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Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
GOOD AFTERNOON
A college professor states that
there is no such thing as (he
Aryan race. Think of it; ther'
ain't ary an Aryan!
VOL. 57—No. 21 I
HENDERSONVII.LE, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
NAZIS ORb.'R NORTH SEA MANEUVERS
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Auto Wreck In
Fatal For Two
RUTHERFORD
CAR FAILS TO
ROUND CURVE
Chas. Tanner Dies Instant
ly; J. F. Williams Suc
cumbs at 5 A. M.
CORONER FINOS NO
INQUEST NFXESSARY
Charles I,. Tanner. "JT. of Ruth
nrfordton, wa> killed instantly
early this morning. and .1. F. \\ i I -
limits. 21. also of Ruthcrfordton.
«lic<l later in f'atton Memorial
hospital from injuries received in
an automobile accident on the
Chimney Rock road
The accident occurred about
I :rJO a. m. when a Ford V-X auto,
mobile driven l>y Tanner towards
Chimney Rock left the highway at
Albritton's curve and pile*! up in
the ditch alongside of the road.
Tanner was under the wheel
when found ;ind was dead while
Williams died about •"» a. m. this
morning at the hospital.
Tanner was the son of Mr. and
Mr*. C. E. Tanner, of Rutherford
ton. and Williams was the son <>f
Sheriff and Mrs. J. Cat Williams.
It was understood here that Wil
liams was acting as sheriff of
Rutherford county due to the ill
ness of his father.
Coroner Rruce V Cnx, who in
vestigated the accident at once
and revisited the scene again this
morning, stated that no inquest
would he held, as all evidence in
dicated that the car had gone into
the curve too fast and that no
other car was at the scene of the
accident.
The car was badly wrecked.
Defer Softball
Double Bill To
Monday Evening
A hard shmv«*r of rain last night
prevented Henderson county soft
hall teams from staging their dou
bleheader which haH boon sched
uled for Chipman-LaCrosse ath
letic field. The postponed games
will be played Monday night be
ginning at 8 o'clock
These frames are expected to be
among the most spectacular of the
season as the second half is near
ing its close and the race for
league honors is tightening.
Chipman-LaCrosse now holds a
two-game lead over Kiwanis, first
half winner.
REV. HALL TO SPEAK
AT ST. JAMES SUNDAY
Rev. George J. Hall, a curate
of St. Thomas Episcopal church.
New York City, will preach at the
11 a. m. service Sunday at St.
James Episcopal church. The Rev.
Mr. H >11 is a native of Mississippi
and a former University of Se
wanee graduate. In addition t.o
his duties at St. Thomas church
he is .i student at General Theo
logical seminary at this time.
The Rev. Mr. Hall is a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ewbank while
visiting here.
WOODMAN CIRCLE TO
MEET TUESDAY EVE
Woodman Circle. Tuesday night,
at 8 o'clock, will hold its regular
business and social session when
new members will be admitted and
plans for the district convention
in October will be discussed.
The announcement said that all
members were expected to be
present with drill team members
in uniform.
21 APPLES ON ONE
SMALL BRANCH SHOWN
Joel A. Fletcher has on exhibit
at The Times-News office a very
compact limb of Golden Delicious
apples. The limb has one apple
piled upon another, unusually
large, considering the number. 21
in all. and the small limb contain
ing them. It is regarded as a fine
exhibit of the bearing qualities of
this popular variety.
HERE FOR SEPTEMBER
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Harrill of
Asheville and Spartanburg, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mar
shall of Dana, and are planning
to remain there through Septem
ber.
Eloping Couple
Clears Up Charge
Brought By FBI
XI-:W YORK, Sept. I I Pi.
I'nited States Commissioner (Jar
I rett CottiT today dismissed
1 rhartrvs <>f Mann act violation
I made against Xi.iib Tooncy. 27.
Arab. by the father of a beautiful
: 17-year-old Missouri .trit'l with
I whom Toonev eloped a week ;tiro.
The rou pie walked into FMI
• headquarters las' niirht and said
I they wanted to rlrar t licnv-elve".
j «>f eharces brought by the former
Doris Hisaw's parents ;if Xeosho.
Mo Their olopi-inen; precipitated
a furor in the bride's hometown
over m;:irie love potions, harems
and Mann Act violations.
