Cedar Rapids Tribune (Newspaper) - January 31, 1930, Cedar Rapids, Iowa A NEWSPAPER WITHOUT A MUZZLE XXVI CEDAR RAPIDS JANUARY 31 1930 No 13 TRUST LEVIES A TRIBUTE ON ALL RADIO IS CHARGE Newspapers Find Monopoly Demands Impossible To Pay Equipment For Beginning Operations Can Not Even Be Rented Except At Prohibitive Prices Patent Rights Give Control Of Air Jan r that the American as It was blithely denominated before the Federal Radio commission has got Its 20 wave lengths It doesn't know to with them charging that the Radio Corporation of America is a monopoly in the face of which the com- world is licked before It starts Press Inc trustee for the 20 precious wave lengths charges that K c A is a monopoly and that Wireless can not even tent equipment at a figure possible to pay It has been testified here that Press Wireless be required to pay to R C A the cost of manufacturing the equipment 45 per cent plus 5 per cent of Its gross receipts and must permit inspection of books and apparatus at will There were many other restrictions including one against international transmission Press Wireless which ordered 11 transmitters Jast July finally came down to an effort to rent one trans- mitter and even been able to conclude Q deal for that on a tory basis it was testified ONE MONOPOLY Press Wireless s finding the no better it countered difficulty ftf fer difficulty and fc in UNCLE SAM'S GREAT HAS YEARLY PAYROLL OF 15 Denied la channel ample power duties t flymen Piers tne sew Up the newspaper to exclusion of newspaper applicants Having a status in its own It balked by a monopoly In E tt NocJielsl'who perhaps more than any individual has against monopoly in found the 1 newspaper pack eager enough to thrust labor's claims only to be mated itself when it reached the ating stage BIG Not Press Wireless charged enforced by pooled patents provisions but B J the Co Chicago came forward to ures on how much monopoly costs those who have to the tribute company makes radios and must pay a fat royalty on every set In Uie year and a half In which we have made radio by testified before the Senate Inter- state Commerce Committee we havo paid that R C A monopoly in royalties testified did not believe needed Radio Corporation patents but they found that unless they rot the Radio Corporation license they even get their sets to market dealers would not handle unlicensed sets ho said and banks finance them He the committee hLs company had paid royalties of 7% per cent on gross receipts which in- cluded cabinets until his threatened to establish a separate com- pany to make cabinets whereupon cabinets were released from the royalty computation PAYS MAN if ROYALTIES said Ills product was patents of the Radio Corpora Uon of America General Electric Co Co and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co lie sale radio royalty fee was fixed because R C A claimed to have all patents but this he said was not so He de glared his Is now royalties to three other patent owners He lie had laid Uie case before the Department of Justice but he did no say that anything hud happened as a of that action Assertions long since nude by labo representatives affecting erery radic fan In the country and throttling rudk In the hands of a Email group are be ing attested by manufacturers whc have no interest in labor as such That radio is too important to per mil valuing stations on a basis of pro gram popularity but that service shout count was the way the Issue was pu by Hope Thompson counsel for station Chicago addressing the senate Interstate commerce committee Radio Is too big to be used 1 for Thompson said adding that It was more Important fa to hear a speech euch as one o you senators make than for a mulU tode to listen to some maudlin song Thompson said whoever controls radic In the future will control thought Not even congress has the courage to deal with the radio tlon so powerful we the Influences seeking to control the Industry son toM the committee The annual report ol Public Printer II Carter of the government printing office has been received and gives some interesting details of this mammoth plant the pay roll of which annually amounts to the average pay for each employee bains an increase of 45 per cent over what was paid In 1919 A battery of 174 linotypes are In op- 24 hours each working day and each operator's average speed Is euis per hour There aro also 192 casters and rhe average speed ol each operator During the year of 1929 all classes of work were turned oui Tills exceeds turned out In considered a banner copies The tests and technical ontrol which employs a staff of 37 Is at testing this pi f pounds ar experiments to be Among the many for the is the cafeteria which is tor a In Harding alter ie first printer WASHINGTON Jan legislation will get its Ing before the United States senate as as legislation