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i" i f/' i'. -V \y^w^t?Ki*s* r. -ifi, i'i f, iA\. I fc THE PRESS OFFICIAL OKGAN Of ORGANIZED LABOR IjTHE NONPAREIL PRINTING CO PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS Subscription Price $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance We do not hold ooraelve* responsible for any tifws or opinions expressed in the article* or Communications of correspondents. Communications solicited from secretaries «f all societies and organizations, and should §e addressed to The Butler County Press, 826 llarket Street, Hamilton, Ohio. Th« publishers reserve the right to Nject any advertisements at any time. Advertising rates made known on application Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the Writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscriber* changing their address will please notify this office, giving old and new address to insure regular delivery ef paper. Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton, Ohio, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Issaed Weekly at 111 Market Street Ttltphtnt 129t Hamilton, Ohi* Endorsed by the Trades and Labor Council of Hamilton, Ohio Endorsed by the Middle town Trades and Labor Council of Middletown, O. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29,1944 The Butler County Press extends best wishes to advertisers, subscrib ers and friends for a prosperous New Year. NEED FOR SKILLED WORKERS A large increase in skilled-worker personnel for industry will be de manded in the near future, says a survey report published by the U. S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency. The demand has grown up out of the new developments in electronics, air transportation and automobile de sign, as well as the creation of im proved materials for textile, food and construction uses, the survey states. Modern industry now needs 5 trained workers for every professional engi neer. The needed men fall into four categories: engineering and science aides in specialties such as drafting and laboratory work, who require a year or more of training inspectors, who can be trained in less time pro duction and maintenance supervisors, who need experience plus training and salesmen, accountants and similar workers whose efficiency is greatly increased if they have had training added to their experience, FSA re ports. The survey recommended labor and industrial cooperative planning for local training programs, the estab lishment of a credential that can be come accepted in industry as evidence of skilled-work training, and more opportunities for study in which the worker would spend part-time, in training school and part in the related industrial work. Organized labor has shown that it recognizes the need for increased training of skilled workers, especially in new industries, a notable example being the electronics school recently opened in Milwaukee by the Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. GREAT RESPONSIBILITY ON LABOR We of labor have an immense re sponsibility at this critical time. Our go i $1 ,000,000 has been set aside for rural residents this fall. *1 ,000 o less for anyone who can use it. Special terms. Reasonable cost. See us for cash anytime. And when you to buy implements or whatever you need, ask your dealer for The City Loan plan. It's made to order for you. German's savage counterattacks on the western front and disquieting po litical events in Europe have made Americans uneasy and uncertain of the future. There is every confidence that the German onslaught, though inititially successful and apparently a surprise to the Allied High Command, will be contained and beaten. Before these words are in print, the Germans may have been held, if not turned back. But other events, such as the propos ed partition of Poland and internal un rest and fighting in Belgium, Greece and other countries will continue to cause uneasiness. Russia plans, with seeming British acquiescence, to divide Poland and •'recompense" her by slices of Ger man territory, has come in for harsh criticism, not only here but in Great Britain. It is safe to say that most Americans are bewildered and resent ful over the turn of Polish affairs and agree with William Green in express ing the hope that the United States "will say 'no' to those who seek to apportion the territory of Poland." President Green, voicing American Federation of Labor views, told i meeting of the American Labor Con ference on International Affairs in New York that "in waging this war we have been inspired by noble ideas and high purposes." "Surely," he added, "we are not going to engage now in invading the territorial rights of men and women living in countries which fought and suffered so much." Asking Ameri cans to remember their history, he pointed out that the partitioning of national territory, whenever and wherever it has occurred, has "sown the seeds of another war." Newspaper accounts of the confer ence said that this portion of Green's talk was not part of his prepared text and was delivered extemporane ously, but emphasized that it reflect- responsibility is the greater because compulsory manpower controls have been repudiated and the task of help ing