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TRADES COUNCIL
The Co-operative Trades and Labor
Council met in regular session Tues
day night. Charles Perrine presided.
Thirty-eight delegates were present.
Frank Crane, recording secretary,
was reported on the sick list, and
Delegate Beckett acted in his stead.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
A communication was read from
the joint committee of the Ohio labor
organizations and the Eagles regard
ing increased pensions for needy aged,
and ordered delegates to take note.
Communication was read from Wil
liam Green, president of the A. F. of
L., relative to resolution passed at
the last convention, that labor reaf
firms its position and policy toward's
Labor's Non-Partisan League, declar
ing that it is an accessory to the C.
I. 0. and antagonistic to the American
Federation of Labor.
The United Automobile Workers of
Lansing, Mich., informs the council
in a letter and circular that they have
placed the Lansing company on the
unfair list. They ask co-operation in
their fight against this company. Re
ceived and ordered complied with.
A letter containing the season's
greetings was read from Charles Getz,
manager of the Bruck's Hamilton
beer agency. The same was received.
A letter was read from William
Green, president of the A. F. of L.,
stating that for the seventh time he
has accepted the annual oppoi'tunity
-of saving human life by supporting
the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc. Council's co-operation
is urged. Received.
A lengthy letter was read from I.
M. Ornburn, secretary-treasurer of
the Union Label Trades Department,
in which he reports that the Round
Oak Stove Company, Dowagiac, Mich.
Premier Furnace Company and the
Rudy Furnace Company of the same
city have been placed on the "we don't
patronize" list. Discrimination and
unfair tactics used by the three firms
is given for the action taken. Re
ceived and ordered complied with.
Discussions were entered into, con
cerning several local establishments,
which may be resumed at the next
meeting.
Unemployment Insurance
The unemployed of Hamilton re
ceived $205,888.74 in job insurance
benefits during the first 11 months of
1939, W. A. Betscher, manager of the
Hamilton office of the Bureau of Un
employment Compensation, announced
this week.
Betscher said that 1,472 pay orders
were issued in November for a total
of $13,584.57. New claims were filed
by 150 persons.
The average benefit payment at the
Hamilton office for total unemploy
ment was $10.17 and for partial un
employment, $5.04. Throughout the
state, the average was $10.22 for total
unemployment and $5.22 for partial.
TAX YIELD NOW $129,388
With a short time to go, collections
of the last half of 1939 personal prop
erty taxes Monday reached $129,
388.28, Butler County Treasurer John
W. Wendel announced. A 10 per cent
penalty will be added for delinquency
and 50 per cent of the year's tax will
be charged against property owners
who fail to make returns.
CIVIC SECRETARY RESIGNS
Middletown, Ohio.—William R. Dar
ragh, membership secretary of the
Civic Association for the last 10 years,
resigned this week, according to offi
cials of the Civic Association. Dar
ragh has accepted a post with Ward,
Wells and Dreshman of New York, a
fund-raising organization in connec
tion with civic campaigns.
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CLEARER ATTITUDE
WOULD HAVE AIDED
Enlightened Employer Attitude Here
Would Have Barred Wagner Act.
New York City (ILNS).—The Na
tional Labor Relations Board never
would have been created had employ
ers taken an attitude similar to that
of British industrialists, William M.
Leiserson, an N. L. R. B. member, told
the Cooper Union Forum.
At the same time, Rep. Bruce Bar
ton was saying that virtually all of
the trouble which has arisen from
the labor act resulted from bad ad
ministration by the board and incom
petent personnel. He addressed the
Queensborough Chamber of Com
merce's annual dinner.
"England has powerful labor unions
but nothing like the Wagner Act,"
Leiserson said. "Why not? Because
the great body of England's employ
ers did not think it was proper for
them to try to destroy labor unions
by discharging active members, spy
ing on them, or otherwise hurting
employes who joined organizations.
Had employers in the U. S. taken a
similar attitude, the Wagner board
never would have been created."
DRIVERS BENEFIT
FROM NEW PACT
Agreement Negotiated by A. F. of L.
Affiliate Covers Four States.
(By A. 7. of 3j. Weekly Hews Servioe)
Fort Dodge, Iowa. The recent
blanket agreement negotiated by the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and
Helpers of America, A. F. of L. affili
ate, with the Gamble-Robinson Com
pany and its subsidiaries in Iowa,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
secured many new benefits for union
members, according to reports made
at a meeting of Iowa Drivers' Council
here.
In the new contract the old com
pulsory arbitration clause is replaced
by the provision that any controversy
"shall be adjusted by negotiation by
the union and the employer." There
is also provision protecting the sen
iority rights of the employes.
