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The Alamance gleaner Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937 No. 2 News Review of Current Events the World Over General Motors Strike Ended, Both Sides Yielding ? Opposition to President's Supreme Court Plan Increases ? Great Plains Drouth Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? Western Newspaper Union. DOTH sides making concessions, ^ the General Motors strike came to an end in what Governor Murphy of Michigan called "an enduring peace. upeiduuiis of the great corpo ration had been par alyzed for 43 days, and the losses to it in business and to workers in wages have been immense. Partly through the skillful efforts of James F. Dewey, veteran federal la bor conciliator. John 4 una ti. Lewis L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O., and other union leaders, and the officials of General Motors were persuaded to modify the defi ant stands they had maintained through eight days of negotiations in Detroit, and the governor was enabled to announce the settlement. Under the terms of the agree ment: 1 ? The corporation recognized the union as the collective bargaining agency for those employees belong ing to the union. 2 ? The corporation and the union agreed to commence collective bargaining negotiations on Febru ary 16. 3 ? The union agreed to end the strike and evacuate all plants occu pied by strikers. 4 ? The corporation promised to resume operations in all strike bound or idle plants "as rapidly as possible." 5 ? All employees are to return to work without discrimination against strikers. 6 ? The union agreed that pending negotiations there will be no other strikes or interference with produc tion. 7 ? During existence of the collec tive bargaining agreement contem plated, all opportunities to negotiate shall be exhausted before any other strike or production interference is attempted by the union. 8 ? After evacuation of plants the corporation agreed to dismiss the injunction proceedings started by the corporation against the union or any members in Flint, Mich. Secretary of Labor Perkins, whose own efforts to end the strike were futile, was highly gratified by the settlement. She gave out a statement praising the leaders on both sides for their give and take spirit and complimenting Governor Murphy on his success. Probably considerable credit should be given President Roosevelt, who kept con stantly in close touch with the situa tion and talked with the conferees by telephone from the White House. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S pro 1 posals for legislation that would permit him to pack the Supreme court have met with such wide spread and determined opposition, even from many members of his own party, that it was suggested to him that he accept certain modifica tions. These include appointment of Supreme court justices only when those over seventy-five do not re tire, and limitation of the number a President could thus appoint dur ing his term to two. His plan as submitted to congress would enable him to name six new members of the court if the present six justices who are over seventy do not re tire voluntarily. Mr. Roosevelt announced to the correspondents that he was quite aware of the controversy he was confronting but would not back down on his demand for the legislation as outlined in his message. It is probable that the President can get his measure through the house without great trouble, but a hot fight against it is certain in the senate. So far the Republicans in congress haven't had much to say on the matter, for the Democratic opponents of the scheme are voci ferous enough to suit the G. O. P. Probably the scheme will be sep arated into several bills; and indeed that already has been started, for Representative Summers of Texas, chairman of the house judiciary committee, introduced a bill provid ing for voluntary retirement tor Su preme court justices with full pay at the age of seventy. This was passed quickly by a vote of 315 to 73. CONCLUSIONS of the great plains ^ drouth committee were laid be fore congress by President Roose velt, the report being accompanied by a special message in which the President urged the development of Views on President'! Plan to Enlarge Supreme Court Senator Byrnes ? I'm for It. Senator Nye ? I think the Pres ident has hit upon a most ingen ious method of speeding up the work of our tribunals. Senator Vandenberg ? I am op posed to tampering with the Su preme court. Senator McAdoo ? The Presi dent's message receives my un reserved commendation. , Senator Capper? I am certain ly opposed to increasing the num ber of Supreme court judges for the purpose of allowing the ex ecutive during any one adminis tration to control the decisions of the Supreme court. Senator Hale ? Should his rec ommendations be followed, I can see no hope of an independent Supreme court. Senator Gerry ? I'm definitely opposed to the President's pro posal in regard to the Supreme court. Senator Thomas ? I think It Is a timely and happy solution of a perplexing problem. Representative Snell ? This is pretty near the beginning of the end of everything. Representative Fish ? The mes sage is political hypocrisy. Speaker Bankhead ? The plan for adding additional judges is a sound policy. Senator King ? I am unalterab ly opposed to it. i "new economy" in the vast area jetween the Alleghenies and the lockies to save the region from he effects of future drouths. The vhole matter, said Mr. Roose relt, dovetails into the proposed six 'ear public works program. The great plains committee sug [ested lor the federal government: 1. A ten year program of addi ional investigations and surveys. 