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Evening star., 1937-04-04
HERSHEY PLANTS
STRIKERS LEAVE
Sit-lns Agree to Stay Out
Until Dispute Is
Settled,
8y the Associated Press.

HERSHEY, Pa. April 3.-A thou
sand sit-down strikers who had held
the Hershey Chocolate Corp. plant
since last Friday, filed from the build
ing tonight under an agreement with
the company to negotiate the termina-
ton of the strike. Picket lines were
Immediately formed outside the plant
The agreement followed a four -hour
conference between representatives OF
the corporation and the Committee fol
Industrial Organization.
The management pledged 1t would
not attempt to resume operations in
| any Of the plants departments until
negotiations for the termination OF the
strike were completed.
Under the agreement the company
will discuss with union representatives
the questions OF work distribution, set
tlement OF disputes. closed shop, the
check-of1 system for payment of union
dues and seniority rights.
The strike started Friday after work
ers declared that the company had
failed to live up to an agreement made
on ST. Patricks day.
Union officials said that agreement
provided for seniority rights and
spread Of overtime among all shifts.
Murrie said that the company had
kept its part Of the st. Patrick's day
bargain.
The plant employees nearly 1000
men and women.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
STEEL LUN|ONGA|NS
46 RECOGN|T|ONS
18 Additional Companies in
Industry Declared Me-
gotiating.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. April 8 Steel
union forces of John L. Lewis Com
mittee for Industrial Organization
claimed today they had recognition
States and were negotiating for COL
lective bargaining contracts with 18
additional producers.
The steel workers Organizing
Committee headquarters in Pittsburgh
said more than 10000 steel workers
were employed by the companies now
negotiating with union representatives.
simultaneously Regional Director
Clinton s. Golden made public a let
ter in which he said the committee
would not accept the refusal of Lo-
REM Iverson, president of Mesta Ma
chine Co., to enter into a written
contract.
Iverson as head of one OF the worlds
largest manufacturers OF steel mill
equipment, had said he. would receive
written requests from union workers
and post his answers on bulletin boards
in the companys plants at Home
stead, Pa.
Negotiations were reported progress
ing at the following companies:
McKeesport Tin Plate, Crucible
Steel. Walworth Co., Timken Roller
Bearing and Timken Steel Il Tube,
A. M. Byers Co., Pittsburgh Pipe g.
Coupling, Cooper-Bessemr Engineering
Corp, Newport Rolling Mill. Andrews
Rolling Mill, International Nickel Co..
Light Spring & Axle Co.. and the
Coshocton Iron Works, Lewis adher-
ents, interpreted as a victory Federal
Judge Nelson McVicar's ruling today
that the Federal Court did not have
jurisdiction in the suit of the Amer
ican Federation Of Labor to restrain
the New Kensington Aluminium Work.
ers' Union from collecting dues and
transferring them.
The local, largest in the industry, re-
Gently broke with the A. F. OF L. and
turned its funds over to the Steel
Workers Union pending outcome Of
its demands for an international union
charter from the federation.
The aluminium workers were aff1li-
ated with the federation through a
Federal charter, but had been refused
the autonomy Of an international
charter. Its officers have called .
national convention of aluminium
workers at New Kensington April IL
to decide whether to continue with the
federation or bolt to the Lewis group.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
$65,00O BUDGETED
BY GOODWILL GROUP
Industries Chairman Dulin Points
to 18-Month Needs-21 Vice
Chairmen.

Goodwill Industries here needs $685.
900 for an operating budget and capital
expenditure, James A. Dulin, treasurer
of the American Security d Trust Co.
and also Of the Goodwill Industries
announced yesterday.
OF this amount, $4,000 represents
the operating costs of trucks, rental of
stores. the directors salary and sup
plies of all kinds, for a period of five
months. For its budget and bag pro-
motion for the next 18 months SIS 5000
must be raised, this being the differ
ence between store sales and total
operating costs. For main plant COM
pletion and equipment 5000 was
allocated and the balance of $4,000
is for purchase of additional properties
necessary to efficient and economic de-
velopment
Twenty-one vice chairmen to head
workers in various sections of town
have been appointed by Mrs Samuel
Herrick, chairman of the Residential
Committee during the forthcoming
campaign.
They are Mrs. Louis Caldwell, Mrs.
James G. Dulin, jr.; Mrs. Lawrence
Martin, Mrs. James T. Jardine, Mrs.
Howard G. Nichols, Mrs. Harry Price,
Mrs. Alfred H. Brooks, Mrs. Harry E.
Hull. Mrs. C. H. Reed, Mrs. Copeland
Jones. Miss Clara L. Opper, Miss Lydia
M. Fox. Mrs. Arthur j. Seaton, Mrs.
E. G. Montgomery, Mrs. William o.
Tufts. wife of the president of the
Board of Trustees of Goodwill; Mrs.
Tilman B. Parks, Mrs Thomas W
Marshall Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel. Mrs.
Alexander Wylie, Mrs. Charles M. Fis-
tere Of Belle Haven, Va, and Mrs.
G. c. Hertz, West Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
RECTOR RESIGNS

