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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
Wage Unit Debates Ban
On Knit Wear Homework

Washington, D. C.-The probability
that homework" may have to be
abolished in order to establish an
equitable minimum wage was revealed
in the conferences between the knitted
outerwear industry committee on the
Wage and Hour Division of the De-
partment of Labor, which considered
establishment of a 40-cent minimum
for the workers, the present level be-
ing 35 cents.
Spokesman for the International
Ladies' Garment Workers. Union
pointed out that wage differentials
based on regional considerations or
sex and age of workers are prohibited
by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and
that no justification existed for diff
ferentials based on cost of living.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
TRACTION WORKERS
OF AFL WIN ELECTION

Detroit GLNS).-American Fedora
tion of Labor street car and bus work
ers defeated C. l. o. affiliate and won
exclusive bargaining rights on De-
troit's municipality traction
lines in a system-wide election. The
vote was 3,076 to 1925.
The result was hailed by w. D.
Mahon, president Of the A F. of L.
Amalgamated Association of Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees as showing the good judg-
ment of the Amalgamated's members.
owe will continue trying to better and
improve the conditions of street and
bus men everywhere" he said.
eve have demonstrated" he added,
"our ability to defend ourselves
against the kind of union raiding
which was denounced by President
Roosevelt and trust this will serve as
notice to any other destructive element
which may contemplate S m "a r
moves"
The defeated CLIO. organization,
the State, County and Municipal
Workers Union, indicated that it
would continue the fight against the
A. F. of l.. union The dispute caused
five-day strike of Amalgamated
members, in protest against the re-
fusal of the Detroit Street Railways
System to grant the A. F. of L. union
exclusive bargaining rights. Soon
after the vote was announced, leaders
of the Amalgamated went into con-
ference with city officials to write the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05

trical equipment and in the operation
of boring, shelving, welding, anodiz-
ing, cutting, drawing, saving, stamp
ing, and other types of automatic. ma
chinery used in the manufacture of
machines and machine tools were also
included in the list of acceptable jobs
for women. In the ship and boat
building industry, women were listed
as acceptable for employment as
boilermakers' helpers, craftsmen, ma
chinists' helpers, blueprint machine
operators, flash welders, and large
list of other occupations.
The industries covered by the sur
vey were manufacture of aircraft and
parts, air transportation and service,
aluminium products, munitions manu-
facture, automobile, motorcycle, truck
and tank manufacture, and equipment,
communications, electrical machinery,
firearms, industrial chemicals, iron
and steel and their products, machine
tools, machine models and patterns,
foundries, professional and scientific
instruments, railroad equipment, ship
building and repairing, utilities, and
petroleum production and refining.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
War-Aim Program is Unanimously Endorsed at Final
Session of Seventy Annual Convention-Also
Pass Resolution Backing About Aid to Allies

the immediate creation of federal and
state agencies, with the participation
of labor, to formulate plans for the
nations transition from the defense
to peace status.
The convention also adopted reso-
lutions demanding prohibition of the
use of armed forces in strikes, oppos-
ing any revision of the national and
State Labor Relations Acts, and urg-
ing Governor Lehman to call a con-
ference of state, employer and labor
representatives to discuss ways and
means of how best to cooperate in
promoting the national defense pro-
gram.
Racial Bias Condemned
The convention adopted a strong
resolution condemning racial discrim-
ination in private and defense en-
ployment and expressing support of
President Roosevelt's recent declara-
tion on this matter.
President Thomas j. Lyons and all
other officers of the federation were
reelected for another term of one
year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
WOMEN'S MINIMUM PAY RAISED

Halifax, N. S. (ILNS).-The Mini
mum Wage Board of Nova Scotia has
increased by 81 the minimum weekly
wage for women employed in indus
tries covered by the board. The board
has also reduced the working week
for such women, from so to 48 hours.
The dual action on wages and hours
followed an investigation by the board
of conditions affecting feminine work
ers in the province.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
Printers For Arbitration;
Earlier Report In Error

Vancouver, B. C. (ILNS). - Con-
trary to earlier reports, the Interna-
tional Typographical Union, in eighty
fifth annual convention here, reaf-
firmed longtime policy of favoring
arbitration in settling disputes with
employers.
The conventions committee on laws
reported unfavorably on the amend
ment, and President Claude NJ Baker
opposed it in speaking before the con-
vention's action. The vote on the COM
mittee's unfavorable report was: for,
116; against, 81.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
Survey Finds Women Fitted
to Hold 1855 Jobs in Defense
Industries; Employment New
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt Reveals
Findings in Survey of 800 Different Occupations
Women Capable of Handling Various Work.

