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ETHIOPIA OUSTS ITALIAN ENVOY,
CHARGES ESPIONAGE WITH RADIO;
ITALIANS CONSOLIDATE POSITION
Representative
in Rome Is
Recalled.
STUDY BRITISH
SANCTION LEAD
Members of League
Plan to Offer
Mandate.
BULLETIN.
LONDON. October 3 <£*).—Sir
Philip CunlifTe-Lister, British min
ister for air, today called on Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin as re
ports were circulated that Great
Britain was embarking large ship
ments of airplanes at Liverpool for
the Mediterranean. Authoritative
quarters were unable to confirm the
reports of the Liverpool shipments.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, October 8.—The Leaguf
of Nations was informed today tha!
the Ethiopian government has askec
the Italian Minister to Addis Ababs
and his entire staff to leave Ethiopie
Immediately.
The request for the Italian envoy’!
withdrawal was announced in a com
munication to the League signed bj
Tecle Hawariate, the Ethiopian dele
gate.
Meanwhile the Addis Ababa corre
spondent of Reuters (British) anc
Havas (French) news agencies re
ported to London that the Ethiopiar
government had ordered its charge
d'affaires in Rome to ask for his pass
ports and leave Italy.
As reason for the ejection of the
Minister was given an alleged misuse
of the Italian Legation's radio station
for “the creation of internal disorders"
In the country to which he is ac
credited.
Decided to Let fcnvoy May.
“Despite the unprecedented aggres
sion on the part of Italy, of which
Ethiopia has been a victim," said
Hawariate's communication, “and the
unjust war which, without any decla
ration or justification, has been im
posed on it. the Ethiopian government
has been resolved to permit the Italian
Minister and his colleagues to remain
In Addis Ababa.
“Whatever might have been the in
convenience of this decision, the
Ethiopian government wished to show
new proof of its loyalty, its sincere
and pacific intention, and its spirit
cf conciliation.
"For this authority, which without
doubt has no precedent in the history
of peoples, one single condition was
made. It was that the Italian Min
ister should not take advantage of
the generous hospitality which had
been accorded him to utilize the radio
apparatus which he possesses to
create internal difficulty for the
Ethiopian government.
Promise Not Fulfilled.
“The Ethiopian government greatly
regrets to report that this promise
has not been fulfilled.
"The Italian Legation in Addis
Ababa is the center of espionage, in
trigue and plots against the public
order of Ethiopia.
"Under these conditions, at a mo
ment when the legitimate defense of
the empire is rendered more difficult
by the attitude of the Italian Min
ister, the Ethiopian government had
the imperious duty to request the
Italian Minister and all his legation
to leave Addis Ababa and Ethiopian
territory at once.
“The Ethiopian government will
take all necessary measures to as
sure that this departure will be un
dertaken under the customary con
ditions of courtesy shewn by a most
civilized state, that the protection of
public authorities will be assured the
Minister of Italy and his personnel on
all Ethiopian territory, and that the
security and official records of the
legation will not be violated.”
Meanwhile a plan to give Great
(See GENEVA, Page 3.)
U. S.-REICH TRADE
PACT RERATIFIED
New Agreement Does Not, How
ever, Include Favored
Nation Clause.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. October 8.—The United
Btates and Germany have reratified
the 1925 treaty of friendship, com
merce and consular rights, the Reich
foreign office announced today.
The new agreement does not how
ever, include article seven, provid
ing for the most favored nation in
respect of custom duties.
The 32 articles of the accord of
friendship and consular rights, ne
gotiated in 1925 and expiring October
13, 1935, define the rights of indi
viduals, corporations and nationals of
both countries to reside and trade in
the other nation on terms obtaining
for nationals, provide for the regula
tion of shipping, establishment of
consulates and form bases for inter
course.
Article seven, the most-favored na
tion clause, was stricken from the
pact at Germany’s request. Conse
quently, neither German goods enter
ing the United States nor American
goods entering Germany will profit
by the special tariff reductions grant
ed other nations—as in the United
States, Belgium, Sweden and Haiti
profit.
