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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
THE REVOLT
STILL RISE.
(Wall Street JournaD

In DENYING the petition ot the Nation
al Labor Relations board for Il fehear-
ing of its case for dissolution ol Il COM
pany union in the plant Of the Sterling
Electric Motors, Inc, At Los Angeles,
the United States circuit court OF ap
pealS sharply criticized the board tor
issuing its order against the union With
out making it a party to the proceeding
or giving it an opportunity to be heard.
II charged the board With "graSping for
power thing which was to be expected
in philosophy of administrative lb-
SolutiSnl, and that il was the duty of
the court to curtail this oNer-reachng
as a necessity Of democratic government.
1t pointed out that the National Labor
Relations Act was designed to protect
the laborer'S right to protect himself by
organization and that this protection ap-
piled as much to self organized unions
AS to others. 1t charged the board with
attempting TO act as prosecutor, Judge
and eXecutioner.
The merits of the company union con-
cerned in the case We're not III question.
The decision turned wholly on the con-
stitutonal question, i.e. the right IL
notice and hearing. The court pointed
out that recently the board had amended
added that il might change them again
when the pressure oi congressional Ill
vestigation is removed II inferred this
from the strong and noW repeated
insiStence. first, that Congress can ere
ate in the administrative process such
absolutism of control over human fela-
tions, and. second. that it intended 10
create il in the Labor Board
These are strong expressions coming
from so high Il judicial authority #nor
can they be lightly dismissed It's mere
obiter dicta The fact is that public
attention has been aroused by the pres
ence of the thing that the court terms
"absolutism' in our administrative pro
cess, and that the demand for its curb
ing is strong and growing. 1t happens
that the National Labor Relations Board
has furnished the major examples Of
this thing in practice, but the potential
tiles for its exercise exist in greater or
less degree in other administrative agen-
cies. and it is now clear that halt must
be called and some measure Of statutory
control established if we are not to find
ourselves subjected to a bureaucratic
despotisnI of a character that may be
come intolerable.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Civilian Defense
Commission
Organized

BERLIN. May 81. oUPD-Thc
high command said today that the
great mass of French troops caught
in trap in Flanders had been an
initiated or captured, but that a
few enclrclcd forces still were fierce
ly resisting the climactic German
drive.
The German victory in the battle
of Flanders IS almost complete. the
high command asserted, and the
remaining resistance will soon be
broken
In addition to "dispersed' French
units still fighting within the Ger
man traps, the high command sad
that fragments of the British exoe-
ditionary force were fighting ST. )ag
ly in the French coastal area ne-
fore Dunkirk.
The remainder" of the BritVl
army was being strongly attacked
by Germans between FurneS-Ber-
CUES and Dunkirk. the high COM
mand said. BergueS is about &c
miles south of Dunkirk and Furnes
about l. miles east of the flaming
port. which the German air force
continued to attack.
Thus. according to the high com
mand the British We're compressed
into a triangle around Dunkirk
their other forces still fighting in
Flanders having been trapped fur
ther south.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
THE kLRB DISREGARDS
A CONTRACT

If the National Labor Relations Board
has its way, the entire system of agree
ments and contracts upon which Amerl-
can business relationships are built will
have to be scrapped.
The labor board this week ordered the
Pacific Greyhound bus company to deal
in collective bargaining with a CIO un-
ion, in spite of the fact that the COM
pany has a contract with an AFofL un-
ion which was valid when entered into,
and which was in no way made in an
effort to defeat the purposes of the Ia
Dor relations act.
If the labor board is successful in its
efforts no employer can place faith in
any contract with any labor union -
therefore it would be silly to enter into
any contract, a contract by the very
nature of it, is supposed to be an agree
ment binding upon both parties for spe-
Gifted length Of time. If the labor board
can, without consulting either party in
validate "a contract and order new one
then what faith can be placed in the
new contract? It, too might be invali-
dated overnight
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
PROHIBITION
RETURNING?
beverly Hills Bullet.n)