BLADENSBURG, Md, April 3 CSpe-
ciaD Resignation Of Rev. Robert
Lee Lewis as rector of st. Lukes
Protestant Episcopal Church, Bladens-
burg, because of i'll health and the
acceptance of call to the parish by
the Rev. Claude S. Ridenour, assistant
rector of Rock Creek parish, is an
nounced. The Rev. Ridenour, who
has been officiating at St. Luke's dur
ing the Rev. Mr.. Lewis illness, already
has assumed his new duties.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
MORETHAN MILLION
NOW IN All CLUBS
Last Years Membership Gain
10000, Says Agriculture
nenorfmAnf
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department said
yesterday more than 100000 boys
and girls took part last year in the
young farmers movement, the All
Clubs.
This was gain of 100000 over the
previous year, and the largest par
ticipation yet, the department said.
These clubs have expanded steadily
since the Federal Government began
encouraging them in 1914.
Most members are sons and daugh-
ters Of farmers, but the urban young
sters also may participate If 4 back
yard garden plot or poultry pen ID
available
Boy members usually undertake q
project such as fattening live stock or
growing some crop. Girls study the
problems Of farm homemaker. Vir-
tually the only requirement is a report
on projects to one Of the 100,0 vol
unteer local leaders who supervise
club activities.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

John L. Lewis Committee for Indus
trial Organization.
The men in striking contended that
in announcing lay-of1s yesterday to
cut production, company officials Sc
lected men who had been working
with the company from S to Is years,
leaving men with shorter terms of
service on the job, contrary to the
usual practice. They also asserted
that 80 per cent Of the men laid of
were members of the union, including
all the members of the Executive
Committee.
All traffic was barred by the police
today along the two block stretch that
runs in front of the plant. Only three
patrol cars were on duty, and another
was cruising about.
2,200 Usually Employed.
Estimates OF the number of workers
involved in the sit-down strike inside
the plant varied from $50 to 1000
Normally a grand total of 1900 men
are employed.
The union at the Ford factory OBJ
tanned its charter as Local No. l4s
of the United Automobile Workers OF
America two weeks ago. 1t was not
until after the strike started that the
local elected officers. The 1s-man
Executive Committee Is composed OF
three men from eaci. Of six depart
ments in the plant.
The plant has been on a 5-day, 40
hour week schedule and Saturday
ordinarily is an idle day
AT Detroit Ford official explained
the situation thus:
When the sit-doWn strikes began
in the automobile industry, Mr.. Ford
did not step up production and or
dered it held at the existing level.
1T was discovered few days ago
that the Kansas City plant was rum
ming 80 cars day ahead of schedule
and it was ordered reduced.
That necessitated laying of 200 to
300 men temporarily, and apparently
the men laid of thought they were
being picked on. AS q matter Of fact,
1t was normal lay-off, done in q
normal manner in order to maintain
our schedules as determined when
the sit-down in other plants began.
1T was not Mr.. Ford's intention to
go to town 30 to speak, because other
manufacturers were caught with sit
downs, and therefore our schedule,
which could easily be stepped up in
any of our plants. was held steady.
In carrying out the lay-off schedule
plant foremen yesterday started
singing out men to be dropped and
asking them to turn in their company
badges.
Members of the union Executive
Committee quickly passed out an or
der for the men to keep their badges,
refrain from punching the time clock
and stay inside the plant.
The organization Of the strike was
swift. Wives, sweethearts, children
and friends arrived in = steady stream
carrying tidbits of food, musical in
struments and bedding. Even 4 game
OF table tennis was set up inside. For
breakfast there were 100 dozen dough-
nuts and so gallons of coffee.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
[ABORDENOUNCES
ESPECIAL POLICE"
Virginia Federation to File
Complaints of "ShadoW-
ing" With Court.
BS the Associated Press.

