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VOL. XXXIII. No. 37
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
National Labor Board has recom
mended to Attorney General Cum
mings that the department of jus
tice obtain an injunction to permit
the board to conduct an election for
collective bargaining at the plant of
the Weirton Steel Company, Weirton,
W. Va. The company has bitterly
fought the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, and
done everything in its power to en
courage a company union among its
employes.
In a telegram to E. T. Weir, presi
dent of the company, Chairman Rob
ert F. Wagner, of the labor board,
said:
"Inasmuch lis you have refused to
permit our representatives to conduct
the elections under the rules of the
National Labor Board and in accord
ance with the agreement signed by
you, and have in addition interfered
with the choice of representatives of
your employes in violation of Section
7 of the national industrial recovery
act, the board will therefore proceed
to take such action as it may be ad
Vised to enforce the agreement and
the rights of the employes."
The board abandoned its effort to
hold the election on December 15 as
originally planned. The company, al
though it agreed once to permit the
board to supervise an election, later
told the board's election supervisors
they would not be allowed on the
property.
The proceeding he had in mind,
Senator Wagner said, would be for
the attorney general to go into a
federal district court and obtain the
injunction.
Whether heads of the company
would be prosecuted for violation of
the industrial recovery act has not
been definitely determined, he said.
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Injunction Asked As Steel
Company Defies Labor Board
Chairman Wagner Asks Attorney General to fake Action
to Force Concern to Permit Collective Bargaining
Election.
"Our first purpose," he added, "is
to see that the men have a fair
chance to express their preference
for representatives for collective bar
gaining."
The agreement between Weir and
the board to have the board supervise
the election ended a strike at the
Weirton plant several months ago.
U. S. Employes May Get
Part of Pay Slash Back
Washington.—It was announced
that President Roosevelt favors re
storing to government employes as
quickly as possible 5 per cent of the
15 per cent pay cut imposed on them
by the last session of congress as
part of the "economy" program.
A number of members of congress
are reported as favoring the restora
tion immediately instead of waiting
until the beginning of the new fiscal
year on July 1.
The American Federation of Labor
and the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employes, affiiated with the
A. F. of L. insist that the entire 15
per cent was unjustly taken from
the federal employes originally and
should be completely restored without
delay.
18,000 Packing House
Workers Get More Pay
Chicago (ILNS)—Swift & Co., Ar
mour & Co., and Wilson & Co. have
raised the wages of 18,000 employes
at the Chicago stockyards. Unskilled
workers are to get an increase of 4
cents an hour to 46% cents.
A strike of 8,000 employes of the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Com
pany was settled on November 9 when
the workers received a 10 per cent
wage increase.
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How we welcome this season of gladness and
good cheer when kindness and love predominate
in the hearts of the people and joy abounds in
our midst.
in The Spirit
Of The Season
We pause to send out this message of apprecia
tion and of best wishes to our multitude of good
patrons and friends wherever you may be today.
May JOY BE WITH YOU
THIS CHRISTMASTIDE AND MAY 1934
BE HAPPY AND PROSEROUS
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Washington, D. C.—Labor will join
with a committee of leaders in all
fields of American life, launching a
nation-wide movement to honor Pres
ident Roosevelt on his 52nd birth
day, January 30, by raising a perma
nent endowment fund for Warm
Springs Foundation on a single night
at presidential birthday balls to be
held in every community in the na
tion.
Announcement of the plan was
made simultaneously at newly estab
lished headquarters in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York and at
newly-established labor committee
headquarters, 509 Carpenters' build
ing, in Washington.
A national committee already num
bering more than fifty leaders in all
walks of life is in charge of the
plans, while labor committees of sev
eral hundred are being organized,
with acceptances coming in hourly by
mail and telegraph.
Labor members on the national
committee, of which Henry L. Doher
ty is chairman, include President
William Green, Vice President Mat
thew Woll, Secretary Frank Morri
son, of the A. F. of L. John P. Frey,
secretary of the A. F. of L. metal
trades department Maj. George L.
Berry, president, International Print
ing Pressmen and Assistants Thomas
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Proceeds in 5.000 Communities to Warm Springs Foun
dation for Victims of Infantile Paralysis—Nation-wide
Birthday Ball to Have Special Radio Hour—Green
Chairman, Woll Secretary of Union Committee.
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
Merry Christmas Neighbor!
Labor to Join Nation's Leaders As
Celebration of President's Birthday
F. Burke, president, Plumbers and
Steamfitters I. M. Ornburn, presi
dent, Cigarmakers' International
John L. Lewis, president, United Mine
Woi-kers A. A. Myrup, president,
Bakery and Confectionery Workers
A. F. Whitney, president, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Labor leaders of the national com
mittee have been formed into a labor
division, of which President Green is
chairman, with Matthew Woll as sec
retary. Around these a national la
bor committee is being formed, invi
tations to membership having gone
to presidents anid secretaries of na
tional and international unions and
of state federations. A co-operating
labor committee is being formed
among officers of city central bodies
and it is expected that every central
body will join in the national cele
bration, either by holding a ball joint
ly with other bodies or by holding
a bail under its own auspices, on the
night of January 30. A definite part
of the price of each ticket will go
to the Warm Springs Foundation. On
the night of January 30 a national
radio program will be broadcast and
it will be required that a radio be
installed in each hall, so that the pro
gram can be received.
