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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

heard more in the future. This is
what the A. F. of L. Survey of Busi-
ness has to say about this cry, brand
ing it as unpatriotic and unsound:
employers are claiming that wage
increases will bring price increases.
Companies able to pay higher wages
sometimes use a wage increase as an
excuse for unnecessary price increases.
This is against the public good"
The survey cites figures to show
that increased production and profits
furnish basis for raising wages and
says that principles governing wage
increases are: "GD Companies able,
because of higher earnings should do
so. (2) An adequate wage should be
the first charge against any business.
Companies showing inability to pay
adequate wages should make every eff
fort to improve efficiency; workers
should not be forced to live in poverty
because of inefficient management"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
WHAT NEXT?

Parafine Companies, Inc, has an
nounced the discovery of a substitute
for tung oil, used in the manufacture
of paints, varnishes and lacquers. The
company added the new material was
said to be as good as or better than
tung oil and could be produced at
lower cost. The United States relies
chiefly on China for tung oil.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

whose officials believed freedom was a
one-sided proposition
But even with all those shortcom-
ings of the earlier days, America still
had democracy, which means it had
the tools with which to make repairs
to the social and economic structure
And today, as result, it is better
than ever.
The labor movement, to do this job
of torch bearing and trench holding,
needs to have it's own house in the best
possible order
1t needs unity. 1t needs an end
to the chickering's that keep it
split. 1t needs physic that will
get the racketeers out. 1t needs a
purgative that will spew out the
Communists and the Nazis, where
they exist.
These publications are needed, for
the labor movement needs clean body
for the tremendous job at hand.
It's no use to say that everything
is all right. 1t isn't. The main body
is all right, but there's a peppering of
sore spots.
It's time to clean house and
close ranks.
Because it is very likely that the
main job of protecting democracy and
keeping it fully alive and functioning
will fall on the shoulders of the or
ganized labor movement. That's the
way it has been; that's the way it will
be-C. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
EDITORS OF LABOR
PRESS BACK DRIVE

New Orleans, La. (ILNS) War on
racketeers who seek to make the la
Dor press their feeding ground was
declared by the convention of the In
ternational Labor Press of America
here. BY unanimous vote Secretary
Treasurer r. E. Woodmansee was di-
rected to conduct thorough survey
and assemble at his office all possible
information, so that editors and pub
fishers may be fully informed as to
who is racketeering and where. His
office will be the F. B. |. of the labor
press. Fake solicitors, fake rackets,
names, characteristics, and favorite
tricks will be catalogued.
A suggestion that three prizes be
offered for excellence was rejected for
the time being.
This year marking 80 years of
service and also his seventy-sixth
brit h d a y, Secretary Treasurer
Woodmansee was, upon motion,
given a special vote Of congratula-
tion and warm commentator.
In this same city III 1929 he was
awarded gold medal for 10 years
Of service.
About 100 labor editors and pub
fishers attended the convention.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1910.
RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT

Meeting at time of world crisis,
the American Federation of Labor ac-
quilted itself with credit at its New
Orleans convention, which made rec
ord of deliberation and action that
points to another year of marked
progress for workers of the nation.
The convention made clear cut,
sound declarations on vital national
and international matters, including
that of aid to Great Britain, on which
it responded with an "all out" declara-
tion for full help to Britain to win
the war. At the same time the con-
vention warned against any United
States involvement in the conflict.
Fortnight stands were taken on
racketeering in unions, amendment of
the National Labor Relations act, the
Department of Justices antitrust
drive against unions, extension of the
social security system and other i'm
portant matters.
Convention decisions constitute
sound program of legislative and
other action for organized labor to
work for in the coming years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

