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Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—Peti
tion filed by 137 railroads in the su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia seeks an injunction to prevent the
railroad pension act, passed in the last
session of congress, going into effect.
A fight by railroads on this law was
anticipated. The injunction would pre
vent the Retirement Board, created
under the law, from collecting assess
ments against the carriers and their
employes.
The railroads, headed by Sidney R.
Prince, counsel for the Southern Rail
way, charged the new law violates
the interstate commerce clause and
fifth amendment of the federal con
stitution by depriving the carriers of
property without due process of law.
They asserted that compliance would
add a cost of $60,000,000 a year to the
railroads, and becoming larger with
each succeeding year.
Says Congress Exceeded Law
Congress is charged with exceeding
its powers in passing the law, and
that it is unreasonable in that it ap-
BLUE EAGLE
Taken From Carolina Hos
iery Mill
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—With
drawal of the right to use or display
the Blue Eagle by the Hatch Hosiery
Co., of Belmont, N. C., has been an
nounced by the NRA. The action
was taken on the recommendation of
the National Labor Relations Board,
and decided upon when the company
failed to ratify an agreement which
had been signed, subject to its ap
proval, by its attorney, Fred M. Mor-
On June 8 the original National
Labor Board found the company had
violated Section 7a of the recovery
act, and ordered the reinstatement of
eight employes who, the board held,
had been discharged for union activi
ties. Subsequently the National
Labor Relations Board concurred in
these findings, and the company was
given until July 31 to furnish satis
factory assurance of restitution and
future compliance.
In conferences that followed, the
deadline was extended to August 9,
and when an official of the company
said he could not confirm the agree
ment in the absence of other firm
members, the Blue Eagle was prompt
ly withdrawn.
The agreement called for the re
instatement of discharged employes,
who alleged that their union activities
led to their dismissals.
BRUTAL POLICE
AROUSE MAYOR
Quick Inquiry Starts Into
Attack of Uniformed Men
on Pickets For Strikers at
Brooklyn Knitting Mill.
New York (ILNS)—Police brutal
ity toward strike pickets in Brooklyn,
and accompanied by the arrest of 38
of them, is under investigation on the
order of Mayor LaGuardia. The in
vestigation follows charges made
against the police by members of the
unions of United Textile Workers, In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
and the Knit Goods Workers.
The strikers were engaged in pick
/eting the Commodore Knitting Mills,
when police appeared on the scene and
are charged with having attacked and
beaten the pickets. Mayor LaGuardia,
after an immediate inquiry of his own,
said:
"I find no justification for any at
tack by the police. There was no vio
Jation of the law, and these people
are entitled to peaceful picketing.
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Railroads Ask Injunction
Against New Pension Law
Carriers File Petition to Have Act to Pension Employes
Held Unconstitutional Resistence to Law Has Been
Expected Brotherhoods i Will Oppose Petition*
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plies to all employers, including "those
not engaged in any commerce, those
engaged exclusively in intrastate
commerce," and those whose work is
not directly related to interstate
commerce.
More than 1,000,000 railroad work
ers would be affected by the law,
which would assess workers 2 per cent
of their pay, and the railroads 4 per
cent of their payrolls, to create a
pension fund.
Federal attorneys, through the So
licitor General's office, will defend the
act and ask for denial of the injunc
tion.
The Association of Railway Labor
Executives, which sponsored the Rail
way pension act, will offer the serv
ices of counsel to assist the govern
ment counsel. The unions are repre
sented by Frank Mulholland, of Cleve
land, considered one of the shrewdest
lawyers in the country and possessed
of a wide labor background. Railway
labor executives are £ottfiden& $he
act will be sustained.
Those responsible for brutality in this
instance will be punished."
All but one of the pickets lacked
funds to post required bail, and were
sent to jail. Later, when called to
testify before the police board of in
quiry ordered by the mayor, they gave
the shield numbers of the police
striking and arresting them.
One 16-year-old boy, who had been
sent by his mother with a message
to his father in the picket line, told
of being struck on the head twice by
a policeman when he asked permis
sion to speak to his father, who was
then under arrest.
The mayor was informed that the
polico definitely took sides against the
strikers, and indulged in unusual bru
tality toward the pickets, several of
whom were women and girls.
