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Evening star., 1940-12-24

During the World War, in fur
therance of that same end, our war
time agencies actually improvised a
mass of social observation-disclosures
housing, minimum wages, maximum
hour standards, healthful working
conditions, collective bargaining
through freely chosen representa-
tives, employment exchanges, media
ton and adjustment of labor dis
putes. In our present defense drive,
these very measures, improved by
tested experience, placed on per-
manent base, are ready at hand
giving greater efficiency to our
peacetime economy and greater
strength to our necessary protective
rearmament. To discard or weaken
these measures would be to weaken
ourselves. This step the Congress
will never take.
Jobs Called First Concern.
Full employment of those able to
work is a test second to none, as to
whether democracy is strong and
efficient. Mass unemployment has
been the bane of the capitalist sys-
tenn of free enterprise throughout
the past decade. Hitler boasts that
his system has done away with this
evil. Now more than ever we must
preserve those measures that pro-
vide decent jobs at fair wages. We
cannot now accept the sweeping
proposal to reduce the number of
jobs by making the hours of labor Of
defense workers longer and longer.
This proposal, sincerely advocated in
the cause of national defense, would
defeat its own objective.
An unreasonably long work week
for the individual worker would only
bring lowered morale, weakened
health, declining production and in
creasing accidents. That is the ver-
dict of experience, here, in Great
Britain, and even in Nazi Germany.
Besides conserving the strength, ef-
flciency and morale of those en-
ployed, the work week and overtime
requirements now embodied in law
are essential for the absorption of
the capable unemployed and the
fullest employment of our available
man power.
Most of the proposals to alter our
wage and hour legislation are based
Evening star., 1940-12-24
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

This is the time of year when
many fine specimens Of bird nests
may be found There is no reason
why you cannot take them home for
study purposes. Next year the same
builder will construct a new home
and would not dream of using the
old nest, no matter how well pre-
served it might be at the time she
needed another nursery. This is the
law among them and it is con-
sistently followed.
Thele are many. nests which are
saddled on branches. The ruby
throated humming birds is per-
haps the most famous and difficult
to find. The wood pewee's is an
other and that Of the least fly
catcher still another.
If you want new hobby study
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Ruse Saves Funds

When four men tried to hold up
an Office in Shanghai, China, they
bound Miss M. Moohina, Russian
clerk, and took her diamond ring
and gold watch, but when they
tackled the safe she pretended to
faint so they would not learn the
combination, thus saving several
thousand dollars.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06
MONDAY MUSICAL CLUB
SEASON JEGYEI

A Monday Musicel Club iro-
daja COG Dollar Bank epiilet,
minden nap nyitva junius 20
ig, ahol a jov6 tell, oktober Il
en- kezd6d6 Monday Musical
Concert Season-ra az id6szaki
jegyeket mar most lie lehet
foglalni.
Julius es augustus hona-
pokban az iroda csak csiit0rtok
es penteken lesz nyitva.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06

A koncert szezon okt6ber / -
en- Gladys Swarthout, a Metro
politan Opera egyik csillag&-
max felleptevel kezd6dik, ezk
koveti november Pan a vilag
hiru Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra zenekari el6adasa
Ormandy Jen6 vezet6se alatt,
eek utan h6napr6l-h6napr
mindig mas Is mas kimagasl6
miveszek el6adasai k0vetkez-
mex.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06

New York allan Monticello
newt varosaban van egy 1O3
ewes ember, aki jo egeszseget
es hosszu eletet annak tulajdo-
nitja, hogy naponta megiszik
ket pohar petroleumot. Egy
kicsit szagos ugyan t6le, de Al
litolag nagyon jol erzi magat
utanna.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06
ROOSEVELT AJArDEKA
HORTHY KORMANYZ0NAK

Az Egyesiilt allamok eln0ke,
F. D. Roosevelt udv0zl6 At.
iratott kiildott Horthy Mikl6s,.
Magyarorszag kormanyzoj ojanak.
a budapest amerikai k6vet ut.
jan es ugyanakkoT Roosevelt
elnok saiatkeziileg alaiFt feny-
kepet is atadta a kormanyz6-
max.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06
hETI SZEMLE
(FOIytataS a dix oldalroll


polgar munkasok szama mem
lehet t0bb tiz percentnel, a
nem-polgarokat regisztraljak, S
mem lehetnek lapok kiadoi,
vagy szerkeszt6i, akik mem
amerikai polgarok.
Kiil0n0sen szigoru az az in
tezkedes, amely a nem-polga-
rok szamat korlatozza a nem-
haborus allamk0zi kereskede-
lemre dolgoz6 iparban, inert
alig van ipar, amely allamkozi
kereskedelmet mem vegez.
Ez a hiszteria es a vele jaro
uszitas lit mem all meg, $
ujabb meg ujabb javaslatok
Oz0nlenek a haz asztalara a be-
vandoroltak ellen naponta.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06
KEMENY IGAzsAGoK osz1NTE HANGoN

