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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
PERMANENT LABOR
COMMUNITY GROUPS
URGED BY M. WOLL

New York City.-A four point pro-
gram designed to integrate and organ
ize the patriotic and community ac-
tivities of AFL members was outlined
in message sent to all central labor
bodies by Matthew Woll, president of
the Labor League for Human Rights
relief arm of the Federation.
Experiences of the past two years,
Mr.. Woll pointed out, have shown that
the Leagues intensive work on behalf
of the Red Cross, the National War
Fund campaigns and local community
chests, has greatly improved labor
community relations.
For this reason, the League is now
calling for the establishment Of per-
manent local committees in all of the
$50 cities where there are central la
Dor bodies of the AFL.
These standing committees of the
League, according to Mr. Woll, should
have these functions:
/. To aid Red Cross fund raising
and Community War Chest drives.
2. To cooperate with the social
agencies, and the Council of Social
Agencies, in each community.
3. To encourage and organize the
war-related activities of unions. I'm
der this category would come partici-
patton in blood donor and other drives
for the Red Cross, USO activities,
campaign salvage drives, war bond
programs, etc.
4. To arrange for lectures, meet
ings, plans for publicity, the distri-
button of literature, planning of visits
to USO or other servicemen's centers,
etc.
"We are looking forward to post
war world in which the Importance OF
labor's contribution is recognized not
merely on the economic front, but or
variety Of fronts. To this end, the
establishment of local committees OF
the League will be of great aid," Mr.
Woll said.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
J.T.D.'s Contribution This Week

The Cherrytree's little Hatchet still
has a Keen Edge; Heeds NOT where
the Chips fall.
Every Presidential Election since
1884, l have cast my vote for who
thought the best interest for the peo-
pie (whO made America). But to Swap
Horses in Most T u r B U L E N 7
STREAM; Is 'tO say the least"
UNWISE.
In the first years of 1900 AID, not
so hard to get a job, but "Oh" what
wages!
Work in Cincinnati, Ohio, paid COM
mon labor SIPS per day. On Cincin-
natl street cars as mOtOrman seven
months, averaged about Csc per day.
On could buy something with dollar,
but couldn't make very big BANK
DEPOSITS. Wonder if "Organized
Labor" has caused a change for bet
ter wages, l THINK so.
j. L. d.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENTS OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio, February 19, 1884
Engineer of Sales Legal Copy No. 44-3a
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT

Sealed proposals will be received at
of Ohio at Columbus Ohio until 1000
A. NJ Ohio Standard Time, Tuesday,
March IA, 1914, for improvements in:
Proposals Nos / to inclusive are
offered one project and will be
awarded as one contract.
Proposal No.
Warren County Ohio, on Sections II
and l of the Middletown- Red Lion East
ern Road, State Highway No 9o4, State
Route No. 122 in Franklin and Clear
Greek Townships by applying bitum-
nous treatment, Item T-31.
Pavement: Width Is feet.
Length 3S,06S.S feet or 7.21
miles.
Proposal No.
Butler County, Ohio, on Section G of
the Middletown Red Lion Eastern Road.
State Highway No. 904, State Route No.
122, in Lemon Township by applying a
bituminous treatment, Item T-31.
Pavement Width s feet.
Length l0,929.6 feet or 2.07
proposal No.
Warren County, Ohio, on Sections B
(ParD and c of the Mason-S Springboro-
Northern Road State Highway No. 94S,
State Route No 741 in Turtle Greek and
Clear Greek Townships, by applying a
bituminous treatment. Item T-3l.
Pavement: Width Is feet
Length 42,240 feet or 500
miles.
proposal No.
Montgomery and Warren Counties
Ohio, on Sections A and of the Frank
n-Germantown Road State Highway
No. 596 State Route No. 1913, in Ger
man and Franklin Townships, by apply
ing a bitumnous treatment ITEM T-31
Pavement: Width IS feet.
Length 26,92S feet or SO
miles.
Proposal No. S
Montgomery County, Ohio, on Sections
p nf the Mia & Snrjnp p.
valley Road, State Highway No. S94
State Route No. 725, in Washington
Miami and German Townships, by ap
plying bituminous treatment. Item
T-31
Pavement. Width Is feet
Length 44,sS0 feet or S.5(
miles.
Total estimated cost. $37, o22. Ii
Proposals Nos. / to inclusive of this
project to be completed not later thar
August 1, 1914.
The minimum wage to be paid to al
labor employed on this contract shall bt
in accordance with the Schedule of Pre-
vailing Hourly Wage Rates Ascertainet
Industrial Relations applicable to State
Highway Department improvements il
accordance with Sections 17-3, 174
17-4a, 17-5 and 17-5a of the Genera
The bidder must submit with his biz
certified check in an amount equal t,
five per cent of the estimated cost, bu
in no event more than ten thousand dol
lars.
Plans and specifications are on fill
in the department of highways and th
Office of the resident district deputy di
rector.
The director reserves the right to re
H. G. SOURS,
State Highway Director.
! 2ts-Feb. rs Mar. 3
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

