Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1937, Page 3

MANN ACT RAIDS NET 75 ARRESTS F. B. I. Agents Swoop Down on Superior, Wis., and Duluth Racketeers. Extending into the West its round- up of white slave racketeers, the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation yesterday was filling Mann act charges against leaders of a group of 75 men and | women arrested in a series of .’mmh‘} taneous raids in Duluth, Minn,, and Superior, Wis | The raids followed closely similar | drives on white slavers in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Colored racketeers were found to be trafficking in white women in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Towa, according to J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. I. Evidence col- Iected in recent weeks in that section of the country led to the raiding with- in the last 24 hours of four houses in Duluth and two in Superior, he said. Hoover said many of those arrested * are being questioned with & view to using them as Government witnesses. Some were found to be customers and were released after questioning. Federal warrants already have been THE SUNDAY STAR W:ASHL\'GTOX, D. C, JULY 18, 1937—PART OXNE. These Inventions May Imperil Jobs of Millions Betty McNellis Philadelphia. in a Philco television test at James G. Ray’s autogiro on a visit last yea} to Washington. cotton picker, L. C. Stukenborg exhibits his mechanical Resources {ssued against Harlan colored, of Moorhead, Minn.; Willie Foreman, colored, and Alice Foreman, | white, both of Duluth; and Sadie | Anderson and Sallie Lawrence, both ! white, and residents of Superior. Ad- ditional complaints will be issued as the inquiry progresses. it was stated. | County and municipal police co- | operated with F. B. I agents in the | , raids, Labor (Continued From First Page.) a request to restrict referrals to mem- | bers of a designated labor union, | since an emplover making such a request is also engaging in a prac- tice forbidden by section 8 (31, as this tends to encourage membership in a particular vnion. If the em-| plover, however, has made an agree ment with a particular bona fide Jabor organization to require as a condition of employment membership m such organization (commonly known as a closed shop agreement) sthen the emplovment service is free to accede to such a request * * *.” Ruling Sets Policy. On the basis of this ruling, it was explained, it will be the working policy of the employment service, ex- cept in rases where the closed shop is established, to fill only requests | in which no specification is made for either union or non-union labor. In filling such requests, it was said, an effort will be made to supply equal numbers of each type of labor. | Meanwhile, a showdown as to Whether all Federal construction Work is to be strike-bound over the | issue of use of non-union workmen probably will be precipitated tomor- 10w when the disputed jobs at the City Post Office and Bureau of In- ternal Revenue are expected to get under way. Two contracts have been let for jobs at each building, three of them | g0ing to the firm of William Wilson | & Sons, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., and the ‘fourth to Coones & Raptis of New York City. Painters Prefer to Strike. Expecting that non-union men are to be brought in from outside Wash- ington to go on the jobs, the local painters’ union is prepared to call its | members off immediately, B. P. Hol- combe, business agent of the union, fajd. And following such develop- ment, he added. a request will be made of the Building Trades Council , to call all its membership in protest from other Federal construction jobs now under way in Washington Most_important of these are the Apex Building and the annex to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving While the Federal building situation thus heads toward a showdown, Dis- | trict officials hope to settle the local | crisis in a conference tomorrow morn- | ing between representatives of all | parties involved in strikes which have | Jtied up work on five District school | projects and threaten similar obstruc- tion in connection with contracts pending in numerous other major construction projects for the District. The conferees are to meet at the | District Building at 10 am. with | Engineer Commissioner Dan 1. Sultan | attempting to guide them to a settlement. | According to John Locher, chair- | man of the Building Trades Council. non-union labor has been employed | by two contractors handling three of | the school jobs. Union men were taken off the other two jobs merely as a protest against the practice of | ® the two offending firms PROGRAM IS SENT OUT BY GRADUATE SCHOOL | Agriculture Graduate Classes Open to All Employes of Government. With the new year opening Sep- tember 20, the Graduate School of | the Department of Agriculture fs | sending out its program of courses, | which are open to all Government | employes and other qualified persons 80 far as facilities it. The courses cover a wide range, including personnel management, sta- tistics and economics, chemistry, bot- any, animal pathology, languages used in scientific study, speed shorthand training. editing, public speaking and other subjects. The director is A. F. 