The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1934, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1984 Unsettled and cooler tonight The Weather it Partly cloudy and cote, PRICE FIVE CENTS Textile Walkout Is Called STRIKE VIEWED AS USE OF ‘FORCE’ 10 CHANGE CODE LAWS Opinion of Employers Is Ex- pressed by President of Tex- tile Institute SEES INJURY TO PUBLIC Declares 682 Industries Threat- ened by Walkout Method Of Coercion (Copyright, 1934, By The Associated Press) New York. Aug. 30—(#)—The cotton textile code authority puc the question of “lawmaking by strike,” up to the American public and the 682 indus- tries under NRA codes Thursday. Speaking as a governmental official —as chairman of the cotton textile code authority—George A. Sloan told the Associated Press that the Ameri- can people are now faced with a de- mand “that consideraticn be given to amending a law under a threat of ferce.” Sloan, who is also president of the Cotton Textile Institute, refused Wed- nesday to confer with union leaders of the United Textile Workers of Am- erica in an effort to prevent the call- ing out of 600,000 cotton textile work- cro in @ general strike by noon Thurs- day. “The bitterest injury will be in- filcted on the public,” he said. “At the best it is industrial warfare, and it almost inevitably runs into intimi- dution and physical warfare.” Sees All Codes Threatened Sloan stated that the strike was Pointed not only against the cotton industry but against al. codified in- dustry. Under the NRA there are 682 codes of fair competition,” he pointed out. “They all have provisions for hours and wages which, like those of the cotton textile code, have had the care- fut consideration of labor, consumers and industry before approval by the president. “The government, the public and the 682 industries are now faced with the question: “Is it in the interest of the public that consideration be given to amend- ing @ law under a threat of force?” Telegrams to the institute from fac- tcries throughout the country Wed- nesday indicated that less than 15 per cent of the employes—approximately 69,000—are members of the union. There are 1,281 cotton mills throughout the country that could be affected by the strike. In these mills here are 31,000,000 spindles, only 26,- 900,000 of which are now in operation. 14 States Affected In order of importance based on spindles in active operation, the states affected would be: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Massachu- setts, Alabama, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Virginia, Tennessee, Con- necticut, Maine, Texas, Mississippi, and New York. Unlike many industries, cotton » stocks and cotton in process of manu- tacture is not subject to rapid deter- loration. Most mills have sufficient stocks on hand in some 40 sections oy the industry to last three to eight weeks before the effect of a strike would be felt. Tt has been estimated by union leaders that a strike of the magnitude of a’general strike in the cotton in- dustry would cost in excess of $1,000,- 000 a week to maintain. The United Textile Workers of America at the present time have less than $1,000,000 ty their general treasury. Railroad. Valuations Cut 34 Million [_Ganerter’s Body Found in Trunk | GRPATEST SLASH IS Police believe that Bernard McMahon (top), ex-convict whose mu- tilated body was found in a tin trunk outside the home of Louis W. Stotesbury in New York, was killed to prevent a possible “leak” as to the identity of the gang that conducted the $427,000 armored truck holdup earlier in the week. An ambulance doctor is shown peering at the body of the last member of “Legs” Diamond's gang. September Is Designated As Highway Safety Month HALF OF SCHOOLS TO CLOSE UNLESS U. 8, OFFERS HELP Two-Thirds Districts in State Have Insufficient Funds, Says Murphy More than half the elementary and high schools in North Dakota may have to close this year, unless feder- al aid is forthcoming, R. B. Murphy, deputy superintendent of public in. struction warned Thursday. At the same time, he disclosed that approximately 5,000 rural elementary school teachers, and instructors in other elementary and high schools face payless months, unless aid is given them. At least two-thirds of the school districts in the state have not suf-| ficient funds on hand with which to meet the educational needs, Murphy Union leaders are faced with a | said. problem primarily of finance if they are to make a long term strike effec- tive. While they have the power to tall out some 450,000 additional work- ers in silk, wool, rayon, and worsted plants, it is generally understood that their strategy will be to keep these workers at their jobs to obtain money for the strikers on the cotton front, TRUCKERS’ UNION OUTVOTED IN POLL 58 Establishments Decide on Independent Committees; 50 For Local No. 574 Minneapolis, Aug. 30. —-.