The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1936, Page 6

An it Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ve State, City and County Official Newspaper The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D, and Published by entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Gecrotary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance by carrier, per year .... year (in Bismarcl year (in state outside itside of North Dakota in state, per year .... outside of North Dakota, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press t —n— Washington Lewis Group Determined Not to Yield An Inch in A. F. of L. Split ... Miner Chief Aims at Leadership of Labor ... All Insurgents Expected to Line Up for Roosevelt. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 17—John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers have been making labor history and political history at their convention here. They will make quite a lot more "]in the next few months. When Lewis flung his final defiance in the face of President William Green of the American Federation of Labor on the platform at Constitution Hall, the question was left whether the crafts union executives who dom- Tne Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for republica: {inate the A, F. of L's executive coun- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in panei and also the local news of spontaneous origin publ its of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, An Answer to Demagogues Tt sometimes seems that American industry as a whole as would make better answer to demagogic attacks upon it if it did not put itself in the position of attempting to defend those elements which show little regard for human progress and social justice, This laxity is all the more striking in view of the progress which industry has made and is continually making in social fields. One of the current agitations, for example, is for a short- ened working week and there is something to be said for it. The fact, however, is that a large portion of industry already has it. For example, a recent survey by the national industrial conference board showed that the five-day week already has been inaugurated by 2,452 concerns employing more than 4,500,- 000 men in the manufacturing, mining, transportation, com- munication, wholesale and retail trade, finance and public utility fields. This is a considerable portion of our total employment and the advantages which these workers enjoy act as a leaven in the whole mass of industry. This situation was brought about bcause of recognition by employers that they could afford to put the five-day week into practice and their willingness to do so. The survey showed that wage earners in 1,404 companies employing 2,767,000 men are on this schedule and these com- : panies constitute 57 per cent of the number covered in the sur- vey. Clerical employes in 1,110 of these concerns, or 45 per ; cent of the total, had the same benefits. i The survey indicates that the five-day week has been + adopted more generally by large than by small concerns except . in the case of the very large companies with 10,000 and more employes. Of the companies employing fewer than 100 per- sons, 48% have a five-day week for wage earners. The per- "centage increases as the size of the establishment increases and the largest proportion, 71%, is found in companies with 5,000 * to 9,999 employes. The’ proportion, however, drops to 49% with respect to companies employing more than 10,000 persons. F The same general situation is found in the case of the five- . day week for clerical employes, From 32% of companies with * fewer than 100 employes, the proportion increases as size of establishment increases, reaching 60% for companiés with 5,000 40 9,999 employes, and declines to 52% for companies employ- ' - ing over 10,000. ae The proportion of companies having a five-day week for *} ‘wage earners differs between industries. In manufacturing, the largest proportion, 78%, was reported by electrical manu- facturing and textiles. In three additional industries, auto- + mobiles, chemicals, and clothing, two-thirds or more of the companies reported this policy. The lowest proportion, 39%, was in food products. Among the non-manufacturing groups, more than half of the reporting companies in gas and electric power production, mining, and petroleum refining have a five- * gay week for wage earners, Clerical employes work on a five-day week schedule in ‘ more than half of the reporting companies in the automobile, clothing, electrical, machine and tool, rubber, and textile manu- facturing industries, and also in gas and electric power and - petroleum refining. On a geographical basis the largest proportion of report- Sng companies with a five-day week for both wage earners and clerical workers is in New England, followed in order by the Middle Atlantic states and the East North Central states. The _ five-day week is less prevalent in the South and West. That the general situation represents an advance over even a 8 few years ago no one can question, and it has been brought pbout without government coercion. One wonders if the record would be any better if we had a law on the subject, in view of the chiseling which went on under this d herein. cil would move to expel Lewis and his allies on the Committee for Indus- trial Organization before Lewis him- self decided to march his group out of the federation. the present, at least, strategy insurgents will be to let the council try to do its worst. They cannot be expelled before the fed- eration’s national convention in Sep- tember, though the council may move to suspend bent oo See Craft Rule Doomed The Lewis group—which includes Sidney Hillman and the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers, Tom McMahon and Francis Gorman and the United Textile Workers, David Dubinsky and the Ladies’ Garment Workers, Charles P, Howard and the Union, and others—believes that the cause of industrial unionism will be stronger at the next federation con- vention than it was in Atlantic City last year, when its side polled more than a third of the votes. It believes that the conservative crafts union leaders will be unable to get the required two-thirds vote to expel the defiant unions. Such failure, observers think, would mean the beginning of the end of craft union domination