OF simpli LABOR IN "CEN TRAL Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Uniens and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. PENNSYLV Al A AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Established Oct., 1893. Patton Courier, A SS SRLS AP CSE | Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union Printing. VOL. NO. 30. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939 Soh r ith PA 725 Ave. PA. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR BREAK IS LIKELY IN MINING DEADLOCK STATE C10 GROUP IN CONVENTION AT HARRISBURG : Second Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council On This Week. ev issues Faced with several important Union the Pennsylvania Industrial Council, CIO, is holding its second an- | nual convention at Harrisburg this week. Sessions opened on Tuesday. Although the appearance of John| CIO chieftain, is indefinite, negotiations be- operators In bot fields, most industrial Lewis, because of current tween miners and the hard and soft coal the other top ranking ;onists are expected to attend the three | day conclave which will close Thursday evening. Five topics will aiscussions. They 1 A new organizat 400,000 more members. 2. Labor legislation neral assembly. 3. Contractural difficulties anthracite and bituminous coal probably are: 107 ariv n ending in the ge in tries. 4 recent decision a federal district court in Philadelphia imposing a fine of $711,932 against Hosiery Workers. Peace The of 5 CIO. John Phillips, president the council, said that undoubtedly organization drive would be started at the convention. His remarks were confirmed by Lester Thomas, secretary treasurer of the organization. “We have 500,000 members in the organization now,” Thomas said, and there is a potential membership of nearly 900,000 CIO members in the state. We are going after every one of them.” Phillips outlined the AFL and the between of state new over the which the state CIO group would op-| pose. Include damong measures are those changing the present labor relations’ act, revising the workmen's compensa- tion acts, setting up a new relief tem, changing the status of present un- employment compensation ,0ld age as- » and industrial home work ws, amending the teachers’ tenure and other bills affecting the wel- fare of teachers. Phillips denounced the pending hange in the workmen's compensa- tion as the most ruthless and pitt- less ever introduced that sub- ject. On the strained relations the AFL and CIO, he declared: “Qur policy is to promote peace. Un- doubtedly the council will reiterate the desire of all workers for unity in the labor movement.” Approximately 1,000 delegates, rep- resenting 1300 local unions are in the state capitol for the meeting this week. The council was organized March 29, 1938, after William Green ,president of the AFL revoked the charter of the state organization becayse it supported Lewis. new AFL group ized a fortnight later. The Pennsylvania Federation of AFL affiliate, will hold its vention Philadelphia star 10th. Sys- b in between was organ- lL.a- bor, con- TEACHERS GROUP TO NAME OFFICERS District 6 of Education for the Association at a meeting to be held afternoon in the Gallit- meeting will be held Office sylvania State will be held on Saturday zin school. The at 2 p.m. Joseph F. Bernard, chairman of the Gallitzin Division of the Association, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. District 6 is composed of the following townships and boroughs: Reade Township, Tunnelhill Borough; Gallitzin Borough, Gallitzin Township, Ashville Borough, Dean Township, White Township, East Carroll Town- ship, Carrolltown Borough, Chest Township, and- Patton Borough. 'S WORK {1S STARTED ON BARNESBORO HALL Ground was broken last w eek for Barnesboro’s new community build- ing, which was authorized by mem- | bers of Hope Volunteer Fire Company at a meeting two months ago, although final preparations were only recently completed. At a meeting last week the Com- munity Building Association was or- ganized. R. H. Steele was named the | chairman. The new structure will be | located in the northern section of the Barnesboro park and will be 62 by 120 feet. A basement also will be con- structed for recreational purposes. x un- | the ! indus- | legislation | [COLLEGE SEEKS NEW COAL USES Bethlehem.