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JRE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1934 Capitol jiJournal Salem, Oregon Established March 1, 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 8 Commercial Street Telephone 4081. Ncwa 4882 GEORGE Putnam, FUIX LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF TDE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week; 45 cents a month; M a year In advance By mall In Marlon, polk. Linn and Vamhlll counties, one month 60 cents; 3 months $1.25; 6 months $2.25; 1 year (4.00. Elsewhere 50 cents a month; 0 months $2 75; $5.00 a year In advance. The Associated Press is exclusively ol all news dispatches credited to it paper and also local news published "With or without offense to friends or foe NRA Labor Relations There is a general misunderstanding of the relations of the employer and employees under the National Industrial Recovery Act which is now the law of the land, save among those who have studied the law and its official interpreta tions, but there is no question but that while employees have the right to organize, they cannot enforce closed shop con ditions, nor can a union compel the discharge of any person not desiring to join the union, unless a contract was in force before the law went into effect. Sections 7 (A) of the N. I. R. A. reads as follows: Every code of fair competition, agreement and license approved, pre scribed or Issued under this title shall contain the following conditions: (1) That employees should have collectively through represcnctatlves of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, In the designation of such representatives or in self or ganization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) that no employee and no one seeking employment shall be re quired as a condition of employment to Join any company union or to refrain from Joining, organizing or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and (3) that employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved or prescribed by the president. Because of various misunderstandings and misinterpre tations President Roosevelt in a letter to Administrator Johnson, October 19, 1933, made the following statement: Because It Is evident that the insertion of any Interpretation of Scc ; tion 7 (a) in a code of fair competition leads only to further controversy . and confusion, no such interpretation should be incorporated in any code. 'While there is nothing in the provisions of Sections 7 (a) to interfere with the bonafide cxeroise of the right of an employer to select, retain or advance employes on the basis of individual merit, Section 7 (a) does clearly prohibit the pretended exercise of this right by an employer sim ply as a devise for compelling employees to refrain from exercising the rights of self-organization, designation of representatives and collective bargaining, which are guaranteed to all employees in said Section 7 (a). According to the opinion of eminent lawyers the recov ery act does not require, but does give every employee the right to bargain either individually or collectively, and if collectively, through such representatives as he may choose. Minorities, therefore, are as much entitled to bargain with management as are majorities. Management must therefore receive representatives of any employee or group of em ployees when such representatives are duly accredited. Noth ing in the law prohibits full and free discussion on such matters between employers and employees, unless such dis cussion results in interference, restraint or coercion. It is also held that the law specifically requires collec tive bargaining when desired and in these cases the spirit of the law would-seem to be fully met if an employer would ask the selected representatives of the trade union or unions to meet him in the presence of one or more members of the group who did not care for collective bargaining. If an agreement satisfactory to the employer and to the various groups of his employees can be reached, well and good. If they cannot, then the employer must decide with which group, all things being considered, it is most desirable for him to deal. The Tight of collective bargaining does not mean that an agreement will be reached with all or with any group. It Bimply means that a sincere effort must be made to ngree. The employer must recognize any representative actually selected by the employees, the recognition of him Is In his capacity as a representa tive of the employees and not as a representative of the union. There Is. therefore, no sound legal reasons why the employers should sign ny agreement with the unions as such, and an agreement with the union shop, would be illegal. w w In a decision rendered October 13 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Justice Witschief of the New York supreme