Tuesday, February 16, 1937 By A. M. Zarcm WHEN WILL THE automobile strike be settled? How far will it spread? And what will its effects be upon the future policies of both in— dustry and labor? These three major questions have been asked every day during the past month. TO DATE, ONLY one of them can be answered definitely. The strike officially came to a close at 11:46 o’clock last Thursday morning when leaders of the parties involved met after an all night conference and signed a “compromise agreement.” In this manner the automobile industry’s forty-two days “contest of the cen— tury” was brought to an end. From a review of first hand reports of the settlement, it would seem that Mr. John L. Lewis’ forces were not very victorious. Whether or not this is an actuality cannot immediately be dis- corned. -—————- THE SIT-DOWN STRIKE at one time or another affected some 137,000 employees of forty plants in thirty— fivo cities, and fourteen states. It is a matter of interest that the loss in wages alone, throughout the strike pe- riod, was about one million dollars a day. -——-—— HOW FAR THIS form of strike will spread is only a matter of con“ jecture at the present moment. That labor will use the sit down strike time and again in the future, is per- fectly obvious from the many ad— vantages it offers the striker. Em~ players are baffled; there is really little they can do about it. Replace- ment of men is out of the question since, from the worker’s point of view, he is still at his job. Outside pickets are unnecessary because each man is in a position to protect his own job. The last straw—attempts at forcible eviction, by making it dif— ficult for the workers to remain in the plant, are met by such thorough jobs of sabotage that they are not usually tried twice. ALTHOUGH FOR ALL practical purposes, the strike is over—its ef- fect will be felt for many weeks to come. Industry cannot be expected to recover immediately. Then, too, the need for labor legislation—hav- ing been brought to the front once more-4s now being sorely felt. Some- thing must be done to bridge the ever widening gap between the poli- cies of capital and labor. Once and for all, the relative positions of the worker and the entrepreneur must be made clear, ll: ‘5‘ LAST WEEK, AS thousands of students throughout the country were taking their final examinations, Pres» ident Roosevelt —— in a message rife with hidden meanings-made known to the nation at large, and to Con- gress in particular, his desire for leg- islation which would allow him to “re- organize" the highest court of the land. According to the President’s plan, Supreme CouIt judges would automatically become retired when they reach the age of '70. The plan further provides that in event the justices do not retire, the President shall have the power to appoint (with the approval of the Senate) new justices in their stead. The statement “with the approval of the Senate” has little meaning, since if the original plan goes through both Houses, getting the Senate’s ap- proval on appointees will be child's play. THlS IDEA—WHICH is not new by any means—leads one to believe that Mr. Roosevelt is attempting to “pack” the Supreme Court in such a manner that New Deal legislation will hereafter find little or no opposi- tion. JUST WHY Mr. Roosevelt picked ’70 for the age of retirement is a question about which many argu- ments are bound to arise. There are at least two different reasons why '70 was chosen. First (and this is the feeling of those persons in favor of the President’s scheme) 70 is the re- tirement age for judges under exist- ing law, Secondly (here is the “rub”) any age greater than ’70 would not eliminate from the President’s path all of the judges who hamper many News Staff To Hold Housewarming Party Next Friday, February 19, will feature the Tech News’s first “Nor- malite house-warming party" at which the News staff will play host 5 to the Normal College stafl‘. Chi- cago’s best (radio) dance orchestras will provide the dance music for the evening. Invitations will be sent to the members of the Tech staff, both retiring and new. The party, which has been prom- ised for almost a year, is in return for the numerous Normalite parties at which the Armour boys were guests. Since the stafl’ rooms have been on- tirely remodeled and redecorated, they make an excellent place for such a party. The party will last from 7:30 p. m. to 10230 p. m., and re— freshments in the form of sandwiches, coffee, and cake will be served. Con— sidering the results of previous simi— liar afioirs, the party should provide an enjoyable evening for the atten— dants. ARMOUR TECH NEWS flame Welcome Armour Freshmen One hundred eighteen incoming tudents were welcomed to the in‘ stitute last Thursday morning when their program for the day was begun by Dean H. T. Heald. Dean I-Ieald, after his welcome, pointed out the problems to be faced that are pea culiar to an engineering college. Fol- lowing this, the new men were in— formed of the various organizations and traditions of Armour by Assist- ant Dean C. A. Tibbals. Group meetings for the discussion of various questions that the new students might ask were then held under the leadership of N. Gerber, E. E. Kreml, F. L. Lemon, and S. M. Miner. From 10:30 to 1:00 a test program was held in Science Hall, consisting of a psychological exam- ination, tests in English vocabulary, and reading comprehension and rate. When the program was resumed at 2:10, the new men were examined in l. of the New Deal policies. AS EXPLAINED BEFORE, under the new system, if the justices (there are six of them over 70 years of age) refuse to retire, the President would name six other judges. This would bring the membership of the Court up to 15 with 8 as the maximum num— ber of possible additions. By a strange coincidence four of the six judges who would be thus replaced have been consistent in their oppo- sition to New Deal legislation. Be- fore this article appears in print, a bill embodying the entire “reorgan— ization scheme” will probably have ‘iI-s aptitude. and general science. M __~__.