Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 14

A—14 THE LOW PAY T0 AUTO WORKERS CHARGED Ma;or Companies Scored at Hearing by Federal Representatives. By the Assoctated Press DETROIT, December 15.—A pic- ture of low wages, speeding up of ‘operations and the inroads of machin- ery upon manual labor in the automo- bile industry was sketched today and tonight by numerous witnesses, chiefly workers appearing before Government -representatives investigating condi- tions under which motor cars are made. : The hearing, conducted by Leon Henderson, director of research and yplanning for N. R. A, at the direction of President Roosevelt, will continue here tomorrow, then will move to other centers of automobile production. Assisting Henderson are Richard H. {Lansburgh, associate N. R. A. director of research and planning, and Isadore s Lubin, statistical director for the De- *partment of Labor. Major Producers Hit. All of the major producers—the Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and ,Chrysler Corp.—were under fire before ‘the first session of the hearing had ¢ concluded. ¥ A tinsmith at the Ford plant, Will- fam McKie, told the Government's representatives that of the 125,000 per- sons engaged in making “Model T” * Fords, only 85 per cent got back to © work after the advent of the “Model A" Every change of models, he said, means a decline in the number of workers, due to mechanization and to the speeding up of the assembly line. To that same “speed-up"” he attributed an accident in the Ford plant last June 8 which, he said, cost six lives. On wages, he testified that while the average daily rate is §5, the average 3§ yearly wage is only $650. The peak for Ford wages, he said, was in 1929, with an average of from $6 to $10 a day and $1,470 a year. Couldn't Keep Families. An employe of the Buick Motor Co., #in Flint, Mich, Elzie Cramer, told the commission that “many of the Zmen in te core-making department Waquit their jobs because they couldn't make enough to keep their families, and went to the relief agencies for adequate support.” Herold Paget of the Dodge Motor Co. testified the average yearly wage this year is less than $800; that it was $1,000 in 1933, and $450 in 1932. F. J. Dillon, organizer for the United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Unions, asserted that although the Chrysler Corporation had profits of $10,000,000 in the first nine months of this year, annual wages of from $400 to $600 were common. Michael J. Manning, a worker in the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. plant here, said that one man who last year turned out eight cores an hour, now is required to make 80. He said that at the start of 1930, 10 men produced 100 wheels an hour. Subsequently he said, groups consisting of six men and four women were required to make 156 wheels an hour. Need for Bargaining Cited. Charlton Ogburn, counsel for the American Federation of Labor, es- serted that exhaustive surveys have revealed that a subsistence level which he said must be paid “regardless of the financial ability of the employer” is from $1,800 to $2,000 a year. Although the question of “collective bargaining” was barted specifically in the presidential request for the in- vestigation, Ogburn said that “many of the ills of the industry can be cured only by collective bargaining because of the peculiar nature of the industry’s problem.” “The A. F. of L. believes,” he continued, “that labor and capital should operate es partners, but does not believe in nationalization of in- dustry.” TERRITORIES’ EXPORTS man, Iibrarian; Mrs. Williams of the library staff. The MUSIG DIVISION New Department Held Jus- tifying Its Place in Capital. The new music division of the Washington Public Library, founded experimentally only six weeks ago, already is justifying its place. A re- port on the first month’s work shows a 300 per cent increase in service to patrons, and interest is growing day by day as the existence of the divi- sion becomes more widely known. Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, | sald yesterday: “The music division was opened No- vember 1, and circulation figures for |its first four weeks were 1026 as against an average of 384 in the past. There were 691 requests from patrons which required special research. Aid | was given to the National Symphony Orchestra, the Hubbard and Harrison public schools, the Abbott Vocational School, the Lovett Choral Society, the Florence Crittenton Home, St. Pat- rick’s Academy, the Department of Agriculture Orchestra and Choral So- ciety, the Northeast Amateur Orches- tra, the Americanization School, St. Ann’s Nursery School, the Delphian Society, the American School of Ballet and the National Federation of Music Clubs. “But most interesting of all to us has been the human interest side of the work. Scores of young musicians and almost as many who no longer are so youthful have fallen back on the library because of hard times. People we never saw before now are regular visitors. They come to us for books, sheet”music and other assist- ance which they need in their effort to carry on in spite of the depression.” Mrs. Elsa Z. Posell has been ap- pointed chiet of the division. She is a musician herself and the wife of a member of the National Symphony Orchestra. A Russian by birth, she speaks several languages and has had training and experience in library science. The division is being financed by voluntary contributions from friends, but Dr. Bowerman believes it should be included in the library's regular budget. “No other part of our work,” he says, “has so quickly and con- vincingly proved its value.” —_ Rail Receipts Climb. South Manchuria Railway receipts are nearly 25 per cent above those of | New Library Music Div OF LIBRARY AGTIVE sion Left to right: Mrs. Elsa Z. Posell, chief of the newly established Music Division of the Washington Public Library: Dr. George F. Bower- Ralph Thompson, a visitor, and Miss Matilda group is assembled in the division's recently-opened quarters in the basement of the library building. —Star Staff Photo. LOST WOMAN LOCATED "Went to Hotel “to Get Away From Friends and Rest.” NEW YORK, December 15 (#).