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Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
Labor Department Yields
to 5-Day Week Demand
Shorter Workweek, Established July 30, to Be in Effect for As
Weeks; Aeronautics Workers Five-Day Week to Run for 80
Weeks; Labor Hopes for Permanently of Shortened Labor Hours

WASHINGTON - (FP) - Under
pressure from the organized labor
movement, reflected in resolutions
adopted at Atlantic City by the execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, the U. s.. department
of Labor has announced that the pay
less ~furlough imposed upon all its Of
Ulcers and employees will be applied in
the form of a five-day week, begin
ming July 8. For a period of 4S
weeks the departments 5,532 en-
ployes will not work on Saturdays.
No other of the ten departments rep
resented in President Hoover's cabinet
has established the 5-day week as a
means of absorbing the payless fur
Tough.
What the A. F. Of L. executive
council had in mind, in urging on
Hoover the adoption of the 5-day
week, was the setting of a standard
for industrial as well as governmental
employment. 1t adopted a lengthy
declaration, pointing to the impossi'
bility of re-employing the men and
ONE now unemployed, if the long
day and long working week are to be
retained. 1t called upon Hoover tic
demand, in the name of all the people
that industrial management institute
immediately the shorter work day anc
the shorter work week, not in isolated
industries but in a national way anc
ON a national basis"
In order to gain this end, the coun
ell urged Hoover to 'call a conference
of the representatives of all industr!
in the United States, and the repre-
sentatives of labor, for the purpose
of dealing with the problem of unem
ployment, of creating work opportu
mites for millions Of iCt men an,
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

m through the adoption and APP
plication of the 5-day work week and
the shorter work day"
Secretary Doak broke the news of
the decision to put the labor depart
ment IN a 5-day basis, as against any
plan of permitting the employees to
accumulate their unpaid furlough
time, in a statement July 25.
Having in mind" he said, "the ap-
preparations made available for the
present fiscal year, the nature of the
work of the labor department and all
other factors, the department staff,
after a most careful and painstaking
survey, reached the unanimous con-
clusion that the department could best
meet the reductions Of the salaries Of
the employees required by congress
through decreasing the hours Of serv-
ice one-half day each week. There.
fore the following instructions were
issued;
"'In accordance with the provisions
of paragraph B, Sec. 101 of the Econ
omy Act, all of the officers and EN-
ployes of the department of labor il
the District Of Columbia will be fur
Laughed on Saturday each week for Al
weeks, beginning July 30. The methot
of carrying into effect the provision
of this act will be applied to fiel'
service so far as practical, but shall
not apply to officers or employe
while under travel status"
On the same day the 5-day weel
was ordered also by the National AID
visory Council for Aeronautics, for it
300 workers who are located in tn
Navy building. They will be unde
this rule for 80 Saturdays, but durinI
December, January, February an
March this group will work half a da,
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
BRITISH JOBLESS FIGURES JUMP
BY Federated Press

NEW YORK (FP) = Every two
minutes another British worker loses
his job, reports The New Leader
(Lcrdon) in its monthly trade union
supplement. British Unemployment
figures have jumped at the rate of
800 a day since last October, to more
than 2,98O,OOO, according to ministry
of labor statements.
More than 100000 men and women
have been refused unemployment in
surance benefits under the Means test
and 190,925 under the Anomalies act,
says The New Leader.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
PENSION BILL INTRODUCED.

BUENOS AIRES-(FP)-A bill to
grant pensions to all women over so
years of age and to all men over so,
and a bill containing provisions con-
corning conditions of work in trans
port by sea and river were introduced
into the Argentine parliament by
Socialist members.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
DEMONSTRATORS ATTACKED

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.-(FP)-
Two jobless demonstrators are in the
hospital and six in Jail as the result
of a police attack on a demonstration
held without a permit.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
BIG

CENTRAL FALLS, R. Up
Taxpayers of Central Falls will pay
S236,0O0 interest charges on a $780,
900 loan, it is revealed by City Treas
urer Joseph 7. Curran.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

