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[Vol. 101, No. 170.
thens Business Fiims Begins Work Under NR.A. Provisions Tuesday
FRKINS CHARGES STEEL PAY TOO LOW AND HOURS 100 LONG
olice Promise Solution Of O'Connell Kidnaping “In Short Order”
B AN FREE
f AINGOM OF
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ice Begin Spegdy Drive
Capture Kidnapers;
wo Albany Men Are
ctained Monday.
ONNELL RANSOM
MONEY IS ASKED
.
ly Sketchy Details Are
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mished By Kidnaped
an Monday.
By WALTER T. BROWN :
LBANY, N. Y.—{(#)—A solution
we O'Connell kidnaping was
nised “in short order” Monday.
hn J. O'Connell, jr., 24-year
national guard lieutenant, was
ased by his abductors early
av after the payment of a
000 ranso:mn He was kidnaped
s 7. and the original ransom
.;,w; was a quarter of a million
/ith the youth -safely home,
¢t action was expected by the
b county, New York city and
ral de‘ectives at work on the
e. Two Albany men whose
¢ are withheld, already are
o detained for questioning.
he nephew of Edward J. and
iel] P. O'Connell, leaders in up
te Democratic circles, was
st from an automobile by his
tors in East 220th street (the
nx) at about 1 o'clock Sunday
rning. Blindfolded, he had heen
ven around several blocks before
was turned out of the ecar. A
r minutes later O'Connell was
ked up by Louis Snyder, an Al
v attorney, who had been
wn into the negotiations by
nny Strewl, the intermediary, in
nvder arrived at the Helderberg
ntain camp of Dan O'Connell
miles from Albany at 4 a. m.
wisted and nervous and young
tumbled into the arms
I incle and his father, John
(Solly). His anguished
*he lid not reach the camp
til daylight. The boy by that
e had shaved off a week's
vth of beard and had slept for
couple of hours., A physician
ind the vouth in good health but
ffering from shock and nervous
haustion. O'Connell said he was
Il treated by his captors who
reted him in a well furnished
mly members of the family and
Strict Attorney Telaney talked
the boy. The prosecutor will
ep him away from the public un=
ne Is rested and able to give
detail his story of the captivity.
laney also has enforced silence
Strew} and Snyder.
The ransom money which Dan
Connell turned over teo Strewl
lday evening had heen cunning
narked. The kidnapers, how
¢ uspicious that. such a ruse
Puid be tempted demanded new
‘ney. It is believed that through
ink exchange the same money
‘ returned to the gang. Offic
ire hopeful that the bills in
lfenominations can be traced
Uriginally the gong demanded a
moos $250,000. They reduced
AL 10 3175000 and SIOO,OOO. Twe
. ISt week warned the family
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allace and Cobb
Hold Conferences in
Georgia Thi
a This Week
'I ANTS) GA.,—(P)—A cotton
3 onference in Atlanta
oo4ay, Friday and Saturdav
! Secretary of Agriculture Hen
k- Wallace and C, A, Cobb, cot
”":"1"""";"”" attending, has
L ‘hounced by J. Phil Camp
o tirector of Agricultural Ex
e service in Georgia,
~. Cobb is scheduled to speak
ity Y and Secretary Wallace
b "4Y, along with Senators
5@ and Russell, Governor Tal-
St Will present Wallace at 11
tonterence js= intended for
; “Xtension directors in South
E v"‘l North = Carolina, Ala
. ;"-" Georgia, courdty farm
R I demonstraton agents,
e 5 Of county cotton commit
“Nd the agricultural eommit
the Georgiaswßankers asso
.l and the Georgia Manufac
-3 LSS Clation,
Ceste,, Ohferenca will be held in
¥ Memorial church,
FULL Asscociated Press Service.
