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Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Con
certed union label buying action is
the best possible insurance of per
manent jobs, higher wages, shorter
hours and better working conditions,
I. M. Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of
the A. F. of L. Union Label Trades
Department, declared in a Labor Day
address over the Columbia Broadcast
ing System.
Buying of union label goods and
services, Ornburn added, "will create
purchasing power derived from the
payrolls of private industry and thus
reduce federal taxes required for re
lief and governmental projects." He
continued:
"Through the creation of greater
purchasing power there will be a
greater demand for the products of
American farmers as well as the
gpods of manufacturers.
How to Speed Recovery
"In general, an intensive union
l^bel-buying campaign will speed re
covery and will be the quickest means
through which America can return to
lasting and permanent economic se
curity.
"Permit me to appeal to American
consumers by asking two questions.
How can America recover from these
periodical depressions if all consum
ers do not buy merchandise that is
made under American labor union
standards
HORSE BARN TO BE
COMPLETED THIS WEEK
Construction of a 60-stall concrete
block draft horse barn at the Butler
County Fairgrounds will be completed
this week by J. H. Fishwick, Hamil
ton contractor, directors of the County
Agricultural Society said. The build
ing cost $5,380.91. A fence has been
erected around the parking lot at the
ground and repairs of other buildings
are being completed in preparation
for the week of September 26.
ELECTED BY PISTOL CLUBS
Mass Buying Of Union Label
Goods Is Quickest Way To
Recovery, Says I. M. Ornburn
Middletown, Ohio.—Sergeant Paul
G. Fouts and Patrolman Loren Gustin
were elected to trustee posts in the
Police Pistol Club, succeeding Ser
geant John Fitzgerald and Patrolman
Lester Keeler, it was disclosed this
week. In the race besides the four
Secretary-Treasurer Of Union Label Trades Department
Says Union People Must Consume Products Of Own
Unionized Manufacturers—Address Broadcast.
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"The answer to these questions is
'they cannot.' It is impossible for
America to have any degree of pros
perity if consumers continue to buy
foreign-made and other unfair prod
ucts made in sweatshops where wages
are so low that the workers are un
able to sustain themselves with the
necessities of life—to say nothing of
the comforts and luxuries that may
be purchased by workers with the
prevailing wages established in every
community by the American Federa
tion of Labor.
"We cannot expect American and
unionized industries to continue to
pay standard union wages if Ameri
can consumers do not buy the goods
which are manufactured in these in
dustries.
Union Label Buying Vital
"Americans—especially union men
and women—must consume the prod
ucts of our own unionized manufac
turers or they will have to go out of
business.
"I prophesy that when industry be
comes completely unionized that llu
mass purchasing power will be suffi
cient to absorb the maximum of our
mass production. I shall also predict
that as soon as American consumers
become union label-conscious, Amer
ica will return to the greatest era of
prosperity it has ever known."
mentioned were Patrolmen Herbert
Frazier and Philip Brosh.
TO NAME SCHOOL AIDS
C. H. Williams, superintendent of
Butler County schools, said he ex
pected to appoint music, public speak
ing, athletics and other standing com
mittees for the school year within the
next two weeks.
Rural Theatre To
Present 16 Plays
The Rural Community Theatre will
present 16 plays at the Butler County
Pair the week of September 26, it was
announced by theatre officials.
The plays will be presented Sep
tember 27, 28 and 29, with the three
plays adjudged best repeated on Sep
tember 30. Professor A. Loren Gates,
Miami University, Oxford, will be
judge. 1
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Duluth, Minn. (ILNS).—"All-work
ing men and women in the United
States demand that,our country stay
out and keep out of European con
flicts," President William Green said
here in a Labor Day address reaffirm
ing American labor's unswerving op
position to involvement in Europe's
wars.
President Green warmly praised
President Roosevelt's effort to prevail
upon Europe's rulers to avert war but
insisted that this country must not
stop there. He added:
"We favor the exercise of media
tion efforts and the use of all moral
interference at our command in the
interest of peace.
Strict Neutrality Urged
"But, we must insist that we stop
there. There must be no European
entanglement and no involvement in
European wars. We call upon our
government to scrupulously avoid the
commission of any overt act, to main
tain a strictly neutral attitude and
thus avoid the tragic and unhappy
experiences through which our people
passed during the great World War
Men and women who this day are
observing labor's holiday, throughout
the length and breadth of our land,
crave peace, they pray for peace, they
strive for it and are determined to
maintain it here."
