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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

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BUILDING PERMITS SHOW
GAIN FOR FIRST QUARTER

NEW YORK. April 2E.-Build e
permits issued in 81 cities during
the first quarter Of the present year
were II per cent ahead Of the first
quarter Of 1928. which was about
40 per cent ahead Of the first quar-
ter Of 1922, according to the Ma
tional Monthly Building Survey is
sued by s. w. Straus and Company
today.
The thirteen leading cities Of the
country as shown below reported for
the first quarter about ~ per cent
Of the total for the 311 cities, In
dicattng that almost three-Q quarters
Of the country's building program
for the summer II contemplated In
the larger cities:
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Foreign Exchange,

NEW YORK. April 22.-Buoyancy
characterized trading at the open
Ing Of the foreign exchange market
today. Strength at the European
financial centers led to heavy buying
Of sterling. French and Belgian
francs, carrying these currencies to
new high levels for the year.
Sterling gained ~ cents at
44.SSH. French francs 20 points at
$6.6Sh cents. and Belgian francs 16
points at 5.561s cents.
Swiss exchange also crossed its
former years high.
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STOCKS RALLY
AFTER WEAK
OPENING
Excellent Demand Shown for
Steel Common, Petroleum,
and Other Shares.

News Service.)
NEW YORK, April GA gen.
orally lower opening was followed
~ 2 rallying tendency in the first
TWO hours trading on the stock
exchange today. There was nothing
IN the news that could be held re-
sponaible for the improved tone, but
It was recognized that the bears
had made too much Of Judge Gary's
statement at yesterdays annual
meeting Of the United States Steel
corporation. In fact, his remarks
on the steel situation contained
nothing that was not already known
to the financial community. AS to
dividends no serious minded man
IN Wall street ever expected another
increase In extra payments. But It
was the psychological effect on
speculative sentiment created by
the admittance Of slowing down
conditions in the steel industry by
no less an authority than Judge
GARY that was capitalized by the
bear crowd for all 1t was worth.
Trading In the early dealings were
marked by nervousness and heavy
selling throughout the list. Com
mission houses sold freely, their Of
ferings representing the unloading
OF impaired margin accounts. This
Kind Of selling was most noticeable
IN the oil stocks which had been
widely held among outside traders
on the popular belief that the sound
condition in that line Of business
initiated against any aggressive
downward campaign by the profess
aional element.
Signs OF support, however, were
not lacking. An excellent demand
appeared at the fractionally lower
levels, and with the subsistence Of
pressure this, support became more
effective. Petroleum shares raj
He'd in good form, Standard OIL Of
California and Cosden being most
prominent on the recovery. Buying
OF the best sort developed in steel
common, being attracted by Presi-
dent Gary's statement that the
STOCK Is cheap around current
levels. Baldwin, Can and Stude-
baker improved moderately. Vigo-
rous rallies took place in certain
epecialties which had been favorite
bear targets, especially Coco Cola,
Famous Players and Yellow Cab.
Congoleum, however, was under
renewed pool liquidation and Amer
lean Sugar went to new record
low at S9as. Central Leather pre-
ferred turned heavy. following the
publication Of unfavorable first
quarterly figures, showing a deficit
OF ,$369,618 against surplus OF
II ,490,977 in the same period last
year, Colorado Fuel and Cast Iron
Pipe were strong spots.
Dividend paying railway shares
gave a fair exhibition Of strength.
Impressive buying came in such
standard issues as Chesapeake and
Ohio, Southern Pacific, Southern
Railway, Atchison and Norfolk and
Western.
Call money renewed at per cent.
Foreign exchanges were strong.
Cotton and grains were heavy.
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N. Y. Cotton Market.

