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J4" -V* fph *T*,: ^.vt V v:i* r-: /. v r" 1 T' 'tt &.' i & r- ..- -, i '*i -.' VOL. XXXII. No. 13 V, S' (ire i« -?v £4^ Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—New high figures on unemployment were issued by the American Federation of Labor this week when President Green announced that preliminary figures for May showed 10,800,000 involuntarily idle. By cities, 15 out of 40 reporting offices showed new growth of unemployment. The coming winter was forecast as worse than last, with hunger and despair spreading. Million Since January "The public seems entirely uncon scious of the growing catastrophe that is upon us," he said. "Unem ployment has been increasing this spring at a rate unprecedented even in the two years of distress we have just been through. From January to May, 1932, well over a million men and women have been thrown out of work in industry. The rate of in crease this year has been considerably more than twice that of 1930 or 1931. Trade union figures for June show a still further increase. If unemploy ment keeps on increasing at this rate we shall have 13,000,000 out of work by next winter. "Our preliminary estimate of un employment shows at least 10,800,000 out of work in May. Trade union fig ure* for the first part of June show the largest increase this year. Ap plying them to industry generally would indicate that at least 200,000 PRINCELY Salary Roster of Railroads Shown By Couzens Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Twenty-two top officials on only four Class 1 railroads are paid an aggre gate annual salary roll of $1,294,500. There are several individual salar ies of $135,000 per year. Thirty-five Southern Pacific offi cials whose individual Salaries are $10,000 or more draw a total of $1, 191,930. Senator Couzens, Michigan, dug these figures from interstate com merce commission records and has been spilling them all over the place in a damaging bombardment. It is his belief that they ought to bear some relation to loans applied ior by railroads from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Borrows, But Pays Well Couzens said that despite the fact that the St. Louis & San Francisco system is so hard up it had to borrow $5,000,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, its president gets $63,000 a year and its board chairman $36,000. Here are Couzens' figures on three roads: Pennsylvania Roard President $135,000, vice president $58,500, five vice pi*esidents of divisions each $31, 500, four other vice presidents $36,- Men Attention ALL MEN'S WALKOVER SHOES CARRY THIS LABEL .WORKERS UNION factory Leifheit's Walk-Over Boot Shop 214 High Street Ambulance Service Phone 35 J*-# Unemployment Reaches Total Of 10,800,000, A. F. of L. Says Green Warns Coming Winter Will See Thirteen Million Idle Unless Nation Meets Emergency With Work— "Hunger and Desperation Spreading," He Declares. 1 r^':-fil"*i»i'#"Vr more have been thrown out of work since May. Farm work has provided some jobs, but unquestionably the number now out of work is nearly 11,000,000. Our weighted figures of all trades are: May 22.8 per cent out of work, June 23.6 per cent. This is an increase of eight-tenths of one por cent, while no other month this year has shown more than three-tenths. Building Hardest Hit "In June, according to union re ports, 63 per cent were out of work in building, 41 per cent in clothing, 41 per cent in metal ti*ades, 35 per cent in water transportation (seamen and longshoremen), 18 per cent in printing, 18 per cent in street trans portation (ti-uck drivers). Unem ployment in building has increased in June when it normally improves. "The report for cities shows unem ployment increasing in 15 of our 24 reporting cities. Detroit and Cleve land report the highest unemploy ment, with New York, Paterson, Chi cago, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Phila delphia following closely. The month has brought serious increases in Den ver, Baltimore, St. Louis and San Antonio. "From all present indications it looks as if next winter would be worse than anything we have yet ex perienced—unless we take the neces sary constructive measures. Hunger and despair are spreading unrest among masses of our people." 