Domestic Problems Analyzed
The A. F. of L. leader's discussion
of the European crisis was coupled
with a searching analysis of labor's
domestic problems. In his address,
broadcast from coast to coast by the
National Broadcasting System, he
made these main points:
1. UNEMPLOYMENT—T^e nation,
Green said, cannot permanently main
tain the army of unemployed which
now aggregates 10,560,000 men and
women. "The absorption of these
unemployed in private industry where
they may be accorded an opportunity
to work and earn and thus become
Consuming units in our American
jnarkets is the real solution," he de
clared. He demanded that economic
policies be adopted by government, in
dustry and labor which would bring
ftbout this solution. If it is neces
gary to put into effect a 30-hour week
in private industry, "let it be done,"
Green advised.
Political Policy Praised
2. A. F. of L. POLICIES—Prog
ress and growth can come only
through ^volution, not revolution
Green said. He called for perfection
of the nation's social security sys
tem. He affirmed the right of labor
Jto organize and its responsibility to
live up to contracts. Extolling the
wisdom of the federation's non-par­
The Thrill of a Lifetime
Labor Determined To Keep
Of War, Says President Green
Demands Work For Idle Ha
Green Says "All Working Men And Women In United
States Demand We Stay Out Of European Conflicts"—
Praises President Roosevelt's Peace Efforts.
tisan political policy, Green warned
we shall actively interest ourselves
in the campaign of 1940, mobilizing
our political strength in opposition to
our enemies and in support of our
friends."
3. FARM POLICIES—The prosper
ity of farmei's and industrial workers
is closely inter-related, Green said.
Insisting that fair play be accorded
the farmers, he urged that decent
prices be paid for farm products and
excessive taxation lifted. "We are
willing to be the ally of the farmer
in order to achieve this purpose," he
said.
Strife Laid to Lewis
4. LABOR PEACE—Placing the re
sponsibility for failure to achieve
labor peace on John L. Lewis, Green
declared the A. F. of L. still stands
ready to explore the possibilities of
reuniting the labor movement. He
charged Lewis with vetoing a peace
plan acceptable to the C. I. O. Com
menting on Lewis' counter-proposal
for the liquidation of the A. F. of L.,
he said "this the American Federa
tion of Labor can never do." The
A. F. of L., he affirmed, has over
come the losses in membership sus
tained when the C. I. O. was formed
and is now, with more than five mil
lion members, stronger numerically
than ever before in its history.
5. FOREIGN 'ISMS Reiterating
the federation's unalterable oppi
tion to Communism, Nazism and
Fas­
cism, Green declared the recent Sta
lin-Hitler "unholy alliance"
makes
them partners in a common cause
of
the dictatorships against democracy.
He said many American libei'als who
denounced Hitler and Mussolini but
stopped there now find themselves
sadly disillusioned.
Few Would Fight To "Save
Democracy" Outside U. S.
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce announced that a poll of
3,000 men between 20 and 30 years
old showed that 1)8 per cent of them
would fight to defend the United
States, but only 12 per cent would
fight in defense of any democracy out
side the western hemisphere.
The poll was conducted by the
magazine "Future."
Civil liberties Probe
To Begin Sept. 15
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Chair
man La Follette has appointed Henry
H. Fowler, Roanoke, Va., as counsel
for the Senate civil liberties commit
tee's Pacific Coast investigation.
La Follette said that Fowler and
the committee staff will leave about
September 15 for California where
Associated Farmers organizations on
the West Coast are scheduled to be
studied.
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Washington, D. C. (ILNS). —Pri
vate industrial concerns and equip
ment contractors have received nearly
$1,700,000,000, in orders for purchase
of construction materials and equip
ment and rental of equipment for use
on W. P. A. projects, Deputy Work
Projects Commissioner Howard O.
Hunter announced here.
In addition to $1,075,811,148 spent
for purchase of materials, equipment
and other supplies, W. P. A. opera
tions required the expenditure of
$604,973,815 for rental of equipment
from private individuals and contract
ing concerns during the four years
ended June 30. Local governments
sponsoring W. P. A. projects provided
more than two-thirds of the funds
for purchases and more than three
fifths of the funds for equipment
rental.
The proportion of the cost of ma
terial, supplies and equipment borne
by local governments has increased
sharply since the beginning of tfhe
program, Hunter said, reflecting in
creased sponsors' co-operation and
steady improvement in the quality of
W. P. A. projects and work as well as
a policy of restricting federal expend
itures so far as possible to project
workers' wages.
Sponsors' expenditures for pur
chases amounted to 69 per cent of the
total in the fiscal year ended June 30
as compaerd to 31 per cent in the
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