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/. Which requires the use Of
more muscles. frowning or smilir.T'
2. Is the statue which surmounts
the dome of the U. S. Capitol called
Liberty or Freedom?
3. Which country produces the
largest number of automobiles?
4. Which is the heaviest known
substance, oSmium, iridium or lead?
S. In the first World War the
French capital was moved from
Paris to Tours or Bordeaux?
g. What do the initials BEF stand
for in connection with the Euro
pean War?
7. Have postal employees the right
to open first class letters?
8. Which of Shakespeare's char
acters said, "The quality of mercy
is not strain'd?"
9. An absurdly distorted portrait
is called a......?
10. Is hydrogen or helium the
lightest gas?
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises $3.50 p. m. daylight time).
sun rises 5:37 O m: sets s:i9 p. m. (day-
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Somebody predicted thered be fog and
murk this summer and there certainly has
been q lot OF II the past week. However. IT'S
the first OF the season and preferable 70
running furnices In July. 50 why complain.
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Current Comment

World War Liberty Bonds were
not a complete protection against
postwar shock in 1921, but they
were a big help.
Sumner Slichter, Harvard econ
ofiSt.
We want liberty, but we want
also the good things that come from
effective organization.
Prof. william v. Ogburn, Univer-
sity Of Chicago,
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not.
1t will be that
long, in other
W ords, before
an accurate
count can be
m a d e Of the
hearts wounded
in the process
of executing the
d r a f t. T h e
whole founda-
ton on which
the draft was
erected was the
knowledge that
t h e president
wouldn't want
IT, or get nni1ch
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in domestic service, or lowest-grade in
dustrial jobs to which they would not
cling except for necessity. 1t is usually
the unemployed or poorly paid wage
Garner in family who sends the wife
outside the home to work.
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A Thought for Today

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass
the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree Yield
ing fruit after his kind, whose seed IS IN ltseH'
upon the earth: and it was so.-Genesls A:AL
Nature is but name for an effect whose cause
is God.-Cowper.
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Q. Who was in charge Of propa-
ganda in the United States during
the World war?
A. George Creel, chairman of the
committee on public information.
The committee distributed propa-
ganda in the United States and in
foreign countries, including enemy
nations.
@. What is prime number?
A. One that is Invisible, without
remainder, only by itself and one.
@. What was the title of Katha-
rine Hepburn's last picture; what
will her next one be?
A. Her last one was Holiday"
and her next film will be 1.-THE Phil
adelphia Story"
@. How long did the fires in
Rome last that were started by the
Emperor Nero?
A. The first fire lasted six days.
and the second three days, in ga
A. D.
@. What Is the gross annual in
come of all the colleges, profess
sional schools, and teachers colleges
in the United States?
A. In 1885 --latest figures
available) 1850 universities, colleges
and professional schools. and 291
teachers colleges and normal schools
received a total income of $544,-
623, 261.
If you want copy Of the book
let PAN AMERICAN HISTO-
GRAPH" send to The waterbury
Democrats Washington Bureau,
1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing
ton, ID. C. Enclose tS enty-five
cents In postage.
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National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
waterbury Democrat washington
Correspondent

Chicago, July 2O.--It viii probably
be a month or more before anyone
can say definitely whether the way
the whole draft Roosevelt business
was handled was smart politics or
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DREW Pc A r s D N
ROBERT 8. ALLEN
Washington Merry Round
Muddlng OF New Dealers, Expert Sabotage Of Ants
Real Behind The Scenes Story Of Chicago Convention

