WAGE BILL IS PASSED ! Sg AR Roti eo 2h ena ickarnd House Passes Wage-Hour Bill EPRESENTATIVE MARY NOR- TON'S wage-hour bill finally got through the house by a vote of 314 to 97, despite fierce opposition of the southern Demo- crats. It was sent on differing and where ported carry on a filibuster. The Southerners 3 fought for A : tials favoring their a industries, and were Rep. Norton .ijeq4 by a few Re- publicans who called the bill a *‘vote catcher” out of work.” The measure wage-hour standards classes of operating in regardless of prevailing scales. It fixes an initial wage of 25 cents an hour which steps up to 40 cents an hour in three years, and rigid certain establishes for two years. A coalition of farm state repre- sentatives and the southern Demo- crats put over a drastic amendment offered by Mrs. Norton, exempting thousands of employees engaged in the processing of agricultural com- modities from the provisions of the measure. Other amendments exempt retail establishments in intrastate com- merce; the entire fishing industry; and employees of rural weekly and semi-weekly newspapers with less than 3,000 circulation. The shipment in commerce of goods produced with the aid of child labor is prohibited, but child actors are exempt from this provision. When the fight ended, Mrs. Nor- ton, chairman of the labor commit- tee, was cheered and hugged by the victorious administration Demo- crats. wn Morgan Charges Deceit R. ARTHUR E. ed chief of TVA, was the first witness heard by the congressional committee inquiring into the affairs of the authority. fashion he told his side of the story, charging his fellow directors with dishonest management. He ex- plained he did not mean David Lil- deceived the President, congress, and the public; that they covered up important facts tending to throw ernment’s huge social experiment; reported a false electric power yard- stick, and were subservient to politi- cal and other special interests. He accused Lilienthal flatly of de- ceit in leading the public to be- lieve that the financial accounts of service they render to the public. Dr. Morgan discussed in great de- tail the celebrated ‘‘Berry marble case,” involving Sen. George L. Ber- ry, Tennessee Democrat, sosmmamnnns Boss Hines Arrested JAMES J. HINES, most powerful leader of Tammany Hall and chief dispenser of federal patronage in New York, was arrested on charges arising from the 100-million- dollar-a-year policy game racket in that city. He surrendered in the office of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, hard hitting young prose- cutor of Manhattan's multitudinous rackets, and was released in bonds of $20,000. A —_—. Lewis Backs Barkley JoBN L. LEWIS, C. 1. O. chieftain, has asked labor to support Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky in the primaries August 6. In his ca- pacity as chairman of Labor's Non- Jattisan league, Lewis said of Bark- y: . He is recognized as one of the nation’s leading statesmen, liberal in his viewpoint and co-operative in his attitude toward legislation in the interests of labor and the common people.” Harry Hopkins, WPA administra- tor, found occasion to say a good Democratic senaterial nomination For this Hopkins was denounced by senators who were demanding that the relief appropriations be ear- marked so they cannot be used for political purposes. AROLD L. ICKES, secretary of the interior and PWA adminis- trator, put one over on all but his closest friends. He sailed secretly from New York to Ireland and lin was quietly mar- ried to Miss Jane Dahlman of Milwau- kee, twenty - five years old and a clerk in his depart- ment. Mr. Ickes, who is sixty - four years old, lost his g first wife nearly three years go In Harold Ickes an automobile acci- dent in the Southwest, The new Mrs. Ickes, red haired and pretty, is a niece of John Cuda- hy, American minister to Ireland, and sister of Mrs. Wilmarth Ickes of Winnetka, Ill., widow of Mr. Ickes’ step-son. Minister Cudahy did not attend the wedding, but was represented by an attache of the legation. The couple left Dublin by automobile for a brief honeymoon trip. Mr. Ickes cabled friends in Washington that he would a week and would be at home on his estate near Olney, Md. EN persons died when a twin- motored plane of the United Air bound from New York for Chicago, crashed and burned south of Cleveland, Ohio. and the stewardess. Officials of the air line said their information indicated the pilot was forced to make a landing because of Japan Demands Apology TOW it is the turn of Japan to 4 demand an apology — from Great Britain. The Tokyo govern- ler, parliamentary of the British for- eign office, that Japanese marines hzd shot many Chinese war prison- tured the port of Amoy. manded that the British government slur on Japan's honor. The Japanese announced in Shang- hai that they had at last gained complete control of the 800-mile Tientsin-Pukow railway, and expect- ed to resume operations linking Pei- ping and Shanghai early in July. smn. Two Taxation Decisions N TWO far-reaching decisions the United States Supreme court fur- ther narrowed the field of recipro- cal intergovernmental tax immuni- ty. The rulings continued the trend in the direction of President Roose- velt’s theory that the federal and state governments can tax the sala- ries of each other's employees and the income of each other's securi- ties without a constitutional amend- ment. In a decision delivered by Justice Stone, the court upheld levying of federal income taxes on employees of the Port of New York authority. In a decision delivered by Justice Roberts, the court upheld federal admission taxes on tickets to foot- ball games conducted by the uni- versity system of Georgia. HE National Labor Relations board ordered the Kuehne Manu- facturing company, Flora, Il1., to re. instate with back pay 164 American Federation of Labor sit-down strik- ers, It was the NLRB’s third major sit-down decision, but the first in- volving an A. F. of L. union, The labor board refused to an- | swer 74 questions put to it by the | Ford Motor company in United States circuit court at Covington, Ky. The board particularly resented | being asked whether Thomas Cor- { coran, Benjamin V. Cohen, John L. | Lewis or Homer Martin were con- sulted in arriving at an order charg- ing the Ford company with violat- ing the Wagner labor act. | CE —— | Too Late for Wheat Quotas SECRETARY WALLACE said that | under the new crop control law it is too late to invoke marketing | quotas on this year's indicated {| bumper wheat crop. He explained that the law authorized quotas this | year only in the event congress ap- | propriated funds by May 15 for “parity payments’ provided in the new legislation. anaes Martin Loses in Oregon OV. CHARLES H. MARTIN of Oregon, the veteran soldier who has been fighting against the C. I. O. and other radicals, was beaten for renomination in the Dem- ocratic primary by Henry Hess who had the backing of labor unions and of Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Charles A. Sprague was nominated { for governor by the Republicans and | they believe they have a good chance to win in the fall elections, | for the Democrats, there as in Penn- sylvania, were badly split. EE War Narrowly Averted ERMAN and Czech troops by the thousands were massed on the frontier between the two coun- | tries. President Benes of Czechoslo- vakia and his cabi- net decided to call 70,000 reserves to the Poland assembled armed forces close to the Slovakia border. Hungary was re- ported to be taking “certain military measures.” France was ready to defend her ally, Czechoslo- vakia, against Nazi aggression, and assurance that Great Britain and Russia would come to the aid of France if she were at- tacked without provocation. No wonder the governments of Europe were desperately worried by such a critical condition. Hitler must have realized that the time was not ripe for aggressive ac- ion against the Czechs, for German authorities in Berlin solemnly as- sured Dr. Vojtech Mastny, Czech minister to Berlin, and the Czech military attache that Germany { planned no military expedition against Czechoslovakia. This eased the situation somewhat, but the British cabinet continued to urge Benes and his government to make all possible concessions to Hitler concerning the demands of the Su- deten German minority. It was be- lieved the Fuehrer would ultimate- ly get about everything he wants { from the Czechs without a fight. Dr. Milan Hodza, premier of Czechoslovakia, and Konrad Hen- lein, leader of the Sudeten German | party, were brought together in peace talks in Prague. Henlein was { reported to have said he didn't be- lieve much progress in that line | could be made until the government { had recalled the reservists who had been mobilized. The Czechs informed the French and British governments they are willing to become a central Euro- pean Switzerland in which all races | of the polyglot republic will have equal rights. However, they insist { on further guarantees against Ger- | man aggression to compensate for {| weakening their defense. {| In Paris it was reported that