davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-02-09

so far. and the status Of affairs at
this time, for the information Of all
concerned"
Pointing out that sit-down strikers
held three General Motors plants at
Flint when the conference began last
Wednesday and that "the position of
the corporation from the beginning
has always been that it was willing
to negotiate with representatives of
the union as soon as the strikers dis
continued illegal occupancy Of its
plants" the statement said:
THE request of the President Of
the United States left no alternative
other than to meet Mr.. Lewis with
Gov. Murphy"
Concerning the retention by strikers
OF two plants after an injunction
issued February gave them "a hours
to evacuate General Motors said:
Naturally, such a situation is en-
tirely beyond the province Of Gen.
eral Motors. 1t is challenge to law
and order and to the authority Of the
State, which those charged with
authority must deal with according
to their responsibility
In the course Of the first meeting
on Wednesday," the statement con-
tinued, "Mr. Knudsen was informed by
Mr.. Lewis that If a satisfactory ar
rangement could be reached as to the
extent Of recognition to be accorded
the union he would Immediately put
the strikers back to work, following
which negotiations could be undertaken
on the remaining points raised by the
union In its letter of January 4.
Gov. Murphy informed Mr.. Knud-
sen that it was at the request of the
President Of the United States that
General Motors should enter into ne.
gotiations on this point Accordingly,
such negotiations have taken place. No
other issue has been discussed and no
agreement has been reached on this or
any other point"
Must Respect RIGHTS.
In another place the statement said:
The union claims it is entitled to ex-
elusive bargaining rights for all work.
ers in plants on strike, even those
outside its membership. " Gen.
eral Motors cannot subscribe to such
coercion, and agree to deliver its wcrk-
ers into such bondage. General Motors
must obey the law, must respect the
rights of all its workers and the pub
Lie that 1t serves"
The corporation declared that It
frequently has stated its WILLINGNESS to
bargain with the union on behalf of
its members" and said this had been
the basis for settling all recent strikes
by c. I. o. afiliates, of which the u. A.
w. A. is one.
General Motors revealed that 1t Of
Tered to have the State conduct a Sc
cret ballot to determine "the propor-
ton OF the workers who wish to be
represented by the union," adding that
this was not satisfactory to the union
representatives"
Lewis, in q press conference after
last nights meeting, said General
Motors did not guarantee that any.
thing would "materialize" from such a
referendum and that the company
wanted "only to determine the extent
OF union membership"
"Out Of all the conferences and dis
cussions which have taken place." the
General Motors statement concluded.
"the fundamental issue again asserts
Evening star., 1937-02-09
MRS. ZIONCHECK'S WILL
CONTESTED BY CHILDREN
BY tie Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, February 9-Kin Of the
late Representative Marion A. Zion
check appeared beaded for court bat
tie over his mothers will today. A sis
ter has petitioned in Superior Court to
set aside the will, which left the bulk
OF the estate to another sister.
Miss Norma Zioncheck, the COM
planning sister, contended her mother,
bedridden most Of last Summer before
her death, had failed 80 in mind she
could not understand the import of her
will when she signed it, and that she
did not have sufficient understanding
Of the English language to comprehend
the Wills terms"
Evening star., 1937-02-09

