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JAMES SPURNS |
UNIONS PLEAS
FOR HIS VETOES!
Mass Gathering of CIO and AFL |
Forces at Harrisburg, Prove |
of No Avail.
i
|
Harrisburg.—Governor Arthur H. |
James has asserted he will sign mea- |
sures passed by the 1939 legislature |
amending the state labor relations act |
and repealing the anti-labor injunc-
tion law placed on the statute books
by the 1937 legislature. He said he |
would make both acts law by his sig-
nature, despite the vigorous oppos:
tion from both the CIO and AFL un-|
ion leaders, who marshalled an esti-
mated 2,000 members in protest at the
capitol on Monday. These amend- |
ments would outlaw sit down strikes, |
allow either employers or employees,
to appeal for collective bargaining el-
ections, and permit craft unions to be]
organized separately in plants already |
organized under a single industrial un-!
ion. Repeal of the anti-injunction law
would permit courts to issue immedi-
ate restraining orders in labor dis-
putes where it appears valid labor
contracts have been violated.
Both James L. McDevitt, president
of the state federation of labor, AFL,
and John Phillips, head of the Penn- |
sylvania Industrial Union Council, |
CIO, led their followers to the Gove:- L
nor’s office for a conference with the
chief executive. They emphasized that |
the rival labor organizations are “at]
last in agreement” on a course of ac-|
tion. They termed the bills, together
with five others approved in the re-|
cently adjourned session, “vicious an- |
ti-labor legislation.” McDevitt prom- |
ised that if the Governor signed the]
bills, “we’ll take further steps.” {
The Governor asked for briefs on
the other five labor bills in controver- |
sy, which would revise downward the |
scale of compensation payments, re-|
quire all able bodied persons on relief |
rolls to work for state grants, revise]
the unemployment compensation law, |
and permit women workers to work!
until midnight instead of 10 p. m. ;
Labor leaders said the Governor lis- |
tened as long as they had anything to
say.
Phillip’s said “Organized labor in|
Pennsylvania is presenting a united |
front in this matter. We're interested |
in the welfare of the state and nation
and are here to protest against a ser-
ies of anti-labor bills passed by the
general assembly.” |
James Mark, president of District]
No. 2, United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca, was among the labor leaders who |
discussed the matter with the Gover-!
nor.
MURPHY INDORSES BILL
OUTLAWING _THE DE-
TESTABLE LABOR SPY |
|
Washington.—Legislation to restrict |
the activities of industrial police and |
forbid the use of labor spies and of
strikebreakers won a hearty endorse-
ment the other day from Attorney Gen-
eral Frank Murphy. In testimony be-
fore a senate sub-committee Murphy
expressed the opinion that some such
legislation was “greatly needed” to in-
sure industrial peace. Senators LaFol-
lette of Wisconsin,
Utah, are authors of the bill.
Bryl A. Whitney, director of the
Educational and Research Bureau of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
asserted the bill should be enacted to
safeguard the civil liberties of the na- |
tion’s workers.
COLUMBUS KNIGHTS
WILL MEET SUNDAY
AT LORETTO SCHOOL
The annual communion breakfast of
the Knights of Columbus of Johns-
town, Barnesboro, Portage and Ebens-
burg Councils will be, held on Sun-
day morning at St. Francis College,
Loretto.
Most Rev. Bishop Richard T. Guil- |
foyle of Altoona will be guest of the
K. of C. at the Loretto affair. State
Deputy Leo Brown and John A. Red-
ding, state deputy-elect, are expected
to attend.
Rev. Father John O'Connor of Al-
toona, state chaplain of the Knights of
Columbus, will celebrate the mass and
the sermon will be preached by Rev.
Father Thomas T. Cawley, principal of |
the Johnstown Catholic high school.
Reservations for the communion
breakfast may be made through grand |
knights of the councils or with Dr. H.
A. Scanlan, Ebensburg.
To Reopen Plant.