As the United States buys less
from Germany than it sells to it, this
.policy was explained in financial cir
flbles to mean that the Reich will conJp
tinue to cut down on her Americans
Importations until a balance is struck.
w ■■■■ - - —— ■■ 1 ' ■ » —■ -— —
11 Duce Girds Italy to Meet
Imminent League Sanctions
• ■■ — "" '
Suffering From Economic Measures
Would Be Less Than League Sup
poses, Official Declares.
(Copyright. 1035. by the Associated Press.)
*1 ROME, October 8.—Premier Musso
; lini girded his nation today against
impending League of Nations sanc
tions.
The defensive sectors of Italy’s mil
lion-man army stepped up prepara
tions to defend the nation's coastal
cities in the event hostilities arose
from League action against the king
dom for its war on Ethiopia.
Informed Italian sources said Mus
solini felt he had the jump on the
world, as far as the effect of economic
sanctions was concerned, and that he
would not be caught napping by any
effort toward application of military
sanctions.
Economists pointed to several spe
cific measures which II Duce put
through during the last year to make
Italy self-supportifig.
To these they added references to
dozens of other achievements by
Italy’s "corporative state,” which they
said made the Italians dependent on
no one for their bread, lighting, trans
portation, water and fuel.
With all these measures in mind,
economists close to the government
felt Italy would suffer much less from
application of economic sanctions than
some League members might suppose.
On the defensive side. Informed
sources said orders were issued to
coastal capitals such as Naples,
Genoa. Bari and others to observe air
(See SANCTIONSrPageX)
l
ILL ASKS ITALY
j GUARD U. S. LIVES
Furnishes Rome Data on
American Buildings in
Addis Ababa.
: By the Associated Press.
Seeking to protect Americans in
Addis Ababa, the United States has
furnished the Italian government
j with data concerning American estab
lishments there in the hope that an
i invading aerial army might not drop
bombs on property protected by the
American flag.
The United States has not spe
cifically requested Italy to refrain
from bombing buildings flying the
American flag, but Secretary Hull told
newsmen the Information had been
j transmitted to Rome.
Flag Display Recommended.
Hull said Cornelius H. Van Engert,
American charge d'affaires, informed
the State Department he had re
quested American institutions in
| Addis Ababa either to fly large Amer
ican flags or paint a large flag on the
roofs of their buildings.
The American Legation, he reported,
! already has taken that precaution,
j Engert explained that the American
; Legation is at the opposite end of
i Addis Ababa from other foreign lega
| tions and without the identifying
markings might not escape a bombard
ment.
American institutions in the Ethl
I opian capital, chiefly missionary schools
1 and hospitals, are easily observed from
maps of the city, Engert reported, and
I their bombing could be avoided,
j Hull said the State Department sent
Engert's information to the American
Embassy In Rome with instructions to
lay it before the Italian foreign office,
with the expressed hope that the in
j formation would be relayed to com
| manding officers of Italian troops in
Africa.
Diplomats Seek Assurances.
Hull also said he received a report
from Engert that the diplomatic and
consular corps at Addis Ababa had
agreed to ask their respective gov
ernments to obtain assurances from
Italy that Addis Ababa and Diredawa
wpuld not be attacked from the air.
The Secretary declined to say
whether the United States would join
other nations in such a request.
Hull disclosed that his action In
presenting the information concern
ing American interests was taken
before Engert joined other consular
representatives In the anti-bombing
plea.
Although the Secretary declined to
say what action he might take with
regard to Engert’s message, other offi
cials expressed hope that precautions
already taken to protect Americans
would be sufficient.
LEADERS DELAY STRIKE
OF HOSIERY WORKERS
Announce Employers in Philadel
phia Plants Have Agreed
to Discuss Terms.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, October 8.—
Leaders of the American Federation of
Hosiery Workers temporarily called
off a strike of finishers in Philadel
phia, scheduled for today, and an
nounced that the majority of employ
ers agreed to discuss terms of settle
ment tomorrow. The announced post
ponement of the strike referred only
to plants in the city.
The walkout, he estimated, wouM
affect between 8,000 and 12,000
workers.
