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At the last meeting of Trades
Council, Delegate Stanley 'Ogg sub
mitted his report of the proceedings
of the forty-fifth annua} convention
of the Ohio State Federation of La
bor held at Columbus, September 17
21, as follows:
Officers and Members, Greetings:
I hereby submit this, my report as
a delegate to the forty-fifth annual
convention of the Ohio State Federa
tion of Labor, held September 17-21,
1928, at the Neil House convention
hall, Columbus, Ohio.
The convention opened "With 183
unions, 20 central bodies and a total
number of delegates present repre
sented as 23G a total number of votes
on roll call as 422, necessary to choice
212 fortunately there was no contest
GLOSS OFF
Will remove the wearshme from
Ladies' and Gents' garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's
162 N. street. Phone 2617-L
NO.MI
Ogg Reports Proceedings
Forty-fifth Convention of
0. S. F. of L. to Trades Council
MINCE MEAT
28
RANK
The l'tir' i-'nod Grocer 3rd & Market
ON
ALL
.SAVINGS
Compounded Semiannually
The West Side Building
and loan Association
Main
and St
1
HIj)rojt'riy LituU i luuy cau$c
more injury than benefit. Prop
erly fitted by our truss, we have
every reason to believe many
cases will be cured. The most
comfortable truss to wear ever
invented. No leg straps to
chafe. We not only fit them cor
rectly, but will give you service
that insures comfort and the
best possible results. Reason
ably priced from $2.50 to $5.00.
We also fit Elastic Stockings,
Shoulder Braces and Abdominal
Belts of all kinds.
RADCLIFFE
DDUG CO,
Ambulance Service
Phone 35
during the entire proceedings, and the
roll call vote was not necessary.
The city of Hamilton was repre
sented by Brothers "George Brandel,
metal polishers Jack Scheaf, stage
employes, and Stanley Ogg, repre
sentnig the Co-Operative Trades and
Labor Council and Moiders' Union
No. 68.
One of the speakers at the opening
day was the Hon. Gov. A. V. Donahey,
who is a member of the Typograph
ical Union, who delivered quite an
interesting address containing some
very interesting statistics concerning
the state of Ohio. The best and most
instructive address delivered during
the convention was made by Rabbi
Jacob Tarshish, of the Temple Israel,
his subject "The Relationship of the
Church and the Synagogue to the
Laboring Classes," was in my opin
ion a masterpiece, and probably no
speaker in the country is more fear
less and able to present this subject.
Many other speakers addressed the
convention, and some very instructive
speeches were indulged in during the
week.
Arnold Bill, acting president of the
federation, presided at the sessions
md conducted the sessions in good
lyle. One notable feature of the
iek
was the large delegation from
incinnati who came to the conven
tion in a special car there were
sixty-four delegates from that city.
At the first day's session the sev
i al different committees were ap
inted to handle the work of the
invention. Of these Bro. Geo. Bran
1' 1, of the metal polishers of Hamil
n, was a member of the committee
i education. Stanley Ogg, your dele
i.te, was chairman of the committee
1 organization. There were 45 reso
i i lions introduced in the convention
1
reels
Rupture
aling with many subjects, some of
i e most important being: No. 1,
aling with the deplorable conditions
'•nfronting the miners of Qfrio and
Uing upon the labor' movement to
'ain come to their rescue this win
icr (adopted) Nos. and 2 and 3, deal
ing
with the hours of employment of
post office clerks (adopted) No. 4,
dealing with police and firemen pen
sions (adopted) No. 5, concerning the
unfair American-LaFranoe and Fom
ite Co., of Elmira, N. Y., makers of
fire fighting equipment (adopted)
No. 6, relative to pension for the cus
todians of public school buildings
(adpoted) No. 7, relative to impress
ing upon the membership of the many
unions the necessity of buying only
union-made goods (adopted) No. 9
relative to the Cooper-Hawes bill
concerning the control of prison-mad^
goods (adopted) No. 10, requesting
the federation to have a bill passed
to outlaw spraying nicR'hines (adopt
ed) No. 11, asking fot* the appoint
ment of a trades unionist on the sev
eral civil service commissions of the
state (adopted) No. 12, asking for
the state to increase the pay of the
employes of the different departments
of the industrial division so as to
make them moi'e efficient (adopted)
No. 13, urging all local unions to es
tablish the five-day week where pos
sible to relieve the present unemploy
merit situation (adopted) No. 14
David Webb
FUIUR&L DiR£GT0R
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and Ambulance in the city
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Funeral Directors
Saturday Specials
FRESH SHOULDER RIBS
Per pound
SMOKED CALA
HAMS
FANCY BOILING BEEF
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Chairs and Tables Rented
17 So. Slreet
Chicago Market Co.