Some twenty years ago the United
States of America awakened one morn
ing to find that its liquor and beer had
been taken away If conditions continue
as they are we may look for a similar
awakening in a few years.
When liquor and beer We're restored to
the nation it was with the solemn assur-
ance that everyone had learned his les
son; that laws would keep the under
world at bay The fact is that in seven
short years this country has swung to an
extreme of drinking that makes the pre-
prohibition era seem tame.
Probably the worst offense in the whole
category is the selling of drinks to Wom-
Ell and youngsters indiscriminately One
walks down the street today, to gaze into
wide-open saloons, crowded with women
Of various types, sitting up TO the bar =.
Drunken drivers are the curse of the
road and the street, and they are Il worse
menace to this country than threat Of
war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

fined space" military experts Said.
Our soldiers in Belgium are
seeing with their own eyes the
magnificent help they are receiv-
inc from the Royal air force. the
navy and the merchant service
Military sources denied German
claims that the British army was
fleeing to the coast in disorder.
The retreat is being carried out
on open beaches. There Is no
question of concealment. 1t is
being done with the full knowledge
of the Germans. it was said.
Military experts said that flood
ING operations to protect the rear
of the evacuating troops, while in
process. was likely to require Il
day or two to become effective.
This indicated that the Withdraw
al of the allied forces from the
Flanders trap would require several
more days.
Figures on the number of troops
withdrawn and the number still
to be withdrawn remained a mill
tary secret. But speaking Of the
number already withdrawn, military
experts said that they are large
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

new allied line had been created
in France and that the Germans
were unable to inflict more than
minor losses on ships eVacuating
the forces from Flanders.
Members of the British eypedi
tionary forces. returning from Flan-
ders. said taat The casualties during
the Flanders campaign had been
at least f.ve Germans to one Briton.
Allied troops now are holding
a line al :. certain distance from
the coast military quarters said.
The line being held To cover
withdrawal of the allied forces lis
becoming appropriately known as
the Cormna line it was said
I'm 1903. a force of 25.0O0 British
troops. badly beaten by Napoleon
who had 10000 men, fell back on
Corunna. Spain and effected one
of the greatest and most strategic
retreats in history under sir John
Moore
The withdrawal of the British
expeditonary forces is the most
remarkable example of the COM
bined cooperation of three services
working together visible in a con-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Two Boys Fire on
Truck with Rifle

Two Ell Centre youths observed
Memorial day by loosing a minia-
ture "bltzkrieg on Il truck with Il
% rifle police records showed Fri
day.
E. w Short of Io5 Angelo Bert
Cusack of ontario and A. j. Clark
of Imperial told Officers they were
driving a truck at the intersection
of Brighton and Imperial avenue
when two boys. crourhed beside the
road. opened fire, The three men
said they heard bullet pass close
to the windshield.
The men stopped and Clark stay
ed with the boys while Short and
CuSack went to the police station.
AS soon as the truck drove away The
boys took to Their heels. CLARK was
unable to catch them. although he
gave chase.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Coalition Hysteria

they do not like what is being done.
II is conceivable that i'll Some
desperate national emergency this
might have To be done. And yet
the United States has survived
some pretty desperate crises without
it.
During the Civil War. conducted
by Republican adminitration.
there was always bitter Democratic
opposition. which came close TO
sabotage in some cases, yet the
country came through and the Vot-
ers still had a choice after the
war was over.
The World War was conducted
by a Democratic administration.
and while Republican cooperation
in prosecuting the war was complete
and whole hearted, there was ne-
yer any formal coalition.
There is no need for formal Goa
lition now AS Aft Landon has said.
party politics stop at the waters
edge" Republicans will undoubtedly
give complete support to policies
once launched. But they should
reserve the right to offer alter
nate policies while decisions are
still in the making. And in the
meantime life at home goes on.
Criticism of domestic policies and
the right and duty to offer the yot-
ers alternative policies are still
vital.
This does not mean that men like
Landon and Frank Knox should
rot be informed as to what goes
on, and should not cooperate in
every proper way. But to destroy the
two-party system with a coalition
government is a thing not yet in
dicated by any situation We face
t1lDyy
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