like labor, even if they do like labor's
votes.
Labor today appears affected with
a public interest, but that shouldn't
mean that it must live in a legal
straight jacket.
What it does live in, as the years
come along, will depend partly upon
how much good planning is done.
Labor has as much ability to plan
as has any other organized body. The
field is large and all-important. De-
fault should be averted.-CMW.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
State Legals
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENTS OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio, February 19, 1914
Engineer of Sales Legal Copy NO. 44-32
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT

Engineer of Sales Legal Copy No. 44-32
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the State Highway Director
Of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio, until 10 90
A. NJ, Ohio Standard Time, Tuesday,
March IA, 1914, for improvements in:
Proposals Nos to inclusive are
offered as one project and will be
awarded as one contract.
Proposal No.
Butler County, Ohio, on Sections c and
ID of the Oxford-T Trenton Eastern Road
73, in Milford and oxford Townships, ~
applying a bituminous treatment, Item
T-31
Pavement: Width Is feet
Length 1866 feet or 695
Proposal No.
Butler County, Ohio on Section a of
the Hamilton-Richmond Road, State
Highway No. ISL, State Route No III,
in Hanover and Milford Townships, by
applying q bituminous treatment. Item
T-31
Pavement: Width 30 feet
Length 30,201 50 feet or 572
miles
Proposal NO
Butler County, Ohio, on Section A of
the Seven Mile Ithaca-Fort Jefferson
Route No. 503, in Wayne Township by
applying bituminous treatment, Item
T-3
Pavement: Width is feet
Length 3014S.S feet or 5.7l
miles
Proposal No.
Butler County, Ohio, on Section b
GParD Of the Eaton Middletown Road,
State Highway No. 1S4. State Route No.
122, in Madison and Wayne Townships.
by applying bituminous treatment.
Pavement: Width Is feet
Length l4520 feet ar : :
miles.
Total estimated cost ......... $f4,126.10
Proposals Nos. ] to 4 inclusive of this
project to be completed not later than
August l, 1914
The minimum wage to he paid to all
labor employed on this contract shall be
in accordance with the Schedule of Pre-
vailing Hourly Wage Rates Ascertained
and Determined by The Department of
Industrial Relations applicable to State
Highway Department Improvements in
accordance with Sections 17-3 17-4
Ida, l7-5 end lI-5a of the General Code
of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his bid
a certified check in an amount equal to
five per cent of the estimated cost but
in no event more than ten thousand
dollars
Plans and specifications are on file in
the department of highways and the Of
flee of the resident district deputy di-
rector
The director reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
II. G. SOURS,
State Highway Director
2ts-Feb. % Mar.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
DEALERS MUST FILE
FOR RATION TOKENS

AS the effective date for the use of
ration tokens, February 27, ap-
proaches, John F. Mayer, chairman of
the Hamilton War Price and Ration
ing Board, reported Tuesday that on
that day food dealers will need ration
tokens to make change for the ten
point ration stamps.
Some dealers, Mr.. Mayer said, have
not requisitioned tokens from the
banks and will be unable to make
change, since the banks will not have
an adequate supply of tokens if the
dealers do not file estimates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
He Hopes His Drinking Doesn't
Hurt Claude's Chances for Pres.

