Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1933, Page 3

JOHNSON APPROVES NEWSPAPER CODE A. N. P. A. Temporary Sched- we Defers, However, Several Gentroversial Questions. By the Associated Press The way was opened today for Ameri- | can newspapers to join the parade of Business organizations marching under the Blue Eagle. A modified presidential re-employ- ment agreement providing for temporary minimum wages and shorter hours for newspaper workers was approved last night by Hugh S. Johnson, recovery ad- ministrator. As approved. the temporary schedule. submitted by the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, left open sev- eral controversial questions, including in- sistence of the publishers on their con- stitutional right to a free press. They also insisted they be allowsd to bargain with employes without interference from outside organizations g These questions will be determined be- fore a permanent code is agreed upon | after public hearings and presidential approval A major provision of the temporary agreement provides a 40-hour work week | for reporters and other editorial work- ers recciving less than $35 weekly. Other Provisions. It also provides A 40-hour week for accounting. cleri- cal, office, service or sales employes ex- cept a limited number of circulation and | delivery men and outside salesmen. The same schedule for mechanical workers or artisans. Publishers may, however. employ these latter a maxi- mum week of 44 hours for any six| weeks within any six-month period dur- ing the life of the temporary agree- ment. but not more than eight hours in any one day | The agreement exempts hours and | wages under contract on or before July 1, 1933. which cannot be changed ex- cept by mutual consent. In other cases a 40-cent-an-hour wage was fixed for mechanical workers or artisans, except apprentices Minimum wages for office and sales employes were prescribed at from $12 weekly in towns of less than 2500 to $15 in cities of more than 500,000 popu- lation. No persons under 16 shall be em- ployed except to sell papers during now established hours where it does not interfere with school hours. but those from 14 to 16 may be employed up to three hours a day between 7 am. and| 7 pm. The temporary agreement also pro- vided that during the period of the code a publisher in a city where there is a shortage of labor which would | create great hardship could obtain a stay of the requirements for limited ' hours upon petition approved by the | A N. P. A, pending investigation by | the Recovery Administration, if he agreed 4o abide by the decision of the latter. Explains Unruled-on Section. Howard Davis, president of the Pub- | lishers' Association, explained that the proposed permanent code’s unruled-on section against a third party interfering | in labor contracts was recommended to meet a campaign “to compel employes” | of newspapers to join organizations | with which they are not now connected. | The campaign, Davis said in a letlr’r‘[ to Johnson, is based on “the allegation | that such membership is required” | under the recovery law, asking that if | Johnson found it impracticable to rule on this question now that an official Tuling be given “setting forth the policy | of the N. R. A" | CODE COSTS 100 JOBS, BARRING THIRD SHIFTI Woolen Mill Formed to Let Out; That Number, Due to Lack of v Machine Capaci By the Associated Press PITTSFIELD, Mass., August 16.— Nearly 100 employes of the Elmvale! Worsted Co. will lose their jobs under | adoption by the concern of the nationa* woolen code, officials of the mill said | yesterday. The compeny has been working thres shifts, but since the code prohibits mor than two 40-hour shifts, 10) operatives will have to be let out because the mill | has insufficient machinery for them to; work on a two-shift basis. Marriage Lisenses Issued. UPPER MARLBORO. Md., August 16 (Special) —Marriage licenses have been ssued here to the following: Clarence August Cogan, 2%, and Nellie Teresa! Ketchum. 31. both of Washington Roland Douglas Seaton, 25. Washing- | ton, and Clara Sue Meeds. 26, Molling- | ton, W. Va.. Alvin Whitney Hutchin- son. 30, and Marjorie Elizabeth Poist, 30, both of Lau d.; Bennie Mau- rice Eubanks, 22. and Lucille Verell, 21, both of Newport News, Va.; Willlam James Shine, 21, Washington, and Edna Rosalie Moran, 19. East Riverdale, Md.; John Schneider Fletcher, 22. and Gladys May Howard, 21. both of Washington; Earl Frank Zirnite. 25. and Hazel Chappe. 19, both of Washington; Gil- bert Moore. 22. and Louise Alice Atwell, 18, both of Washington. i Guild Supper Tomorrow. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., August 16 (Special). —The Ladies’ Guild of St Matthew's Episcopal Church will give ! a garden party and supper tomorrow night in its parish hall on Chapel road and on the grounds adjoining it. SPECIAL NO ON SATURDAY_AUG. 191 auction. Gus Eichberg. auct 8 Ford 1929 Coupe. Motor No. A belonging fo T. J. Holden. Blackstone. for_repairs and storage. i NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT. EFFEC- tive with adoption of the National Cleaners and Dyers Code. the undersigned shall be prohibited from honoring the discount books now in circulation. Up to and until the effective date of the Code we shall be glad to give the discount in accordance with the terms of sa‘d books. ECONOMY CLEANING COMPANY. INC. 3 East Capitol St 500 Ath St. S.E 1 FURNITURE REPATRED AND UPHOLSTER- | ed in your home: A-1_references: free e mates.Address B X. Star office AT PUBLIC eer. will sell OR PART LOAD TO o chmond. Boston. Piits- burgh and all way_ points:' special rates NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN. INC.. 7 N: Y A._1460 HONEY—PUR 7 _also. CHAIRS FOR _RENT. SUITABLE FOR BRIDGE PARTIES. banauets, wi s and meetings. 10c up per day e Also_invalid rolling _chairs fo T s UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 418 10th st.nw. MEtropolitan 1848 _ ned_ by vacuum, FURNACES €50 pats for'every furnace. Heating systems installed and re- paired: 24-hour service. Carl Robey. Inc.. 1395 Fla_ave. n.e._Lincoln 1440. 17 " PEACHES ARE RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES. On__8ilver Spring-Colesville Pike. No. 27, only 5 miles north of D. C ROOF WORK Rowe ._live. {New York District Signers | der the National Recovery Administra- | th Johnson Advocates Equal Pay if Women Perform Men’s Work Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, N. R. A. administrator, has his own solution for the problems raised by frequently encountered * dif- ferences in the wages of man and woman workers. “Where women do men's work they should get equal pay” is the principle_he has laid down for the N. R. A. He has recom- mended this whenever the ques- tion has been put before him. HLLINS WORKING INDERBLUE EACL Near 200,000—O0ther Areas Show Pick-Up. N By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 16.—The num- ber of Blue Eagle employers in the New York metrepolitan district drew closer to the 200,000 mark today, and at least | two cther districts in the country also were up in the six-figure class. Mor= than 8000 signed agreements received yesterday brought the New York district total to 183,262. This dis- trict includes Connecticut and New Jersey as well as New York. The Blue Eagle, symbolic of the N. R. A. program of shorter hours and | mcre buying power, has been awarded to 131,566 employers in the Illinois- Iowa-Wisconsin district, according to latest available reports. The concerns affected employ 1,087,961 people. Pennsylvania Signs Up Many. Pennsylvania, another large industrial area where figures were available, had 112,483 employers under the sign of the Eagle. In New England. exclusive of Connecticut, the total was 66.956, with the number of workers affected esti- mated at 605.044 Among the available State totals of N. R. A. employers werz: | Arkansas, 14,228; Delaware, 1.935; Georgia. 17.121: Indiana, 47.130; Mfch- Ohio, 95,433: South Caro- 3: Tennessec, 18.934: Califor- .'112,215; Nevada, 1,379: Utah, 2.891; Alaska, 102 Hawaii, 243: Oregon, 9,076; Arizona, 4,176; New Mex- . 3.449; Missouri, 43,313; Oklahoma, 23,616; Texas, 79,075. Many Workers Affected. The number of workers brought un- tion was estimated at 349,043 in Michi- gan, 37310 in Arkansas, 114,221 in Georgia, 169,091 in Indiana, 349.043 in Michigan. 554.991 in Ohio, 56,529 in South Carolina and 96,895 in Tennes- see. In manyv States estimates were not immediately available. In the State of Washington 102,638 | workers were . affected by employes’ pledges. In Kansas. Colorado and Ne- braska, 181470 employes were brought under the National Recovery Admini- stration banner: in Montana, 16,434, and in Wyoming, 9,014. ROLPH ASKS SPEED ON N. R. A. FILM CODE California Governor Appeals for Action to Solve “Unfortunate Condition in Hollywood.” By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, ~ August 16 —Gov Rolph yesterday telegraphed Dr. Leo| Wolman. acting chairman of the N. R A. Labor Committee in Washington, | asking him to speed up the N. R. A | film code to “solve the unfortunate | condition in Hollywood.” The Governor was advised by Tim- ! othy Reardon, State industrial director, the code would not only restore 4,000 strikers to their jobs, but by setting minimum hours ‘would open jobs for 1,200 to 1,500 additional studio workers. “Labor organizations have agreed on e jurisdictional trouble at the studios of the motion picture industry.” olph said in his message to Mr. Wol- nan, “and will allow the American | Federation of Labor to settle all dif- | ferences of the employes. No dis- | crimination will be made in hiring| back former employes. Their employ- | ment system will remain the same. 1t you could use your good offices in hav- ing N. R. A code immediately taken up, I believe it would solve the unfor- tunate condition which has arisen in Hollywood.” LABORATORY ENDS SUMMER SCHOOL! Solomons Island Institution Had Capacity Classes for Six Weeks. Special Dispatch to The Star. PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. August 16.