'-J. - Cj^ f Cf STRIKE Tonitrat we have a repetition of the nev/s of several weeas ago, with changes. Then it was Flint. Now itTs Detroit, ihen It. was General Motors. Tonight Itfs Chrysler, ^Sit-down strikes have closed all of the Chrysler plants In Detroit - j nine of them. Yesterday the Company refused to agree to the Onion terms, turned down the Onion demands. Today, promptly, the response was - close the plants. ) / L Fifty-five thousand Chrysler workers are out tonight in Detroit. At New Castle, Indiana, thirty-two hundred Chrysler employees are idle. The factory there can!t operate without supplies from the shut-down plants in Detroit. All of this was dramatized by a significant incident The Company president and a yice-president^went to one of the buildings to go to their offices. The strikers stopped them and saidi ^Where1s your pass?w They demanded a Union permit to enter. The two officials of course had no pass. So they were refused admittance, were turned back. ■! Whereupon one of them said: "From now on you people strike : - £ will have to deal with the courts.H Meaning — court proceed­ ings to compel the strikers to vacate, a threat to force an eviction. Later on there was an apology from the Union leader­ ship, saying they were sorry and that it wouldn't happen again. The two officials thereupon returned to the building, were admitted, and went to their offices. So it's the same old strike story in Michigan — also very much the same old story.Jfor Governor Murphy. Bach he comes ta into the limelight. Bach he comes from the Florid a sunlight. has been vacationing &t Palm Bead, and now back to Michigan to resume his familiar role - that of mediator. Negotiations are on right now. Vice-President Freyof the A.F of L, one of the most determined opponents of John Levis, has gone to Pittsburgh to talk with the heads of the Company union of Carnegie steel. The Corporation there has agreed to deal with Lewis' C.X.O. But the Company Union balks at this, has appealed to the / .F.of L. - wants to joir up with the Federation. Vice-President Ffey has gone for an unofficial cLscussion with the Federal ion who nay take them in or t \ z c on h It ion: 1 h e C o n: p a ■ y Un 1 on ■ STRIKE - 3 to agree to divorce itself from the Company, and. be just a union. The Federation refuses to have anything to do with employee organization formed under the sponsorship of the employers. To all this, the C.I.O. responds with the threat i of a sit-down - the new method of strike technique. The /French were the first to break out in the head­ lines with a sit-down revolt,, which they call the folded arms strike. And it was folded arms today on the giant liner KOBE A.-ID IF. Eight nowr she lies idle in the harbor of Le Harve. Nine hundred of the crew are holding out for a thirty per cent wage increase. They got an eleven per cent boost recently, but now they want thirty percent more. The NORMANDIE Is scheduled to sail for New York tomorrow, but maybe she won't. Folded arms, sI.J —down or set-down — the effect is all the same. CHILD LABOR At Albany, the power for the farmers, the small town newspapers, and the Catholic Church, had its way. These are the influences responsible for the the Child Labor Amenanent. It was defeated in the New York Assembly ~ oday by a vote of a hundred and two to forty-two. And in many quarters the belief is held that this dooms the amendment to give Congress the right to forold enilaren under eighteen to work, frith New York refusing, they say the Sictxz necessary two-thirds majority in zhe country may never be achieved. The fignt in Albany was strenuous. The opponents of the Amendment declared it would open the way to a federal law to keep children from doing the traditional homely chores, in the household and on the farm. Also - that it was a step toward federal control of children, instead of the old-time parental control in the home. These arguments prevailed, and today the Amendment was beaten. ROOSEVELT The hot news from the collegiate front today is that other universities are debating the Yale idea of — King Franklin the First* They will be debating still hotly a few hours hence, after the President has delivered his radio address tonight* The undergraduate humorij|P$% of Old Ell did an accurate bit of timing in heralding their joke into .the news today -* their Roosevelt-for-King Club. They propose that His Majesty's title . shall be Franklin the First, King of the .United States, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, and the American Dominions Beyond the Seas, Defender of the Budget, and Emperor of Wake Island* Their resolution calls for His Majesty's coronation, along with the enthronement of -- the beloved Queen Eleanor* They propose that the old Supreme Court