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UCLA Defeats
LAJC, 47-41

LOS ANGELES, Dec. "a. CUP)-
University of California at Los
Angeles basketball team, about to
leave for northern games, warmed
up by defeating Los Angeles Junior
college 47-4l last night The Bruins
led 27-23 at half time.
UCLA leaves Monday for Ber-
kelley to play Ohio State, Nebraska
and California in practice games.
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Babe Married
To Wrestler

ST. LOUIS. Dec. "a. CUP)-Mil-
cred Babe Didrikson. once the
outstanding amateur woman ath-
lete IN America. was married last
night to big George zaharias, Pu-
eblo. Colo, heavyweight wrestler.
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HEAT HELPS TECH
CONDITION FOR TILT

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss, Dec. "a.
(UP)-A cheat wave" helped bring
Carnegie Tech toward top condi-
ton today for its Sugar Bowl game
against Texas Christian.
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Markets At
A Glance
By United PRESS

stocks irregular in. dull trading.
Bonds higher; L. ;. goVernmen enls
irregular.
Curb stocks irregular
Foreign exchange firm.
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Jones Boasts
Great Record in
Stov at use.

PASADENA, CAL Dee. %. (UP)-Step up and shake
the hand of Howard Harding Jones. the who came
Rose Bowl team.
Only three months ago the word passed around
that the old Yale Blue through head football coach
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
l.. A. POULTRY

Los ANGELES. Dec. 23. (UPl
Hens. leghorns, 5i2 To { lbs. .13c
Hens. leghorns. over lbs. .... 16c
Fens. colored 3k to 4 lbs. -. E. 1sc
Hens colored 4 lbs up. p.......... 23c
broilers over up to l u III. go. 17c
Broilers over ~ and up to "a 1fc
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Fryers. COLOR, 3L to 4 lbs. O.. 17c
Roasters. soft uvne, Otncr than
Rocks 3h lbs up ............. 19c
Earred Rocks over 4 lbs ...... 19c
Stays Observation-Disclosures. 15c
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Ducklings. over ; lbs. ........... 1Sc
Ducks under 3 lbs. ............ 12c
Old Ducks ................. 0Sc
Young geese Observation-Disclosures. 15c
Young tom turkeys. 20 lbs. up 19c
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Young Hen Turkeys. 8 to II lbs. 23c
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Cspons. lbs. and up ........ 26c
Rabbits TO. / white n lbs
to AZ lbs. .................. 12c
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l.. A. BUTTER g. EGGS

Los ANGELES. Dec. 20. I
Rutter. extra sec. prime firsts 2Sc
STANDARD 2SAc. undergrade 2732c.
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l.. A. BANKS

Los ANGELES. Dec. 2s. tUP)-,-
TransAmerica ...s.......s.. % -ofs
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L. A. GRAINS

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 20
Eastern Grains-buik %.
CORN. No. yellow .S1'2s2 - ! % 12i.
Milo, No. 2 yellow - 70 III
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l.. A. HAY

Spots unchanged: middling S.6I
sales 263.
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COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 20. CUP)-
Cnllon fmLmres closed steadY.

Spots higher; midIing 8.82; sale
400
Evening star., 1938-02-08

with the right to strike. beyond Q
temporary waiting period while the
effort to mediate the dificulty Is being
tried. much damage can thus be
prevented.
There are those who feel that tho
Labor Relations Act has not had q
sumcient time within which to DEM
onstrate its possibilities. Their argu-
ment Is that no attempt should now
be made to improve the act or even its
administration. We should wait for
more experience. That is dangerous
counsel. II the flaws in the act are
permitted to remain untouched, II no
attempt is made to correct the glarins
evils in its enforcement, q reaction
may sweep the country that will be q
serious setback to the cause OF labor,
and years may be required to recover
lost ground. 1t is for that reason that
1t seems to me the time to act Is now.
There will never be Q more oppor-
tune occasion for the three parties
Congress, representing the public; man
agement and labor-to sit down to-
gether and decide upon necessary I'M
provenlents In the Labor Act and in
the method Of its administration.
Evening star., 1938-02-08

increase of 10 per cent. What, you
might reasonably ask, was wrong with
such conduct? Well. the boards ex-
aminer became clairvoyant. He read
the employers mind and found there
in a subtle determination Ito circum-
vent the act by thus manifesting to
the employees the company's hostility
to the union. In effect the holding
was that such righteous conduct on
the part of the employer was bad
because 1t took away some OF the in
centive that might otherwise be pres
ent for the men to join the union.
If you will examine the rulings made
and the public utterances of the
members OF the'Labor Board and their
agents. you will reach the conclusion
that the chief purpose of the Labor
Relations Act is to induce all workers
to ally themselves with a labor union.
I do not so read the purpose of the
law. I do not believe that it was the
intention of Congress to force work.
ers against their will into membership
in certain union, or in any union
at all.
Evening star., 1938-02-08