—The Chesapeake Biological Labora- tory at Solomons Island, Calvert County, has just closed a very success- ful Summer school, after being in session for six weeks, with a capacity enrollment. The students attending the Summer schcol were from the Uni- versity of Maryland, Oklahoma, Brown University, Western Maryland College, Goucher College and Johns Hopkins | University. The courses of instruction included lectures, laboratory work and field trips. The instructors this Summer, the subjects given, follow: Diatcms, Dr. Paul S. Conger, Carne- gie; economic zoology, Dr. R. V. Truitt, University of Maryland; protozoology, Dr. L. Hintze, Goucher College: animal ecology, Dr. C, L. Newcombe, Washing- ton Ccllege: Algae, Dr. G. F. Papenfuss, Western Maryland College. The following field trips were taken this year: St. Leonards Creek and Jones Wharf, to visit miocene fossil beds; | Deep Creek, visit to breeding grounds for Summer ducks and collecting area for brackish water flora and fauna; mouth of Patuxent River and west shcre of the Chesapeake Bay, inspection of cliff fossil beds. breeding grounds for shore birds, snake infested “fresh pond,” and to observe dredging from depleted as well as productive oyster bottoms; Tar Bay and Honga River, to visit the laboratory’s 1,000-acre experimental farm, and inspect the muskrat experi- mental farm in Gum Swamp and marshes; Crisfield, to study principles and practices of industries relating to “fin fishes” blue crabs, oysters and ciamond back terripin. The faculty of the laboratory will spend the remainder of the Summer doing research work. Special work is being done now in studying the life with any nature capably performed by cal_roofers. _Call us for estimate. — K&)NS ROOFING 33 V St. N.W. COMPANY NOrth 4423 Treasury Department om the_Comptroller_of the Currency o o e Ring on, D..C. ereby givi ’nthli'vllltlhlflms against ““The Commercial lonal Bank of Washington,” District of lumbia, that the same must be presented Robert C. Baldwin. Receiver. with the o B ey mas. ba disowed.” o this date or 'y % CONNOR. Momptralier of the Coreeaey hlchry of the sea nettle and the blue crab, Dr. R. V. Truitt of the University of Maryland, is director of the laboratory. One Dead at Grade Crossing. STERLING ,Ill, August 16 ().—H. J. Christensen, 56, of Hammond, Ind., was killed and his son, J. W. Christen- | sen, seriously injured yesterday when their truck was struck by a Chicago & Northwestern freight train. at a grade crossing near Normsandy. |N. R. A who is supported because of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, RIGHT T0 CRITICIZE N.R. A DEMANDED Dean Ackerman Warns Free- dom of Press Must Be Guaranteed in Code. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 16.—Declaring “we have Government today by emo- tion rather than * * * by public opinion,” Dean Carl Ackerman of the Columbia School of Journalism said yesterday the “constitutional right of the freedom of the press” must be, guaranteed in the drafting of a news- paper code under the N. R. A. “There can be no effective substi- tute for the free and complete publica- tion of news and editorials even when they are unfavorable to the Govern- ment,” the journalist said in a state- ment concerning the code hearings. Dean Ackerman has just returned from an automobile trip through 10 States, from New York, South to Vir- ginia and West as far as Illinois. Saying he found “an unhealthy state of mind,” he reported “there was con- siderable private criticism of 'Gen. Johnson and the National Recovery Administration. This criticism is at present submerged because of the para- dox of a President who is supported by the public because of their confidence n him and an administrator of the the public fear of him.” Says Publicity Is Factor. Dean Ackerman said he found as "Bnq!her reason for the present situa- tion’ the “high-pressure publicity through public meetings, advertise- ments, conferences, movies and air- planes. ‘As a result,” he declared, “we have | government today by emotion, rather than government by public opinion.” Neither the President nor Gen. John- son, he said, can maintain “their in- fluence with the American people in- definitely by relving upon public emo- tion. It produces an unhealthy situ- ation because it makes men and women afraid to_criticize the Government publicly. The result is widespread sup- pr;.;ged crltli(cum." Dean Ackerman said such suppres- sion, from the President's .!tamfppolnt. “will be unfortunate because word of mouth comment can undermine public confidence in hjm as quickly as it can eliminate fear of Gen. Johnson.” “Press Must Interpret.” The press, he said, “has willingly eo- operated with the administration in its’ N. R. A. program. News columns have been wide open and editorials for the most part have been friendly. Certain- ly the Government has been given the benefit of every doubt. For this situ- ation to continue, it is as essential to the Government as it is to the public that facts and opinions be printed freely