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amending the workmen's compensa
tion act to* increase the amount of
awards (adopted) N. 15, urging city
central bodies to resume their non
partisan political campaigns to elect
our friends and defeat our enemies
(adopted). The nejct dozen of reso
itions concern the building trades and
re of many subjects.
No. 36, a resolution changing the
laws governing the employment of
children in industry, is a very com
plicated bill and deals with the age
nd hours of employment and the
ompensation to them in case of in
jury (adopted). No. 37 had to do
with the purchase of union-madelwritin«
cigars (adapted). No. 38, having
New York.—No member of the Act
ors' Equity Association will hereafter
be permitted to pay more than one
half week's pay to any dramatic
employment agency.
Equitv members thro„Eh
W ^./- ".v~-V"
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age pensions and agreeing to assist!
The convention elected the old ex-1 The result of every such system is
ecutive board, and added
Brother
Chas. Stalf, a member of the
Brew-1those
Equity is affiliated to A. F. of L.
and includes the leading actors and ac
tresses on the American stage. The
new" rule was adopted at a special
meeting in this city. ... ,,
Managers must hereafter employ I
Theatrical managers oppose the
plan, and Equity officials counter with
the threat to abolish all agencies and
book employment of their members|
through their organization.
We have no desire to take on thel
work that would be involved, but we
ire going to protect our members,"|
aid Frank II. Gillman, executive sec
•etary of Equity.
COAL MINERS
Of
England Are e i n
g|
Lured To Canada
London, England.—Han owing tales
of hardships are received by relatives
)f miners who have been shipped to
the Canadian harvest fields by the
government.
The Daily Herald prints this letter
received by the parents of one youth:
'Just a line to let you know that
Canada is a washout and that the
boys have been led into a trap. They
are expecting us to work 16 hours a
day for a dollar a day, work which
only lasts a fortnight. You can't earn
your train fare back to 'Winnipeg,
never mind 60 dollars to come back to
England, so you can look out for
trouble, as a lot have been turned
the streets
The miners have smashed nearly
all the windows in Brandon so you can
see how things are brewing. Don't
answer as we don't know where we
are going to spend the next day. I
am broke and have also been sick
fell flat on the farm and was declared
unfit so 1 am expecting to come
home."
Toronto.—The inflow of British
workers to Dominion harvest fields
was denounced by the Trades and La
bjr Congress convention.
Delegates said that men brought
here so late in the harvest season
would compete wjth men already seek
ing work.
THEATER WORKERS GAIN
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
pry Workers' Union of Cincinnati, as I hand-out system was largely re
seventh vice president. Arnold Bill, I sponsible for the secrecy that sur
of the State Council of Carpenters of I rounded the making of the Teapot
Cleveland, was elected president.! Dome and Elk Hills oi} leases to Sin
our delegate was elected third vice! clair and Doheny and that was suc
president. After leaving the selection| cessfully maintained for some time
the 1929 convention city to the
xeeutive board, Brother Ed Tinney,
a former board member, installed the
new officers, and the convention ad-|
journed. STANLEY OGG.
