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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-06

commission committee has been
working on such proposal
Reports that the President plan
ned to dispatch a message TO Cap
itol Hin came as Sen. Sheridan
Downey I'D Cal, declared that
there is an agricultural labor crisis
in the West and proposed that
the Senate make a ful-scale inyes-
tigation.
The Downey resolution calls for
special committee OF three sen
ators to Investigate the shortage
OF agricultural labor on the Pacif.
ic Coast and In the Rocky Noun.
! tain states and its effect on the
national health and security as re-
lated to the efficient prosecution OF
the war effort"
The resolution also would di-
rect the committee 10 recommend
methods "of relieving such short
age, including the obtaining and
utilization of farm labor from
Mexico and other Latin-American
countries"
Predicts Failure
Downey meanwhile, predicted
failure Of proposals for compul-
sorry labor
Il don't believe that In the
United States you can compel a
man TO work at a job successfully
other than by moral suasion,' he
said.
II think most people want 10
work, but the submerged man
can't be forced to work for an in
forior wage when higherpaid jobs
are open.
IL would not object 10 alloca-
ton OF labor on pro rata basis,
but don't believe that draft OF
la Dor and movement OF It over the
country is any great solution OF
the manpower problem"
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Toronto. ont. oct 6-lNS -
Solemn assurance that labor Will
meet management more than hair
way in working out the vital job
Of out-producirg the Axis powers
so the United Nations can win the
war was given today by William
Green. president Of the American
Federation. in a speech prepared
for delivery before an audience OF
prominent businessmen.
Taking time out from the 6Snd
annual convention OF the \. +. Of
L., over which he is presiding.
Green made a ringing appeal at a
luncheon address for 100 per cent
teamwork between industry and
labor
Need for Teamwork
There is C. crying need TODAY
for better teamwork between man
agement and labor and better team
work between both and the govern
ment" Green declared
why can't We have that team.
work 90
Much OF the suspicion and mis-
understanding which D. the basic
cause OF strikes could be removed.
according TO Green. III employer
and employee representatives
were frank ard open in their deal
ings with each other
This should be supplemented By
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taken by boards OF directors In
view OF the fact that organizations
we're not scheduled to meet in the
interim set aside by the council
for an answer.
Other organizations which were
queried having submitted no answ.
err due TO the fact that they have
not yet met.
II was decided TO grant no
licenses until after the ordinance
has been passed. II il is submitted
and placed on first reading at the
next meeting of city council, IL will
be at least two additional meetings
before the required third reading
makes passage legal.
Two petitions, one with 81 names
OF prominent Ypsilanti residents
and one with IL, were submitted,
each favoring the public dance hall.
Members OF the council decided not
to count them in the organization
score on the grounds that the
names had been solicited. Her.
bert Paul, who is seeking a license
for the dance hall. stated emphatic.
ally TO the council that he had not
formulated or circulated them.
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Green Pledges Cooperation
of Labor With Management


an increased recognition OF each
others rights" said Green. II is
important that this should be done
even in nomal times. II is impera-
tive that be done in our pres Mt
war emergency when so much de-
pends upon efficient teamwork be-
tween management and labor"
Green told tie business men that
a few weeks ago the national repre-
Fentatlves OF the United States
Chamber Of Commerce and the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacturers
sat together around a dinner table
with the national representatives
Of the American Federation OF La
hor and the Congress OF Industrial
Organizations.
Government Out
Business and labor had arranged
that meeting and the government
had nothing 10 do with It and was
not represented. he said. a basic
purpose Of the meeting. said Green.
was TO explore methods by which
industry and labor could reach
agreement on their problems with
minimum Of government inter
vention."
THE feeling was unanimous" he
asserted. that too much govern.
ment interference In industrial re
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Council Bows
to Public Opinion

