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HEARINGS RUSHED ONLABOR CHARGE Investigation 61 Alleged Co- ¢ ercion in Steel Person- r nel Completed. By the Associated Press. With- investigation of employe co- erclon charges Campaign Expendif mittee officials said today public hear- ings on the case could be started any time the committee wished. Robert L. Jefferies, committee sec- Tetary, said some additional evidemce had been developed by the investigators and turned over to the committee’s at- torneys. ° “The investigators’ report is prac- tically finished,” he added, “and & list of names submitted. We could issue subpoenas and start the hearings as soon as the committee decides upon & course of action.” ‘The original charges against Car- negle-Tlinoils were filed with the committee several weeks ego by David L. Lawrence, Pennsylvania Democratic State chairman. In a surprise appearance before the com- mittee, Lawrence said Carnegie-Illi- nois and the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. had been compelling their em- ployes to register as Republicans in order to hold their jobs. Repons current in Pittsburgh that the' committee would hold its hear- ings in Washington instead of going to Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania communities were termed premature by Jeffries. He asserted the committee would meet here Monday to make certain “fundamental decisions” concerning the action to be taken with reference to the Lawrence charges as well as others involving allegations of politi- cal activity within the Works Progress Administration, Senator Davis, Pennsylvania Re- publican, already has challenged the committee to investigate the W, P. A. in the Keystone State, alleging relief workers were being subjected to po- litical coercion.’ EASTERN AIR TO HIRE 40 FLIGHT STEWARDS Employes Like Those on Ocean Steamers to Be Put On December 1. “Flight stewards,” similar to those aboard first-class steamships, will be put aboard every Eastern Air Lines ::nspon airplane beginning Decem- r 1. Their duties will include the serv- in gof meals, making up of berths, care of coats and luggage, provision of literature, stationery and information in flight, and the assistance of pas- sengers at airports. Application for positions for 40 flight stewards now are being received by Walter L. Avery, newly-appointed superintendent of passenger service for the airline. Avery said ea:ly in- terviews with applicants have con- vinced him it will be necessary to examine 1,000 or more men before the posts are filled. Qualifications include experience in meeting and serving the public, pleas- ing personality and appearance, satis- factory use of the English language, dependability, good health, weight be- tween 125 and 150 pounds, height § feet 4 to 5 feet 8 inches, and age 25 to 35 years. e —— FOUND. REPORT deserted animals to the Animal Protective _Association, Bradley ~ Bivd.. Bethesda. Md. _Phone Wisconsin 4924, LOST. iéu.rom brown a DOG—BrIndl' bull, Temale, vicinity Wis. d McComb st. n.w. Reward. Phone EYEGLASSES_Shell rim. in Edmond case. Cail North 5442-J and reward will be baid ur n um T tdithaw-une R. BADGE._engi Soward 708 20in 1 gl r in end of atley een Pmey Bnnch rd. and xsm 8t., cmtenden and Decatur. Phone fl OF MONEY in Treasury pay envel Tuesday evening. near Gov gintlh Prllmnl Office. Liberal reward. uxnuwo AN POLICE E, No. 868. 0 l _Cannon, 929 Ktnnnd’ st n.w., Geo. &' PAIR nam from lslh und Col._rd. to 24th and l& en- had on. Return . 7 ki Pt E g gma v o T hfl: . hhck DPatent leath- er, eontaining large amount money lost in Becnl:! s ltam’e on 3rd floor. Atlantic 1048-W, and_white. female 8 e weaHny ag, Nov 7000; Terd 3100 Muln 511 24th s- sreen r purse con- S aimcad bracoits, B dtamand e ..nc $¥2 810 bills. between Ohamplain ave, -n McKin- n nnna R T G BAG. lady's, bluk Teather- mm About Sept, 4, containine’ elothin name [ 155 Not ity Nichols Company, ‘Wood Building. Metropolits 16, i | Veneer Co., Robert A, Pinkerton (left), Probe ‘(Continued From First Page.) dends, Pinkerton testified he received $129,000 in 1935. Total dividends dis- bursed were $185,000, he stid, with the aunts receiving the balance. In addition, Pinkerton said, the com- pany owed him $367,000 in December, 1935. This sum is part of & debt in- curred on incorporation of the firm in 1925. The detective Service has been functioning since 1850, he said. Rossiter said he had been with the company for 49 years, rising from office boy to his present post. Rossiter’s total compensation for 1935 