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STRIKERS ORDERED
BY COURT TO QUIT
CHRYSLER PLANTS
Respect for Law and Order
Menaced by Sit-Down,
Judge Rules.
LABOR RELATIONS ACT
NOT INVOLVED, HE SAYS
Gov. Murphy Calls Prosecutors of
Four Counties to Map Peace
Plans in Disputes.
BACKGROUND—
General Motors "sit-down” strike
at beginning of year was first of
series in United States industry.
Many sma.ll companies were hit by
same tactics; some settled, some
still are hold-outs, with strike con
tinuing. To avert threatened walk
out big steel companies granted
raises and shorter hours several
weeks ago.
Last week the United Automobile
Workers of America called strike
which closed Chrysler auto plants,
leaving approximately 60,000 of
Chrysler’s 67,000 employes out of
work. The strike was called when
the company refused to grant the
union exclusive collective bargain
ing privilege.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 15.—Circuit Judge
Allan Campbell today granted an
injunction calling upon sit-down
4 strikers to evacuate the plants of the
Chrysler Corp. in this area, which
they have occupied since last Monday.
Judge Campbell, in his opinion, heid
that even it the Wagner labor rela
tions act “is valid" it “still does not
Rive the defendants (sit-down strikers)
the right to occupy property.”
The scene in the court room was in
marked contrast to that of Saturday
4 when a capacity crowd jammed its
* way into corridors and hearing
chamber while a double line of union
pickets paraded outside. Only a few
spectators were on hand in the court
room today, but outside another large
crowd of union members began as
sembling more than an hour before
the court's decision was expected.
Judge Campbell declared, that “re
spect for law and order and for the
courts is menaced.”
“There must be no compromise,”
he said, “and the writ will issue.”
Outlines Defense Points.
He outlined the points raised by i
the defense in its claim that the i
corporation did not come into court
with “clean hands,” including the
corporation’s refusal to grant ex
clusive bargaining rights to the United
Automobile Workers.
“That fact,” he said, “does not de
prive the plaintiff of the right to the
use of its property,” and “therefore
the corporation does come into court
with clean hands.”
The present case differs from those
cited by the defense, he declared, in
that the present defendants “freely
admit the seizure of property.” There
fore, he said, the citations are not ap
plicable.
Order Returnable Wednesday.
The injunction order was made re
turnable at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The Wayne County sheriff must serve
it on the strike leaders before that
time.
Several hundred union men, massed
in the corridor of the County Build
"tng, accepted the decision quietly.
George S. Wilson, president of the
Dodge local, asked if the sit-down
strikers would obey the evacuation
order, said:
"A vote will be taken on that ques
tion in the Dodge plant tonight.”
He said neither the “board of strat
egy” nor other union officers would
influence the decision of the men.
After Judge Campbell announced
his decision, shop stewards quickly
formed a line around the waiting men
fn the corridor. Some or the stewards
wore blue and gold caps with the
legend, “Dodge Bro6. Flying Squad
ron.”
uaoorers uispersea.
They did not tell the men what the
decision was, but a spokesman called
out:
“Well, boys, it’s all over. You might
as well go to the Dodge local headquar
ters.”
The men dispersed without incident
and within a few minutes the corridors
were cleared.
If the sit-down strikers refused to
evacuate the plants, the corporation
might apply to the courts for writs of
attachment, providing for arrest of
the strikers on charges of contempt.
Strikers who occupied two plants of
the Fisher Body Corp., at Flint, Mich.,
during the General Motors strike re
fused to leave the premises after a
court injunction was read to them,
and writs of attachment were issued.
Service of the writs was withheld, how
ever, pending negotiations which re
(See LABOR, Page A-4.)
SEAMAN IS DETAINED;
DRAWING OF SHIP FOUND
Boston Police Probing Burning of
Freighter Ask Data on De
troit Prisoner.
31 the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 15.—Detroit
police said today Boston police had
requested the fingerprints and a
photograph of a seaman detained
here with a drawing In his possession
resembling the Danish freighter
Zalla, which burned in the Boston
Harbor last Wednesday.
The man was registered as Adrian
L. Duffy, 34, of New York City. When
he was detained Thursday, he said he
was here to visit his brother, manager
of a chain store. He denied knowledge
of the fire which broke out aboard
the Laila while nitrates were being
unloaded.
