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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
LEAGUE BANS
LOANS TO ITALY
Financial Measures Given
Approval by Geneva's
General Staff

DH Z HlICU fFfSS
GENEVA, Oct. 14.-Six drastic
financial penalties against Italy
aimed at the rupture of financial
and credit relations by all members
of the League of Nations, were
adopted by the general staff OF
the League penalties committee to-
day.
The penalties were adopted after
only brief discussion on recon-
mendation of a financial subcom-
mittee.
They are to be followed, according
to plan, by severe trade boycott
designed to cripple if not paralyze
Italys exports and imports as the
next step in the Leagues work CT
Furnishing Italy for its war on Eth
opia.
Thus the immediate plan is in
three steps. Step one, an arms en-
barge, has been voted. The genera
staff adopted step two today. Next
will come step three, the trade boy
colt.
Seven Penalties Recommended
A resolution outlining the credit
blockade of italy was drafted fol-
submission to the entire penalpes
committee of the League-the big
committee of So nations.
The general staff" committee OF
Is agreed to meet again to begin at
once to prepare economic sanctions
including the interruption of exports
from italy and the stoppage OF
shipments to italy of numerous key
products.
Seven penalties were recommended
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Record of his arrests and convic-
tons, read to Judge karabell, filled
three typewriter pages.
Several days after the Evans rob-
berry, Detectives Ed Tut and James
Partain arrested Smith at the Trac-
ton Terminal. With him was Paul
Short, 40, also said to have a GRIM
inal record. Arraigned Saturday.
judgment was withheld against
Short by Judge Karabell when police
were unable to link him to any In
dianapolis crimes, but the older
man, who had been identified by Mr..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
HITCH FIGHT is TO BE
TAKEN TO HIGH COURT

Defense Attorney to Ask Supreme
Judges to Set Bond.
The legal fight to free Ralph L.
Hitch, former chief deputy sheriff
convicted of embezzlement, on an
appeal bond, is to be taken to the
Indiana Supreme Court, his attor-
neys said today.
Ira M. Holmes, defense attorney,
said he would appeal the convic-
ton to the Supreme Court and ask
the high tribunal to set the appeal
bond.
Sheriff Ray took Hitch and two
other prisoners to the Indiana State
Prison yesterday Hitch was SEN
fenced to 2 to II years and fined
$4,000, the amount he is alleged to
have embezzled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
g. Year-OId Dean of Pickp0ckets Out of
Circulation Least for $50 DaYs

Edward Charles Smith, 68, st.
Louis, Americas champion pick
pocket, will be out of circulation for
the next $50 days-perhaps longer.
Smith, who has a 30-year record
OF 43 convictions in this country and
Canada, not to mention occasions
when he was arrested on mere sus-
picion, was sentenced today by Mu-
nicipal Judge Charles j. KarabeIl
and fined $500.
The alleged dean of ht-fingered
gentry made the mistake of picking
S24 from the pocket of E. T. Evans.
5l07 Broadway, while Mr.. Evans was
looking into Massachusetts,
store window on Aug. "a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
Bomb Wrecks Home
By Times Special

by ! tmeS Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. IA
Another bombing marked labor strife
here today, resulting in the injury
of Wayne Powers. II, brother of
Charles Powers Jr, employe of the
Terre Haute Malleable Manufac-
turing Co.
The bombing was the third in
four days and occurred in the in
duStrial section that has been
strike-ridden for several months.
The blast at the Powers home tore
away the front porch and shattered
window glass Five other persons
in the residence escaped injury.
The first of the series of bomb
ings tore so feet of guttering from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
Boy, II, Hurt in Blast at
Terre Haute; Third in
Four Days.

the roof the Malleable plant early
Wednesday.
The home of Palmer Shelton, Co.
lumbar Enameling and Stamping
Co. employe, was bombed the fol-
lowing day.
Union employees at the Columbian
plant went on strike in March, pre-
cipitating general strike in Vigo
County July %.
A strike was called by union en-
ployes at the Malleable plant Aug.
16 to enforce their demands for IN
creased wages and union recogni-
ton.
Seven alleged pickets have been
arrested by military and civil
authorities in connection with an
attack on workers in the Columbian
employment office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
CRASH VICTIM,
DYING, ROBBED
Edgewood Youth, Fatally
Injured in Wreck:
$500 Taken.