NEW YORK. April o. Under
the influence Of lower Liverpool
cables and favorable weather re-
ports the cotton market opened
heavy today. Options declined from
% to S5 points in response to sell
ing by Wall street, New Orleans
and Southwestern interests. Brok-
ers acting for trade interests were
May opened at 1880, of 20
points; July at 1880, off 80 points,
and October at "a, off IS points.
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The daily worker., 1924-12-10
A Few Encouraging Signs

Company unions are losing their popularity
with the workers in spite of all efforts of the cor
porations to perpetuate these tools of capitalist
reaction.
Following the defeat of the shop crafts in 1922
there was a movement of the workers away from
the unions, inspired largely by the weak and spine
less policy of union offcialdom expressed in
separate settlements with railway companies and
which ends logically in the acceptance of class
collaboration illustrated by the B. and o. plan.
But the Trade Union Educational League, the only
organized left wing movement in the United
States, has carried on an energetic campaign
against the desertion of the unions and this cam
paign now shows real results. There is revival
of militancy among both organized and unorgan-
lied workers, especially in the transportation in
dustry. Votes taken under the auspices of that
government agency of the railways-the railway
labor board-now invariably show big majorities
against company unions.
In addition to this the news Of big majority
for strike in the referendum among the engineers
and remen ON the Southern Pacific lines is further
evidence that even among the highly paid aris-
tocracy of labor there is much discomfort.
We look for some big accomplishments for the
Trade Union Educational League during the com
ing year. There is other leadership for the left
wing movement that is developing and the pro
gram of the Red International of Labor Unions
will attract ever larger masses the workers are
forced to fight the Coolidge Morgan-Dawes dicta-
tOrship, whose first blows will be at the living
standards of the workers.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10

cent in total earnings, and a de-
crease of 28 per cent in per capita
earnings" the department Of labor re-
ports.
The greatest losses, according to
the report, in employment and en-
ployes' earnings in the IL months
were in the shipbuiIding foundry, ma
chine tool, rubber boot and shoe,
steam railroad car building and re-
pairing, shirt, automobile, structural
iron, agricultural implement, hosiery,
iron and steel, cotton goods, and
mems clothing industries.
The number reported on the pay
rolls in identical establishments was
2,3S1,OS in October 1928 as COM
pared to 2,O79,O46, or a decrease in
the number of employed since last
year of 1913 per cent.
The amount of the payroll in Oc-
tober 1928 was $6S,O9S,25O while the
amount of the payroll had gone down
to $54,7O9,S47 in October 1924, a de-
crease of 1873 per cent for the year.
The amount of the payroll on the
class 1 railroads of the entire country
decreased Ill per cent since last
year.
Unemployment in Illinois Increased
over 12 per cent over unemployment
for October 1923, according to reports
of the Illinois department of labor.
Last month our survey showed that
there were fewer people at work in
the factories of Illinois than there
were on the average in 1922, when we
were just shaking off the narrowing
effects of the depression of 192O-21," /"
says the November report of the
Illinois department of labor
"The survey shows that the fac
tories of Illinois had fewer workers
than they had in any October in the
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
British Imperialism Plays Trumps

Austen Chamberlain, new minister of foreign
affairs in the tory cabinet of Britain has arrived
at Rome to attend the thirty session of
the league of nations council. He heralds new
and aggressvey imperiaist control over the league
of nations, control which corresponds to the end
of the period of democratic pacifsm" and the rise
of militant Imperialism under the Dawes plan.
Mr.. Chamberlain has in advance of his arrival at
Rome succeeded in the major part of the business
to be transacted there. By artful bit of double
dealing he obtained while stopping off in Paris
the hearty cooperation of Premier Herriot in his
own retirement on an anti-Boshevik issue, and at
the same time he obtained the-at least tempo
rary-approval of France for a "gentleman's agree
ment' whereby no question of England's bloody
repression of Egypt should come before the league
of nations. He got an agreement that France
would let Britain have 'tfree hand' in Africa
in exchange for a like attitude for the French
colonies on that indeed "dark continent"
This "free hand" is meant to make England in
dependent of American cotton, fact which may
interest our own cotton trust to some degree, but
which we hope will interest more the wage work
ers in cotton production who must now compete
with labor of Africa which will be- if it is not al
ready, completely enslaved
Mr. Chamberlain is now in Rome and he is going
to reverse the old MAXIM and make the Romans
90 as ne does lie Is going TO ask ussolln1 to come
in on the "gentleman's agreement to repress in one
imperialst united front the black populations of
Africa
The situation is that the great imperialist ma
tions of Europe in artful calculation of their lease
life before the capitalist decline takes them into
oblivion striving to add to the stablizatiOn of
the Dawes plan, which is made at the cost of the
lives of the European masses, an "Austen Chamber
lain PLAN for more intensive exploitation of the
colonial peoples But this has its penalties as the
concurrent rise of militant revolutionary symptoms
show in the colonial countries from the Near East
to the Far East.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
Streetcarmen in Action

