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half Of these. about $1,000, are in
the Detroit area alone.
Its present wage scale Is reported
to be near 81 day. The Ford auto
motive plants operate on = 5-day, 40
hour week.
Negotiations Continue.
Further conferences with executives
OF three automobile companies en-
gagged union negotiators today. One
Of these was resumption Of discus
sions in the ONCE Of Gov. Frank Mur-
ply at Lansing to settle the Hudson
Motor Car Co. strike which has left
1000 Detroiters without work for a
month. A preliminary session was held
last night.
The purpose of the other confer
ences was to settle issues not dealt
with in the agreements signed thi,
week by Chrystler and REQ Motor Ca,
Co., ending their strikes.
FORD MAKES DECLARATION.
Evening star., 1937-04-08

House passage late yesterday, by a
vote OF 122 to IA, Of the Summers
bill TO allow the Attorney General
10 intervene in private suits attacking
the constitutionality of Federal laws,
1t is designed to speed an appeal to
the Supreme Court when lower Judges
hvalidate law.
indications were the administra-
ton leadership might seek to defer
Senate action on this section OF the
Presidents program in the hope of
having the program voted on In its
entirety.
Senator Burke wanted the Judiciary
Committee to act first and separately
on the Summers bill.
They want the bad to be acted on
with the good" he said Of the Presi-
Dents supporters, but we shall try
to get action on this bill on its own
merits"
The Ser, ate committee postponed
consideration OF the Summers bill
pending more discussion Of Supreme
Court revision.
Senator's Burke. Connally, Demo-
crat, OF Texas, and King, Democrat, Of
Utah, opponents of the Roosevelt pro-
gram, in a round table discussion last
night, reviewed cases in which they
contended the Supreme Court had up
held the rights Of the people. F. H.
Stinchfeld, president Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, introduced them,
saying:
An absolutely independent judici-
ary has been the only certain protec-
ton Of the rights and liberties Of any
people. Politics plays no part In the
Supreme Court"
Civil War Case Summarized.
Connally summarized a case during
the Civil War In which LAndon Milli-
gan Of Indiana was sentenced to death
by military court without q jury
trial. The Supreme Court held the
military tribunal illegal, he said.
Burke discussed 1925 case in which
an Oregon law designed to compel
general attendance Of children at pub
lie schools" was held unconstitutional
After the World War, Nebraska law,
forbidding teaching in German, was in
validated, he pointed out.
King reviewed q recent case in which
one Dejonge was convicted In Oregon
for attending Communist meeting
The Supreme Court held the man VA
entitled to take part in . peaceAble
meeting.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
ASSA|LS
FORD ON LABOR
Charges Company Has Used
Coercion to Keep Men
From Union.
BY the Associated Press.

