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Evening star., 1941-08-31
Labor Rounds Out Year Of Many Gains,
Topped by Ford Motor Unionizotion

and Ford collected all dues and as
sessments by pay roll checkoff.
Lewis Remains a Power.
The passing of Mr.. Lewis from
the presidency of c. I. o. provided
some richly dramatic moments for
labor, industry and Government; but
as president of the strongly Or
ganized United Mine Workers, he
remains a power in c. I. O., and
some think he may again return to
its leadership.
He demonstrated his strength in
the spring and early summer by
forcing the soft coal producers to
capitulate on new contract pro-
viding not only wage increases of
more than 81 day, but eliminating
wage differential between North
ern and Southern mines on day labor
rates.
Under his successor, Philip Muir
ray, c. I. o. has had one of its most
active years since 1t was founded
in 1885. although it was beset by
internal struggles and divisions over
PClCOliolSIlto dlll pOlANACO.
The American Federation of La
Dor likewise rolled up new men,
bership and wage gains in the year
since last Labor Day, especially in
the construction field, metal manu-
| featuring industries, aircraft and
shipbuilding.
Its six-year-old war with c. I. o.
In fields where the rival groups
tread on each others domain, pro-
duced one of the years major strikes
at the Army's Wright Field in Day.
ton, Ohio, where construction was
under way on a new wind tunnel
for testing airplane motors.
United States Warns of Action.
For days A. F. L. building trades
refused to work on the project be-
cause some electrical installation
work was let out to a contractor
employing c. I. O. labor.
The Wright Field conflict was
eventually settled, but not until the
Government let it be known that II
would step in and take over the
job with civil service help.
Organized labor turns the corner
into another year with many Of
its problems still unsettled, ano
perhaps many more still to arise
and confront the men who run Ia
Dor and the men who administer
the Governments labor policies.
The upward trend in prices anc
the cost of living has created q
continuing wage problem unless
prices are halted by a Government
fixed ceiling.
All there remains unsolved labor's
demand for greater voice in the
defense councils and in the snap
ing OF conditions under which some
$1,000, 900 wage earners must work
Evening star., 1941-08-31
New Anti-PIune Weapon
Reported by British

DURHAM. England, Aug. 30.-A.
v. Alexander, First Lord of the ad-
miralty, stressed increased anti
aircraft gunpowder aboard merchant
ships in Britain's service and cited
underlined "other means of dealing
with air attacks" at sea in express
sing a rising confidence here today
in the outcome Of the battle of the
Atlantic.
Almost all Allied merchant ships,
he said in a speech, have had anti
aircraft equipment doubled or
tripled, and a great number also
carry military gun crews.
I'VE have other means of dealing
with air attacks on merchant ship
ping which I believe are going to be
successful" Alexander said, "but
about them I cannot speak"
Evening star., 1941-08-31

themselves busy on two fronts
fighting for wages and working con-
tracts on the industrial front and
battling against the threats of legis-
lstive curbs on their activities in
spired by congressional criticism of
strikes.
In an effort to cope with the un,
rest and the costly tieups in the
defense factories, the administration
set up an emergency board-the Ma
tional Defense Mediation Board
as a public tribunal to mediate labor
conflicts that failed to yield to
ordinary conciliation efforts.
Washington soon became crowded
with employers and unionists wait
ing their turn for a hearing either
before the board or before panels Of
conciliators organized by the Labor
Department
Labor conflicts in the biggest and
the smallest of industrial plants
autos, steel, coal, aircraft, ship
building, aluminium, munitions -
were funneled into the Capital day
and night.
And few of them were settled as
eesily as the case where an en-
ployer and his employees met on a
Washington bound train and solved
their troubles in a Pullman car con-
ference.
The increase of the wage structure
in recent months was highighted
by brief public announcement by
Ernest T. Weir, head man of Ma
| tional Steel Co. and its subsidiaries,
which started an epidemic of wage
boosting.
Rush of Wages Increases.
While U. S. Steel was debating a
10-cent-an-hour wage increase re-
quested by C. I. O's Steel Workers
Organizing Committee under threat
of strike, Mr.. Weir gave his en-
ployes an advance of 10 cents and
the rush was on to get aboard the
10-cent-an-hour bandwagon.
Government conciliators moving
about the country from one trouble
spot to another suddenly discovered
that the demand for 10 cents an
hour had broken out like a rash.
The unionization of the Ford Mo-
tor Co. was C. I. O.s No. / triumph
OF the year, and it hopes to add to
its victory string soon by obtaining
collective bargaining contracts with
the little steel" group-Bethlehem
Republic, Inland and Youngstown
Sheet & Tube.
Mr.. Ford capitulated after C. 10
had waged a four-year battle to
unionize Ford plants. In II days
OF conferences the two sides worked
out an agreement under which c. I
O,s Auto Workers Union was pro-
tected by union shop contract
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Bible CIassL Leaders
OF District Meetinu
AT Westminster
3-Doy Session Opens
With ABS Delegates
Of 10 Denominations
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WESTMINSTER, Md. Aug. 30
The goth annual conference of the
District of Columbia Organized
Bible Glass Association began a
three-day session today with ABS
delegates from 10 Washington de-
nominations.
DR.. Harold W. Tribbie, professor
of theology, Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, Louisville, gave
the principal address at the first
general evening session, with his
topic The Incarnate Word"
The meeting, presided ever by
Page Nick. Etchison, association
president, followed dinner and
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Battle Of Model Ships
To Feature Red Cross
Aquafete This Week
100 Swimmers and 400
Other Performers to
Take Part in Show

