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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1932
A Happy and
Prosperous New Year
To All
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STUNTING THE CHILDREN
OF AMERICA
Malnutrition among the school chil
dren of New York city has increased
by half in the last five yeasr. In
1927, 13.5 per cent of the children
examined showed this difficulty this
year, 20.5 per cent. Diptheria is on
the increase, and will climb still
still more unless the work of immun
izing the babies goes forward.
"It is easy to cut the budget," said
Dr. Darlington, former health com
missioner, in laying these facts be
fore the state and city federations of
women's clubs. "But if we do very
much cutting, we won't be able to
give the children much in the way
of health protection."
And Mrs. Alice Fitzzgerald, of the
Children's Welfare Federation, told
the same gathering of four children
suffering from starvation received in
a single hospital in a single day of
a child whose illness was traced to
eating from garbage pails and of a
mother and baby, thin an demaciated
who had nothing but sugar and water
for a week.
If this country does not have a care,
the children whose chief growth pe
riod falls in this hellish depression
will be marked through life by a low
average stature and high average
sick rate. Chattel slavery was a mi
nor disgrace compared to that.—La
bor.
A VOICE FROM OUT THE PAST!
As searly as 1887 Samuel Gom
pers declared:
"It seems to me that the trade un
ions, apart from their work of at
tending to matters of wages, hours
of labor and unjust conditions of that
labor, should extend their thoughts
and actions more largely into the
sphere and affairs of government. We
have a right to demand legislation
in the interest of the wage workers,
who form so large a majority and
are certainly no unimportant factor
in the well-being of our country."
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THESE "SOCIAL EXPERTS"
The executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has sug
gested the appointment of Daniel J.
Tobin as secretary of labor by Gov
ernor Roosevelt when he assumes the
presidency.
Whereupon certain newspaper
writers inform us that "special ex
perts" prefer Francis Perkins, New
York secretary of labor.
There is something to be said about
this movement to "put over" Francis
Perkins.
In the first place her record as sec
retary of labor in New York "isn't
so hot." There is plenty to be said
about the lady's record—plenty to
show that it isn't a record to see
duplicated in Washingtno.
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But the "social experts," whatever
they are, want the New York lady
appointed. Of course they jolly well
have their reasons. They want to
pry the labor department doors open
to their crowd and their patent reme
dies for this and that. They want
to put it concisely, power.
But the office in question happens
to be secretary of labor.
It doesn't happen to be secretary
of social service, or even of social
expert. Again, it is secretary of la
bor and the department is the de
partment of labor.
The secretary should be one who
can be secretary of labor, who will
know how to be secretary of LABOR
and who will hold the department true
to the purposes set forth in the law
by which it was created.
We can get long without a great
deal of the formulas and the riga
marole and the "technique" of the so
cial experts who have managed to
make a profession out of minding
other peopde's business. And if we
do not find the department of labor
held true to its course through ap
pointment of a secretary of LABOR
then Franklin D. Roosevelt will have
made an initial mistake bigger than
most people expect him to make.
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WISDOM
There is America, which at this
day serves for little more than to
amuse you with stories of savage
men and uncouth manners, yet shall
before you taste of death, show itself
equal to the whole of that commerce
which now attracts the envy of the
world.—Burke.
NEW SHADES IN OVERALLS
How do pastel tints for workmen's
overalls strike you?
More than a possibility—a reality
An association of textile dealers re
ports that overalls are now being
made—and worn!—in striking color
combinations. White, navy, powder
blue and green are being combined
with contrasting shades.
'The American workman is giving
serious thought to his appearance,"
reports the association. "He realizes
that it has to be smart. Faded over
alls and baggy work trousers are rap
idly passing out of the industrial
picture."
Few of us have anything quite so
flossy as the work costumes describ
ed. A Gilbert and Sullivan comic
opera touch to the announcement
brings a smile.
An American workman with his
pliers concealed in the pocket of his
green and old rose overalls would be
something to look at.
A visitor to a plant where men
work in such garments would not be
startled to hear an orchestra blare
out a tune, and see the workmen,
caparisoned as gloriously as bell
hops, begin to dance in chorus forma
tion. "We are the wrench and ham
mer crew, tra-la, tra-la, tra-la."
And yet signs of this elegance be
gin to manifest themselves. Smart
uniforms at filling stations. Store
truck drivers in livery. More than
one departure from the traditional
dirt encrusted blue denim.
By ILNS.
Happy New Year! 'V* ."""J
For all who can get
Happy New Year slips easily off the lips. It is a pleasant situation. It
is better said than unsaid. And most of humanity wishes well to all the
rest.
What kind of a year Is ?headt
Today labor has more of solidarity than it had a year ago. Today it has
a far-reaching program for rebuilding this shattered wreck of a social
system.
The New Year dawns with labor occupying top position among all who
have tried to point a way to economic stability.
Change comes in these days at terriffic speed. There will be many
reviews of 1932 printed. They are worth little, save to those who sit in
chairs reading all that comes their way. Past facts aren't worth much
any more even as guides to future action.
