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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-29
ELECTIVE BODY
STUDIED BY
KENNEDY
More Control of Local
Problems by Citizens
His Aim

A provision giving local resi-
dents the right to elect an adj
visory council to the District Com
missioners was being considered
today by Representative Ambrose
j. Kennedy CD, Of Maryland, for
inclusion in the bill which he
soon will introduce for the reor-
ganization of the District govern
ment.
The Marylander, who is chair
man Of the House District sub
committee named to study local
tax and government reorganiza-
ton problems, revealed this today
in discussing the aims at which
his bill will be leveled.
Impressed With Plan
Although he at first expressed
the belief that this advisory coun-
Gil should be composed Of five
local residents to be appointed by
the President, he declared that
after giving this problem con-
Sideration and discussing it with
local residents he is impressed
with the suggestion of permitting
the council to be elected by the
people here. He said:
81 cannot say definitely at
; this time just which Of these
ideas / will incorporate in my
bill, but 1 do want to see the
people Of the District given
more control Of local problems.
"If it is decided to, provide
that the council shall be elected,
/ intend to write in language
which will prevent any but real
District residents from being
elected. 1 don't want to see any
Of these professional Govern
ment employees get in 1 mean
these people who for 10 or Is
years have been working here
in the Government, but whose
legal residences are out in some
State"
It is the Marylander's view that
such council, whether elected or
appointed, would take over much
Of the detailed work that the Dis
trict Commissioners and Congress
are now required to do. The
council, he said, would be the
legislative body for the District.
Limits Legislation
Under the plan Kennedy hopes
to work out, Congress would not be
called upon to legislate further for
the District except concerning
local appropriations and in the
event that any change in the form
of government were deemed by
Congress to be advisable.
He pointed out that the council
would work out the city budget
with the aid Of the local budget
officer" which would be separate
from the District Auditor, and
that the budget would be sent d.
rectly to Congress instead of hav-
ing to go through the Budget Bill
reau, as at present. With the
council supporting the budget and
making its case before the congress
sional committees, it is believed
by Kennedy, all of the wrangling
that now takes place would be elm
mated.
Consolidation Seen
Representative Kennedy's plan
also will propose various consoli-
dations and arrangements Of
local offices, principally with .
Continued on Page ~, Col. y
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1884 ST. s. E.. APT.
Two large rooms, kitchen and bath. din
ing alcove and screened porch; practically
new: automatic oil heat and hot water in
cluded; only S49.50. To inspect call Mr..
Toms District 2434.
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CASH FOR YOUR CAR
Highest prices paid. Superior
Motor Cars, Inc, 1920 l4th st.
N. w. Call Decatur 1900.
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YOUNG MEN

WE HAVE A PLACE FOR A
SALESMAN. THE MAN WE
WANT IS ROBABLY EN-
PLOYED AND EARNING AT
LEAST $4,000 PER YEAR. HE
IS EDUCATED. HONEST. SOBER,
AND HAS CERTAIN RESPONSE
BILITIES. ALL INTERVIEWS
WILL BE STRICTLY CONFIDEN-
TIAL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,
WRITE BOX F-75 TIMES HER
AID.
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Call Emerson 5043
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Financial
Money to Loan

ON diamonds. Watches iewclry. silverware.
etc No adv. arrangement neces. Lowest
rates ROSSLYN LOAN CO.. Rosslyn. Va.
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Y ST. n. W., 11-Of North Capitol.
Double room with porch, also single rm.
with porch, also ga6age If required.
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Lots for Sale 6S

saCrltlce. Call Owner, jackson 1868.
HAVE a few choice home sites in a new
development on the Mount Vernon Boue-
ward. See these before you buy any
place else. Convenient terms. Box F-6S
Times Herald.
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Suburban Houses for Sale
Farms and Land for Sale 6

$50 DOWN. S15 MO. 10 ACRES on good
gravel road 1917 miles D. C.. Price S675.
MAI. 3753 or AT 52O5-J
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Bids and Proposals