A battle waged by fleet of model
warships propelled from beneath
the water by swimmers, who also
will operate the gun batteries. will
feature the sixth annual aquafete
sponsored by the District Red Cross
Chapter, which opens at $50 pm.
Tuesday at the Takoma pool, Fifth
and Van Buren, streets NV.
A dress rehearsal of the more than
100 swimmers and 400 other per-
formers who will participate in the
two and -half-hour water spec
tacle will be held tomorrow night.
The aquafete itself will continue
nightly through Friday.
Events on Program.
The program will include forma-
ton swimming, fancy and clown
diving, life-saving demonstrations
and canoe fitting matches-all cli-
NAKED by the escape of masked
marvel" from a tied and weighted
laundry bag after being thrown into
the pool.
Outstanding among the Washing
ton boys and girls who will stage
all of the swimming numbers will
be Patsy and Phyllis Palmer, sis
ters, who hold District swimming
championships.
Joining the local "aquabeaus" and
"aquabelles" will be Don Boyer, Mas
sanutten VaD Academy star, and
Bill Wright of the University Of
Michigan.
interviewer with the swimming
events will be variety of dancing
numbers and pantomimes performed
on q specially built stage. Music
will be furnished by a local orches-
ira.
Surfboard Parade.
The schedule calls for the pres
entation to begin with six surf
boards bearing performers and the
queen of the court parading the
length Of the pool.
Besides novelty acts, there will be
shown a fresh-water convoy of min
iature ships. Twenty little bat
tleships will escort a mercy ship
on its Red Cross mission.
Many city officials have accepted
invitations to attend. according to
Geoffrey Creyke. jr, chairman Of
a Junior Board of Commerce Com
mittee which is presenting the show
on behalf of the District Red Cross.
Bob Duncan, director of Red Cross
first-aid instruction, who is pro-
gram chairman. is being assisted
by E. r. Hipsley, who has been
training the swimmers in their acts.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Day Reports Private Poll
81 Pet. Against War
Rv the Assnciated Press

By the Associated Press.
Representative Day, Republican,
of Illinois, reporting on a poll he
made of $4,000 persons listed in
who's Who in America" said yes
terday that 57.2 per cent of the
more than 11.000 answering wanted
the United States to stay out of
the European war. Representative
Day said in a statement that his
tabulation showed 4,587 votes for
United States entry into the war,
GAS votes that it should stay out,
and 800 persons who evaded d.
rect answer = or who tried to
qualify their votes"
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Jousting Tournament
AT Oxon Hill Tomorrow

The forty-eighth annual Labor
Day jousting tournament of St.
Ignatius Catholic Church, Oxon
Hill, Md, will be held at pm. to-
morrow on the church grounds.
A chicken dinner will be served
at 4 pm. followed by bingo. lie Roy
Pumphrey of Meadows, Md. will
be orator of the day, with Delegate
l.. Harold Sothoron of Brentwood
orator of the evening.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Dr.. Eooer to 60 to Chile

