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March Of Events

By BeoiAsQin De Casseres
OUT the of Coventry long golden hair
" he opened the shutter wide
- -. and shouted. Hey. Toots'
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HOWEVER. those were the
IL days of short money for
short stories. Condor thought
he was lucky if he got as much
as $50 for one of his classics.
More often he got less.
The high priced fellows OF
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to any place in the United states Canada
or MrNiEn.
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Herbert Is correct cork in bottle. Times
than onecyce engine and arguments do cool them OF
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The British aren't fighting
Hitler for our sake. They just
happened to be right under the
gun geographically. which was
their hard luck and our good
luck. but Judging by what Hitler
said the other day the only rea-
son he isn't clawing at us now
is that the British are keeping
him otherwise engaged.
ny United Features synd. Lee
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06
THE WESTERN MARYLAND VOICE OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR

Of the great interest which organized labor had
in the matter and asked John r. Jones, State
ClO head. to serve on the committee.
Well. the investigation is still proceeding
and from all reports there is adequate need Of
its efforts.
Now. when it came to naming a Chairman
to the State Industrial Accident Commission.
the Governor must have forgotten of labor s
interests in the matter because he failed to
contact labor's spokesman and seek advicel
There is no direct representative OF organ
lied labor on the State Industrial Accident
Commission in which the forces of labor are
so vitally Interested.
1t is another example OF the Governor S
complete 'forgetfuness whenever labors real
interests are concerned.
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

The people in the labor movement know
that its history is one Of continuous and un-
ending struggle to obtain its demands and pro-
tect its interests. Nothing worthwhile has ever
been handed over to the working people with
out fighting for it with courage and persistence.
Last week the persistence of the Western
Maryland Clio was rewarded when the ALE
gany County Advisory Council held its FIRST
fought to have this Council named as required
by law. 1t was not until March OF this year that
the Unemployment Compensation Board nm
ally yielded to demands.
Even then. the Council was named with
care being taken not to name chairman or
secretary or give anybody power to call the
Council to its functions. Back in the tight went
the CLIO, and as result. the Advisory Council
finally met
The ClO had several pertinent matters to
present to the members of the Council. The
fact that the Unemployment Compensation
Act was passed for the benefits Of the workers
and the unemployed workers has been lost
sight of by many who have prostituted the Act
to their personal political ambitions.
1t is very interesting also to notice that.
although the law requires Advisory Councils
in all localities. that the Allegany County Ad-
visory Council is the only one named in the
entire State of Maryland. This is another trb-
ute to the effectiveness of the ClO and monu-
ment to the utter disregard of law and the
benefits to workers practiced by the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board.
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06
Labor Forgotten

The vacancy on the State Industrial Acct
,.ent Commission has been filled by Governor
Herbert r. O'Conor. who named Baltimore
lawyer. Charles E. Maylan. to the post
There can be no doubt as to Mr.. Moylan'
lid services to the wing of the Demo-
party with which the Governor is also
ID. AS regards Mr.. Maylan's other qualih-
te;:ons we are left in the dark.
We wish to draw our readers attention to
highly significant incident. Many months ago.
the maadministration of the State Industrial
Accident Commission became public knowl-
edge. Workers who had been injured were
doing all their suffering for the benefits Of
doctors. attorneys and insurance companies.
So the Governor named an investigating
semmis.ee. In doing SO. he said that he knew
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

