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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
WOLL DEMANDS FIRM
STAND ON RUSSIA,
WARNS OF POLITICS

New York City.-AFL Vice Presi-
dent Matthew Woll called upon the
government to stop "appeasing" So
Wet Russia, advised labor not to de-
pend on government or political par
ties to win its battles and proposed
that further abor-management con-
ferences be held to extend the scope
of industrial cooperation, mutual
trust and goodwill"
In his annual message to the MEM
bers of his own union, the Interna-
tional Photoengravers Union, Mr..
Woll recommended that the United
States set forth it's international poll
cies with complete frankness and cam
dor. He described Stalin's foreign
program as diplomatic aggression"
and declared that any efforts at ap-
peasement would be as unsuccessful
as the attempt to appease Adolf Hit
ler at Munich.
The same prescription should ap-
ply to our relations with Great Brit
ain, the Netherlands and all other
foreign governments, the AFL leader
said.
even in politics no one has yet
succeeded in finding an adequate sub
stitute for honesty" he observed.
The end of the war has dispelled
| the hope of some labor leaders that
they could look upon the federal gov
ernment as "a sort of fairy god
mother" who would protect them from
the harsh facts of life, Mr.. Woll said.
"The political honeymoon for labor
is now definitely over" he declared.
From here out victory will go to
those unions which did not barter their
trade union birthright. And among
these, as any intelligent trade union
ist knows, are the unions of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
''Labor's strength lies in it's own
organizations, in its own membership,
in it's institutions, its press and in its
tried and trusted leadership. The AFL
has consistently adhered to this philos-
ophy. 1t is the only safe and sound
policy for American labor. CIO pub
locations please copy
He characterized the labor-man-
agement conference recently held in
Washington under the auspices of
President Truman as "a step for
ward in that it had given both sides
better understanding of their mu-
tual problems
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01

AFL President William Green told
news men at press conference that
the AFL is calling upon all it's affili-
ated state and local subsidiaries to
register their opposition to pending
antilabor bills with their representa-
tives in Congress.
He indicated that the present legis-
lative situation constitutes the great
est threat to labor's freedom in the
nations history.
Instead of punitive or compulsory
legislation, Mr.. Green called for a
hands-off policy by government and
full opportunity to labor and industry
to settle their differences through free
collective bargaining and voluntary
arbitration.
The executive council also stressed
the same note when it warned Con-
gress to ''beware of throwing the
American way of life into reverse
gear"
The council pointed out that gov
ernment regulation of labor manage
ment relations is bound to develop
into compulsory arbitration; that the
proposed fact-finding procedure will
inevitably become wage-fixing by the
government and that no government
agency can exercise wage controls
without having to perpetuate price
controls.
Citing specific reasons for the de-
feat of the Norton -Ellender Bill, the
council declared the compulsory cool
ing-off periods provided in the bill
would serve instead to warm up strike
sentiment among workers.
The council warned the bill would
revive court injunctions against la
Dor and subject workers to the hated
doctrine of conspiracy, under which
2 or more workers, acting in concert
are forbidden by law to perform ac-
tions that are held legal for an indi-
vidual worker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
Warns Hasty Action May Make Matters Worse and
Spread Strikes

Miami.-Moving boldly to head off
enactment of antistrike legislation,
the AFL executive council advised
Congress to take a cooling g-off period
itself before rushing approval of ILL
considered measures which may make
matters worse.
At the same time, the executive
council dispatched kilograms to the
House and Senate Labor Committees
urging rejection of the pending fact
finding bill backed by the administra-
tion.
Since. this bill, introduced originally
by Representative Norton and Sena-
tor Ellender, apparently enjoys the
highest priority for congressional con-
sideration, the council listed four
cogent and specific reasons for it's de-
feat.
But fundamentally, the AFL lead
ers expressed objection to all of 16O
pending antilabor bills which seek to
restrict the freedom of American
workers and their trade unions.
They emphasized that the difficult
ties confronting Congress in making
an intelligent decision on this flood of
proposals has become aggravated by
the clamor and pressure for hasty ac-
tion to deal with the current strike
situation, precipitated by CIO unions.
"Our nation is passing through a
critical period of postwar readjust-
ment," the executive council declared
During the war our national econ
omy was dictated and rigidly con-
trolled by the government. Our fun
damental objective now should be to
return as quickly as possible to free
economy.
'The great danger is that Congress
in an attempt to mitigate temporary
management disputes, may i'm.
pose permanent government controls
which would stifle freedom Of enter
prise for labor and for management
for all time."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
NEWS and VIEWS
BY ALEXANDER 8. LIPSETT
Gan ILNS Feature)

