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LCENSING PROVSD NDW LABORS A ‘Control Conditions Despite - N.R.A. Ruling. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. “The American Federation of Labor au m;k on l'hfll wmmm all companies engaged - " Cmmrce o “Sanding goods tined for such commerce, under & Federal license. « All companies operatingyhder such & license would be exempted from the operations of the anti-trust laws, and companies which obtain such a nse must agree in advance to the of labor and working conditions set forth by a Pederal licensing com- Mission. « As yet nobody has been selected to sbonsor the measure in Congress, but when its drafting is completed the A F.of L mny‘blel exnecud‘ to give the proposal its full support. B Aware of the constitutional dif- ties, the A. F. of L. attorneys have fted and re-drafted various sug- gestions looking toward Federal li- eensing. « Draft Being Studied. ZOne draft of such a bill which is| being circulated for study gives an | lea of the broad purposes sought by | those who believe in nt.lenl licensing to achieve labor standards. It pro-| vides: | “On and after 90 days Yrom the date of the enactment of this act it | shall be unlawful for any person to engage directly or indirectly in inter- state commerce without first having | obtained a license therefor from the Federal Licensing Commission, here- inafter created and established. * * * “The commission, subject to the | provisions and limitations of this act, shall control and regulate interstate commerce through the issuance of a Federal license to those. engaged in the production, processing, manufac- turing, handling or receiving of goods, drticles, or commodities entering into interstate commerce. * * * L“No license shall be issued under this | @ct to any person unless said person shall agree as a condition precedent | tp the issuance and receipt and con- sinuance ir. force of such license that ch person will not transmit through E:e mails, or transport, handle or re- Feive in interstate commerce any goods, articles or commodities in the actual Production of which any worker em- loyed directly in such production was ;ermltud to work more than five days #n any one week or six hours in any ‘ne day, except that upon submission 9f satisfactory proof of the existence ‘of special conditions making it neces- | $ary for such workers to work more 4ime than herein provided, the com- Fnission, after investigation, may issue ‘an exemption permit with respect to #uch workers for such periods of time | 85 the commission may prescribe; pro- ¥ided that the commission shall set | forth its findings with respect to the mecessity of issuing such permit, and ch findings shall be open to public lon. = Wage Clauses. a “No license shall be issued upder this #ct to any person unless said persop shall agree as a condition precedent fo the issuance and meceipt.and con- uance in force of such a license t such person will not transmit ugh the mails, handle of receive interstate commerce any goods, Prticles or commodities produced, pro- #essed or manufactured by workers ho did not receive for their labor a | and reasondble weekly wage suf- cient to permit such workers to main- | in standards of living of decency and | fort. | “The commission is hereby au-| horized and directed to make such dings as to minimum weekly wages will enable workers to maintain ecent standards of living, and such ndings shall be final and conclusive all holders of and applicants for a * The foregoing bill would exempt ag- ricultural or farm products processed for first sale by originel producers, banks, newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasting stations. This is designed to cut down the opposition | to the measure in Congress. It is not clear how the labor at- torneys justify the constitutionality of this or any similar bill. Clearly Con- gress cannot do by indirection that which the Supreme Court has ex- plicitly said is forbidden ‘under the Constitution. To set up a Federal commission and to empower it to regulate interstate commence by the device of issuing licenses would be an unwarranted delegation, of legislative power, anyway, even if the line be- tween interstate and intrastate com- merce were not difficult to draw. Decision Plainly Adverse. The Supreme Court in the N. R. A. decision said plainly there was no Federal power to regulate wages and hours or employment conditions for businesses not engaged in interstate commerce and, as for those actually engaged in such commerce, it.also has laid -down the rule that mining or production or processing is not inter- state commerce just because goods s0 handled ultimately find their way into interstate trade. The rumors around Washington sre that the labor groups are planning an omnibus bill which shall accom- plish for them all that is set forth in the Wagner bill and the collective Bargaining provisions of the N. R. A, dnd ‘that the omnibus bill is to"be based wholly on the theory of Federal Hcenses for business. 