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Ford Only Auto Maker
Fighting Wagner Act,
C. 1.0. Unionist Says
Tells Labor Committee
That Law Averted
Chaos in 1939
By the Associated Press.
A C. I. O automobile union
leader testified today that except
for “that Incorrigible union-hater,
Henry Ford,” automobile manufac
turers were no longer among the
open critics of the Wagner Labor
Act. •
The unionist, R. J. Thomas, made
the statement in an appearance be
fore the House Labor Committee as
it resumed hearings on proposed
amendments to the act.
Mr. Thomas said that the auto
makers, Mr. Ford again excepted,
wanted no “fishing expedition” at
Detroit by the special House com
mittee investigating the Labor
Board and the act.
Thinks Act Averted Chaos.
Asserting that the automobile in
dustry “might have been thrown
into chaos” in 1939, but for the ma
chinery provided in the Wagner Act
for collective bargaining elections,
Mr. Thomas asked the Labor Com
mittee:
“Is it any wonder, then, that
among open critics of the Wagner
Act we no longer hear the voices of
the Automobile corporations except
mg, always, mat mcorrigiDie union
hater, Henry Ford?”
.Mr. Thomas added he was not
“telling tales out of school” when he
said he had been informed by “first
hand sources” that “most of the
automobile corporations, large and
small, do not want the Smith com
mittee staging any of its fishing ex
peditions at hearings in Detroit.”
See Corporations Weakening.
“There are indications that in this
regard,” Mr. Thomas continued, “the
auto corporations are beginning to
display an insight and appreciation
of the Wagner Act which the die
hards in Congress and in other in
dustries are still to achieve.”
Mr. Thomas denounced the Ford
Co’.s service department as a “spy
department” which “rivals the es
1 pionage force of any dictatorial
nation of Europe."
At one point the witness said:
“Take away the N. L. R. B. and
we shall have no peaceful, legal re
course against the kind of indus
trial tyranny which Henry Ford
has set up in Dearborn. Mich.”
Williams College Lads
Take No Chances
B> the Associated Press. ^
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.. Feb. 1.
The weather, as every one knows, is
! tricky, so Williams College lads are
taking Mark Twain’s advice and
are doing something about it.
The Outing Club is hauling snow
from around and about to put on
Sheep Hill and insure favorable
conditions for its winter carnival
Friday and Saturday.
Labor Board
(Continued From First Page.)
courts asserted that the board was
mistaken in its jurisdiction?”
“In one case."
In the 10 early years of the In
terstate Commerce Commission—
1892 to 1902—the Supreme Court
reversed 10 orders of that agency
and sustained none, Mr. Madden
said.
"I believe,” remarked Committee
Chairman Smith, “there have been
some changes in the Supreme Court
since that time.”
Mr. Madden said there were some
3.000,000 sheets of correspondence on
file in the board offices and it prob
ably was easy for committee investi
gators to pick out a comparatively
few that did not reflect credit on the
agency.
“I would be willing to say," he
added, “that the files of any one, in
cluding Congressmen, might disclose
as many.”
Personnel Declared Competent.
He said the board had been for
tunate in obtaining a personnel so
largely competent.
"We have more than 800 people,”
he pointed out, “a great many of
whom I do not personally know. I
want to say, however, without quali
fication, that I think it would be
difficult to secure a large group of
persons on the whole more technical
ly competent, high-minded and loyal
to the public.”
Mr. Madden said he was particu
larly acquainted with the staff of
review attorneys, since they came
into contact with the board con
stantly, and “on the whole and the
average cney aie a very uiaunguiancu
group of lawyers.”
Mr. Madden defended the “liberal”
attitude of board hearings toward
the rules of evidence. He said he
thought it was permissible to allow
a certain amount of hearsay evi
dence, especially when it tended to
corroborate other evidence.
The courts, he added, have shown
a distinct tendency to liberalize the
rules of evidence.
Denies C. I. O. Partiality.
Mr. Madden spent the entire day
yesterday answering charges that
the board was unfair in dealing
with labor disputes.
The board, he insisted, has been
absolutely impartial in conflicts be- j
tween the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L.
He cited figures intended to show
that cases brought by American
Federation of Labor unions had been
disposed of more quickly than those
filed by employes affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organi
zations.
Commendations Cited.
“There is no bafis for the charge
that we have favored the C. I. O.,”
said Mr Madden, “and the record
proves it.”