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Here’s atgraphic picture story of the evolution of the locomotive. At the left is the bullet-nosed
power plant now being built by the Union Pacific to streak over the rails with a three-car alumi
pum- train at 110 miles an hour. At the right is one of the giant locomotives now in use on the
road, weighing, with its tender, 380 tons—nearly five times the weight of the whole aluminum
train—but so powerful it can draw mile-long freight trains at 50 miles an hour, v
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Urges Still More Leisurel'
and Higher Pay; “New
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Deal” Is Spiritual. |
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Praising God for the nwakening{
of America and the basing of the|
new order upon spiritual prinei- |
'ples’, and lauding the “New Deal” |
jand the leadership of President |
’Roosevolt. Rev. T. W. Tippett rec- |
ommended still more leisure time |
for employes and a greater part-f
nership between capital and labor
Sunday night in a sermon at thol
Prince Avenue Baptist church. '
“The NRA 40-hour week mmldj
even be cut to 20-hour week here/
in Athens if the public would co- |
operate with the merchants,” tlw!
preacher said. “The church is|
empty on Sunday because l.oux'inossf
works people 17 hours on Saturday |
There i no reason why every hus-i
iness house in America should not]
close at noon on Saturday. ’]‘hurs‘!
day afternoon should be a lexal|
holiday the year-round to givel
Ipeople a chance to rest, to read, luf
‘play. and to develop their spiritual |
, physical, and mental selves.” |
| Greater Partnership
| If at the end of the year aof tho'
{ “New Deal”, an employer should]
'find that he has made huge prof-|
lits, he should, even after *h«-!
| wage-hike and shortened hours for |
}employes, share! his profits withg
the workers, Rev. Tippett said j
. There must be a grea'er p:n'tnorfi_
| ship between capital and labor. ‘
God is answering the prayers of |
a nation by furnishing America |
with a leader—President Roosnvolti
—Rev. Tippett continued. America!
lis about to rediscover her soul and|
,operate in the interest of humanity,
instead of in the interest of gold. l
1 “No more great fortunes will be!
imade at the cost of human blood!™|
{declared the preacher. Rusine«: |
cannot use men as machines. (:od{
inevm‘ favored the old economic|
jand social order which is being,
changed by the ‘New Deal’ The |
'moral and physical mature of man|
was being torn down by the im-|
’mediate past conditions in Ameri- |
ca. Big industries are still fight-|
§ing Roosevelt in an attempt to
|ke€=p their ‘slaves’. Any nation|
built like that ought to crumbles~ |
‘and America did, and it is heing!
rebuilt upon a religious founda
i tion.” 7 l
Athens Sweatshops
Rev. Tippett made a bitter attack!
upon the sweatshops that worked
Imen. women, and children 17 hours |
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| Church Robbers Get
SSOO in Wax Candlesi
ATLANTA .—(®)—Police Monday |
ilisted on the docket a burglary of!
the Greek Or:hadox church of SSOO |
worth of wax candles. |
W. D. Chotas told officers the
thieves enterad the church by~re
moving a glass id the rear of the
butlding. Two hundred wcandles,
valued at $2.50 each were stolen
along with two gallons of olive olil
and three gallons of vinegar.,
THE BANNER-HERALD
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| TODAY’S BEST
| HUMAN INTEREST
‘ By DALE HARRISON
f NEW YORK.—(®)—James J.
! Dolan ean’t make . good that
i promise now.
| When Mrs. Alice ~Shiffer
i Diamond, widow of the notori
| ous “Legs” Diamond, was mur
; dered a few weeks ago, Jimmy
| Dolan said:
! “I'll get the guys who did
; this. I'll get 'em.”
i But he never will. They got
; him first—got him through the
l back Sunday night in a Brook
! lyn beer garden and then ran
| away into the night.
: Dolan, mortally wounded,
{ staggered in pursuit, fumbling
i ~for his gun. At ‘the ‘curb he
{ fell. When. police arrived he
i was dead.
| A year ago he was struck
| down from behind. That time
' the weapon was a knife. He
was in a hospital for weeks.
f Dolan didn't do much talking -
i about that.A fellow in his bus
| iness—he was acting as body
! guard to Mrs. Diamond up to
' the time of her murder—has
l got to expect that sort of thing
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'Lunacy Hearing Is
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~ Ordered For Girls
~ In Jackson Menday
. JACKSON, Ga.—(AP)—A luna-
F(‘_\’ hearing was ordered Monday
]fm' the Misses Allie and Grace
{Jarrell who, officers charge, held
Ethoir mother and an elder sister
prisoners without food for ten
id“"'s at their barricaded home in
|a dispute over division of an es
-1 tate.
|- The two, members of one of
{ Butts’ county’'s wealthiest fami
!lies, were placed in jail during
;the week-end after a squad of of
| ficers came here from Atlanta and
| bombarded their home with tear
| gas bombs.
| Sheriff W. D. Pope said dissen
!sinn rose in the family after Dr.
