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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

to war. In other words, the group pro-
noting the agitation wants the Unit
ed States to take on another war, as
if two big wars at one time were not
enough.
Some members of the group, with
others, have long been vociferously
yelling for tough action against Ar
gentina. This would be taking on two
more wars, in addition to the current
German and japanese conflicts, which
would seem to be sufficient for any
one nation.
But no, the leftists and their ilk,
some of them anyway, apparently wish
universal war, all in the name of
world salvation and preserving democ
racy. To use the old expression, they
re gluttons for punishment. 1t is too
bad they are not all young and husky
so they could join the armed forces.
Maybe if they could, they would get
their fill of fighting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
Total Electric Department $104,45S74
Water Works Fund

bTdnu IOIal-OClntleS SZ3O, D I0.b0
Special Funds
Civilian Defense Fund
That there be appropriated from the
of money:
1900 Civilian Defense Fund :. .$722.76
Parking Meter Fund
That there be appropriated from the
Parking Meter Fund the following sum
of money:
1900 Parking Meter Fund .$2,666.66
Grand Total-Special Purpose
The amounts authorized to be expend-
ed by this appropriating ordinance are
based on the budget calculations on file
with the Director of Finance.
SECTION IL: Council does hereby au-
thoriZe and direct the proper board or
officer to enter into any contract or con-
tracts involving an expenditure of more
poses herein provided Said board or Of
ficer shall execute said contract in ac-
cordance with law.
SECTION III: The Director of Finance
is hereby authorized to draw his war
rants upon the Treasurer of the City of
Hamilton, Ohio, for the amounts appro-
priated in this ordinance, in accordance
City of Hamilton Ohio, when claims are
properly presented and approved, the
same to be chargable to the appropria-
tions for the year 1945 when passed and
are legally contracted for in accordance
with law.
SECTION W. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect from and after
it's passage
Passed: January 3, 1945.
LEO j. WELSH, Mayor.
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
City Clerk.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
GLUTTONS FOR PUNISHMENT

Stay-at-home rip-snorting leftists,
world savers and self proclaimed Glib
erals" recently staged a mass meet
ing in New York, complete with all
the oratorical and other trimmings
typical of such affairs, to demand sew
erance of diplomatic relations with
Dictator Franco of Spain and other
hostile action. Severance of diploma
tic relations is usually the first step
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

keeping supplies forward as fast as
the men advanced. There was no
shortage Of material; it was and is an
inability to follow our fast-advancing
troops. 1t was, in reality, case of
overreaching ourselves; pushing our
men too far ahead of their support.
Perhaps, even, it was military error.
But there we are.
AND THEN, my god, and then; we
read an AP dispatch in our favorite
morning paper which tells us our own
men and our own officers have been
hijacking our own gasoline and post
exchange supplies and feeding it into
the French black market.
Thousands of gallons of gasoline
and carloads of supplies; hundreds
have been arrested; several convicted;
officers implicated, etc., etc.
Now, we have no desire to criticize
American soldiers or American army
officers for being less than patriotic.
Nor have we any desire to imply that
soldiers on the fighting fronts are
less patriotic than the folks here at
home.
But these folks here at home have
been accused of being too complacent;
of not being realistic about the war
of not giving out everything possible
to win the war.
And we do feel that we should point
out that the folks here at home, en-
ployed in factories and mills have
produced to the limit and have loaded
the boats for the men at the front;
and have sent it along to the men who
know how to use it.
If all these supplies, and especially
the gasoline for our planes and tanks
has been intercepted by the enemy
that is just hard luck. But if it has
been diverted by our own people, by
our officials who ought know how i'm
portant it is, then, that is horse of
another color. In fact, it is another
kind of horse; it is a quisling breed
And we hope we can rely upon mill
tary authorities to take steps.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
FRIDAY, JANUARY IL, 1916
OFF TO A BAD START