gamers. Labor has won legal recog-
milton Of the right to strike Is . proper
weapon for Use in industrial disputes.
Until some better procedure IL devised,
this right must be preserved intact.
But this is far from saying that strikes
are not costly to all concerned and to
the general public. In my judgment
there has been no exaggeration of the
losses and discomforts occasioned by
strikes. If the Labor Board considers
strikes = good thing, that attitude may
have contributed to their prevalence
since the board has been in active
operation.
During the 80 months. since this
act, the declared purpose Of which
is to dimish the causes Of labor dis
putes, was placed upon the statue
books, and this board created to ad-
minister it. there has been established
q record of labor strife unequAled in
our history. Distrust, dissension, and
suspicion between workers and man.
agement, have increased TO an alarm
ing degree.
Probably no other governmental
agency has ever been SO generally and
so caustically criticized as has been
the National Labor Relations Board.
Even a great labor organization ex-
pressed its opposition to the establish
ment Of board to administer wages
and hours bill on the ground that It's
experience with this Labor Board had
completely cured 1t Of any desire to
see set up another such agency.
Wedge Driven Between Groups.
The administration Of the act has
been such as to drive a wedge between
those who work and their employers.
1t has famed into fame every smol-
dering spark of discomfort, set work.
ers at each others throats and erected
formidable barrier between every
right-thinking worker and every WELL
intentioned employer. The hearings
held before tyrannical examiners have
been, IN all too many cases. a travesty
on justice. Biased and incompetent
officials have been sent out over the
country for the apparent purpose Of
trying to prove that employers as a
class are actuated solely by greed for
profits and, unless curbed, will grind
labor into the dust. am satisfied
that many millions of workers know
from experience how utterly false Is
such an assumption.
The Labor Act should be rewritten
and the enforcement agency recon-
stituted upon different premise. We
should act on the belief that en-
ployers as whole desire to treat
their workers fairly and that employees
in general are anxious to render 4
fair days work for a fair days pay
1t should be our effort to establish on
a solid foundation the real partner
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Take the one matter, by way Of
illustration. Of the necessity Of weed
ing out incompetent and insubordinate
individuals from . working crew. OF
course, neither the law nor the rulings
Of the board, deny the right of dis
charge on such grounds. As . matter
Of fact, employers everywhere are In
fear to take such necessary action II
the worker has been smart enough to
join the union and display some
activity therein. Let him be dis
charged thereafter. no matter how
grossly incompetent o. insubordinate
he may have become, and q complaint
will promptly be filed against the
employer charging that the discharge
was because Of the union activities.
The worker must be protected, but
II there Is to be any private enterprise
left to furnish work, some considera-
ton must be given to the rights and
responsibilities Of those alone who
can provide the work.
Mediation Phase Recommended.
Thought should be given to the
question Of placing in the board some
powers Of mediation. It is . splendid
thing If the causes Of labor disputes
can be diminished. But even when
we have begun to make some progress
along that line, there will still be
disputes. Equally certain those dis
putes will result in tremendous losses
to all concerned, unless there is an
established means for peaceful settle
ment. Without denying or interfering
Evening star., 1938-02-08
to give some momentary advantage tt
| preferred labor groups.
noa ~ II>II pr> ;,.I;o>I

to give some momentary advantage to
preferred labor groups.
Board Held Prejudiced.
If the great majority of workers in
plant desire to do their collective bar
gaining through an independent union,
there is an almost conclusive presump-
ton in the mind of this board that
undue influence and coercion was ex-
ercised by the employer. If worker
has been discharged upon clear proof
of incompetence or INSTRUMENTATION,
the chances are better than 10 to
that the boards trial examiner will
order the discharged employe REIN
stated with back pay upon a finding
that the real motivation for the dis
charge was the union activity of the
employe. If employees engage in a sit
down strike in violation of the statutes
of the State, and If. after they have
been elected from the property upon
which they were trespassing and found
guilty of a criminal offense, the COM
pany refuses to reinstate them, then
1t is guilty of an unfair labor practice
For the board has held Il N. L. r. B.
Decision 1861 that it will not concern
itself with the question of whether q
State criminal statute has been vio-
lated. Consider these sentences from
that decision:
That some employees. after the
grace period, refused to leave the
respondents premises, and that such
conduct may have amounted to a vio-
lation Of local statute. in no way
affect the legal consequences of the
respondents conduct under the pro-
visions of the act. The stoppage
was, on the part of its employees, a
concerted action for mutual aid and
protection. an exercise of the right ex-
pressly guaranteed employees in section
Z Of the National Labor Relations Act"
If an epidemic of sit-down strikes
swept over the country following that
decision. where should responsibility
be placed?
Generous Treatment of No Avail.
A trial examiner for the board has
recently found reputable business
firm. which has an outstanding and
long continued record of fair and gen.
erous treatment OF its employees, guilty
Of unfair labor practices because it put
intoaeffect q vacation with-pay plan,
and followed that with q general wage
Evening star., 1938-02-08

