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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
CHAIRMAN OF R. R.
UNIONS QUITS POST

Washington, d. C. (ILNS). George
NJ. Harrison, for six years chairman
of the Railway Labor Executives AS
sociation, has resigned and j. A. Phil
lips of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been
elected as his successor, the associa-
tion announced here.
Association officials said that Har-
rison resigned because of the in
creasing pressure of his work as pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks.
Phillips is president of the Order
of Railway Conductors, and has been
a vice-chairman of the association,
which represents 20 of the 21 rail
road labor organizations.
A E. Lyons, Chicago, president of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Signal
men, was named vice-chairman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
Why The Labor Act?

American workers have long since
passed the stage where they were
willing to subject themselves to pa
ternal domination or employer benev-
olence. They feel that they have the
right to an equal voice with manage
ment in the determination of the
wages, hours and conditions under
which they contract, as free men, to
work They seek freedom, independ-
ence and bargaining equality in their
relationship with employers and man
agement. 1t was because the Ameri-
can people as whole shared this feel
ing that the National Labor Relations
Act was passed. William Green.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
WAITING PATIENTLY
FOR WORD OF PEACE
FROM LEWIS---CREEN

Washington, D. G. (ILNS). = Fol
lowing receipt of an appeal from re-
ligious leaders for resumption of labor
peace negotiations, President William
Green of the American Federation of
Labor reiterated that the federation
stood ready to resume negotiations
with the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations.
The appeal was also sent to Chair
man John L. Lewis of the c. |. 0.
eve are still waiting patiently to
hear from Mr.. Lewis, who promised
last April that he would advise US
when his committee would be ready
to resume negotiations, Green said.
Signers of the appeal were the
Right Rev. Msgr. John A. Ryan, direc-
tor of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference; the Rev. James Myers,
industrial secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, and Rabbi Edward l.. Israel,
chairman of the Social Justice Com
mission of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis.
The representatives of the three
faiths recalled that "for many years
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
Wagner Introduces Mediation
Bill To Promote Voluntary
Efforts In Settling Disputes
Bill Would Set Up United States Mediation Board to be
Appointed by President-SenatOr Wagner Praises
u. S. Labor Departments Cancellation Service.
as in the automobile, textile and steel
industries in recent years"
Dufies of Board

as in the automobile, textile and steel
industries in recent years"
Duties of Board
The Senator further explained that
it would be the general duty of the
mediation board, in order to keep
down interruptions to interstate COM
merce caused by labor disputes, ito
encourage employers and employees to
exert every reasonable effort, through
their lawfully designated represent
atives-
cd to make and maintain agree
mnets concerning rates of pay, rules
and working conditions including,
wherever possible, provision for the
final adjustment of grievances or
questions regarding the application or
Interpretation of such agreements;
and
"(2) to title all differences,
whether arising out of the negotia-
ton, Interpretation or application of
such agreements or otherwise, with
all expedition wherever possible, in
conference in the first instance"
Offering of Services
The services of the Mediation Board,
under the bill, could be invoked by
the parties to the dispute, or by either
party, or the board might offer its
services whenever a labor dispute in
volved substantial interruption to
interstate commerce, he continued.
If mediation proved unsuccessful,
the board would make final attempt
to persuade the parties to submit
their controversy to voluntary arbi-
tration, he added.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

20 years of independence, the Finnish
people have made astonishing prog
ress Industry was fourishing; the
peoples standard of living had risen;
and cultural life had been much en-
riched in all fields.
"The Finnish workers took an ac-
tive part, especially in the last few
years, in these Developments Their
organizations became stronger and a
start had been made with social re-
form under their influence, which
promised to approach the social
achievements in the other Scandi-
navian countries. But this is all
threatened today with extinction.
"The Firms are fighting heroically
for their freedom against overwhelm-
ing odds. The Swiss workers are fol-
lowing their resistance with the great
est interest and sympathy, and would
wish to express this sympathy with
the courageous defenders of freedom
They can best do this by helping to
assist the tragic victims of the inva-
sion, especially the women and chill
dren who have had to leave their
homes by the thousands and are sub
jected to great suffering in the cold
of the northern winter"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
HalfDozen Columbus Lawyers To Appear Before Frank
lin County Common Pleas Court as Result of Invest-
gation-Claimants Preyed Upon by Attorneys.