~S AAeo~SA"eSN =
PITTSBURGH, April 8.-John L..
Lewis charged today the Ford Motor
Co. was preventing its men from join
ing labor unions through q system Of
intimidation and coercion.
"Mr. (Henry) Ford's River Rouge
plant In times past has been an
arsenal-and still is today" said the
chairman Of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization, "all Of which,
however, will not gain him the end
he seeks"
Lewis made the statements during
an interview in which he predicted
membership of his labor committee
within so days would exceed the o.
250,000 members of the American
Federation Of Labor. He declared his
leaders would halt any strikes in
plants Of companies with whom the
union has contracts.
The reference to Ford came during
discussion Of the automobile manu-
facturers statement in Ways. Ga,
that he never would recognize the
United Automobile Workers Union
OF America or any other labor union.
"The concurrent resolution adopted
by the Senate yesterday hits at Ford
directly" said Lewis. He referred to
the resolution expressing the Senate s
opposition to sit-doWn strikes, com
pany unions or "any other unfair
labor practice OF employers"
Lewis continued:
Mr.. Ford's position, however, is
incidental. He has but one automo-
bile company and q lot OF quaint ideas.
His statement recently in which
he said the labor unions were financed
by international bankers was typical.
He's either unWisely advised or non
compos mentis.
Every dollar the c. T. o. has Is
saturated with the sweat of the
worker"
Lewis said organizers now are at
work enrolling Ford employees and he
predicted Ford would deal with the
automobile workers union "in time"
Both Lewis and Philip Murray, his
lieutenant In organizing the steel in
dustry, declined to comment on the
election OF strikers at the Hershey
chocolate plant in Hershey, Pa.
I'VE have not yet received a report
on the situation" said Murray, who
sat beside his chief during the inter-
view
Lewis said he could not comment,
either, on the strike of General Motors
employees in Oshawa and Windsor,
Ontario. He said he was uncertain
whether the General Motors agree
ment covered these plants.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
Strike
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company officials three days this week,
said. This is just an old-fashioned
walkout.
"Sit-down strikes have been recog-
nized as legal in the United States,
but both federal and provincial gov
ernments in Canada hold them il
legal"
The walkout comes on the day fol-
lowing the biggest pay day in the
Arms history here. A total OF S323,-
l52 was paid to the 3,7Oo workers yes
terday for their past two weeks work.
Several hours after the OshaWa
walkout the management ordered
production stopped at the Windsor
plant of the General Motors OF
Canada. This affected 400 more
workers Company officials, denying
that strike had been called at Wind
sor, said the plant was shut down
because assembly lines here had been
stopped.
The officials said I. subsidiary plant,
the McKinnon Co. at st. GATHERINGS,
might maintain production, since it
makes parts for customers other than
General Motors. The 200 McKinnon
employees were working as usual this
morning.
The final break between the union
and General Motors officials was be-
lieved to have come over the COM
panys refusal to sign the Detroit
agreement" assented to by workers
and company oficials at Detroit.
General Motors officials had ex-
pressed willingness to bargain on hours
Of work, wage scales and all other
points except recognition of the union
and had refused to confer with De-
troit organizer, Hugh Thompson.
The local organization received
orders mot to fool any longer" from
! Homer Martin Of Detroit. international
president of the union, after Thomp-
son asked for instructions.
Negotiations Collapse.
Conferences adjourned Tuesday
night with the feeling that a settle
ment might be reached within the next
"a hours, but yesterdays discussion,
failed to make any headvay after the
local union was ordered to obtain
union recognition or strike
Louis Fine Of the Ontario Depart
n,ent Of Labor has been representing
the government at the conferences
between James B. Highneld, general
plant manager, and Col Frank Chap
pell, director Of public relations. fol-
General Motors and G. H. Millard
president of the local union, for the
Workers Committee
Thompson linked his declaration
that no more cars would be built In
Canadian plants Of General Motor.
until the unions demands are me,
with the assertion that II an attempt
were made to import cars into Canada
manufactured IN General Motor,
plants in the United States, worker.
in those United States plants woulc
be called out. :
Company ofncials locked the gate.
OF the plant a few minutes aftel
thousands Of workers left their Jobs
Three transport trucks drew up tt
the parts factory few minutes be.
fore 7 O'Clock. Picketers were in.
structed not to let them leave with
parts. Six more trucks arrived a few
minutes later. They were not allowed
to enter.
Evening star., 1937-04-08

