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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14

Since Aug. 1, the offices of
Ohio's Democratic National Com
mittee members and the head
quarters of the State Committees
have been located in adjoining
suites in the Neil House, with
Room 247 being used as a recep-
tion room for both Committees.
Personnel of the joint offices
will continue as in recent months
with State Chairman j. Freer
Bittinger being assisted by Mrs.
Ann Makley, Miss Mary Bittin-
ger, Mr.. H. C. Ditwiler and Mr..
Harold Seitz. The National
Committee office will be stated
by National Committeewoman
Mildred R. Jaster, Mrs. Arzella
Anderson, Miss Rita Letterie,
Miss Pearl Pence and James
Dunton. Clarence Motz of Ak
ron, who was named finance di-
rector for Ohio by National
Chairman Edward J. Flynn, will
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14

pany, died Aug. IL in his home,
345 West Church street. His
widow, Mrs. Margaret Cagney,
and five children, survive.
w. w. Buxton, II, farmer of
the Tunnel Hill vicinity, died
Aug. IL. Funeral services were
held Aug. IA, with burial being
made in South Lawn cemetery.
John B. Anderson, 78, died
Aug. 13 in his home, 73 EasJ
North street. Funeral services
will be held Friday at 2 p. m. in
the home. Burial will be made
in Wilson cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 45, wife
of Timothy A. Sullivan, Balti-
more, Md, formerly of Newark,
died Aug. II in the home of her
mother, Mrs. Fannie Veach in
Summit road.
z. w. Leaman, 81, Linnville,
died Aug. 13. Funeral services
will be held Aug. Is in Fair
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
Newark Labor
Group On New
Advisory Board

A request from John Gilbert,
manager of the Newark En-
ployment Center, asking that
four men representing labor be
named to act on the defense ad-
visory council of the proposed
NYA training project to be start
ed in Newark, was complied
with.
Upon vote of the assembly Mu-
rillo Wehls, mounter; Willis
Brown, carpenter; Ray Van
Voorhis,. machinist, Local 463,
and Wallace Van Voorhis, plumb
er, were named to serve on the
board.
The $4,000 NYA project is
expected to be in operation with
in a few months, under sponsor
ship of the Newark Board of
Education.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
STATISTICAL
ROUNDUP

BIRTHS
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cramer,
Jr., 139 East North street,
daughter, Aug. 5 in the home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Phalen,
Pataskala, son, Aug. 6 in st.
AIMS hospital, Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Rucker,
AT Cherry street, a son, Aug. Z,
in the City hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nc
Kinney, Columbus, a daughter,
in Mt. Carmel hospital, Aug. 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Maddox,
365 North 10th street, a daugh-
ter Aug. 10 in the City hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Johnson,
26 Maholm street, a daughter
in the City hospital, Aug. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph McArtor,
Williams street, a son in the
City hospital, Aug. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wright,
284 Union street, a son Aug. 10
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
DEATHS

Sherman Campbell 76, retired
cabinet. maker and former resi-
dent of East Liverpool, died Aug.
Z in the home, 203 South Fourth
street.
Mrs. Nina C. KOehler, So, wife
of DR.. Malcolm H. Koehler, died
Aug. 7 in the City hospital.
Funeral services were held Aug.
9, with burial being made in
Cedar Hill cemetery.
Mrs. MOllie Nj. EmswiIer, n,
wife of Erasmus l.. Emswiler,
died Aug. 7 in the home in 259
West Church street. Funeral
services were held Aug. and
burial made in Homer cemetery.
Paul Franklin PettibOne, 23,
resident of 48 Wilson street,
died Aug. II in the City hospital
He leaves his widow and one
daughter, besides his parents,
two brothers and three sisters.
Clara Annette Wilson, 2 year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Wilson, Ais Hudson av-
enue, died Aug. 10 in the City
hospital. Funeral services were
held Aug. 13, with burial being
made in Spring Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Catherine Staub, 83, a
resident of Newark for 35 years,
died Aug. IL, in the home of her
son, John A. Staub, 285 Elm
wood avenue. Funeral services
were held Aug. IA in ST. Francis
de Sales church, with burial be-
ing made in Wilson cemetery.
William H. Cagney, 81, an en-
ploye of the Newark Stove COM
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
VANATTA
(Rv Harold Wood. Jr.l