SEVEN MILLION
ASK JOBS IN JUNE
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—For the
first time the department of labor this
week has pulled aside the curtain on
the country's unemployment situation,
and reveals that on June 30 a total
of 7,066,000 men and women appli
cants for jobs were listed on the rolls
of the Federal Employment Service.
These figures are more than twice the
estimates of the number of unem
ployed who were believed to be seek
ing work through this service.
Secretary of Labor Perkins, in
making public the figures, pointed out
that they do not give a complete pic
ture of the employment situation for
the reason "that obviously all persons
who are idle and seeking employment
are not registered with the Federal
Employment Service."
Private estimates are that from 40 to
50 per cent of the unemployed are
listed with these service bureaus, and
if these estimates are correct, then
the actual volume of unemployed
throughout the country is 14,000,000
or more. If those who are engaged in
temporary work are taken into con
sideration, the number of unemployed
is obviously greater.
Ziegler Fills Late
George S. Levi's Post
Cincinnati, Ohio (ILNS)—Follow
ing the death of George S. Levi, grand
secretary-treasurer of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, the grand ex
executive council and the board of
trustees appointed Phil E. Ziegler
grand secretary-treasurer. Ziegler
will 3erve until the next convention,
in May, 1935. He will continue as
editor of The Railway Clerk, official
organ of the brotherhood.
Chain and Tables Rented
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VOL. XXXIV. No. 20 HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24,1934
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Atlantic City, N. J.—The executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor, in session here, decided to urge
a widespread CWA program during
the winter months and will seek the
aid of President Roosevelt to obtain
higher wages for all workers em
ployed by private industry to off
set the increased cost of living, Wil
liam Green, president of the A. P. of
L. announced.
Opposes Employer Control of NRA
Mr. Green emphatically declared
that the A. P. of L. would oppose
any effort to reorganize the NRA that
would put the power into the hands
of private industry rather than the
federal government.
Mr. Green said there was no doubt
that there were plans on foot to re
organize the NRA and that for the
protection .of labor the government
must retain administration of the
act.
Living Costs Boosted by Drought
"At the present time, through the
codes, private industry is given wide
authority and power," he declared.
"To add to that would mean that labor
and the consumer would, we fear, be
placed in an indefensible position with
relation to private industry. The
federation will continue to seek rep
resentation on the various code au
thorities."
Mr. Green said the federation
viewed with alarm the probable ef
fects of the drought and the resultant
curtailment of food production. This,
he declared, could result only in a
much higher cost of living during the
winter, making an increased wage
standard necessary. If the cost of
food stuffs and necessities is to in
crease, it is proper and just that
wages should be lifted accordingly,
he added.
"The federation is gravely appre
hensive of the conditions during the
coming winter," Mr. Green said, "and
we will do our best so that the work
ers will not be forced to bear the
entire effect. Labor must unite to lift
wage standards.
Increased ReliefsNeeds
"The Council foresees that the
drought will increase relief needs tre
mendously and at the conclusion of
the session here will call on Pres
ident Roosevelt to urge that the
CWA, on an even greater scale, be
substituted for direct relief. In fixing
the wages for this work the govern
ment must take into account the prob
able changed economic coucliUona and
higher prices."
Avoid Strikes
"We hope to be able to avoid any
strikes and will call for further re
visions in labor sections of the codes
of fair competition, particularly in
the major industries, so that wages
may be increased.
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The federation, Mr. Green con
cluded, also will seek an increased
appropriation for the United States
Department of Labor so that the de
partment can care for the needs of
the 40,000,000 wage earners.
ELKS PLAN
Nation-Wide Drive on Com
munists
Shannon Says Issue is Be
tween the Red Flag and
the Stars and Stripes
Atlantic City, N. J.—Michael F.
Shannon, of Los Angeles, newly elect
ed grand exalted ruler of the Benev
olent and Protective Order of Elks,
declared the organization had started
a nation-wide drive against the spread
of communism.
Mr. Shannon came here for a con
ference with district deputies of sur
rounding states to promote the cam
paign. In an interview he said the
campaign of the 500,000 members of
the Elks in 1,400 principal cities
against communists would include a
drive on radicals.
"Communistic efforts have gone on
until the whole United States is cov
ered with a network of organized
activities," Mr. Shannon declared.
"The menace is great only so long as
the people remain apathetic. The mo
ment they are aroused the menace
will disappear. The time has arrived
in America when the issue is between
the Stars and Stripes and the red flag.