No responsible leader of either
political part has, SO far as We
have seen. lent his name TO the
talk 81 4 coalition government.
Tie whole thing has been confined
10 rumors and speculation That IS
where it should stay.
The whole American system of
government is deeply grounded in
a simple mechanism. This mech
anism is not provided by the Con-
st!tution but it is SO simple and
practical that it has operated with
on a break since Washington's Sec
ord term 1t insures that the voters
nlst have q choice OF both candi-
Gates and programs.
When the voters have chosen,
HE winning candidate. party and
ll0g9am are to run the govern
ment The other party remains in
opposition. a constant critical check
on the party in power. If the party
N DoWer does not do we'll, the other
can always offer a program that
will SUIT the voters better And if
the voters see "a better ole, they
can go TO it via the ballot box.
The coalition idea proposes that
we abandon all this 1t proposes
that the present Democratic gov
ernment take in an appropriate
number of sympathetic Republicans
50 that both parties will be rep
resented in the government at
once. There would be no opposi-
ton. no check against the acts of
tho administration, no alternate
70 which the voters could turn if
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
French Report Sudden Counter Blow
Recaptures Strategic Abbevihe

PARIS. May 81. CUPD-A French
military source said today that Al
lied forces had recaptured the
region at the mouth of
the river Somme. taking 200 Ger
man prisoners and inflicting heavy
losses on the enemy in a fierce
counter-thruSt.
The counter-bloW against the
German forces in north France
came as an estimated 100000 Allied
troops were fighting lie and
death battle against probably 600.-
900 Germans IN north France. where
at least two divisions of the trap
ped French army commanded by
Gen Rene PriouX yesterday slash
ed their way through the Ger
mans to the coast near Dunkirk.
The Abbeville counter attack
came unexpectedly. but was de-
scribed by the French official anal
ySlS as successful.
The French in 48 hour opera
ton have recaptured the Abbevllle
region, wholly mopping up the Ger
mans who suffered heavy losses,
including 200 prisoners and several
entire motorized columns" the of
ficial analysis said.
The official analysis did not def
initely define the Abbeyille area
retaken by the French The import
ant section there, however, lies
north of the Somme river and that
would presumably give the Allies
a bridgehead and the basis tor a
possible stab up the coast toward
Boulogne and Calais.
French sources indicated that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Be|qian Cabinet Shears Leopold Of
Power 10 Govern; Senator Declares
Kinq Friend Of Nazis; Woman Named

PARIS. May 81. tUPD-The Bel
gian cabinet, in the name OF the
Belgian people, decreed today that
King Leopold could reign no long
er because he was in the power OF
an invader and that the cabinet
should exert governmental power
throughout the war.
The cabinet met at PoltlerS last
night in Il formal council OF min
lSterS. To consider the position
which had arisen as the result OF
It's kings submission To Adolf Hit
Ter. II agreed on two DEGREES and
these were promulgated officially,
as law, in an ISSUE Of the Belgian
official government publication
Monlteur this morning.
Tie position was understood To
be that the cabinet held that the
king could not be dethrOned by
the government but that he could
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

be regarded as unable to exercise
his constitutional powers, and coulc
be deprived of any authority to dis
miss his government.
BY its DEGREES the cabinet, under
Premier Hubert Plerlot. sought as
from today to make any acts Oh
the king invalid.
Senator LabrouSSe, of the Belgian
senate foreign affairs commission
said that Leopold had sought s
credit for the Belgian Congo lasf
winter and that there is reasorI
that as result of the French reply.
which he considered unsatisfactory
he turned definitely to Berlin.s
Moreover, the senator asserted
Leopold never disguised his sym.
pathy for the IIltlerlan regime
BrouSSard alleged also that fol
SIX years Leopold had had Il Ger.
man woman for close friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Nazis Plan to
Complete Victory

WASHINGTON. May 81. lUP)-
President Roosevelt led the United
States today INTO an era OF aemef-
eency management 10 rearm 1t
self.
Seven coordlnatorS members oil
Il civilian national defense COM
mission were organized and ready
To undertake an experiment IN
democratic shortcuts to apply this
country's genius for MASS produc-
llon to fighting planes. heavy guns
tanks and other instruments OF
death.
Mr.. Roosevelt. i'll effect IS dele
eating major powers TO two INDUS
trlahsts of proven ability-GeneraI
Motors corporation President Will
ham S. Knudsen and United States
Steel corporation Chairman Ed
ward II Stettlnlus. jr. But Mr.
Roosevelt still held the guide rens
firmly IN his OWL hands.
That fact was mace clear during
the % minute INITIAL conference
yesterday when Mr. Roosevelt as
slpncd The defense commissioners
To their new post KnudSen, hard
headed genius III m.tSS production
asked Mr. Roosevelt directly. WHO
Is To be the boss oi tins commits
SION
Equally directly. MI Roosevelt
replied: Il am.
g, KnudSei., II Was understood
spoke unhesltatingly before accept
ing his commlSalon indicating clear
ly that he would not accept II III,
commission We're To become AN ad-
IlSory council without the power
i 10 cut red tape After receiving Mr.
] Roosevelt > assurance that he Wa
establishing the defense conmlS-
! son Tor results, not stage dressings
Knldsen reporiedly pledged his co.
operation and eslgncd up tor dura.
! tIOn.
Mr.. Roosevelt said at ms pres
conference latter that the commits.
alon Will mot have 10 depend ol
voluntary cooperation alone, bu
in effect will have powers TO Gu
red tape, iron out kinks in vita
/ industries. and eliminate bottle
necks to speed up production.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

