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Montana labor news., 1936-11-12
Business Leaders and Law Observance

Strongly-worded exhortations on the import
ance of law observance as a fundamental neces-
sity for the perpetuity of American institutions
are often a feature in deliberations OF the con-
ventions of business mems organizations. The
frequent charges made by the government that
corporations, whose executives and directors
are usually composed of leading pushes men,
have violated federal statutes inspires the de-
sire on the part of thoughtful persons that those
who shout the loudest for law observance
should be the first to practice what they preach.
The complaint just filed by the Federal Trade
Commission alleging that nine of the largest
electric concerns in the United States have re-
sorted to collusive bidding and the fixing and
maintenance of uniform prices in connection
with the manufacture and sale of turbine gen.
orators and condensers is the latest illustration
of the evident determination of corporation Off
Gals to violate fedral statutes in the interest Of
larger profits.
Heading the list included in the Federal Trade
Commissions complaint are the General Elec-
trio Company, of Schenectady, N. Y, and the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany, of East Pittsburgh, Pa, two of the largest
manufacturers of electrical equipment. Incl
d~entally, the General Electric Company has re-
Gently established a "cost-of-living" wage policy
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12

by
the rising cost of living to demand
WPA wage increases and other i'm
provements, 500 Workers Alliance
delegates, some of them wearing
Roosevelt buttons, got scanty con-
sideration at the nations capital.
Their leaders, David A. LASER and
Herbert Benjamin, were jailed while
in the picket line which paraded past
WPA headquarters.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12
Farm Group Asks
Federal Government
10 Rule Arms Bushes,

Observation-Disclosures indica-
ton of peace sentiment in the agri-
cultural areas of the nation was re-
vealed at the headquarters of the
National Council for Prevention OF
War here this week with the receipt
of the official resolutions adopted
at the annual convention of the
North Dakota division of the Farm
ers Union of America.
The organization went on record
for governmental ownership of the
munitions industry because, it de-
clared, 1--WE believe private NUM-
tons makers, driven by greed for
profit, foment international friction
and ill will"
Sharp criticism of the present Ad-
m~inistration's armament program
was voiced in another resolution
which stated, History proves that
huge ornaments have never been a
guaranty against war. We, there
fore, condemn the excessive appro-
priations annually made for the
building up Of huge wal machines"
The Union also urged the state
legislature to halt compulsory mill
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12

Only half the battle is won, when
you bargain collectively. Don't for
get to BUY collectively.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12
THE WORLD IN review
BY JOEL SEIDMAN

The refusal of the United States
Supreme Court to grant a rehearing
of the case in which it held the New
York minimum wage law unconsti-
%tutional is just another in a long
series of reactionary decisions. The
decision in the New York case,
which was handed down in a 5-to-4
vote, affected similar laws in a great
many other states.
Every worker should realize that
it is economic prejudice, and not a
prohibition to be found in the Con-
stitution itself, that is responsible
for these decisions. When the Con-
stitution was adopted this was a
primitive agricultural community,
and minimum wages had not yet
been thought of.
The fact that the court could split
five votes to four On this question,
as on many others, is proof that it
is the social point of view of a jus
tice that determines his decision on
the constitutionality of labor legis-
lation. What we have done is to al
low the prejudices of the Supreme
Court to be substituted for the opin-
ion of elected representatives.
States Rights"
The refusal of the court to permit
Congress to legislate on economic
and social problems is bad enough.
AS in the case of the N. I. R. A. and
the Guffey Coal Act, the court can
hold the legislation invalid on the
ground that these matters are re-
served to the states.
AS a practical matter, as the JUS
tees well know, the states cannot
legislate effectively on most present
day economic problems, for the
problems are national in scope. Any
state that raised its standards too
high above the level of its COMPETE
tors, moreover, might see its manu-
facturers moving away, For this
reason the Supreme Court, when ii
talks of legislation by the states, is
really preventing any legislation at
all.
In the New York minimum wage
case, however, a state had finally
acted. The Supreme Court then held
this legislation unconstitutional as
well, on the ground that the consti-
tutional clause guaranteeing due
process of law had been violated.
That clause is SO vague that it mere
ly permits the justices to nullify any
measure that they dislike.
Amendment Needed
A large number of New Deal mea-
sures were held unconstitutional last
year, and more are slated to go this
year. The National Labor Relations
Act is almost certain to be killed,
and the Social Security Act may suf-
fer a similar fate.
These nine old men, whose aver
age age is II years, are responsible
to no one. Six of them are eligible
for retirement today, but every one
of them refuses to bulge.
Some way must be found to strip
the Supreme Court of its enormous
power, SO that progress in peacefully
solving our problems may be made.
The Farmers and Workers Rights
Amendment to the Constitution, Civ
ing Congress the power to legislate
on social and economic problems, is
the best means yet suggested.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12

