davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-25
Baltimore Mail Bag
McCURDY FLAYED BY
CITY AL LEADERS

BALTrM0RF Nj Ar,u ~
Long Smoulderius rcScntmcn
against the bureaucratic method
OF Joseph p. McCurdy. presids Il
and official Of 4 host Of AFL OF
gani2ationS and "full time" mem
her Of the Maryland Uncmploy
mcnt Commission at S. 600 pc
year burst into the open here las
week when presidents busincs.
agents and leaders OF AFL d.liliu;.
cd local Unions fla;v Icpudlatcc
Mccurdy's endorsement % How
ard Bruce
The protest, came from Official.
81 Unions who had either son,
nj record 10 ,ias nsat.a, d. had
endorsed tho tncumbeu' Senator
George L Radcliffe fns sc-f.es-
tion
I.Ongsliurcmcn
The muttcrings OF last week !o.-
lowed earlier protests from the
powerful Longshorcmcn Local
unions and a series of letters O!
complaint published III The BAiu
more daily press
Clark Ellis. president of the
Baltimore Building Trades
Council was the most emphatic
of the latest AL heads III re-
welt against McCurdy. The
Trades Council has taken no
action on cndOrsin: either can
didatc" Ellis ted reporters.
"and speaking as an AFL dcl.-
gate. I intend 10 demand an
explanation Of Mr. McCurdy's
action when the Maryland and
District of Columbia Federation
Of Labor holds its annual Con.
yenti0n."
Unfortunately" added Ellis
"thc Convention will not b. held
until May 18th. after the Fri
mary is over"
Joe Gets Left
Thomas j. Hcaly. vino PRESTIGE
at the protest mceting Was ais,
very vocal about McCu.as aI
ton in endorsing Bruce
Healy is business asln, fer ,h-
Freight Drivers and Hclpg.s luc
he said "McCurdy was spcaS.n
for Mccurdy and no, tor tn.
workers. He consulted noaodr ii
my organization The rank and
file speaks for Us
The Milk Drivers lcca! repre-
sentative also rcpudiatcd The Mo
Curly endorsement
Joe's cup OF src! vas n..ca &c
overlooking when thr ;oAoWmq
AFL Locals not only repud.aice
him but actually voted endorse
ments OF Senator Radcliffe Il;
membership meeting
international Brotherhood cf
B0ilermakerS. Iron Shipbuii,lcrs.
Helpers and WcldcrS OF Amer
lea. Lodge No. 99i
United Licensed Officers. BAL
timorc Local.
The Baltimore District Coun-
Gil Of tho International .loI
Carriers. Building ard Common
LaborcrS Urion Of America.
Iiod Carriers Local Of Cam
bridge. Maryland and locals at
Annapolis and fiasc-Stown.
Governor Concerned
Reliable information eomes iAa.
the O'conor- Bruce alllanu IL
deeply concerned al tho inability
of Unemployment Board Mcmoe.
McCurdy to deliver the LABOR yo:e
The Governor has named No
Curly TO a six years tenure on
the Board. Never a week passes
but that complaints arise over the
appointment and the flou;lng Of
the law which requires MccGgdy
full time services to the State
Show down date is Ma" 18th II
the state Convention ana were;
Is that ALL delegates have pre-
pared a vote of censurc upon Nc
curdy's Job holding Some Q: these
delegates say that the pressure is
so strong that McCugdy IS trying
to quietly get out Of the State
Presidency in order to appeasc his
political bosses IN the Jam The,
ind themselycs.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
PIT. A. Holds Fair Fridoy

The Petworth Parent Teacher As
sociation will hold country fair"
Friday at z pm. Pupils from the
school are making booths from which
various things will be sold.
Evening star., 1940-04-17

