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The Washington times., 1933-02-21
u. S. Leather Passes
Preferred Dividend

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 QN.SD.
q. s. Leather Co. today omitted
the quarterly dividend of SITS
due % the prior preferred stock
o. this time.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
AVERAGE STEEL
PRICE TILTED

The magazine Steel's iron and
steel price composite has ad-
Vanced 4 cents to $23.31 and the
finished steel index has gone up
10 cents to $45.40. the first ad-
vances in composites this year.
The scrap composite has been
boosted 4 cents to $6.37.
Impelled by the desire to attain
a more remunerative basis before
the expected spring Improvement
in demand develops, the move Of
producers to adjust the price sit
walton is manifest in more direc-
lions than in many months.
Production barely held at 19 per
cent last week, and scheduled cur
tailment at Buffalo and Youngs-
town this week promises to out
weigh prospective expansion in
eastern Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
WEAKNESS HITS
JAPANESE AND
j. 8. BONDS
By MUNROE ROBERTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 GN.S0.
Further weakness in U. s. Gov
ernment obligations and Japanese
issues were the principal influ-
ences making for unsettlement in
bond market dealings today.
The drop in the Federal group
was led by the Liberty 3las which
Sagged 1882 to 100.14.
Others Hard Pressed
other hard-pressed issues were
the Liberty first 414S which was
off 6-32 at 1926; Treasury 4As
off 9-32 at 1927; Treasury 33ss
Of '43 off 4-32 at 101, and Treas
ury IS off 8-32 at 96.4.
War threats in the Far East
brought further selling into the
Japanese government bonds, the
51as breaking Ia points to 361s,
and the 612s showing a loss OF
11a points at 4612, both record
lows.
Elsewhere in the foreign list,
German government and munich
pal issues were unsettled.
Rails Mixed and Lower
Rail issues were irregularly
lower, with the Southern Pacific
As of '55 dropping a point to 10,
and other speculative favorites
easing fractionally.
The better grade utility liens
were improved, with the ConSoli-
dated Gas SIS up u point at 1001a.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
B, { D. PLAN PUT
IN OPERATION

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Co. has, with the approval Of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, declared the plan oper-
ative for meeting the maturity Of
its 2O-year AZ per cent convert
ible bonds, due March /, 1888.
Under this plan the company
will pay holders of the bonds so
per cent of the principal amount
with accrued interest in cash,
and deliver for the remaining so
per cent a like principal amount
of it's 5 per cent refunding and
general mortgage bonds, Series
F, due 1896.
Holders of more than 80 per
cent of the $63,250,000 principal
amount of such bonds outstand-
ing have accepted the plan and
the company believes that under
the circumstances the remaining
bonds will be exchanged when
the plan is put into effect.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
GRAIN FUTURES
HOLD FIRM

CHICAGO, Feb. 81 Il. N. S.
Small price changes featured
early dealings in grain futures
here today. Trade remain d
quiet.
Near mid-session wheat was 1s
to 4c higher compared with the
previous close, corn steady to 14c
improved. Oats ruled firm and
rye 12c higher.
Trade in wheat contin u d
mixed with easier cables offset by
hulliSh crop news.
Liverpool was "a to 12c down.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
TRADE ON CURB
IS DULL AND
NARROW
BY THEODORE KOsLoW

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 QN.SO .
The curb market assumed some
what of pre-holiday atmosphere
today with the run Of active
speculative favorites churning
around narrowly in dull trading.
While there was still nervous
ness regarding the outcome of
the Michigan banking morato-
rum, liquidation dried up con-
siderably.
Professionals Evening Up
The bulk of buying demand
was restricted to professionals
anxious to even up short COM
mitments prior to the holiday.
American Gas and Electric
showed up best among the active
utility favorites, recording a gain
Of 20 at 222s.
Atlas Corporation preferred re-
sponded to the publication Of the
company's annual report with a
gain of 11s points. The common,
however. dipped 1s to 6B.
The Cities Service issues were
again in supply, the debentures
dipping 20 to 31B.
SpeciaIties Lower
Specialties were generally lower,
with Stutz Motors off a point at
11Ts, Great Atlantic and Pacific
Stores down l at 134 and Parker
Rustproof off 20 at %.
Oils were heavy, with Standard
Of Indiana easing to a new low
at 1874, before firming to it's pre-
Vious close at 10.
Utility bonds continued to give
way. with the widest losses in
Florida Power and Light SIS Of "a,
off 21s at So.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
DIVIDEND IS PASSED

