Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1935, Page 4

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From Famous Pennsylvania Anthracite min Pocahontas Egg 3 Pocahontas Stove. .$10.00 Pocahontas Nut $8. T.h!le coals are Federal Judge Bases Opin- ion on Interstate Com- merce Law. must continue to stand until the Con- stitution is amended. Their applica- tion to the business of defendant is quite certain.” Economic Balance. In discussing the relation between labor and capital the opinion says: | “It is said this relation involves the problem of the economic balance of the power of labor against the power jof capital theory of a balance of power or of balancing opposing powers is based upon the assumption of an inevitable and necessary dlversity of interest. This is the traditional old world theory. “It is not the twentieth century American theory of that relation as dependent upon mututal Interest, understanding and good will. “This modern theory is embodied in the Weirton plan of employe or- ganization. “Furthermore, the suggestion that | recurrent hard times suspend constitu- tional limitations or cause manufac: turing operations to so affect inter. state commerce as to subject them to regulation by the Congress borders on the fantastic and merits no serious consideration. Test Case for N. L. R, A. The Weirton case was generally re- garded as one of the most important tests of the labor guarantee provisions of the national industrial recovery act. The Government instituted the pro- ceedings nearly a year ago and lost the first skirmish when Judge Nields refused to issue a prelimMary in- junction, holding that under the Nor- ris-La Guardia act a hearing with witnesses in open court was necessary. . The trial began last October and lasted about seven weeks. The Government contended the employes’ representation plan, or so- called company union, did not ade- quately serve the purposes of section Ta of the recovery act, because it did not permit collective bargaining by the employes through representatives of their own choosing. It was argued that the company in- stituted the employes’ organization, financed it and conducted a campaign of intimidation against employes de- sirous of affiliation with the Amalga. mated Association of Iron, Steel Tin Workers. Coercion Laid to Unions. The company employs normally |about 14,000 men in Weirton and | Clarksburg, W. Va., and in Steuben- ville, Ohio. ' Weirton counsel ) ' countered with claims that the Amalgamated officers used coersion, including a threat tha workers had to join at the time of organization or it would cost them $50 later. It also was contended the Amalga- mated demanded a “closed shop"— whereby the company could employ only Amalgamated members—and the Weirton lawyers held that the act did not provide for it. On the constitutional issue the com- Jpany took the position that Congress { cannot regulate commerce not of an interstate or foreign nature, that its relationship with the workers was not a part of interstate commerce, and that, therefore, any interpreta- tion which would bring that relation- ship under provisions of N. L. R. section 7-A made the act unconsti- tutional. Constitutional opposition also was based on the due process of law pro- visions of the Nation's fundamental law. Weirton attorneys also challenged the legal status of the National Labor Board and quegtioned its right to in- terfere with the employes’ ball o It denied breaking an agreement wi the labor board and held that the board itself violated an understanding by altering the rules for an employes’ election. Board Plan Ignored. The board was to have supervised an election of collective bargaining representatives in December, 1933, but because the rules for it laid down by the board violated the election plan of the employes, the board’s plan was ignored. Representatives favorable to the company plan were elected. The decision refutes the Federal torney's contention that the company was prevented from raising constitu- tional questions because it signed the Steel Industry Code and accepted its benefits. Weirton counsel replied that the code and the act would be forced upon the company, anyhow, and that the voluntary signing was no argu- ment against its position. Testimony given at the hearing was contradictory in fact in many respects. Employes friendly to the Amalga- mated swore that company officials used coercive tactics to sway them to- - | ward the company plan. In_less expensive coals we have Fairmont Egg . Coke (2,000) . Full weight B. J. WERNE 1937 5th St. N.E. NOrth 8813 Save Money on Mattresses If you need a new mattress, you can save money by let- ting us make a new one out of your old one. At our fac- tory. the inside hair or felt is thoroughly sterilized. Then 1t 1s cleaned and its resilien- ¢y restored. A beautiful new ticking is put on. Result—a brand new mattress for as little as $5.00 and up. Four-poster Beds, Studio Couches, Springs and Mattresses. 