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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 282

~ PUBLIC WORKS PLAN

T0 CONTROL FLOODS ~ SENT TO CONGRESS

Program Calls for the Bursting Gas Mains,

Immediate Spending Of 116 Millions.

Collapsing Houses Alarm Cairo.

BOLSTER DIKES TEST OF LEVEES

Ohio and Mississippi Areas Will Get Most Of Appropriation.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— President Roosevelt called on Congress through a special message today to develop “a long-range plan and policy” for public works construction to prepare a national defense against future depressions.

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Roosevelt Committee Arrives to Survey

By United Press . CAIRO, Ili, ¥eb. 8.—The of the “‘super-flood” icy hand

against the walls of Cairo to- |

day, threatening the lives of

6000 weary men who were the

As the chief part of the plan, Mr. | Roosevelt presented Congress with |

a list of some $2.750,000.000 worth of water conservation projects, including a $118,000.000 flood-control program in the inundated Ohio and Mississippi River valleys Mr. Roosevelt's message stressed the economic value of the Government compiling a list of worthwhile public ‘works ‘projects for years ahead, declaring “Through the

formulation and

| boils,” of spouting geysers | streets, of breaking gas

actors in the first major test between & hillion<dollar levee system and two raging rivers, The battle went on after a night of fear—a night of bursting “sand in ths mains, of sinking sidewalks and collapsing houses. Up and up the river moved on the big gauge that marks the height of the flood here, at the confluence of the Ohio and

| Mississippi rivers,

ahnual revision of a program of all |

types of construction, revision and adoption of the program by Congress and appropriations unde: regular budgetary procedure timed in part in relation to ‘economic needs, we can provide for the order-

| that the river

All the wav down the Mississippi from the Ohio and in its path were Hickman, Ky, and New Madrid, Mo., waiting breathlessly to see if Cairo could throw back sthe worst brings. Their hour

[comes later and while they waited

ly development of our resources and |

the provision of needed facilities for our people.” The President's special message transmitted to ‘Congress & public works planning report compiled by the national resources The group said its plan would provide a resorvoir of “selected projects which can be utilized in periods of economic depression” to revive lagging heavy industries and spur employment, Refers to Report

Mr. Roosevelt utilized the report |

to re-emphasize his recent Government reorganization recommenda tion to Congress. He pointed out: “In & previous suggested a permanent planning agency under the Chief Executive in

message, I have |

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order thai, among other things, all |

public works proposals may from the many individual ments ang bureaus to a planning place and thence to President.” The President has said resources committee, now under executive order, made the ‘permanent agency. In discussing the recommendation for a long-range construction program, Mr. Roosevelt warned Congress against considering each projct as a separate entity. The report, he said, “should, of course, be read in conjunction with the recommendations for highwavs, bridges, dams, flood control, and 20 forth, already under construction, estimates for which have been submitted in the budget.”

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that the operating should be planning

Need for Trogram

The need for the program, Mr. Roosevelt said, developed during the Government's emergency spending ¢irive against the depression. “During the depression,’ Congress. “We ‘have substantially increased the facilities and developed the resources of our for the common welfare public works and work-relief programs. “We have been compelled to undertake actual work somewhat hurriedly in the smergency. “Now it is time to develop & longrange plan and policy for construction—to provide the best use of our resources and prepare in advance against any other emergency.” In the 'Ohid River section, the resources committee recommended immediate expenditure of $500,000 for “a ‘continuation and expansion of previous (flood control) surveys by the corps of engineers.” Spending of $600,000 more at Middlesborn, Ky. to construct levees

he told

protecting property from flood rave |

ages also was put before Congress. In the Lower Mississippi Valley, (Turn to Page Three)

BOB BURNS Says: ysvrrose

freedom loving set of people in the world. We just can't stand to be tied down. We'll sit around the house for weeks without goin’ any place, but just as soon 8s it rains so we can't get out, we bring out all our road maps and start figgerin’ out all the travelin’ ‘we're gonna 40 as soon as it clears up. We'll stand all day lookin’ at an excavatin’ job, but if we had a job there as watchman we'd be watchin' the clock all day. A fisherman come down home one time and my Uncle Sanky sat on the bank and watched him fish for three days without movin’ from the spot. Finally, the fisherman says “You've been sittin’ there watchin'® me fish for three days—why don't you do some fishin’ yourself?” And Uncle Sanky said “I win't got the patience.”