The plant of S. Liebovitz & Sons,
shirt manufacturers which had been
closed for ten days, was reopened on
Monday of this week.
Closing of the plant was the result
of a desire on the part of the manage-
ment to install new machinery de-
signed to increase the production of
the plant. New, high speed machines
with individual motors were installed.
way Department for the construction |
volved.
A three and one-half mile stretch, | endment, making it mandatory upon |
18 feet wide, will be built from Route | the board to attempt a definition, were
cost of approximately $50,000.
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‘BEERS FOSTERS LABOR
Meetizg Next Week Will Be At
Vintondale—All Unions Are
Asked to Affiliate.
The last two meetings held by the
Northern Cambria Industrial Union
the gathering a couple of weeks ago
at Twin Rocks thirty-two
locals were in attendance and some in-
teresting discussions were held, am-
ong them being the status of the AFL
truckers, No. 110, in promoting Pro-
gressive Mine Workers, and urging the
haulers to affiliate with the UMWA
branch; the suport of merchants in
a summer half holiday on Thursday
afternoons, and bitter condemnation of
| the anti-labor legislation of the recent
{ session of the legislature,
The next meeting of the body will
| held in the Vintondale Local Union
hall on Wednesday of this week, and
Cadet Paul J. Long.
Paul J. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isidor T. Long, of 200 Linwood avenue, | , “greater attendance is expected.
will be among the 456 new second lieu- | pe Industrial Union Council appeals
tenants who will join the regular ar-| ¢, a1] Iocals who are not represented
my on June 12th, when the graduating | in the body to affiliate. Stronger ac-
class of the United States Military Ac-| tion on the part of all organized labor
|ademy at West Point will be sworn| can thus be achieved. Next week we
into service and receive both commis-| wil] endeavor to give you the details
sions and bachelor of science degrees.| of the Vintondale meeting held last
The ceremonies will terminate a] night.
week of activities—traditional with
West Point. i
Cadet Paul J. Long, is a graduate o AFL PLAN COULD
the Patton High School. He joined the|
regular army, and through merit was |
in attendance at the West Point Pre-: SPLIT OWN BODY
.
ginia, and from there received an ar- |
my appointment to the U. S. M. A, at| EXPERTS DECLARE
|
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| ——
paratory School at Fort Monroe, Vir-|
West Point.
While at West Point he held the |
-
| ranks of corporal, sergeant, supply ser-| Green’s Stand Might Be Instru-
geant and lieutenant at various times.
He turned out for the track and cross |
country teams in 1936 and for track |
in 1937-38-39. Upon graduating, Cadet |
Long will receive his commission in|
the infantry. {
(See editorial comment on page 4.)
PAVING OF TWO NEW
ROADS IS SCHEDULED
IN CAMBRIA COUNTY
Approval of plans of the State High-
mental in Disintegrating His
Own Unions by NLRB Move.
Washington.——The American Feder-
ation of Labor's craft-unit amendment
| to the National Labor Relations Act,
if literally applied, might well work
havoc with existing unions in the fed-
|
|
|
|
eration and tend to divide and dis-
| rupt them, in the opinion of some la-
bor experts who have been examin-
ing a private study of the amendments
by the economic division of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board.
of two new roads in the northern part| The study was undertaken to ans-
ot Cambria county, was given last Fri-| wer this question, “What is a craft
| day by the county commissioners. The union?”
roads will be built at a cost of approx-!
imately $80,000. State funds will be| effect, is that nobody knows what a
{ used and no damage claims will be in-| “craft” is, that the AFL does not try
to define a craft, and that if the am-|
The conclusion of these experts, in
11039 at Dysart to Route 221, Chest| adopted, it would not only complicate
Springs, in Clearfield township, at a| the problem for the board but would
also throw the problem of definition!
