Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1937, Page 5

1dE EVENING FORD VIEW CLOUD ON LABOR HORIZON Peace Prevails in the Main With Settlement of Hudson Dispute. By the Assoctated Press DETROIT, April 9.—Peace pre- vailed in the automotive industry be- low the Canadian border today, elouded only by verbal exchanges be- tween the Ford Motor Co. and the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion. With the settlement of the Hudson Motor Car Co United automot v strike last States was without a major dispute for the first time 18. That was last of a series of strikes that affected 225000 employes of four automobile producers in addition to many parts since November trouble in industry is ended.” declared Gov Frank Murphy in announcing that the Hudson agreement had been signed in his office at Lansing In the record, however, was an as- gertion by Henry Ford that the Ford Motor Co. “will never recognize” any union, and a prediction of John L. Lewis, generalissimo of the C. L O., that Ford would deal “in time” with the United Automobile Wo! Says Plant Is an Arsenal. Lewis declare t enrollment of Ford wor was continuing despite “intimidation and coercion.” He said that the va d Rouge plant been converte o an “arsenal,” but to combat the him the end he rork Daily News, in a spe- from Washington, said the challenge of the ating a wage rate 2d improving working cial dispatc Ford might meet C. I. O. by inau of $10 a day conditions Ford was not accessible for com- ment. He s been in Ways, Ga., but 1s expected back in Dearborn this week end. In 14 he electrified the ir dustry by establishing the $5 daily wage. The present basie minimum is $6 a day, but a said recently wages were being *‘con- stantly adjusted” with numerous in- creases of 5 and 10 cents an hour. The News said that Ford would give his men more money than the union has asked for: that he would meet with representatives of his employes to adjust differences, but that he would not recognize the union nor even consider a “closed door.” Confer on Grievances. High officials of the U. A went into conference s with General Motors executives, bu neither group professed to know whether a strike in the Oshawa (On- tario) plant of General Motors of Canada would be discussed The primary purpose of the con- ference, a union spokesman said, was to discuss grievances of General Mo- tors employes at Pontiac, Mich.. where two strikes were settled last week. Homer Martin, president of the U. A. W. A, and Wyndham Mortimer and Ed Hall, vice presidents, were meeting with H. W. Anderson, director of industrial relatic and Floyd O, ‘Tanner, director of manufacturing for the corporation. A General Motors spokesman said s on the Canadian ng carried on at Oshawa, although, he said, corpora- tion officials here were “very much interested” in the outcome. The terms of the Hudson ment, except for a few minor al- terations, were the same as those which started 65,000 employes of the Chrysler Corp. back to work. The 11,000 workers of Hudson's Detroi plants have been idle since March 8, the day strikes ted in the Detroit Chrysler factories and the Reo motor car plant at Lansing The Chrysler strike settlement was rigned Tuesday; the Reo compac also patterned after the Cirysler accord, on Wednesday. Reo workers paraded out of their plant last night A truce in the 44-day General Motors strike on February 11. sent back to work 135,000 of that corpora- tion’s employes and additional thou- fands on pay rolls of dependent con- cerns. The G. M. final agreement was reached March 12, This week’s three strike settlements opened the way for 2,200 Reo workers, the Chrysler and Hudson employes and those of several parts manu- facturers to return to work Gov. Murphy, whose administration has been beset by major labor dis- turbances in Michigan ever since he took office, January 1, and James F. Dewey, Federal labor conciliator, con- ducted the negotiations between the United Automobile workers of America and the various managements in re- storing peace to the automotive in- dustry. In each instance the union and the respective managements voiced satis- faction with the final terms. Sees Better Underctanding. A. E. Barit, Hudson president, said the latest “agreement will result in a better understanding and harmony between the men and the manage- ment.” He said his plants would be operating normally within a week to 10 days. T. M. Doll, president of the Hud- gon U. A. W. A. local, said: “We ap- preciate the help Gov. Murphy has given and we believe the union got a fair deal.” Sit-down strikers have occupied the Hudson plant for a month. As ir. the case of other sit-downs, the strikers themselves will be asked to ratify the agreement (at 2 pm. E. 8. T). A union mass meeting has been announced for tonight. . Strike w. mornix settle- (Continued From First Page.) belts strung over their shoulders and pistols at their sides, moved into Toronto from Ottawa and other posts. The troopers were ordered to strike duty today—the second day of the walk-out—as authorities here heard reports that strikes were spreading to other industries. A union meeting was called tonight at the McKinnon Industries plant, a General Motors subsidiary at St. Catharines, Ontario, for a vote on whether employes there should join the strike. The plant employs 1,700 men. In Montreal, officers of the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s Association said they would refuse to work ships of the Shipping Federation of Canada in all but & few ports. Their action would be chiefly effective in United States Qhorbors, they escerted Five hundred workers at the Ger night, the | had | Ford representative | | the | the motor | Ford Plays as Union Issues Defi STAR, WASHINGTON. While John L. Lewis, head of the Committee on Industrial Organization, was defiantly stating that he would have to recognize a union and plans were being made to unionize his 150,000 s, Henry Ford was enjoying himself playing with the children on his plantation at Ways, is shown on a wood pile entertaining a group of boys and girls with a story. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. eral Motors plant in Windsor were laid off because of the Oshawa strike They decided to picket the Windsor plant, pending a settlement at Oshawa. to Parliament. In Oshawa officials of the United 1bile Workers of America tele- graphed members of Parliament pro- 1g against the calling in of police reserves. They said, “We are main- | taining perfect discipline here.” Protest | Thompson par | mier Hepburn gov attitude to remain IO Hepburn is tr assertion that “the the company that is going of the domination of 1 labor profiteers of the C ing to crush you for our labor at the best possible p: Thompson told a mass | meeting ¢ 00 st TS Thompson also shouted that General Motors could not win even “if you bring 10.000 red coats in here.” Mayor to Bar Militia. The Mayor Oshawa, Alex Hall, told the strikers he would not permit the Canadian or Ontario gov- ernment to send militia or police to intercede in the strike “Enforcement of law and order is the duty of the municipality.” the mayor said. “and I have not requested any asswtance to enforce law and order. “So far there has been no indication of wholesale lawbreaking and I have no reason to believe there may be.” Meanwhile 20 male office employes returned to work in the parts depart- ment offices of General Motors amid shouted protests of pickets. Union ledaers, however, agreed to their entry. to sell of in," the pickets shouted when the workers first appeared at the parts building and stood across the street from the entrance C. H. Millard, president of the Auto- mobile Workers Union local, told the closely-knit p line, increased from 30 to 100. to let the 20 enter th plant “It is to your advantage that when 2 is settled the work goes head as usual,” he said. “These office workers will be insuring that work goes right ahead as soon as the | plant opens. There will be no attempt at production.” The lines maintained by the 00 strikers opened up and the workers went through. Hepburn declared every effort would be made to stop invasion by “agitators” from the United States into Ontario industries. | “We know what these agitators are up to,” he explained. advised only a few hours ago that they are working their way into the lumber camps, the pulp mills and our mines | “Well, that has got to stop—and we are going to stop it. If necessary we'll raise an army to do so.” Mayor Hall declared, however, that while there was no doubt “the gov- ernment could have 300 well-equipped mulitia in this city within three hours and 3.000 within 24 hours,” they were | “not going to come in here unless there | is desperate need for them,” adding: | into this cny} “They cannot come | without civic request.” Not Sit-Down Strike. The workers, who threw picket lines about the General Motors plant after | they quietly walked out yesterday | morning, described the strike an “an | | old-fashioned walkout” and not a “sit- | down.” There was no disorder. gates were closed after the breakdown of negotiations which had lasted more than a week All beer parlors, brewers’ warehouses | and government liquor stores were closed by authorities for the duration | l'of the strike. | In addition to union recognition, the | strikers demanded the full “Detroit | agreement” signed between the Amer- ican union and officials of General Motors in the United States. It provides for a 40-hour week, time- | and-a-half for overtime, establishment of a grievance committee and seniority rights, all of which, excepting only recognition of the union, the company | agreed to discuss. | James B. Highfield, the General | Motors plant manager, said: “The | present unfortunate turn of events has | | been precipitated upon the authority of a visiting organizer of the United | Automobile Workers.” | The company officials had declined 1!4) enter negotiations until Thompson | withdrew, when they were carried on | with local union heads. Highfield added' the company was “at all times willing to negotiate | points of the American union’s de- | mands if they had any application in the Oshawa plant.” Harry J. Carmichael, vice president and general manager of General Mo- | tors, said the firm was not opposing organization by labor, but would not | negotiate, under any conditions, with | any one except its own employes’ cqm- aittar ‘“Raiher than see any cularly attacked Pre- | ment completely concurs in the | “We were | ‘The plant | | carmichael said, “no attempt is bemx“ | made to operate the plant | “Our office force in the parts de- | partment were refused admittance to | | their division, and when they later | tried to enter they were forcibly pre- vented from doing so, which means that our preducts in the hands of consumers from coast to coast are | being prevented from receiving proper | service. “Both of the above acts we consider illegal.” American Support Promised. Thompson declared he had talked with Homer Martin, international president of the union, in Detroit and Martin had promised “American au- tomobile workers will support the Ca- nadian workers to the limit.” “The American union,” Thompson said, “has told General Motors there that ‘as soon as you send one car | across the line to Canada to help break the Oshawa strike, vou'll never make another car in the United States.’ " Martin, who was scheduled to at- tend the meeting of strikers at Oshawa last night, failed to appear. It was reported he had returned to Detroit when the plane in which he was traveling was unable to land at Hamilton Airport in the darkness The Canadian Federation of Labor, through its secretary-treasurer, W. T. Burford, supported the stand of Pre- mier Hepburn against the C. I. O. The organization has shown Ca- nadian workers, Burford said, “they have nothing to learnm from th | United States except what to avoid.” VJiu‘i (Continued From First Page.) . = ciary ten up the lines. don't let them promptness seems entirely at variance with the facts. Enlarging its numbers as proposed would, the Chief Justice assures us, hinder rather than expe- dite the promptness of its decisions. “Furthermore, unless the new ap- | pointees were, in effect, pledged in ad- vance to support certain measures, the | social-political results desired by the President could not be guaranteed. If the new appointees were actually | chosen for this purpose, and with pub- | lic understanding that such was the case, the time-honored prestige of the court would instantly and justly col- lapse. No judiciary made up of po- | litical “yes” men could maintain public confidence and respect. “There simply is no emergency such as Tequires this ravaging of the court, | and the greatest emergency faced by | the administration is entirely outside the present influence of the court and | one which the administration seems | unwilling, or helpless, to face. “Until every reasonable effort has been made by more carefully drafted | legislation and by constitutionai amendment, if necessary, to secure the kind of social and economic changes desired by the administration, the effort to pack the court must be condemned as un-American and ulti- mately sure to destroy certain of the foundation stones upon which our Re- public rests, | Public Opportunity Denied. “The people have had no opportu- | | nity to express themselves on this policy, which the President never | mentioned during the recent cam- | paign and which his own previous utterances, as well as the platform of the Democratic party, gave no citizen Any reason to anticipate. To spring | it now and to try and whip into line the huge Democratic majority in Con- gress is a flagrant instance of political | bad faith which it would be difficult to match in our entire history. | “Once our confidence in the good faith of the Chief Magistrate and the | impartiality of the Supreme Court is shaken, the end of our form of gov- ernment is in sight.” Following Prof. Cain to the stand, Coudert said: “It is perfectly legitimate to agitate for changes in the powers of govern- ment. But it is wholly illegitimate to attempt to bring them about by indi- rection. The decisions of the Supreme Court should not be changed or in- validated by creating new justices with the expectation that their minds | will be of such a caliber or flexibility as to adopt their interpretation of the | Constitution to the will of Congress or the executive. “It would, indeed, be better to abol- ish the function of judicial review than to retain the form while abandoning the substance.” Coudert expressed himself strongly in favor of a constitutional amend- ment instead of the court bilk In his testimony Prof. Cain argued that enactment of the bill would have an adverse effect on business revival. Cain coupled his prediction that passage of the bill would result in & business slump with the assertion that the objectives of the measure are inimical to the American system of government and the independence of ~ indiniper “ “Enactment of shis bill,” he de- | dustrial clared, “would tend to increase uncer= | tainties and doubts in regard to gove ernmental policies which affect busie ness and industry. Nothing so dis= courages private enterprise as insta= bility in government. Investment iiazard. “No man seeking investment for his capital is likely to assume the hazard he would be compelled to assume if in- terpretation of the constitutional guaranties were to vary with varia- tions of public opinion. His failure to invest in industrial enterprise would, of course, result in fewer jobs for working men, a diminishing of their purchasing power, lessening demand for manufactures and corresponding business stagnation.” Members of the committee today began preparations for secret debate on the bill after they had been told Mr, Roosevelt already has under con- sideration two drafts of a law to revive the N. R. A, declared void by a unani- mous opinion