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VOL. 52—No. 149
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GOOD AFTERNOON
"Boost Wages, Rooierelt Tells
Industry"—headline. Apparently
the president, too, believes that
the laborer ia worthy of his high.
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
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1,200,000 Returned To Work Since March 1
TALK LEAGUE
OF CONSUMERS
AS PRICE CURB
Labor Takes Active Hand
in Remoulding Work
ing Conditions
TEXTILE SITUATION
IS STILL DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON, Juno 23 (UP)
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istrator Hopkins today issued
grants of $391,041) to Virginia
and $79,392 to Georgia.
WASHINGTON. June 2.i (UP)
More than -IPS.000 n«*rsons re
turned to work in May and "there
is every reason to believe the
foundations for an uptrend may
be forcing." the American Federa
tion of Labor said today, estimat
ins: that unemployment has de
clined by 1,200,000 since March 1.
WASHINGTON. .June 23 (UP3
•—A speedy organization of a con
sumer's protective commitee was,
projected today as a means of
halting any efforts at profiteer
ign or price-boosting under the;
national recovery program.
Bv THOMAS L. STOKES |
United Press Staff Correspondnt
WASHINGTON. Juno 23 (UP3j
—Protection for labor and the;
consumer under President Roose
velt's industrial recovery act was
sought last night as the prosper
ity campaign surged forward un
der the cheering news from the
American Federation of Labor
that 1.200.000 men have re
turned to work since March.
Labor made its demands yes
terday at the first meeting of:
its advisory committee, attended j
by Secretary of Labor Frances'
Perkins. This was exclusivlyj
forecast by the United Press. I
These leaders of organized lab
01 criticized the minimum wages j
of $10 and $11 weekly submitted
in the code for the textile in-1
dustry as being too low; insisted!
upon the right of collective bar-'
gaining and otherwise planned a
vigorous campaign for labor's:
rights instead of merely sitting,
by as an advisory committee un
der General Johnson's national
recovery administration.
Further, the committee, headed1
by Dr. Leo Wolman and includ
ing labor's outstanding leaders,
decided to seek the outlaw of
child labor in the new industrial
set-up, with tho wholehearted'
backing of Miss Perkins. It also :
arranged for labor representa
tion in every move in the recov
ery program. Having presented
its position very clearly to Gen
eral Johnson, who was called in
to the meeting,. it announced a
meeting next week with the sim- j
ilar advisory group reprsenting I
industry as the first step in a1
continuous, protective liaison. 1
The threat of higher fnod!
prices to the consumer undT the|
farm relief program was recogn-!
ized yesterday by George N. I
Peek, farm relief administrator,
who served notice he would seek
by very means possible to pre
vent any profiteering or "goug
ing."'
It is feared commodity distri
butors may use the processing!
tax they have to pay as an ex
cuse to rais to raise prices. Al- {
ready reports have come to the'
department that some wholesale I
and retail firms using wheat al-1
ready have announced price in
creases.
"If we can enter an agree-;
ment to impose a minimum,
price. I believe we can also fix j
a minimum price to protect the
public interest," Peek said.
A similar problem arises, in
a slightly different way, under
the industrial planning program.
Johnson, it was learned, will seek'
through the industrial codes to'
prevent rapid price advances and
also to fix some limitation upon
profits.
Industry on its nart, is seek
ing authority to fix prices by
agreements under the national!
recovery act. as a means of eli-j
minating "cut throatinsr." It also
is balking at Johnson's plea a
few days ago for an armistice on
increased production.
SAYS FATHER KNEW
KIDNAPING PLOTTERS
BARNSTABLE, Mas*., June
23. (UP)—Kenneth Buck charged
today that Neil C. McMath, weal
thy Harwich boat builder, knew
the members of the bootleg ganfc
that engineered the kidnaping of
his 10-year-old daughter;, Peggy
McMath.
LONDON-BOUND, BEARING
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE
Bearing: important instructions from President Roosevelt to the
American delegation to the world economic conference, Raymond
Moley. assistant secretary of state and head of the celebrated "brain
trust," is shown (left) as he sailed from New'York for London with
Herbert Bayard Swope (right), former New York publisher.
RADIO MESSAGES REVIVE
HOPES MATTERN IS ALIVE
TARHEEL DRYS
ARE ORGANIZED
Or. Poteat Is Named Chair
man Of State's Execu
tive Commitee
RALEIGH, June 23.—X o r t h
Carolina clrys yesterday perfect
ed the organization of the Uni
ted Dry Forccs, an organization
which will lead the fight against
the repeal of the 18 Amendment j
in this state.
