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The Washington times., 1931-10-30
JOBS PLENTIFUL
6 HOURS A DAY,
GREEN VIEW
Only by 35-Hour Week, He
Says, Can Idle Be Employed;
1000, 900 JobIesS by Jan. !

There is only enough work
available in the United States
today to employ each wage Garner
35 hours a week, or six hours
day, William Green, president OF
the American Fe deration OF
Labor, asserted today in empha-
sizing the need for shorter work.
ing hours and maintenance OF
pre-depreSsion wage scales.
His October reports from trade
unions showed that unemploy
ment increased again. In the
first half of the month, 1916
per cent of the unions member
ship was out of work, compared
with 1914 per cent in September
and 1872 per cent in August.
100000 JObIess
Green said the increase was
not unusual for this season, as a
similar increase occurred in Octo.
Der, 1928, a normal year. He
warned:
But if unemployment con-
tinues to increase at this rate
we shall have 100000 persons
out Of work by January"
The federation estimates that
5,6O0,0O0 were unemployed this
month, practically the same num-
Der as in September. Green ex-
planned:
"WhiIe some 10000 lost their
Jobs in industry in October.
farmers took on more workers
this month to help with har-
veSting."
Unless something is done to pre-
vent the usual fall increase in un.
employment, he said, I'VE expect
100000 persons to lose their Jobs
in November, 100000 will be laid
OF on farms, and 10000 in in
dustry."
Backs Emergency Program
Concerning wage-cutting, he
said it was encouraging to note
that from January to September
Is only one worker i'll 10 had his
wages reduced, according to Gov.
ernment reports from $4,000
manufacturing plants.
Admitting the situation is
alarming, Green declared every
effort should be put forth now
to keep workers in their jobs,
and urged that labor's emergency
program be put into effect imme.
diately. This program is:
Maintenance of wages to re-
tain workers buying power and
sustain demand for goods.
Shorter hours so work may
be divided among all workers.
Employers assure work to a
minimum force from November
to April.
Create work through public
undertakings.
Strengthen employment
agencies.
Keep young in schools.
Give preference to workers
with dependents.
Secure financial relief from
public and private funds to
take care of those for whom no
work can be found.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
NARROWING
EXPERIENCE
RELATED
Men Six Days in Darkness,
Afraid to Light Matches
For Fear of New Explosion

WILKES-BARRE. Pa, Oct. 80
'UN.SO Two of six men trapped
behind thousands of tons Of rock
and coal since Saturday night in
the Mocanaqua mine of the West
End Coal Company were brought
out alive today.
The four others were found
dead.
One of the miners snatched
from death was John Tomahunis,
40, of Shickshinny, father OF
seven children. Joseph Motzoni.
~, Of Mocanaqua, unmarried, was
the other survivor.
Those who perished were:
John MOlitoris, 35.
Jacob TinuS, 45.
Henry CeglarSki, %.
Paul NOvak, 40.
All were residents of Mocana-
qua and all but Ceglarski were
married. Molitoris is survived
by his widow and three children,
Tinus by his widow and four
children, and NoVak by his
widow who is in Europe.
First word that rescuers were
nearing their goal was flashed to
the surface at 6:25 o'clock this
morning, about eight hours after
the almost discouraged rescue
gangs heard the tap-tap OF sig
mails and faint calls from behind
the gerat barrier of coal and
rnck
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
SURPRISE MOVE
HALTS BR|TTON
LIBEL TRIAL
Judge Orders Attorneys Into
Secret ParIey As Defense
Rests in $4,000 Lawsuit

