Show r WEATHER-FORECA- ST ®T AH— Unsettled Thursday LOCAL METAL PRICES -- Friday SflVH Lcftd ( IDAHO WYOMING Thursday and Friday NEVADA Generally Fair Copper Zinc fair Thursday and Friday (iistssiMiig450o e900o 4J5o Local Weekly Settlement Price ttiSOo (Detailed Report Page Elghtee'nl VOL 127 NO 132 Intend at the soetotfle Lake Cits as Seoond-Glas- s at Balt SALT LAKE CITY UTAH THURSDAY MORNING Matter AUGUST 24 1933 Copper ti52e 20 PAGES— RIVE CENTS U1 '5“- - State’s Setup For Recovery Act Completed Codes Banned By NR A Leaders STATE MEET Coal and Automobile St Louis Holds Group Presents Case Accords Reported as Biggest Parade for Municipal For Blue Lagle Making Headway Ownership f Ogden Bedecked for Promise Million Jobs Labor Criticizes Retail Plan for Hours and Minimum Wage (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Aug 23— Apy and all attempts of industries to interpret in their codes the collective bargainact ing labor section of were ruled out of order tonight by Hugh'S Johnson the administrator quesBy settling the tion the administrator put the bituminous coal and automobile- - indus- tries on notice that their codes now pending must be altered to eliminate proposed qualifications of the law which guarantees to labor the right to organize in any way it desires for negotiating with employers ST LOUIS Aug 23 (JP)— Forty thousand adherents of President Roosevelt’s national recovery program paraded the streets of St Louis today through lilies of other cheering thousands 'She blue eagle parade was estimated to be six miterfor more in length and was the largest street demonstration ever held in the city surpassing in length World war parades and the Lindbergh celebration of 1927 Marching to the strains of 40 bands and drum and bugle corps the proce&sion mpved off down avenue under a 'Washington myriad of overhanging flags and blue eagle Insignia UTAH MINERS d The administrator's statement which was concurred in by Donald WAITING NRA CODE ON COAL National Agree- Expected R Richberg the N R A’s general counment to Affect Strike sel said however that “the law doei not prohibit the existence of a local State labor organization which may “be called- a company union and is composed onlv of the employes of one With the N R A chiefs at Washingcompany ' No Immediate reaction to the sig- ton declaring that the “break” which nificant statement- was forthcoming might lead to an agreement oh a code from the spokesmen for Industry but for the bituminous coal mining fields officials predicted it would clear thb exair of much of the controversy that might come at any time that same has gone on between capital and labor pected code was assuming still larger einefl the codes first were presented proportions in the Carbon county coal strike situation Perplexing Day' The statement came at the end of Miners pffour mines about 215 in a perplexing day for the N R A dur- the Spring Canyon’ mine where a was declared Thursday last ing which ho one attempted to fix strike and about 250 at the Sweet mine Nadefinitely the state of Johnson’s nego- tional and ‘Consumers in the Gordon e tiations to bring the coal and Creek district are idle while the industries under codes roads leading to these properties are quickly The administrator was reticenf “mass picketed” by several hundred including besides members while Kenneth M Simpson the dep- persons of the National Miners’ union many uty administrator handling the coal women and children code said the "break" which would Not all the miners affected by the lead to an agreement might come at strikes are members of the National any time Some of those who Miners’ union “They come awfully fast some- are idle are members of the United times” Simpson said "but the coal Mine Workers of America which Is men are facing tremendously complex the coal mining union affiliated with problems' the American Federation of Labor was described and still others are not members of President Roosevelt by Simpson as watching every devel- any union opment carefully and as standing beAll Miners hind the insistence of Johnson that To avoid trouble Quit all miners inof two elements the conflicting the volved at of the mines have putt Industries must eome together quick-l- y work and any no attempt is being made to take their place in the recovery by the operators to resume work The program mines have been idle for lack of marAlthough the powerful steel Indus- ket most of the summer but could opcomwhich a operates try erate on part time now were it not pany union or organization rat each for the labor conditions other and industries employes plant's In the meantime for the how under codes had been forced by National Miners’ organizers union intimate This - auto-feiobil- f and picket them in the same troversial section 7 the automobile manner And in this connection ruand nonunion segments of the coal mors Wednesday night frequently groups had stood by their guns mentioned the Rolapp mine while based on other rumors It was thought Ante Code Revision N M U members might atOnly today the National Automo- possible bile Chamber of Cdmmerce submitted temptorsimilarly to close the Castle-gat- e other properties a revision to its code stating flatly The situation in Carbon county that an “open shop” means employes fields acording to analysts has reneed not be affiliated with a union The atatemenfby Johnson and Rich- solved itself