r. o. r. c. students at the Uni
versity of California get 'hypothetiA
cal' questions in exams about break
ing up a waterfront strike.
Just like Hitler's poison gas, the
training is all meant in fun, of course
and not intended for actual use.
Montana labor news., 1936-11-12

tary training in the schools and col
leges of the state.
The Junior members Of the Union,
converting at the same time, report
ed similar resolutions, and demand
ed cessation of military propaganda
in the motion pictures, continuance
of neutrality laws, and a popular
referendum on war.
Asked for comment on the resolu-
tons, Jacob H. Taylor, farm secre-
tary of the National Council for
Prevention of War, said, 81 heartily
commend these strong stands for
peace which my farm friends have
taken. Farmers are fundamentally
peace-loving people, and now, more
than ever before, they realize the
Importance of asserting themselves
for specific peace policies. Nation
al Council for Prevention of War.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
GALLINGER TO OPEN
TUBERCULAR WARD
W. P. A. Project Will Provide
Beds for 80 Colored Woman
Patients.

tuberculosis treatment facilities OF
the District will be increased in the
near future when a ward for colored
women patients will be opened at Gal
linger Hospital, the Board Of Public
Welfare was informed yesterday by
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent.
The ward for this sex and race Of
patients will provide beds for about
80 patients. officials said. The build
ing is one of the old wooden buildings
at the hospital which is being rebuilt
as w. p. A. project 1t will raise
the tuberculosis bed capacity of the
institution to about $50.
The tuberculosis situation was rea-
sonably well handled at Gallinger dur
ing the past month, with fairly
adequate bed capacity available in all
subdivisions except for female colored
patients, where a need for additional
beds was constantly present." said
Dr. Bocock.
Gallinger cared for an average of
IS more patients per day during May
than in the same month of last year,
in spite of the usual seasonal slump
in patient population, he reported
The average number of patients in
May was 828 as against 756 in May
of the previous year. The average
was exactly 100 patients day less
than the high mark of the year,
which was reached In February OF
this year, with 928.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
TUBERCULARS FOUND
AT TRAINING SCHOOL
IA Definitely Diagnosed Cases at
Laurel Institution, Lewald
Tells Welfare Board.

Presence of IA definitely diagnosed
cases of tuberculosis and 79 others
showing symptoms suggestive Of the
disease of some stage at the District
Training School for Predetermined, at
Laurel, Md, was reported to the Board
Of Public Welfare yesterday by DR..
James Lewald, head of the institution
The situation was developed from
a series of skin tests, microscopic and
x-ray examinations given at the insti-
tuition in keeping with the case-find-
ing program started last year by
Health Oficer George c. Rutland.
The incidence of tuberculosis at the
institution for the feeble-minded is at
least as high, if not higher. than in
the District as whole, DR.. Lewald
said. This finding, he suggested,
should not come as a surprise since
the children and adults at the institu-
tion come from the lesser privileged
and lower social levels of society here.
Outlining recent expansion of facili-
ties for caring for tuberculosis patients
of the District and the campaign by
DR.. Rutland for larger attack on the
white plague" DR.. Lewald expressed
hope that much more favorable
situation is now at hand"
Evening star., 1936-06-14
1tt Mrntnriattt.

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HIS DENOTED DAUGHTER. EssE NJ.
HARRIS. GEORGE E. In loving remem-
GEORGE eur HHRR1s Arr usehoo Sho passed aa sHsI sHsy
four years ago today. June IA. 1882.
That ten how loved was the soul that
I'll, ths silent tears frequently yept
And the sweet remembrance forever
kept WIFE AND SON.
oHLE MAXWELL T., Sacred to the mem
ifie twenty years ago today. June irs Il. Il.
When we are alone and silent
We breathe a sad regret
For, you were ours and we remember
HIS WIFE AND 5Stcii CHILDREN.
OTTO. WILLIAM. Sacred to the memory
Of our beloved husband and father
WILLIAM OTTO. who entered into
IA. 1927
Somewhere back Of the sunset
Where loveliness never dies.
He lives in a land Of glory.
Mid the blue and gold of the skies.
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN
PARKER. ANNIE. In devoted memory of
our beloved mother and grandmother
hNNAI EnIsncp. NnU phbScu W tue
IA 1888
W WESLEY PARKER AND FAMILY. Z.
KICKS. JOSEPHINE HARPER. In loving
EPHINE. HARPER RiCKs. who passed
to the higher life one year ago. June 13.
1885.
Loved in life. remembered in death
NELLIE M. TAYLOR.
TALKS. ARTHUR T. In memory Of my
devoted father, ARTHUR T. TALKS who
passed away twenty-five years ago to.
day. June II. 1914. MARY. =
Evening star., 1936-06-14

