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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11

Miami, Fla.-The American FEEDER
alton of Labor raped Congress for
its failure to date to act favorably on
the Wagner Murray Dingell amend
ments to the Social Security Act.
Demanding early hearings on this
essential postwar measure, the Exec
utive Council made public the follow
ing report from it's Social Security
Committee which sums up the FEEDER
atoms policy on this issue:
Your Committee has been guided by
the declaration Of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor that adequate social
insurance is Labor's first responsible
ity in postwar planning. Workers who
get jobs Immediately will have the
security of income but the changeover
from war to peace economy will in
volve 80 millions of persons and
great portion of our industrial facili-
ties, with in many cases time-lags of 6
to 18 months between stoppage in war
contracts and civilian production
which will make new jobs.
Financially the most economical
way for the workers to assure them
selves income during the emergencies
of this change-over, is social insur-
ance. This proposal is also the most
economical for employers and for So
ciety. In terms of human values, it
preserves the integrity and self-de-
pendence of workers who would be ir-
reparably damaged by relief.
The American Federation of Labor
was instrumental in having intro
duced in Congress legislation to in
crease materially the number of citi-
zens covered by social insurance; to
cover a greater number of emergen-
cies that interrupt income earnings;
temporary and permanent disability;
to provide unemployment benefits
over period of time that will reason
ably assure the workers opportunity
to find jobs; to nationalize the en-
ployment service and increase it's
functions to give it maximum eff
cheney; and to provide medical care.
Our bill also extends similar insur-
ance protection to demobilized soldiers
and sailors, this insurance to be f.
nanced by the Federal Government.
Already cut-backs in war produc-
tion are stopping war contracts and
without notice, laying workers off.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
j. T. D. Likes Cherry Tree

/ wish to congratulate the writer Of
"The Cherry Tree" as the little
"Hatchet" hits true to the mark.
We people here in North America
take great pride in pure breeds Of our
"so-called" lower animals, yet be-
lieve we intermungle more than other
nations Of the Human Race. I-believe
after this Human Slaughter, is done,
to avoid Hate and misunderstanding
and quarrels, each Nation to have
their own Government, "to seek their
Own Salvation with fear and tremb-
ling" without Interference.
We sent missionarys to Japan"
to what avail? UNITED we stand,
Divided we fall" That should apply to
each seperate country; always believ-
ing: Each Tub Stand on It's Own
BottOm-As to Character and Fair
Dealing.
get so Fed Up" with WRONGS
(as | see it,; l have to have an "Out-
let" or BUST.
| don't mean we should not DEAL
with other countries, "But Each One
Play in Their Own Backyard"
If we Obtain Wealth from other
Countries, ut Should Be By Fair
Dealing"
The Administration are causing
much Discomfort in South and Central
America, Being A Good Neighbor."
j. T. D.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
FOR BETTER NOURISHMENT

A labor advisory committee has
been set up in the Food Distribution
Administration 1t includes |. M. Orn-
burn, Margaret Scattergood and Flor
ence Thorne, AFL; j. Raymond
Walsh, Russ Nixon, Donald Montgom
cry and Leo Goodman, GIG; Glenn R.
Atkinson and Martin Miller, R. R.
brotherhoods; and John j. Mates,
UNIV.
Function of this committee is to ia
miliarize itself with government IA
cilities, information and assistance
available for expansion of food service
and to channel this information to
members of local unions, in order that
working people will be able to secure
sufficient nourishing food from the
available supply.
One expert says that while some
foods have not been available, our
people are better nourished because of
more varied diet than formerly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
INSIST ON SAFETY.