The other new stretch will be 18 into the courts which, in turn, labor
feet wide and will be on route 11090 | men saw, would have to define the vir- |
from the intersection of road No. 11034 | tually undefinable,
about two and one-half miles north of! Investigators examined constitutions
Ebensburg, and will continue in an| Of 85 out of 102 AFL unions in an ef
easterly direction for a distance of two | fort to determine what jurisdictions
miles to Bradley Junction. Both high-' these unions claimed for themselves, |
Council have been great successes. At
delegates | ainst the newly enacted state legisie- |
from various trades, representing nine | tion they oppose. |
LABOR LFADERS
" CONSIDER LEGAL
MOVE ON LAWS
Plan to Continue Fight on New-
ly Enacted Anti-Labor Legis-
lation in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg.—Labor leaders consult- |
ed their lawyers this week on possible |
legal steps to continue their fight ag- |
“Before we take any action we want!
to be sure we have a chance,” said!
James L. McDevitt, president of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. |
“We are awaiting opinions from our |
attorneys and will shortly reach a de- |
i
cision whether to appeal the cases.” |
McDevitt started considering a court |
test after’ Governor James announced |
| his intention of signing the bills pass- |
| ed by the 1939 legislature making |
| changes in the State’s Labor Relations
{ Act and the Anti-Injunction Law. |
So bitter a blow has the legislation |
| been to labor that both the CIO and]
| AFL in this state have been working
| hand in hand in protest.
lished whether or not some constitu- |
tional rights are destroyed by the bills |
i before any decision can be made as to
what action will be taken.
UMW SUPPORT IS
GIVEN FEDERAL
INSPECTION LAW
Spokesman Says the Bureau of |
Mines “Not What It Was Or-|
iginally Intended to Be.”
Washington. — The United Mine |
Workers Union has launched a deter-|
mined fight for a federal mine inspec-,
tion law, charging that operator inter- |
ests influenced policy in the Bureau |
of Mines and kept safety and health |
conditions from the public.
A. D. Lewis, brother and assistant]
| of John L. Lewis, told a senate sub-|
| committee the mine accident rate has |
| increased since the Bureau of Mines |
| was created, that the bureau “has de-|
teriorated somewhat” and “is not what
| it was originally intended to be.”
| Lewis statements appeared in a
| transcript of testimony heard recently
by a mines and mining sub-committee
considering the mine inspection bill of
i Senator Neely (D.-W. Va.)
“The mine organizations” said Lewis, |
have requested the bureau to make in-
vestigations in the mines concerning
accidents and disasters, and the ans-
wer by the bureau to our organiza
has been that they had no aut
to make these investigations except at
the request of the coal operator and
not at the request of the employee, or
| the person most directly interested.
Senator Davis (R.-Pa.) a member of |
the sub-committee, remarked, “I can-|
Of course it will have to be estab-| 1
and Thomas, of
| ways will be of native stone with an
| asphalt surface .The cost of the latter,
| project will be about $30,000.
| Both present roads are dirt, and at |
{ times during the early spring months |
{ have been almost impassable due to
| mud end deep ruts.
| ———
NORTHERN CAMBRIA |
| KIWANIS CLUB CAMP |
WILL OPEN JUNE 25 |
|
| Camp Kiwanis, located near Nick-
| town, will open for the 1939 camping
| season June 25th and will include
| weekly periods up until August 6th, |
| inclusive. Sponsored by the Northern |
| Cambria Kiwanis Club, the camp is]
| open to both boys and girls. Thomas
| Hughes of Nicktown, will serve as di-
| rector and has announced the follow- |
| ing schedule of periods: |
| First week: June 25 to July 2—boys, |
{ high school age; second week, July 2 to |
| July 9—boys, ages 7 to 12; third week, |
| July 9 to 16, girls, high school age; 4th |
| week, July 16 to 23—girls, ages 7 to 12
| years; 5th week, July 23 to 30—boys 7
tc 12 years; 6th week—July 30 to Aug.