story he wrote alleging he saw a union
man beaten by a group Of vigilantes.
Judge Gadola last Tuesday issued
the injunction ordering the strikers
to evacuate two General Motors plants.
Although Sheriff Wolcott has an order
for arrest of the strikers and Of union
officers, he has taken no action pend
ing reply from Gov. Murphy on his
question asked Friday concerning the
possible help Of the National Guard in
carrying out the arrest order. The
strikers have been defying the court
order since pm. February 4.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
! the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 9.-The text Of
a statement on Gov. Frank Murphy's
strike settlement conference issued last
night by General Motors Corp. follows:
On behalf of General Motors Corp,
Messrs william s. Knudsen, Donald
son Brown and John Thomas Smith,
authorize the following statement:
In view Of the fact that negotiations
which we have been carrying on with
United Automobile Workers Of Amer
lea under the auspices of Gov. Murphy
of Michigan have not as yet resulted
in the solution of the difficulty, it be-
comes important at this time to state
all the facts and circumstances as to
the calling of the conference. what
has taken place so far, and the status
Of affairs, at this time, for the infor-
nation Of all concerned.
Numerous Meetings Cited.
Mr.. William S. Knudsen. executive
vice president Of General Motors. met
with Gov Frank Murphy of Michigan
and Mr.. John L. Lewis, Wednesday
morning, February 8. Subsequent
meetings have been held practically
every day since that date. In sub
sequent meetings other associates Of
the respective parties have joined. The
conferences have been held as result
Of the request Of the President of the
United States, conveyed to us through
Gov. Murphy. The fact remains that
at the time the sit-down strikers were
still in possession Of certain of the cor
poration's plants. The position Of the
corporation from the beginning has
always been. that it was willing to
negotiate with representatives of the
union as soon as the strikers discon-
tinued illegal occupancy of its plants.
The request of the President of the
United States left no alternative other
than to meet Mr.. Lewis with Gov.
Murphy.
1t will be recalled that on Tuesday,
February 2, the Circuit Court at Flint,
Mich, issued an injunction and or
dered the strikers to evacuate the
plants within "a hours. It has always
been clear that the seizure of the
plants was illegal. and that their con-
tinued occupancy was solely for the
purpose Of forcing the corporation to
accept the unions demands The
strikers have refused to obey the order
of the court. Now they are not only
violators of the law, but, in addition,
are in deliberate contempt Of the
court. They have openly stated they
will not obey the law. Naturally, such
situation Is entirely beyond the prov
ince Of General Motors. 1t Is a chal-
lenge to law and order and to the
authority of the State, which those
charged with authority must deal with
according to their responsibility. Such
were the general circumstances under
which the first meeting was held.
Lewis Stated Position.
In the course of the first meeting on
Wednesday. Mr.. Knudsen was in
formed by Mr.. Lewis that if a salts
factory arrangement could be reached
as to the extent of recognition to be
accorded the union, he would irnme-
diately put the strikers back to work,
following which negotiations could be
undertaken on the remaining points
raised by the union in its letter Of
January 4.
Gov. Murphy informed Mr.. Knudsen
that it was at the request Of the Presi-
Evening star., 1937-02-09

brief-lasted six hours, and there were
indications that the deadlock might
result in cessation, at least tempo
rarily. of the consultations.
The situation was electrified by Gen.
eral Motors announcement that it
would make an important statement"
soon after one Of its conferees left the
meeting while it was in progress. He
apparently supervised the preparation
of the statement.
Loss to Workers Mounts.
As sit-down strikers remained in
two Fisher body plants at Flint, Mich,
focal point of the strike, for the
forty-second day, and 40 of the 81
domestic plants of General Motors
were either closed or operating on q
restricted basis, the loss in earnings
to workers continued to mount.
A reliable source estimated the total
payroll loss, including today, as s22,-
100000. The loss in business to the
company was incalculable as its fac
tory wheels slowed down to the point
that not single passenger car was
being completed. The General Motors
Truck Division, however, was running
at top speed:
More than 100000 General Motors
employees were idle. At one time idle
ness reached peak of 135, 900. but
part OF the workers have been re-
turned to part-time employment.
The number of workers in related
industries-suppliers of materials and
parts-was counted in the tens of
thousands, but no accurate figure was
available
Dealers Also Affected.
Some 10000 dealers and statesmen
OF General Motors cars also were af-
fected, with no other passenger auto
MOBILES IN sight when the present
supply is exhausted-if operations have
not been resumed before this point is
reached
During the peak Of unemployment
due to the strike William 8. Knudsen.
executive vice president Of the CORPORA
ton. said the daily pay roll loss was
100000. It was estimated as being
approximately $3.50. 900 daily now, with
$4,000 persons working part time.
The Flint city commission, declaring
state Of emergency" existed, be-
slowed virtually dictatorial powers
upon Mayor Harold 2. Bradshaw. One.
fourth Of the city's ls5,0oo popula-
tion ID employed by General Motors,
and $4,000 Of them were out Of work.
Situation Reviewed.
The 800-word General Motors
statement was signed by Knudsen,
who heads the corporations delega-
ton In the negotiations; John Thomas
Smith, legal counsel, and Donaldson
Brown, finance chairman, the other
representatives. 1t was Brown who
LETT the meeting two hours before the
statement was issued.
It reviewed "what has taken place
Evening star., 1937-02-09
Strike

