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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
u. S. Orders Halt on Sale
of Shins to Ianan

WASHINGTON, April 90 Secretary
of Commerce Daniel Roper has ordered the
United States Shipping Board to stop the
sale of old ships to prevent Japan from
acquiring more scrap iron to increase its
ornaments.
The Roosevelt administration itself en-
listed in the imperialist exploitation of
China, is in quite other over Japan's re-
cent announcement trat she intends to fight
to retain her Far Eastern spoils and that
she wishes to be understood as the chief
imperialist robber of China. 1t is under
stood here that Roosevelt is considering
negotiation with other nations to draw up
a united front against Japanese imperial
ism.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
OPERATORS KILL
NEGRO COAL MINER
TO BREAK STRIKE
Natl. Guards With Gas and
Machine Guns In
Strike Area

BIRMINGHAM.-The signal for
open murder was passed along last
week by Alabama Coal Operators
in a paniky effort to break the
strike of $1,000 miners.
Edward England, Negro striker,
was shot to death in cold blood by
Deputy Sheriff N. E. Kirkland and
Chief of Police H. l.. Mason.
He was murdered On the picket
line of the Red Diamond Coal Co..
at Leeds. Unar1ned, he stood his
ground with his comrades as the
small army of police and deputies
charged the line with drawn re-
volvers, trigger fingers twitching.
"Get the - out of here, you
black bastards," snarled the leader.
The pickets hesitated, then stood
firm. The thugs paused-but just
for an instant. Then two shots
rang out sinultaneously-and Eng
land, riddled with lead, slumped to
the ground.
The line wavered. More revolv-
ers spoke-Gordon Bice, another
miner, dropped critically wounded.
A third fell in the general firing
that accompanied the dispersal.
This instance of open warfare is
seen as the first move of general
effort to stampede the men back
to work all along the coal front.
With MICS and Gas
j National guard gas and machine
gun squads have been sent to the
Edgewater mines of the Tennessee
Coal Co., a J. P. Morgan corpora
ton.
AS BELTS Morgan's men, they
are armed with pistols, rifles and
machine guns. They will supple.
ment the small army of thugs, i'm
ported gangsters, and strikebreak
ers-nown as special deputies
now On duty at the Tennessee com
pany's four mines.
The troops were sent at the re
quest of Sheriff James F. Hawk
ms, of Jefferson county-the same
who has instituted the campaign o.
torture for the Scottsboro boys il
his custody.
On the heels of the England
murder, the LID and the Commu
) mist Party started a demand TO-
the arrest and conviction of hi
assailants and compensation TO
, the victims family.
AS a result, Communists and
L. D. leaders are receiving threats
, open and underground, to leave tn
, sta,e or take the consequences.
William Mitch, district preslden
: of the UMWA, declared that tn
: death of England could probabl
: be blamed on the "lawless ele
: ments."
! Mitch and other leaders attempt
J" ing to break up the Negro-whit
strike unity, rushed out to Porte
to try and head off the march G
several thousand miners on thu
town.
I The strike unity is by far tn
most terrifying aspect of the whol
). situation to the operators up I
y this point. They are chagrine
y that UMWA officials cannot ode
liver" the workers now as fol
, merly.
"Racial strife is imminent" sal
l. q telegram sent to President Roos
d welt by 800 operators.
,r The Age Herald says editOrially
/ 1.-THE fact that the Negro mine
n has become conspicuous in clasht
n. with the officers Is fresh and
lie bedeviling factor"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
WORKER Is WORTH
NOTHING, COURT
DECLARES

LOS ANGELES, April 11.-HOw
much is a worker worth? Less
than nothing, according to the Los
Angeles County Court.
James C. ViratO was one Of the
scores Of workers who was burned
to death in the Griffith Park fire,
when county straw-bosses with
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Incite to Lynch White Prisoner
IN Louisiana

IN Louisiana
ing headlines in the press and by series
of police bulletins calculated to rouse lynch
fury, five thousand men attempted We'd
nesday to lynch Fred Locl1hart, white sales
man, charged with the murder of 16-year
old girl.
The mob was dispersed after it had
taken possession of the first floor and the
basement of the court house Jail.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
K. K. K. Burns Crosses to Disrupt
Lecture on Soviet Union

