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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
PRESIDENT DEMANDS
LEGISLATION TO CURB
FARM PRICES, WAGES

Washington, D. CT will stabi-
lie wages"
These fateful words were uttered
by President Roosevelt in a freside
chat to the nation on Labor Day after
he had sent to Congress a special
message demanding legislation per-
hitting the stabilization of farm
prices at parity.
"At the same time that farm prices
are stabilized, | will stabilize wages"
the President explained. "That is
plain justice - and plain common
sense.
"Both must be regulated at the
same time, and neither one of them
can or should be regulated without
the other"
The President asked no legislation
on wage stabilization, since he holds
he has sufficient authority under pres
ent law to take such action. However,
existing legislation which forbids plac-
ing ceilings on farm prices at less than
10 to 115 per cent of parity is balk-
ing him from putting into effect an
overall anti-infation program.
The Chief Executive sternly told
Congress he would give the lawmak-
ers until October / to remove this
legislation impediment to his pro-
jected program
He did not reveal his plans for wage
stabilization, but these are being
drawn up in close consultation with
A. F. of L. President William Green
and CIO President Philip Murray.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

eral guidance of a central labor-man-
agement committee consisting of chief
executives of railroads and of railroad
labor organizations.
Other Meetings to be Held
The committee will be called upon
by Eastman from time to time for
conferences on matters of mutual in
terest.
With Robertson, the members of
the committee are: George M. Harri-
son, president, Brotherhood of Rail
way and Steamship Clerks; Samuel j.
Hogan, president, National Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association; B.
M. Jewell, president, Railroad En-
ployes' Department, American Fed
Grafton of Labor; A. f. Whitney, pres
ident, Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men.
Felix H. Knight, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, rep
resented Jewell at the meeting here.
Also attending was j. G. Luhrsen, sec
retary of the Railway Labor Exec
utives' Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Strikes for Any Reason Decred by American Federation
of Labor President =" Labor Has Set Worlds Most
Remarkable Record of Production" Green Says

Omaha, Neb. (ILNS). = Labor,
though it has set the worlds "most
remarkable record of production"
since Pearl Harbor, must produce
even more in the months to come,
President William Green of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor declared in
a Labor Day address here in Vennylist
Park. His address was broadcast ma
tionally over the Blue Network.
President Green congratulated the
six million members of the A. F. of l..
for 'the splendid, patriotic service
they have rendered to America in her
hour of emergency" and said:
"But even though labor has set high
standards Of service and broken all
records for production, that is not
enough. We must give more and
serve more. We must increase our
efficiency to the utmost. We must
throw all our reserve strength and
skill into this struggle"
No-Strike Pledge
Must Be Kept
Going on to emphasize the necessity
for all-out production with no stop
pages of work, Green said:
"The no-strike pledge for the dura-
tion, solemnly made to the Comman-
der Chief of Americas war forces,
must be religiously kept. No action
must be taken by labor which will
cause moments interruption in in
dustrial production until the war is
won and Hitler and his associates go
down to defeat.
"We are face to face with the great
est crisis of our history. We cannot
continue business as usual or strikes
as usual during such period. All our
liberties, including the right to main
tain free and democratic trade unions
and to strike for any cause, hang in
the balance in this war.
Action in Accordance
With Facts Urged
isn't it obvious that labor must
stay on the job now in order to pre-
serve for all time the right to strike
against injustice? Isn't it clear that
strikes for any cause now will only
help Hitler deprive US forever of the
right to strike?
Let us face the facts and act
accordingly. We must refrain
from work stoppages of any kind
now in order to maintain our
freedom and opportunity to seek
economic and social advancement
for labor when the war is over
and peace restored.
~ appeal to the workers of the ma
ton to make a firm and unshakeable
resolution on this Labor Day that the
no-strike pledge given to the Presi-
dent of the United States will be faith
fully observed by every one of them
for the duration"
Decisive Victory,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

