By EDWARD W. PICKARD IN ORDER to get the Guffey coal control bill through the senate without an amendment condemning the sitdown strike, Majority Leader Joe Robinson prom- ised to permit con- sideration of a reso- lution carrying sim- ilar condemnation, but when it was pre- sented and adopted, by a vote of 75 to 3, it was not a joint resolution, which would require the signature of the President. That was what Senator Mec- Nary and others wanted, but Robinson said it must be concurrent, because he would not put Mr. Roosevelt in the posi- tion of having to indicate his posi- tion on the sitdown strike by either signing or vetoing the measure. Besides declaring the sitdown strike “illegal and contrary to sound public policy’’ the resolution as adopted took a double slap at the employers by also declaring: “That the so-called industrial spy system breeds fear, suspicion and animosity, tends to cause strikes and industrial warfare and is con- trary to sound public policy; and “That it is likewise contrary to sound public policy for any em- ployer to deny the right of collec- tive bargaining, to foster the com- pany union or to engage in any other unfair labor practice as de- fined in the national labor relations act.” Sen.Robinson ENRY FORD returned from Detroit to his winter residence at Ways, Ga., and there announced that the Ford Motor company “‘nev- er will recognize’ the United Auto- mobile Workers of America or any other union. “We'll deal with in- dividual workers,” he said. Ford said that any of his men who struck would be “led out’ of the particular plant with regrets cause we know the men are simply being duped and coerced by the | strike leaders.” “We won't hold any grudge | against them and will be willing to | hire them back,” he added. | He said pub were charged with protecting citizens from such disorders as sitdown strikes, “Those who seize property not their own are in the same category as housebreakers,” Ford said. John L. Lewis in reply told a union meeting in Detroit that he had no doubt Ford will continue to deal with individual employees ‘“‘as long as his employee: ermit him to fol- low that policy and no | i “be- | i lies aC ger.” And the C. I. O. chief added ominously: | “I have no doubt Henry Ford will change his mind on this subject.” he strike in the Ford plant in Kansas City came to an end and the members of the United Auto- mobile Workers were boasting of gaining a victory over the imper- turbable Henry. But the advantage they won was slight and temporary, and the battle with Ford is yet to | be fought. | The thirty-day strike of the Chrys- | ler company employees came to an end when W. P. Chrysler and John Lewis reached an agreement under persuasion of Governor Murphy. The company agreed to recognize the U. A. W. A. as the bargaining agency for its members, and the union pledged that it would call no sitdown strikes nor permit its mem- bers to engage in any in Chrysler plants for the duration of the com- pact, which extends to March 3, 1938, The strike of Reo company men was settled on approximately the same terms, and Governor Murphy then turned his attention to the Hud- son company strike. The C. I. O. invaded Canada by calling out 3,700 workers in the plants of the General Motors com- pany of Canada at Oshawa, Ont. But it was the old-fashioned kind of strike, with picketing, and the union pledged there would be no violence. THREE hundred sitdown strikers at the plant of the Hershey Chocolate corporation at Hershey, Pa., were overwhelmed and driven out by a mob of thousands of irate farmers and loyal workers of the company. The farmers were en- raged because the strike had cut off their market for $10,000 worth of milk daily. They and the non- strikers were armed with clubs and bricks and the strikers were treated roughly. Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl- vania ordered an investigation and declared formally: “The bloodshed at the Hershey plant was a disgrace to the com. monwealth. The blame lies direct. ly on the sheriff of the county, who said he did not need the assistance of the state police to maintain or- der. Precedent decrees that local authorities must ask the state's as- sistance before it intervenes. ‘“The state police will not be used to suppress union labor. Neither are they interested in the sitdown prob- lem. They will prevent mob rule. Apparently the sheriff was not an unbiased law enforcement officer in this case.” N OVING back again to the West, we find Elmer A. Benson, Farmer-Labor governor of Minne- sota, involved in labor troubles that might conceivably result in his im- peachment. About 200 members of the ““people’s lobby"’ staged a sitdown in the senate chamber at St. Paul for the purpose of enfore- ing their demands for immediate ac- tion on the gover- nor's relief plan. Benson had previ- ously spoken to the crowd, telling them “it is all right to be a little rough once in a while” in dealing with the legislature, and the lawmakers were exceedingly re- The governor, after one day and night, persuaded the dem- onstrators to leave, telling them they had done a good job. On regaining possession Gov. Benson of resolution condemning the nor for “inciting people to riot’’ and failing to perform his lawful duties to “‘quell and quiet the mob.” While there was no serious talk of impeachment, the report was current that the senate resolution was drafted deliberately as a pos- sible basis for such action. ITUMINOUS coal miners were on strike only one day, for the new wage scale, providing an $85,- tives of the operators and the United Mine Workers of America. Of course the pay for this wage boost. Charles O'Neill, president of the United Eastern Coal Sales corporation and chairman of the operators’ delega- tion at the conference, said the cost of bituminous coal at would go up at least 25 cents a ton. ir de nd for a 35-hour week, or a week, but | urs a day and 5 days ain. Also the men weeks’ vacation guaranty of 