6th—boys, high school age.
| WPA LAUNCHES HOUSE-
KEEPING PROJECT OVER
IN BARNESBORO AREA |
— |
Sponsored jointly by the Department |
of Public Assistance and Barnesboro |
Borough Council, a housekeeping aid |
project has been started in Barnesbo- |
0. The project is for free house- |
keeping assistance and care of chil-
dren in households of needy families, |
where the housewife is temporarily in- |
capacitated by ill health or confine- |
ment or by some temporary emergen- |
cy which makes the service necessary. |
|
County Commissioner Lillian D.!
Keller, sustained a shignt fracture of
the right arm above the elbow Monday
afternoon when she slipped and fell,
while inspecting with other officials,
the St. John’s orphanage at Cresson,
| ions with 28500 members intact from | PRACTICING LAW
| of the county’s newest ventures, has|
taken over the Keystone Airport on
Cub. candidacy of Judge McCann
The result was that only 12 of the 85 | Sot culic anderctond thet: the il
Slalmed furisqiofion over 4 single erat) Tho be ris to give them that pow-!
and these 12 covered 25800 workers | an e made to give I
while about 73 unions with 3,000,000 : -
J a i nt tvoes. i+] “We have tried that for years,” Lew-
Tl of Gfisrent Open i is replied. “The Bureau of Mines has
I : i | re Si y k such au-'
If these craft or occupational groups | refused consistently to seek suc
i ars srtificatio | thority, because of the fact that cer-|
Je oats Seri aion, d i tain operating interests in the industry!
Federation's HE oa 0 +t e did not desire it. In other words, the
thus a Iot bose Hii men 2 operating end of the industry does not
ustria ag : :
i : | want this information made public.
unions would be bereft of the skilled | Wan : : :
i | They will regret exceedingly to hear)
S1bloyess; secording to many labor | ie particular statement that 58,600
; : . | men were killed in the industry in the
The conclusion drawn in labor Cir-| 1ast 30 years. They will feel very bad
Oss from, the board's sindy in general, about that, but nevertheless it is true.” |
was that the amendment would jeo- .
pardize 73 af the 85 AFL unions, which SLE 1) ~ =
were studied by the economists, leav- | LAWYERS OF EN A a
Ing possible only the 12 pure craft un-| WAR ON SQUIRES
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possible breaches by the porposed pro- | —
cedure indicated in the amendment. | Prosecution of aldermen, justices of
So, William Green’s proposal, may | the peace and others engaging in the|
if enacted, ruin his AFL, | unauthorized practice of law was ur-
EBE! 'SBURG FLYING
FIELD TAKEN OVER BY
SKILLED LOCAL GROUP | of the a
| “take what action deemed necessary”
The Ebensburg ring Servi ta i L
sburg Flying Service, One| ts end the practice.
| nual meeting of the Cambria County
| Bar Association held at Ebensburg. As|
a result a committee of five members
dorsing any person for official position |
was amended at the meeting so that
the organization can indorse “any per-
son who is a resident of Cambria coun- |
the William Penn Highway, 3 miles to
the west of Ebensburg, and is com-
posed of local aviation enthusiasts
Charles Feighner: Leroy Scanlon, li-
censed pilot, William Kessler, Paul
Farabaugh, licensed pilot, and Mundy
Nuss. The group has three planes,
a Waco, a Taylor Craft and a Taylor
courts of Pennsylvania.” Following
ate +
The aviation plot was formerly an| State Supreme Court.
Emergency Landing Field and is one 1.
of the finest-in the country, and cost Raymond-McCombie.
in the neighborhood of $300,000 to im- The marriage of Miss Mary McCom-
prove. Passenger flights are solicited | bie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
by the organization; student instruc-| McCombie of Spangler to Dr. Joseph
tion is given every day; special trips| Raymond, of Johnstown, took place at
to the New York World's Fair is also| a ceremony performed last Thursday
featured.