J. A. Jarrell, the fagher, died
leaving his estate to the widow,
Mrs. Anna Jarrell, 70. The Misses
Jarrell, he said nailed down win
dows, barred the doors and re
i fused to let the mother or the sis
ter, Mrs. A. A. Fuqua, leave.
The sister escaped and reported
to the sheriff.
| The sheriff said the Misses Jar
lrell threatened to shoot him when
| he tried to enter the home with
city officers here but after they
|had been driven out by the use
lof tear gas they told him they
|had barricaded the place through
|fear they would be kidnaped for
ithe mMgy their father had left.
A heavy guard was placed.over
the Jarrell home Monday as re
ports were circulated that the wo
men had $40,000 in cash hidden
on the premises. Sheriff Pope or
dered the home searched, 5
Athens, Ga., Monday, July 31, 1933.
TOBACCO AUGTION
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lOpfimism Prevails in
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~ South Georgia Over Pros
| pect of Crop.
. MOULTRIE, Ga. —(®— Spurred
lon by forecasts of a $9,000,000 crop.
the south Georgia tobacco belt
moved in quick-step today as
Yarmers hurried their harvests to 42
warehouses for the auctions start
ing Tuesday.
Optimism yprevailed everywhere.
The crop is a bumper one. Some
say it will total 60,000,000 pounds.
Others step the poundage up to
75,000,000. The general opinion ia
that prices will average about 15
cents a pound and warehouses at
Blackshear are hopeful 20 cent to
bacco will prevail on their floors.
Berrien county, of which Nash
ville is the chief marketing center,
reports the best crop since 1929.
Nashville warehouse operators ex
pect to sell about 7,000,000 pounds
during the season.
Opinion at Hazlehurst was that
total sales would run to 3,000,000
pounds or. more,
Buyers In Pairs |
Many of the manufacturers and
exporters have sent two sets of
buyers to the major markets this
season to expedite movement of‘
the harvest. Centers at which the‘
dual buying system will prevail
include Adel, Moultrie, Blackshear.i
Nashville, Tifton, Valdosta, Doug-]
las and Vidalia. Arrangemonts]
have been made in each of those]
markets to hande about a millioni
pounds a dav. |
Assurance that good prices will
continue after the opening and a
warning against dumping have come
from warehouse men.
Meanwhile;, the effect of the Na«l
tional Recovery Act was felt with |
particular emphasis in at least one
auction eenter. Warehouse opera
tors at I)'«mg'lns have announced
an agreement to raise the wages
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South Carolina Bandits Set Fire to
Victims’ Barns While Looting Stores
RIDGETLLAND, 8. C.—(AP)—A
series of bold robberies in which
the outlaws used arson as a
means of entrance has terrorized
this community for the past sev
eral days and authorities are seek
ing an unknown man and woman
as suspects.
About SSOO in cash and a truck
load of merchandise was the loss
sustained by Harry Cooler, who
operates a general store about six
miles from here. The burglars di
verted attemtion away from the
store by setting fire to the Cooler
‘barn. When the fire was discov
ered, the Cooler family hastened
to 'it, leaving the store unoccu
pied. The robbers backed a truck
to the store, loaded it with mer
chandise and took SSOO from the
safe.
Sunday night a bold attempt to
repeat the operation was made on
Qeorge Lony, operator of a dairy
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ATHENS TO BEGIN
- OPERATION UNDER
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‘Business Firms Who Hav:
| Not Drawn Up Own
| Code Will Sign Presi
| dent’s Blanket Code.
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TENTATIVE HOURS
g ANNOUNCED HERE
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;Merchants May Appeal
| Particular Harmful Pro
| vision to Committee,
|¢ . ¢
{~ Wi'h several different business
L firme meeting Monday to draw uj
lindlvldua] codes e, Athens will
:begin apera*ion under the NRA
iagreemunts Tuesday
i Meichants who have not reached
jan agreement on the.r own code
are expected to sign President
Roosevelt's blanket code and oper
ate under it until their own couwe
is approved by the National Re
covery Administration.
Based upon the average of the
suggestions made to the chamber
of commerce here, Athens business
| firms will open and close at the
|followlng tentative hours until
Sept. 1
! Tentative Hours
| Open at 8:30 and ciose at 5:30
ion Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
iand Friday. Open at 8:30 and close
At 8 on Saturday. Open at 8:30
{and elose at 1 on Thursday. Total
i 52 hours per week.
