AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTE OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVA UNION Union Press, Established VIA. Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union Printing. Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. May, 1935. Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893. VOL. 45. NO. 34. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEA LEGISLATURE TEARS AWAY MOST GAINS OF ORGANIZED WORKERS ES MADE HONORDEADAT | Primary Ballot This Year Jill BIG WPA WORK ‘MILLION OF AFL CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, JUNE 1. 1939 725 South Fifth Ave PATTON. PA. G.0.P. Tat viatl Kol- | ANNUAL EVENT | Be Limited--Only Four Parties DEMAND HAS MEMBERS WANT | [ OF THE LEGION | Only voters registered as Democrats, | so gained recognition due to } R | Republicans, Prohibitionists or So- | Jar obtaining 2,254 votes as the candi- | candidates for county offices at the | 1n 1037 Mrs. Benneds received 50 | Would Give WPA An Opportun. ies a : , 3c \ Th Ye Sap. more La he Bet Mesdov. Ber. ) I Mrs. 2d} 2celv : i Ce v ‘har : ‘ Labor Takes A Severe Slap in Cambria County Group’s Ser- | primary to be held on Tuesday, Sep votes as the candidate of the Indepen-| ity to Provide Kind of Pro- CIO Pamphlet Charges That vices at Sunset Park. Sy Tal | dent Citizens’ party and 170 as the can- Number Opposes Amendments | the county commissioners’ office. The | itate of the labor Party tor lars o | i Independent Citizens, Labor and Roy-| '-a€ oi ihe labor party for jury com- INSTATE LABOR DLA ue ; | Two Thousand Persons Attend | S2liSts: Will be eligible to vote for| gate for the same office. Ts NO REVISMEN the Final Hours of the Hectic | tember 12th it has been disclosed at | seam Really Needed. : 3 to the Wagner Act. missioner. This vote was not ufficient | Cambria county’s war dead were Harrisburg Session. | A bill setting up sharply defined limits within which employes and labor groups can carry on union activity in Pennsylvania was passed on Monday by the Legislature, which came to its | | at 6:25 a. m. on Tuesday, final end after an all-night session. Labor has | per- | lost ground in the session, but haps not as much as many of the leg- | islators had hoped for. i “Sit down strikes” would be lawed an unfair labor practice and an illegal act.” Employers are given the right to petition the state labor board for a collective bargaining elec- | tion, under the measure. The check- off of union dues, a clause contained in r contracts - prohibited, | norized by a secret, majority e employees and written in- thorization from each em- many lc unless vote o dividual ployee. au 1 tate labor act is now really a | code,” protested James L.| McDevitt, president of the Pennsylv- Federation of Labor, AFL. 1ew bill just about nullifies Relations Act. Certainly justification for these “The criminal ania * The 1 the Labor there sweeping changes.” P T. Fagan, president of Dis- trict No. 5 of the U. M. W. A, and a member of the State Board that ad- ministers the Labor Act, declared: | “The bill destroys every vestige of advance that has been made by the worker in this state. Labor would even | be better off if the entire (labor rela-' tions) act were repealed.” John A. Phillips, president of the | State CIO organization, commented: | “We're cut all the way down the line. | virtually wipes out all the accom- | all the way down and | an anti-labor act instead of ended to protect the right ot and bargain | no 1s tri atricx 1 plishments organize to participation in the measure declares bor an em- it orce or the in- "coerce lence or by threats of > person of said employer | ne intent of compelling the er to accede to demands, con- 1 terms of employment.” principal changes in the pre- sent act: Prohibiting any officer or agent of | a labor organization from intimidating | or coercing any employe “by threats | of force or violence.” Require the board to respect craft unions, rights to decide for themselves by majority vote, who should be their bargaining representative. | Curtail the board’s power to inva- | lidate legal contracts between em- | ployers and employes. Give Secretary of Labor and Indus- try Lewis G. Hines power to pass on | the board's regulations. The Senate struck out a provision | that would have permitted an em-| ployer “to express opinions with re- | spect to any matter of interest to em- | ployes or the public provided such ex- | pressions are not accompanied by acts | of discrimination or threats.” The bill ordered a reduction in the $9,000 salary of the three members, | cutting the chairman to $7,500 and fix- ing the pay of the other two members | at $7,000. CHERRY TREE PLANS | FOR OLD HOME WEEK | employ | s | | Cherry Tree Old Home Week cele- | bration, postponed from the week of | May *29 due to labor conditions re- | sulting from the coal strike, will be | held during the week of July 17, it| was announced by members of the] Cherry Tree Volunteer Fire Company, | should seek