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the fear of the unknown was in

[the minds of their people,

Behind the Ky. was deep

crest was Paducah, 10 miles wide, and five feet ih the streets. Thirty-four (Turn to Page Three)

INDIANA MAPS

RIVER CONTROL

Prevention Plans Devised as Governor Starts on Inspection Tour.

(Pegler, Page 12; “Floods Must Be Tamed,” Page 11; Red Cross donors, Pages 4, 5),

As ‘Governor Townsend prepared to leave this afternoon on a 700mile tour of Thdiana's flodbd and refugee districts, attention of State agencies was divected toward prevention of a repetition of this dis-

[aster in the future,

Mood waters continued to recede along the State's 250-mile southern border, revealing further damage and the enormous rehabilitation work needed, Some of the smaller cities were shambles and the area was covered with silt. Purpose of the Governor's inspec-

[tion is to obtain estimates oh the

| needs of refugees,

country | through |

flood loss and learn the immediate He is expected to emer-

make recommendations for

gency flood appropriations when the |

Legislature reconvenes Monday.

The Indianapolis Red Cross office, which has become headquarters for | the ‘entire Ohid River Valley relief | work, also is to take over the task |'of listing refugees and reuniting separated families. The Junior Chamber of Commerce information and registration booth in the Union Station is to close tonight and turn lover its records to the Red Cross. | Teasibility of erecting new lowe price homes in the disaster-ridden area, rather than repair old strue(Turn to Page Three)

FIRES AND LOOTIN

MENACE TO PADUCAH

16 Arrested as Suspects; Water 10 Feet Deep.

By United Press PADUCAH, Ky. Feb. 3.—Fire and

| looting ‘menaced nearly deserted

| Paducah today despite constant pa-

trolling by National Guardsmen and |

|'Coast ‘Guards.

| ‘Officers prowling through flooded | | streets have arrested 16 persons sus- |

pected of looting. Fire destroyed

| stable, killing 30 head of cattle. | ‘Officers believed that & few hun[dred persons who defied evacuation

| orders were responsible for most of

a “ghost city” where the river

three dwellings, [two coal company yards and a dairy

Guard Young Killer From Mob in Ozarks

I'nited Press WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo, Feb. 3.—Robert Kenyon, 20, described, by officers as a moron, reportedly was being shuttled secretly from jail to jail in the Ozark country today in an effort to thwart angry citizens who would Iyneh him for kidnaping and murdering Dr. J. C. B. Davis, beloved elderly physician and local political leader. Kenyon confessed today that he kidnaped the 67-year-old physician and emptied his automatic pistol intd his body as he knelt in a thicket, a check book in hand ready to write a check for $5000, the ransom demand. Then he led G-men and state troopers to the thicket where the body, pierced by seven bullets, lay face down on the frozen ground. Immediately after the body | was found a heavy guard es- | corted the youth to an wun- | named jail. Peeling among | citizens of Howell County where | Dr. Davis had practiced for 30 years, much of his work being charitable, was intense. Groups of men were ready to go at a moment's notice to attempt to seize the confessed murderer and as one main said, “tear him limb from limb.”

LINDBERGHS' STAY IN ROME UNDETERMINED

By United Press ROME, Feb. 3.—Col. Charles Lindbergh's orange and black Miles Mohawk monoplane, refiteled and reads for an immediate start, awaited him today at Littorio Airport Col. Lindbergh did a little sightseeing almost unobserved this morning. At 11:30 he went to the air ministry, where Gen. Giuseppe Valle undersecretary for aviation, showed him through the building Airport officials expected Col Lindberg to leave today, but some of his friends said that because of the prevailing fine weather he might remain here for several days

| The Grand, last night and went to the Villa Aurelia, on the Janiculum ‘Hill, to dine with ‘Chester Aldrich, director of the American Academ) of Rome.

MERCURY TO GO UP. WEATHER MAN SAYS

HOURLY TEMPERATURES Hho. FD Hoh Who, 2 thos A 11 5. Wm... 29 hoo. 28 32 ‘Nobh) 2D ih MRS 1% Wm... 30

The sun, paying one of its rare visits to Indianapolis, was expected | to send the mercury up to between 35 and 40 ‘degrees this afternoon The Weather Bureau satd it would be ‘cloudy tonight, but warm, with the lowest about 30 degrees

12-YEAR-OLD BRIDE IS HAPPY, SHE SAYS

New York State Girl Marries |

Boy 19; Parents Approve.

