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Show i(vs licvicw of Current Events tin World Over S-n.iN- Condrrnrn Sitiluwn .Strict; Lut Span-i In--1 1-rit ; Jlciiry Fonl iVdri I.ewi-; Com vuot IJi-n-on Im-UM On-nre of Minnc-ota Smutr. Ily KDWARD V. PICKARD r.i.'i-'A h.'.l ti . r - j i : i t:.? t-'ti v.."i.'-ijt tin iin.i-t.'Uii'-ul C'ifi -u. :.:. J' 1 -A, it, ;it r-;rn 1 : t t'l -! ff,.t C';fl- ie . ! r i ' l i f i 1 a f i-luh'jfi i-luh'jfi t'.i rry sun-i: sun-i: if C'-r.'l - iif. iti'jn, lint v- h.-n It . s pre- '.y a v-jfij (,f 7 .j to 3. It w.n ri.it a J-int r-- i'Jiititjfi, which wmiM rt-'juire the ein.if urn (if the I'riviiii.-nt. That w.ii r- r 1 1 what .,. ii.,tor Mi:- K.n Ki,I15(m N a r y uM others w.int.-.l. luit It. Vinson aiil It must ,n c.inciirr.nt. bn.'aii.se tie would nut I-ut Mr. 1 1 .);.' v-I t In the position posi-tion of havmn to Indicate his position posi-tion on the sitdown strike by cither BoOiint; or vetoing the measure. Il.--.nl.-s declarinti the sitdown t.li ike 'illen.il and contrary to sound .ul)lio policy" the resolution as adopted took a douhle e1.i at the employers by ul.sn declainiK': "Thst the so-called Industrial spy cy stem breed 1 fear, suspicion and animosity, te.ls to cause strike's en. I Industrial warfare and Is contrary con-trary to sound public policy; and '"that It Is likewise contrary to sound public policy for any employer em-ployer to deny the rlcht of collective collec-tive barnainin;;, to foster the company com-pany union or to eiih'nKa in any other unfair labor practice ns defined de-fined In the national labor relations act." HENRY FORD returned from Detroit to his winter residence at Ways, Ga and there announced that the Ford Motor company "never "nev-er will recognize" the United Automobile Auto-mobile Workers of America or any other union. "We'll deal with Individual In-dividual workers," he said. Ford said that any of his men who struck would be "led out" of the particular plant with regrets "because "be-cause we know the men are simply being duped and coerced Dy me strike leaders." "We won't hold any grudge against them and will be willing to hire them back." he added. He said public officials were charged with protecting citizens from such disorders ns sitdown strikes. "Those who seize property not their own are in the same category ns housebreakers," Ford said. John L. Lewis In reply told a union meeting in Detroit that he had no doubt Ford will continue to deal with individual employees "as long as his employees permit him to follow fol-low that policy and no longer." And the C. I. O. chief added ominously: "I have no doubt Henry Ford will change his mind on this subject." The strike in the Ford plant in Kansas City came to an end and the members of the United Automobile Auto-mobile Workers were boasting of gaining a victory over the imperturbable imper-turbable Henry. But the advantage they won was slight and temporary, and the battle with Ford is yet to be fought. The thirty-day strike of the Chrysler Chrys-ler company employees came to an end when W. P. Chrysler and John Lewis reached an agreement under persuasion of Governor Murphy. The company agreed to recognize the U. A. W. A. as the bargaining agency for its members, and the union pledged that it would call no sitdown strikes nor permit its members mem-bers to engage in any in Chrysler plants for the duration of the compact, com-pact, which extends to March 3, 13SS. The strike of Keo company men was settled on approximately the same terms, and Governor Murphy then turned his attention to the Hudson Hud-son company strike. The C. I. O. invaded Canada by calling out 3.700 workers in the plants of the General Motors company com-pany of Canada at Cshawa. Cnt. tut it was the old-fashioned kind of strike, with picketing, and the union pledged there would be no violence. THKFE hundred sitdown strikers at the plant cf the Hershey Chocolate corporation at Hershey, Fa., were overwhelmed and driven cut by a mob of thousands of irate fa .mors and loyal worX'rs cf the company. The farmers were enraged en-raged because the strike had cut c:T their market for $10,000 worth of mil's daily. They .and the non-strikers non-strikers were armed with clubs ar.d bricks and the strikers were treated rov.sthly. Gov. George H. Ear'.e cf Fenr.syl-vaf.ia Fenr.syl-vaf.ia ordered an ittvesttga'-ten ana d e 0 1 a re d f 0 r m a Uy : "The bloodshed at the Kershey p'.ar.: was a disgrace to the cer.-.-rs.enweaUh. The biame lies directly direct-ly on the sheritt ct the county, who said he did not need the assistance cf the state police to mat-tain order. or-der. Precedent decrees ;-.at local authorities r.