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Evening star., 1937-07-28

before the opening Of next session,
in an endeavor to have a bill ready
at the first Of the session.
I'VE expect to 90 thoroughly into
all the proposals that have been sub.
mitted by the various farm groups,
as well as suggestions that have come
from members of Congress and other
sources"
Jones explained that a conference
Of his committee with representatives
Of national farm organizations yester-
day developed differing views, which
would be impossible TO compose before
adjournment
Soon after issuance of Jones state
ment, Speaker Bankhead declared the
agreement TO postpone the legislation
had greatly clarified the congres.
sional adjournment situation.
He told his press conference several
questions about the legislative program
remained undecided, but he expressed
hope further progress toward fixing a
time for adjournment would be made
at White House conference late to-
day.
Meanwhile, more than score Of
Senators from sugar producing States
| organized a bloc to flght for enact.
ment Of new sugar-control legislation
before adjournment.
At conference called by Senator
Adams. Democrat, Of Colorado they
directed Adams TO arrange White
House conference to discuss a dispute
over refined sugar which has blocked
action in the House.
Adams and others at the meeting
said the controversy over Secretary
Ickes' demand that Hawaii and
Puerto Rico be permitted to refine
as much sugar as they desired was
| the only real point" at issue.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
HALT MOVEMENT
OF BUFFALO FOOD
Strikers Prevent Retailers
RepIenishing Stocks From
Warehouses.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 28.-Whole-
sale food merchants opened their ware
houses today in defiance Of 1000
striking delivery truck drivers, but
union men seeking closed shop and
increased wages frightened picket lines
and stopped food movement before
dwindling stocks in retail stores could
be replenished
Doubled police details guarded two
big food terminals where most Of the
A strike bound dealers have ware
houses.
Strikers intensified efforts to stop
food deliveries completely by approach
Ing non-co-operating truckers and de-
manding that they turn back. Strike
committees" warned retailers who
came for staples that picket lines
would be thrown around their shops
No Disorders Reported.
No disorders were reported
The union leaders, American Fedora
tion OF Labor affiliates, went into an
other conference with the wholesalers
and State mediators for new discus
sions OF wage-and- hour demands.
Thomas Longbotham, member of the
food dealers group. said supplies were
available at the terminals for retailers
who can come after them"
I'VE expect some employees to return
to work" he said. There will be no
discrimination against strikers. New
wage and hour schedules offered when
the strike started will go into effect
Immediately"
Grocery Stocks Drop.
The wholesalers decided to open
their depots at least for the benefit
OF retailers who could furnish their
own transport, as stocks of several
staples on neighborhood store shelves
| were exhausted.
Food merchants defed the strike
| blockade after Wrangling four days
with the American Federation of
Labor strikers over contract pro-
visions.
| Suddenly revived demands for wage
and hour adjustments, believed settled
for time, brought new deadlock
Samuel Licata, business agent for
! the United Teamsters Union, and
| Howard Toy, Central Labor Council
leader, reiterated original demands for
40-hour week and $25 weekly
minimum. They claimed food han
dlers now average $3.50 a week
Their move followed a six-hour
mediation conference with wholesalers
and Rev. DR.. John P. Boland, New
York State Labor Relations Board
chairman, which finally adopted a
compromise closed-shop agreement,
believed at the time to be the only
stumbling block to peace.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
MOTHER ASKS CUSTODY
OF SON WITH FATHER
Recently Had Former Husband
Arrested for Allegedly
Brutal Beating,

Mrs. Margaret Hoffman, 1428 R
street, today asked District Court to
award her permanent custody of her
son. Frederick Storm.
The boy now is in custody of his
father, Robert E. Storm, who was
given care Of the child after obtain
ing an absolute divorce several years
ago. Mrs. Hoffman recently had Storm
arrested for allegedly beating the boy
In a brutal manner, but the father
was acquitted in the Police Court.
Mrs. Hoffmans petition for custody
OF the boy. filed through ATTORNEY
Walter Dosh, denied that she is not
suitable person to care for the bov,
and also denied any improper rela-
tions with her present husband,
Charles Hoffman, who was named
correspondent in Storms divorce suit.
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Adjournment
Continued From First Page.)

