Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
First Verdict in Which Hughes
Participated Is Victory
for Federation.
POST OFFICE RENTING
POLICY MAY BE DROPPED
Brown Opposed to Leasing Build.
ings Instead Of Erecting
New Structures.
BY JOHN p. SINCLAIR.

NEW YORK. July 2s.-very little has
been said about the nrst important
decision in which Chief Justice Hughes
took part. II was in the case of the
New Orleans Railway Co VS.. the
Brotherhood Of Railway and Steamship
Clerks
In the watson Parker act of 1925,
Congress provided that railway man.
ayers shall deal with employees repre-
sentatives selected by the workers them
selves. Railway workers on the Texas a.
Pacific road asked for a wage increase
in 1927. The railway comp ", in at
tempting to forestal IL, formed their
own company union, and then tried to
force their employees to withdraw from
their own organization and make the
company union their sole representa-
tives in dealing with the railroad itself.
The labor organization got a tenn
porary restraining order against such
action. But the order was ignored by
the railway oficials. The labor union
ofhcials went into court and alleged
violation of the restraining order OF
the court. The lower Federal Court
appealed to the United States Supreme
Court, which confirmed the lower
courts decision.
It's a vastly important decision 1t
gives union labor Cd the right Of COL
lective marketing by the workers organ
ization itself; (2) the use of the injunc.
ton by labor to enforce this right.
But still more mportant-many labor
leaders believe that this decision spells
the doom of the so-called company
union
Labor leaders are now throwing their
hats into the air for Chief Justice
Hughes ever since this decision was an
nounced. And well they might, too!
Post Once Rents.
If Walter r. Brown, Postmaster
General, has his way, renting space for
postal work in the various cities will be
| greatly ninimized.
1t was Senator Blaine of Wisconsin
| who started the ball rolling He charged
| that excessive rents were being paid In
many cities by the Post Once Depart
ment, that there was a tendency to
increase the leasing of space rather
than to erect new post ONCE buildings,
| and sought a general investigation of
the whole matter.
Now comes the Postmaster General,
in a recent radio broadcast, in which
| he says:
Beyond any question, it is poor busi-
| ness from the standpoint of Govern.
ment to rent properties which it could
| from taxation"
| He continues: 1.-THE Government can
borrow money for per cent or less.
but when it contracts for the construc-
| ton of a building to be leased it is the
owner who must borrow the money and
his interest rate, including all ex-
| penSes of financing, will range from
| to 10 per cent. Moreover, he must pay
taxes on the property"
In II cities, the United States Gov
| eminent leases its main post Office
| buildings from private groups, at rents
exceeding $4,000 year each. Also 1t
leases 272 branch offices and 81 garages.
for which rental exceeds that figure.
Altogether, the Government is paying
over 100000 year In rent-or 1912
per cent Of the capital value OF the
property.
Stepping Up Production.
e. e. Shumaker. president of the
| r. C. A.<Victor Corporation, tells the
| pessimist to go back tp work. for there
| Is nothing fundamentally wrong with
business; or the country" He announces
That his own company expects to pro-
coed on that basis until I'VE are con-
WINGED We. are wrong"
This company is stepping up It's pro-
duction--9, 900 radio sets day Is It's
goal. In August, 1000 workers will be
added to the pay roll, go to 10 per cent
of whom win be on piece-work basis:
Four years ago the company adopted
the fiye-day. forty-hour week plan.
Another good piece of news-A. A.
Masterson of the American Chicle Co.
announces that orders had been COM
ing in SO rapidly in recent weeks that
ID has been forced to add COM
plete night force, in its Long Island
factory, to supply the demand. ny
Place Of TeIevision.
If every home is to be little theater.
able under television to press a button
and secure what entertainment is de-
sired, why are the large motion picture
companies continuing to buy thaaters
in strategic locations?
Does television spell the death knelh
of the big theater? Will people sit
back after a good dinner and enjoy
hearing and seeing their favorite actors
and actresses present entertaining pro-
grams on a screen 10 feet SSSs2 In
word. will the theater trade fall of?
David Sarnoff, the president of the
Radio Corporation of America, is not
worried.
THE gregarious instincts of man viii
always lead into desire to share his
pleasures with his fellow men. Tele<
vision will not take the place of the
theater" says he. Because space and
mechanical limitations will always re-
strict the opportunities of the home
screen, but at the same time the
theater will soon have the wide screen
projection, with the lifelike backgrounds
and perspectives that it brings into
view, which the small home cannot Sc
cure No, the theater will continue to
grow and develop as it has in the past.
Mechanically, artiStically, psyeho-
logically, the public theater as focal
point for. mass entertainment promises
to continue as a permanent factor"
What the radio president does vision,
however, Is the development of Q news
culture as result of teleriEioS1- 20
G. F. Walker, oepartlneiIG store enasn-
omist, thinks that the price level may
be stabilized as possibly some per
cent or so above the present level, fol-
lowed by vigorous quickening Of BUSH
ness. tN
In the making of prices, both whole
sale and retail, the volume of orders
the turnover lis of first importance,
says Mr.. Walker.
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