The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
On Capitol Hill
BY GEORGE L. KNAPP

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Write
your own ticket on this chronicle. III
trust you to do it's plenty. The re-
dictionary Congress just closed:
Took no action on the La Toilette
Oppressive Labor Practices act. This
provided both civil and criminal penal.
ties for such acts. 1t gave both the
Secretary of Labor and the Attorney
General authority to bring prosecu.
ton; and, on investigation, to demand
an injunction against such practices
Such a law would be likely to dis.
courage even Tom Girdler.
Killed the $SOO,O00,O0O addition tc
the housing program, a good deal
more than half of which would go tc
labor
Killed the legislation for a $3,00O,-
100000 fund to loan or use as guar
anty for loans to small business. Some
probably much, of this would find it's
way to the labor pay envelope. Uncle
Sam loaned more than that to cor
porations through the RFC.
Hamstrung the WPA with restric-
tions, and refused the requested $780,
100000 of emergency money for re-
lief.
Look up your Congressman and see
what his attitude was on these. That's
all-this time.
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WPA built 67,956 miles of highways
roads and streets in the months end
ing March 1, this year. In spite OF
the fact that nearly half this period
fell during winter when even the rail,
roads lay off a lot of the maintenance
of-way men, the average construction
was $500 miles per month, 300 miles
per month higher than the previous
three years. Col. +. C. Harrington
WPA commissioner, said, in giving
this information:
"The thousands of miles of
roads built by WPA during the
past four years constitute one of
the most important contributions
the work relief program has made
| to the nations's welfare Much of
this work has consisted of small
feeder roads from the main high
ways reaching into farming areas
which previously had been isolated
for much of the year Farm-to-
market roads built by WPA have
given YEARROUND access to
markets and shopping centers to
| hundreds of thousands of Amer-
can farmers, greatly improving
their economic condition and
bringing them nearer to schools
| and churches"
The capitals are mine-I am per
fectly acquainted with the old time
farm market" roads in winter.
Also, in those months, the WPA
built 1878 new bridges, laid III ,57C
new culverts, totalling in length
about $50 miles, eliminated four grade
crossings, put up III miles Of guard
rails and guard walls.
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This is not strictly Washington
news, but it will add many-fold to the
publicity of proposals which labor will
approve, among the readers of labor
papers. Leonard Boudin, in the New
Republic, suggests the following
amendments for the Wagner Act:
Triple damages for discharged EN-.
ployes, fired in violation of the act
Triple damages were assessed against
a union away back in the days of the
Buck Stove & Range case; and the
A. f. of l.. fought that tooth and nail
1t has been threat to strikers eve,
since, and big sum in triple dam.
ages is assessed against the Apex
hosiery plant strikers now.
Make officials of corporation per,
sonally liable to that corporation fol
damages caused by violation of the
act.
Forbid government contracts to EN-.
ployers convicted of violations of the
act.