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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
Minimum Wages Fixed
For Carpet Industries

Approval of the recommendations
for minimum wages in the carpet and
rug industry made by the committee
which investigated the subject was an
nounced by, General Philip B. Flem-
ing, administrator of the Wage and
Hour Division, United States Depart
ment of Labor.
The committee recommended that
those workers employed in the wool
section" of the industry be paid not
less than 40 cents an hour and the
workers employed in the "other than
wool section" be paid not less than 35
cents an hour. A wage order estab-
fishing these minimum wage rates
will be issued to be effective March II.
1t is estimated that there are 81, 900
workers employed in the carpet and
rug industry, of which number LOO
are now receiving less than the mini
mum wage contained in the committee
recommendations
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941.
KNUDSEN TELLS EN-

William S. Knudsen, veteran indus
trialist and head of the Office of Pro-
duction Management, blasted the foun-
dations out from under the advocates
of anti-strike legislation in his recent
testimony before the House Judiciary
Committee.
Knudsen, who has never been ac-
cused of being Tabor agitator," de-
clared: "You can't make man Grim
inal because he is on strike"
He followed up this obvious truth by
positively advising against any legis-
lation outlawing strikes. He expressed
the belief that defense production
strife would cease as the leaders of
new unions gained experience and as
"the management decided to accept the
laws on the statute books"
Knudsen's testimony should end for
good the drive for anti-strike laws.
But it won't, unfortunately. Labor
must still be on guard against such
proposals and must fight them when
ever and wherever they are made.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
LABOR PARTY UNITS
BACK AID TO BRITAIN

New York City (ILNS). - Resolu-
tions supporting American assistance
to British and repudiating Represent
ative Vito Marcantonio as party
spokesman were adopted by 400 rep
resentatives of American Labor party
units, meeting here. The meeting also
adopted resolution backing Dean AL
fange, the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Seventeenth District
by-election, despite the fact that the
Labor party candidate is Eugene p.
Connolly, leader of the left-wing fac
tion in control in Manhattan.
Before the resolution on aid to Brit
ain was presented, the meeting heard
a letter from Governor Lehman de-
crying delay in sending assistance,
and speech by Herbert Agar, editor
of The Louisville Courier-J Journal. Eli
Oliver, the party's state executive di-
rector, urged vigorous drive to oust
Communists from party positions in
the primaries next fall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
TRAILER LIFE FOR
DEFENSE WORKERS

Washington, d. C.-The Senate APP
preparation Sub Committee approved
a plan to house thousands of defense
workers in mobile trailers. Senator
Adams of Colorado, chairman of the
subcommittee, said $6,670000 was
provided for temporary housing, in
Guiding the trailers, after c. F. Pal
mer, co-ordinator of defense housing,
explained the program.
"They told us that they could pro-
vide temporary housing at industrial
centers and new powder plants with
these trailers while other permanent
housing was being constructed" the
Senator said. "They said these units
could be moved in on trains, trucks
or on their own wheels"
The trailers will be fitted with lights
and other facilities and can be pro-
duced, Senator Adams said, at a cost
of about $1,000, although they now
cost about $4,000 each.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
WHAT NEXT?

BY building inside the worlds big
gest box, the Ford Motor Company
has been able to get continuous con-
struction of it's giant airplane engine
factory at Dearborn, Mich. The fac
tory is covered with a box made of
acres of composition board and tar
paper. Building has gone on "a hours
day, regardless of weather or dark
ness. The box shelter plan was first
used in Russia, for construction during
the severe Russian winters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
ASK BIG COMPANIES
POLICIES ON HIRING