vented them from voting for it. He
said he had not yet had word tc
go" However, he reiterated his in
tention Of offering the amendment.
The revised judicial reform bill was
formally reported to the Senate today
by Senator McCarran of Nevada on
In accordance with the agreement
entered into by the administration
leaders and the Judiciary Committee,
the new bill makes no mention what
ever of the Supreme Court. 1t mere
ly provides for speeding up litigation,
particularly when constitutional ques-
tions are involved, and carries other
provisions relating to judicial pro-
cedure. The bill now goes on the
Senate calendar, ready to be called
up at any time.
Farm Bill Out?
With Congress in haste to adjourn
it has been suggested that as soon
as the new judicial bill has been
passed 1t may be impossible to hold
the members here.
The tentative program. so far as the
Senate is concerned was for passage
Of the Connery-Black wage and houl
bill, which now is the unfinished busi-
ness Of the Senate, and then the Wag.
ner housing bill. Senator McCarrar
said he thought the court bill woulc
be taken up after the housing bill.
Senator Barkley, however, said there
had been no decision as to when the
court bill would be called up.
The ever normal granuary bill. de-
signed to aid the farmers. apparently
is to be tracked for the present
session. Chairman Jones Of the House
Agriculture Committee said today that
he saw no prospect for this legislation
before adjournment. The Senate Agri-
Evening star., 1937-07-28
REPUBLIC, c. |. 0.
OPEN COURT FIGHT.
Police Patrol Wide Zone as
PiCkets Are Set Back
After Riots.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 28.-Uniformed
sity police patrolled newly esta olished
strike zone in the mill-dotted Cuya-
hoga River Valley today as counsel for
striking steel workers and Republic
Stel Corp. opened the latest court bat
tie in the C. I. O.s steel industry
campaign for bargaining contracts.
Enforcing proclamation issued by
Eliot Ness city safety director, the Of
ficers moved pickets 500 yards from
Republics Corrigan-M Mckinney works.
Ness issued the mandate following
Mondays riotous clash between strik-
ers and non-striking Republic en-
ployes, in which one man was struck
and killed by an automobile and at
least 80 were injured in hand-to-hand
fighting.
Republic turned to Common Pleas
Court after the furious outbreak and
asked that the number of pickets at
each plant entrance be fixed and an
injunction be issued against interfer-
ence with workers.
Begun by Paid Thugs"
B. J. Damich, regional c. l. O. di-
rector, named as defendant in Re-
public's action, asserted:
"All of the trouble was instigated by
paid agents and hired thugs. This
will be proven during trial of the in
junction suit
Chief Justice Homer G. Powell set
the hearing for today in the face Of
bitter objections by attorneys for the
G. I. o. affiliated Steel Workers Or
ganiZing Committee.
Several Republic workers reported to
police last night that their automobiles
were stoned outside the area, but gen.
orally, police said, cars went to and
from the plant unmolested
Early In the night crowds began to
gather In the section in front of the
main gates of the plant, but they were
ordered back to point three blocks
from the plant entrance.
Mayor Burton met c. I. o. COM
W
request that 1t hire no out-of-State
workers and that 1t give him a COM
plete report on circumstances leading
to the attack on the union soup
kitchen.
Company Stirs Up Trouble"
Al Balint, c. I. O. organizer, told
the Mayor 200 company" men made
the attack. He said it was planned
by Republic Steel Corp. as An excuse
to bring the National Guard back to
protect scabs." Guardsmen were
withdrawn soon after Republic re-
opened its four plants here July 6
without violence.
When your men started hurting
rocks at cars, you 60 too far" Mayor
Burton admonished the c. I. o. COM
mittee.
'All the rock-throwing was not done
BY our people" Balint replied. Re
public workers were trying to stir up
trouble"
Witnesses said approximately 500
workers came out Of the plant at one
time and set upon crowd of 100
pickets. H. B. Carpenter, Republic
superintendent. explained:
The men got sore at the strikers
We Just couldn't keep them IN the
plant. The windows on nearly all the
cars that entered the plant yesterday
were smashed"
Evening star., 1937-07-28
Belfast
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Continued From First Page)
land, whom we wish increasing
prosperity and happiness"
The Belfast explosion broke scores
of windows and damaged customs
building. A child playing nearby was
injured, but because many workmen
were elsewhere to see the King and
Queen there were no other casual
ties in the usually crowded area.
Huge Throng Jams Streets.
The King and Queen heard the ex-
plosion, but no change was made in
the coronation program An estimated
million persons jammed the streets
to see the sovereigns on their nine
hour visit.
The outrages were believed designed
to frighten crowds who came from the
Free State to see the King, and moi
as attacks upon the monarch himself
Evening star., 1937-07-28

