Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1937, Page 8

A—8 HELP OF MURPHY ASKED IN STRIKE C. 1. 0. Cieaners’ Union Aide | Wires Governor in Behalf of 30,000 Workers. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 10.—Intercession of Gov. Frank Murphy was sought, to- night to settle a cleaning and dyeing strike and avert another walkout threatening to tie up a major portion of Michigan's trucking facilities. Union truck drivers announced their demands for a minimum wage scale must be met by Wednesday midnight. If a strike is called, they said, it would affect more than 30,000 workers. Truck operators have asked the State Public Utilities Commission to approve rate increases, and Gov. Murphy was appealed to for aid in the request. Glenwood C. Fuller of Grand Rapids, commission member, £aid the advance in rates asked would be insufficient to meet the truckers' financial problem. Hyman Schneid, organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, engaged in the strike affect- | ing 2,000 workers in nearly 70 cleaning and dyeing plants at Detroit, tele- | graphed the Governor asking that he | intervene to obtain a “fair and| equitable settlement.” Murphy was at Macinac Island " attending a Democratic party gath- ering. The Amalgamated Union is an affiliate of the C. I. O. | Involved in the trucking dispute are units of the International Brother- hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stable- | fuen and Helpers, an American Fede- ration of Labor affiliate. Ten Detroit police scout cars re- sponded to a riot call at the Nash- Kelvinator Corp. plant today after ° members of the Mechanics Educa- tional Society of America pushed 20| members of an independent union into the street, but the disorder had | subsided when they arrived. The | evicted men are members of the newly- organized Mechanical Refrigeration Guild, allegedly a “company union.” A strike which started Friday as a | git-down at the Fruehauf Trailer Co. - in Detroit continued after the strik- ers evacuated the plant. The com- | pany employs 500. The strike was called by tHe United Automobile Work- ers, C. I. O. affiliate. SHIP SAILING DELAYED AS 65 OF CREW STRIKE Banta Marta, Due to Leave From New Orleans for Havana, Is Held Up. Bs the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 10.—Sailing of the steamship Santa Marta of the United Fruit Co.. with 83 passengers for Havana and Central America, was indefinitely delayed by a strike of 65 members of the crew today. Strikers are members of the deck, engine room and stewards’ depart- ments. All of them, Donald Mac- Clennan, delegate of the National Maritime Union, said are members of that union. ‘The union, MacClennan said, is de- manding recognition as the bargain- ing agency; that working hours in the stewards’ department be reduced from 10 to 9 hours a day at sea and 8 hours a day in port with overtime payment of 70 cents an hour for work on Saturday afternoons and Bundays -in port. CANNERY, AéRICULTURE UNIONS TO JOIN C. I. 0. ¥We Have Received No Help From the A. F. L.,” Conven- tion Delegates Told. By the Associated Press. DENVER, July 10.—Delegates to the First International Convention of Oannery and Agricultural Unions wvoted 93 to 1 to affiliate with the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization to- day. Urging C. I. O. affiliation, Conven- tion Chairman Donald Henderson, ‘Trenton, N. J, criticized the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor for what he sald was its lack of interest in any but_“profitable union organizations.” ““We have received no help from the A.F.of L,” he told the assembly. “The Colorado beet workers asked for a $5,000 organizing fund, but were turned down. So were the citrus workers in Florida and the New Jersey agricultural workers.” ATLANTIC CITY MAY PUT “GATE FEE” ON VISITORS By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10.— Holiday visitors to Atlantic City may soon have to pay an entrance fee at | the city line if Mayor C. D. White wins his point Too many “lunch basket” customers erowd into the city on holidays, he #aid. and sometimes they spoil the fun of visitors who actually spend money. He proposes that every automobile be stopped at the drawbridges on the outskirts of town and its occupants be required to exchange a fixed amount of United States greenbacks for a similar amount of Atlantic City scrip. Motorists with Atlantic County license plates and persons who come by bus or train would escape the levy. Some groups of business men have expressed opposition to the plan on the ground it would drive away custo- mers. Other groups have proposed