An air show is booked for Sunday,| ler. The day was also the occasion of
June 18th. Special acrobatic programs} the thirtieth wedding anniversary ot|
will be on the card. the bride’s parents, y
passage of the amendment, the mem-| gree. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
bers voted unanimously to indorse the| A. Lieb of Carroltown. and ranked am- |
for the| ong the first five high honor students. |
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IN WPA HIGHWAY
FORCE BY JULY 1
Area No. 11 Road Employees
Slated te’ Be Reduced from
5.071 to 2,130.
The announced intention of state of-
ficials to reduce to 38,000 from ap-
proximately 90,000 the.men employed
{ on WPA operated highway projects
will mean a reduction of nearly 3,000
men in WPA area No. 11, if the same
percentage of dismissals is carried
throughout.
A formal announcement issued by
E. C. Smith, Jr, acting WPA state
administrator, reveals that the size of
the WPA highway program will be de-
termined by the amount of state funds
made available, According to the pres-
| ent indications the state will make av-
ailable $8,000,000—a sum said suffi-
cient to provide project employment
| sufficient for 38,000 men for 12 months
George C. Hoppel, Jr.
George C. Hoppel, Jr, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. C. Hoppel, of Magee
avenue, Patton, is n bered among
twelve cadets of the Valley Forge Mili-
tary Academy, Wayne, Pa., to be given
a trip by the Academy to the New
York World's Fair, as a reward for|
{ earning the highest averages in Scho-
lastic, Athletic and Military Tactics,
{ throughout the school year. While in
New York City, Mr. Meyers, president
of the R. K. O. Motion Picture Corpor- |
ation extended an invitation to the]
boys to attend a buffet luncheon at
his home. {
Cadet Hoppel completed his high |
school course at the Valley Forge In-|
| stitution last year, and this past term
| has been taking a preparatory post-|
graduate course. We congratulate him
on his attainment.
BIG BEND MINERS CALL
OFF STRIKE OF MORE
THAN THREE WEEKS
Idle since April 1st, approximately |
300 miners of the Big Bend Coal Com-
i pany at Twin Rocks went to work on
Monday morning end ended an indus- |
trial dispute which continued to wage
for three weeks after the general re-
sumption of bituminous mines in the]
district.
Twin Rocks miners did not return to
work on May 15th, following an ag-
reement between operators and the
UMWA. A decision of the company to
reduce the number of its “day men”
3 to have caused the difficulty.
was Ss
368 SEEKING FINAL
PAPERS IN CAMBRIA
of the heaviest terms in the
7 of naturalization court was on
burg this week with 368 men
and women making application for fi-
nal citizenship papers. Presiding in the
court were Judges Ivan J. McKenrick
and Charles C. Greer.
3 i were conducted by
chek, examiner of the
Bureau of Naturalization. U. S. Depart-
ment of Labor. Naturalization court is
to continue until Friday afternoon. |
St
CARROLLTOWN YOUTH
COMPLETES STUDIES |
when used as the 20 per cent spon-
sor’s contribution.
The retrenchment program, if made,
will be the most drastic single step yet
effected in the four year history of the
Works Progress Administration. Local
WPA officials who requested that their
names be withheld, declared that the
state’s announced policy of cutting the
WPA sponsor's fund is an “extremely
shortsighted” one.
“WPA will have its hands tied in
this matter,” one official said. “We're
willing to put up the money, but if
the state will only furnish $8,000,000,
we can only furnish $32,000,000.”
“What will happen,” the WPA offi-
cial declared, “is that these thousands
of men will be laid off and will go di-
rectly onto the Department of Public
Assistance rolls. The state will be pay-
ing them just the same as if they had
put a larger sum into the highway
| Pool—only the men will draw those
fuids and sit at home instead of build-
ing and improving roads.”
