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SENATORS REPORT'
RETIREMENT PLAN
FOR JUSTICES, 13-5;
AMENDMENTS TAIL
Hearings on Roosevelt’s
Supreme Court Shake-Up
Project Will Be Given
March 9 by Committee.
JURISTS MAY APPEAR,
BUT ASHURST IS SILENT
_ i
President Calls Farm Federation j
Representatives and Secretary |
Wallace to White House Con-1
ference to Discuss Proposed
Shake-Up of Highest Tribunal.
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN*.
Hearings on President Roosevelt’s
court reorganization bill will be begun
by the Senate Judiciary Committee on
March 9, it was announced today after
! the committee had reported favorably
[ the House bill authorizing the volun
tary retirement of Supreme Court jus
tices after they have reached the age
Of 70.
Asked whether the Supreme Court
Justices would be invited to appear be
fore the committee at the hearings on
the President's judiciary program.
Chairman Ashurst replied:
"I have nothing to say on that at
this time,”
Later, however, Ashurst added that
if any of the justices expressed a de
sire to be heard, the committee would
be glad to have them appear.
The House’s voluntary retirement
bill was approved by a vote of 13 to
5, without amendment. The five ;
Senators voting against were Borah, 1
Idaho, Burke, Nebraska; Pittman, I
Nevada; Steiwer, Oregon, and King,
Utah. I
McCarran Secs Passage.
Senator McCarran of Nevada, chair
man of the subcommittee in charge of
the voluntary retirement bill, had re
ported the measure favorably to the
full committee at today’s meeting. He
said later he would prepare the report
for the full committee and submit it
tomorrow if the Senate is in session.
At any rate, he will report it at the
first meeting of the Senate and hopes j
to have it considered this w;eek.
McCarran expressed the opinion the
bill would pass the Senate by a large
Vote.
An amendment offered by Senator j
Borah proposed to strike from the
House bill the provision that Supreme
Court justices who, have retired may 1
later be assigned to service in the
lowen courts was defeated.
Senator Pittman offered an amend
ment which would provide that a |
two-thirds vote of the Supreme Court
could summon retired justices for
active work. Senator Van Nuys. Dem
ocrat, of Indiana, offered a motion to
postpone action on the voluntary re
tirement bill for one week.
All the amendments were defeated.
Proponents to Be Heard First.
Tire Senate committee decided to !
hear first proponents of the Presi- I
dent’s bill, under which it would be i
possible to increase the membership 1
of the Supreme Court by six. Motions
were made in the committee to begin
the hearings on March 15 and on
March 21. These w’ere voted down,
however, and the committee fixed
March 9 for the opening of hearings.
While the Senate committee was
meeting, Mr. Roosevelt was awaiting
at the White House representatives of j
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion to discuss the judiciary bill. Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace was ex
pected to attend this conference also.
The president of the federation, Ed
ward A. O'Neal, headed the delega
tion. They were to meet with the
President at 12:30 p.m. in the Presi
dent’s study.
In addition to O'Neal and Wallace,
the group included J. E. Winslow, |
president of the North Carolina Farm j
Bureau; N. C. Williamson, president
of the Louisiana Cotton Co-operative
Association; R. E. Short, president of
the Arkansas Farm Bureau; Donald
Kirkpatrick, Illinois Agricultural As
sociation; L. C. Trousedale, rice
grower of Houston, Tex.; Ransom
Aldrich, cotton grower of Mississippi; j
Harold Young, cotton grower of j
Arkansas; George T. Chance cotton |
grower of Texas; Ace G. Lucas, presi- j
dent of the Texas Agricultural As- i
sociation, and C. G. Henry of the Tri- j
State Cotton Association of Memphis,!
Tenn.
President Seeks Aid.
The President hopes to align the'
American Farm Bureau Federation
with him in the fight to pass the ju- j
diciary bill. The National Grange
aiready has indicated opposition to
that part of the bill which would au- j
thorize an Increase in the membership j
of the Supreme Court.
Some Senators have expressed the j
opinion that enactment of the volun- I
tary retirement measure, which sup- J
plements the President’s recommenda- i
tions, might result in one or two
withdrawals from the high tribunal
and ease tension over the court issue.
