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‘BANKS OF WABASH’ GLORY DIMMED BY POLLUTION BLIGHT Terre Haute’s Sewage Wastes Dumped Into River With Refuse From Large Industrial Plants. FAR DIFFERENT IN DRESSER’S DAY State Laboratory Tests Show That Beauty of Stream, Loved All Over World, Now Hides Deadly Disease Germs. BY ARC H STEINEL Tim** Staff Writer The W abash river suckled him. Born within one and a half blocks of the river-front, Paul Dresser (Dreiser) boated, fished, and sometimes in the heat of a summer’s day “swam in the Wabash two and three times a day.” Then as train-boy on the old Terre Haute & Evansville railroad. Paul Dresser rode at times in the engineer’s cabin and watched the Wabash flow by the grinding cab wheels.

The W abash santr to him. Up sanjr its melody. In the four corners of the earth today. canoeing quartets. case choruses, spread chord and discord to the tune of Paul Dresser's "On the Bank of the Wabash, Far Away." Rut now the beauty of the Wabash hides dangers for swimmers and poorer catches for fishermen. Colon bacilli, the bacteria denoting sewage pollution, was found in a quantity of 1000 per 100 cubic centimeters at a bend of the state's pearl of rivers just two and onehalf miles below Dresser's old home that still stands in Terre Haute. This is the sixth of a series on stream pollution in Indiana. The seventh, to appear Tuesday, will tell of conditions in the Muscatatuck river. Test of the Wabash water showed 10 000 bacteria of all types growing per one cubic centimeter of water unde r a temperature of 37 degrees. The tests demonstrate without question that sewage and industrial pollution have laid their hand on the river that is sung about wherever "good fellows get together." Tests taken nearer the city of Terre Haute undoubtedly will show a higher count of B coli and bacteria, in the opinion of sanitary engineers City Pollutes River Terre Haute is called the ' king polluter" of the west fork of the river. The city has planned a sewage disposal plant to care for its wastes, hut dropped the survey. Recently the subject was under discussion by city officials, with the hope of completing the project with federal aid through loans from the Reconstruction Finance corporation. Terre Haute industries are as flagrant as the city in pollution of Hoosierland s most picturesque river But hark in the Civil war days, when Paul Dresser was a boy. there was no need to fear bacteria in its waters. Dresser, the boy, could dive from driftwood into its cooling breadth and then rest under the sycamores along its banks, dreaming grownup dreams ■'None Too Obedient" Dressers biographers say he was a "big. burly boy but none too obedient " He was the dreamer type who forgot his mpals and got a scolding from his parents He learned to twang a guitar and tickle a piano's ivories. Ambitious to earn money, he became a train boy on the Terre Haute <V Evansville line. He carried paper-back novels to bored passengers to read. He hawked "candy, peanuts and chewing gum " And while his passengers forgot the river scenery that passed the train for maidens who rescued mortgaged farms by marrying rich men. the boy who sold them the novelettes watched the snaky beauty of the Wabash. Encouraged by Engineer He became friendly with the engineer of the run. William Curlin. Curlin encouraged him in his music. The engineer and the train-boy. heads out of the cab window, let the river breeze hit them full and accompanied its windy tune with songs of their own. The breeze was fresh then, not odorous with stream pollution. At 15 years of age. Dresser who then was Paul Dreiser, ran away from St Meinrad seminary, where he had been induced by his parents to study for the priesthood Paul went to Indianapolis. A city pastor, the Rev. Mr. Spaulding, sheltered him. clothed him But Paul had songs to sing and so he joined up with a medicine wagon of those days singing ballads to the accompaniment of shouts of what a cure-all Hamlin's Wizard oil was He roamed over Indiana with the medicine wagon Sold so-called healing oils while iTurn to Page Three' HURT AS SWING FALLS W. B. Connor. 42. Is in Critical Condition at Hospital. Injured when a porch swing on which he was seated fell backward William B Connor 42 of 537 Belmont avenue today was in critical cordition at St Vincents hospital. Connor incurred a lacerated scalp, concussion of the brain and a possible skuil fracture when his head struck the concrete floor.