Every so often this column is
tempted to delve into the mysteries of
our economic system and examine the
solutions so copiously offered by the
social planners and their bureaucra-
tic stand-bys in Washington. Not so
long ago Secretary Clinton Anderson,
in discussing the mechanization and
future development of our agricul-
ture, described the process as "verit-
able revolution" He foresaw the day
when one man on the farm will pro-
duce enough food and other products
needed by 10 fellow citizens in the
urban areas.
With developments like that in the
offing, steadily increasing efficiency
in the use OF man and mechanical
power and the enormous progress in
the use of farm products for indus
trial purposes, it is natural that the
observers mind should dwell on the
questions of overproduction and sur
plus. What to do with them is the
issue which the master minds are
continuously debating. The only an
swer they have been able to find
and fairly monotonous one at that
is one of artificial control and scar
city. Wasn't it only few years ago
that the slaughter of 8 million little
pigs and the plowing under of valu-
able crops were considered an effec-
tive and justified remedy against the
evils of surplus?
Well, surplus, whether on the land
or in the factories, need not be our
national plague if we looked matters
straight in the eye and tried to solve
them in terms of greater mass con-
sumption and utility. The answer to
growing production and efficiency
is increased consumption and new
markets. There is no other answer
Trade barriers, as advanced thinker:
have long contended, must be abolish
ed or reduced so substantially as tt
make it possible to secure proper
and continuous flow of our goods tt
peoples in want or desirous of high
er levels of living. Whatever NIGH
be said about the machine age and it
effect on the mind of man, the sole
fact remains that it has steadily Gu
the cost of output, thus making i
possible to bring better products a
cheaper prices to people who clamo
for them.
There are other factors which mus
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01

be considered in any evaluation of the
future develpoment Of our agriculture
and industry. Refrigeration, dehydra-
tion, canning, quick freezing are only
few of the methods which will go
long way toward disposing advan-
tageously of our farm products above
and beyond domestic consumption.
Other steps lie in the direction Of in
dustrial use-a combination of agri-
cultural industrial collaboration of
which only the bare surface has been
scratched.
1t is well to realize that American
agriculture is not only passing
through a process of accelerated mech
anization, but into a chemical era as
well. Practically everything that
grows under and above the soil-from
peanuts to milk weeds and sweet pota-
toes-has industrial uses of which our
fathers did not even dream. Con-
sumers goods won from agricultural
byproducts-one need only think of
cellulose, resins, starches, etc.,-are
so numerous that it would take more
than the space Of this column to fur
nish halfway adequate list.
To be sure, there is and always will
be surplus, but only in a purely mech
anical and statistical sense. Whatever
agricultural product is unusable for
immediate and direct consumption can
and should be converted to industrial
purposes in the interest of the pub
lie, agriculture and industrial alike.
This is the balance toward which we
must olok if we want to solve the
economic problems of tomorrow in a
constructive and far-seeing sense
Here, and nowhere else, is the common
meeting for an economic union be-
tween agriculture and industry, on
which the future of the United States
and the American people as whole
depends.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
AFL Council Decries Drive
For Anti-Strike Measures

Finally, the council pointed to the
example of the General Motors case
to prove that government fact-finding
boards will not limit themselves to
that narrow function but will try to
fix wages by recommending specific
settlements, thus undermining a free
economy.
While the Executive Council devot-
ed most of its first session to anti
labor legislation, it has a crowded
agenda of major domestic and inter-
national problems to dispose of during
it's Today mid-winter meeting here.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
Dime Date Moved Up

