Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1940 — Page 9

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1940

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 24.—A good * oldfashioned dyed-in-the-wool tourist is unheard of here. . For Managua is difficult to get to, except by air. There /is no transportation at all between the east and west sides of Nicaragua except by air—no rail- . roads, no highways. Managua is on the west side, and steamship lines don’t put into the west coast. Even if they did, Managua isn't on the coast, and they say the all-day train trip up here from the port of Corinto is a terrific one. 1 So traveling Americans use the air lines almost exclusively. Every plane (and there is lots . of air service here) brings a load of passengers. But they are mostly business people, traveling for a purpose. There are enough of these to keep two hotels full most of the time. There are roads running out of Managua to surrounding towns. But the hard surface ends not far . from town, and then they grow progressively worse. Managua, although far from the ocean, is only 140 feet above sea level. During the summer rainy season Je heat is terrific, with that deadly tropical sultriess. But it is dry season now. The wind comes hard off the lake, and’ we are having a “cold wave.” Although people continue to-wear white suits, I have been chilly the last two nights, and have slept under a blanket and wearing a sweater. Managua's “skyscraper” is a four-story office buildifig, with the only elevator in town. It has a roof- ° garden club‘on top of it. Both hotels are two-story. s s ”

Horse-Drawn Carriages

Downtown, the shops are small. And they have an odd custom here. There are no big general stores, yet nearly every store sells unrelated types of merchandise. You can buy whisky in a hardware store, or canned goods in a drygoods store. My favorite window display is in a men’s haberdashery, where

Our Town

I DOUBT WHETHER adequate analysis has yet been made of the old-time carriages that used to grace the streets of Indianapolis. : : Up until 1890 most of the family rigs seen around

here were either surreys or phaetons. To be sure, a two-seated Kellogg could be seen occasionally, but outside of that there weren't any stylish rigs to speak of. Two years later, however, a decided and sudden change took place. It amounted to something approaching a revolution and brought with it a line of carriages as handsome as anywhere in the country. By 1894, Indianapolis had more than its share > of victorias, broughams, rockaways and traps. It even had a landau-brougham, the one John C. New brought back with him in 1893 when he completed his duties as Consul-General to London. . Mrs. Daniel Stewart and Mrs. Jay G. Voss, I remember, had victorias to carry them around. The victoria was a light four-wheeled carriage hung on C springs, so called because they looked like that letter of the alphabet. It had one seat behind, roomy enough for two persons, and a driver's seat up in~ front. The carriage looked best with the cove down and two horses. With the cover down, it permitted the ladies inside to put up their prettiest parasols. A decent victoria cost $800. 2 f4 s

Rockaways Were Popular

Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks and Joe Rink rods around in rockaways. Each had his own carriage, of course. The rockaway ($500) was a two-seated affair with a fixed top. It wasn’t sealed tight, however, because if you knew your way around you could open the window to let in a little air. The brougham, a subtle variation of the rockaway, was used by Henry Talbott and Clarence Wulsin. The “trap,” a Hoosier colloquialism for a light two-wheeled cart, was the choice of Dr. Short

Washington

3 “A WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—I turn back the page to the night of March 4, 1937. That was the fourth anniversary of President Roosevelt's first inaugura- - tion. On this anniversary Democrats were assembled for their victory dinner, celebrating the 46-state land- : slide of 1936. Addressing his fellow-Demo-‘crats and the entire country, Mr. Roosevelt related that a few days before a friend, identified only as “John,” called at the White House. Mr. Roosevelt said he told John that he had a great ambition. The President quoted himself as follows: “I am by no means satisfied with having twice been elected President of the United States by very large majorities. I have an even greater ambition. . (By this time, explained Mr. Roosevelt, John was sitting on the edge of his chair). John, my ambition relates to Jan. 20, 1941, My great ambition on Jan. 20, 1941, is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor, whoever he may be, with the assurance that I am at the same time turning over to him as President, a nation intact, a nation at peace, a nation prosperous, a nation clear In its knowledge of what powers it has to serve its own citizens, a nation that is in a position to use those powers to the full in order to move forward steadily to meet the modern needs of humanity—a nation which has thus proved that the democratic form and methods of national government can and

will succeed.” ” Ld FJ

Fine Words, but—

Then: Mr. Roosevelt told his audience: “My friends, that” ambition of mine for my successor can well be the serious ambition of every citizen who

