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CHILD HEALTH DAY
PLANS DISCUSSED
Dates and Subjects Are
Topics of Organization
Leaders.
Organization heads interested in
promotion of child welfare in the Dis
trict discussed plans for Washington's
Child Health day, scheduled for May
1, at a meeting yesterday.
Dr. Ella Oppenheimer, head of the
Bureau of Maternal and Child Wel
fare of the District Health Depart
ment, was appointed chairman of the
Arrangements Committee and presided
at the meeting, held in the District
Building.
Because May day will fall on Sat
urday. a plan was discussed for hold
ing the school exercises on the follow
ing Monday, with possibly the exten
sion of the child health program until
Mother's day, with a tie-up in health
programs for both mother and child.
The local celebration has been ar
ranged to co-ordinate with the na
tional child health program arranged
by the Children’s Bureau.
The work of Dr. Oppenheimer's com
mittee will consist principally of co
ordinating the activities of the or
ganizations sponsoring health pro
grams on May day. Both the Dis
trict Dental Society and the District
Medical Society have offered their
sendees for the program this year.
Co-operating in the program will be
the District Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations, Maryland-Vir
ginia Milk Producers’ Association,
Council of Social Agencies, Community
Chest, American Red Cross. Medical
and Chirurgical Society, Washington
Heart Association, Social Hygiene So
ciety, Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety, Children’s Hospital, Child Wel
fare Society, American Association of
Hospital Social Workers, Crippled Chil
dren's Society, Boy Scouts, National
Child Research Center, Physical Edu
cation and Health Group of the
Public Schools, Washington Federa
tion of Churches, the Y. W. C. A. and
the U. S. Public Health Service.
Canada
(Continued From First Page.)
to raise wages, but has refused to deal
with U. A. W. as the only agent of its
workers.
Discussing yesterday’s United States
Supreme Court decision in favor of
the Wagner labor relations act,
Thompson said:
"The act provides that where 51
per cent or more of a company's em
ployes are members of a union, that
union shall be the only force doing
the collective bargaining for all em
ployes. The act overrides all agree
ments that the union bargains for
only its members.
Sees Revision Necessary.
•‘That means that the agreement in
the United States between General
Motors Corp. and the United Auto
mobile Workers of America will have
to be revised to include this legal
function of the union, and when it is
revised the agreement will be made
to include General Motors of Canada. ’
Union stewards last night voted
against discussion of wage increases
which Hepburn in Toronto said had
been offered through him to the
Oshawa strikers.
Before this action Thompson had
said: "We will not discuss it because
it hasn't been made to us directly. In
any event, our demands are for a
minimum for all workers of 75 cents
an hour.’’
The organizer asserted the offer
announced by the premier was not the
highest General Motors had told him
(Hepburn) it was prepared to make.
"He might as well come out now
with the ultimate offer instead of
beating around the bush,” Thompson
commented. The premier announced
an offer of a 7-cent-an-hour increase
to workers receiving 55 cents an hour
or less and 5 cents to those receiving
more than 55 cents.
Replies to Hepburn's Charge.
Thompson also replied to Hepburn’s
charge that the Lewis organization’s
objective was to "dip into the pay en
velopes of Canadian workers to fatten
their own purses with dues.”
Tlie organizer said he is being paid
only $6 a day for five days a week and
nas a limited expense allowance.
“I do not mind admitting that I
would sell by bank account to any
body for $15. * * * Homer Martin (U.
A. W. president) draws only $3,000 a
year * * *. It is a known fact that
John L. Lewis who draws $12,000 (as
president of C. L O.) has several times
turned down a job which would give
him $150,000 a year.”
HERSHEY STRIKE ENDED.
HERSHEY, Pa., April 13 OP).—'The
Hershey chocolate strike is ended.
Hundreds of men and women workers
returned today to the ivy-clad, stone
factory. For the first time in 12 days
they were not jeered by pickets.
The Hershey Chocolate Corp. said
that by Monday a normal force would
be on hand.
An agreement was reached last
night, after hours of conversation, by
which the nearly 3,000 employes would
vote whether they want the Loyal
Workers’ Club, or the United Chocolate
Workers, affiliate of the Committee for
Industrial Organization, to act as
their bargaining agency.