•* Police said the drawing of a ship
at a wharf was on the letterhead of
a Boston hotel, it bore the date
March 8. Also in his possession were
$160 and literature described by De-1
(jfctive Lieut. Thomas Ferry as radicai.4
Cumberland Wonders Whether
Lash Sentence Will Be Inflicted
' Accused Wife Beater
Takes No Steps to
Avoid Flogging.
by the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md., March 15.—
This city was stirred today by specu
lation as to whether Gilbert Crabtree,
accused wife beater, would take 10
lashes on his back, the first flogging
sentence here in 21 years.
The fact that the county physician
had not been ordered to examine the
prisoner and that Crabtree still has
a week in which to appeal the sen
tence led the citizens to wonder
whether the punishment actually
would be inflicted.
Sheriff George E. Kemp, one-time
coal miner, was ready, however to
lay a whip 10 times across Crabtree’s
back, in accordance with the sentence
Magistrate Paul M. Fletcher imposed.
Only an appeal could stay the
strong arm of the sheriff, who devel
oped whipping technique on mine
mules.
Crabtree, taciturn, 45-year-old W.
P. A. worker, charged with beating
his ill wife, mother of six, had made
no move early today to have the flog
ging and 90-day jail term set aside.
He spent yesterday quietly in jail,
eating well of his three meals and
showing no desire to have a lawyer
appeal the decision.
GILBERT CRABTREE,
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
While the sheriff cast about yes
terday for a suitable whip, the one
having been used at the last flogging
in 1916 having been discarded, a pub
lic welfare official branded the sen
tence as “barbarous.” He declined to
allow use of his name.
D
BY FOUR BUSTS
Mines Exploded Under Be
siegers in University
City Zone.
BACKGROUND—
After four months’ siege, Madrid
still resists steady attack of Gen.
Franco's Spanish insurgent troops.
Stubborn defense of capital has
been chief interruption to string of
rebel victories since revolution
broke out last year.
Meanwhile other European na
tions seek to impose neutrality laws
that will more effectively isolate
warfare in Spain. Loyalists charge
rebel troops reinforced by Italian
and German soldiers, while Russia
and France have aided Socialist
government forces.
by the Associated Fress.
MADRID, March 15. — Four tre
mendous explosions—apparently from
government mines In battle-scarred
University City—rocked Madrid today
as insurgent artillery shells tore great
holes in buildings in the downtown
district.
Meager reports from the Univer
sity city zone where government
militiamen and insurgent troops have
contested for weeks described the
explosive attacks as fresh attempts
to route Gen. Francisco Francos
forces from their barricaded positions.
Just after the explosions, a govern
ment air squadron flew over the area
on an observation flight.
Italian troops reported fighting on
the insurgent side were declared by
the war ministry to have been forced
from strategic positions in the Guad
alajara sector, northeast of Madrid.
Militiamen Advance.
Militiamen pushed forward into
two wooded areas known as "Casa
de Ibarra" and “Hotel de Don Luis”
in bitter fighting, these sources re
ported. The woods are a short dis
tance southeast of Trijueque, 14 miles
north of Guadalajara, and 46 miles
from Madrid.
The government victory in the
woods drew a strong offensive from the
insurgent forces, which attempted a
new advance under the protection of a
fleet of tanks.
Militiamen met the onslaught with
counter-attacks, the war ministry de
clared, and swept the enemy before
their concerted action. Many prisoners
were taken, commanders stated, in
cluding 110 Italians.
Fourteen machine guns, four anti
tank guns and one artillery field piece
were reported captured by the govern
ment.
“Tear Gas” Captured.
The newspaper Castilla Libre also
listed “one truckload of tear gas” in
the captured war materials.
An official account said that the
Italian prisoners, when questioned, said
six Italian divisions, or approximately
(See SPAIN, Page A-2.)
SOLDIER WEARS TOP HAT
Spanish Fascist Also Clad in Tail
Coat.
SEVILLE, Spain, March 15 (JP).—
Insurgent troops reported today dis
covery of the strangest of all the
strange uniforms worn by govern
ment militiamen during the civil war.
An Asturian miner, they reported,
was found on the field of battle near
Oviedo clad in top bat and tail coat.
RAIL HOLDING FIRM
Senate Committee Suggests
U. S. Supervision or
Prohibition.
By the Associated Press
The Senate Railway Finance Com
mittee told Congress today that giant
transportation holding companies
should be Federally supervised or for
bidden altogether.
