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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
REPORT kARYLAND'S
HUGE JOBLESS FUND
DRAWING INTEREST

Baltimore. June i.-lnterest al
lowed by the Federal government
on the Maryland unemployment
reserve fund deposited in the
United States Treasury has
mounted to s696.934. This inter-
est is provided by the Congress
sional act creating the nationwide
unemployment compensation Sys-
TEN. the amount is computed quar-
terly and the rate is based on the
payment of interest on the ma
tional debt. This interest is added
to the payroll taxes deposited IN
Washington by the State and can
be used for unemployment bene-
fits only.
Figures compiled by the Stats
tical Department Of the Maryland
Unemployment Compensa ton
Board show that 1903 OF the TO-
3l3 employers reporting in 1899
under the unemployment compen-
sation act were in the nine coun-
ties of the Eastern Shore and their
covered workers numbered 1858.
Manufacturers in Maryland in
1899 were responsible for $685.
400 of the si2,044. 400 payroll taxes
required under the law. These in
dustries employed l64,769 of the
total of $4,000 covered in this
State.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
gate is empowered TO name his
own choice.

gate is empowered TO name his
own choice.
Chiseler's Folly
Just heard a unique story from
an acquaintance. He had asked
one OF his friends where he in
tended TO spend his vacation.
Going to the New York
Worlds Fair and my boss is go
ing to stand the expenses. was
the answer.
How Gomez" asked my ac-
quaintance. "you always told me
that your employer is a tight
wad and a chiseler."
80 he is" came the startling
answer. Since the Wages and
Hours Law was changed last Oc-
tober he has been cheating me
out of wages due. l kept quiet
about it. but after July 4th l am
going to file my complaint and
insist upon the clause which al
lows workers to collect double
the amount OF wages and over
time the boss has cheated. II
should be a lesson TO him. and 1t
will be handy extra vacation
money for me-"
However. vox Pop docs NOT
recommend the procedure. II
your boss is chiseling it is best
to get after him right away BY
filing a complaint promptly.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
Name John I. Jones
To Attend Jobless
Farley at Capital

John T. Jones. president Dis
trict l6. United Mine Workers OF
America and president OF the
Maryland and District of Column
bia Industrial Union Council of
the Clio. was this week named BY
John L. Lewis to act as the repre-
sentative OF the United Mine
Workers of America at the Inter-
faith Conference on Unemploy-
ment. meeting in Washington. ID.
c.. on Tuesday. yesterday and to-
day.
The conference was called By the
Industrial Division OF the Federal
Council Of the Churches of Christ
in America; the Social Action De-
partment. National Catholic We'll
fare Conference; the Social Justice
Commission: Central Conference
of American Rabbis and Social
Justice Committee. Rabbinical AS
sembly OF America.
Purposes
The purposes OF the conference
are:
!. To emphasize the ethical
issues and moral consequences
OF unemployment and its effect
on American life.
2. To impress upon members
OF religious bodies, on employ
ers. labor. farmers and consum-
ers. and on all political parties
their unacceptable responsibility
for dealing with the problem OF
unemployment.
3. To study various specific
proposed remedies and to refer
such proposals for further study
and action by the various re-
ligious bodies. These findings
will be the responsibility of the
conference itself rather than of
the converting organizations.
Philip Murray Speaks
Philip Murray. Vice President of
the CLIO. is listed as one OF the
speakers at this mornings CThurs-
day. session.
Rabbi Edward L. Israel, OF Balti-
more. widely known among State
labor circles for his work In behalf
Of the under dog. will speak at the
concluding session OF the Confer
ence this afternoon on Mantle
nance Of Democratic Procedures.
All sessions are being held in the
Department Of Labor Auditorium,
Constitution Avenue. Washington.
D. c.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
POTPOURRI by vox pop