bers of its profession. The State In
dustrial Commission has sacred duty
of protecting the benefciaries of this
fund from racketeers of all kinds.
They are the guardians of that fund
as we'll as administrators. 1t is a job
that requires eternal vigilance and
not one for spasmodic Investigations
by outside snoopers.
Unfortunately the commission has
been hampered by lack of funds in
the past and has not been able to
check up on violations of the law.
Within the past few weeks a check-up
made in Franklin County disclosed
800 employers amenable to the law
were not contributing to the fund. If
the same percentage of slackers were
made to comply in other counties of
the state the premiums would be in
creased 100000 according to an es-
innate of Evan /. Evans, actuary for
the commission.
A great many of the violations in
Columbus were found among restau-
rant operators, automobile dealers
and establishments employing clerical
help. Evasions of the law were found
to exist among concerns operating as
partnerships. The investigation is tc
be extended into Hamilton, Cuyahoga
and I1cas Counties
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
SWISS WORKERS IN
APPEAL FOR FINNS

Berne S).-Swiss workers are
urged to help Finland in an appeal
issued by the Swiss Trade Union Cen
ter, which praises the achievements
of the Finnish people and expresses
warm sympathy for them in their
fight against Russian aggression. The
appeal says in part:
"Once again small country has
been invaded by great power only
because it would not give up it's in
dependence and freedom when faced
with imperialist demands. In their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

Columbus, o. (OLNS). "A half
dozen Columbus lawyers practicing
before the State Industrial Commits
sion face disbarment proceedings be-
fore the Franklin County Common
Pleas Court as a result of an investi-
cation and recommendation made by
a committee of the Columbus Bar As
sociation.
The action results from an investi-
cation begun last June and carried on
by the bar committee in cooperation
with the State Industrial Commission,
members of which are anxious to clean
up the illegal practices.
Certain attorneys, and others who
are not attorneys, practicing before
this commission, are preying upon
claimants and collecting contingent
fees as high as 80 per cent of the
claims allowed, investigation has re-
vealed. This is in violation Of the
State Supreme Court rulings and fees
permitted to be charged by the COM
missions rulings.
The commission has a set schedule
of fees and claimants before that
board should beware of attorneys OF
their runners" seeking to sign them
on a contingent fee basis.
The Bar Association of Franklin
County deserves commendation for
acting against the unscrupulous mem
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

Washington, D. G. (ILNS) )-Crea-
tion of board of three to help en-
ployers and workers settle labor dis
putes by direct negotiation, mediation
and voluntary arbitration is provided
in bill introduced by Senator Rob-
ert F. Wagner of New York, author
of the National Labor Relations Act
and other labor legislation.
The bill would set up a United
States Mediation Board, to be ap-
pointed by the President. Members
would receive $4,000 year. The
bill carries no penalties and no COM
pulsion.
Declaring he is "unalterably op-
posed to compulsory arbitration in
any guise," Senator Wagner said,
"What we can, and should do, how
ever, is to help the parties them
selves to settle and minimize
controversies through a better de-
velopment of voluntary mediation ma
chinery"
Praises Cancellation Service
Explaining the purpose of his bill,
Wagner praised the work of the
United States Labor Departments IS
Cancellation Service and said his
measure would build upon the work
of that organization.
Establishment of new three-man
board, he said, "will give added pres
tige to its (the Cancellation Service's)
operations and probably make unnec-
essary the creation of makeshift me-
diation boards to handle particular
major strike situations as they arise,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
EMMA GOLDMAN SERIOUSLY ILL


Toronto (ILNS).-Emma Goldman,
veteran anarchist and radical lecturer
and writer, suffered stroke here
while visiting at the home of friends
here. She was taken to hospital in
serious condition. She is 70 years
old. A Russian-born anarchist, Emma
Goldman was deported to Russia from
the United States in 1919 for oppos-
ing the World War draft and urging
revolution" Within a year she had
quarreled with Lenin and Trotsky and
fled Russia. She afterwards was re-
admitted to the United States, but
only on temporary permits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01

our organizations have supported or
ganized labor in it's primary demand
that the employers of this country
shall settle all differences with en-
ployes by the method of collective
bargaining, negotiated agreements,
and constructive adjustments of the
points at issue"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
Clear Out The Racketeers--
Unscrupulous Attorneys Face
Commission; Disbarment Seen

United States and Canada showed
average advances of 3.8 per cent in
total sales, SO per cent in credit sales
and 1.9 per cent in collections over
January, 1899.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-03-01
Gains In Retail Sales
Laid To Job Increase

st. Louis (ILNS). - The National
Retail Credit Association says that an
Improvement in employment" was
responsible for an increase in store
sales and collections in January.
Reports from 1872 stores in the
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
TEN YEARS AGO

On Christmas eve program and Christmas
tree was given at the Presbyterian church at
Blackwater.
The Desert Womans club enjoyed a Christ
mas program given by the school children at
Mcdowell school building.
Mark McNatt of Florence and Nora Hall were
married in Florence.
The Coolidge-Tucson highway was being oiled
and it was expected to be finished in a week or
10 days
Bonds were approved by district No. 8.
Development of $40 acres near Eloy were in
corporated by Asparagus Growers of Arizona.
Final settlement of construction and irrigation
projects on the Sacaton Indian reservation was
being made.
Karl NJ Fisher had purchased the ]. ]. Jones
residence
Mr. Davis was able to be up after being ill
for time.
The ]. C. Mayfield home sold to Charles
Elledge. Mr.. Elledge was moving to Coolidge to
make his home.
Meetings were being held to settle disputes
the Gila river.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
FROM OTHER PAPERS
CHRISTMAS 1910