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Nearly everything seems to point to a faster and easier life for the American people and more and more centralization of human activitles. Roosevelt Lauds Report. On receipt of the report President Roosevelt 1ssued the following state- ment: “A review of new inventions and the problems of change which they carry with them is made for the first time by the Federal Government in this comprehensive survey of tech- | nolgogical trends in major indus- ies. For the continuous revision of plans we need continuing surveying agencies. “In our planning for the Nation we must view the general causes and trends that bear on our welfare. | Any specific program may be affected by forces originating outside a par- ticular problem. This report holds out the hope that we can antici- pate some of the affects of major inventions and make plans to meet new situations that will arise as these inventions come into widespread use. | “While it is certain that much of the unemployment scaused by the march of technical advance is ab- sorbed by new occupations born of new industries, it 1s equally true that in the meantime labor may pay a very heavy price through the read- ustment and adaptations necessary on the part of workers whose jobs | are affected by change. Employers | | likewise are deeply affected by swift technological changes producing ob- solescence and displacement of cap- | ital investment “More than jobs | and investment affected by technical change Family, church, community, State |and all industry are subject to its influence. Study and investigation | of technological advances and their social implications constitute one of our most important American plan- ning problems. 1 commend this report for earn- est consideration in solving the great problem of how best to con- serve and develop our vast national resources. A study of this report will | be of heip not only to the public serv- | ants in the legislative, executive and | judicial positions of government, but also to others in private employ, busi- | ness, journalism, agriculture and the | teaching professions.” 1,300,000 Patents Predicted. During the next 30 years, the re- port predicts, there will be at least | 1,300,000 patents issued. Many of | them will be useless, some of them | silly and the majority will have little actual effect on the ways of life of | the American people as a whole. Some, it is entirely probable, mui be along lines now undreamed of and will be revolutionary. The com- | mittee makes its cautious predic- | tions only on the basis of what now | exists in theory or even actual prac- | tice—like the autogyro and televi- | sion—which need only technical im- provement or commercial exploitation lo become vital factors in daily life. Such a development as trans-Atlan- tic air passenger service, for example, seems just on the edge of being | practical, although a generation may elapse before all the difficulties that now stand in its way are overcome. It is highly probable, the report Stresses, that the great developments of the next few decades will be of devices based on principles already known. However startling and sound a new discovery, the public always is loth to accept it. It took the| World War to make aviation a factor | day life. The principles of | are | half a century before anybody made | everything practical use of them. The loss of jobs in the replace- ment of men by_machines and by the decline of present industries will be compensated for by new industries, but there is no known | formula by which a balance can be Any one who predicted seriously a | Almost inevitably there | | lems. | to the “roof hopper” bandit. dicted, radio were known to science at least Eat. 25 Years and distance. TIVELY RELIEVED. OCTAGON RIMLESS quality clear lenses to see far or near. $12.00 value KRYPTOK LENSES Invisible Bifeeal pair to see far and near. $12 value o Cylindrieal Tinted Not Ineluded OCULIST 906 10th St. N.W. Me. 2132 The Shah Optie msists 812 F St. N.W. calculated. Transitions be ,attended and many will in the struggles. The committee lays special empha- sis on “steep flight aircraft” and tele- vision. Both seem to be near. “Roof Hopper” of Future. The former rests on the su ful development of the so-called *roof hopper”—an aircraft which will go ht up, hover in the air and come straight