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v i -i v f\, K •d, 4 ar A.fNF I,\11. \1/OVJ FACING The FACTS With PHILIP PEARL Here is an open letter to Thomas E. Dewey, newly nominated Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States: Dear Tom:—Congratulations! We always like to see a young fellow come along and you certainly have been trailing fast. As we sat in the gallery at Chicago Stadium and heard delega tion after delegation pile up a record breaking first-ballot vote for you, we •were impressed not only by your pou larity with your fellow Republicans l»ut also by the efficiency of your per aonal organization. Congratulations also on your forth right declaration at the morning-after press conference in Chicago that the platform adopted by the G. O. P. con tention is ambiguous in spots and needs clarification. You promised to £11 in the blank spaces and clear up its Uncertainties in your speeches as the Campaign goes on. For your information, labor feels that the plank dealing with its own -particular problems is not what it should be. We are looking to yon to spell out some of the double-talk without delay. Your record as Gover nor of New York State has been, on "Die whole, friendly and sympathetic to !&•- 7 Hhe 5riesmer"$rtm(Eb. PAUL A. SICK FUNERAL HOME DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE 422 N. Second St. rtiones 62-^' A E I A S I N E S I N V A I A A* Mf Mf M.I Ml Ml MJM.l •/HAMILTON. OHIO. ...,-v:'.^j v '#VF W M1M1 ,IV» -MVF MVJ '-A? '.AF \konalBank CONSUYATIY1 LAHI^FWWBUR TOMCT MIMBIR NMTI I»I«T UMIM MUMM QUALITY COALS & COKE DUERSCH COAL CO Phontes I and 586 THE WORST IS YET TO COME- WARMING To MASHERS AKT Ui AOLf To 'ii labor. In view of that record, it would be somewhat inconsistent for you to appeal to the workers of America for their support on the basis of the dis appointing labor plank handed to you by the convention. Familiar Tune Remember, Tom, the Republican Party has been out of power in Wash ington for twelve years and has gone down to three successive, humiliating defeats in the national elections. You should know the reason why. It is because the Republican candi dates failed to gain the confidence of the majority of the common people of America. Their policies and program were devised not to appeal to the great masses who work in the factories and office buildings and on the farms of our country, but to the relatively small group of business men. If you expect to win in 1944, Tom, this has got to be changed. You have got to convince the people with the votes that you are concerned over their interests. You can do this by develop ing a labor program in your cam paign which goes far beyond what the Republican Party platform offers. In essence, the platform tells the people that the way to help the nation is to help business first—then every one else will be able to pick up a few crumbs. This is a familiar old tune and it is no longer popular. The Amer ican people insist that the Government put first things first—their collective and individual security. We hope you won't be offended if we offer a few hints for your cam- THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS Patronize Hamilton Industries LEADING HAMILTON CONCERNS WHO SOLICIT THE CO-OPERATION OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND THEIR FRIENDS STBTBM SOBS WOT MIQIRXBI Aaeotnm, DXJPOSZIM os rawrranoATidlr paign. The tender is made a helpful spirit. We are not partisan. We would like to see you and your Democratic opponent—whoever he may be get off to an even start and let tfea hest man win. So, here goes! Helpful Hints America is determined to win the war and to win the peace. Winning the war, we hope, won't be a political issue in this campaign. But the Ameri can people expect their next President to help them win the peace. That means banishing future war J::~ ..• SEND MONEY BY REGISTER CHECK ... IT COSTS LESS THAN AVERAGE MONEY ORDEff FIRST NATIONAL BANK MIDDLETOWN LABOR UNIONS Allied Printing Trades Council Wm. J. O^Brien, President1. Trades and Labor Council Alternate Thursday, Trades Council Hall Sid Dutcher, P. O. Box 220. Middletown Fire Fighters, No. 336 1st Monday and Tuesday, T. C. Hall....Ed. Beatty, Bellmont St. Barbers' Union No. 228 4th Monday, Trades Council Hall R. G. Miller, 9 No. Main St. Musicians, No. 321 1st Sunday, Trades Council Hall Earl Mendenhall, Sec., 720 10th St. Electrical Workers, No. 648 Hamilton John Wanamaker, Hamilton. Letter Carriers, No. 188 Printing Pressmen No. 235, 1st Friday, Trades Council Hall, Henry Zettler, Sec'y., R. R. No. 3, Hamilton, Ohio. Carpenters, No. 1477 Every Monday, Trades Council Hall....Earl Ottervein, Sec., 12 Harrison St. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 510 2nd Tuesday, Trades Council Hall Earl Conover. Painters and Decorators, No. 643 2nd Friday, Trades Council Hall Stage Employes, No. 282 Alternate Saturdays, T. C. Hall Otto Kaiser, P. O. Bdar &L Steam and Operating Engineers, No. 924 Wm. Smart, Dayton, Ohio. Typographical Union, No. 487 1st Monday, Trades Council Hall Harriett DuErmitt, News-Journal. Laborers and Hod Carriers, No. 534....Alternate Wednesdays, T. C. Hall S. J. Anderson, 126- South Broa&St. Truck Drivers Trades Council Hall Sid Dutcher. Building Trades Council Alternate Mondky, T. C. Hall..*. Sid Dutcher. Pulp and Sulphite Paper Mill Workers, No. 310 Moose Hall.. Mabel Whittaker, Charles St. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 141 John Foeht, Jr., Cincinnati. Auto Mechanics Trades Council Hall W. Fox. DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS Molders' Conference Board....Chas. L. Huter, 419 Roosevelt Ave., Piqua, O. Sta. Engineers Frank P. Converse, 216 High, Cleveland, Ohio. HAMILTON BUSINESS AGENTS Bartenders Chas. Elble, Labor Temple. Building Trades Council Joe Spaulding, 901 Minor Ave., Ph. 2852-W. Culinary Employes & Hotel Service Workers Charles Elble. Electrical Workers Frank Vidourek, 145 Pershing Ave., Ph. 1024-W. Molders Jerry Galvin, 605 W. Norman Ave., Dayton, Ohio. Carpenters Joe Spaulding, 901 Minor Ave. Lathers' Local No. 275 Sherman Clear, 1050 Central Ave. Machinists No. 241 H. H. Howard, 621 Main St. Ph. 4443. Milk & Ice Cream Drivers & Helpers,.Ed Dulli, 2255 Noble Ave. Ph. 1635-M. Painters Ed. J. Engler, 425 S. Thirteenth St. Ph. 3970-R. Pattern Makers Trades Council Hall. Plasterers & Cem. Fin., No. 214, Ed Motzer, 322 Harrison Ave., Ph. 1133-J. Roofers' Local No. 68 David Lyttle, 507 So. Fourth St. Plumbers Raymond P. Keck, 231 Washington St. Stage Employes Neil Johnson, 201 S. Monument, Ph. 2620-J. Moving Picture Operators..Eugene Stempfley, Overpeck, Ohio. Ph. 191-M-3. MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS AGENTS Carpenters Wm. Crispin, Wionna Drive, Avalon, Trades Council Hall. Building Trades Sid Dutcher, P. O. Box 226. Painters Ed Engler, 425 S. 13th, Hamilton. Movie Operators Ben Francis, 119 Moore St. Stage Employes .Clarence Long, North Broad. Electrical Workers Frank Vidourek, Hamilton. Truck Drivers Sid Dutcher. Laborers and Hod Carriers, No. 534....S. J. Anderson, 125 South Braid St. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION STATE ORGANIZATIONS Assn. Ohio Fire Fighters, R. M. Lukens. S.W.D. V.-Pres., 607 Lincoln Ave. through an international organization empowered to enforce the peace. It means expanded peace-time produc tion with jobs for all at good wages. It means extension of social security through enactment of the Wagner Murray-Dingell Bill. It means restor ation of the normal freedoms of the American people through the prompt lifting of war-time controls and the repeal of such repressive legislation as the Connally-Smith Act. It means effective measures to protect the mil lions of young: men who will be de~ ,• ,y^4r? ?. ^vx ^^..v i 1 AND TRUST CO. iiaaiB NOBSAL SWOBR omnuMi oowr. Iftoster of ©r$ani3atiou& HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS Trades and Labor Council...,,.. .. ,2nd and 4th Tuesdays, Hall No. 1 H. H. Howard, 621 Millti St. Trades and Labor Council....