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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

which have reserved space during the past week are Perfection Laundry. Mills Coffee company, Birmingh&In Electric company, Phillips Lester Oves- all company, s. M, Bernheim ElectrfS company, Electrical department, af Louis Pizitz, Fireproof Garage com pany, Dewberry and Montgomery Sta tionery company. Booths have also been taken previously by W. D. Wood Lumber company, Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, Birmingham Avn ing and Tent works, Avondale Mills, Dixie Coffee company, Tyler Grocery company, Western Grain company, As sociation for Blind, Birmingham Stove and Range company, Birmingham Mac )aroni company, Ansco Preserving com pany. Batterton Coffee company, Zac Smith Stationery company, Benson Paint and Varnish company, Liberty Overall company, Cosby Grain com pany, Wood and Crabbe Grain com pany, Perfection Mattress company, Wofford Oil company, Beck Candy com pany, Birmingham Slag company, Bir- mingham Sash and Door company. Other manufacturers who wish space are asked to call Mrs. Hankins, Wood lawn 1884 and they will be visited and shown the floor plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
WOMEN ARE BUSY IN MAYOR DRIVE, SAYS MRS. HULL
Campaign Officials Re view Events Of Week
 Tn New Rule Battle

Birmingham- women in large num- bers are being won daily to the pro posed modified form of mayor-alder- manic government, according to state ment issued Saturday by the steer ing committee of the campaign. of which Hunter Armstrong is chairman.
 Another brief statement by Frank Dominick, general campaign chairman. declared that the groundwork is fast being laid for sweeping drive that will reach every corner of the city and see public meetings held nightly for two or three weeks.
 The steering committees statement said that Mrs. Asa P. Hull, we'll known civic worker, is heading the move to get women of the city lined up as soiidly as possible behind the pfoposed ordi- nance.
 General Chairman Dominick, in his statement, said: "The campaign is moving along. New petitions are com ing in daily. We are perfecting our district organizations rapidly and are almost ready to begin city-wide drive. Our speakers will invade every section and explain the bill we are propos- ing, which guarantees to Birmingham the restoration of democratic, repre- sentative government" d.
 The steering committees statement, which reviewed the developments of the week follows in full:
 During the past week our forces have been engrossed in completing the va rious district organizations. We have the city we'll covered, and look for a clean sweep of the city when thief orth- coming speaking campaign gets under way. -,..
 The most significant event of. the last week was a report from Mrs. Asa P. Hull, general chairman of the wom- ems division. showing that the wom- cn of Birmingham are taking added in terest in the fight to give their city modified, modernized form of repre- sentative government She tells us that the women are active in- almost every community, and that almost all talk of a city-manager drive is dying out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

boards, at which meeting Olmsted Brothers letter was read The mem- bers of the library board expressed their disappointment at Olmsted Brothers report and the park boards action in cOncurring in their advice. It was intimated in the discussion that the park and recreation board might be asked to reconsider their action. though this was not stated. In view of the park board possibly reconsider ing the matter, felt called upon to state my reasons for opposing the erec- tion of the library in Woodrow Wilson park; and in the course of the meet ing l was asked if had communicated with Olmsted Brothers since my re- turn. and I stated that I had. I ar rived at Quebec, Canada. on my re- turn from Europe, and decided to go to New York via Boston, as it was but little out of my way home My special purpose in going to Boston was to go over with Olmsted Brothers their report on Birmingham parks. which was to be completed and handed the park board on Sept. 1, also to go over the plans for developing Ensley and Underwood parks, as specific plans had been asked for by the park board in my absence; and I gave less than 10 minutes conversation to the library in Woodrow Wilson park, and I did not go to Boston especially to discuss the latter park.
 Denies Influencing Board.
 'The statement was made at the joint meeting of the park and library boards. but has been reconsidpred since, believe, that I had influenced Olmsted Brothers on my trip to their office in making their unfavorable report on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
MEN
 BOOST EXHIBIT
 BY HOUSEWIVES
Half Of Booths For Show Already Taken, Mrs.
 Hankins Reports