Opponents are seeking to split the
^ (See JUDICIA’RY,Page~A-2.)
LINDBERGHS LEAVE
{Take Oft From Jodphur for Un
announced Destination.
JODPHUR, India, February 22 UP).
—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
took off from Jodphur today at 1:50
p.mt (3:50 a.m. E. S. T.). Their des
tination was not disclosed.
An authoritative source predicted
yesterday the Lindberghs might visit
Delhi to discuss possible establishment
of an airmail line linking India with
other airways already operating In
Europe and Asia.
(Plans for a new airmail system be
tween England and India already have
been completed, to become effective
next October.)
| Capital Pauses to Pay Tribute
To Washington on His Birthday
Part of the crowd that assembled at the Washington Monu
ment today for the Washington birthday anniversary ceremonies,
sponsored by patriotic societies. Flags of the 48 States were
planted around the Monument and a wreath was laid in behalf
| of the patriotic groups^_'—Star Staff Photo.
Roosevelt to Lay Wreath at Mount Ver
non—House and Senate Hear Read
ings of Farewell Address.
The Capital led the Nation today
in observance of George Washington's
205th birthday anniversary, as Gov
ernment offices, banks, schools and
libraries closed for the occasion.
Many downtown stores were open for
business, some planning to close at
1 pm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirtieth
successor of Washington as President
of the United States, was to go to
Mount Vernon at 4 p.m. to lay a
wreath at the tomb of the "Father of
the Country.” He sent another
wreath this morning to Washington
Monument, around which the flags of
48 States fluttered in the breeze.
The Senate and House were to
gather at noon to hear readings of
Washington's farewell address by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and
Representative O'Neill of New Jersey.
Until late this evening patriotic
and military organizations in and
near Washington will take part in
ceremonies planned to do honor to
the general who commanded the Con
tinental forces in the Revolutionary
War. The most elaborate program is
the twenty-third joint celebration of
the Sons of the Revolution. Daughters
of the American Revolution, Sons of
the American Revolution and Chil
dren of the American Revolution,
which opened in Memorial Conti
nental Hall at 10:45 a.m.
R. Walton Moore. Assistant Secre
tary of State, the principal speaker
at the Continental Hall exercises, ap
plied to Washington the words which
Joseph of Exeter wrote of King
Alfred the Great:
‘‘The Old World knows not his peer,
nor will the future show us his equal;
he alone towers over others, better
than the past ones and greater than
those who are to be."
The Marine Band opened the pro
” (See WASHINGTONTPage A-2.)
VON NEURATH MET
Woman Dies as 300,000
Pro-Hitlerites and Foes
Demonstrate.
37 the Associated Press.
VIENNA, February 22.—One woman
died today as 300,000 Austrian Nazis
and members of the Fatherland Front
party held a disorderly demonstration
at the arrival of German Foreign
Minister Baron Konstantin Von
Neurath.
An official reported the woman was
struck over the head during a slight
disorder in front of the Fatherland
Front’s headquarters. An investiga
tion was ordered after preliminary
statements attributed her death to a
heart attack.
Eight thousand policemen were on
duty as numerous organized groups of
semi-disciplined Nazis, lining the
streets along which Von Neurath was
escorted to his hotel by Chancellor
Kurt von Schuschnigg, pointed in a
wild chorus of:
"Heil Hitler!”
Cheers for Schuschnigg mingled
with the Nazi salute, making a bedlam
of the two miles of streets along which
the Nazi minister, believed on an im
portant mission to cement Austro
German friendship, rode with his host.
Despite the police stationed every
30 feet, it seemed for a time the op
posing groups would clash.
Even after the party had passed,
police found it difficult to clear the
streets of the parading groups.
So dense did the press become that
the official party, including German
Envoy Franz von Papen and Austrian
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs
Guido Schmidt, was forced to take to
side streets.
(When Von Neurath left Berlin by
train for Vienna last night, German
newspapers predicted his visit would
bring an end to anti-Nazi attacks in
the Austrian press and clear up prob
lems concerned with the restoration
of the Hapsburg monarchy.)
Habeas Corpus Writ Sought.
