Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1940, Page 4

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Fight on Labor Act Amendments Proposal to Increase Membership of Group Called ‘Packing’ Move ‘Uncompromising opposition of the Congress of Industrial Organizations to the National Labor Act amend- ments proposed by the House Labor Committee was assured today as.| John L. Lewis, president of the group, denounced the legislation as “the fruit of an unholy intrigue between anti-union manufacturers and A. F. L. craft leaders blinded by partisan venom.” Mr. Lewis displayed particular opposition to committee proposals to increase the Labor Board from three¢ to five members and require the granting of separate bargaining status to craft groups desiring it. Fears Packing of Board. In a statement issued after con- ferring with officers of the C. I. O. and labor’s Non-Partisan League, Mr. Lewis said the proposed increase in board membership was designed “to pack the Labor Board so that it may become an instrument of partisan or anti-labor policy * * *.” “Under this amendment no discre- tion even would be left to the board and it would be compelled to split up industrial unions wherever a handful of craftsmen could be per- suaded to disrupt the industrial unity desired by most of the work- ers.” As Mr. Lewis warned turther that progressive labor and its friends would hold strictly to account all members of Congress “who betray the public interest * * * by sup- porting this partisan intrigue,” an American Federation of Labor of- ficial likewise spoke out belliger- ently against a member of Congress and the latter's request for labor support in coming elections. Burke's Record Attacked. Responding to a letter from Senator Burke, Democrat, of Ne- braska, asking indorsement of- his union, H. W. Brown, president of the International Association of Machinists, wrote as follows to | Homer H. Gruenther, secretary to | the Senator: “I was surprised that Senator Burke should seek the support of labor unions after his record in the | Senate, but I was even more be- wildered when I found that he was seeking indorsement on the grounds | that he had “worked closely with A. F. of L. leaders and has been identified with efforts to amend the National Labor Relations Act.” * * * Surely you cannot be unaware that William Green,.the president of the American Federation of Labor, has denounced the Burke amendmems! to the National Labor Relations Act | with great vehemence. “Fresh in the mind of all labor people is the way Senator Burke | used his high office and the Gov- | ernment franking privilege to send broadcast anti-labor propaganda prepared by employers hostile to col- lective bargaining and became part; and parcel of the cam; % National Association of Manufaés turers to hamstring labor. We re< member his boast that he had in- vited 2,500 chambers of commerce throughout the United States.. furnish him with lists of names to which he mailed, under Government frank, violent attacks against the rights guaranteed labor in the Na- tional Labor Relations Act and vig- orously urged a campaign to destroy those nights.” | Mines ‘ (« Continged~?tom‘g!ge A-1) with & wide knowledge of its opera- tions. From 1917 to 1932 he served | as chief of its health and safety| branch. His work in this connection | was done at a time when health and safety precautions of the bureau were under the direction of the | Public Health Service. | A native of Crothersville, Ind., Dr. Sayers entered his career in public health in 1914, In his former capacity with the| Bureau of Mines, Dr. Sayers became | well known throughout the mining | industry and has supervised mining | activities at the scene of operations in every part of the Nation. Since 1932, when the Bureau of Mines took over its own safety work, he has been in charge of the office of in- dustrial hygiene and sanitation for the Public Health Service. Announcement Is Surprise. Announcement of his appoint- ment to succeed Dr. Finch, even though it is in an acting capacity, came somewhat as a surprise, A number of prominent mining éx- perts had been mentioned as pos- sible successors, but Dr. Sayers’ name was not among them. The new director, it was said, has the complete confidence of Secretary Ickes. Announcement of the resignation of Dr. Finch had come about in a fashion which irked Mr. Ickes con- siderably. He said at the time he had withheld acceptance of the mine chief’s resignation to allow him ample time to locate another position. Certain friends of Dr. Finch, members of the so-called “little clique,” conveyed news of his resignation to the press without Mr. Ickes’ knowledge. Dr. Finch had been a member of a committee of engineers who sup- ported the presidential candidacy of Herbert Hoover in 1932. Ickes Denied Political Charge. Associates in the bureau’ claimied that Mr. Ickes had forced his resig- nation because of Dr. Finch’s Re- publican affiliations. In answer to this charge of polit- ical discrimination, Secretary Ickes said at the time he had known all about Dr. Finch’s politics when he appointed him to head the Bureau of Mines. He would not now be asking for his resignation after six years because he was a Republican, the Secretary declared. Mr. Ickes paid a tribute to Dr. Finch as “a very able man,” but said the reason for difficulties in the bureau was the failure of its chief to control certain officials under him. Mr. Ickes said he had found dis- sension in the Bureau of Mines when he ruled against the sale of helium to Germany