2. Continued acquisition of land n range areas with rehabilitation is the objective. 3. Measures to increase size of arms too small for efficient opera ion. 4. Development of water re iources. 5. Resettlement within and with lut the region. 6. Compensation to local govern nents where federal land acquisi ion results in shrinkage of the local ax basis. 7. Control and eradication of in lect pests. 8. Exploration of possibilities for teveloping other resources, such as 'ast lignite deposits to provide al ernative occupation for some of the leople in the area. Similar action was suggested for tates with the addition of sugges ions for legislation to permit forma ion of county soil conservation dis ricts, encouragement of co-opera ive grazing associations, revision if the taxing system to take account >f land income and assistance to armers in meeting water problems. For local co-operation the com nittee suggested crop rotation, cre ition of feed and seed reserves igainst dry years, conservation of noisture, supplemental irrigation, uller utilization of springs and /ells, planting of trees and shrubs is windbreaks and flexible cropping ilans to permit adaptation of each eason's crop to the amount of mois ure in the land. BARCELONA, capital of the a6 -* tonomous Spanish state of Cata onia, was bombarded by a Fascist rarship, and the Catalan council of state immediately decreed a new mo bilization to meet the threat of an in surgent attack. It also ordered the strengthening of for- ] tifications and set ' up a superior de- i fense council. , Following the cap- i ture of the impor- ) tant Mediterranean I " ? - ?? coast city ox Malaga c iy General Franco's Fascist troops, i general clean up of loyalists there 1 r as started. Gen. Gonzalo Quiepo i ie Llano, rebel commander in i outhem Spain, announced over the < adio that more than 150 leaders and i nilitary offlsers of the government t ad been arrested and executed. 1 COLUTION of the farm problem, ^ as devised by agricultural lead ers who have been in conference with Secretary Wallace, is based on Mr. Wallace's ever-normal granary plan. It would operate on these four stages: 1. Soil conservation payments would be continued until production balances demand. 2. When a surplus in any com modity is grown, the government would offer farmers loans at mar ket prices for storage of the com modity in bins. 3. If the surplus continued, soil benefit payments for removal of acreage from cultivation would be increased. 4. Should surpluses increase to 10 or 15 per cent above demand the government would impose taxes on excess production to force acreage reduction. Officials said no definite plan of taxation has been worked out. r) ESCRIBING it as a flood con trol measure. Senators Albibn W. Barkley of Kentucky and R. J. Bulkley of Ohio introduced a bill in the senate designed to create seven federal "authorities" with powers similar to those of the Tennessee Valley authority. Together with the TVA, these would cover the entire United States. The measure is in accordance with the President's sug gestions for regional authorities to co-ordinate flood control, power, rec lamation and rehabilitation work. As for the current flood, the people in the stricken regions were turning to the task of rehabilitation. Self supporting residents of Cairo who had been evacuated were permitted to return to the city, and martial law was lifted from the southern counties of Ohio and Indiana. The levees along the lower Mississippi were standing up well under the strain. Contributions to the American Red Cross flood relief fund were nearly up to $20,000,000, twice the sum originally asked. r) OMESTlC manufacturers per sistently refuse to offer bids on the steel that the navy needs for its warship building program. Pres ident Roosevelt wants to know why this is, and so far he has found out that the Walsh-Healy govern ment contract law is to blame. That act requires that all manufacturers filling government orders in excess of $10,000 shall comply with mini mum wage and maximum hour standards. Since the act became effective last year, the navy has advertised for bids on 25,000,000 pounds of steel but has been able to place orders for only 7,000,000 pounds. T*HE house passed and sent to the senate a resolution