726 11th St. N.W. ‘There were more than 100 witnesses. The Weirton officials and scores of employes favoring the company plan denied the coercion and accused Amalgamated leaders of employing those tactics. The company’s defense stressed the strike action taken by the Amalga- mated during the Fall of 1933. Amal- gamated officers denied violence or any form of intimidation in connec- tion with the strike. Industrialists Testify. . To support the contention that.the company plan is adequate, the Weir- ton attorneys called G. Qrace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Co.; Walter C. Teagle of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and other leading industrialists, who testified a similar | th§n plan was in effect at their plants and was serving the interests of employes adequately. The decision says: avers that the defendant formulated and unlawfully maintained a com- pany-dominated plan of employe Tepresentation as a means of circum- venting the rights of its employes to choose their own representatives for purposes of collective bargaining; and that the defendant represented and Andrew Mellon seems cheerful at his hearing on disputed tax payments as he confers with his son-in-law, David K. Este Bruce (left), and his chief counsel, Frank J. Hogan, in background. —A. P, Photo. bargain collectively with such repre- sentatives and that as a result of the various activities of the defendant as alleged a strike occurred on Septem. ber 26, 1933, obstructing and interfer- ing with interstate commerce. Plal; tiff further avers that the defendant refused to permit the National Labor Board as agreed to hold an election of the employes of the defendant in order to express & choice between the Amalgamated Assoclation and the | company plan of employe represen- tation.” “Practical” Problem. Judge Nields observed that “the problem (in the Weirton case) was the practical mode of submitting the plan to 13,000 employes, 6,000 of whom are foreigners and all of whom were scattered in mills located in three towns operating 24 hours a day with five shifts of 8 hours each. Ob- viously mass meeting methods appli- cable to small mills with a few men were out of the question. “Although the plan provided for joint committees consisting of rep- Tesentatives and management, testimony shows that in actual prac- tice the management never appointed any one on these joint committees. During the Summer of 1933 the col mittee of 49 and the divisional com- mittees functioned effectively and ad- justed many grievances. Harmonious relations prevailed. Within a fort- night seeds of discord were planted Organizsed labor took notice of the ‘Weirton situation.” Regarding the 1933 strike, the opinion under the caption “Strike for Recognition,” says: “On Sunday, September 24, without any previous warning or demand, 39 men out of a total of 91 employed in the tinplate cold roll department, falled to report for work at midnight.” “It is appropriate,” the opinion says, “to observe that when the Nation Labor Board purported to assume juri diction over the strike at defendan plant it had not been created by of Congress or even by formal execu- tive order.” Election Verdict. The ruling further observes ‘“the strike was a failure. The object of the strike was union recognition. It was not accorded. Defendant adhered to its declared policy of not making & closed shop contract with the Amalg: mated Association. The proofs estal lish that ‘rgcognition’ in this case and in the trade generally meant such & contract. ““The strike having failed, labor had recourse to aid in securing ‘recognition’ through a supervised election. The success of this resort on the part of labor, of course, depended upon the outcome of the election.” ‘The opinion also says: “Having falled to obtain recognition either by the strike or by a Govern- ment-supervised election, the Amal- amated Association persisted in its ef- rts to obtain recognition from the defendant. In May, 1934, the seven amalgamated lodges executed formal demand for recognition, addressed to defendant, using printed forms pro- vided by the general officers of the Amalgamated Association.” SENATORS CONFER IN MOVE TO BREAK RELIEF DEADLOCK (Continued From First Page.) work recommended by the National Resources Board. Should funds for the new work pro- gram be forthcoming so late that some projscts could not be started before next Winter, first work on such proj- ects might be concentrated in South- ern and central areas. Tentative plans have been drawn to establish work relief construction camps in sections where projects are contemplated, but where the supply of relief labor is scarce. It was said that if severe weather - conditions threatened excessive costs on North- ern projects, some workers could be shifted temporarily to other areas. One official said that not more one-third of the 3,600,000 will be kept on construction work, and that workers on various ‘“white-col- lar” projects would not be affected “The plaintift { by Winter weather. Labor Bloc Stands Fast. ‘The American Federation of Labor and Senators who stood with it in yoting to pay relief workers the wage rates prevailing in private industry instead of the $50-a-month “security wages” advocated by administration officials, gave every indication they the ! MELLON IS UPHELD IN QUIZ PROTESTS Further U. S. Questioning on Aid Given Banks in '32 Banned. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, February 27.—Ob- jections by counsel for Andrew W. Mellon to further questioning by Gov- ernment attorneys about the help given member banks of the Mellbank Corp. during the 1932 banking crisis were sustained by Chairman Ernest H. Van Vossan of the Board of Tax Ap- peals today. The ruling by the chairman came after Frank J. Hogan, Mellon's attor- ney, had told Government Counsel Robert H. Jackson: “If you find anything in this ques- tioning about activities of the Mell- bank Corp. in 1932 and 1033 that has anything to do with R. Mellon’s in- come tax then you must be engaging in mental gymnastics.” 