table showed that 1,743 came from
the District of Columbia, 1.788 from
Virginia and 1854 from Maryland.
New York had most with 4,199 and
Delaware fewest with 10l. All told,
about 125 900 to 10000 workers at
present are subject to the bill.
Mrs. Rogers, who opposed the bill
ir the House, said she felt that 1t
Disseminated against applicants for
Government employment who had
taken civil service examinations,
and are being passed over for jobs.
She said there are about 1000 900
in this position.
Emphasizing her support for civil
service, Mrs. Rogers added that
when I had postmasters to ap-
point" she always took the candi-
date ranking highest In examina-
tion.
Answers Opposition.
Col. Harrington undertook to an
swer the opposition that has been
registered in Congress against bring
ing w. P. A. workers under civil
service, declaring that 1t would not
tend to load up the Government
with unneeded workers. He said
that Congress alone could say how
long the works program would be
continued, and therefore controlled
the tenure of the administrative
force.
In response to question from Sen
ator Mead, Democrat, of New York,
Col. Harrington emphasized his be-
lief that the employment situation
indicated that in some form or other
the works program would have to be
continued IS or 10 years.
Col. Harrington praised his staff
and said that the feeling they are
being Disseminated against by the
civil service ban "engenders sense
of injustice that is very destructive
to morale"
A. J. Sarre. personnel director for
P. w. A.. joined Col. Clark in asking
that furloughed employees get
chance to qualify for the benefits
of the bill.
E. Claude Babcock, president of
the Federal Personnel Association,
said that he favored dismissals on
the basis of seniority instead of
efficiency if thousands of employees
who were appointed for elements
other than capability" are to get
civil service status. and come into
competition with employees who were
appointed by competitive examina-
ton.
The hearing was adjourned until
Friday.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Program to Aid Refugee
Children Is Pushed

An intensified international pro-
gram to aid refugee children of bel
ligerent European nations will be
carried out by the 5000 900 members
Of the Junior Red Cross, in CO.
operation with school ofiicials
throughout the country, 1t was an
nounced yesterday after q meeting
of Red Cross officials and educators
at the national headquarters here.
The program is designed as an
adjunct to normal American Red
Cross war relief operations now
reaching youth of war affected ma
tions. 1t calls for increased support
and use of the National Children's
Fund, Junior Red Cross reserve
established In 1920 to provide relief
after the World War.
A committee, headed by Carroll
Reed of Minneapolis, president OF
the American ASsociatio of School
Administrators, met with Vice Chair
man James L. Fieser of . the Red
Cross and Livingston Blair. acting
director of the Junior Red Cross, to
prepare an action program to be
presented to the Junior Red Cross
national convention here May 6 to s.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Civil Rights Conference
Set for Week End

The Washington Committee for
Democratic action today announced
two-day Washington Conference
on Civil Rights Saturday and Sum-
day, at the Washington Hotel.
Merle D. Vincent, president of the
Sponsoring Committee, said that
civil liberties in the District and the
Nation as a whole would be dis
cussed at the sessions, which are to
begin Saturday at 2 pm. with a
forum on Civil Rights and Labor. !"
Speakers will include Representative
John M. Coffee Of Washington, Lee
Pressman, general counsel of the C.
I. O., and James B. Carey, secretary
of the c. I. o.
Others to participate include Rep
resentative Joseph Gavagan of New
York, Prof. Robert K. Speer, New
York University; Charles Houston,
general counsel for the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People; Morris Watson, vice
president Of the American News
paper Guild, and Ned Dearborn,
member of the Executive Committee,
American Committee for Democracy
and Intellectual Freedom.
A session on Civil Rights and the
Negro" will be held at pm, Sat-
urday, and at 10 am. Sunday, the
conference will discuss civil Rights
and Minority Groups"
Sponsors of the conference in
clude Senator James Murray of
Montana, Representative Vito Mar
cantonio Of New York, the Rev.
Theodore o. Wedel, Kenneth Craw-
ford, Gardiner jackson and Mrs. M.
O. Lorenz.
Evening star., 1940-04-17

