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VOL. XXIX. No. 12
Washington, D. C., (ILNS).—Mo
tion picture operators have come to
the front with the largest per capita
group insurance policy thus far writ
ten by the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company, it Was announced today at
the office of President Woll.
The union that has thus set a rec
ord is Local No. 182, of Boston. The
policy taken by this union is for $5,
000 per member. Undoubtedly, it is
felt here, this action will inspire oth
er unions to protect their membership
with larger per capita policies.
President Woll also announced the
appointment of Francis B. Mahoney,
SENATE AGAIN VOTES
TO END LAME DUCKS
Washington.—For the fifth time .'n
six years the senate approved Sena
tor Norris' lame duck resolution pro
posing a constitutional amendment 1.
prevent defeated Senators and House
members from participating in legis
lation and to alter the date of the
inauguration of the President and
Vice President.
Group Insurance Record Set
By Boston Movie Operators
In $5,000 Per Capita Policy
The resolution has never been sane-
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BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' CONVENTION
MARKS UNION'S 34th ANNIVERSARY
Rochester, N. Y., (ILNS).—For the first time in four years
the International Boot and Shoe Workers' Tnion is in con
vention. It is .'JO years since the union met in this city and
the convention also marks the thirty-fourth anniversary of
the organization.
Collis Lovely is the international president Charles
Baine is secretary-treasurer
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lawyer and former photo engraver, a
general agent in Boston. Mr. Ma
honey already has begun work in hi
territory. 'Operators in the Old Ba.\
State are being speeded up under th
amended insurance laws, secured a
the result of a campaign by the Unio
Labor. Life Insurance Company,
In addition to this, President Wo!
has just returned from another tri
during which he visited the Detroi
general agency and addressed th
xteamfitters' local union in that city.
He reports the Detroit general agency
developing rapidly and declares the
outlook throughout the country bright
er than ever.
tioned by the House, whose leaders
have sidetracked the proposal.
FIREMEN JOIN UNION
Omaha, Neb.,—The International
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
issued charters to the following local
ities during May: Richmond, Va.:
Nahant, Iowa Jackson, Mich. Spring
field, Mass. Flora, 111. Depew, N. Y.
Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada
and Nakina and Ignace, Ontario, Can
ada.
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vice president. International headquarters are in Boston.
About 250 delegates are attendin"' the sessions.
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Washington, D. C., (ILNS).—When
Senator Hiram Johnson and others
charged in the senate last year that
the
utility interests were fighting
tooth
and nail to defeat the Boulder
Hani
atul Muscle Shoals power pro
jects they knew what they were talk
ing about. Evidence just made public
liy the Federal Trade Commission
proves
that the utility inteiests were
out to
defeat the Boulder Dam and
Muscle Shoals projects and that they
were not finicky as to the methods
they employed.
The evidence is the most startling
of all that has been revealed about
public utility propaganda and shows
the
utility propagandists as scheming
to use unscrupulous political trickery
worthy of Maehiavelli himself. Most
damning of all is a memorandum from
the
files of Josiah T. Newcomb, gen
eral counsel of the Joint Committee of
National Utility Associations. The
memorandum outlines in detail plans
for preventing passage of the Boulder
Dam bill. Many of the suggestions
were acted upon.
From Mr. Newcomb's files also came
letters sent to Congressmen during
the Boulder D&m fight, letters ex
changed between Newcomb and power
officials regarding pressure to be ap
plied to a Southern Senator in the
Muscle Shoals fight, letters sent to
Southern editors by an official of the
Joint Committee and a letter congrat
ulating Newcomb on having won a
fight in the Senate, apparently the
fight to defeat the Walsh resolution
for an investigation of the power com
panies by the Senate.
Newcomb's Memory Poor
The memorandum for defeat of the
Boulder Dam bill is unsigned. New
comb admitted it came from his files
but professed to remember nothing
further about it. He said he did not
know who wrote it. The first para
raph of the memorandum said:
"1. Arrange an offensive and de
fensive partnership between Arizona
and Utah to enter suit for a water
decree at an early date. The combi
nation of these two states is desirable
because they are both outside the pact
and therefore constitute the logical
focus for a new campaign. Moreover
it seems of strategic importance at
this point to get Arizona overboard
on some constructive plan rather than
to have her merely defensive as here
tofore."
The second paragraph of the mem
orandum is particularly interesting in
view of the fact that Arizona is still
refusing to sign the Colorado River
compact, and is threatening now to file
suit to prevent construction of Boul
der Dam. It reads:
"2. Having started the suit the
subsequent step should then be di
rected toward an entire disintegration
of the Boulder Dam scheme. Possibly
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico
will join in that. Taking up the four
objects California has in mind: Cover
the flood menace to Imperial Valley
with a bill giving a Federal appro­
Lobbyists Sought to Arrange Joint Suit By Ari
zona and Utah to Block Boulder Dam Project
With Entire Disintegration of Proposal in View
—Move to Form New Chain of Newspapers
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929
Safe and Sane
Prove Power Propaganda Charge
Evidence Backing Accusations
Comes From Utilities' Own Files
priation for the Topock scheme which
will constitute a free gift to Califor
nia. This will knock out the sob-sis
ter stuff which constitutes two-thirds
of California's effective argument."
