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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

who came to the parting of the ways,
even as Henry Ford has done.
Ford, today, is reminiscent of Rookie
feller. What inner motivation there
may be, what advice may have been
thrown into his teeth, we cannot and
do not know.
But that self preservation made it's
imperious demands at the long
delayed crisis in the Ford life span
cannot be doubted.
1t looks like a conversion in ex-
tremity-a religion taken aboard in
desperation. 1t is an interesting phase
of American industrial evolution.
He who said II will never yield
has done strange and amazing thing
which history must yet appraise.-
c. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

rectly or indirectly, to nutritional de-
ficiencies, Hershey stated Most sig
nifcant was the generals statement
that half of the men rejected can be
made fit for full military duty
Not only the military arm but the
other most important factor of mod
ern defense-industria production-is
being hampered by the unnecessarily
high sickness rate in the United
States. Paul V. McNutt, Federal Sc
curity administration, recently warned
the nation that the bottleneck on the
defense program sis not strikes, but
human health"
According to official authorities,
strikes and lockouts represent only 2
or 8 per cent of the time lost to indus
try because of sickness. Estimates
place the toll of sickness at some
400,000,000 days of work annually,
loss of productive time equivalent to
the full-time services of about l.
100000 workers annually.
These facts point to the need for
the extension of medical and dental
care to all, for better nutrition, higher
wages, improved working conditions
for all that makes a nation of healthy
citizens.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC HELD

The regular weekly tuberculosis
clinic was held Friday morning at
Mercy Hospital, with DR.. ]. N. Christ
Jansen, chest specialist, present for
consultation. Two primary cases Of
tuberculosis were diagnosed, and
twenty-five people were examined.
Most ugliness is unnecessary be-
cause it is an expression of disorder,
uncleanliness, and shiftlessness, all of
which can be corrected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941.
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
UNWORKABLE

Labor in the Defense Crisis" by
t. R. Carskadon, one of the series OF
pamphlets published by the Public At
fairs Committee, New York, might
well be made required reading fol-
those members of Congress who are
all excited about strikes and hot for
mpulsory arbitration legislation
Facts in the pamphlet dispose effect
ually of the idea that such legislation
is workable.
The pamphlet summarizes a survey
of the defense labor situation, made
by committee Of the Twentieth Cen
tury Fund, headed by William H. Da-
Wis, chairman of the National Defense
Mediation Board.
After reviewing the failure of COM
pulsory arbitration laws in Australia,
Canada, and Great Britain, the pam
phlet declares that "the evidence shows
pretty conclusively that compulsory
arbitration, however simple it may
sound in theory, cannot be enforced
in actual practice.
"Our own experience in the war of
1917-1918 bears this out" the pam
phlet goes on to say. Strikes or lock-
outs were never prohibited vol
untary arrangements worked very
WE'LL At no stage did strikes seri-
ously hamper the war effort. ;. :.
Unions made sincere effort to avoid
strikes, which were fewer in 1918 than
in 1917.
"If, then, there is widespread agree
ment that compulsory arbitration will
not serve to bring about industrial
peace-what is the answer? Here
again, is impressive factual evidence.
The answer seems to be voluntary me-
diation :. The figures show that
the proportion of success in mediation
cases usually runs about 80 per cent"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

that "the German invasion OF Russia
offers the democratic world an imn1e-
diate opportunity but also increases
it's perils." A quick victory over Rus
sia, with the consequent acquisition OF
tbe grain of the Ukraine and the oil
of the Caucasus, would greatly en-
hance Hitler's possibilities to succeed
in his plans of world domination The
committee warned further that the
attempt by American isolationlsts to
capitalize on the Russian invasion IN
order to divide the American people
in their resistance to Hitlerism was
directly in line with what the leaders
of the Reich desired and expected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
WARNING OF new
RED PROPAGANDA