: Oh, shut up! I'm not against ma
chimes. What I'm grouching about is
that we clowns Of creation haven't
got any more sense Than to let them
run US crazy. Most OF US waste our
lives making machines, buying ma
chimes, tending machines, feeding ma
chimes. Then to cap the climax, we
call EN- l%abor-saying devices. Labor
saving devices-har-nar-. The only
fit epithet for our boosted machine
civilization is
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
BUTTES SECOND ANNUAL RODEO IS ON
Timely and Untimely Observations

history Of American agriculture, he
would know that all the t~ime-saving
contraptions ever installed on the
farms of Gods country only multiplied
the farmers troubles, occupations and
obligations, drove his children from
home, piled more work on his back,
robbed him of peace, freedom and Sc
curity, and finally landed them in the
rapacious outlets of the kings, Of
money, steel, and oil.
Where formerly the farmers pace
was set by OK, ass and Dobbin, it is
now set by internal combustion en-
gines, installment collectors and note
shavers. So that by now, instead of
eating the fruits of his toll, he's eating
the fences and o%uthouses left by his.
cradle and flail-toting grand-dad, paus-
ing only long enough on the way to
the poorhouse to drop a good word for
progress and farm relief.
\ =
OF course we smart town fellows
wouldn't allow ourselves to be driven
by a COMPOUNDED contraption labeled
patent applied for" Not much we
wouldn't! Take the case of my Buddy
for instance-scholar, statesman, sage,
with the soul of a poet and the bust
ness acumen of a cracked poIecat.
Buddy imagines he's working to save
the world. But what he's actually
working for is trucks for hauling
mules around.
He's the man of the printery in
which this great world-saving sheet is
printed. Well, it takes machinery to
print papers, magazines, books, and so
on. What's more, unless your ma
chinery is as up-to-date as that of
you competitor, yoa're out Of the
game. So whenever one Of them in
stalls a mule truck, beg pardon, print.
ing machine, you've got to follow suit
or go him one better, in which event
he follows suit or goes you better,
and this goes on until one Of the
other, or both, lana in bankruptcy
court, b%ug-house, or makes money,
which is the worst yet, because the
more money a fellow makes, the more
he needs for mule trucks. Talk about
men being captains Of their soul. If
so, then a goat tied to the tail-end Of
a caboose is train-master.
y y *
: Oh, shut up! I'm not against ma
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11
BY ADAM CoALDIGGER
is IT CROWN OR
CLOWN OF CREATION?

Walking in the country the other
day, two mules passed me on a truck.
| don't want to swear to it, but Iii
be burned if | don't believe one of
them was laughing at me. What the
other mule was doing | can't tell. His
head was toward the driver of the
truck, so perhaps he was laughing at
him. Anyhow, here were two mules
riding on a truck and two so-called
crowns of creation, n walking, the
other chauffeuring mules, and if that
isn't enough to make a mule laugh,
then mules have no sense of humor.
After the mules and their chauffeur
had gone | got to philosophizing about
the nature Of men and mules and
things in general. Back Of that truck
them mules are ioy-riding on, l says
to myself, is a civilization made by
the crowns of creation. Down in
Texas, Mexico or Peruyia, are crowns
of creation in greasy overalls with
sweat rivuleting down greasy faces,
dallying with derricks, steel cables,
two-ton castings, and three-ton bailers,
getting out the stuff that makes the
truck go.
Then up in Detroit or Lansing or
Flint, Mich, strung along a moving
belt, are other crowns of creation
going through their allotted stint of
stunts, jerks, and spasms that finally
result in a truck for mules to ride on.
Then back of them is an army Of
lumberjacks, iron miners, zinc miners,
copper miners, coal miners, tanners,
glass blowers, and wooly-headed
heathens Juggling rubber out Of steam
ing jungles in Africa or Asia.
Then back of them are docks, ships,
railroads, where crowns of creation
wallop, carry. trudge, stoke, fire, pull,
and push, so that the stuff that goes
into trucks for mules to ride on gets
to the place where it's made fit for
mules to ride on.
And back of them are merchants,
bankers, doctors, brokers, investors,
lawyers, judges, %iailors, consuls, am
bassadors, soldiers, sailors, aviators,
the whole organized to keep the ma
chine going that makes trucks for
hauling mules, each Of them imagining
himself a crown Of creation-no, a
superior crown of creation.
Montana labor news., 1932-08-11

