Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1929, Page 11

LABOR POSTPONES AVANA CONGRESS ght “for Life of Organized [SENATORS ATTACK GRUNDY IN FIERY l SESSION OF PROBE| (Continued From First Page.) that far. When it comes to the interest of the tariff and other subjects of im- portance to the great States like Penn- ‘Do you think it can be don Senator Borah. . “Yes,” replied the witness. Grundy said that farm machim was on the free Het, which as; he terest of sted ery contended, certainly in the the farmer, but Senator Borah that “all the ingredients enter 5‘ o agricultural implements are ighly protected.” Grundy insisted that the machinery being on the free list ‘was sufficlent < Senator Borah asked Mr. Gruridy how aced on ‘an eq turers unless some of the in {arify, rates are lowered. Without giv- ing @ direct answer, the witness said that “every effort has been made to put | what the farmer uses on the free list ‘What about barbed wire and sheep shears?” asked Senator Walsh. T don't think they are on the free list,” said Mr. Grundy. “Are you in favor of the debenture?” demanded Senator Borah. “No,” replied Mr, Grundy. Senator Borah asked the witness he agreed with President | a | 1" dont-care ‘to discuss the opinidns | of the President.of- the. United States,” replied Mr. Grundy,-“but I think agri- culture should have immediate atten- tion and that there are many other in- dustries that. need aid.” . A Senator - Borah asked-..the . witness whether any.of the money he had raised for the Republican campaign fund in the past had come from agriculture, and the witness said it had not. “Was.any of it used for agriculture?” o sBorah. E 1 fl how it was used by the | tana natfonal in every case,” re-| | plied Mr} y. 3 t Mr. Grundy said that $25,000 had boen gent’ by the national committee to Idaho for the campaign. Senator Borah said the conjmittee sent him $2,500 and he sent ek to-the committee, deny- ing that any of the money_ had been used by him or in his race. Borah and Grundy clashed repeatedly here. said Mr. Grundy. Senator Walsh. siderable laughter. know how much money the national 'States in the Jast fiscal year. [ compittee had sent to his State of Mon- “You only brought with you informa- tion about Idaho, didn’t you?" said | “TIGER” KEEPS WRITING. Yoo replied Mr. Grundy, amid con- | SrmGaceay in breathing last night. Breathing, but Sleeps Peacefull; PARIS, October —G forme: i T en ill, me diffie Dr. Fri had' s T haven't that information With me.” | o1 pwencenu Has Some ! Difficully es er, ity Laubry advanced his visit an hour, but founa = More than 2,600,000 linen handker- | his patient sleeping peacefully. Serfdtor Waish said he was curious to |chiefs were imported into the ‘United Today ]MA Clemenceau arose as usual' &na resumed work on his book. | sylvania I think that the smaller States | in his opin‘on the farmers could ‘be ' whether nions” in South Planned by Federation. | | | the Associated Press. | he executive committee of the Pan- Aferican Federation of Labor, headed b} William Groen, president of the Afherican Federation of Labor, today | afiiounced the indofinite postponement ofthe sixth Pan-American Labor Con- gréss on the ground that “the very ex- isifnce of the organized labor move- mgnt” is threatened by conditions in s Southern States. | }The labor movement in the South,” Gieen's statement sald, “finds itself ifronted with ene of the most gigan- ti¢ campaigns ever launched by em- jers to prevent organized labor from its duty. Thus it will be seen that with more thin a million members to b called uphn, the American Federation of Labor | firfis’ it necessary to. concentrate all its enfrgies and resources on this titantic stdiggle, in which the very existence of | organized labor movement is at stike.’ | | Special Campaign Is Planned. “he Pan-American Congress, would haye opeme¢ January 6 in Havana, Cupa. "R postponement is due, the state- ment added, to the need for & spectal nizing campaign which “has been Iauinched and is being carried on among | thé working people in the South an els where by the American Federation of fLabor, where over a million members ard employed in the different industries of the Southern States and elsewhere.:‘ Because of the heavy demands, thq announcement continued, ‘“which wil} .be made upon the officers of the Anferican Federation of Labor, it will be mpossible for the American Federa- H tiok of Labor to send its del°gation to| the, Havana congress if it is held next | January.” | ¥rank Morrison, secretary of the| fedyration, said today the heads of all naflonal and international unions would | be Lalled into conference bxfore Novem- bet! 18 to discuss methods.of organizing the! workers of the South. Morrison said that President Green wotlld issue the call. He did not divulge whire the conference would b2 held butj there is the possibility