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Over 300 vans covering all parts’ of the Omica Siates, Tull or part Joad. ana Feturn Tona “Tales. et mishe “service fo New York Guaranty Storage Company, Inc. liied Van Line Service South Capitol & D Sts. __Atlantic 2100, Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 123590th St. N.W. Metropolitan 2062 ne location 21 yesrs. which insures low 3¢ high-grade workmanship. 5.} President Hoover stated that as a North 3343 | LABOR CONVENTIO Delegates to Conference Receive Green’s Report on Year’s Accomplishments. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 6.—Representa- tives of labor in the United States and Canada were assembled here today for lthe fiftieth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. President Hoover is to be the guest of the federation a few hours after his appearance at the American Leglon's annual convention. The delegates today had before them the annual report of President Willlam R. Green and the executive council, outlining the accomplishments of labor during the past year and a program for its guidance in the future. This report dealt with the unemploy- ment situation and business conditions. It said that despite conditions during | the past year, investigation revealed that experiences in 1921 and 1924 were considered as having been worse for la- bor. Places Responsibility. The council found that “under our present business economy there have | been frequent breakdowns due to failure to adjust production to markets and the inability of our credit system to meet such emergency.” Upon business management it placed the responsibility for such breakdowns in the economic system. The field of distribution was declared to be unor- ganized, with only the preliminary moves made to obtain information which would develop better manage- ment. The councll, which is composed of 11 of the leading officials of the federa- tion, held that “society has a definite responsibility for providing service for those who need employment.” In this regard it suggested as possible remedies for the situation: Shortening of hours and work week lengths, encouragement of vacition, old age pensions, control | of the tendencies of bettered machine design to displace workers, and better understanding and better economic information. Laud Hoover’s Stand. President Hoover's opposition during the past year to reductions in pay rates as a means toward betterment of busi- ness conditions was lauded by the council. ‘The establishment of headquarters and the co-operation of organized trades were suggested as essential to the continuation of the gains made in the drive for unionization of the South in the past vear. Other matters dealt with by the re- port included the effort to carry for- ward attainment of political objectives of unions, immigration, judicial action in industrial disputes and the organiza- tion of other countries. Reiterate Prohibition Views. ‘The council reiterated its stand of previous years on “the failure .of the Volstead “act to promote true temper- ance.” It- favored modification of the Volstead act so as to provide for the manufacture of beer of ‘2.75 per cent alcoholic content by weight. It was made clear by the repart that repeal of the eighteenth amendment was not demanded by the modification sugges- tion. . “We dre of the firm opinion,” the report said, “that the Volstead act could be amended without violating the provisions of the eighteenth amend- ment.” Membership of the federation was reported as.being 2,950,000 for 1930, a gain of 50,000 over 1929. Besides receipt of the executive council’s report, the convention was to receive the report of the Credential Committee and resolutions. Because President Hoover did not want a radio broadcast of his address to interfere with the broadcast of the world series base ball game, which occurs at the same time, President Green planned to read it to the radio audience at the conclusion of the base ball broadcast. President Hoover will leave Boston for the South immediately jafter his address to fill another speak- iin: engagement. — gl 'HOOVER LAUDS AID GIVEN BY A. F. OF L. IN ECONOMIC CRISIS - -(Continued Prom First Page.) Mr. Hoover cited the present difficulties in_the bitumincus coal industry. In suggesting a possible solution the {President intimated that a revision of the anti-trust laws would be acceptable to hum if they are found to-be at fault to -the extent of prohibiting consoli- | dations or combinations of -industry, { which would help solve the unemploy- | ment problem. {result of the White House conference | called last November to initiate a Na- tion-wide _ co-operation for mitigation of the effects of the depression, the unemployment situation had been greatly helped. He said Department of | Commerce figyres show that during the | last eight months this construction work has amounted to about $4,500,- ' 000,000. | | Almost immediately after the close {of this his second ,address in Boston | today, the President’ with Mrs. Hoover, | went to his special train and was soon | on his way to Kings Mpuntain, 8. C., where tomorrow afternoon he will de- | |liver the principal oration at the cere- | ¥ | monies cclebrating the 150th anniver- | sary of the battle of Kings Mountain. THE Z00 —offers organ ized living for animals— but we believe a hu- man is entitled to'an Individual Home. By any chance have you drifted into a serene zoo with your living? = INVESTIGATE The New Shannon & Luchs Forest Section OF CHEVY CHASE Large Homes—Low Prices To Inspect Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradley Lane, turn LEFT (along the grounds of the 1eiE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DDRESS OF PRESIDENT HOOVER BEFORE AMERICAN LABOR FEDERATION BOSTON, Mass.,, October 6.—Presi- dent Hoover delivered the following ad- dress at the fiftieth annual conven- tion of the American Federation of Labor here today: Members of the American Federation of Labor: . In his_invitation that I should ad- dress you on this occasion President Green spoke in terms of high praise of the benefits to labor from the Na- tion-wide co-operation initiated at the ‘White House last November for mitiga- tion of the”effects of the present de- pression. 