The purpose that Congress wanted
to render effective was to make 1t pos
sible for employees to engage In COL
lective bargaining through representa-
tives of their own choosing entirely
freed from coercion or undue influence
on the part OF the employer. The ad-
ministration Of the act has been such
as to put the almost unlimited power
Of this governmental agency into the
constant effort to force employees to
unionize. and practically to drive them
into certain types Of union.
The Labor Relations Act is based
on the assumption that strikes have
been largely due to the alleged fact
that employers have denied their
workers the right to organize and
bargain collectively through represent
atives Of their own choosing. Congress
was sold on the idea that il the Gov
ernment would prevent employers from
interfering with the complete freedom
Of employees to organize for the pur-
pose Of collective bargaining the neces-
sity for strikes would be gone, and we
would have no more Of them. So the
act was passed and has been upheld
by the courts.
For 80 months this all-powerful
board has been at work. II there has
been any coercion or intimidation Of
employees it has not come in any meas
urable degree from employers. Under
the theory OF the act labor disturbances
should now be a thing of the past.
What is the situation?
Record Number of Disputes.
quote from recognized authority:
Industrial disputes broke all records
for the number of man-days Of work
lost during 1887, caused a direct wage
loss of more than $4,000, 900 to the
strikers involved and had an impor-
tant effect in reversing the upward
trend Of industrial production
The first sign Of recovery will come
when industrial strife dwindles to
negligible proportions and industry can
get down to its serious business Of
giving work to willing workers"
I recognize that this is not the view
entertained by the board which ad-
ministers the Labor Act. One Of those
members made this public statement,
which, so far as have been able to
ascertain, has not been repudiated: :
Il believe (said this member OF the
boardD there is altogether too much
emphasis laid on the losses and dis
comfort sustained by the public as
the result Of strikes. The proposition
is usually so naively stated as to con-
vey the idea that strikes mean a net
loss all around, with the public the
chief victim
He goes on to say that if strikes are
successful the general public and our
whole economic structure are the
Evening star., 1938-02-08
LABOR BOARD HELD
FAILURE BY BURKE
Senator, in Radio Forum
Speech, Charges Bias
Against Employers.

The following address on THE Ma
tional Labor Relations Board and Why
1t Should be Investigated" was de-
livered last night by Senator Burke,
Democrat, of Nebraska, author OF q
resolution calling for a senatorial in
vestigation of the administration of
the board. in an address over the
National Radio Forum, arranged by
The Star and broadcast over a Nation
wide network of the National Broad
casting Co.:
Upon the success with which a
mutually satisfactory relationship be-
tween workers and management may
be established and maintained depend
the peace and the prosperity of our
country. So important are friendly
relations between those by whose labor
the goods are produced which supply
the needs of our advanced civilization,
and those whose contribution of cap
ital and managerial service gives that
labor chance for profitable employ
ment, as to merit the best thought Of
capital. Of labor and of government.
II there be employers so blind to
their own good and to the welfare Of
their country as to permit their actions
to be dominated by greed and selfish
ness. employers 50 short-sighted as to
sanction policies which would grind
down labor and hold it in subjection,
they must be curbed. If there be
workers and leaders of labor whose
hearts are filled with envy and covet-
BUSINESS, who are unwilling to render
. fair days work for fair days pay,
they must be held in check. If gov
ernment, representing the general pub
lie, has gone beyond its proper role
Of impartial arbiter, and has mistak-
enly taken sides for political or other
purposes. it must be brought into line.
Any conduct Of employer, of employe.
or OF government which would tend
to foster distrust, suspicion or fear
between these twin giants Of modern
industry. labor and capital, is wholly
bad and must be denounced.
Law Basis Held Faulty.
1t will be my purpose to demonstrate
that the Labor Relations Act in Ger
tain particulars is fatally defective be-
cause it is built upon the false premise
that only employers can be guilty of
unfair labor practices. It assumes
that If management can be placed in
. straitjacket. and all Of the cards in
the deck stacked against it, somehow
industry will thrive and workers will
prosper. Never was there conceived
. more short-sighted program.
Here is an act which makes it an
offense for an employer to counsel with
his workers in the best OF faith and
for their common good. Here is an
act which invites racketeering labor
leaders and organizers, for there are
some such. to enter an industrial es-
tablishment. where goodwill prevails,
and turn that peaceful workshop into
= veritable hell of discord. Here is an
act under which it has been possible
to destroy discipline. encourage insub-
ordination and place a premium upon
incompetence.
Further, it will be my purpose to
show that the board. charged with the
administration Of this act, has accen-
tuated the defects Of the law by strain
Ing at every possible construction that
would discredit employers ana appear
Evening star., 1938-02-08