1t is often charged that corporation does
not have a soul and is unable to register the
human emotions of individuals.
AS a case in point look at the Celanese Cor
poration, which is enjoying the biggest and
most extortonate profit taking in its history.
The average individual, under similar cir
cumstances. would feel himself extraordinarily
fortunate. Not so with the Celanese concern.
Its workers at the Drummondve plant in
Canada are on strike for recognition OF their
Union. The Celanese Corporation is not will
ing to recognize the organized power OF the
men and has shut the plant down. depriving
the workers of their means of livelihood. in a
hope that they will be starved back to their
Jobs without the benefits of their Union.
Such action seems to be an example Of rank
i-gra;tude Of the Ceanese Corporation to-
wards its workers who have made the wonder
fully good fortune of the company possible.
It seems downright shame that Canada
does not have the benefit Of legislation such
as the Wagner Act to make arrogant corpora
tons behave with a semblance Of human de-
cency.
Local 1874. Textile Workers Union of
America, which has won such great benefits
for the workers at the local plant Of the Celan-
ese Corporation has sent messages of sympathy
and moral support to the striking Canadian
workers.
1t is wise at this time to ponder the fact
that the Celanese Corporation is forced by
law to recognize its employees organization in
the United States. That it will not willingly
give the same consideration to its Canadian
workers indicates the state Of mind OF the
Corporation and the need of the Wagner Act.
The Voice of Labor joins with Local S74
in extending good wishes to the Canadian
Celanese workers and expresses the hope that
the management will eventually show a spark
of gratitude towards those who making
their excessive and bloated profits possible.
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

where In the United States that
has not come from dilapidated
and insanitary dwelling. No
family will ever be admitted 20
any home erected under this
program unless that family
comes out Of the slums and the
family income Is so low that.
but for the USIIA. they would
be forced 20 continue 10 live in
the slums.
Labor Costs
Fourth. are construction costs
the lowest possible consistent
with sound building and with the
i; pos iis i,.ei.: 70 .Ss55o5ss .: ;a;, war,s:
The answer is that costs of CON
struction under the USHA pro-
gram average about 20 per cent
lower than other private rcsidcn-
tial construction. 1t costs 20 per
cent less. or on the average. s7O0
less to build home under the
USHA program than the average
cost OF new homes in the same
town or city. In spite OF high-gradc
specifications and payment of pre-
vailing wages, in spite of the fact
that most of the projects include
recreational facilities. costs of
construction under the USHA
program are substantially lower
than the average cost of new
home construction In every COM
munity. This Is a record of which
the local housing authorities and
the USHA may well bt proud.
Moreover. month by month. as
the USHA and local housing auth
critics and building construction
concerns learn more of mass con-
struction OF homes. costs are 60
ing lower and lower. Construction
costs. in fact. have been driven
down still further even in these
last few months in the face Of a
generally rising price level.
National Defense
Fifth. does the USHA program
aid national defense?
People constitute the very basis
of national defense. The mechan-
ical engines OF war can serve no
purpose unless they are backed By
men and women determined to
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

That figure. less than $50 a
year. does not. OF course. take
account Of savings in crime and
juvenile delinquency and pre-
ventablc fires and disease and
accidents although those saw
ings are direct and an immed-
late result OF wiping out slums
and blight.
Home for Slum
Third. does the USHA program
wipe out slums and actually re-
house only families from the
slumS?
In connection with the $4,000
new low-rent homes now being
built. there is an ironclad agree
ment for the elimination Of l45.-
600 dilapidated. insanitary dwell
ings. There is an agreement with
the city government here in Utica
for the elimination OF 2l3 unfit
slum dwellings as part Of the con-
tract with the USHA providing
for the construction Of the 2l3
new homes called Adrean Terrace.
There is such a contract between
the locality and the USHA in each
of the nearly 200 cities. towns. and
villages. where the program is
now under way. This is slum clear
ance. This spells the doom of the
slums.
Moreover. only families that
come from bad housing are ad-
mittcd TO the new housing prof.
ects. Not one family Is living
in USHA- aided project any
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

protect their homes and able. be-
cause OF strong bodies and sound
minds. effectively to carry out
that determination
There is need in Europe Of a
miracle. magic bullet to end
the war. In America. we have
forged magic bullet that Is win
ming another war. II is the war
against the slums and the magic
bullet is the USHA.
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