-.r.st as'.c the state's assistance as-sistance before it intervenes. "The state police will r.c: be used to suppress union labor. Neither are they interested in the sitdown preb- lern. Ti.'-y y.ll prever.t rr.sb rule. Aj.p-irer.; t:.- s:.-r..'T Wji r.st an tsi40..j -;-d 1., m e:..' yrce:.'.:.r.t ctl.cer in ti.; J ca .it." MOYI.'.'G back a?!n to the W.-t. we fhid hlmer A. Iienson. Farmer Labor governor cf Mirif.e-sot.i. Mirif.e-sot.i. Involved In labor troubles that mu,ht conceivably result In ii.a Impeachment. Im-peachment. About 2u0 members of the "people's lobby" staged a sitdown in the senate chamber at St. Paul for the purpose of enforcing enforc-ing their demands for immediate action ac-tion on the governor's gover-nor's relief plan. ) 7 - - Benson had previ- Gov Bcnson ously spoken to the crowd, telling them "it Is all right to be a little rough once In a while" in dealing with the legislature, and the lawmakers were exceedingly resentful. re-sentful. The governor, after one day and night, persuaded the demonstrators dem-onstrators to leave, telling them Uiey had done a good Job. On regaining possession of its chamber, the senate put through a resolution condemning the governor gover-nor fur "inciting people to riot" and failing to perform his lawful duties to "quell and quiet the mob." While there was no serious talk of impeachment, the report was current that the senate resolution was drafted deliberately as a possible pos-sible basis for such action. BITUMINOUS coal miners were on strike only one day, for the new wage scale, providing an $85,-000,000 $85,-000,000 increase of pay for the 400,-000 400,-000 men, was signed by representatives representa-tives of the operators and the United Mine Workers of America. Of course the consumer will have to pay for this wage boost. Charles O'Neill, president of the United Eastern Coal Sales corporation and chairman of the operators' delega tion at the conference, said the cost of bituminous coal at the mine would go up at least 25 cents a ton. The miners won a raise of 50 cents a day, but lost their demand for a 30-hour week. The 35-hour week, or 7 hours u day and 5 days a week, which was in effect under the old contract, will remain. Also the men failed to get two weeks' vacation with pay and a guaranty of 200 days of work a year. THERE is going to be a lively three-cornered struggle in the southwestern oil fields. The C. I. O., whose plans in that direction were mentioned in this column not long ago, has begun the campaign to organize or-ganize the workers in the Texas field. Harvey C. Fremming of Washington, president of the International Inter-national Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers and close friend of John Lewis, is in charge of the operations. A rival movement for members and prestige pres-tige will be started in a few days by the A. F. of L. Gov. James V. Allred of Texas has given notice that he will use "every resource" against sit-down strikes, which he declares are unlawful un-lawful and un-American. He added: "My investigation convinces me that sit-down strike organizers have invaded Texas. Sit-down methods do not represent the desires of an overwhelming majority of organized labor in this state." TRANS-ATLANTIC air service between the United States and Great Britain may be expected to start almost immediately, for the last obstacle in its way was removed re-moved by an agreement with Canada Can-ada concerning routes through the Dominion. Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson announced that two routes through Canada had been made available for trans-Atlantic flying craft that will make a total of four trips a week. One route is by way of Shediac, N. B.. and the other through Montreal. The hop-ott hop-ott point for eastward flights over the ocean would be from Eottwood. N. F., which also would be landfall on the westward flights. Johnson said that under the agreement agree-ment British and United States planes would make two crossings apiece weekly. SENATOR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS of Illinois told the senate that he believes the time has come for Fresider.t Roosevelt to call an international peace conference that would revise the treaty of Versailles. Ke said the object cf the conference confer-ence would be to reach a "new disposition that might content the nations that sre now in revel: and which continue in cenf.iet because was warded upon them under the terms cf tie treaty." j ity cf Mr. Reesevel: abroad would j a conference. yii-'-.T r 1 - e & I C . . .1 V. j r : r - . " i : t L V f .1 t. r c j r . - 'J'..y rr 1 t. :.. j : .. I ,i -1 - : 1 .