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BLL SPOKSORED BYEAGLESISHO 1 Employment Measure Draft- ed by Ludiow to Be First Before House. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. House bill No. 1 in the Seventy- Aifth Congress, replacing the soldiers’ bonus measure in that position, seeks to stabilize employment in industry, sgriculture and commerce. It was drafted by the Fraternal Order of ¥ Eagles. and is sponsored by Repre- sentative Ludlow, Democrat, of In- diana, who before becoming & mem- ber of Congress was a Washington correspondent and at one time presi- dent of the National Press Club. Ludlow, a member of the Indian- apolis Aerie of Eagles, already has se- cured permission from Speaker Bank- head to have his bill given No. 1 ranking, although it will not be in- troduced officially until the House is organized on January 5. It will be referred to the House Labor Commit- tee, of which Representative Connery, Democrat, of Massachusette is chair- man, Four past grand worthy presidents of the Order of Eagles—Frank E. Hering of Indiana, Conrad Mann of Missourl, George Nordlin of Minne- sota and John Morin of Pennsylvania have been in conference with Ludlow during the past few days, and ar- F STREET 'at SEVENTH THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1936 rangements have been made to launch a national canvass to arouse support 640,000 members of the order and its bill, it was said. An Eagles’ stabilization of employ- ment commission was established at the grand aerie conference in San Francisco. This conference adopted & resolution favoring “a Federal indus- trial commission having all powers necessary to deal with the economic problems that underlie uaemploy- ment in any and all fields of industry, agriculture and commerce.” The Eagles' Commission was di- rected to draft a bill to carry out the mandate of the grand aerie, and Lud- low was selected to introduce the bill and pilot it through Congress. This bill was No. 2 in the Seventy-fourth Congress, and now it is to replace the bonus bill in No. 1 position. The measure seeks to set up & com- mission, with a corps of expert ad- visers, to act permanently to ward off depressions and unemployment. The “The commission is authorized and directed to make surveys, studies and investigations of all problems relating to the stabilization of employment in industry, agriculture and commerce in the United States, with a view to formulating such plans and recom- mending such legislation as will en- able employes to obtain a saving wage and investors a reasonable dividend.” —— Planted 13 Orchards. Rev. W. M. Lane planted orchards at 13 of his 15 assignments before be- ing moved to his present one at Ma- son, Tex. CAPIT SHIRTS for "HIM" 200 There are two types of men who ought to get Manhattan Shirts for Christmas. One is the man who has worn them for years and years. 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