the
egated
on The OF
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Do not write "into" as one
word when the sense is sep
arate. 81 went into the
house +" but, 1--WE went in to
(see) the Opera"
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good out OF it, If the getting in.
volved sending any substantial
number of delegates home sore
About 200 of the nearly HOO dele.
gates - about 10 per cent - were
pledged to other candidates. Obvi.
ously, the party couldn't afford tt
begin campaign with that frac.
ton of its strength out of action.
There were three groups which
stood to be offended: the ones
headed by Postmaster Genera
Farley, Vice President Garner anc
Senator Wheeler.
RESIGNED TO LOSS
OF GARNERITES
From the beginning, the New
Dealers figured on losing the love
of the bulk of the Garnerites. It
was the other two groups (and
their leaders, they didn't want to
send home mad.
The necessary gesture toward
the Wheeler forces was made when
the president promised American
boys wouldn't be sent to Europe's
wars. About the same time, it be-
came evident labor generally
wouldn't follow Wheeler away from
the New Deal.
So the problem was to find some
way of effecting the draft without
driving away Farley, Wheeler, and
the men who felt as they did.
HARMONY TICKET
OVERTURES MADE
For time it seemed this just
couldn't be done. The presidents
long silence had a bad effect; dur
ing the first couple Of days of the
convention, delegates pledged to
Roosevelt began to get FESTIVE and
uneasy; as one of them expr essed it,
I'VE felt like you feel in one OF
those, dreams where you find your
self walking down the street with
out any pants on
During this stage of affairs,
there was a time when overtureS
actually were made by some of the
New Deal group looking to the
formation of a harmony" ticket
such as Wallace and Farley, for
instance - which would leave
Roosevelt's name off. But while
making these overtures with one
hand, the New Dealers with the
other hand continued to beat the
drum for the third term.
VIRTUALLY ALL
THE VOTES NEEDED }
In all this there was still another
problem-Roosevelt himself. The
insiders knew he could be drafted
if the convention could just man
age to look tolerably harmonious
and united in the drafting. The
votes for a third term nomination
TOO pledged and 200 more ready to
go-were available from the start;
what was needed was-if not all
the votes there were, so many that
those on the other side would be
utterly Insignificant.
All this led to some funny ma
neuvers. The pro-Roosevelters had
to campaign like fury in con-
vention admittedly pro-Roosevelt
from the start. They had to set
the stage for an elaborate demon
stration to persuade the conven-
ton it wanted what it really did
want. And, in the end, they had
to take the long chance the anti
third term groups wouldn't be
placated and would be mad
enough to lie down in the harness
when the campaign got tough.
For, as one of the pro-third
term leaders admitted:
1--WE could always nominate him
with three-fourths of the party
but we can't elect him that way"
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What's Your |, O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last c"ge
for the answers.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
ON SAVAGE RIVER DAM MATERIAL
Sealed Proposals Will Be Received Until II A. M.
Tuesday, February 9Th

Sealed proposals will be received duplicate by the Upper
Potomac River Commission. ration incorporated under
the laws of the State of Maryland the Office of its Chair
George w. Legge. ESQ., Room No. 26 the Liberty
Trust Building Cumberland Maryland until IL O'Clock
Tuesday February l940 the following OF
equipment Savage
Dam.
The following Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Billet
conforming standard requirements
Society for Testing Materials serial designation Al530 All
bars defoimed per your standard
approximately 500 Pounds - round equivalent
1000 square
1880 IA
be understood that quantities be increased
decreased i0et when steel is ordered out.
You are bid delivered by
prices cutting bending The successful bidder
will be required to furnish standard forms for ordering
Delivery will be required before May Is. is4O
Upper Commission the right to
such materials judgment be best suited to
the purposes intended be used;
further the right reject all bids Add
tona information required be secured at the Commits
son Construction Office at the site Of the DAM Savage River
in Garrett County. Maryland
UPPER POTOMAC RIVER COMMISSION
Csigned) GEORGE W. LE0GE
BY its Chairman George w. Leggc
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Dundon Speaks
For Housing In
d. {. Conference
Has Tea AT The
White House

