Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1937, Page 3

U1S. OFFICIALSHEAR PLEA OF UNIONISTS Roosevelt Refers Peace Message of Steel Work- ers to Aides. Bs the Associated Press. ‘White House officials announced to- day the telegraphic appeal from workers asking President Roosevelt to intervene in the steel strike had been referred to the National Labor Rela- tions Board and Secretary of Labor Perkins “as a matter of information.” The appeal, which was called to the President’s personal attention, came from representatives of 80 local unions of the Calumet region of Indiana, members of the Committee for Indus- trial Organization's Steel Workers’ € rganizing Committee. They asked the President to “act at once to bring the steel strike to & peaceful end.” A White House secretary said the action in referring the appeal to the Labor Board and Secretary Perkins followed routine. He said the Labor Relations act, re- cently upheld by the Supreme Court, provided the proper eans for han- dling workers appeals in collective bargaining disputes. The Labor Re- lations Board was created by the act. He added the same procedure would have been followed had the employ- ers sought Federal intervention, 70,000 WORKERS IDLE. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 7 (#).— Striking steel workers looked today to President Roosévelt for possible in- tervention in their determined drive against three major independent pro- ducers for signed bargaining con- tracts. As the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee—John L. Lewis’ industrial organization affiliate—exhorted thou- sands of strikers at Sunday rallies, an S. W. O. C. Grievance Committee telegraphed the White House from Gary, Ind.: “We, the Grievance Committee Tepresenting men in the Calumet re- gion, appeal to you to act at once to| bring the strike to a peaceful end by having joint wage agreements written and signed by the steel corporations and the S. W. O. C. It was the first direct appeal to the President since May 26, when Philip Murray, aggressive S. W. O. C. chief, announced strikes at Republic Steel | Corp,, Inland Steel Co. and Youngs- town Sheet & Tube Co. plants located in seven States. 70,000 Workers Idle. At least 70,000 workers are idle in the controversy, in which seven men were killed in a riot May 30 at Chi- cago and others have received gun- shot wounds along the Great Lakes strike front. Gunfire broke out at Canton, Ohio, | in what Police Capt. John McDonald described as a clash between pickets and six men wading a creek to enter a Republic plant. McDonald said about 100 shots were fired, but no one was reported wounded. Three of the men succeeded in reaching mill property. “You have this fight won,” declared Musrray in addressing a Canton rally attended, union leaders said, by 5,000 strikers and sympathizers. ‘“The Re- public Steel Corp. is not big enough to whip your union. We are going to establish collective bargaining in steel | whether the magnates like it or not.” 5 At Indiana Harbor, Ind, where approximately 4,000 assembled for another display of union strength, Nicholas Fontecchio, S. W. O. C. regional director, charged the gigantic e R e Biganie LLDOG. Thur: Phone Wlsconsln LOST. TAR_TOP COVER—Complete: fits_Ford gonvertible gedan: Sunday morning on ashington Memorial Blvd.. between Alex- ander and Washington. Phone Alexandria 2783, Reward DOG—Wire-hair terrier; recently c]lpntdv fag No. 501 Reward. Call Cleveland BRINDLE BU! Smithsonian. TLTON WATCH, with Black sk 7ib: bon: initials 8. engraved on family seal._ District 6881 or Co z LADY'S WHITE HANDBA etc.. Saturday. near Broa Chevy_Chase. Wisconsin LADY'S GOLD WRIST WATCH _lost Sun. night. " Naylor's Restaurant mental valie. Rew. Pot POCKETBOOK. black: CE DOG—BIlack and tan, ma irginia tag; dog was ill, but harmle: turn to Mayson-Weadon Veterinary ‘Hoe North 7874-J._Reward. REPORT DESERTED stray. _unwanted animals to_the Animal Protective Assn. ‘Telephone Hillside 0399 before _10_a.; WILL of Mary M, Conway. Please_com- municate informafion to Leo C. Sullivan, attorney. 600_F st. n.w 8 WRIST WATCH, lady's Bulova, Tafl Bridge or Shoreham Hrmny Rewnrd Decatur_5000. Apt. No iz ‘WRIST WATCH—Gruen, squnre yellow 10, :mnnds black cord band. Re- 2 G st. n.w._ Met. 6912 ik WRIST WATCH lady". ‘white gold. 6 dlamond Imoxuen leh School Gruen. small round Thursday, vicinity (b‘ernl revard. 