Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1933, Page 3

NEW FIELDS HELD | INVADED BY LABOR Recovery Act Seen as Put- ting Approval Stamp on Collective Bargaining. By the Associated Press. v With courage in their stride and eopies of the national industrial recov- ery act in their hands, labor organiz- ers are invading new flelds. Never in history, they say, has a Federal law put such a definite stamp of approval on labor's right to collective bargaining. “Employes shall have the right,” the act provides, to “organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or co- ercion of employers of labor or their agents in the designation of such rep- resentatives or in self-organization or in other ?oncerted activities for the pur- pose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or Protection.” Fertile Territory Found. As a result, unionization has found unexpected fertile territory in the mass g‘?éiuc!lnn industries. The American eration of Labor is setting up offices in Detroit and Akron to organize auto- mobile and rubber workers. And simul- taneously, it is making use of a form of organization almost unknown to the general public—the “Federal Labor Union.” Most unions are craft unions- That is, they embrace workers in many plants, but their members are all engaged in the same craft or trade. A federal unicn, on the other hand, is a union which takes in all workers within a single plant, no matter what their craft, and does not go beyond the bounds of &e particular factory in seeking mem- TS, Federal unions are organized when the individual crafts in a given area haven't enough members to form strong craft unions. They are chartered as members of the A. F. of L. directly, whereas ordinary craft unions affiliate only through their State, national, or international combinations. Authority for such procedure is given to A. F. of L. officials by article 2, section 1 of the federation constitution, which says that one object of the federation shall be the organization of local unions when necessary. Up to now, Federal unions have been few. Only 40 local groups were listed in the 1931 hand book of the A. F. of L. as_“Federal labor unions.” The reason for the present turning to this form of union is the desire to organize workers as quickly and effec- tively as possible so as to take advant- age of the recovery act. Willlam Green, president of the A. F. of L., says “this policy is the only one by which these workers can become organized and en- joy the benefit of collective bargaining as provided for in section 7 of the in- dustrial recovery act.” Intensive Activity Seen. Craft unions are by no means being neglected by the organizers. Mining, as a matter of fact, has seen especially intensive activity. The “Federal labor unions” are limited to a few mass pro- duction industries, and possibly may ot be permanent. It's always possible for members of Federal unions to affiliate with regular craft unions. This is not done the union however. When the member of the Federal union changes his affilia- tion, he does so as an individual. But, inevitably, the Federal union disappears after its members thus have been ab- sorbed by the more common craft unions. Meanwhile, federation officials are busily explaining that “Federal unions” do not represent any change in_ the policy of the A, F. of L. It has been them for nearly half a MODERN LIFE-SAVING + TO BE FAIR EXHIBIT Daily Attraction Planned by Po- lice and Fire Post No. 2249, V.F. W. Demonstrations of modern life-saving spd emergency rescue methods will be one of the daily attractions at the Na- tional City Fair of the Police and Fire Post, No. 2249, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held at Benning the week | ©of September 3. Ira L. Law, District Red Cross official, | will be in charge of the demonstrations, which will include resuscitation of drowning victims, inhalator application to smoke victims and the use of first- aid measures in accident cases. Sergt. J. E. Fondahl, chairman of the fair, said today that ticket sales have shown marked progress. An ef- fort is being made to obtain more free attractions for the daily program. The police and fire post is sponsoring the fair in sn attempt to raise funds, for its charity work. The police charity grganization ‘will share in the prooeeds.‘ SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL G_OF THE STOCK- holders of The Potomac Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, for the election of directors, will be held in 900-906 F street n.w., Wash- . C., Monday. August 7th. at 11 am. The s for the transfer of s'ock will be closed from July 27th to August 7th, soclusive, 1933. ALEXANDER K. PHILLIPS, Secretary. it ust 12, 19: ot Will Do heid Haturday. the purpose of electing Polling place—Old elub house. olis open, 2 p.m. Folls close, 0 p.my h H. Ridgely, Levi Woodson. Mrs. y E. Armistead. judges of election.” Mrs. sie B. Anderson, clerk. Done by order of the commissiopers of this 1st day of Jul T, Chairman. Attest: MRS, BESSIE B. ANDERSON, Clerk. L O B ied iy marssit PUSELMER 3 PAYNE. 814 E. Capitol st._* WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTH goniracted other than WILLIAM ne Zagle Harbor, Md. 1983, JOHN T. STEWAR’ y_myself. 