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WEAT! (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast) Showers tonight, probably clearing to- morrow morning; nof temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 74, at noon today; lowest, 60, at Full report on page A-3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 HER. t much’ change in 5 am. today. he 82, post_office, Entered as second class matt fice, Washington, er C. WASHINGTON, D. POST OFF ON SOLO FLIGHT TO CIRCLE WORLD AS TWO OTHERS DEFY BAN TO FLY - Robot to Help Oklahoman on Hop. HOPES TO BEAT RECORD TIME Berlin H]*;s; Planned Out of w York. NEW GERMANY, Nova Scotia, July 15 «».—A large airplane flew high over this town at 8:20 am, Eastern standard time today, heading eastward and was believed to be that piloted by Wiley Post, who hopped off from New York this morning on a round-the- world flight. By the Associated Pres: o Stop| | special Dispatch to The Star. FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, | | ‘:Six-Day Flight With Only Five | Stops Is Goal of Winnie Mae Pilot Will Make Longer Hops and Depend on Robot to Give Him Rest W hile Circling Globe. BY WILEY POST. N. Y., July 15 (NANA)—I am off to better my own record for flying around the world, 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes, made in 1931 with Harold Gatty as navigator. 'm sure I can do it, | probably by two days. although this time I am going alone. ¥ | But as a matter of fact I will be almost a passenger on this trip. 1 intend to let my robot—the Sperry gyroscopic automatic pilat—do all the | fiying except for take-offs and landings. I know the robot can do it, for | aiready it has flown the Winnie Mae 85 hours without human control | This device is uncanny in the way it takes over the job of flying. Just a little box on the instrument board and a servo unit—the mechanical pilot itself—back of the stick. I set it for altitude and course and it promptly flies the plane, keeping it level and correcting for wing heaviness or bumps more speedily than any human hand can do. All T'll have to do in flying round the world, except at refueling points. is to turn a little knob, to correct for the compass course, perhaps every 15 minutes. The rest of the time I can just sit there, study my maps and see the country or the ocean. The beauty of this thing is that it means so much rest and relaxation for | too, I have an earth inductor compass the pilot. It gives him time and oppor- [and blind fiying instruments. tunity to do a real job of navigation.| At any moment I can disconnect the Last time I had to Keep my feet right | robot by throwing a lever, or. if I wish, - benin WITH SUNDAY MORNI}ED!‘HONg D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1933—TWENT The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. L 2 Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,930 Y-FOUR PAGES. KoKk () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. THIS MAY HELP SOMEBODY BUT | DONT BELIEVE \TLL DO S ANY GOOD!' ROOSEVELT. President Called Off Moley’s Two airplanes roared out OVer on the controls every bit of our fving the Atlantic from New York to- | time. It was a strain, I admit. This| . i | time I will be able to move around in | day, one of them attempting 2 my seat. stretch my legs out and relax. | record flight. | Not that I expect to do much sleeping | I can take the stick while the robot is working and by exerting about 20 pounds’ pressure, control the ship myself while the robot is still on the job. The main thing I am looking for in Dramatic Air Dash to London Ass| One, the Winnie Mae, was piloted by Wiley Post, who seeks to break the 8 days 16 hours round-the-world record he made in 1931 with Harold Gatty. The | other was the Lithuanica, jointly piloted by Capt. Stephen Darius and Stanley Thomas Girenas and | was headed for Lithuania, 4,900 | miles away, despite orders of the; Department of Commerce pro-/ hibiting the flight at the present | time. Post was supplied w! P advice, supplies, and United States Army equipment; Darius and Girenas only with 779 gallons of gasoline. Their take-off with the heavy load was considered one of the most difficult feats in avia- | tion | Both planes took off from Floyd Bennett Field, the Winnie Mae at 4:10 and the Lithuanica at 5:24| a.m., Eastern standard time. | | | ith expert | POST OFF AT 4.10 AM. Berlin Is Destination on First Leg of | World Flight. while in flight. I seem able to go a long | the way of weather is a good tail wind | time without sleep and I hope to catch | on the first leg. New York to Berlin. some good rests at Novo-Sibirsk and | This is a stretch of 2,900 miles, the Khabarovsk, Siberia. | longest_hop of the lot. My 550-horse- As to the weather, T do not care so Power Wasp engine—the same one that much