1819 1 7 wmsT WATCH ite band: vicinity i6th and P Ingom: Reward. _Cleveland 6: SPECIAL NOTICES. ON AND AFTER THIS DAY I WILL NOT be responsible for debts contracted for by any one other than mysel in berson. n.l(GSl SE. 7 MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF OR- ganizing all non-union “plasterers to_ be 8 pm. Monday, Plasterers’ Hall. 1024 New Jersey ave. n.v. HARRY FURK. Be: Local 04 Forx cz 1‘0 HOLDERS OF FIRST TRUST BONDS ' OF | THE WASHINGTON "AUDI- TOEmM CORPORATX Couvon No. 12 Gf the frat rist bonds of Lhe Wuhlnzlon Aumtonum Corpora- tion will be_paid ubon presentation to the American _Security & Trust Company. trustee, on or after .V\me 10, 1937 ROBINSON Asst. Secretary. ANNUAL MEETING. GLENWOOD EMETERY. The annual meeting of lot owners of the Glenwood Cemetery will be held in the ‘Washington Board of Trade rooms. second floor. Evening Star Building. on Monday. June 7. 1937. at 7:30 p.m. All lot owners are earnestly reauested o be present. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. E. MARSH. President. A BUSINESS LUNCHEON FOR 60 GUESTS? ‘A musical for 1607 A banquet for 1007 Pacilities for any one of these functions d at “The Mumlceno." 50 located at 18t] sta, nw. " Free parking. Call Mettoporitan )_for rates. N‘!‘W "FOLDING CHATRS FOR RENT VERY ‘e cater to all occasions, small ol faree. etropolitan 250, - National BU64, WHEN YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL WORK o be done no matter how small the job *may be, call the Eleciric Shop on Wheels No job. sma too luue District 6171 DATEY TRIZS MOVING AND PAR 128ds %o ana from Batom Phite. snd New York. Frequent trips {o other Eastern citles. “Dependable Service Since 1896 THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE C€O. Phone Decatur 2500. WHY PAY MORE? 8. O. 8. WILL WABH and shampoo your dame(nc rugs. 9x12. £x10, $2.50_up. Adams 5712 GOOD ROOF WORK —is always assured if we get your order—thorough. sincere work by prac- tical roofers. Save worry and dollars, t00. _ Call us up! ROOFING 933 V 8t. N.W, COMPANY __ North 4423, CHAMBERS 5 one of the I nr:‘enu world. Complety event cars, hearses. twenty-five unden-nn 4nd assistants * Ambulances now only 1400 vy n Colnmbll 0432 517 11th A DEAL FUNERAL AT $75 Brovides _ame service as one costing $500 Don't waste “insur ali DEAL, with 25 yea perience. Cheeks Iumfy with candy Jrom Bilbao sai homeland is over. ed for Vera Cruz, Mezico, to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. presented by sympathetic Cubans, 500 Spanish child refugees find haven until the bloody civil strife in their They were not permitted ashore at Havana, where this picture was made. —A. P. Photo. trio of producers with “sabotage” be- cause, he said, they sought to alienate union members. Fontecchio asserted the employers had endeavored to entice workers into their mills by offering advance- ment and bonuses as lures. Reopening Is Rumored. Jack Rusak, Calumet district organ- izer, claimed he had received reports Inland and Sheet & Tube planned to reopen their plants, all of which have been closed by the strike. “We'll show those people no scabs will get through our lines” Rusak shouted. Alleging a “state of riot” exists in the Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio, steel district, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad officials meanwhile appealed to Gov. Martin L. Davey to protect the carrier's property. The road complained that strikers prevented its functions law.” “under the “We earnestly implore you to im- mediately take such action as will possession and enable us to fulfill our obligations as a common carrier,” said a telegram to Davey from C. W. Gal- loway, vice president in charge of the road's operations and mainte- nance. Shortage of materials because of “this and other strikes,” the telegram added, caused the B. & O. to order on furlough starting today ‘several thousand men whom we are unable | to keep at work * * * and with the continuance and probable extension of this unlawful interference to our operations we will be obliged within a few days to furlough several thou- sand additional men.” Davey last week conferred with Republic and Sheet & Tube executives and, later, with Murray and other union leaders. The Governor said only that he was “hopeful” of progress in his negotiations. He indicated his next move would be a further con- ference with the company chieftains. Charges Firm Has Arms. Murray disclosed at Canton he had requested Davey to prosecute Tom L. Girdler, Republic board chairman, on 8 charge of possessing munitions of war in the corporation’s plants. The S. W. O. C. leader