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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
News Behind
the News
mfldtiOnmy Boom :.
RpUirinu Business

WASHINGTON,-One impediate
aim of the new Roosevelt spending
lending program is the creation OF
another inflationary boom which
will revive business activity.
Obvious already is the fact that
Mr.. Roosevelt is not going to get
the united front against the de-
preston which he hoped to align
behind this program.
Seeking to avoid undue peSSi-
mism or report government econo-
mists believe the programs chief
immediate effect will be to halt
deflationary forces which until now
have been spiraling at an alarming
degree.
This group happens to include
those who accurately foresaw the
present depression. Members of the
group also thought there would be
a spring rise" in business and
when that failed to materialize
went running to the higher-ups to
urge inflationary action to prevent
what they feared might be a real
panic.
The most these experts really
hope for the next few months is
that there may now be some cor
rections" in certain lines of buSi-
ness which will level off the pre-
viously doWn-curving chartlineS Of
business activity and employment.
Business cuStomarily has an up
turn in the spring and a down.
Cuyita ~ Of nf
what are called seasonal factors.
But instead of an upturn in March,
business actually took a dip.
The hard-headed boys now hope
that, as a result of the spending
lending program, the traditional
summer downswing can be avoided.
Even that, they believe, would be
a real gain and would leave a
better foundation for the pickup
which nearly everyone in the ad
ministration fondly anticipates in
the fall
If nothing had been done to
avert it, the economists are sure,
the summer slump would have
been quite pronounced. The out
look for retail trade, an extremely
important factor in the business
picture, was especially bad.
And of course if the spending
lending program is not in any
way effective, the obvious infer
ence is that business will keep
right on slumping into the sum-
mer.
But the economists interviewed
by this writer think that many in
dustrieS will be infected by the
hope of new business that many
plants which might soon have been
on the verge of closing will take
new heart and that administra-
ton promises of reinforced pur-
chasing power will keep business
off a lower bottom until new PWA
contracts begin to affect the situa-
ton.
All this assumes that Congress
will pass those items of the new
program which require its ap-
proval. The chances are that it
will. But chances of the Supreme
Court plan, the reorganization bill
and wage-hour legislation also
were, at one time or another, very
bright.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
CHILDREN
SUPPORTING FAMILIES
(Christian Science Monitor)


Efforts of the WPA under Admins
traitor Harry l.. Hopkins to Justify its
aversion to any use whatever of direct
cash relief seem to become increasingly
unrealistic. One can sympathize heartily
with Mr.. Hopkins preference for work
relief yet differ honestly as to the degree
in which it is practically possible to pro-
vide this.
In fact, as has been pointed out in
these columns, the question is not sim
ply whether the United States shall
have work relief or cash relief. 1t is
rather whether there shall be an extern
sive work program with an underlying
provision for cash relief wherever work
relief cannot reach or whether the COM
fort of thousands of off-the-fringe fami-
lies shall be sacrificed to a doctrinaire
insistence that society owes a job to ev-
cry one of the able-bodied unemployed.
That there are many families in need
of assistance beyond what the eFderal
work relief program can offer is tacitly
admitted in Mr.. Hopkins proposal to
the Senate special committee on unem-
ployment and relief, that Federal aid
be extended through the Social Security
Board to all children whose parents are
unable to care for them. This was put
forward dS IledhS Oh IndhllS ulIecC
relief unnecessary.
What would be the results of such a
development? One effect would be to
extend what to all intents and purposes
would be direct relief to families with
children but to extend it in the name of
the children rather than to the heads of
the families or to the families as such.
In other words, one can visualize certain
unfortunate families obliged to subsist
on cash benefits drawn for the children
while father is unable to get a place on
the relatively expensive work program
and must not be "pauperized' by being
offered a "dOle."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
GOOD SENSE
(Fullerton News -Tribune)