that a charge of 10 cents be made for use of the beach. AMERICAN RADIATOR CO. 1 BY H. R. BAUKHAGE. F THE old ship of state is taking a tack to the right, as some say, the broad-beamed bark that car- ries the American Federation of again. On the bridge is the squat figure of a brown-eyed, ruddy-faced gentleman. His name is William Green, and for a while it looked as if he were doubling for that half-for- gotten personage, the forgotten man, | but right now he is being remembered. And that's apropos, because memories are what Mr. Green is fond of invok- ing. For instance, his memories of what happened to the Knights of La- bor, who, like old soldiers, didn't die, but just sort of faded away. He be- lieves that the C. I. Oaand Mr. John L. Lewis will do the same. He has seen John Lewis go up like a rocket several times. He's just diplomatically waiting until he comes down again like the stock. Early Memories Harsh. Like John Lewis, William Green has Welsh blood. Like him, his early memories are harsh ones. They are 8 long way back, for the A. F. of L. has moved placidly along its way un- til recently, and its head has been compensated for some of his early sufferings. Among them hunger, a hunger not for bread alone, but for those human and spiritual values, mention of which oceur so frequently in the public utterances of his later years. H As a boy he regretfully left ‘the one-room school house in his teens to go down into the mines. Those days etched deep into his conscious- ness the belief that the workers, those who are drawn together by common ties and a common purpose, should be allowed to share the good things of the earth. Mr. Green has been called labor's diplomat. He is of the sit-tight school, and at present he's sitting. But not just the way that sounds. Eighteen to twenty hours at his desk, his as- sistants tell you. Why? Because the battle is at its height. Whether he likes it or not, he'll have to hand it to his erstwhile coileague, Mr. William Green in characteristic poses. Labor may be within hailing distance | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI A. F. L. Skipper Awaits Turn of Tide Green, Labor’s Diplomat Believes C. I. O. Craft Will Strike * 0ld Shoals. Lewis, who stimulated the joining) | game. Father Found Opportunity Limited. It isn't hard to recognize in the blood and early environment of this first generation American the sinews that formed his career. His father was an English miner who came with his cheerful Welsh wife to America and found out that the land of un- limited possibilities had its limita- tions. William, the one boy born in the family of six sisters, opened his eyes on the ramshackle village of Coshocton, in Ohio's soft-coal dis- trict, in 1873. The Greens were poor: they knew physical discomfort, cold and hun- ger. THey wanted better things, among them education. When young Willlam said good-by to his schooling and trudged off to the shaft with his father, the seed of discontent was in him. He had hoped, he said, to become a minister— he is a Baptist; but what he saw about him and what he suffered him- self turned him to what irrevocably became his calling. He will tell you that economics was then and is today his only hobby. He read avidly all he could get on this subject and tried to translate its abstractions into conditions about him. Found Outlet in Union. The union, one of those institu- tions born out of the needs of so- ciety and established by those who are drawn together by common ties {and a common purpose, as he puts it, | was the concrete thing which he turned to naturally, as a result of his natural inclination and his read- ing. Here at the meetings he could prac- tice debate and public speaking. Soon practice turned to performance. The calling that he had deserted had not entirely deserted him. Today he says that he was inspired with something of the same zeal that a religious crusader feels when he de- cides to dedicate his life to the faith. His progress was natural, steady, undramatic. At the age of 27 he was elected to his first important post— subdistrict president of the United Mine Workers, the organization which —A. P. and Wide World Photos. has now all but moved out from under him. By this time he was married. Became Labor Legislator. Six years later he was made presi- dent of the Ohio district. Then he went into politics, was elected State | Senator. One of his earliest contri- butions to the constituency which elected him was a labor law, the screen law—some called it the Green law— which considerably improved the lot of the coal miners. Today he takes particular pride in his latest