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BOOST T0 HONESTY SEENINNR A.LAW Noted Sociologist Says Busi- I ness Now Is Given Chance to Go Straight. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12.—Even if the| national industrial recovery act accom- plishes nothing else, says John Lan- desco, University of Chicago socialogist and criminologist, it will *“give the American business man a chance to ‘go straight’ | Landesco's studies and writings have | brought him rccognition as an expert on the economic aspects of racke- teering. He sces an opportunity for business to “substitute the recovery act, with| its governmental ‘sock on the nose’| threat to cut-throat competitors and | cheaters, for some of the racketeering strong-arm methods which have been utilized in recent years to keep ‘outlaws’ in line.” “Anti-trust and restraint of trade laws of this country have been respon- sible for preventing stabilization, in a legitimate manner, of prices and conditions in many of our trades,” ys. “and as a result, coercion | iolence have cropped out. “Now the recovery act, its section five exempting from the anti-trust laws | those firms cipating in open cove- | nants.as to hours, wages and prices, | makes_coercion and violence unneces- | sary, for a codified industry can pro- vide'its own official and approved pen- alties for the unfair competitor, wheth- er or not the latter has signed the “It is going to teach the fellow who couldn't keep his word to do so. if| necessary by ‘a sock on the nose’ as Gen. Hugh S. Johnson put jt,” Lan- desco declares. Attorney Rush C. Butler, who, as chairman of the Commerce Committee of the American Bar Association since 1927, has led that group’s efforts to have the anti-trust laws amended, sees the recovery act as pushing those laws into the discard. “I think that, regardless of the con- tinuation or the termination of the recovery act at the end of its two-year period, it will mean the discarding of the Sherman law or at least its modifi- cation so as not to balk intelligent efforts to stabilize industry,” Butler says. SAYS MAIL VOLUME IS GAINING STEADILY| T e | Eilenberger Reports Decline Is Over and Post Office Department Business Is Improving. By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif, August 12—The | volume of mail, which declined “until very recently.” is now increasing stead- ily, Clinton B. Eilenberger, Third Assist- | ant Postmaster General, said here today. ~It is our expectation that by next July it will bespossible to return to a uniform 2-cent rate on all first-class| mail without danger to the Post Office | Department’s financial situation,” Eilen- | berger said in an address for delivery before the California Postmasters’ Asso- ciation convention. “Last year, the fiscal year of 1933, | notwithstanding the most rigid econo- | mies in all postal activities, it was sti necessary to requisition almost $12C.-| 000,000 from the general funds of the| Government to supply the needs of the | Ppostal service. “During the current year, it is the | department’s earnest hope that there will be a substantial recovery in the| t office business, and that we will| ave sufficient revenues of our own to make it possible to get along withous ! making any substantial draft upon the | ‘Treasury.” | Postal savings have grown during the | depression. Eilenberger said, from about | $150,000.000 to more than a billion dol- | lars, the number of depositors has in- | creased from 500,000 to more than 2,600,000. BLAMES LOW APPRAISALS FOR LAND LOAN SLUMP Secretary of Farm Bureau Fed-| eration Says Farmers Borrow From | TU. S. Only in Extreme Cases. | By the Associated Press. | SALT LAKE CITY, August 12—M. | S. Winder, secretary of the American | Farm Bureau Federation, asserted yes- terday that farm land bank appraisals are so low many farmers are borrowing Federal funds only as an extreme meas- | ure, when other sources of credit are | closed to them. Speaking at a conference of Western | Farm Bureau officials, Mr. Winder de- | clared: “Farm properties in many sec- tions of the Midwest are being ap- | praised at only 50 to 60 per cent of their actual value, and meager Teports from early appraisals made in the West | indicate the same low figure.” | MATHEWSON IN HOSPITAL Bon of Famous Pitcher Arrives in | | | | New York for Treatment. NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—Christy Mathewson, jr., son of the famous base ball player, is in Presbyterian Hospital to undergo treatment for injuries he suffered in a plane crash in China last year. He arrived here yesterday from the Pacific Coast. He lost his left leg as a result of the accident, in which his bride of two weeks was killed. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by anvone other than m SMALL. 634 A e.1 self. RUSSELL M L. 634 A BY EXPERT: SWISS EDWARD FRISCHKNECHT. “18th_st. n.w. R NNUAL DIVI- THE FIFTY-NINTH SEMI- dend of two and one-hall per cent (21.77) has been declared on the preferred stock of the Washington Railway & Electric Company, payable December 1. 1933. All holders of certificates of said preferred stock bearing a stamp changing the time and manner of payment of dividends thereon from semi- ally to_quarterly. of record on August cent (13,c,) on the common stock of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Company has _been declared payabie September 1. 