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a AN BERNARDINO DATLY SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1937 Lewis Given Rousing Ovation at Gathering of Union Steel Worker PAGE FOUR LITTLE STEEL ARE ASSAILED Assemblage Cheers Fiery Chief For 20 Minutes, Delaying His New York Address (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Deo. 16. John L. Lewis denounced operators of "little steel" today and told an uproarious convention of steel workers that his dream of seeing the nation's mill men "banded together" in unionism "has come true." The founder of the C. welcomed amid a wild demonstration to the floor of first national congress of S.

W. 0. assailed Tom Girdler, president of the Republic Steel corporation, declaring that the name of Girdler "should be synonymous with murder." The shaggy-haired labor leader took the platform only after a delay of 20 minutes by the ovation, and then declared: "You have found out for the first time in your respective lives that you could organize if you wanted to organize. ASSAILS GIRDLER Turning suddenly to speak of the steel operators, and the strike in "little steel" companies last year, he went on: "The name of Girdler should be synonymous with that terrible word because Girdler murdered cur members. "This union, like the Christian church, is founded upon the blood of man.

"No one need have any fear that a Weir or a Grace is going to de troy this union in the future. "No one need have any fear that Girdler can destroy this union be cause it cannot be destroyed by murdering its members. "As the year 1937 draws to a close, the great iron and steel in dustry of America has been organ ized for the first time, dedicated to American principles. "There are those who said it could not be done, yet the impos sible has been accomplished. Even the efforts of the American Federation of Labor to degrade the efforts of the steel workers to organize has not been successful.

SAYS LABOR HEARD "Labor in America can do what it wants to do. The public is being told what you are thinking about and your voice -is heard for the first time. "A new labor movement has been formed and assembled under the banner of the C. a mighty modern movement, propelled by the sentiment and emotion at the heart of the worker in this country." Lewis, as usual spoke extemporaneously and the 925 delegates and a gallery of more than 1,000 cheered his remarks. Before -he spoke, scores of dele gates paraded around the convention floor with raised banners.

An effigy of Girdler was hurled from a balcony and swung by a rope above the heads of the marchers. The crowd stopped cheering and broke into a parody, "We'll Hang Tom Girdler from a Sour Apple Tree." Soviet Envoy Scoffs At Trotsky Verdict (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Soviet Ambassador Alexander Troyanov-sky asserted today an unofficial verdict declaring Leon Trotsky innocent of terrorism and Fascist conspiracy was only a. whitewash.

Troyanovsky referred in a formal statement to the findings of an international commission of inquiry, headed hy Dr. John Dewey of Columbia university. The commission recently declared Trotsky not guilty of charges of which he was convict ed at the Moscow treason trials of August, 1936, and January, 1937. Ann, Soliloquizing: Wonder what Jim would like for Christmas and there are only a few days left. Maybe this is a bright idea.

I've seen the Argus candid camera advertised by Arrowhead Camera Shop. It's not so high-priced either. I think I'll get one. Any Ann can please any Jim with the gift of an Argus at $12.50. tome in and see them they're really fine.

No waiting for one "to come" Wo have them on hand. WO IKK iui Xtaif mom win BEFORE HITLER'S CLIMB I -ill ill IN 'SiiS N. (Editor's note: The following ing description of the siege and capture of Nanking by the Japanese was wirelessed to the Associated Press from the United States gunboat Oahu by Arthur Menken, Paramount newsreel cameraman.) By ARTHUR MENKEN NANKING, by radio from gun Doat uanu, jjec. 16. The once- proud capital of ancient China was strewn today with the blood- splotched corpses of its soldier de fenders and civilians killed in the bombing, shelling and fierce fight ing to which the city was subjected.

Scattered through the city were hundreds of uniforms discarded by fleeing Chinese soldiers who had tried to escape death at the hands of the Japanese by substituting ci vilian garb. During the Chinese retreat from Nanking after their defense had been smashed by the terrific Japanese onslaughts, I saw some dis organized looting by fleeing Chinese soldiers and, when they had gone, some Japanese carried on the looting. The Japanese refrained from shelling and bombing the safety zone which was set aside under sponsorship of American and German residents of Nanking. More than 100,000 Chinese sought refuge in the zone. WITHDRAWAL SLOW Despite the fact that Chinese troops were slow in withdrawing from the zone and planted guns along its edges, the Japanese did not attack there.