Washington, D. c. (ILNS).-Women
could be employed to much larger
extent in defense industry than at
present, a government survey indi-
Gates.
In an effort to promote employment
of women workers in defense plants
where shortages of male labor are be-
coming apparent, Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Paul v. McNutt has an
nounced that study of 1894 different
occupations required in 81 key defense
industries, revealed that large ma
jority are jobs in which women could
be successfully employed, although
they are not at present being hired
for such work.
Only 331 Jobs Unsuitable"
Only 331 of the nearly 1000 kinds
of jobs analyzed were found to be
definitely unsuitable" for women. The
study, prepared by the Bureau of En-
ployment Security, Social Security
Board, included the vital airplane,
shipbuilding, and machinery indus
tries, where widespread shortages
have already occurred, as well as a
number Of other heavy production in
dustries. An additional AZ occupations
in these fields are already customarily
filled by women exclusively or by
either men or women.
Almost two-thirds of the total
1,185-were occupations in which the
degree of physical strength required
and the conditions under which the
work is performed were declared to
present no barrier to the employment
of women. Moreover, 654 of the oc-
cupations in this group were of a
kind in which women could be placed
Immediately, only brief period of
preparatory training, if any, being
necessary, according to the study.
New Employment for Women
Even in the case of the other 531
occupations, for which considerable
training is required, McNutt pointed
out that breaking up some of the
jobs into their single-skill component
parts would make possible the imme-
date employment of women. Down
processing of complex jobs to permit
the employment and training, on-the-
job, Of semi-skilled workers has al
ready been widely adopted by defense
employers as a means of meeting
skilled labor shortages.
Some of the occupations mentioned
by the administrator in which women
could be employed were wide va
riety Of jobs in the manufacture and
assembly of parts for motors, radios,
recording instruments, and airplane
gauges. He also stated that the de-
velopment of new machinery now
made possible the employment of
women even in the manufacture of
heavy shells and other types of muni-
tions, whereas the method formerly
used made it necessary to employ
men only. A large majority of the
operations in the manufacture of auto
mobiles, trucks, and tanks, even final
body assembly, could also be per-
formed by women, since heavy parts
are moved by machinery.
Many Industries Listed
A numerous list of occupations in
the manufacture of parts for cleo
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
Wage Order Benefits
$4,000 Women Workers

Washington, D. C. - Approval of
the mems shirts, single pants and
allied garments wage order requiring
payment of at least 40 cents an hour
to all employees except learners was
announced by General Philip B. Flem-
ing, Wage and Hour administrator.
1t was estimated that the new min
imum will increase the wage rate of
$4,000, mostly women sewing machine
operators, out of $4,000 employed in
the industry. It represents an increase
in their guaranteed wage for the
standard 40-hour week from $19 under
the original 32R cents an hour to SIG,
or an increase in payroll of about
$270,000 a week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05

Syracuse, N. Y. QLNS) The eight
point war aim program approved by
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill at their meeting in the
Atlantic was unanimously endorsed by
the New York State Federation of La
Dor at the final session of it's seventy
eighth annual convention.
With only a few dissenting votes,
the convention also passed a reso-
luton backing all-out aid to Great
Britain, China and Russia in the war
against Germany. Some delegates op-
posed aid to Soviet Russia, but the
convention looked upon such aid as a
matter of military necessity.
To emphasize it's support of the ma
tional defense program and of Britain,
the convention ordered the following
cable sent to Ernest Bevin, British
Minister of Labor:
"a year ago delegates to the sew
enty- seventh annual convention of the
New York State Federation of Labor
sent you message of greeting and
fraternal solidarity in your heroic de-
fense against the tyranny Of nazism
and fascism.
All-Out Aid Pledged
"This year we greet you as fellow
workers in the deathless struggle for
the perpetuation of freedom and JUS
tice in the world.
eve pledge our whole-hearted CO.
operation to increase our production
of all materials of war which are
needed for that defense. We also
pledge our support to you in helping
to build new world of democratic
freedom for all men after the defeat
of Hitlerism."
The resolution characterized the
Roosevelt Churchill declaration as a
new Magma Charta for the world, ex-
pressed "whole-hearted" support of
the eight points, and recommended to
President Roosevelt that "the Ameri-
can labor movement be represented
in any negotiation for the restoration
of world peace in which the Govern
ment of the United States of America
may participate and that there be in
cluded in the proposals to be sub
mitted to any future peace conference
ninth objective for world recogni-
tion of the right of employees to or
ganize and maintain free trade unions
in all of the countries of the world
for the purpose of collective bargain
ing"
Postwar Program Urged
The recommendation for labor par
ticipation in the future peace confer
ence was in line with the proposal
made by President Green of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
Following it's main themes of dis
cussion, the defense Of democracy and
postwar reconstruction, the conven-
tion adopted resolution calling for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-09-05
New York State Labor Convention
Approves Roosevelt Churchill Plan
Of War Aims; New Magma Charta

terms of a contract. The Amalga-
mated won wage increases and other
concessions this year by negotiation
and an arbitration award.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Begole News
MRS. MOORE HOSTESS