Marion County's automobile death
toll since Jan. l stood at ia today
with the death and robbery early
this morning of Arthur Vogel, 20,
OF 10l4 Dudley-st, Edgewood.
Mr.. Vogel, accompanied by
Charles Lakey, II, of 800 Markwood-
av, University Heights, was injured
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
6 DETECTIVES TO TELL
OF BURGLARY ATTEMPT
Attorney for Ernest TAFT Nav Take
Dispositions. Judge Rules.

Dispositions from six indianapolis
detectives who investigated the at
tempted burglary of the Speedway
State Bank, are to be taken this
week, John E. Royse. attorney for
Ernest TAFT, alleged bandit, an
nounced today.
The action follows a ruling by
Special Criminal Judge James D.
Ermston, that the defense has a
right to take dispositions which, if
not used by the defense, may be
used by the state.
Mr.. Royse sought the ruling when
detectives failed to appear when re-
quested to give dispositions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
WELLS COUNTY TRUSTY
SHOOTS SELF IN CHEST
Recovery Doubtful. Say officials at
Button Hospital.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
BLUFFTON. Ind. Oct. 14.-Leo
McIntire, a, trusty at the Wells
County jail is in serious condi-
ton today in a hospital here from
a self-inflicted bullet wound in his
chest.
McIntire, who was serving a one
year sentence on paternity charge,
stole Deputy Sheriff Fleming
French's automobile and revolver
last night and drove to the home
Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. McIntire, where he fired a
bullet into his chest. Hospital at
tendants expressed little hope for
his recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
STATION ATTENDANT
WOUNDED BY BANDIT
HoIdup Man Gets $18: Shot
Thouuht Accidental.

A nervous fingered bandit sent
John Sneed, Is, filling station at
tendant at 3445 w. Westinghouse
to City Hospital early today with a
serious bullet wound in the thigh.
Mr. Sneed said the bandit took
1887 from him and then shot him
when he started to leave. The
shooting. Mr.. Sneed said, apparently
was accidental because the bandit
turned white ordered him into a
Mushroom and fled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
HUNTINGTON MAYOR TO
RENEW POWER FIGHT
Motion for Rehearing of Injunction
Evidence to BE Argued.
BV Unitcd Press

M tHtifN iIfNS
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Oct. IA
Mayor Glare w. H. Bangs of Hunt
ington is to renew his hostilitieS
with the Northern Indiana Power
Co. tomorrow before Judge David A.
Smith in Huntington Circuit Court.
Judge Smith will hear arguments
on motion for rehearing of evil
dence on which the power COM
pany was granted a permanent in
junction against extension of the
city's toy electric plant.
A denial of rehearing is to re-
suit in an immediate appeal to the
State Supreme Court by Mr.. Bangs.
The power company is to follow the
same procedure in event of an ad-
verse ruling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
PEORIA SEX SLAYER TO
DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Gerald Thompson, Killer of Girl, TO
BE Electrocuted Tomorrow.

By United Press
JOLIET, H., Oct. 14.-'It won't
take long, will it?"
The question came from Gerald
Thompson, 26-year-old Peoria sex
slayer as he read his last prayers
while preparing for death tomorrow
in the electric chair.
The pasty-faced machinist who
ravished and killed pretty Mildred
Hallmark. 19-year-old convent bred
cafeteria hostess. added that ne was
ready to die Last week he joined
the Roman Catholic Church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
SANITARY DEPARTMENT
TOLD TO CEASE FIRING
Wholesale Discharge of Employees to
End, Board Rules.