to change the Wagner | o sponsors of the affair. Plans are being made for a parade | to be held each evening during the celebration. Committee chairmen are outlining a program of entertainment. FOR SALE—Electric stove; West- inghouse; 16 months old, as good as new; $75.00; inquire at Yerger Apts, second floor, 505 Palmer avenue, Pat- tor, Pa, out- | | ductory address. Rev. honored by approximately 2,000 per- | | son's attending the annual American | Legion Memorial Service on Sunday | afternoon at Sunset Park. | In the principal address, President Judge John H. McCann praised the ac- | | tivities and the farward movements | instituted and supervised boy the Am- erican Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veterans’ tions. Pleas for tolerance were issued by the judge. He urged tolerance, both ra- cial and religious. He said there was no place in this country for intolerance. both racial and religious. He said there 1s no place in this country for intol- erance. In citing the history of the great wars in which the United States par- ticipated he pointed out that the world in which many American lives were lost, not only protected Democra- cy, but made the United States a worla power a leader among nations. Necessity of adequate national de- fense was ed by District Attor- Stephens Mayer, Johnstown, wha d speaking honors with Judge inn. “The United States str entered the | World War woefuly unprepared and it is absolutely necessary that those men who served with the army in that war see to it that this country again is not caught in that embarrassing situation,” the attorney said. “While we do if not want war, ganizations are doing all in their pow- er to prevent a repitition of that cat- astrophe,” Attorney Mayer said. “Although many people would have us believe that we went into the War to help munitions makers and big mon- €y Interests ,it is absolutely true that we went to far to save Democracy.” Seventeen of the nineteen legion in the county participated in the services. Special music was provided by | the Spangler high school the Colver Boys’ Band. An exhibition drill was given by the ational Championship Gallitzin Drum d Bugle Corps. The affair was spon- sored by Fox-Peale Post 506, Carroll town, and Lynn Weatherson Post, 569, Spangler. band and N Several patriotic selections were giv- en by the Holy Name Glee Club of St. Benedict's Catholic church Carroll- town under the direction of M. D. Con- nell. Edward W. Green, Portage, chairman of the Cambria County Committee of the American Legion, gave on intro- W. W. Hall, the county committee chaplain, gave the Invocation and benediction. MURRAY SHO REAL ENEMIES OF WAGNER ACT A lineup of reactionary Republicans, tory Democrats and anti-New Deal AFL executive council members look- ing to defeat of the New Deal in 1940 was described as politically responsible for the drive to emasculate the Wagner Act in a coast-to-coast radio speech from Washington by Philip Murray, vice president of the CIO and chair- man of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, recently. The same forces, Murray said, also want to keep labor divided to pro- | mote this aim. “The reactionary poli- ticians are fully aware of the effect their amendments will have in keep- ing the CIO and AFL divided,” he said, “but they desire to continue this { labor division in the hope that it may lead to victory for reaction in 1940. “In this hope they are joined by re- actionaries on the AFL council who have been constantly try- ing to throw the AFL weight on the tory side, regardless of the ovewhel- ming pro-New Deal sentiment of the AFL membership.” Benefits Both Sides “There is no reason in the world why the American Federation of Labor Act, which has brought so much free- dom and so many benefits to all work- ing people,” Murray said. “Great gains in membership have been made by both the AFL and the CIO under the act. And if the workers in the mass production industries have voted chiefly for the modern indus- trial unions of the CIO, when given a choice between them and the craft unions of the AFL, this is certainly | votes either in the elections of al Oak parties will not be able to put tickets in the field for the September primaries not having polled sufficient 1937 or 1938 to gain representation. The only tickets in the field for the only state office to be filled—justice of the supreme court to succeed Justice John W. Kephart—will be the Demo- cratic and Republican The election code of 1937 rea for these parties to hold a place on the be year. The same is true a candidates of the parties te cast at last year’s election. The R« qualify this val Oak party also failed the county James Ge who the candidate of the last November for Johnstown C sembly fell below the required Ww D two | organiza- | it | does come we must be ready. The Am- | | erican Legion and other veterans or- executive per cent. To obtain a place statewide poll onl; vote ca party, or political body, one candidates at either