The Alamance Gleaner
Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937 No. 17
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Still Insists on Supreme Court Bill, Which
Raymond Moley Scores ? Disturbing Developments
in the Field of Organized Labor.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
VALIDATION of the social secu
rity act by the Supreme court
was most pleasing to President
Roosevelt, but he did not agree with
Raymond
Moley
the general opinion
that this Would put
a stop to his pro
gram for enlarge
ment of the highest
tribunal. He more
than intimated in a
press conference
that the fight for his
court bill would be
fought to a finish and
that he was not sat
isfied with the ap
parently slender
"liberal" majority
in the court, since a number of im
portant administration policies are
still to be passed upon by the Su
preme court. He cited four issues
raised by the new wages and hours
bill, namely, child labor, minimum
wages, maximum hours, and the
question whether goods produced un
der unfair practices can be regulat
ed by the government. He also men
tioned TVA, the problems of flood
control on the Ohio watershed, the
right of municipalities to borrow
federal funds to construct electric
light plants, and whether the gov
ernment can condemn property for
a housing program.
One of those who believe the
President's court plan is doomed
to defeat is Raymond Moley, for
mer head of the "brain trust." Ad
dressing the Illinois Bankers' con
vention in Chicago, Dr. Moley
scathingly attacked the scheme.
"The President," he said, "has
spoken of the dangers of a govern
ment of men. Well, there is some
thing worse than a government of
men; it is a government by a man.
"Most law and all constitutional
government down the ages are real
ly halters and check-reins upon this
unlovely tendency in rulers to lose
their heads in the intoxication of
power. . . .
"There are incidental factors that
have contributed to the defeat of the
President's proposal to violate in
this way the spirit of the constitu
tion. The change in the philosophy
dominating the majority opinion of
the court has helped. The scatter
ing of the attorney general's insin
cere, insubstantial statistics by the
chief justice is another. The retire
ment of Justice Van Devanter has
helped, too.
"But behind all this has been a
slow and powerful surge of public
opinion. The people prefer the
stability of constitutional institutions
as against the unpredictable will of
leaders, even very popular leaders."
/"CONTINUING its vigorous cam
^ paign to organize the steel in
dustry, the C. I. O. called out on
strike the employees of the inde
pendent companies that refused to
sign contracts for collective bar
gaining. These companies were In
land Steel, Republic Steel and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube. More
than 20 plants employing 'about 85,
000 men were involved. Philip Mur
ray, chairman of the organizing
committee, said it was the purpose
of the committee to conduct the
strike peacefully. In the Chicago
district police arrested a number of
men for violating the rule agayut
mass picketing and for other of
fense.
Employees of the Sharon Steel
corporation followed the example of
those of the Jones & Laughlin con
cern and voted in favor of the S.
W. O. C. by a large majority, so the
C I. O. gets contracts from those
companies.
Operations in the huge Pittsburgh
plant of the H. J. Heinz company
were interrupted by a strike of the
Canning and Pickle Workers' union.
The strikers demanded a 10 per cent
wage increase and recognition of
the union, an A. F. of L. affiliate,
as sole bargaining agency.
PORD employees at the Rouge
plant, Detroit, took matters into
their own hands and severely pum
meled a number of U. A. W. A. men
who undertook to distribute at the
pl?nt Bates handbills designed to
offset the "Fordisms" card that had
been given Henry's workers. Among
the union men beaten up were Wal
ter Reuther, R. T. Frankensteen,
J- J. Kennedy and Robert Canter,
ffankensteen telegraphed John Bro
Pny, director of the Committee for
Industrial Organization, at Washing
ton, asking:
"Will the C. L O. co-operate in
simultaneous nationwide demonstra
tion before Ford salesrooms to pro
test brutality at Ford's today and
establish the right to organize?"
At the same time a strike of C.
I. O. men closed the Ford assembly
plant at Richmond, Calif., forcing
1,800 workers into idleness. The lo
cal union head there predicted
strikes might spread rapidly from
that beginning, possibly to all the
Ford plants.