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-U. S.
Senator James M. Mead of New York
has made inquiry of over fifty of the
nations largest corporations relative
to their respective policies governing
the employment and unemployment
of middle-aged and older workers.
Addressing the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, U. S. Steel, Ford
Motor Company, and an imposing list
of large corporations in various in
dustrial fields and geographical loca-
tions, Senator Mead said he is re-
questing information on several spe-
cific points. Referring to the skilled,
semi-skilled and unskilled trades, he
is asking each company what proper
tion of its total number of employees
may be classified as middle-aged and
older workers Also he asks whether
the companies have been forced to
relax former age limit hiring policies,
which previously Disseminated against
the man over forty, in order to obtain
competent employees during this Pc
riod of defense production. He asks
what their experience has been regard
ing the relative productivity of the
workers over forty.
Senator Mead explained that these
inquiries form part of his study of
the older worker employment problem.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

1t should be of interest to all shades
of opinion here that Sir Walter saio
he found the people of the United
States, whom he addressed on So occa-
sions in clubs, universities and at pub
lie meetings definitely opposed to en-
tering the war;"
The part that American industrial
production will play in British victory
is emphasized not only by Sir Walter
Citrine but by another prominent Brit
ish trade union leader, Ernest Bevin,
Minister of Labor. In special cable
gram to the American Federationist
official A. F. of L. organ, Bevin pays
tribute to American labor for its sup
port of Great Britain's fight against
Hitler and declares this support has
greatly heartened Britain in its re-
sistance to Nazi tyranny.
Bevin points out that it is useless to
underestimate the Nazi power, empha-
sizing that Hitler has subjected mil
lions of people to his will, creating a
vast arsenal and utilizing the labor OF
nearly 200,000,0O0 people.
Against this great population sub.
ject to Nazi control, Bevin says there
is only working population of IT,
100000 in the British Isles.
"It is the limitation of our pro
ductive capacity that gives the enemy
momentary superiority" says Bevin
Therefore, when we learn that the
mighty American productive capacity
together with the will of the American
labor movement, is going to throw it:
full weight into providing the equip
ment necessary to win this battle fol
freedom, it stimulates us, heatens The
men in the forces and makes us all fee
that we are fighting for greater
thing than our own country-that VIZ
are spending our energy to win a grear
victory for freedom of the soul"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

In the first World War the A. F.
of L. played a role of surprising inn
portance in this same field, creating
at once military asset and fraternal
bond that has never completely lost
it's grip.
1t is no longer possible for anyone
possessed of any sense and honesty to
believe anything except that this hem
isphere is unit, Realistically and
also economically, in the face of die
tatorship plans for dominance. To
make it an effective unit, labor must
play its full part.
The task is tremendous, which no.
body knows better than President
Green. He will miss sadly the strength
of the late Santiago Iglesias, but he
will find other men possessed of un-
derstanding and intelligence.
And throughout Latin America-es-
pecially in Mexico-he will find men
ready to join in great program of
labor unity for the preservation of
democracy. The indications that Pres
ident Camacho and Labor Leader Mo-
rones are in substantial agreement is
one of the first pieces of good news
and the better that understanding
turns out to be, the better is the news
for all, including Mexico.
Here is job in which President
Green deserves all the support he can
be given. The fate of the world may
well turn on much lesser undertakings.
&C. M. w.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
Wage-HOur Unit Named
For Rubber Products

Washington, D. C.-Gen. Philip B
Fleming, administrator of the Wage
Hour Division of the Department of
Labor, announced the appointment of
committee of fifteen for the rubber
products manufacturing industry, with
authority to recommend minimum
wages up to 40 cents an hour for the
employees. Of the 10000 workers in
the industry, it is estimated that ap-
proximately 10000 are now paid less
than 40 cents an hour.
The committee consists of an equal
number of representatives of employ
ers, employees and the public. Arthur
T. Martin, dean of the law school, Ohio
State University, heads the committee.
Frank P. Fenton, director of organ
ization, American Federation of La
Dor, is one of the employees repre-
sentatives.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
B. & o. WORKERS ON 6-DAY WEEK

