riitits<lay, August 13, 1936
A
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
SiiHpeiiflinn of Ten Unions Voted by Federation Council—
Many Oil Men Indicted for Conspiracy—
Metaxas Dictator of Greece.
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E D W A R D W. P IC K A R D
< Wwotorn Nawapapar Union.
I JNLESS John L . l-ewia and his
associates In the C om m ittee for
In d u stria l O rganization repent and
cease th e ir “ re b e llio u s" a ctiv itie s
before Septem ber 5,
the ten unions they
head w ill be under
suspension fro m the
A m erican Federa
tion of Labor. Such
was the v e rd ic t of
th e
federation's
executive
council
w hich passed on the
ih a rg cs o f John P. j
F re y, president of i
I V
the m eta l trodes
J. P. F rey
division, th a t the
CIO was “ fom enting insu rre ction
and re b e llio n ." D avid D ubinsky,
head of the g arm e nt w orkers, cast
the only vote against the suspen
sion order.
Lew is having d efinitely set h im
self ugainst any peace overtures,
it appeared th a t the suspension
c e rta in ly would be put into effect.
The next m ove w ill be up to the
T am pa convention in t h e fa ll,
w hich w ill be usked to vote the ex
pulsion of the re fra c to ry unions.
The ten unions accused by M r.
F re y and found g u ilty are:
A m algam ated C lothing W orkers,
Sidney H illm a n , president.
O il F ield, Gas W ell, and R efinery
W orkers, H arvey F re m m in g , pres
ident.
Mine, M ill and S m elter W orkers,
Thom as H. Brown, president.
Ladies’ G u rm e nt W orkers. David
D ubinsky, president.
T e xtile W orkers, Thom as F. Mc
Mahon, president.
F la t Glass W orkers, G le r M c
Cabe. president.
Iron, Steel, and T in W orkers, M.
F. Tighe, president.
A utom obile W orkers, H o m e r
M a rtin , president.
Rubber W orkers, S. H. D a lry m
ple, president.
Action on the In te rn a tio n a l Typo
gra ph ical union, whose president,
C. P. H ow ard, is se cre tary of the
C IO ; and the United H at, Cap and
M illin e ry W orkers, p a rt of whom
are not associated w ith the CIO,
was deferred. The suspended un
ions huve a m em bership of about
one m illio n , or n ea rly one-third of
the to ta l in the federation.
Lew is characterized the co un cil’s
action as one o f “ incred ible a n d
crass s tu p id ity " and said th a t it
was “ dictated by personal selfish
ness and fra n tic fe a r.”
^ IX
passengers and tw o pilots
^ w e r e in sta n tly kille d when a big
Lockheed E le ctra plane o f the C hi
cago and Southern A irlin e s crashed
a few m inutes a fte r ta king off fro m
the a irp o rt of St. Louis, Mo. At
th is w ritin g there is no explanation
fo r the disaster. The plane was a l
m ost new and the w eather not bad
though skies were overcast.
The plane was bound fro m New
O rleans fo r Chicago, and five of the
v ic tim s were residents of the la tte r
c ity . One of the dead was Vernon
O m lie, a veteran p ilo t and husband
of Phoebe O m lie, a noted flyer.
H A R G E D by the governm ent
C
w ith conspiracy to violate the
a n ti-tru s t law by com bining to dom
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inate the purchasing o f o il in the
T e x a s , Louisiana
and O klahom a fields
and to fix prices of
gasoline in the M id
dle West, 58 per
sons, 23 petroleum
concerns and three
publishing
com pa
nies were indicted
by a federal grand
ju r y
in
Madison,
Wis.
Am ong t h e
pro m in en t
defend
t i. M. O lives
ants are E d w ard G.
Seubert of Chicago, president of
the Standard O il Com pany of In d i
ana; H enry M. Dawes of Evanston,
III., president of the Pure O il com
pany, and m any o fficials of Stand
ard O il, Pure O il, Deep Rock, So-
cony-Vacuum and various other oil
concerns and th e ir subsidiaries. A l
so in the lis t are W arren C. P la tt
o f C leveland, publisher o f the Na
tio n a l P etroleum News and P la tt’s
O ilg ra m ; his tw o publications and
the Chicago Jo u rn a l of Com m erce.
The in d ictm e n t charged th a t the
defendant o il companies form ed
pools in the east Texas and m id
continent fields fo r the purpose of
purchasing gasoline at a rtific ia lly
high prices fro m independent pro
ducers, and in fu rthe ra nce of such
a scheme were m em bers of associ
ations w hich included the indepen
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TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON
dents. F u rth e r it was charged that
independent refiners, to aid the
plan, had c u rta ile d th e ir production '
of gasoline.
This, said M r. P la tt, is exactly \
w ha t the o il companies did w ith the
approval o f S ecretary of the In te ri
o r H arold L. Ickes, a d m in istra to r J
of the N R A petroleum code, when '
e ffo rts w ere being made to lim it the
production of gasoline, prevent the ' .
flow of excess quota o il into m ar- j
ket channels, and raise prices in .
th a t tu rb u le n t in d u stry.
What Price Relief
Our Gifts
of g iv in g affec
T H tio E n a secret
te ly is great and ra re ;
it req uires address to do it
w e ll; othe rw ise we lose in
stead o f d e riv in g benefit fro m
It. T his m an gives la v is h ly in
a w a y th a t obliges no one; the
m an ne r o f g iv in g is w o rth m ore
than the g ift.
