de hs A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. UNIONP A i | Union Press, Established May, 1935. : Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Uniens and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. 4 f J Nea p EE WAGE AND HOUR VOL. 45. NO. 2. © CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA, JOHN L. LEWIS soannanenro icraescsgsrs MUMMERS CELEBRATION CIO PRESIDENCY Bespite Desire to Quit Militant | As October Leader of Industrial Unionism Gets Great Ovation, i 24 Nears Gains to Labor and Support of Employ- ers Are Stressed. Washington.—The second attempt of | making it a success. San Francisco.—The Congress of In- dustrial Organizations last Friday re- elected John L. Lewis to its presidency with a tumultous 45 minute ovation. Lewis, who tried vainly to restore order among the singing, shouting, pa- rading delegates during his election by acclamation, accepted the presidency for the second time but said he had come to the convention “with the hope you would select another leader.” In his acceptance speech, Commerce is sponsoring the movement, ate by regulation substandard conditions in industry will have been | rade. in operation one year on October 24. Unlike its late elder brother, the | National Industry Recovery Act, which | There will be free tokens, in the way died under a judicial guillotine a short career beset by strife and fear | the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, | fantastical exhibition. FIRST CIRTHOAY > © 200% Jost davemeni for Fin Muking Time sod Dar, Patton is planning for a Hallowe'en Celebration this vear, and askes the | operation of all citizens of the Borough and vicinity to lend their assistance in | Scheduled for Monday Evening, October 30th, starting at eight o'clock, the main event planned is a gigantic Mummers’ Parade. The Patton Chamber of | the Roosevelt administration to elimin- | ing party one will remember, co-operation of all folks, particularly the chil- ers in fourth class districts was rec- | labor | dren, is requested. Of course, you all know what constitutes a Mummer’s Pa- You rig yourself out fantastically, you create some novel stunt, you do a resolution adopted at the concluding | most anything that will cause mirth and merriment. There will be band music and other attractions. There will be lots doing. County Teachers Conference. The con- after | children who take part in the parade, and all children are urged to join in. There will be appropriate prizes for those who are adjuded the best in this | teachers on a parity with those in third Detailed particulars will be given next week. But in | class districts. Yowis better known as the Wages and Hours | the meantime you can prepare for the affair. AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. . Our Shop Is Equipped te Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union Printing. : Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939 : SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR AT PATTON SEEK ADJUSTMENT TRUCE IN LABOR OF SALARIES PAID WAR SUGGESTED SOME TEACHERS BY NEW DEALER County Group to Ask Raise for! Secretary of Labor Perkins Says Those in Fourth Class Sch-| Temporary Agreement Would ool Districts. Be Satisfactory. 723 South Fifth Ave PATTON PA and to make it a pleasant and fun-mak- | Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins | on Sunday intimated for the first time that the Roosevelt Administration would be satisfied with a truce bet- ween the American Federation of La- | bor and the Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations. “The public with nothing but good- | will toward labor, had the right to | expect the peace committees to re- sume negotiations and carry them thro- Adjustment in the salaries of teach- | commended on Saturday afternoon in session of the 70th annual Cambria of horns or other moisemakers for the vention went on record as favoring re- gulations which would place salaries of | Changes in the Pennsylvania Teach- i law,, has developed along the normal n : ZRde no relrenee £0, Ihe sperican ines of a new statute and will attain o was the only instrument in fifty its first birthday in a thriving condi- | f deal- tion. Its first anniversary will be mar- | DE eof ge ked by the establishment of still high- | “The C. I. O. intends to go forward €T ‘Wwage-hour standards than have pre- | on a platform that America can en-| Vailed during its first year. f dorse,” Lewis said. When the prohibitive sections law During the election demonstration, became effective on October 24th, 1938, some of the delegates took off their they fixed a minimum of forty-four | shoes and pounded on desks to show hours a week for workers employed in their enthusiasm for Lewis’ return to interstate commerce and a minimum of office. Business was suspended until | 25 cents an hour. On October 24th this the uproar was quieted. Lewis was year the legal work week will be then installed for the second term as shortened to forty-two hours and the head of the labor organization which minimum wage will become 30 cents he founded five years ago and which per hour. made him its first president when it Theoretically there are about 12,000.- became a permanent organization last’ ggg persons according to Labor Depart- year. ment estimates, who are employed in Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray interstate commerce and thus come un- were re-elected as vice presidents. New ger the provisions of the act. The num. vice presidential posts went to R. J. per of those who actually had their Thomas of the United Automobile wages raised and their hours shorten- Workers of America; Reid Robinson of gg by the act, however, is vastly small- the International Mine, Mill and Smel- | er than that because when the law was ter Workers: Sherman Dalrymple of enacted millions of workers in indus- the United Rubber Workers and Emile try already received wages higher Rieve. : than the statutory minimum and work- The convention adopted a resolution eq fewer hours than the statutory max- condemning the National Labor Rela- imum. tions Board for its present policies and Nevertheless, the immediate effect accusing the board of leaning too act when it became effective a strongly toward appeasement of the ri.| 7 : ly condemn any and all public officials val AFL. Speakers criticized William | Ear 380 was to increase the pay of : about 300000 workers who were recei- and Chambers of Commerce who con- Leiserson, new member of the board, ving less than 925 i y 5 as being definitely .anti-CIO.” 5 5 cents an hour an The convention discussed the elections and decided to co-operate with Labor's Non Partisan League in . ; | political developments. No reference it Yusy hs Tew soils S005 nto sitacy was made however, to a third term for| (00° oe an ag. ona gi Sl President Roosevelt and it was consid- other 400,00 : Sa ag ses an an. ered probable the matter would not be 000 will work fewer hours a hi mass meeting to be held in the Patton taken up officially. week, ; Fire Hall on Sunday afternoon, Octo- Other resolutions called for greater, In enacting the law, Congress pro- ber 22nd, at 2:00 o'clock is Assembly- labor representation on all important Vided that the standard work week in : es " ma : federal and state administrative agen- Interstate commerce should become Man Hiram G. Andrews, Editorial Di- cies and for CIO representation in the forty-four hours from Oct. 24, 1938, to | rector of the Johnston Democrat, who International Labor Office at Geneva, OCt. 24. 1939; be forty-two hours from | Will analyze the political situation as Switzerland. Delegates condemned the| OCt. 24, 1939 to Oct. 24, 1940, anq he sees it in Cambria rounty at the Towa criminal syndicalism law and | thereafter be forty hours, Where a Present time. Sponsored by local Dem- stood in silence for two minutes in| longer work week is required of em- | OCrats, a umber of other spe memory of ten men killed in fighti 5 1 be compensated at Prominence will also be present. during the Chicago Steel Strike of and one-half times 937. pay. PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT M A joint meeting of the mebres of the Truckers Local Union No. 7587, U. M. W. of A,, of Barnesboro, which com- prises those hauling and digging house coal, the operators of the mines, and the miners, will be held in the Moose Temple at Barnesboro on Thursdav evening of this week, to discuss mat- To the Editor of the Union Press: We, the undersigned, committees re- presenting the various labor organiza- tions of Patton, Pennsylvania, having no part in the present European prob- lem, and feeling the said European trouble should have no