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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1937

MEDIATION—OR HREE high-caliber American citizens have been appointed to the President’s special board to mediate the steel strike. : : Best known of these in this field is Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward W. McGrady, who has settled more and bigger.and tougher strikes than any other negotiator for industrial peace in our time. Dr. Lloyd K. Garrison, brilliant dean of Wisconsin University’s law schol, likewise is well equipped for this difficult undertaking. “He was lent to the Government once before for similar service. As chairman of the first Na-

principle of majority rule for collective bargaining, which the Wagner act later wrote into the permanent law. New to the national scene in industrial disputes is the third member, the chairman of this special steel board. although he has served with success as a mediator in his own state. He is Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati lawyer and son of the late President and Chief Justice of the United States. He is well known in Republican politics. He was a close adviser to Governor Landon in the last Presidential campaign. But he is no old guardsman, no Liberty Leaguer, as his thoughtful, spirited writings on social, economic and industrial subjects attest. These three men will carry ‘on their work, we believe, with the confident backing of the public. And before theiy job is finished we predict they will command compliance with the rules of lJaw and order on the part of the disputants “in this sanguinary battle of steel.

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8 » = THE representatives both of the steel corporations and of the striking workers pledge “full co-operation” with the new mediation board, indicating that both sides are pretty sick of their war and are eager for peaceful negotiations. Out of it all we hope will come not only an armistice in this particular battle but also a realization by all parties in all our national industries that the best road to security and progress is across the bargaining table and not down or through the picket line. And that into all these industries can be brought Government mediation machinery similar to that which has kept peace for 11 years on America’s railroads. A dispatch from Warren, O., tells of court proceed-

for the Republic Steel; Corp. to read into the record an inventory of the arms and ammunition on hand in Republic's Warren and Niles plants.

30 revolvers, 103 gas |guns, 250 long-range gas projectiles, 100 short-range gas projectiles, 250 gas grenades. Those are the alternatives to mediation.

| ye YOUR COMMUNITY FUND DOLLARS REMIN DER that Community Fund pledges are “working” the year round, and not just at money-raising comes in a service report of Fund agencies for the past six months. Highlights include: During the winter, 136,478 meals were given to the destitute homeless and transients, compared with 93,516 the winter before; and 50,881 lodgings for homeless against 32,216 the previous winter. : Fifteen thousand boys and girls, including 5000 from underprivileged areas, were helped by the various charac-ter-building organizations during the six-month period.

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vided for 1157 dependent and neglected children. The Public Health Nursing Association reported 33,512 field visits. In 20,039 of these, persons were unable to pay for any of the care received. Family welfare and relief aided 2393 destitute cases. Home comfort totaling 22,983 days was given to 146 old persons; 222 small children received 12,966 days of day nursery care, and 66 mothers were cared for in maternity homes. , In almost every case the number. of persons served has increased. The report shows part of the return you are getting on your Community Fund investment.

INDIANS’ HOME-COMING

RIDIN G along in last place, the Indians started on a road: trip three weeks ago. They had been as much as 11 games behind the American Association leaders and the outlook was rather bleak. Fn Tonight, after their most successful trip in years, the Tribe returns to Perry Stadium, riding high in third place, only a half game behind Toledo and a game and a half behind leading- Minneapolis. In 20 starts, Indianapolis won 15, tied one and lost four games. Consistent hitting was a big factor in the comeback. Johnny Riddle holds the team’s batting lead with a mark of .393, but six other regulars are in the .300 class. | :

i of six series that will keep them here through July 9. |

. HUGH L. KERWIN : THE death of Hugh L. Kerwin, director of the Labor Department Conciliation Service, is a setback to the cause of peace in labor-management relations. For 24 years Mr. Kerwin worked in his quiet, patient way to turn industrial disorder into harmony. If there were a Nobel i prize for the peacemakers of industry he would have earned | one. He did his share in’ promoting domestic tranquillity. Fo The passing of this pioneer conciliator emphasizes the weakness of our Government machinery for conciliation and mediation. : | We would make the Government's role of peace-pro-moter in industry more effective if, in addition to the Wagner act, we had a general Federal-state mediation system available to all industry, similar to the Railways’ National Mediation Board. ;