The new Congress made a poor
start when the House voted to set up
permanent Dies committee. Pre-
sumed dead, the Committee on I'm
American Activities was made a
standing committe, with authority
to continue the investigation" made
for years by the old Dies group.
With the United States under a
staggering load of debt, which is
mounting daily, the House authorized
continued spending of the peoples
money on an investigation that can
yield little really new and which the
nation can very we'll do without. 9th
er agencies of government are equip
ped to obtain any needed information
on Un-American activities and addi-
tional expense for the purpose is un-
warranted
The character of the drive that put
over the permanent committee is re-
vealed by the fact that it was led by
that arch-reactionary, Rep. John E.
Rankin of Mississippi. Action by the
House against dangerous evils in
American life would have been of far
more value to the national welfare.
Rep. Charles M. LaFollette of Indiana
put the case against the House action
strongly when he said:
"The stealing of elections, the main
tenance of monopolies, the discrimina-
tion against economic opportunities
of citizens because of race, creed or
color, and the maintenance of the poll
tax are just some of the un- American
activities which the supporters of the
amendment might first attempt to eli
inmate through the existing standing
committees and legislative practices
before starting out on another witch
hunt"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
UNION TO OPPOSE
INFERIOR MATERIALS

Washington, d. ca campaign to
block continuation in the postwar pc
riod of inferior electric wiring sub
stitutes developed during the war has
been launched by the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
President Ed J. Brown revealed.
AS in the case of many other prod
ucts, wiring standards were lowered
during the war because of shortages
in materials and manpower. Con-
struction codes were temporarily re-
laxed to permit such sub-standard
installations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
ORDINANCE NO. 445l

An Ordinance Providing for the Issuance
Of Bonds of the City Of Hamilton,
Money to Provide the Necessary FUNDS
for the Cost and Expense of Purchas-
ing Motor Vehicles and Equipment for
the Collection and Removal OF Waste
lie works Of the city Of Hamilton,
Ohio.
WHEREAS, the Council has requested
the Director of Finance to issue his cer-
tificate as to the estimated life of the
property or assets proposed to be ac-
hereinafter referred to; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance
has certified to. this Council such esti-
mated life as five years and has fur
ther certified the maximum maturity of
the bonds hereinafter provided for as
five years; and
WHEREAS, the Council estimates
that a tax for such bonds will first ap-
pear on the duplicate for the year 1915
and that the final tax settlement with
the County Treasurer next following the
inclusion of a tax for this issue in the
annual budget of the County Auditor,
as provided by law will be obtained not
earlier than the 1st day of September,
Now THEREFORE, BE 1T oRDAIN-
ED by the Council of the City of Hamil-
ton Ohio;
SECTION / That it is ,leemed neces-
sary by the Council of the City of Ham,
ilton, Ohio, to issue and sell bonds OF
said city in the sum of $12, 10000 in or
der to provide a fund for the purpose of
paying the cost and expense Of pur-
chasing motor vehicles and equipment
for the collection and removal of waste
materials for the Department of Public
Works of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, and
to provide a fund for the payment Of
not to exceed one years interest on said
bonds, the same amounting to $4,000.
SECTION II: That it is hereby deter
mined to proceed with the issue of said
bonds in one lot and without issuing
notes in anticipation of the issuance Of
said bonds
SECTION III: That serial bonds Of
sued in the sum of $l2,150.OO. Each of
said bonds shall be dated February /,
1915, and shall bear interest at the rate
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
WE CAN DEFEAT POVERTY

There is no panacea for the prob
lens ahead of us. But if all of us
meet the challenge of creating 60 mil
lion postwar jobs with as much intelli-
gent effort as we put into winning the
war, we can defeat poverty and unem-
ployment as we are defeating Hitler.
Federation of Labor
Monthly Survey.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