ITALIAN keemetlen 6szine sz6 de jobb, ha isztan lat
juk haboru mai heyzetet es amgatuk 0nmagunkat
cyan aelyek mar fustbe mentek EFT Finn
ameriai usago mondja aknek cikkeit ntegy keszaz
gol nyev napilap kohl gazdasag penzgy es mszak ker
desek fel6 Szk Finn asai de ANIMAL aaposabbak Eek
b6l idezzuk junius masodk napjan irt sorokat
Aki 6nmagat akara amitani, bolondtan ovassa
tovabb haborus heket ameyeket London es Paris kd
vlagga A azonban zamol jov6vel is nez tobbe
haborus jelent4sekre inert mar regen ta igazsagot
haborut Anglia elvesztette Az angol birodalmat ma
egy enyez6 menthetne meg atszoag es ennek
Egyesiit Aamok csak latszat Amerika eke
huszonnegy oran bel hadat zenne Hternek es
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-06
KOMPLIKALJA
EZEKET

a haborus keszul0deseket
er6sen a k0zelg6 valasztas,
inert senki nem tudja, hogy
milyen administrations lesz
het honap mulva; hogy NIT
hoz a valasztas.
A republikanusok ket het
mulva tartjak a jel0l6 kon-
venciot, rajuk nezve meglehe-
t6sen szerencsetlen helyzet-
ben.
Az ellenzek ARA t0rekedett,
hogy a valasztast belpolitikai
kerdeseken ussza meg, inert
ezen a teren a Roosevelt ad-
minisztracio nyolc ewes mum
kaja a kritikara a lehet6sege-
ket b6segesen megadja.
A nemzetk0zi helyzet azon-
ban annyira vlsagos lett, hogy
az orszag polgarsaganak azon
van a figyelme, mem lehet a
haborut agyon hallgatni. Mar
pedig az eln0k nemzetkozi
tenykedeset az orszag szinte
egyhangulag helyesli.
Ma ugy latszik, hogy a re-
publikanusok re m en- y telen
helyzetben vannak, ez azonban
meg novemberig valtozhat.
EGYETLEN JELOLTNEK
sincs meg a delegatusok
szukseges tobbsege es ICY ma
eppen olyan blzonytalan. hogy
XII lesz az ellenzek jeloltje,
mint ezel6tt egy felevvel.
Szemmel lathatolag Van
denberg az elszigeteles politi-
kaja k0vetkezteben vegleg le-
csuszott, inert AIT ma mar erzi
mindenki ebben a hazaban,
hogy a vilag tobbi reszet6l mem
tudjuk 0nmagunkat elzarni.
Dewey-tol felnek a partveze-
rex, szinten a nemzetkOzi hely
zetre val6 tekintettel, inert a
new york; ugyesznek semmi ta-
pasztalata vagy kepesitese
mines ra, hogy megbirkozzek a
lathataron fenyegeto proble-
makkal.
Taftnek az ugye all talan a
harom jel0lt kozul a legjob-
ban, de ma 6 "a sem fogad-
max, hanein AIT hiszik, hogy
clark horse"-t fognak jel0lni.
S eek k0ziil Bricker ohioi kor
manyzonak, vagy Martin con-
gresszmar1nak van a legjobb
eselye. Wilkielt szeretnek, de
fnem6 fiiriefikq e jelSifaa, inert ma
gyon sok erdekszal es egesz
eddigi multja fuzik a Wall
Streehez.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
Our Chamber of Commerce.