that it may be in the South. e conference was provided for in & reszlution passed unanimously at the recént labor conference in Toronto and cali: for “campaign for organization amsng Southern workers, regardless of craft or calling.” e of the leading subjects which will | corfle before the officials is the anti- uniin activities of Communists in the Mr. Morrison cited the textile at_Gastonia, N. C., and Eliza- own, Tenn., as recent evidences of | unistic activities. ! sident Green recently sent Sena-| heeler, Democrat, of Montana, a unication asking that the Senate trod tile; mills where pragress during récent months. Action on the resolution has not been taken | and is considered unlikely at the spe- cial session. < Other Troubles Are Hinted. D'fMculties in obtaizing a full rep- resentation from labor organizations in thes e ¢ %isG are hinted | at the statement, as follows: “n_the other hand, reports coming from South and Central America abou | ecorjomic and other conditions prevaii- ing there, although of an ent'rely dif- | fercht nature, indicate the advisability | of stemporarily postponing the Havana Cobgress with the hope that withw.l the near future conditions may be so ch"ku!d that it w.il be possible w | hath @ full delegation from each o1 thG 20 other American republics. “Fhe postponement also will afford pldity of time to the national labor fedérations of the South and Cexntral ‘Ard¢rican republics and the Antilles | to devise ways and means of sending a Bill delegation of five members from | each. | “We realize that the expense of send- | ing{ their full quota of delegates 13 very great, and for that reason we especially recommend to the national Jabyc federations of each of the pan- Angrican republics that measures be! taMn in advance to provide the neces- | sar funds for defraying the expenses | of §ihe delegations from the bona fide organizations to the Havana Con- | ‘B is the desire of the executive com- jee that each and every one of the Paf-American _republics, from the untea States and Mexico to Argentina, | be Mepresented by five delegates at_the Ha*ana congress, and realizing that this wilg hardly be possible if the congress is gield next January, the executive cormittee has decided to postponé the Hatana congress. it be understood that- this is oni% a temporary postponement of the six® Pan-American Labor Congress. | ‘Wign it is found that a convenient and saIE;‘:tlory date can be arranged for | hol! g the sixth congress, the call will be Msued and invitations will be extend- ed 5o all Labor centers to send a full quda of delegates to the convention, and the Labor organizatfons of the Lagn-American republics are hereby reshectfully advised to this effect.” | o statement was signed by Mr. Gripn, and by Luis Morones of Mexico, vich president; Matthew Woll, treasurer ang' Santiago Iglesias of Porto Rico, tary ‘of the executive commiitee. H A FGUR MEN MENTIONED | S BURTON'S SUCCESSOR tmaster General Brown Among Those Suggested for Senate Appointment. he Associated Press. LUMBUS, Ohio, October 29.—The es of four men were mentioned in tical circles here today as possibic ressors to Senator Theodore E. Bur-' who died in Washington last night hey were Col. Edward W. Edwards, innati manufacturer, close personal Cooper; Col. William another Cincinnati Y . Thompson Cleveland 'and Postmaster General iter F. Brown of Toledo. The gov- for, however, has made no announce- he passing of Senator Burton marked | “third time that death has taken | se who filled the Senate seat to| ch the late Frank B. Willls was' bted to serve from March, 1927, to reh 3, 1933 | Grundy. | muage, in upholdi should depend on these large State Senators for their views. “When it comes to the interest of | Pennsylvania the people of Idaho ought not to say ensthing.” Caraway said “They ought to talk darned small,’ Grundy answered. “Will you please make out a list of the Senator that should be hecard?” Caraway asked. Leaves Caraway Out. “I'll make a list of those who should not be heard,” Grundy enswered, amid laughter. “Leaving out me, then,” Cara- way said, “go ahead.” i Grundy did not want to do it, but' Caraway insisted, and the - witness named the States of Arkansas, Georgi: pend on the States like Pennsylvania ::r‘ H'.helx cues and decisions on the riff. “All right,” said Caraway. “This is| Grundy’s list of preferred Senators and | common Senator.” Senator Walsh broke in to ask Grun- | dy if he would reform the system of ! representation. Grundy wasn't sure, | but he would make it more difficult for ' Senators from the “backwcod common- wealths” to influence such legislation the tarifi. “How would you silence Borah and myself?” Walsh demanded. The com- mittce room roared with laughter. 1 I should think,” Grundy quietly re- | plied, “that your intelligence would | suggest silence on such matters.” 