Evening star., 1936-07-07
30DAy SUSPENDED
SENTENCE IS GIVEN
CAR STRIKE PICKET
Man Who AIIegedIy Took
Part in Assault Put on
Probation.
LABOR UNION MAY ASK
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
Advertisements in 0ut-of.Town
Papers for Mechanics Draw
Attention of Meeting.

A 3o-day suspended sentence was
meted out in Police Court today to
Grady Wilson, picket in the District
auto mechanics strike, for allegedly
participating in an assault on Walter
Jones, Hill & Tibbetts employe. In
suspending sentence, Judge Curran
placed Wilson ON probation Tor 30
days.
Meantime, the Central Labor Union
has been asked to call on the Depart
ment Of Justice to investigate adver-
tisements of out-of-town newspapers
for mechanics to work in Washington
garages affected by the strike.
At the regular meeting Of the Cen
tral Labor Union last night Selma
Borchardt of the Teachers Union
asked such an investigation following
o report by David Kaplan Of the In
ternational Association of Machinists,
on the strike. Kaplan predicted early
settlement and said he believed 1t
would mot be necessary to pull any
more shops to win the strike" Sen
ator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima, it was reported, will be requested
to ask the Department of Justice to
make the investigation.
Men Could Be Stopped.
Miss Borchardt pointed out that the
Department of Justice could act under
the new legislation recently signed by
President Roosevelt prohibiting inter-
state transportation of men for pur-
pose Of interfering with peaceful pic
keting.
In Police Court the complainant,
Jones, Of Hill & Tibetts, who lives at
1345 L street, charged Wilson. the
picket, was one of three men who
accosted him last Wednesday and de-
manded to know whether he was still
working at the garage.
While the trio engaged his attention,
Jones told the court, another man ap-
preached him from behind and struck
him on the head with blackjack.
Wilson, former employe Of Hill e.
Tbbets. was asked by Judge Curran if
he harbored i'll feeling for persons still
working at the garage.
TNO, ! uOll Y, IlC tCRACu. oQO !
think the public realizes what is going
on there"
Police Do Guard Duty.
Wilson said he didn't know why We
are picketing-we are doing 1t on
orders from others"
Oficer Roy Kessling. who arrested
Wilson after the alleged assault, testi-
fled matters have been so troubled
around garages since the mechanics
walked out that police have been re-
quired to do guard duty to keep work.
ers from being beaten.
Wilson denied being near the place
of the alleged assault, and said he
did not even know Jones. The picket's
wife and sister-in-law testified Wilson
was elsewhere than the spot where
Jones said he was attacked. -
The Central Labor Union, in ad-
dition to taking up the mechanics
strike. heard strong opposition to the
Capital Transit Co.'S petition to the
Public Utilities Commission for ex-
tension Of one-man operation to 80
additional street cars.
w. w. Keeler, chairman Of the
unions Public Utilities Committee and
former president of the union, called
attention to the hearing on the ques-
tion, scheduled before the commits
sion for Monday morning, and urged
concerted resistance to the transit
companys plans. He and several
other speakers advocated a movement
for public ownership of the Districts
transportation system. Keeler said
q bill to require operation of street cars
by two men would be drafted and in
troduced at the next session of Con-
gress.
Letter to BaIlou Read.
Frank j. Coleman, union secretary,
made public his latest letter to Supt.
Of Schools Frank w. Ballou in the
controversy over provisions of the
recent vocational educational bill. Is
sues are whether the measure requires
salary increases for teachers and
whether teachers shall be required to
requalify to instruct in vocational
education. Ballou contends increases
are not required, but takes opposite
position as to republication.
Albert N. Dennis of the Trades
Unionist, labor newspaper, and con-
ductor Of the weekly labor news
broadcasts over Station WJSV, said
the broadcast will be years old next
month and the one hundredth broad
cast will be held July 1s. He asked
the unions for an expression Of senti-
fnent as to the best time for the
radio program each week.
A motion was passed authorizing
the Education Committee, headed by
d. G. Dow of Plumbers Union No. 5,
to arrange q series of Winter forums
on the subjects of old-age pensions,
unemployment insurance, workmen's
compensation and housing.
The Washington Union Label
League announced at the meeting
that it will hold a moonlight steam
boat cruise on the City of Washing
ton Wednesday, August s, the boat to
leave the Seventh street wharf at
$50 pm.