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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH SPEAKING OF Labor Peace and Banishment of Strikes Is Record of Toledo Industrial Board j; By ROBERT McSHANE Maowd by Wutam Nawapapar By LANSING CALLAWAY By VIRGINIA (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) mcgrady,of Edward a. secretary Herbert marshalls picture was labor was on his way to Toledo, Ohio. The time was 1935 and there was a strike in progress there. To Mr. McGrady it seemed that there was always a strike in progress in Toledo; and that he was spending the greater part of his The Letter, in which he played Jeanne Eagels lover, whom she killed. Now hes playing in it again, but this time hes the husband of the heroine, played by Bette Davis. He prefers his current role. Id rather be a betrayed, but live, husband, than a dead lover! he commented. Incidentally, two of the most .interesting photographs that have come this way recently are of Bette Davis and career commuting back and forth between that city and Washington. To a great many people in Toledo the same things were beginning to be apparent. The industrial wrangling had her stand-i- be- Theyre dressed alike, If anything, the stand-i-n is a little prettier than the talented Bette, but she suffers sadly by contrast. Those photographs show the difference between an expert and an amateur, and theyre worthy of any girls careful study. gun in 1934, labor and industry had become almost literal armed camps and the name of the city was on the front pages from Boston to San Diego. Two men had been left dead in the citys streets, hundreds had been injured in fighting and hatreds were being aroused that forecast trouble for years to come. But this time, after the immediate business at hand had been settled, Mr. McGrady wired his Washington office that he wouldnt be home right away. He was staying over in Toledo in the hope of getting to the base of the recurrent trouble and obviate the necessity of his constant excursions to Toledo. What Mr. McGrady had in mind was that it seemed to be nobodys business or concern if the citys industrial life flowed smoothly or was threatened with disruption. During the days when a potential industrial break was forming, and might most easily be adjusted, no one did anything about it. The situation was allowed to drift. Even when some of the large and bitter strikes were in progress, there was no agency at work to get the citys life back to normal. Record Is Impressive. Mr. McGrady sought to change all this. How well he succeeded is shown in the figures released for this Labor day. In the last five years the city of Toledo has assisted in averting 165 potential strikes, in which 32,224 employees were involved. Included in this were 52 cases in which a strike definitely had been voted. In addition the city government assisted in settling, peacefully and quickly 47 strikes in which the comparatively small number of 5,617 emSome of these ployees figured. strikes were called without the knowledge of the city administration, others in spite of efforts to avert them. Also the city assisted in settling one lockout in which 100 men were involved, and it looked in on 42 other disputes representing 2,874 employees, but for various reasons was not able to contribute toward a settlement. Virtually all of the latter, however, eventually were settled by the parties directly involved, without outside intervention. The grand total: 265 disputes handled; 41,478 employees involved. Riots: None. Savings in wages and potential losses to owners, stockholders: Scenes of strike violence like that shown above are things of the past in Toledo, On since the Toledo Industrial Peace Board began to function five to years ago in using horse-sens- e difficulties between labor and employers. Thousands of dollars have been saved to workers, employers and the city as a result. Edward A. left, former assistant secretary - labor, who helped Toledo business men and labor representatives form the board in 193S. ad-ju- st Twentieth Century-Fo- x finally got the screen rights' to the play Tobacco Road, which has been running in New York for years. RKO wanted it too its rumored that the price was more than $100,000. Unless all censorship bars are let down, considerable Edison rewriting will have to March, 1935; and Toledo company, June, 1935) had left the be done. v city exhausted, emotionally and inAlthough the two girls have been dustrially. on the same lot for more than a Solid Support. Toledos three newspapers gave year, Dorothy Lamour and Mary Martin didnt meet until recently, solid support to the plan. Cautiously, each side watching the other when they were rehearsing dance The from the sides of their eyes, the numbers with LeRoy Prins. first meeting was held. McGrady Sarong Siren was brushing np on presided and did most of the speak- her rhnmba for Moon Over Buring. He promised to assign to the ma, and the My Heart Belongs to e board as its director Lee Daddy girl was rehearsing intricate tap routines for Love Thy S. Harding, a federal mediator. The functions of foe board were Neighbor, in which she appears outlined and it was decided to go with Jack Benny and Fred Allen. ahead, although every one of the men at that first meeting since has According to Ray Milland, The confessed that he agreed with a greatest gift an actor can get is a chance to play