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New York City, (I. L. N. S.).—The
liberals are "all wet" in their attacks
on the National City Bank for its
action in going to the rescue of Wall
Street and the issue is one of vast
concern to wage earners all over the
land. Not only that, but in the back
ground is one of the most gigantic
financial deals ever put over.
Thus runs the opinion of one of the
shrewdest authorities on Wall Street,
who says further that the Federal Re
serve Board's action thus far has
served only to clean out thousands of
small holders of stock, in which num
ber there are many wage earners,
leaving the really big ones with added
profit and nothing to cry over.
Big newspaper financial pages are
not printing the background or the
real meaning of what has been ?oing
on, in the opinion of this authority
who is not connected with any Wall
Stree house or bank.
"What Carter Glass, in his criticism
of Mitchell of the National City Bank
doesn't get—and I assume he is not
playing politics—is that Mitchell did
not move to give the Street money to
play with, but did make it clear that
there was not going to be a money
panic." said this authority. "It is not
conceivable that there could be a
Wall Street panic without hitting
business, industry and employment.
The mere fact that money could be
had on an ascending scale prevented
it going higher and made a panic im
possible. Once the money was in
nobody wanted it. That ia .the way
it usually happens.
"Furthermore, I am one of those
who wonder if the Federal Reserve
Board is charged with the duty of
looking out for American interests or
if it is the financial god-mother of
Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
For nearly two years, when there was
no excuse for it nationally, money was
made artificially cheap by it in order
to assist the flow of gold to Europe
and help out the finances of European
.countries.
"Now it is concerned with (a) pro
tecting Europe's gold and (b) paving
""""the way for this country to absorb a
huge volume of German bonds that
will issue following the settlement of
the reparations question. This settle
ment was agreed upon before Young
and Morgan went to Europe, leaving
it for the parties in interest to claw
the air and go through the motions of
fighting the thing through.
"When it is all over with, i.e., the
clawing of the air, etc., it will be
found that we are to provide a large
part of the money. The first install
ment will be, according to present
plans, $150,000,000.
"Now bonds cannot be sold on a
high money market. Therefore a
gentlemen's agreement exists, under
the terms of which large amounts of
gold have been 'ear marked' for this
account and the plan is to force
Inside Light on Finance!
What Was Back of Reserve Board-National City Clash
and the Big Wall Street Slump and Revival?—Plan
For Reparations Made Before Morgan Sailed.
ALL WOOL
LATEST STYLES
Tailored to Measure
UNION MADE
prices to a level that will make 7 per
cent bonds sold at 95 or thereabouts
attractive.
"No one in the market except the
little fellows and the inexperienced
traders have been hurt very much.
The big fellows have the stuff that
was thrown over last wek at bargain
prices."
CLEANERS
Start War When Prices Are
Cut
Washington.—An insight into the
war between clothes' cleaners, which
is often marked by bombs and de
struction of property, is shown in a
suit filed in this tfity by Hyman
Dinner.
The plaintiff asks $100,000 dam
ages from several wholesale cleaners
who are charged with maintaining a
monopoly. Diener started a small
cleaning establishment two years ago
on $50 borrowed money. He now ha?
19 shops.
"I had no money to buy a plant and
subcontracted my cleaning work, like
all small tailors, to the big cleaning:
firms," said Diener.
"I had figured out that carrying
charge accounts and running a de
livery service cost about 55 cents per
job. So I cut 55 cents ofl" the stand
ard price for" such work.
"Then my business grew and a
committee came to me and told me I
would have to raise my prices, but 1
refused. I lost business right and left.
To add to my troubles the cleaning
company doing my work shrunk the
clothes I sent them. I took the work
to other plants in the city, but they
refused to do it."
CANADIAN WORKERS
NOT TO BE DEPORTED
Deportation proceedings begun by
the labor department against 42
Canadian employes of the Connecti
cut River Development Company, en
gaged in construction near St. Johns
bury, Vt., have been dismissed in the
cases of all but one or two of the
men.