() — The ‘union which called and directed two strikes of Minneapolis ‘truck drivers ‘Thursday found itself outvoted in a majority of the firms in which repre- sentatives to negotiate with employers were chosen. Workers in 88 establishments de- general Drivers and Helpers Union, Local No. 574, was accorded the right af, representation in Wednesday's ‘The elections, which was under the More than $1,000,000 will be needed to meet the salary needs of the teach- ers, many of whom received only three months salaries last year, in cash, with the remainder of their incomes represented in tax anticipation war- rants, he explained. He pointed out that in many coun- ties, no more tax anticipation war- rants can be issued, as they have al- ready reached the total equaling the amount of all taxes in the respective districts, and cannot issue more. Although some counties have shown ‘an increase of cash on hand in school district funds, these amounts have been offset by prior liens against them in the form of certificates of indebtedness issued in the past to) meet school emergencies. Last year for the months of March, April and June, teachers received a total of $345,272.43 in salaries paid from ERA funds, records of the de- partment show. “Far greater” aid must be given this year, Murphy said, for conditions are “much worse” in school districts. 1,073 school units, with 1,693 elemen- tary school 254 pupils, received a total of $255,114. teachers’ June, 1933. Seventy first class consolidated and high schools were aided by federal funds. A total of 396 teachers receiv- ed their salaries for the same months through federal funds—a total of $90,- 128. Enrolled in these schools were 9,183 pupils. In addition to these amounts, ap- $50, ‘six-point program” by the FERA, in- cluding adult education, nursery vision of the regional labor | schools, vocational rehabilitation, and opens the way for continued |student work relief. The money was negotiations on a wage scale, _ STEINBRUECK KEEPS TITLE G. A. Steinbrueck, 1933 titlist, re- tained his Mandan sity golf cham- plonship by defeating L J. Peterson, fils Sars Taal © uP. on 20. Bites in the final spent at the rate af $8,500 per month from December 1, 1933, to June 1 of year. It is expected the federal aid will extended be again “five-point” program, with additional Lo edd teachers, instructing 31,-| They Olson Points to Heavy Traffic Toll of State in Issuing Proclamation Decrying the rising number of traffic deaths in the state, Acting Gov. Ole H. Olson Thursday pro- claimed September 1 to October 1, “state highway safety month.” He pointed to the toll of 62 traffic deaths in the state to August 1 this year as “representing a cruel and needless sacrifice on the greedy altar of negligence” and blamed incompet- ent driving, drunkenness and lack of judgment for the increase of 10 deaths over last year in the same period. “I hereby call on the highway de- partment to utilize all of its resources toward the end that the highways of our state may be as safe to drive upon as the facilities of the department can make them; upon all peace officers to jmaintain vigilant survey of highway traffic with a view to rigorous en- forcement of the laws of safe driving; Jand upon the automobile driving citi- zens of the state to bear in mind those laws of caution, consideration and judgment that will make the highways of our state safe traffic ways for the citizens of our state and other states, who travel upon them.” CAR-TRAIN CRASH INJURY IS FATAL Mrs. Ephriam Thompson of Leonard Dies; Three Other Persons Hurt Wahpeton, N. D., Aug. 30.—(7)—A woman was fatally hurt and three other persons injured Wednesday night when an automobile was struck | ~ by a Northern Pacific passenger train, six miles west of here. Mrs. Ephriam Thompson, 37, of Leonard, N. D., died soon after reach- ing a hospital here. e The injured, all of whom are ex- pected: to recover, are Ephriam Thompson, 39, driver of the automo- bile, and Mrs. Thompson's sisters, Miss Alma Graff and Miss Evelyn Graff, the latter two of Walcott, N. D. were cut and bruised. The accident occurred at the junc- tion of Highway No. 81 and the Northern Pacific tracks. Russ Ranney to Edit New Democratic Paper GIVEN N. P.; FIGURE DOWN $14,000,000 Total For All Roads Is Reduced From $171,633,448 to $137,- 296,862 AVERAGE IS 20 PER CENT Montana Dakota Power Co. As- sessment Increased From $306,614 to $315,000 Railroads operating in North Da- kota late Wednesday were granted reductions in assessed valuations of Property totaling $34,336,586 by the state board of equalization. The greatest cut was given the Northern Pacific railroad, whose as- sessed valuation was reduced $14,- 066,968 from the 1933 assessment of $61,293,106. Total railroad assessed valuations set by the board were $137,296,862, as compared with $171,633,448 in 1933. Reductions averaged 20 per cent. Assessments set by the board for 1934 in comparison with 1933 assess- ments were: Great Northern railroads — 1934, $70,857,453; 1933, $78,832,888. Soo Line—1934, $12,990,679; $22,282,990. Milwaukee Railways—1934, $5,323,- 695; 1933, $8,147,354. Chicago and North Western—1934, $119,192; 1933, $247,999. Midland Continental Railway Co.