Evening star., 1945-11-06
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Senator Ball !
Business
To Voice Views.
Trade Board Speaker
Suggests Testimony
| Be Given for Bill
republican,

Senator Ball, Republican, Of
last night called on
businessmen "to come out
Of the foxholes in which they've
been hiding for the last 13 years"
and make their voices heard before
Congress.
In an address before the WASH
lngton Board of Trade at the Stat
Ter Hotel, the Minnesotan said he
hoped specifically they would offer
testimony at forthcoming hearings
before the Senate Education and
Labor Committee on the Federal In
dustrial Relations Bill.
The measure, of which Senator
Ball is co-sponsor with Senator
Hatch, Democrat. of New Mexico
would set up a permanent board for
Government participation in the
settlement OF labor disputes.
Worker Emphasized.
Declaring businessmen's prob
lens today are not receiving the
Government attention they deserve,
he said:
s4ODC VI tliC vain dUOuU Ellis
ployment has been abount one guy
the worker. So far I haven't seen
much talk about the problems the
employer is up against"
Denying the controversial legisla-
ton he proposes for dealing with
labor industry relations is "viciously
antilabor," as he said some have
claimed, or that it is dead" Sena-
tor Ball explained that he and SEN
ator Hatch had not yet launched
an organized fight for it.
He added that hearings would be
scheduled later this month, prob
ably around November co. with the
exact date depending on the length
of time consumed by sessions of the
National Labor-M Management Con-
ference which opened here yester-
day.
U. S. Construction Discussed.
Other speakers at the seasons
second trade board meeting were w.
E. Reynolds, commissioner of public
buildings of the Federal Works
Agency, and Ted R. Gamble, nation
al director of the Treasury's War
Finance Division.
Commissioner Reynolds reviewed
the public building program for
Washington, discussing provisions of
the bill before Congress which would
create 5,950,000 square feet of Gov
ernment floor space here.
IF this program goes through"
he pointed out, ''it will permit the
removal of all temporary buildings
on the Mall, including the Navy and
Munitions buildings, and, coupled
with the District building program,
will make Washington the most
beautiful city in the world
Mr.. Gamble appealed for vigorous
support for the Victory Loan cam
paign, and pointed out that the Gov
ernment's funding operations, and
continued expenditures for liquida-
ton of the war, made the loan nee
essary.
/ 328 Billions Paid Out.
! He explained that between May,
1941, and September l, this year, the
Government had been obliged to pay
out 1926, ,000, ,000, 900 and that in con-
trast its income from taxes in that
period amounted to only s133, 900, =
100000. War bonds were sold in tho
amount of S208 ,000, 900, 900, he added.
Presiding at the meeting, attended
by approximately 1900 members,
was B. M. McKelway, president.
Minutes were read by P. Y. K.
Howat, secretary Committee reports
were given by Francis G. Addison.
jr., chairman of the Employment
and Security Committee, and Will
liam G. Jones, jr., chairman of the
Committee on American Ideals.
Mr.. Jones announced that a serv-
ice of thanks and prayer would be
held in the National Cathedral
November Is in cooperation with
the Washington Federation of
Churches.
Introduced to the members were
Brig. Gen. Gordon R. Young. Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner; 1t.
Gen. Dan I. Sultan. inspector gem
eral of the Army and former Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner; Rep
resentative Lanham, Democrat, of
Texas; Hugh Lynch, executive
manager of the District War Finance
Committee; Maj. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming. FWA administrator, and
E. R. Whitman, deputy commissioner
for real estate management.
Cited for special honors and in
troduced were Brig. Gen. Robert N.
Young, commanding general of the
Military District of Washington, and
Everett J. Boothby. vice president
and general manager of the WASH
Iington Gas Light Co., who recently
was elected president of the Amer
ican Gas Association.
Dinner Scheduled November Is.
John A. Reilly, second vice presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, an
nounced that a dinner will be held
at Z pm. November Is in the May
flower Hotel in honor of Brig. Gen
Charles w. Kutz, who recently re-
tired as Engineer Commissioner
ana to welcome the new occupant OF
that post, Gen. Young.
Harvey L. Jones, chairman of the
Public and Private Buildings Com
mittee, introduced Commissioner
Reynolds, Gen. Fleming and Mr.
Whitman.
| A final feature Of the program
Dick Jurgens' All-Marine Show, an
orchestra and entertainment troupe
composed of 81 enlisted Marines and
one officer, was introduced by Maj
Gen. Pedro Del Vale, Marine Corps
inspector general, who represented
Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps
Miss Bess Myerson, Miss America
Iof 1945.' talked briefly and gave a
piano solo.
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