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Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24

| Cotton. Scores of stories are still
told of the fabulous sums lost or
Won and the spur-o -the-moment
| prankS. Once patron overheard
an entertainer complain that she
had difficulty practicing in crowd
ed downstairs. The patron bought
| her a piano and had il delivered
| TO her rooml
| The King Cotton did not require
formal dress, although many did
deck themselves out in the finery
of the day. The King Cotton's only
demand was that its guests be
"Well-heeled' with cash, as they
almost always were in those free
and easy days.
Ownership of the King Cotton
was either a very profitable or un-
profitable affair. The first owner,
| l.. V. Mitchell. found the hotel in
the latter category. Mitchell. s.
| foot tall Englishman with an accent
as thick as the fogs around South
| ampton, had wandered to Imperial
with the first contingent of pion.
| GERS. He stayed to build the King
Cotton and planned it as a luXur-
| ious hotel in the wilderness. He fail
ed TO make the sensational success
he planned and the ownership pass
| ed TO Fernal in 1912. Fernal, with
trace of Barnum beneath his
quiet manners, added the plush
colored gayety that made the hotel
far1p,Ic thrDiOhpIt thp
Gr0aning Tables
The hotels cuisine played a large
| part in its fame. Elaborate dinners
were given, with wealthy spend
thrifts as hosts. Ducks, sucking
| pigs, chickens, doves, turkeys were
slaughtered by the dozens for the
banquet tables. Those were nights
| for bubbling bottles of champagne,
and later, sessions at the card tab
les, and later still flat pocketbooks
and no aspirin.
In 1918 the congress of the United
| States spelled the doom of the King
| Cotton. The night word was flashed
around the nation that the 18TH
amendment had been approved, the
patrons of King Cotton should have
had one last celebration, for the
king" was dead.
The Law Steps ali
Bob" Davis, who became man
ager of the hotel at that time, OPP
Grated the hotel for a time, but
raid from the sheriff's office put
the quietus on further drinking.
Today the hoteI is empty, save
for its single guest. With the rot
ting Of its timbers goes a mad, rois
tering period in valley history Re
collection, though it may bring no
desire for return of those gay nights
still brings a hint of regret to the
faces OF many a pioneer.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Hotel Dining Room
Held FL Centre
Boys, Girls

School days began in Ell Centre
Oct. /, 1905, when 80 protesting
youngsters were herded into the
dining room of the old Franklin
hotel at Fifth and Franklin streets
for lessons in reading writing and
arithmetic.
The hotel, scene OF the new city )
first public school and church ser
vices occupied the northeast cor
ner of Fifth and the street later
named Broadway. The available
space soon was. SO crowded with
children that F. B. Fuller was per-
suaded to lean his old bank build
ing near the hotel for class rooms
for the first four grades.
First Teacher
Mrs. M E. 1uitle, former I'M
perial teacher, was El Centro's first
school teacher and her daughter
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Noted Old King Cotton Hotel Pictured Above When
Stage Coaches Were Style, Is
Remnant of Other Days

