Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-29

ers are not broken because those
taking part in them run out OF
things to say. They are broken for
two reasons. Sometimes the physi-
cal strain on the participants be-
comes too great They give out
physically-not for lack of ideas.
The other is when the country be-
comes aroused against the endless
talking, shows plainly that its SYM
pathies are the other way, and
thereby deprives the filibusters OF
an incentive to go on.
No Good Anyway - e
There is no hint of either of these
things yet. So it would really do
no good for the administratio group
to clap down on some time-killing
speaker with a demand that he stop
discussing, for example, the wages
and hours bill.
For that is one of the things
that is being talked about under
the surface more than anything else.
So far no accord has been reached.
Some of the participants in the con-
ferences are still worrying about
regional Observation-Disclosures en-
ployees can be worked longer hours
and paid smaller wages in the South
than in the North. Others are wor-
ried about exemptions, the latest
decision of the administration ap-
parently being that there are to be
none.
Then there is always the govern
ment reorganization bill. There is
general agreement among congress
men that President Roosevelt can
have his additional secretaries.
There is willingness to give him
several other things he wants. But
the measure is not going to pass
in toto as the President wants it
far from it.
Just for instance, the army en-
gineers are not going to have their
powers even jeopardized, much less
threatened. And that is only one.
There are a lot more. There may
be one more cabinet position, but
not the two more the President
wishes.
But the details of both the gov
eminent reorganization and h e
wages and hours bills are still under
discussion - in the cloakrooms, in
offices, and even at parties. That
is usually the rule during some big
flibuster which has reached t h e
stage, as this has, where no other
business will be permitted by the
side trying to break the talkfest.
And it still looks like an October
adjournment!
Make Up! Not Yet
John L. Lewis and William Green
are not going to kiss and make up
before Christmas, no matter what
authentic sounding gossip you may
hear to that effect. Neither is Frank
lin D. Roosevelt going to repudiate
Lewis, no matter how much he
quotes that "Plague on both your
houses" Neither is on the cards.
Eventually, the probability is that
the American Federation of Labor
and the Committee for Industrial
Organization will unite. But not for
some time to come. Not this good
year of 1887. It is much too soon.
There is too much face-saving to
be done first, and the time for the
face-saving gestures is not yet.
For either to make any gesture
now would be construed by too many
of their followers as sign of weak
ness For Lewis to make the move
would deter certain important unions
which are thinking of jumping the
old organization to one that prom
Uses more action. 1t would cool the
enthusiasm of so many budding
unions about to affiliate with G.. I. O.
For Green to make the move
would be construed by too many as
not merely sign of weakness, but
virtually as surrender.
But even the die-hards on both
sides know that inevitably some
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the time being there is considerable
advantage in the present setup-
from the standpoint of organized
labor.
Renaissance
Actually the present situation is
reminiscent of the bitterness which
ragged, back in the Wilson admin
istration, between the two groups
of women who were fighting for
woman suffrage. In this comparison
the C. I. o. is like the Woman's
party, headed by vibrant Alice Paul,
the American Federation being like
the digniied but rather Ineffective
association headed by Carrie Chap
man Gait. Mrs. Cats group had
just as many arguments and great
deal more money, but it was ter
ribly sedate. Mrs. Gait worried a
great deal about what was tn e
proper thing to do. Alice Paul kept
the "cause" on the front pages. She
had women picketing the Whit e