Settlement of the strike, which was
climaxed a week ago tomorrow by an
onslaught of farmers and non-strikers
who drove sit-downers from the plant,
was announced by Ralph M. Bashore,
secretary of labor and industry.
Bashore said the election would be
supervised by the National Labor Re
lations Board.
He explained the agreement pro
vided that the strikers would “return
to work immediately.”
President William F. R. Murrie
reiterated today that the strikers
would be returned to work “as rapidly
as production will allow." Some went
back to their posts this morning. Mur
rie expected all to be back by Monday.
Strikers occupied the plant, protest
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Children Stage Cherry Blossom Dance
Little Rita Lou Haun, 1215 Orren street northeast, the “Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms” and
her court are shown before the festival dance in which more than 350 students from the
Wheatley School participated, got underway yesterday at the Tidal Basin.
Several thousand persons witnessed the dancing, which was originally scheduled for last
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ing the company violated a union
agreement guaranteeing seniority
rights. Last Wednesday, non-strikers
and farmers drove sit-downers from
the factory. The farmers were an
gered because closing of the plant cut
off the outlet for their milk supply.
Two groups claimed the right to
be recognized as the bargaining agency
for a majority of employes.
Paul G Smith, attorney for the Loyal
Workers' Club, representing non
strikers, said the club had a member
ship of 1,700 of the more than 2,000
employes of the plant.
Leaders of the United Chocolate
Workers contended the union repre
sented a majority.
Charles Hallman, president of the
Loyal Workers, said the organization
was formed last Tuesday at a meeting
of workers and that he alone was re
sponsible.
"I was motivated," he said, "by a
feeling of loyalty to Mr. Hershey and
the company and by a desire to keep
any outside unions out of the plant."
A company statement said M. S.
j Hershey. founder of the company and
of the community he built in a corn
field near the rural home where he
spent his boyhood, asked permission
to sign the agreement, although not
legally required to do so, “as evidence
of his deep interest in every movement
| that leads to more peaceful relations
between industry and labor."
i ne statement continued:
“We desire to bring about peace and
amity rather than discord in our rela
tions with our employes. We are
happy to say this agreement not only
represents, but frankly expresses the
often-declared policy of our company
in its dealings with its employes.
“But in a larger sense it is in line
with the constructive thought of the
country to meet the needs of this
new day in bringing into closer com
munication with industry those who
labor and toil.”
The agreement, as announced by the
company, reaffirmed a 40-hour, five
day week, continued present rates of
pay and prohibited strikes and lock
outs. It will remain in effect six
months.
The plant resumed operations
Thursday, a day after strikers were
ejected. Non-strikers, described as
“loyal employes” by the company, re
turned to their jobs and Murrie said
most departments were operating
normally. Picket lines formed outside
the building each day.
SHOOTING IS PROBED.
COLUMBUS. Kans., April 13 UP).—
Mine union rivalry in the tri-State
lead and and zinc mining district
which resulted in the shooting of nine
persons Sunday was investigated today
as both factions stood their ground.
Members of the unaffiliated Tri
State Metal. Mine and Smelter Work
ers’ Union returned to their jobs but
their leader, P. W. (Mike) Evans, pre
dicted more strife.
Gunfire burst from an office of the
International Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers—a C. I, O. affiliate—
as members of the Tri-State Union
started a parade at Galena, Kans.,
Sunday. Eight men and a 15-year-old
boy were wounded.
"I don't think the trouble is over,”
said Evans. ‘‘I base my observation
on what the C. I. O has done else
where. As for us, we will not give up
to them.”
Reid Robinson, president of the C.
I. O.-affiliated group, declared his or
ganization had no intention of with
drawing from organization w'ork.
Assistant Attorney General J. S.
Parker wras in the area today to aid in
the investigation.
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BERBERA, British Somaliland,
April 13 (A3).—Reports from the
Ethiopian frontier today said more
than 1,000 men, women and children,
some of them wounded, had fled across
the border from the Italian-conquered
country.
