Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 4

A4 #» GREEN FORECASTS LEWIS' FAILURE A. F. L. Convention Told Organization Will Be United in End. By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., November 13.—Wil- liam Green, president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, forecast to- day complete failure of John L. Lewis' drive to bring all the workers in each ‘big industry into one big union. Addressing the federation’s build- ing' trades department convention, Green said: “We're going to organize the un- organized of America and we're going to organize them into the American Federation of Labor. “When experiments motivated by vaporous idealism are compleied by some who have invaded the field in- dependently — when they admit they're through—the A. F. of L. will step in and do the job.” Results to Be Plain.« Green's only prediction as to what the federation's general convention would do about the Lewis rebellion against the traditional craft form of organization was that “the world will know where we stand when we get through.” A member of Lewis' United Mine Workers, Green said .he knew the miners “deep in their hearts love the American Federation of Labor.” Green was applauded when he said the Knights of Labor, the Debs move- ment and the International Workers of the World, each in turn, had tried to destroy the A. F. of L. without success. “We'll go from here ready to face any foe either within or without the A. F. of L.” he concluded. “I pledge to you all I have and all T can give in defense of the federation.” Before discussing the rebellion, Green said the country was “on the threshold of a great building boom.” “There is a shortage of homes throughout the land,” he said. is a great need for other types of building. I predict for the building trades a great building boom, increases in wages and employment for all workers. Demand for Workers. “The demand for' workers will be in excess of the number available. New men will have to be trained. That will soon be one of the problems before your unons.” Green also “pledged” enactment of the Wagaer low-cost housing bill at| the next session of Congress. 1. M. Ornburn, secretary of the American Federation of Labor union label department, reported today the co-operation of 1,000,000 farmers in & movement to buy only union-made goods. While informal discussion of & Farmer-Labor party in 1940 was cur- rent among delegates, Ornburn to‘lli his department’s annual meeting, | “We now estimate over a million farmers have become labor conscious and buy only goods upon which the ! union label is displayed.” Reporting, to the building trades’ | department convention yesterday, the department's executive council urged | a “concerted” drive by all craft unions | to combat the Lewis movement, P Relief (Continued Prom First Page.) He attributed this primarily to ab sorption of workers by private indus- | try. The District itself has been carry- ing the burden of the “unemployable” relief cases since last November, these cases being distinguished from the employables, who are cared for on the works programs, the cost of which is | financed by the Federal Government. | The Board of Public Welfare re- cently advised the Commissioners they should ask Congress, &s soon as it convenes, for a supplemental direct relief appropriation of $800,000 to meet. neegs from January through June. . Sum Held Insufficient. Welfare Director Elwood Street told the Commissioners the $1,600,000 ap- propriated for relief for the entire current fiscal year was insufficient. He said amount given to the un- employablés per month was too small, and that there were many “border line cases” of persons technically classed as employables, but wno could not find suitable work, who should be given aid. Allen announced today the Com- missioners had called Street and Wel- fare Board members to appear before them Tuesday to explain the need of the proposed supplemental relief fund. At his press conference yesterday Administrator Hopkins said that be- tween January and August of this year the total number of families and single persons receiving local or Federal relief had declined from 4,756,000 to 3,833,000. Citing the downward trend from the peak load of 5,316,000 in January, 1935, Hopkins added: “There is no doubt that we are over the hump. The normal increase in the relief rolls for this time of year, with Winter approaching, will be counteracted by increased private employment.” No Unexpended Balance. Estimating monthly expenditures of the Works Progress Administration at about $160,000,000, Hopkins said there ‘would be no unexpended balance car- ried into -the next fiscal year from the $1,425,000,000 appropriated by the last Congress. He declined to discyss the possible need for additional appropriations, despite President Roosevelt's state- ment Tuesday that they probably ‘would be needed. While employment under the works program in the first half of October rose 39,000 to 3,498,000, Hopkins said 32,831 drought cases accounted for most of the increase. Relief Load Reduced. The total relief load for August of | day, with both sides attempting to “ | There | yiage apparently was being | tonight for | British refugees, will return with addi- | | tional | Embassy. | negotiate an understanding | which neither combatant would bom- | | corted by nine pursuit planes, appeared THE EVENI i STAR, WASHINGTON, D. He’s Pastor and Janitor furnace and preachjng. Spain (Continued From First Page.) shot skyward with today’s victory and | the pessimism which, a week ago, hung | like a pall over the city, virtually had disappeared with the failure of the insurgents to cross the Manzanares River in eight days of continuous struggle. Field fighting was light during the However, the set for another baitle, possibly tonight, and defense generals broadcast warnings to the fighting forces against over- confidence. fortify thelr positions. <+ Embassy to Get Food. Two Scottish ambulances, leaving | Valencia loaded nm‘y food stocks for the British | At the same time a diplomatic corps commission which is seeking means of humanizing the civil con- flict announced it was atltempting to under bard zones of non-military impor- tance, ‘The defense junta announced it would co-operate with the commis- sion. Meanwhile, it was learned many tanks had been received by the gov- ernment. Nine Planes Attack. Today's battle over Madrid began when three insurgent tri-motors, es-| over the city and began dropping | leaflets urging surrender. I Nine government fighters dropped | suddenly down from the clouds and | opened an attack. | ‘The tri-motors sped westward, while their escorts doubled back on the at- | tackers. | Maneuvering for position, the planes exhausted virtually every move nf‘ aerial strategy. They were so high that for a time | the crowds in the streets could not | distinguish between insurgents and | government planes. | But they roared encouragement to the loyal pilots. r Suddenly one plane shot toward the | earth in flames. Another went into a spin and crashed west of the city. A third wobbled, dipped and limped away to the east, and the whole battle shifted away from the city’s rooftops. | Later a government communique said: “Six planes, all belonging to the enemy, were brought down in the morning fight, two within sight; four behind their own lines.” Gen. Jose Miaja, chief of the De- fense Council, jubilantly hailed “an- other demonstration of our victory in the air” and said Madrid was pre- pared to withstand years of siege. The victory came a few hours after 15 government fighting planes, man- ning 60 machine guns, had scattered an insurgent troop concentration along the Toledo highway south of the city. It coincided with another aerial de- velopment unfavorable to the govern- ment—the death of six pilots in the crash of two bombers into & hillock during thick weather. Low-flying ships discovered the Pascist columns near the two Cara- banche] towns—Carabanchel Bajo and Carabanchel Alto—between Madrid and Getafe, the official report said. (The government announced yes- terday recapture of Getafe, site of a strategic air fleld 8 miles south of the capital) Circling overhead, Socialist aerial gunners sprayed thousands of bullets into the insurgent forces, routing the columns in disorder, the ministry as- serted. The Fascists scattered as the lead- en slugs cut into their ranks. Many were declared to have been killed and their bodies left in nearby fields. The ministry said the pilots reported large numbers of the eneiny wounded in the onsiaught. West Side Battle Rages. On the western side of the Manza- nares River insurgents and Socialists maintained & constant artillery and rifié battle around the Casa del Campo, heavily wooded former royal estate. Driving rain and heavy fog hamp- ered the efforts of both sides to send shells crashing through rival lines. An Associated Press correspondent who dodged whining bullets in bdttle zones south of the capital reported government forces engaged in heavy counter-attacks on the Fascist right | Small raiding parties from both sides of the lines around Madrid pushed for- ward in attempts to penetrate op- this year was 417,000 less than the 4,250,000 cases in August, 1935, he said, despite the addition of 100,000 drought emergency -cases this year, Declaring ‘relief expenditures were falling in the same proportion as the number of cases, he said that in the month before election the W. P, A. administrative staff had been cut by 1,000 and that personpel cuts were Of the total emplpged under the works program in the first of October, Hopkins said, 2515728 were on W. P. A. projects, 384,133 on emergency conservation work and 508,149 in mmxu:neuotuudwmmt posing forces at either end of the river bridges. The minor drives ac- complished little. Military officials inside tfie capital expressed belief sufficient reinforce- ments had arrived from the south- Pastor as Janitor Keeps Flock Warm By Wordsand Fire Combination Job Due to Low Treasury of Church. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November Paul Stafford, jr., pastor Wicker Park Methodist Episcopal Church, doesn’t believe in trusting to his oratorical fire to keep his congre- gation warm—he sees to it ‘that Jani- tor Paul Stafford keeps & roaring fire going. Pastor Stafford and Janitor Stafford are the same man. In a pair of old overalls and with smudge on his face, Janitor Stafford today cited biblical passages which he contended authorize a minister to stoke a furnace. “The Old Testament says, ‘Through the brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled,’” he explained. “Then there’s a passage that refers to ‘heap- ing coals of fire'—there’s more to it, but we’ll stop there.” With the parish income only suf- ficient to pay one salary, Mr. Stafford said he had agreed to take over the work of a sexton so that the church might have a minister. FORMULA TO REOPEN 13.