FINAL passage of the (1,900,000,
000 work relief bill by the house
was delayed by rebellion against
the practice of "writing blank
checks" which give the President
and Harry Hopkins power to spend
relief funds as they deem fit. The
opponents of this policy found in
the revolt a chance to obtain a lot
of "pork" by the earmarking of
more than half a billion from the
total appropriation for projects that
would get votes.
HEADS of unions affiliated with
the A. F. of L., meeting in
Cincinnati with President William
Green and the executive council.
William Green
went ahead with the
plans to combat
Lewis and the C. I.
O. One of their first
steps, it was indi
cated, is to be an
invasion ot Lewis'
own union, the Unit
ed Mine Workers of
America, through
the granting of a
charter to its rival,
the Progressive
Miners' union in Il
linois. Drives are
expected in tne antnracite Belds of
Pennsylvania and the soft coal fields
of Virginia, where there is consid
erable opposition to Lewis.
The United Garment Workers al
so declared war on the Amalgamat
ed Clothing Workers whose chief is
Sidney Hillman, first lieutenant of
Lewis in the C. I. O.
In the Cincinnati conference John
P. Frey, veteran president of the
federation's metal trades depart
ment, accused the C. I. O. and the
communist party of "sleeping in the
same bed and under the same tent."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT in a
' special message asked congress
to enact a new law for the benefit of
workers in interstate industries, reg
ulating the hours ol
work, the wages and
the employment of
children. Immedi
ately after it was
read. Chairman Hu
go L. Black of the
senate labor com
mittee and Chair
man William R.
Connery of the
house labor commit
tee introduced iden
tical bills designed
Senator Black
to carry out the proposals of the
President. The measure had been
agreed upon in conferences at the
White House and was promptly re
ferred to committees with prospect
of quick action. It had been ap
proved by John L. Lewis, head of
the C. I. O., but since laws setting
minimum wages for men have al
ways been opposed by leaders of
the American Federation of Labor, it
was considered probable that orga
nization would not like the bin
The twin bills originally had pro
posed a forty hour maximum week
and a 40 cents an hour minimum
wage. But, at the last moment,
these limits were eliminated and
Spaces in the "measures left blank
for congress to fill.
CTANLEY BALDWIN, prime min
^ ister of Great Britain, enter
tained the king and queen at dinner
and then retired from his high of
fice. He is succeeded as head of the
government by Neville Chamberlain,
who has been chancellor of the ex
chequer, and a few other changes
in the cabinet were made.
If another war comes, the British
empire will not be caught unpre
pared. The imperial conference in
London turned its attention to this
matter and a special committee was
formed to organize all the empire's
resources for an instant shift to war
footing if that becomes necessary.
A subcommittee s'.udied the prob
lem of American competition with
British shipping in the Pacific. Brit
ish ship owners charge that the
Americans are driving them out of
business there because thl latter
are heavily subsidized.
CAN FRANCISCO put on a wonder
J fully brilliant festival to cele
brate the opening of the Golden
Gate bridge, the fulfillment of the
city's dream of half a century. The
battle fleet of the United States navy
was there, and so were representa
tives of the states, of numerous
cities and of many foreign nations.
Automobile cavalcades from Ore
gon, Utah, Wyoming, Mexico and
Canada, as well as from parts of
California, Joined in the great pa
rade, with bands, floats and flesta
units. John Thomas, noted baritone,
and a cast of 3,000 presented a
pageant depicting the history of
California and the West, and a week
long program of sports events was
begun.
The Golden Gate bridge is a single
deck suspension bridge, the longest
single clear span in the world. It is
6,450 feet in length from end to end,
and 4,200 feet center to center of
piers. It crosses over San Francisco
bay at a height of 250 feet and con
nects San Francisco by highway di
rectly with the redwood empire of
Northern California.