COMMISSIONERS, n. c. Washington
March l.. 1881 sealed proposals will
be received at Room 800. District Build
lns, until . O'Clock, y. m. March ri,
1897. for furnishlng and delivering Terra
Gotta Sewer Pine 4 FuunEs. SpecItl"a-
tlors and information at Room $50, DIS
trlCt RuildmE.
PROCUREMENT DIVISION, Public Build
inEs Branch, Washington. n. c.. March
Is 1887 Sealed proposals IN duplicate
will he publicly opened m thus office at
10 A NJ. April l. 1885, for manufar-
turns and furnishing parcel post cash and
stamp drawers for Federal Buildings. In
AWARDING tho contract. consideration Will
he given IN those bidders who have pre-
vlouslv performed work comparable IN all
respects with that for which tho hId i
Euhnltted and who r4n. II 20 requested.
show evidence that they have performed
such work IN satisfactory manner.
Drawings and specifications may be on
tanned Al Ihls office IN the discretion Of
the Assistant Director of Procurement.
PUhIrn Buildings Branch. W. +. REG-
NOLDS Assistant Director
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A REAL Buy
IN rIEr pEv1poxMFHT

IN A FINE ENVIRONMENT
Detached brick home OF rooms and
baths, within 3 blocks Of Chevy Chase Cir
cle: in new house condition. Large lot with
detached garage Close to schools. shops
and transportation. An outstanding buy in
this fine nejEhhorhood. Now S10.T50.
Call COZ 3lS7
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Wanted Jewelry

I PAY HIGHEST PRICES for old iewelry.
cameras. field glasses, firearms, Max
ZweiE 937 D st. N W. NET. 911o.
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17SM st. EN.HEoN \. W. ~ Dist. 500
CHEVROLET

Ford 1896 VS. Tudor De Luxe CAOO
Sedan-Original metallic gray OfAO
finish absolutely like new throughout;
special price today only. s429.
GARDNER STUART MOTORS
sO4 Bladensburg Rd. \. E. Line. s159
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$9.1OO
COLORADO AVE. n. "

Ideal for physician or lawyer. Sepa-
rate entrance to office on LIST floor. s
bedrooms. 2 baths lavatory. large lot.
gear garage. Accept any reasonable offer.
Call Mr. Dowd. NAT. 2O40
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ATTENTION
MEN AND WOMEN

Here Is opportunity 10 make b'E
money IN your spare time. Only require
rent Is that you own an automobile OF
email make. Give particulars age address.
phone and references. Address BoI F-e2.
Tines Herald
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ONLY ONCE
IN A BILE MOON

viii you receive an opportunity to pur-
chase lovely home like this in Chevy
Chase. Nd. lust a few steps from Connectl-
cut Ave. A brick Dutch Colonial with 8
large rooms and Gear garage. lot 65 feet
wide Priced under S11 900 and extremely
good terms can he made. Call J. WESLEY
BUCHANAN, INC. CL. 1925. until p. m.
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NEAR NORTH DAKOTA AVE
AND VISTA ST N E

AMI v Id n y L. ~. L.
Only $500 cash required. Newly deco
rated 6-rm. modern cottage on lot l00x9O,
with detached garage Price. $3.50. Call
Condlt Boss & Phelps, Ma. $500. eve
A
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STENOGRAPHER

EXPERIENCED. not over rs years old legal
residence N Michigan only. college graduate.
Salary Sl5O month. Personnel Service,
1911 ST n W
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Help Wanted-Male & Female "A

FOREIGN language writers translaters
wanted. Phone Mr Harms. Clarendon
TssM 4s05 Rock Spring Road. Airing
"a
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YOUNG MAN - Experienced. for mems
furnishings to dress windows. make
show cards and sell Steady Job No phone
calls Apply 534 Sth ST s F.
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6I"3 NORTH DAKOTA AVE. y. W.
Open Daily A. NJ. to Q T. NJ
New detached brick large rooms. tile
hath omen fireplace. full basement, mod
crn kitchen. 50 $50.
LEVIN p HANDY. MA 6314
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216 DOUGLAS ST. n. E., Apt. p rooms,
kitchen and bath. dining alcove. screened
in back porch; oil heat and hot water
included in rent of S47 so. Good condition; !;
phoninE Mr.. Toms. District 2434, a. m.
n m
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RRASTRE co. nI. h4lO
4 UNIT Apt, HOUSE, SLIGO PIX. HILLS
1878 Flower Ave. cornor lot. spts.
furnished. electric refrigeration, always
rented annual income 81. $50.
BARGAIN PRICE ACT QUICKLY!
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ATTENTION
BOOKKEEPER

Are 24@s, Gentle: real estate or con.
structlon hk. experience only. Excellent
opportunrry See Mr., Boyd. Personnel
Service 1871 G St \. W
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THE SOUTHERN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or SAB
TInfnrniShAN
Apartments Unfurnished

