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added. ____THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 17, 1937—PART ONE. AMDPFORCES 555 e COVERNORSPLAN THOUSING SESSION [ rerererece T0 GET INCREASE Letter Tells 96,000 Em- ployes of Prospects for Betterment. In & letter addressed December 31, last, to the 96,000 employes of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, John A. Hartford, its president, as- sured them that the concern will pursue & set policy looking toward higher wages, shorter hours and bet- | ter working conditions for its clerks | and store managers. In the future, he declared, the A. & P. will keep its workers informed by similar communications of policy | developments and plans. “Before describing our plans in de- tail,” Hartford stated in the open letter, “let me tell you what 1s in our minds. We realize that the men in our stores work long, confining hours. | We realize that while some of them | earn an exceptionally good living, others have been underpaid. These | conditions prevail throughout the | whole grocery business. Grocery | stores have always kept long hours, | and offered very few inducements to | beginners. Gradual Change Planned. “But just because things have al- ways been so is no sign that they must be continued. We believe that | grocery stores should keep the same | hours as other retail businesses. But we know, as you know, that any | sudden, drastic shortening cof our | store hours would only give a big ad- | vantage to competition. We cannot | close our doors in our customers’ “It is the honest opinion in some quarters,” Morgan asserted, “that any negotiation with the private utilities is unwise and dangerous. Yet, not- withstanding my own experiences and what I have learned of utility abuses, I believe that at the present time the proper attitude to take with refere ence to T. V. A. power is to strive to find a basis of agreement between the T. V. A. and the private utilitles which will protect both public and private investments, and will lead to the widest possible distribution of electric power at the lowest possible rates. Reasonable Arrangement. “I believe that some leading utility executives are today in a mood to desire a reasonable working arrange- ment, and that it may be possible to arrive at a solution which will pro- tect both public and private inter- ests. * * * “America is deciding little by little whether, in the great social readjust- ments that are taking place, there shall be a strengthening of demo- cratic methods, reasonableness, fair play and open dealing, or whether we shall drift into bitter class con- troversies which lead to violent and arbitrary action, so prevalent today in several other countries. That issue is so serious, and the destiny of our country is so much at stake, that a spirit of tolerance and reasonableness on both sides is a public obligation.” Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi entered the fight last night with a statement saying, “We should not deal with private power companies until they come with clean hands.” - Declaring President Roosevelt had branded “power trusts’” activities as theft within the law,” Rankin added: “If we are going to pool T. V. A. power with them under these condi- tions, then why not pool the Depart- faces and send them to competitors’ [ment of Justice with the facilities of Stars to Sing at Concert TOATTEND EVENT Most States to Be Repre- sented at Luncheon on Housing. More than two-thirds of the States will be represented at the housing luncheon for State Governors to be held at the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday at noon. Frederic A. Delano, chair- man of the committee, is to be the only speaker. Among the 300 guests will be the Governors of Alabama, Florida, Geor- gia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Ken- tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebras- ka, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten- nessee and Virginia. There will be representatives as well from Maine, New Jersey, Michi- gan, Connecticut, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Arizona and West Virginia. The Central Housing Committee is an informal aggregation of heads and principal staff assistants of govern- mental agencies concerned with hous- ing construction and finance. The principal and alternate mem- bers of the committee include Secre- tary Roper and Lyman J. Briggs, Com- merce Department; John H. Fahey and Ormond E. Loomis, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Stewart McDonald and Miles Colean, Federal Housing Administration; Eugene T. Leggeit and C. H. Cotter, National Emergency Council. C. J. Peoples and N. Max Dunning of the Procurement Division, Horatio B. Hackett and H. A. Gray, Public Works Administration; John Lansill 10 OPEN FRIDAY Mrs. Roosevelt and Langdon Post ot Discuss Group’s Program. ‘The National Public Housing Con- ference will hold its fourth national meeting at the Willard Hotel Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. | Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator ‘Wagner, Democrat, of New York and Langdon Post, chairman of the New | York City Housing Authority, and others will discuss the group’s 10-year | program of slum clearance