every day. There can be no ef- fective substitute for the free and com- plete publication of news and editorials even when they are unfavorable to the Government. The press must retain its position as the interpreter as well as the reporter of public affairs.” Since their “freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution,” Dean Ackerman said the newspapers are not likely to suffer permanently from either “an of- ficial or inspired boycott.” “In this emergency, however,” he de- , “the Government needs a free press because national unity based upon public opinion is far more reliable and lasting than national action based upon public emotion.” ' CHAIN STORE HEAD EXPLAINS FOOD CODE Holds Work Week Basis Must Not Be Confused With Store Hours. By the Ausociated Press NEW YORK, August 16.—In a com- munication to members of the chain food and grocery distribution industry, F. H. Massmann, president of the Na- tional Chain Store Association, de- clares the 48-hour maximum employe work week basis under the food and grocery code “must not be confused with the store-operating hours.” ! He quoted President Roosevelt and recovery administrators as emphasizing that it is the administration’s desire that store hours in vogue prior to June 16, 1933, be continued as nearly as possible and that if any change is made the minimum should not be below 63 hours per week in the food and grocery industry. The communication urged members of the association to give effective co- operation to the recovery plan by re- fusing to fall in line with any local store hour plan that goes below the stipulated basis, declaring “it is the in- tention that food and grocery distrib- utors employ more help to take care of our business for the normal operating week.” ROCKVILLE V;IOMAN DIES; FUNERAL IS TOMORROW Mrs. Mary A. Spencer, 87, Was Former President of Wom- an's Club. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. August 16.—Mrs. Mary A. Spencer, 87, widow of Frank A. Spencer, died last evening at her home, in Rockville. She is survived by no near relatives. The funeral will take place at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home. Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Rcckville Presbyterian Church will con- duct the services and burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. . Mrs. Spencer was a daughter of the late Samuel G. Arnold, former editor of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. She was a native of Brooklyn, for about 30 years was a resident of Washington and for the past 35 years had lived in Rock- le. Mrs. Spencer was formerly president of the Rockville Woman's Club and for many years was active in the affairs of the Rockville Presbyterian Church. Her husband was for a long time, and until | | I his death about 20 years ago, engaged in the practice of law in Washington, specializing as a patent attorney. Stops Itch On: Feet and Toes Itching feet, tiny blisters on toes, thick, white, or cracked skin between the toes— are sure signs of the ringworm infection popularly known as “Athlete’s Foot.” Un- less promptly checked, it can spread to other parts of the body. Therefore, don’t neglect it and don't e: periment with anything that is not reco nized as a specific treatment. Dr. Scholl’s SOLVEX stops the itching at once—penetrates the infected tissus and quickly kills the ringworm germ; also relieves Eczema and Tetter. Get a jar of Dr. Scholl's SOLVEX at your drug, shoe er dept. store at once. ik First Blue Eagle Pennant Is Givento Johnson’s Mother By the Assoclated Press. OKMULGEE, Okla., August 16, —The first' “Blue Eagle” pen- nant, of silk fringed with gold, rda) Mrs. jugh S. Johnson, national re- covery administrator, by employes of the Recovery Administration ashington. in Wi L The pennant was transmitted with a letter from Miss Frances M. Robinson, secretary to Gen. Johnson, which said: “The mother of our Blue Eagle is the one who should have the first pennant bearing the bird which carries the slogan of ‘the new era. It was hung in our offices here for several days, but we felt it would be happler in your home.” RAINBOW END SEEN FOR GOLD HOARDING Justice Agents Ready to Go After Their Hidden Pots of Money. By the Associated Press. Gold hoarders of the United have about reached the end of t! bow, for the Government is going after their hidden pots of gold. In the Justice Department, legal ex- perts are quietly drawing up the case against gold hoarders. It would not sur- prise official Washington if warrants for the arrest of the hoarders were an- nounced by Attorney General Cummings when he returns from his vacation to- morrow or Friday. Time Up Tomorrow. Before he departed for his vacation. Cummings said prosecution of gold hoarders who continued to defy the Government would be started in two or three weeks. The three weeks expires tomorrow. The Treasury and Justice Depart- ments have completed their investiga- tions into a long list of persons who withdrew gold from banks during the pMarch crisis. At last