MONTICELLO, N. Y.-Ku Klux Khan
members disrupted lecture and set two
big wooden crosses Attire at a meeting held
here by the Friends of the Soviet Union.
No one was injured, but the crosses
were tied to dry pine tree few feet from
the house in which the lecture was being
held, and to wooden fence surrounding
tn house at which the lecturer was stay
ing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Red Mayor of KavaIia
Is Freed

ATHENS.-A country-wida s...
workers and farmers mass dernon SetneS Of
resulted in the release last wep of ~ atoms
Mayor of KavaIia, PartsaIidiss VI me Red
charged with Communist pronso.n ne was
with selling the ilIegl "Rizopas ts%lloa and
organ OF the Communist Party Of Cr oeat'ai
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Montana Miners and Engineers

Vote Strike
BUTTE.-The Stationary Engineers
Union has voted to go on strike May un-
less the demands of the union are met by
the Anaconda Copper Co.
The vote was 3S7 to 48 in favor of
strike, and must be considered as result
of a similar vote taken by the Miners who
also voted strike May z.
The miners are demanding minimum
wage of $1.20 per hour and 30-hour
week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
n Cubans on Hunger
g. sR

@N~NSNN4Ro ONN . NNNAIEGE
Strike
HAVANA Seventy-one prisoners IN
the Principe Jail went on hunger strike
last week. They sang the international
and issued an appeal for the release OF al
POLITICAL prisoners.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Vienna Police Searched
3S. 600 Homes

VIENNA-Police searched more tb,D
$4,000 dwellings and brought 9,014 nar S'rlI
before magistrates in the IL days between
February IL and February "a, the Official
figures revealed last week. ''''''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Workers Families Adopt "Revo-
Iutionary Orphans"

PRAGUE.-New transports Of "revo-
lutionary orphans, children of workers
killed or imprisoned in Vienna February
uprising, arrived last week and were given
homes in the families of workers here.
New transports are expected next week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
Geneve Fascists' Headquarters

GENEVA, April 21.-The new buTa'
lngs of the local fascist organization was
stoned today by several hundred comma.
nlsts. The fascist secretary was injured.
it is reported. Clashes between police and
Communists followed. The Italian Fascist
consul, Count Spechel Immediately IN
formed his chief, Mussolini.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27

Japanese Arrest British
Teacher
TOKYO.-A British school teacher ~
the faculty of one of the schools here We
arrested last week, charged with COInniu'
mist party connections.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27
High Crimes and

BREMEN.-For laying a wreath on
the grave of comrade, slain by Naz'S one
year ago, 48 members of the Outlawed
Reichsbanner were arrested here last week.
They are charged with "illegal activf,
ties against the present regime"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-04-27

FOR SALE-Scotch Shorthorn bull
calves from accredited herd, SIS
if taken at once. Royal Puritan
Barred Rock eggs, Soc Per set-
ting. VIM. Bekkerus, Flaxville,
Mont. S-2p
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
Rail Workers Formally
Demand Wage Boost

The conference of railroad man
ayers with railway labor organiza
tionS on the wage controversy ad
journed subject to call, after
formal demand that the basic
pay rates Of railroad workers be
increased 10 per, cent on July /
next had been made today by the
II standard railway unions.
Meeting with the conference
committee Of railroad managers,
the union representatives fatty
rejected proposals that the wage
question be held in abeyance un-
til January /. The union state
ment said:
TN the belief that it might
be possible to avoid contro-
versy at this time, we have
thus far refrained from re-
queSting the increase in basic
rates Of pay amply justified
by economic development.
RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTED
"H you are determined to
prosecute the controversy You
have Instituted. any reason for
defeATing eur tQuest b rs-
The Washington times., 1934-03-20

to A. F. of L. officials, are De
troit, Cleveland, Flint, Pontiac,
Lansing, Atlanta, Ca, and Nor
wich, Conn.
The manufacturers combined
warning and appeal to their en-
ployes was released by the Ma.
tional Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce. Chamber officials
said the letter was sent today by
the management of each member
company to every worker.
The N. A. c. c. includes all
manufacturers excepting Mr..
Ford, who continues to play his
"lone hand" in the industry.
The letter said:
"The American Federation Of
Labor is seeking to represent
you in your dealings with us
for their own selfish purposes.
They want your money for
dues.
do not be deceived by the
paid agitatOrs Of the American
Federation of Labor or any simi.
lar organization which does not
have at heart the best interest
Of you and your families or the
industry from which you make
your living"
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
Union Workers Boycott
Budd Plant Votinu