R ST. n W. $685. rooms kitchenette,
bath; rms, ,kitch.. inclosed porch, D.;
also rm. with incl. porch. l bdrm. CL. 9174.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

WE PAY CASH FOR OLD
GOLD AND SILVER, Watches. DiamondA
Gold Teeth and Diamond Jewelry
SELINGER'S, S18 F ST. N. w.
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above that minimum up to 80 cents
per hour.
In other words, it is not minimum
wage bill, but gives authority to the
board to fix rates in the highest cate
gories Of labor. It can also, with the
power to classify employment, fix the
minimum rate of pay of a machine
tender without experience at 40 cents
per hour, and for a machine tender
with one years experience at so cents
per hour, and so on. Thus the board
could fix the entire wage scales for
all persons subject to the act.
What then becomes of collective
bargaining? If the board is to fix
the rates of pay, then at their dis
cretion these five men may ignore the
results of collective bargaining and
raise or lower the rates fixed by mu-
tual consent of the employer and
employe.
Labor should rise up in protest
against this outrageous imposition.
Organized labor has for years been
unanimously opposed to compulsory
arbitration which has failed wherever
it has been tried.
This bill is worse than compulsory
arbitration. There is no arbitratio
but an arbitrary determination by a
small group Of bureaucrats. And let
me emphasize that the rate of pay can
be lowered, as we'll as raised, without
the consent of either employer or en-
ploye.
Again, Congress goes through the
motions of fixing the minimum rate of
pay for all industries and their units
The most commonly suggested rate is
20 cents per hour. But the board
can at will discriminate between these
industries and between competing
units in any industry This will place
a premium on lobbying-it may place
the small companies and their en-
ployes at a decided disadvantage. 1t
may, of course, raise havoc with the
larger companies. but. depending on
the whims Of the board, it may also
greatly favor them
The bill also confers upon the
board the power to Ak geographical
differentials in wages. Thus it may
Ak lower rate of pay for employers
in the South, where the cost OF living
is said to be cheaper and where the
standard Of living, at least, is lower.
Is not this a matter which should be
determined by Congress after careful
consideration Of available data and
experience? For this Is matter OF
major social and economic as we'll as
political policy.
Attempt at Strait Jacket"
Thus We see that the BILL in respect
to both its major features-control of
hours and control Of Wages-is a bare
faced attempt to strait-jacket both
employers and employees under the will
and discretion Of five men who may
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act arbitrarily and without RESPONSE
bility. 1t is another instance of con-
gressional abdication-just as much as
in the N. r. A., which the Supreme
Court by a unanimous decision de-
clared void as an improper delegation
of sweeping power
Another aspect Of the administra-
ton bill is worthy of comment. The
House version Of the bill excludes all
imports produced abroad under labor
standards inferior to those imposed
by the board on American industry.
Practically all imports would be ex-
cluded unless the board is authorized
to exempt specific commodities at its
discretion. Imagine this power in the
hands Of any board. 1t is power of
life or death over any industry and
the employees OF that industry. Fur
thermore, if We should authorize the
Tariff Commission to increase tariffs
to compensate for increased costs of
production here, We would have to
cancel every trade agreement nego-
tiated by Mr.. Hull in his efforts to re-
open foreign trade channels.
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The N. r. A. cost the Nation in di-
rect expenditures by the Government
and overhead expenditure by industry
between 200 and 300 million dollars
per year. A board which will have
power to fix minimum wages and
maximum hours, group and sectional
differentials with power TO discrimi-
nate at will between industries or
units OF industries in many ways, will
cost the country close TO half a bill
lion dollars annually.
Have we not reached the limit of
bureaucracy already In this country?
When Mr.. Roosevelt went into office
the total number of executive en-
ployes OF the Federal Government
was 5000. Today 1t Is 835,250. #
this bill passes it may well be one
million next year.
Proposal for Measure.
AS I said earlier, I firmly believe in
a Federal minimum wage law If
the administration is really sincere in
its professed desire to help the under
privileged, the social objectives of
the bill can be obtained by a simple
statute, clear cut, concise, definite in
its standards, and impartial, yet fair
in its operations.
would, therefore, propose as a
substitute the following measure:
Cd Let Congress fix a national
standard OF 40 hours per week for all
industry, covering both interstate
commerce and all intrastate COM
merce with it. Here Is definite
standard set by Congress itself with
out board authorized to exempt any
industry or unit at will or vary it be-
tween industries or units of any one
industry.