was less than $12,000, he testi- fled, as compared to the $129,000 re- ceived by Pinkerton. Rossiter testified that about 1,000 operatives are in employ of the com- pany. The firm has its headquarters in New York, with branches in 27 cities in the United States and one in Canada. Dividing receipts into “agency” and “patrol” services, Pinkerton said total gross income for 1934 was about $2,200,000. For 1935 It was about $2,300,000. For the first seven months of 1936 this income totaled $1,260,000. Industrial undercover work per- formed through the first seven months of 1936 brought in $552495 of the gross income, it was testified. “Do you furnish guards in time of industrial disturbances?” La Follette asked. “Only if the plant is not in opera- tion,” Pinkerton answered. g to consideration of ac- counts of the agency, Senator La Fol- lette read a report from operatives in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, where “radical” movements were under in- vestigation. A similar inquiry was being han- {dled at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Johnstown, Pa. The com- pany was concerned about “Com- munists and so-called labor organ- izers,” Rossiter said. Rossiter 3aid many of their clients were desirous of learning whether la- bor organizers represent “bona fide” unjons, such as an American Fed- eration .of Labor affiliate or. some “racketeering” outfit. Under pressing from La Follette, Rossiter admitted that investigations of “bona fide” organizers are carried out if clients wish them. Referring to an account with the Industrial Association of S8an Fran- cisco, Rossiter insisted that the investi- about Detective Agency, and Asher Rossii np&wnud today before the La Fouem I.abor Relations' Com- j | 8ation was directed solely at efforts to organize Communist unions. Rossiter said he knew of no investi- gation of organizing activities by the | Amalgated Iron, Steel and Tin Work- ers or the United Automobile Workers. Firms Using Ageney. ‘The following- list of firms employ- ing the Pinkertons’ services was fur- nished to the committee by the Pinkerton Agency and was read into ,thereeard.d-l‘mwdun “partial Geunl Motors Corp,, including the th | following subsidiaries: Fisher Body Division, Chevrolet Motor Division, Pontiac Motors, Cadillac Motor - Co. and Harrison Radiator Division, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Pennsyl- vania Tennessee Public Service Co., Barry Wright, Rome, Ga.; Guide Lamp Corp, Harmony Bus Transportation Co., Callaway Mills, R. C.- A. Manufacturing Co., Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co., American comotive Works, tion of S8an Francisco, Bavmbllry Co., Chicago. W. J. Holliday b Co., Chicago; Springer Mill Co., Seattle; Tacoms Smelter Co., Seattle; Washington Seattle; Kansas City Southern = Railway Co., American fehi; | Bakeries Co., Savannah Electric Co, m., vic Bth and the cldcatal Rotel of in ‘b cab; sentiment sttached. Reward offered. Plea. . Dist. 7876 between 8:30 and tals = " ‘vicinity Dupont 1 Kk cle. P st Reward, 1620 19th gi iimfiimnmflmm IE% it trips to “ :oo D e lg%éumg vn:i 1774 uv.n i mmn Z; m A fi fc;umm h %fll 1 m ave. se. !fl' Sweet Clder and Appl um rruldmt of the Pinkerton eneral manager, as they ~A, P, Photo. 1. H. McCarty, California agent for the Lake Erie Chem- ical Co. of Cleveland, told the La Folleite Committee that a rival concern, had “greased” the Los Angeles police depart- ment and that the San Fran- cisco chief of police was a “fake flug had “on waver” whom he he spot.” —A. P. Photo, C. H. Gerding, 11 South La. Salle strect, Chicago; G. H. P. Cigar Co. Inc, L. H, Gilmer Co, George B. Newton Coal Co., Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co., Textile Machine Co, C. B. & Q Railroad; Reading Railroad Co., S8an Francisco Industrial Association, Shell Oil Co., Waterman Steamship Corp., Shipside Contracting Co., Sloan & Sloan, Richard Slocum, Philadelphia, Pa.; Strawbridge & Clothier, Cleveland Electric Illuminat- ing Co., New Orleans Public Service, Inc, Philadelphia Electric Co., Okla- homa Power & Water Co., Gulf States Utilities Co, Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.,, West Slope Construction Co., York Ice Machinery Corp. Devoting virtually all of yesterday fo hearing officials of two companies engaged in the manufacture and sale of tear and. sickening gas and acces- sories, the committee had uncovered evidence of double-dealing, cut-throat eompet.mve efforts in “protective en- gineering.” Aside from adding to the commit- tee’s store of knowledge