New York City (ILNS).- Warning
against Communist attempts to pene-
trate the American liberal and labor
movement as a result of the NaZi-
Soviet war, the Union for Democratic
Action, whose membership includes
many labor leaders, at a special ex-
ecutive committee meeting, neverthe-
less called upon the American govern
ment to give every possible economic
and technical assistance to Russia in
cooperation with Britain. Speaking
through it's chairman, DIR. Reinhold
Niebuhr, the committee pointed out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
House Bill Offered to Purge
Unions of Reds, Nazis, etc.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Repre-
sentative Hale Boggs of Louisiana has
introduced bill prohibiting members
of the Communist and Fascist parties
and the German American Bund from
membership in United States labor
unions and from employment by the
federal government or by persons
holding federal contracts.
"If responsible heads of labor do
not act to eliminate Nazis, Commu-
nists and others working against the
defense program, Congress may be
expected to adopt drastic legislation
to effect this" Boggs said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
BAD HEALTH HAMPERS
DEFENSE

Speaking before the National NJ
triton Conference in Washington,
Brig. Gen. Hershey, deputy director of
Selective Service, said that the phys
ical condition of the youth of the ma
tion represents a "dangerous" situa-
tion for which 1--WE nationally should
be thoroughly ashamed"
One-third of the $4,000 reflections
for physical deficiencies out of the
100000 men examined are due, di-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

Britain is nearing state of total
warfare, in which every form of ma
tional activity will be harnessed to the
war effort. How to get all the labor
needed for the most tremendous and
most important task in our history,
how to apply it to the best advantage,
must be the supreme preoccupation of
the government of the day."
Sir Walter Citrine, general secre-
tary of the British Trades Union Con-
gress, thus sums up the situation in
the introduction to the latest issue of
his quarterly report, "The T. U. c. in
Wartime"
He points out how gravely the work
ers are concerned in the measures
taken by the government to meet its
responsibilities, and goes on to say:
SIN this review l am going to bear
in mind all those anxieties which are
revealed to trade union officials in
their dealings with their members,
and am going to try to answer as fully
as the circumstances allow the thou
sand and one questions which must
occur to every man and woman as the
claims of the state on the time and
labor of the individual become more
pressing"
Sir Walter deals at length with the
steps taken by the Ministry of Labor
to mobilize the man-power of the coun-
try, and shows how the T. U. C. op-
Grated, through the Consultative Com
mittee (on which it is represented
with the employers and officials of the
Ministry to safeguard the basic
rights of the workers.
His analysis of the various boards
and committees on which the trade
union movement is represented, ma
tionally and locally, bears witness to
the vigilance with which the T. U. c.
has kept its eye on every development
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

brought on rebellion against the great
mans power.
One night, like lightning flashing
out through dense black clouds, came
what was soon to be known as the
Ludlow massacre, at Ludlow, Colo
rado, one of the Rockefeller coal mines.
A tent colony of striking miners was
shot up and fired and the turn of the
Rockefeller fortunes was upon the
aging emperor of oil.
Something had to be done and
quickly. Rockefeller was among those
pictured by the cartoonists of the day
as having huge paunches and with
clothes checked all over by dollar
signs
So Rockefeller engaged w. L. Mac
kenzie King and later equipped him
self with the services of the late pub
licity expert, Ivy Lee. Rockefeller
"got good" He first developed the
company union idea on large scale,
under the tutelage of these two gentle
men. He cast off the trappings of
imperialism and took upon himself the
trappings of what was sold to the
public as form of liberalism, or in
dustrial progressivism.
1t was all done with considerable
speed and, guided by Lee, the Rookie
feller reputation was mended and
patched until finally there emerged, in
place of the dollar marked tyrant, a
venerable gentleman who gave away
new dimes and played doddering bit
of harmless golf.
The company union idea got such a
grip that it persists today.
The enlightened self-interest that
enables a Rockefeller today to sit high
in the councils of the most progressive
and pro-labor government this nation
has ever known is quite another chap
ter and is not here under discussion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

"Keep 'em Flying!" winks charming
Lorena Caldwell of Columbus, Ohio,
as she lends "oomph" to the army's
new aviation cadet recruiting slogan.
"Keep 'em Flying!" is destined to be-
come as common an expression as "On
with the show!" claim Fifth Corps
Area officials who say aviation cadet
scholarship opportunities for young
men of Ohio, Kentucky, West Vir-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

