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Show ' PROGRESSIVE OPKOOK Ktriar ot Current Events HUGO BLACK CONFESSES . . . JVrrr But Resigned New Justice Says He Was Kluxer to America Rail Strike Averted . . . Windsor Coming Justice Black Delivering Hia Notable Address by Sadie. PuJuLtul ratodt HZ SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK (VMMiamwirSita Black IS I I Joined Klan; Quit DID join the Ku Klux Klan. later resigned. 1 never I re- joined." Thus Hugo L. BUck. now Associate Justice BUck of the Supreme court, admitted to an immense rtdio audience that the charges against him were true. Black asserted that since he quit the KUn he has had nothing whatever to do with it He cited his record in the senate and in private life to back up hU assertion that he was entirely free from religious or race prejudice!. While he apparently repudiated the prirciplca of the Klan, he did not expUin why. on receiving a life pass eard after hia election to the aenate, he said to a gathering of Klansmen: "I realise that I was elected by men who believe in the principles that I have sought to advocate and which are the principles of this organization. BUck emphatically declared hia devotion to the principles of the Constitution and the Bill of Right, and laid that he was of that group of liberal senator! who have consistently fought for the civil, economic and religious rights of all Americans, without regard to race or ereefl." Some of his best friends, he added, wen Catholici and Jewi, and members of the colored race. A( the outset of hU address BUck Ubdertook to turn the tablet on hU accusers by asserting that the "campaign to discredit him fan the flames of prejudice and is cat cuUted to create racial and religious prejudice. "When thia statement U ended, he concluded, "my discussion of the question U closed. There was a definite note of defiance U BUcks address, but it U fair to assume teat tee American public wai not satisfied with hit explanation. From all parte of the country came reneared protests against hU presence on tee Supreme court bench, and various Urge association! resoluted about it Many of the senators who voted to confirm his appointment because they accepted the assertion ot hU friends that he was not a Kluxer are resentful at the deception practiced ou them but what can they do about it now? President Roosevelt, up to tee time of writing, had maintained silence. One of hU aides explained that tee President decided some time ago that there wai no course of action open to him in tee BUck ease. When Justice Black took hia seat, the chamber of the Supreme court was crowded to capacity. Albert Levitt, an attorney, was on hand to ask permission to file a suit seeking to force Justice BUck to show cause why he should not bo decUred constitutionally Ineligible to ait The court deferred action on the request Another motion to the same effect was filed by Patrick H. Kelly, a Boston lawyer. In announcing the term of the agreement, Leiserson praised the of both parties, saying the manner in which they receded from their original positions was the biggest factor in the settlement. H. A. Enochs of Philadelphia, chairman of the carriers' conference committee, estimated tee Increase would mean an average raiao of 6.6 per cent for the 73,000 workers. A. F. Hands Off, Says Japan like the Brltlih NEW JAPAN fordoesn't conferInleraatlonal an ence to mediate the Treasurer Nellie Swenson, A social will be held at the regular meeting, Monday afternoon 3. p. in. 3231-- 2 So State St., Salt Lake City. NEWS RELEASE FROM HOLLYWOOD Two ambulances, en route from Hollywood to Loyalist Spain will arrive here on Friday, Oct 8th, according to Ed Gilbert, advance man for the tour, which is sponsored by the Motion Picture Artists Committee, Hollywood. Cal., of which Donald Ogden Stew- ! Ed Howe Dies the passing of Ed Howe Kan., the country n and best-like-d loses (me of its philosophical commentator on current events. He was eighty-foyears old and died as he had wished. In hia sleep after a days work. The "Sage of Potato Hill founded the Atchison Globe in 1887 and retired 37 years later. Thereafter he busied himself with the publication of Howe's Monthly, which he called a Journal of Indignation and Education." WITH best-know- ur of the American Federation of Labor in Denver, he was not able to present an optimistic