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VOLUME 15—NUMBER 69

RELIGIOUS JOB LOSER FLAYED Judge Assails Father for Refusing Work Reguiring Saturday Labor. The law of the state making Sunday the Sabbbath in Indiana transcends religious sect laws making Saturday the Sabbath, it was ruled today by Judge John C. Geckler. Geckler scored James Ash ev. 24. of 1630 Lawton street, father of two small children, for refusing to accept a job because he would be forced to work on Saturday, designated as the Sabbath by the church, of which he is a member. Ashley was in court on a charge of child neglect filed by his wife. Mrs. Madge Ashley. The wife charged that Ashley was more strict on his church's Sabbath laws, than he was about other churchly precepts, testifying that he was profane, which, she said, was contrary to his church teachings. Gekler told Ashley that there was a law transcending that of the church -one requiring him to support his children. The Rev F C. Carrier. 2355 Central avenue, assistant pastor of the church. Ashley attends, defended Ashley, testifying that the church (Turn to Page Two) STATE-WIDE BATTLE ON POLLUTION NEAR Sportsmen Meet Today to Map Offensive. St ate-wide battle on pollution of Indiana's rivers and streams was to be opened today by the Indiana Sportsmen Inc., with officers of the organization meeting at 12:15 at the Washington. Pollution of Indiana streams, as bared by The Times, will be fought bitterly by the sportsmens organization. Fishermen throughout Indiana are members and pressure will be brought to bear on officials of cities and towns to force plants to cease pouring deadly wastes into the streams. The meeting today was called by Howard Meyer, president of the sportsmen. Complete plans for a driving campaign were to be outlined at the session, said Meyer. BOARD HEARS RAIL CASE 555.000 Sought in Suit Over Lake County Grading. Hearing on suit to collect $35,000 from the state highway commission for half tiie cast of a Lake countygrade separation was launched before the public service commission today by the Lake Erie railroad. John Ryan, head of the railway division of the commission, is sitting in the case. Attorney-General Philip Lutz Jr., who is defending the commission, contended that the bill is excessive by SIO,OOO. Tow-Headed Squab Displayed Hu t nitrd /*rcj WESTVIILe. N. J.. July 31—A two-headed squab, hatched near here several days ago. is oeing exhibited by William Gnck. a squab fancier. Times Index Book-a-Dav 19 Bridge 5 Broun Column 14 City Briefs 17 Classified V... 18 Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World 16 Dietz on Science 9 Editorial 14 Financial 13 Fishing 5 Hickman Theater Reviews 8 Hobby 6 Industrial Page 10 Lodge Page 8 Radio 18 Serial Story 19 Sports '...16 Stream Pollution—A Series 1 Talburt Cartoon 14 Vital Statistics 13 Woman s Page 6 . •

FEENEY WILL ACT IN KEG BEER DISPUTE State Police Head to Go to Ft. Wayne; Attempt Peaceful Settlement. CONFER WITH OFFICIALS Believes ‘Needled’ Near Brew Is Being Sold as 3.2 Beverage. Seeking to halt sale of draught beer in northern Indiana. A1 Feeney, head of the state po'.ce, today was to go to Ft Wayne to work out a plan for peaceful settlement of ihe dispute. Feeney said he will confer with authorities of Allen and surrounding counties, and also attempt to enlist business men in a campaign to aid in blocking sale of the keg brew.

Throughout the week-end, with local authorities permitting sales in Ft. Wayne and Lake county, retailers of the tap beverage had thousands of customers. Feeney said he believed that 3.2 bepr was not being peddled but that private operators had obtained near beer and were “needling" it with alcohol. Paul Fry. state excise director, has threatened revocation of legal licenses to retailers who are selling draught beer He also has asserted that if local authorities will not co-operate with him he would endeavor to have state police or milita enforce the beer law. Several prominent Indiana attorneys have asserted that sale of keg beer is legal, under the Indiana law, provided retailers can obtain the brew. As long as retailers possess licenses to sell beer, they said, there is no restriction on the type of container in which it is sold. Fry. however, intends to block any wholesale spread of keg beer by revoking licenses of wholesalers or importers who permit turnover of keg beer to retailers.

EX-TEXAS GOVERNOR STARTS OIL COMEBACK Rnw Sterling, Once One of Stale’s Richest Men, Becomes Manager. But nitrii Prrtt HOUSTON. Tex.. July 31.—Ross S Sterling, former Governor of Texas and once one of the state's wealthiets men has started a comeback as an oil millionaire, his friends here believe. Sterling's name crept back into print recently when he was listed as manager of the Miramar Oil Corporation, whose No 1 Phoenix well in the Hull field. Liberty county. was completed as a producer. It was one of the few times Sterling's name appeared in public since his defeat for Governor by Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson last summer sent him into seclusion. It was on the flood of oil from the Humble field that Sterling, then a feed store operator, rose to wealth. After he resigned as chairman of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, which he helped found, and became Governor, his fortune began to decline.