= .ftsF
Do walls have ears and voices?
Perhaps they do Most certainly
the walls of the King Cotton hotel
in Imperial have memories, bril-
liant, flashing memories Of gay
bellies, full bosomed in dashing eve
ming Gowns, cigar smoking gam
blers and land specializing dandies
as we'll as sWeat-smeared farm
hands.
The walls are cracked in the
famous 40 bedrooms now, the plaster
has spilled out onto the floors in
the gaming rooms where once silver
dollars changed hands by the thous-
ands. Spiders. cobWebs and dust
rule the dining room. The floor
creaks under its dirt in the lobby.
The hotel has one guest, William
Neal, Il night tWatchman.
In 1910 however, two years after
FL Centro became a city, the newly
built King Cotton was a popular,
crowded resort. The 40 guest rooms
were filled most of the time. The
bar and gambling rooms were pack
ed a the time.
The King Cotton was born in q
Whiskey bottle. II died soon after
the 18Th amendment broke the bot
lie.
While the rest Of the valley was
dry as the desert before the water
came, Imperial voted to retain the
right of drinking liquor, hard or
soft, and as a result Imperial be-
came the might spot for the val
ley. The King Cotton, on the other
hand, was the brightest spot in
Imperial
Waiting Horses
Horses with dust caked on their
wet flankS stood outside at night,
awaiting their masters weaving
footsteps. SWanky buggies were
,parked where automobiles now
= slide past in Whirl of dust. Inside
were lights and gayety, perhaps the
strident voice of Mrs. Charlie Fer
nal drifted out into the night sing.
ing:
Come on and hear, come on and
hear, AleXander's rag-time bandl"
or maybe it was; oh, you great
big beautiful doll!'
Inside, upstairs, grim faced men
at card tables. AT times. the clink
of chips and the sound of mems
breathing was the only noise, while
thousands of dollars hinged upon
the turning of a card. From down,
stairs came the brassy racket of the
valleys first might club
Only the Best
Entertainers from the best hotels
OF Los Angeles were engaged by the
owner, Charlie Fernal, for the floo-
shows and they danced and SANG
for the valleys young bloods
Scarcely man among the ranks
of valley pioneers cannot recall gay
nights of revelry in the old King
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Thirty Pupils Made Ub First School in Pioneer q

came along and smashed the build
ing to bits.
As early as June, 1906 toWnspeo-
pie began to plan for a high school
building. A union district was Sc
lected as the most efficient arrang-
ment. Before the union district be
came a reality, however, the little
handful of ambitious young people
pursued their Latin and algebra
IN the same building with the gram
mar school pupils.
Seven school districts formed a
union high school district at an
election held May 8. 1903. Voters
in the El Centre, Eucalyptus, Sils-
bee Elder, Adair. Heber and Deal
districts marked 113 ballots in IA
Vor Of the union and AZ against It.
The new S75 900 building VIZ
dedicated March %. 1923.
On the citys thirtieth anaiver-
sary 875 nigh sahool and Junior
college students are enrolled and
the teaching staff numbers Al. Two
high school plants. one on Brigh-
ton street and one Oh East Main
street, are the centers Of the city
educational system.
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Iol5 n STREET

3 rooms. kitchen and bath. S57. so
4 rooms: kitchen and bath $3.50
Electric refrigeration. Res. Mgr,
Elevator, switchboard.
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3025 18th STREET
2 bedrooms living room, kitchen
and bath $4,000 h $50. 90
nectric refriseration. Res. MGR.
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1926 18th ST. NV.
: rooms and bath tho kitchen).
Electric refriSeration. Switch.
board. Elevator service. Resident
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2123 Eye St. NV.
E1ec. refrT. on house current. Ele-
vator. Resident mapager.
! rm., kit. rec. hall, d. o..
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21i6 ? STREET
3 larte rms. kit. and bath .S45, 90
Electric Refrigeration.
2127 p ST. NV.

2127 P ST. NV.
] room. kitchen. dining aieove, din.
Ing room: $40. q rooms. kitchen,
dinine alcove, bath; electric re.
1rigeratton. Resident manSrer,
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THE DUPONT

1717 goth ST. NV.
Gas. elec. and refrR. included in
rent. Resident manager.
8 rms. kit. and bath $751;
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THE WEST VIEW

2517 X ST. NV.
Else. l1 refs. Rssidsnt nj MANAGE. ..s. "a
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1910 AshMEAp PLACE

1910 AShMEAo PLACE
! room. kitchen and bath.
z ana rooms kitchen and bath.
. ICONS; Kitchen. bath. porch ever.
1rfgeration on house current.
Resident Manager.
1878 RIGGS pL. NV.
! rm.. dinetts, kit.. bath.
Resident manager. else. refrg.
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$3.50 N. HAMP. AVE. NV.
Eec. refriseration.
3 rms, Kit. and hath------S46.0 90
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$500 18th STREET
rurnished Or Unfurnishsd)
FriEidaire
2 and 3 rooms. kitchen. bath and
porch. Refrigeration on house
current. Large enclosed porches;
garage. Res. Mgr.
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SULGRAW MANOR