Liquor Store Heads Teetotalers
DES MONIES. Iowa. July % (PD.-
Forty Iowa State liquor store managers
in conference here sat down to lunch.
Water and steak sauce were the only
liquids on the table.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06
The Price of Speed

As evryone knows, speed is the great highway killer. A
motorist who drives at an excessive speed endangers not only
his own life, but those of everyone else on the public streets
and roads. He can offer but one t'excuse' for his conduct
that superfast driving gets him to his destination sooner.
The truth is, the minutes we save by excessive speed arc
pitiifully few in the light of the risk involved. Some time ago
a test was made in Chicago. A radio announcer was told to
drive his car on an eight mile trip in heavy traffic, observing
not only every traffic regulation, but every rule of courtesy.
AT the same time a police officer followed the same route un
der Instructions to take every risk and reach hthe destination
in the shortest possible time. Twenty three minutes later
the reckless driver pulled in at the stopping point. The safe
supposedly slow driver who had taken no risks at all, got to
it two minutes LATER.
We have all met the morist who makes a trip in a
length Of time requiring him TO risks a hundred dives, and
spends twice the time he saved over a normal, safe passage,
boasting about it. None of us are so busy, none Of ns have
so great IA need for saving a few minutes or a few hours, that
we can afford the 'pice of speed"
Save ten minutes take a life" That should be the mot
to of the driver VINO "opens her up" on every possible occa
Sion. Speed alone is the dominating factor in the great bulk
Of the nations serious traffic accidents. Look att from your
own point of view and from a purely personal standpoint-is
it worth itf
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

Lighted Cigarette-$7O,OO Gone

A short time ago a careless Oregon motorist tossed a Gig
arctic from his car. An area of 5000 acres, covered with good
young timber, WAS burned At the present average lumber
price, that means $4,000 in payrolls and supplies was lost 10
the S ate: And, according to a conservation authority, at will
really amount to a loss of over 81 100000 in the future re
sources of he state Many decades are required before a
burned tree rs replaced and the land becomes valuable again.
Preventing fire is said to be 10 per cent Of reforesta ion. And
more than 80 percent cf all forest fires are man made. In ev
cry lumber state, you can see thousands of ghostly acres, GOV
cred wi h only the blackened stumps of once great trees
grim membranes to ignorance and carelessness.
Every individual owes his fellow citizens an obligation
when he goes into the woods, or drives in tmbered country.
That obligation is easily disebarged-but failure TO do so may
result in the loss of millions, and the ruin of irreplaceable nat
ural beauties. Take the utmost care with smoking materials
and don't throw matches and butts, even if you do feel they
are out, from your ear. Watch campfFes like pa hawk, and
when You leave, saturate them and bury with dirt. Obey laws
especially local rulings that are put into effect during fire
seasons in areas where hazards are especially great.
Remember forests are our heritage, and it is up to us to
dissipate or conserve that magnificent legacy.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

And yet the menace Of the pass
ing years
Finds, and shall find me- an
afraid.
II matters not how straight the
gait,
How charged with puniahaHeat
the scroll,
I thank whatever Gods nag %
For my unconquerabte SOa."
"Now I bid you forward to uElzy
for black workers everywhere Er
the future belongs to Me wext1Ag
people"
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

