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LABOR CONSIDERS N.R. A REVIVAL 30-Hour Week Bill and Other Measures Are Center of Interest. BY JOHN C. HENRY. With their hand strengthened greatly by election results, forces of organized labor today were turning their attention to programs calculated to bring material gains to the move- ment or to their individual factions. Interest was directed at several tssues, among them the possible re- vival of the N. R. A, the passage of the Black-Connery 30-hour-week bill, the passage of the O'Mahoney li- censing measure, the maintenance of the labor relations act, and the or- ganization drives of the Committee for Industrial Organization in the mass production industries. Word on the first of these probably must come from the White House. On the two legislative issues mentioned, Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, was reported today to have disclosed his intention of seeking White House sup- port. John L. Lewis, chairman of the C. 1. O. and president of the United Mine Workers, also has indicated ag- gressive support of legislation which ‘would translate the Roosevelt victory “into material benefits and reforms” on behalf of labor. Shippers Would Be Licensed. ‘The O'Mahoney measure approaches &n important feature of the N. R. A, in that it would authorize the Gov- ernment to license industries shipping goods in interstate commerce and ‘would allow revocation of such licenses in the cases of firms failing to comply ‘with certain wage and hour regula- tions. As for the labor relations act, the elation of labor leaders over the elec- tion results already has given them renewed optimism that the Supreme Court will uphold the present law. And | 4f the present law falls they are in- creasingly determined that a new one will be enacted and made effective | through constitutional amendment if Recessary. In this background of optimism and determination, the Committee for In- dustrial Organization will meet in Pittsburgh over the coming week end in what they term “one of the most important labor conferences held in years.” On their docket are several dssues, but two overshadow all others. First of these is the question of | what to do about the split with the | American Federation of Labor and possible attendance upon the federa- | tion convention in Tampa later this ! month. Second is the organization drive under way in the steel, auto- | mobile and rubber industries, with | similar plans in the background for other mass-production fields. Permanent Organization Possible. Out of the first, always bearing in mind the close relationship between Lewis and the Roosevelt administra- tion, may come a permanent organiza- tion that conceivably would become the | dominant one in the American labor ! movement. | More confident now of an impor- tant measure of success in their or- &anizing plans, the C. I. O. unions are less likely to be concerned about | reinstatement in the A. F. of L. dewis frequently has said he would Wot “waste carfare” to go to Tampa, and his answer to a proposal for Ppeace negotiations last month was that the Executive Council must make clear in advance what it intends to do about the suspension order out| against 10 C. I. O. unions. Although each of the 10 unions is to be allowed to make its individual decision about making the Tampa pilgrimage, it is now more than ever likely they will follow the Lewis lead. On the other hand, although the council has named a three-man nego- tiating committee, it is not expected | that the requested “clarification” will be offered. In the absence of any progress in negotiating a reconcilia- tion, the convention then may vote outright expulsion of the recalcitrant unions. Certain to oppose such a course, however, are the International Typographical Union and the United Hatters, both of whom have represen- tation in the C. I O. but are not under suspension by the Federation Council, Murray to Be on Hand. Turning to the second matter on the C. I. O. week end docket, John A. Brophy, director, announces that Philip Murray, head of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, will be on hand to report on the drive and will be accompanied by key workers in the field. Already there have been open in- dications that the steel companies are reading the handwriting on the wall, the same writing being to the effect that they must hand a greater propor- tion of their increasing earnings to Jabor. To this end, they are turning more receptive ears to the rather sur- prisingly determined demands of some of the “company” unions. These unions, encouraged originally as a de- fense against outside organization, have shown indications in several in- stances of breaking away from com- peny influence and of tying up with the Steel Workers' Organizing Com- mittee. Spain (Continued From First Page.) windows to prevent breakage from the Jarring of the suburhan bombardment. Government commanders expressed eonfidence their recently strengthened air force could hold its own in combat with_insurgent fighting squadrons. Official sources asserted the injured Fascist pilot who was sent to a hos- pital was an Italian and claimed the insurgent plane which was destroyed by fire to be of German manufacture, manned by Germans. The war ministry ordered mobiliza- tion of all men left in the capital be- tween 20 and 45 years of age. Officials sald 5000 men volunteered for a “suicide squadron,” which was hastily organized. Troops Hurry THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. President Greets Granddaughter N Here’s President Roosevelt in jolly mood ajter the christening yesterday of his 8-month-old granddaughter, Kate, shown with her mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt. While the Nation’s interest centered on the President, his attention was claimed exclusively by little Kate. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. (Latest figures available before going to press.) Total Districts. State. Alabama - Arizona Arkansas California Colorado ___ Connecticut _ Delaware ___ Illinois Indiana lowa ___ Kansas _ Kentucky Louisiana | Maryland Massachusetts _ Michigan Minnesota __ Mississippi - Missouri - Montana Nebraska __ Nevada New Hampshire_ New Jersey New Mexico. New York North Carolina _ North Dakota_ Ohio Oklahoma - Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee _ Texas Utah Vermont _ Washington West Virginia Wisconsin _ Wyoming __ Totals Roosevelt. 149,023 83,256 74,042 1,391,882 209,911 381,374 69,966 213219 243,880 120,098 2,254,511 902,369 579,09 419789 470,295 73,625 124,593 387,125 941,701 965,964 539,148 21,683 1,098,090 79,531 336,265 20,307 106,221 1,081,972 90,757 3,257,349 465,541 65,877 1,764,959 416,830 154,080 2,324.934 166,667 83,987 155,204 308312 420,484 143,659 62,149 233391 254,962 429,849 754,532 Districts. Reptd. 1,160 424 971 9,572 1,222 169 232 1,131 1,628 735 7,840 3,745 2328 2,611 3,788 180 621 24,935,134 Popular Vote, Landon 22,960 32,326 16,291 656,057 135,339 278,110 54,409 68,530 34533 64,760 1,536,785 15533410 Indicated Electoral Vote, Rvit.. Landn. Lmke. n SZoZiBaRNwwowaRow 120,733 58,214 53,666 "8736 1,214 12,240 63,912 80,960 96,723 121,133 277,086 360,876 684,054 districts newly captured by the in- surgents. Mothers, wives and sweethearts, some of them blinded by tears, but showing a high courage, tripped along beside their marching men handing them black milkless coffee and rolls as they went forward in an attempt to stem the Fascist avalanche. Decisive Battle Seen. A major and possibly all-decisive battle for the capital apparently was about to begin. The insurgent forces were reported storming forward on the outskirts ef the capital as the fresh Madrid militia rushed out to meet them. Terrified residents of Madrid's sub- urbs swarmed into the city, fleeing on foot and in jammed street cars from towns in which fierce Moorish hordes led the Fascist charge. ‘The attacking ‘army occupied Ge- tafé, 8 miles south of Madrid, and Leganes, a mile closer to the besieged city. Grimly resisting Socialist gunners poured shells into the villages in a vain effort to turn back the attack. (An insurgent report declared the Fascists had advanced to the suburb of Carabanchel, about 2 miles from Madrid.) Furious fighting continued through- out the night and into the second day of battle north of Getafe, past the last insurgent barrier outside the Madrid lines. Government war planes hovered over the battered, burning village after a terrific Fascist serial bom- bardment had set it afire and de- molished most of it. Some military sources said the gov- ernment might blow up bridges over the Manzanares River, which the Fas- cists must cross to reach the capital Madrilenos spent a sleepless night. They knew the city’s defenders must repulse the insurgent attack or the “Battle of Madrid” soon would spill blood in the capital's gutters. | roaring up in smoke at the Getafe requires a two-thirds vote of both Airport, one of the government'’s most the war. (A dispatch from the Spanish in- surgent front, received in Paris, said | the Madrid government had evacuated planes at the Cuatro Vientos Air- drome on the city’s outskirts and had set the hangars afire.) The government broadcast an urgent appeal to all militiamen and truck drivers to report for duty and issued the gravest warning the city has ever heard: “Madrid is now a war front!” (A dispatch from Talavera de la Reina, the insurgents’ main field headquarters, said Fascist troops had moved up and commanded the hill dominating the Cuatro Vientos Air- port, on the outskirts of Madrid.) Newly augmented air squadrons, the war ministry declared, shot down four of the Fascist bombers which had harrassed Madrid in a series of day- light raids. The provinces of Catalonia and Le- vante announced they were ready to hurl a mechanized army at the Fas- cist rear and declared it was powerful enough to “crush” the insurgents, Government reports said Socialist air raiders dealt “demoralizing blows” on the enemy, destroying artillery positions and convoys at Humanes de Madrid, Arroyomolinos and Moreleja, southwest of Getafe. An official bulletin said Government troops captured the town of Ven- tares, in the Cuenca sector southeast of Madrid, and took 27 prisoners. Reliable quarters said the villages of Villa Viciosa de Odon and Alco- corn, southwest of the capital, had been evacuated by