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The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Sloan Asserts Plants
Held For Ransom

We are Shirking our moral
responsibility; that we have no
respect for the public interest.
You know this is not true. So,
why all these charges? Simply
because we refuse to negotiate
with a group that holds our
plants for ransom without re-
gard to law or justice, thus de.
priving over 100000 of our
peaceful and law abiding en-
plOyes of their inherent right
to work."
After Governor Frank Murphy
negotiated what amounted to an
anti-VioleAce pact between the
union and law-enforcing officers,
furthering G. MS plan to give
part time work to $4,000 men,
some 5000 employees filed into the
Chevrolet plant for the morn
ing shift. Sitdown strikers in
Fisher Body No. 2, directly across
the street, looked on paSsively
through windows of the factory.
Non-StrikerS will confine their
efforts solely to the manufacture
of parts. They may, General Mo
tors said, receive no more than a
days work a week. The ur:on
has Endorsed the back-to-work
movement in strike-free plants be-
cause complete cars cannot be
turned out while sit-downers con-
tinue to hold Fisher body plants.
Tomorrow morning, 5000 more
non-strikers will return to the
Fisher Body divisions, the General
Motors Corporation announce
ment said. OF these, 1000 will re-
port to Fisher Body No. 81 here,
$500 to the pressed metal and
trim department in Pontiac. and
1,4OO to the Grand Rapids stamp
ing plant.
Police reserves we're on hand
when the gates of the Chevrolet
gear and axle and spring and
bumper plants, reopened to admit
non-Strikers. More police we're at
the Cadillac Motor Company
plant, long strike-bound, where
yesterday five pickets, including
woman, we're injured.
At a meeting with union organ
izers, Police Chief Frahm said
they agreed to permit the stipu-
lated workers to enter the plant
if the company permitted union
checkers to enter too, to see that
only office and maintenance work
was done.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
CONTINUED from Page u

NOO--O-A-S~~Se
ton yesterday delivered a scorch
ing attack on General Motors, af
ter Sloan declined to attend a
peace conference she called.
Answer to Perkins
In his statement, posted on
G. M. bulletin boards, Sloan in
directly refers to Miss Perkins at
tack. 1t follows in part:
"On January 5 1 told you the
circumstances that closed GER
tain of our plants and curtailed
the operations o: others. Many
things have since been said. In
the conflict of statements there
is much confusion and 1 now
want to make clear just what
has happened and what the stu
alton is today.
"Three weeks have passed.
during that time we have earn.
eStly striven to do everything
possible to develop negotiations
with the group that has at.
tackled us, in the hopes of reach
ing satisfactory solution that
will protect the interests of all
involved and enable you to go
back to work. That is what
you want and it is our earnest
desire. 1 appreciate your 10y.
atty and confidence. Over 1OO,.
900 have signified their desire
to return to work. You are
deprived of the right to work by
a small minority who have
seized certain plants and are
holding them as ransom to en-
force their demands.
CITES INTENT
"The leader of this group has,
as you know, publicly stated that
hours, wages, and conditions of
employment are not involved.
Now, what is involved? It is
this: That we should turn you
over, body and soul, for ex-
plOitatiOn say to you once
more, have no fear. Do not be
miSled. General Motors will
never let you down. Now, here
is where we stand:
II. We propose to demon.
Strate that these treSpasSers who
have seized our plants and who
have taken from you the privi-
lege of working have not the
right to do so.
"2. We shall demand that your
rights and our rights be pro-
tected.
"3. We will negotiate with this
group and will earnestly strive
for an honorable settlement as
soon as the illegal seizure of our
plants is terminated"
EQUAL VOICE TO ALL
a. We believe in giving every
group an opportunity to be
heard.
"5. You will not have to pay
tribute for the privilege of work
ing in a General Motors plant.
Efforts have been made to
make you believe that General
Motors is responsible for the
breakdown Of negotiation; that
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Both Lewis and Sloan
Feel Official Rebuke
By EARL GOODWIN

