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VOL. XXVIII. No. 8
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By International Labor News Service.
New York City.—On May 19 the
Federation Bank and Trust Company,
of this city, celebrated the fifth anni
versary of its founding. Its proud
boast that it is the most representa
tive banking institution in the coun
try is backed by its roster of stock
holders and depositors. There are
more than 40 international unions
listed as stockholders, while more than
50 are depositors. More than 150
local unions "hold stock and more than
400 are depositors.
With Samuel Gompers and Gov. A1
Smith in attendance the bank opened
its doors May, 1923, with a capital
and surplus of $500,000. Both then
opened accounts. Its resources are
now more than $21,000,000.
When the bank was two years old
President Coolidge wrote to the presi
dent of the bank, Peter J. Brady, say
ing: "On account of the nature of
your depositors, you have one of the
greatest responsibilities of any bank
ing institution in your locality. It
must be-a success."
On the fifth anniversary President
Brady, whose tremendous energy and
resourcefulness have contributed the
directing force toward success, said
of the bank's record:
"Five years ago organized lcflbor in
New York began a tremendous experi
ment. The New York State Federa
tion of Labor and the Central Trades
and Labor Council of New York city,
representing close to a million wage
earners, decided to enter the field of
banking. Men and women in all the
various branches of industry were re
ceiving increasing compensation for
their services standards of living
were being raised the demands for
education ol' children and the workers
GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP
Favored Only Until Profits
Are Assured
Washington.—Government owner
ship fails because pioneering is done
under this system and private inter
ests take control when profits loom,
said Congressman La Guardia.
The New York lawmaker called at
tention to a statement by Mr. Deni
son of Illinois on the floor of the house
that the government owned and oper
ated barge lines on the Mississippi
and Warrior rivers should be turned
over to private operation when they
are on a paying basis.
Mr. Denison said the government
"ought to carry on this work when
private capital can not and will not go
into it, in order to demonstrate that it
can be done successfully and profit
ably to the shippers and then the gov
ernment ought to get out of business."
"It requires no imagination to know
just what will be said when that time
comes," said Mr. La Guardia. "It will
be argued that the government lost
money that it is unable to operate
and after it is turned over to private
operation it will thereafter always be
used as an example against govern
ment operation.
"It will be entirely forgotten that
it took the government to initiate the
plan, develop it to the point of profit-
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Federation Bank 5 Years Old
Resources Over $21,000,000
More Than Forty International Unions Hold Stock And
More Than Fifty Are Depositors Four Hundred
Local Unions Support Now Powerful Institution.
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themselves were multiplying, and
there was a feeling in the labor world
generally that it was time for a new
deal in so far as the handling of the
finances of the wage earners was con
cerned.
"The organizers of the Federation
Bank and Trust Company saw the
possibility of teaching the workers to
save money. They believed that work
ing men and women could be aided in
a sound financial way to become own
ers of their own homes and rear their
children in an atmosphere hitherto un
known in the congested centers of
population. This vision has been par
tially realized, but the realization was
not brought out entirely by the forces
of labor. Experienced bankers, econo
mists, publicists, captains of industry,
merchants and professional men all
have joined to lay down the great cor
ner stone of confidence upon which
has been builded the bank's success—
a triumph not attained by any similar
institution.
"We have proceeded to build this
bank just as a good mechanic goes
about any job in which he has real
pride. We have seen to it that every
part of our structure has been build
ed soundly and in an enduring way.
"The bank has grown rapidly in its
five years of existence and there can
be no question but that it will grow
much more rapidly in the future.
Through the bank, organized labor has
learned much of the problems of the
business world and the businsse world
has learned much more about labor
than it knew before. The bank will
continue to promote this better under
standing, and I am sure this institu
tion is destined to stand as one of
the great monuments of organized la
bor in the city, state and nation."
able operation and then to be grabbed
by a private corporation to enjoy the
profits. Yet, when that time comes I
dare say that every one of the so
called conservatives will be ready with
their made-to-order speeches against
government operation.
"It was the same with the .railroads.
When the country was confronted
with an emergency that required the
greatest efficiency in the operation of
the railroads the companies came
cringing to Washington admitting
that they were not able to perform the
task. The government took over the
railroads and demonstrated the waste
and loss of private operation. It took
the government to show how terminals
could be used in common, how dupli
cate freight lines could be eliminated,
and no matter what may be said the
government operated the railroads ef
ficiently during a period of crisis when
the operation was under every pos
sible disadvantage."
