Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1935, Page 3

PATRNACEPOLEY SCREDBY C.0.P President Charged With Hy- pocrisy and Debauching Merit System. The Republican National Commit- tee today tore into the administre- tion's patronage policy, charging it had debauched the standard of the Federal service to the lowest level in history by filling positions with indi- viduals “who had no other recom- mendation than the indorsement of Democratic politicians.” The blast was contained in a clip sheet, issued from the committee's headquarters under the title, “Roose- velt Against Roosevelt.” Calling attention to President Roosevelt’s radio address to the con- vention of Young Democrats in “Mil- waukee, August 24, in which he said the “Government now demands trained brains for every business and profession,” the statement declared: “No administration has gone the lengths the Roosevelt administration has gone to debauch the public serv- ice by filling every possible office, | from the highest in the gift of the | President, such as cabinet officers, to | the lowest in the service of the Gov- | ernment, such as day laborers and charwomen, with individuals who had no other recommendation than the indorsement of Democratic voli- ticians. Lowest Standard in History. “By common consent, the standard of public service in all Federal activi-| tles is today at the lowest level it has ever been.” The statement pointed out that 150,000 employes had been added to the Government pay roll dunng the New Deal, all of whom had been political appointees. “It 15 a standing rule in all Fed- eral agencies, including the regular Government departments, as well as the 50 odd emergency agencies which have been created under President Roosevelt,” the statement continued, “that no one can obtain a job unless he or she has the indorsement of the Democratic Representative, Sena- tor, or the Democratic organization leader in the State and community which he claims as his legal residence. “This has gone so far that the office of James A. Farley, chairman | of the Democratic National Com- mittee, as well as postmaster general, has issued a printed form to be handed all applicants for Govern- ment positions, notifying them that | it is necessary for them to be in- dorsed by the regular Democratic | organization.” Sacrifice of Merit. Several cases were cited -by the | committee in which, it alleged, merit | was sacrificed for political purposes. | tions set by the Constitution upon the SRR THE EVENING 1‘ The car in which Mrs. Harold Ickes, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, rode to her death Saturday. Frank Allen, driver of the car, had been called the world’s best driver by Mrs. Ickes. shown beside the wrecked car. LABOR CAUTONE TOTENPER OPES Head of New Relations » Board Points Out Restric- tions of Constitution. By the Associated Press, Sounding a note of caution for those who may expect too much, J. Warren Madden, chairman of the new National Labor Relations Board, speaking last night on the radio, warned labor that operation of the new board is constitutionally limited to interstate commerce and that the answer to all of labor's troubles may not be found in operation of the | board. “The board's powers are expressly limited to the prevention of unfair labor practices ‘affectag commerce,’ and ‘commerce’ is expressly defined as interstate or foreign commierce, except as to territories and the District of Columbia,” Madden said. “The consequence of these lipita- powers of Congress, and by the terms of the act itself, is that the powers of the board will mot apply to a number of situations where there are unfair labor practices, but where these practices do not affect nor tend to| create a situation which will affect the free flow of commerce. One related to the replacement of & Police Court judge here, and the other | referred to an employe of the Gov- | ernment Printing Office who was Te- | placed because, the committee said, he declined to contribute toward sup- | port of the Roosevelt Democratic Club | of the District. | ‘These examples, the statement de- ! clared, “are typical of what is going on, and has been going on, under the | Roosevelt administration every since it | came into power.” ‘The committee also accused the President of issuing a “hypocritical” statement when he told the Young Democrats in Milwaukee that “we must be loyal not merely to persons or parties, but to the higher concep- tion of ability and devotion that mod- ern government requires.” “No statement by any public offi-| elal” the committee said, “has been #0 hypocritical and so utterly at vari- ance with known facts.” Holiday ‘(Continued From First Page.) last year, when the blare of bands and the tramp of feet along Pennsylvania avenue accompanied labor’s com- ‘memoration of its holiday. More than 30,000 spectators defied the rain on that occasion to watch the march, while in Alexandria, Va., other thou- sands attended the firemen's national parade. Gompers Services Held. Private memorial services were held at the statue of Samuel Gompers, former president of the American Federation of Labor, at Massachusetts avenue, Tenth and L streets. Labor day rallies were held in other sections of the country as organized ‘workers stopped to count their gains and discuss their problems. Union men heard their leaders applaud en- actment of the Wagner