AMERICAN LABOR only few
weeks ago was being condemned be-
cause our fighting forces seem to
need more than is being produced.
Newspapers seized an opportunity to
castigate workers for a supposed
shortage when there was no short
age. Labor, villified unjustly, re-
sponded by volunteering to supply man.
power needed whenever it is needed.
Complacency of manufacturers was
ignored, and labor was ready to go
back to work.
In spite of the fact that more of
everything had been produced than
anyone ever expected, our military
experts found themselves facing a
shortage. Not right now, but in the
future. Present reserves will take
care of the present situation. Army
officials admit that American work
ers have produced beyond the limit
expected.
But newspapers slammed and slam
med. They printed opinions that our
boys on the fighting fronts resented
labor's laxness and would attend to
it when they come back.
GEN. EISENHOWER is authority
for the fact that our boys have plenty
of arms and munitions. They have
everything that can be transported to
the front. They have never lacked
everything they need. And the "Stars
and Stripes" naively asks, "Who do
they think produced all that material?
Pixies 2"
And so, another newspaper lie is
nailed, and another attempt to smear
labor remains in the files of our great
metropolitan dailies-and also in the
minds of many of our citizens. The
truth can never catch up entirely
with such lie.
Of course, since all the rotten pub
licity everyone has learned that ap-
prehension of army officials was
caused by the rapid advance OF our
men in France and the difficulty OF
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
ASKS LABOR'S HELP
TO FIGHT CHISELERS

New York City-Price and ration
ing boards were raped over the
knuckles for failure to utilize the
services of representatives of organ
lied labor in enforcing price and rent
control.
Daniel P. Woolley, regional O. P A.
administrator here, suggested the
Oversight" may be one reason for the
failure to keep chiselers and racke-
teers in check.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
ORDINANCE no. 44sa

authorizing ana Directing the City
Manager to Advertise for Bids and 10
Contract for the Purchase Of Motor
Vehicles and Equipment for the Col
lection ana Removal Of Waste Mater
tals for the Department Of PubUc
Works Of the City Of Hamilton, Ohio.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Council of
the City of Hamilton, Ohio:
SECTION /: That the City Manager is
hereby authorized and directed to pre-
pare specifications, advertise for bids
and contract in the manner provided by
law and the ordinances of the CITY Of
Hamilton, Ohio, for motor vehicles and
equipment for the collection and re-
moval of waste materials for the De-
partment of Public Works of the CITY
of Hamilton, Ohio.
SECTION II: That the money neces-
sary for the payment of the cost and
expense thereof be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of moneys ap-
propriated or to be appropriated for said
purpose.
SECTION III: This ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force and ef-
feet from and after the earliest period
allowed by the charter Of the City Of
Hamilton, Ohio.
Passed: January 8, 1946,
LEO ]. WELSH, Mayor.
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
City Clerk.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

Boilermakers Union who recently lost
a son in the Pacific. 1t caught on like
wildfire among the workers at the
yard.
Major Gen. Frederick E. Uhl, head
of the Fourth Service Command it
Atlanta, commented:
"This is the spirit Of the counter
attack against the enemy. This is the
spirit that will achieve certain victory.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
WHAT NEXT?

University of Minnesota chemists,
seeking industrial uses for waste pro-
ducts of the farm, have devised a
method for making high grade linen
from flax straw at a cost claimed to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

This is the spirit that should inspire
every man, woman and child in Amer
ica."
Editors of the labor-hating press,
please take notice!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
WISDOM

1t is easier to fight for ones prin-
ciples than to live up to them.-Alfred
Adler.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
Electric Light Fund

That there be appropriated from the
Electric Light Department revenues for
the year 1945 the following amounts:
600 Electric Departmenf
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

be far below that for imported linent
Business Week says.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

Washington, D. C.-The AFL Alum
mum Workers Union won sharply
contested election at the United
States Foil Plant, Hopewell, Va.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
General Fund

That there be appropriated from the
General Fund for the following purpos-
es the sums set forth herein:
loo General GoYerument
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12
ORDINANCE NO. 445o