San Francisco, Calif-"I hope this
doesn't embarrass Claude He is a
great fellow
C. Arthur Watson, 48-year-old ra-
diographer, of 14131a North Alexan-
dria street, made that statement just
after he appeared in Municipal Judge
Ben Rosenthal's court and pleaded
guilty for drunk driving and intoxica-
ton.
He is the brother of Claude A. Wat
son, Los Angeles attorney, minister
and the Prohibition Party's candidate
for President of the United States
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Union Thanked for Raleighs

Washington, D. C.-The Machin-
ists' Monthly Journal prints a number
of letters from soldiers and sailors
overseas, both American and Cana
dian, thanking the International As
sociation of Machinists for sending
them union label Raleigh cigarettes.
The lam has been active in support
ing the national campaign for sending
Raleighs to members of the armed
forces abroad.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Total Water Department.
GRAND TOTAL
UTILITIES


The amounts authorized to be ex-
pended by this appropriating ordinance
are based on the budget calculations on
file with the Director of Finance.
SECTION XII: Council does hereby
authorize and direct the proper board
or officer to enter into any contract or
contracts involving an expenditure of
more than Five Hundred Dollars
(s500.00) for any or all of the purposes
herein provided. Said board or officer
shall execute said contract in accord
ance with law.
SECTION XIII: The Director of FL
nance is hereby authorized to draw his
warrants upon the Treasury of the City
of Hamilton, Ohio, for the amounts ap-
propriated in this ordinance in accord
ance with the provisions of the Charter
of the City of Hamilton, Ohio.
SECTION XIV: This ordinance shall
be in force and effect from and after the
earliest period allowed by the charter
of the City of Hamilton, Ohio.
Passed: February 16, 1914.
LEO J. WELSH, Mayor.
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
! Feb. 25-1t. FIeIO HaIo
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Bisdorf, Jr. at Cincinnati U,

Cincinnati, Ohio, February "a
Private Warren G. Bisdorf, Jr., son of
Warren G. Bisdorf, 807 Ridgelawn
avenue, Hamilton, Ohio, has arrived at
the University of Cincinnati for Army
Specialized Training Program basic
engineering work with the 1555th
Service Unit (ASTP), Colonel Ward
E. Duvall, commanding officer, report
ed today.
Private Bisdorf attended Hamilton
Public high school. Before being as
signed to the university here, he was
stationed at Camp Fannin, Texas
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
CHERRY TREE
Where with our Little Hatchet We tell
the truth about many things. sometimes
profoundly, sometimes aippantly. some
times recklessly.

How many ever stop to analyze
carefully the extent to which labor
has become subject to law? Well, it
has gone pretty far.
The war, of course, has pushed the
avalanche of law and regulation much
beyond any point that would have
been reached had there been no war.
But there is something else: Be-
cause of the war, it will be harder to
slip the moose of law and regulation
when peace comes.
1t is much harder to slip from un-
der huge bulk than it is to get out
from under smaller bulk. War has
given us a much bigger bulk
The bulk becomes bigger as the
months pass. Labor law grows, just
as all law grows, through piling pre-
cedent upon precedent, decision upon
decision. More law is made by de-
cisions than is made by legislation.
Think that over for a while.
1t would be mistake to get off on
the wrong foot and look at the situa-
tion as partisan matter.
Political partisanship doesn't have
much to do with it, though some peo-
pie try diligently to make it look that
way.
Principally we have got into
this situation because industry to-
day is so intimately tied to war
needs and is so vast and complex
that it just can't be allowed to go
it's own way. There must be con-
troll of greeds, if nothing else
and that there still is greed needs
no proof.
But the matter about which to be
concerned is the future rather than
the present The war will be won and
it will be won with the federal govern
ment in pretty solid control of most
things-of most relations After the
war we shall face new peace-time
world. We need NOW to think about
that and to think effective and def
nitely.
A whole lot of postwar planning is
being done. Some of it is being done
by men of capacity, much of it is
being done by faddists and by persons
who hope to tie themselves perman-
emily to payroll.
But when it comes to planning for
the kind of relations that shall exist
between government and labor we
have horse of another color.
Here is field which simply should
not be tackled piece-meal, or on an
"as and if'' basis Here is field in
which there can be program and
plan.
Time was when labor's biggest
boast was that it was voluntary as
sociation of men banded for self-help
and that it wanted no interference by
laws to tell it what it might do. 1t
sought legal picture in which the
rights of the group were equal TO the
rights of the individual.
Of course the "old days" are dead
and gone, never to return. 1t does no
good to look backward with notalgic
longing to good" old days, because,
first they will not return and, second
they were none too good anyway.
But if legislators do all the plan
ming for the relations of the days to
come, then we may look for every
legal restraint and ham-string they
can contrive, for most of them are
lawyers and a lot of them just don't
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