- v.:.j :j .-.-j r or:-! ti v i ciorri are ? j s -r .-s U'.at '.y ci.j -rvcrs Lri-T-.e tsc r: ran Ii-iiy rr.ay -.! tr .-... uy fr.:n t-.a a -I rtT.'s a.vl 1. g 1 to tr.e i-i.-.ta.'.ce cf t-. i .-j-'.s'O re Gaydi ia.1 25 (..-fleer cf the Frer.ch g-r.-.eral st.-T were rr.ai;...'. the strategy t,l tt.e 1 ya'..-.J fi-e-ctaily cn t.-.e f.-s.-.t r.o.-t:tait cf Mi-d.-.d. a.-.d that t.-ar.Sj.i.iprr.er.t had btcn permitted throuaa France cf much war material made Li the Un.fed States. He alleged that Ei-ouard Ei-ouard Dalad.er, French minister cf war, Is receiving re-ports cn the performance per-formance cf the new 115 millimeter (C.l inch) French guns sent to Spain ar.d used e.xter.s.veiy in the Guadalajara Guada-lajara battle. The Spanish steamer Mar Negro, Gayda declared, was en route to Valencia from Odessa, Russia, with a cargo of munitions of war fur the Spanish government. ' I VHE house of representatives -- passed, 122 to 14, a measure, admittedly experimental, designed to speed Supreme court decisions on the constitutionality of acts of congress. It embraces one of the phases of the President's court program. pro-gram. The bill provides that whenever the constitutionality of an act of congress is drawn in question in any suit in a federal court, the attorney general is permitted to appear and present arguments on behalf of the government. The attorney general is given the same rights as a party in the suit. nERSISTENT search in the moun-- tains of northern Arizona revealed re-vealed the wreck of the skyliner that had been missing several days; and In the wreckage were the corpses of the eight occupants, six of them burned beyond recognition. The plane had been sold and was being taken from Burbank, Calif., to New York. It had smashed against the side of a mountain, the cause of the disaster being unknown. un-known. PRICES of government bonds have been declining in a disturbing disturb-ing manner, and the administration decided to do something to check j the slump. The open ; market committee i of the federal re- serve system dis-I dis-I cussed the matter 4 all one day, and next day President j Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury j Morgenthau and Chairman Eccles of I the reserve board j neia a long coiuei-Secrctary coiuei-Secrctary ence- The result was ; Morgenthau y, announcement: "With a view (1) to exerting its influence toward orderly conditions in the money market and (2) to facilitating the orderly adjustment of member banks to the increased j reserve requirements effective May 1, 1937, the open market committee of the federal reserve system is prepared pre-pared to make open market purchases pur-chases of government securities for the account of federal reserve banks in such amounts and at such times as may be desirable." The security and commodity markets were given a rather severe jolt by the President when he told the correspondents that prices of durable goods, especially steel and copper, were too high and that it ! was time for a shift in federal ex- penditure from them so as to spread the national income more evenly. PROCLAIMED by the President, congress and all governors, Army day was celebrated through- , out the nation on April 6, the twen- tieth anniversary of America's en- ', trance into the World war. j The keynote of Army day, ac- j cording to Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap, U. S. N. retired, gen- eral chairman of the day, is "peace through preparedness." "We who have seen the terrible destruction wrought by war want to do all in our power to avoid another war,'" he said. "The best way to do this, we believe, is by having a strong, well-trained, well-equipped army and navy. So strengthened, an aggressor nation will think twice before trying to draw us into war." The best w-ay to achieve this, preparedness, pre-paredness, he added, is by carrying carry-ing out the provisions of the Nation-al Nation-al Defense act of 1920. THAT Florida ship canal project, which would cut the state in two, h3S come to the fore again and probably will have to be fought cut ence more in congress. Two reports re-ports on the matter have just been filed. One, from Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark-ham, Mark-ham, chief of engineers engi-neers cf the army, says the federal government would be justified in com- i V:.-; ' I : at a cost cf S1ST,- 921. COO. Tr.e Cher. Maj. Gen. 1 a ro-a- 2-- Markham tarier beard, says the canal is eco- st cr.ee. bu: the War department ei an Atlantic-Gulf wafersvay ci j fee: deep and 4-10 fee: wide. |