The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY A VOL. XLV., NO. 6813. “ALL THE NE} JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDA NEW NRA LEGISL ASKA EMPIRE S ALL THE TIME” NOVEMBER 22, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TION IS OUTLINED PROMISE MADE T0U, S. MAYORS BY PRESIDENT Says Congress ess Will Consid-| er Extension of Job Relief Projects OTHER PLANS ARE ALSO ANNOUNCED Roosevelt Gives Praise to Cities in Working Out Recovery Plans CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 22—Presi- dent Roosevelt has assured the Mayors of the Nation that the major cities’ recovery efforts yield- ed substantial results and he in- formed them that the next Con- gress will consider extension of job making relief projects. “Our efforts along the road of economic ' recovery have been pro- ductive of substantial results” President Roosevelt. stated in his letter to the Annual Assembly of the United States Conference of Mayors. Continuing, the President said in his letter, “it is undoubtedly true that the coming session of Con- gress will give further attention to the proposals involving unem- ployment relief, public works, un- employment insurance, old age pen- sions and housing, all of which vitally affect the city govern- ments.” ———————— DECISION IN TEN-YEAR-OLD HEIRESS CASE Gloria Vanderbilt to Be Shared by her Aunt and Mother NEW YORK, Nov. 22—A new legal fight over 10-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt, little heiress, loomed today in the wake of the court order directing that her mother and her aunt will share the child. The order as handed down by Supreme Court Justice John Ca- rew makes the aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gloria's legal cus- todian and gives her the child five days a week. The mother, Mrs. Gloria Mor- gan Vanderbilt will have her daughter on Saturdays and Sun- days. Mrs. Vanderbilt's attorneys said their client is not satisfied with the order and will appeal. The case has been sensational and during the past weeks pro- ceedings have been behind closed doors on account oi the testimony submltwd ALASKA FURS FINDING SALE TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 22.—Al- aska muskrats, mink and foxes ound ready sale as well as large quantities of white foxes at the fur sales held here. The buying was led, however, by silver foxes from Washington aid Oregon, skins bringing 15 to 20 per cent higher prices than at the November sale a year ago. The quality of the skins are also higher. B MRS. F. A. METCALF AND MISS ETOLIN COULTER ADDED TO FERA FORCE Mrs. F. A. Metcalf and Miss Etolin Coulter have been appoint- ed as FERA case workers to assist in studying thé cases which ac- tually meed assistance from the Federal Emergency Relief Admin- istration, by Judge George P. Al- exander, Divisional Administrtor. Their work will include cases from all communities in the First Ju- dicial Division. . Body to Settle Confliéiifié Policies —That’s NEC, Headed by Rwhberg Donald R. Richiberg (above), | Executive Director of the National Emergency Council, has been described by some as a “super-Cab- inet” official, but his pcst is purely advisory to the President, just as NEC itself is advisory to Richberg. How this body, functicning to coordinate policies, “ties up” with the other governmental agencies is indicated on the chart, with units connected by dashes linked to NEC and those related {0 IEC (Industrial Emergency Council) con- nected by dashcs intirspersc set-ups follows: 1 with dots. A key to the alphabetical AAA—Agricultural Adjustment Administration; ACP—Adviser on Consumer Problems; NRA~—National Recovery Administration; Board; FTC—Federal Trade Commission; FPC—Federal Power Commission; ications Commission; NIRB—National Industrial Recovery Board; FRB—Federal Reserve FCC—Federal Commun- FS&EC— Federal Sccurities and Exchange Commission; TVA—Tennessee Val- ley Authority; EH&FA—Electric Home and Farm Authority; TVACE Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives, Inc.; FERA—Federal Em- ergency Relief Administration; FSRC—Federal Surplus Relief Cor- poration; D of B—Director of the Budget; RFC — Reconstruction Finance Corporation; COC—Commoditly Credit Corporation; FHLBB —Federal Home Loan Bank Board; HOLC—Home Owners Loan Cor- poration; FS&LIC—Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora- ticn; ECW—Emergeney Conservation Work (Civilian Conservation ); FC of T—Federal Coordinator of Transportation; FCA— Farm Credit Corporation; istration; FHA—Fedcral H (CA—Federal Alcohol Control Admin- Administration; SAPFT—Special Adviscr to the President on Foreign Trade; E-IB—Export-Import Banks; FDIC—Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; PAB—Petro- leum Administration Board; PWA—Public Works Administration; PWEHC—Public Works Emergency Housing Corporation; ES—Ero- sion Service; SHD—Subsistence Homesteads Division. FEARS ARE FELT FOR VICTIM OF KIDNAPING GANG William Weiss Beheved to| Have Been Killed— Ransom Not Paid PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 22— Silence today cloaked the’ progress in the search for the kidnapers of William Weiss, prominent in the night life of this city. The police expressed fears Weiss has been killed as the result of his family failing to meet the $100,- 000 ransom demands. Weiss disappeared