WILMINGTON, N. C., February 22
OP).—Inman Clemmons, held In con
nection with the ‘'prank" torch slaying
of Hobson Sellers, young truck driver,
came before Judge J. H. Clement here
today seeking release on a writ of
habeas corpus. He is held for the
grand jury without bail.
Witnesses testified Sellers, feeling ill
after drinking beer at a country party,
went outside to lie down and some one
poured gasoline on him and struck a
match. He died a week later.
won ATMS
BAR ASSOCIATION
Bone Says Lawyers’ Guild
Is Result of National Body’s
Anti-Social Behavior.
Declaring the National Lawyers’
Guild was “bom out of the stupid,
anti-social behavior” of the American
Bar Association, Senator Bone. Dem
ocrat of Washington, today reiterated
his charge that the association has
not fought for the protection of
human rights.
Senator Bone’s statement was in
reply to a defense of the bar associa
tion by its president, F. H. Stinch
fleld of Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, the Lawyers’ Guild,
holding its first national convention
here, today was considering adoption
of a proposed constitution, read to
them by Lee Pressman, general coun
sel for John L. Lewis’ Committee for
Industrial Organization.
The preamble said the guild looks
on the law “as a living and flexible
Instrument which must be adapted
to the needs of the people.”
Vote on Adoption Today.
Frankly organized in opposition to
the bar association, the guild, com
posed of some 600 liberal lawyers, a
majority of whom are in Government
service, probably will vote on adop
tion of the constitution today.
Senator Bone, who first criticized
the bar association Saturday night,
issued the following statement in reply
to Stinchfleid:
"At a dinner of the National Law
yers’ Guild I aaked the hundreds of
lawyers present to name one great
battle for human rights waged by the
American Bar Association. Mr.
Stinchfleid, the honored president of
that organization, attempted an
answer in the press this •wnoming.
I am sure he does not understand the
meaning of the words ‘human rights,'
and certainly he must be ignorant of
the word ‘battle’ when used for other
than private interests.
"Mr. Stinchfleid, after trying to
carry himself on the shoulders of Jef
ferson and Madison, says that his
association has indorsed legal aid so
cieties, written codes of legal ethics
and aided in the writing of books. I
tPant to put an end to this specious
defense by asking one simple ques
tion: What did your organization do,
Mr. Stinchfleid, on the child labor
amendment?’ And don't tell me that
that doesn't concern human rights.
"For fear that Mr. Stinchfleid will
never answer this question, let me say
(See LAWYER*. Page A-2.)
LOYALIST TROOPS
REPORT SUCCESS
IN OVIEDO ATTACK
Fierce Battle Nets Foothold
in City Held by Insur
gent Forces.
REBELS START DRIVE
TO CUT MADRID ROADS
Claim Capture of 4t/2-Mile Stretch
on Highway Leading to
Valencia.
BACKGROUND
After three and one-half months
of siege, Spanish insurgents, fail
ing to capture Madrid, have turned
their strategy to attempts to iso
late the capital by cutting off the
highways linking it with the rest
of the country. An intensive at
tack on the Valencia road, impor
tant costal link, was started 12
days ago.
By the Associated Press.
Spain's civil war raged today from
Oviedo, near the Bay of Biscay, where
government troops launched an of
fensive, to Aragon, where insurgents
started a wedge to drive a line to the
Mediterranean between Valencia and
Barcelona.
On the hard-fought Jarama River
front southeast of Madrid, insurgents
reported capture of four and a half
miles of the road to Valencia, and
said the government-held Guadalajara j
highway was under heavy fire. Sever
ance of that road would leave Madrid
without a trunk highway exit.
In renewed fighting at Oviedo, the
government reported dynamite-hurl
ing Asturian miners aided in an attack
that netted a foothold in the in
surgent-held city, scene of bitter
battles last November.
Rebel Drive Repulsed.
An Insurgent drive in Aragon in an
attempt to reach the Mediterranean
was reported repulsed by Madrid with
1,000 insurgents slain. Madrid re
ports also disputed insurgent claims
to capture of the Valencia highway
link.
The Aragon battles indicated insur
gents apparently were in a three
comered movement to cut off Madrid
from Valencia and Barcelona, and
leave it virtually isolated in terri
tory now held by Gen. Franco’s armies.