Bid to Address
C. of C. Refused
By Roosevelt
Trade Body Renews
Invitation, but Presi
dent Is Too Busy.
President Roosevelt, who was not
asked to the annual convention of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
last year, has declined a bid to address
this year's gathering.
It was said at the Chamber today
that a personal invitation had been
tendered to the Chief Executive by
Harper L. Sibley, his classmate at
Groton and Harvard, but Mr. Roose
velt said pressure of public business
would preclude his participation in the
program, which is scheduled April
26-29.
In his first year in office Mr. Roose
velt addressed the convention and told
the assembled business men to raise
wages. The next year, when business
was getting a bit critical of New Deal
policies, the President sent a message
to the assembled delegates warning
against “rocking the boat.” The third
year the President declined an invita
tion to the convention and the conven
tion turned thumbs down on the prin
cipal features of the New Deal pro
gram.
Last year no invitation was extended
and for a while it was intended to keep
Government spokesmen off the pro
gram, which was announced as a
"business men’s meeting.” Eventually
Secretary of State Hull and others
took part.
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W. T. ALLEN, SON
OF D. C. MAN, DIES
Retired Advertising Man and
Broker of Rye Was Native
of Tennessee.
Weatherford T. Allen, 44. of Rye,
N. Y., retired advertising man and
broker and son of J Walter Allen,
1518 Webster street, died yesterday in
a sanitarium in Valhalla, N. Y„ it
was learned through the Associated
Press.
The father, employed at the Securi
ties and Exchange Commission, is his.
torian general of the Sons of the
American Revolution and former con
troller of Tennessee. A sister of the
younger Mr. Allen, Mrs. W. A. Dyer,
lives at 1921 Kalorama road.
Mr. Allen was a native of Nashville,
Tenn. Besides his father and sister
there, he leaves another sister, Mrs. O.
A. Burbank, Los Angeles, and three
brothers, J. Walter Allen, Jr., San
Luis Potosi, Mexico: M. P. and S. S.
Allen. New York City.
Funeral services were scheduled to
be held today in Rye. to be followed
by services in Nashville, the family
home.
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FUNERAL IS CONDUCTED
FOR RICHARD F. BOYLE
Former Washington Resident Was
Victim of Automobile
Accident.
Funeral services were held in Phila
delphia today for Richard F. Boyle, 37,
former Washington resident, who died
Friday night in a hospital at Havre de
Grace. Md.. after being injured Thurs
day in an automobile crash near
there.
Mr. Boyle was returning to Phila
delphia from Washington at the time
of the accident. He had been here to
visit his four sisters—Mrs. James G.
Rice. Mrs. Kirk Kibbler, Mrs. Malcolm
Sparrough and Mrs. Paul Frederick.
An employe of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, Mr. Boyle was a native of
this city and resided here until about
seven years ago. He was the son of
the late William F. Boyle and grand
son of former Police Inspector Richard
1 Boyle.
Besides his sisters, he leaves his
wife, Mrs. Carrie Hamilton Boyle; a
son, Richard F. Boyle, jr., and a
daughter, Virginia Boyle of Philadel
phia.
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We're mighty proud of our friends like Jim.
On the extra fare trains you'll find them—the
executive type who want more than average
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They get it at The Stevens—ease and extra
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They tell about unusual services that smooth
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Guffey-Vinson Law Provides
for Bituminous Price
Fixing by U. S.
Providing for Federal price fixing
in the vast soft coal industry, the
revised Gufley-Vinson bill has been
sent to the White House for President
Roosevelt's signature.
Final congressional action on the
measure came yesterday, when the
House agreed to Senate changes in
the legislation. The bill omitted the
labor-regulating provisions of the
original Guffey act, which the Su
preme Court held unconstitutional
last May.
Although the original draft of the
bill was written by counsel for the
United Mine Workers, the only provi
sion directly concerning labor in the
measure, as it was finally enacted,
embodied a declaration that miners
shall have the right to bargain col
lectively and that holders of Govern
ment contracts must respect that
right.
Under the measure, 23 District
price-fixing boards would propose min
imum prices, but a Federal commis
sion would have to fix them rather
than merely review them, as under
the old law.