Abandonment of policy of
wholesale discharge of City SAM
tary Department employees was an
nounced today by the Works Board
Thirteen Republicans have been
fired within the last few weeks.
Hereafter each case will be
Judged on its merits" Mr.. Prick
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14

fatally when the cal
in which they were
riding turned over
on U. S. Road 81.
north of Southport.
Both were thrown
out, Mr.. Lakey re-
ceiving only bruises.
Mr.. Vogel died two
hnIIrc 1ofar i1 C;f,,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
$1,000 IN LIQUOR SOLD
FOR $3.50 BY STATE
Newcastle Restaurant Operator Is
Successful Bidder.

Liquors and Whistles, valued at
$1,000, were bought by Joe Shapiro,
Newcastle restaurant operator, to-
day in the first liquor auction held
by the enforcement division of the
Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Mr.. Shapiro's bid of $3.50 covered
high-grade Irish WHISTLES, brandies
and other liquors, which had been
seized by state officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
Beauty Dies in Plunge

By United Press
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14.-Clad
only in night-clothes, pretty. blond
Gladys Rose plunged six floors 90
her death from a window of the
Jung Hotel today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-14
THIEVES TRY TOMATO
JUICE FOR HANGOVER
Help Selves to Eight Cases From
Boxcar on Siding.

Thieves who may have been suf-
fering from large hangover stole
eight cases of tomato juice valued at
is today from string of boxcars on
siding near Dakota and MorTis-sts.
La gaceta., 1935-12-21
- - -
- -

La camisa siempre tuvo dos
funciones. Una, simb6lica, re-
preventative de algo muy init
mo Y proximo al alma; la otra,
su simple mission de prenda de
vestir, que, como tai y por ser
muy interior, Sc prestaba a to-
do genera de coqueterias Y va
riaciones.
Quiero recordar algo de 10
que fue en- otros tiembos. La
antiguedad conoci6 va la ca
misa, brenda que Sc llevaba en-
Roma en- epoca del Imperio.
San Jer6nimo la describe en- una
carta a Fabiola. A principles
de la Edad Media cae en- des-
uso, y no vuelve a surzir ha ia
que sc establecen relaciones en-
ire Oriente Y Occidente. Una
vez resucitado su uso, Sc gene
raliza tanto la costumbre de lie
var camisa, que ell no llevarla
0 ell llevar tan .6lo una CANT
sa de grosero lienzo Sc consi-
der6 emo una mortific eci6n de
Ia carne. Ell uso de la camisa
Sc limitaba entonces a las no.
ras del dfa por la noche sc qui-
taba toda la ropa y las gentes
Sc acostaban con ell cuerpo des-
nude.
La camisa de las muieres a
somaba un POGO alrededor del
cuello; la parte sa)iente, seg1n
la "moda inglesa, Sc adornaba
con pliegues o randas. Una ca
La gaceta., 1935-12-21
CORTOS RELATOS
MITOLOGICOS
Saturno, bijo del Cello
y la Terra

Del matrimonio del Cello y
la TERRA, nacieron dos hijoS,
ell mayor de los crales era un
gigantic enorme llamado Titan.
Ell mas pequeno fue Satur-
no 0 ell Tempo, al cual lie fue
concedido ell imperio del Uni
verso, a condici6n de que no
criara hijo var6n.
Saturno Sc case; "a que no
adivinais con quien? Sc case
con la Cibeles!
Tambi6n Sc la llam6 Tellus
(Tierra), porque en- esta domi-
naba, y VeSta,
FL rey de Roma Numa Pom
pilio lie con agr6 un altar, en-
ell qre ardia constantemente
fuego, del aue 'cuidaban unas
i6venes llamadas vestales.
Pues bien; todos los hijos
varones que tenian Saturnino
y la Cibeles Sc los comia su pa
pa; 10 que quiere deeir que ei
TiemNpo TODD 10 dev0ra, incluso
sus hijos, qre son los siglos; sus
nietos, 10. anLs; sus biznietos,
los meses, y asi sucesivamene e.
PerO una vez tuvo Cibeies
dos gemel0s, no de los de tea
tro, sino de los otros. Uno era
var6n y otrO hembra.
Cibeles, queriendo saivar al
var6n, enseh6 al barbarote de
Saturno un gran Penasco, Y es-
tie Sc 10 trag6 de un bocado, ere
yendo que era su hijo. Isl ten
dria tragaderas el amigo!
Ell hijo salvado por Cibeies
era NADIA menos que Jupiter,
del cual hablaremo, otro dia.
La gaceta., 1935-12-21
PARA AN6gEn.
La CamHisa Esmenina a traves de los Siglos
Fue un simboloAn la Epoca Merovingia