1933, to holders of common stock of record at the close of business on August 16, 103, Books for the transfer of the preferred and common stock of the Washington Railway & Electric Company will be closed from the close of business on August 16. 1933. to the opening of business on August 1 h H._M. KEYSER. Secretary. BAR N On__8ilver Spring-Colesville Pike. Rou‘e No. 27. only 5 miles_north of D. C. lire. Treasury Department Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Wlshlnfilon. P C. o n to all persons who may have claims against *The Commercial jcilonal Bank of Washington.” District of iumbia, that the same must be presented es t;;u ay 2t Notice s hereby gi Robert C. Baldwin. Receiver, with the 1 proof thereof within three months from ate or they may be disallowed. T. O'CONNOR. Comptroller_of the_Curreney _ TTTRN A (]°S cieaned by _vacuum, FURNACES $556° partstor evers furnace. _Heating systems installed and re- a3} . 24-hour service. Carl Robey, In 3895 F1a ave, ne. Lincoln 1440, 13% any nature capably performed by ctical rooters. Call us for estimate. ROCFING 033 V 8t, N.W. COMPANY Nortn 4433 o CALL BLUE EAGLE {large business | By the Associated Press. " | wealthy dentist, found strangled in his Quartermaster COL. GUINEY APPOINTED FOR THE 3d CORPS AREA. COL. PATRICK W. GUINEY, Q. M. C,, ! Of Washington, formerly in the office of the quartermaster general here, has assumed the duties of quartermas-| ter for the 3d Corps Area, stationed at | Baltimore. He succeels Col. A. K. Baskette. Col. Guiney, a native of Fall River, Mass., took part in the World and Spanish-American Wars, the Chinese Relief Expedition, Philippine Insurrection and Mexican border cam- paign. Among his decorations are the Silver Star and Purple Heart. FINE INVESTMENT New York Business Men See Ultimate Good, Although Losing at Start. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 12—The Blue Eagle was held today by business men who have gone under its banner as a “goed investment.” On smart Fifth avenue, industrial Seventh avenue, Broadway, at th> Lit- tle Shop Around the Corner—the same stcry was told, a story ‘of a “gcod prop- osition,” measured without sentiment | on_the business yardstick. Increassd costs of operation now | were held to presage greater business | returns as buying power was increased over on Seventh avenue, in the heart of the textile and garment district, Wil- | liam Hertz, president of a typical small r;:]anufacturing company, phrased it thus: Secs Future Success. “Our code has cut my production 28 | per cent and raised salary costs about | 15 per cent. Raw materials are cost- | ing me twice as much as they did four | months ago. But we are going along. | All this country needs is purchasing | power—we have everything else. This | thing is costing me plenty now, but it | locks goed in the end.” The manager of a Fifth avenue de- partment stcre said: “The N. R. A. s an investment. We are losing money on it now and ex- pect to lcse more for at least three months. But we are able to do it. We and other big firms can hold the bag for a while until people get back to work. When they do, average sales will jump and that means pay rolls will follow.” This store raised salaries 10 per cent on the strepgth of the recovery Ppro- gram. May Add 1,000 Workers. Down on Broadway a large depart- ment store is anticipating the addition of another 1,000 employes to its 10,000 workers in September when the con-| cern returns to the normal six-day week. | On the Broadway rialto, theater | owners regard the Blue Eagle as the box cffice hit of the year. An executive of a movie corporation put it into words: “There is no industry that can be; benefited as much as the picture in- dustry. More pay and more leisure hours makes more picturegoers. The | great motion picture fans of the coun-, try are those who are directly affected by the N. R. A—the office boy, the stenographer, almost every one between 16 and 30.” “Little Fellow” a Question, And the “little fellow?” Everywhere firms are wondering about him—will he abide by the spirit | of the program? E “In the aggregate, the little inde- pendent—the fellow nobody ever heard of—can wreck the whole thing by under- | selling and evasion,” said Delos Walker, | general manager of a large department store. Here is an example of what the small shop owner is doing, apparently typical. Herbert’s Optical Shop, Inc., had one | employe. It signed the President’s code | and at once added a part-time worker. | Pay and hours both were well within | code provisions. TAILORS ARE BACKING CLEANERS AND DYERS Majority in Philadelphia Close Shops as Sympathetic Sup- port of Strike. PHILADELPHIA, August 12.—The majority of about 6,000 tailoring shops in the city will close today in sympathy with the striking workers in the clean- ing and dyeing Jindustry. A resolution calling for that action was adopted last night by more than 500 members of the Philadelphla Cleaners and Dyers’ Union Local No. 18226. Officials said the move taken by the Cleaners and Dyers’ Union will paralyze that industry in Philadelphia. | Julius Geltzer, secretary of the organ- izaticn, stated any shop attempting to do_business will be picketed. Meanwhile, the neckwear strike, affecting about 600 workers, was settled today. The strikers agreed unanimously to allow George Barnes, mediator assigned by the Labor Advisory Com- mittce of the N. R. A. to write a collective agreement for them. “HAM AND—"" POPULAR Japanese Official Says He Likes Great American Dish. OMAHA, August 12 (#).