Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1937, Page 5

KINGDOM RIGHTED BY FATHER DIVINE Angels’ Seared Wings Salved, Askew Halos Straightened. B the Associateo Press. NEW PALTZ, N. Y., April 24— Chants of “Peace, it's wonderful,” spread northward 90 miles from Har- lem tonight as Father Major J. Divine continued to put his “kingdom™ back in order. Father Divine, colored cultist known as “god” to his faithful followers, sped up the Hudson Valley from New York in a shiny maroon limousine today to rally singed and frightened followers in a fire-razed “branch heaven.” He first directed the transfer of 15 black “angel” refugees from a burned 22-room building to new quarters in the same vicinity. Angels Not Fire-Resistant. ‘Then he carefully inspected the havoc wrought by an early morning blaze which destroyed the building, and which Sheriff Abram F. Molyneau said looked like an accidental fire. Sev- eral occupants of the “heaven” suf- fered slight burns. The cult leader appeared unworried by the fire, or by the fact that he was free on bail after arraignment yester- day in New York City on a charge of felonious assault. The charge was brought after a stabbing affray in his | Harlem “heaven” in which a process | server also was beaten. From the branch “heaven” here he | rode in is big limousine, accompanied by four smiling Negro female “angels,” to Benedictine Hospital in nearby Kingston. There “Mother Divine,” generally referred to as his wife, is a patient. They Have a Chat. “Peace, it's wonderful,” chanted Mother Divine as “god” entered her room. They chatted for 15 minutes. “It is not my policy to carry insur- ance,” he commented when asked if the fire ravaged “branch heaven,” a former resort hotel, was- protected against such loss. “We are not sorrowful because it burned down,” explained a follower. “Father will build one more wonder- ful.” KEEP PRICES LOW, ECONOMISTS URGE Three Federal Advisers Make Ap- peal in Radio Broad- cast. Three leading Federal economists Joined in a radio address yesterday to urge America to keep prices down. They are Dr. Leon Henderson, con- sulting economist of the W. P. A.; Corrington Gill, assistant administra- | tor of the W. P. A, and Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser to the Sec- retary of Agriculture. “Labor should recognize in the { ever, is that they are administering a threat of price rises that the painfully | ‘won gain of collective bargaining will be cruelly destroyed by increased prices,” Dr. Henderson said.. He and the others spoke from Station WJSV over the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem. “The public is highly unrealistic about rising prices,” Dr. Henderson added in defense of the Federal Gov- ernment’s position in the current in- flationary trend. ‘“Many of the alarm- ing increases since last September are | guidance of their regional offices. On the result of inflated prices produced | by monopolies. They have nothing to do with unbalanced budgets or any governmental monetary policies.” The Government must act, Dr. Eze- kiel said, urging “a drastic change in Federal fiscal policy, if necessary, either through current rates of taxa- | 3 native of Damascus, Ill. tion or through heavier taxation and large spending.” As a first step, how- ever, Ezekiel suggested that business men pool their wisdom to reduce costs of production and thus prices. “A further result of inflation,” Gill said, “would be to increase the bur- den of relief at the very time that inflation is weakening the strength of the existing relief program. I seriously question whether any work program could stand up under the | cerveq at that school when former | impact of 300,000 or 400,000 new un- employed a month such as we wit- | nessed in 1931 and 1932, would be inescapable.” ADOPT FISHING RULES Bhoshones and Arapahoes Charge Paleface $3. FORT WASHAKE, Wyo., April 24 (#)—Grunted one grizzled brave, “If Mr. (Gov.) Miller gets wampum from paleface for fishing paper (license) Indians can get.” So the joint tribal council of the Bhoshone and Arapahoe Indians yes- terday adopted rules governing fishing on the Shoshone Reservation, site of Bull and Dinwiddy Lakes, record-size fish have been caught. Whites will be charged $3 for licenses, Indians will fish free. The dole No Money Down!—3 Years to Pay of-Water He American Radiator Co. Product Installed in 6 Rooms n feet of T unconditio; facturers y installatio to | where | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON Four Men Hold Fate of Labor Relations Act Major Portion of Responsibility for Future Rests on These Members of National Board. Left to right: Charles Fahy, Edwin S. Smith, Donald Wakefield Smith and J. Warren Madden. —A. P, Harris. -Ewing and Underwood Photos. BY JOHN C. HENRY. On the discretion of three men and | the legal judgment of & fourth rests a | major portion of responsibility today | for the future tenor of labor relations | in America. The men are J. Warren Madden, Edwin S. Smith and Donald Wakefield Smith comprising the National Labor Relations Board, and Charles Fahy, | general counsel. In their hands rests | the task of applications of a labor | relations acts which has been termed constitutional