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 80 Q.N.S)
Ordering a secret conference of
attorneys for an unannounced
purpose, Judge John M. KillitS
today adjourned the trial of Nan
Britton's $4,000 libel suit against
C. A. Klunk, of Marion, Ohio,
until this afternoon after the
hearing had been in progress less
than an hour.
Defense Rests Case
The surprise move of the court
came after the defense attorneys
announced they were finished
with their case. .
1t was regarded as probable
that Judge Killits would charge
the jury when court reconvened
this afternoon and request it to
render its verdict on the evil
dence already presented, includ-
ing the readings from the two
books. "The Presidents Daugil-
ter" and "The Answer to the
Presidents Daughter"
Judge hllllCS SCaCeQ:
"It is a reflection on this
city'S morals the way people
have been attending this trial."
Attorney William F.. Marsteller,
counsel for Miss Britton, took ex.
ception to the courts opening re-
marks about the "salacious as.
poets" of the readings from the
two books involved in the case, on
the ground that it showed preju.
dice.
The judge replied:
That's your privilege"
After the opening scene regard.
ing the election of the minors, the
defense attorneys continued to
read passages from "The Presi.
dents Daughter" of which Miss
Britton was the author.
One reading was the account Of
the accidental meeting of the
plaintiff with former Gov. James
Cox, Democratic presidential can.
didate in 1920, on a train.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30

cake, some coffee and, most
precious of all some water.
Minutes, hours and days pass.
There is no account of time in
the chamber. All is silence. 1t
seems centuries that they have
been entOmbed here. Actually it
was six days today. Food is gone,
only water remains.
One man starts to his feet. He
has heard sounds of digging. Is
it an hallucination? He listens
eagerly and then shouts aloud,
waking his companion.
Rain "halloa's" are heard from
beyond the barrier. The two men
cup their hands to their mouths
and shout with all the strength
they have left. s v.
Rescue RedOubled ~Sa
Rescue gangs on the other side
of the barrier redOuble their ef-
forts. An iron pipe is driven
through the mass of debris. It af-
fOrdS means of communication.
The trapped men hearken to the
sound of human voices, bidding
them to hold Out-that the rescue
tunnel would soon be pushed
through the barrier.
Hours later Tomashuni and Mot
zoni are reached. They are weak
and wan. Brought up the slope
to the shaft and then into the
open, they blink their eyes, unable
to stand even the murky light of
a rain morning. They shout and
laugh unrestrainedly as they en-
brace relatives and friends. Com
pany officials are fearful of shock,
however, and the men are ordered
to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
It's Cold in Chicago;
First SnowfaU
Due Today

CHICAGO, Oct. 80 U.N.S0.
Winters unfailing herald
snow-was expected to make its
1881 debut in Chicago today.
The Government weather bu-
reau FORECAST snow flurries,
along with cold winds and in
termittent rain. The mercury,
said the weather man, will not
climb above 30 degrees.
Yesterday sections of Mime
sofa and North Dakota were
visited by snowfalls, while from
southern California came re-
ports of a baking 9S degree tenn
perature.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
HOLU0rd LGLU Glass
-. Elects RNrreL[

Archie Burrell has been elected
president of the junior class Of
the Howard University Law
School.
The other officers elected are:
Stewart Gee, vice president;
Jacob r. Capott, secretary; James
Chandler, treasurer; H. E. Battle.
Sergeant-at-arms, and Edward
Saunders, historian.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER

William Lands Lewis, colored,
has been found guilty Of man.
slaughter in connection with
the death of Harry Cook, colored,
by a Prince Georges county jury
in Upper Marlboro. Md. Accord
ing to testimony, Lewis shot and
killed Cook in an argument in
Fairmont Heights. He will be
tried later for also killing Ernest
Brown, colored, in the same alter.
cation.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Justice Holmes, 80,
Hos Lun1bQQO SDeLL

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 90-year-
old justice of the United States
Supreme Court, was reported to-
day recovering from an attack
of lumbago.
The venerable jurist was unable
to sit with his colleagues Monday,
and fears were expressed that his
condition was serious. Always
active, despite his years. Justice
Holmes has seemed less Spry than
usual since the court opened its
present term.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
TWeLfth Street "Y"
Lists ESQ Members