PHILADELPHIA, March 30
GN.SJ.-From all appearances
and predictions, the NRAsuper-
vised poll Of workers at the
Edward G. Budd automobile
body manufacturing plant today
was destined to be a flop"
Nonunion workers, reports say.
will remain away from the poll
ing booths almost to a man in
the wake Of an order issued by
company officials denying them
time off to vote. The Auto
Workers Union and the 800 men
who have not been rehired since
q strike were instructed to show
their dasapproval by Withholding
their votes.
On March 9, when an elec-
ton was held under the auspices
OF the Budd plant in defiance of
a Today poStponement ordered
by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the
company union scored q 3-to-2
victory over the workers seeking
arf1l1ation with the A. F. Of L,
Auto Workers Union.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
QN.SO State and Federal Off
cials called mediation meetings TO-
day in an effort to halt the
threatened walkout Of $4,000 long
shoremen in Pacific Coast cities.
The strike has been called for
Friday, unless union demands for
a 15-centan-hour wage increase
to 81 and also a reduction Of the
4S-hour week to 80 hours is
granted.
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
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may be necessary for me, with
due regard to the protection Of
the general public interest, to
appoint a commission to exam
inc thoroughly into the labor
controversy, covering all classes
Of railroad employment, in order
that the country may be ad-
ViSed Of the merits.
For the reasons stated in
my communication Of February
IA, ] believe that conditions
are not yet right for q wise
settlement Of these issues, and
that the active prosecution Of
the controversy at the present
time would have q most dis
turbing and unfortunate in
fluence. Nor would q postpone
ment be in general unfair to
the employees"
Must Correct Inequality
The President in his letter ad-
vised also that the fact has
developed that some railway en-
ployes were receiving wages be-
low MIRA minimums, ''if not
actually below a subsistence
basis" This condition, he added.
should be corrected, Immediately.
regardless of possible postpone
ment Of the major wage dispute,
Concluding his letter, the Ex-
ecutive offered to the railways
and the labor executives the
services of Railway Coordination
Joseph B. Eastman, to aid in
composing differences. Ending,
he wrote:
For the good Of the country
I strongly urge that further
efforts be made to reach an
agreement"
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
A|R|NA|L SEN I
ASEXPRESS
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resumed mail service will be
marked by cancellations, it ap.
peared today.
The flight Of the plane due
from Cleveland with the Chicago
mail at S a. m. was cancelled at
Cleveland, due to low ceiling.
Some confusion as to how many
flights will be held up developed
from new orders from Maj. Gen.
Benjamin Foulois ordering all
flights called off unless the
weather came within the Army Air
Corps definition Of good" q
ceiling of at least 5000 feet all
along the route.
Revolt against the Black-Mc-
Kellar air mail bill, which con.
tains provisions suggested by
President Roosevelt, increased in
Democratic and Republican Sem
ate ranks today.
Strong support was seen for
the new substitute measure intro
duced jointly by Senators o.
Mahoney (D.) Of Wyoming, Erick-
son CD of Montana, McGill CD.H
Of Kansas and Logan CD of
Kentucky, all members of the
Senate Post Office Committee.
The substitute, drafted by Sen
ator O'Mahoney, would eliminate
the competitive contract system
in carrying the air mail, permit.
ting the Postmaster General tenn
porarily, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission eventually,
to arrange payment Of the same
conditions now governing train
mail.
The companies which had con-
tracts Cancelled would be eligible
to carry the mail under Senator
O'Mahoney's plan, along with
Independent lines. First, however,
they would have to remove from
their lists Of officers and direc-
tors any persons guilty Of collu-
Sive or fraudulent acts.
(. Hearing on the Black-McKellar
bill were to be finished today,
with testimony by Federal Radio
Commission officials.
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
FARLEY FEAYS
COMMITTEE
LOBBYING
Postmaster General Urges
Democratic Party Heads
to ReIinguiSh Posts