In a session here yesterday a I
constitution was adopted, a cen
tral committee appointed, and an
executive committee named. Dr.
W. 1,. l'oteat, president emeritus
of Wake Forest college, and head
of the dry forces, was named
chairman of the executive com-i
mittee.
Other members of the execu
tive committer include Clifford
Frazier, Republican candidate for
governor. Mrs. T. W. Bickett, of
Raleigh, and Zeb Vance Turling
(Continued on page three)
OPEN ACADEMY
CAMP TUESDAY
Georgia Military School
Summer Session To Be
At Highland Lake
Camp Highland Lake, the
summer session pf the Georgia
Military Academy, will open on
next Tuesday morning with a
large number of young men in
attendance.
Boys in the camp will come
from as far west as Texas, from
the middle west, Chicago, New:
England, New York, Cuba and,
piactically every southern state.,
Tampa, Florida will lead other]
cities with a total of 35 boys in
attendanc e from that city. OK la- j
honia City, Cincinnati, and At-!
lanta will also be represented by
large delegations.
The camp is located on High
land Lake, three miles south of
Hendersonville just off the Green
ville highway. The site of the
camp was formerly the Highlandl
Lake Club, and consists of a
tract of about 300 acres of
beautifully wooded mount a i n
country and a lake of 40 acres.;
Col. J. C. Woodward, founder
of the Georgia Military Academy
and its president for 33 years, is
director of the camp. Major D.
C. Woodward is assistant to the
president and Captain C. D.
Woodward is assistant to the j
president and field secretary.
The staff includes a group of
-16 well-known educators and
dirctucs oi activities for young
people from oveK. the southern
states. . K
Amateur Operator At Seat
tle Picks Up Message
From Russian Ship
SEATTLE, Wash,, June 2.'J.—
(UP).—Hope for the safety of
Jimmy Mattern, round-the-world
flier was revived today with the
report that Edward Stevens, ama
teur radio operator here, had
picked up a message from a Rus
sian vessel in which the word "air
plane" was used, indicating that
the vessel had come upon Mat
tern's ship.
Mattern has now been missiin;
for nine days since he took off
irom Khabarovsk, Siberia, for i.
hop to Nome, Alaska, a 2500-mile
flight. I. was thought that tho-j
Russian vessel might have merely
been relaying orders issued bv the
Soviet government several days
ago in its aid in the search.
ROOSEVELT'S
SONS JOIN HI
PORTLAND, Maine. June 23.
(UP). President Roosevelt, joined
by his two youngest sons, set out
from here today aboard his
schooner. Amberjack II, for Ten
|ants Harbor, near Rockland, Me.
GREAT CHEBEAG ISLAND,
I Me., June 2o.— (UP).—President
Roosevelt brought his schooner
Amberjack II into the sheltered
waters of this place near Portland
last night to meet two of his sons
who will accompany him on the
rest of his sea-going vacation.
Under warship escort, the Am
berjack, her sails spread to catch
every breeze, glided into her
anchorage as night was falling.
The destroyer Brrnadau sped
on to Portland to pick up Frank,
lin, Jr., and John Roosevelt, the
youngest of the president's family
who will go to Campobello, New
Prunswick, where the cruise will
end.
Originally, the plans called for
Portland as a stop when the chief
executive set sail from Little Har
bor, N. II., but he changed hi.;
mind at sea and decided to seek
the seclusion that Great Chebeag
affords.
Mr. Roosevelt, although keeping
in touch with developments bo-.h
at home and abroad, particularly
those growing out of the world
economic conference at London,
seemed bent first of all on obtain
ing a complete rest in preparation
of the arduous days ahead.
He seeks his stateroom early in
the evenings, thus assuring him
self of at least 10 hours of sleep.
Thursday's hot sun burned him a
still deeper brown and he looked
fit and strong.
With continued good weather
the president was expected to
reach the neighborhood of Campo
Lello in two or three days. There
he will go ashore to sleep in the
old cottage that he has not visit
ed for more than ten years.
Jap Emperor In
j Friendly Message
To United States
Considers Jap-U. S. Coop
eration Important For
World Peace
TOKfO, June 2(UP).—Jap
anese-American friendship, un
derstanding anri co-operation aro
of the utmost importance to the
peace of the world, in the opinion
of His Imperial Majesty Hirohito,
emperor of Japan, Ro" W. How
ard, American publisher, cabled to
the United Press after obtaining
the first audience any Japanese
ruler ever pave to an American
newspaperman.