— 1934, $26,770; 1933, $45,959. Farmers’ Grain & Shipping Co.— 1934, $570,526; 1933, $627,808. Brandon, Devils Lake and South- ern railroad—1934, 141,029; 1933, $155,- 643. Spur of Matda— 1933, Farmers’ Elevator 1934, $288; 1933, $288. Donovan Spur, R. I—1934, $322; 1933, $322. Northern Pacific railroad—¢47,266,- 968; 1933, $61,293,106. An increase in assessment was made against the Montana-Dakota Power Co., gas utility, from $306,614 in 1933 to $315,000. An increase also was levied against the Northern States Power Co., gas utility, which had been included with the remain- der of the company utility in the 12 per cent tax suit, but has not been withdrawn for assessment. Because it had been included, no assessment for 1933 was made against this por- tion of the company. Its assessment this year will be $1,500,000, as against an assessment of $993,082, in 1932. The Ottertail Power company was given a reduction from $66,750 in 1933 to $64,000 this year. The Mon- tana-Dakota utilities was assessed $1,160,000 ‘for 1934, as compared with its 1933 valuation of $1,215,837. Olson Pledges Help To Halt Foreclosures Halting of evictions and foreclos- ures through cooperation with vari- ous defense counsels of the Farmers’ Holiday association, under terms of the state moratorium, was pledged Thursday by Acting Gov. Ole H. Ol- son. Olson made his pledge at a meet- ing of the county chairmen of the association here. He explained terms of his mora- torium and pointed out that no at- torney is needed by any farmer or other person in his appeal to a dis- trict judge against eviction or fore- e losure proceedings. “I shall cooperate with the various county defense counsels of the as- sociation,” he told a group of 50 chairmen, “to see that terms of the moratorium are carried out. No farm- er or other person will be evicted from his farm or home, or suffer foreclosure on his property, while this moratorium is in effect.” Statehouse Workers To Observe Holiday Employes of the state will observe Labor Day as the North Dakota state- house remains closed next Monday, it was announced Thursday by Nelson Sauvain, chairman of the state board of administration which has supervis- jon over the structure. Signed for Life in Favorite Role Madge Kennedy, after seven years of widowhood, several weeks ago secretly signed for life to play the sweetheart role she made famous on stage and screen. It has just been learned she was married to W. B. Hanley, Jr. an actor, at Kingman, Ariz. Following her first busband’s death she inherit- ed $500.000, NEW PARTY LINES SEEN AS. OUTCOME OF SINCLAIR WIN Former Socialist, Democratic Candidate, Prepares to Call on Roosevelt San Francisco, Aug. 30—()—Upton Sinclair's conquest of the Democratic nomination for governor of Californ- ia brought threats of party realign- ments Thursday while the victorious former Socialist prepared for “courtesy call” on President Roose- velt. Sinclair's majority in Tuesday's primary election continued to mount &s supporters of Acting Governor |Frank F. Merriam, the Republican nominee, called on members of all Parties to unite against what they termed the threat of a Socialistic state. Returns from 5,177 precinct out of! 10,703, gave Sinclair 361,805 votes to 244,858 for his closest opponent, George Creel, writer and publicist, who was supported by many of the regular Democratic leaders. Governor Merriam had 294,933 votes in returns from 9,306 precincts against 262,579 for former governor C. C. Young, and 125,012 for John R. Quinn, past national commander of the American Legion. The re-election of United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson, who re- ceived the nominations of four par- ties in the primary, appeared more than assured. All of the 18 congressmen seeking re-election, nine Republicans and nine Democrats, appeared assured of romination, and six of them will be without major party opposition in the| primary. High Court Upholds Schell Case Decision The state supreme court Thursday upheld the decision of the district court of McIntosh county in the cas¢ of Wendelin Schell, convicted on a statutory charge, who appealed from the conviction and also from an or- der denying a new trial on the grounds of errors in the instruction of the court to the jury. Holdup Reversed When President ‘Of Bank Makes Bandit Surrender tive of Pennsylvania, unsuccess- fully attempted to shatter the paler Proof glass with his pistol tt. At this point, in front of the bandit pleaded: “Don't shoot. I’m innocent.” The gunman then surrendered. ploye of the Curie hospital Rochester, who said he was eat- ing his lunch in Mayor Park at Rochester when at pistol point, he was told to get into his car and “drive on.” Doty was placed in Jail until authorities investigated his story. Tt was the third time in 18 months that bandits had entered the Byron bank ‘AS MAINE GOES 10 BE DETERMINED BY VOTE SEPTEMBER 10 Poll to Come Before 15 Other States Have Nominated Con- gressmen USE TALLY AS BAROMETER Utah, Nevada and Connecticut to Conduct Primaries First of Month (By The Associated Press) Voters in