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Wt DO OUR PAfU
THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR
UNION LEADERS HAVE TURN WITH PRESIDENT
Valley Ready to Combat Activities of Communists
MASS MEETING
SCHEDULED HI
FAIR GROUNDS
Organization Opposed To Rad
icalism Plans Active Campaign
To Offset ‘Red’ Program.
KEEP CHECKON MOVEMENT
Formation Of Junior Chapters
Reported To Be Spreading In
Schools. ' *1
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock
a county-wide meeting in protest
against the invasion of Communism
into county labor and other affairs
will be held at the fair grounds
under the auspices of the Imperial
trolley Anti-Communist associa
tion.
It is hoped that Homer Chail
laux, state commander of the
American Legion will be able to
be present and address the gath
ering. Hugh Osborne is now on
the coast to secure more speakers
for the program.
Charles Nice, commander of the
county association, has been in
formed that three more chapters
of the Young Communist League
are being organized in the valley
and feels that action on the part
of valley residents to combat the
encroaching danger is necessary
now.
A statement emanating from the
San Diego headquarters of the
Communists is to the effect that
that organization intends to enter
Imperial Valley politics during the
campaigns which are expected to
get under way this summer.
American Civil Liberties Union
delegates from Los Angeles and
San Diego will be in the valley to
attend a meeting of that organi
zation in Calexico next Sunday, it
was also learned.
Meeting in special session last
night the executive committee of
the Anti-Communist association
determined to make a close study
of Communist activities in the val
ley before the opening of the can-
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GDCOINIIT OIL
FIX FAVORED
That the proposed tax of three
cents on importation of cocoanut
oil is the only salvation for the
dairyman was the statement made
by Scott B. Foulds, secretary for
the local farm bureau, in comment
ing on vesterday’s action by the
senate finance committee, in re
commending such a tax.
The daiiyman has to compete
with the oliomargarine industry and
this tax is necessary to the dairy
industry, states Foulds, who points
out that the local farm bureau has
been active in supporting this pro
ject but that it needs the help of
aii individuals and organizations in
terested in the industry.
“It is doubtful,” said Foulds this
morning, "if we are getting the
support desired from California’s
senators. The farm bureau has writ
ten them asking their support of
this measure but has been unable
to obtain a pledge of support.
"It is essential that all those in
terested in the dairy business send
telegrams to Senator Hiram John
son and Senator William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo to inform them of the need
for this measure.
“We have received word from the
American Farm Bureau Federation
in Washington that interests' op
posed to this tax are well represen
ted but that the farmers of the
country have not sufficiently indi
cated their Interest in it."
The house has already passed a
measure imposing a five cent duty.
CREW SAFE AS
VESSEL SINKS
MANILA. P. 1., March 22. (U.R)—
The crew of the Italian freighter
Otranto, wrecked near Iba. reached
here today by motor truck, bring
ing exciting tales of their rescue.
The 1073 ton freighter, enroute
from Singapore to Shanghai, was
believed to have struck a derelict
or a log.
The craft filled rapidly with wat
er, driving the crew to the boats.
They had just cleared the ship
when it plunged to the bottom of
the ocean.
For hours the men drifted in
the small boats, scanning the hori
zon for sight of rescue ships. The
motorship Cristina finally came to
the aid and brought them to a
coastal town, from which they rode
to Manila. „ _
Imperial Valley Press
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE
FARM BUREAU
OFFICIALS TO
HOLD MEETING
Farm bureau members from the
five southern counties of the state
which comprise Region No. 1 of the
California Farm Bureau Federation,
will be guests of Imperial County
Farm Bureau at the regional meet
ing to be held in Brawley on Sat
urday, March 24, in the high school.
R. W. Blackburn of Coachella,
president of the state federation
will attend the meeting as will Alex
Johnson, executive secretary for
the state organization. Johnson will
discuss the latest information rela
tive to marketing agreements, codes,
etc, and the way in which they af
fect the farmer.
In view of the general interest in
the topic the public is invited. The
pregram will begin at 10 a. m. and
luncheon will be served at noon in
I the Dunlack hotel.
