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BLASTS HALT STEEL PLANT
M«y TKout«ndi in Rnhim to Jobs . • • Prosidont May
Act in Labor Dispute • • . Fascists Quit Spanish Patrol
Riots eon tinned as steel plants attempted reopening.
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SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK
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No Water, No Steel, No Job*
P\rNAMITE temporarily stopped
a back-to-work movement in
the great Cambria Works of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation
J o h n s t o wn. Pa.,
scene of the most
violent altercations
among strikers, loy
al workers and the
law in recent days.
Two explosions crip
pled the principal
water mains supply
ing the
its
and nearly
half Its 15.000
Workers* Organuing
down” strikes and other “unfair"
union practices, and provide severe
penalties for unions which violated
contracts with employers. His
amendments:
1.—To give employers the same
right which only employees now en
joy to appeal to the national labor
relations board for an election to
determine the representatives of
employees.
1.—To require agreements in writ
ing and to permit strikes only after
a majority vale of all employees.
Any group which broke its contract
and did not repair the break aflar
being ordered to do se by the board
would be
about
Comfort In Traveling.
L ATELY, on • cross-country
prowl, two of us invtdtd
one of the remotest comen cf
the desert.
Until our car broke down we
crawled along some of the roughest
backwsys in crea
tion, then escaped
on what by quaint
irony was called
an accommodation
train over a side-
spur of a prehistoric
railway line.
When we hit con
crete high roads and
air- conditioned
fliers, I caught my
self saying our fore
fathers put up with
plenty of misery in
order to move about. And then I
realized that what we had endured
did not date back to former genera
tions. So soon have we grown ac
customed to luxury with speed we
forget that most of America, fifteen
years ago, lacked what we now ac
cept as common traveling comfort.
Why, less than two decades ago,
for my sins, I rode on a certain jerk
water railroad in the deep South.
The last work done on its tracks was
in 1864 by General Sherman—he
tore 'em up.
I made the mistake of trying to
shave while en route. When I got
through, I looked like one of those
German student duelists.
But, nowadays, even those who
use homemade trailers seem al
most happy at times.
Irvin S. Cobb
W!
I —Establish a
far labor. This w
Prohibit
Diplomatic Bnsybodies.
HO'LL bo the next member of
our diplomatic corps to open
his mouth and put his foot in it
clear up to his hip-jointT
It has been nearly two months
now since our ambassador to Ger
many had a bad dream and before
nursie could quiet him was pro
claiming that a certain billionaire
was willing to put up one of his
loose billions to buy a dictatorship
for this country. Ho failed to fur
nish the name and address Maybe
they get loft out of the nightmare
Hardly hod paregoric wooed this
d »’.inguiehad sufferer bock to hush-
e bye land when our now represen
tative la the Philippines began de-
that. when It came to
effictal toasts, his name
ap m the
list ar be wouldn't be
flar Hip MMoquanrea. However, the
excitement subsided before be could
theu
of
that already has been rolled up He
said the strikers were openly de
claring that they had the support of
the President.
As the plants re-opened before
the blasts it had seemed that the
real grip of the strike had been
broken, although there were still
some 250 pickets on hand. The day
before the re-opening, the C. I. O.,
in a last-minute attempt to save its
cause, promised a masa meeting,
near the city, of 50.000 miners who
would then aid the steel strikers in
keeping the plants closed. Only
about 1,500 showed up, and after lis
tening to speeches by union leaders
they dispersed peaceably.
F.D.R. Waxes Impatient
IT WAS believed that the pressure
1 of public opinion in the steel
strikes had driven President Roose
velt close to supporting federal legis
lation similar to that of the amend
ments proposed by Sen. Arthur H.
Vandenberg of Michigan for the na^“
tional labor relations act. The Pres
ident indicated at a press confer
ence that he was as much put out at
the C. I. O. for forcing organiza
tion upon the steel workers as he
was with the corporations for refus
ing to negotiate in terms of a signed
contract.
After a talk with Charles P. Taft,
who had been chairman of the me
diation board that failed to effect
settlement, the President said:
•Mr Taft
I
of the
from attacks by the
iment Ha
how Germany had been condemned
for shelling Almeria after a Spanish
airplane bad bombed the cruiser
Deutschland, and how, when the
cruiser Leipzig was attacked by a
submarine while on patrol duty, the
non-intervention committee bad
done nothing about it
A remedy suggested by Great Brit
ain and France was that the patrol
duty be left entirely to them, with
Italian observers on French patrol
ships and German observers on Brit
ish ships to "judge the equitable, im
partial working of the system.”