Members Of the Democratic ma
tional committee holding Federal
positions, both in washington and
in their home States, should re-
hnquish their membership on the
committee, Postmaster General
James A. Farley. chairman Of the
committee, stated today.
Although the President has made
this statement on several oc-
casions, this marks the first time
that Mr.. Farley has announced
his feelings on the so-called "po-
litical lobbying"
Several "In Bad"
Several members of the com
mittee, he said, are in a bad
position" meaning, he explained,
that they hold jobs which they
could use for lobbying purposes.
With the announcement that
Mrs. Ellen 8. Woodward, director
Of women's work relief for the
FERA, has resigned as commit
teewoman from Mississippi, he
stated that there are several other
women on the committee who
should resign because Of their
Federal positions.
He named Miss Mary H.
Ward, commissioner of immigra-
ton for Massachusetts,, and Mrs.
Isabelle Ahern O'Neill, of the
Narcotic Bureau.
Some Exceptions
Although it has been sug.
geSted that two feminine mem
bers Of the committee resign be-
cause their husbands Federal
positions have taken them away
from their home States, Mr.. Far
ley declared that this was no
justification for asking that
these women resign.
The women are Mrs. Emma
Guffey Miller. whose husband
is a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and
Mrs. Hal Sewer, wife Of the Am
basSador to Chile.
Because Mrs. Isabella Green
way holds an elective post as
Representative from Arizona, Mr..
Farley declared she cannot be
asked to resign from the com.
mittee.
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
800 LEAVE JOBS
IN BEARING
FACTORY
ChrysIer Night Shift Ayers
Discharge After Having
Attended Union Session
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Johnson's hotel and were ushered
up to his tower apartment.
They left almost an hour
later. grim and unsmiling, re-
fusing to make any statement
regarding the nature Of their
latest conference with General
johnson.
The aid Of General Johnson,
who is standing by to mediate
the crisis precipitated by the
chamber flat refusal to rec
ognize or negotiate with the
American ederation of Labor,
was sought under the same l4-lsk
of secrecy which has shrouded
the automobile magnateS' act1vi-
ties since their conferences be-
gan yesterday morning.
Returning to their headquar-
ters after the meeting with Gen
eral johnson, MesSrs. Sloan.
Chrysler and Macauley and their
companions attempted to throw
an international News Service
reporter off their trail by pur-
suing a zigyzag course from the
recovery chiefs hotel.
Hide in Store
Instead of directing their taxi
to the chamber headquarters.
they alighted at q corner and
rushed into a clothing store next
door. BY means Of a rear stair
way, they made their way back
to the conference room unob-
served by the other newspaper
men assigned to cover the pro-
ceedings.
Mr.. Chyrsler, however, was in
tercepted just before he dashed
into the clothing store. He re-
fused to answer any questions or
to admit his identity, and when
asked if he was interested" IN
the chambers deliberations, said
brusquely:
Il am not interested in .
single thing"
General johnson likewise re-
mained unapproachable.
Snag Hinted
While yesterday the recovery
administrator visited the N. A.
c. c. headquarters and gave the
oonferees the benefit Of his ad-
vice in the issue which threatens
paralysis of Americas key indus,
tries, today he remained closeted
In his hotel suite and allowed the
auto men to take the initiative:
The decided unwillingness OF
Messrs. Sloan, Chrysler and Ma
oauley to discuss the meeting with
General Johnson, coupled with
their serious mien after they LETT
him, led to the belief they had
met some sort Of q stumbling
block in the negotiations.
But whether the conference
would make further attempts to
reach a peaceful settlement or
frankly prepare for war with the
Federation Of Labor could not be
learned.
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
BANK MERGERS
FORCED, HINT
(COntinusd from, Page ~

