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(By Ohio Labor News Service)
Columbus, Ohio. Representative
William H. Whetro, Ironton, a union
machinist, was eulogized for his "con
tributions to the cause of the working
man" in a resolution adopted by ac
clamation of his fellow legislators in
the closing hours of the regular ses
sion last week.
Introduced by Representative Wal
ter Becker, Cincinnati, the resolution
reads as follows:
Resolution commending Hon. Wil
liam H. Whetro for his untiring
efforts in behalf of labor.
WHEREAS, Through his untiring
efforts, perseverance and sincerity,
Hon. William H. Whetro has been
successful in securing the passage of
House Bill No. 196 (state labor dis
putes act), which is one of labor's
greatest achievements in the house of
representatives of the 92nd general
assembly and
WHEREAS, Mr. Whetro's contribu
tion to the cause of the working man
and the ability which he has demon
strated as chairman of the labor com
mittee of the house of representatives,
92nd general assembly, are matters
deserving commendation of the high
est type and
WHEREAS, Mr. Whetro has shown
fairness and impartiality in conduct
ing all hearings before the labor com
mittee, and has been consistently just,
considerate and prudent therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the house of rep
resentatives of the 92nd general as
sembly commend Hon. William H.
Whetro for these sterling qualities
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a properly au
thenticated copy of this resolution be
forwarded to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and to Frances Perkins,
secretary of labor.
In addition to securing passage of
House Bill No. 196, which provides for
a state labor disputes act and board
of ai'bitration almost identical to the
Wagner act, to be effective in indus
trial disputes involving firms in intra
state commerce, Representative Whet-
MELLON COMPANY
SUED_AS TRUST
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
department of justice has brought a
suit under the anti-trust laws against
the Aluminum Co. of America, Andy
Mellon's first financial love.
Union Legislator's
Record Acclaimed
Representative Whetro Eulogized in House Resolution
The Representative s a Union Machinist
Thirteen years ago, in 1924, the
federal trade commission made a re
port, charging that the Aluminum Co.
was violating not only the anti-trust
laws, but a decree issued, with the
company's consent, by a federal judge.
Harlan F. Stone, now associate jus
tice of the supreme court, who was
named attorney general by President
Coolidge in 1924, to disinfect the de
partment after its occupancy by
Harry Daugherty, said that the re
port of the commission clearly war
ranted a prosecution and when put
on the supreme court, left behind
him a memorandum on that subject.
The late Thomas J. Walsh, Roose
velt's first choice for attorney gen
eral, said that his first action would
be to bring a suit against the Alum
inum- Co.
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ro introduced several other meritor
ious measures.
Chief among them- are bills prohib
iting discriminatory civil service ex
amination requirements establishing
regional boards of claims to facilitate
first hearings of claims presented un
der the workmen's compensation
law reorganizing the division of aid
for the aged to improve administra
tion of that law providing funds for
payment of old age pensions.
Representative Whetro was one of
the leaders in the fight to place the
house of representatives on record as
supporting President Roosevelt's
supreme court reform program. He is
serving his second term as Represen
tative from Lawrence county.
CLEVELAND
TEAMSTERS
Sign Wage Increase Agree
ment
By A. F. of L. News Servim.
The Teamsters and Chauffeurs Lo
cal Union in Cleveland, Ohio, has ne
gotiated a contract with the Retail
Coal Dealers Board covering wages
and hours for teamsters in Cuyahoga
county. Coal drivers will receive 75
cents an hour or $1.30 a ton if they
are on a driver-owned basis. The
agreement includes wage raises of 5
cents an hour or 5 cents a ton.
Four hundred yard men, formerly
without union protection, but included
in the new contract, will receive a
minimum of 60 cents an hour and
time and one-half for overtime in
place of the straight time formerly
in effect.
The eight-hour day and six-day
week for both drivers and yardmen
is provided for seven months of the
year, including the winter months.
For the remaining five months, iif
cluding the summer months, the five
day week will be applied. All "-over
time will be paid for at the rate of
time and one-half, and overtime is
figured at the end of every day.
Union officials said the new agree
ment was especially favorable for the
yard men, hitherto unorganized, who
had been compelled to work 10 or 12
hours a day for 40 cents an hour.
Seaside Timber Workers
Win Important Agreement
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The Sawmill and Timber Workei*s'
Union, at Seaside, Washington, an
A. F. of L. unit, associated with the
United Brothrhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, recently secured an
agreement with the Crown-William
ette Paper Company, which brought
to a victorious close a bitter con
troversy that had raged since the
spring of 1935. Recognition of the
Sawmill and Timber Workers' Union,
release from employment in Clatsop
county of four men in the company's
employ during a bloody outbreak a
year ago, re-employment of all form
erly employed woodsmen and union
ization within 60 days of other em
ployes, are among the provisions of
the new agreement, which is said to
amount to a smashing victory for this
union.
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Washinigton, D. C. (ILNS)—Mur
der is a hardy perennial in Harlan
county, Kentucky. Saturday, April
24, 1937, four Harlan "mine guards"
murdered Lloyd Clouse, organizer for
the United Mine Workers, and wound
ed and beat up his brother. Jasper
Clouse.
The daily newspapers and their
press associations didn't bring this
information to Washington. It came
in a much more roundabout way.