FL Sglo Xxx, en- SUI marcha
vertigiSbsa ha arrollado la prem
da mas intima y femenina: la
camisa.
Els tai vez la innovation mas
radical, mas prCfundamente ra
dical, sufrida por la moda du-
rante veinte siglos.
La camisa femeNna cast ha
dAsaparecido va. Por 10 menos
ia llegado al minimum de ia
mano. IL no es una brenda
practica no Sc uss como tai
Sc ha caftido en- ina brenda
cen function prclpia, es un ador-
no del cuerpo desnudo, al que
cubre inicamente por coquete-
ria, para lhacerle mas atrayen-
te.
La unica camisa supervivien-
te es la camisa de lujo, la CANT
.sa que Sc exhibe en- las revis-
tas, la diminuta camisa de en-
cafe con la cual la mujer dis
fTaza con un gesto de Saba CO.
queterfa ell pudor del desnudo.
La camisa tiene de vida Gator
&c siglos. Durante ellos Sc for.
ma y Sc adapta a toda la psi,
cologia de sus portadores y dc
sus epocas. BESIDE entonces, la
mujer la us6 hasta ahora. ST.
desaparici6n en- lei indumento
femenino solo tuvo un dhispa.
20 en- Francia, en- la epoca de Ii
Revolution; para hacer pendanI
a los sans cul0ttes, las mujeres
fueron descamisadas, las ele
gantes estimaron que la belle
"a Sc debfa al pueblo, y Sc pa.
searon por las Gales cast des.
nudas.
Ahora, antes de que muera
d~ediquemosle .un recuerdo. Sc
esta prescindiendo de ella cor
toda naturalidad y las mule.
res no hemos concedido ningu.
ma importaneia a esta innova.
ci6n, sin darnos cuenta de que
al perder la camisa hemos per
dido una parte muy Important
de nuestfa intimidad psicol6gi
ca. La camisa ma jugado STEM
pre- un papel principal en- la
vida femenina, siendo prends
indispensable en- las escenas in.
timaS de amor. Las cortesanas
de otros tiempos 10 sabian y
la cuidaban con esmero; las dc
hoy no renunciaran a ella facil.
mente. Renunciar a la camisa
es renunciar a toda una epoca
es terminar toda la trayectoris
de una coqueteria iniciada POI
la mujer de la Edad Media
terminada en- estos amos con IL
reyista La CGmisa de la Pom
padour,
La gaceta., 1935-12-21