— Mrs. Leah Gatska Durant, 34, who dis- | appeared from her home a week ago, Bureau announced today. A sister of Mrs. Durant informed woman in a Manhattan hotel last night. The sister, Kay Gatska, sald Mrs. Durant went to the hotel “to get away from friends and to rest.” A five-State alarm had been broad- cast by police for Mrs. Durant, who was described as wearing an expensive fur coat and a $6,000 diamond ring when she disappeared. . 13,000 Visit Honolulu. Nearly 13,000 tourists visited Hono- lulu, Hawaii, in the first nire months of 1934, e B i Wins by Two Seconds. In a recent air race between London and Cardiff, Wales, the winner won | by only two seconds. | has been found, the Missing Persons | officials she had located the missing | part; NEW DEAL PUSHED BY LLOYD GEORGE Plans Campaign for Nation- wide Reconstruction Developments. By the Associated Press. CHURT, England, December 15.— David Lloyd George plans to launch his British “New Deal"—inspired by President Roosevelt's—eariy in 1935. A campaign for nation - wide re- construction de- veloped after con- ferences with bankers, ind us- trialists, econo- mists and busi- ness men is en- visaged by the war-time premier, he said in an in- terview here to- day. Following the American Presi- dent's “wise lead,” Lloyd George even has his own “brain trust,” composed of farmers, bankers, business men, scientists, politicians and economists, who have been busy several months working out the “New Deal's” pro- gram. Does Not Plan New Party, Liloyd George, enthusiastic despite his 71 years, denled his program would bolster up “Liberalism, Socialism, Cnpnnlism or Naziism,” asserted there was “nothing revolutionary” about it md mld he purposes to form no new David Lioyd George. A prlme plank in his platform is nationalization of the Bank of Eng- land. He also favors spending large sums of public money for public works |and other purposes. He maintains | Britain is getting nowhere with pres- | ent plans for unemployment relief |and charged the national government with being afraid of schemes big enough to meet the emergency. Approves Roosevelt Plan. The war-time premier has long dent Roosevelts’ efforts to restore pros- perity in the United States. Only this week he got up before | the House of Commons to counsel | adoption of Ameflcln'melhod! declar- | diture of $10,000,000 to take care of ! Arthur Jordan Piano Co. STORE OPEN NIGHTS UNTIL CHRISTMAS | 7 TEN-DAY SALE |looked with open approval on Presi- | | ing the government’s proposed expen- | unemployment in distressed nrus “just petty cash” and asserting it showed the government “didn't quite understand something catastrophic has happened to the economic system of the world.” “America understood,” he said, “and is making an effort, which, at any rate is commensurate with the stupendous character of the problem. PRESIDENT INVITED TO KIWANIS PARTY Entertainment for Underprm- leged Children to Be Next Sunday Afternoon. President Roosevelt has been invited to attend the Kiwanis Club's Christmas party for underprivileged children, to be held next Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Roosevelt High School. Entertainment for the party will include several children’s plays, a moving picture, Christmas carols and music. Between 300 and 400 boys and girls have been invited to attend the party, a feature of which will be a huge Christmas tree loaded with presents. C. Marshall Finnan is general chairman of the Christmas party, while Dr. Manly B. Root is vice chair- man. Other committee heads are Dr. Herman S. Hoffman, candy and present; Frank Romer, printing; Dr. D. L. Maxwell, transportation; Mark Lansburgh and Robert D. Fleming, gifts; F. Kemper Mohler, program and entertainment; Lewis T. Breu- ninger, invitations; George C. Shaffer and Z. D. Blackistone, decorations, and Maj. Ernest W. Brown, traffic, ‘The children will be taken to and from the party in cars furnished by members of the club. Radio Sets Sold in Egypt. Fifty makes of American radio sets are being used in Egypt. SAVE MONEY ON STORAGE and MOVING F!nhflno F [ Long-Distance Movers Ags. Mayflower Trans. Co. Rugs Cleaned or Shampooed Crate and Pack by Experts 1313 U St. Phone North 3343 13th &G Last Opportunity Before Xmas! Buy the Family a Piano! IS ALL YOU NEED 31 Weekly Pays Think of purchasing a fine, brand-new SUNDAY S’I‘AR WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 16, 193¢—PART ONE. . 1934—PART ONE. CLARK PLANS OWN WAR PROFITS BAN Missourian Drafts Measure Despite Roosevelt’s Move for Law. By the Associated Press. A Democratic member of the Ben- ate Munitions Committee announced yesterday he was drafting a plan to take all the profits out of war, despite the fact that President Roosevelt has named a committee to frame such leg- islation. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri, said his program included tak- ing charge of all the Nation's re- sources—in other words, literally drafting industry as well as humans. He said he was studying also a plan Between F and G Streets T A T N T R T RO for the nationalization of military in- ventions. Baruch Heads Group. ‘The group designated by the Presi- dent to write an anti-war-profit meas- publican members of the Senate Com- mittee once said they regarded Mr. Roosevelt’s move as an effort to bring the munitions investigation to an early end. “A man drafted into the military service doesn't have a chance to argue with the Government over hours or pay. Why should industry?” Clark said toda Clark’s proposal was added to half 2 dozen others which have been born or revived as a result of the Senate committee’s disclosures and the Presi- dent's action, Chairman Nye of the investigating group already has said he would re- introduce his bill to impose a 98 per cent tax on all incomes above $10,000 after the declaration of war. The North Dakotan also has demanded nationalization of the munitions in- dustry without waiting for another confiict. 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