James C. Ingram, camp director.
has organized staff of more than a
score of college trained men as coun-
selors in charge of the varied activities
of the camp. The senior leaders will
be augmented by corps of junior
counSelors from high schools and
colleges.
Three new cabins of log-cabin type
have just been completed. bringing to
10 the number of permanent cabins
erected for living quarters. Tent
houses are available for any overflow.
The cabins are equipped with modern
conveniences designed to make camp
ing out pleasure. The dining hall.
club house and other large structures
have been reconditioned.
Buses will carry the local boys to
camp Friday morning. The German
contingent will go direct to the camp
by bus from New York City.
The camp program will include
swimming, boating, craftsmanship
nature study, base ball, tennis, model
building and many other activities Of
recreational and educational nature.
The camp. founded 80 years ago, is
named for the late John c. Let's,
Washington Observation-Disclosures,
whose benefactions have made the
camp a model Of its kind.
Operated on a non-profit basis, the
camp is open to selected boys, whether
or not they are members of the
Y. M. c. A. Moderate fees are
charged to take care of operating
expenses.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
TREE KILLS BANKER

v1CKsBURG, Miss, June 10 Dr.
r. Preston WALES, IS, cashier of the
Merchants National Bank & Trust
Co. here, was killed and his wife
critically injured today when a tree
fell on his automobile.
His skull fractured and neck
broken, the body of the young banker
was extricated from the wfeckage by
Vicksburg flremen following long
struggle to get the trunk of the an
cient elm tree of the sedan in
which the victim and his wife were
riding.
Mrs. WALES was rushed TO hos
pital, where attending surgeons per-
formed an emergency operation in
an effort 10 save hsg life,
Evening star., 1936-06-14

nomination in the first district, and
A. Raymond Rogers of Waterville,
Democratic aspirant in the second
district.
Besides Oliver, the Townsend group
has given its support to Rev. j.
Clarence Leckemby, candidate for the
Republican nomination in the second
district, and the third district incum-
bent. Ralph o. Brewster, Republican
To Speak In Augusta
Tomorrow DR.. Townsend will speak
at Augusta in the interest of the Rev.
Leckembys candidacy.
Connolly opposed Representative
Simon M. Hamlin, elected in 1884,
the first Democrat to represent his
district since the Civil War.
The first and second district Re
publican contests have been hectic
affairs, with nine seeking the post in
the first, and seven in the second.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
FEARS
NEW DEAL AND JAIL
Believes Roosevelt Re- -eIec.
tion to Mean Imprison-
ment, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Inc AoSOClhtcQ Fteko.
PORTLAND, Me, June 13.-Dr
Francis E. Townsend, In a statement
issued through Gerald L. K Smith,
former Huey Long aide. declared to-
night he was more concerned with
who goes out than with who goes in"
at the November presidential election.
The founder of the Townsend old
age pension plan came here with
Smith to speak In behalf of three
candidates for Republican congress
sional nominations in Mondays pri-
mary whom his organization has in
dorsed.
The Californian declared:
II have every reason to believe that
II Roosevelt Is reelected, my asso-
ciates and myself will be imprisoned
or at least prosecuted to the point Of
impotency."
The House Of Representatives cited
DR.. Townsend for contempt after he
had walked out on a House committee
investigating his pension plan.
Regarding the Republican choice of
Gov. Landon Of Kansas to oppose the
New Deal chieftain, Or. Townsend's
statement said:
i guess our slogan, Anybody but
Roosevelt ought to answer that"
But will say this much for Lam
don," he added; "he has done nothing
in Kansas to indicate he was inclined
to imprison those who differ from him
concerning matters of government"
Evening star., 1936-06-14
TOWNSEND ACTIVE
IN MAINE RACE
Coughlin Also Takes Part in
Final Speeches of Pri-
mary Election.
Pr the Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Me. June l3-
Names primary election campaign
tapered off tonight with DR.. Francis
E. Townsend and Father Charles E
Coughlin holding prominent places in
closing activities.
More than 800 seek nominations for
State, county and municipal office in
Mondays balloting
Gov. Louis j. Brann and F. Harold
Dubord were unoaposed for the
Democratic United States senatorial
and gubernatorial nominations, re-
spectively United States Senator
Wallace H. White, jr., Republican,
seeking denomination. also was un-
opposed.
Representative Aspirants Watched
The United States representative
nomination fights attracted DR.
Townsend and Father Coughlin.
DR.. Townsend came here tonight to
speak in behalf OF James C. Oliver,
South Portland World War veteran
and civic leader, who sought the Re-
publican nomination in the first dis
trict.
Tomorrow Father Coughlin Is sched-
uled to broadcast from Detroit an
appeal for support Of Oliver, Joseph
w. Connolly, seeking the Democratic
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Shifting Derby Arranged.