General Hugh Johnson, who had eXpe-
rience with Harry Bridges during the
days of San Francisco's brief general
strike which evolved from Bridges acti-
Vities, makes this comment on alien la
Dor agitators:
This alien problem is one of our worst.
1t has been said that if aliens holding
jobs or on relief were sent home, half
our unemployment relief load would be
lifted. What duty is there to this county
to support people who do not assume the
obligations of citizenship-espe pecially to
a man like Bridges who conducted some
of his sabotage from the relief rolls? :.
This man is menace to the United
States.
IF Harry Bridges or any alien in
similar odor cannot be deported under
existing laws, we should make a new
law So far as | am concerned it would
be fine to have it say that no non-citl-
zen could be an officer or representative
of an American labor union and no alien
who doesn't apply for citizenship within
ninety days and complete his citizenship
within the time prescribed can hold a
job or receive relief in the United States"
Why not? If Bridges had carried on in
any other country in the world as he has
carried on in the United States for sew
eral years past he would either be in a
prison camp or have been exiled. Our
long tolerance of Bridges and his kind
stamp US as the prize sucker country
of the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Well | II
TeIlYou..
says
Bob Burns

There's no question about it
bein' more blessed to give than to
receive; i'm fact, I've noticed that
when a husband buys sOmthin' for
his wife he makes sure that the
blessing is there before he buys it.
was i'm a music store the other
day when a fella come in ana
wanted TO buy violin for his
wife. 1 thought to myself, "Well,
new, there's an unSeliish man.
But after while the StOrekeeper
says "Wcll, now. do you want a
chin rest for the viOlin?' The
fella says "Oh, yes, and give me
the fost comfortable one you got.
he only time my wife's poor chin
gets any rest at all is when she's
playin' the fiddle"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
SHREWD, SAFE WAY!

No need to exhaust your Nest
Egg, in the purchase of bet
ter Car. Rightly, you hesitate to
use all your savings in a Car
purchase. 1t is not good bust
ness to do so. Businesses do not
buy new needed equipment that
way. They finance" major pur-
chases. You may do the same
with the aid of our Businesslike
Auto Finance Plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

lea CThe Mac
MILAN Company.
The re a so n l
claim a saving is
that at one time
a set of the pic
lures that appear
in the book sold
for $4,000. Now
the copy can be
bought for $l2.50.
Would you like
! to know some
! thing about the
man responsible
for this book? A
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Amherst College is tightening
up on its English requirements.
WHAT'S that place trying to do,
take all the color out of the
language?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Barbs ..,-

Lily Pons, the opera star, went
through with a shipboard con-
cert despite furious Atlantic gale.
she was probably under the i'm
preston that it was a storm of
applause.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

I acquired a book on which l
saved exactly S4,9S750. Not a rare
old volume that collectors were
fighting over. 1t was as new as
fresh-laid egg.
The title is THE Birds of Amer
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Two pSychiatrists believe thev
nave discovered that obesity is a
matter OF ones frame of mind
Gosh, I'm feeling fat today: it
must nave been something I
thought"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Britain wants to recognize Italian
Ethiopia,
And punch-drunk Selassie starts
to feel a little dopia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
One-Minute Test Answers

l. A legislative act which con
tains a number of provisions or ap-
preparations.
2. Hugh r. Wilson.
3. Alfred, Lord TennysOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Grab BAG

One-Minute Test
/. What is an "amnibuS bill?
?. Who is u. S. ambassador to
Germany?
8. Who wrote "Enoch Arden?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Thoughts for the Day

For we cannot but speak the things which we have
seen and heard.-Acts 4:20.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

Hints on Etiquette
Invitations to informal affairs
may be extended over the tele-
phone.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

IOday's Horoscope
Honesty is an innate virtue
among most persons whose birth
day occurs today. They are eX-
tremely leVel-headed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Hnrnscnne fnr SnndaY

Horoscope for Sunday
Persons whose birthday occurs
tomorrow may have tendencies
toward bigotry. Uuless governed,
their prejudices make them fany
enemies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Words nf WiS,lOm

Words OF Wisdom
Truth is established by inVesti-
cation and delay; falsehood pros
pers by precipitancy.-Tacitus.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Some Questions and Ans,uers
On Wages and Hours Measure

