The daily independent., 1937-04-21
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
TpAps MARK

Jones' S-Laughlln, whose Case But
Ter Favored, Is His Family's
Customer; Ethics OF Sitting In
Such Cases Left Entirely To
Judges Discretion; WPA Does
Not Bar Relief. To Strikers But
Moves Too Slowly To Aid Them:
Disney Urges University To
Train Civil Servants In West
Point Style.
WaShington-Not many people
knew it, but when Justice Pierce
Butler sided with the Supreme
Court minority in favor of the
Jones and Laughlin Steel Comp
any in the Wagner Act case last
week, he was favoring one of his
family's iron ore customers.
The Butler family made its mil
lions in Minnesota by mining iron
ore. and they have had a contract
for some years with the Jones and
Laughlin Steel Company, al
though the latter produces much
ore itself. One shipment of But
Ter ore is arriving this week at
Ashtabula. Ohio, for transShip-
ment to the Jones and Laughlin
plant.
The Butler ore mines are eSti-
mated to have made about Sl0,-
OOO 900 for the Butler brothers.
Originally there were six brothers.
A fair gauge of their wealth is the
will of John Butler who died in
1926. He left an estate Of S2,731.-
1888. of which $70O,O00 went to
Justice Butler and his children.
Optional Ethics
Whether or not q Justice Of the
Supreme Court steps aside on a
case in which he IS personally in
terested depends entirely on him.
Justice Stone stepped aside last
year when his OLD firm represent
ed the Sugar Institute. even
though he had not been with the
firm for many years. Justice
BrandeiS has stepped aside Sev-
eral times because his daughter
was interested in child labor or
minimum wage matters.
On the other hand. Justice But
Ter wrote the majority decision IN
the Great Northern Railway case.
scaling SlO,OO0.OO0 from its taxes,
despite the fact that for years he
was an attorney for that road. Al
so. Justice Roberts handed down
the majority opinion in favor OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company in 1888,
| ignoring his former position as a
! director of the Bell Telephone
Company. an affiliate.
Village Smithy Exit
U. S. Calvalry officers declare
that one reason for mCChanization
of the army is the shortage OF
blaCksmithS to care for horses.
Government University
CONGRESSMAN PalmisanO, CX-
Baltimore bartender who happens
to be the Chairman of the House
Education Committee. IS sitting on
one of the most worthwhile edu-
cational project in government.
1t is a bill introduced by Con-
I gressman Disney of Oklahoma. tc
! do for the civilian branches OF the
Government what is done for the
Navy at Annapolis and for the
Army at West Point-a govern
ment-servant university.
Behind DiSncy'S idea is the fact
that it is the ambition OF about
half the youngsters of the country
at one time or another, - 20 tC
West Point or Annapolis The two
institutions arc held up as the
acme of educational training. Thl
Army and Navy become models OF
clean and honorable avo1atlonS
There is competition to get there
On the other hand. the civilian
branches of government are con-
sidered by many to be graft-rIG'
den and a none too honorable pro-
fession. The exact opposite is true
in Great Britain. where many
young men mould their careers tt
be British Government servants.
Politics" argues Disney, car
be the cleanest. mC&t laudator!
profession in the country. 1t al
depends on the men in it. Tht
first step is to tram men. We've
got to make the civilian ranks o
government as attractive tt
vounSterS as the Army and Navy