PAGE FOUR Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893 Union Press, Established May, 1935 THE UNION PRESS Combined with PATTON COURIER Published Every Thursday by Thos. A. Owens, 723 Fifth Avenue, Pat- ton, Pa, and Entered as second class || mail maiter May 7, 1936, at the post- || office at Patton, Pa., under the Act || of March 3, 1879. F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr. i THOS. A. OWENS wenn SHOR Subscription, $2 Yearly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. The endeavor of the Union Press- Courier is to sincerely and honestly represent Trade Union Workers 1n efiorts to obtain economic freedom through organizations as advocated py the CIO and AFL, and we solicit the support of trade unions. Mater- jal for publication must be author- | ized by the organization it repre- sents and signed by the Presiaent aud secretary, and bear the seal. The Union Press-Courier gives its Se a the advantage of Jae combined circulation of tl . two largest circulated weeklies in i bria County and has a vende cove erage that blankets Patton an major mining towns. Srerm———— ED The United Mine Workers of Amer- ica and the codl operators of fe Central Pennsylvania Fields, throug wound organizations by beth em- employee, have, for the ast several years been abie to £on= Be their afiairs on a harmonious basis, to the good of their ewn res- pective interests and to the good of the general public. This has been oh cognized. Hence, any movemen made by any parties whatsoveer, whether it be AFL truckers, or oth- ers, to disrupt this understanding between capital and labor, should be frowned upon in no uncertain terms, not only by members of the operators association and members of the Mine Workers, but also by the public in general. The recent so-called recog- pition of a handful of Progressive Miners in the south of the county can bring only trouble and the incen- tive that promoted a few men to become Progressive Miners and the small operators that are hiring them, has only one thought in mind — J— pioyer and TROUBLE! » To the extent that harmonious and understanding relations have yet been attainable in this topsy-turvy world of ours, in the past several years the Operators’ Associations and the United Mine Workers of America, have demonstrated their ability. That a small, and rather un- savory band of miners should be permitted to even enter our terri- tory is not to be comsidered as a menace, but should be considered as ambitions of others that a few men who are the dupes, to endeavor to make inroads into the UMWA for ' the sole purpose of trouble making. That any good union men, or lead- ers. should be responsible for this, should cause the rank and file of all organized labor to query. The rank and file of laber, in our sec- tion, is not interested in fights within labor, but want. harmony. And the general public, top, shouid frown upon any movement that tends to create trouble. Even the uninformed and uninterested, know that the handful of Progressive Miners in the Johnstown area, are dupes that are working for others for ulterior mo- tive. They cannot possible do any good to the organized labor move- ment. But they are the instruments of a group that likely want to abolish organized labor altogether. And that any union organization should pro- mote them in this area of labor un- derstanding between operators and miners, has the smell of selfishness and jealousies on the part of a few so-called craft labor leaders. ‘eo Out in Toledo, Ohig, about 100 WPA workers have been dismissed because they did not pérform a reasonable day’s work, and several of the dis- missed workers refused to do assigned tasks. Which is all right in our thought. This type of worker don’t want to help himself. He wants something for noth- ing. ° The Administration at Washing- ton is making arrangements to train thousands of aviation mechanics in high schools, while pilots are being turned out in colleges to meet na- tional defense needs. It all spells trouble in the long run, caused by a couple of men overseas who ruth- lessly transgress the rights of na- tions and of humanity. ° The Philadelphia Inquirer is finding fault with the administration at Har- risburg. Strange! The fault lies with an indifferent legislature, unmindful of the mortal sacrifices exacted every fourth of July by the unrestrained use of fireworks, and wants House Bill 305, prohibiting fireworks in Pennsy- lvania, brought out of committee. We'll agree with the Inquirer. We can get along without a lot of dangerous fire- works. ° After an absence of eight years, the custom of handimg out “loot packages” to the members of the state legislature is back again. Each Senator this year get a Bible, bill- fold, pocketbook, key case, engage- ment book, dictionary and fountain pen; and each assemblyman got an address book, pocket book, bill fold, memo book, fountaim pen and pa- per weight — and the taxpayers got a bill for $3,981.00 fe pay for the “loot.” Until the depression struck, i tration’s plan to withhold relief from a regular part of the legislature's spoils of office. The “gifts” were purchased with funds from a special appropriation. Some years ago the taxpayers were called upon to pay for such objects as combs and brush- es and shoe shining kits. This year the packages are not quite up to the splendor of old, but they still cost $13.68 for each Senator and $12.49 for each Represenative. ° Judge Henry Ellenbogen of Allegh- eny County lerms the state adminis- needy persons unless they sign a $3,000 bond as “vicious, reprehensible, and a