be stuffed and placed in the Smithsonian Institution for the edification and amazement of posterity* Their political theory is that King Franklin the First shall rule the nation by radio — by means of fireside chats. It's a lively lot of undergraduate tomfoolery — but • Because tonight the President is giving a the timing is there ROOSEVELT #2 fireside chat, the eighth of his series of Informal radio talks# And the dominant subject is likely to be — his plan to enlarge the Supreme Court* The collegians come out on a platform of government by fireside chats, and they have a sample of their A own merchandise tonight^ 4 EARTHQUAKE 1 The earthquake that shook far and wide in the west early tnis morning, was nothing wild or exciting to tell about, It made things jump a bit and scared plenty of people - Just about the same as the similar quake in the same section last week. But the odd thing was - just four hours before the mid- western shake, there was a slight earthquake in California, <5rvv ^ So you couldnf t help wondering - was there any connection between the taav disturbances, hhk the one in the mlddlewest, the othe^ on the coast, almost simultaneously. I called up Father Lynch, the seismologist at Fordham shocks. University, and asked him - were the t He responded with a bit of geology, seismology. earthquakeology - something like tinsr ?,The quake in the mlddlewest,11 said he, "goes back to the ice age, some twenty-five thousand years ago. At that time, the uaper Mississippi Valley was filled with a tremendous ■glacier. The enormous weight of the ice pressed down trie rocks underneath^ squeezed them down i 1 f with terrific pressure, then the i y •eded . e ve: ' r] , t.I.e Ji V h :1 ' 1; a KF - 2 pressure was renioved • The rocks began to readjust them selves. i\nd they!ve be-n doing so ever since. Geology works in vast lengths ol time. The resettlement of the rocks in the Mississippi ''alley goes on for ages, with occasional slight movements. This was one. "bo that," I said "is why Indianapolis, Chicago Detroit and Cincinnatti, were shaken today — because the pressure of the glacier was released twenty-five thousand years ago." "That’s right," responded Father Lynch, "but on the Pacific Coast it’s different. Mountains are being built. In the Mississippi Valley the quakes are an aftermath of some­ thing long ago. In California that something is still happen­ ing ." There yon have a seisrao' ogical view/ of what 2 appen­ ce to those of you who were pitched out of bed, who had your dishes bounced off your pantry shelves, pictures on your • alls swung joggled, and had your houses tremble and your windows rattle, £HI:/ ihe latest 1 Tt the most confused tangle and contra­ dictory story t' at I have seen in years is this — that the Spanish rebel cruiser Canarias is nov; toviog to harbor the ^eft ring munitions ship l AB CAbTABRICO. Franco’s rebels have sieved the ' uge arnament cargo destined for the Socialist of Madrid. All the v;ild confusion that has sr-rrounded this episode is a vivid reminder of the hullaballoo about the ship when it sailed. The CANTABRICO certainly has been a craft of complica­ tions . Remember a11the hea liner when the boat uent out of New York Harbor loaded with airplanes for the Spanish Left lingers? Th e State hapartment had to issue a perm* t because of a loophole in the Neutrality Lav;. Congress tried to amend the law in time to stop the CAhTTABRICO. A court order -os procured to de- lav t' e soili ^ of th e vessel. All in.vain — the CA NTABRTCO ladened v Lth war supplies steamed out of the Harbor of New York in spite of all the IT. 8. government could do. SHIP #2 ^>he didn t sail directly to Spain, but to Vera Cruz# where she took aboard a huge cargo of munitions for the Spanish Socialists* About that time I told on the air how the Franco Rebel Govern­ ment had ordered its warships to watch for the CANTABRICO and seize her, not let her get through# Today’s story turns out to be the logical follow-up of that — although it looked like the wildest kind of inter­ national sensation at first# — A British reported sinking# First supposed to be a British liner crammed with passengers, shelled by a Spanish rebel cruiser, blasted by explosive and foundering in flames* Next-it was supposed"twbe a British— freighter# Now the story turns out this wayT— The munition ship. In trying to run the rebel blockade, disguised itself as a British vessel, painted a British name on her bow and took a British wireless signal of Identification# But the cruiser GANARIAS saw through the disguise. The armament craft tried to run, but the cruiser shelled her, hit her, and set her on fire# That was when the CANTABRICO sent out a wireless distress call, using the British radio signal. Approach ing-rescue-craft