CRACK SPEED
Ten I .cave Burbank After
Midnight; Air Meet
Opening Today
r:rR::\NK. Calif., Sept.
(I'D Ton of the nation's crack
speed fliers today win god their
way to\;ard Cleveland in tht» $'i0,
ooo Bendix air derby.
Led by Ross Hadle.v, Los An
jreles sportsman, the fliers started
at 1:47 (PST) a. in. today. Four
hours later. Frank Cordova was
the last pilot to pet away. There
were no mishaps at the start.
The first plane scooted down
the asphalt runway of Union Air
Terminal with the rest following
at half-hour intervals to join in a
general attack on the record set
last year bv one of their number.
The record-holder is Frank Ful
ler. wealthy younir San Francisco
snortsman, who, like Howard
Hughe*, thinks an airplane is
something: in which to set speed
records. Fuller was at the con
trols of the same Seversky pur
suit plane which whisked him over
the 2,042-mile course in 7 hours,
54 minutes. 26 seconds a year
ago, an average of 25X miles an
hour.
Possibility that the winner of
the $'.>.000 first prize money
would erase that mark before dusk
today was furnished by at least
three flyers, in addition to the
defending champion. One was
Jacqueline (Jacky) Cochran, Am
erica's No. 1 woman speed queen,
who will be making1 her third at-1
tempt to win the award which has
gone to only one woman before
her—Louise Thaden in 1936.
The first of her sex to pilot a
military pursuit plane, Miss Coch
ran will aim at the record and
first prize money in a new twin
wasp powered Seversky mono-:
plane which Major Alexander P.
De Seversky, its builder, brought
across country from New York in
record time of 10 hours, 3 min
utes last Monday. Being; the only
woman in the race, she will col
lect $2,500, no matter what her
position at the finish.
ARMY AND MARINF.
PLANFS STAGE FLIGHTS
CLEVELAND. Sept. 3. (UP) —
The 2,050-mile BenHix air derby
will formally open the national
air races—aviation's world series
—at Municipal airport today.
For three days the world's top
f Continued on pace three >
FLETCHER IS
I WAGES-HOURS
LAW ENFORCES
North Carolina Accepts
Post in Charge of
Compliance
WIIJ, ASSUME DUTIES
AROUND SEPT. 15
Washington, Sept. mti
Arthur I.. Fletcher, state labor
commissioner of North Carolina
sinee l'.Ki.'J, lias l>i>en given the
important task of enforcing the
now wage-hour law. His appoint
ment as assistant administrator in
charge of compliance was an
nounced last night hv Klmer An
drews, wage hour administrator.
• The southerner, praised by An
drews as an opponent of "Gypsy
plants seeking to exploit loeal
communities for short times and
moving on." will enme to Wash
ington f<> begin work about Sep
tember I"). He will be responsible
for obtaining compliance with the
fair labor standards act through
out the nation, and will cooperate
with state agencies wherever pos
sible.
"I am delighted that Mr.
Fletcher has consented to accept
the appointment," Andrews said.
"As commissioner of labor in the
state of North Carolina, he made
a brilliant record for progressive
and efficient administration.
"He has a close practical knowl
edge of industrial conditions and
problems confronting employers
and wage earners. He thoroughly
understands and realizes the re
sults of industrial instability and
wage earners' insecurity.
"As commissioner of labor in
North Carolina, he spoke out
against the illusory promises made
by Gypsy plants seeking to ex
ploit local communities for short
times and moving on.
"He is thoroughly in sympathy
with the aims and methods of the
fair labor standards act. He is
well known to labor commission
ers throughout the United States
for his progressive and practical
views and experience."
Fletcher, who has been North
Carolina labor commissioner since
l'.KW, has been active in the na
tional labor conferences inaugu
rated by Secretary of Labor Fran
ces Perkins and was chairman of
the committee which drafted a
"model child labor law" for states
to adopt.
He also has been named to a
committee to draft a model state
nge-hour law regulatiing intra
state business to supplement the
federal statute which he will en
force.
He is a war veteran, a charter
member and past post commander
of the Raleigh post of the Amor
ican Legion, a past president of
the Raleigh Lions club, and the
author of the "History of the
North Carolina Department of the
American Legion" and of the
"History of the 113th Field Ar
tillery."