1t is Christmas again and they are play
ing the Christmas carols. The gifts, the greet
ings and the green of the holiday appear at
every hand Our country is at peace and bust
ness seems better than for the past few years.
But here. there is something about this
Christmas that makes it time for reflection
rather than rejoicing We are happy because
we are not plunged into the European catastro-
phe our sons are in camp or listed for training,
they still ave-our country is not under the
hand of an invader. We are thankful, but
not unaware
No country ever marked the Yulede with
more custom and ceremony than did Old Eng
land Our own observance of the season is full
of these customs and not so long removed from
across the sea. But only today Lord Beaver
brook warns of an invasion in the making just
across the channel. There will be little Christ
celebration in London, in Coventry or in
Dover. Men are lying out on the beaches to-
right-they are looking through the mist and the
snow and their guns are ready. The fighter
planes kept. warm and the runways clear.
The patrol boats tossing the icy waters
their lookouts scan the French coast No
time for merry-making and Christmas-life must
be maintained.
And while we are thankful that our own chill
dren not huddled in damp, dark underground
shelters, we realize that we must not stand idly
by. We must not qubble over internal affairs
cater to the whims of those who care not
for anything but their own welfare. Our pro-
gram for national defense is said to be proceed
ing slowly, hampered at every turn. Will
allow this to go on-Will we become another
France another England?
Allied victories in Albania and Africa
couraging but should not bring any sense of
false security. 1t must be remembered that
Hitler is the strong man of Europe-Mussolini
only tool and a weakling. Germany intends to
try and conquer the world. There will be few
Christmas days for rejoicing if this mad dream
is ever realized.-The Southwest Veteran.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
What The First Christmas Signified

news to the laborer Nazareth, a
village of 1900, was made up of
laboring people. The boy Jesus
dressed and worked as a carpen-
ters helper. When he came out
of the tomb he was dressed as a
gardener.
The honor and dignity of labor
was not recognized until Jesus
came. Before his birth there were
only three occupations. medicine,
commerce and architecture. Very
few people praticed these occupa-
tions. For the most part they
were slaves and laborers. When
Christ came he taught new doc
trine, both by precept and exam
pie. When he selected his disciples
they were from the laboring class.
1t is not a question of what we do
Sd much as it Is a question of
how we do it.
Jesus said: "My father work
eth and l work. l am come to
work the work of Him who sent
me-"
The coming of Jesus revealed
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24

to humanity. 81 am come that
YOU might have life" Life on earth
when Jesus came was not at all
wholesome. Despots ruled, and
almost all the entire population
were very poor, and were burden
ed with heavy taxes. Because Of
these conditions, most of the
population were nothing more
than slaves.
The coming of Christ brought
joy to the slaves. To get a glimpse
as to what slavery is, we have
but to review our history and read
up on the African slave. Or read
our Bible and study the account
of the Jews in Egypt. Slavery
prevailed in cultivated Greece; in
imperial Rome, and even in Pales-
tine.
The religion of Jesus Christ
has so revolutionized the world of
humanity that slavery does not
exist in single Christian nation
today. Slavery and Christianity
can never go hand in hand.
The coming Of Jesus was good
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
MAKE THEM CLEAN UP

Another travelling show has come and
gone, and again the lot known as the
carnival grounds" in Coolidge takes on
the appearance of a big city dump.
Debris scattered hither and yon gives
the city an untidy appearance that
doesn't impress visitors who pass
through the business district.
Carnivals and tent shows frequent
Coolidge during the cotton picking sea-
son and take out hundreds of dollars
each year-money that otherwise would
be spent for essential goods, the neces-
sites of life, with local merchants.
We don't begrudge anyone spending
his money as he sees fit, whatever pro-
portion goes for necessities, luxuries
and entertainment, but some means of
compelling the travelling shows to clean
up the grounds after they "clean up"
the town should be provided
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT

The Christmas spirit is the co-opera-
tive spirit. That is evidenced by the
Christmas program at the high school
Sunday evening at which churches of
different denominations combined in a
common cause; also by the various local
civic organizations who tonight will dis
tribute candy for the needy children of
Coolidge.
Perhaps one of the most fundamental
doctrines in Christs teachings was CO.
operation of neighbor with neighbor for
the most common good and providing
for the general welfare of the masses as
opposed to favoring the few at the eX-
pense of the majority.
That principle is recognized in the
American form of government by our
laws and supplemented judicial interpre-
tation which recognize the equal politi-
cal rights of the individual and the re-
strictions on the few which benefit the
majority.
The United States has come a long
way toward a more democratic state
since the New England days of church
and property-right voters to the pres
ent liberal policies in law and supreme
court decisions which give the average
man more opportunity.
The Christmas spirit is truly a demo-
cratic spirit based on cooperation and
individual social, economic and religi-
Gus freedom.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
BY Rev. A. A. Kidd
First Methodist Church

the true worth of man. The in
dividual counted for little until
Jesus came. They were only good
as masses, but Jesus singled them
out one by one. Christ taught
the world the true worth of the
individual. Every person who en-
joys freedom Of opinion, and can
take his place and count one in
the affairs of the world should
remember that it is because of the
coming of Christ.
The coming of Jesus was good
news because it gave to the world
new hope. There was new hope
for the poor, for the sick and the
suffering, and for the worker.
There was also new hope for the
sinner. How joyful the tidings of
the Messiah's birth must have
been to many who were living
when Jesus came.
Fear not for | bring you good
tidings of great JOY which shall be
to all people, for unto you is born
this day in the City of David a
Saviour which is Christ the Lord"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
SOURCE OF STRENGTH

''In union there is strength" goes for
a group of persons with common inter-
ests, no less than for a government
made up of sovereign states.
Union is the principle underlying
agricultural marketing cooperation. One
man, dealing alone with a buyer, has
little power. He takes what is offered
or goes without a sale. Several hun
dred men, working together, can meet
the buyer on even terms.
Marketing cooperatives are precisely
what the name implies. Producers
meet, put up their money and start an
organization. They hire executives. The
organization represents their collective
voice. 1t is private business, stand
ing on its own feet-and it works on
the soundest of business principles.
More organizations of this type in the
Coolidge community should increase the
potential wealth of the valley.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
Christmas Time

Christmas time is almost here.
The most joyful time of all the
year,
With candy and nuts and lots of
toys
To make good time for girls and
boys.
With stockings by the fireside
And children in bed
Down the chimney
Comes Santa's sled
With thoughts Of father, mother
and me
And gifts stalked high beneath the
tree
With babe in manger and the
East Star
And wise men coming from afar
The good book said tho its hard
to believe
That it is better to give then to
receive
Thou shalt not covet, the Lord
did say
So give to others on Christmas
day.
BY HANNAH HODAPP
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
Text: bring you good It'd

Text: | bring you good It'd
ngs of great Joy" Luke 2:1o.
On the first Christmas night
Luke tells us that there were
shepherds watching their flocks
near the village of Bethlehem. An
angel came and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them, and
they were sore afraid. Then the
angel said: Fear not, for behold,
| bring you good tidings of great
Joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in
the City of David, Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. And
there shall be a sign unto you;
We shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger."
And suddenly there was with
the Angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, ana
saying: GLORY to God in the
Highest, and on earth peace
good will toward men"
Let us consider for little Whlle
what the coming of Jesus meant
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
NATIVE OF EUROPE
HELD IN ESTEEM MANY YEARS AGO

ers branches develop.
The stems are very brittle and
divide by forking. The leaves are
opposite, usually fleshy and green
ish yellow in color. In the desert
mistletoe, the leaves are exceed
ingly small or none. The flowers
are inconspicuous and grow in
small heads at the end and divi-
sion of the branches. The male
and female flowers grow On sep
arate plants. This explains the
absence of berries On some plants.
The berries are about the size of
small currants and white in most
species.
Although the plant depends up
on the host for its water and salts,
it is still able to manufacture
starch and sugars. This ability is
due to the presence Of chlorophyll
within the leaves and stems;
therefore it cannot be classed as
a complete degenerate; only a
partial one.
There are records where mistle-
toe has starved trees to death by
a too excessive draining of the
sap. In Europe they are a pest
on apple and related trees. Their
ravishes are not considered seri-
GUS; but if they become so, they
may be controlled by proper meth
DDS. =i41
Although it is lowly and degen-
crate and plant that gives to the
world no economic wealth, we can
forgive it all it's faults, for does
it not live bright and green when
all else seems dead, symbolic of
external things and life beyond
the winter night?
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
THE CHRIST CHILD

A little babe was born one night
The moon was riding high
But one big Star was shining
bright,
And Angels lowered nigh.
They sang song of peace on
Earth
of peace, Good Will to Men"
While in a manger sweet with hay
Lay Christ, the Son of Man.
With heads bowed low the shep-
herds came
The Christ child to adore;
They who believe upon His name
Shall live for evermore.
With gifts so rare came Wise Men,
too,
and offered unto Him
Their homage true because they
knew
He was the King of Men.
He lived to do His Fathers will
He conquered death and sin
I'll open up my heart today
And let the Christ child in.
Eva Faye Newcomb.