Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1937, Page 2

LABOR'S WARFARE BEGINS NEW PHASE Parley Ends With 1ll-Feeling Intensified—Split Due to Continue. By JOHN C. HENRY. Labor's warfare headed into a new phasa of reprisals and recriminations today as both the Comrittee for In- dustrial Organization and the Amer- ican Federation of Labor prepared to intensify their struggles for domina- tion in the face of yesterday's failure to effect a reconciliation. Breaking up in obvious anger, but with apparent unanimity on both sides as to the position taken by the opposing committees, the peace nego- tiators left very little possibility of any further meetings. Seemingly, the American labor movement of more than 7,000,000 organized workers will remain split indefinitely. Only the slim prospect of admin- istration pressure, or an unexpected internal crumbling of one or the other of the two factions, remain as factors which might force a resumption of efforts. Discussed at Cabinet Meeting. Frequently embarrassed by the labor strife, the administration never has taken a position in support of either group and has made no outward ef- fort to bring them together. It is known, however, that the matter was discussed at last week's cabinet meet- ing and some development may result. Possibilities of internal dissension .in both the labor wings are not too remote. In the C. I O, it has long been understood that the International Ladies’ Garment Workers are fret- ting at continuance of the split and its financial burden on established unions such as theirs. On the other side, several State and city central labor groups have declined to follow orders from A. F. of L. headquarters to disassociate themselves from La- bor's Non-Partisan League, close ally of the C. I. O,, or to purge themselves of the C. I. O. sympathizers. As its next step, according to Philip Murray, chairman of the C. I. O. Ne- gotiating Committee, “the C. I. O. will now consolidate its unions and con- sider calling a national convention as provided for at our Atlantic City meeting. We will also promote the establishment of industrial union eouncils in cities and States through- out the Nation.” Green Outlines Program, At the same time, William Green, president of the Federation, announced his group would go its own way in pressing for a legislative program, par- | ticularly a wage and hour law, with | the added implication that increased | ‘vigor will be thrown into the C. I O. fight on all fronts Yesterday's conference, climaxing two months of effort foundered on the issue of whether the entire C. I O. membership should be admited to the Federation at once under in- dustrial charters or whether it should be taken in piecemeal after extended negotiations in seperate industries. The Lewis group had insisted through- out, and their position was affirmed by a surprise meeting yesterday of representatives of all their 33 affil- {ated unions, that equal treatment be given all those entering the Feder- ation. Actually, the issue is one of con- trol of the Federation since the C. I. O. membership now exceeds that of the older group and immediate merger of the two would transfer mafjority voting control to the C. I. O. leaders. Statements Issued. Both negotiating chairmen issued statements last night, each blaming the other faction for failure of the | conferences. | “The acceptance of the C. I O. proposal,” George M. Harrison, A. F. of L. chairman said, “would have " been not only an act of treason to those organizations which have al- ways been loyal to the American Fed- eration of Labor, but would have established the principle of dualism within the Federation itself. “Acceptance of the C. 1. O. pro- posal would not have terminated, but would have enlarged the conflict now raging and would have transferred the war within the Federation itself. In addition, acceptance of the C. I O. proposal would hereafter have sub- Jected every organization in the Amer- ifcan Federation of Labor to constant attack within as well as without the fold. There would not and could not be any public good in a settlement of that nature. In addition to the con- flict within the ranks of labor, em- ployers everywhere would be caught between conflicting unions and con- flicting forces, although both would be ehartered and recognized by the American Federation of Labor.” Statement of Murray. Mr. Murray, at the same time, de- elared: “We have offered the A. F. of L. our entire membership. They have refused our offer. The onus for the deadlock must be placed on the repre- sentatives of the A. F. of L. “When they can make an offer to protect the interests of labor and to promote genuine labor unity, we will be pleased to sit down with them egain and go into the matter. “In the meantime, the conferences are adjourned sine die.” Aids for Housewives. Housewives were interested in & kettle with a lid which closed and opened automatically, a device which keeps butter always spreadable and & signal which calls a housewife to washing on the line when it starts to &aln, all shown at a labor-saving exhi- bition in Leeds, England. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Birthday Testimonial Dinner To Honor Theodore W. Noyes| Editor of Star, 80 on January 26, Will Be Paid Tribute “For Lifelong Devotion to Capital.” ‘Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Evening Star, will be tendered a testi- monial dinner on his 80th birthday, January 26, by a distinguished grcup of his friends ‘ffom many phases of public and private life, in tribute to his “lifelong devotion to the service of the Nation's Capital.” Plans for the dinner, which is to be held at the Willard Hotel, were an- nounced after a meeting yesterday of & general committee in charge. headed by Edward F. Colladay, president of the Board of Trade. A large attend- ance already is indicated in the list of sponsors, made public last night. Mr. Noyes had been invited De- cember 13, following a session of the original sponsors committee, and had accepted in a letter of appreciation. The invitation, signed by Mr. Colla- day, chairman, and Robert J. Cottrell, secretary, had offered the occasion as & “testimonial dinner in appreciation of and in tribute to your lifelong de- votion to the service of the Nation's Capital, the place of your birth. “By direction of the committee,” continued the letter, “the undersigned have the honor and Ppleasure of in- viting you to attend the dinner as the honor guest of the occasion. Mr. Noyes Accepts. “Upon receipt of your anticipated acceptance, we will proceed with all necessary arrangements. “The names of those ladies and gentlemen who have indicated that they will sponsor this event are hereto appended. These together with oth- ers who later may be added constitute a general committee for the event.” In reply, Mr. Noyes wrote: “Deep appreciation expresses only feebly my feeling of gratification to Teceive through you the invitation of a multitude of my friends to be your guest at a testimonial dinner on my 80th birthday, to be honored for my ‘lifelong devotion’ to the services of the city of my birth and its people. “I accept with undisguised pleasure and pardonable pride the honor which the affectionate regard of my friends plans to confer upon me.” Committee on Arrangements. Officers of the Committee on Ar- rangements for the banquet include: Chairman, Mr. Colladay; vice chair- men, Melvin C. Hazen, president Dis- trict Board of Commisisoners; Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, chaiman, American National Red Cross; Harlan F. Stone, associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States; Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce; Robert Walton Moore, counselor of the State Department; Alfred A. 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Christie, active vice chairman; treasurer, Sidney F. ‘Taliaferro; secretary, Mr. Cottrell, ex- ecutive secretary, Washington Board of Trade: assistant secretary, Miss Eliza- beth Glenn. General Committee. Other members of the General Com- mittee: Byron S. Adams, Francis G. Addi- son, first vice president, Washington Board of Trade, Security Savings and Commercial Bank; Justice Jesse C. ‘Adkins, jr., United States District Court for the District of Columbia; George E. Allen, Board of Commis- sioners, District of Columbia; Albert W. Atwood, member, Board of Library Trustees; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools; H. Clifford Bangs, past president, Washington Real Estate Board; Ralph P. Barnard, lawyer; William L. Beale, vice presi- dent, American Security & Trust Co. Ira E. Bennett, former editor, Wash- ington Post; Oscar C. Berry, Wash- ington Gas Light Co.; Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, president District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs; Arthur G. 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Haines was adjutant general of the Marine Corps in this city. Besides her daughter, she leaves another daughter, Mrs. Helen H. Gibbs, Coronado, Calif, and three 'sons, Thomas B. Haines, in business in South Africa; Lt. Comdr. John M. Haines, U. 8. N, and Henry R. Haines, engaged in the electrical engineering business in Visalia, Calif. Funeral services will be held Friday in California. ‘Turkey production in the United States averages one bird for every six persons, compared with one for every five persons in the peak year, 1890. Bal Boheme Poster Winners Shown Miss Eleanor Parke Custis, member of the Poster Committee of the Bal Boheme, shows $wo members of the Decoration Committee the card, made by the poster contest which closed yesterday. In the back; Brooke Todd, jr., and David M. place posters, made Tom. ound are shown the second and third laz, respectively. arren, that took first place in Prizes in the contest were $25 and 315 for first and second, and two tickets to the Bal for H. Thomson, publicity man- | TERUEL CAPTURED D. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 193 Her Role in Real Life—Bringing Joy to Poor Members of the Christ Child Society at 1317 Connecticut avenue N.W., are busily preparing Christmas toys for the needy. H. S. Bell, chairman of the American Legion Christmas party last night for poor children at Roosevelt High School, giv- ing toys to Billy Wilkinson and Darline Altman. Thomas Mason, department commander of the Legion, is at the right. —Star Staff Photos. | BY GOVERNMENT | Fall of Gen. Franco’s Spear- | head First Big Victory Since Last June. By the Associated Press. HENDAYE, Pranco-Spanish Fron- | tier, Dec. 22.—The cepture today of | | strategic Teruel after a week of fierce siege fighting gave the Spanish gov- ernment its first important civil war | victory since last June's offensive west of Madrid. | Confirmation of the fall of Teruel, | insurgent strong point at the south- | ernmost tip of the Aragon front, came | from both insurgent and government | headquarters, along with reports of terrific casualties. ‘The battle, regarded as the first| major test of the government's armed | strength since Insurgent Generalis- simo Francisco Franco concentrated his forces in the Aragon, was still rag- ing around the fallen city. The in- surgents, at the latest report, recap- tured a fortified position at Los Mor- rones west of Teruel. (Success of the government's surprise offensive against Teruel recalled the drive made westward from Madrid in which Belchite and ‘other towns were taken. On July 6 the government had ad- vanced 15 miles west of Madrid. Subsequently, however, the insur- gents in counter-attacks regained most of the territory they had lost. (The only other notable govern- ment victory in the war was the disastrous rout of an insurgent army, composed largely of Italians, on the Guadalajara front Iast March. This army seemed on the verge of capturing Madrid when & combination of weather, war- planes and stiffened government Tesistance completely altered the situation.) Official government dispaiches— following an earlier premature an- nouncement that the strategic provin- cial capital had been occupied—indi- cated part of the old quarter known as “The City of Rock,” remained in insurgent hands. Only isolated bands of the insur- gent garrison still were resisting, Franco’s officers acknowledged. They : said Salamanca headquarters consid- ered the city, which had been spear- head of Pranco's lower Aragon line, a8 lost. Pifty thousand troops took part in | dor, coast.” Cartwright. Racing Results Tropical Park— Bv the Associated Press FIRST RACE—Purse. 3-vear-olds a Witan (T. Trinche: Bonsoir ( Time, 1 Alse ’ chester. Thomas C.. Mica. Richstrike, Wise King, Martin ton, Lucky Jean. $300: elaiming; Sun Bar- ECOND RACE—Purse. $300: elaiming: s and up; € furlengs. 3 ven (Wall) 1580 830 130 Sun Antioch (Sehmidl) 590 320 Absconder (Sarno) 2 Tire, 1:113%. Tobacco. Seuawker, Com- d_Narise (Daily Double paid $96.80 for $2.) PLOTHELD BARED' - INTOKID ARRESTS Police Claim “General Revo- lution Based on Commu- nism” Was Planned. By the Assosinted Press, TOKIN, Dec. 22.—Police declared today their secret serest of 370 sus- pected agitators had bared activities for & “general revolution based on communism.” A member of Parliament and sev- eral former university professors were held on suspicion of conspiring in communist and pacifist movements, They were rounded wp in & nation- wide series of raids at dawn last Wednesday. “The main point of their movement apparently was to lead a general revolution based on eommunism,” the metropolitan police board said. “Since the outbreak of the Chinese incident they have used every oppor- tunity to spread anti-war propaganda throughout the nation. “Therefore the authorities have been forced to arrest those who violated the peace preservation law, disputed the private property system and sought to change the state structure.” Many citizens appeared stunned by the arrests and there was a wide- spread belief that they were made to deflect the nation’s attention from the strained international relations. Ordi- narily, they said, such a campaign would have been kept secret for months. Farm Parties Accused. Police declared three organizations— the Labor-Farmer party, the Prole- tarian party and the All-Japan Coun- cil of Labor-Farmer Unions—directed the alleged movements. The home ministry immediately or- dered dissolution of the three parties 8s disturbers of the peace. Police said they confiscated radical litera- ture, documents and information on Leftist movements throughout the world in a raid on their headquarters. News reports by the Communist party in the United States, police asserted, were sent to Japan They said seized documents showed & program of opposition to fascism and war, co-operation in world-wide social democratic movements, instruc- tion to shape campaigns to condi- tions in various nations and employ- ment of legal methods for fostering their activities wherever possible. An effect of the last measure, they said, were proletarian demands for regular labor wages for soldiers in the Chinese