HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
Farm Bloc Uniting
West And South In
Congress Is Urged
Would Demand Drastic,
Fundamental and Reme
dial Legislation for
Agriculture
EQUAL FOOTING WITH
AGRICULTURE SOUGHT
Oscar Johnston, of Missis
sippi, Prominent AAA Of
ficial, Advocates Pooling
of Strength to That End;
Says East Has Hitherto
Dominated Congress
Washington. Nov. 22. —(AP)— A
Luge farm bloc, uniting tFie Middle
and South to demand “drastic,
f indamontal, remedial legislation for
agriculture was advocated today l\v
Oscar Johnson, prominent AAA offi
• til.
The stocky Mississippi cotton plant
■ . '.vho heads the Producers Cotton
Option Pool within the AAA. and
peaks eloquently at conferences, con-
Msed he had been repressing his
' lews for some time.
Now. he said emphatically, the time
has arrived “when America must de
•litely determine and publicly pro-
Haim that industry ami agriculture
hall be put upon an equal footing.”
■Since the Civil War control of
government policy has been in the
bands of the East, and unjust on.
phasis has been placed on the. dc
' "lopment of the industry.” Ire said.
• The result is, whether consciously
<>: sub-consciously. the trend of our
l'’'. r i.-.lr' ion and the building of out
< <onomic structure, has been witli the
first consideration for industry.’’
J hn-ton added. “This situation has I
h come intolerable."
Although he made clear he wa.
-peaking only as an individual, his
views weri- regarded as significant
•cause < f his position and because
< • Internal storms agitated by ihe
now striking decline in exports of
Lum products.
30c Wage
A handoned
With ERA
Washington, Nov. 22.- (AP) — The
JU licf Administration today abandon
• I it-- 30 cents an hour minimum
■ age for work relief.
H< i cast <•;, it was said, the factor
i governing work relief wages will
>••• Hie rate prevailing in the com
i' unities where the work is done.
An order rescinding all rules and
i gulations governing work relief
v ages has be<‘ii sent to the State ad
ministrators by Harry I*. Hopkins,
ilo. Tt’cdera) administrator.
Responsibility for determining
wages in the future, it was said, has
Iren placed with local communities
i 'presenting local aaid other relief
administrations.
Officials said they expected the
i ew order to result in an Increase in
the number of presons on work re
li-f.
Vanderbilt
Child Fight
Continues
Mother of Gloria Is
Not Satisfied With
Court Ruling About
Her Child
New York, Nov. 22.—(AP)- A new
ual fight over ten-year-old Gloria
Vanderbilt l«»omed today in the wake
‘ I a court order directing her moth
' rial h<-r aunt to share the child.
Tlir order, handed down by Su-
I’ eine Court Justice Johp F. Carew,
makes the aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Gloria’s legal custorian. and
gives lwi‘ the child five days a week.
I'lie mother. Mrs. Gloria Morgan Van
derbilt. will have her daughter on
S:itin-<j a y s ai|( ] Sundays.
Mrs. Vanderbilt. said, however,
ince the compromise is unaccept
;|bl‘!r to her, still confined to bed
Vice testifying before Justice Carew,
Nr* 1 . Vanderbilt announced through
h* i sister, Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, Ji.,
that she would fight the case thro
nuh. It was not clear what legal steps
she can take. Justice Carew did not
"le ofli Mrt{| \Vanderbiit’ii Writ of
I' beas corpus, but, instead, declared
' Horia to be a ward of tne Supreme
CouFt until she is 21.
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Sol A. Rosenblatt
Involved in a drastic shakeup in
NT? A forces looking to greater
enforcement of Blue Eagle codes,
Sol A. Rosenblatt, above, has
been named co-ordinator of com
pliance. Rosenblatt, New York
attorney, formerly supervised the
amusement, apparel and advert
Using eadei.
ONE-BIG-UNION IS'
DEALT HARD BLOW J
Richberg Says Worker Has <
Right to Say Who Shall
Speak for Him
HIS INTERPRETATION i
| Differs front “Mugoiiit.y Itiilo" De- 1
cislon of National Lalwir Relations '
Hoard Recently Handed
Down. j
i
Washington. Nov. 22. iAl'i An
idea of one big union, in which a ■ f
minority of workers in a plant, wonhl J •
have to go along with the majority,
whether they wanted to or not. lias :
been dealt a blow by Donald It. ;
Richberg. widely known as President
Roosevelt’s “No. 1 assisiant.’*
The interpretation which the direc
tor of the executive council placed
last night on the celebrated “majo
ity rule’’ decision of the National
| tela lions Board, a roused wide
interest.
