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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939
NO CONTRACT
25 South
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NOT IN SIGHT
AT THIS STAGE
|
However, Despite AFL Attacks, |
Committees Are Stiil in Sess- |
ions in New York. :
AFL-CIO PEACE |
|
Seven men who hoid the power to |
decide the future course of unions with |
a membership of 7,750,000 workers, met
in a smoke-filled conference room on |
Tuesday night in another attempt
reunite the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations and the American Federa-
tion of Labor.
The meeting was the first since Mar.
24 and the seventh President | g
Roosevelt personally urged the two or- |
ganizations to compose differences |
which have kept them apart for the
last three years.
Although was
since the last session may have
plicated the peace picture, neither
would comment when they entered
conference room.
Two hours later, C. I. O. represen- |
tatives left the meting and held a 15- |
minute private caucus. Then the re-
entered the conference room, still
without comment.
At midnight the
ned and announced
again at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday night. |
«+ “We have no other announcement
to make,” John L. Lewis, head of the
C. I. O. delegation said.
WAGNER ACT HEARINGS
TO STA BY APRIL 11th
Washington Hearings pro- |
posed amendments to the Wagner Act |
were ordered by the Senate Labor!
Committee for April 11.
The order came. after a delay of |
almost a month, during which CIO!
and AFL unions and other progress-
ive groups bombarded the committee |
and for postponement of the hearings.
Last week the Natl. Association
Manufacturers and Prs. Green of
AFL the front pages with
most identical demands for immediate
hearings and for drastic revisions de-
signed to cripple the Act. Senator
Thomas, Committee chairman, show-
ed reporters a pile of wires received
from the NAM and from Chambers
of Commerce, indicating a concerted
employer pressure campaign for
quick hearings and sudden death to
the Wagner Act.
Now that hearings are set,
AFL unions opposing the plan to kill
the Act will have to step up and
fight to save it to a faster tempo than
ever. Efforts should be made to line
up progressives outside of the organ-
ized labor movement to join in the
campaign.
The hearings start
Senate Office Bldg.,
C. Wires should be
Elbert D. Thomas,
Committee on Education
demanding that the Act be left alone.
Similar messages should go to Sen-
ators and Representatives from local
districts.
The fight to defend labor's Magna
Charta has entered its second phase. |
Labor protests have delayed the Tory
offensive against the Act this far. A
redoubled protest will be needed to
save it again. |
MORE AL IEN \S SEEK
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
to
since
incidents
com-
side |
the
believed
1T
conferees adjour
they would meet
on
of
the |
took al-
CIO and
April 11 in the
Washington, D.
sent to Senator
chairman, Senate
and Labor,
Washington.—Applications for nat-|
uralization by alien residents in the |
United States have shown a big in-|
crease during the past year, James L.
Houghteling, Commissioner of Immi-
gration, recently told a House approp-
riations sub-committee. There are two |
major reasons for this increase. One
was the action of Congress last year in |
excluding aliens from WPA employ- |
ment. The other is the fact that in|
some states old age assistance benefits
are confined to American citizens.
The Immigration Service is now
naturalizing about 165,000 aliens an-
nually. Last year only 67,000 aliens |
were admitted to permanent residence. |
Thus the number of unnaturalized res- |
ident aliens is decreasing. As of June
20, 1938, Commissioner Houghteling es- |
timates that the alien population in the |
United States was about 3,800,000. |
A declaration of intention must be
filed at least two years before the |
grant of naturalization papers. Five |
years residence is required before an |
alien can win citizenship. Naturaliza- |
tion is granted only to those of good |
character who pass educational tests. |
Many aliens find it advantageous to |
achieve American citizenship to pro- |
tect property interests in Europe.
Nearly 60,000 applications for verifi-
cation of arrival, one of the initial steps | |
toward naturalization, are now on file.
i changes
| bill
| Inc,
COMPENSATION LAW RE-
VISION GOAL IN HOUSE
Harrisburg — Legislation to
the Workmen's Compensation
was introduced in both th
House on Monday night.
Senator John H. Dent (D.-Westm
land) submitted a bill he said
overcome objections the State
preme Court found in clause of
1937 law which were declared
stitutional.
Dent's measure
in compensation only the actu
ly wages if an injured worke
less than $12 a week. He
revise
r=
would
Su-
the |
suggested
urged
{ moval of a clause which
gligence by an employer
er was hurt and accepted as
any remarks of an
within 12 hours after
Dent proposed rippin:
Wn the old act which mz
r liable for injuries to
misrepresented his age
who was violating the lav
of employment. H
move a provision allowing 1
to represent a claimant in
a referee or compensatior
The Senator did
in payment
amendments.
