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Evening star., 1924-06-01
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
Benefit TOMORROW
Notables to Take Part in Garden
Fete at Estate of
Charles J. Bell.

"The Rajah's Garden" garden
eete for the benefit of the Neighbor-
hood House. whicA was to be given
last Wednesday, will he held at Twin
Oaks. the estate of Charlie; J. Bell.
tomorrow afternoon. The fete was
postponed because OF the inclement
weather.
This is the annual garden party for
the .Neighborhood House, and attracts
most of the diplomatic and society
set. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is the pat-
roness. The proceeds will go toward
maintenance of the Neighborhood
House. and the extension of its sum-
mer work.
Will Present Plays.
The chief feature of the day will be
the "Fantasie 1ndienne," which con-
sists of three plays written by Mrs.
Alice P. Barney. The plays are "The
Shepherd of Kashmir, given under
the direction of Paul Tcherikoff and
Elizabeth Gardiner, assisted by the
ballet school: THE Sacred Pool" di-
rected by Mrs. George Barnett and
Airing Alcine, and the Seller OF
Dreams" under the direction OF Louis
IL,
Gordon, The plays will be given at
the lily pond on the estate at and
$50 pm. Hugh Tennant. secretary to
sir Esme Howard. the British ambas-
satIor. is assisting in the production.
The United States Marine Band will
play. The affair will start at 2:3O
p.m. and continue until 10 pm. Many
prominent persons have engaged
tables for the bridge party in the
afternoon. 4 number of notables are
conducting the various booths and
stands. ;,
A kindergarten, day nursery, Ii
brary, playground. amusement fea-
lures and opportunities for vocational
education are among the things Of
sered by the Neighborhood House. 1t
also provides a center for the COM
anunity activities of the section in
which 1t is located.
Various DANCES and athletics will
he exhibited by the childrens classes
of the house and handiwork of the
home will be displayed.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
DAUGHERTY HIMSELF
i. WANTED ON STAND
Senator's Ask Counsel for Former
Justice Head to Request
e. His Presence.
REPLY rs Due TOMORROW
Means Ends Stery-Lodge Denies
Part in Liquor Case.

A final wind-up of the long story of
CASTOR Il. Means, the taking of brief
statement from Senator Lodge and a
fracas with A. L. Fink. a volunteer
informant, made up yesterdays rec
ord in the Senate Daugherty investi-
CATION.
At adjournment Chairman Brook
hart notified attorneys for II. Nj.
Daugherty that the committee wanted
to hear the former Attorney General
himself next Friday, and get prom
ise that his answer to the request
would be forthcoming tomorrow.
Senator Lodge came in momentarily
TO make a brief but absolute denial
that he had aided anybody, anywhere.
to obtain permits for the expectation
of whisky. Means had mentioned
him on direct examination as having
been concerned with the granting of
such permits to Craven Brothers. a
New York firm. The senator said he
had never even heard of the concern.
Demands to BE Heard.
Fink followed Senator Lodge by
unexpectedly demanding that he be
allowed to go on the stand. He fden-
titled himself as the man FRANK
Vanderlip tried to get for $1,000 10
give perjured testimony against
President Coolidge, and further as
serting that he wanted to tell some
story about Senator Wheeler. the
committee prosecutor, furnishing Ii
quor to RoXie Stinson.
Subdued by the chairman. Fink left
the room just before Senator Wheeler
entered, and the prosecutor was un-
- HI a In a n
some detail Senator Wheeler later
charged Fink with falsif1cation, and
the committee identified him as the
man associated with Miss Stinson,
who was the divorced wife of Jess w.
Smith, in an alleged hotel frame up"
n Cleveland.
Promises to Testify.
Fink issued Il statement last night,
7aying he had heard the Senate COM
nittee was looking for him, and that
le would be on hand tomorrow morn
ng, with other witnesses, to prove a
dastardly plot" against President
coolidge and frame up" against
ormer Attorney General Daugherty.
his statement he also attacked
senator's Wheeler and Brookhart.
Cross examining Means. Paul How
and. attorney for Daugherty. went I
over many details of the detectives :
;hargtS concerning money carried to
he late Jess Smith. The amount of
money spent by Means in investigat-
ng prohibition, supposedly at the be-
Iest of President Harding, was fixed
4 S50,000 or more, and the mystery
bout Wv. L. Underwood who as
listed in that enterprise, was deepen
d when Means agreed that was a
alse name. and declared he had re-
:eivcd money from Underwood" up
o last April.
Means saving that he did not wish
any false impression to be drawn
rom former testimony, declared that
though the "Woman's Good Govern
nent League" had aided the investi-
cation of prohibition. and Fl. L..
Scaife, a former government inyesti-
gator, had been on his pay roll in the
work, there was nothing wrong about
il. He was formally and finally
excused from attendance, and will go
to New York, where his trial on long
pending charges in the federal court
begins tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
GET so GALLONS AND CAR.
Motor Cycle Policemen Pursue Two
Men, But Latter Escape.