3215 Central ave. ne. 20 HOTEL, RESTAU! = ing Monday night. & code. Meeting open to a Testaurants. cafeterias. 1 WILL NOT BE debts other than myself. MARTIN st n.w. 1l 'workers in hotels. 1412 Eye st. 0.¥. RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY those contracted for by R. STYER. 14 I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE ANY debts ‘other than_those contracted by my self. JAMES A. REED, 1111 7th st. s.e. 2* 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIELE FOR debts other an those contracted by m: self.J. H. ALVEY. 1012 Pa. ave. s.e. _* SPECIAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL and part loads to all points within 1,000 miles; padded vans; cusranteed service! lo- cal moving _also. Phone NA. 1460. D, "A8SGC., INC.. 1317 N. Y. ave. e In A wmswh ‘WHEN YOU NEED the Electric Shop op Wheels. Inc o eels will be sen our ones Wisconsin 4821, COjumbia. 2400: PEACHES ARE RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES. n O, PRSI B e ROOF WORK ' nat el S T, et b 933 V 8t. N.W. NOrth 4428 The New Germany ' Naziland, Created by Hitler, Seen as a Study in National Pathology—Regime Exists Through Series of Paradoxes. . (This is the first of a series of dispatches Missouri editor, presenting a study of the new national psyci of Germany.) BY HENRY J. HASKELL. BERLIN (Special). today is & in national pathology. “Our nation,” a German said to me, “is suff from wh.lt'y-w might call psychosis, the result of nearly 20 years of nervous strain.” Day-by-day events can be understood only against such a background. It is no a normal frame of mind that organizes brutality t Jews, that strikes savagely against roml 0] who have abandoned tical opposition, that presents a strange jumble of ideas as an economic prog: BYRON 8. ADAMS ram, . that seeks to warp religion, education and art for its , that converts a dictatorship into a re- e eateay. 1 A 'peatedly. foreign observers have to me of the impossibility of conveying to wwfle‘pfi:flthmllh & bare recital of facts, any adequate picture of what a2 Of high achievement i séieneey InGUskry; Shi- ence, in , phi- e ke own ol in Germany days constantly have brought to mind William Allen White's comment about the moronic underworld which has taken on only a thin veneer of civiliza- tion. In every country there are masses of le who can read and write and are competent the daily routine, but who are not really at home in the complex modern life into which they are plunged. Al busines, seoepting the cusiomary ties adtag dards of civilization. But under emotional Sirain there is always the possi- bility that may rise in revolt and follow & fanatic or a demagogue in § cru- sade against the accumulated experience and ideals of the race. American Parallels. seething under the blind emotions of Listening to nightmare tales from | ' (istressful decades. == - vement. e The “lost generation” of boys and young men who could not find work has been taken off the streets to be regi- mented with ideals of public service. | test Yet under this regimentation these boys are responsible for the widespread bru- tality of the last few months. In the war the Germans fought with the utmost bravery and disregard of every part of Germany, of surrenders It 18 to the mob mind on the part of leaders in politics, business, intellectual affairs, | religion, T have thought of sporadic parallels in America. We are not free from anti-foreign outbreaks at home. Germans have spoken of the Scottsboro case, of the Ku Klux phenomena, of the ousting of teachers whose views on scien- tific subjects have failed to conform with those prevalently held in their communities. Such cases, as has been said, are sporadic. They have been generally localized and prevented from spreading over the country by the assertion of widespread common sense growing from the collective experience that has made America what it is. They are mentioned here because they help to an under- standing of the current of a strange life thas is flercely flowing through Ger- many today—a current that has boiled up from the depth of a mass mind only bearing final uprising of hopeless men against the existing order of Western civiliza- tion that we can comprehend the adoxes of Naziland. For it is a K:& of paradoxes, startling, bizarre. On every hand they strike the visitor be- tween the efes. ‘The Nazi movement is grounded in idealism. “We are subordinating pri- vate gain to national service,” a pro- fessor_in the University of Berlin tells me. Yet idealism's weapon is ruthless brutality and terrorism. Adolf Hitler, its leader, appeals for the co-operation of all men “of good .” Yet the movement excludes large masses of the population the new state it is building. ‘The Hitler government is a pure dic- tatorship. Yet it has overwhelming support, such as has come to no other dictatorship. It has no opposition worthy of the name. Yet it persecutes with a ferocity ite the University of Berlin meekly accepts lecture from a state official on its Don’t leave on your va- cation without an extra pair of glasses. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. the office of | ‘WORKERS MEET- p.m., to_explain NRA IT'S OK. AMERICA TO OWE KAY | A BOLD STATEMENT! Offered by KAY for anything that looks like a WATCH . . . More if worth it! 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