The impartial nature of wage arbitration boards
is illusion that is being rapidly shattered even
here in the United States where the Mdentity OF
interest between employer and employe" theory
has been foisted upon the workers to an extent
unknown anywhere else.
The members of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Employees, working
for the Illinois Power and Light company, are the
latest group of workers to repudiate the "arbitra
ton" method of settling wage questions. They
were handed a reduction several months ago by
one of these Impartial" boards but today the
workers on the Mckinley traction lines are on
strike and general strike in sympathy with them
is in preparation in Peoria, Galesburg, Blooming
ton Decatur, Champaign and Danville
The streetcarmen have demanded an increase
of 10 per cent against the reduction recon-
mended by the arbitration board.
This strike has all the appearances of having re
suited from the mass dissatisfaction among the
street railway workers and the officials of the
union have had to move. The workers are holding
closed meetings and the proposal for a general
strike shows that they are insisting on immediate
action.
1t is one of the anomalies of American life that
strike of streetcarmen while it makes for great
inconvenience of the travelling public almost in
variably evokes mass sympathy for the strikers
This is great advantage enjoyed by the streetcar
mems union and one that in this instance they have
not discounted by allowing the traction capi
talists months in which to get ready to break the
strike.
The DAILY WORKER hopes that the streetcar
men give the traction company sound trouncing
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
WORKERS SCHOOL
STARTS OLGIN'S
CLASS TUESDAY
"The Russian ReUOIu-
tiOn" GiUen in Lectures

NEW YORK CITY, Dec. o.
Moissaye J. OIgin, noted Com
munist lecturer and writer, viii
give a course of lectures on the
Russian Revolution at the
Workers School of New York
beginning Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The course will consist of ten
lectures dealing with the pro-
blems of the Russian peasantry,
the controversies within the
Russian Communist Party, the
cultural aspects of the Russian
Revolution, the theatre in
Soviet Russia, modern Russian
literature, etc.
Comrade Olgin, who needs no intro
duction to New York militants, is
especially well-qualified to give such a
course. While a delegate from the
Workers Party to the Fifth Congress
Of the Communist International, he
spent several months in Russia study
ing the problems and constructive
achievements of the Workers Repub
lie. His lectures will treat Of vital
aspects of the revolution which it is
essential to know in order to under
stand the full significance of the new
life that is being built in Russia.
Lore on Current Events.
Ludwig Lore, editor of the Volkszei
tung and member of the Central
Executive Committee of the Workers
Party, will conduct class in current
events at the Worekrs' School of New
York every Friday night, beginning
Dec. IL.
To carry on effective agitational
and organizational activity in the la
Dor movement, militants must be well
informed on the happenings of the
day. They must be able to analyze
present struggles and achievements in
this and other countries with a revolu
tionary understanding of the forces al
work thruout the world.
The course in current events given
at the Workers School does not ain
merely to supply information, but tc
teach militants how to interpret such
events from the Communist viewpoint
Workers are urged to enroll now
The classes will meet at the headquar
ters of the school. 2Os east 18th street
The fee for the courses is So each
single admissions, 2a cents. For reg
istration and information inquire al
the Office of the Workers. School.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
OIL UNIVERSITY
ADMITS RUSSIA
BACKS SOv|ETS
Poor Professor Thinks
Russians Are Different