and the right to vote for President
and Vice President is very near to
the hearts Of all our people-cit-
izens associations, labor and wom-
ems organizations. We feel that to
set up election machinery at this
time, with the conventions only a
few months away, would not appeal
to the people sufficiently to have
them 60 to the polls"
The psychological effect on men,
bers Of Congress would be harmful
to the cause of national representa-
ton, If in the short time available,
the people did not turn out for the
proposed primary, Mr.. Tucker pre-
dicted.
The people of the District have
been without political rights so long
they are not politically minded. Mr.
Tucker said, adding that many
Washingtonians do not indicate
whether they are Republicans or
Democrats.
Four Years to Act.
Stressing the fact that national
representation is the important goal,
Mr.. Tucker pointed out that the
proposed primary election would be
held only once in four years, and if
the pending bill is postponed for
the time being Congress would have
four years in which to take action
on the national representation pro-
posal.
Assuming this bill passes, and all
the people who want suffrage turn
out at the primary, what would be
the effect?" inquired Senator Austin,
Republican, of Vermont, chairman.
Mr.. Tucker said that would be 4
good thing, but he feared 1t would
not happen.
Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas, author of the primary bill,
who also is sponsoring the joint
resolution for national representa-
ton, disagreed with Mr.. Tucker s
prediction.
Chairman Austin announced the
subcommittee would continue the
hearings this afternoon.
When the subcommittee recon-
vened at l O'Clock no further wit.
nesses appeared and Chairman Aus
tin adjourned the meeting. He
said another meeting will b called
before the hearings are closed.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Red and Blue Troops
End First Phase Of
'StreamIined' Games
Second Test Of Mobile
Corps to Get Under
Way Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT BENN1NG, Ga, April IT,
Records of Red and Blue troops in
the Nations first streamlined corps
maneuvers were wiped from the
huge headquarters control maps to-
day for the second phase OF war
games, employing $4,000 troops.
Even as these maps were made
ready for a new campaign, brief
respite in base camps overnight re-
freshed men after 48 hours of pup
tent and sandwich life in the field.
They streamed into quarters late
yesterday with weapons and equip
ment in the motor vehicles which
gave to initial exercises Of the 4th
Corps and a provisional opposition
force mobility never before at
tanned on such 4 scale In the United
States Army.
A fresh test is starting tomorrow,
the second In a series OF four. Even
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Taft Says States
Should Administer
Relief With U. 5. Aid
Operating Engineers
Told Federal Shore
Should Be About 66%

Senator Taft Of Ohio declared
today that relief should be ad-
ministered locally In each State
with q substantial Federal grant
amounting perhaps to two-thirds
of the total cost Of all work relief
s.d direct relief"
The Republican presidential as
pirant, speaking at the closing ses-
sion OF the International Union of
Operating Engineers. an A. F. of l..
afnliate, at the Raleigh Hotel, said
that present methods of adminis-
tering the w. p. A. have little
relation to relief"
Projects are undertaken" he
said, where no relief is really
needed. In other communities
where excessive unemployment or
unusual poverty prevails, w. P. A.
is inadequate and throws back on
local communities with inadequate
tax resources burden they cannot
bear"
Calling the engineers attention
to a w. p. A. general letter issued
April l, Suggesting that local spon-
sors require contractors to use
w. P. A. labor" Senator Taft de-
clared this may take care of the
contractor, but it does not take care
of the regular labor union member" !"
Costs Taxpayers More.
Gas matter of fact" he said" F"
I do not thing the contractors will
be pleased with this provision. Un-
fortunately, 1t will attract some sup
port from the local governments
because the cost to the local spon-
sor would be less since the Federal
government pays for the w. P. A.
labor. Nevertheless, the total cost
to the taxpayer will be greater in
the end, and I think even the con-
tractors would prefer to have their
regular labor and get the job done
quicker"
He said the same object for use
OF relief labor appeared in President
Roosevelts proposal for Federal con-
struction Of so hospitals throughout
the United States which would be
leased to cities and counties.
The bill, now before the Education
and Labor Committee of the Senate
expressly provided that these be
constructed by the Federal Works
Agency and it is contemplated that
1t be constructed with w. P. A. labor
although power is given to let con-
tracts, and perhaps some of the me-
chanical branches will be contract
ed" he added.
TOO Expensive"
Experience in England and in this
country, he declared, show that at
tempts to meet the whole relief
problem by public works is far too
expensive to be permanent or even
effective" he said. 1T is much
better to adopt public works pro-
gram on its own merits and let it be
handled by contract: then handle
the remaining unemployment on a
relief basis. Relief must not become
an end in itself.
II believe that prosperity can be
brought about, but only by the en-
couraeement of private industry. II
money is invested in a government
building, 1t gives jobs while it is
being constructed, but never again.
No matter what party comes into
power next year, he asserted relief
will be continued"
Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York declared members of Congress
cannot be satisfied with balancing
the budget and freezing the debt
limit because unemployment would
be increased.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
New Tags Delayed,
Fredericksburg
Police Use Toxjs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va,
April 1.-THE Fredericksburg
Police Department resorted to
taxicabs when the deadline for
1899 automobile license tags
caught the officials without a
new plate for their Cruiser"
car.
Chief of Police s. B. Perry
explained that the tags are
given by the State for CITY,
owned vehicles, and that they
are sent each year from Rich
mond. Licenses arrived on time
for other vehicles, he said, but
none for the police car.
Evening star., 1940-04-17

cate contemplated plans Of unit
commanders; on the other the re-.
suit Of the attempt at execution
Four onhcers, telephone clerks
stenographers and draughtsmen
labor to piece together fragmentary
reports. Theater seats are pro-
vided for observers.
Final reports yesterday left both
the Reds and Blues In tactical posi-
tions which officers regarded as
good, but neither had fully accomp-
nshed the mission Of winning" high
ground south OF Upatoi Creek.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Copper
Continued From First Page.)