2 It is doubtful whether such & meas- zre would succeed in getting through ongress without Mr. Roosevelt's Belp. The licensing idea is one of a ber placed on the President’s ":‘klllnee the Supreme Court’s de- on the Schechter case. It is icant of the line of reasoning being adopted toward the Supreme Court by the labor elements who are ed to find some way to cir- * BANDIT TRIO JAILED Horris Gang in Kentucky Taken ‘Without Shooting. , Ky., June 13 (#).—The | money already spent. Day When No Money Comes Ia. BY PAUL MALLON. best possible picture of their situation. It is mow evident they were amateurs. There has never before been recorded such an exquisite degree of perfection as has been ezhibited lately. Consider, for instance, the fact that the working balance of the Treasury increased by $300,000,000 over & holi- day recently, when no money was coming in and nothing was going out. You know a Treasury accountant has to be good to show a profit of more than a quarter of a billion dollars while the Treasury is closed. Reserve Funds Retransferred. There appears to have been nothing particularly wrong® about the trans- action. What happened on the in- side was that a bright Treasury lad discovered that the books were carry- ing reserve funds of the Post Office, T.V.A,H O LC,F.C A, and & few others in special accounts as He found out this money was being spent slowly. Why not put it back in the Treasury till as cash on hand until the other bureaus drew on it? A holiday was selected for ihe re- transfer. As a result, the Treasury closed May 20 with only $702,380,- 045.50 in the Treasury cash box and opened May 31 with $1,029,402,625.03 therein. A stroke of the pen, acting like a fairy wand, had deposited exaetly $327,022,540.53 when no one was looking. Thus, the Treasury was able o beat | its breast proudly in the announce- ment made last Monday regarding a new offering of notes and conversion of an old one. In & technical sense, | the Treasury prospectus for its note | issue made its cash position appear to | be about 25 per cent better than it was. The Securities and Ezchange Commission is supposed to get after any private corporation that Jails to present facts accurately in its prospectus on bond issue, but there is little likelihood that it will proceed against its brother depart- ment in the New Deal. For one thing, thg Treasury will con- tend that its hocus-pocus was legiti- , good business. For ancther thing, it will' say there was mo con- | mection between the: ledger-de-main of May 30 and the June 15 financ- |3ng. These explanations may be rgued indefinitely. but business men | will agree that, inasmuch as Treasury boys got away with it, it “igood,” and even if they had failed 1o, it was “smart.” ' President Finds Seclusion. Every time President Roosevelt goes | to Hyde Park, wiseacres here remark how appropriate is the name of the Roosevelt estate, From experience, | they have learned that the President retires to his Hudson River retreat oc- casionally for more purposes than re- iaxation and rest. Living in the White House here is like being @ movie actor in Hollywood. Every time any one is seen coming in or going out, the world hears about it and starts drawing deductions which are usually erroneous. At Hyde Park the President has real seclu- sion. Newsmen are quartered miles away, in town. The world cannot watch. This not only per- mits him to think without inter- ruptions, but also to summon into private conference persons whose appearance at the White House would cause heedlines. The insiders have heard that on this trip he has not only been can- vassing the N. R. A, situation, but has spent considerable time on the political situation. They expect a new trend of White House activity in respect to both subjects soon after his return. Export Subsidies Talked, ‘The farm crowd outside the admin- istration has a tip that the A. A. A will certainly turn to the export sub- sidy theory of farm relief by Fall Cotton, wheat and lard are mentioned | as the first products with which the experiment will be undertaken. These are