UNION ACTORS
Will Oppose Gouging Labor|
Agents
The Cherry
Ml Where with our
1T&& Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly
That the "information service" of
the League of Nations at Geneva is
drifting into a "suppression service,"
is the opinion of Albin E. Johnson,
for Edltor and
iournal of
do with the inspection of and opera-1 This tendency is the general ten
tion of boiler rooms (adopted). No.I dency wherever "information services"
39, referring to the executive boardlare introduced into government of
the matter of some municipalities!fices.
failing to pay into the state fund of I It is important to know that the sys
the compensation act this resolution Item which governs the getting or giv
referred specifically to the city of I ing of news at League of Nations
Cleveland and Cuyahoga county,I headquarters also governs the same
where there is now a dispute having! ground in the headquarters of the In
to do with the use of injunctions.! ternational Labor office.
No. 41, expressing a desire for old!
The same
The few sincere efforts that have
been made to break down the vicious
hand-out system have come to noth
ing because office holders have, gen
erally, more endurance than newspa
per men whose jobs, affer all, depend
on writing a fairly sustained volume
of news and not in breaking down
systems.
that the public gets only that which
in office want published.- The
thereafter. It has been worked to
the limit by the power trust.
No politician has yet promised an
open door for news in Washington,
and it is one of the most important
promises any candidate could make
Information services" are goqd
when they facilitate the getting of
legitimate information. But custom
arily they degenerate into systems for
divulging favorable information and
concealing all other information. Mr.
Johnson reports, for the benefit of all
American newspaper men, that this
system is in a state of high perfec
tion in Geneva, and it is as important
for wage earners to know this as for
newspaper men. It is equally im
portant that they should know the
same system operates like a clock in
Washington.
Corporations have, since the war
1
agencies
that will be licensed by Equity. The |"»». been us.ng the same method. The
actors agree to only patronize such
icensed agencies.
»h.ch.brought th system mtc.pe,•fee-
idea is that if you turn out enough
news to supply the demand for news
nobody will wonder about the news
that is not turned out. Therefor, the
job of every press agent, publicity
man, "public relations counsel," or
'information service director," is to
turn out enough favorable news to
blanket the news that is not favorable
Publicity men are suppressing the
most vital and interesting news and
the system works at least 75 per cent
efficiently.
There will be no permanent destruc
tion of the "information service" sys
tem for a long time, even though there
may be temporary efforts to crash the
gates of real news here and there.
It will take a new kind of journalism
with a return to old ideals before the
suppression machines will finally go
to the junk heap.
Meanwhile, the evil rates with "the
shame of the cities" that stirred us in
the muckv nineties
AUGUST WORK
Figures Show Three
Cent Gain
Seattle.—A wage increase of $5 a
week has been secured by musicians,! Peoria.—The Board of Education
stage employes and movie picture op-1 calls on school employes to sign
era tors in this city. Building service I "yellow dog." This denial of the rgiht
employes are advanced $3 a week. All I to join a voluntary organization
down-town theatres but three pay thel theirt5wn choosing is denounced by or
new rates. ganized labor.
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Polisher, the
"ewPaperdom
system is and has long
been 5n use in
in introducing such a bill. No. 42,1 where it has come to be known as the
referring to the executive board the I ^'hand-out system," meaning that
matter of a bill to be known as the newspaper men are expected to take
qualification law, requiring certain
qualifications of men before being
employed in mines. No. 43, instruct
ng the executive boatfd to again in
troduce an anti-yellow dog bill. No.
44, concerning the enactment of a bar-| pense.
hers' license bill. No. 45,.condemn
ng the action of county and state
nd federal officials for enjoining
union workers for exercising their
ights in the state. Taken all in all
the forty-fifth convention of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor was a most
harmonious one, and much business
was transacted for the improvement
ind good of the labor movement of
Ohio.
Washington, D. C.,
what is presented to them on nice,
neat mimeographed sheets and to look
no further: In fact, looking further
is severely penalized in ways well
known to those who have news to dis-
Per
W a s i n o n U n e o y e n
among organized workers decreased
.3 per cent in 24 cities during August
u compa|.w| with July Mcordi„e
to
reports received by Wm. Green, A.
of L. president. The percentage of
unemployment during the first half
[year of 1028 was:
All Bldg. All othe
Trades, Trades, Trades
TerCt. PerCt.