My Day

GOLDEN BEACH, Florida, Friday—I finished a book yesterday which I hated to put down. It is called, “Wind, Sand and Stars,” by Antoine De Saint Exupery. The American edition of this book is offered

in homage to the airline pilots of America and their dead. These men deserve high homage, but I think it is not too much to say of this book that it is worthy of the men to whom it is dedicated. I think it leaves one with a better understanding of what it means to be a real man and why men must have a zest for life and yet a contempt for death. One quotation in the early part of the book is worth noting: “To .be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at : the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel, when setting one’s stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world. 3 «There is a tendency to class such men with toreadors and gamblers. People extol their contempt for death. But I would not give a fig for anybody’s contempt for death. If its roots are not sunk deep in - an acceptance of responsibility, this contempt / for death is the sign either of an impoverished soul or

By Ernie Pyle

a straw hat! Few people in the stores speak English. The government puts a high duty on imported cigarets. Several native brands are manufactured here, and they aren’t bad when you get used to them. The best local cigarets cost about 9 cents a pack. I know of only one place in town that has American cigarets—Camels and Chesterfields—and they cost 35 cents. . Managua is the only city left in Latin America where public transportation is mostly by horse-drawn carriages. They are always pulled by two horses— tiny, poor things. The carriages are usually a faded red, old but clean. ere are many private autos. Gas is 28 cents a gallon. : . ; ” 8 8

The Telephone Mystery *

The city gets its water supply from a volcanic crater about three miles out of town. The water is turned off about 10 at night, and on again around 5 a. m. They probably waste more than they save, for people forget to turn the faucet off, and then when the water comes on before daylight the taps start running. Theoretically the water is pure, but no foreigner in Managua drinks water from the tap. There is amoebic dysentery and malaria here. Rare is the American who has been here some time without picking up “the amoebas.” It is a dreadful thing, and persistent. The fruits are delightful. Both pineapple and papaya are the best I've ever tasted. And there’s one fruit I never heard of in any other country. It is called “nispero,” looks like a potato on the outside, vaguely. like a persimmon inside, and has such a taste that I eat two of them at every meal. The telephone service is 100 per cent mystic. There is no phone book for this city of 70,000. You just ring for five minutes, shout “Halo Central” six or eight times, hang up and go away, and occasionally you get an answer without ever knowing how. On the whole, the people seen: to be pleasantspirited and friendly. It is said they don’t like Americans on account of the Marine occupation, but I have seen no indication of it.

By Anton Scherrer

and Frank Dell and I believe that Mrs. Courtland Van Camp occasionally rode around in one, too. A modest trap cost “$300. The Harvard trap in Mr. Wulsin’s stable cost considerably more. And while I'm at it, I might as well spill the riews that a sulky, another kind of trap, is so called because the driver wants to ride alone. Sulky—see? Whatever you do, however, don’t get the idea that just because I lugged in a sulky that Indianapolis people went in for riding slone. Quite the contrary. One of the curious manifestations of the revolution of 1892 was the fact that people wanted roomy carriages. The bigger the better. g 8 ” 2