John D. Rockefeller's Uni
versity of Chicago seems to
have decided that the BoIshe-
wiki are accepted by the Rus
sian people, in theory and as a
party, and that the Communist
government "seems secure.
Even more than that, THE
Bolsheviki are the party in
power in Russia, and if you
want to deal with Russia, you
will have to deal with them"
Discuss Other Revolutions.
These statements were made in the
class in history III european history:
The later modern period, 17S9-192O),
by the instructor Of that class, Walter
Louis Dorm, Mon, Dec. s.
The discussion Of the Russian revo.
luton comes as sort of elimination
to the discussion of the great French
revolution, the revolution of 1S4S and
the imperialistic wars. The class.
mates of Loeb and Leopold were led
up to the instructors appraisal Of
Lenin by way of the same individuals
judgment of Napoleon the Little, Bis
marck, and Garibaldi.
According to DORM Lenin made the
Russian revolution. Lenin seems to
have assumed some Of the qualities OF
anti-Christ, in the mind of Dorm (the
University of Chicago was originally
a theological seminary, and does still
preserve some of the aspects of meth
odism.)
BIames All on Lenn.
Dorm says that Lenin created the
Communist Party" created the SO.
viets," created the Red Army" "cre.
ated the dictatorship of the proletar.
iat"-all by means of his "diabolically
logical mind and "unreasoning faith
in his essentially wrong and twisted
economic theories" In fact, accord
ing to Dorm, "Lenin was the Bolsheyik
revolution" and, until he died, Lenin
was dictator OF Russia"
Dorn's theory is that the Soviet sys.
tenn of government is on trial, and is
accepted by the Russian people be-
cause they are different from all other
peoples.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
Requiescat In Pace

IN plain English "he cold" And this
exactly energetic did. David
Harris Of New York Swings wicked waIOp" he tells how
he did the damage:
Dear Comrades: Enclosed herewith please find p. o.
NJ o. for dollars fifty s2oso) the fol-
lowing:
IA ten dollar $4,000 poIIcy--to help
the American Federation
2-one years subscription % DAILY
advance Of expiration Of the memory
mother, s. the S. A. who so r1lserabIy
perished the road Wisconsin,
s-one years subscription to the WORKERS MONTHLY
in merely out Of
sympathy for brother MussOIni who badly.
4-one years subscription to the. COMMUNIST INTER-
NATIONAL in advance Of the old one-hs recognition
and encouragement humble servant Of King
George Vp--Ramsay Macdonald.
for DAILY WORKER
.. HARRIS.
Does "swing wicked walIop"2-YOu tell ,emI
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
A Carnegie Lackey.

WASHINGTON Dec. Sen. Phipps
of Colorado, the new chairman Of the
senate committee on education and la
Dor, was formerly treasurer Of the
Carnegie Steel Co., and is known as
one of the bitterest foes of union la
Dor who ever has sat in congress. The
new senator from Rhode Island. Met
calfe. has been chosen to this commit
tee to lend his aid to Phipps against
Borah and Brookhart Dale of Yer
mont, has withdrawn from the com
mittee.
Borah surrendered the Craftsmanship
of the committee on education and la
Dor in order to become chairman Of
the foreign relations committee.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
"Only Eleven Murders"

According to the figures submitted to a meeting
of the Landis award committee held yesterday,
this body spent $2O53,654 in three years breaking
strikes enforcing the Landis award" is the
euphonious term used to describe the reign of ter
against the unions launched by this committee
of open shoppers.
The greater portion of this huge sum was spent
in 1922-the year of the open shop drive.
That the activities of the committee had as their
chief objective the disruption and smashing of
unions and that enforcing the award proper was
a small part of their task, is more than limited at
by the report given Monday which shows that but
one-sxth of the building contracts let in the last
twelve months went to Landis award concerns.
'Since its existence only eleven deaths or mur-
ders traceable to the Landis award" says the
report of the committee and this SNUG reference
to the atrocities of its army of thugs and the
ing of the clues to most of their crimes against
unions and union men is quite in line with the
hypocrisy of the chamber of commerce crowd that
raised $4,000 dollars to hang the miners of Herrin
who defended themselves against private army of
gunlnen recruited from the Landis award mercen-
aries here in Chicago
O53,654 will buy lot of thugs guns, black
jacks judges and police protection. There is CON
siderable resistance left in the American labor
movement when, divided into feeble crafts as it
Is rent and torn by jurisdictiona disputes, sold
out by its officials, it fight powerful and we'll
financed group Of bosses backed by the state, as
well as ii has here in Chicago.
With the amagamation of the unions and a
recognition Of the class struggle the building trades
could wage struggle that would make the bosses
thing twice before starting another war on labor.
When, however. such incidents as the signing
of a I.andis award agreement by Hutcheson, presi-
dent Of the Carpenters Union without the consent
Of the membership, is followed by an attempt to
cxpcll the most militant members of the union
because of their exposure Of his treachery, it is
no wonder that the bosses feel encouraged and
confident of their ability to break a union that
tolcrates as its head man who could easily quail
fy as a member Of the Lands award committee
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
MUSIC.
BY ALFRED v. FRANKENsTElN.