Representative Henry
Jefferson) submited
to increase the maximum
fitsfrom $15 to $18 a week
$6,500 to $7,500 for total dis:
suggested repeal of the o
disease supplement which h
posed unwarranted burd
coal industr
when
tions
not
sched
10
PATTON EAGLES
PLAN ACTIVITIES
DURING MONTH 5.
cndorsed action
fore the public as unfair to organized
Entertainment on Saturday
|
= Act of 1939,
i by
| Elbert
| feaeral
sidies to firms which refuse to pledge | :
* | observance
“RETAIL CLERKS
BROADSIDE AT STRIKE-BREAKERS
Washington The Senate
Liberties
a mighty broadside at the
| strikebreaking industry.
The “Oppre ive Labor
filed in the upper
Senators Robert LaFollette
Thomas, calls for outlawi
industrial munitions, labor
strikebreakers and pri-
forces against organized
Practices
ng
use of
agents,
2 police
would bar
more than
ship-operating
it
of
or
addition
nent contracts
loans
govern-
of the Act. Heavy penal-
HAVE MEETING
AT BARNESBORO
| Several Questions of Importance
r
Ev-1
ening of This Week; Class In-|
itiation Late in April.
rie No.
1244
plann
Apri
Sat
Patton ae
der of Eagles, have
ns for the month of
first, be held on
this April 8th,
ladies 11 ta
are invit ted to
entertainment
week,
so their wi
of them
brir
Yodeling
Cowboys
This aggrega
the
Rambling
stage,
on are
and radio stars feature
WWSW and WJAS, and t
ment includes Comedy,
ing, Yodeling and R
get, the is from
urday night of this we
On Sunday afternoon, 2
:36 P. M. there will be
tiation in the Aerie Home
tory ceremony will be in ch
Patton Aerie Degree team
an members of the aerie
sented with veteran buttor
A representative of th
rie will be present as the
aker, and a big time is looked on
to in local Eagledom. There will be
lunch and entertainment after the
ting.
9 t
time
ing.
ira
a
mee.
OWNERS OF REILLY SHAFT
MOVE TO DISMANTLE MINE
The Reilly Shaft Spangler, for
at
! more than 20 years one of the leading
in Northern Cam-
the “ghost”
mining operations
bria County has joined
list of abandoned mines.
Inactive for the last six months,
Reilly Shaft is being dismantled, John
| E. Reilly of Spangler announced
Mine cars, pumps, motors and all
machinery will be brought to the sur-
| face and stored. Everything will be
removed from the mine with the ex-
ception of elevator cages, Reilly
disclosed.
Reilly Shaft, owned and operated
by Joseph H. Reilly Coal Company,
was opened in 1916 by Joseph H.
ana John E. Reilly. The former resides
in Philadelphia. Normally between 125
and 140 men were employed.
With pumping machinery to be stor-
ed above ground a “water problem’
| will develop for any such time as it
might be decided to reopen the mine.
Owners of the mine said that while
a considerable supply of coal remains
Reilly Shaft has been an unprofitable
operation for some time.
WALLACE SHERBINE
DIES AT WILMORE
Wallace Sherbine, 71, postmaster at
Wilmore for the past 50 years, and
one of Cambria county's most promi-
nent residents, died last Thursday at
his home of pneumonia. He had been
| ill for about ten days.
Er
i 1
appeal from
| member for
|
1 dra
| sented to the Industrial Store
"| tiations
May
|
|
| lack,
|
|
|
| feld; Artimese Capello,
{ Grezier, Local 27,
| Price, local 115, Emeigh; C. H. Reams, |
| local 177, NuMine;
Come Before Monthly Gath-
ering of Body.
the
Employes
The regular monthly meeting of
United Retail and Wholesale
)1 America, held in the Moose Temple
>arnesbaro, recently, drew
gales from thirteen retail and whole-
locals in central and western
Pennsylvania.
Several firms were placed on the the
Me 1 Employes Unfair List, namely
offman’s Ice Cream Company
and and Deg
aning Company of Indiana,
1
fole€
rresboro Ross 1tano,
and
10 advertise them be-
labor.