SULGRAVE MANOR
5l3O CONN. AVE. NV.
SecretartAl switchboard. Elevator.
Electric refg. on house current. Resi-
dent manager.
rms. kit. d. g.. bath and
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1896 R STREET
2 rooms, kitchen. bath and porch.
Electric refrigefation. Resident
Manager.
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1901 CALVERT STREET
2 rooms. kitchen. bath and lsrre
porch; shower bath; abundance
Of closet space q. Z. refrigera.
tlon. Res. Mgr.
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1904 1Ah STREE

Dust Below Dupont Circle.)
2 rooms, kitchen. bath. Fireplace
studio type.
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THE GOTHAM

1e46 CALVERT st. NV.
Eec. refg. Elevator.
3 rms. kit. rec. hall. bath SOC. 90
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1914 MT. PLEASANT STREET
z rooms. kitchen. bath S47.Bo
8 rooms. kitchen. bath So6 90
1eetSie refrtgefat1on. Res. Ner,
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1430 CHAPLIN ST. NV.
Eectric Refrigeration.
rms, kit. and bath .--S46.O 90
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1901 WYoMik6 AVENUE
! ana 3 rms. kit. and bath.
ana rms. kit. 3 baths
bedrooms. baths, draw. rm,.
library. din. I'm. kit, maids
2uarters. Electric rsfrtssrstion.
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1915 BELMONT ST. NV.
xlec. .ref9. on house current.
/ rm., kit. and bath S33 80
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turer to enter into a CLOSED shop"
contract with the union.


contract with the union.
Abuse Of Right Denied.
In other words. freedom OF the press
could not be used to further an act
which was held in itself unlawful
namely, striking or picketing for a
CLOSED shop monopoly. The court
emphasized that the right of free
speech was special privilege Of citi-
zenship, but that the New Jersey con-
stitution itself held it was limited by
the abuse Of that right"
The Labor Board, therefore, is fol-
lowing precedent and is, indeed, mar
rowing the right of free speech in
accordance with certain previous quail
ifications. In democracy it is always
dangerous, however, to impose limita-
tions on free speech, even when osten-
sibly done for a good purpose. 1t
seems unfortunate that the Labor
Board cannot prove its cases of un-
lawful interference with the right Of
self Reorganization or company domino
ton of unions without being obliged
to become tangled up in the issue of
free speech, which in itself can so
easily become a subject of confusion
in the public mind and thus tend to
weaken the real cases which the board
has been able so often to make against
employers who simply will not under
stand that the Wagner Act is now the
law of the land and has m he epforcod
Copyright. 1881
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loyal to the Dubinsky
chilly ambitious independents minded
happens, Dubinsky close
Dewey, St
the usadng district the
gubernaora himself seriously
And Dubinsky making of his inclination
Dewey
Dubnsky telling his Postmaster General Farley
and the York
puposefl nubbd argues
Republican
the Republicans judgeshp
must sumounted While the Labor Hnman willing
fout Democrats New York would
individual Labor
rather noisly.
the problem the
still founder a
Labor radicals
defeat victory with help.
under
Farley dependable allies
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wonder where they are heading.
THE Indians would make GOOD uni
tarians," Mr.. Shipe explains. They
believe so utterly in the Great Spirit,
And so does Mr.. shipe. Younger peo.
pie have their doubts about old tribal
beliefs, rejecting agnostic white opin.
ions.
Certain 1t is that this short, spare,
kindly man evaluates time in terms
OF improved conditions for Indians.
He revisits Indian reservations, he
notes better living conditions. In p,u-
suing the Indian Extension Service
slogan Of helping Indians to help
themselves" Mr.. shipe has seen the
intensive white leasing Of Indian lands
change into better utilization Of the
soil by Indians. Indian-farmed acres,
1ndian-owned livestock are on the in.
crease.
Mr.. shipe reminisces when he en.
tered the service in 1894 the Indians
could not leave their reservations
without a pass. In 1924 all Indians
became American citizens, can now
go where they please.
Despite complaints and eonsres.
sional investigations, Mr.. Shipe feels
that each succeeding commissioner has
tried to help the Indians" He de-
nounces, however, rs 4 monumental
mistake" the Allotment Act Of 1887.
Individual ownership encouraged sale
Of land to whites, land still held be-
came involved in heirship proceedings
and recordings that give the Indian
Service . headache and often cost
more than the land is worth. The m
dian Reorganization Act Of 1884 Is
making possible the return Of these
heirship lands to q tribal status.
The act also provides new credit
funds and facilities.
Forty Indian Service extension
agents cover the Indian country. make
suggestion that John Spotted Elk
should rotate his crops, buy some eat
tie and equipment A loan agreement
Is drawn. the agent follows up 10 80
that John lives up to his agreement,
works out his loan.
Born and raised in Sunbury, Pa,
educated In the public schools and 1T
Bucknell University. Mr.. shipe has
run q straight upward course In the
Indian Service. from copyist In the
Record and Files Division to chief Of
the Division Of Methods. and nov
ranks ~ assistant to the director of
extension.
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The Political Mill
No Chance Seen for New Deal Purge Being Efectiv.
in Kansas and Missouri Primaries.