It is time to cease talking our devo
tion to the institutions of the United
States and to act our love of country.
Let the brains of the builders be as
active as the brains of the wreckers."
"ONE BIG UNION"
Seeks to Disrupt P. O. Serv
ice Union
Now Orleans (ILNS)—According
to Charles U. Sentilles, national vice
president of the National Federation
of Post Office Clerks, statements of
the so-called Postal Workers of Amer
ica that they are securing members
from the bona-fide postal unions is
without foundation.
The National Federation of Post
Office Clerks, the Railway Mail As
sociation, the National Association of
Letter Carriers and the National Fed
eration of Rural Letter Carriers are
affiliated with the American Federa
tion of Labor. They maintain offices
in Washington, D. C., in the A. F. of
L. building and co-operate closely in
all matters of mutual interest. The
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ment directing its activities, so far
without success, toward the disrupt
ment of these established unions.
'We have been very fortunate in
the past in the protection and ad
vancement of our interests through
our regular organizations, backed by
the A. F. of L.'' Mr. Sentilles said.
"It is our very strong desire to con
tinue our present organizations in
such affiliation. The statement of the
P. W. A. that they will supercede all
organizations is a weak gesture, with
out any foundation of fact either in
New Orleans or elsewhere."
Woman Says Straw
Boss Struck Her
Kosciusko, Miss. (ILNS)—Melton
Higginbotham, straw boss in the
Aponaug Manufacturing Co. spinning
room, was arrested after Mrs. Mar
garie McBride, age 60 years, accused
him of assaulting and cursing her
after discharging her. Mrs. McBride
a union member, along with many
other union members, was discharged.
She protested against remarks made
to her by Higginbotham, and charged
that he cursed and struck her. Hig
ginbotham is a non-union employe.
The charges were substantiated by
other workers. Mrs. McBride had
been employed at the mill for many
years.
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HARRIMAN CASE
SETTLED BY NRA
Washington, D. C.—(ILNS)—The
Harriman Hosiery Mills of Tennessee
will retain its Blue Eagle under an
agreement that has been reached with
Gen. Johnson, of NRA, but details of
which are not made public. At the
same time, the agreement is declared
to be satisfactory to the representa
tives of organized labor, and a victory
for the mill workers who have been
in^protest for months against the con
ditions imposed upon them, and lead
ing to a strike several months ago.
Settlement was reached in a con*
ference attended by William Green
and other labor spokesmen, and who
in this conference made the Harri
man incident a "test case." Green had
vigorously opposed the recent settle
ment reached with the mill by A. R.
Glancy, an NRA deputy administra
tor, and charged that it was wholly
unfair to the workers.
As a result of the conference it be
came manifest that hereafter the
spokesman of labor will be consulted
by NRA officials in connection with
settlements of this nature, and ap
proval will not be given until they
are in accord with the wishes of the
workers. This new policy was an
nounced as effective immediately after
the conference.
The Harriman plant lost its Blue
Eagle after a dispute with NRA over
failure to comply with a finding of
the National Labor Board. Later,
the plant was shut down, but permit
ted to reopen under the agreement
reached with Glancy.
DISTILLING PLANT
STRIKE SETTLED
Pekiii, 111. (ILNS)—Operations have
been resumed at the American Dis
tilling Co. plant with the end of a
four-day strike. An agreement was
reached at a mediation conference
presided over by State's Attorney Na
than Ellis, of Tazewell county.
Under the agreement, John Booth,
fireman, who was discharged, will
be rehired and the arrangement
which terminated a previous contro
versy at the plant will prevail.
Union men claimed Booth was led
out without cause, and was denied a
hearing of his case before a grievance
committee. Company officials said his
discharge was occasioned by incompe
tence.
The strike flared with violence when
approximately 200 non-union workers
attempted to smash through a picket
line. Nearly a score were injured
with stones and clubs.
FRIENDS" NOTES LEAD
TO BANKRUPTCY PETITION
New Orleans (ILNS)—There is
nothing like having a friend. Oscar
E. Laux, pressman employed by the
New Orleans Item, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy, showing assets of prac
tically nothing, but liabilities of $2,
209.09. The liabilities consist of en
dorsements of notes for friends that
are held by alleged "loan sharks.''
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