TP HE social security act, which
President Roosevelt considers
the soul of the New Deal, is consti
tutional, in the opinion of a major
Justice
Cardozo
ity of the Supreme
court. The unem
ployment insurance
provisions of the law
were upheld by five
of the justices, Van
Devanter, Butler,
McReynolds and
Sutherland dissent
ing. The old age
pension provisions
were declared .con
stitutional by all "the
justices except Suth
erland and Van De
vanter.
Justice Cardozo wrote the two ma
jority opinions, and, as It chanced,
delivered them on his sixty-seventh
birthday. Administration leaders
declared they completely justified
the President's broad interpretation
of the general welfare clause of the
Constitution and his policy of ex
tending federal power, and it would
seem that this is true.
In another 5 to 4 decision the
court upheld the Alabama state un
employment insurance act, declar
ing the relief of unemployment a
valid state function.
Yet another opinion was handed
down by five of the justices, up
holding Wisconsin's law prohibiting
injunctions against peaceful picket
ing in labor disputes.
I N ORDER to determine the per
* formance of co-operating farm
ers in the soil conservation pro
gram, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration has employed thir
teen aviation firms to make aerial
maps of 377 agricultural counties in
22 states, the cost to be $753,909.
From a study of the photographs
agricultural experts will be able to
tell how much of his acreage each
farmer retired from production and
put into soil-building legumes. Their
reports will be the final test of
claims for farm subsidies under the
new AAA. Department of Agricul
ture officials estimate there may be
from 200,000 to 300,000 overpay
ments to farmers.
??? AM very tired," said John D.
1 Rockefeller, Sr., to his secre
tary as he sat in the garden of his
Florida winter home at Ormond
ueacn. i n e n ne
went to bed, soon
fell into a coma, and
a few hours later
passed away, peace
fully and painlessly.
His wish to live to
be one hundred
years old was not
fulfilled, but he
would have been
ninety-eight on July
8 next.
Thus died the man
who, starting with a
John D. Rocke
feller, Sr.
H-Sw a week Job, fought his way to
the very top of the financial world,
created the vast Standard Oil trust
and built up one of the biggest pri
vate fortunes ever recurtled.
Disturbed by ill health, John D.
retired from active business in 1B11.
Some time before that he had
switched from accumulating wealth
to giving it away. The giving- was
done systematically, and represent
atives of the family interests esti
mate that his own benefactions be
tween the years 1889 and 1934, both
inclusive, totaled $830,853,832.
Mr. Rockefeller's body was taken
from Ormond Beach to his estate
at Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.
Y., and there the funeral rites were
conducted by Dr. Harry Emerson
Fosdick of New York city. Next
day the oil king was laid to rest in
Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, be
side his wife who died 22 years ago.
Only two of Mr. Rockefeller's chil
dren survive him. They are John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., head of the busi
ness since the father retired, and
Alta, wife of E. Parmalee Prent.ce
There are eight grandsons and ti . ?
granddaughters.
Virginia Steeplechase Jockey Comes to Grief
During the running of the Virginia national steeplechase at Warrenton, Va., Jockey Nichols was thrown
by Kentucky Ginger. The camera caught Nichols just as he hit the turf, his riderless horse scampering away
without him. The jockey, though badly shaken, was able to walk back to the stewards' stand.
) Zy Thornton WBiirgess
PETER FORGETS ABOUT THE
STRANGE TRACKS
Kick your heels and jump and dance I
Hop and skip and gayly prance I
Sister South Wind's come to stay.
And Mistress Spring la on the way I
F VERYBODY said that Peter
Rabbit and Jumper the Hare
had gone crazy. Of course, it wasn't
true. They weren't really crazy,
even if they did act 'so. People al
ways say that Jumper the Hare is
mad at this time of the year, but
it isn't so unless trying to show how
happy and full of joy you feel is
madness. That was the trouble with
Jumper and Peter this time. They
They Hopped and Skipped and
Jumped and Did All Sorts of Fool
ish Things.
were so full of joy that they just had
to do something, and because they
couldn't sing and shout ? for you
know they have no voices for sing
ing and shouting ? they just had to
do something to show how glad and
happy they were, and so, in the
moonlight, when they thought no
one saw them, they hopped and
skipped and jumped and danced,
and did all sorts of foolish things.