the French government asked that the United States associate itself with France and Britain in their efforts | to keep Hitler from attacking Czech- | oslovakia, and that Washington's i reply, through Ambassador Bullitt, was a refusal to mix in the row. This was denied by Mr. Bullitt, r— colors, President Benes there was Italy Warns France JTALY intimated it would keep out of the Nazi-Czech quarrel, but { Mussolini broke off the friendship | talks with France and warned that continued French acquiescence in | the shipment of arms to govern- {| ment Spain would not be tolerated. lona, Italy and Germany may be would endanger the new Anglo-Ital- ian agreement. sin Ss Predestination Is Out G ENERAL assembly of the Pres- byterian church in the United States, in session at Meriden, Miss., voted 151 to 130 to omit from the confession of faith these two impor- tant sections: “By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others fore. ordained to everlasting death. **And their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished.” n By WILLIAM 3 ¥ { BRUC NATIONA is curious how We, here in Washing- ton, have just wit- nessed what can well be called a phenomenon. It grows out of the primaries in two widely separated states, Florida and Pennsylvania. The fact that it was a Democratic primary in each instance, however, makes possible this analysis and discussion of details. Taking up the primaries in their order, there was the primary in Florida where Sen. Claude Pepper, 100 per cent New Dealer, indorser of Townsend old-age pensions, and himself indorsed by James Roose- velt, son and secretary of the Pres- ident, licked the pants off of his challengers. He polled more votes than Rep. J. Mark Wilcox and for- mer Gov. Dave Sholtz combined. It was, without doubt, a New Deal vic- tory for which the President can claim justifiable credit. The second primary was that in Pennsylvania where there were three candidates for the United States senatorial nomination among the Democrats and three for the Democratic gubernatorial nomina- tion. There were two candidates for the Republican nomination for each of these offices, as well, but that fact will be treated later, Few party primaries in modern times developed the bitterness that flamed in the Pennsylvania. It was that rganize , a8 come out ur * open with candidates Democratic ley has ta to tell the Washington.—It Phenomenon in Politics the first time such, had anc National Chairms: ken a hand in attempt il voters of a state what do. In addition, there party COMmMN upon selecting a slate of in regulation boss fashior were all of the fight, and it happened accordin forecast Mr. Farley made hour public appeal to of Pennsylvania asked them to nominate Governor Earle for the United States senate Governor Earle the state comm Farley also sylvanian Thomas 3 urer of the United Mine for the governorship was thrown commitiee Was which 1 1itlee elements of a r an the Democrats al ittee faction. Mr. that the Penn. Lieut asked Workers, overboard by the state but he had the open in- dorsement of John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O. labor union. He also had the backing of Sen. Joseph Guf- fey, who has constantly served as President Roosevelt's in the United States senate. The Farley recommendation cast out Charles Alvin Jones of Pittsburgh, state committee selection for the governorship, voice thus the discard as far cratic senatorial nomination concerned. Mayor Wilson Lewis-C. 1. O.-Guffey was was a candidate. up resentment even from the men loud and long; so did Lieutenant Governor Kennedy. Mr. Earle won. Mr. Kennedy lost. Mr. Jones won, and shouted about it. Mayor Wilson lost and bellowed about the interference. And after the smoke cleared away, Mr. Farley said promptly, in ef- fect, “Let's all get together and elect our Democratic candidates.” ad * » John D. M. Hamilton, Republican national chairman, wrote a state- men while the sun was coming up on the day fol- lowing the pri- mary. He bounced biting words right off of Mr. Farley's head. In substance, he said the Pennsylvania primary showed: 1. The voters of any state resent interference from the national headquarters as re- gards their party nominees. 2. The voters of Pennsylvania showed they will have nothing to do with John L. Lewis, despite the fact that prob- ably that state is the most tightly organized for the C. I. O. of any state in the country. 