' After September 1: Open at 8:30
.!a. m. and ‘elose at 5 p. m. for five
| days in the week. Open at 8:30 and
Icloso at 6 on Saturday. Total 52
{ hours per week.
l| These hours have not been defi
'lnitel_v approved, but appeared to
‘| be the hours to be adopted Mon
: day.
; Group meetings of barbers, ga
rage men; and shoe repairers were
{ being held Monday to adopt indi
vidual codes.
Business firms who believe that
a particular provision in the azro(‘-j
{ment will create a great hardshipl
{sre agked not to discharge any e=m-31
!ploye nor close their places of!
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lCoca-Cola Gives |
| $1.50 Quarterly
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| Dividends Today
l ATLANTA, —{/fp)—Directors flfg
|the Coca-Cola company today de- |
[clared the quarterly divident of
$1.50 on the eccmmon stock payable |
’()(‘t(\b(‘r 2 to stockholders of record |
September 12th. ;
’ The company said that for the |
{three mcnths ended June 30th, n(-:,
ivm'ning«‘ fafler income taxes were.
i $3,354,563 cempared with $3,800, |
ii{lT for the second quarter of 1932,
i Allowing for dividends on thu!]‘
iw'riud of the class a stock out-|
|standing in the hands of the pub
lic second quarter net earnings ap
‘plivu,ble to . the 1,000,000 shares of
i‘vummon stock amounted to $2,840 -
688 which compares with $3.298,632
ll'm' the cecond auarter of 1932 af
(ter the same deductions.
’ For the fir:t six wmonths of
1933, net earnings after income |
‘::lxv»-‘ and class A dividends |
imounted to $4,151, 021 compared
| ¥ith $5,102.067 in the first half of
11932 aftér the same deduactions,
near here. His barn which was
packed with grain and hay sud
denly burst into flames. A strong
odor of kerosene was noted. Neigh
bors saw a man and a woman
run away from the rear of the
barn just after it broke into
flames. All of the cattle and hogs
had been turned out of the barn
before the torch was applied.
Last week the Ford Motor com
pany, operated by J. E. Smith,
was visited by the truck burg
lars and SSOO worth of tires were
stolen. On the previous night., the
P. 8. Fell general merchandiss
store next door was entered and
the safe blown open. The burg
lars failed, however, to Dblast
through to the motney box and
their visit was unsuccessful. The
Ford place was visited about two
months ago by robbers who blast
ed the safe similarly to the man
ner in which the Fell safe was
blown,
Real Story of ’Connell Kidnaping Is Told
By Victim Who Was Forced to Live on
Sandwiches For Twenty-Four Days
ALBANY, N. Y—(APj—John J.
O'Connell, jr., was handcuffed and
tied,~ his eyves bandaged, and he
was fed nothing but sandtwiches
from the time he was kidnaped
July 7 at his homie in Albany un
til he was released in New York
¢ty eariy Sunday 'morning, The
Albany Times-Union said Monday
in"a copyrighted interview with
the vietim.
“My feet were tied together and
I was handeuffed,” young O Con
nell rald. ‘“This proved to Dbe
rather uncemfortable, but the only
mark I have from it is a small one
on the wrist.
“Because of my blindfold I had
no opportunity to see any of the
persons guard.ng me. My eyes
were not taped, except to hold
the edges of the bandage in place.
“Several times I was requested
to sign messages sent to my fam
ily by the Kkidnapers. The latter
were very ecareful that I should
not see them on such oeccasions.
The bandage was lifted slightly,
just enough for me to see the
edge of the paper where I placed
my name. The bandage was not
tight enough to hurt my eyes and
they suffered no serious effects
from looking for three weeks at
cloth.” .
Young O'Connell said.that from
time to time his captors gave him
white pills of some kind and that
they made him perspire and feel
drowsy. A physician who exam
ined him said there was no indi
cation that he had been ‘‘doped”
hnd that the pills may have been
sedatives. S :
I received food . regularly,’
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‘Asks Voters to Elect
, House and Senate Favor
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able to His Policies.