reports, there stil} were 280 persons holding $845,025 in the metal, which they refused to give up, while' $27481498. not turned in when President Roosevelt ordered it done, had voluntarily been given to the banks after Justice Department agents visited hoarders. i List Finally Checked. In all, Justice Department agents called cr. more than 5,000 persons whose names were on the list of those who withdrew gold. That list has been checked and rechecked and finally re- turned to the Justice Department. The ground work has been prepared; every hoarder has been informed of the law and of the penalties of up to| 10 years in prison or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. EX-WIFE AND YOUTH JAILED IN DEATH Authorities Push Probe on Theory Victim Was Soaked by Gaso- line, Then Set on Fire. By the Assoclated Press. ROCKFORD, Ill, August 16.—The divorced wife of Earl Hanson, 42, victim of a mysterious blaze that flared in his automobile, and 19-year-old Bruce Thompeson were in jail today as officials pushed investigation of their theory that Hanson was victim of a torch murder. The woman, Mrs. May Hanson, 38, has steadfastly maintained her inno- cence, but State’s Attorney Robert D.| Nash said he would charge her with murder if her release was sought. Thompson was apprehended last night after police learned he and his grandmother, Mrs. Mae Rife, were the first persons to arrive at the blaze in front of Mrs. Hanson's home just after Hanson had returned their 12-year-old daughter Sunday night. The youth said they heard the ex- plosion and hurried to the fire. Authorities believed a porcelain basin, found near the scene, was used to drench Hanson and the ear upholstery wlzl'l:_ egjwau.m-, after which a match was appli Mrs. Hanson admitted ownership of the basin and that she had bought gasoline to start an automobile. FIELD DAY SCHEDULE PREPARED BY FIREMEN | Arlington-Fairfax Volunteers to Hold Annual Event on August 26. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va. August 16.—The sfllngwn-i\lrfax Countfc‘.‘s' Volunteer iremen’s Association last night com- pleted its schedule for the annual field and tag day August 26 at Glebe road and PersHing drive. The invitation of the National Fire- men’s Association to participate in the Labor day parade in Washington was accepted. The Arlington County De- punmnenu wgll D;r]ldd! as a unit. e annui eld day and pum, contests will be held at the mterpwclm of Glebe road and Pershing drive Aug- ust 26 at 1:30 p.n. Features will be a first-aid contest under Red Cross rules, the Gloth 'srophy pumper con- test for association members, standing. umper ‘ contest, ladder climbing, hose laying, water battle and tug-of-war contests. The day will be designated as tag day to raise funds for relief of in- Jjured and disabled firemen. The committee in charge of the ar- rangements consists of Herbert F. Smith, chairman; John R. Malloch, Percy E. Finisecy, G.' Frank Allwine and Elmer J. Blacknler, jr. 'AUGUST 16, 1933, N.R. A WEATHERS “FIRST TEST CASE Justice Cox Upholds Oil Order of Ickes in Weighing Emergency. By the Assoclated Press. : The national industrial recovery act keystone of the Roosevelt rehabilitation plan, has weathered its first court test. Justice Joseph Cox .of the District of Columbia Supreme Court returned the decision indirectly upholding the prin- ciple of that act because he believes that “all laws, including the Constitu- tion, should be read in emergencies in the light of the law of necessity.” A group of oil refiners, led by F. W. Pischer of Tyler, Tex., had sought an injunction to keep Secretary of the In- terior Ickes from enforcing orders pro- hibiting the interstate shipment of oil produced in violation of State regula- tions. The orders, they said, were un- constitutional. “Necessity Confers Rights.” ‘Without directly discussing the con- stitutionality of these orders, issued un- der the recovery act, Justice Cox ruled: “In the law it is recognized that ne- cessity confers many rights and privi- leges that without the necessity might not be conferred. It is said that self- preservation is the first law, and this principle, in some degree at least, seems to extend to governments. “There is another maxim that ‘the afety of the people is the supreme | aw’ and all these must be considered in dealing with emergencies. “Congress has declared that a great | national emergency exists, and has in- | vested the President with extraordinary | power to meet that emergency.” Injunction Denied. Consequently, Justice Cox said, the Ickes orders, “look .as if they are the | means' of the Secretary carrying out the executive order of the President, and denied the plea for the injunction. Th courts, Justice Cox said, should | hesitate under such conditions to exer- | cise any power they felt they might have, even if the powers were clear cut, so as not to “complicate, the problems which the legislative and executive de- | partments are trying to meet.” In answer to Pischer's plea that the oil production limitation orders of