000, $45,000, $45,000 and $54,000, and others down to $10,000. Southern Pacific—Executive com mittee chairman $135,000, president $90,000, executive vice president $36, 000, executive committee vice chair man $76,500, other executives to a total of 35 from $31,000 down to $10,000. Figures to Go to Senate Baltimore & Ohio—Forty-two offi cers getting $10,000 or more each. President $120,000, senior vice presi dent $76,500, another vice president $54,000, another at $45,000. The total salary roll will be laid before the senate soon. Couzens got his information to help him in get ting an appropriation to enable the interstate commerce commission to carry on its work. MILLIONS Robert G.Taylor Mortuary Formerly THE C. W. GATH CO. Lost to U. S. Treasury In Oil Tax By Congress* Oversight Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—Tax revenue lost by the United" States treasury through the oversight of congress in allowing gasoline in pos session of distributoi's to go untaxed, as exclusively reported by Interna tional Labor News Service, has cost the government $32,000,000, tihe treasury now officially estimates. The new law levied no tax against distributors and whatever gasoline distributors had on hand on June 21 could be sold by them without the tax, giving someone a profit of a cent a gallon above the profit on taxed gasoline. On June 9 distributors, having se cured a treasury ruling, proceeded to buy enormous quantities of gaso line. The gasoline did not have to be moved. All that was necessary was possession of title. Funeral Directors Immediately after publication of the facts by ILNS a joint resolution was introduced in congress to remedy the defects in the law. The joint res olution was adopted in the house, but was blocked in the senate. Senator Smoot, chairman of the senate finance committee, sought unanimous consent, but was unable to secure it. Several senators declared they would offer amendments if the measure came up. Among them was Senator Norris, with a power amendment. Under these circumstances, lacking unanimous consent for the resolution to come up without amendment, it was abandoned. It was learned this week that Senator Smoot has given up the plan to secure action and it is said in addition that even if action could be had now it probably would be to no avail, since the loss had been incurred and the legislation would be ruled in valid as retroactive. Chairs and Tables Rented 17 So. Street .vr^, v *&*?*£* ~#?s -r3i% .^rs\ 'f' fcof.vrtK.r.\v,N By B. C. CLARKE Quite a good deal has been heard lately in the halls of congress and elsewhere about the cost of living being less today than it was 12, 24 or 36 months ago. Very little is be ing said about the decreased income of the people, and still less whenever possible about the heavy and con stantly growing tax burden they are carrying. The whole national income to day, as estimated by statistical agencies at 57 billion dollars for the year, is exactly 65.53 per cent of the same estimated in come in 1929. In other yords, wage and salary slashes, with other causes of loss, reach an average of 34.47 per cent for the whole people. More specifically, the man who in 1929 was making $100 a week is to day, by this average, making $65.53, provided he has been able to hold his job. If he was making $50 a week then, he is today by this average making $32.75. No sane person will contend that $32.75 or $65.53 will buy as much to day as would $50 or $100 in 1929. Lower Cost Mostly Fiction There have been reductions in prices of canned foodstuffs and some articles of clothing. But rents have scarcely come down an inch, taxes have increased to the highest peaks in the nation's history, gasoline is going up in price by leaps and bounds, and it costs as much today to repair an automobile as it did four or five years ago. Street car fares are as high as ever, electric and gas rates are as high or higher, railroad fares stand just where they did ,first class postage is going up by 50 per cent, a newspaper costs just as much as it did, and federal taxes are boosting the prices of movie tickets. The man who can find where his expenses are less today than they were three or four years ago except by dire economy, deprivation and cur tailment, belongs in the class of mir acle men. All over this country tax hungry public officials, following the evasions and subterfuges of congress at this session, are striving to dodge con structive and permanent reductions in the costs of government, and turn ing to every possible subterfuge to extort more money from the people. "Sock" and "Soak" 'Em With the exception of picayune cuts in the pay of salaried employes of the government, congress has refused to effect retrenchment, reorganization, consolidation or elimination of dupli cation in the federal structure. All over the country—in states, cities and towns—public authorities are passing the word along to their police departments to "sock" and "soak" motorists on every conceiv able charge as a means of increasing their public revenues. Traffic fees and fines are going up, for no reason except easy revenue. Living Cost Reduction Is Not Reality Taxes, Fines and Fees Pile Up for Population Stricken With Enormous Levy—"Sock" and "Soak" Rule Applied. Huge Tax Burden Piled Onto Incomes Shorn By 34 Per Cent Hordes of policemen rove the streets to find some overtime parker or petty violator of a regulation that he may be hauled into court and $3 or $5 extorted from him for the pub lic till. The order has gone out in scores of states and cities to