to supply workers to jobs by vol untary methods has been left square ly on our shoulders. Our immediate duty is twofold: (1) For those of us who have essential war jobs our responsibility is to stay on the job and give our best work. Even if this means a sacrifice, the cost is small compared to what the boys are giving in battle. (2) For those of us whose skills are not be ing used to the utmost in war work, our duty is to get from our inter national unions and the Employment Service or Manpower offices informa tion on where workers are needed in war work and move to these war-vital jobs if we possibly can. The union has a duty as well as individual workers. AFY Monthly Survey. CRITICAL YEAR AHEAD There is no doubt that 1945 will be a grave, a solemn and a critical year. At this crossroads in the world's history, we know that we must fight not only for a victory of arms, but for a victory of ideas as well. Free trade unions, by their very nature, are the implacable enemies of dictatorship and injustice. And to as sure a future of freedom, the Amer ican Federation of Labor in this New Year will strive to strengthen and rebuild the free labor movements of the world.—Matthew Woll. MONEY to bid at the Farm Sales ARE YOU READY with plenty of cash to attend the public sales in your community? No need to pass up something you need for the lack of ready money. Hold onto your bonds. Don't sacrifice a thing. Simply get extra cash anytime you wish at The City Loan. THE CITY llf IBfit St. Phone 3663 Hamilton, Ohio OTHERS ALL OVER OHIO K v, "U, .- *V. 'r'l i'Vttr &'<%» 1 Loan mna Guaranty Company Pfti+i!/, J^YV?V:^r:'-^'^, COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS ed the feeling of distrust of power politics that permeated all sessions of the confeVence. Matthew Woll, another AFL speak er in discussing obstacles to peace, condemned "our liberal 'realists'" who are "violently attacking Great Britain for her policy in Greece and Belgium," but "have never uttered a word in opposition to the interven tion of Russia in the internal affairs of Poland, Rumania and Bulgaria." He also assailed Communist disrup tion in liberated Europe as injurious to the war effort. The "Communist disruption" has been most violent and conspicuous in Greece, where the British have been waging sanguinary war in support of the Gretfk government and against forces of the ELAS Leftist movement, alleged to be Communist led and in spired. The British intervention has drawn the sharpest kind of denunci ation in the House of Commons and from British leaders. British families whose sons have been killed in the Greek civil war must be wondering why they had to die in that way and why they have not been fighting the Germans. That the European mess is causing grave misgivings even among strong supporters of the policy of the United Nations in this country is shown by the warning of Senator Ball of Min nesota, outstanding champion of col lective security, that British and Rus sian policies are endangering world peace. "The unilateral political decisions made in liberated Europe by great powers on the allied side, if they con tine, may do irreparable harm to the whole cause of collective security en visaged in the Dumbarton Oaks pro posals," Ball said and criticized the United States and the other big pow ers for not making their positions clear. WHAT NEXT? Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., recently announced in London develop ment of a new synthetic wool fiber from peanuts, readily adaptable to mixture with real wool, cotton and rayon for the manufacture of inex pensive textiles. It was predicted the new fiber would yield warm, moth proof clothing from peanuts for mil lions who could not afford real wool. WISDOM If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeav ors to live the life which he has imag ined, he will meet with success un expected in common hours.—Henry David Thoreau. RAIL STRIKE AIDS FIGHT ON NAZIS Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Re ferring to the general railway strike which began Sept. 17 in German-oc cupied Holland as "heroic," the pub lication Trade Union World said it had effectively contributed to success of Allied military operations, the Nether lands Information Bureau reported. "It is now known," the publication said, "that in all Nazi-occupied coun tries underground resistance has been much greater than public opinion in free countries had dared to hope. "When the history of these indi vidual or collective acts of bravery which cost hundreds of thousands of lives on the European continent alone is written, the heroic general strike of Netherlands railwaymen will have a prominent place "One thing is certain—the Nether lands railwaymen, their families and the population as a whole have by their heroic unflinching attitude effect tively contributed to the success of Allied military operations of the Maas battle, although the price of their heroism has been a heavy one." THREE NEW OFFICERS NAMED BY MACHINISTS Washington, D. C.