STAVISKY RM
PRIVATE MAFIA
French Financier Reported To
Have Dealt Out Vengeance
To Those Who Opposed Him.
PARIS, March 22. (U.R)—Alexan
dre Stavisky, banker whose $30,000,-
000 failure caused a national scan
dal, organized his own private Ma
i iia to deal with his enemies and
i kep himslf in financial powr, a
parliamentary commission investi
' gating the case was informed today.
: Deputy Philippe Henriot, whose
I persistence brought the scandal into
the open, submitted letters ex
changed between Stavisky’s wife,
Arlette, the Cayanne deputy Jean
Galmot, who was poisoned, and Dr.
Pierre Vacher, Paris sex specialist
and nudist advocate.
The commission suspected Galmot
was poisoned by the Stavisky Ma
fia for having tipped police to Sta
visky’s hideout at Marley, deep in
Fontainbleau forest, resulting in a
surprise raid and the arrest of Sta
visky in 1926.
Subsequently Stavisky wrote:
‘‘He will learn what it costs to
cross my path."
Fragments of the charred letter
| are in the hands of the commission.
; Murder of Galmot was only one
I of many tragedies that followed in
I the sinister wake of Stavisky. They
I included the recent murder of Al-
I bert Prinqp, investigating magis
trate, suicide of Stavisky hiinseif,
and various other suicides, if not
murders.
CROONER’S SON
UNDER GUARD
LOS ANGELES, March 22. (U.R)—
A reputed plot to kidnap the 9-
months-old son of Bing Crosby, the
crooner, commanded the attention
of police investigators today.
The plot was reported by W. V
Noice of Inglewood who said ht
heard two men discuss it at an in- |
terurban railway station last Mon
day.
“ 'He makes a couple grand a
week’,” Noice quoted one of the
men as saying. “ ‘l’m sure he can
pay off for the Crosby kid. I al
ways wanted to take a crack at a
crooner, anyway’."
Noice said he feigned sleep in or
der to “horn in” on the conversa
tion without being detected.
Crosby's brother. Everett, said a
special guard has been employed to
guard the child at the Crosby home
in Toluka Lake. Virtually every pro
minent film parent in Hollywood
has long employed similar guards to
ward off kidnapers.
ACCEPT VINSON BILL
WASHINGTON. March 22. (U.R)
—The house today accepted the
conference report on the Vinson
bill authorizing the President to
build the United States fleet up to
treaty strength.
Tire report was sent to the senate
for final action.
TRUCE PERMITTED IN RIVER W
Rumors From Parker Indicate That Califor
nia Doesn’t Want Dam Site.
PARKER. Ariz., March 22. (U.R)—
The white flag was hoisted today
over the Colorado River battlements
where six national guardsmen have
been fighting mosquitoes for two
weeks while guarding the Arizona
shore from California dam workers.
One of armistice rather - than sur
render. the flag permitted the Cali
fornians to cross the stream without
fear of attack from any source other
than the mosquito hordes which
have all but routed the Arizona de
fenders. The crossing was allowed
by Governor B. B. Moeur so workers
cculd reclaim the cables anchored
on this side of the river.
WILL OPEN BIOS FOR CANAL ON MAY 15TH
KS MIKES
STATEMENT
IT CAPITAL
Will Be Advertised On April
10 And Opened At Yuma
One Month Later.
WASHINGTON, March 22. (U.R)—
Public Worrs Administrator Harold
L. Ickes announced today that bids
for initial construction work on the
All-American canal, in Imperial
Valley, California, would be asked
by the reclamation division April
10. and w'culd be opened May 15, at
Yuma, Ariz.
“I am extremely gratified at
hearing this news.” Evan T. Hewes.
chairman of the irrigation district
board of directors stated this af
ternoon when informed by The
Press of this latest development in
All-American canal progress, ‘‘for
it indicates Secretary Ickes is also
interested in speeding up canal con
struction. ’ ’
Earlier today the following tel
egram was received at irrigation
district headquarters from Phil D.
