THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. Thursday, August 17, 1939.
had such a long and glorious record
| as has had Dick Gilbert. No other has
| continued to hold a record up until
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trict No. 2 more powerful than ever
before, and he has “carried on” with |
the same vigor in these “better days”
that continuously kept him in the
confidence of his constituents when
the days were not so good.
Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893
Union Press, Established May, 1835
THE UNION PRESS
Combined with PATTON COURIER |
| his death in the harness of officialdom
as has Dick Gilbert, and no other has
throughout these years since the turn
of the century been immediately iden- . |
tified with the problems, the battles, Dick Gilbert, too, saw days and mon- |
the losses and the gains of the United ths and years, since the turn of the |
Mine Workers of America in District’ century when his job was anything
No. 2—as has Dick Gilbert. but a pleasant one. He saw turmoil in |
° various segments of the rank and file |
1 | v: he perhaps, too, worked with other
. Back 23 1900 Richey Silbe De leaders who were not so interested in
a resident c out ork, a sas el- rent pe ans Ba
ected Secretary-Treasurer of the Dis- the Ingvement i Was he. He has had
trict. He then moved to Clearfield. In active part in many a battle between
Tn i 7 3 that followed. Mr Gil operator and miner. He has executed
the many years that followed, Mr. Gil-| *. : DU .
| bert stood for electidn and was always a job that had grown to be a part of
re-elected to the position. During all him for forty years, and through all |
re-elected tc 2 PC on. 8 ce ve: 5 hos ha wi
| that period, policies, men and matters those forty 3 ears, he has had the con |
| in the Mine Workers movement were fidence needed to carry on given |
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at wide variance, at times, but always push oy he greniel Majony of hs!
the rank and file of the organization a SW Sn rer Rr prey wi
| trusted Richard Gilbert—and always Br y . = ’
| they displayed their trust by returning Richard Gilbert was a quiet, peace
him back to the office continuously, up loving man. He Was a home-loving
{ until 1926, when autonomy ceased. And Hh well His gardens, his flow-
since that time Mr {bert has heen, 3D 2 ih 2 !
since that time Mr. Gilbert has ers, his home itself, at Clearfield,
roug appointive powe f the ee
through. the appojpiye power 9 | well attest his irreproachable char-
international officers, retained in the
Published Every Thursday by Thos.
A. Owens, 723 Fifth Avenue, Pate
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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
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RICHARD GILBERT
District No. 2, of the United Mine
Workers of America—it's officers
and every last member of the rank
and file as well—today mourns a
loss—one that reflects more than the
death of a good man—but also one
that reflects the death of the one
man that has worked longer, been
honored longer, and has through all
of nearly forty years, carried on—in
good times and bad, throughout
harmony and strife—the cause of the
organized mine worker in our dis-
ricb—Richard Gilbert, Secretary-
tary-Treasurer of the District.
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most vital position.
A
Practicaiiy every labcrite who
grew to know Dick Gilbert at all,
grew to love him. They found him
friendly, when _approached, found
him appreciative of any grievance
presented, even though he may not
have been able to help—found him
helpful when he could be, whether |
such help came under the line of
his official duties or not. Dick Gil-
bert’s greater portion of life, “was
the thought entirely of the organiza-
tion he represented. He saw the bit-
ter years—he constantly “hung on”
along with President Mark, and the
other mine leaders, through the
long, dark days when organized la-
bor was desperately threatened—in
those dark days before the New Deal
again came to the help of the com-
mon man and woman. Dick Gilbert
didn’t look for his salary check in
those days—he looked and sought
for always—some movement, some
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acter. That fine character in Richard
Gilbert, of course, had much to do
with his popularity among the min-
ers through the greater part of the
half century past. That fine charac-
ter, too, has been instrumental in
the winning of many a battle—it was
firm when occasion demanded; but
above all, it was sincere in thought
and in purpose. There was no duplic-
ity in the bearing or mind of Dick
Gilbert. And he was keen to discern
the honesty or callousness of others
he met in labor circles, or otherwise.
He didn't give his trust to all who
asked for it, but usually when he did
give his good will to any man, it
was not mis-placed.
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District No. 2 of the United Mine]
America has lost its|
“Grand Old Man.” As the years roll |
I ndary to |
Workers of
on, his name will be come le
perhaps yet unborn members
of the
United Mine Workers of America, just |
. as will his memory be revered to the
His was a job|
well done in the interests of organized |
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: ET TR SER. | Moses L. Annenberg, multi-million- |
3 | aire publisher of the Philadelphia In-
| quirer, and the man who was No. 1|
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| paign of last year, was indicted last |
Thousands of the miners knew Dick |
Gilbert personally, and practically all
the thousands liked and loved him. |
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| maxed nine weeks of grand jury hear-
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| Internal Revenue agents, was describ-
| ed by U. S. District Attorney William |
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| ever returned by a grand jury. Camp-
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inquiry into Annenberg's enterprises.
| Another grand jury seeking to deter-
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polistic practices in
Sherman act, continued by-products of
violation of the
the income tax case. All the “big shot”
racketeers and gangsters usually get
caught up on income tax evasion. It
sent Al Capone to Alcatraz when all
his other alleged crimes went by de-
| fault.