Harold Wood, Jr. attended the
annual Owens-Corning Fiberglas
picnic with Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon
and family.
Saturday callers at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Wood
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. George
and family.
Mrs. Carl Shoemaker and son
Gareld of Rocky Fork spent
Monday with Mrs. w. C. Ramsey
and sons Gene and Donald.
Mrs. William Rodgers of st.
Louisville, Mrs. F. M. Dunn, Lola
Dunn and Luke Gorden, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Patrick of Utica and
Mike Snyder of Johnstown were
recent callers at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Ramsey.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.. Ramsey
and sons Gene and Donald called
on Mrs. Cal Snyder near Johns
town, who is i'll in her home.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14

mount chucrh at 2 p. m. with
burial in Fairmount cemetery.
Gutliph & Henderson are in
charge.
Lafayette John Hilleary, g.
month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hilleary, a Shamp court,
died Aug. IL. Funeral services
were held Aug. IA with burial in
Spring Grove cemetery.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
Democratic National And State
Committees Join Headquarters

conduct the national committees
affairs in this state; and matters
of federal patronage, other than
that allocated to the Democratic
members of Congress, will be
cleared through the Columbus
office.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
Plumbers To Picnic
Next SATURDAY.

o. d. Hollar of o. D. Hollar
and Son, plumbing and heating,
announced this week that the
Master Plumbers of Southeastern
Ohio, together with their fam
lilies, will hold a basket picnic
on Picnic Point, Buckeye Lake
park, Saturday, Aug. 16.
Everything's getting compli-
Gated, even the tunes of popular
songs.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-08-14
NOTICE OF APPOINTMI

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The Estate of Bessie L. Robin
son, deceased. Notice is hereby
given that Frank E. Robinson, 242
Union Street. Newark, Ohio, has
been duly appointed as Executor
under the Will of Bessie L. Robin
son, deceased, late of Licking
County, Ohio. Dated this 7th day
of August, 1941.
HENRY c. ASHCRAFT,
Judge of the Probate Court,
A 1421-28 Licking County, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
II r AIN IN c.
Z III E X E Y I!

(From the American Federationist)
Now that there is no surplus of
highly trained workers, the problem
of personnel must be solved mainly
through training program. In order
not to waste time or human labor
power, all training programs should
be sponsored and supervised by rep
resentatives of management and labor,
so as to utilize the experience of these
two essential groups. Work training
can be had only on the job, and this
plan of training is indispensable to
speed.
Local unions are the agencies to
which management should naturally
turn for cooperation in establishing
training programs. Our unions have
always welcomed opportunities to as
sumo their responsibility for promot-
ing standards and programs for eff
fective training.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
BRIDGES COMMUNIST.
SAYS UNION OFFICIAL

San Francisco, Cal. (ILNS).-Harry
Bridges, West Coast C. |. o. maritime
leader, is Communist, Harry Lunde-
berg, secretary-treasurer of the A. F.
of l.. Sailors Union of the Pacific, tes-
titled at the Bridges deportation hear
ing. Lundeberg declared Bridges and
a Communist party official both told
him Bridges was Communist.
Lundeberg asserted he went to
Bridges home in 1885 and met Sam
Darcy, then secretary of the California
Communist party. Darcy now is fac
ing prosecution on charges of making
false statements when registering as
voter.
darcy asked me to join the Com
munist party" Lundeberg said. "Gave
me lot of soft soap, said if / would
join the Communist party he would
do me lot of good, give me lot of
support. / said | was a trade union
man and didn't see why | should join
the Communist party. He said Bridges
was a member of the Communist
party"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
FACTORIES IN new
YORK SHOW GAINS