•FRISCO C. OF C. WILL BACK ORIENTAL QUOTA Repeal of Exclusion Clause to Be Sought Before Congress. flv Srrippt-Hoirnrii \ netpaper Atlinnrr SAN FRANCISCO. July 31. Among the forces ready to urge on the next congress an Oriental quota is the powerful San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. On June 30. 1930, the chamber passed a resolution favoring the substitution of the quota for the exclusion clause of the 1924 immigration act. a clause offensive to Japan and other friendly nations of the Far East. At that time, the chamber declared that "the only enduring basis for world trade is founded upon the principle of justice and fair play between nations." George J. Preslv, executive vicepresident of the chamber, has just issued a statement reaffirming that body's views and indicating its readiness to join the quota appeal when it comes up this winter before congress. INDOOR SERVICE FORCED Mnsquitne Hoard Causes Cancelling of Cnion Rites In Open. fly Umtrit P” at EXETER Cal.. July 31 —Exeter's weekly outdoor union church services are held indoors now. Mosquitoes forced removal of the services in the city park to the various churches.

Helps Grandpa, Child's Reward Brings Death to Both

BY HELEN LINDSAY Tiibm SUIT Writer OIDE by side on a farm near Crawfordsville. Betty Lou Scott. 6. and her grandfather. William Scott, worked Saturday. Her grandfather planted corn: Betty Lou dropped beans in each corn hill Asa reward. Betty Lou was to be given a treat. She was to drive with her grandfather to Pittsboro Sunday afternoon in the buggy It was this trip, and the delights offered by her grandfather's companionship that made Betty

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JULY 31. 1933

DEATH FOR KIDNAPER

First man in the United States to be sentenced to death for kidnaping. Walter H. McGee is shown at the door of his Kansas City cell after his conviction as the abductor of Mary McElroy.

CONVICT SLAIN IN GUN BATTLE Barricades Self in House to Fight Sheriff’s Posse of 100. R</ ( nilrri Prrut LA GRANGE. Ind.. July 31 Barricading himself in the basement of his father's horn* here Sunday night, Ciair Hmkley, 30. escaped convict from Indiana state prison, iought off a sheriff’s posse of 100 men for four hours before he was killed by shotgun fire. Hinkley escaped June 20 with another convict from the Michigan City prison. He had stayed under cover at the home of his father, Fred Hinkle. Sunday night he armed himself with two pistols, and went to the home of Harold Milliman, nearby, where his wife lives with their two children. In the absence of the Millimans the convict demanded that his wife and children flee the country with him. Under threat of violence. Mrs. Hinkley agreed, and told her husband to wait while she went after the children who were visiting with a neighbor. Meanwhile, an unidentified person had seen Hinkley enter the MiUiman residence and called Deputy Sheriff Glenn Murphy. A posse was organized quickly, and surrounded (Turn to Page Two I

RAIN, CONTINUED WARM, IS FORECAST Mercury to Stay in 80s, Bureau Predicts. Showers are due in Indianapolis late tonight or Tuesday, the weather bureau forecast today. Temperatures j will remain at the same levels they have been for the last few days. The mercury today rose slowly! and there were indiertions thift the temperature today may not exceed the middle eightys. The 6 a. m. reading was 75 and at 9 it was 79. TALENT IS PLENTIFUL No Need to Import Movie Stars. Views of Producer. Hu 1 nitrd Prrnn HOLLYWOOD. July 31.—The current yen for imported film players is assuming the form of another "cycle." one that Hollywood could well afford to miss, in the opinion of B P. Schulberg. noted producer. The United States holds an overflow of screen material, and there is enough right here in Hollywood to supply the demand for five years to come. Schulberg believes. On the eve of his departure for Europe, the producer's announcement that he would not look for continental movie actors was nothing if not unique. MARRIAGE SLUMP ENDS' Boston Clerk Finds June Drop Less Than Other Months. fly Uriitrd Prrtt BOSTON July 31—City registrar James J. Mulvev believes the depression on man:ages is over, too. He issued 758 licenses during June, against 783 .. year ago. The decrease has been greater for previous months compared with the corresponding months of 1932, Mui- ' vey said.

