Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1936, Page 6

PROTEST ENLIVENS GUILD STRIKE CASE Hearst Lawyer Charges Trial Examiner ‘Coached’ Witness. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, September 12.—A pro- test of Edward G. Woods, heading Hearst counsel, against asserted “coaching” of & witness by Edwin 8. Smith, trial examiner, enlivened today the National Labor Relations Board hearing on the Post-Intelli- gencer-American Newspaper” Guild strike. At a half-day Saturday session, Woods, through a subpoena list, also disclosed the names of Seattle labor leaders to be called by. him when the presentation of the Post-Intelligencer’s ‘case is begun, probably late next week. Records of meetings of the Seattle Central Labor Council also will be brought before the hearing. Examination Interrupted. ‘During cross-examination of Forest E. Williams, a guild member and striking Post-Intelligencer employe, by Woods, the Examiner interrupted to question Williams. His queries were about Williams’ testimony ‘of discuss- ing the guild with Oliver S. Morris, P.-L city editor. Woods, after broke in: “I take an objection and excep- tion to the interruption of my cross- examination by the examiner,” he said. “Certainly this should be a fair and impartial hearing. “There should be no attempt by the examiner to coach a witness. Fither he will stop or I shall stop. Shall I proceed, or shall you?” Smith replied: “Your words speak s few questions, for themselves, I think you know the answer.” = ‘Woods proceeded. Ask Restoration of Two. The guild contends the dismissal of Frank M. Lynch and Everhardt Armstrong, guild members, by the pa- per, was for their guild activity and seeks a labor board order to restore them. The paper holds they were dis- missed for cause. Willlams and CUff Erickson, for- mer P.-1. library clerk, also on strike, were on the stand during the morn- ing session. A recess was taken until 10 a.m. Monday. The account of & conversation be- tween City Editor Morris and Wil- liams caused an exchange between Woods and Robert Watts, counsel for the Labor Board, prosecuting the Guild's complaint before Examiner BSmith. Concealed Membership. Williams had testified that although he joined the Guild in May when a chapter was started here, he told Morris he had not committed him- self, in a conversation some time in July. He quoted Morris as having told him: “You know Mr. Hearst doesn't like to have us belong to that outfit.” Woods drew from Williams the statement that he and Morris were *fellow employes.” ‘Watts began re-direct examination: “Mr. Morris was your boss, wasn't he?” Woods objected to any such distinction, on the ground they were “fellow employes.” To which Watts, agreeing to rephrase the question, said: “I presume ‘the boss,’ is the name reserved for ‘the chief’.” Williams testified the Guild had been a secret organization and that it “would be unhealthy” to reveal the membership. Union Leaders Suspended. The subpoena list in behalf of the newspaper included J. M. Litonius and Rouse McCollough, president and secretary of Seattle Typographical Union No. 202, the presidents and sec- retaries of other unions whose mem- bers worked for the newspaper, and Claude O'Reilly, president, and Charles Doyle, secretary of the Seat- tle Central Labor Council. Records of labor council meetings also were requested. At a conference after the close of the session, however, the opposing counsel, Woods and Watts, reached an agreement that the presidents and secretaries of the unions involved would not be called as witnesses, Woods disclosed. Watts agreed to ac- cept as a fact that the men in the upions involved had been unable to get through a picket line the day of the strike, for which they were to be called to testify about. The purpose of calling for the rec- ords, Woods said, was to show that Frank M. Lynch, one of two Guild members dismissed by the paper, ap- peared before the labor council to en- list aid for the strike of guildsmen which followed the dismissals and resulted in suspension of publication of the P.-I. Charles W. Hope, Regional Labor Board tor, said after the hearing that theboard’s “star witnesses” had not been called and the presentation of their case would continue at least to the middle of next week. M. W. ROWE, EDITOR, DIES IN HEATHSVILLE Official of Northumberland Echo Succumbs While Playing Checkers. - By the Assoclated Press. HEATHSVILLE, Va, September 12.—M. W. Rowe, editor of the North- umberland Echo, a weekly newspaper, died suddenly here last night while playing a game of checkers. Mr. Rowe engaged in daily news- paper correspondence in addition to editing the weekly, which was estab- lished in 1902 in this Northern Neck town. His widow and several brothers sur- vive him. f —— HEARING SLATED County Considers Work in Flower Ave. Park Under Assessment. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. September 12.—A hearing on an application filed for street improvement work to be carried out on the front foot benefit assessment plan in Flower Avenue Park will be held by the Montgomery County commissioners on October 7. ‘The project calls for the construc- tion of eight blocks of roadway along four streets in the subdivision, which is located along the east of Flower avenue, near Takoma Park. The hearing is set for the Silver Spring . County Building at 7 o’clock. Moscow Seeking Music Talent. . Musical troupers from Moscow are touring the Volgs regions and seeking new musical talent among the Voiga boatinen. . i A By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 12. — Eight avenue wes thrown into wild confusion today by the spectacle of nearly & hundred brightly uniformed waiters flat-footing it down the street with what looked like trays of whisky and soda. What flabbergasted the spectators most was that the waiters were actually hurrying. Beads of perspira- tion started out from their foreheads as they jogged down the avenue, Jjuggling their trays between the traffic. Inquiry developed that they were taking part in the second annual Greater New York Tray Race, sponsored by the Greater New York Tray Race Association. Race For Nine Blocks. The contest, delayed more than forgotten their trays, started at Co- lumbus Circle and ended in front of Madison Squere Garden, nine blocks away. The contestants were required to carry a tray containing an empty whisky bottle and two highball glasses, also empty. The breakage was pretty terrific. At the finish line, where Jack Waiters in Tray Eighth Avenue for 9 Blocks half an hour when it was discovered | that most of the tray trotters had | Mrs. Alf M. Landon, wife of the nominee, and her family left Colorado after a Summer vacation on a mountain ranch near Estes Park. Mrs. Landon is shown with'her stepdaughter, Peggy Anne (left) and two children, Nancy Joe and Jack, as they entrained for Topeka, their home. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Race Thrill Dempeey and several other restaurant operators waited to congratulate the winner, all was turmoil. Finally it was decided that Domi- nick (Flash) Caccippio, 19-year-old rotisserie speedster, had breasted the tape first with his tray, bottle and glasses intact. None of Dempsey's boys finished in the money, but he didn’t seem to mind. ‘Then it was discovered that in the mad scramble to separate the waiters from the “officials” it had been for- gotten to time the race. World Record Probable. Caccippio’s boss sald that he probably had set a world record of some kind and that it would be lost to posterity on account of the over- sight. Caccippio seemed more interested in the loving cup and the $125 cash prize he received. “It was & hard race and I'm glad I won,” he panted. Second prize went to Max Hirsch, who works in the same place, and third money was captured by Edmond Tonetti, & night club hustler. Tony Humick, another night club waiter, stumbled and fell near the finish line, soiling his robin’s egg blue pants and white duck jacket. “I would'a won easy if I hadn’t fell,” he said. DR. W. A. WARFIELD, SURGEON, RETIRES Freedmen'’s Hospital Chief Retires at 70, After 40 Years of Service. Dr. William A. Warfleld, chief sur- geon of Preedmen’s Hospital, who will be 70 years old on November 17, will retire from the Government service on that day, but because of accumu- lated leave will end his active career today. Dr. Warfield began his medical ca- reer in 1894 when he was appointed an interne at Freedemen's. He never left the service of that institution, being advanced through the ranks to his present position. He is a native of Hyattsville, Md., and as a boy worked on & farm there. As a young man he went to Baltimore and worked while studying at Morgan College. After graduation he came to Washington and took his medical de- gree at Howard University, working in the Summer as s waiter at the old Cabin John Inn. Dr. Warfield later went to Columbus, Ohio, to practice. Shortly afterward, however, he returned to Washington and accepted the interneship at Freed- men’s. At that time the institution com- prised stx frame buildings and pa- tients who were able to get out of bed were forced to huddle about old-fash- loned stoves to keep warm. The hos- pital had no trained nurses. Dr. War- fleld has seen Freedmen's grow to its present rating as a class A hospital with 322 beds and a staff of 20 in- ternes. Dr. Warfleld resides at 1522 R street. —_— JOURNAL IS PRINTED RICHMOND, Va. September 12.~ E. Griffith Dodson, clerk of the House of Delegates, said today the Journal of the House for 1936 had been re- ceived from the printer. The Senate Journal was printed previously. 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