Here are some pertinent questions
and their answers about the wage
hour bill approved by Senate House
committee:
@. What employers and employees
will be affected by this bill?
A. Those handling goods in inter-
state commerce.
Q. Are any exempted?
A. Yes, agricultural workers and
professors in the area OF production;
executive, administrative, professional
or local retailing employees; seamen,
air transport workers; fishing industry
workers; employees Of weekly or semi
weekly newspapers of less than 5000
circulation, and workers whose hours
are regulated by the Motor Carriers
Act.
Minimum Wage Paid.
Q. What will be the minimum wage
paid employees?
A. Twenty-Five cents an hour for
the first year of the acts operation,
80 cents an hour the next year and
minimum to be set by boards in
each industry after that time. At
the end of seven ears all wage minima
advance to 40 cents an hour, but
boards may approve exceptions where
such a wage seriously would curtail
employment.
@. What will be the maximum work
week?
A. Forty-four hours the first year,
AZ the second year and 40 therea ter.
@. How would this be enforced?
A. BY requiring employers to pay
time and half for all hours worked
in excess of the maximum.
@. Are there any exceptions to the
House clause?
A. Yes. for seasonal industries, for
those which have annual wage agree
ments. for those in which hours are
Evening star., 1938-06-13
CLASS GRADUATES
AT ST. GABRIEL'S
u Children Receive Diplomas in
Ceremony With Five Priests
in Sanctuary.

seventy-seven children graduating
from st. Gabriel's School In q church
ceremony with i've priests in the
sanctuary were addressed last night
by the Most Rev. John M. McNamara.
Auxiliary Bishop Of Baltimore. He
spoke on ''The Value Of . Christian
Education"
The hymn. I'VE Leave Thy Shrine" :"
sung by those graduating, closed q
program BY the childrens choir.
The children ending their eteht-
Evening star., 1938-06-13

war the premier and Itagaki have
mad since the latter returned from
the China battlefronts 10 days ago to
head the war ministry.
While the details of their discus
sion were closely guarded, reliable
sources said they talked of putting
into force additional sections of the
national mobilization act and con.
sidered ways of heavily reinforcing the
army.
Since the fall of Hankow, Chinas
provisional capital, is considered here
TO be only a matter of time, the call
ing OF more men to arms, it is be-
iieved, would indicate Japan does
not intend to halt there.
1t still is believed generally that
a campaign in South China is tmmi-
nent IN order to cut the Canton Han
kow railway, over which many Of
Cnina's munitions imports move.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
China
Continued From First Page. }

stone and concrete below Kiukiang.
135 miles down the river from Han
kow.
From Hukow or Kiukiang, the Japa-
nese would be in strong position to
advance toward Hankow close to the
river banks and avoid difficult noun
tain terrain.
Foreign military observers expected
the Chinese would defend Kiukiang
strenuously. In view of the known
strength of the Chinese positions
there, they forecast the japanese still
might advance through the noun
tains toward Hankow.
Carefully Timed.
Observers agreed the Japanese could
break the Kiukiang boom only from
ashore. Apparently the attack on
Anking was carefully timed with the
approach of land forces through Tung-
cheng.
In Honan Province. Chinese rear
guard troops again were reported to
have destroyed Yellow River dikes at
three points between Kiafeng and
Chengchow in attempts to flood the
area.
The inundation Of wide areas, al
though an aid to the Chinese de-
tenders, piled new suffering on Chinese
civilians.
Most Of the non-combatant popula-
ton Of Chengchow fled from the en-.
croaching water.
STUDY PLANS FOR DRIVE.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