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 30 (P.-
Gov. Price announced today that DR..
Rowland Egger, director of the di-
vision of the budget, had been ap-
pointed a delegate to the second
Inter-American Congress of Munich
palities which meets in Santiago,
Chile, September Is to 81.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Marriage Licenses Take
Big Jump in August
specisl Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 30.-The
marriage license business here took
a big jump in August. when 213
licenses were issued. Except Octo-
ber, 1910, the month of the first
selective service registration, during
which 240 licenses were obtained
here, the total for August was
greater than that of any other
month since the 48-hour wait law
became effective three years ago.
No explanation was given for the
large number issued this month.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Church Plans Luncheon

The ladies of ST. Mary's Catholic
Church, Rockville, Md, will hold a
luncheon in the parish hall from
noon to 80 pm. Wednesday. it was
announced by the Rev. Thomas j..
McKeW, pastor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Aged Ruler

That aged ruler is Benjamin b.
Pelham who entered the county
government in 1895 and grew in
stature until today he is the re-
Spectcd and powerful boss of the
whole administration.
His hour of tribulation will
come al | p. m. Monday, when
the ways and means committee Of
the board of supervisors will con-
Vene in Pelham office to inquire
into the recent charges of laXity
and corruption.
He and the three members Of
the board of auditors will answer
the accusation that they have
loaded the pay roll with dead
wood; that some employees seldom
see the inside of the building; that
nearly all of the county's 4.200
workers are assessed fixed sums
for. political purposes, and that
county purchasing and hospital
management should he probed.
Most of these charges were
made by discharged employees.
notably + m NETT Cunningham,
Negro. and Edward MilewSki, who
worked in the tract index depart
mCnt.
But Councilman Henry s
Swceny, chairman OF the board Of
supervisors. placed enough Gre
dcnCc in tho accusations To order
tho inquiry
Council President John W
Smith is chairman of the ways
and means committee and viii
preside. He said Saturday that
s+'ents Mo7dry viif"lBc in tnc na-
tire ef 4 preliminary hearing, and
that the committee may recon-
mend thorough Investigation by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Defense Needs
Radio Testers

An urgent call for experienced
radio testers to work on aircraft
radio manufacture for defense was
issued Saturday by Wendell Lund,
executive director Of the Michigan
L n en- p oy ment Compensation
Commissions
Lund said permanent Jobs pay
ing excellent wages are available
for men who can test. align and
calibrate radios.
Lund added that the Brazilian
government is seeking tcchnicianS
for jobs in South America. Round
trip transportation will he fur
niShed by the employer and work
will last for a minimum of one
year. il was said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Shaky Empire
ShHIsy Empire
County Politicians Set
ToDefend Their Domain
Board Of Auditors Faces Investigation
Monday by Supervisors Committee
BY FRANK MORRIS

Wayne County politicians, busy
as Miami merchants before a
storm, prepared Saturday for an
earthquake that may shake the
County Building more violently
than any disturbance in its CLAM
orous political history.
The warnings may be false, and
when the blow falls il may prove
an empty and needless attack.
But the. county executives are
taking no chances and are ready
for desperate fight TO preserve
a political empire which has been
governed for almost a quarter of
a century by a 79-year-old Negro.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
III. 5. Gunbodts
Leave Shanghai
International News service Cable

FN'NN fFFfNfF
SHANGHAI, Nov. 29.-Under
command of Rear Admiral VIII
liam Glassferd Jra the United
States Yangtze River gunboats
Luzon and Oahu departed from
Shanghai today en- route to
Manila.
There were reports that Amer
lean destroyers and perhaps a
cruSier. will accompany the gun
boats as well as the liners Presl-
dent Madison and President Har-
rison. which already have de-
parted with the American marine
contingents evacuated from ShanG-
hal.
The United States gunboat
Wake which arrived recently from
Hankow Will remain in Shanghai
AS a radio communications ship
for American officials. The gum
boat Tutuila. at ChungklnG, IS
acting in a similar capacity there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

our own air force invaluable sx-
perience In cross-country flight
and navigation" he said. "An
experienced pilot Is aboard each
ship To give instruction 10 the
younger men. The only way to
learn flight and navigation Il to
20 out and do It,"
The lieutenant said losses in
planes and personnel in the ferry
service had been negligible. A
weather report service complete ia
the last detail is maintained and
flight plans are carefully made and
adhered to. No flying is done
night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
-U.S.CrdlksDown
On Meal, Hat
Monopoly Prices
Antitrust Laws
invoked TO Check
CoIIusive Bidding
BY ARTHUR +. HERMANN
Int1 Nsws service staff Correspondent