Western Pipe & Steel Company
took no action on the quarterly
common dividend due at this
time. In the two preceding
quarters, dividends Of IS cents
each were paid.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Production of Coal
Increased in Week

The Bureau of Mines estimated
production of soft coal at $780,
600 tons for the week ended Feb
ruary II, against 5.850,OOO in the
preceding week and 6,626,0O0 in
the corresponding week last year.
Anthracite production in the
week ended February II was
100000 tons, against $4,000 in
the previous year.
The Washington times., 1933-02-21
Open Market Paper
Increased In Month

Open market Commercial Paper
increase $3,6o0,O0O in January to
$84,6O0,000. the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York reportes.
This reversed the trend of the
two preceding months, a drop of
$28,000,O00 having occurred in
December and a decline of
$4,000 900 in November.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Drives Mice Insane

Strange occupations take the
time of many, but at st. Eliza
beths Hospital, DR.. Karl Lang
enstrass works in his laboratory
at unique labor.
A family Of white mice is
kept in a bell jar and its mem
bers are driven insane by vari-
Gus methods so that the neuro-
pathologist may attempt to
cure them and in this way
learn what treatment to afford
human patients.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Horses Not Doped

With the sport of kings taint-
ed by the charge of doped
horses, Judge Robert I. Miller,
attorney and owner of a few
1leet-footed ponies, contends:
$50 far as I know they don't
dope horses. Maybe that's why
mine haven't won sometimes.
Once in a while I call 'em pO-
licemen. They are always run
ming somebody in"
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
First Summer Home

For more than 80 years
Stephen Kramer, District Board
of Education, has spent his
summer in Europe. This year is
his first hot season at home in
that time.
No traveller knows Europe bet
ter than Steve, and around the
town it's told that near Lake
Lucerne, in Switzerland, he
once saw a sign which advised
the tourist:
English spoken - American
understood"
The Washington times., 1933-08-10

800 Prs. Boys Golf HOse-N Length
fancy patterns, all fast colors-
E1iG.v Ei1SI 8 on,to to to 1in- 3 prs. SOC
100 Boys 1.25 2-pc. Covert Camp
Suits-shirt and shorts with belt to
match-blue, tan and green-sizes
st. 3 to n1tce 1s.Friday e' only at this 84C
II Boys 1.15 Wash Suits-sleeveless
Jersey top and long linen pants
snS;nr4rt;a.v sizes : to 'o6Gn,t o619' delay 69C
1875 Boys soc Sleeveless Sweaters
solid coIors with borders-guaran-
teed fast colors-sizes 2S to GIO
S8-Friday only... V1N
500 Boys Shirts-with sport collars
and short sleeves-vat-dyed broad
cloth-white, blue, tan and patterns
also Junior shirts and button-on
blouses-5 yrs. to IA neck QO0
Friday only............... OVN
Boys ShOp-Main Floor
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Follows Canal History

Mule hoofs have long since
ceased to beat the earthen tow
paths of the old Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal on which was
once drawn a tremendous fleet
of freight and passenger barges
plying between washington and
Cumberland. But in the library
of Miss Eta L. Taggart, bar
rister, there reposes a collection
of ancient documents in which
are related rare histories of the
days of the old canal.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Street Seen

E. w. CBud'D Gableman and
family and the Corcoran Fish
ers, planning Week-ends at
Rehoboth. Russell L. Whyte,
of Commerce, trying to show
local business men how to or
ganize a volunteer NRA COM
mittee. Miss Florence Ward,
director of agricultural extern
sion work for the Eastern di-
vision, entertaining Miss Agnes
Ellen Harris. head of the Ma
tional Association of Deans of
w o m e n at SunWard. DR..
Jesse w. Sprowles, head of the
University of Maryland's psy-
chology department. putting out
his own book on everyday psy-
chology.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Secretary Slapped

Few washington business men
Of civic enterprise have with
held offers of employment from
Mrs. Marie C. Rogers, secretary
to Dorsey Hyde, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce. But
she has remained at the post
despite the fact that she once
was forced to accept a sound
slap from some irate woman
who demanded inaccessible in
formation and recently was
forced to escort to the door a
man whose civic enterprise
mounted only under the in
fluence of local liquor.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10

Misses Linen Suits
Just $50, reduced from 1876 81
single and double breasted W.
Brown, blue, green, natural, and
maize. IA to 20.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Mems Wear
Priced for
CleaPanCe!