The Cumberland Chamber of Commerce is presenting a
series of programs the local radio station These pro-
grams aegedly to enlghen the public what business
done for Cumberland Tor what has done Cum
berand for).
Last Tuesday w. r. Brewer of the Liberty Trust Com.
pany and the Cumberland Chamber of Commerce gave
address in this series.
He spoke of agtaors anxious line their pockets
with dues of unsuspecng etc., etc. and proceeded refer
to the strikes in Cumberland.
We hereby ask Mr.. w. R. Brewer the agitators
in Cumberland who line their pockets with dues?
We also draw public notice to the scandalous fact that
the Cumberland Chamber of Commerce receives $50 per
year dues from the taxpayers Of Cumberland
We again draw attention to the fact that the Secretary
of the Cumberland Chamber Of Commerce personally re-
ceives $3.50 per year from the charitable funds collected
under the auspices Of the Cumberland Community Chest
Can these be the "agtaors anxious line their own
pockets with dues Of unsuspecting" whom Mr. Brewer
refers?
As THE EDITOR
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
Local 1874
Nominates
Wednes.
Ballots Go
BY Mail On
Jan. 20
ANNOUNCE RULES

Local 1874 Textile Workers
Union of America will hold its
general membership meeting
next Wednesday. January 10.
1870 at the Textile Hall and the
special order OF business will be
the nominations of officers for
the coming year. announced
President James A. Dundon this
week.
The meeting will commence at
800 p. M. Immediately after
all nominations have been made
and any destinations entered the
ballots will be printed and for
warded by mail to each men,
Der entitled TO vote.
December Dues
The Executive Board announc-
cd on Wednesday that only
members who have paid their
dues for the month OF December
1899 by January 10. 1910 will re-
ceivc ballots and be eligible 10
vote. This is in accordance with
the Bylaws OF the Local. jan
uary 10th is set as the date so
that the mailing list can be pre-
pared.
The ballots 60 out on January
Goth and will be counted by the
official elections committee on
January 30th. 1910.
Efforts are being made to
have the Voice OF Labor appear
on January 2ist. a day earlier
than our scheduled issue. in or
der to print an official list OF
candidates as they appear on the
ballot.
officers of Local 1874 announce
that special arrangements will
be made for quick service at
the dues paying windows until
January 10th and that commit
tee men and members are urged
to take immediate steps to check
on their membership dues and
pay for December and qualify
TO vote.
This year marks the first oc.
casion which the Local elections
have been conducted by mail
and is a result Of past experience
in setting up cumbersome cleo.
ton machinery in many nearby
points under the old system.
Many local unions are watch
ing the new plan with interest
TO get pointers on its efficiency.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
Resolution

WHEREAS 1t has come to the
attention of the Maryland Labor
League that there exists In the
City OF Cumberland. Maryland. an
ordinance which requires a permit
from the Mayor and City Council,
and also the payment Of a license
fee. before hand bills can be dis
tributed; and.
WHEREAS it has come to the
attention Of the Maryland Labor
League that there exists in the
City OF Cumberland an ordinance
which prohibits the free exercise
Of the right to picket without first
obtaining the permission Of the
Police Department. and which per-
mission can be revoked by the Po-
lice Department: and.
WHEREAS the United States
Supreme Court has in important
decisions OF recent date, declared
such ordinances illegal and con-
trary to the Constitution OF the
United States OF America; and.
WHEREAS these ordinances re-
ferred to are fragrant violations OF
the Constitution OF the United
States and inimical &c American
principles.
NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT
RESOLVED that the Maryland
Labor League condemns these
ordinances because they are I'M
constitutional and contrary to
the fundamental American doc
trines of freedom of speech.
press and assembly. and urgent
~ requests the Mayor and City
Council OF Cumberland TO repeal
or 10 amend these ordinances
so as 10 make them inapplicable
to labor unions and non-com-
mercial ORGANIZATIONS and
causes; and.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that unless these ordinances arc
repealed or amended as requested.
that the Maryland Labor League
support petitions TO be filed with
the Department OF Justice for the
extirpation Of these un-American
practices in the Free State Of
Maryland.
THE MARYLAND LABOR
LEAGUE.
c. w. Metzel. President.
Attested by:
Hartman Barber. Secretary.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
CeIanese Yarns
Join the Army
By SPINNER