Have drastic wartime restrictions
and governmental control abolished
democracy in Great Britain? Some
say yes to this question. Let Sir Wal
ter Citrine, general secretary of the
British Trades Union Congress and
president of the international Fedora
ton of Trade Unions give British la
boris answer.
Here is Citrine speaking, to the
American Federation of Labor conven-
tion at New Orleans:
what is called bureaucracy in war
time is something we are determined
to prevent. We are not going to have
'tin-pot' Hitlers built up in our consti-
tuition during the course of the
struggle we are making against Hitler.
Having said that, let me put up to
you what is an irrefutable principle.
Restrictions of the individual in war
time is an inescapable concomitant of
war; The relationships are able to
act decisively and perhaps more
quickly, and unless the democracies
can devise a system during warfare
to act just as decisively and perhaps
more quickly than the relationships,
the democracies cannot survive"
Therefore" continued Citrine,
when l speak of dictatorship within
our own state and bureaucracy, ETC.,
| have in mind this: am not afraid
to trust the people with the exercise
of power who can use that power, but
| demand the right to keep a vigilant
eye upon them in the prosecution of
the struggle to see that they do not
misuse that power.
Power in Great Britain in war
times legislatively and from the
broadest social point of view rests
with Parliament, and those who follow
our affairs must have noticed on oc-
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7heCherry
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet we
tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. Sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Democracy versus dictatorship will
continue to be an issue for some time
to come. There will be Americans who
will be willing-as they have been for
long time-to make terms with the
dictators.
There is strong smell of appease-
ment in the direction of Wall Street.
England has gone through the battle
with the appeasers. 1t isn't over yet,
but the British people have become so
nearly united that it is much tougher
going for appeasers there than it is
here.
The argument is something like
this: We've got a lot of money and
lot of factories. We put them into
war production and have to give up
our regular markets. When war ends
the Germans will grab our markets
and where will we be?
The idea, thus, is to make peace
with the Nazis and keep the CONNER
cial pathways clear.
Another appeaser statement goes
something like this: "Lindbergh isn't
as crazy as people think he is"
Now if you value money and bust
ness more than you value liberty and
the right to look a guy in the face and
tell him to go to hell, why then maybe
the appeasers have something.
Quite possibly they have. But it's
the kind of something that almost all
Americans are willing they should
keep. It's very smelly something
that could well be taken out in the
backyard and buried.
In this conflict between dicta-
torship and democracy the labor
movement will have a very i'm
portant part to play, just as it
did in the first World War. It's
job is to hold those first lines for
democracy.
Nobody needs democracy and free
dom and liberty quite as much as the
workers. They lose most when free
dom goes out the window.
And in America today they have
more real freedom than they have
ever had.
Workers need kinds of freedom and
groups of rights that don't mean a
thing to bankers and corporation Off
cials. The right to organize is just
one of these. Don't we remember that
it was just few years ago that John |
L. Lewis and his organizers couldn't |
go into West Virginia to form unions
and the miners who lived there didn't |
dare join.
There were plenty of deaths to
prove that certain liberties didn't exist. |
Oldsters will remember Mother
Jones and her battles-also tall John
Brown.
And Homestead and Bayonne and
the California hop fields.
For those who want to pursue the
matter further, there is Bill Mahon
who can tell many yarns about the
brutalities of traction companies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
PROTECTION VITAL

Behind our military defenses, in the
fields, shops and homes of America
are men, women and children whose
standards of living, physical fitness,
and economic well-being must be pro-
tected and improved if we are to have
total defense Harriet Elliott, Con-
sumner Commissioner, National De-
fense Advisory Commission.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
800, 900 HOUSING UNITS
PROVIDED IN 9 MONTHS

Washington, D. C.-The urge for
homes was revealed in estimates pre-
pared by the Bureau of Labor Stats
tics of the U. S. Department of La
Dor, that more than 100000 new dwell
ing units were provided during the
first nine months of 1910 with an in
dicated expenditure of approximately
81, 1926, 100000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
ILNS PRAISED AT NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, La. (ILNS) Inter
national Labor News Service is warmly
praised in the report of the A. F. of L..
Executive Council for its continued
cooperation with the A. F. of L. Union
Label Trades Department, of which
Matthew Woll is president and |. NJ.
Ornburn secretary treasurer. The
councils report undoubtedly will be
adopted
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
LEATHER WORKERS POLL
WON BY AFL AFFILIATE

Philadelphia, Pa.-Employes of the
c. F. Rumpp and Sons, leather goods
company here, voted 135 to 80 to be
represented in collective bargaining
by the international Ladies' Handbag,
Pocketbook and Novelty Workers
Union, A. F. of L. affiliate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
WAGES AND PRICES

