Evening star., 1934-03-08

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individual prominence. had become
identified as number one man in the
opposition.
Houston wants amendment of the
securities act and removal Of barriers
to the free investment Of capital.
The other, consumer industry group
was to be chosen by gathering to
be headed by George Sloan, chief Of
the Cotton Textile Institute. 1t was
Sloan who came to the rescue yester-
day with Endorsement of hour Short
ening In a number of industries, al
though he opposed blanket inclusion
Of them all.
Committee Announced.
This afternoon the permanent COM
mittee for the capital goods author
tiles, headed by Houston, was an
nounced as follows:
J. S. Tritle, electrical; Alvin Nc
Auley, automobile: Robert W. Irwin,
furniture; H. G. Smith, Shipbuilding
George P. Terrence. machinery; S. F..
Voorhees,, construction; Charles Hook,
iron and steel; C. R. Messenger. farm
machinery; Lewis Brown, construc-
tion material; F. r. Hoadley, gray
iron; Harry S. Kimble, fabricated
metals; Walter j. Kohler, construc-
tion equipment; C. C. Sheppard,
lumber: James w. Hook, machine
tools; F. A. Lorenz, steel castings.
For the consumers goods industries
the following committee was named:
Sloan, Cotton Textile Institute, New
York; George L. Bell, mems clothing
New York; Clay Williams, tobacco,
Winston Salem N c.; ]. D. A. Nor
row, coal. Pittsburgh; c. c. Carleton,
automotive parts, Lansing, Mich;
Leslie c. Smith, ice, Chicago; Clarence
Francis. food, New York: George Mead,
paper, Dayton, Ohio; Flint Garrison,
wholesale. New York: Roger Selby,
shoes, Portsmouth, Ohio: Louis E.
KRISTEN, retailing. Boston: Lamont
du Pont, chemicals, Wilmington, Del
Alternates Selected.
The following were named as alter
mates in case any of the above II
cannot serve:
William Miller, food, Allentown,
Pa; George C. Gale. drugs, New
York; Sidney Wilson. paper, Holyoke,
Mass; Frank McElwain, shoes, Bos-
ton; Paul Dupree, silks. New York:
Arthur Beesse. wool, New York; Earl
Constantine. hosiery, New York: A. S.
Viles, rubber, New York Harold
Boschenstein, glass, Toledo, Ohio;
Roscoe c. Edlund, soap, New York;
Henry Stude food, Chicago, and S. A.
Herzog, representing several small in
dustries. New York.
A suggestion that during the emer-
gency all corporations earnings which
are reinvested in capital goods shall
be exempt from Federal taxation" was
advanced at the N. r. A. Durable
Goods Code Authority meeting.
Henry A. Wise Wood. president of
the Wood Newspaper Machinery Cor
poration of New York and chairman
of the Newspaper Press Builders Code
Authority. made the suggestion. 1t
was referred to the committees which
later today will confer with Gen.
johnson.
Wood said the proposal would en-
courage manufacturers to replace OBJ
solete machinery and promote EN-
plOyulCllt, anu, ~ dpplotOd, "Od4o
temper the hard winds OF taxation
for the shorn industrial lamb" and
eventually bring a full crop of WOOL
from the lamb.
Johnson's warning last night con-
corning the union question caused
stir. He urged induStrialists to work
with the Federation of Labor or they
AL ictc To
1t might seem unpleasant to talk
about, he said, but added:
1--WE have got to accord labor the
rights guaranteed by this act. There
is no law prohibiting a company
union as such if there is no interpo-
sition whatever by employers, and If
the men freely choose it. But SO
times out of 100, you know and 1
know that this is not the case. Let's
not kid ourselves. Let's act before
Congress acts
Prefers Labor Unions.
He clearly referred to the new
Wagner Labor Board bill. He
went on:
IT know what is coming in this
country this Spring-tne worst cpl
demie Of strikes in our history. Why
suffer it? Here is a way out Play
the game. Submit to the law and
get it over quickly.
IT want to tell you this for your
comfort. I know your problems. I
would rather deal with Bill Green.
John Lewis Ed McGrady, Mike Nc
Dopough, George Berry GALL these
are A. F. of L. leaders,, and host
OF others I could name, than with
any Frankenstein that you may
build up under the guise of a COM
pany union.
A moment later he finished up on
a gay note: "A man may be entitled
to 100000 salary from corporation
In which labor, consumers and stock
holders are all interested. I
have made more than that in my
time and with my abundant faith
in what is being done here) I'll bet
I will make it again.
A roar of laughter mingled with
applause.
Similarly, fun had introduced his
talk. The audience, awaiting it knew
not what from him, had grown tense
as preliminary speeches ended.
There was a minutes wait before
johnson could go on the air. In the
pit, the relocated Marine Band
blared out:
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad
Wolf :"
Johnson's laugh was as loud as any,
and the tension snapped.
Among the speakers who preceded
him were Secretary Roper. Richberg,
Clarence Darrow, newly named head
Of the National Recovery Review
Board, and Leon Henderson, head Of
N. r. AS planning division.
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