matter whom the Republicans norni-
nate. Joe Dohner Of Peabody Il
seeking the senatorial nomination
against Mc0ill In the Democratic pri-
mary, but Dohner Is an unknown and
will continue to be In that class after
the primary.
Senator Clark has three opponents
for the Democratic senatorial nomi-
nation in Missouri. Two of them. Jo-
seph T. Davis and Meredith H. Willis,
are running as 100 per cent New Deal
ers. Longstreet Cleveland Is kind
Of perennial candidate. The admins
tration, it is reported, sent 4 scout to
Missouri some time ago to see il any
thing could be done in the way Of de-
feating Clark. The reports were un-
favorable. however. Clark is regard
ed as sure OF denomination.
The Republicans Of Missouri have
apparently discarded the coalition"
idea, which grew and flourished half
year or more ago. The suggestion was
made that the q. o. P. should get be-
hind those "Jefiersonian Democrats"
who opposed the Presidents effort to
revamp the Supreme Court-and in
particular that they should 1ndorse
Senator Clark for denomination.
Two Republicans are today seeking
the senatorial nomination against
Clark. One is former Gov. Henry s.
Caulneld and the other Ray Ellis
White. Caulfield is picked to win
the nomination. Later the Republic
cans might have . change Of heart
and withdraw their nominee against
Clark-but 1t is not regarded as
probable. There was talk. too. Of 4
coalition" to re-elect Senator Van
Nuys. Democrat, OF Indiana. But that
fell by the wayside when the Re-
publicans nominated Editor Raymond
E. Willis Of Angola, and 80 fright
ened the Democrats that they buried
the hatchet and renominated Van
Nuys themselves.
c. /. O. Efforts Unsuccessful.
The C. I. o. and its adjunct,
labors Nonpartisan League, have
been signally unsuccessful in their
efforts to defeat members OF Con-
gress and to nominate others. The
blacklist put out long ago by the
league included the names Of fve
Texas Democrats in the House. The
league also gave its particular bless
ing to another Texas member, Maury
Maverick. The FIVE blacklisted men,
bers from Texas, including Represen-
tative Nation w. Summers, chairman
Of the House Judiciary Committee,
and Representative Martin Dies.
member Of the House Rules Com
mittee, were all renominated. Mr..
Maverick was defeated.
The American Federation Of Labor
is rolling these defeats for the c. I.
o. politicians over its tongue with
considerable satisfaction. The Fed
GRAFTON. through its president, Will
liam Green, says quite frankly that
the defeat Of Mr. Maverick should
be warning to members Of Congress
that the people OF this country do
not want representatives who espouse
the G. I. O." The Federation backed
Mavericks opponent. Paul Kilday. and
also Representative Summers.
The c. I. O.. through the league, u
opposing the denomination Of Rep
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French Growth Seen.