Sought To Buy Off California
By this proposal the power com
panies were suggesting buying off
California at an expense of some $30,
000,000 from the pockets of Federal
taxpayers, in order that development
of the Colorado's power might be left
to private companies.
The memorandum, after disposing
of the all-American canal and other
features
of
the project, continues:
"The foregoing covers California's
four cardinal points, and every one uf
them can be set up in a way that
will
appeal to the East. In the meantime
if the suit for adjudication of rights
can be gotten under way early the
publicity resulting from the taking
of testimony will be an educational
feature that will make everybody
slow
about committing the government to
the Boulder Dam project."
New Chain of Papers Planned
Conincident with the revelations
on
the fight against Boulder Dam and
Muscle Shoals, comes news from
New
York and Boston of a plan by Eugene
Greenhut, organizer of Hahn Depart
ment Stores, Inc., to build up a
new
chain of daily newspapers through
the merger of existing papers in tlit
smaller cities. The plan, it is announ
ced, is being pushed vigorously in the
South, the Middle West and the
New
England and Atlantic states.
Herman J. Schwartz, an associate
of Greenhut's, declared that the or
ganizers were not inspired by propa
gandist motives, but by the business
objectives of obtaining economies and
better business management through
the affiliation of papers now inde
pendent.
CONGRESS IGNORES
OLD-AGE DATA
New York.—Failure of the House
of Representatives to adopt an amend
ment to the census bill which would
make possible the gathering of data
on old-age dependency throughout
the nation is criticised by the Bulletin
of the American Association for Old
Age Security.
Rev. Francis J. McConnell,
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bishop
Methodist Episcopal church, and mem
ber of Governor Roosevelt's recently
created commission on old age pen
sions, is president of the association.
"It can safely be predicted," tin
Bulletin declares, "that during the
next decade the question oi old-age
security will be the leading issue in
all states. Data on the economic and
financial status of the aged through
out the country will prove invaluable."
COUNTY PRESS.
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Of method this may be said—if we
make it our slave, it is well but it
is bad if we are slaves to method.—
Colton.
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Washington, D. C., (ILNS).—A
trong plea for the protection of the
American market against products
produced by foreign low-paid labor
•vas made by Matthew Woll, president
uf America's Wage Earners' Protect
ive Conference,, at a hearing held by
the Senate Finance Committee to con
sider tariff revision.
Mr. Woll made a short statement
urging American valuation in impos
ing tariff rates and showing why, in
the opinion of America's Wage Earn
ers' Protective Conference, foreign
valuation defeats the purpose of the
tariff and puts American labor in di
rect competition with the lowest paid
workers in the world, largely nullify
ing the benefit of immigration re
strictions.
In behalf of his organization, which
represents about 20 international
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opened with a class of 110. One-third
of the women are members of trade
unions affiliated to the A. F. of L.
Canada, England, Germany and Den
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staff includes Miss Ethel M. Smith,
executive board member National
Women's Trade Union League, who
is serving as labor representative.
Students come on scholarships of
$250, awarded to pay the cost of the
two-months4 term. The required
courses are economics and English,
the latter includes composition, lit
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trade unions, Mr. Woll expressed the
opinion that the American market,
which he said is far superior to the
foreign market, ought to receive first
consideration. He said that the for
eign market should not be ignored but
added that he foresaw the likelihood
of it dwindling away, as large indus
tries are establishing their own for
eign plants, in which they can hire la
bor at 40 per cent of what it costs
here and supply their foreign market
by that means.
"Our army of unemployed is con
stantly increasing and I believe it is
of first importance that we protect the
American market and give opportun
ity of employment to these hundreds
of thousands of idle workers, for if
this army of unemployed increases all
industry will suffer and our whole
social life will likewise suffer," he
said.
are optional. The school is supported
by voluntary contributions from per
sons who believe in workers' ed
ucation.
The Bryn Mawr summer school is
one of four affiliated summer schools
which utilize otherwise empty college
buildings for the education of indus
trial workers, the other three being
at Barnard College, New York, at the
University of Wisconsin and at Burns
ville, North Carolina.
The present Bryn Mawr class in
cludes 17 members of the Internation
al Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
This is the largest representation of
any A. F, of L. affiliate.
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Westminster, British Columbia.-—
Mill and factory workers organized
and are chartered by the Brotherhood
of Carpenters.
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