Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 5

" REPORTISISSD ONSTEE STRIS Miss Perkins Holds to Belief Parley Eventually Will / Settle Row. Administration leaders still “eld to the belief today that the steel trouble would be settled eventually by a con- ference, but there were no develop- ments to give strength to this optimism. Making public late yesterday the report of the Special Mediation Board which unsuccessfully sought to end the fight, Secretary of Labor Perkins said: “I think that some time these people will meet and talk about their problem, and when they do meet they will solve this problem.” The board, which prepared its re- port before the Inland Steel Co., one of the four involved. adjusted its difficulties by implication, laid the deadlock to the refusal of the com- panies to negotiate, Statement of Board. “We believe that the refusal of the four companies to enter into any agreement with the S. W. O. C. (Steel Workers' Organizing Committee), re- gardless of the number of employes whom it actually represents, which could be demonstrated by a secret ballot election, is mnot the way to industrial peace,” the board said, adding: “We cannot but believe that the bitterness and suspicion which sepa- rate the two sides would be allayed by a man-to-man discussion around the conference table between the heaas of the four companies and the union representatives, and that the only present possible hope of settle- ment lies in such a meeting.” At a press conference where she made public the report, Miss Perkins defended the leadership of John L. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Or- ganization, which Tom Girdler, Re- public Steel president, repeatedly has called irresponsible. Record of Keeping Contracts. The United Mine Workers and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, both members of the C. I. O, have long records of keeping their contracts, she declared. The Secretary took issue with the Bethlehem Steel Corp.’s idea of col- lective bargaining, as reported by the Mediation Board, but said her views on this point were “‘personal” because it would go to the National Labor Relations Board for a decision. The Mediation Board, composed of Charles P. Taft, 2d, Edward F. Mc- Grady and Lloyd K. Garrison, re- ported the Bethlehem Corp. took the view that under the collective borgain- ing requirement of the Wagner labor relations act it is obliged only to meet with representatives of its employes and to discuss wages, hours and work- ing conditions with them. Attitude of Bethlehem. Bethlehem's attitude, the board eontinued, was that it later would post a notice to employes of any ehange decided on. The atrikers, on the other hand, bave demanded written agreements. Miss Perkins declared the phrase eollective bargaining first was used by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, English labor writers, who said it implied a written agreement as an end. Bethlehem's position, she added, is *not my idea of collective bargaining.” Youngstown and Republic are the ether companies. Farley Accuses Republic. Postmaster General Farley also had something to say about the steel strike yesterday, informing District Court that the Republic Steel Corp. is trying to stir up “civil disorders and strife” and compel the intervention of Federal troops. He made this accusation in asking the court to deny the steel company’s plea for an order compelling the Post Office Department to deliver food packages to non-striking workers within the plants. Criticism of the Roosevelt admin- istration’s policy in the strike came, meantime, from Senator Ellender, Democrat, of Louisiana, and Repre- sentative Ditter, Republican, of Penn- sylvania. Ellender told his colleagues: “I sincerely believe that the Presi- dent acted unwisely when he inti- mated that the contracts between these parties should have been in writing, and that these steel companies should keep their respective plants closed until the strikes were settled. “I know that the President's appeal was made in good faith, but his state- ment gave the strikers a hope that might have prolonged the strike for many weeks."” Representative Ditter demanded in the House: “Have we come to such & point that the President dare not declare for law and order?” THREE SWORN IN AS SECRETARIES McIntyre, Early and James Roose- velt, Jr., Given Equal Rank at $10,000 Salaries. Marvin H. McIntyre, Stephen Early and James Roosevelt, jr., eldest son of the President, who comprise the White House secretariat, are now full-fledged presidential secretaries. President Roosevelt signed the act of Congress giving them all equal rank and equal pay ($10,000 a year) some time last week, and yesterday each had the oath of office administered. Sec- retary McIntyre, who is with the Presi- ident during his present Hyde Park visit was sworn in by former Judge John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who has twice nominated President Roosevelt for President. Secretaries Early and James Roosevelt had the oath adminstered at the executive of- fice by Frank Sanderson, White House disbursing officer. Formerly, McIntyre and Early were assistant secretaries at $9,500 a year and James Roosevelt, who joined the secretariat about a year ago, was on the White House roll as an adminis- trative assistant. TWO SCOUTS HURT Two jamboreeing Boy Scouts, both 13, were injured late yesterday. Charles Nash, here from Austin, Tex., rode his bicycle into a truck at High- ‘way Bridge, while Stanley Brown, jr., ©f Marblehead, Mass,, fell while stand- ing on his hands at the edge of a swimming pool. Both were taken to Naval Hospital, where Nash was treated for a frac- tured knee and injuries to his face and Brown for bruises on chest and abdomen. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Sandman Slips Into Stormy Hearing Unmoved by surroundings in which most adults couldn’t sleep if they wanted to, little Vernon Riffe of Princeton, W. Va., dropped quietly off int o slumberland yesterday in the midst of another fiery session of the Senate Civil Liberties Commiittee is expected to be called to the w Vernon's father is a C. I. O. organizer, who itness stand some time soon. (Story on Page A-1.) —Harris-Ewing Photo. D. C, FRIDAY. teel (Continued From First Page.) indication of non-strikers moving back into the mills. The Indiana Harbor plant normally employs about 7.000 men. Philip Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee., spurred legal steps to wring signed contracts from independent steel pro- ducers—the chief poidt in dispute in the whole seven-State strike area. Asks Labor Board Election. On behalf of the S. W. O. C. Murray filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board at Pittsburgh re- questing collective bargaining elections among employes at all plants of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. and the Weir- ton Steel Co. The back-to-work movement in Massillon was carried out without violence, Gates of the concern’s central steel division swung open. under protection of steel-helmeted National Guards- men, for the first time since the strike started May 27 Non-strikers, in about 115 automo- biles, quietly drove inside. About 300 pickets booed and jeered, but were kept away from the plant by the troops. Some foremen and office workers also were sent into Republic's union- drawn steel division. Harvey Elliott. a C. I O. picket captain, estimated their number at about 100. The reopening left Cleveland the only city where Republic's sprawling mills are completely closed. Reopen- ing of the four Cleveland units is ex- pected next week. Worker’s Home Dynamited. Only & few hours before the con- cern’s newest ‘back-to-work” move the home of a non-striking employe was dynamited at nearby Canton. The blast ripped the rear porch off the home of Matt Pericsh, but injured none. Republic ignored a C. I. O. picket captain’s bristling defi: “If they try to open this plant they are in for a damned bloody fight.” Five hundred troops moved in to forestall such an eventuality. They came from the Youngstown area, where plants were reopened last week under similar circumstances without disorder. Tramping feet were drumming s back-to-work tune all along the five- week-old strike front—from Johns- town, Pa., with its recent history of martial aroused citizenry, through the Ohio mill cities of the Mahoning Valley and up to the western terminus of the In- diana-Illinois Calumet area. But the strike, with its record of 13 dead, 250 injured and $30,000,000 cost, was still on. Picket Saw Danger. Leo W. Cox, picket captain at Re- public'’s Central Steel Division here, left no doubt about that last night when, protesting against the use of troops for the plant's reopening, he said: “If they try to open this plant they are in for a damned bloody fight. We have more than enough men here to whip this army and the scabs, too.” Republic's Central Steel Division normally employes 3,700 men. The opening today called for only 800 workers, the company announced. A “warm-up” crew was moved into the mills during the night. State troops proceeded with caution over a viaduct last night, for there had been whisperings of a plot to dynamite it. Small detachments were sent ahead, and they made a thorough search before the main body of troops was permitted to advanoce. The picket captain’s protest against use of troops was echoed in Federal Court at Columbus, where C. 1. O. is seeking to enjoin the empioyment of militia ‘in the strike sectors. Judge Mell G. Underwood has set next Tues- day as the date for hearing the union’s appeal for a tempbrary Testraining order against the troops. The union’s position now contrasts sharply with its attitude when troops Wwere first ordered into the Mahoning Valley, more than a week ago. At that time the Mahoning Valley was treated to the unusual spectacle of strikers cheering the arrival of sol- diers, the reason being that the orig- inal troops order called for the sol- diers to maintain the “status quo,” which meant keeping mills closed that were closed when they came in. Davey Modifies Order. Later Gov. Davey modified the order with a statement that the soldiers would guarantee “the sacred right to work—and the right to strike.” Under this dictum plants at Youngstown and Warren have reopened. Company of- ficlals sald today plants in the Youngstown area, normally employing 30,000 men, are “within 1,000 men of normal.” This back-to-work movement—the union insists the companies’ estimates are “exaggerated”—has been accom- plished without any change in their attitude toward the union. Even law and dynamitings and | Inland Steel. which opened vesterday after C. I. O. leaders had agreed to accept the company’s labor policy, insists that the resumption of