Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01

Hone Abandoned Here.
Hope in official Washington OF
averting the walkout was abandoned
The National Labor Relations Board
planned to seek settlement as early
n possible.
Headers of the union warned their
ftlowers against Communist agita-
ton. Workers we're instructed to be
militant but orderly"
Few places expected serious violence.
In Alabama, where textile strike has
been In effect seven weeks, strikers
favoring a return were warned against
it by notes pinned to their doors.
The strike now is all-embracing
with the exception of only the small
divisions such as carpet, hosiery,
rayon makers and synthetic yarn.
Meanwhile strike leaders declared
war today on what they called a
Communist bid for power among the
workers.
From Francis J. German, head Of
the Strike Committee, came word
that Communist agitators are enter
ing the conflict. He said they would
be fought to the limit.
Sloan Talks With Board.
George A. Sloan, head of the Cot
ton Textile Institute, who previously
had turned thumbs down on round
table" with labor on grounds that the
strike was an attempt at lawmaking
by force" talked again last hight
with the National Labor Relations
Board.
Lbyd Garrison issued this state
90 he National Labor Relations
Board during the day and evening has
kept in touch with Mr.. Sloan in the
hope of arriving at some plan which
the board could present to the union
for averting the strike, but the heard
was not successful.
The board has no intention, how
ever, of ceasing its efforts to bring
about an early settlement of the
issues"
Despite denunciation from spokes-
man for business, the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration gave nc
indication of changing its policy that
strikers in distress get relief unless
the Labor Department or the Labor
Board brands a strike unjustified.
Henry /. Hartman. president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, had criticized what he called
a refusal ito distinguish between
those who are out of work without
their own volition and those who are
out of work through their own free
will through strike
Hopkins Answers Critics.
From the F. E. r. A. came word
that criticism was due to ''misunder-
standing" Harry L. Hopkins, admin
istrator, declared several days age
that the agency is underwriting no
strikes"
German sent a telegram last night
to Gov. Blackwood of South Caro-
lima, expressing deep diSappoint-
ment" at a statement in which the
Governor was quoted as warning the
"Strike cannot be won"
The strike leader, haggard from
sleepless nights of preparation, re-
iterated confidence. Predicting a
complete tie-up, he said:
I'VE will have to fight, not only the
employers and their hired thugs, but
the Communists who are now trying
to take advantage of this situation to
promote their own philosophy"
Arthur Besse, chairman of the wool
code authority, in his refusal to ar
range a conference of wool manufac-
turers with the union. said there were
many mills in which few Of the work.
ers are union members.
Il regard your request for a con-
ference as improper and inadvisable.
he said, because individual mill
should not be asked to delegate to an!
committee their responsibility for deal.
ing with the properly accredited rep
resentatives of their own employees"