Ypsilanti council Monday eve
ming bowed graciously to public
opinion and ordered an ordinance
formulated under which a CONNER
cially operated dance hall will be
permitted in Ypsilanti.
The ordinance committee was
instructed TO include proper limi-
tations TO guarantee that the pro.
ject will be conducted in a manner
which will reflect credit on the city.
Among the suggested regulations
were that bo'h man and woman
attendant be ,equired. that smok
ing rooms for men and women be
separated, that only couples be al
lowed to attend. that there be no
taxi dancing and that no intoXicat-
ing liquor be sold on the premises.
The action was taken after
queries sent to Ipsilanti organize.
tons seemed TO indicate a MAORI
" in favor of the commercial dance
hall
The score on the questionnaires
was: one indefinite: three against
the public commercial dance hall,
and nine in favor of it,
The Huron Navy Mothers Club
reserved decision until a definite
plan for dancing could be formu.
lated. Opposed 10 the public dance
hall were Ypsilanti Garden Club.
Council OF Church Women and Up
silanti Ministerial Association.
FayoriDg it were Ypsilanti Child
Study Club, Prospect Child Study
Club. American Red Cross, Won.
ans Study Club. Kiwanis Club,
American Legion, Mothers OF Men
in Service, Rotary Club and Ladies
Literary Club.
In some instances action was
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Employers to
Guided on
Wage Needs
Injustice Cases
to be Changed

Washington, Oct. Gins Meet
ing for the first time since Presi-
dent Roosevelt created his eco
monte sterilization board, the War
Labor Board today Is expected to
start drafting regulations and in.
Structions to guide employers fac
ed with demands for wage increas-
es.
WLB members said that as far
as piece-work and hourly wages
ere concerned. allowances will con
tinuc to be granted to Injustice"
cases where workmen have not
been compensated for the Is per
cent cost of living rise between
Jan. /, 1871 and May 10. 1912.
Another two per cent spread has
accrued since that date, but 1t
was said that no effort will be
made at the present time to In.
crease the formula-set in the
little steel decision-to II per
cent Members believe that roll
ing back rents and some food
prices will probably reduce the
gap.
Automatic wage raises as work.
ers move into more experienced
grades will still be permitted.
Flood Of Requests ..........
After receiving a flood of re-
quests for information on the wage
effect of President Roosevelt's
overall economic control program.
WLB Chairman William II. Davis
said that the board would be un-
able to answer specific questions
until it has had a chance to draft
the necessary rules and regula-
tons. This task is expected to
take about 10 days or two weeks
Davis. in an effort to dissuade
employees from such action as
striking until the board has had an
opportunity to formulate guiding
policies, called attention to Ian
euage in the Presidents anti-infla-
tior order which reaffirmed the
governments policy OF encourag-
ing collective bargaining.
The WLB chairman asked every
employer and employe affected by
the order Ito be patient.
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Council Notes

All members OF city council were
present al the meeting Monday
evening in city hall when monthly
reports were submitted.
city engineering office reported
fees i'm the amount Of tlS7 collect
ed during the month Of Septem-
her.
Nine market days were reported
for the month by John Harris mar
ket master. stall fees we're $40.
daily fees $3.50, and service e1'
rense, Sij.
Collections from the parking me-
ters totaled {2.20sI1 during the
month just passed.
Earl r. Snyder. city welfare d.
rector, reported rs active cases for
september. Six cases we're opened
and five closed.
Funds in city accounts as report
Cd by Harvey {. Holmes. city clerk,
are. water works. s13.s5t60; gen
cral. sl5744269: defense. S2.f47is;
sinking. $685.: bond and coupon,
SlO3f2. payroll savings, S63l20.
4 redeemed coupon In the amount
81 $3.50 was burned By Chicf Of
4 .aaH
OF council.
The police department was in
structrd 10 enforce no parking re-
strictions at the intersection Of
Washington ST. and WsshteBaW
Ave. and 20 see that taxi drivers
comply with parking restrictions
r. 5. Gerganoft. architect report
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John L. Lewis
IN Control of
Mine Workers
Staunch Supporter
Chairman