6-Passenger Dos-a-Dos

The roomiest carriages, I remernber, were those belonging to Dr. H. R. Allen, F. I. Mayer and E. C. Atkins. Equipped as they were with two spacious seats on the inside and one on the outside, they were big enough to carry the whole family. For some reason, too, the superintendent of the Insane Hospital at the time had one of the roomiest carriages ever seen around here. As for the other doctors, they used what was called a “mail buggy,” a single seated wagon with a projecting top which had the adantage of protecting the traveler from the sun in he summer and the snow in the winter. "As near as I recall, there was ofly one six-pas-senger dos-a-dos in Indianapolis when I was a kid. It was a carriage equipped with two seats on the inside facing the horse and one reversed. It was fine for picnic parties and possibly had more style than the brake or buckboard. The dos-a-dos belonged to a livery stable, I believe. I ® As a matter of fact, 50 years ago many of the handsome carriages around here belonged to the livery stables. Indeed, it may be inthe nature of news to tell you that a number of Indianapolis people who rode always in the same carriages with the same horses, drivers and coachmen didn’t own the outfits at all. They had an arrangement with the livery stable and paid from $100 to $250 a month, according to the style and cost of the carriage. I never did find out which side had the better part of the bargain.

By Raymond Clapper

wants his United States to be handed down intact to his children and grandchildren.” Fine words! Fine words that don’t mean a thing unless Mr. Roosevelt was sincere. Fine wolds that are being ground into cheap baloney by what is now taking place. On the basis of current political developments

" practically everyone else in Washington has come

to the conclusion that President Roosevelt will run for re-election. I do not share that belief, a small fact which doesn’t seem to matter. | Now what did Mr. Roosevelt mean when le spoke of handing the United States down intact to the next generation? " Does he mean to hand it down intact, except for the tradition that after eight years in power a President shall step aside? 4

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What Did He Mean?

Does he mean to hand it down intact except by adding a new custom under which a President, after serving two terms, shall permit and tacitly encourage his party organization to. rig: the machine so that it will turn up a third nomination? Does Mr. Roosevelt mean that the United States shall be handed down intact except with a new custom under which any self-respecting successor may take it as a personal affront if his party cloes not: renominate him for a third term?

How is Mr. Roosevelt to get this third-terrm nom-

ination? By the kind of thimble-rigging that you see

going on in Ohio. It recalls the job that the Taft machine did on cousin Theodore in 1912. Is Mr. Roosevelt going to make himself the beneficiary of political machines concerned about their menl-ticket and then try to pretend that.he alone can save the country? : ; Roosevelt is a politician, but I don’t think he is a cheap one. :

By Eleanor Roosevelt

I wonder if some of our young people today, who rather clumsily express their desire to keep this country at peace and continue the efforts of their generation to make life more worth living, do not have this desire rooted in them because of their sense of responsibility for conditions in the world. Same people think this desire is rooted in personal fear. I doubt that greatly, for I have known few real cowards in my life. Death is so inevitable that few pc¢ople are really afraid when faced by it. Inevitability calls forth a courage all its own, but a desire to live and face the difficulties of a world, which certainly is full of unanswered questions, smacks of this courage which accepts responsibility. There may be a chalice that it is the courage which we need today. The book ends with this sentence: “Only the spirit, if it breathe upon clay, can create man.” Nut a bad thing to remember. Flesh and blood is not what makes man. It is that spirit which none of us understand, the great mystery which all of us face which really creates a man. bs I have discovered what is the paramount interest in Florida. Nothing less than the weather! You look out of your window in the morning and rejoice in the sunshine, and a cold wind blowing is a real, personal grievance. You feel removed, at least I do, from the things which are going on in the warld. , : : The moon on the ocean last night was unbelievably lovely, but it was too cold to sit out of doors. I left the place yesterday morning for the first time and drove about to have a glimpse of Miami, which has changed much since:l cama here years ago,

San Francisco Employers Council

SALE OF RILEY STAMPS OPENS

Offered at Greenfield Two Days Before Their Issue Anywhere Else.

