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MEDFORD MAIL TTCTBITXE. BEDFORD. OREO OX, THFRSTUT. MAY 27. 1937. PAGE SEVEN Federal Hour and Wage Control Renews Debate i (Br the Associated Press-) yrw YORK. May 37. (jp The administration drive in congress, tor federal control of maximum hours and minimum wages In Industry hss finned anew embers of the old de bete over NRA codes. . A survey disclosed today s fairly vide diversity of opinion among economists, labor leaders, business men and Industrialists as to what the proposals actually would mean. Borne pronounced the program an Improvement over NRA because more elasticity would be provided. Labor leaders hailed It as an Im portant step In stabilizing employ-' , ment and promoting worning condl ' Hons. Borne business men were critical of tome phases and thought the drive might seriously retard recovery at a ttrategle point. Others stressed that the 40-hour week already was observed In the greet manufacturing Industries which would be chiefly affected by federal legislation. The 40-cent hourly wage standard also wss held to be widely In effect. The national Industrial conference board found the average work week in manufacturing Industries In March ' was 41.7 hours compared with 48.J In 1929. The average hourly wage for manufacturing Industry was fig ured at 05.9 oenta an hour compared with SB cents In 1929. George A. Sloan, chairman of the consumers' goods Industries commit tee and head of the old textile code authority, said a recent survey showed employment In manufacturing indus tries at 1929 levels, with some short uea of skilled labor. The survey disclosed, he said, a generally prevailing 40-hour week, with wage rates "much higher" than In 1933 and 1034 under NRA. David Dublnsky. president of the International Ladles' Garment Work era union, was "strongly in favor of the Connery-Black bill for a 30-hour week." and noted that "In our own . Industry we are beginning to proceed In that direction through negotia tion with employers to replace the 36-hour week already In operation." The woolen goods Industry has a 40-hour week. Arthur Besse, president of the Na tional Association of Wool Manufac turers, was not opposed to fixing gen eral wage and hour atandarda but wss "against giving a commission un limited power to do so." Col. Leonard P. Ayrea, Cleveland economist, expressed a belief the 40 hour week and 40-cent wage would have "little Immediate effect on business." "It would appear In the long run to be more onerous on the smaller organizations than the larger." he continued. "And in the long run It would require a large addition to federal employment for enforcement." Other comment: Hyman Blumberg. New England di rector of the textile workers' organiz ing committee of the C.I.O.: "It would tend to reduce unemployment and cut-throat competition. This would strengthen purchasing power and protect the fair employer." Ernest G. Drsper, assistant secre tary of commerce, Washington: "A 40-hour week snd a 40-cent hour actually should help business. It should spread purchasing power, In creasing Industrial volume. At the metlme I do not think It would eause any appreciable Increase In prices." A. P. Olannlnl, chairman, Bank of America, San Francisco: "I am heart ily in favor of legislation which will raise Income of employes In the lower brackets. I feel such legislation If administered by an Intelligent board will serve to reduce unemployment, which In turn will stimulate busi ness." Llo EI D. Edle, economist: "As I understsnd It, most corporations al ready are conforming with the 40- hour week maximum and the 40 cent wage minimum." Sidney Hlllmsn. labor leader and president of the Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers of America: "The pro posed legislation provides for elas ticity and la an Improvement over the old NRA. I am against putting Industry, in a straight Jacket." Dr. wilford I. King, economist, New York university: "Any propossl to shorten the. work week means higher wage rates, since labor opposes cuts In weekly pay. Higher wages will mean Increased production costs snd higher selling prices, which In turn check consumption of goods and em ployment. Such legislation tends to make prlcea rigid. What we need la laws to make them more flexible." Philip Murray, chairman, ateel workera' organizing committee: "Any plan which contemplates Improving the lot of the working people through shorter hours and a step in the di rection of better .wages meets my ap proval." Silas H. Btrawn. former prealdent of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and of the American Bar association: 'The difficulty in arbitrarily fixing hours and wagea la that It cannot be made uniform In every Industry or throughout the nation. Such arbitrary fixation would be prejudicial to labor. I have no objection to a 40-hour week If It is feasible, but I believe each Industry must regulate Its own hours and wages consistent with competitive conditions It faces." HUBBELL RECEIVES 'TROPHY mm w- Wf i 1 ''III ma sxy.v.. Mm X. - . . sMk jam V ilfiiNiiii w TIGHT TO ACHIEVE I San Francisco Fortress Is Guarded By Latest Auto matic Devices Air ,1s Sifted For Metal Dust. Carl Hubbell, the New l'ork Giants' lean southpaw pitcher who won 17 games in a row last year and pitched the Giants to the National league championship, is shown here receiving from James Dawson a trophy denoting him as the league's "most valuable player of 1936," aU'im.Mlil.llMUmrrara CJfiP '.atftW, U. D. L EIGHT 8 PLUS The Blended Whhkey that Bears the TASTE-MARK ajfe OF QUALITY tfST fcXtlr- BUNDED ff U. 0. L I HUI WnM whiskey rMtanably grlca. I tat P.ua Blended Wuiity-M P.