club capable of being used to intimidate and coerce the poor. Such a bond will discourage relief recipients from seeking private employment for fear of having their wages attached; will force them into debt so large they wili have no hope of ever being able to repay it, and will remove the in- centive to become self-supporting and acquire savings. It will take from them ali hope of future employment and with that gone, hundreds of thousands of these people will become an easy prey to those who would want to change our economic and political system.” ° Down in Harrisburg, this session of the Legislature is not unlike most of its predecessors, in that hundreds of bills are presented by members, per- haps not so much because of any hope of passage, as for the effect it may have on some of the assemblyman’s, or senator's constituents back home. Ncw we find our friend, Al O'Connor of Loretto, advocating “State Tobacco Stores.” Whether he takes the matter seriously or not, we can't say. How- ever, we would hate to think how the host of tobacco users would take to a proposition where tobacco could only be purchased at state stores. And, to supply the demand, there would have to be state stores in practically every little hamlet and cross roads, and at every store there would have to be at least one man on the state payroll, and — well, honestly, we just can’t be- lieve Assemblyman O'Connor is ser- ious. : ° A couple of months ago it was our privelege to attend a banguet in a North Cambria Hotel, the affair be- ing somewhat of a patriotic nature. You can imagine what was some- what amused feelings when on the staff of the small American Flags, which decorated each guest's table place, was the caption, “Made in Ja- pan.” Nothing was said, but we'll bet most people in the room had the same thought. Now we note in the newspapers that Senator Elmer Tho- mas, (D.-Okla.) has introduced a bill by which German and Japanese Am- erican Flags would be barred from importation into this country. Tho- mas says: “Americans should make American Flags to be flown in our own country.” And surely this grand old country of ours is big enough to commercialize on its own patriotism, without leaving poorly paid, penny- a-day children and other labor in the Orient do it. ° According to news stories, George E. Prindible, of Patton, says he has “no intention of resigning’ as a member of the Unemployment Compensation Di- vision Board of Review. Prindible and Chairman Robert L. Myers, Harrisburg, anounced they would not quit after James L. McDevitt, Philadelphia, pre- sident of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, tenedered his resignation as a third member of the board. e Contracior Matt McCloskey used to get particular h 1 from the Re- publicans in the campaign days be- cause he built so many state build- ings during the Earle administra- tion. Now, we notice Matt has been awarded the contract under the new order to build the new State Liquor Control Board Building at Harris- burg for $666,000. Which would seem that Mr. McCloskey, being a res- ponsible bidder, is also a low bid- der. . Bennie Dickson, two gun Kansas des- parado, was shot and killed by G-Men in St. Louis the other day. Bennie was a big time crook, and for some months has been able to successfully evade arrest. But he has gone the way of most “big shot” desparadoes of the past few years. The people of this country can well be proud of the ef- ficiency of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation. ° We've been giving Governor James so much publicity in these columns recently, that we're getting sick of it ourselves, but we just can’t avoid one more mention this week. That is that the good governor is getting weak, wobbly and undecided on his FIRM stand against completing the Butler State Tuberculosis Sanator- ium. That's all for the Governor this week. ° Hope for an early peace between the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor | apparently flickered and went out last ! Thursday. Unity negotiations between the two labor groups were postponed indefinitely, and some persons close to the conferees doubted that the two peace committees, set up at President Roosevelt's personal request ever wou- 1d meet again. A bitter and long stand- ing fight between the two groups over proposed amendments to the Wagner Labor Relations Act was the cause of the conference's postponement. CIO President John L. Lewis announced the postponement. He had telephoned AFL Vice President Matthew Woll, THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. tisfactory date.” He stressed the word “easily.” * The rank and file of labor natur- ally want peace, The CIO so far has been on the defensive with the AFL, and simply wants to hold its organ- ization intact. When the peace par- leys were still in progress, the AFL released literature giving the CIO the devil One is inclined to be- lieve that the AFL wants peace only if the CIO dissolves itself, and be- comes subordinate to all the AFL leaders want. Which, of course, wou- 1d be a death blow to industrial un- ionism. To the rank and file of Labor there is likely the belief that per- sonal ambitions outshine to common good with many of the AFL leaders, If the peace picture is actually as black as it now appears there is the hint that Mr. Roosevelt may take ad- ditional steps to force a settlement. The Wagner Act issue, coming up in Congress on Tuesday of this week, is now one of the most important bet- ween the two groups. The AFL is backing several changes. The CIO op- poses all changes in the act. President