BY ALFRED v. FRANKENSTEiN.
JACOB SCHAEFFER covered him
- self with glory Sunday night.
when the Freiheit Singing Society
gave concert at the Eighth Street
theater. For most of the program
was made up of his compositions, he
is the director of the chorus, and
musical organizations stand or fall
by the work of their directors.
After a pulse quickening perform
ance of "The international" the Frei-
heit mandolin orchestra, under Harry
Dolman, took the stage. They played
Grieg's Norwegian Wedding Process
sion" rather nervously, but gained
composure and followed it up with
the Schubert first military march and
Gillet's Invitation to the BALI done
in fine shape. There is a most I'M
usual effect produced by this group Of
twenty-five or more mandolins. 1t
sounds something like the effect of a
heavy fall of rain tuned to scale and
controlled so that melodies can be pro
duced. The orchestra is wise in add
ing a flute, oboe and cello for con-
trast Of quality.
The singing society came on again
to sing Schaeffer's song. Unfortu-
nately l cannot review this part Of
the concert in detail, since the pro
gram was printed and the songs We're
sung in language with which / am
unfamiliar. There is fine virility in
the conductors competitions, and an
astounding precision and spirit in the
work of the chorus. The Friheit
group sings with all the perfection of
professional choral society, (and bet
ter than some), and yet they are all
workers, some of them unable to read
notes, | am told. For amateurs to
sing without accompaniment in per
feet intonation and rhythm is a real
achievement
An account of the concert would
not be complete without some men
tion Of Schaeffer's orchestral compo
sitions played by a band Of Chicago
Symphony men under his direction.
Especially good was a series of varia.
tions on what Is known In English as
Marching Song OF the Red Army.
(The English text begins: "Whirl-
winds OF danger are circling around
us, Overwhelming forces of darkness
assail-") the tune was worked out
with considerable knowledge Of its
possibilities, and Of the resources OF
the orchestra.
The program closed with Mendels.
sohn's setting of Goethe's first Wal
purgis night.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
REVERE COMRADES TO
GIVE COSTUME BALL
FOR DAILY WORKER

REVERE, Mass, Dec. 9.-Revere
branch In addition TO taking DAILY
WORKER policies will give cos
tune ball Dec. "a, part of the pro-
ceeds to 90 to the DAILY WORK.
Err. The ball will be held at Eagles
Hall, Revere. Tickets are SOC. Re-
we're comrades will please set this
date aside and get ready to work
for the success Of this affair. !.
The daily worker., 1924-12-10
Farmers Who Fight

In the correspondence of Comrade j. w. John
stone from Mexico he tells of the intensity of feel
ing among the peasants who, from all over Mexico,
but especially from the state of Vera Cruz, gathered
at Jalapa for their second peasant congress-
1t is particularly to be noted that in the great
upsurging of the Mexican people, the peasants
are organizing under the direct leadership of the
Communist Party of Mexico
The Jaapa congress denounced the fake labor
,arty of Gales and rallied enthusiastically around
the slogan of the Communists for workers. and
farmers government, and endorsed the Commun-
is Party of Mexico, choosing its leaders and their
leaders, These are farmers who really fight
The daily worker., 1924-12-10

past four years. The percipitate de.
clines of early 1924 with only slight
swells in August and September and
renewed decline in October leave
the factories with 1S per cent fewer
persons than were at work at the
peak of operations in 1928 and II per
cent fewer than one year ago at this
time"
One hundred and thirty-nine per.
sons were registered for each 100
jobs as compared to III seeking 100
jobs in 1923 and 81 seeking 100 jobs
in 1922.