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Montana labor news., 1938-02-10
Black ON the Fourteenth Amendment
Alabaman Urges Supreme Court to Reconsider In
depreciation Which Has Distorted Language
Intended to Protect Humans

When he was a member Of the Senate,
Hugo L. Black never hesitated to denounce
error, however ancient or well-entrenched it
might be-. He is pursuing the same policy
now that he is a member of the Supreme
Court. Last Monday he submitted three
dissenting opinions. All involved important
issues, but one was particularly outstanding.
Justice Black asked his colleagues to recon-
slider the courts Interpretation of the Four
tenth Amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton. "a constitutional Interpretation that is
wrong should not stand" he declared.
The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted
in 1868, a few years after the Wa Between
the States. Here is what may be described
as the heart of it:
"All persons, born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States, and
of the state wherein they reside. No state
shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privilege or immunities of citi-
zens of the United States; nor shall any state
deprive any citizen Of life, liberty or property
without due process of law, nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction the equal pro-
lection of the law"
Everyone who had anything to do with the
amendment agreed that its sole purpose was
to safeguard the rights Of human beings, and
particularly of the black slaves who had just
gained their freedom.
But Is years later the Supreme Court.
ruled that the word persons" included
corporations. Who ever heard of a corpora
ton bsina .aIsS.an~nalized in the United
states t" : o.0f
In 1886, the majority of the members Of
the Supreme Court did not take time to
answer that common-sense question. They
we're too eager to free corporations from
state and national regulation. The courts
strained Interpretation has taken countless
millions out of the pockets of the people of
this country, and it will continue to do so
until the court faces the fact that the amend
ment is "as plain as a pikestaff," and that
even a high school boy can see that it was
intended as a refuge for oppressed human
beings and not a sanctuary for crooked
%financierS.
There is little chance that the court will
adopt Justice Blacks point Of view in the
immediate future, but the Alabama Progress
sive has demonstrated in the past that when
he is battling for what he regards as the
truth, he is not disposed to turn aside merely
because. the opposition seems unusually
formidable.-Labor.
Montana labor news., 1938-02-10
Promise to Provide Work Must Be Kept

At its Atlantic City conference, the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization adopted
as the basic feature of its legislative program
the principal that EVERY worker has right
to a job and must be guaranteed security Of
employment"
Since then a nationwide campaign has
been launched by organized labor to win the
right to work for a growing army of the I'M
employed. John L. Lewis and other labor
spokesman have repeatedly insisted that if
the corporations fail to provide work, there
must be some power that will go beyond them
and insure the workers the right to live.
The demands of labor have included in
creased appropriations for WPA and other
public works so that the government may
take up the task of providing jobs when pri-
vate industry fails to do so.
The justice of labor's demand was recog-
nized by President Roosevelt when he de-
clared in his message to Congress for a policy
of mot permitting any needy American who
can and is willing to work to starve because
the federal government does not provide the
work.
eff private cooperative endeavor fails to
provide work for willing hands and relief for
the unfortunate" the President said, "those
suffering hardship from no fault of their
own have a right to call upon the government
for aid; and a government worthy of its
name must make a fitting response"
Now that the census has revealed unem-
ployment ranging up to II million, it is
urgent that action be taken at once by Con-
gress to make the principle thus expressed
effective. 1t is certainly no time to cut down
Montana labor news., 1938-02-10
Excerpts from Rankin's
Argument on (onsfiiu-
i%ionaIity Of S-Hour Law

Wellington ID. Rankin, Speaking
in Behalf of the Montana Fed
Grafton of Labor in Favor of
the Constitutionality of the
Eight-Hour Law, Argued Be-
fore the Supreme Court of
Montana, in Part As Follows:
Montana labor news., 1938-02-10