Many labor leaders and industrial
ists have understood the board’s rul
ing, given in the lloode case, as
meaning that an organization win
ning a majority of votes i an ••lec
tion within a group or plant shall
all employees in the group or plant
for purposes of collective bargaining.
But Richberg. speaking to the As
sociated Grocery Manufacturers in
New York, laid down the opinion
that only a workman himself can de
cide what "voting units” plants,
crafts or other groupings—he shall
enter. Only after he has associated
himself with such a unit volunarily
can he be bound by the will of the
majority.
Daughters
To Meet in
Arkansas
New York. Nov. 22.—(AP)— The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
today voted to hold their 1935 con
vention in. Hot Springs. Ark.
The convention will be held in No
vember, the exact date to be decided
later.
An invitation was presented for the
organization to hold its 1936 conven
tion in Dallas, Texas, when Texas
will be holding a centennial celcibra
tio n.The invitation will be acted up
on at the convention next year.
Mrs. William E. Massey, of Hol
Springs, was re-elected president
general.
New officers elected were Mrs. John
C. Abernathy, of Chicago, second
vice-president general; Mrs. Wlaltex
D. Lamar, of Macon, Ga., historian
general; and Mrs. Norris Harris, of
Baltimore, Md., registrar-general.
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Rains And Gales Strike
In Six Southern States
One Dead and Number Injured; Memphis Reports Over
10 Inch es of Rain; Lower Temperatures Predicted
on Heels of Disturbances From Weather
New Orleans, Ni.. n Nov. 22. (AP)
Record-breaking rains and .severe
gales that swept over six southern
states Tuesday and Wednesday, leav
ing one de id and numbers of others
injuried, subsided today.
Tlh> property damage ran to many
thousands of dollars in the scattered
••i rea..
Louisiana. Arkansas, Texas, Ten
nessee. Kentinky, and Mississippi fell
Ihe fury of Ihe rain storm, and one
Cooley Preparing
For New Congress
VVasJiiiigton, Nov. 22.—(AT)
Rcpres<-i)|:il.ix«« llaruld D. Cooley,
of the. fourth North (.’urolinn dis
trict, today closed his office here
which he opened shortly after !»«•-
lug elected to fill the lUicxpired
term of the latie Representative
Pou.
Cooley said the offie-c would re
main closed until January, when
he comes to Washington to begin
the regular two-year term in the
House, to wlliicb he was elc<-t.<‘.<]
in the, November elections.
The. new congressman and his
wife have laeseil an apartment at
Die Wardman Park hotel for their
residence here during the session
of Congress.
MOLEY TRYING TO
ADVISE CONGRESS
And His Conservative Ad
monition Believed To
Reflect F. D. R.
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, Nov 22. Raymond
Moley. culled in oftenest as an ad
viser to President Roosevelt, is hint
ing to Congress how it should behave.
Congress, however, i.s likely to con
sider Moley too far to the right. Con
gress has to appease voters.
What i.s Moley recommending?
Moley has his say in Today maga
zine, of which he is editor.
Says he:
“The emergency before us requires
quick expenditures, and in the selec
tion of specific projects this must, be
the guiding principle. The building
of great wroks which wTl] be of per
manent value to the nation is impor
tant; but the putting of men to work,
soon is more important.”
That is O. K. with Congress, and
Secretary of the Interior Harold-
Ickes is doing a great job tn selecting
the works.
Moley continues:
“Every friend of public works ex-
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point, Memphis, Tenn., ha<J a terrific
.rain of 10.18 inches, an all-time rec
ord.
The South, after the hectic two days
faced lowering temperatures in mark
ed e.onlra.st to a. comparatively tor
rid wave.
Light buildings, farm structures
and crops wen, damaged over a. wide
area. Shipping along Hie gulf coast
was inconvenienced and airways
travel threatened by tl>c UIIUSUUI dtS
t urbanccs.
BOWIE WILL URGE
SCALING OF DEBTS
11 J -Ll -
Determined About “Settle
ment” for Own County;
Would Include State
Daily Dispatch linn'll*,
In the Sir Walter Hot«*l,
By J, Hashervtlle.
Raleigh, Nov. 22 Ashe county’s af
fairs will have considerable legisla
tion according to friends of Repre
sentative T. C- Bowie .who means to
make some adjustment of its finan
cial affairs and if the plans commends
itself generally it may be employed
by other counties.
