Evening star. [volume], May 24, 1940, Page A-15, Image 15

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Measure to Outlaw
'Abuses' of Labor
Meets Opposition
La Follette Urges Bill,
Saying Defense Calls
For 'Contented People'
By the Associated Press.
Legislation to outlaw "oppressive
labor practices” in interstate indus
try encountered sharp opposition in
the Senate yesterday from members
of both major parties on the ground
It might slow up the defense pro
gram and grant to the Secretary of
Labor a “life and deatn” power
over business.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio sought to send the bill back
to the Labor Committee for further
etudy, saying that while it struck at
undesirable "abuses,” it was too
complicated.
Senator La Follette, Progressive,
of Wisconsin, chairman of the Sen
ate Civil Liberties Committee, which
recommended the measure, argued
that it should be passed because ihe
"first requisite of a nation prepared
to defend itself is a contented and
united people.”
Prohibits Armed Guards.
The bill would prohibit use of
"labor spies,” “strikebreakers,”
armed guards offside an employer's
property and possession or use of
industrial munitions such as tear
gas and machine guns.
Goods produced by violators could
rot be shipped in interstate com
merce, and the Government could
not lend money or award contracts
to firms found by the Secretary of
Labor to have engaged in the pro
scribed practices.
Senator Taft asserted that the
measure might increase the cost of
the defense program and make man
ufacturers reluctant to bid for Gov
ernment work. He also expressed
fear that the anti-espionage sec
tion might hamper investigation of
“subversive” activities in industry.
La Follette Has Reply.
"This country is in a vulnerable
and helpless position if it has to
depend on private detective agencies
for such investigations,” Senator La
Follette replied.
NEW YORK, May 23 (JP).—Jere
miah P. Cross, national executive
committeeman of the American
Legion, today assailed the La Fol
lette civil liberties bill as “a trojan
horse” measure and a “cloak for
fifth columns and wholesale sabo
tage.”
Postmistress to Quit
After 63 Years' Service
By the Associated Press.
OXFORD, Md„ May 24 —June 30
Will be a memorable date in this
Talbot County community—“Miss
Mollie” Stewart will make her exit
as postmaster.
The Post Office Department an
nounced yesterday the retirement
date for “Miss Mollie,” the oldest
postmaster in the Nation in point
of service. She assumed the job
of handling Oxford’s mail in 1877.
It has been known some time that
■he planned to retire, but recently
■he took a civil service examination
»nd accepted reappointment in
order to be eligible for retirement
With a pension under civil service
regulations.
'Confusing' Auto
Tags Target
Of Van Duzer
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer has started a campaign to
make illegal the use on automobiles
licensed by the District of any tags,
insignia or wise-cracking signs
deemed "likely to be confused” by
police officers with official tags.
It was reported that spurious
foreign government auto tags had
been found on some cars here and
that this inspired the move for
stronger regulation.
Mr. Van Duzer's first proposal has
been changed somewhat by members
of the corporation counsel’s office,
but a proposed regulation is to be
sent to the Commissioners for ac
tion. The lawyers have modified
Mr. Van Duzer’s original draft on
the ground that it might have pre
vented even the placing of a car
manufacturer’s insignia on cars un
less Mr. Van Duzer approved.
No mention was made of the flam
boyant slogans students paint, on
their jallopies.
Tighter Auto Liability
Regulations Sought
The driver as well as the owner
of a motor vehicle which may be
found in an unsafe mechanical
condition would be held responsible,
under the terms of an amendment
to the traffic regulations adopted
yesterday by the Commissioners.
The change was recommended by
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer and its adoption was sug
gested by Corporation Counsel El
wood H. Seal, whose office drafted
the amendment.
In justifying the need for the
new regulation. Mr. Van Duzer said:
“In the majority of cases the owner
is responsible and should be held
responsible for the safe mechanical
condition of the car, but there are
some cases in which the owner and
the operator should be charged
jointly or where the operator should
be charged separately.”
Costume Ball Planned
Lt. Comdr. C. O. Glisson and Lt.
Comdr. E. C. Forsyth will act as
masters of ceremonies at the Falls
Church Community Theater cos
tume ball in Madison School audi
torium tomorrow night. The Com
mittee on Arrangements includes
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haglund, Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Freeman, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Pendleton, Miss Anne Pryor,
James Martin, Mrs. Roger Blake,
Mrs. Loren Pope and Miss Anne
Donovan.
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