Finally, l gets back to the farmer
hauling those mules around, for no
body but a farmer would take mules
on a necking party and look as wor-
led as all that. Why did that combina-
ton brain, Drawn, and backbone of the
nation and crown of creation haul
those mules instead OF letting the
mules haul him? And the only ex-
PLANTATION l can find for that is that
the man was in a hurry to get to
work with his mules.
But why in the Sam Hill should
any sane person be in a hurry to work
in the society Of mules? And the only
reason l can think up for that is that
the man needed money for the truck
and the gas so as to get to work with
his mules in a hurry.
X X X
Now if that farmer had studied the
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Dean of Diplomatic Corps
Entertains Dinner Party
Ambassador of Italy and Donna Antoinetta de
Martino Hosts-Foreign Representatives
Have Busy Social Calendar
Underwood photo.

dumbide, will return the first OF this
week from New York, where he is
spending Easter
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Brilliant Debutante
Dance Is Given for
Miss Helen Robbins s
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren De-
lano Robbins Entertain in
Georgetown Home.

Seldom does Washington see a more
brilliant debutante dance than the one
the Chief Of the Protocol Division of
the State Department and Mrs Warren
Delano Robbins gave last. evening for
their lovely daughter, Miss Helen Rob-
bins. The fete was given at the his
toric home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins in
Georgetown.
While Miss Robbins took a prom
inent part in the debutante festivities
during the Winter, she was not fer
mally presented, and the party last
evening was in the nature of belated
debut. Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins were
Unexpectedly called back to the Cap
ital, and had their house leased for
the Winter season. Not wishing to
present their daughter anywhere but in
their own home in the city, the Spring
party was decided upon. Miss Robbins,
who is affectionately known as Sun
ny" or Sunshine" was presented to
society at Tuxedo in the Autumn.
The debutante received with her
parents last evening standing before
screen festooned with flowers sent to
her. She wore dainty frock of fluffy
white tulle, the bodice close fitting and
the skirt of many layers of the mate
rial A spray Of white gardenias was
caught at the left shoulder. Mrs. Rob-
bins wore striking gown of flowered
brocade, with blue the predominating
color. Assisting Miss Robbins was her
house guest, Miss Mary Phipps, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Phipps
of Tuxedo Park.
Spring flowers we're used throughout
the spacious rooms Of the house.
There were about 800 guests, for the
most, members of the younger set with
a few of the contemporaries Of the
hosts. A buffet supper was served
about midnight.
A number of gay little dinner parties
preceded the dance. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leland Harrison entertained a COM
pany of "a at dinner in honor Of Miss
Robbins, when among the. guests were
Miss Robbins out-of-town house
guests, including Miss Phipps and her
brother, Mr.. Frank H. Phipps, jr., and
Mr.. Warren Delano Robbins, jr., and
Mr.. Edward H. Robbins, brothers Of
the debutante.
Representative and Mrs. Richard s.
Aldrich were hosts to party at din
ner for the latter's daughters. Miss
Dora White and Miss Janet White, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Scully gave
a small party for their daughter, Miss
Kate Hyde Scully. Miss Vera Bloom
entertained at dinner several of her
guests, going on to the dance Of Mr..
and Mrs Robbins, while others went to
the Egyptian reception.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Spanish Ball at MayAower
Carries Out Many Traditions

The Spanish ball tomorrow night In
the garden of the Mayfiower under the
patronage of Mrs. William Laird Dun
lop, jr., has been rightly called "A
Mite in Spain" as all Of the heads OF
missions from Spanish-speaking coun-
tries and the members of their staff
have been invited to attend and asked
to speak Spanish throughout the eve-
ming in order to give the proper color
to the ball
In addition to the Spanish singers
and dancers already announced for the
evenings entertainment there will be
flower venders with carts OF bright coll
ored Spring flowers and last but not
least "a bull fight" Lifting Spanish
airs and the Cuban rumba will be
interspersed with modern jazz numbers
by the dance orchestra.
Shortly after midnight q Spanish
supper will be served when an Accord
ian player and Spanish singers win
entertain the guests. Reservations can
still be made for the ball through Mrs.
Dunlop at the Mayflower.
Among those entertaining at dinner
preceding the ball will be Senator an
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg. who viii
be hosts for their daughter, Miss
Betty Vandenberg, and a group OF her
young friends; the naval attache Of
the Spanish embassy and Sonora Dona
G. Archibald de Monreal, Miss Kather-
Inc Dubois and Mrs. Anthony Wayne
wirgman-
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Many Are Easter Guests
Of Official Washington
Relatives and Friends From Out of Town Are
Being Entertained Over Holiday Season.
Some Leave City.
Underwood photo.