One sentence in President Roose-
velt’s message to Young Democrats
in convention in Pittsburgh last
week will be quoted many times be-
tween now and the party’s nomina-
ting convention next summer: It is
particularly of interest to labor: “If
{ week by a federal grand jury in Chi- |
| cago on charges of evading more than
$5,500,000 in taxes and penalties on in-
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those who are needy now—the in-
digent, the aged, the blind, the depend-
ent children—its long-range benefits
are for the much larger segment of the
population comprising the families who
today are self-supporting, but who
some day may join the ranks of the
needy. The most important part of
the new program is that which under-
takes not only to make workers in
private industry secure in their old
age, but also to extend this insurance
protection to their families. And it is
so designed that these monthly bene-
fits will be paid in the future not as a
| matter of charity, but as a matter of
yo : a .
right—insurance bought by premiums
currently paid through payroll taxes of
employers and employees.
Every one of the 45,000,000 workers
who already have accounts under the
old age insurance system and of the
1,100,000 additional workers for whom
accounts will soon be established,
should be eager to find out what the
cally.
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Governor James has given guard-
ed approval of the principles of the
Hatch Law—but an approval so
grudging and hedged with qualifica-
tions that it compares unfavorably
with the ringing declarations in be-
half of that law made by Republican
leaders when the legislation was
pending in Congress. During the re-
cent campaign the Governor con-
stantly attacked relief in politics,
and promised such a divore of re-
lief and politics as would startle the
statg. Now he has a chance to make
good. Probably before the end of the
vear he will have te summon a spe-
cial session of the legislature, but
despite his mild approval of. the
“clean politics’’ law, Governor Jam-
es says he does not intend to include
a state Hatch law under the sub-
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jects to be dealt with in a special
legislative session. The Republican
party in Pennsylvania has been scre-
aming to high heaven that the Dem-
ocrats were usin gthe WPA, macing,
the payroll and otherwise employing
corrupt political practices to remain
in power. Many of those charges
were. But if the Republicans, now
that they have the opportunity, fail
to carry out the principles they have
proclaimed, then the voters of this
state will know that they are hypo-
critical and insincere. Governor Ar-
thur James has done a lot of talking
about taking politics out of relief
and about freeing the pay roll from
coercion. Now it is up to him to
show by deed, rather than words,
whther he is sincere. Probably be-
fore the end of the year he will have
to summon a special legislative ses-
sion. We'll see what will happen.
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| an unfortunate suicide of the old
Democratic party.”
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@ unty, state and local police are to
be ¢ ratulated on apprehending and
to custody a Nanty-Glo man,
; 3 allegedly, last week, charged with a
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39 cents.
the same counts. Punishment meted
out to him was not severe. Freedom
ALL LADIES’ COATS— soon was regined, and the result is
ro. : ; dom : he was immediately back to his old
Spring and Summer Coats, all sizes, reduced to | practices. The local case is siriply an| mine the extent of the underground
$3.00. $5.00 and $8.00. illustration. All over the country, the | blaze.
problem of curtailing the heinous ac-| °
CHILDREN’S SUMMER COATS — ties of thess ozone resmaing un-
| solved. Certainly, their history s vs,
All reduced, 6 to 14 years, $2.00 and $3.00. Fosiigbih Lames Trou gn
they are a menace to the public when
rou TNE TAIRGS | permitted to run free.
WHITE LINEN AND SHARKSKIN SUITS— | .
Long sleeves, sizes 12 to 20, reduced to $1.95. | The phoney relief recipient is be-
; ginning to shake and shiver a bit, as
ONE LOT OF HATS—
all over Western Pennsylvania there
Assortment of styles and materials. Reduced to Is a “crack-down” on him and his
29c and 95¢.
his kind. Names of 13,000 western
CHILDREN’S SUMMER DRESSES—
Pennsylvanians who have received
illegal refief payments amounting to
Sheers, in prints and colors, sizes 4 to 6 years, at
29¢ to 49c.
broadened program means in dollars
and cents protection to himself and to |
his family. And in thts connection the
Social Security Board faces a major
task in making that information ac-
cessible to all.
Why We Are
Busy in Our
Job Printery
Coal mine fires in Pennsylvania
are not confined alone to Patton. In
the news stories we read that the
road between Hamilton and Punxsu-
tawney was closed last week when a
fire in the abandoned West Eureka
Mine No. 1 of the Berwind White
Coal Mining Company caused a road
to sink. Intense heat from the under-
ground fire also caused the black-
top covering of the road to melt in
a number of places. Highway De-
partment officials said the road
would not be repaired immediately
because they were unable to deter-
And while we're on the subject of
mine fires, we cannot help but com-
ment on a feature story relative to the
Patton mine blaze that appeared in the
Chicago Daily News recently. Pim Mo-
ren, former Pattonite, sent us a clip-
ping of it from Lewistown. Some weeks
ago a reporter of that sheet came to
Patton and interviewed all and sundry
regarding the conflagration. But when
one read the story as published, it
would have been mighty hard to con-
nect matters with Patton. It's a damn
shame the way some of the “big-shot”
reporters garble up a news item to
make it interesting to disinterested
readers. In this case, the Daily News’
man took out his puns on the local
fire company, painted the officials and
ment catches up with them. | the citizens generally of Patton as a |}
bunch of Hicks, and made all manner |
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FAI NIE C: ETZEL | The broadened social security pro-| of fun of any attempts that were made
gram, which became law under Pres-| to control the blaze. In fact we have |
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$700,000 are in the hands of Public
Assistance Department officials. The
government is staging a determined
effort to root out the chiselers, and
in many instances prosecutions will
follow. Every community has its
chiselers. Sooner or later local senti-
Union Press~Courier
| ident Roosevelt's signature Friday, is| not had suffiicent nerve to republish |
one of utmost importance to all Ameri-| the story, which might make interest- |
cans. It is one with which every citi-| ing reading to the sophisticated readers |
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