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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

Washington, D. C.-The AFL MEM
bers of the War Labor Board bluntly
called upon President Roosevelt ito
modify realistically his Executive
Order No. 1928 which limits wage ad-
iustments to the narrow confines of
the Little Steel Formula
Charging that price control has
failed to preserve standards of living
and warning that the overwhelming
disparity between wage rates and
prices "can lead only to dissatisfaction
and Illustration" the AFL represent
atives petition the WLB to back their
request to the President
The petition further recommended
that if and when the Little Steel For
mula is modified, as the facts warrant,
employers be permitted to make the
necessary wage revisions without
going through the tedious formalities
of obtaining specific approval of the
WLB.
The text of the AFL petition, signed
by Secretary Treasurer Georg ge
Meany, President Matthew Woll,
Robert J. Watt and James Brownlow
| follows:
We, the American Federation of
Labor members of the National War
Labor Board hereby again petition fo1
the revision of the so-called "15%o
formula" enunciated in the Little
Steel cases.
We dissented from the original
case in which the 1870 limit was set
We petitioned in March 1943 to in
crease the allowance for maladjust-
ments from 1870 to a new realistic
figure based upon the actual cost OF
living to the workers. Our petition
was rejected by majority of the
Board All that is now history. What
has not passed into oblivion, unfort-
unately, is the undeniable fact that the
cost of living has still not been stabi-
lized
The workingmen and women of
America have been patriotic and pa
tient. Despite the fact that as early
as March 1943 the original assumption
of the National War Labor Board that
living costs will now be stabilized
under the Presidents seven point
program" has been demonstrated
false, these workers accepted another
pious hope t h a t given another
chance-the Presidents price control
policies would effectively stop the up
ward spiral of prices. The reply of the
majority of the National War Labor
Board to the first petition of the Labor
members to scrap the 15go figure was
not only accepted by these workers
but they speed up their efforts to win
the war by greater production.
This recognition of duty by the
workers has apparently been misinter-
preted in the halls of Congress. When
some effort was made to implement
the price control program by subsi-
dies, only delay and confusion were
the results. The time has now come,
therefore, when the American Fedora
tion of Labor members of the War
Labor Board are forced to demand
that the equities of the workers be
recognized.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
English Beer Glasses Dangerous

London. Exploding glasses are
bothering beer drinkers in Britain.
Glasses, filled with beer, fall apart in
the hands Of pub customers. R. H.
Poske, an expert on tumblers, ex-
planned that they were apparently de-
fective. If new glasses are over
toughened, he said, "a strain is set
up and they could explode if put on a
warm table"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
AFL Petitions President Roosevelt
To Modify Little Steep' Formula
Labor Has Collected None of the SO-Caed Is Per Cent
Formula; Large Increases In Living Since The
Formula Started; Wants Realistic Changes

Nor is this reiteration of our de-
mand for realistic allowance for the
increase in the cost of living based
upon vague feeling that the living
costs of workers have risen to new
higher points. The record which has
been utilized by the Federal Govern
ment to trace its failures in price con-
troll is in itself adequate proof. Using
as base the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics figure of 100 to denote the cost
Of living in January 1941, the figure
today stands at approximately
123.4%o In other words, the workers
of America are allowed an increase of
1870 above the straight time hourly
rates of January 1941 to offset re-
ported increase of 23.49o in living
costs. The inequ.ty of the War Labor
Boards Little Steel Formula" is self
evident even when the official" esti-
mates of the cost of living are used.
But the official" figures themselves
are not accurately representative of
what has happened really to the cost
of living.
Investigations conducted recently
by the Labor members of the National
| War Labor Board indicated that the
cost of living has risen 43.5% since
January 1941 or almost twice the
amount indicated by the Cost of Liv-
ing Index of the Department of La
Dor. These findings conflict with Off
cial estimates primarily because re-
alistic survey of price increases-both
advertised and hidden-was made
There is one inescapable conclusion
which can be made from both the 'of-
fetal" and the unofficial" estimates
of the increase in the cost of living
/ The workers of America cannot rely
upon price control as it now functions
to preserve their standards of living.
The only recourse left to workers is
to obtain wage rate increases which
will adequately compensate them for
the widening disparity between
wage rates and prices.
The time is now at hand when the
National War Labor Board must can
didly admit the insufficiencies of price
control as currently applied. Neither
its original assumptions nor it's SUBJ
sequent hopes that price control would
effectively preserve those standards
of living which are possible in time of
war have been realized by the War
Labor Board. Further denial of the
workers wartime equities can lead
only to dissatisfaction and Illustration.
In summary, therefore, we respect
fully petition that:
l. The National War Labor Board
request President Roosevelt to modify
realistically that portion of Executive
Order No. 1923 which limits increases
to offset maladjustments to "the Lit
tie Steel Formula as heretofore de-
fined by the National War Labor
Board for the rise in the cost of liv-
ing between January l, 1941 and May
/, 1912"
2. Employers to be permitted to
apply the maladjustment principle
thus modified without obtaining ap-
proval from the National War Labor
Board
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
BEER AND LIQUOR PERMITS