WASHIN GTON. Nov. 29.-
Anti = trust indictments handed
down in Chicago and Philadelphia
were offered today as proof that
the Justice department is carrying
out an important phase Of the de-
Tense program.
Armed with the Sherman anti
trust Law. the department has
moved into the defense picture IN
an effort to check price fixing de-
signed 10 milk the public as we'll
rs the federal treasury Of funds
now flowing freely because OF the
armament program.
A department spokesman char
acleriZed the law as "one of=ihe
most protective measures on the
books. and explained II proved val
liable in bringing about the recent
Indictments.
"The law has played an Inn
portant part in keeping prices
down at n time when every one
is talking about initiation" the
=SD4keSn1an- said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Jackson Nurse to Britain-

JACKSON, Nov. 29.-MiSs Helen
Roadway. %. Jackson High
School graduate and Foote Me-
mortal Hospital nurse. will leave
here next month for England 10 do
war nursing work AT tho American
Hospital in Britain, Ltd, at OK
ford. England.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
5 More Executed in Norway

OSLO (via Berlin, Nov. %
.GNS) The Oslo DeutSche Zeltung
reported today that five more Nor
wegians have been executed by
firing squads upon conviction Of
espionage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

NtO1Do iFOth6h6 Ct
81 know nothing about the
charges" Councilman Smith
said, II don't believe any mem
Der OF the committee know
whether this is merely lot OF
talk by disgruntled former en-
plOyes, or whether there exists
bad situation that should be
remedied.
I'VE will listen 10 the COM
plainants and To the county Of
ficials, and then we will decide
what steps to take"
There are 81 members on the
committee, including Mayor JEFF
fries, City Treasurer Albert r.
Cobo and Councilmen Smith
Sweeny. Eugene l. Van Antwerp
James II. Garlick and Charles E.
DoraiS.
Directly under fire arc the
OF the board of auditors
John G. Cowan, Edward II. Viii.
liams and Ray d. Schneider.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

no TWO lnNlClnCnlS W I
handed down on virtually identical
evidence Of colluSiYe bidding 10
control prices.
In Chicago Ia meat-packinG
firms and 81 individuals were &C
cused OF conspiring TO fix prices
paid for livestock as well as prices
charged for meat.
In Philadelphia Is hat manufac-
turing concerns and company and
union officials were charged with
conSpiring 10 fix prices Of army
field hats purchased by the war
department
In the Philadelphia case the
proceeding grew out of an investl-
CATION by the war department
after u of as bids received for an
army hat contract were found 10
be identical.
The denaHinaeni-S y q ls=e & m n n
pointed out that his division is CO.
operating closely with the Office
of Price Administration and other
defense and government agencies
in a two-pronged effort 10 keep
price fixing out Of the arms pro-
gram and 10 prevent the cost OF
civilian goods from spiraling from
the same illegal cause.
Although the antitrust division
is known To have other instances
Of violation under study. justice
department officials believe that
the very threat of prosecution has
done much 10 restrain manufac-
turcrs and dealers from embark
ing on price fixing schemes.
Every indictment is n deter
rent 10 other groups. and every
conviction frightcns some Of the
moro unscrupulous fellows the
SnQ<pSpaan- added
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Plane Inspected

Here crew of 100 civilian
mechanics thoroughly inSpects the
plane. replaces faulty parts. and
installS life RATS, flares, naviga-
ton equipment and other material
needed for overseas flights.
No armament is placed on the
planes here. but pistols for the
erew-ar included in the supplies.
From Detroit the pilots take the
planes TO Montreal and turn them
over to the Royal Canadian Air
Force. The crews then fly from
Montreal to New York and from
there back 10 Long Beach on
regular commercial planes. After
"A 24-hour leave they start the
round-trip again.
According TO Lieut.. Joel y.
Ledbetter of the ferry com
mand, stationed AT the county
airport. the British now are
receiving steady stream of
B-24 Consolidated four engine
heavy bombers and Lockheed Hud-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
10 CreWs Do the Job

Ten crews now handle the job,
but this number is being doubled
this week. The number Of planes
turned over daily TO the RCAF at
Montreal is a ferry command
secret. Lieutenant Ledbetter said.
I'VE not only get the bombers
into the hands of the people who
use them. but we are also giving
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
FINES