anxious to return with her grandparents to their farm near Pittsboro Saturday afternoon. BBS SUNDAY afternoon Betty Lou and her grandfather were rushed to the Indianapolis city hospital, victims of an automobile accident. A passing truck had struck the buggy, tearing it to pieces Both the child and her grandfather were fatally injured. They died within an hour and a half after the accident. Double funeral services will be held at the home of the child's

UNION LABOR WINS BATTLE FOR RIGHT TO ORGANIZE STEEL MILLS

WOMAN TO BE HIGH OFFICIAL IN NRA ARMY Lieutenant-General to Be Appointed Today by Borinstein. The battle emblem of recovery—a rampant blue eagle—was displayed for the first time in Indianapolis stores today as employers swamped headquarters of the industrial army with signed covenants. Five thousand agreements, pledging the support of Indianapolis employers to the President's recovery program were received early today by Francis Wells. Indiana recovery director, from local industrialists. Thp count would reach 10.000 before Tuesday, Wells predicted. The appointment of an Indianapolis woman as lieutenant-general of the recovery forces was to be announced today by Louis J. Borinstein. president of the Chamber of Commerce, along with appointments of a “general" and three "colonels.''! Woman to Be Named “A prominent citizen has been se- ; lected tentatively to be 'genera!' in j the recovery army to supervise an j investigation of city industry's response to the federal program,” said Borenstein, "and I am only waiting for his acceptance. "When the general' accepts. I j will announce the name of a local woman and three colonels to act ! as his staff Besides making the investigation, they will codify the unemployed and make recommendations to the recovery council as ordered by President Roosevelt." 1 “I expect a total of more than 15.000 signed agreements from city employers and about 80.000 from industrial leaders throughout the state," said Wells. "Many of the cities in thp state are signing their industries up as a unit. I can not 1 speak too highly of the patriotic re- l sponse of Indiana thus far."

Plane to Collect Pacts Announcement was made today that a gold-winged Great Lakes biplane piloted by Franklin Herdrich will take-off from the Hoasier Airport at 8:15 a. m. Wednesday to pick up signed industrial covenants ' in southern Indiana cities. Bloomington, Vincennes, Evansville. New Albany Jeffersonville. Madison. Connersville and Richmond will be the citips v here mail will be collected for flight to Indianapolis in an effort to make the Hoosier state first on the list of complete returns. Northern Indiana agreements will be gathered by plane Tuesday. George C. Calvert, secretarymanager of the Indianapolis C ring House Association announced that the clearing house association members were united in "hearty support of the. national recovery act." He predicted that banks and trust companies of Indipnapolis and Marion county will be operating in full conformity with the government program.

Hotel Men lo Meet Indiana hotel operators will attend a meeting at 2 Wednesday at the Claypool, sponsored by the Indiana Hotel Association, when thp new hotel code suggested by the American Hotel Association and approved by the government, will be read. The code is expected to provide, according to W. H. Caldwell, for a 48-hour week and sl2 minimum, and it likewise is expected to stabilize and raise room rates, forcing fair competition. The code will be read at the meeting by F. Harold Van Orman, former LieutenantGovernor. who has been in Washington several days as chairman of the associations industrial code committee. Barbers to Prepare Program While master barbers prepared to attend a meeting on the NRA program at the Denison tonight, the price of haircuts generally will be raised to 50 cents in Indianapolis Tuesday, according to an announceiTum to Page Two> LAST RITES FOR FLIER Indiana Army Officer Killed in West to Be Buried in State. fly Unitrri Prrtt COLUMBIA CITY. Ind.. July 31. —Funeral services lor Sergeant Bonr.ell Herrick, one ol seven men killed when a United States bombing plane crashed at Oceanside. Cal., will be held here Tuesday afternoon The body was to arrive at Warsaw today.

parents. Mr and Mrs. Corbett Scott. 28 McLean place. Wednesday morning. Side by side they wiil be laid to rest In the cemetery at Leston. Ind. a a a BETTY LOU had looked forward to the visit to her grandparents all summer. She had spent one week with them, and Saturday begged to be allowed to return for another week s stay. "She was her grandfathers favorite." Corbett Scott, father of I the little girl, said today. "She

Statement of Policy For seven days all Scripps-Howard newspapers, of which The Indianapolis Times is one. have Been wholeheartedly pledged to President Roosevelt’s Recovery Plan, They have not only given the plan unqualified editorial support, but Robert P. Scripps, editorial director of these newspapers, quietly wired the President last Tuesday: “All Scripps-Howard executives have already been advised that as an organization we are ready to extend at the proper time any co-operation and adopt any course necessary to the success of your plan. It is our thought that these newspapers can most effectively act as a group and probably by synchronizing our action with that of the membership of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.” The executive committee of the association has been in session for several days. It is deliberating today. It is at work on a plan for bringing all the newspapers in the country into simultaneous action on the recoverycode as a smashing blow to the forces of depression. Since July 25 The Indianapolis Times has been pledged to do its part, TALCOTT POWELL. Editor.

