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VOL. XXIX. No. 8
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
appeal for aid from national and in
ternational unions and trade unionists
in general for Elizabethton textile
strikers, was approved and endorsed
by the executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor in session
here, as the council reviewed the
whole strike situation.
Included in the important business
will be election of delegates to rep
resent the American Federation of
Labor in the convention of the Pan
American Federation of Labor in
January, a convention that many ex
pect to rank as the most important
yet held, in view of conditions in
Cuba and in view of the recently
ended Mexican rebellion.
LABOR CONVENTION
ASSAILS JONES LAW
Cumberland, Md. (ILNS)—The
Volstead act and the Jones law were
condemned at the 25th annual con
vention of the Maryland State and
District of Columbia Federation of
Labor held here. A resolution de
scribes the Jones law, which provides
for drastic punishment of violators
of the Volstead act, as "an act of
violence upon the law of nature and
common sense an assault upon free
government which defeats temper
ance and moderation in the use of
alcohol."
Other resolutions passed were: Re
questing President William Green, of
the American Federation of Labor, to
designate a permanent representative
of the American Federation of Labor
in the state of Maryland and District
of Columbia indorsing old age pen
sions and urging enactment of a law
in Maryland to that effect covering
the entire state urging congress to
provide sufficient revenue to maintain
the naval strength of the United
States as agreed by the Washington
treaty of 1922 condemning ttoejftCtion_
of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, for
having withdrawn its $3,000,000
printing contract from a 100 per cent
union establishment and turning it
over to a non-union plant to increase
the pensions of soldiers, sailors and
marines who served in the war with
Spain, the Philippine insurrection and
Boxer uprising declaring in favor of
a five-day working week and a six
hour working day.
FASCISM
In America Under Fire
Federal Probe Urged
New York.—The American Friends
of Italian Freedom forwarded a peti
tion to President Hoover, Secretary
of State Stimson and several senators
and congressmen in which the gov
ernment is asked to investigate Count
Thaon di Revel, head of the Fascist
League of North Amercia, and to
also investigate that organization.
The petitioners are a committee
of prominent Americans who are
aiding American-born Italians in
their opposition to the Fascist
Executive Council Approves
Appeal for Textile Strike Aid
Quarterly Session Surveys Developments in Great Strug
gle—Will Elect Delegates to Pan-American Federa
tion of Labor Convention in Havana and Visit Hoover.
Before adjournment the entire
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RICH MAN'S
GOING TO WEST POINT
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—
For the first time in history, the
executive council of the A. F.
of L. will visit West Point,
where there will be a review of
cadets and a general "big day."
The invitation was extended by
the commanding general. Ic
breaks all precedents and con
stitutes a signal and unusual
honor to the trade unions.
council will call at the white house
for a conference with President
Hoover and to pay respects. The next
meeting of the council will be held
in Atlantic City in August.
League. The Mussolini group would
check the Americanization of Ital
ians and make these people subserv
ient to the Italian dictator.
Count di Revel is not an American
citizen. He and his Fascist League
are establishing branches throughout
the country for the purpose of spread
ing the doctrine of Fascism (exalta
tion of state over the individual)
among Italian immigrants and mak
ing them followers of Mussolini. Fas
cist agents destroyed the free Italian
press in America, created an espion
age system over Italians residing here
and continually invade the rights of
Italian citizens.
The American Friends of Italian
Freedom declare that conditions in
Italian sections here would not be
tolerated if Americans were acquaint
ed with conditions.
FOOD PRICES
Decline to Lowest in Year
By RALPH F. COUCH
Washington, D. C.—Retail footl
prices are at the lowest point of any
time in the past year, it is indicated
by the newest price study completed
by the-U. &. labordepartment.
Food consumed by the average
American family was procurable in
April at a cost approximately 52 per
cent above the levels which obtained
in 1913, the department found.
By comparison with March this was
a drop of about one per cent, and a
decline of 2.3 per cent since February.
The labor department's food price
investigations are based upon the
actual prices to the consumer of prin
cipal foods as quoted by neighbor
hood stores in more than 50 large
cities throughout the countx*y. Quo
tations are obtained each month for
the same foods from a number of
stores in each city.
WIN FIVE-DAY WEEK
Erie, Pa.—Organized carpenters
will have the five-day week beginning
August 1. Wages are increased 2V2
cents an hour. More than 400 work
ers are benefited.
ELECTRICIANS GAIN
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Electrical
workers compromised their wage de
mand of $1 a day increase. They are
advanced 40 cents, or to $9.40.