is out of the If Senators Morris Elaine and good prophets They ate that as the program Meanwhile v as opportunity offers three senators are studying American Federation of Labor sub- mitted foil owing the Toronto on ns n draft to be enacted in- of former drafts sidetracking the ast senate commute substitute as well s all other drafts Senator Norris says lie toe will consider the A P or draft n Its perfected form and will also Its own measure ol the ast session and will present to the ful its own report which wil urged for immediate and favorable meals are served to all employe oit basis during the served a daily average 613 building also con- alns bowling alleys nnd a theatre will seating capacity ol and in home ploys are sponsored Space will not on of tho many wonderful features o ts great American argest of its kind Jn the possible is done for the wealth comfort and enjoyment of its employees jus DETROIT BEST CENTER FOR STUDY OF NEW YORK Jan to Magnusson ector of the Washington office of tht Labor Office a study o he cost of living In relation to wage as been begun at Detroit said that representa ives of the United States Bureau o Labor Statistics and J W statistician of the International are making a first-hand sur ol the purchasing power ot For Motor Co employees wages This sur rey he said will be used ns the or the entire investigation The object of the investigators J formulate a commodity budget which will represent in terms of food housing light heat and other essentials the yearly purchases of the average automobile worker who earns a clay the minimum wage recently established at the Ford plant The Century Fund of which Edward A Filene of Boston Is president is financing the tion In part DUE TO FOLLOW TARIFF ACTION Says Sub-Committee Is Studying Labor's Measure This declaration is understood Co TRAILING IN WAKE THE NEWS MACHINES AND MERGERS MENACE TO THE MASSES Economic Development Lags Behind Industry Declares Canfield At Waterloo LAZELL FADDIST counties around us a small pox epidemic Is raging The disease at his season of year Is not deadly yet it is loathsome We can all recall nur troubles of a few years ago when it added its jinx to Uie many UiaL rounded our flung publicity for ua rit and our Titan that within a reasonably shor injunction will be the Issue in There is son to the measure will re- elve consideration than would hare been the case formerly Labor Js a unit In support of the and is prepared to wage a vigorous campaign Tn addition to that have been aroused during the last year to the menace of the lon and a number of arid impart da changed their materially cases editors have a of arid hostility lias a new the white largely apathetic toward Frontier first attempt at making the admirers of bulls and thoroughbred horse fall for Hie Jure of skinny ing bronchos united They Say dub ot eastern Iowa took full advantage of a situation kill off that tion that since made two attempts to revive only to die a peaceful death But out of mess excuse for came an enthusiastic city-wide vaccination Results found today X Hundreds of citizens have been exposed various con- acls during the last Vet we rc free from pox In Cedar I ds a that tre on at Iowa City who then as belief that vaccination s a preventive to this disease WAS i A smiling face and kindly man is tnE from the scenes of county nl on The Island Charley ill a days departed tilts life writer he substantial WATERLOO Jan Cor Tlie ot man power by machines the tendency wards mergers upon the part of large nnd small bringing to salaried workers all ot which has rot as yet brought about equalization or lowered prices but has decreased the purchasing power ol the masses is u problem that must be solved fhat can be treated permanent solution arrived at was the keynote of an address ered before the audience of of the Trades council at a game dinner by Fred A ol the U S Conciliation service ment of Labor Tlie building outlook Is good over FIGHT ON UNIONISM AIDS COMMUNISM GREEN DECLARES President Of A F Of L Hands Talk To Employers Tells Of Labor's Constructive gram Is Spending Week Touring Southern Cities In Great Organizing Campaign JUDGE TELLS UNION IT WAS TOO HASTY IN GOING TO LAW Uie country In is the opinion the Injunction legislation jire hopeful but they declare make success anywhere near sure there must be activity on the of labor throughout the country All organizations of labor been urged repeatedly to sec to it that their senators arid members of congress are marie aware of their sentiment from usurpation ol power by arrogant and greedy Judges erican life His ing to and decisions upon topics of the day or matters ol hi American life and discussion were equal Matt Cowden at S U I cw Cowden conveyed to the I hospital at Iowa City this has undergone a minor operation ing ths nest two weeks his case will be the subject