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tional Labor Relations Board he helped to establish the.

ings in which attorneys for the C. I. O. forced attorneys |

F ood, | clothing, shelter and home comforts were pro- ]

in Indiana, $3 a year;

Here's the list: 3000 rounds of | 38 cartridges, 2500 shotgun shells, 20 12-gauge shotguns, |

The Indians should be given a rousing home-coming welcome as they open against the Millers a home stand |°

id THE INDIA The Peace Club—sy Herblock

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

Congressmen Who Voted Against Paying $30 Income Tax to District

Of Columbia Flayed by Columnist. |

ASHINGTON, June 18.—You cannot appreciate the nature of those Congressmen who voted against the local Wash-

ington income tax on their own salaries until -

you realize how small was the price for which they waived their precious right to share the burdens of citizenship. Mr. Dirksen, the statesman from Pekin, Ill, who fought for the adoption of the tax, estimates on the

basis of considerable study, that the average burden on himself and his colleagues would be no more than $25 or $30 a year. Nevertheless, the boys refused even to consider the tax bill, although all of them are exempt from the state income tax, if any, in their home districts. Mr. Dies, of Texas, who voted against consideration, is entitled to rather special advantages, even for a Congressman. Not only is he exempt from the state income tax, of which Texas has none, but he lives in one of the eight states having community property law. 7 This law holds that man and wife each receive half of his income for the purposes of tax computation, a peculiarity which enables the citizens of Texas to cut their Federal taxes by more than half in certain brackets.

Nevertheless, Mr. Dies said: “I am not willing to submit it (the proposed District income tax) in addition to the Federal and state income taxes. and I see no reason why members of Congress should not frankly state their position regardless of any criticism thy may receive from the newspapers in the Disrict.” Mr. Dies’ willingness to pay a state income tax dealt with a purely hypothetical tax, of course, but he said it was not right and just to impose an income tax on Congressmen for the support of the city in which they live much of the time, enjoying special privileges.

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REGRET to say that owing to the ambiguity of certain remarks. of Congressman O'Connor ot New York, these dispatches yesterday placed him on the side of those who opposed the tax. Mr. O'Connor voted with the minority for consideration of the bill, but on closer inspection of his subsequent remarks I cannot make out whether he favored or opposed the tax on the salaries of Congressmen. He|was very angry at the wealthy tax dodgers who come to Washington to avoid income taxes in their home states, and enjoy the low local tax rates, but I am unable to find in his remarks, other than his vote, an indication of his stand on the taxation of Congressen. To give him the benefit of a doubt, it may be assumed then, that he is not unwilling to pay $25 oy 2 year, as estimated by Mr. Dirksen, for the ni} ent of the municipal services of Washington,

and the special privileges which are accorded congressmen. | i 2” TH explanation, however, does not alter the fact that by a law which was slipped through the New [York Legislature with ostentation a few years ago, Mr. O'Connor is entitled to a state pension for his Federal services as a Congressman, although he is exempt from the state income tax on his salary. This little political gem of a law is said to be a rarity and the envy of statesmen from all the dther states.of the Union. Perhaps I shouldn't have menHipneg it. It might give other legislatures the same ea.