campaign, attempts to force commodity prices up and efforts to influence Japan's international di- plomacy. Educators Arrested. Kanju Kato, a member of Parlia- ment and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Proletarian party, was one of those arrested. Four for- mer university educators known to | have been arrested were Tsunao Ino- | mata and Kanson Arahata, formerly of Waseda University; Gitaro Omoro, former Tokio University professor, and Itsuro Sakisaka of Kyushu Imperml University. Mosaburo Suzuki, member of the 90 | Tokio Municipal Assembly; Inosuke, a noted author, and other leaders of the three parties also were taken pris- oner. THE ;WEATHER REPORT District of Columbia—Rain and about 40 degrees tonight ; fresh southwest, shifting slightly warmer: lowest temperature tomorrow rain, probably turning to snow, and eolder, to northwest, winds. Maryland—Rain; slightly warmer in east and central portions tonight ; tomorrow rain, possibly turning to snow and colder, Virginia—Occasional rain and warmer tonight; tomorrow rain; colder in the interior; probably snow in the mountains, West Virginia—Rain tonignt, Probably turning to snow tomorrow; much colder tomorrow and in extreme west portion tonight, Weather Conditions Last 24 Hours. Pressure is_low southwest of Iceland. Reykiavik, 28.70 inches, and off the Labra- R inches. while ble intensity is moving _east-southeastward over the Lake region and Eastern Ontario. White River, Ontario. 29.26 inches. Anotner disturbance has developed over the West Guif States. Brownsville. Tex.. 29.76 inches, and sure_is low and faliing over the Pacific States_and the Diateau Baker. Ores.. 2976 inches. A sure area is moving eastward beiween the uth Atlantic Coast and _Bermuda, Charleston. 8. C.. 30.20 inches. Pressure i5 high and rising Gver the Western Canadian Provinces, Hudson Hoe. British Columbia, 30.60 inches, over Alsska Nome. 31.2% inches. During the last 24 hours here has been light precipitation over northern sections. and Tains in the West Gulf States. Tempera- tures have risen considerably in portions of the North Atlantic States and the east- ern portion of the Lake region, while there bax been a marked fall in the northern ains. & disturbance of conside; IVER REPOKT. muddy and Shenandoah at Great Falls today. Revort for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Baromoter. Yesterday— Degrees. Inches. 4 pm. 2 30.08 RI Potomac clear; clear R am! Midnight Toda: 7 a.m. today. Year ago. 20. mperatures This Year. Highest. 97 on_August 20. Lowest, 17, on December 12. Humidity for Last 214 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 70 per cent, at 7:30 a.m. Lowest.” 40 per cent, at noon. Tide Tables. by United States Coast Geodetic Survey.) Tomorrow. (Furnished and Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (eurrent month to date): 1937, Average. 7. 3.58 the government’s drive to smash the | u; Teruel spearhead, which had eon- stantly threatened to split the gov- ernment’s coastal territory between Valencia and Baroelons or to sever Madrid-Valencia communications. Traffic Zones Colored. Oxford, England, has eolored its traffic safety sones 30 they may easily be seen at night. Didyou know... that Christmas Seal funds support sis work in your commu- ity for your protection? A Here’s the Answer YOUR LAST-M SHOPPING You will find on sale at THE STAR ART BOOTH a Christmas package that contains— Color reproductions o ‘Twelve weekly art ap The Collector’s Portfolio in which to keep them. A fine package—a fine Christmas gift for any one—THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM. The price—$4.68. The place—Art Booth, main lobby. The Evening Star high-pres- | <« | The Sun and Moon. _ Rises. | 3. | Sun, today | Sun. tomorrow T 7:34 4 Moon. today 10:49 pm. 1043 a.m. | _ Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. _ Temp. Rain- Station Baro. H'h.Low.fall. Weath't | Abilene, 39.86 46 40 .58 Rain | Albany. N. 2 Atlants., Atlantic Se! 45 5 and pressire continues bigh | B | | on: Cincinnati, | Cleveland, | Columbia. nver, | Detroit: Huron,' 8. Dak. Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City. Mo. Los Angeles Louisville. K. Miami, Fla Mpls. 'St. Paul New Orleans New York. N. Y. Okiahoma’ City Omaha. Nebr. _ - Philadeiphia hoenix. 2. Weather in Foreien Stations. (7 am.. Greenwich time, todar.) Stations Temperature, Weather - & Clouey Fogey Cloudy Rain Kolm, Gibraltar, L] Gloudy (Noon. Greenwieh time. today.' Horta (Fayal), Azores . 64 Cloudy (Current. observations.) 8t. Georges, Bermuda . 62 8an Juan _Puerto Rico _ T4 Havana, Ouba L3 Colon, Ganal Zone 74 Gloudy Toudy Ciear Ciea INUTE CHRISTMAS PROBLEM. f 48 famous paintings. preciation lessons, " Age (if student) .oeeoeeeeo. _Years, third place. Shown with Miss Custis at the Arts Club last night are Miss Minna Gill (left) and Eleventh St. and Pa. Ave. Miss Mildred Elliott. The winning gotun ;llgg.}" others entered in the contest will be used to ad- vertise the Bal January 10 at the —Star Staff Photo. [} A L L T T