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2 By GLENN RAMSEY ]
Associated Press GStaff Writer °
! ATLANTA, — (#) — Talmadge
|against the field again in 1934,
k That was what the political cry-|
i:‘tul gazers Monday taid they suwl
| following Governor Talmadge's
(cpening gun in the campaign fired
' Saturday before a big Oconee
county homecoming crowd at Wat
kinsville.
] The governor didn’t mentioni
iseeking re-election in the fall or!
next year but he called on the
voters to send him a legislature‘
|Lhut would enact his measures.
' The next regular séssion 6f the as
'sembly is not until January of 1936
|to inaugurate the next chief exe- |
lcutive,
He has said repeatedly that the
memberchip of the 1933 legisiature
would not be called into sossioni
’mzain because cf senate oppo=ition
{which blocked enactment of many |
jof the governor's pet measures
!prim‘ip;alh' the 83 automobile
ljijcense tax which he put into es-
If""t by executive order after the
lclose ¢f the assembly,
| County By County
| The governcr went into opposi
|tionist teriitory to open his drive
{fcr a Talmadge legislature. ()11-I
|servers saw in this that next year's |
| campaign for governor would he
{fr ught out county by county with
‘the governor’s friends on one hand
and the cpposition on the other.
: Senator H:u:hU A. Carithers of
‘\\'indm'. representng ‘the- distrct in
'which Watkinsville is: lpcated, was‘
cne of the leaders of the opposition
against the governor's measures in]
the last session of the state :wn-l
ate, He was in the audience Sat-‘
iurday when the governor spoke. |
| “I was balked at every turn by}
the Highway department - con-|
}trolk‘d senate during the last ses- |
fsinn of the legislature,” -the Gov-l
iernor told his Watkinsville au-|
dience, “I do not want those peo-}
ple back again. I want.-you to give
‘me a senate which will back myl
principles of government and ll
sure. do not want any of those 30!
whe formed the bloe which de- |
seated my $3 tag bill and other‘
measures last time,"” : |
Some in the audience called back |
that “they aint coming back"”, andl
there was a call for the governor to
name those whose defeat he e‘(-eks.l
The governor declined to name (hem‘
but promised that later he vvouldl
supply the voters with the names!
of those who have oppesed him and
who are up for rve-elecion next
vear.
The governor pot only attacked
the last senate but turned his ver
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O'Connell =aid, “but did not eat
much. The chief reason that I did
not partake of much food was
that it consisted mostly of sand
wiches. They c¢an become very
tiresome as a steady diet.”
Struck Over Head
Describing his abduction, he sajd
he was struck over the head just
as he was about to alight from
kis actomobile on the morning of
July 7.
“There wvas no warning,” he
said, “several men surrounded me.
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[ Treasury | Issues Bonds;
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" Expect to Raise Billion
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By Mid-August.
i WASHINGTON —(#)—The pub
ilio was offered a chance Monday
ito lend the government $850,000,-
IOOU, much cos it needed for the na
vtional recovery program, including
! public works, by buying govern
| ment securities,
Q So every person with a little
| spare cash cculd take' part, the
{ Treasury «plit half a billion of the
|total into bondz worth as little as
]‘S."fl, and announced that all sub
iscriptions of up to SIO,OOO would
(be granted in full. Ordinarly, every
individual who bids on federal se
curities is a lowed only a portion of
his tctal <ubscription since offers
ifar exceed the amount :old. |
| The new securities were $500,000-
1000 worth of eight-year 3 1-4 pel
|cent bonds and $350,000,000 in two
i_\'f';n' 1 68 per cent treasury re
gz:m'vo(l the right *n increase the
lamount of the bonds.
| With the money .wsed in these
!twu issues, plus what is on hand
{the treasury expect: to . iave a
Ebillion dollart in mid August, A
In‘.u.lhm‘ ¢f issues now outstanding
|and maturing shortly will be re-
Itir(‘d' leaving around £400,0000,000
lin new monecy to ve added by the‘
15850,000,000 cales. 1
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DIARY OF JIMMY
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' MATTERN SHOWS
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. FIVE DAYS BLANK‘
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| By RAYMOND CROWLEY
g NEW \'()RK.wt_AP)——Grinning‘
;Jimm,v Mattern did not look Mon
}du)’ like a man back from thel
{dead but he was still a bit scared |
g(lm was brave enough to say s¢
Ihimso!fi and more than a bit puz
lzled. |
| Puzzled over those five lost days
{that dropped right out of his life
|without leaving a trace—scared
lover a little book he is ecarrying
garound in his pocket, -
% The book is a dairy, I'9('ol'ding;
'what happened to him when he
'lost 19 days in the Siberian wilds
ofter the plane in which he was
’tr,\ing to breka the 'round-the-]
'world record smashed itself into
junk. June 14. '
. “] get scared,” he said, ‘“every|
%time I read some of the notes li
;pm down in that diary. I haven'tl
;sm‘ui(‘hed the surface yet on tell-l
ing -about my experiences.”