Besides the attack from the soutn
east. Insurgent forces have been con- !
centrated for months to the north
and northwest of the shell-scarred
capital.
10 Killed in Air Raid.
Ten persons were reported killed
In a Sunday air raid by two planes
on insurgent-held Avila. One bomb
fell in k group waiting in line for
food at a poor house.
In London, the International Neu
trality Committee assembled for an
evening meeting to complete its arms
embargo plan.
Russia, in official action at Mos
cow, formally banned volunteers from
going to the Spanish front. A gen
eral ban on volunteers went into ef
fect Saturday midnight.
OVIEDO ATTACK PUSHED.
» .
10,000 Loyalists Seifee Posts Within
“Second Alcazar.”
BAYONNE, Prance, February 22 (/P).
—Ten thousand Spanish government
militiamen of the north threw them
selves against Oviedo, “the second
Alcazar,” today, seizing numerous
posts within the insurgent-held city
itself.
Outlying streets were the scene of
carnage. Fighting, preceded by an
intense artillery. barrage, continued
after an all-night struggle.
Official Basque reports said the in
surgents within the city, who already
have withstood a terrifying three
month siege, even longer than that of
(See 'SPAIN, Page A-2.)
New York Has Quake.
ELMIRA, N. Y., February 22 (A>).—
Slight earth tremors were reported
here last nigW, but there was no
lmown damage
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[LOOK EASY to You,
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CROSSING THE DELAWARE TODAY!
FiSHER WORKMEN
Welder Says He Was Told
by Baltimore Manager of
Impending “Ride.”
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Roy N. Wismer. Fisher Body plant
manager at Baltimore, told him some
of the union men in the plant were
going to be ‘‘taken for a ride,” Michael
Gallo, welder at the plant, testified
before the La Follette Civil Liberties
Committee today.
Wismer made the statement. Gallo
said, during a conference in which he
was demoting Gallo from a post of
foreman of welders on charges that he
was "slipping” and was "somewhat
sympathetic” to the union. The
charges grew out of Gallo's protests
against two orders to speed up pro
duction of his staff of welders.
Gallo said Wismer warned him that
some of the "loyal General Motors
employes” were carrying guns and
that they were very hostile to the
union.
Gallo then told of a threat by Wis
mer to fire all union members among
the welders, adding they would never
get their jobs back and the union
would never "run” him. After this,
Gallo said, he joined the union.
A surd to Turn in names.
Gallo said he was among those
called Into conference by Wismer last
i October. Wismer told the group,
Gallo testified, that production must
be speeded up without increase in em
ployment.
“Was there any mention of labor
organization?” La Follette asked.
“Yes,” Gallo said. “Wismer told us
there had been increasing talk of
union organization. He said the
company would not tolerate it. and
that we were to watch constantly for
] it. We were to turn in the names.
! Wismer said they would be fired, that
there were plenty of men looking for
jobs.”
Gallo said he objected to speeding
up the men after the granting of a
Christmas bonus. Gallo said there
(See LaTFOLLETTE, Page A-2.)
PLAYMATE IS SLAIN
WATERTOWN, N. Y., February 22
! OP).—Police today investigated a 10
year-old boy’s tearful story of how he
shot fatally his 8-year-old playmate
in a game.
Frederick C. Miller, jr., said District
Attorney Carl J. Hynes, admitted he
turned his father’s rifle on Frederick
S. Coburn as the latter hid behind a
bed in the Miller home Saturday
night.
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
Amusements B-14 Radio-A-14
Comics.B-10 Short Story.B-11
Editorial A-8 Society-B-3
Lost & Found A-3 Sports ..A-1Z-13
Obituary ...A-10 Woman's Pg. B-9
FOREIGN.