Baltimore (ILNS). = Shop workers
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad sys-
TEN went on six-day week March 1,
due to the pressure of the defense
program. Since 1882, the workers
have been on five-day, 40-hour week
in order to evenly distribute work.
The 1900 men involved will re-
ceive their regular hourly pay for the
extra work and one and one-half
hourly rate when on duty Sunday or
holidays.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

Sir Walter Citrine, general secretary
of the British Trades Union Congress
is quoted in dispatches from London
as having said that American Fedora
ton of Labor leaders had told him
they were ready to give up the right
to strike, eff the government will set
up the proper machinery for the ad-
justment of disputes"
Sir Walter, who had just returned
from visit of several months to the
United States, broadcast review of
the American labor situation in its
relation to the British war effort.
If Citrine was quoted correctly in
the London dispatches, he must have
misunderstood what he was told here.
American labor leaders have given NOT
the slightest indication they will sur
render the right to strike. On the con-
trary, they have declared their de-
termination to fight anti-strike pro-
posals with every means in their
power.
In taking this stand in behalf of a
fundamental right, they have been
backed by the overwhelming body OF
American labor of all factions.
American labor has, however, de.
clared its opposition to strikes in de-
fense industries except where condi
tions become completely unbearable
To make effective this stand, labor has
adopted no-strike policies for defense
production, with A. F. of L. metal anc
building trades unions setting up pro
cedures for conciliation and voluntar!
arbitration.
The A. F. of L. no-strike policie:
will undoubtedly be factor in United
States provision of decisive aid fol
Great Britain in the production of wal
materials-aid which Citrine reported
on his return to England would be ap
parent by next September.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY

Collective bargaining procedure is
the very essence of democracy. 1t de-
pends on good faith, fair dealings, in
tegrity of purpose, willingness to lay
the facts on the table.
The working of industrial democ-
racy has already proved its value in
industries where collective bargaining
has been accepted practice for many
years. Where management and work
ers habitually meet in joint conference
in a spirit of good faith, the extension
of collective bargaining to include
mediation or arbitration, and to active
cooperation for better production is a
natural outgrowth. 1t is part of the
democratic process. :. The railroads,
in the last Ia years under the Railway
Labor Act, have been practically free
from strikes. Many threatened strikes
have been peacefully settled through
the facilities provided by the act.
About 90 per cent of railroad workers
today are under union agreement, the
number of agreements having in
creased from 3,O21 in 1885 to 4,193 in
940.-Labor's Monthly Survey, Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
FIGHTING HIDDEN PRICE
BOOSTS

A program to protect consumers
from hidden price increases resulting
from the use of short weights and
measures is outlined in a bulletin is
sued by Miss Harriet Elliott, Consumer
Commissioner of the National Defense
Advisory Commission.
The bulletin, entitled Check Your
Weights and Measures" is being dis
tributed to state and local defense
councils and to civic and consumer or
ganizations to help them maintain liv-
ing standards by protecting consumer
purchasing. Trade unionists can help
by circulating the bulletin and by sup
porting action to stop use of dishonest
weights and measures.
"The major responsibility for seeing
that hidden price rises do not occur
through unobserved reduction IN guam
tity, rests upon states and municipali-
ties" Miss Elliott said. "It is impor-
tant that consumers understand the
problem of insuring full and accurate
weight and measure, and take the nee
essary steps to provide, effective ma
chinery for protection in their locali-
ties. This protection is of value to the
honest merchant as well as to the con-
sumer."
"Check Your Weights and Meas
ures" is available on request from the
Consumer Division, National Defense
Advisory Commission, in Washington,
DC.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
AVERAGE HOURLY
PAY HIGHEST EVER