Government measures to combat
the decrease in Frances birthrate are
believed In Paris to be showing re-
suits. The decrease in 1898 was ST.
500; last year it was only $4,000. The
system of family allotments. whereby
wage earners receive additional in
come according to the number of chill
dren supported, is showing large in
creases IN the number Of families
benefited. In the last year the num-
ber Of children benefited rose from
100000 0to 1855, 900. and the number
Of families from 1.495.00 to 1917, 600
Increase In the size of families is also
encouraged by reduced railway fares,
reduced taxes and other concessions,
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L. Because the Of has asgively New Deah
sympahng
the A. F.
other Republicans have hobnobbn asduously with
President William whispered
would A.
has 10 been
Before the organization Democrats sentence Of exile their
New Deal
copyrgh 1898 by the North American Alliance
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cause Of his stand on the court and
reorganization bills.
Two other States hold their primary
elections on Tuesday, also They are
Virginia and West Virginia. In
neither is there 4 senatorial contest. 1t
would be interesting to see if the purge
could be used either against Senator
Carter Glass or Senator Harry Flood
Byrd in old Virginia. And II Senator
Rush D. Holt of West Virginia, re-
garded As Little Poison Ivy by the
staunch Rooselevtians, were up for re-
election the scalping knives would be
out. But Senator Holt does not seek
denomination until 1910. The purge
committee, however, has one objective
in Virginia. 1t is doing its best to de-
feat Representative Howard w. Smith
Democratic member Of the House
Rules Committee who would not come
to heel when the wage-hour and other
administration legislation WAS before
that committee.
Reed Has No Cinch.
In Kansas the Republicans will
choose their sena atorial candidate from
one OF four aspirants: Former Gov.
Clyde M. Reed. looked upon by one
Republican faction for years As rad
ical," State Senator Dallas K. Knapp
Jess Clyde Fisher and Gerald B. Win
rod Ordinarily 1t would look to be a
cinch for Reed. But Evangelist Winrod
has been burning up the Kansas
prairie. He Is q successor in Kansas
politics to DR.. j. r. Brinkley Of goat
gland fame, and to other exhorters who
have come out Of the Sunhower State
50 exercised have the Republicans in
Kansas become over the possibility OF
Winrods winning the senatorial nom
ination that John Hamilton, chair
man Of the Republican National Com
mittee, recently issued a statement
declaring that the Republicans in his
State could not afford to support 'in-
tolerance" Winrod was at one time
q member Of the Ku Klux Khan, when
the Klan was making hay in Kansas
More recently, it is charged, he has
been pro-NaZi. In his magazine Win
rod has attacked the Jews, the Cath
olics and the Negroes.
William Allen White. sage Of Kan
sas, has been carrying the fisht against
Winrod. All M. lAndon, head oi
the Republican party" as Its last
standard bearer, 20 far as has been
learned here, has kept aloof from the
primary night.
Winrod has no hillbilly band. like
the recently nominated ODAniel Of
Texas, now virtually Governor Of
Texas. But Winrod is . whirlwind
on the stump and has made a sur
prising campaign. He Is violently op.
posed to the New Deal and does not
mince words in talking about it,
Democratic Senator McGill Is q.
good as renominated-and many peo-
! pie believe he will be reelected nc
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better
her word for three this
French and the British
that Germany the end Of that time would
promises.
The German armament greatly facilitated
Between Of
iron have from Britain Reich
shortly British havec
need the
States
that they have given permits
establish branches
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to feathers. Hs
likes Indians. He
finds that In.
dians are much
As white m er
would be had
they been trans.
planted to 4 res.
ervation. indiana
have 4 sense OF
humor, Mr.. Ships
says; swap stories,
quarrel with their
wives, work hard.
get drunk coca.
sionally, sober UP,
loaf . bit. work
NmA mora And
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The Capital Parade
Labor Party Deserving Organization Democrats.
A. F. L. Also Seen Leaning Toward G. O.P.

