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VOL. XXVIII. No. 37
Port Worth, Tex. (I. L. N. S.).—
Already people ar^ beginning to re
sent mechanical musie in the motion
picture theatres, although the novelty
of synchronization has hardly worn
off, President Joseph Weber of the
American Federation of Musicians
told an audience of union musicians
at a dinner in his honor here.
President Weber predicted that me
chfenical music in the theatres can
never take the place of musicians and
that it will not satisfy the American
public. Should it prove a permanent
success, theaters will be the "grave
yard of music" rather than centers
for its advancement, he maintains. A
few musicians could entertain every
body through the machines, but there
would be no incentive for other mu
sicians to study. Thus music as an
art would die..
Stage Would Be De-Humanized
"But it will not happen so," Weber
said. "We leave it to the 'American
public. Mechanically reproduced mu
sic is like a photograph. It carries
none of the temperament, the soul of
the musician. The stage becomes de
humanized. Without people the stage
would lose its glamor. With only pho
tographs on the screen and only mu
sic ground out by a machine, the the
ater would indeed become a dreary
place, without power to hold the pub
lic. It will turn from the theaters to
the radio.
"Already people are beginning to
HIGH WAGES
Aid To Civic Life Labor
Contention Upheld
Hartford, Conn.—"An industry that
demands low-wage employes is a hurt
to the community," said Thomas F.
McMahon, president United Textile
Workers, in an address to the Catho
lic Conference on Industrial Problems.
"The bedrock of community life,
nay, of civilization itself—the home—
Is shattered when workers are depend
ent upon wages not sufficient to meet
their necessities," said the trade un
ionist.
"This breeds vice and is a field for
political, civil and moral corruption.
The mind of the human dependent up
on low wages is obsessed by danger-
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People Beginning to Resent
"Canned" Music in Theatres,
Weber Tells Union Musicians
Saturday Specials
FRESH SHOULDER RIBS
Per pound
SMOKED CALA
HAMS
FANCY BOILING BEEF
Per pound
resent synchonization and the novel
ty is hardly worn off. I have seen it
all over the country. In the Ess? the
theaters are keeping the orchestras
that can give that human touch and
theaters everywhere will be obliged
to do so if they maintain their patron
age. Americans are a music-loving
people and will not be contojat with
canned sound!"
Says U. S. Is Music Center
Weber praised the American's ap
preciation of music. "America is the
center of music today—that is without
question, and the country is in a good
way to establish an American national
school 8f music. Our musicians no
longer are obliged to go abroad to
finish their study. On the contrary,
foreigners are now coming to Amer
ica."
"Twenty-five years ago," he con
tinued, "an American-born musician
was a rare thing in the symphony or
chesrta. Today the majority of the
flayers are Americans. A famous
symphony orchestra recently filling in
^vacancies announced with pride that
six of the seven accepted were Ameri
cans.
"America^? love of music is a na
tion-wide thing. Good musicians are
no longer Confined to the big cities.
Fort Worth has a truly representative
group—as good musicians as are to
be found anywhere."
ous thoughts to the community when
he sees others leading an immoral atld
riotous life from the fruits of his la
bor while his wife and children suffer.
"Tens of thousands of textile work
ers are forced Jo get aiong without
half enough income to maintain the
standard required for decency and
health. So long as the purchasing
power of wage earners enables them
to buy back commodities they produce,
the wheels of industry will be kept in
continuous operation. The purchasing
power of the masses must balance
with their earning capacity.
"From the beginning the organized
labor movement contended that na
tional prosperity depends upon high
wages. While economists might seem
to be right in theory they were wrong
in practice. At last we find our po
sition sustained."
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decision of the Executive Council of
the New York State Federation of
Labr, the Fedei*ation's bill to curb the
issuance of injunctions in labor dis
putes will be the main legislative de
mand of organized labor at the com
ing session of the state legislature.
In a statement announcing the deci
sion of the Council, John M. O'Hanlon,
secretary-treasurer of the Federation,
pointed out that both the Democratic
and Republican parties have declared
that legislative relief from the in
junction should be provided.
'They realize as do the members of
organized labor," said Mr. O'Hanlon,
"that the issuing and consequences of
such injunctions, defeating as they do
the otherwise legal and natural rights
of wage workers to organize and
achieve fair wages and employment
conditions for their membership, is
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From Stand on Is sue Taken
By Big Political Parties
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,1928
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New York Labor Makes Injunction
Curb Chief Legislative Demanc
communists to overthrow the govern
ment and permits such abuse of the
powers of the court?.
