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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
AFL Executive Council Meets
To Decide Vital War Policies;
Members Hear of Production
Meeting One of Most Important Sessions in History of
American Federation of LabOr-Determned to Vote
Any Sacrifice to Help America in Winning War.

The Executive Council will review
the status of the war in general and
express the war aims and peace aims
of American workers.
1t will also survey the entire subject
of war taxes and give special consid-
GRAFTON to the latest proposal of the
Treasury Department to lower per-
sonal exemptions in income taxes,
thereby placing heavy burden on
those in the lower brackets who are
least able to afford to pay taxes.
The policies which will guide the
nations manpoWer mobilization pro-
gram will be studied by the council
and it is expected that some declara-
tion may be made for the guidance of
this program on practical lines.
The council will unquestionably do
it's utmost to rally the membership of
the A. F. of L. behind the War Bond
drive. The A. F. of L. already has
pledged itself to see to it that it's
members and unions purchase bill
lion dollars worth of these bonds by
the end of the year and President
Green has urged all members to place
themselves on payroll allotment plans,
assigning 10 per cent of their weekly
nav for War Rond purchases.
Many other weighty matters relat-
ing to Americas war effort will come
before the council, which is charged
with guiding the policy of the fed
GRAFTON between conventions.
In addition, the council will chart
organization and administrative plans
for the next quarter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22

Washington, d. C.-Members of the
A. F. of L. Executive Council gathered
here for one of their most important
sessions in history, fully determined
to vote any sacrifices necessary to help
America win the war.
President William Green was pre-
pared to submit to the council highly
encouraging reports on the successful
enforcement of the A. F. of L. no.
strike policy and on the constructive
efforts of affiliated unions to speed up
and increase war production.
Also high up on the list of agenda
was the consideration of anti-labor
legislation. President Green plans to
tell the council in detail of the vic
torious campaign carried on by the
A. F. of l.. and it's legislative commit
tee against the enactment of vicious
measures which would have outlawed
the closed shop, abolished the 40-hour
week standard and destroyed the dem
ocratic freedoms of American workers.
Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the
British Trades Union Congress, ar
rived in this country by clipper to
place before the council proposal
for wartime alliance Of the Anglo
Soviet-American trade union move
ments.
In the past the American Fedora
tion of Labor has successfully fought
the proposed admission of the Soviet
union movement into such bodies as
the International Federation of Trade
Unions on the ground that it is domi-
mated by the government and is not
a free, democratic trade union organ
iZation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
RADIO OPERATORS
NEEDED In SERVICE

Columbus, O.-Headquarters Fifth
Corps Area has just announced that
the Army Signal Corps is in need of
radio operators and repairmen. To be
eligible, men must be between the
ages of 18 and 45. Operators must
hold either a commercial or amateur
operators license or be qualified for
such license. Repairmen must be
members of the Radio Manufacturers
Service (R. M. 81 or Radio Service
Men of America (R S. Al and, at the
time of application for enlistment, be
employed in radio service work.
Radio plays very important part
in modern warfare. Airplanes in flight
and armored vehicles in motion depend
almost entirely on this method of COM
munication for directing operations,
reporting observations, and relaying
other important messages. Radio is
used for communication between the
far-fung units in all parts of the
world. During the seige of Bataan
and Corregidor, no other type of mes
sages were getting through.
All men who are qualified should
contact their nearest Army Recruit
ing Office without delay and do their
part to help win this war. Remember,
it takes many men to keep one plane
in flight or one tank in motion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22

rate of Flying Fortresses has more
than doubled since Pearl Harbor. More
planes are now being produced each
month than i'm the entire year of 1889,
when the program of military aircraft
got under way, he reported.
Tank production this year, he told
the council, has surpassed the output
for the entire year of 1941, and Amer
lea is now exceeding the Axis in tank
output.
Reporting on other production fields,
Green said:
despite shortage in materials, tre-
mendous progress has been made in
shipbuilding. Warships and merchant
ships are being launched on schedule
or ahead of schedule.
Staggering increases in the pro-
duction of guns are noted each month,
especially in anti-aircraft guns. The
rate at which explosives are being
produced is many times what it was
at this time last year.
"New war factories are being com
pleted daily far ahead of schedule. .
Military establishments and war hous-
ing projects are going up at mirac-
ulous speed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
American Legion Poppy
Sale Scheduled Saturday

