The Alamance gleaner
Vol. LXIII
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH. 11, 1937 No. 5
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Lewis and C. I. 0. Gain Recognition From Steel Industry
and Plan to Tackle Textiles ? Neutrality Meas
ure Adopted by Senate.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
Yuu'vc; got to hand it to John L.
Lewis. The beetle-browed lead
er of the C. I. O. is going places and
doing things, despite several set
ha/>lra ir? Kio ??l ?*?%??
John L.Lewis
to unionize all i n -
dustry. The steel
magnates are yield
ing to a great ex
tent, and the threat
of a general strike
in that industry is
fading out. With the
Carnegie-1 1 1 i n o i s
corporation, largest
subsidiary of United
States Steel, leading
the way, the biggest
concerns in that industry are grant
ing increases in wages and the 40
hour week, and agreeing to deal
with the unions affiliated with the
C. I. O. This is the first time in
forty-five years that "Big Steel"
has recognized union labor as a
bargaining agency for its em
ployees.
Lewis and Philip Murray, chair
man of the steel workers' organiz
ing committee, were jubilant, but
the Carnegie-Illinois corporation is
sued an official statement that toned
them down a bit.
"The company will recognize any
individual, group, or organization as
the spokesmen for those employees
it represents," the statement said,
"but it will not recognize any single
organization or group as the exclu
sive bargaining agency for all em
ployees.
"Under this policy the status of
the employee representation plan is
likewise unchanged. It will continue
as the spokesman for those of the
employees who prefer that method
of collective bargaining, which has
proved so mutually satisfactory
throughout its existence."
The General Electric company de
clared its willingness to discuss a
national collective bargaining
agreement with the United Electric
al Workers, a C. I. O. affiliate; and
the indications were that Lewis and
the Appalachian coal operators
would be able to negotiate a new
wage and hour agreement in time to
avert a coal miners' strike.
The C. I. O. announced the forma
tion of the United Shoe Workers of
America with a nucleus of 20,000
members and went after New Eng
land's shoe industry. Still more im
portant, Lewis and his aids let it
be known that the next target of the
C. I. O. drive would be the textile
industry.
That the public, as usual, will
have to pay for what the worker
gains in all these negotiations was
evidenced by the action of the steel
companies which announced price
increases of $3 to $8 a ton for semi
finished and finished steel products.
The sit-down strike policy was
tried at Sarnia, Ont., and promptly
was given a black eye. Fifty em
ployees of the Holmes foundry there
took possession of the plant, but
300 nonstriking workers battled
them for two hours, threw them all
out and sent nine to the hospital.
The police did not interfere with
the fight. Shortly after negotiations
opened between the Chrysler motor
corporation and the United Auto
mobile Workers of America, the
union presented resignations of 103
of the 120 employee representatives
on work councils in Chrysler plants
in the Detroit area. The resignations
all said "the great majority of our
constituents are heartily in favor of
the U. A. W. A. as the sole bargain
ing agency to represent them."
D USINESS men and economists
u again were talking about the
prospects of inflation after the de
cision of the Supreme court uphold
ing the New Deal's gold clause abro
gation act for the second time. The
ruling was made in the case of the
Holyoke Water company, which,
moved by a desire to protect it
self against loss in the event that
the dollar should be debased, had
written into leases to the American
Writing Paper company clauses giv
ing it the privilege of demanding
from the latter payment in gold coin
or bar gold. Now the Holyoke com
pany must be content to accept pay
ment in present depreciated dollars.
The court's decision was regarded
as removing the last barrier to the
free exercise of authority over mone
tary matters by the administra
tion.
UESTS at "victory dinners" all
over the country beard Presi
dent Roosevelt deliver at the feast
in Washington a preliminary appeal
to his party and the nation to sup
port his plan to pack the Supreme
court. He said that a crisis exists
demanding immediate social and
economic legislation to improve the
lot of the common man and that
there is no time to lose, lest a great
calamity, such as a revolution or
the advent of a dictatorship, be vis
ited upon the country in the two or
three years that might be necessary
to remove the obstruction of 4he
New Deal in the manner prescribed
by existing law.