BULLETIN

By U'niled Press WATERTOWN, N. Y. Feb. 3. Twelve-yvear-old Leona Elizabeth Roshia was separated from her 19-year-old hushand today hy an order from Juvenile Court.

By United Press

WATERTOWN, N. Y. Feb. 3.— “I Tove my husband,” Leona Eliza[eth Roshia, 12, said today, defving

| authorities to break up her honey |

{moon with, Stanley E, Backus, 19 | While Leona cuddled closer to her [ husband, the ‘district attorney's

|office began an investigation of the |

marriage Which stirred almost as much public interast as the Ten- ( nessee mountain wedding of 9-vear-he Eunice Winstead.

“I wish everyone would mind their |

[own business,” Leona said, pausing in her new job as a housewife, “I am very happy.” Mrs. Philip Zecher, deputy town clerk of Champion, N. Y., who issued

[| the marriage license, said the girl |

HUNTINGTON LOSES STEP IN POWER FIGHT

[upheld the injunction granted by [the Huntington Qircuit Court which prohibits the City of Huntington [and its officials from engaging in [the power business, The Court held that Huntington

| had forfeited its right to operate an |

| ¢he looting. They ‘may have caused electric utility because it had not

‘the fire in desperate Attempts to [used that right in 20 years.

keep warm, guardsmen said,

There [still is an appeal from a contempt

The | Oolonel and his wife left their hotel, |

The Indiana Supreme Court today |

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1087

Fntered as Becond-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

PRICE THREE CENTS

17 GIVEN FAIR TRIAL, INSISTS

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~ TROYANOVSKY

Soviet Ambassador to U. S. Defends Stalin Against Trotsky Charges.

DENIES GROUP TORTURE

Claims Exiles Admissions Confirmed Death Plot Accusations.

(Copyright, 1937, by Secripps-Howard Newspapers.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-—<Holding that the treason, or “Trotskyism,’ trials at Moscow were entirely open | and above board, Soviet Ambassador | Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky today declared that Leon Trotsky himself, by his own admission, cons firms the death plot against Stalin. Scoring the implications that the confessions of Karl Radek and the 16 other accused were the result of torture, or long and deliberate ‘build-ups,” the Ambassador quoted Trotsky's published statement that the only way to get rid of Stalin was bv assassination

And surely, he added ironically, it |

can hardly be sald that Trotsky

now in exile in Mexico, 5000 miles |

from Moscow--had this confession wrung from him

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In a special copyrighted dispatch | from Mexico City published in the | Seripps-Howard Newspapers Mon- |

day, Trotsky specifically

accused |

Stalin and those about hith of forc- |

ing confessions confessions might be regarded as desirable for party purposes. Once in the grip of the Gaypayoo—GPU, or Russian secret police—he charged, the Radeks, Zinovievs, Piatakovs, Sokolnikovs and the other prisoners had only two alternatives: They could choose, he said, “between certain and immediate death at the prison door, and a vague, problema tic hope” of saving their lives by | confessing to suit the Gaypayoo. In an exclusive statement to the Seripps<Howard Newspapers, Ambassador Troyanovsky today disputed all such assertions. They come, he indicated, from traitors who, having enjoyed positions of responsibility ih the ‘OCommitthixt Party, have betrayed the trust their

former associates, especially Stalin, |

| once placed ih them. The statement follows:

By A. A. TROYANOVEKY

| The Soviet Government has been | compelled to repulse many counter- | revolutionary attacks, In fact, the October (1917) revolution itself was hastened by General Kornilov’s uprising, which opened the eyes of the masses of the people to the dangers Of reaction Revolutionists are often apt to be careless and trusting. When they adopt extreme measures, these are (Turn to Page Six)

WOMAN 1S CHARGED WITH TAVERN KILLING

Opal Grimes, 24, of 334 Blake St. was bound over to the grand jury

today on ‘a charge of first degree we: | ' et [bor getup of ‘General Motors oy |

Suggested Conference Be

murder following the death of Harry Brady, 30, of 706 N. Euclid Ave. She is held without bond. Brady died at City Hospital last night. Miss Grimes is alleged to (have shot him Jan. 8 in & tavern operated by her mother at the Blake St. address. The voung woman said the shooting was an accident, police ‘elaimad. She explained to officers that a revolver kept for protection was dis-

charged accidentally while she was |

| loading it.

