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VOL. 38. No. 85. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, APRIL 13th, 1937 Per Copy 15cts
AttGen. Strong for F.D’s Court Plan
EXPECT MESSAGE ON LABOR LEGISLATION
Morgenthau Says ‘No Plans to Change Price of Gold’
Predictions Are
Made Outcome
Court Opinions
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 13, —
Campaigns to enact wage and
It. jar standards and to oppose
sitdwwn strikes appeared immin
ent amidt a confliction of pre
dict'Vans over the effect of the
Wagner Act decisions, upon the
Jtooaevd t court ball.
Sl>eaker Bankhead expects a
rpwssidential message urging die
•enactment of a bill settling min
.union wages, maximum hours
rand working conditions.
Senator Byrnes said he may pro
' -use liegisMJcn to ban stdown
utrikes.
Supporters oif the court bill
*a:d that the five to four deci
f.ion justifies the plan. Opponents
:r.aid the decis’on makes the plan
oKiei ssary and proves that the
e ji is Irbsrrf.
•J. Wagner Madden, chairman of
the National Labor Relations
BoaTd said the decision of the
Supreme Court laid the founda
tion for.- industrial peace, and
leaves Henry Ford subject to the
Jaw despite Ford’s assertion that
lie would not recognize any un
ion.
Some senators predicted the re
tirement soon of at least one of
the four conservative justices, be
cause they are all assured of full!
retirement pay of twenty thous
and dollars a year.
Senators said the justices pre
viously clung to thoit seats fear
AUTO PLUNGE KILLS MOTORIST
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l . oo.usM, J1, drowned in the Chisago river after his automobile
plunged through an open drawbridge on Jackson boulevard, near the
Loop. Workmen are shown here raising the machine. The boat In the
background was approaching the span when the accident happened.
(Associated Press Photo)
ing a realignment of the court if
Rro.'ev»5t as permitted to appoint
new judges under his plan.
Realignment has already taken
place because Justice Roberts
has deserted the conservatives.
* Hv Th«* As«5octntrrt
WASHINGTON D C April 13.
—President Roosevelt nominated
William SeaTS. former democrat
ic congressman from Florida, to
a post on the Tariff Commission.
PEDIGREED PEDICURE FOR MAC
n m — ■ -
The hounds that dwell on New York’s boulevard of swank sophisticates
have really started to "put on the dog." A beauty salon on Park Ave
nue has been opened especially for the canines. Here Is Tommy Bur
gees, operator, giving Mae, a snub-nosed English bull, a pedigreed
pedicure. (Associated Press Photo) I
Unions Start Work
Unionize Ford
(Hv The Associated Pv»'*o
DETROIT, April 13, — En
couraged by the Supreme Court's
validation erf the Wagner Labor
RelaTons Act, the United Auto
mobile workers tonight announc
ed an immediate campaign to un
ionize the Great River Rouge
plant of the Ford Motor Company.
Mar •tin, head of the association,
said the court’s decision would
make it unnecessary to cal/l a
strike among the ninety thous
and workers at River Rouge, to
force Henry Fcrd to recognize
the union.
“Silly Gossip”
Says Secretary
(Bv The Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, D C April 13
—Secretary of the Treasurer Mor
genthau. discussing the rumor
there might be a change in the
price of gold said “We have no
pl'ans about changing the price
■of gold.” ,
The Secretary said “the ally
gossip” about the nation’s mone
tary policies, has been circulated
during recent months, but there
was no foundation to the rumors.
ANOTHER VICTORY
ADMINISTRATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 13. —The
Supreme Court gave the govern
ment a major victory by uphold-'
bit; the constitutionality of the
V.': grer Labor Reht.'ens Act as it
app ied to aK business engaged
i’n ii '.ei state commerce.
Speculation was immediately
eJ whether :ho tribunal's
ci.-ion in the five cases at point
.-is the Roosevelt fighit ft nr re
r:g- rlzatlon of thj court.
F iur ctf the Supreme Court’s
decisions were five t . four. They
were the ores involving the
L.-ug-hJjn St:*?' Corpora', ton of
r.tt. burgh, the Fruh.uir Trailer
Company cf D-trrii, the Freid
man Harry Marhs ifething Com
Pi.o.y cf Rfchm.nd, and the Asso
c.. i-.d Press. Th, court was un
r.irrr us in the W:^hirg.ton, V r
g:r.ia, Maryland coach cases.
Justice R- .or.-, who held the
balance of power in some of the
five to four daci. ions, delivered
the five to fou opinion thait the
Wagrer Act did net violate the
freedom ctf the press, and could
fce aipp'jed to thy Assx.cl'.ited
Press.
He also delivered the unani
mous decision in the coach com
pany case. The que.sli n of coll
ective bargaining was uphold by
Calls Church Truce
Han* Kerri, reichminister for Ger
man church affairs, called a truce
in the conflict between the govern
ment and rebellious protestants as
the first result of the condemna
tory encyclical of Pope Pius. Kerri’*
decree returned all Evangelical
church affairs to the status they
held prior to Hitler’s recent order
for a general synodical election.
(Associated Press Photo) •
the court when business is en
gaged in interstate commerce. It
has been a major point of dispute
during the recent series of siit
d. wn strii">'.
Under the decision the legisla
tion applies to all business held
to be engaged in interstate com
meroe.
The ruling, holding the steel
company and thie clothing manu
facturing concern were engaged
ii interstate commerce, was
broadened in ids applicability by
statute, far beyond what its op
)>*i tents contended were its pro
per boundaries.
fHv Trie Associated Drpse '<
WASHINGTON D C April 13,
—Leaders of the congressional re
bellion against President Roocse
velt's Sup. Court reorganization
program, hailed validation of the
National Labor Relations Act to
day as the death blow to the
plan.
Senate majority leader Joseph
T Robinson said he was highly
gratified by the decisions.
The court enlargement propos
al will certainly be defeated said
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, dem
oerat of Montana, and Leader of
the opposition.
Attorney General Homer S.
Cummings commented curtly that
that for more reasons than one
the decisions of today show- the
wisdom and soundness of the
president's plan.
Invitations Are
Sent For Series
Of Conferences
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 13—Sec
retary of Labor Frances Perkins
announced late tonight that she
will invite representatives of la
bor and management to a series
of conferences on methods of con .
ciliation and mediation in collec-,
tive bargaining beginning April
20. The conferences will be to1
stabilize .industrial relations, the
announcement said.
MINERS AND DREDGE MEN '
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports, |
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode;
Location Notices. Vouchers, and
| JVfodel Slain
Veronica "Ronny” Gedeon above),
20-year-old camera model, her
mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, S4, and
a roomer, Frank Byrnes, were
found murdered In the Godsons'
Upper East Side apartment In New
York. Miss Gedeon Is shown her*
In a pose advertising bath towel*.
(Associated Press Photo)
Indictment To
Be Asked Slayer
3 In New York
(By The Associated r’r“ss)
NEW YORK. April 13, — An
indictment for murder in the fir
st degree will be sought today
against Robert Irwin, former asy
lum inmate accused of the Gedor.
slayings it was indicated last
night.
Police officials and detectives
working on the triple murder,
conferred today in the office of
District Attorney William C.
Dodge.
Receives Award
(By The Associated Press*
ROME, April 13, — The Po
desia today presented Pasquale
Bcmimsegni, a gold medal in tok
en of the city’s gratitude to hiitn
for enhancing Italy’s prestige
abroad as a scientist and direct
or of the faculty otf political and
social sciences in the University
of Lausanne.