by Mr.. Mondell that James c. Wilkes,
Republican State chairman for the
District, was authorized at last
nights meeting to re-deflne the
boundaries of the 43 precincts into
which the Republicans divide the
city.
Passage of Bill Urged.
Earlier, Mrs. Clara Wright Smith,
who sajd she has been active in
Democratic circles, charged that a
number of persons from various
States have been elected as Dis
tricl delegates to that partyss con-
ventions in recent years. She urged
passage of the pending bill and
advocated election of bona fide
Washingtonians as delegates.
Others who testified today includ-
ed William C. Lee of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association, who
favored the principle Of the BILL but
suggested changes in detailed pro-
visions; H. L. Coleman of the North
west Citizens Council, who also in
dorsed the bill in principle.
Mr.. Mondell said he was not able
to attend last nights meeting of the
local Republican Committee because
he was not notified of it until Sum-
day and had speaking engagement.
He said the authority given the
State chairman to rearrange the
precinct boundaries "is more than a
sufficient reason for passage of this
bill"
The witness declared that if he
should decide to be candidate for
delegate he knows the present
boundaries Of his precinct, but that
1t would be possible by re-defining
the precincts Ito put me across
Rock Creek"
Held Inadvisable.
Mr.. Tucker said his association
has considered the pending question
many times and has disapproved it.
not on the merits of the bill, but on
the question of its advisability.
1--WE have been working many
years for national representation
and feel that is an American right,
Mr.. Tucker continued. This ques-
ton Of Representations In Congress
Evening star., 1940-04-17
larger scale training will follow IL
Louisiana and Texas In May.

larger scale training will follow in
Louisiana and Texas In May.
1t is in the control room, far from
the sounds Of mock conflict, that
the box scores are drawn up on the
war games. The maps, made up
from reports Of neutral control Of
ficers by courier, telephone and
wireless, provide a comprehensive
picture Of the swift thrusts and
counterthrusts.
Two identical maps, each 10 feet
by u, are tackled 70 q wall In the
control ONCE headed by Col. Ed
mund L. Gruber, veteran field artil-
lery ofncer Of the 1st Division. They
represent approximately 100 square
miles Of the United States Infantry
School reservation and the rolling
farm lands to the east.
On one are placed cards to indi-
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Dutch Sports Editor
Has Heard About
The Phi|Iies
BY the Associated Press.

~ tue ASSOClALe0 FIeSSs
HOBOKEN, N. j.. April H.
Alfred Van Sprang, 22-year-old
sports editor of the Het Vader-
land Of Rotterdam, is familiar
with the whirns and foibles
OF the Philadelphia National
League baseball club.
Arriving today on the Volen-
dam for a 6-month tour Of the
United States, Van Sprang re-
marked that mobilization in
Holland had weakened the
Netherlands football team 80
much that even Luxembourg
beat us"
THE Luxemburgers are like
your Phillies." he explained.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Joins Reserve System

RICHMOND, Va, April II R.-
The Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond advised banking institutions
in the 5th Federal Reserve District
yesterday that the Bank of Quin-
wood, Quinwood. w. Va. had been
admitted to membership in the Fed
eral Reserve System.
Evening star., 1940-04-17
Table Shows Coyeraxe.

In connection with her testimony,
Representative Rogers introduced a
table showing cross-section of the
employees to be brought under civil
service, according to their distribu-
ton by residence. Covering 57,804
employees in 10 agencies here, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
PAROLES GRANTED
TO SIX PRISONERS
George Nesbit, Serving Long
Term For Staying, Among
Persons Freed