government troops In a strategic retreat. Lincoln (Continued From First Page.) ers, however, are not likely to take that view of the matter. It is entirely probable that whether the President makes the proposal of a constitutional amendment or not, backers of an amendment will have the TREE | houses of Congress to submit a con- important military fields earlier in| stitutional amendment to the States for ratification. With the President’s backing, if it came, and a House and Senate overwhelmingly Democratic. it would appear that a resolution pro- posing a constitutional amendment could sail through Congress. Repeal Speeded Through. Immediately after the presidential election in 1932, a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution— doing away with national prohibition, was rushed through, and the change in the Constitution was brought about in jigg time. If it could be done then, it was argued today, it could be done again. Attention was called also to the constitutional amendment which was adopted after the Supreme Court had declared the first Federal income tax law unconstitutional. After the N. R. A. was killed by unanimous decision of the Supreme Court, its records, etc., were trans- ferred to the Department of Com- merce. There something has been done in the matter of studying the various problems presented. All of this material will, of course, be avail- able for the use of the President in considering with industrial and labor leaders what should be done. Some of the more radical New Dealers are likely to demand that if the law of the land is to be changed it be so amended that the Supreme Court will be denied the power by a majority decision to declare unconsti- tutional an act of Congress. Others may go so far as to demand that the court be denied the right to pass on such a law at all. President Roosevelt has made no commitment whatever on -the question of the Supreme Court’s right to declare an act of Con- gress unconstitutional by a 5 to 4 or mere majority decision. The Supreme Court during the first New Dea! administration killed other laws in addition to the N. R. A,, among them the Guffey coal act which nas FINE WATCH REPAIRING FAi]' st RATES Saturdey $98.00 Saturday oty ot lgin Spring 71 8% vey replaced for e any watch See Our_Fine Selection of Hamiltons. i wsiers %04 516 Mewance irge acceunts, ERNEST BURK o C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936. FUUR SIATES |U|N Wins Baby Show Contest SECURITY SCHEME Participation in Federal Program Voted—Other Late Resuits. By the Associated Press. Constitutional amendments authoriz- ing them to take part in the Federal social security program had been rati- fled today by Kansas, Florida, Louisi- ana and Colorado, although old-age pension plans were headed for defeat in three other States. Eleven other States had passed upon 26 proposed amendments, while a host of constitutional changes were left in doubt elsewhere by incomplete tabula- tions. P Voters in Nevada, Washington and Oregon apparently rejected initiative and referendum proposals for old-age benefits. South Carolina returns showed indecisive resuits on a similar amendment. Liquor questions were settled by ballot in four States, while a wide range of tax measures were approved or rejected by voters in all corners of the country. Oklahoma clung to its State prohibi- tion statutes, although North Dakota decided to permit the sale of liquor for the first time since statehood. In Texas. a proposal for placing liquor sales in the hands of the State was trailing far behind, and California decisively defeated a local option scheme. Amendments authorizing an increase in the public debt, tax exemption for homes worth less than $1,000 and a rise in income levies to 10 per cent were approved in North Carolina. Michigan piled up an overwhelming lead against proposals for exempting foodstuffs from a 3 per cent sales tax and replacing property levies with an ihcome tax. ©Ohio, however, eliminated sales taxes on food purchases for home consump- tion. California voters threw out measures for taxing chain stores andi abolishing personal income taxes. A graduated income tax amendment was lost in Washington and Minnesota defeated a plan for removing Sta‘e real estate levies. Missouri, Nebraska and other States dealing in most cases with the re- organization of State governments. been referred to as the “little N. R. A. When Congress adjourned last Spring, a new coal act, a substitute, was still pending. The Supreme Court also put the quietus on the old A. A. A, with its contracts for curtailing crop pro- duction. There is a new law dealing with agri- culture, designed to meet the objec- tions of the Supreme Court, which has not yet met the test of the courts. There are laws dealing with labor re- lations that are to be tested before the Supreme Court probabiy within a short time. New decisions by the court invalidating these New Deal laws, if they come, will undoubtedly bring to a head the question of a con- stitutiona: amendment and wbether it should be submitted to the people through the States. Crop Insurance Plan Likely. The Roosevelt program, it seems reasonable to expect, when it is sub- mitted to Congress