PuhIishcd evefy Week Nav Fvcning aud
SUNDAY Morning by Tho Times Publishing
'hmpauy ~ 1928 Times square. Detroit.
Mich
Entered at Detroit Mich as second Glass
Mar Matter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

son two-engine medium bombers.
A five-man crew handles the big
bombers, known TO the British as
and a three-man crew
the HudSons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
10 Bomber Ferry
CreWsAddedtO
County Airport
3o8th Squadron
Will Be Stationed
Here This Week

Activity at the Wayne County
airport. taken over last Summer
by the army air corps ferrying
command as way station for
bomberS for Britain, will increase
this week when the 308th Materie1
Squadron will be CHARTERED at the
field and 10 more flying crews will
be added to- the ferry service.
The airport is now the only
once Of its kind and is playing an
increasingly important role in the
job of feeding planes 10 the Raj.
Under the ferrying command
system. set up last July, planes
from West Coast factories are
flown to a central airport at Long
Beach, near Los Angeles. From
there army air corps pilots fly
them TO Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
KnoUS Nothing Yet

the prosecutors office or a CRANE
jury if the facts warrant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
TFLErHoNE-cHER ssoo

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% anF place 10 the United states Canada
r Mexico.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

tFnfciEu Rates ON Application
All money sent Al senders risk 10 NOT
send cash or stamps All checks drafts
and mrnev orders should he made payane
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Two Indictments

The two indictments were
handed down on virtually identical
evidence Of colluSiYe bidding 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

TO SEE it and drive il. yo.sdunever
Il guess the luxurious NV Mercury
is Standout economy car. But Mercury
is airplane-engineered Hresmiised
from fbe inside oM =. and built of
highest-quality materials for long life
and unusual big car" performance at
low cost. You get the smooth, brilliant
drive" of a l00-horsepower VVpe
S-cylinder engine. You get an all new
kind Of gentle "sky-ride" made possible
by longer, slow motion springs and i'm
proved shock absorbers And Mercury
combines a lower center of gravity
with wider tread, for better traction
on curves and wet roads. Step up
to Mercury for 1912 =. drive a car
you'll be proud of in the years TO come.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-21

the chaps up there. Perhaps they
are, actually.
"It's curious how this team
spirit grows. When a bomber
crew is first organized every one
mistrusts every one else. The
navigator may doubt the front
gunner, the captain may ques-
ton the wireless man. After
few raids, when every man has
shown that he knows his job,
you couldn't separate them with
a 50-pound bomb"
BY now you have left the roaC
and are winding up narrow
driveway into a huge estate look
ing barren and deserted in the
darkness. 1t is one of the many
country homes taken over by the
Raj during war time to billet the
officers.
"Now," says the squadron
leader, parking his car. Il want
you TO meet the youngest cap
tain of a bomber crew in Eng
land"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-21
HOInleSick Soldier
Defroiter, NouD in England With Canadian Forces
Lacks Characteristics for Letters From Americans

"For reasons known only to
myself 1 enlisted in the CASE
and here I am In England" he
writes. 81 was In the United
States Marines once, so 1 have
had some training.
LITTLE BOMBING
Were not having much bomb
ing here now-it's pretty quiet.
But we're busy training and
preparing for anything that
might happen.
We've been treated well by
most every one. Can't kick
about the food it's well rationed.
But we can't get enough smokes.
I'VE osh't get any American
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-21

A Detroiter serving with the
Canadian forces in war-torn Eng
land is so homesick and so anxious
to hear from some one in Detroit
that he has written TO Mayor
Jeffries, pleading for a word OF
cheer.
The soldier, Sergt. Clyde VIII
lard. formerly lived at 225l STAN
ley avenue and was employed at
Gar Wood Industries and other
local plants as a welder. He is 81
years old.
His letter explained that he is
now in the British Army field
workshop along with "a other
Americans who joined up in
Canada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-21
u. Of D. Senior Wins
0ratori(aI Contest

J. Donald Mcmillan. University
of Detroit senior and varsity
debater. today was chosen winner
of the third annual peace orators
cal contest at the school. This
qualities him as u. of DIS repre-
sentative at the state oratorical
contest at Hope College April 19.
His talk, entitled Foundation for
Peace" stressed the fact that a
plan for present world peace
should have its foundation on
Christian principles.