picture of the future of unified labor. The battle with John L. Lewis and his C. I. O. continues unabated, and there led Officials Executed "dogfights EXECUTION of the president, vice among the unions six other high offover the country, all icials of the Adjarian Republic of the concerngenerally U. S. S. R. for treasonable plotting ing jurisdiction diswaa reported to Moscow from Tiflis. ot or putes shifting At tee same time, reports from GreeB ffdu affiliation. : If the report of the federations of tee grain trust there be- executive council Is adopted, the ployees tag sentenced to death tor allegedly C. I. O. unions will be finally ousted. treasonable damaging of grata sup- The council said in part: "For two year we have pursued a plies. All of this policy of toleration Bar lor Free Courts baa failed . . . Now tee executive council feels that tee time has arCONVINCED that the rived when the American Federafederal judiciary is tion of Labor must meet the issue till threatened, despite the defeat in a clear-cand positive way . . . of tee plan to enlarge the Supreme The issue which created tee division court, the American Bar association, in the ranks of labor must be made in session in Kansas City, voted clear. unanimously to authorize a commitIn order to accomplish this purtee to keep up the light to preserve pose tee executive council recomthe freedom of the courts, as recmended teat the convention confer ommended by a special committee. There apupon the executive council author- That committee laid: ity and power to revoke the charters pears to be no likelihood that efforts of tea International unions holding tee courts of the United to membership in the Committee for Statea will not be renewed. Your Industrial Organization." special committee la of the opinion that the association ought to maintain Itself in readiness to meet such are IgrtaMtefem-- ... ut President in Chicago Issues as they may recur, rather CHICAGO put on its best dress to than to rely upon impromptu organPresident Roosevelt, ization for the purpose. who spent two and a half hours The lawyers listened to many there. The main purpose of the speeches, both attacking and devisit waa the dedication of tee new fending President Roosevelt's court outer drive across the mouth of the program and his appointment of Chicago river, a project teat waa Hugo Black to tee Supreme court. partly paid for with federal money. The climax to all this came when Mr. Roosevelt first reviewed a long Hatton W. Sumners of Texas, chairand colorful parade and led the way man of the house commitacross tee structure. Then from tee, arose to talk.judiciary He had a prethe south end of the bridge he delivaddress, but shifted to an exered an address that was broadcast pared temporaneous talk in which he deby radio. clared tee people have lost control The President waa entertained at of tee government id the United luncheon by Cardinal Mundelein, States end it has passed into the friend of long standing, and soon hands of a million people in its exafter proceeded on his way to hia ecutive in which only department, N. home in Hyde Park, Y. one men wee elected, and which tee Windsor Coming to U. S. being ended, the HIS honeymoon of Windsor intends to take people could not control. "What are' we going to do about it? Sumners cried. "Are you willing to Join a battalion of death to save tee Constitution and tee gov- SEVERAL times Homer Martin, of the United Automobile Workers of America, has intimated teat there were too many radicals among the leaders of teat union. Now, allegedly for reasons of economy, ha has got rid of soma of them. Theta organlzera hava been left out: Victor Reuteer, one of tea leaders in the General Motors strike at Flint, Mich., last winter; Robert Xanter, Stanley Novak, Melvin Bishop and William Toon of Detroit; R. D. Richter of Saginaw; Charles Rigby, Ohio; Frank McMillan, Kansas City; Eugena Staudor, Frank Barteo and Frank Schutx, Indiana. reaches of Lake Mead. At the present time the cave is 730 feet above the surface of the lake, which is apDiscovery of a cave containing an proximately 1,750 feet above aea (! exceptionally rich deposit ot level, end will not bo flooded even remains of tho Pleistocene groiyid when the artificial lake formed by loth and numerous other contemthe Impounding of tee Colorado river has reached Ita ultimata level. porary animals