THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Indstrial Jobs
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Feriod From Junie 15 To
July 15 Sees 11% Rise
In EuPloyment
JANaING, Aug. 12.-(P)--Indus-
trial employment in Michigan for the
month from June 15 to July 15 has
reached its highest peak since June,
1931, the State Department of Labor
arid Industry reported today.
The usual seasonal declines con-
tii ued to be set aside as industry re-
spnded to demands for its products.
Fqr the first time since July, 1932,
the monthly employment report be-
gai to creep above figures for the
corresponding period of the preced-
ing year.
The report revealed an increase of
112 per cent in the number of per-
sopsi employed over the preceding
month and a gain of one-half of 1
per cent over the number of em-
ployees during June, 1932.
Total Payrolls Mount
Inc'reased employment during the
mnth brought a boost of 3.' perI
cent in the total weekly payrolls overI
a year ago and 2.3 per cent over the
figures of the preceding month. Aver-
age weekly income increased 3.1 per
cent over 1932 but dropped 8 per
cent under June figures. The latter
was attributed to a further spread of
earning power through employment
of more men. '
For the first time in over two years
the automobile industry approached
the normal seasonal employment fig-
ure. There was a decline of only 4
per cent in the number of employees
under the figures of a year ago, com-
pared with a normal decline of 2 per
cent for the period. Employment,
however, showed a gain of 13.5 per
cent over the preceding month.
Payrolls of the automobile indus-
try increased one per cent over a
year ago and 1.4 per cent for the
month.
Leather Industry Gains
The leather industry made the
greatest yearly stride with an increase
of 63.8 per cent in employment. The
figure was an increasee of 7.7 per
cent over the preceding month. Total
payrolls jumped 58.5 per cent for the
year but declined 2.5 per cent for the
month. '
Lumber employment, including the
furniture industry, was up 24.5 per
cent for the year and 5.4 per cent for
the month with total payrolls in-
creasing 34.2 per cent over a year ago
and .14.3 per cent over the preceding
month.
The furniture industry increased
the number of its employees 12.2 per
cent over the figure of a year ago
and 2.3 per cent over June.
Football Team
At State Faces
kiecOnstruction
Coach Bachman Must Fill
7 Vacancies Caused By
Graduation
FAST LANSING, Aug. 12.-The
task of reconstructing Michigan
State's football team, riddled by
graduation last June, has caused
Charlie Bachman, the Spartan's new
gridiron chief, to remain close to his
desk this summer. Throughout the
warm weather, when other members
of the staff were fishing or playing
golf, Bachman has been toiling over
a .solution to problemsthat must be
answered when his charges gather
more than a month hence for the
first practice,
Faced with the most trying sched-
ule a State team has faced in many
years, Bachman sees his job as ex-
ceedingly difficult. He realizes that
all detail work must be completed-so
that every minute of the early season
drills 'may be put to the best ad-
vantage.
Opening with Grinnell,. a Missouri
Valley Conference team that gave
the Spartans all the could handle in
midseason last fall, Bachman's team
must engage Michigan, Syracuse,
Marquette, Carnegie Tech, Kansas
State and Detroit. The only soft spot
on the list is Illinois Wesleyan.
Seven young men who helped
Jimmy Crowley gain a pretty fair
reputation for himself in the coach-
ing profession, have passed from thea
campus. Seven stalwarts are, gone
from the line and three from the
backfield, Bachman's chief task is,
finding ends, tackles and backs. Only
Art Buss, Benton Harbor senior, is,
back for a tackle assignment, and Ed
Klewicki alone returns as a regular
wingman. .,
The backfield corps lists Capt. Ber-
nard McNutt, Bob Armstrong, Jerry
Jones and Alton Kircher as veterans.
McNutt and Kircher played most of
the games, with the other two as re-
serves. The biggest loss to the team,.
of course, if Bob Monnett, and Abe
Eliowitz, on whose shoulders most of
State's hones for scoring have rested
NRA J'omen's Leader
Johnson Is Rapidly Becoming Al
National Legend For Code Work
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-(R')-
Hugh S. Johnson is an enigma to
those who think government is a
matter of politics.
Old hands at quibbling come to
the capital to stage a hearing for a
particular industry. They are anx-
ious to sign a code-"Oh, yes," they
say, "but these people that work in
their homes; we are quite sure they
would rather--."
When that argument, or a similar
one, shows signs of becoming a stub-
born exemption fight, the word is
taken to Johnson, industrial admin-
istrator..
He drops his phones, charts and
letters. The meeting is adjourned
and the conference committee is
taken into a room where the general
waits.
A Legend Grows
Then begin the fireworks. No one
is .quite certain what kind they are.
They must differ with each indus-
try. But the committee comes out
convinced of the general's views. The
code is signed, and another tale is
added to the legend that is rapidly
making Johnson the "wonder work-
er" of the decade.
The secret of the matter is no se-
cret at all. Johnson hits from the
shoulder. He uses plain language.
He talks to business in its own terms.
His friends say he has such an un-
canny knowledge that he can put an
accusing finger unerringly on hypo-
crisy.
For instance, there was one fight
over price-fixing.
"But how can the plan work with-
out price fixing?i' asked someone.
That makes the general impatient.
His eyes flash.
"What can be simpler?" he barks
in a genial sort of way. He has the
ability to hit hard and leave the vic-
tim wondering whether he has been
struck.
" kWe are putting men back to work,"
Johnson says. "Price fixing? Not if
we can help .it. How will we know
when prices become extortionate?
This country knows when extortion
begins."
