Evening star. [volume], June 03, 1937, Page A-8, Image 8

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‘RENT STRIKE’TEST
TO BE MADE TODAY
First Eviction Case Against
Pontiac Auto Workers Will
Be Tried.
JB: the Associated Pre&s.
PONTIAC, Mich., June 3.—The first
eviction ca.se to come to trial since
the United Automobile Workers began
a "rent strike," June 1, brought land
lord and tenant legally to grips today.
The trial was scheduled for 1:30
pm. before Circuit Court Commis
sioner Verne C. Hampton. Odin H.
Johnson, attorney for the U. A. W. A.,
said it would be a jury trial.
The suit was filed May 28. Mrs.
Ada A. Cook seeks to evict Wilber Jen
nings, a factory worker, from a four
room apartment in ^ remodeled dwell- i
ing. Jennings said his rent was in- j
creased recently from $47.66 a month
to $12.50 a week.
Mrs. Cook contends the purpose of
the suit is to remove the tenant, re
gardless of his payment or non-pay
ment of rent. The U. A. W. A., how
ever, regards the trial as a possible test
pf a jury's attitude toward eviction
eases.
The committee directing the first J
Organized campaign for reduced rents j
■continued today its compilation of |
.landlords as "fair” and "unfair” in I
offices it opened yesterday. Charles ■
fcarker, the chairman, said the com
mittee members, who are automobile
factory workers, would devote their
.full time to that task for a week. The
Union is paying them for the time they j
Jose from their regular employment.
Barker said he was confident that
between 12,000 and 15,000 tenants in
the Pontiac area would withhold their
rent unless the amount of their pay
ments were approved by the commit
tee.
Landlords continued to assert that
the general level of rents was below ■
that of 1929 and still too low to offer
3 fair return on investments. One |
builder said the "rent strike” would j
discourage building and aggravate the
housing shortage, which is at the root 1
cl the current protest.
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Planning
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•inters the gigantic Tennessee Valley
project. But Representatives said the
iHouse bill, not immediately available,
would differ from that of the Nebraska
{veteran.
Each authority in the Norris plan
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would consist of a board of three, ap
pointed by the President and subject
to Senate confirmation, at $10,000 sal
aries. In other respects, too, the meas
ure followed the pattern of the T. V. A.
act.
"Each authority.” Norris said in ex
planation of his bill, "is directed to
generate electricity wherever the same
can be done—consistent with the im
provement of navigation and flood
control—to build transmission lines,
to transmit electricity thus produced
and sell the same to States, munici
palities and farm organizations.”
The major departure from the T. V.
A. lav, dealt with injunctions.
"This bill,” said Norris, a critic of
court injunctions against T. V. A.
power activities, "prevents the issu
ance of any injunctions by district
courts enjoining any of the activities
of the different authorities, except
upon the giving of a bond which will
compensate not only the authority, but
also municipalities or farm organiza
tions which may be injured, or de
prived of profits, because of such in
junctions.
Bond to Protect From Toss.
"Every municipality and every farm
organization that would be affected
by any such Injunction is permitted
to intervene and the bond given prior
to the issuance of such injunctions
must be in an amount sufficient to
protect such authority, municipalities,
farm organization, from any damage
by the lass of revenue or otherwise
which may be sustained on account
of such injunctions.”
"The bill is designed to preserve all
the resources of the country,” Norris
continued, “and to conserve the waters j
of our streams so as to harmonize
as nearly as possible navigation and ;
flood control, and to prevent the de
struction of the fertility of the soil
and increase such fertility wherever
possible.”
The proposed Columbia Valley au
thority, in the Norris method, would
take over the Borjneville project within
six months after enactment of the
measure, and the Grand Coulee project
upon its completion.
The President, in the Norris bill. '
would have supervision over all the
authorities to Insure "appropriate
conformity of regional policies and
operations to a national policy.”
To that end, the President would
consult with a board consisting of
the director of the budget, chairman
of the National Resources Committee,
representatives of Government de
partments and one director from each
of the authorities.
The President was assisted in his
study by the National Resources Com
mittee.