bearing on us economically in our present food and commodity prices upswing. Therefore, be it resolved, the above mentioned labor organizations do high- forty-four hours a week. Billed as the principal speaker at a rs of io, he law also fixed minir m wages SCOUT LEADERS OPEN maou fom 1028 CAMPAIGN AT DINNER vears from Oct, 24, 1939, to MEETING AT SPANGLER : from he » 1945, and thereafter 40 cents 0 Many folks wonder what happes the beautiful movie-struck girls that Taking cognizance of conditions that | 80 to Hollywood and do not become might prevail in specific industry, how- | great outstanding picture stars. It is a ever, Congress decreed that the 40/| known fact that many of them became ner meeting or Tuesday night in the| cents an hour minimum might be low- | Waitresses many finally give up and Brandon Hotel, Spangler. | ered if it were shown “by a prepon- | return home, but see for yourself how Approximately 200 persons attended | derance of evidence that such a rate | a group of Hollywood girls got togeth- the dinner and received mmstructions would substantially curtail employment | er a few years ago and being all musi- relative to conducting the eampaign for | in the industry.” | cians and very talented, formed the the Admiral Robert E. Peary Council In the further realization that some | Hollywood Cowgirls, then in time they Boy Scouts of America, during the next | industries, might be able to pay wages! became radio favorites on the west few weeks. higher than the minimum without sub-| coast and were so popular that the Roger W. Cann, assistant council ex- | stantially curtailing employment, Con- | Public demanded to see them in per- ecutive, outlined the budget adopted | gress set up a system of industry com- | Son at theatres, so they pooled their | by the council executive board for the mittees whereby wage scales were to | talents and started playing theatres, ceming year. He pointed out that $16,- | be determined by agreement among | and at the same time continuing with 080 will be required to operate the | répresentatives of employers and em- | their radio broadcasting. In their stage council for the next fiscal year. ployes in a particular industry and the | Show you will discover them very ple- | Approximately 5,000 boys are be-| public. Under this system it is esti- | asing giving a wide variety of novel- coming 12 years of age each year in| mated that some 500,000 workers, chief- | ties as well as musical entertainment Cambria and Somerset counties, and | ly in the textile and apparel industries, | deluxe. For instance, of course, first all of them are not given the oportu- | are receiving or soon will receive | comes Dot Hackley, the boss cowgirl, nity of entering into the Scout move- | hourly wages higher than the statutory | followed by Lily Mark and her fiddle, ment, he pointed out. | minimum, —— - ines Alii, “If the current budget is realized All employes in industries engaging during the campaign it will be possible | in producing, manufacturing mining, to employ the services of another as- | handling, transportting or in any man- | sistant executive in the district and | ner working on goods moving in inter- thereby extend the movement,” Cann | state Sonumerce or in any process or | inted out. occupation necessary to the production 3 : : {3 oi C Von Dobos, députy regional | of such goods, or employes engaged in | Qeuanization of all beer gistiibyion | executive of the Boy Scouts of Ameri- | interstate transportation, transmission of Norge Oumbie County Nora ca, was the principal speaker. In his | Or communication, are subject to the | nounced at a Meeimg. 9 t ory ern. be : ; Drovisi ow | Cambria Beer Distributors Association | interesting and educational address the | Provisions of the law. Co . bar : : re Li at Penn Eben Hotel, Ebensburg on Fri- | Scout leader pointed out the need for [d the Boy Scout movement, especially at| FARMERS IN PROGRAM § 92 the present time. He painted a picture | YET HAVE TIME FOR | ot conditions in Europe and pointed | out how young boys are being curtail- | ed because of the war. | He praised the work of the leaders | : : of Toe vcs council and said that the | 1939 Agricultural Conservation . | Vicker and Daniel Segabo, all of Por- | : - : ._| gram yet have time to carry out soil | > t 1 istributi C | scouting movement has