LABOR WANTS LIGHT
ON PRISON-MADE GOODS
Pressmen's Home, Tenn.—The an
nual convention of the Tennessee Fed
eration of Labor objects to the secrecy
of convict-made goods in the state
and to the secrecy surrounding
treatment of convicts.
State officials were called upon to
furnish the names of concerns oper
ating the prison factories and to allow
officers of the federation to visit pe
nal institutions and investigate con
ditions.
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Children's Newest Style New
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$1.90 $3.90 $3.90
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By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—Indications are
that the United States senate will
keep its word, while the house will
keep its obligations to labor's oppon
ents, in dealing with the Shipstead
anti-injunction bill.
Leading members of the senate
judiciary committee have informed
President William Green, of the
American Federation of Labor, that
they have about agreed on a report,
in which will be embodied a substi
tute for the Shipstead bill.
A dozen of the leading lawyers of
America have been consulted by the
American Federation of Labor and
by the senate committee and the draft
Which will be reported will in all
probability be the nearest thing to
an agreed-upon draft that can be had.
Senate committee leaders having the
work in charge are credited with
complete sincerity in seeking an anti
injunction bill that will work and with
great zeal in prosecuting their task.
The senate bill may or may not
come to a vote. Whether it does or
not is regarded by many as of sec
ondary importance, except that if the
senate does come to a vote the meas
ure will have some added impetus in
the fall session. The house will not
get to a vote and will not even see
a committee report. The house com-
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
Law Will Not Result in
This Session, But New
Prestige Has Been Won
Senate Committee Leaders Keep Their Word and Have
Report About Ready, but House is Faithful to Re
action—Issue Up Again in Fall Session.
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1928
June Brides
Labor's Injunction Fight
Scores Important Advance
mittee is not rushing its work the
contrary is the case. Upon that com
mittee must rest the responsibility for
throwing the bill over to the fall ses
sion of congress—the lame duck ses
»n. That there will be no anti
injunction bill prior to the fall session
now certain. Injunction judges
will have at least one more summer of
freedom to rule according to their
likes or their prejudices. But the in
junction issue has gained a new pres
tige and labor's position has been
materially advanced.
MASS PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
Fails If Employers Get All
Benefits
Boston.—"Mass production can only
be successful if followed by mass con
sumption and this can be achieved by
higher wages," declared the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers'
convention.
The unionists point out that work
ers pay for waste in industry. "The
employer is protected by his fixed in
come. The cost of management, too,
is more or less defined. The banker
is protected by the law of fixed inter
est the landlord by the law of fixed
rents. So, ultimately, it is the work
er who bears the burden of waste in
the form of lower wages.
"Our quarrel is not with mass pro
duction but rather with the way it is
administered. What has resulted from
the universal eagerness for increased
productivity as at present administer
ed? The answer is 'unemployment.'
Promises that the worker would share
in the benefits of mass production are
not being realized.
"He began to understand that he
is the victim of mass production. It
dawned upon him that the more he
produced the less safe his position
became. In a word, he felt the pinch
of unemployment in the midst of pros
perity. With this insecurity, he dis
covered that the improved technique
which he and his organization co
operated in introducing worked to his
detriment. The worker began to ask
questions. The current phrase, indeed,
ran, 'The benefits of our prosperity,'
and his question followed, 'Prosperity
for whom?' What did the new system
of production hold for him?
"Our present era of unemployment
is quite different from previous peri
ods of depression as it is due not only
to cyclical causes but also to technical
improvements in the machinery of
business management.
"The labor movement sponsors im
proved technique which leads to in
dustrial progress, but it insists that
the economic interest of the workers
shall be protected during the period
of adjustment."
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A. F. OF L.
Sends No Delegate to Ge
neva
Washington, D. C., (I. L. N. S.).—
Announcenment, published last week
on authority of the International La
bor Office, to the effect that John H.
Walker would represent the American
Federation of Labor at the Interna
tional Labor conference in Geneva has
been denied by the American Federa
tion of Labor. Mr. Walker is en route
to Geneva, but not as a representative
of the American Federation of Labor.