Transfer, from w. H. Jeffries to
Christine Jefferies, 240 South Fifth
street, d. and Do.
New Glass Permit, Charles Buck
ley, 1439 Dixie Highway, D-2.
Application for Permit, 343 Vine
street, D-1.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
RATIONING TABLE
SUGAR

Stamp 80 (Book a. valid for five
pounds through March 81; stamp 40
Book a. valid for 5 pounds for home
canning through February %, 1945.
SHOES
Stamp 18 (Book u and "airplane"
stamp (Book 81 are good indefinite
ly.
CANNED GOODS
Green stamps X, L and M in Book
q are valid through March 20.
MEATS
Brown stamps, v, w, and X in Book
8 are valid through February 26; Y
and z, through March 90
Spare stamp No. 8 (Book d. is valid
for five points in the purchase of pork
and all types of sausage through Feb
ruary 26.
GASOLINE
A-Coupon 10-Valid for gallons
through March 81; B, B-1, C and C-1
stamps are good for gallons. B-2 and
CO stamps are good for gallons.
Valid until used.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
New Businesses
Hamilton

Clifford Kessler, 407 South Second
street, clothing.
Ray Hurley and Harland Loveland,
921 Dayton street, photography.
Ernest M. Walton, (B. & w. Tire
Service), PIG Main street, tires and
accessories.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Pop Concert Sunday

Oxford, Ohio.-The fourth of the
school years "Pop" concerts, free to
the public, will be given next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock in Benton Hall
by the Miami University Symphony
Orchestra. Glenn Gross, baritone, will
be the featured soloist.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

stricting use of metals in plumbing
fixtures, new kitchen sink unit of
glass and clay is being prepared for
market. The drainboard and cabinet
stand are made of "Vitrolite,' form
of heat-tempered glass and the tubs
are made of clay. The unit contains
only two pounds of metal.
WISDOM
1t is not possible for Christians to
take part in anti-Semitism. We are
Semites spiritually. Pope Plus XII.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
WHAT NEXT?

Because of wartime regulations re-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