the Texas Railroad Commission. the basis of Secretary Ickes' order, were invalid, Justice Cox said that was a question to be determingd by the courts in Texas. Fischer Plans Appeal. y Before announcing his denial of the injunction, which Fischer gave nctice he would appeal, Justice Cox said the case “presents questions of far-reaching importance and, if I had tme, I would like to study it at length, but I believe passing upon it immediately is more | important in view of the cmergency | conditions.” | Before the decision. Charley Fahy, acting sclicitor of the Interior Depart- | ment,-had contended in a brief that both the orders and the act were con- | stitutional. | Fischer, attacking a selection of the | recovery law giving the President au- | thority to control oil shipments, con- fined most of his argument to that specific provision, But, asked by Justice Cox whether | he thought the recovery law was based | | on the Federal authority over inter- | state ccmmerce on power to act or| for the general welfare, he said | | ;BLUE EAGLE “RACKET”' \WARNING IS SOUNDED, R L T | Johnson. However, States He Is Not Referring to Legitimate Advertising. | Ey the Associated Press. | Again warning against ‘“racketeers” who hope to profit off of the Blue Eagle, Hugh S. Johnson, the N. R. A chief, said today he was not referring to legitimate advertising. | “Any merchant and any newspaper man knows what constitutes legitimate | and illegitimate advertising.” the ad- ministrator said. “What I don’t want done is to have some unscrupulous| newspaper set up an honor roll in its | columns and then go out and solicit names of Blue Eagle sjgners to pay for having their names enrolled “Of course, this does not preclude a merchant buying advertising space to |let it be known he is doing his part.| We gave specific_authorization for ‘use of the eagle in advertisements.” . POTATOES CAUSE SLAYING West Virginia Farmer Turns Gun | on 'Self After Killing. ! POMEROY, Ohio, August 16 (#).— One farmer was killed and another wounded, prorably fatally, yesterday as the aftermath of what authorities said was an argument over $1.75 worth of potatoes. Both of the victims resided near Hartford, W. Va., across ihe river from here. Police said W. B. Midkiff, 62, was killed by John M. Gilland, 41, who then shot himself. Gilland was taken to a hospital at Parkersburg., W. Va. | Both men were married, and Gilland has five children. FLIES CARRY DISEASE! FLIT kills them Merchants of Diamonds for Over 43 Years Sterling Silver prices are advancing. Horning’s Silver Club Plan enables members to patterns a prices prior to the rise. Orchid. Balto. Fairfaz, 1 M American Motier, inuet, e Rose . tc. buy popular t the same Twolfth $¢. Between Fand G Sts. | fluential growers were considering rais.ng wages WHALEN TO HEAR GARMENT STRIKERS Authorized by Government to Negotiate Differences of 60,000 Employes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 16.—Grover A. Whalen, chairman of New York City Committee of the National Recovery Ad- ministration, today received authority from Washington to negotiate for set- tlement of the garment workers' strike. The authority was received from D~. Leo Wolman, acting chairman of the National Labor Board, a few hours after a strike order affecting some 60,000 workers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut was put into effect. The walkout was ordered as a pro- test against what labor leaders described as low wages and bad working condi- tions. Whalen said he had perfected plans to deal with the situation. The board from which he received authority to act was set up in Washington under t:e national recovery act to mediate in labor disputes throughout the country. STRIKE IN CONNECTICUT. Dress and Cloak Trades Workers De- mand Code Scale. NEW HAVEN, Conn. August 16 (#).—Several thousand workers in the dress and cloak trades went on strike today, in Connecticut as picketing be- gan at scores of small shops here and in Bridgeport. The beginning of the walk-out in Bridgeport, where between 2,000 and 2,200 dress makers were reported to have quit work, was marked with sev- eral arrests for picketing. In New Haven, at least half of the 1,709 persons employed in a half dozen factories had walked out, union officials announced The workers are demanding the mini- mum wages and maximum hours pro- posed in the national recovery act blanket code as against the $8 mini- mum and 40-hour week which they as- sert the employers offered them. The walk-out was called aftef a similar strike of garment makers was announced in New York. CALIFORNIA STRIKE GROWS. | Peach and Pear Pickers Fail to Adjust Differences SAN FRANCISCO, August 16 (%) H. C. Merritt, jr.. manager of the Tagus ranch in the Tulare County, center of a peach pickers' strike that bas spread throughout Central California, said he would have 400 workers busy on the ranch today. Strike leaders said none would be permitted to pick peaches on the ranch until the workers' claim for an increase from 17!, cents to 35 cents an hour is adjusted Nearly 4.000 ranch workers and canners are affected by the strike Approximate! 