about clear skies and cannot |Carried Harold Gatty and me around expect them all the way. The robot | for the record. but rebuilt and brought will hold the Winnie Mae on a true|Up to the latest specifications—with my course, and 1 have other instruments, | fuel capacity of more than 600 gallons, including a radio direction finder per- |gives the Winnie Mae a range of about fected by the Air Corps engineers at| 4.500 miles (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) oe a great help in stormy weather. Then, | HOP FOR LITHUANIA ALL OF RECOVERY INDEFHWCEOF S, FUNDSTOBESPENT Chicago Pilots Take Off De- spite Federal Veto and Without Passports. {Roosevelt Decides to Use Entire Appropriation for Public Works. v the Associated Press. The controversy engaged in by ad- i It's a good margin for! Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, which will | the Berlin hop. but a nice wind on the | ant Secretary Intended to Leave Here Incog- nito and Save Conference by Spec- tacular Entrance. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | him & special plane which would take | him to London as soon as his steamer It was an unfortunate combination of | 5t in at Queenstown. He informed the circumstances which has caused the| President of this decision, while he was mix-up in Assistant Secretary Raymond | on the high seas. But again Mr. Roose- s .| velt, who had an idea that dramatics Moley's expense accounts. Furthermors | gjoie “would not save the conference, somebody must have wielded the curse | dissuaded Mr. Moley from doing this on the London Conference, because most | S0 Mr. Moley went by train to London of the delegates have had some trouble | But the officials of the airline had al- of some sort ever since that conference ready sent a special airplane to Ireland. started. | at the instructions of the American em- Prof. Moley wanted to make a spec- bassy in London and charged accord- tacular entrance and save the confer- ingly. what they considered a minimum ence. For that he needed the appro- rate for the expenses incurred. The em- priate stage setting. | bassy paid the $5.0 demanded by the He intended to airline, although Prof. Moley never used 1 e ave Washington | the plane. It was considered proper. incognite and ar- however, by these officials to charge the rive in London un- |amount to the meager treasury of the expectedly. The American delegation at the London Con- President does not ference, fully expecting that the Wash- like theatricals and ington authorities wou'd approve it. persuaded the chiel The expense accounts of the Ameri- of his brain trust can delegation have not reached Wash- to depart, like oth- irgton yet, but Prof Moley has decided L;r.d!!egntes‘ in full to make good, out of his pocket. what- phght. - Prof. Mo- ‘ever sums were expended for his ac ley then decided count which may not be considered that a dramatic air- roper expenditure by the controller EW YORK, July 15—The mono-| ministration leaders as to whether all NEW YORK, July 15 (@) —Wiley Post, 35-year-oid homan, tock off from Floyd Bennett Field at 4:10 a.m. (Eastern standard time) today and | headed out over the Atlantic ocean on | his attempt to fly alone around the | world was flying the white and purple | Lockheed monoplane Winnie Mae in Which he and Harold Gatty made their | ‘round-the-world record of 8 days. 15| hours, 51 minutes in 1931. This time, e hopes to do it faster = “I'll be back as quick as possible,” he shouted. Only two bad spots of weather were reported ahead of him on the first leg of his trip. the 3.900 miles to Berlin There was a low pressure area off the Atlantic C: near New York. which he intended to d. and rain off | the coast of Irelan: ich he plans to fly through. arou d, whi plane Lithuanica tcok off on a projected 4,900-mile non-stop flight to Lithuania today, without approval of the American Government and with the prospect of | of the $3,300,000,000 public works fund should be expended by the Naticnal | Recovery Organizaticn today was & closed chapter, President Roosevelt hav- plane dash from Queenstown to Lon- 1 don would be as fective as the in- cognito departure and instructed the o MOl | general of the United States. There | are. for instance, a number of telephone calls between London and New York |at $10 a minute. Some of these calls could not be strictly described as “Gov | ernment_business” will_have NATONALS BLAN STL0US, 100 | |Schulte Drives Manush Over - With Only Run of Game } in First. BY JOHN B. KELLER. The Nationals defeated the St. Louis Browns In the in the opening game of a double-header at Griffith Stadium this afternoon The score was 1 to 0. FIRST INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Scharein fouled fo Sew- ell. West singled to right center. Kuhel* got Reynolds' pop. Campbeli ( s.ngled to center, sending West to third. Campbell stole second, aided | by Sewell's low throw. Burns took a| third strike. No runs. WASHINGTON—Myer singled to| right. Manush forced Myer. Levey to | Scharein,3b,ss. Melillo. _Cronin flied to West. Harris tapped the ball toward third and beat | cut Scharein’s throw to first, Manush | going to second. Schulte singled to left, scoring Manush and sending Har- | 1is to second. Kuhel flied to Campbell One run. SECOND INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Bluege made a gocd stop of Melillo’s grounder and threw him out. Levey bunted down the third base line for a single. Levey tried to steal but was caught, Stewart to Kuhel to Cronin. Shea flied to Manush. No the two pilots subjecting themselves to a “spanking” if they should land in any country short of their goal. [ e iy e The plane, which left Floyd Bennett Budget Director Lewis Douglas and Field at 5:24 am, Eastern standard| ,pers”of the so-called “conservative” time, was flown by Stephen Darius and | yng of the administration are reported Stanley Girenas, Lithuanian-Americans ;. pave been urging withholding of txom Chicago; | part of the fund in the event a great- They took off just an hour and 14| .. rocovery campaign might be neces- minutes after Wiley Post had begun| .. . quring the coming Autumn and his solo world flight frem the same field. | yoin o Darius and Girenas have been in al- ; £ s A il Waaniksion abott] | On)the other hand, acoording {0 e bermits to fly over countries between| POrts, & group has been advocating that al fund be used for building | ing ruled that the job-making program | was to be pushed to the full extent of er d x be officials of the London embassy to hire (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) QUSTED WORKERS POLICE GUARD 50 BEING REHIRED,HIDNAP PROSPECTS | Rich Chicagoans Protected Civil Service Commission An-| Expects Better Speed. vily loaded Winnie Mae ran gth of the runway before she to the air. Post bounced the ship trying to get it off the ground, | e did rise he gained when it finally | nd headed straight Ametica and Lithuania and left with-| the gener: out obtaining thees permits. The argu- ol e | it eea ationt: ihevquestion] O Posvioliets i ans e L of who should pay $100 for cost of cables to the countries in question. | 1 Subject to “Spanking.” The fiyers took off without informing field officials of their intention and a| al buildings, regerdless as to whether they could be classified as “needy” proj- ects at this time. It was reported that this group held such projects,as neces- sary because of the need for rapid nounces New Agencies Are Making Use of List. ‘The employment situation with re-« gard to Government workers thrown | as Factor Revealed Abduc- tors Kept List. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 15.—Nearly half a hundred wealthy Chicago residents to- T d the Winnie Mae’'s cruis- d of 170 miles an hour to be d at least 25 miles by a strong | ng west wind. The airplane speed of 210 miles an hour. h Post flys alone. he will aid of a robot assstant pilet. | hanical apparatus designed to keep the plane on its course and main- fain its altitude and lateral stability | without human aid. Post says it will permit him to doze when flying a| siraight course 2t high altitude. An additif d 11 be the secret new lled by the United : ght Field, Dayton, | hio | Post arrived at the field about mid- i2ht, curled up on a cot, and slept y to the take-off He was 4 in a new gray suit, was bare-| d and wore a white patch over is left eye, the eye which he lost | 1926 on an oil well jcb. Two years| rcund-the-world trip, his Commerce Department official in Wash- ington said when informed of their action that if they should land in some country on their route it would not only be embarrassing to the American Gov- ernment, but would also make the fly- ers subject to a “spanking” by that country. The big orange and silver Bellanca monoplane was loaded to capacity with 779 gallons of gasoline. 135 of which (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) LINDBERGHS ESTABlISH LABRADOR SURVEY BASE Plane at Cartwright Pending Plans to Continue Air Map- ping Tour to Greenland. By the Associated Press. tated him fo that he de- this year. s register Bennett CARTWRIGHT, Labrador. July 15.— Ccl. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh to- ¢ set about establishing a base for aerial surveys in this vicinity, before continuinz their air mapping tour to Greenland. They set their plare down on the harbor last night after a three-hour flight from Botwood, Newfoundland. Maj. Robert Logan, commander of the survey cxpedition who came here with | “Wiley F.eld fiyer carries prebably the most | | stimulation of employment. Restriction Imposed. Prior to the start of President Roose- | velt’s cruise down the Potomac River | late yesterday, the White House let it be known that th: money for local public projects will be made available as rapidly as suitable projects can be | investigated and approved. | " However, the White House has placed a restriction on the use of the public funds that it will be difficult for States, counties and municipalities to get. any- thing like the amounts for local im- provements which these political sub- divisions have been led to expect. The administration has definitely ruled, the White House let it be known, that approval will be given to only those local projects that are self-liquidating. It was also said that the stamp of dis- approval was plzced on most of the 500 plans approved by the Treasury for public buildings in towns and villages. It was strongly emphasized at the ‘White House the President would re- ject any project that has in it the element of “pork.” ‘Where Funds Will Go. The controlling outline of the Presi- dent's public works policy, as made public at the White House yesterday, is this: Of the total of $3,300,000,000, ap- proxiinately $1,300,000,000 have been earmarked for highways, the Navy, crop | | into idleness by the retrenchment pro- gram was brightened considerably today when the Civil Service Commission formally announced that the newly created agencies are making increasing use of the commission’s re-employment | list for staffing their offices. The commission’s announcement said that re-employments are being made at the rate of approximately 100 a week. Until now the only known agency, set up without regard to the civil serv- ice laws, which had come to the com- mission for its help, was the Agricul- | tural Adjustment Administration. At the commission, however, it was said other new groups are beginning to | come in and that some of the old- established agencies also are availing 'day were reported under guard and State trogpers and city police were pa- trolling their homes to prevent their abduction by kidnapers. The Chicago Tribune said the action was taken by the Federal Government after John Factor, the speculator, re- leased recently by abductors after pay- ing a $50,000 ransom, told of a book of prospects kept by his kidnapers and their busiresslike organization. Although a full list of the men being guarded was not revealed by the Gov- ernment agents, the newspaper said the name of Arthur Cutten, grain trader, was included. Hertz Home Guarded. Another was John Hertz, sportsman, e equipment ever o be placed | an airplanc. It includes [ food—One quart of water, one| of tomato juice. cne box of hard | three packages of chewing gum. rsonal necessities—EXtra shirts, underwear and rezor, boric acid, coat, three eye patches, two white ‘Acronautical necessities—Maps, pass- ports, wireless guide. hand crank, com- pass compensation chart, five cans ethyl | fluid, special monocular. nine pounds | grease and a grease gun, five spare B alcss tubes. 18 spare spark plugs. | fishing line and hooks, cigaret lighter, | mesquito net, slesping bag, generative flashlight. | | 200 See Take-Off. | Two other prized possessions are in- | cluded. They are a trick parachute, which he won't wear. but can slip on| in a hurry in case of emergency, and | an Indian tomahawk for defense. | Post 15 guided on his transatlantic flight by Wireless Station G2LO of Manchester, . which will giv him regular directional reporis. The Winnie Mae is equipped | vith a radio receiving set oniy. | in rare good humor at | headwaters of the river, which is also| Clyde | known as the Hwang. or Hwang Ho. night ago threatened to repeat its dis- presentea | say rains are continuing, causing fears | astrcus flood of 1931 and then receded y partly because Fangborn anspacific fiver, him a medal which Pangborn had re-| ceived from Count Felix von Luckner, ihe famcus German war raider. About 200 persons, mostly flyers, were assembled to witness the take-off. the steame: Jelling with supplies, was among tha first to greet them. " (Continued on Page 2, Column SbECI' ER OF FAMINE AND FLOODS FACES MILLIONS OF CHINESE Thousands Homeless as Yellow River Overruns Dike. Tsinan, City of 40 | By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, July 15.