From the number of people in Greenfield . today you'd think the basketball sectionals already had begun. The crush wasn’t at the high school gym, however, but at the Post Office. . Today the new James Whitcomb Riley stamp was placed on sale, two days before its issue any place else in the country. a Postmaster Marshall Winslow sold the first full sheet of the 10-cent commemoratives to Arthur °C. Downing, president o fthe Riley Old Home Society. Mr. Downing will use them to send greetings to President Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, American writers, and others who have helped to make the Riley home a public shrine. : The sale of single stamps, sheets and “first day covers” was being supervised by Otho L. Rogers, Wash-| ington, of the Post Office Department’s philatelic division. The regular staff of 12 was more than doubled. | ! Already 100,000 first day covers have been received from stamp collectors, One woman.dealer has ordered 10,000 of the stamps. Harry H. Coburn, Indiana Stamp. Club president, led a group of philatelists and club members to Greenfield from here. The Post Office there will remain open until midnight.

CONSIDER APPEAL IN COCA GOLA RULING

BALTIMORE, Feb. 24 (U. P.).— Attorneys for three Baltimore firms today were considering an appeal from a U. S. Federal District Court ruling restraining them from use of the words “Coca” or “Cola” in

connection with soft drinks. The order was isslued by Federal Judge William C. Coleman in an action | brought by the Coca Cola Bottling Co., Atlanta, Ga. : Judge Coleman issued his opinjon orally Wednesday and has not filed a written decision. Until the formal order is filed in the court an appeal cannot be taken. : The action was brought by the Coca Cola firm against the DixiCola Laboratories, Inc., Marbert Products, Inc. and the Apola Extract and Syrup Corp. The three firms are headed by Robert W. Kruse. His office said today that when the court has issued its formal decree the question of an appeal will be considered.

MAN, 60, IS HELD IN - SON-IN-LAW’S DEATH

VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 24 (U. ).—John Hames, 60, of Vincennes, was held on an open charge.today and Police Chief Jesse Sullivan

said he had confessed to the fatal shooting of his son-in-law, Melvin Green, | 39-year-old WPA worker, after an argument at the Hames home last night. Chief Sullivan quoted Hames as saying that Green came to the Hames residence to ask his wife,

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.| Maggie Green, from whom he has|

been separated for several years, to accompany him to a movie. Mrs. Green refused to go and Hames told Mr. Sullivan that Green then jerked a radio he had just in=stalled | from ifs moorings and stalked outside. After standing pn the porch for a few minutes he returned to the house and as he entered, Hames told Mr. Sullivan, he shot at him with a 12-gauge shotgun. : Mrs. Green sued for a divorce in Knox Circuit’ Court last December and a hearing was pending.

2 WOMEN SLUGGED BY PURSE SNATCHERS

Two women were slugged by footpads who last night attempted three purse-grabbings on the East and North Side of the City. ; Mrs. Ada E. Hatfield, 526 N. Concord St., was robbed of her purse containing $14 on S. Linwood Ave,

pert, 3102 College Ave. told police

and struck her as she was walking in Broadway St., 3100 block. Mrs. Laura Whiteford, 3143 Park Ave. lost her purse containing a cigaret lighter and a small amount of money to a man who jumped of of 8 our

Employers Confer . ..

Problems of labor and industry

near Washington St. Geraldine Ep-;

were discussed by Almion E. Roth, president, at the dinner of the

Associated Employers of Indiana last night. Chatting during the meal (left to right) were Mr. Roth, C. D. Alexander, Bemis Bag Co. president, and Howard T. Griffith, Associated Employers president.

Pioneers of Atkins & Co. Hold 34th Banquet Tonight

‘Two hundred reservations have been received for the 34th annual banquet of the Atkins Pioneers tonight at the Hotel Severin.

The organization is composed of E. C. Atkins & Co. employees with 20 or more years of service. Attending will be five members of the Atkins family whose years of service total 170. - Also present will be the Kappus brothers — William, Charles and John—whose total years of service is 138. Twenty-year pins will .be given at the banquet to 27 new members, while other Pioneers will receive pins denoting service up to 55 years. Fifty-five year members are H. C. Atkins Sr., Fred C. Gardner, Albert Hert, George Helm, who is retired, and Francis E. Hager.