Labor will need to be on its guard
against the cry that wage increases
will bring soaring prices. This cry
has already been raised and will be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

casions the government has introduced
measures which it has rapidly with
drawn because of the opposition they
encountered in Parliament.
"Outside of Parliament our trade
union movement is heartily co-operat-
ing in the various state activities.
How can this be regarded as sur
render of democracy? Unless democ-
racy is intelligent enough to perceive
means of speed and action, it is i'm
possible, l repeat, for us to combat
dictatorship"
Walter Citrine thus gave British
labor's answer to the question whether
democracy in Britain has gone And
British labor has fought for democ-
racy for more than a hundred years
and ought to know whether it still
exists. 1t knows, as do those who have
closely watched events, that as long
as Parliament has the final say, de-
mocracy has not been destroyed.
Curbed, in some respects,-ye but
not destroyed.
Citrine's speech, in the opinion of
many, gave devastating blow to ad-
vocates of American participation in
the war, to which American labor is
firmly opposed Appealing for planes,
planes and more planes" the British
labor chief told the A. F. of L. conven-
tion that labor here has the power to
defeat Nazi Germany without firing
shot" by speeding up the output of
planes and other instruments of war.
Bombing is having an effect on our
output" he added. "Speed is the es-
sence now as never before. | want
you to make the American work shop
the first line of defense of all democ-
racy."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

A GOOD appetite; hearty din
~ ner; food that we like but
that doesn't like us--of course
we should "let good digestion
govern appetite" but do we?
When Acid Indigestion, Heart
burn or Gas on Stomach result
Be WISE.-TRY ALKA-SELTZER
Try Alka-Seltzer too for Head
ache, Muscular Fatigue, Morning
After" and Muscular Pains.
Aka Settler contains an snalge-
SIC, pain reliever. Sodium acetyl
salicylatel as well as alkaline
buffer salts.
In handy packages or by the
glass at your drug store.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
WISDOM

He serves his party best who serves
his country best. - Rutherford B..
Hayes, Inaugural Address, March 5,
1877.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06
RIGHT

Let me urge all unions to remember
that collective bargain is and should
be held to be an inalienable right
the right of contract. Whether in
peace or in war, free workers have the
right to a contract stipulating terms
and conditions under which work shall
take place-the contract to be nego-
tiated jointly by management and the
workers William Green.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-06

If we didn't get more than we give,
how could we pay our bills?
Evening star., 1940-09-15

pudding dog refers to his charac-
teristic spots, of course. Dismal
Desmond may refer to his black
and white livery, although it is
hard to see anything dismal in his
gaily spotted coat.
Home Unknown.
Fire dog refers to the fact that
this is the breed of dog especially
beloved of firemen. Even now,
when the galloping horses are no
longer a part of the fire-flghting
force, many long-established fire.
house still has as its mascot a
spotted dog who thrills to the sound
of the alarm and who is ready to
run to the fire when the trucks are
ready to roll More than one Dali
matian has riding privileges on the
fire engine.
Probably nobody will ever know
definitely whether or not the Dali
matian originated in Dalmatia.
One English authority suggests that
the name was given the breed be-
cause the spots resembled the pitted,
volcanic rock of Dalmatia. But
whatever the origin, the breed was
we'll enough known in the late 18th
century to have one of its members
painted with a portrait of the
Dauphin of France.
1t has been we'll known in Eng
land for over 200 years. Fred Kemp,
president of the British Dalmatian
Club, has been breeding these dogs
for over 55 years and inherited his
kennels and strain from his father,
who inherited it from his father.
Next to the bulldog, this breed is
probably most representative OF
Evening star., 1940-09-15