*.,..... Wiley A. Bakers' Union No. 81 2nd Saturdays, Labor Temple Albert McDaniels, 1330 Shuler^Atfe. Barbers' Union No. 132 2nd and 4th Mondays, Hall No. 4 E. R. Legg, 326 South Seventh St. Bartenders 169 1st Mon., 2:30 p. m. 3rd Mon., 7:30 p. m., Labor Temple Chas. Elble, 2764 Benninghofen. Bricklayers No. 11 1st and 3rd Fridays V. M. Lackey, 219 Eaton Ave Bridge & Struct! Or. Iron Workers....lst Tuesday, Labor Temple.............. Orville Burnett, 24 Lawson Avo. Building Trades Council ....1st and 3rd Tuesdays Scott Symes, 538 S. 9th. City Fire Fighters No. 20 -1st Tuesday, T. C. Hall No. 4 Edward Toerner, Engine Co. No. 6 Carpenters and Joiners No. 637 2nd and 4th Thursdays, Labor Temple....Ralph Morningstar, 794 Symmesc Cigar Makers' Union No. 123 2nd and 4th Mondays, Labor Temple....A. Lombard, 813 Vine Sti Electrical Workers No. 648 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple J. E. Wanamaker. Labor Legislative Committee 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Eugene Erbs, Sec'y., 1243 Campbell Ave. Lathers' Local No. 275 .. Meets 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple..Sherman Clear, Secy., 1050 Central. Letter Carriers 3rd Friday Night**-.... Ralph E. Wieland, 1332 High St., Ph. 1089-R Laborers and Hod Carriers, No. 770 J. W. H. Crafton, 202 Owen St. Ph. 33. Machinists' Union No. 241 2nd Sun.-4th Wed., tabor Temple A1 Breide, 708 South 5th. Metal Polishers No. 43 Alternate Wednesdays, Labor Temple....G. Brandel, 1833 Pleasant Ave. Milk and Ice Cream Drivers and Helpers 3rd Friday, T. C. Hall Ed Dulli, 2255 Noble Ave. Ph. 1635-M. Molders' Union No. 68 Every Monday, T. C. No. 1 James V. Nutt, 332 No. Tenth St. Molders' Union No. 283 2nd and 4th Fridays, T. C. No. 1 Mack Holland, 1303 S. Thirteenth St. Musicians' Local No. 31 1st Sunday Morning, Labor Temple....Charles E. Fordyce, 903 Millville Ave. Paint., Dec., Paperhangers No. 135 Every Thursday, Labor Temple Stanley Sloneker, Labor Temple. Paper Makers, No. 49 Ralph Lee, Sec., J. W. Bailey and J. C. Furr, Int'l Rep Headquarters, Labor Temple. Pattern Makers 2nd and 4th Fridays, T. C. Hall Clarence Jameson, Phon 905-R-5. Plasterers and Cement Finishers No. 214 ..Labor Temple Ed Motzer, 322 Harrison Ave. Plumbers' Union No. 108 1st and 3rd Mondays, T. C. Hall Albert Johnson, 931 Ridgelawn Ave. Retail Clerks' Union No. 119....1st and 3rd Wednesdays, Labor Temple Sam K. Daneff, 801 Corwin Ave. Roofers No. 68 4th Wednesday, T. C. Hall David Lyttle, 507 So. Fifth St. Sheet Metal Workers No. 365 Alternating Tuesday at Labor Temple....Douglass Rowlett, 337 Pershing Ave. Stationary Engineers No. 91. 1st Monday, T. C. Hall Wm. Eichel, 1304 Haldimand Ave Stationary Firemen No. 98 2nd Thursday, Labor Temple .....^. O. P. McCormick, 723 Ross Ave. Street Car Men's Local 738 3rd Wednesday, T. C. Hall No. 1 B. B. Siple, 116 No. St. Stove Mounters' Union No. 8 1st and 3rd Fridays, T. C. Hall Carl Reiter, 2120 Elmo Ave. Stage Employes-Operators, No. 136....1st Monday, T. C. Hall Tom C. Smith, 618 Cleveland Ave. State, County & Municipal Employes, No. 357 Ed. Buckel, Sec., 1176 Shuler Ave. Truck Drivers' Local No. 100 1st Wednesday, Labor Temple, Marion Davidson, R.R. 1, Hamilton, Ph. 4414-R. Typographical Union No. 290 Labor Temple Martin Schorr, 701 Gray Ave. Woman's Union Label League Every Other Tuesday, Labor Temple.. Mrs. Lottie Butts, 737 Ludlow St. LaVerne J. Knox, 1008 Hughes St. •**:**,•&*v>'»3)»*eZ'\ 1' v -,. :-.r -iv i x** Davis, Custodian. Phone 233. mobilized from the armed forces and the millions of workers who will lose their jobs in war plants. If you can go for that kind of pro gram, Tom, you ought to make a strong race. But if you are going to limit your campaign to lambasting and criticizing the New Deal, you are more than likely to join the ranks of Hoover, Landon, Willkie and other G. O. P. has-beens. Certainly the New Deal has made errors—some of thetn grievious ones, But a narrow, "hate-Roosevelt" cam paign will earn you the votes only of such super-haters as Sewell Avery, Col. McCormick, Pegler, Hearst, the Pews and the Grundys and the defend ants in the seditionist trial. That kind of support is fatal. One other tip. It will be a good idea to muzzle your running mate between now and election. During his pre-con vention campaign he said some harsh things about you and also about labor. If he keeps on talking in that vein, he will cost you votes. We have tried in this letter to give you the straight goods. We hope you will not resent this advice but profit by it. This is a neutral corner. As you enter the ring, we wish you the best of luck. Belgian Labor To Aid Allies New York City (ILNS).