Following an exciting chase cover
ering more than two miles early yes
terday through the Takoma Park
section, Motorcycle Policemen ,Deyoe
and Hunt of the tenth precinct cap
fured an automobile loaded with fifty
gallons of alleged corn whisky that
had been brought from Maryland.
Two men who were In the automo-
bile jumped from the machine and
escaped into the woods near the cor
ner of 5th and Alton streets.
The whisky and automobile were
confiseated and turned over to the
revenue. department..
The men who made their success
t-i escape from the nc'ice by aban- i
doning the car are x;Iown to the
police. The tags on the car indicated
that ii was the property of Sarah
Johnston of 6S / street, who later
reported that her car had been
atoie. the night before.
Evening star., 1924-06-01

ana OrALeT, III d
Especially arranged
Injecting of the
Washington Dis
| trict, Zionist Or
& a n ! z a t i o n of
| America, at 1903
T w e n t v | r st
street, Thursday
II | g h I at Sis
O'Clock. Mr.. Sam
uel is known as a
novelist, editor,
war correspond
ent, soldier and
lecturer. He was
born in Rumania
and educated in
Evening star., 1924-06-01
Makes His Fortune in Is Years.

Robert Carruthers, who settled in
Australia about 1911, having as his
role possessions only $500, engaged
upon. farming by taking an allotment
which was sixty miles from rail-
way and SEQ miles from the seat of
KoVerrmett Early in 1924 he retired,
having sold out his possessions for
nearly $200,ooe.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
CHILD HIT BY AUTO.
Helen Kissa1, Five, in Serious
Condition.

Five-year-old Helen Kissal, Cross
ina the street in front of her home, at
10ss K street northeast, last night,
was knocked down and seriously in
jured by an automobile operated by
frank L. Scott, thirty years old, of
Beitsville, Md.
Rushed to Casualty Hospital in a
passing automobile her condition was
ing from fracture of the fkuA and
coIlarbone. She is the daughter of
Victor K. Kissal, 1unchroom proprie-
tor. - 4
Evening star., 1924-06-01

Manchester and Paris. He has
travelled extensively through Europe
and America and it is said few men
have his opportunity for knowing
Jewish life throughout the world.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
WILL ADDRESS ZIONISTS.
Jewish Orator to Speak on Pales-
tine Restoration.

"The restoration of Palestine as
the Jewish Homeland will be the
subject of an address by Maurice
Samuel. Of New York, a Jewish leader
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
By HARRY CANNES

MAY 80, 81 and June LIST, are the
4'A dates set for the Mid-Conyention
Conference to be held by the Young
Workers League of America at Chi
cago, Illinois.
The last convention of the Young
Workers League was held in May,
1928, and number of resolutions on
the many matters confronting the
league, were passed at that gather
ing. Since that time, the Communist
youth organization has grown to al
most twice the size reported at the
last national meeting. The league
has spread to many parts of the
country which heretofore had never
heard of communist youth organ
ization.
The many new resolutions such as
the shop nuclei plan, the economic
struggle (Which includes trade union
work., anti-militarism have laid the
basis for a vast experience, and it
is the end of the Mid-Convention
Conference to gather the loose ends
Of the organization together on the
basis of the work done. Because
of the wide stretch of territory, the
N. E. c. of the league deems It adj
visable not to wait for the time of
the, next convention. The constitu-
ton of the YWL provides that con-
vention shall be held four months
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
v !!!!!!: Tie :, yg6e MONKEYS I!!!!lI
CONDUCTED ~ TASASk SpurG WORKERS. LEAGUE
National Conference Of Y. w. L. to Consider
Immediate Problems of Youth Organization