Swing, now' in Washington, D. C..
in connection with matters per
'taining to the 'canal:
i ‘ ‘ Learn specifications still in
Denver held up to perfect specifi
cation Imperial dam to Pilot Knob
also pending review cost estimates
by advisory board. Suggest urge
Walters and Mead to proceed
promptly with readvertisement prev
ious work, new' work to be offered
when ready. Also urge use mem
bers advisory board meeting in
'Denver next week on Grand Coulee
'to pass on canal costs. ’ ’
The United Press dispatch indi
cates that little time was lost by
Secretary Ickes i n proceeding
promptly with advertising for the
bids and that the review cost esti-
I mates by advisory board mentioned
.by Swing in the above telegram,
I had been completed in record time.
A story carried in these columns
I yesterday, from Denver, stated that
i bids for the canal construction
■ were to be advertised within 30
days for 32 miles of excavation on
the canal.
; The first bids opened at Yuma on
i December 20 of last year were for
i 14 miles of excavation divided into
I three units, bet ween Pilot Knob and
1 a point west of the sandhills. The
ibids named in today’s item will
call for excavation work from Im
perial Dam to this point west of
the sand hills, a much larger piece
of work than had originally been
i intended.
1 After the rejection of the Dec-
I ember 20 bids, further work on the
canal was held up until Tuesday
when it was announced that the
office of the comptroller of cur
| rency had released the $6,000,000
iappropriation for the current year’s
| work on the $27,000,000 project.
Jail Breaker
Pleads Guilty
Sam Davis who was to have been
tried before a jury in Judge Mc-
Phcrrin's department of superior
court this morning on a charge of
escape pleaded guilty to the charge
and applied for probation. Hear
ing on this was set for March 30.
Davis who was serving a term in
the county jail for petty theft left
the kitchen where he was working
on January 17 to get a can of gas
oline from the county garage. His
automobile, equipped with clothing
and other necessar-'-s, had been
parked near the Veterans’ Memorial
hall at the rear of the jail and
Davis got in and started for points
east, accompanied by his wife, ac
cording to the information against
him. He was apprehended in
Yuma and brought back to the
county jail here.
"Let ’em remove all their mater
ial and cables from this side.” Gov
-1 ernor Moeur directed Major F. I.
Pomeroy, local commandant. '‘lt
I will just save us cutting them."
The cables constituted the inter- ,
state trespassing that caused the
Arizona governor to order out troops
in protest against the Southern Cal
ifornia Metropolitan Water district
preceding with the Dam's construc
tion. Rumors on this side of the
river held that drilling operations
had been “very unsatisfactory" and
that there was a possibility the dam
site would be moved.
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934
COURT TO TRY
CONVICTS FOR
FATAL BREAK
SAN RAFAEL. Calif.. March 22.
(U.R) —Five San Quentin prison in
mates, already serving life terms for
their crimes, today faced new
trials which may send them to the
gallows for the death of a fellow
prisoner in a futile escape plot.
Those indicted by the Marin
county grand jury here were Ethan
McNabb, known as the ‘‘yacht
bandit;” Louis Downs, Alameda
county convicted slayer; George
Fredericks and George Masters. San
Francisco prisoners, and William
Bagley, famed northwestern desper
ado.
They were charged with com
mitting an assault while serving
life terms, an offense punishable
with death according to an inter
pretation of the penal code present
ed by Attorney General U. S. Webb.
A convict who did not participate
in the escape plot was shot and
killed when a home made gun, al
legedly handled by McNabb, was
discharged accidentally. Guards
stopped the jailbreak effort by
heavy gunfire from the towers bf
the prison wall. Bagley was wound
ed.
SEEK RELEASE
OF RADICALS
Habeas Corpus Writ Applied
For In Behalf Of Chambers
And Alexander.
Two documents having close con
nection with the recent strike activ
ities in the county were filed at the
court house yesterday afternoon.
The first of these was a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus pre
sented by Grover C. Johnson in
favor of Pat Chambers and S. C.
