Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 4

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 8, 1937—PART ONE. N.LR.B.IS CALLED ‘NGENT FORC. 1.0 O}Jen Perseoution of A. F. L. Charged as Attorney Quits Hearing. By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, August 7—Counsel for the National Electric Products Co. tonight charged “the National Labor Relations Board apparently is nothing more nor less than an agent for the 0.3 107 Attorney William B. Wilson, who withdrew from a Labor Board hear- ing today because of what he said was *“villification and injustice” in exam- tnation of witnesses, elaborated his accusations tonight in a second statement He said “The hearings tner and attorney ing here con. tion of the Labor, as wel tric Product h their exam ite an open persecu- American Federation of 1e National Elec- s employes ges Abuse. a complete the attitude of Exam Ringer, and nothing whatever could be gained by subjecting other decent izens to the abuse which Benjamine Gordon, counsel for the Labor Board, ‘Was permitted to heap on Wayne Irion % and r witnesses. “The National Electric Products Co in compliance with the Wagner labor relations act an exclusive bar- gaining agree with a union af- filiated with the American Federation | h appeared on vhe bm< of signed membership cards sent a clear majority of the emplow: This was sustained by the Federal and the company or- dered by ge Prederick P. Schoo maker to observe isions T}‘l‘ Labor Relations Board refuses to rec- ognize this order of Federal Court, or even to allow it to be entered n th‘ testimony “The American Federation of lnh{\' union was not even called as a party to & case in which its own contract s involved * * * Ready With Witnesses. “We were prepared to bring as wit- nesses the representatives of the fed- eration who made the agree- ment, as well as 40 employes conver- sant with the circumstances t unless the F(‘dm’a! Court 8o i me, I will not ask another witness 1(\ undergo the bullying, browbeat baseless in: f witnesses ibjected ¢ * * Neither Ringer nor Gordon could be veached immediately for comment Earlier reading of Wilson's first stateme abruptly ended the week-old hearing into charges the cor- poration actéd in collusion with the International Brotherhood of Electrical “There sence of ab- Workers, an affiliate of the American | .| He said Hull's stand coincided with Federation of Labor, to thwart C. I. O. unionization efforts. The United Electrical and Radio Workers, 8 unit of the C. I. O.,, had sought a collective COTTONSEED PROCESS METHOD IS SPEEDED | Increase in Yxeld of Oil Also| Claimed by University of Ten- nesses Expert. KNOXVILLE, C. A. Perkins nessee Engineer reported today department h and more efficier cottonseed The metho cottonseed p cooking time hours to abo the yield of o prove the Dr. P lies in the me pressur phere a moisture Dr. of Ten- the faster cessing 1 8 enable the two \crease and § and oil process mploy- t bargaining election, | on | have been conduct- American cit- | 54 Points Smarter Than “Genius” Three-year-old Roxanne Herrick of Monroe, Mich., | who has an I. Q. of 189. She comes by her intellectual [ powers by nature as her father, | a Government engineer in the Department of | honor student at Albion College, | graduating there and at the University of Michigan. now | Interior, was an | In 1923 he «"mnltq/ was the youngest Miss Myrtle Mosher, Monroe teacher, who gave Roxanne her test, says her vocabulary is that of an intelligent 8-year-old. HerI.Q.of 189 is 54 higher than “genius.” Prof. Albert Einstein rates a quotient of 205 —Wide World Photos Donald F. Herrick, city manager in the LITVINOFF ASSAILS - DANGERS OF WAR" Urges Energetic Resistance |to Present Conflicts—Backs 1 Hull’s Stand. ‘ By MOSCOW, August 7—Maxim Lit- | vinoff declared in a statement today that r dangers in the Spanish and Far-Eastern conflicts called for “most he Associated Press. W energetic resistance by all nations.” The Soviet commissar of foreign affairs, replying to a statement made by United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull on July 16, said he shared the American statesman’s views on the settlement of disputes by peaceful means before they in- volved other nations. Soviet foreign policy. Litvinoff's | statement was issued by the foreign office (Hull's statement said the United | States. “constantly and consistently | | advocates maintenance of peace. We | | advocate national and international | self-restraint. We advocate absti- | | nence by all nations from use of force | | in pursuit of policy and from 1mer-! | ference in the internal affairs of other | nations. (“We advocate adjustment of prob- lems in international relations by proc- esses of peaceful negotiations and agreemeni. We advocate faithful ob- | servance of international agreements. * * * We avoid entering into en- tangling alliances or entangling com- | ~ but s mitments. ative effol ticable me ciples hereinbe we believe in co-oper- by peaceful and prac- support of the prin- stated ning any nations by said, “Undoubtedly confiicts and hesitations in international relations are all the | more threats of hostilities, whether | involving two or more States, which | might affect the rights of other na- | “The present international situa- tion, full of threats to the general’ Continu budget W‘;]c be make the because ways s and stair- d brick ird and M Weightma a st as been de- for some De pa'lmflnl room adjoining Cots are provided in res} periods prepared the class another meals kitchen e ildren are taken which call to and from sch 8t t homes are chairs on & wooden ramp, which from a door on or ing to the grour hallway the class The rapid eri years roliment nearly a doz The fire only way 0l buses, <y,4—.