—If there is one thing about the United States that Masakatsu Kawai likes more than any other, it’s ham and eggs. “Everywhere I go—ham and eggs,” he said. “You bet I like them.” He is supervisor of subsidiaries of the Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway Co., and is touring this coun- try. Two Indicted for Murder. NEW YORK, August 12 (#.—In- dictments charging first-degree murder in the death of Dr. E. Warren Sylla, fashionable East Nintieth street apart- ment, were returned in Homicide Court yesterday against Lawrencs J. Kelly, 26, of Hartford, Conn., and Edward F. Mozan, 22, of Stamford, Conn, 3 | the blanket code while their own trade | PUBLISHERS GIVEN REVISED N.RA. CODE Johnson Thinks ‘Suggestions’ Should Straighten Out Differences Soon. By the Assoclated Press. Publishers today had before them a| proposal by which newspapers could join immediately in the N. R. A. cam- paign under President Roosevelt's blanket code. ‘The plan, incorporating revised wage and work-hour provisions, was presented to the publishers yes- terday by Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial administrator, who told thelr spokes- men a proposed code they had submit- ted was not acceptable to the adminis- tration and that he had made “certain constructive suggestions.” Neither Johnson nor a subcommittee of three from the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association would divulge his recommendations. Johnson said, however, he expected the differences between the publishers and N. R. A. to be “straightened out in a few days.” ‘The subcommittee, headed by Howard Davis of New York. president of the A. N. P. A, will report on Monday to its full committee of 25 in New York, with the hope that a revised plan can be brought here that night or within a comparatively few hours, Conference “Satistactory.” Davis, in a formal statement after a lepgthy conference of the publishers’ subcommittee with Johnson, said: “The subcommittee of the publishers’ full committee of 25, representing the American Newspaper Publishers’ Asso- ciation, the Southern Newspaper Pub- lishers’ Association, the Inland Press Association, New England Press Asso- ciation and other daily newspaper as- sociations, had a full and satisfactory conference with Gen. Johnson today. “As a result of this meeting the sub- committee will present to the full com- mittee of 25 in New York Monday cer- tain changes and amendments to the newspaper code previously filed with the N. R. ., embodying suggested changes by Gen. Johnson and the sub- committee.” ‘To newspaper men in an informal press conference after his session with the publishers, who have contended that licensing a newspaper or per- mitting injunction proceedings would destroy the right to a free press, John- son_said: “I don't believe the question of the free(]ilom of the press is involved in this at all.” Asked if a licensed newspaper would | have its license revoked if it should ex- | press an opinion unfavorable to (he ad- | ml‘glstrauon or opposing it, Johnson S “Certainly not.” Procedure Now Planned. Johnson explained the procedure now | planned was for the publishers to sub- mit their plan covering hours and rates of pay, and ask that these conditions be substituted for such sections of the | blanket code, pending action on a per- manent code for the newspaper in- dustry. 1f these conditions were acceptable to | the N. R. A. Johnson explained, the newspaper could get Blue Eagles under program was going through the formu- lative stages. It was understood from publishers | that they had suggested to Jehnson some days ago that a way in which | they could come under the blanket code | be worked out, but that he had rejected | the idea at the time. | Althcugh Johnson never has given his specific objections to the code sub- mitted by the publishers, it was under- stood from sources close to him !hut‘ he disapproved of some of its rescr\'n-i tions. LABOROPENSN.R.A LOVALTY INQURY 30,000 Unions’ Membership | in Nation-Wide Employer Investigation. The American Federation of Labor, through its 30,000 trade unions, today started an investigation of employers displaying a national recovery blue | eagle emblem to determine if they are | viclating “any code they have signed | or the rules and regulations relating | to the display of the blue eagle.” In starting the investigation Presi- | dent William Green of the federation sent out the following letter of in- structions to all unions: _“It is highly important that all who sign either temporary or permanent industrial codes and who are granted the right to use the blue eagle em- blem shall comply with all the provi- sions of said industrial codes and cb- serve both the spirit and the letter of | the industrial recovery law. Recognition of Rights. ! “It is my opinicn that only such! employers of labor and such merchants | who observe the provisions of the blank- et and permanent codes which the sign, providing for minimum rates of pay and maximum hours of work and who observe section 7 of the industrial recovery act guarantesing the workers the right to organize without