court ruled on the right of an employer to discharge an employee. The decision reads: The court of appeals In exchange, Baker & Restaurant, Inc., vs. Rlfkln 945 N. Y. 260, held that an employer may hire and dis charge men, where and when he chooses, and for any reason. By proper persuasion an employer may Induce employees to resign from their unions, using lawful means for that purpose, not threats, not false state ments, and not violence or intimidation. The provisions of the National Industrial Recovery act have made no change In the law as thus declared by the court of appeals. The only provision of that act which possibly affects the law as stated by the court of appeals, Is the provision that "no employee . . . refrain from Joining . . a labor organization of his own choosing." If that means that an employer may not discharge an employee for ny reason, or for no reason, and in the cose of any man discharged must be proparcd to show good cause for the discharge other than the union affiliations of the man discharged, all employees who arc union members have been transferred to a status equivalent to that of the civil service, a result which could not have been intended. Whatever the rule of the unions may be, that is not the law of the land. Nearly all the codes adopted and approved as well as those submitted for approval provide that controversies concern ing hours, wages and conditions of employment shall be adjusted locnlly if possible, by arbitration and pending de cision neither party shall change conditions existing or util ize coercive or retaliatory measures. In case of controversy over the selection of representatives of the employees, the national control board shall investigate and determine. Ap peals from decisions are permitted to the national concilia tion board and their ruling binding on both parties. Requirements of the code must be observed except where compliance would violate a contract now in effect which cannot be revised except by mutual consent. But in the absence of a closed shop contract, under the recovery act, an agreement with the union, which provided for a closed shop contract, would be illegal. The law was designed to protect both employer and employees from coercion, intimi dation, and boycott and insure both a square deal with every employee a voice in collective bargaining. Figures given by the National Industrial conferenoe board show that in 8,814 manufacturing and mining con cerns, employing 2,585,740 wage earners, the proportionate number of employees bargaining through unions is 9.3 per cent, through employee organizations 45 percent, and indi vidually 45.3 percent. Which proves clearly enough that in dividual bargaining and company union (like the 4L's) bar gaining have not in any way been eliminated by the recovery' act, Editor and Publisher entitled to the use tor publication or not otherwise credited In this herein. Byron the right to organize and bargain AW, LET Joe E. Brown's statement that he em champ of the navy seems to be wavering here as voracious Thelraa Todd advances on him. Will the navy rttreat? Never! Joe is Just planning the attack which he uses in his latest First National laugh-riot "Son of a Sailor" which opens a three day engagement at the Elslnore theater Sunday.. The first showing will be night matinee. The production is (Copyright, 1933, by Paul Unlloni Washington, Jan. 12. The con gressional rush to get right with the president is virtually a stam pede now. Take the house appropriations committee, for example. Most of the 35 congressmen on that committee wanted to restore government wages. Apparently the only strong dissenter was Boylan of New York. The rest were eager to abolish the 15 per cent wage cut. It was the politic thins to do. It meant more purchasing power for themselves as well as tnelr incnos in public office, Mr. Roosevelt was Informed of the sentiment In the committee and asked members to drop In to sec him. They did, and immediately became converted to a 5 per cent instead of a 15 per cent restoration. Present The converts even went so far as to make their report ap pear to be unanimous. Some who could not bring them selves around to supporting the president chose to vote "present" instead of voting "nay." That kind of voting is becoming popular for the first time nt this session. The practice is frequently resorted to when items of adminis tration legislation come up in com mittee. It permits congressmen U avoid definite approval of presi dential policies without being placed in the position of actually trying to block those policies. In fact, you might say congress is Just votlntr "present" now for Mr. Roosevelt on nearly everything. Languor The stampede has gone so far that the house ways and means committee also has let the White House know it does NOT want to be misunderstood on taxes. Some of Its members have