Several questions of
discussed. A request from
Mine Workers that
mployes action upon
{ the Teamsters’ Union for
1g and assisting the Progressive
movement in Johnstown and
g the United Mine Work-
The council instruct-
ntatives
the
Retail
Local
were
United the
assist in
0 0
picket lines.
their repre
L nited Mine Workers and if necessary,
not handle any article
a driver of No. 110.
mmittee was elected to hear a
American Store Company
Clerks who have .00 fine for each
not answering a strike call
1 February 3, 1939. The committee se-
lected to hear the appeal is composed
of Francis Feighner and Florence Ital-
icno of Ebensburg and Kenneth Graz-
Colver.
The U. R.
cil elected
ea 10 assist thc
delivered
Ac
n
a
ei of
& W. E. of A. Joint Coun-
the following Committee to
up a new agreement to be pre-
Nego-
will open the latter part of
to replace contracts expiring on
June 30. The committee, which will
assist International Vice President El-
mer A. Barger, will be:
Local 27, E
2S
bensburg;
Colver;
Aldine Rennie, lo-
Arthur McCall, lo-
John Fresh, local
J. K. Merritts, local
183, Dixonville; James Dunlop, local
182. Rossiter; Jennie Patterson, local
184, McIntyre; C. C. Coy, local 203, Wa-
terman; George Byrne, local 191, Er-
nest; Jessie Miller, local 124, Ehren-
local 1027, of
Nanty-Glo; and Frances Androchock,
local 27, Lilly.
All members and locals are urged to
consult any of the elected committee
with any proposed changes in the pres-
ent agreement. A special committee
meeting will be called within two
to draft the proposed contract.
More than 60 delegates attended
The next Joint Council meeting will
be held in the Moore Hotel in Indiana
on April 25th ,at 7:30 o’clock.
Plans were made to establish head-
quarters at central points to sign up
truck drivers into the Retail and the
Wholesale Employes. Headquarters are
to be announced at a later date. In the
meantime all truckers interested are
weeks to draft the proposed contract.
O. Box, 756, Spangler, Penna.
TEACHERS SEEK TO
RETAIN TENURE LAW
cal 115, Marstellar;
call 126, Gallitzin;
1027, Nanty-Glo;
More than seventy-five teachers re-
presenting ten school districts in Cam-
bria and Somerset counties, heard Sen-
ator John J. Haluska and Assemblyman
Albert J, O'Connor explain school le-
gislation which is pending in Harris-
burg, at a rally held in the Lilly High
School last Friday evening.
Civil |
Committee on Monday fired |
entire |
house |
and
$10,000. |
sub- |
dele- |
importance | t
en- |
Meade Retal- |
Kenneth |
Margaret |
| of Ebensburg,
| ana
ties are provided for those who break |
the law.
Significant is the fact
rights of workers are not only pro-|
tected by the Committee's proposal,
but that violators face heavy penalties
for violations. If the act is passed, it
will be to the economic interest of em- |
ployers to help preserve civil liberties. |
“This bill is several decades over- |
due,” the two Senators declared in
joint statement as they filed their pro-
posals. “On complaints made, and
the finding of past governmental in-
vestigations in the 40 years, such
bill should have ntroduced
long ago.”
that civil
a
on
last
been
a
FIRST-AID MEET
WILL BE STAGED
AT EBENSBURG
| tion”
: Monday night.
i without
MEASURES
ARE INTRODUCED
Harrisburg — Eight bills designe d |
to help the coal industry, including one |
to create a $30,000,000 “Pennsylvania
Anthracite Reconstruction Corpora-
were presented in the House on
Members of the special Republican
committee which conducted a recess
study of coal problems sponsored the |
measures which would:
1—Create the “Reconstruction Cor-
poration.”
2—Require state licensing of an- |
thracite and bituminous mines. |
3—Establish a “Pennsylvania An-
thiracite Control Board” to standardize |
quality and sizes and control produc- |
tion without price-fixing.
4-—License breakers or
plants.
5—Require that
be accompanied by
gin”
those
preparation |
all coal shipments |
“certificates of ori- |
and provide heavy penalties for
who possess or transport coal |
such certificates.
6—Appropriate $200,000 to the at-
torney general, to be spent on fighting
for reduction of coal transportation
charges; half the money to be used for |
| the benefit of bituminous and half for |
I anthracite. |
State Championship Competition |
Will Again Be Feature of the
Cambria County Fair.
first-aid |
the bitu- |
at Ebens-
The state championship
competition among teams of
minous fields will be
burg this year.