~;l been brought before Congress. Lack of space does not permit an intelli~ gent discussion of all, or even a small part, of those problems which will naturally arise. Just what Mr. Roose- velt has in mind we can now only guess at. We may be reasonably sure that all of our “economic royalists" will arise as one man and thoroughly condemn all attempts at the passing of any kind of a bill whose aim is to reform the Supreme Court. At any rate the events of the following week should prove extremely inter- esting. idtlT€HK355~ (Continued, from page one) learning to think. It should not be, and usually is not, morally sterile. A concrete method is presented by the writer. Taking into consideration that for strong tactical reasons, the course must in some cases be called cultural, and in others, vocational or professional, the work of the educa- tors must be adapted to prepare their students for living in a chang— ing world and in which conditions for living and making a living can scarce- ly be predicted. After this optimistic surmise, fur- ther plans for an interrelation of the vocational and cultural systems of in— struction were suggested. The task of the generation is to advance an understanding of a new world of specialization, and to begin to syn~ thesize these creations. The only ef- fective approach to this task is ,' through essential unity in educational objectives, whatever the labels borne or the emphases carried by particular schools, concluded ,Dr. Hotchkiss. Adopt To Changing World “Educators in all lields are lind- ing that as their work unfolds, their task, in large measure, is to help students prepare for living in a changing world and in which con~ ditions for living and making a liv— ing can scarcely be predicted. “Any attempt to keep vocational and cultural education in separate compartments is almost sure to im— pair both. This does not mean that the line between arts colleges and professional schools should be abol- Radio (Club to Malta Beacon Transmitter During the recess between semes— ters, the radio club's activities cen— tered around a proposed 20 meter phone and a 5 meter beacon trans— mitter. Ray Colin, the club's presi- dent, worked on the phone and Leon— ard Holmes worked on the beacon. The beacon station is being construct— ed i'or 15 hour a day experimental distance test. The object of the tests is to determine the greatest distance that an ultra-high frequency signal can be received, both intermittently and consistently. Norman Pulliam, cx-presidcnt, who has returned after a year’s absence, and two new students have increased the club’s membership. The club at present is contemplating the run— ning of either a roller skating party or a card party, the choice of which will be announced next week. W... vocational schools on the secondary level. It docs mean, however, that vocational and professional schools, as well as all high schools and col- leges, must regard education as a unified but many—sided profession and accept the fact that their results will be measured by the account graduv ates give of themselves in the joint process of living and making a liv— ing. 30.325 Wentworth Ave. We bet: he: a vcr pared to "rune roon Well noon. r/uN Cooked." Her you TO APPEAL TO YOU ished, nor that we should " ’ ‘ “W WAS A automates EDASH," said Miss Dorothy Kilgoflm, famous girl reporter, back at work (lcfl) after finishing her assignment to circle the world by air in rec- ord-breaking time. (Right) Her exciting arrival at Newark Airport. "1 snatched meals anywhere,” she says, "are all kinds of food. But Camels helped me keep my diges- tion tuned up. ‘For digestion‘s sake—smoke Camels' meant a world of comfort to me. 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Discusses Joint Meeting Plans A special meeting oi the A.I.E.E. was held to discuss the possibilities of a joint meeting of the Chicago Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the student chapters in and about Chicago. To investigate the possibilities of sucha meeting, a committee headed by Art Goldsmith has been appointed by president Leonard Holmes. The pur— pose o'l' such a meeting would be to acquaint the student members of the Institute with the graduate and lead« ing engineers who are already on- gaged in industry. Further plans made at the meet- ing included a proposed presentation of student papers on subjects of in— terest in Electrical Engineering. Such a plan if put into operation, would be of great interest and would aid students in attaining a practical knowledge of formal report presentav tion. 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