Aim of Labor
Green strongly emphasized that
American labor is in the fight to a
finish. owe are determined" he said,
"to wage relentless warfare until our
enemies are decisively defeated. Only
unconditional surrender can be ac-
cepted"
The A. F. of L. chief warned that
American workers would make all sac
rifices short Of surrendering their
freedom. He declared that labor here
is strong because it is free and said
labor does not believe the way to pre-
serve democracy throughout the world
is to impair it at home.
No Reason Seen
For Labor Split
Discussing labor unity, Green said
''there is no longer any sound reason
or excuse" for the present division in
the ranks of the organized workers.
He spoke of the Forthcoming peace
conference between committees repre-
senting the A. F. of L. and CIO, and
said:
at is my hope and prayer that the
conferees will resolve the difficulties
confronting them and work out set
tlement fair and just to all concerned y
In closing, Green said:
Let us resolve to do everything in
our power, without stint and without
reservation, to win this war. And let
US resolve to see to it that when vic
tory comes, an enduring peace will be
established based on the extension of
freedom and democracy to all people
in all lands of the earth"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
UNION LEADERS TO
AID RAILROADS In
SOLVING PROBLEMS

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Rail-
road labor will work with the Office
of Defense Transportation toward the
solution of many wartime railway
transportation problems, committee
of five labor executives promised IN
conference here with Joseph B. East
man, ODT director.
Headed by David B. Robertson,
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen, the
committee held it's first meeting with
Eastman, and with Otto S. Boyer, di-
rector of ODT's Division of Transport
Personnel, and V. V. Boatner, director
of the Division of Railway Transport.
A discussion of the general man
power situation in the railroad indus
try resulted in the committees pledge
to use the Office of the various labor
organizations to aid in checking on
the manpower shortage, and to help
recruit, so far as possible, new labor
to help meet the demands.
Higher Age Limits Urged
The committee emphasized the ne
cessity for the relaxation of age limits
and physical requirements on the part
of the railroads so that additional
personnel for yard and train services
may be obtained from men in the age
groups from 45 to 55. A number of
railroads, it was pointed out, already
have extended age limits.
Intensified efforts on the part of
railroad labor to use its abilities in
the conservation of equipment, sup
plies and manpower was promised by
the committee.
The discussion led to the explora-
ton of possibilities for broader plan
of action in various phases of rail-
way transportation through the ap-
pointment of joint abor-management
committees to function under the gen
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Labor Must Throw All Reserve Skill
And Strength Into Fight to Defeat
Axis, William Green Says in Speech

International Molders' and Foundry
Workers Union, American Fedora
tion of Labor, late Sunday voted to
accept contract with the Ohio Stove
Company that had been tentatively
agreed upon before the Cancellation
service of the Department of Labor
last week in Cincinnati.
The contract provides for wage in
creases, union security, seniority
rights, overtime pay, vacations with
pay, reclassification of workers, and
establishment of minimum hourly
wage rates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

Washington, d. c. (ILNS) S).-High-
lights of Americas celebration of La
Dor Day this year was the launching
of six big Liberty ships named after
famous American labor pioneers and
leaders, including Samuel Gompers,
40 years head of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. The ships were
among TIA merchant and naval yes
sells launched or begun on Labor Day
in 60 shipyards.
Workers in the shipyards from
coast to coast spent their traditional
holiday at work, adding to their rec
ord-breaking achievements since Pearl
Harbor-ac achievements that Rear Ad-
miral E. J. Marquart described at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard as "a staggering
total almost beyond the belief of ones
own eyes"
Samuel Gompers Heads List
First in interest to organized labor
was the launching of the Liberty
freighter Samuel Gompers, at the
plant of the California Shipbuilding
Company at Los Angeles.
Other Liberty ships bearing the
names of labor chiefs, launched Labor
Day with brief ceremonies were:
Andrew Furuseth, Richmond Ship
yard No. l, Richmond, Cal.
Peter j. Mcclure, Richmond Ship
yard No. 2, Richmond, Cal.
James Duncan, Oregon Shipbuild-
ing Corporation, Portland, Ore.
John Mitchell, Bethlehem Fairfield
Shipyard, Baltimore, Md.
John w. Brown, Bethlehem Fairfield
Shipyard, Baltimore, Md.
Pays Tribute to Gompers
John p Frey. president of the A. F.
of L. Metal Trades Department, was
chief speaker at the launching of the
Samuel Gompers. Frey, veteran labor
leader and long an associate of Com
pers, paid tribute to Gompers as "the
patriotic, statesmanlike, constructive,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Award Electric Plant
Contract To Benzing