Industrial accidents are really
something to think about. More lives
have been lost here than on battle
fields since Pearl Harbor and have de-
prived the country of more ships than
enemy submarines, discloses an CWI
report on accidents in war plants.
Injuries account for four times as
many lost manhours as strikes; $4,000
workers absent every day because of
accidents. Deaths and injuries occur
at the rate of 27O,OOO,OOO lost man
days a year, equivalent to 100000
men absent year.
These accidents cost employers $35
year for every worker employed.
The government is attempting to
interest employers and workers in
safety programs. Both are guilty of
neglect of their own interests. It has
been found more difficult to persuade
the worker to protect himself than
to induce employers to provide safety
devices.
Verne A. thinner, chairman of the
National Committee for the Conserva-
tion of Manpower in War Industries,
warns: "Just as every soldier realizes
that millions must die but believes he
will not, so the majority Of workers
believe the accident will happen only
to the other fellow"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1914
NO COMPELLING REASON

War Manpower Commission prom
ises no unemployment for at least
months and if the war continues there
will be no unemployment during 1914
says William Haber, VINO deputy di-
rector. Shutdowns in war plants, he
says, will provide manpower for 9TH
ers.
Lawrence A. Appley, VINO execu-
tive director, states that in the event
of an end of the European war, how
ever, production will be cut back about
35 per cent.
"There will be cutbacks in some
items and increases in orders for 9TH
ers," he says. Total production, how
ever, will run about the same"
All of which indicates no real short
age of manpower and no compelling
reason for drafting labor. 1t should be
difficult for any one to argue that one
worker should be frozen to job while
other workers are seeking employ
ment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
OFFICE WORKERS UNION
TO GET INTL' CHARTER

Miami, FLA new international
union may soon be added to the grow
ing list affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor--a union COM
posed of Office workers which poten-
TALLY could be the largest in the Fed
GRAFTON.
The AFL Executive Council in
structed President Green and Secre-
tary-T Treasurer George Meany to con-
fer with the officials Of the Office
workers organization, now made up
Of Federal labor unions associated to-
gether in an international council, and
to issue an international charter to
them as soon as technical questions Of
jurisdiction are Strengthened out.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
Speakers Assail LabrO Draft
AS Step To TOtalitarianism

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-Na-
tional service legislation, proposed by
President Roosevelt, was vigorously
attacked by Representative Dewey
Short Of Missouri, speaking on Theo-
dore Granik's American Forum of the
Air.
Short condemned the proposal as a
remedy worse than the disease" and
declared that it represents ''the last
step toward a totalitarian govern
ment."
Personally, do not want to raise
up a Hitler here to get rid of one
abroad, and if the bill proposed by the
President were enacted into law it
would reduce our farmers, laborers,
and all other citizens of our country
to state of serfdom," he said.
Robert j. Watt, international repre-
sentative of the American Federation
of Labor sided with Representative
Short, telling why organized labor is
opposed to the Presidents proposal.
The plan was supported by Warren
Atherton, national commander of the
American Legion and Ernesta Barlow,
chairman of the women's committee
for the national service bill.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
Richter's Public Sale
February Sixteenth

Arthur C. Richter has decided to
quit farming and will sell at public
auction, on the farm one half mile
west Of Trenton on Oxford and State
Road, Route 73; horses, cattle, hogs,
feed and large amount of good farm
implements. The sale starts at IL
o'clock Wednesday, February 10th.
Harry Honerlaw will be the auction
eer and Oscar Johns will be the clerk.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
FHA URGES BUILDERS
PLAN NOW DECENT
FAMILY HOMES