and the as- surance of ascendancy for industrial unionism. In the meantime, Lewis and his al- lies will undertake to convert other farther by aiding organization of a militant industrial union in the auto- mobile industry, according to present unannounced plans. officers forced on them by the A. FP. of L., seek the Lewis committee's sup- port, and merge with other unions now in the automobile field. The U. A. W. has been forbidden by the cutive council to take in craft ers, i = for Roosevelt's re-election — which would be a great victory for the Lewis group (especially since most members of the executive council are Repub- licans), as well as an important and unprecedented event in the history of both labor and politics, Another NRA codes; if, in the long run, the matter had not best be left nm to the cooperation of employers and employes, It would seem, too, that industry would benefit by pointing * out these facts, putting a little “heat” on those firms which are holding back the progress toward that better day to which the better elements in industry are attempting to lead us. Meritorious Merit System Decision of the League of Women Voters to launch a na- tional campaign for extension of the civil service to more * . federal and local government employes, is a healthful note in 2, the day’s news. », Civil service, the principle of governing appointment and job-holding by merit and qualification rather than as a reward of political service, has a sound case. That becomes more im- portant as the functions of government become wider and more complex; as they are, in spite of everything. & than drive for a general, wider adoption of the system. S Government is a profession comparable to law, medicine. e fidelity. ’ It is regrettable, but none the less true, that many of our 2 modern public officials are men who failed miserably in their ‘own businesses. We cannot afford to entrust our government to these individuals. 4 ‘Mussolini has announced g, ¥en Tl Duce do then, alone? A great deal of the success of our form of rule can be traced directly to the principles of civil service, established just ? 68 years ago. Now on its anniversary, we could do no better journalism, and other fields. There is no justification for man- ning its departments, be they federal, state, or local, with un- trained, incompetent workers, whose chief qualification is party teresting (Copyright, 1936, NEA one. Service, Inc.) lawnmower in the spring brings back the snowshovel he bor- rowed in the winter.” Lawyer—Do you think that any of your writings will live on after you »|are gone? Writer—That isn’t what worries me. What I want to know is will my writ- ings keep'me living on before I go. Ad in the Livingston (Mont.) En- terprise Lost, on Second Street. Return to Enterprise. ® year, mate. THAT “IDLE” GOLD (By Bernard Kilgore, in Wall Street * Journal) ponents of printing press money seem to be using to fashion « cloak of “orthodoxy” for their schemes runs somewhat along these lines: ‘The ‘Treasury has a vast supply of “idle” gold against which some brand new currency could be issued with the greatest’ of ease. It would be, they contend, good, sound money, not to be confused with greenbacks of the pure and simple variety. matter is worth looking into. ‘and monetary theory are sel- in combination. But what do not realize, or pre- ERE je Ft Uf : | | 5 a x * * particularly true with re- the so-called “idle” gold in d States Treasury. , of course, that some ten in gold is now securely in Treasury vaults. It is not It is not passing from hand. It is not active in the sense. it “idle?” that depends on what one is supposed to be the function in @ monetary system such as in the United tates today. +s % ten billion dollars in gold in treasury vaults (the ex- is near $10,200,000,000) more is allocated to the Board Governors of the Federal Reserve i G BE ie ES Mythology Heroine | Answer to Previous Puzzle. ae ler in, oung ruler inye the Nibelung- ! CHESLIC) enlied. 8 She was a -—— (pL). 14 Weird. q 15 Rowing tool. 17 Characteristic. [P{AIN] 18 Obese. 19 Large inn. 21 Sea eagle. 22 To be sick. 23 Revolved, 25 To embroider. 27 Right. 28 Totals. 53 Bird. 29Slave. _ 56 Hastened. 31 South America. 57 Related .by 32 Wise. $4 Auction. 36 To burst forth. $8 Branch. 40 Waxy. 42 Weeps. 43 Woe. 45 Story. 46 Male cat. 48 Affirmative vote. 60 Blemish. 61 Halt: blood. 59 Slegtried tamed her by —. 61 She avenged herself for this —. 63 About. 64 Consisting of sleet. VERTICAL 1To exist. EDITORS System. In other words, the Federal |their own currencies, gold very fre- Reserve System holds a claim against |quently has to be drawn out of the the metal. ‘The Reserve System's claim is sub- banking system. Without such gold, divided among the 12 Federal Reserve the American dollar would be subject banks. In addition, the Federal Re- |to constant fluctuations over @ broad serve Bank of New York holds an-/range. It would become a much less other two billion dollar claim against | useful currency unit so far as inter- gold in the form of gold certificates. national business is concerned. This means that a total of more/ But gold—even gold that never than seven and one half billion dol-|moves about—serves a useful purpose Jars in gold claims is held by the Fed-|as @ controlling device. It is a fixed eral Reserve bank. 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Brady will answer dtecnes or diagnosis, Write letters briefly and Brady in care of The Tribune. Ali queries must be accompan stamped, self-addressed envelope. TEMPERANCE IS THE SECRET iS rieaciy darts . ‘The meaning of the word temperance was more clearly defined E, Willard at the time the W.C.T.U. was organized in 1874 than. it is in dictionary I have seen: “Temperance is moderation good and total abstinence from the things that are nition will not suit you wishy-washies who take a or a highball now and again, more likely again, not must have it, but because you haven’t the moral cot afi rsonality is too weak to stand out when all the rest of the drinking. jany Americans in business or professional life ever ith value of temperance when it comes time for or and so we ought to eat it from A (though itle A in it, nor for that matter enough B, C, D, G or izzard even if we burst an artery? Such intemperance is as mediately available energy for the heart. 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