United States Housing Admini
New York. Z
This gathering. to celebrate the
dedication of Adrean Terrace. is
a good occasion to survey public
housing in this country in its
broader aspects. The USHA pro-
gram has been in operation for
more than two years.
Public housing projects are un-
der way in nearly 200 cities. towns.
and villages. Just $1,000 new
homes are completed or are now
under construction. About 5000
more new homes are being added
to this number every m on t h.
Month by month. all over the
country. more families are moving
into sunny and healthful and safe
low-rent homes. erected under the
USHA program.
How far have we come in the
time since November. 1887? What
are our accomplishments? Does
the program justify the cost in
Treasury dollars and human en-
ergy that have gone into It?
l think it may help lis to a
clearer bird's-eye view of the slum
clearance movement in this coun-
try If we turn our backs for mo-
ment on all that has been done
and try to imagine the slate wiped
clean. II there were no United
States Housing Act. what kind OF
( law would we want TO have the
Congress enact? What are tn e
aims for which you and l would
want the Congress 20 strive in
writing Public Housing Act?
What are the ends which an ideal
housing program should achieve?
/ have asked myself these ques-
tions and it seems to me that an
( ideal housing program woul d
achieve five definite results. A
public housing program must meet
these five tests. If 1t is to be judged
4 success. They are.
/. Stimulate business and in
dustry.
2. Operate at minimum cost
to the taxpayer.
3. Wipe out slums and re-
house only families from the
slums.
4. Provide for construction at
the lowest possible cost consis.
tent with payment of fair wages.
). Aid national defense.
Those are the aims which an
ideal housing program should d
achieve. Those are the aims which
are achieved today oy the United
States Housing Authority program.
Measured by each of these five
tests. the public housing program
OF the United States Housing Au-
thority is today a demonstrated
success.
Let me be specific.
Private Industry
First. does the program stimu-
late private business?
The answer is that the public
housing program is private busi-
ness. The sites are selected by pri-
vate appraisers. The land Is as
sembled by private real estate
men. The projects are designed
by private architects and engin-
GERS. The houses are built by pri-
vate construction concerns. From
beginning to end. the public hous-
ing program is carried out by pri-
vate business employing labor
paid regular prevailing wages.
Moreover. business enjoys not
only these direct benefits. TIL Q
butcher. the grocer, the druG
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06

store. the radio store. the clothing
dealer-and others-all feel the
lift of having more employed peo-
pie in the community.
Yet even this is not all because
home construction for other fami-
lies. families of higher income. Is
always stimulated BY clearing out
areas of blight and decay.
Construction Of homes for profit
by private business takes place in
the neighborhood OF all public c
housing projects. You will see II
here in Utica, as l have seen II in
every community in the country
into which the USHA program has
entered. Public housing is always
the forerunner of a boom in pri-
vate building.
The Taxpayer
Second. does the slum clearance
program operate at minimum cost
to the taxpayer?
The cost of the USliA slum
clearance program TO the tax
payer Is the cost Of the annual
subsidies paid by the Govern.
ment to keep down rents. Aside
from the administrative expense
of the United States Housing
Authority itself. those subsidies
represent the whole cost to the
Government, the only cost TO
the taxpayer. OF course. The
USHA also lends TO local hOus-
ing authorities part of the funds
for building the housing prof.
ects. Part of those funds for
building the housing projects are
borrowed by the local authority
from banks and insurance com.
panies and private investors.
But wherever these funds may
be borrowed. they will all be
fully repaid with interest. The
fact that investors and financial
! institutions are SO eager ia in
vest in these housing projects is
perhaps the best evidence that
the investment In this public
housing constitutes sound. fully
repayable loans. These fully re-
payable loans TO aid in financing
the public housing program do
not. will not. can not ever enter
into the federal budget.
The federal budget fiscal year
runs from July to June 80. Fo
the fiscal year l94i. which begin
on next July !. budget has jus
been adopted by the Congress
How much is provided for tn
USHA program? Probably 20,
have heard whispers of the bill
lions which the program is cost
ing.
But the Congress has appro
priated only ten million dollar
for subsidies and that will bt
aside from the USHA admins
trative expense. the maximum
total cost to the taxpayer Of tn
slum clearance and rehousin
program for next year. On tn
other hand. about $50 100000 O
new construction will be beguI
every month for the next year b
the USHA, all OF which will b
spent In the regular channels Q
private industry.
The net cost TO the federal
government Of rehousing one
human being from the slums
In a new sanitary home Is less
than $50 a year. That Is the
significant and important A.
gure to remember In connec-
tion with the USHA program.
The voice of labor., 1940-06-06
Straus Quotes USHA Facts
AIN. Y. Opening Ceremonies
Says Private Business, Taxpayers, Labor
And Slum Dwellers All Benefit