VISITOR TO TEACH
MEN'S BIBLE CLASS
•John R. Graham, veteran Bible
teacher of Spartanburg, S. C., will
teach the Young Men's class at
the Tabernacle Sunday morning.
CLOUDBURST HURLS SIX-FOOT
WATER WALL ON RESORT TOWN
MORRISON, Colo., Sept. —
(UP)—A six-foot wall of water
roared through this summer resort
town 15 miles southwest of Den
ver last night after a sudden
mountain cloudburst sent three
creeks over their hanks.
It could not be learned imme
diately if anyone had drowned.
Dominic Piccone, Denver Moun
tain parks policeman, said that it
"would be a miracle if at least a
half dozen haven't been killed."
From three to seven feet of
water covered downtown Morri
son.
"It's a madhouse," Piccone said
after checking over the situation.
"I saw some people on roofs.
Others are on top of cars parked
in the streets, and we can't pet
to them."
The cloudburst was centered
several miles up Bear Creek can
yon. west of Morrison, according:
to Piccone. Several summer can
yons ara in the area through which
the water gushed.
Efforts were being made to
chock whether there had been any
damage at Idledale and Ever
green, mountain resorts higher up
the canyon, but it was believed
no communication would be pos
sible until morning.
A similar cloudburst swept
through Morrison seven years ago,
killing six persons and causing
thousands of dollars in damage t.o
Morrison and the nearby resorts.
The state highway patrol said
12 persons were stranded on a
small island near Idledale. Efforts
to rescue them were started but
Joseph March, patrol supervisor,
said he thought little progress
would be made until daylight.
General heavy rains in the
mountains west of Denver sent
scores of creeks and bridges to
high levels.
The big Thompson and Poudre
rivers, northwest of Denver, were
at flood stage. The highway pa
trol warned motorists not to at
tempt travel northward out of
Denver on either U. S. highway 85
or 87 until daylight.
OCEAN FLYKRS REACH U. S.
Nine days a ft it leaving Bordeaux, the 70-passenger flying boat
Lieutenant Vaisseau de Paris, Prance's belated entry for comnu'r
cial transatlantic air lights, arrived at Port Washington, L. I. Ac
tual flying time via Lisbon and the Azores Islands, was nearly 50
hours. The flight was in charge of Commander Henri Guillaumet,
shown in photo at right between Second Pilot Henri Leclaire (loft)
and Navigator Paul Comet. Pictured at top is the gull-like flying
I boat at Port Washington.
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ARMY PURSUIT PLANE FALLS
ON HOME NEAR REIDSVILLE;
2 BOYS HURT: CREW ESCAPES,
Coroner at Charlotte Acts
in Auto Death of
Local Man
A coroner's inquest held in
('harlotto this work resulted in
the rebase of Karl Williams of
Concord, who had been held un
der $1,000 bond after an auto
mobile accident on June 2nd in
which A. .1. Henderson, Hender
son villi- building contractor, was
fatally injured and Finley Pace,
Hendersonville plumbing: contrac
tor was severely hurt. The acci
dent, it was held, was unavoid
aide.
Williams was the driver of a
truck which collided with the
Pace automobile on the Charlotte J
(Concord road. With him was Cal
vin Roach, also of Concord. Nei
ther was badly hurt.
The Hendersonville men were
driving: to Concord to figure on a
theater building project when the I
collision occurred. Mr. Henderson
died a few hours later in a Char
lotte hospital and Mr. Pace was in
1 the hospital several days. He is
| slowly recovering from his in
juries.
GOSPEL TABERNACLE
TO HEAR MISSIONARY
Miss K. M. McCarthy, a former
missionary to China, will speak at
the Gospel Tabernacle, located
Washington street, Sunday morn
, ing at I I o'clock. Miss McCarthy
is spending a few days here in
the city as guest of Mrs. Charles
N. llartwell on South Main street.
The public in general is invited to
hear the message.
GRACE DAVIS NOT
COURT DEFENDANT
The report of the city police
court of Thursday stated that
Grace Davis was found guilty of
j being drunk and disorderly and
' ordered to leave town.