Alexander, now serving six months
sentences in the county jail. Found
guilty on charges of disturbing the
peace and violating city ordinance
No. 223 of Brawley, in the case of
Chambers, thej' were given sus
pended sentences on condition that
they leave the county. When they
failed to do this they were rear
rested and brought to the county
jail to serve these sentences.
The writ was issued by Judge R.
D. McPherrin yesterday afternoon
and the hearing will be on Satur
day morning at 9 o 'clock.
A second document is the re
spondents ’ proposed amendment
statement on appeal in the case
brought against Clarence Lynch,
Emma Cutler and Charles Hoffman
who were also arrested during the
recent lettuce workers strike. This
document is filed by Elmer Heald,
attorney for the respondent, the
people of the state of California.
It was allowed and approved by
Judge Lorenz, Calexico justice of
the peace.
In this document Heald gives a
resume of the case and the testi
mony offered at the trials of the
three defendants. Charged with
vagrancy. Emma Cutler was found
guilty on February 21 and sentenced
to six months in the county jail
from which sentence the appeal in
question is now being made. Hoff
man was also found guilty and giv
en a suspended sentence of six
months in jail while Lynch was
found not guilty by a jury before
whom the case was tried.
AIR MYSTERY
SOLVED when
WRECK FOUND
MENDOZA. Argentina. March 22.
(U.R)—An airplane mystery of near
ly two years ago, when a tri-mo
tored plane with six passengers and
a crew of three disappeared over
the snow-capped Andes, was solved
today.
Two mountain guides reported
finding the wreckage of the Pan-
American-Grace Lines plane San
Jcse in a snow-covered valley, six
hours by mulebaek out of Puente De
Linca. All nine bodies were in the
plane.
The plane vanished on July 16,
1932. enroute from Santiago, Chile,
for Buenos Aires.
No Americans were among the
passengers but the crew included
Charles J. Robinson, pilot and C. W.
Myers, co-pilot and radio operator,
both Americans.
,It was winter when the plane fell.
Now it is summer and unusually hot.
resulting in the melting of the snow
and exposure of the wreckage.
HAVRE. France. March 22. (U.R)
■ —The petroleum tanker Girale ex
-1 ploded in the Seine river today.
' Twelve men in the crew were report
ed missing,
COVERS THE VALLEY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
FRENCH TANKER SINKS
CASUALTIES IN HAKODATE FIRE
EXPECTED TO EXCEED ESTIMATE
HAKODATE, Japan, March 22.
(U?R)"—Deaths from burns and injur- (
ies tonight continued to increase
the heavy casualty toll, already set
officially at 1.000 known deaths, in
the destruction by fire of the great
er part of this thriving seaport city.
Police estimated that 300 persons
had died since the fire in which 700 .
persons were known to have been ,
burned to death. The checkup j
showed that 2,000 others had been
injured or were missing. A number
of the missing were believed to have
been consumed by the flames.
The property damage was esti
mated conservatively at ten million
yen (about $3,000,000).
City and national authorities
CONTRACT FOR
ASPARAGUS TO
BE DRAWN UP
Preparation of a contract between
i asparagus growers of the valley and
■ the California Sanitary company
j today occupied members of the
permanent committee appointed by
j the growers last night at the meet-
I ing in the court house.
i C. G. Halliday, member of the
i committee and deputy district at
: torney, was busy drawing up the
' contract this morning and it was
J hoped that it might be signed by
i this afternoon so that canning of
. the surplus crop might go into ef
fect at once.
J Growers met last night at the
) court house with Joseph Shapiro,
. representative of the California
I Sanitary company of Long Beach.
! the canning concern. A perman
ent committee was appointed com
posed of Virgil Simms, Howard T.
| Jones, Tom Sinoda, C. G. Halliday
! and B. A. Harrigan, agricultural
, commissioner.
Beginning today, under ruling of
the state pro-ration committee, 25
I per cent of the local crop will be
, declared surplus and may not be
; used for interstate shipment. This
; surplus may be canned even though
| the official date for canning is not
i until April 1.