That Henry Ford has gone plump
for C. |. o., label and all, is no longer
news. But there is something that
rises up out of the mists of the past
in this whole interesting business.
There is something just bit rem
iniscent of the conversion of the late
John D. Rockefeller in the flop of
Henry Ford.
Both Rockefeller and Ford were
(Ford still isl intense and unbending
individualists, as were so many of the
plummeting barons of the nineties.
Between Rockefeller and Ford there
were differences in some character
istics, but the idea that 'it's all mine"
was dominant in one as in the other.
Both exemplifed the baronial idea car
ried over into a newborn American
industrialism.
But about the odor of the Ford over
turn, let US see.
There will be still many who re-
member the days of the Rockefeller
empire of absolutism. With no need
to doubt that Rockefeller believed him
self absolutely and even piously right,
he had built an immense industrial
combination in oil and in coal. His
might ramified into many places.
But the growing determination of
workers to stand up for themselves
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
WISDOM

You cannot kill an idea by shooting
at it.-Hanson Baldwin, in United
We Stand"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

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.
-Seltzer contains an analge-
sic, pain reliever. Sodium acetyl
salicylatc) 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, 1941-07-03

ginia and Indiana are just as attrac-
tive as Lorena (well, almostD. Miss
Caldwell, incidentally, is a sophomore
at Ohio State University where she
reigned as May queen this spring.
Seventeen years old, she is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Caldwell.
719 Heyl Avenue, Columbus. Signal
Corps, Fifth Corps Area Photo.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03
THE -
CHERRY TREE

Where with our Little Ratchet we tell
the truth about many things, sometimes
profoundly, sometimes Hippantly. some
times recklessly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-07-03

Entered at the Postofice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
RoyoI Arconum

The Executive Committee of the
Boosters Club has completed plans
for the meeting of the club in Kis-
met Council on January 10 at the
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club
at pm President Edward A. DIM
Ter has announced members will be
permitted to bring their friends to
this open meeting. Entertainment
and refreshments.
Grand Regent Herman Wealthall
announced that Supreme Orato
George w. Mercer will be in WASH
ington on February 5 to attend a
class initiation and union meeting
of all District councils at 1414
Eye street NV.
Municipal Council will meet at
1015 L street NV. on January 8 with
Regent Jack Feeney presiding Dis
trict councils members will be guests.
Other council meetings during
January are: Oriental at 1414 Eye
street NV, January Is; Capital,
January Is; Municipal, January %;
District, January %, and Kismet,
January "a. These councils meet
at 1015 L street NV.
The Loyal Ladies of the Royal
Arcanum meet January 7 and 81
at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club. Subordinate and Grand
Council members are invited.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Trained Guard Officers
Resiqn From Service

Self elimination of officers of the
National Guard, prior to mobiliza-
ton has brought to the attention
of Army authorities a problem in
preparedness, which apparently has
not been settled since the first
World War days, according to militia
officers. These separations came
through the designations of officers
who remained with their outfits al
most on the eve of the mobilization
call.
Not few of them are of high
rank. 1t was pointed out they have
continued to serve with their units
for years, collecting drill pay and
camp pay during the training Pc
riods, and their superiors have been
generally of the opinion that they
would remain with their units if
and when mobilization call came,
it was said In the case of younger
officers, the law permits them to
resign before mobilization, but even
then it was pointed out that even
these men were cogniZant of the fact
that some day they might be called
and should be ready.
The result of the separations has
meant that boards of examining
officers, in many cases, had to be
hurriedly formed, to examine Junior
officers, who desired to stay, for
promotion.
In the case of some of the officers.
it was asserted, they have appealed
for discharge for business reasons.
but it was added by those who have
given some thought to the situa-
ton that the businesses of these Off
GERS, for the most part, have not
changed, materially, and they should
nave known of this and left the serv-
ice long ago to make way for some
officer material which would be
available in time of an emergency.
1t was said a number of these Of
f1cerS have accepted assignments to
duty at the Army's service schools
where they were given highly spe-
cialized training to fit them for field
duty and which would make them
available for the instruction of
Junior officers while in the field.
But with the designations all of
this, it was said, becomes a total
loss. A great majority of them have
taken the Army's correspondence
courses, at great expense.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
D. A. y. Conference
Will Be Held Here
January II TO Il
Mess Meetin1 Planned;
Members of Congress
To Be Invited