Marstand, Sweden. All had been con-
scripted by the Nazis to man Dutch
barges in the traffic from Denmark to
Norway. On the last of these trips,
the barges were caught in a severe
storm and forced to delay their jour-
ney. They were so close to the seaside
town of Marstrand, that SO of the
Dutch crew members decided to make
for shore and freedom. Their SAT. ar
rival has just been reported.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Dutch Seamen Escape Nazis

New York City (ILNS, News has
reached the Office of the International
Transport Workers Federation that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

Ward of the City of Hamilton, Ohio
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council Of
the City of Hamilton, Ohio:
SECTION I: That Council does hereby
declare its intention To vacate the fol
lowing described alley in the Sixtf
Ward of the City Of Hamilton, Butler
County Ohio. being that portion o.
Madison Avenue Alley, between Wood
ley A, and being more fully described
as follows
That portion of Madison Avenue
Alley bounded by the following
lines: Beginning at the northwest
corner of Lot Number 1912; thence
south on and along the west line of
Lot Number 9S12 a distance of
l2o3o feet to Woodlawn Avenue Al
ley A; thence west on the north line
Of Woodlawn Avenue Alley pro-
duced a distance of u feet to the
east line of Lot Number 9S06;
thence north on and along the east
line of Lot 1896 a distance of 1883
feet TO northeast corner of lot No.
1896; thence easterly on and along
the south line Of Woodlawn Avenue
a distance of 2 90 feet to the place
of beginning
SECTION II: That the Director o
Finance shall cause notice of said reso
luton to be served in the manner pro
vided by Section 120 of the charter o
the City of Hamilton, Ohio, upon all per
sons whose property abutS upon tn
streets ana alleys aHecteu py the pro
posed vacation. that a hearing be ha'
before the Board Of Revision of Assess
ments of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, OF
March 20, 1914, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, a
provided by the charter of the City o
Hamilton, Ohio.
SECTION III. This resolution shall
take effect and be in full force and effec
from and after the earliest period al
lowed by the charter of the City o
Hamilton Ohio.
February 16. 1914.
LEO j. WELSH, Mayor.
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
City Clerk.
Feb. 25-1t.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Legal Advertisements
RESOLUTION NO. 1869

Declaring the intention to vacate that
portion of Madison Avenue Alley, be-
tween Woodlawn Avenue and Wood
lawn Avenue Alley A, in the Sixth
Ward of the City of Hamilton Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
so DEBT SERVICE
Total Debt Service ..... s.
GENERAL FUND

SECTION III: That there be appropri-
ated from the General Fund for the fol-
lowing purposes the sums set forth
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Total Gas Department $501, 1872 6i
ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND
amounts:
900 ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT

SECTION x: That there be appropri-
ated from the Electric Department Reve-
nues for the year 1914 the following
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

dTllOUICS.
900 ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
901 Administration .....,.S 60,92405
902 Debt Service ..... 4454625
903 Commercial Operation 20,S2264
904 Production Operation BAT, 7,443.74
Plant ................. 1870. 90
900 Utilization ........... 100000
907 Transmission System 100000
90S Operation of DiStribu-
tion System ......... 26,695.44
909 Maintenance of Distri-
button System ....... 56,074.23
80 Other General Expense. 7,471.36
91l Capital Expenditures -. 62,505.0 90
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
GRAND TOTAL
GENERAL PURPOSES 81,
GAS WORKS FTTNn
500 GAS DEPARTMENT

SECTION TX: That there be apprc
priated from the Gas Department Reve
nues for the year 1914 the followin
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
100 STREET MAINTENANCE
Total Street Maintenance and
Repair Sill
CONSERvANCY FUND
~ FIREMEM,s PENSION FUND ..

SECTION V: That there be appropri-
ated from the Conservancy Tax Fund
the following sum of money:
1900 Conservancy S243,23S92
FIREMEN's PENSION FUND
SECTION VI: That there be appro-
priated from the Firemens Pension
Fund the following sum of money:
1404 Firemen's Pension ...$ 22,33350
POLICE RELIEF FUND
SECTION VII: That there be appro-
priated from the Police Relief Fund the
following sum of money:
1401 Police Relief Fund $ 2233350
CIVILIAN DEFENSE FUND
SECTION VIII: That there be appro-
priated from the Civilian Defense Fund
the following sum of money:
1900 Civilian Defense ..$ 443637
GRAND TOTAL
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
500 DEPARTMENT OF PUB
Tic wET.rARE
Total Parks &c Fairgrounds $ 44,S515
TOTAL GENERAL FUND 1851, 562 G
STREET MAINTENANCE AND


ated from the Street Maintenance and
Repair Fund the following sums of
money,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
ORDINANCE NO. 44o5
An odinance to make appropriations for
current expenses and other expendi-
lures of the City of Hamilton, Ohio,
during the fiscal year ending Decem-
her Al 10d4

