Evening star., 1933-10-22
RIGHTS OF LABOR
UPHELD BY RULING
IN WISCONSIN CASE
Shoe Plant Restrained From
Interfering With Unioniz-
ing of Workers.
BY WILLIAM T. EVJUE.

Special Dispatch to Tie Star.
MADISON, Wis, October 2l.-An In
depreciation Of labor rights under N. r.
A. code which may have a national sig
nificance was handed down by Wis
consin circuit court late last week.
Hailed as as e victory for organized
labor, an injunction was issued by Cir
cult Judge John J. Gregory in
Milwaukee to restrain the Simplex Shoe
Manufacturing Co. from interfering
18th unioniZation of its workers. The
company, 1t was charged, had refused
to deal with representatives of the In
formation Boot and Shoe Workers
Union, and this was alleged to consti-
tute q violation of the famous IA
clause of the N. r. A.
Judge Gregory found that the de-
fendant company shows an attempt to
deny the right of its employees to Or
ganize freely and to bargain collectively
through representatives of their own
choosing and an interference. restraint,
and coercion in the designation of such
representation"
Clear Interpretation.
Wisconsin Federation of Labor Of
f1clals voiced praise and appreciation
that at last the much disputed clause
IA had been given a clear interpre-
tation in court Of competent juris-
dictlon
Appointment of Leo T. Crowley, chief
adviser to Gov. A G.. Schmedeman and
generally considered the State admins
tratiOn'S one man brain trust" as per-
sonal representative of Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., governor Of the Farm Credit
administration, fulfilled the prediction
that there would be a sf1ake-up in the
Farm Loan Administration in the State.
Mr.. Crowley several times criticized the
slowness in which farm mortgage re-
financing was being accomplished.
Mr.. Crowley's salary in this new
capacity will be $4,000 annually. He
already holds three or four jobs with
the State administration. which in the
aggregate pay only very small salary.
Crowley is expected to install speed-up
system in the Farm Loan ADMINISTRATION
in the hope Of cutting out much Of the
existing red tape and bring promised
relief to both farmers and banks loaded
down with frozen assets" in the form
Of farm mortgages.
State officials declined this week to
divulge what type of legislation on
liquor control and sale will be presented
to the special session Of the Legislature
which will assemble within the next few
weeks The Crowley-Sc edeman plan
was to have complete legislative pro-
gram ready to push through with as
little amending as possible Opposition
to different proposals has developed
however. and the current report is that
the State administration is hoping
President Roosevelt will come forward
with a plan that can be readily applied
by the States.
If anv very heated controversy de-
velops, it NAV be that the special ses-
sion will at the last minute be put of
until the Roosevelt plan is announced.
Neither Crowley nor Schemedemen
want to offend the l47.C00 dry votes
that were recorded in Wisconsin In the
repeal vote by granting undue favors to
the liquor interests. but at the same
time there Is a substantial movement
for as little State regulation as possible
with return to the open saloon.
The State dairy and food division of
the Department OF Agriculture and
Markets again served notice on Wis
consin breweries this week that the
State beer laws must be obeyed to the
letter. Opening its third brewery prose-
cution, the division charged Milwau-
kee brewery with misbranding It's beer.
The two other cases involved brewery
that put chemical preservatives in It's
beer and one on label violations.