daughter with them at The Mayflower
for few days, Mr.. James H. Pou
Bailey being on vacation from school
at Woodberry Forest. Va, and Miss
Anne. Elizabeth Bailey coming here
from Peace College, Raleigh, N. C.
Their three younger children are with
them permanently at the hotel.
Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland
have with them for Easter their son.
Lieut.. Royal S. Copeland, jr., who ar
rived yesterday and is with them at
the Shoreham.
Senator and Mrs William H. King
and their daughter Miss Kathleen
King, have had as their guest in their
apartment in the Westchester, Miss
Margaret Fisher of Salt Lake City, who
will leave today for New York.
Senator Marcus A. Coolidge has as
his guest at his apartment at the
Shoreham his sister, DR.. Cora Helen
Coolidge, president of the College for
Women at Pittsburgh.
Senator and Mrs. Warren R. Austin
of Vermont have their son. Mr.. Edward
Lucas Austin, with them at the May
flower for his brief Spring vacation from
the University of Vermont.
Representative and Mrs. James M.
Beck have as visitors over Easter the
latter's niece, Mrs. j. Hutchison Scott
of Philadelphia, and her schoolgirl
daughter.
Representative and Mrs. Beck will go
to New York this week with their
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column B.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
NJ. and Nine. Bostrom
Silver Wedding Day

The Minister of Sweden, Mr.. w.
Bostrom, and Nine. Bostrom, celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary at the
legation yesterday and were joined by
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sixten Wollmar, of Rye, N. Y, for
the occasion. Mr.. and Mrs. Wollmar
attended the dinner at the legation last
night, when members of the legation
staff were among the guests, and will
remain for a further visit,
Evening star., 1932-03-27
The Vice President
To Be Honor Guest
At Two Functions
Cuban Ambassador and Col.
and Mrs. NJ. Robert Gue-
eenheim to Entertain.

The Vice President, Mr.. Charles
Curtis, will be the guest in whose
honor the Ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de Ferrsra will entertain at
dinner Monday, April 4. The Am
bassador and Sonora de Ferrara will
be hosts at dinner Monday, April II,
in honor of the Ambassador of Italy
and Donna Antonietta de MARITIME
Tomorrow evening the Vice President
will be the guest in whose honor Col.
and Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim will
entertain
Representative and Mrs James Nc
Clntic and Miss Olive McClintic en-
tertained at the dinner dance at the
Shoreham last night in honor of Miss
True Gossett, foster daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Williams, whose mar
riage to Mr.. Duncan Mcdonald of
Grand Rapids, Mich, will take place
at high noon on Monday in the Beth.e-
hem Chapel at the Washington Cathe-
dral The other guests were members
of the wedding party.
Maj. and Mrs. Parker w. West will
entertain a company at dinner We'd
nesday evening, April 13.
Lieut.. Charles o. Glisson, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Glisson were the guests in
whose honor Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard C.
Roy entertained at dinner last evening
in their home in Chevy Chase. Mrs.
Gllsson, who was before her marriage
Miss Ella Gerber, now makes her home
at Newport, r. l. Lieut.. Glisson Is
stationed on the u S. S. Dobbin, now
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Mrs. Glisson will remain in Washing
ton for a fortnight She will visit
her sister, Mrs. Chester H. Chesterfield
at Wilmington, Del, and her brother
Capt. Theodore c. Gerber, at Picatinny
Arsenal, Dover. N. j., before returning
to her home at Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Denegre were
hosts to a company of 18 at dinner
last evening.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth and Miss
Justine Roseman will receive informally
In their home at 1850 Meridian place
at a Colonial tea Saturday, April 2,
from 4 to o'clock Mrs. Harrison,
wife of Senator Pat Harrison; Mrs.
Doxey, wife of Representative Wall
Doxey; Mrs. Wilmington, wife of Rep
resentative Will Wilmington; Mrs.
Rankin, wife of Representative John
Rankin; Mrs. Busby, wife of Repre-
sentative JEFF Busby, all of Mississippi;
Continued on Page 3, Column %
Evening star., 1932-03-27

