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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
PICKET Line GOES
SOCIETY in STRIKE

New York City (LINS). = The
picket line at the Brass Rail, 50th
Street and 7th Avenue, went formal
when group of women prominent in
society and civic affairs, attired in
evening clothes, joined the picket line,
following theatre party
They represented the New York
League of Women Shoppers, which
has officially endorsed the strike of
the $50 Brass Rail workers which
started on January 18, 1889, because
the firm refused to renew it's union
agreement.
Those in the group included Mrs.
Aline Davis Hays, Mrs. Elizabeth
Inerney, Miss Lily Turner, Mrs. Ruth
Dublin Marshall, Miss Kathleen Nc
Goetz, Mrs. Patsy Tolleris and Mrs.
Elizabeth Gillmor.
After an impartial investigation of
the strike, the board of directors of
the League of Women Shoppers noti-
fed the Levine brothers, owners of
the Brass Rail, that the league does
mot feel that the spirit of genuine
collective bargaining has been lived
up to" by the management and that
the board had voted "to support the
strikers in their efforts to secure a
union agreement"
The strike is being conducted by
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
Local 16, and Chefs, Cooks, Pastry
Cooks and Assistants Union Local 80,
both A. F. Of L., and involves also the
United Office and Professional Work
ers of America Local 16, 10.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

political field remains to become clear.
And it has to be remembered that in
the national field the A. F. of L. is
non-partisan, while in New York A. F.
of L. members swing the balance of
power in the A. L. p, while the A. l..
p, swings the balance of power in
New York politics. 1t is all a curious
mixture of currents and cross cur
rents.
But to put a great and powerful
newspaper into the American Labor
Party picture is to do something that
is important to the United States.
The Post will put new slant on
news from Washington and it prob
ably will put new slant on news
from the nations big population cen
ters. Ditto as to the war.
The change of ownership of the
newspaper once dominated by Oswald
Garrison Willard has created scarcely
a ripple west of the Hudson, but it
will, as time goes on.
And so the city with the exagge-
rated ego really does something that
iustifies a little burst of "Look what
| did"
Labor in the United States has
made only the most hating eXcur-
sions into the field of daily journal
ism. In nearly all of the cases of
record so far Gas, indeed, in the pres
ent case) so-called daily labor papers
have been primarily political papers
And their careers followed, by and
large, the curve of the political arc
usually a freakish arc.
There was the old Chicago Daily
Socialist, finally perishing to do a
Phoenix as the Chicago World, out
growth of a newspaper strike, again
to perish as the strike ended. There
was the Manitowoc (Wis.) Daily Trib-
unue, born to back Socialist mayor
And the adventure in Seattle. And
the New York Call, with its meteoric
wartime flash of high life, ending
with a terrific crash at high speed
That's about the list to date.
Now comes the New York Post
with a great history and a great ira
dition.
If the thing wins through it may
be the most stimulating thing that
has happened to none-too-brilliant
American journalism since the Civil
Ware. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
Wagner Urges Further Progress


In a radio broadcast over Station
WOR, which she shared with U. >.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Commits
sioner Miller paid tribute to Wagner
for the leading part he took in pass
ing the law, while a member of the
Legislature in 1914.
Senator Wagner recalled the diff
culties of the battle 25 years ago for
enactment of the Workmen's Compen-
sation Law and warned that an ami
versary of ''this kind would be fruit
less if given over to complacent self
satisfaction. He added:
eve pause now to survey our past
progress, only as means of measur-
ing what remains to be done. We
must press forward to compensate for
silicosis and other dust diseases on a
par with every other hazard growing
out of the employment and covered
by the law. In the background of the
workmen's compensation law, but be-
yond its immediate range, we have
another and broader goal-the more
widespread application of preventive
measures to deal with industrial haz-
ards at the source"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
aim AT BASIC CURE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