three in which the United States has exportable surpluses. McNary-Haugen plan or the' debenture plan is uncertain, still included in the amendments’ the A. A. A act now pending Congress. -A leading agitator behind the scenes here for introduction of the subsidy method of farm relief is George ) BORAH BILL CHANGE HIT Second - Debree ; Holding Company Rule Defeats Purpose, Tydings Says. —_— By the Associated Press. The opinjon that the Borah amend- ment, prescribing death to any public utility hoiding company beyond the second degree the purposes” of the legisiation passed yesterday by the Senate to regulate utilities, was expressed today by muor ‘Tydings, Democrat, of Mary~ Meanwhile, the measure Which would abolish holding companies Commerce Committee. It passed the Senate, 56 to 32, Roosevelt had intervened to prevent drastic alteration. The Borah provision, Tydings told the Senate, would prevent an operat- ing company from owning an appli- ance company if the operating com- pany happened at the same time to be controlled by a holing company. To do so, he said, would require per- mission for & holding company in the second degree. The result will be, he added, that the one holding company allowed in direct control of the appliance com- pany away from the operating com- pany. { He said it would have been better to permit holding companies in the “sec- ond degree,” so that such a condition could have been averted. The House committee has been struggling with a companion measure for four months. When the legisla- tion will reach the House floor for de- bate appeared highly uncertain. Such words as “fraud,” “chicanery,” “blood suckers” and “thieves” sprin- kled the debate which raged in the Senate right up to the moment of yesterday’s voting. After the decision, friends and foes of the bill continued to make clashing pronouncements, Assaiied by Gadsden. tement that the Senate vote action to lengthen the Na- tion’s breadlines” was made by Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the Com- mittee of Public Utility Executives, Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, who had asserted the bill would restore public confidence shal lapse, said of the vote: “I think this means the end of the holding company system generally. Sentiment against holding companies is building up. This serves notice | that the people are not going to stand for the practices.” Wheeler, who is coauthor of the legislation with Rayburn, joined with other backers in expressing the belief the Senate vote would give the bill & smoother path in the House. Amendment Beaten. By the margin of one vote, the Sen- of Illinois to eliminate proyisions em- powering the Securities Commission to dissolye or ! utility holding it found | contrary to “public policy.” This was | after Wheeler read a pénciled memo- randum from President Roosevelt op- | posing sich a ¢ ke k) Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri also succeeded in getting the Senate to alter the definition of a gas utility. He said the change would bring the Standard Oll Co. of New Jersey and Mellon gas interests under | the bill. Final Roll Call. The final roll call ori the bill follows: FOR THE BILL, 56. DEMOCRATS. 45. CH IOMAS (Okla ) (Utah) e REPUBLICANS, 9. McNARY il PROGRESSIVE, 1, LA POLLETTE FARMER-LABOR, 1. SHIPSTEAD AGAINST THE BILL, 32. DEMOCRATS. 18. G [ REPUBLICANS, 14. %RAH - each regional set-up will have to take | aftey President | | en by such events as the Insull col- | ate yesterday turned down an amend- | ment by Senator Dieterich, Democrat, | by 1842 all | | weeks .all symptoms of paralysis HENRY FORD, The auto magnate, was unsuccessful in his effort to step out of range of the camera, with the resultant unusual study of him hurrying into a door- way at Colgate University. He was & arded an honorary degree at the commencement exercises, —A. P. Photo. Human Blood Injections Held “Cure” for Infantile Paralysis New Orleans Physician Announces He Has Treated 15 Patients With Complete Success Since 1932. - By the Assoctated Press. - NEW ORLEANS, La, June 12.