on October 26 after leaving his home for his downtown office. Federal agents are now working on the case. e FOREST RANGER BURDICK LEAVES FOR OLIVER INLET Forest Ranger Charles G. Bur- dick, of the United States Forest Service, left* his Juneau head- quarters this morning on the For- ester, Capt. E. R. Aikens for Oliver Inlet where he will spend the next few days cruising timber with the aid of the boat crew. ANOTHER SWAT STRUCK OUT AT LONE'S EMPIRE ‘ Two Pro]ects Are Wflh-' drawn from Louisiana’s Chief City WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—The! Post says today the Government has struck at Senator Huey Long's | Lousiana Empire by cancelling a four million dollar low cost hous- ing project slated for New Orleans. The Post also says that in an- other series of moves against Sen- ator Long’s attempted “Dictator- ship,” the Public Works Board voted not to go through with the slum clearance after plans had been drawp and a preliminary sur- vey made. This action is sur- rounded by secrecy and no specific reason is given for the cancella- tion of the New Orleans slum project. Very recently Senator Long said he would establish an Empire in his state and secede from the Union. ———e—— Only one outbreak of yellow fever has occurred in the United States since the discovery of how it is transmitted. ! By CARL C. " C. CRANMER" | WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Donald iRA Richberg, executive director of | the National Emergency Couneil | —is he assistant President, super- | cabinet head, premier advisor, | coordinator-in-chief, or right hand | chore man to the President? All these terms and more | been used to describe the {of the suave labor lawyer writes novels and poetry in . spare time, since he has emer jas. the chief of the biggest of Iseries of coordinating agencles | that have been set up by the “l*' MODERNIZATION (CAMPAIGN WILL START AT ONGE City-wide Movement to Be Launched—Purposes Are Explained Juneau is to have a city-wide modernization and improvement campaign as part of the National e | Better Housing Program sponsored by the Federal Housing Adminis= tration deal.” + i The national emergency ¢o cil—NEC-—was created in ber, 1933, and at first was led as an agency to coordingte various field and information vices of the government. Embracing at first only the héds of the Interior, Agriculture, merce and Labor Departmentsy | administrators of NRA, AAA, | lief, farm credit, home loans &nd | consumers’ counsel, it was Mvtl | importance than the execufive 1 council created in July, 1933, eon= | sisting of all members of the cab+ inet as well as. the directing heads |of the nine recovery agencies that had been ‘set up a tthat time. By the latest executive order NEC has absorbed this early ‘“Su- per cabinet.” | Gigantic “Cam Shaft” | NEC draws to the same confer- ence table each two weeks not only all members of the cabinet and directly or indirectly all the 'emergency agencies, but =a . giup lof the most important permanent | administrative agencies of the gov- {ernment as well. Only two or | three of the permanent agencies, |such as the interstate commerce commission, United States tariff commission and veterans adminis- | tration, are left out. NEC may be described as a gi- | gantic cam shaft designed to keep !nbout 30 government cylinders, be- |sides a few auxiliary cylinders, i clicking in order. It is a body to settle conflicting | Ipoucles and Richberg heads it. {Not only that, he also heads an | industrial emergency committee 'that has become a sub-committee | ,or NEC, and that is supposed to |advise the administrative board of {NEA, and to coordinate that ag-| Ieney with relief, and the depart- mets of labor and interior. “Advisory” To President } As a matter of recovery poli- cies the council is advisory to { Richberg and Richberg is advisory | to the President. | Not only do practically all the [threads of recovery policy go, ‘through a sifting process in Rich-' | berg’s hands, but an extensive or- i ganization of NEC itself in under this control. This organization | reaches into every state. 1 NEC occupies two floors. in a} ‘downwwn Washington bank bulld-i |ing. TIts staff in Washington and | 43 state offices consists of nearly 500 persons. Most of the re- mamder ln the field, are consid- a part of the federal houslng ndmtnutrauon organiza- i tion, since state directors and staff ,have been devoting mosy of their vam:ntlon to organizing local cam- | paigns for home modernizaion. NEC attempts to coordinate not merely by discussion in Washing- ton. Each state director every two weeks submits a written report on how recovery policies are working, This was announced yesterday at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Juneau Better Hous- - fing committee, “The purpose of the campaign,” said Chairman J. J. Connors, ‘‘is to enable our city to get as large and immediate benefits as possible from the National Housing Act. “The Federal Government has provided a plan under which local lending institutions can make mon- ey available to property owners for repairs and improvements at the lowest charges ever offered for this type of loan, “Our purpose will be to inform every property owner in the city how he can take advantage of this new financing plan and of the de- Sirability of making necessary im- provements