All OF us workers at the Gel.
anese plant can't help but notice
the sign put up just inside the
plant gate saying Join the
Army"
Now. we feel that sign can be
put there for two reasons. one.
in the hope that all our Union
committeeman will read 1t End
join up. Or. two. maybe our
good English bosses are finding
out that the American people
arc able by this time TO see
through the British propaganda.
and that with bigger army in
the U. S. A. We can go over and
show them how to do 1t again
in Hitler's and chamberlain's
butcher shop!
Christmas Bonus
Each year the Celanese Cor
poration pays a Christmas Bonus
TO the chosen few you've
guessed II - the staff
This year the staff received
two bonuses. one in September
as a reward for working curing
the close down and another dur
ing Christmas week with Ten
Dollars additional TO the extra
weeks pay for faithful services
during the past year.
Now. we production workers are
not asking for a bonus. but please
Mr.. Celanese. when we tthe
union) 90 into conferences and
ask pay arises don't give US that
old line that you cannot afford Ill
Ceianese Cafe
Because there has been
couple Of issues Of the Voice of
Labor without any complaints
about the celanese Cafeteria. l
expect the Cafe boss thinks
everything is o. X.
But he may as we'll know.
right now. that everything is
NOT o. X. In his pets heaven
and union mems hell.
There is a question that has
long been bothering me about
this cafe business. II concerns
the C. A. Cafe and the early
closing hour on 10 II shift. Is
II possible that q shift worker
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05

Hearings were held In Cumber-
land early in November. Strange
feature was that the Electricians
were not even represented and evil
dence was given that the local
charter had been taken up by In
ternational officials many months
ago!
MachiniSts
The International Association OF
MachinistS were represented at the
hearing By Paul England. whom
the Clio attorney later declared
turned out to be the best witness
for the CLIO side
, England was not quite sure as
to what group OF workers he de-
sired to represent, but admitted
that he wished TO exclude several
classifications who were eligible
i1or admission to his union by the
terms OF the charter.
The CLIO Local 1874 Textile
Workers Union Of America pro-
duced the names and records of
all its members in the Engineering
Department at the hearing. but
England refused TO produce any
cards or enter any names Of those
whom he claimed TO represent.
The machinistS organization
is well-known In Cumberland
labor circles for its actions In
signing up phony Contracts"
with Cumberland automobile
dealers two years ago when the
Clio had the ma jority member
ships and then walking out Of
the scene after the employers
interests had been served.
Inappropriate
The board stated that the petit
tons OF the international Asso-
citation OF MachiniSts and the In
ternational Brotherhood OF Elec-
trical Workers we're dismissed
upon the basis that the units
which they sought TO establish in
the engineering departments we're
inappropriate for the purpose OF
collective bargaining.
The board further found that
the record disclosed successful
collective bargaining between the
Cclanese Corporation and Local
1874 Textile Workers Union of
America, affiliated with the CLIO.
as a unit comprising all super
visory employees" and that there
was no history of collective bar
gaining upon a craft basis"
Board member William NJ. Leis-
erson added a separate comment
noting that the unit sought BY the
machinists was inappropriate. He
emphasized that the company's
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
Labor Board Denies TUo
Petitions of Machinists
And Electricians
HEARINGS WERE HELD HERE
Local 1871, CIO, Has Contract
Corering All Workers

The bargaining power Of organized Ceanese workers
going be weakened and the graspng hands of
AFL business agents going be kept Of Celanese work.
pockets by virtue of the Labor Board decision of week.
end denied petitions Of the international Association Of Ma
Workers.
Board Member Edwin S. Smith wrote 81 justification
the present for weakening the bargaining strength Of the
employees whole by permitting the machnists and appren
tees split eff from the main bargaining unit Of the employees"
William M. Leiserson concurred with the decision and
Chairman J. Warren Madden dissented.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05

has to arrange his meal on 3
10 II 10 suit the hours a cafeteria
worker spends in the plant?
This cafe Is open at 4.45 p. NJ,
and closes $40 p. NJ. OH this shift
and II a worker from some dc.
partment can't arrange to eat
before $40 p. NJ. he has to walk
some distance TO the Main Cafe
Can you imagine restaurant
owners in Cumberland trying TO
limit the lunch times Of their
patrons? OF course you can't:
they would work out a suitable
schedule for their employees or
add additional help when bust.
ness warranted. hope the cafe
boss reads this and profits. but
OF course the Celanese Cafe
proposition is monopoly and
does not have TO worry.
also heard a fellow complain
about a dirty cup in the C. A.
cafe on 3 to II. He said that
this was not the first time II had
happened 10 him Check up
Bossworm. someone is laying
down on the job! ED.
Oh. yes. ] ate my Christmas
dinner at the Cafe on a paper
plate. Nice goin'.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
JACK GALLEN ON
SPORTS, PAGE FOUR

