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STATE EMERGENCY
Health Conference Urges
Co-ordination in Han
dling Disaster.
Development of a plan for better
eo-ordination among State and local
he.alth agencies and the Red Cross in
preparing for and handling a disaster
was advocated today at the annual
conference of State and Provincial
Health Authorities of North America.
This action was taken after the
conference, meeting at the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service Building, heard a
symposium on flood health problems
by health officers of three States af
fected during the last great flood.
Development of a co-ordinating plan
was advocated by the health officials
and the Committee on Disaster Re
lief.
The conference u^ed, among other
steps, that each State provide a small
emergency fund of $5,000 to $10,000
for emergencies such as disasters, out
breaks of disease, and so forth; or
ganize its personnel for disaster re
lief so it can be thrown into immedi
ate action; have facilities to provide
knowledge of when and where dis
asters are liable to occur, and pro
vide emergency equipment needs such
as immunization equipment, vaccine,
serum and antitoxins. The commit
tee also urged that a manuel of pub
lic health procedure in disaster re
lief be compiled by the Public Health
Service in collaboration w'ith the
States concerned in the January
flood.
Other Problems Discussed.
Other problems to be studied at to
day’s meeting were housing and the
sanitary aspects of interstate trans
portation.
Participating in the discussion of
A report by the conference’s Com
mittee on Disaster Relief were
Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran of the
Public Health Service; Dr. William
De Kleine, medical assistant to the
voce chairman of the American Red
Cross, and Dr. S. H. Osborn, Con
necticut State commissioner of
Health.
The first session yesterday was
marked by announcement of discov
ery of a gonorrhea antitoxin, hailed
by experts as one of the major medi
cal developments of recent times, and
a description of new developments in
treatment of pneumonia.
Dr. Thomas Anwyl-Davies, director
of London’s Whitechapel Clinic and
one of the world's foremost authori
ties on venereal diseases, told the
conference the gonorrhea antitoxin,
produced by injecting a horse with
gonococcus from a human patient, ap
parently has brought about a com
plete cure in approximately 70 per
cent of the cases.
Dr. Rufus Cole of the Rockefeller
Foundation Hospital, speaking on
‘ Possibilities of Pneumonia Control
As Indicated by Present Scientific
Knowedge,” said studies have been
under way looking to use of rabbit
serum instead of horse serum in the
treatment of pneumonia, and that the
rabbit serum has produced “promis
ing results.” indicating its introduc
tion may mark a further step for
ward in the specific treatment of
pneumonia.
Milk Recommendations.
After hearing a report by Dr.
James A. Tobey, director of the
Health Service Department of the
Borden Co., on “Court Decisions on
Milk Since 1934,” the conference
adopted several recommendations
made by the Committee on Milk.
The committee urged that all laws
dealing with milk should incorporate
uniform requirements, and that all
State health departments should
have a comprehensive sanitation pro
gram to provide adequate milk con
trol in all communities.
How the health authorities of Man
itoba handled the infantile paralysis
epidemic there last year was described
by Dr. P. W. Jackson, deputy minister
of health of Manitoba.
Michigan
(Continued Prom First Page.)
Board of Agriculture, with 3,110 pre
cincts giving- James J. Jakway, Dem
ocrat, 340,918; Gilbert L. Daane, Re
publican, 338,881; Mrs. Lavina Mas
eelink. Democrat. 337,732; Mrs. Ma
tilda R. Wilson, Republican, 335,962.
Industrial counties most affected by
sit-down strikes displayed almost
wide latitude in their choice of candi
dates.
Of eight industrial centers, five
went Republican, three Democratic.
Genesee, scene of the first serious
sit-down strike at Flint and sup
porter of the New Deal in recent elec
tions, swung into the Republican
column. Ingham, Kent, Oakland and
Saginaw Counties followed suit.
Wayne County (Detroit) turned in a
three-to-one Democratic majority.
Some political observers had ex
pected the election to provide a test
of public sentiment toward reorgan i
ration of the United States Supreme
Court and conciliatory dealings with
sit-down strikes, issues that have
arisen since the Democratic landslide
of November.
The prevalence of split ballots com
plicated any analysis of the returns
as a referendum on national issues.
The only incontrovertible conclusion
was that there was a reversal of the
trend that gave President Roosevelt a
300,000 majority and other Demo
cratic candidates lesser majorities in
the November election.