The committee suggested further
studies, however, before “a clearly de
fined policy” is wTitten into law.
In a preliminary report, the com
mittee outlined the tangled history of
the Nation’s railway empire—the
sprawling 23,000-mile Van Sweringen
system—and asserted the recent auc
tion sale of its controlling securities
may have been illegal.
As Chairman Wheeler laid the re
port on the table, the Senate prepared
to debate a recommendation of its
Audit Committee that an additional
$150,000 be appropriated to finance the
investigation.
Probe Costs $100,01$.
Wheeler’s inquiry already has cost
$100,000, nearly all to unearth the
complex fiscal background of the 249
interlocked Van Sweringen enterprises.
The committee is planning to study
24 other “typical” railway systems.
Further investigation will indicate,
the report said, “whether * * * it is
worth trying to control this type of
organization as the carriers themselves
are controlled, or whether it would
be wiser to forbid them altogether
and have the railroads owned, oper
ated and managed under a simple and
visible corporate structure.”
"The difficulty of Government su
pervision may be so great as to justify
prohibition of holding companies,” the
report continued. “There may be a
point beyond which supervision can
not be effective without inordinate
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FIFTH OFFENSE BRINGS
SENTENCE FOR SPEEDING
Youth, 20, Gets Jail Terms Total
ing 90 Days and Fine of
$100.
John L. Lechllder, jr., 20, had the
distinction' today of being the first
person ever arraigned in Traffic
Court on a fifth offense speeding
charge. It cost him jail sentences
totaling 90 days and a $100 fine.
Lechllder, who lives at 641 Kenyon
street, was arrested for speeding last
June 29, after having paid four fines
for similar offenses during the pre
ceding year. After posting $300 bond,
it is said, he left the city, and a
surety company was forced to forfeit
the money.
Policeman E. G. Comingore, who
made the arrest in June, took Lechlider
into custody again Saturday on a
charge of driving on a revoked per
mit. A lilge charge had been placed
against him on February 16.
Judge John P. McMahon sentenced
Lechlider to pay a fine of $100 or
serve 90 days in Jail on the speeding
charge, sentenced him to 45 days on
each of the two charges of operating
on a revoked license, and took his per
sonal bond on a charge of failing to
turn in his permit.
Illness of Dowager Queen Marie
Declared Not to Be Dangerous
By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 15.
—Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
was reported “seriously but not dan
gerously ill" today as physicians sought
to diagnose the malady which sent
her suddenly to bed Thursday.
Foreign reports that poison was sus
pected could not be confirmed of
ficially.
Royal sources at the palace of the
61-year-old “mother to the Balkans”
predicted a medical bulletin on the na
ture of her illness might be issued
within the next 48 hours. One in
formant described the attack as influ
enza complicated by an intestinal in
flammation.
. Saturday morning her condition was
said to have taken a turn for the
worse and a high fever developed,
"somewhat over 100 degrees,” the
official said.
Two physicians were in constant at
tendance on the dowager Queen,
mother of King Carol II, and a Vienna
specialist on diseases of the alimentary
tract was reported en route to Bucha
rest.
Court circles, while making no ef
fort to minimize the seriousness of the
Queen's illness, said she was not con
sidered in immediate danger of death.
Shortly after the lifting of a strin
gent censorship that had been in
force throughout the night, her con
dition was described reliably as "sta
tionary.”
The fact that Premier George Ta
tarescu left Bucharest for a three
day stay at his country estate was
considered a reassuring sign.
(The Queen dowager’s youngest
daughter, the Archduchess Ileana of
(See MARIK Page A-2^
COURT RESTRAINT
AND AMENDMENT
ASKED BY NORRIS
Senator in 2 Measures for
“Reasonable Degree of
Control.”
JUDGES’ LIFE TENURE
“RELIC OF MONARCHY”
Opponents of Administration
Plan Add Proposals to Many
Under Study.
BACKGROUND—
Democratic Senators opposed to
Roosevelt plan to appoint six new
justices to Supreme Court by act
of Congress unless incumbents over
70 retire, have been seeking satis
factory constitutional amendment
as basis of compromise.
Although President has indicated
he wants no middle course, influ
ential Senators have suggested de
sirability of amendment requiring
more than a majority vote of court
to invalidate national legislation,
combined with a permanent statu
tory increase in size of court.
Bj the Associated Press.