Cincinnati. Oct. GINS John
l.. Lewis. president of the United
Mine Workers. was In complete
control of the 37th miners conven-
ton opening in Cincinnati today
after William Turnblazer. of Jel-
leo. Tenn, one of his staunchest
supporters. was selected chairman
Of the powerful resolutions COM
mittee.
TurnblaZer's appointment was TO
be announced later in the day af-
ter the bushy-browed Lewis opens
the convention by making his first
public speech since the Atlantic
City convention of the CIO in 1889
when he stepped down as clio pres
ident after the Willkie-Roosevelt
election campaign.
On the Resolutions Committee
was Percy Tetlow of Columbus,
O. another loyal follower of Lewis.
With Turnblazer and Tetlow oc-
Copying the key positions in the
Resolutions Committee, il means,
UNIV delegates said. that Lewis
could write his own ticket in de-
termining what resolutions would
90 before the convention.
Call For increase
Resolutions to be presented. 1t
was learned, will call for a wage
increase for miners-possibly 50 a
day-and also give Lewis full au-
thority to decide on the appeal Of
Interior Harold l.. Ickes for eX-
tension of the miners work week
from five to six days to meet
what Ickes claims are increased
wartime coal requirements.
Another resolution was expect
ed to endorse Lewis action in
ousting ClO President Phil Muir
ray as a vice president Of the
miners. II was the first time in
2s years that Murray was not at
a UNIV convention. Another eX-
UNIV leader conspicuous by his
absence was Van Bittner, former
mine leader in West Virginia who
followed Murray into the Clio
camp that opposes Lewis.
Reports circulated among con
vention delegates that Van Bitt-
ner was expecting an appointment
to a high labor position with Don
aid NJ. Nelson's War Production
Board. The reports could not be
confirmed in Gin 'inaati.
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RedHead Not
Yet Arrested

Detroit, Oct. GINS As one
woman was ordered held another
As hours. police today continued
their widespread search for a red
headed woman they have been
told was present In the hotel room
of Clyde Mccoy. Fort Wayne at
toIney, the night he died.
The one woman being held was
% year old Ann James. a hotel
manicurist, who was taken into
custody last Saturday when she
called McCoy's room even while
authorities were there investigat-
ing his death. Miss James has
maintained that a red-headed wom-
an visited McCoy's room Friday
night and put Knockout drops in
his drinks preparatory to robbing
him.
Detectives Delbert Raymond and
Charles Buckholdt indicated that
a diligent probe was being con
tinued.
I'VE are going TO question all
the bellhops at the hotel where
Mccoy died to determine whether
there were three people In McCoy's
room when drinks were brought
up there. We will also check room
service records.
Thus far all we have Is Miss
James word that there was an
other woman present"
Meanwhile, Assistant Prosecu-
tor William Bolio branded as I'M
true that one Of the hotel bellboys
had seen the red headed woman
go into McCoy's room.
We've talked to all the bellboys
in the hotel but three and as yet
We haven't located any one who
saw such a woman said Bolio.
Ben Feldman. a friend OF Miss
James, who was held as a material
witness, was released.
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Farm Head Of Nation
Desperate For Farm Aid

Twin Falls, Ida. Oct. GINS
Ey en- Claude r. Wickard, dirt
inner" Secretary of Agriculture.
has his problems in getting farm
help during the wartime scarcity
OF agricultural labor, 1t was dis
closed today.
To meet the situation he sub
mitted an application to the Mini
doke relocation center near Twin
Falls asking for a young Japanese
man and wife for his farm In In.
.I2ra
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Congress Today
CBy Associated Prcssl
Senate


Senate
Begins consideration ~ new tax
bill (meets at II a m Eastern var
timeJ
Small Business Committee con.
tinues hearings on problems Of war
distressed little business men
1880.
Interstate Commerce subcommit-
tee opens hearings on WPB requisi-
tiouing Of railroad branch lines
GO:3Ol.
Foreign Relations subcommittee
continues hearings on proposal to
transfer l.. s. real estate holdings
In Panama to Panamanian republic
under treaty agreements tie.eet.
House
Faces record vote on bill 10 eX-
empt teachers and country editors
from Hatch Act lmeets noon).
Agriculture Committee inquiries
into rubber situation 10000.
YESTERDAY
Senate
Received tax bill from Finance
Committee.
House
Debated Hatch Act amendments.
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New Strength Shown by
Russians III StaIinSrad
New Woes For
Nazis Seen i'm
Norway
Raj Again Hits
Industrial
CenterS