hss resulted from reconnaissance survey sponsored by Since the plateau bordering the the National Park Service in lower Colorado river ia men than 6,000 Grand canyon, Arlz In the vicinity fact above sea level. It la deduced of Boulder dam. that the river had cut t canyon at The cavs is located within the least 1200 feet dtep before the cave paUs now enclosing the upper waa inhabited by the ground sloth. Production of Wood Palp Ground wood, a kind of pulp used principally in the production of newsprint and other of the cheaper white papers, is produced in large quantities In the New England, Middle Atlantic, end Lake statea, and ia also produced in considerable quantities in the Pacific coast region. Production of sulphite pulp In the United Statea Is distributed among different areas In much tha m way as tha production of ground wood. HIS way from the West Roosevelt made a speech at Grand Forks, N. D., in which he declared his intention of continuing his fight to "reform the Supreme court He also announced attempts to pass crop control and Ubor legislation would be made at a special session of congress which probably will be called about November 19. ON Rail Strike Averted a nationwide THEREofwill not beworkers. Such railway a disaster was averted when the five operating railroad brotherhoods accepted an offer of the companies of a flat raise of 44 cents a day. They and tee fifteen unions had demanded a 20 per cent wage increase. The latter already had agreed to a raise of 40 ccnU day. For live weeks Dr. WillUm M. Leiserson, member of tee national mediation board, had been holding daily conferences with representatives of both sides. Pleistocene Age Sloth Remains Found in Cave king-emper- or ernment? "As we look to the future, we ere crisis when rapidly approaching it win be decided whether our economic system and our government will stand or fall. "I mean actually. A very serious situation if before the people. It means we have got to do something soon. Wo have got to balance the budget We have got to decentralize government responsibility. Auto Union 1 By L. L. STEVENSON Children now play where one tea crowd wealthy and the Broadway made merry. Two acres of playground mark the site of the Central Park Casino. The Casino wai built back in 1864. But not until 1929 did It realty become prominent Then, at an expenditure of about $400,000, with a number of too a Good GOODS PRUNES, 3 Pounds - a Doles Pine Apple Juice 46ozCan - . . Creamery Subject to Market Change 3 Judge our prices by then corporation, as contributing town's members, transformed It Into, what might have been celled a monument of tea Gilded age. Then It became the rendezvous of those who could respay tor their fun. New Yeare Includand etch were $19 ervations HATS ed only a place at a table, someGinthing to eat and foolish favors. ger ate, sparkling water, etc., came art is chairman. extra plenty extra. At other times, an On their way to give medi- price were in keeping. Many Casino the thinking innocent visitor, in cal aid to Loyalist forces merely a restaurant in a public Spain, the ambulances will park, waa much embarrassed by cities on their his check for a sandwich and cofstop at principal . xr jn fee, and some were unable to pay. lne Way lOiew each., city, the sound film, Park Commissioner Moses holds the parka are for Heart of Spain, made on view teat tho citys not and merely for the all people war and in the the battle fields So the Casino came down. tho elect torn cities of Spain, will he And now kids play on ita site. Suita shown and a lecture will be me. Play placet for tho rich and delivered by Martin North, powerful don't belong In parks unHollywood writer with the less they ean be shared by other ambulances. Congregational with nothing in their pockets. Church, Saturday, 8 p. m. of what la held to bo Ret'. Jacob Trapp, Chairman. thoDiscovery smallest livable house In New York' was made recently during STATEMENT OF THE OWNERgarden tour conducted for tho beneCIRCULASHIP, MANAGEMENT, fit of Greenwich Village settlement Co-operatiTION, ETC REQUIRED BY THE house. It la oo Jones street in the on ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST, rear of a apartment It. 1612. building with an entrance through an Of Progressive Opinion published underground passage at No. 28. Tho midst weekly at Sugar House, for October. little brick