said he did not find Republic listed among Ohio cor- porations holding permits to possess machine guns. From Representative John T. Ber- nard, Mimnesota Farmer-Laborite re- cently named S. W. O. C. field direc- tor in iron range districts, came an assertion that Gov. Elmer Benson eAT of Minnesota had pledged support to the unionization campaign among miners. “Your Farmer-Labor Governor isn't going to allow the steel trust to im- port thugs, toughs and guns to shoot you down,” declared Bernard at a rally of mine, mill and smelter work- ers. “You must realize the splendid position you are in, with the full co- operation of the State administraiton | and of John L. Lewis pledged to you.” Spain (Continued From First Page.) hilltop near the front southeast of Bilbao and watched insurgent guns and war planes hurl destruction against the Basque lines near Le- mopa, 7 miles from the long-besieged Basque capital. Only a few miles away, at Lequieto, Otto spent a year of his exiled boy- hood in a castle Ex-King Alfonso of Spain placed at the disposal of the homeless Empress Zita and her family. Otto’s father, the Emperor Karl, died in exile in 1922. Communiques of both sides reported their forces were locked in the struggle for the strategic highway junction at Lemona. The insurgents flatly de- clared “the hill is entirely in our hands,” while the government asserted “the enemy tried to attack our posi- tion on the hill but was easily re- Ppulsed.” Six thousand government troops have been killed in the last few days, the insurgent communique declared as operations were resumed after Gen. Fidel Davila took over the command of Gen. Emilio Mola, brilliant insur- gent strategist, who was killed when his plane crashed into a fog-hidden mountain. LOYALISTS FORCED BACK. Insurgent Reinforcements Push Ma- drid Sector Attack. MADRID, June 7 (#).—Insurgent reinforcements sent from Segovia to- day pushed back the government lines pressing toward La Granja on the mountainous salient, 33 miles north- west of Madrid. The zig-zag government lines, crawl- ing over the pine-clad, hilly terrain, fell back before the insurgent counter- attack, but government officials said severe losses were inflicted on the forces of Gen. Francisco Franco. La Granja, site of a palace of the former rulers of Spain, and the nearby village of Balsain to the southwest remained in insurgent hands, along with the strategic hills of San Benito and Cerro Grande. E had torn up tracks and otherwise | | which was Testore our property to our peaceful | dormitory. Chicago (Continued From First Page.) violation of housing and health ordinances by billeting non-striking workers inside the plant, the com- | pany was directed to evacuate men living in the mill by 1:30 p.m. (Chi- cago daylight time) today. Hyland said yesterday Republic would ‘“use every legal means to keep the plant operating.” At temporary pay booths near the plant gates yesterday groups of strik- | ing Republic workers received pay | checks for the eight-day work period | of May 15-26, Invited to Live in Plant. When the strike was called by the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee nearly two weeks ago, the employes were invited to live in the plant to escape dally passage of picket lines. They have been sleeping on army cots in the company’'s wire house, transformed into a! Table tennis, soft ball and amateur shows provided recreation. Washing machines and ironers were installed by the company. Food has been no problem. A canteen was set up in the dormitory in adition to the regu- larly operaled cafeteria. Taxicabs (Continued From First Page.) Light as a corporation, as a mere agency for instrumentality through which to avoid liability; but there is wholly lacking that degree of proof which is necessary to sustain a recov- ery on the theory on which plaintiff proceeded,” Justice Groner declared Referring to three prior decisions | holding taxicab associations liable, Justice Groner stated: “And in the Rhone case, we Vl!‘l'e\K at pains to point out the necessity | for adequate regulatory legislation to | guarantee to those who offer them- selves upon the streets of Washington as public carriers of passengers for hire financial ability to respend in damages to those injured by their, negligence. But nowing has been| done to correct what we continue to think is a growing public menace. We, of course, can do no more. “The instant case is a fair illus- tration of conditions which need cor- rection, for here plaintiff, with a clear case of liability, is deprived of relief because she cannot untangle a maze of corporate and individual as- sociations and place responsibility upon those who might be able to satisfy a judgment. Blue Light Cab Corp.