Recently some citizens of Ashe
were here, one of them a political op
ponent of Mr. Bowie running as an
independent Democrat in the gene
ral election, and the other a county
commissioner who did not get the
nomination in the last convention,
and they were attacking Mr. Bowie.
They declared that he had made
the ma county of defaulters. Friends
of Mr. Bowie do not think they speak
by book.
It is said for Mr. Bowie and his
legislation that he represents a peo
ple wiht a bonded indebtedness of sl,-
250,000 or more. Ashe grows no cot
ton or tobacco and there has been no
way to make money. There are no in
dustries up there. Mr. Bowie con
tended tht the people could not pay
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STRIKE DUTY OF
GUARDSMEN COST
SWHIO4.OOO
Council of State Votes That
Amount from Emergency
and Contingency
Fund To Pay
GOVERNMENT LOSES
HEAVILY IN STRIKE
Between $500,000 and Mil
lion Dollars Less Process
ing Taxes Collected In
South Carolina Alone In
Textile Industry In Sep
tember, Collector Says
Raleigh, Nov. 22.—(AP) —The Coun
cil of State of North Carolina today
approved the allotment of .SIOI,OOO to
be taken from the emergency and
contingency fund to meet the cost of
using National Guardsmen on Guard
duty during the textile strike in North
Carolina.
Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts,
'aid that “not quite” all of the .slOl,-
000 had been paid out so far, but he
could not figure whether the amount
would cover all bills, as “a number
of vouchers still have to be taken
out."
HUGE GOVERNMENT LOSS
FROM PROCESSING TAXES
Columbia. S. C., Nov. 22.—(AP)—R.
M. Cooper, collector of internal re
venue for South Carolina estimated
today that the general textile strike
cost the Federal government between
$500,000 and $1,000,000 in processing
taxes in South Carolina alone.
Cooper issued a statement showing
that the tax, paid principally by tex
tile mills in this State, dropped to
$901,627 during the strike month of
September, where it had averageo
.$1,772,209 for the first five “normal
operating” months of 1931.
NRA Controversy
Over Ford Trucks
Is Sounded Again
Washington, Nov. 22.(AP)—Echoes
of one of the first controversies that
stirred t.he NRA sounded again today
when the Interior Depart numt award
ed a contract for a Ford truck to the
Northwest. Motor Company of Bethes
da.. Mr., a Ford dealer.
Interior Department oficials said
the Bethesda, firm had submitted a
certificate of compliance with the au
toinobile code, along with a. bid to
supply 15 trucks to the department.
The certificate was said to be on
the standard government form, “with
no strings attached.’’ and Comptrol
ler General McCarl was reported to
have ruled that the award of tlir
contract was legal.
Churches
In Demand
For Peace
Daily Dispatch Uureas,
Im the Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. Baskerville.
Raleigh, Nov. 22.—Baptists in their
State convention recently took the
lead in the demand that war be re
nounced as a means of settling inter
national diputes; they assailed the
modern movies, urged their preach
ers and. religious teachers to inform
themselves on the issues involved in
the economic order, and renewed
their demands that the dry laws re
main impaired.
This week the Methodists are in
conference at Washington and what
that denomination does, particularly
with war, will ibe closely watched.
The unmistakably dangerous tenden
cies on the other side are giving
alarm both to the pacifists anil to the
bellicose. There is apparently a move
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Trade Commission Bares
Utility Propaganda Plans
Washington, Nov. 22.- < AP)— The
Federal Trade Commission, making
another report today on what it
terms “publicity and propaganda” by
power and gas utilities, said they
have spent as high as $30,000,000 a
year for advertising.
Today’s report, one of a series the
commission is making to the Senate
on its six-year inquiry into utilities,
dealth with the campaign conducted
through the press. The next will sum
marize the commission’s story of “pro
paganda” through schools and edu
cators.
Roosevelt States
Next Congress To
Extend Job Relief
Hawaii’s Delegate
HHk.
OHLd
Samuel W. King
This is Samuel W. King, elected
delegate to congress from th*
territory of Hawaii, who is on*
of the comparatively few new Re
publicans sent to Washington.
Oddly enough he was elected to
replace a veteran Democrat, Lin
coln McCandless, while the rest
of the United States was revers
ing the procedure.
GOVERNOR THINKS'
STATE IMPROVING
Going Into Winter In Much
Better Position Than
One Year Ago
HIGHER PRICES HELP
Improvement in State H«wenu«*>
Seems To Guarantee Stat«’ Parti
cipation in Winter Re
lief Work
I’mPj Ulwpnteft HBreae,
in the Sir Mutter Hotel.
Hr J. C. Baskerville.