—Rev. |SCHOOLS APPROVED Springfield Civic Organizations Indorse Plans Submitted by Bar Association. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, 13.—Representatives of 36 civic or- November ganizations approved unanimously last night a proposal the sponsors of which said would permit the city to| reopen its schools Monday. A Bar Association committee pre- sented the proposal, involving refund- ing by the Board of Education of out- standing bonds due this year and bor- rowed against delinquent taxes. The proposal was submitted to the Board of Education, which closed the 26 schools last Friday following defeat | of a proposed speciil three-mill levy in the election. Members of the League of Women Voters advocated that the schools re- main closed until a permanent solution was found for the financial difficulties. In an open meeting, the league also called for a special election to raise an additional tax levy. children’s garments, 2500 tons cof wheat, 1,000 tons of flour, 43 tons of codfish and other supplies. (French Communists in Paris in. creased their demands that Premier Leon Blum begin negotiations to send direct aid to Spanish Socialists. The movement met with opposition from radical-Socialists with an accompany- ing threat of disruption of the popular front government.) Residents Unaware of Raid. Residents of the beleaguered city were in the main unaware of the latest Fascist raid on government lines by nine insurgent planes. ‘The combat ships appeared suddenly Thus we could save the lives of many gallant Pascist soldiers and avold the eastern coast to defend the city against | ) Pprojected insurgent attacks. Fresh forces were expected from Catalonia (Barcelona) and Valencia to bolster the government defenders, Wwho already have the support of strong contingents of international volun~ teers composed of Poles, Italians, French and Russians. (The Soviet freighter Komosol ar- rived at Valencia u’mhwad 22,000 W of the | John Paul Staflord, jr., of the Wicker Park Methodist Church at Chicago, performs in two roles because the income of the church is insufficient to hire a janitor. < He is shown stoking a —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. DETROIT WORKERS BARE8-POINT DRIVE |Progressive Cut in Hours Is Demanded by Auto " Union. BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 13.—The In- | ternational Union, United Automoblle Workers of America, announced an | eight-point program today for an or- | ganization campaign to be carried on with the assistance of the Committee for Industrial Organization, Among the demands were progres- sive reduction of hours “until all work- | ers who have been displaced by * * * | machinery are re-employed,” elimina. tion of the “speed-up” system, a 40- | hour week and 8-hour day and an ade- quate annual wage. The announcement said the program was drafted at a conference of execu- tive officers of the union with Philip | Murray of Pittsburgh, chairman of the | Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, | and John Brophy of Washington, di- rector of the Committee for Industrial Organization. It referred to the re-election of | President Roosevelt and to the elec- | tion of “the several Governors of the principal auto-producing States who are favorable toward labor” as a “posi- | tive mandate * * * upon the right of the workers to affiliate with independ- ent labor unions and enjoy the priv- fleges and benefits of true collective bargaining.” The announcement said that the | legislative program to be introduced in | the various States.” It went on: “The automobile in- dustry is in the best financial condi- tion that it has been since 1929. Wage increases and bonuses * * * have been completely nullified by previous gen- eral wage slashes mounting to as high as 25 per cent, as well as unheard-of speed-up, in some instances as great | as 30 per cent over last year.” MAN, 60, AND WIFE, 23, ACCUSED IN SLAYING By the Associated Press. THURMOND, W. Va, November 13.—A 60-year-old railroad section foreman and his pretty 23-year-old wife were charged with murder last night in the death of H. C. Bennett, 50-year-old railroad conductor and Jjustice of the peace. Deputy Sheriffs Virgil Lyons and Carl Ballard filed the charge against Robert L. Bennett and his wife an hour after H. C. Bennett was shot to death in the R. L. Bennett home. Lyons said the two Bennett men were not related, and added: “Mrs, Bennett told us that she had been seeing H. C. Bennett for about five or six months, and that her hus- band found out about it and decided to wait in the house today when Ben- nett called.” Lyons said the accused man impli- cated his wife in the actual slaying. Housing. (Continued Prom First Page.) Mr. Roosevelt lately has been busy with Harry L. Hopkins on the relief program for next year, and he stressed ‘The President will see today & town that has risen almost full grown in & year's time from several hundred