increased ma- | Buliding practices in order” to extn) tage; Nanty Glo Distributing Company, terially during the last two years and | according to the Cambria | : ; | payments, . Luke Maxwell, Gallitzin. These distri- Sven ore marked Jmprovement is! county Agricultural Conservation butors together with those enrolled at expected during the coming year. br : | 2 [Canitise. this announcement the | fOTMer meetings make the association | Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Murphy of Bar- | committee pointed out that the State | 2 I) toe organization jt was an-/ p nesboro observed their silver wedding | Agricultural Conservation Committee | © . aniversary at their home last Satur-| has set October 31 as the dead line for a Cambria and Somerset County Boy Scout leaders opened the current sus- taining membership campaign at a din- BEER DISTRIBUTORS FORM ORGANIZATION FOR NORTH CAMBRIA PRACTICES IN | last week: Anthony Nastase ., Beaver- County farmers participating in the | | celebrated Saturday morning in St. gram. The Committee has stated that | members are enrolled in the Truckers Benedict's Catholic church, Carroll-| all materials, lime fertilizer, etc., town, by Rev. Father Thomas Wolf, O.| connection with all practices in the| of America, a specially-chartered U. S. B. Dennis Murphy and Miss Alma| 1939 Program should be applied by| M. W. union local for truck drivers. Sharbaugh were married in the Carr- | that time in order to qualify for pay- olltown church. | ment. JAMES MARK, DISTRICT MINERS’ PRESIDENT, WILL BE THUSDAY NIGHT OF TRUCKERS, OPERATORS, MINERS VARIOUS LABOR ORGANIZATIONS OF PATTON DEPLORE RISE IN LIVING COSTS UNJUSTLY CAUSED BY WAR IN EUROPE, IN SET OF RESOLUTIONS SENT TO OFFICIALS 1940 Shorten the working week for about H. G. ANDREWS, JOHNSTOWN EDITOR, BOOKED AS THE | PATTON WOMAN IS 1,800,000 who were working more than | PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT DEMOCRAT POLITICAL RALLY TO BE HELD IN FIREMEN’S HALL, PATTON ON SUNDAY SCREEN AND RADIO STARS FROM HOLLYWOOD WILL BE AT GRAND THEATRE, PATTON, IN “COWGIRLS” ON SUN- DAY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL SHOW AND ON MONDAY NIGHT electric guitars and the perfect blend- teen grandchildren, 30 great grandchil- | she hurried to the sce S¢ 8 : heir E : : . reat grandchil- | she hurri the scene on Saturda thrill you with her rope tricks which | dren and two great-great-grandchild- | night. y altho lightning fast seem almost Possible, especially when she does said | Green, Buffalo. N. Y. rope tricks while tap dancing. Then! dell, Canton Ohio C i . i s Ti, Ohio. Coroner John A.:Conway said fear a pt a. war id he : A y sé ear and : L nore Larson, who with fN€r. The funeral se over exertion gontributed to the w accordion and blues singing voice | ed on i in ° makes you wish that you had learned | lo play an accordion. Through =a =! 1 Le a neighbor, re- ; ; SPe-| Elder Howard Gregg, and lated that on aecia cial booking Dot Hackley and her Hol. eS nade r gg, ih | ;ated that on hearing of the accident, Iywood Girls will be in Patton i son at the Grand Theatre fc night 3 | and also for the regular show oz | day night. f JOHNSTOWN FIRM TO day, November 7th, were opened on Monday before the county commission- ers by County Controller Henry L.| Cannon. The following bids were made. | threatened the | per thousand, Penn Printing Company, | The following were announced as| Johnstown, $5.25 per thousand, and|in the barn. SOIL | having been admitted to membership | Carrolitown News, $5.29 per thousand. | 300, | dale; S. T. Runzo & Co., Cresson; Nor. | P. Hollern, bids were ordered tabula-| Pro-| man Sebring, Henry Brunett, Earl Mc- | ted. William G. Johnston Company of Pittsburgh filed the only bid to supply 175 boxes of election supplies and the | Nanty Glo, and Frank Bertanzetti and necessary computing books. The bid was $5563.85. 3 October 10, but the religious c ast End, Beech avenue, Patton. Ab-| oS s ottandi g are. | bout 4 lots aa smal) house and bar | monies attending the event were held The association explained that all| Cheap to quick buyer. Inquire at this | day. A high mass of thanksgiving was | soil-building practices under the pro- | truck drivers employed by association | office. 