grounds on which the wozad con-
dennis a liberal education. It is
the scepticism of the Eberany edsl-
Gated man which affronts the weld.
not his lack of artisans skill. aAd
his scepticism affronts because IL Is
mistaken for cynicism.
1t is inevitable that the man
blessed with the opportunity Of
leisure should deny that there Is n
single road to culture and liberal
ism; yet his consistent scepticism
about formulas affronts the less
fortunate ana they account him q
cynic.
Professors are too easily shaken.
and need leadership. The induction
of DIR. Charles Seymour into the
presidency of Yale University, in
October, should give them renewed
courage. He chose that OCCASION
to announce, with singular clarity,
a defense of the simple scepticism3
of the liberal mind, confirming the
conviction that freedom, and not
technical skill, is the goal of edu-
cation.
Here is reason enough for the
professors to hail the new Prexy as
master, but there is another, and q
very positive reason for the ac-
claim. He AYERS that education
must not content itself with free
dom to seek truth without let or
~hindrance. Education must recog-
nize that devotion to an ideal larg-
er than itself is requisite. Thus
Seymour adds his name to a long
list of masters who have agreed
that mans life needs justification;
that TO live, without living well,
and without a goal, is ungodly.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

This is because they have observ-
ed that he controls jobs, and they
fear that he may discriminate
against the product of their insti-
tuition, and thus discourage stu
dents. They believe he thinks a
liberal education is useless because
it does not equip the student with
specific sklls, but only with a sane
understanding of life. They fancy
he wishes to employ young men
who have learned to run compto-
meters, typewriters, and bookkeep-
ing machines.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06
He Saved MOney-But!

Some years ago the Pulitzer Prize award for the best car
toon of the year went to John T. McCutcheon. 1t was of a sad
and shabby man seated on a park bench. A squire, playing
in front Of him asked. Why didn't you save your money %
The derelict replied, II did"
Thousands of men have saved their money-only to lose
il at an age when their fortunes could not be rebuilt For
saving is one thing, and security of principal is another. I'm
happily, they don't always go together.
Every man should place a large part Of his savings IN
some plan such as life Insurance., that guarantees the maxi
mum of security. Ouly the spare dollars should be used for
speculation-for ventures, though they may return Il great
profit, may also result in 100 per cent loss of the principal
employed Before falling risks, il is essential to build a s,und
financial bulwarE, for the future
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

even if no government bond!
are then held by corpora ions
individuals, trust funds, banks
educational ms .itutions, etc.
2-There is nothing in thu
law to prevent congress from
selling the government bonds
purchased with the Social Sc
eurity Fund and spending the
money for any purpose it may
wish. Thus, an Irresponsible
Congress might legally dissip
ate the billions of dollars that
workers and employers deposit
to insure a subsis, enee liyeli
hood in old age.
3-Some commentators feel
that the cost of social security
should be borne by the entire
nation, and paid for by gene
raj taxation, not just by taxes
on employers and EMPLOY"
alone. In other words, under
present provisions, the tax acts
as a burden on productive in
dustry, influences employers
toward using more labor say
ing machinery and against hir
ing more workers. 1t is some
what in the nature of a class
tax, whereas, say these com
mentators, it should be a gen
eral tax, inasmuch as it is de
signed to increase purchasing
power, which is a benefit to
everyone.
4-The administration of the
act, to quote Dorothy Thomr
son, "is incredibly eumber
some, complicated and exper
sive." According TO Abraham
Epstein, executive secretary Of
the long established American
Association for Social Secul
ity, "Instead of promoting adj
quaey of standards and un
formity, the act encourages
confusing variety of systems
Indeed, the act has already
brought about a miscellany o.
As divergent state plans"
This does not exhaust the
list of criticisms Of the act, bu.
it outlines the most potent anC
important. Congress is lister
ing to the experts, and it is eel
tain that sentiment within thu
body in favor of revision il
growing.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