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NAPOLIS TIMES

The Optimist _By Talburt

The Hoosier Forum

1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

| WPA EMPLOYEE RESENTS DAILY POLITICAL TALKS | By a WPA Worker I am a WPA worker and for the last 15: months I have had to listen to half-hour's talk each morning before we go to work. It is political work given by the superintendent who is a former stock salesman. His talk is not elevating but just the opposite. That half

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We are supposed to give a full day's work; Uncle Sam loses eight hours each period. :

on this matter. But I am glad Mr. Jennings is trying to adjust matters in a right way. We asked for work, which is better than a basket. Let's appreciate it and give a good full day’s| work, not have to listen to this talk each morning. Indiana will | be better morally when relief stops. It is not necessary to have stool pigeons, messengers and chauffeurs to haul us WPA workers, around. I will answer one question the superintendent | always asks, “Are you for me?” . No, I am for the square: eight straight hours’ werk earned by sweat of my brow. I can sleep at night knowing I have done my duty. ” | n REMEDIES SUGGESTED FOR SLUM PROBLEM By K. C. i Several years ago we heard a areal deal of talk about slum clear-

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to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letter..short, so all can - have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

{ June 7 ought to arouse our sleep-

"ing citizens. hour should be given to Uncle Sam. |

After giving a long summary of New Deal legislation centralizing power and authority in

| the President, Mr. Johnson says:

“If and when all these various proposals come to a head, the combined result will be a transfer of a very large part of the former governmental power ofs.the states, the Congress, the judiciary, and all independent quasi-judicial commis-

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sions—not to a Federal government |

but to a Federal governor.” Or, to make it plain, the three branches of our Government are being reduced to one—a one-man dictatorship. The President has redelegated the powers thus obtained to people like Henry A.. Wallace, Rexford G. Tugwell, Harold Ickes, Harry Hopkins, Frances Perkins. .

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4 CLAIMS NEW DEAL

HITS MIDDLE CLASS By Mabel German We note through the Roosevelt Administrations .that the American people are divided into but two

clagses—the very rich and the very poor. The middle class. the back-

|ance. Big projects were announced. | hone of the nation, the class of inleven bigger plans were talked of, | telligence and ambition. the class

decent housing might at last be made available to the “submerged tenth” in our great cities. But the problem is extremely complicated. A glimpse at its difficulties is furnished in a speech recently made before the American Institute of Architects hy Walter R. McCornack, chairman of the Institute's housing committee. . Building costs are so high, said Mr. McCornack, that it simply is not possible to build new homes at prices present slum dwellers can pay. He suggested three remedies: Raise the income of the whole population, reduce building costs . sharply, or briclge the gap by outright subsidy. Ponder over the difficulty of doing

will understand that slum clearance is one of the knottiest problems we could be called on to solve. 2 = = WARNING BY JOHNSON LAUDED BY CONTRIBUTOR

By E. F, Maddox The New . Pealérs are Keeping President Roosevelt “in the middle of the stream of revolutionary action,” and the warning from Gen. Hugh Johnson: in The Times of

General Hugh Johnson Says—

Byrnes Relief Bill Amendment Being Fought Because It Would Provide Administration Too Much Political Responsibility Rather Than Power.

EW YORK, June 18.—It would “give the Administration too much power” to require the states or cilies to put up $4 for every $6 the Federal Government spends within their borders for relief, unless the President finds they are unable financially to do so.

At least that is the argument made against Senator Byrnes’ proposed amendment to the relief bill. A more accurate statement would be that it would impose too much political responsibility for the Administration to have to say to one state: “You've got to put up the whole 40 per cent because we find you are financially able to do it,” but to let another get off with a 20 per cent contribution or 10 per cent or none at all on the ground that it is too poor to pay. In part it is a question of a politician not wanting to incur the political resentment of particular areas in the distribution of relief—but only in small part. The far greater part of the reason for the Administration's resistance to the Byrnes formula is still unstated.

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HERE is already too much power in the relief business, but it doesn’t come from local responsibility and local self-government. The latter is exactly the reverse of “too much power.” The excess of power lies in the surrender by Congress of the power of the purse, by lump sum appropriation of billions to the executive, to Be spent when, where and as he wishes. That same power of the purse was developed in

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BUSY HEART By HARRIETT S. OLINICK

The busy heart has songs to sing And thoughts to garb in flame and

gold; Young dreams to store away for long Gray nights when it is worn and old.

My heart has shut the final door On love and singing, joy and mirth, It will have nothing left for age But broken prayers and speechless dearth.