3. The Demo- crats of Pennsylvania are tiring of the ‘‘crack-pot brains’’ of the Roose- velt administration. Mr. Hamilton, further, called at- Biting Words of representatives were defeated for renomination. Representative Stack, an admirer of Father Coughlin, rad- ical radio priest, and Representa- tive Crosby, author of Townsend plan bills in the house, were sup- planted. The Republican chairman sought to connect their defeat with a trend away from radicalism which he says is inherent in the New Deal, because Mr. Stack sometimes went beyond New Desl ground. * Now, as to the Republican battle: James J. Davis, present senator, was ted over G. Mason Owlett, backed by the state committee, and J Arthur H. James was nomina for the governorship over former Gov, Gif- ford Pinchot, who, like Mr. nedy, was approved by John L. Lewis and his C. 1. O. as acceptable. So again, the voters took things into their own hands and their state com- mittee selections were taken on where the voters liked the man. But, to get back to the premise upon which I started, it has been most interesting to note the veering of the political winds. Shortly after the Florida primary, there was a hurrying for cover by dozens of Democrats in the house of repre- sentatives. They thought they saw in those results a swing again to the New Deal, a restoration of the President's popularity. New Deal spokesmen around Washington did not let any grass grow under their feet. They used the Florida results to advantage. In good political fash- ion, they whispered and hinted and sometimes said out loud that the boys who went against the New Deal would get their spanking. And to their credit, it must be said they did a good job. For ex- ample, 1 am convinced the vicious wages and hours bill that was locked so securely in a house com- mittee would never have been brought out except for the reaction from the Florida primary. Seldom, if ever, has there been so much haste in signing a petition for re- port of a bill was observed in the case of that legislation. Gen- speaking, I believe it is a New Deal backbones were as fact that renominat assures election in and the Far- ' ley “harmony at- he day before the polls And came then a sud- ival of the al Demox "lorida’s figint that rats were makin Maybe the lve clear- was was arts anii- vole da vote did not inv New Deal issues; maybe it : chine, maybe it was that—any- were running: ania is a better ba- each May be one is analyz- ing that effort to Wi their thing Organized political was washed out Pennsylvania the made the mc \atever conclusions are, definitely estal labor's most am- effort flopped. It of the road. The rout of organized la- John Lewis brand is re significant because of the link with the White House disclosed through Mr. Farley's in- dorsement of Mr. Kennedy. It may be, of course, that President Roose- velt did keep hands off, but it is quite another matter to convince the average person that the White House was not involved. For one the Pennsylvania results one ed Another thing to remember about the Democratic primary results in 1940, to be exact. The gubernatorial nomination de- Democrats so long exercised by Sen- ator Guffey. He cannot be called the And when it is time for election of a successor to Mr. Guffey, the best political judgment available predicts Mr. Guffey's dis- appearance as an entrant. As to the 1940 projection, attention ought to be directed to the fact that prob- ably Mr. Jones, and not Mr. Guffey, will determine what Democratic presidential aspirant shall have the great block of 72 votes in the na- tional convention. This seems cer- tain whether Mr. Jones wins or loses the race for governor. He is established as head of the party. All of the indications now perceptible faction, now controlling, with the more conservative group nationally, most certain to, have an important reaction on national strategy. * Sl - In addition to these circum- stances, there is talk going around Talk About Kentucky New Deal faction in Kentucky is de- termined to business. In that state, of course, Senator Barkley, the Roosevelt ma- jority leader in the senate whose selection to the job was made in the famous “‘Dear Alben” letter, has a tremendous bulge. Cold anal- ysis of the situation does not af- ford much comfort for the forces of A. B. “Happy” Chandler, who seeks the Barkley scalp. The point is, however, that anti-New Dealers among the Democrats think the Pennsylvania situation may possi- bly be reptod uced in Kentucky. Work That You Can "Carry With You” Pattern 6030, You, too, can enjoy the luxury of beautiful lace . . . all you need is a crochet hook and some inex- pensive string. 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