A week-end check-up revealed that
of the 13,085 persons employed on the
WPA projects in the four county agea,
| 5,017 are engaged in the highway work
which is to be affected. On the basis
of the 58 per cent reduction slated in
the state, the area force would be re-
duced from 5,071 to 2,130—meaning the
dismissal, in al probability, of 2,941
men.
~~
The present number employed in
| Cambria eounty is 1,346, which would
be cut to 568 under the naw order,
PROTHONOTARY HITE TO
LEAD AMERICANISM PA- _
RADE ON 13TH OF JUNE
Cambria County Prothonotary John
L Hite will head the mammoth Am-
€ricanism parade to be staged in
Johnstown next Tuesday evening, Ap-
proximately 10,000 marchers are ex-
pected to participate in the parade to
be held prior to a pageant at the Point
stadium, during which some 400 aliens
will receive citizenship papers.
As prothonotary of Cambria county
John L. Hite is in charge of issuing
| citizenship papers and therefore will
lead the parade. The first division in
the long line of marchers will be the
400 to receive papers.
59 Men Ordained.
Latrobe.—Fifty-nine candidates for
the priesthood, deaconship were or-
| dained Friday at impressive ceremon-
Robert L. Arble, son of Dr. and Mrs
last week from the Philadelphia Col- |
lege of Osteopathy at the 47th annual |
commencement exercises there. Rex |
Beach was the principal speaker at
| the commencement exercises.
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE.
John R. McCall, five year old son |
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCall of]
Spangler, was injured on Sunday af-
ternoon when he was struck by an
automobile while crossing a street.
Fred A. Williams, Spangler, who
| ged on Monday afternoon at the an-| Chief of Police Michael Whalen said
was driving the car, took the injured |
lad to the Spangler hospital where he!
was treated for lacerations of the chin
sociation were appointed to|and face and possible internal injur-
ies. William said the child darted di-
| rectly into the path of his machine
The restriction on the association in- and he was unable to avoid striking
im.
Is Honor Student.
David J. Lieb graduated last Thurs-
ty for the position of the appelate/ day from St. Vincent's College, La- |
trobe with the bachelor of science de- |
{
|
He was enroled in the chemistry
—— course.
Appoint Adjusters.
David W. Burkey of South Fork and
John A. Poole of Johnstown, have
been appointed adjusters of the State
Workmen's Insurance Fund.. They will
in Holy Cross Catholic church, Spang- | be stationed at the Johnstown office.
They succeed John J. Kovalik of
Lloydell and Harry P. Quinn of Mun-
dy’s Corner,
| mencement exercises
| | ies conducted by Most Rev. Hugh ,
| E. F. Arble, of Carrolltown, graduated ° wh ug ¢
Boyle, bishop of the Pittsburgh Dio-
cese, at St. Vincents’ Archabbey. All
candidates for the ordination prepar-
ed at St. Vincents’ seminary and Arch
Abbey.
ATTEND COMMENCEMENT
AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Mrs. Joe: Wilenzik and son, Marian,
of Barnesboro, have gone to West La-
fayette, Indiana, to attend the com-
at Purdue Uni-
versity. Mrs. Wilenzik’s brother, Jack
L. Marcus, is one of the graduates.
CARD OF THANKS,
Mrs. William Gregory and family
wish to thank the friends and neigh-
bors for the cars, floral offerings and
sympathy shown them during the per-
iod of their recent bereavement, the
illness and death of husband and fa-
| ther, William Gregory.
Tripp-Miller.
Miss Ruth Miller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Miller of Spangler,
and Charles Tripp of Barnesboro, were
married on May 16th, in the rectory
of St. Patrick’s Catholic ¢hurch at
Spangler. t
MINER IS INJURED.
Eugene Hanzie, 21, of Marstellar,
suffered the loss of the second finger
on his right hand on Friday night
when he caught the member in a cog
wheel of the coal conveyor at the Mar-
stellar mine of the Pennsylvania Coal
and Coke Corporation. He was take
en to the Spangler hospital.