two years ago. Some members of the bureau, he claimed, had tried to “sabotage™ his order and sell helium anyhow. Dr. Finch left the bureau with- out making any public statement in reply to the charges made by his former chief. He gave |:‘p his resi- dence in° Wi ton and is now in COBBLERS AT WORK AT GOODWILL—Maurice Graham shown on the finishing machine while Henry Wilson, colored, works on a stitcher in the shoe shop of Goodwill Industries. —Star Staft Photo. A successful experiment in pre- serving self-respect will mark its 5th anniversary next week, but the men and women who guide its activi- ties will be hoping more for an in- creased public interest, which would | promote further expansion, than Jor approbation of achievements to date. The Goodwill Industries of Wash- ington, an organization dedicated to assisting physically handicapped | Goodvwill Industries, 5 Years Old, Look to Broader Service Officers Hope Public Interest Will Grow To Provide Job Chances for Handicapped production departments in which items contributed through the Good- will bags are sorted and prepared for sale. The bags themselves, which are distributed to all who ask for them, now are made in the plant, a development of the past year, which has made possible employ- ment of two more physically handi- capped persons. An important activity associated with the regular Goodwill program persons in their efforts to remam}here is the school, organized in out of the public-charge class, was established in 1935 in a tiny store at 807 Mount Vernon place N.W. To- day it occupies a large building and several smaller structures in the 1200 block of New Hampshire avenue N.W.- No special program has been planned for the anniversary week, which begins Sunday, but interested | members of the Board of Trustees, | community than a charity client, Washingtonians will be admitted, as | as are Albert W. Atwood, Edwin L. | Col. Bliss views the idea of Good- | to easing the strain on their budgets | usual, to the workrooms to see the | Davis, Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Joseph | will Industries as “the way out.” employes, who otherwise probably | D. Kaufman, Mrs. Murray, E. Bar- would be a continuing concern of public or private charity, busy re- § : conditioning clothing, furniture and innumerable types of household goods. The celebration of five years' labors, however, has been viewed by those in charge as an occasion on which public attention might be fo- cused upon the project, bringing| about, perhaps, a more widespfead | inclination to “fill the Goodwill bag | and call;the Goodwill truck” and in- creased ~ gales in the Industries’ stores. 280 Given Employment. | Dhring- 1939 360 persons were em- of fage of 110, pgm;i raged 807 hours of labor | during ‘the yeaf, and the aggregate | wasu;?p{oxlmuely 210000 hours, | Zesulting in payment of ling $64,000. Sales 8T im?fi?' domw“:‘d" to the Industries, reconditioned and ! placed on display in the various| Goodwill stores amounted to 156,000 | items. | A picture of the organization’s growth can be obtained by compar- ing these figures to those for g 8ix- | month period in 1935, The approxi- mate aggregate employment in that | time was 14,320 hours, which would | have been 28,640 for a year at the | same rate, with an average of 26' persons a day receiving work aver- aging a total of 47 hours for the six months, or 94 hours on the basis of a year. t An operating loss of $5,206.72 was sustained by the Industries last year, but Col. E. Goring Bliss, the presi- | dent, hopes' to effect adjustments during the current year which will enable Goodwill to “break even” or | realize a profit. | The local organization, which is afliliated with similar establish- | ments in other cities, was founded | in 1935 by the late S. L. Thomas, | who came to the Capital from Roan- oke, Va., where he had been super- intendent of the Goodwill Indus- | tries and Gospel Mission. While | secretary of the A. B. Pugh Bible | Class in Mount Vernon Place Meth- | odist Church, Mr. Thomas sought | to develop enthusiasm for bringing the Goodwill Industries idea here. When he received an offer to pay for printing literature he said was his only immediate need, Goodwill Industriets of Washington was es- tak?lshed. with Mr. Thomas’ colored chauffeur as the first employe, Salesman Added. A salesman and secretary soon were employed on a part-time basis, and on June 3, 1935, the infant project was incorporated by Col. William O. Tufts, Col. A. R. Brind- ley, Mrs. Karl Fenning, James C. Dulin, jr.; Mrs. Elizabeth W. Mur- ray and Dr.William L. Darby., In the same month a move was made to more extensive quarters at 924 Fifth street N.W., where store, re- pair shop and office were set up on the first floor and storage room on the second. Only shoes and gar- | ments were reconditioned in these early days. Work was given at first to transients who wanted to obtain clothing, but the transition to a policy of aiding only handicapped persons was made as the Industries grew. Mr, Thomas’ car, which had been used in making collections, gave way to a second-hand truck, for purchase of which & benefactor provided funds, and moving day came again, the workshop being installed at 928 Fifth street NW. and the store at 926 Fifth street N.W. ‘The first director left in December, 1835, to assume supervision of the Ashtabula (Ohio) Goodwill Indus- tries, but since has died. On June 1, 1936, Harold Snape, present director, and former executivé sec- retary of the Springfield (Mass.) Industries and regional secretary of the New England district, National Association of Goodwill Industries, assumed his-duties here. About a month later the organ- ization moved headquarters to 1214- 20 New Hampshire avenue N.W., where it has remained since. ' In addition to the.general store at headquarters, an antique and book shop is conducted. Other ldca~ tions of Goodwill sales activity are 2011 Georgia avenue N.W., 1366 H street N.