John Edelman, research director of
the federation, said as far as he
knows the postponement order was
not dispatched beyond Philadelphia.
ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
IN PRIZES
# * #
The Auto Show Puz
zle Contest begins
today on page A-2
LAVAL ATTEMPTS
ID j
French Fear Necessity of
Aiding England if
Attacked.
By the associated Press.
PARIS. October 8.—Premier Pierre
Laval was officially dc cribed today as
anxiously seeking to keep Great Brit
ain from ‘‘going the whole way” in
sanctions against Italy.
French sources said official quarters
found themselves "bothered" by the
idea that they would be bound to sup
port Great Britain, if that country, in
the event of carrying out possible
League of Nations' orders for military
sanctions against Italy were attacked.
"We are counting on England's pru
dence,” one official said.
Laval in Co-ordination Body.
The French also took what comfort
they could in Great Britain's apparent
intention to avoid military sanctions
and in what they said is Germany’s
"consternation” at a Franco-British
understanding.
It was announced that Laval will
represent France on the League's Co
ordination Committee, in which rep
resentatives of the Council and As
sembly will consider sanctions against
Italy for its measures in Ethiopia. The
premier, it was said, intended to exert
all possible pressure to keep the
measurft mild.
Informed quarters saw in the Coun
cil's condemnation of Italy as an ag
gressor nation an enhancement of the
League's prestige, but admitted the
League's path was hedged with cer
tain perils.
The French government awaited a
reply from the British foreign secre
tary to the assurance France would
give assistance to England to enforce
sanctions if such aid would be re
turned by the British.
French Give Assurances.
The French assurance, which fixed
the conditions for assistance if the
British fleet in the Mediterranean is
attacked during the controversy be
tween Italy and Ethiopia, was deliv
ered yesterday.
The influential Petit Parisien said
the League Council, although now
passing to the question of sanctions,
"doesn't lose sight of its supreme
duty of conciliation, and while can
nons boom around Aduwa it will
strive tirelessly to end hostilities.”
The day’s developments marked a
great turning point in the history of
the League, observed Pertinax, noted
French commentator, "made possible
by the resolute policy followed up by
the present London government.
From today the British fleet in the
Mediterranean In a way bears the
seal of Geneva.”
MISSIONARIES PREPARE
FOR FLIGHT FROM REDS
28 Face Perilous 600-Mile Yel
low River Trip to Harbor
of Safety.
By the Associated Press.
PEIPING, October 8. — Twenty
eight missionaries, including 14
Americans, tomorrow are to begin a
hazardous 600-mile Yellow River flight
from Chinese Communists.
The American Embassy here was
advised the missionaries’ flight had
been precipitated as the Communists
began to move nearer to Lanchow in
Kansu Province from Szechuan.
The evacuating Christians are to
travel on rafts made of inflated goat
skins and face the dangers of bandit
attacks and a river freeze-up. They
are heading for Paotow, a railhead,
where they will board a train for
Peiping.
The Chinese government has noti
fied authorities along the tortuous
river route to afford every protection
to the fleeing group, which includes
some women and children.
POSSE KILLS MAN
Another Suspected of Wounding
Policeman la Shot
EDMONTON, Alberta, October 8
(A1).—Police officials announced that a
posse had shot and killed a man and
wounded another suspected of criti
cally wounding two Royal Canadian
Mounted Police officers near Canmore,
Alberta. A
The posse still sought andtcer sus
pect
I —————
Warriors Enter
Eritrea, Say
Reports.
MAKALE LIKELY
SCENE OF FIGHT
Natives Declared
Deserting From
Duce’s Force.
BULLETIN.
LONDON. October 8 OP).—The
capture of Edagahamus, 10 miles
beyond Adigrat, by Italian troops,
was reported today by the Ex
change Telegraph correspondent
with the Italian Army in Ethiopia.
By the Associated Press.
Italian troops were “digging in” to
day in their newly won positions in
Northern Ethiopia as Ethiopian war
riors massed nearby to take their
stand against continuance of* the Ital
ian advance into Ethiopian territory.