on relief expenditures. when the need for
them is increasing.
Present appropriations for relief and pub
lie works are grossly inadequate, and Con-
gress must act to increase such a%ppropria-
ton in this fiscal year if it is not ito let the
people down."
In providing work for the growing num-
Der of needy Americans who face starvation,
the WPA is badly hampered by the infamous
Woodrum amendment. This amendment must
be repealed and WPA must be enabled and
required to provide work for all who are let
out by private industry.
There must be no retreat before the AFRO
CANT and shortsighted demands of those who
would cut government expenditures at the
expense of the unemployed. Public welfare
must take precedence over private profits.
Confidence cannot be restored to business
by reducing the taxes and expenditures
which provide work and spread purchasing
power among the millions whom private in
dustry is turning onto the streets to starve.
On the contrary, such expenditures must be
increased if the genuine confidence that
comes with economic security is to permeate
the American people.
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One of the first essential steps to permit
the government to provide work for the I'M
employed and to establish confidence where
it is needed most, is passage Of the Schwel-
~lenbach-Allen resolution N WPA employ
ment which is on the Senate calendar.
This resolution now includes a clause for
repeal of the Woodrum amendment, so that
expenditure of existing WPA funds may be
permitted to meet present needs and the way
be cleared for additional appropriations.
The Schwellenbach-Allen resolution de-
clares that work opportunities must be pro-
vided through the federal Works Progress
Administration 'for all unemployed workers
who cannot find employment in private in
dustry."
It provides that mo WPA worker who can
not find employment in private industry at
wages not less than the prevailing rate of
wages for work for which he or she is rea-
sonably fitted by training or experience shall
be discharged from the WPA rolls, and that
any WPA employee securing temporary pri-
vate employment shall be furloughed duri,
the period of private employment by the
WPA and not discharged from the rolls"
Only after Congress has taken such action,
and jobs have been provided for all who need
them, will it be possible to estimate the
amount of increased appropriations needed
to continue the policy Of providing adequate
work relief to all the unemployed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
CAPITAL FIRST.
TO HOLD MOTOR
SHOW THIS FALL
1t Starts Saturday at
Chevy Chase Ice Palace

Washington will be the first
major city to hold an auto show
this fall, when Francis G. Addi'
son, jr., president of the Washing
ton Board of Trade. officially
opens the nineteenth edition OF
the show here next Saturday at
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace. 1t
will continue for one week.
A group Of prominent Washing.
tonians has been invited to at
tend the opening ceremonies when
Mr.. Addison will make the prin-
cipal talk. j. M. Sanders, presi-
dent of the Washington Automo-
tive Trade Association, will re-
spond. Then the party will make
a tour Of the show to see the lat
est things on wheels.
PROGRAM BROADCAST
The program at II a. m. Satur-
day will be broadcast. Richard j.
"Dick" Murphy, manager of the
show, will introduce Mr.. Addison.
lOfficials of the Automotive Trade
Association pointed out that since
the show is an all-Washington in
stitution, it was deemed fitting to
ask the president of the largest
civic organization here to Off
ciate at the opening.
DANCERS ON PROGRAM
A speciality dancing act, to be
staged under the direction of Paul
Mathis, ballet master, by the Le-
roy H. Thayer Dance Studios, will
be presented at 3 and $3.50 p. m.
each day during the show.
The show will be open from II
a. m. to ii p. m. daily except
Sunday, when the opening hour
will be 2 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
1910 ESTIMATES
BACKED BY MOST
OF CIVIC BODIES
Public Will Be Barred
From Sessions

The Bureau of the Budget pre-
pared today to launch hearings
this week on the District budget
for 1910. Estimates were sub
mitted Saturday to Acting Budget
Director Daniel w. Bell by Major
Daniel j. Donovan, District audi
tor.
The budget calls for appropria.
tions of $5O,383,9 ,937. an increase Of
1922, 1886 over the 1899 totals but
a decrease Of about $16,000.00O
from the amounts demanded last
summer by the Districts depart
ment heads.
The hearings before the bureau
will not be open to the public. Bell
said, and all proceedings in con-
nection with the estimates will be
held in strictest confidence until
submitted to President Roosevelt
about a month from now.
The $16,000,00O cut in depart
mental estimates brought both
commendation and criticism from
various civic leaders.
It was in line with recommends
tions by Spokesmen for the Board
of Trade and the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association and
won the approval of L. A. Car
ruthers, president Of the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations. H. S.
Wender, president, Southwest Citi-
zens Association, criticized the rec
concentrations for Fairgrounds and
traffic control as inadequate"
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
$4,000 Gift:
WARDS STATUE
TO Be UNVEILED