No sham, you see. He knows in-
dustry from pipe lines to men's col-
lars. He began his career in the
army, where straight talking pre-
vails, But he polished it off with
years in Wall street as investment
adviser to Bernard Baruch, the fin-
ancier. That meant research, with
knowledge resulting.
Annoying Problems Arise
The present job is stupendous, of
course. There are more than 600
codes filed and waiting for hearing.
This is not only a matter of putting
men back to work, but of meeting
annoying and multiplying little prob-
lems of classifying America's indus-
try for the first time.
For instance, do knit polo sirts
come under the shirt code or the
knit-wear code? Do coal mines run
by the steel industry come under
the coal or steel codes?
But give Johnson problems. He
likes them. He is so full of energy
that he walks when he talks. He
rips off his coat. His large, dark eyes
burn. His square shoulders are
thrown back. He tramps up and
down his workman's of ice. ThereI
is only a phone, a desk and some di- I
lapidated chairs. The door bears
no let terin,
Two Big Victories
Johnson's eyes flash with pleas-
ure when he recalls what he consid-
ers his two major victories. Child
labor has been dropped from the
cotton textile industry. Steel men
dropped their clause concerning com-
pany unions.
Those battles were drama. Hun-
dreds of men from each industry sat
in huge auditoriums. On the stage
were grouped representatives o la-~
bor, industry and the consumer. Ar-
guments surged back and forth. Heat
necessitated the peeling of coats.
There was veiled antagonism in the
air. Then the general arrived quietly.
A Plan For All
"Don't forget this depression hits
us all," he hammered away, as he
does on every occasion. He rolled
out figures about the industry that
some of the men in it didn't know.
"We cannot delay. Purchasing pow-
er must follow prices. There is no
place here for selfishness. This is a
program for the nation-not for a
.group or section."
And his magic lies in the fact that
he believes it. He is convinced that
Americans can pull together.
Zeta Psi Fraternity Has
Summer Session Party
Members of Zeta Psi fraternity en-
tertained a group of women guests
Friday evening at a dance, which was
part of their annual Summer Session
house party.
The guests and their escorts in-
cluded Margaret Stinson, Barbara
Good, Lois Zimmerman, Alice Mc-
Donald, Lorena Fischer, Margaret
Cook,'Sarah Fischer, Jeannet O'Brien,
-Associated Press Photo
Miss Mary E. Hughes, chief of
the women's division of the nation-
a, recovery. administration,, is
shown as she appears at her desk
in Washington.
Strikers BombE
Homes Of Coal,
MnHe W orkers
No One Is Hurt In Indiana
Blasts; Troo s Ready Toc
Move Into rea
CLINTON, Ind., Aug. 12.-(A)-The
bombing of three homes in a Clin-
ton suburb, including the residences
of two niners who were wounded by
a mob surrounding the Bunsen No.
4 coal mine at Universal Friday,
added tenseness to the situation at
the mine today.
The first bomb, which police said
was placed in the kitchen of the
John Swickard home, ripped off the
rear of the house. The others did
but slight damage at the homes of
Henry Drake and of a family named
Holden. No one was injured by the
blasts.
Swickard, with 12 shotgun wounds
in the back, and Drake, suffering
painful cuts where stones struck his
head and arms, were in Union hos-
pital at Terre Haute. They are mem-
bers of the Associated Miners' union,
and were ambushed in their automo-
bile as they drove to work at the
Bunsen mine. 1
The mine 'has been picketed all
week by United Mine Workers of
America sympathizers, seeking to dis-
suade the men from working. The
first violence at the mine occurred
last Monday when Sam White, Uni-
versal business man and U. M. W.
member, was shot by a mine guard
as he joined a group of pickets.
State officials watched the situa-
tion closely. Gov. Paul V. McNutt
said Elmer Straub, adjutant general
of the Indiana National Guard was
receiving hourly reports and was pre-
pared to move troops into the area
from Fort Kno', Ky., and Shakamak
State park if necessity arose.
The atmosphere at the mine was
one of armed peace. Guards with
guns stood at the entrance to the
company property while pickets held
positions on roads leading to the
mine. Through the night workers at
the shaft made their way to the
tipple, seeking to avoid concentration
of pickets this morning.
Meanwhile, Vern Bennett, presi-
dent of the Associatejd Miners' Union,
telegraphed Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
national recovery administrator, urg-
ing action to protect the men at the
mine. 'He described Clinton and
neighboring towns as "gripped with
fear."
The Bunsen mine employsappox-
imately 250 men.
Science To A d
Parole System
By New Tests
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-(P)-Scienti-
fic "parole prediction" is the process
through which Illinois hopes to im-
prove its penal system and at the
same time ease the economic burden
of mounting prison populations.
For the first time graduate sociolo-
gists, who have specialized in penol-
ogy and criminology, have been as-
signed official positions as "actuaries"
of the State Parole Board with a
view to putting the parole systems on
a more thorough, accurate and sci-
entific basis.
Correlation of 23 factors-involving
the offenses, length of time served,
physical and mental qualities of the
individual, his background, record
and personality-will help four young
university-trained experts to supply
the State Board with scientifically-
grounded recommendations.
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CAMELS are
never parched or toa 1ted'
FRESHNESS and flavor in a cigarette trace right
back to natural moisture.
If you overheat or process tobacco so harshly as
to dry out all natural moisture you drive out fres-
ness and flavor too.
Camel never parches or toasts the fine Turkish and
mild Domestic tobaccos it uses-they are naturally
smooth, cool, mellow, with natural moisture retained.
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