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HAMILTON SPECIALS
Employes of Niles Tool Works are
sponsoring a get -together party,
which will be held in St. Joseph's
Hall, Saturday, November 4. Time
set for the occasion will be from 6
p. m. to 11 p. m.
Butler Aerie, No. 407, Hamilton's
Fraternal Order of Eagles, have
launched a diive for their annua!
"beat the quota" membership drive.
The drive will continue until Decem
ber 15. Beautiful and useful prizes
will be awarded to those securing
new members.
Hamilton Lodge, No. 93, B. P. O.
Elks, will hold the last dance of the
month which is being sponsored by
the charity entertainment committee.
Good music, excellent food and re
freshing drinks will be some of the
outstanding features.
The annual Armistice Day dinner,
Saturday, November 11, will be served
at noon in the Armory, on Dayton
Street, and Eldon A. Huchison, 1700
Morey Avenue, will be the principal
speaker, according to announcement
this week by a joint committee repre
senting thi'ee veterans' organizations.
The dinner will be part of the an
nual Armistice Day program in Ham
ilton, which will include a parade in
the morning, services in Greenwood
Cemetery, and the dinner.
Plans were drawn during a meet
ing of the committee Monday night
in the First National Bank Building,
with Braxton Tewart, chairman, pre
siding.
Hours Ordinance Is
Suspended In Quebec
Quebec (ILNS).—Breakdown of la
bor standards in Canada has already
begun as a result of the war with
Germany. The Quebec Fair Wage
Board has disclosed an order suspend
ing for three months "or until other
wise decided" an ordinance limiting
the number of working hours in in
dustrial plants.
The suspension, ordered because of
the war, was placed in effect as of
September 1. The board warned that
employers, however, were not re
lieved from their obligation to pay
overtime in conformity with the or
dinance.
School Budget
Hamilton public schools will oper
ate on an estimated budget of $742,435
during 1940, according to a budget
certified by the Butler County budget
commission and adopted by the board
of education at its regular meeting
Monday night.
"This budget is $69,085 less thap
was tentatively fixed by the board this
summer and schools must continue
to operate on a nine-month schedule,"
Charles F. Holdefer, clerk, informed
the board.
MONROE GRANGE
The first and second degrees were
exemplified by a team from Union
Grange for a class of 20 candidates
Monday night, at the meeting of
Monroe Grange in Monroe school. The
young people of Union Grange pre
sented a drill and tableaux,
Monroe Grange will exemplify the
third and fourth degrees at Union
Grange, November 14. A wiener bake
for the grange was planned for Oc
tober 25 in the home of Roy Jones.
PICTURE SHOW AT OVERPECK
A picture show, "The Loudspeaker,'
also "Vienna Waltzes" and "Knute
Rockne's Football Reel" will be shown
in the Overpeck school, Friday, Oc
tober 20, 7:45 p. m. Admission will
be 10 cents.
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ROBERT A. FALLERT
DIES IN DAYTON, 0.
Robert A. Fallert, age 62, 52 Jones
Street, Dayton, former well-known
resident of Hamilton, died Sunday
morning at 5 o'clock in St. Elizabeth's
Hospital, Dayton.
Death was caused from shock fol
lowing a fall last Friday in the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Horace Cochran,
71 Dover Street, Dayton.
He was born in Hamilton, February
23,1877. He was a clothing salesman
for many years, employed by the Red
Trunk, the Meis Clothing Company
and the Worthmore Clothing Com
pany at various times. He moved to
Dayton one year ago.
Mr. Fallert was a past worthy pres
ident of Butler Aerie, No. 407, Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, which he
joined on February 11, 1920. He was
always active in the Eagles Lodge
here and in the Catholic Order of
oresters, Co-operatives Trades and
Labor Council, and Retail Clerks
Union, No. 119.
More than 25 members of Butler
Aerie, No. 407, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, attended memorial services
Tuesday night in Dayton.
Funei'al services were held Wednes
day morning at 8 o'clock and burial
was in Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, O.
killings Freed By Governor
San Francisco.—Gov. Culbert
Olson returned to Sacramento last
Tuesday to put the official seal on a
elease order expected to make War
ren K. Billings a free man, after 23
years of incarceiation.