Germany and Italy lost little time
in refusing to accept the proposal.
Sir Neville Chamberlain called the
British cabinet in to see what might
be done, but it was generally be
lieved that if the Fascists continued
in their policy of refusing to co-op
erate with the non-intervention pa
trol, Great Britain would scrap
her entire neutrality policy. She
might extend the right of bellig
erents to Gen. Francisco Franco
and his insurgents, thus for the first
time recognizing that a state of waf
exists in Spain. This would be re
garded as a bit of sugar for the
Fascist nations, who recognize the
insurgent government as the gov
ernment of Spain.
Montague* end Capulet*
WITH all the family bleating*
save thorn of a political clasa-
Mias Ethel du Pont,
of Eugene da Foal, and
. . DeUao Beeeeeelt. Jr. mm
* rnm PtisHisi ef g
the
And
are the
their facet the grim met
Infty le disavow
that their aea to the
On the ether hand, thm men pa
trons—descended, many of them,
from old gun fighters, old prospec
tors. old path-finders—grow Increas
ingly docile and subdued, absorbing
less than their share of the hard
liquor—maybe because they fear
thera won’t be enough left for
mama and the girls—and risking
their dimes where the gallant ladies
plunge with dollars.
Sometimes a fellow, watching the
modern processional from the pro
tection of the sidelines, gets to long
ing for the bygone days when, as
Kipling might have put it and, in
fact, almost did, a woman was only
a woman, but a good cigar was ten
cents.
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These Candid Cameras.
O NCE a citizen had a right to ob
ject to the publication of a
flashlight view showing him beat
ing his wife or exhibiting his appen
dicitis scar or taking out his up
pers or something.
That was before they began print
ing magazines for those who’ve
abandoned the old-fashioned habit
of reading and writing. And it’s
doing glamorous movie queens no
real good when these betraying
close-ups prove that maybe the
glamor is only paint-deep.
Thus the Ust strongholds of our
one-time personal liberty crumble. I
used to think a passport picture
was about the frankest thing we had
In the line of intimate likenesses,
of course, the x-ray.
Washington.—I believe it was
President Grover Cleveland who
_ ., made the very
President e p i g r a mmatic
on the Spot statement that "I
will take care of
my enemies; but please save me
from my friends.” The distin
guished Democrat, Mr. Cleveland,
recognized one of the gravest dan
gers that besets politicians and it
whs in this connection that he made
the famous remark.
Lately, I have been thinking that
President Roosevelt is getting into
the spot—if, indeed, he is not bi-
ready behind the eight-ball—where
he must have some protection from
his friends. He faces a condition
with which some observers fear he
may not be able to deal as success
fully as has been his record.
The thing that has put Mr. Roose
velt in a bad political spot is the
outburst of Gov. George H. Earle of
Pennsylvania. Governor Earle, it
was, who burst forth recently with a
declaration that Mr. Roosevelt must
run for a third term. There are
"no men in the Democratic party
or any other party who reach knee-
high stature mentally or morally
to Franklin D. Roosevelt,” accord
ing to Governor Earle’s appraisal
of the present Executive. Crovernor
Earle’s record in Pennsylvania is
that of an avid New Dealer. He
has followed the Roosevelt footsteps
in every specification and he has
maintained a constant gunfire of
chatter in support of the President
and his policies.
The activities of the Pennsylvania
governor have been so constant that
It led one observer to remark the
other day that Governor Earle ap
parently wanted to be the first man
on the Roosevelt bandwagon for
1540. This, of course, had reference
to the priority given In political ap
pointments after Mr. Roosevelt be
came President to thooe Democrats
who had been supporters of Mr.
Roosevelt before the
that
But
the
Pennsylvania fever nor. I
that the
many
are
because they can sss how the Earle
declaration may be used to explode
various thiafs poiUiratty as Mr.
Roosevelt goes through bis current
term.
(hat
cp. the fart recnaiaa that
dent ever has served a third
la the Halted States It to a
»y
ftftdiy
la have “my friend
clars Mr. Reoacvah m»
Aar a third torm at thto pantraler
a
are
and run for the presidency. But a
good many of them already have let
it be known that they are prepared
to make this terrific sacrifice in
order to serve their country.