Mr. Madden identified a number
of letters presented by Charles Fahy,
general counsel of the board, show
ing that executives of certain in
dustries had commended the board
for its handling of labor disputes.
One such letter was from John
Boettiger, publisher of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer and son-in-law of
President Roosevelt. Mr. Boetigger
thanked the board for its handling
of the case involving a controversy
with Newspaper Guild.
Mr. Fahy said Mr. Madden's testi
mony would have to be concentrated
because witnesses and committee in
vestigators had been piling up ad
verse testimony for more than five
weeks. The committee granted
board officials one week to present
their evidence.
FROZEN FOES OF FINLAND—Russian troops who fell before the Finns near Suomussalml on
January 8 are frozen by the intense cold in strange, rigid postures where they fell. In foreground
are bodies covered with a light mantle of snow, and at right the body of a horse- In the back
ground are various pieces of abandoned military equipment, left by the fleeing survivors of the
Soviet’s 44th Division. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Democrats May Pick
Convention City, but
Delay on Date
Attempt to Maneuver
G. 0. P. Into Making
First Choice Seen
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Democratic National Com
mittee, meeting here Monday tc
discuss the time and place for hold
ing the National Convention, is
now expected to decide on the place
but may leave the time to be de
termined later by the Executive
Committee.
This is understood to be the de
! sire of some of the Democratic
: leaders, who wish to put the Repub
lican National Committee ‘‘on the
spot." The Republicans will meet
here February 16, also to fix the
time and place for their convention
They postponed the meeting of their
National Committee until after the
date fixed by Chairman Farley for
the Democratic National Commit
tee session, the idea being that they
would thus be able to pick a date for
the G. O. P. convention later than
that selected by the Democrats.
If the Democrats now decide tc
leave the convention date to the
Executive Committee of the National
Committee the last word will be
with them. The Republicans, some
of them at least, are not willing to
give up the time needed for cam
paign activities for any theoretical
advantage that might accrue from
holding their national convention
after the Democrats have nominated
their candidates and written their
JJlttLAUl Hi.
May Fix Late Date.
What the Democratic National
Committee will finally decide Mon
day remains to be seen. It might
kick over the idea of jockeying with
the Republicans further and fix a
date for the convention so late that
the Republicans would be unwilling
to outwait it. Or it might decide to
go ahead and fix a date the last
of June or early in July, as has been
done in the past.
Delay in fixing the time for the
Democratic National Convention
and its eventual postponement to a
late date in the summer would, it
is believed in some quarters, ma
terially help the third-term draft
movement—or, barring that, give
the President a more definite hold
on the convention and force the
nomination of a presidential candi
date satisfactory to him and the
more ardent New Dealers. In the
membership of the National Com
mittee are men and women who are
definitely opposed to a third-term
nomination—and some who are not
ardent New Dealers. The postpone
ment question, if it is raised, may
lead to debate.
Complications in Delay.
One possible objection to fixing
the place for the Democratic Na
tional Convention and postponing
action on the date for the conven
tion, pointed out today, lies in the
fact that the city awarded the con
vention would be unable to go ahead
with arrangements for the conven
tion hall and other conveniences for
the delegates. In Chicago, for ex
ample, there is but one hall satis
factory for the national convention,
and that is in use practically all
summer and all winter. If it is to be
obtained, ample notice must be
given. The same thing is true in
other cities which may be contend
ers for the national convention.
At present the selection for the
Democratic National Committee
appears to lie between Chicago, San
Francisco and Philadelphia. Other
cities may bid, but these seem to be
in the lead.
Chicago has been mentioned many
times as the first choice of many
of the Democratic leaders. How
ever, it was reported here today that
Chicago may issue an invitation to
the Democrats and also to the Re
publicans, but without the offer of
the usual monetary contribution to
the party campaign chest. It is dif
ficult. it was pointed out, to raise a
couple of hundred thousand dol
lars. or even a smaller amount, in
these days.
Republicans Must Act.
The Republican and Democratic
National Committees In the past
have counted heavily upon the con
tributions of the convention cities
to start off their campaigns. And
usually the city making the largest
offer has been selected, if the fa
cilities were satisfactory.
Whatever the Democrats do at
their National Committee meeting
Monday, it is practically certain the
Republican National Committee will
go right ahead and fix a time and
place for the G. O. P. National Con
vention when it meets February 16.