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Telephone 1886 Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Fascist State Urged
In Deaiherage Paper
Sedition Jury Told
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Those on the mailing list OF the
News Bulletin OF the American Ma
tionalist Confederation, headed by
George =. Dcatherase. I defendant
In the aedttion case. were told, It
was brought out In . Government
exhibit In the record at the mass
trial today:
The time has arrived for prac-
tical and constructive plan Of gov.
ernment TO be offered to the Nation.
That plan Is that Of Z Fascist state.
None other IL strong enough TO save
the Nation from complete destruc-
ton ct the tands Of the interna-
tional control a. In Russia or
Mexico)."
Readers also were advised "Fascism
has proved itself. It saved italy and
Germany when they were faced with
complete destruction by Jewish
Communism"
That was In 1883. and m editorial
in IN issue Of the Bulletin said:
1T Is gratifying to note that im-
AAAuhAApS oNRO 3t0 UCAuB butASu 70
form union OF Fhscists within the
continent OF North and South Amer
icas. It Is 4 step long needed and
we, 80 pledge 1t our whole hearted
support"
The writer added:
"Fascism has been long delayed
in the United States, and we can
learn much from our brothers In
neighboring nations"
Another issue stated: ."Our aim
So, 900, 900 Fascists by 1910"
Another Government exhibit iden-
titled by Henry d. Allen, . Govern
ment witness, was a letter he said
he received from James True OF
Arlington, Va, . former defendant,
stating:
IF your friends want some pea
shooters, / have connections now for
any quantity and at right price.
They are United States standard
surplus. Let me know As soon as
you can. But be very careful about
controlling the information and de-
stroy this letter"
Another letter, which Chief JUS
tice Edward c. Eicher admitted In
evidence late yesterday, was to Mr.
Allen from Lois de La Fayette Wash
burn, a defendant. Mrs. Washburn
wrote that looking forward to the
inevitable day OF reckoning, which
Is now at hand" their leader, Frank
w. Clark, also a defendant, who
Us a military man, had the fore
sight to begin organizing military
men 10 years in advance OF the
The court room was diverted yes
Evening star., 1944-11-15

terdAy afternoon when Albert W
Dtllins, Z defense attorney. movet
to recess the trial until the menta
competence OF Clark could be deter.
mined.
The motion was denied. But Law
renee Dennis, defendant repre-.
senting himself, reminded the court
that early In the trial he had urged
that al % defendants Be given q
sanity test. Il,
Including yourself?" asked Jus.
tice Eicher.
"AbsOlutely," said Mr.. Dennis. the
Evening star., 1944-11-15

An orsanisaticnai mAsins Of the
Flower and Garden cdimittee Of
the Potomac Camp ana Hospital
Council OF the American Nd Gross
was held yesterday In thA District
Chapter Building. Mrs. Lewis
Thompson was appointed chifman
OF the Christmas flower prosAm Of
the council.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Father oi Lsuksmla Victim
Sill Sought by Rcd Cross

By the Associated Press.
AURORA, ILL.,, Nov. 16.-The Red
Gross continued search today for :
chief petty offcer In the seabses to
arrange for hin to come home to his
young daughter, who y suffering
from lymphatic leukemia, rare
Evening star., 1944-11-15

blood disease which destroys the red
corpuscles.
The child Is Patricia Attaway, Z.
Her father, M. T. Attaway, has been
In the South Pacific for two years.
Efforts Of the Red Cross to locate
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Garden committS Meets

Harvard -sduoatsd ikmer stata h
paytment of1cial.
Evening star., 1944-11-15

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
YOUR CHOICE
FOR MAXIMUM
WEARAB|L|TY


, This year, more tbon ever before,
you'll choose your fur coot for infinite
wear and If you're wise, you'll
choose q Muskrot from JondeI. At
JondeI you select even the Ieost ex-
pensive fur in the same refined
atmosphere in which you select
ermine and you have the some
helpful suggestions from troined
furrers. JondeI suggests Muskrot
for it's sturdy versatility !. its good
looking superiority. JondeI suggests
it in the oordieon style illustrated,
mink or sobIe dyed. Also in regular
classic tuxedo styles.
Evening star., 1944-06-14