DAILY THOUGHT

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written. My house is the house of prayer: byt ye have made it a den

of thieves.—Luke 19:45, 46.

NEVER weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made ‘a cathedral.—R. L. Stevenson.

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the nation, is completely left out of consideration. : Is it any wonder the seventeen million (whose votes were counted), who make up this middle class. speak frequently of the dollars that must come from their hands to support the New Deal ignorance and hungling of government in the effort to control: industry and labor, yea, to destroy our American institutions.

ron =n BLAMES THEATERGOERS

By Theater Fan If a profession is to live, it must afford! some starting point for bheginners. And if that opportunity for

a start is shut off arbitrarily, the!

ambitious beginners will find another one, it seems.

A good illustration is the report | by Variety, a radio, stage and screen publication, that since the passing of vaudeville, the honky-tonk night spots are being used as springboards to careers by novice entertainers. Variety reports that these hideaway establishments mainly offer “strip” workers from vaudeville and bur-

sionally they produce a pleasing, talented personality. Such sorry commentary on the “state of the theater” in America will inspire much tongue clucking. This form of shoddy apprenticeship no doubt is shocking, but there is none to blame but the people who buy the tickets. . The theater always has been -quick to recognize that “the customer is always right.”

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The Times. “If labor is

In a recent issue of

By Raymond Clapper

Westbrook Pegler says, to receive protection under law, labor should be made ‘responsible for acts and contracts.”

I am a member of a labor union working under a contract with my employer here in Indianapolis and have worked for his employer for 20 years under the same contract which has been revised from year to year and never has been violated by employer or employee. Mr. Pegler may be an employer, put thank my Creator I do not work for him. The Times rates him as an employeé. You sure don’t have to pay an employee to write as he did, when he states, “A contract is no contract unless it is binding on both sides, and it can’t be binding on labor until labor like every other party to ah agreement stands to loge something for violation.” Well, Mr. Pegler, what more could a union man lose than thousands already have lost, as the six union pickets lost in a strike in Chicago last week?

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Democratic Party Split Threatened In Position of Seyeén Senators Who Attack Roosevelt for Court Program.

VV ASHINGTON, June 18 —The revolt of Democrati¢ politicians against Mr. Roosevelt seems on its way toward a long run. If may provide the most sensational political news since the Republican split in 1912. ¢ There is a slow drift toward a coalition of con servative Democrats and. Republicans. Divisions within the Democratic Party over the Supreme Court, wages-and-hours~Tegislation, relief and the Wallace ever-normal-granary successor to AAA, are providing potential recruits. An unusual amount of bie partisan conferring is going on over these and other legislative matters. Republicans are as silent publicly as they are active private ly. © A joint Republican-Demo-cratic steering committee is being organized among opponents of the Roosevelt Court plan. It will direct the opposition strategy during the Senate floor fight. ~All second-term Presidents encounter party trouble. Present rebellious tendencies might amount to no more than normal were it not for the PFxplosive Supreme Court issue. The adverse report of the Senate Judiciary Committee was signed py seven Democrats and three Republicans. These seven Democrats might have reported against the bill on the ground that the changed viewpoint of the Supreme Court in its recent decisions and the retirement of Justice Van Devanter removed any necessity for the legisiation. s ” # NSTEAD. the Democrats showed not the slightest ‘sympathy for Mr. Roosevelt's efforts to make demoeracy work. Whereas three or four members of the Supreme -Court have frequently asserted the Court was overstepping its powers in annulling New Deal legislation, these seven Democrats devoted themselves to blind adulation of the Court. Furthermore—and this is the really significant phase of the report which may change political history—the seven -Demgcrats attacked the motives of the President. They said his bill violated every sacred tradition of democracy.” was Aan : utterly dangerous abandonment” of constitutional principles, and that it was presented in a way to obscure its “vicious” nature. [ That is a charge that President Roosevelt has by ‘deception’ sought to betray the Constitution and to betray our democratic form of government. If these seven Democrats really believe what they have put their names to. then they obviously believe Mr, Roosevelt is a false and dangerous leader. # |» rEReroke it would seem to be up to these rebel Democrats either to make every effort to exterminate Mr. Roosevelt's influence both in the Government and in the Democratic Party, or else to leave the party and seek more congenial company. That logic points to a split within the Democratic Party. Politics are not necessarily logical, yet it would certainly seem that the Democratic Party now is too small to hold both Mr. Roosevelt and these seven Democrats and such others as believe with them that the President is trying to destroy ‘our form of government. | There are the raw makings of some real history for you. . -