The Manufacturers and Housewives exhibit, to be held in the Municipal auditorium the week of October 27, un- der the auspices of the League of Wo- men Voters received added impetus this week when it was given the indorse- ment of the Chamber of Commerce. This brings to the exhibit almost the unanimous support of Birmingham bus mess men, previous indorsement having been received from the Manufacturers association and the luncheon clubs.
 The exhibit, which is for the purpose of boosting Birmingham made prod ucts. will be the largest affair of it's kind. There will be 100 different booths, and no admission fee is to be charged. In addition a large number of prizes are to be given away during the week. One already announced is a child's play tent, donated by the Bir- mingham Awning and Tent works. Mrs. Charles A. Fiske is chairman of the special prize committee. Plans are being worked out.lby Mrs. Dora c. Fell. chairman of; hostesses to invite every women's club in JBir- mingham to act as hostess on various days. Efforts are being made to have every school child in the city see the exhibit. Thursday afternoon has been set aside for negroes.
 Booths Engaged f5I
 Almost half of the booths have been taken already, according to announce ment of Mrs. J. H. Hankins. chairman
 for the exhibit. Among the concern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

the library being placed in Woodrow Wilson park. l stated that Olmsted Brothers were men of the highest char acter and professional standing and that if I, any member of the board or any person could influence their opin- ion or judgment in a matter of this kind pertaining to Birmingham parks, that I would favor change of land scape architects immediately. How ever, this did not appear to satisfy. Therefore, l personally wired Olmsted Brothers, Brookline, Mass, on the 18th instance as follows:
 "In. view your Birmingham confer ence with library board and asking later for library building plans in Cap itol park and in view your letter of 12th apparently changing your posi- ton, the president of park board upon being informed l had been to Boston, feels that influenced your latest de- cision and so intimated in joint meet ing of library and park boards yester- day. Wire or come Birmingham, strengthening your position out.
 (Signedl NJ. F. PHILLIPS"
 "To which Olmsted Brothers replied on the 18th instant as follows: .
 "Brookline. Mass. Sept. 19, 1921. Park and Recreation Board,
 City Hall, Birmingham, Ala.
 Phillips wires that you feel we may have been influenced by him in our library site decision. At time Whitings meeting with library board he did not approve location library in Woodrow Wilson park, but agreed to give mat ter thorough study and asked for ad- ditional plans and data to make such study. Our decision as given in let ter 12th was reached before Phillips visit to Boston but was not sent i'm mediateiy pending a first review by Whiting who was then absent from office. We were glad to find that Phillips concurred in our view but his opinion had no influence on our deci- sion.
 "(Signed) OLMSTED BROTHERS.
 Il had a perfect right to come home by Boston and visit OlLlsted Brothers at my own expense, and any member of the park board has the same right at any time, and l went there in the in terest of the park boards affairs gen. orally. have not been guilty of bad faith to anyone in not advertising my going there, neither am guilty of bad faith in not telling all members of the park board l had been to Olmsted Brothers office, as there was no oc- casion nor necessity, as I saw it, to do so.
 T have conscientiously believed that the library building should not be erected in Woodrow Wilson park, and have a right to express this view ; and the other members of the board, if they desire, have a right to express their opinion to the contrary.
 I am deeply interested in the li- brary, know it's great need and the good work it is doing. subscribed to it's campaign and voted for the bonds, and I greatly admire the members of the board but>I feel so strongly that it is unwise to place the library in the park that stated to the library board in. the joint meeting that would be one of 20 citizens to give $10,000 towards buying lot elsewhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
GASOLINE TANKS
 FEED ACME FIRE
Spectacular Blaze Draws Large
 Crowd Of Spectators