—the name which is set up to attract the public eye—is nothing and has nothing; but that condition we cannot remedy.” The Rhone case referred to involved a suit by a passenger against the Try-Me Cab Co., which actually owned no cabs, but advertised as being equipped to furnish “Try-Me” cabs to the public. In that case the court held that the company was estopped to de- ny its liability to a passenger, even though the driver was an independent operator. In another case, decided some time | ago, the late Associate Justice WAlliam | Hitz of the appellate court pointed out that the charter of the Diamond Cab Co. gave it power to own cabs, that its trade name was on the cab at the time of the accident, and that consequently the cab was legally pre- sumed to be in the custody and in the business of the corporation whose name it bore. These cases, however, do not cover the situation in the Page case, Justice Groner pointed out. “In all these cases we were con- AUDIPHONE Bene or Alir cmmp: DEMONSTRATION 5 OPTICAL DEPARTMENT 3 Jawelers, Platinumsmiths, Stationers A. KAHN INC. Arthur J. Sundlun, President 45 Years at 935 F St. | duty to circumvent fraud and to pro- fronted with a situation of this sort: Taxicab corporations or mutual asso- ciations were placing their names and insignia on cabs, were making a show of ownership as well as of financial responsibility, were inviting the public | to use the cabs under the false no- tions engendered by such holdings-out, and then, when injury was negligently inflicted by one of the cabs, were de- fending against liability on the ground that ownership and control were lodged elsewhere,” Justice Groner stated. “We declined as far as we were able, to accept such a defense | because we conceived it to be our | tect the public interest.” HUSBAND OF WOMAN REPORTED SOLD HUNTED | Woodchopper Admits Paying $20 for Californian, Sheriff Declares. By the Assoctated Press. NEVADA CITY, Calif, June 7—‘ Sherifl's deputies hunted Ray Delama | today to question him about the story | of his 39-year-old wife that she was | sold for $20 to a woodchopper. Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen said the | woman related her captor tugged her around the cabin by the hair of | her head and cracked her ribs with | his embraces. William B. Woods, sheriff's deputy, | identified the woodman as William | Ebaugh, 29, of Willow Valley, and | said that Ebaugh had admitted paying | Delama $20 for the woman and that | he had broken her ribs. Ebaugh is in custody on a technical | charge of “involuntary custody” sworn to by Mrs. Delsmn RUGS CLEANED Reniring, sterage ) 9% 12 Star Carsat Works | B 3316 P Auto Painting haleys 2020 M ST. N.W. Let Haley's Do It Right! SORE SKIN DUE TO IRRITATION Smarting, tender skin promptly soothed and “comforted by washing with Resinol Soap and applying Resinol Ointment. RESINOL AIDS SKIN MEALING FLOOR OF SENATE Report Virtually Completed. Foes Scorn Moves for Compromise. B the Associated Press. Senate opponents of the Roosevelt court bill, still scorning compromise, virtually completed today s report denouncing it as a threat to demo- cratic government. A last conference. by the Judiciary Committee majority remained before submission of the report to the Senate. The document, representing the views of 10 of the 18 committee mem- bers, was expected by some to take direct and emphatic exception to arguments by the President for the legislation. Probable Item in Report. It probably will deny any need for “infusion of new blood in the courts,” it was said, and cite the record of the Supreme Court docket in reply to as- sertions that the addition of justices would expedite cases. It also will support the court’s right to refuse reviews to many petitioners. The report itself will be compara- tively brief, but voluminous data, in- cluding speeches by the President about the proposal and Chief Justice Hughes’ letter to the committee, will be appended. The committee minority does not intend to make a report. Administration leaders intimated Senate consideration might begin next week, following disposition of the re- lief bill. They continued sounding out uncommitted Senators on the possi- bility of compromise, despite notice by the opponents that any compro- mise would be resisted. Comment of McCarran. Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, of the subcommittee which drafted the adverse report, said com- promise by authorizing the President to add one or two instead of five Justices would be merely “face saving.” He said the Roosevelt bill originated neither in Congress nor at the White House, “Whoever did write it,” he added, | “used this talk about ‘infusion of new blood’ only as a cover for a purpose to change our form of government.” Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, agreed with McCarran's contention that the bill in effect would give the President a measure of control over the judiciary. They expected that point to be raised in the committee's report and the ensuing debates. : LAWYERS’ BRIEFS COMMERCIAL PRINTING ADVERTISING SERVICE BYRON S. ADAMS Si21imsr. Well-Established Dining Room Business For Sale ISHING to retire from active management, am offering my long-established and excellent - paying dining room business, now doing $35000 annually, including lease and all equipment, ot the exceptionally low price of $8,500. Excellent neighborhood. Outdoor dining facilities. For further particulars awd interview, address Box 185-B, Star office. How many vacations that might have been unalloyed pleasure have been spoiled by broken glosses Hove you an extra pair to take with you? ETZ Optometrists 608 13th N.W. Between ¥ and G N.W. Blackstone (igar THE CHOICE OF SUCCESSFUL MEN PERPECTO, 2 /60 25 CABINIT OR LONORIS, 10} PANETELA, ’/{l [ MONDAY, JUNE 7, 19317. Spanish Children on Way to Mexican Haven BUURI B".l. N[ARS “ BEDDING—DRAPERIES—RUGS—LAMPS S e e = e pecial Reductions on many suites and pieces of ifetime Furniture Thirteen days of special selling to re- duce stocks and make room for newly arriving merchandise! Tomorrow will be the third day. Thousands of dollars worth of suites and pieces reduced. Share in the savings at once. BED ROOM FURNITURE Modern Double Bed Suite . . . solid maple. .. 6 pieces § ... reduced to 159 Twin Bed Suite ., . 7 pieces in solid maple , , , re- 3175 duced to Chest of Drawers . . . fine quality . . . narra wood and maple . ., was $111, ‘49.’0 Dresser . , . attached swinging mirror . . . beautiful walnut veneers , , , 349-75 Vanity, Mirror and Double Bed . . . fine Grand Rapids qual- ‘85 Poster Bed . . . double or twin sizes ., , reduced 3‘4.’5 UPHOLSTERED PIECES Karpen Lounge Chair . . . re- versible spring seat ‘39,75 cushion . .. reduced to Karpen Suite . . , green texture weave . ., sofa and ‘lz’ arm chair . « « =% Pull-up Chair . . . attractive, and choice of several cov- $lz.’5 ers . . . reduced to__ Duncan Phyfe Love Seat . .. brown upholstery . .. mahog- $ 15 any . . . reduced to_- Karpen Suite . . . sofa and arm chair . , rust chevron mohmr « a-a reduced ‘179 Loungc Chair . . . reclining back spring seat cush- $29.7§ N o a9 NOW_oooo SECRETARIES AND DESKS Secretary . ., Empire style . . . four drawers ., , re- § 075 duced to - 39 Secretary P LSth Century s continental mahogany § - «» Was $269, now___ 195 Kneehole Desk . . . 8 drawers . ball and claw feet.. 337-50 Kneehole Desk , . . walnut and gumwood . . . 9 draw- 349.75 ers. .. reduced to___ DINING ROOM PIECES Dinette Suite ... Moderm style . . 7 pieces . ., was $230, § ) reduced to 169 Dining Suite . , . ten pieces . . . 18th Century s’y'e e 5339 reduced to Dining Suite , . , solid Honduras mahogany chairs , o 3295 ten pieces . 4 o NOW--_ Dining Suite . , , expert Grand Rapids cabinetry . . . Dining Suite . ., . 18th Century English . . . walnut and 3275 gumwood 4 4, 10 pieces Adam Suite . . . ten Grand Rapids 9398 OCCASIONAL PIECES Venetian Console . . . crackle- green finish, decorat- .50 ed...was $125, now- 379 Oval Mirror . . , green decorated . .. splendid quality 529'75 glass . . . reduced to__ Modern End Table . . . blond finish » . . convenient under- 818,75 shelf . .. reduced to-- Blond Bookcase . . . modern design ... 39 inches wide. ., 824.75 reduced to Decorated Commnde . for nar- row wall quce foc duced to. Cocktail Table . ,, double remov- able glass tray . . . § 75 Chippendale style___ 19 MISCELLANEOUS VALUES Tea Wagon . o Grand Rapids made . . . drop leaves §: 75 ... reduced to 29 CHAISE LONGUE . . . fern pat- tern chintz covering 335.75 ... reduced to Rattan Sun Room Suite . . . settee and arm chair . , . 8 95 specially priced at___ 39 Lamp Table . . . bone-white and gold . . . cawed base §: 75 + .. shaped top 24 Hundreds of Other Special V alues MAYER & CO. Seventh Street f Between D and E B