Washington, D. C. ILNS). - A
Representatives has been formed to
study the unemployment problem and
will ask experts on the problem to
present their views. Representative
Jerry Voorhis of California is taking
a leading part in formation of the
group, which is seeking basic rene
dies for unemployment.
A spokesman for the group said it
aimed to bring together members
from all parties in an endeavor to
reach an agreement on a legislative
program to assist employment, which
he describes as the greatest prob
lem facing America"
"In all the excitement over the
European situation" he said, 1--WE
want the people to know that many
members of Congress are still inter-
ested in unemployment.
"This new group" he added, (which
is not identical with the so-called lib
eral bloc, intends to try to work out
a positive plan to meet this problem,
not merely an increase in the relief
appropriation. We realize that in
creasing w. P. A. funds is simply a
palliative which utterly fails to go to
the root of the question"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

In Sweden the end of the year is
the time for giving notice of termina-
tion of collective agreements, which
cover about 425,000 workers, and
which came into force on January l
or February /, 1888. On September 6
last, the Swedish National Trade
Union Centre held a conference of
trade union executives to consider the
whole situation and decide on the
policy to be pursued regarding col
lective agreements. This conference
took the view that care should be
taken when the new agreements were
concluded in order to assure the pur
chasing power of wages to the great
est possible degree, either through
limiting the life of the agreement or
by tying wages to the cost of living
index
In Denmark, where most agree
ments would have expired on March
/, 1910, action has been taken to pro-
long them to March l, 1941, while at
the same time a guarantee has been
given that wages will be kept in line
with the official cost of living index.
In Norway, collective agreements
expire on April /, 1910. Negotiations
have taken place with the employers
organizations and demands have been
put forward on the workers side for
wage increases to meet the rise in the
cost of living; negotiations are now
taking place in the separate indus
tries.
At the end of last September, con-
ference was held in Gothenburg (Swe-
DEM of the presidents Of the national
labor organizations of Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden to consider the col
lective agreements situation and the
general position of the trade unions.
1t was stated at that time that the
trade unions of all three countries
were prepared to use all their force
and influence in order to defend as
effectively as possible the interests of
the workers in this time Of emergency.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

With the Scandinavian countries
much in the news these days, activ-
tiles of their labor movements are of
special interest. Reports received by
the International Federation of Trade
Unions from Denmark, Sweden and
Norway show that labor in these ma
tions is bending all its energies to
prevent profteering and protect work
ers from hardships resulting from the
war, as far as possible.
Trade unions in the Scandinavian
countries, the l. f. t. U. says, are
aware that the war means great sac
rifices and burdens of all kinds for
the neutral Scandinavian countries
also, and that it will not be possible
to carry on life in the accustomed
manner. The trade unions aim is to
make all the burdens arising from the
war as bearable as possible for the
working people.
The close ties between the trade
unions and the Social-Democratic par
ties, which have an important place
in the governments of the three coun-
tries, have ensured a certain voice in
affairs to the unions, which provides
guarantee that the demands of the
workers will be given as much consid-
erations as the circumstances allow.
In all three countries legislative and
other action has been taken by the
government to protect industry and
the population from the worse effects
Of the crisis. To this end special gov
ernment committees have been set up
for different sections of industry,
with the task of keeping industry
going, ensuring the supply of raw
materials, examining and maintaining
employment possibilities and super
vising prices.
The trade unions are represented on
all these committees but their work
is not confined to this field. They are
actively engaged in trying to bring
about equilibrium between wages and
the rapidly rising prices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
COMPENSATION ACT
HAILED in N. Y. AT
BIG SILVER JUBILEE
Industrial Commissioner Frieda S.
Miller One of Speakers-Many Old
Time Labor Workers Present.

