Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1937, Page 5

HARMONY RULES MINE PAY TALKS New Wage Agreement Job Indefinite in Duration. Big Tasks Ahead. BACKGROUND— Conferences for a mnew wage agreement Dbetween United Mine Workers and operators in the great Appalachian flield began with ap- proach of expiration March 31 of eristing agreement providing for @ 35-hour week and a pay scale of $5.50 in the North and $5.10 in the South. Union, headed by John L. Lewts, €. I. O. leader, has threatened to strike April 1 unless new agreement is reached on basis of 30-hour week and 50 cents a day increase in pay. Operators gave notice they would insist upon a 40-hour week and 15 per cent reduction in hourly pay. Minimum annual wage based on guarantee of 20 days’ work annually also is center of great controversy. BY the Assoctateq Press. NEW YORK, February 25.—Repre- sentatives of coal miners and operators in the Great Appalachian field, sitting about a green-topped conference table in an effort to reach a new wage agreement, faced a job of indefinite duration today in the second day of their resumed deliberations. The issues go deep and the union— the United Mine Workers of John L. Lewis—has threatened a strike unless a new working basis is formulated by March 31, the date the present agreement expires. ‘The conferees, forming a joint com= mittee of the Appalachian wage con- ference, must pass upon the demands of 400,000 miners for higher wages and for 200 guaranteed days of work & year. Harmony Is Reported. ‘They got well into the discussion of wages yesterday, but whether they reached the highly controversial de- mand for a minimum annual wage was not disclosed. Charles P. O'Neill of New York, an operators’ spokesman, said “every- thing is harmonious—so far,” but neither he nor Phillip Murray, the union vice president, would predict when the task might be finished. The ccmmittee’s deliberations, con- ducted in complete secrecy, had touched at least generally, said | Murray, upon every major issue in- | volved, but there was concurrence of | opinion that the heaviest part of the spade work in the negotiations was still to come. The annual wage guarantee was said by a semi-official operators’ spokesman to be one of the toughest issues. Small operators, in particular, | 1t was asserted, had evidenced strong | opposition, | Murray, however, said he had noted no substantial difference toward the principle among any of the classes of operators, but he would not discuss the situation further. 30-Hour Week Demanded. | The negotiations reached the com- ! Mittee in regular course through the Applalachian Joint Wage Conference, | which passed it along for face-to-face | solution by picked representatives of both sides. The union’s demands include a 30- hour week, rather than the present 35 hours, and base daily pay of $6| in the North and $5.60 in the South, in each case 50 cents above prevail- ing rates. The operators have rejoined with a proposal for a 40-hour week and a 15 per cent reduction in hourly pay. DRIVE UNDER WAY ON GAMING PLACES Harassment Campaign Reported in Full Swing in Second Precinct. A harassment campaign against gambling establishments in the sec- ond precinct, generally recognized as the hub of the city's gaming activities, was in full swing today. On the order of Capt. James E. Bobo, precinct commander, three officers were walking “short beats” in the 1100 block of Ninth street and the 1100 and 1000 blocks of Four- teenth. Two of Washington's most notorious gamblers have establishments in the second precinct area, it was said. “We are going to drive them out,” Bobo declared. “Any other known gamblers are going, too. If they move from one place to another within the precinct limits, we'll follow them.” Bobo said the “short beat” already was affecting one gambling place, located in a cigar store. The fact that an officer was passing the door every few minutes was influencing “‘customers” to buy tobacco instead of placing bets, according to the captain. DR. SEEGER TO TALK TO FOREIGN STUDENTS Dr. Raymond Seeger, professor of physics at George Washington Uni- wversity, will be the principal speaker at the annual dinner for foreign stu- dents in local colleges, to be held to- morrow evening at the First Baptist Church under auspices of the District- Maryland Baptist Student Union. Other speakers on the program are Dr. E. H. Pruden, pastor of First Bap- tist Church, former member of the University of Shanghai faculty; Mrs. Pruden, former professor of music at the University of Shanghai; Rev. Ching Hung, pastor of the Chinese Community Church; Dr. W. Dewey Moore, missionary pastor to