house standi in the itself is and of beautiful a garden of Salt 1937; State of Utah, County Slot decorative. Ita two stories extend Like, 18 feet and It la 20 feet upward Before me a notary public in and wide and 10 feet deep. Each floor for the State and County aforesaid, is one room. The occupant of the personally appeared C. N. Lund, citys smallest house la a young Wellesley graduate who lives alono who, having been duly sworn accalla herself a recluse. Tradi-- 1 to and law. deposes says that and cording tion has It that tea little house wai he is the Publisher and owner of There ara ones a "alave house. Main the Progressive Opinion, and the many legends concerning it but Ita ! 49 knowobbeat hia to the of following is, real history seems somewhat ledge and belief, a true statement of scure. Seems as if It would bo fun , dwelling in a place like that ownersh nMinagnMnt t:: i 4 toreld Publxation: I A clipping, which first appeared Publisher. C. N. Lund. Salt Lake ' "'I 90 years ago and which lately about City. Utah. made Ita appearance In a slightly j A SERIES OF ARTICLES G t C. N. Lund. modified form to fit tho Managing Editor. times, wee 4 Salt Lake City, Utah. sent to me by Mrs. Helen Hawkins, UTAHS MINING INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN PlR ."1 N. mo owner C. Ohio. a That the It gave is Lund. Ptaey Fork, LISHED IN THIS PAPER. ADDITIONAL INF01 i- fchuckle so I'm passing It along. Sail Lake City Utah "After Jessie had been at board-- 1 X MATION ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT 01 That the bondholders or mortschool a few weeks, aha began tag or own other holders gagees SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS CLUBS OR 0THB eecurity her letters home, Jessica." signing tag 1 per cent or more of total Brother Tom thought ho would GROUPS OF CITIZENS WILL BE FURNiSHB give mount of stock or other securities her a little dig about it so he wrote: COST ON APPLICATION TO THE WITHOUT are: none. "Dear Jessica: Da dies and Mom-le- a Llzzlca. hava gone to visit Aunt Sworn to and subscribed to before mo this 7th day of October, 1937 Uncle Samica ia talking of buying a new machinica but ha doesnt X SALT LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE know whether to get a Fordica or Red Coral Always Prised :v Chevies. The old cowica has had It la red coral teat is and always a ealflea. 1 was going to call it has been prized, not solely for Jew- Nellies, but changed it to Jimica elry and button, but as a charm to because it was a bullies. Your afbring safety, health and secrete not fectionate brother, Tomica. revealed to tee ordinary person. Aa ancient Gauls rushed headlong inWrites E. L. from Chicago: In to battle, they trusted their safety to near Times Square their swords, strength and the a restaurantsome one traded bats last week, magic coral imbedded in their Manufacturers of shields or helmets. Many Italians with mo. Aa far as appearances went, I lost money because my hat and Indiana regard coral ai protecSTORE BANK OFFICE was new and the one I received in tion against the "evil eye. The FIXTURES world's red coral cornea from the exchange had undergone long and reefs off the Mediterranean coast of arduous usage. However, In search-ta- g Superior Cabinet Work for initials or other marks that Africa, says the Washington Post, Phone Was. Sli Willy P. Henkel, Mgr. might lead to identification of tho and la obtained chiefly by Italians swapper, I found a ten dollar bill , beneath the sweat band. Aa I had Office and Factory Drought Aid a As Governor of Kansas, Alf M. paid Loop store $7.50 for my kelly, S. 668 State Street Salt Lake City, 1 take the viewpoint teat some Land on whipped together a workNew mart Yorker me $2.50 for paid able program for movement of livestock from larger forms to suitable wearing it to your town. grazing lands, and for shipment of Friends of Frank Black have nofeed and water to the email-herSUBSCRIBE AT ONCE ticed that ho never becomes enthuone family farms. You Must Help in the Fight For Justice siastic over a pleee of music until ha finds out who composed It It One yen Rates : S Months 50c. 6 Months $1.00. American Way Beat "We have found by experience seems that the prolific Black has $2500 LIFE SUBSCRIPTS teat American Institutions serve our been embarrassed no end on several Fill in friend. occasions the or self for by