extend ing for three years the President's power to negotiate trade treaties with foreign nations irrespective of congressional approval. Some Dem ocrats voted against the measure and were applauded by the little body of Republicans. The revolters were led by W. P. Connery of Mas sachusetts, who hails from a textile city, and J. Mark Wilcox of Florida, whose district is noted for its vege tables. Both said the opposition was based on complaints from their constituents. Q UT of San Francisco bay divers were dragging the bodies of victims of the latest aviation dis aster. A transport plane of the United Airlines crashed into the wa ter when only a short distance from the air field, and all its occupants, eight passengers, two pilots and a stewardess, perished. The bureau of air commerce in Washington recommended 11 new safety measures to be taken by air lines in an effort to prevent future air crashes. The recommendations were based on findings made by the recent conference on air safety which was attended by pilots, air line representatives, and member* ?A the bureau. CEEMINGLY confident that his J government is now safely estab lished, President Lazaro Cardenas jf Mexico issued a decree grant ing amnesty to all political offend ;rs, under arrest for or accused of rebellion, sedition or other subver ?ive activities. Under special pow ers given him by congress he luashed 3,841 court proceedings against more than 10,000 persons iccused of antigovernment plots. ET.THTT ROOT, one of America's most eminent lawyers and itatesmen, died in New York at the ige of ninety-two. Intensively ac ive all his life, he did not cease lis activities until he was attacked jy pneumonia two weeks before his leath. By intellectual brilliancy Mr. Root wcame admittedly the leader of the American bar, and he was actively nterested in many societies devot >d to the arts and sciences, peace ind education. During a half cen ;ury of public service he held many ligh offices. Laying the Keel of Britain's Big Battleship asm*', aniiimma m? ? n? ? m" ? ? ? A general view of the l.eel-laying ceremony of the Prince of Wales, a 35,000-ton craft with four teen inch guns and a thirty knot speeU, which will take three and 'one half years to construct, and which is one of two great battleships ordered by the British admiralty. Bedtime Story for Children * ? By THORNTON W. BURGESS BILLY MINK LIVES HIGH DILLY MINK was living high, i Yes, sir, Billy Mink was living 1 high. For the first time in his life 1 he didn't have to hunt for his meals, i Whenever he became hungry all he 1 had to do was to slip out from un der the woodpile, and there was a I meal waiting for him. Of course I it hadn't taken Billy long to find i out where those meals came from. I After the first day Billy had watched. Peeping out from his hid- i ing place under the wood he had I seen the farmer come from the < house and leave something for him i to eat and then go on to feed the hens. 1 Sometimes Billy would find scraps of meat. Sometimes it would be fish. Once, when the farmer and . his wife had had a chicken dinner, Billy had found a couple of chicken heads, of which he is very fond. Always it was something Billy liked. He was living so high that he was actually growing fat and lazy. And as the days went on Billy grew less and less afraid of that farmer. He decided that no one who meant harm to him would be so good to him. So after a while Billy would come out in broad day light. In fact, the farmer would have gone hardly ten steps away before Billy would be out to see what had been left for him. And the farmer took the greatest care not to do anything to frighten Billy. In short, Billy and the farm er were becoming very food friends. Just for exercise Billy would oc casionally run over to the big barn and hunt for mice. Once he visited the henhouse and found that there was no longer a trap there. Neither Smallest Midget > Paul Del Rio, the smallest mid get?thirteen years old, 18 inches , tall, weight 12 pounds? is seen hav- . ing a little difficulty with his lug- . gage in a Chicago hotcL was there a hole by which he could get into that henhouse. The farmer lad blocked up that hole through which Billy had once enterea. Aft er he discovered this Billy kept away from the henhouse. He knew that it was of no use to go there. You see, he is not like the rats; lie doesn't gnaw holes. He makes use of holes some one else has made. His teeth are not made for gnawing. But Billy wasn't especially dis appointed because he couldn't get into the henhouse. In fact, be sel dom thought about chickens. You see, he had plenty to eat, and, hav ing plenty, there was no tempta- , tion to try to kill a chicken. So t Billy felt very much at home and ; worried about nothing at all. There 1C>AC>A rNCWS-l "Pop, what is haunt?" "Ghost walk." C Bell Syndicate. ? WNU S?rvlc?. vas nothing to worry about. He felt is if he quite belonged in that farm yard. ?T. W. Barrett ? WNU Scrvte*. ? MOTHER'S ? COOK BOOK