The full committee must act. it was
said, and cannot delegate to the
Executive Committee the duty of
making these decisions. It is not
believed that Chairman John Ham
ilton would consent to adjourn the
National Committee and call it to
Washington later in the year for
such a purpose.
President Roosevelt will not be
in Washington when the Democrats
gather for their National Commit
tee meeting. He is to spend the
week end at Hyde Park and return
here Tuesday in time to receive the
National Committee members, after
they have completed their business.
A reception for them at the White
House has been arranged.
Whether the third-term issue will
crop out during the sessions of the
committee Monday no one definitely
knows. But every effort will be
made by the leaders to prevent it,
it was said.
Finland
'Continued From First Page.)
| flank the Mannerheim Line on the
Karelian Isthmus.
Gen. Oesterman asserted that
Russian troops had failed to ad
vance at any point beyond lines
chosen by Finns for their major
resistance. He declined to estimate
either Russian or Finnish casual
ties in the two months of combat.
Finland’s daily communiques have
specified a total of more than 12,000
Russian dead to date, but have ac
knowledged no specific number of
Finnish military casualties.
“The spirit of our troops remains
wonderful,” Oesterman said. “Every
man fills his post without cringing.
He knows what he is fighting for.
“We have the sympathy of the
whole world in our struggle. But a
little country like Finland always
needs more men and more arms.
Against steel we need steel. Against
cruel bombing squadrons we must
have more pursuit planes.”
The general expressed himself in
an interview granted to foreign
correspondents at field headquar
ters.
At the same time, the Finnish
command issued a summary of the
second month of the war, just ended,
declaring that “the enemy lost huge
numbers of men and an immense
amount of booty.” No figures were
given.
Vigorous Red Attack
In Far North Reported
OSLO, Norway, Feb. 1 (/P).—A
vigorous Soviet Russian infantry
attack against Finnish positions at
Hoyhenjarvi, in the far north near
the Norwegian frontier, was reported
today by the newspaper Aftenposten.
The dispatch said 20 light Rus
sian planes participated in the at
tack yesterday, but that the Russians
were repulsed and withdrew to their
original positions.
1 ... __
Losses in War at Sea
By the Associated Press.
The following “box score" lists sea warfare losses reported since Sat
urday night, January 27:
-Sunk by
Bubs, planes. Other causes Known
warships. Mines, or unknown. Tonnage. dead.
Britain . 6 0 0 17,114 64
Norway_ 2 0 1 2,895 7
France _ 1 0 0 3,810 0
Denmark_ 1 1 0 4,861 45
Latvia - 0 -0 0 - - *7
Totals . 10 1 1 26,680 Xl23
Previously reported_ 125 106 113 1,199,767 3,074
Grand Totals__ 135 107 144 1,228,447 3,197
•Seven killed on damaged Latvian ship,
x Forty-eight listed as missing and presumed deed.
U. M. W. Turns Down
Special Relief Fund
For Shutdown Aid
Assessments of
$25 Per Miner
Seen in Proposal
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Feb. 1.—The
United Mine Workers rejected today
proposed establishment of special
relief funds for miners deprived of
employment in a suspension of work
during contract negotiations.
Several delegates complained;
that hundreds of miners’ families i
were practically destitute in the |
bituminous coal shutdown last j
spring.
Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treas
urer, said the International Union
adyanced $350,000 to the districts for
relief in the shutdown. It was re
corded as a loan, he added, because
of legal requirements.
Mr. Kennedy asserted because of
the assistance provided in certain
States through unemployment in
surance benefits and poor relief, it
would be impossible for the U. M. W.
to set up a uniform system of shut
down benefits. Such a system, he
added, might require assessments
of $25 per miner instead of the $2
suggested by a delegate.
The convention voted down a pro
posal to accept transfer cards from
all C. I. O. international anions.
Delegate John G. Harris of TJaisy
town, Pa„ complained that steel
workers going to work in the mines
had to pay a $10 U. M. W. initiation
fee, which he said would be elimi
nated by a transfer agreement.
D. C. May Get Convention.
Delegates are expected to select
Washington for the 1942 convention
Efforts to curb the powers of the
executive officers found little sup
port.
Numerous resolutions, proposing
constitutional amendments to broad
en district privileges of self-govern
ment, were voted down on recom
mendation of the Constitution
Committee.
