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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1937
Page
1
Senators weigh federal action as CIO head Lewis clashes with AFL chief and Dies calls for investigation. Carter Gill warns production must rise. study cites 20 percent gains post 1929. Wheat outlook shifts as US may export less and Iowa considers use tax amid court ruling.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Washington state minimum wage law for women in a 5 to 4 decision. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion with a dissent by Justices Van Devanter McReynolds and Butler. The ruling revisits the Adkins District of Columbia case and signals potential reexamination of related wage regulation disputes across states.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously declares the Railway Labor Act of 1934 constitutional in a Virginian Railway Co appeal. Justice Stone notes Congress can compel railroads to bargain with workers through freely chosen representatives, while not mandating an agreement. Continued on Page 2 Col 6.
In Tucumcari New Mexico the man calling himself Vern Charlton, claiming near Tacoma as his address, was arrested as a Mattson kidnap slaying suspect after Sheriff White linked him to the artist's reconstruction. FBI agent Alex Street confirmed him as the man. Charlton was arrested Saturday after a week in town. Meanwhile in Mexico City Alexander Pompez, alias Antonio Moreno, a suspect in the Tacoma Mattson case, was held by a full squad of detectives after a two month chase. Extradition talks are underway with Washington authorities and US embassy cooperation. Pompez is said to have $1,000,000 in a New York bank and faces multiple charges with sixteen alleged confederates being hunted.
James Black argues that the cynical maxim a living dog is better than a dead lion is a falsehood. He contrasts the contempt for dogs with the lion’s majesty and asserts that life without a higher purpose loses meaning. The author cites the Cross outside the city gate as proof that dying for truth and liberty is nobler than mere survival.
Lansing, Mich. President Homer Martin defends sitdown strikes against A F of L head William Green. Martin accuses Green of siding with the National Association of Manufacturers and argues workers’ rights to life liberty and happiness supersede property claims.
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the three year moratorium from the revised Frazier Lemke act. Justice Brandeis notes the stay is not absolute and may be terminated, rejecting earlier challenges to due process. Representative Lemke says Congress should draft clearer laws to avoid unconstitutionality.
Pan American Sikorsky Clipper begins final leg from American Samoa toward New Zealand. Captain Edwin S Musick, master of the survey plane, expects Auckland arrival about 14 hours after takeoff.
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration's Supreme Court success rate rising to .471 after nine favorable and eight unfavorable rulings. Key wins include Gold Clause Act, TVA, Chaco arms embargo, Silver Tax, National Firearms Act, Railway Labor Act, and Frazier Lemke Act. Unfavorable outcomes include NRA hot oil controls, railway pensions, original Frazier Lemke, AAA, Guffey Act, and municipal bankruptcy rul.
In Chicago the Socialist Party endorsed the Committee for Industrial Organization at a special convention. It backed a genuine farmer labor party and adopted a new constitution favoring centralization of party machinery. Resolutions on war fascism united front and people's front were referred to the new national executive committee.
Walter H. Rhodes 31 of Iowa City faces a dynamite murder charge for killing his wife Mabel 31. Trial proceedings begin Tuesday with jury selection from 43 candidates, 17 women. The state expects 50 to 60 witnesses. the defense plans 25 witnesses.
A new liquor by the drink bill with no local option provisions was introduced in the Iowa house. Four license classes would be issued by the state liquor commission with city councils setting fees licenses numbers hours and zones. Railroads would obtain dining car licenses for a $100 original permit and $3 per duplicate.
John L. Lewis condemned William Green as cowardly and contemptible after Green called sitdown strikes illegal. Lewis, returning from Detroit discussions with Walter P. Chrysler on soft coal wage talks, blasted Green and refused to elaborate on labor questions or Detroit auto strike progress.
Congressional leaders signaled a clearer labor policy for the administration may follow the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Wagner Act. The court reconvened after a two week recess as proceedings continued.
Washington officials released Dr. Price's report on the New London Texas school explosion. The blaze killed 456 people and was caused by ignition of combustible gases by a flash from electrical equipment and a sanding machine in the Manual Training shop. The gas source remains uncertain, with possibilities including a pipeline or ground strata.
Tokyo reports the Manchukuo government disclosed a large anti Japanese revolt led by Chinese Communist agents from Antung. Over 200 Manchukuoan officials merchants and intellectuals were arrested with many executed after secret trials. The plan aimed to overthrow Manchukuo and expel Japanese influence.
Des Moines Iowa House reversed action from last week restoring 16 deleted sections of the motor vehicle act to consolidate police and inspection agencies. The 212 page Senate bill to regulate highways remains intact with revisions. House rejected a move to strike the whole proposal. The Senate pursued minor claim bills and rewrote unemployment insurance act.
Lansing reports Gov. Murphy says confidence rising between Chrysler negotiators while John L. Lewis is away in New York. UAW cites railway act ruling to claim right to bargain for all 67 000 Chrysler workers. Either side delays a strike settlement until Lewis returns from the East.
Senator Glass of Virginia denounces Roosevelt court reform as an attack on representative government. He condemns packing the Supreme Court, argues federal control erodes states rights and private enterprise, and urges the public to oppose the proposal.
Edward of Windsor travels through rain and fog to reach St. Wolfgang Austria where he will live in a boarding house as exile until May first. The move brings him 184 miles closer to Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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