Washington. Secretary of the
Treasury Vinson announced that the
new Franklin D. Roosevelt dime orig
inally scheduled for circulation on Feb
ruary 5, would be released on January
80. The date was moved up to make
the release of the dimes coincide with
the birthday of the late President
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
To All AFL Members OF
OPA Price Control Boards

January 1916 marks the fourth an
niversary Of the local OPA War Price
and Rationing Boards.
These Boards, which have made so
valuable a contribution to carrying
out OPA's wartime rationing and
price programs for four long years,
are manned by tens of thousands of
volunteers.
1t is these volunteers, who during
this wartime period tirelessly and un-
selfishly gave hundreds of thousands
of hours of their time in order to help
carry out this important domestic pro-
gram of rationing and price control,
that have done more than anyone else
to safeguard the incomes Of American
wage-earners from the ravages of in
flation. These volunteers recognized
the nations need in time of war and
zealously devoted themselves to this
important home-front problem. These
volunteers have earned and deserve
the gratitude of the entire nation.
| Speaking on behalf of the entire
membership of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, want to express our
appreciation and gratitude to these
volunteer citizens who gave so gen.
erously of their time and talents to
this important home-front task.
At the same time, want to pay
special tribute to the many thousand
members of the A. F. of L. who have
| devoted themselves selfishly to this
home-front battle; who have, after
working long and hard at their war
time jobs, been determined to carry
on their important duties with their
local OPA boards and who have made
so substantial a contribution to the
success Of these programs.
The A. F. of L. salutes it's volunteers
for the enviable record they have made
and urges that they continue their
battle as home-front soldiers and serve
on these boards until all danger has
passed.
| William Green
President
| American Federation
Of Labor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
Aircraft Industry Hit
Hardest By Cutbacks

Washington, D. C.-Hardest-hit of
the industries which skyrocketed dur
ing the war is that of aircraft, the
Surplus Property Administration re-
vealed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-02-01
Discharged From Navy

MIDDLETOWN
Moore, Edgar (n), SIC, 11Ol Yankee
Rd.
Buchanan, Troy A., Sic, 715 Mary
eta st.
Z. Mccoy, Elbert E., Sic, zoos Tytus
Ave.
HAMILTON
Rickels, Jack p, BUG1c, 629 Laurel
Ave.
Goertemiller, w. A., AMMSc(T),
919 So. 18th st.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Junior Girls Auxiliary Of
American Legion Meets

The monthly meeting of the Junior
Girls Auxiliary of the American
Legion was held last Tuesday even
ing, December 10, at the American
Legion Home. A regular business
session was held and also an election
of officers for the coming year, which
resulted as follows: President, Sarah
Stonebraker; vice-president, Char
lotte Knapp; secretary, Rebecca Six
cas-; chaplain, Nancy Burger; ser
geant-at-arms, Ester Rider; color
bearer, Patricia Artz.
During the business session it was
decided that the Junior girls will en-
terrain the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
American Legion tonight (Decem-
Der 19) at the Legion home. 1t was
also decided that the Junior ;~ls
donate a Christmas basket to the
needy.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
MISS DORIS FOLTZ AIDS
IN PRODUCTION OF PLAY

Miss Doris Foltz, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. x. J. Foltz of Route l, Hag-
erstown, a student at Lynchburg
College, assisted in the Lynchburg
College Players production of Jane
Eyre" a three-act dramatization Of
Charlotte Bronte's novel, presented
at the college Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings December 10 and ~.
Miss Foltz served on the commit
tees on costumes, makeup and prop
critics.
A junior at Lynchburg College,
Miss Foltz is active in campus affairs,
holding offices as president of Inter
national Relations Club, press cor
respondent of Ministerial Associa-
ton and an executive committee
member of Lynchburg College Play
ers. She is a cabinet member of
Student Christian Association, min
isterial editor of The Critograph, col
lege newspaper, and a member of
the Touring Choir, Religious Activ-
tiles Committee and Student Social
Research and Action Committee.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Memorial Plaque
Dedicated Sunday