—The specter of famine and flood confronts millions of Chinese within the Yellow River Valley in North China. “China’s Sorrow,” as the mighty f | stream is called, has been flooding dur- | ;o ing the last month and today had ing the danger of disaster closer. ports from communities on the of a further rise. From major points on the Yellow come dispatches saying the stream is overrunning its dikes in scores of places and is isolated areas. { b A 0,000, Endangered. Many _thousands already have been made homeless. At Tsinan, a city of 400,000, the capital of Shantung Province, the river is said to have reached the top of tav d}kes in the vicinity, endangering the city. | ! The Shantung provincial government using thousands of coolies and sol- | diers to strengthen the levees, while a weather | reached an even greater volume, bring- | similar race against time is in progress |in Honan in an effort to stave off tragedy if the Yellow continues to rise. Meanwhile the Yangtze, which a fort- | again, is rising once more. Renewed | fears were thereby caused among resi- |dents in the numecrous cities. towns |and farming communities comprising “China’s granarg.” themselves of the re-employment list. Veterans to Be Retained. ‘The commission’s statement was the second encouraging development during the day, as earlier an_announcement had been made by the Post Office De- partment that veteran workers due for retirement under the 30-year law would not be shelved provided they are effi- cient and physically able to perform their duties. ‘The Civil Service Commission’s state- ment on its re-employment register follows: “The Civil Service Commission’s re- employment list procedure is being speeded up to the point where appli- cants who are eligible for entry on the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) T o ldps HELD AS FUGITIVE New Yorker Arrested as Suspect in Youngstown, Ohio, Robbery. NEW YORK, July 15 (#).—John Hus- ton, 33, of New York, was in the po- lice line-up today. charged with being a fugitive from Youngstown, Ohio. Police said he was wanted in the Ohio city on a charge of assault and robbery in connection with the robbery of Sigmond Solomon of Youngstown of $1.200 June 22, last. Police said Huston acknowledged that he was in Youngstown at the time, but idenied that he robbed Solomon. Gandhi Asks Talk With Viceroy. POONA, India, July 15 (#).—Tae Mahatma Gandhi sent a short message today to the private secretary of Lord Willingdon, the viceroy, requesting an interview with the viceroy to explore the possibility of peace in the civil disobedience campaign. { N who said the day and night guard at his home was placed there at the re- quest of the Government. Hertz said he did not ask for the guards and had never received threats, but was willing to _co-operate. still working on the theory that the Toughy rang was responsible for the Factor kidnaping, the newspaper said authorities were scouring Cook County for five men believed to be associated with the hoodlums. They are Lawrence Mangano, Carl| Fontana, Ernie Rossi, Charles O'Leary | and Charles Brown. In addition, the| newspaper said, “Two-Gun Louie” Al-| terie was wanted. “Making Good Money.” { The Tribune said the Federal agents | considered as important Factor's im- Efisonment in a basement the night of is abduction and his statement that his captors told him “I was the first man to be held in that basement, and that I would not be the lasy.” ! Factor said they told him they had a | list of the men they were going to take | and that every one of them would ay. i “This is our business.” Factor said one of the men told him, “and it is a good one. We have it down to a science and | are making good money. The papers never hear of most of our “natches” because we impress them (the victims) it isn't healthy to talk.” MILITIA “RARING TO GO.” Await Governor's Command to Start Search for O'Connell. (Coprizht, 193, by Associated Press.) ALBANY, N. Y, July 15.—Khaki- uniformed National Guardsmen were ready today in & hundred hamlets and cities to throw their full force into the (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) runs. WASHINGTON—Reynolds went back for Bluege's hoist. Levey threw out Sewell. Melillo backed up for Stew- art’s pop. No runs. THIRD INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Wells doubled to left. Stewart pulled down Scharein's bound- er and threw him out. holding Wells at second. West fanned. Reynclds popped to Myer. No runs. WASHINGTON—Myer walked. Ma- nush got a single with a bunt down the first-base line, sending Myer to seccnd. Cronin sacrified, Scharein to Melillo. Harris fanned. Schulte was | purposely passed, filling the bases. | Melillo threw out’ Kuhel. No runs. | FOURTH INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Campbell sent a long fiy to Schulte. Myer leaped to drag | down Burns' liner with one hand Bluege made a good stop back of third and threw out Melillo. No runs. WASHINGTON — Bluege _flied to Wes}, Sewell lined to Campbell. Burns went to the stands for Stewart's foul. No runs. FIFTH INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Levey popped to Myer, back of second. Shea singled to right. | Wells drove into a double play, Myer | to Cronin to Kuhel. No runs. | WASHINGTON — Myer doubled to rignt. Manush sacrified, Scharein to Melillo. Wells knocked down Cronin's bounder and threw to Shea to get Myer | at the plate. Harris popped to Shea. | No runs. | SIXTH INNING. | ST. LOUIS—Scharein bunted and | was thrown cut by Stewart. Cronin | got West's pop back of third. Kuhel | Phil | went far back for Reynolds’ foul. No | runs. WASHINGTON — Schulte _flied to Reynolds. Campbell got Kuhel's hoist lin" the right-fleld corner. Bluege grounded to Scharein. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Campbell singled to cen- | ter. 'As Burns fanned, Campbell was | caught_stealing, Sewell to Cronin, for | a double play. Melillo lofted to Schulte. | No_runs. | WASHINGTON—West ran to left | center for Sewell's long fly. Stewart | fouled to Shea. Levey went back for | Myer’s high one. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Gullic batted for Levey and fanned. Shea singled to left. Schulte came in fast for Wells' looper. Scharein sent a long fly to Manush. No_runs. WASHINGTON—Scharein moved to short stop and Gullic went to third base for St. Louis. Wells tossed out Manush. Cronin doubled against the open stands in back of left. Harris flied to Reynolds. Schulte was pur- posely passed for the second time. The bases were filled when Melillo fumbled Kuhel’s grounder.’ Kuhel was picked off first, Shea to Burns. No runs. = NINTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—West grounded to Myer. Reynclés tripled to right center, Schulte making a fine try for the ball, barely getting to it, only to let it slip from his-grasp. Campbell got a single with a slow pounder down third, Reynolds holding third. Burns forced Campbell, Stewart to Cronin. Reynolds holding third. Miller forced Burns. No runs. | | TODAY’S HOME RUNS American League. Foxx, Philadelphia, second inning. Walker, New York, third inning. Haas, Chicago, fourth inning. Stone, Detroit, fifth inning. STEEL CODE DRAFT CALLS FOR 15 PCT. INCREASE IN WAGES Sets 40-H(;' Week and 25 to 40 Cents as Minimum for Unskilled Labor. COMPANY REPRESENTATION IS AGREED TO IN DISPUTES Gen. Johnson May Call on Business for Immediate Pay Increases, Pending Adoption of Programs. By the Associated Press Steel today joined the march of industries asking the Gov- ernment to approve agreements for their self-regulation and to boost their employment and worker purchasing power. A “code of fair competition” proposing an average 40-hour work week in all steel plants, setting minimum wages of 25 to 40 cents an hour for common labor and raising all skilled worker wages a flat 15 per cent, was filed by Robert P. Lamont, president of the Iron and Steel Institute, with the Recovery Administration. Hugh S. Johnson, head of the recovery unit, immediately declared: “Not even in wartime have I seen a more wholehearted, patient, and persistent effort on the part of leaders of an industry to solve Fhelr internal problems and to bring about a solution which in their judgment would meet the needs of the present emergency.” Will Set Early Hearing Date. He said he had given no advance approval to any provisi St the agreement, but pointed out that the steel meny l‘l)ave v?(;;‘sk:; night and day for the past month to get together. He will set a dale“r,?{hhffi;‘mg gn tk;;? code early next week. is code, those filed for lumber and oil and additi ones expected shortly for the coal industry, Johnson said hel:;;‘i):;i on all basic industries will be under way before the end of the month. spim‘}ir;xga;?élfmem is ]bemg completed to put all rayon and silk veaving plants under the cotton texti i Monday, the only one promulgated sexificcode, clective Administrators estimated this would spread the 40-hour week and increase the wagss of around a quarter of a million workers, in addition to the 450,000 in the cotton trade itself. A code for wool was promised the administrator by representatives of the later in the day. Meanwhile the Steering Committee of :};;efvtlon u}d;:stry held final confer- s wi-J_Johnson for getti code into effect. une o Box Score (FIRST GAME) ST. LOUIS. AB. R. H 0. A E 0 3 West, cof..... o Reynolds, If.. Campbell, rf. Burns, 1b. Melillo, 2b Levey ss Gullic, 3b. Shea, ¢. Wells, p w No Exceptions for Plants. No exceptions of any of the terms, whether in the original code or in the O | conditions attached by President Roose- © | velt, it was decided, will be made for 1 isnjvnu!]gl\‘xdual prlam. e case of tire fabric plants, 0 | committee decided their umim'fy gf o | cmption from code terms will extend { only to the limit of 80 hours a week on O machinery operation. They must ob- servs immediately all other requirements ] l;lc}l]udmg wage !.:“;d ;:rklng-hour limits, | Johnsen was told that a large porti 1| of the 20-odd per cent in lhe!texl!,iole 1:3 | dustry which had not joined in plan- ning the code was not opposed to it and A ‘];roba]bly would apply its terms imme- o | diately. | _An important point in the steel agree- O | ment. expected to be a focal point of © | attack from labor nuarters when the code is taken up in hearings, is a sec- tion providing for a company union 0 Dlan of labor representation. It did not forbid specifically outside unionization, but there were indications O | the companies were depending upon it 0 | tc keep union agents from organizing the men. Representation Outlined. | o! Fundamental principles of employe | represeitation were stated by the steel o | code to be: SCORE BY INNINGS. | 1. That there shall be no discrimina- tion against employes because of race, O sex, creed, membership in societies, 1 | fraternities, unions, etc. | . 