OU'VE got to hand it to John L. . Lewis. The beetle-browed lead- er of the C. I. O. is going places and doing things, despite several set- oe sss backs in his plans E to unionize all in- dustry. The steel magnates are yield- ing to a great ex- tent, and the threat of a general strike in that industry is fading out. With the Carnegie-Illinois we corporation, largest ” A subsidiary of United y States Steel, leading JohnL.Lewis the way, the biggest concerns in that industry are grant- ing increases in wages and the 40 hour week, and agreeing to deal with the unions affiliated with the C. I. O. This is the first time in forty-five years that “Big Steel” has recognized union labor as a bargaining agency for its em- ployees, Lewis and Philip Murray, chair- man of the steel workers’ organiz- ing committee, were jubilant, but the Carnegie-Illinois corporation is- sued an official statement that toned them down a bit. “The corapany will recognize any it represents,” “but it will not recognize any Sir 1 sive bargaining agency for all em- ployees. the employee representation plan is likewise unchanged. It will continue as the spokesman for those of the satisfactory " proved so mutually throughout its existence. The General Electric company de- clared its willingness to discuss a natiomal collective agreement with the United Electric- al Workers, a C. I. O. affiliate; and the Appalachian coal would be able tc negotiate a new wage and hour agreement in time to avert a coal miners’ strike. The C. 1. O. announced the forma- America with a nucleus portant, Lewis and his aids let it C. 1. O. drive would be the textile industry. Secretary of Commerce Roper cent developments. That the public, as usual, will have to pay for what the worker gains in all these negotiations was increases of $3 to $8 a ton for semi- finished and finished steel products. The sit-down strike policy was tried at Sarnia, Ont., and promptly was given a black eye. Fifty em- ployees of the Holmes foundry there took possession of the plant, but 300 nonstriking workers battled them for two hours, threw them all out and sent nine to the hospital. The police did not interfere with the fight. Shortly after negotiations opened between the Chrysler motor corporation and the United Auto- mobile Workers of America, the union presented resignations of 103 of the 120 employee representatives on work councils in Chrysler plants in the Detroit area. The resignations all said “the great majority of our constituents are heartily in favor of the U. A. W. A. as the sole bargain- ing agency to represent them.” Sit-down strikers in the plant of the Fansteel Metallurgical corpora- tion at North Chicago, Ill., who de- fied court eviction orders, were routed by a force of deputies and police armed with tear gas guns, and were arrested for contempt of court. Also taken into custody was the strike leader, Max Adelman, who had fled to Wisconsin. The strikers and their friends insisted they would prevent the reopening of the plant by strong picket lines and the cor- poration obtained an injunction against such procedure. The sheriff said he was prepared to deal with any act of violence. This is another C. 1. O. strike, and Governor Horner of Illinois gained no glory in his efforts to settle it. Among the many strikes in the Detroit district was one of 150 em- ployees, mostly girls, of the largest Woolworth store in Detroit. They planned to extend the strike to all other units of the company there, meanwhile keeping the big store closed by the sit-down method. USINESS men and economists again were talking about the prospects of inflation after the de- cision of the Supreme court uphold- ing the New Deal's gold clause abro- gation act for the second time. The ruling was made in the case of the Holyoke Water company, which, moved by a desire to protect it- self against loss in the event that the dollar should be debased, had written into leases to the American Writing Paper company clauses giv- ing it the privilege of demanding from the latter payment in gold coin or bar gold. Now the Holyoke com- pany must be content to accept pay- ment in present depreciated dollars. The court's decision was regarded as removing the last barrier to the free exercise of authority over mone- tary matters by the administra- tion. UESTS at ‘‘victory dinners’ all over the country heard Presi- dent Roosevelt deliver at the feast in Washington a preliminary appeal to his party and the nation to sup- port his plan to pack the Supreme court. He said that a crisis exists demanding immediate social and economic legislation to improve the lot of the common man and that there is no time to lose, lest a great calamity, such as a revolution or the advent of a dictatorship, be vis- ited upon the country in the two or three years that might be necessary to remove the obstruction of the New Deal in the manner prescribed by existing law Incidentally, Mr. Roosevelt let his hearers understand that he has no intention of seeking a third term in the