Youngsters Start
Out Rather Early
Three Brawley youngsters, aged
!!), 7 and 6 years old respectively,
were arrested in Truckhaven by
immigration service officers last
night in an automobile said to have
been stolen from V. Torano a
Brawley resident. The eldest of the
trio was driving the car at the time
the arrest w'as made.
: The boys were confined in the
I Brawley jail pending the arrival of
i the county probation officer who
I took them in charge.
JUPANESE-AMERICAN EXCHANGE
OF NOTES LESSENS M TALK
By RAY G. MARSHALL
United Press Staff Correspondent
(Copyright, 1934, By United Prciis)
TOKIO. March 22. —Danger of
any major war in the far east in
the immediate future has become
“exceedingly remote” as result of i
publication of good will notes in-1
terchanged by Foreign Minister K.
Hirota and Secretary of State Cor-1
dell Hull in the opinion of high of- .
ficial circles in Tokio.
From a dozen statesmen in Japan,
the United Press obtained this
composite opinion about the Hir- j
ota-Hull declarations:
1. They indicate the strength of I
the Japanese and American govern
ments will be used immediately to
prevent any major armed conflict
in the Orient or on the Pacific
ocean.
2. If Washington accedes to To
kio ’s wishes, it was believed the
declarations might be merely pre
liminary to more far-reaching
agreements in which a relationship
between Japan and the United
States might be established similar
to that between Japan and Britain
during the days of the Anglo-Jap
anese alliance.
3 Declarations may constitute a
first step towards eventual recog
nition of Manchukuo by the United
Press. Such recognition cannot be
expected, however, for ‘‘a number
, of years. ’ ’
4. The important question of Jap
anese-American commercial rela
, tions has been brought into the
i open. Both governments indicate
I a willingness to recognize that a
mutually profitable commerce makes
i friendly political relations essen
tial.
It was learned the declarations
I were result of more than four
swiftly set relief agencies in motion
to guard against- pestilence and ex
posure among the 120,000 homeless
refugees. Four naval destroyers, car
rying emergency supplies, were the
first to bring outside aid to the city.
The Japanese army air corps was
called upon to rush medical supplies
and army doctors.
The Japanese public rallied im
mediately to the assistance of their
unfortunate countrymen. Corpora
tions and individuals gave readily
to relief funds collected in various
1 cities. Merchant ships loaded lum
! ber at many ports to provide tempor-
I ary buildings for Hakodate's popu
i lace, now scattered on bleak hills or
quartered in the huts of neighbor
ing villagers.
Hakodate, perened on the far
i northern island of Hakkaido, had
little warning of the disaster which
overtook it. Most of the residents
were asleep when a tall smoke-stack
i crumpled by a nigh wind, fell into a
I public bath and ignited the struc
ture.
The flames, pushed by the wind,
raced through the papier-mache
houses of the residential district,
and quickly leveled the structures oi
thin wood, paper partitions and mat
floors housing the populace. The
larger buildings fell before the on
rush of the fire. All communications
equipment was wiped out. The
j foreign consulates, situated on a
hillside, escaped.
Word of the disaster was sent to
I the outside world by the radio ap
paratus of ships in the harbor. They
also provided the only means oi
communication through which city
officials sent their appeals for im-
I mediate aid for the populace.
i So far as could be learned no for
| eigners were included on the fatal
■ ity list.
THREE DIE IN
PLANE CRASH
LIMA, Peru, March 22. (U.R)—A
tri-motored Pan-American Grace
line plane with 12 passengers
crashed while taking off for Chile
from Las Palmas airport today, kill
ing three persons and injuring four.
The dead were Homer V. Farris,
pilot; Lawrence S. Wagner, radio
man, and Frank Large, a passenger.
The injured were Manuel Trucco,
Chilean ambassador to Washington,
whose hip and pelvis were broken;
his daughter, Grace, broken shoul
der; Miss Carmen Bustamente, a
Peruvian, broken leg, and John Mc-
Gregor, vice president of the air
line, bruises.