Nearly $4,000 was saved the city
by advertising of bids on the contract
for building to house the new boiler
of the municipal electric plant, ac-
cording to figures available Tuesday.
The contract will go, by decision of
Hamilton City Council Monday night,
to A. Benzing and Sons, Hamilton, at
a bid of $168,270. The building con-
tract is one of series for expansion
of the steam capacity of the plant,
which will cost $450,000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

wage rates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
FAIR BOARD MEETS;
PLANS COMPLETED

Directors of the Butler County Ag-
ricultural Society (fair board) met
Saturday in the courthouse to com
plete some of the details connected
with the annual county fair, to open
Sunday, September 27.
Admission will be charged on Sun
day opening day, as was done last
year.
Directors were optimistic after re-
ceiving reports from other Ohio coun-
ties where fairs already have been
held These reports disclosed success
ful fairs despite war conditions and
conservation of transportation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Columbia Machinery Picnic
Set For Saturday, Sept. 20

The Columbia Machinery & Engi-
neering Corporation will give their
first annual picnic and outing for all
their employees and their families, at
the Butler County fairgrounds next
Saturday, September 20. Weather
permitting, good days sport is
promised all who attend by the Of
ficers of the company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Unionism at Stake

Frey emphasized that the continued
existence of trade unionism, as we'll
as the continuance of free institutions,
are at stake in the present war.
"Our purpose as Americans and as
trade unionists," he said, SIS one and
the same; the two are bound together.
We will do our full share, and assume
in full those possibilities and pa
triotic duties which are an integral
part of every right and privilege
which we enjoy. If there are faint
hearts and doubtful minds in our
country, slackers and loafers, there is
no place for them in the ranks of our
trade union movement"
In closing, the speaker said:
eve send this message to the Amer
lean people and the nations defenders
on every battleline. On this Labor
Day the American trade union move
ment re-dedicates itself to the un-
yielding defense of our national lib
critics. In the last words of Samuel
Gompers we say,
"'God bless our American institu-
tions, may they grow better day by
day."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
May Lengthen Voting
Hours In Fall Election

Columbus, Ohio. Longer voting
hours at the November elections may
affect the sale of liquor that day, it
was indicated here this week. Bars
usually open when the polls close.
The longer hours are deemed neces-
sary for war workers on night shifts,
according to Secretary of State John
E. Sweeney.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18
Union Grange Sponsors
Dance And Card Party

The officers and members of the
Union Grange, West Chester, Ohio,
will sponsor a dance and card party
Friday, September 18. A large attend
ance is expected.
ON PAY DAY, BUY BONDS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

You can fool your wife easier than
you can fool your children.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-09-18

Union Votes To Accept
Stove Company Contract
Portsmouth, Ohio.-Local lot of the
Evening star., 1942-09-27

Made Of heavy tinware;
1b inches deep. For bridge
parties, Thanksgiving,
Easter, Christmas. Sharp
cutting edges. Open top
style.
Bladensbufg and Wisconsin Stores
Evening star., 1942-09-27

won't ride up" back
extends as you bend, giving
you a trim line with ever
lasting comfort. Swami
uplift bust. Tearose. Sizes
80 to SO.
All Three Department Stoyes
Evening star., 1942-09-27

Sanforised shrunk for per-
1nanent 1T I'm AKIN u m
shrinkage 1%). Herring
bone weave in blue, green
or : taupe. Sizes for most
men.
a. ar r cA.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Blankets, Spreads

In behalf Of mother and the
homefires. there are endless an
swcrs 10 the gift problem. Blan-
kets, chintZ bedspreads and their
matching draperies are usually
as pleasing TO her as personal
items.
If YOU know some one who
really puts perfume and cologne
10 use. then such a gift immedi-
ately becomes practical. For the
lady who is never without a
handkerchief in her suit pocket,
that's the ticket.
The teen-agers should be the
least Of your worries, for they
love knick-knack clothes, the
gaudier the better. The Wild
colored mitts and ankle socks
that fill the stores are sure bets.
in any case and you'll find
a very ready market for bunny
fur or angora mittenS.
Don't think we're advocating
q drab and dreary holiday. Prac-
teal gifts can be pretty and pert
yes. we'd even say glamor-
Gus. All we ask is that you
avoid being party to some fancy
business that will decorate the
back corner OF a drawer or catch
dust in a dresser for the rest Of
its life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
What They Need