Lewis, it is said, feels he cannot co- operate in seeking peace while en- gaged in fighting the AFL sponsored Wagner Act Amendments. PATTON YOUTHS INJURED fracture of the collarbone, ton-St. Lawrence Road, on the Swope curve, when a tire blew out. The car overturned. Masinko, who was spend- are patients in the Miners Hospital, Spangler. All were given first-aid of Patton. John Balock of Patton suffered a| Bernard | Choby of Patton sustained lascerations | of the scalp and Francis Masinko of | the body when an automobile in which | they were riding skidded on the Pat- | | Media suffered severe brush burns of | ing Easter with his parents in Patton, | was driver of the car. He and Balock | | | COUNTY LEGION AUXIL- IARY TO ORGANIZE GROUP Plans for the organization of a past president's parley were formulated at the quarterly-meeting of the Cambria County Council, American Legion Aux- iliary, last Thursday in the Portage American Legion Home. Mrs. T. Leroy Beidelman, western vice president of the department aux- iliary and a past president of both the county council and the Johnstown unit, was appointed temporary chairman of the parley. She was authorized to com- plete plans for the definite organiza- tion of the group. All past presidents of any of the 12 auxiliary units will be eligible for membership in the parley, if was an- nounced. Purpose of the group will be to assist widows of ex-servicemen. | The parley will select the widow of | an ex-serviceman in Cambria County | who is confined to a hospital, and will | assums the responsibility of providing for her on Christmas and other holi- days. Many widows of ex-servicemen ! are without close relatives and are many times forgotten on holidays, it | was pointed officials of the council. Mrs. Laura Campbell, Patton, coun- cil president, was in charge of the busi- ness session. Mrs. Harry Piper, Al- toona, western director, submitted re- ports on the national defense confer- ence held recently in Washington,D. C., and on other auxiliary activities in the department. Miss [Kathryn Temple, Johnstown department subchairman of member- ship, reported that present member- chip of the department is 35,710, which is 2,000 above the corresponding date of last year. Reports also were submited by Mrs. Bernerd Shortencarrier, sub-chairman of poppies; Mrs. George Burkett, chair- man of coupons; Mrs. Anna Jacobs, news letter ,and Mrs. Ella Edwards, out by treatment by Dr. John Allen Murray | Rochester, news letter. Mrs. Beidelman announced that the | national auxiliary president and the department president would be honor guests at a reception to be held May 1 in Schenley Hotel, Pittsburgh. A large delegation from Cambria County | will attend the affair, she said. Mrs. Mary Haney, partment rehabilitation chairman, re- ported that the auxiliary during the | more than confined last three months spent $5,000 to aid ex-servicemen to hospitals. Address of welcome was given by Commander Edwin Green of the Por- tage American Legion Post. Entertainment was furnished by Bernard Lezack, Nellie Mickey, Betty Ann Sheriff, Jean Irwin and Carol Gibson. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS MAKES PERSONNEL CHANGES I. Lamont Hughes, secretary of highways, announced 105 appoint- ments and 77 dismissals last Thursday at Harrisburg. Appointments included: District 9, Hollidaysburg- Lewis, rodman, $1,020, St. David E. Michael; Walter C. Kurtz, chainman, §1.020, Summerhill; John Grazonick, chain- | man, $1,020, Chest Township, Cambria: steno-clerk, $1,020, Manns Choice, Bedford; Dorothy E. Summers, junion steno-clerk, $1,020, Altoona; Milton Y. Pender, assistant maintenance superintendent, junior Olive I. Hyde, | grade, $1,860, Johnstown, for Ebens- burg office; Goldie E. Maurer, clerk- typist at Ebensburg, $1,020, Ebensburg. ‘FOREST GUIDE” AWARD FOR 2,640 BOY SCOUTS Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters to- czy announced that during 1939 it has conferred the title of “Forest Guide" out the State. To date, approximately Aliquippa, de- | Thursday, April 13, 1939. 100,000 Boy Scouts and Scout Masters have received this award. The honor is awarded to boys and Scout Masters taking the pledge that they will protect and conserve the | forests, birds and harmless animals. 200 HISTORIC SPOTS i Harrisburg The Pennsylvania | Historical Commission has marked nearly two hundred historical sites in | various sections of the State. | m—— BACK DISTRESS DUE TO SLUG- GISH KIDNEYS Quick Relief! Important To Physic Kidneys As Your Bowels If kidneys don't filter excess circu- lating acids from your blood every day—torturing backache often results as well as leg pains, bladder irritation, scanty burning passages and frequent getting up nights. Common sense will tell you one KIGHT way to flush acids from the kidneys is with a LIQUID and here is a REAL tested and proven highly ef- ficient product just take a few daily doses of World’s Tonic, with al- kalines. World's Tonic contains roots, berks, herbs and leaves brought here from various ports of the old world although they grow in the United States because many such ingredients lack the medicinal values and are en- tirely different in content, action and result from those growing in old world climates. Thus we find in World's Ton. | present. on 2,640 Boy Scouts located through- ic medicines made by Nature herself before science came along, yet taking their place with medical science of the Get World's Tonic at the Patton Drug Company, and at all other progressive Drug stores. 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