Show I I 1 STUFF 1 Politics Po t L' and r Finance I WASHINGTON 1 I By Ge George Durno j Of Officials dats of the American Federa I tl tion of Labor have haye ga garnered ne d the g goods o s f against the blue eagle In Ir If literally rallY thousands ds of cases Local compliance boards are lung JUng manfully with the situation n hut IQ 10 o far have failed to hang up tip over over- J any ny h horrible ex examples ples for br public scorn com J c Presumably these pub spirited public Ui c I serving without pay arele ry of falsely accusing a nex next door neigh neigh- bore bon or I C 4 On One of ot the flag flagrant arit cases rp reported i t t to b the A A. AF F. F of L involves es a company J f I manufacturing a two el cigars No sooner had the company signed J th the thi code than it raised the price of ot its cabbage to three fora r a dime ime i Then they set underpaid girls to toj 0 j working overtime pasting asting blue eagles i on the boxes J j Sweating 1 un another instance organized labori labor i and nd Ute the local compliance board are arc definitely at odds C 1 of a factory in a middle I western town struck against pay and working conditions Officials of the i union dipped into the matter They t r p said raid they found conditions in the factory fac tory sanitary and otherwise othery pretty awfuL They also reported the vork work workers J ers had been getting so little pay it would be a crime to touch them for 1 union nion dues Union organizers were told n not toi to i take a nickel but to stand standby by for all 1 the aid and nd comfort possible The rhe chairman of ot the compliance board made an an fn inspection pec on of the fac fac- fac ac- ac tory She the She She the chairman being a woman gave the plant a complete comp te bill of health and called on public opinion to force the men back to work Union leaders whisper madame chairman is the wife of a aman man who is financially interested in the disputed factory t I Eastman Behind newspaper print Railroad I l Administrator Joseph B. B Eastman finds himself himsel stumped Appointed to office originally for forthe forthe the purpose of ot effecting economies economics and consolidations in railroad operation opera opera- tion Eastman soon found that the Very law creating his j b prevented any new dealing I The ibe clause se making it mandatory y that the carriers shall not reduce their personnel below May tota totals s is 15 thal the tha l' l stumbling block Terminals Terminals' couldn't r t consolidated and tta track k abandoned d dIt It without laying off oU men men l b t t. t S So e rail bosses quietly content- content J lag himself with a survey of what he 1 could do if the law let him Also Abo he pc ie is studying ing the possibility of ref reforms f h in purchase of equipment etc When congress comes back hell he'll hellI I l have a fat report for their guidance in int t f drafting permanent railroad legisla- legisla Ja tion 1 Those at his elbow say Eastman will wUl willi j I i rush push for stiff still changes in the law as isI is I 0 o oi i Rails flails Steel men are in a quandary over the coming sale of ot a million tons of steel I rail to the railroads as inspired by th the government Rail now sells around 40 a i ton J 1 Administrator Eastman acting as federal fed fed- era eral go-between go told the steel men meni I i i he thought 35 w would uld do very nicely I but h hoped ped it would be lower r still stilt t biBLe The price is t to b be set by competitive bid Eastman warned against any collu- collu lion ion Then he let out that the lowest price quoted was as to be the figure for allt all I j t concerned t Maybe therell there'll be no collusion but I if t there re isn't human thuman nature has taken t. t In an upward turn Biff Bitt The Khaki Shirts got billed biffed at the t DI District line the other day when they advanced on the capital to make a at dictator tor of F F. 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It was slightly t different rent from the reception of ot the famous first bonus arm array army t That outfit was mst by escorts taken tak tak- to en ento to specially provided camps and otherwise pampered for tor weeks This was under the gentler regime of General al Pelham Glassford as Washington's ns n's chief of ot police Seemingly Inspector Burke head A of the th detective bureau who handled Ij L the recent recent he crisis has more of the old I in him r Local reporters wele were extremely their a accounts counts of ot what It f- f took place when the potential fascists I I attempted t. t to Invade Washington In Int t Continued on Page Two bo INSIDE STUFF U Continued from Pare Page On One their favor it must be recorded that newspapers cant can't print all the blue arid and chilly language that sparked at atthe atthe atthe the District line Inspector Burke met this Mexican army all of them officers and arid said in effect Listen you birds The Philadelphia police raided your headquarters headquarters head hend- quarters and found a couple dozen guns to say nothing of blackjacks and other little things The city of Washington will have no traffic traffic fic with a bunch like you No Now get the hell out The Khaki Shirts gave the inspector tor a fascist salute tumbled into their trucks and highballed back in the direction of Baltimore of Notes A. A F. F of 1 L. L officials have actual pay envelopes in their possession as proof of code chiseling Some of them contained 7 and 8 for working work work- ing lag weeks r ranging from irom 48 to 54 hours Emil EmU administrative assistant in public works is an authority authority au on or Andrew Jackson He has hasin in his possession a number of as asyet yet unpublished manuscripts concern lag ing this figure of history Marquis Mar Mar- quis James the biographer is haunt haunting ing lag Hurja's office these days while compiling a new tome on Jackson Attorney General C Cummings thought he hit on bit on a swell aswell plan to bottle up the theco co country's most desperate gangsters by sending them to Alcatraz island pris on San Franciscans dont don't agree gree with him fearing the thc entourages of these hoodlums will make headquarters in their ejr city Why not put them out in Santa Barbara channel with the thel wild goats they ask |