AA4AS1 = SAoH AaJO NAo w SNAA
blanca, adornada con una o@
de perlas finas, que servian de
collar. Esta cami a cenia de tai
modo Ell crerpo, que acusaba to-
das sus formas, cayaMa lue~
90 en- pliegues desd4 ltu
ra. Alsunas eamisas' me
jor ajuStarse, Sc apreNan pSr
medios de cintas Q cordones que
llevaban eutrecruzados en- am,
Dos adoxEstas cintas dieron
origen~ corse.
Como Simbolo, tuvo I'm gran
Valor. En- la aroca merovingia,
Santa Redegunda,, al ell en>e
rrada en- una illesia, dep9sit6
suS finaS camiSas en- ell altar,
entregando de eSta forma Su vi
da mundane. Las mujeres de fl
mes de Ia Edad Media daban q
sus caballeros una de sus ca
misas, que habian ellos de CO.
locar Sobre su armadura al il
a la lucha, simbolizando aSi que
ell eSpiritu de la amada guar
daria ell cuerpo del amado me
jor aun que t9da defensa ma
terial. Despues de Ia lucha, e.
caballero devolvia a su adorada
la cami>a LENA de desgarrones
y a veces tenida de sangre.
Tambien hubo mujereS que in
dujeron al caballero a ir al com
bate sin mas protection que la
camisa Y sin llevar debajo ar
madura alguna, con 10 cual es-
ia bien demostrado como solu-
cionaban entonceS las mujere4
la question del divorcio, desha-
ciendose de los amantes 0 ma
ridas de manera 'faer6ica". Sc
comprende que las camisas de
entonces cubrian cast por com
plento la figura, y que hoy dia
este p~rocedimiento no Sc po-
dria poner en- practica.
Antiguamente, entregar ia
camisa signifhaba siempre una
entrega espiritual. Fu6 cos
tumbre ofrecer camisas a la
Virgen, y en- Nuestra Sonora
de Paris Sc colgaban cerca de-
atriI donde Sc cantaba Ell Evan
l2elio.
Tambien fu6 costumbre, an.
ties de ponerla, tocar con ella
una reliquia sagrada, para Ii
brarse de toda clase de enfer-
medades,
Durante la primera mitad
del siglo XVI, la cami a fue un
articuio de iujo, Nevada solo
para lucir sus bordados.
En- Alemania Sc hiz) un uso
de las camisas lQue llamaba mu-
d1o la atenci6n. Cuando la TO-
ven duquesa de Liegnitz entr6
en- sus dominios durante ell in
vierno de 1899, los j6venes es-
tudiantes de la ciudad, para
mejor honrarla, Sc mostraron
en- publico con la camisa enci.
Ina del traje, extranandO so.
bremanera a la duquesa tan pc.
regrino espectaculo, y creyen.
do de momento que aquellos j6-
venes tenian la costumbre de
ir cast desnudos por en- medic
de la nieve.
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
MASONS PLAN RITES

Masons of Congress Lodge No.
81 will confer the Fellow Craft de-
gree at a special communication
Thursday at 1880 p. M, in Bright
wood Masonic Hail.
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
ROW
ENDS IN COURT

Accused of lighting a fumigat-
ing candle in his efforts to eVict
a family of four, including two
small children, from his rooming
house in the 700 block Sixth st.
N. w., Sterling Riley, 27, today
was ordered to post a peace bond
of $500 or serve go days in Jail.
He was found guilty on a
threat charge at a hearing be-
fore Police Court Judge Isaac R.
Hit.
Testimony showed that one
child, Alvin Lewis, 8, was over
come by the fumes and the
mother, Mrs. Andrew F. Lewis,
made i'll. The father, who was
absent at the time, called the
rescue squad and complained to
police. Another child, Clyde, 7,
was not affected seriously.
Riley claimed he was fumigat-
ing a room adjacent to that
occupied by the Lewis family and
that the fumes seeped under
the door.
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
win Operations
win Beds for
Ryan Twiins

The Ryan twins - Elizabeth
and Margaret-talented young
Washington dancers, who have
entertained at many gatherings
here, are inseperable.
And so when one of the twins
was stricken with appendicitis,
what was more natural than
that the other should be also.
And so today a twin appended
tony was performed at Garfield
Hospital.
Both Came Through
And both the twins came
through it nicely, thank you, doc
tors reported.
The twins are the daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Ryan, 400
block Delafield Pl. N. w., and
are extremely talented young
girls of 16. In addition to their
dancing, they sing and play the
piano and violin. Also, they
stand exceedingly high in their
school work.
The twins are Identical IN
every way, Mrs. Ryan said. ana
throughout their lives, when one
has suffered an illness. her sister
has also contracted it.
Elizabeth Was First
Elizabeth suffered the first ap-
pendix attack, the mother said,
several days ago, and Margaret
followed. Yesterday
the attacks grew worse and doc
tors decided that it was time to
remove the twin appendices.
Elizabeth was first wheeled
into the operating room, and
then Margaret.
Now in twin beds, side by side,
they are recovering.
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
FRINGE MIKE :
TAXI KISSING
DESCRIBED
Gould Trial Hears SIeuth
Tell of Embrace of
Couple in Cab