. As for those lost days, he
guesses they never will be recov
ered. Nineteen days he was lost
in the- wilderness, injured and
facing starvation, while the world
bhelieved him dead. He kept notes
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Directors of lron and
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| Steel Industry Unani
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' mously Vote Elimination
' of “Company Union,”
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{LABOR SECRETARY ’
ATTACKS EVASIONS
| shishy .
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'Singles Out “Joker” in
{ Clause Dealing With
' Child Labor Problem.
' WASHIMGTON —(#)—The direc
|tors of the American Iron and
| Steel industry voted unanimously
IMnnda,v to eliminate the much dis
| puted “company unton” clause from:
;the proposed steel code.
| In‘erruptingg the first hearingon
ithe practices formulated to in
;'vrs-as:od wages and employing in
the gigantic industry, the directors
|took the « elimination vote while
| they stood in a small crowd to
| gether in an ante-room adjoining
| the auditerium of the Commerce
| department in which the hearing
;wus’ held.
i The move was in the face of
| determined opposition to the “com
! pany union” section which organ
[l7"(l labor was preparing to coma :
bat. It was welcomed by Hugh S.
’Johnson. the industrial administra«
tor, as a harbinger of more har«
lm(m_\'.
\~ Soon thereafter, in testmiony td
the crowded hearing, Secretary
I'Perkins informed the steel indus<
| try that its code proposed waged
itoo low and working hours too long
{to adcomplish the reemployment
aim of the law. 5 !
The woman cabinet officer as<s
gerted it did not make )adequate
provision for the abolisfament of
child labor and severely oriticized
{ the proposed method of aptportion«
linz hours.
| “In view of the privileges and
’rhe freedom granted to the indus
try by the government to coms< °
bine for the purpose of eliminat
ing evils that beset the industry,”
lshe said, “it is disappointing to
find that in framing Section 3 of
‘the proposed code the industry did
| not rise to the opportunity of rul
(ing out the seven day week from
lthv steel industry, the twelve hour
!:h\- and all unduly long working
| hours.
’ “Permits Evils” ;
| “The proposal for an average of
| forty hours per week within any
| six months period not only permits
| these evilg to stand in the face
of thousands of unemployed who
are begging for work, but it will
intensify irregularity of employ
ment hyv stimulating unduly long
hours dwvring some months to ba
alternated with very little work
during other months so that tha
iaverage may be kep down to 40
hours,
| “The low rates of 25 and 27 cents .
{per month for the two southern
"districts are presumably based on
{the predominance of Negro labor in
;thmre districts, But Negroes are
| also consumers. . . . Their cost of
|living is not lower tham the living
;('nsts of the whites: it is rather
|ttha they live differently and on a
| lower standard. i
| “A sound, national. industrial
| system cannot be based on a cap
| italization of these lower living
l(‘osts." v
| Turning teo child labor, Misg
| Perking said that a probable “over- °
| sight” had left a wide loop hole ~
|in the clause for evasion of the " °
| purpose of keeping juveniles out of
mills.
| “Ag it is written, it provides that -
|no member of the code shall
| ‘knowingly’ employ any person in
]tho industry under sixteen years”
]'sh(‘ said.
i “It has been the experience of
i all state departments . . . charged
with the enforcement of child labor
|laws that the word ‘knowingly®
makes it almost impossible to en
| force any child: labor law.”
| Postmasters and recovery ad- "
| ministration offices throughout .
'the nation continued to report
' mounting totals of volunteer agree
' ments by employers with Presi
§dont Roosevelt to go along with
Ethe “blanket” agreement for cur- 3
tailed working hours and better ,
’pnr.
" Already the signatures accumus
lated guaranteed that hundreds
of thousands of workers Monday
‘were entering upon shorter work &
‘weeks in offices and stores, in face
\ e .“;< ‘E
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