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fl E .I[]BI.ESS DATA House D. C. Committee in First Session T0 BE PUBLISHED + Plans for Book to Give Pub- lic Figures Discussed at Meeting. Members of the Monday Evening Club heard three speakers outline the unemployment problem in the Dis- trict and its relation to recovery last night and then proceeded with their own plans to play a part in its solu- tion. William A. Roberts, former people’s counsel, and E. Barrett Prettyman, club president, presided over the meeting in Barker Hall at the Y. W. C. A. Roberts outlined plans for publication of a “brief and concise” book by the club’'s Unemployment Committee, its purpose to make public facts and figures of unemployment and to “let the people of the District known what they can do about it.” ~ “We want to get a job for the man who doesn’t have a job,” Roberts as- serted following conclusion of the three addresses on the program. Measures to promote investment in capital goods and clear the channels of trade for the exchange of goods and services constitute the best ap- proach to recovery, Leifur Magnusson, director of the Washington office of the International Labor Office, told the club. Lamson and Cass Speak. The other speakers were C. E. Lam- son, director of the District Public Employment Center, and O. J. Cass, director of operations of the District Works Progress Administration. Cass substituted for Maj. Daniel J. Dono- van, budget officer of the District, who was unable to appear, while Magnus- son spoke in place of Assistant Sec- retary of Labor Edward J. McGrady. Channels for the exchange of goods and services can be cleared, Magnus- son said, “in two directions—lowering costs of production or lowering prices to the purchasers. The crux of the difficulty lies in the production and exchange of goods and services. The obstacles in the channels where goods and services are produced and which must be cleared are monopolistic con- trols of various sorts, tariffs, monetary and credit problems, international trade and raw material markets.” ‘While Magnusson expressed his sup- port of shorter hours in industry, un- employment insurance, relief work and minimum wages for their social bene- fits, he said they were not the remedies for recovery. 26,000 Registered Here. Lamson quoted & number of figures showing the trend of registrations for ¢ employment in the District. More thnn 26,000 persons are now registered with the Employment Center. Of this | number, almost 15,000 are unemployed | applicants, 11,406 are certified rehe!: applicants, while 18,679 are men and | 7,904 are women; 11,035 are white and 15,584 colored. In 1935 the center received 23,980 new applications for employment, against 18,186 in 1936, a decrease of 24.1 per cent in new applications. There were about 18,000 placements by <+ the center in 1935 and 15,000 last year. | Of the total registrants, 15,226 are | listed for the puilding and industrial | work, 950 for hotel and restaurant work, 5,701 for commercial and pro- fessional and 4,742 for domestic service. Cass told the club that W. P. A. operations were now confined to quotas of 6,500 workers on public buildings of the District government and 5,000 on Federal buildings or property. The greatest problem, he said, is to obtain a sufficient number of skilled workers on W. P. A. projects in order » to employ & far greater group of the unskilled. Murphy (Continued From First Page.) with Labor Department officials and | others. Expressing confidence “the problem would be worked out,” the Governor said: “It may be long drawn out, but it need not be.” Miss Perkins Awaits Parley. Murphy did not identify those with ‘whom he expected to confer except to say “Federal officials,” but he added that he did not plan to talk with President Roosevelt. In Washington Labor Secretary Frances Perkins said Gov. Murphy » Wwould talk with her. She said it is necessary to “find some way out of what appears to be an impasse.” She added that the President has no in- tention at present to intervene. ‘The possibility that Gov. Murphy might talk with John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization, which is supporting the U. A. W. A. in its strike, was