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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,1935
WHY DO BIG BANKS OBJECT?
One amendment to the constitution
—Article V—is being invoked against
the FDIC insurance for banks of
smaller deposits. The ground is that
property of the larger banks will be
disproportionately taken for the pro
tection of depositors in small banks
Yet the statement is made that most
of our banking troubles have arisen
from failures among the myriads of
small banks in the country.
That means, if it means anything,
that the weak spot in the financial
credit dam is in the neighborhood of
the small banks. It also means that
when the dam breaks at the weak
spots, the whole structure, and every
thing depending on it, is threatened by
a general catastrophe. But the big
banks are opposed to contributions
from the high spots in the dam to
protect the weaker places.
Can it be that the big banks are
still counting on these periodic breaks
in the dam as periods of magnificent
sprees of accumulation for them
selves
This is only one of many questions
which workers, and other depositors in
small banks—who never expect to do
any business with the Morgan and
Rockefeller big banks, are rising up
to ask. They want to know why the
big banks should object to a general
charge upon bank deposits for the
general protection of the banking sys
tem at its weakest points.
THEY WON'T BE DISCHARGED
Some eminent attorneys are greatly
engrossed in publicizing a certain set
of legal opinions regarding the Wag
ner-Connery act, Guffey act, social
securities act, et altera. By and large,
these gentlemen, who by calling are
members of the court in which these
acts are sooner or later to be tested,
are pledged to uphold the law and the
constitution. In this particular mat
ter, however, with or without retain
ers, they are engaged in asserting
that the congress of the United States
and the lawful authorities of the na
tion—excepting, perhaps, the supreme
court—have been doing unlawful
things in enacting these laws, and that
the laws are not valid. What they will
say about the supreme court depends
upon what that august body of nine
elderly gentlemen happen to say
about these enactments, when the lat
ter are brought before them for test
ing.
Eminent legal counsel for labor
organizations have been raising the
point of legal ethics with reference
to such practices. The gentlemen re
ferred to are egnaged in trying out,
in advance of legal proceedings, cer
tain opinions as to these acts of
congress. Courts object to that, us
ually. They may be said to be trying
to influence judges and juries who
may be called upon to pass upon these
acts and their application. And that
is bad.
They are trying to "stir up quar
rels," and may be proven to be
"spreading false rumors." Such acts
are within the definition of "barretry."
And that is v^ry bad. But of course
the gentlemen will not be disbarred.
Not even if their arguments should
prove to be "exciting lawsuits' on the
part of corporations and employers of
labor. Of course they are wishing to
appear to be 'friends of the court"—
and are simply trying out their opin
ions in the courts of public opinion,
in advance.
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WHAT EXT?
The Railway Express Agency has
eliminated the refrigerator car in the
transportation of fresh or frozen fish
by rail from the Northwest, by the
use of dry ice. Millions of pounds
are handled monthly without the cost
of re-icing. Dry ice is put in racks
above boxed fish and then the whole
thing is covered with a tai'paulin.
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WISDOM
The public institutions of the na
tions must be such as to make the
whole of human society conform to
the common good: i.e., to the standard
of social justice.—Pope Pius XI.
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AMERICAN UNIONS
Respond to Labor Chest's
Appeal
New York City (ILNS)—Response
of American organized workers to the
appeal of the Labor Chest for the
support of oppressed labor in Europe
is highly gratifying, the Chest for the
Liberation of Workers in Europe, 3
West 16th street, New York city, re
ports. The Garment Workei-s, the
Photo Engravers' Union, the Hat, Cap
and Millinery Workers' Union have
contributed substantially to the chest
in recent weeks and further donations
from other unions are expected. A
statement of the Labor Chest head
quarters emphasizes, however, that
the collections are far behind the
actual requirements, and that greater
co-operation is necessary "if sup
pressed labor is to revive and regain
its strength.' A circular letter sent
to the chest committees in the leading
cities, stresses the necessity of arous
ing the American public to the dangers
of Fascism- and of enlisting the finan
cial support of organized labor to a
greater extent than heretofore. All
local labor organizations are urged to
contribute to this cause. 'Any amount,
small or large, is welcome. Every
dollar and cent counts in the war for
the liberation of suppressed labor,"
the letter emphasizes.