SECTION II: That there be and is
appropriated from the Sinking Fund for
the payment of term bonds and from
the Bond Retirement Fund for the pay
ment of serial bonds the following
amounts:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Total Electric Department S65S,26S. Z
WATER yNQRKS EINn

SECTION XI: That there be appropr
ated from the Water Department Rev
nues for the year 1914 the followir
Evening star., 1944-08-24

all such changes should be ap-
proved by the Commissioners.
While the classified salary of the
recorder was $500. he was able to
get 1t boosted to the present 5000
BY act Of Congress. The employees
are paid from District funds, yet
their anomalous status leaves doubt
Is to whether they are to be re-
garded as District or Federal en-
ployes. The late recorder considered
himself responsible to the President
alone. His successor may be ex-
pected to assume the same attitude.
It may be proper to reward deserv-
Ing workers in the political vineyard
in the fashion established by long
custom. But 1t is ironical that the
people who lack the vote must pay
the bills for the maintenance OF an
Office which, aside from the useful
service it performs, is regarded as
. place Of reward for deserving vote
getters.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

from the var fronts to testify-and 10
assemble hish.rAnkine officers OF the
Army md Navy to constitute the court.
It WA pointed out that afadavits could
have been obtained from of{1cers At the
front to be used in the trials.
The administration forces last June
sought to extend the time in which
Admiral Kimmel and Gen. Short may
be court-martialed for 4 whole year. The
House voted An extension of three
months, which would have brought the
trials before the election in November.
The Senate, with its large Democratic
majority, voted the years extension. A
compromise between the two houses
made the extension TO December Z, lust
month after election day. The ad-
ministration waa victorious
Republicans in Congress admittedly
were acting politically when they de-
manded IN inquiry into the Pearl Har-
Dor debacle prior to the election. Had
the Republicans been In contrsl of the
Government, the Democrats would now
be making similar demands.
II the administration has nothing to
conceal 1t could do itself 4 service by
starting court.martial proceedings
against Admiral Kimmel and Gen. Short
now. The War and Navy Departments.
under instruction by . law of Congress,
have been conducting inquiries of their
own. II, despite the demands of Kimmel
and others, the inquiry Is delayed until
after the election, the Administration
will suffer from increasing suspicion on
the part Of the public.
The plain inference of the Kimmel
letter to Senator Truman Is that the
responsibility for the failure of the
Army and Navy to be prepared properly
for such an attack by the japanese lies
in Washington, not in the islands. With
the Democrats campaigning on the
theory that President Roosevelt and his
aides must be retained not only to finish
the war. but to deal with other nations
In making the peace, 4 disclosure that
they had failed to show acumen in
dealing with Japan in prewar days
would be 4 hard blow
Evening star., 1944-08-24
A SpoiIsmun's Office

Washington Negroes, who since
the days of Frederick Douglass have
regarded the Office of recorder of
deeds as reserved for deserving COL
ored citizens, were anxious that a
Washington man be appointed to
succeed the late DR.. William J.
Thompkins. Vain hope!
This office is political plum at
the disposal Of the politicians. The
recorder is never selected because
Of any special equipment for the
duties involved, nor in any recogni-
ton of the fact that the voteless
taxpayers of the District pay his
salary. The real administrative
work is done by the deputies, not
the recorder, who, being free spirit,
is left to wander as he wills on
political missions hither and yon.
It is said that the most recent in
cumbent spent third of his time
out Of Washington. Since Mr..
Douglass, every man who held the
Job save one has been Negro citizen
but none Of these has been a WASH
ingtonian.
The political complexion OF this
Office has given it a unique status
among District agencies. While the
Commissioners are legally respon-
sible for the expenditure of its
funds, the recorder has successfully
resisted an audit of the accounts by
the District-in spite of a threat
from the House District Appropria-
tions Subcommittee this year that
unless one were made, funds for the
office would be cut of. The re-
eorder makes his own appointments,
reallocations, promotions, ETC., in q
stan Of 10, subject to no check from
anybody, In spite Of the fact that