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Taking direct issue with statements
made by the governor, Mr. Berry also
charges that the sending of troops
to Elizabethton is endangering life
and property instead of preserving it.
To prove his assertion, Mr. Berry
cites the peaceful conditions in
Elizabethton before the troops were
sent as contrasted with the present
bitter state of feeling in the com
munity.
Mr. Berry also charges that the
governor has violated the state con
stitution by sending troops to Eliz
abethton, and refers to a statement
made by the executive as "purely
unadulterated twaddle." In ending his
letter, Mr. Berry says that he antici
pated the presence of the troops will
lead to trouble and possible fatalities,
which he charges the governor will be
chiefly responsible for.
Governor's Course "Disastrous"
Mr. Berry's letter in part follows:
"My Dear Governor Horton:
'This is to acknowledge your com
munication of the 11th received on my
arrival at the home office this day.
and I have read your letter very
carefully.
"In the first instance it is my nat
ural inclination to maintain a rela
tionship of amiability with all with
whom I come in contact, and I am
especially desirous of pursuing this
course as it particularly affects the
representatives of the state and fed
eral government who are charged with
the responsibility of official conduct
and, therefore, I do not seek to be
critical of the chief executive of our
state, but your attitude with refer
ence to the Elizabethton situation
makes it necessary for me to very
positively disagree with the course
you are pursuing, because it is erron
eous and disastrous.
'In your communication of the 11th
I observe you use the following lan
guage:
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Open Saturdays
Until
9 p. m.
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was in hopes you might assist
in bringing about an agreement be
tween the contending parties."
'Please be certain that this was
my desire, and because of that fact
I accepted your request that I act
as mediator, although you had not
advised the parties at issue of my
appointment, nor had you inquired
of them if I would be acceptable.
Your failure in this placed me in the
very first instance in a most embar
rassing position however, I proceed
ed to communicate with the parties
in a joint letter with which you are
familiar. The representatives of the
en^lo^s. accepted and the, represen­
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
President Berry Takes Direct Issue With Horton
in Stinging Letter, Which Assails Governor's
Course in Strike—Holds Governor Responsible
For Trouble Anticipa
Knoxville, Tenn. (ILNS)—In a let
ter to Gov. Henry II. Horton, taking
the governor severely to task for his
attitude and actions in the Elizabeth
ton textile strike, George H. Berry,
president of the International Print
ing Pressmen and Assistants' Union,
charges that the state of Tennessee
is in effect acting as a strike-break
ing agency at Elizabethton, and that
the governor sent the troops to "in
timidate and coerce" citizens of the
town and county.
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929
Here She Comes
National Guardsmen Menace
To Life and Property, Head
Of Pressmen Tells Executive
ted in Textile Town.
tatives of the Bemberg-Glanzstoff
Corporation rejected.
State is Strike-Breaker
"1 observe that in answer to my
statement of the 8th wherein I de
clared that in my judgment, you had
made a very grave and unfortunate
error in surrendering to a policy of
force and then becoming a party to
it as result of your surrender, you
say:
'I cannot conceive of anyone tak
ing such a view of my action in this
matter, that is fair-minded. I have
only sent state police to that com
munity to preserve order and to pro
tect property and life.'
"In further confirmation of my
statement, permit me to say that the
facts show that you did not send
state police to 'preserve order and to
protect property and life.' You sent
state police to intimidate and coerce
the great overwhelming majority of
the citizens of Carter county, and the
effect of your having sent state police
was to endanger property and life
instead of preserving it. This is best
exemplified in the fact that prior to
your having increased the force of
troops at Elizabethton a peaceful
condition existed, whereas since tur
moil and antagonisms have presented
themselves. Moreover, I charge that
the sending of additional state police
to Elizabethton had for its purpose—
whether you realized it or not—the
substitution by the state of Tennessee
through you direct, of a strike-break
ing agency, a definite partisan atti
tude in behalf of the German cor
porations, instead of what should
have been a case of neutrality upon
the part of the state and a desire to
be helpful to both sides without par
tisanship. Let us see if this is true,
and I particularize in the following
manner:
"I. Prior to your dispatching addi
tional troops to Elizabethton there
was no lawlessness or danger with re
spect to life and property.
Door Closed to Peace
"II. Against my recommendation
you sent additional troops to Eliza
bethton in the midst of a peaceful
circumstance where mediation had
a chance. You, by your action, closed
the door to peace and opened the
door to belligerency, antagonism and
additional conflict—the end of which
no one can possibly anticipate, and
the responsibility for life and prop
erty that may be jeopardized now
and may present a loss in the future
must, be charged to you as the chief
executive of the state, in the main,
and Dr. Mothwurf and his autocratic
advisors.
