Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-06-25

| to fix minimum wages and hours fol
| women and children as an added
weapon in demands for constitutional
amendment, giving congress powers
| over industry. @
| Leaders of the American Federation
of Labor, headed by William Green
saw the minority opinion as basis fol
their demands. The majority opinion
was the fourth severe blow to labor
from the court in little more than 8
| year.
The court knocked out the MIRA
railway retirement act, the Guffey Goa.
| control act and recently the New York
minimum wage law. All were strongly
supported by organized labor.
The court in a split decision hello
| the federal government in the Guffey
| law could not regulate working condi
| tons of miners and in the New York
| case held states did not have the pow
err either. Seventeen other states have
similar laws. These, however. were
not directly involved in the New York
case.
The decision brought the contro.
versy over the Supreme court to a
new high point. Whether the fight fol
| a constitutional amendment would be
carried into the coming political cam.
paign remained uncertain. President
Roosevelt has given no direct indica
ton he will raise the issue.
Uses Alien Clerks
Though the State department IN It's
foreign service employs more foreign
than American clerks-919 against ia
Americans fill the bulk of the better
paying clerkships. OF the $50 foreign
service clerks drawing salaries of ST.,
600 a year or better only % are OF
foreign nationality.
The State department hires its for.
eign clerks at bargain prices Some
are willing to work for Uncle Sam for
as little as $3.50 year, but most OF
them are paid something better, receiv.
ing $500 to $500 annually.
No foreign clerks are now appointed
to diplomatic missions. They will be
found only in consular offices abroad.
His knowledge of foreign languages
and his local connections make the for.
eign clerk valuable employee.
In addition to clerks the State
department in it's diplomatic missions
and consulates employs lat interpre.
tiers and translators (only Is are
Americans) about half of the transla.
tors and interpreters being paid less
than $1,000 year. The foreign serv.
ice roster includes Is Chinese writer's,
with salaries from $500 to $1,000.
Ship Inspection
A complete reorganization of the bu-
reau of navigation and steamship in
spection, which has been under fire for
two years, was promised by Secretary
of Commerce Daniel G. Roper.
The reorganization, it was learned,
was fought by high officials in the
Commerce department, because no po-
litical jobs were involved and with
the appropriation increased for the in
spection bureau congress might event
iually cut down on other agencies with
in the department.
The reorganization was pushed
through to successful legislative en-
actment several days ago by Joseph
B. Weaver, director Of the bureau.
who declared that his staff was in
adequate. Plans call for additional
local and travelling inspectors.
Roper announced that the reorgani-
zation would make the bureau more
Efficient He was asked whether
there would be any ''free rides" This
was a reference to the use of the
yacht Eala, which had been chartered
for steamboat inspection but was used
for parties for Roper's family and joy
rides by New. Dealers.
The secretary did not comment. His
face REDEEMED and with forced smile
he concluded the interview.
Apparently the reorganization idea
was uppermost in the Commerce sec
retary's mind, for he announced sew
eral changes in personnel in the de-
partment. ~ ~ -i.
Plans Garden Homes
A new administration housings pro-
gram involving development of .."gar-
den homes" outside of large cities, was
outlined by Stewart Mcdonald. fed
eral housing administrator ~
Saying that President Roosevelt '"is
enthusiastic" over the plan, Mcdonald
told newspaper men it was aimed at a
gradual movement of industrial work
ers and similar classes from urban and
suburban areas to small homes stu
ated on one to two acre plots several
miles from city limits.
Emphasizing that this is not any
thing in the way of benevolent
proposition" and that no grants Of fed
eral funds were involved, he said it
would be accomplished through a
broadening of FILA regulations to per-
NIT government insurance of mort
cages on such property.
This will enable bankers and other
leaders to advance funds for the de-
velopment of these "in between areas
for residential purposes, he said. =.
1.-THE President believes that when
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