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The Washington times., 1924-12-29
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
AT CONGRESSIONAL G. @.

Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Compton are
entertaining fifty guests at a din
ner dance at the Congressionai
Country Club in celebration OF their.
eighth wedding anniversary. The
party has an unusual interest since
it is also the wedding anniversary
|. OF. Mrs. Compton's parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. N. r. Harrington, of BowIinA
Green, Ohio, who are visiting her,
and of two of the couples who will
be among the guests-Mr. and Mrs,
William r. Culbertson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Axel H. Oxholn. -.
. The out-of-town guests at the
dinner viii include Mr.. and Mrs.
r. s. kellogg, and G. A, Schenck,
of New York; Carl Compton, OF
Princeton, and Arthur Compton. Of
Chicago.
Mrs. James w. Carmalt enter
tanned twelve girls. at, bridge / on
Saturday in compliment to her
daughter.
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin has as her
guest Miss Florence LOOMS, Of
Burlingame, CaHf.y- daughter of
Francis B. Loomis,s former minister
to Portugal and once Assistant Sec.
rotary of State.
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Mrs. Frederick r. H. Siddons is
entertaining at bridge this after
noon in her home on Newark street
in compliment to her, sister, Miss
Peggy Hagerman, who is a student
at Smith College. Other guests are
Mrs. Melville Bell Grosvenor, Mrs.
James Hill Littlehales, Mrs. Leonard
Block, Mrs. Orrison Miller, Mrs.
Roger Bagnall, Miss Lydia Harper,
Miss Margaret Happier, Miss Mar
garet Davis, Miss Even Davis,
Miss Jessie Atkins, Miss Eleanor
Northrup, Miss Lilita Dawson, Miss
Lucy Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Zolnay,
Miss Nancie Benoist. Miss Virginia
Selden, Miss Margaret Yard, Miss
Audrey Alexander, Miss Meredith
Todd, Miss Leah Cragp, Miss Let
tice Coulling, Miss Grace Roper,
Miss Anne Noble Jones, Miss Con
stance Jones, Miss Beatrice Clep-
hane, Miss Dorothy Allen, Miss
Katherine Benning, Miss Estelle
Major and Miss Elizabeth Nelson.
At the tea after, bridge Mrs.
James Huntington Turner and Mrs.
George Hathaway Baird will assist
Mrs. Hagerman in serving.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
BOX PARTIES FOR
CHILDREN'S MATINEE.

;. A group of prominent women are
arranging theater parties for the
special children's matinee at Ward.
man Park Theater on Wednesday
afternoon at 2I15 o'clock, when LIE.
more Marie de Grange presents the
Children Players OF Washington in
an original Yuletide play called ION
Christmas Eve" assisted by Es-
telle Murray's ballet. A first pro.
duction of this little holiday play,
given at Keith's Theatef just be-
fore Christmas and aided by Mrs.
Coolidge, was pronounced a real
triumph for the little, folks. y
The patronesses for the matinee
Wednesday afternoon include Mrs.
Charles j. Bell, Mrs. Robert Bell.
Mrs. Henry #. Dimock. Mrs. Gil.
bert Grosvenor. Mrs. II. M. Lord
and Mrs, George Oakley Totten IL.
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Mrs. William r. C-eete and her
children, of Canton, NJ c., are
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
JEAN ELIOT'S SOCIETY NEWS

spending the holidays with her par
cnts. DR.. and Mrs George Tully
Vaughan. Z
So
sConte and Contessa Visconti, swho
came for Christmas, are guests Of
their son, Conte della Porta, at
tache OF the Italian embassy and
Contessa della Porta.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee Mum, who
recently returned from Europe, will
so to Palm Beach shortly after
January Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Smith enter.
tanned at tea yesterday at their
home. In the Woods" near Ken
sington, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r.. Merriam
have closed their house in N street
and have gone toaPort Sewall, Fla,
for the rest Of the winter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John III. Hewson
have opened their house in st.
Augustine, Fla, for the season and
have Mrs. Hewson's sister, Mrs.
ANOpSAN rs w 1ISA1ts vi 1ACQAuhp Ad.S
as their guest.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Hamil-
ton gave a buffet supper yester-
day for Mr. and Mrs. George e.
Hamilton, IT., and Major and Mrs!
Tompkins, who are their guests
for the holidays.
One OF the most interesting par
ties scheduled for tomorrow after
noon is the tea which Mrs. Cabot
Stevens is giving for her sister-in-
law and guest, Miss Lydia Cabot
Stevens, who has recently returned
from a long sojourn abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson,
who are at their home Weld,
Brookline, Mass, will, sail early In
February for Egypt.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
SHERMAN SWINGS
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