about the practices they are investigating, the disclosures of the afternoon precipi- tated a battle of post-hearing state- ments between representatives of the two largest firms in the business and a heated defense of the character of California police officials implicated. Extensive Sales Reported. As all the witnesses protested with- out qualification that use of gas in strike disturbances and for protective purposes is more “humane” than bul- lets or clubs, the committee disclosed that nearly $500,000 of tear and sick- In one letter read to the committee, McCarty charged that the Federal Laboratories man had “greased” the Los Angeles police department by certain officers a 25 per cent apologizing to his company for loss of business.” Later, Royal C. Johnson, attorney for PFederal Laboratories, issued -& statement declaring McCarty’s WASHINGTON, - D. - C.; FRIDAY, SEP’I‘EMBER FRANG IS STUDIED Seoretary - Confers With Treasury Experts on Freneh Monetary Situation. developments, ‘The: question of French devaluation, and how it would affect this country, was sald to embrace consideration of the Government's policy on gold ‘ex- ports. Although this policy generally pro- vides for expoxts only to goid standard countries, several exceptions have been masde for the licensing of exports to central banks of non-gold standard nations. It France should devalue the franc the' present export regulations would be. necessary. Action Problematical. If, on the other hand, France and the other gold bloc countries went off gold—which would have an effect similar’ to an arbitrary cut in their currency’s gold value—then consid- eration probably would be given to revamping export regulations. This country’s monetary gold stock now stands at $10,786,000,000, & new high level, which resulted largely from the heavy movement -of the metal from abroad. In reply to his criticlsm that the New Deal's gold-buying poliey was giving foreigners a whip hand over American economic conditions, Sen- ator Vandenberg was told yesterday by Secretary Morgenthau the policy had contributed to recovery. ‘The correspondence between the Michigan Republican and the Treas- ury head was made public by the ‘Treasury. Vandenberg asked a series of ques- tions regarding gold purchases and asserted that, by enabling foreigners to build up big holdings of American securities, they had brought “peril to our own domestic’ situation.” He based his complaint on the ground that when gold streams into the United States it is sold for dol- lars which are used to buy American securities. Should foreigners decide to liquidate the securities, change the dollars back into gold and take the metal out of the country, the Nation’s economy would be dealt a depression blow, he argued. Upward Movement Held Aided. Replying, the Treasury chief said. dollar revaluation under the gold policy stopped a downward sweep of prices “and helped to initiate an up- ward movement,” stimulated business activity, wiped out “some of the gross injustice between debtors and credi- tors created by sharply falling prices” and enabled exporters to regain their competitive position in foreign mar- kets. Vandenberg said that through the influx of gold, foreigners now own about $4,000,000,000 of American se- curities and other holdings “on instant call.” Asserting that heavy withdrawals of foreign capital in 1931 “demoralized our stock markets, shook our banks and deepawd the rigors of the de- structure and our price structure rest to s considerable extent on foreign Judgment or caprice.” Morgenthau, however, said the size of foreign holdings here “should be no cause for alarm.” “Naturally,” he continued, “in the determination of our credit policy con- m:nd careful attention is given 1 France (Continued Prom PFirst Page.) would be followed by a French re- quest for opinions from the Nether- lands and Switserland, two nations still on the gold standard. FLURRY IN LONDON, Fears of Devaluation of Franc Sweep the Market. LONDON, September 25 (#).