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Com-
missioner Abner H. Ferguson of the
Federal Housing Administration has
urged private builders to make plans
at once for the speedy attainment
after the war of "the right of every
family to decent home," as set forth
by President Roosevelt in his Second
Bill of Rights"
Addressing a conference of direc-
tors and committee members of the
National Association of Home Build
ers' in Washington, Ferguson said: 81
am sure that home builders are in
complete accord with the Presidents
Second Bill Of Rights. But wonder if
you have grasped it's full significance
and what you are doing about it.
Fifth in the Second Bill of Rights
is the right of every family to de-
cent home
Decisions Suggested Now
ITO no one group of people could
those words have deeper meaning
than to home builders. But unless you
understand and take full advantage of
the opportunities offered, the Second
Bill of Rights will remain for you and
for thousands Of families just SO many
words.
''No new homes are being built to-
day-outside of those that are abso-
lutely essential for war workers. How
ever, builders should now be prepar-
ing their markets There are many
thing they can do now to get time
consuming preliminaries out of the
way. Not the least of these is advice
and guidance to the prospective home
owner in making his individual plans"
A m ong the tentative decisions
which prospective buyers can be max
ing now, Ferguson said, are the loca-
tion of proposed postwar homes; their
accessibility to schools, transportation
employment areas, churches, play
grounds and recreational facilities;
the type of construction desired, and
the size and plan of the lot in relation
to the proposed home.
FILA Financing Advantageous
Prospective buyers will also want
to know about financing terms in the
postwar period, Ferguson added.
He pointed out that under the FHA
insured mortgage plan, postwar buy
ers can look forward to small down
payments, equal monthly mortgage
payments spread over long period of
years, and the lowest interest rates
that have ever been generally avail
able on mortgage financing. The
FHA's minimum construction require
ments and inspections during con-
struction also offer protection against
jerry building, he said.
"The single long-term insured mort
gage likewis affords assurance
against hidden fees, bonuses and all
the other rackets formerly so prevail
ent in mortgage financing" Ferguson
declared. another feature of the in
sured mortgage system that appeals
to the home owner is the fact that he
can't lose his home through unpaid
taxes since they are paid currently
along with the monthly payments on
the mortgage"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
Firemen Work On 'eDays Off"

Chicago, Ill.-Louisville, KY, has
adopted policy Of letting fremen
work in the department on their days
off to combat growing manpower
shortage and to maintain the fire and
police departments at best strength.
In addition, policemen will be paid for
time they spend in school and physi-
cal education classes; formerly they
attended classes during their "time
off" periods, says the American Mu-
nicipal Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
AFL Demand Congress Act Soon
To Pass Social Security Program
Benefits In Different States Cut Down In Amounts And
Period Of Unemployment; Cites Period of Stop
pages Between War Contracts to Is Months

Communities change over night from
tight labor markets to an excess of
workers for jobs available.
At considerable expense workers
have left their homes and gone to war
jobs where they could be most useful
to the war program. They must rely
upon the United States Employment
Service to direct them to other war
jobs or civilian jobs wherever they can
be found.
During 1912, potential benefit dura-
tion ranged from 20 weeks in Utah to
81 weeks in Kansas. Actual time dur
ing which benefits were paid ranged
from 11.5 weeks in Alabama to 4.6
weeks in Oregon. Various other types
of disqualifcations deny workers
earned benefits for leaving a job with
out good cause attributable to the en-
ployer. Disqualification which limit
the workers compensation right if
they leave jobs for personal reasons,
have been written into many state
laws. This tendency has widened the
differences in degree of security pro-
vided from state to state.
Our bill pending in Congress would
establish a national unemployment
compensation system with uniform
duration of 26 weeks in normal times
and 81 in emergencies. Congress has
given no consideration to our request
for adequate early action on social in
surance but has acted to freeze the
rate of old age insurance despite the
evidence submitted that benefits now
being paid were in excess of contribu-
tions. The source of the best technical
advice on whether the per cent rate
is needed, is the actuarial staff of the
Social Security Board In proposing
to ignore their advice, Congress takes
the chance of bankrupting the re-
serves into which wage earners con-
tribute and upon which they depend
for an adequate living in old age.
Your committee holds that Congress
has contractual obligations with wage
earners and should not tinker with the
technical basis of that contract with
out guaranteeing the solvency of the
funds and the benefit rates under the
law.
Your committee urges that every
possible measure be taken to bring
home to the minds and consciences of
Senators and Congressman their re-
sponsibility for making it possible for
those who work for wages to have So
cial insurance that will protect them
from relief and dependency.
Business men have an equal stake
in the provision of an adequate social
insurance system for such system is
essential to maximum production, full
employment and sustained high ma
tional income. Social insurance, paid
for out of production by employers
and workers will maintain the respon-
sibility and initiative of American
workers and buttress economic and
political freedom.
Two conventions of the American
Federation Of Labor have declared
that legislation to provide adequate
social insurance is our paramount-leg-
islative objective. We recommend that
the Executive Council formally re-
quest early hearings on the Wagner
Murray-Dingell bill by the House
Ways and Means and Senate Finance
Committees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
WISDOM

| say in relation to the principle
that all men are created equal, let it
be as nearly reached as we can. If we
cannot give freedom to every creature,
let US do nothing that will impose
slavery upon any other creature
Abraham Lincoln.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11

Workers should insist that proper
safety measures be adopted for their
own protection, and they themselves
should become less careless and more
safety conscious.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-11
WHAT NEXT?

