The State Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1938 Page: 2 of 8
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the report of your Emergency
Board I advised them of your
expressed desire to be of help in
the present situation and of your
hope that there will be developed
a constructive program Of legisla-
tion which you will be able to sup-
port at the next session of Con-
gress "I have therefore been author-
ized to advise you that the rail-
roads will withdraw the present
notices of wage reductions
'"rhe railroads are taking this
action not because they agree with
the conclusions reached by the
board but because they recognize
the gravity of the situation and
because they hope that out of it
there will come through coopera-
tion of all concerned a sounder
anti more equitable transportation
policy in this country"
Enochs "Good Sport"
Herbert A Enochs director of
personnel of the Pennsylvania and
chairman of the Carriers' Joint
Conference Committee which
handled the wage negotiations for
management took the setback like
a good loser
"We can't say" he said "that
we came WV SaW we conquered'
but I hope that some good may
flow out of what has happened
'rue report Of the Emergency
Iloard has some interesting pass-
ages" It V Fletcher general counsel
for the Association of American
Railroads saw in the substitution
of co-operation for warfare a defi-
nite side-stepping- of the "threat
of government owiwrship"
I pta iSed President Roosevelt's
appointnumt of a committee to
NVOrk out a solution and said it'was
a "step which we hope will lead to
ulthnate agreement on measures to
restore financial stability to the
railroads"
President Pleased
President Roosevelt voiced grati-
fication at the carriers' action de-
claring it made "everybody in the
na t ion happy"
"Filit steam ahead" 'as the
watchword of the rail million chief-
tains Speaking- for the Railway
bor Executives' Association
Chairman Harrison said:
'"rhe announcement of the rail-
road presidents' conference clears
the way for genuine cooperation
between labor and rail manage-
ment to develop a program of
legislative assistance for the car-
riers The joint rail management
employe committee will take up
its vork at once"
"It N'as the most sensible thing
to do" was the comment of Presi-
dent James A Phillips of the Order
of Railway Conductors "It is
tmfortunate the carriers had pro-
ceeded with their policy for it
only SenTa to delay work On an
adequate program"
The relief expressed by the
President and other government
officials w:ts shared by the entire
country It vas reflected in Wall
Street where rail securities stepped
into market leadership immediate-
ly after t he Chicago announcement
Newspapers almost without ex-
cept ion even those vhich had been
"plugging" for the wage reduction
welcomed the decision and insist-
ed that any other course Nvould
Asks Little
Oklahoma's labor commissioner
V A Pat 11urphy is in Wash-
ington this week attending a con-
ference of state labor officials
called by National Secretary Per-
kins The conference problem is to
recommend labor legislation for the
various states that yin conform
to the federal Imv Pat says he will
ask for little new legislation for
Oklahoma in 1939
Election Routed
OR Says Green
By A F of L New8 Serricc
WASHINGTON D C----William
Green president of the American
Federation of Labor issued the
following statement on the elec-
tion results:
"The CIO and its political dun
my Labor's Non-Partisan League
Wet0 routed in the election on all
fronts
'"I'he voters turned against ev-
ery candidate who gave aid or
comfort to the CIO leadership
even in states where the CIO con-
centrated its campaign
"By this time the proof is over-
whelming that the American pub-
lic is sick and tired of the tac-
tics and philosophy of the CIO"
(Mr Green neglected to mention
any of the AFL rebukes partic-
ularly his support of Merriman
California's notorious ant i-union
labor candidate for re-election as
governor)
UNION PRINTERS GAIN
PAY HIKE CONTRACT
MARSHALL Texas ( A FLWNS)
--A strike by the Typographical
Union here in a wage controversy
brought about a one-day !:uspen-
EN mt of The 'Marshall NOWS-
Messenger The strike W:IS settled and the
publication of the riper resumed
ten union officials and pub-
lisher agreed on a nW contract in