will contain pro- posals for crop insurance, for the benefit of the farmers. Such insur- ance was discussed by the adminis- tration during the campaign. The program also may be expected to con- contained in the Wagner bill that that body adjourned. President must consider the Federal budget. priations. The fact that there is to be no {change in administration or party control of the Government, however, | makes the development of the pro- gram a far simpler matter than if the election had gore otherwise and the | Republicans had taken control. It | has been rumored that there will be | changes in the President’s cabinet. If 50, the President has not yet indicated | what they are. He has many im- | portant offices to fill outside the cab- | inet, including a controller general of the United Etates. House (Continued From Pirst Page.) |New York. Representative John J. O’Connor of New York, chairman of the Rules Committec, who has been acting as House leader since the death of Speaker Byrns and the election of Bankhead as Speaker. Of course, the incoming new Con- gress elected yesterday will select its own Speaker and leaders as soon as the House organizes on January 5. Various Chairmanships. = The chairmen of all the important House committees were re-elected, and as the chairmanships are assigned under the seniority rule, they should serve also in the new Congress. O’Con- nor is expected to be elected House leader, but there is a contest brewing for that post, with Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas as the prin- cipal choice against O'Connor. If STEAMSHIPS. BERMUDA VIA FURNESS. 350 w round trip. with private bath. mmnthl. lings direct to dock of Hamilton. Furness Ber- muda Line, 34 Whitehall st. Ne WHERE TO DINE. The Bmiirg’shord Where, for the first course, as ' in Sweden, you are offered the famous Smorgesbord. Some of the more and interesting Scandinavian Joods follow. Luncheon—Dinner 1632 K St. N.W. Nat. 1443 “Strange Spiritual Experiences in India” 1758 COLUMBIA RD. N.W. voted on proposals of local interest, | tain a housing plan similar to that | was awaiting action by Congress when | In the few weeks that remain’ be- | fore Congress opens, January 3, the He will have before him also | proposals for additional relief appro- | |FIRST ON THE LIN O’Connor wins, the chairmanship of | Ann Bishop, 13 months old, food show baby contest. Jrom the stage. rules will be vacant, with the dean of the House, Representative A. J. | Sabath of Illinois, as runner-up; if | Rayburn is selected as leader, the | chairmanship of Interstate and For- eign Commerce Committee will be | vacated, with Representative Clarence | F. Lea of California as next in line. | The chairmanship of the Military Af- | fairs Committee is already vacant, through the death of Representative ! John J. McSwain of South Carolina, and Representative Lister Hill of Ala- | bama is slated for this post. Committee chairmen re-elected in- clude Representative Lindsay C. War- | ren, North Carolina, accounts; Rep- | resentative Marvin Jones, Texas, agri- | culture; Representative James P. Buchanan, Texas, appropriations; | Representative Henry B. Steagall, Ala- | bama, banking and currency: Repre- sentative Robert Ramspeck, Georgia, lcml service; Representative Ambrose | J. Kennedy, Maryland, claims: Rep- | resentative Mary T. Norton, New Jer- | sey, District of Columbia; Representa- tive Vincent L. Palmisano, Maryland, | education; Representative John J. | Cochran. Missouri, expenditures in ex- | ecutive departments; Representative | Sam D. McReynolds, Tennessee, for- | eign affairs; Representative Samuel Dickstein, New York, immigration and nautralization: Representative Will | Rogers, Kklahoma, Indian affairs; | Representative Leo Kocialkowski, IIli- nois, insular affairs; Representative Sam Rayburn, Texas, interstate and | foreign commerce; Representative Compton I. White, Idaho, irrigation and reclamation; Representative Hat- |ton W. Sumners, Texas. judiciary; Representative William P. Connery, | Massachusetts, labor; Representative Kent E. Keller, Illinois, library; Rep- resentative Schuyler O. Bland, Virginia, merchant marine and fisheries; Representative Joe L. Smith, West Virginia, mines and mining: Representative Carl Vinson, Georgia, naval affairs; Represent- ative William I. Sirovich, New York, patents; Representative Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina, pensions; | Representative James M. Mead, New York, post office and post roads; Rep- | Contains ne= LIME or ACIDS: , who yesterday displayed much stage presence while competing in the District Grotery Stores She threw kisses “at the audience resentative J. Walter Lambeth, North Carolina, printing; Representative Fritz G. Lanham, Texas, public build- ings and grounds; Representative Rene de Rouen, Louisiana, public lands; Representative Raymond J. | Cannon, Wisconsin, revision of the | laws; Representative James J. Mans- field, Texas, rivers and harbors; Rep- resentative William Cartwright, Okla- | homa, roads; Representative John J. O’Connor, New York, rules; Repre- | sentative Robert A. Green, Florida, | | territories; Representative Joseph A.