connection between this breed and
the gun dogs.
Mrs. L. w. Bonney's Oh. Tally Ho
Sirius is fine example of what a
good Dalmation should be. His
qualifications as exemplar for the
breed include 16 best of breeds out
of 16 times shown, with place in
the group every time he was entered
in the group. His best of breeds
include Westminster and the spe-
cialty show in 1889, as we'll as Nor
ris and Essex and other Of the larg-
est shows In 1910.
Fairly Long Head.
In size, the Dalmation resembles
a collie. standing about % inches
at the shoulder and weighing about
SIS pounds. He appears smaller be-
cause of his compact build and
smooth coat. Spots and marking
are the most important points of
the show Dalmation. The ground
color must be white, the spots may
be either jet black or liver and must
be distinct and vary in size from a
dime to half dollar. Spots on the
face, head, ears, legs and tail should
be smaller than the body spots.
The coach dogs head should be
fairly long, with fiat skull, long
muzzle and moderate stop. The
eyes should be of medium size,
round and dark. set in dark rims.
The ears should be high set, car
ried close to the head and with
rounded points. The body should
be deep chested, we'll ribbed up. with
tucked-up loin, the forelegs straight
and the hind legs with well-let-
down hooks.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Show Notes

The next event on the local doggy
calendar is the all-breed puppy
match of the Old Dominion Ken
mel Club scheduled for Saturday on
the lNwn Of the Ellis home, Sleepy
Hollow road, Falls Church, Va.
Entries will be accepted at the
gate from l to 2 pm. with judging
starting promptly at 2:15.
With one exception, the judges
are all local breeders and fanciers
DR.. Charles r. Davis, president OF
the National Capital Kennel Club
and the Capital City Cocker Club,
will judge all sporting breeds.
Dorothy Pyle, West Grove, Pa, will
Judge the working group and all
breeds in the group except boxers,
Great Danes and st. Bernards,
which will be handled by Gordon
Barton. DR.. Louis A. Cornet will
handle the hound group, Mrs. M.
Carter Hall will Judge all terriers
and Miss Helen Samuel all toys.
In the transporting group. Arthur
toi buo WALL J0A6C Oil ~ SOAo ShSCPV
bulldogs, which will be passed on by
Howard Grimm. Gene Scaggs will
judge the boys handling classes,
and Louis Cornet. jr., the girls.
There will be the usual good Old
Dominion refreshment stand with
home made cake in generous pieces
and good coffee Mrs Cornet will
preside over this feature.
Admission tickets and entry fees
may be paid at the gate or pur-
chased in advance from club men,
bers and various pet shops. Entry
fee is Is cents per pup and admis-
sion rs cents per person. Part Of
the proceeds will be donated to
American Legion Post No. 130.
In case of rain, the match will be
postponed until Saturday, Septem-
Der %, the last day of National Dog
Week. Chairman OF the Match
Committee is John Gum, 5306
Broad Branch road NV, Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

indeed fortunate.
j. L. Wrenn, 1430 Rhode Island
ave. NV, has concluded that the
best answer to the tank question is
to build your own" That is not as
easy to do as it is to say, however
In fact, the majority of aquarists
believe it to be impractical, so Joe
Wrenn's methods and results should
be Of great interest and value.
To date, Mr. Wrenn has con-
structed two homemade tanks. The
first, of 80 gallons capacity, was
more or less an experiment. 1t was
built with a wooden frame and
double thick window glass. The
water pressure bowed this glass
until almost all of the cement was
squeezed out at the center of the
long side. The glass held, however,
and the tank did not leak 1t is
still in service. and the lessons
learned in making it were applied
in designing the next one.
Glass Next Choice.
This time it was to be no less
than a 100-gallon tank. The frame
was made of two by two's dnches),
braced with four inch iron angles.
The legs on which it stands are
two by fours. The glass Is quarter
inch plate. and it required II
pounds Of cement to seal it. The
bottom of such tank is always
a problem. The best material, of
course. is slate, but a slate bottom
of such a size would be prohibitive,
both in cost and weight. That is,
the cost would be too much on a
job intended to prove that a low
cost aquarium could be built, and
the weight too much to handle
easily.
The next choice is glass To cut
the cost still further, Mr.. Wrenn
used a number of small pieces of
plate glass. which the dealer sold
at very nominal price. He placed
cement all along the edges of these
plates. and enough in little mounds
underneath the centers to give good
support all over. The entire as
sembly is screwed together.
You can't trust nails for any
thing like this. The completed tank
is shown in the accompanying
illustration as it looked shortly
after it was placed in service in
Mr.. Wrenn's living room. So far
it hasn't leaked, and improvements
in design have prevented the
squeezing out of cement which oc-
CURED in the first tank.
This 100-gallon tank cost about
s25 for material. including the pur-
chase of plane and carpenters
Evening star., 1940-09-15
A Dog Lovers Notebook

