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 matter May 7, 1936, at the post- office at Patton, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr. THOS. A. OWENS... Editor 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 in efforts to obtain economic freedom through organizations as advocated by the CIO and AFL, and we solicit the support of trade unions. Mater- ial for publication must be author- ized by the organization it repre- sents and signed by the President and secretary, and bear the seal. The Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the advantage of the combined circulation of the two largest circulated weeklies in Cam- bria County and has a reader cov. erage that blankets Patton and the major mining towns. “STOP LABOR” Ever since the Appalacian Joint Wage Conference opened in New York on March 14, collective bargaining has been undergoing the severest test in all the history of the labor movement. Never before has collective bargaining been attacked from all sides by all antagonistic interests as it has been in this instance. When the representa- tives of the United Mine Workers of America and of the operators of the Appalacian bituminous area first met in New York there appeared, on the surface, to be a hope for a reasonably | in the realization that no hope for suc- | speedy settlement between employers and employes. Each side expressed a desire for a new contract to take the ZT M4 ~} 1 place of the one that expired on March 31. and the public was led to beleive that all parties meant whit they said. It was not long, however, until the sinister hand of outside interests be- came apparent in the proceedings, the whole purpose being to prevent the negotiation of a contract that would afford protection to the fundamental and basic principle of collective bar- gaining. Hope of an early settlement was shattered. The conference devel- ‘oped into a major battle for the pre- servation of this great principle es- tablished by labor, declared by cen- gress, sustained by the courts, and approved by the American public. The United Mine Workers of America, sustained by the entire body of for- ward-looking labor, made the fight to preserve this foundation rock upon which the whole structure of the or- ganized labor movement is built. On the other side the attack which sought your On Wednesday evening of last week ! the writer was among those—not so many folks—who attended the Jackson dinner of the Democratic party in the Fort Stanwix hotel in Johnstown., The usual trek of the rank and file of the job-holders wasn't evident, and the party, when out of state power, can’t command the crowd. The Republicans, the pay-roll following. But what the they didn't lack in enthusiasm, and about all present generally conceded that if the party is to stage any come- back in this county, it will have to be | done with harmony as the watch-word within their ranks. - ® { County Commissioner John J. Kane of Allegheny County was the principal speaker, but he didn't steal the show. Rather that particu- lar spot goes to Senator John J. Hal- uska, who, with Assemblymen Wes- trick and Chervenak ,arrived late at the gathering, from Harrisburg. Hal- uska blamed the defeat of the party last fall on lack of unity within the party and urged all factions to join for victory in this year’s elections. Failure to build the various factions into a solid, united party, will mean repeated defeat, he said. Haluska declared practically every Democrat wanted to be a leader when the par- ty went back into power in the state, and that Cambria county was no exception, as plenty examples of individual leadership sprang up in the campaign. Commissioner Kane declared that the Democrats defeat- ed themselves through selfishness in | for the time being, at least, will have | - banquet members lacked in numbers, | THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. session which will be forthcoming— | tached to the Republican campaign | just as surely as the sun rises in the orators, and to the fellows who write | East. ° | The Congress of Industrial Organ- | izations charged on Saturday that | Wagner act amendments proposed by the American Federation of Labor were prepared with the aid and ad- | vice of “reactionary and anti-labor | corporations” and offered ‘“documen- | tary proof” to the senate. AFL Pres- ident Bill Green has denied these charges, but to the rank and file of labor it does seem strange that the | AFL wants the same changes as do | such labor-baiters as Tom Girdler and E. T. Weir. It simply doesn’t and simply cannot make sense. It has the earmarks of “selling labor down the river.” . CIO President John L. Lewis de- clares that “individuals or other groups who recommend amendments to the Labor Act at the behest or in the in- terest of the National