CIV International Nevs Seryice)
Russia's unjaunied armies made
new show Of strength at Stain
grad today, reeapuring another
important height which the Nazis
had fortified northwest OF the city.
Inside the hattlcruincd Volga
industrial metropolis the Russians
beat OF further Nazi assaults and
Stemmed an about German drive
into an important workers settle
ment.
While Hitler again was rebuffed
on the battledclds OF Russia. the
Royal Air Force struck direct
blow at the heart Of the Nazi war
machine by bombing industrial tar
gets I'm western Germany.
American Flying Fortresses and
speedy twin motored B-25's Of he
type which bombed Nippon raised
uction with the japanese in the
southwest Pacific Rabaul. the
Jap.hcld basa on New Britain
Island, was given It's hcayies5
pounding To date when 2f000
pounds of bombs were dropped on
airdromcs and shipping.
New Woes
New woes cropped up In Norway
Tor the Nails aud state Of emery.
ency had to De declared at Trond-
helm. The Nazis themselves ad.
mitted over the pro-AXis radio at
Vichy that the state of emergency
was proclaimed this morning
throughout the whole province OF
Trondheim.
The Vichy broadcast said that
decree was promulgated placing
the entire area under martial law
because acts Of sabotage had been
committed by Norwegian patriots.
II is at Trondheim where the Ger
mans have established a large nav
al base at which some Of the
Reichs biggest battlewagons have
been berthel. Trondheim has
been turned into one of the most
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DISCUSS PROBLEMS

Battle Creek, Oct up The
board OF directors OF the Michigan
Society OF Architects was to meet
here today to discuss wartime
problems facing the organization.
The meeting was called by c. vii
liam Palmer. MSA president
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ed that lists Of materials for the
proposed hospital addition have
been sent 10 Washington for ap-
proyal.
II was decided 20 request the
county road commission 10 con
tinue maintenance OF LeForge Road
from Huron ST. 70 the river There
had been a question as 20 whether
the city should repair damaged
guard rails.
II was decided 10 send letters to
merchants on Michigan Ave. calling
attention TO the fact that placing
refuse In alleys constitutes a nuts
ancc.
Possibility n danger from fire
engines not using sirens was dis
cussed but no action wa taken
when officials OF the department
we're quoted as saying use OF bells
has been satisfactory.
Neeu iOF moving ltu IfniNt4Ata
from Waiting Blvd to make room
for the new roadway south Of the
city is expected with the first per
NIT being issued TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Harrison They plan 20 move
their residence 20 lots -3J and 80
on Madison Blvd.
Retailers Committee o. the
Board OF Commerce sent the cry a
letter Of appreciation for the cour-
tesies extended during the Fall Fes
ttyal
4 protest against privy on y.
River 81. vas laid on the table until
report from the sanitary inspec.
Tor Is obtained.
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Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight
Slightly Warmer