HITLER OUSTS
ALL SOCIALISTS
FROM OFFICE
Dissolution Decree Puts
j Members In Same Class
As Communists
Rv PAUL KECSKEMETI
United Press Staff Correspondent j
BERLIN, June 23.—(UP).—
The Socialist party was outlawed
throughout Germany yesterday by
a sweeping decree forbidding the
organization and barring its mem
bers from the Reichstag.
The move came on the heels of
Chancellor Adolf Hitler's absorp
tion into the Nazi party of the
powerful Steel Helmets organiza
tion of the Nationalist party Wed
nesday.
The ban against the Socialists
came with stunning effect on that
influential section of the Reich's
political forces. It was contained
in a decree issued by the minister
of interior, Wilhelm Frick.
The decree stipulated that th"
Social-Democratic party (Social
ist) throughout Germany shall
henceforth be prohibited. All So
cialist deputies were removed
from their seats in the Reichstag
and all other parliamentary bodies
in states and municipalities.
The order declares that no So
cialist newspapers or other peri
odicals shall bo published in Ger
many. The party's property was |
ordered confiscated.
The drastic action was t aken
on grounds that the party's recent
activities showed the Socialists
were preparing acts of "high trea-1
son" by maintaining connections
with their leaders who have fled
to Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Reich authorities instructed va
rious governments to enforce the
ban at once.
No public employes or workers !
in public plants will be allowed to
i adhere to the Socialist party. The
decree said:
"Henceforth, no difference shall.
[ bo made between the Socialists
i and Communists."
GRADUATE IS KILLED
COLUMBUS, ()., June 23. (UP)
An automobile-bread truck colli
sion at Grove City, 0., yesterday
killed Lonnie L. Mav. 30, gradu
ate at Ohio State University and
| a graduate at the University of
! Alabama. May was en route from
I Columbus to his home in Petal,
I Miss.
LOAN BANK TO
BE SET UP IN
ASHEVILLE
Branch Of U. S, Agency
Will Handle W.N.C. '
Home Loans
ASHKVILLE, June 23.—Es
tablishment in Asheville of a
I state branch of the Home Loan
'bank will.be launched next Fri
| day when Alan O'Neal, state
j manager for North Carolina,
meets with George 1). Robertson,
manager of the Asheville branch;
i Louis M. Bourne, attorney for
i the Asheville branch; and vV. T.
! Rowland, Sr., land appraiser for
the branch.
The Biltmore-Oteen bank build
| ing in Biltmore is being consid
| cred as a site for the bank
, branch. Sites will be selected
land submitted to the Home Loan
bank officials for approval, Con
gressman Weaver said yesterday J
in Washington.
The Asheville branch will be'
an agency to extend relief to I
home owners of 13 Western I
North Carolina counties. The
branch here will work under the (
federal home loan bank board
i>nd will offer assstance to hard
pi essed home owners. It has
been designed to prevent further
foreclo. jres on homes through a
system of loans in bonds or cash
with long-term notes and low in
terest rates.
The Asheville branch will han
dle loans in the counties of this
section as follows: Buncombe,
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Hender
son, Haywood, Jacfcson, Macon,
McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Mit
chell, Swain, Transylvania, Avery
and Madison. Each county will
have its own attorney and land
appraiser, and all will work un
der Mr, Bourne and Mr. Row
land.
The Home Loan nann system
is a corporation created by con
gress to be administered by the
Federa] Home Loan Hank board
as directors. It has been created
for the purpose of saving homes
of home owners where they arc
unable to secure money to pay
mortgages otherwise, and where
the mortgagee is threatening
foreclosure.
The corporation has a capital
slock of $200,000,000 subscribed
for and to be paid by the Uni
ted States treasury, and it lias
authority to issue $2,000,000,000
of bonds, running 18 years with
four per cent interest, the in
terest being guaranteed by the
government.
Homes not exceeding $20,000
in value can be handled under
the Home Loan system. Only
those mortgages which are of
record on June 12, 1933, the date i
of approval of the act, can be
taken up on homes. Home own
ers may exchange up to 80 per
cent of their first mortgages for
bonds, which will not exceed fivo
per cent interest rate on the long i
term contracts. Direct loans can I
also be secured for tax payments
and for real estate assessments
and repairs.
SUBMIT CODE
WASHINGTON, June 23 (UP)
Cast iron soil pipe manufacturers
late yesterday submitted their
code to General Hugh S. Johnson
of the national recovery adminis
tration calling for a 30 hour week,
$2.75 a day wages in the south
and $4.25 in the northern plants.
GOVERNMENT'S INCOME IS
DOUBLED BY TRADE GROWTH
I By RICHARD L. GRIDLEY
U. P. Financial Correspondent
WASHINGTON. June 23 (UP)
—The government's income h«s
been doubled in the last six
months through the sale of beer
and by increased business activ
ity, treasury figures revealed last
night.