1t} was at this point tl Grundy said he ! thought it a very great misfortune that | each State was given two Senators, He supposed the framers of the Constitu- tion did the best they could “with what | they had.” | Grundy's activities at the Kansas City | convention and the veteran Pennsyl-| vanian's views on the tariff in general were developed by Senator Borab, who examined him at length. H Senator Borah, after developing Grundy's views on how the tariff bill should satisfy the party’s campign pledges, asked Grundy to state in detait how he uld equalize agriculture and industry under the tariff bill, H “I want you to state it with a rare.”! said Borah, “because I want to make use of it. it is a matter of controversv on the Senate floor and,” Borah added sarcastically, “we would like to have | your aid." | Grundy apparently missed the sar-| casm and answered that he 1d | equalize agriculture and industry in two ways, bv redueing the consumption of agricultural products in this country (hat are not now selling at the foreign | price plus the tariff and, by increasing | the home market by excluding foreign manufactures. “In the meantime” Borah said, | “you'd leave it to the farmer to control | his production and save himself and you'd helo the industrialists out by looking after th» manufacturers.” | Grundy said he had named the two means he would employ. Borah then wanted to know if the witness regarded | agriculture as the most important ques- | tion in the campa’gn and wani-d know if Grundy regarded industry as' more important. The witness answered | by saying he was in favor of carrying out the Kansas City platform. | Hodges Is First Witness. ‘The first witness was Wetmore Hodges, chairman of the board of directors of the General Sea Food, Cor- | poration of Boston, a subsidiary of the : General Food Co. of New York. He| was questioned briefly as to his con- versations regarding tariff rates on fish with- Bdward J. Cooley of the Massaw chusefts PFisheries Association, and! Frank W. Brvce, an official of the At- lan‘ic Coast Fishcries Association. | Mr. Hodges ouoted Mr. Bryce as say- ing, “We might have to uce the big stick, but I do not think that will be neacssary.” When Mr. Grundy resumed the wit- ness stand Senator Borah took up the questicning. “What were your intentions when you opened headquarters in Washington?” asked Senator Borah. | “I was interested in seeing that all the pledges contained in the Republican platform adopted at Kansas City were carried out,” replied Mr. Grundy. Senator Borah tried to find out from the witness whether he was interested in any questions except the increase of | riff duties on articles manufactured in his own State of Pennsylvania. Interested in Farm Ald. “Were you interested in the enforce- ment provision of the platform?” asked Senator Borah. “In_a general way,” answered Mi nything else?” asked Mr. Borah. ‘es, farm relief,” said the witnese Senator Borah then tried to pin Mr Grundy down to individual items in th tariff bill in which he was interested | The witness said he was anxious tc have the duty on woolen goods In- creased. “Whom did you discuss the rates on woolen goods ~ with?” asked Senator Borah. “With your colleague from Idaho,” said Mr. Grundy. “and I tried to see you, but I couldn't get in.” Mr. Grundy said he also was inter- ested in_ having the duty on pig iron increased and that it had been in- creased. 1In answer to further ques- tions he said that he was also inter- ested in increases in cotton manuf tures, lace, upholsterv and other sch: ules in which Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the New England States were in- terested “What farm products were vou in- terested in?” asked Senator Borah. “In the general proposition of equaliz- ing the cost of production at home and abroad—not in anv definite farm items,” replied Mr. Grundy. Wanted Tariff on Wool. i The witness corrected himself to say | that he was interested in the tariff on wool, which is a product of Western farms. “Did you take up any item outside | of those in which the industries of your | State were directly or indirectly inter- ested?” insisted Senator Borah. “Yes, in a general way,” replied the witness. “I think the carpet people and the upholstery people got increases.” ! Senator Borah questioned Mr. Grun- dy about a proposed tariff plank which he presented to the Pennsylvania del gation at the Kansas City national con- vention, narticularly with reference tc whether that plank promised any reliet to the farmer. Mr. Grundy read th plark at leng h. insisting that its lan- the Republican pro- tective system. drafted as much in the interest of the farmers as of othe: industries “Did vou show this to ex-Senator vare?" asked Senator Borah. . “I wouldn't go that far—I would say Senator-elect Vare,” declared the witness. 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