The beautiful bronze plaque hon
oring the war dead of Washington
County, paid for and erected in
front of the Courthouse by Hagers-
towns Morris Frock Post of the
American Legion, was dedicated at
impressive ceremonies on Sunday
afternoon.
Officiating at the dedication were:
Charles Henry, Post Commander and
Ralph Tagg, Senior Vice-Command-
er. The dedicatory address was Civ
en- by R. Russell Hicks, state chairman
of the American Legion American
ism Committee The firing squad
was furnished by the 29th Division
Association and musical numbers
were given by the Masonic Choir and
the Municipal Band, with Mrs. Carl
McLeary reciting "The Bivouac of
the Dead"
Taking part in the religious part
of the ceremony were: Rev. DR.. Scott
R. Wagner, Rabbi w A. Bucheim,
Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. L, O'Leary and
Rev. Walter Campher.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Community Chest
Meeting Tonight
Five New Directors To Be
Elected-Meeting To Be Held
In Courthouse

The third annual meeting OF. tho
members of the Hagerstown and
Washington County Community
Chest, Inc, will be held at the Court
House tonight (Thursday), at 7:45
p. m. for the purpose of electing five
persons to serve as directors for a
term of three years. The directors
will be selected from a group of ten
nominees that have been chosen by
the nominating committee.
The hold over directors elected by
the membership are as follows: Don
ovan R. Beachley, Myron Bloom, C.
Merritt Campbell, Omar Carryer,
David K. Cushwa, Jr., Roy Dancer,
Sr., ]. B. Ferguson, L. V. Hershey
and Glenn Williams.
A brief financial statement will be
given at the meeting and the presi-
dent will make his annual report.
Every person, firm or corporation
which contributed to the Community
Chest Campaign of 1916 is eligible to
attend and to participate in the cleo
ton and the business to be trans
acted at the meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Dahlia Society Election

At a recent meeting of the Dahlia
Society, held at the YMC.A., the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, H. c. Kuhn; first viee-presi-
dent, I. K. Shank; second vice-presi-
dent, Roy Paulsgrove; secretary, H.
K .Ramsburg; assistant, Mrs. Anna
Lewis; treasurer, Charles w. Zahn;
executive committee, Horatio Will
hide, M. L. Keener, Oscar Moser,
Homer Grove, D. A. Gossard, Mrs.
H. c. Kuhn and A. H. Sherman.
A reading, ga Christmas Story"
was given by members and their
children. Door prizes were won by:
Mrs F. N. Elliott, Mrs. Frank Rohrer,
Mrs. Mae Rockwell, Mrs. Laura
Cooke, Mrs. Frank Wiebel and Mrs.
Emery Banner,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
BRIDGEPORT HOMEMAKERS
HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Bridgeport Homemaker's Club
held their annual Christmas dinner
recently, at st. Johns Lutheran
Church, the Cradle Roll Dept, serv-
ing a delicious, dinner to the 80 mem
bers and guests.
Mrs. V, O. Wallace, co-president
gave a reading, Mrs. Birds Christ
mas Party" after which games were
played, Christmas carols sung and
gifts exchanged.
Mr.. and Mrs Myers then showed
moving pictures.
The meeting ended with candle
lighting service and singing of
Silent Night
The next regular meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Howard
Couchraan Cavetown Pike, Jan. 7.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Convalescent Home
Destroyed By Fire