The Canadians were arrested last
fall on complaints to the Montreal
office of the immigration service that
their employment on the Connecticut
river job violated terms of the con
tract labor law. The departmental
findings, approved by Secretary Davis,
indicated no ground for the mainten
ance of charges against some 38 of
the men.
The union label is a two-edged
sword—it cuts the business of the
unfair employer and increases the
strength of his competitor, the fair
employer.
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Washington, D. C., (I. L- N. S.).—
While sporadic strike reports came
today from a half dozen North and
South Carolina textile mill towns,
astounding above everything was the
news that Edward F. McGrady, legis
lative agent of the American Federa
tion of Labor, had been seized by a
mob in Elizabethton, Tenn., driven
from the city and ordered never to
return, on penalty of death. A mob
likewise drove Alferd Hoffman, rep
resentative of the United Textile
Workers, over the state line and failed
to visit similar treatment upon J. B.
Pinex, local A. F. of L. organizer,
only because his sister met the mob
with a rifle.
Immediately President William
Green issued a statement covering
the entire situation, declaring he
would send Mr. McGrady back to
Elizabethton and that he would go
there himself as a challenge, if nec
cessary. President Green wired Gov.
Horton, demanding protection for la
bor's representatives and swift pun
ishment for the "criminals" who per
potrated the worst outrage in recent
labor history- He asked also for a
reply from the governor which would
inform the American people as to the
purpose of the Tennessee executive.
Scene of Recent Strike
Elizabethton was the scene of a
strike of more than 5,000 rayon work-
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"I Will Go There Myself
As Challenge if Needed"
A. F. of L. President Declares
BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 12,1929
Our Little Friends Are Returning
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ers, employed in German owned
factories, ending a week ago with
victory for the workers and with a
union established with fully 2,000
members. Mr. McGrady was ordered
there by President Green to assist in
perfecting this new local union of the
United Textile Workers. Mr.Hoffman
was there on the same peaceful mis
sion. He had served as one of the
leaders and advisers throughout the
strike.
"Authentic information reached
American Federation of Labor head
quarters today," said President
Green's public statement, "that a
committee of alleged 'Southern busi
ness men' of Elizabethton, Tenn., per
petrated an outrage upon representa
tives of the American Federation of
Labor on the night of April 3. This
committee of alleged leading citizens
of Elizabethton, Tenn., entered the
Lynnwood hotel, seized those repre
sentatives of labor, escorted them to
the edge of the city, terrorized and
outraged them and then threatened
them with death if they ever returned.
Told McGrady, "Take a Ride"
Shortly after midnight 25 mem
bers of this so-called reputable 'busi
ness men's committee' entered the
room of Edward F- McGrady, who is
the legislative representative of the
American Federation of Labor at
Washington and told him he had to
'take a ride'. Against his protest
they packed his valise, escorted him to
the entrance of the hotel, placed him
in a taxicab and drove to the edge of
the town. There additional members
of the 'business men's committee'
awaited and they proceeded to make
serious threats against the life of
McGrady if he ever returned to
Klizabethton. They then ordered the
taxi driver to take him to Bristol, Va.
"Another 'business men's commit
tee' composed of at least 20 men ap
proached A. Hoffman, a representative
of the United Textile Workers of
America in the main lobby of the
hotel, shoved a gun in his back, took
him to a back room and then out of
the hotel, blindfolded. He was placed
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a car with four men, carried below
the North Carolina line, escorted by
six
cars, taken out and the blindfold
removed.
Death is Threatened
"The mob then ordered Hoffman out
of the state under the pain of death.
All his papers and personal records
were stolen and he was threatened
with tar and feathers. This 'business
men's committee' was composed of
realty men, police officers and others.