Last week President Roosevelt
slapped John Lewis. This week he
slaps Alfred Sloan, Head Man Of
General Motors. He used about
the same number of words, let
them be quoted, and emerges as
the impartial arbiter of the stu
: alton. Last week the finger of
scorn was trying to point itself at
the labor head; this week Mr..
Sloan is the man whose Sulking is
looked on as unfortunate.
SIT-DOWN WORRIES
Meantime, the thing which has
most of the high Government Of
ficials jittery is the "Sit-down
strike" None in authority will
condemn it much or favor it much.
At the same time there is an un-
dercurrent among those officials
who have been closely connected
with labor that the sit-down strike
Is altogether a good thing.
Secretary of Labor Perkins
pointed out that once striking
was illegal and once picketing was
illegal, but now both are legal.
Does that mean that the force
full occupation of a factory by
striking workers is illegal? That's
a question for the courts.
LOCAL CONCERN
Government officials indicate
that these sit-down efforts are the
concern of local authorities, not
the Federal Government. There is
also feeling that in Michigan,
Governor Murphy, who has been
very sympathetic with labor has
so far prevented the General Mo-
tors Corporation from using force
to get the strikers out of the two
plants still held by the strikers.
This is also true in New York city.
where Mayor LaGuardia is strong
ly pro-labor.
SLOAN ION SPOT"
Labor'S friends in the Admin
istration are doing their level best
to put Alfred Sloan, General Mo-
tors chief on the spot as far as
public opinion is concerned. Sec
retary of Labor Perkins was Tn
usually sharp in her statements
concerning Mr.. Sloan's refusal to
come to Washington to sit in with
labor heads and Government Of
Sicials.
The whole series of events and
conferences on labor matters at
the White House is heading up to
proposed labor legislation which, it
is believed, will give the Federal
Government definite powers in the
matter of hours, wages and child
labor.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Mrs. Janet Van Loon
Gets u. 5. Script Post

Mrs. Janet van Loon, daughter
in-law of the author, Hendrix w.
van Loon. today was named by
Secretary of the Interior Ickes to
the script department of the Edu-
cational Radio Project of the Of
flee of Education.
Known in both stage and radio
circles, Mrs. Van Loon has ap-
peared in Broadway productions
and has written and produced
radio series for national networks.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
TIBBETT WAITS
AUTOPSY IN
0PERADEATH
Noted Singer Shaken
By Accidental Killing
OF Fellow Player

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 G.N.SO.
Visibly shaken, Lawrence Tibbett
today awaited outcome of an
autopsy on the body of a fellow
opera singer, Joseph Sterzini,
who died mysteriously five hours
after he was accidentally stabbed
by TibbetC during dress re-
hearsal of "Caponsacchi" on the
stage of the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Physicians are baffled over ex-
act cause of Sterzini's death, as
it was stated that the wound in
flicted by Tibbett was only a
minor cash in the hand.
Tibbett's steel stiletto was sup
posed to come down in the vi
cinity of Sterzini, close enough to
add reality to the act, and it was
stated that Tibbett had practiced
the "stabbing" at least 80 times.
Talks With Police
Returning to his New York
apartment early today from
Newark, N. j.. where he had sung
in I'll Traviata,' Tibbett talked
to police.
Present were Assistant District
Attorney Sylvester Consentino,
Tibbett's own attorney, IA police
men and 20 newspapermen.
Tibbett said:
II really don't know how 1t
happened. l am diStraught.
SterZini was a good friend Of
mine. I've known him for
years."
The accident occurred at noon
during a full dress rehearsal of
the new American Opera "Capon-
sacchi," which is to have its
premier at the Metropolitan here
next Thursday night, with
Tibbett as the star.
Explains Accident
The libretto of the new opera
Is based on Robert BroWn1ng'S
The Ring and the Book" with
the popular baritone singing the
role of Guido Franceschini. Dur
ing the course of the action Ster-
Zini was required to hold an
other character at whom Tibbett
lunged with a dagger.
Explaining how the accident
happened, the opera star said:
"Of course we always use real
swords and daggerS. Wood or
rubber ones would look ridicu,
lOus from the other side of the
foOtlightS.
"The character / am supposed
to stab in 'CapOnsacchi' is being
held by two bandits, and during
the struggle the position of one
of the bandits hands become
chained.
Gas swung with the dagger
"a dull blade-I turned my
wrist so that 1 actually struck
with the handle of the dagger.
But SterZini had one of his
hands in a different position
than at previous rehearSaIS,
and the blade caught him be-
tween the thumb and index
finger of his left hand"
Mrs. Tibbett, watching the re-
hearsal from a seat in the orches-
ira pit, witnessed the accident.
At the time no one thought the
injury serious, and SterZini
wanted to finish the scene But
at Tibbett's insistence the chorus
man left the stage and a tourni
quet was applied.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
VIOLENCE.
THREATENED
IN Staying
Confession in Death of
Missing 6-Year-OId
Girl Is Claimed
speclaI to The WashlnEton Times