discrimi- naticn, are entitled to either use or display the blue eagle emblem or the insignia of the National Recovery Ad- ministration. “Great dependence must be placed upon organized labor and its friends to see to it that there are no violations of signed temporary or permanent codes in the cities and towns throughout the Nation. All must be alert and watchful in order to prevent the perpetration of fraud and the use of the Blue Eagle Emblem by those who are not entitled to either display or exploit it. Call Upon Organizations. “I am, therefore, calling upon the officers and members of organized labor as it is represented in State federations of labor, local organizations and city central bodies, to investigate each case where employers of labor and merchants display the Blue Eagle Emblem in your respective communities and find out whether they are entitled to the exercise of such a privilege and whether or not they are violating any code they have signed or any of the rules and regula- ticns relating to the display of the Blue Eagle Emblem drafted and promulgated by the administrators of the industrial Tecovery act. “Let " this investigation be made a matter of special action on the part of your central body or State Federation of Labor. Report all violations to the office of the American Federation of Labor, together with supporting facts and information which can be used in|ily submitting complaints to the proper governmental authorities in Washington. ‘We will submit all complaints filed, with a demand that said complaints be in- vestigated, and if the complaints are sustained that the Blue Eagle Emblem be withdrawn from any and all who fail to conform to industrial codes and who violate the law or the rules of the National Industrial Recovery Adminis- tration in any WIJI whatsoever. “Please give both the request and the recommendation herein made .special and attention, COMDR. HARRY E. HARVEY, Cenicr officer of the Naval Dental Cerps, who is chief of the Division of Dentistry of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, has just been elected a vice president of the American Dental Association, now meeting in Chicago. He has been on duty here since June, coming from the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, Va. 7 —Underwood Photo. BOMBING 3 HOMES SPURS MINE WAR Two Victims of Indiana Mob . Scenes in Hospital as Blasts Occur. By the Associated Press. CLINTON, Ind, August 12.—The bombing of three homes in a Clinton suburb, including residences of two miners who were wounded by a mob surrounding the Bunsen No. 4 coal mine at Universal yesterday, added tensencss to the situation at the mine today. The first bomb, which police sald was placed in the kitchen of the John Swickard home, ripped off the rear of the house. The others did but slight damage at the homes of Henry Drake and of a family named Holden. No cne was injured by the blasts. Men in Hospital. Swickard, with 12 shotgun wounds in the back, and Drake, suffering pain- ful cuts where stones struck his head and arms, were in Union Hospital at Terre Haute. They are members of the Associated Miners’ Union, and were ambushed in their automobile as they drove to work at the Bunsen mine. The mine has been picketed all week by United Mine Workers of America sympathizers, seeking to dissuade the men from working. The first violence at the mine occurred last Monday when Sam White, Universal business man and U. M. W. member, was shot by a mine guard as he joined a group of pickets. Under Close Observation. State officials_watched the situation closely. Gov. Paul V. McNutt said Elmer Straub, adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard, was receiving hourly reports and was prepared to move troops into the area from Fort Knox, Ky., and Shakamak State Park if necessity arose. ‘The atmosphere at the mine was one of armed peace. Guards with guns stocd at the entrance to the com- pany property while pickets held posi- tions on roads leading to the mine. Through last night workers at the shaft made their way to the tipple, seeking to avoid concentration of pickets this morning. Meanwhile, Vern Bennett, president of the Associated Miners’ Union, tele- graphed Gen. Hugh Johnson, National Recovery Administrator, urging action to protect the men at the mine. He described Clinton and neighboring towns as “gripped with fear.” ‘The Bunsen mine employs approxi- mately 250 men. LEWIS SEES NEW DAY IN DIPLOMACY OF U. S. Tells Virginia Lawyers Other Na- tions Will Come, One by One, for Parleys. By the Associated Press. ‘WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., August 12.