MhS. mOOhC Two GSS
TO CHURCH CIRCLE
Begole, Mich, Mar. 3l-Mfs.
Christopher Moore entertained the
B. c. Circle OF the Begole Sunday
School at her home Thursday. A
dessert luncheon was served at l
o'clock by Mrs. Charles Heimer'
dinger, Miss Sara Parsons, Mrs.
Clifford Krohn, and Mrs. Moore.
A short business meeting was
conducted at o'clock with the pres
ident, Mrs. Clifford Krohn, presid-
ing. 1t was announced that the
members OF the Sunday School will
attend church services at the Will
low Run Chapel. Easter Sunday
morning. 1t was voted to purchase
booklets of Bible stories for the
smaller classes for Easter time. II
has been a custom to give them
Easter booklets. A committee was
appointed to purchase articles Of
food for a family where the parents
are confined to their beds.
Two quilts were tied and hemmed
during the day.
The April meeting will be at
the home Of Mrs Duane Crittenden
the third Thursday in April.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
POLITICS CUT TO SIZE

Angelo Rossitto. the. 32.year.old
two foot II inch candidate for
mayor Of Los Angeles. is at least
consistent lie hss trimmed his
platform to his size. With only
five planks he is going after the
votes.
With a lottery plan he says he
will get the church vote. lie pro.
poses five cent street car fares with
all night bus service and universal
transfers; one.way traffic on down.
town streets; a city lottery, with
IS per cent OF proceeds for prize
so per cent for city expenses, and
IL per cent 10 charity and churches.
He would let-tbe- police and fire
departments alone, and have q
wide-open door. or no door. to the
mayors office.
Proposals for smaller bars and
bigger glasses. nye.cent municipal
parking and single feature movies,
have been discarded.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
N w Van Cleve of this city is said to be booked for collector
the Dominican republic the office being one oil
the gifts Of President Harding.
A majority voting question Shall the City Of
Ypsilan charter" will mediately commission
citizens preparing charter The following
submitted for choice Of nine Alex j.
Emma Gardner John p Kirk, Mrs Kate Hanknson
Mathew Snkue Guy Davis F. f. Bennett, Emery r. Beal
DeForrest Ross Frank Norton and c. o. Hoyt.
Deaths NJ Stauder So Whitaker, sister
Of Mrs. St Ypsilani; Billy Kasafara four year
Katsafaras; Edward H. Gilman
friend of Albert Day. this
city.
a o'clock dinner this
Miss Adelaide Lewis twenty first birthday
Fifty Years Ago
Society
social in the OF church served from to
9 p.
The sold for $50 Cleveland
the purchaser and is clearing the lot of the structure
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

are ana u y
mean bunch to deal with.
In fact, no estimate could be
more inaccurate. Upon personal
contact, their hospitality to visiting
Credentials is outright oppressive.
I was in Japan a considerable
number of years ago on a newspa-
per mission. I could see any gov
eminent official l wanted TO, and
invariably he was all affability.
Among others, interviewed Yo-
suke Matsuoka. He wasn't in the
cabinet then, He was big bust
nessman. and he was perfectly
lovely. He'd been educated largely
in this country, fully understood
what an American correspondent
was likely TO want in a news line
and went out Of his way to be
helpful to me.
They're Friendly
The Japs are all like that. In
the long run. they may be tricky,
but YOU can't beat EN- for friend
illness, as between Oriental and Oc-
cidental individuals.
I mentioned this to a club friend,
Captain Adolphus Station, who, as
a naval officer, now retired, has
spent plenty Of time in the Far
East, and knows Nippon init
mately.
Listen" said the cap. ordering
the beers.
in my 1881 class at Annapolis
we had three Japs. We were
friendly with Toxic then and had
invited these lads to be trained at
our academy. They were very
popular with us. Later, after
graduation, one of EN- died. An
other was killed during the Jap
war with China, before the Jap
Russian war. The third rose tc
the commander-in-chieftainship of
the japanese navy-Admiral Sago-
kichi Uriu.
In 1921 he attended one Of our
Annapolis class reunions and had a
corking good time. In the course
of a banquet we were pulling off
President Harding, chatting with
him, patted him on the shoulder,
and a cameraman snapshot the
performance.
"'Oh, my" Uriu exclaimed to me
a little later. When that photo
graph gets TO Japan I'll be the
most popular man in the empire.
To have the president Of the United
States pat my shoulder
you can understand IT," COM
mented the captain parenthetically.
In Japan, to have the Mikado- pat
your shoulder, would be like hav-
ing your shoulder patted by the
Almighty.
We'll. Admiral Uriu raised q
terrible holler TO have our next
years class reunion held in Toxic,
and finally we agreed to it
when the time came, the gov
eminent furnished US with trans
port and we started. 1t was a
pretty classy party, including Cab
met Secretaries Weeks and DENLY
and several other celebrities.
But at Honolulu we got a sub
rosa tip that one Of the Mikados
uncles had Just died. This was a
serious complication. Under the
Jap system. the death OF anybody
as closely related to the Mikado as
an uncle calls for so days of air
tight national mourning cele-
brating or festivities whatever.
keep Coming"
AN hour or so later. though, we
received a cable from Admiral
Criu - Disregard So and Sos
death. Keep coming.
we got there, and, believe me,
the time we had was something
wonderful. We couldn't spend a
cent and nothing was too good for
US
1T lasted four weeks, and the lid
was of completely.
What do you suppose those
Japs had done?
Why. they simply suppressed
the news Of that Mikados uncle's
death. so far as japan was con-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Augusta Farm Bureau
Has Panel Discussion