| Gavagan, New York, in line for chair- man of war claims; Representative | Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina, ways and means, and Representative John E. Rankin, Mississippi, World | War veterans legislation. Represent- ative A. Wallis Robertson, Virginia, | chairman of the Special Committee on Conservation of Wild Life Re- sources; Representative C. Jasper Bell, | Missouri, to investigate old-age pen- | sion plans; Representative Adolph J. | Sabath, Illinois, inestigation of real estate bond holders’ reorganizations | and Representative Wright Patman, | chain stores investigation, who also | sponsored the soldiers’ bonus legisla- tion—have all been re-elected. | Four woman members have been re-elected to the House and a fifth will come here for her first term whén the new Congress opens in | | January. Those returned are Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Democrat, New Jer- sey, often referred to as “the Mayor | of Washington,” completing 12 years; | Mrs. Edith N. Rogers, Republican, Massachusetts, a leader in veterans' | legislation and in building up the | service of the Department of Com- | merce for American business, com- | pleting 12 years; Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckes, Democrat, Indiana, and Mrs. | Caroline O'Day, Democrat, New York. | Mrs. Florence Kahn, Republican, Cali- fornia, was defeated after 12 years' | service. The new woman member is Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman, Democrat, | daughter of the author, Charles Erskine | Scott Wood, who is Oregon’s first | woman member. She defeated Repre- lican. | Four other women who sought con- *kk A—S PRIZES AWARDED AT FOOD EXHIBIT Large Crowd Cheers Con-- testants in D. G. S. Show Events. ‘The gracefulness of Mrs. Dorothy Acklin, 4726 Third street, last night won her first honors in a “fat wom- en’s” hop, step and jump contest at the District Grocery Stores food show in Calvert Hall, 2701 Calvert street. Despite & heavy rain, a capacity crowd turned out and cheered lustily as the women vied with each other, in the contest, held on the high stage in the hall. As in other contests at the stores’ shows, the winner was chosen by the volume of applause from the audience. She was given & , $5 award. 2 Pretty little Ann Bishop, 13-month- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Bishop 1445 Park road, yesterday af- ternoon won the daily matinee baby contest over some 80 competitors. She received a $2.50 award. Mrs. E. E. Baker of the Miramar Apartments last night was awarded & 100-piece set of imported china, one of many free gifts to show patrons. Mrs. Paul Moran, 425 Sixth street: southwest, received an electric mixer. Yesterday afternoon an aluminum set was awarded Mrs. Delos E. Ham- mer, 322 A street southeast. A varied assortment of groceries and other articles were among other awards made at yesterday's afternoon and evening shows. Today the regular matinee will be held in the hall from 2 to 5 p.m., to be featured by the daily baby show at 4 pm. and the presentation of souvenirs by Santa Claus to every child in the audience under 6 years of age. The baby show will be open to all babies over 1 and under 4 years of age. A barn-yard contest,” in which men and women will vie in calling chickens or any other fowl or barn-yard ani- mal, will be a feature attraction at tonight’s show, which will begin at 7:30 o’clock. The audience will be asked to pick | the winner of this contest. In mak- ing their choice they will be asked to take into consideration both volume and tone of the calls. A $5 award will be given the man or woman whose calls are judged the best. gressional posts on the major party tickets were beaten by men. They were Bertha Bauer and Irene Tomas, Chicago Republicans; Agnes C. Rea- vey, Democrat, of Massachusetts, and Melinda Alexander, Republican, of New York. In Towa, Matilda Sorenson Clark | and Isabel Jorgenson campaigned un- | successfully under the Farmer-Labor banner for the House, as did Mrs. Herbert Rudd in New Hampshire. Mrs. Isabella Greenway, a member of the feminine contingent in the House last term, did not seek re-elec- tion. Her place was won by John R. Murdock, Democrat. Representative Fred H. Hildebrandt, Democratic incumbent in the first South Dakota district, had a narrow squeeze but finally defeated Karl E. Mundt. In the second congressional dis- trict, another New Deal supporter, impresenutive Theodore B. Werner, fell before the drive of Francis Case, Custer newspaper man. Doctors agree that Neuritis drinking Mou direet from famous s. Phone Me. 1062 oda Valley Mineral Water 1105 K ST. N.W, AND WHITE AS SNOW e MRS Oxol takes the rubbing and scrubbing out SEE FOR YOURSELF! Add a | of wash day ittle Oxol to the soap and water in your wash. You'll be amazed how quickly it takes ground-in dirt and stains out of cottons aed linens «« s bleaches them snow white. All grocers sell Oxol. and out come grease stains, stains, blood stains, fruit stains. Grateful housewives &5 OFF COMES BATHTUB RING Bathtub, toilet bowl, wash basin, sink, floors—all tile and porcelain ain. Stubborn stains dise g];ur. 1 deodorizes as it cleans: cause it’s & liquid.

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