with Claudette Colgreat deal of suspicion. But during the following six bert. Heres the record that proves it. months the board assisted in settling seven disputes without loss of One of Millands first pictures was a single day of work. Five strikes that already were showing signs of being long drawn out struggles were settled. There was no street fighting. No one was hurt. The vast Toledo industrial area was working full blast. Payrolls and production were on y, Cost to the city, $6,450. If Toledo can do that, why cant any other city? is a question sometimes asked and also, Has Toledo discovered any secret technique in averting industrial disputes? Model for Others. The answers, respectively, are that any other community can do likewise, and that Toledo has not discovered any method of passing miracles but rather has applied garden-variet- horse-sens- e y to differences between men and management. Briefly Mr.McGrady set up on that final visit to Toledo, back in 1935, what is known as the Toledo industrial peace board. It includes five men from the ranks of management, five from labor, and one director. These 10 since have added eight others to their ranks, attorneys, judges and clergymen to represent the public. The board is an integral part of the city government, but it has no authority to crack down on anyone. It issues no publicity releases. It cannot vote on who is right or who is wrong. It does not even express such opinions publicly. Mr. McGrady set up the first board himself. He went to the Chamber of Commerce and he thumped the table. There was a great deal of reluctance. There was a lot of honest skepticism. But he got a promise of Then he went before the Toledo Central Labor union. Strangely enough he met the same reaction. You need not fear such a board, said Mr. McGrady. It will not interfere in any way with your right to strike. by labor and management with such a board will be entirely voluntary. What have you to lose by trying? The answer was that no one had anything to lose by trying. The two critical disputes involving thousands full-time and thousands of men (Chevrolet-Toled- o division, General Motors, don as her country falls. May 28 King Leopold of Belgium surrenders. June 2 British war ministry anof the B. E. nounces that four-fiftF has been evacuated from glanders. June 5 The German Somme offensive begins at dawn. June 10 Mussolini announces Italys entry into the war against the allies. June 14 Germans occupy Paris. June 17 Henry Philippe Petain, succeeding Reynaud as premier of France, asks Germany for an armistice. June 22 In the same Armistice car at Compiegne where Germany sued for peace in 1918, French deleland. gates accept German terms. June 24 French delegates accept March 13 Finnish-Russia- n peace armistice terms. Italys treaty is signed in Moscow. Den3 British seize, destroy, or 9 July Germany occupies April bottle up a major part of the French mark and invades Norway. April 15 Allied troops land in navy. 19 Hitler, addressing ReichsJuly Norway. NorBritain to yield or be warns from Allies withdraw tag, May 2 destroyed. way. August 2 British arrest two promMay 10 Germany invades BelLuxeminent and Japanese in London. the Netherlands, gium, 15 becomes Churchill Winston Germany launches August bourg. on England. mass aerial blitzkrieg minister. prime unknown sunk cruiser Greek Netherlands by 14 capitulates, May and Queen Wilhelmina flees to Lon n. posed alike. After One Year of War in Europe The European war enters its second year on the first of September. During its first year it saw the complete disappearance of seven countries. Seven countries were overrun during the first year of the war, and two others lost land to invaders. Following is a calendar of the principal events which occurred during the past year: September 1 Germany invades returns to the Poland. Danzig Reich. Chamberlain and September 3 Daladier announce their nations are at war with Germany. September 17 Russia invades Poland. November 30 Russia invades Fin- VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) hs 9 full-tim- schedule. Workers had money to spend. Merchants were pleased. The people of Toledo also began to sit up and realize that something new had arrived on the scene. Much to the surprise even of the board members, they too were finding their suspicions of each other allayed; confidence and reason were taking the place of animosity. If a labor situation became menacing, the director of the Toledo Industrial Peace board offered his services to both sides. He sought a fair compromise and offered it for consideration. But he never ordered any side to do anything. If the situation reached such a spot where the director felt he was not making progress, the entire board was called into session. The board offered its services, at times it even offered suggestions. While it never voted on whether a question was eight or wrong, the important element was that within the city, at least, there was an agency charged with the task of keeping industry running and dissipating disputes before they reached the troublesome stage. Public Prestige. In March, 1936, Harding was recalled to Washington, but the Toledo city council decided the board was .desirable, and decided to continue it as a regular part of municipal government, with a paid director. On the recommendation of board members engaged a newspaper man, Edmund