SpeClal TO Inc w ashlnKtOn ItmeS
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa, Jan. 27.
Threats of mob violence were
heard here today after the discov.
cry of the battered body of Jean
Seville, six-year-old school girl
missing since January IL, and the
alleged confession of a coal truck
driver that he killed her.
Major Lynn G.. Adams, of the
State police, who has directed the
search for the girl, announced
that Glenn Schleckner admitted
he killed the child and hid her
body in thicket in the wild min
ing region near Hopewell, about
so miles from here.
Breaks Under Grill
Schleckner broke under ques-
tioning, Major Adams said, and
late yesterday led police to where
he had hidden the body.
First they found the child'S
lunch box, then a Christmas card
and a twisted handkerchief, and
then they found the body in a
crude grave.
Doctors said they believed the
little girl had been criminally e.
saulted.
SchIeckner Suspected
The child, whose parents are
separated, had been sent to board
at the Schleckner home by the
county welfare organization. The
morning of her disappearance she
left the house to walk to the school
bus stop, about 500 yards away.
The bus driver reported that she
had not been at the stop. Schleck.
ner was Immediately suspected,
police said, and finally admitted
he had kidnapped the child and
killed her along the road he usual.
ly travels to Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
HERE
TELL OF FLOOD
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Continued from Page u
desperate plight than they, anc
the boatmen always told then
they were carrying emergency
passengers. She added.
1--WE were forced to turn the
ballroom of the hotel into
community dining hall, and at
night, by the light of candles
(because electricity had been
cut Off we played bridge or told
ghost stories.
"A score of hotel guests were
stricken with heavy cold, and
when we finally got away left
my hot water bottle for some of
the hotel mattresses who worked
like trOjanS during the seige.
AMUSING INCIDENTS
"AlthOugh the situation was
grim, there were some amusing
incidents to break the mo-
nOtOny and mounting fear.
One energetic guest found two
waShtubs and then, with a
clOtheS-line made a IaSsO and
threw it into the window of a
house next door where the
neighbOrS helped him rope two
of their own WaShtubS.
"He hauled them into his
hotel room, put the four tubs
together with a plank and
then, with another plank,
padded down the street to try
to find some groceries.
"The longer we stayed in the
hotel, the colder it got because
of the ice in the flood waters.
"The only unSpOrtSmanIike
thing 1 saw was a flood taxi
driver who passed the hotel in
a boat and shouted he would
charge $40 to take any one out.
One woman paid him and got in
but got stuck in the ice a few
yards from the h0tele.
"When Sunday night came
the Red Cross could spare us
boats and we were rOwed away
from a landing on a rear porch"
Here As Delegate
Mr.. Drake, who is in Washing
ton as a delegate to the Amercal
Federation of Hosiery Workers
convention, took up the story:
1--WE were rOwed to a city bus
which was hooked to a tractor,
and then we registered as flood
victims at a public school.
"The building was crowded
with refugees and it was re-
ported five babies had been born
there.
Monday morning we started
to drive to Washington. 1 was
forced by the flood to drive about
200 miles further on the trip
than / would have under ordi-
nary conditions. My mileage
from Paduch to Washington was
961 miles,"
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
SLOAN PARLEY
STAND CALLED
MISTAKE
Lewis More Reserved
After Sharp Rebuke
To GIN. Chief
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
International News Service

