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i 2. THE NEW YO SILICOSIS DEATHS Federal Fund to Aid Confederate Pensions BORA! ASSAILEDINHOUSE FARMUnder Allaaiama's Old Age Aid Statute r>wiei Ij Till Hrw Teat TwU. Labor Subcommittee Charges BIRMINGHAM. All., Fetj. 7.- funda ralaad by al apeclat ons-mlll ConUnt Tunnel Builder With 'Inhuman Disregard' of Lives. INQUIRY ASKS MORE FUNDS Report Likens the West Virginia Unriar lh. Slate'* aorlal) aacurlly program, wllrh ha. been approved by tha Federal Government, Con federate pnn.lnna In Alabama will ba paid In pari with Federal funda. Alaliama'a aoclal security Pro gram haa several .fraIurap not In* rluilrd In other similar IMIlt.llon and whlrh arr thought tn[ ba rape* rlally advantageous (n tt^la Stale. tax. If lhaaa Hanaflclartoe ara eligible for old aga p.n.lona, and It la presumed thjt moat of Ihrm arr. they will Ihrn coma under tha Kedaral-Htat. program. That would maai tha Federal and Slat* Oovernman a would divide tha axprnac, tha Frdaral Govern* mrnt matching P al. funda Up to $15, and making a. poaalhl. total of ISO a month tor ai Individual. Thla at the latt eonelltutlor tha power thla proved Aftar two produce n> fa paaaa uggaalod tl attempt to . Situation to a `Tragedy of Tha moat outstanding fraoura la lla Would ralaaaa tha remainder of tba today, atnee the Middle Ages.' WASHINGTON, reb. T UP.ChariIn* ih builder of tha lUwk'i Neal Tunnel In Southern Weat Vir ginia wllh "grave and Inhuman diererard" nf the lives of workmen, a House labor subcommittee asked to day for funds to complete Its In quiry. prnvlalnn for Including lh Confed- rralr prnalvn fund undtj lb. Old age pension program. 1 Thu la f|irrifd to bring an addl- llonal bivuwxi Into (ha Hjala each yrar through Federal matching of fund*. Thr Stale Old Agn Low re quires heneflrlnrlea of Confederate pension*. inrludlnK vrl.lini and Ihalr wldowa. to register. j Such heneflrlarle* era now rerelv* Inc about J7.t0.n00 annually from fund now going to Confederate pan* alona, and (hla remaining :*um would alao be an liable from iPad* oral matching. ' Under thla actup tha beneftptarlra of Che Confederate fund will receive their full compeni atIon aa at pree- ent. a financial prigram for catting p tha old*aire*| enaion plan la eatabllehed. and tboul (330,000 a year will ba obtained from the Federal Government. ont had tn< preaa (hem* eaaa until p promptly ta Houae ( Tha Houa. *cept for minority rotura Comm!: and viewing Son* of th Tha report was made to the full nt Gauley Bridge. W. Va.< I-faders .committee by Itrpreeentallve Grls-i nf the rummlllee reiterated yeater* wold of chairman. Indiana. flaeldas sub.*ommlttra asking an ap* day ers are Uirlr con lent Ion that |78 'work have died and about t)W0 more dying because nf dlaMab con HARVARD APPOINTS PIONEER IN VITAMINS Tha House c action until voted. The Houa< `proprlatlon. the subcommittee re quested authority to compel offi tracted while working ; oil tha llawk'a Nnet power project aj Gau- Sir Frederick G. Jiopkins, Nobel accused the expediency." cials of the Itlnehart A Pennls Com* ley Itrldge. ; 'pany of Charlottesville. Va., tunnel bulldrr. to appear at the the Niinieriiua glfte of mOnej and clothing already are pnurlOg in. Kdw.ril 1lover, arrretary of'lhtf com Prize Winnetp I Leciore at Medical School. Program wo farmera at t Livestock a Hrtuiti Inquiry. mit 1 cr, eald yeaterda" ( Among -vould ba pla The subcommittee sabl that condi them wera a box of antupia Oliver* Up*c.al la Tm. m* Till Tiua*. bacauae of t tions prevailing during the tunnel construction In 1910 and 