of observation after which It la expected that win suffer a major operation Mr Cowden is a pioneer resident of Uie a veteran ot the post office vice served us a rier years ago His col- of a in this newspaper have been the subject of much interested Local Health Record Health Officer Tlusty this that 80 new cases of measles 7 of scarlet fever 5 of chicken por de- during the week ending day night The total number of let fever under quarantine is 23 are no cases pox although II Is in several counties In the of Fred past president of tho Iowa Federation of Labor and now field representative of the conciliation service of the Slates department of labor Mr Canfield arrived tn day afternoon arid will be the speaker this Labor at a program sponsored by the oo Building Trades council Conferences called by President jert are going to result in o the unemployment situation Uie Mr 1 qud une j building aa to why his country is faced with thie problem? Rtr Canfield was asked He did smile when he said that would have been so radical not superior at those learned sat in iust be transcribed the but therefore different In PROBLEM AND A COMPARISON E have a railroad problem at Fourth from the at- tempted conference planning analysis from engineering cost standards over a period several details and pre- acceptable to the railroad managements and that body have Ar- place'.where it Is believed that a program acceptable to both i to plans will be arrived at Here ters the WE obstacle that will block Illustrative we te in Syracuse N Y the tracks of tlie New York Central intersect 1 he business district That city problems j A detour program is mutually upon But under the slate statutes the apportionment of expense will cosl the city government the sum ol several There no but what situation been acute Tht or hunting up r up eal projects -is going to a bldin His face a few years would probi Anyone out of the country for being a had they heard the theory But recently I have heard industrial leaders and social workers outside tlie rants of labor ex- press the same Mr Some time ago 1 read a newspaper story that interested me greatly An old man was arrested in DCS on n of vagrancy The judge before whom ho was taken conducted an In- into the case He examined the old man's hands and found the palms bore the honest toll At the conclusion of Hie was not a but that because of ad- years of the eco- nomic condition of the man was unable to procure a at which he earn a The Judge dismissed the cose the old man o small sum of money and old him to return in days while the judge bald he would try to find for the man I have cited to you a true ease That old man down there in Des Moines is a part of the unemployed problem When we learn why It was Impossible for e man who wanted to BOSTON Jan 30 unions or union members must exhaust he remedies provided by union Jaw before they can get relief in court under a ruling just made fay tlie court will h Jias upset a superior court decree Involving members of the Hod union and others sought a equity to prevent the local union from levying an assessment of per unless there bo a vote for QEI assessment in regular ing of the local The plaintiffs sought an injunction against officers oi the union The superior court granted the writ whereupon the case was appealed The Supreme court holds that the ers did not exhaust the remedy open to them In under its Uou holds thai the petitioners did moi appeal to the executive board from the order in- creasing the dues from 40 cents to The decision is certain to have ect on suits against unions holding to remedial processes in the various It is recalled here a New York ago that business interests court recently dismissed the pica have favored running complainants against the Steam i BIRMINGHAM Jan to waves of enthusiasm William Green of the Federation ol Labor opened his anthem speaking campaign here ay night He planned to continue trough the week with a speech each concluding in Richmond Sunday Ight and reluming then to Washing m President Green spoke first at a uct and then In the auditorium vering organized labor's message and with emphasis the an Federation Labor came south i response to tho repeated ot hn Slate federations and city aad ral bodies of the southern states these for years a part of tho American Federation of Labor active n Us affairs helping to formulate Its and apply its principles niGHTS F The alternative of constructive trade union organization or destructive efforts was placed squarely be- ore employers carefully uttered the principles and policies f the trade union movement There was also a vigorous statement f of workers to right parallel to the right ol employers o and to in an capacity President Green asked the o understand fis a or peaceful purposes as only in- strument that bring the to the for he orderly settlement of