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-02-09

NEWARK, N. j.. February 9 (P.-
Ellis Parker. Burlington County de-
tective chief. and his son, Ellis. jr,
pleaded innocent today to Federal in
dictments in the Paul H. Wendell kid
naping and April 10 was set for their
trial.
Their counsel filed q demurrer and
said they would file briefs to uphold
their plea against the validity Of the
charges by February 10.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
wendell REC0UNTS'
KIDNAPPING Story
Was Seized in Street and
Held Prisoner, Ex.LaW-
yer Says.
BY the Associated Press.

oy lAS hsoVCiutcu EICoos
NEW YORK. February paul
H. Wendell. former trenton, N. j.
lawyer, whose repudiated confession
Of the Lindbergh kidnapping delayed
the execution Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann sfor three days, took the
stand today to describe how he al.
legedly was forced to make the con.
fession.
Wendell, a big gray-haired man
with voice that rang through Kings
County Court. Brooklyn. was called
as the chief witness at the trial OF
Murray Bleefeld, Martin Schlossmar
and Harry Weiss, three Of the mer
accused Of kidnapping and torturine
him.
He said he was so years old and
became lawyer in 1918, serving until
1920 when he was disbarred. When
District Attorney William r. x
Geoghan asked him to relate the cir
cumstances Wendell started long In
volved story about road materials
and other details Of transaction in
New Jersey, so difflcult to follow that
Judge John J. Fitzgerald interrupted
him.
Il just wanted to give the back
ground" Wendell said.
Don't argue with me-" the Judge
said.
Admits He Was Disbarred.
Wendell cut short his explanation
and said he was disbarred after COM
mitting perjury in Trenton.
He said he served nine months In
prison. and was then pardoned. He
quickly got into the story Of the
alleged kidnapping.
He was returning to his hotel ir
Thirty-second street, near Broadway
on the afternoon Of February IA, 1896
he said, when Bleefeld approached
him and said Jimmie de Louis wanted
to see him.
II had known De Louis, a detec-
tive in Trenton. for 20 years." Wende
said.
Il said II he wants to see me why
doesn't he come up here" Bleefeld
he said, told him the detective was
at police headquarters, Manhattan
Then, he said, as he was demurring
Weiss approa ched him with a drawn
revolver, and he was forced into q
car. Bleefeld drove it.
Held in Garage.
They refused to stop at head.
quarters, Wendell said, but he wa:
taken instead to Brooklyn, handcuffec
and taken to the garage at the real
of 3041 Voorhies avenue, where hi
was held.
They showed me into the cellar
and strapped me. put rope around my
handouts and left me, after putting
out the lights. ! said. What's it al
about, fellows?' but they, Weiss anc
Schlossman, said Never mind, you'll
find out"
When he yelled for help, he said
he was drowned out" by a radio
which was turned on intermittently.
Later, he said, when Bleefeld re.
IlCos COtIOh was Sluuco 4IllO Illi
ears so that he could not hear radio
announcements Of the Hauptmanr
case.
He had gone without food so far
Wendell said, and was extremely un.
comfortable and worried by his situa-
ton, when suddenly he was Informed
that he was being held as the kidnape,
Of the Lindbergh baby.
II heard plenty of sounds, footsteps
upstairs, a child's voice, the oil burner
in operation" Wendell said. Il was
accumulating things in my head fol
just such an occasion as this"
When they accused him of the kic-
naping. he said. he urged them tc
communicate with Ellis Parker, sr., ul
Attorney General David T. Wilentz oi
New Jersey.
PARKERS PLEAD INNOCENT.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Furnishings