A call for volunteers to serve Sat-
urday with members of the ladies'
auxiliary of Frank Durwin Post, No.
1873, American Legion, who will spon-
sor the annual Poppy Day sale, is be-
ing answered by the young women of
Hamilton, Mrs. Emma Slifer, chair
man of the sale, announced Tuesday.
"The response to the call for Poppy
Day workers is gratifying and shows
the spirit of patriotism which is very
much alive among the women of Ham
ilton today" Mrs. Slifer reported.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
Enforcement Division
In Statewide Survey

Columbus, Ohio.-Chief William J.
Cleary, head of the Ohio liquor de-
partment's enforcement division, de-
clared this week that his men are
continuing their check-up on cleans
ing facilities in the establishments of
state-licensed dispensaries.
The chief also said that routine
inspection of D-4 licensed private
clubs and fraternal organizations
shows the majority cooperating in
the departments ban on slot ma
chimes and other gambling devices OF
premises.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
Wire Merger Assailed As Peril in
War; Plan is Harmful to Workers,
Union Heads Tell Subcommittee
Senate Resolution S2445 Providing for Consolidation of
Western Union and Postal Telegraph, is Condemned
by Labor Leaders-Ask POstpOnement of Action

to the success of the United Nations
program. The accommodation
industry is the most accurate, the
most secretive, and the most efficient
means of conveying orders and in
structions connecting raw materials
with factories, production with trans
portation, and transportation with the
armed forces of the nation.
Employees Under Strain
telegraph workers are fully cog
infant of their tremendous RESPONSE
bilities in time of war. They are
working many extra hours without
protest Due to the fact that many
employees have entered the armed
forces, because of the inability of the
telegraph companies to secure suffi-
cient help, and because greater speed
of service is essential, they are work
ing harder than they have ever worked
before.
SIN other words, telegraph workers
are fulfilling their duties wholeheart-
edly and without reservation under the
most trying conditions, and it is a
great deal to expect of them that they
give their most efficient service while
being constantly concerned with the
adverse effects of merger upon their
livelihood.
'To the employees a merger would
mean that thousands of employees
would be deprived of employment
through the elimination of duplicate
facilities, and there would be fewer
employment opportunities for those
employees fortunate enough to be re-
tained"
Changes in Bill Proposed
Allen told the subcommittee that if
it was determined that merger of
the telegraph companies is immedi-
ately necessary, then the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union suggested that
the interests of the employees should
receive the utmost consideration. He
proposed various changes in the bill
to give protection to the employees and
in ending his testimony said:
'If these provisions, which the union
believes to be vitally necessary for the
protection of both the employees and
the industry, are not included in the
proposed legislation. then we believe
that the legislation in its entirety
should be tabled indefinitely. 1t is our
conviction that any such legislation
which did not include these provisions
would utterly fail to place the domes-
tic telegraph industry on sound,
functioning basis, which, according to
merger advocates, is the only purpose
of the legislation"
Paul Scharrenberg, legislative rep
resentative of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, gave supporting testi-
mony to Allen and expressed the hope
Continued on page 2, column g.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - Wig
orous opposition to a merger of tele-
graph companies, on the ground that
merger would be detrimental to the
nation and to telegraph employees was
voiced by labor spokesmen in hearings
before a subcommittee of the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
The committee is considering Sen
ate Resolution S-2445, providing for
consolidation of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies.
Warning of the dangers of "experi-
menting with communication facilities
in wartime and the demoralizing eff
feet of a merger on the employees, :"
w. L. Allen, president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union, declared
that "if the industry were properly
regulated merger would not be nee
essary."
PostpOnement of Action Asked
"Under present conditions, when
the maintenance of communication fa-
cilities is so vital to the armed forces"
President Allen told the subcommit-
tee, "we believe it to be very mop
one of the most important industries
connected with the war effort, and it
is our studied opinion that the entire
question of a merger should be de-
ferred, at least until the war is won"
Discussing the effect of the proposed
merger on the employees, Allen said
that there is no secret about the detri-
mental effects that a merger would
have on employment opportunities.
''There are numerous references in
the record testimony touching upon
the many economies that could be eff
fected as result of merger, and it
is made quite clear that the economies
would be effected at the expense of
the employees" he added.
Workers Apprehensive
Declaring that the merger proposal
is having disturbing effect on tele-
graph employees, the union head went
on to say:
"They have long been apprehensive
to the effect that merger would have
upon their employment, and to state
| that the introduction of SPAS has
increased that apprehension is putting
it mildly. What little sense of secur-
ity they have been able to maintain
in the face of persistent agitation on
the part of merger advocates has been
almost completely shattered by the
introduction Of this bill. 1t is not too
much to say that the morale and eff
cheney of telegraph employees have
been impaired, and this at time when
they should be entirely free to con-
centrate on the important part they
are playing in the war effort.
Telegraph workers are employed
by an industry which is indispensable
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
Ferguson Visits Hamilton

