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. Haywood Takes Over
New Organization
Drive of C. 1.0.
Declares Neither
Reds Nor Politicians
Will Dictate Policies
Br the Associated Press.
Allan S. Haywood, a graying vet
' pran of John L. Lewis’ United Mine
Workers’ Union, today took over the
Job of directing the C. I. O.’s new
organizing efforts in the Nation's
big industries, expressing confi
dence that neither the Communist
party nor any political group would
be allowed to dictate C. I. O. poli
cies.
Amid conflicting reports of an
impending “purge” in the C. I. O.,
Mr. Haywood said in an interview
That the C. I. O. would follow a
strict trade-union policy in its forth
coming membership drive in what
he called the war industries.
For Freedom of Thought.
“We organize whomever the em
ployers employ,” he said, “and we
don't ask their political or religious
beliefs or their racial background.
We stand for freedom of thought,
but we expect the officers and mem •
hers to conform to the policies of
' C I. O.”
Asked what C. I. O. would do if
freedom of thought interfered with
C I. O. policies, Mr. Haywood re
plied:
"If it interferes, we’ll deal with
it as it comes up.”
Witnesses before the Dies Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
have charged that Communist party
members have gained influential po
sitions in the C. I. O. and its affil
iated organizations.
’ At t.bp rlncf» nf r T A V Cnn
Francisco convention in October,
President Lewis was reported to have
told an Executive Board meeting
that although there would be no
“witch hunts,” any “budding young
Communist” who had ambitions to
take over the C. I. O. "might as
well forget it.”
Mr. Lewis was reported to have
demanded that C. I. O. officers who
participated in the shaping of
policies devote their allegiance to
the C. I. O. ahead of any other
Interests.
“I don’t believe.” Mr. Haywood
* asserted, “that John L. Lewis will
let the Republicans, Democrats,
Socialists, Communists or any other
party run the C. I. O. or dictate his
policies.”
"The C. I. O.,” he added, “doesn’t
possess a magic wand that it can
wield to change people's make-up
or conception of life. It realizes it
has to organize workers, stabilize
industry and intelligently approach
problems of technological improve
ment and the unemployment result
ing therefrom.”
Denies “Purge” Orders.
The one-time coal miner, who
served until recently as C. I. O.
director in New York State, said he
had no orders to “purge" any one.
“My orders,” he added, “are to see
that we get organizing activity
around the country1.”
Mr. Haywood was named director
of organization work by Mr. Lewis
at the San Francisco convention. He
was given two more members of the
United Mine Workers Union as his
chief aides, Michael Widman and
Walter Smethurst.
Members of the Mine Workers
Union, who attached considerable
significance to the selection of three
U. M. W. members to run the or
ganization campaign, pointed out
that that union's constitution bars
Communists from membership.
Mr. Haywood said the C. I. O.’s
new organizing plans were concerned
largely with expanding membership
in such industries as chemicals, steel,
automobiles, rubber, aircraft, textiles
. and machine tools, where industrial
activity and employment rolls have
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Legion of Decency Pledge
To Be Renewed
By the Associated Press.
The National Catholic Welfare
Council announced last night that
the Legion of Decency pledge—de
signed to discourage production of
motion pictures "objectionable from
the moral standpoint”—would be re
newed in all Catholic churches in
the Nation on December 10.
"Steps will likewise be taken to
strengthen diocesan organizations
of the legion that the united effort
which has been manifested through
out the country may be maintained
and the standards of decency and
morality in motion pictures upheld,”
the council said.
The legion reported that it re
viewed 590 motion pictures from
October, 1938, to November, 1939.
Of these, it classed 324 as unobjec
tionable for general patronage. 207
as unobjectionable for adults, 50 as
objectionable in part and con
demned 9.
The council said also that its
Episcopal Committee for Refugees
From Germany had handled the
cases of 2,756 refugees since January,
1937.
Most of the refugees were Jewish,
although a "large number of Cath
olics who are classed in their native
lands as ‘non-Aryan ” were added.
The committee operated with a
fund of $285,486, most of which was
contributed by dioceses.
Soaring Races Threatened
By 'Misty Lid of Air'
By the Associated Press.
ELMIRA, N. Y„ Ifav. 24—A
"misty lid of air” over the Chemung
River Valley may keep entrants in
America’s first "snowbird” soaring
contest from record performances.