MORE FAT FOR MILK IS ASKED

Civic League Wants Not Less Than 3.8 Pct., Head Of Committee Says.

Reports from civic leagues on their activities and recommenda-

tions on the pending City Council milk ordinance were presented last night at a meeting of the Indianapolis' Federation of Community Civic Clubs at the Hotel Washington. Paul C. Wetter, federation president, said that ‘there should. be only one high grade of milk.” The pending ordinance has been held up in Council until federation members, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health officer, and representatives of milk distributors make several changes or draft a substitute measure. . 55 The ordinance now provides for three grades of milk, which has been steadily objected to by federation members. The committee wants a higher butterfat content than is provided for in the proposed measure. “We favor a butterfat content of not less thna 3.8 per cent and this ordinance provides for as low a percentage as 3.25,” Albert Neuerburg, committee chairman, said. . Federation officers for 1940 will be elected at the organization’s next meeting March 29.

3 FT. WAYNE YOUTHS SEIZED IN THEFTS

FT. WAYNE, Ind. Feb. 24 (U.P). —Police announced the solution today of a series of burglaries with the arrest of three youths. They charged Marshall Souers, 19, and Dean Gaskill, 21, with burglary, and Ray Lovin, 19, with receiving stolen goods, All are from Ft. Wayne. Police estimated the total loot obtained from the thefts at $1400. -

MARMON WILL FILED "The will of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Marmon, who died here Feb. 10, was filed for probate here yesterday. The estate, valued af more than one million dollars, will go principally to her two sons and daughter, Walter C. Marmon, Howard C. Marmon and Mrs. James W. Fesler.

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in 32d St, 500 block,

Times Mrs. Nancy E. Kernodle, center, today began her 95th year. her home, 2920 N. Gale St., she celebrated her 94th birthday yesterday with a dinner. Attending was her daughter, Mrs. Leslie Brooks, 2340 College Ave., and her son, James C. Xewodle of .

Among those at the speakers table in the Columbia

1400 Attend Dinner. ...

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were William A. Atkins, vice president of E. C. Atkins & Co.; Walter I. Longsworth, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and of the Lilly Varnish Co, and George L. Denny, attorney and president of the Board of Trade. Nearly 400 attended the dinner.

Members with half-century pins are E. W. Clark, Albert T. Potter, Frank Suher, Henry Zschech, C. A. Newport, William Vaught (retired), William A. Atkins, Walter O. Williams and Porter Fowler.

Special guests-will be Harold Ingersol of the Ingersol Steel & Disc Co., New Castle, and Robert A. Arbuckle, Atkins representative in Detroit who is a 25-year member. Mr. Atkins Sr. returned here yesterday from his winter home in Naples, Fla., to attend the banquet. Each year the firm holds the dinner for the Pioneers. William Strack, 1939 organization president, will be replaced by Raymond McKinney, club president for 1940, tonight. Twenty-five to 35-year pins are held by Atkins representatives in Europe and South America.

Nose Revealed

As Foe of 'Flu

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (U. P).— The discovery that the human nose secretes a substance that inactivates the virus of epidemic in.fluenza was reported by Dr. Thomas Prancis Jr., in Science, official organ of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, today. : . The discovery Say mark ne first significant step toward conquering the disease that killed 20,000,000 persons during the epidemic of 1918. - 2 The substance, Dr. Francis writes, appears to be different from the anti-bacterial agents, known as anti-bodies, that provide bodily immunity against specifled bacteria. Of particular interest is the fact that normal, healthy persons: and persons suffering from common colds secrete about .the same amount of the substance. Dr. Francis also reports that British scientists have found that the nasal secretions also contain inactive viruses of other diseases, whigh indicates that a new avenue of approach has been opened for the conquest of other virus diseases like infantile paralysis.