Many came from proponents of
autonomy, who were informed last
week by John L. Lewis, U. M. W.
president, that the International
Executive Board would give certain
districts permission to elect their
own officers when they were found
capable of governing themselves.
“Not Democracy.”
Most of the autonomy resolutions
declared the concentration of ap
pointive power in the Executive
Board was "not in harmony with
trade union democracy” and asked
that the districts be allowed to
elect their officers.
A resolution from the Hardburly
(Ky.) local, which the convention
disapproved, said discredited offi
cials rejected by the membership
“are being taken from one district
and sent to another through ap
pointive power.”
The Hueysville (Ky.) local com
plained that too often the field
representatives selected by the
executive officers were not the pop
ular choice of the rank and file.
Another resolution, complaining
about international officers and field
representatives serving as conven
tion delegates, said “we feel men
working in the mines” know their
needs better.
Lewis Critic Booed.
The only amendment passed pro
vided the 1942 convention should
be held in October because of more
favorable weather. The conventions
have been held in January since
the union was founded 50 years ago.
W. H. Houser of Paris, Ark., ac
cused Mr. Lewis of violating the
constitution by serving as the offl
cer of another organization. Boos
and shouts of “throw him out”
were directed at Mr. Houser.
Van A. Bittner of Charleston,
W. Va„ secretary of the Constitu
tion Committee, said there was “no
disagreement” because Mr. Lewis
was serving the mine workers’ in
terests while heading the C. I. O.
and Labor's Nonpartisan League.
Convention officials hoped to end
the two-week session by nightfall.
Sheriff Breaks Leg
KINGWOOD, W. Va„ Feb. 1 OP).
—En route from jail to the court
house yesterday with three prison
ers, Sheriff Carl Roth slipped on
the ice, fell and broke his leg in
three places. The prisoners helped
the sheriff on to the courthouse,
from where he was rushed to a hos
pital.
Bata Order Is Reaffirmed
By Immigration Service
By the Associated Press.
The Federal Immigration Service
reaffirmed with modifications yester
day its order in the controversial
Bata Shoe Co. case, prohibiting the
employment of more than 10 Czech
shoe experts as instructors at the
new Bata plant in Belcamp, Md.
The order, effective today, affects
53 of 78 Czech workers brought into
the United States last August.
The Czechs were originally admit
ted for a period of a year to teach
American workers to be employed at
the Belcamp plant the Bata system
of shoe manufacturing. Last De
cember James L. Houghteling. im
migration commissioner, revised the
entry authorization and restricted
Bata to the employment of 10 in
structors on a finding that unem- j
ployed skilled American workers
were available for the type of in
struction needed.
In reaffirming his order. Mr.
Houghteling said he found 10 in
structors were ample, but ruled that
15 others might remain for the du
ration of the year period after the
company reclassified them in admin
istrative and management capacities.
Setter Knows Way Around
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 1
(JP).—Dr. Albert N. Johnson's English
setter, Dyke, knows its way around.
Dyke disappeared and showed up at
a meeting of the Bird Dog Club.
Japan Refloats Sunken Sub
TOKIO, Feb. 1 OP).—The Japanese
Navy disclosed today that after
almost a year’s work it had refloated
the submarine 1-63, which sank
February 3, 1939, carrying 81 men to
their death.
Puerto Rican Stops
For Clippers Studied
To Avoid Censorship
Substitution for British
Bermuda Would Add
Much Distance
By the Associated Press.
American officials are seriously
considering the substitution of
Puerto Rico for Bermuda as a stop
ping place for the trans-Atlantic
clippers, if British censorship of
American airmail at Bermuda con
tinues.
The substitution would add hun
dreds of miles of flying distance.
From Puerto Rico the flying boats
might continue to the Spanish
Canary Islands rather than to the
Portuguese Azores before proceed
ing to Lisbon.
However, it is learned that postal
regulations are under study which
may make continuance of airmail
service via Bermuda still possible.
The British seek to prevent the
sending of contraband to Germany
by airmail, and the Post Office De
partment already has issued an or
der refusing to accept parcel post
for the trans-Atlantic flying serv
ice. Under study now is the possi
bility of refusing mail containing
money orders, checks, drafts, etc.
Should the clippers be permitted
to carry only correspondence, the
British would be deprived of a
large part of their excuse for ex
amining and holding up American
mails. The sole remaining excuse
would be that of preventing infor
mation from reaching Germany.
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