PAGE FOUR THE ~ UNION PRESS,COUBIER.
Thursday, July 27th, 1939.
| decency on his part, to do otherwise. ¥ scene of many a Bloody battle Between
Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893
Union Press, Established May, 1935
THE UNION PRESS
Combined with PATTON COURIER
In connection with this newspaper, | union coal miners and representatives |
we have in the past taken up the in- | of the mine owners, last week had
terests and causes for better condi- | reason to hope for peace. The United
tions for organized labor, and in it | Mine Workers of America and the Har-
has led us into rather stiff news- lan County Coal Operators’ Associa-
paper arguments in primaries. Like- | tion reached an agreement which rep-
wise, we have had those who helped resented major concessions on both
the same cause in other years. They sides. As important as the agreement
may be candidates now on their own | itself, which seemed to assure peaceful |
initiative, and it is our decision that | operations until March 31, 1941, was
we do owe them our support. Hence, | the’ fact that the bitter enemies had |
any part we take in the support of | reached the point of making concess- |
candidates in the primary election | ions.
will be given freely to those whom There was little in the history of the |
we feel have merited our support. long controversy to indicate that eith- |
° er side woul dsurrender on any im-|
or oiuer the general at- portant points. Therefore the agree- |
he New York Wor- ment appeared to be more significant |
than a mere truce. While the miners on |
their part abandoned the “open shop” |
clause, they gained from the erstwhile |
bitterly militant mine operators a re- |
cognition as exclusive bargaining ag- |
ent, agreed to dismiss eviction proceed- |
ings against striking miners, and waiv-
ed a ‘strike penalty’ clause which had
been included in the contract that oth-
er Appalachian mine operators accep-
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.
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The endeavor of the Union Press- pf tendance at both t
Courier is to sincerely and honestly ld’s Fair and the San Francisco offer-
represent Trade Union Workers in ing—both conceded to be well worth
efforts to obtain econemic freedom while— has not been anywhere near
through organizations as advocated || the expectations of the promoters. In
py the CIO and AFL, and we Solicit || yp. ast week the New York outfit
the support of trade uniens. Mater- || j, 0 rogquced admission prices and of-
ial for publication must be author- ee shai aon tind
ized by the organization it repre- fered other inducements to bolster at-
sents and signed by the Presiaent || tendance is, is a matter of conjecture.
and secretary, and bear the seal. bring their c« soll )ssal venture out of the
red. “What he cause of the slim at- .
tendane is, is a matter of conjecture. ted in May.
Perhaps nature has so much to offer Thus does “bloody” Harlan give a
largest circulated weeklies in Cam- || the vacationist that brings more enjoy- Promise of peace, and a promise of a
bria County and has a reader cove [| ment than anything man-made can of- | better treatment of the men who toil |
erage that blankets Patton and the [| fer. Anyway, neither fair is diminish- beneath the ground. May Harlan con- |
major mining towns. ing to any very tinue in peace in the years to come,
Eo mer resorts and may its operators, by a different
nature's offerings to give as induce- | attitude toward organized labor, and |
ments | the rights of the men who toil, be such |
RANDOM THOUGHT [=== "|
The Union Press-Courier gives its
advertisers the advantage of the
combined circulation of the two
great extent the sum
the places that
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world surely has changed in the |
past thirty to forty years ago. Trans- |
portation has been probably the big- |
gest of the changes. When the writer
was a boy a trip to Altoona and Johns- |
town, by train, was a sizeable journey.
A trip to Pittsburgh was something to
be checked up as a major event, Now-
adays, a trip to the former towns in|
purely routine and a trip to Pittsburgh |
is incidental in only a very minor
way. Last Sunday the writer and his |
family left Northern Cambria early in
the morning, took in church services |
enroute, traveled to central Virginia,
drove over the famed “Skyline Drive”
and returned home in the early even- |
ing, covering a trip of about 500 miles,
and thinking no more of it than anoth-
er Sunday’s outing completed. Back
in the early 1900's a trip of that nature
would have been something to talk
about for a year, because
it would |
have taken several days to complete it. |
Every time a candidate runs for
an office, he quite naturally seeks
the support of everyone whom he
can reach. Such is more particular-
ly the case, when editors are sought
after. As a general rule the editor
seeks to keep his hands off at pri-
maries—but sometimes he is oblig-
ed from a sense of honesty and of
SOME CARS
there are candidates, or nominees] :
for court house jobs from the north, up affairs of the people of |
but our own voters don't seem to con-| Cambria County as a COMMISSIONS, | gE,
| centrate on them. A palsnced ticket by | MI- Hollen said. a Vill sang on the
T E Fo: 35 years, Ford cars have been built from | either party should, by all thats right | Iecore J Nave Blade i hae eS he
RST IN h ! tof | and proper, give some thought to geo-| have tried at all times to serve the J
3 NT! the owner's — not the salesman’s — point o | graphical locations—but it hasn’t,| Dest interests of the people and I be- -
S T cou . view! That point of view isnot “What gadgets | At the present time the north of the lieve that the record I have made is a
THING The and gimcracks will dazzle the public and cust has oie cl c | Worthy one.’