down at low speed. It now is represented by such forms as the helicopter and autogyro. The for- mer, by the way, was first devised by Leonardo da Vinci Many technical problems remain to are almost by great the growth of | g0 down | | | | | be solved, says the report, “but the | winged horse which can leap into the air, soar or hover in the skies, and drop gently on a constricted landing spot is no chimera—experimentally, at least, it has arrived.” . It would enable the suburban dweller to leave home in the morning and drop down safely a few minutes later ,on his office roof with none of the worries of present day traffic jams. parking, etc. Such aircraft, says the report, “could be housed on roofs or brought to the lower floors on ele- vators. They will have much more freedom of movement than our ent automobiles, since they can in three dimensions instead of It cautions, however, that “while pr vate planes by the ten-thousands probably will be used within another decade, more time doubtless will elapse before they become serious competitors of the private automobile. Types al- ready demons ed which can land on any usable field, fold up like a bectle, and proceed along the ways like an automobile to be housed in the home garage have intriguing possibilities.” Such a- development, it is stressed, will have far-reaching implications in many lines. It will require modif tions in prevalent types of architec- tures. It will extend city limits still further, enable families to go almost anywhere for week-end vacations, and bring about perplexing police prob- Air transport in general, it is pre will become faster, safer, cheaper, cover greater distances and gain in popularity. Its development however, will be along lines of its present structure and it will remain in the hands of experts. At least 20 means of overcoming its greatest hazard, fog. now are being studied It will result in bringing the world much closer together and may b u} perplexing diplomatic problems, Mails to Be Faster. Says the report: “Tours and brief oversea visits, especially by those who prize their time more than money, will be particularly encouraged. The possibility of getting a letter from a The future may look forward | stresses, | thus | pense | Another difficulty is to| find out where the return is coming from. An even more serious problem is to find room for television on the air. | There are a limited number of wave lengths in the radio spectrum suit- | able for broadcasting. They are pretty well taken up with the present radios And television will require a band of wave lengths at least 600 times | broader than is required for sound transmission. For television to have lany wide significance a great num- | ber of homes must be equipped with suitable receivers, at their own ex- | This problem apparently, is pretty well solved, for the committee announces the claims of several man- | ufacturers that -they can supply suit-| able receivers at a cost comparable | to that of an electric refrigerator. The greatest problem of all con- | cerns what shall be broadcast. There must be continuous programs in order to make such a system pay. It will be possible to broadcast stage dramas, dealnig another blow to the already stricken legitimate stage. It probably will be practical to broadcast talking moving pictures and, with the perfection of equipment, there is little reason why one should not enjoy as 200d a presentation in the home as in the neighborhood theater. This might means a terrible blow to this part of the moving picture industry. It probably would not affect the pro- ducers so badly. They still would make the pictures and get their price for them from the broadcasting com- pany or the advertising sponsors. This new development. if it comes. will tend to concentrate life even more in the | home. | standing Teachers May Lose Jobs, Startling are the possible effects on public school systems, as outlined in the report. Television might well scrap a good deal of the present day system of education and even throw the school teacher out of a Job, for it is entirely possible that systematized Jessons might be broadcast to all thé schools in the country by some out- expert. Or perhaps the teacher’s job will be reduced to keep- ing order and operating the school television set. The report stresses, however, that these mav be far-off prospects because education in the | past has been slow in accep’ing me- chanical aids. Farmings’ great ermigma, the report is the mechanical cotton picker, In the near future is seen an effi- cient machine costing about $1.000 which will pick 5,000 pounds of cotton a day. A man or woman seldom ex- ceeds 150 pounds. Between eight | and nine million persons depend large- distant home regularly in two days | will encourage ordinary business travel. Toda frequency of mails