or wide interest is the news of
the engapemsnt of Sherman Ewing,
son OF Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing,
of New York. formerly of Washing
ton, to Mss Mary Peavey Hefiet-
finger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Totem Heffelfinger of High
croft, Wayzata, Mimi. Miss Hsffel-.
finger graduated from Westuver
last June. She MADE her debut at
a large dinner and supper dane
given for her by her parents last
week at their home on Lake Mime
tonka. when the engagement was
announced Miss Heffelfing ger apd
her parents are starting early in
January for a Mediterranean trip.
Shernan Ewing IS a grandson of
the late General Thomas Ewing
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
ELYS WILL RECEIVE
NEW YEAR MORNING.

Major General Hanson 3. Ely,
commandant of the Army War
College, and Mrs. Ely will be at
home to officers and. their wives
at the college and the post OF
Washington Barracks on New Year
morning from 1890 to IL o'clock.
There will be IAN entertainment
and dance at the officers club at
the Washington Barracks on New
Year, eve. =
A number Of very brilliant parties
were features at the Embassy Club
at lie Paradis last night. Mrs.
Peter Gerry entertained a company
OF sixteen while Mrs. Harold Walker
and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snow
also entertained large parties. Mrs.
Snowden Ashford and Miss Bessie
McKeldin also entertained.
Miss Louie Mudgett, of Boston,
was the guest of honor at tex
given by Miss Katharine McNeal
at her studio on Saturday after
noon, when she was assisted by
Mrs. Raymond White jr.J of Phils.
delphia,. also holiday guest, and
by Mrs. John A. Hull, wife of the
newly appointed Judge Advocate
General who presided at the tea
table
Mrs. Hull entertained Miss Nc.
Neal and her guests at luncheon
at the Chevy Chase Club on Sunday
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

Mrs. Edward ii. Cashell enter.
tanned at a bridge luncheon Satur-
day at the Brooke Tea House in
honor of Mrs. Raymond /. Heber.
who was formerly Miss Dorothy p.
Pickells., The guests included Miss
Virginia Thompson. Miss Elizabeth
Beale, Miss Grace Nelson, Miss We.
roma, Horen, Miss Elizabeth Price
Miss Dorothy Reeder, Miss Cameron
Davis, Miss Elizabeth Coombs. Miss
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
Farmer-L abor Committee Condemns LaF gillette

Cleveland on July 4th, surrendered
to LaFollette, betrayed the farmer
labor masses into the hands of mer-
chants. manufacturers, bankers, and
rich farmers, and thus destroyed the
only chance for united front cam
paign in the coming presidential cleo
ton.
The betrayal at Cleveland makes i'm
possible any united front farmer-labor
campaign. It delivers into the hands
OF LaFollette and the propertied mid
die classes. whom he represents, large
sections of American labor. II shows
the complete surrender OF the labor
bureaucracy and the bankrupt social
ist politicians, which dominate the
G. p. p. A., to LaFollette and LaFol-
letteism. The united front in the COM
ing campaign, therefore, becomes i'm
possible.
The only redeeming feature in this
black orgy of betrayaltis the brave
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Committee to negotiate with other
groups favoring a farmer-labor cam
paign in order to make the united
front as wide and all-inclusive as
possible by the convention.
The next step was TO be made by
the Conference for Progressive Politi-
cal Action. To these men and women
claiming TO represent the interests OF
labor on the political field, belonged
the final word as to whether there
should be united front campaign
OF workers and exploited farmers in
the coming presidential election. We
have been anxiously awaiting the re-
suits OF the Cleveland conference.
The decisions Of the Conference are
already known. II decided against the
united front. II decided against the
political independence OF the work
ers and exploited farmers. II de-
cided against farmer-labor party.
The c. p. p. A., at its conference Ia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11