Maine will pass on New Deal by an election next month before political parties in 15 other states are ready for the issue. When Maine, on Sept. 10, elects a! Declaring that textile employers are senator, three representatives and a governor, candidates for congress will not have been nominated in 15 other states. Interpretation of Maine as a barometer forecasting the trend ballots and those cast in the other Maine's; ballots and those cast in the other| states in November will fill 35 seats| in the senate which become vacant} this year and all seats in the house of representatives. The senate now consists of 60 Democrats, 35 egal e house has 312 Democrats, 115 Repub- on Nov. 6 will be extensive. licans and one Farmer-Labor. a +n ai Francis J. Gorman | the hiring private detectives and fortify- ing their plants, Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the strike committee, said, “We are prepared for trickery and violence. I refer to reports from our representatives about stocking of arms and tear gas.” CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON NEW HIGH of 11°30 SATURDAY I$ SET AS ZERO HOUR BY GORMAN'S ORDER Final Peace Negotiations Col- lapse; Roosevelt Action Seen As Last Hope CALL IS ISSUED AT NOON Workers in Silk, Wool, Rayon and Yarn Industries Told to Stand by Washington, Aug. 30.—(?)—A gener- al strike in the cotton textile industry was called Thursday to become effece tive at 11:30 p. m., Saturday night. Workers in the wool, silk, rayon, and synthetic yarn industries were ordered to stand by for further ord- ers. The first working day after the effective date will be September 4. The strike order follows: “To all locals: “Strike of all cotton textile work- ers will begin at 11:30 o'clock your time Saturday night. Put all previous Bones Being Picked By Strike Factions | | Washington, Aug. 30.—()}—The | cotton textile argument in a nut- | shell is this: | The union demands: | A six-hour day; five-day week; | no cuts in present weekly wages: uniform pay for all areas; a halt | on the “stretehout"; an end to “discrimination” against unionists; licans, one Farmer-Labor and three vacancies. Differences between those figures and the makeup of the 74th congress, which convenes Jan. 3, will ~ SCHOOL NEXT WEEK) recognition of the union as the bargaining agency, an arbitration | tribunal. The union says “reac- tionary” employers have “flouted | measure the opinion of voters on New Deal. The calendar for the first 10 days of September follows: Sept. two seats in the house. Sept. 4: Nevada—Senator Key Pitt- man, Democrat. has primary opposi- tion for the first time since first There are three can- didates for the Republican nomina- elected in 1921. tion. Sept. 5: tive at large. Sept. 15: Maine — Election. first of the year. of view, DIVERSION PROJECT SUCCESS PREDICTED Democratic Candidate For Con- gress Sees Action as Prom- id by Roosevelt Michigan, N. D., Aug. 30—(4)—That. the long-dreamed Missouri river version project will materialize is belief of G. F. Lamb, Democratic can- didate for congress, one of the charter members of the Missouri River Diver- sion association. In a statement Thursday the form- ty president of the North Dakota Tax- | peyers association recalled that Presi-| cent Roosevelt at Devils Lake “had Fromised he would probe to the bot- tom that greatest of all projects, Missouri river diversion project, and T am sure that when he reaches bottom he is going to find the foun- Cation O. K.” Lamb said, “it is impossible for people of North Dakota to lift them- selves by their bootstraps, and I would say that the most important thing for them to do is to give wholehearted support to the national government from which they have been and will be receiving what we ourselves unable to provide. “Not only have we lost the lifeblood of our soil through evaporation, with- out precipitation, but we are losing the soil itself by wind erosion. The Roosevelt administration has answer- ei this dire need by a program of soil and water conservation, the one hun- died mile shelterbelt, the work of C'vilian Conservation Corps and study now being given the Missouri river diversion project.” First Lady’ Thanks Group for Flowers From. House in Ws 1: Utah—Democratic conven- tion will nominate for the senate and Connecticut—Democratic convention will nominate candidates for senator, governor and representa- The lect Nov. 6, hence the Sie eiates elect nimself, plans to arrive here early goes, so goes the nation,” the accur- acy of which depends upon the point Bottineau, N. D., Aug. 30.