A gift of Harvard University, the
$4,000 statue Of Mai. Gen. Arte-
mus Ward, first commander of the
Continental forces in the 'revolu-
tionary war, will be unveiled
Thursday afternoon at the inter
section of Nebraska and MasSa-
chusetts Avenues Northwest.
Frederic A. Delano, uncle of
President Roosevelt, will preside at
the unveiling ceremonies. The
presentation speech will be made
by Henry Lee Shattuck, and Sec
retary Of War Woodring will &C
cept the statue on behalf of the
Government.
Designed by Henry Brunelle, Of
Chicago, the statue stands 271a
feet high on a granite pedestal.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
All Sects United
To Aid Chest Drive

Clergymen Of all denomina-
tions, heads of Community Chest
agencies and Chest campaign
workers attended a Community
Chest service in the Washington
Cathedral last night.
The Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, bishop of Washington, pre-
sided at the service and praised
the humanitarian work of the
chest in relieving suffering.
Others who spoke at the service
were Coleman Jennings, president
Of the chest; Morris Cafritz, vice
chairman Of the campaign COM
mittee: and Col. William o. Tufts,
treasurer Of the chest.
Describing the work of the
chest, Mr.. Cafritz said:
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

Times Is
Here to
Serue!
What is lDrOng in

What is IOrong in
your neighbOrhOOd?
Do you need street
lights, traffic lights, adj
ditiOnal police or fire
protection?
Are your parks and
Fairgrounds adequate?
Are they kept up as
they should be?
If you haUc problems
in your neighbOrhoOd,
uUrite them to the City
Editor of The Times.
This 1eOspaper is here
to serUe you and to
serUe the community.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
AUTO CHASE
Car Fleeing Police
Crashes Into Tree

A chase of more than a mile
out Benning Rd. N. E. ended today
when a car skidded into the curb
and crashed into tree.
The driver, Maxwell J. Howard
26, of the 600 block Twenty-first
st. N. E., was charged with reck
less driving. His wife and young
child were in the car with him
All escaped injury.
Sergt. M. B. Payne and Private
R. A. Crawley were on patrol in
a Ninth precinct scout car when
they noticed the man violate a
traffic regulation, they reported
and sought to arrest him.
He speeded up to escape, they
said, and they chased him about
twenty blocks until his car was
wrecked,
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

DOUGgers and debutantes INTERRUPTED their en-
jOyD1ent of lobster thernidOr to gaze upon Uinter
modes pdrGded by the tOUn's most beGuteOus "nOn-
professional nlanneQuins at TIUenty-fOur Hun
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Near Tragedy:
TRIO RESCUED
AS BOAT UPSETS

One of the seasons last sail
boat races nearly ended tragically
yesterday when one of the small
craft, the "Kan-Do," capsized,
throwing it's three occupants into
the Washington Channel.
Scores watching the races from
Hams Point seawall stood by
helpless for more than Is min
boat rushed to the scene and
utes while a Coast Guard patrol
rescued the trio.
Those rescued were Mrs. D.
Werner Smythe, of Arlington, Va,
Parker Dodge, patent attorney, Of
Chevy Chase, Md, and DR.. Albert
E. Pagan, of 34O7 Lowell st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Boy, &, Summons
Firemen 10 Blaze

Six-year-old Bobby Liverette, 80
Shepherd St. N. W., turned in a
fire alarm last night-almost by
himself. While strolling with his
father, Bobby spotted flames in
the rear of 1901 Harvard St.
Bobby's father saw an alarm box,
lifted Bobby into action, and the
Fire Department arrived in time
to put out a trash pile blaze.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
DANCERS ON PROGRAM
District Lions Club
Meets "Wednesday

The Lions Club will meet for
luncheon on Wednesday, 1890, al
the Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
ARMIES, FLEETS
NOT ONLY NEED,
CATHOLICS TOLD
$500 of Holy Name
/, Societies Parade