Ambassador Trucco lost his wife
last week. She died while he was
flying to her bedside from Wash
ington, making the trip despite his
own illness.
months conversations between the
two governments both here and
in Washington.
A foreign office spokesman said
that statements in London that
Japan would demand revision of
the Japanese exclusion clause in
the United States immigration law;
recognition of Manchukuo and
abandonment of American naval
and air bases in the Philippines “as
the price of peace in the Pacific”
were unfounded.
These issues do not enter into
the present situation, he said.
TO SLASH MS INCOME TAX
Proposed Measure To Ease Up On Salaried
Man And Bear Down On Investments.
By H. O. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 22.—The :
man who works for a living is go
ing to be taxed less in the future
than the man whose income comes
from investments, it became appar
ent today as the senate finance
committee prepared to report the
new tax bill.
The house has passed the bill. As
it shapes up for presentation to the
senate it will be a measure designed
to obtain revenue from the investing
class rather than those whose mon
ey comes in salary check or pay
envelope.
For instance, if the present form
of law is approved the married man
with a SSOOO income will save S2O
NEA ILLUSTRATIONS
HOLLYWOOD. March 21.
i Special)—Well, the country
woke up mighty relieved this
morning when they found the
President has been able to stall
off those strikes.
Don't it look like in case of a
wage dispute it would be com
pulsory that you keep on work
ing but you send, say, two men,
the owners two men and the
government two? Now if they
were months settling this and
labor won, their increase in pay
would go back to the time when
the first protest was made, or a
shortening of hours, and labor
won, they would also be paid
for back hours.
Looks like nobody would be
hurt much, and the labor lead
ers and the owners could cuss
each other in a room, the same
as they do now in the newspa
pers. yet nobody w'ould have to
be idle listening to ’em.
Yours.
• 19347McNaugbt Syndicate, Ino.
DEATH CLAIMS
MBS,FERRELL
Instruction Supervisor In Coun
ty Schools Dies After Short
Illness.
Teachers of the county schools
and residents throughout the valley
were saddened today by news of
:the death of Mrs. Grace Ferrell, in
struction supervisor in the county
superintendent of school’s office.
, Pneumonia ended Mrs. Ferrell’s
.life at 1 p. m. today, her death
taking place in the Thrasher hos
pital Calexico after an illness which
began on Wednesday, March 14.
1 Last night Mrs. Ferrell was re
ported as being much better and
high hopes were held out for her
recovery but during the night she
took a turn for the worse, neces
sitating the administration of ox
ygen early this morning, when no
hope was given by the attending
physician for- her recovery.
She is survived by three child
ren, Grover. Gordon and Alice Fer
rell. all of high school age, by her
mother. Mrs. Annie C. Dow of Long
Beach, by a brother, Rex Dow. and
by a cousin, Mrs. H. W. Going of
Calexico. Her husband. Luman
Ferrell, died on February 10 last
i year.
No arrangement had been made
‘ at press time in regard to the fun
eral. plans awaiting communication
from relatives.
Interest In Education
i Mrs. Ferrell had been a resident
'of the valley for many years and
I was held in deep respect and
■ affection by ail who knew her. Her
i long interest in educational work
' led to her appointment by C. B.
Collins, county superintendent of
schools, as instruction supervisor
j and she served in that capacity
two years.
| Her efficiency in this work was
! known to all with whom she came
in contact and her ability was rec
, cgnized by coast educational circles
'as well.
To the county superintendent of
schools office and to the teachers
'of the county her death comes as
la heavy blow for her unfailing ef-
I forts on their behalf, her friendli
; ness and readiness to help them
■ with their problems endeared her
ito all. Her death will be mourned
' not only by her friends and rela-
Itives but by hundreds of valley res
• idents as well.
next year in income taxes compared
with what he is paying now.
But with the lowest bracket for
surtaxes dropped to $4,000. the man
who is living on invested capital
will bear a heavier share of the tax
burden.
Lowering of the surtax rate has
been effected to include dividends
and partially tax exempt securities
which now are not susceptible to
ordinary income taxation.