Labor Party's Head
Suggests Stern Measures
Brighton, England (ILNS)—Threat
of military penalties against Italy if
it persists in attacking Ethiopia was
suggested by Walter Robinson,
chairman of the British labor party,
in his keynote speech at the opening
of its annual conference.
The League of Nations, Robinson
said, should threaten Italy with mili
tary sanctions if financial and eco
nomic penalties were insufficient to
prevent it from attacking. Rigorous
withholding of supplies from Italy, he
predicted, would bring any war to a
speedy end.
WANTED—UNION ENGINEERS
To know that the
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
of this city, has renewed an agreement with our organization, and will
employ none but members of our Union to operate their
MODERN AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING & COOLING PLANT
Inasmuch as the above firm has agreed to employ Union Engineers
it behooves our members and our friends and all affiliated bodies to
PATRONIZE THOSE WHO FAVOR US
International I'nion ol Operating Eng/neers, Local No. 91
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EINSTEIN MIGHT EXPLAIN
"Have you ever noticed a very odd
thing about blunt people?" Freeman
asked his friend.
"Can't say that I have," said the
latter. "They are certainly rather em
barrassing at times."
Freeman nodded pensively.
"Yes but hasn't it ever struck you
that they are the ones who generally
come to the point first?"—Answers
Magazine.
World Understanding
"Do you think all the people of the
world will come to some common un
derstanding?"
"Maybe, in the remote future," an
swered Senator Sorghum. "But we
haven't yet got so far as to popularize
any universal language such as Vola
puk or Esperanto."
Presto I
Teacher was giving a lesson on the
weather idiosyncrasies of March.
"What is it," she asked, "that comes
in like a lion and goes out like a
lamb?"
And little Julia, in the back row, re
plied: "Father."—Humorist Magazine.
Thank Your Stars
She—Did you read in the papers that
some people were poisoned through
eating chocolates?
He—Yes, dear, I did, but what about
It?
She—Nothing, except that I was
thinking—er—how safe we are.
Likely, Too
Mother—Why Betty, you ought to be
ashamed to come to the table with
such dirty hands. You never saw my
hands like that.
Betty—No, mother, but I bet grand
ma has.
HIGH VALUE
He—For the love of you I could be
come anything.
She—Become a millionaire.
A Crabbed Answer
Customer—I think I'll take one of
those live lobsters.
Dealer (picking out one)—Shall I
wrap this up?
Customer—Yes, unless you think it's
tame enough to follow me home.
Applied Reatoa
Chairman—Comrades, the resolution
is that we oppose the deportation of
any citizen, whatever his opinions. Are
we all agreed?
A Voice—No!
Chorus—Chuck 'im out!
Not Alarming
Prison Quard—Ten prisoners have
broken out!
Warden—Have you sounded the
alarm
Guard—No, I got the doctor,
think It's smallpox.
Atta Boy!
Overheard on a dance floor the other
night:
Him—Say, do your eyes bother you?
Her—No—why?
Him—Well, they bother met
Thieves and Speeder*
Neighbor—Why is your car painted
blue on one side and red on the other?
Speeder—Oh, it's a fine idea. You
should hear the witnesses contradicting
one another!
THE NUISANCE
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"Don't you ever take your wife out
In your automobile?"
"Not very often. Whenever I run
over anybody she screams so it makes
me nervous."
There's a Reason
Mrs. Brown—Oh, Bobby, your pants
are torn behind!
Bobby—They are? Gee, i wondered
why I was gettin' so cold
Advertise in The Press.
The Cherry
Where with our
Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly
Down the long corridor of time the
human race moves in what seem us
ually to be illogical jerks, haltings
and confusion.
A Hitler yelps his* half-savage no
tions into the arena thi'ough the trum
pet of a controlled and subsidized na
tional organization of press and
people.
A Mussolini barks with something
less than the intelligence of a Caesar,
but with more force.
An American employer of men
growls out the syllables of an ancient
philosophy, hoping people will think
it the virile view of individualism,
which means all things to all men.