Recovery Code Signed by 1,100 Food Stores in City Largest Single Group of Retailers Here So Far to Announce Observance as Unit. Representatives of 1.100 Indianapolis food stores—the largest single group of retailers to announce observance of the code as a unit—signed an agreement Sunday establishing uniform hours, placing their ban on night and Sunday opening to abide by the code of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

F. C. Buddenbaum of Regal < Stores. Inc., chairman of the publicity committee of the retail grocers. asked The Times to correct an Impression prevalent today that a large element of the retail grocery trade was holding out on the President's agreement. “Ninety per cent of the retail grocers in Indianapolis already have signed the covenant." said Buddenbaum." and we have good reason to believe that all of the industry will fall in line by Aug. 7. Buddenbaum said that the unanimous action of the retail stores probably would add 1,000 employes to the food business in Indianapolis. "The Indianapolis retail grocers have set a splendid example by being one of the first lines of business to organize under the NRA, to shorten working hours and to give more employment," said Borinstein.

RUM RUNNERS DESERT FAMOUS ISLAND BASES St. Pierre and Miquelon Are Losing Prohibition-Made Trade. fly I nitrtt Prrtt MONTREAL, July 31—St. Pierre and Miquelon's famous prohibition made trade is falling off. So much off. indeed, that the farsighted rum runners, who have been maintaining stocks on the islands, now are liquidating them, folding their tents and stealing away in their gray ghast motorships. Asa result the French fishermen of the islands are facing a drab future. Cod fishing, the industry on which they depended for two centimes, has changed greatly in recent years. Formerly all cod caught by the French fishermen on the Newfoundland banks was brought back to St. Pierre and Miquelon for treatment. Now giant trawlers seine the fish, clean and salt them on the banks and sail away to France without even touching on the islands. FIND BLACK DIAMONDS Boulder Dam Workers Unearth Lost Boring Gems. fly Unitr<t Prrtn DENVER. July 31.—Eight diamonds have been recovered from the bed of the Black Canyon at the site of the Boulder dam and sent to the Denver bureau of the United States reclamation service. The diamonds were black carbon 1 ones used ten years ago on the boring bit of a drill which the government engineers lost while testing foundation rock for the dam When the bedrock was exposed in the river channel, workmen found i the old drill and the stones were sent to Denver to be reset into another bit and used again. The diamonds were valued at $2,400.

followed him about the farm whenever she was there He was so proud of her: he called her his ‘little woman "’ B B B SCOTT was on a fishing trip when word was received of the accident. He returned to ms home Sunday night, to learn that his father and Betty Lou were dead. The buggy in which the child and her grandfather were riding was going east toward Pittsboro. A truck driven by Noble Thomp- < Turn to page Nine)

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What to Can —and How First of six articles on canning, written by Sister Mary, NEA Service writer, will be printed on the woman s page of The Times beginning Friday. With vegetables and fruits coming into market at low prices, it is the part of economy to can them before prices are higher. The timely articles to be printed in The Times will point out in detail the proved methods of canning, with some of the latest recipes for preserving foods

CODE MASS MEETING IS CALLED BY FRITZ National Figures to Speak at Session Tonight. Adolph Fritz, secretary of the Indiana State Federation of Labor, called upon all union men and the public to attend a meeting at Tomlinson Hall tonight designed to further the President's recovery program. Speeches will be made by W c. Hushing. Washington representative of th° American Federation of Labor. Harvey Brown of Cleveland. O president of the International Machinists Union, and Charles Howard, president of the International Typographical Union. Robert Fox. president of the Indiana Central Labor Union, will preside and James Shaughnessv of th* Barbers International Union will be chairman.

