Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1937, Page 4

HITLER IS TERMED THREAT TO PEACE French Writer and German Educator Debate at Town Hall. Characterizing national socialism, the political doctrine of Nazi Ger- many, as a “very simple form of exploitation of the mass spirit,” Count De Roussy de Sales, French political writer, told a Town Hall audience last night that Adolph Hitler's ap- plication of this philosophy consti- tutes the greatest threat to the security of the world today. Speaking prior to his French op- ponent, Dr. Helgo W. Culemann, German educator, declared that Germans hail the Nazi doctrine wita & fervor approaching religion in con- trast to the maligning and misrepre- sentatlon of those outside the country. Contending that the seed of Nazi policy was sown in the Versailles Treaty, which “filled with blundering mistakes, made Germany bleed white,” Dr. Culemann said the Ger- man people accepted Naziism in pref- erence to communism and that they have not regretted that choice. Big Cut in Unemployment. As its principal achievements, Dr. Culemann declared the Hitler gov- ernment has restored the national confidence and reduced unemploy- ment from six and one-half millions to slightly more than one million. Explaining the anti-Semitic drive of the Nazis, the German speaker said it had been made necessary by the fact that Jews, “leaders of left- ist doctrines,” had controlled the newspapers and educational insti- tutions whose opposition could not be tolerated during the ‘“experi- mental” stages of national socialism. “I personally do not say this (the purge of Jews) was a Necessary means or the only one” Dr. Culemann said, “but clrcumstances forced some action.” Germany's internal policy, Dr. Cule- mann said, constitutes no threat to peace. Her foreign policy. he then continued, likewise constitutes no menace, pointing out significantly that if Germany had the colonies she needs she could not afford to fight, for fear of losing them again. Although he avoided direct mention of possibilities of war with Russia, he cited Germany's extensive border line as reason for a great army and | “vassal | spoke of Czechoslovakia as a state of Russia.” Nordic Supremacy Held “Bunk.” Drawing applause on several oc- casions, De Sales termed the Nazi theory of Nordic supremacy, “what- ever that is,” as “the bunk.” ing with obvious sarcasm that it was “too bad” about the differences opinion held by Jewish scientists, educators and publishers, De Sales declared that such divergence “msy be messy, but I like it better that way."” “We were coping pretty well with eommunism before Hitler appointed | himself the world's defender,” De Sales continued. “If we look at the map we find that no nation except Russia has embraced communism and that is a communism far from the | original ideas of Lenin. It is not that I prefer Stalin to Hitler, but it is a | fact that Russia in the last few )'E‘alu has made no threats against her | neighbors nor against world peace.” Defending the Versailles treaty, Bales declared that no treaty ever was fair to the side that lost the war, “and that is the only with the Treaty of Versailles.” France may be mostly to blame for the treaty, he continued, but it should not be blamed for Hitler. Return of Liberties Seen. “I don't think we could be,” he re- marked. Speaking in rebutial, Dr. Culemann predicted that Germans will regain | soon &as | their individual liberties as the nation regains its normal place among world powers. During questioning from the audi- ence, Dr. Culemann referred to the recent Hitler-La Guardia embroglio as resulting in a “very unpleasant exchange of notes,” but declined to discuss 1t further. Mayor La Guardia's slighting remarks about Hitler, he said, were made “comprehensibly for political reasons.” Dr. Wilson Compton, associate pro- fessor of economics at George Wash- | ington University, presided over the debate. Despite the bad weather the BShoreham ball room was: filied You'll Go for These Spring Dresses 38.95 PAY $2 MONTHLY All the hit stvles of the sea- + redingotes . .. cape eflecu S DA etRin’ fouches of acs. Then and flowers'.". . amart ptinis or sheers. in St. Jamies blue_ihistle, aqua, beige grey and contrasting tones and Dastels. Juniors’, sizes Eit misses’ and women's Other dresses, $6.95 to Remark- | of | De | trouble | Bt the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 15.