—Fears of week end devaluation of the French franc swept the London exchange market today. mmmmnm«md« scribed as “all over the place,” French francs for delivery in a month’s time ‘were quoted at & discount of 7 francs to the pound sterling, while those for three months’ delivery were 10 francs POLICE GUARD MAN AFTER CULT PROBE Black Leglon Member Says Life in Danger After Testifying. who sald “My life isn't worth 2 cents now,” after he had testified against 12 men charged with lynching Charles A. Poole, was given police protection yesterday. Becker testified he attended a Black meeting a few hours before ‘was shot to death May 13, and “I told the truth there on the wit- ness stand,” Becker said. “I had to violate the legion oath to do it. There were some legion men in the court room and I know it. My life isn't worth 2 cents. I was a member, you know. . They'll get me.” ‘While Becker was testifying police traced down Elmer Anderson, who dis- appeared Wednesday as Circult Judge Joseph A. Moynihan was preparing perjury charges against him as a re- sult of his testimony for the defense. Anderson was arrested. Lowell Rushing, the man the State charges incited the Black Legion to abduct. Poole by circulating a false report Poole had mistreat his wife, admitted yesterday that he had told Davis of the wife-beating gossip. He also admitted he and Dean were to- gether in a restaurant when Poole entered with his eldest child in his arms, but denied that he had pointed Poole out or that he had known Poole was to be killed. War . (Continued Prom First Page.) must declare the so-called policy of intervention has been applied solely and wholly to the detriment to the lawful Government and to the ad- vantage of the rebe! said Del Vayo. In the first of a series of speeches from the floor, Eden painted a pes- simistic picture of the international political situation, but asserted, “There need be no fatal seeds of war.” He acknowledged, however, there ‘was no room for complacency, since rival forms of government are “hurl- ing defiance at egch other.” Diplomats at the League session were urged by the British Foreign Minister to support the international organization to make the League machinery operative. Eden called attention to suggestions of regional pacts of mutual security advanced as proposals to strengthen the League’s influence, particularly in Europe. These treaties, he de- clared, would aid in strengthening general security against war. Policy te Continue, ‘The British diplomat afirmed his country’s “unswerving fidelity” in the League, and said Great Britain's pol- icy would continue to be based on the League covenant. Eden pledged British support to in- ternational limitation of armaments and free discussion on the question of revision of treaties. He also urged formation of a ‘conference of experts to discuss making raw materials avail- able to all countries. In a suggestion which observers interpreted as designed to please Ger- many, the British diplomat recom- mended separation of the League Cov- enant from post-war peace treaties. He asked his listeners whether na- tions really wished to establish ma- chinery for the settlement of disputes without resort to war and answered his own question thus: “If there is & will for this it can be done. It must- be done. Other- wise there is the final calamity which is a drift toward war.” Eden’s recom- mendations for freer discussion of THREE DIE IN COLLISION OF COUPE AND TRUCK Perish in Flaming Wreckage After Accident Near Hunt- ington, W. Va. & - | By the Associated Press. Other currencies of the continental gold bloc moved erratically as the franc fluctuated. - Operations of. the British equalization fund were gen- erally credited with the steadiness dis- played by the spot French franc quo- tation. The dollar was in demand, nearly a cent in relation to the pound, as continental sources were brisk buy- ers in a continuation of the outflow of funds from the gold currency nations. In the London open market for gold the price of bar metal rose sharply to 137 shilings 9% pence an ounce, an hwmnotflfipencetmn‘rhundny (The sterling price was equivalent to $34.83 an ounce. Exchange men that the break was a reflec~ Hon of the decline in the interna- tional exchange value of the pound nannc.inurmo!whuhmneul ‘was quoted.) Snake, Not Pet Poodle. RICHMOND, Va. (#). — John Campbell thought that light blow he felt while walking around a dark bed- mm was_his pet poodle being play- SCHEDULE CHANGES Effective: Sunday, September 27,1936 Train No. 29 will leave Washington at 11:59 P.M., instead of 12:05 AM., and :Train No. 41 will feave at 12:05 A.M. Monday, Sej msmd of 12:10 A.M souruai“u.ml.wu. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., September 25.