A n o th e r m an
loses in te n tio n a lly a t a game,
thus disguising his p re sen t;
another forgets a je w e l, w hich
w ould have been refused as a
g ift. A generous booby seems
to be g iv in g alm s to h is m is
tress w hen he is m a k in g a
p resent.—C orneille.
Eye the Present
tíñele P hil
Stufài
Is politeness decaying? D on’t
p e rm it th a t. I t * w i l l develop in to
sheer b ru ta lity .
I f you ca re a g re at deal fo r a
m a n as he is, you m ay be able to
re fo rm h im , b ut be ca re fu l.
People have to become th o r
o u g h ly exasperated before they
th o ro u g h ly punish crim e .
Keeping s till seldom re su lts in
w o rry la te r on.
P R E S ID E N T R O O S EVE LT wa?
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v is ib ly aroused by R epublicar j
charges th a t the New D ealers were
seeking to reap p o litic a l p ro fit from
the dro uth conditions. A t his presf
conference he broke w ith the usua.
ru le by p e rm ittin g h im s e lf to be
d ire c tly quoted as saying:
“ I t is a great disservice to th«
proper a d m in is tra tio n o f any gov j
e rn m e nt to lin k up hum an m isery
w ith p artisan p o litic s ."
f r i
E S P E R A T E fighting fo r posses
D
sion of the passes in the
G u ad arram a m ountains north ol
M a d rid was going on between the
governm ent forces and the rebel
troops. L o y a lis t soldiers w ere h u r
rie d to th a t region, and M adrid
claim ed some victo ries. However,
the Fascists on the n orthern side
of the range w ere said to be w ith in
sig h t of the c a p ita l and in position ¡
fo r a vigorous advance.
The rebels scored in the south by
landing 2,000 M oroccan troops from ,
Ceuta a fte r a liv e ly sea and a ir |
fig ht in w hich tw o lo y a lis t warships |
w ere d riven off. The loya lists were
also reported to have m et defeat ¡
near A v ila , losing 600 men and ;
some tanks and trucks.
On the tw e ntie th day of the re
bellion the governm ent announced
it had captured the provinces ol
C atalonia. Valencia, M u rc ia , M ala
ga, Ciudad
Real, G u ad ala ja ra,
Badajoz and the northern resort
c ity of San Sebastian.
F ascist Ita ly nas oeen accused
of aiding the Spanish rebels, and it
is asserted a num ber ot Ita lia n
bom bing planes were sent to them
in Morocco.
The le ftis t French
governm ent n a tu ra lly is in sym pa
th y w ith the M ad rid governm ent
and
Frenchm en unarm ed, have
been given perm ission to cross the
border to aid in p uttin g down the
rebellion. G erm an
and Russian
sym pathies, also, are ranged on
opposite sides, and a ll this caused
fears th a t a general w a r m ig h t re
sult.
F rance called on a lt other
nations to preserve n e u tra lity , and
Spain warned Ita ly and G erm any
to keep hands off.
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A puppet show in a m a rio n e tte
th e a te r in N ew Y o rk C ity often so
affects
th e
audience,
ch ie fly
adults, th a t it stops the show w ith
its cheers and hisses. A t tim e s it
even shouts encouragem ent to the
hero and h u rls eggs a t the v illa in .
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jt r e s t o n e
f l y le t t e r AJntin<3 s
jucVi h. c h o re ,
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fro m another c o u n try . K in g F ra n
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fh Vienna b u t he pays a ll the
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Rules O ver Phone
D on’t be so “ fo rw a rd lo o k in g "
th a t you fa il to see w h a t’s going
on rig h t now.
When a fa th e r has a good son,
he know s w h a t he should have
been when a boy.
A w itty w ife is lu c k y i f h e r hus
band has a sense o f w it.
Watch Your Manners
L 'X P E R T crop sta tistician s esti-
m ate th at, as a re su lt of the i
record breaking drouth, th is y e a r’i j
corn crop w ill be reduced to 1,572,- 1
000,000 bushels, which would be the
sm allest yield since 1881 except for
the disastrous dro uth ye ar o f 1934
In th a t ye a r to ta l production w ar t
1,478,000,000, but the acreage was
sm a lle r than it is th is season.
A rgentine fa rm e rs are expectec
to p ro fit to the extent o f $50,000,(XX
o r m ore as a re s u lt of the keer j
co m petition fo r co m between th<
U nited States and Europe, which
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cents per bushel in the Buenor
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" r 'H E R E is another d icta to rsh ip ir ,
A Europe, this tim e in Greece
Gen. John M etaxas, p re m ie r, an j
nounced th a t a general s trik e fos
t e r e d by com
m unists was likely
to lead to scriout
disturbances.
so, |
w ith the approval
of K ing George II.
he declared m a rtia l
law , dissolved p a r
liam en t, postponedi
elections indefinite
ly and m obilized al) !
w orkers in e s s e n tia l,
services such
as |
Gen. .Metaxas
ra ilw a y s , in ordei
th a t, called to the colors, they
would be d ire c tly under govern ,
m ent control.
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1 power stations, gas w orks and othei
v ita , points and a ll soldiers and po
lice not on guard duty were held
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by a perpe tu al nagging to bre ak
tr iflin g bad habits.
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m ore a tte n tio n to it.
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u s u a lly p re p a re fo r it, th a t’s one
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