An annual feature the
County Fair, overtures had been made
to transfer the finals of the state meet
to South Park, Allegheny county, but
a delegation of Cambria, Somerset and
India mine officials returned Sat-
urday from Pittsburgh with “the ba-
con” in the form of guarantee from
the State Department of that |
this outstanding event would not 08 |
lost to Cambria county this year. 1
neeting Friday afternoon at |
Bureau of Mines headquar-
arrangements were hold
series of sectional contests en-
rants to the state meet at Ebensburg
in September. Richard Maize, Union-
town mine inspector, presided at the
meeting f Secre
f Mines,
Roy D.
or of the
chairman of the
region,
The general committee
that mi
trations be
for each of
staged
Cambria
(0)
na
Tinie
Mines
ters, made to
a to
as representative tary
John Ira Thomas
Joseph, Johr
district,
of
Ser
xth
recommend-
n de
pro-
con-
ed
mons
gram
tests.
In addition to Inspector
delegation which attended
burgh meeting included: L Crouse,
general superintendent Monroe
11 Company, Revloc; Ale exander
Jack, general superintendent of the
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corpora-
tion, Cresson; C. P. Brinton, engineer
for the Barnes and Tucker Coal Com-
pany, Barnesboro; Walter Van Court,
Koppers Coal Company, Sonman; J
V. Berry, safety director, Industrial
Collieries Corporation; William La-|
mont, secretary of the general commit-
tee and sectional chairman for this
area; Ira P. Bradley, C. A. Hughes Co.;
William H. Filer, st:
and a
and Somerset county
representatives.
WPA QUOTA FOR AREA TO
BE CUT 1.000 IN MONTH
rescue ana
include
the
ne
section
the
3114
its
Joseph
Of
number of Indi-
operators’
The employment ‘quota for Works
Progress Administration Area 11 has
been cut from 15,100 to 14,100 for the
month of April, according to word re-
ceived on Monday afternoon by John
S. Ginter, head of the local four-county
officg, from State WPA Administrator
E. C. Smith Jr.
The reduction in working forces is
to be effected by this Saturday, it
was sald. A checkup revealed that
few more than 600 persons will be
affected, however, because the pre-
sent working force totals 14,727. The
number of persons to be dismissed in
| publican,
| committee on mines and mining.
| Ings thereon. We welcome suggestions |
| and dealers.
ois A. McSparran, Former
state mine inspector |
| than $2,000,000
to carry out work of the Bureau
| Animal Industry in the eradication of
each county will be in direct ratio
to the numbers now employed.
Ginter said that most dismissals will |
be made from highway units opera- |
ting under the WPA. He added that |
particular efforts will be made to
weed out inefficient and incompetent
|
|
|
{ motor code be
workers during the present retrench-
ment. |
— |
Death of Infant.
Wayne John McGonegal,
of Elsworth and Lillian (Kirsch) Mec-
Gonegal of Carrolltown, died last
Thursday at th eparental home. Sur-
viving are the parents and a brother,
William,
infant son
A tablespoon of cold water auded
to egg whites before they are whip-
ped will increase the quality.
! stores to close this S
“These bills are not in final form,” |
said Representative E. Kent Kane. Re-
McKean, chairman of the
|
“There will doubtless be public hear
laborers, t ransporters
irom i
We are not for price-fix- |
operators,
ng
lected all such proposals”
GRANGE FAVORS o
LARGE SUM FOR
CATTLE TESTING
imme
Ag.
culture Head, Principal Spe-
i it Carrolitown,
tary
and a
Pennsylvania
]
al
>ulture
naster
nnsylvania
the
speaker at
inty Pomona
arran’s theme was “The Place.
Farm Organization in A Demo-
’ and he gave a resume of some
> outstanding accomplishments of
which he served for ten
master He urgd that the
be used m
the desires the
matters government. The Grange,
he said, embraces the whole family in
its membership and advised the organ-
on continue by co-operative
buying, to bring benefits to far fami- |
lies
grange
as
Gran
press
as a
of farmers in
of
to
| moved to
The Grange went on record in favor
of adoption of a constitutional amend- |
ment to make it possible to levy a|
graduated income tax in Pennsylvania.
Members of the grange expressed |
the belief that any appropriation less
would be insufficient
of |
Diseases of Cattle in conjunction with
the federal government. Resolutions |
were adopted calling upon the state |
legislature to appropriate that sum.
Another resolution favored a three-
year probationary period for teachers
of all school districts.
The Grange opposed any move at |
this time to scrap the Milk Control |
Board unless some other means is|
provided to stabilize the milk indus-
try.