The Army has developed brown
tinted, "camoufaged" bandages, be-
cause white ones are ideal targets for
enemy snipers and sharp shooters.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
lsWRshoni;nq
.Remindery6a

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS, Y-5, Us, Az and B-2
good for 10 points each indefi-
nitely. All stamps validated before
December l are Cancelled. Blue
stamps c. through ca will be
validated Monday and will be good
indefinitely.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps Q-5, RS and SIS good for
10 points each indefinitely. All
stamps validated before December
l are Cancelled. Red stamps T-s
through KS will be validated Sum
day and will be good indefinitely.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Sugar stamp "a good for
S pounds. Stamps 30 through 80
and special canning stamp 40 can
celed. Another will be validated
February /. ...,
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81.
B-4, CA, B-5 and C-5 coupons good
for gallons each. B-4 and ca
coupons expire Sunday.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one and two cou.
pons good for 10 gallons each
through heating year. Period three
coupons valid January Is. Old
Z period four and five coupons from
= last winter good through year,
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than "a per cent
OF their ration as Of December a.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Thomas Baxter Dies;
Prince Georges Aide

Thomas w. Baxter, So, of 42o7
Seventieth avenue, Landover Hills.
Md, for 20 years supervisor of as
sessments in Prince Georges County
Md, died at his home Wednesday
after a brief illness.
Mr.. Baxter, native of England
moved to Prince Georges County as
a child and was educated in the
county schools. He owned a store
at Collington. Md. before becoming
supervisor of assessments in 1924.
Mr., Baxter was active in county
politics and was a member of the
Prince Georges County Democratic
Club. He was also a member of
the Knights of Columbus, Holy
Name Society and the Sacred Heart
Church at Whitemarsh, Md.
In addition to this widow, Mrs.
Carrie A. Baxter, he is survived by
3 daughters, 2 sons and II grand
children. His daughters are Mrs.
Elizabeth Mercer, Baltimore; Mrs.
John Bell, Lanham, and Mrs. Dor
othy Aldridge. Hyattsville. His sons
are Francis Baxter, Lanham, and
Louis Baxter. fireman, first class,
U. S. NJ. now stationed at Shoe
maker, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at
9:15 am. Monday at Gasch's funeral
home, Hyattsville. Mass will be said
at 10 am. at Sacred Heart Church.
Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
YuIetide Mail
In Arlington
Sets Record