Association of Manufacturers or Mr. Weir or Mr. Girdler, should have torn from them their mask of pious expression of good will for the workers in order that the country may know the real motiva- tion of such proposed amendments.” “I charge publicly,” says Lewis, “that these amendments recommended by Mr. Green and his associates have been prepared with the aid, advice and the | counsel of representatives of the Na- | tional Manufacturers’ Association and | of several of the most reactionary and i anti-labor corporations of the coun- | try.” It does seem strange to us that | any branch of organized labor could | { | | the words contained in Republican platforms, that apparantly are but mere words—and don’t mean a damn thing. ° But to the detriment of the adminis- | tration down on the Susquehanna riv- er, it doesn't have the majority in the senate it would like. Dozens of nom- inations by Governor James, as well as county assistance boards have not been confirmed because 23 Democrais have held fast in their refusal to go along with the 25 Republicans. Thirty- four votes are needed for confirmation —a two-thirds majority of the sen- ior chamber. Now the Democrats say these appointments can be confirmed if the Republicans decide not to go through with the ripper bills, and per- haps that may mean that the DPA will not give out a large number of jobs to G. O. P. faithful, after all. POLITICAL BEES ARE BUZZING IN CAMBRIA AS TIME DRAWS NEAR All of the County Offices With But Two Exceptions to Be Filled During Fall Elections. With the arrival of warm weather, po- tential candidates for public office are beginning to come out of the political FAWN DANCER Faith Bacon, fan dancer and num- ber one competitor of Sally Rand, | picked up a fawn, a erowd of spec- |tators and a policeman as she woods in Cambria county. While most | strolled through New York’s Park of the would-oe office holders appear avenue recently. She was taken into to be coy in publicly announcing their police custody—but the publicity gag candidacies, the voters can feel assur worked. | red that from now until the November ! ey election the great annual American in- | fee, and neither do those seeking to | be desirous of wanting the same things | that labor's bitterest enemies likewise wants. the primary campaign. * { Some of the Demicratic office hold- | ers in the county weren't at the Jef-! fersonian banquet, and even some of | those office holders who will seek el- | ection again this year weren't present. Likewise, we'll venture the guess that While elsewhere in this column. we aired a bit the troubles the Dem- ocrats are having in this county, and its inception back in the days of pa- door and outdoor sport—running for office—will be participated in by their fellow citizens as usual. Johnstown wil elect &« mayor and two councilmen, and scores of offices are most of the new faces that®will seek | tronage and power, we can’t pass up | names on the primary ballot weren't| the Republicans, because they afte there either. However, what the gath-| even now in the midst of those same | ering lacked in numbers, it didn't lack | troubles, and the Democrats may even in this year’s county elections, cess can come, unless there is unity, { benefit from the dissension and the to destroy the principle of collective bargaining were big coal companies, | big Wall street banks which own or| control them, big corporations, big in- dustries, railroads, great and power-! ful public utilities, the National Manu- | facturers Association, the United Sta- | tes Chamber of Commerce and all the | rest of the anti-union interests of the country. And, shamefully, indeed, the high command of the American Fed- eration of Labor joined them in the| effort to prevent the Appalacian con- ference from reaching a fair agree- ment. It was a disgraceful spectacle to see the high command of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor aiding and assisting Wall Street in this murder- ous attack upon the very fundamental principle of the labor movement. Those who were engaged in this co- lossal destructive campaigll knew that if they could prevent the Appalacian conference from reaching a fair and reasonable agreement they would thus administer a blow to collective bar- gaining that would malevolently crip- ple the labor movement in the country. “Stop labor!” became the battle cry of the opposition. They meant to put a stop to the progress that the labor movement has made in the last few years, a degree of progress the like of which never before was seen in the American labor world. But these destroyers met a strong, prowerful, de- termined and resourceful foe when they ran up against the United Mine Warkers of America. This union of ours never has been whipped. This is not the first time that the United Mine Workers of America