expressing complete following purpose better than those of any other country. Wo not only want approval of a song or an arrangeEditor Progressive Opinion: to safeguard our freedom, but wo ment only to discover later that he Pie1 Enclosed find also want eecurity and abundance had written It himself several yean o tee good things of life. We are before. Paper to Bell Sradicate-WII- D told, however, by defeatists that we Service. Address cannot have both. Wo must, they Ark af Ceveaaat ay, choose between freedom end Jerusalem. A search for the saeeurity. They insist we must give Ark of the Covenant end the up one In order to gain tea other. cred Let us not surrender to any such Ten Commandments la being on Mount Ebal In the Holy Land by counsel of despair." an Englishman and an Irishman the founders of a new London re-- 1 weU-know- LADIES' COATS, on display at up the really serious things of life, and before long he will come to the United Statea for the purpose of studying housing and working conditions in this country. This wai announced In Paris by tea dukes secretary, who said Edward and his duehesa would first go to Germany for a similar survey there. The duke's Interest In such matters is no new development, for as Prince of Wales and during hia brief Edward was reign as notably concerned with the nr!ai welfare of hia subjects. On many occasions he asiailed housing condition! of British workers. In London it waa said tea government had given reluctant permission for the dukes American trip In order to avoid an open rupture with him. He resented the close restriction placed on hia movements and. It waa rumored, had threatened to return to England. American friends of the Windsors think they may make their temporary home at "Wakefield manor," near Front Royal, Va., possibly arriving then in November. The manor la tea estate of Mrs. George Barnett, cousin of tea duchess. Special Session Bargains In (Continued from page one) e out exception attribute this to successful Chinese propaganda. The United States government recently told Japan it would be held strictly accountable for InjuryChi-to Americans or their property in os, Tokyo responded with a firm refusal to accept such liability, and our Department of State didn't know just what to do next. Member nations of the League of Nations bad a plan to raise a large fund to fight the cholera and bubonic epidemics in China. But the Japanese told the British that this would be Interpreted by Tokyo as foreign intervention in the war, so the British delegates backed down and persuaded the league council to content Itself with a resolution recommending to the assembly an increase in the allotment of money for health work in China. The League of Nations adopted a resolution severely condemning Japan for the aerial bombardment of defenseless Chinese cities, and Tokyo, indignant, charged the league of acting without verifying the facts. To the protest of five great powers, previously filed, tee Japanese government replied with the assertion that tee bombing of Nanking wai necessary for our purpose. The British public la becoming increasingly aroused against Japan and there is a general demand for a boycott of Japanese goods. Expel C.I.O. President William Green tee annual convention WHEN V war, so Tokyo laauod a stem ther the progress of gratuitants not warning to the rest of the world in elected. Officers her doings with to Interfere China.' Mrs. Athclane N. Dadley. Japanese government circlei were Chairman. of visibly perturbed by the turning world sympathy to China, and with Josephine Thomar, Secretary L May of Chinese-Jspa-nes- f ORGANIZATION. Room 600, Beneiicial Bldg. COATS LIKE THESI lur. attract attenton IN MERCHANDISING Phone your Order To Call Was. 4864 Utah Consumers 860 South. Street S M4wt x I FREE: I J 1 t ! Hi J MINING COMMITTEE S Modern Woodworking iMiMMamimlMinim -- ! liloii Shake-U- p ptfuct icietv known DONT GET OUT OF BED " when from tilt Ho5Ain9WL jaguar" Americas , Largest and Oldest rSmOTM Wcfy.Rearf Naws Magazine SfSS' center of vrarld iWKilr i. , wr. to . Sr frcsh from todays L. of more choice than a million ? bc,r,i1bm cverF week. PATH- - i.rs1,ss,tair5Kn2r &!l mujK Thi " Newspaper and PATHFINDER Both ywr Only $ 2.00 Itfs an inexpensive convenience to have an extension telephone tight at your bed. 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