t2) Let Congress provide, however
that any company may work 48 hours
per week, provided it pays time and
one-quarter up to "A hours and time
and onehalf beyond A hours. Then
companies in order to work more than
40 hours would not need to beg per-
mission of Federal board, unfamiliar
with the needs of various businesses.
Congress should, however, contrary to
the provisions of the Black BILL permit
collective bargaining to reduce these
hours or increase overtime rates of
pay. Here We have national standard
fixed by law, not subject to change
either upward or downward at the
discretion Of an arbitrary board as the
Black bill would permit. A final
provision would be necessary to permit
highly seasonal industries, working 26
weeks or less year, to work even so
hours or longer without overtime. such
hours and rates to be fixed by collective
bargaining.
90 Let Congress fix q national
standard OF 40 cents per hour for all
as a Federal minimum wage. ElimI-
nate the board which under the Black
bill could reduce this rate to 80 cents
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or 70 cents or exempt industries or
units in any one industry at will.
Congress should, however, permit
industry or units thereof to pay below
this Accent hourly rate to sub-normal
workers with partial physical or mental
disabilities who otherwise would be
shut out of employment and forced on
relief. The N. r. A. produced many
instances OF this sort. The same
permission should be granted for
apprentices, but In each instance tho
employer should be required to file
with the Department of Labor a report
OF all such exceptions and the reasons
therefor, with the right in the Depart.
ment OF Labor TO investigate and re-
port any abuses to Congress.
90 Let Congress, after mature con.
s1deration based upon expert testimony
before its committees, determine
whether sectional wage differentials
should be permitted between different
areas. If such dif1erentials appear
wise or advisable, Congress can estab-
lLsh sectional areas and then authorize
the Department of Labor through its
present staff to determine the VARYING
costs or standards of living and fix
dif1erentials for those areas. Tho
Department Of Labor should be au.
thorlzed to establish such wage
diferentials to justify its changes to
Congress by an annual report directly
to Congress.
t5) Let Conress then provide that
wages paid on all work relief projects,
so long as they are continued, shall
be only 80 per cent of the minimum
rate fixed under this law. This will
provide a genuine incentive to those
on work relief to obtain employment
in private industry. 1t will prevent
such disruption of industry as Is
found at present in many sections Of
the country as result of relief wages
higher than wages in regular EN-.
ployment.
Seen Easily Enforceable.
Such a Federal wages and hours
law will be easily enforceable with
out the necessity of a board and
without the waste and expense of
tremendous bureau There need be
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On the other hand, the Senate YER
sion Of this bill introduced by Sena-
tor Black makes no provision for the
protection of American labor and
capital from suhStandard labor prac-
tices Of foreign producers. The Black
version will exclude from interstate
commerce all merchandise produced
in the United States under labor
standards inferior to those fixed by
the board. An American manufac-
turer in any State, If he adopts sub
standard practices, will be excluded
from the richest market in the world,
the rest of the United States. At the
same time japanese producer, with
labor standards only one fourth Of
those adopted by this American man.
ufacturer, will have free access to our
markets. The result will be that many
American companies or industries will
have TO suspend operations and lay
of their present workers who will be
forced upon the relief rolls.
These bills, as conceived and drawn,
thus hang us on one or the other
horn Of trade dilemma
Have given you suficknt insight
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standard on which the board may use
its discretion in granting exemptions
to discriminate between industries or
competing units in any industry, or in
permitting overtime work.
"Arbitrary Power" Seen.
This is a grant Of absolute and ar
bitrary power to five men over the
lives, fortunes, income, earnings and
destinies of all industry and its en-
ployes. The Black bill not only seems
to me to be unconstitutional as an
improper delegation OF power lodged
with Congress by the Constitution, but
is unWorkable and is destructive Of
the very objectives it has in view.
This broad discretion of the board
means that certain industries or COM
peting units in any industry may be
destroyed by arbitrary orders dis
eliminating against them in applying
or eXempting them from the act or
in refusing overtime to them. Other
units or industries may be granted
special favors. Small companies not
able to meet the costs Of lobbying be-
fore the board will be subject to i'm
positions which larger companies may
avoid.
In brief, this bill is the triumph Of
the theory of arbitrary rule by men,
in place of rule by law applicable to
all and enforceable without favor or
prejudice.