This was an error as it should
have read Grace Drewr and not
, Grace Davis.
One Other Plane, Forced
Down by Rain Squall,
Is Damaged
IIICH POINT, Sept. :t. (UP)
Aii army pursuit plane, ahan- |
doned l>y | he rrew who I noli to
parachutes, crmhnl into a
house near Rirl*ville today, in
juring Iwr> youths. :<
Phe pUnr'i crew, comprising
I ieutenant R. P. F'ulcher anH a (
passenger, parachuted lo rarlh
safely. | '
Phey Abandoned ship when
their gas supply was exhausted ' i
while searching for* a landing
place during a rain squall. ,
Injured were Oonald Ganm, I
10, and I'red I.ce Ganns, 6. ,
Others in the house were not
harmed. (
Neither hoy wa\ seriously in- »
jurod.
Tlie plane was one o f a flight
of 12 pursuit ships from I..ang
le* y field, forced down hy the
squall.
One other plane was damaged
in the forced landing.
POWER FIRM'S !
DEAL CLOSED:
Over Nine Million Dollars
Paid as Knoxville, TVA
Buy Public Service
NliW YORK, Sept. (UP)—IJ
Handing over of checks totaling
$■>,224,550.1 <i yesterday complet
ed transfer of properties of the 1
Tennessee Public Service company '
and of the Holston company to '
TVA and the city of Knoxville. I '
Amonir the 21 persons who at- 1
tended the transfer ceremony in
the conference room of the Guar
anty Trust company were Mayor 1
Walter Mynatt of Knoxville and |'
James Lawrence Fly, general | \
counsel of TVA.
Robert Henderson, counsel for '
TPS, directed the passage of the '
checks between the various par
ties.
As the checks were passed, it :
was learned that the difficulty i
over paying off investors who had
not deposited their Tennessee <
Public Service bonds had been :
settled by an agreement by the |
company to redeem them Oct. 4
at 104. Flv said this was neces
sary for completion of the deal. 11
FRENCH UNIFY
AIR FORCE AS
DEFENSE STEP
Reorganization Decree Is
sued to Meet Eventual
ity Over Czechs
BESANCON PLATEAU
GAMES SUCCESSFUL
I'ARIS, Sept. 3. (UP)— Reor
ganization of the air force to in
sure a unified command was de
creed by the government today as
it prepared to meet any eventu
ality in the Czechoslovak crisis.
Coincidentally it was disclosed
that war games on the eastern
frontier had proved the efficiency
of France's defenses against an
invasion through Switzerland—an
invasion, regarded hs likely by
many military experts in event of
a French-German war—such as
the German invasion through Bel
gium in 1014.
The air force decree was pub
lished in the official journal to
day. It provides that in future the
air force, instead of being split
into two corps, one for bombing
airplanes, the other for pursuit
planes, shall be reorganized to in
sure complete unity under one
supreme command. An inspector
general is to be in charge of each
division, bombing and pursuit, un
der the new supreme chieftain.
It was understood that the gov
ernment hoped that the new setup
would not only greatly increase
the general efficiency of the air
force but would assure the early
end of a series of accidents which
caused alarm.
To the public—and perhaps also
to the war office—the result of
the war games on the Besancon
plateau were of more immediate
interest. Army authorities did not
try to conceal their satisfaction.
A "red" defending army, rep
resenting the French army, suc
cessfully defended the plateau
from an invading "blue" army,
which attacked westward from the
Swiss frontier. This meant that
theoretically French troops had
repelled invading troops and saved
the industrial heart of France, in-,
•luding lho gijiantic Schneider mu
nitions works in the lc Cruesot
irea. j
The maneuvers proved to the
»a t.isfaction of military experts
hat modern defensive arms, pro-'
lerl.v used, can defeat a sudden
it tack, and that the danger of a
surprise offensive—the sort of of
fensive expected to precede the
>ld fashioned declaration of war
n the next armed conflict—had
>een substantially diminished. As
nany military experts have pre
licted »h?il in a French-German
var, the Germans would strike at
'Vance through Switzerland, it
vas easy to understand the satis-1
action <>f army leaders at the rc
ults.
iTAMP WINDOW AT
POSTOFFICE OPEN
8-10 A. M. MONDAY
E. W. Kwbank, HendersonviUe
instmaster, announced today that
he stamp window at the post of-,
ice will be open only from 8 to 10
. m. Monday and that all other j
ervicc-; will be suspended for the
lay.