—The text of Circuit Judge Allan Campbell’s de- cision granting an anti-strike injunc- tion to the Chrysler Corp. follows: “The Chrysler Corp. flles its bill of complaint against the international union, United Automobile Workers of America, and upwards of 100 named individuals, seeking rellef from a sit- down strike. “The bill charges that the defend- ants have conspired to deprive the corporation of its property, and have taken possession of all its manufac- turing plants, with upward of $50, 000,000; that they have excluded its officers and agents from the property as well as a large number of employes who are ready and anxious to work, | if permitted to do so. “The bill further alleges that the plaintiff had been notified that the defendant union and its officers had caused the strike on the issue alone of whether the plaintiff ‘would rec- ognise the union as the sole bargain- ing agency in plaintiff’s dealings with all of its employes, and in regulating any matter involving wages, hours and working conditions of all of its ’emplayeu.‘ Properties Held Damaged. “The bill further charges that this | sit-down strike has caused and is now | causing irreparable damage both to the plaintiff and to many others and that the properties are being damaged by the unlawful possession. The plaintifft prays for injunctive relief | against such acts of the defendanta. “Upon the filing of the bill, an order to show cause, returnable March 13, 1937, was issued by this court. In re- sponse to this order, Maurice Sugar, esquire, appeared as attorney for such of the defendants as had been served | and presented to the court an affidavit of Richard T. Frankenateen, present- ing the clalmed facts on which the defendants based their argument to the court that the injunctive relief should not be granted. The showing of the defendants by this affidavit was that the Chrysler Corp. had violated the terms of the natfonal labor rela- tions act as follows: “A—By employing spies who joined | labor organizations and reported back to the corporation; “B—By organizing company unions; “C—By discharging men for union activities, and “D—By refusal to consent to grant defendants’ organization exclusive bar- gaining rights. “For these reasons the defendants urge that the plaintiff does not come into court with clean hands. Labor Act “Disregarded.” | "It seems to the court that these contentions may be disposed of with- | out passing upon the commuuonallty of the Federal labor act. If it is | valid, it can hardly be contended that failure to abide by its terms gives the defendants the right to seize and appropriate $50,000,000 worth of prop- | erty of the plaintiff and to prevent by threats of violence any use of the property by the plaintiff or its agents. It was stated upon the argument that the sole difference between the parties consisted of the issue of the right of exclusive representation. If that is so, these other grievances would | seem to have been adjusted. I there- fore find that the Chrysler Corp. has not by its conduct deprived itself of | the right to be protected and it stands before the court with clean hands. “The second argument urged upon the court is that a preliminary injunc- tion may not issue where the right to possession of land is involved, and where the preliminary relief would, in | effect, be all the relief the plaintiff could get on a hearing on the merits. (Then followed eight legal citations.) “I have examined each of these cita~ tions with care, and belleve they are all distinguishable from the case at bar in that all the defendants were in possession, under a claim of right, and in none of them was shown such irreparable damage as here appears on the face of the bill. Admit Seizure of Property. “In no case that I have found does the defendant stand before the court as the defendants do here, freely ad- mitting the seizure of another’s prop- erty by force and threats of violence. “The Supreme Court of Michigan has spoken so0 clearly and repeatedly on the duty of the trial judge to grant injunctive relief against picket- w gl Chrysler Injunction Text Respect for Law and Order Has Been Menaced by Strikers’ Seizure of Property, Detroit Judge Holds. | men in the Pitisburgh and Chicago | NG ing and violence, that citation of the authorities seems almost superfluous. (Then he cited six cases on which he based his opinion.) “It should be noted that the right to strike 15 in no sense involved. That is a right of property in the defend- ants which