In addition to the committee al
ready named, a labor press commit-
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HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 193A ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
tee is being formed, under direction
of Chester M. Wright, editor of In
tei'national Labor News Service, who
has been asked by Mr. Woll to un
dertake that function. Invitations to
membership on this committee have
been issued.
A division of fraternal organiza
tions also is being organized under
the leadership of Joseph T. Fanning
of the Benevolent and Patriotic Order
of Elks, which alone has 1,520 clubs.
"When President Roosevelt step
ped into the white house the only
office which he retained among his
many other interests was the presi
dency of the Warm Springs Founda
tion," said the statement announcing
the national committee. "The reten
tion of that office shows how near
and dear that potentially great medi
cal and charitable institution is to
Cedar Chest $12.50
Studio Couch $34.50
Frigidaire $106.50
Hoover Cleaner $28.95
Philco Radio ..$22.50
Heatrola $37.75
Breakfast Suite $23.75
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Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—Jos
eph B. Eastman, federal co-ordinator
of transportation, has notified the
railroads supporting company unions
among their empLojfes that tthey
must divorce themselves from such
organizations and Jease interfering
with the rights of labor.
Eastman said a questionnaire has
disclosed violations of Section 7 of
the emergency ti*ansportation act,
which prohibits roads from seeking to
influence or compel employes to join
company unions, assist such unions
financially, or interfere with em
ployes' organization. He said he has
authority to stop such practices, or
could invoke action by the attorney
general.
He said the questionnaire disclosed
that rail officials have interfered with
employe organization, and in some
his heart. I do not think that the
president would appreciate any trib
ute to his unselfish and unflagging
devotion to the public welfare more
than the act of the American people
in fulfilling his own dreams for a
great institution for the treatment
of infantile paralysis at Warm
Springs. With this fund the founda
tion will be able to do a wider na
tional work.
"One-third of the physically handi
capped in the nation are crippled as
a result of infantile paralysis, and it
ought to stir all of us to action to
learn that this is essentially a chil
dren's disease and that the majority
of these young victims could be help
ed immeasurably toward recovery by
the kind of exercise and treatment
given at Warm Springs. No one can
visit Warm Springs wfthout being
Ambulance Service
Phone 35
Stop Fostering Company
Unions, Railroads Told
Declaring Law Has Been Violated, Federal Co-ordinator
Warns Managements to Keep Hands Off Labor
Unions.
Robert G.Taylor Mortuary
Formerly
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LAST MINUTE SUGGESTIONS
Don't Let Christmas Shopping
Worry You This Year!
HAVE KREBS SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM WITH A
USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT
Beautyrest Mattress $39.50
Boys' Pool Tables $9.75
Sellers Kitchen Cabinet $28.75
Grand Rapids Living Room Suite $110.00 y
Thor or Easy Washer $64.50
Estate or Detroit Range $49.50 .. jjj^
All the Family Will Be Satisfied With A Gift From Krebs
Our Electrical Department Open Evenings 7 to 9. Court St. Entrance
cases, paid officials of company un
ions while attending solely to union
business, and again, provided group
insurance and other benefits to com
pany union members. He added:
"The principle now embodied in the
law, in short, is that railroad man
agement must keep their hands off
so far as labor organizations ai*e con
cerned. That this principle is sound
is not open to question if we believe,
as we must, that employes are free
American citizens and not a menial
class, subservient to the employing
class.
"Whatever may have been the atti
tude of employes in the past it i»
plain that today they are prepared to
insist upon the right to bargain and
deal collectively, with their employers
on equal terms."
touched to the heart by the work be
ing done there.
"This is not the usual kind of drive
for funds. Our committee is not so
liciting large amounts from any per
son. We ask only that our fellow
citizens spend a part of their usual
and normal recreation budget on the
president's birthday ball in their own
communities on January 30, not only
as a personal tribute to the president
for his zealous and unselfish devo
tion to Warm Springs, but also for
the purpose of having a good time
without increasing that week's ex
penditures. It is a small thing for
each of us to do for him."
The consistent union member will
search for union-labeled goods the
same as he will for a job when out
cf work—until he gets it.
Funeral Directors
Chairs and Tables Rented
17 So. Street
Bedroom Suite $93.50
Bigeiow Rug $34.25
Secretary Desk $34.75
Grunow Radio $29.95
Lounging Chair $24.00
Dining Room Suite $119.75 Sj
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Christmas Checks Gladly Accepted
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