3 in | Branch of the United Mine oe} Ligon Control Board advising th body that beer distributors in North- | of ern Cambria County are pledged to| The association also forwarded al unstinted compliance with the liquor! communication to ‘the Pennsylvania and beer regulations of the state, ers Retirement Act were urged in an- cther resolution adopted by the in- structors. It was suggested that the act ugh to a successful and honorable con- clusion” Madame Perkins said in a ] | speech at the Unity Church in Mont- be changed so that the minimum an- | oli N, J. & nuity of retired teachers entering the | Her address came immediately after field prior to the age of 35 years be the two labor organizations concluded stated in a flat Bmount sufficient to their annual conventions to which Mr. provide for the necessities of life. Tt Roosevelt sent new appeals for peace also was recommended that more lib- eral minimum annuities be established = he inerest of Jae national unity for persons entering the field after the “4rn8 the hropean war, iG age of 36 years with less than 20 years | Mme. Perkins said that the “unity service and that part of the increased | ©f the two groups, or at least a truce cost be borne by the school district With regard to precipitation and ag- paying the low salaries and the re-|gravating disputes among themselves mainder by the state. The resolution when sound relations to an employer | also recommended that annuities be | 2r€ imperiled,” isessential to the con- | based on the 10 highest years of salary. | tinued growth of the labor movement, | Other resolutions adopted at the clo- | 2nd desired by the “overwhelming | sing meeting were those commending | Majority” of the rank and file. the Johnston Motor Club for promoting | The A. F. of L. convention at Cin- | | EETING IN BARNEBORO ON ters of great importance to all cerned. Principal speaker at the meeting will be James Mark of DuBois, president of | District No. 2 of the United Mine Wor- | kers of America. It is to the interest of | those effected by the three organiza- tions to attend, and all are urged to do so. con- SEAN a safety program through the school- | cinatti authorized the Federation's done said upswing of prices. boy patrols. Another endorsed the tea- | committee to resume negotiations with Therefore, be it resolved the said ching of highway safety in the schools. | the C. L O. “whenever that organiza- Labor organizations send a copy of Dr. Arthur M. Stull, county super- | tion will indicate a willingness to re- these resolutions to any and all of our intendent of schools, and his staff were | sume conferences. law-making representatives, petition- commended for the planning and suc- The C. 1 O. meeting at San Francis- ing them to use all power within their cessful management of the conference. co devoted little time to the peace pro- offices to control such unjust upswing Members of the resolutions committee blem, and left the question of resu- in living costs. were D. R. Lovette, chairmen; Willard ming negotiations in the hands of the (Signed by the Committee) E Ackley, Clyde E. Bounds, Richard | peace committee, headed by President i CHAS. E. CROWELL, Costello, Jean Davis, Thomas A. Duffy, | John L. Lewis and including Vice LEROY LUTHER. Elmira Martin, Anna J. Murphy, F. Presidents Sidney Hillman and Philip JOHN FRANKLIN. Lee Myers, Elizabeth Stoker and Karl ' Murray. FRANK E. ROGERS. Wachter. + | The committees have not met since rr eee - BABII 1 rr od | April 4, when negotiations were post- | poned because Lewis and Murray were busy with coal contract negotiations. The A. F. of L., C. I O. fight over Wagner Act amendments was a factor | in the postponement. Editor Andrews has a message to all] When kerosene she was using to| “There is overwhelming evidence voters, regardless of political affilia-; Start a fire in the kitchen stove ex- that the vast majority of union mem- tion, and all are invited to come. It js! Plode on Sunday morning, Mrs. Mary bers in both groups want peace and a public meeting. You have read his Bogan, aged 88 years, well known Pat- desire to cooperate with each other and daily articles in the Johnstown Demo- | ton resident, was fatally burned. this same view is held by the public in crat. You may agree with him, and The aged woman suffered first and 8eneral,” Mme. Perkins said. “It he then again, you may not agree with; second degree burns of the entire body striking observation that in many cities him. But here is a chance to hear him, She died at 6:55 o'clock on Sunday ev- counties and states, the two groups whether you agree with him or not. ening at the Miners’ hospital in Span- | 8re acting as though there were no Don’t forget the place is the Patton; ger, about nine hours after her admis- | breach and are « operating for the Fire Hall at 2 o’ sion. improvement of labor conditions, Hearing the expl: nd Mrs. Bo- “Leaders trul gan’s screams, ‘Anna Rudy, who stayed | Sire and will of with the aged woman, raced to the | €rt every eff kitchen to find Mrs. Bogan's clothing | controversy. 