situation that our economic organi-
cations cannot meet adequately, the
problems of the Negro people?
"The state chages the forces of
things, and the Negro workers of
America must have political ex-
pressions. This political expression
must not be under business inter-
etsts.
president Wilson said, AN in
visible empire has been built in
American democracy, these forces
impinging upon all phases of our
lives because in their hands poll
teal powers are concentrated to
shape our lives and that of the
people of the nation. > The only
way this power can be broken is
by the workers to build their poll
tical power to form a farmer labor
political organization so that work
ers and farmers may give express
sions to their political aims.
cat this time the Negro people
must take their place in the band
of independent political movements
that will express the interests of
workers and all minority groups.
Il am happy to say that Negro
workers are awakening all ver the
land. This conference here in Oma-
ha is an example. Here today is
an effort to unity all dining a
groups. An effort to bring into be
ing a National Organization. When
this is formed, white and Negroes
will take their place beside the
Pullman Porters Organization.
ITO build these structures we
need to develop the new spirit of
struggles, a spirit to fight, a will
ito suffer and sacrifice because the
great battle of the people of the
world is bound to be won through
blood and tears. Somebody must
pay the price, somebody must sacri
fee, somebody must be willing to
go to jail, and even give up life it
self.
"The Negro has entered this
struggle into this stage where the
problem is to build power for the
people.
Il am happy to be here to share
in this struggle. To help build this
organization. That is the spirit Of
the Negro worker and white work
err. I am reminded of the works of
Eugene v. Debbs, that great fight
err and leader as he was lodged in
a Cleveland jail prosecuted for his
fight against the war.
"Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to
pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be
For by unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
l have not WINGED or cried aloud
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head Is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond the gate of wrath and
tears
Looms but the borrow Of the
shade
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06


is the fabric of society. But they
do not suppose it is their duty to
train artisans.
Tormented by the conflict and a
stubborn loyalty to the ideal goal
of a liberal education, they COM
promise. They propose that the
students be literally educated and
trained in practical arts concur
rently. Thus is born the curricu-
lum content of the contemporary
college.
However, the professors are
wrong. They are not wrong in
their loyalty to ideal values. They
are wrong in their guess as to the
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06
Economic Review


The Social Security Act has
created AN interes ing paradox.
Practically everyone believes
the purpose Of the law is good
and the public interests de
mands that provision be made
for the aged and unemployed.
At the same time, practically
every competent economist be
Plieyes the present act is badly
drawn, contains the gravest
kind of Legislative errors, and
mutt be dras ieally revised.
This has been the feeling ev
er since the law was passed.
However, there was no strong
movement for revision, for the
reason the act was immeaie'
~ taken to court in a test of
its constitutionality, and there
was no point in doing anything
about it until that had been de
termined. When a few weeks
ago, the Supreme Court held
the act constitutional in two
decisions tone upholdng the un
employment benefit part of it
by a 5 to 4 vote Of the justices,
the other upholding old age
benefits by 7 to 2 majority it
came again into the public eye
and a definite movement to
maintain its virtues while rid
ding it of its vices is under
way. 1t is a notable fact that
liberal and radical commenta
tors wish revision no less than
the conservatives. The more or
less socialissic League for In
dustrial Democracy has pub
lished a monograph criticizing
the act, and SO has the Tween
tieth Century Fund, which
has a board of directors con
sisting largely of prominent in
dustrialists. And in some ms
tances, both radicals and con
servatiyes make identical crit
icisms.
Objections to the act are of
varying kinds. Some of the
more important are;
Under the wording of the
existing law, all of the funds
raised by taxing employers and
employees for old age insur
ance must be invested in gov
eminent bonds. 1t is estimated
that the money will total over
$47, 000,000,000 by 1880. The
national debt (Which means the
amount of government bonds
outstanding) is now at a rec
ord peak of about $35, 600, 900,
900. As a result, If the act is
left unchanged, it will be nee
essary to increase our debt by
$40, 10000 900 in the next 40
odd years to fake care of the
old age insurance funds alone,
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06

Blessed with a
liberal e duca
ton themselves,
they C a not
bring themselves
to agree that the
college ought to
furnish S u c n
training. They
believe that the
artisan has his
place in life-he
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06
EDITORIAL PAGE
Speech Of Hon. A. Phillip Randolph
Continued from Page i

nations of the world is about to
sacrifice democracy under the as
saults of Faseism. This represents
a grave situation to mankind. If
democracy is destroyed in Spain,
it may mean the destruction of De
moeracy all over the world.
eve here have seen the plight
of Spain, and have been through
the great depression. We have seen
the attack upon Ethiopia and the
subsection of white people. So you
see in he study of strains and
stresses a conflict between class
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-06
OPINIONS
Scepticism In Education
By Wnfred Payne.

Professor of Philosophy at The University of Omaha
Editors Note: Dr. Payne has been interested in poses,ae oass- 49,
1926, and IS the author OF FIVE articles N thar subjecsj
When a railroad president announces that a eeHeoa adu
cation IS useless, the professors are troubled.