10.11 re sembled "a tragedy nf the Middle Ages" wbtrh nr as "hardly conrelv- wnrp, JtlO pair, of ahnea, a gift nf e. ahoe broker, and a check for $100 iVc.o Musiclap. CocaI BOC of thla rliy. , Student and faculty committee* CAMlinilX-.K, M*.. Feb. 7,-Slr Frederick Gowland Itopkina. Brit* lah h*hel I-rlte winner In medicine and a pioneer In the field of vitamin of acreage t: tt waa argue* Signed by a here, tha ml ahfv In a deiuocraUc governnient In fnuii Columbia College, Teachera reaearch. haa bean appointed t tba that "farm l the present rentury." College of t 'ulunihla University, Harvard faculty for tba academic lltlcal propo. The report was submitted to Vaaaar College and tha Union Theo year beginning next September. Ha tha followln Chairman Ci.nnery if the full Z*ah4tf ('iinmilllff after several -weeks nf hearings on a resolution by Keprrsrntatlve Marraolonlo of New York. logical SrtuMmry hev been orgnn- Ireil to cooperate In extending re ore.lief, It announced. I'r. William .lay Jjclileffelln, ehalr- mao of Die Cllllen. Union, la acting aa treasurer of the (Unity Itrldge la now tha Sir William Dunn .Pro* feaaor of lllorhemjatry at the Uni* veratty of Camhrldg., where ha haa been a Trofraaor of niochrmlalry alnc. till. ' adoption of session waa : "1. Tha rf manta thus f; orated to (h< Iran agrlculti 471 Deaths Are Oiarged. The New Yorkrr charged that 47fl tnefi had died of altlrnsls and thsl J..Vk) others were dying as a result of hrri|Otln*'doat rausrd by drilling i `omniltlee, whlrh liaa lla head'tuar(era at (' Seventh Avenile. QUEENS BVS~oTaRGE At Harvard he Will dallver a aa* rlea of free lecture. In the Medi cal School aa the jlCdward X. Dun ham annual lecturer. Tha Dun art delegating JKiwer to ne aiiould be rat "2. Due to rraaaa In the through silica rock during tha (on nellng rq>erath*ns lie said that aafrty equipment was not provided ANGERS THE MAYOR ham Foundation waa yalabllahed In ly produced | IU21 tor the promatliin of tha medl* | ral acleiirra, through a gift nf U0,- rumniodltlea. snarled so ih, ithe workmen. lit Sabpoena While D. II. Kaulconer. president, Ont Man Who (Mai from Mary lima Dunham, In r may have nieallc markr and 1C J. I'eikltis. vice president Says *Old Eqaitablt Crowd' Is I tiieinory of hrr hUalmnd. a gradu* . commodities i of the Hlnehstt A (tennis Company, declined to appear before the sut> mininlt lee. K* ub-oner has culled the charges of wholranl* deaths a Backing 4-Zont Plan. ale of (he lleivanl Medical School IIn tiuid. Holder. f the lectur.ehlp are illewo chiefly from among the Mlatea. "3. W, ball plan fur agri will give th. j4"11osa hutHl " mint epi cArritf|l U>n arid false |(e eM that only ftulv Tba < MnNhl that t'libllr hrarlu^C br tbs (|edeie of fotelgn loetllcal reaearch farm crops th nf H.nlliiintp nn .(ha |>r4|*<ia*| ' and aie aelerlrit l|y a cuininlltee Of n (hat pnrt [eight nirn ll*d of vnihuis tlsease | (nr /nr" )tia |tl*lh for l^llrriia 'llmvaid tlrpai (nit-ntal chairmen. during the llmorl run*-* i url Ion ami suggested that the rotiutilM re lotikr biMiighl f>i Hi t hin grs by i I fn Haul Sir Fiedeilck. wotking with IV. h'lrlilirr, laid the found, a ^eisonal Inspertlon of the tunnel wni lint y-nl*-ilnY Ihfil tha .Ntth lion of pi rarnl knowledge of the at * j Slmip Jtii* t*Mtii|nny tf Khtihlitg. i-tieinlatiy of niUMi'iilar contraction cunaiiniad dun vor a prngian tura in (ho rc sign markata : ur|. The tunnel was tmill fur the New I stall'll to ircrlvr ntis of t)l+ four by Ilia leaearrliea Into lactic .acid "t. AdeqiMte Kanawha I'ow-ei (*om|iinv. ami |i-nlii|iu-lniilVp giants, wwS "Unt-kial pioiliicllon In iniiade. In the 0am. ha nude In lh later the fntf*. ilnin and pow-**i I tiy tin* old l-!i|Ifsbli- i ii^wil'' lioiisep Weir turned over to |h- Inul 'j.MJi* >f nj mtMlinl looi ** sii^ yfar he piihllalieg piellnikiarr re port. of r a.prrhoeiila Involving soil ciinarrviii ariyulallltin by Klcrtiu Meliillnr gh til Coiopeov. a l Al Htr iM"hp of Ihf hrvulng tha "pure dial a,** which proved the ex- menl for the j aiilisUllui v of I'uiuii Cmlndii uml .