NEW YORK, March S G.N.S0.
The Gould $5OO,O00 conspiracy
trial today shifted its scene to the
gumshoeing of a "Hawkshaw" hot
on the trail of Prince Mike Ro-
manoff riding high with Mrs. Will
ma Gould as his lady fair.
Robert S. McLellen, "confinetial
investigator, all missions diScreetly
executed" took the witness stand
in Supreme Court and from his
card-index memory plucked his
dossier on the elegant bogus
prince and red,headed Mrs. Gould.
McLellen recounted in defense
of Norman j. Gould, Ellwood W..
Kemp, jr., Gerard Luisi, ct al, his
espionage work from hotel to
Speakeasy, to speakeaSy TO hotel
and back again. The defendants
are being sued by Mrs. Gould on
her claim that she was framed" :"
Once, he SWore, he saw Mrs.
Gould, who says she was doped
and duped, in passionate embrace
with Prince Mike while a taXicab
whisked them up Madison Avenue
from a speak" to a hotel.
The taxicab scene was enacted.
McLellen said, between 1915
and 1925 a. M, February s,
1881, after Mike and Mrs. Gould
left a speakeasy. This was five
days before the raid in which
Mrs. Gould was found wound in
a sheet and Mike was in his
shorts.
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
JAPAN IN GRASP
Of FASCISTS,
SAYS LEADER
Any Criticism of War Policies
Brings BIackIisting,
Threats of Death

TOKYO. March S 0.N.S).
Outspoken charges that a mill.
tary censorship is throttling free
government in Japan and that
critics of the cabinet are black
listed and often bounded to their
deaths, rocked the lower house
today.
The speaker was Masazumi
Ando, leader of the Seiyukai
party, which controls an absolute
majority in the lower house, but
relinquished power in the govern
ment three years ago in protest
over assassination of the late
Premier Inukai
81 CenSOrShips
After charging that 81 separate
cenSorshipS has been imposed in
1884, he said:
"True deliberation in the Diet
on the governments policies Is.
impossible.
1--WE resent the governments
failure to control ruffians and
oppose the trend toward Fas-
cism originating with unseen
hands operating behind the pO-
lice and military.
"There is a certain military
faction to blame for this con-
ditiOn. ReactiOnary OrganiZa-
tiOnS are destroying the free
dom of the press and of speech
in the Diet under the mask of
approval of miIitaristS.
Criticisms ventured by mem
bers of the Diet on military and
diplomatic affairs are immedi-
ateIy interpreted by the re-
dictionaries as unpatriOtic.
AT ONCE BLACKLISTED
"As a result of this situation,
threats of violence are going
unmOlested. If a Diet member
speaks against the military his
name is blackliSted and he is
soon under the surveillance Of
agents of violence who are pre-
pared for action, defying con-
StitutiOnal liberties.
"The cOuntry'S social unrest
is the result of the govern
ment'S domination by alleged
patriots. Tn. succession of as
SassinatiOns of businessmen and
newSpapermen and threats Of
Vi01oncN aV9lnSt lQGiSI9fOrS in
dicate a tendency to imperil the
freedom of the people. Unlaw-
full acts of violence are recur-
ring with remarkable frequency.
We cannot engage in business
or professions with ease"
The Washington times., 1935-03-05
WORKERS FIGHT.
FOR LEAVE

With restoration of pay deduc.
tions accomplished and effective
the first of next month, Federal
employe organizations are turn.
ing their attention toward re.
establishment of 30-day annual
leave, admittedly the next most
urgently desired boon of both
local and field departmental per-
sonnel.
Both the National Federation
of Federal Employees and Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees are planning to press
campaigns for the restoration of
leave before the current Congress.
initial steps already having been
taken by presidents of both
groups.
Representative Robert w. Ram
speck (DD of Georgia is one Of
the Spearheads of employe efforts
to restore former leave privileges,
having introduced two bills in the
House that would provide 80 days
cumulative annual leave and Is
days sick leave.
Mr.. Ramspeck will speak to-
night to the N. F.. F. E. War De-
partment Local, No. 261, at 8
o'clock in the auditorium at ITO
Fourteenth St. N. w., headquar-
ters of the District Federation of
Federal Employees.