Federal authorities today per-
fected new secret move for peace
in the General Motors automobile
strike. Both President Roosevelt
and Secretary of Labor Perkins
limited new action.
There was speculation here
whether the sharp criticism Mr..
Roosevelt directed at President AL
fred P. Sloan, jr., of General
Motors, for his refusal to partici-
pate with strikers in a peace con-
ference here, might of itself bring
results. The Presidents words
came after Miss Perkins had verb
ally walloped the motors combine.
The President said:
81 told all my callers today
/ was not only disappointed in
the refusal of Mr.. Sloan to
come here, but that I regarded
1t as a very unfortunate de-
cision on his part"
LEWIS ACCEPIS
John L. Lewis accepted the con-
ference invitation and was to con-
fer with Miss Perkins today.
Three developments limited at
the course the Government may
take in it's efforts to break the
deadlock.
/. President Roosevelt dis
cussed with Lewis, Sidney Hill
man, of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers, and Charles P.
Howard, of the International
Typographical Union, legislation
designed to empower the Gov
ernment to force strike arbitra'
ton.
2. The Presidents caustic
statement, made at his press con-
ference, and the earlier state
ment of Miss Perkins consti-
tuted an about-face from the
previous hands-off policy of the
Administration.
Pressure Forecast
8. The latest press conference
of Lewis, marked by reserve,
held Immediately after the
Presidents conference, found
Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Edward F. McGrady sitting be-
side the labor chief.
Lewis commented:
"We're sort of in the hands
Of the Government so far. The
strike situation is completely
unchanged. Our people are
more determined than ever to
carry this thing on to its con-
cIusiOn."
Thus, although the strike dead
lock today is physically un-
changed, the Government has
spoken with a new tone. There
is every indication Federal pres
sure for settlement will be in
creased, observers said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Eight Votes Give
Bar Car Address

CAPE MAY COURTHOUSE,
N. j., January 27-Testimony
in voting irregularities revealed
today that eight persons who
voted in the last election had an
unusual residence. All rave their
address as a lunch bar car.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
OFFICIALS BUSY ON SECRET AUTO PEACE MOVE
Cummings Passes
Tampa Cigars
To Press

Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mlngs passed out a new brand of
cigars at his press conference today
cigars that made Tampa famous.
1t seems one columniSt didn't like
the brand the Attorney General
has been passing out-and COM
mented caustically on them.
So the citizens of Tampa sent a
sample box. which we're distributed
today. But it may be necessary
to hold a plebiscite and ask more
samples before the matter is finally
decided.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Bounty For Motorist

AMHERST, Mass, January 27
W.PO.-Peter O'Kula, Jr, of
Montague, Mass, will receive a
$40 State bounty for a wildcat
he killed today. After his auto
mobile stunned the wildcat,
O'Kula got out and kicked the
animals head off.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Three Babes Found
Mdrooned in Flood

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind, Jan. 2
Q.N.SD The parents of three
tiny babies found marooned in this
flood-devastated city were sought
today by Major Walter Fowler, in
charge of national guardsmen on
duty here.
The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Winsted to Speak

