Evening star. [volume], November 07, 1937, Page A-15, Image 15

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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N. L R. B. AROUSES
CENSORSHIP FEAR
Asserts Right to Pass on
Employers’ Circularized
Comment on Law.
The National Labor Relations Board
has asserted the right to pass upon
any comment on the Labor Relations
Act circulated among employes by em-.
ployers and to hold the employer
guilty of violation of the act if such
comment is deemed by the board
biased or prejudicial.
The ruling, embodied in a decision
ordering the re-lnstatement of dis
charged employes of the Mansfield
Mills, Inc., of East Lumberton, N. C.,
has aroused the fears of employers
that the board Is embarking on a
venture in censorship.
Risk to Employers Seen.
“The board's decision,” said the
bulletin of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, "raises the question as
to whether an employer may not run
the risk of being held guilty of com
mitting an unfair labor practice when
ever he makes available to employes
any information about the National
labor Relations Act. An employer
would even seem to be stopped from
counteracting erroneous impressions
conveyed by others through literature
or oral statement unless the material
he distributee first receives the lmpri
mature of the board. As yet, the
board has not seen fit either to put
out Itself a simple and'unbiased ex
planation of the act suitable for dis
tribution to employee, or to agree to
give its stamp of approval to such a
statement prepared by any one else."
The Labor Relations Board is the
second governmental agency to pro
test against the dissemination of un
authorized information concerning Its
enabling acts and policies. A few days
ago Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, New York
representative of the Social Security
Board, protested to the officials of
New York University that a course of
lectures on social security given by
Abraham Epstein, foremost author
ity on the subject, did not reflect the
"official view.” Mrs. Rosenberg's let
ter. which Mr. Epstein decried as an
attempt at censorship, suggested that
the "official views” ‘should be pre
aented.
Ruling Sets Precedent.
The Labor Relations Board’s lulin?
iet a precedent which may be invoked
by labor organizations to prevent dis
tribution by employers of any form
of printed information which could
be construed as critical of labor union
policies. A possible case in point
might be Henry Ford’s publication,
•'Fordism," in which the automobile
manufacturer has set fortji his views
on unionism.
The charges against the Mansfield i
Mills did not include any allegation
that the distribution of literature to
employes was an unfair labor prac
tice. Instead, the company was
charged with dismissal of employes
because of union activity. The Labor
Board cited two leaflets circulated
among employes as proof of the com
pany's hostility to labor organization
and held that the circulation of such
views was an attempt to discourage
union organization.
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(Copyrieht. 1837, by New York Herald
Tribune.)
STUDENTS AT WILSON
TO HEAR ALUMNI TALKS
Home-Coming: Conference Satur
day to Be Sponsored by Kappa
Delta Pi Fraternity.
Alumni of the Washington Chapter
Of Kappa Delta Pi, educational fra
ternity, will address undergraduates
on teaching problems at a home-com
ing conference sponsored by the fra
ternity, to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday
at Wilson Teachers’ College.
The three specialized fields in which
Wilson prepares its students—kinder
garten-primary. intermediate and jun
ior high school work—will be covered
by panels of speakers.
Following group conferences a joint
meeting will be held in the auditorium
of the college building to share in the
results of the various discussions on
educational topics. Judge Fay L. Bent
ley of District Juvenile Court will
■peak at a luncheon at 12:45 p.m.
Voice and Diction Class.
Miss Eileen Fowler, who is con
nected with the Washington Civic
Theater, will conduct a class in voice
and diction at the Central Community
Center, Thirteenth and Clifton streets
N.W., every Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock, beginning this week. The
class will be held In room 125 at
Central High School.
Janitor Thinks
He’s Alone, So
He Turns Actor
A young colored janitor with ora
torical ambitions and a flare for
Shakespeare nearly convinced the sec
retary of the Board of Education that
the Franklin School is haunted.
Stopping by his office after a movie'
the other night, Charles B. Degges,
the board secretary, was aniaeed to
hear sounds as If there were a scuffle
tn the offices of Assistant Supts.
Chester W. Holmes and Harvey A.
Smith.
He listened again and was even
more amazed to hear a loud voice
declaim, "Day on MacDuff and
damned be he that first cries ‘Hold,
enough.' ”
He Walked into the office and sur
prised the youth brandishing a broom,
apparently In heated battle with Mac
Duff, and continuing to pour forth
lines from the play. The embarrassed
Janitor explained he had heard John
Barrymore utter similar words over
the radio and thought he would Just
try.
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