acres of woodland and meadow. The 1,000 homes completed or. nearing completion will be ready for occupancy swimming ing, & row of neat- brick or cinder- mold houses, furnished even to pic~ tures onthe walls and spreads on the beds. Other buildings, including & school, s community center, a theater, fire house and garage, are less far Features to Be Shown. Dr. Tugwell was to point out to union was preparing “a comprehensive | 0., FRIDAY, BRANDEIS 15 80 YEARS OLD TODAY Supreme Court Justice Con- tinues to Show Cus- tomary Vitality. ‘The flashing brilliance of his mind undimmed by the passing years, Associate Justice Louis Dembits Bran- deis, noted “liberal” of the Supreme Court, is 80 years old today. True to the habits of industry formed during many years in the fore- front of the fight for the liberal doc- trine, Justice Brandeis spent the day at his usual tasks, foregoing any cele- bration of the anniversary. ‘The oldest in point of years of the nine justices, he has been eligible for retirement for 10 years, but has given no indication that he intends to re- linquish his post. During the recent hearings of im- portant New Deal cases, he has mani- fested much interest in the social philosophies of the Roosevelt admin- istration. Fights Wealthy Interest. As a young lawyer in Boston he soon evinced a passion for truth and justice that kept him in the thick of the fight against what he regarded as the inequitable tactics of wealthy interests. Although his early practice found many corporations among his clients, he did not want to be known as & cor- poration lawyer, preferring the role of attorney for the people. Frequently he declined large fees-in cases in which he did not believe his services would further the public in- terest. Despite this rigid adherence to his code of ethics, however, he had, by 1907, accumulated a fortune of $1,000,000, according to one biographer. Perhaps the best proof of the young | crusader’s sincerity and effectiveness is found in the fight of the wealthy in- terests to prevent his appointment to the high court, Named By Wilson, ‘When Associate Justice Joseph R. Lamar died 20 years ago, President Wilson picked Brandeis as his suc- cessor and sent his name to the Sen- ate for confirmation. The volume of protest from Wall Street and the conservatives was nothing short of astonishing. Bran- deis was attacked as a “Socialist,” & “Jew radical” and as “unfit” for the Supreme Court. In face of this storm, however, there were many who sprang to his defense. Newton D. Baker presented a brief urging his confirmation. It was signed by a long list of noted liberals, | including Frances Perkins, now Secre- tary of Labor. Senator Thomas J. Walsh argued with great force that “the only crime of which this man is guilty is that he has exposed the in- iquity of men in high places in our financial system.” Still his opponents were mnot through. They laid before the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee a petition, | signed by six former presidents o!" the American Bar Association, includ- ing former President Taft and Elihu | Root, declaring that Brandeis “is | not a fit person” to be a member of the Supreme Court. The Senate, however, took & dif- ferent view and confirmed his ap- pointment by a vote of 47 to 22, | Friend of Holmes. After taking his place on the bench, Brandeis became a close friend of the late Associate Justice Holmes. They | saw eye to eye on most questions and | their strict adherence to their con- | ception of the law gave to the world | the phrase, “Justices Holmes and Brandeis dissent.” It is significant | that in later years many of their| dissenting opinions were adopted by the majority of the court. ‘The philosophy of Justice Brandeis | is summed up in his belief that “be- hind every argument is some one's| ignorance.” Searching always for the | truth as an end to controversy, he has | acquired an extensive knowledge of statistics and economics, and his opin- | ions in cases of this kind have elicited | high praise from the legal profession. Although Brandeis pays little atten- | tion to birthdays, his admirers are making much over this one. The University of Loulsville, his native city, called & special convoca- tion in his honor. In Jerusalem leaders of the Palestine Jewry paid tribute to the justice as “perhaps the only Jew who belongs to the histories of two peoples, the Americans and | the Jews.” Tonight special services will be held at Adas Israel Synagogue, where Rabbi Solomon Metz will speak on “Brandeis, a Modern Sage.” Morton Wilner, former president of B'nai B'rith, will lead a forum on “Brandeis, Champion of the People.” Pin Ball (Continued From First Page.) of the legal battle, so far as District Court is concerned, with the distribu- tors victorious up to this point. Although Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wilson, who is handling the case, made clear he has not staked all his hopes on a single argument, most of the discussion to- day centered about whether pin ball machines are games of skill or chance, with Attorney William R. Lichtenberg contending for the distributor that skill predominates. It was to settle this point that the bulky machines were brought into court. .Both Wilson and Lichtenberg said they thought an actual demon- stration