Democratic leaders—conceding noth
ing until the count was completed—
blamed rain that fell all day yester
day for their reduced strength.
Tuberculosis Deaths Drop.
The tuberculosis death rate de
creased from 200 per 100.000 persons
in 1900 to 71 per 100,000 persons in
1930.
THE
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Register now for beginners'
classes in
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Wednesday, April 7, 7 P.M.
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Wednesday, April 7, 7:45 P.M.
Registrations open in Day School
Every Monday
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War Hero Belatedly Honored
An award he earned in France 19 years ago was finally pre
sented to Pvt. William M. McSweeney yesterday at the new Post
Office Department Building. In presenting the Silver Service
Cross, the War Department said it testified to "gallantry in ac
tion and especially meritorious service.”
McSweeney won the medal for his part in a daring raid on
a German machine gun nest near Caniigney. Wounded in the
raid, McSweeney, through an error, did not receive his medal at
the regular time. The one he received yesterday is a duplicate.
Fellow toorkers of McSweeney in the H. O. L. C. are shown
with him after the honors yesterday. They are (left to right)
Jeanne Biondi, Margot Miller, McSweeney, Catherine McGill and
Mary Walker. —Star Staff Photo.
Cummings’ Wage Opinion
Attorney General Holds D. C. Minimum Pay Law
Is Now Valid Act and May Be
Administered.
Attorney General Cummings’ opinion
on the present status of District of
Columbia minimum wage law follows:
In answer to your request of April
2, 1937, for my opinion respecting the
present status of the District of Co
lumbia minimum-wage law, in view
of the recent decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of West Coast Hotel
Co. vs. Parrish overruling the case of
Adkins vs. Children's Hospital, 261
U. S. 525, I have the honor to advise
you as follows:
The District of Columbia minimum
wage law was approved and became
effective on September 18, 1918 (c. 174,
40 Stat. 960). The act provided for its
administration by a Minimum Wage
Board to be appointed by the Commis
sioners of the District of Columbia. It
further provided for the organisation
of the board and defined its powers and
duties. The board appointed under the
statute, acting in pursuance thereof,
isued its order prohibiting the employ
ment in the District of Columbia of
women or minor girls in certain in
dustries at less than a prescribed wage
per month. The Children’s Hospital
sought to enjoin the board from en
forcing its order against the hospital.
An injunction Issued was sustained by
the Supreme Court in the case of
Adkins vs. Children's Hospital, decided
April 9, 1923, on the ground that the
statute was unconstitutional. The
effect of this decision was to suspend
the further enforcement of the act.
In the case of West Coast Hotel Co.
vs. Parrish, supra, the Supreme Court
said "Our conclusion is that the case
of Adkins vs. Children’s Hospital,
supra, should be, and it is overruled.”
The decisions are practically in
accord in holding that the courts have
no power to repeal or abolish a statute,
and that notwithstanding a decision
MRS. WISENER HONORED
BY SCHOOL ASSOCIATES
Event Marks Retirement of Sys
tem Employe After Nearly
30 Years’ Service.
Employes of the District schools
yesterday presented Mrs. Ella Wisener,
for nearly 30 years a clerk in the
school system, a token of their esteem
at her home, 1515 Park road. Her
retirement became effective March 31.
In addition to the gift, Mrs. Wise
ner received a book containing the
signatures of friends and also illus
holding it unconstitutional a statute
continues to remain on the statute
books, and that if a statute be declared
unconstitutional and the decision so
declaring it be subsequently overruled
the statute will then be held valid from
the date it became effective. Pierce, et
al vs. Pierce, 46 Ind. 86, 95; McCollum
vs. McConaughy (Sup. Ct. Iowa), 119
N. W. 539, 541; Christopher vs. Mun
gen (Sup. Ct. Florida), 55 So. 273, 280;
Allison vs. Corker, 67 N. J. L. 596, 600;
Boyd vs. Alabama, 94 U. S. 645, 649;
State vs. O’Neil, 147 Iowa 513, 515,
520, 523; "The EfTect of an Unconsti
tutional Statute, by Oliver P. Field, pp.
181, et seq. See also Thomas vs.
Gilbert, 76 Ohio St. 541; Jackson vs.