Creation of a national planning
board ultimately to take over man
agement of the entire program was
included in the President's plan for
reorganization of the executive branch
of the Government submitted to Con
gress earlier in the year.
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Wage-Hour
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was the first witness to present em
ployer reaction to the bill at the con
gressional hearings.
He expressed hope the committee
would not delay wage and hour regu
lation efforts until a majority of his
colleagues are converted to Its sup
port. He added, however, that some
conversion is occurring as younger
men take over control of enterprise
and increasing taxes bring home the
burden of unemployment costs.
Suggests Three Codes.
On the wage question, Johnson
cited scornfully average wages running
below $10 per week in various Ameri
can industries. No responsible con
tention could be made, he emphasized,
that an American family can live at
all decently on less than $16 per week.
Tying the need of wage-and-hour
legislation Into that of reducing unem
ployment and eventually balancing the
budget, Johnson charged that "organ
ized business has failed to come for
ward with any constructive plan aimed
toward the solution of national un
employment.”
As an approach to his ultimate goal
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of a. 5-day, 30-hour week, Johnson
proposed the setting-up of three mas
ter codes to be applied to differing
classifications of industry. A $16
weekly wage and 40-hour maximum
week would be the first objective with
even higher standards to follow.
"Most industry,” Johnson declared,
"has progressed to a point where it
would mpke money on a 6-hour day.
That Is the maximum length for an
effective working day if the health arid
energy of employes are to be consid
ered. Such a working day would draw
the best type of employe.”
Warns of Wage Differentials.
Johnson warned the joint commit
tee, however, that any attempt to
write into this legislation wage differ
entials by territories or by Industries
will result in confusion and probably
in the defeat of the effort.
Questioned further on this issue by
Co-chairman Connery, the witness de
clared flatly he does not favor wage
differentials.
"The South has suffered through its
traditional wage policy. Furthermore,
the South does not need lower stand
ards to attract industry.”
Elaborating on his proposal for
three master codes, Johnson suggested
code A for modern industry, code B
for semi-modern industry and code C
for backward industry.
Labor Cost Is Basis.
"Code A would be a six-hour day
and a 30-hour week," he explained.
“Code B would be a seven-hour day
and a 35-hour week, and code C. an
eight-hour day and a 40-hour week.
"One way to classify industries,
which would be quite simple, is to
Rrrive at the percentage of labor in
the cost of the final product. We
might say, for example, that a prod
uct in which the labor element was
less than 25 per cent would fall into
code A, and, therefore, should go to
the six-hour day. 30-hour week. Prod
ucts in which the labor content in
the final cost was greater than 25
per cent, but not in excess of 50 per
cent, automatically would fall into
code B, while such products as had
a labor content in excess of 50 per
cent would fall into code C.
"But in this case the industry would
be asked to get ready to move to the
35-'hour week within some given
period, such as six months or a year.
Should Be Universal.
"Believing as I do that the six-hour
day is the most efficient arrangement
of hours for modern industry, I feel
that we should lose no opportunity in
establishing this day for ail industry
that is now equipped to operate under
such a plan. Furthermore, it seems
to be necessary to place as much of
American industry on the six-hour day
as possible to accomplish the end we
have in mind, namely, the solution of
the unemployment problem.
Johnson cited figures to support his
contention that standards of hours
and wages would not add materially
to casts of production, adding:
"The present situation and the
present method of attempting to meet
that situation probably adds more to
the cost of finished products than
would be added by the provisions of
this bill. Many of us are confident
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that the plan of employing all our
people in private business is a far
less expensive way to meet our problem
of unemployment than to continue the
present system.
‘‘Consider Both Costs.” ,
“Let me again point put in this
connection that it is not a question of
no expense on the one hand and
higher wages and shorter hours on
the other hand—it is a question of
the present inadequate and unsatis
factory method of meeting unemploy
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ished goods.”
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RE-ELECT FLICKINGER
Federation Delegates to Be Named
in October—$1,000,000 More
for Relief Opposed.
Samuel J. Flickinger was unani
mously re-elected to serve his third
term as president of the Friendship
Citizens’ Association last night.
Other officers named were C. D.
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The association passed a resolution
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