Collections of miscellaneous in
ternal revenue were expected to
cross the $100,000,000 mark this
month. This would be the highest
point since war time, and would
compare with collections of only
^58,916,062 in January.
Detailed internal revenue bu
reau statistics showed that legal
ization of beer and light wine had
enriched the federal treasury to
the extent of $11,536,027 in May
as compared with $8,269,876 in
April when the products first were
put on sale.
Total miscellaneous revenue
collections in May amounted to
$93,501,924, compared with $69,
310,283 in April and $37,689,032
in May 1932. Total internal reve
nue collections in May. including
income taxes, amounted to $114,
754,133, against $89,062,188 in
April and $60,013,131 in May,
1932.
Collections this month {rave in
dications of exceediner the high
levels of May. The first 20 days
of June brought in $78,175,201
in miscellaneous internal revenue,
compared with $30,536,704 in the
corresponding period of last year.
Total internal revenue collections,
including income tax, amounted
to $212,498,296 apainst $181,
864,682 in the corresponding pe
riod of last year.
The government benefited ma
terially from the growing specu
lation in stock and commodity
markets.
Other taxes to show increases
over April with the jmprovement
in business included those on lu
bricating oils, matches, jewelry,
mechanical refrigerators, sportinp
gods, firearms, soft drinks, chew
ing gum, telephone and telegraph
messages, cameras, admission's
and club dues.
Show Girl Now
Is Buddhist Nun
I
Mrs. C. I. Chester of Los Angeles,
above, a former chorus girl, has
became a Buddhist nun, the sec
ond American woman to enter the
oriental order. At a simple ordi
nation she received the name of
Kwa-Sho, "A Flower in the Tree
tops." Soon she will leave for
Kyoto, Japan, to enter a convent.
KUANS OF
DIVISION ONE
FROLIC HERE
750 Guests Of Dr. And
Mrs. Sevier Thursday
At Camp Greystone
More than 7r>0 Kiwanians, their j
wives and families from division
No. 1 of the Carolina district, rep
resenting 10 cities, were in at
tendance at the divisional picnic
at Camp Greystone yesterday aft
ernoon and evening.
Kiwanians and visitors were
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R.
Sevier. Dr. Sevier is lieutenant
governor of the district, and di-1
rector of ("amp Greystone.
Visitors came to Hendersonvill-;
from Asheville, Lenoir, Marion,
Shelby, Forest City, Rutherford
ton. Morganton, Rrevard, and
Tryon. Guests first registered at
the Skyland hotel and then pro
ceeded to Greystonei where, dur
ing the afternoon, a varied pro
gram of entertainment was of
fered.
RECREATIONS MARK
AFTERNOON HOURS
During the afternoon swim
ming, boating, fishing, horseshoe
pitching, tennis, baseball and
other activities were engaged in.
A baseball game between Ashe
ville and a pick-up nine from
other clubs was called for supper
with the pick-up team somewhere
in the lead.
An exhibition of swimming and
(Continued on page four)
Injunction To End
Martial Law Rule
In Georgia Asked
ATLANTA. June 23.—(UP) —I
Federal Judge E. Marvin Under
wood today set June 30 as a date
for a hearing on a petition for
an injunction to restrain Gover
nor Talmadge of Georgia from
operating the state highway de
partment under martial law.
Federal Judge W. I. Grubb, of
Birmingham, and Circuit Judge
S. H. Sibley, of Atlanta, will sit
with Judge Underwood at the
hearing.
PRISON GUARDS SLAY
ESCAPING CONVICT
RALEIGH, June 23.—(UP)—
State prison farm guards shot and
killed Glenn Frye, of High Point,
serving five to seven years on a
highway robbery conviction, whe i
he attempted to escape yesterday,
they reported.
Administration Is
Looking For Little
Help From Parley
Position Taken Is For Each Nation To Strengthen Its
Own Conditions By Internal Developments,
Similar To U. S. Program
WASHNIGTON, June 23 (UP)
The Roosevelt administration ha.s
decided to concentrate everything
on its domestic recovery program,
irrespective of international de
velopments, the United Press has
learned today.
By RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Pre** Staff Correspondent
(Copyright, 1933, United Pre«»)
WASHINGTON, June 23 (UP)
Stripped of the diplomatic sugar
coating, the fact is that the Roose
velt administration expects little
out of the world economic con
ference and is staking i\s drive j
for recovery almost entirely on a.'
domestic program.