700 Filipino lettuce workers at Salinas were out on strike in a wage dispute and thelr agents claimed another 1.000 intended to walk out. Rufo Canete, representing 42 in- labor contractor-. -aid the which have been fixed at 20 cents an hour. The strikers have demanded 30 cents. About 1,000 pear pickers were reported on strike near San Jose. Employers said they believed agitators were scek- ing to spread strike sentiment in sugar beet areas and ameng grape workers Officials of the California Canning Corporation announced they were con- sidering raising wages. TO KISS BLUE EAGLE Operator of 5-20 Restaurant, Beaten as Crowd Watches, Denies Cursing Emblem. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, August 16.—Max Komen, whose restaurant serves breakfast for a nickel and lunch or dinner for 15 or 20 cents, and who has not signed an N. R. A agreement. has been beaten and forced to press his lips against the “Blue Eagle” emblem. The attack occurred late Monday. One man struck Komen repeatedly while a crowd of 50 persons looked on. After pressing the restaurant man’'s lips to the emblem the attacker fled. The re- puteq assailant was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace Big Advance in Coal Prices September 1st so fill your bins wi Cleaned Famous NOW. and clean, dependabl Winter. Just call vour order. Marlow 811 E St. NW. Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 UYON AILEYS UDGET ASIS. CHECK THESE LOW PRICES (U. 8. Peerless) 4.50x21. .§6.30 4.75x19.. 6.70 5.00x19.. 7.20 5.25x18.. 8.10 5.50x19.. 9.40] PHILCO BATTERIES With_Your Ol Battery 33.95 uP — | lation of the Blue Eagle pledge would Reading It means money in vour pocket BOOST TOTALS $8,000,000 Gerard Swope Announces Addition of 2,000 Workers to Pay Roll Under N. R. A, Code. By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., August 16.— Gerard Swope, president of the Gen- eral Electric Co., announced Monday wage increases totaling $8,000,000 and addition of 2,000 employes to the com- pany's pay roll. Mr. Swope after a meeting of Gen- eral Electric executives, said the pay rises and hour reductions would be ef- fective as of August 7 in his company. CODE SIENERS FACE INQURY O 108 |Women, Estimated to Num- ber 1,000, Visit .Homes to Enlist Support. Washington _employers who have signed the N. R. A. pledge and are dis- | playing the Blue Eagle are now being |queried by the President’s Emergency | Re-mployment Campaign Committee 0. .ae District to determine just how earncstly they are complying with the provisions for their respective fields. The local campaign committee swung Into action on this task this morning | and the work will be pushed until every | Blue Eagle wearer in the District has | been —atacted, Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman, said today. Meanwhile, the first of the woman workers who will seek to ally every | househald in the Capital as an . active N. R. A. consumer, took the field yester- day in their door-to-door campaign. It is estimated that before night 1,000 women will be making personal calls upon the housewives of Washington urging them to sign consumer pledge cards. Miss Etta Taggart, as lieutenant | | general, is directing this phase of the | work in co-operation with James G. | Yaden. In outlining his plans for action Littlepage said that not only will a check be made on the Blue Eagle dis- | players, but that every employ fails to show the emblem “pressed” to sign the pledge. Close Investigation Planned. | Littlepage said each suspected vio- | be investigated closely and the offender | given every opportunity to rectify the| wrong. Persistence in the offense, however, the chairman said. would bring about the reporting of the of- fender to N. R. A. headquarters and| publication of the offender’s name and | business, i If the offender engages in interstate commerce, Littlepage said, he will be prosecuted under the provisions of the national recovery act. If his business is solely “local” then the offender WO\Aldi be deprived of the support of the popu- ! laticn of consumers who will have pledged themselves to support the Blue Eagle emplopers, With respect to employers who have, not vet placed Blue Eagles on their | establishments, Littlepage said every ef- | fort will be made to get them to sign| the code agreement first and permit them to file a frank explanation of why participation in the provisions of the code would work “more harm than| good.” Show “Good Intention.” The signing of the pledge. the chair- man explained, would show the em- | ployer to be of “good intention” and {would keep him off the list of non- co-operators with _the re-employment campaign. Meanwhile, such an employ- er would not be entitled to display the Blue Eagle, but he would have the Gov- ernment’s pledge that he will bz given 8 sympathetic and fair hearing of his case, and such fairness would be ac- corded him by the District of Columbia | ccmmittee, Littlepage said. | In order to facilitate work of the committee. Littlepage said. the District | | is being divided into precincts. In | each of these subdivisions a lieutenant { will be in charge and a corps of work- | ers will operate under him. In this | way. he said, the whole city can be| covered efficiently and completely. While the District of Columbia Emer- gency Re-employment Campaign Com- | mittee was pushing its work, the num- | ber of employers taking out the Blue Eagle here was mounti Shortly be- | fore noon the total number of District emplovers to get the Eagle was 7.213.