Flames fed by gasoline from explod- ing tanks at the Acme Oil company at Thirtieth street and Fifth avenue, north, Saturday caused an estimated damage of $12,500.
 The fire originated in storage room and spread rapidly to the gasoline tanks. The origin of the fire is still un- known, Chief Akins stated.
 The fire was difficult to fight on .ac- count of the tanks expolding. One tank went up in flames as the several com panies of fire fighters from both the morning and day shifts arrived on the scene.
 With considerable danger to them selves, the firemen cut off the valves of the tanks and turned their efforts to saving the oil tanks, which had not caught. Twenty hose played on the fire had it under control in an hour.
 A large crowd was attracted to the scene by the spectacular explosion of the four gasoline tanks. They sent a streams of flame hundred feet in the air, which spread out as a parachute as it reached it's peak. Considerable difficulty was experienced by squad of traffic men under .Catptain Brent, in keeping the lines clear and antomo- piles moving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

group of public and semi-public build ings and should therefore be devel- oped from an essentially formal and ornamental design-a design in which architecture will have strong influ- ence-he consented to give the matter further study. He realized that the only justification which you could have for giving up park land for building purposes would be: First, the definite decision that, by using the library building as an element in the design, better result could be obtained, aes- thetically, than would obtain if the building were omitted; and second. that the land would be better utilized as q building site than it would be if kept as part of the park.
 ''These are the questions which we have studied at some lenfth. Our con clusons are that from the aesthetic point of view, more satisfactory de- sign can be made if the library build ing is not placed in the park and that the land is more valuable for park pur- poses than it would be as a site for the library.
 Respectfully yours.
 "(Signed) OLMSTED BROTHERS" ."
 Recommendation Followed.
 ''At meeting of the park and recre- ation board on Monday, Sept. 15, this letter was reid; and it was the sense of the board that we should concus in the recommendation of Olmsted Broth CTS. and thereupOn motion to that effect was made, seconded and unani- mously adopted
 On the 17th instant there was a joint meeting of the library and park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
SAYS PARK SITE
 ALREADY VETOED
By JOHN C. COLWELL, JR.
(COntinued from page 7.)

us to believe very definitely that the policy of permitting no buildings to be erected on park land (Other than those essential for the proper function of the park is one which is sound. both theO. retically and practically. The long and unceasing struggle for the defense of Boston common against building en- croachments and the similar fight for the protection of park lands in numer- Ous other cities are instances of the value of such an established policy in protecting parks from the encroach- ment of public and semi-public build ings or any other projects which, though entirely worthy in, themselves, are distinctly damaging to the peculiar value or purpose of the park. We feel that your board which is now entering on period of special activity and en- deavor, would be establishing an un- fortunate and troublesome and even dangerous precedent if it should. as one of it's first important steps. allow all encroachment of a non-park character on land dedicated to park use. Every foot of such land should be jealously guarded unless it can be clearly shown first, that it is not needed for park purposes and, second, that it is bet ter fitted for other use.
 Area Inadequate
 "In addition to the question of pol icy there is a second very important reason for our recommendation name ly. that we consider the area of Wood row Wilson park to be inadequate for both park and library building. Judg- ing from the present rate of growth of the city's population and of her physi- cal development, indications are that this park will be the center of very congested area. There is ample evi- dence that even in it's present condi- tion, it is used very extensively--a con- tlition which is it's own argument for the retention of every foot of the area for park and for it's development in such n way that it may serve an even greater number of people.
 When this question was brought up at the time of Mir. Writings last visit to Birmingham. his first thought was that it would be mistake to place the library building in the park, but realizing that the area will, in all probability, become the center of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21

Mir. John c. Caldwell, Jr., is writing a series of articles upon the natural advantages of the Port of Mobile which are comprehensive and entertaining.
 This is the third of the series and the fourth will appear in an early
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
LITTLE CHANGE NOW
 IN CROP CONDITION
Slight Damage To Cotton n
 Southeast By Rain