OKLAHOMA CITY (P.-The man
hunting reputation gained by Old
Boston. McAlester Penitentiary blood
hound, when he tracked down six
desperate fugitives last month, has
been challenged. Old Boston is
just a lotta hooey," said M. l. Stokes
of the granite reformatory when he
encountered two McAlester officials
at the Capital We've got hounds
that can outsniff him seven days a
week" To stop the argument there,
Chairman L. M Nichols of the Board
of Affairs arranged a shifting derby
for next January. at the State peace
officers meeting.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
OPENING DATE SET
FOR CAMP LET'S
23 Boys From Germany to
Join Local Group Next
Friday.

Camp Let's, the Y. NJ c. A. va
cation retreat for boys, located on q
200-acre peninsula in the Rhode
River, near Annapolis, will open for
the season next Friday with a full
enrolment of boys just out of school
In addition to boys from Washing
ton and vicinity. the camp population
during the first two weeks will include
Evening star., 1936-06-14
GarhH uf TtankH.

BELL. CHARLES A. The family Of the
late CHARLES A. BELL wish to thank
the many friends for the beautiful horal
tributes at their bereavement.
BLUE. OSCAR. The family of the late
OSCAR BLUE wishes to thank the rela,,
tives and friends for the beaut1ul norai
tributes during its saddest hours.
JAMES. LUVINIA. To our many kind ana
sympathetic friends and neighbors. 70
Rev B. F.. Jackson of Fulton Baptist
Church. Baltimore. Md. and delegation; |;
to Rev Augustus Lewis OF Jerusalem
Baptist Church, Revs. Butler and Lewis;
to the choir Ladies' Auxiliary ana
tist Church, and pastor. Rev. W A:
Jones. we wish. to extend our sincere
thanks for the kind. lovely and sympa3
ful floral tributes given at the death OF
our mother LUVINIA JAMES.
HEBRON.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

q group OF rs
boys from Ger
many, sent to
this country in
the interest OF
International fel-
lowship. TIL {
Washington Y. M
C. A. camp, one
of the m os I
modern in the
country, was Sc
lecUeQ over all
other boys camps
in the East for
the experiment in
world friend
ship"
Evening star., 1936-06-14

ton National Cemetery.
p E. SHOMETTE. Adjutant.
TALBERT. ROBERT NJ On Friday June
-, 1886. at Children's Hospital. ROBERT
N TALBERT beloved son of Malcolm
B. and Myrtle 8. Talbert (nee Levingl
grandparents. John A. and Maude E. Tai
bert. 1904 C st. ne. on Monday June
Is, at pm Relatives and friends in
vited Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. IA
WHITE ANNIE. On Saturday June 13.
1896 at the Home for the Aged and
nf1rm Blue Plains. Q. c.. ANNIE
WHITE Remains resting at the John
SITS. s.w. Notice of funeral later.
WICKS. JOSEPH. On Wednesday June 10.
1896. at Gallinger Hospital. JOSEPH
many friends to mourn his departure.
Remains resting at the John r Rhines
funeral chapel. 3rd and Eye sts. s.w..
where funeral services will be held Mon
day. June Is. at 1:30 pm. Interment at
Rosemont Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
4 Convicts Reported Killed.

HAVANA, June Is R.-Four pris-
opers were reported killed and nine
injured in the Vedado section of Ha-
vana today when prison truck col
Iided with a street car. Police said
the prisoners were being returned to
Ell Principe Prison.
The Washington times., 1936-09-29
POnZ i'm Comeback
With q New Scheme
"It's Terrific" Author Says of "Long Shot
Sure Thng," But Details Are Secret
Bv FRANK GERVASI

ROME, Sept % GN.S).-When athlete starts come
back he An actor acts singer sings But gerich
Ouicl1 artist doesn't rich quick,
The Washington times., 1936-09-29
F F0G RETARDS
FOREST FIRES