(Ofirfl |i-tnif<| lo Ilf* l ol l| ftt I ( 11*1' of lalritra of eaarittlal amino Orlda gtnal lands hr Carbon CiiiMpniiV' nf New* York. In 1M4 fm grin i nl Inn of hydro-|rr trie pwei In llie f/rw J(lver (h wliulr ttm p|i|illt ntliijll N'*ih Slotia ci*inj*Hiv f tr rMtf | < f-|M-rnfn In .Nvnfiiii l>f Ihn a fiuu f(, (ft# ) eiol of thoaa aoteaaory factor* ........la wlili'h weiC afterward to Viimwii a. vllaiulh. The full In he ra- cultural p,,,,t The tuajni l gap bill "pr,* Itcport .^i|fm*d l>j` Tlirrlt Mrinltrrs | f i i|4 * f n g sirs, a ol *f I f in Trlhnin ulla uf hla vitamin work wer. pub- ' rillfiica I a.W c^Fj a....* i aa ilAllliy CfinPBlV* abfe In a democratic government In Student tin' family tJmnilllMi from Columbia College, iTeeehere . . ..... in meuicina and a plnnaar In ll|* flald of vitamin raaaarch, haa hatrj appointed to tha Hlgnad b, ttera, tha i thal ''farrr. lha piaaant century." College of Columbia Dnlvrrally, Harvard family for th* aeadamlc Iltlcal proi Tha trpnrl waa auhnilttad to Chairman i*i.unary of th* full l-almr ('mu loll I aa altar aavaral week* of haarlnK* on a raaolutlon by Ila|>rr*anlatlva Mnrraulonlo of New York. Vaaaar College ami I ha Union Theo logical Seminary hava t*tn organIxr.l to r.x.prrale In mt*li<lln| re lief. It tvm aiinnunred. - Hr. William Jay Srhleffe|ln, chair man of tha Clllxrn* Union, la acting na trenaiirer of lh OauMy Bridge yaar beginning nail September. II* la now lha Hlr William Dunn Prnfaaaor of lllorham^alry at tli* Unlveratty of Cambridge, whrr* ha haa ham a Profaaaor , of Itlochamlatry alnr* 1914. tli* follow adoption o aea* Inn waj *'I. Th* manta thui arated to t Iran agrlcu 47* PoaLha Ara Charged. Tha Naw Yorkrr charged that 47B man hail dlad of alllcnal* and that l.VX) olhara warn dying aa a result of brentMlng'diiat rmiard hy drilling Committee, whirl) haa Ita headquarI era at 21.1 Seventh Avrntia. QUEENSBUS CHAkGE At Harvard he will deliver a ca rle* of fra* lartiire* In the Medi cal School a* the Kilward K. Dun ham annual lecturer. Th* pun act delegat. power to alum Id ba r "2. Du# craaae In tl through alllra mck during Ilia tunnallnji oparnllona. lla anld that ANGERS THEMAYOR ham Foundation aa fatahllahrd In 1923 for lh promotion of tha ma.ll- ly produce commodllle aafrty equipment waa not provldad lha workman. Whlla P. It. Kaulaonar, praaldant, He Subpoenas One Man Who r*| aclanca*, throifgh a gift of WO.000 from Mary linws Dunham, In enacted so t or may hav mestle mar and K. J. Parkin*, vie* praaldant Sayt *01d Equitable Ctpwd' It of tha Itlnrhart A Hannl* Company, darllnad to appear haTora tha aub- Backing 4-Zone Plan. roninilllaa. Faulcnnrr haa aallad th* Tha flrat public hearing tjy lha eharjjaa of wholaaalo daatha a "gross mlarapraaanlatlnn and falaa- hood." Ha aald that only forty- nnard of FJ>llm*te on tha proposed right man dlad of rarlnu* diseases "fotir aonr'* hua plan for C urrni jdurlnK tha llmoal rnhalriirllon ami;,, h, f(Jlth fh,r|tri;t,y civic suggested that lha rnmnilllaa maka i a personal Inapactlnn of lha tunnal t worhaia yralarday that <ha North nirntory of har k|uband, a gradu ate of th* Harvaiyl