is an effective and dramatic supple
ment to the word pictures which
war correspondents have been paint
ing of the invasion since it began
on June s. It is also remarkably
comprehensive sketch of the gigan-
tic operation considering the rela-
lively limited footage of film used
The M-G-M reel, with a running
time of 10 minutes, opens with a
review Of paratroopers on their way
to the transport planes that will sci
them down inside walled Europe
within few minutes of the take
off, ends with the return Of the
wounded to England the first night
In the meantime, in passages OF
sharply contrasting violence and
passivity, the cameras dart from
dogfights in the air and debarkine
OF first troops from landing barges
to the first meetings Of victoriou.
Allied troops and liberated French
men to the slow march Of the first
German prisoners into the hands
of their attackers.
Every inch of the film, yesterday s
audience was assured, Is authentic,
And, as usual, the major drama is
to be found in the least expected
places. 1t is there, for instance, in
the faces of the paratroopers as
they turn to look at the cameras
Just before entering their transports,
in the expression of an isolated SOL
dier searching the streets of a
ruined French town for snipers, in
the gesture of an elderly Frenchman
pointing out the Germans path OF
retreat to the onrushing Allied
forces.
OF actual fighting shots, the most
grimly violent is one which shows
fighter plane splintered before
the very lens of the camera. 1t is 9
picture which Hollywood has trickec
dozens of times and which has been
shown in actuality several dozen
more. There is about 1t this time
however. a terrible reality which
none save fighting pilots are likely
to have seen before.
1t is not up to the drama of the
nameless faces with which the Aim
Is filled, however. No such shot
ever will be.
X X X X
For the information and elatior
of service personnel in Washington
We present as is, the following tele.
gram from the Stage Door Canteen
'"The Saturday night Stage Dool
Canteen activities on the Treasury
Building grounds have proved Sc
popular with Servicemen that the
rule of no dancing between service
men and women will be lifted. Last
Saturday night more than 2,70(
servicemen attended the outdoor
canteen and the corps of junior
hostesses literally wore out their
soles dancing continuously. So now
by extending the privilege of dane
ing starting next Saturday night
the WACS, WAVES, Marines and
SPARS and other service women,
the canteen believes that the dance
partner shortage problem viii be
solved"
That should solve it.
X X X II
Villainy is the preference of many
;
Evening star., 1944-06-14

actors, Humphrey Bogart, Basil
Rathbone and a number of others
who fancy that villainous careers
last longer. but not Sydney Green
street. The corpulent man who
used to be the first gravedigger in
Hamlet" and became a motion pic
ture star in his first screen drama,
1.-THE Maltese Falcon" thinks odi-
BUSINESS can be overdone.
AS a result, he will get his first
screen comedy role under Warmers
auspices in Christmas in Connecti-
cut" which soon goes before the
cameras.
Gale Storm, the young actress
about whom Monogram executives
were SO enthusiastic when they cast
her In Where Are Your Children" "
is on her way to the kind Of success
they insisted was inevitable. She
has just been grabbed away from
the parent studio by RKO, which
has signed her to long term con-
tract on $3.50 basis. Her first
RKO picture viii be announced
shortly. She has just completed
They Shall Have Faith" under
Monogram'S auspices.
1t was RKO which brought Miss
Storm to Hollywood several years
ago as winner Of a nation wide tai
ent contest.
X X y
Latest addition to the cast of
Willard Music Hall thespians is one
for whom no less than vivid sum-
mer is being predicted. That would
be Yukona Cameron, whose way
with song was one of the best
things that ever happened to vaude-
vile few seasons ago. Her last
Washington appearance-the last
one we have note of at any rate
was as dramatic actress In the
road company of kiss the Boys
Goodby" It was her first 60 at
that sort of thing, but she played
1t as If she had been impersonating
Hollywood glamour girls all her life.
At the Willard. however, she goes
back to singing. Starting tonight,
incidentally.
Evening star., 1944-06-14

the saloon and dance floor for the
dining and program. featured
Gipsy Rose Lee and a chorus of
towering beauties in gay 90s cos
tunes. Can-can dancers with tor
rid dance routines enlivened the
affair. which set holiday mood for
the town.
Robert w. Service, author Of THE
Evening star., 1944-06-14

Shooting Of Dan McGrew," recited
his ballad at the party, given to
wish International Pictures wen ut
Its housewarming. Service admitted
that he had been an actor earlier
In his career, when complimontsd
him on his recitation. White-haired.
but ruddy-cheeked, he doesn't look
as old as his reputation as poet.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
First of Invasion Films -
Makes Dramatic Supplement
Ry lay CARMODY.