after the Congress of the Young
Communist International.
The next Congress of the YCI will
be held in September Of this year,
and that would put the next Young
Workers League convention in jan
uary. 1t is very evident that some
sort of national gathering should be
held before that in order to benefit
from the experience of our various
districts.
To those who have studied the
problems of the working youth in
the United States, it is unquestion-
ed that there is no need for chang
ing the policies of the YWL There
is much need for detailed enlarge
ment of the work; for specific dis
cussion of local problems and the
application of national policies in the
many different sections of the coun-
try The districts must be brought
closer to the national organization.
Especially does the shop nuclei WORK
need Qualification on the basis Of
experience.
The proposed conference is ex-
pected to jump right into the real
tasks of the YWL. The representa-
ton will be somewhat smaller than a
convention, which lends itself better
to detailed work. More articles wild
appear from time to time on the
coming YWL conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
Actors Strike Vote
Carries BY Is to /,
Managers Weaken
Bx FREDERICK KUH

| (StaH Correspondent OF The Federated Pressl
NEW YORK, March 16-Sixteen
hundred against two.
This is the vote in favor Of a strike
on June /, to enforce the demands
of the Actors Equity Association UNI
less the Producing Managers associa-
ton yields before that date.
When the actors organization met
at the Equity Theatre here, Hugh
Frayne, national organizer, American
Federation Of Labor, arose to give
renewed assurances of the solidarity
OF the trade unions with their stage
colleagues.
Word has reached the Equity that
the Shubert group which controls 20
per cent OF the leading New York
playhouses, is weighing the possibility
Of breaking away from the Produc-
ers' Association, founding separate
employers federation, and accepting
the Equity shop as the basis of agree
ment with the actors. Shubert has
already announced his acceptance Of
the Equity demands.
Inquiries in theatrical circles by
The Federated Press conveyed infor-
nation that the managers are pre-
pared 10 make concessions. They are
aware that Convention Week opens in
New York at the outset Of June. A
strike at this time would catch them
in their tenderest spot--the box Of
fec.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17

necessary; we shall pass matured
resolutions on the question Of the
intensifcation of Party work and the
inner Party Observation-Disclosures
resolutions.
We shall put the workers democ-
racy courageously into actual prac-
tice. Everything which can and
must be done will be resolved upon
and put into execution without de-
lay And we cannot allow our
selves this luxury, in the second
place, because the international sit
uation is full of tension and respon-
sibility. Each week may bring fresh
surprises. The White Guard press is
naturally Selling eagerly upon our
discussion.
Surprises may await us in the in
ternational situation. This must not
be forgotten. And then we have the
inner Party question. At the time
before the Tenth Congress we seri-
ously pushed the matter to an ex-
treme.
But at that time we had some
one whose opinion was absolutely
decisive for the whole Party. This
was Comrade Lenin. At the present
time Comrade Lenin is still so i'll
that he cannot take any part in
our discussion. This throws an
even heavier responsibility upon the
rest of us.
The Central of our Party, which is
composed of a group Of Comrade
a,,iy,,- cobolarc Loe = ,ooI~o A.
most responsible decisions. AT pres
ent it is only possible for the Cen
trail to work, to carry out responsible
functions, to alter the course when
circumstances require it, to remove
evils in the Party, and to maneuver
on the international front, when it
is conscious of possessing the full
est confidence of the decisive fun
damental strata of our Party.
Importance of Central.
We can and will. accomplish the
realization of the principle of cleo
ton. We must effect a number of
improvements in the spheres Of
trade union and economic work, and
correct a number of mistakes. Our
Party Central must remain the
army staff of the Party. 1t is only
such staff which is capable of lead
ing the Party during the period of
proletarian dictatorship.
Here we must consider everything
twenty times before acting; every
decision must be accorded the most
careful thought, and then finally
made with that maximum Of deter
mination and that maximum of
! unanimity which is characteristic of
our organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
Zinoviev's Speech to Leningrad Communists