seen in some circles. The Auto Workers' Union is sligned with the C. I. O, which is engaged in a controversy with the American Federation of Labor over procedure of organizing ‘workers in mass production industries. The stalemate in the General Motors strike developed yesterday when the corporation and the union accused each other of violating a compact * they signed in the Governor’s office last week, and the scheduled collective bargaining negotiations were can- celed. A new turn, the siginficance of ‘which was not apparent immediately, was the statement by George E. Boysen, who organized the Flint Alli- ance to oppose strike sentiment, that he would accede to the wishes of Gov. Murphy and “remain in the back- ground.” In answering a question concerning the alliance just before leaving Detroit last night, the Governor said: “It will be helpful if civic and other organizations will hold them- selves in the background.” The union had charged that Gen- eral Motors violated its agreement concerning the peace parley by prom- ising to bargain collectively with the Flint Alliance as the representative of the majority of the corporation’ empoyes at Flint. A spokesman for Boysen said his statement that the Flint Alliance would “remain in the background could be interpreted as meaning that he would not insist upon negotiating with General Motors at present. Homer Martin, U. A. W. A. presi- dent, said today the Alliance’s state- ment would not change the union’s at- titude because “we don’t know when t.he Ammeewfll get back into the pic- | £ Oemnl Motors based its charge that the union violated their agreement on the fact that “sit down” strikers were not called out of the two Fisher Body plants at Flint, Mich. The union had withdrawn “stay in” strikers from three other General Motors plants— ron‘mufltmflmnmm Members of the House District Committee p hotographed today as the group held its first meeting. Lefl to right, seated: Representative Shafer, Chairman Norton and Representative Sacks. Standing: Representatives Bates, Arnold and Bigelow. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Pennsylvania was the only member in favor of joint hearings. Dirksen warned the committee that if the fiscal relations controversy is not settled now, it will continue to be “an open sore.” All six new members of the com- mittee—four Democrats and two Re- publicans—attended the meeting, and Chairman Norton urged them to sit with the two special subcommittees during the study of the Jacobs re- port and "lelm something about the District.” Kennedy mlmnvered his bill to re- peal the “red rider” to the House cal- endar by pushing through a motion giving Chairman Norton authority au- tomatically to report favorably to the House all bills on the calendar at the close of the last session of Congress if similar bills have been reintroduced at the current session. The bill to re- peal the “red rider” was the only one of six District bills on the calendar at the close of last session which have been reintroduced at the current ses- sion. An effort to get immediate commit- tee approval of a bill to legalize horse racing in the District under the pari- mutuel system was blocked because of a desire by some members for more thorough consideration. Dirksen, who served as a member of a committee which held hearings on a similar bill at the last session, was instrumental in preventing hasty committee action. Palmisano, who also served on the committee at the last session with Dirksen and who largely was instru- mental in preventing the measure from reaching the House calendar, an= nounced he had withdrawn his oppo- sition since the new bill sets up a plan of race track operation in the Dis- trict similar to that in Maryland. Schulte pledged his support to the bill and expressed the belief that 90 —Star Staff Photo. | per cent of the residents of the Dis- Ind.