I do not attempt to enumerate all
of them. In any discussion of cur
rent politics, however, one cannot
overlook such men as Henry Wal
lace, now secretary of agriculture,
or Governor Murphy of Michigan
or Paul McNutt, now high com
missioner for the United States to
the Philippine commonwealth. One
must not forget the ambitions of
Governor Davey of Ohio, or Senator
Barkley of Kentucky—all good New
Dealers and true. Then, I think,
one ought not omit reference to
Jesse Jones, chairman of the gigan
tic Federal Reconstruction Finance
corporation, who would leave his
vast business interests, if neces
sary, to serve in the White House.
Nor would I be fair to all of the
budding candidates if I omitted
reference to John L. Lewis who has
been claiming such yeoman service
in behalf of the working men
through the Committee for Industri
al Organization which is violently
antagonistic to the American Fed
eration of Labor. Mr. Lewis, of
course, will deny that he ever in
tends to desert labor even for the
presidency, but there are • good
many people who think that Mr.
Lewis has some little thought con
cealed in his heart—something of a
wish or a hope that he, too, might
And himself in the direct path of the
political lightning from the Demo
cratic national convention la 1540.
I do not know now, nor do I
think anyone else knows, what the
relative strength is among these va
rious gentlemen who are exhibiting
signs of a willingness to serve the
nation aa the Democratic candi
date.
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ByJtANNg
FRED MAC MURRAY WASHED
CARS FOR A LIVING -
VTECESSITY is the mother of ln-
^ vention, they say; and if that
is so I think someone should em
phasize that "Courage is the fa
ther of opportunity." So many
times, when things look blackest, it
seems that only by drawing on re
serve strength can we keep going.
Suddenly we find ourselves face to
face with opportunity^ Everything
looked hopeless before. We were
really almost ready to give up.
And, then looking back, we wonder
how things could have seemed as
bad as they were.
Fred MacMurray was born in
Kankakee, 111., in 1908, and spent
his boyhood in Beaver Dam, Wis.
He lived a normal small town life
for an American youngster. In 1925,
when he was seventeen, he was
awarded the annual American Le
gion medal for the student show
ing the most well-rounded develop
ment in scholastic subjects and
sports. His mother worked in of
fices to support them both, and
Fred attended Carroll college in
of thoM who do ms tho
of reading thooo columns
undoubtedly have
hod varying opto
Fmmet tons oo to why
President Roses
veil hold tho famous love feast an
the toland In Cbeeapeake bay at the
end ef Jene. From converseUone
with Democratic fneodo to the
bouse ef reproeentaUvee. I am quits
convinced that no* all t( those who
were tovttod to the Jefferson laload
club lor tho mooting anib tho Peso*
dent were happy over tho rennlta
Of course, oo everyone knows, the
three day session which the Presi
dent hod srtth Dsnsoc rot sow store
end represents lives wes intended to
placate all ef toe little IDs aad dis
agreements that have arisen These
with whom I have dw-
too affair wore no* m sure
that toe President accomplished hto
•
There to.
to the story
Rut I am quite convinced that
toe rent purpose Mr RaaneveH had
toes toast hen much
ton* he
feB WR dMMHHMi fftol I
ear liar, namely, toe issfora of a
full hat ef ramhdatos tor the nam-
la 1545 Mr Wsaaoosll to toe
linotoUrton am to meee eof%
as loedoc of hto pony to protect
eg a met that sort ef thmg By drop
Earle Is
politically. Thooo parsons hold tho
conviction that tho Penney lvsms
governor knows exactly what he to
doing In promoting Mr. Roosevelt
for a third torm at this Urns. Thotr
reasoning to to tho effect that it will
bo impossible to renominate and re
elect President Roosevelt for a third
time, however much the President
may want the job again. This same
group contends that it would be fa
tal to the liberal movement for Mr.
Roosevelt to take anv steps in this
direction although thAe are a good
ly number of people who are con
vinced that he wants to break this
precedent as he has broken many
others.
In consequence, according to this
line of reasoning, Governor Earle
is playing his own game of politics.
Hoping that the lightning may strike
Governor Earle of Pennsylvania,
Governor Earle is promoting Frank
lin Roosevelt for the job that Gov
ernor Earle wants.
