Show s I I TIlE THE DAILY NEW YORK F I Financial Fina Whirligig Ir a I Written Vt n for o Th The j By JAMES McMULLIN NEW YORK YORK The The between battle E. E T. T 1 Weir Veir and the national labor board will be a hum hum- mer iner The steel magnates are set to make make a last- last ditch battle of the open shop issue and they have the silent backing of many other indus indus- Every ruse that shrewd legal talent can devise will be employed to stave off union encroachment That long-heralded long test of N NR NR R A constitutionality is likely to get its front front- page setting here Insiders say the national labor boards board's primary primary mary motive in intervening is to head off a L paralyzing strike by protecting the rights which organized labor claims under the national re recovery recovery recovery re- re covery act But there are arc some hard-boiled hard folks on the management side of the industry y who privately insist they would prefer the showdown strike to a compromise surrender President Is Displeased New Yorkers with administration contacts say the president was not pleased to have the issue raised while recovery still hangs in the that the Rich Johnson balance They contend berg proposal to allow managements to deal with minority employee group groups groups' is an effort to force temporary compromise to keep the peace until we are further along the comeback trail That way the unions would be free to organize or organize or- or where they could and the companies wouldn't have to sacrifice their precious open shop principle Its It's significant that sponsor stands wen well with labor Its It's also significant significant significant sig sig- sig- sig that conservatives not directly involved in the fight are rallying round the proposal with cries of joy Of course such a solution couldn't be per per- manent But it might postpone the final struggle struggle struggle gle until the nation is in better shape to ab absorb absorb absorb ab- ab the shock Pennsylvania Labor Candidate New York learns that Joseph Guffey Guffey Penn Penn Pennsylvania sylvania Democratic leader and candidate for senator will senator will campaign this fall on a strong platform This is important for two reasons For one Guffey is a loyal administration supporter and unlikely to cross wires with it on a matter of major policy For the other the fundamental issues issues' between capital and labor cut deeper at present in Pennsylvania than in any other state S Steel insiders report that forward buying of iron ore for the first three months of 1934 ex exceeds exceeds exceeds ex- ex total deliveries for the first nine months of 33 Scrap metal metal a few months ago ago is is now almost unobtainable Coke prices es have risen 20 per cent and blast furnaces which sold supplies forward for export are now buying buying buy buy- ing the coke back for their own use Johnson in Earnest Further evidence has turned up here to prove that General Johnson isn't kidding about protecting small business men from unfair com corn competition competition petition by big corporations A small chain manufacturer was nearly squeezed out by tricky code manipulation His large competitors framed a production quota system based on average annual output since 1921 This particular producer had only been in business since 1928 so 50 they took his year six-year output and divided it by 13 Very simple But the little fellow wasn't so easily licked and protested to General Johnson The general promptly called off this ingenious arrangement I and proceeded to allot new production quotas based on capacity which gave a fair break all I around a aThe t The recent crop of sensational spy cases in Europe has led several commentators to re remark re- re mark markon on the absence of such dev developments over here This is only correct in that our national defense against spies is better guarded against leaks As a matter of fact facts the military intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence officers officers especially especially around New York- York are constantly making hauls without benefit of publicity a a aThe Th The excitement in the house imm immigration gration committee over the recent arrival of an Italian fascist dignitary has subsided since the real purpose of the visit was confidentially disclosed Mussolini was disturbed by reports that that fascist clubs in the United States were were being used to shield propaganda activities of German na nazis nails ls and that quite a number of Italian Amer jeans showed sympathy for Teutonic race do doe doc trines He promptly dispatched an emissary to America with instructions Cut out the monkey business Ladies First in Denmark Insiders are are chuckling at rit the demonstration I of women's rights rIght recently staged by byRuth Ruth Bryan Owen Owen our our lady minister in Copenhagen Ladies first took precedence over diplomatic seniority rules at a reception by King Christian and Mrs Owen ma marched ched up to the king ahead of everybody else The feminine Russian envoy in Stockholm Comrade Kollontay takes Kollontay-takes takes pot pot luck She doesn't believe ii in if ladies first In fact she doesn't even like the he word Jady lady o 1934 lU McClura McClur Newspaper |