m- ’ rmott r, servi ;
« V-type g-cylinder Ens mobile make this car easy to sell?” It is — | Dae Be Sonne, Soving by ot DORKS NOT ao oe FINAL SUMMER
world’s wos wi © powerfuls eo “How can more fundamental value —in | a county commissioner, the late Meade| crats and Republicans alike, have CLEARANCE
engine — cOMP® ? terms of higher quality and greater motoring | B. Cowher, serving, also, by appoint-| but a single candidate apiece from
nomical. bee os=P green pleasure—bebuilti into thelow-priced Ford? Fant, Bea S ey hard i the North of the County. They are Al Men's Wash Pants 49c¢
ulic Br after ber when we had some one elected to| George C. Hoppel, Democrat, of Pat- 1's Straw a
* sy Hye adopted after That’s why the 1939 Ford V-8is a challenge office. And if we let the same condi-| ton, and William R. Stich, Republi- All Mons Sean and Pa
any 10WP Catal stage heels. to th ti tomotive industry! | tion prevail this year—both Republi- fS ma Hats .......... . 0UC
whee 0 the entire auto Y 3 E | can, of Spangler. If the old, old ;
he experim on Te cans and Democrats—it’s going to be ; : font is 11 Summer Ties, 3 for ....
brake gets giveth E nomy = Own The advertising for some cars dodges the cur own fault a on 2 > I trenininn a be my i g ge
il Eco i ce See [Gur ow ke , it is /e voters ¥ e ist
+ Top Gas oud OF mileage in $4 basic issue of quality and value, and stresses . | the north to do the eliminating. We |] Men's Dress Sox, pair .. Se
ers report “50 miles per & omar superficial features. But wise car buyers The time for filing for the party | can do it by supporting our own can- Men's Shorts and Shirts. to
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price rang ded between hang compare the leading low-priced cars—check primaries has closed. In looking ov- | didates. If we don’t do it—you can 00 at 2for > az
up; no ol! ide fort — Soft» feat gainst feature. They compare engines er the lists there is some represen- | well rest assured no one else will. S08) BOP £90
. cushioned CO™OT 0 te. < Fenre agai : y p tation from Northern Cambria coun- | . Men's Summer Work Pants,
%* Yriple » seat cushio ar — hydraulic bralics—ityle—comfort== ty. In loyalty to ourselves—at least 4 Tat of " togoat.. . Lo
ide, deel i ck absorbel iness — economy. ONCE in fifty years—we shoul R glaneing over ihe lish of cand
acting hydraulic h etioeen springs Roomy ess saonomy. : give these i our na | dates in the Democratic party, Dennis || Men's Summer Dr, es
conter-poise Despite the fog of claims, when they get the and wholehearted support, and not | VW estyick seems to have done pretty to go at ......... Nooo 4c
not over hem: T facts they choose the Ford V-8! Why not stop let the same old story again prevail, | Well by himself for County Controller. Men's White Shoes at $1.49
WE'V E GO El in and ask us to show you — not just tell you and then lament. By all that's fair | He yu have oa ODposiion for his | Boys’ White Shoes at... $1.00
NG HER —why Ford leads the low-price field for | and just, Northern Cambria county | P3UV = rumieat or 2, = 2 PERC | Boy's Regular $1 Pants, 49¢
| ; in | 2nd, t gs, srs
MET Hi so | should be given representation in |20d, on the face of things, appears to 3
sO quality and value! | the County Commissioner's office. | have the edge, already, for the general Buy your Boys’ School Clo-
{ : wi | election. And, Mr. Westrick is well |] thes Here During this Sale!
| Folks jouw’ 201 use he Sommty wil | qualified, capable and able to fill with
" | selves never do anything about it. | credit bo himself and his party the po- J
M oO 1 oO 2 { oO | Usually, at primary elections, there | sition to which he aspires. | -
= are sufficient candidates from the | ° : {
north in the field to defeat them- | From now on until September 12 | BARNE BORD PENNA
SO. FIFTH AVENUE PATTON,PA. | selves. This fall, in the commission- | political activity will hum in the | .
| ers’ contest, on both tickets, this sit- county. Not alene will the candida- og
The basic voting strength of any
political party in this country is
made up of the hundreds of thous-
ands of party job holders in muni-
cipal, state and federal governments.