Loyalist troops report success in at
tack on Oviedd. Page A-l
300,000 in demonstration as Von Neu
rath reaches Vienna. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Jersey authorizes $25,000 for Redwood
slaying probe. Page A-l
Rival campaigns by A. F. L. and C. L
O. seen in oil light. Page A-l
Fanner to be taken to scene of well
murder. Page A-2
Congress speeds pace lest session
drags Into Pall. Page A-6
Dr. Townsend to go on trial here to
morrow. Page A-ll
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Capital leads Nation In observance of
Washington’s birthday. Page A-l
Freakish storm causes dama'.'e in
Maryland and Virginia. Par« A-l
Miss du Pont reported “dol.ig very
well” alter operation. Page A-3
F. A. Sebring, veteran Polpe Court
clerk, dies. rage B-l
Death of woman brings 1917 traffic
toll here to 24. #age B-l
Youth Congress winds upflour-day
s—ton her*. > ■*** ®*1
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-8
This and That. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Washington Observations. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Paul Mallon. Page A-9
Dorothy Thompson. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Headline Folk. Page A-9
SPORTS.
Turf world focuses on Santa Anita
race today. Page A-12
Track campaign reaches climax in
A. A. U. games. Page A-12
Max Baer in good voice as Pastor
bout looms. Page A-12
Wood's comeback boosts U. S. Davis
Cup chances. Page A-12
Brilliant feats of youngsters are thrill
ing to Mack. Page A-13
Silas eyeing Furr Aght in Arcelli bout
tonight. Page A-13
Carolina boxers may press Duke and
Maryland. Page A-13
Berth on Ryder golf team urged for
Walter Hagen. PageA-14
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Dorothy Dix. Page B-9
Betsy Caswell. Page B-9
City News in Brief. Page A-ll
Young Washington. Page B-8
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-lt
Nature's Children. Page B-8
Bedtime Story. Page B-8
Letter-Out. Page B-Il
Winning OortiMt . ..Pact 94.
B
Plane Fished Out
Of Atlantic in Net
Hides Its Identity
B» the Associated Press.
CAPE MAY. N. J., ’Y'bruary 22.—
The design of the two-cockpit open
seaplane whose rusted framework
fishermen dragged up 80 fathoms
from the ocean bottom was studied
by Coast Guard officers today.
Stripped of all but the naked iron
work of the fuselage, the ship’s re
mains bore little that would aid in
uncovering the mysterious circum
stances of its final flight and plunge
into the Atlantic.
"We are practically at our wits’
end,” said Lieut. R. L. Burke, com
mandant of the Coast Guard Air Sta
tion, who heads the investigation.
He stated that the plane was defi
nitely not a Sikorsky flying boat, the
type of twin-motored amphibian in
which four .nen were lost March 21,
1929. while en route from Norfolk,
Va„ to Roosevelt Field, New Zork.
The water-eaten skeleton was
caught some 80 miles off the New
Jersey coast yesterday in a net 480
feet below the surface. When a
winch on the fishing boat Irene and
Mabel of Wildwood broke, th^ engine,
gears and front part of the fuselage
frame tumbled back into the water.
Half of the front cockpit, the rear
cockpit and fuselage back to the tail
were hauled up by hand.
The motor could not be recovered,
Burke said, because the fishermen
did not note its exact location, al
though they placed it about 80 miles
south southeast of Five-Fathom
Lightship, anchored 15 miles east of
Cape May.
0000 IS VOTED
FOR KILLING PROBE
Jersey Officials Declare War
on New York Gunmen After
Redwood Slaying.
By the Associated Press.
HACKENSACK, N. J, February
22.—A special appropriation of $25.
000 to be spent “for the detection,
arrest and conviction” of the killers
of R. Norman Redwood, New York
‘'sandhogs” union leader, was au
thorized today as Bergen County
authorities declared war on New York
gunmen accused of being responsible
for the crime.
“The Redwood murder undoubtedly
was of New York origin and was com
mitted by hired New York gunmen,”
declared Prosecutor John J. Breslin,
jr., in a statement in which he an
nounced the special appropriation.
He said New Jersey Supreme Court
Justice Joseph L. Bodine signed an
order authorizing use of $25,000 after
a conference this morning. The
county Board of Freeholders, which
also attended the meeting along with
the two common pleas judges of the
county, consented to the expenditure
of the money, Breslin said.
The money will be used, he ex
plained, to set up a temporary bu
reau of detectives to concentrate on
the Redwood case. He will ask Mayor
Fiorello La Guardia of New York to
assign six trained detectives of the
New York homicide squad to work in
the special bureau, he said, with two
of his detectives and one detective of
Teaneck, where Redwood was slain
FYiday night.