ac the time usual tours with the in- required is much and | s the Atlantic, | more than the seven days nominally | requisite.” Even more far-reaching are the proepective effects of television. To- day this is experimentally practical A fairly clear picture of a current event—a foot ball game, for example— can be transmitted into the home on screen large enough so that it can be enjoyed by the whole family. Television can reasonably be antici- pated, perhaps within the next dec- ade, although there are tremendous difficulties in the way. One is the expense. There is nat- ural reluctance to undertake this while the technique remains so highly ex- perimental and while a sudden de- velopment may force the Jjunking of V7 T | clNSTAI.l.l-ZD COOL ENTIRE HOME GICHNER NA. 4370 Special Offer 25% to 30% Saving Every one who wears bifocals will appreciate this 50% savings. White seamless lenses ground for reading EYE-STRAIN Exclusive Optics & HEADACHES POSI- Engraved white gold-filled rimless mountings and fine $ 5.35 Invisible Bifocal Lenses. One S 5.65 al Co. ACCURATELY . FILLED Botadtished 36 Yoors ly on cotton picking for their liveli- hood If the machine comes into general use three-fourths of them will be out of jobs. For economical operation the ma- chine requires large acreages. These necessitate substituting tractors for horses and mules. Cotton farming employs approximately five million horses and mules. About 25,000, | 000 acres in the South are required to supply pasturage, hay and grain for these animals. Great numbers of | them would be eliminated. The land would be thrown out of cultivation. The small cotton farmer would find it impossible to exist. | The millions deprived of a means of livelihood might flock North and | try to replace the workers in northern | industries or the:industries'themselves might move South to take advantage of cheap labor. In either event the social Tepercussions would be enor- mous. The price of cotton would drop enoromusly. This would lead | to an increased demand which, how- | ever, would take up only a little of | the slack. ‘The situation is so potentially full of dynamite that the inventors of | the cotton picker fear to put it on the market until there is some solution of the enigma. In other lines of farming there are practical with smaller cost, acreage and risk Several varieties of rust-resistant wheat now are in an advanced ex- perimental stage. New varieties in the last 25 years have increased pro- | acreage more ductivity - of the same than 50,000,000 bushels a year and | there is every prospect that the prog- ress will continue. Greater Crops, Fewer Acres. New varieties of corn, now just past the experimental stage, promise an increased productivity of at least 15| per cent on the same acreage. In a few years disease-resistant sugar cane | raised the average yield for Louisiana | from seven to eighteen tons an acre and even better varieties are in pros- pect. With greater crops on fewer need for farm labor declines recent developments in making cloth out of milk, lumber out of cornstalks and possibly rubber out of turpen- tine offer encouraging but still theo- retical help for farmers, however. acres This report was prepared by a com- | mittee of scientists headed by S. H. McCrory and R. F. Hendreickson of the Department of Agriculture Mining: Present known oil and coal supplies at the sumption will last the world mini- mums, respectively. of 10 and 2,000 vears, However, 50 new oil and gas fields were found in Texas alone last vear. Newly discovered physical methods of locating déep oil deposits promise enormous additions to the present supplies all over the earth Coal mining and loading machines re rapidly reducing human The tonnage of bituminous coal load- ed by machine. nstead of men with shovels increased from 1500.000 in 1923 to 47.000.000 in 1 There is every prospect that m mor mines will be equipped with t machines. With increasing and production the committee the demand for mine labor at about its present status ttle possibility of any new increasing popi jobs n in the m Transportation: remain about the same size as pr ent. The committee sees little ture for midget cars which are not comfortable. cause of the development of metal loys. They can be made faster through such devices as streamlining and su- precharging, but the commitiee be- lieves they are fast enough already and that there will be a reactio against traveling at breakneck speeds Now about one out of five persons has a car. The ultimate limit in this country may be a car for evervbody Trailers seem likely to increase in numbers, leading to a gypsy life fol- lowing the seasons und emplovment They will tend to break up .he sta- bility of communities, affect the hous= ing problem and cause a serious edu- cational problem. Traller stores are