in its broad purpose, but operation of which still is strictly lim- ited to commerce interstate in char- acter. Failure on the part of these men, first, to determine fairly the jurisdic- tion of the law under which they funce tion and, second, to sit in impartial judgment on such parties as are sub- ject to the law, not only would endan- ger the life of the statute, but would have the more serious effect of pre- cipitating new antagonisms and dis- turbances in the fleld of labor rela- tions. Jurisdictional Judgment Upheld. ‘Those who know the board members best, however, feel they will not fail, bolstering this confidence with the fact that the ju sdictional judgment of the tribunal already has been upheld by the Supreme Court's findings that | cases brought before that bar were | truly within the scope of the Federal | agency's powers. | As to their fairness of judgment, | only the future can tell. At the present time, the board is considered pro- labor. The members’ answer, how- law to protect the rights of labor and | that the true impartiality of this| administration is discernible in the | policies handed down by the board for the basis of these policies, hundreds of cases never reach the board itself, but are settled through fleld representa- tives. Most of such settlements are ar- rived at through determination that complaints are baseless or through willingness of employers to remove the | causes of complaint. All Are Conservative. i As to personal background, all of | the four men are essentially conserva- | | a labor leader or tive. None has been a wage earner, | a union member:i none has been a crusader. All but | Edwin S. Smith are lawyers. estimates SEE THE NEW PETRO-NOKOL OIL BURNER One of the finest Oil Burners money can buy—Nati for Economy and_efficient dependabie service. prove PETRO-NOKOL is the oil burner you want. No Money Down—3 Years to Pay AMERICAN HEATIN 1005 N. Y. AVE. N.W. Madden, the chairman, is 47 and | Educated | at the University of Illinois and the | University of Chicago, he has taught law at University of Oklahoma, Ohio | State, Leland Stanford, Cornell, Chi- cago, West Virginia and Pittsburgh. For a brief period he practiced law in Illinois. He holds chairmanship of the board on furlough from the University of Pittsburgh. His first brief experience in labor relations occurred while he Gov. Gifford Pinchot named him to | a special commission to study the practices of private policing in in- dustry. The commission recommended abolition of the system of enforce- ment of law in steel and coal towns entirely by corporation police. Served on Arbitration Board. | Later, he served as chairman of | a three-man. arbitration board in a | Pittsburgh street car dispute and it | was partly because of his conduct in | this office that the American Fed- Bargains in Wedding Rings: | An assortment of diamond \\I /f), yedding rinks at $18.35. R //, These are worth seeing. (Platinum, White or Yellow' Gold). ARTHUR MARKEL Suite 210-211 918 F St. Natl. 6251. NW. 1937 lly Famous A arison will ENGINEERING COMPANY NAt. 8421 eration of Labor submitted his name | when President Roosevelt was pick- | ing membership of the new: board in 1935. In appearance, he is of medium height and build, with graying black hair. Almost shy in face-to-face conversation, he conducts helrlnxsl in a judicial manner and is care- fully polite to all parties. His smile is boyish, but his en- thusiasm is tempered. “We are | greatly pleased,” he said simply, but with a smile that spread across his entire face, as he greeted the press| after the Supreme Court decisions up- holding the Wagner act. Not primarily concerned with the human side of labor relations when he took his post, the chairman has become noticeably more deeply in= terested. in this aspect. Labor es- pionage particularly has incensed him, and he appeared before the Sen- ate Labor Committee to make a pas- sionate appeal in support of the La | Follette committee’'s investigation of these practices when the resolution authorizing that probe was pending. | Pledges Care in Future. | “Acceptance by industry of the Su- | preme Court’s decisions and of the| true spirit of the labor relations act should eliminate further interrup- tions of employment and production because of discrimination and re- sistance to organization and collec- tive bargaining,” Madden believes. “As for its part, the board has been careful in determining its jurisdiction; we shall remain so.” Second man on the board is Ed Smith, 46, a native of Brookline, Mass. The only non-lawyer, Smith's ruddy complexion and sandy hair | make him look more like an engineer | than a man of judicial position. | A graduate of Harvard, he served | on the staff of the Russell Slg!i Foundation in the early 20s before | becoming personnel manager for Wil- | liamr Filene Sons Co. in Boston. In | 1931, he became State commissioner ! of labor in Massachusetts, and it was during his three-year term in that office that he became well acquainted with Secretary of Labor Perkins. On her recommendation, he was| named to the old National Labor Board in 1934 and was carried over when the new agency was estab- lished in 1935. Convictions Probably Deepest. Not