Rome, and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Kennard, formerly associated with Roberts Col- lege, Turkey. John Gordon Mein of Brazil, a George Washington law stu- dent, will be toastmaster. Musical entertainment will be fur- nished by Charles I. Haycraft and Miss Elizabeth Burnett. The schools to be represented are Johns Hopkins, Wilson ‘Teachers College, American University, Maryland University, Georgetown Uni- versity, Washington College of Law, Btrayer's College and George Wash- ington University. Englishwoman to Speak. Miss Muriel Lester, famed English social worker, and A. J. Muste, former director of the Broekwood Labor Col- lege, will share the speaking program on “The Church and Social Action” at a public dinner of the Washington branch of the Fellowship of Recon- ciliation tomorrow at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, at 6:30 5 A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1937. ] * A—5 The passengers and crew escaped unharmed when the freighter Zapora went ashore in a blinding snowstorm. Photo shows the craft beached 80 miles south of Juneau, Alaska. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. NEARER SOLUTON Justice Department Scien- tists Restore Filed-off Numbers of Gun. BACKGROUNDB— R. Norman Redwood, business ‘manager of subway workers’ union in New York, was fatally wounded by a fusillade of bullets fired from an automobile as he sat in his car in front of his home last Friday night. Investigators said Redwood’s life had been threatened if he did not call off a strike in New York. Samuel Rosoff, a wealthy subway builder, was arrested as a material witness, but later obtained his re- lease, By the Assoctated Press. HACKENSACK, N. J., February 25. —G-man science has removed a major obstacle to finding the owner of a gun | used in the murder of R. Norman | Redwood, New York “sandhog” union | leader, Bergen County Police Chief | Peter J. Siccardi said today. The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion laboratories at Washington re- | stored the filed-off serial number, he | said, and the purchaser's name was expected today from the manufacturer. | He said he hoped the records of the | factory at Hartford, Conn., eventually would lead to the killer. Aid of the Connecticut State police was enlisted in tracing the gun num- ber, as picked detectives of a special New York-New Jersey crime bureau followed other tangled clues. The F. B. I report, Siccardi said, caused investigators to drop trails that led to New York, Detroit, St. Louis, Oklahoma and to a police chief, now dead, of a town near here. “This is the final, authentic check on the gun,” Siccardi declared. “The F. B. 1. methods were defi- nitely more accurate than those of | the private crime detection bureau at Elizabeth, which reported the in- correct number.” John J. Breslin, jr, prosecutor of Bergen County, said county officials and members of the Inter-State Crime Bureau would confer today with two union leaders, Joseph Moreschi, presi- dent, and James A. Bove, vice presi- riers and Building Laborers’ Union. Breslin and members of his staff conferred for several hours last night with New York police officials in New York. “I still say Redwood was killed be- cause of & terrific labor dispute in New York, and over labor trouble of the union,” Breslin declared. He refused to comment when asked if the case was near solution, if he had any idea who killed Redwood, if he expected an arrest or if he in- tended to issue any warrants. Deputy Inspector Richard F, Oliver of the New York police will issue or- ders to the New York and New Jersey detectives assigned to the bureau, and they will work as if no State line ex- isted, Breslin said. CELEBRATIOiI PLANNED BY DELTA TAU DELTA Founders’ Day Banquet Will Be Held March 6 at Press Club. A Founders' day banquet, celebrating the seventy-eighth anniversary of the establishment of Delta Tdu Delta Fra- ternity, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the National Press Club, with representatives of 62 of the 75 chapters present, it was announced today by Charles O. Gridley, Press Club president and general chairman of the Banquet Committee. Many prominent men, including members of both Houses of Congress, are expected to attend. A special committee to arrange at- tendance of the “old timers,” graduates prior to 1900, is under the direction of Percy C. Adams. Last year, some 20 “old timers,” including all but one of the founders of the chapter at George Washington, were present. ‘The Banquet Committee includes Oliver Owen Kuhn, Claude W. Owen, Waverly Taylor, Camden McAtee, Richard D. Daniels, Carl Butman and George Degnan. STEAMSHIPS. BERMUDA VIA FURNESS, $65 up. round trip. with