Political activity on the part of these
job holders has often drawn criticism
but neither party being out of of-
fice, has troubled too much about
it’s opponent’s patronage, with an
eye to the time when it will be back
in office itself. Last week, however,
a Congressional coalition of both
Republicans and Democrats took a
great step forward to curb political
activity by government employees.
Concerned only with the Federal |
jurisdiction the House by a vote of |
242 to 133 passed the Hatch bill, pro- |
hibiting participation by Federal em-
ployees in national political activi- |
ey; prohibiting macing, job barter- |
ing, or intimidation; prohibiting use |
of the authority of federal officials |
to interfere with nominations or el- |
ections; prohibiting coercion of re-
lief workers. The bill was sent back
to the senate where it originated, for
ironing out, and was passed on Fri-
day and sped to the White House.
The bill is popular with both the
press and public—and one wonders
how it was accomplished.
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| proportions
[that in the decades to come, only a |
dim memory of its once bloody tra- |
ditions will be remembered.
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The number of aged persons in
our population is growing rapidly.
This realization has produced a
brisk demand in congress for larger
pensions to those who want security
in their declining days. Organized
labor, particularly the CIO, has been
urging “something better.” Even the
Townsend movement has had much
to do with making Congressment a
bit more thoughful of the aged. For-
ty years ago, only four persons in a
hundred of the American population
were over 65 years of age. By 1930
this group had increased to a per-
centage of 5.4 and now it is estima-
ted to have risen to 6.3 per cent, re-
presenting 8,200,000 persons as ag-
ainst 3,080,000 in 1900.
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These figures alone would account
| for the pension drive that started many
years ago, but which grew to amazing
in 1932 and the four or
five succeeding years. While the fan-
| fare of the national problem was direc-
| ting national attention to the problem
| in the past three years, the broader |
| pension movement was deceloping al- |
| ong firmer lines, and today the broad- |
® | er movement is having its inning in|
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If Governor Arthur H. James was
making a bid for the Republican
presidential nomination in his radio
speeches of last week, the signifi-
cance apparantly had net impressed
itself at Washington on his party's
Pennsylvania congressmen. A half
dozen Republican congressmen said
they regarded the Governor’s ap-
pearance on a nation-wide hook-up
—as well as a state hook-up for a
shorter period and another set of
remarks—as solely a reply to the
comments of Senator Guffey a bit
previously. Suspicion that the James
speeches had presidential signifi-
cance was caused by the fact that
the Republican National Committee
distributed copies to newspapers in
many states.
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Throughout many, many years, one
has heard from time to time the com- |
plaint that the north of Cambria coun- |
ty (meaning that section north of Eb- |
ensburg, has had no elected represen- |
tation in county, or court house offi- |
ces. And how very true it is. These
complaints have come from voters of
both parties—and likely it is the voters
of both parties who have but them- |
selves to blame. Scarcely a county
primary, or election, goes by, but that
FRANK P. HOLLERN.
tion for that office.
cies of county aspirants take up the
interest, but in every borough and
township, there are local offices to
be filled. Likely, because of this, a
heavy vote will be polldi. In most
districts, too, these local contests
become rather spirited. Sometimes
they may get a bit bitter. But there's
nothing forgotten so quickly as an
election—until the next one comes
along.
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Barnesboro will be in gala attire
| next week when the annual conven-
| tion of the Cambria County Volunteer
| Firemen's Association will be enter-
tained by the members of the Hope
ire Company. For the firemen, the
annual convention and tournament is
| always something to look forward to.
| The County organization has been
| growing in membership and in inter-
| est for quite a few years The Barnes-
| boro laddies promise this year’s event
| will be the best of them all.
Priest Assigned.
| Rev. Father John A. Dekarski, for-
| merly of Johnstown and more recently
County Commissioner Frank P. Hol- | stationed at Boswell, has been named
lern has announced that he will be a| pastor of St. Stanislaus’ church, Bar-
| candidate for the Democratic nomina- | nesboro, to fill a vacancy caused by
| the death of Rev. Father Julius Trze-
“I believe that I have successfully | | trzynski, who died last December.
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