4 At those White House conferences tne leaders of business and industry undertook to do their utmost to main- taln the rate of wages. They also undertook in case of shortened em- ployment to distribute work as evenly | as -possible over their regular body of employes. The leaders of labor un- dertook to urge effort in production and to prevent conflict and dispute. The public officials and the managers of industry and utilitles undertook to expand construction work to mitigate unemployment We have now had nearly a year in which to observe the working of these arrangements. ‘These, the first under- takings of this character in our history, have been carried out in astonishing degree. ~ There are, of -course, excep- tions, but in the large sense our great manufacturing companies, the railways. utilities and business houses have been able to maintain the established wages. Employers have spread their employ- ment syctematically. For the first time in more than a century of these recurring depressions we have been practically free of bitter industrial con- flict. The fine co-operation in the provid- ing organized emergency employment through Federal, State, and municipal public works and utility construction has been an important contribution in taking up the slack of unemployment. The measure of success is easily dem- onstrated. The Department of Com- merce Teports to me that public w(fik!‘ and the construction work by the rail- ways and utilities in the last eight months amount to about $4,500,000,000, as compared with about $4,000,000,000 | the same period of the boom year | of 1929, or an increase of about $500,- | 000,000. In all previous depressions | these works deoreased, so that the gain | is more than even the apparent figures, ation-Wide Team Play. . We have thus had Nation-wide co- operation and team play which have greatly améliorated the hardship of this depression. These measures have | served as a practical system of ‘unem- | ployment insurance. . There are some unexpected by-products. ~Through dis- tribution of employment, large num- bers of workers have been saved from being forced into competition for new jobs; the sense of security that the | job is theirs by part-time employment | has contributed to relieve much of the | fear, despondency and discouragement that come to men and women in search for new jobs in hard times. | 1 would indeed be remiss it T did | not express an appreciation, in which | I know you share, to the thousands of | men ‘in leadership of business' and | labor who have served in bringing about | these ‘results. In the face of Gecreas- | ing prices it has required great courage, | resolution and devotion to the interest | of their employes and the public on.| the part of our great manufacturers, | our raflways, utilties, business houses | and public officials. The leaders of | contributed their part. Our freedom from strike and lockout .is well .evi- | denced by the statement of the Depart- | ment of Labor that in the last depres- | sion there -were more than 2,000 labor disputes, many of them of major char- | acter and accompanied by great public disorder, as compared with less. than | 300 disputes in this period, and_these mostly of minor character. great body of labor itself deserves much praise, for never was its individual effi- clency higher than today. . The undertakings made at that time | represent a growing sense of mutual responsibility and a willingness to bend | private interests to the general good. Still Have Unemployment Burdem. | We still have a burden of unemploy- | ment. Although it is far less than one- half in proportion to our workers than in either England or Germany, no one can contemplate its effect in hardship and discouragement without new Te- solves to_continued exertion and to further effort in solution of our gre est economic problem — stabllity em- ployment. Your chairman has spoken of my. in- terest in the development of an Ameri- can basis of wage. Both the directors of industry and your leaders have made || great progress toward a new and com- mon ground in economic conceptions, which, T am confident, has had a pro found effect upon our economic prog- ress during the last few years. That is the conception that industry must be constantly renovated by scientific re- search and invention; that labor wel- comes these labor-saving devices; that | labor gives its full and unrestricted ef- fort to reduce costs by the use of these mach'nes and methods: that the sav- ' ings from these reduced costs shall be | shared between labor, employer and the consumer. 1t is a philosophy of mutual interest. It s a practice of co-opera- | Interest on Savings Compounded Semi-Annually U. §. Treasury Supervision The PRUDENTIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 1331 G St. N\W. labor have likewise | | tion for an advantage that is not only mutual but universal. Labor gains either through increase of wage or reduction of cost of living or shortened hours. ers gain through en- larged consumption and a wider spread distribution of their products and more stable business. Consumers gain through lower cost of what they buy. Indeed, mass production must be accompanied by mass consumption through increased standards of living. A conception of this sort does not at once find universal application. We ought not forget that it is' something new in the world’s economic life. And there are, of course, those who do not yet believe, It is as far apart as the two Poles from the teachings of the economists of 100 years ago, who took it for granted that the well-being of the worker could be purc] only a the expense of the well-being of the employer or some other group in the community, and, further, that wages could never rise above subsistence or the number of workers would so in- crease as to pull the weaker back into the cesspool of poverty. If we survey we shall find that the diffusion of cost economies between wages, profits and prices has worked out fairly well. In fact, due to competition and the neces- sity to average profits over the losses of lean years, industry in the national sense 1s probably today getting the least of the three. America Making. Progress. From the acceptance of this basis of industrial relations, I believe America is making more progress toward se- curity, better living and more hours of leisure than those countries which are seeking to continue old conceptions of the wage and to patch up the old sys- tem with doles of various kinds which limit the independence of men. Any comparison of the situation of our la- bor with the labor of those other coun- tries, whether in times of high pros- perity or today in times of temporary depression, should carry