The new wage scale includes sub
stantial increases.
A separate rider covering the com
pany's operations in Iowa calls for a
weekly wage of $26.25 for country
drivers with one year's service in any
department.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Schwenn Coal Company
The agreement runs for two years.
Hamilton Banks Buy
Butler County Notes
Butler County commissioners sold
to three Hamilton banks a total of
$38,500 in notes issued in anticipation
of the sale of bonds to finance prop
erty owners' share of the installation
of water lines in Sections 2 of West
View, Dixie Heights and Oneida sub
divisions.
The First National Bank and Trust
Company bought $19,000, the Second
National Bank $12,000, and the Citi
zens Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany $7,500 of the total issue. Each
bid 2% per cent interest.
Approximately $41,000 in bonds are
to be sold to finance the impi'ovements
to be made as Work Projects Admin
istration projects. The bonds are to
be retired by special assessments
against property owners who have
approved the proposals.
Louisiana In Effort
To Cut Its Illiteracy
New Orleans (ILNS).—According
to James A. Crutcher, W. P. A. state
director, Louisiana is the second most
illiterate state in the Union, 219,752
persons, or 13.5 per cent of the adult
population, being unable to read or
write. An effort will be made to re
duce the adult population so afflicted
by the establishment of night schools
Edgar K. Wagner
In the days of bid, the notches in
the handle of a man's gun spoke for
themselves. Today the dents in the
automobile fenders tell the same storv
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HAMILTONSPECIALS
Lieutenant Henry Riley was elected
secretary of the Hamilton firemen's
pension fund board at a meeting this
week in the municipal building of new
directors, selected to serve during
1940. Other members of the board
are: Edward Keller, Leslie Garrett,
Frank Wolf and Stanley Bickel.
Expansion of activities and in
creases in attendance participation in
various events were disclosed in the
November report read to directors of
the Y. M. C. A. by C. J. Dyer, general
secretary.
Total membership for November
was given as 2,432, against 2,268 for
November, 1938.
Miss Pauline Overley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Overley, 403
Progress Avenue, Hamilton, is now
enjoying the Christmas vacation of
the Academy of the Brown County
Ursulines, St. Martin's, Ohio, where
she is enrolled in the seventh grade.
An unusual Christmas entertain
ment, in which most of the students
participated, was given on December
17, following which the academy was
dismissed until January 3.
Hamilton Elks' Lodge Tuesday night
donated $35 and filled a barrel with
canned food for Christmas baskets to
be distributed to needy families
through the Salvation Army.
In addition, $132 was contributed
to various Christmas welfare activ
ities of the fraternity.
The Democratic Club will distribute
candy to 2,000 Hamilton children Sat
urday night at 8 o'clock at the court
house.
The committee in charge includes
John Schwalm, Jr., Hilbert Iske, Ed
ward Gardner, Charles Schwalm, Jack
Bosch, Philip Irvin, Harry Grevey
and Edward Fink.
Stitsinger President Of
First Ward Republicans
Fred M. Stitsinger was elected
president of the First Ward Repub
lican Club, Monday night, at a meet
ing in the Anthony Wayne Hotel ball
room. Other officers who will serve
for 1940 are:
Vice-president, Earl Bedanah sec
retary, Miss Eva Tillery treasurer,
Mrs. Gladys Schipper, and trustee,
Mrs. Mary Messinger.
More than 250 attended the meet
ing, i-epresenting clubs in Hamilton,
Middletown and Oxford.
Holcomb Named Principal
Hamilton Board of Education, Mon
day, at its final meeting of 1939, em
ployed one new elementary school
principal and approved the transfer
of another to fill a vacancy caused by
a resignation.
Acting on the recommendation of
Superintendent Clyde W. White, the
board employed James R. Holcomb as
principal of Taylor School at a salary
of $210 a month and authorized the
transfer of Miss Lillian Harris, prin
cipal of Taylor School, to Jefferson
Tyler School as principal at $220 a
month. The appointments are ef
fective January 2.
BARTENDERS TO
ELECTOFFICERS
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
At the last meeting of local Bar
tenders' Union, No. 169, nominations
were made and the election of officers
will be held at the meeting Tuesday,
January 2. The nominations are as
follows:
J. E. McCormick and P. J. Mullaney
president.
Stanley Hurst and Homer Urmston
vice-president.
Charles Elble, George Tenbush and
Thomas Brennan, financial secretary
and business agent.
Richard Herdman and Eugene Is
senman, treasurer.
Frank Armentrout, recording sec
retary.
Frank Mooar, Lee Inman, William
Schalk, Robert Smith and Warren
Gillespie, trustees.