Medical School In 1IM. Holder* if th* IccturCahlp ara Brawn chiefly: from among th* leaden of foreign j medical maarch and an arlcctrd by a commllta* of Harvard ilrpartmhntal chairmen. In 1000 Sir Frederick, working with W. Flelrhrr, laid the founda tion nf prearnl knowledge of tha commodltl*; Slate*. **3. W* b plan (or ag will glv* th farm cropa on (hot pn consumed vor a progra tura In tha i algn market. >rr,. | Slinra Hu* Company of :KU*hlng, rhemlatry of mudrular contraction u<*ta. Tha tunnal waa built for tha New- j alalail In raralva ona Of tht four hy hi* rc**arcb*4 Into lactic arid *'4. Adequn jKanawha I'nwar l'oni|>niy. anil compietim-Uve grnnt*. war "backed lalar lha luha. a dam aiul powar |,y thr ohl Ki|ullahla rrOwd" and hnttara warp lurnail nvar In lha ' hail "polltiral affiliation*." F.leetrn-MetnllurglrAl (*nui|iaiiy. A.j At tha close of tha hivirlng tha aulialillnrv of I'ulou ('allude anil ; |H>acd lafurrail In Ita rnrrtniltlaa of Carbon Company of Naw York. In , t|,a wlmta Ilia ap|i|lrnt|npa of th# 19.14 fur generalInn of hydroalar jf,'i>ill) Slinra rouipnny fiir a fran- trie power In the Naw Jtlvrr. rhlr In itprralp In H. lha Iteport SUcnril hy Thra* Mamlirr*. Klunhlni; *r*A. And of Ui Trlhoro (Vinrh CnrfiMmllnn for a; tfrAnt to The auhrommlttr*'* repori waa nftrrnlr In Syulrm A. th* A*torla signed hy Mr. (Jilawohl and Itapre- territory, 1 aenlatlvea Marrnnlnolo nod f-nm(.erlaon of Kenan*. Another mam- Th first to nrrua* the North Shnr# rnrniuny. WllllAtn Hi. Slfllng, liar. Itapiaaeolnllve I tunn of I'ann- found hlinurlf, l*y nrdrf nf tha aylvanla. I* III. hill Ml* Cilawnl.l I Mnyr. rlftsrlrtl with Accounts aald thal ha flndlog. Tha would *Ktc* f.f.h mrml.ar. tlotrolrita*,.|ili*(tmBr>iftiilftnh'iir*r IdniultAnl After th* To ' ?f '' , , Whan Mr. Staling rharged th*l glut*, will .... mu qmloorllvra,*;,! | ,-w|| production In mucelr. In tha cam* year h* plihllahrO preliminary re|K>rta of 'experiment* Involving "pure dicta.** whlrh proved th* exlet r nr* of eaaentlal amlno-crlda and nf lima* arneaaory fartof* In fooila which wrril afterward to ha known a* vltamlhe. The full ra-, aulta of hla vitamin work wrr* pub-.' Ilahed In 1912. On* of hla la(er contrlhutlona. mail* In 192'. Waa tha laolatlon from living tlaaura of Ih* aulphur rnntalnlng dlpeplld* glulathiune. Whereby h ^protW It* great Im- tmrtanca for th* jogldalloti* In liv ing rella. II* haa al*n don* outlanding work In animat pigmenta tion He receive.) tha Nobel l*rlte In 1929. ba made In t ault conaerv. arqulalllon t ment for the gtnat land* h cultural prod Tha majarl gap bill "pro rtiliural pn>b Fedaral powr tha Conatllut for conaervl: and for mak of them.** A* for the . blit during t) later, under aid program would he rotr tlon of anil a Iho ttmti'ti'v rr*| rhmitnl Mini ,. ...r . .t.ih* wl.m\lft t.iri.vit'if*: o.f .I.h* .lunnHi th* ! kmiMAhU crowd a*Wfif b,#- - .1 , . . hlml thr htn rminv Mfiviir IA w*a brt;un. rnnlimiM mnl rihid! .. * * . .. . ' . pleiad will, |trvr end Inhume.. .ha - I dama.ole.l thel h meka lIeg.rd of all ronahlar.llo.. haslth, Ijvrs sru! future nf plftyaa ** for Ut Ih. cm* , saI<! tha It wm "naMher plsaa'* to t(ti bp Mr Staling tha lInis nor After tha r a |*nf t had bean stilt "I s))Mtdd sny It la.