which the scale was set at 921:
cents an hour for a 40-hour week
IIIE STATE DEMOCRAT
hillips
And His
Ants
tConLinued from Page 1
patronage evil The racket that
has cost the state of Oklahoma
millions and billions of dollars
Within this evil has grown up
many other evils the least ot
which is the employment of men
and women in the service of gov-
ernment But this also becomes--
not through any fault of the
workers—a vicious evil Vicious
because racketeers use the bread
and butter of the workers as a
pressure machine to maintain
their racket
Ants in Their Pants
The redhead from Okfuskee
county must have had something
like this in mind when he did a
little "turkey talking" to dele-
gates to the Western District con-
vention of the Oklahoma Bankers
Association at Enid last Friday
and by way of emphasis slipped a
few ants into patronage pants
"I am going to appoint a new
state banking commissioner and
an assistant because I think we
need them" Phillips told 300
bankers
"Ile will be a man who has never
failed in a bank who is trust-
wortly honest and sober both in
public and private
"I'm forgetting to tell you his
name because I don't want you
writing to him before I take of-
fice" Phillips grinned
lie declared "We are not going
to have men on the state board of
affairs who are interested private-
ly or underhandedly in appropria-
tions of state institutions"
Phillips told the convention that
"beginning right now you bankers
who buy claims from state insti-
tutions individuals or corporations
where the money is all used up
cannot expect to come down to
the capital and get paid"
"All old debts will be paid off
where there is evidence of good
faith when the transaction was
made and I consider any future
purchases of claims where appio-
priations have already been ex-
hausted as evidence of bad faith"
More of the Same Thing
Down at Norman on Saturday
in a speech before state school
men Mr Phillips toted his satchel
of red ants over another goal line
when he said:
"Department a n d institution
heads who submit financial state-
ments showing they are running
on detlicits thereby show them-
selves unfitted for their jobs and
should resign
"Business firms selling supplies
to the state between now and the
end of the year should be certain
that the purchase is amply cov-
ered by an appropriation before
making the delivery
"Payment of salary claims out
of department revolving funds
must be 0opped at once and resti-
tution made for past payments
"State employes should calm
down and go back to work con-
fident that no wholesale purge will
behead efficient workmen
0000 ilEMMOINbabo t lb an 11111101
Gone East 1AFT Tells
Labor Watch
:::t::-: : age Rise
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'--- -:- ' - Opportunity
1
petitions follow:
UTILITY BOND MEASURE
Yes 95216
No 266893
SLOT MACHINES
Yes oS360
No 280284
011:031AINTIMUN
Yes 154619
No 215799
GASOLINE INSPECTORS
Yes 99613
No 59240
TEACHER RETIREliENT
Yes 1531197
No 218915
6f'7-t Ar::--i':: 7 '' 'T:-'! The monthly survey of business
-1 '1'Ik'if '70:::7'::'-::: ' 1 issued by the American Federa-VV 1:'''''':''' i'''''''''''' -:'''''-' ' ' tion of Labor urges labor officials '' 'A' -'''''-: --:-:"":'' ''' -' ' -'" ' to watch for opportunities to de-
''''''4'' ti''' -1(''-::'''':":'''' '"'-'' mand wage increases and other
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benefits to be gained under the
'''' - : --: -'''' business upswing -
1 ! e i' :g t'::-:':ki'C- ! ' -
-- '' ' ' '' : i - ' - ''' Asserting that American econ-
'2iN:::-:-t i: omy eventually can bring a $4000
'7-'-'"'-'7"i-'i''''7'77"' ' r- '' '' ' annual income to every family the
-::':-:''- '
3 to:l: survey also said that labor must
1"--!?l --:-4' q 1' 1 '-'-'' :" ''' seek a more equitable distribution
i
i I s ''' ' 'Ai ot the nation's wealth through col- :'''''' ''' ''4-::1 ' :::44 - : -'': c :: lective bargaining for a "produc-
' '' : ----!4ri tn ity wage"
A1
The survey cited employment
E W Smartt comptroller in the
gains of approximately 1000000
Phillips campaign took advantage
since the May-June low level and
of good company and left Satur- ! estimated that 300000 to 400000
(lay with the Oklahoma delegation
men and women returned to pri-
to Washington
'ate industry in October These
Mr Smartt was on his way to gains it said have brought a con-