into a state where the coal and the members of berg said: “It is the function of the the Uoperators M W A are waiting for the administrator and the courts to ap- coal code while members or at least ply and to interpret the law” leaders of the N M U are doing their an such interpretation Asserting had no place in any code or agree- utmost to spread the strike Picketing Protested ment and could not be permitted According to W M Knerr chairthey added: “The words ‘open shop’ and 'closed man of the state industrial commishop’ are not used in the law and sion who went to Carbon county at cannot be written Into the law These the request of Governor Henry H words have no' agreed meaning and Blood to use the authority of that comwill be erased 'from the dietipnary of mission as state board of labor con ciliation and arbitration to use his the N R A” While pointing out that the com- good offices in an effort to adjudicate pany union is permissible the state- the strike finds it a difficult thing to ment added the law “does prohibit adjudicate “From what I can learn” said Mr on Pete (Continued (Column Five) 8il (Continued on Page 8lx) (Column BID MAYOR Fifteenth Annual Convention During a stormy turbulent two and hour session opening the city commission bearing on the question of municipal ownership of a power plant system as proposed by the initiative and referendum ordinance proponents of municipal ownership representing the sponsors’ committee presented their-- case to the city Wednesday morning Hearings will continue Thursday at 10:30 a m when the opponents of the proposed ordinance “authorizing Salt Lake to acquire own maintain and operate an electric plant and system” will be heard The hearing Fri day will be devoted to rebuttal arguments of both sides Wednesday's hearing was made turbulent by frequent clashes between Mayor Louis Marcus as chairman of the meeting and A C Todd Judge Gaylen S Young Warwick Lamoreaux and R H Doelle representing the sponsors' committee resulting from the mayor's efforts to “confine remarks to the record” Todd find Marcus Clash Mayor- Marcus waj supported in his efforts to direct and keep the discussion to evidence on the proposed municipal project 'and the ordinance itself by other commissioners including Commissioners Harry L Finch George D Keyset and Jehn M Knight and FisheY Harris city attorney After a particularly spirited clash between the mayor and Mr Todd as to whether or not Mr Todd was straying from the discussion on hand Commissioner Knight objected to “his talking any longer" The mayor explained that the commission was not expressing any attitude on the merit or demerit of the project but that the purpose of the hearing was to determine the feasibility of the project that the commission might obtain information to base action on the proposed ordinance “The city commission as representatives of the people must conduct this hearing and must look at this ordinance and proposed project solely to determine what the people want and Whether or not the City can afford what the people want if they want it” Mayor Marcus said Engineer’s Report Lacking Mr Todd and Mr Doelle have been selected- as the sponsors’ committee candidates for city commissioner Mr Todd explained that the committee - - pay for a detailed engineering report and that questions asked by the Keyser and mayor Commissioners Finch City Attorney Harris and E Li pm an city treasurer could be answered only by a detailed engineering report Mayor Marcus pointed out that the ordinance if adopted makes it mandatory upon the city commission to carry out the provisions of the ordinance to establish the municipal power plant and system “You come to us asking fOF'enact-menof an ordinance which requires the commission to go ahead and put in this municipal plant” the mayor said "but there is no detailed information upon which we can determine our action" Mr Todd and the mayor each asserted the other was "positively mis taken" as to the purpose of calling the public hearing The mayor's statement that the hearing was requested by the advocates of the ordinance was contradicted by Mr Todd 'who further stimulated the mayor to objection by (Continued on Pise Six) re- $390-00- I 0 WASHINGTON Aug 23 W— The federal reserve board reported today that domestic industrial production increased further from June to July and in the three weeks of August had maintained a relatively high level In its preliminary summary of general and financial conditions in the United States the board said industry was holding gains made early in the summer contrary to the seasonal tendency to slump Since the middle of July it added there had been reductions in wholesale prices of leading raw materials while prices of many other products had advanced The volume of industrial output as measured by its seasonally adjusted index advanced 7 per cent of the average to 98 per cent in July irt 1923-192- n t (By Grips Capital vrRENTONl Traffic MASSING Program for Thursday m —Opening session 10 a one-ha- lf I Gale of convention at Chateau call Gus P Bachman Organization Names Chairman Sets - First Hearing The machinery of the national and for state recovery administration Utah was set in motion Wednesday with the perfection of a permanent organization of the executive committee the establishment of 11 state districts and the appointment of Gug P Backman executive secretary of the administration