GROUP OF &1.OO NECKWEAR;
lisht and dark grounds. including
GROUP OF a1.bO NECKWLAR:
ine quality crepes. foulards and
woven fabrics Half-price
Evening star., 1937-07-22
NEW BLACK LEGION
MURDER REVEALED
Dean, ExeCutioner of Hood
ed Gang. Spurs Hunt for
Victim.
81 the Associated Press,

y! thc Associated Press.
DETROIT, July ga new Black
Legion killing was disclosed yesterday
as Dayton Dean, the hooded knight
riders confessed executioner, was
started toward prison to serve a life
term for murder.
Two city detectives, Lieut.. Jack Har-
vii and Sergt. Charles Meehan, dis
closed that they have been investigat-
ing Deans latest "confession"-that of
the hanging of a man in grove on the
eastern edge of Detroit-since last
October.
They said the stoCky Dean related
that the killing took place at Black
Legion meeting he attended soon after
joining the order four years ago at
which thousand persons were pres
ent.
II was standing to one side with
bunch of new members, waiting to be
sworn in" Dean said. "A car drove
in. There was a man in the back seat.
yelling and struggling. The men in
the car pulled him out, strung him up
to a tree and hanged him. After a
while they cut him down and put the
body in the car, along with some
shovels"
Harvill and Meehan said more than
q score of other Black Legionnaires
have denied Deans story but never
theless officers have been digging in
the woods for body
Dean, sentenced for the slaying Of
Charles A. Poole. w P. A. worker
whose death May u. 1896. led to the
expose of the Black Legion, has been
kept in witnesses quarters at police
headquarters since June /, 1886 to
testify in other cases against more
than tVo-score members of the ter
forist society.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
c. c. C. COMMANDERS
CAN RETAIN AIDES
SO Per Cent of Reserve Officers
Can Be Used Longer Than
Normal Service Time,

Amendment of War Department in
structions governing use of Reserve
officers in Civilian Conservation Corps
posts to permit retention beyond the
normal period of officers in key posi-
tions was announced today.
The amended instructions will give
corps area commanders greater lati-
tude in assigning and rotating Re-
serVlsts. The commanders are given
Evening star., 1937-07-22

the option of extending the active
duty periods of so per cent of the
Reserve officers under their command
on c. c. c. duty. This extension, how
ever does not apply to medical officers
and chaplains.
Some Of the corps area command
ers," the War Department explained,
Evening star., 1937-07-22
added that prices Of chops may be

added that prices Of chops may be
higher.
In a forecast of supply and demand
fer hogs, the bureau reported that
fewer Of the animals will be marketed
during the next six months, but they
will be heavier In weight. Prospects
OF a large corn crop will lead many
farmers to feed Spring pigs through
the Winter and to increase their
breeding stock
This trend is expected to continue
for the next two or three years.
Evening star., 1937-07-22

found that it was desirable to retain
on active duty certain Reserve officers
engaged in important administrative
duties"
Corps area commanders also may
call to active duty specially qualified
officers who have had previous service
with the c. c. C.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Doomed in Woman's Staying.