The 'business men's committee'
then returned to Elizabethton and 300
of them went to the home of J. B
Penix. Penix was told that they
wanted to talk to him about the union.
When he opened the door he. was
seized around the neck and dragged
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Treated By Elizabethton, Tenn., "Business" Mob
Green Wires Governor He Will Order McGrady Back
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his sister came to his rescue with a
rifle. There were many shots fired
and the mob in its haste left one auto
which was taken by the sheriff. State
warrants are being issued, it is said,
for several members of the alleged
'business men's committee' whose
names are known. Threats were also
made that the same medicine would
be given L. S. Gurganius, .T. D. White
and F. S. Stubbs.
Mob Wants "No Union"
"All the men attacked were told
that no one would be permitted to
organize the workers in the rayon
mills which are said to be owned by
a German corporation. The underpaid
employes of the mills are anxious to
organize, and at their request sev
eral representatives of labor were
sent to Elizabethton.
"I have appealed to the governor
of Tennessee and other public offi
cials. I have told them that I intend
to send Mr. McGrady back to Eliza
bethton, and if any harm comes to
him the authorities will be held re
sponsible. If necessary I will visit
Elizabethton as a challenge to this
gunmen lawlessness."
In his telegram to Gov. Henry H.
Horton, President Green said: "Mr.
McGrady was on a peaceful mission,
was acting under my official orders
and instruction, and there was no
reason why he should be subjected to
this terrifying experience of danger
and humiliation," and declared Mr.
Hoffman on a similarly orderly mis
sion.
Demands Punishment Now
Continuing his message to the gov
ernor, President Green said:
"In the name of the American Fed
eration of Labor, I protest this out
rage, and I call upon you as the
gov­
ernor of the state of Tennessee to
bring these criminals to justice
and
to extend protection to the lives and
persons of Mr. McGrady and Mr.
Hoffman. I cannot believe that you
will permit such an outrage as this to
which I am referring to go unnoticed
and the perpetrators of it to go un
punished.
"I am planning to instruct Mr.
McGrady to return to Elizabethton
for the purpose of completing the
peaceful mission upon which I sent
him, and 1 ask you to adivse me if
you will guarantee him protection to
his life and person.
"For the information of the mil
lions of working men and women
identified with the American Federa
tion of Labor, and for millions of
others who are loyal friends, I ask
will you exercise all power vested in
you by the state of Tennessee in
bringing the guilty who perpetrated
this outrage upon Mr McGrady and
Mr. Hoffman to account, and will you
guarantee protection to their lives
and persons if they return to Eliza
bethton?"
RAYON STRIKE IS
ENDED
Cleveland.—Four hundred employes
of the Industrial Rayon Corporation,
who have been on strike for the last
week, have returned to work. Settle
ment of the strike was effected today
following a conference between offi
cials of the Arm and a committee of
the strikers.
Philadelphia, Pa., (I. L. N. S.).—
Not satisfied with just sitting idly by
and helplessly watching their meager
resources being consumed while wait
ing for the closed factories to open,
the textile workers of the northeast
section of Philadelphia, once the
greatest center for textile productiv
ity, are planning a conference on
"Textiles as a Community Problem"
for Saturday and Sunday, April 27
and 28, at the Kensington Young
Women's Christian Association. The
conference is sponsored by the United
Textile Workers of America, and is
endorsed by groups interested in the
welfare of the community. The con
ference is arranged by the Labor Col
lege of Philadelphia.
The purpose of the conference is
not only to discuss the factors under
ying the present situation in the tex
tile industry but also to bring to the
attention of the community the relat
ed problems which total and part-time
unemployment develop. Among the
-peakers who will appear on the pro
gram are Gorton James, chief of the
Department of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, United States Department
of Commerce Ethelbert Stewart, com
missioner, U. S. Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics Prof. Broadus Mitchell, Johns
Hnpkin- TTnivrrMty: Prof. Powell
ROCHESTER UNION
Barbers War on Unsanitary
Shops
Rochester,
N. Y.
(I. L. N. S.)—
ourneymen Barbers' Local Union No.