About a year and one half ago
the Cumberland Daily News
folded up and became the Cum
berland News. owned by the
Times and Alleganian Company.
Every one of the editorial stan
who was a member OF the Cum
berland Newspaper Guild was
fired.
Now after all these long
months the Cumberland News
has employed one OF the Guild
members who was thrown out Of
work.
It is not suggested that this
employe is a better newspaper
man now than he was when he
was thrown out to make way for
new help from outside Why,
then. may we wonder. was he
fired in the first place unless 1t
was owing to his membership in
the Newspaper Guild?
The entire affair is an example
OF the utter disregard Of per-
sonal welfare shown by the
Times and Alleganian Company
or else an admission that it has
learned a lesson from its earlier
action.
Correction
A typographical error in our
last column made II appear that
tho Celanesc Corporation profits
for the first thirteen weeks OF
1910 were s22,4l9,4l4.oO.
Actually the net profits were
S2.4i9.4l4.00. as was correctly
printed in our editorial column
Of the same issue.
They arc too high!
Jobs Shortly
The most frequent written re.
quests that VOx Pop receives
are those which enquire for
jobs. II is true that the Mary
land Genera Assembly has
hardly lifted a finger 10 tackle
this important problcm-with
ono notable exception.
Al tho last session the legis-
iaturc voted rule which will
give some employment at
least as long as the session
lasts.
The rule permits every State
Senator and Member Of the
House of Delegates TO employ
a private secretary for the
three months session 1T cost
Of 5000 which will he borne by
the State.
As there are six delegates
and one State Senator in Allie
gany County. Vox Pop Is giving
this tip of early so that pros
pcctivc applicants can get
busy.
Each State Senator or Dele
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06

and restitution TO a total oil over
$4,000 was made by the manage
ment to its dcfrauded workers.
Employ Children
On Monday OF this week Judge
W. calvin Chestnut of the United
States District Court at Baltimore
acted upon the complaint of Miss
katherine f. Lenroot. chief of
the United States ChildrenS Blu
reau. United States Department
OF Labor.
Miss Lenroot charged that II
children under the ages Of l6
years had been employed BY the
Bata Shoe Company between
April &c. 1899. and April 10. 1910.
Further. she claimed. the company
had shipped products. BIO OTIS,
shoes. etc. 10 various points out
side of tho State Of Maryland.
contrary to the provisions Of the
Far Labor Standards Act.
We're Warned
A. tho earliest trial on tho
cheating of wages. tho attorneys
for Bata Shoe Company pleaded
that ignorance Of law b. their
Czech employees and war worry"
was responsible for the violations.
This time. however. United
States District Attorney Bernard
j. Flynn and Children's Bureau
Representative Beverly r Wor-
rcll stated that officials of tho
Bata Shoe Company had been adj
vi cd of the child labor laws be-
fore the plant opened in August.
1889 and on several occasions
thereafter!
Representatives Of the govern
mcnt said the company had also
been told to obtain age certificates
from tho State Department of La
Dor for all minors under 10 years
OF age employed at the Belcamp
plant in Hartford County.
Grants Injunction
The Company Offered no denial
of the charges and Judgment was
entered permanently enjolning
Bata from violating the child la
Dor provisions of the Wages and
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
Labor Day Group
Meeting June Is
Al Lonaconing

The Labor Day Celebration
Committee OF the CLIO will hold
its next meeting on Sunday. June
IS. 1910. at 7.30 p. m. in the Odd
Fellows Hall. Homecoming. it was
announced this week.
All Locals which intend to par
ticipate should make sure they
are represented by delegates as
important decisions are to be
made and reports of progress
given.
The celebration will be held In
Homecoming this year.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
The Buttons

Come along. boys. sport those
paid up Union buttons! You
know where TO get them--right
at the Dues Booth on pay day
or any other day when you can
drop over.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
CIOProposesRaise
In yObless Benefits
To Advisory Body
Abolish Waiting Period, Give
Larger Sums for Longer
Period Asks Collins

In three-page typewriter brief, the Western Maryland
Industrial Union Council of the Clio last week asked the ALLIE
gany County Advisory Council to the Unemployment Com
pensaton Board study and recommend () Abolition of
the two weeks waiting period for unemployed claimants; 2)
Increase present benefit amounts 3 Study of the present
system of partial unemployment benefits; (4 Study of
tona training and apprenticeship; @ Asked that the Council
set a regular meeting date to conduct its work.
The letter. signed by President James B. Collins, drew
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06

OF the proposals. The full text
was as follows:
May "a. 1910
TO the Members OF the
Local Advisory Council.
Unemployment Compensation
Board. meeting at
Cumberland. Maryland
Gentlemen:
Following repeated requests OF
the Maryland and District OF Co.
lumbia Industrial Union Council
OF the CLIO and the Western Mary
land Industrial Union Council
your group has been established
in accordance with the provisions
Continued on page Tires
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
Why CeIanese Wages
Should Be Raised!
Celanesc Corp. of America
Votes Stock Dividend