2. Employes shall have the right to bold elections of their representations w=m=o S N =Ko =SO @ IO-&:—:—:I | I I @II:-::;—: « « e ® - WASHINGTON. w® Cronin, ss. Harris, rf. Schulte, ef.. Kuhel, 1b Bluege, 3b Sewell, c. Stewart, p. |°=°Q=°O—° 123465678 5%R St. Louis...0 0000000 0~ Washington 1 0 0 000 0 0 x— SUMMARY. Buns bauted Inschulte. | at least cnce a year. ‘'wo-base s—Wells. Myer. Cronin. 3. To avoid intimidation, nomina- Three-base hit—Reynelds. ( ticns and elections of such representa- . | tives shall be by secret ballot, but shall be held on the premises of the em- Washington, &. | Ploser. | 4. The workers’ representatives shall 1. |be chosen from among the employes, | who shall not participate in manage- | ment of the business: they shall be | sufficiently numercus and representa- | tive of various types of labor to give each group a fair show. | 5. Employe representatives shall have | the right to meet without attendance | of any management agent. 6. Procedure shall be maintained for employe representatives to confer with employers at regular intervals, for full and unhampered discussion of “‘any topic_of mutual interest.” 7. If employe and employer repre- = fefié"m’ diifugree 31;1 wages, hours of .. s | labor or other conditions of employ- iBatterier—Ruwsfiand iixzmer hi Grove | ment, appeal shall be taken to the "At Bost | chief executive of the company “with Cuvelandm_l 1 a view to a final decision that shall he just and fair as between the parties by Stewart. and Ormsby. minutes. | Other Major Leagae Games | AMERICAN. At New York— Chicago.... 000 New York..0 0 2 Batteries—Gaston and Dickey. At Philad Detroit and Berry: Ruffing elphia— 0000 0100 m.....31 Batteries—Harder and Spencer: Rhodes interested.” 8. Employe representation plants shall be operated to insure the workers® spokesmen “full protection in the con- scientious representation of their con- stituents.” _ In submitting the code to Hugh S. (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) and Ferrell. BAD CHECK SENTENCE DEFERRED FOR WEDDING; Maj. P. Bradley Strong, Former | Army Officer, to Be Allowed to | ROOSEVELT TO CRUISE Attend Daughter’s Nuptials. To allow him to attend the wedding of his daughter, which is to occur in a few days, Police Court Judge John P. McMahon deferred sentence on a bad check charge of Maj. P. Bradley Strong, former Army officer and soldler of for- tune. Maj. Strong pleaded guilty several days ago to a charge of passing a $33 bad check in payment for a suit of clothes, When he appeared before Judge McMahon this morning, Ascistant United States Attorney Michael Keogh told the court he had made restitution and also had made good on another bad check he is said to have passed, but for which he was not charged in court. Counsel for Maj. Strong told Judge McMahon that the major's daughter was to be marriea next week and that the former Army officer wanted to at- tend her wedding. The judge said he would continue sentence until next Sat- urday to allow Maj. Strong to b pres- | ent at the wedding and also to enabl> him to investigate the circumstances of the case. Maj. Strong is seid to come from a distinguished New York family, his father once being mayor of New York IN POTOMAC WATERS | President Roosevelt today was cruis- |ing the Potcmac aboard the presi- dential yacht Sequoia. During the week end he expects to indulge in some fishing and also to confer with some of his associates regarding his business re- covery program. He boarded the yacht about 6 o'clock last night at Quantico, Va., and before returning to Washington tomorrow night hopes to visit some of the waters of the Eastern Shore. Those in the President’s party in- clude the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace, Rex Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Col. Louis M. Howe, one of the President’s secretaries, and Miss Marguerite LeHand, the President’s private secretary. IcmDE FOR READERS Page. .B-4 ..B-6 B .B-5 .A-10-11 Amusements . Comics Features Finance Radio Serial Society Sports se... A .B-12 ..A-5 .A-8-9

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