The northern Italian army consol
idated Its position about Aduwa and
Adigrat, captured Sunday. The sol
diers were held in check as the artil
lery bombarded concentrations of
Ethiopian warriors in the mountains.
In these mountains, to the south,
was a vast force of Ethiopians under
the command of Ras Seyoum, gover
nor of Tigre Province.
Issue Likely at Makale.
As the two forces maneuvered into
position for the first major pitched
battle of the war, observers felt the
Issue might come at Makale. 60 miles
to the south and east of Aduwa.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Addis Ababa said Northern
Ethiopian chieftains were moving
with large forces toward Eritrea and
that one of them had penetrated 50
miles Inside of the border with 15.000
men. This was denied from the Ital
ian headquarters in Eritrea, however.
The Addis Ababa correspondent said
the forces that entered Eritrea were
led by Ras Desta, son-in-law of Em
peror Haile Selassie.
Selassie, who must depend upon
man power to meet the modern forces
of Italy, has some 750.000 troops in
the field or on the march.
Location of Forces.
These are deployed as follows:
About 250,000 in Ogaden Province,
in the desert area along Italian
Somaliland. They will meet the
Italians penetrating Ethiopia from
the south under command of Gen.
Rodolfo Graziani.
About 100,000 in the main defense
position in the heart of the empire
at Dessye, on a high plateau guard
ing the pass through the mountains
to Addis Ababa. Here, the Emperor
will be with his minister of war, Ras j
Mulugueta. Thousands more troops
are converging on this point.
About 350.000 troops in the north,
under the command of Ras Seyoum. 1
To the east of Dessye, along the
eastern frontier are 30.000 nomad
tribesmen.
French Troops Moved in.
Into this area the French moved to
day. Two hundred white French Co
lonial troops were moved into Deri
dawa, Ethiopia—a center on the
French-owned railroad into Addis
Ababa—to protect foreigners and
French interests.
Rome announced the capture of
many prisoners and much war ma
terial.
The day was filled with unverified
rumors and reports from the fronts.
In Addis. Ababa government officials
said natives were deserting in droves
from the Italian Army in the north.
A Reuters (British) dispatch said
the Italians had taken the holy city
of Askum, to the west of Aduwa. An
other Reuters dispatch said the Ital
ians had used gas for the first time
in the operations about Aduwa. An
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Addis Ababa said 15,000 Ethiopians
had penetrated Eritrea. Italian head
quarters denied the report.
From Stockholm came a report the
Ethiopian Army was not as badly
equipped as thought to be. This dis
patch said Ethiopia has a squadron
of 25 new airplanes.
Proclamation Protested.
Amid general approval of the neu
trality proclamations of President
Roosevelt rose one disapproving voice,
that of New York shippers,' who ;
radioed to the President aboard the
cruiser Houston:
. "Your discretionary act in banning
all trade with Italy and Ethiopia a
serious blow to the commerce of this
country and port, and is premature ,
and ill-advised and not furthered our ;
neutral position at this time. Urge |
you rescind same."
The message was sent by W. J. L. ,
Banham, head of the New York Board |
(See WAR, Page 3.) i
HOW LONG
I CAN HOLD
. this pose!/
American University Throws
Weight Behind Safety Drive
Arts Colleges Undergraduates Pledge
Aid as Chancellor and Dean Laud
Traffic Campaign.
American University has thrown i
the weight of its influence behind the
safety campaign of The Star, both ad
ministrative officers and students in
dorsing the movement.
Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor
of the university, the first official to
sign the safe-driving pledge of The
Evening Star Safety Council, highly
commended the efforts now under way
here to make the streets safer for
both motorists and pedestrians alike.
He predicted that faculty members as j
well as students of American Uni
versity would co-operate wholeheart
edly.
The student body of the College of
Liberal Arts formally indorsed the
safety campaign in a resolution adopt
ed by the unanimous vote of the Stu- j
dent Government Association.
Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the
college, approved the movement. “This
effort not only will save human life
and prevent accidents,” he said, "but
It will develop among those who par
ticipate in the movement, a fine spirit
for the promotion of the welfare of
every resident of the city, and visitors
as well. A great many of our students
drive back and forth to classes daily,
and naturally we want them to co
operate.”