fixed by collective bargaining, and
for handlers Of perishable foods.
@. Is there any ceiling for hours
above which no exemptions can be
made?
A. Yes, Sc hours.
@. When will the wage-hour stand
ards become effective?
A. One hundred twenty days after
the bill is enacted.
@. Who would administer the law?
A. An independent administrator in
the Labor Department, to be appointed
by the President and confirmed by
the Senate.
@. Who would appoint the industry
boards?
A. The administrator, who would
pass on their recommendation for
wages and hour standards.
@. Could the administrator alter .
boards findings?
A. No, but he could DISCHARGE the
board and appoint a new one.
@. How would these boards be Or
ganized?
A. They would include an equal
number Of representatives or employ
ers, employees and the public, with one
OF the public's representatives As
chairman.
Court Review Provision.
Q. Would court review Of wage
standards be provided?
A. Yes, the administrators orders
could be appealed directly to the Fed
eral Circuit Court.
9. What penalties are provided for
violation Of the wage-hour law?
A. Imprisonment of six months or
less or fine Of not more than $500.
Q. Does the bill ban child labor?
A. Yes, for all children under Il
years old. Those between Il and 1e
may work If they obtain a certificate
None under ls can be employed in a
hazardous occupation.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Theodore Ahrens Is Dead.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June IL R.-
Theodore Aherns,, 10, chairman Of the
board Of the Standard Sanitary Manu-
featuring Co., Pittsburgh, and q
founder Of the American Radiator Co.,
died here last night Of uremia.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
CASH KIDNAPPING
.JAkENUPBY JURY
Federal and State Officers
Will Present Case
Against Mccall.
~ the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, June 13.--A special
grand jury convened here today to hear
Federal agents and State omcers tell
Of events which led to the arrest and
confession OF Franklin p. Mccall, In
connection with the James Bailey
Cash, jr., kidnapping.
After electing . foreman, the fury
recessed until pm. (E. 8. T.) to give
the States attorney an opportunity to
assemble the witnesses.
Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson In his
charge made no specific reference to
the kidnapping, telling the Jurors they
were to consider such major felonies
as have been committed"
An uncle of Mccall, whose name was
not disclosed. arrived from Jasper,
Fla, today to visit him. He was
the first visitor the 2l-year-old truck
driver has had since Federal agents
announced he had confessed the sin
/ gle-handed abduction Of "SkeegieI
Cash.
The blue-eyed. sandy-haired boy, 6k
years old, was snatched from his crib
in Princeton May 20. Twelve days
later his pajama -clad body was found
in q palmetto thicket barely a mile
from his home.
James Bailey Cash, ST., paid $lO, 700
ransom two days after his child was
stolen, not knowing that he already
lay dead among the saw-toothed leaves
Of Florida's scrub palmettos. The
money was recovered with exception
OF IS.
Sheriff D. G. Coleman, who first ar
rested Mccall and turned him over to
agents Of the Federal Bureau Of Inves-
tigation, said the $5,005 offered Is re-
wards by a newspaper, the City of Mi
ami Beach and others, would be re-
turned to the donors.
There was no outside help in break
ing this case" Coleman said. The
Federal men cannot accept rewards
and don't want to this time"
j. Edgar Hoover, chief OF the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation. remained here
to testify before the grand jury if his
evidence was needed. He said he would
return to Washington in q day or so
and there concentrate his attention on
the Peter Levine kidnap-slaying.
i've kept in close touch with the
case since arriving here" he said.
Developments will cause me to decide
II shall return to New York"
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Major Role in Wage Bill Battle
Taken by Hide Of Huey Long
Shouts and Threats Of
ElIender, ~, Arouse
BOrah Comment.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
A scrappy little lieutenant Of the
late Huey Long-Senator Allen FL
lender, Democrat, of Louisiana
played . major part in putting over
the compromise wage-hour bill.
The diminutive. black-haired Louis
ianan shouted, threatened and whee-
died joint committee into accepting
. compromise which is expected to
make wage differentials possible for
many Southern industries.
Senator Borah, Republican. of
Idaho, a veteran Of scores of similar
legislative battles. remarked as the
committee finished its work:
"You want to watch that fellow e.
lender He knows what he wants and
he goes after It.
Senator Ellender is only a "sopho-
more" in Senate service, having been
elected in 1896. He wasn't backward,
however, in threatening . filibuster II
the South didn't get what it sought
in the measure.
The Senate already has had taste
Of his endurance. Members listened
through six meetings last winter when
he spoke during the filibuster against
the anti-lynching bill
Senator Ellender, who at As Is under
Evening star., 1938-06-13
BROUN SAYS GUILD
STANDS FOR PEACE
Can't Have Labor Unity at Price
of Industrial Unionism,
However, He Ayers.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, June 13.-Heywood
Broun, its president, said today the
American Newspaper Guild stood for
peace and unity in the American labor
movement-"but peace with principle" 4"
Addressing the opening session Of
the guilds NTH annual convention, the
New York columnist said the guild had
sought and would continue to seek to
bring about unity between the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization.
I'VE cannot, however, have peace
and unity at the sacrifice of industrial
unionism," Mr.. ~3roun added.
During the past year, Mr.. Broun
said, the guild has done an excellent
Job in preventing discharges and in
advancing wages"
A contest over the executive vice
presidency created the sharpest issue
as delegates assembled for the conven-
ton, first since the guilds afIiliation
with the c. o.
Don Stevens. secretary and organizer
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Congress
Continued From First Page