"My facilities here are entirely in
adequate to cope with the organizers
and perpetrators of this outrageous
murder,” Breslin declared.
"Bergen County has a population of
350,000. Most of its residents are
owners of small homes. As long as I
am prosecutor, I am going to do all
in my power to drive New York gun
men out of this county.”
Expressing his confidence that the
special investigation bureau would be
successful in solving the crime, Bres
lin said with emphasis: "No man, re
gardless of his political or social posi
(See SLAYING, Page A-4.)
Boston Lawyer Dies.
BOSTON, February 22 (A>).—George
R. Nutter, former president of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce and of
the Massachusetts Bar Association,
died yesterday at the age of 74.
Nutter, one of Boston’s most widely
known attorneys, was a graduate of
Harvard Law School and at one time
was a law partner of Justice Louis
Brandeis of the United States Supreme
Court.
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COLD TO FOLLOW
Maryland Tobacco Barns
Blown Down — Fairfax
Power Lines Shorted.
Fair and colder weather was in
prospect today, following a freakish
thunderstorm, accompanied by hail,
snow and a high wind last night,
which caused considerable damage in
nearly Maryland and Virginia.
Approximately a dozen tobacco
barns were blown down or shifted
from their foundations in Anne
Arundel County near Annapolis. The
wind, followed by a heavy rain, struck
about midnight. No personal injuries
were reported.
A dozen cars were trapped in 3
feet of water at the R, F. & P- I
Southern Railway underpass on Tele
graph road near Arlington. Va. The
automobiles were towed to safety |
without injury to their occupants.
Power Lines Shorted.
Power lines of the Virginia Public
Service Co. were shorted by the wind,
which attained a peak velocity of 34
miles an hour. A large section of
Fairfax County was in darkness until
the damage could be repaired.
The temperature is expected to drop
to 26 degrees tonight, rising to a
maximum of 45 degrees tomorrow.
The minimum last night was 35 de
grees.
Flood waters of the Northwest
Branch of the Anacostia River rose
8 inches above the Washlngton-Balti
more Boulevard and the Defense
5 Highway early this morning, slowing
up traffic, but doing no material
damage to property.
Cars Kept Moving.
The swollen stream moved across
the highways at the Bladensburg
Peace Cross at 3 a.m. and became
stationary at a depth of 8 inches
over the pavement. No appreciable
rise was noted after 8 a.m.
State police were on duty to keep
cars moving slowly.
A severe electrical storm occurred
at Winchester last night while snow
and hail were faling. The freak
storm followed a day of heavy fog
and drizzling rain. The snow melted
almost as rapidly as it fell. Light
ning and thunder continued at
frequent intervals over an hour. Skies
cleared during the night.
STORM HITS CAROLINAS.
Houses Demolished at Charlotte.
Greensboro and Concord.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. February 22 —
Scattered North Carolina communi
ties began counting the cost today of
a severe storm which swept up from
South Carolina, cut a 3-mile path
through Charlotte, and wrecked homes
in the Concord and Greensboro area.
Many houses were demolished, but
only three serious casualties were re
ported after the storm last night.
J. R. Simmons was badly hurt when
his house at the Charlotte dog pound,
along with all other pound structures,
was blown complete away.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Casstevens were
injured when their store-filling station
near Greensboro was overturned and
burned.
High winds cut an almost straight
path for 3 miles through Charlotte,
dipping to demolish some houses, and
then only ripping projections from
others. Power service in almost a
third of the city was paralyzed, a
city generating truck was required to
light one hospital, and fallen trees and
wires disrupted traffic.
No 5:30 Star
or Night Final
Today
Because of the holiday, there
will be no 5:30 or Night Final
Editions of The Star today.
Subscribers to the Night Final
will receive the Regular
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BYC.I.O.ANDA.F.L
IN OIL PREDICTED
Steel Drive Seen as Unions
Turn to Chrysler Recog
nition Issue.
DEADLOCK CONTINUES
IN WAUKEGAN DISPUTE
Conciliators Fear Impasse May
Last Weeks—No Further At
tempt Made to Oust Strikers.