In the witness chair waiting to testify
in opposition to the bill
Senator Hughes, Democrat, of Della
ware, who announced Tuesday he
would move today that the hearings be
closed, explained as the session opened
that he had not intended to seek an
immediate closing
L understand Senator Burke Zone
OF the opposition leaders, has two
witnesses he wants to call Monday. I
wouldn't have the disposition to shut
any one out. When I made my motion,
had in mind going on into next week.
think both sides should have two or
three more days each. My motion is
| to close the hearings at the end of
next week"
Senator Logan. Democrat, Of Ken
lucky then proposed that the motion
be considered In executive session next
week.
Il think We should get together and
talk this thing over" he explained,
1T should be done in closed session,
where we can make compromises. If
We can discuss this motion there may
not be any necessity for a vote"
There being no objection, Ashurst
then ordered the executive session.
Previously, the committee chairman
had said he wanted the vote in open
session
otherwise, he added, I'm afraid
somebody might say voted for the
motion
The committee also approved a
recommendation by Senator Austin,
Republican. of Vermont, that any
member Of the committee be permitted
to vote in person or by proxy If he
requested this privilege in writing.
Senator McGill, Democrat Of Kansas,
also insisted every member be given
full opportunity to vote.
cover IS Years Old"
Manning, who was introduced by
Senator Bailey, Democrat Of North
Carolina, told the committee he was
"over IS years old" He discussed at
length the experiences of the South
during reconstruction days, and
stressed the important role played by
the Supreme Court in protecting in
dividual rights.
Urging that the present court bill
be replaced by constitutional amend
ment, he said:
The Presidents bill would destroy
the independence Of the judiciary,
and added:
This proposal startles and shocks
. large number Of the people Of this
country. What becomes of the in
dependence Of the judiciary, and
without that independence what is
the judiciary worth? If we are not
tc have an Independent judiciary, I
would rather see none.
"The judges may make mistakes,
| but like honest men, like men of the
high character they are they have
the courage to correct their mistakes
when satisfied that they have made
= mistake And now it is their con-
demnation because one or more judges
admits that he has made q mistake,
that his previous Judgment was In
error and that he now concludes that
| ne was IN error"
At the Justice Department, mean
while, Attorney General Cummings
denied that he had advocated an
early conclusion of the hearings. The
more the plan Is debated" he said,
'the more obviously its merits will be
revealed"
He also said, referring to contentious
that the Supreme Court is entirely
able to handle its docket, that the
tribunal reminded him Of "a man who
has indigestion, but BOASTS that he
can eat anything on the table" He
added:
He takes care that there is noth-
ing on his table that viii disagree
with him"
Another complication arose from
Evening star., 1937-04-08

tory. both sacred and profane. In
view of the statistics showing that
all of us who haven't been in prison
stand a beautiful chance Of getting
there, such a book should reach a
vast public, certainly many more peo-
pie than ever understood or pretended
to understand James Joyce and Eu-
gene Jolas.
Begin quotes:
Did you ever stop t figure how
Thanksgiving started?" asked the Old
Yegg in No. IA, just before he bit
into his tuna fish sandwich. We'll
here's the loWdoWn: More'n 800 years
ago there were lot of square johns
in England who got throwed in the
bastile real often for just goin' to a
different church than the King went
to. Some district leaders who refused
t vote the Kings ticket on election
day got throwed in the can along with
these church guys. While they was
all layin' in Jail Waitin' to be indicted,
they met a guy named Miles Stand
ish, who told 'em they'd better take
of for America, where they could vote
any party or 60 to any church they
wanted to.
so, when their bits were finished
they bought a ship called the May
flower and sailed for America. That
was like goin to Byrd's Little Arica'
now, for nobody'd ever been there or
knode anything about it. Yet this
combination figured America was bet
ter than doin' life on the installment
plan in England.
They landed in Massachusetts,
o. K. at some wharf called Plymouth
Rock. The Indians was pretty thick
up there. They'd been double-crossed
by the French and Spanish hunters
so much they thought these limies
was from the same mob. So they put
20 OF the Pilgrims on the spot that
first year before the lin1ies got organ
ized. After that the redskins wasn't
handin' it out any more-they was on
the takin' end!
We'll, the Pilgrims built log cabins
planted corn an stuff and was goin
along so good after the first year
they planned a celebration. Bein's
there was no COWS in America they
killed q few wild birds which was
plentiful in them parts. Turkeys, the
redskins called EN-. The Pilgrims
roasted these birds, stilled some corn
whiskey and had swell blow out
When it was over they said, This was
the Mccoy; we've got t. hold anothR
racket next year, And they did
Every year after that they held II
about the same day.
That's how come Thanksgiving
day! Them ex-cons was so thankful
they wasn't doin' time they was sky
high with happiness. They could
worship any church they wanted to.
and everything else was jake. They
proved to the Indians they had cut out
from the kings mob and the redskins
laid of 'em, tradin' spuds for some Of
the Pilgrims corn ucker."
Evening star., 1937-04-08
ANSWER

TO FORESTALL overcrowding Of
institutions for the mentally
harassed, and to stop those threaten
Ing midnight telephone calls to the
Wayside editors home, we now give
you the solution to the problem in
our Monday column-the one about
the chap who went up a hill a mile
long at is miles an hour, and how
fast would he have to travel down the
same hill to average 80 miles an
hour?
The answer is that he would have
to go down the hill in nothing nat.
BY taking 4 minutes to go up the hill,
he eliminated the possibility of aver
aging 80 m. p. h., ever.
Sorry if it bothered you (heh heh)
Evening star., 1937-04-08
HARLAN QUIZ TO OPEN
Senate Coal Mining Investigation
Starts Wednesday.