has been called upon to meet the combined attack of labor’s enemies. This union never has shunned a fight when it became nec- cessary to defend the rights and pro- tect the interests of those who toil. It stands ready to protect labor from as- sault at any time. It has happened so often in the past that when a major struggle comes on American labor na- turally looks to the United Mine Wor- kers of America, the greatest of all trade unions, to go out in front and lead the fight. Whenever the funda- mental rights of labor are attacked, the United Mine Workers of America always accepts the challenge. More than once it has saved the labor move- ment from destruction. Every rank and file member of organized labor, inclu- ding the American Federation of La- bor, knows this to be true. In spite of the gigantic onslaught of anti-union interests against the suc- cess of the Appalacian conference, the principle of collective bargaining will continue to function, and the United Mine Workers of America will still protect it. factions work together. It can’t come| P. of Cambria. In spite of the fact when one faction wants it all—and| that Governor James and his admin- | and unity must come only when all| Jealousies now rampant in the G. O. | | The Democratic id istration have had the reins since | won't bend. went into power in this state and in| last January, only a few of the Re- | this county, simply because thousands! Publicans have, as yet, found jobs— | of independent voters who had been | €Ven menial ones. You see them | following Republican standards, saw | In earnest conversation together on | their only hope in the liberal platforms | Street corners in every town in the | of the Democratic party. The Demo-| county. And its not hard to surmise cratic old guard must realize that to| What they're talking about. | be a Democrat in reality, one must not | ° necessarily always have been aDemo-| But the real fun won't start until | crat. If such were ‘the case, then we |JODbS actually have been dispensed— | would never have had Franklin D,|2nd there aren't any more to give. | Roosevelt in the White House, nor | Lhen will the greater number of the would the party have had four years | Republicans seeking reward be up in| of power in the state. Perhaps it was a | @'ms. During a campaign last fall that | disregard of that tenet that caused the | Promised a job to most every chap thay bitter feuds of the primaries of last| Worked and voted Republican, the year, which ultimately led to defeat! G- O.P. planted a seed that will breed {in the general election. | discontent and dismay. And it will be . interesting to note the reactions that | They won't let us rest in peace, | 22° to come. And Cambria county’s G. | O. P. is having troubles already. Down neither will they let us enjoy our | 1% Johnstown th . y seventh-day recreation, in peace and | hnstown the Republican commit- | contentment. Now, before the legis- | semen want a Substantial finger in lature at Harrisburg, are bills de- | 'C Palronage pie. Republicans in the signed to stop our fishing on Sun- jners of the county have lots of rea- | days, and likewise, a prohibition of | son for worry, once Johnstown suc- seeing Sunday movies. Those old- ceeds in entering he picture. L 's ere s : TL ams Sa were 9 Supopular . The Sule CIO convention is now in foisted upon us by certain legisla- | DI oSress at Harrisburg and the prime : feature of the early sessions was tha tors. The modern world outdistanced |; ~o Ee ay oaons, was ny such narrow concepts as no-fishing. A ake peace with | : Se : ’ the American Federation of Labor un- and no-mivies on Sundays long 480. | ger the present leadership. In fact. Bill but Pennsylvania has only in the last = ? several years thrown off the yoke. | § SOR Yu ISferred fo In jerms tanging g : | from “stupid” to “sanctimonious hypo- The Blue Law revival should be nip- | crite.” si ped in the bud by permanent inter- ° ment in committee of the anti-fish- Governor James, and the G. O. P. ing and anti-movie bills. | generally, were the sanctimonious ° | campaigners who last fall stumped | Because the weather wasn't exactly | the state with the attitude of holy spring-like, and with nothing better to| horror at the way the Democrats do, we listened to the radio broadcast; were working relief and politics. of the formal opening of the New York | In fact our good Governor said a lot World's Fair last Sunday afternoon,! about the big divorce suit he would and read quite a lot about it, too, in| have when elected—divorcing re- the New York Sunday supplements. | lief from politics. Now the Repub- | All of which, does lead us to believe| lican House of Representatives— that New York has really got some with the full knowledge of James, thing. Mussolini points out that his| has overwhelming passed a “ripper” country couldn't be thinking of war| Dill, to oust the entire Department when they are making elaborate plans | ©f Public Assistance civil service for a world's fair in 1942. How, then,| Set-up, with the greedy thought in can we have any such thought in mind | View of finding a lot more jobs for when we have two world's fairs on| 820d Republicans. It is not to our our coasts in 1939? mind to cross with anything that ® may give the victors the spoils—but | titions will be obtained by the county | 1eady for circulation among the job- | seekers early in June. | for the state supreme court, while | have an opportunity to register any | time up until within thirty days be- to be filled in 32 boroughs and 30 of the townships in the county. Officially the race will not open un- | til Saturday, June 24th when candida- tes may begin 10 obtain signatures nn { their nominating petitions. Any signa- tures obtained before that date will invalidate the petition. A supply of pe- commissioners and probably will be Candidates will have until July 24th ‘0 file their petitions with the county commissioners and will have the right to withdraw up to and including July 29th. The primary election will be held Tuesday, Septernber 12th, the polls being open from 7 a. m. until 8 D. ne. The county commissioners, at the election this year, probably will not have the duty of canvassing and tab- uiuting the vote. The election law pro- vides that this duty shall fall upon the All county offices with the excep-! i t'en of sheriff and jury commissioners, ere to be elected this year. In addition | be elected as school directors, in the i city, boroughs or townships. Judges of election and election in- spectors will be elected in the 171 pre- cincts of the county this year. The fil- ing fee for this office is fifty cents. | | Candidates for county or city office | need obtain at least one hundred sig- natures to their petition. Only 10 sig- | natures are required for borough, | borough or school district offices or! i for judge of elections. Candidates for | election inspector need obtain only 5! ! signatures. | No refund will be granted to can- | didates withdrawing. Job seekers are | permitted under the law to have only | qualified voters, that is those who are! registered and enrolled, sign their pe- | titions. If signatures are obtained from | : those who are not enrolled in the] party, through which the candidate is | seeking election, the petition may be | invalidated. | PLACE ST. FRANCIS | ON MIDDLE STATES ACCREDITED LIST | I St. Francis College has accomplish- ed an important step in its extended county commissioners, acting as a county board of registration, except in years when the commissioners are) candidates themselves. i And it is entirely likely that Com- missioners John Thomas Jr. and Frank P. Hollern will be candidates tc succeed themselves, so that the count this year will be made by the county court. Judge Charles C. Greer in all liklihood will be in charge of the count, as President Judge John H. McCann probably will be a candidate Judge Ivan J. McKenrick, no doubt, will run to succeed himself. The general election will be held on Tuesday, November 7th, the polls be- ing open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Per- sons who have not registered may do so at any time up until within 30 days! of the primary election, and they will | fore the election November 7th. Under the new lection law it now costs money to run for office. Filing fees must be paid in all instances to the county except in cases where the office sought does not pay a fee or a salary. Candidates for any county office must pay $25 before they can file pe- titions to have their names placed on the ballots. Anyone desiring to run for mayor, city treasurer, city control- ler, or councilman ,in Johnstown also will have to pay $25, while in the twonships candidates for supervisor or auditor must pay $1 and candidates for constable and justice of the peace in either boroughs or townships ,must pay a fee of $2. Persons seeking the office of borough councilman pay no the fifth week of its session and is only solving the first major problem lem that too kits members to Harris- burg last January. That is the en- action by the Senate of eight bills, reimposing for two years taxes to raise 163 million dollars in that time. The house had passed the bills. But | even passage of these bills won't | balance the budget. It is almost cer- | tain to remain unbalanced when the legislature adjourns. Republican leaders with Mr. James, have decid- ed to postpone efforts to make in- come and outgo balance until an in- evitable special session which pro- bably will convene after next No- vember’s elections. * And this forthcoming special session brings to our mind something that As- semblyman Dennis Westrick