ENGLAND PROTESTS LOYALIST BOMBING

By United Presse LONDON, Feb, 3-Gs, A. D. Ogil- | vie-Forbes, British Embassy Ohare D'Affaires ih Spain, has protested [to the Loyalist Government against the dropping of bombs yesterday | near the battleship Royal Oak by | what were believed to be Loyalist [airplanes, : | According to reports here, three | monoplanes flew over the Royal Oak (near Gibraltar at 7:30 a. 'm. (Ihdi- | anapolis time) yesterday, dropped | three bombs and vanished, Tt was (said that the planes mistook the | Royal Oak for |‘ eruiser Canarias.

the Nationalist |

from ‘whomsoever |

| ‘with the union.

LABOR INQUIRY FUND 1S URGED

Senate Committee Favors Granting $50,000 to La Follette Group.

{By United Prese

{ WASHINGTON, Feb <The

[hittee today reported favorably ha

[resolution to give the Civil Liberties |

to continue inin the

$50,000 conditions

committee 1 t 3 | auiry into automobile industry Senator M. M. Neely (D. W., Va) to a hearing on his proposal to investi [gate the strike-torn General Motors Corp

labor

| The resolution. backed hy John DL. | ewis, calls for a thorough inquiry |

into the financial, corporate and the Senate Lobby Committee, headled by Senator Hugo ©L. Black MD

[ Ala).

| “We are going to invite ®enator |

Neely to appear before the committee tomorrow or as soon as he is

| able to discuss the resolution,” Sen- |

[ator Black, chairman of the Edu | cation and Labor Committee, an- | nounced,

| Opposed hy Perkins {At the same time the Hous La[Bor Committee ‘on a ‘resolution =u | Olare 'G. Hoffman | require the Labor Department to [furnish information regarding Genlara] Motors strikers and their active fties. The vote was unanimous, Chairman William P, Connery Jr. of the Labor Oommittee said the resolution deals with only one phase of strike netivities and for that reason was reported unfavorably, Chairman Connery made public & letter from Secretary of Labor Prances B, Perkins in ‘which she said the resolution, if passed, would aseertously interfere with efforts of Federal and State Governments to achieve an equitable settlement” in the xtrike. “he resolution is a one-sided measure investigating union activi. Miss Perkins said,

(R. Mich) to

| tes,”

and summoned |

reported adversely | bmitted by Rep. |

"BALLOT IS EXPECTED TO END SEA STRIKE

| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 3. =

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emie Photo

A Flint strike pickets breaking windows of the Chevrolet Plant No. 9, after a viot had broken out in the plant between strikers and company police or workers not in sympathy

WORKERS BACK "AT ANDERSON

| of the By-day-old maritime strike on |

| the Pacific Obast way expected to be

[announced late today when ballots lof 40,000 members of | maritime unions comprising

[are counted,

| The vote was secret, but authori- |

from West the

sources indicated

| tative Coaxnt

ports ing to work, Th San Francisco the workers gave no official indication of their vote but they “celebrated”

| whacks on the four<mile-front Wm- | barcadero,

ROOSEVELT PLANNED

tween Lewis and Knudsen,

By United Press WASHINGTON, Tob, 3.-Presi-[dent Roosevelt, acting through intermeadiaries, directly proposed today's General Motors xtrike cons

ference at Detroit, it was learned here, The President, {t whe understood, suggested through | that an effort be made to arrange a conference between John ©. Lewis, strike leader, and William [8, Knudsen, General Motors vice president, The only White House comment oh the conference was that “fit might have been arranged” hy other parties at Mr, Roosevelt's suggestion, The proposal was submitted to Mr. Iewis before he left Washington late yesterday for Detroit and received his quick acceptance. Meantime, fh Detroit, Mr. KnudSen's Agresment to meet with Mr. Lewis was obtained. The Lewis-Knudsen face-to-face meeting was Mr, Roosevelt's own proposal, ft ‘was understood.

Manila Prelate Denounces Communists

By United Press

MANILA, Feb, 3 Thousands of ‘Roman Oatholic pilgrims from 5¢ | Christian nations of the world par- | le 0. he 33d Thternational lucharistic ‘Congress, ‘wh | here today. Bh pein With heads bared and bowed, the stood before Archbishop Michael J. O'Doherty of the Manila Diocese (and listened to his summons to turn

Water stood 10 feet deep in Prin- | of court conviction obtained by the from desires of passions, time and

(cipal parts of the city, as the Ohio | nsrthern Indiana Power Oo. against | money and [River swelled to a crest and sprad- God

on |. the Supreme Court.