bringing about united front Of the
oppressed masses OF the country for
a common political struggle against
the rule OF capitalism in the United
States. For this purpose we have
been carrying on a widespread cam
paign OF agitation and organization
In favor OF a Farmer-Labor Party as
the only means OF establishing this
united front Of the oppressed against
the exploiters. In this we were sue
cessful TO a very large extent.
In spite Of the treacherous attack
OF Senator LaFollette, the convention
OF the National Farmer-Labor Party,
held in ST. Paul on June II, IS,
and 10, succeeded in laying the basis
for an independent political party Of
the workers and exploited farmers,
thus paving the way for a united
front campaign in the coming presi.
Dental election. The convention also
instructed the National Executive
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
MILLIONS MAY
PROVE FRANK
KILLERS CRAZY

Attorneys engaged by the million
aire Leopold and Loeb families in an
effort to save their 19-year-old sons
from the gallows may demand that the
youths be given an insanity hearing
instead of a criminal trial, according
to present indications.
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Dicky
Loeb are scheduled to go to trial Aug.
on charges of numbering 14-year-old
Robert Franks.
But on July 81 Judge John r. Cav
erly will hear any and all motions de-
Tense counsel may have to offer. At
this hearing it is expected that Clar-
ence Darrow, heading attorneys for
the defense. will ask that Leopold and
Loeb be given an insanity hearing
rather than a murder trial.
The main line of the defense so far
plotted by Darrow and his aides is a
plea that the youthful murderers
were insane. If Leopold and Loeb
we're found insane they would be con-
fined to a sanitarium; If they were
found sane, then he could plan an en-
tirely new defense to be used in the
trial for murder.
More than a dozen medical experts
have examined young Leopold and
Loeb. These men are practically
unanimous in their belief that the
boys would be declared insane, OAR
row said.
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and loyal fight against American CAPT.
talism and the menace of LaFollette-
ism that is being made by the Work
ers Party of America. 1t is the only
political labor organization in the
United States which stands the ground
and fights without compromise against
LaFolletteism dominating the labor
movement
We have also taken note of the fact
that the Workers Party has decided
to place in the field its own presiden-
tial ticket, thus taking the lead in the
struggle against LaFolletteism and for
working class political independence.
We see in this action Of the Workers
Party the only guarantee that the ideN
of farmer-labor party in the United
States will not be totally extinguished
and that when the time comes the
masses will again rally to the united
front banner which still remains the
only solution of the, difficulties Of the
oppressed masses.
Because of the above, the National
Executive Committee of the National
Farmer-Labor Party consented to per-
NIT it's presidential candidates to
withdraw and to indorse the candi
dates OF the. Workers Party Of Amer
ic.
The N. z. c. of the National Farm
er-Labor Party pledges itself to sup
port in every way possible the cam
paign and the candidates of the
Workers Party and calls upon the
workers and exploited farmers of the
country to do likewise.
ALEX HOwAT. Chairman.
c. A. HATHAWAY,
JOSEPH MANLEY,
ALFRED KNUTSON,
SCOTT WILKINS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
GARMENT
CHIEFS BETRAY
$4,000 STRIKERS
CONTINUED from page ~


union label has been denied. The job
bers are putting UP a fake fight
against the settlement in order to help
the union officials to convince the
members that they should accept it.
The agreement, if not actually written
by the manufacturers, has, of course,
their full Endorsement, and if accept
ed by the rank and file can only mean
Generalization.
cloakmakers Must Fight.
The striking cloakmakers cannot
and must not accept this agreement.
Last week the Trade Union Educa-
tional League pointed out the betrayal
of the Chicago strikers, and warned
the New York strikers to watch their
leaders, that the same process would
follow there. What has become of
the promises made by Sigman to fight
to a finish? There was no need for
strike to enforce the proposed
agreement upon the manufacturers of
the jobbers.
The Trade Union Educational
League pointed out at the time of the
convention that Sigman had an agree
ment in his pocket and that a strike
would be called to satisfy and fool the
rank and file. The demansd Of the
rank and file. The demands of the
forced upon the administration by the
members of the Trade Union Educa-
tional League and their sympathizers.
They knew then, and now the strikers
know, that Sigman had no intentions
of forcing these demands.
Make 1t Real Strike.
The betrayal of the Chicago and the
New York strikers is part of the class
collaboration scheme of the Sigman-
Cahan combine and it must not be al
lowed to stick. To follow Sigman's
leadership in this strike leads the
workers back along the path to the
sweat shops. The strikers in New
York must take hold Of the situation.
They must insist upon discussion
Of the proposed agreement in an open
meeting of the strikers. They must
insist upon a vote being taken by the
strikers as to whether or not they will
accept the agreement.
The strike line must be held intact.
The organizational stoppage must be
turned into a strike again, to enforce
the original demands. The left wing
must step into leadership. Any one
who hangs back in this crisis is un-
consciously aiding this betrayal.
Striking garment workers of New
York, stick to your original demands,
watch your leaders closely, force them
to fight in the interest Of the men and
women who pay their salaries. There
is no time for wavering. Straighten
your ranks. On with the fight!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
FINISH DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION;
ALSO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AS
DAVIS-BRYAN TICKET is CHOSEN