aS acting administrator The Utah setup was rormed Saturday when George Creel of San Francisco chairman of the district NRA committee for Utah Nevada and Calr fornia met with Governor Henry H Blood and other Utah leaders In the national recovery program At the meeting Wednesday held in the governor’s office the working organization was perfected to begin the process of establishing codes of fair practice for intrastate business under the industrial recovery act passed by the legislature and act as representative of General Johnson in the enforcement of codes affecting interstate business First Hearing Set It was announced following the meeting tht the first code hearing un der the state law will take place at 10 a m on August 30 at the chamber of commerce when the butter manufacturing industry will be heard This industry has already submitted a code which in addition to hours of labor and rates of pay for employes includes a price structure designed to guarantee a fair return to the farmer the processor gnd the distributor The hearing will Le conducted by Mr Backman and will be attended by representatives of the butter manufacturing industry the state depart ment of agriculture the industrial commission and the attorney general’s office It was announced that all succeed to order Commander Charles R Mabey address of welcome Mayor Ora Bundy adComdress of welcome mander L W Nims post No 9 response Scott M Mathe-so- n Cedar City post No 74 entertainment committee readports announcements journment 2 p m — Second session of convention at Chateau muadsic committee reports dress Frank E Samuels "ha- -' tional adjutant American Leadannouncements gion journment 4 p m — Meeting of all convention committees B:30 p m— Athletic program Paramount theater (Special to The Tribune) OGDEN Aug 23—With streets and buildings decorated in American Legion colors throngs were arriving in Ogden Wednesday evening to receive a hearty welcome for the opening of of the fifteenth annual convention the American Legion department of Utah which will - begin Thursday morning and continue until Saturday evening The women too were rolling up a large preliminary registration for the auxiliary sessions which will be held simultaneously with the meetings of the Legion Registrations were beihg made at the chateau of the Herman Baker post No 9 on Twenty-fourtstreet between Washington and Adams avenues and at the Utah Power and Light company office in the Eccles building Leading figures in the Utah department were among early arrivals for Officers say it holds the convention promise of being the greatest convention in the history of the organization in Utah From out Of the state also came prominent officers and members of the Legion including Frank E Samuels of Indiana national adjutant representing- National Louis Johnson and George W Malone Nevada state engineer and a candidate for national commander at the national convention to be held In October Utah Legion dignKarles who ar- Com- rived early are Department h - Commander Cleric Denounces Hoover Philosophy at Bank Probe Nationally Known Figure Gives Dramatic Testimony at Detroit Hearing DETROIT Aug 23 (P)— His voice at the top while the people starved at the bottom” cried Coughlin rising ringing though a courtroom jammed from his chair and pounding the witE to the doors the Rev Fr Charles ness table with both fists the "He fed grain to pigs in Arkansas denounced today Coughlin "philosophy” of Herbert Hoover dur- but he wouldn’t give a loaf of bread to ing his administration condemned the people of Michigan I’m not critlocal banking methods and charged icising him butJ condemn his philoso-twclosed national banlq here werelphy and I cite: him as a definite and “wrecked by the philosophy that money in the hands of the masses was menace" His dramatic testimony came during hif first day on the witness stand before the grand jury investigating the closing of the two banks and the First National the Guardian National Bank of Coma one-ma- n Bank-Detro- it merce Scores were unable to force their way into the packed courtroom as the nationally known priest went on the- stand Father Coughlin spared no Words in his charges his testimony ranged from a lengthy and colorful explanation of his theory of the busiatness depression to breath-takintacks on local bankers Cites Hoover Article Hoover he declared was “a concrete example of the exploitation of the few by the ’insiders'” and he submitted for the record an article from a London mining magazine of 1912 country had be(n saddled with a which he declared the former presi- $23 500000000 debt as a resultof the war He attributed the depression in (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Aug 23— The nation’s capital quailed tonight before a fierce tropical storm while governmental agencies Vent swiftly into action to safeguard shipping in the raging Atlantic Many of the great trees lining the capital’s boulevards were torn out by the roots Power lines were felled and traffic paralyzed by the gusty force which gale of tore in from the sea to the accompaniment of torrential rain From the White House the capitol and embassy row alarmed inquiries poured into the weather bureau and newspaper offices The navy department’s hundreds of employes were sent home early by special order of Admiral William H Standley acting secretary to get them safely in their homes before 