[dled river-land for five ‘miles each side of its normal channel.

The total of Red Cross flood relief collections hy The Times Mile-of -Dimes, which closed last night, was $2864.70,

‘Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs pending

MARKETS AT A GLANCE By Uhited Press | Stocks strong; U. 8. Steel approaches 100. | Bonds irregularly higher; Ttalian liens at new highs. ‘Curb stocks higher. Chicago stocks higher,

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devote their lives to the love of : | The Congress, the first ever held in the Far East, found Ohristians of every color and race fh attendance. | The Archbishop stood fh the Shige Ns an outdoor altar's |e ~topped baldachine opened the » on

His first official wot come Dennis wits 0

bsive open-air ares {nltar,

Archbishop O'Doherty denounced “minor scientists who deny the spiritual destiny of man . . and, worst of all, the unspeakable Communists who unjustly seize the divine right to rule and make use of their position to eradicate every idea of the Author of authority.” He blamed the “wave of infidelity” for decadence of ‘the world in which “we observe wars and rumors of ‘wars, broken treaties, violation of shored persons and sanctuaries, wanton destraction of ‘human life held #0 cheaply that in one country alone (Spain) 5000000 lives have been sacrificed to clear the Way for a chimerical millennium which 1s constantly receding further and urther Away.” : The worshipers began assembling early this afternoon and by sundown ft was estimated that more than 50.000 persons filled the expan- : surrounding

the |Sun, »

In Opening World Eucharistic Congress

The scene was even more than usually picturesque with the glowing sunset coloring the wkies, which in turn ‘were acted fh the placid waters of the bay. Par ih the distance were heard the peals of the bells of the old cathedrals in which Catholic priests from Spain held the first Christian services ih the Philippines 350 years Ro, The majority of the pilgrims were Filipinos, The minarity n= cluded Oathoile bishops and wors shipers from Ohina, Bornes, Thdia

and the western countries, Following Archbishop O'Doherty, Bishop Thomas Louis Heyien, Na mur, Belgian, said that Pope Plus expected Tilipind Catholics “to bring the day hearer when the countries of the ‘rising sun’ will re ceive the Tight of the Unfading ; Our Lord, whose hame

Ohirist Q'Orient,’ ”

the seven | the | | Maritime Federation of the Pacific |

seamen were | | overwhelmingly in favor of return. | [Senate Fducation and Dabor Com- |

by setting fire to their pieket shelter |

6. M, STRIKE PARLEY:

| 400 employees of the [closed since Dec, 31 when U A.W. A | officials

Guide Lamp Strike Contin ues as Most Employees Return to Jobs.

Times Npeécinl ANDBERHON, Ind, majority of eémployses at the Creneral Motors’ subsidiary plants in Anderson were back at work to day, though union officials wid the strike at the Guide Lamp plant was |'not ended, Three hundred pickets, including hine women, circled the Guide plant from 6:30 A. m. until 8:15 A. mm, ac: cording te Victor Reuther, Detroit, [organizer and representative of the United Automobile Workers of America at Anderson “Tt, was peaceful,” Mr, Reuthe said, “But we convider the plant [W611] on strike and we will continue to ‘do mo until there is a settlement.” Mr. Reuther

Feb, 3

The

approximate Craide uni

wad

called A wdit<down strike,

{were in the building this morning [ The plant employs 2800 men

third parties |

P,Q. Kroeger, Delco-Remy plant general ‘manager, notified all employees 8800) of the reopening today and said they would be given as ‘much working time as possible, The plant has been closed wince Jan. 4, though it was not on strike Tr announcing the reopening of the Guide plant, . L. Burke, gen= eral manager, sald. “The Guide Lamp FPactory was ited force in response to aA signed petition of 2200 employees who asked to return to work. Oartyving out the corporation's policy of providing employment for ax many as possible, we plan to increase this force gradually as operations res quire.”

