The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-01

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 The first was his testimony be- fore the Senate Post Office com mittee. This appearance was public and fully reported. But the second was an exclusive af- fair, held in Girdler's aiH-condi- toned hotel suite. Although much more colorful and pungent, only a few of the less explosive high lights of this performance got into the newspapers.
 The occasion was a press con- ference at which were present, in addition to Girdler, his lawyer: several of his publicity men, one of them Sam Jones, employed last year by Governor Gene Tal- madge of Georgia and the Repub- lican National Committee; and eight hand-picked reporters, sev- eral representing trade journals. Drinks and lunch were served. "A. F." Not Invited In
 The Associated Press, for some unexplained reason, was not in- vited to send a correspondent. The other two afternoon news services, the United Press and Interna- tional News Service were repre- scented.
 The host was as unrestrained in his remarks as he was liberal in his hospitality. He castigated two members of the Steel Medi- ation Board, Chairman Charles P. Taft, End and Lloyd K. Gar rison, Dean of the University of Wisconsin law school, in un- printable language.
 A few minutes later he applied even more vituperative profanity to Myron Taylor, head of the U. s. Steel company which signed 8 contract with the c. I. O., and to the Jones and Laughlin Steel company, which Girdler bossed be- fore going to Republic. Senator Joe Guffey charged before the Post Office Committee that Gird- Ter was busted from Jones-Laugh- lin because he betrayed its trade secrets, an accusation he heatedly denied.
 Related Damper
 By this time in full steam, Gird- Ter lashed into Governors Frank Murphy of Michigan, Martin Da- vey of Ohio, and George Earle of Pennsylvania, also in unprintable language. The National Labor Re- lations Board, he declared flatly, could not be trusted to conduct a fair election.
 If the Labor Board orders an election in your plants, will you abide by the result?" he was asked.
 "If they issue an order and the courts sustain it, possibly I'll have to abide by it," Gird- Ter replied, but I'll never sign a contract with the c. I. 0. unless the courts order me. The Wag- ner Act doesn't require that we sign a contract.
 But to hell with that. don't enter into any kind of an agree ment, oral or otherwise, with the c. I. O."
 Girdler returned by plane to Cleveland shortly after this ti- rede. Late that night, after word of the conference had been widely disseminated throughout the Washington press corps and ab- breviated accounts of 1t had been sent out. newsmen received excited telephone calls from Cleveland.
 What Mir. Girdler said was off-the-record," they were in- formed.
 You should have thought of that earlier" retcrted one of the reporters who attended the press conference. "Its too late now"
 No Hurry
 Agitation by democratic floor leaders for a speed-up of ad- journment evokes no enthusiasm in Oklahoma's rookie Senator Josh Lee. Asked by one of the party bosses to join in the clamor, Lee retorted:
 "Im in no hurry to go home. I fought to get here; why should I rush away? I don't get you fellows. First you worry about reelection and then you worry about quitting"
 Beware
 Members of the Senate and House Labor Committees. which are handling the Presidents wage hour regulation bill, are being bombarded with some extraordin- ary letters.
 Mailed from various points m Virginia and Indiana, unsigned and all identical, the letters threaten to wreak violence on every man who votes for the legislation. One of the letters, addressed to the late Chairman William Connery of the House committee, declared:
 "Wc have agents all over the country. When we strike 1t will be suddenly. We will not knock on the door when we enter. You cannot tell who our members are. One of then may be the waiter