view of the local interest labor and other community forces the United States
Housing Adnhtrr opening Of the Adn Terrace project Unie
Evening star., 1940-10-18

see II any links with the six shoot
ings-two were not fatal-of colored
men could be established.
Police said they are mot optimis-
tic" over the possibilities of this
man, who is white, but that his
description bears some Similarities
to that given by companions of the
snipers victims. Also there are GER
tain incidents" in the background
of the patient which have aroused
police suspicion.
Walter Thomas, colored, 20, of 7O8
Third street Sc, reported that a
man fired two shots from behind
him last night while he was walking
near the Virginia avenue viaduct.
Police, however, are attaching little
significance to this report.
Meanwhile, from Foggy Bottom
down to the Southwest section a
great quiet has pervaded the streets
fer the past week.
I've never seen such peace" said
Capt. Storm, who Is attached to the
Third Precinct Station This snip
er's gotten every one so scared that
they're of the streets long before
midnight"
Capt. Storm has ordered special
care to be taken to lock all police
call boxes in his precinct after some
one had called in early yesterday
from a box at Fifteenth and M
Evening star., 1940-10-18

all afraid to talk. That's why all
these things have been going on
for so long"
Senator Hill and his colleague,
Senator Reed, Republican, of Kan
sas, tried to discover what Mrs.
Husack was afraid Of, but she was
as vague as she was frightened.
Told to Keep Still"
THE precinct captain tells us to
keep still. I'm afraid Of what's
going to happen to me if don't"
She was excused, but Senator Hill
said that if her information was
deemed vital she would be recalled.
H. G. Lannon's, businessman and
volunteer canvaSSer, said:
Il found lot of things I didn t
think could exist in America" he
said. "A spirit of terrorism exists in
the wards and precincts-a fear of
they"
F. w. Lamb, another volunteer
civic worker, testified that he talked
with a man who boasted of having
voted six times in the previous elec-
ton and being paid SO for each vote
Two Got $40 for Votes.
Mrs. Marion E. Force, club
woman who said she had worked on
election boards for 81 years, testified
two Of her neigfbors told her they
received $40 for their votes in the
mayoralty election of February, 1889
Evening star., 1940-10-18
New Dealers Tried
Rural 'Shakedowns,'
McNary Charges
Warns Thot City-Form
Machines Might Re-eIect
Roosevelt Many Times
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEDALIA, Mo, Oct. Ex-senator
Charles L. McNary charged today
that Jealous third-term partisans
had attempted to shake down town.
ship GA A Al committees and
exclaimed the prospect of
rural Tammany-type organizations
s'' is frightening.
Saying the New Deal was silent
both on vanishing world markets
for the Nations agricultural prod
ucts and "the widespread attempt to
use the farm program machinery for
campaign ends" the Republican
vice presidential nominee asserted
In a prepared political speech:
Everywhere else you hear that
partisan interests are seeking to
prostitute the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act and soil conservation set
ups.
Bureaucracy a Temptation"
II understand that in Missouri
f1agrant examples have come to
ISlll. lIldt ollC Vi lllC NAdiiS1i a,
of regimentation; one reason why
Americans instinctively fight shy OF
ceding power to a government. You
create a bureaucracy and the party
in power is sorely tempted to use it
for it's own perpetuation.
Here you have a Department OF
Agriculture enormously expanded
$~ oicto a ffairS nf
six and a half million farm FAM
lilies. The departments pay roll
numbers $4,000 employees. 1t reaches
into every township. '"'
"Mr. Roosevelt, defying tradition
is candidate for third term
Such a candidacy bespeaks a GER
tain cynicism. He depends upon
the loyal support of big city political
machines-the Tammanys of New
York, Chicago, Jersey City. Mem
phis and other cities in which the
behavior of the leaders has not been
so adequately publicized.
Suppose he were to add to that
q Tammany-type organization, ex-
listing on patronage and able to
threaten retaliation in each town.
ship?
CHARGES "Shake-Down" Attempts.
"The combination Of city and
rural machines might easily re-elect
Mr.. Roosevelt, not once more, but
as long as he held the power of the
purse and his ambition and vigor
held out.
The prospect is frightening.
'I am sure that if Mr.. Wallace
knew that Jealous thirdterm parti-
sans had attempted to shake down
township committees, he would be
the first to denounce them. - We
want no township Tammanys.'
The Oregon Senator said his
Democratic rival, Henry A. Wallace
In telling farmers how much Fed
eral money they had received from
his A. A. A. program had omitted
telling them of what they had been
deprived.
He neglects to remind the wheat
pork and cotton producer of his
vanishing world markets. He ignores
farm prices, which remain in sub
stantially the same range as in 1888
He says nothing about the noun
famous surpluses piled in ware
houses from coast to coast.
"F1lndamentally the New Deal
Evening star., 1940-10-18
De Mile to Study Offer
Of CHICAGO Movie Site
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18.-Chicago,
where movies were being made 80
years and more ago, wants to get
back into the business.
Producer Cecil B. De Mile plans
to stop off when he goes East next
week to inquire into Mayor Edward
j. Kelly's invitation to move his
studio there. Mr.. De Mile said
Mayor Kelly offered 81 acres free
of charge and the support of the
State Street Council of Merchants.
Chicago's Essanay Studios were
among the country's earliest, but
established Hollywood companies
have shown little enthusiasm in re-
cent years to proposals that they
locate in New York, Florida and
elsewhere.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