Whether the standard set be 30
hours, which is not likely in view of
the general appreciation of what such
a maximum would mean, in the form
of reduced production, higher costs
and lowered standards of living, or
whether it be 40 hours, which is more
generally advocated, the board at it's
discretion can apply, say, 3O-hour
standard to one industry or company
and a 40hour standard to another
In this manner one industry or COM
pany can be destroyed for the benefit
of another.
Furthermore, while the standard
may be set by Congress at 40 hours.
the board may change that standard
to 80 hours, if it so wills, for all indus
try, thereby in effect enacting the
30-hour Black bill, which was repu-
dated by Congress in 1884 Such
power should never be granted to any
man or any board in country which
hopes to remain free. Are you sur
prised I cannot follow Senator Blacks
methods?
Now let's examine the further pow
ers given this board OF five men in
respect to control of wages 1t can,
of course, exempt any industry or unit
of any industry entirely from the oper-
ations Of the act. In addition it can
fix not only the minimum rates OF pay
for given type of work or class OF
employment in given industry or
company. but 1t can also fix rates
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into the bill to convince you that, as
is typical of so much OF the legisla-
ton OF the present administration,
1t has been hastily drawn and poorly
conceived, with reckless disregard Of
the consequences of the American peo-
pie? I think I have.
Yet under the administrations IA
vorite guise of doing something for
the underprivileged, President Roose-
welt will attempt to jam it through Is
another piece Of must" legislation,
damning all who have the courage to
denounce it, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike, as economic royalists and
sweaters OF labor-anti-social, un-
American and the like.
Leads to Planned Economy"
Don't be fooled by the smoke screen
of the cutie fish. This measure Is
the elimination of bureaucracy in the
| extreme and leads the way into
planned economy" not only in hours
and wages, but also in prices. pro-
duction, quotas and employment.
Another attempt to draw red her.
ring across the trail and confuse the
public in respect to the bill is made
by prohibiting the production of goods
by children below the age of 16. We
Republicans have been consistently
opposed to child labor. Feeling the
| necessity OF immediate action anc
believing that the recent decisions OF
the Supreme Court are broad enough
to permit Federal legislation on this
subject, I have introduced bill into
the Senate to provide for the elin1i-
nation of child labor without an
amendment.
The child labor amendment now
before the country has failed to wiz
acceptance because of the fact tina,
1t is too broad in its implications, cov-
ering farm labor and permitting con-
troll of education. Senator Vanden-
berg has recently introduced a new
proposed amendment into the Senate
avoiding the unpopular implications
of the old amendment. A similar new
amendment has been introduced by
Senator Austin of Vermont and Rep
reSentatlVe Whlte OF ONO. Let's push
one of those amendments to enact
ment
Child labor must be abolished in
this country and quickly, but it should
not be used to becloud this wage and
hour bill in an attempt to obtain SYM
pathy for bad bill badly drawn.
To administer this Black-Connery
act tremendous bureaucracy will be
required, far greater than under the
N. R. A. While only about 4,500 per-
sons were employed directly by N. R
A.. close to $4,000 people were directly
engaged by the code authorities. The
Black-Connery bill will require, &C
cording to well-quaIfied authority
the addition of minimum of 1901 ,OOC
persons to the Federal pay rolls, anc
many more to industrial pay rolls
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tSee FORUM, Page Aid
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NO INCREASE SEEN
IN SPOTTED FEVER
About Usual Number of Cases
Reported So Far, Reports
DR.. Oleson.

Two recent deaths from Rocky
Mountain spotted fever in this
vicinity do not indicate that the
disease, which spread eastward sew
eral years ago. is increasing here.
DR.. Robert OleSon, assistant surgeon
general of the United States. said to-
day that about the usual number of
cases have been reported to his Of
nee so far this season. The infection
IS spread by wood ticks.
DR.. Oleson advised campers and
picnickers to be on the alert for ticks
after returning from the woods.
Ticks should be removed with for
ceps or tweezers. or with some strong
solution. Care should be taken to see
that excretion from a tick does not
enter broken place in the skin
Not all ticks are infected with the
germ. which is less viruIent here than
in the West. The Public Health
Service has been supplying Resettle-
ment Administration workers and
c. c. c. enrollees in the West with a
preventative serum. The death rate
IN the West has been lowered from
85 to Is per cent.
Scientists believe the infected ticks
have been spread eastward by migra-
tory birds and small mammals. Last
Summer there were two deaths in the
District and eight cases; Virginia had
deaths and SO cases, and Maryland
deaths and 80 cases.