Senator Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska, brought out today drafts
of both a bill and a constitutional
amendment to impose what he terms
“a reasonable degree of control” on
the courts.
While Senate hearings on the
Roosevelt judiciary bill were in recess
until tomorrow, Norris suggested again
that other legislative ‘'remedies” be
attempted first.
His bill would require at least a
two-thirds vote by the Supreme
Court to invalidate a law.
Calling life tenure for judges "a
relic of absolute monarchy,” he sug
gested amending the Constitution to
limit appointments to Federal courts
to nine years. If Senate opinion
should favor a longer or shorter term,
he said, the change would meet no
objection from him.
Opponents of the administration 1
bill allowing enlargement of the
Supreme Court unless older justices
retire quickly added the Norris pro
posals to the many they are studying
as alternatives.
Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, of
Indiana, reported some progress in
the attempt, to agree on one or more
amendments which the Democratic
opposition might support as a body.
Little Time Required.
After conferring with other Demo
cratic opponents in his office, Sena
tor Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana,
disputed assertions by administration
spokesmen that It would take much
time for them to get together on
specific amendments.
“Our crowd could get together on an
amendment like that,” he said, snap
ping his fingers sharply.
“If the President would recommend
any reasonable amendment, Congress
would submit it to the people and
could provide for action by State con
ventions in less time than will be
used In debating this bill of his."
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, an
opponent of the Roosevelt bill, de
clared a “number of people” had told
him supporters of the program had
received more time for radio addresses
than had foes.
He said he was investigating these
statements and an assertion by Sena
tor Wheeler that Wheeler’s address at
Chicago last Wednesday against the
bill was not broadcast to the Western
portion of a Nation-wide hook-up.
Columbia Broadcasting System offi
cials in New York said previous com
mercial commitments prevented inclu
sion of West Coast stations and that
Wheeler had been offered time for
another speech over the entire net
work. The system has presented 17
talks on each side of the Issue, an
official said.
Although no intimations of com
promise have come from leaders of
either side in the dispute, the possi
(See COURT, Page A-27T
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Lindberghs to Nagpur.
CALCUTTA, India, March 15 UP).—
After a two-week stay in Calcutta,
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
left yesterday by train for Nagpur.
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Six Other Florida Students
Hurt in Collision Near
Richmond.
By ihe Associated Press.
RICHMOND, March 15.— Virginia
State police headquarters said two
men were killed, and six others in
jured this afternoon when a pas
senger bus occupied by students from
Rollins College, in Florida, collided
with an automobile on United States
Route No. 1 near here.
The two killed were named as Don
Cheney of Orlando, Fla., and Mal
colai Corliss of East Orange, N. J.
Officers said the injured were Jack
Hagenbach of Newark, N. J.; Don
Cetrolo of Newark. Gene Townsend of
Orlando, George Fuller of Mobile, Ala.;
Oscar Earhorn of New York City and
Prof. Roney of Winter Park, Fla.
Headquarters officers said the bus.
which they understood belonged to
Rollins College, sideswiped an auto
mobile near Stop 23 on the heavily
traveled highway south from Rich
mond to Petersburg.
A motor company at Dutch Gap.
Va., which sent a wrecker to the
scene, said one of the machines
plunged into a telegraph pole and
caught fire.
The six injured were sent to Me
morial Public Hospital here.
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HIT-AND-RUN CAR DRAGS
VICTIM NEARLY A MILE
By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Md.( March 15.—
William T. Johnson. 50, was killed
today by a hit-run auto, which, police
said, dragged his body nearly a mile.
His mangled body, the skin worn
from his back by the dragging, was
found in the middle of the road. One
of his rubber boots was missing.
Sergt. John H. Souers of the Anne
Arundel County police said he found
the boot nearly a mile awray, with a
spot of blood in the snow near it. A
coroner’s jury returned the verdict
that he had been killed by an un
identified motorist.
POPE LAYS PLANS
VATICAN CITY, March 15 OP).—
Pope Pius laid definite plans today
to participate in the celebration of
Easter, despite the slight period of
prostration he suffered yesterday.
Vatican sources said the Pontiff’s
condition was normal today and that
he had recovered quickly from his
feeling of weakness.
The damp and oppressive weather,
informed sources said, was the cause
of the slight attack.
Summary of Today’s Star
Amusements B-28
Comics_B-X6
Editorials_A-18
Financial A-17
Lost & Found A-3
Obituary_A-12
Radio _B-ll
Short Story. _B-8
Society_B-3
Sports_B-3
Woman’s Pg. B-14
FOREIGN.