| Of these 116 got their Eagles this morning. while 7,097 got the Eagle yes- terday. Varying ecstimates place the number of Washington _employers eligible to apply for and receive the Blue Eagle at between 9,000 and 12,000. 1 00 ouR pust th Marlow’s Super- Anthracite e, economical heat all NA. 0311 and give al Co. NAtional 0311 Co 14th and P Sts. N.W. 7th apd Pa. Ave. 9th and H Sis. N. 14th and Col, Rd. N.W. 2250 Sherman Ave. N.W. WSHINGON OWNED& OPERATED ] GENERAL ELECTRIC PAY | | accuse the W. FEW PROFITEERING PROTESTS RECEIVED Head of N. R. A. Protective Bureau Says Virtually None Are From Consumers. By the Associated Press. Designated by the National Recovery Administration to handle complaints of profiteering, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair said today “amazingly few” protests against increased prices had been re- ceived by her protective bureau in the Consumers’ Advisory Board. “Practically none of the complaints,” she added, “have come from the ulti- mate consumer—the housewife, the la- borer and the farmer. The majority have come from retailers and processors, and not more than three have been re- ceived against any one industry.” ‘The retailers and processors, she ex- plained, were complaining that they have in some instances been forced to pay higher prices for articles they must buy from manufacturers to offer their goods to the public. “We are in a ticklish position in try- ing to make the public see that the National Industrial Recovery Act con- templates a price rise. But at the same time we must protect the public against profiteering.” So far, she added, not a single case had come to her office which “on the surface and from my own knowledge could be classed as profiteering.” The Protective Bureau has been cre- ated as a clearing house for profiteer- ing complaints and to advise Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administrator, on these problems. It has no administrative functions. It is now developing definite policies and standards in conferences with lawyers and econcmists. W. C.T. U. OPERATES UNDER BLUE EAGLE Organization Calls Attention to Fact to Show Co-operation De- spite Criticism of Howe. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, August 16.—The | Women's Christian Temperance Union has called attention to the fact the Blue Eagle of the N. R. A. was dis- Pplayed in its publishing house. It did so. the organization explained in a formal statement, to show it co- operated with the Government in its industrial campaign and so “none can C. T. U. of destructive criticism when we analyze the recent | statement of Col. Louis McHenry Howe, the President’s secretary, quoted as promising law enforcement under a limp prohibition unit.” The statement declared there was virtually no enforcement of the prohi- bition law now—that “men were going to work under the N. R. A. and going home drunk under the repeal banner.” “The feveral hundred million dollars in Federal taxes which Uncle Sam is counting on, according to Col. Howe's statement Sunday night,” the state- ment said, “means a tremendous in- crease in the amount of intoxicating liquor. This means a great increase in drunkenness, and drunkenness today, with automobiles crowding the roads, means killing and maiming. Grave- stones and crushed bodies would be part of the cost of the Federal tax on liquor.” WATCHES RECOVERY New Zealand Minister Gets De- tails From Secretary Roper. Prime Minister G. W. Forbes of New Zealand called on Secretary of Com- merce Roper yesterday and appeared keenly interested in the details of the naticnal recovery movement. He de- clared the rest of the world has a “vital stake in the success of President Roose- velt's recovery plan.” “New Zealand is following the course of business recovery plans in the United | States with the keenest possible inter- est, and with every hope that they wijl be fully successful,” he added. REDUCED BRIEF PRICES BYRON S. ADAMS I Never voggpoint™ Mpr. Motorist— 4Did you say more World’s Records than all other gas- olines combined?” Racing Driver— “Yes, | said moreWorld's Records than all other gas- olines com- bined!” —and here’s why! In a fait test, open to all challengers, it was found that— 4No competing gasoline ex~ celled Richfield 1934 Gold- en inthe aggregate of the ten premium qualities.” (Signed) Erwin H. Hamilion Head of Antomotive Engineering Dept. New York University RICHFIELD GOLDEN ]§34 GASOLINE —‘; ;