The democratic convention is finished And the demo-
cratic party But not suddenly Wall Street evidently has
decided adopt the suggestion of Frank Munsey qudae
of the two old capitalist parties and leave the for
party of rocbbed reactonares present united front
a party of so-caIed progressives
That apparently what is happening And the historical
hopper waiting for the SMALL busted business the
dependent capitalists who would like to be little indepen
the labor bankers and other social odds
objection the capitalist such but satisfied
with their share of the loot Laoettes garbage waiting
for them.
party with kindness The standard Calvin Cool
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
FarmerLabor Hits LaFoIIette,

TdFmcT-GdpOF TITS EdTollcttcs
The National Executive Committee
OF the Farmer-Labor Party meeting
here yesterday consented to the with
drawal of Duncan Macdonald and
william Bouck, its candidates for
president and vice-president respect
lively, and endorsed the candidacy Of
William 2. Foster and Benjamin Git
low who have been entered as the
candidates of the Workers Party
In doing this they issued a state
ment severely criticising LaFollette
and the betrayal OF rhe workers and
farmers at Cleveland, and pointing to
the fact the Workers Party was the
only political organization in America
which had showed a determination TO
fght aggressively for the formation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
MORGAN GIVEN
PLEDGE OF AID
BY MACDONALD
British Armed Forces
to Back DGweS Plan
Especial to the DAILY woRkER)

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
PARIS, July 1o.-Ramsay
Macdonald, British labor party
premier, has pledged his aid to
Premier Herriot in the enforce
ment of the Dawes plan for ex-
acting reparations from Ger
many. That is the net result OF
the hasty visit the Englishman
has just terminated.
Banking circles are delighted
with MacDonald's assent to their
program and his virtual assur-
ance that the Morgan loan is
backed by the armed forces of
the British Empire.
British Forces Back Morgan.
The statement given out that the
Herriot-M Macdonald conference speci-
acally declares that in case the rep
arations commission rules that Ger
many has voluntarily defaulted in her
payments, the allied governments Will
Immediately confer as to measures for
enforcing penalties.
Protection of the subscribers to the
loan to Germany, arranged for under
the Dawes expert plan, is guaranteed
in the wording Of the premiers' docu-
ment. There is no direct mention Of
the House Of Morgan which is helping
to float these loans, but the pledge is
in fact, a pledge to use any military
measures that may be deemed need.
full to get Morgan's money.
London Conference.
Details of the German economic
program whereby the solvepcy Of Ger
man finance shall be guaranteed, will
be worked out at the interallied con-
ference to be held in London July Is.
The text of the statement emphasizes
the fact that the enforcement Of the
Dawes plan depends on united action
by the allied powers.
MacDonald's promise to employ the
forces of the British government to
punish Germany in case she defaults
on the Dawes exactions is the fore
most concession he has yet made to
the international banking powers
headed by the House of Morgan.
Communists here declare that it
tears away the veil of Laborism with
1Sxbich he has been Disgusting his al
legience to imperialistic finance.
A Policeman for Morgan.
The British premiers' concessions
are being advertised by socialist depu-
ties as an unselfish effort to save
Premier Herriot, but this interpreta-
ton is not borne out by study of the
drift Of policy Macdonald has been
following. Shortly before leaving Lon
don, according to cabled dispatches,
Macdonald told the House of Com
mons that the Dawes plan must be
enforced. The late pacifst, who op-
posed the war with Germany as un-
ethical, asserted in parliament, that
Germany had a moral obligation to
pay up and payments must be guar
anteed.
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OUR CANDIDATES
FOR vIcE.PREsIpENr.