in formed the president that they will drop their own tax plans and take the treasury recommendations if Mr. Roosevelt really wants tnem. Such underlying sentiment makes this session of congress different from any recent sessions.. There appear to be an amazing absence of individual asertlon. It cannot be suppressed forever, but for the present, at least, the congressmen appear to be quite willing to let Mr. Roosevelt run the country. Individual bills have been intro duced by carload lots as usual. They suggest everything from a twenty billion dollar public works pro gram to payment of 60-cent claims against the government. But no one pays much attention to these bills not even the con gressmen who introduce them. They seem to take it for granted that they will not got anywhere with their individual schemes and arc content to rest on the publicity they get back home for introducing the Ideas, Work The nunnet (unrecoirnlred state of Manchaukau has opened up an unonictai emuassy ncre. From a hotel suae uie uiiouicmi ambassador hands out ideas for those who care to accept them. The purpose apparently is to ais- Silverton Man Knows Onions; Seeds Planted Sllvcrton Here's one that "out springs" the many re ports of flowers blooming throughout the year. W. O. W hidden, local gardener on n small scale has onions averaging eight inches high, grown from small onions set out last November. He thought he knew his onions and planted fire sacks of them. Thursday Whidden sowed elrrht pounds of dwarf tele phone peas as a result of hi fa!!h In the warm weather which has brought about the growth of many lettuce nnd beet plants from volunteer seeding of last fall sufficiently large to transplant. Whidden hat transplanted 900 of these plants and fully believes they will not be fro en out. BJttFd ME ALONE! Is the lady-kilUn, love-em -and -leave In connection with the Saturday mid' a comedy of navy life. pel the popular Impression that the Japanese rule Manchoukou. That is a difficult task. Even more dif ficult is the secondary hope that the United States might recognize Manchoukou. The state department can hardly be dissuaded from its Impression that the Manchoukouans are really Japanese in Manchaukou clothing Rules Some people teach things that they cannot learn themselves. Apparently that is the explana tion for the mishap to a Georgia ex-congressman who visited the house the other day. When he was in congress he con ducted a school for beginners in politics. He held classes and taught congressmen how to get re-elected. His fundamental rules were: a) Never run against an old man (b) never run against a young man (c) never run against a cripple (d) nev er commit yourself. His rules have not been held in high esteem since he failed to get re-clccted himself last time. Notes Treasury profits to be ex pected from 50-cent dollar devalu ation were computed wrongly in a recent column. Profit would be more than four billion instead of two billion. It emphasizes further the point that Mr. Roosevelt's bud get melancholia can be almost com pletely cured by devaluation. Continuation of ; Delzell Slated From Page One Delzell, democratic candidate for congress from the first Oregon dis trict four years ago and a contest ant for the same nomination in 1932, and Henry R. Crawford, long time democrat and candidate of that party for county judge in 1928. August Huckestein, who held the job during the Wilson administra tion, Is also among those mentioned. To those who have been watching, developments from the sidelines Delzell appears to have the inside track, notwithstanding the fact that he has already received preferment from the Roosevelt administration. He is at present serving as chief of the field force operating out of the Portland office of the internal revenue bureau, but this job is un derstood to be a temporary stop-gap to last until the local postmastership Is open, -.j, Aside from-his active participa tion in party affairs ever since com ing to Oregon, Delzcll's chief stren gth is considered to lie in his close personal and political ' association with Congressman Walter M, Pierce whose endorsement for the appoint ment he is said to have. Delzell ser ved as private secretary to Pierce when the latter was governor and was later appointed a member of the industrial accident commission. Reports from Washington say that through Pierce and General Chas. H. Martin he secured promise of ap pointment from James Farley, post master general, during a visit to Washington last spring. Pierce, as democratic national committeeman. Is expected to dic tate the appointment, which is usu ally the patronage privilege of the congressman from the district in volved, because the first district has no democratic congressman. During the Wilson administration Delzell served as postmaster at Kla math Falls. Crawford has been drawn into the race