-Dr. J. R. Stulb yesterday told of the pa- tients he had “cured” of infantile paralysis through his simple treat- ment—the injection of human blood into the muscular tissue. Eva Lou Mounier ‘of Ville Platte, | La., prepared to leave Charity Ho--‘ pital today, where she had been treated interne, “The blood was injected into the | fatty part of the back of the child nearest the nipbone with a needle,” explained Dr. Stulb, who is in charge of a ward at Charity Hospital. “Approximately 100 CCs of blood was used,” he sald. “Her reaction fol- lowed that same day. Within a few SEURINNAVY WORKS APPROVED New Projects at-Yard, Ob- servatory and Labora- tory Included. Approval of $750,000 in allotments for new work by the Navy Department here has been given by the Advisory Committee on Allotments for the and the items for< warded to the White House for ap- proval of President Roosevelt. Included in the projects are new work at the Navy Yard, Naval Ob- servatory, the research laboratory at Bellevue and at Anacostia. A total of $50,000 was asked for administrative expense. The projects follow: Repair and improvement of paving, roads, walks and ground, at the Navy Yard, $148,000. Foundation explorations and sub- surface surveys at the Navy Yard, $20,000. Construction of new lunch room in painting, general repairs and exten- sion of truck garage at Navy Yard, $270,000. Repair and improvement of rail- road tracks at Navy Yard, $50,000. Repair and improvement of paving, roads, walks and grounds at Naval Observatory, $5,000. Similar improvements at the Naval Research Laboratory, Bellevue, $50,000. Air Station at , . PFoundation explorations and sub- surface surveys at the Naval Magazine, Bellevue, $2,000. HANNAH KEYSER DIES Baltimore Woman Was Lfit of Gertrude Stein. BALTIMORE, June 12 (#)—Miss Hannah Keyser, aunt of Gertrude | The doctor also told of “curing” | Malvin Ladner, 14, of Violet, La. | “Malvin was badly paralyzed in No- vember when he was brought to my | ward at Charity Hospital” he said. “Injections. of his aunt's blood were put into the muscles of his back. It | was fascinating to me to watch his | gradual reactions. First he could move one toe, then bis foot, finally his ankle, Then he_walked. | “The only other method used thereto | since May 16 with the blood of & young | is to inject & serum from a convales- | cent person.into the victim. This is | unsuccessful. The only successful method is the one which I have been using.’ Dr. Stulb said he had used his treat- ment with complete success on 15 | patients since 1932. | _ He said the treatment was. likely to prove effective in all cases in which phied, or shrunk, ‘Mrs. Roosevelt Uses . Bold Script to Curb Son’s Possible Ego By the Associated Press. to me in New York after first crossing out the ‘Honorable’ and inserting ‘Mister’ in bold letters,” he said. } 'MURDER OF FARMER | CHARGED TO THREE Mother, Son and Physician Ac- ocused of Blaying to Col- lect Insurance. By the Associsted Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mo, today against Lloyd Robinson, 18; mother, and their family physician in connection with the June 12— FAIRBANKS IN CHINA Film Company Director Bo_pu to i Oust . Schenk. HONGKONG, June 13 ().—Doug- sr., arriving today on the steamship Carthage from sald he was “making for America a3, fast as possible connection with in the organisation of - company . in | | 5 | i FH All of the $475,000,000 in taxes ‘would go out of existence on or before 30, and the plan is to rush through the extension resolution before then. “The committee seems to have the idéa that we will probably have to take up some other things at a later date,” Hill said after his subcommit- approved the _simple extension resolution. y He added, however, that he had as from but private, word was that Mr., Roose- velt was “still considering” that sug- gestion. An informant remarked that there The taxes in the simple resolution— which leaders hope to put through the House early next week—fall into classes: Postage, “nuisance,” nuisance taxes about $389,000,000 and the import duties about $11,000,000. Speaker Byrns sald yesterday he believed any inheritance tax program on & “reasonable” basis would meet a “cordial reception” in the House. He contended inheritances and gifts must be taxed at virtually the same rates to keep holders of huge fortunes from giving away their money before death. Another who said House approval had | the limbs of patients had Dot atro- | only KIDNAPER CONFESSES, NAMING 10" IN .CUBA House Where 78-Year-0ld Multi- millionaire and Employes Were ' " Reported Held Located. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, June 13—Sources close to the army intbliigence service said Suarez fled toward a cane fleld, a revolver as he ran, but the overtook him. Isolated for Two Years. Kashgar, its Christmas, 1933, mall, unsettled condition in Chinese Turkestan hav- Ing practically isolated the town for firing Ppolice ] gi;ggifi ] & i t i}fi 8§ H 1 i i 3 3 : 5 f E 1:“1 i ke i 'Dini‘:rced-Rewed BUCK MARRIES Pearl Buck' (above), author of novels on China, divorced her husband, John J. Buck, at Reno Richard J. Walsh (below). after the decrees were handed down Walsh and Mrs. Buck were married. Mrs. Ruth A. Walsh, who di- marriage and sped the newlyweds on their way with best wishes. Mrs. Walsh, who had lived at a Lake Tahoe cottage with Mrs, Buck for six weeks, while they were establishing Nevada resi- dences, planned to leave for New York by train today. Both women charged their hus- bands with crueity and appeared o support their complaints at pri- vate court hearings which required less than 10 minutes, RUM SMUGGLING MEASURE PASSED House Approves Bill ‘Setting { Up Customs Areas 62 Miles at Sea. expected. ‘The bill suthorizes the President to set up’ customs enforcement areas ex- power, dential creation of the customs zones were written into the measure on the fioor. Originally the bili merely au- LIBERIA FORMALLY RECOBNIZEDBYUS. Action, Delayed Five Years, Follows Acceptance of Barclay Plan, By the Associated Press. Taking an action delayed for five years because of objections to slavery in the Negro republic of Liberia, Sec- retary Hull announced yesterday that the United States has formally recog- nized the government of President Edward Barclay. Recognition after the long break in diplomatic relations carae in the wake of American approval of the plan for social and fiscal reforms devised by President Barclay to meet criticism by the League of Nations and other neu- tral investigators. League Plan Followed. ‘The Barclay plan, it was learned, follows the general outline of & pre- vious plan formulated by the League, but rejected by Liberia on the ground it was an invasion of its sovereign rights. To assist in the financial rehabili- tation of the country, a rubber com- pany (Firestone), which made a loan of $2,000,000 to Liberia, has liberalized “many provisions of the fiscal ‘agree- ment and reduced the interest rate from 7 to 5 per cent. Liberia, in re- | turn, has pledged itself to resume in- | terest payments on the loan, which were suspended in 1932, Guards Against Slavery. The Barclay plan seeks to provide safeguards against the return of siav- ery or forced labor into the African republic—founded in 1821 by Ameri- can Negroes as a home for freed slaves—and the institution of reme- dial legislation and measures to im- prove sanitary and living conditions, hitherto considered detrimental to ad- Jacent countries. Recognition of the African republic restores normal diplomatic relations beiween the United States and every country in the world except the Jap- Anese-sponsored empire of Manchu- l:un. The gni'e;i States refused to e former Manchurian provinces of China as a sovereign na- tion because of its establishment by force in violation of treaty obliga- tions between Japan, the United States and others powers, and China. MUST FACE BOARD {Army Officer Accused of Marry- ing While at West Point. NEW YORK, Jine 13 (#).~~The Daily News says that Lieut. Harry A. Sebastian, s former West Point foot ball star, will face a military inquiry board today at Fort Hamilton to eanswer charges he married a former dancer while he still was a student at the Military Academy. He is charged, the story says, with violation of Army regulations because West Point cadets are forbidden to have “a horse, dog, mustache or wife.” Mrs. Sebastian, the blond former Harriet Hsgman. sued the Army man for separatior. after a party at Fort Jay and announced she had' secretly married Sebastian during his second year at West Point. PLAYS SAMPSON ROLE® Michigan Man to Try to Carry Half Barrel of Beer 31 Miles. ISHPEMING, Z ). Zopetti, 37, ofN;‘::!llke(.‘:fl?’h?;lp; undertake to play the role of & mod- ern Sampson here Thursda: ;New Threat Menaces Western States High-Water Rain and Hail Swell Streams—Bridges Swept Away. By the Associated Press. DENVER, June 12.—Residents in areas swept by floods two wecks sgo. were apprehensive today as streams ran bank-full and in some instances overflowed after hard rains near the bridge near Wheatland, Wyo. was swept away, several highway bridges . | were torn out and roads were closed Application Seeks One Manned by and Operated for Members of Colored Race. | By the Associated Press. An application for & radio station t Richmond, to be manned by col- ¥ serve be to in g i i e &n 2 i ,, | EI 4 % 5 g ! | to caused direct traffic there and Colorado Springs to cease’ when 1t tore out a section of road. Hail- stones five inches deep lay on the: ground at Cripple Creek. SERVICE ORDERS ~ Section B, Page 10