—Three persons died in the flaming ‘wreckage of & coupe and heavy truck after the machine collided last night s mile east of Huntington. The dead were Miss Vesta Simp- kins, 19, and Clement Daniel, pas- sengers in the coupe, and W. E. Crist, 44, of Charleston, driver of the truck. Charles Topping, 18, driver of the coupe, and Cecil Eggleston, route 1, Catlettsburg, Ky., were hurt. 1936.: NOW I EAT Cucumbers Upset Stomach Goes in Jiffy with Bell-ans Motor Repairs ||a|¢y’s 2020 M ST. N.W. Let n.l.y. Do It m.m 4821 Woodway Lana Spring Valley Colonial design; brick and frame con- struction; 4 large bed rooms, 3 hand- some baths; entire 3rd floor finished @s @ recreation room. Terms & W. C. & A. N. Miller} 1119 17th St DE. 4464 Ten pounds of butter brmht a broad smile to the I¢c¢ of Gov. Landon yesterday at Powatonna, Minn. It was nominee by R. W. Myers as Landon st apolis. David Hinshaw, Westown, 5% ‘Landon (Continued Prom First Page.) world as well as 8 prosperous America. A healthy internationsl trade is es- sential to world prosperity. Prosperity is good insurance against war, * * * “At a tme like the present, when economic nationalism is rampant we cannot afford to scrap our economic defenses, We can he a good neigh- bor without giving away the latchkey to our door.” Landon asserted the administra- tion’s reciprocal- tariff program has “delayed recovery for our farmers,” and “has sold the American farmer down the river.” The administration tariff program “just doesn't make sense,” Landon sald, adding that under eight trade agreements. “our imports increased more than three times as fast as our exports.” Scoring what he termed “the con- fused and destructive policies of the administration,” Landon said, “we are now one of the largest import- ers not only of those things we do not produce, but of those things we are adopted to produce. This is a scandalous situation.” “Reciprocity is valuable only when non-competing commodities are to be exchanged between two nations,” the nominee told his audience. “We are making a concession to foreign nations without getting anything in return. This is not reciprocity. It is charity paid for by American pro- ducers.” Frequently interrupted by ap- Pplause—33 times in 30 minutes—Lan- don brought shouts of approval with his announced nd against “iso- Iation” and his characterization of the New Deal tariff policies as having “given American farmers the short end of the deal.” At the end of his bid for the sup- port of the border State, Landon went to his hotel suite where he conferred with Minnesota leaders, including p—— Not a lmmve hdn.eto-hr wolil-fiinnnq : It does not affect the| and is not absorbed' i Nujol because it is 90 gentle and 30 natural action: NUJ ol =y FOR CONSTIPATION 3 =10 Sport Center MEtro 6444—8th -and D Sts.—FREE Parking We'll be mobbed with buyers for this value! 500 American Woolen Mills Khaki and- Gray ALL WOOL BLANKETS en route to lrme- holamu the gi opyright, A. P, Wirzphota. PIONEER OIL BURNER Daddy of Them A0 SOLD, SERVICED AND INSTALLED BY James E. Colliflower & CO Faclusive R Show Rooms 2703-5 Fourteenth Street N.W mck!.l(urphy publisher of the Moscrip said in a prepared state- mfi after’ talking with the candi- “Landon 1s right on every point. 'His speeches here and st Des Moines covered all the major questions in this whole farm problem, * * * “He amazed me with his grasp of the needs of agriculture in all its phases. He's got it all. His knowledge assures the dairymen and live stock men that they will be protected against dangers that arise when other farmers think they would like to try out dairying or the live stock game. A lot of them do, and they only make things worse for all of us, including Ives.” ‘0 Attend Foot Ball Game. Landon planned to attend a high school foot ball game tonight at Osh- kosh, Wis,, after a half-dozen rear platform speeches at Eau Claire, 11: am., (Central standard time); Marsh. field, 1:50 p.m.; Wausau, 3:20 p. Green Bay, 6:26 pm.; Appleton, 6: p.m., and Neenah-Menasha, 7:47 p.m. His plans were to go directly after his arrival at Oshkosh to the flood- lighted stadium to see Oshkosh High play Milwaukee Tech. Foot ball long has been one of the Governor’s favor- ite sports. After the game he was acheduled to go to an Oshkash hotel to spend the night. love tacturing plies with sesthi PILE-FOL, Reliowes versses wne e KT , Bleedi make eomfortable nlh the. mediention "o at couse. Do’ sosdtensly . - - v PiLE FoE today for rosits. At Pooples “As Maine Goes So Goes the Nation”, An old saying which isn’t necessarily true. Much usu- - ally happens to the country if either the Democrats or Republicans win. But if you cast the right, vote for home heating, only one thing can happen. Elect Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite for your fuel —and the result will be satisfaction. 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