Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 9

» y been an inmate of the home for about | N EADING OF STRKE SEEN TESTTO AT ‘Wagner Law to Fail Unless It Checks Walkouts, Knudson Says. By the Assaciated Press. BOSTON, Oct. 29.—The success of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, Wil- liam S. Knudsen, president of General Motors Corp., believes, will depend directly on whether it stops strikes. ' | “That is its function,” he told the Associated Industries of Massachusetts last night at the closing meeting of their annual industrial conference. “If it doesn’t stop strikes it will prob- ably fall of its own weight, or it will be necessary to strengthen it so that it will work in an orderly manner. “To say that it is the Magna Chart, of labor is all right, but it must prove | its value in giving men uninterrupted work with consequent better earnings, or it will be a Magna Charta no longer.” Voicing a plea for “narrowing the gulf between capital and labor.” | Knudsen said he expected the “two | camps of labor will eventually get | together.” If they don't, he warned, | “I can see no hope for either side.” “American industry must go for- ward as peacefully as possible,” he | said. “Let us hope we can avoid class | cleavage entering into the question. | ‘The American standard of living, ob- tained by narrowing the gulf between | capital and labor, is higher than any- where else in the world. To widen it would unquestionably tend to lower this standard of living instead of rais- * ing it.” Knudsen referred frequently to the | necessity for maintaining peaceful in- | dustrial relations, and urged labor to Appoint &s its representatives men “of | high character” and to name “the right kind of men” to shop commit- tees. He advised local settlement of labor disputes whenever possible. William M. Rand of Lincoln, Mass,, newly-elected president, pledged the | 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, It’s a Potato SPUD GROWN IN BOTTLE THRIVES. Here’s one for Mr. Hix's Strange As It Seems. A po- tato grown on the farm of H. L. Murray, retired Govern- ment employe, at Clearfield, Pa., was found securely lodged in the neck of a bottle. It was dug up by Howard Orr, care- taker of the farm, and brought to Washington by Mr. and Mrs. Murray’s daugh- ter, Mrs. L. M. Howe, 1875 Mintwood place N.W. an Eastern High School teacher. —Star Staff Photo. organization to work for repeal of the undistributed profits tax and to oppose reciprocal trade agreements “which injure the industries of the State.” e e MAN DIES IN FALL Investigation Ordered in Death of County Home Inmate. By the Associated Press. FREDERICK, Md., Oct. 29.—A fall | from a fourth-story window at Mont- vue, the county home, killed 68-year- old Pranklin Lee Early yesterday. Sherman P. Bowers, State’s attor- ney, ordered an investigation. Early, a native of Maryland, had eight months. One brother and three SEATTLE, Oct. 29 (#).—Police said | Mrs. Hanna Hyvari was killed by a hit-run driver in a 1929 model sedan, so they turned to the honor system. They asked all owners of such cars to submit them for inspection, esti- mating about 130 of that model are in Seattle. Riight, Left— MILWAUKEE, Oct. 29 (#).—It was Richard Muck’s second day back on the job after a layoff because of a fractured right leg, suffered in a fall, On his way home from work. Muck, 70, was struck by a car. This time his left leg was fractured. A New Sac and Your FOUNTAIN PEN 35@ CLEANED GARRISON’S 1215 E St. N.W. 1886 5ist Year 1937 of Progress SHOW CARD SUPPLIES STOCKETT =i E PRODUCING STATION! DIDE ST B FORSKYLINE ROAD LIV OPENED Contract for Black Rock to Jarmans Gap Stretch Soon to Be Let. Bids for construction of the south- ernmost link in picturesque Skyline drive, along the crest of the moun- tains in Shenandoah National Park, were opened yesterdgy by the Bureau of Public Roads. ‘The link of 9.389 miles will connect Black Rock Gap and Jarman's Gap, southern limit of the park, where the skyline drive connects with the Blue Ridge Parkway. When completed, the bined will afford a scenic drive of of the Blue Ridge, frequently described the world, Officials of the national par Skyline drive and the parkway com- | more than 500 miles along the crest | as rivaling in beauty any scenery in | ice, sponsor of the two projects, esti mated expenditures on the Skyline drive to date at approximately $4,- 350,000. Albert Bros, Construction Co., Inc., of Salem, Va., was low bidder on the project for which bids were opened. ‘They offered to do the work for $287,- 203.50. Mello L. Teer, Inc, of Dur- ham, N. C,, bid $300,082.50, and Chan- dler Bros., Virgilina, Va., $312,665. Public roads officials said the con- fract probably would be let within three weeks. —_— —_— I Don't Believe It. JOLIET, Ill, Oct. 29 (#).—Carlos Chaney, 18, had his mouth open for a second while standing along the curb in front of his home. But the second was just long enough for a wheel on a passing car to toss & cockleburr into his mouth. 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