-—Men from the mines | and scientists from the laborators met the other day at Lehigh University | to widen the uses of hard coal and tc seek fields for its sale. ) cluded technical studies of the burn- ing characteristics and natural advan- tages of hard coal, use of anthracite for warm air heat in the home and ex panding the domestic market an- thracite. for 10r search experts who subimitted paper | describing their ing thelr experiments WAGE AND HOUR ACT RECORD HAS SHOWN BENEFITS |: Administrator Andrews Sums Up Results of First Six Mon- ths’ Enforcement of Law. Washir n Administrat Elmer F. Andrews on Monday sounded a nationwide radio warning to employers not to violate the Wage-Hours Act, and cited the ptomistic record of the or Speakers for the most part were re- | LABOR PARLEYS ON PEACE WILL FACE A DELAY Opening session of the meeting in- | Nothing More Will Probably Be urday at the Done Until After Congress Acts on We agner Act Dispute. Washington. Administration i es have disclosed that President Roose- velt's hopes for labor peace are wilt- ing between the American Federation | of Labor and Congress of Industrial | Organizations over Wagner Act am- endments. proffer to the Senate of doc- tary evidence of collaboration of L officils, the National Association Manufacture and * ‘in drafting ts to the We ce atmosphere,’ Lewis, ume ploye federation am- | endmer 1igner act “‘poisone d ne labor ex- AFL had | amp | ever lodge che 1€Y irges g on Lew committee. before judicir the peace Vir. Roosevelt parleys. negotic administration's first six months of ex- | “we have courts.” he delared, in the the first enforcement Oct- istence in which, t lost a single Andrev months under oper N( case s summed up wages-hours which began last the declaration: of the 24, with “The act, act has thrown a strong flood- light upon the dark places of Ameri- can industry, the unpleasant things we could not see before. We cannot duck them. No amount of talk about beaut of rugged individualism will obliterate them. We know now where the scrubbing brush and fumigator are needed.’ Andrews admonished employers that “a few employe lawsuits could be far more expensive than voluntary, whole hearted compliance.” Citing far, he received, es satisfactory compliance thus 19 five took and administration 14 injunctions criminal prosecutic and $31,500 in fine levies and restitutions. Of 11,000,000 commerce, Ww | 300, 000 have said, and the to court, obtai $12,000 ir pay workers in inters for about Andrews tate age 1ncreases been gained, October 24, when the 30-cents-an-hour minimum wage comes effective, these workers will e $32,760,000 increase in year, he estimated. next re- wages for the The act has raised the Nation's pur- | chasing power, he concluded. Thousands of other workers, # have received time and one-half over- time pay, and shorter working hours Andrews traced the speedy expan- sion of the Wage-Hours Administra- tion from a small headquarters and 23 field inspectors six months to national force of 131 today, ¢ said the “skeleton force” still | adequate to ¢ with the industry. e said ago, and | in- a pe WINSLOW'S TOGGERY SHOP WILL OPEN IN MASONIC BLDG. SOON New Men's Furnishing Store Cater to Public, and Sell Nationally Advertised Merchandise. Penn- | Barton C. (Tubby) Winslow, well known Pattonite, will days open Patton's newest store, “The Winslow Toggery Shop,” in the Cor- | ner Room of the Masonic Building on | Fifth and Magee avenues, next to the Press-Courier office. for the past month been preparing and | fitting up the quarters, and for | past few weeks stocks have been ar- | riving. He will handle a full line of | Men’s Furnishings and Shoes, mostly | of the nationally advertised brands. | Likewise, he will have agencies for | men's tailor made clothing. | Feeling that Patton is in need of a | sage of this nature, Mr. Winslow will | endeavor to please the trade. Watch | this paper next week for his opening | announcement. NOTIC E. 2008, United Mine Workers of America, St. Benedict, Pa. You are requested to | come to the Miners’ hall in St. Bene- | dict on Wednesday, May 3, between | To all members of Local Union No. | | 9 |S the hours of 8 and 12 a. m. to sign for | numbers should not require more than with unemployment compensation. Committee: Richard Bradford, Jo- seph Jones, Harry C. Ream, Metro Karol. the | said out of 11,910 complanints | ° ned be- | » Byron Cz staff | Will | in the next few | Mr. Winslow has | the | {OPERATORS ARE OPPEOSED TO PENNA. MINE LICENSING P Western Pa approved a legislative bill campai “more equitable” freight rat | but objected to proposed legislation for licensing mines. They | bills rominent last Friday providing a Pittsburgh. coal operators on ef for coal hearing of Represent: on it a House appeared before the | tives Committee on mines and mining. The freight rate bill provides an ap- | | propriation of $100,000 for a four year | fight for revisions of soft coal freight | rates and authorizes the attorney gen- j eral to intervene before the In Commerce commission case in behalf Pennsylvania Four tions ler- any Weste ate in f operators in nd operat the bill Un major yducers a associe 101 Representatives of the ited »d the said the s also indorse Worker ents of four railroads h: not had House annual study proposal time Bill 1,0008 would 1 nses for all bond require $100 { bituminous $1,000 for each op his observance of the laws including several truck mines of which have n mines and | erature | state mining | thousand