It is plain to see that, by urging
renomination and re-election of
President Roosevelt, Governor
Earle avoids the barbs and bludg
eons that would be certain to come
his way if he were to admit that he
is a candidate thus far in advance
of 1940. Someone suggested that
the governor wanted Mr. Roosevelt
to be the objective of the brick
bats until that happy day when the
President would step aside and la
bel Governor Earle as the crown
prince of the New Deal.
• • •
However, in talking about 1540,
there ar* basketsful of men who
. . would be most
Mamy Are willing to dedicate
Willing their hve* for (our
or eight years to
ho o
and by maktog suggeoi
tog too general poimral
the Preaid am woo enabled to
preach the problem the! he
eees without dtocloemg too much of
hto hand Only time will tell how
he has eucceeded.
la the meantime, one may prop
erly call attention to tho aituation
that has developed at the capitol.
particularly in the senate. Hereto
fore. I have mentioned several
times that strained relations existed
between the President and certain
leaders in congress. That condition
has not improved, to say the least.
Indeed, I think it is very much
worse.
Probably Vice President Gamer
and Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
and Senator Harrison of Mississippi
ea^h will deny that which I am
about to say but knowledge of it is
so general around the capitol in
Washington that a denial will not
change my conviction.
Unless I have been reading politi
cal signs wrongly for 20 years, I
am convinced that the strained re
lationship between the capitol and
the White House now embraces Vice
President Garner and Senators Rob
inson and Harrison. The vice presi
dent has done remarkable service
in behalf of the New Deal but I
never have believed that he was
whole-heartedly in favor of all
Roosevelt policies. Senator Robin
son has served as majo-ity leader
and as such has carried the hod for
the President on the floor of the
senate day after day, fighting for
legislation which the President
wanted and generally serving as
Mr. Roosevelt's right hand at the
capitol. My own belief is that Sen
ator Robinson would have changed
many of the administration policies
If he could have done to without en
dangering the President's leader
ship of the party Much the same
can he written about Senator Har-
mb Of Hto mtmem
I Waukesha. Wis. earning his way
1 by ploying the saxophone. A bro
ken hip forced bio mother to quit
! work, and Fred loft college to try
I to blow o living out of hto aaxo-
They moved to Hollywood,
ilif, tor her health and the boy
was glad to get a job washing cars
to a garage, to pay her hospital
bills Before he could collect hto
pay. the garsge weni bankrupt, and
Fred MacMurray faced a discour
aging period without s job He
1 tried to obtain work to tho picture
studios ss o sasophone player, but
bad ns hack. Things tooted very
block, indeed
Then, he was aijnsd up wMi s
band celled the California CMtog>-
ana. which worked Ns o ay to New
York city end wss hired tor the play
"Three e a Crowd ** Fred bod a
small tot which tod to a slightly bea
ter part to "Roberta ** A talon*
i scout fbr Paramount sow tom,
t - Mm beck to Hollywood, and
he nee gison a centred which led
to too ouccem to pictures.
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POTT LAUREATE OF ENGLAND
ft as A PGR TER IN A BALOOH
11 f HAT remeeur eccupottm
** cento you puambty pc edict for
a bee so adventurous that no see
cuuM cootrsl Mm. os raefctoas that
too sum whs tosh core ef tom after
toe father and mother died indsm
tured tom to a merchant toup at the
ate ef fourteen is curb torn? That
urn John Masefield's start to Ido
end today bo botoo (ho highest hew
ers England con give any poet.
Bom to Led bum. Herefordshire.
England, to 19H. he sailed the oeaa
lor throe years Leaving the ship
in port at New York city, ho look
any odd job he could get. He
worked in a bakery and to a livery
stable He was porter tn Luke
O’Connor’s saloon at the Columbian
hotel near Jefferson Marks! jail.
Then he moved to Yonkers, at the
north end of New York city, where
he worked in s carpet factory, ri
ing to the magnificent position
"mistake finder” at $8.50 per wee
It was at this time, in his ear
twenties, that Masefield started
write poetry and in 1897 he left f
London. His first volume of verse
"Salt Water Ballads,” was pu
lished in 1902 opening with "A Co
secration,” in which he announo
himself as the champion oi ”ti
dust and scum of the earth.” Bool
at verse and novels followed, oi
upon the other, and John Masefle
became established ss one of En
land’s greatest poets.
So, remember John Masefield
tore you pass
*8 boy
to