said the other day. He believes the Republicans have in mind the abdominable sales tax at that time. Sales taxes are the kind that particularly hit the poor peo- ple. If the administration didn’t need cash so badly, we might hive had some sales tax at this session. But, unpop- ular as were the Earle administration's taxes with the wealthy, the James’ crowd, not knowing what else to do, re-enacted lock, stock and barrel, the entire set-up, and the folks who buy | i | | 1 | : 3 | we surely do need lie-detectors at- The State Legislature is now on | 1 | | Recruiting for Britain’s Territorials Demonstrations and parades have been held throughout all of Britain special taxes to do it right now—at (From the U. M. W. Journal.) least not until after a special legislative things to eat, won't have to pay anv | jn the drive to double the strength of the Territorial army. Here an officer of the army demonstrates the handling of a Bren gun to a group of _ oo | interested men and boys. 1 expansion program, under the admin- istration of the Very Rev. Edward P. M. Caraher, TOR, president, by being added to the list of colleges approved by the Middle States Association of Colleges. Accreditation by the Middle States Association means that St. Francis College is conceded by outstanding college and university educators to be a college which meets the superior standards demanded by them. Notice of the recognition came from Frank H. Bowles, Columbia Univer- sity, who is secretary of the Institu- tion of Higher Learning of the asso- ciation. The association is headed by Daniel A. Robertson, president of Gou- cher College ,Baltimore, Md., and is for reorganization and expansion that body for the central states. College officials, headed by Father Carather, were well pleased, by the action of the association, forit is to be taken as an indorsement of the pro- gram for the greater St. Francis star- ted geveral years ago. : Father Carather came to St. Fran- cis in the spring of 1937 as president of the college. He immediately took steps to bring to fruitation the plans fo rreorganization an dexpansion that had been forming for some time. Under his able direction the faculty has been completely reorganized inter colle- gite atheltics have been returned to the Loretto institution and the acad- emic offerings have been multiplied and broadened. In addition, the col- lege has begun, by way of the radio and lecture platform, to serve directly the community at large. “The accomplishments made thus far are only a beginning,” said Father Caraher. “Greater things are planned, and recognition having been secured from the Middle States Association, these plans should rapidly become re- alities.” { FOR SALE—“Must Sacrifice a 1937! DeLuxe Chevrolet Town Sedan, speed- | ometer reading, 16,000 miles, comple- | tely equipped. — Inquire at 515 Beech | Ave., Patton, Pa. { Thursday, May 4, 1939. HASTINGS FIREMEN TO GET NEW PUMPER The Hastings Volunteer Fire Com- pany has closed a deal for the purchase of a new $3,000 pumper which will be delivered to the company within the next month. The committee on ar- rangements for the purchase of the new equipment was composed of Jim Fairbanks, W. V. Holtz, A. J. Dillon, Leonard Selfridge, and Russell Cun ningham. CHARLES R. SHARBAUGH SCOUT COMMISSIONER Charles R. Sharbaugh of Carroll- town, was appointed neighborhood scout commissioner for troops in Car- rolltown, Bakerton and Watkins, at a meeting of scouters from the northern Cambria district of the Admiral Ro- bert E. Peary Council held last week. Frank Young of this place is com- missioner for the Patton district and northeastern Cambria county. Keep in touch by telephone! With a telephone you can keep in touch with friends and neighbors —with children away at school or with other members of the family away from home. A telephone brings news and opportuni- ties. It protects your family and property in emergencies. It makes life easier and more enjoyable. ® THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA First Chotee FOR DESSERT HOFFMAN'S BLACK RASPBERRY CAKE ROLL A thrill in every spoonful. Light, fluffy sponge cake with a center of luscious Black Raspberry Ice Cream. There's a flavor you don’t get every day. Try this perfect combination of un- usual ice cream and delicious cake! Have You Tried BL ACK KOW ICE CREAM? Can you imagine an ice cream fla- vored with Root Beer flavor? That's Black Kow Ice Cream. And is it deli- cious! Try some. ee ——— STORES NORTHERN CAMBRIA THURSDAY AFTERNOONS Beginning Thursday, May 18th and continuing until October 1st the stores of Northern Cambria Co. will close every Thursday afternoon. The following towns will observe the closing: Hastings, Patton, Bar- nesboro- Spangler, Carrolltown and Bakerton. ASSOCIATION. 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