BACKGROUND—
Sit-down strike was introduced
into America on big scale in Gen
eral Motors - United Automobile
Workers of America dispute in Jan
uary. Temporary truce was signed
this month. and parleys are being
held on permanent peace. Repre
senting U. A. W. was John L.
Lewis’ Committee for Industrial
Organization. This committee is
the result of a split in the ranks
of the American Federation of
Labor over the craft vs. industry
organization issue.
After General Motors peace was
effected, other labor groups have
resorted to sit-downs in many parts
of country.
By the Associated Press..
The avowed intention of the United
Automobile Workers of America to
become sole bargaining agency for
Chrysler Corp. employes shared at
tention today with announcements of
impending drives to unionize the steel
and oil industries.
An organizational director of the
U. A. W. A., a unit of the Committee
for Industrial Organization, an
nounced at a union mass meeting in
Detroit last night the group would
make overtures to Chrysler officials
this week.
John Brophy. executive director of
the C. I. O., said its 280 steel union
lodges wduld soon discuss demands on
officials of the steel industry.
A campaign to organize the oil
fields, said Harvey C. Fremming, presi
dent of the International Association
of Oil Field. Gas Well and Refinery
Workers, will begin at Houston, Tex.,
about April 1 with C. I. O. support.
There were reports that the C. I. O.'a
rival, the American Federation of
Labor, also would campaign to union
ize the oil industry.
Stalemate Persists.
The stalemate between some 80 sit
down strikes and officials of the Fan
steel Metallurgical Corp.. in North
Chicago, 111, persisted. The factory
management said it would not nego*
| tiate with C. L O. organizers. The
strikers said they would not deal
: without them.
C. I. O. representatives in Newark,
j N. J., said they had made headway in
New Jersey despite Gov. Harold G.
| Hoffman’s warning he would use every
resource to bar sit-down strikes.
In Detroit President Walter L. Fry
of a seat cover manufacturing con
cern remained in- his office determined
to "sit it out" as long as strikers were
' on a sit-down in his factory.
I In New York pickets employed by
32 wholesale dry goods dealers pro
tested in front of the wholesale dry
goods employes’ union headquarters.
The dealers contended, through their
picket proxies, the union denied them
the right to bargain collectively.
Troops to Be Recalled.
Col. Albert H. Whitcomb, command
ing the National Guard in militia
ruled Anderson. Ind., intimated the
troops would be recalled soon. The
Guardsmen took over the city after
10 persons were shot in a fight be
tween unionists and anti-unionists.
Sit-down strikers, said by strike
leaders to number more than 2,000,
held seven Detroit plants. Some 1,300
women were said to be involved in the
disputes at four cigar plants.
DEADLOCK CONTINUES.
Waukegan Strikers Expect Dispute
May Last Weeks.
WAUKEGAN, 111., February 22.—A
prolonged stalemate between some 80
sit-down strikers and the management
of the Fansteeel Metallurgical Corp.
at North Chicago. 111., was seen today
In their continued refusal to agree
on a basis for negotiations.
Conciliators renewed efforts to ar
range a peace conference but admitted
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POISON TRIAL OPENS
IN DEATH OF THREE
North Carolina Carpenter Is Ac
cused of Killing Two Wives
and Daughter.
By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. N. C., February 22.
—A 39-year-old carpenter. Edgar Le
roy Smoak. whom Solicitor John J.
Burney accused of poisoning his two
wives and young daughter to collect
insurance, was summoned to trial to
day on a first degree murder indlct
mer t.
Burney announced he would seek
to convict Smoak on an Indictment
ch&iging him with the death of the
daughter, 16-year-old Annie Thelma,
who died three months ago, and that
he would not press the other charges
unless the defendant should be as
quitted.
Beyond Smoak’s blanket denial of
the charges from his prison cell,
there was no indication of the line
of his defense.
Confers With Windsor.
VIENNA. February 22 WP).—Sir
Walter Monckton, attorney general for
the Duchy of Cornwall, left Vienna
today In the Duke of Windsor’s plane,
presumably for London. He carried a
briefcase In which, it was reported,
were documents relating to royal fi
nancial provisions for the former King
of England. At Enzesfeld castle, an
Informed person said Sir Walter and
Edward conferred lengthily and with
perfect harmony.
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