Engineers on precisely the same grounds holding that the Ufs had not their remedy within tne union WEATHER PARTY SURPRISES WITH JANUARY BRANDS it or not the weather by the party who controls deals out our of climate gave u than a like period otic year ego Jack of the Towa light Corp truthful party us of that face only after presenting the as compiled from his daily recording for the II S Weather Tn 1939 he found hat there were J days temperatures wer registered as compared with days of minus readings in the mont ended morning January 1 of this year was the only day when the maximum temperature was below zero The story hi January 1030 Min Mean Sno I 30 27 33 WEATHER WEAKLINGS WAIL OVER WINTER IN THE OLD HOME STATE From Edw Yerkes In California for- mer local labor leader union printer and on behalf of the gang of weaklings who have aged to tlie stage where our glorious Towa winters bring pangs of pain and rheumatic chills comes a ent of a thermometer that he states habitually registers an average ature of 70 degrees Imagine men who Bin find pleasure In R country where the hills and dales are never decorated with a plentiful fall of the driven white snows where chill rains are followed by swirling sandstorms dust and the e Is a monotonous brown ally we prefer our thermometer that has hit the sub-zero mark 13 days this month Street Railway Union Notes William Palmer veteran member who has had tha run has de- parted for California where he will enjoy life for the next two months The crews operating the plows have had a bit of rest from their midnight toll during the last week We have on the sick list absent from their runs Bros Webster and a Defiant o 47 SO 29 33 23 31 19 7 6 1 8 15 5 -10 -20 -24 -11 2 -12 -27 -12 3 -3 -15 5 a 10 315 41 28 7 12 33 3.5 17.5 25.5 14 23 12 1.5 -13 1.5 3 7.5 3.5 2 17.5 5 2.5 11.5 7.5 1.5 H 50 2.00 T 1.00 for month 11.3 Mean for January 1920 10.0 Normal mean for January 40 yea 18.9 Total snowfall for January Inches Total snowfall January 1929 27 Inches California Legislator Building Trades Dep TAMPA Jan ex board of the Building Tradi deportment American Federation Labor has elected State Senato Michael J McDonough ot Calif president of the department H succeeds William J McSorley resigned Mr McDonough wu plasterer be fore becoming a legislate lutes and Issues 11 We are said President Green in an attempt o better labor and promote peace and between employee and em- can not be peace and harmony one group is allowed to ze antl the other Is denied that THREE THOUSAND More than In he great municipal auditorium to greet lie lender of the great American labor listen to hlin sound he keynote of the great southern drive President Hurst of the Alabama State Federation of Labor spoke briefly on the purposes of the campaign and stated that the A P of L was not n the south to disturb labor conditions mt to make working conditions better or southern He introduced President Green with a glowing tribute to his ability his hard work his Weals and his purposes President Hreen ex- pressed himself ns being deeply touched royal welcome extended to him by representatives ol labor and the of He I come to you In a dual capacity Clothed with a responsibility of speaking for the men In the American labor movement and as a working man with all the experience of the man who toils familiar with all the conditions surrounding the lot of the working man and It is my desira to bring the people ot the south n chance to alleviate some of Hie hard conditions saW to in certain industries NOT AN come not as Invaders but upon the urgent of southern workers We are here because we were asked to come to aid in tlie raising of the dard of working conditions in the south We do not come here In tho spirit of conflict but in the spirit o harmony We believe that Justice must prevail for all men and that justice must be universally applied ists and employers cf labor have tho right to organize for the ment of purposes and we not shrink from tlie organization of capital and in common Justice labor should have the right to organize for mutual benefit lie quoted Woodrow Wilson's famous utterances on the right of bor to organize said that the A P of L stands on that tion by the great war president The A F ot L comes south to working men end women the chance to organize nnd secure Industrial he saW No man Is free unless he is economically free No employer of labor can be a run American who assumes the right to for his benefit and denies his employees the right to Join a trade un- ion for the same WORKERS ORGANIZE INSTINCTIVELY When the right organize into trade unions Is denied or resisted by employers then conies strife and gle and that condition will obtain un- til the right or the worker to organize Is it was necessary for the A p of under President Gompers to for its gains but it has risen over those FJv