the court is bound to re- spect and protect. In like manner, this court is bound to protect the plaintiff in its lawful use of its prop- erty. There can be no compromise between the rule of law and the rule of violent self-help. “In this sense, then, the issue in the case at bar is not between this plain- tiff and these defendants. Respect for the courts and for law and order has been menaced. The court has a right tQ expect the citizens of the eommuni- ty to give their entire co-operation and support in the position here taken. “The writ may issue as prayed.” Labor (Continued From First Page.) sulted in peaceful settlement of the strike, and the strikers marched out voluntarily. STEEL ™ RLEY HELD. Labor and Management Meet to Per- fect New Centract. PITTSBURGH, March 15 Representatives of ‘“blg steel” and leaders of the men in the mills gathered today in a conference they hoped would open a new era of labor | bargaining. In contrast to “bloody July 6,” 1892— the historic steel riet at nearby Home- stead—they met around the confer- ence table in the offices of Carnegie- Illinols Steel Corp. giant subsidiary of United States Steel Today’s meeting was called to put the finishing touche: to & contract in which “big steel” recognises a union for the first time in its history. It was a continuation of that un- precedented conference of last March | 2, in which Benjamin F. Falrless, sturdy president of Carnegie-Illinols, handed a signed agreement to Philip Murray, scholarly chief of John L.| Lewis’ Steel Warkers’ Organizing Com- mittee. That agreement recognized the right of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tir. Workers to repre- sent its members for the purpose of collective bargaining in the corpo- ration’s 27 plants employing 120,000 | P)— districts. Defeated by Frick. The amalgamated was defeated in | 1892 by Henry Clay Frick, commander | in chief of the steel empire of Andrew Carnegle. It tried to make a comeback sgainst the United States Steel Corp. in 1919 under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor. It was beaten after three and a half months of strife and the expenditure of $400.000 | by the American Federation of Labor's National Committee for Organizing | Iron and Steel Workers. | “Big Steel” ran an open shop with- out any more major interference by the union—until last June. Something had happened to change | the labor pictute. John L. Lewis had broken with William Green, his chief in the federation, and had formed his Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion. Lewis led his own giant United Mine Workers' Union and nine other major labor bodies in a break with Green, who opposed their plan of forming all classes of labor in the mass production industries into vertical, or industrial, unions. Green, insisting on the old prin- ciple of separate oraft unions, had Lewis and his followers suspended. Lewis then swung the old amal- samated union to the banner of the STAR, Workers’ Committee last June with imposing offices on the top floor of & Pittsburgh skyscraper, He placed Murray, vice president of the U. M. W. A, in command of the steel drive. Today's meeting between Murray and Fairless was the latest in a series of victories recorded by the commit- tee, which claims a following of ap- proximately 200,000 steel workers, A scale committee of union men from the Carnegie-Illinois plants met Saturday and drafted a preliminary list of demands to supplement the contract granted by Fairless March 2. A committee spokesman said the Scale Committee included 21 employe representatives and 34 mill workers in addition to keymen in the organiza- tion campaign. Jabor's Demands. While no official statement was made on the nature of the demands to be laid before Fairless today by Murray and a subcommittee, labor observers said recommendations would include dismissal notice of 10 days for all employes, seniority rights, two- weeks’ vacation with pay for all workers with more than a year's service, and elimination of inequal- ties in pay for similar work. Bteel workers complained that in some plants 12 different rates prevail for the same type of work. Committee members pointed to the significance of 21 employe representa- tives on the Scale Committee, in view of the atrenuous efforts being made by the Bteering Committee of the corporation’s plan of employe repre- sentation to oppose Lewis’ drive. F. W. Bohne, chairman of the | steering group and the joint General Council of Pittsburgh district employe | representatives, announced over the week end a plan for setting up an employes’ body divorced from both company and outside support. He | said as soon as lts backers had agreed | on a system for financing the plan, it | would be submitted to a vote of com- pany employes. “EATTEST MAN” DRAWS CROWD EVEN IN DEATH BY the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala, March 15.