Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1943 — Page 13
E WORKERS JAIN ON JOB
ose Off Duty Show it Meeting to Protest WLB Delay.
, March 1 (U. P.).—The of the Boeing aircraft
rruption in the production fortresses.
national Association of (A. F. of L.), began a ‘meeting ab 12:30 a. m., but aveyard” shifts of the big ere and in a suburb reon the production lines me 35 off duty workers be-
games. They will be replaced “meeting” by some members » graveyard shifts when they duty.
Warned to Stay on Job
District and national officials of union had taken the matter out of the hands of the officials of die ‘Boeing local who had delivered "an ultimatum to the war labor board that unless its decision on the demands of aircraft workers for pay increases was forthcoming by night last night, a “24-hour protest meeting” would stop production of flying fortresses. Announcements on the radio and “on the loud-speaker systems at the plants yesterday and last night . carried appeals to the Boeing workers to stay on the job. ~ In Washington, the war labor board was completing its action on ‘aircraft workers’ demands for
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Baruch Hits I Draft of Labor,
But Defends
. By ARTHUR DEGREVE United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Bernard M. Baruch, adviser fo presidents and one-time international financier, clings today to his belief of nearly a quarter of a century— that it would be impossible and
.dangerous tc attempt to draft labor
for war work.
But he still is convinced that labor can be compelled to work or fight.
The white-haired Mr. Baruch re-
‘Work or Fight’
ceived this correspondent in his ;
hotel suite which he uses as an office when the weather precludes conferences in a nearby park. The interview came as a senate committee prepared to begin hearings
tomorrow on the Austin-Wadsworth
labor draft bill which would provide, with some exceptions, for the drafting of all men between 18 and
65 and women between 18 and 50
for war work if they do not volunteer. : Mr. Baruch said that his views on “draft labor” campaigns are the same as those he expressed to congress during world war I, when he headed the war industries board. “We have heard a good deal of a slogan: Draft every dollar, everything, and every man,’ ” he said 12 years ago. “The attempt to draft labor is . . . impossible and dangerous. . . . A soldier serves the nation directly. There is but one master in the case and that master is America. He serves to profit no one but the country as a whole. There is no distinction between him and his comrades. He enters an immemorial status. His entry is not contractual. He is clothed, fed, housed and attended.” ‘Mr. Baruch contended that as
Bernard Baruch
long as the present industrial organization maintains, industry is in the hands of millions of private employers. The employee, therefore, serves in private industry operating for gain, : “Enforced and voluntary service for a private master is and has been clearly and repeatedly defined by our supreme court as slavery ...” he pointed out. He feels that strict application of a “work or fight” policy would go
far toward solving the problem of | absenteeism and unauthorized
strikes.
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The Butler university journalism department will offer a seven-week training course in the mechanics of newspaper operation beginning April 8. The purpose ‘is to help Indiana publishers meet labor shortages caused by the war.
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and registration will be limited to 12 persons. Registration closes April 1, The instruction will cover the operation and maintenance of linotypes and other mechanical equipment, hand composition, makeup, advertising fundamentals, proofreading, stereotype casting, news writing and bookkeeping. Classes will be held five days a week from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. and on Saturdays from 8 a. m. to noon. Prof. Charles V. Kinter and Everett Miller, foreman of the Butler Collegian printing plant, will direct the course.
MOSCOW RADIO HINTS BRAUCHITSCH SLAIN
LONDON, March 1 (U. P.).—The Moscow radio said today that Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, from whom Adolf Hitler took over command of the German armies last year, has disappeared. while on a “health tour” of southern Germany. “There is a stubborn rumor that he has been done away with by the
gestapo,” the broadcast said.
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White House Vendor Who Catered to Kings, Is Dead.
WASHINGTON, March 1 (U. P.).—Steve Vasilakos, 61, vendor of peanuts to presidents and kings and in recent months popular salesman of war bonds, died penniless. ’ : Steve was" known to thousands of capi tourists in peacetime as the “White House peanut man.” He died at Gallinger hospital yesterday after a long illness.
Steve Vasilakos . . . Swapped Goobers for Royal Autograph.
His attorney said that although Steve made thousands of dollars at his little stand near the White House which he set up during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, he was a “soft touch” for anyone with a sad story. He had lived for years in a tiny room near his “place of business.” Steve had been ill for several years. Ten days ago he entered the hospital. The cause of death was pneumonia complicated by an acute cardiac condition. He has no relatives in this counIt was understood that he is survived by a divorced wife and possibly three sons, who have always lived in Greece. Friends said that one son has been fighting with British forces and that one of the others was in the Greek army.
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THE PEANUT business took second place in Steve's life recently when he set out to sell war bonds. He is credited with sales totaling $50,000. House Speaker Sam Rayburn was the iurst bond customer and —like those who followed—received Steve's sales-resistance-breakdowner, a free bag of peanuts. One of the proudest moments In Steve's recent years was his talk with King George of Greece during his recent visit. During | their conversation, the king asked Steve: “How's business?” “Good,” answered Steve. “Good boy,” replied the king. “I think you're a good boy yourself,” said Steve. Steve met another visiting king | in 1939 when he swapped a bag of peanuts for the autograph of King George of Great Britain. The late President Calvin Coo--lidge was a frequent customer of Steve’s. Another recent prominent sampler of Steve’s goobers was Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. ” ” 2 STEVE'S VIEWS on the war were summed up simply in a statement he sent to an Amer-ican-Hellenic war bond rally in New York last night. He had been asked to attend as the guest of honor, but sent from the hospital a message which said in part: “I am not an educated man... .. I have been selling peanuts at my stand for many years. Day in and out people came, bought a bag of peanuts and helped me make a living peacefully. That is what America meant and means to me. If we lose this war I will not be able to sell peanuts at my stand any more. I don’t want that to happen to me.”
THINK MASS SLAYER DIED OF BROKEN NECK
AUBURN, Cal, March 1 (U. P.). —Amos Latsnaw, 38, shot and killed his mother and father, his wife and their young son, then died of a broken ‘neck when he fell in a well while trying to dispose of the bodies, authorities believed today. The bodies of Latshaw and his wife, Olive, 39, were found in the well,” Mrs. Latshaw had been shot through the head. Latshaw had no marks on his body, no water in his lungs, but his neck was broken, Sheriff Charles Silva said. “The conclusion is that Amos killed all four of them and started to throw their bodies in the well, taking his wife’s first,” Silva said. “It looks as if he had begn pulled in with’ her. There is no curbing around the well.”
HIRES A TROLLEY FOR HER WEDDING GUESTS
PITTSBURGH, March 1 (U. P.). —A Pittsburgh bride—Edith Lillian Ingram—has outsmarted the best strategists of the OPA who have ‘banned non-essential driving in this area. Determined to have her friends present at her wedding to Lincoln
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