Two hundred and fifty men,
bers have been enrolled by the
Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C..
A., which is now in the midst OF
its annual membership campaign.
Almond w. Scott, general
chairman, stated today the goal
of 500 was expected to be reached
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Alexandria to Use
More NiOht Police

Reorganization of the police de-
pa1tment in Alexandria, Va, to
provide better protection at night
was announced today by Capt.
John S. Arnold.
The changes, effective tomor-
row, provide for placing a lieu
tenant instead Of a sergeant in
charge at night, and increasing
the number of men on duty
after 4:30 p. m. Lieut.. Heber
j. Thompson has been given the
night assignment.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Dinner Ends Session
Of Auto Engineers

The Society of Automotive Engi-
ners concluded a three-day con.
ference last night with banquet
at the Shoreham Hotel.
Addresses were delivered by Roe
Fulkerson and w. r. Smith, preSi-
dent of the American Road Build
erS' Association. william P. Nc
Cracken, chairman of the Wash
ington S. A. E. sector, was toast
master.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
CHURCH FETE STARTS

The seventy-fifth anniversary
exercises of the st. Paul A. M.
E. Church, Eighth and D Streets
Southwest, opened last night
with Jefferson Coage, recorder
of deeds as the. principal speaker.
Elwood G. Hubert, presided.
Attending the anniversary were
the officials of Metropolitan A.
M. e. Church.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Eriled King Wishes
Macdonald Luck

LONDON, Oct. 80 G.N.S0-Al-
fonso XIII, who had political
troubles of his own before the
Spanish Republic relieved him Of
kingly trials and tribulations,
called at 10 Downing Street yes
terday to congratulate Prime Min.
lister j. Ramsay Macdonald on his
election victory.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Senator CGrdJUGy
Goes Under Knife

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 30.
Senator Caraway was resting
easily today following the removal
of a kidney stone in hospital
here yesterday. He had been
suffering from the kidney all
ment for several months.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Plane Is TOO SLOW,'
So Anne Sells 1t

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 W.S).
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh'S bi.
plane was sold today to William
S. Bollen, Boston. Mrs. Lind
bergh bought the plane a year
ago and obtained her pilots
license with it. 1t is understood
that she is to get a faster ship.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Pound Opens at $685.,
Market Is tStendU

LONDON, Oct. 80 G.N.SO-The
pound sterling, which closed yes
terday at 1886, opened at $685. to-
day. Prices were steady on the
stock exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
MACHINERY MARKETS
IN STRONGER POSITION

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, February 3.-Inouiries
continue to provide traders in the courl-
trys machinery markets with an ex-
cellent justification for optimism. While
business in most sections is still far from
spectacular. dealers and manufacturers
everywhere are bending every effort to
maintain the improvement which has
marked the industrys progress record
since the first of the year, American
Machinist reports. The feeling is ex-
pressed that conditions will have def
nitely turned for the better if the pres
emit rate Of improvement can be contin-
ued through February
New York's market is unsettled.
Larger and old-established houses report
a good week, while others report slow
ing down or no change. Chicago trad
ing shows no material change The
Santa Fe has issued supplemental lists,
and Illinois Steel is also inquiring. De-
troit reports indicate general optimism
and feeling that the well known cor
ner has really been turned. Both in
QuirieS and orders there are increasing,
Few England still progresses. with
small tool orders and sales q drills and
lathss in the lead. Indianapolis ma
chine-tool business is also up partly as
result of the automobile shows and
partly from furniture and contracting
interests.
Inquiries in the Cincinnati market
are in good volume, though business it
self is fairly quiet. Pacific Northwest
inquiry is more active, but the slow
ness of the lumber industry is still ham,
pering tool sales. Among the inquiries
Is list from the Puget Sound Navy
Yard. Canada expects gains from the
resumption of industrial activity, with
railroads and textile companies buying
tools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
BY CHARLES w. STORM,
Editor the News Service of Wall Stree