—before the exchange of messages between the alliance and the corpora- tion concerning a conference were published. William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors, had de- manded that the strikers be evacuated from all of the plants before the negotiations would open. The union agreed to this in the meeting with the Governor in return for the cor- poration’s promise that it would not remove machinery or other equipment and that it would not reopen strike- closed plants during the peace parley. Union leaders alleged that General Motors called employes back to work yesterday in departments of the Cadil- lac plant at Detroit which were to have remained idle under their truce. | Gov. Murphy said his trip to Wash- ington “was in the line of duty” and that, if developments required his presence in Michigan he would return without remaining for the President’s inauguration tomorrow. “These difficulties in the days n(‘ mass production are no longer private | affairs,” the Governor declared. “The | Government must play a helpful part. | Disorder, lawlessness and widespread | suffering that will follow—the Gov- ernment simply cannot tolerate. “I enjoin everybody to be calm and steady. Bad judgment, intolerance | and unnecessary display of strength only complicate things. There is a solution and it will be found, and | while I am Governor it won't be by | violence. It is going to be around a conference table. “There is not a possibility of au- thority being drawn into the dispute | on one side or another.” Secretary Perkins said that as far | as she knew Gov. Murphy would not | see President Roosevelt. Referring to General Motors’ executives and union leaders, she said: “Eventually they will have to get back to negotiations, and the sooner they start at it the better. That is the way this type of dispute always is | settled.” | Martin declined to state whether he | considered the 15-day truce, which was to have begun yesterday, is still in ef- fect, but he said: “I think that General Motors broke the agreement. In view of that fact, I think the union is free to go ahead and call a strike at any plant.” | It already has-called strikes in 17 | of the corporation’s plants. The clos- | ing of these and the subsequent re- | duction of operations in and closings | of still others has left 115,000 General Motors workers idle. The union’s strategy board, directing the strikes, has been empowered to declare a gen- eral strike against the company to attain its objectives. These were outlined in the eight points which the union and General Motors had agreed, at the insistence of Gov. Murphy, to negotiate. Point 7 called for the union’s recognition as the sole bargaining agency of the huge motor car manufacturer’s workers. The union president said the wr-‘ poration’s agreement to bargain wlthl a Flint Alliance committee as an agent | of the workers before the union’s re- | quest for exclusive recognition left no reason for negotiating. Upon this and | other things he called “acts of bad faith” he based the union’s refusal to remove several hundred ‘“sit-down” strikers from the two Fisher plants at Flint. Fiscal (Continued From Pirst Page.) series of recommendations it contains. She urged every member of the com- mittee to study it seriously. “This fiscal relations report is the most important thing that has come | before this committee since I have been chairman,” she said. “It must be given full consideration if Congress hopes to settle this fiscal relations problem once and for all.” Mrs. Norton pointed out that when she first came to Congress the Fed- Have Your EYES EXAMINED TODAY! We cannot place too much emphasis on the desirability of regular ex- amination of your eyes. If you already wear glasses, make sure they areproperly fitted. Protect your eyesight—it is your most precious posses- sion. Don’t wait for pain or affliction before acting. Heve Our Registered Optometrist Examine Your Eyes Today! Jewelers, Platinumsmiths, Stationers A. KAHN INC. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres, | and set up a new plan under which | Senate.” 