—"Happy Jack” Eckert, 739-pound circus trouper “fattest man in the world,” drew crowds of curious even in death yes- terday. Hundreds of Sunday visitors passed the bler in the funeral home where | the body lies awaiting burial tomor- Tow Eckert's casket, described as “about six times as big as the average,” was specially made of reinforced cypress | with heavy gray plusaing. | The funeral directors in charge said | “Happy Jack” would be buried in a private “perpetual-care” cemetery. At ! least 12 men will be necessary to han- | dle the coffin and body, weighing about 1,200 pounds. BEARDS TOLD AGE! Up to forty-nine years of age the Romans trimmed their beards. After forty-nine, they shaved to look younger. Shave with a Gem Blade to get that “younger” look! you that easy" the master- Blades ar Razors shav “C. 1. O and set up his Steel Again Sharkskin is Men'’s Suits. We several shades and weaves too, we are showing new GLENOVER PLAIDS and CABLE STRIPES. Al | brother, who toured two comtinents as the | - FOLLOW-TH Only Gem Blades in 2 Gem Razor will give adjusted to male Gem MRS. LEAGH DIES; WAS NOTED POET Funeral Held Here Founder of American Poetry Circle. Funeral services for Mrs. Leacy Naylor Green Leach, New York poet and founder of the American Poetry Circle, who died here Friday, were held at noon today in Chambers fu- neral home, 1400 Chapin street. Burial will be private. Mrs. Leach died at the home of a friend, Mrs. R. B. Harris, 1867 Newton street, whom she had been visiting. Mrs. Leech was the widow of James Madison Leach of North Carolina and was descended from prominent early American settlers. In 1923, while in Baltimare, where she lived & number of years, Mrs. Leach founded the American Poetry Circle, a national organization de- signed to foster a better appreciation of poetry. She also established the Circle, a magazine of verse, which she edited until her death. Mrs. Leach wrote & under the name Green-Leach. Mrs. Leach is survived by a son, James Green Leach, this city; a daughter, Mrs. George M. Bemis, ji., of New York and Boston; a sister, Mrs. Mary Mason Norrls, and a Raleigh Travers Green, the latter of Virginia. The daughter of the late Maj. James | W. Green of Richmond and Culpeper, Va., Mrs. Leach was the great-great- granddaughter of George Mason of Gunston Hall, author of the bill of rights, and was the granddaughter of Col. John Willlam Green, Virginia Su- preme Court justice. She was a ma- ternal descendant of Willlam Naylor, early settler of Pennsylvania. The Washington Branch of the American Poetry Circle taday adopted a resolution praising Mrs. Leach and expressing regret over her paulnx Rail for (Continued From First Page) cost, or perhaps can not be effective at any cost.” It noted the present “freedom from EATIN CONTRACTORS & ENGINEERS E. J. FEBREY & CO. Est. 1898 FURNACE WRONG? Phone Us' We guarantes you satisfactory plant service CALL NATIONAL 8680 OUGH! ‘follow-through” stroke which barber uses. Gem Micromatic e minutely ep«rhccrly prominent in fine feature them in Then, WASHINGTON, D. 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Motoring to keep & social engage- ment recently, he srrested three men accused of stripping copper cables from an electric railway right of way. Yesterday he took another drive, just for fun. His suspicions aroused by & truck ahead of him, he arrested the driver. It was then, he said, he learned that much of the contents of the truck had been stolen from his own back yard. developed in smart single or double breasted Lounge models as well as in more conventional garments. All New Richard Prince 1937 Editions *3 3 Richard Princ e Top Coats 82950 & 335 Charge Aecounts— Monthly Settlements —or 12-Pay Plan Courtesy Parking at N.W. Cor. 12th and E Sts. or N.E. Cor. 11th and N. Y. Ave. F at Eleventh felts. FOR DIGESTION'S SAKE —SMOKE CAMELS BUS SERVICE BEGUN ON NINTH STREET Inauguration of Line Observed by Business Men's Group in Cere- monies at Theater. 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