Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1937, Page 24

B—6 GIRDLERHITSLEWIS THIRST FOR POWER Republic Steel Chairman | Thinks C. . 0. Is Major Democracy Threat. This is the last of three articles setting forth the views of leaders in industry and labor on the indus- trial warfare that has been spread- ing over the country. Thomas M. Girdler, chairman of Republic Steel Co., explains here why he has taken a position of uncompromising opposition to John M. Lewis and the C. 1. O. * BY WILLIAM H. FORT. “John Lewis and the C. I. O. are| sponsors of terrorism and lawlessne:s. | promoting and encouraging violence and disregard for law. With many of | its leaders avowed Communists and with its terroristic methods, C. I. O. constitutes the most dangerous threat against the preservation of democracy in the United States.” Standing alone and taken at their face value, these and other similar | statements make of Thomas M. Gird- ler, the two-fisted chairman of Re- | public Steel and president of the American Iron & Steel Institute, just about as stubborn, hard-headed and | unreasonably obstinate a person as it 1s possible to imagine. Tom Girdler h: made those and equally frank declarations many times, and he stands by them now. Yet, with- | out a proper setting giving his ex-| planations of why he made them and why he maintains his stand-pat posi- | tion, they give no accurate picture either of his position or of the man nimself. | No Evidence of Ruthlessness. Tom Girdler has shown himself to be a fighter, but he gives no evidence of being the ruthless, fire-eating slave | driver which his enemies like to paint him. He is not very tall. but he is weil | #et up. with no sugegstion of paunchi- | 4 ness. He has a friendly smile which lights up his eyes and. when he talks, | there is no suggestion of the bulldog in | his speech. Merely an expression of his position, logically stated, with an obvious desire that what he says will not be misconstrued. And he has a tonvincing explanation for everything he has done since the strike was called by C. I. O. in the plants of independent stecl. He has no hatred for John Lewis. not even contempt | vinced that he is a fraud and for that | reason will have nothing to do with him nor allow his men to have any-| thing to do with him or the C. I. O. organization. There was no evidence of bitterness against Lewls or against | the C. I. O. as an organization. And | when told that Lewis held him person- | ally responsible for the death of the | 10 men during the Memorial day riot | at the Republic plant in South Chi- | cago, he merely smiled and went on talking to show how everything he had done had been done with the interests of his men in mind ‘That was the reason—and the only | reason—he said, why he had refused | to sign and would continue to refuse | to sign any agreements with the C. I. ©. or any other labor union, and not because he was opposed to unionism | or collective bargaining. | Denies Being Extremist. Sitting behind a big desk in one of the conference rooms of the Republic | Bteel Corp. in New York he teetered back and forth in the big armchair. “You know,” he said, “I have been held up before the public as a violent extremist—a hard-headed, cold-blood- ed opponent of collective bargaining. As a matter of fact, I am the least ex tremist of any one in the steel busi- ness. There is no one who is closer to his men than T am. Some others think | they are, but I don’t believe so. “Collective bargaining? I am not | opposed to collective bargaining. all my life, ever since I knew any- thing about it both the men and the company. But I did refuse—and still refuse—to sell | out my men to an irresponsible outfit | headed by a man whose only purpose was to get more power and more money for himself. And that's all| John Lewis wants—power and money. | All he wanted a written agreement | for was s0 he could use it as a cudgel on the men, to drive them into the union so he could get their dues and, through the check-off system, have | g 1)s am a firm believer in it and have beerr| g We have had it for|s years at Republic and it has benefitted = Gibraltar N evident. Lewis wanted the closed shop and the check-off. Why did Lewis want a Simply as a document he could use as a springboard for a membership drive. A club which he could use on the men to make them join. And with the check-off, which would pro- vide that the company deduct the union dues from the pay envelope, a continuous flow of money would pour into Lewis' hands." (Copyright. 1957, by the Norin American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Welcome Ally Against ‘Hoppers. PALMER, Nebr. (#)—Nebraskans welcomed another ally in their war on grasshoppers—this time the wasp. It stings the hoppers into paralysis and takes them to its nest, agriculturists sald. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer to- morrow; gentle northwest winds be- coming variable. Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer tomorrow in west and central portions. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomor- row in west and extreme north por- tions. West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow. River Report. Shenandoah River, little muddy; Potomac River, clear; Great Falls, muddy: Chain Bridge, little muddy. Report for Last 21 Hours. Temperature, Barometer, Degrees. Inches. 74 2086 T8 3 Yesterday— 4 pm. 8 pm R Midnight _ g Today— 4 am G R am Noon 21 Hours. Ay to noon today ) 5 p.m, vesterday. Year Lowest, 67, 6 am. today. Year ago Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 98, on_July Lowest, 19, on Februar Humidity for Last 21 Hours. (From noon vesterday to noon todas ) Highest, 05 per cent, at 3 p.m. vester- 3 per cent. at noon today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Jurvey.) a Lowest Tomorrow. | 11:07 am. am 1 pm 5.55 p.m! 543 143 The Sun and Moon. Rises. 504 He merely is con- | fon in inches in the th to date): se. n Cap: an = ebruary M Mav ZZ2 June C Record 7i83 'ay 6Rg R4 R& 01 913 'R 1060 'R0 10094 ‘00 August ~__ September tober 7 K60 7.56 November ~__ cember Weather in Various Cities. Temp. Rain-, Baro Hb Low fall Weath'r b 170 0.50 Al Stations Al Atlanta, G Atlantic City _ Baltimore, Md. Birmingham Bismarck. N.D. 0.02 . Mass, 0 roit Paso. Tex. Galveston. Tex Helen t Det El Omah; Philad Phoenir Pittsburgh. Portland. Portland. Orex. Raleigh. N. C! 96 _ 88 i WASH., D. C._30.06 80 67 0.05 Cloudy FOREIGN STATIONS. (7 am. Greenwich time. todas) Temperature. Weather. England __ 57 Cloudy’ France Cloudy Austria Berlin,” Germany_ Brest. France Zurich, ~ Switzerland __ Stockholm, _Sweden_ __ Spain (Noon. Greenwich time, Horta (Faval). Azores (@urrent obser London Pars, Vienna, 24 St. Georges. Bermuda signed agreement? | 5 | there will be full of Indians.