Incidentally, Mr. Roosevelt let his
hearers understand that he has no
intention of seeking a third term in
the White House.
Q XJR War department has finally
" decided that the autogyro is a
good thing? long after European na
tions reached the same conclusion.
Secretary Woodring announced that
six autogyros had been purchased
for military purposes at a cost of
$238,482. They are the Kellett KDL
wingless planes, which have a top
speed of 125 miles, a minimum of
16 miles, a cruising speed of 103
miles, and a cruising range of 3%
hours, or 361 miles. The plane is
powered with a Jacobs 1-4 engine,
which develops 225 b. h. p. at 2,000
r. p. m.
The army air command for years
resisted suggestions for tests of the
autogyro but for the last year it has
been tried out by all branches of the
army and the report was that it was
essential to the modernization of the
army. ?
** FREEDOM of the seas" as an
" American policy was aban
doned by the senate when it passed,
by a vote of 62 to 6, the resolution
Sen. Pittman
suDmiuea Dy sena
tor Key Pittman on
behalf of the foreign
affairs committee
continuing the Pres
ident's present pow
er to declare an em
bargo upon the ship
ments of arms, am
munition and imple
ments of war to bel
igerent nations.
The measure also
provides that the
President may declare it unlawful
for any American vessel or air
craft to carry to warring nations
any articles whatsoever he may
enumerate. However, foreign na
tions may purchase such articles,
arms and munitions not included,
and transport them to their own
countries at their own risk. And
the act will not apply to an Ameri
can republic, such as a South Amer
ican country, engaged in war
against a non-American country
provided that the American republic
is not co-operating with a non-Amer
ican state in such a war.
Senators Borah and Johnson
fought valiantly against adoption of
the resolution but when it came to
a vote only four others supported
them. These were Austin, Bridges,
Gerry and Lodge.
TP HERE is war on between Mayor
Fiorella H. La Guardia of New
York and Reichsfuehrer Hitler of
Germany. The mayor, addressing
a gathering of Jewish women, pro
posed that a "Hall of Horrors" be
erected for the city's 1939 world fair
which would include a figure of
"that brown-shirted fanatic who is
menacing the peace of the world."
Hitler himself made no retort but
Ambassador Luther was directed to
protest to the State department. The
Berlin press raged against La Guar
dia, one of the mildest names ap
plied to him being "scoundrel super
Jew."
AFTER a lively debate the house
of commons indorsed Great
Britain's huge rearmament pro
gram by a vote of 243 to 134. For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden, who
outlined the principles of the Brit
ish foreign policy, repudiated the
-policy of universal military com
mitments for Europe as "unwork
able" with Germany and other
powers absent from the League of
Nations.
Next day the navy announced that
its share of the rearmament pro
gram would cost $525,325,000, this
including the construction of 80 war
ships. Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord
of the admiralty, said only $135,
000,000 of the cost will be borne by
Britain's new $2,000,000,000 defense
loan, forcing the nation's tax payers
to dip into their pockets for the ad
ditional $390,325,000.
JJ OW the minimum wag* and
maximum hour provisions at
the outlawed NRA can be re-estab
lished was pointed out to congress
in a report from the President's
committee on industrial analysis.
"In my opinion," the President
said of the report in a special mes
sage, "it will point the way to the
solution of many vexing problems of
legislation and administration in
one of the most vital subjects of
national concern."
"If controls of the NRA type are
to be tried again," the report said,
"experience indicates that the at
tempt should be limited to a few of
the more important industries in
order that proper standards of in
vestigation and adequate supervi
sion may be maintained, and should
be guided from the start by more
definite principles and policies, such
as NRA experience indicates would
be likely to stand the test of ap
plication.