Mr. Kwbank said this is the first
ime the post office has been per
il it ted to observe Labor Day as a
ull holiday.
>00,000 FRESH CHINESE TROOPS
ATTACK JAPAN'S LAND FORCES
SHANGHAI, Sept. 3. (UP)— j
^hinese Generalissimo Chianir
(ai-shek today threw 200,000
resh troops into savage counter-1
ittacks on Japanese land forces
>ressing towards his provisional
•apitol in Hankow in a vigorous
effort to prevent the Japanese
'rom consolidating their newly
von positions.
The Hankow war office claimed
najor successes and said the Jap
inese had been entirely cleared
'rom the key sectors of Tehan and
tfatowchen, southeast of the Han
cow tri-city area. In the vital Jui
;hang sector, it was claimed, the
Japanese had been driven hack j
"rom their advanced posts, which
lerlier this week were within 90 |
niles of Hankow. The Chinese j
.vere unable to recapture Jui-I
:hang itself, however, as the Jap
inese hurriedly brought up strong'
•eenforcements.
Other developments:
In Chungking the Chinese for
;ign office "regretfully" an-'
European Crisis
Keeps President
Close To Capital
WASHINGTON, Sept. :i (UP)
President Roosevelt considers the
German-Czech crisis so potential
ly explosive that he intends to re
main close to Washington, he said
yesterday at his press conference, i
The chief executive and Secrc- i
tary of State Cordell Hull are I
keeping abreast of events thru 1
American diplomatic representa
tives aboard and Mr. Roosevelt
said that ho would makt no speak
ing engagements of other com
mitments which would take him
more than a few hours from the
White House.
He described the European im
passe as difficult rather than del-1
icate but would not comment fur
ther. Also, he declined to discuss
Premier Benito Mussolini's Jewish
expulsion decree nor would he
elaborate the navy department's (
plan t ocreate a 1 t-ship Atlantic ■
squadron.
Hull, however, said that the
government is studying all aspects
of Mussolini's order to determine
whether any Americans are af
fected.
ALL OFFICERS
RETIRING FROM
KIDNAP SCENE
Presumably to Give Kid-,
napers Chance to Con
tact Husband
MARYSVILLE, Calif., Sept.
(UP)—Inspector W. A. White of{
the state highway patrol today;
ordered all officers to retire from
the neighborhood of W. R. Meeks' j
home, presumably to give the kid-!
napers of Mrs. Norma Meeks an (
opportunity to contact her hus
band. j
White's instructions came after j
FBI had withdrawn when it found i
no evidence indicating violation I
of federal kidnap laws.
Tho kidnapers issued their only i
instructions yesterday when they
demanded $15,000 ransom when:
they entered Meeks' hom«' and ■
forced the woman to accompany
them as they left.
More than 500 men, many ofi
them uniformed national guards
men, searched the rich orchard
lands of Sutter county last night
for Mrs. Meeks.
Despite the extensive search, in (
which soldiers, state police, sher
iff's deputies and armed farmers
participated, there was no trace
of the 55-year-old former school
teacher or of the two roughly
dressed youths who abducted her.
One slender clue was turned up.
Searchers found tracks of the
Meeks family car, in which she ,
was carried away, paralleling
those of another car in a culvert
near the Meeks' Rio Oso home.
It was considered possible, though
not definitely determined, that
Mrs. Meeks was transferred to an
other automobile at that point.
The Meeks' Chevrolet was found
abandoned in Marysville, 19 miles ,
from the ranch, early yesterday J j
morning.
Guardsmen, called into the j
search by Gov. Frank F. Merriam, <
fuond a stained pillow slip and
some burned clothing in the same i1
(Continued on page three)
riounced that it ha<l been unanie
to pay for damaere inflicted by
Chinese war aviators on the U. S.;
Dollar liner President Hoover off
Shanghai more than a year ago
and promised a public statement
on the American claims soon. It:
ivas recalled that Chine promised
immediate payment when the
the American ship was bombed,
while loading: refugees off Shang-,
hai.