Albany, N. Y. (ILNS).-Industrial
Commissioner Frieda S. Miller re-
ported further good gains in employ
ment and payrolls at New York state
factories from the middle of April to
the middle Of May. Largely as re-
suit of continued expansion at plants
with defense orders, contraseasonal
gains of 1.5 per cent in forces and of
so per cent in payrolls were recorded
in the month. Records of the State
Department of Labor going back to
June, 1914, indicate that the average
April to May changes are drops of 1.3
per cent in employment and of 0.9 per
cent in payrolls.
The labor departments index Of fac
tory employment, based on the 1925-27
average as 100, was 1886. The corre-
spending payroll index, at 1887, was
higher than any figure previously re-
corded. The spread between the COR
responding figures for 1910 and 1941
has been increasing each month of the
year. In May, 1941, there were 28.1
per cent more factory workers en-
ployed than in May, 1910, and payrolls
were 50.7 per cent higher.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
MILLION MORE men
NEEDED IN DEFENSE

Washington, D. C.-Estimates that
1,508,600 additional workers will be
needed in defense industries by April,
1912, were made public by Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
"Some $4,000 additional workers
will be needed by the shipbuilding in
dustry, 408,400 by aircraft, 291 900
by machine tools and ordnance and
384,700 by other defense industries"
Secretary Perkins said. at should be
kept in mind, however, that an esti-
mate of this kind, based upon current
knowledge, is apt to be considerably
increased by any change in the emer-
gency program demanding rapidly in
creased production.
at is estimated that 81, 200 profess
sional and professional, $4,000
skilled, $4,000 semi-skilled, and 227,-
500 unskilled workers, will be needed.
The greatest single occupational needs
will be for skilled machinists and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
LABOR TO DEFEND RIGHTS

Organized workers are as much in
terested as anyone in promoting the
defense program and preventing sabo-
tage Labor, however, does not pro-
pose to be denied its right of reason
able protection by submitting supinely
to the showing through, under the
guise of aiding the defense program,
of measures designed by reactionary
forces that would impose on the work
ers totalitarian condition selfish in
have long wanted to see
in effect Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

wages-scales, that is to say, in the
interest of economic self-sufficiency of
the country and of what is described
as the direction of consumption.
"Thus the Ministry of Finance sees
itself obligated once more to announce
a fundamental change in the taxation
system"
The I. F. T. U. explains the changes
as follows:
UNJUST gaps in wage taxation
schedules are to be abolished, and war
additions to the wages tax are to
apply only to extra earnings, and not
TO basic wages.
"This retreat by the Nazi authori-
ties when faced by the workers pas
sive resistance is one more proof that,
even under the swastika and despite
terrorism and the GestapO the work
ers can to certain extent protect
themselves against intolerable pres
sure on wages"
X
Greek trade unionists have pledged
continued battle for freedom, though
their country is helpless under the
Nazi heel. In statement received by
Sir Walter Citrine, general secretary
of the British Trades Union Congress,
the National Labor Confederation of
Greece declares:
Greece is not dead. She lives and
will continue the great struggle and
from the battlefield sends out call
more powerful than the noise of cam
non to address a warm, fraternal
greeting to you and to the workers of
all countries, and to assure you that
on the sacred bodies of her slain,
Greece will rebuild her liberty The
struggle is hard but victory is GER
TAIN
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

in Germany, Italy or Russia would
dare call strike to stop any govern
ment work-or any work?
Most German trade union leaders
are under the sod-the others are skin
and bones in filthy concentration
camps.
The right to legitimate strikes
should be maintained; but what right
has an enemy alien to any American
safeguard?
So much for that. When will the
shooting start?
Of course, it seems it has started.
But when will it get going for keeps :?
Nobody knows and it doesn't make
much difference.
We actually are in the war to knock
out the Axis powers, fully and finally.
Regardless of shooting, much
of the outcome will depend upon
keeping factory wheels turning.
To that we must make up our
minds. 1t is a matter of national
life and death.
The time for doing things in "nor-
NAL" way has passed. Serious strikes,
in war jobs, are out, completely.
The shooting will come soon enough.
Meanwhile, production for war must
go on full blast, full speed.
Maybe some will have to suffer
little, temporarily.
But man, if we lose, we are all go
ing to suffer eternally!
Which doesn't leave much to argue
about, does it?-C. NJ w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

Issued Weekly Mt s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
Labor Organizations
Order $685. 900 Worth
OF Subscription Books