ship in interest between those Who
contribute their labor and those who
furnish capital and management.
Should Bar All Coercion.
The goal should be steady employ
ment in private enterprise for all who
are able and willing to work; employ
ment under proper working conditions,
for reasonable hours and At fair wages: !:
complete freedom, without coercion or
intimidation from any source, in the
choice Of representatives for collective
bargaining; with the door Of opportu-
nifty kept open at all times for ad-
vancement to those possessed Of supe-
rior skill and initiative.
Let this law which now Is merely
punitive statute applicable to the
employers alone, be made to cover oil
who are party to the labor relation
ship. The experience Of the past two
years should convince thoughtful labor
that better results will be obtained II
the act Il amended 80 rs to protect
the worker from attempted coercion
and intimidation from any source. It
can be Of no particular satisfaction to
the worker to be free from interference
from his employer with the exercise Of
his right to join = union, and II 80
which one, il he is to be left exposed
to the ruthless demands Of rival labor
organizers. The freedom of the en-
ploye in this respect should be made
complete.
Although the trial examiners under
the present act sit as judges and con-
duct court, no provision Is made Is to
their qualifications. Complaint Is
heard on every hand concerning their
incompetence, bias and domineering
attitude. Rules OF evidence that apply
in courts Of law and equity need not
be observed.
Rulings "Capricious."
The result has been that capricious
rulings are made from day to day to
suit the fancy of the examiner and to
build up the kind Of a record he has
set out to secure. 1t would be Of in
terest to know how many, If any, Of
the present personnel OF this agency,
including board members, administra-
tive staff, attorneys, examiners. inves-
tigators, and all, ever had the slightest
experience in adjusting labor rela-
tions from the standpoint of the en-
ployer Of labor.
Every effort should be made to see
that the worker is fully protected. 1t
would be well, in fact. 1t Is essential,
If We are to solve this problem, that
the difhculties which confront man
agement in maintaining right labor
relations, should also have sympathetic
understanding and consideration. That
can hardly be expected If the only
qualification for service in this agency
is . strong pro-labor bias.
Evening star., 1938-02-08
Postal Use Increases.

Letters and post cards handled by
the British post once in the last
fiscal year totaled 7.7oo, 900, 900, an
increase Of a5o,o0o,ooo over the pre-
ceding II months.
Evening star., 1938-02-08

ToDAY, three men run the political
1 empire suddenly left leaderless by
the assassination of Huey Long. Who
are these men, and how did they win
the scramble for power? Who among
the inner circle of Huey's leaders lost
out, and what happened to the family
of the obscure young doctor who killed
the Kingfsh? Just what is "the second
Louisiana purchase" and how are Lou
isiana people faring under their new
political masters? Turn to page S. of
your Post this week for the answers.
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land, SLIGO.
l.. S. Suttles, 1-2 acre ana
house highway 20, $7.85.
0. f. Suttles. 5 acres and
house highway 20, $5.32
NJ. Lucille Tatum, 2 lots and
house Bat Cave, $3.50.
Robert +. Transue, $50 acres
Min. land, $34.34.
A. II. Tumblin, ga acre and
house Hickory Nut Gap, $500.
James Turbyfill, i lot Bat Cave,
$1.04.
}. O. Wall, 81 acres and house
Bear Wallow, $l3.30.
N. H. Welsh, lot Chestnut
Hill, Gerton, $l.33.
Mrs. J. h. Whitaker, 3" acres
Min. land, $2.66.
o. p. Whitaker, 63 - arres
and house Min. land, $7.98.
}. C.. Virgins, IL acre and
houses, 1886.
J. H. Williams, 1913 acres Sugar
Loaf, $25.i6.
K. l.. Williams, lG acres and
house near Judes Cap. $500.
Jessie Wilson. heirs. | lot Slick
Rock, $lO4.
u. c. Wright. heirs. | lot Bat
Cave, 81 GA.
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Thomas L. Paris, IA acres and
house Bedingfeld prop, $4.65.
Mrs. CANINE Pittillo, Is acres Z.
P. Pittillo place, 1921.
c. J. l.. PittilIo, heirs, 60 acres
Clear Creek, 5000.
J. B. Pittillo, "a acres and
house home place, 1922; 70 acres
NTH. land, $3.50.
J. V. Pittillo, 3 acres and house
home place, S11.15.
p. c. Pittillo, l lot near Fruit
land, $3.16.
w. H. Pittillo, 13 ID acres and
house home place, $685..
ID. J. Rhodes, 10 acres home
place, Size.
}. II. Rogers, As - acres and
house home place. $40.
J. w. Rogers, ID acres Mt.
land, IL acres Min. land, $3.50.
A. }. Ross, 8 acres and house
home place, $3.50.
Mrs. Ed Rymer, % acres and
house Mill Gap road, $3.50.
Mrs. ID. N. Sharpe, Est, | lot
Minnehaha, $50.
Thomas Shepherd, e acres old
Howard Gap road, $l.55.
Eli Shipman, heirs, 81 acre. OF
Min. land, 500
Mrs. +. G. Shores. A acres Hy-
der land, $4.32.
J. II Stcnp. 7 - acres HYDE
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DELINQUENT