Augusta, Mich, Mar. 3l-There
were 80 present at the Augusta
Community Farm Bureau meeting
evening at the home OF
Eugene Collyer. A panel discus
sion was conducted on the subject,
Resolved, that il is easier TO
start farming now than it was 20
years ago. Those taking the
side Of the affirmative were Earl
Wright and Lee Talladay. and OF
the negative were George Essex
and Jennings Campbell. Bills now
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Pick of the Air Today

MBs-8. ij-RHere's Looking at
You;
10:30-Pageant OF Melody;
National AA.C. Boxing
Bouts
Tuesday
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ceraed. He wasn't dead, for all the
Japs knew, while we were there.
after we'd sailed, the death an
nouncement. was made and all ia
nan went into 90 days mourning.
Can you beat that for hospital
-lty ?" eueried CAPTAIN Station, fin
ishing the glassful Of suds and call
Ing for a fresh one,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Trey and
family and Mrs. Pauline GirouX
were guests Sunday Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Giroux. Detroit.
Mrs. Alton Allison spent Friday
in Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
By CHARLES p. sTEWAR,
Central Press Columnist

YOSUKE MATSUOKA, foreign
minister Of Japan, now in Europe,
discussing Nazi-Fascist-Jap Axis
questions at Berlin and Rome, gem
orally is referred TO in accounts Of
him here as particularly malignant
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
To Meet Thursday

The Pittsfield Ladies' Aid So
2iety meeting will be Thursday at
GAR. Hall, Ypsilanti. The dinner
committee is Mrs. Clara Elliott,
Mrs. Mildred Elliott. Mrs. Leona
tlliott. Mrs. Daniel Ellsworth and
Mrs. Caswell.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

IN ms ATTITUDE
[ o " a r d the
United States.
He's described
as being posi-
lively ugly in
his references
TO us. And l
think you get
the impression,
from such dis
pate h es, that
m ost Of tn C
Japs 1.-THE high
er-ups, anyway
are a mighty
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heimer-
dinger, Miss Rita Marie Tirb and
Miss Shirley Blakeley, Ypsilanti,
were dinner guests Sunday Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Tirb, Manches.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

before the legislature were dis
cussed including the milk market.
ing bill and the Sunday hunting
law. This discussion was led by
the minute man, Jennings Camp
bell.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wright.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
One-Minute Test

1. How many major league
baseball teams are there?
2. When did Winston Churchill
become prime minister Of Great
Britain
3. OF what state is Jefferson
City the capital?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Words of Wisdom

There are no greater wretcheg
in the world than many Of those
whom people in general take to
be happy Seneca.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

You should forge ahead with all
your plans. The child who Is
born on this day will enjoy long,
happy. useful and successful life.
He or she will possess a we'll
balanced brain. also diplomacy,
tact, insight into human nature,
tolerance and kindness T. Is fore
seen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Observations

laps May be Tricky
But Not Lacking in
Hospitality
BY ChaTes P. Stewart
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
COMMISSIONED niEs

CONN SSlONER DIES
Muskegon, Mich, Mar. Sins
George D. Vanderwerp. former
Muskegon mayor and city commits
sioner, died yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Hints on Etiquette

When making a casual intro
duction between two people Of the
same sex and approximately the
same age, 1t does not matter
which name you mention hrst.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Today's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
A year of pleasurable activity
ia foretold for you II your birth
day Is today. You will expert
ence great good fortune. it is
prophesied. and unexpected gains.
There will be much pleasure. and
you will realize your ambitions.
-Ibuted BY King Features Syndicate. In
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31
Your Health

Doctors Claim Many
Suffer From Lack OF
Proper Nitamins
''-. r~-r r'endoring NJ u
By LOGAN CLENDENING. NJ. D.
We have not begun in North
America to experience any Of the
discomfort of the food shortages
which inevitably follow in the
wake Of war. and it is probable
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-31

a $50 F. Cleveland
the purchaser and is clearing the lot of the structure