RALEIGH, Jan. 19- R One
negro serving % IL to 80 years for
second degree murder and five
short-term prisoners were granted
paroles today by Governor Hoey.
The man serving the tern. for
murder was George Nesbit, sen.
fenced in Wake county in October,
1881. Others freed were:
William Best, sent up from Pitt
county last October to serve a year
for reckless driving; Mrs. Nancy
Barnes, convicted last Angus: in
Buncombe county of receiving stolen
property and sentenced to a year;
Jesse E. Allen, sentenced in Wake
county last December to three
months for operating an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
and without an operators license;
Lewis Davis, convicted last Novem-
Der in Durham county of operating
an automobile while intoxicated and
sentenced to 80 days; and Paul
Allen. sent up from Lenoir county
last January to serve Is months for
assault on a female.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
Economist Claims Cartel Setups
Exist Widely In United States

textile industry and in the copper
industry before the enactment OF
NRA and were put into operation
under six NRA codes.
Since NRA, he added, ARRANGE.
ments which are properly to be de.
scribed as quota cartels have made
their appearance in the refining
branch of the oil industry, in the
textile industry, in the kraft paper
industry, in the anthracite coal in
dustry and, under the authority OF
state and federal legislation, in the
production Of petroleum."
Similar arrangements, he said, ap
peared to obtain in the meat pack
ing industry, in the investment
banking business, in the glass con-
tainer industry, and in the incandes'
cent electric lamp industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
TOBACCO SEED BAN
TO Be REQUESTED
Representatives Burch And
Kerr Plan To Re-IntrOduce
Bill Next Week

WASHINGTON. Jan. 19- Up -
Representative Hlrch (D-Va) said
today he end Representative Kerr
(D-NC) would resume their efforts
to ban the export of tobacco seeds
and plants.
He said they would re.intrc6uce
their bill next week.
A similar measure was passed by
congress last year., but was vetoed.
Advocates of the measure con.
tended it was desirable for the pro.
lection OF export trade in domestic
type tobaccos. u.
President Roosevelt gave as one
Of his reasons for vetoing the bill
last year that foreign production OF
American type tobacco was not nee.
essarily dependent upon continue,
ton Of imports of American type
seed.
Burch said the President was wis.
Informed on that point, because
American type tobacco grown abroad
definitely lost its distinguishing
characteristics after two seasons
and had to be replaced with fresh
seed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
NLRB PRACTICES
AIRED AT PROBE
Investigators Are Told Case
ESnatched' From Accused
tAnti-UniOn' Examiner

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 VI -
Digging further into practices Of the
national labor relations board, house
investigators learned today that:
1. A trial examiner once changed
his own opinion and found a con-
pany guilty Of violating the art
after receiving instructions from
Washington.
2. A Gaze Uas "gnatched" away
from an examiner who was accused
of being "anti.union' and sympa-
thetic to employers.
3. On one occasion, the board
act, despite doubt Of a trial exam
iner. then reached a. compromise
settlement With the company with
put going TO court.
Thege facts were developed
through Introduction by Edmund u.
Toland, committee counsel, of let
terg between field men and Wash
ington headquarters. Nogt Of them
were to George O. Pratt, chief trial
examiner, who testified for the Gee
ond successive day.
The first CAGE related to Go
charges two years ago against the
Burgess Battery company, Madison,
Wis, involving the discharge Of q
group Of workers because Of alleged
union activities.
Joseph z. Herman, Kansas City,
the trial examiner, reported to Pratt
that, in his opinion, at least four Of
the men dismissed had Cheated" on
tally machine reports Of the num-
Der Of pieces Of steel they cut.
Pratt replied that if the real rea-
con for the digmigsalg was union
activity, the fact that the mel
committed dishonest practices"
vas not controlling.
Then Herman sent Pratt his de-
cision requiring the company to re-
ingtate three Of the five men in
VOWED and added in a. letter:
after receiving your letter, I re-
wrote the entire report. Trust that
It will meet with your approval, and
I feel that I have gone as strong
as I can for the union"
The second case related to Go
charges against Washougal Wooden
Mills, in which Trial Examiner Mad
icon Hill conducted hearings at Van
couver, Wagh., early in 1893.
After the board had received the
complaints, Nathan witt, board sec.
Rotary, suggested that the litigation
should be transferred to the board
!tself-a step taken on March 10.
After receiving one set Of reports
on Hill, Witt told Pratt that he was
then of the stronger opinion that
the Gaze enould be enatched."
Pratt testified that he reviewed
the record, found that Hill hadn't
done T. bad Job after all" and az.
signed him to another case. It wag
Eaid at the boards headquarters
that Fiji currently liz conducting a
hearng a. San joe, Calf, On
charges that the Security Ware
houae and Storage company, San
F~ranc.Gco, has violated the act.
Herman wrote Pratt several
tIneg about a. charge filed by an
ALL affiliate in October, 1885,
sgatngt the Colorado Milling and
Elevator company, Denver, Kier-
Ia gaid that ut really looks as
though there might be something
10" the company'g contention that
it digmigged two men for ingubordi-
nation, rather than for union &C.
tIvity.