For Amending Code
"The bill will be the same as last
year, which provides that the civil
practice code shall be amended so as
to require that no injunction shall be
issued in an industrial dispute until
after a hearing before the judge to
whom the application is made, at
which time the facts alleged in the
moving affadavits and papers are to
be tested and answering affidavits
submitted by the parties against
whom the restraining order is sought.
"Both sides are to be represented
by legal counsel in this proceeding
and sufficient proof must be shown
before such injunction is granted by
the judge. At the present time such
injunctions are issued without the
other side being permitted an oppor
tunity to be represented by counsel
in court or to examine and answer and
controvert the personal affidavits up
on which the injunction is applied for.
Other Provisions
"This bill defines what industrial
dispute signifies and its relation to
conditions of employment. It then
goes on to amend the judiciary law
by providing that in the event an in
junction is issued and any person is
charged with having evaded or violat
ed its terms, such charge of violation
or evasion shall be tried before a jury
and guilt or innocence established by
a verdict.
"At present the judge issuing an
injunction under the existing proced
ure summons any person charged with
violation of its terms before himself
and determines if the person is guilty
thereof, and immediately sentences
him to prison as a criminal without
any attempt at trial by jury. This
provision for jury trial is a simple
guarantee of every citizen's right to
trial by a jury of his peers."
TWO UNIONS AGREE
Washington. The international
unions of operating engineers and
stationary firemen disavow any in
tention to transgress upon the other's
jurisdiction. The statement, which is
drawn up in the form of an agree
ment, is signed by the two presidents
and approved by President Green and
the A. F. of L. executive council.
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Chicago.—Charges of graft in the
sale of gasoline and equipment to the
so-called "stockholder" drivers of the
notoriously anti-union Checker Taxi
Company of Chicago, and the asser
tion of Federal Judge James H. Wil
kerson that "there appears to be a
very serious conspiracy to defraud the
United States" through failure to
make proper income tax returns fea
tured the further testimony before
Master in Chancery Thomas J. Peden
in the $1,500,000 breach of contract
suit brought by the Checker Cab Man
ufacturing Company of New Jersey
against the non-union Chicago con
cern.
Judge Wilkerson denied a motion to
limit and circumscribe the investiga
tion into the affairs of the Checker
Taxi Company, which has been going
on for several weeks.
The motion was made by Attorneys
Edgar J. Cook and Arthur F. Albert
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Indianapolis, Ind. (I. L. N. S.).—
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners has returned virtually all
the old officers to their respective po
sitions in the International Union at
the general election just held in which
some 400,000 members took part. In
asmuch as all the general officers,
with two exceptions, were nominated
without opposition, their election, of
course, is assured. The list is as fol
lows
General president, William L.
Hutcheson first general vice presi
dent, John T. Cosgrove second gen
eral vice president, George H. Lakey
general secretary, Frank Duffey gen
eral treasurer, Thomas Neale. Gen
eral executive board, all nominated
without opposition, except in two in
stances, and eletced are: First dis
trict, T. M. Guerin, Troy, N. Y. sec
ond district. W. T. Allen, Philadel-
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Bar Association representatives at
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ficials for the Checker Taxi Company
and were almost losing sight of
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Judge Wilkerson shut off further
debate when he said that some of the
most serious charges ever made
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tained in the pleadings and counter
pleadings, including a charge that
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phia third district, John H. Botts,
Cincinnati fourth district, James P.
Ogletree, Tampa, Fla. fifth district,
J. W. Williams, St. Louis sixth dis
trict, A. W. Muir, San Francisco sev
enth district, Arthur Martel, Mon
treal, Quebec. John II. Botts of Cin
cinnati and A. W. Muir of San Fran
cisco were opposed by Harry Schwar
zer of Cleveland and Walter Bennett
of Seattle. Returns indicate the elec
tion of these nominees over Potts and
Muir.
The membership also voted on
amending the international constitu
tion including the adoption of the
five-day week as a part of the policy
of the organization an increase of $5
in initiation fee, the same to become
a part of the old-age pension fund and
the Home fund an increase in the per
capita tax of 15 cents a month for the
Home fund a payment of $15 a month
to those persons who do not care to
avail themselves of the Home for the
Aged. According to the returns these
amendments have carried.
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