Churchmen and labor union lead
ers divide when they should stand in
unity, each holding an opinion which
he believes sound, both for the mo
ment putting that view above all else.
And the world moves on, by and
large, to better things, though after)
it seems otherwise.
The story is told of a fisherman
who put a chalk mark on the side of
his boat so that he might return next
day to the same good fishing spot.
And the next day he couldn't find
the same boat.
There is, in truth, a good deal of
just such foolishment in the human
race. Sometimes it seems as if the
funniest thing on earth is the human
race.
Of course, all of this is leading no
where, unless it be toward the bottom
of the column, except that inasmuch
and insofar as each individual take.s
thought unto himself about the state
of the nation—and the state of hih
own affairs and the affairs of his un
ion—by that much is the chance of
sound progress increased.
So think, now and then, about the
state of affairs. It makes for health
Comes now the A of L. conven
tion. Once each year it happens.
Always the air grows thick with
predictions, some happy, some filled
with dire foreboding.
Always, afterwards the movement
goes on, like the tides of the ocean,
sometimes higher, sometimes not
higher, but always going on, rolling
along, toward something ultimate.
What is there at which labor aims
that is ultimate?
Nobody knows. Not even President
Green.
All anybody knows about that is
that we have a job to do each day,
moving toward what men believe to be
better.
There are many hills and valleys
and turns between here and the ulti
mate. It is too far to see and too
many things in the way.
But, like the river in the song, we
keep rolling along, we keep moving
along—an irresistible tide. Human
ity on the march, in an effort to find
fulfillment for hopes.
Probably there never will be ful
fillment. If there were, then there
would be nothing more to do.
Only a few among humans can be
content without something to do
without some aim at a goal that is
far away.
And so, labor moves on from day
concerned about a great question
that revolves around and most al
ways centers in bread. Bread is a
good symbol.
First to get bread. Then to get it
with less effort. Then to get it as
a natural incidental to life, so that
with bread secure, a great scheme of
joy may be built about and around it,
If, today, we should have to mark
down an "ultimate," it would after
all only be a half-way post to some
thing bigger and finer. And it prob
ably would be called SECURITY.
The union label, shop card and but
ton are the best acceleration of higher
wages, shorter hours and better con
ditions.
Don't allow the merchant to filibus
ter when it comes to union-made prod
ucts.
No matter how small the articlc
look for the union label. Every littl
bit helps!
A Leader for
oAsI{ Your
Dock Srtike On
In Gulf Ports
New Orleans (ILNS)—Union long
shoremen struck on October 1 in four
gulf ports.
Pickets were on duty at the docks
in New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola,
and Gulfport.
Heads of the International Long
shoremen's Association, which ordered
the gulf walkout, said dock workers at
the Pacific coasts would refuse to load
ships bound to or from the four ports
of the strike.
Mobile, Ala. (ILNS)—Five men
were arrested and one special officer
slightly injured in a series of clashes
between pickets and police as the
International Longshoremen's Associ
ation strike got under way here.
Boston Printers Ask New
Book and Job Wage Scale
Boston (ILNS)—Boston Local Un
ion No. 13, International Typograph
ical Union, recently submitted to the
RED JACKET
COAL
POCAHONTAS
ANTHRACITE
KOPPERS COKE
employers a new book and job scale
of wages. The union proposal calls
for a contract from October 1, 1935,
to September 1, 1936, under which
all journeymen shall not receive less
than $1.10 per hour for a 40-hour
week. Also included in the proposed
contract are clauses aimed at im
provement of working conditions. If
accepted by the employers, the con
tract will be retroactive from Octo
ber 1, representatives of the local say.
Virginia Coal Miners Win
Strike For Higher Wages
Norton, Va. (AFLNS)—Represen
tatives of the United Mine Workers of
America negotiated an agreement
with the Virginia Coal Operators' As
sociation here by which miners in the
Virginia coal fields won a wage in
crease of 50 cents a day for day men
and 9 cents per ton for miners who
work on a tonnage basis, distributed
between machine men and loaders.
The strike was declared on Septem
ber 16.
Edgar K. Wagner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Schwenn Coal Company
W. H. STEPHAN, Prop.
COAL
5th and High Streets PHONE 23
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