Evening star., 1934-07-01
Chevy Chase Woman Leads
Commerce Building Pa
rade as Police Watch.
BANNERS ARE BITTER
AGAINST N. R. A. CHIEF
Accuse Him Of Violating Recov-
cry Law in Dismissal of
Union Leader.

man of the Consumers Advisory
Council of Washington, led a group
of pickets in a protest demonstration
in front of the new Commerce De-
partment Building.
Mrs. Boyle. who lives at 1901 lingo
mar street, Chevy Chase, D. c.. in
sisted she was not acting in her capac-
ity as chairman of the consumers or
ganization. She explained she had
sat in code hearings with Donovan
and had seen the splendid fight he
had made on behalf of labor"
There were more than dozen pick
cts in the group led by Mrs. Boyle.
They described themselves as 'citi-
zens' committee recruited from
Washington and Baltimore and several
carried banners and placards calling
for the reinstatement of Donovan and
denouncing Recovery Administrator
Johnson's stand against labor.
Praises Donovan's Work.
"John Donovan is one of Gen. John
sons best labor advisers" said Mrs.
Boyle last night. Il am interested in
the consumers point of view and I
don't see how the point of view of the
consumer and the point of view Of
labor can be separated Therefore, I
want to protest the dismissal of John
Donovan"
The labor adviser, who is president
of N R. A Union, No. 81. of the
Employees, was ousted by johnson
nearly two weeks ago. The action
followed a protest by Donovan and
other members of the local union
against the dismissal of another N. r.
A. employe, Mrs. Nancy Luke, although
johnson insisted this was not the
reason for the labor advisers removal,
holding instead that he was inefficient.
The pickets, knowing the Commerce
Department and N. R. A. Offices close
at l O'Clock on Saturday. appeared
outside the Fourteenth street entrance
about 20 minutes before /. The Of
fetal temperature then was close to
s5 degrees, but on the -unshsded side
walk it was more than 100 and con-
tinued to mount as the parade OF
picketS progressed.
lCkCtS hdtCus
Because of the heat, the six or
eight persons bearing banners were
given relief by others, who defed the
sun, to carry on. A small group
equipped with paper cups and ice
supplied the marchers with water.
Two of the demonstrators-M
Boyle and Miss Elisabeth Gilman, 513
Park avenue, Baltimore, who led the
Maryland COZ Itingent-didn't ask to
be relieved and spent a whole hour
parading back and forth with their
banners. Miss Gilman is a grand
daughter Oh the late Daniel Colt Gill
man, first president Of Johns Hopkins
University.
johnson Betrays Labor" one OF
the black and white placards said.
"Reinstate Donovan, was the m
scription on two others.
mo Company Union in N. r. A"
said another.
There were several more asking
What About IA, General?" and
What About IA. Johnson"
The reference to IA is the clause
in the national industrial recovery
act which provides for collective BAR
gaining by employees with their en-
ployers.
Police Watch Parade.
Even before the pickets arrived,
Capt E J. Sullivan, chief of the
guard at the Commerce Building, had
learned that the demonstration was
planned. A squad of police detec-
tives also showed up about the time
the pickets arrived But they merely
stood in the shade near the entrance
to the building and looked on as the
marchers paraded back and forth
along the scorching sidewalk.
Mrs. Boyle brought with her a
typewriter statement, explaining the
purposes and personnel of the demon
stration.
This is a picket of private citi-
zens," the statement said. "We-are
protesting the arbitrary dismissal by
Gen. johnson of John L. Donovan,
president of the n. r. A. Union. and
join with the demand that he be
reinstated.
I'VE are enthusiasts for President
RooSevelt's new deal. But we want
the new deal to be a square deal For
an employer to discharge an employe
for union activities, as in the Donovan
case, is neither a new nor a square
deal.
Johnson Is Accused.
Gen. johnson has, in our opinion,
violated the basic purpose and spirit
of the national recovery act, which he
took oath faithfully to administer.
The least he can do is to admit his
mistake and order Donovan's REIN
statement.
Our picket is recruited from citi-
Zens in Washington and Baltimore. -
Shortly after 1880 pm the group
departed as quietly as it had come.
Meanwhile, members of the N. r.
A. Union continued their fight to have
an impartial investigation of the Dom
ovan case made. The union declined
to permit the National Labor Board
to make the inquiry after the board
had assumed Jurisdiction unless the
members were divided equally between
industry and labor.
Unless that is done, it was said, the
A. F. G. E. will name its own board
to conduct an investigation to learn
whether Donovan was fired because
of inefficiency. as charged bv Johnson
or for union activities, as claimed by
his friends.