Cliff Sauer, William Watson and
Nelson Bowers, inspector.
Printers' Strike Ended
Youngstown, 0. (ILNS).—A print
ers' strike which tied up four editions
of the Youngstown Vindicator was
ended by a settlement which provided
for consideration later by the union
and management of an arbitration
clause asked by the management, The
Vindicator agreed to a two-year con
tract providing vacations with pay. A
statement by the management said
"The union accepted the Vindica
tor's offer of vacations in return for
the inclusion of an arbitration clause
and the Vindicator dropped its re
quest for a new contract to take the
place of the old one which is now re
newed."
Unemployment Of Young
Men Is Dangerously High
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Unem
ployment problems of young persons
were discussed at a conference here
of business, labor, industry and edu
cation leaders. National Youth Ad
ministration leaders sought opinions
from these leaders on how best to
handle the problem.
Security Administrator McNutt told
the N. Y. A. conference that 4,000,000
young people are unemployed now.
"This is a dangerously high level,"
he said, "and these conditions persist
despite the fact the C. C. C. and N.
Y. A. provide employment for 1,000,
000 youths."
Eagles' New Year's Doings
The social committee of Butler
Aerie, No. 407, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, reported New Year's doings
to members at lodge meeting this
week in the temple, 320 South Second
Street.
A dance will be held New Year's
Eve for members and their families,
and a stag party will be held New
Year's Day for members only.
Five new members were initiated.
The committee for the Conrad H.
Mann birthday class submitted plans.
A membership committee meeting
was announced for Friday night at
7:30 o'clock.
DISCRIMINATION
BRINGSPENALTY
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
P. W. A. has ordered a $1,490 penalty
deduction from a $188,000 P. W. A.
grant made for the construction of a
school at Wyandotte, Mich., on the
charge that "racial discrimination was
shown in the employment of workers
on the project." Investigators re
ported that their inquiry substanti
ated accusations by five negroes that
sub-contractors refused them employ
ment or dismissed them shortly after
they were hired on the ground that
"negroes could not work on the
project."
The penalty was imposed under the
terms of the financial agreement of
the W. P. A. grant which carried a
clause to the effect that no qualified
workers on a project "shoull be dis
criminated against on any ground
whatsoever."
Officers Are Named
By Mailmen's Wives
Mrs. Mabel Inloes, 712 Webster
Avenue, was elected president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary No. 298 of the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers
at an organization meeting in the
Y. W. C. A. She succeeds Mrs. Ann
Dunlap.
Other officers are:
Mrs. Margaret Krusyewski, vice
president Mrs. Edna Westrick, sec
retary Mrs. Muriel Stillwaugh, treas
urer Thelma Newton, financial sec
retary Matilda Saurer, chaplain
Edna Gast, assistant chaplain Mrs.
Clara Becker, mistress-at-arms Clara
Bowman, color bearer Mrs. Ann Dun
lap, trustee for three years.
The officers will be installed Feb
ruary 27.
Mrs. Anna Corson and Mrs. Verna
Rose Corson were admitted to mem
bership.
Union Officials Back Drive
Washington, D. C.—Over 70 officers
of national and international unions
have joined William Green, chairman
of the labor division of the President's
birthday celebration in pledging the
utmost co- operation in the war
against infantile paralysis. Every
man and woman of organized labor
is earnestly urged by the labor divi
sion to "personally, individually and
collectively" express their support of
the 1940 campaign against the
dreaded scourge by sending to the
President signed, individual, birthday
greeting "cards of dimes."
Health Investigation Likely
Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
fedei'al interdepartmental committee
on health may soon investigate mi
grant workers' health problems,
Chairman Josephine Roche indicated,
after a call at the White House.
She said the President asked her to
continue with the committee and she
agreed. The committee will meet soon
and a special sub-committee has been
named to look into migrant problems
Miss Roche said.
OXFORD ORDERS LIGHTS
Oxfotd, Ohio.—A contract for the
installation of 36 boulevard lights on
High Street from Campus to College
Streets and around the village park
was awarded by council to the Winkler
Electric Company, Cincinnati, on a
bid of $8,131. Work on the project
undertaken without federal aid, is
scheduled to begin in two months.
U.S.H.A. WORKING ON
SLUMS ELIMINATION
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Indi
cation that real progress in eradica
tion of American slums is being made
by the low-rent housing program of
the United States Housing Authority
is given by statistics just issued
which show that approximately 10,000
sub -standard structures had been
eliminated in 26 cities as of Decem
ber 1.
In issuing the statistics, U. S. H. A.