—A new day in America’s diplomatic relations was hailed last night by Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Tllinois in an address before the Vir- %fi!fla Bar Asosciation in convention ere. Senator Lewis, a native of Virginia, called the Nation’s new diplomatic policy one “for the United States, to be expressed and executed for America,” with terms whereby the Nation will summon, one by one, interested nations for negotiations, especially for arrange- ment of international policies of com- merce, finance or peace. Since the World War, Senator Lewis sald, seven international meets have been called for the object of world peace and national industrial harmony. Each of these, where America has been called to participate, he said, has been a failure in results of either peace or commerce. Bill Anthony, Who “Stole” Oklahoma’s State Capital, Dies Spiriting Away of Seal in ‘Dirty Shirt,” Dramatic Incident of 1910. By the Associated Press. NORMAN, Okla., August 12—W. (Bill) Anthony, who wrapped Okla- homa’s “capital” in a dirty shirt and moved it from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, died last night at the age of 63. Climaxing one of the most bitterly disputed phases of the State’s disturbed Anthony spirited the Oklahoma from the heav- guarded Logan County Court House at midnight on June 30, 1910, and sped it to the Lee Huckins Hotel at Okla- homa City, which for a time thereafter served as the State House. Anthony used an automobile. The seal was regarded as symbolic of the capital’s location. C. N. Haskell, Oklahoma's first Gov- ernor, directed the removal after re- turns from an election on the question showed that Oklahoma City had won. Haskell, for years ited with making the midnight ride , died recently after clearing up the incident, . B. | words with him alone. IRESTAURANT CODE 1S GIVEN APPROVAL Wage Minimum Exclusive of Tips, With 54-Hour Week : Is Provided. ‘Washington restaurants will display the Blue Eagle shortly, with approval by the restaurant division of the Mer- chants & Manufacturers’ Association today of a code for the business sub- mitted by the national organization and approved by Hugh S. Johnson, na- tional recovery administrator. Johnson also approved an agreement for the la- bel manufacturing industry. ‘The scale for restaurant employes placed them under a flat minimum ‘wage, exclusive of the tips they receive. ‘Work Week 54 Hours. The agreement provides a maximum work week of 54 hours for male em- ployes and 48 for female, with wages ranging from 28 cents an hcur in cities | in towns of less than 2,500. In addi- tion, a differential of 2 cents per hour was fixed for Alabama, Arizona, Arkan- sas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Loui- siana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, ‘Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Under the agreement, the maximum hour provisions will not supersede low- er maximums prescribed in some State laws, and it was provided further that no work week “shall be longer than the shortest week on the same job as of July 15, 1929.” The agreement requires that “no min- imum hourly rate shall be less than as of July 15, 1929.” Restaurant owners would be permit- ted to deduct not more than $3 a week from wages for meals to employes and be required to pay time and one-third for overtime. ‘The agreement would permit the op- eration of “split shifts,” limited to two periods of active working hours, the to- tal time involved in such periods, plus the interval of inactivity between them, not to exceed 12 hours in any one working day. ‘The wages provided were: In cities of 500,000 or more, 28 cents an hour; from 250,000 to 500,000, 27 cents: from 2,500 to 250,000, 26 cents; less than 2,500, 23 cents. 'BUSINESS EXPERT ILOANED N. R. A. GROUP Harry Van Horn of Columbus, Ohio, to Aid in Drafting of Industrial Codes. ‘The Affiliated Better Business Bureaus. which is the national association of their pledge of co-operation with the National Recovery Administration, an- nounced that Harry Van Horn, vice president of the Affillated Better Business Bureaus and manager of the Columbus, Ohio, Better Business Bureau, has been loaned to the ad- ministration to aid in the drafting of industry codes. Mr Van Horn today assumed his duties which are under- stood to be in aid- Harry Van Horn. codes, particuarly as they involve fair practice in advertis- | ing and selling. Mr. Van Horn has been loaned through the courtesy of the Columbus bureau. | Louis Rothschild in making this an- | nouncement calls attention to the fact | that in each community Better Business Bureaus are taking active parts in assisting Government programs. King Orders Tax Cut. PNOM-PENH, Cambodia (#).—King Sisowath Moniwong. moved by the eco- | nomic plight of his people, has cut the personal tax of his 2,000,000 sub- Jects by 16 per cent. "Short Puff Sleeves. One way to simplify laundering of on the elastic that holds them. Re- move the elastic while washing and ironing the frocks and then snap it back into place when it is to be worn. —_— INUTE YSTERY Can Vou, ¢ Solve it 7 Class Day. BY H. A. RIPLEY. 'HILE in London I was fortunate enough to be invited by the home sec- retary to a luncheon ten- dered Mahatma Gandhi and his coterie,” Prof. Fordney was tell- ing his class. ECumdhl had come to England to 144 discuss his policy of non-resistance and the Nationalist movement. AsIsat there observing that | withered, little, old man, abstemiously eating a bowl of beef and rice, dressed only in a loin cloth, it was difficult to realize that he held the destiny of teeming millions in his hands. “His refusal to wear more conven- tional attire was :mbarrassing to the British officials, and I might say it was a very clever strategic move on his part. They, and | not he, were at a disadvantage. He talked but little and his manner was quiet, but he dominated that room. Here was a man who had a principle, believed in it, right or wrong, and that frail body somehow emanated determin- ation to see his principle through—at whatever