All Patients At Former Coun-
try Club Removed To Safety
Nurses, Fire Companies, Red
Cross and Ambulances Work
Valiantly-Damage Estimated
At $4,000.
Thanks to the heroic work Of the
nurses, the fire companies, the Red
Cross and the many volunteer am
balances, all of the forty-fve pa
tents at the Hillcrest Convalescent
Home, which was destroyed by fire
on Saturday afternoon, were remov-
ed to safety, without a single injury
being reported. Those who were
able, were taken to the home of rela-
tives, while others were admitted
into the Washington County Hospi-
tai, where, despite the already
crowded condition of that institution,
they were given immediate atten-
ton by the Director of Nursing and
her efficient staff of nurses.
The fire, which is reported to
have started in the vicinity of the
roof, quickly spread throughout the
building, which for years housed the
Country Club. A general alarm was
turned in and every fire company
responded Immediately. Working
valiantly, the firemen, although
hampered by an inadequate water
supply, got the blaze under control
within two hours, but the building
is almost a total loss, with
damage estimated at about $4,000
The building was purchased by
Mr.. and Mrs Michael ]. Sarco about
year ago and had been operated
by them as nursing home. Miss
Hannah Bear was superintendent of
nurses at the home and she and her
staff of nurses deserve a world of
credit for their work in getting the
patients to safety. Most of the nurses
are now on duty at the Washington
County Hospital, caring for the pa
tents from the convalescent home
who are still at the hospital.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Halfway Club Has
Christmas Party

The Homemakers' Club of Half
way held delightful Christmas
party recently, in the Sunday School
room of Trinity Lutheran Church,
preceded by bountiful dinner,
served by Mrs. Eugenia Harmon's
Sunday School class. The table dec
orations in charge of a committee
headed by Mrs. Roger Dansberger,
carried out the Yuletide season motif.
The retiring president, Mrs. Suda
Bupp, presided and the Invocation
was given by the Rev. DR., Wilson P.
Ard.
A delightful program was pre-
sented, during which the following
numbers were given: A reading,
"Byrd's Christmas Carols, by Mrs.
V. o. Wallace; an original playlet,
''The Photographers Christmas" by
Betty Bupp; and three vocal solos by
Miss Catherine yesterday.
The happy occasion closed with
the distribution of gifts, from a
lighted Christmas tree, to all mem
bers present, with Mrs. B. F. Yates
playing the part of Santa Claus.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Sgt. Robt. Fleming.
Now In Germany
Is I.B.M. Operator With us.
Air Forces In Europe.

WIESBADEN, Germany Nov. 3d.
Sgt. Robert Fleming, son of Mrs.
Grace Fleming, Keedysville, Md. is
now serving as an I. B. M. Operator
with the headquarters Of the United
States Air Forces in Europe, the or
ganization policing the American
Zone of Occupied Germany from the
air.
Sgt. Fleming arrived overseas in
December 1945. Prior to entering the
service IN February 1914, he was a
student of Duquesne University in
Pennsylvania. He is a graduate OF
Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro
Md.
Before his arrival in Germany last
year, Sgt. Fleming was Stationed al
Keesler Field, Miss. and Scott Field
Ill.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
Post Office Now
Open Evenings

The Parcel Post and stamp win
dows at the Post Office are now open
every evening, except Sundays, from
8 until o'clock.
The new hours, which will contin-
ue in effect until Christmas in order
to handle this years heavy volume
of parcels and letters ARE: 8 a. m.
until 6 p. m and z p. m. until 9
p. m. The windows will be closed
from p. m. until 7 p. m. in order
to give clerks time to get their
supper.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-19
.Y.M.C.A. Honors
George NJ. Bohman
Awarded Medal For Disting-
uished Service To Youth By
Y.M.C.A. Council.

A signal honor was conferred on
the president Of the Hagerstown
Y. M. c. A., George NJ. Bohman, at
the council meeting of the Central
Atlantic Area of the Y NJ. c. A., held
at Trenton, N. J., on December IA,
when he was presented with The
the Y. NJ. c A medal for "disting-
iushed service to youth" The pre-
sentation was made by Harold NJ.
Davidson, president of the Area
Council.
Mr.. Bohman, who has been presi-
dent of the local '.Y'' since 1885, first
became interested in Y M. c. A. work
in Jamestown, N. Y, back in 1906. He
later helped to organize the 'Y" at
Santa Monica, California, and when
he moved to Cumberland, Maryland,
he continued his activity and was
active in the ''Y' building fund cam
paign in that city.
Moving to HagerstoWn in 1927
Mr.. Bohman, who is a member of the
| firm of Bohman-W arne, Inc, imme-
diately became an active associate
of the local "Y." He was elected g
member of the Board of Directors in
1885 and was named president the
same year.