The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-28


torship In War Labor Board knocks Out Flimsy
Case Against Union Clamor Loud for Tighter
Farm Curb. Price Tits.
washington, March 2s-when the war clouds scud
around over Europe everybody here begins to remember
how got into the last big and to wonder whether
we will have better luck next time.
The War and Navy Departments have some ambiti-
torshp in event Of war. These plans are embodied in
seven bills which the generals and admras drew up and
planned to rush through Congress when war actually
came along. They mess up the Constitution more than
any New Deal proposal to date
Military and naval men are terribly sore at Senator
Bennett Clark of Missouri because he found out about
when Congress could get good look at them, without
being stampeded into possibly Htleresque program
which would be comfortable only to certain brass hats
Clark happens to have been a wartime colonel who
attached to the army general staff But they couldn't
stop him and the bills now being considered by the
Senate munitions committee which will report out some
wartime legislation but doesn't like the army bill
at oil.
One objection b that the bills appear to
template either . mass military attack the
United States, which few senators believe pos
dble-thanks to our geographic isolation-or
great war Of aggression such as most civilians
here oppose.
Another Is that ct some future time they might sud-
denly be dragged In. for purposes Of Fascist rule in the
case OF war with some weak minor country which
would be no national emergency at ALL
LIFE AND DEATH POWERS
The bills If they became law, would empower the
president to confscae private property and enable him
to abolish freedom Of the press compel registration for
the draft Of every citizen H. al Of whom would then
Be .t the Presidents command and subject to court
martial tor failure to appear upon call to duty provide
for licensing all forms Of business in such way to
confer eanddeath powers and authorize the drafting
OF labor as well Is soldiers.
Use Of child l.bo. even might b necessary.
according TO the "Industrial Mobilization Plan"
Of which the bills are part
Of 100000 employed women and girls Is TO NUM-
tions and essential civilian industries"
UNION SCORES ONE
National Labor Relations Board deciding
against the w: F. Hall Printing Co OF Chicago
IN collective bargaining case, ruled the follow
ing reasons given for discharRng union men
were not sufficient:
Edward Campbell, with the company six
years, annoyed the company BY being too anxi-
GUS to work after he had been laid off and was
seeking Unemployment: John Pociecha, one year
which paid the most and would 'ee give % him Rea bet
ter bonus: Carl Zeitler. five years with the COM
pany, that he used indecent language. as Why
the hell and referred to fellow workmen as
'punks'"
CLAMOR FOR FARM CURB
The farm recovery act . working 20 we'll in certain
efforts Of farm organization lobbyists and politicians for
further crop restrictions and price increases.
Take tobacco. The price tor nue-cured Is now about
modify. parity the goal Of the AAA oct and program
But politicians and so-called farm leaders from to-
oacoo states are demanding higher processing tax.
Win ther production cuts and benefit payments which
viii force prices stu higher.
ten til: ~. :. sss no s1s <: 81 .
% continue processing taxes and benefit pay