Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1935, Page 24

A_24 : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935. INDUSTRIAL UNIONS o i i ke URGED BY LEW , W W l K "The evolution of mass production by smachines has brought about need for {industrial rather than eraft organiza- {tion of labor, John L, Lewis said last night in a Nation-wide radio talk over the Columbia Broadcasting System. The head of the United Mine Work- ;ers, who has just resigned as vice presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor in & row over organizing policies, sald the drive he and his associates are making for industrial; rather than craft, unionism in basic industries is an effort to start a labor movement that will “crystalize the best aspira- tions of those who really wish to serve democracy and humanity.” Skilled Craftsmen Dwindle. “In the modern mass-production establishments,” he said, “the majority of industrial workers * * * came, in time, to be composed of the unskilled and the semi-skilled, and the skilled craftsmen of former days were reduced to a small group of pattern, die makers and machine maintenance workers.” Because of this, Lewis said, the “or- ganized labor movement, or the Amer- ican Federation of Labor” came to a ‘test of whether it could organize mass production industry. Craft unions, he continued, were unable to do this “even under the favoring influence of the Federal Government during the World ‘War or during the great industrial activity extending up to the year.1920.” “It is our purpose,” said Lewis, “to encourage the f6Pmation of industriaf| unions, equal in economic strength to management in steel, automobile, rub- ‘ber, glass, textile, radio and other basic industries. Opposes Interference. “We have no opposition to eraft unions which ‘are established and suc- cessfully functioning. We do not be- lieve any craft union, however, as is now the case in the American Federa- tion of Labor, should be permitted to Interfere, through paper jurisdictional claims or otherwise, with the organiza- tion of the great majority of American ‘wage and salary workers in our basic manufacturing and mining industries. “We hope that the significance of our movement will not be misunder- stood. It is not a conflict among unions or & striving for power among organized labor groups. We are work- Ing for a future labor movement which will assure a proper future for Amer- fea” = DOMESTIC TRIANGLE BLAMED FOR KILLING Louisiana P. W. A. Worker Offers Letters of Slain Rival to Support Contention. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, November 20.— Louis Sapp, towering P. W. A. worker held for the hospital ward slaying of Harold E. Bourg, offered letters yesterday to support his contention that a domestic .triangle caused the erime. “I'm glad I did it,” District Attorney Charles A. Byrne quoted 42-year-old Sapp, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall *“He broke up my home.” Byrne said some of the letters hinted at a love entanglement. One of them, signed “Agnes,” said: “After thinking it over, I realize our affair was a mistake and I love Louis best. I have confessed to him and the best you can do is to make an appointment with him.” Two terrified inmates of & ward in the Illinois Central Hospital wit- nessed the shootin. —_— LONG-LOST MINE FOUND BY ACCIDENT OF MINERS By the Assoclated Press. HUDSON, Ontario, November 29.— The word has gone’ around in this Western Ontario mining district that the long-lost Copeland Mine, a mine that promised riches in the early years of the century, had been found. An accident some days ago was re- ported to have revealed the mine. ‘Two miners of the nearby Sakoose Gold Mines tripped over a rusty shovel while walking through dense brush. A quartz vein containing free gold was uncovered. For years search parties had sought the Copeland, situated near Wabi- goon, not far from here, first discov- o L b i o WILKINS FRESH W UNITED PRESS NEWS BOY FATALLY SHOT DAILY WISV Accidentally Wounded by An- 9:45 a. m. - 1:45 p. m. other Youth With Shotgun. DUNKIRK, N. Y., November 20 (). 3:45 p.M. - 5:45 p. M. ~—Chester Koczwara, 16, died in a hos- pital yesterday shortly after he was accidentally shot by Frederick Cent~ ner, 15. Coroner William B. Crandall said the boys were loading shotguns in a barn for a hunting trip when Cent- ner’s was discharged. The pellets pene- trated Koczwara’s chest and shoulder. AN RUB IN CREAM FORM No more rough, dry skin! ohol—leaves the skin e i :‘;’b«-‘-' to _‘.*_"?_%R‘ Use It for —aches — pains — sore —fever—tired feet—cuts— bruises—after shaving. Contains absolute alcobel, U. 8. Govt. | mmrpbhw compounds. “an. 29 - n IIP’V Inec.. T RE R On Sale at All Drug Stores #. .