MOTHER CAT’S TEARS BRING BACK KITTENS Offspring Returned After “Parent" Weeps Like Human. By 1 nitrrl Prrtt KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 31.—1 t has been decided officially by J. C Fuller, vice-president of the Kansas City humane society, that cats weep just like human beings when they lose their loved ones Fuller cites the case of Mrs. Marion Doyle's tabby to prove the point. The cat was the mother of five kittens. Two of them were taken from her right away, and she did not appear to care. The other three were kept with her for a month, however, and she became quite fond of them. Then Mrs Doyle decided that she had too many cats. She gave two of the kittens away. And immedia'ely the mether cat began to weep She cried just as a person would. The more Mrs Doyle petted her and tried to console her. the more she wept. Mrs. Doyle finally gave in. She asked her friends to let her have the two kittens back. They did. And tabby quit crying. Maine Pelted by Hailstones By Unitrri Prrtt BINGHAM. Me. July 31—Hailstones as large as grape fruit bounced on Bingham's streets during a freak storm recently. Some of the giant hailstones measured six inches in diameter.

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Industry Withdraws Its Code Provision for ‘Company* Setups. CALLED PATRIOTIC MOVE Secretary Perkins Declares That ‘Bargaining* Action Is Recovery Aid. BY H. O. THOMPSON. I'nllrd PrM Staff Corrrtpnnilfnt WASHINGTON, July 31. —Organized labor, aided by the recovery administration, won a significant victory today in its fight to give the 500.000 steel mill workers of the country the right of collective bargaining when the steel industry withdrew a code of fair competition provision aimed at retaining the company-union setups of the industry. Elimination of the mast controversial issue raised by the steel code came shortly after hearings opened on the proposed code for the leading American industry. Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnsons assert.on that the provision was incompatible with the recovery program resulted in the directors of the Iron and Steel Institute agreeing in a hast My called meeting to delete the provision. Hailed as Patriotic Action The action immediately wa3 hailed by Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, who congratulated the industry on its “patriotic, and far sighted policy.” The right of collective bargaining has been a fundamental tenet of the recovery administration, and previous indications that the industry would seek in Its code to retain the present company sponsored unions had been condemned sharply by organized labor The, provision which was withdrawn attempted to restrict collective bargaining by steel workers to the so-called company unions. Robert P Lamont. former commerce secretary, now head of the Steel Institute, first expressed the industry's “willingness" to delete th® provision. He explained the code in detail, and estimated that for jthe industry to operate at the 1929-1930 level 424 083 employes would be required under a forty-hour week. Helps “Unite Democracy" Secretary Perkins said she felt the industry’s change in policy was “one more step in the direction of making the people of the United States into a united democracy.'' Miss Perkins, just back from a tour of steel mills, said that of the workers employed in the steel industry in 1929, 150.000 were now out of work. She referred to the remarkable resiliency" in the steel industry.

"Steel activity," she said, "has risen from a now 12 14 per cent of capacity operations in March, a period we hate to think about, to around 75 per cent of rapacity." In some plants the capacity has risen 63 per cent, but she said the average was "around 57 per cent." Wants Upward Wage Revision Employment has improved at a slower rate than productive activity. she pointed out. Without prejudicing the price maximum she said, "it is pertinent, to consider how to strike a balance between the largest extent of employment of the industry'• unemployed and efficient operations. "The industry has indeed, been a leader in the spread-rhe-work movement, and now should show similar leadership in the present movement of combined jdequate work and living wage restoration " Miss Perkins, in calling attention to the slower improvement in employment, said employment has advanced in the industry from 187 700 m March to 223.000 in June and about 280.000 in July Miss Perkins asked upward revision of the whole scale of minimum wages, which proposed 25 to 40 cents per hour in twenty-one separate geographical districts She noted that the 1929 average minimum was 49 cents per hour for a of forty-eight, sixty or even longer hours.

Wants “Spies" Eliminated I suggest putting the wage on a weekly basis to the individual which *ill produce an income adequate to permit substantial purchasing on the part of the average common laborers family," she said, ‘and I suggest a reconsideration of the rates in terms of an earnest effort to approach as quickly as pcsto the purchasing power of 1929. This will mean a considerable increase over the present proposal of 40 cents an hour or sl6 for a full forty-hour week in the highest wage districts.” Secretary Perkins also recommended Abolition of the seven-day weelr. Elimination of the twelve-hour day. and in its place a maximum of not more than eight hours. She said mill hands almost invariably told her "six hours is enough, lady ’* Elimination of company espionage among the workers Establishment of reserves to help care for the industry's unemployed. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6a. m 75 10 a. m 84 7 a m 77 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 78 12 <Noon>.. 86 9a. m 79 Ip. m. ... 88 r