The Senate Civil Liberties Commit
tee announced today it would open
Wednesday an inquiry into "the long
history of violence in the Harlan
County, Kentucky, coal mining area. "
Investigators said they would sum-
mon Theodore Middleton, Harlan
County sheriff, and officials Of about
a dozen coal companies to testify
about the suppression" Of union
organizations.
The killing of Bennett Musick. 49,
year-old son of q United Mine Work
ers' organizer. M. A. Musick, on Feb
ruary ., will be one Of the first Incl
dents investigated, they said.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
ADDENDA.

From the March issue De CLEANED
two small items that seemed to
personity the sen1i-ronic, rarely
Dtsttul attitude of the prison in
mate.
One DdS a line mentioning the
"AH-Star BroDns," group of
athletes who haze played together
in base ball and foot ball from 1890
through 1886 Uith no contract
trouble or break in the lineup at
any time.
The other Uas a quotation at the
bottom OF page. A filler, no
doubt, but significant. 1t said:
God odue US memory that ws
might hdue roses in December"
Evening star., 1937-04-08
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
Will Be Presented To.
morrow Evening,

Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pinafore" will
be presented at the John Quincy
Adams School at pm. tomorrow by
parents, teachers and friends Of the
school
Proceeds are to be used in purchase
Of new cycloramic curtain for the
school stage.
Mrs. Irene c. Pilson, president of the
Parent Teacher Association, and Anne
Yago McGuffey, director of the pro-
duction, announced the leading roles
would include Mrs. Theo Morgan, Mrs.
vesta P. Lynn, Miss Estelle Gillchrist,
Richard 8. MacCarteney, Leonard e.
more, Lloyd Mathers, A. z. Foster
Wood and James H. Case, jr. arr
Evening star., 1937-04-08
BILL SETTLES CLAIM
By the Associated Press.

01 Cnv ASbOCIHCeu TIG8S.
The Senate passed yesterday = bill
appropriating $500 to settle the claim
Of Ernest and Lottie Dunford Of
Ramsey Town, Henry County, Va.
for the death Of their child, Hattie,
who was killed by . Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps truck at Ramsey Town
June 23, 1884.
The bill was passed by the House
February 2, but an amendment was
inserted by the Senate which must be
adjusted between the two houses.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
AID is REQUESTED.
Baltimore Police Asked to Seek
Irwin,

Irwin.
Baltimore, April 8, LA).-BaItimore
police received their first ofacial re-
quest today to make a search for
Robert Irwin, wanted for questioning
in connection with the murder of
Veronica Gedeon and two other per-
sons in New York.
New York police asked the local
force to meet the Coastal Steamer
Kent when 1t docks here tomorrow
They also sent three photographs OF
Irwin.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
NUEVA HISTORIA.

TROM The staff Of Time and Tied,
~ Lorton Reformatory's admir-
able publication, we have re-
ceived friendly note which Is
hereby gratefully acknowledged. Ac-
companying the billet doux was q
copy of the March issue, and clip
ping from the vivid writings Of "Old
Yegg," whose commentary on Abe
Lincoln inspired a story here a short
time past.
This one is entitled Origin OF
Thanksgiving" and after reading it
we are prepared to propose in all
seriousness that "Old Yegg" should
undertake to rewrite American his
Evening star., 1937-04-08
Parking Space Reserved.

LA CROSSE, Wis. N.-Recently =
motorist, driving his car into . park
ing lot, was kept out Of stall by
. woman with outstretched armA
I'm saving this spaoe," she shouted
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Boy. 16. Held for Murder.

sixteen-year Ssrel j. Pretori,,5
has been arrested at Mushroom, South
Africa, on charge of murder.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
HOME BUILDING UP
February Construction Is 81 Per
Cent Over January Total.

The Federal Home Loan. Bank
Board reported today 81 per cent In
crease in residential construction in
February over January, and . 1883
per cent increase over February, 1885.
It said 1876 new dwelling units were
provided during the month ct an esti-
mated cost q 81, ,100, 900.
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81. 900; 2-year.