The Arlington post office was back
to normal today after the heaviest
Christmas season in its history, dur
ing which 5,9l6,205 pieces of mail
were handled, according to POST
master C. F. Simpson.
Mr.. Simpson thanked Fletcher
Kemp, county school superintend-
ent, who made it possible for about
$50 high school boys and girls to
assist in mail deliveries. Approx
mately 405 workers were added to
the regular force of 26O during the
season.
Mail handled this year, Mr.. Simp-
son continued, was approximately
80 per cent above last years volume.
Receipts for 1914 were approximate
ly 100000, compared with SOS 900
last year.
Incoming Christmas letter mail
totaled 3,650,000 pieces, he said, and
the outgoing 2,141,835.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Virginia 10 Test
Convention
Validity
Court Ruling Sought
On Limiting Issues
For Service Vote
Ey the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 29.-Plans
to seek a declaratory Judgment from
the State Supreme Court of Appeals
on the validity of the act providing
for referendum on a restricted
constitutional convention we're an
nounced yesterday by State Control
Ter Henry Gilmer and Attorney Gen.
eral A. p. Staples.
The test-the second to be
sought-was decided on to settle
some confusion" arising from
Statements and editorials in the
press challenging the Constitutional
ity" OF the act, the announcement
said.
At Arlington, John Locke Green
said he planed to pursue his course
OF seeking a preemptory writ of
mandamus compelling the secretary
of the Commonwealth to omit from
the referendum ballots the inform
atory' statement designed to limit
the convention to the one task OF
removing barriers to a new and ef-
fectlve war voters law.
Won't Join Cases.
Mr.. Green. who is a Republican
leader and treasurer of Arlington
County, said he believed his peti.
ton would furnish the best test of
the act and that he had no inten-
ton of joining his test case with
that of the State officials
Mr.. Gilmer and Mr. Staples said
they hope to obtain "a speedy de-
termination of the questions, con-
cerning which controversy has
arisen"
The attorney general will file q
petition for mandamus before the
| court meets January g. under the
same act under which mandamus
proceedings were brought recently
to test the validity of the 1914 War
Voters Act. Subsequently, the Su-
preme Court held that the act was
unconstitutional in its provisions for
payment of the poll tax for service
personnel from "a sum sufficient
appropriated by the State and for
registration of servicemen before
other than an official registrar.
/ The State officials said they de-
cided to bring the proceedings in
order that the voters may under.
stand exactly what kind of a con-
vention they will be voting for or
against"
No date for the referendum is ex-
pected to be set until the test is
made. Should the Supreme Court act
within short time after convening
OF the January term. the Governor
could give 30-day notice of the
date and still have the referendum
by mid-February. Such a date,
American Legion leaders and others
have said, would allow time for the
convention, passage of a new act,
and preparations for sailors and SOL
J diers to vote in next years elections
Mr.. Green said he had informed
. the attorney general he would CO.
operate with the State officials tt
i the extent of having as early . tes1
! as possible.
But I think the true test is in the
mandamus proceedings I am bring
ing" he said. Il am satisfied on my
position.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Jones 10 Head Fund Drive
OF Alexandra Red Cross

The appointment of Charles M.
Jones, 1905 Russell road, as chair
man of the Alexandria Red Cross
War Fund drive has been announced
by C. C. Brown, chapter chairman.
Mr.. Jones, who is manager of the
Virginia Electric & Power Co. s
Alexandria Office. was the citys first
ration board chairman. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce, past president of the Lions
Club and member of the Alexan-
dria Citizens Postwar Employment
Committee.
Mr.. Brown also announced the
following members of the Planning
Committee for the drive: Howard
Crumley, Glenn U. Richard, who
served as chairman of the 1914 drive;
Mrs. Frank Mason billiard. T. Will
ford Robinson, Harrison Emhardr
Mrs. Albert Miller and Mrs. James
THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Mrs. May Clarke, 68, Dies;
Kin Of Declaration Siqner

Mrs. May Allston Clarke. 6S, wife
,of~sDr. Winfield S. Clarke and resi-
ident of the District area for more
than so years, died Wednesday at
her home, 1923 Chestnut street,
Bethesda, after an illness of two
months.
! Funeral services will be held at
= pm. today at the Pumphrey
funeral home in Bethesda. Burial
VIII be in Congressional Cemetery
The daughter of the late State
Senator Joseph Stone Allston and
Mary Bean Allston, she was a de-
scendant of Thomas Stone, Mary
land signer of the Declaration OF
Independence. She was born in
Great Mills, Nd, and received her
education in Leonardtown and Bal
timore. Formerly member of All
Saints Episcopal Church, Mrs.
Clarke in recent years held mem
oership in Christ Church, Kensin J.
ton.
Besides her husband she leaves a
number of cousins here and in
Southern Maryland.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Cakes Sent 10 Fort Myer
Condemned by Inspector

Military personnel stationed at
Fort Myer may find themselves
without any fruit cake for the re-
mainder of the holiday season. fol-
lowing the seizure yesterday of 1T
three-pound and TO two pound fruit
cakes by the United States marshal
for the Eastern District of Virginia
on order Of United States Attorney
Harry Holt.
The fruit cakes were distributed to
the Fort Myer commissary by the
Chesapeake Baking Co. of Baltimore
and were declared to be unfit for
consumption because of the presence
of larvae, insect fragments and
rodent hairs"
The action was taken after a libel
for condemnation had been filed at
the request of a Food and Drug Ad-
ministration inspector.