Mrs. Logan Barnwell, 40 acres
NTH. land, $2.93.
R. f. Burnett, 3 lots Bat Cave,
$3.42.
r. R. Conner, e acres Broad
River, $l.47.
W. T. Conner, - acres NJ.
Zion, $3.50.
Ralph Conner, "a acres Broad
River road, $2.25.
Prof. j. W. Eaks, ! lot Gerton,
$1.46.
II. B. Emerson, 3 acres noun
tain land, 1928.
Freeman G. Campbell, acne
Bat Cave, $1.14.
F. K. Graham, 4 acres Slick
Rock, S45G.
j. H. Gregg. l lot Bat Cave,
STA.
Homer J. Hughes, lot Sugar
Loaf road, $40.
W. J. Higgins, "a acres and
house Broad river, $l.S3.
Glenn Jackson, so acres and
house Min. land, 1881.
Mrs. Martha Laughter, - -
acres Min. land, 1923.
d. H. McRay, 2 lots Bat Cave
Manor, 1928.
J. c. Morgan, g lots Bat Cave
Manor, 1922.
Annie J. Mozzelle Est, 1879
acres Min. land, $14.63.
Mrs. Sarah Murray, % acres
Sugar Loaf road, $3.50.
Mrs. Maggie Owenby, 4 acres
Old Fort road, $1.58.
J. J. F. Quinn, 3 lots Bat Cave,
$3.50.
}. W. Quinn, 2 lots EdneyviIl",
$3.50.
DR.. F. b. seruggs, ! lot Gerton,
81 46.
c. L. SuttIe, acre Edneyyiilf,
$3.46.
Mrs. Dovie Whitaker, lG acres
Bear Wallow, $l.S3.
b. +. Williams, 80 acres NTH.
land, $3.50.
J. K. Wilson, 2 acres and house
Bat Cave, $8.7S; SO acres and
house Grassy Greek, $7.3l.
Fred Yeager Est, ! lot Bat
Cave Manor, $l.l4.
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house Mud Creek, $11.23.
l.. G.. Powell, 27 "a acres
French Broad, S6.15.
w. c. Rains, 20 acres Big
Willow, $3.50.
W.. =. Rains, go acres King
land, $22.88.
Mrs. II. G. Ray, 81 IA acres
Jeter Mtn., $3.50.
Mrs. Mary Ann Rea, 4474 acres
Grassy Greek, $353.0O.
G.. V. Redden, z IA acres Big
Willow, $3.l5.
l.. ID. Rhodes, 10 "a acres and
house Mud Creek, $5.22.
Rhododcndron Corp, l24 acres
Patterson and Mckinney, $S.S7;
- int. in 1872 acres Big Willow,
$l1.OS; ID int. in l59 acres Mt.
Hebron, $l4.30.
Arthur SentcIl, 80 acres Little
Willow, 1888.
Hoyt Sentell, 8 acres Big Will
low, $l.07.
Luther SentelI, 90 acres Big
Willow, $500.
O. w. ScntcII, % acres and
house Little Willow, 1881.
k. $. Sentell. 50 acres and
house Richard Sentell, 1888.
K. 5. Sentell 1T al, - acres Big
Willow, $4.83.
b. b. Sewcll, l42 acres Crab
rr..l GlS 80