traditions of the civil war; and fin
ally it has the main mass, incorpor-
ating still younger traditions. This
has created an exceedingly charac-
teristic and peculiar situation, which
cannot be ignored.
Our fundamental group, repre-
senting twenty to twenty-five years
of development in our Party, and
forming the cement holding the
Party together, is worthy of the
highest place is our esteem, but it is
small, it is dying out, and it has not
kept up with life in every respect,
is not entirely competent for present
tasks.
Rise Of New Stratum.
A new stratum is arising from the
other side, ready to attack broad
questions and responsible work with
greater rapidity than the old; often
it has a perfect right to do this, but
often it is insuficiently prepared. 1t
is one of the most intimate problems
Of the Party to find out the required
golden mean for accomplishing the
useful amalgamation Of our funda-
mental stratum, Incorporating the
history of twenty-five years, with
the new stratum, brought into being
by the Party during the civil war.
1t is imperative that the right
basis of mutual relations be found,
for these twenty-five years of ex-
perience must not be lost to the
Party, the gigantic political capital
accumulated by the Party during
this period must not be squandered
in vain, and on the other hand it is
equally important that this group of
old members throws no obstacles in
the way of those young members
who are striving for more active
participation. 1t is the task of the
old group to transmit it's political
experience to the young, to further
participation in the work under their
leadership.
General Situation and Tasks.
Let us now strike a balance. In
regard to the working class our
cause is in no bad position; the sit
uation has improved. Confidence in
our Party is growing among the
working class; if we do not commit
very glazing economic mistakes, we
shall gain the confidence of the
working class.
In any case, there is an increase
of confidence in the Party on the
whole. The dissatisfaction brought
about in Summer by the economic
situation has proved to be merely
an episode. Those organizations
which were not able to deal COM
petently with the discomfort and
strikes in the Summer are now being
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
TOBACCO LORDS
MADE GREATEST
PROFITS IN 1923
R. J. Reynolds Happy
At $23,O39,876
By LELAND OLDS.

(Staf Correspondent Of the Federated Pruss)
Profits of 500 ,039 ,s76 made by the
Reynolds Tobacco Co. in 1923 prom
Use common stockholders the largest
return in the history of the company.
In fact, these profits are the largest
ever shown in the history of the in
dustry which fattens on its ability to
overstimulate the nicotine habit
among the men and women Of
America.
These profits are equivalent, after
preferred dividends, to S6.76 a share
on the 100000 shares of common
stock which have a par value Of $25.
This means a return Of 81 per cent
for the year. But if we take into
account a 200 per cent dividend in
1920 and SO 1-3 per cent stock
dividend in 1922, it appears that
stockholders now hold four shares
for every share originally purchased.
In other words, the real rate of
profits for 1928 is over 100 per cent.
Four Times As Many Fags.
The extent to which these huge
profits are based on the increase IN
the cigarette habit is shown by fig
ures compiled at the u. s. depart
ment of commerce. Four cigarettes
were smoked in the United States
during 1923 for every one smoked in
1918. Such is the effectiveness of
the huge advertising campaigns
which aim constantly at increasing
the number of cigarettes smoked
each year. The number smoked dur
ing 1923 reached the surprising total
of 64,450, 100000, while nearly seven
billion cigars were consumed.
During the year 1921 the coun-
try was induced to spend more for
cigars and cigarettes than spent for
butter and sugar combined. Expen-
diture on this habit absorbed ap-
proximately one-half as much as the
entire country spent for the purchase
of automobiles and 80 per cent as
much as for clothing. The total ex-
penditure amounted to S806, 748,S65.
The country's expenditure for the
benefit of cigarette millionaries dur
ing 1923 probably exceeded one bill
lion dollars.
Camel King Swells Profits.
Profits of Reynolds Tobacco Co.
have more than doubled since 1919
and have increased eight-fold since
1918. During IL years this company
has rolled up $117,S7S,212 in profits
out of which it has paid cash divi-
dends totaling $4S,2S1 ,250. The re-
naming 500, 596,962 has been stored
up as undivided profit for the benefit
of common. stockholders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17