White House. ided that the autogyro is a 1 six autogyros had been purchased $238,482. speed of 125 miles, a minimum of 18 miles, a cruising speed of 103 miles, and a cruising range of 3% hours, or 361 miles. The plane is which develops 2 » p.m, resisted suggestions for tests of the army and the report was that it was essential to the modernization of the army. American policy was aban- doned by the senate when it passed, by a vote of 62 to 6, submitted by affairs ident’s present pow- er to declare an em- bargo upon the ship- ments of arms, am- ments of war to bel- igerent nations. The measure also provides that the President may declare it unlawful for any American vessel or air- craft to carry to warring nations any articles whatsoever he may enumerate. However, foreign na- tions may purchase such articles, arms and munitions not included, and transport them to their own countries at their own risk. And the act will not apply to an Ameri- can republic, such as a South Amer- ican country, engaged in war against a non-American country provided that the American republic is not co-operating with a non-Amer- ican state in such a war. Senators ‘Borah . and Johnson fought valiantly against adoption of the resolution but when it came to a vote only four others supported them. These were Austin, Bridges, Gerry and Lodge. Sen. Pittman T HERE is war on between Mayor Fiorella H. La Guardia of New York and Reichsfuehrer Hitler of Germany. The mayor, addressing a gathering of Jewish women, pro- posed that a ‘‘Hall of Horrors’ be erected for the city’s 1939 world fair which would include a figure of “that brown-shirted fanatic who is menacing the peace of the world.” Hitler himself made no retort but Ambassador Luther was directed to protest to the State department. The Berlin press raged against La Guar- dia, one of the mildest names ap- plied to him being ‘scoundrel super- Jew.” A FTER a lively debate the house of commons indorsed Great Britain's huge rearmament pro- gram by a vote of 243 to 134. For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden, who outlined the principles of the Brit- ish foreign policy, repudiated the policy of universal military com- mitments for Europe as ‘‘unwork- able’ with Germany and other powers absent from the League of Nations. Next day the navy announced that its share of the rearmament gram would cost $525,325,000, this including the construction of 80 war- ships. Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiralty, said only $135. 000,000 of the cost will be borne by Britain's new $2,000,000,000 defense loan, forcing the nation’s tax payers to dip into their pockets for the ad- ditional $390,325,000. OW the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the outlawed NRA can be re-estab- lished was pointed out to congress in a report from the President's committee on industrial analysis. “In my opinion,” the President said of the report in a special mes- sage, “‘it will point the way to the solution of many vexing problems of legislation and administration in one of the most vital subjects of national concern.” “If controls of the NRA type are to be tried again,” the report said, “experience indicates that the at- tempt should be limited to a few of the more important industries in order that proper standards of in- vestigation and adequate supervi- sion may be maintained, and should be guided from the start by more definite principles and policies, such as NRA experience indicates would be likely to stand the test of ap- plication. “Under the type of policy finally adopted by NRA, if strongly ad- hered to, there is little chance that difficulties, might be guarded against.” RESIDENT ROOSEVELT told the press correspondents that he was planning another fishing trip and hoped to get away late in April. This time he is going after tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico, and he in- Potomac for a cruise along the Texas coast. W ITH only four votes in the negative, the senate passed the Sumners house bill for voluntary retirement of Supreme court justices at the age of seventy on full pay. The four who opposed the meas- ure to the last were 3ridges of New Hampshire, Bulow of South Dakota, Johnson of Cal- ifornia and Moore of New Jersey. During the debate Senator Johnson declared that “a Supreme court justice who would retire at this particular time, by virtue of the bait that was held out to him, would not be the sort of individual for whom I would have the greatest The retirement bill was favored as Senator Pat McCarren said, was not a part of Mr. Roosevelt's bill for enlarge- over the latter measure grew more of the administration, it was found that it was likely to be de- feated in the house. Therefore the majority leaders decided to let the senate act first. In that body the decision rested with some twenty- five senators who had not yet an- nounced their position. Mr. Roosevelt stood firm in his determination to force the bill through congress, and announced he would deliver a