But other people did see them.
Jimmy Skunk saw them affll said,
"How silly I" Bobby Coon, poking
his head out of his hollow tree to
see if the last bit of snow had dio
Very Summery
Bright field flowers are primly
arranged around the dull blue vel
vet crown of this attractive Breton
sailor. The brim is of natural col
ored straw braid. Matching velvet
streamers tie over the back of the
hair.
appeared, yawned sleepily and said,
"How foolish!"
But Peter and Jumper didn't
know this, and they wouldn't have
cared much anyway. They didn't
have room for anything but the joy
that filled their hearts, and that joy
was because they knew that Mis
tress Spring was on the way, and
she always brings the glad time, the
happy time, the merry time, when
the very air is full of joy and love,
and it is, oh, so good to be alive I
They knew that she was on the way
because Sister South Wind had ar
rived and told them so, for Sister
South Wind had come to prepare the
way for her, to melt the snow and
ice, and to whisper to all the trees
which had slept the long winter
through that it was time to wake.
So they forgot everything else in the
joy of this good news. Peter forgot
all his trouble because his friends
and neighbors wouldn't believe the
story he had told them of the
strange great tracks he had found
deep in the Green Forest. In fact,
he forgot all about those tracks him
self. There was too much else to
think about. The Green Forest and
the Green Meadows, and the Laugh
ing Brook and the Smiling Pool
would soon be waking up, and Peter
just had to be on hand to greet each
of the sleepers, who had spent the
long, hard, cold winter warmly
tucked in bed, and knowing nothing
about Jack Frost, or rough Brother
North Wind, or how hard it had
been sometimes to get something to
eat.
So Peter hopped and skipped and
danced in the moonlight with Jump
er the Hare, and was happy. "No
more days of hunting and hunting
to find something to eat!" he cried.
as he foolishly tried to jump over
his own shadow. "No more racing
around to keep from freezing to
death.'" And then, just because he
didn't have to, Peter raced faster
and harder than ever. You know,
it is a lot easier to do things when
you don't have to. It is fun then.
"Just the same," added Peter, "I
wouldn't sleep all winter the way
Johnny Chuck does, and Grandfath
er Frog and Striped Chipmunk and
a lot of others for anything. Think
of all they miss! It's worth it
even if we do have hard times once
in a while. And it's going to be
such fun to see all the sleepers wake
up! Yes, sir, I'm glad I don't sleep
through the winter, but I'm gladder
still that Mistress Spring is on the
way.
"Hipplty-hopplty. ikipplty-skopiiltj.
I couldn't keep still If I would!
SJdpplty-skoppity. hippity-hoppity.
rm glad there's no reason I should.**
? T. W. Burgess WNU Service.
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"A diet is something for only
those to worry about," says aoMlo
q ailing Elisabeth, "who have mon
ey to boy more food than is good
for them."
C Bell Syndicate. ? WHO Strrk*.
First Aid Roger B. Whitaai
to the Ailing House
ODD JOBS ON FURNITURE
TP HE usual varnish finish of a ta
ble top turns white under a hot
dish when alcohol or other liquids
are spilled on it. These white marks
are damage to the varnish. If the
varnish is damaged through the
wood, the only remedy is to scrape
it out and to refinish. But more
'usually a white mark is only on the
surface. The treatment for taking
ii out. depends, same-what uvthe.kiod,
of varnish used in the finish; but
one or another of the following will
probably succeed ? a little of a liq
uid being applied lightly with a
cloth: turpentine; linseed oil; spirits
ai camphor. Another method u> to
rub lightly with finely powdered
pumicestone and any light oil. ap
plied with the finger-tip. Cigar ash
can be used in place of the pumice
stone.