James A, Dundon. president To-
cal 1874 Textile Workers Union of
America returned on Monday
after attending the National Con-
ference on Housing at Washing
ton. ID. c.
The proceedings were conducted
BY prominent national figures in
tercsted in housing and Senators
and Congressman were among the
speakers at the various sessions.
On Saturday afternoon the con-
ferees were the guests Of Mi
Roosevelt at a White House Tea
and Mr.. Dundon was among those
who attended the function.
He was on the list OF speakers
at the Banquet given at the Will
lard Hotel on Saturday evening
The local leader told the VOICE
OF LABOR on his return here
that the prospects for an approp-
ration for public housing in West
ern Maryland seem very favorable.
II is necessary. though. he added,
that a public housing authority be
formed here by a local govern
mental group. preferably the AL
legany County commissioners. be-
fore projects can even be consid-
cred.
Western Maryland has been
very backward in obtaining any
OF the wonderful benefits Of the
housing authority. said Mr.. Dun
DON" and 1t is about time that
everyone realized what is being
missed and that action be taken. "
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01

police fund. They proposed thai
the delinquent taxes OF City So
licitor Heskett clients the Repub.
lie Steel Corporation be paid on
the Taylor Tin Mill
The members spoke on the gi-
gantic hoax which Republic Steel
and Mayor Irvine pulled on the
residents Of South Cumberland
when they announced in mid-No-
vember that the tin mill would re-
open on December LIST.
Filed
The resolution and its accom-
panying letter. on official letter
heads and with the seal Of the or
ganization attached as required by
Dictator Irvine. were read at the
City Council meeting.
Commissioner of Public Safety
Manley popped up in one of his
rare public announcements r!d
moved that the resolution be fileC.
The remaining members dutilui
answered the roll call in favor I
the motion. No discussion. No q
agreement with the proposals ,
collect the taxes or forego u ic
salaries so that the families OF tl'
police officers may be provided .Cc
and police protection may be IN
en-. Not a word from the guy thtt
said last week that the furlou-NS
should be ended and that he was
willing to take a cut in his coun-
cilmanic salary.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Rubber Workers Urge
Full Protection
Be Restored
Suggest Mayor and City
Council Take Cut
Ask Collection OF
Tin Mill Taxes

Mayor Irvine and the members of the Cumberland Cv c.
Gil stood adamant in their cutting Of police officers sslees
blandy ignored proposal that their salaries he p'a-
the police fund until such time they collect the
a Of the Republic Steel Corporation.
The proposal from Local IS United Rubber Wo:cr
America the form Of resolution passed b. the
slip last Saturday night and after being read by the City C
promptly flied without discussion Deep silence followed
the reading the resolution Council meeting, thereby
showing the proposal Of Council member that the Coun
ell members take in salary help maintain essential police
protection Al a prediction bluff!
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Tanker Line Finally Signs

NEW YORK. Jan. 27-'FP-
The anti-union united front of
tanker companies was broken
here with the signing OF a con-
tract between the Natl. Maritime
Union and the c. D. Mallory Co..
one Of the four firms involved in
last springs tanker strike.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01

RObbcricS
The recent crime wave and Sc
rious outbreak of robbcrieS and
complaints that women and young
girls are being molested on the
streets passed without any COM
ment from the Mayor and Coun-
Gil members.
News OF daring and barefaced
robberies are leaking past the top
police officialdom Of Cumberland.
The city is in an almost totally
unprotected condition as a result
of the gross mismanagement of
police funds which requires the
furloughing of practically the en-
tire police and detective force to
the tune of just less than SIS per
officer per month
Some members of the Rubber
Workers Union last Saturday
night reported that their wives
and other female members Of their
families had been insulted on the
streets by hoodlums who are TAX
ing advantage of the unprotected
state of the city.
Rubber workers union officers
drafted resolution which was
passed by the membership. The
members we're indignant when
they were told that practically
every member OF the City Council
has a salary other than that paid
by the city. They suggested that
the city salaries be turned into the
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
POTPOURRI by vox Pop