through the urglngs of friends among locnl businessmen, who are known to be backing him strongly nnd who have requested Senator Charles McNary to intercede in his behalf. He has become widely known throughout the central valley during his long association with the Ladd & Bush bank. The change In the local office Is expected to take place June 1. Prior to his appointment by Pres-, ident Harding the retiring postmas ter served 16 years as chief assist-! ant in the local office and before that was employed as carrier and clerk. City Receives $100 ... From Boxing Board The charity fund of the city of Salem was $100 richer Saturday as the result of receiving a check for that amount, from the -Salem Boxing commission. The 100 was the city's share of the receipts derived from wrestling shows held in the armory during recent months. KIWANIANS HEAR ffURKl Dallas At the Klwanls elub week ly luncheon Friday Rev. K. E. Burke spoke to the members on "Marriage and Divorce.' MYSTERY FILM AND WESTERNER BOTH OFFERED "Fog," one of the most popular mystery novels of the past year, has reached the talking picture screen. The Valentine Williams, Dorothy Rice Sims yarn which ran serially in the Saturday Evening Post re cently, has been filmed by Columbia studios, and showing at the Capitol theater Sunday and Monday on a double bill. . Laid entirely on board a trans Atlantic liner at sea, the story starts with the murder of an ec centric millionaire. A mystic crys tal gazing seeress next dies, and the ship's doctor is the third to meet a like fate. There are a half dozen possible suspects, and the solving of the mystery and the apprehending of the real criminal, and his motive for the killings, form an intensely interesting and absorbing drama. In screen form, it is proving to be as entertaining as it was in print. The cast is headed by Mary Brian, Donald Cook and Reginald Denny, with a supporting roster 01 players that numbers over a dozen of the West character actors in Hol lywood. The final great cattle stampede with Ken Maynard and Tarzan rid ing for life is scheduled to take place at the Capitol theater when Universal's thrilling western film drama, "The Trail Drive," is offered as the second part of the program. In the red blooded picture which pictorlally presents a romantic and thrilling page 01 tne west's nistory, Maynard rides, fights and shoots his way through eight thrilling reels of stirring action In a one-man round-up of a precious herd of Texas longhorns. 4 BOUTS PLANNED FOR TUESDAY EYE Four bouts of wrestling will con stitute the regular show at the armory next Tuesday night, instead ol th ecustomary three. Don Sugal, local Japanese sonnenberg artist, and Swede Johnson of Astoria will open preceding with a 30 minute engagement. This will be followed by an encounter Decwcen -jBiuiaog" Jackson and Tommy Heinz. The balance of the cards calls for match es between Bobby Sampson and Jack Curtiss, and between Art Per kins and Mickey McGuire. The Helnz-Jackson affair Is ex pected to be one of the roughest in weeks since both grapplers special ize in antics calculated to draw the largest amount of noise from the spectators. The Fireside Pulpit REV. K. S. HAMMOND And there was great joy The city was Samaria and the occasion of the Joy is told in a pre ceding statement which Informs us that Philip had gone tnere ana "preached Christ unto them." When Christ Is preached and received as Saviour and Lord there is always Joy resulting. We have beard it said of some one, "That man has Continuation of Religious Rebellion from Page One not only forbade controversial dis cussion ol cnurcn topics nut sougni to annul all church laws passed last year so that Mueller could proclaim new ones. - Both Hitler and President Paul von Hlndenbure are in an embar rassing position. Hlndenburg, deep ly religious, is understood to oe op-1 posed to Bishop Mueller's methods. Hitler hesitates to intervene openly in a church fight. The alternative to early settle ment seemed that Hitler would be forced to step in and solve the problem. Liberal pastors were wil ling to concede nothing, and Rev. E. L. Von. Babenau, leader of the emergency league, Intimated to the United Press that they might even demand Mueller's replacement by the anti-Nazi Bishop Frledrlch Bodelschwingh, whom he supplanted last summer. Valley Motor Rally Defeats Kay Mill With Pay Griffith staging a rous ing last period rally, the Valley Mo tor quint of the Clty-Tf league nosed out the Kay Mill sqund on Willam ette university floor Friday evening. 