The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-08-01
Funny City Council

The Cumberland City Council. never rec.
ognized for outstanding intelligence. has been
court decision which plainly told them that dis
tributors of handbills or other literature do
NOT need either permit or license the group
has gone ahead again and enacted an ordi-
nance which violates the decisions OF the
United States Supreme Court
In its zeal the Cumberland City Council has
passed an ordinance which practically puts the
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we'll known that the Cumberland News is
printed early in the morning and is distributed
to the homes of its local readers before 9 A. NJ.
Vet. in spite OF this the City Council forbids
the Cumberland News to be distributed by
ennacting clause reading No person
distributing any handbills or OTHER LITER
AZURE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER.
SHALL DO SO OTHER THAN BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 900 O'CLOCK IN TIE
MORNING AND O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON
From this it will be seen that a gang in the
City Council is making an effort TO deny the
people the right to receive the Cumberland
News" at time OF day when its contents are
news. In fact the Evening Times will also
be affected in those sections OF the City which
are not reached by the delivery boys prior to
500 P. NJ
1t is a very peculiar situation that one OF the
Councmen who voted for the ordinance is
also an employe OF the Cumberland News -
it looks as though Councilman Orr is trying to
put himself out of iobl
OF course, we want it to be understood that
we hold little brief for either the Cumberland
News or the Evening Times. In the pas,
we have made it evident that we think they
very poor newspapers. But the principle
remains that the City Council has no right to
rule out the distribution of ANY NEWS
PAPER. regardless of how bad some may be-
lieve they are. Such practices have been con-
fined to Nazi Germany and other dictator
ships.
Therefore the VOICE OF LABOR speaks
out against this hard faced. un-American act
of the Cumberland City Council. In fact it
gives public notice that il intends to give out
this paper without any regards whatsoever to
the illegal ordinance OF bunch of petty die
tators. We also hope that the Cumberland
News" will follow this action and refuse to be
put practically out of business by bunch Of
dumb councilmen.
Another objection that comes to mind. also,
is the fact that this ordinance tries to make it
illegal to give handbills or other union litera-
ture out to the workers going in to work a,
the Kelly tire plant. The Council members
must. or should, know that these workers 90 to
work in the MORNING. no, in the middle of
the day.
1t is hard to understand the bull medicines
OF some people in regard to abrdging the lib
critics OF the people who elect them to office.
In fact the present ordinance seems a down
right piece of ingra,itude towards the Times
and Alleganian Company which so nobly sup
ported the present bunch at the last election
Cumberland readers can expect to ge, their
VOICE OF LABOR delivered early in the
morning heretofore. AS for the Rubber
Workers Union. it is our understanding that
they have shown up the City Council and the
City Solicitor once before on the same issue
that they will do so again seems inevitable
to those who are not blinded by decisions of
dictatorship