saw the British name painted on her bow. SHJP #3* And the sensational word flashed — British ship shelled and sunk* When -all efr^fehis—-eonfmelea w a ^straightened aut sailors of the munitions carrier, who was rescued by a French vessel* This sailor, who bears the snappy name of Juan Poo, relates that shells hit the CANTABRICO and set her afire* Then she was boarded by a party from the cruiser, who put the fire out and took the crew prisoner#• Poo and several others hid themselves, afraid they’d be shot* Later they dove overboard drownad, except Poo. He reached the French vessel safely, which thereupon steamed away. He says the last thing he saw was the ---- - towing the crippled CANTABRICO - the rebels trying to get the armament craft to port* word still wr Vvoo tv-« ■r — n<wr What»g- - ohangnd one of the boat The swimmers were So it may be that the war materials which the United States Government tried so hard and so vainly to stop from going to the Left Wingers will find their way into the hands of the Fascid; rebels *- to be used against the Socialists* FRANCE Today v>/as ladies1 day in the French Chamber of Deputies, Or ratner*, it was a battle of the ladies. The deputies passed Premier BlumTs Billion Dollar Defense Loan, that giant sum for war preparations. Anything suggested by the Socialist Premier is likely to stir up a noisy row among the Deputies - but this time the scrap was in the visitors* gallery, among the ladies, a whole group of the wives of the statesmen of France. One of them - Madame Blum herself, spouse of the Premier. Maybe it was the warlike tone of the defense program. Anyway, they staged a battle so loud and rambunctious that Premier Blum himself had to go to the gallery to quiet the statesmen’s wives. ifa The trouble began as^Premier concluded an eloquet address advocating the defense bill. The gallery was brilliant with the latest Parisian modes - the wives, among them Madame Blum, all listening intently. With the Socialist Premier last word, the wife of a Conservative Depots bro^e into a loud rippling laugh, Madame Blum turned to her and rema *ced, Shut up, you couldn’t do as well.” With that the hubbub was on, the FRANCE ladles yelling insults at each other - a wild screaming of epithets in that gallery for the wives. The husbands on the Parliament floor, looked up there, each most likely recognizing his own wife's voice. The disturbance became so shrill and outrageous, that Premier Blum had to go up to the gallery and make another address, another defense oration. He implored the ladies to keep quiet^ ^ fro p«y.6Wi#4M thorn to-flilThe uproar finally subsided - and the work of government continued. oeuer uexense uraoxun. ne xmpxureu. DIONUE There's news about the Dionne quintuplets. Their physician. Dr. Dafoe, is getting his salary - doubled. He's just about the most famous doctor in the world, of greater publicity and renown than the discoverer of insulin, or the gland searching Dr. Crile, or any other creator of a miracle of medicine. And his patients are the most famous babies in the world. Well, doctors' fees sometimes come high. An operation can cost as much as a mink coat for a millionaire's Wife. So today we fina that the salary of Dr. Dafoe of quintuplet-birtti- fame has been multiplied by two. A Canadian judge has decreed that he shall get twice as much as he has been getting. Dr. Dafoe's salary has been raised to a hundred and fifty dollars - a year. He v/as getting seventy-five bucks per annum. And he had a fight on his hands to get the raise, had to battle all up and dov/n Ontario. flj s yearly fee for medical care of the quints is naid by the township of North Rinsworth, not one of those wealthy DIQi^L - 2 million dolxar communities. In fact^ the township fathers thought that seventy-five dollars a year was too much. They proposed to cut the doctor to thirty—five, The world renowned physician felt his professional honor touched by the cut, so he responded by demanding a raise. He multiplied thirty-five dollars by ten and requested three hundred and fifty dollars a ! II ; ■ ■ H year. That caused such an argument that it got into the courts, >'WvO iC*-* -v-fiAc Jl and^the judge^efew^sei**^ a compromise at a hundred and fifty. The court regretted that the figure couldnTt be larger, but said the township distinguished by the birth and upbringing of the quints just couldnH pay any more. Of course. Dr, D.foe is rumored to pick up a penny hers and there out of advertise­ ments, endorsements, journalism and the use of his name. But his official fee hxx as the most famous doctor, taking IT. * SI if * i ■ii Si Ii 8 ii care of the most famous babies, is twelve dollars and fifty cents a month. And, SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW. is I