Ruffin, as director. . Ruffin had covered all of the previous strikes. After being director for more than four .years, Ruffin says he has no cut and dried procedure in approaching or working out disputes. I know many industrialists and labor officials, and I try to keep informed as to what is going on in the way of organization programs, negotiating of new and succeeding agreements, Ruffin explained. If I hear of a deadlock, I may offer my services to both parties, or one or the other may call me. After I get into a dispute, I listen to an outline of viewpoint by each group, usually in a joint meeting. After that, I throw in general suggestions as may come to mind, or may offer some specific procedure to which all may agree. Me-Grad- y, : Unlea ALTROCK, baseballs NICK man who has delighted gen- erations of fans, didnt become one of the games supreme jesters strict- ly through choice. Until a June day of 1912 in Cleveland, Nick was a mere pitcher a good one, but nothing more. In the ' years that went before he had established himself as an idol of Chicagos South Side by his pitching feats for the Hitless Wonders. During 1906 he' led all the Sox pitchers in winning the pennant He won 20 victories that year as compared with Doc Whites 18 end Ed Walshs 17. In the World Series with the Cubs he beat Mordecai, Brown in the opening game, 2 to 1. But back to that June day in 1912. Nick had been traded to Washington in 1909. Washington shipped him to Minneapolis, then to Kansas City. He was finally brought back to Washington as a relief hurler. It was during a game with Cleveland, when Washington was trailing 2 to 0, that Clark Griffith looked at Nick What in the world did and asked: I ever hire you for? The Fateful Answer Nick figured the question wasnt, at aU unreasonable, but he yelled' back at Griffith: Just put me out, on that third-bascoaching box and youll find out. Griffith followed Nicks suggese -- Gregg, the Cleveland pitcher,' ' walked the first man, and thats, when Altrock, The Clown, was bom.; He went into a phantom boxing act that convulsed fans and players of both teams. Even Gregg, the op-- 1 posing moundsman, was getting a1 real belly laugh. To make it short, the Washlngi tonians picked up four runs that inning and when Nick got back to the bench, Griffith decided that his e question had been an- swered. He had hired Altrock to be ' funny. There were plenty of squawks when Nick first started his funny stuff. Howls of protestwere heard from managers. One sports writer tion. early-gam- NICK ALTROCK suggested that if Altrock intended to make a three-rin- g circus out of baseball he might well spread sawdust over the infield. Ban Johnson was league president then. Enough protests came his way to make a command performance necessary. Ban, a big, individual, laughed heartily at Altrocks clowning and told him to keep it up. slow-movi- The Gilded Lily, made six years ago; it gave him a good start toward his present success. A young man named Fred MacMurray got his start in that picture, too; he was so scared that he shook when he was making tests, and Miss Colbert kidded him out of his paic. Melvyn Douglas was a polite but heavy until he worked opposite her in She Married Her Boss and surprised everybody but himself by proving to be an excelI Met Him in lent light comedian. Paris gave the public another light comedian, Robert Young, who until then had been a serious young man on the screen. Clark Gable had been slipping at the box office until he and the charming Claudette made the hilarious It Happened sinister One Night. ng No Regrets for Nick Though it was one of those spur of the moment remarks that resulted in Nicks new profession, he never regretted it. He has found rich pick- in ings the comedy business. hasnt pitched competitively since 1918, yet year after year he has held down a big league job. He has clowned in Though he high-salari- ed tank towns and before world series customers. He has supplemented his income by vaudeville appearances and through writing a syndicated comedy column. No, Nick hasn't any regrets. He started his career at Grand Rapids where, after winning 17 out of 19 games, he was sold to Louisville for $300. From there he' went to the National league where the highest salary was $2,400J Finally he got with the White Sox, strictly as a pitcher. His only frivolous moments came when he stepped in at first base to cut a few capers during infield practice. Then came that fateful day in June of 1 ' A giant gorilla has been worrying file executives of the zoo at Bristol, England; it costs $48 a day to feed him, and they feared that theyd have to destroy him to save his rations. A giant gorilla has also been worrying Producer Jack Moss of Paramount he needed one for D. O. A (Dead on Arrival) a mystery thriller featuring Ellen Drew, Rod Cameron, and various others. Hes cabled to Bristol to ask how much hed have to pay. for Alfred, the gorilla, and what could be done about transporting him with a trainer to this country. Seems that Hollywood zoos cant offer anything big and scary enough to suit his 1912. After clowning for the past 29 years Nick can afford to spend his winters in Florida, golfing and fishing. He probably would be spending his winters in an altogether different fashion if Clark Griffith hadnt grown a bit disgusted during that enparticular Washington-Clevelan- d counter. Why should Nick have any |