Billings, with Tom Mooney, was
convicted of mui'der for the San Fran
cisco Preparedness Day bombing in
1916. Ten were killed and 40 injured
that day on Market Street.
T. U. DELEGATES
REFUSED SEATS AT
A. F.L. CONVENTION
Executive Board Will Decide Question
Of Suspension After Annual Meet
(By Ohio Xiabor News Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Suspension of the
International Typographical Union
from the American Federation of La
bor and partciipation as affiliates of
city central bodies will be determined
by the A. F. of L. executive council,
President William Green said last
week following rejection of I. T. U.
delegate credentials by the credential
committee, whose action was unani
mously approved by the convention
Seats in the A. F. of L.'s fifty-ninth
annual convention, being held in the
Netherland-Plaza Hotel, were denied
the six delegates of the I. T. U. be
cause their organization has refused
to pay a special assessment of one
cent per member per month. The
convention had a short time pi'evi
ously voted to continue the assess
ment for another year at least.
President Green indorsed a plea
made by Frank X. Martel, Detroit
Federation of Labor delegate, for
"tolerance and time" in dealing with
the I. T. U., thus forestalling punish
ment of the union as proposed from
the convention floor by Daniel J. To
bin, Teamsters' president, and Har
vey Brown, Machinists' Union.
President Green declared that he
believed the convention "must deal
with this in a charitable way, a big
way and a broad way," and that the
return of the I. T. U. should be sought
through a campaign of education.
Delegate Tobin had raised the ques
tion of whether the 4,000,000 mem
bers of the A. F. of L. would be will
ing to continue support of the Typo
graphical Union label,
Delegate Brown suggested that
other printing crafts in the Allied
Printing Trades get together and
draw up a new label, leaving the I.
U, out.
After final disposition of the I. T. U
case was left in the hands of the
executive council, President Green
called upon Claude M. Baker, I. T. U
president, to address the convention.
President Baker told the delegates
"I am confident the day will come
when again the family of labor will
be one and the I- T. U, will take its
rightfu- place with that family."
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Formerly
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WASTE THROUGH
UNEMPLOYMENT
(From the American Federationist)
The report of the national resources
committee estimates losses in na
tional income due to the depression
at $200,000,000,000. While this money
loss is staggering, the more perma
nent loss due to the damage done to
human beings will handicap us now
and in future generations. The hu
man loss from denying persons a con
structive place in our economic and
social structure leaves indelible marks
on these persons. Undoubtedly the
most important problem pressing
upon us for study is use of all our
resources—human and material—to
advance the well-being of our nation.
To solve this problem without losing
our freedom in'quota restrictions and
bureaucratic controls and legislative
egulations is a difficult but not im
possible task. It is a task that must
be dealt with if we would preserve
our democracy. All around us we
see the issues sharply drawn short
ening the time in which the question
must be answered.
PER CAPITA TAX
BOOST DEFEATED
(By A. F. of It. Weekly News Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio. The American
Federation of Labor convention de
feated a resolution offered by the
delegates of the Pulp, Sulphite and
Paper Mill Workers Brotherhood to
increase the per capita tax of affili
ated unions from one to two cents
per month. The resolution was ad
versely reported by the committee on
laws, of which Vice-President Tobin
is chairman.
Delegate Burke of the Pulp, Sul
phite and Paper Mill Workers favored
the higher dues as a substitute for
the special assessment of one cent
per member per month. Vice-Presi
dent Tobin and Delegate Volz of the
Photo Engravers opposed the in
crease.
Vice-President Tobin pointed out
that inasmuch as the convention had
already voted to continue the assess
ment for another year, the proposed
increase in the per capita tax would
•aise the total collected from each
member to 36 cents a year, which he
said was inadvisable.
Delegate Volz pointed out that the
increase in the per capita tax required
two-thirds vote of the convention,
and likewise a two-thirds vote to re
duce it, while the assessment could
be continued or stopped by a ma
jority vote.