44 Yeors ot 935 F St. trict are in favor of legalized horse eral Government contributed $9,000,-| Opposition to Senator King's pro- 000 a year toward payment of District | posal for joint hearings between the expenses. She explained that unre- | House and Senate committees on the pealed substantive law Tequired the | Jacobs report was led by Schulte. He Ac'n eonanlou United States to pay 40 per cent of | declared the report is not only “very the cost. | important,” but “highly controversial.” “However,” Mrs. Norton declared, Kennedy Voices Opposition. “the lump-sum payment has been| Kennedy joined Schulte and ex- whittled down each year. Last year |plained that if joint hearings were Congress appropriated only $5,000,000 | held the progress of the study would as the Federal payment. Now this | be retarded, because the House com- Jacobs report proposes to scrap all | mittee would be forced to wait from former principles of fiscal relations | time to time “at the pleasure of the Mountain Valley Mineral Water, direct from famous Hot Springs, Arkansas, aids in the correction of acid condition. Mildly alkaline. Works naturally to help eliminate harmful acids from the body. Endorsed by phy- sicians for over 30 years. Phone ME. 1062 for a booklet today | Mountain Valley Mineral Water 1105 K N.W. the Federal Government and the Dis- “We should not be forced to depend trict will reimbuse one another on an | on any other body,” Kennedy declared, interchange of service basis. “to determine when we shall have “You see we have a big job before | meetings.” us and we have got to do it rignt.” Representative Quinn, Democrat, of | ME. 1062 HAHN 1207F * 7th& K * 3212 14th STORES: 14th & G OPEN WEDNESDAY IN CASE OF RAIN OR SNOW, TO PROVIDE INAUGURAL VISI- TORS WITH GENUINE U. S. RUBBERS & GAYTEES— 20,000 PAIRS IN RESERVE MEN’S STORM RUBBERS 1.50 % Men’s Galoshes . . . 2.95, 3.50 & 3.95 % Boys’ Storm Rubbers ........ 1.00 % Children’s Storm Rubbers ..... 85¢ WOMEN’S 2-SNAP GAYTEES .45 % Women’s Slide Rubber Gaytees % Children’s & Misses’ 2-Snap . . . . 1.25 % Women’s & Misses’ Rubbers. ... 1.00 Hahn's Stores Open at 8:30 A.M. Wednesday 2.45 JANUARY 19, 1937. %%&( Savings for Men and Women! TOMORROW-Inauguration Day -HOUR SALE OPEN 8 A.M. TO 12 NOON ONLY WE HAVE marked these groups of merchandise at special prices for Inauguration Day simply because they have sold down to such small quantities. Sizes and colors are broken . . . but there are many extraordinary values to be had. MEN’S CLOTHING 10 BROOKSTREET SUITS for young men; light colors, sport-back models; regular 1 (38), 2 (39), 2 (40), 1 (42),1 (44); short "1 (35), 1 (377,] (39). Were $25 and $29.50. $17.75 20 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SVITS; regular 1 (34), 1 (36), 1 (38), 1 (40), 1 (42); short 1 (35), 1 (37), 1 (38), 1 (39),2 (40), 1 (42); long 1 (40), 1 (42); stout 1 (39), 1 (40), 1 (42), 1 (44), 1 (46); short stout 1 (40). Were $30 and $ $35. Now o $19.75 19 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS; regular 1 (35), 1 (37), 1 (38), 1 (39), 1 (40), 1 (42), 1 (44); short 1 (37), 1 (38), 1 (39),1 (40); long 1 (38), 1 (42); stout 1 (39), 1 (40), 1 (42), 1 (44), 1 (46); long stout 1 (40). Were $3’5$ aond $40. Now ____ i 22.75 5 RALEIGH TOPCOATS; regular 1 (40), 1 (44); short 1 (37), 1 (39); long 1 (39). Were $30. $|775 $30 0 $35($35 10 $40 SUITS, O’COATS | SUITS, O'COATS AND TOPCOATS | AND TOPCOATS $26 | 531 $40 1o $45(%50 10 $60 SUITS, O'COATS | SUITS, O'COATS AND TOPCOATS | AND TOPCOATS $36 | 43 4 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX TOPCOATS; regular 1 (42); long 1 (40), 2 (42). Were $30 $|9 75 and $35. Now = 5 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX TOPCOATg rzgui‘nzr)l (44) ; short 1 (40); long 1 (40) ( Were $30 to $40. Now. $22 75 7 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX OVERCOATS; regular 2 (42), 1 (44); stout 1 (40), 1 l42) 1 (46), 1 (48). 12 RALEIGH AND HART SCNAFFNER & MARX OVERCOATS; regular 1 (38), 1 (40), 1 (44); short 1 (40); long 1 (40), 2 (42), 1 (44), 1 (46); stout 1 (40), 1 (46), 1 (48). and $35. Now 13 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX OVERCOATS; regular 1 (36), (37), 1 (38), 1 (39), 1 (40), 3 (42); short 1 (37), 1 140)53:§ng 1 (40), 1 (42), 1 (44). Were $ to $40. Now 22 75 S RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER & MARX FULL DRESS; regular 1 (37); short 1 (37); stout 1 (39), 1 (40), 1 (42), 4 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX TUXEDOS, rega.ular 1 (38); shortd (42); long 1 (40); short stout 1 (44). Were $45 and $55. Now $33 75 11 _TUXEDO VESTS; black; regular 2 (42),2 (44,2 l46l;slonvgvl (46) ; stout 1 (40), 2 (44), 1 (46). Were $4.50. " Now__ $2.85 8 PAIRS FULL DRESS AND TUX!DO TROUSERS; waist size 2 (33), 2 (34), (35),1 (36), | (37), 1 (40)" Were $10 to $16.50. Now__ $7 75 MEN’S SHOES 21 PAIRS RALEIGH 6" SHOES; broken sizes. Grains and Calfskins; sizes. Were $6.85 RALEIGH “'8” SHOES Scotch Grams, Calfskins, Suedes. Were $6 and $5 ls $6.85 . 