—Three changes in the official family of the Interna tional Association of Machinists high lighted a special meeting of the Ma chinists' executive council held in Washington. The council unanimous ly confirmed the three appointments made by President Harvey W. Brown. Vice President Eric Peterson was named secre|ary-treasurer to succeed the late Emmett C. Davison, who died three weeks ago after senring in the position for 27 years. Samuel L. Newman, one of the un ion's two temporary additional war time vice presidents, fills Peterson's vacancy as a regular vice president, and A. J. Hayes, Machinists' grand lodge representative at Milwaukee, was elevated to Newman's former po sition. ra»r THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS pn^UJIlULWL New Social Security Plan Promised By FDR As He Signs Tax Rate Freeze Washington, D. C. President Roosevelt "reluctantly" approved the controversial legislation freezing the social security pay-roll tax at 1 per cent for another year. At the same time he promised to submit soon a "comprehensive plan for broadening and improving the so cial security system" for action by the next Congress. The President's statement said: "Two matters should be clearly un derstood. The Congress should real ize that this bill, deferring a statuory increase in contributions toward exist ing social security, merely defers un til next year the necessary fiscal re cepits to pay the benefits. Also, it does not seem to me wholly sound to enact a tax law and then defer the taxes year after year. "The public will understand that as a nation we are committed to social Security and will undoubtedly increase and not decrease its benefits. Already some other nations have a larger de gree of social security than we. This bill in no way modifies the benefits provided by the present law. But it will be incumbent upon the next Con gress thoroughly to review the meth ods of financing them. "At an early date I plan to submit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for broadening and improving the so cial security system. At that time I hope that a clear understanding of the government's financial responsibilities for social security will emerge and that a long-term plan for allocating the costs of social security will be de veloped. The executive branch of the government will always stand ready to assist the Congress in working out a satisfactory solution." "Are we going to try out young Roberts for the football squad?" ask ed the captain. "No," replied the coach "anybody who can spell such words as plenipo tentiary, erysipelas, and plebiscite is no good as a football player." THOUGHT YOU HAD A HEADACHE. HOW COME. YOU FEEL 50 6AV? ALKA-SCLTZER gradtonti IS unusually •ffoethw la the relief «f Head ache bacause its analg—to (painrelWvinf content) to mad* MM* pwlthw hi iltolhw buftws. Alka-Mtaar beta* combination mt palnrellvvtaf and sUrallring ia* has Vftlnad wkk ^w^y'~*"*$£ ?«"3£-" r^r*« '.~£V n 'f!f// vmg* and popularity for the relief of AaM H—, CoM Sjmptom» •Moratag After" mimrj ami N» adar Fates. And be mm to try for that tired fooling Ba IV Union Label Trades Sponsors A Flying Fortress 329 South Second Street & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & I TOOK AN AlKA-SELTZER AND CHASED THE THING AWAY 0 siteo-'i'" sntirtr MfJ*?*1 I* w "Spirit of Union Label Trades, A. P. of L.", is the name of a Boeing Flying Fortress, the famous high-altitude, daylight precision bomber which is oper ating in war theatres throughout the world. The Boeing Fortress has four engines and a wing span of approximately 104 feet. It has a top speed in ex cess of 300 miles an hour, carries a bomb load up to ten tons, has a service ceiling above 40,000 feet, is heavily armed with thirteen 50 calibre machine guns, and is capable of operating over a long range. The War Department forwarded the above photograph of the flying fortress to Charles E. Sinnigen, Chairman of the War Bond and Stamp Com mittee of the New York State Federation of Labor and Secretary of the Cen tral Union Label Council of Greater New York. The Committee carried on a successful campaign in which $600,000 in War Bonds were sold. Mr. Sinnigeit and the Committee were congratulated for their outstanding achievement by I. M. Ornburn, Secretary-Treasurer of the Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. House Packs Pay Raise For All Postal Workers Washington, D. C. (ILNS. The House, with only one vote in opposi tion, approved a bill to increase postal workers' pay. It approved and sent to the Senate legislation adding $400 annually to the base pay of regular employes. It VILLAGE GARDENS 100% Union House Central At South Avenue JOE TUTAS, Prop. SSVV* V also provides a 23 per cent boost for fourth-class postmasters, special de livery messengers and part -time workers. A similar increase is pro vided third-class postmasters for clerk hire. The bill replaces a temporary $300 raise that expires next June 30. The bill is backed by the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and other A.F.L. postal workers' unions. Edgar K. Wagner FUNERAL DIRECTOR BIG SOCIAL EVERY FRIDAY AND SUNDAY COME AND SPEND AN ENJOYABLE EVENING PLENTY OF GAMES AND EXTRA FEATURES MOOSE HOME At 8:30 P. M. The Hamilton Brokerage Company 227 COURT STREET Extends good wishes to it* friends and customers for a PrnBjirriMa frar O E O S E I N at I E Y O E Seventh and Walnt Sts. Hamilton, Ohio & & & & & & & & & & & ,V, 0*