and re-| housing for low-income groups. Mrs. Roosevelt will sapeak at a pre- convention meeting at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, 15 Dupont circle, before & public dinner Priday night at the Willard. A message from President Roosevelt, which will be read at the dinner, will open discussion of the topic set for the dinner, “Subsides for a Nation- wide Rehousing Program.” ‘The Saturday sessions will open at 9:30 am. at the Willard with a forum on “The Price, Value and Acquisition of Land,” with Dr. Harry W. Laidler, director of the League for Industrial Economy, presiding. ‘The topic of discussion after a buf- fet luncheon will be “Problems and Progress of Local Housing Author- ities.” After a forum meeting Sunday on “Organizing Public Demand for Public Housing Legislation,” the group will visit the Tugwelltown project at Berwyn, Md. Seals Blamed. Pishermen of South Wexford, Irish House and Senate Press Galleries Group Named. ‘Washington newspaper correspond- ents elected s new Standing Commit- tee to govern the House and Senate press galleries at the biannual elec- tion yesterday. The largest vote in many years was cast. The successful candidates and their vote follow: Nathan W. Robertson, Associated Press, 191; Alfred F. Flynn, Wall Street Journal, 190; C. P. Trussell, Baltimore Sun, 183; Mark L. Goodwin, Dallas News and Jour- nal, 182, and Paul J. McGahan, Phil- adelphia Inquirer, 168. s RIGNT OVER THE OLD SHINGLES ENTERPRISE ROOFING CO. 2-Day Specl OXFORDS 2.95 ® smart Oxfords will be more popular this year than ever before. You really should have a pair of these fold- ing oxfords. Priced for two da unusually low price for beautifully engraved, white, ® practical only! This is an gold-filled folding oxfords. They are the type that stores. However, we can shorten our | the kidnapers and racketeers and fold and stay folded. Ultra-smart in every detail. and Warren J. Vinton, Resettlement | Free State, are blaming an invasion hours gradually and set such an ex- just make peace with everybody?” emple that the entire industry will, in time, follow our lead. | “We also believe thal the wages in | POLICE SUBDUE SUSPECT food stores should be so hign that | they attract the very highest type | of men. And we do not believe that | high wages and short hours would add to the price of food in the long run. For an organization composed of intelligent, capable men, who have deep respect for themselves and their work, and who sympathize with what the company is trying to do—an or- | ganization such as that could not be | stopped. Our only difficulty would be | in meeting the demand for our serv- ices.” | Benefits of Last Year. . -— Hartford recounted benefits em- | ployes have received in the last jear. | In that time $1,200,000 has been appropriated to increase clerks’ wages, minimum wages and weekly haif holi- days established, vacations witin full Pay and sick benefits granted, and overtime pay ordered, the official de- clared. By March 1 all improvements | will be in effect throughout the coun- | try. he said. 1 “We do not intend to stop with | present schedules,” Hartford con- | tinued. “We consider them only a good beginning.” Power (Continued From First Page.) companies of the injunction pro- | ceedings which are hampering the T. V. A’s power program, at least tem- porarily. Moderate Ownership. The T. V. A, chairman's statement said: “I favor enough public ownership to enable the country to work out ef- fective methods on a life-sized scale, but not so much public ownership that we shall be swamped by ineff- | ciency before we learn how to make it effective and economical.” Duplication of facilities by Gov- ernment and private power compan- | | van. Ex-Convict Said to Have Con- fessed Killing Officer. CHICAGO, January 16 (#).—Nine policemen surrounded Joseph Schu- ster, 30, early today, subdued him in a desperate fight and jailed him as day at 9 p.m. Richard Crooks, tenor. the slayer of Policeman Arthur Sulli- Capt. Daniel Gilbert said Schuster. | a paroled convict, confessed he shot Sullivan on the stairway of an ele- vated railroad station after he was of Fruitless Search. taken into custody as a robbery sus- pect Thursday night. After Schuster| GROVE CITY, Pa. (#).—Howard re-enacted the crime, Gilbert quoted | Clark hunted for deer two days in him as saying, “I didn't want to go | Forest County without getting even a back to the stir. The cop didn't find | glimpse of his quarry. He headed Deer Found Near Home After Day {my gun and when I saw I'd have to homeward. Within sight of his front use it to get away, I just let him | porch at nearby Blacktown he killed have it.” !a 10-point buck. The Winter Console . .. & new design built to fit the re- quirements of small, We are also showing other new models at sll prices . . . Chiek- les “should be avoided,” he said. “If & community undertakes public | ownership, the existing private prop- erties should be taken over at a fair | price, as determined by agreement or by impartial appraisal. There should be efforts to avoid arbitrary disrup- tion of existing efficient systems.” | He said a campaign which would result in public ownership in 10 or 20 larger cities within transmission range of T. V. 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