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 3-The
most impressive feature of the
stock market at this time Is the sta
bility it is showing in the face of the
unfavorable turn in sentiment resulting
from the agitation surrounding the
soldiers bonus plan. The action of the
list in holding relatively steady during
Saturdays short session was accepted as
an indication that liquidation of an
urgent nature has been about completed
Some selling has developed on the part
Of timid spectators who bought stocks
recently, but underneath everything
there is a telling in the Street that the
soldiers cash payment plan will not be
put through. Quite a battle over 1t is
expected and the market will rally and
decline, according to the tone of the
news from Washington and utteranceS
by prominent people in connection with
the contest. It is for this reason that
the best judges of stock values believe
the market for the ensuing week will be
highly irregular, without definite trend
in either direction.
Stocks Steadily Absorbed.
list at this time is attributed to the
steady accumulation of good stocks
which has been under way by important
interests for weeks Because of this
absorption the supply of stocks held
on margin has been steadily reduced
through their transfer to stronger
hands as indicated by the further re-
duction in brokers' loans to the lowest
level since these figures have been COM
piled.
Investment buying is also resulting
in a steady increase in the number of
shareholders of the important corpora
tons. Many companies are now report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
u. S. METAL MARKET
TONE IS IRREGULAR

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 3.-Despite ir-
regularity of important buying operations
in the steel market during last week,
there was some further slight gain
noted in the total business placed Rail-
road equipment buying has proven a
disappointment, but Offset to a large
ext.nt by increasing specifications from
tin plate manufacturers and automobile
buying covering various products. The
United States Steel Corporation report
Of earnings for the last quarter of the
year was about as expected. Finished
steel prices were about unchanged. but
soms easiness developed in heavy melt
ing scrap. Pig iron was quiet.
More liberal offerings of resale copper,
combined with an absence of domestic
demand and decreased foreign buying,
led all custom smelters TO reduce quota
tons at the close of the week to ga
cents for electrolytic delivery in the
Connecticut Valley A corresponding
u cent reduction was made in the
export price. Producers remain out of
the market. Although sales for export
have recently tapered off. the volume of
this business in January is said to have
been large. fading to trade predictions
of decrease in refined stocks. Large
domestic consumers show comparatively
little buying interest, as they are still
supplied with metal
Tin price fluctuations were rather
small. However, consuming buying of
prompt position and futures by dealers
toward the close of the week was the
best in a long while.
The selling price of lead was un-
changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

trenchment and turn again to an ag-
yreSsive pursuit of bigger and better bus
mess. They realize that staying curled
up in ball won't get them anywhere.
Right now, many concerns are girding
themselves for a year of extraordinary
sales promotion effort, realizing that
their selling program during the COM
ing months will be effective in proper
ton to its being aggressive and care
fully planned. They realize that a bus
mess pickup is individualistic and will
not carry along those who refuse to use
their own legs.
The concerns whose records will be
most favorable this year are already
chipping out their own toe holds for
the upward climb. They are increasing
their advertising efforts. giving their
employees the assurance that their jobs
are secure and capitalizing this sense Of
security by setting quotas of business
and demanding the initiative and CO.
operation needed to meet them. They
are making sure of their share of the
pickup.
Copyright by United Business Publishers
Bureau OF Economics.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
STOCK MARKET HOLDS FIRM
DESPITE AGITATION FOR BONUS