The first annual midwinter con-
ference of leaders. commanders, ad-
jutants and members of the Dis
abled American Veterans of the
World War will be held here jan
uary II to % National Comdr Vim
cent Shoeck will preside.
The Rating Schedule Committee
also will meet. 1t is composed of
Lyman J. thinner. Chicago, chair
man: James L. Monahan, Mime
apolis; Bernard Southard, Dayton:
Sydney J. Allen, Detroit, and Omer
Stevens. Indianapolis.
The tentative program includes a
mass meeting in the auditorium OF
the Department of Agriculture jan
uary 18. This part of the program
is under the leadership of Joel D.
Thacker, department commander:
Oscar G. Jones, department employ
ment officer; Thomas J. Kehoe, as
sistant national service director;
Earl q Hendrick, in charge of ar
rangements; E. Claude Babcock, past
national commander; Harold H.
LoWy. department chief of staff:
Frank Haley, public relations chair
man; George H. Smith, Leroy West
bury. William R. Beall and others.
The work of disabled veterans in
the period of emergency will be out
lined by the national commander
and the Department Committee.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
F. B. l., or one of his aides is picked
to speak Members of Congress and
leaders of all veteran organizations
will be invited to attend the meet
ing. The Marine Band will furnish
music. A special showing of The
Tree of Life" has been arranged
with the Agriculture Department.
All veterans are invited.
Further details may be had from
Earl G. Hendricks, department serv-
ice officer at the Veterans Admins
tration; E. Claude Babcock, Victor
Building; Comdr. Thacker or
Thomas j. Kehoe, at the Disabled
American Veterans headquarters,
Munsey Building.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Kniohts of Pythius

Names of additional officers
elected during December meetings
were:
Amaranth Lodge = N. Gilman
Shreve, chancellor commander; K. E
Scheaffer. vice chancellor; w. E
Dorsey, prelate; William E. Schimpf,
master of work: Herman Wealthall
keeper of records and seal; j. B.
Bradley, master of finance; c. A.
Brown, master eXchequer: Raymond
Smith, master at arms: c. c. West,
outer guard; J. K. SheW, inner
guard; Charles Swain, D. D. Walker,
S. w. Farron, c. A. Brown, repre-
senta tives to Grand Lodge.
Syracusians Lodge-Martin Rich
ardson, chancellor commander;
Douglas Gray, vice chancellor: H. C.
Vanderbeek, prelate; Fred w.
Horton. master at arms; William
Van Ness, inner guard; A. L. Davis
keeper of records and seal; j. B.
Gross, master of finance; Charles
L. Stoll, master of eXchequer; Will
liam Dargie, outer guard; E. l.
O'Roark, trustee.
Newly elected officers will be in
stalled by the following lodges this
week: Amaranth, Monday; Webster
and Capital, Tuesday; Franklin and
Columbia, Wednesday; Syracusians
and Hermoine, Thursday. Other
meetings scheduled for the week are:
Uniform Rank, drill, Central High
School Armory, Thursday; Rath-
bone Temple, Pythian Sisters, Fri
day.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

Palisades Fieldhouse January g.
Past Department Comdr. Fred Fra
ser will address the post. A social
meeting will be held at Our Lady
of Victory Parish Hall Immediately
following the business meeting. All
Legionnaires are invited.
Internal Revenue Post will hold
its monthly meeting at the Hayloft
Club, 1926 Massachusetts avenue
NV, on January 27, with Comdr.
Russell S. Jeffreys presiding.
The fifth annual coronation ball OF
the post will be held at the May
flower Hotel on January IS for the
benefit of the blood donating squad
and welfare fund Tickets can be
obtained from Charlie Wolfe and
Johnny Long, department officers.
The last meeting was held at the
Hayloft Club. 1t was ladies' night.
Department Comdr. Hargrave, First
Vice Comdr. FitZgibbons and Third
Vice Comdr. McAllister spoke.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Eight and Forty