—(P)— the mistress of the White , Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, comes thanks to North/ Tw: the|Final Approval Given by Wash- Ington Tuesday; Local Labor to Be Employed Actual construction cn Bismarck’s new $350,000 high schoo! building will begin sometime the latter part of next, week it became known Thursday with the announcement by the city school | board that the contracts had been ap- Proved at Washington. Maurice Schumacher, Minneapoli contractor who was awarded the gen. eral construction contract, will have {the foreman to take charge of the/ ‘building here Saturday. Schumacher, | next week to make final plans for the work and confer with the school board. Ten months will be required for the | completion of the structure according | to the stipulations of the contract. | The building is expected to be in readiness for the opening of the win- ter school term next year. Answering numerous requests re. garding the employment of labor and the purchasing of supplies and mater- ials, the school board Thursday draft | ed a résolution to be delivered to con- tractors and sub-contractors request- ing exclusive use of local labor and the purchasing of supplies and mater- jals from Bismarck concerns, the lat- ter subject to due consideration to! competitive prices. | Resolution Drafted | A copy of the resolution drafted fol-| lows: Whereas contracts have recently been let for the building of a new igh school building in the Bismarck School District and construction is about to begin, and; Whereas, the Board of Education of the City of Bismarck earnestly de- sires that the benefits to be derived from such construction shall fall to the people of the City of Bismarck to the greatest extent that is reasonably Possible, It is therefore resolved that said Board of Education hereby requests all ccntractors and sub-contractors to employ local labor exclusjvely upon said construction, in so far as the same is possible, and to purchase all supplies and materials to be used in said construction from local dealers in such supplies and materials in so far as the same may be locally avail- able, giving due consideration never- theless to competitive prices. Such contractors and sub-contractors are also requested to divide as equally as is practically possible between the two railroads serving this city, the busi- ness of shipping the materials for construction of said high school, It is further resolved that a copy of di- the; the the the are the the|the contractors and sub-contractors engaged or to be engaged in said construction. Moved by Cole, seconded by Finney and adopted. Canadians Injured in Valley City Accident Valley City, N. D. Aug. 30—()— 0 Canadians, Fred Ni this resolution be delivered to each of j the economic and humane” provi- sions of NRA. The employers reply: They have observed the law; the | NRA code has boosted labor coste, any more wage boosts or shorten: ing of hours is impossible to carry; | raw materials have jumped 100 per cent; demand for cotton goods has fallen off; the strike “will put a | premium on force and violence as | instruments of law-making,” in | amending the code. | structions into effect. Wool, silk and rayon and synthetic yarn mem- bership stand by for further orders. Victory through solidarity. chairman } “Francis J. Gorman, special strike committee, United Tex. [tile Workers of America.” Roosevelt's Biggest Strike The order for the strike, the largest numerically to confront the Roosevelt administration, was ticked out over a telegraph key set up in the headquart- ers of the strike committee. It went to the local union headquarters over the country which in turn will transmit it to their membership. A large group of United Textile workers Officials and officers of a number of other labor unions assembl- ed for the occasion. In a short address to the labor gath- ering. Gorman said, “we have ex- hhausted every resource in the direc- tion on peaceful settlement.” From Charles S. Zimmerman, man- ager of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, came a pledge of full “moral and financial support” from 30,000 workers in the Dressmakers’ Union Local of New York City and congratulations were received from the Oil Workers’ Inter- national union. A final drive to stir enthusiasm of the workers will be made on Labor Day in mass meetings in city squares and other public places in every com- munity in the strike area. The strike became inevitable when manufacturers flatly rejected a pro- posal by the national labor relations board for a conference with union leaders. From New York George A. Sloan, head of the cotton textile insti- tute, told Chairman Lloyd Garrison of the labor relations board that the industry would not be “threatened” into amending the code. President Roosevelt is known to be watching the situation closely, but what he will do remains to be seen. It appeared inevitable that the nation- a! strike—would at least start. Many believe that some new peace move will seek to halt it quickly to save the recovery program from a severe shock. The strike committee of the United Textile Workers said its formal order would cripple factories from the Can- adian border to the deep south. ‘The union's executive council ex- Pects to decide Thursday whether to call 300,000 silk, rayon and woolen workers out at the same time. If the two-fold walkout takes place, they estimate it will involve more than 2,000,000 persons, counting workers and dependents. Employers Ready to Fight The manufacturers prepared to fight. Al some apparently George