"Under the type of policy finally
adopted by NRA, if strongly ad
hered to, there is little chance that
codes would be proposed in such
large numbers as to create serious
difficulties, but even that chance
might be guarded against."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT told
1 the press correspondents that he
was planning another fishing trip
and hoped to get away late in April.
This time he is going after tarpon
in the Gulf of Mexico, and he in
tends to go to New Orleans and
there board the Presidential yacht
Potomac for a cruise along the
Texas coast.
?\X7TTH only four votes in the
negative, the senate passed
the Sumners house bill for voluntary
retirement of Supreme cou;t
Sen. Johnson
justices at the age
of seventy on full
pay. The four who
opposed the meas
ure to the last were
Bridges of New
Hampshire, Bulow
of South Dakota,
Johnson of Cal
ifornia and Moore of
New Jersey. During
the debate Senator
Johnson declared
that "a Supreme
court justice wno would retire at
this particular time, by virtue of
the bait that was held out to him,
would not be the sort of individual
for whom I would have the greatest
respect."
The retirement bill was favored
by the President but, as Senator
Pat McCarren said, was not a part
of Mr. Roosevelt's bill for enlarge
ment of the court. The controversy
over the latter measure grew mora
bitter day by daj^and to the sur
prise of the administration, it was
found that it was likely to be de
feated in the house. Therefore the
majority leaders decided to let the
senate act first. In that body the
decision rested with some twenty
five senators who had not yet an
nounced their position.
Mr. Roosevelt stood firm in his
determination to force the bill
through congress, and announced
he would deliver a radio speech in
its defense on March 9, the day
before the one set for the start
of senate judiciary committee hear
ings on the bill. The President de
nied a report that he would make
a tour of the country in behalf of
his plan.
Senator George of Georgia, Dem
ocrat, stepped into the fight with
an assertion that the Supreme court
enlargement proposal is a repudia
tion of the party's 1936 platform
pledge that it would seek a clarify
ing constitutional amendment if it
could not attain its social-economic
welfare program by legislation.
In defense of the measure various
members of the cabinet and heads
of federal agencies began a speak
ing campaign.
C* UGENE VTDAL has resigned as
?L< director of the federal air com
merce bureau and says he will re
enter private aviation. His conduct
of the bureau has been subjected
to much criticism at' times and a
committee headed by Senator Cope
land of New York has recom
mended the reorganization of the
bureau. Recently the bureau and
representatives of the air transport
industry have differed sharply over
causes of the series of major air
crashes.
Vidal's successor is Prof. Fred D.
Fagg of Northwestern university law
school. He became associated with
aviation during the war when he
served as a second 'ieutenant with
the ninety-second aero squadron in
France. After the war he returned
to the United States and specialized
in air law. His assistant in the bu
reau will be Maj. R. W. Schroeder,
also of Chicago.
IN IDENTICAL letters to the gov
ernors of the 48 states Presi
dent Roosevelt called on the state
legislatures to enact soil conserva
tion laws which would supplement
the federal measures designed to
lessen the ravages of floods and dust
storms.
The Saunders Family Is a Pushing Bunch
If a bicycle built for two is considered unique in this day and age, just what would you say about this
one built for five? It is the chariot of the family of Mr. and Mrs. S. Saunders of Norfleet, England. The
bicycle proper is twelve feet long; motive power, three pairs of legs, owned by papa, mama and ten-year
old Victor. The sidecar is occupied by Patricia, six, and Michael, three. Cost of operation is about one
shilling (25 cents) a week.
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umxcu.l C4.t ??!??? IMIK *T I I
THE FARMER SEES A STRANGE
SIGHT
'"PHE farmer who had made
friends with Billy Mink had
watched Billy disappear through the
hole beneath the shed of the farm
house. He had chuckled as he saw
the tip of Billy's tail disappear. You
see, it was to get Billy over to the
house that he had made friends
with Billy.