achieve- ment—the active part he and his or- ganization played in securing the passage of the national labor rela- tions act. He likewise feels that, without the help of the A. F. of L., the Guffey law would never have been put through. Through the United Mine Workers, Mr. Lewis' stepping stone, he climbed rapidly to the Executive Council of the A. F. of L. and then, in a surprise election, to the head of that organiza- tion on the death of Samuel Gompers. Long before C. 1. O. went on the rampage Mr. Green pawed and snort- ed when he saw a red flag. His hate for Communists has never abated and he still thinks they are the termites which will eat Mr. Lewis out of house and home. Industrial Union Views. As to the industrial union itself. Mr. Green once expressed himself on that topic long ago. This is what he said: “Mass production does not have to mean either the cross-industry or- ganization of the I. W. W. type or abandonment of the craft union of the American Federation of Labor. Very likely it will mean reorganiza- tion along new industrial lines. In- dustries may be organized as a whole. Crafts within these industries may get linked together within the na- tional body. “But this new type organization will resemble shop councils in operation and management more than anything today (1928) existing within the pres- ent federation labor unions.” Perhaps that is the door, held hope- fully ajar, in case the wandering boys return. (Copyright. 1937. by the North Ameriean Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Steel (Continued From First Page.) Tony Yovetich, 26, named the Calu- met Protective Association of Gary, Ind, as the agency which employed them. 1. 8. Dorfman, Labor Bonrd attorney, told Examiner Charles A. Wood the witnesses’ testimony was to support the Labor Board charge that the In- land company “intimidated” em- ployes in violation of the Wagner labor act. After today's session, which con- cluded the second week of the Inland hearing, Attorney Dorfman said he would request District Attorney Mi- chael L. Igoe to prosecute a third wit- ness for perjury. This witness, Steve Ivan, 27, of Hammond, Ind., denied on the stand that he had been coerced by the com- pany into resigning from the C. I. O. and joining an independent union. Ivan asked that he have “protection” in leaving the hearing room, but de- parted before the arrival of a deputy United States marshal summoned by Examiner Wood. STRIKE SETTLED. Standard Tinplate Co. Will Resume Operations. CANONSBURG, Pa,, July 10 (#)— The Continental Can Co. and its sub- sidiary Standard Tinplate Co. plant will resume operations tomorrow night as a recult of a strike settlemen: | reached today. | D. B. Geeseman. general manager of the plants, and President R. R. Cummins of the Amalgamated Asso- | ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers | said the 2,500 employes would return to work. They declined to comment on the details of the agreement which ended the strike that was called last night. WESTINGHOUSE LABOR VOTES FOR C. I. 0. UNIT Regional Board Director Certifies Poll—7,200 Out of 11,500 Favor Union. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, July 10.—The United Electrical and Radio Workers of America, C. I. O. affiliate, obtained certification today from the National Labor Relations Board as exclusive collective bargaining agency for 11,500 East Pittsburgh employes of Westing- house Electric & Manufacturing Co. Regional Labor Board Director Charles T. Douds said the union's membership included 7,200 of the workers. The labor board's announcement at Washington said the company had indicated its willingness to bargain with the union if the board found it | represented a majority. A ROMAN LABOR POLICIES| Tells Party Rally Michigan Is on Threshhold of In- dustrial Peace. Special Dispateh t The Star. MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 10.—Gov. Frank Murphy told a State Democratic rally tonight that Mich- igan was “on the threshhold of indus- trial peace,” and defended his hand- ling of recent labor disputes. ‘The Governor, in an accounting of the firsi six months of his adminis- tration, dévoted a large share of his address to the labor question and said he had achieved peace without blood- shed. “Machine guns,” he said, “always are the last refuge of the undiscip- lined, impotent official.” “This administration makes its ac- counting to the public fearlessly, and serene in the knowledge that under its guidance there has been effected the most notable contribution to the cause of social justice ever accom- plished by a government of Michigan. Gov. Murhy asserted that