Only a few stray shells fell in the zone and only a few were killed In it. C. Yates McDaniel, the Associated Press correspondent in Nanking, and I saw many policemen shedding their outer clothes and walking around in underwear searching for old civilian clothes. To make sure that the watchman at the American embassy was not executed for having arms, McDaniel took away his pistol and made him One of the Best Shows in the- rflllNTD is VUU1U1V1 STORE K5 TONIGHT AT 8:45 2ND Ltlt Thirteen years brought change to Germany, but fully as marked was tne reversal in positions of General Erich Ludendorff, famous World war commander, and Adolf Hitler. The two men posed together (above) in 1924.

During the general's recent illness, Hitler called and wished nim speedy recovery. American Describes Big Victory Won by Japanese stay inside. This probably saved his life. We first learned of the Panay's sinking from a young Japanese navy lieutenant on the gunboat Seta. After Nanking's fall we had gone to the river side to request the Japanese to radio the Panay and ask it to return to Nanking.

The lieutenant answered: "Oh, so sorry, Panay sunk." Unbelieving, we heard him repeat that the gunboat had gone down. He could give no details. We advised other Americans and foreigners of the Panay sinking but did not tell the embassy's Chinese staff, not wanting to terrifv them. WEAPONS HOPELESS During the final days of the siege we saw no Chinese planes in the air, and Chinese anti-aircraft wea pons were hopelessly ineffective in keeping off Japanese bombers, al though one Japanese plane was believed shot down. The American-supported univer sity of Nanking, a haven for thousands of terrified refugees, was not hit or disturbed.

To me, the unsung hero of Nanking's fall was an unknown Chi nese private whose action probably saved me and Tillman Durdin, New York Times correspondent, whose home is in Pecos, Texas. Walking along Chungshan road near the Metropolitan hotel, we were motioned out of the way by the private who, with a small group of soldiers, was putting up a last-stand fight. We ducked into the safety zone just before Japanese tanks roared down the street, with machine guns firing. When they had passed, we found tiie private and his comrades dead In the street. The tomb of Dr.

Sun Yat-Sen, first president of China, came through the battle without damage. Preceding the regular meeting, a membership luncheon will be held at 12:30 o'clock at White House Inn. Mrs. Eva Gregory is in charge of COME TO THE FAIR MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM DOORS OPEN AT 2 P. M.

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A se cret attempt to form a Senate coalition bloc pledged to force Government economy, reassurance to busi ness and drastio changes in New Deal reform and recovery policies appeared doomed today as leading Republicans privately opposed the movement. First word of the attempt came with the circulation of a round- robin, which was headed "An Address to the People of the U. and which contained a 10-point dec laration or policy to which signers would be bound. It was the plan of proponents to make the document publio after they had obtained i minimum of 30 Senators. RECRUITING FAILS Today, as details of the move ment were disclosed, it was learned that only the round-robin's propon ents had signed and some of those approached said that the final num ber of recruits would be far below 30.

Among those reported interest ed were Senators Peter Gerry Rhode Island Democrat; Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan Republican; Josiah W. Bailey, North Carolina Democrat; Millard E. Tydings, Maryland Democrat, and John Townsend, Delaware Republican. The document opens with a re view of the current business depres sion; proposes 'Ano criticism, no politics," and emphasizes the need of non-partisan cooperation in combat ing the economic emergency.

The following "essential" steps then were called for: 1. Immediate revision of the cap ital gains and undistributed profits taxes without reducing treasury 2. Steady approach toward a bal anced budget and an end of those fears which deter investment. 3. The Government to intervene in capital-labor disputes only as a last resort and then it shall be impartial.

BUSINESS UPHELD i. Opposition to Government com petition with private business. 5. Endorsement of a competitive business system as against either private or Government monopoly. 6.