The A. F. of L. statement says:
The American Federation of Labor
will not participate in the proceedings
of the International Labor conference.
It will not be represented either di-
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Congoleum Rugs,
9 by 12 ft
Third—
Bayonne, N. J. (I. L. N. S.)—Defy
ing the rules of company unionism,
2,100 oil workers at the Bayonne plant
of the Tide Water Oil Company went
on strike and did not return to work
until the company granted five of the
seven most important demands made
by the men.
When the men walked out, Rex
Rogers, general superintendent, an
nounced that the plane would be clos
ed pending adjustment of the strike
by the works council. But what the
men thought of the works council was
shown, after two whole days had
passed without an adjustment, at a
strikers' meeting. There a company
statement was passed among them it
threatened them with dismissal and
loss of death benefits. The strikers
greeted it with boos, catcalls and
jeers some of the men tore up the
statements, others threw theirs on the
floor and trampled on them.
The strike was in protest against
conditions said to have been brought
about through an economy program
recently put into effect at the plant.
A petition originated by fifty-five
employes had been presented to the
management through the works coun­
rectly or through an obsei*ver."
At the International Labor office
here, in the absence of Director Leifur
Magnusson, who is en route to Geneva,
it was said that the announcement
that Mr. Walker would represent the
A. F. of L. was an error, due to a
misunderstanding in that office. It
was said that Mr. Magnusson had tel
egraphed from his ship just before
sailing that he regretted the error
and that he understood the truth to be
that Mr. Walker was a distinguished
American trade unionist who bore let
ters of introduction from members of
the executive council.
FEDERAL ESTATE TAX
PROVISIONS RETAINED
Washington.—The senate rejected
several attempts to repeal the federal
inheritance tax. This tax can not be
passed on to the public and strong
efforts have been made to secure its
annullment.
The strategy of inheritance tax
foes was to insist it was a state
question. If this viewpoint were ac
cepted. the states would then mm-
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in Superb New Rugs
The old Rugs won't do any longer. Not when prices are so low. New
rugs like these and so economically priced mean that you must absolutely
have them. All sorts of grades, all sorts of sizes, all sorts of designs, all sorts
of colors and patterns. Such are the important high lights of this Sale. Re
ductions on all sizes—from 27x54 up to full room sizes. Axminsters, Wiltons,
Chinese, Persians, Wool Velvets, Brussels and Turkish designs.
FEATURING
$34.75
$6.45
Tnlaid Linoleum,
Per vard
Brenlin Window
Shades
KREBS
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Oil Plant Workers Strike
In Defiance of Fake Union
More Than 2,000 Men Walk Out When Company "Stalls"
By Referring Petition to Board of Directors
cil. The complaint had to do with the
classification of a stilling operator, the
replacement of men used for vacation
substitution on two batteries of stills,
and the reinstatement of an employe
who had been fired on charges of
damaging equipment and endangering
life and property. In accordance with
the work council's procedure, this peti
tition was referred to the board of
directors of the company.
At 4 o'clock one afternoon the men,
through their representative, advised
the local management that they
would not wait for a decision of the
directors but wanted a "yes" or "no"
answer to their petition. Superintend
ent Rogers told the representative this
could not be given. The men then
stopped work and persuaded the em
ployes of other departments to join
the walkout.
Mayor Bert Daly sought to act as
peacemaker, but failed in a six-hour
conference to y dge the strikers from
their position. They told him that the
regulations of the works council had
not been lived up to and that they
would not go back until the company
agreed to conform to the rules.
pete with one another to induce
wealthy persons to live within their
jurisdiction by failing to tax pass
tax inheritance laws. Florida has
taken this action by declaring in its
constitution that the legislature of
that state can not pass such a levy.
ANY OLD KIND
Of
Injunction is Aid to Em
ployers, Says Frey
Washington.—When a labor injunc
tion is set aside by a higher court, the
writ has served its purpose, says John
P. Frey, secretary-treasurer A. F. of
L. Metal Trades department, writing
in the bulletin of that organization.
These injunctions, said Mr. Frey,
are just as serviceable to the employ
er as if they were not set aside, as the
issue between the employer and work
ers is generally terminated.
"In practically every case where in
junctions have been modified by high
er courts the result has been similar
to the jury finding the accused not
?uiltv after he has heen hanged."
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