Ralph Winsted, former investi.
gator for the La Toilette civil lib
critics investigating committee, will
speak at the regular monthly
meeting Of the Women's Trade
Union League Friday night at s:15
at the Y. w. C. A,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-04

dak mar mem t0rtennek, azo-
kat tisztelettel emlekeztetjiik
a prohibicio megsziintetesere,
amelyet egy- -kett6re elintez-
tex, bar ket evvel el6bb mind
annyian ait hittiik, hogy az
soha meg nem t0rtenik bar
Henry Ford olyan biztos volt
a dolgaban, hogy ere az eset-
re gyarai azonnali lezarasat
igerte.
Egy-ket ev alatt a hangulat
egeszen megvaltozik neha eb-
ben az orszagban es ha a
munkatlansag valamikor meg
sziinik - inert megszlinik -
akkor mem lesz jelentekeny
ellenzek.
Ismeteljuk, EFT nem szabad
varnunk a k0vetkez6 par ho-
napban, sot mem szabad var
nunk a most k0vetkez6 egy-
ket evben.
De nemcsak a lehetosege,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-04

re er6sebben hodit, ez mar
nem igen fog er6sen val
toni.
Semmi allando akadalya
mines hat annak, hogy Ellis
Island kapuit meg egyszer
megnyissak.
Talan mem olyan mertek-
ben es mem olyan k0nnyel-
mien, mint a multban tettek,
ITALIAN a bevandorlas ujbol
valo megengedese utan is
meg fogjak valogatni azokat.
akiket ide engednek, de valo-
szinii, hogy ilyen valogatott
bevandorlasunk lesz meg a
j0v0ben.
Mem ARA gondolunk = is.
meteljuk, = hogy a korlato'
kat teljesen levessziik, hanen
ARA, hogy bizonyos szamu be-
vandorlot engediink be, sok
kal tobbet, mint a jelenleg
kvota, ami viSzont a Macy
depresszio eveiben soha mem
volt bet0ltve.
Akik ait hiszik, hogy ESQ
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-04
Macy
a szerelem

Rooseveltnek el6kelo angel
vendege volt a Feher Hazban
a napokban.
Be vannak ujabb vendegek
is jelentve a kozeli hetekben,
es Anglia sajtoja mindent ell
k0vet, hogy a ket angol nem-
zet kozt a baratsagot me-
lyitse.
Negy-ot ev alatt nagyot val
tozott a vilag, es ugy latszik,
hogy az emberek is, de a nem-
zetek is erosen valtoztak.
Negy OF ev el6tt ''Uncle
Shylock" volt a neve ennek a
nemzetnek es az angol lapok
lehordtak a legaljasabb uzso-
rascknak benniinket. Csupan
azert, inert a nekiink jaro ne
hany ezer millio dollarbol egy
nehany szaz milliot, pontosan
ugy kilencszaz millio dollart,
ell akartunk engedni.
EFT mem birtak valoszinuleg
megbocsajtani, S exert voltunk
uzsorasok a szemukben.
| Most aZtan egVSZerre fell
f0doztek, hogy nemcsak sze-
retnek, hanem becsulnek is
benniinket.
Most kisut0ttek, hogy a ket
"testver-nemzetnek" egyitt
kellene muk0dni, hogy az
egesz vilaggal szemben kozos
frontot kellene csinalni. Re
gebben ait sem ismertek Ell,
hogy testvernemzetek va
gyunk, inert csak cousin"
oknak neveztek bennunket.
Annyira persze meg ma
sem megy a szerelem, hogy
ait a kis regi adossagot hal
landok lennenek megadni, de
azert hat mar idovel es eset-
leg hajlandok lesznek rola -
beszelni
A nagy szerelem okat ter
meszetesen tudja mindenki.
Angel barataink haborut
varnak es ARA gondolnak,
hogy milyen jo es alkalmas
hely lenne ez az orszag fegy-
vert, municiot, elelmet es
penzt kapni. Hiszen olyan
kellemes tapasztalatokat SEE
reztek ezen a teren az elmult
vilaghaboruban, amikor mind
ezeket a haboruhoz sziikse-
ges dolgokat szaz kezzel nyuj-
tottuk felejuk.
| Megy hat az udvarlaS er0-
sen es bar eddig az orszag ne
pc es sajtoja mem nyelte lie a
szerelem bekajat, mem lehetet-
len az sem, hogy beduliink ne
xix meg egyszer.
/ Vegre is a bankar urak
semmit mem vesztettek, s6,
egesz sep uzleteket csinaltak
azon, hogy mi ''hu sz0vetsege.
seinknek" arut es penzt ad
funk S ilyen uzleteket akar.
max a j0v0ben is csinalni.
K0ztudomasu az is, hogy
bankarjaink meglehet6s nagy
befolyassal birnak az amerika
: lapoknal.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-04