New York City ILNS). - The
American Labor Committee to Aid
British Labor announces that orders
had been filled for $325,O00 worth of
subscription books in the drive to help
the British workers.
These books represent orders from
labor organizations all over the coun-
try. In addition to this type of re
sponse, there has been an acceleration
in the pace of contributions which
have increased in size and numbers.
One Of the largest checks received
to date was a check for 1000 from
Gillespie, Illinois, Local No. Of the
Progressive Miners of America. The
check was accompanied by letter
stating simply "Here is a thousand
dollars to aid British labor"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

That the German workers have not
lost all power of resistance to injustice
is indicated by report on Nazi tax
alton policy, made by the International
Federation of Trade Unions, which
now has offices in London. The |. F..
T. u. says:
"It is we'll known that the system
of speed-up in the German munitions
industry takes the last ounce of en-
ergy out of the worker. Workers in
this industry often succeed in securing
a nominal increase in the gross earn
ings by means of overtime. The labor
authorities and the employers made
great play with this state of affairs
in their wage statistics, as proof of
German Socialism,
Glow deceptive and false this ar
gument is, is shown by the fact that
the Ministry of Finance once again
sees itself compelled to face the ques-
tion of equality of hardship in the
new taxation laws"
"It has been shown on practice" ("
continues the l. F. 7. u, "that the
worker has often not the least use for
the extra income secured by increased
output, as to large extent this extra
money is taxed away. Overtime and
lower pay are the principles of Nazi
taxation policy, and the tendency is
accentuated by the increasing burdens
of contributions for social insurance.
This step has had such a deroga-
tory effect on the joy, in work as to
lead to an alarming decline in average
output, which cries to high heaven for
remedy. For months, way has been
sought out of the dilemma of recon-
Cling the mutually contradictory State
interests of the highest possible reve-
nue., and the lowest possible scale of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941.
BEWARE HEADLINE HYSTERIA!


Contra Costa County Labor Journal
of Richmond, California, warns in fea-
tured editorials that hysteria, engen-
dered by infiamatory newspaper head
lines, is by far our greatest enemy.
Opinions may differ as to what is
"our greatest enemy" but thinking
persons will not deny that the hysteria
cited by the Labor Journal is dam
gerous in the extreme, breeding dis
trust, resentment and disunity at a
time when cooperation and unified
action are imperative.
There is no reason for hysteria over
the strike situation. AS the Labor
Journal points out, the great majority
of unions and union members are
functioning quietly, harmoniously, and
effectively under working agreements
with their employers. 1t further points
out that there are two sides to the
strike situation:
81. Many strikes are undoubtedly
brought about by legitimate protests.
AS long as management is allowed to
strike for higher profits on defense
contracts, labor should retain the
same privilege
go The freedom of our democracy
permits the existence of vicious mi
norities, including the agents Of for
eign governments, to use labor strikes
for their purpose At no other time
could unity of work and purpose be
more important than it is today. There
should be no work stoppage in the de-
fense program. Saboteurs must be de-
tected and fairly brought to trial"
Widespread emphasis is needed on
the facts cited by the Labor Journal.
Attempts are being made to smear
every effort of organized workers to
share in the increasing profits of in
dustry as "Communist-inspired." AS
a plain matter of fact, the great ma
jority of strikes are simply the effort
of loyal Americans to gain better liv-
ing conditions. This cannot be stressed
too often.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
WHAT NEXT?

Business Week reports that one of
the star attractions at the formal
opening of the big Merz Engineering
Company plant at Indianapolis re-
Gently was a jig grinder equipped with
microphone. 1t wasn't publicity
stunt but the means of amplifying
the sound of grinding quill during
the finishing of tiny holes, to tell the
operator the progress of the work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

Entered at the Postofice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
NOW'S THE TIME TO JOIN

Men and women are fiocking by the
thousands into new American Fedora
tion of Labor unions. New charters
are being issued every day.
In this day, the man without union
is like the storied man without coun-
try He might as well have no vocal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
THE -
CHERRY TREE
Where with eur Little Ratchet We tell
the truth about many things. sometimes
profoundly. sometimes fippantly. some
times recklessly. -.
Things are happening fast.