THIRD RACE-Purse ST GOO: claiming;
3-year-oIds and up: furlongs
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Green

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Scratches for Todoy-
Weather clear-track fast.
First race-Stipulate, Lady Briar,
Thatch.
Second racial 70.
Third race-Miss Symph ony,
Tenerine, Sun Drops, Chilly Ebbie.
Fourth racial 70.
Fifth raee-AM 70.
Sixth race-Cha ttersaa.
Seventh raes-Mementary, Jobak-
beta,
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Judiciary

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Ford

Continued From First Page.
Evening star., 1937-04-08
Bowie Entries
for Tomorrow

FIRST RACE-Purse 81 900: 2-y.ar.
Sids and up; msidens; 8 furlongs.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

or miserable with someone else" so
she stays single. Let US hope
everyone hasn't such gloomy views.
Did you know: LILLIAN TY-
LER got an infection in one of her
fingers and had to nave it operated
on? They tell me H. B. is
smoking a pipe these days. +.
While on the Campus Tuesday
morning: Saw PETE THATCHER
slowly ambling along. He looked
as if he had somethin' on his mind.
Il wonder what it was.) =. Saw
WARREN GRISSOM rushing out
of one of the buildings didn't stop
long enough to notice. like a house
afre. Warren had on one of these
orange maroon woolly hats. Saw
BEE SCHUCK dashing along, hur-
rying to her next class.
Did you know: RMA
STOKES played her xylophone
over Major Bowes' program few
weeks ago? Norma did o. K, too.
If that Minneapolis gal who
thinks she's going with that St.
Paul boy would look in the left
hand pocket of his car she'd read
somethin' that would tell her who
he really cares for.
A very dear little old lady tells
me that the young men all left at
10 o'clock when calling when she
was girl, and to impress upon
them the necessity of early leaving
some of the fathers had cuckoo
clocks that struck loudly at 10,
when two little doors opened and
small man came out in night-cap
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Just received a letter from W.
GERTRUDE BROWN, who at
present is in New York having one
grand vacation, which she really
deserves.
The song of the week: "Once in
Awhile" land can Tony Martin
ever sing it,. ;. Invitations have
just been issued by the Postal AL
lance of Minnesota for their dane
ing party Saturday, December
18th. From what I've heard quite
a number of our popular Twin City
folks will be present.
New out-of town personality:
RED" BRUCE, prize-fghter, who
is residing at Phyllis Wheatley
House while in town. "Red" can
not only fight but he has one of
these catchy smiles. When he
smiles everyone smiles with him,
characteristic you don't usually
find in prize-fghter. . What St.
Paul gal is due for an awful fall
one of these days? (Let's hope
she's prepared for it. She'd better
keep parachute on hand and then
the fall won't be so hard when it
does Gomez =. Boy, did Sal ever
see a keen lookin' guy on Nicollet
Avenue last Saturday about 4:3O
P. M. He must be an out-of-town
student cause we've never seen
him before. We hope he will get
into circulation so as to gladden.
the hearts of the Twin City gals.
:. I hear the PAT SCHOFIELDS
think married life is just too won
derful. Not so with this young
married woman who was telling me
her troubles yesterday. She has
trouble keeping her husband home
at nights and has devised the fol-
lowing scheme which works swell:
His feet are small and neat and he
is quite conceited about them. So
she fiatters and encourages him to
buy the highest shoes he can.
Then when he comes home at night
she oatc ont a 1OUolu oonofort a b1o
pair of slippers and after suffering
excruciating pain all day he is glad
to stay in. He hates to confess his
shoes hurt and pinch. So-she
wins out. Gee, married life must
be regular nightmare if you have
to be connecting schemes like that
all the time. Another woman
we were talking to said, Life is
just a case of being miserable alone
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

and gown and piped out, "Good-
night" Whereupon the bashful
youth promptly did the disappear
ing act. Whereas the modern
father would have to come around
with a shotgun to get some of
these present-day Romeos out at
2 o'clock.
They tell me the MARTIN
BROWNS are one happily married
couple. They say she doesn't have
to resort to comfortable slippers to
keep him home. And doesn't Mar
tin brag about her pies. And
what's puddle" LEE doing
these days?
Well, l must be dashing along,
so, folks, that's all for this week.
Your pal,