FOES OF LABOR ACT MEET HERE MAY 13

The third annual national convention of the National Federated Independent Union will be held May 13 in the Claypool Hotel, Fred S. Galloway, Indianapolis, organization president, said today. About 500 delegates and visitors, representing a national membership of 450,000, will be in attendance, Mr. Galloway said. The National Federated Independent Union, Mr. Galloway said, is recognized by the National Labor Relations Board and is the first trade union to go on record advocating repeal of the National Labor Relations Act. He said all unions from all trades with the exception of construction and trucking are represented in the organization’s membership, Other officers are Delbert Foltz, Bloomington, Ind., vice president; Edwin L. Cook, Buffalo, N. Y., treasurer, and Frank Bochantin, St. Louis, Mo., secretary.

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LIFE INSURANCE PARLEY OPENS

Use to Protect Business Urged by Easterner At Congress.

Dr. Irving Bendiner of Philade]phia today warned the Sales Congress sponsored by the Indianapolis and the Indiana State Life Underwriters Associations that many businesses are not properly protected by life insurance. The congress is meeting at the Claypool, Hotel. - Dr.- Bendiner is a representative of the New York Life Insurance Co. “Businessmen devote a. lifetime to building a business and often do not realize how important it is to protect the business from depreciation and sometimes destruction upon the death of the owner or men important to the business,” he said. Ralph Engelman of New York City, general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., said that the “Social Security program opens up a tremendous field for life. insurance in many forms.” “Salary savings plans; pension plans and the extension of individual life insurance programs all are efforts. of employers and individuals to provide security on the basis of individual initiative.” Vincent. B. Coffin of Hartford, Conn., vice president and superintendent of agencies of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. said that - “successful underwriters constantly seek ways to provide benefits to ambitious and forwardlooking individuals who are not content with minimums of security provided by the Government.”

MINTON OPPOSED T0 HATCH AMENDMENTS

- WASHINGTON, Feb, 24 (U. P.) — Senator Sherman Minton (D. Ind.) planned today to fight enactment of two proposed amendments greatly increasing the scope of the Hatch “clean politics” act. Senator Minton said the amendments, which would bar political activity by state and city employees paid in part from Federal funds and would prevent solicitation of political funds from ‘Federal employees, violate individual rights. Both amendments were approved yesterday, 6 to 3, by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee. They are designed to supplement the Hatch Act, which bars political activity by all Federal jobholders who do not occupy policy-making

osts. If he had it to do over again, he would not vote for the Hatch Act at all, Senator Minton said. “I certainly shall do what I can to prevent its extension,” Senator Minton asserted. . “There is no reason why the Democrats should make themselves politically impotent just because the Republicans are so anxfous to win the election this year.”

HUNT ‘ODD JOB’ MAN AS $53 ‘DISAPPEARS’

Police were searching today for an “odd job” man working for J. L. Stearns, promoter of the Interstate Basketball Association tournament that ended here Thursday. Mr. Stearns told them the man extended his duties to collect $53.75 in advance ticket sales and neglected to turn in the money. At the same time, Mr. Stearns told police, the man borrowed a taxicab being used for the duration of the tournament by the Spokane (Wash.) team. He returned the cab, however. Mr. Stearns swore out a warrant for the man’s arrest.

IRATE WIFE NEARLY SPOILS POLICE RAID

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 24 (U, P). An angry wife last night very nearly upset the carefully laid plans of the State Excise Department. Department police were planning a raid on a stag party at a Ft. Wayne road house when the wife appeared. She stopped the show temporarily, but it picked up where it left off when she departed with her protesting mate. Once it was in full swing again, officers went ahead with their work and arrested four persons, two of ‘them women.