two years ago It is expected the committee mem- bers will wind up the hearings in about a week, and then begin consideration of its report on the court bill, along with several proposals to modify the measure and a score of proposed con- stitutional amendments that have been submitted. The President has insisted on pas- | | sage of the bill “as is,” but many of the committee members have an- nounced their determination to fight for substitution of a constitutional amendment. The text of one of the two bills to revive Federal control of wages and hours in industry was submitted to the committee yesterday by Slegfried F. Hartman, New York lawyer. Hart- man said he had drafted the bill in his | as chairman of the Legal capacity Advisory Board of the Council for In- Progress, set up by Mal. George L. Berry, acting as Federal co- ordinator for industrial co-operation under appointment by the President. His bill and a companion measure, | also prepared by the council, are now | under consideration at the Depart- ment of Justice, Hartman said, and a report from the Attorney General may be expected “within a few weeks.” Basis for Control. Hartman said his draft would base the proposed Federal control on the power of Congress to regulate inter- state commerce by providing penalties for unfair competition between per- sons engaged in interstate commerce and their competitors in or out of that field of commerce. The measure would prohibit the following: 1. All forms of deception of the pub~ lic by persons engaged in interstate commerce, regardless of the com- petitive feature. 2. All forms of competition hereto- fore held to be unfair within the meaning of existing laws. 3. Certain other practices in com- petition now generally recognized as contrary to existing standards of fair- ness. Work for Federal Agency. A Federal agency would be set up to regulate price discriminations, sales below cost, sale in interstate commerce of goods made by child labor or under sweat shop conditions in competition with goods not so manufactured. The President would be authorized by proclamation to prohibit the ship- ment of goods manufactured under the proscribed conditions into States hav- ing laws against such products. The proposed bill would contain the following congressional declaration ot its policy: “Interstate and foreign commerce generally have for many years been substantially burdened and restrained and otherwise prejudicially affected by various acts, practices and methods committed or adopted by persons en- gaged in interstate of foreign com= merce in the course thereof or in the | course of competition in or with inter- state or foreign commerce. * * * “It {s therefore hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to enlarge the fleld of legally prohibited unfair competition in interstate and foreign commerce, to discourage and prevent the gaining of competitive advantages in such commerce by unconscionable means. * * *” o Scrambled Nestmates. CONCORD, N. C. (#)—A cat and her four kittens occupy the same nest with laying hens on the W. M. Sherill farm. If you suffer with KIDNEY TROUBLE You can assist kidneys to normal fanc- tioning by following the heaith resort method at home. 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Schwellenbach, Democrat, | of Washington, sald last night that much of the Nation's industrial unrest | could be ended if both capital and la- bor would “freely use the machinery now provided by the Wagner act to make operative the principle of col- lective bargaining.” “Capital should abandon all forms | of espionage over labor, all kinds of subsidized company unions and the | use of strikebreakers,” he said in a | | speech prepared for delivery at the | | “town meeting of the air.” “As long as Industry spies on lLbor, or sets up its own pet unior, or brings in professional strikebreakers Lo render | & lawful strike useless, it will be diffi- | | cult to convince labor that the scales of industrial democracy have not been weighed against it. “If capital abandons the unfair and Juicy pnckin’gs for 833 wise men | | | | LT T B0 it 1,8 7 % VX3 i / TNy, TUIILY Wity ypo58 % G 0 oy o # AN DAY 1Y), 4 L i bttt W N e 4 a Y R includiingA frous‘ersn A /,/ / /77 KA. 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He said the attitude of the courts on industrial legislation to some ex- tent “has impaired the sanctity of the law in the minds of large sections of the community. “It is unfortunate,” he declared, “that the courts have refused to recog- nize laws which the community deemed 5/ 2, necessary if we were to attain some measure of equality in the bargaining power of capital and labor.” Walter Gordon Merritt, labor of the New York Real Estate B said the cause of tI 0 is “the attitude of public offic the character of laws which h passed by State and Federal Legis- latures leading to the conviction on the part of labor leaders r large measure they can do what they wish without restraint on the part of governmen! unsel he p Progressive Chinese women st ing in schools of Japan have orga; ized, and have adopted a sloga “Do Women's Part for the Welfare of Humanity.” OWADAYS, a good suit of clothes at this tariff is as rare as hen's teeth. The recent price uprising is the reason! 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