** t)i ^Isyor mlftad, HrprasanlaMvc MsrrAntnnln stud hsrk. rh*rca<t l.rfniP (ItA Hint tha Tha tasull was that a - AilhpnenA Htoahsrl A primls Cutnpsnv was wsi satvrd nti Mr Sh*l|iitf for lUllly of *Vftl<l liliMMlad murder aiu! him ti ia|irt to (lie (Vtttmtfshmrf BACKS BROTHERHOOD DAY. Lehman `Heartily In Accord* With Purpoaaa of th* Idea. Oovernor I^hman rn.loranl the nheervanre nf ItrMherhood Day on Keh. 22 ah.l 21 in a rnmmunlratlnn yealerday tn the'National Confer- Ion. tha rep neceaaary nr the exercise promote tha hardly h# Ire MARY Kir cornea Brlr Willi rsCkrtfrrlUK ** "VVhrn th* members hsarliifts Ihev will see,** CAfftMiht ttlinutnl, "Hist rsntl the Mr. Mnr this rm <f Aciitunis Mr tllAnahArd later had ii<t ciHtitueiil tu mskr Fiv Sea Cliff Boy* Held. enre of Jewa an.l t'hrlatlana. under MIAMI. Fla whine auaplrea tit* ohaervanen will lie held : Kirk Drown, In end..rail.g Ihla year * olwerv I Max User wn puny, whlt'li h* refused to (*<mc Hfici >Bl ( 1 li Ni >utk *1 Hllli a ore lii.vn i.m t^hmao aaltl. ''I am ' married last . ttafnre the f'uumlHea mitl drfrmt il MlNKtH.A. I.. I . Kali 7. Five he*. Illy III ai-.-or.l with the puipoara mour, a )awr elf. la win nf limn iMUlngfr And A) Sen Olfr Ihv, H* a^a of Iliotlierlui.Nl .Day and of the! California. (*s |i tfttun tl ti it. who wric arrested National t'lmfrirl.re nf Jew* and > The wr.ldlng SUCKS AIIl row VIC I IMS. | tarpiillv lit the home nf Kd|CAr K. .'('lUimnii. wria ptueed In the t ( ( niBtinly of lha Nassau t'uunl)' f'hll(itutry tlridice Cttntinlllrr Stalls ilirna Motialy |v ('iHiiitv Judi;e (Irlvf Mere for | until. . |i*Mitlnnd A Jtiltttnut lit lha t*lul : ilirM'ft ('purl hale today *1*111* hoya A rampelKU f*r funds and chdli : UI remain In the t'lilldian s Shelter t'hrtstlana. I thick your orgnnlxa- J at the real.lei lion l.a* done to bring about Julio Manchri a g.eater umlefetandlng among wa* performed 1 hi.ae of itlffrrrnl. falll.a anil rare*.K. Hlanton. 1 h..|.a Ita t.l.ern of Influence will ever grow whirr.V mg waa aim I a.l va.ind.v hv thrl'a.a ..mil IVh 21. prudlng *n In ..... ' . * ventilation if thale hofite rondl t.a.day |lihlKe < ..................aa. an m ............. Tha k. .Va we, a a h*rKrd w |t I, Advertiting Man Enda Lift. in Ta* d* T Ttua* ganlrall... alml.tl inn.llv In glia jnvauHo di-luupiaury. Tltalr ean.H fllll.ADKU'IHA, Keh. 7. -Fred relief |u (he stiffriris of |llt*itnl Wfir lto| divulged T l>ay, 411 year* <>|d. of VYr*twn<>d. N. J., an a.lverltglng anllrltor for a WPA FUNDS SHRINK; ~~ZZ ZZ: ROOSEVELT TO ACT1 ante i ala. day ulllt haadt of Irniv. I-.V *gf.it .. a, I*raah|yt.t |tn(tanvall In Ida |i.aa `inf04yhrn ilndlv did f .nil i.|iri dv how o...'t. laddllInoal ; ..iMiirv WI'A wtn.ld ia.|.i|.i- .luring Conlli.ua.l Krm I'ag* On* 111'- .il at hit.i Itiii.ilha ) ll,;h nffl* lull hi. I. I lali'l. hiiUrvrl. that thla gnl.l iliii-i.il ft'. I he * *1** f <d 11 ny )j>,i to- v.. '.i i .. .. ..... ( . . . > .. New York puhllahlng ayndlrale. waa foil ml dead In a rloaet of hla <on< at tha liti.Jamln Kratiklln llotrl her* . today Hla lualy, au* prr.drU foil.. ( n.ata* faalikmed fioili aaal. runt, waa found hy War ren II.own, a laialnraa aaaoclate. who l.a.l rarelvej no aitawer In a Irlrpl.ona rail. Mr. Day la aurrlve.l hy hi* widow and all rlilldrett. No I O 6 : .. -I'liti Literary Digest }f2-l . C* 2.S^ ,.: ^- v';-,.^-Village. 'of Living Dead'^^i;$ Hundreds of Miners' Lives Reported Lost from Silicosis,'Occupational < " Disease; Congress Stirred; Employers Deny Unfairness ;( ^ Philippa AUtn, social worker; Representatives Glann Griswold and Vito Mar-, ..; ': . ..,,;Tcantonio, of Labor Commiues, investigating the Carder Dridga silicosis deaths '. A.r young New York playwright, driving through desolate West Virginia mountains two years ago, picked up a miner. From a. this man he heard of "village of living dead" at Cauley Bridge, where a tunnel was drilled through the mountainside. A visit to the village