An Ordinance to Make Preliminary Ap-
preparations for Current City Expens-
es Chargeable to the Appropriations
for the Year l945 when Passed, Suf-
ficient to Cover the Necessary Expens-
es of the City Until the Annual Ap-
propriating Ordinance is in Force.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-01-12

Issued Weekly at s1s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton. Ohie
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-24

had developed strong army, Ma
Wy and Air Force with which to
beat off the attacks of our foe, and
then fight our way to points with
in striking distance OF the heart of
the enen1h.
Assume that on December Z.
i941, the United tates had had oil
supply Of atomic bombs in New
Mexico or Tennessee. What could !
we have done with them?
Assume that the United States
and Japan both had. had a supply
of the bombs on December Z, 1e4l.:
Which would have survived?
Suppose that. both England and
Germany had had the atomic bomb
in September of 1910 during the
"blitz" over England. Which coun1
try would have been destroyed? z
The answer is clear that the
atomic bomb is of little value with.
out an adequate army, air and ma.
val fcrce. For that kind OF force
is necessary to protect our shores,
to overcome any attack and to en-.
able lis to move forward and di,
rect the bomb against the enemy's
own territory. Every new weapon,
will eventually bring some count,
er-defense against it. Our ability to
use either new weapon or q
counter-weapon will ultimately de.
pend upon a strong army. navy
and air force, with all the millions,
of men needed to supply them-all
quickly modified and adequately
equipped.
Any system which is intended to
guarantee our national defense
will, Of course, cause some incon-
venience-and perhaps even some
hardship - to our people. But we
must balance that against the dam
ger which we face unless we are
realistic and hard-headed enough to
be prepared. Today universal train
ing is the only adequate answer
Continued on Page Nine)
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corps. Outstanding trainees could
pc selected after an adequate Pc
flod OF training. and sent to col
iege with government financial aid,
on condition that they return, after
graduation and with ROTC train
ing or service.
Such system as I have outlined
would provide Democratic and
efficient military force. It would be
constant bulwark in support Of
our ideals of government. 1t would
constitute the backbone Of defense
against any possible future act of
aggression.
1t has been suggested in some
quarters that there should be no
universal training until the shape
OF the peace is better known, and
until the military needs OF this
country can be estimated and our
commitments under the United Ma
tons Organization can be de-
termined. But it is impossible to-
day to foresee the future. 1t is diff
ficult at any time to know exactly
what our responsibilities will re-
quire in the way OF force. We do
know that if we are to have avail
able a force when needed. the time
to begin preparing is now.
The need exists today-and must
be met today.
If, at some later time, conditions
change, then the program can be
reeNamined and revalued. At the
present time we have the neoes-
sary organization, the required
camp installations, and the essen
tial equipment and training grounds
Immediately available for use in a
training program. Once we disband
and scatter this set-up, 1t will be
much harder and more expensive
to reestablish the necessary facii'
ties.
The argument has been made
that compulsory training violates
traditional American concepts OF
liberty and Democracy, and even
that it would endanger our system
Of government by creating pow
erful military caste. The purpose
Of the program, however, is just
the contrary. And it will have just
the contrary result. The objective
is not to train profess. onal soldiers.
1t is to train citizens, so that il
and when the Congress should de.
clare it necessary for them to be-
come soldiers, they could do SO
more quickly and more efficiently.
A large trained reserve of peace
loving citizens would never 60 to
war or encourage war, if it coulc
be avoided.
It is no valid argument against
adopting universal training at this
time that there are now millions
of trained veterans of this war. Nc
fair minded person would sugges
that we continue to rely indefin.t'
ly upon these veterans. They hay
earned the right to return promp,
ly to civilian life. We must now
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look to our younger men to con-
stltute the new reserve military
strength Of our nation.
There are some who urge that
the development of rocket weapons
and atomic bombs and other new
weapons indicates that scientific
r search, rather than universal
training, is the best way to safe.
guard our security. 1t is true that,
ii we are to keep ahead in military
preparedness, continuous research
In science and new weapons is es.