conviction that we are on the right track. No system is or can be free of diffi- culties or problems. The rapidity of our inventions and discoveries has in- tensified many problems in ting Dont Forget the Address the Nation broadly | hi he/SHADE what we novuh{l call uehnoh‘lu?l unemployment. am _co-operating with gnnht QGreen and representa- tives of employers’ associations in an exhaustive inquiry into its various phases. If we stretch our vision over the last 10 years, we shall find much to convince us that the problem is not at all insurmountable in the long run. It is estimated by some of our statisticians that in this period over 2,000,000 work- ers have been displaced from older in- dustry due to labor-saving devices. Some way, somehow. most of these were Te-established in new industry and new services. Nor is there any reason to believe that we cannot revolve our eco- nomic system in such fashion that fur- ther new discoveries and inventions will further increase our standard of living and thereby continue to abforb men who are displaced in the older indus- tries. Nevertheless there is a period of | readjustment in each case of new dis- covery, and industry has need of a larger understanding of the facts. Cites Destructive Competition. It is this process of readjustment that partly causes our present difficulties in the bituminous coal industry. In that industry the encroachmengs of elec- trical power, of natural gas, of improve- ments in consumption, have operated to slow down the annual demand from its gh peak, leaving & most excessive pro- duction capacity. At the same time, the introduction of labor-saving de- vices has decreased the demand for mine labor. In addition to its other difficulties must be- counted the effect of the multitude of 6,000 independent mine owners among 7,000 mines, which | has resulted in destructive competition and final breakdown of wages. All these. concitions have culminated in a demoralization of the industry and a depth of human misery in some sec- tions which is wholly out of place in our American system. The situation has been under investigation of our Government department, by Congress, together with commissions and commit- tees of one sort or another, for the past 10 years. The facts are known. One key to solution seems to me to lie in reduction of this destructive competi- tion. It certainly is not the purpose of our competitive system that it should produce a competition ‘which destroys stability in an industry ané reduces to poverty all those within it. Its purpose is rather to maintin that degree of com- induces progress and petition which 1f our regul protects the consumer, Or Our Phon Number Yoy W. STOKES SAMMONS _Homes Equipped With du Pont TONTINE Window Shades —always present an attractive “front” to the world. Being washable, sunproof and super serviceable they are a real source of joy to the homemaker. Ask for estimates for made-to-order shades. Our Factory—made to’ measure shades are foundinthe best homes And the || Secretary of Commerce Lamont Says: MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, “Conditions are now favorable for home builders who have the resources and intend to build to go ahead.” Mr. Lamont pointed out that the lower prices of build- ing materials, the availability of . gl ainatioe Vb MRty skilled tradesmen and contractors anxious to obtain work, together with the general availability of first-mortgage money at re all combined to make able term, one this a favorable period for such development. Reprinted irom The Star, October first. To reach Kenwood Kennedy—Chamberlin Developmcnt CO. } 2400 Sixteenth Street The oportunity of building your own home in Kenwood NOW is better than it has: ever been—as to desirability, cost, workmanship, material, ground and ease of financing. The opportunity, however, lies only in building your own other way can the present situation be util- ized to your distinct profit and satisfaction. —go west of Wiscon- sin Avenue on Bradley Lane, continuing under the viaduct to the entrance to Ken- wood, three short squares to the leit. ome. In no Columbia 7280 | Chevy Chase Club) to Maple Ave., then follow our direction signs. “BODIES OF GROWING CHIL NEED A QUART OF MILK DAILY for proper nourishment is just as necessary to their health as proper studies are to their minds.” Doctors KNOW.---and cereful mothers know their children deserve the advantages of Su- perior Quality milk EXTRA rich, EXTRA safe ! DREN 1930. [tory Jaws be at fault they should be revised. But most of these problems are prob- lems of stability. With the job secure, other questions can be solved with much more assurance. You, as workers, know best of all how much a man gains from security of his job. It is the insurance of his manliness, it upholds the per. sonal valuation of himself and of his family. To establish a system that sures this security is the supreme chi lenge to. our responsibility as repre- sentatives of millions of our te{low workers and fellow citizens. The dis- charge of that responsibility coes not allow present difficulties to rob us of our clear vision or the wholesome faith | and courageous aggressive character for which our country has been long the leader of the world. | New Tool Added to Kit. The demonstration of Nation-wide co-operation and team play and the absence of conflict during this cepres- sion have increased the stability and | wholesomeness of our industrial and social structure. We are justified in feeling that something like ‘a new and improved tool has been added to the | working kit for the solution of our fu- | ture problems. | No one would invite either war or | business cepression, but from them may come some new inspirations. We find in ‘these times courage and 'sym- pathy, generous helpfulness from our workpeople to those unfortunates suf- fering not alone from the present but from fear for their future. We find inspiration in the courage of our em- ployers, the resolution of the Nation that we shall build steadily to prevent and mitigate the destructiveness of | these great business storms. It is this | inspiration which gives confidenee for | the future and confirms our belief in | fundantental human righteousness and the value of our American conception of l:n.lhllllty of interest in our cally work. i Istanbul, Turkey, has forbidden the construction of wooden houses in the | congested districts. 24 Hour Chevrolet Service 6I0 H. ST. 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