—According to a copy received in London of the underground Belgian paper, Le People, the clandestine Belgian trade unionists have established a central body to co ordinate the resistance work of trade unions groups and prepare to help the Allied forces. A young lady was overheard to say: "I can't get along with my boy friend lately. He ignores me, and if there's anything that makes me hopping mad it's ignorantis," ^5* a- :^-'?«p_^ jgtp,T'?t^.^tff»7" v «vm"U1'! 4 Call 47 or 160 When Yon Are Ready To FILL Your BIN With Geod COAL or COKE Now Ii ?ii .,lThe Tim#,. THE ANDERSON. SHAFFER company E and Puthoff Sts. STOP & THINK FIRST Of course if people adhered td it, there would be many moments of sil ence—which we could all survive with out hardship. Most people talk too much anyway. I know I do. Test the idea on yourself. I've found that a good way to counteract rash statements is to say to the speakers, "That's very interesting. Let me write it down. I know you won't mind if I quote you but I want to be sure I get it just traight." Well, what happens is that the final statement isn't even ar reasonable facsimile of the original. Listen to your own conversation some time. How much of it would you be willing to sign? Precious little, I bet. If you aren't willing to back up your own charges, don't make them, if you aren't willing to stand by what you say, don't say .it Put that slogan into practice ana the result will be that you'll make only accurate statements. You will not ex aggerate. You will not show prejudice. You will not allow your personal feel ings to color your speech. And what will that mean t| you-? You'll develop a reputation for accu racy, for logic, for reasoned speech— because you will tend to understate, rather than overstate. You know how you judge the opinions of others, how you respect the man who is always proven right. You may not be assen tional a conversationalist, but you will be one to whom people will listen and whom they'll quote because tfreiyH know you're dependable. "If you can't write it and sign it-— don't say it." Let's make that our per sonal motto. It really works. F. D. R. Hits OPA Bill But Will Not Veto It Washington, D. C.—President Roos evelt announced he would sign the bill extending price control with great misgiving because he considered some of the amendments adopted by Con gress likely to have an inflationary ef fect. AFL President William Green urged the President to send a "strong state ment" to Congress condemning these amendments which lift controls from a number of basic elements in the cost of living and cripple OPA enforcement procedures. He assailed particularly amendments which would invite a "stampede of petitions, tor rent in* creases." While conceding that the bill, as passed, would create a "lot of prob lems," OPA Administrator Bowles somewhat optimistically expressed confidence in the ability of the Gov ernment to "hold the price line." He pointed out that the worst of the pro posed amendments had been defeated by Congress. Corsi Opens Drive Against Child Labor New York City.—Industrial Com missioner Edward Corsi appealed to mayors of 62 cities throughout New York State to join with him in a one week campaign to stem a rising tide of child-labor violations, which he re ported rose to more than 7,000 since the first of the year. ,w RUTH TAYLOR There is one and only one way to ritop any and all hate stories, rumors, and malicious gossip whether they be directed at political parties or in dividuals, labor or industry, Blacks' «r Whites, Protestants, Catholics Kt Jews. It is a job that is up to you and me, to each and everyone of us who be lieves in the brotherhood of man and the democratic way of life. We can't alibi nor shirk the task. The only per son to do it is the individual himself. "If you can't write it and sign it— don't say it" should be our slogan. I cribbed that sentence from an article written by Robert Butler, shipbuilder in Duluth, because I think it is just plain horse sense. It is easy, practical and what is more to the point, it will do the job. Urging the mayors to take the lea^ *, forming community groups repre senting civic, welfaVe, labor and em ployer organizations. Mr. Corsi prom. ised that if they pursued the educa- ,•». tional end, he would deal effectively with those found guilty of "outright defiance and callous exploitation of child labor.". rV% Psi I if* .• u* 4 «w -*& A V y I I i 1 •i 4 'i i $ & I 4 ':A K w. »•., i.