HOROSCOPES
(From the Chicago Daily News)
Red Mars rode across the August
heavens every night, ecsort to pale
Diana, as Hitler is said to have com
muned with his astrologers on his
Berchtesgaden hill.
He needed no more moonbeams to
make him mad. His star was already
found. It, too, was a red star—the
five-pointed star of the Soviets.
Napoleon saw a star in the Rus
sian skies. None of his staff could
make it out when he pointed upward
in the dark on the banks of the
Niemen.
The safe rule with Russian stars
would seem to be to read them as
red lights at the crossroads.
"Hee must have a long spoone, that
shall eat with the devil."
Farm Produce Prices Are
Up Sharply In Month
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Prices
of many farm products advanced
sharply during the month ended Sep
tember 15 as the general index of
prices received by farmers rose 10
points, the Agricultural Marketing
Sei'vice, U. S. Department of Labor
reports. Though terminal market
prices indicate some declines since
September 15, the level reported is
the highest since January, 1938.
The 10-point increase in the index
of prices received is the largest
monthly change recorded since the
devaluation of the dollar in the spring
of 1933. It sharply reversed the
downward trend in the index that had
continued almost uninterruptedly for
the past two and one-half years.
A. F. of L. Winner In
Hollywood Film Vote
Washington, D, C. (ILNS). The
International Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employes, A. F. of L. affiliate
received 4,460 votes of utility em
ployes in the Hollywood film studios
compared to 1,967 for the United
Studio Technicians' Guild in an elec
tion for collective bargaining repn
sentative held by the National La
bor Relations Board. The United
Studio Technicians' Guild is an
dependent organization but has re
ceived financial support from C. I. O
sources and was regarded as the
spearhead of the C. I. O. campaign
the studios.
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
OHIO RANKS FIRST
In Unemployment Compensation Ad
ministration, Announced At
Inter-State Conference.
Columbus, Ohio.—Ohio ranks first I
among all the 48 states and three ter
ritories in payment of unemployment
compensation benefits and economical!
bureau administration, it was an
nounced at the third annual meeting
of the Inter-State Conference of Un
employment Compensation Agencies,
just concluded at Indianapolis, Ind.
Ohio has an administrative expense I
of 5.1 per cent, weighing costs against.
contributions, according to ft.
enet, assistant director, Division of
Unemployment Compensation in the
Bureau of Employment Security, at
Washington, D. C.
Reasonable cost for administration!approxiia^
of these state agencies was tentatively
set at 10 per cent when the federal
program was started. Then it was
contemplated that the larger states
would be able to get below the 10 per
cent line and that the smaller states
would, in most cases, exceed it.
pensation is still new
mental in this country. Ohio has set
standard and expects to maintain
it," H. C. Atkinson, administrator of
the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, declared.
Better Housing Depends lreau
On Labor, Says Straus I
ment is being backed by both busi
ness and labor, by both the A. F. of L.
and the C. I. 0.," Straus said. "There
will never be better housing through-
traditions and with the social vision I
A. F. L. Union Chosen
$55,000,000,000 Posted
In Wages Under Social
Security Act Reported
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
Social Security Board announces it
has recorded wages totaling $55,000,
000,000 paid since January 1, 1937,
to commercial and industrial workers
covered by the old-age insurance pro
visions of the Social Security Act.
The board stated these wages would
be used in determining the size of
the monthly checks which will be sent
to beneficiaries. Under the law bene
fit payments start in 1940.
The board explained that this total
238,000,000
pay-roll items reported by employers
74,000,000 in 1937 114,000,000 in
1938, and approximately 50,000,000 in
the first half of the present year.
Estimates place the total for 1939 at
year.
Labor Committee Hits Plan
I For "Spy" Group Formation
«m. i j. «in the name of 22 unions, said to be
""n-m.?°a™d exTi-
of its leaders it will assume that role." diced. Some decisions of the board
have resulted in the greatest perver-
By Insurance Agents[
Philadelphia, Pa. (AFLWNS).—Thel
agents employed by the Baltimore
Life Insurance Company at their
Philadelphia office voted ovei-whelm
ingly for the American Federation of I
Labor to represent them in collective!
bargaining at an election here con
ducted by the Pennsylvania Labor
Relations Board. There were only|
two dissenting votes.