1931 Income Probed. ‘The board is conducting an inquiry into the former Secretary’s income tax return for 1931. The Government claims he owes $3,089,000 and Mellon claims a refund of $139,000. Leading up to this development, Jackson brought from Mellon's secre- tary, Howard M. Jackson—on the wit- ness stand now for the sixth day—that Melbank had purchased a series of charged-off notes from a member bank for $168,000 and later sold the notes back to the member for $1. ‘The Government contended a tax deduction of $166,000 was claimed on the transaction. In earlier cross-examination Jackson brought out that Mellon, while in Lon- don as Ambassador to the court of St. James, kept in touch with his financial transactions by cable and telephone. Cablegrams Are Cited. From a series of 16 cablegrams be- tween the financier and his office in Pittsburgh the witness said one series referred to the purchase of 2,000 shares of Pittsburgh Coal Co. prefer- red stock at a price of $20. Johnson said he had cabled Mellon, making the offer, and had received authorization of the purchase. Later, Johnson cabled that he was offered another block of 6,500 shares at the same price, but he asserted Mellon advised him he did not want to make such a purchase at the time. The witness added that Mellon advised him, if pressed to make a bid, to offer to buy at $16. UNIFIED PLAYGROUND PROGRAM EVOLVED President’s Bpecial Committee Agrees on Action, but Must Confer Further. President Roosevelt’s special com« mittee, considering & unification pro- gram for the District's scattered recreational facilities, reached a tenta- tive solution of the problem yesterday. but will have to talk first to their component ps. The organization will assemble Again in the next two weeks to take further action. Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who presided as a dis- interested chairman, was able to an- nounce after the meeting: “I think that inside of the next two weeks, we will be able to work out something.” A plan, entirely apart from any of the four,methods to achieve unity, revealed. He sald that this could be f.‘hmul;r effect without any major Fired Last Shot in War. Walter J. Taylor, who has just re- tired after 26 years’' service on the Southampton, England, police force, 18 believed to be the man who fired Secretary Swanson An- nounces Transfer of Sev- eral Rear Admirals. A number of Washingtonians, in- cluding several rear admirals, who will get flag commands afloat during the coming Summer, are involved in changes announced today by Secretary | Swanson. Rear Admiral Arthur P, Pairfleld, now assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation, will go to command Cruiser Dijvision 7. Rear Admiral PFrederick J. Horne will be transferred from the Examin- ing Board, Navy Department, to com- mand Cruiser Division 6. Rear Admiral Harry L. Brinser will go from the Shore Establishment Divi- sion in the office of Assistant Secre- Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardl will be transferred from the post of hydrographer, Bureau of Navigation, to commandant of the first naval dis- trict, Boston, Mass. Capt. George J. Meyers will go from the Office of Naval Operations, to command the Special Service 8quad- ron, which opefates in Central Amer- ican waters. Capt. Meyers has been selected to rear admiral by the Selec- tion Board that convened in December. Capt. Edward J. Marquart, now at- tached to the Office of Naval Opera- tions, will become commandant of the 16th naval district with headquarters in Cavite, Philippine Islands. He, too, was chosen for advancement to rear admiral in December. Coming to Washington are: Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson, commanding the destroyers of the Scouting Force, will become president of the Naval Examining Board. Rear Admiral H. E. Lackey, now commanding Cruiser Division 4, will head the Shore Establishment Divi- sion at the department. Rear Admiral A. W. Johnson, now commander of aircraft of the Base Force, will come to the General Board, which sits at the Navy Department it Will Leave China. Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, now commanding the Yangtze Patrol in China, will come to the Board of Inspection and Survey at the depart- ment. Rear Admiral A. 8t. C. 8mith, com- mandant of the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va, will go to command Battleship Division 3. Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernou, former aide to Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt, will be detached from the Naval War College at Newport, R. I., to command Cruiser Division 3. Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, now commandant of the Navy Yard at Cavite, P. I, will go to command the ‘Yangtse Patrol. Rear Admiral George F. Neal, who served in Washington recently as aide to the Secretary of the Navy and who is now commanding the Naval Train- ing Station at San Diego, Calif., will 80 to command the Mine Squadron. Vice Admiral T. T. Craven, com- manding the battleship divisions of the Battle Force, will become com- mandant of the 13th Naval District, with headquarters at Seattle, Wash. Commandant at Norfolk. Rear Admiral Chatles 8. Freeman, former superintendent of the Naval Observatory here and now com- manding the Special Service Squad- ron, will become commandant at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Admiral Frank Brumby, command- ing the Battle Force of the United States Fleet, will become command- ant of the 5th Naval District, with headquarters at the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk. Vice