-oerf-Th ttxautht whiiatey in the. product i rt oW, J0r fiiht htikfy.0 irw antral aptnta. Bott'd under thti formula m Arni IS, im U D. L (of Amriea Ut . Ba! rr.c-fP, Mi. - (Oootloued tram Page On ) h hu formed hU evidence not to lmpreaa voters politically, but to aa certain what la best economically. Authority. The speaker will undoubtedly be summoned at congressional hearings on the wages snd hours bill, because he U Dr. Harold O. Moulton, presi dent of Brookings Institution, which Is recognized se the foremost non governmental statistical agency in Washington. Dr. Moulton and his Institution are naturally extremely cautious about becoming Involved In political arguments snd avoiding publicity. They do s strictly scien tific Job. ' The address wss not made with any knowledge of the president's sub sequent proposals. Dr. Moulton only intended to amplify the philosophy of expansion contained In the recent Brookings book. "The Resovery Prob lem in the United Ststes." What he sought to show Is that the popular conception that we have "recovered" la wrong, that the rosy statistics being handed out daUy by the government and business really fall fsr short of whst our recovery really should be. that the thinkers should think ahead to bigger and better things, snd stop looking bsck I to the depths of the depression, to ! gsuge their position. Vision. A couple of government econom ists nearly collapsed when he ssld the volume of Industrial production In major lines would have to be approximately 80 percent higher than last year to restore the standard of living of 1939. They have been thinking thst the 105 percent pro duction of la.it year (and the cur rent level of 130 percent) wss get ting somewhere near the 1029 level, when production averaged 119 for the year. The Moulton survey, however, took into consideration the restricted rate of production of the last seven years, the deferred replacement necessitated by the continued growth of the pop ulation, snd other factors. As s result, he computed the fol lowing Increases (over 1938 levels) would be necessary in the various lines to create a real 1939 standard: Housing, 208 percent. Industrial. 70 percent. Public utilities, 70 percent. Steam railroad. 87 percent. Passenger autos, 15 percent. Other consumer gods, 33 percent. These figures seem to point to the necessity for rebuilding and expan sion thinking far beyond any st pres ent being expressed publicly by anyone. Not The market value of goods and services produced in 1938 was $80,000,000,000. This was about 65 percent of 1929 if you sllow for price chsnges, and 80 percent of 1929 for each person (per capita). If this Income had been divided equally, it would have amounted to about 9470 per person and $1,900 per family. This, too, suggests a materlsl ex pansion Is indispensable for restora tion of former living standards. IN WHEEL DEATH; ANDERSON IS HELD Two true bills and several secret indictments were returned to Judge H. D. Norton In circuit court late yesterday afternoon by the grand Jury. Nelson E. Cannon. 23. of 1122 Sun set avenue was indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He was the driver of the car that struck the bicycle being ridden on North River side avenue the night of April 29. by Francis L. Heryford, 16. Medford high school student. Heryford died a few hours later the next day. Judge Norton continued ball of $1,000 for Cannon, who has been In the county Jail since the accident. He was sentenced to ten days In Jail for operating a car without a driver's license and was also held on open charge for the grand Jury, on the findings- of a coroner's Jury which held him responsible for Heryford's death. Harold r. (Swede) Anderson was Indicted for the larceny of livestock. He was accused of working with Rob ert B. Farnsworth In stealing a heifer on March 11, the calf being the prop erty of Marshall Mlnter. Farnsworth was named with Ander son In the Indictment but he has already pleaded guilty to the charge an dla awaiting sentence, having waived s grsnd Jury hesrlng snd ap peared in district court on an In formation. Ball for Anderson was continued at $1,000. He has been in Jail since his arrest. BAN FRANCTSCO. (UP) With. In the next few months, the federal government expects to occupy Its new $1,000,000 mint here, guaranteed by its designers snd constructors to be the most burglsr-proof and fool proof construction of its kind ever erected. H was dedicated recently. It will replace the famous old mint that has been one of the curiosities of San Francisco for half a century. It will take the center of minting Interests out of the downtown sec tion of the city to the top of a rocky summit, where natural surroundings have contributed with the latest architectural genius In making the mint safe. The new mint will be virtually automatically defensive against a burglar or raiding party. It la so equipped that defenders will be stale to call out not only the San Fran clsco firs and police departments but the srmy stationed at the Presidio. Besides being burglar-proof. It is declared to be virtually lnacesslble even to a fly. Windows Bullet-Proof. Among a few of the ssfety gadgets that are being installed are bullet proof windows, thick as a man'i thumb but with openings Just large enough to let machine guns pro trude. Then there Is the automatic tear gaa machinery for flooding the entire establishment. Tunneling Into such a building is believed to have been circumvented not only by the architectural pre cautions taken in Its foundations, but by the fsct that it la located on top of a hillock of solid rock that could hardly be "tunneled" short ot constant dynamiting. The vast burglar alarm system Is declared to be the most extensive protective measure of Its kind ever installed in a mint. There will be only two entrances to the building one in the front and one In the rear and each will be protected by a barred guard room. The bronze doors will be operated electrically. According to mint officials. If any untoward Incident should occur, the mint equipment will act In the fol lowing manner: Alarms will be flashed automatic-, ally throughout the building. A short-wave radio station will call ' the San Francisco police department snd mobilize the United Ststes troops j stationed at the Presidio. I Tear gaa will automatically spout from $ dozen sources. If the sttack is st night, flood lights will illuminate not only the Interior but the exterior as well. Detector Installed. All nine of the huge vault mill be equipped with sound detectors delicste that they can distlnqutsh the difference between the ring of a genuine coin and a counterfeit. Precautlona even have been taken to keep the air from stealing any of Uncle Ssm's gold from the new sanctuary. On the top floor Is being Installed s giant lung or ventilating system which will suck all of the tlr of the entire mint into one room. Ex perience In the old mint has demon strated that air has the bad habit of lapping up particles of gold dust and carrying them away particles that In the long run amount to large sums. So,, In the new mint, even the air won't be allowed to escspe with gold. It will be gently conducted by the mint's lung Into a single room where the dust will be allowed to settle Then the dut will be put through sifting operation snd the gold recovered. 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