general elections preceding the t five per cent- {| “Any of whose or municipal primary polled at leas oe t { 1937 municipal ty, Cyrus W. ldate for sheriff, was top man re 26,017 votes. of his vote the minor j to have a candi- | } Davis, success f f ve had 't hav ) received at least 1,300 votes | quired unc in order to qualif s year. This re- The pr quirement was me y the Prohibition | on June ¢ Ss Mrs. Sarah Kennedy received to ol >s for jury commissioner HOUSE KILLS THE “GET UNION SHOP | BILL HITTING JOBS IN AGREEMENT OF WED TEACHER United Mine Workers and Oper- | ators Come to Terms on Tem- porary Pact. Will Put Teachers Years’ Probation. New York—Granting the unior | to one hundred thousand miners Pennsylv: anthracite “tempc wage and hour pact tween the hard coal opera United Mine Workers of came effe 1 Saturday The ag formally The state industry Saturda : Sil 1 g school g sch rning ania e memb Presi w support” bj At a final of eight oj ™M vould teachers boards { al condu { ‘The aimed at d eight presentatives, Secretary Treasurer Tom Kennedy, of the union and Major W. W. Inglis, head of the Alden Coal Co., { and chairman of the operators, signed the past. | { The union shop clause gave the U. | the co | M. W. of A. exclusive bargaining rights | €d Dyer l | and made union membership a condi- | €arly In the session. ° : tion of employment for all anthracite | The bill was dropped from the c | employees “except those in classifica- | €Rdar by unanimous vote. : tions recognized as “exempt,” a group | BY @ vote of 116 to 82, the house : which is negligible. | proved tenure law amendments I The work week and wage standards | put all teachers on two years’ proba- were kept at present levels, including | $4.62 minimum for “outside mine | workers. Operators’ demands for penalties against ilegal strikes were abandoned | and it was agreed to form a permanent committee of six union representatives, BODY OF MINER IS | and six operators to function for the | | duration of the contract, which is two | years. | benefits, and which system for determing may be dismissed in case petency. ratin set up how of n a a t Body of Steve Kocopi, si = year old unemployed miner, : uck y ADUATE A 3 . Ae 9 WILL gBAl A SCHOOL | Run, near Clymer, was found Saturd i . | afternoon in shallow Two Li St. Bendict—Twenty students recel- | as EE oe ear Tn v iplomas at the annual gr: | a aL | ed diplomas at e, nual grade Coroner John Woods | school commencement exercises on! nina Th Bi Ve nsiis ii Gill - SE , | county, joined in an investigati Friday evening of last week in the | Bvt Jobin BR. Rena of the oo { Presbyterian Church. Dr. A. M. Stull, | onn th og. en BS ne | county superintendent of schools was his home 1 Gated - . . . > Ji AL I ii {the principal speaker. American | The in vestisaty rs = id | . \ i I investi tors sai y V | Legion awards were presented by Wal- | he arose ir 1 a a ter Conrad and Mrs. Oscar Van Kokel- |, 2Y0S€¢ and complained of | J | his head and chest and 1e | berg, both of Cresson. { Pt it A % oe . 1.4 | threatened to kill members of his Music for the occasion was furnished | fly. He then disappeared. Woor | by Farabaugh’s Orchestra. Presenta-| 7; © ‘1€n disappeared. Woods g ove ’ 3 ._ | Private Regina discounted tion of gifts was in charge of Louise | : A Leech and Pad McDevitt theory, expressing the belief t sch = aul McDevitt. : 5 ah Po man fell in the creek while about suffering from the pai probably suffered a heart fell into the stream. 2 | | | | | police, said +h th tne | not the fault of the act,” he said. | “As a matter of fact, there is every | evidence that the great majority of AFL membership are fully as much pposed to amendment of the Wagner Act as are the members of the CIO.” Murray, speaking over a coast-to- coast network of the Columbia broad- casting system, pointed out that the demand for amendments to the act comes from big business in alliance with “backward-looking craft union | broken hip. The pair were caught un- leaders” in the AFL, who are willing | der a fall of rock in the Maurer Mine to sacrifice the interests of all labor! near town. Both were taken to the Mi- for the sake of their own petty con- ers’ hospital. Yeckley’s back may be | cerns, broken. Both are about 23 years old. PATTON YOUNG MEN ARE HURT IN FALL OF ROCK Just at our press time, Wednesday noon, we learn of an accident that may have seriously injured Herman Yeck- ley, and caused Reuben Yahner a New Tenure Law Amendments | on Two | ‘| WIDOW OF MURPHY tion before they may enjoy tenure law | FOUND IN A CREEK |v 7 | period. id | suicide | Casey WPA | was | bill, providing r jobs dur the next pledged by the CIO Monday. { The bill, H. R. 6470, was introduced | by Rep. Joseph E. Casey of Massachu- [ 5, Democrat, and follows out recent . Lewis imum of Washington.