MEDFORD MAIL TTCTBITXE. BEDFORD. OREO OX, THFRSTUT. MAY 27. 1937.
PAGE SEVEN
Federal Hour and Wage
Control Renews Debate
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(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."
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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.
All In all. the designers and con
tractors of the mint believe that for
a burglar to get In. or for a par
ticle of gold dust to get out will be
Impossible. .
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