New York on personal business i
' sequential increase in purchasing
and will be in 1Vashington to at- nower
tend a conference of national re- I
It warned industry that "gov-
tail merchants associations Smartt '
OM a- control is here to stay"
is state manager for t he °lull- and added that "business men M ID)
homa division i hold back production to wait for
the freedom of predepression days
rue u t
' are rebelling against the inevit
p -
able"
Cite Vage Increases
"Under the New Deal" it said
Lead 206879 1"(inali37 bintrrst(tT t ucr tizliskliinagve rtad1-
' vances in our adjustment to the
power age Thievery on the stock
The State Election Board coin- ' market is being checked control
pleted the tally in the recent ewe- by anti-union employers over la-
tion Tuesday showing that Gov- i bor's right to organize has been
ernor-elect Phillipa had a margin lessened we have begun to pro-
of 206879 votes over Ross Rizley vide seculity against seasonal em-
his Republican opponent ployment and old age other con-
Mr Phillips carried 73 counties trols also are protecting the in-
and Mr Rizley four namely Al- terest of working men and women
falla Texas Beaver and Major "These measures are a step for-
Leads Thomas 48611
The Governor-elect led his co-- ward but these alone are not
enough to litt production to maxi-
ticket mate U S Senator Elmer mum levels
Thomas by 48672 votes Mr1
Thomas polled 307936 to 159734 "Our American economy can
achieve a S1000 income for every
of his Republican opponent Harry family but there is no get-richO
Glasser Enid attorney Sena- quick way of doing this Nor is
tor Thomas' majority was 1482C ! there any one panacea that will
votes 1
t accomplish it"
e-
Thursday November 17 1938
votes accomplish
The total vote east was 537829 The survey said that trade un-
which was far below the 767748 ill ionization already achieved with
the 1936 Presidential election beneficial wage increases must be
Vote on Petitions followed by a new conception of
Total vote on the six initiative ‘‘ ages based on producing power
with machines rather than the old
conception based on human skill
and energy alone
"Workers today are not receiv-
Ang the wages justified by their
power to produce" it continued
-Productivity wages can be estab-
lished through coilective barsadt-
ing py ( 1 j raising wages aLcord-
ing to increases in productivity in
an industry and by t2) some form
-of partnership wage which shares
cxcess illtunie equitably betwun
management orkers and inves-
tors" Praise Cooperatives
A atatt7 tmpUtallivro
LEGISLATURE
Pointing out that consumers' CO-
Yes 92 261 operatives are already perform-
No 956715 ing an essential function in con-
The farmers and state dairymen trolling quality and price for farm-
won their contest against the re- ers and tor some union members"
peal of the oleomargarine bill the survey said that "their growth
through the shower of "no' votes
have bee 426276151 viii 11 lin C011SUIllerS CO-
1 UlliLtill
11111:q De skoppeu ZiL 011Ce 01111 l'C'ziLl- 1 Yes n disastro us to the coml ' and a S150 all hour per week - ! No' operzitives "are already perform-
tution made for past pas mints
try a S Well :IS t 0 t he railroads bonus for dao work and 9612 cents
The farmers and state dairymen
SUite employes should calm The ing an essential function in con-
tr(-)Iling quality and price for farm-
Propagandist Unhappy an hour for night WOrk
W011 their contest against the re-
The only discordiint note in the Union officials said that the IleW t1OW II and go back to Work con-
peal of the oleomargarine bill ers and tor some union members"
the survey said that "their growth
chorus of approbation was sound- wage scale goes into effect in all itoile nt dtb aft fro 3tvhovloersiiliel pniirge will '
1 bv the "It a iINV a v Age" which printing plants of Marshall Print-
t k )e l'!A e tal 'II N A t throunii the shower of ' "no x t es
r '0
This storm of "nos" also defeated buying power"
is t second measure for increasing
faaly se'reamed its appezil that ers in several commercial shops "No further campaign funds are
the teacher retirement petition
the rail presidents reject the joined the News-Messenger em- needed and nobody is authorized to
licitations to cover 011V
Eli so As a third step the su rvey said