Per Ct.
January 18 36 11
February 1H 39 10
March 1H 38 10
April 16 32 9
May 1H 25 8
June 11 22 7
(July 12 24 8
August 9 1£ 6
Preliminary figures for September
indicate that unemployment among
organized workers is not materially
changing.
"YELLOW DOG" IN PEORIA
ERRORISTS WILL
BE LEGALIZED
Rome.—Mussolini will force his
personally controlled parliament to
pass a law which gives the Fascist
Grand Council a constitutional status.
Under the proposed law the council
will no longer act in an advisory ca
pacity to the Fascist party, but will be
the government. It will draw up a
list of Fascist candidates for parlia
ment which will be submitted to the
voters. Selection of any other candi
date is denied.
It will also make a list of persons
it regards fit to be prime minister,
thus having a final choice in the se
lection of Mussolini's successor. It
will list persons it regards suitable* to
hold government posts, thus becoming
the kingS's chief advisor in the selec
tion of ministers and under secretaries.
The council is a group w^o have
usurped direction of domestic' affairs,
and have acted as spokesman for Mus
solini. They enforce their will through
terroristic tactics and have outlawed
strikes, established compulsoyr arbi
tration, prohibited opposition parties,
replaced legitimate unions with Fas
cist "unions" and gagged the press.
Members of the council are immune
from arrest without authorization of
their colleagues. The king is merely
symbol under the Fascist regime.
Men
Attention
ALL MEN'S
WALKOVER
CARRY THIS
LABEL
^pOT
WORKERS UNION
UNIONAHSTAMP
Leifheit's
Walk-Over Boot Shop
21 1 High Street
Patrons and
Public in
General
Do you realize when
sending your
DRY CLEANING
OR DYEING
To
The Hilz Bros. Co.
Under Management of
JOSEPH HILZ
You Get Direct Service
PHONE 4 OR 157
Hean and Reglaze Furs
Repair and Alter Clothing
Ueiine
Have no Branch Stores
Own and operate our own Plant
T"e
SIMEON D. FESS
Edgar
12s
O E N
The Labor Temple Auditorium. For dances, bazaars, parties, etc.
Inquire of the Trustees, or phone 1296 for dates.
SAND-GRAVEL-CEMENT
Tht Hamilton Gravel Co.
Phone 3708
LET US QUOTE YOU ON YOUR
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS
And You Will See the Difference
Butler County Lumber
Th. Holbroc.K Bros. c«.
DRY GOODS CARPETS CLOAKS
MILLINERY, QUEENSWARE
O U S E U N I S I N S
Voss-Holhrock Stamps With All Cash Purchases
Funeral
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1
wilh just TW0 PR0FITS
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JpO, «p4, «pu Lan(] Ours—No Middleman's
High St.
Ohio Is a Proud State
AMD ITS FKJDE DEMANDS
Preeminent
Representation
v
ki the
United States
Senate
Such representation will be assured by the election of Simeon D. Fess to the long
term and Theodore E. Burton to the short term in the United States Senate.
Seldom has any state the opportunity to send to the senate two such statesmen and
scholars, men of st*ch wide experience and ability and so prominent the nation's
councils.
Bach has Ae confidence of the people. Each will uphold President Herbert
Hoover. Ohio owes it to itself to vote Nov. 6 far Fess and Burton, candidates for
the United States Senate on the Republican ticket.
Republican Camp^n Committee, Hairy D. Silver, Chafrman. Ncf! Hntl*. OH*.
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Service
We render an intelligent, sympathetic service, never slight
ing on quality however, we do render a service that is
within reach of all.
The price is the patron's to determine, nevertheless we be
lieve in true economy, and particularly guard them from
overbuying.
Our beautiful Funeral Home is always at your disposal.
Kurial Garments designed for each individual case and made
in our own establishment.
Wagner
Funeral Director
IMAN'S
ALT WOOL
sr
Open Saturdays
Until
9 p. m.
yours
THE ROMAN BROS. CO.
Opposite Court House
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