Admiral Edward H. Campbell, former judge advocate general of the Navy, who served at the department some years ago and is now com- mander of the Scouting Force, will become commandant of the 12th Naval District, with headquarters at The original Municipal Center plan San Francisco, Calif. DR ERWIN PULAY, skin specialist, says: ‘The new fresh yeost effectively replaces old methods of treating constipation and related skin ills.” ‘The above officers are among those coming to Washington in connec- tion with naval transfers announced today. Left to right: Rear Admiral H. B. Lackey, now commanding Crulser Division 4, who will head the Shore Establishment Division at the Navy Department; Rear Admiral A. W. Johnson, now commander of the Aircraft Bage Force, who will come to the Navy General Board, and Rear commanding the Yangtze Patrol in Board of Inspection and Survey. AGTION 5 URGED ON DISTRICT BILLS Chairman Norton and Sena- tor King Active in Be- half of Center. Earliest possible action on the bill to authorize construction of the 1 Municipal Center buildings today was | promised by Chairman Norton of the House District Commitee. The bill, introduced yesterday, is sponsored by the District Commis- sioners. Corporation Counsel E. Barreit Prettyman urged that as soon as pos- sible the committee should consider | this bill as of urgent importance. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- | trict Committee will seek a conference with Public Works Administrator | Ickes at an early date to find out what chances the District has to obtain a loan to erect buildings for the center | if Congress passes the authorizing bill. ‘The Senator said he also wants to | discuss the bill with the lonal Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion before holding a hearing. The bill contemplates placing the building or buildings in Judiciary Square, somewhere between Fourth, Fifth, D and G streets, to house the Police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts. American Radiator Hot Water Heating System $285 COMPLETELY & ROOMS Written Guarantee NO MONEY DOWN Up to 3 Years to Pay No inter- ference with ent_heating plant. ROYAL HEATING CO. Graduate Heating Engineers 907 15th N.W. Nat. 3803 | siving 20 Night and Sun., AD. 8529 Admiral John W. Walnwright, now China, who will come to the Navy called for placing these, as well as other needed municipal structures, in the area between Third and Sixth streets and from Pennsylvania ave- nue to the District Supreme Court House. In recent months, however, District officials have been consider- ing the advisability of trying to re- duce the cost of the Municipal Cen- ter program by disposing of a part of the large site already acquired, feel- ing that the District is not in a posi- | tion to finance the original program. When the Municipal Center was first put forward, the District officials recommended the purchase of only two squares, but Congress required the purchase of four squares, between Third and Sixth streets. The excess condemnation bill which passed the Senate January 10, today was ordered reported by the House District Committee, after it had re- ceived a report from Chairman Ran- dolph of the subcommittee which had handled the matter. An amendment offered by Repre- rentative Hull, Progressive, of Wiscon- sin, was approved. It provided for ys' advertised notice be- fore sale and for a fgir market price. The committee also authorized the printing of hearings on the bill pro- viding for pensions for the blind on the motion of Representative Ellen- bogen, Democrat, of Pennsylvani author of that ure. A Bank for IND The Morris Plan Bank offers the IND1 VIDU the facilities of o SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a Amt. of Note the borrower to liquidate his obli- gation by means of weekly, semi- monthly or monthly deposits. $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 BERGMANN HEADS LOAN CONFERENCE Washington Man Elected President of Southeast- ern Unit of League. O | Carl J. Bergmann of the Washing- | ton Permanent Bullding Association to- | day was rlected ptesident of the South- | eastern Group Conference, United States Building and Loan League, | which closed its two-day meetinz in the Mayflower Hotel. Bergmann is president of the District Building and Loan League and succeeds George W, West of Atlanta as head of the sec- | tional group. The conference named W. 5. Dubel, Baltimore, first vice president: Justin E. Langille, Leesburg, Fla., second vice president; Paul B. Russell, Chicago, secretary, and W. A. Diggs, Durham, N. C., treasurer. Six new directors also were named. Before closing, the conference adopt- ed a resolution advocating exemption from taxation of homesteads up to $5,000, and asked for relief from real estate faxation all along the line. This policy, the resolution stated, would hasten the re-employment of labor in the construction industry by a revival | of building and would encourage per- | sons who now own homes to retain | them. | In another resolution, the suggestion | that interest rates on mortgage loans made by some governmental agencies | be reduced to 3 per cent was vehe- mently opposed. It was said that it | would be impoesible to make loans at | that rate and cover the cost of secur- | ing them. The conference expressed apprecia- tion of the work carried out through the country by I Friedlander of Houston, Tex., president of the United States Building and Loan League, and extended thanks to the D. 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