24-21. The motorists were trailing badly with but a few minutes to go. Then their sparkplugs became clear of carbon and they went ahead to win. The lineups: Valley Motor 24 ' 21 Kay Mill Griffith 13 F 10 Pickens Hendrle F 3 Perrlne Gleason C '. Brlcher Ward a G 2 FllsJnger Speck 4 Q 4 Wilson Lemmon 4 S 2 Hobbs Greater London now covers an area of 2,000 square miles, with a circumference of more than 130' mites. WAS RUDY'S IJ&fifUS J gb? cr-.v, ks. x'j, In the complaint of her suit for separate maintenance from Rudy Vallee, singer, actor and orchestra leader, his wife named Alice Faye (above), actress and member of Vallee's troupe, as one of three women with whom, she charged, Vallee had committed indiscretions. (Asso ciated Press Photo) Phone Call Records Win Vallee Right To Seek Mexican Divorce New York, Jan. 18 (fP) Lifeless wax like that which the voice of Rudy Vallee so often has creased with songs of love, spoke another story for him today. On evidence pro vided by transcriptions of tele- phone conversations between his wife and others one of whom was Garfield Leon, an adagio dancer- Vallee won the right yesterday to sue for divorce wherever he chooses. The specific ruling was a refusal by the appellate court to grant a petition of Mrs. Fay Webb Vallee by which she sought to enjoin the soft-singing maestro from seeking a Mexican divorce. The transcriptions, obtained by "a very simple device attached to a telephone extension and without the necessity of wire tapping," led Vallee to tell the court (in his affi davit) that: "My wife carried on her affair in the city. Acts 8:8. just enough religion to make him miserable." We mean his cons cience troubles him for his Incon sistent living. But when the life is given over without reserve to the will of Christ the joy comes with the "peace that flows as a river. In my boyhood I once heard Moore Dlmlck tell the story of his conversion. At the time I heard him he was a local preacher, great ly loved and respected all through this region, where he was well known, and where many of his people still reside. He told us he had tried to be an unbeliever and he was a gambler and horse-racer. But he had faithful, praying wife. In so way he dropped into a religious meeting where God's truth pierced through the shallow armor of his doubts. Alter tne meeting- ne start ed for home, but became more and more wretched and dissatisfied as he journeyed. Finally he tied bis horse to a tree and going Into the woods knelt down to pray. This was not at all for him an accus tomed exercise, but he used the prayer that other doubters have of ten used: "O God, If there be a God, save my soul, If I've got a soul." He soon discovered there was a God, who answers the cry of the man who feels his need. He told us his joy was so great that he rode home shouting. And why not? The greatest blessing of life had come to him. In these depression times the man of faith can sing with Habak kuk: "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines: the abor of the oive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flacks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will re joice In the Lord, I will Joy In the God of my salvation." CHARLIE CHAN -14 uninese meoictne m CTD CO. r-.;-e-New method witnout op kJ erutlon. S. B. Fong, herb specialist Eight s. u. ronf Cj.ina. uh all Chinese herbs for piles, kidney, bladder, stom ach, catarrh .constipation, glands, rheumatism, tumor, asthma, head ache, liver of male and female. Eleven yean service. vu N. commercial 81, Salem, ore. Offlee Hoars: 9 to f p. M, Sundays t to 11 . M. I ComalUUon FREE! TIME HER TIME? with Leon right under my roof, with shocking callousness." (Last night on the west coast, where the principals of the action are located at present, denials of misconduct were made on the part of both Mrs. Vallee and Leon). One of the phone conversations cut into wax by Vallee's telephone device was described In the affi davit as follows: Mrs. Vallee: Rudy is leaving at 10 o'clock to go to Philadelphia and I told him I would come to the station. Leon: All right. Mrs. Valee: Listen, we have to be awful careful, Garfield. I mean there are a lot of spies around watching us. But my chauffeur is my chauffeur, see? So would you get in a taxi and meet me In the park some place and we can ride around the park? Leon: Oh, that sounds kind of mysterious. Mrs. Vallee: I want to see you so badly. It sounds nice, doesn't It? Leon: Yes, well, all right. The date of that conversation, Vallee's affidavit said, was March 23. 1933, and took place from his home. Hollywood, Calif, Jan. IS ff) Rudy Vallee's present marital trou bles may make a new chapter In a book he is writing. The title Is "Headaches and Heartaches of a celebrity." "I began writing the book several years ago," the singer said today, "and It win not be finished until I retire. "At present I have done little more than make a sketchy outline of chapters to Include events up to date. "It will not be an autobiography. In many cases I will be a minor character drawn into dramatic events, as any one might who has a degree of prominence or money. I want to show the problems of a person who has to depend upon his popularity with the public for a living." The municipal bank of Birming ham, England, has nearly 298.000 depositors. PILES guaranteed removed wHhoot knife or needle. OLD SORES of any kind, STUBBORN SKIN IRRITATIONS, and ATHLETIC FEET, If yon had failed to heal them by other means, will quickly respond ander ear new method. Onr herbal remedies are guaranteed satis faction for gallstones, coughs, bron chitis, asthma, rheumatism, ailments of the liver, stomach, glands and the urinary system of men and women. 