are trying to tear down our city"
he is reported as saying.
Although not making himself
clear. many people later said they
believe the Mayor had reference
to the representatives OF the Re-
public Steel Corporation who had
promised him that they would
open the Taylor Tin Mil and then
welshed on their promise.
Who Are They?
The Mayor then charged that
IL has been the fault of some
community leaders that have
caused the city some Of its
troubles but he did not name
them. Some sources assert that
he meant the Cumberland
Chamber of Commerce for gyp-
ping the $50 per wear from tax
funds and other prominent com.
muni;y figures who are indcbt-
ed for taxes to the City.
Irvine made some strange ref
crcnce that "a birthright has
been sold for a mess Of miners
pottage." hut this remark
stumped everybody. Nobody was
willing TO even hazard a guess ut
what the Mayor was trying to
say.
For Themselves
Al last Mondays Council meet
ing the Mayor and Commissioners
showed little interest in Local IS
Rubber Workers complaint at
shortage of police protection and
the proposal that they give up
their city salaries until the police
are paid in full. The Council
members nearly all receive salaries
outside of their city pay. but they
hold on TO both while they are
responsible for the slash in police
officers salaries.
Contradictory
Isaac Hirsch appeared before
the Council TO suggest that the
City trustees invest the monies
in the sinking fund.
Said Mayor Irvine. THE
members Of this Council have
tried 10 save every dime that is
possible" I chuckled 70 myself
at the thought Of them saving
dimes and giving fifty bucks as
dues 10 the Cumberland Cham
Der Of Commerce..
Then In the same talk the
same Mayor who talked about
saving dimes said. "When we
have made short term loans we
could have borrowed money at
half the cost by going out Of
town."
Wonder why they didn't Dor
row out of town and save every
dime:
Primary Nears
From all reports there are seve-
raj candidates ready to file. 1t Is
the general opinion around town
that the Mayor can be defeated by
practically anyone who chooses 20
run. His record and laundering in
the police fund estimates while
Police Commissioner. his part in
the hoax of the Taylor Tin Mill
"reopening which caused so much
suffering in South Cumberland
and the very smelly" tax "ex-
emption" OF the Republic Steel
Co. are topics OF the town
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
CELAN ESE
Y AR N S
BY A. SPINNER
Cafeteria News

Cafeteria News
dropped in the c. A. Cafe the
other day and 10 and behold the
wire screen monkey cage had
been removed. the single lane rails
and paper plates and bowls had
all disappeared.
Imagine that! Real dishes we're
being used and everyone seemed
to have smiles on their faces as
they bought their dinner.
! guess that someone took an
awful beating OH the Cafeteria
changes and the management of
the Cafeteria has lost lot OF pres
tige over the failure OF the noble
experiments" Let's hope Boss
worms next bright ideas will be
workable.
Shcarcr Out
John Shearer Of c. A. had a bad
fall at work last year. He lay in
Allegany Hospital for LOG days
with an injured back. The boys
are glad TO see him on the streets
again and sorry to hear that he
will be away from work for many
more months.
Local Boy Who Didn't Make Good
The local papers have printed
several items about certain
young man who allegedly confess
cd TO the dangerous practice If
turning in false alarms in order
TO see the fire trucks rush b..
Maybe II this same young man
had used that Uncomfortable
urge" TO pay his union dues when
nc worked in the Spinning DEPT.
he wouldn't have had so much
time TO roam the streets and cause
the city 10 lose time and money
answering phony fire calls. His
500 fine would have paid union
dues for more than eight years!
II is said that he refused a call
back TO work after a furlough be-
cause he would rather be idle than
join a union. A strange character!
Safety First Notes
AS far as We can learn our own
Safety First man Spangler is still
on the job doing exactly nothing
for us. II he is helping We will be
glad to be advised Of 1t and make
q prompt apology.
was surprised the other day
to notice in back OF Block No. 3
Filtration that a box Of new type
stationery waste rollers for use on
our spinning machines was stored
This means that at last our COM
plant on the dangerous part of
our machines is likely TO be chang
cd. II is the first move on the
arrangements part to make our
machines safer TO operate. We
wish to thank Messrs. BestwicS
and Height for this move and may
their efforts continue in this di-
rection.
Conference Deadlock
The conference between Spin
ming Committee and Management
ended on January 22nd in a dead
lock. Superintendent Bestwick
cannot see the idea OF ours that
seniority governs the selection of
a job. But we haven't given UP.
More about this in our next issue
Steady Shifts
! received an interesting letter
from brother spinner who lives
in Eckhart on my steady shift pro-
posals. l will also discuss the
points he raises in my next col
limn.
Patronize the advertisers who
support the VOICE OF LABOR.
pickaf Allayc
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Criticism