George Titler and James S. Golden,
also union oi'ganizers in the Harlan
fields, wired the information to Wil
liam Turnblazer, president of the
UMW district which includes Harlan,
and Turnblazer sent it on to Senator
La Follette, who read it into the rec
ord of the hearings of the civil liber
ties committee. Hitler and Mussolini
are not the only chaps who censor the
news when and where they can.
Even before this bit of "spot news"
arrived, the La Follette hearings had
been gaining in dramatic quality at
each session. Marshall A. Musick,
Baptist preacher and part time coal
miner of Harlan county, who had been
on the stand before, came back to
tell of the murder of his son.
Describes Son's Death
He states the fact, said that the son
was killed because the father was a
union man and organizer and gave
place to his wife. Twisting a hand
kerchief wet with tears, Mrs. Musick
told how her son Bennett was listen
in-g to the radio about 9 o'clock on
February 9 when bullets began to rip
through the walls of the cabin.
"Bennett jest pitched out of his
chair an' kind o' crawled toward the
bedroom," she testified, smothering
her sobs as best she could. "He was
dead before I ever got to speak to
him." Splinters of a door knob shat
tered by the bullets wounded the
mother in the leg and hurt a younger
son. Bennett was 19 years old.
Hugh Taylor, a deputy sheriff of
Ilarlan county, told on the stand that
he had been offered $100 to take part
in shooting up the Musick home. He
promised to take part in the attack,
fearing that he would be killed if he
refused, but managed to have busi
ness elsewhere when the time came.
Deputies Try Murder
His fears were justified 11 days
later. On the night of February 20,
he was going home when his car was
stopped by three other deputies, two
of whom he knew and named, and a
pistol was put to his head.
"I grabbed the gun with my left
hand, and it fired," he testified, "and
HE BUT1JER COUNTY PRESS.
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urn
In the Spring a Young Man's
News of Recent Slaying Comes in Roundabout
Way to Senate Investigators—Wife of Preach
er-Miner Gives Dramatic Account of Killing
of Son and Wounding of Herself.
Another Union Organizer^ Falls
Victim of Harlan Murder Gang
La Follette Committee Reveals
then I grabbed for it with my right
hand. It exploded again and went
through my wrist. I managed to
ge
out and reached for my own guns,
but my hands were useless. Then
I
started to run."
Deputy Frank White, one of th
trio, fired again and the bullet struck
Taylor in the hip.
"I fell down and played dead,"
said. "They turned me over, and sai!
I was as dead as I ever would be.
and went away."
Victim Offered Bribe
He was carried to a hospital by
passiing car, and there another dep
uty visited him and told him to move,
or they would "get" him. He wa
moved to a hospital in another county
Later, he was offered $2,000 to ignore
the subpoena of the senate commit
tee, and stay hidden. He accepted th
offer but they paid him only $62.50.
so he came down to testify.
His evidence was corroborated by
several other witnesses.
PRESIDENT
Nominates Members of Coal
Board
Washington, D. C. (ILNS) In
nominating the members of the na
tional bituminous coal commission
which will administer the .new Guffev
coal regulation act, President Roosi
velt named Percy Tetlow and John (.'.
Lewis, of the United Mine Workei
of America, to represent the miners.
The other members nominated, wit
the interests they will represent, fo!
low:
C. F. Hosford, Jr., Pennsylvania
Producers.
C. E. Smith, W. Va., The Public.
Thomas S. Haymond, Kentucky,
Producers.
Pleas E. Greenlee, Indiana, Th
Public.
Walter H. Maloney, Missouri, Tli
Public.
Hosford, Smith, Tetlow and Ma
loney had been members of the na
tional bituminous coal commission
set up under the Guffey bill outlawed
by the U. S. Supreme Court. Hosford
served the old board as chairman.
The president also named John
Carson, secretary to the late Senatoi
Couzens, to serve as consumer's coun
sel on the board.
The seven members of the board
serve four year terms. The nomina
tions were made following President
Roosevelt's signing of the Guffey act.
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Building Trades Win Higher
Wage Rates
By A. F. of L. New ServlM.
Substantial wage increases for
skilled workers and laborers have
been secured for the building crafts
of Denver, Colorado, partly by sepa
rate agreements negotiated between
the unions and the contractors and
partly by awards handed down by the
Colorado industrial commission, the
commission having acted as arbitra
tor in cases where the contractors and
the unions could not agree.
The commission unanimously ap
proved the 7-hour day and 5-day
work week and the following wage
scales: Building laborers, 71 2-5 cents
an hour, formerly 62% cents hod
carriers, $1 an hour, formerly 90
cents granite cutters, $1.25 an hour,
formerly $1.12% plasterers and lath
ei*s, $1.43 an hour, formerly $1.25
stone cutters, $1.43 an hour, formerly
$1.12%.
The following wage increases were
negotiated by separate unions:
Bricklayers, tile setters and shovel
operators, $1.50 an hour in place of
the former $1.25 an hour carpenters,
iron workers, hoisting engineers,
$1.43 an hour in place of the former
$1.25 an hour glaziers, $1.20 an hour
in place of the foi'mer $1 an hour.
The scale for painters remained un
changed at $1.25 an hour.
UNION CHARGES NOTHING FOR
PAINTING CHILDREN'S HOME
Miami, Fla. (AFLNS)—Members
of Painters & Decorators' Local Union
No. 365 of Miami recently donated
their services in repainting, both in
side and out, the southeastern branch
of the Children's Home Society of
Florida, located here, as their con
tribution to a $20,000 campaign to
maintain the home for the homeless
and needy children of the Miami area.
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