In response to many demands
the Voice OF Labor this week COM
mences to present Sports Fea-
lures.
We are fortunate in having Sc
cured the services OF Jack Gallen
well-known sports commentator
whose first column appears on
page four.
Contributors and club secretar,
les can address Jack Gallen al
p. o. Box 200. Cumberland or BY
phone at All.
Sports fans please note.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05

employees. including all in the
engineering department. had been
covered By collective agreement
with Local 1874 and the manage
ment since December 1886.
Chairman Madden held that the
iourneymen. apprentices and first
class helpers might properly be
considered a separate bargaining
unit and that the CLIO agreement
was made after the NLRB pro-
ceedings had been commenced
ED. Note: There has never been
any proof or suggestion that the
machinists ever held a majority
either before or after Local 1874
won its agreement. In fact the
ALL unions failed miserably over
twelve years to organize even one
unit at Amcellel
No Membership
James A. Dundon, president
of Local 1874 TWUA. told the
VOICE OF LABOR that the
opinion had been confidently
expected BY the CLIO union and
said that he doubted II the
proyerbial 'corporaI's guard
could have been raised by the
machinists even n an election
had been ordered. while as far
as the electricians unit Is con-
cerncd. they did not have a rep
rcscntative at the hearing and
they do not have n member In
the plant"
Other CLIO figures hailed the de-
ciSion as ending any lingering
hopes Of AFL ofiicialdom that the
powerful industrial union of the
celanese workers can be carved
up and rendered helpless BY dis
mcmbcrment into craft units.
Many held the belief that the Pc
titions we're merely a gesture
which cost nothing to those max
ing them and that there might be
possible chance OF harassing
both the Labor Board and the
clio union.
The VOICE OF LABOR is watt
ing to hear II the Cumberland
News hollers that the decision is
another example of the pro-John
Lewis attitude of the Board!
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05
POTPOURRI by yox POP

when done for the United Mine
Workers OF America. an honest to
goodness union. Why the change
OF opinion in the case OF IN {
"stooge' outfit known as the Car
roll County Workers Association?
Strange paper!
Whose Policy?
DO the Republican leaders Of
Allegany County control the
policy of the Cumberland
News" or was the statement
Just another Of the fanciful
imaginings of the paper?
II the Republican party lead
ers Of Allegany County DO con-
troll the editorial policies of the
CUMBERLAND NEWS" we
wonder how they are going to
square themselves on the cur
reJt editorials villifying the
CID and misinforming the pub
lie on the National Labor Rela-
tieas Board bearings?
DO the Republican party lead
crs approve Of the suppression
of CLIO news from the news
columns and CIO letters from
the letter columns of the paper
whose policies IL is alleged they
control?
Personally We think the en-
tire handling OF The CUMBER-
LAND NEWS Is controlled by
the Times and AlIcganian Co.
Democrats. But how long will
the Republican leaders be con.
tent TO be suspect of running
the works:
Calendars
The calender Of the Amalga.
mated Clothing Workers OF Amer.
lea is being sent out and 1t is
the usual handsome product. Any
local union which has not re.
ccived ono should write to the
Western Maryland Industrial Un-
ion Council at once.
The Musicians Union
Been reading where one James
Caesar Petrillo of the Chicago
Federation OF Musicians is ruling
out all references 10 John L. Lewis
and the CLIO from Chicago stage
plays. Doesn't like the CLIO he
says.
Well. whenever a CLIO union
hercabollts hires a dance orches-
ira they always insist upon en-.
gaging members OF the Fedora
ton OF Musicians. and they pay
much more than they would Il
non union orchestras!
A CLIO delegate last week sug.
gcsted that CLIO unions in future
ask any ALL Musicians Union
orchestra If they object to taking
payment from the CLIO treasures
and IL dancers can wear CLIO but.
tons on the dance floor.
Mcthinks this man Petrillo /,
going TO look like small potatoe.
II the CLIO ever takes him up ser.
iouslyl OF course he was instru.
mental in getting John L. Lewis
and the CLIO name on the front
pages Of practically every paper
in the country. so VIC should per.
haps not think too badly OF the
gent!
-----s
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-01-05

mother. brothers and sisters who
are bereaved In their sad hours.
Emmett Howell was a real
sportsman and his passing will
be missed for many seasons to
come. He was a fine hunter and
loved to roam the woods looking
for wild life In the fall season.
Just a few short years ago he was
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