~4\ the from ped into in this or trap then Crane con ng an up the evacuatior Fire Marshal Ca while this wou it would t proof bui Mrs child floors of help the te pled pupils o an emergency the school term emptied in about said. In taking up with Lauber the en- tire probiem of raising safety stand- idered addit ards in the old school buildings, Crane | was fold that while the fire depart- | ment insisted that present potentially | @shgerous conditions should be cor- ) Those unable to walk | ted by the bus drivers to wheel | Horseman Hurt BREAKS LEG WHEN MOUNT GRAZES TREE. ‘HULL RAPSCRITICS | - OF SOVIET TREAW “Paid Propaganda” Is Re ply to Attacks on New Commercial Pact. | in Emergenc pxupagn.m g The Secret. directed his cor at a statement by Louis Madei ecutive director o. the Anthrac stitute, representing the Pennsyl hard coal producers Madeira had declared permission to Russia to import tax free 400,000 tons of coal to country during the next 12 months would cost Pennsyl- vania anthracite miners $1,200,000 a year in wages and that anthracite producers would lose $2,300.000 Hull said the statement was so wholly misleading” that is per- haps due the public that this typical instance, designed to mislead the pub- lic by omitting the chief facts, should be exposed The Madeira statement, Hull con- | tended, sought to create a single im- | pression that for the first time 400.- | 000 tons of Soviet coal will come into | this country as a result of the agree- ment. He said there have been pre- | vious imports, which in 1936 were more than 400,000 During the 10 years ending in 1936, Hull said, this country imported § 380,000 of anthracite and bituminous coal, but exported $720,620,000 wor during the same period. GREETED BY CLUB POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., August P All J. C. Polson, 65, sald just before he was hit with a club, he insisted to- | day, was: “Howdy. GLEN LEET, Washington representative of the Americah Public Welfare Association and a reserve lieu- tenant in the Cavalry, received a broken leg when he fell from a horse and was knocked against a tree in Rock Creek Park yesterday afternoon. His two riding companions sum- moned a passing motorist, who took him to Emergency Hos- pital. Leet, who is 28, lives at 1733 Nineteenth street. tons peace * * * on tinent, calls for resistance of all one or another con- he most energetic nations.” that 1 of the could take various regional mutual He explained such along with revi Nations such as pacts “The Soviet government is always ready to participate in such manifest tinos,” he said, recalling past So proposals for disarmament and or- ganization of a permanent peace con- ferenN resistance League forms, | assistance | Hot, isn't it?” Prosecuting Attorney Randy Weber charged Tom Swofford, 40, with fe- lonious assault. Weber said the men | had earlier difficulties rected as speedily as possible, consider any of induly hazardous.” getting action it did | the conditions | “The main thing | started,” Lauber | said | Three of the schools cited as need- ing additional fire escapes to comply | with the District la w—Jefferson Junior | mzh Force and | re is Lincoln Schools— | those recommended for abandonmen 1908 by a special con- gressional commission. All of them except Eastern High, are more than 50 years old, and are scheduled for | replacement under the five-year build- | ing program It was pointed out that the District law regarding fire escapes on places | of public assembly was strengthened | in 1933, Although buildings con- | structed since then must comply with | it, compliance is not strictly enforced for older buildings unless some espe- cially hazardous situation is brought | to light { | Work already is under way to re- | place some of the buildings cited for | “emergency” improvements in the | | fire department report | Mrs. Doyle approved final plans yes- | terday for construction of a new voca- | | tional school for girls to replace the | old Dennison School, which was built | in 1884. Contracts probably will be | let-in September. The 1937 and 1938 | opriation provided $336,000 its construction. A report last year the five-year buildign program by Ballou said the present building old and structurally deteriorating be vacated as soon as prac- | in on Dr an tic | $500,000 Available, i A total of $500,000 is available for purchase of a site and beginning con- struction of a new Jeflerson Junior High School to replace the structure | built in 1872. The present building is | 50 out of date, Mrs. Doyle recalled, its original clock system is now bited the National Museum as | tiqu additional fireproof stairways wed for Eastern High School are be- ing provided in a $379,000 addition m the present building Haycock said the fire hazard would that ext 4527 Walnut St., Philadelphia Furnished housekeeping suites of 103 rooms. Complete hotel serviee. Garam $9.50 to SZZ 50 Weekly Room & Bath. %150 up, Agts., “Res. My, up Ine. 8. 