MARSHFIELD, Ore. Sept. 20
0.N.S0.-The moisture of fogs
brought a measure of relief today
to the fire stricken areas of Coos
and Curry counties along the
southern oregon coast.
Heavy fog blankets rolled in
from the sea at Gold Beach to the
south of the burned area and at
Reedsport to the north.
The Weather Bureau forecasts,
however, lent only slight support
to hopes for rain.
But the fogs sent the humidity
upward and this was great aid
to 5000 men battling the fires
along a 40-mile front.
Moisture DripS Off Trees
Fog also was credited with re-
moving Marshfield and North
Bend, with combined population
of $4,000, from the list of threat
ened cities.
The fog rolled in so heavily
that moisture could be seen as it
dripped from trees and under
growth which only 48 hours before
had been so dry it cracked.
The Washington times., 1936-09-29
| | IN CUL 7
GUILTY IN
Staying
Seven Black Leqion
Members Get Life;
Four, 20 Years

DETROIT, Sept. 29 G.N.SD.
Eleven members of the night-rid-
ing Black Legion today were
found guilty of a single murder
the fantastic Staying of Charles
A. Poole, an obscure WPA worker.
Another was acquitted.
Nine of those convicted we're
found guilty by a jury, and Pre-.
siding Judge Joseph A. Moynihan
found two others who bad waived
jury trial guilty.
Seven Get Life
Of the II, seven were convicted
of first degree murder carrying
a mandatory sentence of life i'm.
prisonment and four were found
guilty of second degree murder,
which will make them eligible for
parole in 20 years.
At the same time, the jury Of
nine men and three women found
one of those tried, Herschell Gill,
not guilty.
His acquittal was not a sur.
prise since it had been urged by
the State after it found he could
not be linked to the crime.
The jury had deliberated only
one hour and 26 minutes.
Judge Moynihan announced the
convicted members of the hooded
cult will be sentenced a week from
today. At that time, he will also
impose sentence on Dayton Dean,
stolid triggerman for the Legion,
who pleaded guilty and turned
States Evidence.
Those Convicted
Those convicted by the jury to-
day Of first degree murder were:
Harvey Davis, reputed Colonel
of the cult; Urban Lipps, John
Bannerman, Erwin Lee. Paul R.
Edwards, Edgar Baldwin and
Lowell Rushing.
Convicted of second degree muir
der by the jury we're: Thomas R.
Craig and Virgil Morrow.
Found guilty by the judge were:
John S. Vincent and Albert
Stevens.
The Washington times., 1936-09-29
i. 5. SECRET
SALE CASE
ATTACKED
Diplomatic Immunity
Angle Cited in Try
Free FarnsWorth

John Semar Farnsworth, "cash'
tered" Naval officer who is under
indictment for conspiring to reveal
national defense secrets to the ia
panese government, may be freed
through diplomatic immunity.
Attorneys William E. Leahy and
William j. Hughes, jr., counsel for
the accused former lieutenant
commander, today attacked the
recent indictments on two fronts
one attack raising the, question OF
diplomatic immunity.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
earlier had dismissed pleas in
abatement to the first indictment,
in which Farnsworth was accused
of having sold the book, Service
of Information and Security" to
the Japanese imperial government
and Immediately afterward the
Farnsworth defense counsel filed
their second moves.
In a motion to quash the con.
spiracy indictment in which the
naval man is said to have con.
spired with two japanese naval
officers attached to the embassy
here, it is pointed out that con.
spiracy must include more than
one person.
International laws do not bring
registered diplomats within the
jurisdiction of the criminal courts
of the countries where they are
assigned, it is pointed out, hence
the japanese officers mentioned
in the conspiracy indictment are
not only immune from prosecu,
ton but, under the law, cannot
commit crime in this country.
Since the two officers cannot be
considered guilty of an offense of
conspiracy, Farnsworth cannot
alone be held as a conspirator, it
is claimed.
The attack on the other indict-
ment, which accuses FarnSworth
of the substantive offense of sell.
ing the naval book, is in the form
Of demurrer in which technical
construction of the true-bill is
made the principal objection.
The Washington times., 1936-09-29

While this battle, the biggest
naval engagement of the civil
war, was going on in the same
waters where Admiral Nelson
scored his great British victory
over the Napoleonic French and
Spanish fleets in 1905, a Span
ish loyalist battleship and de-
Stroyer bombarded the insur-
gent town Of Barbate, between
Cadiz and Tarifa, for two hours.
The Almirante Cervera, mean
while, steamed off at top speed
in pursuit of a third Madrid de-
stroyer, unidentified.
The French liner Kou-ToubiA
rescued 20 of the crew of the Ora
vina, but all others were believed
drowned.
So thunderous were the volleyS
from the warships that houses
across the straits in Tangier were
shaken and the populace awak-
ened before dawn.
-VOTE AMFRIcAN-