Assure the safety of collateral behind securities. 7. A reduction in the tax burden of firm assurance of no further tax increase. 8. Vigorous maintenance of states rights, home rule and local Make administration of relief non-political, non-partisan and 10.

A call to all to renew their faith In the American form of government and "we will erect appro priate safeguards." "Pledging ourselves to these prin ciples, we summon our fellow citizens without regard to party to join with us in advancing them as the only hope of permanent recovery and further progress," the docu ment concluded. 4 State Board Denies 26 Liquor Licenses (By Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16. The state board of equalization denied 26 liquor license applications today, revoked 21 licenses and took disciplinary action in several cases. Butane gas has been found to be one of tne most emcient iueis ever tried in locomotives.

It long was considered an unimportant by-prod uct of the petroleum industry. noooMKiU Ltntx Brawn Dif. Attack! nMK Mid eoadlttoni to often multlnq to RhauoMMfia and illtod llmanta. 1 to 3 doMIm atuallr lost. Dial I4t nd 'Toeti" Booklet Tim.

Ga i bottlo ttxbr- Kor le tt all 'our Towne-AUIson tleiall Dnif Storei. WE, THE PEOPLE WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. We are an easy-going people and take things pretty much as they come. In any other country In the world, for a small group of men to serve a five-day ultimatum on the Gov ernment, demanding the right to tax the public at the rate of over half a billion dollars a year and threatening to tie up the nation's transportation system if the de mand is not granted, would be regarded as an act of rebellion and civil war.

If any labor union made a similar demand on the Govern ment it would be denounced as re volutionary and we would call out the troops. Yet the Association of American Railroads which is a secular arm of the firm of J. P. Morgan Co. has just demanded that the inter state commerce commission grant them a 15 per cent increase in freight rates, and a half a cent a mile on eastern passenger lines setting aside the Government rules and regulations for orderly deter mination of the facts.

If not, the railroads threaten to curtail serv ice after the first of the year. It is my impression that to do this also requires hearings before the C. C. INCREASES OR ELSE At any rate, the proposition is that we shall make a significant increase in the cost of living or else! The industrial decisions which have already been taken by the so-called "heavy industries" iron and steel, coal, automobiles, etc, are responsible for the falling away of traffic, which, the roads contend, faces them with an emergency. The heavy industries have followed an uneconomic price-raising policy which has reduced purchasing pow er and effective demand.

They have cut down production, closed factories and discharged workers, further reducing purchasing power and effective demand. They have curtailed their purchasing op-perations and kept tight hold of their depreciation reserves, further reducing purchasing-power and effective demand. And the "heavy industries," on the whole, are those which take their lead from the firm of J. P. Morgan Co.

I do not say that that eminent organization of industrial power is in a state of insurrection against the Government of the United States. I do say that typical Morgan decisions are responsible for the loss of revenue on the Morgan railroads and that there are countries in the modern world where the men who made such decisions would be promptly arrested, tried and executed. When the general strike took place in England, as a result of the actions of the labor unions, there was a tremendous revulsion of feel ing. The railroads were kept run ning, the strike was broken, and afterwards the unions were by law stripped of their power to precipitate a national crisis. Transportation is civilization and he who controls a country's rail way system controls its economic destinies and its political existence.

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-By Jay Franklin- For this reason, 50 years ago we established the interstate commerce commission to regulate the trans ponauon industry and to rescue the lines from the consequences of tne Beml-plratical operations of the railway barons of the age which followed the Civil war. The I. C. C. has enjoyed unquestioned Jurisdiction since then and has in creasingly tended to regulate transportation rates in the public interest.

NEAR BANKRUPTCY Today, the railroads are approaching bankruptcy. More than a fourth of the mileage is in receivership and other lines are headed for the same cheerless destination. Government ownership is inevitable, sooner or later, but with Government ownership goes Government control of the people's economic destinies and political existence. For this reason, the private operators are reluctant to submit to the inevitable. Hence, per haps, this declaration by the railroads against the I.