"'I. Since you sent additional
troops to Elizabethton, it is pertinent
to ask who requested them? I have
gathered from the leaders of more
than six thousand human beings in
Carter county, the people and the em
ploye group involved, that they did
not ask for troops nor were they
consulted with reference to your in
tention of sending troops. Certainly,
the undersigned, whom you appointed
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as mediator, was not consulted with
reference to the sending of additional
troops, and, therefore, it must be as
sumed that you sent additional
troops to Elizabethton as the result
of an understanding arrived at as
between you and the head of the
Bemberg-Glanzstoff Corporations who
undoubtedly advised that they propos
ed to open the plants and start a
fight instead of pursuing a concilia
tory attitude.
"IV. Since you sent additional
troops to Elizabethton, they have act
ed as escorts, they have become the
bodyguards of individuals who have
been misinformed and, misled, and
who have been, in part, intimidated
by the presence of troops in the uni
form of the Republic. I have ,too,
been informed that they have solicited
for the Bemberg-Glanzstoff Corpora
tions, seeking the services of men and
women to take the places of several
thousand revolting East Tennesseeans
against this indefensible German op
pression. My information is that
these additional troops which you
sent have gone into the highways and
byways for twenty of thirty miles
from the plants attempting to herd
people into these plants, as they
would so many cattle. This is a fine
manifestation of impartiality to which
you make reference."
MACHINISTS
Enroll Thousands of New
Members in Big Drive
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
International Association of Machin
ists may not double its membership
this year, but it is going to make a
large increase, judged by results al
ready attained. Since the first of the
year, the machinists have added ap
proximately 3,500 new members to
their rolls. Of these, 1,000 were ad
mitted in January and February,
1,00 Oin March and 1,500 in April.
International headquarters is much
pleased with the gains the member
ship campaign is bringing. The cam
paign, an intensive effort, which is
arousing much enthusiasm, will be
pressed in the coming months.
In addition to the general gains in
membership, a new charter for a new
local lodge, at Ilion, N. Y., with a
membership of upwards of 300, ha:
been isued. The lodge was organiz
ed by Grand Lodge Representative J.
J. McEntee.
ENGINEERS' UNION
ON THEBOOM
Washngton, D. C. (ILNS)—As a
result of an intensive membership
campaign, the International Union of
Operating Engineers, which has its
headquarters here, has enrolled
3,000 new members since January 1.
The union is driving ahead with its
campaign and expects by the end of
the year to be able to report an ad
ditional substantial membership gain.
Three new local unions have re
cently bmeen chartered, Dave Evans,
secretary-treasurer, reports. They
are in Chicago, Kenosha, Wis.," and
San Diego, Cal., and have a total
membership of approximately 500.
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—After
a gallant fight that has brought the
whole trade union movement into
action and in which scores of labor
witnesses have journ^Ved long dis
tances to add their appeals, the fed
eral radio commission has turned
down all requests of WCFL, the big
labor broadcasting station of Chicago.
Secretary E. N. Nockels, of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, here
when the decision was made public,
announced at once that he would seek
further help from the executive
YOUTH FILLS PRISON
Sacramento, Cal.—Youth fills the
prisons, as well as industry, accord
ing to the biennial report of Warden
Holohan, of San Quentin penitentiary.
Out of a total of 1,346 new convicts
the last two years, 1,127 were under
30, and 278 were not of age. There
were more committments at the age
of 22 than at any other. More than
one-eighth of all prisoners are of
Mexican birth.
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Radio Commission Denies
Pleas of Labor's Station
For Full Time, More Power
council of the American Federation
of Labor, now in session.
WCFL has applied for full-time op
eration on a cleared channel, with
50,000 watts. It filed application also
for experimental work. Its entire
program of development was swept
down before the broadside of denial
that came from the commission in its
decision. The finding, as foreshadow
ed, was that it was not in the public
interest to grant the requests made
by the one labor station in the entire
United States.
PLUMBERS CUT WORK WEEK
New York.—Plumbers' unions in
Greater New York signed a five-day
week agreement with employers. The
contract is effective in Manhattan and
the Bronx on August 1 and in Brook
lyn on June 1. The basic rate is
$13.20 a day. About 8,000 workers are
affected.
Emerson says, "Men are respect
able only as they respect."
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