New York City (ILNS)-The sill
yer jubilee of workmen's compensa-
tion was celebrated at City Hall by a
capacity audience who heard Indus
trial Commissioner Frieda S. Miller
extol workmen's compensation as a
bulwark of democracy whereby "for
twenty five years industry has paid
over half billion dollars to nearly
two million injured workers and their
families"
Others who addressed employer and
labor groups, civic and welfare or
ganizations, many of whom had
fought for the enactment of the Work
mems Compensation Law in 1914,
were William o. Archer, who repre-
sented employers, and E. w. Edwards,
secretary of the New York Federation
of Labor and Gustave Strebel, presi-
dent of the New York State Indus
trial Union Council, representing
labor.
A radio dramatization staged by
Labor Department officials and Sta
tion WNYC was dedicated to Mrs.
Matilda Mendes, who has been receiv-
ing workmen's compensation for a
quarter century as the widow of an
iron fnisher who was instantly killed
in fall off a scaffold in 1915. AS the
mother of seven children, five of whom
were under 18 at the time of her hus-
bands death, Mrs. Mendes was
awarded $15.39 a week. This, she
told the audience, was enough to keep
her family together because cher chill
dren were very good to her."
Accidents Largely Preventable
Seventy per cent of the industrial
accidents and occupational diseases in
industry today can be prevented, said
Archer, a pioneer in compensation and
safety matters, but he declared that
Safety is purchased only at price, .
although ''the dollar wisely spent in
safety will yield more on the invest
ment than any other dollar industry
can spend"
In connection with the celebration,
Commissioner Miller issued a report
showing that over half billion dol
lars has been paid by industry in New
York state to nearly two million in
jured workers and their families in
the last 25 years.
"This money has borne the cost-if
not the suffering of workers injured
or diseased on the job" said Miss
Miller. "Instead of allowing these
men and their families to become
public charges or relief cases-instead
of filling old mems homes, orphanages
and other institutions, industry has
paid medical costs and awards in lieu
of wages. Industry has tided them
over periods of tragedy and great
need and helped them back to pro-
ductivity."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
FRIDAY, MARCH l. 1910.
DUE PROCESS" vs.. PROCESSING

DUE FROCESS vs.. IhOIEScl4NO
In the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court in the case of Isiah
Chambers and others VS.. the State of
Florida, we have the opinion Of the
court, which was read by Justice
Black. The form of the written opin-
ion is such that there can be no doubt
as to the basis of the decision given:
for it recites in large part the record
of the events which took place, in Sc
curing the alleged confession from the
negro Isiah Chambers.
This is another of the current
studies now being made for the bene-
fit of the American people in the sub
stance and force of their own Bill Of
Rights. 1t may have been a kind of
irony which led the court to base its
decision upon the clause from the XIV
Amendment, rather than the " For
the XIV Amendment has 50 often been
quoted in the defense of corporations,
in protecting them from legal assault
resulting from their holding and use
of other peoples property, that it
seems especially fit now to have the
XIV Amendment applied where it was
so evidently meant to be applied at
the time Of its adoption, namely, to
the protection of the rights of the
negroes.
In the Y Amendment we have the
words: NOR shall any person be
deprived of life, liberty or property
without due process of law. !" Also
in the XIV Amendment the words oc-
cur: NOR shall any state deprive any
person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law.
From the record cited in the opinion
of the court, it is evident that the
state Of Florida, instead Of the "due
process" prescribed by the Constitu-
ton, used some kind Of a processing"
Of the prisoner, for the purpose Of
extracting" some kind of a confess
sion from him. We know that such
processes" have been introduced in
criminal cases in other states as well.
But in this case, the prisoners "sea-
sonably" asserted their rights, and
the Supreme Court has ordered an
other and fairer trial. At any rate,
we know now little better, what is
not due process of law: it does not
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

on a 50-ton storage battery locomo-
tive used by the Kansas City Power
and Light Company. The operator
directs the unloading of four gear
trains day from a master control
panel which starts, stops and reverses
the locomotive. He stands where he
can see that each of the hopper cars
is exactly in position for bottom
dumping to conveyor belt.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
FEDERAL WORKERS ROLLS
HIT RECORD HIGH IN DEC

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Fed
eral employees in December reached a
total of 987,538, an all-time high rec
ord, the Civil Service Commission re-
ports.
The previous high was 940,130 in
September, 1889.
The commission said that the peak
figure of December was due to en-
ployment of 48,866 postal workers for
the Christmas mailing rush.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
7heCherry
|Tv Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes flippantly,
sometimes reckIessly.