Catholic Washington today
echoed a warning that reconstruc-
ton of the nation demands more
than battle fleets and armies, and
stood admonished against goddess
political and social philosophy Of
fered in the name Of liberalism -
eliminating a procession of g.
500 members of the Holy Name
Societies from the city's So Cath
olic parishes, which proceeded
along Constitution Avenue for an
hour and a half yesterday in cele-
bration Of the Feast of Christ the
King, DR.. Ignatius Smith, profes-
Sor Of philosophy at Catholic Uni
versity, asked $4,000 persons gath
cred at the Sylvan Theater in the
Monument Grounds:
How long will you, al Amer
leans, see your nation plagued
by immortality in the name of
realistic progress and tormented
: by irreligion in the name of
progressive government"
RIOTING VISUALIZED
The feast is celebrated annually
on the last Sunday of October
throughout the world by Cath
olicS, but the Rev. DR.. Smith as
serted such an observance as
yesterdays in the shadow Of
Washington Monument would
have been accompanied by riot
ing and hloodshed in Berlin, Mos
COW, Mexico City, Vienna and
Barcelona. He added:
when your country realizes
that for its reconstruction, more
than laws, more than battle
fleets and more than armies and
programs are needed, you mem
bers of the Holy Name Societies
will be ready to step into action
with patriotism built on God"
/ POLICE LEAD PARADE
Bishop John M. Mcnamara, aux
aliary bishop of Baltimore, con-
cluded the ceremonies with bene-
diction.
Metropolitan police, with Major
Ernest w. Brown, led the parade
as it passed the reviewing stand
at Fifteenth Street. Bishop Nc
Namara was escorted by the st.
Johns College Cadet Corps ana
band. Grand Marshal of the cele-
bration was William H. Collins,
president of the Baltimore Arch
diocesan Union Of the Holy Name
Society.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Va. Couple Observe
50th Anniversary

Surrounded by their seven sons
and daughters and is grandchil-
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rubin, IL
Myrtle Ave., Alexandria, Va, cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding ami
Versary yesterday. Rubin, 72, and
his wife, Sarah. 6S, were married
Ia Boston on October 80, 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

"It brings together in a noble
unity all Washington devotees,
Catholics, ProteStants and Jews
alike, in behalf Of the poor and
the disabled"
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

as slender figures lOafted past the tables. None
IUas reminded of economic stress and strain as
ernInes fOLLOLUed sabIes and siIDer foxes. QueS-
tiOnS of silhouette and cOhfUre Dere settled Uith
out dissenSiOn.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22
REDUCTION CITY LIGHT RATES UNDER
 CONSIDERATION BY TOWN OFFICIALS

Reduction of light rates in both the residential and commercial rate structures which citizens have been requesting. will be considered at a special meeting of the new council tomorrow night.
 w. J. Mcintosh, municipal dlyi- sion manager of the Pacific North west for Fairbanks, Morse & Co, arrived here on Monday of last week He spent the week in investi- gating conditions and then met on Thursday night with the city cola- eil.
 Fairbanks. Morse X Co.,. it will be remembered, in February. 1885, upon the recommendation of MT. Mcintosh, advanced $42.O00 to the Town of Wrangell to finance a new generating unit of $50 h. ?. for the city light plant and a considerable number of accessories which more than doubled the previous produc- tion capacity of the plant. The money advanced also financed con- olA uGllOu u AiOh1l II l1AhAOA1 11A concrete building t 0 house { h e plant
 Payments From Revenues
 All this was done without one cent of initial payment on the part of the town to be paid for entirely from the revenues of the plant in 69 monthly payments
 Beginning on the next fifteenth of April twelve payments of $500 were to be made followed by twelve $550 payments, twelve of $500, twelve $650, twenty $700, and on December 15, 1940, a payment of $500 would finish the transaction. Interest at six percent was secured payable semi-annually.
 These payments have all been met promptly with the exception of four payments defaulted in 1885. These were taken up during the past council year and in addition four payments ahead were made. The town now owes the company s19,50O.
 The terms of the contract pro yided that until the plant was paid for, the rate structure could not be changed without the consent ot
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22
City Offices Sought
 By Few Applicants

Fewer applications than usual have been filed for city offices for consideration by the new city coun- cil.
 L. B. Chisholm has filed for city clerk, treasurer. tax assessor, city magistrate and city attorney, the combination of city offices which he has held for several years.
 Applications for the office of chief of police and harbor master have been made by C. H. Lloyd. present incumbent, and Louis Wtgg; assistant harbor master by Wm. Vreeland. street and water com missioner. G. II. Close and Arnt Sor- set.
 It has been the custom for the council to accept the recommenda- tion of the Womens Civic Club and Library Association Inc, for city li- brarian and Of the Fire Department for Fire Chief and Fire Marshal. The Civic Club has recommended Mrs. Josephine Mason for reap pointment as city librarian. The Fire Department, so far, has not en- tered any recommendation.
 Applications for city electrician and light plant operator have been filed by H. Wellons and Ralph Mize; for light plant assistant, by Ralph DeYenny.
 While some of the applications may be acted upon by the council tomorrow night, it is probable that the matter of light rate reductions will occupy the entire session, May or Fisk said today.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22
Mize Files Application
 Light Plant Operator