1 mas sof flames. : the more ¢ The girl tore the flaming growing, EE —— from the woman's body and s movemer and Lil really does many stunts ed neighbors. The vi her fiddle as well as other instrume to the hospital. FATALLY BURNED ON SUNDAY MORNING ck on Surday after- noon next. All are welcome responsive to the de- r members will ex- settle the present it continues us it will be to a and prosperous labor Sion clothing You will get a great kick when you see Olivia Hoskins slap that bass fid- vicinity- of Patton. having resided } die practically to death, you will fal for many years. Her husband in love with the Rodik twins, Holly- | number of years ago. MOTHER'S FEARS OF SON’S SAFETY LEADS TO DEATH died a — Mrs. Bogan was well known in t her as the victim of a fatal automo- accident near her home, collap- and died from a heart attack as FY A Nanty-Glo mother, fearing Surviving are two sons, Harry Bog-| son w an, Philipsburg, and Thomas Bogan, of | bile DuBois. Mrs. Bogan also leaves four- | sed wood’s only identical girl twins have achieved popularity with that their ing of their voices. Babs Bardo will im- | ren. She was a sister of Mrs. Margaret | _ The victim was Mrs. Catherine (Gol~ la) Lesneski, 48, of Nanty-Glo. Deputy , and Thomas Lid- Wednesday afterno at 2 clock in the Patton Church of God, by | C an’s death. Mrs. Mary Vatovish, View | Mrs. Lesn i sons, bt. | BARN IS LEVELED time NEAR ST. BONIFACE | ® fearing that one of her out of the house at the the victim, asked her r to the scene. She related that Mrs. Lesneski was per- performance on Sund —— A barn on the John near St. Boniface was de PRINT THE BALLOTS of undetermined origin at Friday evening. | The fire had gained considerable] Mrs. Lesneski's fears over her son's headway before it was discovered. The | Safety were unwaranted. The victim of Hastings Volunteer Fire Company re- | the accident was another. sponded to an alarm but the barn had | been practically leveled when the vol- | unteers arrived. | Stricken as they hurried to the secne. | She 1 taken into a nearby home and | died 1 r z in n | ¢1€d belfore a physician could be sum- | mone Bids for the printing of 110,000 bal- ots to be used in the election of Tues. vol-| NEWSPAPERMEN GUESTS | I a KIWANIS AT GATHER- , $56.20 | men succeeded in saving this building. ING ON MONDAY NIGHT A small amount of hay was stored | The loss is estimated il Weigel and Barber, Johnstown Newspaper night was observed on Monday evening at the weekly dinner of the Northern Cambria Kiwanis Club at the Brandon hotel in Spangler, J. R. Nicholson presided. Addresses were made by Thomas A. Owens, editor of the Union Press-Cour- niversary of St. Patrick's Catholic | ier, Patton; Miles E. Ranck, editor of | Church, Gallitzin, were carried out on| the Barnesboro Star, and A. J. Houck, FOR SALE—Property located at 112| SUP93Y. Date of the 56th Romlvsrsary| gine Voor eT, on g iY: s branches On motion of Commissioner Frank | GALLITZIN CHURCH MARKS 55TH YEAR Services appropriate to the 55th an- the newspaper business were discussed by {on Sunday with solemn high mass by | the speakers, Rev. Father Joseph Farren, pastor. Erected in 1884-1885, St. Patrick’s| d | Church was dedicated October 10, 1885, | t Plans also were announced at the inner for a post season football game C ] he proceeds of which will be turned at| by Bishop Richard Phelan, then head| over to some charitable institution. the Pittsburgh Diocese The late| a 7il : se. ate| The game will be sponsored by the Monsignor John Boyle of St. John | Northern Cambria and Ebensburg Ki Gualbert’s Church, Johnstown, was one | wanis clubs. Competing teams have not of the early pastors at Gallitzin, yet been selected, 2 .