issue summons to every man against whom a traffic complish can be made, even though he may be clearly in the right, and the police know him to be so. The man who strikes an automobile on an intersection which did not have the right of way against him finds himself summoned to court and made to defend himself with witnesses and an attorney. He is lucky if with the loss of his own time, he escapes with an outlay and loss to himself of less than $30. People Tolerate Piracy If he demands an explanation he is told it is "the order of the depart ment" that he be summoned to court. These departments have found that many people prefer to pay a fine of $5 or $10 rather than try to defend themselves, and through this piracy are reaping a harvest that does not appear in the tax assessment. Police precincts in Washington, D. C., especially those in the down town district, are glittering examples of this species of robbery. Methods that are being pursued by Washington police today, as well as by police elsewhere, are significant of the things to be found in the new fed eral tax law, passed by congress, saddling inexcusable and indefensible taxes upon the people. These con gressmen through their methods of taxation have adopted virtually ^le same practices that are being fol lowed by police departments to extort additional public revenue. Defeat to Be Penalty Some of the "strongest" men in congress—in both senate and house —admit today they are faced with overwhelming defeat at the polls this year. The people are showing a dis position to throw out the job holders and pie eaters in office who have shown no greater genius in govern men than to devise new means of piracy and robbery to obtain funds, rather than effecting constructive re organization and economy in govern ment. That tendency is already manifest among those who have already faced the voters in recent primaries. The polls next November give indication of holding the greatest house-cleaning in store, irrespective of party, faction or clique, that the country has known in a long time. BIG AID PROGRAM FOR PENN LABOR Harrisburg, Pa, (ILNS)—Officials of the Pennsylvaitia Federation of Labor will have ready for introduc tion before the general assembly re convenes next Tuesday a whole series of bills embodying demands of the ***v HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932 Blub-b-b-b -£*-,T l*' 3 federation's emergency convention. The State Federation of Labor, to gether with welfare agencies through out the state, are demanding one hun dred millions of dollars for direct relief. A sum of not less than one hun dred millions of dollars must be ap propriated or raised by the special sesson of the general assembly for the direct relief of the victims of un employment and industrial depres sion. It is estimated that this will be the minimum sum required during the period until the regular session of the legislature can vote more funds early next year. In addition to direct relief a pro gram of public works will be in augurated by the state which will be financed by bond issues if that is pos sible. Those employed on public re lief works will be paid in cash at the prevailing: established wage rates. COMPENSATION Laws of France Cover Workers' Children Paris, France.—A new French la bor law gives large protection for the children of the workers in the form of family allowances. The law requires every member of agriculture, industry, commerce, and the liberal professions to become a member of a compensation fund or similar institution to raise the money necessary for the operation of the system. Under the act allowances are pro vided for every child dependent on the worker or salaried employe up to the school-leaving age. If the child is continuing its studies or has enter ed apprenticeship, the allowance is continued to the age of 16. The num ber of daily allowances must equal the number of days' work performed. In the event of temporary or perma nent disability or in case of death re sulting from an accident, the allow ances must be paid in full. The minister of labor in each de partment will determine the rate of the allowance for each child either for all occupations together or for each occupational group. Culinary Workers Add Members in Chicago Chicago (ILNS)—Culinary Work ers organizers have been at work here during the last 30 days and have added about 250 new members, en rolling them in Union No. 25, while about 200 have been enrolled in the Cooks' Local Union. The waiters are holding open meetings. The Interna tional Union expects to place two new charters here soon. Organizer Madge Argo has placed a charter in Carbon dale, her third in three months, the others having been at Champaign and Decatur. ftOTEL WORKERS READY TO HOLD CONVENTION Boston (ILNS)—All arrangements have been made for the coming con vention of the twenty-gixth conven tion of the Hotel and Restaurant Em ployes' and Beverage Dispensers' In ternational Union, to be held the week of August 8. Hotel Bradford has been selected as headquarters. -*v ^»"k *f Must Be Gift. Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—Though it was called "a bill with which no body is satisfied" and with the chance of a subsequent concurrent resolu tion to eliminate the provision bar ring employment of married women whose husbands work, the so-called economy bill as passed by the house was approved this week by the sen ate, 35 to 11, and went to the white house to become law. With less than half of the senate present, 11 senators opposed adop tion of the measure. They were: Re publicans—Blaine, Dale, Davis, La Follette, Reed and Schall demo crats—Bulow, Caraway, Copeland, Lewis and Pittman. Senator LaFollette, after branding the measure "a humiliating surrender by the senate," said he realized fur ther opposition would be futile, though he said he would be glad to assume responsibility for its defeat if that could be accomplished. Called "Mongrel" Act The measure is designed to save $150,000,000 in the coming fiscal year. It enforces a 30-day furlough without pay upon government em ployes everywhere, except those earn ing less than $1,000 a year and with ertain other exceptions, including en listed personnel of the army, navy and marine corps. The furlough plan is equivalent to a salary cut of 8.3 per cent. The furlough plan was advo cated by the American Federation of Labor as the alternative to straight salary reduction, but, as one spokes man put it, "We did not approve this mongrel measure." Automatic pay increases and pro motions within grades will cease. No Overtime Pay Pay for overtime and Sundays an 1 holidays will cease. Workers now getting a 10 per cent differential for night work will get five. No federal service vacancies will be filled without written consent of the president. Annual leave with pay will be re duced to 15 days, but not during this year. This year there is no leave with pay. Retirement pay will be based on the annual rate before reductions and de ductions will be made accordingly. Retired military officers holding civilian positions will not be allowed to draw more than $3,000 a year, in cluding pensions, though they have served their entire career with the stipulation that upon retirement a definite rate would be paid after re tirement. Will Seek Modification There is every reason to believe that upon convening of the new con gres labor will inaugurate a cam paign to modify the measure in many of its important provisions. But for at least six months the draft as it stands will be the law. Come in and see the models are featuring REASY] TERMS -'^.VCfcW^sr «*.* 4 V* «.<p></p>PRESS. JL V Economy Burden Put On The Workers in Mongrel Act Pay less Furloughs But One of Many Ways Federal Em ployes Will Help Save $150,000,000—Overtime Work I THIRD Ss X- s 4^ y & 4r^ ***-. nJt V* *•& "t '^4 ONE! DOLLAR Unless there is modification by resolution, employed couples must choose which will continue to work for the government and in many cases must choose which will work at all. Department heads who are able to save by economies will not be al lowed to use their savings to main tain employment, but must turn the money into the treasury. Depart ment heads also must enforce as many workless days as possible, in addition to the mandatory 30-day fur lough without pay. HIDEOUS DEVICE REOPENS SCANDAL Jacksonville, Fla. (ILNS)—Flor ida's hideous "sweatbox," used to torture prisoners used on road work, has again brought the state into the limelight with a renewal Of prison camp scandal. The death of a prisoner following torture in the sweatbox—an iron coop under which a fire is built—has re sulted in indictment of two officials. The dead prisoner was confined in the box, held with a chain around his neck and in stocks. He is believed to have been too exhausted to stand longer. His sagging weight suffo cated him. Whether this revival of interest in the ancient terror of the camps will bring about its abolishment remains to be seen. POSTAGE Increase May Result in No Cash Gain New York City (ILNS))—Inquir ies under way here indicate the pos sibility that 3-cent postage may yield the government less than was earned by 2-cent postage. A decided trend away from first class postage is revealed in an article in Printers' Ink, recounting discov eries of merchandise planning under the new postage. Companies doing a national mailing business are planning to use third class postage instead of first class and an enormous bulk of mail will be switched under this one heading. So called direct mail advertising will ap parently go third class henceforth. Already a decided drop in first class mail volume is reported. It is found that a number of util ities are planning to hire men to de liver their bills, eliminating postage entirely. 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