ANDERSON CHOICE DUE A special judge for the trial of Dan R. Anderson, grocer, is expectd to be chosen early next week. Mr. derson was indicted by the Marjon County Grand Jury during the Center Township relief investigation. Yesterday he filed a motion

asking for a new judge, declaring “Criminal Court Judge Dewey E

CLAIMS LABOR OF WRANGLING

West Coast Attorney Tells Hoosier Employers of Changing Views.

The rank and file of labor is getting sick and tired of strikes and: turmoil, nearly 400 employers and civic leaders were told here last night by Almon E. Roth, president

Council. Mr. Roth was the principal speaker at the 36th annual dinner of the Associated Employers of Indiana at the Columbia Club.

only strikes but also the mere threat of labor disputes—have cost the nation untold millions in recent years, he said, but he added that there are hopeful signs for the future.

Views Labor's Gains

Not only is labor beginning to see the advantage of protecting the industry from which it earns its livelihood, he told his audience, but employers are getting smart enough to see the advantages of organizing and dcing an intelligent job of collective bargaining. _ “One of the troubles inherent in industry,” the speaker said, “is that labor unions have made too many gains. Now the leaders find it . tough to ‘sell’ their membership on dues-paying. So they have to keep thinking up new demands in order to stimulate,the membership’s in terest and keep their own jobs. “However, the situation is changing. Labor is becoming sobered. Responsible leaders are counseling them to go slow on their demands. And employers are learning that they can minimize friction by fair dealing.”

Tells of Coast Setup

Mr. Roth gave a vivid picture of the strife in the West. Const maritime - industry during the last few years, and described the conciliation machinery which has been set up there to avoid strikes. Agreements between employers and labor in the maritime industry, he explained, prohibit strikes until the dispute has been submitted to ine. Employers Council for concilia~ He attributed much of the troue bles between labor and industry to the influence of Communists. “They work. their way into a vule nerable industry,” he said, “and then precipitate ‘quickie’ strikes and the slowdown. They don’t want in dustry to survive. I don’t think they're going to take over the coun try, but they're a pain in the neck.” -

Lists Labor's ‘Weapons’

Mr. Roth,' discussing possible amendments to the Wagner Act, said the act should be changed to give employers the right to demand a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board. Re “Labor has all kinds of weapons we don’t have, such as the injunction, the boycott and the right to do secondary picketing,” he said. : “As it stands now, two unions can get in a jurisdictional fight and stop work, but tne employer can’t go before the Board and seek a settlement.” . He added, “Its absurd to set up a board supposed to settle disputes

land give no one the power to ene

force the board’s decrees.”

Among hopeful signs for industry .

which he listed was the fact that several states are beginning to pass laws imposing responsibilities on unions. . Wisconsin Bars Boycott

Wisconsin, he said, has prohibited secondary picketing and the boycott. Another state has ‘a law that no union can go on strike without a majority vote by secret ballot. : Mr. Roth, a ‘practicing atterney and former business manager for Leland: Stanford Jr. University, was introduced by Howard T. Griffith, president of the Associated Employers of Indiana and president of the Udell Works. : In his introduction, Mr. Griffith said there is “nothing sinister, menacing or mysterious about an association of employers.” “With the increasing complexities of social and economic life, the creating of administrative boards issuing rules and regulations governing business conduct, it is well nigh impossible for employers to keep out of trouble without some sort. of a clearing house for their problems,” he explained. “Our great interest is identical with that of every good citizen— establishing friendly relations in industry.”

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—What is the name of the alloy of copper and tin? 2—Name the longest river in Africa, 3—Cartographers make maps, cartoons or crop forecasts? 4—Who is Count Stephen Csaky? 5—Do oysters live in fresh water? 6—How many square rods are in an acre? T—What ds the correct pronunciae ‘tion of the word hypnotic? 8—With what sport is Jack Medica associated? es LE.

Answers

1—Bronze. 2—The Nile. 3—Maps. 4—Foreign Minister of 5—No. A 6-160. T—Hip-not’-ik; 8—Swimming.

ungary. not hip’-no-tik.

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