The future demands new action. Labor offers a program Of new action.
Happy New Year. It's a wish, to all and sundry—to whomsover comes
or goes.
But there isn't going to be any Happy New Year for the millions of
unemployed until they find jobs.
It's fine to wish a Happy New Year, but those will have failed in their
duty who do not lay to and work for it during these coming months.
The organization of the workers are in the forefront of the struggle
lor a better nation of more secure men and women and of better homes
ior children.
Happy New Year, to be sure, backed by savage, unyielding determina
tion to cut away the evils of the day, to root out the injustice of a condition
that sends a man away from every factory gate with the cold words, "There
is no work."
Happy New Year, then, to all fighters for a better day, so that in good
time every New Year will be a Happy New Year for all humanity.
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It is more than likely that the tex
tile men may profit by spreading the
gospel of brighter pants and more
cheerful jackets. New industries
blossom from slight changes in hab
its. A new shoe-lace may make a for
tune, modernistic overalls may set up
a new current in economics.—-Trade
Union News.
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Nobody knows.
What kind of a year la behind Hat
Everybody knows.
Labor won some notable victories In 1982. It defeated Parker. The
anti-injunction bill became law. It kept its head during terrible depression
THE I. C. C. AND SIX HOURS*
It is plain that the interstate com
merce commission report on the rail
road six-hour day was written in two
parts in two places. The financial
section was not written by the men
who wrote the report on feasibility
of the six-hour day. And when the
unions get through with that finan
cial report it won't even make good
gun wadding. The six-hour day is
coming, I. C. C. financial division re
ports to the contrary notwithstand
ing. That's sound prophecy.
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WORKERS MUST TIGHTEN
THEIR BELTS
The glimmer of hope held out to
the workers a few weeks ago that
the turning point in the depression
had been reached and that business
recovery with increased employment
was at hand, turns out to have been
a phantom of business prognostica
tors. Standard Statistics Company,
reliable for interpretations of eco
nomic conditions based on facts, stys:
"Expectations of near-term busi
ness recovery, which appeared good
two months ago, are distinctly less
THIS
W,y, here you are,
you little tot!
You hove straight in,
right on the dot
Well now, I do
declare you are
The brightest
baby year so far!
Anae Pectar Jekae*a ia The Ceuntry Home
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
brijAht at present.! Activity is ex
periencing more than the full sea
sonal recession. Recovery in indus
try and trade ap a whole seems
rather definitely postponed until
next spring."
From the orthpdox business man's
viewpoint this means that the mil
lions of unemployed and their famil
ies must continue to live on charity
rations during the winter, and that
both full time and part time employ
ed workers will have to skimp along
on their present indecently-low earn
ings.
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CAPITAL ISN'T STARVING
Weighted average of dividends of
600 common stocks now is $1.22
which indicates that some corpora
tions continue to earn dividends and
others continue to draw on reserves
Hut for labor there are no reserves
HUMAN
BETTERMENT*'
President William Green, of the
American Federation of Labof, In a
notable speech before its fifty-second
annual convention held in Cincinnati
said that in summing up the purpose
of this great labor movement two
words tell the story, namely, "Human
Betterment'.
These two words cannot be improv
ed upon. What could be simpler?
What could be clearer? What could
be more comprehensive?
To better humanity! ^What a noble
purpose!
It is all embracing. It is not sec
tional nor limited.
The American Federation of Labor
is proud of its president and his abil
ity to head an organization that has
for its purpose the betterment of
mankind.
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foundly, •ometimea flippantly,
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Now a device is made that trans
mits a written message from type
writer to typewriter, by radio im
pulse, the receiving machine taking
the message automatically.
More than that, the message is
scrambled in transit, so that no in
terloping typewriter can transcribe
its contents. Only the one machine
can gather in the scrambled im
pulses, unscramble them and tran
scribe them in intelligible form.
That is something new. It makes
secret radio communication possible.
So we move on, from marvel to
marvel.
So man makes his surroundings
more wonderful.
And "What next?" becomes
stand-ing query.
Along comes "technocracy" to tell
us that we are machining our sys
tem to its grave. "Technocracy" gives
the present order 18 months to live
After that, the crash.
Machines, marvelous machines, are
blamed, not in themselves but in
their mismanagement.
The indictment of "technocracy"
runs line to line with labor's indict
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ment, in good part. But not all the
way. Labor long since began to dig
up and make known the facts of dis
placement of men by machines.
But it seems a little early to ac
cept without the most careful exami
nation the remedy proposed by "tech
nocracy"—and very few yet know
what that remedy is.
First of all it includes the passing
of what the "technocrats" are pleas
ed to call "the price system," which
seems to be any system having a me
dium of exchange based upon com
modities. That means every system
in the world at present.
How about that? Swallow that at
one gulp?
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On the face of the "written record
labor is not ready to concede that the
present order is doomed.
It does declare that it must undergo
drastic modification, or change.
The program adopted by the Cin
cinnati convention makes that abund
antly clear. Very few have yet come
to realize how drastic are the eco
nomic and social changes demanded
by that convention.