labor disputes law, the Guffey bituminous coal sta- bilization act, railroad pension meas- ures and the social security program. President Roosevelt and Congress ‘were praised by some speakers. In an address at Fairmont, W. Va., yes- terday, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, said the Roosevelt admin- istration’s record was so good that “or- ganized labor in the contest to come has no choice but to support the President.” ‘This declaration from the head of ® union that claims upward of 500,000 members gave rise to speculation among the political-minded as to whether the federation’s October con- vention in Atlantic City would indorse Mr. Roosevelt for re-election. Shorter Week Demanded. Labor’s demand for a shorter work Week was again put forward today with the federation’s estimate that Challenge Threatens. “The question of defining this boundary which marks the limits of the Federal power has always been a difficult cne for the Congress and the courts, and its answer in case is de- pendent upon & combination of his- | torical facts, precedents and the prac tical considerations of the situatio ‘The steel, autcmobile and rubber in- dustries are understood to be ready to challenge the Wagner act’s constitu- tionality if the new board makes any ruling against them. Counsel for these industries have contended manu- facturing is not a part of commerce and, hence, Congress is without power to regulate their labor relations. The board elready has received a complaint against the Bendix Auto Parts Corp. of South Bend, Ind—a charge by the United Automobile Workers that the firm refused to rec- ognize the union as agent for all its employes. This case might present a constitutionality test. Principles of Act Praised. Madden praised the Wagner act's principles, saying: “Here we have a recognition of the right of a group of laborers or other employes to join their forces in what they conceive to be their common cause, and to authorize one or more representatives to speak for them as & group—a recognition that it is per- fectly lawful for such a group to apply to their industrial relations the prin- ciple of representation upon which our American State and National Gov- ernments are founded.” He defended “majority rule”—the clause in the act that provides that the union chosen by & majority of the employes in a plant shall speak for all the employes—as a “traditional Amer- ican political practice.” “The act contemplates a process of bargaining between parties of more nearly equal strength,” he said, “trained in moderation by the exer- cise of the practices of democracy, which should, in the generality of cases, result in a moderate bargain fair to the parties and beneficial to the public.” gt et YACHT GIVEN AID Vessel Off Florida, in Danger of Rough Seas, Awaits Tow. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., September 2 (®.—The 64-foot steam yacht Kestrel, unable to negotiate the Ponce de Leon inlet bar during the night because of rough seas and e .trouble, waited for a tow into her dock today. The Coast Guard cutter Pandora, dispatched from the Fort Lauderdale base last night when the Krestel was reported in trouble, arrived shortly after 6 a.m. and found all well aboard the yacht. 11,000,000 workers still are unem- ployed. “Labor demands a five-day week, six- hour day and a wage that will en- able & man and his family to live in reasonable comfort,” said Frank Mor- rison, A. F. of L. secretary, in his Labor day message. Other labor leaders were scattered over the country to make their speeches. William Green, federation SPECIAL NOTICES. i By 184-A" Biar offcer - Be By o Gentashee. AL -Riess 39: 8 w0e e Phone Georgia 5387. A DEAL FUNERAL AT §75 e service Pl e PEACHES — PEACHES ROCKVILLE FRUIT F e, TS Bile on Foad to POLOmAL. e CHAMBEMR;S ’:_"‘,,H,’,C:_"fi Capeiss tWeIve WW &%, "“Atian! W e "‘i‘% . Estimate Mmfig and flm president, was at Canton, Ohio, and Morrison at Madison, Wis. Secretary Perkins planned to discuss the social security program in a radio speech to be broadcast from Boston on a coast- to-coast hook-up tonight. 20-Cent Increase Sought. last night by Joseph P. Ryan, inter- national president of the Longshore- men’s Association. crease from 75 cents to 95 cents an “We have an agreement that if the strike is called we will give 15 ddys’ | winds. L2 Ickes (Continued Pfl)m_?irsl Page.) Mrs. Ickes’ Summer home at Coolidge, N. Mex., to Santa Fe, where a native fiesta started yesterday. Chief House said Allen apparently had increased is speed just after leaving the twist- ing Rio Grande Ceayon, through | which the Taos-Santa Fe Highway | Funeral Tomorrow. CHICAGO, September 2 (#).—Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes arrived here this morning to attend funeral services for his wife. The rites will be held at 3 p.m. to- morrow at the Ickes’ handsome Eng- lish home, at 900 Private road, Win- netka, a suburb on Lake Michigan, north of Chicago. Besides Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roose- velt, wife of the President, Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, will attend. Services at Graceland Cemetery later will be private, for only relatives and close family friends, said Mrs. Ickes' daughter, Mrs. W. Re Qua Bryant of Evanston, Secretary Ickes went from the Union Station, after an overnight trip from Washington, to the University Club in downtown Chicago for a few hours of rest in seclusion. The body of Mrs. Ickes will be /| brought to Chicago tomorrow morn- | ing. Mrs. Roosevelt was expected to arrive from Hyde Park a few hours before the funeral services. Rev. E. Ashley Gerhardt of Christ Episcopal Church, Winnetks, will of- ficiate, Mrs. Bryant was the only member of the family near the family home when word of Mrs. Ickes’ tragic death arrived. Raymond Ickes, a son, came from Peoria, I, today to meet his father. Wilmarth, a second son, hur- ried home from a vacation at Mack- inac Island, Mich. Robert Ickes, youngest son, was en route from Nor- ris, Wyo., where he had been at work as a Yellowstone National Park Ranger. Aides Accompany Ickes. Accompanied by a close family friend | and two aides, Secretary Ickes turned toward his Illinois home late yester- | Only. day to attend the funeral of his wife. ‘With him on the trip were Mrs. Ruth Hampton of this city, life-long friend of the family; William H. McCrillis, a P. W. A, official, and a secretary. ONE HELD, TWO SOUGHT IN ROBBERY OF D. C. MAN By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 2—James R. Lusby, 23, of Suit- land, was being held for investigation and two others were sought today i connection with the attack and rob- bery of Taban S. Tritchard of the 800 block of L street, Washington, late Saturday night. Tritchard told police the three men were driving him home from a party in Maryland when the alleged hold-up occurred. He was attacked, according to the police, and his watch and chain and $45 in cash were taken. He told police he received a fractured arm. Woman Who Got B. A. in 9 Months Is Back at Studies Worked Eight Hours a Day and Kept House, She Reveals. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 2.—The wom- an holder of the speed record for obtaining & bachelor of arts degree at the University of Chicago found the task “hard, but fascinating,” and was back at her studies-today. She is Mrs. Magtha Friedman Marenof, 35. Enrolled in only 11 courses for but 9 months, she passed exam- inations for which the average stu- dent studies for four years. Mrs. Marenof got her B. A. degree in ancient Oriental cultures from President Robert Maynard Hutchins at the university's 181st convocation exercises last week. And with her studies—Mrs. Marenof estimated she spent eight hours daily preparing for her examinations—she managed & household for her hus- band, an instructor in the College of Jewish study, himself a student of theology and Hebrew, and two small children. Besides 1,200 books in her own library, Mrs. Marenof estimated sfie read 300 volumes required by the university, 200 classed as optional reading, and hundreds more before she enrolled as a student. watches inte MONEY at— A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET % _ BTAR WASHI = A deputy sheriff is —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. SOCIAL SECURITY GAN FOR LABOR Pension and Job Insurance Program Recognition of Right. BY ARTHUR J. ALTMEYER. Member of the National Security Board. The social security act just en- acted by Congress, aside from the security it will afford the individual worker, represents a great gain in the status of labor generally. . of this country are entitled to something better than relief based on need when they become un- employed or “ reach the end of . their working life. It has accord- ingly, made pro- ) Vvision for a sys- tem of unemploy- ment insurance and old- in- Arthur J. Altmeyer. (o o :f;mb’ unemployment compensation and old- age pensions will be paid as a matter of right to qualified individuals out of funds built up through contribu- tions by employers or by employers and employes jointly. Greater Stability Seen. Moreover, unemployment insurance and old-age insurance give the work- ers a more definite and permanent stake in the industry of this country. By so doing, they cannot help but promote greater economic and social stability. These two types of insurance are entirely different and distinct from the State old-age pension laws, moth- ers’ pension laws and blind pension laws which provide, pensions out of general tax funds to needy individuals The social security program will not be in full operation until 1942. It was intended that certain phases would go into effect at once, such as financial assistance to the States in meeting the cost of their pension laws and in financing maternal and child welfare work. However, the failure of the third deficiency bill will delay furnishing this financial assist- ance. Benefits Not Immediate. Under the unemployment, insurance plan, benefits will be paid in & given State two years after that State enacts a law conforming to Federal standards. The Federal old-age in- surance benefits will start January 1, 1942, Thus, the program, going into ef- fect as it does, by easy stages, not only will not retard immediate re- covery, but will promote a sound and lasting recovery. As its full sig- vance in the utilization of our social and econamic institutions to serve more effectively the common good. el TEXAS SUSPECT FREED IN VANISHING OF FOUR Dallas Police Continue to Hold ‘Youth, However, in $1,000 Ice Cream Robbery. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., September 2.