A dent in wood is actually the
crushing of the wood fibers. To take
out a dent, cover with several sheets
of blotting paper wet with water,
and press with a fairly hot iron; the
steam will swell the fibers and bring
them back to their original posi
tions. A nick or a break caused by
the chipping oft or gouging out of
some of the wood can be filled with
shellac in stick form, which can be
had in all of the various wood col
ors and shades. Stick shellac looks
like sealing wax. To apply it, a 1
screwdriver blade is heated hot
enough to melt off some of the shel
lac, which is then pressed into the
break in the wood. When it has
hardened, it can be cut off and
made level with a razor blade or
by rubbing with fine sandpaper.
Loose chair rungs can be made
tight through the use of thin and
small slips of steel made for the
purpose, and usually to be had at a
hardware store. The loose end of
the rung is pulled out, a slip of
steel of the right size is placed
against it, and the two are forced
back tato?the Bole. ~Havtag (the
teeth, the slip binds the rung tightly
into place.
When a chair has loosened all
over, due to exposure to dry air, it
is best to take it completely apart
and to put it together again with
plenty of glue. The parts should
then be tightly bound with heavy
cord until the glue is thoroughly
dry.
Squeaks in a wood bedstead are
due to the loosening of the glued
joints. To cure the squeaks, the
joints should be taken apart and re
glued.
A split in a table top, also caused
by drying out, can be brought to
gether by exposure to damp air;
sometimes by laying damp cloths
on both sides of the split. When a
split has closed, small pieces of flat
metal, to be had at a hardware
store, should be screwed on the un
der side, to prevent the split from
reopening.
THE GREAT
PHILOSOPHERS
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THE great philosophers may
think
They stand on rostrums, write with
ink,
And lead mankind with theories ?
And yet I greatly doubt i f these
Are great philosophers at all.
They are too great, they are too tall
A truth to fashion or to find
Simple enough to serve mankind.
The sphere they live in is as far
From where we live as star from
star.
They move in orbits, often we
In circles they can never see.
They understand the human race.
But not the people of a place.
They never hear, so far apart.
The beating of a single heart.
The great philosophers indeed
Are not the ones who write and read
But rather those who think and
pray,
Man near, and God not tar away.
They stand beside the bier of grief.
Have less of learning, more belief.
And do not "think" a thing is so ?
Know what they live, live what they
know.
TBI LANGUAGE .
OF YOUH HDTD
A By LtictcUr K . Doris
e PttMic L ?4??r. Ik
\4 OST of us have "the blues" at
times. But the normal mind
soon clears them away. This is not
true, however, of some unfortu
nates, who seem always and quite
unaccountably depressed. In a
world that is filled with so much
about which to be cheerful and hap
py, these mournful souls see only
that which should not be.
Destiny, for some imfathnmahle
reason, seems to have singled them
out for unhappiness, brooding and
gloom which they hardly deserve.
And destiny has marked them with
the finger of Saturn now to be de
scribed.
Ike Melancholy Finger of Satan.
Fortunately you will not coma
upon many second fingers d this
type. But when you do, yoa will
recognize its peculiarities at a
glance. The outstanding character
istic is the twisted and distorted
appearance of the finger from root
to nail tip. This and excessive
length and leanness, which add em
phasis to the large and knotty
i knuckles.
The first joint usually inclines
sharply toward the forefinger, the
second joint just as sharply away
from it, while the nail tip turns
I again toward the forefinger. The
1 nail is long, narrow, often con vexed
and deeply ridged and rather deep
ly set.
Individuals with this unusual type
of second finger are rarely under
stood, even by those with whom
they are most closely associated.
They crave sympathy, which they
deserve but which is too often with
held. If encouraged, the real abili
ties so often lying latent within
them may be loosed in surprising
j accomplishments despite the handi
cap which destiny has imposed.
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