CITY FLOOD CONTROL STUDY IS DUE TODAY

Mayor Kern, Oity Enginesr Henry B. Steeg and Works Board members were to make a flood control survey of streams in this city today. The officials also were to ihupect several proposed street repair proj ects and the Indiana Ave. bridge

10th Bt. bridge over White River 1s opened, that Fall Oreek bridge, one

of the oldest in the eity, is to be closed, Mr, Steeg said,

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Parley Friendly and Helpful, Murphy Reports.

TALK TO RESUME

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| DETROIT, Feb, 3. =Govels

Sheriff Says He Will Not Eviet Men Today,

(Editorial, Tage 12)

| nor Frank Murphy, acting uns der special authority from President Roosevelt, mada two propositions to General | Motors and the United Autos mobile Workers today in an eleventh-hour effort to end | the 34-day-old strike without further bloodshed,

Governor Murphy brought tos | gether John 1. Lewis, chief of tha | Committee for Industrial Organizas« | tion, and William 8, Knudsen, ex= ecutive vice president of General | Motors The proporition, as outlined to tha United Press by a prominent figura | ih the negotiations | To General Motore=The United | Automobile Workers of America must be recognized as the only | agency involved in this dispute | To the Union—The union shall | withdraw all =it<down strikers from | General Motors plants at Flint in [ return for the Governor's flat guar antee, backed by the National Guard, that General Motors will not resume production in those plants,

| | Eviction Ts Delaved That coincides the “Z6re | hour” set for removal the Et | downers from PFikher Plants 1 and 12 at Flint under the injunction [fRdued to General Motors vesterday by ‘Oircuit Judge Paul A. Gadola To prevent an incident at the plants which might upset the whola delicate fabric of negotiations res constructed with assistance of Pregs fdent Roosevelt in Washington, Murphy telephoned Sheriff Thomas W., Wolcott at Flint and instructed him to defer action, Wolcott denied he had talked with Murphy but confirmed that he would not attempt to evict the sits downers at 3 Pp. m “T'm not going to evict there men at 3 o'clock.” Wolcott said, “All the injunction gives me authority to da in to tell them the order of the [(Oourt I'm going out there at § [a'elock and ask those strikers if they are going to get out If they aren't going to get out, 11H report back 1a the Court, Then Hf General Motors [till wants to put (hem out, vhev'd have to go inte Court and ask for an order to have them evicted

Hour and a Half

[ Legal authorities maid this Pros cedure might be dragged out for sevs eral days Murphy submitted the dual propos ition at the pewis=RKnudeen cons ference here which lasted nn hour and A half “There has been an friendly and helpful conference,” Fovernor Murphy said, “There will be another later today, here. The meeting took place in the chamber of Judge George Mutphy, brother of the Governor, Mir, Lewis, grim of mien and without hix customary cigar, waved [his hand toward Governor Murphy | when pressed for comment “Tt's all up to the Governor, maid Mr, Knudsen Tan from Judge Mutphy's office into a waiting eles vator so fast that cameramen could not even ¥nap his picture Mi. Lewis waited with Governor Mutphy while the latter made his brief statement, then left for his [ ‘hotel to confer with Homer Martin, | president of the United Automobila Workers of America, The sit-down strikers, uninfoimed of the Detroit meeting, still ¥tood by | heir telegrams of last night in (which they wsatd any attempt to [evict them by force would result in a "blood bath of unarmed workers.” resident Roowevelt's hand in tha successful attempt to bring Mn, |Tewis and Mir, Knudsen together [was Tevealeg by Governor Muiphy [and confirmed by sources close to [the White #House, The President [was said to have acted through ins | termediatries, | ‘Governor Murphy made it clear [to oth Mr. Lewis and Mr. Knudsen when he sent his invitations last (night that he was acting for Mi, | Roowevelt, Governor's Letter [| The Governors letter | Knudsen and Mr, Lewis: “Th view of the condition of wes | Tous unrest and public disorder existing a the city of Flint and threatened in other places ax a Tes (dul of the present strike In plants | of the General Motors Oop. and | Tecognizing that these strikes cons | ¥tftute a grave menace to publie | peace and safety, vou are requested to confer with me and Mr. John LL. Lewis (Mr, William 8. Knudsen), representing the United Automobila | Workers of America (General Mos | tors Oop.) at H a.m. Teb, 8, 108%, at Courtroom No, 2, Recorder's | Court Building, regarding matters in controvatay, with a view to forms ulating a basis of agreement and settlement that will be fair and just all parties concerned and eons ( to Page ),

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