Dr. Woods explained that, because
of the large increase in enrollment at
the college, officials had installed a
school “pink slip system” to call at
tention of drivers at the school who
park in the wrong place. There are
ample driveways for all students and
<See SAFETY, Page 4.)
Collections to Be Made
From Returns and Sale
of Stamps.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Enforcement of the taxation pro
visions of the national social security
act will be divided between two units
of the Internal Revenue Bureau, it
tvas learned today, with one of the
taxes to be collected by sale of stamps
ind the other on the basis of form
returns.
Under this plan the Federal old-age
Insurance tax of title 8, bearing on
Both employes and employers, will be I
handled by the Miscellaneous Tax 1
Division. The unemployment compen
sation tax of title 9, to be Imposed on
smployers of eight or more persons,
will be administered by the Income
rax Division.
Regulations for enforcement of
these levies are now being prepared by
;he two divisions, although their ac
reptance must await conferences with
representatives of the Social Security
Board and approval of the general
rounsel's office of the Treasury De
partment. With a leeway of more
than a year before actual collection
Bf any of the taxes is due, the final
orm of these regulations probably will
Bot be made known for several
months. /
Collection Method Optional.
In the case of title 8 and the old-age
nsurance taxes, a stamp tax is now
Being favored by bureau officials with
the Post Office Department likely to
(See'SECURTTY, Page 3.)
PRESIDENT IN SQUALL
Rough Weather Encountered by
Roosevelt on Cruise.
EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT ON THE PACIFIC, Oc
tober 8 OP).—The cruiser Houston,
tarrying President Roosevelt to Cocos
Island for a brief fishing excursion,
iloughed through rough seas today.
Squalls churned the Pacific into a
ieries of rough swells and the Hous
on and Its escort, the Portland, rolled
md pitched.
First Marriage, Voiding Second,
Clears Woman Now Thrice Wed
Three times married, but only once
divorced, Mrs. James C. Cunningham,
809 I street, was cleared of a bigamy
charge today when it was held the
first marriage voided the second, a
circumstance which legalized the
third.
The matrimonial riddle was solved
by Judge Robert E. Mattingly after
Mrs. Cunningham was brought into
Police Court as "Mrs. Bessie C. Ma
son, alias Vivian L. Cunningham.”
It was testified Mrs. Cunningham
married Harry Banner in Tennessee
in 1924. Later she brought a divorce
action against Banner, a
Before the divorce granted,
however, she was alleged to have mar
ried Erwin T. Mason of Washington.
Eventually her divorce suit was
granted.
Testimony showed that later Mrs.
Cunningham left Mason and married
her third husband without divorcing
her second.
In his ruling today. Judge Mattingly
held that the defendant was legally
married to Cunningham because her
second marriage was void, having
taken place before the first was dis
solved.
It was held that, at the time the
woman married Cunningham, she was
legally divorced from Banner and the
marriage to Mason did not count.
The defendant left tl» court as the
legal wife of Cunningham, with whom
she Is now living.
VIOLENCE HALTED
IN MILK SHE
Illinois Farms Accept Truce.
Rails Bombed, Bridges
Fired.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 8 —Milk flowed
freely Into Chicago today for the first
time in the week-long strike as Illinois
farmers voted on Gov. Henry Horner's
plan for a 30-day truce.
In Illinois, sheriffs of six milk-shed
counties reported, strike violence ceased :
suddenly after three attempts—two by '
fire and one by dynamite—to cripple
rail lines carrying milk into the city.
The truce was ignored, however, in
Wisconsin. Roving picket bands
dumped milk from three trucks at
East Delavan, near Elkhorn. and a
farmer was arrested on an assault and
battery charge.
While the farmer-strikers gathered
at county court houses to decide
whether the truce would hold for 30
days or only for the present, repair
crews of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad rebuilt a wooden bridge
trestle destroyed by fire at Gilberts,
111.
The span had been soaked with gas
oline and a torch applied last night.