The application of Ralph w Mize was filed this week at the city hall for the position of city electri elan and city light plant operator.
 MT. Mize graduated in electrical engineering from oregon State Col lege near the top of his class. Dur. ing his senior year he was president of the Electrical Engineering honor society and also head of the local chapter Of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
 After graduating he accepted an appointment with Westinghouse and served 16 months in their plants at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, com pleting their Student Engineering course and going into their Power Engineering Department as an en- gineer. Three months of this time was spent on the assembly and test ing of diesels.
 Mixes experience in the field of practical work has been consider able and varied. For a year and three months he was electrical maintenance man for the Alaska Juneau gold mine in Juneau and had charge of the motors and cleo trical equipment in the mill, com prising practically all sizes and volt ages of electrical machinery.
 He also worked for more than a year as a lineman and service man with the Alaska Electric Light and Power Go. of Juneau. During this time he did considerable pole climb ing as we'll as house wiring and trouble shooting. He also had six months experience in power house operation near Chichagof, where he operated the two-unit plant of the Chiehagof Mining Company.
 For the past five years Mize has been on the staff of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, during which time he has had full charge of the electrical work, including ordering, installation and repairs in the large schools at which he has been sta toned Besides Wrangell Institute these stations have been Eklurna and Kanakanak
 At Wrangell Institute he has also had teaching courses in Diesel En- gineering and Machine Shop He was acting director for some time at Kanakanak and has served seven months in all as acting director at Wrangell Institute, which has been valuable experience in administra- tive work as well as fiscal manage ment.
 MT. Mize is 33 years old, is mar ried and has two children, both born in Wrangell Since 1923 he has con- sidered Alaska as his home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22
.:FISH DOCK NEWS:.
CBy Al Cra1ner)

The ARB Packing Go. has pur. chased in the past week 16,500 lbs of halibut for freezing and 300 lbs of salmon for shipment with 100 cases crab meat.
 The ARB ' is expected in to- morrow night with 10000 lbs. of halibut and 2OOO lbs. salmon.
 c. c. Mundy has just returned from a business trip to Petersburg and reports that It is also very dull there He has 1000 lbs. of salmon, purchased at 8 and 12 cents, ready for shipment on the North Sea tonight.
 Yesterday there were few sal mon caught in the bay here. This morning it looks like real old times to see a lot of small boats out fishing.
 A new fish packer and troller the Eagle, Captain Henry Johnson is in with 1000 lbs. salmon for c c. Mundy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22

Official observation of May Day Child Health Week will begin in Wrangell on Saturday April 30. On that day at 2:30 p. m. in the High School auditorium a program will be given by the school children illustrating the progress made dur ing the year in their knowledge concerning the protection of their own health and of the health of the community. The Wrangell Pub- lie Health Council is sponsoring this program and urges each and every one to attend.
 Interesting Program
 Two health plays, a health drill, health songs and poems are being prepared by the pupils of Miss Con rad, Miss Mclaughlin, Mrs. Coulter, and Mrs. Brodheads rooms. The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, under the direction of Miss Caldwell and MT. Moe, respectively, will give demonstrations in First Aid. Miss Bender, Public Health Nurse, will Caik OH tue uiSloiy ol tho uoiA0 Health movement. Through the courtesy of Director Geo. T. Barrett and Miss Breen, in charge of Wran- gell Institute Health Center, a group of Institute students will par ticipate in the days activities. Miss Shields, in charge of the High School Home Economics, will dis play what constitutes a we'll bal anced lunch for children attending school. At the end of the hour, tea will be served.
 Free Service
 Sunday, being May Day-Child Health Day, the ministerial groups were asked to inelade Child Health
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-04-22
MRS. HERMANN SPENDS MONTH
 IN DISTRICT COURT CASES

Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Juneau attorney and candidate for the House on the Republican ticket in the coming Primary elections, was a passenger aboard the North Sea, in port here late Monday night.
 Mrs. Hermann, who went to Ket- chikan with the expectation of spending only two weeks on her cases in district court, kept getting buster and stayed a month, she told friends i'll Wrangell.
 The increased legal business was gratifying but it necessitated aban- donment of some of her campaign plans, and the boats late arrival prevented many personal contacts she had hoped to make in Wrangell.