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Senator Thomas predicted its ap-
proval few hours after the House
acts.
THE legislation" said Senator
Thomas, is the greatest development
IN our Federal system since the pas
sage of the Social Security Act"
The bill would create a nationally
: uniform minimum wage of Is cents
an hour (for industries engaged in
interstate commerce) 120 days after its
enactment. That scale would stay in
effect for year. after which a 30
cent minimum would be ordered for
another year.
After that time, boards representing
employers, employees and the public
would be established to determine
minima for individual industries. They
would consider living, production and
transportation costs and other factors.
Senator Ellender declared this pro-
vision would make possible differen-
tials between the North and South
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts, on the other hand, contended
geographical differentias were pre-
vented by clause saying mo mini
mum wage shall be fixed solely on a
regional basis"
At the end of seven years, all
minima would increase to 40 cents an
hour, except where the boards decided
employment might be curtailed con-
,siderably. All the factors considered
In making the earlier exemptions
again would be before the boards.
The practical effect Of the wage pro-
visions. one Southern Senator said,
would be to make the original minimum
set by a board for an industry virtually
permanent, unless there was marked
change in operating costs and other
factors affecting that business.
Enforcement of the maximum hour
provisions of the act-44 hours a week
the first year, a the second and 40
thereafter-was accomplished by or
dering employers to pay their workers
time and half for all time over the
maximum.
There were exemptions to the hour
clause to take care of collective bar
gaining contracts, seasonal industries
and those handling perishable food.
Broad exemptions from all terms of
the bill were made for agricultural
workers, and persons engaged in Ger
tain forms OF processing farm products.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
STUDY PLANS FOR DRIVE.

Japan's New War Minister and
Premier Hold Toxic Farley.
TOXIC, June 13 (P.-A six-hour
conference between Japan's new war
minister, 1t. Gen. Seishiro Itaqaki.
and Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
today was believed to have laid the
basis for intensifying the campaign
in China.
The conference, from pm. last
night until 2 am, was the first pri-
vate discussion of the undeclared
Evening star., 1938-06-13
MAY0N VOLCANO STILL,
SP0UTS FIRE AND SMOKE

~ the Associated Press.
MANILA, June 13.-Mayon Volcano.
which began erupting June ;, was
stlll spouting fire and smoke today,
but with less intensity.
Five eruptions were recorded in the
past ~ hours.
Paul v. McNutt. United States hieh
commissioner. planned to fly over the
volcano IN an Army plane today.
Philippine Commonwealth ofacials
estimate damage to crops from vol
canic ashes at 100000. Ashes fell 80
miles from the volcano.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

Of the guilds Chicago local, opposed
the reelection Of Jonathan Eddy OF
New York as executive vice presi.
dent, second most important post in
the organization.
Mr.. Eddy and Mr.. Stevens, both
leaders in the movement since its
inception in 1888, were in agreement
on guild policy.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
JOSEPH CLARK BURIAL
I IN MASSACHUSETTS
Funeral Services Are Held Here
for Tussell- Young Ice Cream
EmplovA.

-.4 i
Joseph p. Clark. a., Of 1859 Hall
place NV, employe Of the Flssell-
Young Ice Cream Co., who died Fri
day in Georgetown Hospital, was to
be buried today at Chester. Mass. The
body was taken to Massachusetts late
yesterday, following funeral services
In Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV.
A native Of Chester, Mr.. Clark had
been . resident. OF this city for six
years. Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Agnes Irene Clark; five brothers,
Charles H. Clark, Lewis j. Clark, the
latter scientific aide OF the Geologi-
cal Survey; Frank A. Clark, Fred r.
Clark and Lyman e. Clark, this city,
and two sisters, Mrs. Warren H. But
man, Chicopee, Mass, and Miss Jessie
I. Clark, this city.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
Arthur P. Rugg Dies.

STERLING, Mass, June 13 (R.-
Arthur Prentice Rugg, who rose from
poor farm boy to become chief justice
OF the Massachusetts, Supreme Court,
died yesterday in his 10th year. He
had been i'll Of heart disease for q
week.
Evening star., 1938-06-13

the average age for Senators, got his
training in the Louisiana Legislature
where he served for IL years, the last
four as speaker. He aided In the sue
cessful defense Of Huey Long against
impeachment charges when the latter
was Governor.