Madrid rocked as mines explode
under besiegers. Page A-l
Queen Marie’s illness continues seri
ous. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Senate passes resolution asking civil
service data. Page A-l
Committee on Sea Safety disbanded,
Roper discloses. . Page A-l
Amelia Earhart Is poised for take-off
today. Page A-8
Court order sought to enforce Reming
ton-Rand decision. Page A-l
Norris drafts bill to restrict Supreme
Court power. Page A-l
President Roosevelt will inspect Geor
gia projects today. Page A-3
Ban or regulation of rail holding com
panies held need. Page A-l
WASHINGTON AND VICINVX.
3 Killed, 6 hurt in college bus crash
near Richmond. Page A-l
4,000 in rush to file income tax re
turns. Page A-l
One dead, six in hospitals ,Mter two
spectacular fires. Page A-l
Noted artists to judge paintings In
Corcoran show. Page A-S
Canon De Vries of Washington Ca
thedral dies at 71. Page A-C
Final settlement of hotel strike ex
pected tomorrow. Page B-l
Twenty robbery suspects
line-up.
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-10
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Washington Observations. Page A-10
David Lawrence. PageA-ll
Paul Mallon. Page A-ll
Dorothy Thompson. PageA-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-ll
Headline Folk. PageA-ll
SPORTS.
Harris to trim squad of Nats this
week. Page A-14
Boston Bees aspire to first division
berth. Page A-14
Bill Agee wins modified marthon in
snowstorm. Page A-15
Spirit high as school quints basketers
open Star tourney. Page A-15
Schmeling rated uncrowned king of
heavyweights. Page A-16
Ingram faces real fighter in Sub De
Foe. Page A-16
FINANCIAL.
Bonds narrow (table). Page A-17
Western Electric profits
soar. Page A-17
Stocks go down (table). PageA-18
Curb list mixed (tablet PageA-19
Skclly Oil net rises. °age A-19
Steel activity mount*. c’ageA-;;9
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
City News In Brief. Page £-12
Young Washington. Page B-12
Letter-Out. Page B-12
Dorothy Dix. Page B-14
Nature’s Children. PageB-15
Bedtime Story. Page B-1S
Winning Contract. PageB-15
Crossword Puzzle. m Page B-16
Snow Will Fall
Until Tonight,
Forecast Here
l\o Lel-Lp Before To
morrow Is in
Prospect.
With the snow falling steadily here
today, the Weather Buceau held out no
hope of a let-up before tomorrow at
the earliest, forecasting continuance
of the snowfall this afternoon and
probably tonight.
Not since 1924, when the opening
day racing program at the Bowie track
was called off on April 1 due to a
snowstorm, has there been a heavy
snowfall this late in the season. A
fall of 3.3 inches had been reported
this morning.
Today’s weather forecast said the
lowest temperature during the next
24 hours probably would be 30 de
grees. Tuesday’s forecast is for fair
weather, with little change in
temperature. Moderate north to
northwesterly winds will prevail, the
forecast said.
The mercury stood at 31 degrees at
9:45 a.m. today, three above the low
of 28 registered between 2 and 4 a m.
EMPLOYES’ DATA
Passes Hayden Resolution
to Compile Figures in
Civil Service.
The Senate today passed the Hay
den resolution calling on the Civil
Service Commission for figures show
ing the total number of civil service
employes in Washington and the
number from each State.
It calls for a similar report on the
number and apportionment in the
field, outside of Washington.
Senator Hayden, Democrat, of Ari
zona, has not indicated whether he
has in mind the drafting of any legis
lation after he receives the informa
tion .
The preamble of the resolution
called attention to the fact that the
apportionment rule of the existing
civil service law is out of line, seven
States and the District being above
their quotas with the other States
being below their quotas of appoint
ments.
The present apportionment law,
however, does not apply to all Gov
ernment appointments, but only to
the permanent executive departments
in Washington, and even in those de
partments there are exceptions due
to other civil service rules. Neither
does this apply to the thousands of
positions outside of civil service in
emergency agencies. A recent civil
service statement, therefore, showed
only about 39,900 positions under the
apportionment rule, whereas there
are approximately 115,000 classified
and unclassified employes in the Dis
trict.
The resolution does not require
House action, since it calls for data
to be sent to the Senate.