Its most sanguine expectation
in regard to the London confer
ence is that the various nations
can be persuaded to embark on
parallel internal programs which
would:
1.—Curtail surpluses.
2.—Bring expenses within rev
enues.
3.—Develop reemployment.
This is the viewpoint which As
sistant Secretary of State Ray
mond Moley is expected to stress
when he arrives at London.
Bernard M. Baruch, unofficial
adviser of the administration, an
intimate of Moley an'd one of the,
powers behind the scenes here, has
just completed a memorandum
dealing with the economic recov
ery situation and its relation to
the world economic conference
which is being dispatched to Mo
ley for his use at London.
This internal development is
supported by Baruch.
He is going to Europe about
July 15, but it is understood he I
will not go to Great Britain. His
trip was represented as being a J
regular vacation trip to Vichy.
However, some here believe it
probable that considering his im
portance in the present situation,
he would find opportunity to con
sult with foreign statesmen while
abroad.
The action of Senator Couzens
at London yesterday in proposing
ra synchronized program of inter
nal development along parall?l
lines in various countries is the
first specific move toward carry
ing out the American idea.
It is this domestic policy which
explains the stabilization state
ment issued by the American dele
gation at London yesterday. In
that stalcment th© American mis
sion, after having floundered on
its own in a series of tragically
comic episodes spoke the mind of
the Roosevelt administration in
straight-out authoritative lang
uage. The key to the American
policy lies in one sentence in that
statement. .
"The reason why it (temporary
stabilization) is considered un
timely is because th© American
government feels that its efforts
to raise prices are the most im
portant contribution it can make,
and that anything that would in
terfere with those efforts and pos
sibly cause a violent price reces
sion would harm the conference
more than the lack of an imme
diate agreement for temporary
stabilization."
This means just one thing—
that President Roosevelt believe*
the surest road to recovery lies
not via London but through do
mestic re-employment, increased
buying power and a rising price
level encouraged bv the industrial
cotton activities, the farm adjust
ment effort, reduction of govern
ment expenditures, and a vast
public works program which will
be covered as to interest and
amortization by increased taxes.
Some persons here feel that it
might be just as well If the con
ference suspended temporarily t<»
give each country a chance to put
on an internal recovery drive.
Few persons in the government,
after watching the London con
ference in action have much faith
that anything can be done regard
ing tariffs and stabilization in
time to be effective in the imme
diate effort, to end the emergency
situation, however promising they
might be in time for the lonpr
lange welfare of all countries.
TRADE POLICY OUTLINED; IS
SETBACK TO THE GOLD BLOC
LONDON, June 23.—(UP).—
Big nations are not going to en
gage in a currency struggle de
spite the refusal of the United
States to consider immediate sta
bilization, Prime Minister Mac
Donald. of England, announced to
the world economic conference to
day.
LONDON. June 23.—(UP).—
The United States delegation
broke its silence of the past week
yesterday and in a flurry of reso
lutions demanded action on a
definite three-point program which
the Americans placed before the
world economic conference.
This program, designed to com
bat charges erowing during the
week that the Americans were
wrecking the entire parley, includ
ed demands for:
1.—Decreased tariffs.
2.—A huge public works pro
gram.
3.—Expansion of credit.
The Americans meanwhile
frankly declared that the United
States government was not pre-(
pared at this time to stabilize the
dollar. The statement came as the
dollar was sliding rapidly to a new
low at $4.20 to the pound sterling
on foreign exchanges.
TOOMER WINS
MATCHTODAY
Defeat Of Dean Smith Puts
Hendersonville Man In
Semi-Finals
ATLANTA, Ga., June 23.—
(UP).—Jack Toomer, Hender
sonville, N. C., won his way into
the semi-finals of the Southern
amateur golf championship here
this morning by defeating Dean
Smith, Savannah, two up and
one to play.
, This non-stabilization program
was announced concurrently wit 1
world-wide rumors that France in
tended to abandon the gold stand
ard, which were denied by Finance
Minister Georges Bonnet, actinic
head of the French delegation in
London.
The British and French were
induced to acquiesce to the Amer
ican viewpoint on stabilization,
for the moment, although not iti
a cordial spirit. France har. de
manded stabilization from tho
start as a pre-requisite to tariff
accords, and the British are not
eager to see the dollar and
! pound approach the old parity
levelt of $4.86.
COTTON MEN CONFIDENT
NEW ORLEANS. La., June ?3
(UP)—Directors of the Ameri
can Cotton Cooperative associa
tion yesterday expressed the ut
most confidence in the govern
ment's new cotton acreage re
duciton plan.
. THDK CMim
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