You remember that for days the
farmer had placed food for Billy
close to the woodpile under which
Billy was living. On this particular
morning he had tied a big piece
of fish to a string and then had
dragged it from the place where
he usually left Billy's meals over
to the hole under the shed. There he
had left the piece of fish. When
Billy had come out from under the
woodpile for his breakfast,' there had
been no breakfast there. But it
hadn't taken him long to find the
trail of that piece of fish where it
had been dragged over the ground,
and with his wonderful nose he had
followed the trail straight over to
the hole under the shed.
Now you know the farmer's house
was overrun with rats, the rats Billy
Mink had driven out of the bam.
The farmer hoped that if he could
get Billy over to the house he would
follow those rats and drive them out
just as he had driven them out of
the barn. That is why the farmer
chuckled when he saw Billy Mink
disappear through that hole under
the floor of the shed.
For a long time the farmer icept
watch, but he was disappointed.
Nothing happened. You see, Billy
Mink, having eaten a hearty break
fast, had curled up for a nap under
the floor of the shed. The farmer
didn't know this, and so at last he
concluded that somehow Billy Mink
had slipped out unseen. "I did hope
that little brown rascal would drive
New Fashion Twist
The newest style quirk to hit Hol
lywood is demonstrated here by
Anita Colby. She wears twisted
ropes of pearls at her throat and
around her black velvet hat. The
pearl strings art fastened with vel
vet ribbon.
those rats out," muttered the farmer
as he went about his work.
It was some time later in the
day that the farmer went to the
barn door and glanced over toward
the house. Then it was that he saw
a strange sight, a very strange
sight, indeed. Out from that hole
through which Billy Mink had en
tered came a crowd of rats. There
were big rats, little rats and middle
sized rats. There were gray old
grand-father rats, and sleek young
rats. Never had the farmer seen so
many rats at one time.
And it was plain to see that those
rats were in a terrible fright. They
were squeaking and squealing with
fear, and every one of them was ?
running as fast as he could. They
scattered in all directions. Some 1
made for the big barn, some made
for the woodpile, some made for
the henhouse, and others started
off straight toward the next farm,
"People who posh themselves,"
?ays soliloquizing Elizabeth, "don't
lave to depend on friends with a
[rail."
e Ball Syndicate. ? WNU Service.
in spite of the snow on the ground,
rhe farmer shouted aloud for joy.
fie knew that there wouldn't be one
rat left in that house by the time
Silly Mink came out.
C T. W. Burgeu ? WNU S?rvlc?.
FtrSt Aid Roger aTwiiltinaB
to the Ailing House
EXPOSED WOOD PORCHES
APART of a house that sooner or
later is almost certain to give
trouble is an open wood porch. As
porches are usually built, even the
best of floor paint will not last for
more than a year or two, and wood
steps and their supports are likely
to rot where they rest on the earth.
Water soaking into cracks between
floor boards and under the edges of
a porch also leads to rotting.
In building a new porch or in mak
ing repairs, this damage can be
largely offset through the use of
proper materials and methods.
Some kinds of wood are much more
resistant to rotting than others. Two
of these rot-resistant woods are red
wood and cypress. One or the other
should be used for the steps and
other parts that are in contact with
the earth. Heavy painting with cre
osote will protect any kind of wood
from rotting.
All of the wood used in building an
open porch should be "back
painted"; that is, all parts, backs
and edges, should be given a coat
of paint as a protection against mois
ture. Any kind of good paint can
b used; aluminum paint is excel
lent, and so is white lead thinned
with linseed oil to the consistency
of thick paint.
In laying the floor, which is usually
made of tongue-and-groove strips,
the strips should be driven tightly
together. As the joints are filled with
paint, they will be closely bound,
and cracks between boards are not
likely to develop. Built in this way,
floor paint will last for several sea
sons instead of but one or two. The
failure of paint on the floor of an
open porch is due to the soaking of
water into cracks between boards.