Envoy on Secret Trip.
PARIS, March 15 <JP).—Luis Ara
quistan Y Quevedo, Ambassador to
Prance from the Spanish government,
hastened to Valencia today on an
urgent secret mission.
ROPER ABOLISHES
SEA SAFETY UNIT
Action Follows Resolution
by Accident Prevention
Conference.
Br ihe Associated Press.
Secretary of Commerce Roper dis
closed today that the National Com
mittee on Safety at Sea had been
disbanded.
This action, Roper said, followed a
resolution to that effect by the Na
tional Accident Prevention Confer
ence, an organization formed by the
commerce secretary at President
Roosevelt’s suggestion. The commit
tee was a sub-group of the conference,
an organization devoted to mobilizing
public opinion behind accident pre
vention.
The resolution did not explain why
the conference made that recommen
dation and Roper gave no reason.
Roper said, however, there would be
no let-up in the Government’s safety
program. He was studying a letter
from Howard S. Cullman of New York,
vice chairman of the committee, ask
ing “an official explanation” of the
committee’s discontinuance.
The secretary said that after talking
over the matter with Labert St. Clair,
chairman of the accident prevention
conference, he would make an an
nouncement about the safety at sea
program.
ORDER IS FOUGHT.
Explanation of Conference's More
Asked of Roper.
NEW YORK, March 15 (£>).—Howard
S. Cullman, vice chairman of the
National Committee on Safety at
Sea, last night made public a letter
to Secretary of Commerce Roper, ask
ing an "official explanation” why the
National Accident Prevention Confer
ence adopted a resolution to abolish
the committee.
"It would appear,” the letter said,
"that the Department of Commerce
either feels there is no further need
for the work of the committee, or dis
approves of the manner in. which the
committee has carried out its work.
I am writing you for an official ex
planation.
"The committee was appointed in
December, 1935, at the suggestion of
President Roosevelt, to mobilize pub
lic opinion behind sound remedial
measures for accident prevention. * * *
“Hundreds of inquiries, suggestions
and letters of all kinds were re
ceived, investigated and answered. At
public hearings the committee heard
and recorded the views of shipowners,
seamen, admiralty lawyers and repre
sentatives of the traveling public.
"In April, 1936, the committee is
sued a progress report indicating the
direction which future activities must
take and pointing out the need for
funds if an effective safety campaign
was to be carried on. * • • Many of
the measures recommended by the
committee have since been enacted
into law. The broad safety program
outlined, however, still awaits action.
"What assurance can the Govern
ment give that conditions revealed by
the committee will be remedied? What
of the failure of the Bureau of Nav
igation to make 80 per cent of inspec
tions and re-inspections required by
law? * • ♦ What of the highly un
satisfactory status of maritime la
bor?”
Father Held in Death of Friend
Who “ JFisJietf” to Wed Girl of 9
Br the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 15.—A coroner’s
jury convened today to hear the story
of Andrew Hoagland, 35, held for the
death of his friend, Edward Krafthef
fer, 35, after the latter allegedly ex
pressed a desire to marry Hoagland’s
9-year-old daughter Caroline.
Assistant State’s Attorney Samuel
Pspa.nek said Hoagland, angered by
the proposal, attempted forcibly uo
evict ITraftheffer, a roomer at the
Hoagland home. Ilcagiand, Papanek
said, admitted striking a blow which
knocked KrafthelTer off his feet, his
head hitting against a wall. He was
dead when a physician arrived.
The altercation took place after
Hoagland and his friend had been
drinking together in a tavern. On
their way home, J^ipanek was in
formed, Kraftheffer told of his love
for the child and proposed marriage.
“Why, she’s only a child,” Hoagland
protested. “That’s all right, Andy, I
am serious about it,” be quoted Kraf
theffer.
Hoagland awakened his daughter.
To his Inquiries about Kraftheffer,
the father said the girl replied:
“Why, he kissed me and he used to
take me out and buy ice cream sodas.
He told me he lovea me and called ms
‘Little Flower’."
Hoagland said he put Kraftheffer
out of the house, but the latter re
turned and the altercation took place.
The coroner aald an autopsy would
be performed to determine whether
Kraftheffer died of a heart attack
when the blow was struck or whether
the head injury was the cause of
death.
GREEN ASKS COURT
ENFORCE OH ON
REMINGTON-RAND
Company Faces Loss of
U. S. Order in Labor
Dispute.