15 years In business. Licensed N. D. phy sicians. DR. CHAN LAM Chinese Medicine Co, 180 N. Commer cial St., Salem. Office boors 9:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. Tuesday and Saturday uniy. Dr. V. T. Lam, N. D. fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiMiiiiitwtitmtiiwttmttn The Capital Journal Classified Advertising Department offers a greater service to the residents of Salem PHONE 46GH No advertisements taken over the phone Call The Capital Journal classified department today Service Effective Economical u. BE At a meeting of the truck men last night attention was called to the fact that all those who have been circulating petitions for the repeal of the truck and bus law should turn these petitions in to Tom Wood at once as they have to be checked by the county clerk's office and filed with the secretary of state on January 16. As It re quires a few days' time for tl-e county clerk to check all names on these petitions it was requested that all petitions be turned in not Iatei than next Monday. Speakers for the evening were Morton Tompkins and A. A. Geer of the Grange. Refreshments were served following the regular meet ing and a sociable time was held An announcement of Interest to all truck men was made by Mr. Wood, district supervisor for the Association of Commercial Truck Owners, that a service station was being opened next Monday at 805 Edgewater street, West Salem, for distribution of gas to all members of that association. Arrangements are under way for the immediate construction of a main station in Salem which it is hoped to have open within a month. There are now In operation two stations in Portland with two more to be In operation by the end of this month. One station is operating at Mcdford and stations will be in operation at Grants Pass, Roseburg, Cottage Grove, Eugene and Corvallls within a short time. Forest Grove and The Dalles will have stations In operation within the next few days The next meeting of the loci truck men will be held at the reg ular meeting place, 540 Chemcketa street, Thursday, Jan. 15. Arrange ments are being made to have some speakers address the meeting at that time. Continuation of County Agent From Page One the government advances $2400 to assist in the work and the gov ernment will not advance the money unless the agent is approved by the college authorities. College auth orities stated it was not absolutely necessary for the agent to be a graduate of the state college but he must have certain qualifications and whether he has these or not is a matter for the college authorities to decide. A number of names have already been mentioned as possibilities, in cluding W. H. Baillle of Woodbum, former head of the state school for boys, former 4-H club leader n Marlon county and well known here. He is now in Klamath coun ty on government work and whether he would be available Is not known definitely. The name of Earl Pcar cy, state college graduate and well known In fruit circles, also has been mentioned as that of Ivan Stewart, for some time agricultural agent for the old Charles R. Arch erd Implement company but for tho past few years in charge of a seed business In the north end of the county. Another name advanced has been that of Warren E. Crab tree, agricultural teacher in Silver ton high schools and nationally known for his work In that line. He has been very active in agri cultural projects and boys and girls club work. Whether or not any of these would serve Is problematical, but their names have been men tioned as possibilities and as all probably having qualifications ag reeable to state college authorities. Just what the salary will be will be fixed after decision is made as to the man. The project is to be financed by $1000 from the wheat control committee, $1000 from the hog control, $500 from dairy con trol, $2400 from the government and perhaps a little more from state college funds. The county court has been assured that there will be no cost to taxpayers. Hazel Green Ross Miles, who re sides on the old John Van Cleave farm had a narrow escape from death recently when the motorcycle he was riding ran into the edge of a hayrack on Will Williamson's wa gon. Miles was catapaulated Into a deep ditch which saved him from serious Injury. Dr. Ooldle H. Chan, N. D. A representative will call for your advertisement. ' nun