Another bridge wras set on fire at
Belvidere, 111., but the flames were ex
tinguished by deputy sheriffs. A sec
tion of tracks on the Freeport divi
sion of the road was blasted out five
miles north of Elgin, 111.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
JOIN W. P. A. PICKETS
“ I
Buffalo Relief Workers Demand
f 120 a Month for Worker With
Five Dependents.
By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y., October 8 —Wom
en and children joined the picket
lines of Buffalo’s striking relief work
ers today as relief authorities con
tinued to "outwait them.”
The strike,protesting a $55-a-month
W. P. A. wage scale, entered its fourth
day still free of violence. The men
demand $120 a month for families of
five dependents.
William F. Sidman, chairman of
the Strike Committee, said no striker
had returned to work and that the
men were determined to fight for the
higher wage.
Thomas Dixon of Chicago, a mem
ber of the Workers’ Alliance of
America, here to assist in conducting
the strike, told a mass meeting last
night “relief workers throughout the
United States are sick and tired of
their miserable existence.”
Disabled Liner in Port.
LONDON, October 8 </P).—'The Nor
wegian liner Askild, which was In dis
tress late last week in the Atlantic, ar
rived under tow today at Swansea,
South Wales.
Earl of Morton, 90, Die*.
ARDGOUR, Scotland, October 8 HP).
—The Earl of Mo^on, 90, representa
tive peer for Scotland since 1886, died
today.
$3,500,000 Housing Project
Announced for Wisconsin
^.ve, and District Line.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Staff Correspondent ol The Ltar.
BETHESDA. Md., October 8.—A
$3,500,000 community housing project
is being planned for development at
Wisconsin avenue and the District of
Columbia line and the proposal has
been tentatively approved by the
Federal Housing Administration, it
was learned today.
The project would cover the 60-acre
tract located on the northwest corner
of the boundary intersection and
would provide for 300 homes at the
outset with this number to be ulti
mately increased to 500. Stores con
forming to the houses in appearance
would be built along Wisconsin ave
nue for the convenience of the resi
dents.
Application for Zoning Change.
An application for the change in
zoning necessary before the project
can be carried out has been filed with
the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and a hear
ing on the petition has been set by
the Board of Montgomery County
Commissioners for October 21 in the
County Building here.
The land, which is owned by Donald
Woodward and Mrs. Benjamin W.
Parker, is located between Wisconsin
avenue and River road. Western ave
nue and Willard avenue, in Friend
ship Heights. It is zoned class “A"
residential at the present time and
(See HOMES, Page 5.j
— "■ m
U. S. CALLS LONG’S
AIDE ON TAX CHARGE
Abe L. Shushan, Friend of Late
Senator, Placed on Trial
in New Orleans.
By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, October 8—The
Government called to trial today a
second high political associate of the
late Senator Huey P. Long on charges
of attempting to defeat and evade
income tax payments.
The defendant, Abe L. Shushan,
president of the Orleans Levee Board
and head of a wholesale mercantile
business here, is charged with at
tempting to defeat and evade pay
ment of $53,919.34 of income tax for
the years 1929 to 1932.
The Government convicted State
Representative Joseph Fisher of Jef
ferson Parish. He is serving an 18
month sentence in the Atlanta Peni
tentiary.
.Tie Government indicated it had
not completed its income tax action
in Louisiana when Joseph Haspel,
New Orleans business man and manu
facturer, was indicted yesterday for
alleged failure to pay a tax of about
*3.000 for the years 1929 to 1932.
inclusive, on an unreported income
of about $30,000.
NEW PLANES REPORTED
Selassie Said to Have 25 New
German Airships.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. October 8
(A»),—A private letter from a military
expert, long a resident of Ethiopia,
declares Emperor Haile Selassie has
25 new German airplanes to send
against the invading Fascist forces.
The planes possibly were delivered
to Ethiopian officials through Egypt,
said the latter, adding:
“Ethiopia is not so badly armed as
reported.”
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CERTAIN mm
IS ASSURED A. F. L.
BY MISSMINS
Labor Secretary Presents
Bright Picture and Sees
Fewer Strikes.