RELATIONS BOARD RULE
LAUDED BY A. F. L. HEAD
Federal Agency Assails Policies
of Firm in Ordering 4,000
Workers Rehired.
BACKGROUND—
Widespread operations of Rem
ington Rand were completely tied
up last Spring when refusal of
management to confer with em
ployes on working conditions pre
cipitated long strike in six scat
tered plants. All efforts failed to
bring two sides into conference,
with management resorting to va
rious means of strike-breaking.
As Labor Board conducted ex
haustive hearings into case, La
Follette committee also entered pic
ture during questioning of New York
strike-breakers. The picturesque
“Chowderhead” Cohen told the
committee James H. Rand, jr., had
given a trainload of strike-breakers
a “pep” talk and offered them
individual bonuses for breaking
through picket lines.
By the Associated Press.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, asked
the Labor Relations Board today to
seek immediately a court order en
forcing the board's Remington-Rand
decision.
The board ordered Remington
Rand, Inc., yesterday to take back
4,000 former employes who, the board
said, lost their jobs following a strike
started last May in six of the com
pany’s plants.
The company also was directed to
recognize the Office Equipment Work
ers' Council as sole collective bar
gaining agency for employes in six
plants.
Possible loss of a *57,500 Govern
ment contract also faced the com
pany as a result of the board’s criti
cism of its labor policies in ordering
the re-employment of the workers.
Contract “Reconsideration."
Arthur Altmeyer, chairman of the
Social Security Board, said that board
had instructed that the question of a
contract for photographing forms “be
reconsidered for purposes of determin
ing whether any other course is now
j open to the board."
Green said the Labor Federation
would “utilize all its resources to com
pel Remington-Rand to comply" with
the Labor Board’s decision.
“We regard the decision as a com
plete vindiction of the strike and the
strike policy that the workers have
pursued,” he added.
“The board established complete
justification for the strike.
“We are going to advertise the de
cision throughout the Nation in order
to prevent sales of Remington-Rand
products to the friends of labor."
Green added he meant by this that
the federation would call on city cen
tral bodies and State federations to
try to block the sales of Remington
Rand equipment to State and local
I governments.
Confers With Madden.
After talking with J. Warren Mad
den, chairman of the Labor Relations
Board, about a court enforcement or
der, Green told reporters he was not
at liberty to disclose the board’s plans
in this respect.
The labor leader described as an
“interesting sidelight” that James M.
Rand, jr„ president of the company,
and Charlton Ogburn, A. P. of L.
general counsel, were college room
mates.
Ogburn, he said, "had never been
able to do any more good with Rand
than I was."
Recognition of the union as exclu
sive collective bargaining agency was
the principal issue in the strike.
Corporation to Fight.
A statement issued in New York by
the legal department of Remington
Rand said “in the opinion of the at
torneys” for the company, the deci
sion “cannot be sustained in the Fed
eral courts."
Tlie statement, telegraphed f»om the
company’s legal department in Buffalo
and posted on all bulletin boards in
the company’s plants, said:
“To all employes of Remington
Rand plants:
“The attorneys for Remington
Rand, Inc, are immediately taking
steps to protect the company's 12,000
factory workers from discharge on
account of the National Labor Rela
tions Board decision.
“That decision must be affirmed by
the Federal courts before it can be
binding. In the opinion of the at
torneys, the decision cannot be sus
tained in the Federal courts.
“J. A. W. SIMSON,
“Corporation attorney.”
The Labor Board said the 4,000 for
mer workers had lost their jobs in six
scattered plants at Syracuse, Ilion and
Tona wanda, N. Y.; Middletown, Conn,
and Norwood and Marietta, Ohio.
The board’s decision asserted Rem
ington-Rand had "exhibited a callous,
imperturbable disregard of the rights
of its employes that is medieval in its
(See REMINGTON-RAND, Page A-27)
LABOR RULE PROPOSED
Sir Stafford Cripps Suggests Work
ers Refuse to Make Arms.
LONDON, March IS OP).—A sug
gestion by Sir Stafford Cripps, laber
member of Parliament, that workers
gain control of the nation by refusing
to make armaments was hotly de
bated today in Socialist circles.
"Money cannot make armaments,"
Sir Stafford declared Sunday at a
Socialist meeting in East Leigh.
"The capitalists are in your hands.
Refuse to make armaments and they
are helpless. They would have to
turn the county over to you.”