The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-04
Wings
OVER
washingt'n

While the president tails Ill
high naval officials and amba vii
doris in Hyde Park, faces 1850, SO
longer in diplomatic circles at tba
capital. a. the
1t is the end of an era. all 49,.
lie. And they realize that tho-
are exposing themselves fo tSy
world as mcOmpetents who NM
biunder from one war tn anotbo"
from one depression to another mn
I'll there seems no alternate -
kicking them all Out-or exfinc'
ton. 'iilc-
1t isn't a pleasant thought for
those in high places. ~
Thrones crumble in modern war
Federal relief czars made ~
other tricky surrender to laHnr
when Harry Hopkins issued the ~
der that state WPA directors
might cut the number of boUrS
worked below the 40 hours a weai
and the 120 month originate or
dered by Pres. Roosevelt u
1t was at least a partial victo,.,,
for the powerful building troJos
unions in New York City. wLere
the rehabilitation of the Vincent
A2tor apartments with relief Ia
Dor had been practically STONED
and other WPA projects seemed
impossible at the Roosevelt waga
The tricks included: 1. PassinC
the buck to state administrator
means that where labor is STRONG
there will be a substantial comcess
sion and where the unions are
weak there will be little or no CON
cesslons. ((That ought to Eeln or
ganizatiOnD 2. The concessions
Will not be enough really to pro-
teot the union scale even in New
York so the chiseling away at the
wages will begin in a smaller wav
rather than a larger. 8. The stan
dard of living of third of the Am
erican families is still fixed bv i'm
perial decree at from SIG to S9A a
month. By working at capacity we
could have SIS a week for every
family.
However, organized labor show
ed the nation that there was eff
fectlve protest against wage-slash-
ing and Sen. McCarran, who led
the 1aght for the prevailing wage
amendment, must be getting a lot
of satisfaction out of the new rul-
ing.
The American Liberty Leagues
grand gesture against the Wagner
Act was a flop.
1t was too bad, too. 1t must have
taken a lot of work to get So i'm
partial corporation lawyers, head
ed by the attorney for U. S. Steel,
who would give all the time neces-
sary to study the legal angles of
so involved a bill-and do it Just
for their love of the constitution
and the liberties of the people.
Most heartbreaking of all was
the fact that the newspapers seem
ed so suspicious. How could any
one suspect their impartiality
Here was list of the most reac.
tionary corporation lawyers il
America. from Morgan's John w
Davis on up-and still the report
ers doubted their complete devo-
ton to the interests of the common
man.
Truly, we have fallen upon evil
days.
The New Dealers are upset over
the probability that there is de-
veloping another Mooney case out
in Gallup, N NJ.
The union coal miners were
charged with murder because they
were in a crOwd-tkOugh il is moi
charged they fired the shOt-whilt
sheriff was killed while falling q
miner for going into the home
from which he had been evicted.
Now they are being rushed to
trial without time for the prepare
ton of the defense, at Aztec, a
little village of 800, without a
newspaper, 100 miles from a rail
road.
The administration is watching
to see whether Col. Williams J
wild Bill Donovan a real threat
in the 1896 campaign for vice-pres-
ident, at least, will put a fight
for postponement and fair trial
If he does, the New Mexico Demo
Gratis are put on a spot. They must
railroad the miners-and New Me1
leo still remembers Sen. Cutting.