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) With
many key defense industries working
overtime, average hourly earnings for
all manufacturing industries in De-
cember reached the highest rate ever
recorded, Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins reported.
Average hourly earnings for all
manufacturing industries rose to 68.3
cents during the month, an increase
of about 2 cents over December, 1899
and the highest since the Bureau of
Labor Statistics began keeping such
records in 1882, Miss Perkins said.
Actual wage-rate increases between
November Is and December Is, how
ever, were reported by only 211 of the
33,789 manufacturing establishments
supplying employmen information.
These increases affected 74,102 of the
6,468,68 wage earners covered, av-
eraging 6.3 per cent.
Of the important defense industries
reporting increased hours, machine
tools showed the highest average per
week, sos in December.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

No better news could have come out
of the recent meeting of the A. T. of L.
executive council than the declaration
that the Pan American Federation of
Labor is to be revived.
1t has been said several times that
a revival is to take place, but this time
the statement seems to look like bust
ness.
So it is to be hoped.
Maybe it will seem odd in many sec
tlons of the United States that this
matter of creating hemisphere labor
unity should be so important. 1t has
taken long time for many persons to
realize how extremely important it is.
But that's how it is, in world that
no longer has any isolated corners
that can wrap about themselves a
mantle of quiet isolation.
If there is anything at all to the
business of readiness for defense, then
we have few defense problems more
acute than the one found in Latin
America
1t is the happy good fortune of the
A. F. of L. to have the opportunity to
build in Latin America the only friend
ship that will stand against dictator
aggression.
Left wing programs have strong fol-
lowings in Latin America and so do
the Nazi ideas. The Nazis have bought
their following and they are still
buying.
John L. Lewis has done some play
ing around in Latin America, hooking
in with the leftist Lombardo Toledano,
who was one of the key figures in
bringing about the oil confiscation,
which was followed by deals that gave
the Nazis fresh oil supply. That the
British watch-dogs put crimp in this
is something that can be credited only
to the British fleet; not to Toledano
and his friends.
Indications are that the regime
of Avila Camacho is going to be
pro-United States and that con-
structive labor leaders will get a
break that they did not enjoy un-
der Cardenas.
Best information is that Luis N. Mo-
rones is gaining strength and recog-
milton and there could be no better
news for the United States. He will
work ONLY with the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
So, these things being as they are
and the world situation being what it
is, the news of A. F. of L. Pan Amer
lean plans is of the most profound i'm
portance.
Not only is it correct strategy for
the A. F. of L., but it will send wave
of encouragement throughout Latin
American constructive labor move
ments. 1t is the one effective challenge
to the Nazi and red conspirators in
Latin America.
Those who have followed such mat
tiers know full well that speed is of
the utmost Importance.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
WISDOM

The great man is the man who does
a thing for the first time.-Alexander
Smith.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

A woman would rather bargain than
eat, but she hates to see man hesi-
tate at any price when she is the pro-
spective beneficiary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1896 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
RIGHTOi

whats the hardest thing about
learning to skate?"
''The ice, when you come right down
to it."
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Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

A lamp-socket and labor union
both depend upon accord.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07
THE -
CHERRY TREE

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

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-03-07

Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
Evening star., 1941-08-04

school, hospital experience, training
and time of practice of each man.
8. Find out what doctors physi-
clans have for the members Of their
own families.
Acute fatigue is the natural result
of severe physical, mental or emo
tional activity! However, If your
fatigue is chronic and growls at your
heels from day to day, inhibiting
your enjoyment of life, something
is wrong.
Your eternal tiredness may come
from chronic disease, or an infec-
ton some place in the body, but
more than likely 1t is due to incor.
rect living habits.
DR.. Diehl says: Opportunities for
exercise abound on every side, but
who ever heard of providing a place
for resting? Yet how many people
there are for whom few minutes
rest would give life a different
hue!"
Actually. a few minutes of abso-
lutte rest can change ones entire
viewpoint toward life Fatigue lowers
our resistance to disease and makes
us melancholy and irritable. In the
future. perhaps there will be "Sa-
Ions for Rest"
Women who work in Offices do
not always have an opportunity to
grasp moments of relaxation, but
many of them fail to take spot of
rest even when it is available.
One would think that the woman
in the home would have an ideal
setup, but anybody who has tried
to rest in a home knows that it is
almost impossible without special
planning, because Of the many in
terruptions and demands.
These little periods of rest don't
help much unless they are uninter-
rupted and filled with complete re-
taxation. How about muffling the
telephone for 10 minutes and teach
ing the children and the maid that
you are not to be approached dur
ing these times?
How about selling the boss on the
idea that you will do more and bet
ter work if you are allowed this
health and beauty aid?
If you need help in household or
ganization which will lessen your IA
tigue, send Scent stamped, self
addressed envelope each for my
leaflets, THE MARRIED WOMAN,
or TEN HEALTH COMMAND
MENTS, to me in care of this news
paper.
Evening star., 1941-08-04
By Barbara Bell