—Dal- las detectives abandoned efforts today to link a safe robbery suspect with the disappearance in New Mexico last May of four Illinois tourists. The youth's description had tallied in many respects with that of a youth who cashed & number of travelers checks belonging to the missing tour- ists. ‘The suspsct was held, however, pending investigation of a $1,000 ice cream plant robbery last Tuesday. Police believe the missing tourists, Mr. and Mrs. Georgia Lorius of East St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heberer of Doquoln, were victims of & mass murder. “See ETZ and Ses Better” Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. ar - . C, MONDAY, SEPTEMB CARDENAS BACKS WOMEN'S RIGHTS Youths Also to Be Organized to Take Part in Gov- ernment. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 2.—The right of Mexican working women to vote and enjoy other privileges of citizenship was proclaimed officially by President Lazaro Cardenas yesterday in an address opening the annual four-month session of Congress, Although the constitution is not spe- cific qn that point, the President as- serted the laws of the land grant wom- en workers equal rights, and said their temperament ‘“equips them to em- brace sincerely and enthusiastically a generous struggle, placing aside all selfish interest.” ‘Women and youths, Cardenas said, will be organized to participate in the government’s program of social im- provement, “thus aiding the revolution to penetrate homes and overcome fam- ily resistance.” The President reviewed recent po- litical developments which, he said, “threatened to undermine the bases of our republican regime and destroy the principles of legal institutions.” He asserted the threat had been averted, without a necessity for vio- lent measures, by his declaring him- self “solely responsible for the politi- cal and social progress of the nation.” Referring to criticism of Mexico's religious and educational systems, he said the “campaign of defamation of our institutions is decreasing” as the government’s purposes become under- stood. President Cardenas said questions arising between Mexico and the United States over water distribution were near & solution. He gave no hint of Mexico’s attitude toward the Ethiopian question for the League of Nations Council session next Wednesday at Geneva, saying only “Mexico belongs to the League for & spirit of fraternity.” Peiping, China, has established a new bus service. BIG GAME is calling Hunters North to CANADA Do you want big game this Fall—deer, moose, bear, elk, caribou, monnmn-he;p orgnni:'hk grizzlies. Or do you like to roam the fields and woods, with shoigun under arm, in search of grouse, partridge or pheasant? Perhaps some duck blind or hide Write for detailed infor- mation as fo the best hunting spot for the trophies you are seeking. Piccard Hurt SCIENTIST STRIKES ROCK IN DIVING. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 2.—Dr. Jean Piccard has twice soared thou- sands of feet up in the stratosphere without harm, but he cut his head on & submerged rock when he dived a few feet into the sea near here. He was treated in his stateroom #board the Panama Pacific liner Penn- sylvania for numerous lacerations. The accident occurred on a holiday outing with friends yesterday. Dr. Piccard arrived here Friday en route to New York with his wife and two children. The scientist and his brother Au- guste, Swiss scientist, participated in the first attempt to reach the strato- sphere in Belgium. Last October he and his wife made another attempt near Dearborn, Mich. LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON §. ADAMS Y Novar Bisgapons” COUGHLIN URGES AUTOLABORPLAN Workers at Mass Meeting Told to Organize for Sharing Profits. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, September 2.—Rev. Father Charies E. Coughlin, speaking at & mass meeting of automobile workers at Belle Isle Park rday, proposed the organization of an in- dependent union In the industry, with its slogan “Share the profits—not share the wealth.” Referring to the convention spon- sored by the American Federation of Labor or organize a new automo- bile workers’ union, Father Coughlin said: “I have not come here to quarrel with the American Federation of Labor. Until recently that or- ganization has sponsored a 30-hour- ‘week bill.” Organization of the independent union was not completed today. Chate ters for 25 chapters in the Automoe tive Industrial Workers’ Association, as it has been styled, were handed out by Walter Serement, financial secretary, who announced member- ship already has reached 26,000, Richard Frankensteen, secretary of the A, I. W, A, which had its in- ception in the Dodge plant of the Chrysler Corp. during the Automobile Labor Board's collective bargaining elections, also was & speaker and re- ferred to discord at the recent con- vention sponsored by the A. F. of L. “We sympathize with the rank and file members of tne federation who are forced to leadership not of their choice,” he said. (A group of delegates opposed strongly the naming of officers by William Green, A. F. of L. president, for the new federation-sponsored union.), Father Coughlin's address covered largely the history of capital and labor difficulties in this country and the ‘association’s constitution. Diesel Engines Shown. Diesel engine development was the main feature of the Leipzig, Germany, fair this year. 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