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Stimson have with them at Woodley,
their suburban home, the formers sis
ter and aunt, Miss Candace Stimson
and Mrs. Bondinot Kieth, of New York,
who will remain over Sunday.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams will be joined
Tuesday by the formers brother and
sister -in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Adams, and their son, John Quincy
Adams.
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Robert Patterson Lamont have with
them their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Eskridge SALTY
man, of New York.
The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde and their daugh-
ter, Miss Carolyn Hyde, have as their
guest Miss Gene Kincheloe, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. David H. Kincheloe
of New York. Miss Margaret Tullock
of Leavenworth, Kans., will arrive to-
morrow TO spend several days with
Miss Hyde.
Mrs. Bingham, wife of Senator Hiram
Bingham, is spending the Easter sea-
son with her mother, Mrs. Alfred
Mitchell, in the latter's Winter home
In Miami, Fla.
Senator and Mrs. Robert D. Carey
of Wyoming have with them for Eas-
ter their son, Mr.. Joseph M. Carey Sd,
who is a student at Andover.
Senator and Mrs. Josiah Bailey of
North Carolina have their son and
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Arctic Explorer Passing
Eiehty-eiehth Anniversary

Maj. Gen. Adolphus w. Greely, U. s.
A., retired, North Pole explorer, today
is celebrating his eighty-eighth birth
day anniversary. No party has been
planned in honor of the day. Gen.
Greely celebrating quietly with his
family. Mrs. Harold Shedd has come
from her home in New Hampshire to
be with her father and her sister, Miss
Greely. and Miss Rose Greely.
Evening star., 1932-03-27
Secretary and Mrs. Doak
Stage PARTY TODAY

The Secretary Of Labor and Mrs.
william N. Doak will have a merry
little family Easter egg hunt today at
their country home at Fairfax for their
little great niece, Mary Jane Cricher,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lane
Cricher. Secretary and Mrs. Doak also
have with them at the Virginia home
the formers sister. Mrs. Rula McCarty.
Evening star., 1932-03-27

The dean of the diplomatic corps, the
Ambassador of Italy, and Donna Antoin-
eta de MARITIME entertained at dinner
last evening at the embassy when their
guests were Senator and Mrs. Tasker
L. Oddie, the Assistant Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Harvey H. Bundy, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, the
first secretary of the Belgian embassy,
Viscount de Lantsheere, the Special
Assistant to the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Allen T. Klots. Nine. Lombard.
wife of the assistant military attache
Of the French embassy; the commercial
counselor of the British embassy and
Mrs. Leander Mccormick Goodhart.
Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
G. Blair of New York. Mr. Winthrop
Chanler, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Glow
er, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Crock,
Mile. May. Mr.. Hubert w Chanler and
the counselor Of the italian embassy,
Conte Marchetti di Muriaglio.
The Ambassador and Donna Antoin-
eta de Martino will entertain the mem
bers of the embassy staff at luncheon
today.
The Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora
de Farrara will entertain the members
Of the embassy staff at dinner today.
The Ambassador of France and Nine.
Claudel will entertain the members of
the embassy staff at luncheon today.
The Ambassador of Argentina. Senor
Felipe Espil is remaining in New York
where he is recovering from an attack
Of grippe.
The Ambassador Of Great Britain, Sir
Ronald Lindsay, has been joined by
Lady Lindsay who has made a visit
in New York.
The Ambassador of Spain and Sonora
de Cardenas had as their guest for a
few days last week, Mrs. James Russell.
cousin of the United States Ambassador
to Japan, Col. Cameron R. Forbes, who
returned a month or more ago from
Toxic where she acted as hostess at the
United States embassy. Mrs. Russell
left yesterday for her home In Boston.
The Ambassador Of Germany and
Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron have
issued invitations for dinner Tuesday
evening, April IL.
The Minister of Portugal and Wis
countess dAlte, who returned last week
for a few days stay at the legation.
again are in New York, where they will
remain fortnight.
The Minister of the Netherlands and
Nine. van Royen will be hosts at din
ner Tuesday evening.
The Minister of Norway and Nine. !
Bachke will entertain at dinner We'd
nesday evening.
The Minister Of the Irish Free State
and Mrs. MacWhite have with them for
the Easter vacation their son Eoin Mac |
White, who has come from his studies
at Linton Hall, in Virginia.
The Minister of Venezuela and Sonora |
de Arcaya will entertain at dinner Fri
day evening in honor of the Secretary |
of State and Mrs. Stimson.
The Minister Of Ecuador, Senior Esd