o' tiit hSSoCldleQ fTeSS.
The executive board of the Virginia
Federation of Labor denounced "spe-
cial county policemen" at meeting
in Richmond yesterday and voted to
place recent complaints against them
in the hands Of the courts in line with
recommendation from Gov. Peery
The action followed charges laid
before the Governor by w. D. Ander-
son, legislative chairman of the fed
Grafton, that special officers" shad-
owed him during . recent visit to
Dickinson County and were acting
under instructions from coal mining
operators.
The board voted to follow Gov.
Peery's suggestion" said E. J. Shave
of Hampton, secretary Of the fedora
ton, "and a committee of two was
appointed to bring the matter to the
attention of the Dickinson County
Circuit Court
This" he said, will bring to an
issue a condition against which the
United Mine Workers have been fight-
ing for years"
Anderson told the committee infor-
nation relating to his charges also
would be filed with the La Toilette
Civil Liberties Committee in Wash
ington
Shave said the board also discussed
the issue Of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization and the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor during the
four-hour session, but that the Vir-
ginia Federation had no intention Of
severing its afflliation with the
American Federation.
The State federation is an A. F.
OF L. affiliate and will continue so"
Shave declared.
The secretary said, however, the
board had not receded from the po-
sition taken at its convention in Gov
ington last year when it voted in
favor of granting industry-wide
union charters to workers in the basic
production industries"
Evening star., 1937-04-04
SETTLEMENT ENDS,
STRIKE DISORDERS
Minnesota Governor Brings Peace
Blames Violence on County
Officials.
e" the Associated Press.

ALBERT LEA, Mimi, April g.
Settlement of the two-week-old strike
at the American Gas Machine Co. to-
day put an end to "a hours of violence.
Gov. Elmer Benson, who hurried
here after sherif1's deputies seized
81 strikers in a raid on union head
quarters and arrived while pickets
were storming the plant, restored
peace through mediation.
The Governor charged county off,
cials with responsibility for the dis
order, asserting the raid on the strike
headquarters was unjustifled.
Both sides expressed satisfaction
with the settlement reached early to-
day. 1t provided recognition of the
independent union for all workers if
the union afnliates with a national
labor organization within so days
The company also agreed to rehire
without discrimination all workers on
the pay roll when the strike started
Evening star., 1937-04-04
EXCLUDE SETS RECORD
D. c. Man Walked 9s,O93 Miles
in Luray Caverns.

LURAY. Va. April (SpeciaD -
w. B. Rickard Of Washington for
mer guide in the Luray Caverns, has
established a record in his travels
through the cave and in walking to
and from home.
Here are some Of Richards claims
He places the distance he has trav-
eled 10 and from his home at 1920
miles. For the Is years he has been
guide, averaging FIVE trips through
the cave daily, or 81. miles a day
equals 79,8432& miles, the total making
98093 miles.
Perhaps Mr.. Richards record ex-
ceeds all other cave guides in the
United States except that Of James
Harley. who died few years ago after
rs years in the Mammoth Cave OF
Kentucky. Mr.. Harley had Travelled
1873 ,434 miles.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Ford
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
| employees, we will operate Monday ~
usual"
Announcement Of the settlement
brought = quiet end to the strike,
which began in spectacular fashion at
BIS pm. yesterday as q sit-down
demonstration, the first such gesture
against the Ford organization.
The settlement was announced at
the plant by Baron de Louis. member
| OF the strikers committee, in small
restaurant across the street. Pickets,
patrolling the grounds since the sit
afternoon, left their posts.
The few persons in the vicinity
when the settlement was announced,
greeted the news with shouts. There
was no major demonstration.
Picket Line to End.
Hall said just before De Louis
addressed the stragglers At the plant
that the picket line would be taken
of shortly"
The sit-down phase Of the strike
ended just after Hall arrived this
afternoon with five Ford representa-
tives aboard 3 special plane. The
strikers declared the evacuation Of
the plant was merely = change Of
tactics as they trooped out to the
strains of music provided by band
made up Of strikers from another
closed plant here, the Butler Manu-
featuring Co.
Whether any workers would be laid
off Monday, none Of the conferees
said tonight.
Hall. in his earlier statement that
union men would not be laid off, re-
gardless of seniority, said their main
grievance was that they had "felt
discrimination for union membership"
The men were told by me, and I
have the word of reliable men in
the Ford Motor Co., that they could
be assured that in this Ay-of there
will be no layon Of union men.
Il told the men that when they
evacuated the plant, and We intend
to see that this is lived up to-"
Organization Men Exempt.
Asked whether his statement meant
definitely mo union men" would be
among those laid of, or that seniority
would be followed, Hall reiterated that
organization members would be
exempt.
The U. A. w. A. Official came out Of
= conference with other union officers
to make his statement.
Shortly afterward two officials of
the Ford Motor Co., who flew here
late today on the same airliner with
Hall, entered the hotel room where
the union men met.
The strikers marched three abreast
from the factory, their cheers rising
above the blaring band which led the
exodus.
Patrolman Virgil McGaugh esti-
the sit-down evacuation.
Ray Dunn, executive committeeman
for the local union, said Hall ad-
dressed the men within the plant and
announced the Ford Co. had agreed
mot to fire single man." because
Of union activities.
Hall himself addressed the men
through a loud speaker after they
had marched from the plant.
Hands on each others shoulders,
the strikers marched from the plant
into an applauding crowd that had
to be moved back from the sidewalk.
Most Of the workers had bed rolls un-
der their arms.
Trombonist Leads Band.
The band, led by q trombonist
whose nose was tinted slightly blue
by the 40-degree temperature, made
up in enthusiasm any lack in bal
ance. Guitars predominated among
the instruments.
Strikers generally insisted that it
was only q coincidence that the stop
page here was the first sit-down strike
Evening star., 1937-04-04
TRUCK STRIKE OFF
AT WILMINGTON
Disorders End With "CoI-
Iective Bargaining" Agree
ment by Operators.
~ the Associated Press,