Harris, 43 Fed. (2d) 513, 516, Haskett,
et al vs. Maxey, et al, 134 Ind. 182, 190;
Center School Township vs. State, 150
Ind. 168, 173; Ray vs. Natural Gas Co.,
138 Pa. St. 576, 590; otorrie vs. Coats,
90 Tex. 28" 291; Hoven vs. McCarthy
Bros. Co., 163 Minn. 339, 341; Allen vs.
Allen. 95 Cal. 184, 199; Crlgler vs.
Shepler, 79 Kan. 834, 840; Adkins vs.
Children’s Hospital, supra 544. 7 R. C.
L„ p. 1010.
It is, therefore, my opinion that the
District of Columbia minimum-wage
law is now a valid act of Congress and
may be administered in accordance ■
with its terms.
BANDITS GET d
Filling Station Manager Is
Robbed of $45—Liquor
Store Loses $90.
A filling station attendant and
three storekeepers were robbed of a
total of more than $200 in hold-up*
last night and early today.
Robbed of $45 by an armed col
ored man, John Lunsford, night man
ager of a filling
station at 2618
Pennsylvania
avenue, fired four
shots at the
bandit as he fled.
Apparently, none
of the bullets
took effect.
Forcing Max
Sherman, pro
prietor of a liquor
store at 700
Fourth street
southwest, h 1 s
son and two cus
tomers into a
rear room, two
Max Sherman.
colored men looted the cash reslgter
of $90 and fled.
Samuel Devenberg, manager of a
similar establishmant at 501 Florida
avenue, was forced by an armed rob
ber to surrender $49. A customer in
the shop was not robbed.
Two colored men, one carrying a
hammer and the other a revolver, rob
bed Charles Gatkin, a grocer of 301
D street southeast, of $23.
Several other robberies also were re
ported.
Labor
(Continued From First Page.)
ics threatened to strike to enforce de
mands for higher wages and shorter
hours. More than half of the Union
Hospital’s personnel, excluding nurses
and doctors, struck at Terre Haute,
Ind., for a closed shop, shorter hours
and more pay.
conference resumed.
Early Settlement Predicted in Chrys
ler Labor Dispute.
tfy the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich., April 6.—Virtual
ly at the end of its quest for a pact
ending the month-long Chrysler au
tomobile strike. Gov. Frank Murphy's
peace conference reconvened today.
Only the final phraseology of a col
lective bargaining formula designed to
compose not only the Chrysler dispute,
but other labor differences in the mo
tor car Industry, remained to be set
tled.
An agreement between Walter P. ;
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Chrysler, chairman of the motor cor
poration's board, and John L. Lewis,
head of the Committee for Industrial
Organization, would open the way for
quick return to work of more than
80,000 workers, nearly 65,000 of them
Chrysler employes.
Lewis Arrives Late,
Gov. Murphy, mediating in the in
dustry’s second major strike of the
year, and Chrysler waited nearly 40
minutes this morning before Lewis,
whose C. I. O. is supporting the au
tomobile workers in their strikes, ar
rived at the executive chambers.
None of the conferees would com
ment on what formula was relied on
to settle the union’s exclusive bar
gaining demands, refusal of which
started the strike March 8.
An Informed source, however, said
the striking United Automobile Work
ers of America had submitted this
proposal: U. A. W. A. recognition for
its members; Chrysler not to sponsor
or support any other union and to
do nothing “detrimental” to the U. A.
W. A.; any dispute on this to be sub
mitted to Chrysler and Lewis for set
tlement; both union and corporation
pledge not to coerce any company em
ployes.
Governor Is Silent.
When the conference between rep
resentatives of the corporation and
the United Automobile Workers of
America in Gov. Murphy’s office ad
journed last night the Governor said
“there is no comment I can make.”
As that session convened there
were reports that it would be ohly "a
matter of hours” before an agreement
would be reached. As usual, neither
Walter P. Chrysler, corporation chair
man, nor John L. Lewis, head ofg the
Committee for Industrial Organiza
tion, which is supporting the strikers,
made any comment.
Without announcement or explana
tion, Chrysler and other company
executives conferred here last night
with the managers of the eight De
troit plants which are closed. The
managers remained in Lansing over
night.
Accord May Come Today.
Prom an authoritative source came
the prediction that an agreement
might be obtained today. This in
formant said that a settlement might
be expected tomorrow at the latest,
if not today.
The same authority said the
Chrysler-U. A. W. A. compact would
be “far more explicit than the Gen
eral Motors plan” and would be drawn
so carefully “that only minor dis
turbances can follow.”