$50 Mems Linen and Tropical Suits
reduced from 1850 and 1898
gray and tan colors-buy far ahead
at this low price. Friday y OK
fHiy every Man: Man: Grcfut and knapp
Straw Hat in .stock-originally So
fancy and black bands. Friday 07
go Mems Togo and LeghOrn Hats
originally 81 and 1.15. Friday only.
going" at this close-out QOO
Mems Japanese crepe Robe Sets
robe, slippers and bag to match
colorful, washable, convenient
small. medium and large sizes. Ct
Friday only. .....: OA
25 Mems All-WOOI Sleeveless Sweat
ers-reduced from S9c-black, ma
room, canary and blue. Sizes SO0
"a. SO, AZ and As. Friday only OOC
$50 Mems Hand-TailOred Ties-re-
duced from 29c-silk lined-most are
red. but attractively pat 100
20 Mems Novelty Cobble Weave
Shirts-reduced from 1.15. Broken
sizes, IA, 141a, 151s, 16h and IL
blue, tan, gray and white q SC
triSsy Men,s onIHi Fine Mesh shirts.reduced
from 15O-short sleeves, Upper
fronts-14, 141a. 16H. Fri ORO
day only. .........:........ OON
40 Mems Cotton Pull-over Sweaters
crew neck, long sleeves-tan. green
white and blue - novelty QOO
weave-S4 to 40. Friday only, CON
Mems Famous Bob Smart Sport
Shoes - originally 81 and $6-all
white. black and white. and tan
and white. OH
Friday onlv. AsOO
The Palais Royal-Main Floor
The Washington times., 1933-08-10

A home Is your castle your
ment! Study the many worth while
home buys advertised for sale in the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Three Grave Problems

Archaeologist DR.. Leicester
B. Holland, chief Of the fine
arts division of the Library of
Congress, is one member Of a
two-member inventors club.
The only rule of the club is
that the first member to invent
something that actually works
will be disgracefully dismissed.
Despite this stern dictate of
the membership, however, DR..
Holland takes time off from the
arts and archaeology to seek
perfection of three ideas.
His greatest desire is to in
vent a homing umbrella by
breeding a homing pigeon to a
parasol, so that when friends
borrow a thunderstorm" it will
flutter back to its owner. A
self-making bed and a Spagetti-
winding fork are his other am
bitionS,
The Washington times., 1933-08-10
Around
The
Capital
Poetry Wins Case

William E. Leahy. prominent
attorney, was defending a
police lieutenant when the
''law" appeared before the trial
board on the charge that he
had participated in a liquor
conspiracy.
Several court trials, previ.
ously held, had ended in the
dismissal of the charges against
the officer and co-defendantS.
The only evidence" against
them of a spirit nature had
been contained in a large flower
vase but evaporation destroyed
the liquid. A chemist was called
to the stand and asked to test
his olfactory nerves to deter
mine whether he could detect
the bouquet of ripe old whisky.
He almost dropped the vase.
Leahy turned spontaneous
poet and exclaimed:
"Break and destroy the vase If
you will,
But the fragrant OdOr of flowers
fingers STILL"
Thus came acquittal.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
AN OPEN LETTER TO FEDERAL RE-
LIEF ADMINISTRATORS II. L. HOPKINS

Musselshell, Mont, Nov. Is, 1888.
Mr.. Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief
Administrator, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Relying on statements in your re-
cent speeches and those of President
Roosevelt, which create the impression
that no one is to be permitted to suf-
fer hardship during the coming win
ter, | am impelled to write you call
ing your attention to a condition of
which | cannot believe you are cogniz-
ant. A condition Of which I also be-
lieve the state relief administration
is fully aware, and at which l like
wise believe many of the state relief
administrators have connived.
Evidence in my possession irrefu-
tably disclose the following facts:
1: That extreme favoritism and
gross discrimination have been prac-
tised by Montana state, county and To-
cal relief directors in relief allot-
ments granted to different families in
similar circumstances, some families
of eight members being compelled to
subsist on allotments of SIS per month
while other families of two or more
members, in identical circumstances,
have been granted as much as $40, or
S25 per month.
2: That men are required to work
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23

