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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
Volume 36. Number 145. NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Wagner Labor Dispute Bill Is Passed
Makes Charges of Graft in Department of Commerce
MITCHELL TO START
INVESTIGATION INTO
CHARGES GRAFT DEPT
Mitchell Charges That The Laying Up Of
The Leviathan And Subsequent Waiver
$1,700,000 Is Evidence Graft Dep’t.
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, June 20,—Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted
assistant secretary of commerce, was called to the stand to
day in the senate inquiry into his charges of “graft” in the
Department of Commerce and “plundering of the Treasury”
under the ship subsidy system.
Several senators today made it plain that they were
ready if “substance” is found in Mitchell’s charges, to press
for a broadened investigation, which would call in such
men as Vincent Astor, and Kermit Roosevelt, incidentally,
both, friends of Preaidant F. D. Roosevelt.
Those two persons were named by the former assistant
secretary of commerce, as standing to benefit by the tran
saction of the laying up of the liner “Leviathan”.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, who visited
Alaska last summer, said he would accept the committee’s
invitation to attend a hearing. He stated today that he
would answer any question they desired to ask regarding
the retirement of the liner Leviathan from active service,
without the penalty provided under the ship subsidy con
tract held by the company.
Mitchell declared that this move meant the waiving of
one million seven hundred thousand dollars in payments due
the government.
Matanuska School
Children May Not
Get School on Time
Northwest Lumber Strike
May Delay Construction
Colonists’ School Bldg.
(By The Associated Press)
PALMER, Matanuska, June 20 —
The Northwest lumber strike may
keep some of the children out of
school, Matanuska officials revealed
today, due to delayed shipments of
lumber.
Work is being rushed to get the
school building ready by the time the
fall terms begin. There are about
four hundred and fifty pupils need
ing between eighteen and twenty
teachers. The colonists are busy
planting about four hundred acres
of gardens.
See The Midnight Sun!
Special Midnight Sun airplane
trips will be made by the Roust
Airways, June 20, 21, 22, 23— for
rates and information call or ring
the company office.
Mail the Nome Daily Nugget to
your friends, and let them know
about the re-building of Nome.1
Charges are Made
Against Former
Assist. Secretary
Investigations Committee Or
ders Charges Made Ag
ainst Ewing Mitchell
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 19, — The
Senate investigations committee or
dered charges made against Ewing
Y. Mitchell, recently ousted Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce of “ap
parent evidence of corruption” in
that department.
Mitchell will be called upon to
testify to charges of money squand
ered in the payment of ship sub
sidies on mail, and other alleged ir
regularities.
Dental Notice
Dr. L. W. Fromm will re-open
dental parlors in a new building
just West of the Nome Liquor Store
on Front Street, on or before June
24th. All new and modern equip
ment. 3t
FOR SALE
Bulkhead and foundation timbers—
heavy planking and firewood—At
Nome Machine Shop. Phone Black
110
!
A Close Vote Is
Expected Clark
Amendment Bill
Social Security Program Is
Nearing Final Vote With
Close Vote Expected
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 20, —A
close vote on the Clark amendment
to exempt private pension plans
from the Roosevelt social security
program is predicted by senate lead
ers as they pushed toward a final
vote on the bill.
Administration leaders are confi
dent the measure will be approved
overwhelmingly.
The Wagner Labor Disputes bill
was placed before the House with
leaders striving to pass it before
nightfall, but the fight is develop
ing around the proposal to write in
the language declaring that labor
unions shall not coerce workers to
join the union or strike. An early
vote in the senate is also sought on
the farm amendments which would
invest Wallace with new powers.
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
| COMMENT
On the 27th of May the Supreme
1 Court of the United States handed
! down a series of decisions of great
er importance and of wider applica
tion than any pronouncement which
has come from that bench in several
j years. By a unanimous ruling, the
N.R.A. codes were held unconstitu
tional. It appears that when a con
cern operates chiefly within the
boundaries of a states, and when its
1 operations affect interstate com
merce only in an indirect way, it
does not lie within the province of
I Congress to intervene, or delegate
power to direct. Control, under
such circumstances rests with the
states. “Extraordinary conditions",
said Mr. Justice Hughes “do not
create constitutional power”. Con
stitutional power to carry forwaid
the code plan was lacking. That
is all there is to it. It is not likely
that the entire bench concmred in
a ruling that was wrong. Those who
do not think well of the recovery
act provisions are sustained. Those
who look kindly upon its provisions
have the satisfaction of knowing
that if regulation by code were wise,
it has at least had some time to do
its benign work.
A man who had an auto accident
says that the trouble arose when he
made a quick turn to dodge a ghost
that jumped out of a grave yard.
