The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-12
clio. IS TOLD
FOOD, CLOTHES
TO Be Held Up
Organizers Admit Under
standing With Ohio
Postal Officials
BAILEY DEMANDING
THAT MAIL BE MOVED

The senate post office commit
tee yesterday decided TO dig
deeper into instances of alleged
interference with the mails by
steel strikers after hearing charg-
eS that postal authorities con
nived" with union leaders to tn
wart delivery of food and other
supplies to struck plants.
The decision came after 4
stormy hearing on a resolution
by Sen. II. Styles Bridges, r., n.
H., proposing a congressional in
quiry of alleged interference with
the mails and on an amendment
by Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, d., Pa.
that the investigation embrace
also the acts of three independent
steel operators involved in the
current strike.
The status of the proposed in
quiry was in doubr last night and
veteran observers were puzzled
by the days developments. Chair
man Kenneth Mcclellan, d., Tenn.
said that postal officials at War
rem and Miles, o.. who rejected
allegedly irregular" mail design
ed for struck plants of Republic
Steel Corp, would be called for
questioning.
simultaneously however, h e
indicated chat Louis j. Guaniere.
an attorney of the Republic Steel
Corp. also would be summoned.
Sen. Josiah Bailey, d., n. c., who
demanded that action be taken to
assure movement of the mails,
commented on the unusual proce-
dure. He said that although the
committee had taken no action
on the Bridges resolution that il
was planning to conduct just such
an inquiry as the resolution de-
mandS.
r Mcclellan denied this interpre-
tation. He insisted that summon
ing of additional witnesses would
not interfere with the resolution
and would be helpful in aScer-
tanning the facts. Bridges, a
member of the committee, was
not pleased with the decision but
said he would withhold further
action until later. -,
Guffey, equally displeaSed, said
he would call witnesses in support
of his contention that the three
independent steel operators-Re-
public Steel, Youngstown Sheet
and Tube and Inland Steel-have
committed irregularities a d
must bear the sole responsible
"" for rioting and violence which
already have taken the lives OF
five men. 90.
Meantime, the house poStoffice
committee was reported prepar-
inc to meet on Tuesday or We'd
nesday to consider confidential
reporr on the situation now being
drawn at the post office depart
ment. The committee, it was UNI
derstood, will discuss all phases
of the problem involving move
ment of the mails during an in
dustrial crisis which have been
raised by the steel strike. ,
Bridges produced an armload
of exhibits among which, he
said. were packages which had
been addressed to struck Repub-
lie plants and had been returned
20 the sender as unbelievable"
He charged that packages had
bear rejected by postal officials
"because strikers would not al
low them to go through.
eff these facts are true, our
postoffice department is fraught
With corruption and there is deli
berate tampering with the U. ).
mails" he snapped. :,
Assistant Postmaster General
w w Howes hade a general DE-
NAL of the charge. He said that
an attorney of the Republic steer
Corn. took packages to postot-
flee in Ohio, accompanied by wit
nesses and photographers IN an
fort TO make an opening
wedge" Howes said that If the
Packages had been accepted the
romnany "would have sought TO
comnel the department to take
truck loads into the plant"
Bridges retaliated by charging
that postal officials and strike
leaders, were conniving to censor
The mails. Howes holly denied
The accusation and Bridges read
80 the record a telegram signed
nv C. b. Galloway and Walter j.
PAYNE of the Steel Workers Or,
ean;zing Committee. 1t denied
That, Payne or Galloway had han
died packages or malI az an sne
Niles, o., postoffice and addeo;
"We simply had an understand
ing with the postmaster, assistant
postmaster and the inspector oil
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