‘E;', ‘Rockville, Md., and Alex- andris, Va. “The organisation now has 15 11936 to train leadership for the or- | ganization. It is maintained by an | endowment, | In addition to Col. Bliss, officers of the Industries are Mrs. Penning, | first vice president; Col. Brindley | second vice president; Mr. Dulin, | treasurer, and Mrs, i Nichols, secretary. The officers are Howard G.| rett Prettyman and Mrs. Stanley Snape, is assisted in administration of the organization by seven stand- ing committees, each with a trustee as chairman, ‘The Goodwill Guild, under the leadership of Mrs. Herrick, is active in stimulating interest in the in- dustries among the women of the 1 city. CGoodwill Industries is & member of the Washington Council of So- cial. Agencies. Col. Bliss, an executive of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., considers himself an “employe,” albeit unpaid, of the Board of Trus- tees and, as such, prefers not to be regarded as “head” of the enter- prise, but his enthusiasm for the work carries with it ideas for fur- ther expansion. Would Increase Employment. His present primary hope is that the anniversary week “will result in & sufficient stimulation of interest by the public to enable us to in- crease our employment to the maxi- mum capacity of our plant, which would be between 150 and 160 workers.” “‘Our success depends on the ex- tent to which the public will sup- port us in contributing goods and buying from Goodwill stores,” he explains. - Col. Bliss is aware that the num- ber of handicapped persons retained in the ranks of earners by Goodwill Industries does not constitute a large segment of the city’s disabled citi- zens, but he considers the program a sound approach to the problem of providing work for men and women who are unwanted in regular busi- ness flelds because of their disabil- ity. He recalls an old saddler whose shop he was accustomed to visit when a youngster in his native Pennsylvania, “That man’s slowness was no ap- preciable handicap to any one but | himself,” he points out, adding that the same man would find scant chance of employment in modern industry where integration of ef- fort and mass production had made it impossible for the sound business- man, even though sympathetic, to retain a handicapped worker be- cause his disability might be a menace not only to himself, but to fellow-employes. Since society has risen above the old “survival of the fittest” code in its grimmest application—permit- ting the weak to die as the solution | to their problem—and since a work- | ing citizen is clothed with more self-respect and usefulness to the Yugoslavs Reported Refusing fo Guard Nazi Merchantmen Britain Is Said to Have Warned Belgrade Bauxite For Reich to Be Seized By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, April 5—Germany, seeking a blockade-proof route for transporting ‘Yugoslav bauxite through the Adriatic, was reported today to have attempted unsuccess- fully to obtain Yugoslavia's premise to guard Nazi merchantmen against seizure by allied warships in her territorial waters. The reports, which could not im- mediately be confirmed, said Great Britain had warned Yugoslavia that bauxite shipments to Germany would be subject to seizure as con- traband. Officlal sources previously had said that Yugoslavia would sanction use of her territorial waters for German ships carrying bauxite to the Italian port of Trieste, whence it would be | shipped overland to the Reich. Bauxite, mineral base of alumi- num, is not considered by Yugo-| slavia to be a war material and sources said. Meanwhile the Nazi freighter | Ankara, loaded with 4,000 tons of the | mineral, remained anchored in the Yugoslav harbor of Dubrovnik be- cause allied warships were rumored waiting to seize the vessel should she | slip out on a test voyage to Trieste. | Heads Virginia U. Club CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April | hence not subject to seizure, these! [ 5.—Morrill H. Bankard, third-year student from Pikesville, Md., was | elected president of the Interna- | tional Relations Club at the Univer- | <ity of Richmond at a recent meet- | ing. William H. Sager, Front Royal, | | Va., a third-year student, was made | secretary-treasurer. —_— | ultimate worth will become known | only when many more citizens in comfortaple circumstances remem- ber the Industries when discard- | ing clothing and household effects | and when many more people of very Critics’ Forum Hears Rev. Wilfred Parsons The Rev. Wilfred Parsons, 8. J. dean of Georgetown Universit Graduate School, spoke last nigk before the Critics’ Forum at th Mayflower Hotel, reviewing “TI§ Nazarene,” by Sholem Asch. He described it as an appeal “/a Christians and Jews to co-opera | more closely, forgetting their diff ferences.” The author builds & “complete case to show that Christ spoke and acted in a Jewish setting,” Father Parsons declared. Radio Station Sought The Radio Corp. of Annapolis hag applied to the Federal Communica- tions Commission for authority to construct a radio broadcast station at Annapolis, Md." 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