Both house and senate version af
ford a 10 per cent dedeuction on
earned income, something not con
tained in the present law. The
house plan was for a 10 per cent
deduction on earned incomes up to
♦B,OOO. while the senate finance com
mittee raised this limit to $20,000.
Will
ROGERS
BANK CLEARINGS
$67,361.17
BUILDING PERMITS
$39,870
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEITHER SIDE
SHOWS SIGNS
QFMENING
White House None Too Confi
dent That Strike In Auto In
dustry Can Be Averted.
MUCH DOUBT ON OUTCOME
Informal Statement Asserts Sit
uation Is Not Yet Regarded
As Hopeless.
WASHINGTON, March 22. (U.R)—
President Roosevelt talked man to
man today with union leaders who
hold the power to call a general
strike of organized labor through
out the automobile industry.
The President fought to avert a
walkout which, it was feared, might
spread through the steel and other
key industries.
He met the union leaders at the
I same White House conference table
i where tight-lipped motor manufac
; turers assembled yesterday.
Neither side showed indication of
weakening in the dispute over the
key issue of unionization of the mo
tor industry, stronghold of the non-
> union "open shop.”
: Even the White House appeared
I none too confident. The only ex-
I pression forthcoming there was an
; informal statement that the situa
■ ticn was not regarded as hopeless.
; The manufacturers, who had a
' two hour session with the Presi
| ident yesterday, were standing just
jas firm in their fight against un
ionization.
It appeared to many that the best
the President could hope for im
mediately would be continuation of
the present truce which has halted
the strike temporarily.
President William Green, William
Collins. A. F. of L. leader for Mich
igan; and one representative each
for 11 unions in the Detroit area
and one in Cleveland were select
ed to lay laoor’s case before the
President.
! Collins said they would ask par
i ticularly for a final interpretation
of section 7-A of the recovery act,
which says labor shall be free to
organize and select men of its own
choosing for collective bargaining.
I “Free choice—the President has
said it meant free choice —is some
thing we haven’t had,” Collins
said.
j There was increasing speculation
as to the possibility that the Pres
ident might resort to his licensing
powers. Green in an open statement
said labor would urge this course
‘‘if these manufacturers maintain
their stubborn and unyielding at
titude and refuse to accord the
workers their exercise of their legal
rights to organize into a union of
, their own choosing and to bargain
collectively through their own chos
en representatives.”
HMTTORON
FOO GOVERNOR
LOS ANGELES, March 22. (U P)
—Former State Corporation Com
missioner Raymond L. Haight to
day announced his candidacy for
governor but refused to reveal on
what political ticket he will cam
paign.
A Republican, Haight declined to
disclose “at this time” what party
nomination he would seek but
friends expressed the belief he will
run as a progressive Republican.
Others, however, cited the move
ment of the * ‘ Commonwealth par
ty ’ ’ to gain a place on the ballot
and the agitation of some of its ad
herents to have the 37-year-old at
torney head it.
A native of San Jose, Haight is
credited with securing passage of
the • ■ Blue Sky ’ ’ law controlling
stock issues when he was corpora
tion commissioner in 1931.
Seek Remains Of
Airplane Victims
LONG BEACH, Wash.. March 22.
(U.R) —In the charred wreckage of a
privately-owned airplane, authori
ties today sought an explanation
of the crash which carried two men
to their deaths here.
The victims of the airplane acci
dent were Charles B. Strauhal, 36,
deputy sheriff of Pacific county,
and Ous Shultz. 45. chief of police
here. Their bodies were burned
badly.
Straughal's aged mother watched
the plane piloted by her son burst
into flames after a forced landing.
She collapsed and was reported in
critical condition.
EDITOR MARRIES
SANTA ANA. Calif., March 22.
<U.R> Frederick W Fidridge. 57,
editorial supervisor of the Hearst
newspapers on the Pacific coast,
and Florence Lawrence, 50. dramatic
clitic and special writer on the Los
Angeles Examiner for many years,
were married here today by Rev
Walter Buchanan of the First
Christian church.