Things are happening fast.
Troops march into the plant of
North American Aviation.
An American freighter is sent to
the bottom.
An American destroyer has dropped
depth bombs on a Nazi submarine.
Before you read these lines many
more things may have happened.
People keep asking we at war,
or are we not?
The answer is, as it has been
for about year-Surely we are
at war.
President Roosevelt is trying to
quell insurrection at home and at the
same time trying to force the Axis
to fire the first shot in shooting war
fare.
So, everything is at skies and sevens
on the surface.
Underneath the surface, we are at
war-desperate war, to see who sinks,
who swims.
The affaire North American Avia-
ton was as foregone as the coming
of the birds.
In any clash with it's own citizens,
the government cannot permit itself
to lose.
A government that loses is no
longer a government!
The Commies who were back of
that California strike knew that we'll
enough.
So did President Roosevelt.
And "the government in Washing
ton still lives"
One cannot have much SYM
pathy with the c. |. o. top Off
cials. They nurtured the reds.
They huddled up with them, put
them in key jobs, listened to them,
regarded them as hot stuff.
If anybody wants a bill of particu-
lars they can have it.
But for now just two samples-the
top-fight Commies who were sent
into Detroit, particularly into the
c. |. GA. U. w. publicity set-up; and
the loading of them into Labor's ESQ
called) Non-Partisan League in Wash
ington after Maj. George Berry was
deftly set aside. Somebody want some
more?
So, the strike that crippled aviation
production was, in the beginning, nur-
tured by the tops of G. /. 0. Now they
have the pay-off; and it isn't pretty.
One trouble today is that a lot of
chiefs are talking without reckoning
up the local Communist and Nazi
strength.
A little eye-opening a year ago
would have been good idea; but at
that time those who pointed with
alarm were regarded as crackpots.
So, ladies and gentlemen, dear sirs
and bothers, we see what we see.
Well, Franklin D. Roosevelt is COM
mander-in-chief and he has an awfully
big army which he can send hither
and yon, where the trouble-makers
are.
The reds and the Nazi spies talk
about their right to free speech, which
is what we should expect. But who,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

organs He is without power to speak
for himself.
Only the union worker has any place
in today's organized industry.
Get into union, know what it is
about and be citizen in Americas
new industrial civilization!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
semi-skilled assemblers with require
ments of 156,5O0 and 139,50O re-
spectively."
MEN ON TANKERs JOIN UNION

San francisco (ILNS).--Virtuaiiy
all the members of the engine and
deck departments on Associated On
Company tankers have pledged them
selves to join the Seafarers' lnterna-
tional Union of America, Harry Lun-
deberg, international president, an
nounces.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
WISDOM

The praise of others may be of use
in teaching us not what we are, but
what we ought to be. = Augustus
Hare.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-08-16
Dinner Compliments
Sweet Dixie School M arm

When Miss Elizabeth Randall
was hostess at a party honorins
her out-of-town guests Saturday
evening, her lovely home on Mt.
Vernon was becomingly decorated
with flowers from her own garden
She even arranged her own floral
centerpiece for the elaborate buf-
fet table.
The guest Miss Cathleen Alex
ander. a school teacher from Bris-
toll. Tennessee. was becomingly
dressed in an evening gown OF pink
lace. Her cousin. Mrs. Clara Wis
dom wore blue lace, and the hos
tess wore brown marquisette
formal. Among those present were
Miss Connie Crenshaw oS Mem
phis. Tenn. Joe Rodgers and Rob-
ert Lewis OF Lane college, Stanley
Kemp OF Washington, ID. {. Mr..
Berthe OF Durham, NC. WILL
am and Elder Pope. Regina Solo
mon and her escort Mr.. La
Fleur Of Chicago. Stanley Evans,
and Myrtle Youny Of Chicago. Jus
tine Nelson and Herman Stallinys.
Kervin Crawford, Woody Golante
Archibald Harper. Frances Raiford'
Miss Josie. Miss Hill OF Ann Arbor,
end Frances Leonard. Carroll
Evans. Harrison washington, Mr..
ana Mrs. Dewey 0liphsnt Miss
Lenis Dowkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter McFall. Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Harrison. Mrs. Alberta Pendleton,
Miss Thelma Baldwin. who stayed