be increased and no.
body will gain.
"If anybody thinks they can make
profit out of war, they're crazy"
Mr.. Baruch's statements may be
rather sweeping but in the main he
is right.
War would bring profits to some,
in all probability, but whether they
could hang on to them is another
matter,
AS Mr.. Baruch intimates, war taxes
are likely to play havoc with war
profits.
But human nature being what it is,
hope of war profits is bound to per-
sist. If war should come to America,
industry and business will hope and
strive to profit. Nor would expecta-
tion of profit be confined to the en-
ploying class. Workers would ex-
pect to profit through increased en-
ployment opportunities and high pay
A disastrous slump after the war
could easily more than wipe out ALL
gains, for both capital and labor.
We haven't forgotten that slump
came soon after the World War, in
| 1921 and 1922
And shattering bust came only II
years after the ending of the war
following a period of what passed fol
abounding prosperity, but which
wasn't prosperity for large groups
as for example, the farmers.
Plenty of people believe that the
Great Depression was direct result
of our futile crusade to make the
world safe for democracy.
Industry's lack of faith in wal
profits is undoubtedly a factor in its
firm opposition to war. In that it j:
standing side by side with the grea
masses of the people.
Industry and business are asking
adequate defense, but are opposing
any move or policy that might draw
us into war. Wall Street organs hav
Joined with labor in urging stric
IAmerican neutrality.
With other Americans, industria
and business leaders have no faith il
the idea that we can make Europ
over. That, they are convinced, is
task for Europe and for Europe alone
If Europe can't do the job, others can
either, they strongly suspect.
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d. J. Tobin, Union Head,
COnfers With President

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-Daniel
J. Tobin, president of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Teamsters, and
leading advocate of peace between
the A. F. of L. and c. l. o., conferred
with President Roosevelt but insisted
they did not discuss prospects of end
ing the civil war in labor ranks.
Tobin said that other subjects were
discussed at the conference. Speak
ing for himself, he said the fedora
tion has gone "as far toward peace
as it can"
eve went to the limit in our con.
vention," he said. "All we can dc
now is wait for some move by the
other fellows"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
A. F. |. UNION MADE
BARGAINING AGENCY

Washington. d. C. (ILNS). - The
National Labor Relations Board, in
split decision, has certified Cannery
Workers Union, Local 2O986, Amerl-
can Federation of Labor affiliate, as
sole bargaining agent for II fish pack
ing companies at Monterey and Moss
Landing, Calf. Board Member Ed
win S. Smith, who has been accused
by the A. F. of l.. OF being biased IN
favor of the C. l. O., dissented.
The A. F. of L. union won a ma
jority of the votes cast by the en-
ployes at each company. Employees
had choice of voting for the A. +.
of L. local, the Monterey Bay Area
Workers Union No. % &C. l. o., OF
for neither.
Smiths dissent from the majority
decision of Chairman Madden and
| William M. Leiserson said that Sc
rious charges have been brought
which, if substantiated, would invali-
date the results of the election"
! He referred to objections filed by
the CLIO union to the conduct OF
the elections, stating that the COM
!panies had interfered in the elections
and that the boards agents permit
ted at the polling place the infusion
of the intense rivalry prevailing be-
tween two labor organizations"
| The majority decision said that the
certificates on conduct of elections
stating that the polling was "fairly
and impartially conducted" were
signed by all parties, including rep
|resentatives of the c. |. 0. union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
BRITISH LABOR WINS
CONCESSIONS UNDER
WARTIME JOB ACT
English Government Attaches I'm
portance to Trade Union Coop
Grafton i'm War Effort.

London, Eng.-Trade union vigilance
not less essential in war time than in
peace, secured important modifica-
tions in wartime measure by which
the Minister of Labor proposed to as
sumo dictatorial powers for the con-
troll of employment.
Under the Control of Employment
Act the minister may take orders
which, unless the application of them
were properly controlled, might oper-
ate to keep down wage standards.
The act empowers the minister to
prohibit the advertising of vacancies
by employers, except with his con-
sent, and makes it compulsory for
employers, in general, to engage
workpeople through employment ex-
changes.
After an order is made, employers
to whom it applies may not, without
the consent of the minister, engage
or re-engage any employe to whom
the order applies.
Valuable Concessions Granted
Consultations between the ministry
and the Trades Union Congress re-
suited in valuable concessions by the
ministry.
First, it was agreed that existing
trade union machinery, by which trade
unions and employers cooperate in
the placing of men in jobs directly
will continue to operate. 1t will prob
ably, in fact, be extended.
Secondly, the act now provides fol-
joint committee of employers and
trade unions, under an independent
chairman appointed by the ministry
to examine the terms of orders framed
under the act.
The report of the committee will
. be put before Parliament with The
draft order.
In the words of the minister him
self, the trade unions, on behalf o
organized workers, have been give
"a statutory right" to be consulted.
Right of Appeal Won
In the third place, workers are t
have right of appeal in the even
of the minister withholding consen
to engagement or Encouragement b.
an employer.
: Such appeals will be put before tn
| Courts of Referees which function
! under the Unemployment Insuranc
7 Acts. 1t is provided that the min
lister shall not refuse his consent un
J less he is satisfied that an opportunit
, Of suitable employment is available.
: Compensation will be payable t
any worker in the event of successful
e appeal against decision of the min
: ister
{ The concessions secured by tn
5 Trades Union Congress indicate no
!. only the value of trade union vigilanc
4 in difficult times, but the importanc
y attached by the government to trad
r union cooperation in the war effor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
WHAT NEXT?

Corn bins are now being made OF
steel. The federal government has
ordered 10000 steel bins, to be used
by the Commodity Credit Corpora
ton to store corn turned over to it
in payment of government loans to
farmers. Each of the bins has a
capacity of 2,306 bushels.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03
TAX COLLECTOR AS EDUCATOR

Machinery represents an investment
by the employers to have the plant
ready for use, there must be some
thing put in, ahead of operation.
Labor is something you can go out
in the market and find, any time
There is no charge on the employer
for maintenance of labor, during pc
riods when the plant is not being
used. Labor is supposed just to be
there, somehow; perhaps like Topsey,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-11-03

War and democracy can not be rec
onciled There are, of course, quail
fications that may be made to such
bald heel rocking statement. 1t de-
mocracy is attacked, it must rise in
it's own defense. But even then, no
matter if the ultimate outcome of the
war spells victory for democracy, de-
mocracy has still lost something of
vital Importance in the process of
the war. Democracy is so consti-
tuted that it can not engage in war
without sustaining an injury, tempo
rary or permanent, to its basic prin-
ciples of freedom and liberty. Gov
ernment of the people, by the people
and for the people must go when war
time bureaucratic and authoritarian
control steps in,
The democracy that may be revived
with the end of the war will carry
the scars of it's forced retirement.
Freedoms, rights and liberties do not
possess the qualities of plped water.
They can not be turned on and off at
will. They must live by continued ex-
tension and development or they must
die. In democracy there can be no
suspended motion. Either democracy
is on it is not. Either it is a vital
force among men drawing it's strength
and purpose from the true and un-
compromising principles of freedom
and liberty or it is so much poppy
cock. There is no middle road fol
) democracy. 1t must go up or down
True to the principles that give it life
and meaning it must go up. ANY
variation from those principles mus
lead downward to a denial of all the
principles of it's being and result
5 only in destruction.
: For us these undeniable conclusions
t should be words of warning and pre-
, paredpess. We are not in the Euro