and its Observation-Disclosures that
the American economy, the Ameri-
can system, was running down.
They honestly thought that there
were no more undeveloped markets,
at home or abroad.
1--WE dispute that. The crusade to
restore America to it's pioneering
vitality, so ably led by Wendell
Willkie, insists that our future lies
ahead.
I'VE demand the restoration of the
American farmer to his once proud
estate as an independent producer,
dealing directly with his markets; {;
exercising his own judgment about
when and how much to plant, about
when and how to SELL"
Evening star., 1940-10-18

streets NV. and said, II am the
sniper." A squad car, which was a
block from the box at the time, sped
to the scene but found no one
around and the box locked.
Maj. Brown and other police Of
flcers will address a special mass
meeting at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
Liberty Baptist Church, Twenty
third and H streets NV. Purpose Of
the meeting is to find out what steps
the police are taking to trap the
gunman, believed to be a maniac.
He has shot all of his victims by
sneaking up behind them and TAX
ing pOint-blank aim.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

She said she knew of instances tn
which 81, So, s6 and SIS had been
paid for other votes.
Mrs. Harriet NJ Robertson, presi-
dent of the Woman's Civic Council,
said that from her investigations she
was convinced there were 10000
names illegally placed on current
polling lists.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
10 Planes Requisitioned
For Army, Soyre Says

BN the Associated Press.
MANILA, Oct. 18.-High Com
missioner Francis B. Sayre said to-
day that 10 Americana made light
dive bombing planes halted here
en- route to Thailand (Siam, def
nitely had been requisitioned by the
United States for defense purposes.
Mr.. Sayre said he did not know
whether the bombers, which were
detained when the State Depart
ment revoked the export license
would be kept In the Philippines
or returned to the United States.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Frightened Woman
Refuses 10 Testify
On Election Frauds
Tells Senate Investigators
Chicago Precinct Captain
Enforces Silence
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.-Trembling
and biting her lips, a frightened
housewife yesterday refused to tes-
tify before a Senate subcommittee
investigating charges Of election
frauds in Chicago unless guaranteed
that her identity would remain
secret.
Senator Hill, Democrat, Of Ala
bama, chairman of the subcommit-
tee, said he could not promise her
that protection, since the law under
which the inquiry was authorized
provided for public hearings.
Then please don't ask me to tes-
tify," said Mrs. Josephine Husack.
Nobody knows I'm here. We are