This wartime Christmas calls
upon you 10 use more thought
and less within in your presents.
Buy for Mary and Dad and
Brother what they need most
not what meets your par
ticular fancy.
And don't spend fortune,
unless it's for war bonds 10 tuck
in the toe OF a Christmas stock
ing. For surprisingly little. you
can supply Mary with a sweater,
a blouse, a warm robe and slip
perS, perhaps even suit or two
Of red hannels. 10 fill her little
department under the tree
If Dads a SeIf-appointed book
worm. prepare him for a long.
home-sitting winter with several
delightful tones, a lounging robe
and slippers and real man.
sized pipe 10 keep him company.
Fer Aunt f1fc, who suffers n
full-SesSion Of chills whenever
the room temperature falls be-
low Is degrees, you'd win graft
tude with a pretty pastel shawl
or a soft woolly sweater that
enhances her Whitened locks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

This Year
luxuries
Are Out
BY JOAN DEAN

THERE are two good reasons
= why you should start your
Christmas shopping just as soon
as you can grab your hat and
catch a bus-to avoid the rush
and second, TO bag the best
goods.
The early bird shall be glor
fled for her diligence. After all,
it's no secret that the stores are
short OF help, short of ready
stock and short of gas and tires
and drivers for delivery service.
If you can accomplish at least
half of your shopping in Novem-
Der, you'll relieve the burdens
from the salespeople and the de-
livery trucks in the pre-Christ-
mas rush.
At the same time. you'll have
the leisure to look for sane. sem
sible gifts for friends and family.
instead of Selling some abso-
lutely useless, ill-fitting article
in last-minute frenzy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
He Will Defy Her

He wonders why God made
him so wonderful and beautiful
and dangerous, instead of why
Nature made woman such a
foolish romanticiSt, such an
emotional COOP.
He knows. of course, that
woman was made for love-but
he can't understand why she
should be so impolite and I'M
conventional as to love him be-
fore he has asked her. He's all
set to say No" if she asks him
TO marry her. He will defy her!
He can't realize that. for the
moment. she's simply got to
adore something; and that HE
happens to be the most appro-
pirate and convenient man. Her
career or her pets may do her
daily enthusiasts, but for her
Big Emotional Scenes, he just
fits into the picture.
Copyright. 1912. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Street Car Dress

Another young stylist. Lillian
Banks of Los Angeles, designed
dress of blue gabardine which
she calls the streetcar dress be-
cause ii has an ingenious fold
under the arm permitting the
strap hanger in streetcars and
buses TO raise her arm without
discomfort. The feature of this
dress will doubtless find its way
into the garb of some feminine
mechanic.
Headgear for the war worker
is as personal as a cocktail hat,
and yet IL is obligatory in many
plants. In this respect the evo-
luton Of war bonnets is in
teresting.
From clumsy helmets and
too-brief bandeaus we have pro-
crossed TO specially designed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Workers'
BY KAY DANIELS

THE fact that war plants are
drawing more and more
women into their ranks has not
turned feminine dress into work.
ing clothes. Rather it has put
work clothes into the fashion
class of dress to be made as at
tractive as the job allows.
Mannish overalls, oversize
Stacks and sweaters are slowly
giving place to the better-styled
garment tn a combines the
functional and safety element
with details that are smart, trim
and feminine.
While various plants have
their own rules and regulations
regarding dress, the matter Of
style is becoming more and more
important as it becomes APP
parent that women work better
in attractive clothes.
Some have prescribed uniforms
styled by well-known designers.
Others permit a wide field of
selection. so that the clothes
worn for work fit into the gen.
eral wear wardrobe.
One uniform. designed by Vera
Maxwell, combines sand-colored
cloth with pale blue shifting
fabric. the Stacks section and
sleeveless top supplying we'll
concealed pocket space. and the
whole outfit looking so smart
that much of il has been copied
for sports and leisure fashions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Outfits feminine and Well Desiqned

sense, for it follows right in line
with increased sports activities
for women.
Recently one department store
gave a fashion show, and 900
women from 25 war plants turned
out to view the clothes-a fairly
good index of style interest not
withstanding the rigors of war
work On the same occasion
QUESTIONABLE revealed that 90
per cent of these women pre-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Consider These Rules