this thrust at the German rea
might be OF much importance. /
The French losses included ons
tank but were comparatively slight
1t was stated.
There was little new information
concerning the fighting in Elan.
derS. /.
Reports described the entircAarea.
ON and in from the Flanders coast
as like a great Volcano ANDY mill
tary experts asserted that therf
had never been a battle, in all tbs
world, in which SO many men ant
machines were fighting in such
small area.
Never, they said, was it likel
that there had been such intensit
of fire and such use of destructiv
weapons to the square mile.
France had not given up hop
for its lost army, the rear guarc
far in from the channel, fighting it
way mile by bitter mile toward tn
coast--to meet, il they got there
merclless rain of bombs and ma
chine gun bullets from German
planes sweeping the entire shore
line.
Two divisions it was now beliey
ed had fought their way through
the Allies had succeeded. it wa
now known, III opening the Use
river sluices and flooding the are:
IN from Nieuport. They held tn,
User river line. 1t was known Mia
they had succeeded in flooding al
area south and southeast of Dun
kirk, to hold off any attack from
the German channel wedge side.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
sLOVE, COURTSHlP
AND MARRIAGE
BY Ernest X. and Gladys II. Groves
Noted Authorities on Marriage
Relations

VIZ the honeymoon? Whatever
Purpose Il once served whether as
a breathing spell for the cave man
"Ao had dragged his woman away
from h"r kin. or TO draw attention
70 the fact that now this woman
belOn8s 10 this man today the
AgnegmOon exists for The sake OF
the honeymoOnerS.
To be cut off from their friends
AID their regular work or play
for an indefinite time is supposed
~ help them 10 make the most of
fAnlr new opportunity.
Somc forget the purpose of the
h5neHmoOn and think of it as a
RI aace - impress their acquain-
14fcr WITH i honeymoon trip MOI"
es.JrhaI@r tfan they can afford.
Oiae, iot2rt HAT ordinarily busy
people often iHd Il long vaca-
f9n bGsn9
a hort and simple honeymoon
aheh l. also inexpensive, is the
Gne uost apt 10 serve the couple
Il means Of getting acquainted
. Z l.'bitl ~ i'JilIIli iIItAi vi '-thSit
others COMPANY Anything very
ambitions IL the way Of a honey
moon j. liable IA end in the dol
drum
II would probably be easier for
'hc couple 10 take a long honey.
moon trip after many years OF
marriage tiIan 10 take a long one
al the YER beginning when they
fo rot get have much in COM
mon
Their presIa1. interest in court
IMP has Lad 70 change its form.
Low 'nai The? have won each other.
II TIC are kecn though, they will
Ernp The essrncr of courtShip, until
'tetr nr@ taas as husband and
wife fit them like an old coat.
The sircamlincd honeymoon, free
from uFelc.s how. IS the one that
"r', IL honcymoOnrrs somewhere.
HaIeNed oi everyday disturbances,
'he conple learn 10 know each
Gfhcl a husband and wife and
b0Id q Foundation for lasting toll
rance and cooperation.
NEXT: Getting Used to Each
Other
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Mysterious Nazi
Made Prisoner

LONDON, May 31-1UP) = A
German officer prisoner wearing a
steel helmet and field boots, ar
rived late yesterday at Victoria rail
road station here under escort OF
. British officer, and was met by
officers and military policemen.
Authorities refused to identify thc
officer or give his rank.
1t was naturally indicated that
the German officer was one of high
rank. British authorities We're ask
ed whether he might be an emisSary.
1t was said that he was not but
was definitely a prisoner.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
MOTOR co. EMPLOYEES
PICNIC IN MOUNTAINS