ing more shareholders than they have
ever had in their existence.
Another factor in the steady absorp-
ton of good seasoned stocks that has
been going on is the investment trusts
which are being created in all parts
Of the country. A good portion of that
part of the country which believes good
stocks are a purchase are refusing to
do theirs own thinking as to which
shares should be purchased. They are,
therefore, buying shares of fixed tru SITS
and other investment trusts, which in
turn keep steadily picking up the good
investment shares as money is received
from the sale of their respective in
vestment trust units. The creation of
fixed trusts and management trusts are
being fostered by many investment and
brokerage houses because they are
source of commissions and revenues.
The most recent big trust to be created
Is the representative trust shares spon-
sored by prominent New York and
Philadelphia investment banking houses
Constructive Operations.
There are innumerable groups that
believe that the change for the better
in the business situation, although slight.
warrants expectation of higher prices
for good stocks. Because of this feeling
quite a number of constructive groups
have been formed in stocks which are
believed to be selling too low based on
their earnings power and strong finan-
cial condition. These groups have &C
cumulated siZeable amounts of their
favorite issues and had launched OPP
erations for the rise when the soldiers
bonus plan doomed up as a most un-
favorable factor in the stock market.
These constructive operations have been
suspended for the time being, but will
be resumed with any favorable news
from Washington.
(Copyright, 1881. by North American News
paper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
SEES AUTO GAINS
ABROAD FOR 1881
General Motors Executive
Says Shipments Will Be
Ahead of 1880.
Special Dispatch to The star.

OpeClAl DlSpabCn 70 Inc 6lhI.
NEW YORK, February 3.-The ship
nent abroad of American automotive
products will contribute far more SUBJ
stantialiy to the employment of Amer
lean workmen in 1881 than it did in
1880, declared James D. Mooney, vice
president Of General Motors Corp. and
president of General Motors Export Co.,
before sailing for Europe.
This increased outlet for American
labor in 1881 is certain to come" Mr..
Mooney said,~ whether or not We ac-
tualiy sell more American cars abroad
this year than we did last year.
American manufacturers have been
busy during 1880 working of the heavy
inventories with which they entered the
year. These inventories represented the
fruit of labor which occurred during
1929. When the economic depression
hit our foreign markets-and the de-
preston has been far more severe
abroad than 1t has at home--furtheI
shipments from America were drastical-
ly curtailed. and comparatively few au-
tomotive vehicles of 1880 manufacture
representing the fruit of labor during
1880. have actually gone abroad.
THE inventory situation in foreign
markets today is quite satisfactory and
in our own case volume shipments are
being resumed. Our shipments this
year, and undoubtedly the shipments OF
other manufacturers as we'll, will exceed
last years shipments by very sub
stantial margin, even II actual sales are
not increased"
Mr. Mooney stated that he expected
the Longtime rate of growth established
since the war In foreign demand for
American automotive products to be
generally maintained. 1T is necessary,
he said, that we recognize, in this con-
nection, the abnormality of the year
1923, and, in part of the year 1929, and
that we reconcile ourselves to a dip be-
low the normal for a sufficient period
ahead to enable the striking of the re-
uuisite cumulative balance. I anticipate
that this immediate decline will last
with lessening force. through the COM
ing year. but ! predicate my belief in
the maintenance of a reasonable rate
of growth in the future beyond 1881
upon the essential need that exists fol
automotive transportation throughout
the world, and upon the worlds renewed
ability to purchase this transportation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
AGGRESSIVE SALES
PROMOTION URGED
Many Concerns Planning Active
Campaigns to Boost Business
During 1881.
BY JOHN HI. VAN DEvENTER.

Did you ever lose your foothold while
climbing a mountain. and have the ex-
perience OF sliding down a steep in
cline? There Is very little that you can
do about it until you reach the bottom,
except to instinctively relax so as to
make the bumps hurt as little as pos
sible. Once the bottom of the decline
is reached, II you are still alive and
kicking and as game as mountain
climbers must be, you will forget the
recent bumps and tackle the ascent
again with redoubled effort.
When business encounters one of the
occasional avalanches that are met in
its upward climb, there Is little it can
do except curl itself into a ball and
hope to reach bottom safely. During
the downslide, protective tactics seem to
best suit the circumstances.
Once the bottom has been reached, the
live members OF business and industry
abandon the DTotecttvS tactics Of re-