It is safe to say that labor offers
a sounder platform that "techno
cracy." It's easy to fall for "oracies"
hard to fight through with the ma
chinery of democracy. But we shall
do well not to abandon democracy
It permits j&ociety to order things as
society will. It is the one weapon and
safeguard against the rule of the
many by the few.
Extremists paint pictures of a so
ciety wherein the mechanism is oper
ated by a few button pushers.
It may come to the button-pushing
stage, easily enough, but it will be a
sad day when the people resign to a
few the control over the buttons.
Examine "technocracy," have re
gard for its proven facts, have cau
tion about, its conclusions and its
pattern for a future order.
We don't want to get buttoned in by
anybody or any group.
TOBIN URGED FOR
CABINET POST
New York City (ILNS)—Daniel J.
Tobin, president of the Brotherhood
of Teamsters and Chauffeurs and
chairman of the labor division of the
democratic national campaign com
mittee, early this week was urged
upon President-elect Roosevelt for
appointment as secretary of labor by
a committee headed by President Wil
liam Green, representing the Amer
ican Federation of Labor eexcutive
council.
With President Green were Vice
President Matthew Woll and Joseph
N. Weber.
Announcement of the conference
was made by Gov. Roosevelt at Al
bany. Labor's representatives had
nothing to say about the visit, pre
ferring to leave all statements to the
governor.
The labor delegation carried to the
president-elect the message that Mr.
Tobin had the warm endorsement of
the executive council, and they made
known to him also that this endorse
ment was supported by endorsements
from scores of trade union officals
and leaders throughout the entire
naton.
Gov. Roosevelt said he would not
begin consideration of cabinet appoint
ments until after January 1, but he
gave the labor delegation a cordial
and extended hearing.
Various other possible appointees
have been mentioned, but formal an
nouncements remain to come in most
cases. It is generally felt that Pres
ident Tobin has by far the greatest
strength from every point of view.
The fact that labor has always been
consulted as to the secretaryship of
labor and that the executive council
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of the federation is united in support
of Tobin is regarded as a source of
great strength for the man who
guided the labor division of the recent
campaign.
PRINTERS TO TOTE
ONWAGEPROPOSAL
New York City (ILNS)—New York
job printers moved nearer to final
settlement of their wage difficulties
this week with a decision to submit
two propositions to referendum.
One proposition is to ask the inter
national executive board to intervene
in the situation here with a view to
arranging an acceptable arbitration.
The other is to accept the recent con
ciliation agreement reached by the
scale committee with the employers
but then rejected by the union.
President Austin Hewson recom
mended acceptance of the conciliation
agreement, which calls for an 8 per
cent cut, as preferable to arbitration,
which has just brought the news
paper printers a 10 per cent cut.
Union No. 6 will also vote on a
proposition for a 1 per cent assess
ment for unemployment relief and to
continue indefinitely the practice of
giving every sixth day's work to an
unemployed member.
President Hewson estimates settle
ment of the job printer issue would
bring employment to 2,000 mei
Michigan Alien Registration
Law Nullified by U. S. Court
Detroit, Mich.—A federal court of
three judges signed a permanent de
cree against the enforcement of the
Michigan alien registration law, which
had been declared unconstitutional.
The law, which was enacted by the
1931 legislature, provided that all
aliens in Michigan be required to
register with the state authorities
and present proof of legal entry into
the United States. The commissioner
of public safety, under the act, was
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given authority to require photo-.,
graphs and fingerprints of the regis^
trants.
Aliens entering the country illeg
ally were denied the privileges of es
tablishing or maintaining residence in
the state, and those who came undeit
the classification "undesirable aliens'*
were denied the right to sojourn in.
the state. Penalties were provided foif
corporations who hired unregistered
aliens or who had business dealings
with "undesirable" aliens.
Jobless Increase Under
Mussolini's Dictatorship
Rome, Italy.—The number of un
employed workers Un Italy totaled
1,038,000 on November 30, according
to official figures made public here*
At the same time last year the total
was 878,000, showing an increase of
160,000.
Premier Mussolini, who prohibits
all bona fide organization of the
workers and proclaims the identity of
interest of those who labor and those
who live on rent, interest and divi
dends, is unable to effect an economic
organization for the production and
distribution of wealth that will pro
vide jobs and wages for those able
and willing to work.
In the Melanesian Islands of the
Pacific it is the rule that a man may
only take a second wife if he is a
chief, or has taken ten heads in war
fare.
BESTYET
Kills Rats and Mice. Absolutely
prevents the odor from carcasses.
One package proves this. BESTYET
comes in powder form, no mixing
with other foods.
50 cent size, 3 oz., is enough for
Pantry, Kitchen and Cellar.
75 cent size, 6 oz., for Chicken
House, Coops and small buildings.
and
Edgar K. Wagner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A Sincere
New Year's Wish
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Kuaranteed by Hamilton Flour
Feed Go., 761 East Ave. Phone 3055:
May 1933 bring you all the many long
ings of your heart.
And as for ourselves, we believe we can
find real happiness in serving you in
1933, if you'll grant us the opportunity.
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