Emergency Board's tinkling's and PloYes in their wa —
ge demands :
&felt that a production program devisea
refuse t o cooperat e NV till t he dispenser Roofers' Unions Thrive i
- "Tere is no pat ae
rong ( penser n rati
a "democc" way b y repre-
unions in a legislative program troubles of the carriers are h
"about
1 on dotv and none Will be sentatives of business labor dis-
of course that would have meiint over" simply because employes ink - ' ' in Phoenix and Tucson
a strike but "Railway Age" didn't employers have come together in To Washington
r PHOENIX Ariz (AFLWNSl— tributing agents consumers and
gpoo sv seirunieme?stu:tifitilLiadis
ninalsi
care It Wanted trouble a joint conference Immediately following his an-
That hOWev er is wiLit might On the other hand it declares - pearance at Norrnan Mr Phillips gs 11 tp r mike
e
r Organization work promoted by tion with higher standards of be-
have been expected "Railway -there is less reason now to adopt ' boar ded a train for Washington the United Slate Tile and Compo- ing for all"
Age" is a propaganda medium a defeatist attitude than there has the purpose of which is to have a sition Roofers Damp and 1S'ater-
Which gets its r eve ntle9 III:11111y been for a long time ' thorough und ro
erstanding with fed- "No large industrial
pof :Vcorkers' Association is - ' concern
frm o supply concern:3 WiliCh 11:1Ve "Gove m
rn ent and the public are '
eral authorities touching matt ers
marching steadily forward in this Would a pproach a year's work
been "milking" the roads for we behove more Nailing to lend a that are of vital interest to the area Phoeniz Local No 135 char- : Ivithout a plan of action vet our
years It has also been heavily sympathetic ear to the railroads' state and to find a way to admin toyed a few months ago is re- i effort as a i our people ination to produce for
s haphazard and sub-
sobsidized by the carriers pleas than thev have been at any ister these undertakings with more ported to have a 100 per cent coy-
I N :t
I
The last thng OL! i in the WO titre 1I1 the pinst 10 yearS—perhaps m
harony and efficiency erage her the s
e All of h -
'Railway Age" and other propa- ever working are iect to the v 1 IMS ot mil lions "
said power age rive The pow has d
If reports coming out of Wash- not wng under contract but all : n
gandists wink h fish in troubled "Much depends on the help of 1 ington sre to be believed Phillips of them employ union men exclu- European countries to program for production and they a3
I h have
t
waters want to see is a program rail labor The influence of that did not forget and leave behind sively !
NVilich will produce industrial peace group with Congress is well known Ills satchel of red ants Plans are now under way for '
ak 1 opted fascism or communism
Thitt would spoil their extremely If therefore the union chiefs real- ! Accompanying t h e governor- chartcrincr a local of the Associa- 1 "IN e need to establish a plan ot
profit able game ly put their shoulders behind a i elect to Washington was a group ti on n I T- ub cson w ere the basis for ‘11 — i action under democracy befor(
: ' ac y
'Whether "Railway Age " w ill joint COnSiqti-t' of F rance
program to be worked out ! Of adviser S - - ---'- q the union has been laid bv three ! unending depression drives us ic
continue to receive carriers sub- it is not too much to say that : Paris of Tulsa state Democratic t re p resnt atives of the Phoe nix un-American mco ean me mt snix un- l ti I " it warned
arne
d
loc '
Eikii is Of course something that there is a real possibility that : chairman Ed McDonald regional al
only the future ell' reveal sometling will be done and that oirector for the social security : Observation of Dr Bruce Bige
More Reasonable Attitude reasonably soon" ' board at Kansas City Ed Faiken- chief investigator for the state ' low director of admission at
The "Wall Street Journal" as- ' terg campaign adviser Represen- highway patrol and Gibbons Wil- 1 B university: e usually rown niversit "W all fiii
1
sumes a much more reasonable The normal flow of Niagara : tative Boren E W Smartt man- ham Coe and Aubrey Kerr all I the e modem boy much smartei
attitude It says "it would be Falls is 207000 cubic feet of wa- ' ager of the Oklahoma Retail Mer- members of the Oklahoma legisla- i than parents think he is but no!