radio speech in its defense on March 0, the day before the one set for the start of senate judiciary committee hear a tour of the country in behalf of his plan. Senator George of Georgia, Dem- ocrat, stepped into the fight with an assertion that the Supreme court enlargement proposal is a repudia- tion of the party's 19368 platform pledge that it would seek a clarify- ing constitutional amendment if it could not attain its social-economic welfare program by legislation, members of the cabinet and heads of federal agencies began a speak- ing campaign. J, UGENE VIDAL has resigned as director of the federal air com- merce bureau and says he will re. enter private aviation. His conduct of the bureau has been subjected to much criticism at times and a committee headed by Senator Cope- land of New York has recom- mended the reorganization of the bureau. Recently the bureau and representatives of the air transport crashes. school. France. reau will be Maj. R. W. Schroeder, also of Chicago. THE International League of Avi- ators announced in Paris that Howard Hughes, the wealthy Amer- jcan speed flier, and Miss Jean Batten of New Zealand had been awarded the Harmon trophies as the outstanding man and woman in aviation for 1536. Hughes’ land- plane records in flights across the United States won the honor for him, and Miss Batten was rewarded for her spectacular solo flight across the south Atlantic. Louise Thaden was voted the out- standing woman flier in America. IN IDENTICAL letters to the gov- ernors of the 48 states Presi dent Roosevelt called on the state legislatures to enact soil conserva- tion laws which would supplement the federal measures designed to lessen the ravages of floods and dus! storms. * * * » “* “* * * * ; 320 20 20 00 0 00 2 00 0 0 2 20 20 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 Movie « Radio : *%%By VIRGINIA VALE #k% VER at the Paramount stu- dio you are just a wallflow- er if you don't know your American history. Directors, players, authors and any vis- itors who happen to be around swap stories about squelched. To the great success of “The Plainsman’’ goes the credit—or the the forthcoming ing into history for their next big story of the early days of the Wells- Fargo express. anf gloomy and pessimistic lot you know them well. They are al- re ways worrying be- | cause the career of an actor is apt to be short, always point- ing out men in the extra ranks who on- ly a few years ag were stars they h when my discovere their worries imaginary. Holt, after twenty- four years in pic- tures, just signed a new contract with Columbia to make six Westerns a year. He is as popular as ever, maybe more so. nef For weeks Clark Gable has been completely mystified by receiving high offers for the decrepit old Ford Carole Lombard sent him as a val- entine last year, Now the truth is out. A Mr. Brown of Richmond, Virginia, wants to buy it to exhibit at County Fairs. But Clark won't sell unless Carole gives him per- mission. Jack Holt = Instead of raving about Hen: Fonda and Sylvia Sidney in the grip- ping tragic “You Only Live Once," Hollywoodians come out of the thea- ter making up silly couplets. That is what the company gets for dis- pensing with grammar in the title. One of Henry's best friends said, “ ‘You Live Only Once’ may be bet- but ‘You Only Live Once’ is elegant drammer.” Anoth- er one, playing with the same idea, said, " ‘You Live Only Once' may be more grammatical, but ‘You On- ly Live Once’ is very dramatical.” ane Susan Fleming thought that she had retired from the screen when she married Harpo Marx, but she made the mistake of stopping in at the studio to have luncheon with her husband, and first thing she knew the director called out, “That girl over there—she's just what I've been looking for.”” So, she is play- wn Worn Ginger Rogers is not only the most popular girl in Hollywood these days; she is the most sur- Night after night she is out dancing with one of her many beaux—Jimmy Stewart, or Cary Grant, or the visiting socialite, Al- fred Vanderbilt—but all that gayety into a new career. She has written a song called “I Can't Understand.” troduce it over the air recently. That is team work for you. so Myrna Loy isn't complaining, but of W. 8S. Van Dyke, and the way he can picture like “The quel in eighteen or twenty days. She has been working in “Parnell” for three months and the end isn't anywhere in sight. John Stahl, who directed ‘The Magnificent Obses- sion” and many other thrilling pic- tures, is very deliberate about his work, and in making “Parnell” he is just as apt to have Myrna and Clark Gable do scenes over and over as he is to repeat the scenes of minor players. ann ODDS AND ENDS: No love scenes Myrna Loy T WAS some job, Ladies of The Sewing Circle, to get these three lovelies together to week * jtelage Bell Pattern attractive, clothes, the Bar- inned, easy-to- Interesting and A Frock That Clicks. Speaking ] don't gown she's i in a big way. 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