Directors OF Celanese Corp. OF
America yesterday declared
common stock dividend OF IS. 26e
shares. issuable at the rate OF
one share for each 40 shares
held. Tho dividend is payable
Aug. Is TO stockholders of record
June IL.
In addition. the board declared
a dividend OF so cents per share
on the common stock. payable
July TO stock of record June Il.
Cclanesc common closed yes.
terday at So per share.
Profits for the first thirteen
weeks of this year reached
s2.4l9.4l40O.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
CAFE
n / " :

The first item OF note is that
Cletis Parrish has just returned
from his vacation. He reports
having a swell time. We are get
ting our PAID VACATIONS ow-
ing to the activities OF Local 1874
Textile Workers Union Of Amer
lea and NOBODY ELSE. Please
don't forget this when you enjoy
your paid vacation and thank
goodness We have a good union.
Just Different
About a month or so ago the
management adjusted the staff
employees hours 10 work 40 hours
week on five days. But little
Caesar didn't adjust his. because
the staff is still working six days
to make their forty hours.
II seems strange that seven or
eight thousand can work forty
hours in FIVE days. but in the
Cafe a very few have TO put in
six days to make the same forty
hours. That is the way Ross
worm runs things-different from
anyone else!
Wonder Why?
Talking about staff MEM
bers, how is II that so many OF
the staff. which gets one hour
for lunch. makes the trip into
Cumberland TO eat, rather than
eat in the Cafe? There must
be a reason.
Good Offer
As most of our readers will
have noticed. Number One Boy
Powers has been working a vaca-
ton on Catcye for the past two
week.
Well. it seems that the daylight
shift has offered them $500 If
they will keep Number Ono Boy
on cateye. However, the cateye
boys say they will do almost
anything for $5.00-except that!
National Bohemian
Never saw so much National
Bohemian Beer around here
before as In the past two
weeks! Seems as though every
reader Of the Voice OF Labor
clipped the free beer coupon In
the last issue.
And ! want to say right here
that I had never bought Ma
tional Bohemian before. II
certainly Is q swell tasting
bottle Of beer.
The boys on G. A. are hoping
there will be coupon for the
CANNED beer In our paper
soon!
Still They Come
The Cafe boys are happy to
announce that still another one Of
our fellow workers has finally
signed up in the Union.
This shows that some are now
beginning TO see the light after
all our efforts. Not very far to
go now in the Cafe and all the
boys will be in the Union which
wins their fights and also got
them a PAID VACATION.
The Buttons
Come along. boys. sport those
paid up Union buttons! You
know where TO get them-right
at the Dues Booth on pay day
or any other day when you can
drop over.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-06-06
Bat'a Shc 10. Again
Found Guilty Breaking
L. S. Wages & Hours Lau
COURT ISSUES PERMANENT
INJUNCTION ON CHILD
LABOR VIOLATION

The law breaking Baa Shoe Company back in the SPOT
light Of notoey again this week with the United States Gov
and The CLIO chang up another victory when the firm
permanently enjoned from further nacons of the ma
tons child labor provisions of the Wages and Hours Law.
Only three weeks the company fined 10000 for
cheating employees wages due them under the same law
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
British Sea Losses
Heavy In Last Week

ish source said that nothing what
soever' was known of what it called
a German claim that Il planes had
bombed shipping off the east coast
of Scotland yesterday.
German communicates mentioned
no such bombing although today's
reported Reconnaissance flights
over the northern part of the North
Sea-
The admiralty's figures today said
that the five British ships sunk
last week totalled 1926 tons and
the IS neutrals 46,801 tons.
The list included two neutral
losses previously unannounced: the
3,396-ton Finnish ship Villa, sunk
by an explosion February 16, with
the crew rescued; and the 4,297-tor
Norwegian steamer Sangstad, torpe'
decd February IS, with the crew
of % and one passenger saved.
The British naval source said that
probably" l3 of the Is neutral YES
sells were sunk by submarines with
out warning.
The admiralty also disclosed the
capture of the German trawler Herr.
lichkeit, 26S tons, by a British war
ship which brought her into a Brit
iSh port,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Board Of Elections
Okehs Appointments