4 a 1- 4 e r 1 1 -1 ----- 24: A 1 tli""tv ttlra
dispenser I 'wows' UnICTIS I nnve !
in a "democratic" way by repre-
" sentatives of business labor cis-
in Phoenix and Tucson tributing b agents tonsumers and
employers have come together in To 1 asmngton
N
n - PHOENIX S g
' a Ar iz (AFLW)-- p ie
Immediately following - -- - - --- E ti6ellts consumers anu
oosvseirunme?st u:t)ifitilLiadis mass nl
a joint conference n 1 111 might
On the other r ani
er hand it declares ' Pearance at Norman Mr Phillips g
ti p r make
"there is les reason now to adopt boarded a train for Washington the
gUn zaon work promoted by ton with higher standards of liv-
s ' ited Slate Tile and Compo-
a defeatist attitude than there has the purpose of which is to have a sition Roofers Damp and IS' ing for all"
ater-
been for a long time thorough understanding with fed- proof Workers' Association is "No huge industrial concern
"Government and the public are eral authorities touching matters marching steadily forward in this 'would :ear s work
approach a IS '
we behove more Yining to lend a that are of vital interest to the area Phoeniz Local No 135 char- : without a plan of action yet our
sympathetic ear to the railroads' state and to find a way to admin tered a few months ago I effort as a nation to produce for
is re- I our people is haphazard and sub-
pleas than they have been at any ister these undertakings with more ported to have a 100 per cent coy-
I
titre in the past 10 years-- perhaps I harmony and efficiency erage here All of the shops are ! ject to the whims of millions" it
ever If reports coming out of Wash- not working under co till t but all
: said 1
n c d "The power age has driven
th
"Much depends on e help of ington sre to be believed Phillips of employ f t
union men exclu- "in Li can countries t to programs
coun r
pi ' ''
rail labor The intluence of that did not forget and leave behind sively I for production and they have
group with Congress is well known hls satchel of red ants Plans are now tinder wav for i
adopted fascism or communism
If therefore the union chiefs real- Accompanying t h cr e governor- chartering a local of the Associa-
' I "We need to establish a plan of
ly put thcir shoulders behind a i elect to Washington was a group tion in Tucson e s
where the bast for 1 action under democracy before
joint program to be worked out I Of advisers consisting of France the union has been laid bv three I unending depression drives us tc
it is not too much to say that : Paris of Tulsa state Democratic re P resentatives of the Phoenix un-American methods" it warned
local
i
there is a real possibility that chairman Ed McDonald regional al
something will be done and that tv
inrector for the social securi i Observation of Dr Bruce Eige
reasonably soon" ' board at Kansas City Ed Falken- chief investigator for the state ' low director of admission al
' berg campaign adviser Represen- highway patrol and Gibbons Wil- 1 Brown university: "We usually find
the modem boy much smartei i I
The normal flow of Niagara tative B lam Coe
Boren E W Smartt man- : and Aubrey N err all
Falls is 207000 cubic feet of wa- I Eiger of the Oklahoma Retail Mer- 1 members of the Oklahoma legisla- i than parents think he is but not
ing for all"
"No large industrial concern
would approach a year's work
without a plan of action yet our
effort as a nation to produce for
tered a few months ago is re- i
I iivi L ii a liZU1011 to prouuce 'or
ported to have a 100 per cent coy-
our people is haphazard and sub-
1 z
ljeCt to Me whims Of UOilii0118:' it
craze here All of the shops are
i i "The power age ha s driven
not working under contract but all saEuropean countries to programs
sively
of them employ union men exclu- I for production and they have
adopted fascism or communism
Plans are now under way for i
chartering a local of the Associa- I "We need to establish a plan of
tion in Tucson where the basis for I action under democracy before
the union has been laid by three ! in i depression drives us to
representatives of the Phoenix un-American methods" it warned
local
director for the social security I Observation of Dr Bruce Eige-
board at Kansas City Ed Falken- ! chief investigator for the state low director of admission at
1erg campaign adviser Represen- ' highway patrol and Gibbons Wil- 1 Brown university: "We usually find
tative Boren E W Smartt man- ' ham Coe and Aubrey Kerr all I the modem boy much smarter
ager of the Oklahoma Retail ller- members of the Oklahoma legisla- i than parents think he Is but not
tatvtte co""evot A INeb rInpir tnre Fin smart es rarents say he is"
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