private bath on Monsrch of Queen of Berm 1L LI EARN BIG PAY BOYD GRADUATES WIN THE PRIZE POSITIONS BOYD SCHOOL 7508 NAL 233 on the guitar? | If so, it was probably by Andres| Segovia, famed Spanish guitarist, who is to give his third concert here at the Wardman Park Hotel tonight. | Bach is not only his favorite com- poser, but the “Chaconne,” an exacte | ing piece written for the violin, is his favorite. The 44-year-old Spaniard, Wwho played his first concert 30 years ago, explained his classical use of ihe in- strument by saying that the guitar has two definite aspects, the popular and the classic, of which the latter has been sadly neglected. “The guitar is used in Spain, as it is here,” he said, “mostly to accom- pany the voice. Somehow, that use of it never appealed to me. I wanted to play the airs of the great composers and I started right in at the age of 10 to do it.” His particular reason for liking | Bach's “Chaconne” is that, apart from the artistry it requires, it has a Spanish theme and is in a good | key for the guitar. Contrary to most composers, Segovia, who looks very much like Pranz Schubert, has no special esteem for his own works, but infinitely prefers the work of the masters. | Sor, an eighteenth century Catalan composer, is his idea of a great com- poser whose works are sultable for the | instrument. His guitar, though, is a different | matter. It was made especially for him by Ramirez, a famous Spanish guitar maker, in 1911 and he carries it around in a great black case cov- |ered with stickers from the various | countries in which he has played on {his tours to Europe, America and | | South America. It is worth at least | 182,000 in cash, he said. but to him it is invaluable. It could never be replaced. Segovia practices four or five hours |a day and uses no pick of any sort. | Many of the modern composers who | have heard him play have been so || | impressed that they have written | music especially for him. These in- The key of D minor is the one best suited for the instrument, he said, the strings, leaving the player equal | range up or down. some guitar, but his wife loses nothing in the comparison. “I have but iwo interests in life,” he said, putting an affectionate arm about her—“my guitar and my wife.” Our men care The the Any clude De Falla, Turina and Torroba. || | i e il it otiithe Faternational Hod Car- | eooire s (8 HIgllt o e (cenic O Segovia not only has a very hand- || R[I]W[]U[] MURD[R Playing of Classics on Guitar Revived by Spanish Composer Have you ever heard Bach playedg ANDRES SEGOVIA. PONTIAC Sixes & Eights IMMEDIATE DELIVERY)| Flood Motor Co. Direct Factory Dealer 4221 Connecticut Ave. Clev. 8400 Any one afflicted knows ARTHRITIS « .. rheumatism . . . neuritis should be arrested in their earlier stages « . avoid a life of pain and help- lessness. 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Administration supporters predicted today the President soon would rend wage and hour proposals to Con- gress. ‘The forecast followed delivery to the White House yesterday of the re- port of a committee of Government experts who have been studying the Pproblem. James Roosevelt, the President's son and secretary, sald he would co- ordinate the recommendations and give his father a final draft. Those who made the study were Benjamin V. Cohen and Thomas G. Corgoran, who have helped shape several major administration meas- ures; John G. Winant, former chair- man of the Social Seourity Board, and Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General. Some administration officials ex- pressed the belief the President would ask Congress to outlaw excessively low wages and long hours in a revision of the anti-trust laws. Voluntary agreements among busi- ness men to ban unfair and wasteful trade practices also may be proposed, although it is emphasized the Presi- dent has made no final decision on the form of the legislation. Secretary Perkins said Tuesday she had drafted & tentative wage and hour bill, which did not deal with fair trade practices. “Our N. R. A. experience showed they were seperate,” she said. If industry agreements are proposed, officials said, they probably would aim at wiping out false advertising, un- earned discounts and similar practices. Although price fixing would not be attempted, officails said voluntary un- derstandings might bar selling below oost. " Slot Machines Stolen. MARYSVILLE, Kans. (A .—Slot machines are disappearing rapidly from this section—but officers aren't responsible. One vanished from a Summerfield, Kans.,, restaurant; two went out of sight at Beattie, and two more are missing at Home City. 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