To man in Omaha, New York
looks pretty far away. And in Omaha,
or Kansas City or San Francisco, New
York is not nearly as important as
New York generally thinks it is.
BUT, some things are happening in
New York that are interesting and
possibly important.
The Communist Party, bedraggled
old hag that it is, announces that it
will hold its coming national conven-
tion in New York. And w. Z. Foster
tells the world that the whole party
is united for the nomination of Earl
Browder for President, even if he's in
prison.
There are times when being in
prison is no handicap in politics and
carries no stigma. The case of Debs
is one in point.
But the case of Browder is not in
that class. Although Browder con
vlcted IS no more an enemy of de-
mocracy than was Browder in the
pre-conviction days. For the Com
munist philosophy binds it's adherents
to general course of trickery, treach-
cry and deception of all who are not
Of that persuasion. Always, 'the end
justifies the means"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
WHY LABOR HELPS

Labor's part in the public low-rent
housing and slum-clearance program
is described in a new pamphlet by the
United States Housing Authority. A
concluding paragraph summarizes in
cogent manner why labor is to the fore
in the public housing movement. After
citing various activities of labor in
behalf of public housing, the pam
phlet says:
"By engaging in these activities la
Dor is doing several things at once. It
is helping to do away with the spectre
of unemployment. 1t is helping pro-
vide families of low income with de
cent, low-rent homes and wholesome,
we'll planned surroundings. 1t is bring
ing new strength to the foundations
of American democracy
WHAT NEXT?
n
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE CHECKS

Columbus, Ohio. (OLNS). State
Treasurer Don II. Ebright has re-
ceived a check from the Treasury De-
partment of the United States for
s1,477, ,175.44, representing the federal
contribution for old-age assistance
for the month of March.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
WISDOM

People who cannot find time for
recreation are obliged soon or later to
find time for illness.-John Wana-
maker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

Issued Weekly at 326 Market Street
Telephone 1886 Hamilton Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

Well, while the reds are planning
their convention, which will follow the
"pparty line" with about as much
voice for the individual as is pos
sessed by the jassack, which can make
but one sound, something else has
happened.
The New York Evening Post has
passed to the control Of member of
the American Labor Party 1t is the
first time in the United States that
truly metropolitan newspaper has
been so owned.
Immediately upon the change of
ownership many changes were made
in the method of handling news. La
Dor news gets better play.
Whether the Post will back labor
on the economic field as well as on the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

include continuous "grilling" for
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12
Fierce Air Raids Cause Much
Damage To London, Berlin

the modern Jewish city in Pal
estine. One American citizen was
reported killed.
Italians report heavy damage to
the British fleet at many other
points. The harbors of Alexan-
dria suffered the loss of several
ships, while British oil supplies
in Egypt and Palestine were des-
troyed.
In some sections of London, on
Wednesday, it appeared that an
earthquake had shaken down
buildings there, according to
eye witnesses. Big buildings in
the heart of the capitol, includ-
ing one of the tallest structures
of the metropolis, were ripped
apart by the terrific blasts of 500
pound bombs.
The British at the same time,
opening up with the first real Sc
cret weapon of the war, in the
form of an innocent looking piece
of cardboard, claimed more DAM
age than German sources give.
The calling cards., chemical
1y treated cardboard, were
dropped by the millions over diff
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12