For many years the Boot and Shoe
Workers international Union has en-
joyed Union Shop Agreements with
the majority of the shoe manufacture
ers in the City of Brockton, Massa-
chusetts.
After the enactment of the N. l. R.
A. certain elements in that city were
successful in creating a situation
which led to turmoil and an appeal
to the National Labor Board for a
determination as to the validity of
signed Union Agreements between our
international Union and these man
ufacturers. The cast was heard by
the Labor Board on September IL,
1888, but no decision has as yet been
rendered.
This created a condition which was
taken advantage of by a group de-
string to form an independent move
ment of shoe workers, with the final
result that practically all of the shoe
manufacturers in Brockton repudiated
their Agreements with the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union and are now
working the so-called open shop.
The Boot and Shoe Workers re-
quest that you give them your sup
port in calling to the attention of
your members in every way possible
the conditions as they now exist in
the shoe industry in Brockton. We
feel sure that the American Labor
Movement will demonstrate quite con-
clusively that it can and will with
draw its support to the same extent
that it has heretofore granted it to
any industry which repudiates its
contracts with the Trade Union Move
ment.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
BROCKTON MADE SHOES UNFAIR
SAYS BOOT SHOE WORKERS UNION

BrOckton Made Shoes Are Not Union
Made.
Manufacturers and their trade
names:
Braintree Shoe Company-York-
town.
%Bridgewater Workers Cooperative
Assoeiation-Over Globe Shoe.
Corcoran-G Gleason Company.
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather
Company-Bostonian, Foot Friends
Foot Savers.
Diamond Shoe Company-A. S.
Beck Shoes.
Doyle Shoe Company-Doyle Shoe,
Ralston.
Chas. A. Eaton Company-Eaton
Shoes, Crawford Shoes.
Field G. Flint Company-Foot Joy,
Burt e. Packard.
A. Freedman & Sons.
Howard & Foster Company.
Geo. E. Keith Company-Cabana,
Walkover.
Old Colony Shoe Company-Foot
Balance.
M. A. Packard Shoe Company
Arch Aid, Packard, Kent.
Regal Shoe Company-Regal Shoes.
Richards & Brennan Company-The
Brennan Shoe.
Stacy Adams Company-Foot Flex.
Stone Tarlow Company - Stone
Arch.
E. E. Taylor Company-Taylor
Made.
Thompson Bros. Shoe Company
The Thompson Shoe.
Union Shoe Company.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23

out relief allotments on the highways
and receive their pay for this work in
GROCERY ORDERS which is con-
trary to, and indirect violation of the
revised codes of Montana, Chap. $40,
Sec. 3084, which says in part:
Every employer of labor Except
agricultural labor whether a person,
co-partnership, or corporation in the
State Of Montana, shall pay to his m
ployee the wages earned each and
every fifteen days IN LAWFUL
MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES,
or checks on banks convertible into
cash on demand at full face value
thereof = + y r."
This is a direct and continued viola
ton of the law of Montana, and | be-
lieve you will admit that nobody setup
by the state may violate a law of that
state. l think you will also concede
that even the federal funds are being
expended in this relief, the federal
government itself may not violate the
law of a sovereign state so long as
that law does not conflict with the
federal constitution.
3; That these grocery orders are
prescribed by the relief organizations
as to the different items and quantity
of each which the recipient shall re-
CONTINUED on Page Threel
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
RIALTO THEATER PUTS JANITRESS-
ES ON 4O-HOUR WEEK
GRIMES APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY
BOARD ON EMPLOYMENT

At the request of the Farmers union,
fraternal delegates will be exchanged
with the Central Council. Duncan,
Whiteley and Jepson were appointed
a permanent committee to work with
the farmers on all cooperative eff
forts.
@*#
A communication was sent by the
Central Council to Relief Administra-
tor S~paulding, asking that all State
and Federal Relief projects be pro
rated among the counties, according
to population. This communication
was sent at the request of various To-
Gals.
The Legislative Committee suggest
ed that Labor offer income inherit
ance and corporation taxes as substi-
tutes for the proposed Sales Tax.
**#
The Council meeting was very leng-
thy, ~adjourning at 10:45, due to the
fact that rs per cent Of the delegates
had much on their minds that needed
expression.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
IT'S A E SYSTEM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.-(FP)-
The 6-week strike of University of
Puerto Rico students against the APP
polntment of a Socialist regent end
ed when Rafael Alonzo, the Socialist,
resigned. The students fought Alonzo
because the Socialist platform stresses
schooling for the 60 per cent Of the
island children now denied public edu-
cation rather than stressing the uni
versity.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
PRESERVATION OF OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM

Resolution No. 39-By Delegates
Selma M. Borchardt and Florence Cur
tbs Hanson, of the American Fedora
tion of Teachers.
WHEREAS, the destructive ten
dency incidental to the retrenchment
movement against public education
has resulted in the closing of schools,
the dismissal of teachers, the housing
of children in dilapidated and over
crowded school buildings, the shorten
ing of the school year, the curtail-
ment and elimination of important
subjects, and of the much needed So
cial services; and
WHEREAS, The slogan of Balance
the Budget" has been used as the ex-
cuse for the reckless slashing of vital
ly necessary expenditures, many of
which are the only social guarantees
we have for the maintenance OF stan
dards in education and in health and
safety; and
WHEREAS, We believe that the de-
struction of the very social fibre of
this nation must come from the con-
tinuance of this policy; be it
RESOLVED, That the American
Federation Of Labor reaffirm its po-
sition of answering support of pub
lie education the necessary elements
of which entail:
(1) Truly professional standards
in and for the classroom.
(2) Small classes taught by train
ed teachers.
(3) An enriched curriculum.
(4) Opportunities for growth and
cultural advantages for adult workers,
(5) An equitable wage for all
teachers. All employees of the school
system shall be assured an equitable
wage, security of position, and decent
working conditions.
(6) Security of tenure for all ed
vocational workers.
(O Decent working conditions for
teachers.
(8) Right to establish teachers
unions, affiliated with organized la
Dor.
(9) Opportunity for culture and
professional study for teachers.
(10) Maintenance of educational
standards.
(11) Provision for old age pen
sions for teachers.
(12) Opportunity for teachers to
participate in formulating educational
policy; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That it renew its
pledge of utmost endeavor for the
protection of education from kinder
garten through university, and that il
call upon all affiliated state and local
central bodies to fight to the utmost
to maintain intact our free public
school system in this country.
The convention unanimously adopted
the resolution.
WIN. GREEN, President,
American Federation of Labor.
FRANK MORRISON, Secretary,
American Federation of Labor.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
LUMBER BARONS
GRAB MILLIONS
NRA

the
Construction League continues to
block all efforts at writing wage rates
above 30-40c an hour into the con-
struction code on the plea that build
ing costs must not be increased, mon
opoly profits for construction mater
ials amounting to untold millions"
were being defended before the NRA
by retail lumber dealers.
At a hearing of protests against the
retailers code, which had been ap-
proved with price-fixing provisions
never discussed in open hearings, Asst.
Deputy Administrator Fogg had laid
before him the entire picture of pyr-
amided lumber profits resting on cool
lie wages.
While the lumber manufacturers
code provides minimum wages rang
ing from 23c an hour in the south to
1880 in the Pacific Northwest, the
lumber barons are already piling up
profits under the price-fixing provis-
ions of that code.
On top of this, tending further to
increase building costs and housing
rents, the retail dealers have set up
an additional price fixing and monop-
oily scheme in their code after setting
wages for truck drivers and yardmen
ranging from 35c an hour in the south
to 40-45c in northern states.
In mobilizing retailers to defend
their monopoly code provisions against
attack by wholesalers and contractors,
retail association heads asked local
members for a flood of kilograms be-
cause the monopoly Jurisdictions
clause in our code is worth untold
millions to US and we must preserve
it,"
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
Council Notesl

The delegates from the Women's
Protective Union announced at the
last meeting of the Council that the
Fox Rialto Theater was the first in
Butte to apply the NRA code to janit-
resses. The theater placed all women
doing %jsnitor work on a 40-hour week
with no wage reduction. Through
this example the Women's Protective
Union hopes to have all mattresses in
Butte on a 40-hour week in the near
future.
a&A
President Malloy stated that he was
asked to serve on the advisory board
of employment but couldn't serve be-
cause of other duties. He nominated
Harry Grimes, secretary of the Coun-
ell to serve in his place. Grimes was
chosen and is labor's representative
on this important board.
@4#
The Farmers Union announced that
it will have flour, dried fruits and
turkeys available for labor at cooper
alive prices, in the very mean future.
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23
TO STATE FEDERATIONS OF La
Dor, CITY CENTRAL BODIES, and
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF La
Dor ORGANIZERS:
Retail Clerks.

Resolution No. 16, was sponsored by
the delegates from the Retail Clerks
international Protective Association.
The convention approved Resolution
No. 16 and thereby recommended that
all organized labor should p~atronize
retail establishments which display
the Blue Eagle, as well as the union
store card which guarantees fair
wages and working conditions, and
that the organizers of the American
Federation of Labor be urged to as
sist in organizing employees of retail
Montana labor news., 1933-11-23

whenever necessary, through all avail
able means, to protect and safeguard
every division of our great trade union
movement against any and every en-
croachment by racketeering or gang
sterism in any form or under any
guise.
F%raternally yours,
WIN. GREEN, President,
American Federation Of Labor.
FRANK MORRISON, Secretary,
American Federation of Labor.