The Washington times., 1936-03-18
NEW UNIT MAY
PROVE THORN
T0A. F. 6. f.
BY J. EARLE MOSER

cieS in New York City under the
banner Of the American Fedora
ton Of Government Employees has
created quite stir in Gotham.
Furthermore, indications at pres.
ent are that the new affiliate may
eventually constitute q thorn In
the flesh of the A. F. G. E. itself,
despite the optimism with which
the A. w. P. R. A. has been in
vited to enter the fold.
According to adviceS from New
York, the new union is bitterly
opposed by five organizations OF
employees in the New York Emer'
gency Relief Bureau, who charge
that the A. w. P. r. A. is defin'
itely an organization with "Red"
tendencies and is "honeycombed
with Communists"
Although Abram FlaXler, for.
mer relief investigator who is now
full-time president, has denied
that the union has radical leader
ship, the organization took q
prominent part in the publicized
"Red March" on the New York
offices Of the WPA February Is,
during which police cracked q
number of heads and placed Rep
reSentative Vito Marcantonio in
custody along with others.
At that time Chester Rabino'
witz, treasurer Of the union, has
admitted that he yelled, Down
with police brutality" through q
loud speaker as the bluecoats broke
up the parade. Questioned as to
whether he is q Communist at a
Russell Sage Foundation hearing,
Mr.. Rabinowitz testified:
II am not. Communists have
intelligence, perseverance, high
ideals and other qualities, some
Of which I lack at present, but
when I possess them shall very
likely become one"
Aside from it's alleged "Red"
tendencies, the newly proposed
member Of the American Fedora
ton Of State, County and Munic.
ipal Employees seems certain to
crash headlong into opposition
with William Green and the cur
rent administration of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor. Organ
lied as an industrial union, and
including clerks, typists, relief
workers, guards and messengers,
the A. w. P. r. A. has already an.
nounced q policy of siding with
John L. Lewis, United Mine
Workers leader, who has split with
Mr.. Green over the industrial
phase Of labor unionism.
In the future. A. F. G. E, Off
c1als are expected to keep a close
watch on the fledgling, least the
mon1ker Of "Un-American Fedora.
tlon, etc., creep in from conservar
tive foes bent on pestering them.
FrOlcs Tonight
Dances in honor Of st. Patrick
tonight include the Indiana State
Society a. Wardman Park Hotel,
the Oklahoma Society at the
Washington Hotel and the South
Carolina Society at the Shoreham
Hotels west ballroom. Also the
Georgia Democratic Club of Wash.
lngton will hold a reception for
the States legislators tonight at
the Hamilton Hotel at 8 O'Clock.
Odds and Ends
Workers at G. A. O., records
division, are hoping Dorothy
Hayes touch Of the flu will prove
just a touch of the flu will prove
Guild Of Local No. 2, N. F.. F. E.,
gained more than 100 members
during the past year the Fed
eral Trade Commission has ques-
toned two companies on alleged
unfair trade practices. one de.
ceived users of aspirin with an al
legged fake product, while the other
advertised supposedly camel's hair
goods that contained no wool
whatever. Lodge 228 of the A.
F. G. E. has reported marked in
terest in a group disqualification
plan for all employees, temporary
and permanent, and Labor De-
partment officials have placed
their ok. on the idea. officers
OF the hospital group will serve
without pay. cooperation with
several hospitals has been assured
and the D. c. Medical Society has
given its approval. engineers
the Bureau Of Public Roads have
. developed an apparatus that tells,
by sound waves, how far rock is
below ale surface of a field. the
idea Is that sound moves slower
through soil than through rock
formations. {. &. Commerce folk are
seeing Milton Evans, loom $500,
for info on how 20 cut insurance
rates and still receive maximum
protection for their cars. DIR.
Harry w. Schoening, Bureau of
Animal Industry pathological divi-
sion chief, has been named as as
sistant chief of the Agriculture Bu-
reau, and will devote time to re-
searching in live stock diseases. =.
Philadelphian, he holds a de.
gree from the University of Penn.
Sylvania and entered Government
service in 1907, serving with the
Army Veterinary Corps curing the
war, and is member Ct the Cosmos
Club Of Washington the Chill
dren's Bureau has announced
plans to aid crippled children with
Social Security funds IN Alabama,
Kentucky, Maine. Michigan. Yer.