snr | state official of to assure 0 record. west- the the told Secre of ania ope non, ern Pennsyl | committee: mbers of our association are in Har- large e i "Me | favor of risburg of or small kept the state, recorc ng all in General think a lic should the Both a mn mines ly speaking, w fee or such do | not E113¢ posting of nature mines bond be of as make operation of and small e and should One not be S feature for li mine. For i 20 mines, a year busines the pro ndividual any ha $2,000 do oppose io 1g every n tance it | would have t erate Repres to op- Mec- pur- rev- K. Kane of Kean county, i jected that the pose of the bill was not to provide enue, but simply the cost of operating under the act. “People without any | resposibility whatever are stealing coal | and operating mines. We would re- | quire some evidence of responsibility | before opening a mine and employing human beings in the operation of | these openings.” entativ | RURAL GROUPS IN SINGIN EVENT | | | Several Cambria county choral grou- | ps are expected to enter the annue al Rural Chorus which will be held on Thursday, June 15th at State College. Any musical group of any rural com-; advised that the munity of population’ not exceeding 2,- | 500, may enter, County Farm Agent | H. C. McWilliams, advises. Groups participating in the contest must have at least eight members. Each group will be required to sing two | numbers. The required number is | “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair. | The other number may be selceted by | the group participating, but the two ten minutes for presentation. Groups desiring to enter should communicate with Mr. McWilliams, who will fur- nish copies of the contest rules. sourc- | ‘reactionary em- | prohibi- | mines have | THOMAS L. LEWIS, MINE LEADER, DIES W. Va.,—Thomas who rose from the breaker boy to United Mine died last Ch Lewis, anthracite dency of the Union he helped found, § of job an the presi- Workers Se because of illness not related to Presi- Lewis of the U. M. W. union from 1908 to 1911 the Co Mining and assisted in Coal Associa- 1930 was L business in Lewis, who dent John A., headed the Later he published Review, a trade paper, | organiz the National tion ing HOSPITAL DANCE AT SUNSET MAY 10 BY LADIES’ GROUP | Baron Ellitt and His Orchestra to Play for Miners’ Institution Charity Event. ¢ | Northern 1A rv ia on Sunset s for Wednesc Park the recent John m, ne the organizatic pre Derri ted chain Mrs. Sidney n box s elec £5 : i The the highlig orge year arity ually, the for the nization. ” funds deri each are used by the auxiliary purchase equipment { need d at the hospital. sl held a social season ved to auxiliary in nor Members of | the | have the in the the peen ELDER TOWNSHIPS FARMERS UNITE ROAD CONSTRU FOR CTION L become di WPA road Elder T the secure a when for th tion of imate farmers selves Handicapped the road almost farmers inaccesslble tarted ut two wee mt building road abo s ago and alre: have finished about 400 feet of the | W completed the road will prox 700 feet and of to aproxima 40 in township. Although the of fore supervise the project , 'h road reported to substantiall ucted. | During i { imately service the to be | con to} the entire the road food supplie 3 and in y i forced to walk ick livi | car along th their physicians der to visit The new minimum provided by directly affected by the road. Spokesmen for the workers said the remaining vo hundred road will be built during the n four wee to hor were the road w tructe funds and ,the meager landowners cost or Ss DARN 3SBORO SHIRT PLANT TO UME OPERATIONS SOON Announcement that the Barnesboro factory of the Philips-Jones Corpora- tion, which has been closed for sever- al weeks, will be reopened in the near future was made at Barnesboro last week by J. W. Witwer, ent of the plant. Mr. Witwer had returned from Pottsville where he conferred with company officials. The Barnesboro superintendent was were putting forth plans to get the various factories of the concern ready for an extensive production schedule. The Barnesboro plant, is was learn- ed, to a full time working schedule. The news was received warmly in Barnesboro, in view of the fact that when the factory there is working at capacity, 350 people are employed with a monthly payroll in excess of | $10,000 The Phillips-Jones Corporation anticipating a large government order within the next few weeks, it is said. is age of 73. He retred from | | payment superintend- | just | had | | elares corporation officials | is one of the first to be returned | the | | MINERS RETALIATE SETTLEMENT OR . WITH VIGOR IN AFL TRUCKERS’ FIGHT | Johnstown Local 110 “Getting | Works" for Aiding and Abett- ing Progressive Miners. Mine »f Camoria declared and a ti Johnstown 110, AFL Dr Union H, Vers virich S have t the John Uni 1S1ness well operators are ] no need this IMWA mers CIO. have f{ AFL stered a spirited ucks enter- be- advisin