cost. “After luncheon I had a few quiet I was then even | more amazed that this unique person- ality had succeeded in enlisting the fanatical support of millions of his countrymen. There was nothing about him personally except a quiet indefinable air of confidence that gave indication of his tremendous power. Briefly he ex- plained to me his philosophy and . . .” “Pardon me, professor,” interrupt Stanley Livingston, “while you un- doubtedly met Gandhi, your powers of chbservation are failing! That is, unless you are purposcly testing us.” “I am,” Fordney smiled. ngT WAS WRONG WITH HIS Y, (For Solution See Page A-7.) ‘The above was sent to the professor by W. E. R. of Oakland, Calif. Perhaps iy&u have a story or prcblsm you would e to submit. If send h"ffi above 500,000 down to 23 cents an hour | bureaus in 50 cities, in conjunction with | ing in the study of | short puffed sleeves is to put snaps| N. R. A. and a Small Town Blue Eagle Flies for Gibson City, Ill., Typical of Plains Communities, and *‘if Possible” Is Only Qudlification. The Associated Press sent a re- porter to a typical small Midwestern community to find how the N. R. A. program is being received in such towns. The following article gives his findings. By the Associated Press. GIBSON CITY, Ill, August 11— Main| street is putting what money it { has left on the blue eagle. Little towns in the Midwestern plains, of which this farm trading center is typical, fly the insignia of the Nationzl Recovery program in every window, al- though the merchants wili tell you they feel more like the patient than the doctor. In few of these towns are there as many employes as in one small city factory, so their response as employers imay not be important. But since the stores and shops of the corn-and-hog | belt are one and two man establish- ments, their proprietors are voluntecrs to the cause. Finding only one phase in the blanket code they were certair referred to them, they signed up almost to the man. “If Possible” Reservation. But here, as in most of the small non- Industrial towns, they signed with res- ervations. They agreed to shorten hours, raise wages and hire more help if possible. Already an issue has developed over how to shorten hours. Maximum oper- ating hours suggested in the code—52 hours—inspired the merchants to cut down their operating time. Farmers, used to shopping early, complain that this is not only inconvenient, but doesn't 52 make new jobs. They watch develop- ments critically. Clerks along Main street, however, will see benefits on the first pay day. Because $10 has been almost top pay, most of them are under the minimum and are entitled to a flat 20 per cent raise. One expects to draw $7.20 in- stead of $6, another $12 instead of $10. And if the pledges are kept grocery clerks who were working 55 to 65 hours a week will work 48, others will work 40, and 35 is top for the few factory employes. Generally, the result for the time being, the merchants said, will be that the boss will carry on alone until closing time. Independent merchants hold their breath, feeling that even to shorten their own working time is daring. Must Hold to Trade. “We've lost sight of overhead,” one | explained, “and if ‘we lose any of our | trade we’ll go under.” But if the blanket code works until permanent codes are adopted the small- town merchants feel they can comply with the final rules. A sharp public ear, they believe, will detect violations quickly. Because the corn farmer is their customer the merchants of Middle- town, 11, say the N. R. A. is their only D‘P‘;hen isn’t any relief for the corn farmer,” an editor explained, “and the bugs left very little corn. Even if some | sort of a processing tax is put on hogs and corn the farmers will need the | first year to pay off the interest on | their debts. Business can't pick up un- |less the N. R. A. picks it up.” “We're on the side lines,” a business- “but our money's in the WATERWAY TREATY FLAYED BY RAINEY Speaker of House Tells WOrIdI‘ Fair Crowd Senate Will .4 Not Approve. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August 12—The grounds of the World Fair, with thousands of Illincisans gathered for observance of the day set aside for them at a Cen- tury of Progress, were taken yesterday | tives Henry T. Rainey for an attack upon the St. Lawrence Waterway treaty. Speaking on a program which also included Gov. Henry Horner, Rainey described the treaty as one of the para- | mount defeats of American statesman- | ship and predicted it would not be ap- proved by the Senate. “‘We have never suffered a diplomatic | we suffered in the St. Lawrence Wa- jterway Conference,” he said. *“Those field of diplomacy have beaten us.” Besides giving Canada equal naviga- | tion rights on Lake Michigan, he said, | the treaty let that country cff with payving only $38,000.000 of the cost of the proposed project, while the United | States agreed to pay $243,000,000 and to allow Canadian labor and materials to be used. In addition, Speaker Rainey attacked the purpose of the waterway and cited an instance 35 years ago when, he said, an attempt to make Chicago a port of | ocean-going ships proved unsuccessful. “The shipping conditions of 35 years ago have not materially changed.” he said, “and there can be no return cargo from oversea points across the Atlantic to lake ports.” Alma Gluck Sued in Crash. NEW BRITAIN. Conn., (#).