DENJAMIN GITLoW, member of
ID the Central Executive Commit
tee of the Workers Party Of Amer
lea, is American born and is now
80 years old. He has been an active
member Of the trade union move
ment since 1918, first in the Retail
Clerks Union Of New York and
since 1918 in the AmaIeamated
Clothing Workers. GtIow was presi-
dent of the clerks union for two
years and In 1914 was one of the
most vigorous participants in the
big unemployment demonstrations
in New York, which were chiefly
under !. w. w. leadership. He or
oanized the first Of these demonstra-
lions, which was composed solely
of working class women.
In 1910 GitIow Joined the Social
Ist Party. In 1917, on an anti-war
platform and in opposition to con-
scrlption, he was elected as a So
ciaIist to the New York state Iegs-
ature for one year. In 1918 he as
ISOLATED himself as the only parIia-
mentary representative with the
Left Wing of the Socialist Party.
He was elected to the Executive
Committee of the Left Wing at its
first conference in New York City
and later served on the Executive
Council of the national Left Wing.
GitIow conducted an energetic
fight In the Left against the wrong
tactics of the Russian Federation
group led by Nicholas Hourwioh.
The English speaking elements in
the organization supported GltIow.
John Reed, who died in Moscow, be-
came associated with GltIow at this
time and they were in the group
that organized the Communist La
Dor Party.
In 1919 GitIow became con-
nected with the Revolutionary Age,
official organ Of the Left Wing, and
with the Voice Of Labor, edited
then by John Reed.
On November 8, 1919, eltIow was
one of the first Communists ar
rested and was the first in the
United States to be placed on trial
for being a Communist. He was
sentenced to ten years, of which
he served three in prison and is
now out on bond pending an appeal.
He is under indictment In New
York state on another charge and
is under indictment in Michigan.
During his life in the revolution
airy movement of America, Gltlow
has been connected with both parts,
the economic and the political. He
has served on the Central Executive
of the Communist Labor Party;
been a member of the Central Exc
cutive of the Communist Party; and
Of the Workers Party when the
Communist Party combined with
the Workers Party.
In May, 1923, GltIow took over
the editing Of the Jewish Daily Frei-
heit when the Central Executive of
the party assumed control Of the
paper to save it from destruction
and to prevent serious split in
the Jewish Federation. The paper
was saved and the split avoided.
The. Jewish Daily Frelhelt ex-
oeeds in circulation by many thou
sands the circulation Of any other
paper of the party. Under GitIow's
editorship for the Central Executive
Committee, the circulation increased
1000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11
Citizens Army Gets
Trained for Fighting
Bosses Next Battles

ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind, July TO-
The big militarists of the United
States, dominated and backed by the
big capitalists, are hot on the job of
teaching the young "militarists" of
the country what their future job as
counter-revolutionary agents is to be
in the army. The men, most of them
mere boys, in Camp Roosevelt, citi-
zens' training camp here, were given
the problem Of evaeuating a company
OF reds" which were supposed to be
camped in Laporte.
The "blues" won this time, but may
be another time the "red army" win
win. and it's Just possible that some
Of the youngsters may be proud of
being reds" and learn how to use
their military power for other pur.
poses than for obeying capitalists or
ders to crush workers revolts.
Send In that Subscriptlon Today.
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Cannon ereets Delegates.

James p. Cannon, assistant secre-
tary OF the Workers Party, welcomed
the delegates to the National Confer
ence, who had come from all parts
of the country to nominate the first
Workers Party candidates for presi-
dent and vice-president ever put in
the field
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of class Farmer-Labor Party and
was therefore worthy Of the support
Of all working-class elements. The
statement follows:
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
FARMER-LABoR PARTY
THE Endorsement OF LaFollette by
l the Conference for Progressive
Political Action in Cleveland on July
4th, and its failure to form labor
party and to launch an independent
political campaign in the interests
OF the workers and exploited farm.
ers, compels the National Executive
Committee OF the National Farmer
Labor Party TO issue the following
statement:
We have been pursuing the aim Of
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of the United States. full this ratification gathering
will appear tomorrow's editions.