Joe Ferguson, auditor of the State
of Ohio, was Hamilton visitor for
a few days last week. Joe is using
his past good record as auditor as a
platform for his candidacy for COVER
nor in 1912. He was carefully piloted
among his friends here by John De-
Arcy of Springfield, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-22
LABOR PUSHING WAR
OUTPUT, GREEN SAYS
In REPORT TO A. F. |.
Nation Now Held Greatest Arsenal,
and Victory Will Be Assured.

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-A re-
port on war production, showing that
American labor is working with all it's
heart and soul for victory, was SUBJ
mitted to the American Federation of
Labor Executive Council as the coun-
Gil opened its quarterly session here.
Presenting the report, President
William Green of the federation de-
clared that America is now truly the
greatest arsenal in the world" and
that production figures received from
governmental agencies and labor
unions are astounding" Amazing in
creases in the output of planes, ships,
guns, tanks and ammunition since De-
cember 7 were revealed, he said.
"The government is UNDERSTANDABLE
cautious about releasing this informa-
tion but I can assure you it offers no
comfort to our enemies. On the con-
trary, our present productions adds up
to the doom of the Axis powers," he
said.
LabOr's Devotion Cited
"All Americans can take pride in
the tremendous job labor, industry and
the government have done in SO short
a time," said Green. He added:
"By the time our production facili-
ties are fully mobilized, we will be out
producing our enemies by wide mar
gin and victory will be assured"
Speaking Of labor's part in the war
production effort, the A. F. of L. head
said:
II cannot emphasize too strongly
that Americas vast progress on the
production front would have been i'm
possible without the loyal and devoted
service being rendered day in and day
out by millions of American workers
Their production achievements and
their spirit is unmatched anywhere in
the world"
Plane Output Scars
Reporting on specific fields of war
output, Green said that the delivery
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
Demands for Showdown on 40 Hour Week Persist
Proposed BIockout Rules