so impressed the dramatist that he wrote for the iVeiv Masses, radical weekly, a grim short-story of a miner slowly suffocating from a strange occupational disease called silicosis. ' Back in New York, Albert Maltz, the dramatist, told what he had seen to Frank Palmer, Editor of the People's Press, new labor tabloid. Cctting names, dates, and photographs, Mr. Palmer broke the story. . ' Last week, before a House Committee, a bespectacled social worker said that 2.COO tunnel workers labored in air so thick with - fatal silica dust they could not sec ten feet - ahead. Armed with affidavits and court records, she testified that 476 lutd'dicd and 1.500 were doomed; and dial ah undertaker buried the victims "at $S0 a head." The target of these aceusxi/ons is the iRhineharr & Dennis Company of Char lottesville! Virginia, which had a contract to build the tunnel for the Electro-Metal lurgical Company, a subsidiary of the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation. P. H. faulconer. President f the con tracting company, termed silicosis suits against his firm "a hold-up and blackmail." adding that "only forty-eight had died" on the job. Company's Defense . "Our attitude has been uncompromis ingly fa:.-.'' says the company. "We tlitl everything within our power to nuke the working conditions oi our employees (rec from hazard, and we saw to it lliul any one win, die.i while in our employ received j decent burial, with every grave marked and recorded for future idi-iuilicaiion." Charleston reeurJs show that 3U0 work ers bronchi ami for a total of 53.000.000 Deadlocked juries led to outside settle*,.,.; menu of 5500 and $600. Last -May 200 . j cases were tlirowr. out by the State Supreme *'f Court, which ruled the men had waited too. long before filing complainu. - ' . - j Silicosis is no new disease. Formerly ! calls)! "miner's asthma," "potter's rot," or. ; j `"phthisis," it is found to ailect 25 to 80 per'\ cent, of hard-rock miners, granite cutters, subway and skyscraper excavators. . i Caused by minute particles of quartz'.*; dust in the lungs, it requires "five to forty " : years to mature." according to Dr. Leroy' i U. Gardner. Director of the Saranac Lake, - ! New York. Laboratory. "Chemical poison-. ' j ins, not the hardness and sharpness of the . , particles," says Doctor Gardner, solidifies the delicate lung tissue.. . - Means of Prevention ' ' All agree that the disease can be pre* '.j vented by gas-masks, spraying with water, - or air-suction hoses. . -- ] Rigid laws for prevention of the disease ( on public utilities arc sought by Roprescuta-' -, the Vito Marcantonio, New York Rcpubli- ` can, who initiated the investigation. Anew-' '; comer in Congress, he is not unlike his - 1 predecessor, hard-hitting Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of New York City. ' '.; Dark-haired, outspoken, simple in dress, ! the young Representative--he is only '. ' thirty-four--has already impressed his col leagues with liis earnestness. .' Likewise concerned for prevention is the - Ulucficld, Vv'o: Virginia. Telegraph. It . believe* that "national publicity might be ' sufficient to prevent a similar tragedy in , oilier parts o: the country." On the other band, while calling for "sane silicosis legislation" to "stamp out the legal racketeering that has risen out of . rock du*t." the Engineering .Veies-Record, ' > trude journal, denounces "these sensational * j charges, out of the lurid pages of an ob scure radical paper, the most un warranted and vicinu: dial have ever Itcen hurled again-: a reputable contractor." 4 \ \