LUMBERTON, Feb. 20.-Recom'
mendations by Chairman Henry A
McKinnon of the Robson county
democratic executive committee to
the state board of elections, that
Mckay McKinnon of Maxton ano
Ben G. Floyd of Lumberton be ap'
pointed as the party's members OF
the county board, were approved at
d meeting here Saturday Of - OF
the executive committees 80 men,
bers.
The third member Of the boz I'd,
to be appointed by the state cleo
ton officials, will be named by the
county republicans.
Mckay McKinnon as chairman,
Floyd as secretary, and A. E. How
ard of St. Pauls, republican mem.
Der, have served on the county e.e4-
lions board for several years.
The executive committee passed
a resolution recommending that the
county elections board increase the
number Of precincts by dividing
large ones in the county, urging the
board to take such a step "if il
thought it for the best interest OF
the voters"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

LONDON, Feb. 20.-CP-British
authorities asserted today that last
weeks British and neutral shipping
losses we're the heaviest of the war,
but said that four German subma-
rines were definitely sunk a n d
two others were believed destroyed
by the British navy or air force.
The successful attacks on the six
U-boats were said to have occurred
within a space Of six days last
week, which British naval sources
said was marked by the return of
the torpedo to first place as a wea-
pom of destruction.
The admiralty listed five British
and IS neutral ships as lost during
the week ending Sunday with a to-
tai of SCOTT tons, SURPRISING the
previous high mark of 1913 tons
set in the second week of the war.
The London Evening News report
ed that German bombing planes ma
chine-gunned the decks of four Bi-
fish trawlers in the North Sea yes
terday but failed in attempts to
bomb the ships.' British fighting
planes were said to have chased the
Germans away.
Without referring to the Evening
News report an authoritative Brit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Forest Fire Damage
Is $38l,945 In N. {,

RALEIGH, Feb. 2O-LR-There
were 526 forest fires which burned
over 1895 acres and destroyed
1881, 945 worth of timber during
1889 in the. AZ counties of the state
not cooperating with the states
division of forestry in fire control.
State Forester W. c. Mccormick
said today this toll compared with
4,155 fires, 250.950 acres burned and
loss of $467,17S in the So cooperat'
ing counties.
The average fire in unprotected
areas burned over 33S acres and
destroyed $726 worth Of timber
while on protected areas the average
fire burned over 60 acres and die
SIP worth Of damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
RAL E|GH
B r ! E FS
Star.News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Feb. 2O.-Undeterred
by possibility that their rule may
be challenged in the courts, mem
bers Of the North Carolina Cosme.
tologists examining board are going
ahead with preparations to give
their tests in April.
Nobody so far has been carried
to court for trying to practice
"cosmetology" without approval of
the board. but in view Of the recent
supreme court decision in the dry
cleaners case, it is likely that more
than one would-be practitioner is
likely to thumb her nose at the
examiners and set up in business
without it's consent.
The latest examination was com
pleted February IL, with 1911 Of the
286 applicants passing the tests anc
getting approval.
Applications Of those desiring to
take the next exam must be receiv
ed by the board prior to March 22
The examiners are Mrs. Annie L
Williamson and Mrs. Gertrude Hut
Crimson, Of Fayetteville, and Mrs
Ethel Windsor of Hickory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Book Highlights

William E. Wilson's 1.-THE Wabash"
(Farrar and Rinehart: $500 is
the eighth volume in the Rivers
of America series. It is fully as
colorful, exciting as the rest. Here
are William Henry Harrison, Te-
cumseth, George Rogers Clark
and many other frontier fight
ers Of the Wabash. Described
briefly below are the last days of
Clark's incredible march to re-
capture Vincennes in February,
1873:
At times the water was UP to
George Rogers Clark's neck-and
he was a tall man. Then it was
necessary for the other tall men to
carry their shorter comrades or ship
them ahead on floating logs and in
two canoes
the expedition-they reached a wood
where the short and the weak were
able to cling to trees while the tall
and the strong plunged on to a TO-
acre scrap of land that was actual
ly land. There the stronger ones
built fires and came back and car.
ried their comrades to safety. .
Then the strong fed them with a
quarter of buffalo, some corn, and
some tallow, which they had taken
from several squaws and Indian
children who had padded past the
camp in a canoe.
With their mouths watering for
food, but refusing to touch any of
it, the strong stood by and watch
ed the weak regain their strength.
Then all of them strong and weak
alike, frightened their belts about
their lean bellies and faced their
commander.
They had marched 24O flooded
miles in 10 days. They might, with
out dishonor. have asked for a
breathing spell. But Vincennes lay
just on the other side Of yonder
hill.
THE men are ready, Colonel Clark"
Were spoilin' fur a fight"
"Forwardr
EN- avant."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