pun. VdJJOIl vail meg eTUc-
mesebb dolog ezen kiviil? Mem
is hallotta, akarmit is duru-
zsoltak mellette........
XIX.
Egg este, harangszo utan
kemenyen megcsendiilt a rez-
csengo. Akaratosan, szinte
haragosan rangatta valaki es
mire Rozika megmozdulhatott
volna, mar Terez megel6zte.
Ezen az esten kilonben igen
nagy volt a csend. Rozikahoz
egesz nap mem sz6ltak SEM
NIT.
lion szomoruan nezett rea
nemely pillanatban, latszott
rata, hogy mondani szeretne
neki valamit, aztan mindig
visszaharapta a szokat.
Battinayek valami vacso-
rara voltak hivatalosak, ahova
Miklos ur is veliik ment. Ma
gukban uld0geltek hat a kis
szobaban, k0zel a fenylo kony-
hahoz, melyb6l Terez kedvenc
csemegejenek, a silt almanak
saga szallott felejiik.
Az ablaktabla nyitva volt
es a kertbol edes tavaszi lila
tok aradtak fel. Valahol
messze egy madarka ftity0-
reszett. lion egy selyemda-
rabkat szabdalt, ait mondta,
az vi bluzahoz kell diszites-
mex, Rozika meg azzal a kes-
keny suru csipkevel bajlodott,
melyet mar a telen kezdett ell
horgacsolni, de meg mindig
mem jutott tovabb felmeter-
nel....... Latszott, hogy csak
az ujjai vannak a csipkenel,
a lelke masfele jar..... Az area
i eleven ttikre, nyitott konyve
volt a szivenek. De a csenge-
tesre osszerezzent.
Mem tudta miert, de ARA
kellett gondolnia, hogy tan
Miklos ur teri vissza. Piros
lett ett6l a gondolattol es ole
be ejtette a csipket. Elful-
ladt lelekzettel varta, hogy
NIT mond Terez, ha visszaj0n.
A szeken is el6rehajolt, hogy
jobban kivehesse a lepeseket.
De szolani mem inert. SEE
gyenlosen, ijedten forditotta
ell fejet Ilontol, aki szorosan
osszecsukta a szajat.
Odalentr6l izgatott, apro
de eros lepesek nesze hang
zott. Mem Miklos ur volt a
joveveny, AIT r0gt0n eszrevet-
te Rozika. o, inert az 6 ia
rasa! Az ruganyos, bator,
megis alig hallani!..,..
Aztan valami halk susogast
hallott, vegul kitarult szelesre
a konyhaajto es Terez sovany
area szeles, gy6zelmes mo.
sollyai ragyogott Rozikara.
- Neked hoztam vendeget
- S mire a lany szolhatott
volna valamit is, maga ele
bocsatotta Annat.,
lion volt az els6, aki fel.
ugrott es szeket hozott. DE-
Anna mem tilt lie. Egyenesen
: szigoru szemekkel ALT Roziks
el0tt es csendesen ratette ke,
: zet a vallara.
= Bizony hozzad gy0tten
en-. Csak ilyenkor j0hettem
inert maskor dolgoznom kell
De ez mem baj, inert most
mar magamnak dolgozok.
: Hadd nezzek csak rad?!
Rozika elv0r0s0d0tt. Valam
alaktalan, tetova remiilet szal
lott a szivere, remegni kez
! dett, inert ugy erezte, hogy
most vala1ni sz0rnyu. dolos
fog k0vetkezni.
A remiilet, mely ere elbori
totta, KILT az arcara es belle
kuszott a szemeibe is. De fol
emelte fejet es hagyta, hog.
!, Anna s0tet szemei at es at
!. jarjak vonasait Is szemeinel