~ ZIG hooOSldtCd iSoo-
WILMINGTON, Del, April s.
Mayor Walter w. Bacon announced
tonight that truck operators had
agreed to enter collective bargaining
with representatives of the Central
Labor Union within 48 hours to bring
an end to the city's truck strike.
A city-wide strike called by the
Central Labor Union to enforce settle
ment of the strike was called off to-
day eight hours after it had started.
Mayor Bacon, with Gov. Richard c.
McMullen went into conference with
representatives Of the Central Labor
Union, over-the-road truck operators
and the Employers Policy Committee,
representing the city operators.
The Mayor announced the agree
ment after the conference, and said
that the truck strike would continue
until negotiations were actually be-
gun.
The Employers Policy Committee
asked that negotiations between the
local operators and the Central Labor
Union be separate from those with
over-the-road operators. The COM
mittee asked also that a Wilmington
unit of the Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs and Truck Drivers be or
gani0ed, rather than have the local
drivers and helpers under the juris-
diction Of the Philadelphia unit.
Both Requests Agreed To.
The Central Labor Union agreed to
both requests. 1t announced that
the Philadelphia unit would con-
tinue in jurisdiction Of the over the
road drivers.
The agreement tonight set aside
. warning by James T. Houghton,
secetary-tHasurer OF the Central
Labor Union, that the union would
call out all organized workers again
II the conference failed.
Those who met with the Governor
and the Mayor were Lieut. Col Louise
H. Coke, Sd, of Washington, spokes-
man for the Policy Committee Of the
employers; Arthur Logan, counsel for
the Employers Policy Committee;
Frank J. Papa, president Of the Cen
ator Edward c. Macdonald
Brick throwing, window smashing
and other sporadic disorder marked
the start of the strike at am, after
eleventhhour efforts by Gov. McMul-
len and Mayor Bacon failed to prevent
the strike.
Windows in some central city build
mos hr0epn ri Id
At several automobiles and trucks were
overturned. Brakes of a parked truck
were released and the vehicle smashed
into building. No serious injuries
were reported.
Milk and Bakery Drivers.
The union did not include milk and
bakery wagon drivers in the general
strike order and deliveries of these ne
cessities continued. Trolley cars and
busses also continued in operation.
Edward Crumbock of Philadelphia,
secretary of Philadelphia Local lot,
and Raymond Cohen, another official
OF the local, were freed in $500 bail
each on charges of assault and battery
and threatening bodily harm.
Before the Mayor announced cessa-
ton OF the strike, 16 men were arrest
ed in suburban Bellevue by State high
way patrolmen and held on charges Of
conspiracy to commit assault and bat
terry and to destroy property.
Their arrest followed violence at a
construction Job. Two workmen, Cecil
Rodgers and John Folsom, were in
tured slightly.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
AIR POWER SYMBOLIZED
IN ITALIAN CEREMONY
Machine Gun Salute From Un-
known Soldiers Monument
Viewed by King.