to his property at this time, Important Effect “This campaign,” Chairman Con- nors continued, “will have an im- mediate and most important ef- fect on every type of business in the community. Tt will, of course, benefit the building industry first, and there is no industry which has been harder hit than building and there are few which are so im- portant to this community. But it will also have a direct effect on all other: lines of activity. “Approximately 75 cents of eve- ery dollar spent for repairs and improvements go to local labor. Most of the money they receive in wages is immediately put back into the channels of retail trade. Bills are paid. Purchases are made of food, clothing, and such necessi- ties, then of other goods and lux- uries. Work To Be Given “More than 80 cities held mod- ernization and, improvement cam- paigns in 1932-33 similar to the one we are now planning for Ju- neau. These campaigns resulted in an average expenditure of ap- proximately $10 per capita for re- pair and improvement work, and at that time there was no financ- ing plan® such as now available under the National Housing Act. “Should we be able to do in our city as well as those earlier campaigns, we would give rise to a tremendous increase in all lines of business, for every dollar taken out of idle savings and paid in wages multiplies many times in the course of a year. Helpful Campaign “Our campaign will also be most ‘helpful,” Chairman Connors point- ed ouf, “in relieving distress among the unemployed. “I know the people of Juneau will get behind this campaign and back it to the finish. Tt is a real opportunity for us to improve lo- cal business conditions, to relieve distress, and to increase property values and beautify the city. “There is a real need for mod- ernlufion work. Too much of it | (Contiwea on Page Two) ¢ LONDON, Nov. 22.—The Na- tional Government moved yester- ‘day to cut India partly free of | Britannia’s apron strings by a mod- ified form of self rule. The proposed new Parliament | recommendations were submitted 'by a jont Select Committee whose 20 months of intensive investiga- |tions culminate seven years of study as to the best way to re- form India's Government. Immediately after submission of the report, Premier Ramsay MacDonald moved that the House iox Commons reserve full time at (Continued on Page Two.) imlm s Government Is'to Be Reformed; " Rule May Soc Soon . Be Granted Limited Self this session to the Government hm expected to precipitate a long debate. The legislation, based on the report, it not expected to be in- troduced until after the Christmas holidays. In a general way the report pro- Posed a Government similar to that of the Dominion of Canada, each Province having its own leg- islature and a general legislative body for the entire country but with powers more limited than fl;:e of the Dominion of Can- ada. repair and constru Housing Act, through th property to: his EMPLOYEES, who invest in houses . . . PROCLAMATION “For those who live in houses, those who ct houses, and those ” HEREAS, the National e Federal Housing Admin- istration, has made it possible for the owner of real Better the living conditions of his FAMILY, Increase the efficiency of his BUS Protect and safeguard his INVESTMENTS, Stimulate the morale and workmanship of NESS, Improve the standards and civic pride of his NEIGHBORHOOD, NOW, THEREFORE, Be it known that plans have been perfected for launching .a BETTER HOUSING PROGRAM in Juneau begin- ning November 22. This of the Juneau Campaign to stimulate repairs, alte to home and business propertie. vital movement, made po date to mark the opening , the purpose of which is rations and improvements In this worthy and ble by the National Hous- ing Act, we urge that every owner of real property ACT AT ONCE. men to work and materials and services wil times in personal, as wel Every creates property owner who puts a demand for building I find himself repaid many Il as community benefits. Your participation in the Bettey Housing Program means better business, be ter living for every citizen of this community. opportunity and the challenge upon you to act. tter surroundings and bet- The are YOURS! T call (Signed) - Election Victorv Shows Nation Accepts Democratic Pledge CHARLOTTE, N. C., Nov. 22. — Postmaster General James A. Farley described the Dem- ccratic election victory as the Nation’s acceptance of the Party’s pledge and unqualified support to the President and his program. “Now we have it good and I have no doubt but that our nnajorities in Congress will live up to the Party’s promise.,” The Postmaster Gener al spoke at the dedication of Charlotte’s remodelled and en- larged Federal building. ——— STOCK PRICES SHOW BETTER TONE, TRADING Rails Join Utilities i Rally —Specialties Also Improved NEW YORK, Nov. 22—A bet-| ter tone in stocks, with rails join- ing utilties in a moderate rally, was noted on the New York Stock | Exchange today. Various specialties also improv- ed today. Extreme gains were not held in ! all cases however. Today's close was heavy. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can | 103%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N, 6, Bethlehem Steel 28%, Calumet and Hecla 2%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, General Mators 81, International Harvester 38, Kennecott 16%, Unit- ed States Steel 35%, Pound, $499%. e REGIONAL FORESTER C. H.. FLORY TO LEAVE SEATTLE FOR JUNEAU ON SATURDAY Charles H. Flory, Regional For- ester in charge of the United States | Forest Service here, will leave Se-| attle on the steamer Alaska Sat- urday to return to his headquarters in Juneau, according to word re- ceived by Wellman Holbrook, As-| sistant Regional Forester. Mr. Flory left here about a; month ago fo attend the combined conference of officials of the,Unit-| ed Btates Forest Service and United States Biological Survey held re- cently in Ogden, Utah. I. GOLDSTEIN, Mayor. G OF C. THANKS GOV, TROY FOR AVIATION HELP Luncheon Meelmg Featur- ed by Crowded Busi- ness Program { | | | | Out of a mass of important bus- iness details which concerned Ju- neau's Chamber of Commerce at its weekly noon luncheon at Bail- iey's Cafe today, stood one signal |act of approval voted unanimously \by that body. That act was relative to the exclusive announcement in yester- day's Empire concerning the im- mediate development of a Class{ A aviation field at Juneau. The act came in the form of a formal resolution thanking Gov. John W. ‘Troy, the Pacific-Alaska Airways and the Chamber's own aviation | committee for their splendid work in bringing this needed improve- ment to the city. Judge George F. Alexander mov- {ed the motion after several speak- lers had indicated that the Coun- cil desired to thank the agencies that had worked for the announc- | ed airport. | One of the earlier speakers was |R. E. Robertson, chairman of the | Chamber’s aviation committee. He ! declared that Col. Charles E. Lind- bergh, national air hero, had been instrumental in insisting on a i north-south as well as east-west {runway for the field. | M. S. Whittier, a member of Robertson’s committee along with R. J. McKanna, called the Cham- ber’s attention to Governor Troy's constant enthusiasm for the pro- posal, Judge Alexander, declaring that the Chamber should not lightly | pass by its thanks, moved the for- mal resolution. His motion was seconded by James J. Connors. The | vote was unanimous. Consnittee Nominations Secondary to importance to the | aviation discussion, was the pre- sentation of the nomination com- | mittee’s slate of nine men to run for the seven positions on the | Executive Board at the annual | election scheduled for December 6. President C. T. Gardner indi- | cated that additional names could |be suggested from the floor at | the election meeting. | Those nominated were John 1Jones, R. E. Robertson, Norman C. IBanfield Charles Naghel, Harry Sperling, Frank A. Boyle, W. S. on Page Two) | 1 % wontinued on RICHBERG GIVES AN EXPLANATION ON NEXT MOVES iStrong Administration Op- position to Labor’s 30-Hour Week \FLEXIBILITY CODE | MAKING ENDORSED New Conception of Anti- trust Law Made by Recovery Chief NEW YORK, Nov. 22—A pro- gram of essentials for permanent NRA legislation, including a new conception of the anti-trust laws, was advanced last night by Donald R. Richberg, Director of the Presi- dent’s ‘Executive Council, in an ad- |dress before the Associated Grocery Manufacturers. Richberg also pointed toward a |strong Administration opposition to organized labor’s national 30-hour | week. Remarks Significant | The statements made are con- sidered of unusual significance des- pite the reneated assertions that he expressed only his own views, Richberg stressed the preserva- |tion of flexibiity of code making both as to commercial practices and labor conditions. He advocated minimum wages and hours in each trade and industry. He said dis- honest business practices should bz prescribed Reports Are Needed Richberg declared -that exact re- ports of production, prices, wages, employment and similar informa- tion is necessary for the economic security of industrial civilization. Regarding a change in the con- ception of the anti-trust la Richberg said they were never in- tended as a restraint upon agree- ments to compete fairly. He upheld the principle of col- lective bargaining for labor. JURY TO DECIDE TWO ANGLES IN WOMAN'S DEATH Was Wldow Smothered by Companion or Did Heart Just Stop BULLETIN — BELVIDERE, Nov. 22.—~Clymer was acquit- ted by the jury late this af- ternoon. BELVIDERE, N. J, Nov. 22— A jury will decide whether Mrs. Hazel Ebner, attractive 28-year- old widow, died of heart failure or suffocation in the arms of her burly young companion, Carlton Clymer, former Army Sergeant. Prosecutor Sylvester Smith will argue that Clymer, is pressing the woman’s face against his shoulder, as he sought to attack her, smoth- ered her to death while she sat in his car in Lovers’ Lane on Sep- tember 21, The woman's body, only half clad, was found beneath Clymer’'s automobile, in a farm field, with the motor still running. Clymer was beside her, unconscious from the exhaust fumes. The police said he had hoped to die with the woman. Heart failure is the defense’s explanation of the young woman's death. GOVERNOR TROY TO RETURN NORTH SOON Gov. John W. Troy plans to leave Seattle December 1, for Ju- neau according to a radiogram re- ceived here today by Robert Bender. The message advised that the Gov- ernor’s health is much improved and he will leave Columbus Hos- pital Monday. Mrs. Robert Bender who has been visiting in the south will return to Juneau with her father.