C. C. regula C. O. Group Shows Strength in Strike (By United Press) NEW YORK, Dec.

16. Postal Telegraph Co. employes who are members of the Committee for In dustrial Organization stopped work for approximately three hours to day in six large cities as a "dem onstration of strength." The men halted work in Postal offices of New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit. The American Communications association, C. I.

O. affiliate, said traffic was completely halted in some places. Company officers said service was affected but not entirely stopped anywhere. Roosevelt Presents Medal to Ellsworth (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.

Presi dent Roosevelt today presented Lieut. Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer, a gold congressional medal awarded in recognition of his Antarctic flight of 1935 during which he claimed 350,000 square miles in Antarctica for the United States. BIG SUPEB PROGRAM TONIGHT LAST DAY KAY FRANCIS In "FIRST LADY" Also "MISSING WITNESSES" BOTH GOOD SHOWS! TOMORROW 2 MORE WINNERS! LEO CARRILL0 ANN DVORAK TANARA GEVA lAMES GLEASOI GENE AUTRY mm HUUHt mm ACAlOT ft MM MOMKOM AM MB MMO eiMAGt Note: Do Not Confuse This Show With "Merry Go Round of 1938" PLUS CO-FEATURE "SOME BLONDES ARE DANGEROUS" REMEMBER! SWLL CARTOON 6HOW Every Saturday at 2 P. M. for Kids and Tired Buslneai Men 4 BIQ CARTOONS 4 THEN REGULAR SHOWI Coming Soon at Popular Prices Mr.

Paul Muni "THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA" Dirntad by William DliUrli tions which have saved them in the past, I do not see how the Presidont can afford to submit to this de mand. I do not see how any responsible government can submit to a five-day ultimatum from any group of private citizens, without abdicating its sovereignty and in our case abandoning the principles of democracy as well. Moreover, I do not see how any responsible political administrator dare allow railway rate increases which would speed up the deflation and throw the country irretrievably into a depression which would threaten to engulf all western civilization. So the chances are that the as sociation's "ultimatum" is designed simply to speed up the process by which the Government shall take over the railroads and assume responsibility for their operation, now that they have ceased to be profit able for the financial Interests which have dominated them for the last 60 years. Christmas Vacation Given 544 Convicts MONTGOMERY, Dec.

16. Five hundred and forty-four inmates of Alabama's state prisons returned to their homes today for "Christmas present" vacations of two weeks. Pledged under "man-to-man" agreements with Gov. Bibb Graves to return to their respective institutions by Jan. 2, the prisoners were paroled as a reward of good behavior.

Inaugurated 10 years ago, the Christmas parole custom has become an annual one. Prison officials report that few, and often none, of several hundred released each year break faith with the governor. The greatest number ever to remain at liberty was seven in 1936. I i i rf FRIDAY ANO SATURDAY IRENE DUNNE RANDOLPH SCOTT in 'High, Wide and Handsome" Alia RICHARD DIX FAY WRAY in "It Happened in Hollywood" Continuous Show Sun. and Wed.

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16. Mrs. Margaret Karmendl, sentenced to die in the chair, escaped that fate todaj' the third jury to tiy her for' railroad spike slaying of a turned a verdict of second dc murder. Judge John McCann annou. sentence would be imposed Monday.

The verdict carries a alty of 10 to 20 years in the tentiary. The 25-year-old mother and of an Altoona, silk mill er sobbed as the foreman nounccd the Jury's decision, was led from the courthouse ti county Jail. 1 The commonwealth charged Karmcndi and Roy Lockard, 25-year-old WPA worker killed 3-year-old Matthew (So Karmendi because, by his A lsh prattle, he had disclosed fj "dates." Lockard, also convicted and fenced to death at the first has been saved temporarily the death chair by executive Judge McCann admitted a ment in which Mrs. Karmcndi, clared Lockard stabbed the chi the head with the spike, ang structed the jury to limit its vc to second degree murder, or Under the direction of the missioner of Indian affairs, Ii day-school enrollment has than doubled in the past 10 ye' V. I a MODERN DANCE No Squares F.

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