As some 40 glider pilots gathered
for a concerted, three-day attempt
at winter soaring, Capt. Clifford J.
MacGregor, chief of the United
States Weather Bureau station at
nearby Big Flats, N. Y„ discussed
the effect of this layer of air on the
flights.
"Long cross-country flights will
be difficult,’' he asserted, “because
this layer of thin misty air reduces
the strength of the ground ther
mals (uprising currents of warm
nin glider pilots need for such
flights."
However, he pointed out, expected
northwest winds late today or to
morrow may give pilots a chance
to crack American records through
the use of strong slope winds.
Meanwhile, several pilots using high
performance ships announced their
intention to soar to Scranton and
Stroudsburg, Pa, on trial flight*.
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CAIRO, EGYPT.—EGYPTIAN PRINCESS A YEAR OLD—Queen
Farida of Egypt is shown holding her daughter Ferial, who was a
year old November 17. The Queen, youngest in the world, was
17 when she married King Farouk I, then 18, in January, 1938.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
U. S. Property Value
I The assessed valuation of prop
. erty in the United States is esti
; mated by the Department of Com
j merce at 139 billioon dollars.
Beri Beri
The disease beri beri, which is
common throughout the Orient, is
caused by deficiencies in the com
mon diet of polished rice.
Deceased Zulu Chief Denied
Gifts for Amazon Queen
By the Associated Press.
• NEW ORLEANS. La.. Nov. 24.—
The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure
Club was wondering today what to
do next. The late president was de
layed on his trip to meet the queen
of the Amazon Island.
If the deceased president, John
Metoyer, a kingmaker of the Negro
Mardi Gras, ever gets to the queen's
island, he’ll have to do it the hard
way—without coconuts.
The family stepped in and said
Metoyer’s funeral, postponed from
today until Sunday so more relatives
could reach here, would be a simple
and serious affair; with just a pa
rade and only one band.
Pallbearers with hula skirts were
ruled out and nobody can carry co
conuts.
But Charles Fisher—the Zulu vice
president, who announced he auto
matically became president on Me
toyer’s death—faced with the ruin of
his best funeral plans, declared:
“If it was me and I died right
now, I'd have the biggest funeral in
the history of New Orleans. I’d
want exactly five bands and all tliqt
was due me. I'd want John Metoyer
to do that for me, with all the trim
mins'.”
Metoyer organized the Zulus—Ne
gro porters, longshoremen and bar
tenders—and for 29 years directed
their annual Mardi Gras parade, the
looniest outfit in carnival.
He helped select the kings, but was
never a king himself, although he
would have mounted the throne this
year, for the first time, if he hadn’t
died Tuesday night.
Fisher planned to have the entire
membership, including the six pall
bearers in their Mardi Gras hula
skirts, carry coconuts in the funeral
procession. At the grave the Zulus
would present the coconuts to the
dead member as his “weapons of de
fense on the trip to the queen of the
Amazon Islands.” Then the family
stepped in.
Fisher, slightly vague on the Ama
zon queen's exact address, said:
"We believe dead Zulus go to the
Zulu Islands first and then go to the
Amazon Islands, where the queen
awaits. When he gets there, he
stays there. It’s pretty nice. I guess
we can operate without the coco
nuts. We get him there in our
thoughts.”
Two Killed, Five Injured
In Auto-Bus Collision
By the Associated Press.
UNION CITY, Pa., Nov. 24.—Col
lision of an automobile with a West
Ridge bus 2 miles south of here
killed two men and injured five
other persons.
Deputy Coroner Arthur Crowe said
wltnes-ses told him Charles (Chick)
McGregor, Titusville, lost control of
his car after it struck the edge of
the road while approaching the bus.
Mr. McGregor was burned beyond
recognition when the wreckage of
his machine caught fire after plow
ing into the passenger carrier.
Ralph Sterling, 19, HydetoWn, Craw
ford County, died en route to a hos
pital.
Mr. Sterling and two others ap
parently were hurled from the auto
mobile and escaped the flames. Edna
” £M.-f
Southwick, Hydetown, Buffered a
brain concussion. Eugene Miller,
Titusville, had his left arm and
shoulder fractured and one lung
punctured.
The mishap occurred at 11:15
o’clock last night while the bus trav
eled from Titusville to Union City
with George Bax, Franklin, at the
wheel. After the collision, the bus
crashed off the highway and into a
pole, but Bax succeeded in keeping
It from overturning.
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