four of these are the congress
backbone: the National Student
Federation, the American Student
Union, the international Student
Service and the United Student
Peace Committee.
RELIGION STUDENT
HEADS GROUP
Greatly condensed, here's the lay.
out:
The officers:
Jack McMichael, chairman. Born
in Georgia, graduated from Emory
college in 1887, now enrolled at I'm
ion Theological Seminary preparing
to be a minister. Worked for the
Y. M. C. A. after leaving Emory
and spent upward Of a year il
China.
McMichael is tall, slim and good
looking. His is an unpaid office, h
was elected to it last June and it,
his first Youth Congress office.
Joseph Gladden., executive secre
tary. A New Yorker, graduated from
Brown university in 1881; WORKED
for the National Student Federation
and for the international Studen
Service.
His congress job is full-time, an
in theory pays s25 a week. Actually
he took in about $500 last year. HI
ekes out his income by l~ecturing OF
the side.
Frances Williams, administrative
secretary. Comes from New Jersey
graduated from the New Jersey Col
lege for Women in 1885, and wen
to work for the Foreign Policy As
ISOLATION.
Her job is full.time, too; lik'
Cadden's its supposed to pay So
a week, but really paid about $50
last year.
Abbott Simon, legislative director
Graduate of Harvard and holder o
an NJ. A. from Columbia. He live
in Washington and acts as the con
gress's contact man on Capito
Hill. HIS is not a full-time job ant
carries no pay.
The history:
In 1884 a meeting was called II
New York to organize a you'll
movement. Moving spirit was Viol
/ lima, who did most Of the origina
pushing; the meeting broke up il
a row., however, and split into tw'
wings.
One of these-Viola's - dwindle'
and died. The other became tn
Youth Congress.
The congress went ahead, trying
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
FEDERAL PRISONER
WOUNDS GUARD
One Of 10 Being Transfer
red To Atlanta Shoots
Jail Attendant

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 20-UP-
A federal prisoner, one OF ~ De
ing transferred from the Atlanta
penitentiary to one in LeWlsburg,
Penn. shot and seriously wounded
Henrico county Jail Attendant WIN
ton C. Myers last night IN an uh'
successful attempt to escape.
Myers( on a nightly round OF the
Jail, refused an order to unlock a
cell block door and was hot IN
the chest. The keeper managed TO
unlock two doors to reach county
police headquarters in the same
building, and police quickly sur
rounded the Jail.
Hospital attendants said Myers
condition was serious but not crit
ical.
Sheriff Wilson Seay quoted the
prisoner, Junior Yarbrough, 10, OF
Asheville, N. c., as saying he found
the pistol in his cell bunk.
Y%arbrough said he entered the
Atlanta prison last November 10 to
serve a three-year sentence for
breaking into the main p%ostofice at
Asheville.
The group of 10 men had been
lodged in the Jail overnight en- route
from Atlanta to L%ewisburg.
The Henrico Jail was removed
from the list of those approved by
the federal government after the
escape Of eight federal prisoners
from 1t last November. The eight
eventually were r~ecaptured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

to educate both young people and
adults to the existence of a youth
problem" stirring up localities to
meet specific youth needs, and sc
on. 1t won the friendship of Mrs
Roosevelt and the enmity Of Martin
Dies.
It's current Washington meeting
was called purely as a citizenship
institute and was participated in by
many bodies not members of the
congress. 1t hadn't even started
before charges of communistic in
fluence were flying.
The Finances:
Last year the congress took in
and spent slightly more than SIS,
900. It raised two-thirds of this from
registration fees and collections al
it's meetings and from the sale OF
literature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

nize a good script when he saw
one, and he admitted his judgment
is about as bad as the average &C.
tors. AT first" said Taylor, Il
realized I didn't know anything
about this business and gladly took
whatever was offered. Then came
Lucky Night and it started me
guessing. Pretty soon I started ob-
jecting out loud. Sometimes I was
right and sometimes wrong. I didn't
thing Stand Up and Fight or Lady
Of the Tropics would be any good"
He also was right about Par
NELL" to which he originally was
assigned. Clark Gable eventually
starred in it, and the picture still
is cited as Metros most horrible
contribution to Hollywood's list of
colossal flops.