would be helpful. The first witness was Dr, Robert I. Myers, who has conducted a drug store at 5916 Georgia avenue for 13 years. He said his five pin ball ma- chines yielded him a net profit of from $8 to $15 a week each. | preliminary order last Jul | tists played a pin ball game 500 times, |is an element of skill involved, the NOVEMBER 13, 1936. Protection From Bandits Here is the most recent device for thwarting bank robberies and preventing injury of victims of such crimes. ‘“counter,” which springs upward and outward at a touch of the bank teller’s knee to form a bulletproof steel barricade. Charles E. Fyfe, the inventor, is shown above, at Mineola, N. Y., demon- strating the device, poking a revolver muzzle through a peep hole at George F. Benham, who acts the role of the “robber.” is within a block and a half of an elementary public school and within two blocks of a junior high school. School children are permitted to play the machines except during the lunch period, he said. 19 Machines Cited. In his opening statement, Wilson listed 19 different machines which he asked the court to consider as typical of all being operated here. Their names were “Bambino,” “Sky-High,” “All Star,” “Peerless,” “Hialeah” “Preakness, 'yeoon,™ “Double Head- er” “Alamo,” “Queen Mary,"” *| Coy,” “Palooka,” “Chase,” [adcap,” “Whirlpool,” “Credit,” “Electric Eye," “Hurdle Hop” and “Bolo.” On the basis of Justice Luhring’s both pin ball and claw machines Iava operated undisturbed throughout the “Summer and Fall, despite rulings by the United States attorney that both were gambling devices. Before Garnett's order of last July 8, police had permitted pin ball machines to be operated, on the theory that they involved a certain element of skill. After lengthy consideration, how- ever, Garnett and his staff came to the conclusion that all pin ball games which automatically pay off in coins, slugs, tokens or merchandise, or for which the player gets a prize from the management if he makes a certain | score, are gambling games and in vio- | lation of law. Claw Machines Ban. BODY SOUGHT IN RIVER Man Leaps From Bridge, Leaving ‘Wife in Automobile. Ambrose Stewart, 26, colored, 1 Rallroad avenue southeast, left his wife, Elsie, in a car on the Anacostia Bridge last night and jumped over the railing, apparently to his death, ace cording to police. He had been separated from his wife, who lived in the 400 block of Locust Grove southwest. Harbor po- lice were still dragging the river for his body early today. Vacation ., Mr. Warren C. Freeman who will be at the HOTEL WILLARD November 13-14 » Personal Representative of the VENETIAN HOTEL MIAMI, FLORIDA COLONIAL ORANGE COURT ORLANDO, FLORIDA HOTEL FORT SUMTER CHARLESTON, §. ¢ * Telephone or call regarding Infor- tio; It is a fake —A. P. Photo. /991 and fweea,/i _ goin November” /au/L Mr. ROY PRICE (of Standard Oil, Inc.) Claw machines had been bumedl: since March, when a number were | seized by police. Following disposition | of the pin ball case, the court will hear | ° & suit to test the legality of claw ma- | chines. The action was brought by Mrs. Freda Boosalis, 1300 Park roa owner of three machines taken by officers from the Shoreham Drug Co., Fifteenth and H streets, to recover her property. To support his argument that pin ball is a game of chance, Wilson pre- sented a report from the Bureau of Standards, where one of the machines was tested. Using & vacuum release so as to do away with the human equation, scien- Wilson declared. The first 100 shots were made with the plunger set at 2! inches. Seventy-three of the balls went into the “out hole” and the others were scattered among five other holes. With the piunger set at different tensions, four other groups of 100 shots were fired with similar results. Then an expert played the machine, making about the same score as the automatic re- lease and a blindfolded ‘novice per- formed with the same degree of suc- cess, Wilson declared. These results, he said, prove con- clusively that the machines are games of chance and should be seized as evil chatfels. Even should the court decide there devices still are gambling games if used for gambling, Wilson argued. He also contended that they are evil chattels if they can be adjusted by the owners s0 as to change the ten- sion of the spring and thereby de- stroy any skill acquired by the player. POST OFFICE ROBBED CHICAGO, November 13 (#).— Burglars used acetylene torches to cut through two steel vault doors and obtained loot estimated at $11,000 from the new post office in suburban Brookfield today. The loot included $850 cash, $3,000 in Government bonds and the re- mainder in stamps. The new post office, buili as s $50,000 Federal project, was dedicated last July 20. BRI T, 47,000 Vehicles Cross Bridge. SAN FRANCISCO, November 13 (#)—Long lines of vehicles added hourly to the total of approximately 47,000—at a toll of 65 cents a car— which passed over the 8;-mile, $77,000,000 San Prancisco Bay Bridge on the opening day yesterday. The bridge links San Prancisco and Oak- 615 12th St.—Bet.F&G DIAMONDS . WATCHES JEWELRY CASH or CREDIT Buy trom a reputable jewelry store: owned by a reputable Jjeweler. Wade's sell only mer- etc. No extra charge for credit. 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