WASHINGTON-AP- The Iron
Gates Of Friendship will be thrown
on the capitals growing scrap pile.
The gates, erected by the late John
r. Mclean Washington publisher.
a. the entrance 10 his former es-
tate. weigh about 1900 pounds
each.
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LoNOoN-lNS - The pro.
Nazi Niehy radio reported to-
day that German authorities had
proclaimed a state Of emereen-
ey this morning throughout the
Norwegian province Of Trond-
helm. The decree placing the
entire area under martial law.
was promulgated because OF
acts Of sabotage committed by
Norwegian patriots in the dis
triet, the Vichy broadcast said.
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NICHY-UP-At least 10 high
officials OF the labor ministry re-
signed today in protest against the
governments forced work policies
and news came from Lyons that the
German labor recruiting bureau
there had been destroyed by a
bomb.
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NEW NORK-INS - Sweeping
proposals were made today by Park
Commissioner Robert Moses TO
swell the nations scrap steel pile
by demolition of buildings, railroad
bridge and street car tracks in
New York City.
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WASHINGTON - ms -Presi-
dent Roosevelt today nominated
Rear Admiral John H. Towers, new
~ appointed commander.in-chief o,
naval air forces in the Pacific. to
be vice admiral, and at the same
time elevated Rear Admiral John
s. Mccain. his successor. as chief
o. the Bureau of Aeronautics, to be
a vice admiral
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WASHINGTON-INS-A special
Senate committee seeking 10 save
small business from collapsing un-
der stress OF the war effort today
was TO resume public hearings with
a list of 16 witnesses headed by
Secretary Of Agriculture Wickard
and Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson.
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RICHMOND. CaI.-1Ns- Built
by the West Coast ship wizard.
Henry j. Kaiser, a new $500 ton
cargo vessel, first OF a series Of
such ships. rode the waters to-
day following its launching at a
new Kaiser shipyard in Richmond.
Cal. Designed for special war.
time service and using one half
as much steel as is required IN
the liberty ship class. the YES.
sells viii soon be turned out az the
rate Of one every two weeks, kais
e. promised.
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See TAXES Page 5
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\ PACIFIC COAST PORT-INS
-Reportedly captured as the result
of naval action in the Aleutian Is.
lands area, five Japanese prisoners
Of war have been landed at Pa
cific Coast port. it was disclosed
today. 1t was believed that the Jap
anese prisoners were the first TO
reach the continental United States
during the present conflict.
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WASHINGTON-INS Rumors IN
New Deal circles today reported
Solicitor General Charles Fahy of
Georgia. as a dark horse posi-
bility for appointment to the Su.
prcme Court 10 succeed former JUS
tice James f. Byrnes. who resigned
10 become the nations economic
administrator.
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KANSAS CITY-AP - Doctors.
too, are being rationed. The Army
and che War Manpower Commits
sion hope 10 leave one OF them for
each 1900 civilians, Col. Fred W.
Rankin of Washington, chief con
sulting surgeon to the Army, told
the Southwest Clinical Society
meeting.
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NEW Notwithstanding of
workers for the Kaiser shipyards
in Portland. Ore. was resumed to-
day under supervision OF the United
States Employment Service. Two
hundred candidates filled out ap-
plications yesterday and another
train load OF 45O workers was eX-
pected to be ready to leave for the
West Thursday. SO far, 1870 men
have left New York for the Portland
shipyard.
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LONDON-AP - Prime Minister
Churchill told the House of Com
mons today that I'VE are quite clear
that no statement from His Males
tvs government is called for at the
present time further than those al
ready given on the question Of aid
TO Russia.
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CALGARY. Alberta-AP- Dam
age unofficially estimated at $4,000
resulted last night from a spectacu-
lar blaze which RACED the main mess
hall at new prisoner-of-war camp
somewhere IN southern Alberta and
threatened to set the whole $1.75O.-
600 establishment ablaze. There
were no prisoners in the camp.
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See FUNDS-Page 5
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CHUNGKING - AP 49, Wendell
Willkie spent six hours in confer
cnce with Generalissimo Chang
kia Shek last night and went to
bed after n. m. but he was up
early today for another crowded
schedule.
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NEW YORK ms Wage IN
creases have been offered to $4,000
members of the International
Longshoremen's Association (AFL)
from New England to Hampton
Roads. Va. Joseph p. Ryan. liza
president and steamship operators
announced jointly today.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.-INs-
John swan. a burly. 26-year-old ne
gro. today was held fer grand jury
action on his plea of innocent to
first degree murder charges in the
death OF pretty Marian oliver. 90.
Swan was completely emotionless
when charged with brutally beating
Miss Oliver sunday night back
stage at the Opera House Theater
and throwing her nude body from
second floor window
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See RECREATION Page )
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LONDON-INS- Reuters said
today in a Lisbon dispatch that
il survivors Of United States
tanker torpedoed off the Azores
August 80 had arrived by clipper
at the Portuguese capital.