predicted, perhaps seriously affecting mail order houses and department stores. The old pack peddler may return on a glorified scale. Nearness of Television. Communication: The most signifi- can trends, says the report, are the relative nearness of television and of a facsimile transmission by wire and radio. On the other hand the radio waves are already seriously con- gested and physicists must experi- ment in new regions Power: “The utilization of the heat Automobiles will Hartsho Shade fabr Lowest price: Successor to Klecblatt's nd F1. Lin. 0839 0Oil Burners The Choice of and Around Over 3,000 in Washington —Over 200,000 in the U. S. COME IN and see the ABC in Ac- tual Operation, burning ofl, or phone for a courteous representative. Till September ENJOY all the hot water you want for the balance of this month . .. and all of the month of August . without having to pay any- thing down—any carrying charges —or payments of any kind until September! 714 13th St. N.W. (Opposite the Telephone Bldg.) NAtl. 3068 prospects of larger crops | Such | present rate of con- | labor. | demand | They will be lighter be- | —A. P. Photos. of the earth is a possibility, but not for the immediate future” the re- port says i “Suggestions to utilize thunder- | storms are of remote practicability. | rect rays of the sun. Photoelectric effects suggested for utilizing the di- rect heat of the sun are still highly speculative, “We are on the brink of new de- velopments in television, air condi- tioning, electric typewriters and many other devices which will greatly in- crease the electric load at the power- generating stations. Air conditioning | may be cheapened by use of steam | to cool and dehumidify the air in Summer.” With more and cheaper electricity in the home the committee sees g prospect of laundry work, cooking and baking coming back to the home. It discounts the prospect of decentraliza- tion of industry through the setting up of home shops for weaving, shoe | making and furniture making The committee foresees more steam central heating plants. “Even in the very cities,” says report; plants could be our central lo- “More progress is likely in the use | of solar energy by utilizing the di- | cated to generate steam economically and with a minimum amount of at- | POWER SHUT OFF IN§10.000 BLAZE |Fire Destroys Transformer in Northeast Section and Damages Another. A flerce, two-alarm fire caused $10,000 damage in 20 minutes late yes- terday in the Potomac Electric Power Ce. substation in the 2000 block of Fifth street northeast, and cut oft power in a large portion of the north- east section. i Firemen checked the blaze as it roared toward & number of old wooden cars in the rear of the building and quickly extinguished it. The flames | destroyed one 2,000-kilowatt trans- former and damaged another. Four other transformers escaped damage. ‘The fire was discovered by W. H. Sarton, jr., who quickly pulled switches | shutting off power and summoned firemen. Six companies responded on two alarms. The first alarm was sounded at 5:04 p.m. and the blaze was extinguished at 5:25. As soon as the firemen completed their task, undamaged generators were | turned on and power was restored in the affected neighborhoods. Sibley Hospital was without power for 20 minutes, but officials reported that no operations were scheduled at | the time and the shutdown did not | cause any difficulties. Street car serv- | ice in the area was not affected by the | | power shutdown. Cause of the blaze could not be im- mediately determined. Actor Seeks Citizenship. LOS ANGELES, July 17 (F)— George Brent is giving up Ireland in favor of the United States. The actor appeared late yesterday at the Bureau of Naturalization and, under his true | | name of George Nolan, swore out his | firsy naturalization papers. He said | he has been a resident of this coun- WON CONTEST, LOST JOB LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 17 (P).— “It's nice to win a contest, but I lost my regular job doing it,” said James Baker, 19, when notified today he would receive $100 as local win= ner in a model car designing cone test. “I spent three months making the model car” Baker sald, “and after I staved up late at night working on it the furniture store where I workad gave me the air for being sleepy on the job.” Chamberlain Honored. ST. LOUIS, July 17 (#).—Nevilie Chamberlain, prime minister of En, land, was made &n honorary vice pres dent of the International Mark Twain Society, Cyril Clemens, & distant eou- sin of the tamed humorist, announced vesterday. Clemens said Chamberlain Is the fourth British prime minister to become a member of the socie honoring Twain (Samuel Cleme the others being Lloyd George, Stanle; Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald. 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