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DAILY SHORT STORY PIONEER CHILDREN By Richard WHEN the chil- dren reached the edge of the clearing, they stop- ped dead still. Nothing was left of the cabin but a few charred and > burning embers. o, Martha began at once to cry, but Peter, who was two years older, said:. “Don’t cry. They might hear us.” Martha stopped immediately. By “they” she knew Peter meant the Indians. How long ago the raid had taken place they could only guess. Both were pretty sure their mothers and fathers had been murdered, and all the other settlers, too. They had lived long | enough on the frontier to read the | grim signs correctly. Peter drew Martha back into the brush. They looked at each other, scared, white-faced. Martha's lower lip was trembling, and Peter had all he could do to keep the sobs from bursting from his lips. “It must have happened we started for the store,” They had set out for the store, 4 miles away, early that morning. “They must have gone north after burning | ace, or we would have met them. | They'll circle round by Herricks' and then come down on the store about noon.” “I want my mother,” Martha began | to whimper. | “Stop that!" Peter said sharply. | “We can't go into the clearing to hunt for bodies. They might have left a scout to watch for any one return- | ing.” Peter was 13. He and Mar. | tha had been inseparable since the | Hancocks had moved to the settle- | ment two years before. Jefferson | Hancock ind his wife and Martha | | were all that comprised their family. | | Martha worshipped Peter, who could | | shoot & gun and make bows and | | arrows and stalk game like any of the | men. At first, he spurned her womanly company, but there was a certain satisfaction in her admiration, and | down deep he thought she was the prettiest girl he'd ever scen “What are we going to do?" she | | asked tremulously. Again she was | holding back the tears. Peter knew | she was depending on him, trusting him. The responsibility gave him | strength and courage. | “Well have to reach Fort Vinton somehow,” he said, tightening his lips. “That's 16 miles away. We'll have to walk, and we'll have to be careful,| | because the country between here and | right after he said | i oy HEY started out, not once again looking at the clearing but fol- lowing the path that led down by | the river, moving stealthily Peter led the way. He was scared stiff, but he knew it would never do to let Martha know it. If she started to cry, it would be all over. He kept telling himself she was depending on him to get her safely to the fort. He tried not to think of his mother and father and two brothers. Every time anything moved in the | bushes they jumped, then stood | trembling, half expecting a savage, | painted face to appear among the green leaves that bordered the trail. | clubs by day, ., the largest, most powerful planes . . . spacious luxu- rious interiors costing $10,000 extra $500 custom-built divan chairs wide, full-length berths . . . sepa- rate club lounge and sleep- ing compartments . , . air con THE N Wilkinson. It was mid-July, and the air was still very atill and hot. There was & constant buzzing of insects. Half the time ‘the river drowned out sounds of their footfalls. After an hour, Peter atopped. “We'd better leave the trail, because right below are the rapids and they make so much noise we couldn’t hear any one com- didn't say anything. She looked as though she would burst out sobbing any minute. “Come on,” said Peter gruffly. He cut into the brush, up a slope, down the other side and up another slope. The sounds of the river were lost. He turned south and went on again, Behind him he could hear Martha's hurried steps and quick breathing. He pitied her be- cause she was a woman and wanted to cry and must be awfully scared. But he didn’t even stop. He consoled himself with thinking how brave she was, and how he'd tell her so, once they reached the fort. A half hour later Peter suddenly dropped flat and dragged Martha down with him. A whimper escaped her lips and he clasped his hand over her mouth. They lay trembling, wide- eyed, watching three skulking Indians passing along the dry bed of the creek, not 20 yards away. * ok ox % ’]‘HEY lay still for some time. Then rose and started on again. It was fast growing dark. When it got 8o dark he could no longer see, Peter stopped near a great rock, They both crouched down, close to each other, not talking, not making any sound. After a long while, Peter dozed, roused himself, dozed again. When he opened his eyes a second time it was daylight. Martha was sleeping beside him. He woke her by rising. They both felt sore and suff and hungry. Berries grew in profusion, and they stopped long enough to pick a handful Then they went on. Toward mid- morning Peter cut back toward the river. “We're below the rapids” he said, “and the Indians won't figure that any one will be using the trail because of the raid. We'll be safe there.” She looked at him worshipfully. Her cheeks were streaked, because she had been crying to herself. When they hit the river Peter recon- noitered & bit. Then they drank and washed themselves and went on again They didn't see any more Indians that day. At noon they ate some more ber- ries. Toward dusk a sentry at the fort | saw two small figures come stumbling out of the woods and raised an alarm. Soldiers ran out and carried them in. Peter told his story, all of it, then, | because he couldn't help it, he began | to ery. He felt ashamed, because Martha was there. But Martha came over and put a tender arm around him They sat there, huddled together, glad of having each other. And therr thoughts dwelt in the future, because they were pioneer children. (Copyright, 1937.) ATION'S MIGHTIEST (e}1 LUXURIOUS AIR FLEET De luxe Skysleepers by night, Sky. “MEMBER NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL® FASTER TO LOS ANGELES ... 17 hours, 24 minutes . . . Chicago, 4 hours, 20 minutes (via connecting airline). For Information and Reser TWA Office Blde onst National Press ational 1451; Nigh D. 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