his ad- ministration stands for the protection of human rights, protection of prop- erty and “intelligent obedience to duly constituted authorit; “Without these things demncucy cannot survive and personal liberty will be of little value,” he continued “Above all, we belicve in the dignity of the human perwm\luy and human life. “We will guarantee the protection of these rights and institutions to our | people, but in doing s0 we do not in- tend to plunge them into civil war and economic paralysis by abuse of power and excesses on the part of authority. ‘““We have emerged from an historical crisis and are today on the thresh- hold of industrial peace. While many sought by every artifice and weapon to drive us into doing the unnecessar- ily violent thing we stood our ground— | as we shall continue to do—and we have done our work in a way that in- spired helpfulness and kindness be- tween the employer and employe.” ALUMINUM COMPANY ACCUSED BY UNION Charged With Failure “to Bar- gain Collectively” in Alco . Plant Troubles. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, July 10.—The Aluminum Co. of America was charged today with “interference and failure to bar- gain collectively” in connection with labor troubles at its Alcoa, Tenn., plant. Charles N. Feidelson, regional di- rector of the National Labor Relations Board, said the charge was signed by Fred Wetmore, president of the Aluminum Workers Union at Alcoa, with whom he conferred. be made “An investigation will promptly,” Feidelson said. ‘Wetmore said he would retum im- mediately to the strike aréa, where the plant, normally employing 3,000 workers, is operating with reduced personnel. At Alcoa, Francis J. Dillon, personal representative of President William Green of the A. F. L, arrived to con- fer with J. C. Howard, Labor Depart- ment conciliator, and others. Howard, who is attempting to nego- tiate a settlement of the strike, has submitted a proposal to the company and the union, the contents of which he declined to divulge. TIC PAIR! Sixteen Brilliant Diamonds Each ring, in it's own right, is a thing of exquisite beauty—but combined, they form a SOCIALITE C...0. WORKER QUITS TUPELO IN ROW Ida Sledge, Warned of “Blood- shed” if 8he Remains, Vows to Return. By the Associated Press. TUPELO, Miss., July 10.—Reporting & warhing that “bloodshed would en- sue” unless she leit town perrianently, Ida Sledge, Memphis society girl and union organizer, left town tonight with the declaration that she would return. She had declared her intention to remain pending further orders from union officials. She is an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, C. 1. O. affiliate. Friends said Miss Sledge would meet representatives of the National Labor Relations Board at Kosciusko, Miss., These pickets, clad in sandwich boards and shorts, met the heat wave in New York yesterday and kept on ptcketlng and seemed to enjoy it. They are Ben Nerenberg and Ronnie Rowney. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. PROCESSION TO OPEN CARNIVAL WEDNESDAY Week of Music and Contests Planned in Fete of Our Lady of Victory Church. With a week of contests and music scheduled, Our Lady of Victory Church, Reservoir and Conduit roads, will open its fourth annual carnival with a parade at 7:30 pm. Wednes- day. except Sunday through July 20. The Holy Comforter Boys' and a contingent of Boy Scouts will lead the opening procession. Thurs- day the Knights of Columbus Band will entertaln. Friday the most at- tractive and most unusual dolls dis- played by children will be selected. William Haug's quartet will feature the Saturday program. Monday will be amateur night. The Elks Boys' Band will play the closing night. Fifteen amusement booths will pro- vide other entertainment. Father Charles Endres is in charge of the carnival. Father Louis Vaeth ic pastor of the Our Lady of Victory Church. \WITH THIS COUPON; WATCH REPAIRING Cleaned Adj.tnxsted Guaranteed One Yesr The Upstairs Jewelry Store The show will be held nightly | Band | Thlder to Talk on Housing. Housing conditions in Washington will be discussed by John Ihlder, di- rector of the Alley Dwelling Author- ity at a luncheon of the Cosmopolitan Club at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Carlton Hotel. Arthur W. Defenderfer, president of the club, will preside at the meeting. William Edelblut will introduce the speaker. "OHDEAR -1 HAVE TO HAVE THAT PICTURE TAKEN, AND HOW | OREAD IT!? ®1'M TICKLED TO DEATH WITH MY LOVELY PICTURES, THEY LOOK LIKE THIS AND IT WAS 80 EASY !~ before returning here tomorrow or Monday. 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