I'VE relish and welcome just
criticisms" said Mayor Irvine at
last Mondays council meeting.
May We very respectfully suggest
that Mayo, Irvine read the above
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01

NANV NhhfRo va WV
zenry. in which is included the
members OF the Cumberland
Chamber OF Commerce. The Cum
berland Exchange Club. the Cum
berland Community Choir, labor
busters and people with big names
who do not pay taxes.
And there is the second class OF
citizens among which the Cumber-
land Mayor and City Council in
cludes labor unions and their rep
resentatives. colored people. be-
levers in the United States Con-
stitution, the United States SUI
preme Court and people who have
TO work for a living.
The First Glass
The first class citizens are in
variably accorded a respectful
and courteous attention Their
requests are honored. If the
Cumberland Community Choir
asks for use OF the City Hall Audi
forum for rehearsals ii is granted.
Are they not Of the first class and
royal blood? Why should City
Council order prohibiting Use ex-
cept to elected governmental
stand in THEIR way? The Cum
berland Community Choir uses the
City Auditorium when and as 1t
pleases and although the Mayor
and Council wants to keep il quiet
from the second class of citizens
the news has leaked out. 1t is
hard TO sing in a whispcrii
Poor Merchants
Then. there is the Cumberland
Chamber OF Commerce. These
poor business men are unable TO
finance their own organization. So
they go to the City Council and
ask for Fifty Dollars of the Cum
berland taxpayers dough to help
finance their campaign against a
twenty-five cents an hour mini
mum wage for Cumberland people.
Being of the first class they are
respectfully listened to and Fifty
Bucks is courteously handed over
TO these representatives Of organ
lied plumber!
The Cumberland Exchange Club
sponsored an Americanism Week
Committee during the celanese
stoppage of work. Not one word
did this Committee of fiag-wag-
gers say about the workers of this
section being exploited by and for
the British owned and British
controlled Celanese Corporation of
America. Oh. no! This group
was the acknowledgements man.
ipulatorS Of the Inflated back-to-
work movement. They asked the
City Council and the Mayor for
permit 10 violate the handful
ordinance in their labor busting
activities. It was promptly grant,
ed even though they made no
written request on printed letter.
heads and without seal of their
organizationi
Republic Steel
Also included in the front ranks
OF the First Glass Citizens is the
Republic Steel Corporation which
operates COR keeps closed the N.
d. G. Taylor Tin Mill. They have
an inside track in Council matters.
Their local attorney is none other
than the City Solicitor Charles z.
exemption Pete) Heskett. In
November the pressure for pay
ment Of taxes became pretty
strong. They are exempted ION
conditions" only on condi-
tion-that they actively operate
the plant for six months out OF
each calendar year.
So conferences were called
and q plot was Matched 10 an
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Picket Alleys

BALTIMORE - Three hundred
striking bowling alley pin boys
are defying wintry weather to
keep up their picket line at the
Recreation Centre Bowling Alley
here.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01
Must Rate First
Glass TO Use CITY
Hall Auditorium
Colored Choir Request
Is Sidetracked
But Irvine Keeps
Up Bluff

Another example of the unfair and discourteou
afforded citizens and by the Mayor and City Council
Cumberland forthcoming this week when the request
the National Association for the Advancement of Coored
pie for Of the City Hall Auditorium ignored.
That there two classes of citizens in Cumberland
ing the City Councils actions becoming plain
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-02-01

criticism which is just and strictly
according to the FACTS and 60
of in a corner and think UP some
answer to the indictment made by
the second class citizens Of Cum
berland. Perhaps his stooge coun-
cilmen can also cook up some
reply????