The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-05-25
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(By Ohio Labor News Seryice)


Columbus, O-Legislation sponsored
10y organized labor which had been
approved by the House of Representa-
tives met Sudden death" when it en-
countered the Senate Commerce and
Labor Committee last week.
One measure, House Bill 237, intro
duced by Representative Albert F.
Stokes, Lancaster, as part of the leg
islative program of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor, proposed to
change the name of the Ohio Depart
ment of Industrial Relations to the
Ohio Department of Labor.
Although the provisions of the
measure were included in both party
platforms, the Committee killed the
bill to sustain the objections of Don
Martin, secretary of the Ohio Manu-
facturers' Association.
Senator l. E. Baker, (R), Montgom-
cry county, member of the Commit
tee, voiced his objections to the bill
by saying that he felt the Department
should be named the Department of
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dustry pays the bill and is entitled to
recognition"
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas J. Don
nelly of the Ohio State Federation of
Labor, in reply pointed out that the
administrative costs of the Depart
ment were paid out of the general rev.
enue fund of the state, and that, as
there were Departments Of Agricul-
ture, Insurance, Commerce, Health,
ETC., each with a Director in the Gov
ernor's cabinet, labor felt that it
should be represented there also with
a Director of Department of Labor.
The Committee also killed House
Bill AZ, prohibiting the employment of
women as bartenders. The measure
was sponsored by the State Branch Of
the Hotel and Restaurant Employees
Union, and was introduced by Repre-
sentative Martin Blum, Cleveland.
House Bill 219, establishing stand
ards of apprentice training in the
state, was indefinitely postponed (kill-
ed) by action of the House Finance
Committee last week, where it had
been sent after approval by the House
Labor Committee. An appropriation
provision in the bill made it necessary
to have it considered by the Finance
Committee. The measure was spon-
sored by the Ohio State Federation of
Labor.
Although standing Committees of
the House and Senate have killed per-
majority Of the legislation
sponsored solely by the Ohio State
of Labor this season, legis-
lation opposed by labor has the annoy
ing habit of reappearing on Committee
hearing schedules after having been
voted down on previous occasions.
This unusual legislative situation
arose again on two occasions last
week, when billS~sopposed by labor
were revived in the House Labor Com
mittee and the House Highways Com
mittee.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which Senate Bill LIT was laid on the
table last week was defeated in the
Labor Committee by vote of six to
five.
Voting against the motion were
Representatives Forsythe, Hiner,
Thompson of Lucas county, O'Brien,
Mrs. O'Nel and Whetro. Voting for
reconsideration were Representatives
Addison, Cordes, Kirkpatrick of Lick
ing county, Myers and Stokes.
Exemptions to the eight-hour day
law for women, contained in the bill,
made the law practically meaningless.
Although House Bill 462, granting
police powers to the Highway Patrol,
was scheduled for hearing again in the
Committee last week, the
Committee adjourned without taking
action on the measure. The bill was
thought killed several weeks ago when
a motion to recommend it for passage
failed