200 failed to get two with pay and a is going to be a lively ornered struggle in Tha. 1.0, were southwestern oil fields. the campaign to or- in the ago, has begun the workers Harvey C. national Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers and close friend of John Lewis, is in charge of the operations. A rival movement for members and pres- tige will be started in a few days Gov. James V. has given notice “every resource’ against sit-down strikes, which he declares are un- lawful and un-American. He added: “My investigation convinces me that sit-down strike organizers have invaded Texas. Sit-down methods do not represent the desires of an overwhelming majority of organized labor in this state.” that he will use y RANS-ATLANTIC air service between the United States and Great Britain may be expected to start almost immediately, for the last obstacle in its way was re- moved by an agreement with Can- ada concerning routes through the Dominion. Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson announced that two routes through Canada had been made available for trans-Atlantic flying craft that will make a total of four trips a week. One route is by way of Shediac, N. B., and the other through Montreal. The hop- off point for eastward flights over the ocean would be from Bottwood, N. F., which also would be landfall on the westward flights. Johnson said that under the agree- ment British and United States planes would make two crossings apiece weekly. SENATOR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS of Illinois told the senate that he believes the time has come for President Roosevelt to call an international peace conference that would revise the treaty of Ver- sailles. He said the object of the con- ference would be to reach a “new disposition that might content the nations that are now in revolt and which continue in conflict because of the affront and injury they feel was worked upon them under the terms of the treaty.” The senator asserted the popular- ity of Mr. Roosevelt abroad would lend much to the success of such a conference. ————————— "THAT France and Russia are flagrantly violating the Spanish civil war neutrality agreement by sending aid to the Madrid govern- ment is the charge flatly made by Virginio Gayda, Italian editor who is generally regarded as voicing the views of Premier Mussolini, The charges are so serious that many observers believe they mean Italy may soon break away from the agreement and openly go to the as- sistance of the Franco regime. Gayda said 25 officers of the French general staff were mapping the strategy of the loyalists espe- cially on the front northeast of Ma- been permitted through of much war material made in the United States. He alleged that Ed- ouard Daladier, French minister of war, is receiving reports on the per- formance of the new 155 millimeter (6.1 inch) French guns sent to Spain lajara battle. Gayda declared, Spanish government. HE house of passed, 122 to 14, a measure, admittedly experimental, designed congress. It embraces one phases of the President's court pro- gram, The bill provides that whenever the constitutionality of an act of congress is drawn in question in any general is permitted to appear and present arguments on behalf of the government. The attorney general is given the same rights as a party in the suit, tains of northern Arizona re- vealed the wreck of the skyliner that had been missing several davs: and in the wreckage were the corpses of the eight occupants, six of them burned beyond recognition. being taken from Burbank, Calif., to New York. It had smashed against the side of a mountain, the cause of the disaster being un- known. D RICES of government bonds have been dec! Ing manner, and the administration decided to do something to check i the slump. The open market committee of the federal re- serve system dis- cussed the matter all one day, and next day President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Chairman Eccles of the reserve board held a long confer ence. The result was this announcement: a view (1) to exerting its influence toward orderly conditions in the money market and (2) to facilitating the orderly adjustment mber banks to the increased e requirements effective May 37, the open market committee the federal reserve system is pre- pared to make open market pur- chases of govern t securities for the account of federal reserve banks in such amounts and at such times as may be desirable.” The security and markets were given a rather severe jolt by the President when he told Secretary Morgenthau “With copper, were too high and that it was time for a shift in federal ex- penditure from them so as to spread the national income more evenly. congress and all trance into the World war. through preparedness.” “We who have seen the terrible destruction wrought by war want to do all in our power to avoid another war,” he said. "The best way to do this, we believe, is by having a strong, well-trained, well-equipped army and navy. So strengthened, an aggressor nation will think twice before trying to draw us into war.” The best way to achieve this pre- paredness, he added, is by carry- ing out the provisions of the Nation- al Defense act of 1920. T BAT Florida ship canal project, which would cut the state in two, has come to the fore again and probably will have to be fough out once more in 1 congress. Two re- norts on the matter, have just been filed. One, from Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark- ham, chief of engi- neers of the army, says the federal government would be justifie¢ in com- pleting the project at a cost of $197. 921,000. The other, Maj. Gen. from the river and Markham harbor board, says the canal is eco- nomically unsound. Neither report was made public at once, but the War department said General Markham recommend. ed an Atlantic-Gulf waterway 33 feet deep and 400 feet wide. 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