The wood absorbs the moisture,
which on dry and hot days is drawn
out through the top surface of the
boards. It is this that loosens floor
paint. With the Joints closed with
paint, and the board prevented
from shrinking, this effect cannot
take place.
The bottoms of porch columns
should be so finished that water
cannot collect under them. They can
be bedded in white lead, and further
protected by strips of quarter-round
or other molding, also laid in white
lead.
The joints between the ends of
porch railings and the columns or
other parts that support them
should be treated in the same way.
Very commonly these joints open,
and there will be rotting as water
soaks in. Should these open joints
appear, they should be packed with
white lead, calking compound, or
something similar. With such pre
cautions, repairs to a porch can
be averted almost indefinitely.
C By Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service.
or TOUR HIND
A By la*icMt?r K. Daris
? Public Udn. 1M
THE Angers, like the thumb, bold
many a startling revelation of
the inner self. These become clear
as the printed pages of a book to
those who learn to read them right
ly. Each finger has its own signif
icance which must ba studied as a
HOW HE HELPED
By DOUGLAS MAI. LOCH
L_T IS father bought a sugar busL
Back in the days when land
was cheap.
Of course, 'twas wrong of him to
push
Himself above his neighbors,
keep
An eye upon a rainy day.
And worst of all to put away
A little for his youngster, too,
When times get bad, as times will
do.
And yet he did, and then he died
And left the maples to his son.
And past the place I often ride.
(It's out on Rural Number One.)
That sugar bush his father bought
Turned out about the way he
thought.
Has been enough, with what h?
had,
To keep the youngster of that dad.
I realize it's wrong to save.
The newer name for thrift is
greed.
And that old farmer in his grav*
Should b e condemned, c o n ?
demned indeed.
And yet I rather hesitate
To do it ? I have thought of late
That when that sugar bush waa
grown
He saved for others than his own.
Upon the poor-list you will find
No mention of that son of his.
Though other farmers feel th?
grind
Of taxes for some man who is.
He saved a little for his son.
But he was not the only one,
He served his neighborhood th?
best ,
By loading no one on the rest
C Dong!** Malloch. ? WXU Strrk*.
Stage to Pulpit
Pretty Alexandria Wasilewska,
now an evangelist of the Times
Square mission, New York, shown
preaching from the pulpit. A few
short months ago, Alexandria was
the beautiful and talented Alice
Hayes, chorus girl in several music
al comedies. She was well on ha
way to stardom on Broadway when
she heard a gospel service in Times
Square, and decided to forsake
Broadway's bright lights for the
dim lights of the mission.
How Other Half Lives
Riis House, on the lower East
Side of New York, was founded
many years ago by Jacob Riis,
newspaper man, author and reform
er. Throughout- his life he devoted
his time and effort to improving the
lot of the needy. The settlement
takes care of the educational, recre
ational and health needs of thou
sands of persons, youn& and old,
located in the tenement districts at
New York.
separate element, much as you have
determined the indications given far
the thumb.
What the fingers Signify.
Finger analysis begins with the
phases of personality represented
by each, as shown by the accom
panying illustration.
The general rules governing an
alysis of the thumb apply. When
analyzing a finger, have thoroughly
fixed in mind the qualities of tem
perament it stands for. Next de
termine its type from form and
length and flexibility. Examine toe
contour of the finger as a whole,
noting whether it is of square or
tapered type, whether smooth or ir
regular, whether bony or well
fleshed. And particularly note the
length in relation to the lengths of
the other fingers, as well as the
relative lengths of the finger and
that of the palm upon which it ia
set.
Memorize the meaning at each
finger: The first, or index, finger
represents power, purpose, prog
ress. The second, the quality and
kind of thought. The third, bril
liancy and fame. The fourth, the
psychic and idealistic qualities of
the mind.