controversial issue Of the three
main points on which the two
houses differ:
6O-Day Clause
l. The 60-day clause. Under
this provision, the draft would be
delayed for two months during
which time President Roosevelt
would issue call for 100000 vol
unteers who would enlist in the
army for one year. Should the re-
Spouse fill that quota, there
would be no. draft. The House ap-
proved such an amendment by a
207 to 200 vote before passing
the CONSUMPTION bill Saturday
night. The Senate version of the
measure contains no such provi-
sion.
2. Draft age limit. The House
bill calls for registration and po-
tential draft of men from 81 to
As, The Senate measure would
make those from 81 to 81 subject
to CONSUMPTION.
8. Industrial draft" Both Sen
ate and House proposals would
Continued on Page Five)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12
Consumption May Become
Law By End OF This Week

Washington, Sept. 11-Congres-
sional leaders last night expressed
the belief that the major differ
ences in the Senate and House
versions of draft legislation would
be ironed out quickly and that
unprecedented peace-time con-
scription would become the law
Of the land by the end of the
week.
It was predicted, however, that
in its final form the draft bill
would not carry the House-ap-
proved clause of a 60-day "wait-
ing period" before the law is in
voked, but would retain the
House provision making men
from 81 to As subject to the draft.
Final vote on this important
piece of legislation in the House
was taken last Saturday and the
outcome was 1853 for and 40
against. Very few Democrats vo-
ted against it and all Of the N.
C. delegation voted favorably.
The waiting period" provision,
beaten by a two-vote margin in
the Senate, looms as the most
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12

Yesterday Berlin received it's
fiercest blow of the war and suf-
fered heavy damages, while at
the same time night-raiding Ger
man planes continued to drop
millions of pounds of bombs on
London in an eight-hour raid.
Both capitols suffered heavy
death tolls with no official esti-
mate being made.
Several bombs fell near Adolf
Hitler's chancellory. Other bombs
narrowly missed the U. S. en-
bassy.
During the week both sides
have been dropping parachute
flares to guide the pilots in their
dropping of the bombs. The flares
illuminate the section so well
around where they are dropped
that one can read newspaper.
The intense British attack
came after Nazi spokesman said
the German air fleet would now
blast the British capitol thou
sand fold" in reprisal for attacks
on German cities.
In Tel Aviv at least so civil
ians were killed Tuesday when
Italian warplanes heavily bombed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12
Kraft Is Helping
Solve ShortageOf
Feed Il, .Ashe.Co.
Assisting Customers in Con
struction of Temporary
SilOs. Details Given.

In order to help relieve a ra-
Their critical feed shortage sltua-
ton caused by the recent floods,
the Kraft Cheese plant here IS
cooperating with its customers
by assisting them in the building
of temporary trench or top-ot-
ground silos in which damaged
corn and hay crops can be stored
and kept for winter feeding, 1t
was learned yesterday from Lee
vern johnson, local manager.
The cheese company is furnish
ing plans for the construction OF
the silos and lending money to
cover part of the cost, it is stated.
"These temporary silos are not
expensive, can be constructed IN
a short time and enable a farm
err to have really good silage,
which will certainly help a lot,
Mr.. johnson stated.
The cost, it is understood, aver
ages around $500 and the silos
will hold as much as 80 tons.
A number of them have been
built during the past week. John
Dixon, of Dog Creek, completed
nice one yesterday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-12
Work On Highways
Is Progressing Fine
Nearly All Roads in County
Now Open. Several Bridge
Crews Working on Job.

With the exception of two or
three roads, all of the important
county roads in Ashe are now
open, according to information
obtained from Capt. George Dog
gett yesterday afternoon.
"Of course there are number
of bridges to be built, but with
the exception of a road in the
Helton community and the Obids-
Fleetwood road, most of our high
ways are now open," Capt.
George stated.
The comparatively new road to
Laurel Springs was opened yes
terday and several bridge crews
are now working on bridges at
Helton, Peak Creek, Miller's
Ford and Nella.
It is estimated that there are
around 600 persons working on
roads in the county. No addi-
tional allotment from WPA has
been received.