PITTSBORO, N. c.. July % (P).-A
jury yesterday convicted William
Perry, 1a-year-old colored defendant
OF numbering Mrs. w. T. Hamlet,
aged farm woman, and he was SEN
fenced TO die September II.
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Mems CIothino

g HART sCHAFFNER 4 MARX and
RALEIGH GABARDINE SUITS:
grey: green: sizes, Regular, . (3sD,
! L40). 3 (42); Short. / f37J. l
t3a); Long. l t3s). Were 1880,
q GABARDINE SUITS; tan, grey.
brown: sizes. Regular. ! l3sJ,
! 900: Short. | t3s) 9 (4O),
! l42). Were $40 and S35.
j! SUMNER WEIGHT WORsTEDS
AND FLANNELS: tan brown, blue:
sizes, Regular, $50. ! (4OI. 9
t42l: Short, | f35) ] t31). ! t3S).
J t39l, . f4O: Long. f3o, .
(3sD, (40). We're $50 and s35,
II HART SCHAFFNER 4 MARX
and RALEIGH DIXIE WEAVES;
blue. brown, grey. sizes Regular.
! go. ] t3a), / (42I. . 49,:
Long. . f3D, ] t3s): Young Stout.
! t39D: Long Stout / (4OD. C4o),
Were S25 and $3.50 now S13.S5
2 COTTON GABARDINE SUITS:
blue, brown: sizes. Regular. . I31).
! t40l; Short. t3s). / 1917:
Lons. L f30. l t3s). t39), Were
S12I5. now S6.85
Evening star., 1937-07-22
PORK CHOPS GOING UP:
MAY STAY UP 2, 3 YEARS
Fewer Hogs to Be Marketed This
Fall-Large Corn Crop May
Cut Slaughtering.

BY the Associated Press.
There will be fewer pork chops
on the Nations dinner tables this Fall
and Winter, the Bureau Of Agricul-
tural Economics said Yesterday. It
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Mems Shoes

"a PAIRS WHITE CANVAS
LEATHER SOLE SHOES: Rubber
heels; small and large sizes. Were
20 PAIRS HANAN SAMPLE SHOES:
black and tan calfskins and some
sport shoes. Size 7B only. Were
S12.Go to $3.50, -S5.S5
Evening star., 1937-07-22
Closed h57 6A7 Saturday
BROKEN ASSIGNMENTS! ALL SALES FINALl

1s YOUNG MEMS 3-PC. WOOL
SUITS: Sport backs. Sizes. Resu-
lar, l t35l, C36J; 2 (3s); 2 (3a;
(40), 2 42). Short, 2 (37D;
2 1857: (4O). Long, ! f4o).
Were $500 and S29 so sl5.s5
22 HART SCHAFFNFR & MARX
AND RALEIGH TWISTS AND
SHETLANDS: Single -bres sted, dou-
ble-breasted and sport backs.
Sizes Regular, ! (35); ! 1857:
3 (37); , t3S); 3 t39l: l C4O):
3 f42D; l 40. Were $4,000 and
- IMPORTED LINEN sUITsl
white and natural single and dou-
BILE breasted models, Were $3.50
and $50, now SASS
q WHITE CRASH SUITS: sizes
Regular, / f35). l (3s). 2 C3el,
] (40; ] (42J; l 44. Short,
| C3O; l t40). Were S22 so.
SO HART sCHAFFNER & MARX
AND RALEIGH SUITS: Imported
and domestic fabrics. One and
two trousers Single breasted,
double-breasted and sport models,
Regular, short. long and stout
sizes. Were $500 and $4,000,
S23.s6
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
.Stingless Bee Is
Breeders Dream
Professor Watson Already
Has Gentle Breed That
Hives In His ParlOr