4:30 p m when his experts had informed him the full force of the storm would strike Other federal offices did likewise The weather bureau Issued word the storm was fast beating out it fury upon the countryside and would not hit the capital with anything like the hurricane force which brought havoc to shipping along the coast and forced the Eastern Steamship Line's coastwise vessel Madison to send out a weak but insistent call for help Signals Awaited Under orders from Washington swift coast guard craft sped to the aid of the distressed ship with its more than 90 persons aboard as she wallowed in heavy seas some 20 miles off Cape Chafles Va Naval ships and shore stations along the Atlantic seaboard listened closely for distress signals from ships caught in the storm and were ready to assist wherever possible The navy ordered the new cruiser Indianapolis anchored in Hampton Roads to turn its attention to an effort to pick up distress signals from the Madison Early in the day the department notified coastal naval and marine air stations of the threatening storm and warned them to keep their planes grounded until it passed Rear Admiral Arthur St Clair Smith commandant of the Norfolk navy yard reported extensive "general damage in that area with comHe munication systems disrupted estimated the most serious probable TifcT 1 TIANTIC m vtr ' WASHIN&OnLv i J£ ' by rising waters He mentioned large material damage” at St Julien's Creek in the'vicinity Roofs Torn Off Naval and other vessels along the Norfolk waterfront were reported secure but the wharves were under four feet of water the highest ever recorded In the capital city a number of roofs were torn off by the wind which reached a velocity of more than 50 miles an hour Falling trees crushed automobiles and blocked traffic A tree directly across the street-frothe White House on Pennsylvania avenue was one of the biggest to fall All available police and firemen were called into action to aid In getting the debris of fallen trees out of the way Firemen gave a hand too in pumping out cdlars hundreds of which were floodf3L Trolley lines vWiAxIisrupted at intervals Airplane device was at a All who could stayed instandstill doors and the streets were all but desefted d waterfront s At least two fatalities were charged to the storm along the boast north of - V Virginia New Jersey reports attributed eight deaths to that state due to a four-daStorm The steamship Madison bound down the coast was reported limping into Norfolk after having been battered all day pff Chesapeake light Blown far off her regular course the’ steamer last waa reported about 80 miles up the coast from Norfolk proceeding slowlyHundreds Marooned The vessel' with 37 passengers and a crew of 50 or 60 aboard had sent out SOS signals when the storm threatened her 'superstructure and washed away all but one lifeboat She was being convoyed into Norfolk by a coast guard boat The storm’s fury was felt all along the coast from Virginia to New England North Carolina reported heavy damage to the beach highway be- tween Kitty Hawk and Nag’s Head lines down with communication About 40 residents of the Albemarle sound mainland were removed by bus to Manteo to escape the threat of veering winds Extensive property dsmage was reported from the lower eastern shore of Maryland which had been isolated during the day by floods' and rain Crops were leveled and over- ‘ flowing rivers marooned hundreds of persons on second floors y path taken by which swept the Atlantic aeaboard Wednesday and Thursday morning a Arrow In map show terrific hurricane SILVER ENTERS MOM PUNS Experts Consider White in Working Metal Out U S Policy WASHINGTON Aug 23 (UP)— The rehabilitation of allver was understood today to be receiving the serious consideration of experts working out the nation’ monetary policy Since abandonment of the gold standard and fluctuations ip the volume of goods that the American dollar would buy President Rposevelt’s advisers have studied constantly the a steady problems of maintaining purchasing power and it wa learned today that in their solution silver play an important probably would ’ " part Agitation for the wider use of silver as money to boost the buying power of silver nations in the Orient and - ' storm Moes mm Hundreds of small craft were tom from their moorings all along the seaboard Many were sunk Three hangars and an airplane were destroyed when the gale struck Tred Avon airport near Easton Md The weather bureau at Washington warned that the storm was movin to Improve the lot of silver producers that it probably would reach gale has become so insistent it was be- force Thursday between Portland and lieved the administration would not Boston overlook silver in its long range monegale Shortly afterward a struck the Connecticut coast halting tary plan when it is evolved coastwise 'shipping shattering sea: Among First Question and pounding summer cottages Senator Thomas (D Okla) one of walls messages told of a coast the original advocates of a bimetal- Wireless cutter overturning off the tip lic silver and gold money standard guard Long Island In the same vicinity told the United Press today that “the of a small craft was reported c&psized question of bimetallism will be one Patrol boats sped to the scene of the first to be brought up in the Boys Save Train coming session of congress" He Indicated that Senator Pittman The