Raleigh, Nov. 22 ‘Governor Ehring
haus. on his return from Washington
brought good news to the eastern peo
pie with whom he was horn and rear
ed. for he infei'esfcd Washington in
potatoes, a big coney crop when they
sell an<l a. terrible money flop when
they don’t.
JThe agricultural administration
liked flic suggestions that he made
and if (lie plans are adopted eastern
ers have a right to hope for relative
ly as much help in that crop as has
ben given to cotton and tobacco
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Yugoslavia Asks
League To Probe
Slaying of King
Geneva., Nov. 22—(AP) —Yugoslavia
today lodged a. formal complaint a
gainst Hungary, asking the League
of National Con licit to investigate the
assassination of King Alexander of
Yugoslavia and Foreign Minister Bar
thou of France as acts calculated to
disturb international peace.
The Yugoslavia, delegate sent a let
ter to J. A. C. Avenol, secretary gen
eral, requesting that the matter be
placed on the Council agenda for
discussion.
The Yugoslavia delegate alleged:
“The investigation into the Marseil
les assassinations brought to light the;
fact that they were prepared on Hun
garian soil by a band of international
terrorists.”
"Obviously,’ Ute report said, “the
two most important opinion-making
and opinion-forming media are the
press and the schools. The press leads
in its direct effects upon the present
adult population. The schools lead in
moulding the opinions of coming gen
erations.
“Accordingly, we find the most
widespread and through planning and
attention to the publicity given to
these twb greatest jopinion-making
factors. As to each the plans were
frankly stated. They were compre
hensive and complete.’*
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TODAY
Work Projects To Be Con
tinued, He Tells Mayors’
Convention In Let
ter To Them
RECOVERY EFFORTS
HAVE HAD RESULTS
Says Unemployment Relief,
Old Age Pensions, Public
Works and Housing Will
Receive Attention at Com
ing Session ; Team Work of
All Agencies Asked
Chicago, Nov. 22.—(AP>—President
Roosevelt assured the mayors of ths
nation's major cities today that re
covery efforts have yielded substan
tial results and informed them the
next Congress would conider exten
sions of the job-making relief pro
jects.
“Our efforts along the road of eco
nomic recovery have been productive
of substantial results,” the chief exe
cutive stated in a letter to the an
nual assembly of the United States
Conference of Mayors. “It is undoubt
edly true that the coming session of
Congress wil] give further attention
to proposals involving unemployment
relief, public works, unemployment
insurance, old age pensions and hous
ing, all of which vitally affect tha
city governments.
“I cannot say what final action
Congress wil) take with reference to
these subjects, but I assure you thei
Federal government is anxious to
work effectively and cooperatively on
all of these common probkuns.
“It is through team work of all
governmental units that victory may
be attained.”
Mr. Roosevelt also thanked all
mayors for their support in the re
covery drive.
McNinch Sees
Roosevelt on
Power Policy
Washington. Nov. 22. (AP) —Chair-
man Ftank R. McNinch, of the Fed.-
<ia.| Power Commission and Vice
t'liairmaii Basil M. Manley today were
‘ii route Io Warm Springs, Ga.., for*
a conference with President Roose
velt, presumably on the administra
tion’s power policy.
Officials at the Power Commission
said the two nun were not. expected
to return to Washington until the
first of next week, and it was pre
sumed that they went to Warm
Springs at the request of the Presi
dent.
Yesterday MctNinch conferred with
Irvin L. Moore, of the Columbia Rail
way and Navigation Company of
South Carolina in regard to the pro
posed .$35,000,000 public development
of the Santee and Cooper rivers in
the State for power, navigation and
flood control.
There was no information at the
Power Commission that McNinch and
Manley had gone to Warm Springs to
discuss this project witn the Presi
dent.
Methodists
Moving for
Unification
N. C. Conference Also
Votes for Restrict
ing Its Presiding
Elders
I
Washington, N. C., Nov. 22.—(API’
The North Carolina conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, today adopted by a vote of
273 to 36 the constitutional amend
ment which would require that a pre
siding elder not be appointed for
more than four years without inter
mittent service as preacher, editor
or other service.
The amendment, a measure of the
entire church, requires a three-fourths
vote of al) the annual conferences. It
will ibe effective next year, if passed.
A fraternal message was received,
from the Methodist Protestant
Church, and the conference adopted
a committee report recommending ac
tion toward a union of the three
Methodist churches.
The inter-denomination committee
is composed of M. T. Plyler, Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South; B. A«
Cull, Methodist Church, and S. W.
Taylor, Methodist Protestant Church*