In Tokyo a cabinet spokesman
said that the government had de- j
cided on all contingencies which
may arise in connection with the ,
China war. He considered it prob
able that Japan will "mark time"
for a period after the occupation
of China's provisional capital of!
Hankow as was done after the:
former Chinese capital in Nan
king was captured last December. {
A definite decision in this regard,
however, will depend on circum-1
stances at the time. The govern
ment expects Hankow to fall dur
(Continued on page three)
WAR GAMES TO
BE COINCIDENT
WITH BRITONS'
Strong German Re-enforce*
ments Moved to Right
Bank of Rhine
SUDETENS~CHANGE
DEMANDS TO CZECHS
STRASBOURG, France, Sept.
(3. (UP)—Strong German re
inforcements hare been mo»fd
into positions on the right bink
of the Rhine in the last ?A
hours.
In the Kehl and OfFenburg re
gions mechanized units in
eluding light artillery batteries
and heavy machine guns occu
pied garrisons. The troops were
billeted among peasants.
LONDON, Sept. 3. UP). Ger
many today notified Great Hi i
tain that its rebuilt navy will hold
maneuvers in the North sea. erf
incident with those of the Biiti.;h
navy.
The German fleet selected fol
ks area the waters off Norwegian
and Danish coasts.
Thus there will be presented an
interesting picture of the German
battle fleet holding war j;;imes .it
the eastern side of the North sea
while the British fleet holds its
Karnes on the western side.
Meantime the French govern
ment at Paris announced »hr re
organization of its air force to in
sure unified command as it. pre
pared to meet any evtntuality in
the Czechoslovak crisis.
INCREASED HOPE
FOR PEACE IS SEEN
BERCHTFSGADFN. Germany.
Sept. 3. (UP).—Great Britain'.
appeal for a German gesture of
peace in the Central European
crisis was delivered to Chancellor
Adolf Hitler yesterday in the
midst of his grave consultations
with Konrad Henlein, the "(Czecho
slovak Fuehrer."
Authoritative information that
Hitler has assured Great. Britain
that he has no intention of nn
dertaking any hasty steps in com
pelting "satisfaction" for the an
tonomy demands of 3,500.000
Sudeten Germans in Czechoslo
vakia served meanwhile t.«» spread
greater optimism among diplo
mats.
An official announcement d»>
scribing as "ridiculous," reports
abroad that Hitler has rejected
at least one of the principal pro
posals of the Prague government's
new offer of concessions further
increased hope for peace.
As Hitler and Henlein met **
Haus Wachenfeld, Per Fuehrer'?
Alpine Chalet where he has map
ped most of his "surprises." such
as the annexation of Austria,
German Foreign Minister Joachim
Von Ribbentrop flew here from
Berlin bearing Britain's direct,
tvord of her apprehension and <!«•
sire for conciliation in the Czech
dispute.
Henlein left Hitler's retreat at
1:30 p. m. by automobile enrou*»
lack to Czechslovakia by way of
Munich, for his home at Asch in
Sudetenland or perhaps direc'ly
;o Prague to meet with govern
nent representatives.
At the same time Ribbentrop
lew back to Berlin from Aiming
lirport near Berchtesgaden.
A communique issued just be
fore the departure of Henlein.
,\rho told Der Fuehrer in detail of
Prague's offer to divide the coun
ry into 23 "kupas" or distress
lavinpr a large measure of home
(Continued on page three.)
Police Persuade
WPA Strikers To
Leave Building
BIRMINGHAM7Ala., Sept 3 —
(UP)—A group of 90 Works
Progress Administration worker*
ast night ended their brief sit
iown strike in WPA headquarters
here after being "persuaded" by
police to leave the building peace
fully.
The strike began Thursday night
when workers protested that they
ivere not furnished transportation
to and from a suburban play
ground project and that it was
necessary to spend an eighth of
their weekly income in carfare.
City authorities, however, in
formed the sitdowners they were
violating city health and fire or
dinances and would be forced ont.
of the building if they did not
leave peacefully.
The sitdown came to quiet end
upon recommendation of John
Donovan, representative of the
Workers Alliance of America, a
union for WPA employes.
After the strikers left the build
ing. Donavan resumed conferences
with WPA officials on settlement
of the diputa. ^