40 St E. C. DAVENPORT. | year program i other | mended, be lessened at Force School by aban- doning use of the third floor during the next term. This school, built in 1879 and attended by children of | President Theodore Roosevelt when he | was in the White House, is scheduled for eventual replacement in the five- chemical and domestic science labora- tories, as recommended Crane pointed out that on & mini- mum basis of 1'2 per cent of the plant cost for annual maintenance at least $600,000 should be spent an- nually in keeping the District’s $40,- 000,000 worth of school buildings up 0 date. The current appropriation provides only $396,975. The School | Board is asking $787,475 in its 1938-9 budget Offici Conferences with Lauber, it was indicated, will determine what emer gency steps will be ta at the schools falling below fety standards. New appropriations be required for installing the new stairways or fire escapes as recom- it was pointed out. In view of plans to replace the schools with new buildings as soon as the money is available, efforts will be directed toward improvising safety measures that will not involve great deal of | expense. the District has been fc never havi fered a catastrophic school most serious of & dozen or so fires on record, none of which endangered the pupils, severely damaged the Car- berry School six years ago. It was started at night by & group of boys who later were convicted In addition to the thorough an inspections of all school buildi made since 1933, firemen who would | answer the alarm a fire should break out visit each school building once a week during the school yea Thus they are able to discover and remedy occasional fire hazards and keep themselves thoroughly familiar with the conditions they would face in event of an emergency | Records show that in monthly fire fire. Many Carried Out. Many of the recommendations not of a major-expense nature in the re- port are being carried out as a mat- ter of routine. These include repair- ing a basement door at the Magruder School to make it self-closing and providing fire-resistive doors to the basement storeroom. Similar repairs are being made at several other | drills it takes from one-fourth of a schools. Asbestos blankets for use to | minute to five minutes to empty the smother a small blaze in an emer- | various sahool buildings, with an gency are being provided for all|average of 1% minutes Special Offer 259 to 509 Saving Every one who wears bifocals will appreciate this 509 savings. White seamless lenses ground for reading Exclusive Opties and distance. EYE-STRAIN HFADA(,HI',S POSI- OCTAGON RIMLESS Engraved white gold filled quality clear lenses to see far ss 35 value KRYPTOK LENSES Invisible Bifocal Lenses. One pair to see 35.65 $12 value % The Shah Optical Co. OCULIST 8 ] 2 F SI‘ N w ACCURATELY TIVELY RELIEVED. [ rimless mountings and fine or near. $12 Invisible Bifocal far and near. Cylindrieal or Tinted Not Included PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED Established 25 Year: "% | cuts and bruises SUSPECT GRILLED INMATTSON GASE Bears “Remarkable” Re- semblance to Description of Kidnaper-Slayer. By the Associated Press LORAIN, Ohio, August T pect in the kidnap-slaying of 10-year- | old Charles Mattson of Tacoma, Wash., | was being questioned here tonight, lice disclosed” Inspector George Knapp of Lorain said the man bears a “remarkable’ resemblance to descriptions of the | Mattson s | tioned at lenzth by police and an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation office at Cleveland | The suspect said he lived in Cleve- land. He has the | hooked nose ascribed kidnaper, police said and height, 5 feet 7 inches, also cor- esponded to police circulars. Police said the man's account of | n whereabouts since the kidnaping last December was full of discrepancies and his stories of visits to St. Louis | Chicago and Buffalo since then to the Mattson His age, 30, A sus-| po- | er and that he was ques- | foreign accent and } are | | of the measure before adjour being checked. The suspect was arrested on Lorain’s | busiest thoroughfare last night after | he had been “spotted” by L. V. Jones, a Nickel Plate Railroad detective who, | authomties said, y to recogniz ular description FIVE BAND CONCERTS Rozanne likes playing school and rattles off such words as extraordinary, enjoyment and | atrocious. By means of ap- ! ples, oranges or pennies, she | can add and sublract. Her arithmetic is simpie but swift nvzd uuuru!(’ TWO CHILDREN INJURED | AT SUBURBAN HOMES; Manor l':nl Broken Leg—Arlington urt While Playing. Two children from nearbs land and Virginia were treated pitals here yesterday for injuries re- ceived while playing at their homes. Two-year-old Sandra Weiman Colmar Manor, Md ained a bro- ken left leg when fell from second-story window. She was ed Hospital i, 3, of Arlington Lichtman Theater Boys Band and Service Organizations Will Give Programs. Five concerts will be played in the public parks this week, Prani T. Gart- side, acting superintendent of Na- tional Capital Parks, terday. The Lichtman Theater Boys' Band will give a concert Monday in Meridian Park, Sixteenth and Euclid streets, and the Army Band will play at the Receives Boy Colmar M at hos- | mac Park. The Navy Band will play Tuesday at the District War morial, also the site Thursday of a Marine Band concert The Washington Gas Light Co. Band will play at the Recreation Center in Takoma Park, Fifth and Van Buren streets, Wednesday. 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