~ the Associated Press.
ROME, April 3.-Machine guns
blazed into the air in salute from the
top of the Unknown Soldiers monu-
ment today as part of a ceremony SYM
bolic OF Italy's growing air power.
King Vittorio Emanuele, flanked by
Premier Mussolini and Crown Prince
Umberto, presented banners to 1taly's
air regiments on the steps of the
monument.
Ten thousand aviators were massed
before the tomb.
With each presentation the machine
gunners fired their weapons. The
conferring of regimental flags placed
the air force on a level with units
of the regular army. The airmen pre-
viously had no banners of their own.
Notables present also included For
eign Minister Galleazzo Ciano, Mar
shal 1talo Balbo, Governor of Libya;
the Duke Of Aosta and Marshals Pietro
Badoglio and Emilio de Bono.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Six Wild Swine for Price of Two.

PHILADELPHIA LP).-The Zoo here
got more than it bargained for in an
animal swap with a ZOO at Hoosick
Falls, N. Y. The Philadelphia Zoo
received 4 pair Of European wild
swine, Is per contract. That same day
they presented their new owners with
six pi1s
Evening star., 1937-04-04
FORM "LAST MAN" CLUB
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSp&tch 70 Ihe StAF.
HYATTSVILLE. Nd, April s.
Members of the Snyder-Farmer Post,
American Legion, have organized the
Last Mans Club. John A. johnson
was assigned to obtain the wee drap''
to be drunk by the surviving men,
ber Of the club in the year 10
Others who already have joined
the new organization include Charles
v. Joyce, commander of the club;
Hugh T. McClay, vice commander;
John Neitzey, finance officer, and
John ]. Buckley. Caesar L. Aiello and
Z. J. Cannon, past commanders.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Trombonist Leads Band.

The band, led by q trombonist
whose nose was tinted slightly blue
by the 40-degree temperature, made
up in enthusiasm any lack in bal
ance. Guitars predominated among
the instruments.
Strikers generally insisted that 1t
was only q coincidence that the stop
page here was the first sit-down strike
against Ford by a union affiliated with
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-22
Bill Names Ten
Peace Justices
For This County
Measure Would Also Des-
ignate Six to Act in
Polk County

RALEIGH, March 22.-Just!ces
of the peace for Henderson and
Polk counties would be named in
the omnibus magistrate bill now
pending before the general assem-
bly,. =
The measure names the follow
ing for a term Of six years, except
when a different term is named,
and terms begin on April !, 1887,
or when present terms expire.
Among those named are:
HENDERSON COUNTY
Hendersonville township, Reece
Pope, H. P. Hauk, w. P. Whit
mire.
Mills River township, E. L. Bar
nett, s. r. Cathey, A. B. Bagwell.
Edneyville township, Dewey
Sumner, Gay LYDIA, w. NJ. Pryor.
Green River township, D. W.
Williams.
POLK COUNTY
Columbus township, L. L. Tall
lent, flour years..
Tryon township, G. H. Holmen,
John w. Fisher, Thos. Revan.
Shields township, Marshall
Abrahams, Thomas Stedman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-22
FLOOD OF MINOR BILLS MAY
DIE ON SOLONS' CALENDAR
End Near Though Clock
May Be Turned Back
Last Hours
By CHILES COLEMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

RALEIGH. March %. (UP).-
The North Carolina general as
Scmbly moved into the closing
hours of it's 1887 session today
with u flood Of minor bills Sched-
ulcd TO die on crowded house and
senate calendars.
Under a resolution passed by
both chambers Saturday, sine die
adjournment is set for noon to-
morrow regardless of what has or
has not been accomplished by that
time.
But unless all remaining major
issues have been completely dealt
with when the deadlinc arrives,
the clock will be turned back to
permit q few extra hours of de-
liberation and laSt-minute jam
ming through of bills that must
pass.
During the past week, Eighty
and capriciouS house changed its
mind once or twice on at least a
dozen measures, but still managed
TO adjourn many hours before the
senate on Saturday with the as
surance that all remaining bust
ness could be reasonably well
cleared up in sessions today and
tomorrow.
Outstanding bills passed at the
Saturday sesSion-long and tlrlng
in contrast to 20 and Commute
sessions of previous Saturday,,
were the amended motor Vehlclc
code measure and the school ma
chinery bill. Both passed only a, ,
ter conference committees hao
ironed out differences which arose
when the house refused to concur
in senate amendments.
The motor vehicle measure, as
passed, provides for a five-cent re-
duction in automobile license fees
The school machinery bill sets up
a five-man executive commission
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