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Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893
Union Press, Established May, 1935
THE UNION PRESS
Combined with PATTON COURIER
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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 —
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pioyer and
TROUBLE!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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tisfactory date.” He stressed the word
“easily.”
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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 |
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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.
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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. (J 19)
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and they had “easily agreed” to defer
the “loot” packages were considered
further meeting until a “mutually sa-
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