hampered by the technicalities of legal procedure, he conducts hear- ings on a more informal basis than his associates. Of the three, how- ever, he probably has the deepest convictions about the social need of 8 more enlightened conception of la- bor relations. Like Chairman Madden, he has been D. C, APRIL 25, 19 particularly aroused by violations of the civil liberties of working people. “I think it is difficult to exaggerate the potential menace of the organized lawlessness which many employing groups are practicing against labor,” he said. “I have had occasion to visit the Pacific Coast twice in the past year and noted, from the State of ‘Washington south to Lower California, everywhere unrestrained vigilantism, frequently with the connivance of police officials, red scares whipped up to frighten legitimate I:bor organiza- tions, anti-picketing ordinances, for- mation of armed Citizens’ Committees, and such things, all of them. indicating the grossest disgegard of elementary civil rights.” D. W. Smith Served in Steel Mills. Third member of the board and sec- ond of the Smiths is Donald Wakefield Smith, 38-year-old lawyer son of a Dugquesne steel worker. Born in Home- stead, Pa, center of labo- strife, D. W. Smith is smaller than his associ- ates and more emotional. Frequently, he “wisecracks” during hearings. An uncle is the well-known American composer, Charles Wakefleld Cadman. Spending vacation stretches in the steel mills, D. W. Smith was grad- uated from the University of Pitts- burgh and gained his law degree at Georgetown. Before being appointed to the labor board last Fall to suc- ceed John M. Carmody, he was prac- ticing law in Washington, specializing in immigration and prevailing wage cases. Despite his industrial background, his views on labor relations have not been as freely disclosed as have those of his associates. That he has given the matter deep thought is amply in- dicated in the following comment: “The labor relations act is one of the most constructive pieces of legis- lation for the worker ever enacted by | Congress or by any legislative body. ‘I( given a fair break by emrioyers, it will result in a stabilized condition in industry that would be benafizial alike “0 workers, employers and investors. Bilateral Purpose Seen. “I say this advisedly because the act | 1s bilateral in purpose. Experience has }shown that industry has yet to ex- plore the advantageous effect of the purposes underlying the act. Industry should realize that the human should | be placed upon an equality with the corporate factor in business if indus- trial strife is to be avoided and more harmonious relations to be had. 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In summary, the board stands as an agency of strong convictions about the rights of labor, as set forth in the Wagner act, but withal an agency fully aware of its limitations of power and, in its policies as applied at the source of complaints, an agency sin- cerely attempting to be fair to all parties. (Copyright, 1937.) ADULT SPORTS CITED BY N.Y.U.CHANCELLOR Puritans Would Be Shocked at Modern Recreations, Physical Educators Are Told. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 24—If the Puritans of old, who held that “satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do,” were around today, adults, Chancellor Harry Wocodburn Chase of New York University said yesterday. “Recreation for adults has boxed the compass all the way from folk- dancing to week end ski trains” the chancellor told delegates to the Amer=~ | ican Physical Education Convention. | A report of the National Recreation Association shows 300,000 individuals basket ball leagues in 245 cities with 122,000 participants, and tennis with over 400,000 in community courts in 222 cities. “It wasn't so long ago that sport and play were regarded as essentially childish occupations which were to be outgrown and replaced by work as soon as possible,” Dr. Chase | The House With the Green Shutters Water Colors. ’” they'd be shocked with sports loving | in base ball leagues in 299 citles, || With all these superlative fea ceded—what about the price? 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Her department, as usual, will play a large part in the prepara- | | tions for the celebration. |~ The Advisory Committee is headed | ihy Ford E. Young of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. Chairmen of other committees have been named as follows: | | Amplification, G. R. Wilhelm; city | | decoration and illumination, Wilmer J. | Waller, with James Owens, vice chair- | man; community participation, Thom- | as E. Lodge, with Woolsey W. Hall, | vice chairman; contests and carnivals, | e N;ly ev‘ery one knows that | KIDNEY TROUBLE often with diseases. Don't take chances . . . backache. dizziness, shortness of breath, headaches are symptoms danterous te health. Maybe the ankles swell . . . does the urinalysis show albumen ‘or casts? arn how Mountain Valley Mineral Water from Hot Springs. Ark.. can help you. Phohe or write Moun- Valley Water Co.. 1105 K St. N.W.. MEL. 1062, for booklet. associated serious A—5 Winfree E. Johnson, with Richard 8. 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