New Jersey coast battered for (D Nev) who obtained an interna- four days hoped for surcease The tional silver agreement at the London local weather bureaus believed the economic conference would lead the giant waves were diminishing in that silver fight area Pittman’s silver agreement providThe gale blew a lumber shanty and ed for reduced sales of silver by pro- a telegraph pole across the Erie tracks ducing countries and that silver with(Continued on Page Two) held from the market should be used (Column On) either for coinage or currency re" serves Under the Thomas inflation amendment to the farm bill the president was given authority to “fix the weight of the sliver dollar in grains nine BEVERLY HILLS Cal Aug 23 —As I look at this NRA after (Continued on Paso Seven) (Column Threat having a long chat with the president about it and Hugh Johnson the chief executioner Secretary of Labor Miss Perkins senators well informed Washington writers aeroplane pilots taxi drivers bell hops steel men oil men and one lone optimistic bootlegger (who still believed this country would soon see the error born piglets— a total of 11000000 off of ns ways and he turn him back the next year’s crop The buying will his stolen profession) Now as I say I have asked all j extend over the next 40 days The plan calls for an average of these about it (for once in my 100000 pigs and 25000 sows (plus life I kept still and let them do Now the doubt in the talking) some 150000 possibilities) per day Tothe scheme is in proportion to the' day’s figures compiled from six leadextra money that particular party ing markets fell far short of the avwould be asked to put on the erage scheme and even each disagree-e- r Figures reported were: Chicago 6000 pigs and 200 sows Omaha 1100 hoped that it would work but would prefer having it work withand 200 Kansas City 10000 and 100 out effecting him Still many a Sioux City 1400 and 100 St Paul 10000 and 200 St Joseph Mo lOOO big man vras tor it heart and souL Yours pigs no sows Total totals are 419500 pigs and 800 sows Each of the latter is required to be in the “soon to farrow” class- the average litter being or a potential 4800 adsix piglets Will S Purchaselan Begins 0 - Piers Wrecked Crops Ruined as Hundreds Forced From Homes d Thirty Thousand Pigs Sold to U As 5000000 Ocean Imperils Liner (Bjr Associated Press) A spinning northeast storm accomof a tropical panied by the tail-enhurricane beat against the Atlantia seaboard last night ehuming up waves that endangered shipping eaus- ing huge property damage and bring--ing death to coastal dwellers Six deaths were recorded as the storm battered a high tide against the Virginia shore wrecking beach resorts and inundating the Norfolk e ' Three Electrocuted by High Tension Wire in City of Norfolk VciTYofj BALTIMOI$EjAf CHICAGO Aug 23 W— Some hogs today ied the procession of 5000000-pluwhich will troop to slaughter houses in the next 40 days r to rescue the American from his economic doldrums Today was the first day of the program for pigs cline weighing less than 100 pounds and -er 275 pounds These Output at shoe factories and woolen Piggy sows mills continued at a high rate Conof the regular trade will be taken-ou- t cotton fertilizer channels by being made into sumption of by domestic mills decreased somewhat he shout- - or distributed among the poor Cigaret produ-tioThe purpose is to reduce both the from the high dropped sharply level of May and June phv expressed in the article was char - escaping that debt and pass the buck present and potential hog supply in The board said wording forces and acteristic of the former president’s on to future generations because theirjorder to raise the prices on remaining fathers wore soldier suits and made animals The government intends to payrolls at factories increased consid- administration erably between the middle of June’ "Hoover tried to cure this damna- Dt and the middle of July ditional jble depression by pouring in goldl tcohinmne summary said The average compared with 60 per cent in March The principal increase was reported at steel plants where activity ad- vanced frorh 46 per cent of capacity to 59 Production in lumber and coal also was fn larger volume The daily average output of automobiles displayed none of the usual seasonal ‘dethe f PHILADELPHIA Trees Uprooted National Adjutant to of Speak at Opening Alarmed Inquiries White House Pour Thursday Into Weather Bureau for Study NEW Washington Quails as Big Full Data Report Upturns in Trade Domestic Industrial Production United Preei) New York Central railroad Continues to Gain Report Shows ports its freight loadings last week totaled 105886 cars against 78581 a year ago Standard Oil Company of New Jersey advances bunker fuel oil prices 10 cents a barrel in New --York harbor National Power and Light company reports electric output last was 6413700(7 kilowatt week hours up 219 per cent over like 1932 week Missouri Pacific railroad reports freight traffic last week was 20442 tars against 17358 in like week last year General American Transporta- tion corporation earns $565000 in second 1933 quarter against in corresponding 1932 period Erie railroad reports July net Income of $696163 against net loss of $706045 in July 1932 WOMEN Commission Requests (Column One And Terror in Path Paralyzing IN CLASH Mil-to- Storm Kills Sixteen GATHERS AT PLANTOPEN ’ - LEGION HOST - Rogers Says: |