District of Columbia Salon IA will
meet at the Hotel Washington on
January Is at 8 pm, with Depart
mental Chapeau Catherine Cromp-
ton presiding.
Over $500 was realized from the
sale of Christmas seals at the et
40 booth in the Benjamin Franklin
Station. This work was under the
direction of Vice Chairman of Child
Welfare Ann Seiders.
Members will take part in tht
Women'S Patriotic Conference on
National Defense at the Hotel May
flower January 27, % and 90, and
also the Child Welfare Conference
at the Hotel Washington on Janu-
ary 81 and February l.
The ritual team, under the direc-
ton of Helen Ware, will assist with
the initiation of members of the
Cooley-McCullough Unit on jan
uary 8 at the Y. w. c. A.
Due to so many activities during
January, the salon will not hold a
social. A tea will be given some
time during February. The salon
will hold a card party the latter par
of January. Details will be given
at the regular meeting on Janu-
ary Is.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
SpanishWar Veterans
Camps and Auxi|iaries
To Install Officers
George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary Will Hold
Ceremony Tomorrow

The United Spanish War Veterans
camps and auxiliaries this week
will hold installation of officers.
President Pauline A. Thompson,
District Department Auxiliary, to-
morrow will induct officers of Admiral
George Dewey Naval Auxiliary at
Northeast Masonic Temple at 8 pm
At Pythian Temple at 9 pm. officers
of Gen. Henry w. LaWton Auxiliary
will be obligated at a Joint conclave
of LaWton Camp. Mai. Samuel j
McWilliams will offlciate.
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp meets
tomorrow night at United States
Soldiers Home On Tuesday at
pm. the Astor Auxiliary will meet at
92l Pennsylvania avenue Sc. On
Wednesday at 8 pm. the Depart
ment Auxiliary will meet at Pytnian
Temple. On THURSDAY Admiral
George Dewev Naval Camp. and
FRIDAY Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp
inducts officers at Pythian Temple
Miles AuXiliarv's officers will be in
stalled Friday.
Retiring Comdrs. James E. Smith,
Lawton Camp; John F. Coyle Astor
Camp: Harry c. Schafer. Dewey
Camp, and George w. Puff, Miles
Camp, will be decorated with the
commanders medal.
Robert E. Culin will be honored for
the 33d consecutive year upon his
installation as officer Of the guard
of Miles Camp.
Pas*>Department Comdr. James B
Freeland will preside at recruiting
rally at Urell Camps meeting to
accelerate adoption of charter of
the junior unit.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Ben Hur News

Mckinley Court delegates to the
Maryland District of Columbia Fra
ternal Congress in Baltimore on
January 18 are Thomas A. Green,
Charles C. Lewis, William j. Carey.
Edward c. Walker, William Gibson
and Richard A. Walker.
Thomas A. Green, chief, presided
at the December meeting, followed
by turkey dinner.
The following officers were elected:
Thomas A. Green, chief; Garland P.
Webb, past chief; Charles c. Lewis,
judge; William Gibson, teacher;
Edward C. Walker, keeper of tribute;
John Hamburg, captain; Charles o.
Fischer, guide; George w. Mock
abee. keeper of inner gate; Walter
L. Matthews, keeper of outer gate;
Richard A. Walker, recording scribe;
Joseph Funk, John Hamburg and
William Gibson, trustees; Richard
A. Walker and William j. Carey,
delegates to the executive board.
On Tuesday evening the executive
board will meet at the home of Ken
meth L. Canine, 1841 Columbia road
NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
V. F. W. Auxiliary

Treasury Auxiliary will meet to-
morrow at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club.
President Mary Campbell will
preside over FolloW-Me Auxiliary
on Tuesday at the Thomas Circle
Club.
National Capital will meet at
14l4 I street NV. January 8. Pres
ident Hersie Thompson announced
the auxiliary will hold an Ameri-
canism program some time in jan
uary.
The daughters of Federal Aux
iliary junior unit will meet at the
Thomas Circle Club January IL,
with President Thelma Lohman
presiding. Department President
Ethel Sendlak will attend the meet
ing. A trip through the Govern
ment Printing Office last Monday
was attended by members of both
the Federal and Treasury junior
units.