—At least one million members of the American Federation of Labor are already on record against the Walsh amendments to the Wagner act, sponsored by their President Wil- liam Green, the CIO announced this week, in launching a drive to inform all AFL. members of the dangers to labor involved in the proposed amend- ments. Detailed evidence of the extent of the revolt within the AFL against the amendments is made public for the first time by the CIO in a pamphlet entitled, “Whose Amendments?” and sub-titled, “The AFL vs. William Green and the Natl. Asociation of Manufac- turers.” Ten big AFL 1 io million cal year, inree ing mg international unions and scores of state, city and other AFL rganizations are listed having ta- ken a stand against the Walsh-Green amendments. Statements and corres- pondence of AFL officials are quoted, expressing their opposition. Evidence that the amendments were drafted in collusion with manufacturing intere is also produced in the pamphlet. The pamphlet was mailed on Mon- day to every Senator and Congress- man. It is also being circulated to ev- ery CIO affiliate with the request that CIO unions in every locality mail a copy to each AFL local in their area, and see that all AFL members are in- formed of its contents. In a covering letter the CIO affilia- | tes, Lee Pressman, general counsel and secretary of the CIO legislative Com- | mittee, declares: “The pamphlet shows conclusively that the membership of the AFL does not want to see the Wag- ner act amended, and that in _ | sharp opposition to the stand for am- endments taken by Green and his as- sociates in collusion with NAM and other reactionary corporation in- terests.” 1S sts I 000 carried the than was spent WE WPA 1tain everything vide a real pro- ed,” the state- ) n, t does establish n a much sounder basis than it has ever had before. “It will give the WPA an opportun- ide the kind of program lly needed. The sound prin- ve been established C it 1s Le the s that the Walsh 1troduced in been The pamphle Green Congress submitted convention or it amend with to L INDUSTRY FAIL TO OFFER CURE Harrisburg—A of Pennsylvania's oil approximately $100,000 ir and fed- eral funds, ended last Saturday without definite recommendations for regulatory legislation The 1938 join oil investagating com- mission of which Representative Mich- ael C. Chervenak, Democrat, Cam- bria county, is chairman. submitted the report to the house and senate without regulatory suggestions and ur- ged its discharge or another appropria- | tion to continue the inquiry. It was pointed out that the “integ- ropoly of Pennsylvania's oil industry is an immediate problem for a more comprehensive investigation and rem- edial legislation.” tigation costing 2-year was KUSH IS GRANTED AN AWARD BY THE BOARD ) , Unit- died election will of $9,944.83 in accord- ard made by the Compensation Board. 1e terms of the board’s ward, and her children, Anna will receive the fol-, pends ! ed Mine the mornir | receive a with Workmen’ | Under ti Mrs. ance | Mae | lowi week for 600 week for 136 to begin to Rob- weeks, payment f the 500-week ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE HAS COMMENCEMENT The ninety-third annual commence- ment exercises of St. Francis College, Loretto, was held at 2:30 o'clock on | Monday afternoon at Doyle hall on the | campus. for her- Justice James B. Drew of the Penn- ! sylavmia Supreme Court delivered the principal address. Rev. Father Patrick D. Harkins of Altoona Catholic high school, preached the baccalaureate sermon Sunday af- ternoon to a large audience assembled at the colleges. Activities Sunday open- ed with a solemn high mass by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles D. Wood, P. A., of Middletown, N .Y. followed by the an- nual hood bestowal services conducted by Rev. Father Edward P. Caraher, TOR, college president. to tell them to re t later in the day In addition to degrees conferred up- at the United Mine Workers compen-| on members of the graduating class on 1 office in the First National Bank Monday afternoon, honorary degrees Building, Johnstown. | were conferred upon Monsignor Wood It was testified that Kush attempted | and Justice Drew. to repair punctured tire while en-| - route to the Feist home. Lacking pro- | Kush, per tools, he had tried, with the help of | Hearings were held before F a companion, to lift the car. On arriv- | W. Lloyd Hibbs. ing at the Feist home, he was stricker:| Counsel for the state fund attempted with a heart attack. | to show in the testimony that Kush The Kush case was unique from the | was, at the time of his death, engaged beginning in that the United Mine| in election day activities, It was tes- Workers of America, which usually| tified that he spent much of Novem- seeks claims for union miners, was a “ber 8th, helping to “get out the vote” defendant with the State Compensa- and collecting returns until late that tion Fund in the claim filed by Mrs. night, to begin M s of the ver- ation en until the end of fund 18 years | 500 wee the 3 pays 9, 1938, Conemaugh Testim tlaim the and © t the rout the home the ted that of duty abor men in w leferee
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