—Alma Gluck Zimbalist, opera diva, was sued yesterday for $10.000 damages by John and Sophie Monkiewicz as the result of an automobile accident at Canton, Conn. June 4. Automobiles operated by the singer and Monkiewicz collided. The plaintiffs charge Mrs. Zimbalist with reckless driving. Children 'Select Proper Diet When Given. Free Rein Not a Stomach Ache in Crowd Although SpinachIs Ignored. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12.—Would a child make a meal of pie and cake only if given the opportunity of selecting his meats and vegetables and perhaps a mouthful of spinach? That's the question Dr. Clara M. Davis of suburban Winnetka attempted to answer for the Centennial Dental Congress in a report of her unusual {g?’d experiments prepared for delivery ay. In the first place she said that after allowing 15 children to eat 37,500 meals they themselves selected over a period of four years, she discovered they regulated their diets so well that not a stomach ache was reported. And they never repeated on spinach after trying it once. ‘When the experiment was started, Dr. Davis said her subjects were 6 months of age and advanced to 41, years during the trial. by Speaker of the House of Representa- | | defeat in any conference greater than | pleasant Canadian gentlemen in the | August 12| own menu, or would he balance it with Status of Codes Pending Before N. R. A. Are Shown By the Associated Press. A quick glimpse at the status of major matters pending before N. R. A officials working out trade practice ccdes: Cozl—Hearings continuing. Lumber, steel, oil, shoes—Dep- uties and advisers working on re- perts. Retalil hearings. ‘Theatrical — Hearings pleted. Newspapers—Revisions to be made by the industry. U. S. SHIPPING HIT BY GERMAN RULE Consul Messersmith to Make Report Regarding Dis- criminations. drug stores—Awalting com- By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 12.—George S. Mes- sersmith, United States consul general, decided yesterday to make a report to the State Department fn Washington regarding discriminations against for- eign shipping companics contaired in | a reccnt order whereby steamship com- | panies will transfer only 200 marks | (about $64) of passage money per pas- senger to the home office. After conferences with representa- tives of American companies and United States Ambassador William E. Dodd, Messersmith decided to take this course rather than to approach the | German ministry of economics. He will ask instructions from Washington. An official German statement yester- day said the ruling was not a new de- parture but merely intended to bring non-German steamship offices in line with tourist agencies, to which the same restrictions apply in so far as no special mutual agreements between Germany and other countries existed. The viewpoint of Americans, how- ever, is that the measure constitutes a clear infringement of international practice and direct discrimination against non-German companies whose German offices would be reduced to the status of mere information bureaus. Moreover, American companies only have a few offices in Germany, whereas the German lines have scores in the | United States. Incidentally, German shipping shares rose sharply on the Berlin Stock Ex- | change in expectation of increased passenger traffic. TOBACCO STRIKE ENDED Puerto Rican Workers Cheer Gov. Gore on Pacification Visit. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, August 12 ().—A strike of tobacco strippers in- | volving more than 5,000 persons, mostly women, was settled yesterday following | a visit of Gov. Robert H. Gore to one of the strike centers, where he was | cheered by the workers. | Upon his return to his office he re- | reived a telegram announcing a settle- | ment of the difficulties. which included |a 30 per cent wage increase for those ! receiving less than 75 cents a day and 20 per cent for those getting more than that amount. Pinchot 68 Years Old. MILFORD, Pa., August 12 (#).—When you get to be 68 you should be com- miserated and not congratulated, Gov. Pinchot jokingly said yesterday. “I'm getting too old,” he added. The chief executive said he would celebrate by going pickerel fishing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12.—The lady of Bedloe’s Island won't carry the torch for the Army any more, The trouble is simply this: The Army no longer can support her in the ! style to which she had become accus- tomed. Two years ago she got lit up. That was the Army's doings. The Army spent about $40.000, and the lady of Bedloe’s Island was lit like the marquee of a cinema house—flood-lights and that sort of thing, to make her lovely by night as she is lovely by day. The Army was extremely proud. nothing 1is too good for its women folk. Unfortunately, some gentlemen in ted | Washington became impressed with a need for economy. They looked over i the books and came upon that item of ($40,000 for prettying the lady of Bed- loe’s Island. Forty thousand dollars just to get a lady properly lit. Pre- posterous! “Generals,” sald the gentlemen in Washington, addressing the Army, “we profess to have as much admiration for feminine beauty as the next fellow; 2 our ‘ady g too, were gy, bisges. ©- our were gay es. o ot however, that in INTERIOR DEPARTMENT NOW MUST KEEP STATUE