wa up with notified if they Johnstown drivers ATE ana ar f they sign they have ac- AFL should against mall, SPENCE UPROLDS TAX COLECTORS D. fied Cam- rs Associa- advised M. Spence r two per tas Dy ¢ for iilnquent asury iced yment ol collectors 1935 1938, Cannon aprove the pay- which the are due them fr y Controller Henry ne would not rdered commissions, + m m to to do Mr meen the obtaining court ac- t me 1} the SO by court Whalen id at 2 o'clock courthouse to order the cc Friday prepare S pen (e Cannon, in re of the comn collectors do the fees. The money paid into the county treasury after the collectors have turned in their duplicates, he des and therefore have done noth- ing to entitle them to payment. collectors have pointed out that they should be paid the commission because they made efforts to collect the before it returned to the county. The comm past by approve asserts that the borcugh, townships, and | school Sistas and were last paid by in 1933. the count} MARR AGE CEREMONY. A ceremony uniting in marriage Miss Irma B. Conn of Emeigh and Leo H. Plouse of Barnesboro, was perfor- med recently at the Methodist church at Emeigh. LEWIS | ployees | offering nt the | nothing to earn | The | tax | sions have been paid ip | - GENERAL TIE-UP LOOMS AT ONCE Operators Offer to Collect Dues From Both Union and Non- Union UMWA Men, STUDIES PROBLEM. Exclusive bargaining rights to the United Mine Workers of America and a check-off system to collect dues from both union and non-union em- designed to protect the union against inroads from other labor or- ganizations, Tuesday afternoon was the of the coal operators, in a new effort to draft a wage and hour contract for the industry. With the patience of John L. Lewis and his co- yperating mine leaders exhausted, and ith the entire po ttee ssion in New Yo ctically decided last week of st » contracts signed industry, both and palachain conference, erations. Trouble been a possibili southern produc sign contracts. The marking time since week while the a proposition and ¢ support of thei general conference of erators is again in nesday afternoon some action may be Mine Workers will not known. Legal them to decline. However, this reaches readers, press and radio will have whether it has strike, or still gotiate. This new propo came at time with the possibility of shut down of the considered r 338,000 miners Appalachian are: d he 3 mimi the that this was ilematir and with ce, the entire of the Ap- would cease op- miners to alt on out has the the h among operators that some of might refuse miners have middle of S to been last ut in ope bt The p- ed- and WwW hether - offer ttempted cenfere miners and on on this press time) full (our taken the may at the both advised tlement, attempt t acce phase our laily you been another r a 1C¢~ of the when nation 0n tors a a a industry, as mmdaicat W before the workers also qui proposal wa the weeks oraer would The Tuesday three peace, and it sion of the oper to recognize the bargaining re Wagner Relations proposal made been advanced in Under the the operators pay the same be of the UMW tion to the adminis tract and participati The non-union members exempt from cial assesment monthly. Government ficials, including are in New { to use their influence the stalemate. There the northern operat have compiled with but that the ern “bucking.” Operat anxi an ni 28 the inciu 11 r= Ap 14 the exclusive under the I'he check-off sday had not April 14th offer. ff proposit of non-union miners ould union ¢ presentative act the LIne check-o ion dues as x iv COI DUu-~ the con- enefits vould be INnitiatlor and Spe- are $1.00 bor Dey Secreta and have tment i ry Perkins, ted n of that York, attemj jucati ling rs ago 1ands, soutr are are >» Ap- 1 to with whom they is the rs just ous to } palachi rec as conference gniz UMWA, have had cordial 1 tions, Mine Workers body itself in settling amicably. But there are still those operators in the south who would break unions if they could. And these operators would be instrumental in recognizing any outside union, to the xtent that they would plan, in time, cast all bonafide organized labor aside. So, when you read this article, you may already know that peace has ag- ain been restored in mining circles, or you may see the stalemate continued. Likely, if continued, Mr. Lewis will sign up with those operators who are willing to abide with his demands, and the union will seek to tie-up all who don’t. as LO Held for Court. Unable to post $500 bond, Pranda of Barnesboro [t to jail pending removal to the | gheny county jail to awan tederal court on charges of violat federal revenue laws. Pranda Ore=~ liminary hearing betore Abraham nanded Alle- re was ng was g J | missioner Ray Patton Smith last week after agents reported seizing two stills and a quantity liquor in a raid Pranda’s home t irsday. Com- ot Tht
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