Like its predecessor, the revised bill
contains an elaborate code of fair
trade practices.
The penalty for operators who vio
late either the code or the regula
tions would be increased from 1314
to 19 per cent of the sale price of
coal at the mine.
A tax of 1 cent per ton would be
levied to produce funds for admin
istration.
Unless President Roosevelt vetoes
the bill, it will become law June 1.
Ford
(Continued From First Page )
were to confer with General Motors
executives on the Canadian strike and
on proposed changes in the terms of
the recent agreement covering United
States plants.
Martin expressed the belief yester
day that the Oshawa strike would be
settled "in a day or two.” Any settle
ment. however, will be effected at
Oshawa, he said, between the General
Motors of Canada and its employes.
Martin and Hugh Thompson, U. A.
W. A. organizer at Oshawa. asserted
recently at Oshawa that strikes might
be called in United States General
Motors plants if the Canadian strike
is not settled shortly, but Martin de
clined to comment on that statement
here.
Martin denied reports that the Na
tional Executive Board of the U. A
W. A. was contemplating disciplinary
action against local leaders and or
ganizers in connection with strikes
that have occurred in General Motors
plants. The reports specifically were
that an investigation of recent strikes
at Flint would be started at a special
board meeting called for Monday.
Martin, however, declared that "we
are ready and willing to shoulder the
responsibility for our own people, but
we cannot shoulder responsibility for
the acts of plant managers who desire
to destroy the union.”
Commenting at length on the Ford
situation. Martin added:
"The (Supreme Court) decision ob
viously will minimize the necessity
for strikes in any plant, since it
eliminates causes of strikes. • • •
"The International Union of United
Automobile Workers is now in a posi
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tion to render service to the worker
without company interference. The
decision of the Supreme Court now
gives the Ford workers the opportunity
to join a union free from intimidation
and coercion by the company spies.
“The international union will begin
immediately a concerted drive among
Ford workers. The Ford employes no
longer need fear to join. Henry Ford
is not bigger than the United State*
Government. The United 8tates
Supreme Court ha* spoken—the U. A.
W. will act. Mr. Ford will recognize
and deal with the U. A. W., even at the
price of changing his mind.’’
Purchase of <\ $5,000,00C turbo
generator for use at the Rouge plant
of the Ford Motor Co. was cited today
by observers as part of Henry Ford’s
announced plan to increase produc
tion.
The generator, ordered personally
by Ford yesterday on his return from
Ways, Ga., will step up the capacity
of the giant Ford powerhouse by 50
per cent, officials said.
Some observers saw the purchase as
part of Ford’s plan to “demonstrate
some real competition in quantity pro
duction with new methods that will
call for more skill, higher wages and
a larger number of employes.”
The generator, one of the largest of
its kind in Industrial America, will
produce 150,000 horsepower.
Barry Farm Citizens.
H. K. Kugel, director of smoke regu
lation in the District, will address the
Barry Farm Citizens’ Association at
its meeting at 8:15 o’clock tonight in
the home of Levi G. Brown. 2846 El
vans road southeast. A short musical
program will be Included.
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Retired Labor Department
Employe Will Be Buried in
New Hampshire.
Leonard E. Tilden, 76, retired em
ploye of the Labor Department, who
died Saturday at his residence, 1313
Fairmont street, will be buried to
morrow in Marlboro, N. H. Funeral
services were held today in Hines fu
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street.
Mr. Tilden. a veteran of 42 years’
service with the Labor Department, at
the time of his retirement in 1931 was
a field agent engaged in collecting sta
tistical data on labor and production.
He was a recognized authority on the
textile industry.
A native of New Hampshire, he was
educated In the schools of that State
and then became a reporter for the
Boston Transcript. He worked on the
newspaper until the 80s, when he came
to Washington as private secretary to
Senator Henry William Blair of New
Hampshire. He continued with Sen
ator Blair until appointed a special
agent in the Labor Department in
1889.
As a schoolboy, Mr. Tilden became
interested in newspapers and for
several years published his own weekly.
In later years he was an active mem
ber of the National Association of
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