opera- tions was accomplished without *sign- ing anything with anybody.” Today's reopening at Massillon leaves few “closed” spots on the strike | front. Youngstown Sheet & Tube | sald it put 412 men back to work at its South Chicago plant yesterday, | quartering - them in Pullman cars. | Republic’s four plants at Cleveland, | however, are still “down.” | By working two 12-hour shifts, a | Sheet & Tube spokesman said, the | employes at the South Chicago mills | would be able to put the plant in | operation, although far from normal production is expected. The com- pany ordinarilly employes 2,000 men. Pickets there disputed the com- pany’s figure. They said only 60 men entered the plant and that they went ! in under police escort. | Johnstown, Pa. police made plans | to meet whatever emergency may arise Sunday when C. I. O. holds its strike rally, but they were frankly skeptical | that 40,000 unionists would come to | town, as C. 1. O. leaders claim | Sidney B. Evans, management Tepresentative at Bethlehem Steel's | Cambria works here, said the work- | ing force was “virtually complete.” The | works normally employs 15,000. Strike leaders have consistently charged that company figures were “greatly exaggerated.” Pickets Are Released. At Canton, 64 pickets were released outright by police after being arrested s the result of disturbances Wednes- | day when Republic Steels Canton mills reopened. | Twenty-three others were freed on | bond of $200 each on charges of dis- orderly conduct. Included were Frank Hardesty, subregional director of the C. 1. 0., and Homer Downward, presi- dent of the All-Nations Lodge of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, which called the Canton strike. On a charge of cutting telephone | wires, Nick Woodrich was released on $1,000 bond; the same amount of bond was fixed for Mike John, charged with assault with intent to kill. He is al- | leged to have thrown rocks at auto- mobiles bearing non-strikers. Twenty-six others were rounded up by the military and police and held | on open charges. Taxes 1Corltinucd From First Page.) plus a $10 annual license fee. It was opposed mainly on the ground that concerns might have large gross re- ceipts with a narrow margin of net income. Provision Restored. The committee restored the pro- vision knocked out by the House to allow the Commissioners to obtain advances from the Federal Treasury, to be repaid as local revenues are col- lected. This was deemed essential by local officials in view of the fact that the city'’s monthly operating expenses may exceed its balance on hand dur- ing the early months of the present fiscal year. The Senate also included authoriza- tion for a complete survey of the District tax structure before next Jan- uary, at & cost of $20,000, with a view to further legislation if deemed neces- sary after the pending emergency pro- gram has been in operatiop for a while. In fact, the two main Senate fea- tures—the luxury and land taxes— are limited to one year of duration, which will make & further study of the subject almost mandatory on the next session of Congress. King Fought Rider. Ohairman King, who piloted the difficult and intricate tax measure through his committee, is understood to have waged a lone fight against attaching the Tydings national price- fixing bill as & rider. This afternoon he termed it ‘a'n unjust and unfair” procedure to couple this with the urgently-needed local revenue bill. As pointed out by District officials at the hearings, the McCarran land tax is equivalent to a 30 per cent in- crease in the present total tax levy of $17,325,000, since it would add $4,800,- 000 to that levy. It would have been more burdensome, however, if the 20 cent increase on land and improve- ments combined had not been elimi- nated. Future of Bill. The immediate future of the bill now depends on what happens in the Senate regarding the unrelated Tyd- ings national legislation. - If that can be voted up or down promptly by the Senate, the local tax program will then be written finally in conference. In the conference room it is possible to modify or eliminate Senate amend- ments, or to modify orfginal House proposals. ‘The income tax, however, would be definitely out if the bill passes the Senate in its present form, since action by conferees is confined within the limits of House or Senate pro- visions. The Tydings price fixing provision attached to the bili is designed to strengthen State laws that permit ” \ contracts between manufacturers and retailers fixing the minimum prices for resale of commodities. The bill was reported from the Judiciary Com- mittee in March, but has not been taken up by the Senate. In April President Roosevelt ad- dressed a letter to the Senate sug- gesting that the resale-price bill should not be considered by Congress “until the whole matter can be more fully explored.” He had pointed out previously that the Federal Trade Commission has not studied the effect of resale-price maintenance on con- sumers since 1929 and suggested it might be well to have the commis- | sion bring that eight-year-old study down to date. The judiciary report on the bill cites the existence of resale-price laws in a number of States. The bill amends the Sherman and Federal Trade Com- mission laws to legalize resale con- tracts where they are legal under State laws. 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