CATION be started into treatment
accorded local banks.
The subcommittee heard several
members of Congress, q repre-
sentative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and Judge Will
liam F. Connally, receiver for the
Detroit bankers holding company
for the First National Bank OF
Detroit.
In an impassioned .,lea for re.
lief of national and State banks
by the RFC, Judge Connauy
quoted at length from statements
issued in 1881 and 1887 by Presi"
dent Hoover and Secretary Of the
Treasury Ogden Mills in which
American citizens were urged not
to withdraw bank deposits nor
hoard.
These statements, the witness
contended, placed q direct obli-
CATION upon the government to
reimburse the thousands Of peo-
pie who are now destitute because
they answered that request.
Following q graphic description
Of the plight Of thousands Of
depositors in Detroit, he con-
cluded:
''NOw is the time for us to
put one brick upon another and
stop throwing them ct each
other"
Representative Carl M. weide-
man (D.) of Michigan, also made
a stirring appeal for immediate
relief to closed banks, declaring
that bank depositors were con-
sistently and deliberately misled
by Federal bank examiners who
publicly said one thing, but con-
fidentially reported to Washing
ton another.
He also emphasized the bene-
fit which would 60 directly to
persons Of modest means should
the Mcleod bill become law.
Other witnesses today included
W. C. Roberts, chairman Of the
legislative committee Of the
American Federation Of Labor,
who put his organization on rec
ord as favoring the bill, and the
following:
Representatives George N.
Segar (RO, New Jersey; oscar
DePrieSt. r. Illinois: William
H. Sutphin (DD, New Jersey;
William L. FieSinger (D.), Ohio,
and John D. Dingell CD, Michi
gan.
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
800 in Bearing Plant
Walk Out in Detroit

DETROIT, March 20 dN.s0
Eight hundred Of the 1000
workers at the Bower Roller
Bearing Company, an automo"
tive plant, walked OUT today, the
American Federation Of Labor
said.
william Collins, chief auto
plant organizer for the A. F. Of
L., said the strike was caused
by discrimination against union
men.
At the same time, Chrysler
workers reported to union head
quarters that the entire night
sniff Of is men in Department
90 Of the distributor gear dl-
vision. at the Chrysler plant,
had been discharged, after they
attended a union meeting. Twelve
Of the men are union members.
No reason for the dismissal
was given. the men said.
Clifton Cornell. personnel
manager, denied all knowledge
Of the incident, and said he
would investigate It.
Circular Raps Union
Motor manufacturers Of the
nation blasted away at the
American Federation Of Labor
again today, in q circular letter
sent to every auto worker in the
country excepting those Of
Henry Ford.
The letter, signed in each case
by the president or general man.
ager Of the individual company,
warned the workers to take heed
Of the price they will pay in hard.
ship and lost earnings if they
answer the Federation's call for a
strike at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Again, in the letter, the manu-
facturers declared
1--WE will not make any con-
tracts or agreements covering
wages, working conditions or
anything else with the American
Federation Of Labor. There b
nothing in the Industrial Recov.
cry act or in justice or common
sense that requires we should"
TIE federation Of Labor, max.
ing its greatest effort in history
to organize the auto plants, has
called the strike for 8 a. m. tomor.
row.
Unless the employers back down,
or the Government takes action,
200,00 auto workers in at least
five cities viii lay down their tools
at that hour, thc union claims.
The eit ties affected. according
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
VEN IN DETROIT AUTO PARTS PLANT LEAD STRIKE MOVE
Jack kOakieCited
In $125,OOO
Libel Suit

LOS ANGELES, March 20
GN.S).-Jack Oakie, film COM
edian, today expressed surprise
over a $125,OOO slander suit
filed against him by Marty Mar.
tyn, widely known dance direc-
tor.
Mr.. Oakie and Mr.. Martyr
both are employed at the Para
mount studio.
Mr.. Martyr charged that Mr..
Oakie, in the presence Of a
group Of film celebrities, had
called him a "blackmailer,"
"chiseler." and "a $2-a-day
bum."
Mr.. Martyr further asserted
that Mr.. Oakie had said:
II would gladly pay ten grand
to get him out of the way"
The Washington times., 1934-03-20
Young Hague Seen
On WnU to RecOUerU

LEXINGTON, Va, March 20.
GNS) Frank Hague, jr., son
of the Jersey City mayor, critically
injured in an automobile accident
near here Sunday night, was
given an excellent" chance for
recovery today by DR.. Burke, Of
the Jersey City Medical Center.
The New Jersey surgeon, who
came here to assist in an opera
ton on young Hague, said the
operation was successful and. that
the patients condition was good,
under the circumstances"