OF LIBERTY LIT UP should be spent to light any lady. Be- sides, she’s got a torch; and she isn’t going anywhere anyway. “We have come, conclusion that from now on the lady of Bedloe’s Island—the Statue of Liberty—shall cease to be a concern of the United States Army. Henceforth she will be cared for by the Depart- ment of the Interior, which is a very good department, though little given to romance or the practice of spending 1 $40,000 to get ladies lit up. “After all, the lady of Bed'oe's Island is 47 years old and weighs 225 tons, and she can’t expect to be treated like a chorus girl.” COLUMBIA RD.o£184ST. |+ Qppesite Anbassador Thentrs therefore, to the: N.R. A. PERSONNEL | 10 BE HELD DOWN Increase 30 a Day, but John« son Says Work Will Not Be Top-Heavy. Although the personnel of the Nae tional Industrial Recovery Administra= tion is increasing, for the time being, at the rate of 30 workers a day, Ad- ministrator Hugh S. Johnson reiterated yesterday that he expected to avoid hav- ing a “topheavy” organization. He said the staff now numbers 450 officials and clerical workers. The administrator emphasized that many of the workers were on a tem- porary basis and would be dismissed as soon as the rush period is over. The permanent staff, he declared, would number a “fraction” larger than the 450 now employed. Asked if his staff would be as large as the Publig Works Administration, which announced a few days ago it contemplated employing 2,000 clerks, Johnson said “it will be nowhere near as large.” He added: “The present size of my staff has been brought about by the rush of code work. Many of the employes are on a temporary basis and will continue in this status until the rush is over.” In the meantime, other officials of the administration issued a denial to reports in circulation here that Mrs. Hugh S. Johnson, wife of the admin- istrator, was receiving compensation or expense money for serving as a mem- ber of one of the advisory boards. They emphasized that Mrs. Johnson is con- nected with administration only in a voluntary capacity. In this connection it was brought out that Mrs. Johnson is not the only member of the administrator's staff working gratis for the Government. It was stated officially that six deputy ad- ministrators have requested that their names be left off the pay roll. Each was slated for $6,000 annually. Charles Michelson, who has the tre- mendous duty of educating the public on the antics of the blue eagle as chief of the big Press Bureau, said he was not on the recovery pay roll nor had he been on a Government pay roll since President Rocsevelt took office. His compensation continued to come to him through the Democratic Na- tiol;zl Committee for publicity work, he said. MATADOR EXPLAINS ART TO YOUNG ROOSEVELT President’s Scn, in Madrid, Ini- tiated Into Bullfighting Mys- teries by Sydney Franklin. By the ‘ssociated Press. MAL_'ID, August 12.— Franklin Roosevelt, jr, has been initiated into the mysteries of bullfighting by Sydney Franklin, the bullfighter from Brooklyn, and the son of the American President expects to see Spain's naticnal sport soon. Young Roosevelt is a guest of Ameri= | can Ambassador Bowers. He was in- tensely interested in Franklin's expla- nation of the history and technique of the sport. Before returning to France on his European tour the President’s son will visit Toledo. Seville, Granada and other Spanish cities. He had engagements todav to call | on President Niceto Alcala Zamora i and Foreign Minister Fernando de los Rios. Sunday he will leave for Tolede. i The President’s family plans to bom= bard Franklin Roosevelt, jr., who is now touring Europe, with a series of cable- grams on his 19th birthday anniversary, August 17. His mother disclosed the plan, which will be designed to urge the travelles to write more letters home, telling of his experiences, RATES ARE INCREASED | Continental Can Co. Schedule Ap- plicable to 37 Plants. NEW YORK, August 12 (#)—Con- tinental Can Co., Inc., announced Tues- day an increase in hourly and piece- work rates in varying amcunts up to 15 per cent, applicable to all of its 37 plants in the United States. Pay of clerical and salaricd employes was in- creased 5 to 10 per cent. The present action was taken pending approval of the can manufacturing in- dustry’s code, said the company. A shorter work week is also being put into effect. The company estimated that approximately 10,000 employes would receive wage and salary increases. TRADE— — ORGANIZATIONS LOCATING IN WASHINGTON STAR BUILDING Is new headquarters for THE WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE THE MERCHANTS & MFRS. ASSOCIATION THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU THE MORTON SALT COMPANY THE BRYANT GAS HEATING COMPANY GREATER NATIONAL CAPITAL COMM. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Located on Pennsylvania Ave. at Eleventh St. in the heart of the new Government building de- velopment, it is within easy walk- ing distance of most Government departments, the retail district, theaters and hotels. A limited amount of space is available to desirable tenants at rentals in keeping with present conditions. When the Govern- ment’s development along the Avenue is completed it is unlikely that such convenient space will be available. 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