Here's a lively new fashion to re-
joice the heart of schoolgirls-a
three-piece suit with sleeveless
waistcoat in place of jacket! 1t is
inspired by college girls pet fashion
the waistcoat-and the younger
girls are going to enjoy it tremen-
dously. The waistcoat top is severely
simple with patch pockets for trim
ming. Darts front and back nip it
into a narrow waistline. The free
action skirt is pleated front and
back. A tailored skirt. with con-
vertible neckline and long or short
sleeves completes the costume.
Pattern No. 1444-B presents an
outfit which can be made In various
fabric and color combinations and
which will be welcome n every
school wardrobe Waistcoat and
skirt may be matched in plain or
mixture tweeds, plaids. gabardine,
corduroy or twill. The blouse may
be of washable cotton. silk or rayon
crepe-or in checked or plaid fan
mel,
Evening star., 1941-08-04
.Beautify Back
For Summer
Exposure
Remove Rlemishes
BY Using Lotions
And Scrubbing
By Patricia Lindsay


You will turn your back on many
critical eye this sunrner and un-
less it is smooth as baby's skin and
free of blemishes you will be rated as
a careless beauty! Yes, tennis
clothes, sunsuits, swim suits and eve
ming clothes all reveal your back
that big area of skin that is too ire
quently neglected.
know it is hard to take a brush
and scrub first one side of your back
and then the other, but it has got
to be done. Without realizing it
you perspire across your back as
freely as you do underarm. All
that waste must be washed awav
with soap and water or the pores
will clog and you will have patches
of disfigured skin.
A blemished back area requires
specific and concentrated treatment
to clear. If your back is unlovely
through unconscious neglect you
might try this treatment twice a
week until the blemishes disappear
Thereafter be sure to wash your
back every day with soap and water.
Mix in a bowl one-half cup Of
melted good CASTLE soap shave the
soap and add a tablespoonful Of
water before heating, one table
spoonful of peroxide and two table
spoonfuls of almond meal. Get into
tub half filled with water and moist
en- your back with a wash cloth.
Then spread the mixture generously
over the blemished areas and leave
1t on for 5 minutes. While it is
doing its job you might brush your
feet thoroughly and push back The
toenail cuticle with an orange stick.
When time is UP have another
person brush your back for you.
using plenty of warm water so a
rich lather is worked up. How
pleased you will be to see many sur
face blemishes disappear, After the
brushing you must rinse your skin
| thoroughly with warm and cool
waters and dry it briskly with a
turkish bath towel. Powder with
your favorite sachet.
If the blemishes are very stub
born you might precede the scrub
bing treatment with a cream lubri-,
cation. Take rich cream or oil and
massage it well over the back and
leave on for IS or 20 minutes. Then
bathe as directed above.
There are special lotions and
creams for blemished back care and
these are used as on the face They
are massaged well into the skin,
wiped off with tissue and then a
yard square of double gauze (Which
has been saturated with chilled as
tringent) is laid across the back.
Again tissues are used to absorb any
excess moisture. Then you are
ready for a powder lotion or loose
powder. This treatment is particu-
larly good just before donning an
evening dress. Your back should
first be scrubbed with soap and water
while you are under the shower.