'eorganized and strengthened bv us.
Our relations with the peasantrv
have also improved. The peasant
nuclei have themselves eliminates
many unsuitable elements, and are
in better position than before.
With respect to the rest of the
population, there is something new
to record. There is a great stream
of sympathy for the ideas of the
Soviet power from among the intel
ligenzia, lower and higher alike. and
from every class of the student
youth, not only among our own
ranks, but from the ranks Of other
classes. This is the new element
characterizing the present moment
for this was not the case two OF
three years ago.
Necessary Cooperation.
1t possesses one extremely positive
side. These are people who can set
our schools upon their feet: the
scholars can lend positive aid to oui
higher educational establishments
and can do much towards the solu.
ton Of that problem raised by Com.
rade Trotsky in his letter to the
savants: 1t is war which rules chem.
istry and aviation.
Our positive gain lies in the fact
that we obtain the support of cul.
tured and semi-cultured strata which
can bring US that which we are lack.
ing. And the attendant minus i,
that we shall be enveloped in the
predominately petty bourgeois infu-
ences of these strata, which will take
effect upon our party thru a thous.
and channels unseen except to the
most watchful observer.
But we are Marxists and we must
be able to observe phenomena at the
very moment when their germ is
beginning to break the outer husk
We point out these new phenomena
to you, and say to you: here is q
fresh stream of mass sympathy
from the intelligenzia, from the
student youth, from the teachers
this sympathy bears witness of our
strength; accept it and utilize it fol-
our purposes and tasks. But do moi
forget that it possesses its mega
tive aspects. Be on your guard.
l am of the opinion that we mus
not permit the discussion now start
ed to assume the forms of that dis
cussion before the Party Congress
when Comrade Lenin was obliged tt
write that the Party had been at
tackled by a fever, and that the tenn
pearture must be lowered. We car
no longer allow ourselves this
luxury.
Inner Party Democracy.
In the first place it is entirely UNI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
American Officers
Grossly Mistredt
6 Haitian Editors

NEW YORK, March 16.-The Ma.
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, 90 Fifth
Avenue, today made public a letter
from lie Temps, a daily newspaper
of Port au Prince, Haiti, in which il
is charged that American officers hA
mistreated imprisoned Haitian edi-
tors.
The letter, written by H. Bert
houmieux, publisher of the Cour-
rier Haitien charges that Lieu
tenants johnson and Edwards, chief
and assistant chief, respectfully, Of
the American military prison, had
entered the cells Of Messrs. J. JOLT
bois, Jr., Guerin, Pierre Paul, Petit,
Savain, and Lemaire, and had forced
these gentlemen TO strip naked
Furthermore, that these editors had
been forced to spend entire days I'M
sheltered in the full sunlight. H.
Berthoumieux's letter is published in
lie Temps Of Feb. 20. 1924.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
Detroit Workers
Party Films Haze
Fine Labor Temple
By LEMPI SIMONSON

DETROIT, Mich, March 16.-The
Detroit Finnish Branch, with men,
bership of about 500, has achieved
the remarkable success of building a
$150,000 Labor Temple Just COM
pleted. The building has one of the
finest gymnasiums in the city, as well
as an auditorium, seating 1000 peo-
pie, together with a modern and an
up-to-date stage. Besides these large
halls there are numerous smaller
rooms, stores and offices, equipped
with all modern improvements. Since
the dedication of the building, over
flowing crowds have been attending
all the entertainments and meetings.
In the three business meetings that
have been held in the new hall at
least 100 new applications for men,
bership into the party have been re-
ceived. The meetings are generally
attended by at least two or three
hundred members and seem to in
crease from time to time. Enthusi-
asm and interest in party matters
runs high and a very successful and
a prosperous year is expected. One
VI Tic llOoI AAlPOA OcliAS ACSAoAOAAo 4AoAC
by the branch is the arrangement of
two-weeks' lecture course to be
held in the evenings. The lecturer
Comrade X. Tuominen, is very able
speaker and lecturer, and we are
sure that these lectures will be large
ly attended.
The Finnish branch also boasts of
having organized one Of the largest
YWL Circles in the city, whose mem
bership already reaches 40, and the
drive hasn't even begun. The Circle
is holding an entertainment Monday
evening, the 18th, at the gym, which
is free to all.
A large number of the members
being Auto Workers, have also in
terested themselves in organizing in
to the Auto Workers Union, a mass
meeting having been held Sunday,
the 9th, wherein a number joined.
The Land for the Usersi