Crop conditions changed very little during. the past week, according to the weekly review of the American Steel and Wire company, received Saturday. The long drought in the far southwest was broken, and slight damage oscot- ton was reported because of the rain. The nights have been too cool for corn, which is reported to be growing and very green. In the southern edge of the belt slices are being filled and some corn has been husked, yet the crop in general shows no sign of ripening.
 A heavy crop of potatoes is expected, while the sugar beet and fruit crop are only medium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
YOUNG WOMAN HELD

Miss Mary Lee Cadenhead, SO4S Sloss avenue, was being held in the city jail Saturday on a charge of forgery. The young woman is alleged to have forged the name of A. l.. Williams of East Lake to a check for $35. She was arrested Saturday afternoon by City Detectives Walton and Propst.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
June 18th and July 18th

hold a convention on June 18th,
the convention declares that the
organizations participating will
recommend to the Convention on
June 18th such a course of action
IN nominating candidates and
adopting platform as will leave
the way open for cooperation for
support of the same candidates and
platform with the Conference for
Progressive Political Action or any
other group, provided, of course,
that group endorses independent
political action"
The Workers Party favored this
resolution when it was adopted at
st. Paul on March 5th. 1t still holds
the same view.
The confusion of the editor of the
New Majority is due to the fact
that he does not distinguish between
a class Farmer-Labor Party and a
Third Party. To him the Farmer
Labor Party and the Third PARTY are
one and the same thing; since the
Workers Party states that it is going
to fight against the Third Party
getting any exploited farmers and
industrial workers to join it, there
fore the editor of the New Major
ity' infers that the Workers Party
has some sort of nefarious scheme
for splitting the forces of the ex.
plotted farmers and workers.
The Facts of the Situation.
What are the facts of the situa-
ton? Is it just happening due to
the mulishness Of certain individuals
that there are two conventions
called, one for st. Paul on June 18th
and one for Cleveland on July 4th?
A person ignorant Of economic class
divisions might argue that this is the
case. 1t is not so, however to people
who have some knowledge of social
science, for there must be other
causes than the failings Of human be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
Beard "Refutes" Marx

W/HY DO even the most intelligent
w and honest of bourgeois histori-
ans speak slightingly of the MARKHAM
Interpretation of history in view of
their signal failure to disprove its
soundness
Charles A. Beard, author of many
valuable works on the American con-
stitution and political development,
writing in 'The American Mercury
for April, on "What is A Statesman
dismisses Carlyle's "great man. theo-
ry and the MARKHAM explanation of
men as the product of historical
forces as equally untenabie and dis
pleasing to what he terms the "re-
qulrements Of the scientific spirit.
Intellectually Honest.
Yet Professor Beard is intellectual
ly honest; despite his defense of the
liberal position and his endeavor to
prove that the statesman is neither
an arbitrary creation nor a product
Of economic, political, social and geo.
graphical environment, he forgets his
task long enough to say:
IL il is not the exit that makes
the statesman, is it brains? Not
brains alone. A man may be we'll
equipped with powerful engines of
logic and controversy and well
stocked with knowledge, and yet,
if he runs against the current of
long time, he passes away as grass
that withers.
And again:
For every martyr that achieves
fame there are a thousand cranks
stoned to death by the mob and
consigned to oblivion.
Finally, Professor Beard concludes
that "above all, he (the successful
statesman) must be justified by
events, that is, by good fortune"
Perhaps" he says, "beyond reason
and understanding both Carlyle and
Marx may be reconciled, little bit"
1t is no reconciliation that Profess
sor Beard has brought about but an
unconscious vindication Of the Marx
ian position. Justified by events"
means nothing more than that the
policies of the successful statesman
must fit in with the needs of the his
torical epoch in which he lives:
The Changing Epoch.
A Joseph Chamberlain could not
nave come TO power and based Brit
ish colonial policy on the needs Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