OF
somm.,1T win be asked to similar legislation rapidly gsh can be
Tense counsu ~ ' " ~" ~ " " MUM ~ ~
l. LIGHTS No light should be visible from any house
or building from the outside But limited lights permit
ted within homes or buildings they visible from the
outside This oPPes to stores offices clubs theatres fac
tories etc.
(ol Every light visible from the street be the
charge Of person whose duty il the light
off when the orroid or bockout signal is given. Mech
onico devices to turn out such lights acceptable
For your sofeN police officers have the legal right
to enter buildings to force compliance with this ordi-
ID In addition, lights signs biIIboords or SINH
lor structures sho be put out Owners leosees per-
sons in charge responsible.
Z. PEDESTRIAN: When the oir-rod warning sounds all
TO leave the streets and the
Avoid crossing streets alleys and public places 1t is illegal
during bockout oirrod to gather in groups Of
than five persons. No unauthorized person shall ANY
lights.
g. CARS AND TRUCKS: All civilian vehicles must draw
dronts drvewoys Of fire stations Exnouish all iohts
II truck unattended do lock DOORS Lock
the ignition and set the hand brake firmly Then occupants
must proceed TO the nearest shelter II the vehicle is horse
drawn, halter horse to nearest object If impossible
hitch horse and halter him to vehicle All other parking
regulations waived during bockout dir raid This
ordinances regulations do not apply TO doctors duty po
lice trenen, ormed service vehicles ombuances, and
tain branches Of civilian defense
HORNS, SIRENS, ETC: No unauthorized person shall
operate any nosenokng device which resembles in sound
orroid warning on "ol clear" signal.
5. PENALTIES: For violation Of this ordinance and con-
vicon Of IT, fine OF not than $780, Imprisonment
Of 80 days both shall be enforced subject the dis
2Ss''''h VIZ" .sa,'a.AtFs.s
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
Plan 10 Alter
School Studies
Change Announced
at EostIond High

ROSEVILLE- Alteration of
Eastland High schools curricu,
UNI to place emphasis on voca-
tional rather than academic
courses was announced in a plan
advanced by Superintendent
Clarence Scharer and the board
of education.
The plan involved replace
|ment of teachers who desire po-
|Sitions elsewhere with instruct
ors trained in vocational class
room work. No vacanies occur
ing by resignation, death, or re-
|tirement will be replaced by
academic teachers.
Every opportunity will be
accepted whereby vocational
training equipment will be in
stalled. The shop will add print
ing and plumbing; the CONNER
cial department will add journ-
alism and distributive education
and the Home Economics course
will add first aid, child care and
nutrition.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
Restrictions on Labor
Sought by Congressman
WideIy-Voried Proposals for Labor
Legislation Pend on Different Fronts

mittee, declared that well wait
and see what's in the message.
If everything that is in my bill
isn't covered, then Wen 60
ahead and see what we can do. "
The Georgian's measure, on
which the Naval Committee is
scheduled 10 act next week
would lift the work ceiling TO
48 hours, freeze the status quo
of unions, and limit profits on
war contracts in excess of $780,
600 to $4,000 plus eight per cent
of cost.
Even more definite was Rep.
Howard Smith (D-Va), author
of a House approved bill TO pre-
vent strikes in defense industry,
who maintained flaty that the
40-hour week should be sus-
pended by legislation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
.5e|fridge Sergeant
Asks Divorce Decree
6o-Doy Voting Clause
Waived by Court

Because Sergt. Marvin d.
Blythe is soon to leave Selfridge
Field, he was allowed to testify
against his wife, Cordelia. In 4
divorce case without waiting
the required so days after bis
suit was filed.
Sergt. Blythe told Circuit
Judge James E. Spier that his
wife refused to come to Sell
fridge Field with them. They
were married March !, 194l
and separated April Is of this
year.
The so day waiting period Of
ten results in a reconciliation,
Judge Spier pointed out, and
was waived only because Sergt.
Blythe is to leave on maneuvers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24
Atlantic Seaboord States
Face Serious Problems
Loss Of Gasoline Taxes to Creote
Serious Revenue Problem