J46 is promoting sanitation and clean
liness in Rochester by a campaign
against barber shops which use dirty
towels and otherwise violate sani
tary laws. Several "cut-rate" non
union barbers have already been ar
rested for using soiled towels and
warrants are out for others.
Patrick H. Reagan, business agent
of the Barbers' Union, is leading the
campaign, in which the police and
sanitary officers are co-operating
Complaints received by the union are
turned over to the commissioner of
public safety, who refers them to
the proper officers for action. Mr.
Reagan says that no complaints have
been made about union shops. He
promises that the campaign will con
tinue until every barber using soiled
tcv. unestei!.
Third
It BE A TS... 4U it Sweeps as it Cleans
You can't
bring your rugs to us
If you could bring your rugs to us, wc could show you
just how much and what kinds of dirt arc in your floor
coverings, and where each kind of dirt lodges.
We could make clear, by scientific comparisons, just
why suction, sweeping and beating are each required
to remove one of the three types of dirt. In other words,
we could show you the science of The Hoover.
We could show you how The Hoover raises the rug
from the floor and beats out the destructive embedded
grit how it sweeps up the clinging litter ana how its
suction carries the beaten-out, swept-up dirt into the
dust bag. But you cannot bring your rugs to us.
So we send our representative to you, in your hom^to
demonstrate on your rugs the exclusive cleaning prin
ciple of The Hoover," Positive Agitation," which enable#
it to remove more dirt per minute than other cleaners.
Our representative comes to you with our endorse
ment. He brings to you information that will save you
time and needless effort and protect your rugs from
destructive wear.
Becausc this information is of the greatest im
portance to you, we hope you will see our repre
sentative and hear what ne has to tell you.
Telephone us for a Hoover demonstra
tion. Three Hoover models, $59.50, $7
and $135. With dusting tools, $72
$87.50 and $150. Floor Polisher,
$7.50. Only $6.25 down. Lib
eral ailowa ice for your old
cleaner. MOOSL TO*
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Philadelphia Textile Unions
To Discuss Trade Depression
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Henninger, University of North Caro
lina Prof. Richard Landsburg, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Rev. Philip
Burkett, St. Joseph's College, Phila
delphia Thomas McMahon, president,
United Textile Workers of America
John Snowden, secretary of the Up
holstery Manufacturers' Association,
and others representing political, pro
fessional and business groups of 0ae
Kensington district.
The conference will open on Satur
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. William
Smith, secretary-treasurer of the
American Federation of Full Fash
ioned Hosiery Workers, wity be chair
man.
Saturday evening there will be a
dinner session following Sunday morn
ing with a presentation of "Specific
Factors Affecting the Textile Indus*
try." The final sesion Sunday after
noon will be given over entirely to
the presentation of the situation ex
isting in the northeast section as it
is affected by the depression in the
textile industry.
It is expected that the forthcom
ing conference may be a sort of
weather vane showing what hope
there may be in the future of arousing
the community as a whole toward
problems which affect all citizens-
Information on the union barbers'
campaign for sanitation was recently
broadcast over radio station WHEC.
RADIO BROADCASTS ON
CHILD WELFARE LAW
Florida parents are to learn over
the radio about the laws by which
that state protects her children. The
University of Florida at Gainesville,
has announced a series of broadcasts
on the laws governing juvenile courts,
child labor and compulsory school
attendance, mothers' pensions. State
care of dependent and delinquent
children and similar subjects. One
broadcast is to be devoted to changes
which have been suggested to im
prove the present laws.
OLD AGE PENSION GAINS
Springfield, 111.—The house of rep
resentatives passed the Soderstrom
old-age pension bill, which is urged
by organized labor. Senate friends
the- Ml! will an r-arlv vote.
HO OVER
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