This is the second office of the Bal-|
timore Life which has voted for thel
A. F. of L. Last October the Wash-|
ngton, D. C., office chose the Ameri
can Federation of Labor and the I
agents have been working under a|
union contract ever since.
George L. Russ and Ralph U. Boyer,|
A. F. of L. organizers, were instru
mental in bringing about the results
favorable to the American Federation
of Labor union in Washington and|
Philadelphia.
Sept. Employment Higher
In N. Y. State Factories!
Albany, N .Y. (ILNS).—The num
ber of workers employed in New York
state factories increased 4.1 per cent
from the middle of August to the
middle of September, while total fac
tory payrolls rose 3.0 per cent during
the same period, Industrial Commis
sioner Frieda S. Miller reports. The
fact that many firms were closed dur
ing part of the time reported this
month for the observance of religious
holidays or Labor Day accounted for
the smaller gain in payrolls than in
employment. Gains in factory em
ployment and payrolls are usual in I
September. The average gains from]
August to September, over a 25-year
period, have been 2.8 per cent for em
ployment and 3.9 per cent for payrolls.
The New York State Department of I
Labor's index of factory employment,
based on the average of the years
1925-27 as 100, rose to 87.4, 8.9 per|
cent above the September, 1938 level.
The corresponding payroll index, at|
82.6 was 9.6 per cent above last year's
figure.
CONVENTION CONTINUES
FUND FOR ORGANIZATION I
Cincinnati (ILNS).—The fifty-ninth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor voted to continue
the special one-cent-a-month assess
ment on each member for organiza
tion purposes.
President William Green announced
that the federation would concentrate
on the organization of steel workers
in the next year.
New York City (ILNS).—Speaking
b0th
A' F' L'
and
C'
a L*?er!i|lyn tabor and citizens committee pro
tested against the formation by Sher
iff James V. Mangano of Kings
Scranton, Pa. (ILNS). Nathan I pression of organized labor," the com
Straus, United States Housing Au-lniittee declared in an open letter to
thority administrator, predicted or-lthe sheriff. "Whatever their original
ganized labor will play a prominent I pretext—and one form or another of
part in the movement for better hous-1 super-patriotism has been most often
ing, in addressing a meeting called I picked on—such vigilantes invariably
by the Scranton Housing Authority. I wind up with a drive against labor
"It is gratifying to see that here I lea-ders, labor organizations and their
in Scranton, as elsewhere throughout) members
the United States, the housing move-
out the country until the workers in I advocated appointment of a new Na
every town and city stand up and in-ltional Labor Relations Board and
sist upon it. American labor has a I amendments to the Wagner Labor
leading role to play in our nation-1
wide housing program. I am confi-|by
dent that in keeping with its great I
B,'°0k"
County of a body of 3,000 civilians to
in
Brooklyn.
We object to your civilian spy bu-
on the specific giound that the
whole history of vigilante bodies has
been one of ugly harassment and op-
NAMING OF NEW N.L.R.B. URGED
Cincinnati (ILNS).—Senator Taft
of Ohio in an address before the fifty
ninth annual A. F. of L. convention
many
0f
which had been proposed
the A Fi of
sa ijf
"Unfortunately,
"the administration of the
labor act
has been biased and preju-
Ision of justice this country has seen.
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Civil Liberties Committee
To Hold Public Hearings
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). —The
La Follette Senate Civil Liberties
Committee will hold public hearings
in California on instances of alleged
violations of the rights of free speech
and assembly and undue interference
with the rights of labor to bargain
collectively on the Pacific Coast, it
was announced here.
The dates or places for the hear
ings were not revealed.
CAN'T BUILD ON MISERY
I feel it is a serious mistake for
us to found any hopes for real pros
perity on the miseries of war-torn
Europe. When the war is over, much
of our war business will collapse sud
denly, and we may be a great deal
worse off than before we got it. In
any case, the European war cannot
possibly solve our economic problems
here in the United States.—Mrs. Flor
ence Kerr, assistant commissioner,
W. P. A.
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