23 PAIRS STA-SMOOTH SHOES; Cor- do;anls, Scotch Gr&i/ns, Csollgkins; small an large sizes. ere 3 Now _g - $6.65 59 PAI SHOES; black and tan calfskin, Scotch Grains and Cordovans; broken sizes. Were $8.00. $5.65 STA - SMOOTH SHOES; with patented innersoles. Were $8.50 and 7 65 11 PAIRS HANAN SHO! brown wing=- tip Scotch Grains; broken sizes. $7 85 Were $12.50. Now o HANAN SHOES; entire stock included; only pastlesi_’lseofher dress axizrds excepted Were an wetsso . $9.85 $10.85 5 PAIRS SI.IPPEIS, British-made 98 c camel cloths. Were $2.00. Now 4 PAIRS MULES; lamb wool lined. 98 Were $2 c MEN’S HATS 28 DUNLAP AND RALEIGH HATS; ; broken sizes. Were 55 00 $5 RALEIGH AND DUNLAP HATS, colors and broken sizes, but wide selec- tions $3.45 21 KNOX FELT HATS; broken sizes. Were $6.00. Now _ __ $3.45 19 KNOX FELT HATS; green; broken sizes. Were $7.50. Now ---$435 28 KNOX FELT HATS; gray and brown; broken sizes. Were $7.50 and $3 50 Now $7.50 KNOX HATS; colors and sizes broken, but wide selections. _____$5.45 $8.50 KNOX HATS; colors and sizes broken, but wide selections ______$6.35 12 KNOX SILK-FINISH HATS; broken sizes. Were $10. Now ----$6.45 $10 KNOX HATS; colors and sizes broken but wide selections.___ $7. S $15 KNOX HATS; colors und sizes broken, but wide selections $9. 35 MEN’S FURNISHINGS $1.65 WHITE & SOLID COLOR PLAIN BROADCLOTH SHIRTS $3 SOLID COLOR SHIRTS; fine p.mas. broken sizes _$1.85 $1.50 FANCY SUEDE MU’FL!!S --19% $25 SILK LINED ROBES ______$19.85 $14.95 SILK LINED ROBES _____$11.85 $7.50 to $10 SUEDE JACKETS; grey, tan and brown _ -$6.69 MANHATTAN SHIRTS -nd SHORTS by Robert Reis 4 for $1.50 35¢ to 50c FIGURED SILKS and LISLES, 3 pairs for 85¢ -$1.69 --$1.85 $2 and $2.50 PAJAMAS $2.50 and $3 NECKWEAR ___ $1 ond $1.50 NECKWEAR. - -79¢ $1.50 and $2 NECKWEAR _ -$1.29 $2.45 GLOVES; mochas and pigskins $2.19 $1 SUSPENDERS $1.50 and $2 SUSPENDERS 50c GARTERS _________ $1 GARTERS _ 25¢_ WHITE IRISH LINEN HANDKER- CHIEFS _ — X 1] 35¢ FANCY ’KERCHIEFS_ -4 for $1 $5 to $7.50 DRESS SETS WOMEN’S SUITS $25 TAILORED SUITS $18.95 4 THREE-PIECE SUITS; fine shetland wool in striking color combinations; sizes 12, 14, 20. Were $65. Now $48.7 MILLINERY 14 KNOX HATS; Felts and Velours; were $8.75 and $12.50; now —---$4.85 11 RALEIGH HATS; were $5, now _$1.95 17 RALEIGH HATS, were 3650 now _ . $2.95 9 RALEIGH HATS' were $7.50 tosglos Women’s Evening Wear 1 BLACK BROADCLOTH WRAP; size 14. Was $29.75, now _.-.$16.95 2 BLACK EVENING WRAPS; Velvet with ermine trimming; sizes 12 and 16. Were $39.75, now - Coyse s -$19.95 4 EVENING WRAPS; black velvet trimmed with ermine; sizes 12 to 16 and 20. Were $29.75, now ___ = -$22.75 2 BLACK VELVET WRA'S, vufh ermine collars and cuffs; sizes 14 and 18. Were $35,n0w . ____ : -$26.75 1 BLACK VELVET EVENING WIAP size 14. Was $19.95, now . __ _-$14.95 4 DINNER AND EVENING GOWNS; crepe and lame; sizes 14, 16, 20. Were $25 to 0TS, O oo SRRV 4 EVENING GOWNS; satin and lace; sizes 14, 16, 18. Were $16.95, now._.$10.95 7 FORMAL EVENING GOWNS; net bro- cades and failles; sizes 14, 16, 18. Were $22.75, now - _$14.95 3 EVENING GOWNS; lace rufleta and brocade; sizes 12, 16, 18. 'Were $22.75 $16.95 WOMEN’S DRESSES 50 DRESSES; misses’ and junior misses’; crepes, wools, some prints; sizes 11 to 17, 12 to 20. Were $10.95 to $1695 now 6 ONE-PI!CE KNI'I'I'ED BRESS!S bengc and gray; sizes 14 to 18. Were $16.95, now $9.95 7 WOMEN'S DRESSES, mostly crepes; black, green, brown; sizes 38 to 42. Were $14.95, now $11.95 4 WOMEN'S DRESSES; tailored styles; sizes 36 to 42. Were $16.95, now $12.95 No Mail, Phone or C. O. D. Orde: No Exchanges or Re- funds. All Sales Final. Ladies . . . See Our Ad on Page B-3, Society Section .. . for Other Values @ Use Your Charge Account or Open One @ cm»‘fny/m '.c c}uul RALEIGH l"Afl]/BERDASHBR en's Wear Stowe 1310 F STREET

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