Not many will take stock in his
story , yet the apparition may have
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HOUSE PASSES WAGNER
LABOR DISPUTES BILL
SETTING UP A BOARD
Loud Cries Of Uneonstitutionality Heard
As House Passes The Wagner Labor Dis
putes Bill And Sent Back To Senate
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. June 20, — Disregarding the protest
ing cries that the measure was unconstitutional, the House
of Representatives passed the Wagner Labor Disputes bill,
designed to abolish company-dominated unions, and to
create a permanent labor tribunal.
The measure, which had already passed the Senate,
was returned to that branch of the legislative system for
action on amendments, intended to insure its constitutional
ity.
, Among other things, the bill sots up a National Labor
Relations Board, to adjust employee and employer differ
ences. It will be independent of the quaisa Judicial and fed
eral agency and outside of the Department of Labor.
The effort to write in the amendment that labor unions
shall not coerce workers to join the unions or to strike, was
defeated when the matter was brought to a vote.
France Will Keep
Her Navy Stronger
French Will Keep Their
Navy Stronger Germany
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, June 20, —AlTiirmation of
her intention to keep her navy
stronger than that of Hitler’s, was
France's answer to the Anglo-Ger
man naval negotiations.
Longshoreman Is
Bequet lied Money
Will Go Sweden
Mother Dies Leaves Son Ov
ev $35,000: He says He
Will Go to Sweden
(By The Associated Press)
SEWARD, June 19. — Ole John
son, a longshoreman announced to
day that he had received word, he
had been left thirty-five thousand
dollars, by his mother’s death in
Sweden. He said he would be leav
ing on the next steamer enroute to
Sweden.
SEE THE
MIDNIGHT SUN
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Special Trips Will Be made By
NORTHERN AIR TRANSPORT
Make Your Reservations Now
Judge J. H. S. Mor
ison Returns After
an 11.000 Mile Trip
Judge J. H. S. Morison of the Sec
ond Division, Terr, of Alaska who re
turned yesterday after a month’s
leave of absence, told an interesting
account of his 11,000 mile trip from
Nome to Cumberland Gap, Tenness
ee, his home town, and return.
Judge Morison while in Cumber
land Gap attended a board meeting
of the Lincoln Memorial University
and at the graduating services,
conferred the degree of Doctor of
Humane Letters upon Homer S Cum
mings, Attorney General of the Un
ited States, who was the princi
pal speaker and gave the address to
the graduates.
Judge Morison travelled by air
plane to Juneau and. thence by boat
to Seattle. He took the train there
and travelled to Tennessee, where
he remained only four days, attend
ing to private business in the mean
time, and visiting relatives.
Returning to Seattle, Judge Mor
son made the trip by steamer and
rail to Fairbanks and thence by air
plane to his home here.
Coming north on the liner Aleut
ian of the Alaska Line, he stated
that he enjoyed the scenery immen
sely and the ship’s company which
included tourists and several cham
bers of commerce who were visit
ing Alaska. The vessel was crowd
ed with passengers many having to
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Former Convict Is
Given Chance To
Play In Baseball
Former Convict Is Allowed
Play Exhibition Profes
sional Baseball Now
(By The Associated Press)
ALBANY, June 20, —Edwin C.
“Alabamaun" Pitts, one-time Sing
Sing prisoner, and an athlete, was
freed of the job of making good for
his friends whose faith caused Lan
dis to unbar the doors for profes
sional baseball.
He overruled today a decision
banning Pitts from baseball, but
made it clear that his action re
I suited from numerous appeals on
behalf of the convict, who was sen
tenced for an armed robbery.
The ban said he could play in ex
hibition games. He will begin play
Sunday with the Albany interna
tional league.
Thinking Abandon
18 Projects Due To
Change In Depots.
Eighteen Projects Not Yet
Begun Will Probably Be
Abandoned By Gov’t.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 20, —The
government is thinking of abandon
ing eighteen subsistence homestead
projects inherited by the resettle
ment administration, at the death
of the homestead corporation on
June 16th. There are sixty-four sub
projects, eighteen of which are not
yet functioning.
Waterfront Normal
Shipping Resumed
Eleven Deep Sea Vessels
Are Being Worked Now
(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, B. C„ June 20, —
Waterfront activities continued al
most normal as the shipping federa
tion announced that eleven deep sea
vessels were being worked by four
hundred and ninety seven members.
Waley Be Tried
If Wants To Fight
Waley Will Be Given Trial
If He Wants Fight Charge
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, June 20, —An immed
iate trial is in prospect if Waley
wants to fight the charges of kid
naping. The hunt for Mahan is still
going on.
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