BY JOSEPH ALSOF and ROBERT KINTNER
EVERY party New York is
confederation
+ tuting Of
and its members New Dealers Democrats
the
Already in New
the Republicans uniting
Labor leaders
the Democrats had driven them
York City trade q strictly
Actually however the significant
conflict
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1IIe IAUOI pHTIy IeNdeFS are now
threatening desertion. If they de-
sert, the Democrats will probably
be beaten In November.
The truth is. it's about time
for the organization Democrats to
take stock Of their position. In
their struggle to prevent the Presi-
dent from putting New Dealers in
control Of their party. they have
ignored all sorts Of danger signals.
Haha 49, s~>hl>.> -
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tional background
and the impor-
tance of m a in
tanning freedom
OF speech and of
the press as are
any of the critics.
The issues which
h av e arisen are
new. having been
occasloned by the
blazing of a new
tr a ii in ! a ".
" h e t her the
American people
or the Supreme
Court ultimately
will ction
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resentative Howard W. Smith in the
Virginia primary next Tuesday and
supporting Dodd. his youthful oppo-
nent.
One way or another the c. l. o. Is
still sticking to the Roosevelt New
Dealers, although the head Of the
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the purge, since
Senator George
McGill, Demo-
crat, has backed
President Roose-
velt backward
and forward and
all acr IS the
board. Missouri
Democrats will
renominate Sen
ator B en- n e tt
Champ Clark be-
yond q doubt
and enA tor
Clark is q pain in
the neck to the
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c. I. o. is frequently reported as
hostile now to the President. There
seems no place else for Mr.. Lewis to
20 politically. The Endorsements hand
ed out by the G. I. o., however. are
said to be embarrassing to some Of
the New Deal candidates.
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

~ ANSAS and Missouri 60 through
X their preliminary political
n PAGES on Tuesday-without
n the slightest chance Of the
New Deal purge" being effective. In
Kansas. to be sure, there Is no call for
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wing allies. And IN spite Of the
leaders protestations, there is a
chance that the incident will be
repeated on a larger scale in the
future.
Within the Labor party, there
are two powerful wings. one led by
Sidney Hillman Of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, and
the other by David Dubinsky Of
the International Ladies' Garment
M0rkers The Hillnaan wing ix
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HE opinions OF the riters this page their not
necessarily TIE Stars Such opinions are presented IN
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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Indefinite Law
Clouds Free
Speech
Issue Needs Clarifcation
As Labor Board
Is Entangled.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

TIME cry of interference with free
speech has been raised lately
50 often in connection with
orders issued by the National
Labor Relations Board that a clarifi-
cation Of the pro and con OF the
question is most desirable.
OF one thing the public can be
assured. The Labor Board members
are just as conscious of the constitu-
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Austria became Z German prov
ince. Benes reminded the London
and the Paris diplomats Of this
incident which the democratic for
eign ofnces seem so anxious to
forget.
II
When Minister Jan MassArick
reminded Lord Halifax Of that oc-
currence, the ascetic British foreign
secretary replied that all this was
undoubtedly true, but anything
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An American
You Should
Know
Harry W. Shipe Likes
Indians, and Works
to Help Them.
By DELLA pYNCuON,

For a years Harry W. shipe, spe-
cialist in the Once Of Indian Affairs,
has been studying Indians from feet