100000 automobiles feel the
impact but, government officials
agreed, condition approaching
famine of gasoline would inn
pinge on many phases of life for
other millions of people.
Reactions to the announce
ment of rationing in the II At
lantic seaboard states and the
District of Columbia carried a
tone of serious concern over
economic, social and even gov
eminent operating repercussions.
These were some of the de-
velopments:
l. An official quarter observ-
ed that a serious revenue prob
lem might be created for the
federal government and some of
the II states, with the states be-
ing in danger of losing half or
even more of the $685., 100000
net they collect annually from
gasoline taxes.
q A dire outlook was predict
ed for resorts and other bust
nesses dependent upon motor
borne customers.
3. Petroleum quarters express
ed concern that severe disloca-
tons might occur in their in
dustry, including the closing
down of many of the 100000
eastern filling stations.
The fears along the coast
were allayed somewhat last
night after both Price Admins
traitor Crypon and Petroleum
Coordinator Ickes said there was
no basis for a report that the
rationing program, effective May
IS, probably would limit each
automobile to as little as 2h to
S gallons a week. The report
originated in Henderson's or
ganization.
An Ickes aide said q "more
likely" allowance would be Is
gallons per automobile a month.
Henderson appeared late yes
terday at an executive session
of senate agricultural sub
committee studying gasoline and
rubber problems, and senator's
later quoted him as saying that
no such low figure as pa gal
Ions was contemplated.
Even under the present one
third curtailment of gasoline
consumption, in the east and
Oregon and Washington through
limitation of supplies to filling
stations, federal and state reve-
nues are being whacked.
LARGELY FROM EAST
The federal government COL
lects annually about S300,000,-
600 from the gas tax, a large part
of it coming from the east. The
treasury department. recently
proposed. that the federal tax be
raised from Is to 3 cents a gal
Ion. Some states depend on the
gas tax for around sc per cent
of their total revenues.
The federal roads bureau said
the eastern and Pacific north
western states reported net re-
ceipts from this tax in 1910 as
follows:
Maine, s5,94O,000; New
Hampshire s3,6l6,O00; Vermont
s2,78l 900; Massachusetts, $21,-
i0l 900; Rhode Island S3,94l,-
300; Connecticut Sill ,032, 900;
New York s73,055,00O New
Jersey s24,226,oOO; Delaware
s2,322,000; Pennsylvania s62,-
49,, 900; Maryland 81, 448, 900;
Virginia sl9.404,000; West Vir-
ginia Sl0,68O,000; North Caro-
lima s26,274 900; South Carolina
sl3, 1922, 900; Georgia $22,809,-
BOO; Florida S28,929, 900; District |
Of Columbia s3,222 900; Oregon |
1889 900; and Washington
sl7,l72,000.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-24

WASHINGTON, April "a -
(AP) - Demands TO- a show
down on the 40-hour week and
wartime restrictions on labor
activities persisted in Congress
today with strong likelihood
they would be pre- sSed regard
less of how President Roosevelt
deals with the subject in his
message next week.
With widely-varied proposals
for labor legislation pending on
a haf-dozen different fronts,
belief strengthened on Capitol
Hill that the chief executive, in
his drive to stem the mounting
cost of living. would:
!. Lay down a general war
labor pc icy, but oppose changes
in statutes outlining labor's
rights with the argument that
industrial harmony and maxi
mum production could be
achieved best through coopera-
ton.
2. Take steps to prevent
blanket wage lncreases-possi-
bly, by issuing a directive order
to the war labor board but
leave open the possibility of in
dividual pay boosts and those
made necessary by any further
rise in living costs.
3. Stand firmly against suS-
pension of the 40-hour week,
maintaining it is not now limit
ing work hours in war indus
tries and that elimination of
time and one-half pay after 40
hours would neceSSitate wide
spread upward adjustment Of
regular wages.
One ;ssshon. hSa5ed ~ PRICE
Administrators Leon Hender-
son, was said to have urged
him TO take advantage of a
formula laid down in the Price
Control bill and order govern
ment action toward .eveling Off
wages as of definite date, pos
sibly January 80 when the Bill
was signed.
on the other hand, Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau
was represented as arguing that
the wage question should be left
TO individual negotiations or
collective bargaining contracts,
a position labor leaders have
taken.
TO back up his argument that
the best results could be achlev-
ed through cooperation rather
than by restrictive legis- alton,
Congressional quarters expected
the President would cite the
pledges of the CIO and ALL
against strikes and their agree
ment to reiinquish double pay
for Sunday and holiday work.
There has been speculation
that the President would out
line a general war labor policy
based largely on such voluntary
cooperation.
Expressing hope that this pol
icy would deal with the 40-hour
week question in some way,
Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) said:
THE President has his own
way of going about these things,
and l expect him to meet all Of
the labor problems forcefully
and effectively. The public will
judge what he has to say on the
basis of its effectiveness"
Rep. Vinson (D-Ga), chair
man of the House Naval Com