sential. That is why in my mes.
sage to the Congress of September
slxta l urged that there be created
a National Research Agency, one
OF whose major functions would be
to carry on fundamental military
research.
COST TOO GREAT
1t is true that there must be ron.
tlnuous exploration into new fields
OF science in order to keep ahead
IN the discovery and manufacture
OF weapons. No matter what the
cost, we cannot afford to fall be.
hind in any of the new technioues
OF war or in the DEVELOPMENT OF
new weapons Of destruction.
Until we are sure that our peace
machinery is funct:o ning adequate.
ly, we must relentlessly preserve
our superiority on la nd and sea
and in the air. Until that time.
we must also make sure that by
planning-and by actual production
we have on hand at all times
sufficient weapons of the latest ma.
ture and design with which to re-
pei any sudden attack, and with
which to launch an effective count
er-attack
That is the only way we can be
sure-until we are sure that there
is another way.
Eut research, new materials,
and new weapons will never, by
themselves, be sufficient to with.
stand a powerful enemy. We must
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have men trained to use these
weapons. AS our armed forces be-
come more and more mechanical,
and as they use more and more
complicated weapons. we must
have an evar-increasing number of
trained men. Neurological ad-
vances do not eliminate the need
for men. They increase the need.
General of the Army George C..
Marshall, in his recent report to
the Secretary Of War, has made
this very clear. I quote from his
report:
The number of men that were
involved in the delivery of the
atomic bomb on Hiroshima was
tremendous. First we had to have
the base in the Marianas from
which the plane took off. This first
required preliminary operations
across the vast Pacific, thousands
OF ships, millions of tons of supply,
the heroic efforts of hundreds OF
thousands of men. Further, we
needed the B-29's and their fighter
escort which gave us control of the
air over Japan. This was the re.
suit Of thousands of hours of train.
ing and preparation in the United
States and the energies Of hundreds
OF thousands Of men.
"The effect of technology on the
military structure is identical to
Its effect on national economy. Just
as the automobile replaced the
horse and made work for millions
OF Americans, the atomic explo-
slves will require the services OF
millions of men if we are com.
PEELED to employ them in fighting
our battles.
"Tais war has made it clear that
the security of the nation, when
challenged by an armed enemy, re-
quires the services of virtually all
able bodied male citizens within
the effective military age group"
Even the atomic bomb would
have been useless to us unless we
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to membership in the armed
forces than if they had no training.
Special rules and regulations
would have to be adopted for their
organizations, discipline and well
fare.
Universal training is not intend
ed to take the place Of the present
Selective Service System. The Sc
lective Service System is now
being used to furnish requirements
in the armed forces for veterans
Of this war who are being dis
charged.
UP TO CONGRESS
Only the Congress could ever
draw trainees under a universal
training program into the Army
and Navy. And if that time ever
came, these trainees could be in
Quoted only by selective process,
as they were indicted for World
War and World War II. The great
difference between having univer-
sal training and no training, how
ever, is that, in time Of emergen-
cy, those who would be selected
for actual military service would
already have been basically train.
ed.
That difference may be as much
as a years time. That difference
may be the margin between the
survival and the destruction f
this great nation.
The emphasis in the training of
our young men will not be on mere
drilling. 1t will be on the use of
all the instruments and weapons
of modern warfare. The training
viii efer every qualified young man
a chance to perfect himself for
the service of his country in some
military speciality.
Under the plan which I propose,
provisions should be made within
the armed services to help trainees
improve their educational status,
The year of universal training
should provide ample opportunity
for selt-improvement. Some part
of the training could be used to
develop. skills which would be USE
full in future civilian life just as
such skills have been developed
during the present war.
The period of training could well
be used to raise the physical stand
ards of the nations manpower, to
lower its illiteracy rate, and to
develop in our young men t h e
ideals of responsible American
citizenship. -.
Medical organizations of the
young trainees would do much to-
ward removing some of the minor
disabilities which caused the re-
lection of so many men during this
war by the Selective Service Sys.
tenn.