will introduce Benny to western
shows and the younster should soon
be sporting his title.
Meanwhile his mother Stella to
the home folks, has lost interest in
her first American offspring, as she
is busy caring for a litter of five,
sired by Oh. Foxhunter of Wildoaks.
She is an imported daughter of Ch.
Talavera Simon. greatest English
exponent of the breed. and as there
has been a champion in each of her
litters so far, there was a waiting
list for the recently arrived puppies.
When old enough, they will go into
important kennels for future show
and breeding.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

antiquity. report mas IL tnat MS
first known official home was in the
Province of Dalmatia, which bor-
ders the eastern shore of the Adri-
attic. If that be true, it is indeed
queer that no survivors of the breed
are to be found in that territory.
Nor does the memory of the oldest
inhabitant recall the existence of
the spotted dogs in that country.
Coach dog and carriage dog refer
to the prediction these dogs have
for exercising under the rear axle
of coaches and carriages. In the
days when coaches and carriages
were common no one who pretended
to place in fashionable society
would take his afternoon drive
without one of these spotted Dicks"
as escort. Unbelievable distances
were covered in this fashion. Plum
Evening star., 1940-09-15

Scott, second; Mrs. john NJ: Evans and
Mrs Hoyem third; Friday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Athey, first: Mr. Flood and Tom Hamlin,
second; Dr. and Mrs. Steinberg, third:
Saturday. Homer Kraut and J. Lane. frst:
Mrs. Dora Schwartz and Mr.. Boyce, sec
Mrs Dixie T. Wriehts Studio-Monday
Mrs Alma Byrne and Samuel Keemle tied
with Col. and Mrs. E. B. Gray for first;
Mrs. j. r. Belt and Mrs. j. A. Long, third:
Monday, Col Gray and Mrs. Catharine
Tidball. first; Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Long,
second
Evening star., 1940-09-15

Despite the 1Oar perhaps because of it, Germany
tinues to bring postage stamps hch interest to the
collectors of the United States The most recent productions
for itn the Reich three charity ueS-2 plus 10S
pig, Ribbon Apollo uith the of
81 pg 50th anniversary of the accession of Helgoand rs
plus 100 ptg, blue, cavalry horse and rider.
German postal authorities Poland, meanwhile
leased II stamps the
this set PICTORIAL iHstrated6 Forian Gate Krako0
TO- Dominican church in KrakoC TO- Krakop gate in Lubln
and 40, Cloth Guild Hall in KrakOW. A P. PhotoS
Evening star., 1940-09-15

and Mrs. Grimes. first: Mr.. and Mrs. L.
T. Alden, second; Max Kessler and r.
Mullen, third.
Mrs. d. E. Stephan's Studio-Tuesday
afternoon, Mrs. w. s. Athey and Mrs. Jean
Goodstein and Mrs. J. A. Long. second
Mrs. Violet thinner and Mrs. Catherine
Cotter, third; Tuesday evening, Mrs Rose
Athey and Mrs Rohleder. second: Prof.
]. A. Fenwick and Nation Boyce. third
Wednesday, Mrs. Dora Schwartz and Mar
tin May. first; Prof Fenwick and Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

England. 1t has a Pickwickian at
mosphere that calls up the best of
"merrie England" nor does it rep
resent just one section of that coun-
try as many of the terriers do.
Fine Example.
There is some reason for the be-
lief that the Dalmation may be a
descendant of the old English
hounds, which it somewhat re-
sembles in conformation. The fact
that it appears frequently in her.
aldic devices as Talbot" is fur
ther justification for this belief, as
is also its resemblance to a spotted
dog known in the 18th century as a
Bengal harrier. The ease with
which the Dalmation may be trained
as game dog would indicate some