Administrator Nathan Straus called
to attention that they represent only
36 U. S. H. A.-aided projects concern
ing which the local authorities have
made formal reports on the progress
of their slum clearance work.
A large additional number of sub
standard dwellings also have been
eliminated throughout the country, he
said, in connection with construction
now under way on more than 125 low
ent projects, but the data have not
yet been officially reported and ap
proved.
The United States Housing Act re
quires that sub-standard dwellings
equivalent to the dwelling units pro
vided by an U. S. H. A. project must
be demolished, effectively closed, or
rendered safe and sanitary for hu
man habitation.
Electrical Workers
Win Pav Boost Award
Ubly, Mich. (AFLWNS).—The dis
pute between Local 17 of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, A. F. of L. affiliate, and
the Thumb Co-operative Electric at
Ubly was settled in Bay City by a
award which granted a wage raise
sufficient to bring the wages of the
electrical workers up to the prevailing
scale in the area and that full senior
ity be given to all linemen in the em
ploy of the co-operative.
The Bay City meeting followed a
two-day strike which was called off at
the request of officials of the Federal
Rural Electrification Administration
pending the negotiation of a settle
ment of the controversy.
The Bay City conference was at
tended by C. L. Winder representing
the Rural Electrification Administra
tion, the nine board members of the
Thumb Co-operative Electric, Mr. Ad
dicks, conciliator from the U. S. De
partment of Labor, and William P.
Frost and Vincent Murphy, repre
senting the union.
17,000 Shoe Workers To
Vote On Representation
Binghamton, N. Y. (ILNS).—Ap
proximately 17,000 Endicott-Johnson
Shoe Company employes will vote
January 9 to determine whether they
will be represented by an A. F. of L.
union or retain their non-union status.
The balloting was announced by
Henry J. Winters, National Labor Re
lations Board representative, after a
conference with company executives
and officials of Local 42, Boot and
Shoe Workers' Union.
Pay Chiseling Is Spiked
By Duluth Union Head
Duluth, Minn. (AFLWNS).—With
his eagle eye peeled for violations of
agreements with the Duluth Gro
eery Clerks' Union, Henry Degnan,
business representative of the organi
zation, uncovered a lot of chiseling
by one of the firms which had signed
the union contract. It was found that
in the case of employes on a weekly
salary many were paid as much as $8
a week under the union scale and thai
temporary employes were getting 1L'
cents less than the scale.
Business Representative Degnan
confronted the employer with evidence
of his wage gypping and collected ap
proximately $50 in back pay for mem
bers of the union.
Nine Creameries Sign
Office Workers' Pact
Minneapolis, Minn. (AFLWNS)
When the Young American Creamery
of Minneapolis signed an agreement
with the A. F. of L. Office Workers
Union here it raised to nine the num
ber of creameries which have signed
up with the union in this area, Busi
ness Representative Rose Seiler an
nounced.
The progress made by the Office
Workers' Union is praised by repre
sentatives of all A. F. of L. affiliates
It represents improved living condi
tions for hundreds of workers who
have been terribly exploited.
CUT DIPLOMATIC TIES, DEMAND
Milwaukee (ILNS).—The Milwau
kee Common Council has adopted, 21
to 3, a resolution demanding sever
ance of United States relationships
with Soviet Russia. The council con
demned the Soviet for its "ruthless
barbaric, inhumane and unprovoked
invasion of Finland.
Big Pay Boost Won
By Toronto Hatters
Toronto, Canada (AFLWNS).—Of
ficials of Bakery and Confectionery
Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers'
International Union, A. F. of L. af
filiate, announced the negotiation of
an agreement with a hat manufac
turer here giving finishers a 17 per
cent wage increase with a retroactive
clause by which the workers involved
received 10 weeks' back pay.
Labor Council Condemns
The Invasion Of Finland
Aberdeen, Wash. (ILNS). The
Grays Harbor Central Labor Council
has condemned the Russian invasion
of Finland and commended the action
of local Finnish citizens on organiz
inga relief drive to aid those maimed
in the warfare. The council passed
resolution reiterating its stand
against militarism, confiscation and
aggression by armed force.
TO BEGIN TAX SURVEY
Virtually all details were completed
by Charles Lauderman, of the Cin
cinnati regional office of the Work
Projects Administration, for begin
ning Thursday a survey of delinquent
tax accounts in Butler County. He
said probably 10 persons would be
employed at the outset.
DOG TAGS ON SALE
County Auditor R. H. Smith placed
the 1940 dog tags on sale Wednesday.
Smith said tag sales in 1939 totaled
7,791. New tags must be purchased
by January 1.
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