The first newsreel shots OF the invasion will go display in down.
afternoon audience
sentatives showing
arrival Washington
civilian
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Bellies of Gay Cos
Warm the House

~ the Associated Fress.
HOLLYWOOD.
A lavish party, given on the set
OF The Belle Of the Yukon" using
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21

forcement powers will be so nulli-
fled in order to win passage for
"some kind of bill'' that the end
result will be unsatisfactory.
Among the three items listed un-
der enforcement powers in the pro-
posed bill are two which go to the
core. They are the ones believed
threatened with excision. The first
would make orders or directives of
the committee enforceable through
the courts and subject to judicial
review. The other would permit
withholding of government con-
tracts from violators.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21
TO-DAY
BY JESSE NIMMONS

Today we know that no nation
can exist by itself. It's safety and
happiness depend upon being in
peace with other nations of the
world. God has made of one blood
all nations of men to dwell on the
face of the earth; to enjoy the hu-
man liberties and rights Of man
kind. His will must be done. His will
is that all men were created free and
equal.
The Lords prayer is our only
hope for today. Like Gandhi, we
shall not stop until men under God s
heaven are free. We are a part of
God. When we fail to give man his
right and freedom we work against
Him. Where we live and the color
of our skins will not bring peace. All
colors are dying and all colors must
be crucified. This is Gods will to
mankind. Why work against Him :?
He promised freedom to all. Let His
will be done!
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21
FEAR WEAK FETc BILL
Continued from page y

Continued from page y
Knight Chalmers and A. Philip
Randolph, co chairmen, have
pointed out in serious language that
"there will be let-down in political
interest in our permanent FEPC
bill after the election is over" They
say that the public will be told !:
"The present FEPC has until June,
1915 to run, so what's the rush ?"
or rather "The present FEPC has
done a good job as it is, so why an
tagonize the opposition by giving
it enforcement powers?'
1t is not generally known that the
permanent agency must differ con-
siderably from the present FEPC,
they have written constituents, and
warn that "the present FEPC faces
disintegration and death if it is not
Immediately replaced by the type of
FEPC we advocate"
Accompanying the letter is an
analysis of both the temporary ag-
ency and the one called for in the
coalition bill now in the house la
Dor committee and the senate la
Dor and education committee. The
inference is carried that the en-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21
516,S46 DONATED BY
33RD DIVISION FOR
NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 AMP
The amount of $16,846 has been
sent to the United Negro College
fund by members of the 93d divi-
sion, the first all-Negro unit to see
combat duty in the war zone. The
sum represents approximately 81
per man, and is said to be the great
est gift to any agency during the
war by any army division. Twelve
chaplains now in the Southwest
Pacific are accredited with the ac-
complishment.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21
Sees SEGREGATION ENDED
BY ENLIGHTENED EDUCATORS


DURHAM, N. c., Oct. 20 (ANP)
The elimination of segregation
through the concerted efforts Of en-
lightened educators of the future
was predicted here by DIR. c. G..
Spaulding, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
company and the Mechanics and
Farmers bank.
DR.. Spaulding made this predic-
ton during the 35th annual address
to the students at North Carolina
college.
He coupled with this prediction
challenge to the nations youth to
rededicate itself Ito high moral
character, self-respect, courtesy,
integrity and open-mindedness.
''There is no insurance for sue
cess or failure except the premiums
one pays in character" he said.
In DR.. Spaulding's opinion "an
era of unparalleled opportunity will
exist for all racial groups in the
postwar period" 1t will be this op-
portunity that will lend itself to the
elimination of segregation he as
serted.
Unparalleled opportunities will ex-
ist because an unparalleled amount
of destruction will have been
wrought in the physical and intel
lectual life of the world, the busi-
ness executive stated.
Educational institutions will face
therein "the most supreme test in
history = to produce men and
women disciplined in a new social
consciousness and increased uni
versa1 social responsibility to cope
with those problems he continued.
That North Carolina, pioneer in
social and political justice" should
lead the way in the new educa-
tional discipline that will infuse
principles of Christian democracy
and social responsibility" was the
hope Spaulding expressed in con-
clusion.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-10-21
BUY war BONDS
AT THE THEATERS

PALACE-Hopalong Cassidy in
Lumber jack" and Invisible
Mans Revenge" plus the "Tiger
Woman"