A resolution opposed the Public Ser-'
vice Commission regulation which |
prevents farmers from hauling a nel- |
ghbor’s milk without taking out a cer-
tificate of public convenience, which
adds to the expense of such deliveries |
and another resolution asked that the
amended so that vehi- |
cles that are not required to have a li- |
license need not be inspected.
LIQUOR STORES
TO CLOSE
Harrisburg — The Liquor Control
Board on Monday ordered managers |
of all but a few metropolitan liquor |
Saturday night at|
9 p. m. instead of the usual 11 p. m. |
closing before a holiday. 3
The board also reminded om
EARLY
Faster customers the stores would be
closed all day Good Friday,
holiday.
The earlier closing is to permit em-
rloyes to quit earlier,
a legal
| ence of representat
asserted
on the general public and have for
industry
unions,
and recognition of
vanced
ainst the union shop proposal but voted
| ag
{union and coal
parties to
| dle
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
YET BETWEEN MINERS AND OPERATORS
CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMIT1EE FIRES |“**
MINERS WANT
ELIMINATION OF
PENALTY TEXTS
Murray Reports UMWA Have
Dropped Demand For Closed
Shop. Optimism Is Still Pre-
valent,
New York Eight negotiators, after
reporting disagreement over a new
wage and hour contract for the sus-
| pended bituminous coal indu were
| ordered on Tue sday to resume their
efforts, with full power to recommend
settlement.
The deadlock of the negotiators
came after three weeks of futile effort
was reported to the joint confer-
ives of the Appala-
cian management and labor, and as
338,000 miners who stopped work Mon-
day xiwusly awaiting word.
Philip Murray, vice president of the
United Mine Workers of America, told
the conference the “miners’ final pro-
position” was renewal of the old ag-
reement for two years and elimination
stry,
a
| of the penalty clause for illegal strikes.
the elimination of the
penalty clauses from district agree-
ments was the stumbling block. He
the operators had said “no”
26 proposals the union had made
improvements in working con-
Murray said
to
| ditions.
ty
He the the
other
said miners, to protect
ainst raids” by
suggested a union shop
f the U. M. W.
bargaining ag
the
ag
had
of
ency.
ad-
S
the
re
exclusive
ji ported operators
not a “single argument” ag
ainst it in the
said they wanted
Ie
subcommittee, and
the penalty clause to
nain in the contracts.
The penalty
each dis
in
the
are
included
tween
which
conference
what,
rict aj
the acian
differ some
call f fir
t each miner
f the t
mpanies
Aj
of each
The
but
$1 t
terms
in
to $2
Xr *S
who
and
V for lock-
outs.
He
issue.”
“The Uni Worl are not
but
ation of
insisting 2 shu
a forthright dema f
the pe Murr:
Mur
p
k
ciause
or
1a4ly
claus 1d.
addressed confer-
Robison, Cleve-
chairman, reported
and said the whole
hands of the
the j«
Walter
the
ence af
land oper:
the dis
matter s back in the
gave the union's
pic-
ition the conference re-
lunch, without wo
The afternoon
minutes as
nan for the
recommit the whe
eight negotiators with
the
r from
session
Charles
operators,
le matter
thority
earliest
tors
only five
i O'Neill, spokesy
to the
to bring back its report at
> moment.
O'Neill made no reply to Murray
and without comment Robison called
for a vote under the unit rule. Both
miners and operators voted “aye” and
the conference adjourned to await the
further report of the subcommittee.
Compensation Sought
Inability of operators and union
miners to reach an agreement on a
new wage-hour contract may turn the
enforced idleness of Pennsylvania's bi-
tuminous miners into a “holiday” with
pay—if it lasts long enough.
For the first time since the United
Mine Workers adopted the “no con-
tract, no work” code, its members are
in a legal position to soften the econ-
{ omic blows of an extended period of
idleness with benefits provided by the
unemployment compensation law.
Miners were reported descending by
| hundreds on branch offices of the State
Unemployment Compensation Division.
Thomas V. Hayes, in charge of the
State Unemployment Compensation Di-
vision, disclosed a request from 500
miners at Vintondale. Hayes said he
would go to Vintondale in answer to
the request
At a number of Western Pennsylva-
nia division headquarters emergency
staffs were pressed into service to han-
the applications. H~ves revealed
that in the event other requests were
filed on behalf of larg bers in
any of the Cambria Co 1ing
towns field workers of th
would visit the affected
Whether the miners v
receive benefits from t
pensation act hinged on t
the deadloeked New Yo
The impasse must la until
24 before the miners cr
employment eonopensatic
parley
April