NUODL.ES AND rl'DDlNu "pHOSE who enjoy noodles in va rious ways will find the follow ing salad good and out of ordinary: Noodle Ham Salad. Take one cupful of egg noodles, one cupful of celery, two table spoonfuls of chopped olives, one cup ful of boiled ham, one-half cupfiiT of string beans, salt and mayonnaise or cooked dressing to taste. Cook the noodles broken into small pieces, until tender. Drain and jhill, then add the remaining ingredients and season to taste. Serve on lettuce. The following won the five hun dred dollar prize for the best recipe using macaroni: Lemoo Surprise Podding. Cook one-half pound of macaroni until tender in rapidly boiling salted water. Drain and mix with the fol lowing ingredients: One cupful of milk, two apples peeled and sliced thin, three eggs beaten, one cupful of bread crumbs, one cupful of QCUOCp /r\ I '.T T TT ? T? "1 I "Most of u who had only a shoe rtring to (tort with." ujs dubious Dot, "hare hw been able to (Tea rot the haot oat of It." W!?U Wrrfc shredded coconut, three tablespoon fuls of grapenuts, one teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon and one fourth teaspoonful of salt, three fourths cupfuls of sugar tnd two tea spoonfuls of lemon juice. i*ut into a well-buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven until brown. Spread when done with lemon sauce, using the juice and rind at two lemons, three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch one cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of boiling water and two eggs. Mix the dry ingredients, add j to the water and cook slowly until thick, then add the remainder: beat until smooth. Spread this sauce over the top of the pudding and sprinkle thickly with the coconut. Fruit sugars in both the uncooked fruits and in the jellies and marma lades are effective in furnishing an alkaline-ash reaction valurble to bal ance the acid-ash reaction of the cereal foods which play such an important part in the diet. ? Western Ntviptpcr Uatoa. TBI LiVGUiOl - or TOUR HIND 9 ? By l*icaat?r K. Davis Jin Thumb of ytapomiv* Love r I OVE is strange, indeed. In one , we may find it shaped and ex- (? pressed through a wish tr m<tke the |, world a better place to ive in ? love You Who Have Youth By DOUGLAS MALLOCH T1 HOSE who have this have mora 1 than all else own Who have it not, whatever wealth is theirs. rhose who have youth can face the years unknown With time enough to solve their sudden cares. low often, in the midst of many men. Some great assemblage I am told to scan Ind name the richest. That is easy then ? I need but ask, "Which is til* youngest man?" fou who have youth, and yet at youth complain, Ask of your elders, they who tire so soon, f they could choose, what they would choose to gain? Then noon would ask for morn ing, night for noon. The old ask not for rest, they ask for this: Strength for the struggle, time to see it through. Isk of the old the thing that moat they miss And you will learn how much they envy you. sat between two men whose hair was gray: The one was Riches, and the other Fame, Lnd Failure sat a little space away. And yet all three made answer, made the same. fame had his crown, and Riches had his gold. And even Failure consciousness at truth, fet all they had for one thing would have sold ? Yes, traded all with you, you who, have youth. e Dou:u Malloe*.? WXU 11 lin. Lovely Dinner Gown Wine-colored lace and pale rasp-, >erry morganza are skillfully com-* lined in this beautiful dinner gown.} flows of stitching trim the bands of ace at the neck and waist. 'or our fellow man. In another iti nay be of more selfish kind ? desire >f the "one-man" woman or the 'one-woman" man to center the' iffections upon a single individual. In still another, it may.be an over whelming desire to love for love's iwn sake, sometimes unwisely and 00 well. The thumb, if correctly analyzed, rill usually indicate the kind of love he temperament is most likely to five and seek. The Thamb tl Responsive Lev*. This thumb is always marked by -esilient flexibility throughout its ength. The entire thumb is grace fully proportioned, with evenly 1 paced first and second joints. The list joint is usually well tapered, -ather fully fleshed on the side op posite the nail, and arched an the mderside from the joint to the nail ip. The second, or middle, joint is apt o be more curved than straight, al hough seldom pronounced in its ilendemess. The third, or palm, oint is always much rounded and in clined to over-plumpness, this being iccentuated when the thumb is jressed close to the edge of the land. With the hand extended wide, he thumb stands out from the hand, nmetimes almost at righ. angles to he palm. All things being equal, a thumb rith these characteristics is jure to ndicate an extremely affectionate lature. one that is ardent though veil controlled in matt-rs of the leart, and generous to a fault where oved ones are concerned. WHV tor**-*.
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