Although there were indications
that the negotiators had reached a
tentative agreement and were dis
cussing the phraseology of the final
draft, Oov. Murphy said “X would
not say that,” when asked if that
were true.
Oov. Murphy has said several times
that he expected the Chrysler settle
ment to serve as a pattern for strikes
In the Hudson Motor Car Co.’s plants
at Detroit and the Reo Motor Car
Co.’s truck factory at Lansing.
His statement yesterday that he ex
pected to call representatives of their
managements and of labor "in' the
next day or two” strengthened the be
lief of observers that a Chrysler set
tlement was near. Ten thousand
Hudson employes and 2,200 Reo work
ers are Idle.
<5,000 Would Return.
Termination of the month-old
Chrysler tie-up would return to work
nearly 65,000 employes of that com
pany and also aproximately 20,000
workers of companies supplying It
with bodies and other parts.
Gov. Murphy said the Hudson and
Reo conferences would not begin until
the present negotiations have ended.
He said the quickly-settled strike in
the Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City
assembly plant had not been discussed
by those conferring with him and
added:
"There Isn't anything to indicate
there 1s going to be other serious
trouble in the automobile industry
than I have been able to find out
about.”
L. L. Oliver, member of the U. A. W.
A. Strike Committee at Kansas City,
said the 2,200 employes returned to
work yesterday and there were no dis
charge slips In their pay envelopes.
The strike was called in protest against
what the union said was the dismissal
of approximately 300 workmen with
out regard for seniority.
Ford officials made no comment on
the situation.
Gov. Murphy, referring to sit-downs
in General Motors plants last week,
said these difficulties did not result
from the March 12 strike settlement
between the corporation and the U. A.
W. A., but were new problems.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr.. General Motors
president, said at Phoenix, Ariz., last
night sit-down strikes “are serious be
cause of the breakdown of law and
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trations of the
various positions ,
she held during
her service.
A p p o inted in
1910, Mrs. Wise
n e r for many
years was a tele
phone operator,
and in 1924 was
attached to the
office of the sec
re t a r y of the
Board of Educa
tion. Later, be- a
cause of her |
knowledge of the
school system,
Mrs. Wisener.
she was made information clerk In a
booth installed at the Franklin Build
ing. The booth was discontinued in
1929, when she was transferred to the
office of First Asst. Supt. J. J. Crane,
where she was employed up to the
time of her retirement.
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order due to the political influence of
labor.”
“Not in the strikes thomselves does
the danger lie,” he said, ‘but in what
they will lead to. We do not need
legislation to cope with them. We
have adequate laws if they are en
forced.”
Sloan said that ‘‘already several
States have proved” that “thinking
people will not countenance such
tactics.”
“The people have got to get out of
thair heads the idea they can work I
less and have more as the result,” he
continued. “The only way to wealth
is through production rather than va
cationing."
At Detroit the Murray Corp. of
America and the union signed an
agreement last night. They opened
negotiations after a short sit-down in
the body manufacturing plant a month
ago.
The agreement granted the U. A.
W. A. collective bargaining powers for
its members and provided there would
be no stoppages of work by the union
without 15 days’ notice.
It also provided for a 40-hour week,
with time and a half for overtime;
seniority in lay-offs and minimum
hourly wages of 75 cents for men and
65 cents for women, with a 5-cent
premium for night work.
Ferryboat Wedding Scene.
A ferry boat was used as a church
for a novel Christian wedding recently
celebrated on the Whangpoo River in
China. The bridegroom was Sun
Shang and the bride Heu Chien. Two
hundred wedding guests witnessed the
ceremony from another boat which
was anchored nearby.
MISSING GIRL LOCATED
Mary Follis Reported on Visit to
Grandparents.
Police were notified today that
Mary Follis, 18, who has been missing
from her home at 6320 Eighth street
for more than a week, has written her
mother here that she is in Dover, N.
H., visiting her grandparents.
The girl left home with only 20
cents in her purse, saying she Was
going downtown to look for a job.
Her mother learned later that she
borrowed money from friends in Alex
andria to pay her fare to New Hamp
shire.
Bullets Kill Two,
OAKLAND, Calif., April 6 Po
lice Inspector J. E. Gennaw reported
today that Prank Anderson, 39, a
member of a pistol team, killed his
father, Herman, 73, and then com
mitted suicide last night after being
reprimanded for indiscriminate target,
practice in the basement.
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