lngs to explain the fact that two
such movements as the June 18th
Convention and the July 4th Conven-
ton groups are developing side by
side.
What is happening in the United
States is that two economic groups
are splitting away from the old par
ties at the same time. In one of these
groups are the exploited farmers and
the industrial workers of the city,
and in the other are the small bust
ness men and broken-down old party
politicians referred to in the quota
ton above.
Both of these groups are discon-
tented with the rule of the two old
capitalist parties. Both are moving
toward the capitalization of their
political power thru the organization
of Party that much they have in
common. There is a deep chssm of
difference of economic interests
which divides them. The things that
the exploited farmers and industrial
workers desire in order to improve
their economic position are not the
things which the small business men,
well-to-do farmers and broken-down
old party politicians desire. Even if
the two groups united in forming one
party. the time would come sooner
or later when that party would split
into two groups representing con-
flicting interests of the economic
groups included in it.
Party of Conflicting Interests.
The policy of the Workers Party
in this situation is to help build a
Party which will represent the eco
nomic interests of the exploited
farmers and industrial workers. 1t
calls that party the class Farmer
Labor Party.
At the same time the Workers
Party welcomes the splitting away
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

heavy industry until after Birming-
ham, steel and iron city, had sue
ceeded Manchester, a textile town. as
the economic basis of British colonial
policies. A Thomas jefferson coul5
only have made effective his ideals of
individual liberty in a nation where
a pioneer culture based on free land
had laid the economic basis for them.
A Lenin, speaking in the name of the
revolutionary workingclass as the
leader Of the party of the revolution
airy workers-the Communist Party
unltes the largest nation in the world
while In every other nation demoraIi-
cation proceeds with astounding ra-
pidlty. There are no statesmen to-
day except those who fight capital
ism; many of them viii die unrecog-
nized because the historical milieu is
not yet ready for them but also un-
recognized will go those defenders of
capitalism who are unwilling or I'M
able to see that the forces unleashed
by capitalism are clearing the stage
for new epoch.
OF the capitalist rulers who now
strut before the eyes of the world
not one will be remembered humid
red years hence and it is extremely
doubtful if there will be any mental
tiles of the type of Professor Beard
to plead their case.
Why They Hate Marxism.
History makes men and no pro
phetic gift is strong enough to save
from Oblivion the individual who. fail
ing to understand historical tenden-
cies, sets himself against the current.
Those who stand out on the pages
of history credited with some nota-
bic accomplishment-we do not speak
now Of the "drum and trumpet"
heroes-were the products of mass
movements that are easily explain
able in the light of the MARKHAM in
depreciation of history in spite of
the efforts of believers in providenti-
al Intervention to obscure the eco
nomic basis of all history. They be-
little Marxism because it deals to con-
ventional history and economics a
blow that it cannot return. Marxism
is the scientific basis of the revoIu
tionary workingclass movement and
it refntes in toto the whole mass of
lies and contradictions that the rul-
ingclass and its apologists pass out
as gospel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

"The idea becomes
power when it pene-
trates the masses. Z"
Karl Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

A Joseph Chamberlain could no
nave come to power and based Brit
ish colonial policy on the needs o.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-01
Schmedtgen at ThurstOn's.

VIM. Schmedtgen, many years a
visitor in this section and always
at Bob Thurston's Lodge, whether
it was located upon Buckatoban
or Dam lakes or in the Klondike,
is with us once more. 1t must be
full twenty years that Mr.. S. has
been coming to this section, not
alone for the fishing or the
outing, but for the purpose of
gathering material. You see he
is an artist, and deals in exempli-
flying wild life for real outing
stories whether it be in magazines
or in sporting journals. He is a
real nature artist with a pen, and
the last issue of Outdoor America
had a two page drawing of NAL
lard ducks from him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-01
HIGH School Case On.

Members of the high school
board and many others from Eagle
River are at Milwaukee in court
relative to the case of the school
board and the bonding company
who had charge of the new high
school. During the building of
the high school the Hub City Con-
struction company, who had the
contract for the building of the
school, threw up their contract
and it fell to the school board to
see that the building was COM
pleted. The bonding company are
fighting to avoid payment of the
expense of finished construction,
and the case is now In Judge
Breindenbach's court in Milwau-
kee. A verdict is expected this
week.