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The Washington Merry-Go-Round

Administration Leaders Pin Their Wage Bill Hope on Floor Test;

Dispute Over Landis’

Successor

English history as the principal check of the Legislature on “too much power” in the executive. It was put into our Constitution for exactly that purpose. With the. surrender of it goes the independence of Congress. In political government, patronage is everything. »

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NDER the Byrnes Amendment the President can donate or withhold money according to a rule laid down by Congress. As matters now stand he can donate or withhold it according to a rule laid down by himself. Which of these two methods gives “too much power?” . -

In this one seemingly innocent device of letting .

the executive hand out public money by the billions to particular districts and individuals or withhold it As he sees fit. there has been given to the President the most powerful political implement that constitutionally could be imagined. “We have trusted the President to spend five billions,” say Congressional supporters of the lump sum method, “why shouldn't we trust him to spend one and one-half billions?" J FR The answer is, “because it’s no lenger necessary.” In an emergency, Congress may abdicate its constitutional power and avoid its constitutional duty, but if it does that when the emergency is past, it ‘has perpetrated hara-kiri on its own principal reason for existence and mayhem if not murder on our form of constitutional democracy. wid

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

VY Selon, June 18.—There is much opposition in Congress to the President's wage-hour regulation bill, but in this fight he has one advantage. Not only is he sure of majorities in the House and Senate Labor Committees but the chairmen of

poth bodies favor it and are able parliamentarians. The President is fortunate in having Chairman Black of the Senate Labor Committee to lead his battle in that chamber. Opposition comes chiefly from two quarters— conservative employer elements who are opposed to all labor laws, and Southern interests. The Southerners fear the bill will put a damper on their expanding industrial development. Leaders are prepared to make concessions but are determined to prevent any fundamental change. They count on the theory that once it gets to Congress, members will fear palitical reprisals from labor and be chary about voting against it.

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i T has not leaked out yet, but Chairman Jim Landis ‘of the Securities and Exchange Commission has become the center of a fight t6 block the appointmen of William O. Douglas as his successor. : Mr. Landis is leaving soon to become Dean of the Harvard Law School. Névertheless, he has just been reappointed to the SEC for a period of five years. |

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Reveals Rift SEC.

There was a reason for this. Next June 30, the SEC votes on who is to be Mr. Landis’ successor. Since his term expired June 6, Mr. Roosevelt had to reappoint him if he was to remain in office 2¢-more important days—in order to vote for the new chairman, And Mr. Landis plans to throw his vote to -Coms< missioner George Mathews, a Wall Street leaner. > This reveals that for months the SEC has been split into two camps. i : »” = » HE close of the social season has left behind a trail of tales about the Capital's “white-tie class.” One of the best is about Mrs. Winant, wife of John G., former head of the,8ocial Security Board. When the international textile conference was in session last spring, the Winants did considerable ene tertaining. One one occasion, Mrs. Winant was seated between two Orientals at dinner. She went to great pains to be pleasant. . | “I am a great admirer of Chinese art,” she bégan, and then went into the fisld of Chinese religion, the great Chinese philosophers. and renowned Chinese heroes. She forecast future greatness for the Chie nese people. When she concluded she had the impression the responses of her guests lacked warmth, Finally she asked, “Don’t you agree with me?” : With stolid expressions, the two Orientals rose in théir places, bowed, and one of them said: “Pardon, pleasé, madam, but we are Japanese.”

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