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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over William Green Gloomy About Unemployment Henry Ford Cheerful Serious Charges Concerning Government of the Virgin Islands. By EDWARD W. PICKARD by Western Newspaper Union. WITH anfIlicr winter at hand and millions of Americans still unemployed, organized labor, through I're.sldent William Green of run them with good, sound American Ameri-can business sense. "They should take hold of their country, too, In the same way, and run it with good sound American common sense." pitKSIDBNT ROOSEVELT an-1 an-1 nounced that, beginning July 1, 1035, he will eliminate the 5 percent pay cut that is now taken out of the salaries of all federal employees. em-ployees. The pay restoration, he explained, is being planned on the assumption that increases in the cost of living will necessitate it. The Treasury department thereupon there-upon admitted frankly that this means the taxpayers will be called on to pay an additional fifty million mil-lion dollars a year for the benefit www'"'""'""'- T"W " , i x 4 ' ,y, 'i William Green the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor, has asked the administration ad-ministration to appeal ap-peal to all industries indus-tries to Increase production 30 per cent. Mr. Green in a public statement state-ment assorted that for the first time since President Roosevelt's re-employment program Kot umk-r way In July, .103:1, unemployment unem-ployment has exceeded last year's level. The number of persons with- oui any employment no puts at 8,3-18,000. Those without Jobs In Industry In-dustry In September numbered 10,-Jtni.OOO. 10,-Jtni.OOO. Jobs for 2,220,000 were provided by conservation camps nd emergency relief projects, "but these emergency Jobs," he said, "are not creating incomes to pay the costs." Mr. Creen continued: "Could not the administration Invite all industries indus-tries to co-operate in a general program pro-gram to Increase production and put men to work? "If the nation-wide level of all production were lifted 30 per cent in a balanced program, adjusting production to consumption needs, each Industry would then be- assured as-sured that allolher Industries would increase their production, and the wealth produced by putting labor to work would create Income to buy the product of all. of the 700,000 federal employees who will benefit by the restoration in salaries. Mr. Roosevelt predicted flatly that the cost of living will advance substantially sub-stantially within the next eight months. When he made this statement state-ment at ills regular press conference confer-ence he also cautioned reporters to remember that an increase In cost of living meant an increase in commodity com-modity and property values, thereby there-by lessening the difficulty in paying debts. This is one of the avowed aims of the Roosevelt program. i He said he expected the rise of food, clothing, fuel, housing, and other living costs to be large enough by July 1 to justify the 5 , per cent restoration. He refused I to say whether the increase in gov- ernment pay, which is being allowed , for in the -1935 federal budget, is j to be taken as an example for industry in-dustry to follow. I pjR. ERNEST GRUENING, chief -L' of the bureau of territories and insular affairs, has gone rather hurriedly hur-riedly to the Virgin Islands to make "The total number at work In the United States was 39,70-1,000 In September, 1033; by September, 1034, It had declined to 30,307.000. During these 12 months the normal Increase in population has added close to 450.000 to the army of job seekers for whom Industry .provides no work. Thus the number without with-out work in industry has risen from 30,108.000 in September, 1033, to 10,9,-il.OOO In September, 1934." Quite as gloomy as Mr. Green's report was a statement of the National Na-tional Industrial Conference board. This agency noted that the general improvement in manufacturing activity ac-tivity usually occurring in September Septem-ber failed to materialize. Instead, declines of 5.7 per cent in the num- Gov. Pearson a personal investigation investi-gation into a state of affairs that has led to the filing of serious charges before be-fore committees of both houses of congress. con-gress. In a petition for a congressional Inquiry, Paul C. Yates, who recently recent-ly resigned as executive ex-ecutive assistant to Gov. Paul M. Pe.nr- son, charges that the present administration ad-ministration of the islands is "wasteful, extravagant, inefficient, and tainted with corruption." Yates was recently suspended and ordered to Washington for an inquiry in-quiry by Secretary Ickes, who accused ac-cused him of "disloyalty, insubordination, insubordi-nation, and gross inefficiency," and In general of being a trouble maker. Yates resigned immediately and came to Washington, but chose to ignore Secretary Ickes' office, carrying car-rying his plaints instead directly to congress. her of wage earners employed, of 6.1 per cent in total man hours worked and of 5.8 per cent in payrolls pay-rolls disbursed, were reported. In addition, it was stated, the rise in the cost of living from August to September depressed real weekly earnings of wage earners 2.1 per ' cent On the other hand, the United States Chamber of Commerce in its summary of conditions throughout the nation reports continued improvement im-provement of business sentiment although It has not as yet been reflected re-flected definitely In the volume of transactions. He charges that Mr. Ickes has been "outrageously deceived" by Governor Pearson and subordinate officials of the Interior department, has ignored "complaints, petitions, and specific charges" presented by the citizens of the Islands, and has dealt with officials "in a peculiarly harsh, cruel, and dictatorial manner." man-ner." The petition further charges that minor officials in the Interior department de-partment aided and abetted Governor Gov-ernor Pearson to "whitewash a ma- f ANY thoughtful persons com-i-VJ ment on the apparent discrepancy discrep-ancy between the pleas of William Green for more employment and the policy pursued by organized labor la-bor In fostering great strikes seemingly seem-ingly for the sole purpose of enforcing en-forcing unionization and the closed shop. Many thousands of persons are thrown out of employment by . these strikes, Industries are ham- ix-it-u or snut aown and often serious se-rious disorders result. To the bystander by-stander it does not seem fair that in a time of distress, such methods should be followed in order that the strength of the unions might be increased. The latest example of this policy is the strikes which brought about the closing of all the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company's shops and warehouses In Cleveland and which went in effect In Milwaukee against the A. and P. and two other chain store companies. com-panies. There was a prospect that these walkouts would spread throughout Ohio and Wisconsin. TTKNUY FORD, who says that A- what is done In Washington doesn't matter much so far as recovery re-covery Is concerned, came out with jor public works scandal and deceived de-ceived the secretary of the interior regarding public works and the general gen-eral situation, and were criminally negligent in the performance of their duty." Secretary Ickes is accused of making prejudicial and Injurious remarks re-marks about T. Webber Wilson, judge of the Federal District court in the Islands, remarks which "reflect "re-flect unjustly upon the federal judiciary ju-diciary and which are unbefitting the dignity of a cabinet officer." Ickes also is accused of "unjustly and at the instance of Governor Pearson," having removed from office of-fice Charles II. Gibson and Eli Baer, government attorneys, and Capt. Michael J. Nolan, director of police po-lice of St. Thomas and St. John, with a record of 14 years' "loyal and efficient service." a statement that should be encouraging encour-aging to the American Ameri-can business man He told . the Ford managers gathered In Detroit that his company was oul of the depression, and they in turn told him of gen e r a 1 1 y improved business conditions in all parts of the L ' 3 p 1 I Henry Ford j CONVERSATIONS in London pre-j pre-j paratory to the scheduled naval conference have been quite unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to far, for neither the United Unit-ed States nor Great Britain shows any disposition to accord to Japan the equality that nation demands, even though it be merely in principle prin-ciple with the Japanese agreeing not to build up to parity with them. Well-posted observers do not believe be-lieve the conference will accomplish accom-plish anything valuable, and Secretary Sec-retary of the Navy Claude A. Swan-son Swan-son says that, regardless of its outcome, out-come, his department plans to bring the American fleet up to full treaty strength and will ask congress for the necessary appropriations. country. "The depression," Ford set forth In a statement, "would be over for fto whole country very soon if American Industrialists would just forget the alphabet schemes and take hold of their Industries and |