Alfred, N. Y, July 2G-U.R)-
Prof. Lloyd r Watson of Alfred
University tonight reported he was
seeking a stream-lined bee which
would be "civi!ized' when it uses
its stinger.
By cross breeding, DR.. Watson
already has produced a strain OF
bees so gentle that he keeps the
hive in his living room. The bees
go and come through a small
opening cut in a window pane.
He said these gentlest of all ex-
isting lees were created" by
crossing a fairly gentle type and
the most devilish bee in the
world"
The new, gentle bees have an
unusually heavy coat of down,
Prof. Watson said, which makes
them particularly valuable as pol
llnatorS.
In an effort to stream-line bees,
Dr.. Watson is attempting to pro-
duce a long-tongued bee which
will be able to obtain honey from
deep flowers such as red clover.
Now, it was said, red clover has
to be pollinated by insects because
no bees have tongues sufficient
ly long to reach the pollen.
The future bee may be gentle,
able to carry a larger load willing
to work at a lower temperature,
have a longer tongue, and be more
beautiful, said Dr.. Watson in a
report he is preparing for delivery
before the fall session of the
American Chemical Society.
"Hornless cattle, larger fowls,
more productive grains are some
of the civilizations established
in animals and plants, but COM
parable improvements have not
been possible in bees. A stingless
bee is largely a dream, but one
likely to be realized"
Dr.. Watson said that if and
when a Stingless be is created"
houSeholders will have hives by
their porch hammocks. House
wives will go to hives to obtain
honey for sweetening just as they
now 60 into the chicken coop to
gather a few eggs for dinner
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
WITH THE
COURTS
UNITED STATES COURT

Herbert Brown. "a. and George
Britton, "a, Norfolk Negroes, were
arraigned before U. S. Commits
sioner J. A. Hooper yesterday on
charges of violating the alcohol
tax laws, following their arrest
near Belcross while in an automo-
bile containing a quantity of ILL
cit whiskey. Bonds were set at $500
each.
Also arraigned were Bruce Col
son. %. and Tony CRANKY, so,
the latter colored, who were ar
rested at a still near Woodville.
Their bonds were at $500 and $500
respectively.
Restraining orders were issued
against New Rountree and
Thomas J. Blanchard of Perqui-
mans County, in connection with
the alleged shipment Of unin-
spected WatermelonS out of the
state.
The daily independent., 1937-07-27
C.. I. o. Will Concentrate
Fight On Republic Steel
New Strategy Call, for T.
ing Up On the Clbo,
Independent.

Washington, July &c. up r
Committee for Industrial ORR -
zation has decided to dire, s''''
fire against the Republic 9.
corporation in an attcmpt IN ~.
the objectives for which j, c,H,. ,r'.
a strike on May 26. and 70 '',O "
tually abandon for the mon, ,-'
its fight to obtain Signed a~..
ments with other steel indeD~s
ents, it was learned tonigA.
First move IN the new CAIN.
was the calling off of walkoa
captive coal mines operate
Youngstown Sheet and Tub, r,.
pany, and Bethlehem Ste ~,
poeration which with Rcpub .c,rs
inland Steel. offered bitter om'
lion when the c. I. O. b.ga, :
unioniza.i lion drive.
Strikes in Republic coal I'M.
will continue.
The move, a c. I. o. official .,
vealed, will ease pressure agsr.
youngstown Sheet and Tube ,rs
all other independents eXccp, p
public. 1t came as press d!Spa,c-
es from Cleveland told of the sn
ing of one man and injury Of !,
others in a renewal of rioting },
Republics Comigan McKinYqy
plant.
One mine owned by Youngs,oTr
Sheet and Tube at Nemaco.n r.
will oe allowed TO reopen imma.
ately, the United Press !n.Gyw.m
said. It employees 1000 men and
serves YoungstoWn'5 Iadsgg
Harbor plant.
Purpose of the new maneWe
which was described aS "U.rer
tactical" is to bring thg Gga be.
tween John L. Lewis. head 0! Tie
C. I. O.. and Tom NJ. Grdl-r Rc.
public board chairman. to a head
it was learned. Girdle" SUece4a.
ly reopened Republics plans n
defiance CT Lewis strike.
C. I. o. picket lin IS a.Cu.G iae
Republic plants will be iGcg&@a.
it was revealed. and other ]! 20.
means will be uScd to cu.b aa
company's operations. inc!uiag
filing of damage suits by {. ]. O.
attorneys as soon as the national
labor relations board has conrIo.
ed its inquiry of charges that r..
public violated the Wagncr ia)~
act. The suits will be b2"cG G
injuries received by striker aaG
pickets in earlier disorders Il U@
said.