But YOU soon 20 be in uni
form-will DO better than they.
For the sake of the uniform. the
job and yourself, Renie thinks
you should consider these rules.
MAKEUP must be natural.
Lipstick is okay. so is natural
powder or foundation. Leave II
al that.
COIFFCRES must be smooth.
trm look short. Cut your hair
short, or curl il up, II you IN
sist on long hair, coil H. braid ii,
roll II. when you're in uniform.
There is no place for a glamour
girl name under q uniform cap.
Kin the bangs or pompadour.
Only the ignorant wear a milf
tary cap on the back OF the head.
NAILS must be short Use
colorleSS or medium polish.
JEWELRY should be limited
20 tailored wristwatch and
II you have one--your wedding
ring. A uniform is no back
ground for the coy clip.
GLOVES should be plain
ksuntlets Of pigskin or kid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

ferred bowling for recreation.
and bicycling came second on
the list.
This trend is doubtless reSpon-
sible for the number of bowl
ing dresses that have been pre-
Scnted this season. Most Of
them are classic shirt styles
with knee length skirts that but
ton center front or on one side.
and are worn with matching
shorts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

PART 3, PAGE II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
A Woman
Just Has
I O Emote
BY HELEN ROWLAND

WE ARE much more sensible
w about love and marriage
than ever before. We take
love more Sanely, and 60 into
marriage with our eyes wide
open and our theories of life all
neatly arranged.
Yet. in or out of marriage, we
women are still creatures of
emotions. and that is the hard
est thing for a man TO under
stand about US.
A woman simply has 10
"emote' once in a while or some
thing will happen. Either her
heart will freeze and burst, like
the hot water tank in January,
or her whole nervous system
Will 20 TO pieces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Sport Clothes

Other women workers wear
attractive, visored caps Of plas-
tics that make them lightweight
and comfortable.
OF course, from an economic
point of view, this interest in
smart work clothes is good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
First TO Come Alonq

When a woman feels like
"emoting," she doesn't wait for
her Dream Man TO come along.
She picks on the first personable
man in uniform or a well-cut'
dinner jacket, Grapes her illu-
sions on him and splashes her
emotions all over him.
He may feel flattered, at first,
but he is more apt TO feel, later.
that he is being peremptorily
jockeyed. or that the radiator
pipes have burst. He doeSn' per-
ceive, of course, that is is not
his fatal charm and irresistible
personality that have caused all
the havoc, but just the volcanic
quality of woman's nature which
MUST erupt now and then.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Dress Designer

One woman who's feeling
pretty strong on the subject is
Renie, dress designer at RKO
Radio, for she's been uniformed
10 death" of late. She has de-
signed uniforms for volunteer
services for Lucille Ball, Ginny
Simms. Mapy Cortes and Marcy
Mcguire.
Through IL all she did battle
with the eternal feminine which
insisted-being fem mir con
sacrificing the uniform TO the in
dividually becoming.
However. as Renie points out.
women enlisted in the WAAC or
WAVES will wear regulation
and like ii.
It's the girls wearing uniform
for volunteer services or--even
worse-girls replacing men in
jobs which must be uniformed
tbus and cab drivers, street car
conductors, toll and ticket TAX
ers. etc. who persist in wearing
uniforms with no uniformity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

Dache turbans. These are Of non
inflammable fabric. sufficiently
porous to ventilate the hair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Here SHOW
To Wear
Uniforms

THERES something about a
Il uniform that should be just
I n uniform. Meaning-ac-
cording 10 the best dictionaries
conforming 10 one and the
same style.
But noting the ladies strolling
about in uniform, we've decided
that the American talent for in
dividuality has overcome any
such cut and dried affair as a
definition.