CONFERENCE IS FACING
INDUSTRIAL UNION FIGHT
11 Resolutions Presented Urge
Organizing of Company Work
ers Into One Body,
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. October
Industrial recovery accompanied
by far fewer strikes than have at
tended returning prosperity in years
goi:e by was predicted today by Sec
retary Perkins of the Labor Depart
ment.
Enactment of the Wagner labor
disputes act and the creation cf the
various Government labor boards,
Miss Perkir.s told the American Fed
eration of Labor Convention, mean
not merely that strikes will be fewer
"but that the fundamental causes cf
such disorders may be intelligently
ciagncsed and remedies quickly pro
vided."
Sees Future Benefits.
•'These agencies will gather au
thority as the years go on, and as
the spirit of co-operation between em
ployers and employes continues to
j grow, they become increasing "
aware that it is in their interest and
the interest of the public as well, we
will find the good offices of thes»
| boards being sought more and more
as a voluntary substitute for long and
costly strikes and lockouts." she said.
Miss Perkins congratulated labor for
its "sober recognition” of its "obliga
tions" in view of Federal definition of
its rights.
"Labor is now imposing upon Itself
those rules of discipline and self
government so necessary tor the main
tenance of its improved status in the
community,” she said.
Signs of Recovery.
1 The Labor Department chief found
a number of signs that recovery was
speeding ahead.
"The present acceleration Is Na
tion-wide and industry-wide, and is
marked by the highly significant fact
that the durable-goods industries are
forging to the front,” she said.
1 “These industries, as a rule, are
the first to suffer from a depression
and the last to recover. The latest
reports to the United States Depart
ment of Labor on construction activ
ity, steel production, automobiles, ma
chinery and machine tools, in par
ticular, leaves no doubt that these
j industries, which are so significant in
! the entire picture of any recovery,
have actually made the turn.
Fewer Unemployed.
‘‘There are millions of men and
women out of work still, as all of us
who are here this afternoon realize,
but taking private employment as a
whole it is estimated by Department
of Labor statisticians that more than
4.400.000 workers who were Idle in
March. 1933. at the low point of the
depression have found jobs in private
industry.
"In the same period weekly wage
disbursements in the manufacturing
industries rose from $75,000,000 to
more than $140,000,000.
"Certainly that is heartening end
speaks well for the measures instituted
by the President in an effort to bring
about healthy and substantial re
covery”
Fight on Industrial Union*.
A bitter scrap at the convention on
the industrial union issue was assured
today with introduction of 11 resolu
j tions calling on the federation to
keep craft unions out of the mass
production industries.
Typical was the resolution offeied
by the International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers, which con
cluded:
"That it shall be the policy of the
American Federation of Labor in the
immediate future to supersede the
present form of organization by crafts
j —that is, to organize all workers en
' gaged and affecting one particular in
dustry. regardless of craft affiliation,
into one body, that the full strength
of labor may be thrown in the rapidly
(Set- A. F. OF L., Page 2.)
NEW FRENCH TRADE
TREATY HOPE RISES
I
Reciprocal Pact Likely to Be
Realized by January 1—La
boulaye to Sail.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 8.—Franco-Amer
ican business interest spokesmen said
today they were confident that a
reciprocal trade treaty between the
two countries would be promulgated
by January 1.
Andre de Laboulaye, the French
Ambassador to the United States, pre
pared to depart tomorrow with defi
nite French counter-proposals reached
in conferences with Georges Bonnet,
the minister of finance.
While the results of their confer
ences were not disclosed, business ex
perts said they believed France was
showing a tendency to yield to the
United States’ demands, the chief of
which is a reduction in the general
6 per cent ad valorem tariff on fin
ished products to 2 per cent.
The proposed treaty is looked to as
a means of rehabilitating Franco
American trade, which has reached
the lowest point since 1926.
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RUNCIMAN IN PARLEY
President of British Board of
Trade Sees Baldwin.
LONDON, October 8 </P).—Walter
Runciman, president of the Board of
Trade, conferred with Prime Minister
Stanley Baldifin at 10 Downing itreet
today.