Haas Brothers Motor company
employees of Ell Centro. BraWley.
and CalexicO spent Memorial day
at Jacumba.
They had a barbccucd dinner and
a program of sports rnliVened the
day. The sales department Vol II
softball game 10 to 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
E. I o. CLEAVAGE OVER
MAY GROW

in all the world. ana ntilSt No'iiu
be undisputed lord of the seas.
10. CLEAVAGE OVER
COMMUNISTS MAY GROW
Martin Dies demand that John
7 Lewis make known there Is no
nlace on American soil for agents et
foreign powers by Kidding the {
I. o. of Communists hehlish:S Il
sharp cleavage that has been de
yeloping within the {. l. .. ever
since last fall.
This cleavage has not come ID
an open break, and na} not da 80.
Further, il is concerned with other
issues in addition to the question
of Communism. But II has oeeoEle
cf increasing concern To friends o!
the labor movement. and with tue
present emphasis on fifth column
perils it is likely to become W1ler
rather than narrower
IN effect the c. l o. toda, Is
divided into two groups. One i
headed by Lewis himself; the otner
BY Sidney Hillman. head OF the
Amalgamated Clothine WORKER.
The Hillman faction wants 10
purge Communists from the c. /
o. but Lewis has successfully fe-
listed.
II is easy 10 miseonsinle Lewis
position. He certainly is no Gem
munist nor is he rs Is sometimes
loosely asserted under Cammamst
domination"
Some oi his recent PRONE aEe :
ments ON ISOLATION lii" My Dead
ands the need fol co~ept ration
among all left Wlnp emDa mas
ilbe with the party I'm. vet fl>
friends say L"WIs stands where h'
always did and that il is the Com
munists who are following his line
not vice versa. But in any case, tht
practical effect Is that the c. |. O
leaders who are fighting the Com
munists and the party line are, At
the moment. fighting Lewis also.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
British Soy Larse Force
Escaping Flanders TroP
DON. MAY 3l=tUPD-Britishf I.

/ lONDON, May 3l-tUP)-BrltlSh'
military quarters said today that
large numbers" of British and
French troops were escaping the
German trap in Flanders that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

WASHINGTON, May 3l.-A nice.
gloomy note for the Taxpayer in
connection with the preparedness
program is the fact battleships are
zong 10 be even more expensive
# lhey are actually to be made
alplane-p proof along the lines sug-
eeSted by Secretary of the Navy
Edison.
Naval experts have figured t
would take 4 protective she'll OF T.
neh armor plate to render 5attle-
ship inyulnerable to the latest type
Of pound bomb. Not only viii
that kind of sheathing be eXpen-
size. but applying ii is standa1d q
thlnn would practically mean start
ng from scratch and building 4
lor of new vessels. Existing SHIPS
uist couldn't carry the weight.
That. in turn. would mean bat
tleships much larger than any now
in existence Some navy people are
talking about ships Of U9OOO oi
10000 tons. at costs estimated
around SIPS 600 apiece
FXistins craft could be given
shields that would protect them
adequately from small bomb and
that would cut down casualties
from flvirg splinters and stray bifs
of eear But these couldn't. LAY
the experts. get 100 per cent pio-
cotton
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
PIG RATTLESHIpS
CQOD NEWS"

.Iast to show you the seal, IN
which some people are Hiewin2 Tue
defense program for the next dec
aa,ir II Is being argued III some
uuarters thai these Sl25O0O 000-
,l4fle-backed battle wagons ae-
tIalh come under the head OF
ssod news for the American people.
The argument goes like this: no.
boay ON earth could afford to build
tins kind of ship except Uncle
Sum. |, might also break him. but
le could do it and since nobody
elSe could. he would presently have
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Thoughts For The Day

Ye have heard that it was said BY them Of old time
Thou shalt not kill and whosoeyer shall Kill shall ef
danger of the Observation-Disclosures 5s21
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
MEMBER

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
nj Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pun
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Famous Sayings

Murder itself is past all eXpation the greatest crime
which nature doth abhor-Goffe.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

the only airplane- proof battle ileel
in all the world. and hence would
hp nndiSputed lord of the seas.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-31

NEXT: Getting Used 10 Each
Other.